Palestine - فلسطيـــن - "Security" for Israel... (Photo credit: ЯAFIK ♋ BERLIN)
Tourists dressed up in traditional clothing. Palestine/Jerusalem. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The Sandy Hook Hoax: Wolfgang Halbig And Jim Fetzer At The Sandy Hook School Board Meeting, May 6th, 2014
The Sandy Hook "shooting" of 26 children in Newtown Connecticut was a fraud... NOBODY died that fateful day, December 14th, 2012 at the equally fraudulent Sandy Hook Elementary School, and people have to finally accept that as absolute fact. Wolfgang Halbig and Jim Fetzer finally spoke in front of the Newtown Sandy Hook School board on May 6th, about the fraud of the Sandy Hook shooting, as they had promised to do for the last few months. For this article, I want to present the video of Wolfgang Halbig, Jim Fetzer, and several others, speaking in front of that school board on May ... more »
Sean Eldridge's Fake, Pasted On Smile Doesn't Hide The Ugliness Of Identity Politics
Everyone in the photo above is proud gay and every one of them is a Democrat-- some, though, more proud of that than others. The first guy *belongs* at the top of the stairs. That's Madison, Wisconsin progressive Mark Pocan, a courageous brawler for working families and for equality under the law for all Americans. According to ProgressivePunch, he has the best lifetime crucial vote score of *any* Member of Congress. He's #1. Go Mark! I've talked to Mark's husband, Phillip, and he's very proud of what Mark has accomplished. He should be. So should every member of the LGBT communit... more »
The Arabs of Palestine - by Martha Gelhorn
News Spike - 57 minutes ago
ACCORDING to Arab politicians and apologists, this is what happened, this is the authentic view, these are the facts. Doubt is treasonous. There can be only one truth, according to Arab politicians and apologists, and it belongs to them: *In 1948, war took place between five Arab nations of the Middle East and the Jews in Palestine. This war was caused by the United Nations, whose General Assembly resolved to partition Palestine into two states, one for the Palestinian Arabs, the other for the Jews. The Arab nations and the Palestinian Arabs would not accept this monstrous deci... more »
DINE' CARE: Four Corners Power Plant meetings ignore impacts on Navajos
“Inadequate and Intimidating” Navajo community members speak up against limiting Navajo public input on a Four Corners EIS that’s severely deficient on health, renewables, climate, and environmental justice By Dine' CARE Censored News FARMINGTON, NM – Members of Diné C.A.R.E. and Navajo community members who have been at public meetings held by the Department of the Interior (DOI) on
We don't know what it says here
We right clicked and copied from a comment in.... me晚上睡觉我的舌头被纳米分子散发的气动状态往外伸，不管你怎样去控制舌头，它都是向外伸，碰到牙齿，气动的非常厉害有些难受。过去我被隐秘共产党虐的 时候骂父母骂的更厉害，隐共还控制着我的父母去配合着做试验。隐秘共产党用纳米分子控制着我打我父亲，扇脸扇了好多下。和老妈迎面走来，又用纳米分子控制 着我的吊，隐共说：”走一步，日一下，吊晃动一下。“老妈在拉屎，隐共又说：”日屁眼，带着屎日。老妈走过来，隐共又说：“往上翘着抠比。"我躺在那里， 隐共又说：”你手淫日你妈也." 并上图片。隐秘共产党又说：“把你的蛋往你妈比里面塞。”今天我被隐秘共产党用纳米分子控制着骂我妈，什么都骂随意骂，比如：“我草你妈了个比，你妈比， 滚你娘了个比等等。起因是我在沙发上睡觉，我妈唠叨我，我妈有种绵软的硬。老妈上厕所放了个大屁，隐共说：“你用嘴对着屁眼喝屁去。”并用纳米分子控制着 我想象成真实的那种感受，并上我喝屁的图片。我躺在那里，隐共用纳米分子作用于我大母脚趾头并说：“把你脚趾头放进你妈比里。”并在大母脚趾头上制造出身 临其境的感觉。并说：“你妈的淫水在流。”我的心脏给我一种用纳米分子形成的淫荡感，过去手淫才有的感觉。中国必亡。我小便，隐共又说：“你妈用嘴添你阴 茎喝你的尿，并上... more »
The Nigerian "Abducted Schoolgirl" Crisis Is A Fraud: Australian.com Reported That The Nigerian Schoolgirls Were Released WEEKS AGO (!) So What's Going On?
I have been asked to give my view of this latest crisis in Nigeria that the media has been using to divert world attention from the US failed coup in Ukraine, the abduction of MH370 by the US military, the US sending advanced weapons into Syria, the US economy collapsing, etc, etc.... I have looked at all of the details about the so called "abduction" of Nigerian school girls by the "Muslim" group known as"Boko Haram" ( I sense a phony group along the lines of "Al Qaeda") and something here stunk to high heaven.... I figured I would delve into this "crisis" with some of my own findin... more »
More Real History Revealed: 99 Years Ago - The Sinking Of The RMS Lusitania, America's Entry Into World War I, A Bonanza For Wall Street
Yesterday marked the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in the Irish Sea between Ireland and Britain. The German submarine U20 fired one single torpedo into the ship which triggered a larger secondary explosion that rapidly put the ship to the bottom of the Irish Sea.... The ship went down taking some 1,195 passengers on board which included 128 Americans..... We have always been led to believe that the sinking of the Lusitania was done as a dastardly German act of aggression, and its sinking hastened America's entry into the first World War on the side of the Alli... more »
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*Forgive me while I laugh* It would be absurd for me to try to read the whole 800 pages of Obama's recent climate "Report" but I thought I should at least dip into it. I went to the section "Recent U.S. Temperature Trends" and clicked the "supporting evidence" gadget. I found that the evidence was in the form of four workshops. I picked the workshop on heat waves with T.C. Peterson as lead author. The "workshop" was in the form of an academic journal article (“Monitoring and Understanding Changes in Heat Waves, Cold Waves, Floods and Droughts in the United States- State of K... more »
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, “Remember When it Rained”
Josh Groban, “Remember When it Rained” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-SKYk0iy5U
"Crabs in a Bucket"
"*Crabs in a Bucket"* by Sarah Robinson "When I was a little girl, I lived very close (and hour and fifteen minutes) to the Florida panhandle beaches. Which meant we spent a TON of time there. Early evening was one of my favorite times to walk the beach with my mom and my older brothers. We were all clean and fed and slightly sun weary but still desperate to be outside. So, we would grab flashlights, dip nets and a bucket and search the ocean’s edge for crabs. We would catch a bucket full in an evening and drag them back home where my mom or my grandmother would cook them up into s... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this degree wide field of view spans almost 100 light-years. The sharp, composite, color image utilizing data from space and ground based telescopes, follows faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. *Click image for larger size.* Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away... more »
Chet Raymo, “All Night, In The Dark”
*“All Night, In The Dark”* by Chet Raymo “Why do we so admire the poetry of Mary Oliver? She is not the most technically proficient poet around, and there is a disquieting sameness to her work. But we come back to her again and again. My volumes of Oliver's collected poems are the most dog-eared of any on my shelf. I think it is something about the way Oliver is able to get out of her body and into the skin of a hummingbird, a swan, a snake, or a black bear. She is a shape-shifter, a shaman. When she describes a grasshopper moving its jaws this way and that, we almost feel it is Ol... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Defeat"
*"Defeat"* by Paulo Coelho "Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the cold? The tree says to the leaf: ‘That’s the cycle of life. You may think you’re going to die, but you live on in me. It’s thanks to you that I’m alive, because I can breathe. It’s also thanks to you that I have felt loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is in my sap, we are one thing.’ Does a man who spent years preparing to climb the highest mountain in the world feel defeated on reaching that mountain and discovering that nature has cloaked th... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Thanks for stopping by.
“Some Things You Need To Know”
*“Some Things You Need To Know”* by Marc “I know you’re reading this. And I want you to know I’m writing this for you. Others will be confused. They will think I’m writing this for them. But I’m not. This one’s for you. I want you to know that life is not easy. Every day is an unpredictable challenge. Some days it can be difficult to simply get out of bed in the morning. To face reality and put on that smile. But I want you to know, your smile has kept me going on more days than I can count. Never forget that, even through the toughest times, you are incredible. You really are. So... more »
"Read It and Weep"
*"Read It and Weep"* by The Johnsville News "And people ask why newspapers are going out of business." - http://johnsville.blogspot.com/ • Oh, you mean besides the fact that most Americans are functionally illiterate? *"Only 13% of U.S. adults have English reading and comprehension skills considered to be proficient."* - http:// coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/2012/03/where-have-all-skilled-workers-gone.html - CP
“Fukushima Update, 5/6/14: Hot Particles, Vaporized Cores”
*“Fukushima Update, 5/6/14”* Gundersen: This video “confirms our worst fears”; Scientist: Reactor core materials found almost 500 km from Fukushima plant; 40,000,000,000,000,000,000 Bq/kg; Can travel very, very significant distances; Hot particles found in 25% of samples from Tokyo and Fukushima. "Three years ago, Fairewinds was one of the first organizations to talk about “hot particles” that are scattered all over Japan and North America’s west coast. Hot particles are dangerous and difficult to detect. In this video Mr. Kaltofen discusses the hottest hot particle he has ever foun... more »
A conversation with "the Poser"
[image: Picture] Offered here is a conversation that took place a week ago. It is information for your consideration. No claim is made as a guarantee it is what it appears to be. It is merely a direct record of what occurred. It is up to you to decide its worth or even its truth. It happened. After much speculation, it is being shared with you here, along with the back story, which begins at the end of 2013. The “Sovereignty Series” was begun then, and continues still. There are at this point 16 films in the series. Since producing them, I’ve been woken up regularly wit... more »
"Don’t listen to the right-wing lies about inequality. Know the truth, and act on it." (Robert Reich)
*"The truth is, America’s lurch toward widening inequality can be reversed. But doing so will require bold political steps."* *-- Robert Reich, in* "The Four Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Inequality" *by Ken* It's hardly surprising that the Right doesn't want to talk about economic inequality, and is so quick to label any impudent talk about the subject as "class warfare." After all, economic inequality has been one of the principal goals of the warfare their preferred class has been waging against the rest of us for decades now. There aren't many people who are better than Berkel... more »
Three Videos On The Ukraine Crisis: Putin The Merciful, Obama The Vengeful, Yatsenuk The Usurper
Is Putin trying to diffuse the Ukraine crisis? Source: PBS NewsHour. Date Published: May 7. Putin calls for diplomacy to end Ukraine crisis. Source: RT. Date Published: May 7. Ukraine dismisses Putin's move to de-escalate tensions as 'hot air.' Source: Euronews. Date Published: May 7.
LaRouche
John Judge Describes the History and Methodologies of the LaRouche Organisation(s) from Spike EP on Vimeo. Note the Army Intelligence background (DIA) - same as Mark Lane and Henry Kissinger. The New Age LaRouchian front (Cosmic Connection) is also incredibly amusing *A Critical Commentary on Some Core Aspects of LaRouchian Dogma* *"Religious and racial hatred, such as anti-Semitism, or hatred against Islam, or hatred of Christians, is, on record of known history, the most evil expression of criminality to be seen on the planet today."* *"The Czarist Okhrana's Protocols of Zio... more »
A3 Newsletter: Solitary Reflections Lead to Congressional Action (May 8, 2014)
*(PHOTO: US Congressman Cedric Richmond)* *The Solitary Study and Reform Act of 2014* Today we are thrilled to announce that U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond has introduced a simple but visionary piece of legislation that seeks to first study and then actively reform both the federal and state use of solitary confinement to ensure it is used effectively, infrequently, transparently, and Constitutionally. The bill would establish a two-year bipartisan Commission tasked with exhaustively studying existing solitary confinement uses and impacts in the US, exploring best practices with e... more »
Christchurch: Non-recovery after 3 years
*Guest post by Peter Osborne* If the people of Christchurch had been informed at the time that 3 years on from their devastating earthquake their city would have advanced to today’s level of recovery, I am sure they would have rejected outright the plan that was dumped upon them. We should remember that no one was allowed to begin repair work on their own properties until it had been assessed by a bureaucrat. We should also remember that many business owners had their properties confiscated so that the council could plan the layout, look and feel of the new inner city. Whole bloc... more »
The Loyal Critics of Watergate
The Loyal Critics of Watergate - Mark Lane, the Media and the Power Control Group from Spike EP on Vimeo. Mark Lane of Army Intelligence experiences Wood-stein envy shortly before departing for Jonestown. Dedicated to spirit and the struggle of the late John Judge and Mae Brussell. *The Strange Connection to the Murder of Martin Luther King* One of the persistent problems in researching Jonestown is that it seems to lead to so many other criminal activities, each with its own complex history and cast of characters. Perhaps the most disturbing of these is the connection that ap... more »
“Gangster State America”
*“Gangster State America”* by Paul Craig Roberts "Anyone who looks carefully behind the veil of words cannot find democracy in America. For years I have been writing that the US government is no longer accountable to law or to the people (see, for example, my book, How America Was Lost). The Constitution has been set aside, and the executive branch is degenerating into Caesarism. Government is used to impose agendas that result from the symbiotic relationship between the neoconservative ideology of US world hegemony and the economic interests of powerful private interest groups, su... more »
Election News From Minnesota
Over the weekend Minnesota Democrats had their congressional district nominating conventions. There were two we were watching. One ended badly and one ended well. The one that ended badly was for the open red district (PVI is R+10) that Michele Bachmann is leaving. Joe Perske, a hopeless conservative won the right to challenge whomever wins the GOP primary, in all likelihood, far right sociopath Tom Emmer. Perske narrowly beat the mainstream Democrat, Avon college professor Jim Read, after four rounds of balloting. To point out that Perske, who calls himself a Blue Dog, is from t... more »
Stop Geldof: Hands Off Nigeria!!
*This is Psy-War of the crudest variety.* *THEY'RE RAPING AND SELLING OFF YOUR DAUGHTERS!!!!* *(Whilst getting them addicted to heroin, presumably...)* *"Sir Bob said social media alone would not solve the problem"* Ah, I see - he wants the US to invade. Of course. And it's not "Sir Bob". It's "Bob Geldof, KBE". 'I hope the girls are alive and are reunited with their parents': Sir Bob Geldof speaks publicly for the first time since Peaches' death as he addresses plight of Nigerian schoolgirl hostages - Sir Bob said social media alone would not solve the problem - Celebr... more »
The Economy: “Catastrophic Meltdown Coming to America”
*“Catastrophic Meltdown Coming to America”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com and Doug Casey “Investor/author Doug Casey says most Americans are ill-prepared for what is coming. Casey explains, “This huge recession that started in 2007, and the bottom was 2009 and 2010, has cyclically recovered. So, people think it’s going to be happy days again, but it’s not. The way the government engineered this recovery is by creating trillions in currency units, and as we speak, they are creating $55 billion a month more by buying government bonds and mortgage securities. All of this paper mone... more »
“Could This Be the Napster of the Health-Care Industry?”
*“Could This Be the Napster of the Health-Care Industry?”* by Bill Bonner “The Dow rose 118 points yesterday. Gold fell $19 an ounce – back below the $1,300-an-ounce mark. Trend? Probably not. In the meantime, we have seen the future. In Boca Raton. At the mall. We're talking about the future of health care. It's already the nation's biggest and fastest-growing industry. And it's ripe for disruption. A big fat plum, waiting for a worm. In fact, were it not for the poisonous gas laid down by Washington and the health-care oligarchy, the industry probably would have met its Napster ... more »
WHO ARE THE GUN SLINGERS?
Mariupo in eastern Ukraine... Fascist armed forces under Kiev junta are terrorizing unarmed citizens. The US-NATO are supporting this armed threat.
Post-offence conduct
R. v. Rodgerson, 2014 ONCA 366: [50] Post-offence conduct is potentially circumstantial evidence of a fact in issue. Its relevance depends on whether, considered in the context of the rest of the evidence, the issues raised at trial and the positions of the parties, it makes the existence or non-existence of a fact in issue more likely: *R. v. White*, 2011 SCC 13, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 433 (*White #2*); *R. v. Peavoy* (1997), 34 O.R. (3d) 620 (C.A.), at pp. 628-29; *R. v. P.J.B.*, 2012 ONCA 730, 298 O.A.C. 267, at para. 74;*R. v. J.A.T.*, 2012 ONCA 177, 288 C.C.C. (3d) 1, at para... more »
May 8: Big news, today. I mean b - i - g
On page 1 of section A, summer is coming. Who would have guessed? On A3, preparations are in place for a Moncton byelection. I'm SO relieved to hear that. I was sure they were going to have it without preparations. We know nothing whatever about what either of these candidates stands for - though one says he want' to make Ward 2 a nice place. That's nice. On A 7, we learn that we learn that there is a new restaurant opening at Parlee Beach - and there's even a picture of the new restaurant, and of its owner. On A8, for mature readers only, their is a stunning photo of a portable ... more »
Иван Иванович
*Ivanovich, Ivan* (Иван Иванович) Russian phantom cosmonaut. Two Vostok test flights used a mannequin, dubbed *'Ivan Ivanovich'. * The Vostok spacecraft had no soft-landing system. After the main parachute had opened and the capsule was descending toward the ground, the cosmonaut had to use an ejection seat to rocket away from the capsule and then land on earth under his own parachute. To test the system a mannequin, dubbed 'Ivan Ivanovich' was flown on two Vostok test flights. On the Korabl-Sputnik 4 flight of 9 March 1961 Ivanovich was ejected from the capsule and successfully ... more »
Nintendo and Homophobia
What is going on with Nintendo? A year on from our last look at the Japanese console and video game manufacturer, things are no different. Sales of their latest machine, the ridiculously-named Wii U are down on 2013's lacklustre performance, and have already been surpassed by the more expensive PlayStation 4 after less than six months on the market. Microsoft's Xbox One is only a million sales behind too. Clearly, something needs to be done and today, company president Satoru Iwata outlined five short-term moves. Interestingly, one of its core strands is public health ... Okay, so... more »
Pitching Your Article?
Dan Nexon has instituted a new Ask the Editors feature on his editor’s blog on the newly revamped ISQ website. If you haven’t seen it yet, PTJ has done a great job developing the site and Dan hasn’t missed a step in the transition from his great blogging here at Duck to his new role Continue reading
Mike's Story Part 16: Honeypot(?)
*By **Jenna** Orkin* Meanwhile up north, FTW was wandering in the wilderness. Mike's account of the unraveling of the company may be found in By the Light of a Burning Bridge. A key figure is an unnamed "female employee." In the article, he presents a scenario in which he played along with her sexual provocations in order to make her "show her hand." We won't stoop to any glib jokes about what else he might have wanted her to show. He claimed to have been secretly taping her all the while. Later, he would say that the tape was destroyed in the burglary. When he got to New Yor... more »
Establishment of transcendent consort lines is in progress
*I'm a bit behind in these, I have the internet issue worked out now and an actual small * *desk and chair for my iMac! No more working of coffee tables with a bent back! Woohoo! -AK* *Establishment of transcendent consort lines is in progress* by ÉirePort May 8, 2014 Ground crew establishments attend to all necessary energetic functions of planetary Ascension as lines of consort are cleansed. Establishment of transcendent consort lines is in progress. Festivals of accomplishment allow furtherance of Higher Designs. Masquerades are impossible to hide from the awakened masses. A... more »
The Post and the Times report the NAEP scores!
*THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014* *What we were talking about:* Yesterday, new reading and math scores were released from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the widely-praised “gold standard” of domestic testing. We refer to Grade 12 scores from the 2013 testing. Yesterday, we discussed the new math scores (click here). This morning, the New York Times and the Washington Post tried to report the new data. At the Washington Post, education reporter Emma Brown scattered errors, omissions and imponderables all through her report. Consider this early passage: BROWN (5/8/1...more »
Deteriorating Security In Northern Babil Province Iraq
When discussing security in Iraq the attention is almost always on Anbar, which is in open revolt against the government. In northern Babil province, which borders Baghdad however, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has been able to establish bases for launching attacks into the capital and southern Iraq. In February 2014 the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) tried and failed to clear the area. Since then there has been a series of sweeps through the Jurf al-Sakhr section of the governorate with little to show for it. The situation has gotten so bad the provincial council a... more »
IT'S NOT BLACK OR WHITE
Watch the full interview here http://youtu.be/Dyj8BB1UpUA NATO and Russia are back to square one after a decade of efforts to build a functional relationship. And with both sides flexing diplomatic and military muscle over Ukraine, the cycle of mutual misunderstanding is perpetuating. Is there a way forward through cooperation, or is open confrontation inevitable? Oksana is joined by Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, the former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, to tackle these issues.
Newtown School Board meeting May 6th 2014. Wolfgang Halbig, Jim Fetzer and many others confront the Board about the Sandy Hook Shooting
Excellent School Board meeting. The Newtown board got an earful from many people. What an awesome board meeting. I wish I had been there! Listen to what they say and how they confront the school board for the Truth. Of course at the very end a man who appeared to have a middle eastern accent said how offended he was by everyone there full of 'conspiracy theories' and how dare anyone question
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*City Council approves Holy Cross development ~Jaquetta White, New Orleans Advocate*
ITALIAN STYLE
Italian activists in Vicenza opened the fences and sowed marijuana seeds at the US military base in their community. The US base at Vicenza was deeply involved in Iraq and Afghanistan wars and more recently in operations on the African continent and leading the NATO charge into the Baltics. There has long been major non-violent resistance in Vicenza against the US base.
Spring Bird Houses and Birthday Ideas- You're Invited Link-up
Here we go with the next link party! This week's party is hosted by Holly from Bits of Everything. [image: You're-Invited] The party girls: Jessaca from One Sweet Appetite, Holly from Bits of Everything, Jonie from Just Between Friends, and Debra from Housewife Eclectic. They all have such great ideas, be sure to go see what they’ve been up to. My birthday is right around the corner, so I want to share a few of my favorite birthday ideas from my blog with you. [image: simple_birthday_ideas] #3 Birthday Cake Birthday Balloon Wreath Locker Birthday Banner Here are a few of my favorite t... more »
Thursday Linkage
Editor’s note: this post first appeared on my personal blog. 1. Tensions in the South China Sea are rising. Exhibit A (h/t Sean B. Rogers), exhibit B (h/t Jay Ulfelder). Right now, all eyes are on Ukraine. And rightfully so. But this is one to watch too. 2. Speaking of Ukraine, the National Interest wonders if that crisis could spark Continue reading
LET IT BE REAL
The US media, and practically all western media, is under corporate control. They play the same tune and then broadcast about the "international consensus" in order to make it appear that the whole world is on their side. It's not. The pirates are playing their cards in the saloon and using all the tools at their disposal to make 'Full Spectrum Dominance" a reality. The Space Command was the first to use that mantra but now it has spread to cover the entirety of the agenda of Mr. Big and his groveling minions. Rarely do we see or hear the words of alternative voices to global ... more »
Lefty logic and a prediction for how the BBC will become very shortly
http://t.co/03xddg7ZeR (https://twitter.com/peddoc63/status/464441600303972354
Polar Opposites: Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) And Ted Lieu (D-CA)
I'm up to the part in Elizabeth Warren's new book, A Fighting Chance, when she's the chairman of the congressional oversight panel (COP) for TARP. The chapter is called "Bailing Out The Wrong People" and one of the villains is Wall Street shill Jeb Hensarling, a corrupt and backward congressman from Texas' 5th congressional district sprawling out from Garland northeast of Dallas into Lake Highlands and the eastern Dallas suburbs through Mesquite and Balch Springs and southeast down into small towns like Palestine, Athens and Jacksonville. The PVI is a daunting R+17 and Romney won t... more »
"Toward a Europe Whole & Free" Via NATO global dominance
This post contains a ton of info- Europe Whole and Free, is of course, nothing like it reads. In our Orwellian world of doublespeak. Whole and free is really Europe subordinated to NATO/US dominance. *Europe 'whole and free' is a plan that has long been in the works-* *Let's go back to 1989 and George HW Bush- * If the video below doesn't work for you, I am linking the text directly below the video link **Video- George H.W. Bush, “A Whole Europe, A Free Europe,” 31 May 1989* **Text of his speech is here * George H.W. Bush- "The time is right. Let Europe be whole and free" Then list... more »
What Does thwap Look Like?
Some of the names that have been tossed around over the years ... David Spade Dave Navarro Tom CruiseLuke Wilson Steve Perry Malcolm Young Mike Scott ("The Waterboys") Jeff Beck Todd Rundgren
A Short on Muslim converts
The Today programme featured what Zubeida Malik called ‘a short’ for her documentary on Muslim Converts. The the documentary programme “The Report” will be aired on radio 4 tonight at 8pm. The blurb states: *Converts to Islam are far more likely to be involved in terrorist incidents than those who were born into Muslim families: converts account for around a quarter of terrorist convictions in Britain since 9/11 yet they represent only 2-3% of the UK's Muslim population.* *As the anniversary of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby by two Muslim converts approaches, the Today programme's ... more »
Don Lemon sinks to the ocean floor!
*THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014* *The worst discussions on cable:* We’re sorry to have to say it, but CNN’s Don Lemon is producing the worst discussions on cable “news” these days. Last night, his slug-like discussion of Miss Lewinsky finally ended at 33 minutes past the hour. And you knew where he’d go next: He spent the rest of the program “discussing” Donald Sterling. For years, Lemon struck us as one of the gentlest, kindest voices on cable. But CNN has been lusting after viewers in all the worst possible ways. In the process, Lemon has emerged as more Anderson Cooper than Anderson Coope... more »
TUSCALOOSA LIBERALS: A puzzle emerges!
*THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014* *Part 4—The Atlantic finesses the gap:* A puzzle emerges in The Atlantic’s portrait of D’Leisha Dent. Dent is president of the senior class at Tuscaloosa’s Central High School. She’s one of seventeen students in Central High’s Advanced Placement English class. According to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dent is “an honors student since middle school” who “excels in school” and has engaged in “touch honors coursework.” There’s a lot more to say about Dent, who seems to be a superlative young person. Last fall, she was Central High’s homecoming queen. She’s... more »
Random: Hey! I fell down and can't get up...
*who said that???* Every time I woke up last night, that phrase was popping around in my head. Did you hear the one about the president attending a fund raiser with a bunch of Hollyweirdo's, where the tickets ranged from 10K to 64K? The Hollywood elites were treated to a speech about our dysfunctional government. But best of all, these elitist idiots decried the overwhelming problem of "income inequality." It was held at the home of Alan Horn, current chairman of Disney. Net worth: 50 million. Babs Streisand was one of the attendees. Babs net worth is estimated at 340 million.... more »
12th grade NAEP scores: Does the common core deserve the credit?
Sent to the Hartford Courant, May 7, 2014 It is a premature to give the "new academic standards" of the common core credit for Connecticut's good performance on the 12th grade NAEP reading test ("State Students Excel On 'Nation's Report Card'," May 7). First, the improvement was not uniform: Grade 8 scores increased less than grade 12 scores, and grade 4 scores stayed the same as they were in 2009. The gap between high poverty (eligible for free and reduced lunch) and low poverty students remained nearly the same as it was in 2009. Second, to show that the common core is the fact... more »
Where Do TN Schools Stand After Two Decades of the Sanders VAM Fertilizer Treatment?
After two decades of value-added nonsense posing as a school improvement plan, 70 percent of Tennessee teachers are being evaluated based on test scores that belong to someone else, and the state's 12th graders are ranked one step from the basement in terms of proficiency in math and reading. With Bill Sanders now out to pasture, will his flawless algorithm for diverting attention away from education problems be far behind? See FairTest's assessment of the just-released 2013 NAEP Report on 12th Grade Reading and Math.
Straight rod passing through curved hole
*Off-topic:* A week ago, The Big Bang Theory and three less important showswere banned in China where they were streamed legally and where TBBT became hugely popular. No one knows why – Chuck Lorre has speculated what the gang of commies in a dark room who have watched a few TBBT episodes didn't like. Maybe it's because Penny has "soup" written on her buttocks in Chinese characters and Mary Cooper uses the term "Kung fu letters" for these East Asian scripts. ;-) But the reason could have been more political, of course. Or commercial. *Why the hole is hyperbolic and why you shouldn'... more »
I found this assignment my daughter wrote for school "Dear Envy", A letter poem
I just found an assignment my daughter wrote for school. I am blown away by it. I had no idea that she had this level of thinking. Children do not communicate on a whole to their parents, their deep level of thoughts and views, in my opinion. My daughter and I discuss many things and I have always tried to in-still critical thinking in her. Even from when she was a toddler, I allowed her
THE NORMALIZATION & DEBASEMENT OF CINCO DE MAYO
*THE NORMALIZATION & DEBASEMENT OF CINCO DE MAYO:* Please post and share and think about a coordinated strategy for next year. I thought the problem was with college students, but as can be seen in the following stories and clips, it is worse than shameful. Much local coverage nationwide followed the same theme... going to bars for this story. I start with mine in which I argue we need to take back Cinco: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23422-taking-back-cinco Here's the college story from the *Daily Wildcat* which assumes that May 5 is Cinco de Drink-o and that it is a holiday ... more »
Fight this ugly bigotry
Thats is the Star Editorial of the day. I grew up in north central Ontario. I grew up in a world where Brazilian Nuts where on the shelf at the grocery toes called N toes. We never said catch a tiger by the toe. But we would never have stood by while a fellow resident was bullied and beaten. Racism is ignorance, thats the way to defeat it, teach your children well.
Once Again, NAEP? Nope: “states and schools have lied about the rigor of their courses”
Once Again, NAEP? Nope: “states and schools have lied about the rigor of their courses”. via Once Again, NAEP? Nope: “states and schools have lied about the rigor of their courses”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
John Kuhn’s Eloquent Embrace of Public Education
Texas superintendent, John Kuhn, spoke to the Network for Public Education (NPE) about how “The public school system reveals the American heart.” He reminded us that “There isn’t a square inch of America that doesn’t fall inside some school district or another. There isn’t a pupil who can’t walk into their local school and demand […]
Austerity Strikes The Fed: Boston Reserve Bank Slashes 160 Jobs Due To US Treasury Cost-Cutting ! Unanswered question - what about those five other regional banks ( apart from Boston ) that just saw The Treasury nix their services in going from 10 regional banks to just 4 servicing the Treasury ? And when an Employer says they plan to treat employees ( redundant now ) as " humanely as possible " , does that sound like a vet speaking about an old and sickly pet dog ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-08/austerity-strikes-fed-boston-reserve-bank-slashes-160-jobs-due-us-treasury-cost-cutt Austerity Strikes The Fed: Boston Reserve Bank Slashes 160 Jobs Due To US Treasury Cost-Cutting [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/08/2014 08:07 -0400 - Federal Reserve - Federal Reserve Bank - Federal Reserve Bank Of Boston - Regional Banks - Treasury Department inShare As The Fed tapers and shifts its decision-making process away from rules-based, model-backed strategies in favor of "we'll know when to... more »
Seriousness of Charter breach
R. v. Cunsolo, 2014 ONCA 364: [47] In considering the seriousness of the Charter-infringing state conduct, the trial judge assessed the police conduct. He did not find bad faith on the part of the police. He found that the conduct was not egregious. Rather, "haste, misjudgment and carelessness" characterized the police actions. No intent to breach constitutional rights was found.
What Happened To All That Nazi Wealth Created In The 1940s? It Didn't Disappear Into Thin Air
Goebbels, a family of pillaging psychopaths... real rich ones My Dutch friend David de Jong is a reporter for Bloomberg. He has an interesting beat: billionaires in general and secret billionaires in particular. And he has some awesome stories coming out over the next few months-- I'm sworn to secrecy but I'll give you a heads up when it's OK. Meanwhile, though, I suspect they're going to be something like the pieces he did exposing how scions of Nazi fortunes live the life of riley today. In January 2013 he broke the story about the Goebbels grandchildren's billions. In the spring... more »
The Europeans Get It
Stephen Harper refuses to speak to the UN. Perhaps that's because he fears that, on his way to the podium, he would be booed. Karl Nerenberg reportsthat the Bertelsmann Foundation -- based in Germany -- has given the Harper government its seal of disapproval. In a recent report: It says that "a strong case can be made that the quality of governance provided by the government of Canada deteriorated" since Harper got his majority in 2011. Bertelsmann is especially critical of Canada's environmental performance in the Harper majority era. Bertelsmann points to the Conservatives'... more »
Israel:Anti-Christian Graffiti & "Price Tag" attacks rise before Papal visit
Ah, the delusional Israelis..... beliefs of 'god given land' and 'choseness' will always lead to a kind of twisted sense of entitlement. How many stories have I read, over the years, about the rabid haters in Israel and their innumerable crimes against Palestinians?- Both Christians and Muslim? Attacks on sites important to Christians? Quite a few over the years. But only on occasion does one of those news articles trickle in the consciousness of the western media audience. Israeli media does cover the crimes of it's own citizens. But they lay blame on the 'ultra-nationalists' in ... more »
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*Oil Washes over the Louisiana Senate ~Steve Murchi, Gulf Restoration Network* *Senate OKs bill that could halt levee suit ~Mark Ballard, New Orleans Advocate* *BP continues fighting claims process that it agreed to ~David Hammer* *Churchill Downs vows to make improvements ~Michelle Mollhollon*
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*Moral Bankruptcy* Thomas Sowell If you want to get some idea of the moral bankruptcy of our educational system, read an article in the May 4th issue of the New York Times Magazine titled, "The Tale of Two Schools." The article is not about moral bankruptcy. But it is itself an example of the moral bankruptcy behind the many failures of American education today. Someone had the bright idea of pairing public high school kids from a low-income neighborhood in the Bronx with kids from a private high school that charges $43,000 a year. When the low-income youngsters visited the posh ... more »
The War against Neologisms: Calling Out “New” Types of War
It seems that every pundit, scholar, and borderline academic publishing online has developed a new term to describe the state of war in the system. I can’t browse the pages of Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, or even the New York Times without someone making up a new term to articulate basic and common features of Continue reading
Deep Down In All Of Us......... by M.N. Hopkins
*Deep down hidden in all of us is a well spring of great joy, just waiting to be discovered and brought to the surface. * M.N. Hopkins
The Gangster Vengeance of Barack Obama
Despite the US state-corporate media blackout of the vicious retaliation by neo-Nazi and fascist led militias unleashed in Ukraine reports, videos and pictures are slipping out within the alternative media and Americans are backing a campaign of slaughter that will escalate into ethnic cleansing. With the failure to bother to condemn or to otherwise pick up the phone and call for an end to the violence US President Barack Hussein Obama has proved once and for all that he is one cold son of a bitch and in the aftermath of the intentionally set fire at the trade union building in Od... more »
Ukraine Referendum Watch May 6-7 , 2014 May 7 , 2014 Updates : Putin asks Federalists to postpone weekend Referendums , noting "We ask the representatives of the southeast to postpone the referendums planned for May 11 in order to create the conditions necessary for dialogue," Putin said after the meeting. Pro-Russian activists said they would discuss Putin's call for postponement at a meeting of their assembly on Thursday. "Tomorrow we will discuss that at the people's assembly," Denis Pushilin, a leader of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, told Reuters ...... Putin also announced a withdrawal of russian troops from Ukraine border and also counseled a rethink of both May 25 , 2014 Presidential vote and the present Kiev counter terror campaign...... We shall see Thursday if the Referendums go forward ( Voting set for May 11 , 2014 - Lugansk and Donetsk ) will make the remainder of this week tension filled ...... Moreover , the Presidential vote will be fraught with anxiety - Timoshenko says third revolution inevitable if she loses , Ukraine Parliament votes against holding an Autonomy Referendum on May 25 , 2014 ..... Kiev conscription decree signed by Acting President Turchinov.......
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
East Ukraine referendum postponement to be put to vote May 8 World May 07, 22:52 UTC+4 DONETSK, May 07. /ITAR-TASS/. Denis Pushilin, co-chairman of the government of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, told Itar-Tass on Wednesday that he does not rule out the postponement of a referendum on independence scheduled for May 11. “Tomorrow [May 8] we will put the issue [on plebiscite put-off] to the vote at the people’s council,” Pushilin said. Ukraine’s lawmakers propose to set up commission for Odessa tragedy investigation Earlier Wednesday, Russian Preside... more »
War Watch May 8 , 2014 -- Syria Rebel Commander( FSA - Ahmed Nehmeh ) captured by al - Nusra offers an embarrassing confession - note Nehmeh now blames ‘Donor Countries’ for rout , insists pullout was at the behest of Donors ! Items from Syria Direct ( May 6 and 7 , 2014 )
Syria..... Syria Rebel Commander Confession Blames ‘Donor Countries’ for RoutInsists Pullout Was at the Behest of Donors by Jason Ditz, May 07, 2014 Print This | Share This Adding to the intrigue around the weekend capture of Free Syrian Army commander Ahmed Nehmeh by al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra, the commander has offered a confession surrounding the details of a November rout, one of the grievances Nusra is seeking to take him to court over. Back in November, the rebels lost the town of Khirbet Ghazaleh, on the outskirts of Daraa, in a military rout that was blamed on “rivalries” an... more »
Karen Hudes: Whistleblower or Deceiver?
Starship Earth: The Big Picture *[Starship Earth: The Big Picture' says:] I’m not saying this article is true, but it IS possible, so you can save the comments. I didn’t write it, but whoever did no doubt feels they are right.* *Is the writer a Jew-hater? Possibly. Or, are they, like many people, unaware that there is a difference between Jews and the Zionists (cabal), as a reader pointed out in the comments?* *I must admit… I have wondered about Karen… but EVERYONE is suspect! It’s difficult to know what to believe when so many whistleblowers are targeted for coming forward, a... more »
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AT THE END OF THE WORLD
[image: NewsWithViews.com] By Paul McGuire May 5, 2014 NewsWithViews.com The average person is programmed from birth to think inside of a box. They live under the delusion that they are free and independent thinkers, but they are unable to perceive that their thoughts and beliefs have been manufactured on the cerebral assembly line of what I term the “Mind Factory.” Despite minor variations of “The Product,” their beliefs are pretty much the same as everyone else’s. In addition, the thoughts and beliefs of the average person have been carefully programmed so they will fit neatly in... more »
UNEARTHED IN PERU: Overwhelming Evidence Stuns Experts–Something, or Someone “Else”, Was Here
By Lyn Leahz Sunday, May 4, 2014 (Before It's News) *But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Matthew 24:37-39* If you have ever had doubts about the existence of Biblical Fallen Angels, Nephilim, and Raphaim, then wait until you see what has been discovered! Included in this post are detailed photog... more »
Hollywood Producer Drops Bomb: Boston Marathon Bombing Was a Hoax f
*Humans Are Free* According to Hollywood Producer Nathan Folks, the Boston Marathon ‘bombing’ WAS a ‘false flag’ attack. Complete with ‘crisis actors, smoke bombs, fake blood and literal “smoke and mirrors”, Nathan Folks should know ACTING as well as anyone, as a filmmaker, and what he saw, he’s CERTAIN, was the work of professionals, the best and worst of what Hollywood has to offer. Don’t believe me though, listen to Hollywood Producer Nathan Folks. Folks uses his own knowledge to bring clarity to the term ‘crisis actors’. He also warns that though people around the world know th... more »
What if I Told You Weeds and Bacteria Could Save Your Life? by Michaeel Schmidt
[image: Foto: "What if I Told You Weeds and Bacteria Could Save Your Life? What you need to know about wild plants and friendly bacteria. The truth may surprise you." Read more -- > http://buff.ly/1o2xGKM Pin it -- > http://buff.ly/1o2xGKU Thanks to Common Sense Homesteading for the information and image.] What if I Told You Weeds and Bacteria Could Save Your Life? by Michael Schmidt Common Sense Homesteading, 2 May 2014 *“The trend in bacterial development of antibiotic resistance is not unlike the increasing resistance of agricultural pests to pesticides. In 1938, scientis... more »
Sign This Petition To Stop The Allowance Of Higher Levels Of Glyphosate In Europe
[image: Foto: Sign the petition to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to stand with our European counterparts in fighting the war on the toxic herbicide Roundup. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is up for safety renewal. EFSA is not only poised to re-approve, but also to increase the allowable levels of glyphosate in food in the EU. Europeans want less, not more glyphosate. Please show your support and sign the petition. Help us get the word out. Thank you <3 Sign the Petition: https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=CCE977FE1ADC5A17BFF3B22C21FB93... more »
SPLC says don't read tacit support for Common Core into their condemnation of reactionary hate groups
*"In short, the real literacy crisis occurs whenever we deploy a pedagogy that asks our students only to consume texts and not to produce them as well." — Richard E. Miller* [image: Books not on David Coleman or E. D. Hirsch, Jr.'s so-called core knowlege list for Common Core State Standards]Profiteering members of the testing industrial complex, and right-of-center Democrats were quick to embrace the release of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) report that correctly takes issue with right wing extremism fueling a small portion of the criticisms of Common Core State Standards... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery ( Day 59 ! ) May 6 , 2014 Updates -- THE BIG MH370 HOAX: Time for Malaysia Prime Minister Najib, Australia Prime Minister Abbott to come clean or face WORLD CENSURE , Diego Garcia conspiracy theory gaining currency ? .......
Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Malaysia Chronicle calls out Flight 370 situation as " The Big Hoax " ! Tuesday, 06 May 2014 06:48 THE BIG MH370 HOAX: Time for Najib, Abbott to come clean or face WORLD CENSUREWritten by Malaysia Chronicle - <span class="itemTextResizerTitle" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; bo... more »
Obama-era U.S. relations to other countries worse than in the Bush era
George W. Bush was hated by many Americans during his reign. While it's true that my perspective from People's Republic of Cambridge isn't representative of the U.S. and Bush's position was particularly tense in the city of Harvard and MIT, I think that to a lesser extent, it is true that many people have believed that Bush was doing everything he could to turn the rest of the world into the haters of the U.S. In particular, it was believed that the Iraq war would permanently strain the U.S. relationships with the Middle East and with countries like France, and so on. Barack Obama'... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, this deep portrait of the magnificent, edge-on spiral galaxy puts some astronomers in mind of its popular moniker, the Hamburger Galaxy. It also reveals a small galaxy nearby, likely a satellite of NGC 3628, and a faint but extensive tidal tail. *Click image for larger size.* The tantalizing island universe itself is about 100,000 light-years across and 35 million light-years away in the northern springtime constellation Leo. Its drawn out tail stretches for about 300,000 light-years... more »
China hasn't met Turkish missile defence tender conditions
[image: FD-2000 (HQ-9) Launch vehicle]A Chinese firm has not yet met all of the conditions of a Turkish tender to build a missile defence system that it provisionally won in a $3.4 billion deal and Turkey may consider alternative offers, officials said on condition of anonymity. A Russian bid for the advanced weapons project has been revised, but its price remained far higher than other offers, the Turkish officials also told Reuters late on Tuesday. Awarding the tender to Russia may do little to ally concerns voiced by Turkey's NATO allies when Ankara said in September it had chose... more »
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates ADAM Ground-Based Laser System Against Military-Grade Small Boats
In tests off the California coast, a Lockheed Martin prototype laser system successfully disabled two boats at a range of approximately 1.6 kilometers (approximately 1 mile). These were the first tests of the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) system against maritime targets. Lockheed Martin is developing the transportable, ground-based ADAM laser system to demonstrate a practical, affordable defense against short-range threats, including Qassam-like rockets, unmanned aerial systems and small boats. Read more
First Iraqi F-16 Completes First Flight
[image: Iraqi F-16]Lockheed Martin successfully completed the first flight of the inaugural F-16 Fighting Falcon for the Iraq Air Force. The jet is the first of 36 F-16 Block 52 aircraft on order through the U.S. Department of Defense for Iraq. With more than 4,540 F-16s delivered to date, the Foreign Military Sale to Iraq adds to the F-16’s reputation as the world’s most versatile and affordable 4th generation multi-role fighter. Read more
Suspense
Kory got notice today that bar results were mailed today, meaning he should have them tomorrow! Once he gets those, I can start the process to move. I cannot wait. I miss my family a lot. Sounds like Kurt is getting a lot of things done though, so it will be less for me to figure out once I get there. I have so much to do once he does get his results though. Have to within 10 days of leaving take Lucie in for her last appointment and get her approval documents from Lansing for customs in Costa Rica. I have to get Kory sworn in at federal court and circuit and help him get thin... more »
Sikorsky Wins U.S. Navy Contract to Replace ‘Marine One’ Helicopter Fleet
[image: Sikorsky S-92®]The U.S. Navy today announced that Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has been selected to build the next fleet of Marine One helicopters for the Office of the President. With the selection comes a $1.24 billion Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract to modify, test and deliver six FAA-certified S-92® helicopters and two trainer simulators to the U.S. Marine Corps. Covering a period of performance into late 2020, the fixed price incentive firm contract is the initial step to providing, by 2023, a VXX Presidential ... more »
Ukraine's Arms Industry Is Both Prize and Problem for Putin
[image: SS-18 Satan]As Russian President Vladimir Putin positions his army along the border with Ukraine, his eyes are trained on more than former Soviet territory. The parts of Ukraine where separatists and loyalists face off in ever-more violent clashes are home to the most valuable assets of the nation’s defense industry. More than 50 factories form an arms cluster that caters to Russia based on a trade accord from two decades ago, churning out air cargo transporters, helicopter engines and other hardware. “Taking Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions would be hugely beneficial ... more »
Ball Aerospace producing enhanced sensor for missile system
[image: RIM-7 Sea Sparrow]An electro-optical, infrared laser sensor system that enhances the ability of ships to detect potential threats has been ordered by NATO. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said the order for the Seasparrow long-range electro-optical infrared laser sensor system, or SLREOSS, was issued by the NATO Seasparrow Program Office and worth an initial $23.9 million, with options worth an additional $10 million. Under the contract, Ball Aerospace will transition the current Stalker sensor developmental prototype design to production and in direct mount and indepen... more »
OPINION: Russia Could Station Missiles in Europe in Response to NATO Moves
[image: Iskander-M]Russia could deploy short-range Iskander missiles in the country’s westernmost Kaliningrad region if NATO decides to strengthen its military presence in Eastern Europe, Lt. Gen. Yevgeny Buzhinsky told RIA Novosti. “Russia is a nuclear power,” he said. “If NATO becomes more active, we will deploy a division of Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad Region,” added Buzhinsky, who previously headed the department of international agreements in the Russian Defense Ministry. US Air Force General Philip Breedlove said Tuesday that NATO will consider permanently stationing tro... more »
Foreign Militaries Eye Sikorsky S-97 Raider
[image: S-97 Raider]It hasn’t even flown yet and the U.S. Army program it was intended for was put on hold, possibly indefinitely. But that hasn’t stopped foreign militaries from inquiring about when they might be able to buy the Sikorsky S-97 Raider, the company’s next-generation light-attack helicopter. The coaxial design features counter-rotating rotor blades and a push propeller, among other innovations, that will allow it to fly much faster and farther than today’s choppers. Read more
Defence committee says half F-35 fighter jet program
[image: F-35 Lightning II]The Lower House defence committee on Wednesday okayed a controversial 50% cut to the government's budget for the F-35 fighter jet. Allies including the United States have urged Italy to maintain its plans to buy 90 of the aircraft which cost an estimated $200 million each. The decision was split, as members of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) party voted against the cuts, members of Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) voted in favour, and some committee members abstained. Read more
House Panel Protects A-10, Pulls BRAC from Budget
[image: A-10C Thunderbolt II]The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday added $104 billion to the proposed defense budget for 2015 to include hundreds of millions to maintain and grow aviation assets that the services say they no longer want. At the same time, the committee held fast against Pentagon wishes for a new Base Realignment and Closure act that would allow the services to reduce their footprint by closing down bases and merging units. The budget that the committee will be sending to the House floor for a vote comes in at more than $600 billion, well over the $496 bill... more »
Qatar goes on spending spree
[image: B-737 AEW&C Wedgetail]In recent years, the Middle East has become the highest spending region of the world for defence, and a lucrative market for many of the world’s manufacturers. Leading the spending for many years has been Saudi Arabia, closely followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Now, Qatar is utilising its oil and gas dollars to not only greatly enhance its own defences, but also to enable it to play a much larger part in multinational peacekeeping operations. Read more
U-2 spy plane did not cause mysterious computer glitch that disrupted LAX air traffic: U.S. Air Force
[image: U-2 Dragon Lady]The U.S. Air Force has denied reports that one of their U2 aircraft caused a severe problem with electronics at LAX airport at Los Angeles. There was a U2 "Drag Lady" aircraft in flight in the area at the time of the glitch, the military stated. Still, they deny popular reports the spy craft was on a "secret mission" or that it was responsible for the incident. "[W]e can confirm the U-2 did not cause the air traffic control system to fail," Air Force officials told the press. A spokesman at the Air Combat Command said the flight was a training mission, wit... more »
How Unions Are Unfairly Scapegoated For Detroit's Woes
*By MARC McDONALD* There are many reasons for the catastrophic decline of the once-mighty U.S. auto industry over the decades. But it's unfair and inaccurate to point the main finger of blame at unions, the usual scapegoat. The world's two dominant auto-exporting nations are Germany and Japan. The auto industries in those two nations are heavily unionized. And what's more, unions in Germany and Japan are backed up by strong pro-labor laws that U.S. workers could only dream of. Although the auto industries of Germany and Japan are heavily unionized, those two nations have absolutely... more »
Why Let The Facts Get In The Way of A Good Conspiracy Theory? The Simpsons-Syria Conspiracy Explained
The video of an Egyptian TV host using a Simpsons episode from 2001 to explain to Egyptian viewers that external actors instigated the war in Syria has received tens of thousands of views on the *MEMRI YouTube channel*. Many websites have written about it, including *the New York Times*, *the Blaze*, *the Foreign Policy blog*, and others. All of them make good points about the ridiculous accusation that the programmers behind the Simpsons predicted the uprising and war in Syria a decade before. Of course, there is so much evidence out there that shows that the war against Assad'... more »
Inside the Ring: China’s missile cruiser a major step to naval warfare buildup
[image: Type 055 Concept]China is developing an advanced guided missile cruiser that represents a major step forward in Beijing’s large-scale naval warfare buildup. Images of a land-based mock-up of the new warship were disclosed recently on the Chinese Internet. The ship has been identified as the first cruiser called Type 055. In general, cruisers are bigger than destroyers, but smaller than battleships. Read more
Imran Khan and the T20 Democracy
Imran Khan’s recent allegations of election rigging is very unsportsmanly and undemocratic, and that too an year after the election. It wasn’t a difference of a few hundred votes: PML-N won 33% of the popular vote while PTI only mustered 17%, it’s a difference of 7 million votes. ANP also makes the same allegation of vote rigging in KPK, if the elections were rigged, Imran Khan should not have formed govt in KPK. Even in KPK, PTI only managed to win 35 out of 99 votes, well short of forming a govt by itself. Looking at Pakistani political culture of wheeling-dealing and Maulana Faz... more »
The US Navy unveils its own e-reader that is safe for submarine use
[image: Navy E-Reader (NeRD)]Life as a submariner is full of restrictions including the ban on cellular phones, and electronic devices such as iPads. Fortunately the US Navy understands that submariners may not see land or even the surface of the ocean for weeks on end, and that reading is one of the more popular ways to pass the time. Unfortunately an iPad, Kindle, or other tablet-style device has been deemed too dangerous for use on US submarines. Read more
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*More on yesterday's climate "report"* The Obama administration today released its third National Climate Assessment (NCA) predicting a series of calamities and urging action on the president’s climate agenda. “This laughably misleading report is the predictable result when hard-core environmental activists are chosen to write up a climate assessment for, and subject to the approval and revisions of, the Obama administration. It is like the punch line to a bad joke: ‘How many environmental activists does it take to put together an alarmist global warming report?’ “Leading authors ... more »
HMCS Iroquois indefinitely sidelined after rust found in warship's hull
[image: HMCS Iroquois]The Royal Canadian Navy has lost the use of another one of its air defence destroyers after rust was found in the hull, leaving the fleet further diminished as more than a dozen other vessels undergo regular maintenance, modernization and repairs. HMCS Iroquois was tied up in Halifax sometime in mid-April after corrosion was detected in a machinery space in the warship that has also been plagued by structural cracks. Cmdr. Jay Harwood says the vessel is undergoing an assessment to determine if it needs repairs, what that might cost and whether fixing the 42-ye... more »
PLA monitoring foreign submarines in South China Sea
After Vietnam received its first Kilo-class submarine in November, China has adopted an underwater strategy to monitor the activities of foreign submarines in the disputed South China Sea, writes US defense expert Harry Kazianis for the Tokyo-based Diplomat magazine. Quoting an article written by Lyle Goldstein and Shannon Knight for the United States Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine, Kazianis noted that China has deployed fixed ocean-floor acoustic arrays off its coastline, while research suggests that China is deploying the new system for anti-submarine warfare. Kazianis pr... more »
Navy has taken serious note of submarines mishaps: Naval chief
[image: INS Sindhurakshak]The Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan on Wednesday said that the Indian Navy has taken a ‘serious note’ of the recent accidents involving its submarines and the probe reports are in different stages. “Inquiry procedures are very detailed. These are different incidents. The inquiry reports are in different stages. Some submitted by command, some at examination at naval headquarters,” the Naval chief, who is on a two day visit to Kerala, said in a brief interaction with media here. Read more
News about the Obama administration that you won't find given much prominence on the BBC
The BBC pushed Barack Obama as the man to save America (Gil Scott-Heron 'B-Movie' reference intended) mostly because they wanted a black President of the USA, for their purposes the fact that Barack Obama had a white mother was irrelevant. As it became obvious that Barack Obama was no messiah, the BBC have tried to minimise coverage of any news detrimental to his reputation. Here's a piece of news that I found overnight that I predict the BBC will not be reporting. The House of Representatives has voted to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to... more »
Hermann Hesse, "Steppenwolf"
"And even the unhappiest life has its sunny moments and its little flowers of happiness between sand and stone. So it was then with the Steppenwolf too. It cannot be denied that he was generally very unhappy; and he could make others unhappy also, that is, when he loved them or they him. For all who got to love him saw always only the one side of him. Many loved him as a refined and clever and interesting man, and were horrified and disappointed when they had come upon the wolf in him. And they had to because Harry wished, as every sentient being does, to be loved as a whole and th... more »
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Our pal Digby collects her Hillman Prize, along with a bunch of other people who did memorable progressive journalism in the past year
*At last night's Hillman Awards festivities, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of *The Nation*, presented Heather (Digby) Parton with this year's prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism.* *by Ken* If you're going to be hanging out with a horde of folks for the giving out (and receiving) of prizes, I suppose you can't do much better than a crowd of -- at least theoretically -- unreconstructed lefties like last night's festivities for the bestowing of the 2014 Hillman Awards, imbued with the spirit of the great labor organizer and leader Sidney Hillman, a stalwart of the... more »
My Vegan Life - Why I don't eat honey
[image: My Vegan Life - Why I don't eat honey] *My healthy life includesa plant-based diet*I've thought a lot about why I don't eat animal products ... you know the stuff ... things, like milk, eggs, and honey which don't require the death of an animal to produce. Initially, I gave them up for health reasons. Things like butter, cheese, and eggs contain saturated fat and cholesterol, which I try to limit. I also gave them up because raising farm animals is hard on the environment. [image: My Vegan Life - Why I don't eat honey] *Factory farms focus on profits,not the welfare of animals... more »
7 Ways To Keep Kids Safe Online with Bing #AdFreeSearch
Many thanks to Bing for sponsoring today’s post, and inspiring me to share about their #adfreesearch classroom initiative. My 5-year-old has been able to run an iPad since before she could speak in full sentences. Technology has become a way of life for the upcoming generation and it is our job to teach them how to use it correctly. One of the scariest things to me about sending my daughter to school in the fall is that I will no longer be her primary source of information. There will be teachers, other students and eventually the internet giving her information. While I trust the pe... more »
Thursday Heading into Summer Linkage – Climate Change Edition
Apologies for the missing linkage from last week. I took a team of students to DC to present to policymakers the key findings from my year-long course on climate change and the major economies (see the embedded video at the bottom). The timing was opportune because this was a big week for climate policy. Thousands Continue reading
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*Dedicated student* *'I think I'll just do some swotting while I wait for the ambulance': Chinese student learns 107 English words after she is knocked off her scooter* When it comes to being determined, one particular Chinese student takes some beating. Despite suffering painful injuries in a road accident in China's capital Beijing, Wang Dafan wasted no precious time while waiting for medics to arrive. ‘We couldn't believe it when we got there,’ said a police spokesman. ‘She was obviously in pain but she was using an electronic dictionary to memorise English words for her unive... more »
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