Friday, May 23, 2014

23 May - Blogs I'm Following II

10:40pm MDST

"The Three Bears" updated -- now featuring Mama Bear, Baby Bear, and Other Baby Bear

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 39 minutes ago
*YouTube description: "Tornado hunter Ricky Forbes was driving through Kootenay National Park when he spotted the black bear cub sitting dangerously close to the highway." (Newsflare link: http://www.newsflare.com/video/14601/weather-nature/mama-bear-rescues-baby-bear.)* *by Ken* Kids! You tell them once, you tell them a thousand times, but *do they listen*? Apparently Baby Bear *just had to find out* what was on the other side of that roadside concrete-divider thingy, not reckoning that getting to the traffic side of the divider is one thing but *getting back over* is another th... more »

Mike's Story Part 30 - Transference

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 44 minutes ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* "I accomplished five things today," Mike said, getting up from writing a memo to an FTW staff member requesting, yet again, the black checkbook for the Ruppert family trust. But more work lay ahead. With $15,000 dollars, Mike and Ray could go to Ashland, kick ass and silence [the female employee suing him] forever. Also, the prospect of giving up the intellectual property rights to his own work stuck in his craw. "I'm going to ask Ray to stall the sale [of the website] til February," he said. That was when the newspaper article about him was sch... more »

Day 5 in Paradise

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 hour ago
Woke up this morning and headed to the Jaco Farmer's Market which was awesome. Kurt got a blackberry pie and a gallon of orange juice (freshly squeezed in front of us), then we got a variety of fruits and veggies as well. I bought a passionfruit and tried it tonight and OMG. Amazing. I need to buy more of those next time. It's like eating candy. I need to buy more of those. We also used one of the nectarines to make Kurt a smoothie, and he had some apples today as well. Everything awesome and fresh from the local farms. Came back to the house after the market and the guy to ... more »

NCTQ Gets Caught in a Data Collecting Lie

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) will be “grading” university-level, traditional teacher training programs again soon. Last year, 2013, they released this report on June 18. They “grade” in a superficial manner, relying upon program artifacts to form skewed judgments– judgments that they publish in US News and World Report and that are meant to damage the credibility of […]

Musical Interlude: Clannad, "Mystery Game"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Clannad, "Mystery Game" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIDzqVRFr5c

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. *Click image for larger size.* In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 l... more »

"We Are Free..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“The worst that could happen to us is that we have to die, and since that is already our unalterable fate, we are free; those who have lost everything no longer have anything to fear.” “Death is our eternal companion. It is always to our left, an arm’s length behind us. Death is the only wise adviser that a warrior has. Whenever he feels that everything is going wrong and he’s about to be annihilated, he can turn to his death and ask if that is so. His death will tell him that he is wrong, that nothing really matters outside its touch. His death will tell him, ‘I haven’t touched yo... more »

The Poet: Eugene O'Neill, "Free"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"Free"* by Eugene O'Neill "Weary am I of the tumult, sick of the staring crowd, Pining for wild sea places where the soul may think aloud. Fled is the glamour of cities, dead as the ghost of a dream, While I pine anew for the tint of blue on the breast of the old Gulf Stream. I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame; I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price of shame; But I know that I shall find surcease, the rest my spirit craves, Where the rainbows play in the flying spray, 'Mid the keen salt kiss of the waves. Then it's ho! for the plunging deck of... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"Our Fate..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished emotions living. Because we are alone with the unfamiliar presence that has entered us; because everything we trust and are used to is for a moment taken away from us; because we stand in the midst of a transition where we cannot remain standing. That is why the sadness passes: the new presence inside us, the presence that has been added, has entered our heart, has gone into its innermost chamber and is no longer even there, - is already in our b...more »

Chet Raymo, "The Ogre And Us"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
* "The Ogre And Us"* by Chet Raymo "A passage from H. G. Wells' “Outline of History”, 1920: “We know very little of the appearance of Neanderthal man, but this... seems to suggest an extreme hairiness, an ugliness, or a repulsive strangeness in his appearance over and above his low forehead, his beetle brows, his ape neck, and his inferior stature... Says Sir Harry Johnston, in a survey of the rise or modern man in his Views and Reviews: "The dim racial remembrance of such gorilla-like monsters, with cunning brains, shambling gait, hairy bodies, strong teeth, and possibly cannibal... more »

Friday Nerd Blogging: Preparing for the Future or the Past

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
I was a fan of X-Men long before I was a fan of Poli Sci. So, I am eagerly awaiting the chance to see Days of Future Past, which may or may not do kind things to one of the very best X-tales. + For those who have opted out of one or more of Continue reading

Thermite works in mysterious ways....

Paul Coker at News Spike - 2 hours ago

Crazy cat GIF

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 3 hours ago
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Vincent Harding (1931-2014)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*"For those who seek a gentle, nonabrasive hero whose recorded speeches can be used as inspirational resources for rocking our memories to sleep, Martin Luther King Jr. is surely the wrong man."* *-- Vincent Harding, who wrote MLK's 1967 anti-VietnamWar speech, to the *National Catholic Reporter* in 1997* *"Sen. Barry Goldwater (Ariz.), who was the Republican presidential nominee in 1964, said the speech 'could border a bit on treason.' "* *-- from Matt Schudel's WaPo obituary of Dr. Harding* *by Ken* No, the name of Dr. Harding, who died from an aneurysm on Tuesday at 83, wasn't ... more »

SICK NEOCON PROPAGANDISTS ATTEMPT TO TWIST NAKBA KILLINGS

On 15 May 2014, Nakba Day for Palestinians around the world who commemorate the loss of their lands to the Israelis, two Palestinian youths were shot dead in Beitunia, a small town near Ramallah in the West Bank, while demonstrating against Israeli occupation. The killings were captured on CCTVand the footage has gone viral around the world to a point where even the US government are insisting on a full enquiry over the killings by the Israeli government. What happened is plain to see; two youths were shot by Israeli soldiers who were among a group that were throwing rocks harmlessly... more »

" Ends Justify Means " News - May 21 , 2014 --US Govt Admits Using Fake Vaccination Programs To Gather Intelligence; Swears It Won't Do It Again .......... State Dept. fails to recognize ‘individuals’ detained by Kiev as Russian journalists ............. Gold manipulation now covered by mainstream media ......... CBS News: “Potential ‘imminent’ threat from New Mexico nuclear waste” — Official: Risk of “substantial endangerment” to public health — 57 barrels of nuclear waste could rupture, came from multiple gov’t labs — ‘Unclear’ how many are now at WIPP — Being monitored for rise in temperature .......... China Arrests Former CEO Of JPMorgan Asia ........ Death , be not proud ( but instead profitable ? ) -- -- The Inquest of JPMorgan VP Gabriel Magee: Case Closed; Move Along !

Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
US Govt Admits Using Fake Vaccination Programs To Gather Intelligence; Swears It Won't Do It Again [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/20/2014 22:18 -0400 - Newspaper - None - President Obama - SPY - Twitter - Twitter - White House inShare4 *Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,* As someone who spends the vast majority of his time trying to keep up with what is happening in the world, I am always embarrassed when confronted by an extraordinarily important story that I somehow completely missed. The story I ... more »

Romanian crime, more or less

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Because the BBC won't leave the subject alone, well, neither will I. (Well, that's my excuse anyway)... For the second time this month Radio 4's often-excellent stats show *More or Less *led with a piece picking apart UKIP's use of stats. This time it was UKIP's use of crime stats vis-à-vis Romanians. What follows is a transcription of that discussion...with added comments from yours truly. Tim Harford: But first, are Romanians responsible for a crime wave? In the run-up to the European elections, Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), got in some bother over... more »

How The Big Times Media Covers The Local Congressional Races-- L.A. Times/CA-31

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
No one's even asking Jean Merl to explain this drunken, coked up mess Jean Merl is the big kahuna among L.A. political journalists. She works at the *L.A. Times* and her articles are widely considered the most-read political stories in southern California, even though they generally lack context, insight and substance and are suspiciously similar to campaign talking points. If a reader expects to learn something more than superficial truisms, they'd better be prepared to do some investigation. In today's *Times* for example, she has a short story about the Inland Empire (CA-31) race,... more »

The FT takes on Piketty

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 7 hours ago
The *Financial Times* headline: Piketty findings undercut by errors.

May 23: The Irving press couldn't find much news in the world- so let's help them

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 8 hours ago
A big problem with New Brunswick politicis, I think, is that politicians get their news from the Irving press. So just to pep up the range of topics for election debate, here is some information they haven't seen - and won't see - in this dreadful papers. 1. Of each new dollar generated in Canada in the 14 years, 66 cents has gone to the wealthiest 20%. Twenty-three cents has gone to the middle class. Ten-cents, count them, ten, have gone to the rest of us. The result of this is that the wealthiest 86 Canadians - not the wealthiest 86% - the wealthiest 86 people in this country Coul... more »

how to change the world

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 8 hours ago
free e-book paradise or oblivion

RESIST CORPORATE DOMINATION OF FOOD

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago

Fuck the Debate: Part Eleventy-One

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 9 hours ago
Fetus fetishists wonder why we won't debate them. Here's example number umpty-trillion. Sun News tries a moronic gotcha on Justin Trudeau. Publishes story with this headline: "Justin Trudeau Would Not Stop Sex-Selective Abortion." The anti-choice stenographers pick it up. Here's LifeShite with the headline: "Justin Trudeau: sex-selective abortion a 'right'; Liberals won't consider ban." SUZY ALL CAPS does her obeisance under "Justin Trudeau Supports Sex-Selection Being Legal." (Plain text url for the usual reason: http://www.bigbluewave.ca/2014/05/video-justin-trudeau-supports-sex.... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours ago
*Hurricane prep items exempt from state sales tax** Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 ~WDSU* *National Hurricane Center leaders visit New Orleans to preview upcoming 2014 hurricane season ~Mark Schleifstein* *Property bill advances for Lower 9th Ward Neighbors would get first purchase rights* *Corps OKs extended comment period on fracking ~New Orleans Advocate* *Oyster harvesters alarmed at finding fewer oysters ~WWLTV* *Financial agreement to keep CCC lit set to expire in June ~WVUE*

“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”* Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: “Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them... But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.” “Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters, and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning. Lo, they do call t... more »

"Regret: The Weight of the Past"; "A Buddhist Prayer of Forgiveness"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Regret: The Weight of the Past"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Holding onto regret is like dragging the weight of the past with us everywhere we go. Holding onto regret is like dragging the weight of the past with us everywhere we go. It drains our energy, leaving less available for life in the present because we are constantly feeding an old issue. This attachment can cause illness the same way watering a dead plant creates decay. We know that something new and beautiful can grow in its place if we only prepare the soil and plant the right seeds. We also know that we create ... more »

Best GIF

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 9 hours ago
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NASA hides UFO?

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 9 hours ago
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Don't all court cases BETRAY the ninth commandment?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 9 hours ago
*aka The Ten Commandments* my feeling is this, and it's just a feeling, an educated stab in the dark, but... 10 COMs, those tablets there that Moses brought down from his mountain to enforce monotheism and subdue paganistic disorder among his own tribe of Egypt-fleeing ex-slaves of Pharaoh, were never intended for Global Consumption by an AWLS or Arbitrary Western Legal System. I'm not wrong on this, am I? My feeling is that, and this is just a feeling, 10 COMs was just a sensible list of suggestions Moses being a wise ruler (personally) etched (or had a tradesman etch) into sto... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago

Steve Jobs, "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."* Steve Jobs, Commencement Speech, Stanford University, 2005 "When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I'll be dead soon ... more »

News In Two Minutes - Viral Secrets - Strategic Alliance - NK Threats - ...

noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 9 hours ago

House Passes NSA 'Reforming' Act Yet Reaffirms Indefinite Detention of Americans

noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 9 hours ago

Thought Obamacare couldn't get worse? Insurance company bailouts

noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 9 hours ago

Head of Newsroom tells BBC staff: "Don't do anything stupid!"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
This is now... The upshot of DB's latest fine work in highlighting bias at the BBC through the tweets of BBC journalist - the Jasmine Lawrence affair, taken up by Guido Fawkes, the *Daily Mail *and the* Huff Post *- is that the Head of the BBC Newsroom, Mary Hockaday, has now sent an e-mail to BBC staff warning them "Don't do anything stupid!" on social media. The *Guardian* quotes her saying the following: Social media is now a vital part of our work, allowing us to get our journalism to new audiences, connect with people, and gather news as it happens. But the guidance is clear ... more »

David Foster Wallace, "Kenyon Commencement Speech, 2005"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Kenyon Commencement Speech, 2005"* by David Foster Wallace "This speech was originally transcribed and posted at Marganlia.org until recently. Here is the originally transcribed version." "If anybody feels like perspiring [cough], I'd advise you to go ahead, because I'm sure going to. In fact I'm gonna [mumbles while pulling up his gown and taking out a handkerchief from his pocket].) Greetings ["parents"?] and congratulations to Kenyon's graduating class of 2005. There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods ... more »

“To the Class of 2014: Congratulations Chumps!”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“To the Class of 2014: Congratulations Chumps!”* by Bill Bonner “There are 4,495 colleges and universities in the US. By our count, they reckoned there were at least 4,495 commencement speakers more suitable than your editor. Not one asked us to give the graduation address. That was probably a good decision on their part. Nevertheless, we prepared an address we would have delivered had we been asked. Today, we share with you the speech we prepared in advance… Class of 2014: You and your families have paid tens of thousands… or hundreds of thousands… of dollars so that you can tak...more »

The Rich Are So Afraid of Piketty's Book That They're Sounding the Alarm About their Fear of a New American Revolution Against Them (The HORROR!)

People in America are under attack daily. The greedy rich know it, because they are the ones doing the attacking. They know that they have made collateral damage out of hungry children, hard-working parents, grandmother and grandfathers. And somewhere behind the gates of their private communities and the roped-off areas — their private schools, private hospitals, private modes of transport

The Art of Creation

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
We are creative artists. Creation is what we do. The video shared here uses this brilliant description of the process: "...(it) patiently refuses to observe any of these casualties, while at its heart, it continues to sing: "*Let there be light!*" The miracle of creation is held in this knowing - *that only what is intended will ever be the outcome. * This time we share now is one of collecting and utilizing the truths and tools of the creative process. This video offers a nice summary: On Friday, May 23, 2014, Artist and Producer Katy Walker will be interviewed on the Doubl... more »

OUR PROGRAM IS HARMONY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
I'm still smarting after the turn down I got when the Maine Army National Guard wouldn't allow me into the Arctic ice melting jamboree they had in Bangor earlier this week. Mr. Big was gathering to say their devious blessings over "new gifts" from the very Earth they so despise. I've often wondered if Mr. Big was from another galaxy and just landed here by accident, or had intentionally come here to mine the hell out of us. We are all the worker bees. But things got out-of-hand and now there are too many of us and the oli-i-garchy is trying to thin the herd. Wars, plagues, fam... more »

It's Friday...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
*what's going on.* Blazing Cat Fur: *Neglecting Veterans and Letting them Die Becomes Official Democrat Party Policy* Nox and Friends: *Is the “conspiracy theory” theory setting the stage for the end of America?* Bunkerville: *Obama learns about his scandals through the news, then gets so angry * Doug Ross: * Obama wants to use banks to obliterate the Second Amendment* Nice Deb: *Watch Megyn Kelly’s Timeline On How The Obama Grossly Mismanaged The VA * Freedom's Lighthouse: *50 Democrat Senators Send Letter to NFL Demanding the Washington Redskins Change their Name – Video ... more »

TRUTHOUT: Stepping Forward or Chaining Oneself for Justice

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 11 hours ago
Last semester, the husband of one of my students was deported to Mexico. To see that battle ensue during the school year was not pleasant. I accompanied her to see lawyers that might help, yet in the end, all said he had no chance. He was deported and despite this, this semester, she graduated with honors. Also, the previous semester, Cynthia Diaz, another one of my students, waged a very public battle to bring her mom back home after seeing her mother deported from their house in Phoenix some three years ago. Her public battle, which included a 6-day fast this semester in front o... more »

WIll Mark Foley Run For Congress Again?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Maybe Fox was just prescient-- instead of stupid or partisan When Mark Foley was forced to resign, in the midst of a shocking sex scandal just before the 2006 election, no one would have imagined he would ever run for office again-- no, one that is, except for people who know Mark Foley. He needed some time off. There were even rumors that he was begging the Republican House leadership to let him retire before well-placed leaks from Rahm Emanuel tanked his career and-- many say-- Republican chances in the 2006 midterms. Today, Foley is a political consultant and... a lobbyist-- somet... more »

Armstrong & MIller and Jessica Stevenson do porn!

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Oh yessss... porn not believable?

A CLEAN CHIT?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
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THEM VETERANS ALWAYS GET THE SHAFT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
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Putin: "Who is he (Obama) to judge,seriously"

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 12 hours ago
The NBC article used the word "jab". I can't be bothered with that nonsense. It actually appeared to me that Putin was quite diplomatic.

Cattle Mutilations: Event Associated with a UFO Sighting in Argentina

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 12 hours ago
*Cattle Mutilations: Event Associated with a UFO Sighting in Argentina* *By Andrea Pérez Simondini* *An investigation by Martin Bertochi and Vicky Ziegler* This case contains nearly-ideal conditions for investigation, but for the inability to gain access to the expert report performed on site. We would like to highlight, nonetheless, the valuable fact that this is one of the few cases in which the appearance of a light in the same time frame and geographic location can be associated with an animal mutilation. *Animal Mutilation + Light + Eyewitness* Martin Bertochi and Vicky Ziegler ... more »

TWO WOMEN: Howell Raines was too brusque too!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2013* *Part 4—The danger of standard stories:* We're still without our connectivity! But thanks to our corporate partners at FedEx, we bring you this brief report. Off and on, we've examined the plights of two women this week. The plight of one woman, Jill Abramsonm, has been discussed at length. The plight of a younger woman, D'Leisha Dent, has been almost completely ignored. It's also true that each woman's plight has been interpreted in terms of a familiar old story. According to these familiar stories, Abramson lost her job as executive editor of the New York... more »

In All Seriousness...

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 12 hours ago

The Synagogue of Satan (translated)

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 13 hours ago

Meat Prices Skyrocket: Is Soylent Green on the Horizon?

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 13 hours ago
The crushing economic destruction of the American people is to borrow one of those great Orwellian terms from the oligarchy's media shills "picking up steam". Food prices, in particular meat prices are currently exploding into the stratosphere in inverse proportion to the purchasing power of American wage slaves who continue to be sucked dry by the corrupt government, the permanent war machine and the ongoing subsidizing of Wall Street casinos. It is a long holiday weekend and the traditional BBQ's that will take place will likely feature more cheap hamburger cut with pink slime a... more »

My trip to Merida Mexico to the Dentist - New Blog just about Medical Tourism to Merida

Sherrie at Sherrie Questioning All - 14 hours ago
I have started a new blog about Medical Tourism (dental/plastic surgery) to Merida Mexico. I am working on the video I did while there to show people how sale it is and to show the offices of the dentist. I want to help people get great dental care at an inexpensive price. I have had the best dental care in my life down in Mexico. Here is the blog with the first post about prices and

Malthusian Justifications

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 14 hours ago
They want me to do it over and over for a long time I had the will to resist but now I surrender I will go down gently I am to old to further resist I currently eat all the beef I can as I know that fuckishima tuna is what is in the plan Its not a bad deal because as they have calculated there is a 80% probability I will be dead from other cause before the radiation mutes my body causes For those of you not facing death the outcome is more grim wake up you motherfuckers the air you breath the fish you eat and most of all the GMO are winding you down. If I was chairman of the bilderberg gro... more »

Bill Whittle Afterburner: Political Correctness 'Triggering' Dangerous Herd-like Mentality...(video)

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
The Eloi wanted to live in harmony, without discomfort or fear. So, in HG Well's Time Machine, they did...until they were eaten by the Morlocks. See, people need to be confronted with things, so their amygdala knows how to handle unpleasant things in the future. Now, some universities are requesting there be trigger warnings on impolitically correct books, etc. Hear Bill Whittle explain how this is going to deliver us to the Morlocks.

Having a Soul or Been the Soul

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
Thank you for sharing this. I will share my thoughts so far. As you can imagine and we are really moving quickly here, this is an inquiry in progress and I have already found myself adjusting positions. So by no means will this be a final position. First it is necessary to understand the underlying meta mathematics of our physical universe that includes a sixth operator which we see expressed as consciousness and by inference as soul, as spirit and as angel and as the super mind as well. The easiest way to tackle this is through the five operators of Boolian Algebra which omi... more »

3D Machine Made Cosmetic Colors

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
What a superb way to peddle the hardware at the retail level. Every woman will want one. And who would have ever thought that the cosmetics racket, and yes it is about selling scant content and ample bull**** for a wonderfully tidy sum by direct methods. Quite seriously, it is an industry that truly deserves to catch heat from new technology. I keep forgetting that new tools create their own product solutions often totally outside anyone’s best expectation. This is no better example. *A Harvard Woman Figured Out How To 3D Print Makeup From Any Home Computer And The Demo Is Mindb... more »

Bacteria That Produces Pure Gold

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
There had been speculation that this did happen in nature. There is far too much fine gold in existence in just that form when the processes considered did not seem appropriate in terms of the actual distribution observed. There still needs to be a geological source for the gold but liberating it uniquely is clearly important as the other material is then largely left behind. This may also explain why gold appears to be missing in some mineral suites. *Researchers Discover Bacteria That Produces Pure Gold* *Jesus Diaz* *http://gizmodo.com/5948739/researchers-discover-bacter... more »

King David's Legendary Citadel

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
More critical is that the citadel was built using five ton blocks which conform to our expectations for an important city during the Bronze Age which was in serious collapse post 1159 BC or just preceding the reign of King David. Thus we find David taking over a diminished world still retaining robust infrastructure. The remaining remnants of that world are the living background of this pre exile polity of the Jewish people. Our error has been to habitually underestimate the scope and size of that remnant culture, although the scale of the philistine presence should have tippe... more »

Homemade Non- Neurotoxic Weed Killer

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago

Capital outflow, growth, investment: an eternal golden braid

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago
*Rift Valley near Ruisui.* Arguing that the government should get moving on the "free economic zones" , a commentary in the Taipei Times gave out some interesting figures on investment and growth: ....During the 1980s, Taiwan enjoyed an average annual growth rate of 7.7 percent. That figure fell to 6.4 percent during the 1990s and 4.4 percent during former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) two terms. A major reason for this slowdown has been declining investment in Taiwan. The average ratio of investment to GDP was 28 percent during the 1990s and 23.1 percent during Chen’s presiden... more »

Coming back to work after 30 years?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
I fear that nobody under the age of 30 will even understand that video joke!

Avvisa Monsanto i Stockholm och Göteborg - 24 maj 2014

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
Stockholm Karta *VI DEMONSTRERAR FÖR:* *ATT MED KONSUMENTMAKT BEGÄRA EKOLOGISK & NÄRPRODUCERAD MAT *OBEROENDE FORSKNING PÅ GMO-LIVSMEDELNS LÅNGSIKTIGA HÄSLOEFFEKTER *BÖNDERS RÄTT TILL SKYDDSLAGSTIFTNING, ATT SPARA & BYTA FRÖER... *PERMANENT FÖRBUD AV MONSANTO PRODUKTER, FÖR ETT HÅLLBART JORDBRUK. Vi byter fröer för att bidra till ökad biologisk mångfald vilket är grunden för ett hälsosamt ekosystem, en frisk planet samt friska människor. Dessutom vill vi värna om rätten att helt fritt kunna distribuera, odla samt skörda ekologiska utsäden. Vi anser att en statlig kontroll av de... more »

Is Shinseki Fired Yet? How About Congress?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
I can't see any way for Obama to keep Eric Shinseki on as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. No matter how good a job he did fighting in Vietnam or commanding in Bosnia or as Army Chief of Staff, he screwed up royally as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. At least 40 veterans have died while waiting to see V.A. doctors. That's not what Americans expect from the Veterans Administration and Shinseki should resign at once or be fired by Obama. There seemed to be a bureaucratic conspiracy to hide statistics that would make things "look" better for those involved with oversight-- while doing ... more »

They Eat Their Own

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
It couldn't happen to a nicer group of people. Tim Harper reports that the battle for the Conservative nomination in Oakville North-Burlington has become toxic: Amidst a flurry of charges and countercharges involving membership fraud, intimidation and character assassination, the party took the extraordinary step of delaying a planned nomination showdown set for Saturday in the newly created but now suddenly infamous riding of Oakville North-Burlington. The struggle for the party nod pits sitting MP Eve Adams, who wants to move over from her existing riding to this comfortable enc... more »

Is it time for the tort of defamation to be abolished?

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 15 hours ago
Does society evolve? Has the legal system improved since the days of dueling nobles and the Star Chamber? Consider this remarkable short documentary video: "Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Tort of Defamation". The actual "The Eyeopener" report by independent journalist James Corbett starts at 3:10 in the video. Then read the Ontario Civil Liberties Association's position paper on why the

Dissoudre les lobbies - Expose The Lobbies By Bringing Them Out Into The Light

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
*Comment le lobby des pesticides se bat pour les néonicotinoïdes Journal de l'environnement* *"Pour dissoudre les lobbies, il faut les mettre en pleine lumière..."*merci à +Bénédicte Kibler *http://www.journaldelenvironnement.net/article/comment-le-lobby-des-pesticides-se-bat-pour-les-neonicotinoides,34147* *How the pesticide lobby fights for neonicotinoids - Journal of Environmental* *"To dissolve the lobbies, they must be put into the light ..."* thank you for + Bénédicte Kibler *http://www.journaldelenvironnement.net/article/comment-le-lobby-des-pesticides-se-bat-pour-... more »

Gold and silver Report -- May 23 , 2014 -- Barclays Fined For Manipulating Price Of Gold For A Decade; Sending "Bursts" Of Sell Orders ( And then just fined 26 million ? Cost of business chump change fine ! ) .............. Ed Steer's Daily Gold and Silver Report for May 23 , 2014 ( News , Data and Views on the PMs ) .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Zero Hedge..... Barclays Fined For Manipulating Price Of Gold For A Decade; Sending "Bursts" Of Sell Orders [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2014 06:56 -0400 - Bank of England - Barclays - Bob Diamond - Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Fail - fixed - LIBOR - None - Precious Metals - United Kingdom inShare5 It was almost inevitable: a week after we wrote "From Rothschild To Koch Industries: Meet The People Who "Fix" The Price Of Gold" and days after "Barclays' Head Of Gold Trading, And Gold "Fixe... more »

Ukraine and Russia related " News and Views " May 20 , 2014 --Ukraine Set to Vote, But Likely Without East Election Officials Withdraw From Donetsk ........ Putin Orders Troops From Ukraine Border, NATO Doesn’t See It Ukraine Border Guards Confirm Decreased Russian Activity ........ OSCE calls on Kiev to free Russian journalists, ‘stop intimidating media’ ....... Russia and China pull closer ( blowback from Ukraine a part of the reason ) , Putin and Xi Jinping start their two days of talks ( still no agreement on price between Gazprom and CNPC on natural gas deal )

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Zero Hedge ...... The Birth Of Eurasia - Russia & China Do Pipelineistan [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/20/2014 19:20 -0400 - American Express - Bond - Brazil - BRICs - Bulgaria - Caspian Sea - China - Czech - Eastern Europe - European Union - Financial Derivatives - Germany - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - Hong Kong - Hungary - India - International Monetary Fund - Iran - Iraq - Italy - Japan - Jim Rickards - Kazakhstan - National Deb... more »

Here Paul Craig Roberts shows us that Americas wars have never been to protect us from foreign powers and that the main results of these wars have been millions of dead civilians and thousands of new American millionaires and billionaires. Finally he remarks that with about 17,300 nuclear weapons deployed in at least 9 countries it would take only "one fool – and Washington has thousands of fools – and all life on earth terminates in 45 minutes."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 16 hours ago
------------------------------ *Militarist Bunkum — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ May 19, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Militarist Bunkum Paul Craig Roberts Did you know that 85 to 90 percent of war’s casualties are non-combatant civilians? That is the conclusion reached by a nine-person research team in the June 2014 issue of the *American Journal of Public Health*. The deaths of soldiers who are fighting the war are a small part of the human and economic cost. Cl... more »

“most people of high intellect have sought to serve power and not critique or question it”

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
“most people of high intellect have sought to serve power and not critique or question it”. via “most people of high intellect have sought to serve power and not critique or question it”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

NSA shocker May 23 , 2014 -- 'Country X': WikiLeaks reveals NSA recording 'nearly all' phone calls in Afghanistan - this could throw not just the looming Run Off election into confusion but impact on post withdrawal plans of the US ! Bahamas already demanding to know why the NSA is recording its calls , Afghanistan won't be far behind in making a similar demand.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
'Country X': WikiLeaks reveals NSA recording 'nearly all' phone calls in Afghanistan Published time: May 23, 2014 07:08 Edited time: May 23, 2014 10:12 Get short URL [image: AFP Photo / Roberto Schmidt] AFP Photo / Roberto Schmidt Share on tumblr Trends NSA leaks Tags Afghanistan, Intelligence, Snowden,USA, WikiLeaks The NSA records almost all domestic and international phone calls in Afghanistan, similar to what it does in the Bahamas, WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange said. Reports in the Washington Post and the Intercept had previously reported that domestic and international phone calls ... more »

War Watch May 23 , 2014 -- Syria in focus --Watchdog: Last of Syria’s Chemicals ‘Packed and Ready’ Britain Complains About Lack of Specific Timetable , Syrian al-Qaeda Moving Deeper Into Golan Heights Al-Qaeda's Flag Flies Over Area Along Israel Frontier ........... Iran in focus -- IAEA Report to Again Confirm Iran Abiding by Nuclear Deal Will Also Detail Agreement on Investigation ........ Iraq in focus -- Bombers Return to Baghdad; 150 Killed, 127 Wounded Across Iraq

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Syria..... http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2014/05/running-guns-ukraine-syria-getting-complicated/85093/ ( follow the money.....) [image: A Syrian rebel fighter poses after returning from fighting against Syrian army forces in Aleppo, Aug. 26, 2012.] Tim FernholzQuartz11:12 AM ET Running Guns From Ukraine to Syria is Getting Complicated SYRIAARMSUKRAINE AA Font size + Print - . Email - . Share - . Recommend - . Tweet - Share *All the ingredients are there for a *proper arms deal: A former government official with connections to the military-industrial complex. ... more »

David Autor on Inequality

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 16 hours ago
From a recent interview of the MIT economist (discussing this article): *Q*. You are focused on inequality among the so-called “99 percent,” not between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. Why? *A.* There’s a real national debate about the significance and causes of inequality. This public debate is dominated by the discussion of the top 1 percent. And the top 1 percent is important, but focusing on the top 1 percent conveys the message that the game is all rigged, that if you’re not in the elite stratum, there’s nothing to shoot for. And that’s just not the case. The growth of skill ... more »

15 Snacks for Kids with Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 17 hours ago
*Today I am thrilled to have Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite here to share some snack ideas. I love Jesseca and her blog, every single post is drool worthy, my favorites are her Philly Cheese Steak Sliders and her Breakfast Burger. Check her out, you won't be sorry.* Hello! My name is Jesseca and I am so excited to be guest posting today from my site One Sweet Appetite! Summer is quickly sneaking up on us which means most of us will be spending a lot more time with our kids. I’ve been searching the internet looking for some great healthy-ish snacks. The only problem is I am the moth... more »

Vanek Negotiations

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 17 hours ago
As Tomas Vanek continues to vanish to the point of virtual invisibility, the Canadians brain trust has decided he needs motivation. So Bergevin has Don Meehan for an urgent meeting to nail down a long term contract and stop the fade. MB: its in both our best interests if Tomas becomes solid. Players who are invisible during the playoffs do not command a premium. DM: I would have to respectfully disagree Mark. For example the leaf or Islanders will pay unlimited dollars for any player with a big name. MB: So whats in your ballpark Don. DM: 8 for 8 it goes without saying. MB: woul... more »

Improving Econ 101

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 18 hours ago
Noah Smith says introductory economics needs to be more empirical. I understand his argument, and have some sympathy with it, but I wonder if the substantial change he seems to be proposing is practical. Economists usually do empirical work with statistical tools that most college freshmen have not yet learned. We teachers of introductory economics can and should explain where and why economists disagree. That is part of helping students develop their critical thinking skills. But I doubt students are in a position to try to evaluate the competing empirical work that shapes the ... more »

EU elections

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
The elections to the European Parliament – one that cannot propose laws, but where some representatives may at least talk to each other – are getting started. Here in Czechia, the polls open at 2 pm today, on Friday, and continue tomorrow when they end at 2 pm, too. After the first day (almost), the Czech turnout is 5% so it is totally plausible that the total turnout will be below 10%. Compare it with over 80% in Crimea, for example, or 75% in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. As I have already mentioned, I am planning to vote for Petr Mach's Party of Free Citizens for the first time.... more »

“Putting the 2-Step Over the ISTEP," Doug Martin, Otter Creek Democrat Club, Terre Haute, IN., May 21, 2014

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 18 hours ago
Here is the link to the video of my talk in Terre Haute, which is just over 16 minutes in length: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QlCX-I_m0o Hoosier School Heist author Doug Martin discusses his book and possible strategies Democrats in Vigo County can use to win the 2014 election. A special thanks to Bob and Becky Salmon who run the Otter Creek Democrat Club. Topics: Nancy Sauer School of Theatrical Dance's 60th Circus Dance Anniversary, the Manufactured Crisis, Glenda Ritz, the IDOE, Jeb Bush, Betsy DeVos from Amway, the Waltons of Walmart, James Bopp, Jr., Gwen Adell, Danny... more »

In Inequality Back to the 1920s Level?

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 18 hours ago
Not really, says Gary Burtless, though some pundits would have you think otherwise.

Thailand: Coup Ousts US-Backed Dictator

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours ago
*Image: Thai military announces it is taking power from ThaksinShinawatra's proxy regime. The coup has so far been peaceful and well-organized. * *May 23, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - Life goes on as normal in Thailand's capital of Bangkok the day after the Royal Thai Army declared it was taking power from the diminished, ineffectual "caretaker government" Thursday. Businesses and offices were open as usual on Friday with no discernible difference for Thais. TV programming is expected to be returned to normal today as well. The coup was carried out at the climax of half a year ... more »

Russian Shipyard launched first Project 22100 patrol ship "Ocean" for FSB Border Protection

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Project 22100 patrol ship]On May 21st 2014, Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (incorporated by the JSC „Ak Bars“ Holding Company») officially the first ship of Project 22100 class named "Ocean". The customer is the border guard units of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB, successor of the KGB). Development work of a new patrol ship began in 2009 by order of the FSB border guards, but the actual design and development work on the project 22100 began in 2011. Read more

SOCOM soon getting more capable, deadlier Ospreys and C-130s

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: CV-22B Osprey]U.S. Special Operations Command may have a relatively small budget with which to add the latest generation of widgets to its fixed-wing fleet, but commando leaders say they’re making those dollars count — and doing so quickly. Plans briefed to industry at the annual SOFIC conference here include adding a forward-facing gun and better armor to its 50 CV-22 Ospreys, Hellfire missiles to the AC-130 fleet, along with new command and control and radio frequency jammers and countermeasures to both platforms that can be rolled on and rolled off, depending on the missi... more »

Iranian Army Starts Massive Drills with Testing Missiles

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Fateh A-110 missile]The Iranian Army Ground Force on Friday morning started a massive missile drill codenamed Beit ul-Muqaddas 26 in the central province of Isfahan. The military exercises, which began in an area near the provincial city of Kashan, include test-firing of a number of new missiles. Combat helicopters equipped with new guided missiles and rockets will also be used during the Beit ul-Muqaddas drills. Read more

Eurofighter announces enhancements for Typhoon

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Eurofighter Typhoon]Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH has announced a capability enhancement package for its Typhoon combat plane, flown or ordered by seven countries. The package was announced Wednesday at the 2014 ILA Berlin Air Show by Paul Smith, a Eurofighter capability manager and former British Royal Air Force pilot. "What we are showcasing at ILA here in Germany represents a paradigm shift in the capability of the Eurofighter Typhoon as a series of major enhancements are introduced to our customers," he said. Read more

DARPA unveils hack-proof drone

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: DARPA]The Pentagon’s research arm unveiled a new drone built with secure software that prevents the control and navigation of the aircraft from being hacked. The program, called High Assurance Cyber Military Systems, or HACMS, uses software designed to thwart cyber attacks. It has been underway with the Defense Advance Research Project Agency for several years after originating at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Washington, said Kathleen Fischer, HACMS program manager for DARPA. “The software is designed to make sure a hacker cannot take over co... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 20 hours ago
*Fraction of the Globe in Drought: 1982-2012* *None of the upsurge constantly asserted by Warmists. A slight decline in fact* The graph above shows the proportion of the planet in drought, by intensity, 1982-2012. The graph comes from a paper in a new Nature publication called Scientific Data and is open access. SOURCE *House votes to defund Warmist nonsense* With a mostly party-line vote on Thursday, the House of Representatives passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) that seeks to prevent the Department of Defense from using funding to address the na... more »

What is to be Done in Nigeria?

Adrienne LeBas at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago
This is a delayed follow-up to my earlier post, “Why Foreign Intervention in Nigeria is a Bad Idea.” That post focused on larger issues that make Nigeria a particularly problematic context for foreign involvement of any kind; this post focuses on what policies — mostly domestic — might work. In the past week, things have Continue reading

Thailand: Military Fills Security Vacuum

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
*Image: Bangkok residents who welcome their presence, pose with troops.**May 20, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The Royal Thai Army has moved decisively to fill an increasingly dangerous security vacuum in the Southeast Asian country of Thailand after nearly six months of paralysis from the embattled Western-backed proxy regime of convicted criminal, fugitive, billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra. With the regime still holding office, political commentators have been unable to call the move a "coup." Over 70 terrorist attacks have been carried out against ongoing anti-regime protests, k... more »

Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-up 5.23.14”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-up 5.23.14”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “We go overseas for the top stories, and they involve China, Russia and Iran. First, China and Russia and the oil and natural gas deal that excludes the dollar, in a deal worth $400 billion over the next 30 years. Please take note, this deal excludes the U.S. dollar. If this doesn’t signal the beginning of the end of the petro dollar, then I don’t know what does. Meanwhile, half the U.S. Senate is more worried about the Washington Redskins football team changing its name. We have to have some of the dumbest leaders on... more »

UK’s new Reaper drones remain grounded, months before Afghan withdrawal

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: MQ-9 Reaper]Five new Reaper drones announced by David Cameron in December 2010 to support British troops in Afghanistan are still not yet in operation, the Bureau can reveal. The new drones were bought as an urgent purchase and were part of a £135m package intended to effectively double the size of the UK’s fleet of armed drones in Afghanistan, and its surveillance capacity. But more than three years after the purchase was announced, and with just months to go before the UK’s troops are due to leave the conflict, the additional Reapers are yet to take to the skies. Read more

Atlas V Rocket Launches Top-Secret Satellite into Space

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) unmanned Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this Thursday morning, toting along with it an Air Force top-secret satellite. Lifting off at 9:09 a.m. EDT, the NROL-33 mission launch was carried out for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which designs, builds and flies America's intelligence satellites, according to the Associated Press. Details behind the satellite's mission remain classified for national security reasons, but according to SpaceFlight101, it is most likely a Quasar satellite that will become part of ... more »

Predator drone to get NATO-worthy Euro radio

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: MQ-9 Reaper]Drone maker General Atomics said this week it will join forces with Rohde & Schwartz to integrate the communications specialist's air traffic control radios into the Predator B MQ-9 Reaper unmanned vehicle. The deal announced during the Berlin Air Show supports efforts to add European components to Predator-series unmanned systems, General Atomics said. Unmanned aircraft developed under the program are expected to receive NATO airworthiness certification. General Atomics CEO Linden Blue said the drone maker is continuing to integrate German and European payloads ... more »

House defies Pentagon, retains U-2 spy plane, military bases

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: U-2 Dragon Lady & RQ-4 Global Hawk]The House defied the Pentagon on Thursday, overwhelmingly backing a $601 billion Defense authorization bill that saves the Cold War-era U-2 spy plane, military bases and Navy cruisers despite warnings that it will undercut military readiness. A White House veto threat — reiterated just hours before the vote — had little impact in an election year as lawmakers embraced the popular measure that includes a 1.8 percent pay raise for the troops and adds up to hundreds of thousands of jobs back home. The vote was 325-98 for the legislation, with ... more »

New Chinese 5th Generation Fighter Jet--J31 Performs More Flight Tests

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: J-31]The J-31 continues flight testing at a Shenyang Aircraft Corporation research facility in northern China. As China's second fifth generation fighter, the J-31 makes China the second nation in the world, after the United States, to have flown two fifth generation fighters. With a length of about 17 meters and an 11.5m wingspan, the J-31 is about the size of the F-35 Lightning II and smaller than the F-22, J-20 and PAK-FA. A large model of the J-31, designated as "F-60", appeared at the Zhuhai 2012 Airshow, indicating a Chinese willingness to export the J-31 as a interna... more »

Mast fitted to tallest warship

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: HMS Queen Elizabeth mast]The mast has been fitted on the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, making it Britain's tallest warship. From the tip of the newly-installed pole mast to the keel, the carrier now stands 73 metres (239ft) tall - taller than Tower Bridge or Nelson's Column. With a draught of 10 metres (33ft) it means the aircraft carrier - due to be officially named by the Queen at Rosyth, Scotland, on July 4 - will stand 63 metres (206ft) above the waterline. Read more

USS George Washington completes sea trials, ready for patrol

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: USS George Washington]The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to its forward-operating location of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, May 23, after completing sea trials. Sea trials is a four-day evolution where ships evaluate and assess their equipment status and personnel readiness for follow-on at-sea training. “Sea trials is without a doubt essential to prepare for a patrol,” said Quartermaster 1st Class Pon Mingkhouan, from Raleigh, N.C. “Sea trials not only allows us to test our equipment, but it also gives new Sailors a... more »

Dutch frigate joins Operation Atalanta task force

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: HNLMS De Zeven Provencien]The newest addition to the EUNavFor task force off the Horn of Africa is the Dutch frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provencien. She joined the Operation Atalanta fleet this week. She joins current flagship FGS Brandenburg from the Kriegsmarine, the French frigate FS Floreal, the Meteoro Class offshore patrol vessel ESPS Relampago and the Kriegsmarine replenishment vessel FGS Rhon along with maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, P-3M Orion (Spain), Fairchild SW3 Merlin (Luxembourg) and P-3C Orion (Germany) as the currently deployed task force. En route... more »

Ukraine Descends Into Chaos Ahead of Sham Elections

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
*Image: Armored vehicle operating in Lugansk, eastern Ukraine.. * *May 23, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The regime in Ukraine is rushing forward with elections, supposedly to take place on May 25, even as much of the country descends into chaos. With Crimea now part of Russia, and two more provinces declared autonomous after recent referendums - with more provinces to follow - Kiev has responded with a campaign that resembles more of a foreign invasion and occupation than a national security operation. With its regular army in shambles, Kiev has turned to a patchwork of militia... more »

Death of all Gods

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 21 hours ago
- We are Flesh & Blood & Bone. - We Dream. - We inhabit this (*quite small*) rock in space. The Pagan (*or so-called Nature*) Gods were a hardy bunch, surviving even in Canaan Judaism as FERTILITY GODESS statuettes in the form of Mother + Child. But they ALL DIED (or were subsumed) into the Monolith, the Onesong, the Tone. "You will buy more shit," it shines like a blinding beacon in a profit-storm of war-machines. The problem is THE MARKETING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS has ruined Diversity on this Free Planet. All around the world it's OUR MONO-GOD vs THEIR MONO-GOD and all th...more »

China, Russia to Test Maritime Coordination in Joint Drill

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: Zhengzhou missile destroyer]The Chinese and Russian navies are now sailing toward the northern part of the East China Sea as part of a week-long set of maritime drills. The joint drills were officially kicked off in-port on Tuesday. Duan Zhaoxian is in-charge of the Chinese side. "The highlight of the drills is our anti-surface warfare training. We don't know yet how well the drills will proceed. In addition, the drills between surface vessels and submarines will involve more advanced weapons with bigger shooting ranges than those used the past few years. So this year, our ... more »

Higgs contest, top ten

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
As you may have noticed (by looking at my reduced activity on this blog), I have spent hours with the ATLAS Higgs contest in recent two days. It's time to boast a little bit. Here is the screenshot of the current leaderboard: *Click to zoom in.* You see that there's someone new in the top-ten list, someone who jumped up by 179 stairs in recent two days. And his name is the same as mine! ;-) Finally, I could apply some idiosyncratic improvements to the data manipulation. To compare, Tommaso Dorigo of CMS is at the 116th place. Maybe he should try to learn some string theory if he'... more »

NATO Cannot Defend Baltic States

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: NATO Flag]NATO will be unable to defend Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania if Russia invades, German news magazine Spiegel reported on May 19, citing German government sources and leaked NATO documents. German defense and foreign ministry officials told Spiegel it would take NATO six months to put together a response. “We wouldn’t even show up in time for the Russians’ victory celebration,” one German official said. German MEP Elmar Brok, a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and head of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs ... more »

Lockheed, Austal respond to U.S. Navy query on small-warship ideas

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: USS Independence & USS Freedom]Lockheed Martin Corp and Australia's Austal on Thursday submitted their best ideas for the U.S. Navy's next small warship, as a Navy task force continues to reassess the future of its $34 billion Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. The Navy last month asked U.S. and foreign weapons makers to submit cost and technical data on ship designs and weapons to inform the work of the task force that is due to report on various options by July 31. That, in turn, will help the Navy shape its fiscal 2016 budget request. The Navy created the task force afte... more »

Quantum technology to help submarines find their way

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: USS Chicago]British scientists have developed technology that could allow submarines to determine their exact location without needing to surface. Researchers at Imperial College London are working on a portable “quantum” accelerometer, which they claim would be far more accurate than current technology, by engineering smaller and better-controlled lasers. This could allow accelerometers to help map the exact movements of a submarine or other vehicle as it moves around the globe, enabling the crew to determine their current position with an error range of just 1m. Read more

BAE Systems picks Capita to improve IT services for submarine business

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
BAE Systems' maritime unit has signed a £60-£70m agreement with Capita for the IT company to become its strategic partner to transform IT service delivery at its submarine building business in Cumbria. Capita IT Services will deliver an enhanced IT service model across the submarine building business in Barrow-in-Furness, which will be aligned with the wider BAE Systems group IT framework. BAE Systems Maritime - Submarines is currently designing and building the Astute class of nuclear powered attack submarines for the UK Royal Navy as well as leading on the design of a replacement ... more »

Another day...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Rosemary Baker: "BBC @coasttv, @BBCRadio4, @CultureWhisper, #ptp2013. Opinions obviously own. Hello !" h/t Guido Fawkes: (1/2) Apologise profusely for offence caused re: tweet in which I aired my political view. As bio states, views are my own... — Rosemary Baker (@Rombren) May 22, 2014 (2/2) and I do not work on political programmes, so my views in no way inform BBC political output. Very sorry nonetheless & lesson learned — Rosemary Baker (@Rombren) May 22, 2014

METRO | Beverly Baker Moore : For Austin’s SouthPop it’s ten colorful years and counting

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
The South Austin Popular Culture Center, dedicated to the history of our town’s music culture, celebrates with Wonder Wart-Hog, ‘Peyote Dream,’ ‘Woman with a Blue Guitar,’ and more… By Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2014 … finish reading *METRO* | Beverly Baker Moore : For Austin’s SouthPop it’s ten colorful years and counting

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Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
METRO | Beverly Baker Moore reports that for Austin’s SouthPop it’s ten colorful years and counting.

America Is Finished: The Slow And Humiliating Death Of The US Dollar

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I have been reading the startling reports over the last while of China and Russia's agreement to end their international trade using the US Dollar and instead use their own currencies for trade and commerce... And it seems that other BRICS nations will follow the Russian/Chinese lead and do all of their trading in currencies other than the US dollar as well. This is an unmitigated disaster for the United States and could indeed spell the end of the US dollar as the world's one and only international trading currency since the days of the Bretton Woods agreements of 1944. How bad is... more »

What's Worse, Republican Science Deniers Or Corrupt Transactional Democrats?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Where Does Tom Steyer Get His Targeting Advice? Tom Steyer is a San Francisco billionaire and a dedicated environmental activist. Last year, he spent $11 million helping elect one of the most corrupt corporate whores in American politics, Virginia's new governor, Terry McAuliffe. A few days later, the *Washington Post* reported that Governor McAuliffe has joined a coalition of right-wing, anti-environment governors pushing for off-shore drilling. Steyer may be delighted he helped keep Ken Cucchinelli out of office but his boy McAuliffe joined up with Climate Change deniers Pat McC... more »

Review - Zabada

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
When Zabada asked me to review some of their products, I was intrigued. Why? Because, their invitation included a video which shows customers how to use their bathroom cleaning system. Now, I'm familiar with microfibers and I'm VERY familiar with cleaning. So I was curious about just what made this cleaning system so unique that customers might benefit from a "how to" video. So, yeah ... the glove is a unique design over the more common flat versions. But after watching the video, I was even more fascinated by their claim that the bathroom glove wouldn't transfer dirt ... even g... more »

Day 4--Bed Delivery, Gym, Dryer, Art work and More

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 day ago
The day started off with me going for a run and quick swim in the pool. Since Kurt fell trail running yesterday, he skipped out since his leg kinda hurt from the cuts. Wuss. :) After that, the people came with our new bed and put it together. It is gorgeous. I love it. Went into town after that to the bank to cash in some money we needed to, and stopped at a place where we can open a PO Box. They gave us an email address to put the request in at, which I did a little bit ago. Hopefully they respond, as I need to order some things from the States and can't right now with no m... more »

John White’s “Statewide Trends” of LEAP Supposed to be Publicized on May 27

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
When Louisiana State Superintendent John White withheld the Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP) scores on Friday, May 16, 2014– the day that these scores were supposed to be released, he chose to wait until midday to contact the schools. White offered no reason for the delay. However, by now, it is no secret that scores for White’s pet project, predominately-charter Recovery […]

Biden

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release May 20, 2014 Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden to Joint United States and Romanian Participants in Carpathian Spring Military Exercise Otopeni Military Airbase Bucharest, Romania THE VICE PRESIDENT: Let me begin by saying, Mr. Minister, thank you, and it’s very hot in here. I was supposed to – I was told it was going to be cooler here, but thank you for the great weather. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s an honor to have a chance to see our militaries work together in this Carpathian Spring Joint Military Exercise. Th... more »

Startling New Report: US Secretly Selling Nuclear Weapons Worldwide Via The Criminal State Of Israel

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
First, It does seem that I am always apologizing for my absence from this blog... I have been busy the last while with a very grueling work schedule and of course taking care of family matters.... It has therefore meant that this blog has become more of a "side show" and I have not been able to keep up with real world news and putting up articles here... Bear with me, because I am doing my best and I am trying to place articles when I am resting and have the time to do so... I have been doing a lot of catching up on world events today, and I came across a most interesting article ju... more »

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