Monday, May 19, 2014

19 May - Blogs I'm Following

12:24pm MDST

It’s a myth that Brown ended segregation!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 5 minutes ago
*MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014* *Princeton teams up with the Post:* Every ten years, we discuss, and/or pretend to discuss, the deeply important 1954 Brown decision. This is one of those times! For that reason, yesterday’s Washington Post published this brilliantly muddled report by Princeton professor Imani Perry: “Five myths about Brown v. Board of Education” In our view, the professor’s piece leaves no muddle behind, though it isn’t all Perry’s fault. In this high-profile weekly feature, the Post insists that writers debunk five myths about some topic—not *four* myths and not six. If t... more »

Introducing .... the International Phonetic Alphabet!

Russell Potter at ENGL 432: The History of English - 13 minutes ago
One of the things that makes English so distinct from most of the other languages on the planet is its unusually inconsistent and unpredictable spelling. Due to changes in the sounds of English over time, many letters once pronounced are now silent -- particularly our old friend "silent e." Add to that the fact that, as our vowel system changed, many words that use the same vowel are pronounced completely differently, and you have a pretty difficult spelling "system." The spelling reformer and playwright George Bernard Shaw jested at this by claiming that "fish" should be spelled "g... more »

Ducking Out…

Brandon Valeriano at Duck of Minerva - 38 minutes ago
Am I the first to use the pun “ducking out”? I can’t be, someone has to have used that to describe leaving the Duck of Minerva before. Regardless, this brings up two key problems with blogging, the quick move towards the cheap pun and to the tendency to do no actual background research on before Continue reading

WHERE WE ARE HEADING?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 53 minutes ago
I first heard Thomas Barnett (then an instructor at the Naval War College) do a version of this talk called Pentagon's New Map around 2002. I watched the three hour version on CSPAN one evening. He was on that occasion introduced as the "strategy guy" for Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld. Barnett's arrogant presentation was ultimately about how the US's job under corporate globalization would be "security export". We won't have jobs in the USA anymore because corporations have gone looking for cheaper labor. So we will build weapons and wage war for declining resources on behal... more »

Steve Israel Had The Worst Week In Washington. 2014 Will Also Be His Worst Year So Far

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
This post isn't meant to gloat over DCCC Chairman Steve Israel's epic failures last week, nor even to bash a Beltway media incapable of covering it. Chris Cillizza at least tried a few days ago in the *Washington Post*: Who Had The Worst Week In Washington? DCCC Chairman Steve Israel. Cillizza tried. If he was up at McGill and I was teaching a journalism class this semester I'd give him a passing grade… for trying. I'm generous with the grades; I might even give him a B-minus. He tried to tell *Post*readers the story of Ed Jany, or at least an easily digestible, Beltway-centric ver... more »

KY - Kick ALECers Out at Your Primaries

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
Kentucky - primaries are coming up. People need to know the real politics of candidates at the state, local and county level. The race is on by the GOP to put extremists in office and this list has a few of them. *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 They have paid ALEC dues through their campaign finances They self identified themselves somewhere , anywhere as an ALEC member. They have been shown as a signatory on an ALEC letter. They have been listed by ALEC as a member, in ALEC document... more »

May 19: Missed the A2 cartoon a couple of days ago? Worry not.

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 1 hour ago
You'll find it today, repeated in the usual spot on A2, TheTandT undoubtedly has the sloppiest editing I have ever seen in a newspaper. I was driving past Moncton City Hall recently, and I saw a large demonstration of women to rescue the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria. And I most certainly support that cause. But..... Why have never seen such demonstrations for the hundreds of thousands of school girls in Libya, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan - among others, raped, bombed, shot, orphaned. burned alive by our side? Where are the campaigns to help Iraq's uncounted orphan and crippled c... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"Had"... past tense... too late. - http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/

Satire: "G.O.P.: Evil Mastermind Behind Benghazi Is Frail Old Woman With Brain Damage"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"G.O.P.: Evil Mastermind Behind Benghazi Is Frail Old Woman With Brain Damage"* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is an evil genius capable of masterminding the most elaborate cover-up in U.S. history and is also a frail old woman with brain damage, leading Republicans charged on Sunday. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus led the attack while appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he said that the American people should be wary of electing a woman who is capable of orchestrating the complex conspira... more »

love bomb

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 2 hours ago
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Alan Waldman : ‘Crossing Lines’ is an exciting global crime series

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
Donald Sutherland and William Fichtner lead a fine ensemble in dramatic American-written, Franco-German series, shot mostly in the Czech Republic. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of … finish reading Alan Waldman : ‘Crossing Lines’ is an exciting global crime series

There are no 't Hooft's ontological bases

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 3 hours ago
Fred Singer informed me about a huge, 202-page-long quant-ph paper by Gerard 't Hooft (via Physics arXiv Blog) The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. A View on the Quantum Nature of our Universe, Compulsory or Impossible? which reviews the author's more than 15-year-long struggle to show that the foundations of quantum phenomena are classical (these are not just my words, he explicitly says so; at least, I appreciate that he is not trying to mask this basic goal by thick layers of fog like other "interpreters" do). I also appreciate that 't Hooft doesn't cite an... more »

Venezuela: Strange Lights During Caracas Blackout (2013)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 3 hours ago
*Source: PLANETA UFO & OVNIVENEZUELADate: 05.19.14* *Venezuela: Strange Lights Seen During Caracas Blackout* By Hector Escalante (02 December 2013) *http://ovnivenezuelagrupo.blogspot.com.ar/* Many people were able to witness the manifestations of strange lights over various parts of Venezuela on Monday, December 2nd, during a power outage that took place in a number of states between 08:00 and 09:00 in the evening, and which lasted several hours in some cities. Reports on this unusual incident, accompanied by photos, began circulating almost immediately in social media, where young... more »

From Arrogance To Hubris, Interview With Brad Swanson Former CPA Official On What Went Wrong In The Early Years Of The US Occupation Of Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 4 hours ago
Brad Swanson was a former State Department official and international investment banker from Virginia when he got a call in early 2004 to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). His friend, Michael Fleischer was in charge of private sector development, and needed help because his office was understaffed. Swanson eventually arrived in Baghdad in March and spent the next four months working on trying to get Iraqi businesses up and running after the invasion. During those few months in Iraq he became disillusioned with the U.S. effort believing that the CPA was trying to... more »

TWO WOMEN: And their respective plights!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014* *Part 1—In which the scene is set:* Two women, and their respective plights, have been described in the press in recent weeks. One of the women is quite well off; she holds extremely high professional status. When she isn’t at her Connecticut country home, she lives in Tribeca. Her plight: She had an extremely good job, but her boss decided to replace her. She will soon have another extremely good job with some other employer. The other woman is much younger. She’s senior class president at her public high school, where she was also homecoming queen and a th... more »

“Moving Through Darkness: The Places We Go”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“Moving Through Darkness: The Places We Go”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “Often it takes something major to wake us up as we struggle to maintain an illusion of control. In life, most of us want things to go to the places we have envisioned ourselves going. We have plans and visions, some of them divinely inspired, that we want to see through to completion. We want to be happy, successful, and healthy, all of which are perfectly natural and perfectly human. So when life takes us to places we didn’t consciously want to go, we often feel as if something has gone wrong, or we must ... more »

Dianne Feinstein Lashes Out While Corrupt Congress Guts NSA Reforms

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 5 hours ago
Apparently having now put her little snit with the CIA behind her, Senate Intelligence Committee boss Dianne Feinstein, the woman who has long served as an impenetrable firewall of cellulite between accountability and the run amok NSA Stasi is back with a vengeance. DiFi, while appearing on the Sunday morning bloviation circuit with CNN's Candy Crowley snapped while discussing the new Glenn Greenwald book "No Place to Hide" that - “It’s not a surveillance program, it’s a data-collection program”. The testy California Senator may have inadvertently let the the cat out of the bag on ... more »

Unlike Jimi Hendrix, Alan Grayson Can't Play Guitar With His Teeth

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
We never asked Alan Grayson how he feels about a Hillary Clinton presidency-- although he's getting a lot of pressure to run in the primary against her. But we do know how the *Republican Party* feels about her perspective run: they are terrified. They know she can beat any of their horribly flawed candidates-- think Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee-- in a landslide the scope of which is likely to jeopardize the political careers of dozens of senators, congressmembers and local Republican officials. For that reason-- and for that reason alone-- they stopped th... more »

The Perils Of An Inflated Ego

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 5 hours ago
Next month, the Harper government will announce its decision on the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Murray Dobbin writes: The momentum of opposition to the pipeline -- and perhaps more importantly, to the hundreds of supertankers that would move tar sands bitumen to Asia -- is clearly growing in both B.C. and the rest of Canada. This makes Harper's absolute dedication to the oil industry and his dogged commitment to the pipeline in particular, tantamount to a suicide pact. This is a pipeline that will never be built. It is already dead. But don't assume Harper sees that. His decision,... more »

Chikungunya Disease in Haiti

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 5 hours ago

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 5 hours ago
*How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Improving school standards in the South* *Sixty years after Brown, whiter, wealthier communities are breaking away from racially and economically diverse school districts.* A new secessionist movement, anchored in the South, provides yet another reminder that “separate” still means “unequal” when it comes to the racial dynamics of the nation’s public schools. The small middle-class town of Gardendale, Alabama, outside Birmingham, voted on November 12 to secede from the Jefferson County school district and then to raise taxes on themselves to f... more »

Justice Department to announce Cyber Hacking charges against China -- May 19 , 2014 --- The Justice Department plans to announce charges against individuals in the Chinese military, accusing them of hacking U.S. companies for trade secrets, the first time the U.S. government has publicly accused employees of a foreign power with cybercrimes against American firms, according to people familiar with the matter.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Justice Department to announce indictments in international cyber-espionage case By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press May 19, 2014 - 7:55 am EDT AAA [image: Share/Save/Bookmark] WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to announce criminal charges Monday in an international cyber-espionage case, an official said. Attorney General Eric Holder and other federal law enforcement officials were expected to reveal the new indictments later Monday, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the case by name in advance of the announce... more »

Its Not OK to Vote for ALEC in OK

2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours ago
Its Not OK to Vote for ALEC in OK That pretty much says it all! And right now there are way too many ALECers in that stat of OK wanting to get elected or re-elected. *#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 They have paid ALEC dues through their campaign finances They self identified themselves somewhere , anywhere as an ALEC member. They have been shown as a signatory on an ALEC letter. They have been listed by ALEC as a member, in ALEC documents. They have been “outed” by... more »

“Original Sin”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“Original Sin”* By Cognitive Dissonance “They are everywhere and mostly unrecognized, paths we have taken and routes we have abandoned. Some are emotional and physical, some moral, some mental. Most are of little consequence to us, or to the world at large, and pass unnoticed from our perceived reality, almost as if they were not there to begin with. But every now and then there is a fork in the road that is of such earth shaking magnitude that the very world is changed. Yet few of us recognize the event for what it really is… or was. In the vast history book of time, even the mag... more »

Bitcoin Updates May 16 , 2014 - Brook Pierce controversy underlines how messy The Bitcoin foundation has become .....Bitcoin Foundation Members Resigning Over Brock Pierce Controversy – Is TBF Necessary ? Good question.......... Overstock CEO Delivers Historically Charged Keynote at Bitcoin2014

Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
China blocking ? China May Be Disrupting Access to Major Bitcoin Websites Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) | Published on May 16, 2014 at 16:24 BST | Asia, News inShare5<iframe frameborder="0" height="22" scrolling="no" src="http://www.reddit.com/static/button/button1.html?width=120&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coindesk.com%2Fchina-moves-disrupt-access-major-bitcoin-websites%2F&title=China%20May%20Be%20Disrupting%20Access%20to%20Major%20Bitcoin%2

War Watch May 19 , 2014 -- Libya focus -- Is US Behind ‘Rogue’ General’s Libya Coup - ? Gen. Hifter Lived in Metro DC for Decades and his attempted Coup has involved not just restive Benghazi but has spread to Tripoli and the GNC ( Congress ) has been indefinitely suspended to boot ........ Iraq focus -- If the Iraqi authorities are to be believed, at least 142 militants were killed in security operations and clashes today. The military is conducting extensive operations in Anbar province, neighboring Babil province, and even north towards Mosul in Nineveh province, which also borders Anbar province. Independent confirmation cannot be obtained from the battle zones. Over 40 civilians and security personnel were also killed. At least 180 people were killed and 59 more were wounded in these attacks and security operations........ Syria Rebel in-fighting continues between ISIL and al Nusra in Syria oil rich region of Deir al - Zor ( follow the money always ) , General in Charge of Syria air defense killed in fighting near Damascus......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/05/18/is-us-behind-rogue-generals-libya-coup/ Is US Behind ‘Rogue’ General’s Libya Coup?Gen. Hifter Lived in Metro DC for Decades by Jason Ditz, May 18, 2014 Print This | Share This On May 14, the US Marines announced the deployment of 200 marines to Sicily, in southern Italy, as a “crisis response” force for Libya. They did so at the behest of the US State Department, who at the time insisted there was no specific threat, nor any imminent plan to evacuate the embassy in Tripoli. Just four days later, General Khalifa Hifter and his self-proclaimed Libyan ... more »

Religious Freedom is important

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
The 2014 USCIRF Religious Freedom report is out now and just as last year there seems to be some common threads that unite the worse offenders. Tier 1 CPC Countries Designated by State Department & Recommended by USCIRF Burma - Military government of a particularly nasty type China - Single party Communist state Eritrea - Single party state split 62.5% Christian, 36.5% Muslim Iran - Islamic republic under Shariah Law North Korea - One party authoritarian regime, based on Communism Saudi Arabia - Islamic republic under Shariah Law Sudan - Single party Islamic state Uzbekistan - Former p... more »

The Guardian's Comment Is Free section asks 'Should women get paid menstrual leave?'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
The Guardian's Comment Is Free section asks if women should get paid menstrual leave - it's a fair question, after all there is a magic money tree to pay for all extensions to workers benefits. However this is a highly discriminatory measure and I demand equality. I don't see why I, as a man, should be discriminated against by not receiving this extra benefit. Just because I can't menstruate, I should still have the right to be able to menstruate and so have these extra days leave... The Monty Python team once had similar views... In Life Of Brian.

France Is Leading The Way Toward Vaccine Safety: Aluminum Adjuvants and HPV Vaccines Up for Debate

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours ago
[image: hpv-vaccine-controversy]In France The Government Is At Least Willing To Listen France: Aluminum Adjuvants and HPV Vaccines Up for Debate By Norma Erickson, President Sane Vax, Inc., 19 May 2014 *France is leading the way toward vaccine safety.* *Paris, France*: The use of aluminum adjuvants and HPV vaccines’ benefit versus risk profile will be under intense scrutiny and open scientific debate on May 22, 2014. Stakeholders from both sides of the vaccine debate will have an opportunity to present their case to members of the French Parliament, French Senate, health aut... more »

Organic Sales Continue To Grow - Up 11.5 % in 2013

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago
[image: Foto: Organic sales reached a new high in 2013. "Consumers are making the correlation between what we eat and our health, and that knowledge is spurring heightened consumer interest in organic products." says Laura Batcha, Executive Director and CEO of OTA. As more people become aware of genetically modified foods that produce their own pesticides and are engineered to be doused with toxic herbicides... more of us are choosing organic. A paradigm shift is underway. The future is GMO Free! READ: http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=1091&yr=2014 #Organic... more »

Grorcery Manufacturers Association vs Vermont - Stop Buying GMA Products & Support Vermont

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago
[image: Foto: IN VERMONT, the GMO battle between the people and corporate greed rages on. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed GMO Labeling Bill H.112 into law. But the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), made up of companies like Kellogg's, Nestlé and Monsanto, seems to be allergic to the democratic process - and fearing that consumers will reject genetically engineered foods - has announced that it will sue Vermont to overturn the law. This suit is in addition to their attempts at the federal level to outlaw states' rights to pass laws mandating GMO labeling. Vermont vows to... more »

Free Planet cannot help you people.

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 8 hours ago
there's nothing that will bring HUMANITY (as a cretinous race of profit-earners for a faceless hierarchic system) back from the brink. "You know, you're dead for a lot longer than you're alive."

Oddly the BBC have not reported this NHS story

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
The 2014 CHKS awards included at the top of patient care award shortlist an NHS hospital by the name of Hinchingbrooke. Nothing unusual there, there are a lot of NHS hospitals on the various shortlists, but what is odd is that just two years ago Hinchingbrooke Hospital was a failing NHS hospital with debts of £40 million. The Cambridgeshire hospital was described by The Royal College of Surgeons as ‘dysfunctional’. A private firm, Circle, was tasked with the running of this failing hospital and just over two years later, the hospital has won an award. Over that period, the Hospital ... more »

U.S. wants Tokyo, Seoul to aid missile defense against N. Korea

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: AN/TPY-2]The U.S. government has offered Japan a proposal to establish an information-sharing system that would complement a missile defense system, which could be jointly operated by Tokyo, Washington and Seoul to combat a North Korean missile threat, according to government sources. The specifics of the proposal include a plan to immediately share information among the three nations regarding a missile launch that would be detected by South Korean radar. The U.S. initiative is aimed at creating an even more effective missile defense shield among the three countries. Accor... more »

Why The F-35 Is Essential For Canada – Part 1

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: F-35 Lightning II]The F-35 was designed primarily to replace the mainstay of the USAF and USN tactical aviation fleet; namely, the F-16 and F/A-18 Hornet. A number of criticisms take issue with the F-35’s supposed lack of speed. It should be noted that the F-35’s top speed of Mach 1.6 is achievable while carrying a militarily useful load; meaning that a F-35A that’s configured with a pair of 2000lb bombs, two air to air missiles, and enough fuel to fly to a target 300nm out and back will be able to achieve its top speed. Read more

memo to porter airlines passenger who needs lessons in new york city

laura k at wmtc - 9 hours ago
Dear suburban GTA resident flying on Porter Airlines from Newark to Toronto: Since you were not talking to me, I was unable to respond to your erroneous statements. But since you were speaking loud enough for the entire plane to hear, I was easily able to determine that you have no idea what you are talking about. Here are some facts of which you clearly are not aware. 1. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay near the airport in Elizabeth, New Jersey. However, since you did not venture into New York City, you have no idea how the area near your hotel compares to any part of New York City. ... more »

Commander: Iran-Made Anti-Stealth Aircraft Radar to Go on Stream in Coming Months

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: General Farzad Esmayeeli]“A radar system special to detecting stealth aircraft, which has been developed by young and specialist (Iranian) forces despite conditions caused by (US-engineered) sanctions, will be used to counter stealth aircraft,” Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said on Saturday. The commander added that the radar system will be unveiled on September 1, which marks the establishment anniversary of the defense base. Iran in February unveiled 21 radar and electronic defense projects in a ceremony participated by De... more »

New Iran WMD threat: UN report IDs 2 new missile sites

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: Fateh 110 missile]The United Nations has determined that Iran was nearly ready to open a ballistic missile site. A UN panel has concluded that Iran was expanding its ballistic missile program and building facilities for space launches. The UN Panel of Experts drafted a report that identified two major missile sites in Iran. “A new missile launch site 40 kilometers from the city of Shahrud was identified in August 2013,” the 49-page report said. “A larger launch complex is assessed to be close to completion at the Imam Khomeini Space Center at Semnan for ballistic missiles an... more »

IDF, US Rehearse for Iran Missile Attack

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: Iron Dome]The IDF and the US military cooperated Sunday in a large drill simulating a multi-front missile attack on Israel by Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, Channel 2 reported Sunday. During the exercise, about 1,000 American soldiers stationed in Israel joined more than 4,000 Israelis, to practice the protection of the State of Israel in a series of scenarios that simulate the firing of rockets and missiles from several arenas simultaneously: Gaza , Lebanon, Syria and Iran. The exercise reportedly tested various scenarios, including one in which the U.S. sent Patriot missil... more »

American missile cruiser to enter Black Sea on May 23

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 11 hours ago
[image: USS Vella Gulf]American Ticonderoga class Aegis guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf is expected to enter the Black Sea May 23, a military-diplomatic source told ITAR-TASS on Monday. "It is expected that Vella Gulf will pass through the Black Sea straits on May 23. According to available data, the ship will be performing the tasks of US Navy command in the eastern part of the Black Sea," the source specified. Earlier it was reported that Vella Gulf missile cruiser would visit the Black Sea on May 9, however, the visit was postponed. Read more

Swiss shoot down Swedish fighter jet deal

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 11 hours ago
[image: JAS-39 Gripen]The Swiss allowed a multi-billion-dollar deal to buy fighter jets from Sweden to crash and burn Sunday, when a majority turned out to nix funding for the purchase. In all, 53.4 percent of voters balked at releasing the 3.1 billion francs ($3.5 billion) needed to purchase the 22 planes from Sweden's Saab, according to official referendum results. Polls ahead of the referendum predicted that voters would turn down the government plan, which called for the new fighter jets to replace the Swiss Air Force's ageing fleet of 54 F-5 Tiger aircraft to defend Switzerland... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 11 hours ago
*David Suzuki is a confused man* *He says skeptics are playing the man and not the ball and then does exactly that himself! He says that skeptics attack Warmists on the basis of personalities rather than attending to the facts -- but he then attacks skeptics on the basis of personalities rather than the facts! He is a rather stark case of pychological projection, I think* In the second part of his conversation with Bill Moyers, Dr. David Suzuki says climate deniers are engaging in a good ol’ game of “kill the messenger.” “This is a very effective thing that we know has been done b... more »

NZ Navy departs for world's largest naval exercise

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 11 hours ago
[image: HMNZS Canterbury]HMNZS Canterbury, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s amphibious sealift ship, will sail from Devonport Naval Base on Tuesday 3 June for a three-month deployment around the Pacific Ocean starting with the world’s largest naval exercise, the month-long Exercise RIMPAC. The ship and her crew of 124, which includes seven Army and eight Air Force personnel, will join other units from the NZ Defence Force for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC 2014), conducted near Hawaii from 25 June to 1 August. Exercise RIMPAC, held every two years, is a multinational exercise that ... more »

China, Russia to conduct Navy drill in East China Sea

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 11 hours ago
China and Russia are set to conduct a Navy drill the "Joint Sea-2014" from May 20th to 26th in the northern part of the East China Sea. A Russian Pacific Fleet squadron, led by the guided-missile cruiser Varyag, sailed from Vladivostok on Wednesday. The squadron, also including the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Panteleyev, and the large amphibious ship Admiral Nevelskoy, passed through Tsushima Strait Friday, where they carried out an anti-piracy exercise. Read more

Greek Defence Corruption

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 11 hours ago
[image: HS Papanikolis]In 1996, Greece was involved in a skirmish with Turkey over a set of islets. With their Defence Ministry awoken to the ‘potential need’ for better resources when faced with a foe, Greece commenced a wide-ranging purchasing spree for its defence and security efforts. Manufacturers and service providers from the sector across the world all wanted a slice of the potential sales, often made to the Greek officials who were rapidly grabbing at purchases, without fully rationalizing them. What began as a natural human reaction to what was a more recent security th... more »

Former UN Envoy To Syria Brahimi Speaks Bluntly About Syria In An Interview With Al-Monitor

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 11 hours ago
Below are excerpts from *Lakhdar Brahimi's interview with Al-Monitor*. Brahimi will step down from his position as UN envoy to Syria at the end of the month after serving for twenty months. *The Russian analysis about the longevity and durability of the Assad regime was right:* “I think the Russian analysis was right at the beginning, but everybody thought that it was an opinion and not an analysis. The Russians were saying that Syria is not Egypt and it is not Tunisia, and the president of Syria is not going to fall in a matter of two or three weeks. People thought that this was... more »

Peaches & Heroin: Truth and Lies in Celebrity Death Reporting

Spike EP at News Spike - 12 hours ago
Peaches & Heroin: Truth and Lies in Celebrity Death Reporting from Spike EPon Vimeo. or, Truth, Lies and News International. "When a death is reported to a coroner: A doctor may report the death to a coroner if the: cause of death is unknown death was violent or unnatural death was sudden and unexplained person who died was not visited by a medical practitioner during their final illness medical certificate isn’t available person who died wasn’t seen by the doctor who signed the medical certificate within 14 days before death or after they died death occurred during an operation or... more »

Richard Nixon, "What Has Happened to America?", 1967

Paul Coker at News Spike - 12 hours ago
*Richard Nixon, "What Has Happened to America?", 1967* From *The Reader's Digest*. October 1967. 49-54. Reprinted with permission from from the October 1967*Reader's Digest*. Copyright ©1967 by The Reader's Digest Assn., Inc. *What has happened to America?* Just three years ago this nation seemed to be completing its greatest decade of racial progress and entering one of the most hopeful periods in American History. Twenty million Negroes were at last being admitted to full membership in the society, and this social miracle was being performed with a minimum friction and without... more »

9/11 Museum run by "Holocaust" industry

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 13 hours ago
Following my recent trip to New York City, I wrote *a critical review of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum*, arguing that the official memorialization of 9/11 reminds me of the official memorialization of the fake Jewish "Holocaust" during WWII. I wrote in part: The more I saw at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site and heard from the employee who I spoke with, the more I realized that the official commemoration and memorialization of 9/11 is shaping up to be yet another crass commercial enterprise, playing on the average American's naivety, gullibility, and emotions (just lik... more »

Daniel Webster-- Now A Florida Congressman Without A Cult

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
Last night I took old friend, Wisconsin Democratic Senate Leader Chris Larson, for dinner at the best vegan restaurant in the area, Crossroads. Unfortunately, all the desserts are made with sugar so afterwards, we went down the road to Cafe Gratitude for some sugar-free, gluten-free desserts. As we were parking and walking over to the restaurant, I explained to Chris that the place was run by a cult. He seemed stunned. "Oh, they're harmless enough," I assured him. He seemed skeptical and I explained that I thought they were affiliated with Landmark, a group that grew out of the wr... more »

The Last Supper - Who said that my party was all over..?

Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago
*"Like Caesar, he is surrounded by enemies and something's underway, but it has no face. Yet everybody in the loop knows...* *Everything is cellularized. No one has said, 'He must die.' * *There's been no vote. Nothing's on paper. * *There's no one to blame. It's as old as the crucifixion."*

Silverado Neil

Paul Coker at News Spike - 15 hours ago
*Judge: *"Neil Bush was part of a huge scandal that involved the whole family and dirty dealings with Silverado Savings and Loans and was part of the collapse of the Savings and Loans. The Savings and Loans had been corrupted entirely by mob and Intelligence. Mae thought that besides drugs, the major way that covert operations were being financed during the 70s and 80s was by draining the paper resources and the credit off of these S&Ls. She used to talk about what she called the "missing millions" of all this money that went up in smoke from these financial institutions that were... more »

Billions Stolen and Millions Paid In Penalties By Wage Thieves, The Screwed (So Screwed!) Class of 2014 Smiles Through the Pain, and Justice for Adjuncts, Education (In General) or Cecily McMillan? (It's Not Yet Part of the Plan)

Don't pay your employees (or for their benefits) properly? Love having the power to steal from your minimum-wage employees? Also, do you really enjoy the blessed side effects of not paying the owed Federal, state and local taxes and thereby impoverishing your hated government? Tea Partyers of the Right Owners arise! Just don't be surprised when no one buys what you produce or shops at your

Madeloni Ends TURNcoat Paul Toner Era for MTA

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago
Amazing and wonderful! From CPS: Congratulations to Barbara Madeloni, president-elect, and Janet Anderson, vice president-elect of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Madeloni, the former director of the Secondary Teacher Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was elected at the MTA's annual meeting of delegates by a vote of 681 to 584. She pledged to work with educators, parents and students to defend public education and combat high-stakes standardized testing. On her campaign's Facebook page, Madeloni wrote, "What an amazing few days! The annual m... more »

Housing: Crisis, What Crisis?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
The OECD has released a new report suggesting the most unaffordable housing market in the developed world, measured as a proportion of both wages and rents, is our own. Little old New Zealand. See: [image: ScreenHunter_2478 May. 19 10.05] In an election year this news there is a clearly evident housing crisis is about as welcome to the Prime Minister as a fart in an astronaut suit. His response: Crisis, what crisis? "Well, it’s not a crisis. A crisis would be one to indicate that you couldn’t buy a home, well that’s not true – there are houses in quite a wide range of prices – ... more »

War Watch May 18 , 2014 --Libya descending into further confusion - Families evacuate Benghazi as renegade Libyan general vows more attacks , Fighting spreads in Tripoli as brigades move against GNC attackers; five dead , Omar Al-Mukhtar Brigade has withdrawn from Kufra and may head to Benghazi ......... Iraq in focus -- 78 Killed, 37 Wounded As Iraq Security Ops Continue

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Libya ..... http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-clashes-libyas-benghazi-43-more-100-121424750.html Families evacuate Benghazi as renegade Libyan general vows more attacks [image: Reuters] By Ayman al-Warfalli and Ulf Laessing23 hours ago - - - - - - - [image: General Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news conference in Abyar] . View photo General Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, a small town to the … By Ayman al-Warfalli and Ulf Laessing ABYAR/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - The self-declared Libyan National Army led by a ... more »

Mike's Story Part 26: Pills

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 16 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* From Mike 11-27-2006: * Ray --* * I left with [a lawyer], [the] employee file [of the female employee who was suing Mike for sexual harassment] with the information that it contained large amounts of exculpatory evidence. X has reported that she has filed a sexual harrassment complaint with the Dept. of Labor but we do not have the information yet. [The lawyer]'s information is above and below. * * We need to find out where that file is and respond quickly. I am clean on this. The web site has the full story which will be my testimony.* * She is banki... more »

Maybe the strangest part about this drunk-man-steals-occupied-limo story is that W. 4th St. and W. 10th St. really do intersect

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
*Note W. 4th St. bending upward in Manhattan's West Village, at the left side of our map, to intersect with W. 10th St., W. 11th St., and -- yes, eventually -- W. 12th St!* *by Ken* It seems like a pretty straightforward story of some drunk taking off in a limo that (oops!) had passengers sitting in the back and a few blocks later crashing (kerplunk!) into a car, bringing an end to the brief joyride. But look more closely at where our lad came to rest. *Drunk Man Steals Limo With Passengers Inside, Police Say* By Danielle Tcholakian on May 16, 2014 6:57am *DNAinfo NY caption: "... more »

Air Force: "We’re moving on to other ways of managing the ionosphere, which the HAARP was really designed to do,” . . . " that work has been completed.”

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 18 hours ago
[image: Giza Death Star] DID THE US AIR FORCE JUST ADMIT IT WAS USING HAARP FOR WEATHER CONTROL? May 17, 2014 by Joseph P. Farrell Two regulars of this community, Ms. P.H. and Mr. V.T. both sent this article to me, so, for that, a big thank you. I have to admit when I first started reading, I couldn’t figure out why they had. After all, the closure of HAARP was not big news, and I had already blogged about it before, and even suggested that the reason HAARP was being closed was because they had moved on to better and more efficient methods for accomplishing the same thing, i.e., we... more »

An Open Letter to TFAers Tempted to Diagnose ADHD, Among Other Issues

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago
Dear Teach for America (TFA) Corps Member: In 1985, I graduated from high school. So did TFA founder, Wendy Kopp. She and I happen to be only five weeks apart in age. In April 2014, I published a book. Kopp has her own chapter. She attended college at Princeton from 1985-89. I also attended college, at […]

HIV - The Healthcare Invented Virus

Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago

Protectingcanadianjobs-hahaha.com

Alison at Creekside - 19 hours ago
So if I understand the argument correctly, *Restaurants Canada* members employ 1.1 million workers of which TFWs only comprise 2% - a tiny fraction and certainly not enough to impact Canadian unemployment - but if restaurants can't have them they'll be forced to "scale back their business and even close their doors". Ergo, TFWs are protecting Canadians' jobs! Got it. Protectingcanadianjobs.com, sponsor of the flyer at left which is also a petition to MPs, is brought to you courtesy of Smithcom, "a boutique communications firm dedicated to reputation management." h/t NTFW Smith... more »

COMMENTING ON THE UKRAINE MESS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
*The comments below are some that are following an impressive article called *The New Cold War’s Ukraine Gambit by Michael Hudson. Hudson is research professor of economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City. *EoinW* I find it hard to believe China will sit by and watch Russia fall. They have to be aware how isolated and vulnerable that would make them. The Chinese have gone along with the American game because it benefited them. The more reckless US leadership becomes the more that threat outweighs the benefits. Going after Russia has got to be as reckless as one can get. ... more »

Godzilla's Love Letter to the US Military

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 19 hours ago
Godzilla and I go back. When I were but a nipper in the early 80s, one of my favourite cartoons was this. I used to crouch by the family Betamax and flick the record switch before we left for the Satday morning shopping trip. However, in a confession what may strike a telling blow to my geek creds, I never bothered with the rubber-suited Japanese originals. They just didn't appeal. I did go and see the 1998 Hollywood reboot but it was all very meh. When you can remember the *Godzilla* toy egg merchandise better than the movie, you know you're dealing with something eminently forget... more »

QUOTE OF THE DAY: It Was Morality Wot Caused It

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
*“On the premise that a free banking system inadequately served the poor, the Federal Reserve was formed. On the premise that welfare spending is too important to be tied down to an objective system of money, the gold standard was abolished. On the premise that taxpayers have a moral duty to bail out needy banks and careless depositors, the FDIC was established. On the premise that we all have a moral duty to help needy, low-income families 'achieve the American dream,' the **GSEs* * like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were established. On the premise that Americans have a moral dut... more »

Spanish Inquisition Day 1

Southern Man at Southern Man - 20 hours ago
Day 0 was mostly spent flying across the East Coast and Newfoundland and the North Atlantic... The Great Circle Route from DFW to MAD. ...and since we were flying east by the time we were boots on the ground in Madrid it was lunchtime there but three in the morning back in Southern State. Southern Man just cannot sleep on an airplane so Day 0 kind of just kind of segued into Day 1. At Madrid-Barajas Airport. Which is freaking *huge*. After an hour of riding the city light rail and walking and walking and more walking (Southern Man may have overpacked) we finally arrived at the ... more »

Life Goes On Parkour/Freerunning In Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 21 hours ago
With violence increasing in Iraq it is always important to remember that people there are still trying to live their daily lives and go about their business. In some parts of Iraq this is easier than others. Najaf is one such area, which has not seen a single attack there in 2014. Here are some pictures of young people in the city on May 14 practicing Parkour/Freerunning a sport that involves a mix of running, jumping, and acrobatics. (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*)

Human Dead Enders

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 21 hours ago
Some many experts and so little TV now we have increased bandwidth and we can hear them all scream but which one is correct which one will steer our ciliazation in a different way I you look at geologic records correctly we may be the fourth or fifth or even the sixth human community that thought the world was mind Yeah we know how to blow it big time When it come down to pull the trigger there in no committee just one man or women who thinks pulling building seven is a good plan History is what the people live but to the planet its not even part of the record all your preening a posture... more »

“The Crash of 2008 has been used to engineer a historic redistribution of wealth in favour of the financial aristocracy”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
French leftist Thomas Piketty’s best-selling book *Capital in the Twenty-First Century *continues to make waves with his argument that rising inequality is inevitable in mature capitalism, that the rich gets richer as their capital inexorably snowballs, and his conclusion that “a global wealth tax” is the only solution. His conclusions have been enthusiastically embraced by high-taxers and the envy-ridden, even if few of them have bothered to read his arguments. Piketty’s book “is meant to be a return to the kind of economic history, of political economy, written by predecessor... more »

Colleen Hanabusa Can't Tell The Difference Between Bipartisanship And Selling Out

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
The 2 wings of the Hawaiian Democratic Party The worst of the corporately-owned conservative Democrats-- shills like Ro Khanna (CA), Marjorie Margolies (PA), Don Beyer (VA), Wendy Greuel (CA), Kevin Strouse (PA), Pete Aguilar (CA) and the two from the Republican wing of the Hawaiian Democratic Party, Donna Mercado Kim and Colleen Hanabusa-- love to bray incessantly about their efforts to work across the aisle in a "bipartisan" manner. The Hanabusa story is typical of the breed and she's basing her whole mean-spirited, failing race against progressive leader Brian Schatz on it. Democ... more »

China and Vietnam scrums heating up -- May 18 -19 , 2014 --- China stockpiling oil ( chinese fears over further russia sanctions , sanction fears over China's own actions in South China Sea ) ..........Over 3000 Chinese Evacuated (By Boat & Plane) As Vietnam's Anti-China Riots Escalate; Taiwan Also On "High Alert"

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10839701/China-steps-up-speed-of-oil-stockpiling-as-tensions-mount-in-Asia.html [image: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard] By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 8:37PM BST 18 May 2014 [image: Comments]33 Comments China is stockpiling oil for its strategic petroleum reserve at a record pace, intervening on a scale large enough to send a powerful pulse through the world crude market. The move comes as tensions mount in the South China Sea, and the West prepares possible oil sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. Analysts believe C... more »

BBC: another non-scandal, another overreaction

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago
It's a strange thing that *Spiked* - which rose from the ashes of *Living Marxism - *is now one of my favourite magazines, publishing some of the most unexpected, intelligent articles around on all manner of subjects. (That I happen to agree with most of their articles probably helps.) As the following - by Charlie Pearson - is a short article, I'll take the very rare liberty of quoting it in full as its sums up the BBC's 'The Sun Has Got Its Hat On' fiasco to a tee: *Charlie Pearson - BBC: another non-scandal, another overreaction* There can be no doubting that the sacking of BBC... more »

Conference Finals

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 22 hours ago
We are there, this team has passed and lept over many hurtles. Some internal for sure, but externally they have move forward over some rough seas. Humans are quick to criticize and find fault. Its called gossip and its all part of the Silver apes fault to provide some more than bananas for the masses. Now we got this team, some elements there but hardly a dream machine compared to the Rangers who have every desirable free agent from forever because they want to be famous on the golden mile. Game one and we are human in fact we were reptilian going into a shell while directed charges... more »

Solidarity in France with Censored News

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
With special thanks for solidarity with Censored News in France from Vinz Haymarket, and Chris and Theo! Watch Klee Benally in France with Slim Paddy and Vinz (Haymarket) "Brighter Than Stars" by Klee Benally, Slim Paddy and Vinz (Haymarket) from Christine Prat on Vimeo. March 1st 2014 http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=2228 January 8th 2013 http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog

Sweetest Shakespeare

Russell Potter at ENGL 432: The History of English - 22 hours ago
To the generations after, Shakespeare -- described by his contemporary Ben Jonson as possessing "Little Latin and less Greek" -- was always regarded as a sort of rustic, untutored, native genius. "Sweetest Shakespare, Nature's *Child* / Warbles his Wood-notes Wild," wrote John Milton, and most readers of Shakespeare then would have agreed with the description. True, he had his sources -- Italian plays (but always cribbed via someone else's translation), *Holinshead's Chronicles* (the source for most the the history plays), and a ragtag of old tales and legends that would be known t... more »

“5 of the Most Dangerous Delusions of the Far Right”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*“5 of the Most Dangerous Delusions of the Far Right”* Conservatives are outdoing themselves with the crazy on issues like climate change and abortion. By Amanda Marcotte “That the conservative movement is built on a bunch of misinformation, strange fantasies and outright lies has been the subject of thorough documentation, particularly in the past few decades. Conservative leaders deny inconvenient facts, make up lurid tales to justify their beliefs, and outright lie, if it suits their agenda. But these lies and myths rarely just sit in amber. They tend to evolve and get stranger a... more »

The Bee that Lived in a Snail Shell

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago
Talking of bees... This morning's *The Living World *reported on the tiny bullet-shaped *Osmia bicolor, *a sort of mason bee which seeks out empty snail shells for a nest. This was another delightful programme from Trai Anfield. Trai was walking around the chalk downlands of Dorset with naturalist John Walters. And not just any old chalk downland. No, they were investigating the hillside directly above the the Cerne Abbas giant [the famous chalk figure that depicts the Palestinian Authority president in a decidedly frisky mood]. The scene sounded lovely. They were investigatin... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago
*Our Views: Don’t gut 2006 reforms ~New Orleans Advocate*

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago
*Reginald Adams, free after 34 years, takes to his mother’s porch ~John Simerman* *EPA proposes new air quality monitoring plan for refineries ~Rachel Wulff, WDSU* *Blogger's arrest shakes up Mississippi Republican primary ~CNN*

#fail

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago
Alan at *Biased BBC* has scooped what I've been watching out for for months: *Newsnight's *latest viewing figures. As we've made 2014 'The Year of *Newsnight*' here at "Is", I've been intrigued to see what effect former *Guardian *deputy editor Ian Katz's determined attempts to revive the show have actually had on *Newsnight*'s poor ratings.... ....and now we know.... They've fallen by a further 5%, according to *Broadcast*. How depressing for Ian Katz! Oh, the irony! It could be worse though. *Newsnight*'s ratings seem to be stabilising around the 600,000 mark and their recent... more »

do you see ?

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago

Democratic Party Sheep Join the Attacks on Glenn Greenwald

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
Pulitzer Prize and Polk Award winning investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald continues to make the media rounds as he promotes his new book on the American Stasi entitled "No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State" and has yet to be arrested by the Obama administration. The author is not only loathed by authoritarian liars and scum the likes of departing House Intelligence Committee head Mike Rogers, the always loathsome former head of the Bush-Cheney CIA and NSA Michael Hayden, deranged Congressman Peter King and of course the sitting President... more »

Deutsche Bank in trouble again ? May 18 , 2014 News of note --- Deutsche Bank Scrambles To Raise Capital: Will Sell €8 Billion In Stock At Up To 30% Discount ..... This follows selling a Vegas casino and the exit of gold price fixing ........

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Deutsche Bank Scrambles To Raise Capital: Will Sell €8 Billion In Stock At Up To 30% Discount [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/18/2014 11:46 -0400 - Belgium - Bruce Richards - Deutsche Bank - Finance Industry - fixed - Las Vegas - Lehman - Stress Test inShare2 Remember this? This is a chart we have been presenting since last year, updated periodically, showing just how vast Deutsche Bank's potential undercapitalization *is/would be*if, as in the case of Lehman, for some reason *gross exposure *suddenly became*n... more »

Ukraine News For May 18 , 2014 --East Ukraine’s Kharkov region to hold independence referendum - movement “Southeast” ...... Germanys saying " Nein " as to more sanctions ? ( German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for restraint in imposing new sanctions on Russia, as politicians, businesses and the general public in Germany grow ever more skeptical of putting more pressure on Moscow. ) ....... referendum - movement “Southeast” ...... Germanys saying " Nein " as to more sanctions ? ....... Ukraine needs federalization; decentralization not enough - Luhansk Regional Council head ........ Tymoshenko suggests referendum on NATO, EU membership, government system during presidential election

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Itar Tass...East Ukraine’s Kharkov region to hold independence referendum - movement “Southeast” World May 18, 16:53 UTC+4 "Our task is not to participate in Ukrainian presidential elections in any case", - member of the coordinating council of movement Yuri Apukhtin said © ITAR-TASS/ Sergei Kozlov KHARKOV, May 18 /ITAR-TASS/. East Ukraine’s Kharkov region will hold a regional independence referendum following south-eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Lugansk, member of the coordinating council of movement “Southeast” Yuri Apukhtin said at a rally near the monument to Soviet lead... more »

Dear Everyone, You're Part of The Problem

Catelli at Not Quite Unhinged - 1 day ago
As everyone in Canada is aware (whether they want to be or not), Ontario is having a provincial election. Support for the current Liberal minority was tenuous, and the unofficial Liberal/NDP coalition fell apart. I felt it was about time. Especially as, in my view, the Wynne Liberals had introduced a budget that tried to out NDP the NDP. People called it the most progressive budget ever. I

Carl Kassell says "I've got to do something" now that he's retired from "Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Not to worry -- just because (longtime but now-retired Morning Edition anchor) Carl Kassell at 80 is retiring from NPR's Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! doesn't mean he won't continue recording voice-mail greetings for show winners.* *"Carl is now officially Wait Wait's Scorekeeper Emeritus, but will continue to record voice mail greetings for winners on the show. (He's already done more than 2,000.)"* *-- 31 words from the end of Roxanne Roberts's WaPost tribute toretiring **Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!** announcer Carl Kassell* *by Ken* Carl Kassell already retired from his 30-ye... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, May 18th, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
[image: rant-jpeg-b] Sunday, and again time for my weekly rant.... This is "Victoria Day" weekend here in Jewish occupied and controlled Canada. This is an annual holiday to celebrate the reign of that ugly Jewess that sat on the British throne for about 70 years until the turn of the 20th century. To me, it is ridiculous that Canada still has a national holiday dedicated to a long dead Queen of a foreign nation. I honestly cannot figure out in this modern age WHY this nation, Canada, still has the fraud sitting on the British throne as our "head of state".... It is bad enough ... more »

Idaho - Vote No to ALEC

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Did a bike tour across Idaho a couple years ago. Nice state - beautiful - Nasty politics though. Primaries are coming up so voters need to be aware of who is who in their state. *#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 They have paid ALEC dues through their campaign finances They self identified themselves somewhere , anywhere as an ALEC member. They have been shown as a signatory on an ALEC letter. They have been listed by ALEC as a member, in ALEC documents. They have bee... more »

Mike's Story Part 25: Sinking

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 1 day ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * Having asked for some water, Mike inspected the glass dubiously, like a connoisseur of housekeeping; the fluted part at the base was murky.* * "Jenna, we're going to have some work to do," he laughed.* * "I scrubbed and scrubbed," I protested.* * "Don't you use the dishwasher?" * * "I don't know how." * * This was within two or three days of his arrival; we were still at the guest/host stage, which was why he hadn't gotten his own water. As for the dishwasher, I hadn't grown up with or ever used one and had read that they wasted water, so ev... more »

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Money & Corruption / I Am Your ManWritten by: Ray Davies (The Kinks) We are sick and tired Of being promised this and that. We work all day, we sweat and slave To keep the wealthy fat. They fill our heads with promises And bamboozle us with facts, Then they put on false sincerity Then they laugh behind our backs. *1st Chorus* Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the profits And treating us like sheep, And we're tired of hearing promises That we know they'll never keep. Money and Corruption (Etc. repeat 1st Chorus above) Promis... more »

Listening To Suzuki

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
Jeffrey Simpson wrote last week that the present Government of Canada defines itself by the enemies it makes: By identifying enemies or hostile institutions, or by picking fights with individuals or institutions, Mr. Harper can better galvanize his supporters. The idea of appealing to as many people as possible in the search for maximizing votes is not how he governs. Instead, he looks to his party’s core vote, tries to energize it as often as possible, then finds slices of the electorate to add to the core. And certainly one man near the top of the prime minister's Enemies List... more »

Free Reading Redux

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Free Reading Redux. via Free Reading Redux.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

CREATING PRETEXT FOR WAR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
US intel source claims Ukraine part of NATO secret campaign Gladio; psychopathy tests for our leaders; and a mainstream host storms out the studio after a vicious exchange on false flags.

Separate Lives

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
On the one hand, the intolerant, angry left-wing elitists did have much more of an impact at one time than they do now. A lot of our values (environmentalism, gay rights, feminism, anti-racism) have become mainstream now, and many people we wouldn't recognize as allies embrace at least some of these notions themselves. But on the political front, we don't count for as much. I wonder is it because we're so meek and mild or is it because we've lost our fire? Did we alienate too many people when we had the megaphone, or have the Archie Bunkers of the world simply gotten more assertiv... more »

Only Connect

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
I suppose it would be quite hard to calculate how many news items over, say the last couple of years, were Islam-related, and then perhaps to compare that number with all non-Islam related news put together. Apart from turmoil in the “Arab World” and Africa, there is no shortage of Islam-related violence in the West. The Trojan Horse phenomenon is taking place right under our noses and the Islamisation, or normalising of alien practices in areas where there is a high proportion of Muslims in Britain and Europe. Certain crimes seem to be committed, disproportionately, by ‘Asians’. Th... more »

Is Lindsey Graham About To Lose His Senate Seat? Beltway Pundits Will Let You Know In November

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Opposition is bipartisan… but not from Lindsey Graham Although the Beltway pundits of conventional wisdom-- like the brain scientists at Cook-- rate Lindsey Graham as "safe," I wouldn't want to be forced to put any money on that. Nate Silver claims Lindsey has a 97% chance of being reelected, just 1% less than Tim Scott and 7% better than Al Franken's reelection odds. I have a feeling Nate-- not to meantion the stiffs at Cook-- don't watch *Southern Charm* and are unaware of Tom Ravenel's kamikaze jihad against Lindsey *in the general election*. Ravenel can't beat him, but can he dra... more »

Immigration - some facts

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
At the start of this video of Douglas Murray speaking at the Oxford Union there are some facts that are rarely heard, or maybe it would be better say allowed to be heard. Do listen to the whole of Douglas Murray's speech, it's not quite twelve minutes long. He also covers some of the points I've made about the lie that Britain is a country of immigrants. The comparative figures of Hugenots and Ugandan Asians to recent immigration should be used whenever a Labour spokesman or BBC presenter tries to use this lie.

Autonomy Must Precede Accountabilty

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Autonomy Must Precede Accountabilty. via Autonomy Must Precede Accountabilty.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 1 day ago
*The secret to becoming a millionaire: Go to university and get a degree, according to official British figures which show one in five graduates are worth £1m or more* *Mostly due to increases in property values, however* One in five graduates who hold at least one university degree goes on to become a millionaire, according to new data. Official figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 20 per cent of all adults who complete higher education, which is equivalent to more than two million people, have a wealth of £1million or more. In contrast only three per cent of... more »

US warns China on oil rig "provocation"- Updated!

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
* The US warns China not to raise tensions in East Sea* *The White House has described China's placement of an oil rig in Vietnam’s waters as a provocative act and warned Beijing not to raise tensions in the region.* Scuse my language, I have just woke up, pretty much, but- WHAT THE HELL! Apparently only the US can 'raise tensions' and undertake all sorts of provocations and dictate to every other nation on the planet regarding the way that nation conducts their affairs?! China's deployment of its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 at 15 degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds north latitude a... more »

Trust

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 1 day ago

USA INC Predatory Government Betrayal - Deborah Tavares Dr Ed Spencer

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
*May 15, 2014* [image: Anthony Hilder] Anthony Hilder A Predatory Government that is taking away the very soul of the people is what we now have. Incorporated... USA INC... unrepresentative Government....is what we really have and not a Government by the people. In this interview by Deborah Tavares she outlines our "Government" as grabbing more control but having less accountability. To object to this is Patriotic and she points out many of the problems and solutions.

Ban on Terminator Robots Postponed at United Nations Convention

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
Saturday, May 17, 2014 *Update on the move to ban killer robots.* image: NASANicholas West *Activist Post* Ethics is very often the final concern of science, especially where military endeavors are concerned. Drones and robots are finally becoming front page news after a series of warnings from prominent scientists and researchers who are beginning to see some of the darker side to what is being unleashed upon humanity. These warnings led to the U.S. military itself to seek out more information about creating moral, ethical robots that could thwart any potential for runaway assass... more »

Christian Science Monitor and Free Planet agree Sia rhymes with Chandelier

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 1 day ago
THIS POST IS LABEL'D MK-ULTRA, deal with that first then tell me why this new video by Sia (a song about an out-of-control party girl, called *Chandelier*) shouldn't shock and disturb the millions of victims of that Canadian-hosted programme of Under-age Killers, Mind Control Zombies and Sex-Death Fantasists and Serial Throttlers given too much prominence in Geo-political Machinations i.e. MK Ultra, Super Soldier, Government 3-letter-agency Asset, the White Wig of both a Star Child and an Assassin's Disguise... And, surprisingly, the Christian Science Monitor website is the most e... more »

Airbus A400M Makes First Visit To Mexico

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: A400M]The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter landed today for the first time in Mexico, where the aircraft will show its performance in a series of demonstration flights. Flown by the Experimental Test Pilot Ignacio “Nacho” Lombo, the aircraft landed at Mexico D.F. International Airport at 13.50 (local time). “I’m very proud to bring the A400M to Mexico to show how this aircraft is transforming the world of heavy transport. It will be a honor to demonstrate its capabilities to meet the challenges of this country”, said Nacho Lombo. Read more

Iraq Buys Aircraft from Pakistan Following Iran, Syria & Saudi Arabia

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: MFI-395 ‘Super Mushshak’]Iraq like its neighbors Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia, has placed an order with Pakistan to buy MFI-395 ‘Super Mushshak’ trainer aircraft. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a high level meeting with Iraqi officials committed to extend full support to Iraqi Defense Forces in imparting necessary training to its personnel and development of infrastructure to meet Iraqi security needs. The Prime Minister apprised visiting Iraqi officials that Pakistan Air Force has one of the best aviation training institutes and training staff in the world. R... more »

Libyan army declares no fly zone over Benghazi

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Libyan fighter jet]The Libyan army imposed a no fly zone over Benghazi on Saturday in a direct challenge to a retired general who has been using airpower to press a campaign against Islamist militants there. Khalifa Haftar, who lived in exile in the United States before returning home to lead ground forces in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, heads what he calls a "National Army". On Friday his paramilitary force, backed by warplanes and helicopters, pounded Islamist militiamen in Libya's second city and pitched battles with the ex-rebels. Read more

RAF's £70 million F-35 fighter 'may be cancelled because of poor performance'

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: F-35 Lightning II]Britain's long-delayed £70 million stealth fighter may have to be cancelled because of its poor performance, according to analysis by a senior US Air Force officer. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being built for British and US forces is based on outdated ideas of air warfare, it is claimed. The aircraft could be unable to evade enemy radar and be too expensive for long campaigns. The critique in the US Air Force’s own journal concludes that the new fighter may even have “substantially less performance” than some existing aircraft. Read more

Kiowa helicopter squadron at JBLM to be inactivated

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Kiowa helicopter]The Army’s postwar downsizing will take another bite out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord this year, as a 400-soldier helicopter squadron will be shut down. The plan to inactivate the Kiowa helicopters and crews of the 4th Attack Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment became inevitable when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced in February a proposal to phase out the Army’s entire Kiowa fleet. Lawmakers in the the U.S. House did not challenge Hagel’s proposal last week when they considered the 2015 defense budget, so the plan is moving forward. Read more

Pope in the Holy Land, Oz refugees, Roger Scruton, aggrieved Muslims, 'Hallelujah', business ethics, Baha'i & homophobia and the C of E

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Was this morning's *Sunday *as bad as I feared? Here's what happened. *1. Edward looks ahead to Pope Francis' upcoming historic and politically sensitive visit to the Holy Land with Vatican Correspondent for the Irish Times Paddy Agnew.* We got the background to the trip from Paddy Agnew: The Pope is going at the invitation of the Patriarch of Constantinople and visiting "Israel, Jordan and Palestine". He will go to the banks of the Jordan, the Church of the Nativity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Yad Vashem, and refugee camps "in Palestine". Ed wondered: What about the Pope... more »

Geosecurity 101: Washington And Moscow's Military Bases In Latin America - Analysis

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Viktor Leonov in the Port of Havana]In spite of ongoing tensions in Ukraine, which have seriously soured relations between Russia and the U.S. and Europe, Moscow has not altogether forgotten the Western Hemisphere. A case in point is the recent visit by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov to four Latin American nations in April (Chile, Cuba, Nicaragua and Peru). While Lavrov’s trip did not end in any particularly major deals between Moscow and his Latin American hosts, the visit came months after declarations by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that the ... more »

Iran Threatens US Navy with 'Suicide Missions'

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Iranian FPB]Iranian naval commander said that he is prepared to order suicide attacks, drone strikes, and missile technology to “destroy the U.S. Navy” in any upcoming confrontation, according to an interview printed in Iran’s state-run media. Iranian Naval Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, a member of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that Iran is constantly training and preparing for a clash with the United States, according to a recounting of his remarks provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Fadavi revealed that Iran “co... more »

Nuclear staff shortage sparks MoD safety alert

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Vanguard class SSBN]The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is suffering a severe and worsening shortage of skilled nuclear engineers that could threaten the safety of nuclear weapons and submarines on the Clyde. Official figures released by the MoD reveal that one in 10 nuclear safety posts - both civilian and military - are vacant. The MoD's own safety watchdog has warned that the staffing crisis poses "a significant threat to the safe delivery of the defence nuclear programme". The revelations have been described as utterly shocking by the SNP's Westminster defence spokesman, Angus... more »

Nuclear-powered submarine launched

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: HMS Artful]Britain's latest nuclear-powered submarine has been launched. Artful, a 7,400-tonne, 106-yard-long attack submarine, was edged out of its giant construction hall at the Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, on Friday and was carefully lowered into the water the following day. Artful, the third of seven highly complex Astute-class submarines being designed and built for the Royal Navy, will now begin the next phase of its test and commissioning process ahead of sea trials next year. Read more

MH370 shot down in South China Sea - gains traction

Amin Fasei at Zionist Made2Happen Disasters - 1 day ago
*First book on MH370 mystery blames US war games* EXCLUSIVE One theory: Flight MH370 posits that there was a cover-up. Seventy-one days after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, the first book about the disaster will go on sale on Monday with a theory about what might have happened. And as the international search continues for the aircraft Irene Burrows, the Queensland mother who lost her son and daughter-in-law on the flight, said it was too soon for a book. Flight MH370 The Mystery, which is made available by NewSouth Books in Sydney, doesn't claim to have any answers ... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago
*Scientists Condemned For Political Bias On Climate Change* *If you doubt global warming you should be* *The journal says the Bengtsson paper was rejected on academic grounds. It would be interesting to see the actual reviewer reports to see just what those "academic" grounds were. I'll have a bet that they were very shallow. But given compulsive Warmist secrecy, I doubt that we will ever see that. "Hiding" things is essential to their modus operandi* Climate scientists who vilified a colleague for advising a think-tank are “blind to their own biases”, according to a former s... more »

Godzilla, an anti-environmentalist blockbuster

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
Godzilla (2014) is a new U.S.-Japanese movie based on the paradigm of the Japanese monster that premiered on Friday in the U.S. Its budget is $160 million and happily enough for the people behind the team, the investment is going to be repaid sometimes next week, within less than a week. Not bad. On Friday itself, it earned $38.5 million and is likely to get $100 million over the three-day weekend. I have not seen the movie and I have no idea whether I will like it. But what's interesting is that this is not another movie parroting the intellectually inferior a dishonest "environm... more »

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