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It’s a myth that Brown ended segregation!
*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!
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…
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?
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
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
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.
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"
"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"
*"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 »
Alan Waldman : ‘Crossing Lines’ is an exciting global crime series
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
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)
*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
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!
*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”
*“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
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
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
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 »
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*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.
Justice Department to announce indictments in international cyber-espionage
case
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
May 19, 2014 - 7:55 am EDT
AAA
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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
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”
*“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,
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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......
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
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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
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?'
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
[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
[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
[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.
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
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
[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
[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
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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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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*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
[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
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.
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Greek Defence Corruption
[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
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
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
*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
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
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..?
*"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
*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
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?
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:
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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
Libya .....
http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-clashes-libyas-benghazi-43-more-100-121424750.html
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ABYAR/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - The self-declared Libyan National Army led
by a ... more »
Mike's Story Part 26: Pills
*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
*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.”
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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
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 […]
Protectingcanadianjobs-hahaha.com
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
*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
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
*“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
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
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.
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Human Dead Enders
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”
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
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"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10839701/China-steps-up-speed-of-oil-stockpiling-as-tensions-mount-in-Asia.html
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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
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
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
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
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”
*“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
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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*Our Views: Don’t gut 2006 reforms ~New Orleans Advocate*
Untitled
*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
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 »
Democratic Party Sheep Join the Attacks on Glenn Greenwald
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 ........
Deutsche Bank Scrambles To Raise Capital: Will Sell €8 Billion In Stock At
Up To 30% Discount
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- Belgium
- Bruce Richards
- Deutsche Bank
- Finance Industry
- fixed
- Las Vegas
- Lehman
- Stress Test
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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
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 »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery May 15 -16 , 2014 -Malaysian Government CANNOT be trusted - husband of MH370 passenger appeals to world leaders to stop any COVER-UP ......... NOW THERE IS MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT ???? THE so far fruitless search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has suffered another setback af
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Dear Everyone, You're Part of The Problem
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!"
*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
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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
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
*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
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
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
Free Reading Redux. via Free Reading Redux.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS:
Becoming Radical
CREATING PRETEXT FOR WAR
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
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
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
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
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
Autonomy Must Precede Accountabilty. via Autonomy Must Precede
Accountabilty.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
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*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!
* 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 »
USA INC Predatory Government Betrayal - Deborah Tavares Dr Ed Spencer
*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
Saturday, May 17, 2014
*Update on the move to ban killer robots.*
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*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
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
[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.
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Iraq Buys Aircraft from Pakistan Following Iran, Syria & Saudi Arabia
[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
[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.
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RAF's £70 million F-35 fighter 'may be cancelled because of poor performance'
[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.
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Kiowa helicopter squadron at JBLM to be inactivated
[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.
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Pope in the Holy Land, Oz refugees, Roger Scruton, aggrieved Muslims, 'Hallelujah', business ethics, Baha'i & homophobia and the C of E
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
[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'
[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
[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
[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.
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MH370 shot down in South China Sea - gains traction
*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 »
Untitled
*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
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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