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Pope Francis Does Wonders In Palestine, Gives Gift of Hope
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
*Photo source: AP.*
An excerpt from, *"Pope Francis exceeds expectations for Palestinians"* by
Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor, May 26, 2014:
If the pope’s unscheduled stop at the wall provided the most dramatic image
of the day, the pontiff’s speech at Manger Square in Bethlehem provided the
media with a tangible news item. Standing in front of a mural of the
nativity scene and a baby Jesus wrapped in a Palestinian keffiyeh, the pope
called on all believers to pray for peace and justice, then turned to the
politicians. Addressing Abbas, who attended along with Prime Minister Rami
Hamd... more »
Politicizing The Court
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 hour ago
Stephen Harper has worked very hard to politicize this country's
institutions. The story of how he tried to politicize the Supreme Court is
beginning to emerge. Geoff Stevens writes:
I am indebted to Sean Fine, the very good justice reporter at the *Globe
and Mail,* for pulling aside the curtain that normally shields the
judicial-selection process from public scrutiny. Working with sources
independent of the Supreme Court -- no leaks there! -- Fine uncovered two
crucial lists.
One was the long list, prepared by the Prime Minister's Office and the
Justice Department, of six potent... more »
Finally Have Internet, Thank you ICE
Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 hour ago
Kurt went into ICE 19 days ago to request that Internet be set up at the
house. The wiring and such was already here as the previous owner had it.
So, they basically had to come turn it on, which has to be done in person.
We had about given up on it, and today, they showed up! Did some work at
the street and in the house and VOILA! Wireless internet. I can now use
my laptop and iPad and hook up everything. Hooray! Before we were limited
to our phones and this plug we had for one computer. We are shocked, yet
thrilled.
Headed out after that on a mission to find King Bed Sh... more »
Does Marco Rubio Still Snort Coke?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
I'm not wondering if Rubio is still a cocaine user because he supported
Florida coke dealer, teabagger, hate talk radio sociopath and
ex-congressman Trey Radel (not to be confused with another kind of GOP
sociopath, Trey Gowdy; still in Congress). I'm asking because the
Tallahassee party house he and another disgraced former Republican
congressman (and his ex-best friend), David Rivera, own, was once a
notorious for free-flowing drugs, women and dirty cash. But maybe Rubio
cleaned up his act. Watch the Colbert video and judge for yourself.
And, as long as we're talking about v... more »
Do you consider your Eco-impact before buying?
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 2 hours ago
This month, we asked a question about purchases.
Here are the results:
[image: Do you consider your Eco-impact before buying?]
[image: Do you consider your Eco-impact before buying?]
As always, our surveys aren't scientific and, quite frankly, most
participants are already "greenies". That said, I believe that it's part of
a trend ... people are thinking beyond the immediate and are considering
their actions in terms of the bigger picture. Along with packaging,
ingredients, and locality, we are adding another criteria to our shopping
decisions ... the far reaching impact of a purcha... more »
The Human Web
What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 4 hours ago
Cultural cheerleaders constantly shout about how lucky we are to live in an
age of miracles, a utopia of technology and progress. Everything is just
great (if you cram most of reality under the bed).
But the folks who rip off their blinders know better. They can perceive
huge and growing crises that cannot be well addressed via the pursuit of
shopping and entertainment. They can see that it’s time to learn, to
think, and to change. Understanding how we got into this bog of
predicaments requires learning, lots of learning. For this, we need our
superheroes, the historians.
Wil... more »
Why Isn't The Victim's Father Blaming The NSA Instead Of The NRA ???
Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 4 hours ago
(Above: the father of one of the victims, if it even happened they way the
"news" is telling us, of another "LONE NUT GUNMAN" with a "MANIFESTO" that
the NSA just can't seem to catch...although they're spying on us all 24x7.)
In this latest (supposed) mass shooting in which we should question so many
things about it, I have two questions.
1. Was it a FALSE FLAG?
It has all the hallmarks of a FALSE FLAG, as I explain in this post I put
up several months ago:
*Monday, February 4, 2013 BIG DAN'S BIG BLOG: Lots Of High-Profile And
"LONE NUT GUNMAN" Shootings Conveniently Coincide With... more »
Welfarism 28: Nanny State Cares Too Much for its Citizens, UK Style
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago
A welfare and nanny state will ultimately over-extend its "care" for the
citizens. Spy, stop and penalize them because it cares for them so much.
This is from a Filipino-British friend living in UK, he wrote this
yesterday.
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*We now have a heavy police presence. There are frequent checkpoints with
teams of maybe 10-20 police, their vans, cars and motorbikes spread out
along the road. They randomly check motorists to make sure their papers are
in order. I have never seen this as part of normal police procedure in the
UK. Now it's like an every day thing.*
*The other day t... more »
TV Watch: In the "midseason finale" of "Mad Men," Bert Cooper sings and dances!
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
"
*One man may seem incompetent, another not make sense,while others look
like quite a waste of company expense.They need a brother's leadership, so
please don't do them in.Remember, mediocrity is not a mortal sin.*"
-- J. Pierrepont Finch (Robert Morse), in
*Howto Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*
*by Ken*
Okay, so it wasn't "Brotherhood of Man." (Composer and lyricist Frank
Loesser, wherever you are, would you please stand up and take a quick bow?)
It was still special.
*"The Best Things in Life Are Free," sings Bert*
I don't feel at liberty to go into the detail ... more »
Glenn Greenwald prepares to close his Snowden Chapter by naming names -- victims of surveillance forthcoming....... A thought ful from glenn in response to Michael Kinsley.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/05/26/greenwalds_finale_naming_victims_of_surveillance_122747.html
Greenwald's Finale: Naming Victims of Surveillance
*By* *Toby Harnden* - May 26, 2014
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The man who helped bring about the most significant leak in American
intelligence history is to reveal names of US citizens targeted by their
own government in what he promises will be the “biggest” revelation from
nearly 2m classified files.
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who received the trove of documents from
Edward Snowden, a former National Security Ag... more »
Syria: Bending Rules- "special tribunals" and specific exemptions
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
It is absolutely disgusting to ponder the perception management that the
NATO nations, lead by the US, will engage in to create the belief, that
they are concerned with the well being of humanity. Anywhere.
In this case, the somewhere were speaking of is Syria
Often, when reading through information it is difficult to comprehend the
level of perversity involved in these twisted machinations. Nonetheless the
depravity of the war mongering, life and environment destroying psychopaths
is obvious for those with eyes to see...
*A push to bend global rules, that is international laws and ... more »
Musical Interlude: CCR, “Fortunate Son”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
CCR, “Fortunate Son”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ScisGFllPY
Election Year. Time for Some Scapegoats
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
It must be election year.
It must be election year, because every political party has just started
blowing an anti-immigration dog whistle.
It started with scare stories of “boat people,” “revealed” by a *Sunday
Star Slime *as desperate for readers as David Cunliffe is for voters, and
before we knew it the blame for the economic downturn, hospital waiting
lists, souring race relations and the housing crisis were all being laid at
the feet of those dirty migrants.
“Maori have a unique position in New Zealand and advancing their cultural
and social needs must be put ahead of the n... more »
KIPP: ". . .it's almost like a cult"
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
Bill was an experienced urban teacher when he came to Memphis to teach at
KIPP. Like other teachers I have interviewed, he found himself so
compromised and burned out that he did not last very long. When he
unexpectedly was offered an opportunity in another state, he bailed. Here
are a few excerpts from our conversation:
INTERVIEWER: How do you think KIPP achieves its purpose and its aims?
BILL: They don’t, not in Memphis, and, you know, I knew about KIPP
__________ when I was working down there as well. They don’t achieve their
aims. Here’s what KIPP’s MO is. They’ll take kids ... more »
Change in UK politics? Well, not so much.
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
It’s said that UK politics has changed overnight with the rise to
prominence of Nigel Farage’s UKIP Party.
Change? Well, not so much. Because the biggest winner on the night was
still “None of the Above.”
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Just as it was, in overwhelming numbers, in previous UK elections.
And some of ours.
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Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was not merely Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan and an Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. In 1982 he became the first occupant of the William E. Simon Chair for Economic Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, holding this position to 1993. He became a Distinguished Fellow at the Cato Institute from 1993 to 1996. In this blog post he speaks of Zbigniew Brzezinski as his colleague, and explains the Brzezinski and Wolfowitz doctrines to prevent other countries from rising above the US. PCR: "In the Wolfowitz Doctrine, any other strong country is defined as a threat and a power hostile to the US regardless of how willing that country is to get along with the US for mutual benefit."
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago
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*Why War Is Inevitable — Paul Craig Roberts*
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*Why War Is Inevitable*
Paul Craig Roberts
Memorial Day is when we commemorate our war dead. Like the Fourth of July,
Memorial Day is being turned into a celebration of war.
Those who lose family members and dear friends to war don’t want the deaths
to have been in vain. Consequently, wars become glorious deeds performed by
noble soldiers fi... more »
How Central Banks Are Waging War on Your Savings
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
*Guest post by Mark Thornton*
Martin Wolf is the chief economics commentator at the influential *Financial
Times*. Mr. Wolf has only deteriorated in my estimation over time. He has
reached an all time low with his recent editorial (“Wipe out Rentiers with
Cheap Money,” 5/6/14), where he argues that the cheap money policy used by
central banks is here to stay, so get used to it.
What makes his conclusion so tainted is that he understands the
consequences of this policy. He even invokes the famous remark of Keynes
regarding the “euthanasia of the rentier” where he supported the rui... more »
Diabetes as an Iatrogenic Disease - the Indian Experience
George Henderson at The High-fat Hep C Diet - 6 hours ago
Diabetes and dairy fat in India.
The epidemics of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related
conditions in India have been called iatrogenic (Raheja B.S. 1994), a
product of diets high in linoleic acid as a result of “chasing the phantom
of cholesterol” (Raheja et al. 1993). The traditional Indian diet (31% fat)
supplied 20.3%E as saturated fats, mainly from ghee, with 5% from linoleic
acid. Concerns that this diet is atherogenic have resulted in replacement
of ghee with high-linoleate oils; the modern urban diet being 31.9% fat,
with 5.6%E as saturated fat, and 16.9% linole... more »
So What Happened In Europe Yesterday? Voters Fired A Warning Shot Over The Heads Of Their Political Elites
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
Alexis Tsipras, the Bernie Sanders of Europe?
The natives are restless… in Europe. There were elections in 21 countries
for the European Parliament's 751 seats yesterday, the culmination of a
4-day process including all 28 member countries. Early reports indicated
inordinately large numbers of voters didn't bother going to the polls.
These are the countries in the U.E. and how many members they have:
*•* Germany- 96 (50 on the left/46 on the right)
*•* France-74 (31 on the left/43 on the right)
*•* Italy- 73 (34 on the left/39 on the right)
*•* U.K.- 73 (27 on the left/46 on the right... more »
Easton Europeans
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
BBC Home Affairs editor Mark Easton was doing his pro-EU/pro-immigration
thing on BBC One's main news bulletin this evening.
Allow me to paraphrase: Our history is one of waves of European migration.
We've always resented European invasions though [except for William of
Orange's invasion in 1688 - which Mark forgot about], but now we're much
more continental in our ways than we realise.
Yes, we've changed. We used to be naff, now we're sophisticated - so
sophisticated and European that the continentals are now flocking here to
enjoy our new-found European sophistication.
Happi... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours ago
*Jindal ambitions impairing effectiveness in La., some say ~Tyler Bridges,
The Lens*
*Governor Jindal refuses to answer questions over travel ~The Advocate*
*Levee anti-lawsuit bill going down to the wire ~Jim Beam American Press*
*Memorial Day events across New Orleans metro area *
*Former home of Anne Rice for sale in Uptown ~WDSU*
*Can Cop-Worn Cameras Restore Faith In New Orleans Police? ~Martin Kaste,
NPR*
KIPP Gets $20 Million in Tax Dollars As Nashville Continues to Delay Action on Public Housing Rebuild
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
Mayor Karl Dean started the money ball rolling toward KIPP, Inc. in 2010,
even as Metro public schools were using garbage cans to catch rain water
from leaky roofs and children were forced to have lunch in hallways. Dean
committed 10 percent of Metro's 4 year capital improvement funds for
schools to this one project.
Four years later, the new KIPP Academy is about to open after the City used
over 19 million public dollars to renovate a building that will be used by
a non-public corporation. Will Bill Gates or the Fisher Family or the
Broad Foundation help rebuild public housing in... more »
Random Outbursts
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 10 hours ago
Some many experts and so little TV
now we have increased bandwidth
and we can hear them all scream
but which one is correct
which one will steer our dilatation in a different way
I you look at geologic records correctly
we may be the fourth or fifth or even the sixth
human community that thought the world was mind
Yeah we know how to blow it big time
When it come down to pull the trigger
there in no committee
just one man or women
who thinks pulling building seven
is a good plan
History is what the people live
but to the planet its
not even part of the record
all your preening a posture
... more »
Day 7--First Week in CR Done!
Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 11 hours ago
So, my first week has been busy getting things done around the house, but
awesome. I really wonder at this point why I allowed myself to suffer
through so many Michigan winters. Even Florida, California, Hawaii could
have been US options that were not as hellacious as Michigan
winters............Anyway, to say the least, the weather is absolutely
perfect here. I have really enjoyed wearing sundresses, sunglasses, and
flip flops, as well as bathing suits sitting by my pool.
Yesterday, I decided to saunter into town myself. This was the first time
I have driven the car since I... more »
Ben Fulford: Japanese Manufacturer to make QEG
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
*I haven't posted one of these in a while, but since he mentions the
QEG...here it is. Gotta laugh though at the inherent humor in thinking the
faux World bank Whistleblower Karen Hudes, who is still employed by the
World Bank, suing the World Bank over Japanese gold... will recover ever an
ounce of it... I think I just got whiplash! LOL!!!! :) In any case all the
gold is off-world. -AK*
Monday, May 26, 2014
*Benjamin Fulford - May 26, 2014: New energy technology moving ahead even
as financial chaos deepens*
Last week saw major cabal set-backs in the financial war together w... more »
“'Bloodiest Thing the World Has Seen': David Cay Johnston on Inequality’s Looming Disaster"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
* “'Bloodiest Thing the World Has Seen':*
* David Cay Johnston on Inequality’s Looming Disaster"*
By Elias Isquith
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution
inevitable."
- John F. Kennedy
"Long before anyone knew the name Thomas Piketty, Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist David Cay Johnston was plumbing the hidden depths of the
American tax code, revealing the myriad ways it privileges the interests of
corporations and the wealthy ahead of those of the 99 percent. Indeed,
while it may sometimes feel as if economic inequality is the new trend,
Jo... more »
What Memorial Day Means to Me
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours ago
It wasn't Memorial Day but a particular Veteran's Day in November
2008. It was on the 11th, exactly a week after Obama got elected
President
of the United States. Bush, who vowed to "sprint to the finish" of his
illegal presidency, couldn't be bothered to lay a wreath at the Tomb of
the
Unknowns in the last Veteran's Day of his administration. Instead, he
sentDick "Five Deferments" Cheney, which was kind of like sending Jack
the
Ripper to Lilith Fair.
The choice of sending Cheney was an odd one, considering his craven
refusal to get drafted, even going as far as to impregna... more »
"Why American Conservatives Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Guillotines"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Why American Conservatives Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Guillotines"*
Are they afraid the people’s patience is not endless?
By Lynn Stuart Parramore
"On the June cover of the conservative magazine "American Spectator",
above, a vision arises from the collective unconscious of the rich. Angry
citizens look on as a monocled fatcat is led to a blood-soaked guillotine,
calling up the memory of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution,
when tens of thousands were executed, many by what came to be known as the
"National Razor." The caption reads, “The New Class Warfare: Thoma... more »
Greg Hunter, “Catastrophic Economic Outcomes May Come Faster Than Expected”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
“Catastrophic Economic Outcomes May Come Faster Than Expected”
by By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Interview with James Rickards.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgPyWLr20jk
"The Cloak Of the Past..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
“The cloak of the past is cut from patches of feeling, and sewn with rebus
threads. Most of the time, the best we can do is wrap it around ourselves
for comfort or drag it behind us as we struggle to go on. But everything
has its cause and its meaning. Every life, every love, every action and
feeling and thought has its reason and significance: its beginning, and the
part it plays in the end. Sometimes, we do see. Sometimes, we see the past
so clearly, and read the legend of its parts with such acuity, that every
stitch of time reveals its purpose, and a kind of message is enfolded ... more »
Out of the Mouths of Forbes...
Spike EP at News Spike - 11 hours ago
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/24/the-disturbing-internet-footprint-of-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger/
*"YouTube on the other hand was where Rodger expressed his despair, in
video after video “vlogging” the unfairness of the world and his not having
a woman in his... the most disturbing favorites I saw in his YouTube videos
were eight minutes of the gory Game Of Thrones “Red Wedding” episode and
Philosophy of the Knife, a graphic film about Japanese torture during World
War II. *
*Thrown in among the video game and cartoon videos, they almost seem
planted fo... more »
Memorial Day 2014: A Reader
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
Memorial Day 2014: A Reader. via Memorial Day 2014: A Reader.Filed under:
PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
“Sullivan Ballou’s Letter Home, 1861”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
“Sullivan Ballou’s Letter Home, 1861”
From Ken Burns’ PBS Documentary “The Civil War”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh_NvtXebmc
Preserving Iraq’s Past, Interview With Aymen Jawad Founder and Executive Director of Iraq Heritage
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Iraq is the “Cradle of Civilization.” It is the home to hundreds of ancient
sites such as the Ziggurat of Ur, Taq- I-Kisra, the Citadel at Irbil, and
others. Much of this history was neglected due to the wars and sanctions
that Iraq suffered through over the last few decades. Now a new
organization Iraq Heritage has been formed to try to preserve this legacy.
Here is an interview with the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Iraq
Heritage Aymen Jawad. Iraq Heritage can be followed on Twitter @
iraq_heritage and Facebook @www.facebook.com/iraqheritage
*1. When was Iraq Heritage fo... more »
German Aeronautics Engineer Whistleblower Video "Installed Chemtrail sprayers and toxic chemical tanks in planes" NASA admits Chemtrails
Sherrie at Sherrie Questioning All - 12 hours ago
More and more truth is coming out about the Chemtrail program around the
world. A German aeronautics engineer came out and told the truth about
what he did to planes. He said they would gut a plane, install tanks and
sprayers that are now Chemtrail planes. He said they spray toxic chemicals
with polymer nano particles. It is time for everyone to wake up and
acknowledge the truth about
Malicious prosecution
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
*Upchurch v. Oshawa (City)*, 2014 ONCA 425:
[16] The elements of the tort of malicious prosecution require a plaintiff
to prove:
1. The prosecution was initiated by the defendant
2. The prosecution was terminated in favour of the plaintiff
3. The prosecution was undertaken without reasonable and probable cause. In
the context of a public prosecution by the Crown or an individual Crown
attorney, this means that there were not objectively speaking reasonable
grounds to initiate or continue the prosecution or that subjectively, the
prosecutor did not subjectively believe that proof to ... more »
White House Foibles May 26 , 2014 --- Obamacare , Accidental Outing of Afghanistan Station Chief of CIA , VA unfolding debacle - so many layers to this mess .............
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
http://michellemalkin.com/2014/05/25/white-house-picks-wrong-time-to-make-good-on-historic-levels-of-transparency-promise/
White House picks wrong time to make good on ‘historic levels of
transparency’ promise[image: Share]
By Doug Powers • May 25, 2014 11:57 PM
***Written by Doug Powers*
If you want the latest Obamacare data from the “most transparent
administration in history,” you’ll have to wait for a long time. However,
if you want to know the name of the CIA’s station chief in Kabul,
Afghanistan, *no biggie!*
From the Washington Post:
*The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was expo... more »
Aisha North: A short update on the energies
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
http://aishanorth.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/a-short-update-on-the-energies-39/
*A short update on the energies*
By Aisha North
May 26, 2014
You have gathered here for many purposes dear ones, but there is one thing
that you all have in common, and that is your eternal quest for finding
that inner peace you know reside somewhere, not just in you, but in every
single being that inhabit this beautiful planet of yours. For you are
indeed those that will serve to open the doors to this peace of mind, this
space of tranquility and bliss, this vibrational field that will support
all of m... more »
INSIDE THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
*MB and I carrying our conversion banner just as the Memorial Day parade
got going today from Topsham to Brunswick*. *We were at the tail end of
the peacenik delegation in the parade.*
*Before the parade started a photo with fellow VFP member George Goodwin*
Today about 25 folks from Maine Veterans for Peace (VFP) and the
Brunswick-area group PeaceWorks lined up in Topsham, Maine for the annual
Memorial Day parade that ends in the next town of Brunswick. Along the way
thousands were on the sidewalks to watch the show.
Each year we dress in black, carry banners with the group names... more »
How Soon Before The Michael Grimm Plea Bargain Deal Is Finished? The Crooked Campaign Manager Quit
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Mercury Public Affairs is an all-in lobbying and campaign operative shop in
DC, traditionally dealing with mainstream conservative Republicans but more
recently reaching out to conservative Democrats from the Republican Wing of
the Democratic Party. Widely considered among the sleaziest and least
trustworthy political operations in DC, ideology is never as important as a
relaxed attitude towards ethics and corruption. Connecticut right-wing
political hack Bill Cortese is one of their operatives who goes out and
helps their clients' campaigns. Cortese, fresh off a stint working for ... more »
Opposition the Common Core is More than Opposition to Testing
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
"Promoters of Common Core say that it is designed to make America’s
children 'college and career ready.' *We instead judge Common Core to be a
recipe for standardized workforce preparation*." --132 Catholic Professors
With the Chicago Teachers Union now officially in opposition to Common
Core, Randi Weingarten is in a big PR push to do what she can to save the
CC for her plutocratic power base responsible for commissioning this awful
version of national standards from the corporatocracy's curriculum expert
and once-part-time tutor, David Coleman.
Linda Darling-Hammond has now ... more »
Gold and precious metal news May 26 , 2014 -- Austria plans to send auditors to the Bank of England in order to verify the existence of Austria's gold reserves stored in british vaults...... In week 20 (12-05-2014/16-05-2014) gold withdrawals from the Shanghai Gold Exchange vaults, which equals Chinese gold demand, accounted for 30 metric tonnes. 8 tonnes below the year to date average. Although 30 tonnes of demand in one week is not particular low, it seems the Chinese are taking a break from their exceptional strong buying in 2013 and in the first quarter of 2014. ....... Former Bundesbank Vice President Jurgen Stark recommends gold , pans current Economic / financial Sphere as " Pure Fiction " ........ Several items from Investment Dynamics......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
Manipulations of PMs ? Nah , couldn't be ! Sarc off.......
WTF Chart Of The Day: Spot Gold Spikes Over $20 As Futures Close
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2014 13:12 -0400
- Morgan Stanley
inShare1
*UPDATE: Gold swung from $1,292 at futures close to $1,312 and is now
trading at $1,275 - un-rigged!*
Gold futures stopped trading at 1300ET for the Memorial Day holiday...
seconds after that Spot Gold prices exploded higher from $1291 to $1312...
of course liquidity is extremely light but it seems someone was anxious to
get their hands on th... more »
“Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm” NYT, May 18, 2014
Michael Paul Goldenberg at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on Bill Ayers:
The call for “trigger warnings”—a recent censorious trend gaining traction
on American college campuses—is designed to alert students of any
potentially troubling, unsettling, or upsetting course materials. The
impetus is benign enough, and the context includes the important recent
mobilization to deal seriously with epidemic levels of rape and sexual…
Women Seem Wicked When You're Unwanted
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 13 hours ago
So, I recently added "We Hunted the Mammoth" because he's funny in the way
he critiques patriarchal jerks in the way Canadian Cynic was funny when he
critiqued the Blogging Tories. (The blog's title is based on some pompous
entitled dolt imagining that women have had it easy throughout history
because of all the things men have done for them, including the hunting of
mammoths. I actually preferred the blog's earlier title "Man Boobz" because
I like puerile humour like that.)
So, just as Canadian Cynic was able to stomach going down into the depths
of right-wing stupidity and then le... more »
Starting tomorrow: Our month of the gaps!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 26, 2014*
*It's time the gaps were explained and explored:* Tomorrow, we'll start a
month-long series about our nation's "achievement gaps."
For reasons we'll be explaining, it's time that these very large gaps were
explained and explored. Mainstream and liberal journalists are routinely
reluctant to do so.
For us, this recent 10,000-word report in The Atlantic really drove home
this point. We thought Nikole Hannah-Jones focused on a very old theme in
her very lengthy report. In the process, she ignored and obscured a much
larger story which had been uncovered by her r... more »
A judge need not hear a Charter motion if it is hopeless on its face
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
*R. v. Kutynec*, 1992 CanLII 7751:
In other words, if the facts as alleged by the defence in its summary
provide no basis for a finding of a Charter infringement, or a finding that
the evidence in question was obtained in a manner which infringed the
Charter, or a finding that the test for exclusion set out in s. 24(2) was
met, then the trial judge should dismiss the motion without hearing
evidence.
Discovery not primary purpose of preliminary inquiry
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
R. v. Girimonte, [1997] O.J. No. 4961 (O.C.A.):
38. The fact that the preliminary inquiry may serve the discovery
interests of the defence does not alter the purpose of the preliminary
inquiry or the singular nature of the justice's function at the preliminary
inquiry…In my view, discovery is an incidental benefit to the
defence flowing from a process which requires the Crown to establish
a case for committal for trial..."
No2EU and Far Left Election Results
Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 14 hours ago
For inveterate leftist trainspotters, only one question demands an answer:
how did No2EU do? You can find the answer below, along with any other far
left also rans who paid down the hefty deposit and made their way onto the
ballot. The figures in brackets are +/- 2009's results.
East Midlands
No2EU - N/A (-11,375, 0.93%)
SLP - N/A (-13,590, 1.11%)
Eastern Region
No2EU - 4,870 (0.31%) (-9,069, 0.56%)
SLP - N/A (-13,599, 0.85%)
London
No2EU - 3,804 (0.17%) (-13,954, 0.84%)
SLP - N/A (-15,306, 0.87%)
SPGB - N/A (-4,050, 0.23%)
North East
No2EU - N/A (-8,066, 1.37%)
SLP - N/A (-10,228, 1... more »
KILLED AFTER OFFICE GOLF PARTY NIGHTMARE OF CRASHES
paul at Paying attention - 15 hours ago
I’ve been doing some research that led me into the Toronto Star online
archives of the mid-1950s.
It wasn’t any golden age of journalism.
But boy, they knew how to grab readers.
The headline at the top of the post was from the Star’s line story on June
25, 1955. It was screaming, two-deck head across the top of the page, and
the story delivered. After a company golf party, the boss - drunk -
insisted on driving home. He crashed and died, and other staff following in
their cars piled into each other in the confusion. Three people were
charged with impaired driving.
The other headlines... more »
Mansions of the Lord...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 15 hours ago
*Freedom isn't free. Somebody paid.*
*More: *
Kurt Schlichter: *Here’s A Memorial Day Idea, Washington: Stop Killing Our
Warriors*
The politics behind the dissolution of Soviet Union
Nauman Sadiq at Petroimperialism - 15 hours ago
I recently skimmed the Wikipedia article on the dissolution of Soviet Union.
From that article it appears that the communist system collapsed due to
Gorbachev’s liberalization policies of Glasnost and Perestroika. Most
people are under the impression that communism failed due to the wrong
economic policies adopted by the Soviet Union. Economic weakness must have
played a role but it was only secondary to the primary role played by
politics and a desire for enfranchisement in a three-quarters of a century
old autocratic political system especially among the non-Slavic population
of e... more »
Fire Up Those Grills and Remember that Pink Slime is Good for You
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 15 hours ago
Grilling season officially opened this weekend so tire up those barbecue
grills my fellow Americans, to combat soaring beef prices the noxious
product Pink Slime is coming back with a vengeance. Pink Slime or as the
corporations that manufacture it like to refer to it "lean finely textured
beef" or "LFTB" is a filler product or food additive that amounts to
basically the shit that is swept off of the slaughterhouse floor along with
other trimmings and byproducts that can't be sold and then chemically
treated to give it the appearance of chewed pink bubble gum.
The description on ho... more »
Bitcoin Updates May 26 , 2014 -- A Bot Named Willy: Did Mt. Gox’s Automated Trading Pump Bitcoin’s Price? Jesse Powell’s Fiery Response to Ripple Labs Accusations ..... Bitcoin set to overtake PayPal in 2014
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Coin Desk.....
A Bot Named Willy: Did Mt. Gox’s
Automated Trading Pump Bitcoin’s
Price ?
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There is more speculation today that bitcoin’s November 2013 surge and Mt.
Gox’s trading volume’s were built in part on fraudulent trading activity –
specifically via a bot that serious traders have dubbed “Willy”
Bitcoin’s price on Mt. Gox rocketed from around $200 in early November to
its $1,236 all-time high on 4th December, exciting early adopters and... more »
Quick note: Not permitted to mention “play” in Kindergarten
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
Let’s just say, hypothetically of course, that you are being observed by
central office staff. You, as the teacher, post your schedule and,
begrudgingly, your objectives to the wall in a central location. In
post-observation “feedback,” it is suggested that you, as the teacher, not
refer to “centers,” but instead adopt the term “work stations” […]
China Retaliation from cyber hacking indictments and blowback from NSA Spying Updates May 26 , 2014 -- In addition to tech companies being cut off by China , consulting outfits seem next to get cut loose ---- State-owned Chinese companies will cease to work with US consulting companies like McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group over fears they are spying on behalf of the US government........
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
China Blocks "High-Level Hooligan" US Consultants Amid "Spying Concerns"
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It appears the tit-for-tat cyber-spying debacle between China and the US is
escalating (unless it's all curious coincidence). Having blasted the *US as
a "mincing rascal" and "high-level hooligan"* in the Chinese (state-run)
media, The FT reports that authorities have ordered state-owned enterprises
tocut ties with US consulting companies such as McKinsey and Boston
Consulting Group because of fears they are spying on... more »
Three VERY Big Stories For May 24 , 2014 ! ..........March against Monsanto May 24 , 2014 --Over 400 cities worldwide will see millions marching against the US chemical and agricultural company Monsanto in an effort to boycott the use of Genetically Modified Organisms in food production. .......... Europe's official GDP numbers are suspect as generally unreported income will be " guestimated " by the EU Nations - now try to tax it ! ( any doubt the Elites are getting desperate ) - Italy to add drug trafficking, prostitution to GDP figures ( note Spain and the UK are already counting illegal activities ) ....... Japan Begins Purposely Dumping 100s Of Tons Of Radioactive Water From Fukushima 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 few days ago. The radioactive material that is being released will enter our food chain and will potentially stay with us for decades to come. Fukushima is an environmental nightmare that never seems to end, but the mainstream media in the United States decided to pretty much stop talking about it long ago. So don’t expect the big news networks to make a big deal out of the fact that Japan is choosing to use the Pacific Ocean as a toilet for their nuclear waste. ........
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
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Today .....
Italy to add drug trafficking, prostitution to GDP figures
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Where Now for the Liberal Democrats?
Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 16 hours ago
While we wait for the final results from the Orkneys to trickle in so I can
scrutinise those all-important No2EU votes, let's spare a thought for the
Liberal Democrats. They went from 11 MEPs to just one, and managed to lose
even more councillors than the Tories. In all, a very bad night and a grim
portent of things just round the corner. With no surprises whatsoever, some
have been calling for Clegg's head. Others point to his radio debates with
Farage as a contributing author to their misfortune. In short, it's panic
stations. So, where do the LibDems go from here? Is this a death... more »
9/11 TRUTH SEEKERS: THE 'LUNATIC FRINGE' IS WHOM?
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 16 hours ago
* (the wound that will never heal until it is dealt with . . )*
*PART 1 of 2*
By: Devvy
May 25, 2014
NewsWithViews.com
"We shall have world government whether or not we like it. The question is
only whether world government will be achieved by consent or conquest."
James Paul Warburg, during hearings Senate Resolution 56, revision of the
UN Charter
"The U.S. military welcomes additional funds for special units. The
Pentagon continues its downsizing in preparation for the New World Order."
Former Asst. Secretary of Defense and former Director of the CIA, John
Deutch, Dec. 1, 1994,... more »
President Obama pays surprise visit to Afghanistan to visit troops ahead of Memorial Day ( May 25 , 2014 ) , Afghan President Karzai refused to visit the Bagram military base when US President Barack Obama made a surprise visit there to meet troops on May 25. Similarly, the American president turned down a proposal for talks at Karzai’s palace in downtown Kabul......... Obama: Afghan Troop Deal Will Be Finalized With Karzai Successor Says Troop Levels Will Be Set Soon ....... June 14 , 2014 Run off election looms and then we shall see whether the Bilateral Security Agreement is signed and what the terms might be !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Obama: Afghan Troop Deal Will Be Finalized With Karzai SuccessorSays Troop
Levels Will Be Set Soon
by Jason Ditz, May 25, 2014
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Speaking on his surprise trip to Afghanistan today, President Obama
expressed hope that a troop deal would be finalized soon, and said he plans
to make public the intended troop level for 2015 and beyond soon thereafter.
The part where he hassles President Hamid Karzai about the deal appears to
be over, however, as he reportedly called Karzai today and informed himthat
the pact will be settled with his successor.
That’s presumably going ... more »
Ukraine Updates May 23 , 2014 -- Ahead of the Presidential Election on May 25th , news of note : Kiev troops reportedly shoot at deserting conscripts as eastern military op escalates ..........
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
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Kiev troops reportedly shoot at deserting conscripts as eastern military op
escalates
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Peter DeWitt writes about teacher leaders, but ideology trumps expertise
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
From Peter DeWitt in Education Week. Very often, real change happens from
the ground up, but unfortunately too many school leaders only recognize
change from the top down. And if teachers need to change so much…might
school leaders need to change as well? Pay attention school leaders…your
best teacher leaders may be the ones who […]
Surrounded by Sinister Forces - The Later Days of Peaches H. Geldof
Spike EP at News Spike - 16 hours ago
Surrounded by Sinister Forces - The Later Days of Peaches H. Geldof from Spike
EP on Vimeo.
*"I think that some people have just never learnt to do as they're told..."*
*Katie Hopkins of British Army Intelligence*
Why was at least one senior Psychological Operations agent of British Army
Intelligence attempting to Mind-Fuck Peaches and make her appear to be
crazy or irrational on national television in the final weeks of her
life...?
Happy Memorial Day! Will America Let The Republicans Privatize The Veterans Administration?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
Predators on the right sense an opportunity. Reactionary sociopath and Tea
Party icon Ben Carson is calling the V.A. disaster a gift from God. After systematically
underfunding the Veterans Administration discretionary spending since
taking over Congress, the Republicans are watching with glee as the weak
and compromised Obama Administration flounders with the problems inherent
in an underfunded system. And Republicans, of course, are starting to
clamor for privatization. Big Business is drooling-- and when they drool
conservatives on both sides of the aisle get ready for action. ... more »
"Give Me Liberty Or Keep Me Safe!"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
"Give Me Liberty Or Keep Me Safe!"
by William Astore
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin
"Every school boy and girl knows the famous cry of Patrick Henry: "Give me
liberty or give me death!" However imperfectly realized, enshrining and
protecting personal liberties and freedoms was the core ideal of our
American Revolution, and Henry became a martyr to the cause of greater
liberty. Others heard his cry and rallied to advance his cause, to be
vouchsafed by a new concord of likeminded indiv... more »
Memorial Day 2014
Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 17 hours ago
Along
with the barbeques and other gatherings this weekend – which do have
their value – it's good to take some moments to reflect on the purpose
of the day.
As usual, PBS has been doing a nice job for Memorial Day weekend,
showing a large number of short documentaries on war, veterans, PTSD,
and the general difficulties of coming home. The historical docs have
been mostly on World War II,
Untitled
jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 17 hours ago
*A legendary failure of liberalism*
*Pat Buchanan looks at education in Washington, D.C., 60 years after Brown
decision*
When Brown v. Board of Education, the 9-0 Warren Court ruling came down 60
years ago, desegregating America’s public schools, this writer was a
sophomore at Gonzaga in Washington, D.C.
In the shadow of the Capitol, Gonzaga was deep inside the city. And
hitchhiking to school every day, one could see the “for sale” signs
marching block by block out to Montgomery County, Maryland.
Democratic and liberal Washington was not resisting integration, just
exercising its... more »
Libya Updates May 26 , 2014 -- Libyan rebel general calls PM illegitimate ........Renegade general says new prime minister is "a businessman, not a man of war" who cannot bring stability to nation........... The General National Congress (GNC) tonight approved the cabinet of Prime Minister Ahmed Maetig in a last-minute vote to secure a new government - The new cabinet of 23 Ministers has reportedly left four posts empty – those of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Health and Planning...... Despite giving Prime Minister Maiteeq a vote of confidence and partially filling his Cabinet , there still is no Budget and Civil War still looms !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
GNC approves incomplete Maetig Cabinet
*By Libya Herald staff.*
*Tripoli, 25 May 2014:*
The General National Congress (GNC) tonight approved the cabinet of Prime
Minister Ahmed Maetig in a last-minute vote to secure a new government.
Congress approved the cabinet after 83 of the 95 members present voted in
favour. Many of those who attended waited hours for enough members to turn
up for the session to hold a valid vote.
The new cabinet of 23 Ministers has reportedly left four posts empty –
those of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Health and Planning.
The vote will inevitably ... more »
"Humanity Hanging From A Cross Of Iron..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired
signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not
fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not
spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius
of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy
bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two
electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two
fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete
pavement. We... more »
Musical Interlude: The Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter” - Vietnam
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
The Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter” - Vietnam
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUqqNLB0_FI
And we haven't learned a goddamned thing in all these years...
- CP,
Veteran, United State Marine Corps, MOS 0311
Don't Expect An Explanation
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago
Michael Harris writes that Stephen Harper should answer an important
question:
How did a lawyer twice convicted of fraud, who went to jail for 18 months
for stealing from his own clients, who was charged with influence peddling
in 2012, and is now facing three new counts of illegal lobbying and another
of influence peddling – how did such a talented guy get to sit at the right
hand of power in the Prime Minister’s Office?
After all, it's passing strange that the prime minister -- who vowed that
he would be tough on crime -- hired Carson. Harris suggests that there are
several po... more »
Ukraine Updates May 26 , 2014 - the day after the Presidential Election , what has changed ? anti- terror campaign continues in restive southeastern Ukraine and russia still expects payment for arrears Ukraine owes Gazprom ( 3.5 billion and growing ) , while European businesses frets as to when the ongoing conflict will be resolved and to what extent will business take it in the neck ...... With Porosshenko indicating anti trro campaign will continue and Yats to continue as Prime Minister , it doesn't appear as if things have truly changed .....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Itar Tass.....
Ukraine’s army helicopters attack a plant in Donetsk
World
May 26, 15:45 UTC+4
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Explosions heard near Donetsk airport, smoke rising over runway
DONETSK, May 26. /ITAR-TASS/. Three Ukrainian army helicopters have fired
at the Donetsk-based Tochmash plant, which specializes in the production of
machinery for various sectors of industry, the press service of the
newly-formed Donetsk People’s Republic told ITAR-TASS on Monday. One person
was hurt in the shooting attack, acc... more »
Happy Memorial day
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
Have a safe, peaceful and thoughtful Memorial Day, folks.
Posting sporadic until Tuesday.
- CP
“For the Fallen”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“For the Fallen”*
by Laurence Binyon
"Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not... more »
Memorial Day was created to honor our veterans, both those who died in battle and those who returned home. However, America has done a deplorable job of caring for her veterans. "Indeed, in recent years, military servicemen and women—many of whom are decorated—have found themselves increasingly targeted for surveillance, censorship, threatened with incarceration or involuntary commitment, labeled as extremists and/or mentally ill, and stripped of their Second Amendment rights, all for daring to voice their concerns about the alarming state of our union and the erosion of our freedoms."
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 17 hours ago
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The War on America’s Military Veterans, Waged with SWAT Teams, Surveillance
and Neglect
*By John W. Whitehead *Original
Here
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”—John F. Kennedy
Just in time for Memorial Day, we’re once again being treated to a generous
serving of praise and grandstanding by politicians and corporations eager
to go on record as being supportive of our veterans. Patriotic platitudes
aside, however... more »
Global Warming and Taiwan: Impacts
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 17 hours ago
*Happiness. It's what he offers.*
As humans are busy boiling the earth to death, I thought I'd collect a few
papers... This nifty paper has some public surveys and some thumbnail
explanations of Taiwan's failure to do anything about its carbon-intensive
industries in the face of global warming.
However, the EPA was enforced to adjust its position on environmental
protection. It is because the Executive Yuan is lack of a adequate
decision-making structure. Mitigating GHG emissions involves many sectors,
but climate issue is oversimplified as a pure environmental issue by
political ... more »
Mike's Story Part 32 - Therapy
Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 17 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
Yesterday's post prompted an unusual crop of expansive and informed
comments, among them, that people would either love the post or hate it.
This was surprising because I had thought it more of a holding pattern,
filling in details of Mike's daily life and preoccupations but providing no
revelations. Perhaps that particular commenter thought that some people
would be offended by the description of Mike's first foray into a mental
institution. But there was no secret about that; he had written of it
himself in 2007.
Anyway, today we have to backtrac... more »
There Is No Door.........by Mary Baker Eddy
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
[image: There is no door through which evil can enter, and no space for
evil to fill in a mind filled with goodness.]
*There is no door through which evil can enter and no space for evil to
fill in a mind filled with goodness.*
Mary Baker Eddy
*Source:*
*http://footstepsoftruth.com/#sthash.iczOnX7w.dpbs*
Malaysia Flight 370 Mystery May 26 , 2014 -- SEPANG - The raw data from Inmarsat to be released tomorrow for public consumption ( will the data be " edited " similar to the cockpit conversations ? ) PETALING JAYA: An international group wants Malaysia to explain the content of the preliminary report on Flight MH370 which highlighted a captain’s claims that the aircraft had never left the Malaysian airspace.
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Monday, 26 May 2014 17:46Raw data from Inmarsat to be released to public
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SEPANG - The raw data from Inmarsat to be released tomorrow for public
consumption.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said it would be
jointly released by the Department of Civil Aviation and Inmarsat.
Hishammuddin said: "This is what I ... more »
The Best Books for Toddlers with Jane from xo, from Lauren and Jane
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 18 hours ago
*I am thrilled to have Jane from xo, Lauren and Jane here today to talk
about my favorite thing, books! Make sure you check out her blog, some of
my favorite posts include Grilled Fruits and Vegetables and Lauren's
Postpartum Survival Kit. *
I'm Jane from xolaurenandjane.com, a blog about fashion, beauty, kids,
life, DIY and everything in between. I’m excited to be here at Housewife
Eclectic today!
Like Debra, I’m an obsessive reader. I love reading and am so happy my
almost 2-year-old loves it as much as I do. I regularly find her sitting in
the glider in her nursery “reading” t... more »
A Memorial Day Post Featuring My Daddy
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago
On this Memorial Day, I would like to feature my father, Michael Louis
Schneider, Jr. (October 31, 1918 – May 10, 1980), who served in the Third
Army, Seventy-first Division, from 1943 to 1946. Michael L. Schneider, Jr.,
circa 1943. He was around 25 years old at the time. I think he was really
handsome. Daddy […]
WE ARE ONE, FEEL THIS, SENSE THIS, KNOW THIS, AND YOU ARE...
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
*Thanks to my favorite multi-dimensional enigmatic personality, Ed. He
writes many of us bloggers, puzzling us, picking up on unannounced events
as they appear "in the field" as they happen, and challenging us with his
"Ed-Speak" to exam "the field" for the data it presents and possibilities
it offers all of us should we chose to listen to it. Ed sent me the
message below.*
*Thank you Ed for helping me to understand during our conversations of the
last couple of nights how to deal with on rushing multi-dimensionality and
learning to trust the information that comes flooding in... more »
Nine Year Old Daniel Bissonet Speaks At March Against Monsanto in Vancouver, Canada
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
*Published on May 24, 2014*
Daniel Bissonnette, a very articulate 9 year old, mesmerizes listeners at
the March against Monsanto event in Vancouver, on May 24, 2014, asking key
questions on why children, the most vulnerable age group to ravages of GMO
and pesticide, are subjected to the worst food possible.
Source:
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-joins-global-day-of-protest-against-monsanto-gmos-1.1297106
GMO Corn Causes Liver & Kidney Damage
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
[image: Foto: GMO corn, even without Roundup, caused liver and kidney
toxicity in rats. In a recent interview, Professor Gilles-Éric Séralini
explained that the enzyme that is overproduced in the GMO to make it
tolerate Roundup can indirectly decrease the levels of amino acids
essential for protection of the liver and kidney. Professor Séralini is a
biologist at the University of Caen and author of a controversial long-term
toxicology study on the impact of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
The study was controversial because it contradicts industry funded
pseudo-scientific cl... more »
Spanish Inquisition Day 9
Southern Man at Southern Man - 21 hours ago
We have a lot to do today but we don't meet the guide until eleven so
Southern Man slipped out to pick up a couple of nearby geocaches.
The first was near the BasÃlica de La Virgen de las Angustias...
...and the second, near the Iglesia Imperial de San MatÃas.
To be continued...
New missile ships bound for Egypt leave Pensacola
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: Ambassador III class]Two new fast missile craft destined for the
Egyptian Navy were loaded onto a civilian transport ship Sunday on
Pensacola Bay.
Although Pensacola Naval Air Station officials declined to comment, a News
Journal photographer took photos of one of the Ambassador III class vessels
being prepared for transport.
According to an article last year in Defense News, Egypt has purchased four
of the fast missile craft made by VT Halter Marine's shipyard in
Pascagoula, Miss. The military specialty publication reported that the
stealthy, 700-ton ships are armed with H... more »
Missile warheads at supersonic speeds, on the ground
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: Rail Track Rocket Sled]India has joined an exclusive club of four
countries that can test payloads for missile and rocket technology by
simulating a flight environment on the ground.
Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory (TBRL), a Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) lab in Chandigarh, has indigenously
developed the facility known as the Rail Track Rocket Sled Penta Rail
Supersonic Track, RTRS in short. It is a four km rail track where the
trials are being conducted.
Some confidential tests have already been conducted on this range, which
includes recover... more »
Reports: China Turns Motorway into Military Airstrip
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: Su-27 Flanker]China has flown warplanes on to and from a civilian
road for the first time, state media said Monday, a technique which could
be used for "emergency landings during wartime".
An image of a fighter jet taking off from a motorway in the central
province of Henan -- with a petrol station in the background -- appeared in
the state-run Global Times newspaper.
China's airforce "test-flew warplanes using highways for take-offs and
landings" to enhance "the air force's capabilities of emergency landing and
coordination between military and civilian forces", the report ... more »
Election analysis
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
I suppose I should say something about the BBC's election coverage last
night as I stayed up watching the News Channel until the results from my
own region came in [UKIP 3, Labour 3, Conservatives 2], but there's not
really very much to say. However, as no blogger has ever been put off by
having nothing much to say...
David Dimbleby was there as usual, sitting down, doing what he's been doing
since Mr Pitt won his first election.
Emily Maitlis was doing her 'walking around, looking glamorous' thing.
Jeremy Vine was performing his Peter Snow tribute act, prancing around over
exp... more »
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 22 hours ago
*UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND: IN A MESS*
*University of Queensland (UoQ) stumbles into self-inflicted ethical
dilemma by issuing legal threats to block scrutiny of a celebrated but now
discredited global warming study. The infamous "97 percent consensus"
paper created by cartoonist and self-styled climate expert, John Cook, on
behalf of UoQ has been shown to be fraudulent after independent analysis.An
open letter addressed to the university from lawyer, Rud Istvan JD, on
behalf of the public interest details how it betrayed its own openness
policy in what appears to be a self-ser... more »
Navy changes tactic, eyes more bases amid sea row
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
The Navy will soon be repositioning its vessels in a strategic naval base
in Palawan to help the troops securing the country’s sovereignty amid the
tensions in the West Philippine Sea, an official said on Sunday.
The naval base on Oyster Bay and at the headquarters of the Naval Forces
West, both on Ulugan Bay, will be in the spotlight when President Benigno
Aquino III visits Palawan as the guest speaker during the Navy’s 116th
anniversary on Tuesday, said Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo, head of the Navy’s
Civil Military Operations Group.
He said Aquino will visit Oyster Bay, the headqu... more »
S. Korea to resume production of homegrown torpedo after quality improvement
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: Hongsangeo (Red shark) torpedo]South Korea has successfully
improved the quality of a homegrown torpedo, paving the way for its
long-delayed mass production, the state arms procurement agency said Monday.
In a test-firing on Friday, the torpedo, named "Hongsangeo," or "Red
Shark," hit its intended underwater target, marking its third straight
successful quality test, according to the Defense Acquisition Program
Administration (DAPA).
"After two years of efforts, the torpedo has now met the requirement of
hitting the target successively for three rounds. The results show that... more »
Taiwan To Build $100M Port In Disputed Region Of The South China Sea But China Does Not React
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
Taiwan is planning to spend $100 million on enhancing its port facility in
a disputed region of the South China Sea, Reuters reported Sunday, a
development that China, which views Taiwan as an outlying province, has
seemingly chosen to ignore.
The new port is expected to come up next to an airstrip on the Itu Aba
islands, also known as Tai Ping, and will allow Taiwan to dock 3,000-ton
naval frigates and coastguard cutters, and include the construction of a
1,200-meter long runway to land Hercules C-130 military transport aircraft.
The upgrade, which is expected to be completed lat... more »
Japanese air intrusion on joint exercise 'dangerous'
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: Su-27 Flanker]The intrusion of two Japanese reconnaissance aircraft
into a China-Russia joint navy exercise is against international law and
can make the already volatile relations between China and Japan more
complicated, analysts said.
China and Russia conducted a weeklong naval exercise in the East China Sea,
which officially concludes on Monday, and issued no-fly notices days before
the exercise.
However, a Japanese OP-3C surveillance plane and a YS-11EB electronic
intelligence aircraft intruded into the airspace of China's East China Sea
Air Defense Identification Zone... more »
Navy’s €50m ship to twin with Cork
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 23 hours ago
The state’s newest naval vessel, the €50m LÉ Samuel Beckett, is to twin
with Cork City — home port of the Irish Naval Service.
A Naval Service spokesman confirmed the vessel, which boasts Star
Wars-style drone technology, will sail from the naval base in Haulbowline
up to the city quays for the formal twinning ceremonies.
Final arrangements are still being put in place — the twinning ceremony
will likely take place on June 7, with plans to open the ship for public
tours on June 8.
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Navy is struggling to stay ready for war, warns Vice Admiral Read
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 23 hours ago
[image: Type 23 FFG]The Royal Navy is struggling to keep itself ready for
war because of cost-cutting pressures, a serving admiral and has warned.
Former Commodore of Devonport Naval Base, Vice Admiral Simon Lister, said
the Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review had created a “state
of flux”.
And he warned that “overall material readiness”, particularly in the
surface fleet, “continues to decline despite the endeavours of hard pressed
teams in the front line”.
Read more
PLA ballistic missile submarines spotted off Hainan
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 23 hours ago
[image: Type 094 Jin class SSBN]Three Chinese ballistic missile submarines
have been seen spotted near the waters off China's southern island province
of Hainan, according to the Canada-based Kanwa Defense Review operated by
Andrei Chang also known as Pinkov, a military analyst.
According to Kanwa, satellite photos available online show three submarines
that seem to be shorter than the ordinary Type 094 Jin-class ballistic
missile submarine.
With the capability to carry 12 JL-2 intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBMs), the three submarines are either the modified version of Type... more »
5 Degrees of Internet Procrastination (or, from Al-Jazeera to Perez Hilton in 5 clicks)
Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago
It is nothing new to say that the internet is a major distraction. But I’m
particularly amazed at how well-intentioned online searches lead to
bottom-feeder-celebrity-gossip trolling. How does a quick writing break to
check the news end in mindlessly clicking through the best-dressed list at
Cannes? I’ve got a theory: procrastination requires a certain level
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The Global Rise of Secessionism, The Spread of Alternatively Governed Spaces, And The Unravelling of Libya
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
"The historical use of southern Libya as a safe haven for rebels from Chad,
Niger and Sudan has increased the likelihood of regional instability. It
remains to be seen how these countries will be affected by the increased
violence in southern Libya. Notwithstanding, there is already evidence of
instability in the Sahel region, fuelled by the Libyan crisis." - *Jide
Martyns Okeke, from a 2012 article called, "Why NATO Intervention in Libya
is not a Victory for Responsibility to Protect."*
An excerpt from, *"Crimea and the State of Secessionism"* by Even Kuross,
Fair Observer, May 22... more »
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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
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