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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 Continue reading
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 Continue reading
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 Continue reading
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.
------------------------------ *Guest column by Professor Michel Chossudovsky — The Western Media Finds Nazis In Numbers On Procter and Gamble Soap Packages, But Not In The Ukraine* ------------------------------ May 13, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter 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 Continue reading
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’s rise in southern Syrian pushes moderate rebels to sideline Phil Sands, Suha Maayeh and Taimur Khan May 14, 2014 Updated: May 14, 2014 23:25:00 *One-page article* Foreign correspondents Related - ■ High tensions in southern Syria as deadline for colonel’s release lapses - ■ Rebels in southern ... 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 Continue reading
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. Read more
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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. Read more
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. Read more
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 »
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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. Read more
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!'
Post navigation 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.) Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
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. Last updated: 14 May 2014 20:38 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] 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! [image: image] 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 »
Polio and the International Politics of Eradication: CIA Vaccination Ruse, Vaccine Trust, and DNA as a Tool of War
[Please note: this is a guest post by Alison Howell, Rutgers University- Newark] The recent WHO designation of polio as a ‘global public health emergency’ has reignited debate as to whether the spread of polio is the result of reduced vaccine trust due to the CIA vaccination ruse in Pakistan. The vaccination ruse in Pakistan Continue reading
Q: Who Killed Paula Yates...? A: Charlotte Korshak, with Morphine Syringe, in the Upstairs Bedroom.
Lo The television presenter Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose in a "foolish and incautious" binge after having apparently overcome her drug problem, an inquest found yesterday. The coroner, *Paul Knapman*, said *the amount she snorted would not have killed an addict,* but as "*an unsophisticated taker of heroin" Miss Yates had no tolerance to the drug.* Recording a verdict of death by non-dependent abuse of drugs, he told the court:* "The evidence does not point to this being a deliberate act of suicide. It seems most improbable that she would attempt to kill herself with her... more »
UKIP - Sleepwalking the UK into Talmudic Servitude
UKIP is a notorious party operating in the UK. It is portrayed by the media as some sort of racist 'nazi' organisation, but remarkably, is afforded endless publicity by the same media which operates a 'no platform' policy with anyone who rejects (or even questions) multi-culti 'political correctness'. In this respect alone, those who are familiar with the absolute censorship of the UK media, should be sitting up and taking notice of the bizarre obsession with UKIP which the liberal-Marxist media has. UKIP is portrayed as the party which will get the UK out of the EU. The hinted ... more »
Gold and precious metal report May 14 , 2014 -- The Beginning Of The End Of Precious Metals Manipulation: The London Silver Fix Is Officially Dead .....Gata articles - covering flight of gold from the west to the east , Russia's ability to retaliate in the markets .......Turd Ferguson opines that the Swiss gold is gone ( just like Germany's gold ) .... Silver Doctor articles covering silver manipulation and the phony CFTC investigation , a look at gold demand from China and India trumping supply.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-14/beginning-end-precious-metals-manipulation-london-silver-fix-officially-dead The Beginning Of The End Of Precious Metals Manipulation: The London Silver Fix Is Officially Dead [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/14/2014 14:56 -0400 - Bank of England - Counterparties - Deutsche Bank - LIBOR - Precious Metals inShare21 Following a crackdown on precious metal manipulation by various European regulators (mostly Germany's BaFin, recall "Precious Metals Manipulation Worse Than Libor Scandal, Ge... more »
Are Feds Behind the Cyber Attack on Libertarian Website Antiwar.com?
Today libertarian website Antiwar.com, one of the best news and foreign policy locations on the internet was hacked in the middle of a fund-raising drive. According to a notice on the website their servers were hit with a malware attack, such malicious programs have been revealed by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald as one of the myriad of tools that the American Stasi uses to prosecute their secretive war on the truth. In my years of writing I have always considered Antiwar.com to be an excellent resource on much of what really goes on in this country and regularly... more »
“Robot Soldiers Would Never Rape”: Un-packing the Myth of the Humanitarian War-Bot
One of the more depressing elements in the narrative at the CCWUN Experts’ Meeting this week has been the argument, repeated by a number of autonomous weapons proponents both in plenary and discussion, that an advantage of such weapons is the following: unlike human soldiers, they would never commit rape. This is but a new Continue reading
Learning from Stephen Sutton
Practically everyone plugged in to some form of social media will have heard of Stephen Sutton, the 19 year old teenage cancer fundraiser who died earlier today. It's very sad news for his family and friends, and for everyone who followed his story. His life was short, but he set an exemplary example of altruism. It must have been very gratifying for Stephen knowing that years of fundraising finally paid off and that others will benefit from the £3.2m he and his supporters were able to raise for the Teenage Cancer Trust. People who write about the social uses of the new media tech... more »
Nigel Farage, Who are you ?
The Euroskeptic UK Independence Party, UKIP, has changed the face of British politics. So who is UKIP leader, Nigel Farage? Former leftie and middle-aged libertarian Martin Durkin asks “Who Are You,” for better and worse. As my friend says who sent me the link, he is “as close as he is far away.” Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Michael James : Broken bones, Castle in the Sky, on the res, and meeting Katy Hogan
Once, in an altered state, Duane and I climbed a fire tower in the night and looked over many square miles of pine trees under the stars. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 [In this … finish reading Michael James: Broken bones, Castle in the Sky, on the res, and meeting Katy Hogan
The Politician's New Tax Cut
-by Sam Lowry Many years ago there was a Politician so exceedingly fond of the trappings of his office that he spent all his time and money on re-election. He cared nothing about meeting his constituents, proposing new legislation, or giving speeches, unless those actions helped him stay in office. Instead of saying, as one might about any other leader, “The Senator's in a committee meeting,” here they always said “The Politician's meeting with his donors.” In the great city where he legislated, life was always gay. Every day many strangers came to town, and among them one day wer... more »
RIDING DADDY'$ COATTAIL$ TO WEALTH
A son of US Vice-President Joseph Biden has joined the board of directors of Ukraine's largest private gas producer. Hunter Biden now leads the company's legal unit - getting the position a few weeks after his father's trip to Kiev. Connect the dots and see how the US-NATO intervention in Ukrainian affairs is all about fossil fuels. Somebody will be making some *$$$$$$*.
Legalise Natural Cannabis, says Deputy Mayor
Twice in one week now I’ve had to say something nice about people in government1, 2. But when Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse says … it is time to decriminalise natural cannabis because it is safer than the synthetic versions that were banned last week. … then it is time to give some praise. The veteran councillor and former industrial laboratory technician said she had always opposed decriminalisation, but changed her mind after reading scientific papers about the dangers of synthetic cannabis. … Ms Hulse said she was speaking as "someone from a scientific background" wit... more »
Untitled
*Audit shows NOPD underreported rape ~Jim Mustian, New Orleans Advocate* *NPR fluff piece: New Orleans Police Hope To 'Win The City Back,' One Kid At A Time* *Prosecutors seek delay in trial linked to 2013 Mothers Day second-line shooting ~WDSU* *Helis offers PR 'compromise' on St. Tammany Parish well ~Faimon A. Roberts III, BR Advocate* *Will this be the year U.S.'s luck runs out on hurricanes? * *Elizabeth Smart to speak at Nicholls on child abduction/recovery issues ~Aline Carambat, Houma Courier via WWLTV* *Letter indicates Chiquita leaving Gulfport for New Orleans ~Anita Lee,... more »
Walsh and Lemon are better than Sterling!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014* *By their own admission:* If we’re reading this piece correctly, Joan Walsh is a better person than Donald Sterling. By her own admission! So is CNN’s Don Lemon, again by his own admission. That said, we’ll make an admission of our own. We couldn’t force ourselves to watch last night’s Don Lemon Gossip Hour. We felt we had to pack it in when he opened his program like this: LEMON (5/13/14): Here is reality. *As Donald Sterling goes down in flames, he is pouring the gasoline himself.* And it all started with a conversation in his own home. *What does that... more »
Who Put the Roswell Press Release on the News Wire?
In the last day or so, I have been asked about the press release issued by Walter Haut concerning the discovery of a flying disk near Roswell. We can argue all day about what it was, but that term was used in the press release. The *Roswell Daily Record* reported that military had “captured” a flying saucer in the Roswell region. What is interesting now is that some are wondering if the *Roswell Daily Record* put the press release on the news wire and the source of that information is quoted as evidence is Philip Klass. In his book, *The Real Roswell Crashed Saucer Coverup*, Klass ... more »
Solving Tuscaloosa: In search of solutions!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014* *Hannah-Jones’ minimal effort:* How do you solve a problem like Tuscaloosa? (Like Baltimore, Cleveland, New York, Seattle? A problem like M9inneapolis?) To us, that question mainly means this: How do we create a school system which helps a great kid like D’Leisha Dent qualify for a four-year college? For Nikole Hannah-Jones, the emphasis seems to be different. Here’s the question she examined in her fascinating, chapter-length report for ProPublica and The Atlantic: How do we create a system in which a kid like Dent goes to school with white kids as well a...more »
No duty on deceived party to uncover falsehood
Virc v. Blair, 2014 ONCA 39: [54] The motion judge concluded that the appellant was unable to show that her application to set aside the separation agreement had a real chance of success at trial. She reached this conclusion because the appellant had had an opportunity to examine the veracity of the respondent's financial disclosure, but failed to avail herself of that opportunity. Specifically, the motion judge held (at para. 91): Whether the misrepresentation as to the value of Renegade was deliberate, either at the date of marriage or the date of separation, is a questi... more »
Kathy Kelly Needs your Thoughts and Prayers
Not an actual photo of Kathy Kelly but it is what she uses as her Skype Avatar and is not far off in some ways energetically. Posted by American Kabuki Kathy Kelly, one of the long time spiritual warriors that many of us have had the pleasure to know, is suffering from liver failure. Kathy said she was poisoned a few years ago with arsenic by a rather dark group of people in California. This occurred prior to meeting me or any of those of us involved with the OPPT, but the long term health effects continue. Kathy has trod where very few people have the courage to venture and has... more »
David Cameron: Taxes will rise unless we can raid bank accounts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/10819885/David-Cameron-Taxes-will-rise-unless-we-can-raid-bank-accounts.html *David Cameron: Taxes will rise unless we can raid bank accounts* *David Cameron claims he will "have to put up taxes" unless tax officials are given draconian powers to raid people's bank accounts* [image: An HM Revenue and Customs form and some pound coins]Taxes will have to rise unless officals are given new powers to raid people's bank accounts, David Cameron has said. Photo: Alamy By Steven Swinford 3:28PM BST 09 May 2014 *Taxes w... more »
Summers on Piketty
One of the best reviews of the book I have seen.
Cold War II - Libya's oil for EU- Embargoing Russia?
Continuing on with pipeline wars and the planned embargo on Russia. Did I say embargo? Yes, because that looks to be the US/NATO plan. Embargo Russia until it falls. Sanctions are part of the embargo, but only a part of it. * Embargo defined * *The partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country.Embargoes are considered strong diplomatic measures imposed in an effort, by the imposing country, to elicit a given national-interest result from the country on which it is imposed.* Will they succeed? Time will tell. Judging by some of the news from recent da... more »
The Realist Report - Mike King: The Talented Mr. Putin
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Mike King of *TomatoBubble.com*. Mike and I will be discussing his recently published book *The Talented Mr. Putin*. Callers are welcome. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit the *AFP Radio Network* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *The Odessa Massacre - What REALLY Happened* - *Meet Ukraine's kosher "ultra-nationalists" - John Friend* - *Why did Putin suddenly ban 'Holocaust denial'? - Mike King & Brother Nathan... more »
Exclusive Video: State Senator Linda Greenstein Freaks Out
Linda Greenstein is the Democrat who betrayed valient progressive Babara Buono when she was running for governor by running TV ads showing her and Chris Christie working together happily. Now she's a candidate in the primary in NJ-12, hoping to replace Rush Holt. The video up top is a *DWT*exclusive and it emphasizes what an out of control Greenstein see as her "Enemies List"-- Ewing Township, East Windsor, Hightstown, Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough, Lawrence Township, Pennington, Princeton, Trenton, West Windsor Township… The video highlights state Senator Greenstein’s outbu... more »
Assclowns of the Week #98: Get Bentghazi edition
Well, despite 13 Congressional hearings and over $125,000,000 blown on Benghazi investigations, the GOP Krazy Klown Kar roared out of the motor pool packed with Republican assclowns who are bound and determined to get to the bottom of an embassy attack they singlehandedly created and that then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned us about. But, despite the House GOP's (1) and right wing media's (3) best efforts, Benghazi wasn't the only topic of conversation this past week.There was Cliven Bundy's Merry Pranksters (10) for going all Ken Kesey on sacred Native America... more »
Conspiracy theories and Paula Yates - by Julie Burchill, Sept. 13th 2000
And the cant just keeps on coming - last weekend, the death of Paula Yates continued to push wars, famine and the fallout from Big Brother Bernie Ecclestone off the front pages of the nation's newspapers. If one is of a conspiracist set of mind, one might imagine that Paula had been sleeping with the president (sorry, prime minister), perhaps - as her great heroine Marilyn Monroe had done in her day - and that, when she threatened, in a last desperate midnight phone call to make their affair public, MI5 was sent in to do their stuff with a vodka bottle and a hypodermic. Just in t... more »
Bob Simmons : FILM | Scarlett Johansson gets ‘Under the Skin’ (Ouch!)
What a muddled mess this movie is. It gives you the same feeling you might get while watching a drunk trying to cross an icy street. By Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 I’m not sure … finish reading Bob Simmons : *FILM* | Scarlett Johansson gets ‘Under the Skin’ (Ouch!)
My Interview with Counterpunch
Sacramento jounralist Seth Sandronsky learned of the release of my book, A Chronicle of Echoes, and requested an interview on the book and other issues, including questions about my personal history and varied education reform topics. His interview is posted in the online publication, Counterpunch May 14, 2014 An Interview With Mercedes K. Schneider Bill Gates […]
The trials and tribulations of the Truong Sa submarine
[image: Truong Sa submarine]The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) has just affirmed that it is prepared to grant a license for putting the Truong Sa sub into testing in the open sea. Prior to that, the Vietnam Register Agency, the Thai Binh provincial authorities and the Ministry of National Defence also made similar statements. Nguyen Quoc Hoa, the inventor of Truong Sa, still has not found a sponsor who can help him bring Truong Sa to the open sea. The relevant ministries all have their own reasons for refusing to grant the license for testing Truong Sa in the sea. Vietnam... more »
Mike's Story Part 21 - Death Throes of FTW
*By **Jenna** Orkin* To Mike and Ray 11-1-2006: *seconded re need for holding pattern. remember ray's in pittsburgh and not on email so if we don't hear from him for a couple days, don't think anything sinister.* * anything else i say will be obsolete by sundown.* To Mike 11-1-2006 [in response to his expression of abject failure:] *what would you say to a person who announces, at twenty, 'i'm going to be a billionaire by the time i'm forty.' at fifty, they've made a mere couple million dollars and let's hope, done something worthy meanwhile. is this person a failure or... more »
The Global Warming Fraud: Why Global Warming Failed
Right now, while everyone has their focus on the happenings in Ukraine, there is a lot of important events happening elsewhere in the world..... In the United States, the criminal Barry Soetoro/Davis/Obama government which has failed so miserably in trying to fleece the American people through the scam commonly known as "Obamacare" is concocting their latest and greatest con known as "carbon taxation"... The US government is continuing to promote the fraud and lie known as man made "Global Warming" (or as some call it "climate change" now) and is getting ready to use the propaganda o...more »
METRO | Melanie Scruggs: Houston’s regressive trash burning proposal
The global Zero Waste movement is actively opposing Houston’s proposed ‘One Bin for All.’ By Melanie Scruggs | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 HOUSTON — The environmental community in Texas has organically cultivated an unofficial division of labor … finish reading *METRO* | Melanie Scruggs: Houston’s regressive trash burning proposal
Buddhist Quotes & Sayings
Famous Buddhist Quotes & Sayings - Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. - You only lose what you cling to. - Fill your mind with compassion. - We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all. - The Four Reliances First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom,... more »
Via Campesina solidarity with Zapatistas following attack on teacher
Declaration of Solidarity with the Zapatistas and the Latin AmericanCoordination of Peasant Organizations and North America Region of LaVia Campesina International By La Via Campesina International Censored NewsWe are dismayed and outraged, but also firm in solidarity andstruggle; we stand against the assault that ended the life of the teacher Galeano, a brother and comrade Zapatista in La
Due to their watching the government controlled "mainstream medea" most Americans believe that the fighting in Ukraine is due to Russian troops ...even though Putin has said that US satellites must have noted that he had pulled his troops back from the border. Read this to learn a bit about who the real murderers are.
------------------------------ CIA, FBI and Now Academi Mercenaries on the Ground in Ukraine *Kurt Nimmo Original Here* Infowars.com May 12, 2014 The German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday 400 U.S. mercenaries are working with the junta government in Ukraine to suppress opposition to the coup in the eastern part of the country. The newspaper said the for-profit mercenaries are actively participating in the effort to eliminate anti-coup activists in Slavyans... more »
WHERE DID PRIVILEGE COME FROM: Stifling Fisher!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014* *Part 3—One possible form of excess:* As we’ve told you, the concept of privilege is extremely hot. Only yesterday, Prachi Gupta salonsplained exactly *how* hot. Warning! The parts of this excerpt which sounds like a joke may be a reading error. Headlines included: GUPTA (5/13/14): *Students at Harvard’s Kennedy School will now be required to check their privilege/The course will be called Checking Your Privilege 101* If Tal Fortgang, the Princeton freshman who refused to check his white privilege, ever wants to go to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Governme...more »
Study Should Spark New Lawsuits Against Teacher Eval Based on VAM
*From the summary at Brookings:* *The federal government has spurred the creation of a new generation of teacher evaluation systems at the state level through more than $4 billion in Race to the Top funding to 19 states and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) accountability waivers to 43 states. A majority of states have passed laws requiring the adoption of teacher evaluation systems that incorporate student achievement data, but only a handful of states had fully implemented new teacher evaluation systems as of the 2012-13 school year.* As the majority of states continue to design and imple... more »
Islamic State of Iraq Ramping Up Propaganda Campaign Featuring Foreign Fighters
The re-birth of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and its spread across central Iraq has led it to increase its propaganda. One avenue it is taking is featuring foreign fighters that have died for it. While the vast majority of the organization is Iraqi a steady flow of other nationalities are now joining its ranks once again. Their most infamous use is for suicide bombings, but it appears that many are now serving as regular gunmen for ISIS. Case in point, on May 5 the Iraqi Security Forces clashed with a number of Islamic State fighters in northern Hillah in Babil... more »
Climate Tricks 31: High Intolerance by the Alarmist Camp
See this case of Dr. Lennart Bengtsson, a prominent Swedish climate scientist. The degree of intolerance, of inability to face the inconsistencies of the "man-made" global warming / climate change proposition, is very high. They are shooting the messenger, not the message. Attacking the person, not the issue. And the big irony, this is happening among natural scientists in the west, supposedly the beacon of social tolerance and scientific skepticism. The two Press Releases are posted in The Global Warming Policy Foundation ( GWPF) website. ------------- *Press Release 01/05/14* P... more »
Security certificates constitutional
Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) *v.* Harkat, 2014 SCC 37: *Constitutionality of IRPA Scheme* The impugned provisions of the *IRPA* scheme are constitutional. They do not violate the named person's right to know and meet the case against him, or the right to have a decision made on the facts and the law. The alleged defects of the*IRPA* scheme must be assessed in light of the scheme's overall design and of the two central principles that guide the scheme: (1) the designated judge is intended to play a gatekeeper role, is vested with broad discretion and ... more »
Honey, we never had kids!
By Capt. Fogg Someone told me that the Church of the Latter Day Saints is the fastest growing religion in the world, but it isn't -- not if one can call a family of beliefs that share the philosophy that nothing you hear is true a religion. Of course when it comes to Sunday Supplement health and nutrition articles and the books that make diet Doctors rich, little of it may actually be true, but there is no end of things that are really beyond reasonable doubt and should largely be beyond unreasonable doubt too. I wasted some time last week for instance with a fool who insisted no ... more »
Burden of establishing an agency relationship lies on the party alleging its existence
*Boyle v. Maritime Travel Inc.*, 2014 NSCA 44: [14] As the appellant points out, the burden of establishing an agency relationship lies on the party alleging its existence: *Hav-A-Kar Leasing Ltd. v. Vekselshtein*, 2012 ONCA 826 (CanLII), 2012 ONCA 826, at ¶ 38. The judge correctly identified that burden in ¶ 26 of his decision and provided additional legal authority.
May 14:New Brunswick Passenger Rail.....
A1 has a story well worth reading. It's about the decision to repair the passenger railway track in northern New Brunswick. In short, it's a statement by a national railway consultant who says this looks like just a band-aid. He says Via Rail made the decision almost certainly because we're into an election year - and a little largesse could swing some seats to the government. What's needed, he says, is a long term plan to boost ridership. Otherwise, the line will simply die, anyway, and the repair bill will be wasted. He's being gentle. The current federal government's planning (... more »
Napoleon In The Asylum
In the wake of the Supreme Court's rejection of Marc Nadon and Stephen Harper's plan to reform the Senate, now comes word that the Ministry of Justice is slashing its research budget by 20%. Devon Black writes: The purpose of research in government is pretty obvious. It’s to test assumptions, so legislators can make policy that works and change policy that doesn’t. Without decent monitoring and evaluation, there’s no way for legislators to know if any of their policies are doing what they’re supposed to do. Unfortunately, it looks as though the government has decided to punish De... more »
Pennsylvania Progressives Just Say No To Corrupt Conservatives From The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party
It isn't likely, but New Dem vice chair and EMILY's List fave, Allyson Schwartz, could still win the May 20, Pennsylvania gubernatorial primary-- and equally conservative corporate shill Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky could win her congressional primary the same day. But that's also unlikely. Both women from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party were dubbed prohibitive frontrunners by the brain-dead Beltway punditry from the outset. The 3 most recent polls show progressive Tom Wolf beating Schwartz by an average of just over 27 points. And Internal PA-13 polling I've looked o... more »
Untitled
*Summerhill: The misery of a great Leftist fantasy* Mikey Cuddihy is now 60 years old and a successful artist and teacher. Yet the pain of childhood loss suffuses this memoir as if the traumatic events happened just last year. She was born into a large and wealthy Irish-American family, who enjoyed a luxurious life. But her beautiful actress mother became an alcoholic, given to lashing out at her five children. When Mikey was four, her parents divorced and her father gained custody of the children. His second wife once stood one of her stepsons under a freezing shower because h... more »
Motion to extend time to be refused on merits only in clearest of cases
Wadden v. BMO Nesbitt Burns, 2014 NSCA 45: [17] It is only in those cases where the proposed grounds of appeal are clearly without merit that it would not be in the interests of justice to allow the extension (See for example, *McCully v. Rogers Estate*, 2013 NSCA 22 (CanLII), 2013 NSCA 22).
Collective “holding of hands encircling” currently proceeds throughout the Gaia hu-manity collective
*Collective “holding of hands encircling” currently proceeds throughout the Gaia hu-manity collective* by ÉirePort Collective "holding of hands encircling" currently proceeds throughout the Gaia hu-manity collective. This encircling process expands at an accelerated pace, encompassing all Beings desirous of and requesting upgrades. Situational blocks with individuals dissolve as each faces and accepts and asks for transmutation of such. Planetary readiness nears. ÉirePort | May 13, 2014 at 2:22 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-1I
Steve's Economic Action Scam
1. Vastly inflate the stats for supposed job vacancies and skill shortages in Canada by basing them on a program that counts online classified ads, including one on eBay that features the same jobs posted multiple times. 2. Refuse to divulge the questionable source of the now vastly inflated stats being used to implement government policy because - commercial confidentiality. 3. Tighten up eligibility requirements for employment insurance because - hey, tons of jobs out there going begging. 4. Send Kenney off to Ireland to encourage 10,000 Irish studen... more »
Chelsea Manning Causes a Dilemma for US Military
It's quite the conundrum: The request was the first ever made by a transgender military inmate and set up a dilemma for the Defence Department: How to treat a soldier for a diagnosed disorder without violating long-standing military policy. Transgenders are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military and the Defence Department does not provide such treatment, but Manning can't be discharged from the service while serving his 35-year prison sentence. Some officials have said privately that keeping the soldier in a military prison and unable to have treatment could amount to cruel and u... more »
Ukraine Watch / News and Views for May 14 , 2014 --- Gazprombank transferred client funds from Belgium and Luxembourg back to home turf, to protect against any future sanctions. The securities were moved from Euroclear Bank (Brussels) and Clearstream Banking (Luxembourg) to the Russian Central Depository at the end of April....... Moscow believes that the May 11 referendums held in Ukraine's Donetsk and Lugansk regions should be taken as confirmation of the depth of the crisis in Ukraine...... US backing Ukraine Government Eurobonds - The government of Ukraine has decided to issue $1 billion in five-year Eurobonds under US guarantees, according to a resolution published by the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday. .......
Russia Today..... Russia’s third largest bank moves money from Europe to Moscow for safe keeping Published time: May 13, 2014 09:02 Get short URL [image: Reuters / Leonhard Foeger] Reuters / Leonhard Foeger Share on tumblr Tags Banking, EU, Russian economy,Sanctions Gazprombank transferred client funds from Belgium and Luxembourg back to home turf, to protect against any future sanctions. The securities were moved from Euroclear Bank (Brussels) and Clearstream Banking (Luxembourg) to the Russian Central Depository at the end of April. The move is intended to protect customers from an... more »
War Watch May 14 , 2014 -- BIG NEWS OF THE DAY --- Saudis actually seeks to negotiate with Iran - this is a major change in foreign policy by the Saudis and does not represent good news for US standing or the dollar if these talks succeed !!! Syria fighting drags on between alleged Rebels / Mercenaries and Government ( as Rebel in -fighting really has become the bigger story in recent months ) .... Bombing in Baghdad becoming every day news ......
Syria ...... Obama renews commitments to Syrian opposition Opposition chief thanked the U.S. for the $287 million in nonlethal assistance to the Syrian opposition. (File photo: Reuters) Text size A A A By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Wednesday, 14 May 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama praised Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba and a coalition delegation, renewing his commitments to the group in a meeting at the White House on Tuesday. Obama and national security adviser Susan Rice offered commitments for what the White House calls a political solution to the conflict th... more »
Japan Updates - May 10 , 2014 --- On so many levels , Japan is one zombified clusterfark nation.......Debt , Fukushima , War mongering as distraction --- When do the people in Japan rise up , demand hard answers and attempt to find out where things stand ( before its too late ? )
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-10/japan-debt-update-%C2%A5102000000000000000 Japan Debt Update: ¥1,020,000,000,000,000.00 [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/10/2014 20:42 -0400 - Japan - National Debt inShare It's been a while since we looked at Japan's debt situation. Here is the dire update. *From Japan News:* *Japan’s national debt totaled a record-high ¥1.02 quadrillion as of the end of March, up ¥33.36 trillion from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said.* The central government debt, which increased ¥7.01 trillion from the ... more »
Sick Care vs. Health Care - A Choice To Be Made
*Source:* *Raw For Beauty Blog*
My Road to Recovery Post-Gardasil by Kristin Clowlow from Australia
Kristin My Road to Recovery Post-Gardasil By Kristin Clulow Newcastle, NSW, Australia *"never give up. You will have times when you want to, when it seems pointless, hopeless, unfair etc. I have been there. I have felt all of those emotions – and more. But I am living proof that you can improve and that you can, once again, enjoy a quality of Life".* My name is Kristin Clulow. I am 31 years old and live in Newcastle, Australia. I wrote an article a few years ago regarding my Gardasil experience. As this last post was over three years ago, I would like to take this opportunity to ... more »
Iraq - AT-6C Texan II Aircraft
[image: T-6C Texan II]The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for AT-6C Texan II aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $790 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 13, 2014. The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 24 AT-6C Texan II Aircraft, 2 spare PT-6A-68 Turboprop engines, 2 spare ALE-47 Counter-Measure Dispensing Systems and/or 2 spare AAR-47 Missile La... more »
Belgium - F-16A/B Block 15 Aircraft Mid Life Upgrade
[image: Belgian F-16A Fighting Falcon]The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Belgium to upgrade its F-16A/B Block 15 Aircraft Mid Life Upgrade (MLU) aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $113 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 8, 2014. The Government of Belgium has requested a possible sale to upgrade its F-16A/B Block 15 Mid Life Upgrade (MLU) aircraft with Operational Fl... more »
Romania Welcomed Into The F-16 Family
[image: F-16 Fighting Falcon]Romania was officially welcomed into the Lockheed Martin F-16 family at a reception preceding the Black Sea Defense Aerospace tradeshow here today. The Romanian Air Force is the 28th customer of the most widely used 4th generation multi-role fighter in the world. Romania signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance with the U.S. Government in December 2013 which provides programmatic support to a U.S.-approved third party transfer of F-16 aircraft from Portugal to Romania. Read more
Mullins on the Federal Reserve Scam and how they print money out of thin air! Its All Black Magic!
Former Library of Congress employee and emancipator of Ezra Pound(Nobel Laureate) says that Bankers practice Black Magic and fool the world into becoming their Debt Slaves. Banksters also immorally pollute the city they live in, similar to pigs wallowing in their own filth!
Lockheed Martin Introduces Latest Addition to Small Unmanned Aircraft System Family
[image: Vector Hawk UAS]Designed for versatility and affordability, the new Lockheed Martin Vector Hawk addresses a broad set of unique missions and operating needs within a single system. With a gross takeoff weight of only four pounds and a vertical profile of only four inches, Vector Hawk boasts best-in-class payload capacity, speed and endurance. “We are proud to deliver Vector Hawk, a waterproof system that provides leading edge multi-mission capabilities in all environments,” said Kevin Westfall, director of Unmanned Solutions at Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Trainin... more »
If conference calls happened like real life
If conference calls were in real life... We've all been there!
Poland said to be eyeing missile defense decision in June, July
[image: Patriot PAC-3]Poland may choose a single winning bidder by June or July in a multi-billion dollar missile defense competition, months earlier than planned due to the crisis in Ukraine, a senior Lockheed Martin Corp executive said on Tuesday. Marty Coyne, business development director for Lockheed's air and missile defense business, said he saw "a good chance" that a single foreign provider could be selected by early summer. "There's clearly a sense of urgency," he said. Read more
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