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Naval Adm. William H. McRaven has a message for everyone...
*"If you can't do the little things right, you'll never be able to do the big things right." * At first I was going to skip his commencement address at the University of Texas at Austin 2014. I'm glad I changed my mind. You won't be sorry that you watched. For you non-Texans (I'm half Texan), he is not making the sign of the devil at the end. He is making the traditional sign of UT - Hook 'em Horns.
How important is "resegregation?"
*THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014* *Our review of a slippery concept:* Connectivity is hard! As our connectivity struggles continue, we'll review a current topic and do no more today. Our question: How important is "resegregation," a topic which has come center stage in reviews of the Brown decision. Yesterday, we discussed this topic on The Marc Steiner Show. Today, we'll discuss the question here, focusing on this recent piece by Slate's Jamelle Bouie. Bouie tied his piece to the 60th anniversary of Brown. The headlines on it said this: *Still Separate and UnequalWhy American schools ar... more »
WHY WAIT FOR COLLEGE TO INTERVENE?
WHY WAIT FOR COLLEGE TO INTERVENE?.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
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As I approach my seventh month of unemployment I reflect. Yes I am 55 so I will take every day of pogey until I work at Tim Hortons, not that I would give up some income just to work for such an Icon. I interviewed for some dream jobs. Failed the drug test, bitch, Now I got to axe myself what will I do for the rest of my life. I could drive a school bus which being with kids would change a \ hell of a lot of poisoned minds. And I am sure that when I stood up at the podium to say GMO foods were a disaster for mankind No matter what the outcome I am sure I made the outcome obvious for man... more »
May 22 "Events generate $7M in Metro"
My, it gets tedious to read a paper every day when it has nothing in it. Today, alas, is no exception. The title of this blog is, in fact, today's banner headline on A1. Yes, indeed, just four major events of last summer generated some 70 person-years of employment. Wow! Put in another way, 70 person-years of employment means steady jobs for two people - tops. But exactly where did all the money go? Who got it? How much stayed in Moncton? There's not a word. And, again, we see an example of the obsession of this province to make money, but without having any list of priorities for... more »
Shilling For Oil
Big Oil has always been behind Stephen Harper's agenda. That was made clear once again this week when the RCMP revealed details into accusations against Bruce Carson, the disbarred lawyer who used to work in Harper's PMO. Linda McQuaig writes: In these new RCMP allegations, however, Carson was working for the Energy Policy Institute of Canada (EPIC), described in the media as a “non-profit group formed by business organizations in the energy sector.” This rather benign description fails to convey what EPIC really is: a lobbying vehicle for dozens of extremely wealthy, powerful fo... more »
Abortion: Not a Moral Issue
The 2013 Pew Center's Global Morality survey is out. The Pew Research Center’s 2013 Global Attitudes survey asked 40,117 respondents in 40 countries what they thought about eight topics often discussed as moral issues: extramarital affairs, gambling, homosexuality, abortion, premarital sex, alcohol consumption, divorce, and the use of contraceptives. For each issue, respondents were asked whether this is morally acceptable, morally unacceptable, or not a moral issue. The Star has a piece on the survey, hitting the highlights of most and least tolerant countries of the various pract... more »
Never Forget?
By Capt. Fogg It's hard to find a coherent picture of Barack Obama in the roar of inflamed rhetoric. The rhetoric itself is incoherent, mixing accusations and metaphors with the most bizarre results -- and such is the passion for defamation it's probable that no consistent pattern will emerge for a generation. He is what he is, somewhere behind the halo of howling hate that surrounds him. Whatever you might think of him, it's tempting to plug other presidents of another party and another color into the equation just to test for mendacity and absurdity: such as perhaps to assume... more »
Thursday Links....
*Bridge near Mugumuyu...* Too tired to finish the post that went with these, didn't want to deprive you of them... _______________ *Daily Links*: - KMT's Chu plays coy on preznit candidacy - Malatangia, a Bunun festival. Ketagalen Media rocks. - Aussie journo visits Spratly reef, scene of Phils vs China clash - Presbyterian Church fail on same-sex marriage, LBGT rights, after so many years of working for democracy in Taiwan - Thanks to the commenter who pointed me to this High Comedy on the Dallasblog which regurgitates KMT propaganda that the Sunflower movement ... more »
Will Iraq’s Prime Minister Gain A 3rd Term?
Iraq’s 2014 parliamentary elections were all about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Most of the major lists explicitly ran against the premier. Those included Moqtada al-Sadr’s Ahrar/Liberals, the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq’s (ISCI) Mowatin/Citizen’s Alliance, Speaker Osama Nujafi’s Mutahidun/Uniters, Kurdish President Massoud Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and Iyad Allawi’s Wataniya/Nationalist Coalition. Since the vote on April 30 all of those parties have said Maliki staying in office was a redline, and have talked about forming a government of their own. The p... more »
China/Russia Banking/Energy deal- Cue Uighur bombing/attack!
This is lengthy,but, worth reading or I would not have taken the better then two hours to put it together Russia, China, Ukraine, EU, US, NATO it's all here... *Uighurs attack! Bloody car bombing on busy market * Absolutely not a surprise. In fact last night, I said to hubby something along the line of- I betcha there is going to be some sort of attack against China involving the Uighurs. This morning hubby read the news and said to me “you called it” The area the Uighurs reside in, but do not constitute a majority in, is the very area that has seen vital energy/transportation corri... more »
Sanction This Obama! Russia Signs Gas Deal With China
The damage inflicted upon the USA, USA, USA both economically and in terms of credibility thanks to the Obama all star foreign policy team of unrivaled buffoons will truly not be understood until well into the future as the rubble from the collapse is sifted through by historians but the most important point is that it was all so unnecessary. Not that a happy ending to the neocon instigated overthrow of a democratically elected leader and the installation of a puppet regime backed by fascists and neo-Nazis could be expected and heads are likely exploding throughout Washington over... more »
Getting Physical in New Brunswick
In New Brunswick, it is certainly Game On. A new organization, Reproductive Justice New Brunswick, has organized a Twitter campaign for this week. It targets specific anti-choice legislators each day. Please support this uprising using hashtags #NBProchoice and #ProchoixNB. A bit of a snag. Like antediluvian governments elsewhere, New Brunswick refuses to acknowledge electronic communication as real. Convenient, eh? Somebody has come up with a work-around. Send your emails here for printing and mailing. As the tagline states: Let's get physical. And force New Brunswick into t...more »
Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity
Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity. via Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Senate Dems Back Domestic Spying Nominee David Barron For A Judgeship
Shenna Bellows (D) and Rand Paul (R)-- a real bipartisan approach Thank God, some of our candidates-- particularly Shenna Bellows (ME) and Jay Stamper (SC) for Senate and Ted Lieu (CA) and Alan Grayson (FL) for the House-- are taking a stand against unconstitutional domestic spying. And a few Democrats in the Senate, particularly Mark Udall (CO) and Ron Wyden (OR)are doing some actual fighting against Obama and his NSA. But, truth be told, a lot of the heavy lifting in this crucial battle is coming from libertarian Republicans Justin Amash (MI) in the House and Rand Paul (KY) in the S... more »
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* Blended Learning* Blended learning initiatives are becoming increasingly common in K–12 schools. These programs combine in-person “bricks-and-mortar” education with supervised and individualized online learning. Blended learning reduces student-teacher ratios while attending to each student’s individual needs. Drawbacks include the initial expense and the risk of losing face-to-face teaching, but overall, such programs are sweeping the nation and receiving broad public support. By combining face-to-face interaction and online learning, teachers can tailor instruction to a stude... more »
Gold and Silver News and Views May 22 , 2014 - Central Banks caught in a gold leasing bind ? ( Julian Phillips opines on what happens when the SHTF ) ..... India set to lift gold capital controls .........Gold holding in ETFs falls to lowest levels since 2008 ( GLD ETF now at 780 tons ) ...... Platinum deficit widening for 2014 .... Ed Steer's Wrap Up Report - focus on ongoing manipulations of the PMs .....
*Will central banks need to buy Gold back from the Market?* -- Posted Wednesday, 21 May 2014 | Share this article | 3 Comments By Julian Phillips *Gold Leasing – to what extent* There is a belief that central bank gold in the custody of the world’s leading central banks such as the Fed, the Bank of England and the Banque de France has been leased out to the market. Central Banks have confirmed this, but it remains a source of contention. Even where the gold of the world’s central banks are held in the world’s leading central banks in a custodial arrangement this is so and it is reaso... more »
The one hundred and ninety first weekly "No Shit, Sherlock" award
This week's winner is Robert Wilson for this Guardian article entitled 'The green movement is not pro-science'. "No shit, Sherlock"
NYSE Margin Debt Canary in proverbial Coal mine ? Is 2014 shaping up as the beginning of another market collapse ( similar to March 2000 - January 2003 and July 2007 - March 2009 time frames ) ...... History set to rhyme once again ? H/T Dog Short !
NYSE Margin Debt Declined Again in April; Leading Indicator for a Market Correction?May 21, 2014by Doug Short - The New York Stock Exchange publishes end-of-month data for margin debt on the NYXdata website, where we can also find historical data back to 1959. Let's examine the numbers and study the relationship between margin debt and the market, using the S&P 500 as the surrogate for the latter. The first chart shows the two series in real terms — adjusted for inflation to today's dollar using the Consumer Price Index as the deflator. I picked 1995 as an arbitrary start dat... more »
Ukraine Updates May 22 , 2014 -- As Ukraine lurches toward the May 25 , 2014 Presidential Election , note the Pre-Election spinning even as punitive " anti-terror actions continue in the restive Eastern Regions of Ukraine.....Articles from Anti War , Russia Today and Itar Tass and RIA Novosti to consider !
Anti War..... US Starts Spinning Credibility of Upcoming Ukraine VoteDownplays Lack of Voting in Eastern Ukraine by Jason Ditz, May 21, 2014 Print This | Share This On Sunday, most of Ukraine will be able to go to the polls to vote for a new president to replace the “interim” President Oleksandr Turchinov. Only 23 of 34 districts in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts are expected to open at all, meaning large numbers of voters in the east won’t be going anywhere at all. The Obama Administration doesn’t need to wait to see the results to know what they think, however, and are already go... more »
War Watch May 22 , 2014 -- Libya in focus -- US backs General Hifner's overthrow of the democratically elected Parliament of Libya ( sounds like Junta overthrow of democratically elected President of Ukraine ) - will this coup lead to a more formal civil war in Libya . EU yet to heard from on this situation ......... Afghanistan Spring Offensive gets going in earnest ....... Syria War updates ( Syria Direct - 5/20 and 5/21 /14 )
Anti War..... Libya Faction Urges Army Desertions, Slams ‘Loser’ General’s CoupForeign Ministry: Security Situation Out of Control by Jason Ditz, May 21, 2014 Print This | Share This The Libyan Revolutionaries’ Operations Room (LROR), another of Libya’s many militia umbrella groups, has called for mass defections from the military and join them as the “true rebels” of the country, as the foreign ministry warned the security situation is increasingly out of control. Despite dubbing themselves “rebels,” the Islamist militias of LROR officially answer to parliament, and are seeking to m... more »
Sound Advice from Walt Whitman - This Is What You Shall Do..........
*“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church ... more »
A Defense of High Frequency Traders
By Cliff Asness et al. Very cogent, in my view. The bottom line: In summary, we don't believe HFT profits are excessive or excessively consistent. We censure illegal front running as strongly as anyone, but it has near nothing to do with HFT per se. Canceling orders in the process of providing liquidity is key to any sort of market making, whether HFT or not. We support the right of HFTs, or anyone, to try to guess the direction of the market, using order flow or any other public information. We not only support the right, we celebrate the successful exercise of that right as it a... more »
Pizza Salad and Crayon Rubs- You're Invited Link-Up
Thursdays are quickly becoming some of our favorite days simply because we LOVE seeing what you have been working on! We hope that you have enjoyed our link party and the features that we share every week. Jonie from Just Between Friends is the one that is going to chose the features for the week, so I will just let her take it away. [image: You're invited header 2] Aloha! I am excited to be able to share a couple of projects that I have been working on over on my site as well as some of your fantastic projects. I have spent the last week in Hawaii and now am trying to play catch u... more »
Western Mainstream Media Blackout on the Reality in the Ukraine by Eric Zuesse
Western Media Blackout on the Reality in Ukraine by Eric Zuesse Washington's Blog, 21 May 2014 On 2 May 2014, there was a massacre that was initially reported as being of 116 anti-Kiev (or independence) demonstrators at the Trade Unions Building in Odessa. The latest reliable report (from an American, George Eliason, who lives in that area) indicates it to be instead “now counted at 272 people that were tortured, gassed …, bludgeoned, …, etc.,” above and beyond the numbers who had been incinerated there by the firebombing of the building. Western news-media unfortunately seem... more »
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*NYT wisdom: The Big Melt Accelerates* Muir Glacier at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska is among the many worldwide that are disappearing. Muir, left, as seen in August 1941, and photographed in August 2004. SOURCE *BUT:* What the NYT didn’t note is that the glacier has been shrinking since at least 1794, which it was mapped by the Vancouver Expedition. That’s according to a 1912 book published by the National Geographic Society, and which is no longer in copyright. A page below: The 1912 book says that Muir Glacier “extended 25 to 40 miles farther to the s... more »
Pope Francis: Holy Land trip will be 'strictly religious'
"A Palestinian youth hangs a flag next to posters depicting Pope Francis outside a souvenir shop in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 19, 2014. Pope Francis will visit Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Israel during his May 24-26 trip, his first as pope to the region." (*Source: Reuters/Mussa Qawasma via Al-Monitor*). Video Title: Pope Francis: Holy Land trip will be 'strictly religious.' Source: Rome Reports. Date Published: May 21, 2014. Description: Before the end of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reminded pilgrims he will travel to the Holy Land on Satur... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The yellowish star near center in this dusty telescopic skyview is T Tauri, prototype of the class of T Tauri variable stars. Just next door is the yellow cosmic cloud historically known as Hind's Variable Nebula (NGC 1555). Over 400 light-years away, at the edge of an otherwise invisible molecular cloud, both star and nebula are seen to vary significantly in brightness but not necessarily at the same time, adding to the mystery of the intriguing region. *Click image for larger size.* T Tauri stars are now generally recognized as young (less than a few million years old), sun-like ... more »
Paulo Coelho, "The Bird And The Cage"
*"The Bird And The Cage"* by Paulo Coelho "Once upon a time, there was a bird. He was adorned with two perfect wings and with glossy, colorful, marvelous feathers. One day, a woman saw this bird and fell in love with him. She invited the bird to fly with her, and the two travelled across the sky in perfect harmony. She admired and venerated and celebrated that bird. But then she thought: He might want to visit far-off mountains! And she was afraid, afraid that she would never feel the same way about any other bird. And she thought: “I’m going to set a trap. The next time the bird a... more »
Christy Clark Puts On Her Red Shoes And Dances The LNG Blues
*Written by Grant G* Panic, cold sweat, fear of the cold hard truth bearing its pearly whites, what to do, call in emergency media intervention to calm the nerves of an increasing doubtful public, the dream, the myth, the fantasy of LNG riches must live on... .. Yes I did read Vaughn Palmer`s article last week where he confirmed that the BC Liberals proposed 7% tax on LNG exports is gone, caput, off the table, the new number is 0.....That`s right folks, zero taxation on LNG exports, only royalties charged at the wellhead will be applicable or nothing will be built....I had to l... more »
Russian’s Air Force to Receive New Generation Long-Range Bomber in 2023
[image: Tu-160 Blackjack]The Russian Air Force will start receiving its first PAK DA next generation long-range bomber in 2023, Russian Air Force Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said Thursday. Earlier reports said PAK DA bombers could be supplied to the Russian Air Force approximately by 2020. “The maiden flight should be performed in 2019. State tests and supplies will be completed in 2023,” Bondarev said. Read more
Kraken Delivers Real Time Sonar Signal Processor to Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation
[image: AquaPix SAS mosaic]Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. announced today that Sea Acceptance Testing of its Embedded Real Time Synthetic Aperture Sonar (RTSAS) Signal Processor for Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) was a success. DSTO is a national leader in safeguarding Australia by delivering valued scientific advice and innovative technology solutions for the country's defence and national security. In 2013 DSTO procured an AquaPix® Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar system from Kraken for research related to enhancing mine detection and neutraliza... more »
Land-based launcher fires Navy's Standard Missile-3
The U.S. Navy has fired a Standard Missile-3 from a land-based launcher, a key test as the United States moves toward deploying the interceptor in Romania to protect Europe from ballistic missile attacks. The Standard Missile-3 roared into the sky from an Aegis Ashore test site located at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The test on Tuesday did not involve a target and was designed to answer one question: Can an SM-3 be launched from a land-based combat weapon system as well as it can from sea? Read more
Russian Helicopters boosts Success on Kazakhstan Military Aviation Market
[image: Ka-52 Alligator]Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, will put a wide range of the latest civil and military helicopters on show at the Kazakhstan Defence Expo 2014 (KADEX 2014) international exhibition of weapons systems and military equipment, which will run from 22 to 25 May 2014 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Russian Helicopters can be found at stand 301, pavilion 3, with Rostec, part of Rosoboronexport, Russian Helicopters' partner in marketing military helicopters on the global market. Kazakhstan is one of the largest operators of ... more »
Rafale, Su-30MKI Face-off in Indian Exercise
[image: Su-30MKI Flanker]The Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKIs and the French Rafale fighters will come together for a ten-day air exercise called the 'Garuda-5', aimed at training the pilots and crew of Indian and French fighters in air superiority operation in Rajasthan's Jodhpur airbase from June 3. The French composition for the Garuda- 5 will include four Rafale multi-role fighter aircraft and one air-refueler aircraft with more than 100 personnel. During the exercises the French aircraft may face the IAF’s Su-30 MKI, MiG -27 and MiG -21 as both sides showcase air superiority, def... more »
Navy jets train on Iwo Jima as Japan searches for better option
Japan is increasing its efforts to move critical flight training for U.S. Navy pilots off historic Iwo Jima — a relocation encouraged by military officials but opposed by residents of an island near the proposed replacement site. At least once per year, the Navy sends its fighter aircraft from the Japanese mainland to the island, now called Iwo To, for a series of field carrier landing practice flights. The training is necessary for the pilots, who must maintain qualifications that allow them to land the Navy’s top fighter jets on aircraft carriers, such as the Japan-based USS Ge... more »
RAF forced to use binoculars to search for British sailors after patrol planes scrapped
[image: C-130J Hercules]An RAF Hercules sent to hunt for four missing yachtsmen has no specialised search equipment and crew will be forced to rely on looking out of the window with binoculars due to Coalition cuts. RAF officers admitted the transport plane sent to join the search over the Atlantic will be relying on “Mark 1 eyeballs and binoculars” because Britain no longer has any sea patrol planes. US coastguard aircraft, which resumed their search for the missing sailors following pressure from the British Government, are able to deploy sophisticated sensors to hunt for the miss... more »
Is All the Gold Gone?
Once I understood how, it became clear to me that the USA has been feeding its gold inventory into the market. It was the only way to maintain a stable market while satisfying real global demand. Google my posts on Tungsten and Gold replacement. Yes children it is possible to cover a tungsten ingot with a thin layer of gold and meet requirements. It is not even sophisticated. Since I told this story we have watched a nasty dance proceed in which a few fine folks have been engaged in a delightful game of pass the grenade while holding the pin down. Germany’s requests for the... more »
The Surprising Truth About Driving While High
We needed to be told this. I also suspect that a person who is high retains enough judgment to avoid driving. That has never been true with alcohol. It does mean that we can actually be optimistic on this front as usage itself comes out of the shadows. Who would have thought this. In the meantime, progressive acceptance by the States is continuing at a steady pace, mostly reflecting the time needed to ramp up and establish infrastructure. There is essentially no doubt that marijuana has been legalized in fact if not in law and is very much on its own recognizance while law... more »
Dream Telepathy Research Reborn
This is a bit of worthy work that as noted can be automated to hugely enlarge the sample size to plausibly produce meaningful resolution. This is important because what we are naturally generating is fuzzy evidence in terms of reports that plausibly contain conforming data and structure. I do this extensively with cryptozoology where at least twenty separate observations are generally enough to characterize the majority of conforming components. We want much more with dreams because we are simply unable to clearly report. They are fuzzy. Yet important questions do need to be... more »
Endangered Butterfly shifts Habitat
\The take home is that an insect species can decide as a species to alter its preferences. This looks like the group mind at work again and the posited ability to directly adjust almost instantly to a new biome choice and to obviously make appropriate adjustments. I personally have gone from having a tentative conjecture several years ago to having my nose rubbed in it here. The bottom line is that evolution is a considered choice handed down to the next generation. Who would have suspected that life operates directly by intelligent design without a bye your leave oh Supreme B... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Fighting back against public officials who promote religion
The Greece case is a victory for all Christians who need the government to endorse their religion, who have too much faith in the government and not enough faith in their chosen religion. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : Fighting back against public officials who promote religion
Navy's top admiral: Reducing carrier fleet would burn out sailors, ships
[image: USS Carl Vinson]Extending deployments to compensate for a smaller carrier fleet would result in burnout of ships and sailors, the Navy’s top officer said Wednesday. The Pentagon is considering retiring the USS George Washington if Congress doesn’t lift the budget caps that have been imposed on the Defense Department. Such a move would cut the carrier fleet from 11 to 10 ships. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said going down to 10 carriers would create readiness gaps that couldn’t be filled by new weaponry or longer deployment time lines. Read more
Navy Chief: We Will Lay Out Clear Plan for Littoral Combat Ship
[image: LCS-1 and LCS-2]The ship that was to revolutionize surface warfare has been controversial since its inception 12 years ago. But the firestorm over the littoral combat ship might have been avoided had the Navy better explained the rationale for the ship and answered critics' questions more clearly, said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert. "There are still questions" about the future of LCS, Greenert told reporters May 21. Among them is how the Navy will address testers' concerns that the ship is too lightly armed and susceptible to enemy attacks. Former Deput... more »
FACT SHEET: Overview of NATO and Bilateral Reassurance Measures in Romania
[image: USS Vella Gulf]As a result of Russia’s occupation and attempted annexation of Ukrainian territory, the United States has taken several immediate steps to demonstrate our continued commitment to Article 5 collective defense and reassure our NATO allies, including Romania, who are closest to the crisis. The United States and NATO are committed to maintaining an augmented, persistent forward presence in Central and Eastern Europe through at least the end of 2014. New U.S. Measures: - Maritime Deployments to the Black Sea: In early April, the United States deployed t... more »
Dangers of the Cuba – Russia Security Agreement
[image: Alejandro Castro Espin]According to recent reports, Cuba and Russia have entered into an agreement for cooperation in security matters. The agreement was signed by Colonel Castro Espin, from Cuba’s National Security and Defense Commission, and N.P. Patrushev, from the Security Council of the Russian Federation, The publication of the instrument suggests that the parties are interested in making other governments aware of the agreement, making clear that Russia again seeks to prowl about at the very “footsteps” of the United States and that the Cuban government is willing to ... more »
China-Russia naval drill juts into Korea’s ADIZ
[image: No-fly zone]Seoul formally protested joint naval drills by China and Russia in the East China Sea that intruded into Korea’s air defense identification zone (Kadiz). According to the Korean Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday, the training area for the military exercises conducted by Beijing and Moscow partly overlapped with the Korean and Japanese ADIZs. Seoul was barely given any prior notice. A no-fly zone declared by China for the joint maritime drill with Russia intruded 230 kilometers (142 miles) northward into the Kadiz and 172 kilometers eastward, according to... more »
South Korean navy fires warning shots as Kim Jong-Un's boats cross into their territorial waters
South Korea's navy has fired warning shots after three North Korean patrol boats crossed the maritime border into its territory, it was revealed today. The North Korean boats crossed into the South Korean waters at the Yellow Sea boundary, known as Northern Limit Line, at around 4pm local time on Tuesday. The ships returned to the northern side after a South Korean naval vessel fired ten warning shots, an official with the South Korean Defense Ministry said. Read more
Charles Bishop
"I have prepared this statement in regards to the acts I am about to commit. First of all, Osama bin Laden is absolutely justified in the terror he has caused on 9-11. He has brought a mighty nation to its knees! God blesses him and the others who helped make September 11th happen. The U.S. will have to face the consequences for its horrific actions against the Palestinian people and Iraqis by its allegiance with the monstrous Israelis--who want nothing short of world domination! You will pay--God help you--and I will make you pay! There will be more coming! Al Qaeda and other org... more »
This Is Crimea's Secret Soviet Submarine Base
[image: Secret Soviet Submarine Base]I've been putting it off for a while now, but it's time to talk about the Crimea, more specifically, about the vast aquatic facility built there by the USSR, and designed to house a fleet of nuclear-ready, Soviet submarines. Now memorialized, this Cold War relic enjoyed a brief stint as a public museum; and I was fortunate enough to pay it a visit as such, just months before the latest Crimean crisis. The Crimean Peninsula has known many masters: from the ancient Greeks who once colonized this land, through to the conquering Roman, Byzantine, an... more »
New Finding Of Egyptian Scientists On Toxicity Of GMO Corn
[image: Foto: Independent Egyptian scientists have found that Monsanto's GMO Bt toxic corn is NOT substantially equivalent to its NON GMO parent. While Monsanto claims there is no evidence of toxicity in their voluntary safety assessments, these independent scientists will tell you otherwise. By the 91st day of their studies, they found evidence of kidney, liver & intestinal toxicity, as well as male infertility. Time to face the music, Monsanto! BOYCOTT GMOs! READ: http://www.academia.edu/3138607/Morphological_and_Biochemical_Changes_in_Male_Rats_Fed_on_Genetically_Modified_Corn_Aje... more »
Bertrand Russell, "Three Passions"
*"Three Passions" * "Three passions have governed my life: The longings for love, the search for knowledge, And unbearable pity for the suffering of humankind. Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness. In the union of love I have seen In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined. With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of people. I have wished to know why the stars shine. Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens, But always pity brought me back to earth; Cries of pain reverberated in ... more »
Timmy TeaBagger's Woman Problem Continued
Oh, dear. Like the USian ReThuglicans, the Ontario Progressive *cough* Conservative Party seems to have an ongoing woman problem. Newsflash to Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak: a job-cutting plan shouldn't bank on women leaving the workforce after they have a baby. But that seems to be what PC MPP Lisa MacLeod said over the weekend when she appeared on Sun TV to defend her party's campaign pledge to cut 100,000 public sector employees if the Ontario PCs form government. MacLeod emphasized how "a lot" would be through attrition -- "whether there's maternity leaves o... more »
Anti-UKIP BBC News Channel editor taken off BBC's election coverage
Back on the Jasmine Lawrence story, the *Daily Mail *has more reaction: Mrs Lawrence had been due to help lead BBC News coverage of today’s local and European elections, but the corporation last night said she had been removed from that role as it launched an internal investigation. A BBC spokesman said: 'Jasmine Lawrence was tweeting from a personal account. She has been reminded of her responsibilities to uphold BBC guidelines. She has deactivated her Twitter account and will now be playing now part in the BBC's election coverage in coming days.' Last night, Mr Farage called fo... more »
Way to go Jack Layton!
I very much had my differences with him. But, even as with my adversary, Andrew Coyne, i know that Jack Layton respected Parliament and our institutions. You fought for human rights for gay people! You created real benefits for real people there! You respected the results of our electoral process and tried to make Parliament work! When Paul Martin showed himself more corporate capitalism's servant than Parliament's, you pulled the plug. When stephen harper showed himself unworthy of Parliament, despite your cancer battle and the rigors that you knew a federal election would hol... more »
The Ecconomist: "First Principles: Russia’s annexation of Crimea has given NATO renewed purpose"
*“We see Russia speaking and behaving more as an adversary than as a partner... Transdniestria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and now Crimea. What connects those crises is one big country unilaterally deciding to rewrite international rules.”* - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary-General. *Russia’s annexation of Crimea has given NATO renewed purpose* LAST November, in their biggest live-fire exercise since 2006, NATO forces repelled an imaginary attack on Estonia by a fictitious country called Bothnia. Steadfast Jazz 2013 was partly a response to huge and deliberately intimidat... more »
Do All Democrats Back Net Neutrality? No, Many Are On The Corporate Gravy Train With The Republicans
This week, Rick Weiland, the populist Democrat running for open Senate seat in South Dakota, sent his supporters a statement called "The Lost Highway," and, of course, he was talking about the Internet. "Everybody," he began, "seems to think the so called net neutrality issue is incredibly complex. It isn't." Weiland isn't much loved by the Big Money interests or the Establishment shills from either party. When CREDO sent out a petition this week "about 20 turncoat Democrats who sold us out," there was no one remotely like Weiland on their list. "20 turncoat Democrats sold us out t... more »
Holistic Living - Developing and Maintining a Positive Attitude
*[image: Attitude is a matter of choice]**Attitude is a matter of choice*Last month we talked about stress. Sometimes, stress is caused by our own thoughts ... by how we choose to view a situation. I once worked in a large office. On a grey and rainy morning, employees dragged themselves through the front door with heads down and angry looks on their faces. Everyone complained about the weather and commented on what a dreary day we had ahead of us. An older woman entered, smiling and walking with purpose. Everyone noticed her. As she made her way to the desk next to mine, I commente... more »
His mother's doctors recommended abortion...
*his mother said no.* How many voices have been silenced by abortion? When I’m alone I dream on the horizon and words fail; yes, I know there is no light in a room where the sun is absent, if you are not with me, with me. At the windows show everyone my heart which you set alight; enclose within me the light you encountered on the street. Time to say goodbye to countries I never saw and shared with you, now, yes, I shall experience them. I’ll go with you on ships across seas which, I know, no, no, exist no longer. It’s time to say goodbye… When you are far away I dream on the ho... more »
Mike's Story Part 29: Anxiety
*By **Jenna** Orkin* "The two people whose pictures I had on the wall in Ashland were suicides: Jack Gubanc and Gary Webb. And Jack was bi-polar [as Mike had been told by a psychiatrist might be his diagnosis as well.]" Jack, I believe, was the guy who had paid for FTW's Washington Post ad years ago. The headline was an allusion to the Wizard of Oz: "Who is the man behind the curtain?" December 26 "You know what keeps churning in my mind now?" I named the triumvirate of villains who Mike believed had precipitated the downfall of FTW. "The [newspaper] article will co... more »
Day 3--Furniture Shopping in Sarchi and Meeting a Neighbor
We got up and decided to head to Sarchi to look for some furniture since we were not having a lot of luck in Jaco. Sarchi was .about 1.5 hours from the house, kinda towards San Jose. Anyway HOLY furniture stores! This little town had about 100 furniture stores (or it seemed). All handmade, local wood, gorgeous stuff. I was seriously overwhelmed. I really wanted rocking chairs. We ended up buying a king size bed that is being delivered tomorrow, two fabric/cushion chairs on wood bases that are being delivered Friday or Saturday and being custom made for us, two rocking chairs w... more »
Income tax PR move
*The rift valley near Yuli.* Earlier this month the government "raised taxes" on "the wealthy" ( FocusTaiwan)... Based on the concept, the tax reform package includes the creation of a new individual income tax bracket with a marginal income tax rate of 45 percent for people reporting annual taxable income of over NT$10 million (US$329,446) a year. Under the current tax code, the 40 percent rate bracket kicks in at a taxable income of more than NT$4.4 million. The revision, if put through, is expected to affect around 9,500 people and generate an additional NT$9.9 billion in tax ... more »
Subway knife rampage? World media is all over that one.
*Policeman on the subway this morning.* Unless you live in a vast, deep cave whose depths light reaches once every ten thousand years, you've probably heard that yesterday a deeply disturbed individual went on a knife wielding rampage in a Taipei Metro station (Taipei Times): The suspect, who has been identified as Cheng Chieh (鄭捷) from Greater Taichung’s Tunghai University, allegedly started attacking passengers around him with a 30cm-long fruit knife while the train was traveling between the Longshan Temple Station and the Jiangzicui Station at approximately 4:26pm. He was app... more »
Everyday life in Anglo-Saxon England
In some ways, it was the best of times: The Anglo-Saxon élite founded monasteries and nunneries (and some "double monasteries" with both monks and nuns) in which many great works of art and literature were copied and preserved; land under tillage increased, and there was a gradual shift from a war footing to a comfortable peacetime. Women enjoyed nearly equal status with men: they could own and bequeath property, work in a profession, and if they needed a divorce, all they had to do was walk out of the house. The decorative arts also flourished, and the skill and craft displayed in ... more »
ALECers in the KY & GA Primaries
The hope is to give you as much information as I can, so we can take out the extremists of the American Legislative Exchange Council in November. Remember these lists are partials lists - cause most ALEC members hide their memberships - because they are thoroughly ashamed of their affiliation with ALEC. Vet every candidate, every time. Cash and Boots to the Ground are needed in every race, every state, every candidate - to get rid of ALEC. Even if it's not your district - it is your country! *#VoteNo2ALEC * *Work against ALEC candidates! * *May 20 Primaries* *Kentucky* *Not very... more »
At the time of Tiananmen, veteran China-watcher Jonathan Mirsky was confident that "China would never be the same again"
*NYRB caption: "Some of the two hundred thousand pro-democracy student protesters face to face with policemen outside the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, April 22"* *by Ken* Last night I teased you with the piece that longtime China watcher Jonathan Mirsky has posted on the *New York Review of Books* blog on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, "Tiananmen: How Wrong We Were." Since Mirsky's title, presumably intentionally, doesn't reveal *what it is*that "we" were so wrong about, I tried to do the same, and offered this slig... more »
The Rise Of Predator Economics And The Fall Of Good Governance
*The Rise Of Predator Economics And The Fall Of Good Governance* *Written By Mark Taliano* If the definition of good governance includes the sound management of public monies and resources, then Canada has very bad governance. The manufactured health care crisis is a case in point. Solutions to challenges of cost, quality, and access are fairly straightforward but wilfully ignored, and current trajectories towards corporatizationare leading us in the wrong direction. If the challenges are responsibly addressed, every Canadian will have access to exemplary hea... more »
Are we observing the slow motion financial equivalent of the 9-11 coup ? ( May 21 , 2014 ) The U.S. is in desperate need of a benefactor to purchase its ever rising debt and keep the system running. Strangely, a buyer with apparently bottomless pockets has arrived to pick up the slack that the Fed and the BRICS are leaving behind. But, who is this buyer ? Brandon Smith opines it sure isn't Belgium ! Peter Schiff opines on the " Belgium " connection .......... India coming back into the gold market set to unleash more BIS induced gold market chaos ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-21/who-new-secret-buyer-us-debt Who Is The New Secret Buyer Of U.S. Debt? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/21/2014 18:50 -0400 - Belgium - Bond - BRICs - Central Banks - China - Creditors - Federal Reserve - fixed - Gross Domestic Product - International Monetary Fund - Japan - Monetization - None - Purchasing Power - Quantitative Easing - Reality - Reserve Currency - Trigger Event - Ukraine - Unemployment - Yuan inShare... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On “Old Money”
“[Working with new money is] much more interesting than old. People with old money are nearly always having to be adjusted downwards.” - Prince Rupert zu Loewenstein, banker, Bavarian aristocrat, and financier for the Rolling Stones, quoted in his Telegraph obituary today. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Is This What They Mean By Bi-Partisan? ($$$$$ Galore! For the Connected) Dubya Back In Triumph? (Keep Watching Those Family Feuds(!) Unwind) The Financial Crisis and America's Political Duopoly Guarantee the Continuing Decline of the USA USA USA!!!
All ready for the long overdue return of our favorite bad boy President? No, I don't mean Willy. Georgy's (or would that be Gyorgy?) up at bat again, with smarmy pictures for sale to rich supporters and stories of long-ago victories just waiting to be again once-told. The most relevant factoid you must never forget about those Bushes (no matter how hard you try) is how easily their personal
Ideas wanted...Your Ideas
Interesting for me.....For the permutations and extrapolations are simply amazing These 3 items go together like good food to your stomach... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140519122525.htm#.U30NHwfmhZk.gmail http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140503184918.htm#.U2qx65tERpY.gmail Application #1 Long range spacesuits, think MARS Seed Newsvine
A National Prayer Breakfast for Israel, Pipelines, and Evangelicals
What an odd photo this is. Chuck Strahl - - former Aboriginal Affairs Minister and Chair of SIRC, - Enbridge lobbyist and Chair of the Manning Centre, - member of the *Christian and Missionary Alliance* along with Stephen Harper and Preston Manning is seen here wearing a FN headdress and giving a speech at the first Annual National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa on June 21 last year. You'll notice he's speaking in front of the flags of Israel, Canada, and the U.S. - but none that I can see for First Nations. Seated is Prayer Breakfast founder and former Cre... more »
Rod, Nigel, Romanians and Germans. And James O'Brien.
...and finally... to end UKIP Night here at *Is the BBC biased? *we turn away from the BBC and towards James O'Brien at LBC... Mr O'Brien was, as you may recall, aghast at Nigel Farage for comparing the neighbourliness of Romanian immigrants with Germans immigrants (like Mr Farage's wife), to the considerable disadvantage of the Romanians - and aghast despite the fact that Mr O'Brien had aggressively goaded Nigel Farage into making such a comparison. Rod Liddle has James O'Brien's number though*. *Unlike the BBC's Nick Robinson, he's prepared to tell the truth here: FOI requests... more »
The Chimera of Inequality and the Capitalist Villain
*Guest post by Joel D. Hirst* We hear it a lot more these days: the word inequality. It has become the panacea by which people — both rich and poor, powerful and weak — pretend to express their solidarity with those less fortunate. “It’s not about money” they insist; “it’s really about its distribution. There’s plenty for everybody,” they go on, “if only there were just less inequality” — the word spoken with sufficient heartfelt drawl that the assertion leaves no room for challenge. They then turn their lazy eyes upon the “villain” — capitalism and the capitalist countries — ost... more »
Corbett Report: Demographic Winter in the Asia-Pacific - The Asia-Pacific Perspective
Video Title: Demographic Winter in the Asia-Pacific - The Asia-Pacific Perspective. Source: corbettreport. Date Published: May 19, 2014. Description: Welcome back to The Asia-Pacific Perspective, that monthly show where James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net break down all the latest news and headlines from the Asia-Pacific region. In this month's conversation: STORY #1: Tensions escalates between China and Vietnam over controversial oil rig http://ur1.ca/hcf0d Vietnam stifles new demonstrations as China fumes http://ur1.ca/hcf0f Hot oil on troubled wat... more »
Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are?
Sunlight has beat down on my goth-pale skin all day, and yet lobsterish hues have not set in. Yes, it's the final push for the local and European elections. I am quietly confident that Newcastle-under-Lyme, our next door constituency, will see returned a net gain of Labour councillors. I'm going to stick my neck out and go so far to say Labour will top the polls in Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent both. But of that another time. Right here, right now I want to get lazy. And you know lazy here normally means a music feature. On this occasion, you can chillax. It's not trance. Instead grab... more »
It Was Never A Matter Of IF Greuel Would Go Negative-- Only When
CA-33 is a blue, blue district encompassing iconic California dreamscapes like Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Westwood, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo… a canvas for a David Hockney painting-- or a Beach Boys career. One of the most well-educated congressional districts in the country, it isn't friendly to the Republican message. The PVI is D+11 and McCain only managed 34% in 2008 while Romney took 37% in 2012. Henry Waxman has represented the district since 1974 and his dignified, sensible retirement next year has voters considering 18 candidates this year... more »
'Pricks', 'normos', UKIP and Robert Peston
It's UKIP Night tonight here at *Is the BBC biased? *(and, very unusually for me, being - generally-speaking - a politically *in*decisive man, it *will* be UKIP Day for for me tomorrow), so.. An eagle-eyed soul at *Biased BBC *has spotted a revealing re-tweet from Robert Peston, no less. He re-tweeted something from saxophonist Pete Fraser (who's saxed for the Pogues no less). Many of Pete's recent tweets have been anti-UKIP. (He's even played the 'racist' card against them). Here's what Robert Peston chose to re-tweet from him: DO go and vote on thurs. It isn't hard, and a lot of... more »
Video: Head of False Libyan Revolution Admits Ghadafi did not Kill Protesters
America and NATO ended secularism in Libya and brought Islamic extremists to power, who have committed many crimes, including *massacring thousands of black Libyans* during the immediate stages after the destruction of Gaddafi's regime. Video Title: Head of False Libyan Revolution Admits Ghadafi did not Kill Protesters. Source: Karma Justice. Date Published: May 20, 2014. Description: Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Head of the National Transitional Council in Benghazi in 2011, admits: Gaddafi did not order the shooting that started the false revolution in Libya. Now after the destruction o... more »
"Stabbed in face by so called Muslim neighbors who are avid Labour supporters, whose teenage kids batter my 6-10yr olds, call my kids and wife kafirs and n****rs"
Whilst reading *Guido Fawkes *for the last-but-one piece I came across a disturbing post, *UKIP candidate stabbed by Labour supporters*: UKIP council candidate Bobby Anwar is claiming he has been stabbed by “avid Labour supporters” in Blackburn. He alleges: “Stabbed in face by so called Muslim neighbors (sic) who are avid Labour supporters, whose teenage kids batter my 6-10yr olds, call my kids and wife kafirs (infidels) and n****rs (mum is African descent and converted). All go to MMA cage fighting clubs which the teenagers were using on my son. Without me using any profanity or thr... more »
Marshall Tuck's Legacy of Bigotry and Failure
*First submitted May 21, 2014 to LA Progressive* Portions of this article were contributed by Cheryl Ortega and Dr. John Fernandez. ------------------------------ *"Tuck will most likely have a huge pot of money in his war chest coming from the likes billionaire boys clubbers like Broad, DFER and other corporate reformers." — Professor Mike Klonsky* [image: Los Angeles Parents and Community Protesting Marshall Tuck of Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and Green Dot Charter School Corporation. Photo by Ron Gochez.] Los Angeles Parents and Community Protesting Marshall Tuck. Photo... more »
Is Michael Crick Romanian? No, he's English.
The insults, smears and downright lies heaped on UKIP over the past few weeks by large sections of the media, much of the political class and the nastier kind of political activists have been just jaw-dropping (and very disillusioning), so it's something of a relief to find that one or two 'old media' types still have enough integrity to 'do the right thing' when an anti-UKIP smear is unfolding before their eyes. As Alan at *Biased BBC *noted yesterday, the BBC's home page featured Street clashes force Nigel Farage no-show as one of its lead stories. Among the activists hurling ins... more »
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*Payments from BP claims settlement could resume soon — or maybe not ~Richard Thompson, New Orleans Advocate* *Dozens of Raceland landowners could lose property to N.O. hurricane protection ~Jacob Batte, Daily Comet* *New Orleans Convention Center readying plans for major upriver expansion ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger* *This 7th Ward Skate Park Comes With A Water Management Plan ~Laine Kaplan-Levenson, WWNO* *City says cracking down on illegal short term rentals is difficult ~WWLTV * *Closed case file reveals new details about Landry shooting* *80-year-old New Orleans firm cra... more »
The Return to Separate but Equal 60 Years Post Brown
Originally published by emPower Magazine on Wednesday May 22, 2014. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown vs. Board of Education, which put an end to segregation of public schools, many have argued that the goals of that case have not been met as many black and brown students […]
An anti-UKIP BBC News Channel editor exits Twitter left, pursued by a bear
*Guido Fawkes* has 'done a DB' (*internet slang, '*to catch out a BBC reporter/editor's bias by monitoring their Tweets'). The BBC editor he's caught out is Jasmine Lawrence, a BBC News Channel assistant editor whose *Linkedin *profile boasts "I have impeccable editorial judgment *(sic)*." According to Mr F, her Twitter feed apparently "largely consists of retweets of Labour MPs and left-wing journalists" and... Today she has been sharing her thoughts on UKIP, joining those using the anti-UKIP parody #WhyImVotingUKIP hashtag to attack the party: *#WhyImVotingUkip – to stand u... more »
TWO WOMEN: A familiar old story!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014* *Interlude—Two letter writers explain:* We're having connectivity issues today. Thanks to a special arrangement with Kinko's, we're able to bring you this post. What explains Jill Abramson's plight? In this morning's New York Times, two readers fall back on a familiar old story. This story has often been right in the past. It could even be right in this case! The first letter writer, from West Newton, Mass., feels sure about what she's been hearing: LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES: I’ve been a reader of The New York Times for a very long time now, and this ... more »
FROZEN OUT OF MELTING ICE CONFAB
I tried hard to get into the "Leadership in the High North: A Political, Military, Economic and Environmental Symposium of the Arctic Opening" conference held yesterday and today in Bangor, Maine and in the end was unsuccessful. The event was co-sponsored by University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs and the Maine Army National Guard. My first try was to directly contact the organizers on May 1 to request a ticket for entry. I was told the event was sold out. I didn't believe it. I wrote a blog post about the event and the bigger issues of melting ice in... more »
Worst Days in canadian Conservative History?
Um. 1 July 1867, aka Canada Day. 1 August 1834, the formal end of slavery in the British Empire.
America’s Billionaire-to-National-Debt Contradiction
In 1983, the Reagan administration published the now-infamous report, A Nation at Risk, a report that declares the American education experience is “eroding” due to “a tide of mediocrity.” Here are the opening sentences of that report: Our Nation is at risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by […]
Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times/Hong Kong, an analyst for RT, a TomDispatch regular, and the originator of "Pipelineistan," refering to existing and contemplated countries that are now and/or hoping to later carry oil and gas to the rest of Asia as well as to ports where these critical energy sources can be exported to the rest of the world. He begins by raising the specter haunting Washington's intention to achieve world hegemony, namely, the "unnerving vision of a Sino-Russian alliance wedded to an expansive symbiosis of trade and commerce across much of the Eurasian land mass -- at the expense of the United States."
------------------------------ *Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Who's Pivoting Where in Eurasia? * Posted by Pepe Escobar at 4:49pm, May 18, 2014. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. *The Birth of a Eurasian Century * *Russia and China Do Pipelineistan * By Pepe Escobar HONG KONG -- A specter is haunting Washington, an unnerving vision of a Sino-Russian alliance wedded to an expansive symbiosis of trade and commerce across much of the Eurasian land mass -- at the expense of the United States. And no wonder Washington is anxious. That alliance is already a done deal in a variety of w... more »
How About A Useful Select Committee In The Senate To Balance Out The Circus Routine In The House?
All the Blue America bloggers have been agitating for Pelosi to refuse to legitimize the Benghazi clown show and to instead appoint just one Democrat-- Alan Grayson, who is bound to make the Republicans wish they were not the party of sedition and obstruction. Yesterday, Grayson told Brett Logiurato at *Business Insider* that the Republicans are "scandalmongers without a scandal. They're trying to offer the American people bread and circuses-- without the bread" and that he could think of much better uses for a Select Committee that to plow over the ground Darrell Issa has already... more »
An interview with Melissa Franklin
I am a bit busy these days, also because of the Higgs challenge. As a temporary linker-not-thinker, let me share the following URL with you (thanks to David Simmons-Duffin for the hyperlink): ‘Physics was paradise’ (Harvard Gazette) It is a rather interesting interview with Melissa Franklin, an experimental particle physicist who has been the physics department chair at Harvard since 2010. I've served on several thesis committees with her which is not the only reason why I know her pretty well, of course. She talks about her initial (and later) excitement about physics and some ... more »
Fed Up
Majia's Blog - 23 hours ago
Yes I am pretty fed up. The propagandists are actively working to make Californians believe that their coast line has not yet been contaminated by Fukushima radiation. People living in other west coast states are also targeted but I see California as being the key focus of the propaganda campaign. The aim of the campaign is to confuse the public into thinking that the only threat from Fukushima is the ocean plume, which according to the propaganda campaign will have little influence on ocean life. The reason the campaign is propaganda is that the radionuclides are already here. Th... more »
Sneering weasel liar Jay Carney praises Obama for requesting budget increases for the VA while ignoring dead veterans... w/Update
*while at the same time we hear that billions of dollars will possibly be used to bail out insurance companies over Obamacare losses. * *Time for my favorite kitteh:* *More:* Hot Air: * Carney: Silly press corps, we have now entered the stop-asking-questions phase of the VA scandal* * Update:* The perfect analysis in the combox: *Thanks McNorman of McNorman's Weblog!* *Teh won is REALLY mad...he hurled the sippy cup (but not too far cuz he throws like a little kid).Barry 101...* *Never heard of anything. Just heard through the media that this was a problem.* *He won’t s... more »
The Realist Report - Joel Skousen
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Joel Skousen, editor of *World Affairs Brief*. Joel and I will be discussing Putin, Russia, and Ukraine, and the alleged "fall of Communism" with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe in the early 1990s. Callers are welcome! You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit the *AFP Radio Network* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *Analysis of Strategic Threats In the Current Decade (2010-2020) - ... more »
Navigating Love
It is as if there was a puppeteer overseeing the movements you make, the feelings you express and the words you use to express them; a sort of repetitious master with limited creativity and variety. This would be your ego self. It exists as a by product of the day to day situations of your life – reacting and coming to conclusions as it has since you were very young. The sum of those conclusions, reactions and opinions has become your personality – your ego self. This is not exactly the same self you portrayed when you were 2, but he or she is not far off. The ego personality ... more »
Spanish Inquisition Day 4
After a leisurely breakfast we met our two guides, Auxi and her father Vicente, who (as we would learn) knows *everyone* in Córdoba. He gave (and she translated) a fine lecture on the history of the aforementioned Great Cathedral, and then we made the short walk for a visit. The walled courtyard on the north side of the complex is filled with trees and fountains... Travel Bugs "Norma" and "Little Roswell" pay a visit. The tower at the northeast corner of the cathedral, viewed through a 120-year-old olive tree. ...and then we went inside. Southern Man didn't bother trying to tak... more »
May 21: Shame, shame, shame....
The first page of today's TandT features a story from a research group. "N.B. health waits a "shame": report." It's about long waits for some medical services, especially in NB. There are lots of things that are a shame. This one is a shame on the newspaper. When big business began making an organized and serious attempt to take over government more than fifty years ago, it discovered a wonderful way to do it. It set up think tanks, groups of supposedly impartial researchers who would publish reports damaging to institutions they didn't like. And they didn't like anything publicly ... more »
Climate change may bury the Famous landmarks in U.S
Climate change is real. Governments and public need to pay more attention to the global warming and catastrophe in the making. Please watch the video here
Mike's Story Part 28 - Christmas
*By **Jenna** Orkin* December 24 Mike came in from the stairwell where he'd been having his morning coffee and cigarette. "Actually, today I think I'm going to start an outline. For the novel. And it occurs to me that your family....." *"Knows agents?"* I thought. I knew one who'd achieved prominence by sticking with mainstream topics and literary fiction. My brother and sister-in-law knew others; my mother's connections in that field were all dead, retired or fallen away. "...could be interesting material." We were going to see them the next day for Christmas. ... more »
The Opacity of Trope
As if we needed any more clear and convincing evidence of the complete collapse of morality in American politics, there's this from the* New York Times*: Facing the potential defeat of an appeals court nominee, the Obama administration decided Tuesday to publicly release much of a classified memo written by the nominee that signed off on the targeted killing an American accused of being a terrorist. The solicitor general, Donald B. Verrilli Jr., made the call to release the secret memo — and not appeal a court order requiring its disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act — an... more »
The Economy: “The Impossible Is Still Impossible”
*“The Impossible Is Still Impossible”* by Karl Denninger “So let me guess- when you have a fishwrapper called "The Economist" you don't actually have to analyze, think or deduce, you can just claim things- over and over again, in the face of contrary evidence? “The battle to save the euro has led to the centralisation of powers over banking, taxing and spending; and, while most euro-zone voters want to keep the euro, they have made it quite clear that they oppose the accretion of ever more intrusive powers to the ECB, the European Commission and the European Parliament. The EU’s ab... more »
Terry Dyke : What’s left of liberals
Contrary to the popular American usage, ‘liberal’ is qualitatively different from ‘left.’ It is a centrist position meant to preserve the status quo. By Terry Dyke | The Rag Blog | May 21, 2014 Ever since George Bush the Elder … finish reading Terry Dyke : What’s left of liberals
PANDERING FOR POWER
V-P Biden was in Romania yesterday pitching for NATO expansion. Note the way he says "Romania belongs to NATO". NATO has become the primary military tool of corporate capitalism to be used to take down any nation that hesitates being "absorbed" by Mr. Big. Russia and China refuse to become full adjuncts of Wall Street and the financial district in London thus they are being surrounded by the cancerous NATO and their partners. Back in 2000 Biden was running for president but his campaign went no where. During the Democratic party convention in Los Angeles I watched a speech B... more »
When Will Iraq Pass Its 2014 Budget?
Iraq is supposed to pass its budget by November of each year. It is now May 2014 and there is no deal on the table to move the legislation forward. Many provinces have complained that they have halted their projects and can’t pay their employees because there are no funds coming from the central government. There have even been protests over the issue. The problem is that the political parties are caught up with the election results and the coming negotiations to form a new government. The budget was originally held up because Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wanted to punish Kurdi... more »
Our Duty........by Anthony Douglas Williams
*Accept not a fallen state for Mankind. Pick each other up from the mire and continue with the goal of human evolution and enlightenment.* M.N. Hopkins
Why Did Cory Booker and Mark Zuckerberg Ignore Newark’s Families?
Dale Russakoff’s New Yorker profile “Schooled” is a wonderful account of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million investment in Newark school reform, and how and why it failed. It implicitly asks what did the founder of Facebook, and other elites, not know about school improvement and if they will develop an interest in why they did not […]
9/11 Museum Gift Shop is a Gross Exploitation of Tragedy
Over three thousand innocent Americans were murdered and all that I got is this lousy T-shirt. While I jest with that line there is nothing even remotely funny about the gift shop at the National September 11 Memorial Museum. That the museum itself should be a national outrage and more shameful exploitation of the tragic events that took place on that horrific Tuesday morning on September 11, 2001 in that the attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center is yet another point. The attacks have been used as justification for the implementation of unconstitutional mass surveillance an... more »
Florida Democratic Party-- A Picture Of Pitiful Dysfunction
May 2nd was the last day to file for federal office in Florida for 2014. Of the 16 congressional seats held by Republicans, 5 have no Democratic candidates at all. Many others have just vanity Democratic candidates or wild-eyed idealists with no real chance, but these are the 5 with no Democratic opponents:, along with the incumbents and the district PVIs: *•* FL-04- Ander Crenshaw- R+19 *•* FL-12- Gus Bilirakis- R+7 *•* FL-13- David Jolly- R+1 *•* FL-25- Mario Diaz-Balart- R+5 *•* FL-27- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen- R+2 Obama beat Romney 53-47% in FL-27 and 50-49% in FL-13. Crenshaw is u... more »
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*School inspection abandoned after angry parents confront Ofsted staff for asking children as young as NINE about their attitude towards homosexuality* A school inspection was forced to be abandoned yesterday after angry parents confronted Ofsted staff over claims children as young as nine were asked about their attitude to homosexuality. A review of the Olive Tree Primary School in Luton, a Muslim faith school, had to be halted after parents said they would withdraw their pupils from the school if the inspectors remained. Parents were said to be concerned that the Ofsted staff we... more »
Junta / Coup Watch Updates -- May 21 , 2014 --- Libya , Thailand and Ukraine in focus.......
Libya.... Anti war.... State Dept: US Not Supporting General’s Libya TakeoverOfficials Could Decide to Evacuate Embassy at Any Minute by Jason Ditz, May 20, 2014 Print This | Share This Given Libyan General Khalifa Hifter’s decades of US (and CIA in particular) ties, the State Department has apparently decided it can’t stay completely mum on his military takeover of parliament. State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki says that “we do not condone or support” anything Gen. Hifter is doing, including his attack on Libya’s parliament, nor did they play any role in “assisting” the operation. S... more »
Russia & China make energy AND banking deal- bypassing US dollar
First we will read bit and pieces from WSJ- BBC and Reuters Beijing and Moscow said they signed a much-anticipated contract to supply China with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Russian natural gas following a decade of difficult talks. The deal is not just about energy supply it is also about payment for that supply, we will get to that most important point. Read on. Putin & Xi Jinping China and Russia signed a long-awaited natural gas supply deal on Wednesday, securing the world's top energy user a major new source of the clean-burning fuel and opening a market to Moscow ... more »
They Don't Know What They're Talking About
Yesterday, Tasha Kheiriddin announced that she would not be voting for Tim Hudak: I have been a life-long small-c conservative. I supported the Common Sense Revolution of Mike Harris. I believe in balanced budgets, low taxes and value for money. I like the PCs’ plans for ending corporate welfare and encouraging job creation. I am also the parent of a four-year-old child with special needs in Ontario. And that’s why I cannot vote for you, Tim Hudak. For kindergarten, we were looking at private, and much more expensive, school options, in large part because the public classes in h... more »
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