Saturday, May 24, 2014

24 May - Blogs I'm Following

1:22pm MDST

Iran’s Latest Drone Drops Life Preservers, Not Bombs

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 hour ago
Earlier this month, during an exhibition at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Forces’ Central Command in Tehran on May 11, Iranian military officials unveiled a domestically-produced reverse-engineered version of a sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicle (UVA), Lockheed Martin’s RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone. The Iranian version comes about two-and-a-half years after one of

Robert Sharlet : Lament for the long forgotten war dead

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
For the fallen from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, it’s home in a box, family and neighbors gather, a sad requiem, the flag folded, presented to the mother. By Robert Sharlet | The Rag Blog | May 24, 2014 Nearly a half … finish reading Robert Sharlet : Lament for the long forgotten war dead

James McEnteer : Good migrations…

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
How U.S. Customs helped me smuggle marijuana into the USA. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | May 24, 2014 “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” — L.P. Hartley When I first discovered Mexico … finish reading James McEnteer : Good migrations…

METRO | Sunshine Williams : Don’t keep Austin weird, puleeze!

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
Upscale 168-room boutique hotel planned for the Domain to have ‘rustic Texas chic’ decor and ‘Keep Austin Weird’ theme. Hey, we’ll show you weird… By Sunshine Williams | The Rag Blog | May 24, 2014 AUSTIN — I can’t keep … finish reading *METRO* | Sunshine Williams : Don’t keep Austin weird, puleeze!

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Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
METRO | Flash! Upscale hotel plans ‘Keep Austin Weird’ theme! Read Sunshine Williams’ shocking report cum weird Austin history.

Anyone Can Claim To Be A Democrat, But Not Every Democrat Embraces The Party's Core Values

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
Growing up in Brooklyn in the '60s, I wasn't always a big fan of the Democratic Party. In Brooklyn that's where corruption lived. And in terms of the issues that mattered most to me-- equality and peace-- some Democrats were on the same page as I was but many-- particularly powerful committee chairmen (and not *only* from The South-- were as far from my beliefs as the Republicans. Things have gotten better since the worst racists in the party migrated en masse to the GOP after Lyndon Johnson started signing legislation that integrated the country for real. The Solid South was stil... more »

Benedict Cumberbatch impersonates Alan Rickman, David Tennant, and Jonathan Ross

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
Benedict Cumberbatch impersonates Alan Rickman, David Tennant, and Jonathan Ross And here undertakes an Alan Rickman impersonate off with Jimmy Fallon A win for Mr Cumberbatch?

INTERSTELLAR CONNECTION IS LOVE

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 2 hours ago
*I've always** felt and have demonstrated that a state of love and consciousness deepest within myself connects me to a* *Unified Field** of soul consciousness that exists not only beyond time and space but also beneath our deepest fears. But I also sense that this uniting force of the universe connects all the solar systems in our Milky Way so that we are no longer limited by the speed of light but instantly connected to each other through the timeless attractive and **uniting force** of love: Allen L Roland, PhD * *When the heart achieves its desire, you shall transcend time... more »

Vietnamese Woman Self-Immolates In Anti-China Protest May 24 , 2014 - has Vietnam begun to lose control over these anti- China protests ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
Vietnamese Woman Self-Immolates In Anti-China Protest [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2014 12:29 -0400 - China - India - Reuters inShare As the anti-China protests in Vietnam - following China's imposition of an oil-rig in disputed territorial waters - *RFA reports* that a vietnamese woman belonging to an outlawed Buddhist movement died Friday after setting herself on fire in protest against China's actions. The woman, *67-year-old Le Thi Tuyet Mai, surrounded herself with seven banners denouncing Beijing’s claims in the South Chi... more »

May 24: IRock closes.

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 2 hours ago
That's big news for the Irving press. Front page news. It seems nightclub attendance has been dropping in Moncton, so a number of clubs have closed. Let's see now. Nightclubs are closing because people aren't interested in them as they used to be. But if people aren't interested as they used to be in nightclubs, who wants to read a front page story about it - especially one that says almost nothing? Why don't people go to clubs as much? Does this signal some kind of a change in society? What does it mean? Really, you don't have a story if you have nothing to say. And you certainly d... more »

My Video Documentary of Dentist Trip to Merida Mexico, $11,000 worth of dental work for $1311!!

Sherrie at Sherrie Questioning All - 2 hours ago
My new blog with information about the dentist, Merida Mexico and how to get there. I had $11,000 worth of dental work done this last time for $1311 and the best quality dental work I have ever had (besides my trip to the same dentist in Merida, 7 years ago). I put the new blog together for others as me who can not afford U.S. prices of dental work. My whole trip including airfare, 1 week

Harga dan Spesifikasi Blackberry Z3 Terbaru Mei 2014

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 3 hours ago
Harga dan Spesifikasi Blackberry Z3 Terbaru Mei 2014 - Gadget Smartphone Blackberry Z3 adalah Smartphone terbaru yang dirilis oleh blackberry maupun merupakan generasi penerus dari pandahulunya yakni Blackberry Z10. mempunyai Spesifikasi yang komplet dan fitur dan kelebihan yang telah ditolong dengan teknologi terbaru tatkala ini. Harga yang dibandrol pada Blackberry Z3 ini pun cukup terjangkau

I am insulted by the promise of a “quality education”

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
The Washington Post recently reported that DC approved three new charter schools. What bothers me the most about this: do we really need any new charters? How can we have so many different operators in one city, with wildly different leadership styles and educational philosophies? Plus, one of these schools is being opened by a former […]

Inequalities perpetuated by progressives fills me with fury and sadness

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
I am a political liberal who is pro-union and supports public education. It is foul, however, to hear about the grossness of those with whom I’m politically sympathetic. I’ve been obsessed with this issue over the last week since I first heard about it. I’ve probably realized this subconsciously over the years and thought nothing […]

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 3 hours ago
I was interviewed by Karl Morand for Middle East Week Podcast discussing security, the budget, and the 2014 elections in Iraq.

Life Goes On In Iraq: Sabean Mandeans’ Golden Baptism Festival

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 3 hours ago
Sabean Mandeans are considered one of the oldest religions in the world. Sabean is from the Aramaic word “saba” which means baptized. This is one of the basic rituals of the religion, being dipped into water to be baptized. Mandeans is from the Aramaic “yada – ada” to know, meaning that they are the baptized people who know about God. The following are pictures of Mandeans celebrating their Golden Baptism Festival in the Big Zab River, Khabat, Irbil on May 20, 2014. Photos by AFP's Safin Hamed. (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) (*AFP*) *SOURCES* Salloum, S... more »

Underlying motives behind the porn industry

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 3 hours ago
*GKM* May 12, 2014 The pornography industry in America (Hollywood in particular) is not a nice topic, but we need to be aware of its pushers and their motives. Some are simply in it for the money, but many also have a political and religious motive. They are attempting to destroy any Christian values or moral basis for American society. Many have noticed the disproportionate involvement of Jews in Hollywood in general. But what many do not realize is the disproportionate involvement of Jews in the porn industry in Hollywood. In 2004 Nathan Abrams, a Jewish author, wrote about ... more »

Federal Reserve finally finds price inflation - May 27th meal hike looms ( Fed Reserve of Chicago Cafeteria price hikes due to food price spikes of increases of 3 - 33 percent )...... but there's an App for that too - cue cannibalism or now I understand all of the zombie preparation / defense against studies by the Government !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Zero Hedge.... Federal Reserve Admits Truth In Internal Memo: "Prices Continue To Rise Between 3% And 33%" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2014 10:00 -0400 - BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics - Federal Reserve - Federal Reserve Bank - International Monetary Fund inShare3 We are confused: on one hand the Fed is injecting hundreds of billions of liquidity into the market, boosting the S&P to all time highs and making the rich richer (Piketty taking Excel lessons from Rogoff notwithstanding) while the economy remains stagnant... more »

The Undeclared War on Muslims is Big Business in America

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 4 hours ago
*New York Times Whores Out to Anti-Muslim Fanatics* There has long been a concerted effort to demonize Muslims in *t**he American Homeland* as a part of the never-ending big money maker that is the phony war on terror. Big media of course plays a critical role in the dark propaganda campaigns that ensure that millions of Americans will continue to see the menace of al Qaeda and worse lurking in the darkest corner of their closets and under their beds. The connection is never made that the military and security industrial complex need the ongoing Muslim bogeyman to keep those god b... more »

The Rich Are Reassured

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 4 hours ago
On the eve of not so shocking revelations that the government essentially started a whole separate anti-Occupy branch, spying on lefties like there was no tomorrow for the plutocrats, President Obama has once again assured the plutocrats that there's no such thing as a left wing in his beloved Democratic Party anyway. Single payer health care? That's insane! Higher taxes on the rich on *his*watch? Fuggedaboutit. Blowing wind at the home of wind energy tycoon Michael Polsky on Thursday night, Obama did have one moment of truth when he told his big buck donors: But whenever I come t... more »

Keeping Your Children's Data Out of the Corporate Government Cloud

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
As the death worshippers of Washington and Wall Street move us closer to the end of civilization in order to grow profits for the oligarchs, resistance will be organized at every level to disrupt and shut down the institutional data systems that will be used to rationalize which of the spreading pockets of individual and collective deprivation and genocide will be allowed. Test scores and "character" grading will be central to the barbaric calculus imposed by mercenary techno-drones seeking to maintain the social and economic choke hold on civilization by the gilded scum. It is n... more »

Welcome to Nulandistan Documentary: Propaganda and the Crisis in Ukraine

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 4 hours ago
*Published on May 23, 2014* This full length GRTV documentary looks at the fictitious land of Nulandistan that has been constructed out of Ukraine.The GRTV documentary deconstructs Nulandistan and the propaganda of the Obama Administration, the US Department of States, US officials, and their allies about the crisis in Ukraine and takes a look at their growing frustration towards the Russian media, particularly RT, for challenging their account of the events on the ground in what they have declared is an intensifying information war. The full length documentary starts by ... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*RB Pierre Thomas fighting for his Saints future ~Gary Estwick, New Orleans Advocate* *NORA unveils initiative to turn empty lots to green space, community gardens ~Thanh Truong, WWLTV * *New Orleans’ National WWII Museum Honors Memorial Day ~Crave Online* *13 New Orleans-Area Military Monuments and Memorials ~Sarah Chase, Curbed NOLA* *Delgado delight: New Orleans squad ready for World Series ~Patti Arnold, Sun Sentinel* *Fun On the Halfshell: The 2014 New Orleans Oyster Festival ~Paul Broussard, GoNOLA*

Focus

The Arthurian at The Rules of Exposition - 4 hours ago
There is a lot of related but irrelevant stuff in things people say. That's what the word *focus* means -- to prune away the irrelevant.

DCNS sets a foothold in Canada

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 5 hours ago
[image: FREMM Frigate]In April 2014, DCNS incorporated a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary which is intended to develop DCNS Naval Engineering and Industrial Partnerships in Canada. DCNS Technologies Canada Inc. with headquarters in Ottawa, represents the first step towards the creation of Naval Systems Integration Center that was announced by Patrick Boissier, Chairman & CEO, during his November 2013 conferences given in Halifax, Ottawa and Toronto to establish a long-term strategic partnership with Canada. In particular, DCNS Technologies Canada Inc. will lead the design of the C... more »

“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow;* *There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad” * by Bob Nichols, “Veterans Today” “My opinion only, as requested by Alfred Webre, Dec 28, 2013, 1,024 Days from Mar 11, 2011. *First thing, grasp the difficult concept that this is an ELE or Extinction Level Event. There is no escaping our fate, there are no solutions. * We can extend our lives somewhat, though. These steps are personal. People can do them or not. You will die quicker, or later, your choice. 1. Take off your shoes and outer ware (coats) when you enter your ... more »

Kurt Vonnegut, "Requiem"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Requiem"* by Kurt Vonnegut “The crucified planet Earth, should it find a voice and a sense of irony, might now well say of our abuse of it, "Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do." ․ The irony would be that we know what we are doing. ․ When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if Earth could say, in a voice floating up perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, "It is done. People did not like it here.”

Police State Updates May 21 , 2014 ----- Facebook Launches NSA-Style Auto-Eavesdropping Feature .......... COPS NOW USING TWITTER TO DETECT PRE-CRIME - Police referring to Twitter as the "new police scanner"...... Veterans Administrations ongoing debacle / scandals ...........WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A HANDS-OFF LIST FOR CERTAIN TERRORIST SUPPORTERS ? Obama afraid of being murdered if he defies PTBs ( why run for office in the first place or for re-election ? Not personally buying the excuse....... but FWIW .... ) .... Grab bag of crazy SMH items.......

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Zero Hedge.....Facebook Launches NSA-Style Auto-Eavesdropping Feature [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/21/2014 20:19 -0400 - ratings <span id="li_ui_li_gen_1400727278197_0-logo" style="background-image: url(http://s.c.lnkd.licdn.com/scds/common/u/images/apps/connect/sprites/sprite_connect_v14.png) !important; background-position: 0px -276px !important

"How Do We Grieve..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
How do we grieve the loss of our beautiful, precious world, and us, *all* of us, with it? I don't know if there are words for that... I don't know them, anyway... - CP “My heart broke on its shame and sorrow. I suddenly knew how much crying there was in me, and how little love. I knew, at last, how lonely I was. But I couldn’t respond. My culture had taught me all the wrong things well. So I lay completely still, and gave no reaction at all. But the soul has no culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no color or accent or way of life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. A... more »

Fukushima Update, 5/24/14: "Japan Begins Purposely Dumping 100s Of Tons Of Radioactive Water From Fukushima Into The Pacific"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Japan Begins Purposely Dumping 100s Of Tons Of * *Radioactive **Water From Fukushima Into The Pacific"* by Michael Snyder "How do you get rid of hundreds of tons of highly radioactive water? You dump it into the Pacific Ocean of course! In Japan, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. has made the “painful decision” to begin purposely dumping massive amounts of radioactive water currently being stored at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear facility directly into the Pacific. This is being done even though water radiation levels near Fukushima spiked to a brand new all-time record high just a ... more »

"A worrying sign"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
If you want to hear the BBC projecting *bien pensant* thought at its clearest, then Gavin Esler's *Dateline London* remains one of the best places to go. Thus it was that the first issue up for discussion - UKIP's electoral successes and, more widely, the European elections - began with the *Economist*'s Edward Lucas (a self-declared "a pro-European") downplaying UKIP's success, describing their tactics as "deplorable", regretting "this mood of national introspection and resentfulness", and advancing several pro-EU points for good measure. Then came BBC World Service journalist ... more »

Naked men outbreak May 24 , 2014 ( this year's nuttiness after last year's drug crazed "zombie attacks ? ) ........ The message here - be aware of your surroundings at ALL TIMES !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
Daily Caller US Naked Man Storms White House Security Checkpoint Ariel Cohen 4:01 PM 05/23/2014 851 184 Share Ariel Cohen - See All Articles - Email Ariel Cohen - Subscribe to RSS [image: IMG_3930] [image: IMG_3933] [image: IMG_3927] [image: IMG_3932] [image: IMG_3929] [image: IMG_3928] At 2:45 p.m. on the Friday before Memorial Day, a man approached the White House security gates, just in time for President Barack Obama’s 3:30 p.m. press announcement. “I have a 3:00 p.m. meting with Mr. Obama,” he said as he handed the security officers his driver’s license. “Sir, this is ... more »

Is Charlie Dent Backing LGBT Equality Yet? Check Back In 20 Years

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
Charlie Dent was first elected to Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley congressional seat (PA-15) in 2004, a D+2 district that had given both Gore and Kerry the narrowest of victories. Dent took the seat when incumbent Rick Santorum ran for the Senate. The district was gerrymandered by the Republican state legislature in 2010 and is now an R+2 district that includes red-leaning parts of Berks, Lebanon and and Dauphin counties. Obama beat McCain 52-47% in 2008 and after the gerrymander the district gave the edge to Romney, 51-48%. Dent has never broken 60% in any of his reelection campaign... more »

Therein Lies The Tragedy

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours ago
Traditional Dippers are bewildered and disillusioned by Andrea Horwath. Yesterday, in the *Globe and Mail*, Gerry Caplan published an open letterto the leader of Ontario's New Democrats: Since your decision to defeat the Liberal budget, many of the party’s most loyal supporters have been bewildered, frustrated, and exasperated. Your decision to oppose what just about everyone agrees was the most progressive budget in two decades shocked many. Here was a win-win for the party: Many of those in need – the NDP’s people – would have directly benefited, and the NDP could have taken the... more »

War Watch May 24 - 25 , 2014 -- Syria in focus......US-Armed Rebels Shell Syrian Election Rally, Killing 39 Rebels Say Rallies 'Very Provocative' , Syria Direct Updates ( Syria government forces close in on Aleppo Central Prison / Kurd turn off water in Hasaka - NE Syria / ICC prosecutions sougt by Syria alleged moderates ) .......... Iran in focus -- IAEA Confirms: Iran Sharply Reducing Uranium Stockpile 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Almost Used Up ........ Afghanistan in focus - violence ahead of the June run off vote , CICA Summit widely covered , Wikileaks discloses widespread recordings of Afghan calls

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
US-Armed Rebels Shell Syrian Election Rally, Killing 39Rebels Say Rallies 'Very Provocative' by Jason Ditz, May 23, 2014 Print This | Share This Syria’s rebels have made no bones about their opposition to the upcoming Syrian election, and met today’s election rally in the southern city of Deraa with mortar fire,killing at least 39 people, many civilians, and wounding over 200 others. The US-armed Free Syrian Army (FSA) claimed credit for the attack, saying they considered campaign rallies a “very provocative” move and had warned civilians not to take part. As the election campaign pic... more »

The new Doctor - NSFW - Maybe they'll have to move Doctor Who to after the 9pm watershed!

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Peter Capaldicould be an interesting Doctor!

Ukraine Presidential Election Preview May 24 - 2014 -- While Putin plays it cool ( He will respect vote but where is Russia's money ) , Maidan looms large over vote and what comes next ......... Election preview ( Deutsche Bank via Zero Hedge ) ............ Not waiting for vote results, Yatsenyuk says new president to visit Brussels first - Itar Tass ....... Vote disruption fears are looming as the nation observes day of silence - Kiev Post .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Anti War.... ‘Maidan’ Looms Large Over Ukraine’s Presidential VoteMonths After Regime Change, Protesters Expect 'Radical Action' by Jason Ditz, May 23, 2014 Print This | Share This On Sunday, most of Ukraine will go to the polls to elect a new president, and while much of the official focus is on eastern protesters, whose regions will largely not be participating in the vote anyhow, the Maidan protesters who violently ousted the last elected president three months ago are casting a much bigger shadow. Three months after chasing President Yanukovych out of the country, many of the p... more »

MBDA unveils a new Coastal Battery System based on the Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missile

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 8 hours ago
Our colleagues from Army Recognition, who are currently covering the KADEX 2014 defence exhibition in Kazakhstan, have learned an exclusive naval news: MBDA unveiled for the first time a new mobile coastal battery based on the Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missile. n the eighties, MBDA developed and produced mobile coastal batteries based on the previous generations of Exocet anti-ship missiles (block 1 and block 2). Five years ago, MBDA introduced a new generation of Exocet missile, the block 3. Read more

New missile for Russian fifth-generation fighter to be developed by 2016

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: Su T-50 PAK-FA]A new modified aircraft missile for Russian fifth-generation fighters would be developed by 2016, the director-general of the Tactical Missiles Corporation, Boris Obnosov, said on Friday at the Kadex 2014 exhibition of weapons and military equipment in Astana, Kazakhstan. "We have established close contact with the Sukhoi design office. A permanent working group is formed. All the protocols of informational cooperation are agreed on. Models are made according to schedule. Everything must be done by 2016," Obnosov said, noting it was a new modified aircraft cr... more »

Russia Strengthens Military Bases Abroad – Defense Minister

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: Sergei Shoigu]Russia is strengthening its military bases abroad as well as helping to boost the armed forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Friday. “In recent years, we have worked to strengthen the Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan: we have increased the number of air defense units at the Kant airbase [in Kyrgyzstan], and the 201st base now has a divisional structure,” Shoigu said at a security conference in Moscow. The International Security... more »

US DoD AIMS Certifies MEADS Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe Subsystem

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: MEADS System]The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) subsystem has received full certification for operation by the United States Department of Defense International AIMS (Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System, Identification Friend or Foe, Mark XII/Mark XIIA, Systems) Program Office. The system is designed to ensure the safety of allied aircrews engaged in combat operations. Mode 5 is the most secure IFF mode and provides positive identification of friendly platforms equipped with an IFF transponder. Read more

ThalesRaytheonSystems Ground Master 400 radars selected to strengthen Kazakhstan’s air defense capability

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: Ground Master 400 (GM400)]ThalesRaytheonSystems has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply Ground Master 400 (GM400) long-range air defense radars to the Kazakh Air Force. The agreement was signed on May 22 at the KADEX defense exhibition in Astana, in the presence of Okas Bazargaliyevich Saparov, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Defense and the French Ambassador Francis Etienne. This MoU provides for the development of GM400 radars for the Kazakh air force by Granit Thales Electronics, a joint venture formed by Thales and SKTB Granit in 2012 under a defense-i... more »

'Newsnight' - 19-23 May

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
This week *Newsnight *editor Ian Katz announced that former* T4* presenter June Sarpong - of whom some allege links to the Labour Party that go beyond the merely personal - is going to be doing some work for the programme. Also leaks suggest that Jeremy Paxman's replacement is likely to be Channel 4 News' Krishan Guru-Murphy, thus [apparently] continuing the remarkable swapping over of 'talent' from one programme to the other [Michael Crick and Paul Mason going one way, Katie Razzall and - presumably - KG-M going the other way]. All that's been going on [or not going on] off-scre... more »

Russian Defense Industry Working On Hypersonic Missile

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: X-51A Waverider]Russia could test its first hypersonic missile as early as 2020 as part of a government program to develop the new technology, a Russian defense industry official said. The Tactical Missiles Corporation, which produces many of Russia's guided missile systems for the Defense Ministry, said that they are working with dozens of companies to implement a development program for a hypersonic missile, the company's CEO, Boris Obnosov, said on Friday at the KADEX-2014 arms exhibition in Astana, Kazakhstan. Hypersonic missiles are the next step in missile technology. ... more »

I Need a Vacation

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 9 hours ago
May 17, 2014 Since today and tomorrow will be sunny and warmer (sunny mid to high sixties compared to rainy mid forties and fifties,) followed by seventies and eighties for all of next week, I am taking a vacation from … Continue reading →

New light attack jet to be showcased at air shows

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
A new light attack and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft is being flown next month at air shows in Britain. Textron AirLand LLC, a joint venture between Textron Inc. and AirLand Enterprises, said its Scorpion aircraft will be flown at the Royal Air Tattoo from July 11 to 13, and then at the Farnborough International Air Show, which begins July 14. "We're confident that the Scorpion will excel in its first international flights, travelling about 4,700 nautical miles to the UK this July," said Bill Anderson, president of Textron AirLand. "The aircraft has passed ... more »

Slovakia prepares for major defence acquisitions

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: Slovak MiG-29 Fulcrum]Slovakia is seeking to lease a new type of fighter aircraft to replace its MiG-29 fighter fleet when they retire within the next few years, according to Slovak National Armament Office Director Róbert Tibenský. Tibenský was speaking at the annual GLOBSEC security forum held in Bratislava from 14-16 May, and confirmed that by 2020, Slovakia will have replaced most of its Soviet-era legacy equipment with modern platforms. Tibenský, who was appointed on 1 May, said with Bratislava withdrawing its Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft from service in about 2016-1... more »

Cost of Kongsberg's JSM missile rises by 37 pct

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: Joint Strike Missile]The overall cost of Kongsberg Gruppen's Joint Strike Missile, designed for use in Lockheed Martin's F35 fighter jet, will rise to 8.2 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.38 billion) from a previous estimate of 6 billion, the Norwegian government said. Kongsberg said most of the 37 percent cost overrun will be covered by the government. "But Kongsberg will also invest more. We're completely confident that we will be able to sell this missile to other countries," Executive Vice President Harald Aanestad of the group's Defence Systems division told Reuters. Read... more »

U.S. drone arrives at Misawa base for 1st deployment in Japan

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone arrived Saturday morning at the Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan in the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country. It is one of a pair of Guam-based Global Hawks to be deployed at Misawa in Aomori Prefecture from around May to October. The other is expected to arrive at the base on Wednesday. The two reconnaissance aircraft will likely start operating in the Asia-Pacific region in early June. Read more

Improved Gray Eagle Flies With SIGINT Pod and Hellfire Missiles

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: MQ-1B Grey Eagle]General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the successful second endurance flight of the U.S. Army's Improved Gray Eagle® (IGE) prototype Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), an advanced derivative of the mission-proven Gray Eagle UAS that has accumulated over 100,000 flight hours since 2008. The flight of IGE lasted 36.7 hours, taking off on January 17 and landing on January 19 at the company's El Mirage Flight Ope... more »

Chinese tugboat rams Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ship

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: Chinese tugboat rams Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ship]One of the Chinese vessels that are guarding China’s drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 in Vietnam’s waters rammed Friday a Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ship as they continued approaching to threaten Vietnamese ships near the facility. The attacking ship is a tugboat #9, which crashed into Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ship HP 926 at 11 am on Friday, Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported the same day. The ramming at a high speed by the Chinese tugboat not only violated the navigation regulations but also w... more »

Fourth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft delivered to India

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: P-8I Neptune]Boeing has delivered the fourth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India, which the aviation company described as a milestone. In all India has placed orders for eight P-8I maritime aircraft. The latest state-of-the-art maritime patrol aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle and arrived May 21 at Naval Air Station Rajali. “This marks an important milestone — the halfway-point for P-8I deliveries to India,” Dennis Swanson, BDS vice president in India, on Saturday said. Read more

Watchdog's rating of aircraft carrier programme raises fresh concerns

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: Queen Elizabeth class CV]Renewed questions about the Ministry of Defence's troubled aircraft carrier programme have been raised by the Major Projects Authority (MPA) in its annual report The aircraft programme is the only one of eight projects the government watchdog rated "red" in 2012 that remains in that category. The category is based on the difference between the annual budget and the estimated forecast spend. The MoD is building one aircraft carrier, due to begin its sea trials in 2017, and is proposing a second. The contract was announced in 2007, but repeated change... more »

Blame for fatal flight deck accident in Red Sea put on warship CO

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: USS William P. Lawrence]After a wave swept a Navy helicopter and two pilots off the flight deck of a destroyer in the Red Sea last year, early reports described a freak accident caused by a “rogue wave.” But a recently released investigation points to the speed of the ship as it changed course, and the admiral overseeing the report has faulted the ship’s commander for the accident. U.S. Pacific Fleet commanding officer Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. also recommended the Navy review protocols for flight operations on “low freeboard” ships, or those with flight decks that are espec... more »

General Dynamics Canada, Ultra Electronics and Raytheon Canada Team Up to Pursue RCN's Underwater Warfare Suite Upgrade

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: HMCS Toronto]General Dynamics Canada, Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems, and Raytheon Canada Limited have announced a teaming agreement in pursuit of Canada’s Underwater Warfare Suite Upgrade (UWSU) project. The team offers proven, ready-for-delivery capabilities that would bring substantially increased anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability to the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) twelve Halifax Class Patrol Frigates. Under the agreement, Ultra Electronics will provide an enhanced towed sonar system, including a towed low-frequency active sonar, delivering a leap forward in su... more »

Veterans Today - Gordon Duff the only man pursuing - nuclear 9/11

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 10 hours ago
Gordon Duff, the senior editor of VETERANS TODAY, is he the only journalist on the face of this Earth brave enough to address the question of a NUCLEAR 9/11. *Gordon Duff is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world's largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.* [source VT] Gordon edits Veterans Today from a staunchly anti-Israel platform and makes some strong claims about the collusion of the commercial world in this nuclear holoc... more »

Japan's defence firms to debut at French arms show as Abe eases curbs

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 11 hours ago
[image: Shinzo Abe]Japanese military contractors will exhibit their wares at an arms and security show in France for the first time next month, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe eases curbs on the nation's weapons exports. Fourteen Japanese firms, including wartime Zero fighter maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, will attend Eurosatory, many of them participating in the first Japanese pavilion, a person familiar with their plans told Reuters. The Japanese companies will focus on security systems such as surveillance cameras rather than military equipment, the person said. Read more

You know your middle aged when...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Harry Enfield visits the Polish cafe...

Spanish Inquisition Day 6

Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours ago
Our bus to Granada didn't leave until 11:00 which left time to sleep in and have a leisurely breakfast. I'd kill you for taking this if I weren't so tired and hungry. Southern Man then decided that it was worth a few Euros to save his aching feet so he (and several others) took cabs to the bus station where we boarded the bus for the three-hour ride to Granada and then took a city bus to our hostel. And this is an actual hostel with twelve-room units that have one bathroom and no tables and chairs and crappy wifi (Southern Man is retyping this entire post because of a crappy-wi-... more »

Autism and Ionizing Radiation

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
Diagnoses of autism are increasing and more researchers are concluding that environmental causes are contributing in significant ways to the rising diagnoses. Environmental injuries that are suspected to play a role in autism include DNA damage, primarily in the form of de novo mutations, epigenetic changes in how genes encode proteins, and endocrine system disturbances. The environmental culprits potentially responsible for these injuries are varied. This mini-essay seeks to redress a limitation in the autism research on environmental insults by exploring the potential role of rad... more »

Jean Trounstine : Juvenile life without parole? Don’t set back the clock

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 14 hours ago
For those of you who think Massachusetts is that silly small liberal New England state, our criminal justice issues are no picnic. By Jean Trounstine | The Rag Blog | May 23, 2014 BOSTON — This past March, the Dallas … finish reading Jean Trounstine : Juvenile life without parole? Don’t set back the clock

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Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 14 hours ago
FRONT PAGE PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer interviews acclaimed Austin novelist Sarah Bird, author, ‘Above the East China Sea.’

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

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours 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 - 15 hours 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 - 16 hours 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 - 16 hours 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 - 16 hours 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 - 16 hours 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 - 16 hours 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 - 16 hours 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 - 16 hours ago
Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"Our Fate..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 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 - 16 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 - 16 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 - 17 hours ago

Crazy cat GIF

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 18 hours ago
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Vincent Harding (1931-2014)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 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 - 18 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? - 22 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! - 22 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 - 22 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 - 23 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 - 23 hours ago
free e-book paradise or oblivion

RESIST CORPORATE DOMINATION OF FOOD

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 23 hours ago

Fuck the Debate: Part Eleventy-One

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 23 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 - 23 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* *Susan Cowsill: The Sound Of Happy ~WWNO*

“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 »

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Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 1 day ago
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NASA hides UFO?

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 1 day ago
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Don't all court cases BETRAY the ninth commandment?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago

Steve Jobs, "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago

Thought Obamacare couldn't get worse? Insurance company bailouts

noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 1 day ago

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

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago
Oh yessss... porn not believable?

A CLEAN CHIT?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
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THEM VETERANS ALWAYS GET THE SHAFT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
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Putin: "Who is he (Obama) to judge,seriously"

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago

Meat Prices Skyrocket: Is Soylent Green on the Horizon?

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 »

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