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“The Biggest Thing In The Universe Is So Gigantic It Shouldn't Exist At All”
*“The Biggest Thing In The Universe Is So Gigantic It Shouldn't Exist At
All” *
by Jacqueline Howard
“What's the biggest known structure in the universe? Astronomers used to
think it was a "filament" of galaxies known as the Sloan Great Wall. But
recent research suggests a different structure is even bigger- and its size
has astronomers scratching their heads. Meet the Hercules-Corona Borealis
Great Wall (Her-CrB GW). Check it out in the video below:
"The Her-CrB GW is larger than the theoretical upper limit on how big
universal structures can be," Dr. Jon Hakkila, an astrophysics ... more »
Urgent: Call Your State Representatives In California & Say, "Vote Yes On SB 1381"
[image: Foto: This is IT, California! This is the week #SB1381 goes to the
Senate Floor and the only way it will win is if YOU unite with us. Please
take a short time out of your day. Californians ONLY, call your
representative ONLY! Go to http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ and call
your representative. Tell them you are a constituent and you live in
__________ city. Ask them to vote YES on SB 1381. That's all it takes to
move SB 1381 out of the Senate and on to the Assembly. #LabelGMOs!]
Share this with a vengeance please. Do not forget biotech stopped Prop 37
with lies and $4... more »
Two fathers respond to the Isla Vista shooting -- the only problem is that one is a journalistic joke
*We don't need any stinking Magic 8 Ball. Tonight to read the future we
have . . . the Great Punditto!*
*"The war against euphemism matters most because it forces us to look at
the truth we already know. The actual consequences of the N.R.A. and the
gun policy it frightens those craven politicians into sponsoring is the
death of kids like Christopher Michael-Martinez. This truth may not triumph
tomorrow, but the truth remains the truth."*
*-- Adam Gopnik, in a Sunday newyorker.com post,*
"Christopher Michael-Martinez's Father Gets it Right"
*by Ken*
*The New Yorker*'s Adam Gopnik b... more »
Alan Waldman : ‘Luther’ is a dark, powerful English thriller featuring a star turn by Idris Elba
This haunted detective, aided by a deranged former murderess, takes on the
most treacherous London criminals. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | May 27,
2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and … finish reading Alan Waldman :
‘Luther’ is a dark, powerful English thriller featuring a star turn by
Idris Elba
Google’s Rachel Carson
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I see the Google doodle this morning celebrating what would have been
Rachel Carson’s 107th birthday this week, drawing this response from
Iowahawk:
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And this from Lyndsey Field:
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Who was Rachel Carson?
She wrote the book that started the modern environmental movement.
Here’s some of what was written about here when her book, *Silent Spring,*turned 50 back in 2012.
- “In *Silent Spring*, Carson crafted a passionate denunciation of
modern technology that drives environmentalist ideology today. At its heart ... more »
More Exposure Of NASA And Their Fraud Space Missions: Is The International Space Station A Hoax? Interesting Video - Bogus Reentry Vehicles (Part I)
I started my road to the truth about our sick world by my exposure to the
fraud of NASA's Project Apollo some 35 years ago.... At that time, I was a
firm believer in NASA and all manned space flights... It was a shock to me,
a man of science, to learn that everything that I had believed about
Project Apollo, and man's 'greatest achievement' to be nothing more than a
massive LIE..... I began to question everything, and over the years have
gone deep down the "rabbit hole" with many important revelations about
exactly what group of criminals actually controls this planet, and how
these... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Monarch Butterflies
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Why Owning Your Own Power Plant Might Not Be Crazy
It’s been three months since we released *The Economics of Grid Defection *exploring
when off-grid solar-plus-battery systems could reach economic parity with
retail electric service. These systems could become competitive with
retail electric service within the next decade for many commercial
customers and for many residential customers in the decade thereafter.
Since the release of our results, the industry has been abuzz with
follow-on commentary considering the implications for utilities, consumers,
and third-party service providers.
Of course, favorable economics do not equat... more »
Psychedelic Intelligence – The C.I.A. and the Counterculture
Apologies readers the last couple of days have been very hectic. Time has
not been on my side, sadly. So, I leave an interesting presentation from Jan
Irvin at Gnostic Media.
All the Laurel Canyon addicts will be pleased that Dave McGowan is a
participant in this presentation!
Jan did conduct two interviews with him regarding the Laurel Canyon scene
as covered in his very awesome book- Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
[image: Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon]
Yes, I got myself an very nicely autographed copy of the book- Thanks
Dave! Then, another copy to read and share* Note to Peter:... more »
Subcomndante Marcos: 'Between Light and Shadow'
BETWEEN
LIGHT AND SHADOW
In La Realidad [Reality], Planet Earth
May 2014
By Subcomandante Marcos
Excerpt: " ... Given the above, at 2:08 am on May 25, 2014, from the
southeast combat front of the EZLN, I here declare that he who is known
as Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, self-proclaimed “subcomandante of
unrustable steel,” ceases to exist.
That is how it is.
Through my voice the
Important Article: Do You Hate Us, The Jews?
A few weeks back, I came across an interesting article where it seems that
the criminal "Anti-Defamation League" that is run by that troll, Abraham
Foxman, ran an international "poll" where it asked the question to many
people around the world if they "Hate Us. The Jews"?.... The results they
got back was some 26% of respondents giving an answer of "Yes". The
fraudulent ADL put their reports on this poll's findings into the
international media claiming that some 26% of the world is
"anti-semitic". I look at the results differently, where many people are
finally waking up to th... more »
China focus May 28 , 2014 -- Chinese Currency Tumbles To 19-Month Lows As Bad Debts Hit 5 Year Highs ........ Economists discuss China's financial leverage
Chinese Currency Tumbles To 19-Month Lows As Bad Debts Hit 5 Year Highs
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As we discussed previously, delinquent loans in China are a problem... and
a growing one. It seems that news is finally starting to filter to a
mainstream audience as Bloomberg reports that China’s biggest banks are
poised to report the highest proportion of bad debts since 2009 after late
payments on loans surged to a five-year high, indicating borrowers are
struggling amid an econ... more »
Ukraine Presidential Election May 25 , 2014 -- Live blog from Kiev Post ( as of time of this post , periodic updates to follow ) , articles from Itar Tass ( overview of Presidential Election ) and Russia Today ( note cyber hacking hits election voting forcing potential manual count ) .....
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Itar Tass.......
Presidential elections in Ukraine
World
May 25, 16:23 UTC+4
According to the Central Election Committee, the highest voter
participation is seen in the Kiev and Kirovohrad regions
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Kiev
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Kiev
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Kiev
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Kiev
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Kiev
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Kiev
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Dnipropetrovsk
© ЕРА/FILIP SINGER... more »
John White’s Illegitimate 2013-to-2014 LEAP/iLEAP Comparisons
Whenever Louisiana State Superintendent John White gets his hands on test
scores, there will be problems. He withheld release of the 2014 Louisiana
Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) and Integrated Louisiana Educational
Assessment Program (iLEAP) scores on Friday, May 16, 2014, without
explanation. Today, he defended his decision before district
superintendents by telling that compared to previous […]
America Is Finished: THIS Is What Is WRONG With America - Kim Kardashina's Wedding (Yikes!), Kids React To Old Computers, And A Cat Plays Jenga!
I have indeed been playing "catch up" with what has really been happening
around the world the last few days.... I see the horrendous situation is
still going strong in Ukraine, the newest "reports" on "missing" Malaysian
flight MH370 was just released, the continuing push for more wars by the
criminals in the US government, and of course the horrific decline in our
economies, etc, etc... It seems that things are constantly going from bad
to worse everywhere I look!
I came across the following very important and very truthful report from
Michael Snyder, through the Investment Watch ... more »
Tax Those House-Builders! Or Not?
So on the one hand you have a politician and sundry numpties saying that
the cure for affordable housing is a large and confiscatory Capital Gains
Tax on developers.
And on the other you have a Bill before Parliament admitting that taxation
makes it difficult to supply cheap housing -- otherwise why would they have
introduced a bill to exempt charities?
Can someone please resolve this contradiction?
[Hat tip Julian D.]
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America Is Finished: The Collapse Of Consumer Spending In America - 2014 US Retail Downsizing And Store Closings Roundup!
I have again been busy with family and personal business (again) over the
last few days... Only had time to fire off my weekly rant, and have had
little time for surfing the net to keep up with what has been happening
around our sick world.... Yes, there has been a lot of disturbing
happenings everywhere, and again it seems I do have some catching up to do!
I have been watching a very disturbing trend the last while here in
Canada...Business at the local shopping mall is definitely down, with fewer
people walking in the mall and actually shopping in the stores....
Everywhere, busine... more »
Exercise of right to silence on arrest cannot be led against credibility of accused
R. v. Duong, 2014 ONCA 375:
[54] I agree. It was open to the trial judge to reject the
appellant's explanation given at trial because it was not believable and to
use that finding in assessing his credibility. However, here the trial
judge used the appellant's silence when he was first arrested as one basis
for finding him incredible and ultimately rejecting his testimony. This,
he was not entitled to do.
[55] The appellant had a constitutional right to remain silent. The
use of his silence at the time of his arrest as a basis upon which to
reject his trial testimony... more »
Sykes to Co-Lead the Menage of Convenience [update 2]
Despite the tangled menage with the Mana Party in a bid to leverage the
electoral system in their favour, I had imagined Kim DotCon’s Internet
Party were nonetheless serious in the policies they claimed to stand for –
most notably being against the rise of the Surveillance State.
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With the apparent naming of the Internet Party leader, if true, it would
seem I was mistaken. The leader is apparently Tame Iti’s lawyer and
long-time Maori activist Annette Sykes, until today the Mana Party
President.
Yes, really.... more »
Being Brave Means.........by Neil Coraline
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An Alternative To A Coal Is King Mentality In Kentucky?
There's a debate raging among progressives about Bernie Sanders running for
president. [Blue America is encouraging him to run.] Most progressives-- or
at least the ones I talk to-- think he should run. Some want him to run, as
he has for his entire career, as an Independent. He would be on the ballot
as an alternative to the two corporate shills the Republicans and the
Democrats put up. Others want him to run in the primary as a Democrat--
something he has never done in his entire life-- so that he could debate
Hillary Clinton on the issues she would rather not discuss, like econo... more »
Israel moving to being the first cashless society ? Governments believe cash is bad as they can't watch every transaction and exercise control over the sheeple with cash funding transactions ( might political dissidents see their electronic money just disappear one day ? ) Control a nation money completely and you can control the society completely - if Israel and those nations that will rapidly adopt the same control mechanism of banning cash go this route , you will be under the massive thumb of the State for good and completely subject to the whim of the Elites that control governments !
Government Plan Would Transform Israel Into The World’s First Cashless
Society
By Michael Snyder, on May 26th, 2014
[image: Israeli Coins]Will Israel be the first cashless society on the
entire planet? A committee chaired by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s chief of staff has come up with a three phase plan to “all but
do away with cash transactions in Israel”. Individuals and businesses
would still be permitted to conduct cash transactions in small amounts (at
least initially), but the eventual goal is to force Israeli citizens to
conduct as much business as po... more »
"Prices Continue To Rise Between 3% And 33%"
As every wage-earner knows, wages struggle to keep up with monetary
inflation.
As every wage-earner *should* know, the number-one source of monetary
inflation is the monetary authorities.
And as wage-earners might know, the world’s chief monetary authority, for
the time being at least, is the US Federal Reserve, aka, The Fed, who have
the power to create and export inflation, but claim that, whatever pain
wage-earners might be feeling – and even after injecting hundreds of
billions in “liquidity” -- they haven’t been either producing or exporting
inflation.
The folks at the Fe... more »
The Bored One China Framework
*Drawing a line in the sand.*
A bunch of more or less KMTers offered a "Broad One China Framework" this
week which the media presented as if it were a major policy proposal rather
than a KMT-inspired distraction. The Taipei Times bought into the
"bipartisan" propaganda media narrative. I guess I shouldn't be
surprised... (Taipei Times):
Seven politicians and academics, headed by former Democratic Progressive
Party (DPP) chairman Shih Ming-te (施明德), yesterday unveiled the “five
principles” of a proposal, named the “broad one-China framework” (大一中原則),
that they say could resolve t... more »
Tony Abbott - Trust Me
It's not just the fact that the budget is deliberately and maliciously
targeted at the poor. It's the completely blatant lies, no attempt to cover
them up, and no end to them, they keep on coming.
A Family Re-united and a Stereotype Smashed.
Let's be honest. Teenagers probably have to be the most stereotyped group
out there. They're lazy. They're ignorant. They bitch and complain.
They vandalize. They think they know everything. I spent the better part
of a decade working with young people in various roles so I think I've
heard and seen a lot. I won't say everything because there are always
surprises. How many times have you passed a group of teens on the street
and just thought "ya, up to no good."? I'll raise my hand. I admit I've
done that myself.
Which is why I found the story of a group of Quebec teens w... more »
Global Elites panicking ? May 27, 2017 ( Two days before the start of the confab ) As they get ready for Bilderberg 2014 , what moves lie ahead ? BILDERBERG AGENDA REVEALED: ELITE DESPERATE TO RESCUE UNIPOLAR WORLD Anti-EU revolution, Ukraine crisis threaten to derail global government ......... List of attendees - look and see whom you know that will be in attendance !
How desperate might the Elites be ?
BILDERBERG AGENDA REVEALED: ELITE DESPERATE TO RESCUE UNIPOLAR WORLDAnti-EU
revolution, Ukraine crisis threaten to derail global government
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The 2014 Bilderberg meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark is taking place amidst a
climate of panic for many of the 120 globalists set to attend the secretive
confab, with Russi... more »
Pigs Do Fly
Here is a picture of the world’s first flying pig, in 1909.
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Pic of John Moore-Brabazon, from the Gloucester Transport History site.
Here’s the most recent.
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Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a Major
General in the U.S. Marine Corps (the highest rank authorized at that
time), an outspoken critic of U.S. military adventurism, and at the time of
his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year
career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines,
China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and
France in World War I.
By the end of his career, he had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He
is one of 19 men to twice receive the Medal of Honor, ... more »
War watch May 27 , 2014 - US sends assault ship with 1,000 Marines near Libya amid growing instability , Terrorist groups threaten Libya: EU special envoy ...... The ongoing turmoil in Libya which took a turn for the worse with the current Coup attempt , continues unabated - RPG attack on Ahmed Maetig’s home , Libyan diplomat held in Derna released ............ Afghanistan Update -- President Barack Obama announces on Tuesday that the United States plans to keep just under 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after this year, if the Afghan government signs a security agreement. A senior administration official said that number would be cut by roughly half by the end of 2015, and the military would then transition to a smaller force built around embassy security operations at the end of the following year.There currently are 32,000 American forces in Afghanistan, where the United States has fought its longest war.
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The US is sending 1,000 Marines in an amphibious assault ship to Libya's
coast as a “precautionary” move should the US embassy require evacuation, a
US defense official said. Adding to tensions, gunmen attacked the home of
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Harder Than Drowning in the Bath
The TAB has earned great coverage from their gimmick promoting the Soccer
World Cup, offering a prize of $5 million if you can correctly predict all
64 World Cup games.
This is going several results better than the German octopus from the last
Cup, and on the face of it looks “gettable,” says the *Royal New Zealand
Herald*.
“It’s gettable, but it’s hard – that’s why it’s five million dollars.”
The experts at *Crowd Goes Wild* reckon you and I might have a shot, but.
“An expert is less likely to win it than someone who just has a shot at
it.”
“It’s only 64 games and, as I say, t... more »
THE CHOMSKY FILE
BBC Interview with MIT Professor Noam Chomsky from 2003.
And The Winner Is?
Obviously, too soon to tell. But with the new Obama announcement setting
an enddate-ish, my nominee might just be: Pakistan. Pakistan got to have
heaps of aid despite spending the entire time subverting American/NATO
efforts in Afghanistan. Much American, Canadian, British, Danish, French,
Germany, Dutch, Aussie (and others) blood is on Pakistan’s hands. Who
else?
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New US Puppet in Kiev: Chocolate King Escalates Violence
The much hyped elections in Ukraine (at least the US-EU-NATO backed part of
the country) took place on Sunday and have enthroned another greedy
oligarch in Petro Poroshenko aka “The Chocolate King”. Despite much of the
besieged country, under attack by the global finance mafia, rapacious
corporations - like gas company Burisma Holdings which in one of those cozy
crony capitalist mob deals just hired VP Joe Biden's son R.Hunter Biden to
divvy up the spoils - and savage neo-Nazis that serve as the muscle for the
coup regime of Arseniy Yatsenuyk or as he is affectionately referred to b... more »
Iraq's Political System Is Fragmenting (And Its Geopolitical Implications)
There are allegations that the recent parliamentary elections in Iraq, *in
which 58 percent of the country's population participated*, were rigged.
Salah Nasrawi *wrote in the Egyptian paper Ahram Online* on Thursday, May
22:
*The main bone of contention has been the al-Maliki government’s direct or
procedural interference in the elections. Reported irregularities include
the unfair use of state resources and bribery to induce voters.*
A video widely circulated on social networks showed a member al-Maliki's
State of Law Alliance inducing voters in a southern province to vote for
h... more »
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: The Finance Professional–Villain, or Saint?
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Here’s a controversial topic for this week’s session at the Auckland Uni
Economics Group:
There is probably no more demonised profession today than that of the
finance professional. Hedge funds, private equity firms, and greedy Wall
Street speculators, all singled out as real villains, the culprits that
cause economic misery for millions of people.
But is this criticism fair, or even accurate?
In this week’s seminar Julian will address this question, by examining
whether it is right to vilify the discipline of finance (finance being a
subset of economics).... more »
Private schools, the strike/lockout and inequality
Not all parents are worried about school closures in the current teachers’
dipute.
Christy Clark and thousands of others have opted out of the public school
system and pay large fees for children to go to private schools. They are
not affected by the strike/lockout.
But they’re still a factor. About 76,000 children are enrolled in private
schools, about 12 per cent of all students. Their parents tend to be
affluent, educated, and highly concerned about their children’s education.
If their sons and daughters were being kept from school, they would be
cranky. And they have much greater... more »
May 22: predicting the future
Nobody, except the editors of Irving papers, can predict the future with
certainty. But there are times when you can be pretty sure. . So let's take
a try at the future based on today's sacred script by Norbert Cunningham.
New Brunswick is deeply, dangerously, in debt. Just as Norbert says, cuts
will be made to social services, education - and there will be rises to
taxation. We shall have to adjust, says Norbert, to at least 20 years of
"reduced expectations".
It's cute when it's put that way. I mean, "reduced expectations" makes it
sound as if we've been pampered all these years... more »
Goings-on in the People's Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets
I see that the perfectly proper goings-on in the People's Islamic Republic
of Tower Hamlets, where Sheikh Luftur Rahman (the district's founding
father) won re-election with 99.2% of the vote, have finally caught the
attention of the state broadcaster of the former colonial power (Great
Britain).
BBC Radio 4's *Today *reported the story this morning.
It featured two British Labour activists and one British Conservative
activist alleging voter intimidation outside polling stations and
illegalities within polling stations (h/t Zoe Conway of the BBC).
*PM* continued the story this... more »
Has Politifact Hired A Full Time Trey Gowdy Specialist Yet?
The first time I heard that the worst elements inside the Republican Party
had forced Boehner's hand and gotten him to establish a Select Committee on
Benghazi, I said to myself, "Self, Pelosi's a smart woman and a savvy
leader. No way will she ever legitimize this obvious partisan witch hunt by
appointing any Democrats to the committee." Then I thought that she could
one up them by just appointing *one* Democrat, a very special one: Alan
Grayson, the brilliant, strategic and immensely talented litigator that
conservatives most fear. Unfortunately, the conservatives who fear Grayso... more »
“The Commencement Address Nobody Wants to Hear”
*“The Commencement Address Nobody Wants to Hear” *
by Bill Bonner
“Yesterday was Memorial Day in the US. We used this quiet interlude to
continue the commencement address nobody wants to hear. You are heirs to a
great society, a great economy, a great government... and more snaky
illusions than you can shake a stick at.
Memorial Day gave us an opportunity to salute the fallen. Without a
moment's hesitation or thought (which is the only way to do it) those who
protect us rush to the barricades or recruiting offices. Germans, French,
Vietnamese... Protestant, Catholic and Muslim.... more »
WHY NO AUDIT AT THE PENTAGON?
There are fresh calls in Washington for the Pentagon to come clean about
how it has been spending trillions of taxpayer dollars. The Department of
Defense has not audited a single budget in more than 20 years, despite
demands from Congress.
Let some meager misappropriation happen in a social program anywhere in the
US and the media and Congress go into a rip-snort and demand an immediate
audit and even defunding of the agency. But the saintly military
industrial complex, by handing over large sums of campaign cash to
politicians (money which largely comes from the taxpayer), is ... more »
Central Office Administrator Admits: "it is almost impossible to get a charter school like KIPP closed"
Posted at Memphis Schools Matter:
Since I was recently denied visitation to any of the KIPP schools in
Memphis, I have considered a number of strategies that may help get me
access. Today I talked with a very nice individual at Central Offices of
Shelby County Schools (SCS). I explained that I had been denied the
opportunity to visit any of the KIPP campuses for observation purposes and
that no reason was given for that denial.
The person I talked with told me that KIPP has its own board and makes its
own rules and that SCS has no control over charter schools unless there is
a te... more »
The Last Gasp
*Hope in the Prison of Despair*
~ Evelyn de Morgan
Sooo...is there any hope? No! I'm afraid not...not if we are referring to
a thriving, vibrant web of life. The ecosystem is at it's last gasp, and
fading fast. Trees are barely leafing out this spring, struggling more
than ever before. The leaves of some - especially black walnut and
sycamore - appear to be in suspended animation, paralyzed and only
partially unfurled, while many others have branches protruding from their
canopy that remain completely barren. Still others, in swathes, are
standing dead - snags, as they are k... more »
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*Coastal erosion lawsuit is about protecting people and property in
Louisiana ~G. Paul Kemp*~Editilla Consuellas~ Please register your
opposition to this dangerous legislation with the *House Natural Resources
and Environment Committee*
*Bald Eagles in New Orleans ~NOLAFemmes*
*The Bright Side Of An Economic Disaster: Jeanne Nathan Reflects On The
1984 World's Fair ~WWNO*
*Nation pours millions into City Park recovery from Hurricane Katrina
~WWLTV*
*Crowds enjoy Memorial Day along newly enhanced N.O. lakefront despite
trash, lack of trash cans ~Scott Satchfield, WVUE*
"Curious..."
"Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want."
- Mr. Spock
Panic in Gunland, Part Two
(It's hard to add on to Joe the Plumber's open letter to the parents
of the UCSB shooting and stabbing victims that wasn't already addressed by TBogg
at Raw Story. But never let it be said that ole JP didn't give it the
college try.)
Dear Joe, Samuel, peckerhead or whatever name you're going by:
Perhaps it's best if libertarian sociopaths such as you didn't attempt
or feign empathy especially since a baseline of honest sympathy seems to be
beyond your grasp. Because a right wing nut job attempting to forge a human
connection is as doomed to failure as a fat dog walking on... more »
Why the BBC Loves UKIP
All that was missing from the BBC's coverage of the local and European
election results was Nick Robinson giving Nigel Farage a wet, sloppy
congratulations kiss. Seldom have the BBC elections team been more
starstruck, more craven in its uncritical promotion of a political party.
Is it yet another instantiation of a putative BBC bias? Maybe. Sure, there
is an overall tendency to go soft on the government of the day. Since
2003's "dodgy dossier" and the fall out of the Gilligan/Kelly affair, the
BBC have self-interestedly tiptoed around those who have the power to scrap
or change it... more »
“So You Want To Go To College, Eh? (To Our Young People)”
*“So You Want To Go To College, Eh? (To Our Young People)”*
by Karl Denninger
“Look folks, I know, you've applied and been accepted. You're ecstatic at
going off to school in late August or early September. Before you do it,
think long and hard about it.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics issues 10-year projections of job growth by
occupation, including estimates of the “typical education needed for
entry.” The most recent projections cover 2012 to 2022. During that period,
there will be an estimated net increase of 15,628,000 jobs, but only about
27 percent of them (4,230,500) will r... more »
Argentina: Possible CE-3 - New Humanoid Presence in the Necochea
*Source: Planeta UFODate: 05.24.2014*
*Argentina: Possible CE-3 - New Humanoid Presence in Necochea*
*By Guillermo Giménez*
Investigation is underway. Witnesses speak of the strange presence of a
humanoid-type being in the beaches of Necochea on 20 May 2014 (date to be
confirmed) at 23:00 hours (approx.). It seemed to float, was very large as
its strides were quite long. It was seen from an apartment in the coastal
area at the beach resort itself. It moved along the beach, near the water,
before vanishing abruptly. Before this, it appeared to fade away, as parts
of its body would... more »
Argentina: Pinpoint of Light Over Tucumán
A mysterious dot of light - manmade, natural or alien, take your pick - was
photographed by *Javier Lopez Posse* on May 24, 2014 in daylight on a
cloudy fall day in the Southern Hemisphere. Our thanks to contributing
editor *Guillermo Giménez* for providing us with these photos.
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
My Top Newborn Must Haves
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Lounger . The opinions and text are all mine. Comments submitted may be
displayed on other websites owned by the sponsoring brand.
We were well out of the baby stage in our house when I found out I was
pregnant with our second child. I hadn't changed a diaper in years and
night time feedings were a distant memory. I wasn't that worried about it,
surely a having a newborn is like riding a bicycle, right? Not as much as I
thought it would be. We have had to ease ourselves back into the newborn
phase and everythi... more »
Next Batch Of Key Primaries-- A Week From Today
L.A.'s dirtiest politician, Wendy Greuel, learned her political skills
while she was still openly admitting she was a Republican. Vicious,
negative campaigning is all she's ever known
A week from today there are important primaries in Iowa-- where progressive
champion Pat Murphy is leading comfortably in his crowded House race-- in
New Jersey and in California (as well as in some other states without
significant Democratic contests). Here is California-- the land of the
idiotic jungle primary-- there are 3 crucial races.
Will enough Democrats turn out in CA-25 so that Democrat Lee Ro... more »
The Realist Report - Dave Gahary
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Dave Gahary,
web editor for *AmericanFreePress.net*. Dave and I discussed a number of
different topics.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit the *AFP Radio
Network* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Reasonableness of verdict
R v Jacobs, 2014 ABCA 172:
[14] A reviewing court considering the reasonableness of a trial
judge's verdict must determine whether a properly instructed trier of fact
could have, on the whole of the evidence, reached the same verdict: *R v
Yebes*, 1987 CanLII 17 (SCC), [1987] 2 SCR 168 at paras 23-25, *R v
Biniaris*, 2000 SCC 15 (CanLII), 2000 SCC 15 at para 36, 2000 SCC 15
(CanLII), [2000] 1 SCR 381; *R v Martel*, 2011 ABCA 114 (CanLII), 2011 ABCA
114 at para 16, 502 AR 200; *R v Saddleback*,2013 ABCA 250 (CanLII), 2013
ABCA 250 at para 13, 556 AR 17. This authorizes a lim... more »
Mike's Story Part 33 Alone
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
* December 28 2006*
* Last night we talked about what sort of animals we'd have in Portland.*
* "How do you feel about chickens?" Mike asked.*
* I feel positively enough towards chickens.*
* "But no roosters," he continued.*
* "What'll we do for eggs? Borrow the rooster down the street?"*
* "You don't need roosters for eggs."*
* "What are you talking about? There was a komodo dragon that gave birth
parthenogenically this week but it made the paper and she wasn't a
chicken." *
* "Oh. I heard you didn't need roosters. Well, we'll kee... more »
Weingarten and Van Roekel Represent the Antithesis of Social Justice Unionism
Bob Peterson has in interesting piece at Common Dreams on the need to move
teachers' unions toward social justice principles and practices. I could
not agree more.
However, near the bottom of the piece, Peterson offers this fabrication, or
thought disorder, claiming that Weingarten and Van Roekel represent and
promote social justice:
Support for these types of move towards social justice unionism appears to
be coming from the highest levels at both the NEA and AFT.
At the 2012 NEA Representative Assembly NEA Executive Director John Stocks
called on members to become “social justic... more »
MY STOMACH CHURNS
My stomach churns
as I watch
the arrogant master
crack his whip
Once a slave owner
its hard to give up
the throne
The greed
and hunger
for dominance
is a sickness
that seeps
through the core
of the nation
Its ugly to watch
but living inside
the beast
can at times
be more than
any human
should have to
withstand
Some warn us to quiet down
they fear being associated
with those who try
to speak the truth
as best they can
Truth though
is not popular
in the corridors
of power
lined with
wood paneling
and elegant chairs
where only the
best drink
is taken
British ColumbiaIs Losing The LNG Horserace, or is that British Columbia Lost The LNG Horserace
*Japan is now receiving LNG from Papua New Gunea....First Shipments just
left for Japan*
*[image: Shareholding in the PNG LNG Project. * The Independent State of
PNG also owns 10% of Oil Search Limited.]*
*Papua New Guinea becomes 20th LNG exporter as shipment leaves for Japan
*
*Papua New Guinea, the small nation in Oceania, has become the world's 20th
LNG exporter after an ExxonMobil Corp.-operated facility constructed near
the capital Port Moresby shipped its first cargo*
*Six years in the making, the PNG LNG project is expected to boost Papua
New Guinea’s... more »
YouTube has noticed some of my specific interests and accordingly sends me suggestions such as these ...both of which turn out to be of great personal interest. Hope they grab you too!
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*Why Uruguay's President is the Most Bad-Ass Leader in the World | Heroes
and Villains *
breakingtheset
*Russia/China Energy Deal, Russia Builds Nuke Plants in Iran and Vets Die
Waiting for Medical Care*
Greg Hunter
Cherchez la Verite
A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book
A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD:
Musings from the Chalk Face
Energy Econ 21: Joint Statement on EPIRA Implementation
I just received from a friend, a Joint Statement made today on how to
improve EPIRA implementation. Many of these points are practical, some are
technical. I fully agree with the statement, "EPIRA is not the problem,
failure to implement it properly is." The call by many populist and
left-leaning groups to "junk" or "amend towards greater government role"
EPIRA is wrong.
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Amending or making changes in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act
(EPIRA) or the Republic Act No. 9136 will not solve the problems because
EPIRA is not the problem, failure to implement it properly is.
I... more »
The Pope, Palestine, and 'Price Tag' Profanity
Hate
message reading, "Price tag, King David is for the Jews, Jesus is
garbage" spray-painted on a Jerusalem church, May 9, 2014. (Photo
credit: AFP)
Jodi Rudoren and Isabel Kershner had a longish piece about the Pope’s
upcoming visit to Palestine (via Jordan) and then day trip in Israel:
“Seeking Balance on Mideast Visit, Pope Pleases Few.”
The piece tries to establish that, with his
A Look At Iraq’s 2014 Election, Interview With Reidar Visser
In April 2014 Iraq held its latest parliamentary elections. The vote was
all about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. His State of Law walked away with
by far the most seats, 95 in total, while his rivals only got around 20-30
seats each. In the months that follow Maliki and his supporters and
detractors will hold a series of protracted negotiations to form a new
Iraqi government. To help explain the results and the possible outcomes of
the balloting is Reidar Visser, a noted Iraq historian. He runs two blogs Iraq
and Gulf Analysis and historiae.org, and has written and co-authored th... more »
STIRRING WORDS
*The Option of Saying No*
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle
It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.
But it has one defect:
It needs a driver.
General, your bomber is powerful.
It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.
But it has one defect:
It needs a mechanic.
General, man is very useful.
But he has one defect:
He can say, “No!"
- Bertolt Brecht
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t
speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn’t know the cost
of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of t... more »
AVOIDING THE GAPS: Porter picks and chooses!
*TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014*
*Part 1—Some of the gaps disappear:* In last week’s Economic Scene column,
the New York Times’ Eduardo Porter avoided some of the gaps.
We refer to the “achievement gaps” which help define the state of America’s
public schools. At a glance, you might not see that Porter was avoiding
some of those gaps.
As he started his column, Porter stressed a familiar old theme—the alleged
failure of American schools as compared to those in the rest of the
developed world. Then, he cited one of our highly significant gaps—“the
persistent gulf in the test results between ... more »
Why we have political parties and what that means
Parliamentary democracy works on the basis that voters choose the type of
government they want through proxies.
Specifically, a conservative voter might like Stephen Harper as Prime
Minister but that voter cannot (unless they live in Mr Harper's riding)
vote for him - the voter has to vote for someone else who supports Mr
Harper. Similarly someone who likes Mr Harper's policies on, say, crime
cannot vote directly on the issue but must vote for a member of Mr.
Harper's party in the expectation that member will vote accordingly.
That means, of course, that some of the freedom an ind... more »
How Does Civil Society Influence the State
Right. So, bourgeois democracy is a crock of shit. It's a fool's errand
that only the dull and the deluded participate in. What's more important
than the state is civil society. The collective will of the people. The
power of groups outside of the state apparatus.
What is this power that we speak of? On its side, the state has the police,
the surveillance, the courts, the prisons. The money supply. On our side,
we don't have the law. Many profound thinkers have schooled me to the fact
that the rule of law is a *complete* sham in this country. We have no
rights. If our rights become ... more »
The Jimi Hendrix Contest Ends Today-- NSA Domestic Spying Doesn't
As you may have read, Blue America extended the Alan Grayson/Jimi Hendrix
fundraiser because of the Memorial Day weekend. We'll randomly pick a
winner at 3pm (ET)/noon (PT). So you still have a chance to win the very
rare and vert collectible Jimi Hendrix platinum album for his first
release, *Are You Experienced?* But even if you're not a Hendrix fan-- even
if you're a country music fan or a show tunes fan or an opera fan who never
heard a single Hendrix lick-- please consider helping Grayson win his
reelection bid. There aren't many Members of either party working to
protect us... more »
SOMALI PIRATES?
Ukraine's president-elect, billionaire Petro Poroshenko, has promised to
use full force until all separatists have been destroyed. He has now vowed
to strengthen the military crackdown, making it faster and more efficient.
Poroshenko is calling the people in eastern Ukraine "Somali pirates",
Political scientist Mateusz Piskorski from the European Center of
Geopolitical Analysis joins RT to discuss this issue.
Police State Updates May 24 , 2014 ( Think about this as we honor our courageous soldiers - dead and wounded , over Memorial Day ) - Obama finds fault with design of Congress by Founding Fathers ?? Oddly , a tech company has an App for that ( TECH STARTUP WANTS TO REPLACE CONGRESS WITH SOFTWARE Software system would decide on legislation through "on-line vote" by constituency ) ......... In a Police State , everyone is a suspect and believed to be guilty of something - CITIZEN JOURNALIST VISITED BY JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE FOR FILMING POLICE BUILDING Journalist with degree in criminal justice asked if a member of "Sovereign Citizen Nation" ( thought crimes for sure ) ....... TECH COMPANIES: FBI ‘GAG ORDERS’ VIOLATE CONSTITUTION Four tech companies claim that the FBI is ignoring their First Amendment rights by barring them from revealing what types of information they turn over to the government. ........ Surveillance Updates - DHS and Fusion Centers in focus....
Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Info Wars.....
OBAMA BLAMES FOUNDING FATHERS’ ‘STRUCTURAL’ DESIGN OF CONGRESS FOR GRIDLOCK
[image: Obama blames Founding Fathers’ ‘structural’ design of Congress for
gridlock]
*by* DAVE BOYER | THE WASHINGTON TIMES | MAY 24, 2014
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President Obama is taking a swipe at the Founding Fathers, blaming his
inability to move his agenda on the “disadvantage” of having each state
represented equally in the Senate.
At a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago Thursday night, Mr.... more »
Ukraine updates May 27 , 2014 -- Two days after the Presidential Election , Kiev military actions against South Eastern Ukraine continue with substantial loss of life ( perhaps 100 deaths between self - defense fighters and civilians just in Donetsk Region ) ..... Donbass coalminers to strike until Kiev withdraws troops from region ......
http://rt.com/news/161592-donetsk-truck-grenade-killed/
More than 50 self-defense fighters and as many civilians have been killed
since Ukrainian troops stepped up their offensive in the region on Monday,
according to the PM of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic,
Aleksandr Boroday.
Follow RT's LIVE UPDATES on Eastern Ukraine
*“We’ve lost more than 50 self-defense fighters,”* Boroday said, as cited
by RIA Novosti. *“Many of the casualties are a result of two Kamaz trucks
having been shelled by the Ukrainian army. The trucks were driving the
wounded from the battlefield near... more »
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*School Hands 13-Year-Old Over to Cops for a Doodle of a Man Hanging*
Another child victim of zero tolerance policies by schools around the
country. The law of contagion led to a freak out over a 13-year-old boy's
doodle at a school in Beaverton, Oregon. Via Courthouse News Service:
[Robert] Keller, suing for himself and his son, B.R.K., claims that on
May 2, 2013, his 13-year-old son "was interviewed at his school, Raleigh
Hills, K-8, by officers of the Beaverton Police Department regarding an
alleged threat of harm based on a doodle [showing a person being hanged ]
that was d... more »
Why doesn't Taiwan have more rage killings?
*The Memorial City House of God, next to the train station in Houlong,
which apparently was a hospital once.*
Metro killer: 19 arrested for threatening copycat attacks...*sigh* Many
people complaining that the present of police on the Metro, some with
assault weapons, is not making them feel safer. One man's action has cast a
long shadow over one of the world's best, safest metro systems, and now
everyone must suffer.
After deploring the leap to blame various things, Daniel Lin at Thinking
Taiwan observes:
Mass random killings are a form an extreme violence. *Although we have yet ... more »
Because on the BBC some 'holy sites' are holier than others
The BBC's report on the Pope's visit to Jerusalem is fascinating for what
it reveals about the BBC different attitudes to Jewish and Muslim 'holy
sites'.
The BBC article has these two lines near the top of it:
At the al-Aqsa mosque compound, the Pope urged people of all religions to
"work together for justice and peace".
He then prayed at the Western Wall, which lies just beneath it, bowing his
head as he touched the stones.
Note how the BBC carefully crowbar the word into the Al-Aqsa line but leave
any mention of peace out of the Western Wall line, subtle but effective?
Note how ... more »
Hilarion's Weekly Message - May 25-June 1, 2014
http://www.therainbowscribe.com/hilarion2014.htm
Hilarion's Weekly Message
by Marlene Swetlishoff
May 25-June 1, 2014
Beloved Ones,
As the energy continues to come in waves, so too, do the symptoms your
bodies are experiencing. Just when you thought that you were over the worst
of them, another round is started. Take heart, Dear Ones, and know that it
brings lightness of heart and being as the ancient memories in your cells
are brought to the surface to be addressed and released. All that is of
sorrow and sadness is being eliminated and in its place comes more refined
light. A... more »
What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?
What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?. via
What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College
Board?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Constructor theory: Deutsch and Marletto are just vacuously bullšiting
I can't stand pompous fools, people who are completely dumb but who like to
pretend how wonderfully smart they are. So it is not hard for you to guess
that I was rather upset when I was forced to read a new preprint by David
Deutsch and Chiara Marletto and the associated hype in Scientific American:
Constructor Theory of Information (arXiv)
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A New “Theory of Everything”: Reality Emerges from Cosmic Copyright Law(SciAm)
If you happen to forget similar factoids, Deutsch is one of the
philosophical babblers who likes to say ludicrous things about the
allege... more »
Financial Neutron Bomb Against Russia Latest US Lunacy
The stupid rush to a war of some sort against Russia never stops with the
latest bit of exceptional arrogance directed at taking down Russia's leader
Vladimir Putin being the most dangerous one yet. In a horrifying recent
article written by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard at The Telegraph a new kind of
weapon of mass destruction, one designed to bring down the Russian
financial system not only exists but is being given serious consideration
by our idiotic and short-sighted US cadre of political and bureaucratic
lunatics running the big red, white and blue asylum.
The article describes a se... more »
No Peace, Not Even For The Dead: Israhell Goes One Step Too Far In Bedouin Village
Israhell does not even recognize basic ancient customs and human laws. It's
not enough to kill your enemy, you must uproot him from his grave as well?
That's the worst form of terrorism.
An excerpt from, *"Israel to ‘evict the dead’ in Bedouin village demolished
over 60 times"* by RT, May 26, 2014:
Israel is trying out a new sort of “flexible evictions” in its quest to
root out the “illegal” Bedouin village of Al-Araqib, demolished 63 times to
date. Now even those buried in the village cemetery are reportedly
receiving eviction orders.
The Arab Bedouin village, located in the ar... more »
Labour's Chuka Umunna knows the 'UKIP vote not about Europe'
Labour's would be Barack Obama doesn't have to listen to the public who
voted for UKIP, he knows that the "UKIP vote wasn't about Europe". These
arrogant Labour (and Conservative and Lib Dem) politicians will just not
listen, because to listen would be to have to realise how much this *is*about the EU.
New Zealand Contract Signed for MBDA’s Sea Ceptor
[image: Sea Ceptor]The New Zealand Ministry of Defence signed a contract on
21st May with MBDA for the provision of Sea Ceptor for the Local Area Air
Defence element of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s ANZAC Frigate Systems
Upgrade (FSU) project.
This contract confirms the selection of the system by the RNZN for its
ANZAC frigates that was announced in October 2013.
Steve Wadey, MBDA UK Managing Director and Group Executive Director
Technical, said: “I am delighted that New Zealand has confirmed its
selection of Sea Ceptor for the ANZAC FSU project.
Read more
Thales provides avionics equipment to Brazilian Army’s modernised helicopters
[image: Esquilo/Fennec helicopter]Thales will provide its Integrated
Electronic Stand-by Instrument (IESI) to modernise the Esquilo/Fennec
helicopter fleet of the Brazilian Army. A total of 36 helicopters will be
retrofitted with the Thales system with completion expected in 2018.
The first batch will be completed by 2014, whereby Thales’s IESI will be
integrated into six initial helicopters by Helibras, the Brazilian
subsidiary of Airbus Helicopter.
The Thales IESI performs three essential back-up functions: artificial
horizon, altimeter and airspeed indicator, all in a single Line... more »
Poland finalizing GROM missile defense offer to Lithuania
[image: GROM air defence missile]Poland has simplified conditions for
Lithuania’s use of its air defense missile system known as GROM, Defense
Minister Juozas Olekas said.
“I am happy that last week we received an answer from the Polish defense
minister, offering to purchase the system under simpler conditions so that
it could reach Lithuania earlier. Details of the agreement are being
finalized,” Olekas’ spokesperson said.
“The system is vital for satisfying the immediate needs of the operations
carried by Lithuania’s Armed Forces. The main advantage of the system is
that it can b... more »
Acquiring SM-3 missiles not an option for S. Korea: defense ministry
[image: Standard Missile 3]South Korea is not considering the purchase of a
ship-based missile system used by the U.S., Seoul's defense ministry said
Monday, reaffirming its earlier position that it will seek to develop an
indigenous missile defense shield.
In a recent report by its subcommittee on defense, the U.S. House of
Representatives said that South Korea has been mulling the acquisition of
the Standard Missile 3, or SM-3, advising Seoul to take on the U.S.
technology for the Korea Air and Missile Defense (KAMD).
"We've never considered adopting the SM-3 missiles... Among iss... more »
China’s Air Force Boosts Tech by Buying European Companies
[image: Previous purchases include Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s
(AVIC) acquisition of Austria’s Fischer Advanced Composite Components in
2009, and Germany’s Thielert Aircraft Engines in 2013]China just came a
step closer in its bid to challenge U.S. airpower. On May 19, Guangdong
Elecpro Electric Appliance Holding, a Chinese firm, announced plans to
acquire two European aerospace companies.
One company, the Swiss-based Mistral Engines SA, manufactures engines for
light aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned military vehicles (often called
“drones”). The second company, Germ... more »
Russian Sokhoi PAK FA stealth fighter superior to U.S. F-22 Raptor in many important ways
Russia’s new fifth-generation Sukhoi PAK FA -50 (Russian: Перспективный
авиационный комплекс фронтовой авиации) fighter jet performed its first
demonstration flight at MAKS-2011 international air and space show in the
town of Zhukovsky, near Moscow.
According to all reports the Sukhou PAK preformed admirably.
Spectators marveled as two T-50 jets appeared in the sky above Zhukovsky at
16:00 o’clock yesterday.
Read more
How To Make And Use An Onion Poultice For Congestion by Sarah
How to Make and Use an Onion Poultice for Congestion
by Sarah
The Healthy Home Economist, 23 May 2914
Prior to the advent of antibiotics which came into widespread use by 1940,
bacterial infections of any kind were always a serious matter.
My father, who was born in 1927, remembers when he was in elementary school
that numerous children could be seen with scars behind one or both ears
from surgery, called mastoidectomies, to relieve pressure and congestion
from a simple ear infection that got out of hand. Today, mastoidectomies
are rarely if ever performed as antibiotics ta... more »
Thai Coup Stings Western Meddlers
*May 27, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci-NEO) - "America's Pacific Century," Foreign
Policy magazine declared in an op-ed published by then US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton. The by-line would continue by saying, "the future of
politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United
States will be right at the center of the action."
And indeed, it has been in the middle of the action. With an army of deeply
entrenched US-funded NGOs masquerading as human rights, press freedom, and
pro-democracy advocates, the US has been busy subverting and attempting to
overthrow ind... more »
Ottawa urged to bypass competition for purchase of fighter jets
[image: F-35 Lightning II & F-18 Hornet]The Canadian companies that are
participating in the F-35 fighter jet program are urging the federal
government to bypass a competition and return to its original plan to
sole-source the purchase of the U.S.-based Lockheed-Martin aircraft.
“Using a competition to simply delay making a decision is costly,
unnecessary and not in the interests of Canadian taxpayers or Canadian
industry. That is bad management, bad policy and bad for business,” the
industry group made up of 35 Canadian firms said in an open letter.
But other voices are rising, arg... more »
Ukraine: A military-industrial complex to die for
[image: SS-18 Satan]It seems that one of the most important dimensions of
Russia's fixation on Ukraine is one little discussed in the mainstream
media.
That dimension, namely the importance to Moscow of Ukraine's surprisingly
well developed military industrial complex, is a key reason Russian
President Vladimir Putin won't let go of Ukraine.
Moreover, the bulk of Ukraine's military industrial complex is in Ukraine's
south and east, which adds clarity to Russia's focus on those parts of
Ukraine.
Read more
Philippine Navy celebrates anniversary amid territorial dispute
[image: BRP Ramon Alcaraz]Amid an ongoing territorial dispute with China,
the Philippine Navy will on Tuesday celebrate its anniversary at a
strategic naval base facing the South China Sea. President Benigno Aquino
will attend as part of his government's visible push to try and modernise
the country's defence forces.
After acquiring two Hamilton class cutters from the United States, the
Philippines wants to purchase two more navy ships from the US to boost its
maritime capabilities.
The timing is important, amid increasing tension with China over disputed
territories in the South C... more »
China-Russia naval drill concludes
[image: Tian Zhong & Fedotenkov]The Chinese and Russian directors of a
joint naval drill on Monday announced the successful conclusion of the
seven-day initiative.
Alexander Fedotenkov, Russia director of the Joint Sea-2014 exercise and
deputy commander of the Russian Navy, said the two sides completed the
mission with high competence and gained rich joint command experiences,
describing the action as a "pleasant collaboration."
A total of 14 warships, two submarines, nine airplanes and six helicopters
from both sides took part in the drill, which focused on escorts, search
and res... more »
Murmansk conference concludes sunken Russian subs must immediately be raised
[image: K-27 (Project 645) submarine]It is of critical importance that two
sunken derelict Russian nuclear submarines, one of which was scuttled as
radioactive trash and the other of which sank in rough weather on its way
to decommissioning, be raised from the floor of the Kara Sea, scholars from
Moscow’s Kurchatov Institute said Friday.
The two subs in question – the K-159 and the K-27 – lay on the ocean floor,
the first at the entrance to Kola Bay and the second in the shallows
surrounding the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, a former nuclear bomb testing
range during Soviet times, as w... more »
On Cue - China Terror Attack Mars Historic Gas Deal
*May 27, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - As Russia and China signed a
historic 30 year, 400 billion dollar natural gas contract, a deadly terror
attack carried out in China's northwest province of Xinjiang killed over 30
people and wounded many more. The Wall Street Journal in their report, "Attack
at Market Kills Dozens in China's Xinjiang," stated:
*Violence again rocked the capital of China's restive Xinjiang region, as
explosives thrown from vehicles ripped through a street market, killing 31
people and injuring more than 90, Chinese state media reported.*
*China's public-secu... more »
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*Researcher hits media & admits West Antarctica ice sheet melt not
traceable to humans! *
*And we've got 200 years before anything much happens anyway*
"I have a problem with the widespread implication (in the popular press)
that the West Antarctic collapse can be attributed to anthropogenic climate
change," said Mike Wolovik, a graduate researcher at Lamont-Doherty who
studies ice sheet dynamics. "The marine ice sheet instability is an
inherent part of ice sheet dynamics that doesn't require any human forcing
to operate. When the papers say that collapse is underway, and likely to... more »
The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part Three
In 2008, the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief
State School Officers (CCSSO), and Achieve, Inc., released a
report, Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a
World-class Education. I have examined this report in two previous posts.
In Part One of my series on this report, I considered the report’s absence
of discussions of national debt […]
Pope Francis Does Wonders In Palestine, Gives Gift of Hope
*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
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
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?
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?
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
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 ???
(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
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!
"
*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-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 of B... 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.....
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
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”
CCR, “Fortunate Son”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ScisGFllPY
Election Year. Time for Some Scapegoats
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"
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.
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."
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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
*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
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 (39% 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 »
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