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Here a Russian university professor, who is also the editor of an independent democratic left magazine and a coordinator of the Russian social movement Alternatives, answers questions about what is really happening in Ukraine. (Hint: It's not what the US "mainstream media" tell you.)
------------------------------ *Original Here* *Is Ukraine Entering A Revolutionary Moment?* Professor Aleksandr Buzgalin discusses the recent referendums for independence in Ukraine's eastern regions - *May 13, 14* * More at The Real News * *Bio .* Aleksandr Buzgalin is a Professor of Political Economy at Moscow State University. He is also editor of the independent democratic left magazine Alternatives, and is a coordinator of the Russian social movement Alternatives, au... more »
Ukraine- Militias masquerading as 'steelworkers' paid for by a warlord
And a bit of inadvertent truth from John Kerry! I will get to that at the end of the post , first, the failed state status of Ukraine. I define a failed state as:* one that fails it's citizens. * Which makes most of our home countries failed states. Ukraine's failed state status is showing itself in a manner that is more often associated with third world nations.Think of Somalia. Admittedly I love the *spin control vortex* *today in Washington Post*. *Wow!* *It’s a beautiful thing, this perception management. It gives me something to take apart every single day :)* *WP:* *“Steelwo... more »
WSJ: Japan's Abe Moves to Bolster Military
Wall Street Journal Friday May 16 page 8: "Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a significant step toward removing six-decade old constraints on Japan's military, a move that could enable Tokyo to play a greater security role in an increasingly tense East Asia... ...Abe said his government would kick of discussions to determine whether to change the interpretation of the constitution to permit the use of 'collective self-defense'... [end] Majia here: the article ends by explaining that once a decision is made on the change in interpretation, a "cascade of changes to its defense-r... more »
Fukushima Daiichi Really Steaming This Morning
Majia's Blog - 29 minutes ago
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Ma's green card again
[image: Oct_Kenting_91] The green card issue resurfaced this week with a Next Magazine story on President Ma. The officially unofficial US representative office in Taipei, AIT, quickly provided a letter saying that Ma had indeed formally renounced his green card. You can read the sordid unimportant details here. The interesting thing about the green card issue is how deep and visceral it is for Taiwanese now, unlike during the election in 2008 when Frank Hsieh first launched that claim. I've been hearing remarks on it all week, from one-liners ("Oh, you're a US citizen? Just like our... more »
Watch this documentary on Sartre if you want to ...
If you do, you can apply it to your time living under harperino!
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.16.14”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.16.14”* by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “Numerous wildfires are engulfing parts of California. In one county alone, in the southern part of the state, fire has burned nearly 10,000 acres. Some lifelong residents say they have never seen it this bad. Think this won’t affect you if you live elsewhere? Think again. This is really the side effect of a much bigger problem—extreme drought in the western part of the U.S. From Texas to California, at least 10 states are dealing with some form of drought. Some of the worst areas are in food growing regions. If you h... more »
CALL FOR GLOBAL ACTION
Solidarity beyond borders – Building democracy from belowThe programs of austerity and privatizations imposed by the Troika decide on the lives of millions of people in Europe. Together with people in Europe and the whole world we resist the rehabilitation of capitalism on the backs of employees as well as unemployed, retirees, migrants and the youth. Together with them we say: “We don’t owe, we won’t pay!”While the European Union crisis regime builds more and more borders in order to divide, exploit and oppress us, new transnational movements are arising. We are social movement ac... more »
Crony Capitalism- The Fraudopian Diet
*Tacitus: 'The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.'* jamesMay 15, 2014 at 11:22 AM * Here's another contribution to that cause from Max and Stacy with guest who use ridicule and direct legal challenges to expose the utter corruption. This destroys the credibility that the regime needs to survive. The end is getting closer!* All we have to do is see the *'Emperor has no clothes' * Crony capitalism is rampant as mentioned in this post- *Biden & Kerry nepotism. Profiteering from the US backed coup in Ukraine*
In his latest article, former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, “The Fed is the great deceiver.” Why is he making this shocking accusation? Greg Hunter asks him to explain in the text below and more extensively in the video at the bottom.
------------------------------ *Fed Laundering Treasury Purchases to Disguise What’s Happening-Paul Craig Roberts* By Greg Hunter On May 14, 2014 *By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com* In his latest article, former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, *“The Fed is the great deceiver.” *Why is he making this shocking accusation? The reason is tiny Belgium’s whopping purchase of *$141 billion in Treasury bonds* earlier this year. Dr. Roberts explains, “We know that Belgium didn’t have any money to buy $141 billion worth of bonds over a three month period. T... more »
Burning Taiwanese factories and other irritants
[image: Oct_random3_45] Vietnamese, rioting over China's placement of a drilling rig in Vietnamese waters, burnt at least 15 factories owned by Taiwanese to the ground ( FocusTaiwan).... The violence that began to rip through southern Vietnam May 13 spread north the following day into Ha Tinh Province, where attacks that left one person dead and 90 injured broke out at a steel mill belonging to Formosa Plastics Group. The protests were triggered by China's deployment of an oil rig in what Vietnam considers to be its exclusive economic zone near the Paracel Islands in the South China... more »
Steven Weinberg's mutated density matrices
*Loopholes like that are probably not too interesting* Steven Weinberg posted a playful quant-ph preprint two days ago: Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors The title is a bit misleading. What Weinberg mostly tries to do is to study possible symmetry transformations of density matrices that don't descend from transformations of pure states. *Anti-quantum noise as an introduction* The beginning of the paper reflects Weinberg's personal dissatisfaction with quantum mechanics. Two unsatisfactory features of quantum mechanics have bothered physicists for decades. However, there ar... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: Godzilla Edition
Brian Cranston and Godzilla apparently did not get along that well: Check out the story here.
Mike's Story Part 23 - Ah, Canada
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * End of Suburbia producer Barry Silverthorn’s recollection of Mike’s time at his house:* *When Mike landed in Toronto he looked very thin - and relieved. All he wanted was some food that wasn't indigenous to South America, so we went to the nearest restaurant after leaving the airport.* *We went shopping for clothes at a thrift store. Mike was impressed by how little they cost, and I got the impression that he had never shopped at a thrift store before. I had also bought him CDs by David Baerwald [a friend of Mike’s whom we’d later meet at his state-of-the... more »
Will Steve Israel's PA-08 CIA Agent, Kevin Strouse, Withdraw From His Congressional Race Over The Weekend?
I wondered why Steve Israel and his corrupt operatives at the DCCC didn't jump all over the story about Republican crooks Michael Grimm and Aaron Schock illegally trading maxed out donors to circumvent campaign finance regulations. Was Israel too busy chasing Pinellas County NAACP President Manuel Sykes out of the FL-13 Democratic primary so he could run a sleazy Republican crony instead? That wasn't it and now I do know why Israel ignored that scandal-- he was directing a nearly identical scheme among-- even more shady-- his own stable of worthless corrupt recruits. Pelosi is now... more »
War watch May 16 , 2014 - Daily updates pertaining to the Syria War , Iraq unrest and Iran nuclear talks.......
Iran nuclear Talks .... US ‘Political’ Breakout Demand Could Derail Iran Nuclear Talks by Gareth Porter, May 16, 2014 Print This | Share This As diplomats began drafting a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and Western sanctions in Vienna Tuesday, US officials were poised to demand a drastic cut in Iran’s enrichment capabilities that is widely expected to deadlock the negotiations. Iran is almost certain to reject the basic concept that it should reduce the number of its centrifuges to a fraction of its present total, and the resulting collapse of the talks could ... more »
Narenda Modi's BJP wins Indian Election in overwhelming style - May 16 , 2014 ! Details - Congress party President Sonia Gandhi concedes defeat after coalition led by Narendra Modi’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party sweeps Indian election. BJP bloc leads in 335 seats and Congress-led bloc in 59, according to NDTV tally of count as of 4:39 p.m. in Mumbai. BJP alone set to cross majority mark of 272 seats from 543 up for grabs: Election Commission data “India has won,” Modi says on Twitter BJP poised for biggest victory for any single Indian party in 30 years on pledge to revive growth, improve governance Congress heading for wost-ever performance after graft scandals, economic slowdown, elevated inflation
India's BJP set for landslide poll win Opposition Hindu nationalist party, headed by Narendra Modi, takes unassailable lead over ruling Congress party. Last updated: 16 May 2014 12:41 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Narendra Modi will most likely be the next prime minister of India [AFP] India's Hindu nationalist opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is on course for a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections, making an unassailable lead over the ruling Congress party, par... more »
Creamy Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup with Meredith from Perfection Pending
Today I am thrilled to have Meredith from Perfection Pending here to share a fabulous crockpot recipe with us. Meredith has some great parenting posts up, I love this one about why Moms are terrible drivers. Check Meredith out and make sure to leave her some comment love. Hi! My name is Meredith, and I'm a mom to three blogging over at Perfection Pending. [image: TimelineCover] I mostly blog about life with three kids, and how I'm trying to learn to let go of perfectionism, but I also love sharing recipes that I've tried, taste yummy, and my kids will eat!! This recipe is so easy and... more »
In League With The Elite
Carol Goar believes that the NDP has forsaken its traditional role as the champion of the poor. That is the case with Tom Mulcair's federal party. And it certainly is the case with Andrea Horwath's provincial party. Goar writes: Horwath is following a well-worn path as Star columnist Rick Salutinpointed out last week. Like Tony Blair’s “new” Labour Party, François Hollande’s Socialist Party and Thomas Mulcair’s centrist federal NDP, she is seeking to transform her party into a mainstream alternative. She is not interested in being the conscience of the legislature or the standard... more »
Is The May 16 , 2014 Operation American Spring Event in DC a trick , a Trap ? David Chase offers his point of view - FWIW
FWIW..... http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/05/cia-planning-anonymous-cyber-attacks-during-operation-american-spring-on-may-16-2014 ( Complete article at the link , just the highlights below.. ) CIA Planning “Anonymous” Cyber-Attacks During “Operation American Spring” on May 16, 2014 *David Chase Taylor* *May 15, 2013* *Truther.org* . *SWITZERLAND, Zurich* — Come Friday, May 16, 2014, retired Colonel Harry Riley will lead tens-of-thousands of so-called “patriots” to Washington D.C. to “remove Obama, Biden, Reid, McConnell, Boehner, Pelosi, and Attorney General Holder from... more »
Gold and Silver news - May 16 , 2014 -----Are The London Gold Vaults Running Empty - Kenneth Hoffman certainly believed that was the case as of December 2013 , what is the case now ? And how about the Swiss - is there gold gold too ( see Turd's Wednesday update to his excellent report on Switzerland's gold from Monday --- Note the email comments from James Turk , Dominik , Chris Powell .) ...
Are The London Gold Vaults Running Empty? As I have extensively covered in the past months the majority of the unprecedented demand for gold from China, which started in January 2013, was being supplied by the UK, home of the London bullion market and many bullion bank (and private) gold vaults. Via Switzerland, where the gold was remelted into kilobars, it was shipped towards Hong Kong where most of it was re-exported to China mainland. Whilst in 2013 it was clear that the world’s largest gold-backed ETF, GLD, was the predominant supplier from the UK, since January 2014 GLD inventor... more »
Banksters ( and their enablers ) in focus May 13 , 2014 -- JUNEAU -- Paychecks for 15,000 state employees failed to arrive in their bank accounts as scheduled Monday morning, according to the Alaska Department of Administration.... State officials are blaming the failure on errors by U.S. Bank, an outside contractor ........ The High Frequency Trading Lawsuit That Has Wall Street Running Scared ...... Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Thomas Hoenig: Wall Street Banks “Excessively Leveraged” at 22 to 1 Ratios
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2014-05-14/interview-bailins-may-cause-bank-runs-and-capital-controls-western-world-russ ( Bail in is a fancy word for theft .... ) *** Max Keiser Interviews Mark O’Byrne, GoldCore Director of Research on Bail-Ins Keiser: Mark, you have a new report on bail-ins - From Bail-Outs to Bail-Ins: Risks and Ramifications ... Ok so the era of bondholder bailouts is ending and that of depositor bail-ins is coming. Tell us about your report. O’Byrne: The risk of bail-ins has been coming in a very stealthy manner and under-the-radar way. Most people aren... more »
The Conversation: Racial segregation returns to US schools, 60 years after the Supreme Court banned it
The Conversation: Racial segregation returns to US schools, 60 years after the Supreme Court banned it. via The Conversation: Racial segregation returns to US schools, 60 years after the Supreme Court banned it.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
where to stay in giverny and rouen, where to eat in rouen, where not to eat in giverny
I've mentioned our wonderful accommodations in Giverny and outside Rouen, but each deserves a post of its own. I'll review them on TripAdvisor but for Googleability, I'd like to do more. *Giverny: Les Jardins d'Helene* In Giverny, for comfort, convenience, and an absolutely delightful stay at a very reasonable price, you can't do better than Les Jardins d'Helene. It's located about a 15-minute walk from Monet's house and gardens, on one easy, flat road. The house itself is a beautiful mix of traditional and contemporary design, and clearly a labour of love by a very creative pers... more »
DCNS is pursuing sea trials in the Mediterranean for the combat system on the FREMM Normandie
[image: FREMM Normandie]The FREMM Normandie multi-mission frigate, second of the series ordered by OCCAR on behalf of the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) and the French Navy, left the DCNS site in Lorient on 14 May on its way to the DCNS site in Toulon. Over the next few weeks, DCNS will perform a new series of sea trials to test the performance of the FREMM’s combat system before delivery to the French Navy at the end of 2014. This series of sea trials, which will take place in the Mediterranean, will allow the Navy’s operating crew and the DGA, OCCAR and DCNS specialists t... more »
Greece updates May 16 , 2014 --Poul Thomsen from International Monetary Fund, Jorg Asmussen from the European Central Bank, Marco Buti and Thomas Wieser: all four were working “clandestinely” for months preparing for a collapse of Greece’s banks. Their secret blueprint, known as “Plan Z”, was a detailed script of how to reconstruct Greece’s economic and financial infrastructure if it were to leave the euro. From the Financial Times series and the excellent work of Peter Spiegel...............Court rules “mobility scheme” unconstitutional; FinMin has to hire anew 397 fired cleaners ....... Greek court rules: Teachers’ and Transport workers’ strikes put public health at risk ....... Thursday and Friday see PIIGS deep steepen losses - Greek retroactive tax on foreign holders of greek debt between 2012 and 2013 concerns and political issues .....
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Keep Talking Greece .... [image: Court rules “mobility scheme” unconstitutional; FinMin has to hire anew 397 fired cleaners]tagged: Athens, cleaners, court,Finance Ministry, Greece, hire,protesting, ruling Court rules “mobility scheme” unconstitutional; FinMin has to hire anew 397 fired cleaners Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Society First Instance Court in Athens ruled that the Finance Ministry has to hire anew the 397 cleaners it had laid-off several months ago. According to the court, the finance ministry decision to sent home 397 cleaners in the context of ‘mobility scheme’ was ... more »
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, "Remember When It Rained" Reprised, because I love it.
Josh Groban, "Remember When It Rained" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWnHAhKX6E For you, Janie Noble, wherever in life you are...
Drones Over Nigeria as McCain Wails for Boots on the Ground
The American war machine never needs much of an excuse for sending in the drones and imperial stormtroopers in the global crusade for financial plunder and corporate profits but nothing sells with the low-information types like a good old humanitarian intervention. Team America world police has just had exactly that drop into their laps with the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls by Muslim group Boko Haram, a perfect scenario for one of those good movie style commando raids to win hearts and minds in *The Homeland*. President Barack Obama got all choked up and vowed th... more »
Hoosier School Heist author Doug Martin sings his new song "When ISTEP Was a Famous Dance"
Hoosier School Heist author Doug Martin sings his new song "When ISTEP Was a Famous Dance." Kim Fidler's ISTA 2C District Council Meeting, Courtyard by Marriott (Airport Location), May 14, 2014, Indianapolis For some reason, the video won't post to this website. I will try again later. For now, see the video at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6WXTzVP40Y *When ISTEP Was a Famous Dance* *By Doug Martin* They're gonna privatize our air and chop off all our hair And ship our kids to Pearson hell Hedge fund man fishing, David Harris hissing Todd Huston needs put in jail. ... more »
French Ship Could Spy on Communications in Black Sea
[image: FS Dupuy de Lôme (A759)]The French intelligence ship FS Dupuy de Lome has entered the waters off Bulgaria’s port city Varna a day after its return to the Black Sea, a military source told RIA Novosti Thursday. “The French intelligence ship is now stationed in the western Black Sea, 30 miles away from the port of Varna,” the source said. The intelligence vessel is designed for radar monitoring, as well as the collection of signals and communications behind enemy lines. It can also intercept phone calls and e-mails. Read more
Romeos packing a new punch
[image: MH-60R Romeo helicopter]The Royal Australian Navy’s MH-60R Romeo helicopter has had another system added to its arsenal, with the commencement of dipping operations off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida on 13 May. After five months of flying operations from Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, NUSQN 725 received its first Airborne Low Frequency Sonar System (ALFS) and with the complex process of installation, calibration and test flying behind them, the team eagerly put the ALFS through its paces in the local exercise areas. The system consists of a number of moving part... more »
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*Temporary restraining order filed to stop Northshore fracking ~WDSU*
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Successful Javelin Firing From Turret in U.K. Test
[image: FGM-148 Javelin]Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the successful firing of a Javelin missile from a turret at the Cranfield Ordnance Test & Evaluation Centre (COTEC) near Wiltshire, England. The turret was designed and built as a joint project between Lockheed Martin U.K. in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, U.K., and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Dallas, Texas, and Orlando, Florida. The production of the turret and successful firing of both a 30mm cannon and a fully integrated Javelin missile has been achieved in a nine-month period. Read more
Syria: Light at the End of the Tunnel
*Image: Homs has suffered devastation, but residents vow to rebuild.**May 16, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The city of Homs has finally been retaken by the Syrian Arab Army. The scenes of devastation left behind by nearly 3 years of fighting are surreal, but residents - who have begun returning in small numbers - vow to rebuild the city. Fighting concluded when the Syrian government granted a ceasefire to encircled militants occupying the city's center. An estimated 2,000 militants evacuated the city to rural positions where government forces will be able to engage them. Lacking ... more »
Unfashionably I appreciate London Live TV
London Live TV (Sky 117) has been getting a lot of stick since its launch and apparently has very low viewing figures. For a lot of the time I can understand why, just look at the schedules. However it does also show three really great shows: 1. Coupling - Steven Moffat's master-work of three series from 2000 to 2004 and a dodgy series four. A genius comedy series with some great acting, some poor acting but always very very funny, and sometimes toe-curlingly embarrassing. You must watch this series, if not on London Live then buy the DVD. I have previously blogged about Series 1, E... more »
Will GMO Farmers Convert To Growing Non-GMOs?
[image: Foto: Richard Kalmolvathin says non-GMO production is a good start to making agriculture more sustainable. “It’s the spark to the fuse,” he says. “We recommend non-GMO and believe it is the future.” His South Dakota-based company, Verity Farms, LLC is one of a growing number of businesses that are helping U.S. farmers switch to non-GMO and more sustainable farming practices. Verity works with 300-400 farmers throughout the U.S. to help them grow healthier plants, which will produce healthier foods for people and animals. “Our concept to just to raise good food,” says Kalmol... more »
Russia Wants In on a Killer Robot Future
[image: Sentry robot]The question of when Russia will deploy giant anthropomorphic battle robots on its borders was on top of the list of things people asked President Vladimir Putin about during his online news conference in 2006. Putin politely skirted the question. But last March, his special envoy Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia does in fact want lethal robots, though not necessarily giant or even anthropomorphic, and is conducting research in the field. But Russia also recognizes the implications of creating machines authorized to kill humans, judging by the country's particip... more »
No Clear Plan for Triton 'Due Regard' Radar, Navy Says
[image: MQ-4C Triton]The U.S. Navy has not determined how to fit a “due regard” radar on its unmanned MQ-4C Triton, which will likely start initial operations in 2017 without the subsystem intended to help protect it from midair collisions. But the Triton will enter service with more capability than any other unmanned aircraft to “detect and avoid” other aircraft, the Navy’s program manager asserts. During a panel discussion at the Unmanned Systems 2014 conference on May 14, Capt. James Hoke, the Navy’s Triton program manager, said the Global Hawk “persistent surveillance” maritim... more »
Iran's 'drone clone' latest in long line of fakes, experts say
[image: RQ-170 Sentinel]The "Mini-Me drone" Iran says it reverse-engineered from an American aircraft is a crude fake, according to a new report, making it just the latest in a long line of the Islamic Republic's phony claims of weapons wizardry. Iran's state-run Fars News Agency on Sunday trumpeted the news that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps had made a copy of the Lockheed Martin RQ-170, and had shown off the craft at an aerospace exhibition in Tehran. But defense industry sources told the U.S. Naval Institute the supposedly cloned drone is a fake, and a crude one at that. “... more »
Russia to advance Yak-130 aircraft to Mongolia, Vietnam, Latin America
[image: Yak-130]Russia is seeking to advance its Yak-130 aircraft to Mongolia, Vietnam and Latin America, Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Director Alexander Fomin told ITAR-TASS on Thursday, May 15. “We are working to advance these aircraft to Mongolia, Vietnam and other countries,” he said. The arms exporting company Rosoboronexport and the aircraft corporation Irkut are doing the same in Latin America. “Although our foreign partners have reiterated their interest in purchasing this plane, no concrete contracts have been made so far,” Fomin said. Read more
$100 ORIGAMI OWL GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY
Today I am excited to be teaming up with some other bloggers to bring you this Origami Owl giveaway. Look for my post coming soon about the way I wear my locket! [image: $100 Origami Owl Gift Card Giveaway] Welcome to $100 Origami Owl Giveaway Hosted By BloggieAway Origami Owl Inderpendent Designer Jennifer Walsh Origami Owl is a custom jewelry online shop that offers jewelry that tells a story. "Living Locket," as they call it, is a unique way to show your own personal story or unique personality in a fashionable way. [image: Origami Owl Inderpendent Designer Jennifer Walsh] So how d... more »
Germany nixes gunboat subsidy to Israel, citing breakdown of peace talks
[image: Angela Merkel & Benjamin Netanyahu]The German government has decided not to give Israel a massive subsidy for the purchase of German missile boats, due to the breakdown in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, both Israeli and German officials said on Thursday. For months now, Israel and Germany have been negotiating a deal under which Israel would purchase three or four German gunboats to protect its offshore gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea. The deal, first reported by Haaretz, was valued at about $1 billion before any discounts. Read more
Even if it wanted to, the SNP couldn’t use Trident as a bargaining chip
[image: Vanguard class SSBN]A few weeks ago, I watched Nicola Sturgeon speak at a Scottish CND rally in Glasgow’s George Square. There were, at most, 200 or 250 people in the crowd. As Scotland’s deputy first minister, Sturgeon must have had a dozen more important things to be doing. She certainly wasn’t winning any new converts to independence – most of the audience arrived sporting Yes campaign badges and placards. But she still delivered a pretty good speech – one she had obviously spent time preparing. It is difficult to overstate the strength of the SNP’s opposition to nuclea... more »
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*The spurious "97% consensus" claim now needs legal protection from being disproven* Anthony Watts has apparently obtained more of the data on which John Cook based his 97% claim and was set to publish an article showing just how disreputable the Cook claim is. But the university where Cook works has now issued Watts with a threatening legal letter that forbids him from discussing Cook's work -- on the ground that Cook's work is copyrighted! How Fascist can you get! A claim that cannot be discussed! It tells us most vividly how indefensible the claim is. Anthony gives the grue... more »
North Korea 'has built two large warships', think tank's satellite photos show
[image: USS Pueblo]Satellite images have picked out two new North Korean warships, the largest it has constructed in 25 years, a US think tank said today. Recent commercial satellite pictures showed two new helicopter-carrying frigates separately berthed at shipyards in Nampo in the west and Najin in the far northeast. The think tank said it was an important “wake-up call” on the effectiveness of sanctions against Pyongyang. The vessels can be seen in commercial satellite images from December and January. It is unclear whether the frigates are yet ready for service. Read more
Warships in peril as defence ministry blocks sonar purchase
[image: Kolkata class DDG]At the start of this year, INS Vikramaditya, the navy's new aircraft carrier, sailed into the Arabian Sea near the end of a non-stop, 15,000-km voyage from Russia. Accompanied till the Mediterranean by a single Talwar-class frigate, the Vikramaditya was joined by an armada of Indian warships for the last leg of its journey. This was not celebration, but operational safety. With the navy's best warships worryingly incapable of detecting modern submarines, such as Pakistan's Agosta 90B, the flotilla was tasked to bring Vikramaditya safely home. The reason fo... more »
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METRO | Melanie Scruggs reports that Houston environmentalists are trashing a proposed ‘One Bin for All’ plan.
Hidden Beauty Toxins to Avoid While Pregnant
There is nothing that makes me more cautious than being pregnant. Most of the time, I drink my fair share of Diet Coke and eat more than my fair share of Oreos. When I am pregnant, I strive really hard to eat as healthy as possible and keep artificial things out of my diet and my beauty routine. Personally I avoid caffeine, medication of any kind unless absolutely necessary, dyeing my hair, artificial sweeteners and bleaching my teeth. For me, if there is a question about a product, I try to avoid it, it is always better to be safe than sorry. I was surprised when I found this ... more »
Ukraine Updates May 16 , 2014 --Ukraine Billionaire ( Rinat Akmetov ) Workers Rout Protesters, Seize Mariupol Oligarch Warns Independence Would Threaten Steel Industry ..... Ukraine Troops Destroy Two Checkpoints Near Slovyansk Three Protesters Captured in 'Military Success' ( Anti terror campaign still rolling along ) ...... Kerry: US Will Sanction Russia if Protests Disrupt Ukraine Vote Sanctions Ready to Go in Effect Anytime ........ NATO DMs Mull New Bases Along Ukraine Frontier NATO Officials Reminds Everyone Ukraine Is Not in NATO ...... Russia: Ukraine Must Pay in Advance for Gas Starting in June, Deliveries Need Prepayment ...... various items of note from Itar Tass.....
Ria Novosti.... Ukraine's Donetsk Federalists Conceal Plans as Ultimatum Ends [image: Slavyansk self defense forces at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Slavyansk (Archive)] Slavyansk self defense forces at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Slavyansk (Archive) © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Voskresenskiy 14:38 16/05/2014 Tags: ultimatum, federalists, Donetsk Region, Ukraine MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti) - Federalist forces in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region have refused to unveil what steps they will take after a 24-hour ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of Kiev security forces expired late o... more »
Georgia ALECers Are on My Mind
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 Continue reading
"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 - 15 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 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
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