English: President Barack Obama plays with a football in the Secretaries office, outer Oval Office. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Confidential to [name of business omitted]: Here's another fine chance-to-win you've tried to hoodwink me into
*by Ken*
I know I've complained more than once about this newfangled fondness for
trying to bribe us with the offer of a bribe that barely qualifies: the
famous "chance to win" somethiing or other. However, I'm going to complain
again tonight, on the well-established principle that nothing brings about
change more surely than whining about something *over and over*.
I got an e-mail recently with the subject line "We'd like your opinion,"
from a company that deals in a service, a service that I have taken
advantage of occasionally, with fairly pleasant results. If they had just
as... more »
This lifted my spirits...
a lot.
*and this makes me so sad...*
Can you say Obamacare????
Mike's Story Part 36: Bellevue 2
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
* This account is different from the previous post on Bellevue. I
remember some of the scenes in both but not when they took place. I think
there were two visits to Bellevue but it's possible that my notes were
simply written at two different times.*
December 31 2006 10:30 PM
Back from Bellevue, with the bag his psychiatrist told him to pack in
case his assessment allowed it. (It didn't.)
We’d been lying down when he said, “I chose the location.” He did not
need to add, "to kill myself.’
“Are you going to tell [your outpatient psych... more »
DAB No. 2576 - NCD 140 3 Transsexual Surgery
DAB No. 2576 - NCD 140 3 Transsexual Surgery by EvanMcSan
A follow-up to a previous post on the issue.
Reading between the lines, there are some very damning comments about how
the original decision was arrived at - such as the dismissal of studies
with follow-up over many years as "not long-term" without defining what
"long-term" meant; or the citing of treatment as "controversial", not in a
scientific sense, but a political one.
We note that in addition to stating that transsexual surgery was
experimental, the NCD and the 1981 report stated that transsexual surgery
was "controv... more »
Despite right-wingers' decades-long war on U.S. vets, they expect Americans to gobble up their lies -- and they're probably right
by Ken
So Shinseki is gone as VA Sec, no doubt inevitably, and possibly
deservedly, though we'll probably never know, since the psychotic lying
scumbags who have been leading the assault oh him not only are incapable of
speaking a word of truth but have now effectdively substituted their
psychotic lying scumbag agenda for any possible consideration of discovery
of truth and fixing it.
Howie wrote the other day about one of the most astonishing of the
psychotic lying scumbags, a superscumbag among superscumbags, NC Sen.
Richard Burr, a vile pile of puke who deserves someday to hav... more »
White House has " Spring Cleaning " ? May 30 , 2013 --- While the resignation of Veterans Administration Chief was probably long overdue , the sudden and unexpected resignation of Press Secretary Jay Carney is more surprising ( leaving in two weeks , not much lead time - no reason given for the sudden departure ! )
Obama's spokesman Jay Carney unexpectedly resigns
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United States President Barack Obama announced Friday afternoon that he’s
accepted the resignation of White House press secretary Jay Carney.
Josh Earnest, the White House special assistant to the president and
principal deputy press secretary, will assume Carney’s role, Obama said
during a surprise appearance from the commander-i... more »
As Pearson Tag Teams with Microsoft for Common Core Curriculum in Urban America, Weingarten Attacks Conservatives for Attacking the Common Core
Randi Weingarten has arrived at the most delusional and convoluted logic
yet to deflect from her continuing support of CorpEd's centerpiece strategy
for more lucrative testing, corporate professional development, and
corporate canned curriculum.
Weingarten has this quote in the New York Times today in a puff piece on
Common Core resistance:
“The Tea Party is using the frustration with the implementation as the
guise to eliminate standards in schools and to destabilize public
education,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of
Teachers, the country’s second-... more »
Untitled
*"The Dirty Dozen" local legislators dishonor constituents to protect Big
Oil ~Clancy Dubos, The Gambit*
Untitled
*LPBF: Fracking on the north shore could lead to thousands of wells ~John
Snell, WVUE*
*Supreme Court justice has close ties to BP's lawyers ~David Hammer*
*Louisiana House of Oil & Gas votes to kill levee board lawsuit ~Mark
Ballard, The Advocate*
*Stephanie Grace: At Capitol, not all petitioners are equal*
*House Natural Resources Comm. kills SELPA-E suit even as committee
chairman cited for dumping toxic oilfield wastes ~Louisiana Voice*
*Endgame: Disaster Capitalism, New Orleans, and the Charter Scam ~P.L.
Thomas*
*Armed citizens form group to keep eye on French Quarter ~WDSU*... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: “Game of Thrones” is Coming! #ISA2015
On behalf of Dan Drezner and myself I am pleased to announce the lineup for
our panel proposal to the 2015 International Studies Association Annual
Conference in New Orleans, which I submitted today. The call for proposals
specified we were looking for papers specifically investigating the
empirical impacts of / circulation of ASOIAF/GoT cultural artifacts
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NBC Censorship or selective editing , hard to understand why NBC cut out Snowden dissection of the main flaw with NSA surveillance hoovering if having an informed discussion matters ( it doesn't make the US safer and actually is counter-productivity ) -- Read Snowden’s comments on 9/11 that NBC didn’t broadcast
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interview with Brian Williams and Edward Snowden, excerpted from the May
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Would You Buy a Car From This Man?
As an American would you put your full faith and trust in not only an agent
of the US Government but one of President Barack Obama's hand-picked best
and brightest, a man who will never simply be thrown under the bus in an
election year like the freshly jettisoned Eric Shinseki? This is no
ordinary man but one of mighty power who presides over the national
intelligence apparatus, the Big Kahuna who is able to lie to Congress with
impunity and as Director of National Intelligence presides over the red,
white and blue Orwellian security state that is beyond reproach and despite
the ... more »
'Newsnight' - 26-30 May: Coda
The post above was the objective version. Here's the subjective one.
*Monday's edition* saw a UKIP spokesman being ganged up on by
representatives from the three established parties before Lord Heseltine
was given the platform to swing into action against UKIP, yodeling
'racists!' as he did so:
A report from Chris Cook featuring three continental Europhiles followed.
Hmm, not very balanced so far. Still the closing discussion between Dan
Hannan and a French Europhile allied to the Socialist Party redressed this
failure slightly.
*Tuesday's edition* featured another Major era Tory... more »
'Newsnight' - 26-30 May
It's time to find out what's been going on at *Newsnight *this week. What
stories did they choose to report? How did they frame those stories? Who
did they interview?
*Monday 26/5*
*European election special*
*"There's no arguing with Nigel Farage's much-trumpeted claim today that
his party has "pulled off something unprecedented". He's right. They have.
But what does it all mean? The established parties dismiss the United
Kingdom Independence Party as a one-man band but now the bandwagon is
really rolling. Will an upsurge of protest transform politics in this
country or is it jus... more »
Rozalla - Are You Ready to Fly?
It's Friday night and the All That Is Solid disco is underway. My pick for
this evening was placed highly in the best dance songs of the 1990s, but
now haunts the backwoods of YouTube and Spotify with other huge and
tragically forgotten tunes of yesteryear. Yet until my dying day I shall
maintain there are fewer better ways to touch off the dance floor than with
this house monster from 1992. Are you ready to fly?
Why Elizabeth Warren Is Backing Brian Schatz Instead Of Colleen Hanabusa
Yesterday, one of the least progressive organizations working on behalf of
Democrats, EMILY's List, sent out an e-mail to their followers-- most of
whom are convinced that EMILY's List is still a thorpughly progressive
outfit as it was years ago-- entitled "Elizabeth Warren's Footsteps." They
are attempting to raise money, primarily to pay their own bloated salaries,
but also to push their awful, conservative candidates, like New Dem Colleen
Hanabusa, who they are running against progressive Senator Brian Schatz.
Schatz is demonstrably better than Hanabusa on every issue, including... more »
Doug Martin's Letter to the Anderson Herald Bulletin
*(The following is Doug Martin's letter to the editors of the Anderson,
Indiana, Herald Bulletin, sent at 7:56 pm, May 30, 2014. If you would like
to contact that newspaper, you can at letters@heraldbulletin.com) *
*DOUG MARTIN'S NOTE TO THE EDITORS: "My letter is endorsed by ONLY myself.
It does NOT reflect the views toward your paper of any of the panelists
that appeared with me on the Rise Above the Mark event panel, and it does
NOT reflect the views toward your paper of any of the makers of the film or
the organizers of the event. In fact, the panelists, makers of the
movie, a... more »
Spanish Inquisition Day 13
Today the bus ride was relatively brief - fifteen km or so out of town (but
on a city bus that made many stops) to Itálica, a second-century Roman
outpost that was left high and dry when the Guadalquivir River shifted its
course due to silation after the removal of forest cover. Without a water
supply the city was abandoned and no new settlement was constructed,
leaving a remarkably well-preserved site.
Danni and Professor Ginnet are dwarfed by the amphitheater.
Travel bug "Little Roswell" surveys the amphitheater from on high.
And why was Little Roswell out and about? Oh, checki... more »
A SPIRITUAL CONSPIRACY IS ALIVE AND GROWING
*An inner revolution is happening today throughout the world~ a spiritual
conspiracy against the status quo and a world seemingly devoid of spiritual
meaning. It cannot be stopped because it is tapping into our individual DNA
and the real reason we are here on this planet ~ to bear the beams of love
and help the planet evolve**.* *It's a spiritual conspiracy and there are
sleeper cells in every nation, every state, every town and every
neighborhood ~ it is alive and growing and cannot be stopped. We are slowly
creating a New World Order where our minds are driven by our hearts, so... more »
Christopher Pissarides
A profile of the Nobel laureate.
Are We Headed To the “Bloodiest Thing the World Has Seen” Or Just Another Orchestrated American Disaster Rewarding the Connected/Rich?
Piketty — whose work I relied on for years and who substantiates a lot of
things that I’ve written with his research — argues that the concentration
of wealth will just continue and continue and continue. As Herbert Stein,
Richard Nixon’s chief economic adviser, famously said, a trend will only
continue as long as it can. We will either, through peaceful, rational
means, go back to a system
CLEANSING THE HOMELESS KIDS BEFORE WORLD CUP
Danish documentary about the social and human price of the 2014 FIFA World
Cup in Brazil.
Congress Passes A First Step Towards Marijuana Legalization
The House was busy last night. At just past 1AM they passed, H.R. 4660, a
huge appropriations bill for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and related agencies. The final vote was 321-87. Sounds routine
and humdrum? There were 25 amendments, 14 of which got through. The one
everyone is talking about today is a bipartisan amendment from two
Californians, Dana Rohrabacher ® and Sam Farr (D), which restricts the Drug
Enforcement Administration from targeting medical marijuana operations in
states where it is legal. The House has never passed any pro-pot bill
before. THi... more »
Degeneracy Today, or The Coercion of Dogma Versus the Coercion of a Design
Steven Goddard has a post on "A Dark Age of Degeneracy", speaking about the
state of the Democratic party in the U.S. now. This is no news to me, as I
have been referring to them as "The Insane Left" for most of Obama's
presidency, certainly since the passage of "Obamacare" in early 2010. But
the degeneracy is not limited to politics, nor to recent years. My response
to Goddard's post follows:
*If you "believe" in undirected (Darwinian) evolution (evolution by
"natural selection" of random mutations--the "greenhouse effect" of
biological science--which is the consensus theory and th... more »
Obama Defends His Foreign Policy???
Don't get too excited folks. He's defending himself against that portion of
humanity who think he's been too *restrained*. Too *meek and mild*.
Yep. He's defending himself against the Sean Hannity/Bill Kristol/Dick
Cheney school of chickenhawks. The people who are so completely delusional
that they think the invasion of Iraq was a *success*! They call Obama, he
of murderous drone-strikes across the Middle East, he of troop surges in
Afghanistan, he who tried to negotiate an extension of the presence of US
troops in Iraq after bush II's negotiated withdrawl date, he of the coup in
Ho... more »
AVOIDING THE GAPS: A mockingbird down!
*FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014*
*Part 4—Watching the gaps get suppressed:* It’s a sin to kill a
mockingbird. Gregory Peck said that.
Something else is sinful too. It’s a sin when our journalists fail to
report—*refuse* to report—our black kids’ substantial score gains.
Singing sweetly, the nation’s reporters and pundits routinely repeat elite
propaganda about stagnant test scores in our allegedly failing schools. But
how odd:
As pundits have done this in recent decades, black kids’ test scores in
reading and math have risen rather sharply. These test scores come from the
National Assessm... more »
Top Ten LA Radio Shows That Are Rated Higher Than Rush Limbaugh's
On May 15, Media Matters' Eric Boehlert followed up on his April
dispatch revealing that powerful conservative icon Rush Limbaugh's flagship
station, KEIB, finished 37th out of a market of 45 radio outlets. The May
report proved even worse for the AM political pundit: Boehlert reports that
KEIB had slipped to 39th place in the field of 45 and there's no end in
sight for Limbaugh's plummeting ratings. Included in the Nielsen Radio
report is that, beating Limbaugh in the LA radio market, the second largest
in the nation, were "12 non-English stations and four college outlets." Bu... more »
Mike's Story Part 35 - Bonding
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
* "When I was about ten and had just moved to a new school, we had
rope-climbing in gym. I'd never climbed a rope and I sucked. I became a
champion rope-climber after that.*
* 'Another time, also when I was ten, the kids were changing in the
locker room at the pool, I was uncircumcised so I made my dad wait with me
in the parking lot until the kids were done. He was furious. He spanked
me. When I was twelve I got circumcised." *
Then he told another story from his twelfth year - and not, as I'd
incorrectly remembered, his teens, - of his father'... more »
JUST CALL IT TERRORISM
Just call them terrorists
or Somali pirates
call them separatists
or pro-Russian
call them anything
and just keep
shelling them
into submission
or civil war
or onto refugee camps
or bantustans
or reservations
Just make sure that
the oil-i-garchy
can grab the land
the resources
the riches
for exploitation
Just make sure NATO
can set up bases
with interceptor missiles
on the Bear's border
It won't be long
the Bear's lair
is next
just call them terrorists
Management-Side Firm Whines Because EEOC Mediators Are Doing Their Jobs
The law firm Fox Rothschild, LLP has posted a series of blog posts where
they complain bitterly about EEOC mediators. They claim the mediators are
unfair because they have the nerve (the noive!) to tell employers that EEOC
could enter a cause finding in their case. The whining began with a survey
by Merrily Archer where she asked management-side folks who participated in
EEOC mediations whether or not mediators mentioned "cause" findings as a
possibility. She found that they did so in 73.7% of cases. In 70% of cases,
mediators mentioned to employers that EEOC could possibly bring a s... more »
Extending time to move in Court of Appeal
*D.G. v. A.F*., 2014 ONCA 436:
[11] In my view, the test to apply to the applicant’s request for an
extension of time should be the same as the test on a motion to set aside a
Registrar’s order dismissing an appeal for delay, since such an order was
at the root of the motion before Doherty J.A. That test was succinctly
stated by Weiler J.A. in *Paulsson v. Cooper,* 2010 ONCA 21, [2010] O.J.
No.123, at para. 2:
The factors a court should consider in deciding whether to grant this type
of motion are well-known. They are: whether the applicant had an intention
to appeal within t... more »
Another of the BBC's dirty little biases on show
The BBC's anti-India/pro-Pakistan bias is often pretty obvious but today it
has reached a new level. The story of the poor Pakistani woman stoned to
death outside of a Lahore court has now been relegated from the BBC news
front page. However the little pro-Pakistan elves at the BBC have put
another anti-India story on the front page in its place. Yes the story from
India is really terrible but the BBC's news priorities do shine through,
see how they report the two stories below...
The BBC, beyond contempt.
The Sickness Of Angelina Jolie: Angelina Jolie On Maleficent - "I Was Drawn To The Evil"
I periodically take some shots at the crap coming out of "Hollywood" or
what I can safely call..."Jewlywood", and the so called "movies" that they
produce for both propaganda and for clouding the minds of gentiles.... Now
Hollywood is releasing a new garbage movie called "Maleficent", and from
what I have seen, there is a horrendous amount of satanic symbology in this
latest piece of crap. And of course the leading actress in this sham is
none other that the ultra-pyschotic Jewess herself, Angelina Jolie.
I put out an article two years back exposing the insanity of Angelina
Jolie, ... more »
THE 'CHRISTIAN' REWRITING OF INDIAN WARS
This week on his 'WallBuilders Live' radio show, debunked Christian
historian David Barton compared Native Americans of the 1700s to modern day
terrorists and explained why the U.S. had to commit genocide of Native
Americans.
This same way of thinking can be seen in operation today as the "christian"
US kills people all over the world that stand up against the resource
extraction policies of the corporate controlled Pentagon.
This week on his 'WallBuilders Live' radio show, debunked Christian
historian David Barton compared Native Americans of the 1700s to modern day
terrorists a... more »
'Holding Brad Wall Accountable' - Sask New Democrats Meet In Annual Convention
*Saskatchewan's New Democrats are holding their annual convention this
weekend in the friendly city of Moose Jaw. Party Leader Cam Broten has
signaled that New Democrats are ready and able to hold Brad Wall
accountable for the fact that his so called 'boom' has busted for many
citizens of the province. The hype built up about the prosperity simply
does not match with reality. *
*The following letter to the editor appears in the Yorkton News Review:*
*May 28, 2014 *
* To the Editor:**This spring session, the Saskatchewan NDP’s focus was on
the government’s neglect of the basics in... more »
Endgame: Disaster Capitalism, New Orleans, and the Charter Scam
Endgame: Disaster Capitalism, New Orleans, and the Charter Scam. via
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Temporary Foreign Wanking
Evan Solomon asks why restaurants don't just raise wages to attract workers
: "Guess what? This is the criticism - raise the wages and they will come."
Jerry Lundegaard Garth Whyte of *Restaurants Canada* : "So let's raise it
to $100 an hour - we'll still need them [temporary foreign workers]. That's
the issue, we have, uh, you know, people, we're, this is well above the
average wage, we're putting it well above ... " [h/t Press Progress]
Ok, let's look at that. This is Slide #20 in a 2012 powerpoint presentation
given by Ron Reaman, VP, Ontario, of *Restaurants Canada, *formerly k... more »
What would be the point of an abortion debate?
About that debate that nobody wants and yet seems to be raging all the
fucking time nonetheless...
I will have more to say about this (biiiig surprise, regular DJ! readers
are thinking), but for now (I'm really busy) I just want to put a couple of
points out there.
Here's a question no one seems to be asking: What would be the purpose of
an abortion debate?
Rabid political partisans are obviously betting that it can score them some
votes or at least some points.
Rabid anti-choicers want to roll history backwards and if not recriminalize
abortion altogether (which even they admit i... more »
Do Famous People Sway Voters?
The big endorsement news in L.A. yesterday was when Mayor Eric Garcetti--
or as many people around here refer to him, future POTUS Eric Garcetti-- backed
Ted Lieu for Congress in the CA-33 seat Henry Waxman is giving up.
"Tuesday's election is extremely important for the future of our region,"
said Mayor Garcetti. That's why I am endorsing Ted Lieu for Congress. Ted
is not only the most qualified candidate, but the type of person we need in
Washington-- intelligent, ethical and relentless as a representative for
our community. He has shown tremendous leadership on important issues... more »
Gold Report May 30 , 2014 -- Ed Steer's usual collection of News , data and views touching on gold and the precious metals ...... additional itms of note after " The Wrap "
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/lawrence-williams-china-and-india-consuming-more-gold-than-the-world-mines
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price did little of anything during most of the Far East trading
session on their Thursday. Then shortly after 2 p.m. Hong Kong time, an
HFT-type dropped the price by about seven bucks. The low of the day came
shortly after the London open---and from there it traded flat until 10
minutes before the 8:20 a.m. EDT New York open. The rally that began at
that juncture got capped moments after London closed at 11 a.m. EDT---and
jus... more »
LA Lakers Eat Grass-Fed: An Interview With Cate Shanahan, Nutritionist For The Lakers by Joe Salama
[image: DrCateShanahan]Dr. Cate Shanahan, M.D.
LA Lakers Eat Grass-Fed: An Interview with Cate Shanahan, Nutritionist for
the Lakers
by Joe Salama
Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund, 23 May, 2014
*Joe Salama, attorney and author of The Paleo Miracle, interviewed Cate
Shanahan, M.D., the nutritionist for the L.A. Lakers basketball team. Dr.
Cate Shanahan promotes fats from pastured animals while FTCLDF promotes
farmers who raise those animals!*
*What do you do for the Lakers?*
We operate on several levels so answering the question is a little
complicated but the basics are th... more »
The Madness Of King Stephen
Tim Harper writes that the the parliamentary press gallery has always known
that the prime minister has a hair trigger temper:
When Stephen Harper returned from political exile to lead the Canadian
Alliance 12 years ago, a few of the more cynical members of the
Parliamentary Press Gallery played a little game on the side.
We plotted how we could get a notoriously volatile Harper to “blow’’ at the
mike on the opposition side of the House of Commons foyer.
Such was his reputation for a short fuse, a man who would not abide
provocative or ill-informed questions from journalists, we t... more »
Local Council By-Elections May 2014
Party
Number of candidates
Total vote
%
+/-
April
Average/
contest
+/-
April
+/- Seats
Conservative
99
70,345
30.1%
-2.9%
711
+358
-2
Labour
95
72,754
31.1%
+5.6%
766
+483
-1
LibDem
72
27,810
11.9%
+0.4%
386
+109
-1
UKIP
54
31,871
13.6%
+0.4%
590
+378
+4
SNP*
4
3,293
1.4%
+1.4%
823
+823
-1
Plaid Cymru**
0
-3.4%
0
Green
40
16,059
6.9%
+5.6%
401
+277
+3
BNP
1
327
0.1%
+0.1%
327
+327
0
TUSC
13
896
0.4%
+0.4%
69
0 ... more »
Natural Wrinkle-Reducing Remedies With Mary Kremer
Have you ever wondered how to make your face look younger and fresher,
without having the “worked on” look associated with plastic surgery? Or
maybe you’re just like me, and any kind of medical procedure freaks you
out. I’m all about all-natural remedies, and I know I’m not alone. So here
are a few natural remedies to help you revitalize your face and decrease
the look of wrinkles.
Milk and Honey The land flowing with milk and honey wasn’t just abounding
in food, it had a very effective facial cleanser. That’s right, milk and
honey make a wonderful facial cleanser, and they’ve be... more »
War Watch May 30 , 2014 -- Regardless of troop levels remaining in Afghanistan after the end of 2014 ( allegedly 9800 for 2015 , half of that for 2016 and then complete removal at the end of 2016 ) , an army of private contractors will be in country ...... ....... Iraq death dealing continues unabated ...... ...... Libya’s Dueling PMs Add to Uncertainty Over Parliament’s Future Already Facing Coup, Parliament's Internal Split Grows ........ Syria Updates from Syria Direct
Afghanistan......
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 09:35 AM EDT
Exclusive: New document details America’s war machine — and secret mass of
contractors in AfghanistanWhat is a huge army of private contractors
secretly doing in Afghanistan? A leaked PowerPoint presentation explainsTIM
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Malaysia Airline flight 370 Mystery May 27 -28 , 2014 -- Officially back to square one ( Pings not related to flight 370 black boxes which are now dead ........ Malaysia Prime Minister declines to meet family members during China visit ( think those families were made before ? ) ......... MH370 FAMILIES FURY: Satellite data released 'INCOMPLETE' & ‘MAKES NO SENSE’ ( Why are we not surprised by this ? )
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the families of missing passengers, about two-thirds of whom were Chinese
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In the U.S., Where the Female Nipple Is More Dangerous Than a Gun
In the U.S., Where the Female Nipple Is More Dangerous Than a Gun. via In
the U.S., Where the Female Nipple Is More Dangerous Than a Gun.Filed under:
PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Overnight News and Data May 30 , 2014 - Focus Asia and Europe..
Zero Hedge ....
What Q2 GDP Surge? After March Spending Spree, Tapped Out Consumers Had
Biggest Spending Drop Since 2009
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/30/2014 09:04 -0400
- Lehman
- Personal Income
- Savings Rate
inShare3
Last month, when we noted the massive surge in Personal Spending *which was
funded entirely by the depletion of personal savings, *we said that "since
spending was so much higher than income for one more month, at least
according to the bean counters, the savings rate tumbled and at 3.8% (down
from 4.2% in Februa... more »
Vegan Recipe - Thai Tempeh & Vegetable Red Curry
*I'd like to introduce you to our guest chef, Emma, of Coconut and Berries.
As a child, Emma didn't like food. By her late teens, food had become the
enemy. Fast forward a few years when, at university, Emma was first
introduced to veganism. A plant-based diet appealed to her and turned
things around. In fact, Emma credits a vegan diet for her personal
recovery.Emma now embraces healthy, vegan food. She loves to cook and
shares her unique, and delicious, creations on her blog. I found "drool
worthy" dishes like a stunning Rustic Beetroot Galette and beautiful Raw
Mango Cocon... more »
Polls and Propaganda
*Tiny, but effective.*
The latest TISR poll on Ma, cross-strait affairs, etc, is out. Taipei Times
summed it up:
Asked whether the relationship between Taiwan and China is
“state-to-state,” 59.7 percent gave a positive response, up from 56.2
percent in a similar survey conducted by TISR in April last year, with 25
percent saying “no” and 15.3 percent declining to answer.
The survey, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, also found that 61 percent of
those polled did not agree that Taiwan and “mainland China” belong to “one
China,” while 26.8 percent agreed and 12.2 percent did not res... more »
10 Essential Oils for Detoxing and Boosting Immunity by Christina Sarich
10 Essential Oils for Detoxing and Boosting Immunity
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 29 May 2014
I've experienced the somewhat miraculous healing properties of essential
oils first hand. When getting over a long bout of an upper respiratory
sickness, I bathed in a combination of ylang ylang, white thyme, jatamansi,
lavender, marjoram, and sandalwood oils. A few drops of each is all it
took. I soaked away sore muscles, and the aroma itself was exhilarating,
but what was most interesting is that right after stepping out of this
healing bath, I was able to cough up some p... more »
F-35 and hot air
For
anyone who still follows the very expensive comedy of errors that is
the F-35, the latest news is that the air from the big hole what all the
hot air blows out on the vertical take off/land "B" model is too hot
for most landing surfaces. Apparently it requires a special military
grade concrete mix, or a special 30 ton landing pad, which effectively
negates the entire point of a V/STOL flying
Last warship built in Portsmouth is handed over to Royal Navy of Oman
[image: Al Rasikh]A ceremony has been held to mark the handing over of a
warship to the Royal Navy of Oman.
Al Rasikh is the third and final Khareef class corvette built by BAE
Systems in Portsmouth.
She is the last warship to be constructed in Portsmouth after the company’s
announcement that shipbuilding will end in the city.
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*British Antarctic survey dynamites W. Antarctic scare*
*Glacial retreat shown to be a recurring natural phenomenon. Journal
abstract follows article below*
Media reports have hyped the collapse of several large western Antarctic
glaciers, quoting scientists who said the melting ice could raise sea
levels by another 4 feet. Left-leaning news outlets ran with headlines like
“This Ice Sheet Will Unleash a Global Superstorm Sandy That Never Ends” and
“Global warming: it’s a point of no return in West Antarctica.”
“The collapse of this sector of West Antarctica appears to be unstoppa... more »
F-35 Achieves Three Major Flight Test Milestones On Same Day
[image: F-35C Lightning II]In three separate flight tests on May 27,
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft demonstrated air-to-air combat
capability, completed the first flight test with the next level software
load and accomplished a landing at the maximum test speed and drop rate.
In the Point Mugu Sea Test Range airspace off the Central California coast,
an F-35B demonstrated the jet’s air-to-air combat capability when it
sequentially engaged two aerial targets with two AIM-120 Advanced Medium
Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) during a Weapon Delivery Accuracy
mission.
Tes... more »
Russia to Launch Fleet of Mini Satellites in June
[image: RS-20 ICBM]Russia will launch a cluster of about three dozen
mini-satellites aboard a converted Soviet ICBM in late June as part of a
Russian-Ukrainian joint project, contrary to reports that the crisis in
Ukraine had jeopardized the program, a top space official said.
The satellites will be launched from a RS-20 Intercontinental Ballistic
Missile, or ICBM, that has been converted into a Dnepr rocket. The
Moscow-based Kosmotras International Space Company sells these rockets for
commercial launches under a 1997 project by the Russian and Ukrainian
governments to convert Sovi... more »
New deal to protect UK helicopters
[image: AW159 Wildcat]BAE Systems has been awarded a £16.7 million ($27.9
million) contract to produce its third-generation common missile warning
system (CMWS) equipment for a range of UK military helicopters.
Intended to replace current equipment and also to be installed on new-build
helicopters, the system integrates “hostile fire indication, missile
warning and data recording capabilities into a single unit”, BAE says.
This will provide UK pilots with “enhanced detection [and evasion] of small
arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, improving their safety and mission
effective... more »
US spy drones flies in UK airspace for the first time
[image: RQ-4 Global Hawk]A US spy drone has flown through UK airspace for
the first time, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The unarmed and unmanned Global Hawk reconnaissance aircraft was taking
part in a Nato exercise and flew in segregated airspace.
The drone entered UK airspace on three occasions in the last month.
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Airbus Teams with Provincial Aerospace for Fixed-Wing SAR project
[image: C295 Casa]Airbus Defence and Space and Provincial Aerospace (PAL)
announced today they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to bid
for Canada’s fixed-wing search and rescue (FWSAR) project.
Provincial Aerospace is a fully integrated international aerospace and
defence company headquartered in St. John’s, NL, Canada. Under the MOU,
Provincial Aerospace will provide in-service support (ISS) and other
expertise for the fleet of C295 aircraft being offered by Airbus Defence
and Space to replace Canada’s aging CC-115 Buffalo and CC-130 aircraft
currently being used for... more »
House panel snubs Pentagon on defense spending
[image: USS George Washington]The Pentagon faces election-year roadblocks
in persuading Congress to back cost-saving defense cuts as the military
moves away from robust wartime budgets.
The House panel that decides defense spending came out with a $570 billion
blueprint Thursday that spares the USS George Washington aircraft carrier,
gives military personnel a 1.8 percent pay raise and rebuffs Pentagon
efforts to make troops and their families pay slightly more for housing and
groceries at on-base commissaries.
The spending bill echoes the broad defense policy bill that the House
o... more »
New Chinese 052D Destroyers, 3 In A Row At A Shipyard
[image: Three Type 052D Destroyers]Three Type 052D Luyang III guided
missile destroyer (DDG), seen here in various stages of construction, are
lined together at the Jiangnan Changxingdao Shipyard.
The first Type 052D DDG, the Kunming, has already entered into PLAN service
in March 2014.
The second 052D, on the left, may enter service in the second half of 2014,
while the two less completed destroyers to its right, will be commissioned
in 2015.
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"Never-before seen color footage" reinforces Holohoax
Recently released "never-before seen color footage shot by *a Hollywood
filmmaker* during World War II has revealed the U.S. Army’s discovery of
the Dachau concentration camp," reports the Jewish newspaper *The
Algemeiner* in an effort to reinforce and perpetuate *the fake Jewish
"Holocaust" narrative of WWII*. The *article* continues:
In several graphic clips, the film documents troops as they came upon *piles
of emaciated bodies of Jews laying in and alongside boxcars in the
notorious death camp*.
Some were lying frozen in the snow. Others were strewn on the ground near
still-bur... more »
Michelle Obama to help lay keel for new submarine
[image: USS Illinois]First lady Michelle Obama on Monday will help lay the
keel for a new submarine under construction in Rhode Island.
She is scheduled to speak at a ceremony at Electric Boat's manufacturing
plant in North Kingstown for the future USS Illinois, her office said
Wednesday. The 13th Virginia-class submarine is named after her home state.
The first lady is the ship's sponsor. In a Navy tradition, she is expected
to write her initials on a metal plate then a welder will inscribe them.
The plate will later be mounted on the submarine.
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Fourth Yasen nuclear submarine to join ranks of Russian Navy
[image: Project 885M Yasen class SSN]The fourth multirole nuclear submarine
of the upgraded Project 885M (code name: Yasen) will be laid down at the
Sevmash shipyard (Severodvinsk) on July 19, a source in the shipbuilding
industry told Interfax-AVN on Thursday.
"This will already be the fourth consecutive nuclear submarine codenamed
Yasen and the third consecutive upgraded ship of Project 885M to be laid
down at Sevmash. It will be laid down along with the fifth Borei, Knyaz
Oleg," the source said.
He recalled that the Project 885 Yasen head multirole fourth-generation
nuclear sub... more »
Portugal to induct Harpoon Block II for submarines in 2014
[image: NRP Tridente]The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) is planning
to introduce the UGM-84 Sub-Harpoon Block II missile later this year to
equip its two Type 214 (locally known as Type 209PN) Tridente-class attack
submarines NRP Tridente (S 160) and NRP Arpão (S 161).
Eight Portuguese Navy RGM-84 Block I surface-launched anti-ship missiles
are being adapted into Block II weapons in Den Helder, the Netherlands,
with the installation of upgrade kits supplied by Boeing, the missile's
original equipment manufacturer.
Upgrade of the first missile was completed on schedule at the ... more »
Fifth Borei-class nuclear submarine to be constructed for Russian Navy
[image: Project 955A Borei class SSBN]The nuclear-powered ballistic missile
submarine *Knyaz Oleg*, the fifth to be built under Project 955A Borei,
designed by Rubin Central Design Bureau, will be laid down at the Sevmash
Shipyard on July 19, a source in the shipbuilding industry told
Interfax-AVN on Thursday. "The fifth Borei will be called Knyaz Oleg."
"It will be laid down at the Sevmash on July 19," the source said.
He also said that the Knyaz Oleg will become the second nuclear submarine
to be built under the improved project 955-A.
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Measure for measure: debaters love to hate genuine quantum mechanics
*Virtually all popular preachers about quantum mechanics are hopelessly
deluded*
If you have 100 spare minutes, you may want to watch this debate on the
foundations of quantum mechanics:
Video, event web page, Preposterous Universe.
The name of the debate, Measure For Measure, is a Shakespeare's play. It
may also express one idea about the measurement in quantum mechanics or
another, e.g. the correct idea that the measurement and the influence on
the measured system is needed to find some information – to measure in the
epistemic sense (to find out).
This conversation took place ... more »
Rock the Hill 2014
*Rock the Hill News Release*
Ottawa, May 28, 2014 –Veterans, families and fellow Canadians will come
together on Parliament Hill beginning June 4, 2014. This peaceful gathering
is set to be the largest demonstration in support of veterans since the
First World War, which began 100 years ago.
Unlike the politically scripted photo ops of military members and veterans
which have inundated Canada’s media these past eight years, “Rock the Hill”
is a truly grassroots apolitical initiative bringing Canadians together
with veterans and their families.
*From their website : *
"Ca... more »
Did You Think Democrats Protected Tenants From Predatory Developers?
Yesterday, tragically, the Democratically-controlled California State
Senate sided with predatory real estate speculators who are destroying the
whole concept of San Francisco as a diverse, working class city by
displacing and uprooting tenants. There was an 18-19 vote against SB 1439,
Mark Leno's crucial Ellis Act reform bill. Ted Lieu rushed back to
Sacramento from his campaign in CA-33 to voted for Leno's bill.
This morning, San Francisco attorney and trusted tenants' rights advocate
Paul Hogarth had a glimmer of good news: "It's not over; the bill will be
reconsidered either ... more »
Thursday
Lazy day today. Got up and went running, swimming, then decided to take a
nap by the pool in the shade. Woke up a little red. I guess you still get
sun even in the shade? Weird. Sunscreen next time......Still a nice nap.
Got up and did some chores around the house and made Kurt breakfast.
Learned living here that eggs are Gretel's favorite food. Every time I
even crack an egg, she is by me waiting for them to be done cooking. She
is obsessed. We never made eggs in MI, so I guess we never knew this until
now.
The AC guy came and worked on the units today some more and clea... more »
Snowden catches NSA in a lie ( May 30 , 2014 ) ......NSA releases Snowden email after denying its existence --- Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden did raise questions with top NSA lawyers, the agency admitted on Thursday. Snowden responded by saying the released emails are incomplete, and that NSA misdirection “raises serious concerns.” .......
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Asia horror show ( May 30 , 2014 ) - No , not that one ....... Abenomics Suffers Crippling Blow: Economy Sputters As Inflation Soars, BOJ QE Delayed Indefinitely , China's Housing Bubble Desperation In Six Words: "Buy One Floor, Get One Free" .......
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Following last night's record plunge in Japanese retail sales, tonight was
another slew of crushingly bad data for Abe and his motley crew of money
printers to reflect on. First *Household Spending cratered 4.6% YoY - its
biggest drop since the Tsunami* (and markedly worse than expectations which
were bad enough due to the tax hik... more »
Technical Difficulties
Apologies, my ISP, a small local company out here in the Arizona desert,
has suffered a catastrophic system failure which may take several days to
repair. Posting is suspended until the situation is resolved. - CP
Stop the presses! Via Twitter, a shocking revelation about Dana Milbank's shopping activities
*Let's all tweet like the birdies tweet . . . .*
*by Ken*
It's known in certain (very small) circles that I am not the world's most
energetic enthusiast of Twitter, or of tweetin generally. I suppose it
could be argued that all those people pointlessly twittering their lives
away are making a larger contribution to society than if they attempted to
get a life, but this distinction between worthlessnesses doesn't seem to me
worth discussing.
Case in point: this tweet (I assume) from Dana Milbank in response to this
other tweet.
I suppose, again, it could be argued that my citing... more »
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