The Peace Bridge, Tbilisi, Georgia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Georgia - Georgia
I said Georgia,
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Unless Georgia gets rid of it's ALEC legislators - they will see more
extremist legislation similar to the recently passed License to Kill -
anytime, anywhere, for any reason. The voters of Georgia didn't want this
bill - they don't like this bill - but the legislators of Georgia did this
against the will of the people.
You can't stay in a state of oblivion - you need to
*#VoteNo2ALEC*
*How do people get on an ALEC list?*
That question comes up all the time. The most common are:
They serve on ALEC task forces
The... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “The Dreaming Tree”
2002, “The Dreaming Tree”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hOphl_fsg
The Nigerian "Abducted Schoolgirl" Crisis Is A FRAUD: Nigerian Kidnapped Schoolgirl Caught Texting On Cell Phone!
I really do hate sometimes being proven right, but again I want to present
evidence for everyone to see for themselves that this Nigerian "Abducted
Schoolgirl" crisis is indeed a massive fraud... The so called "Boko Haram"
terrorist group ( I still have to laugh about the name selection) is a
hoax, with its members fully funded by the United States government
itself. This "crisis" is nothing of the sort, and is nothing more than a
propaganda push to try to convince the suckers in America that an invasion
of Nigeria is needed to "free" these non-existent captives!
I came across thi... more »
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METRO | Roger Baker vs. Mayor Leffingwell at CAMPO! They sparred over
Roger’s take on the proposed light rail plan.
What Kind Of Democrat Calls Himself A "Reagan Fiscal Conservative" In A Primary?
The other day, we mentioned that the two conservative Dems in the Inland
Empire congressional race (CA-31), Joe Baca and Pete Aguilar, are slugging
it out over which one is worse on the environment. They're both really
awful. Aguilar, a former bank lobbyist for the failed Arrowhead Savings and
Loan, is the picture of sleazy insider corruption and his entire career has
been predicated on his eagerness to cozy up with the Chamber of Commerce
Republicans who control the Redlands area. He hasn't earned anything; it
was all given to him by the conservative establishment looking for som... more »
Vegan Recipe - Squash Bread
*Spinach and Artichoke Dip ... S'mores Cheesecake ... Stromboli*
Are you drooling yet? These are just a few of the delicious, vegan recipes
one will find at My Naturally Frugal Family.
Rachel, the head chef and author of *My Naturally Frugal Family*, is a wife
and mother. In 2011, she and her family began a journey towards better
health via better food. To that end, they planted 10 raised gardens, a ton
of fruit trees (like cherry, plum, and peach), several pecan trees, and an
assortment of berry bushes. They also gave up meat. Rachel even went a step
further and adopted a vegan diet... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“NGC 660 lies near the center of this intriguing field of galaxies swimming
within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces. Over 20 million
light-years away, its peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
A rare galaxy type, polar ring galaxies have a substantial population of
stars, gas, and dust orbiting in rings nearly perpendicular to the plane of
a flat galactic disk. The bizarre configuration could have been caused by
the chance capture of material from a passing galaxy by the disk galaxy,
with the captured debris strung out in a rot... more »
“The Wisdom of Hushpuppy”
*“The Wisdom of Hushpuppy”*
by Missy Beattie
"In the powerful film “Beasts of the Southern Wild”, Hushpuppy says: “The
whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right. If one
piece busts, even the smallest piece… the whole universe will get busted.”
*The actress Quvenzhane Wallis as **"Hushpuppy"*
*․*
I think about these words as I lie in bed, laptop open, watching episode
after episode of "Breaking Bad", a TV series in which nearly every action
is a catalyst for depravity. The main character, Walter White, is a high
school chemistry teacher, diagnosed with advanced... more »
"What Life Requires..."
“Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry,
rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid,
tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle, sick, considerate, funny,
stupid, healthy, greedy, beautiful, lazy, responsive, foolish, sharing,
pressured, intimate, hedonistic, industrious, manipulative, insightful,
capricious, wise, selfish, kind or sacrificed. Life does, however, require
us to live with the consequences of our choices.”
- Richard Bach, "Running From Safety"
The Daily "Near You?"
Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Paulo Coelho, "The Mouse And The Books"
*"The Mouse And The Books"*
by Paulo Coelho
"When I was interned in Dr. Eiras Hospital, I began to have panic crises.
One day, I decided to consult the psychiatrist in charge of my case:
“Doctor, I am overcome by fear; it takes from me the joy of living”.
“Here in my office there is a mouse that eats my books”, said the doctor.
“If I get desperate about this mouse, he will hide from me and I will do
nothing else in life but hunt him. Therefore, I put the most important
books in a safe place and let him gnaw some others. In this way, he is
still a mouse and does not become a monster... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Journey”
*“The Journey”*
by Chet Raymo
"Here's a deep-deep sky map of the universe from the March 9, 2006 issue of
Nature. The horizontal scale is a 360 view right around the sky; the
vertical gaps at 6 hours and 24 hours are the parts of the universe that
are blocked to our view by the disk of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The
vertical scale - distance from Earth - is logarithmic (10, 100, 1000, etc.)
measured in megaparsecs (a parsec equals 3.26 light-years). Across the top
is the Big Bang, and the oldest and most distant thing we can see, the
cosmic microwave background, the radiation of the... more »
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "What I Have Learned So Far"
*"What I Have Learned So Far"*
"Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I
not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside,
looking into the shining world? Because, properly
attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion.
Can one be passionate about the just, the
ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit
to no labor in its cause? I don't think so.
All summations have a beginning, all effect has a
story, all kindness begins with the sown seed.
Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of
light is the crossroads of- indolence, or action.
Be ignited, or be gone."
... more »
More on the USDOE Principal Ambassador Fellowship Program
On May 14, 2014, I wrote this post on the US Department of Education’s
(USDOE) Principal Ambassador Fellowship Program (PAF). I note that via PAF,
it is possible for US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to monitor and
control local districts of education. My concern is that districts
employing Duncan’s PAFs unwittingly open the door to site-level […]
(100s of Trillions of Dollars of Speculative Financial Transactions=Massive Financial Accident Waiting to Happen (Again) We Pay a 10% Sales Tax On Clothes for Kids But Not a Penny of Sales Tax Is Paid On U.S. Financial Transactions Valued As High As 3 Quadrillion Dollars Yearly-Over 3K Times the Deficit: Flash Trading Can Lose All Pension Funds in Seconds) Entitlements Are for the Rich (No Tax on Rich Equals All Tax on the Poor(er)) Retired Gen. Says Obama=Bush in Foreign Policy and Gov't Leakers Are Murderers (Demise of Democracy - Don't Call the Cops)
BREAKING! How would Jewish boy's (Scalia panter) poorly written, humdrum
essay go viral so quickly? Creon Critic . . . I’m shocked, shocked to find
some unexamined class privilege at Princeton. Not for nothing that their
light bulb joke goes . . . How many Princeton students does it take to
change a light bulb? Two, one to call the electrician, and the other to
call the butler for some
Prob'ly the NYT's Pinch Sulzberger thinks it's none of our goddam beeswax why he shitcanned Exec Ed Jill Abramson
*NYT caption: "Dean Baquet addressing the Times staff in the newsroom
Wednesday afternoon after he was named as the new executive editor."*
*by Ken*
Are you wondering why Jill Abramson was summarily fired after three years
as the top editor of the *New York Times*? *The New Yorker*'s Ken Auletta
has gathered together everything he could find out ("Why Jill Abramson Was
Fired"), and while it's all extremely interesting, it sure doesn't seem to
me to add up to a convulsive move like this very public, very unapologetic,
and yet totally unexplained shitcanning. I'm relieved to find tha... more »
Bond market mayhem on the way - May 15 , 2014 --'Melt Up' In Bond Market Possible, Gundlach Says ( key level for the ten year US bond - 2.47 ) ..... Meanwhile , note that PIIGS debt got sold hard today ( paging Super Mario )
Something to watch.....
http://www.fa-mag.com/news/-melt-up--in-bond-market-possible--gundlach-says-17973.html
'Melt Up' In Bond Market Possible, Gundlach Says
MAY 15, 2014 • DAN JAMIESON
Long-term bond rates may have peaked already, and if rates continue to
fall, a “melt up” in the bond market could be in the offing, according to
Jeffrey Gundlach, founder of Doubleline Capital.
“If we go down [more] on Treasury yields, we will see one of the biggest
short-covering scrambles of all time,” Gundlach said Wednesday at the
Altegris strategic investment conference in San Diego.
Funds t... more »
Why Foreign Intervention in Nigeria is a Bad Idea
This is the first of two posts about Boko Haram & possible US involvement
in Nigerian counterterrorism operations. For the second, “What should we do
in Nigeria?”, tune in tomorrow. Note: two sentences added shortly after
publication to clarify that my concerns encompass the full range of foreign
intervention, from direct intervention to operational support to limited
strikes
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"How It Really Is"
God help you if you wind up at the VA...
“The Department of Agriculture Launches Proposal To Purchase Submachine Guns”
*“The Department of Agriculture Launches Proposal To Purchase Submachine
Guns”*
by Tyler Durden
Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog
“The following solicitation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture almost
defies belief. We’ve seen this type of bizarre behavior before, but it has
mostly originated from the American Gestapo, aka the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS). I highlighted this trend early last year in my post: Department
of Homeland Security to Purchase 7,000 “Assault Weapons”.
Here’s a screenshot of the solicitation from the Department of Agriculture.... more »
Nuclear War Games Update May 12 , 2014 -- US Holds Massive Nuclear Weapons Exercise "To Deter And Detect Strategic Attacks" Days After Russian Drill ........ Dry tinder seeking a spark ?
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-12/us-holds-massive-nuclear-weapons-drill-deter-and-detect-strategic-attacks-days-after
US Holds Massive Nuclear Weapons Exercise "To Deter And Detect Strategic
Attacks" Days After Russian Drill
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/12/2014 19:45 -0400
- Don't Panic
- European Union
- Reuters
- Romania
- Ukraine
inShare
Late last week, in what should not have been a surprise to anyone (because
supposedly it was announced "far in advance") but was a major shock due to
its intensity and expansive... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: Budget Week Edition
*“[From the State's perspective], There is always good and sufficient
reason for more and more taxes. Solomon's temple, the roads of Rome, the
rearing of 'infant industries,' military preparedness, the regulation of
morals, the improvement of the 'general welfare'--all call for drafts on
the marketplace, and the end-product of each draft is an increase in the
power of the State. Some of the appropriations seep through to some members
of Society, thus satisfying the something-for-nothing urge, at least
temporarily, and so stimulate a disposition to tolerate the institution ... more »
More NSA Mischief: Purchased Products Intercepted and Tampered With
In another revelation on still more NSA malfeasance that was published in
the just released Glenn Greenwald book "No Place to Hide" the American
Stasi has been intercepting computer hardware purchases and implanting
spying tools before repackaging the product in the original wrapping. Not
this should be a surprise to anyone who has been following the wanton
criminality of Obama's out of control surveillance state and an earlier
piece that was published in Germany's Der Spiegel back in December already
had revealed the hijacking of laptop deliveries but the book adds it to the
pile... more »
Goodbye, Michelle - you'll be missed
Sad news today about the death of Michelle Stewart, the long-time B.C.
government communications person who came out so bravely a year ago with a
blog on life with end-stage kidney failure due to a lifelong eating
disorder.
A communicator to the end, Michelle kept on blogging right up until a
month ago, when her deteriorating health got to be too much for her to
continue. I highly recommend a read of her blog for anyone who has had or
wondered about what it's like to have a persistent eating disorder, because
Michelle did some of the most insightful and painfully honest writ... more »
A REAL MAINER
I've had Richard Rhames on my show more than anyone else in the 10 years of
This Issue. He's a character study and it is always fun to talk with him.
Richard was recently defeated in his city council reelection race in
Biddeford, Maine. He grows vegetables for a living and has been a public
access TV advocate for more than 20 years.
We talk local, state, national and Ukraine politics. He's worth a listen.
A real Mainer.
Trying To Redefine What It Means To Be A Democrat… In A Bad Way
Beltway pundits tend to get their opinions from their friends in the
political parties and, for the most part, those opinions tend to be
worthless. In the video above from her show on Tuesday, Rachel Maddow
amuses herself at the expense of all the conventional wisdom that showed
Southern Democrats having virtually no chance against an onslaught of top
Republican recruits. It isn't working out that way.
Rachel forgot to mention-- while discussing how the only Democrat in bad
shape in Arkansas is gubernatorial hopeful Mike Ross-- that Ross, before
being forced to retire from Congre... more »
Stoke Central Labour Party Arrives
On that there Twitter?
Want all the latest Labour info from Stoke-on-Trent, the axis around which
world politics pivots?
Then this might turn out to be the best news you've seen all year:
This is Stoke Central Labour Party calling.
— Stoke Central Labour (@StokeCentralCLP) May 15, 2014
You know what to do. Press follow. Get your friends to press follow.
Mike's Story - Part 22 - Adios, Venezuela
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
From Mike 11-1-2006 11:18:
*...X h**as indicated that there is a trust settlement offer. Ray had begun
the process of confirming this. Soon he´ll be able to start executing on my
behalf. I´m already personally trashed, my company is destroyed, so I don´t
give a rat´s ass what people will say. I am ¨radioactive¨ as they say, but
I am not dead.* [Responding to the rumor that he'd smashed the FTW
computers and taken the insurance money before fleeing the country and
sending the fake email to subscribers.] * I can still move and that makes
me dangerous. *
* M... more »
METRO | Roger Baker : The proposed Austin light rail plan as I see it…
…which clearly isn’t the way Mayor Leffingwell sees it, since he cut me off
during the CAMPO meeting. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | May 15, 2014
AUSTIN — I make it my regular habit, as a hobby … finish reading *METRO* |
Roger Baker : The proposed Austin light rail plan as I see it…
May 15: I'm starting this blog on the evening of May 14 because....
...tomorrow looks like another day of more activity than I like. So I
thought I'd write something general about news for the opener.
Japan is building up its armed forces. No reaction?
It is building, in particular, around offensive weapons. Still no reaction?
Well, you're not likely to see the story in the Irving press because nobody
there would understand the significance of the story. And even if somebody
did, all you would get is the two statements I wrote above which tell you
nothing.
In 1945, Japan was forbidden to build armed forces with any offensive
capabilities. It had,... more »
Trojan Horse; hobbled
While I agree with Craig that Mishal Husain did a fairly robust job of
interviewing Tahir Alam recently on the Today programme, (nice illustration
by the way) I’d argue that we’re allowing ourselves to be distracted by
relatively superficial, even peripheral issues. By spending too much time
on these, the fundamental problems are suffocated and never confronted
head-on.
We’re continually diverted by the media’s preoccupation with the symptoms
rather than the illness. So with regard to the Trojan Horse fandango the
problems Mishal Husain was trying to tackle, such as gender segregat... more »
Transformers - Age of Extinction - new trailer with firebreathing Dinobots!!!
oh, yes, the first DECENT LENGTH trailer for the new Transformers (Age of
Extinction) film has just surfaced (with loads of new stuff) and I'm
itchin' to see this:
Dynamics of Debate at the Experts Meeting on Autonomous Weapons
This will be nothing like a comprehensive overview on the topic (for one
thing I have been in and out of plenary, for another I am filtering this
event through the lens of my specific research agenda on framing and norm
development). That said, here are a few notes and observations about the
nature of
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Dear Kansas Board of Regents, Part Deux
Dear Kansas Board of Regents, Greetings. I don’t know if you received my
first open-letter to you in December. My parents have pretty slow Internet
in central Kansas so maybe the page is still loading. Hopefully, you’ll
read the letter once you get it. In December, I wrote about your proposed
social media policy and
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A Tale of Three Cyber Security Articles
Cyber security has been on the general security agenda for some time now,
but it is only recently that Political Scientists have really engaged the
topic in a serious manner befitting of the theoretical and empirical
advances in the field. In general, we have ceded this ground to those who
either have a vested interest
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FAIRY TALES
*FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler got permission from Congress to give the Internet
to the corporations. He is more than happy to do the job. He's the bag
man.*
*Fire Sale*
It's all about looting.
The corporations
Mr. Big
are lined up and ready
to feast
it's a fire sale
and the people's
airspace
the Internet
is on the block
to be chopped
and handed out
to the already
rich and greedy
it's a fire sale
there is an emergency
in the House
Mr. Big owns it
and now Congress
has decided
to hand him the
keys to the door
and the city
and the national
treasury
and the Internet
it's a fire sale
... more »
The common core: Don't forget what the real problem is.
Sent to the Seattle Times, May 15, 2014
I think the common core math standards are lousy on purpose, made lousy so
that parents will complain ("2+2=What? Parents rail against Common Core
math," May 15).
The common core architects will then make some adjustments, enough to stop
the most vigorous complaints. Many complainers will then be satisfied and
the public will be impressed with how open-minded the common core directors
are.
But the common core itself will remain unchallenged. The common core was
designed by non-educators, has no research supporting it, and will be
enforced by ... more »
Schools on Closure List Outperforming Local KIPP Schools
A recent Diane Rehms segment dealt with the continued segregation and
resegregation of American schools. One of the guests and charter school
supporter argued that segregation is not so bad: after all, look at the
KIPP schools for examples of how poor urban children can have soaring
scores in segregated environments.
Predictably, the guest said nothing about the fact the KIPPs enroll fewer
special education, English learners, and lowest performing students. Nor
did he mention that KIPPs lose 40-60 percent of their students between
grades 5 and 8, and the majority of them are lowe... more »
Solving Tuscaloosa: A columnist’s kid!
*THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014*
*Where do differences come from:* We thought of D’Leisha Dent this morning
when we read Nicholas Kristof.
Kristof wrote a highly worthwhile column about economic inequality. When we
read the following passage, we thought about *educational* inequality and a
superlative kid who lives in Tuscaloosa:
KRISTOF (5/15/14): Inequality has become a hot topic, propelling Bill de
Blasio to become mayor of New York City, turning Senator Elizabeth Warren
into a star, and *elevating the economist Thomas Piketty into such a
demigod that my teenage daughter asked me the o... more »
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*NOLA Pipeline Panel to Discuss Levee Board Lawsuit ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Schools on Closure List Outperforming Local KIPP Schools
A recent Diane Rehms segment dealt with the continued segregation and
resegregation of American schools. One of the guests and charter school
supporter argued that segregation is not so bad: after all, look at the
KIPP schools for examples of how poor urban children can have soaring
scores in segregated environments.
Predictably, the guest said nothing about the fact the KIPPs enroll fewer
special education, English learners, and lowest performing students. Nor
did he mention that KIPPs lose 40-60 percent of their students between
grades 5 and 8, and the majority of them are lowe... more »
My Speech to the Graduates: Don’t Listen to Graduation Speakers
My Speech to the Graduates: Don’t Listen to Graduation Speakers. via My
Speech to the Graduates: Don’t Listen to Graduation Speakers.Filed under:
PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
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*North shore group sends cease & desist letters over fracking proposal ~Meg
Gatto, WVUE*
*New Orleans’ flood protection system: Stronger than ever, weaker than it
was supposed to be ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
*DA's office refuses to accept case against Merritt Landry ~WWLTV *
*The New Orleans Saints Take 2014 Pole Position in NFC South ~Saints
Tailgate*
*LaSPCA: reward in pregnant rabbit cruelty case*
Read more here:
http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/05/15/3112219/laspca-reward-in-pregnant-rabbit.html#storylink=cpy
*Chiquita bringing banana imports back to New Orleans ~Andrew Vanacore... more »
A New Era of New Jersey Politics… Not as Glamorous as it Sounds
Ras Baraka beat the bosses to become the new mayor of Newark. Here he is
flanked by his parents, Amina and Amiri
-by David Keith
When Barack Obama ran for President the first time, I was in High School.
Being that age, I was able to be witness the effect his candidacy had on a
new generation of voters and political observers.
His candidacy inspired everyone around me. Adolescents and young adults who
grew up watching coverage of George W. Bush’s corrupt, corporate tyrannical
reign were convinced that “change, [they could] believe in” was achieved by
first defeating Hillary Clinton-... more »
WE ARE NOT AMERICAN
A provocative look at the 1893 treasonous coup d'etat against the Hawaiian
Kingdom, described by President Grover Cleveland as "an act of war."
Mainer Jon Olsen, who lived in Hawaii for many years, will present his new
book entitled "Liberate Hawai'i: Renouncing and Defying the Continuing
Fraudulent US Claim to the Sovereignty of Hawai'i" at the Addams-Melman
House (212 Centre St) in Bath on Sunday, May 18 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm.
There will be a pot luck supper and talk by Jon. All are welcome.
What the folks constantly hear on Fox!
*THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014*
*Still uncorrected after all these years:* How inept are we in the
pseudo-liberal world?
Just consider something the folks constantly hear on Fox. Last night, they
heard it from Sean Hannity, during a discussion about alleged lies
concerning Benghazi.
Did the White House lie about the Benghazi attacks? In particular, did the
White House create a phony story about a demonstration at the consulate
that night?
Liberal guest Lanny Davis noted that the initial “narrative of a
spontaneous demonstration” was created by the CIA, not by the White House.
“The CIA ... more »
Atrocity Exhibition in the Gilded Age
It could always be worse, I suppose. At least they're not selling the
"Twisted Metal" series of X-rated video games in the September 11 Memorial
Museum gift shop. Not yet, anyway.
Yes, Virginia, there really is a 9/11 souvenir shop. It will open its doors
next week, to coincide with the grand opening of our Great National Shrine
to Terror, appropriately located just blocks away from that other terror
enclave known as Wall Street in lower Manhattan.
A dedication gala reserved for a class-spanning cavalcade of potentates,
politicians, CEOs, corporate sponsors, emergency personnel and ... more »
Chocolate Banana Smoothies and Baked Onion Rings - You're Invited Linkup
Can you believe it’s already time to link up? The projects and recipes
everyone shared last week were amazing! We all loved going through the
list. Today Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite is taking over to share what
she’s been working on and a few of her favorite link ups!
[image: You're-Invited]
This last month has been a busy one for me! I joined forces with the super
talented Tried and Tasty to bring you all one full week of burger recipes
and have dived right into summer favorites. Just to give you a quick idea
of what you can find over on my site I’m sharing three of my favorite... more »
"Oligarchs Join Forces..."
*"Oligarchs Join Forces..."*
by Bill Bonner
"The Dow fell 101 points yesterday. Gold managed to climb back over $1,300
an ounce. But the important news was barely noticed. Of those who bothered
to read it, few realized its significance. For the first time, oligarchs
from North America and the steppes of Eurasia have teamed up to lie, cheat
and steal together. The Wall Street Journal reports: "Vice President Joe
Biden's son and a close friend of Secretary of State John Kerry's stepson
have joined the board of a Ukrainian gas producer controlled by a former
top security and energy of... more »
ADL: the truth is "anti-Semitic"
According to the results of a recently released global survey conducted by
the Anti-Defamation League, over 25% of the world's population is
"anti-Semitic".
*"A lot of people around the world hate the Jews,"* the *Jewish Telegraph
Agency* ominously reported. *"That's the main finding of the
Anti-Defamation League's largest-ever worldwide survey of anti-Semitic
attitudes."*
The *article* continues:
The *survey*, released Tuesday, found that 26 percent of those polled —
representing approximately 1.1 billion adults worldwide — *harbor deeply
anti-Semitic views*. More than 53,000 peo... more »
WHERE DID PRIVILEGE COME FROM: Revolutionary cadres!
*THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014*
*Part 4—Can maintain a strong sense of privilege:* As we’ve been noting,
the concept of “privilege” is suddenly very hot.
How hot is it? *This* hot:
Last night, Bill O’Reilly and two guests conducted a very fuzzy segment
about the very hot concept. The segment was geared to the report that the
Kennedy School would be teaching a course on privilege.
When Mr. O does a segment, that’s hot! And not only that:
One hour earlier, the very hot topic had turned up in Salon’s headlines
again—and Tal Fortgang’s name wasn’t mentioned! The concept of privilege is
so ... more »
Bill Whittle: You're not crazy. The Obama Administration will just keep GASLIGHTING you until you think you are...
*I have family members who are masters of gaslighting. They are also
sociopaths.*
I don't buy into it anymore and am also quite certain I'm sane.
How about you?
Human Cost Of Government Shelling And Air Strikes On Iraq’s Fallujah
When speaking of the human cost of the fighting in Fallujah most of the
attention has been upon the displaced. According to the Iraqi Ministry of
Displacement and Migration there were 72,325 displaced families in May
2014, two-thirds of which were still in Anbar. After that there has been
some talk of the flooding that has occurred due to insurgents taking over
the Fallujah dam. Little detailed attention has been given to the almost
daily casualties that have been caused by government artillery, mortar and
air strikes upon the city of Fallujah. Other than the daily casualty counts... more »
Biden & Kerry nepotism. Profiteering from the US backed coup in Ukraine
According to the NATO media the whole problem in Ukraine is Russia- Yup,
it's all bash Russia, all the time.
And yet... it was 5 billion US dollars that fomented the coup. It was F
the EU Nuland that handpicked Yats. It NATO affilliated/US/banking
interests that groomed Yats. Blame Russia? Absurd
Crony Capitalism- In a nutshell collusion/favouritism between business and
state. - Check!
Nepotism- favoritism granted in politics or business on the basis of
family relationships. - Check!
*Vice President Joe Biden's son and a close friend of Secretary of State
John Kerry's stepson ha... more »
Children of the 1980s
*“There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right
feels wrong. *
*What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught
that rain is poison and sex is death? *
*If making love might be fatal and if a cool spring breeze on any summer
afternoon can turn a crystal blue lake into a puddle of black poison right
in front of your eyes, there is not much left except TV and relentless
masturbation. It's a strange world. *
*Some people get rich and others eat shit and die.” *
*― Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradatio... more »
The Blame Game
Well, well, well (as Nick Robinson would say). Another day, another verbal
assault on the Nigerian government on *Today *[at 2:36:59].
Justin Webb talked to Sharon Ikeazor of the opposition All Progressives
Congress (APC) about the abducted girls, and she severely criticised the
Nigerian government for its handling of the affair.
That's understandable. That's what opposition politicians do (for good or
for ill).
He Justin turned to Kashim Shettima, governor of Nigeria's Borno state, and
I expected to hear the other side of the argument - the government's side
but - but, instead... more »
"New" New Democrats: Ambition over Principles
You gotta wonder: WTF is up with the NDP?
There's this recent genius move from Niki Ashton, a motion for the House to
"formally affirm" a woman's right to choose abortion.
Unlike the Woodworth gambit — which was ultimately defeated despite
garnering the support of just over half the government caucus, including a
half-dozen senior cabinet ministers — Ashton's motion could easily be
interpreted as a criticism of current government policy, which would make
even the most stridently pro-choice Conservative MP pause before giving a
thumbs-up.
Such an outcome would almost certainly provi... more »
Fifty shades of Islam
Did anyone noticed the new Burger-Islamism phenomena? I recently stumbled
upon a few FB profiles and it appears that this new breed of Islamists
lives in posh areas of Pakistan like Defence, Bahria or they could be found
in the Muslim diaspora in the Western countries. The females wear hijab so
they are easily recognizable, but the males don’t always sport beards so
it’s difficult to judge from their appearance; but once they express their
views it becomes obvious which sub-culture do they belong to. Now this
group is completely Westernized culturally, but thanks to the efforts of
T... more »
The Western media is unable to acknowledge the fact that Washington’s coup in Ukraine has given rise to a strong neo-nazi political movement with which Washington is cooperating. Don't think so? Well, don't be duped. Read this article and/or play the two videos embedded at the bottom.
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*Guest column by Professor Michel Chossudovsky — The Western Media Finds
Nazis In Numbers On Procter and Gamble Soap Packages, But Not In The
Ukraine*
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Guest column by Professor Michel Chossudovsky — The Western Media Finds
Nazis In
Numbers On Procter and Gamble Soap Packages, But Not In The Ukraine
Professor Chossudovsky shows that the Western media is unable to
acknowledge the
fact tha... more »
US Data for May 15 , 2014 ( CPI rises 2.0 percent ( year over year ) , but check rising food and in particular meat prices ....Initial Claims for to lowest since May 2007 - but then Empire Manufacturing Data reveals spending / job outlook tumbling ........ Apart from Germany Q1 GDP is very bad .......Walmart claims everything but coronal canyons caused earning disappointment !
Market Ticker...
CPI: Wow
Uh....
*No problem trying to eat things that won't give you die-a-beetyou, right?
Possible exception? Chicken. Hope you like it (a lot) -- but don't count
eggs, as they're up 9.3% over the last year.*
Citrus? Up 21% annuallized, with most of it in oranges. *Welcome to
Scurvyville.*
There are some other big ones in here too. Natural gas up 11.8%
annualized, which is a kick in the balls to anyone who uses it for heat. *But
fracking was going to save the world!*
Deflation continues (big) in TVs. *But deflation is bad, right? *[image:
smiley]
And do... more »
Can Eric Cantor Really Be Defeated In His Reelection Bid?
Last year Steve Israel and his band of incompetent and corrupt DCCC
staffers treated Wayne Powell, the courageous Democrat who ran against Eric
Cantor, shabbily that this year-- predictably-- Israel got the result he
wanted: no credible Democratic candidate bothering to challenge Cantor. A
well-connected Powell backer told me earlier this year that the consensus
among Democrats in the district was that it was senseless to run while
Pelosi still had Israel as the DCCC chair and he was undercutting Cantor
opponents.
VA-07 (R+10) would be a tough slog for any Democrat. To have the h... more »
Congratulations Mayor Baraka and Newark!
Congratulations Mayor Ras Baraka! Thank you Newark! Congratulations to all
of you who help assume mayoral responsibilities! Ras Baraka and the
students, teachers, and families of Newark have risen up and handed a
pivotal defeat to corporate reformers. Your grassroots efforts repelled the
last minute infusion of cash from the Billionaires’ Boys Club. You took […]
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*DC Schools: $29,349 Per Pupil, 83 Percent Not Proficient in Reading*
The public schools in Washington, D.C., spent $29,349 per pupil in the
2010-2011 school year, according to the latest data from National Center
for Education Statistics, but in 2013 fully 83 percent of the eighth
graders in these schools were not "proficient" in reading and 81 percent
were not "proficient" in math.
These are the government schools in our nation's capital city -- where for
decades politicians of both parties have obstreperously pushed for more
federal involvement in education and more federal spen... more »
Guest Post – Dave Kang: ‘Military Spending in East Asia is Lower than You Think’
The following is a guest-post by my good friend Dave Kang of USC. Below he
complements his recent TNI essay with the full flow of charts and graphics
they screened out. This post is an important rejoinder to the constant
assertion (think Robert Kaplan) that East Asia is on the brink of war and
that
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The Decline and Fall of the Charlatan in Eyeliner
Oh dear, *The Big Questions, Sunday Morning Live, *etc, are going to have
to put a new Muslim on Speed Dial 1 for any discussion involving Islam 'n'
stuff.
Apparently, Nicky Campbell has already dropped Mo Ansar, that 'charlatan in
eyeliner', from his radio show and the rest of BBC Radio 5 will no longer
have him on either. His media career looks to be over.
Why? Well, following Sheikh Ya Bhatti's heavy pounding of him back in
January (see *Harry's Place*), Iain Dale won a comprehensive legal victory
over him a couple of weeks ago and then exposed what Mo Ansar had done to
him.... more »
Hudak's Hallucinations
Tim Hudak has been traveling around Ontario, pledging to create a million
jobs by cutting taxes. Linda McQuaig writes that the problem is that
Hudak's plan is an hallucination:
But what makes Hudak’s plan veer beyond nutty to insidious is the fact that
it’s coupled with a plan to cut 100,000 public sector jobs. (That’s how he
plans to pay for the tax cuts that, allegedly, would create the jobs.)
Unlike the imaginary ones, these public sector jobs — mostly in education,
health care and social services — are real jobs held by real workers
providing real services to real people. This... more »
A clear mediation agreement can displace common law settlement privilege
*Union Carbide Canada Inc. v. Bombardier Inc*., 2014 SCC 35:
[45] The common law settlement privilege and
confidentiality in the mediation context are often conflated. They do have
a common purpose: facilitating out-of-court settlements. But as we saw
above, confidentiality clauses in mediation agreements can also have
different purposes. In most cases involving such clauses, the status of the
common law settlement privilege will not arise, because the two protections
generally serve the same purpose, namely to foster negotiations by
encouraging parties to... more »
rouen and home
We slept wonderfully in our beautiful little cabin, and the following
morning we waited to see the other Canadians emerge from breakfast before
we ventured out. I was amazed that my mother also didn't like them: she is
so much friendlier and less curmudgeonly than me.
We ran into them briefly, and we both had the distinct impression that they
had been waiting to see us before they left. And there's Elisabeth, wearing
a Maple Leaf pin! These people must travel with a bag of Maple Leaf pins to
distribute! Yikes.
Breakfast was the usual deliciousness of mini baguettes, croissants,
hom... more »
War Watch May 15 , 2014 -- Al Qaeda dominates so called moderate forces in southern Syria ( looks like southern Syria resembling rest of Syria as far as moderate rebel influences goes ) .... Iran and Saudi Arabia publicly signaling a desire to resolve differences ...... Defense Secretary Hagel visits Middle East ( Israel , Jordan and Saudi Arabia ) as efforts to open a southern front against Assad's forces are underway ( will Hagel supply heavy arms to Al Qaeda as ultimately that's who's going to take any weapons given to the weak moderate forces ) ...... In Turkey , the İzmir police intervene as thousands protest Turkish mine blast .....
Syria......
[image: Alleged Jabhat Al Nusra members pose in eastern Syria. Al Nusra’s
surge has alarmed many citizens in southern Deraa province, and the western
and Arab states backing moderate fighting groups. Courtesy Balint Szlanko /
November 2012]
Al-Qaeda Car Bombing Kills 43 at Syria Border CrossingAl-Qaeda in Iraq
Blamed for Car Bombing Along Turkish Crossing
by Jason Ditz, May 15, 2014
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A car packed full of explosives blew up in a garage at the border crossing
between Syria’s Aleppo Province and neighboring Turkish town of Kilis, killing ... more »
Romanians, Bulgarians, the BBC...and a discreetly-placed mea culpa
A funny thing happened yesterday ('funny' in the Marcus Brigstocke sense of
the word that is).
I kept glancing at various news sources to see how a particular story was
being reported - namely those ONS's figures showing a very slight 4,000
drop in the number of Romanians and Bulgarians in employment here in the UK
in Q1 of 2014 but an increase of some 29,000 Romanians and Bulgarians in
employment compared to the same period last year.
What I noticed was that the 4,000 figure was leaped upon with some gusto by
the left-liberal wing of the media (e.g. the *Guardian *and the
*Inde... more »
Kerry’s Heroes: The Looming Massacre in Ukraine
The latest US-EU-NATO Axis of Aggression trick in Ukraine is the western
puppet of the coup regime, Arseniy "Yats" Yatsenyuk temporarily quelling
the violence to conduct talks on what are being described as Moscow backed
peace proposals as have been arranged by the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). This is however just another sham in that the
results of Sunday's referendum conducted Sunday in the eastern region by
anti-fascist, anti-austerity freedom fighters to establish the Donetsk
People's Republic apart from the Kiev junta will not be invited to the
... more »
Stage set for test of nuclear-capable cruise missile Nirbhay
India is gearing up to test its first long-range cruise missile 'Nirbhay'
(the fearless), which can carry nuclear warheads with a strike range of
over 1,000 km, within a month or so.
A stealth missile long in the making, Nirbhay is meant to fulfill the armed
forces' demand for nuclear-tipped land-attack cruise missiles (LACMs)
versatile enough to be fired from land, air and sea.
Flaunted as India's answer to the famed American Tomahawk missiles as well
as an effective counter to Pakistan's Babur LACM, Nirbhay was
experimentally fired for the first time in March last year.
Read ... more »
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*"Climate change" has lost its punch. People now know it is just global
warming with lipstick on*
*A summary from the Left below*
There are few things more symbolic of our climate dysfunction than the
strange idea that if only we gave the problem a different name, we'd be
able to deal with it. Nonetheless, for years there have been intimations
that we should cease saying "global warming" and instead say "climate
change"—albeit for wildly different reasons.
The case for this phrase change dates at least back to an infamous 2002
memo by conservative strategist Frank Luntz, who arg... more »
Thursday Linkage – Heading to Brazil Edition
I’m so glad the semester is over so I can leave Friday to head to Brazil
for a three week short course with my colleague Eugene Gholz. The topic is
the World Cup “Rising Powers and Global Governance.” We have reprised our
2010 edition of our South Africa short course (notice the pattern). I’m
hopeful
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The BBC, UKIP and the SDP
Nick Robinson
Does the *Telegraph*'s Peter Oborne have a multiple-personality complex? Or
is there a 'with drink' PO and a 'without drink' PO?
How can someone who writes so much obnoxious rubbish about Israel and the
'Israel Lobby', or who can gushingly compare Mandela to Jesus Christ, also
succeed in writing so acutely about British politics?
Here he is today, observing BBC bias in action over the long term and
making sense:
For many years, the Ukip leader was ignored by the mainstream media. In the
2004 European elections, Ukip marked its first major breakthrough, winning
16 pe... more »
Thailand: Collapsing Regime Turns to Terrorism
*Image: Regime militants have been caught on multipleoccasions with M79s,
M16s, AK47s, and hand grenadeswith lot numbers matching those used in
attacks that haveleft over 20 dead including women and children andhundreds
of others wounded.**May 15, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - In the early
hours of Thursday morning, M79 grenades and small arms fire were directed
at anti-regime protesters camped out at Bangkok's Democracy Monument. The
attack resulted in 3 deaths and over 20 injured - some of them critically.
It was the latest in a string of terrorist attacks carried out by reg... more »
Kazakhstan Ratifies Joint Air Defense Shield Deal with Russia
[image: S-300 missile defence system]Kazakhstan’s upper house of parliament
ratified Thursday an agreement with Russia on establishing a joint regional
air defense shield, a Novosti-Kazakhstan correspondent has reported.
The shield will become part of the unified air defense system of the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose alliance of former Soviet
states, comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
“The forces of the unified regional air defense system of Kazakhstan and
Russia are led by a commander app... more »
2nd Bomb Wing to get first female commander
[image: Col. Kristin E. Goodwin]History will take place again at Barksdale
Air Force Base in coming weeks when the first woman commander of a combat
bomber wing takes the helm of 2nd Bomb Wing.
Col. Kristin E. Goodwin, a 1993 graduate of the Air Force Academy, has been
tapped to lead the nation’s premier bomber wing, home to most of the Air
Force’s B-52s, The Times has learned.
Goodwin was here for the 2014 Defenders of Liberty Open House and Air Show
and also qualified on the B-52 in recent weeks, though she is not on
station at this time, according to Air Force sources.
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*Sen. Landrieu pushing to limit coastal fund use to stop Governor Jindal
from stealing it to cover budget ~AP via New Orleans Advocate*
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*Corps of Engineers Hands Over Control to Local Levee Authorities – First
Time Since They Flooded New Orleans 8-29-05 ~WGNO*
British Engineers test new configuration of fighter jets in high speed wind tunnel
[image: Scale model of a Typhoon fighter jet]Our engineers, are using high
speed wind tunnels to assess the aerodynamic characteristics of Typhoon
Tranche 3 aircraft when equipped with two fuselage-mounted conformal fuel
tanks. The Tranche 3 is the third and latest version of the jet.
The testing uses a geometrically perfect 1/12th scale model of the
aircraft, made from light alloy and hardwood, with the new fuel tanks
created to scale using 3D printing – or Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM)
– techniques.
Conformal fuel tanks could increase the future operational range and
flexibi... more »
Russian navy to resume testing in Bulava missile program
[image: Bulava test launch]The Russian navy recently announced its plans to
resume test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) as
early as summer as part of its sea-based Bulava program.
“First, after last year’s failure start, Bulava will be made tentatively in
September,” a Russian defense industry source said, according to Ekburg.ru.
“It is unclear to what will be done missile ICBM.”
The Bulava program was started in 2004 and has launched 19 rockets to date.
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Exclusive: Israel's David's Sling will not win Polish missile tender - official
[image: David's Sling Weapons System Stunner Missile]Israel is poised to
lose out on a deal valued at up to $13 billion to build a missile defense
shield for Poland, an Israeli defense official said on Wednesday, citing
lobbying by Washington on behalf of rival U.S. systems.
As compensation, the manufacturer of the Israeli David's Sling missile
defense system may get a role in a future U.S.-led arms sale to Warsaw, the
official, who has been briefed on the competition, told Reuters on
condition of anonymity.
"The Americans will be happy, the Poles will be happy, and there'll be
som... more »
Australia requests purchase of Sidewinder missiles
[image: AIM-9 Sidewinder]As many as 350 Sidewinder tactical missiles may be
sold to Australia under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in its required notification
to Congress, said the proposed sale carries a value of $534 million and
that the U.S. State Department has given its approval for the deal.
"This proposed sale will improve the Royal Australian Air Force's
air-to-air capability and ability to defend its nation and cooperate with
allied air forces," the agency said.
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The F-15 Silent Eagle as Canada’s Next Fighter – Part 1
[image: The F-15 Silent Eagle]The Canadian F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Program has maturated into the most controversial and widely investigated
defense department procurement processes in Canadian history.
This is said with the consideration of many more months, if not years of
development work ahead for the newly formed NFPS (National Fighter
Procurement Secretariat).
Setting -aside the criticism fuelled by political gamesmanship or analysis
provided by technophobes who are entering the public procurement debate for
the first time, we have been provided with excellent investigative... more »
Free Trade 35: EU-FNF Forum on 'FDI Engine for Job Growth'
Last Tuesday, May 13, I attended the EU-FNF forum on "Foreign Direct
Investment: Engine for Job Growth" held at the Mind Museum, Fort Bonifacio
Global City, Taguig. It was a powerhouse forum. Welcome messages given by
Jules Maaten, Country Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for
Freedom (FNF) in the Philippines, and Guy Ledoux, Ambassador of the
European Union (EU) Delegation to the Philippines.
Amb. Ledoux expressed further optimism about the Philippines and its
business environment, saying that European investors are the biggest bloc
of foreign direct investment (FDI) in... more »
motor yamaha SR400 Modifikasi Rombakan Terbaru 2014
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yamaha SR400 Modifikasi Rombakan Terbaru 2014 - Yamaha merupakan salah
satu produsen otomotif yang terus memberikan sebuah inovasi baru dalam
bidang otomotif, paling penting dari barang ciptaan sepeda motornya.
Motor – motor yang diproduksi oleh yamaha juga terkenal dengan tenaganya
yang begitu luar biasa, dan juga desain dari body yang begitu sporty.
Sehingga motor yamaha itu sama dengan
The truth about the Nakba
The Palestinian population is no more than a human shield for cynical money
and power-seekers. There never was an established Palestinian Arab society
in Palestine. The majority of the Arabs living in Palestine in May of 1948
were Syrians, Egyptians, Iraqis and North Africans who arrived there in
response to Jewish investment in rehabilitating their own ancient homeland,
beginning in 1882. The movement accelerated in response the Mufti-induced
riots and murders of Jews in the 1920's and the artificial blockage of
Jewish immigration in the 1930's.
In 1948 the Jews owned 6% of the l... more »
Navy to test electromagnetic catapult on carrier
The Navy is preparing to launch the first ship-board tests of a new
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System designed to replace steam catapults
and propel fighter jets and other aircraft off the deck of an aircraft
carrier and into the sky over the ocean, service officials said.
The EMALS system, which uses an electromagnetic field to propel aircraft
instead of the currently used steam catapult, is slated for the new
Ford-class aircraft carriers.
The first EMALS system has been under construction for several years aboard
the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first in class of the ne... more »
Russia to refit 2 Sierra-class nuclear subs
[image: Sierrea class SSN]The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a
contract to refit two Soviet-era Sierra-class multipurpose nuclear
submarines, the Zvezdochka shipyard said Wednesday, according to RIA
Novosti.
"A contract was signed with the Defense Ministry to extensively refit two
Project 945 [NATO reporting name Sierra]. One of the submarines has
remained at the shipyard for over 10 years, the other will arrive this
year," spokesman Yevgeny Gladyshev said.
The refit will extend the submarines' service for about 10 years.
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Scorpene subs to join fleet without torpedoes
[image: Scorpene class SSK]Alongside a three-year delay in adding six new
Scorpene submarines to its depleting ranks, the Indian Navy faces an even
more disquieting prospect - the Scorpenes will start joining the fleet in
2016 without their main weapon, the heavyweight torpedo.
Submarines carry two major weapons - missiles against ships and land
targets, and torpedoes to sink enemy ships and submarines. Missiles can be
intercepted by anti-missile systems; and they inflict less damage.
Torpedoes are harder to intercept and they blast holes below the waterline
that quickly flood their... more »
China's Anti-Submarine Warfare Challenge
[image: Y-8FQ Cub]Is China beginning to take anti-submarine warfare
seriously? As much as anything else, this would confirm that the PLAN is
shifting its focus to developing an overseas expeditionary capability.
Anti-submarine warfare in the twentieth century involved two related but
distinct efforts: fleet defense and commerce defense. Fleet defense
concentrates on the protection of capital ships from subs, and commerce
defense on the protection of merchant shipping.
The United States and the United Kingdom invented and perfected the
commerce defense aspect anti-submarine warfare ... more »
May 15: Nakba or defeat? | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.
An interesting article about the creation of Israel and the 'Nakba'.
'The Palestinian-Israeli conflict could have been resolved on May 15, 1948
by either accepting the United Nations mandate or by absorbing the
thousands of Palestinian refugees into the Arab world.'
http://www.arabnews.com/news/570476
Mishal of Troy
Mishal Husain, reporting from Birmingham
At the other end of yesterday, I was driving to work whilst listening to *Today,
*and happened to catch Mishal Husain just after 7 o'clock talking to Muslim
parents and schoolchildren in Birmingham. Her report, in anticipation of
the imminent findings of an investigation into the alleged Islamification
of certain schools in the city, contained nothing but praise for the
schools in the eye of the storm and expressions of disbelief, distress and
outrage at the claims of Islamification being made against them.
I was left wondering whether this w... more »
Lennart Bengtsson will probably remain a renegade, anyway
Lennart Bengtsson (*1935) is a Swedish meteorologist and modeler.
You may check that he has written lots of papers and collected lots of
citations. Two weeks ago, he decided to join a dozen of other researchers
in the Academic Advisory Council of The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a
skeptical climate change think tank led by Lord Nigel Lawson (chairman) and
by Benny Peiser (director).
After a violent reaction to his decision – see e.g. GWPF, The Times, WUWT, Hans
von Storch's blog, Climate Audit, Jo Nova, Judith Curry, Spiegel, Climate
Depot, CATO, National Review, Marcel Crok, ... more »
The 'PM' Weather Forecast
The sun hopefully seems to have his hat on vis-à-vis the British economy at
the moment, as per the Office for National Statistics' latest batch of
stats. My first encounter with this news though came via Eddie Mair's *PM*,
and Eddie was rather niggardly with the sunshine.
These were the main bullet points from the ONS:
- Unemployment rate down from 6.9% to 6.8%
- Unemployment January-March down 133,000 to 2.2 million
- Employment up 283,000 in quarter, biggest increase since records began
in 1971
- Claimant count at lowest since November 2008
- Pay including bonuse... more »
Satire: “Conservatives Praise Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt as Beautiful Expression of Free Market”
*“Conservatives Praise Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt as Beautiful Expression of
Free Market”*
by Andy Borowitz
ANTARCTICA (The Borowitz Report)— “A delegation of conservative members of
Congress paid a visit to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt today to witness
firsthand what one of them called “the most beautiful expression of the
free market I’ve ever seen.” The author of that remark, Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-Wisconsin), said that he was awestruck after watching gigantic chunks of
glacier disintegrate and crash to the sea. “Every schoolchild in America
needs to see this,” he said. “This is ... more »
Arne Duncan’s “Principal Ambassadors”: Federally Monitored “Local Control”??
A notable corporate reform ploy is to starve school districts of funding
and then turn around and offer some “assistance”– which amounts to little
more than a district’s selling its autonomy to the corporate reform
machine. Corporate reform is flush with cash, and it wants to leverage its
cash in order to trap school systems […]
Stephen Harper Presents Mock Legislation, A Slap In The Face To All British Columbians
*Written by Grant G*
Earlier this year I believed that Stephen Harper wouldn`t risk giving
Enbridge`s northern Gateway pipeline proposal the green light for political
reasons, thinking about the next federal election, it appears that I was
wrong...
So bought, so controlled by big oil that Stephen Harper is prepared to play
the fool, act the court jester, don`t let his plastic crown fool you in to
believing he has any power, he doesn`t, Stephen Treason Harper, the sad
face of big oil and CAPP, an oil man, a religious zealot obsessed with
nothing but enriching multi-national energ... more »
rouen
My plan for Rouen was a bit more complicated than it had to be. I was
reasonably certain it would prove well worth it.
There are many hotel options in Rouen, but they all left me unimpressed,
mostly chain hotels or what sounded like dumps. I thought for the final
night of our trip, we should do something special. I booked a room and
dinner at a French country home about 25 minutes out of Rouen. My
experience staying at French country homes has been very special, and I
knew my mother would love it. I prepared her for the transportation issues,
and hoped for the best.
Our plan upon a... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Snow Job!'
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SNOW JOB!
Posted on May 14, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
Please post and distribute.
MNN. May 14, 2014. Seventeen winters have passed since over 100 Iroquois
women, children and men were viciously attacked by the New York State
Troopers while we were conducting a thanksgiving ceremony. The issue is
now before the Admiralty Court. The whole natural world awaits a return
to
“Report: Food Prices Skyrocket: “We’re Going to Have a Major Problem Coming Into the Fall”
*“Report: Food Prices Skyrocket: *
*“We’re Going to Have a Major Problem Coming Into the Fall”*
by Mac Slavo
"While government statisticians claim robust growth, recent data points
suggest otherwise. Consumers are quickly running out of money, home sales
have collapsed and hit their biggest drop in three years, there are more
Americans out of the labor force than ever before, and one third of adults
under the age of 35 are living with their parents because they can no
longer afford to pay their own mortgage.
By all accounts, the reality is that we are now factually in a recession, a ... more »
Guest Interview - Water Quality In America
*With an estimated 240,000 water main breaks each year in the US, the aging
water infrastructure is posing a health risk for the consumers who are
drinking water that is contaminated with lead, pathogens, arsenic, and
other carcinogens, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Blue
Ocean Sciences, a bioremediation technology company, is preparing for the
launch of Hope2o this summer. Hope2o is an affordable and accurate water
analysis kit that allows the individual homeowner to test their tap and
filter water for any heavy metal and organic chemical contaminants, and to ... more »
Pelosi Should Appoint Only One Democrat To Trey Gowdy's Witch Hunt Committee: Alan Grayson
When a tiny handful of slime ball conservaDems like Kyrsten Sinema (AZ),
Patrick Murphy (FL) and John Barrow (GA) conspired with the House
Republicans to ramp up the politically and financially-motivated Benghazi
witch hunt last week, I floated the idea of Pelosi doing the one thing
better than boycotting it: just appointing a single Democrat to call out
the GOP on their ugly partisan attacks. And who better than Oralndo truth
teller Alan Grayson? Answer: no one. Yesterday, Ari Rabin-Havt made two
cases, one for full Democratic participation in the GOP charade-- which I
think is a... more »
“Climate Change Is A Growing National Security Concern, Say Retired Military Leaders”
*“Climate Change Is A Growing National Security Concern, *
*Say Retired Military Leaders”*
by James Gerken
“A report released Tuesday from an advisory group of retired U.S.
military
leadership echoes the findings of other recent reports on climate
change:
It is real, it is already happening and it poses major threats to the
U.S.
and the rest of the world. The federally funded Center for Naval
Analysesand its Military Advisory Board, a group of 16 retired three-
and four-star
generals and admirals, affirm in the report that climate events like
flooding, prolonged drought and rising se... more »
UN Issues A Tame Statement In Response To Kiev's Deceitful Use of Its Logo In A Military Assault Against East Ukraine
An excerpt from, *"Ukraine Crisis: UN-Marked Combat Helicopters Used in
Government Offensive against Separatists"* by Jack Moore, International
Business Times, May 14:
Footage has emerged of a white UN-marked Mil Mi-24 helicopter allegedly
being used in Ukraine's anti-terror operation against pro-Russian
separatists near the Donestsk Oblast city of Kramatorsk.
Three further combat Mi-24 helicopters and one transport Mi-8 helicopter
bearing the UN logo were spotted in the region by the Russian news outlet
Life News.
The UN has distanced itself from the footage below, stating that, a... more »
Budget Day Ramble
If you really must have Budget information…
- Follow the Dismal Science team from SciBloggers reaction to the Budget
at Twitter, hashtag: *#NZ14*. (Make sure you click on “All”)
- NBR’s summary here.
- Keith Ng has produced a nice interactive graphic showing the whole
budget at a glance here. (A good place to start.)
- And, yes, it looks like it’s a real surplus that is promised, if not
yet delivered. On this, see graph below from Donal Curtin, who points out
however that the promised surplus has more to do with very
cyclically-high export prices than a... more »
Turkey back in focus ........Anger in Turkey over deadly mine disaster Protests erupt in several parts of the country a day after an explosion in a coal mine killed at least 274 people........
Anger in Turkey over deadly mine disaster
Protests erupt in several parts of the country a day after an explosion in
a coal mine killed at least 274 people.
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Police fired tear gas on at protesters demonstrating near Istanbul's iconic
Taksim Square [Al Jazeera]
Anger and grief have boiled over into violent protests in several parts of
Turkey a day after a mine disaster killed at least 274 people.
Turkish police on ... more »
The Tenth Man, the Tax System, and Beer!
You’ve read this before in endless emails, but it is Budget Day.
Oh, and Beer!
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Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would
go something like this…
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing The fifth would pay $1
The sixth would pay $3 The seventh would pay $7 The eighth would pay $12
The ninth would pay $18 The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59
So, that’s what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the ... more »
ALEC Corporate Members Hide Their Involvement Too.
As I have often said in the past - ALEC members hide their association with
the American Legislative Exchange Council - cause they ashamed - they know
what they are doing is wrong - wrong for their state - wrong for the UNITED
States of America.
Finding ALEC members is a time consuming job - attempted by many, and the
rewards are few.
It's hard to find and report on something that is intentionally hidden from
the public view.
Finding ALEC Corporate sector / private sector members is a challenge also
- cause they don't advertise that they go out and buy legislators - sounds
too un-... more »
Food Watch: Quoi d'neuf, Docteur?* What are the chances that that Frenchy Buttwipe™ can top his damned Cronut™?
*The thing is, you can stand in the damned line without any assurance from
the Frenchy Buttwipe™ of being able to buy one of the damned things. As we
often say here in NYC, forget about it!*
*by Ken*
I know we sometimes get a bit light-hearted here, possibly even frivolous,
and it may be held against me that I'm coming to this post directly from
watching a pair of Bugs Bunny cartoons, but that's only because this
evening I brought home my latest Amazon purchase, the weekly special of the
24-DVD Looney Tunes set, so naturally I had to, you know, check it out a
little. (*For a while... more »
BUDGET: There Are Some Words Missing
Praise this morning from all quarters for the government achieving a
surplus in its first “post-global-financial-crisis budget.”
There are a few things to say about that.
Be aware this is not a surplus produced in *this* financial year, but one
he will promise for *next* year. (And that they already have form about breaking
firm promises on tax cuts, let alone hints about them.)
And there is still a god-awful debt this government has accrued in its five
years of government.
But, it’s argued, we have a big debt now because of the global financial
crisis.
No, there are a few word... more »
American Oligarchy: Biden's Son Hired by Ukraine Gas Company
*“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”*
*George Orwell – Animal Farm*
What may be the ugliest secret of all in 21st Century America there no
longer is such a thing as democracy, stick a fork in it's ass because it is
done. The truth is that this place was long ago sold out to the highest
bidder, not that it was ever noticed by millions of sheep who went down not
only without a fight, not only without a whimper but without even noticing
that they have been had by a corrupt, entrenched elite. The insane drive to
capture Ukraine for western imperialists h... more »
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