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Paint Your Own TARDIS Umbrella
Hello again, friends! It's me again! I love being here at Housewife Eclectic, since my blog (just Lu) has taken a backseat to my new job (which I adore) as a virtual assistant. A big thanks to Debra for letting me moonlight here while she is hopefully getting some sleep and snuggles with her cute girls. The project I have for you today is one of my favorite Doctor Who projects ever: a TARDIS umbrella! And it is not as daunting as it looks -- just dive in! If you do it, *please *use fabric paint or a fabric medium -- a white fabric paint pen would be perfect! I was anxious to just do... more »
Mike's Story Part 46 - Paradigms
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * February 14, 2007* I wished Mike a Happy Valentine’s Day and he returned the wish sincerely, without bitterness at his situation. But we didn’t go out to dinner as planned because Ray was supposed to call in the evening with news of "Ernest," the guy at his house who had signed for the package. While Ray was busy tracking down the missing $10,000, his landlady asked him, “Where’s last month’s rent?” “That was it!” he exclaimed, which galvanized her into becoming a diligent aide de camp. Fortunately X, the guy who sent the package, has given a green li... more »
Lord Tebbit on the Trojan Horse Affair
No time to post any 'deep thoughts' of my own tonight, so here are some from Lord Tebbit instead: No one should have been surprised at what was going on in schools in Birmingham. It is precisely what I was talking about over 20 years ago and Enoch Powell was warning against long before that. We have imported far too many immigrants who have come here not to live in our society, but to replicate here the society of their homelands. This is not a tirade against migration from the EU, which we are largely unable to control, but from the rest of the world, which we could have contro... more »
"Escape from the 14-Year Recession"
*"Escape from the 14-Year Recession"* by James Quinn "When you ponder the implications of allowing a small group of powerful wealthy unaccountable men to control the currency of a nation over the last one hundred years, you understand why our public education system sucks. You understand why the government created Common Core curriculum teaches children that 3 x 4 = 13, as long as you feel good about your answer. George Carlin was right. The owners of this country (bankers, billionaires, corporate titans, politicians) want more for themselves and less for everyone else. They want ... more »
June 10: The paper took only a few minutes to read today.
Again, TandT reporting on the killings is almost pure sensationalism and emotionalism. We know nothing about how the killer got rifle designed specifically for killing people - and for no other purpose. Where did he make the connection? Are there other such guns in Moncton? Why don't the police have access to weapons adequate to deal with such a case? The stories of mourning and sympathy are there - as they should be. But a newspaper is not intended simply to stir emotions. It is there to explain events to us, to raise questions, to see what has to be done in future. _______________... more »
Dispatches from Haiti
Dear Reader(s), Over the last several years I have been posting on the Peoria Journal Star blog site at Dispatches from Haiti. I frequently don't get these posts copied to this site. Thanks for reading. John www.haitianhearts.org
WE IS POOR FOLKS - MIGHT HAVE TO SELL MY JEWELRY
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday moved to contain the fallout from her comment that she and Bill Clinton were “dead broke” when they left the White House.
Is Tom Corbett the Most Hated Governor in PA's History?
ht to Ken Derstine:
Iraqi Army Cannot Hold Iraq's Second Largest City; PM Nouri al-Maliki Declares National State of Emergency
To sum up, the Iraqi army abandoned their posts. Mosul falls. Hundreds of thousands of people escaped the city. And now Maliki has the perfect excuse he needs to declare a national state of emergency and grab power. A week ago he couldn't muster enough support from the country's political parties to form a coalition. Now he can call the shots. This situation can only go downhill. This crisis was predictable and preventable. Jihadist terrorist groups based in Syria, filled with foreigners and mercenaries, have been covertly armed and assisted by the US, Britain, Turkey, France, Israe... more »
Tax Revenues Up - Crime Down in Washington and Colorado With Pot Reform ..
*Too bad that Stephen Harper doesn't take note ...* *Washington* *Colorado *
Supplemental: What the heck is the Common Core?
*TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014* *A rumination on “standards:”* What the heck are the Common Core “standards?” And why are they called by that name? The “standards movement” has been in vogue for many years now. In our view, the use of that term has always seemed a bit odd. For starters, Wikipedia tells us this about the Common Core: “The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational initiative in the United States that details what K-12 students should know in English language arts and mathematics at the end of each grade.” In fact, the Common Core “standards” are the skills st... more »
تلبية مساعد الطغاة Meet the helper of tyrants, Ayudante de tiranos
فكيف كثير من الناس في الشرق الأوسط وأمريكا اللاتينية هو هذا القتل مسؤولة الرجل؟كان اختراعه الطغاة تستخدمه.اندوفر هي مدينة السوق الخلابة أقل ما يقال في هامبشاير. (http://andover.nh.us/) انها وضع غير محتمل لمكاتب غاما، وهي شركة للجدل الإنترنت الأمن التي تبيع FinFisher، التي وصفها بلومبرغ بأنها "واحدة من أكثر cyberweapons بعيد المنال في العالم، والتي يمكن أن تأخذ سرا التحكم عن بعد من جهاز كمبيوتر، نسخ الملفات، اعتراض المكالمات سكايب وتسجيل كل ضغطة ".في أعقاب الربيع العربي، وذكرت هيئة الاذاعة البريطانية اطلعت عليها وثائق في مقر نهبت من مبنى أمن الدولة المصرية التي اقترح البرمجيات غاما قد... more »
Duncan Dumps on Oklahoma in a June 9 Press Conference
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was asked in a June 9, 2014, press conference about Oklahoma’s decision to drop the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin– who also happens to be the chair of CCSS license co-owner National Governors Association (NGA)– signed Oklahoma HB 3399 into law on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Here are the two questions asked of […]
The Realist Report - Don Advo
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by attorney Don Advo. Don and I will be discussing issues pertaining to freedom of association, White rights, and his proposed amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly recognizing the right to freedom of association for all peoples. Calls are welcome! The Advo Amendment reads: *The right of freedom of association, however and by whomever exercised by persons over the age of 18 on the basis of religion, race, color, natural origin, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability, wh... more »
Michael Douglas Gets It Right
Michael Douglas has been a generous political contributor over the years. He's given to real progressives like Dennis Kucinich, Howard Dean and Russ Feingold, to conservatives like Bob Kerrey, Joe Baca, Adam Schiff and Max Baucus, and to corporate career Dems like Hillary Clinton, Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt. Mostly, though, he just likes Democrats and has given tens of thousands of dollars to Beltway Democratic committees like the DCC, DNC and the DSCC. In a letter he sent out yesterday-- on behalf of the Council for a Livable World-- he pointed to 3 crucial Senate races. I was... more »
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*Mississippi reporter fired for remarks about Lafayette ~Megan Wyatt via WWLTV* *Defensive line colleagues praise Brodrick Bunkley for unselfishly taking pay cut this offseason ~Ramon Antonio Vargas* *Board hits reset button on N.O. airport contract ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate* *Supreme Court: BP must pay claims during appeal~Janet McConnauhey, AP via Fresno Bee* *Chevron goes big in deepwater Gulf of Mexico ~Brian O'Keefe, Forbes* *This week in New Orleans music: Free beer and a zydeco weekend ~Leah D. Nelson, AXS*
Obstruct Justice
*R. v. Lohidici*, 2005 ABPC 171: [18] On the meaning of “obstruct”, the Criminal Code does not assist us. As is the case for many of the Code’s other terms, no definition is contained in the legislation. The invariable starting point of all judicial discussion is *Hinchliffe v. Sheldon *[1955] 3 All E.R. 406, wherein Lord Goddard posits, at p.408: “Obstructing means, for this purpose, making it more difficult for the police to carry out their duties.” [19] The* Hinchliffe *test has been variously considered, applied, softened, melded and massaged to the point w... more »
MAYBE HE'S AMISH?
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Crazy Right-Wing Extremists
So, two crazy people shot and killed some cops in Las Vegas. They see the police as an oppressive force, bullying people on behalf of corrupt elites. Some other guy in Georgia was convicted under some bullshit drug laws for a small amount of marijuna and because of that, the state *was *coming to take his guns away. So he went to the local courthouse with some guns to take some hostages, but it didn't work out like he planned. There's lots of this stuff in the USA. And, just recently, we had a Canadian version of this anti-authority gun-nut. Are the police oppressive? Obviously ... more »
Ukraine’s Other, Almost Completely Ignored, Ethnic Quandary?
BEREHOVE, Ukraine -- *A foreign leader whose country pines for its lost empire advocates self-rule for a Ukrainian province* and *gives passports to its residents*. The call resonates among many in the region, *where tens of thousands of people don't even speak the Ukrainian language. * A foreign leader whose *country pines for it’s lost empire* while *advocating for self rule* for a Ukrainian province!? Putin? Russia? No and no. Which leader and what nation? Viktor Orban and Hungary Briefly: Think Kingdom of Hungary and Carpathian Ruthenia (now part of Ukraine) *Why is it we... more »
While US officials and their "mainstream media" mouth piece conjure stories of Russian troops invading eastern and southern Ukraine, ordinary people who live there have been under attack by military forces of the US-installed government in Kiev. Fortunately, many of the troops ordered to attack their unarmed brethren have refused fire on them.
------------------------------ http://youtu.be/kvxgkIIIVio South-East Ukraine: Crisis Diary (Unique Documentary Shot by Ordinary People) RT *Published on May 3, 2014* While Crimea has already had a referendum, the situation in other Ukrainian regions is still unstable. People want their voices to be heard and are demanding a vote. RT managed to get footage from people living in various cities in southeastern Ukraine. Many of the videos and interviews you will see in this film have never been shown on television. Cherchez la Verite
THE ROLE OF THE GAPS: In low-income high schools!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014* *Part 2—Depression, disorder, despair:* Bill Gates, a college dropout, has no background in public education. After spending his early years at Seattle’s View Ridge Elementary School, Gates never *attended* a public school, let alone taught in one. There has never been the slightest sign that he has the slightest idea how such entities work. On the brighter side, Gates has mountains of cash, and an apparent belief that he understands public schooling. Given the modern cultural context, he’s surrounded by unimpressive “elites” who go through life with both ...more »
Retire the Penny
My long-time readers know that I have long favored getting rid of the penny. If you agree, you can now let the White House know via this petition .
Expose ALEC? We'll Send the Attack Dogs
Shaking my head in disbelief this morning Right-wing rag bitching about the costs of an open records request – but that’s not the focus of this entry. The focus here is about ALEC transparency – or lack thereof. ALEC has been screaming how transparent they have become - which is an outright lie when you compare current meeting documents to older meeting documents or review their webpage for specific ALEC bills YET – when a left leaning legislator makes ALEC meetings transparent by reporting on the meetings to left-leaning publications the right goes nuts ALEC goes nuts * a... more »
Islamic State Of Iraq Launches Battle of Ninewa In Mosul
(*Washington Post*) The day after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) launched a raid upon Salahaddin’s Samarra on June 5, 2014 it began a similar attack upon Mosul in Ninewa that started on June 6 and continues to the present. ISIS has dubbed it the "Battle of Ninewa". This time it wasn’t clear whether fighters entered the city from the outside as happened in Samarra or whether they were already in Mosul. That’s because there were initially clashes with the Iraqi security forces in so many different districts. Those included Tamouz, Masharaf, Al-Islah Al-Zirai in the ... more »
WHO WILL PAY FOR ELECTIONS?
I was up early this morning and at the voting station in Bath for the 8:00 am start of our Maine primary election. I set up a table on behalf of We the People Maine which is gathering petition signatures for a statewide referendum to safeguard access to the political process for everyone. We have to get about 53,000 signatures of registered voters across Maine to get the referendum on the ballot. In response to the horrid Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case corporations have been given the rights of people and *$$$* was determined to be "free speech". This ruling h... more »
US deploys 2 B-2 bombers to Europe for exercises
The US Air Force has deployed two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to a British air base for exercises with NATO allies, the Pentagon said Monday. The deployment, which the Pentagon said was pre-planned and short-term, comes against a backdrop of tension with Russia over unrest in Ukraine. "It certainly is yet another demonstration of America's ironclad commitment to the NATO alliance," said Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman. Read more
Brazil's World Cup Updates and Scary items to consider ( June 8 , 2014 ) - Isn't it fitting that this World Cup takes place amidst the turmoil of protests , tear gassings , construction failures and delays , the spectre of fixed matches as a discussion point ? One might say this is a World Cup for the WORLD today ? A beauty of a missive for the " Beautiful Game " ---- “The World Turns Around a Spinning Ball” Choreographed War and Other Aspects of the World’s Greatest Game ( Eduardo Galeano )
Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
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Tighty Whitie Righties
Since you're all probably suffering from a severe case of Hillary Clinton fatigue by now, I thought I'd give everybody a break and and discuss that equally dapper white centrist -- David Brooks of the *New York Times.* With lesser-evil Democrats throwing out such tasty morsels as aspirational cap-and-trade (just in time for Doomsday), and bestowing student debt forgiveness upon a chosen few lucky duckies, the Republicans are desperately playing catch-up, in hopes of winning a seat (or fifty) on the pseudo-populist bandwagon. So they're doing what they always do -- they're plasteri... more »
why i'm voting liberal on june 12 and why i feel so crappy about it
Need it even be said? The rightward shift of the NDP is a colossal disappointment for me. I'm part of the NDP's natural constituency. The NDP has historically been a social democrat party, a party of the working class, a party not tied to corporate interests. The existence of the NDP, a credible, viable party on the left, is part of what made Canada such an appealing choice for me. Despite the right-leaning leadership of the NDP at both the provincial and federal levels, I still have hope for Canada. Every NDP voter I speak to, and everything I read, tells me that my disappointment ... more »
Can Rahm Emanuel And The Corporate Dems Be Stopped From Wrecking The Democratic Party?
Many years ago, I was new to the big left blogger listserv and had the temerity to harshly criticize then-DCCC chairman Rahm Emanuel. The push-back was overwhelming, one progressive blogger going so far as to suggest I might be a Republican operative. The left blogosphere has matured since then and Rahm and corporate Dems like him regularly come under more thoughtful scrutiny than they did back them. But there are still many in the Democratic Party-- including some confused souls who imagine they themselves are "progressives"-- who count themselves among fans of Rahm and other ven... more »
A Preview Of Coming Attractions
As the Ontario election campaign runs down, Kathleen Wynne says that a vote for the NDP is a vote for Tim Hudak. And Andrea Horwath says that Ontarians don't have to choose between "corrupt" and "crazy." The dilemma facing Ontario's progressives, Chantal Hebert writes, will raise its head again in next year's federal election: More so perhaps than any recent federal election, it will feature a fight to the finish for progressive voters between Thomas Mulcair and Justin Trudeau. Based on the pattern of the provincial campaign, the NDP/Liberal federal battle for Ontario will be Tr... more »
China's missing metal collateral mystery continues ( June 10 , 2014 ) ...... Takeaway -- The troubles at Qingdao, which as noted is merely the 3rd largest Chinese port, have now spread to a second Chinese port: Penglai, which is also located in the Shandong province. Putting some size numbers for context: Qingdao's copper inventory is about 50,000 tons, compared to 800,000 tons in Shanghai, analysts say. There's "little evidence" for now that traders in Shanghai fraudulently have pledged collateral to banks, said Sijin Cheng, an analyst with Barclays Research in Singapore. Little evidence will become "lots" in the coming days when we expect more "discoveries" at all other bonded warehouses as the relentless inflow of commodities finally reverses and the beneficiaries finally demand possession. As everyone who has followed even the simplest Ponzi schemes knows, this is the part of the lifecycle when many tears are shed by most.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-10/chinas-evaporated-collateral-scandal-spreads-second-port China's "Evaporated" Collateral Scandal Spreads To Second Port [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2014 08:18 -0400 - B+ - Barclays - China - Citigroup - Contango - Copper - Counterparties - default - Duration Mismatch - Hong Kong - Lehman - None - notional value - Renminbi - Standard Chartered inShare1 Starting back in May of 2013, we first predicted that China's "Lehman event", even... more »
Gold , Silver and PM Report June 10 , 2014 -- Ed Steer's report for June 10 , 2014 -- News , Data and views touching on the precious metals ....... additional items after Ed's Daily " Wrap " !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/indian-chinese-central-banks-on-track-to-absorb-90-of-gold-mine-output ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER The gold price didn't do much of anything in Far East trading on their Monday morning. A bit of a rally started around 1 p.m. Hong Kong time---and that lasted until the 8:20 a.m. EDT New York open. But by the time "da boyz" were done at the 5:15 p.m. electronic close, they had closed it down on the day. Volumes were exceedingly light. The high and low are barely worth looking up, but here they are anyway. The high was $1,57.30---and the l... more »
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*Florida to School Districts: No More Biometric Scanning of Our Kids* Florida became the first state in the U.S. to ban the scanning of students for biometric information when Gov. Rick Scott signed the Education Data Privacy Act into law May 12th The sweeping new privacy law prohibits any K-12 institutions from “collecting or retaining information regarding the political affiliation, voting history, religious affiliation, or biometric information of a student, parent, or sibling of a student.” Examples of biometric information include fingerprint scans, palm scans, retina or iris... more »
White House follies ( June 10 , 2014 ) -- While the White House told 80 - 90 members of the Administration about the looming Bergdahl swap for 5 Taliban Leaders , Congress apparently not trustworthy enough to be notified ( but somehow the Gitmo 5 prisoners were trustworthy enough to be notified in advance ?? ) BTW , did Chuck Hagel make the final call on the Bergdahl swap ? Thought that was the President's call and he would do it again ??? Executive Orders looming for Climate change next ( Obama: Climate change is a national security issue ) ?
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/06/09/house-dem-that-the-white-house-didnt-notify-congress-of-bergdahl-deal-did-not-sit-well/ House Dem: That the White House didn’t notify Congress of Bergdahl deal “did not sit well” POSTED AT 9:01 PM ON JUNE 9, 2014 BY ERIKA JOHNSEN - Share on Facebook*6* - - - 56 SHARES Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and a member of the House Intelligence Committee, didn’t have much to say in defense of the White House’s highly selective Bergdahl-deal maneuvering this evening. As CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield notes, “80 to 90″ administration o... more »
Rik Mayall "Being dead is absolutely brilliant...!"
Don't Fear Death: http://youtu.be/wZHR5RqKw-0 Rik Mayall did the voiceover for this Channel 4 cartoon not too long ago.
Fiscal Irresponsibility 27: PH's P2.6 Trillion 2015 Budget
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has announced that the projected budget of the Philippine government next year will be around P2.6 trillion ($59.63 billion at P43.60/US$) or more than P300 billion than this year's P2.26 trillion budget. That means P2.6 trillion of taxes, fees and borrowings. A P3 trillion budget for 2016, and P3 trillion taxes, fees and borrowings, is just around the corner. Government, national and local, keeps expanding. On years of no crisis or emergencies, a responsible government should have fiscal surplus, pay many loans and reduce the public de... more »
Vegas Shooters Provide Justification for Police Militarization
More details are coming out about the two would be revolutionaries who murdered two Las Vegas police officers in cold blood as they were eating lunch on Sunday at a pizza chain. The two perps, a charming couple named Jerad and Amanda Miller are being tabbed by authorities and the media as “extremists” and their history is chock full of right-wing ideology of the worst sort. These are not just libertarians concerned with the militarizing of the American police and gross transgressions of a rogue government but two obvious nut jobs who bought into too much of the same sort of agitpro... more »
Ukraine Updates ( June 10 , 2014 ) ..... Ukraine and Russia talks to resolve Restive South East Ukraine situation continue as does the fighting ........... South Stream project on hold as Russia decries politicization of energy issues ........... Russia Central Bank has now shutdown 34 Banks in Crimea ........ Ukraine Gas talks continue , Ukraine and Russia talk prices , current contract , neighboring nations and the current situation - no further payments made by Ukraine yet , even as Russia demand Ukraine pay approximately 1.9 billion for arrears !
Anti - War ... Ukraine Reports ‘Understanding’ With Russia on Peace PlanTalks Centered on 'Key Stages' of Plan to End Donetsk Revolt by Jason Ditz, June 09, 2014 Print This | Share This Two days of meetings between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s new government and Russian officials have ended with what Ukraine is describing as an “understanding” on a peace plan for their common border. Exactly what was understood remains unclear, as details were scant, but Ukrainian officials say that the two sides agreed on “key stages” of a plan to deescalate violence in the Donetsk and Luha... more »
War Watch ( June 10 , 2014 ) - Despite or perhaps due to Iraq's Election where it would appear Prime Minister Maliki will get a third divisive term , Iraq has become deadlier than ever - Al Qaeda forces attacking Mosul now and Government forces seem powerless to withstand the pressure ! Syria rebel infighting continues even as the Free Syrian Army blasts the US for creating War Lords ( by supplying weapons to rivals of FSA ) ....... Libya chaotic political situation becomes even more chaotic ( coup d'etat in process while Libya Supreme court just nullified the election of PM Maiteeq ) .... Pakistan reeling from the Taliban attack at its main Airport fears worst thing are coming , Security forces shown to be ineffective !
Iraq ...... Al-Qaeda in Iraq Seizes Provincial Govt Headquarters in MosulGovernor Urges Locals to Fight Off AQI Invasion by Jason Ditz, June 09, 2014 Print This | Share This A weekend of bloody fighting in Mosul is going worse than anyone thought for government forces, and the district that is the provincial capital of the Nineveh Province has now fallen to al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). AQI fighters by the hundreds poured into the capital district,briefly trapping Governor Atheel Nujaifi before he was rescued by police and ferried out of the area. Gov. Nujaifi seems short on ideas at this ... more »
Hong Kong's Corporate and Forest Jungle
Among the things that fascinate me about Hong Kong capitalism is that they have both corporate jungle and forest jungle, and both jungles deliver money and utility or satisfaction for its people and foreign visitors. The three photos below I got from the web, none from my camera. Well almost all developed economies have clean and green environment. Their economies create big surplus, economic and social surplus. So they can afford to retain some areas for non-commercial development and environmental conservation because they have a huge surplus. This disproves the impression that c... more »
Early polls taipei race
The Kuomintang News organ reports.... According to the latest opinion poll conducted by Apple Daily on the support ratings of candidates in the Taipei City mayoral election, Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), a pro-Green camp independent, leads the KMT's Sean Lien (連勝文), son of former Vice President Lien Chan (連戰), by approximately 11 percentage points (47.35% vs. 36.73%), while Sean Lien leads DPP legislator Pasuya Yao (姚文智) by 41.96% to 39.27%. Yao won the DPP's first-stage primary for the Taipei mayoral election in a public opinion poll on May 14. According to an opinion poll conducted by TVBS,... more »
F-35 Stealthier Than F-22?
[image: F-22 Raptor]I figured that there would be some kind of PR offensive out of the Joint Strike Fighter program in preparation for the floating of the UK carrier and the international debut of the F-35, and here it is, in the form of a two-part piece in Breaking Defense, here and here. The first observation to be made is that the Air Force might be able to use an Eng Lit 101 course. Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike Hostage, according to reporter Colin Clark, "labels as 'old think' those critics who point to the F-117 shoot-down and the presumed supremacy of high-powered electr... more »
Global Hawk Again Recognized for Exemplary Sustainment Excellence
[image: RQ-4 Global Hawk]For the second year in a row, the U.S. Air Force awarded the prestigious Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence Award for superior performance in aircraft maintenance and logistics readiness to the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft program produced by Northrop Grumman Corporation. The Sustainment Excellence Award is named for Dr. James G. Roche, the 20th Secretary of the Air Force. He served in the Air Force's top position from 2001 to 2005. In a March 12, 2014 letter, Headquarters U.S. Air Force Logistics, I... more »
Air defense program continues to stumble into chaos
[image: HQ-9 (FD-2000) missile defense system]Turkey’s controversial and multibillion-dollar program for the construction of the country’s first long-range air and anti-missile defense system, dubbed T-LORAMIDS, has looked sluggish in its public posture over the past few months, but it has been exposed to even further complications behind the scenes. A senior official from the defense procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), said that although the decision to award the contract to a Chinese contender was the right thing to do “under the specified param... more »
Lockheed eyes foreign, non-defense work as Pentagon budget drops
[image: F-35B Lightning II]Lockheed Martin Corp on Monday said it was banking on international and non-defense orders to offset a drop in U.S. military spending, with Pentagon orders accounting for a low 61 percent of overall sales in 2013 and trending lower. Lockheed Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner said U.S. defense orders would likely dip further as a percentage of overall revenues in 2014 and 2015, and orders could drop as low as 50 percent, depending on what happened in other business areas. "It's not in our long-term vision to get to 50-50 ... but it's not out of the poss... more »
Spanish fighter jet explodes killing pilot
[image: Eurofighter Typhoon]The pilot of a Spanish fighter-bomber has died after the jet exploded on Tuesday afternoon shortly after taking off from the joint Spain–US airforce base of Morón de la Frontera in southern Spain. The Eurofighter jet exploded shortly after 2pm shortly after take-off for a routine practice mission, Spanish daily ABC reported. A ministry of defence spokesperson told Spain's Europa Press news agency the pilot had died in the accident. Read more
Single-engine F-35 jet risky choice for Canada’s air force, report warns
[image: F-35 Lightning II & F-18 Hornet]A new report is raising fresh concerns about the Lockheed Martin F-35 — the front-runner in the race to become Canada’s next fighter jet — warning that its single engine poses unacceptable risks for the pilots should it fail over the ocean or the Arctic. Academic Michael Byers says the risk of losing an engine during a flight over Canada’s remote regions — dooming the jet and potentially its pilot too — is too great a risk for Canada’s air force when twin-engine options are on the table. “The Harper government has sidestepped the key question... more »
Bath Iron Works could land contract for additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
[image: USS Michael Murphy]The fact that the Marine Corps usually gets what it wants bodes well for Bath Iron Works’ chances of winning a contract to build another DDG-51 destroyer, a leading defense industry analyst said Monday. Naval industry analyst Jay Korman of The Avascent Group said Monday that a new amphibious transport is a priority for the Marine Corps. “The Marine Corps is known for getting a lot of what they want,” he said. “I’d say there’s a better-than-even shot at [the Marine Corps] getting the ship.” Read more
Refurbished US frigate to join ROC Navy next year
[image: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate]The United States military is scheduled to refurbish an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate that was reportedly damaged during a mission in Europe earlier this year before sending it to serve in Taiwan's navy next year, sources told local media yesterday. The Taiwan military announced last November that it is scheduled to receive two Perry-class frigates in 2015 to replace its existing fleet of aging frigates. U.S. media, however, reported this February that USS Taylor, one of the frigates that the U.S. is scheduled to sell Taiwan, ran agroun... more »
BrahMos missile test-fired successfully from INS Kolkata
[image: INS Kolkata]The Test- Firing Of The 290 Km-Range BrahMos Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Was Done Today Successfully From The Country's Largest Indigenous Warship INS Kolkata. The missile was test-fired off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka. The Mazagon Dockyards Limited-built INS Kolkata is still not inducted into the Navy. This frigate is capable of launch 16 BrahMos missiles in one go after entering operational service. Read more
Basics of the ATLAS contest
*...and some relativistic kinematics and statistics...* In the ATLAS machine learning contest, somebody jumped above me yesterday so I am at the fourth place (out of nearly 600 athletes) right now. Mathieu Cliche made Dorigo's kind article about me (yes, some lying anti-Lumo human trash has instantly and inevitably joined the comments) a little bit less justifiable. The leader's advantage is 0.02 relatively to my score. I actually believe that up to 0.1 or so may easily change by flukes so the first top ten if not top hundred could be in a statistical tie – which means that the fina... more »
Russia launches Baltic war games alongside NATO’s
[image: Zubr air-cushioned landing craft]The Baltic Sea and skies are getting crowded as Russia launches military training of its assault forces in the exclave of Kaliningrad in answer to the double war-games being conducted by joint NATO forces on the territory of the three Baltic States. NATO’s decision to conduct dual war games next to Russian borders in the Baltic has not been left unaddressed by Russia’s Defense Ministry, which prepared a surprise training of first strike forces – marines, paratroopers and long-range bombers - right in the backyard of the NATO military maneuver... more »
Sadness and pride over Barrow built sub's last voyage
[image: HMS Tireless]Shipyard workers have spoken fondly of a Barrow built submarine as the boat made its final journey home to the UK ahead of decommissioning. HMS Tireless was built by VSEL in Barrow and launched almost 30 years ago in 1984. The nuclear-powered sub, the third Trafalgar-class boat, returned to her base port in Plymouth last Sunday for the last time. Read more
PLA's new test submarine revealed at Zhongshan expo
[image: Type 032 Qing-class submarine]A model of China's new Type 032 Qing-class test submarine went on display at the Sixth Shipping Expo held in Zhongshan in southern China's Guangdong province between June 6-8, reports the Chinese-language Guangming Daily operated by the Communist Party of China. The Type 032 is designed as the world's largest conventional submarine to replace the older Type 031 test submarine. With a displacement of 3,797 tonnes, defense analysts claim that China could test launch its JL-2 intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missiles from the n... more »
Huge nuclear sub rescues crew of tiny boat off Russia's NW coast
[image: Oscar-class nuclear-propelled cruise-missile submarine K-119 Voronezh]When people on board a small motorboat trapped by a storm in the northern White Sea radioed SOS, they didn't expect that help would come in the form of a 154m-long nuclear submarine. On Sunday, the 11-meter boat Barents-1100 was trying to avoid a storm in the White Sea at the north-west coast of Russia, when crew members realized that they were running too low on fuel. So they sent a distress signal to their home port of Arkhangelsk. Rescue services dispatched two ships and a Mi-8 transport helicopter to t... more »
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*Giant Of Geology/Glaciology Rejects Warmism* *Christian Schlüchter is Professor emeritus for Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimatology at the University of Bern in Switzerland. He has authored/co-authored over 250 papers* This post is about an interview by the online Swiss Der Bund with Swiss geology giant Christian Schlüchter titled: “Our society is fundamentally dishonest“. In it he criticizes climate science for its extreme tunnel vision and political contamination. Geologist Sebastain Lüning sent me an e-mail where he writes: “This is probably the best interview from a geologis... more »
Kauai, Hawaii Is Saying, "No To Monsanto"
[image: Foto: STOP POISONING PARADISE: Gary Hooser, Kauai County Council Member, wanted answers on why so many residents of Kauai, Hawaii, were getting sick. The common denominator was that they all lived, worked or attended school in the vicinity of GMO & pesticides experimentation fields run by some of the largest agrichemical companies in the world, including Syngenta, BASF, Bayer and DuPont-Pioneer. He unearthed some disturbing facts and found the chemical companies misleading him or outright lying to him when he tried to work with them. Hooser then sponsored Bill 2491 to regula... more »
Rik Mayall R.I.P.
So sad, so very sad, at the news of Rik Mayall's death. He was part of my growing up, he made me laugh so much in The Young Ones and The New Statesman and prior to that as one half of The Dangerous Brothers and 20th Century Coyote. But most of all, he was Flashheart in Blackadder, here's his best two appearances in that series... Lord Flashheart's appearance at Blackadder's wedding - 2minutes and 48 seconds of a force of nature scene stealing and all with a half falling off moustache. "Thanks bridesmaid, like the beard. Gives me something to hang onto!" "She's got a tongue like... more »
Indonesia Tv Live Aplikasi TV Indonesia Online Streaming di HP Android
Indonesia Tv Live Aplikasi TV Indonesia Online Streaming di HP Android - Assalammulaiakum kawan, dari tadi pernah berjuta-juta sekali yang kita-kita bahas, termasuk Game Angry Bird Go tadi, dan sekarang kite-kite akan membahas salah esa aplikasi android yang mungkin sudah engkau miliki di ponsel android sampean. ialah tanah air beta Tv live, dan sekarang kite-kite akan membahasnya untuk anda.
Tutorial dan Cara Menghitamkan rambut secara alami
Tips Menghitamkan Rambut Secara Alami - Selamat siang sahabat setia kamuscara.com, senang sekali bisa berjumpa kembali dengan kalian segala. Apakah diantara kalian ada yang menghadapi perubahan warna rambut menjadi coklat kemeahan dan ingin merubah kembali membikin hitam? Tenang, pada kesempatan siang hari ini kami akan membahas mengenai cara menghitamkan rambut secara alami. Banyak
memo to ruth graham: readers who try to shame other readers should be embarrassed by their narrow-mindedness
Ruth Graham, writing in Slate, says, "You should feel embarrassed when what you're reading was written for children." How sad. If anyone should feel embarrassed, it's Graham. She apparently writes this commentary without realizing how narrow-minded, outdated, and ignorant it makes her appear. Then again, what can we expect from a person who describes a love scene by saying a young man "deflowers" his girlfriend? Perhaps Graham hasn't noticed, but in the 21st Century, women are not passive objects; their first sexual experience is not imagined as a loss of innocence and delicacy. Haz... more »
And, FFS, Mark Easton...
And if all that isn't enough, please give the latest blog-post from Lucy Manning's opposite number at the BBC, Mark Easton. In it, Mark demonstrates the complete lack of impartiality for which many a top BBC reporter is known (in certain circles). Mark echoes his colleagues on the BBC's *News at Six* by openly downplaying the concerns about hardline Muslim infiltration and intimidation in Birmingham's schools. He then equates the kind of Muslim 'conservatism' that ITV described tonight - i.e. the sort of thing that has prompted the government to sent in an 'anti-terror chief' - w... more »
Musical Interlude: Loreena McKennitt, “Mystic’s Dream”
Loreena McKennitt, “Mystic’s Dream” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL9KWB0M4UU
Fyodor Dostoevsky, “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”
*“The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”* by Fyodor Dostoevsky "For I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. And it is just this faith of mine that they laugh at. But how can I help believing it? I have seen the truth- it is not as though I had invented it with my mind, I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my soul for ever. I have seen it in such full perfection that I cannot believe that it is impo... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Every book has a first page and every catalog a first entry. And so this lovely blue cosmic cloud begins the van den Bergh Catalog (vdB) of stars surrounded by reflection nebulae. Interstellar dust clouds reflecting the light of the nearby stars, the nebulae usually appear blue because scattering by the dust grains is more effective at shorter (bluer) wavelengths. The same type of scattering gives planet Earth its blue daytime skies. * Click image for larger size.* Van den Bergh's 1966 list contains a total of 158 entries more easily visible from the northern hemisphere, including ... more »
"The Only Way..."
"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not." - George Bernard Shaw
Just Another "nonmanic" Monday,
Not one day in Costa Rica is manic! But I do like that song......... Today, I slept in a little and then went on our run. I lucked out and did not have the sun beating on me even though I ran later than usual. Whoot. It is a lot easier running in the heat with no sun. The sun kicks my ass in the runs. Made Kurt French toast today with homemade vanilla honey syrup and bananas. Him and the pugs enjoyed it. I think him and the pugs are enjoying all the homemade food! Trying to buy nothing packaged, which is why I made my own syrup today. Went into town to get paint today. ... more »
Wes Neuman's First Try To Replace John Mica-- A Guest Post
2012 saw a big drop off in votes for President Obama in central Florida's 7th district. In 2008 the R+4 district gave Obama 49% of its vote (164,563). In 2012 that dropped to 155,489 (47%). The Tea Party "Democrat" in the 2012 race against GOP incumbent John Mica, Jason Kendall, only managed 41% (130,509). Mica out-performed Romney by around 13,000 votes, while 25,000 Obama voters refused to vote for Kendall. This year FL-07, Seminole and Orange county suburbs north of Orlando-- Winter Park, Altamont Springs, Forest City, Maitland, Longwood-- and small town Volusia County up throu... more »
Is The Seattle "Shooting" A Hoax? Great Videos From Pt1gard Exposes It As A Fraud!
We have just seen the Jew spew mainstream media go hog wild over the latest "shooting" in Las Vegas Nevada. It does seem that now on a weekly basis we are seeing these shootings take place across America, and of course we find all the liars in the media and many government officials shortly after each shooting calling for gun control legislation across America as a result. I have yet to sift through all of the evidence to determine if the latest shooting in Las Vegas is authentic, but for this article I want to present some very strong evidence courtesy of my friend, Greg, who i... more »
Oath of Office – New South Wales Police Force
*Oath of Office – New South Wales Police Force* "I, *...[ASIO Case Officer assigned to Bob Geldof KBE]… *do swear, that, I will well and truly serve, our Sovereign Lady the Queen, As a Police Officer without favour or affection, malice or ill-will, until I am legally discharged, that I will see and cause, Her Majesty’s peace to be kept and preserved; And that, I will prevent to the best of my power, all offences against that peace; And that, while I continue to be a Police Officer, I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge all the duties thereof, faithfully, a... more »
The Poet: Anne Sexton, "Courage"
*"Courage"* "It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk. The first spanking when your heart went on a journey all alone. When they called you crybaby or poor or fatty or crazy and made you into an alien, you drank their acid and concealed it. Later, if you faced the death of bombs and bullets you did not do it with a banner, you did it with only a hat to cover your heart. You did not fondle the weakness inside you though it was there. Your courage was a small coal that you kept swall... more »
“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”
*“Dark Night of the Soul: Surrendering the Ego”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "While we are in a dark night of the soul experience, hold steady knowing the light will appear once again. Whenever a word is overused, it is most likely being misused, and over time, it begins to lose its meaningfulness. For example, we often refer to a fleeting feeling of depression or a period of confusion, as a dark night of the soul, but neither of these things qualifies as such. A dark night of the soul is a very specific experience that some people encounter on their spiritual journeys. There are... more »
Chet Raymo, “Sky High”
*“Sky High”* by Chet Raymo “As upright primates, the sky is half of our visual field, but we give it only a tiny fraction of our attention. Food, drink, sex and shelter are all to be found close to the ground. What goes on above our heads is mostly irrelevant. Here in Ireland the sky is much more than half our visual field; we couldn't ignore it if we wanted to. Our cottage is perched on a hill above Dingle Bay, and beyond the garden wall the land slopes to the sea, as if trying to get out of the way, surrendering the view to- air. Insistent, in-your-face, not-to-be-ignored nitrog... more »
Vegan Recipe - Amazing Legume: LentilsBy Marcy Gaston
*First, I’d like to thank Small Footprints for letting me guest blog today. I’m very happy to contribute a recipe to her blog and share some yummy vegan goodness with all of her readers. So, today’s recipe and post are about lentils: the little legume that could. Lentils are a subject that I’ve been researching, writing about, and presenting on for the past few months. Instead of boring you about my work, you can read about it HERE or HERE. As a result of my work, I feel like I really know lentils now and I want everyone to get to know them, too. My colleagues (fellow gra... more »
China missing metal sage continues ( June 9 - 10 , 2014 ) -- Goldman examines the situation in the Port of Qingdao , the copper market outlook , CCFD unwinding - foreign banks could be bagholders with undercollateralized loans and / or losses ! Strangely while a major unwind could push copper prices lower , the unwind could result in higher gold price ( suppression of gold prices due o gold CFD removed )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-09/bronze-swan-lands-goldman-explains-how-china-commodity-unwind-will-happen Bronze Swan Lands: Goldman Explains How The China Commodity Unwind Will Happen [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/09/2014 21:26 -0400 - Black Swan - China - Copper - Dennis Gartman - Fail - goldman sachs - Goldman Sachs - Lehman - Precious Metals - Reality - Shadow Banking inShare1 Over a year ago we were the first to bring the topic of China's shadow banking system's problematic rehypothec... more »
Immigration Kibuki ( June 9 , 2014 ) Immigration is a perfect example to watch how the Uniparty ( Dem and GOP Elites ) work together to achieve a common goal...... Obama creates crisis , rather than calling him out for the crisis , the GOP leadership starts on their agenda of Immigration reform !
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/060914-704024-amnesty-obsessed-gop-wont-confront-obama-on-child-aliens.htm Child Alien Crisis Obama's Fault, But GOP Won't Pounce48 Comments Posted 06:52 PM ET - Email - Print - Reprints - Comment - - - - inShare - - *Immigration:* Republicans should take the president to task for unlawfully enticing thousands of "unaccompanied illegal children" from Latin America to cross the border. Instead, a GOP leader asks for an amnesty deal. What is at the top of the Republican wish list? A vibrant e... more »
APPEALING TO THE WORLD
Women & children refugees from eastern Ukraine now in Russia appeal to the world...... Families who fled the turmoil started a Twitter campaign #DontKillUs urging the Kiev government to stop the deadly military operation in the area.
What Henry Hazlitt Can Teach Us About Inflation in 2014
*Guest post by Jim Grant. **This article is adapted from a portion of the Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, delivered at the 2014 Austrian Economics Research Conference by Jim Grant.* [image: Front Cover]Believe me, ladies and gentlemen, when you stand at the pinnacle of financial journalism, you’re standing at sea level. There are exceptions to the rule, of course. The Victorian polymath Walter Bagehot, second editor of *The Economist*, was one. Twentieth century American journalists Garet Garrett, John Chamberlain and — my old mentor at *Barron’s* — Robert M. Bleiberg were others.... more »
Another LOUSY Non-Believable False Flag: The Las Vegas Shooting False Flag
It looks like they've stepped up the FALSE FLAG's to the tune of about one per week in the past few weeks. The latest is the LAS VEGAS FALSE FLAG. As with all the false flags, they have a formula to instantly raise suspicion. The NSA should be disbanded, because if this "official story" were true, we're spending MILLIONS & MILLIONS of taxpayer dollars supporting an agency that appears to be spying on everyone except who they're SUPPOSED to be spying on!!! They are USELESS and their purpose is something other than what we think. *Some of the "formula" points are:* - mention "white... more »
The US Hurricane Drought in USA Today
I have an op-ed in USA Today tomorrow on the ongoing US "hurricane drought." Here is how it starts: In 1933, Richard Gray, a U.S. government weather forecaster, noted that Florida had been hit by at least 37 hurricanes over the 45 years ending in 1930. During this period, the longest stretch with no tropical storms was only two years. When the 2014 hurricane season officially began on June 1, the Sunshine State had gone more than eight years without being struck by a hurricane. It was back on Oct. 24, 2005, when Hurricane Wilma emerged from the Gulf of Mexico and caused billions o... more »
Senator Edward Zorinsky
*“The Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1972 amended the Smith-Mundt Act to include a ban on disseminating within the United States any ‘information about the United States, its people, and its policies’ prepared for dissemination abroad.'* *The Zorinsky Amendment added a new prohibition: * *"no funds authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency shall be used to influence public opinion in the United States, and no program material prepared by the United States Information Agency shall be distributed within the United States.”* http://publicdiplomacy... more »
ARE THE ISRAELIS TRYING TO PROVOKE A THIRD INTIFADA?
The increased frequency of killings by Israeli occupation forces of Palestinians in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank coupled with the testimony of Israeli soldiers who are beginning to speak out about Israeli operations in the occupied territories seems to confirm that Israel is attempting to deliberately provoke the Palestinians into launch a third Intifada in order to provide Israel with a *casus belli* to fully occupy the West Bank with the long term aim of annexation. For ten years a group called Breaking the Silence, founded by ex-Israeli Defence Force personnel who have b... more »
My response to @NCTQ’s attempt to legitimize bullsh!t—#optout!
It’s official. Anthony Cody just posted on the Education Bloggers Network that NCTQ will host a “media conference call” to release its 2014 Teacher Prep Review. Please understand that I am not in any way upset with Anthony. He simply shared a press release from the propaganda machine that calls itself the National Council for Teacher […]
Throwing Stones At ALEC
Corporate people who live insulated from the masses should be careful when they throw stones at ALEC--the stones can bounce back and bite them in the ass. There is a certain level of hypocrisy that the public will not accept - even from non-profit corporations. Non-profit corporations can't spend their time throwing stones at ALEC to increase their funding, but then turn around and partner with ALEC when it suits their fancy. Non-profit corporations can't spend their time throwing stones at ALEC to increase their funding, at the same time that they are supporting various ALEC po... more »
Let the games begin! John Oliver introduces us to FIFA, the World Cup™ governing body, and Michael Palin introduces us to Brazil
*Following a collage of clips from various countries where it's claimed that soccer is a "religion," John jumps in: "And they're not exaggerating. When David Beckham got a tattoo of Jesus, the response of most soccer fans was, 'Well, that's, that's huge for Jesus. That's, that's a big deal for him.' "* *"I know that in America soccer is something you pick your ten-year-old daughter up from. But for me, and everyone else on earth, it's a little more important."* *-- John Oliver, in last night's report on "FIFA and the World Cup"* *by Ken* Last week I encouraged you to watch the who... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Cody, Wyoming, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
America's ongoing nuclear debacles ( June 9 , 2014 ) - Hanford ( Washington State - this debacle has gone on for many decades ) Updates from Energy News and Hanford Challenge ...... WIPP updates from Energy News and SimplyInfo - the potential for explosion of course is being suppressed , along with the extent of the ongoing contamination ......
Energy News...... Hanford....... NBC Right Now, Apr. 30, 2014: *Former Hanford Worker Sick from Nuclear Waste* - *Jane Sander, reporter*: A nuclear waste spill happened hours before at the tank farm. - *Lonnie Poteet, Hanford worker*: I was already burning from my glove line to my t-shirt line and… starting to lose a little bit of vision in my right eye… Why didn’t they say something? - *Sander*: Poteet describes living his life now as recluse… sharp pains in his head, they cause him to often twitch. He says medication prevents him from collapsing in pain... more »
The difference between tax planning and tax avoidance: one simple test
Over at Tax Research UK, Richard Murphy offers a simple test to distinguish between tax planning and tax avoidance. As he told a journalist, "That is easy. It's getting legal opinion." With tax planning, Murphy says, you decrease your tax risk. "There are obvious examples: paying money into a pension, for example, does not create tax risk, and nor does putting money into an ISA [a UK individual savings account, which is similar to an IRA but more flexible] within allowed limits." By contrast, "Tax avoidance, on the other hand always, and without exception, increases your tax risk."... more »
War Watch June 9 , 2014 -- Iraq battlefield between Islamists and the Iraqi Government spreading toward Turkey , Israel ( keep an eye on what Israel decides to do to confront Islamists on their doorstep ) and has already merged with Islamists held territory in Syria ! Will the Kurd's Peshmerga be drawn into the fighting - early reports indicate the answer may be yes as Islamists are attacking in Kurd Regions in Iraq ( and have already taken control in Kurdish areas in Syria ...... Syria Updates from Syria Direct ( looking at the state of the war raging on in Syria ) ........ Iran nuclear talks updates --- With the next set of talks set for June 16 - 20 , 2014 , is there momentum to strike an improved Interim Deal ? Bilateral talks betwen Iran and the US set for June 9-10 in Geneva to attempt to pave the way for the looming P5 + 1 talks .....
Iraq...... http://www.debka.com/article/23984/Gantz-IDF-gets-set-to-target-50-000-Al-Qaeda-fighters-piling-up-around-Israel-in-Syria-and-Iraq IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz’s cryptic remark Monday, June 6, that “The Israeli Air Force will next month dramatically change its mode of operation,” meant that a decision has been taken to start directing the IAF’s fire power against military and terrorist targets in the Syrian and Iraqi arenas – in particular the al Qaeda forces foregathering ever closer to Israel’s borders with Syria, Iraq and Jordan. By aerial fire power, the ... more »
RoboCon Robocalls Bingo!
As lawyers in the RoboCon CREEP showtrial of Michael Sona wrapped up their final summations today - -with *both* sides agreeing more than one person was behind the Guelph robocall scam and that the testimony of the Crown's *star witness* Conservative Christian Andrew Prescott against his old friend Michael Sona should, *according to the prosecution*, likely be approached with caution” - - Prescott posted a "Bingo Card" of the type used as a campaign prop. So here's mine in response ... Your Bingo mileage may vary. *Sona didn’t work alone in Guelph robocalls scheme, Crown alleg... more »
The Economy: “The Battle to Stop the Credit Cycle”
*“The Battle to Stop the Credit Cycle”* by Bill Bonner “We spent last week in France. Normandy, to be precise. We observed a flow of Americans heading toward the north coast. It was the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Nobody wanted to be left out – especially the veterans, for whom this would be the last remembrance. Among them was 89-year-old Bernard Jordan. He had risked German artillery fire seven decades ago, as a 19-year-old junior officer in the Royal Navy. He wasn't about to let the biddies at the nursing home in East Sussex stop him from going over last week. So he ... more »
Iran-Contra Figure Behind Fox News Exclusive Bergdahl as "Jihadist" Tale
The latest attack in the week long rampage by right-wing fanatics to politicize the Obama trade with the Taliban for prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl predictably has been launched by Fox News which is portraying the soldier as a secret jihadist and a terrorist. One has to love the way that Fox and friends *truly* support the troops and were Sgt. Bergdahl's release to have been secured by Senators McCain and Graham the patriotic hogwash would have been as overwhelming as the smearing of Obama for his failure to do so. This latest slime job comes with an interesting twist though in th... more »
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*The Single Question That Could Destroy Bobby Jindal’s Political Future ~CenLamar* *~With the stroke of the pen, Governor Bobby Jindal likely saved the oil and gas industry billions of dollars in damages for which they otherwise would have been legally responsible, damages that are legitimately owed to hundreds, if not thousands, of hardworking families, businesses, and coastal communities who were devastated by and continue to suffer from the lingering effects of the worst environmental disaster in American history. Governor Jindal may claim this was about ending “frivolous lawsuits... more »
James Baldwin, "Nothing Personal"
*"Nothing Personal"* by James Baldwin "If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe. The forces thus released in the people can never be held in check, but run their devouring course, destroying the very foundations which it was imagined they would save. But we are unbelievably ignorant concerning what goes on in our country-to say nothing of what goes on in the rest of the world-and appear to have become too timid to question what we are told. Our failure to trust one another deeply enough to be able... more »
"The Trouble Is..."
“The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no innocence. Either way, you’re accountable.” - Arundhati Roy Ok, tell me, any of you, exactly what possible threat from the citizenry could justify this overkill? I know the real reasons why they've militarized the police, those answers can be found right here on this little blog if you're so inclined. One fact you had better be aware of, too: they intend to use all this on *YOU. *- CP *“Military Equipment Rolls I... more »
Police Violence: “It Has Happened Again, And You Still Sit On Your Arse”
*“It Has Happened Again, And You Still Sit On Your Arse”* by Karl Denninger “In 2010, four years ago, I wrote a scathing article on Detroit and their cops who, with knowledge aforethought (that is, in my opinion, actual malice) threw a bomb into a house and then charged in, shooting not their suspect (who presumably would have been resisting) but an innocent little girl. Now it has happened in Georgia, while the cops were searching for a man who their warrant claimed was selling illegal drugs. But not only was the suspect not there the cops threw the bomb into a baby's playpen in ... more »
Exclusive: Ukraine Oligarch Poroshenko seeks 'Understanding' with Russia
*The quotations around 'understanding' are from the Times headline* Petro Poroshenko tells TIME in his first interview as President of Ukraine that he has no choice but to keep Russia at the negotiating table, as no country is prepared to guarantee his country's security from further attack* (What Russian attack? And this claim despite all the obvious NATO involvement? )* [image: Merkel Meets With New Ukrainian President Poroshenko]Stately looking pic Ukraine’s new President Petro Poroshenko wants to see Russia punished for what he calls the “tragedy” that befell his country this y... more »
DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S: UKIP, Worth It?
*Guest post by Dr Richard McGrath* The recent European Parliament elections and the Newark by-election over the weekend has further focused British media attention on Nigel Farage's United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP (or even Ukip) for short. In the European elections, UKIP were the top-polling party, outperforming the Tories, Labour and moribund Liberal Democrats. In Newark, they came second to the Tories but thrashed Labour, with the Lib Dems losing their deposit (just as Libertarianz Party candidates used to, but then again Libz were never the other half of a ruling gov...more »
"NATO leaders are currently acting out a deliberate charade in Europe, designed to reconstruct an Iron Curtain between Russia and the West. With astonishing unanimity, NATO leaders feign surprise at events they planned months in advance. Events that they deliberately triggered are being misrepresented as sudden, astonishing, unjustified “Russian aggression”. The United States and the European Union undertook an aggressive provocation in Ukraine that they knew would force Russia to react defensively, one way or another." -- Diana Johnstone
------------------------------ *Washington’s Iron Curtain — Diana Johnstone* ------------------------------ June 8, 2014 | Guest Contributor | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Guest Article by Diana Johnstone from CounterPunch, June 6-8, 2014 http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/06/06/washingtons-iron-curtain-in-ukraine/ *Diana Johnstone lays out the facts about Ukraine. A must read.* Tightening the U.S. Grip on Western Europe Washington’s Iron Curtain in Ukraine by DIANA JOHNSTONE NATO leaders are currently acting out... more »
BBC bias proved, once and for all
The other thing that shocked me tonight was the astonishing contrast between the way the BBC and ITV reported the 'Trojan Horse' story - in the wake of Ofsted's report - on their respective main evening news bulletins [i.e. the news programmes that most people watch]. Now, if you want clinching proof of BBC bias - and blogs like this are always after that particular Holy Grail - then this, it seems to me, is finally it.... ....yes, clinching proof that the BBC deliberately downplays the dangers posed by Muslim extremism. Please take a quarter of an hour to read in full the trans... more »
“Why Should Anyone Trust a Government That Kills, Maims, Tortures, Lies, Spies, Cheats, and Treats Its Citizens Like Criminals?”
*“Why Should Anyone Trust a Government That Kills, Maims, Tortures,* * Lies, Spies, Cheats, and Treats Its Citizens Like Criminals?”* By John W. Whitehead "I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." ~ James Baldwin. “Why should anyone trust a government that has condoned torture, spied on at least 35 world leaders, supports indefinite detention, places bugs in thousands of computers all over the world, kills innocent people with drone attacks, promotes the post office to log mail for l... more »
Republicans Aren't The Only Anti-Gay Members Of Congress
According to ProgressivePunch, 39 congressmembers have perfect lifetime scores on all votes regarding LGBT rights. All 39 are Democrats and almost all of them are across-the-board progressive Democrats like Keith Ellison (MN), Jim McGovern (MA), Mike Honda (CA), John Lewis (GA), Judy Chu (CA), Donna Edwards (MD), Jan Schakowsky (IL), Jerry Nadler (NY), Maxine Waters (CA), Jim McDermott (WA), Barbara Lee (CA), and Chellie Pingree (ME). On the other end of the spectrum, there are 92 Republicans with perfect zero scores. Not one has ever voted for anything to further equality for gay ... more »
Members of Congress black mailed (?) Snowden update
Eduard Snowden VS Russsell Tice Whistle blower says Members of Congress and their staff on blackmail list... allegation by Russell Tice that Snowden only had access to limited access or need to know files. How ever he was a system administrator and convinced OTHERS (how many?) with higher access to share their Log-in passwords. Many of those who he convinced that he needed their access code were higher up. They indeed had access to those programs Tice says Snowden did not/ was not able to access. As far as I know he might have left a sleeping bug, That will wakeup, seek the other pa... more »
War with china 3 scenarios
War with china, 500 pages document prepared for DOD.... http://cryptome.org/2014/06/prc-three-wars.pdf Seed Newsvine
Thanks Rik
Two things have shocked me tonight. This post commemorates the first - the shock death of Rik Mayall at the age of just 56. I used to love *'Bottom' - *an hilarious blend of *Waiting for Godot *and *Tom and Jerry. *
Free Derry: The IRA Drug War
Drugs + Ethnic Leftists = Genocide. RAAD (Republican Action Against Drugs) Fight the Power and the scions of Ollie North and Ollie Cromwell on the streets of Free Derry
Egypt's Lost power: Hussein Salem (Source: Al Jazeera)
"In government, the scum rises to the top." - Friedrich Hayek. *Wikipedia: * *In 1993, following the 1993 Oslo Agreements between the Israelis and Palestinians which Mubarak helped broker, Israel and Egypt began work on a gas pipeline to supply the former with natural gas and to build a petroleum refinery in Sinai, the first privately owned refinery in the Arab Middle East. Mubarak awarded Salem licenses to work on both projects. *Salem's relations with Israeli business circles dates back to the 1970s during his tenure at the Washington D.C. embassy, including when the Israelis and... more »
The one hundred and ninety second weekly "No Shit, Sherlock" award - PA President Abbas Has Two Faces for Vatican and Hamas
Anyone with any intelligence has known for years that what PA leaders say to the West, usually, in English is somewhat different from what they tell their own people in Arabic. 'Hamas government spokesman in Gaza, Ihab al-Ghussein stated that Mahmoud Abbas was deceiving the Americans in public statements calling for peace with Israel. In a Facebook post on June 8, al-Ghussein wrote that the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is "tricking" the Americans. "When I go out and say that the [PA] government is my [Abbas] government and it recognizes 'Israel' and so on, fine – these word... more »
Partial summary judgment not appropriate where complex interrelated matters exist
Baywood Homes Partnership v. Haditaghi, 2014 ONCA 450: [34] Karakatsanis J. noted, at para. 60: The "interest of justice" inquiry goes further, and also considers the consequences of the motion in the context of the litigation as a whole. For example, if some of the claims against some of the parties will proceed to trial in any event, it may not be in the interest of justice to use the new fact-finding powers to grant summary judgment against a single defendant. Such partial summary judgment may run the risk of duplicative proceedings or inconsistent findings of fact and th... more »
Continuing: Our month of the gaps!
*MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014* *The role of the gaps in our schools:* Today, we start the third week of our ongoing series, “Our month of the gaps.” Our public schools display very large “achievement gaps.” In a recent New York Times column, Eduardo Porter described this remarkable state of affairs: PORTER (5/21/14): Addressing the vast disparities between students’ abilities will not be easy. *In some public schools, children who are entering the sixth grade with the measured proficiency of first graders are mixed in with children who perform well above the sixth-grade standard.* *School... more »
Remembering Rik Mayall
What a terrible shame about Rik Mayall. Here's how I and a lot of people of a certain age will remember him.
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*Who will lead the New Orleans Saints in receptions this season?**~H/T Black and Gold * *New airport terminal discussion continues after protest ~Casey Ferrand, WDSU* *Design, Construction of $615M PCCP Canal Closures Project Moves Forward ~Brenda Roggiero, Construction Engineering Guide* *Rush Masonry Delivers High-Performance Exterior for Loyola University New Orleans Renovation of Monroe Hall ~Digital Journal* *New Orleans librarian wins $3,000 prize ~AP via WVUE* *New Orleans restaurant boom creates lack of skilled staffers ~Don Ames, WWL* *Tab Benoit, "Medicine" ~WWOZ*
WATER WARS
By the end of this century, around half of the world's population will suffer from water scarcity. All according to UN estimates. The vital resource will become a main driver of regional and global conflicts, as demand for fresh water tripled over the past five decades. RT's Gayane Chichakyan has more.
US BOMBERS MOVED TO BRITAIN
The US Air Force has sent more of its bombers to Europe, deploying two B-2 stealth aircraft as part of a military exercise. On Sunday they joined three B-52 StratoFortress bombers already deployed in Britain. All the visiting American aircraft are stationed at RAF Fairford, a British air base west of London. “This deployment of strategic bombers provides an invaluable opportunity to strengthen and improve interoperability with our allies and partners,” said Adm. Cecil Haney, commander, US Strategic Command in a USAF statement. The B-2 bombers are normally stationed at Whiteman Ai... more »
Natural Born Cop Killers
According to NBC Los Angeles correspondent Gadi Schwartz's Twitter account, this is the couple that had killed two Las Vegas police officers and an armed Wal-Mart shopper and their names are Jerad Miller and his wife Amanda. Perhaps we shouldn't be looking too deeply into their cosplaying since they were erstwhile street performers who often went out dressed as the Joker and Harley Quinn. What we should be looking more deeply into is their association with neonazism and white supremacy groups. According to the *Washington Post*, after ambushing two officers having lun... more »
Virginia Democrats Shouldn't Be Surprised By Puckett's Perfidy
Democrats are rending their garments over Virginia state Senator Phillip Puckett's decision to throw the Senate over to the Republicans by trading his seat for a job as deputy director of the state tobacco commission and for his daughter, Martha Ketron, to get a judicial appointment. But they shouldn't be surprised. Puckett is the kind of conservative, corporate shill who has always played footsie with the GOP and who Virginia Democrats should never have backed in the first place. His record shows that he often sided with the Republicans on the closest and most crucial issues, voti... more »
Lumia, Windows Phone: experience of the first hours
For a few hours, I've considered myself familiar with all the major mobile operating systems. I received an iPod Touch with iOS almost four years ago as a gift/compensation from Paul O. and I have played with an Android (ASUS Memo Pad Smart 10) tablet since October, while helping others with their Android phones (and another Android tablet I bought as a gift). It was sort of inevitable that I wanted to try Windows Phone. Its users have been immensely satisfied. So today, I decided to replace my classic, reliable dumbphone Nokia 1600 with a Lumia. Even though I am Lumo, Microsoft fai... more »
Admiral Boorda
*"In whatever situation I observed Mike, he was always the same person: well prepared, down to earth, competent, charming, witty, clever, understanding, warm, yet tough.* *I've also seen the President take his advice. I remember one particular occasion. We were in Hawaii for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII, and the President, CNO, and I were on the CINCPAC barge going across Pearl Harbor to the Arizona Memorial when the President turned to him and said,* *"Mike, what do you think we should do in Bosnia now?" * *Mike told the President, and within ... more »
Elsa and Anna Frozen Hair Bows
I am a contributor for The Ribbon Retreat, this tutorial originally appeared on their blog. If the little girls in your life are anything like mine, then Frozen is not just a movie, it's an obsession. My 5-year-old tells everyone that she is Elsa and has "ice powers." The entire family has the soundtrack memorized and my daughter has even gone so far as to assign singing parts to each person when we are listening to it together. With a Frozen love like that, I knew she would absolutely love to have bows she could wear to show off her obsession. These bows are actually pretty simp... more »
"Normal"
Changes have been made to the global “normal” template. Do you want to save those changes? Yes. Yes, I do want to save the changes to the global “normal” template. I probably like the new “normal” better than the old one. If not --- hey, it’s just a template: I can change it anytime I want. Your changes cannot be saved. What?! I want to learn more about this. Why can’t I save changes to the global “normal” template? Your file is “read-only.”
THE ROLE OF THE GAPS: Large gaps confronted by Common Core!
*MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014* *Part 1—Gates disregards the gaps:* With substantial regularity, our journalists and “educational experts” disregard the gaps. They act as if the gaps don’t exist. They disregard the *size* of the gaps—and our nation’s achievement gaps are very large indeed. When they disregard the gaps, they disregard the low-income kids who tend to be the victims of this challenging state of affairs. In effect, they display an essential disinterest in these low-income students. In our view, The Atlantic’s lengthy piece, “Segregation Now...,” largely represents a cuffing-asi... more »
Reporter Visits NOLA Charter Cult Where Parents Filed Civil Rights Complaint
A clip from the story, followed by part of my email to the reporter, Andrew Vanacore: . . . . Its campuses have never been outwardly impressive. Its first, Sci Academy, opened in 2008 in a set of trailers near what used to be Abramson High School. The group began a phased takeover of Carver High School, in the Desire neighborhood, in 2012, splitting it into two separate programs with a combined football team and other extracurricular programs. Those schools are housed in trailers too, all of them now temporarily clumped near Sci Academy on Read Boulevard while permanent buildings ar... more »
Living in Dialogue: The Problem Isn’t Just Common Core, but the Entire Reform Agenda
Living in Dialogue: The Problem Isn’t Just Common Core, but the Entire Reform Agenda. via Living in Dialogue: The Problem Isn’t Just Common Core, but the Entire Reform Agenda.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Watch "Shocking! Woman stripped in the street by gang of Egypt..."
Shocking! Woman stripped in the street by gang in Egypt And what are they chanting? Of course it's Allahu Akbar...
The Solution is out there
I just want to be entertained that's all I ask if I make a big fortune I will take everyone around me to task cause I need to be entertained I can not take a second off this task when I wake up and need to do some personal stuff I wonder why is the toilet not the eight greatest personal wonder Cause poop and pee move empires and I saw that from a bottom down perspective Napoleon lost Russia because the fashion was not fit we know far more but every time we think we have victory some protester turns it to shit We got all kinds of good news on what used to be the real national news the ... more »
Fighting the Common Core is Everyone's Fight
Mark Naison nails it here: The greatest threat to democracy in the United States is the excessive concentration of wealth in a small number of hands. It is because of this that one single extremely wealthy individual- Bill Gates- was able to leap on a relatively obscure proposal for a national curriculum and get 45 states to adopt it at breakneck speed, with little scrutiny and no field testing. The protest against that curriculum- the Common Core Standards- is therefore a profoundly democratic movement with all the messy features that democracy entails, including huge divisions am... more »
Mike's Story Part 45 - Lucy Does Some 'Splainin'
*By **Jenna** Orkin* Recently, some readers have become riled by my account of living with Mike. (Others have been riled all along but have given up arguing.) "Don't speak ill of the dead," is the gist of their viewpoint. The irony is that the posts these people are responding to are not, to my mind, particularly negative. The last one that raised hackles was about a deal for $10,000 which got lost in transit. Mike was disturbed enough to return to active suicidal agitation, not that he'd ever left, but it had briefly been set to snooze mode. Although in the case o... more »
Listening to a Teacher from a “No Excuses” Charter School
Listening to a Teacher from a “No Excuses” Charter School. via Listening to a Teacher from a “No Excuses” Charter School.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Cutting a deal
Thats whats going on every day. Cyinsim is winning today. Yeah I tried and the Ipad gave more love thats why I am taking the me first way. Thats politics today If you do not believe me start reading the newspaper every day and look with the lens that the comics section are the only thing that will keep you in your seat with depends.
Malaysian Flight 370 Mystery June 8 , 2014 -- Recent alleged sighting raise questions as to whether they may be legit or sad hoaxes for motivations unknown ? The NZ man who spotted what may have been the burning missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off the coast of Vietnam was sacked from his position on an oil rig after reporting the incident. ......Katherine Tee, 41, was on night watch on the deck of her yacht in early March when she claims she saw a plane surrounded by bright orange lights and with a tail of black smoke pass above her.She only recently reported her sighting to the Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre in Australia because she said she and her husband were not talking and she did not think anyone else would believe her. McKay said his sighting was over the South China Sea, which would place it around 2000 kilometres away from Tee's sighting. He was unsure if MH370 could have flown that far: "How far can a burning aeroplane fly?"
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Sunday, 08 June 2014 09:44SINISTER SACKING OF NZ MAN QUICKENS PLOT: Is MH370 in Indian Ocean or SOUTH CHINA SEA? - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Cetak - E-mel - Komentar (5) Rate this item - - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (4 votes) [image: SINISTER SACKING OF NZ MAN QUICKENS PLOT: Is MH370 in Indian Ocean or SOUTH CHINA SEA?] The NZ man who spotted what may have been the burning missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off the coast of Vietnam was sacked from his position on an oil rig after reporting the incident. Mi... more »
KIEV OLIGARCHY FORCING MEN TO FIGHT
The oligarchy that runs Kiev has more problems than they can handle. They are out of money, half of the country is in rebellion against their authority, the US-NATO are pushing them to war with Russia, and their troops don't want to fight. They have two primary forces in Ukraine. The regular Army, mostly made up of conscripts, and the National Guard, which is increasingly being filled with Right Sector Nazi's. There have been several stories in the past two weeks about regular Army troops not wanting to kill their fellow citizens. What the government has done is put the Nazi-fi... more »
Versace
That's Versace with *Naomi Campbell *(friend to *ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor*, and witness for the Prosecution at his War Crimes trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague), along with *Carla Bruni*, future wife and paramour of *CIA-Union Corse asset and Hungarian nobleman French President Nicholas Sarkozy,* son-in-law to the infamous CIA Officer, *Frank Wisner Jr.* *As Tarpley says, if you want to know who a politician or major public figure really is, look at the guy's wife.* "The financial ties to the Calabrian Mafia raise the specter of *Michael Hutchence... more »
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