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Head of Newsroom tells BBC staff: "Don't do anything stupid!"
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"
*"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!”
*“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
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
I'm still smarting after the turn down I got from the Maine Army National Guard not allowing 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, fami... more »
It's Friday...
*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
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?
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!
Oh yessss... porn not believable?
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Putin: "Who is he (Obama) to judge,seriously"
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
*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!
*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 »
Meat Prices Skyrocket: Is Soylent Green on the Horizon?
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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 »
Capital outflow, growth, investment: an eternal golden braid
*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?
I fear that nobody under the age of 30 will even understand that video joke!
Avvisa Monsanto i Stockholm och Göteborg - 24 maj 2014
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?
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
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 en... more »
Is it time for the tort of defamation to be abolished?
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
*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 ) .....
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 )
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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."
------------------------------ *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”
“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.....
'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
Syria..... Watchdog: Last of Syria’s Chemicals ‘Packed and Ready’Britain Complains About Lack of Specific Timetable by Jason Ditz, May 22, 2014 Print This | Share This The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has confirmed today that the last of Syria’s chemical precursors from its now-destroyed chemical weapons program are all packed up and ready to ship at any time. The chemicals are about 100 metric tons, about 7.5% of the overall chemicals that were part of the arsenal, and are all at a single site waiting for transportation to the port city of Latakia. British of... more »
David Autor on Inequality
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
*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
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
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
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
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?
Not really, says Gary Burtless, though some pundits would have you think otherwise.
Thailand: Coup Ousts US-Backed Dictator
*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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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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*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?
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
*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”
*“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
[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
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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
*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
- 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
[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
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
[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
[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
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[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
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...
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
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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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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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 »
MOYERS DENOUNCES OBAMA
Bill Moyers criticized President Barack Obama for his decision to seemingly leave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the hands of the anti-net neutrality forces he opposed as a candidate. “They believed he would keep his word, would see to it that when private interests set upon the Internet like sharks to blood in the water, its fate would be in the hands of honest brokers who would listen politely to the pleas of the greedy, and then show them the door,” Moyers said of the supporters Obama won when he promised to keep the internet free from corporate influence. “Unfo... more »
Texts in Transition
The mid-thirteenth century saw something rarely known in the annals of the conquerors and the conquered: the re-emergence of written texts in English from amidst a people still ruled by Norman French-speaking aristocrats. Perhaps the rulers were too few in number, or too many had, generations before, taken Saxon wives and raised their children in bilingual households. And yet the English which emerged was not quite the same as the one which had disappeared: it had lost most of its inflectional endings, all noun cases except the genitive, and many of its verb tenses. Instead of ch... more »
My First Day visit to the 9/11 Memorial Museum
*That's kind of a pretty design, all those blue tile thingies on this handy wall, don't you think? (Remember about the wall. We'll be coming back to it.)* *by Ken* I know we're supposed to talking about China, and what happened to the confident post-Tiananmen prediction of Jonathan Mirsky and, he says, many other China-watchers, Chinese and foreign, that the days of the People's Republic regime were numbered. But yesterdeay was my First Day free appointment to visit the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and I had to write something for the writing workshop I've been doing, for which I knew I ... more »
Fraction of the Globe in Drought: 1982-2012
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. You can see it here.
Musical Interlude: Andrea Bocelli, “Con Te Partiro”
*Andrea Bocelli, “Con Te Partiro”* - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAiIQ91UPeo ◆ *English lyrics:* “Con Te Partiro” “Time to Say Goodbye” “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 not there If you are not 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; With yo...more »
Friday Morning Ramble: Edition #762
*Here’s some of what caught my eye around this week’s traps…* According to local trade unionists, wages rates are higher in Australia because Aussie unionists have better legal protection. And yet, the International Trade Union Confederation reckons protection is better here than in Oz. *Worker rights* – OFFSETTING BEHAVIOUR Not going to “reform” the RMA until after election? But it’s not like National were offering real RMA reform anyway. Just more blancmange. *Resource Management Act Reform* – Amy Adams, BEEHIVE *Property rights urgently needed to allow mineral riches to be sa... more »
Sirian High Council – Awaken to who you are Message to the Ground Crew
Painting of a Moroccan Berber Woman *~Sirian High Council – Awaken to who you are – Message to the Ground Crew~* BY ANNAMERKABA on MAY 22, 2014 *AK note: I have edited the grammar, syntax and wording slightly for readability. It otherwise remains as it was written. This channeling appears to have been posted in haste.* Some of you do not know [who] that you are. You do not consciously understand what significant roles you are playing in the ascension [and] in the changing of the world organizations. For you are not [going] to consciously to know who you are. You are not to revea... more »
Musical Interlude: David Schombert, “A Space Journey”
David Schombert, “A Space Journey” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5SEJ8MyPc
Free Download: Olaf Stapledon, "Star Maker"
Free Download: "Star Maker" By Olaf Stapledon "Stapledon undertakes the immense task of describing the entire history of life in the universe. It dwarfs in scale even his 1930 book "Last and First Men," which is a history of the human species over two billion years. It tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. The narrator starts with a concern at the clash of ideas on Earth and finds analogies to both communism and fascism among the aliens he visits. A pervading theme is that of progressi... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The delightful Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars in the constellation Musca, The Fly. The dusty cosmic cloud is seen against rich starfields just south of the prominent Coalsack Nebula and the Southern Cross. Stretching for about 3 degrees across this scene the Dark Doodad seems punctuated at its southern tip (lower left) by globular star cluster NGC 4372. *Click image for larger size.* Of course NGC 4372 roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy, a background object some 20,000 light-years away and only by chance along our line-of-s... more »
Chet Raymo, "It"
*"It"* by Chet Raymo "A Howard Nemerov poem might be twelve pages long or twelve words long. He was equally adept at the epic and the aphorism. He could be serious or fun. Sometimes both at the same time. Consider the following poem, called "A Life," which I quote in its entirety. (How does "fair use" apply to something so short?) "Innocence? In a sense. In no sense! Was that *it?* Was *that* it? *Was* that it? That was it." Now I hear my spouse's voice whispering in my ear: *What's all this musing about death lately? Why all this late-life pessimism? Y... more »
“The Individual vs. The Illusion Of Consensus Reality”
*“The Individual vs. The Illusion Of Consensus Reality”* by Jon Rappoport “This is such a supercharged subject, I could start from a dozen places. But let’s begin here: the individual is unique, because he is he. He is unique because he has his own ideas, because he has his own desires, because he has his own power. That power belongs to no one else. In particular, it doesn’t belong to the State. The State will try, will always try to suggest that it is granting power to the individual, but this is a lie. It’s an illusion broadcast with ill-intent. While everyone else is trying to... more »
“Every Cell In Your Body Is Infused With The Collapse Of A Star“
*“Every Cell In Your Body Is Infused With The Collapse Of A Star“* by Cate Matthews “Living shoulder-to-shoulder on a small blue planet zooming through an ever-expanding universe, it's easy to feel very, very small. But what we are is actually pretty incredible. "We are dead stars looking back up at the sky," Dr. Michelle Thaller, astronomer and science communicator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, says in a recent video posted by "The Atlantic": Every single cell in our bodies contains elements created in the burning center of a collapsing star- from the iron in our blood to... more »
Satire: “An Apology from Prince Charles”
*“An Apology from Prince Charles”* by Andy Borowitz LONDON (The Borowitz Report) – “In response to the international uproar created when he reportedly compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Hitler, His Royal Highness Prince Charles today issued the following letter of apology to the Russian people. "My dear Russians, Yesterday, it was reported that I compared your President Putin to Hitler. If by making this comment I have in some way offended you, I am deeply sorry. Adolf Hitler was one of the horrible villains in world history, and comparing President Putin to him was unca... more »
Libya's " Non Coup " Updates May 22 , 2014 .....Grand Mufti condemns Hafter’s “Operation Dignity” as attempted coup .......... Government tells unauthorised armed groups to leave Tripoli ....... “Operation Dignity” gathers support ...... Oil and Trade Industries suffer anew ....... Amid Non Coup , attempts to form a functional government stumble along at the usual zombified level of activity !
Anti war .... Islamist Militias Arrive in Libyan Capital, Aim to Oust Coup GeneralCabinet Urges Troops to 'Steer Clear of Politics' by Jason Ditz, May 22, 2014 Print This | Share This Libyan General Khalifa Hifter’s hold on Tripoli, mostly solid since he seized parliament on Sunday, looks to be facing some major opposition tonight, as the first Islamist militias aligned with parliament set up positions in southern Tripoli. The Islamist militias include the powerful force from Misrata, which played a major role in the 2011 ouster of Moammar Gadhafi. They are being coordinated by Liby... more »
Ukraine: Chloroform deaths in Odessa? Who killed these soldiers?
* I started this one yesterday, but, couldn't get it done- * The Ukrainian junta has every reason to want the Odessa massacre to just go away. Particularly right before their so called 'election' just a few days away. *So, claiming the anti coup protestors died of asphyxiation and heart damage due to chloroform inhalation would serve the coup government just fine*. It would cover up and sanitize their orchestrated atrocity, to their benefit. Yet another example of how it is we have no knowledge of real history. This fabrication will enter the official history narrative though it ha... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery - Days 73 and May 19 -20 , 2014 -----Suspicion grows 'pings' did not come from MH370 black box after M'sia, Ausssie govts refuse to release audio tapes ........... ABC’s Four Corners program quoted Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein as saying that Malaysia’s civil aviation authorities called the military asking them to keep an eye on the plane but that the military allowed the plane to glide out to sea. ( Anwar Ibrahim said the military had completely breached the standing operating procedures.) ---- Still stalling on releasing Raw Satellite data ..........Former Prime Minister Of Malaysia Accuses CIA Of Covering Up MH-370 Disappearance and wonders what Boeing might really know ........ KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) clarified that it has not "abandoned" the families of the missing flight MH370's crew members who had sought legal help ( now officially denied , so probably true at the time ) .... Malaysia announces next squirrel hunt " - MH370: Depth of Indian Ocean search areas to be surveyed, new phase of search begins ...... Family members of missing pilot defend his honor -- Capt Zaharie's brother-in-law, Asuad Khan, said the 53-year-old pilot was a "happy, generous and kind man" who fell victim to false rumours and inaccurate reporting. Asuad, who spoke on behalf of Capt Zaharie's wife, Faizah Khan, also said claims of the captain committing suicide for life insurance are untrue.
Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Star Online..... Published: Wednesday May 21, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Wednesday May 21, 2014 MYT 10:15:20 AM MH370: ‘Raw data to be released soon’ BY FARIK ZOLKEPLI Email Facebook 1 PETALING JAYA: All relevant parties are working towards releasing the data communications logs and technical description involving Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, said Department of Civil Aviation director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. He said Inmarsat had been giving its full support in the investigations into the disappearance of the aircraft including the release of raw data. He said ... more »
The Art of Creation
[image: Picture] We are creative artists. Creation is what we do. The video shared hereuses 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 P... more »
Can Democracies Be Trusted with Autonomous Weapons?
Zack Beauchamp followed the CCW Experts Meeting on Autonomous Weapons and concluded: The debate about robots in warfare comes down to the question of whether they would make war crimes more or less likely. There are serious arguments on either side. In many ways, this new argument about robots is an extension of much older Continue reading
Thorne Dreyer : PODCAST | Nationally-acclaimed novelist Sarah Bird joins us on Rag Radio
Sarah Bird, member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, discusses her powerful and critically-praised new work, ‘Above the East China Sea.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | May 22, 2014 Our Rag Radio podcast features nationally-acclaimed … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : *PODCAST* | Nationally-acclaimed novelist Sarah Bird joins us on Rag Radio
Pipelines: Bulgaria testing EU Resolve
*Continuing on with the theme of pipelines:* Most recently from yesterday, here: Russia & China make energy AND banking deal- bypassing US dollar Continuing on with this post from earlier today :China/Russia Banking/Energy deal- Cue Uighur bombing/attack!And now Bulgaria testing EU resolve The $20 billion South Stream project is the centerpiece of Russia’s strategy of bypassing Ukraine while still remaining the principal gas supplier to the European Union. Bulgaria’s government calls South Stream strategic and vital to securing its energy security. But as a member of the European... more »
Responding to Meghan Daum's reactionary attack on the Class of 2014 social justice movements
*"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. " — Paulo Freire* *LA Times* columnist Meghan Daum takes issue with the Class of 2014's nationwide activism to resist and reject neoliberal reactionaries like Christine Lagarde and Condoleezza Rice as their commencement speakers. Her offensive College grads: With speakers as in life, at times you take what you can get accuses student activists of hubris, intolerance, anti-intellectualism, and extreme political correctness. As a proud member of the Cla... more »
Spanish Inquisition Day 5
Today kicked off with a day trip to the ruins of the once-great city of Medina Azahara, constructed in the early 900s just west of Córdoba and utterly destroyed by civil war less than a century later. The ruins were picked over for building material over the next thousand years with excavation and restoration not beginning until the 20th century. ¿En España? ¿En serio? A portion of the ruins viewed from on high. Two restored arches flank one (mostly) original arch. What's left of one of the original arches on the ground (left) and a restored arch in place (right). Remnants of... more »
WHAT WORKS FOR THE MEDIA
The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) has helped develop “Pressing Your Case: Nonviolent Movements and the Media,” an educational video series to explore ways that nonviolent campaigns and movements can better relate to world media. It features four sessions, hosted by internationally known news anchor Riz Khan. See the rest of the episodes *here *
Race For The Inland Empire Congressional Seat Heats Up
The Republican wing of the Democratic Party, the New Dems, has endorsedtheir perfect little corporate stooge-- empty suit and Chamber of Commerce front man Pete Aguilar. Aguilar ran all over the California state Democratic Party convention with shameless corporate whores Gavin Newsom and Eric Bauman assuring all the delegates he's a progressive. He isn't and he laughed all the way from their pathetic, debased endorsement to the New Dems where he solicited and received an endorsement. The Congressional Progressive Caucus wasn't taken in as easily as the party-going conventioneers in... more »
Is Shinseki Fired Yet? How About Congress?
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 »
Bubbles and echo chambers
The results of today's elections will come in two phases - in the next 24 hours for the local elections (which we in Morecambe *weren't*participating in) and on Monday for the European elections (which we *were* participating in, like we really give a flying f*** [fish] about the European parliament!). What's happening with these elections? Well, like everyone else at this stage, I don't honestly know and any guesses could be spectacularly wrong. If my work colleagues are anything to go, today's turnout will be unusually high for a European election; indeed, MASSIVELY unusual. Al... more »
A Prelude to TN Bonus Pay Report
From a clip in the *Memphis Commercial Appeal*: The retention bonusTennessee offered last year to keep strong teachers in low-performing schools likely was a factor for more than 70 teachers who signed on for another year in inner-city schools, most of them in Memphis. Of the 365 teachers that took the state up on the offer, 20 percent of them are more likely to have stayed compared to other high-performers not eligible for the incentive, according to a study by the Tennessee Consortium, an independent research body at Vanderbilt University. “What does it mean that a better teacher ... more »
Leaked Text: EU pressing Obama to expand U.S. fracking, offshore drilling in secret
Twitter / PCGTW: Leaked Text: #EU pressing #Obama ... *Global Trade Watch*@*PCGTW* Leaked Text: #*EU* pressing #*Obama* to expand U.S. #*fracking*, offshore drilling in secret #*TAFTA*: http://huff.to/1jMFklf pic.twitter.com/ciFMQvpAwv - #NoFRACKING #Fracking :: #NoKXL | #RE_TOOL NOW!
War Pigs at Pentagon Squeal Over Snowden Leaks
The whining continues over the outing of unconstitutional mass surveillance and data-mining programs by former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Today's bleating is over the release of a report by the Defense Intelligence Agency, at least the condensed, classified and excerpted version - the rest is of course Top Secret which means that everyone will just have to trust a government that lies about everything about the "grave" damage done by Snowden's leaks. The report, 19 pages of which were procured by The Guardian under a FOIA suit filed earlier this... more »
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*La. House committee votes to kill levee board lawsuit ~Mark Ballard, The Advocate* *LSU projections show storm surge swamping Southeast Louisiana by century’s end ~Bob Marshall, The Lens* *New restrictions planned for La. abortion clinics * *Lee Zurik Investigation: When you don't like the questions, you stop answering* *Talk the beat with Lens reporters at BrottWorks Design Studio on May 22*
A THROWBACK
This documentary was made just prior to the start of Bush's "shock and awe" in 2003. Randy Adkins owned a local video shop in Gainesville, Florida where he made copies and fixed equipment among other things. People used to bring old film into his shop when their parents died and they cleaned out the attic. That's where he got alot of the Nazi footage in Arsenal of Hypocrisy. I was touring the country doing talks at the time with an overhead projector showing documents about the US Space Command's mission of "full spectrum dominance". While in State College, Pennsylvania I was... more »
Rabbi arrested in "major child pornography bust"
Federal officials have arrested at least 70 individuals, including a Jewish rabbi, in the New York City area connected to a massive child pornography operation. Of course, since one of the leading offenders was a Jewish rabbi, and not a Catholic priest, you will not hear about this story in the mainstream Jewish-controlled mass media. *Tablet Magazine* reports: A major federal child pornography investigation led to the arrests of at least 70 people in the New York City area, the AP reports. One of the people charged with possessing and sharing child pornography, disturbingly, was ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
"The 12 Rules of Survival"
* "The 12 Rules of Survival"* by Laurence Gonzales "As a journalist, I've been writing about accidents for more than thirty years. In the last 15 or so years, I've concentrated on accidents in outdoor recreation, in an effort to understand who lives, who dies, and why. To my surprise, I found an eerie uniformity in the way people survive seemingly impossible circumstances. Decades and sometimes centuries apart, separated by culture, geography, race, language, and tradition, the most successful survivors–those who practice what I call “deep survival”– go through the same patterns of... more »
"An Exquisite Balance..."
“It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas… If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you… On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.” - Carl Sagan
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese"
*“Wild Geese”* "You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagi... more »
“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”
*“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "While we are in a dark night of the soul experience, hold steady knowing the light will appear once again. Whenever a word is overused, it is most likely being misused, and over time, it begins to lose its meaningfulness. For example, we often refer to a fleeting feeling of depression or a period of confusion, as a dark night of the soul, but neither of these things qualifies as such. A dark night of the soul is a very specific experience that some people encounter on their spiritual journeys. There are... more »
Morality and Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a belief in the subjectivity of existence; a post-human condition; and a context-based empirical, as opposed to ideological, approach to the social and moral issues. To assert that the Western culture is superior to all other cultures is simplistic and reductive. There is no existing standard to judge the advancement of a culture. The visible Western progress is primarily a scientific-technological progress and that too only in the domain of the physical sciences. On the basis of technological advancement, can it be said that the West is also intellectually superior... more »
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, “Gira Con Me”
Josh Groban, “Gira Con Me” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bYD38yomIw ◆ English Lyrics: *"Gira Con Me Questa Notte"* *"Turn With Me Tonight"* "The world turns with me tonight. Small steps that I make with you. I follow your heart, and I follow the moon So hidden far from me. The world turns with us tonight, Ah, if only far from here there existed A place where to discover my heart, To know if it can love you or not. And it will turn, and it will turn, My heart together with you, And the earth will turn, And my life will turn, And one day, yes, it will understand. It's you who turns ... more »
Free Download: Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy”
*Free Download: **Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy”* “The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between c. 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. I... more »
"How It Really Is"
"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here..."- Dante
Congressional Progressive Caucus Endorses Stanley Chang
Last year, Honolulu City Councilman Stanley Chang wrote a guest post for us explaining why he wants to join the Congressional Progressive Caucus. This week, in their first round of 2014 endorsements, the CPC endorsed Chang, who's in a crowded 9-way August 9th primary for the seat New Dem Colleen Hanabusa is giving up. Stanley's opponents are, first and foremost transactional careerists rather than principled, values-driven leaders. Last week, we took a closer look at nominal front-runner state Senator Donna Mercado Kim, a corporate-oriented conservative from the Republican wing of...more »
I'M WORTH MORE
Adriana has worked at McDonald’s for 4 years. She has a 2 year-old boy at home. She wants him to have a better future than she had. And she has some things to say to McDonald’s. That’s why she was one of 101 McDonald’s workers to be arrested yesterday during the massive protest at their headquarters.
"A Message From the Ministry Of Homeland Security"
"Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk." - Margaret Chase Smith
“Spying Is Meant to Crush Citizens’ Dissent, Not Catch Terrorists”
*“Spying Is Meant to Crush Citizens’ Dissent, Not Catch Terrorists”* The Big Secret Behind the Spying Program by WashingtonsBlog “While many Americans understand why the NSA is conducting mass surveillance of U.S. citizens, some are still confused about what’s really going on. In his new book, "No Place to Hide", Glenn Greenwald writes: "The perception that invasive surveillance is confined only to a marginalised and deserving group of those “doing wrong” – the bad people – ensures that the majority acquiesces to the abuse of power or even cheers it on. But that view radically misu...more »
REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay
REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay. via REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
We Can't Get Piketty? (They Wish) We Do Get the Geithner Buy-My-Book Glibberties
Did you catch Tim Geithner's comedy act last night on Stephen Colbert? (Sorry that there's no link yet to be posted - I'll post it when it becomes available later.) It was quite a triumph. Colbert was speechless at the end. You'd have been too if you'd bought any of Geithner's glibness with what seemed to be either Colbert's star struckness (or dumbstruckness). When I was in graduate school
"The Darkest Places, Scary Questions..."
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dan Brown ◆ “Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.” - Aldous Huxley ◆ "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions." - Samuel L. Jackson as "Jules Winnfield", "Pulp Fiction"
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