State of Al Qaeda in Iraq (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Obama: Al Qaeda is "on the run"...
*Um - no they're not.*
* ‘Taking a nap’: Obama team accused of underestimating Iraq unrest *
*In other new:*
Dave Brat won the primary over Eric Cantor because of "Jew hatred." Really?
and
Thousands upon thousands of children have become pawns in the immigration
battle. They are also receiving better medical care than our vets.
and
Obama will undoubtedly head to the golf course this weekend.
and
Feedly is down again. Arrrrrrrgh!
and
I'm going out to lunch with a friend.
Crazed Oklahoma Republican Candidate Says He Loves God So Much That He Wants To Kill Gay People
Monday, we looked at the tiny handful of homophobic Democrats-- like Blue
Dogs John Barrow (GA), Dan Lipinski (IL) and Collin Peterson (MN)-- left in
Congress. Most homophobes-- and haters and bigots of all persuasions-- know
which party to gravitate to these days: the GOP. Reactionaries like Barrow,
Lipinski and Peterson may be against equality for the LGBT community-- ior
lacking in the courage to stand up for it-- but at least they're not
advocating stoning gays to death. Meet Oklahoma teabagger Scott Esk. This
may not be your father's Republican Party, but it is *today's* Repub... more »
Mike's Story Part 48 SHTF
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
*February 17, 2007 From Mike to his psychiatrist:*
* 1. I have not gone for the blood levels yet. I will go Monday after
fasting from 9 PM Sunday. Thursday night I was so upset over the stolen
$10,000 I woke up at 3 AM and chugged about a pint of OJ and then realized
what I had done. I didn't start the fast again on Friday because we had a
late dinner engagegment. So I'll fast Sunday and have the levels drawn
Monday AM. Sorry.*
* 2. But more, I put myself and Jenna thru hell on Tursday night. I was
overwhelmed with the belief that anything I ever tried t... more »
DARK MATTER AND ENERGY IS REALLY LOVE AND URGE TO UNITE
*It's time to drop the bombshell ~ 97% of the universe is composed of Dark
Matter and Dark energy but I maintain that it is really invisible to the
human eye and is in actuality Light matter and Light energy for it
represents a **Unified Field** of love and soul consciousness, that exists
beyond time and space, whose principle property is the universal urge to
unite ~ within which light and even gravity is a condition of state. As
such, the basic glue of the universe is Love: Allen L Roland, PhD*
*We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual
beings... more »
Clashes Between the Islamic State and the Baathist Naqshibandi As Both Try To Expand
As the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) cuts a path across
northern and central Iraq other insurgent groups are attempting to take
advantage of the situation. There have been reports that the Baathist Jaysh
Rijal al-Tariqa al-Naqshibandi (JRTN) were active in the taking of Tikrit
and are operating in Mosul as well. With the general collapse of the
security forces in Mosul, northern and central Salahaddin and western
Tikrit it is only natural that other armed groups would make their move to
seize territory as well. This good time for the insurgency belies the
internal c... more »
The Pereyra Case: Humans or Humanoids?
*Source: Planeta UFO and F.A.O. (Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogia)Date:
06.12.2014*
*The Pereyra Case: Humans or Humanoids?*
*By Luis Burgos*
The following case occurred in a major year for Argentinean ufology, as was
the 1965 flap. The coherence of the eyewitness report and the details of
the event place it among the classic cases of close encounters of the third
kind (CE3K) to the extent that Pereyra insists to this day that he came
across "a Russian" on that occasion.
Years ago, Ing. José Marengo, deceased, told me that this case had been
among the most impressive of all his ... more »
Maths GCSE Unit 2 exam tomorrow? Here's what might be happening behind you in the exam hall...
Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller there...
Lemonade Cheesecake and Watermelon Cookies
This summer has just been flying by! I can't even believe it's already been
another week. We are excited to start another party and share the features
from last week. Jonie from Just Between Friends will be the one picking her
favorites this week. [image: You're invited header 2]
Jesseca | Holly | Jonie | Debra
We have been having so much fun this summer. You can probably tell by the
lack of new posts over on my site that the fun just keep coming! I thought
it would be fun to share with you a couple of summer posts that I think you
will want to use at some point this summer. [image... more »
Bill Whittle: Why Benghazi Matters...(video)
Benghazi matters, because it goes directly to the two most important
qualities in our elected officials: *Competence*, and *Character*.
THE ROLE OF THE GAPS: At the age of 3!
*THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014*
*Part 4—The gaps come early and often:* How do some American kids get a
head start on their literacy?
On Monday, New York Times readers were given a delightful portrait of this
process. In an essay on the op-ed page, Pamela Druckerman introduced us to
her 5-year-old twins.
This mother’s boys are 5 years old. They share a World Cup obsession:
DRUCKERMAN (6/9/14): At dinner recently, one of my 5-year-old twins
announced that he intended to learn Croatian.
This didn’t surprise me. *Mealtimes at our house have become low-level
colloquia on international affa... more »
Duelling Grammarians
One might think that English grammar, even more than its lexicon, would be
something that would have long been intrinsically understood, and little in
need of explication or improvement. And yet, the services of a
dictionary having proven valuable, that of a printed *grammar* seemed a
logical step -- after all, Latin Grammars were vital school textbooks, and
the idea that English should be more like Latin, or at least described in
Latin terms, caught on widely. We owe our grammatical terms -- adjective
(from *adiectus*, "to annex a territory"), to preposition (from
*præ-positiones*... more »
Obama Bombs
By Alice Ross
Cross-posted from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Two drone strikes have hit North Waziristan in Pakistan’s tribal northwest,
reportedly killing 16 people and ending the longest pause in drone strikes
of Obama’s presidency.
Prior to these attacks there had not been a drone strike in Pakistan since
Christmas Day. The Pakistani government had requested that the US stop
carrying out strikes to allow peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban (TTP)
to take place, sources close to the negotiations told the Bureau in
February.
But terrorist attacks and retaliatory air s... more »
ANGER IN EUROPE
Economist Richard Wolff discusses recent EU parliament elections.
Zeman's speech on Arabs, Islam, and Israel's independence
*Czech president wins the hearts of some Israel supporters*
Two weeks ago, I shouldn't have missed Czech president Miloš Zeman's speech
in Prague's Hilton – on the Israel's independence day. Here is a
translation from the Czech original.
*Speech of the president of the republic on the Israel's Independence Day
banquet*
*May 27th, 2014*
Ladies and Gentlemen,
thank you for your invitation to this celebration of Israel's Independence
Day. In the Czech Republic, dozens of state holidays commemorating the
independence are being marked every year. I may arrive to some of them, I
am to... more »
"Stand with Israel" license plates officially sanctioned in South Carolina
As if America couldn't get any more subservient and slavish to
international Jewry and the fraudulent Jewish regime occupying Palestine,
the state of South Carolina is now offering drivers there specially
designed license plates which read: *"South Carolina Stands with Israel"*.
Expect other states to follow suit in the near future.
*The Jewish Press* reports:
By an Act signed into law by Governor Nikki Haley on June 2 and effective
immediately, the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is permitted
to issue to car owners in South Carolina special license plates. Those
specia... more »
Very Telling! US REBUFFED multiple prior Iraq requests to quash ISIS
*This is interesting!*
*As the threat from Sunni militants in western Iraq escalated* last month*,
(May?) Prime Minister Nuri Kamal *al-Maliki secretly asked the Obama
administration to consider carrying out airstrikes against extremist
staging areas*, according to Iraqi and American officials.But I*raq’s
appeals for a military response have so far been rebuffed* by the White
House.
As I mentioned in yesterday's post (in reference to US humvees being
conveniently left, or moved, for easy access) it has been obvious for some
time that ISIS has been on the move.
*Yesterday's post- T... more »
911 Blowback
I believe without reason that 911 was a manufactured event. The world was
at peace and some authors were saying it was the end of history. Most
people in the world lived in peace and where focused on improving the
neighbourhood not the airport.
Into this poketeam village wandered a zealot with a RPG and and AK47. Death
for him was merely the entry ticket to the models bar that George kansasta
blew. The powers that be thought that peace would emasulate
the Industrial Military Complex. The Sunni thought the Shia should die.
Thus a a marriage of similar thought promulgated throughout t... more »
SWA flight attendant - stand-up - just do what we say and nobody gets hurt
somebody REALLY wants to 'give up the day job' and go on the stand-up
circuit ... fifteen million views already.
IT'S ITALY
I took one of those Facebook tests this morning to see "what country I am
best suited to live in". They ask a series of questions and then give you
the answer. When my perfect place popped up I had a great laugh. It came
up as Italy. My mom was Italian which might have had just a bit of impact
on my answers to the questions.
Here is what they wrote about my responses...sounds about right to me.
You are complex person, yet you enjoy the simple pleasures in life. Your
idea of a great day is to spend some time by the water, or have coffee
[tea] next to your favorite landmark, the... more »
Now The Light Comes Forward To......by M.N. Hopkins
*Now, the Light comes forward to enrich and enlighten and illuminate all
those who have forgotten their true natures and lost sight of their true
connection to the Source Of All Life here on planet Earth.*
M.N. Hopkins
Republican Party Kills Elizabeth Warren's Student Loan Refinancing Bill With Another Filibuster
Yesterday, the Republicans successfully filibustered Elizabeth Warren's
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. All 44 cosponsors are
Democrats and all 38 filibusterers were Republicans. It needed 60 votes but fell
4 short. Murkowski (R-AK) and Corker (R-TN) somewhat fearlessly crossing
the aisle and Susan Collins (R-ME)-- living in total dread of Democratic
challenger Shenna Bellows-- reluctantly tagging along. Yes, she voted to
end the filibuster but put that in the context of what her her pal, right
wing extremist Rick Santorum, candidly said. Mike Lux reporting from
... more »
a survey which the BBC and their BDS arsehole friends won't like, and so won't report
New research conducted by the Global Tourism Monitor Survey asked a total
of 23,000 holidaymakers, in 26 different countries around the world, to
name the destination that they would most recommend to others based on
their own travel experiences.
Those questioned as part of the survey were restricted to countries they
had visited in the previous 12 months, and asked whether they would or
wouldn’t tell others to follow suit.
The number of people who criticised a recent holiday destination was then
subtracted from the number praising a place as visit-worthy, to produce a
net score for... more »
Path Dependence, Iraq Edition
With the fall of Mosul to the jihadists of Syria and Iraq, there is much
blame-casting to be had. Some are blaming Obama for not keeping a residual
force in Iraq although it is not clear that a small US force would have
kept the Iraqi military from breaking. This always, always frustrates me
because
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*In the Near Future, Only Very Wealthy Colleges Will Have English
Departments*
*Which will be a good thing, considering that they have now become simply
an outlet for Leftist propaganda*
Within a few decades, contemporary literature departments (e.g., English)
will be largely extinct—they’ll be as large and vibrant as Classics
departments are today, which is to say, not very active at all. Only
wealthy institutions will be able to afford the luxury of faculty devoted
to studying written and printed text. Communications, rhetoric/composition,
and media studies will take English’s ... more »
Hudak And Zycher
One of the "bright lights" behind Tim Hudak's one million jobs plan is
Benjamin Zycher. Linda McQuaig writes:
His sensibilities are closer to the Old South than Ontario; he once
described Michelle Obama as a product of “lifelong affirmative-action
coddling,” suggesting she only got her Princeton degree “because of her
skin color.”
Zycher’s jobs prediction assumes that Hudak would introduce ‘right to work’
legislation in Ontario — even though Zycher’s analysis was released by the
Hudak team as a backgrounder months after Hudak announced he wouldn’t
implement such laws.
When Huda... more »
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*NO WAY!!! Louisiana ranks # 2 among states with history of political
corruption; South dominates ~Forbes*~Hat Tweet *@TheLensNOLA*
*Cadet's waiting game may be coming to end with New Orleans Saints ~Glenn
Guilbeau, The Town Talk*
*Gulf state, not Louisiana, blocking approval of $627 million in BP oil
spill restoration work ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Inaction feeds crisis over Mississippi River, environmentalists say ~Greg
Gordon*
*Obama signs $12.3 billion water projects bill ~Gregory Roberts, The
Advocate*
*University of New Orleans gets grant to enhance turtle excluder devices
~AP, ... more »
Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure Post-Vergaras
Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure Post-Vergaras. via Meditating on
Teacher Unions and Tenure Post-Vergaras.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming
Radical
Midsummer Maddness Book Royalties
Does anybody know where to find Raymond Buxton?
It must be Summer and the heat must be sending some barmy with thoughts of
erecting new toll booths to collect money every time a book gets sold.
Yesterday the news that secondhand reseller Bookbarn had entered into some
sort of convoluted pact with the Authors’ Licencing and Collecting Society
(ALCS) to effectively pay a royalty to authors on the sale of the used
books. Someone at ALCS was obviously dreaming of a huge new revenue stream
and a potential new role in life, or some misguided people believed that
there was any quick wi... more »
Intelligence and Subtlety
An obvious but nonetheless telling observation that cannot be stated
enough. This from a novel about a young girl and her talking book:
"Nell," the Constable continued, indicating through his tone of voice that
the lesson was concluding, "the difference between ignorant and educated
people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with
whether they are stupid or intelligent. The difference between stupid and
intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they're well-educated
- is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by
ambiguo... more »
Neocons Dragging US Back to Iraq
Now that the region is erupting anew with the storming of Iraq by radical
jihadist elements such as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) and ISIL
(Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) and the franchise that is al Qaeda
the warmongers and neocons in *The Homeland* are shrieking like banshees
over Obama's "loss" of Iraq. The current chaos though would not be possible
were it not for the original sin of attacking Iraq in 2003, toppling Saddam
Hussein who was subsequently lynched and showing that America was no better
than it's former puppet in continuing the torture at the infamous... more »
The Art of Propaganda: Guardian's Pro-Slavery Hit Piece
*June 12, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Upon reading the London
Guardian's article "US may blacklist Thailand after prawn trade slavery
revelations," one may actually believe a revelation regarding slavery in
Thailand has been made and blacklisting Thailand is a warranted course of
action. However, they would be wrong.
What the Guardian piece is in actuality, is a plagiarized, politically
motivated, carefully timed attack not on the perpetrators of Thailand's
human trafficking, but on the new military-led government that has already
taken concrete steps to stop it - and the immen... more »
On today in history - 1987
Ronald Reagan back when the world looked like it might be getting better.
"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
The Health Benefits Of Pumpkin Seeds
[image: 19]
*Source:*
*Raw For Beauty*
Pilatus begins PC-21 aircraft deliveries to Royal Saudi Air Force
[image: Pilatus PC-21]The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) will soon take
deliveries of the PC-21 expanded envelope trainer aircraft under contract
from Pilatus Aircraft.
Carrying the registration numbers 905, 906 and 907, the first three
aircraft departed the company's facility in Stans, Switzerland, on 02 June,
reported Flightglobal.
The second batch of 908, 909 and 910 numbered turboprop-powered type
aircraft also left the site for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the following week.
Read more
"Come on you England, you noble English men" - Rik Mayall and the England World Cup team song
Rik Mayall's Noble England was recorded for the 2010 World Cup but made
little impact, rather like the England team. Maybe in 2014 it will become a
posthumous big hit...
"Once more unto the pitch, dear friends."
Four Russian Bombers Flew Within 50 Miles Of The California Coast
[image: Tu-95 Bear]Four Russian strategic bombers triggered U.S. air
defense systems while conducting practice bombing runs near Alaska this
week, with two of the Tu-95 Bear H aircraft coming within 50 miles of the
California coast, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad)
confirmed Wednesday.
“The last time we saw anything similar was two years ago on the Fourth of
July,” Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Norad spokesman, told the Free Beacon.
Davis said the latest Bear H incursions began Monday around 4:30 p.m.
Pacific time when radar detected the four turbo-prop powered bomber... more »
Raytheon awarded $115.5 million Phalanx upgrade contract
[image: Phalanx CIWS]The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $115.5
million contract to remanufacture, overhaul and provide upgrades to Phalanx
Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS).
The CIWS is an integral element of the Navy's Fleet Defense In-Depth
concept and the Ship Self-Defense Program.
Work under the contract, which was signed during the second quarter 2014,
is expected to be completed by September 2017.
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The official unofficial USA World Cup Song
Worth a listen just for the World War 2 revenge reference!
Alexi Lalas is painting the cup red, white and blue...
It's the World Cup so "Just Kick That Soccer Ball"
'Danger Box Zone'?
'Felony Cards'?
Yes, it's a parody but a good one... by US Soccer Guy.
Thanks to TalkSport's Colin Murray for spotting this video.
Northrop Grumman, US Navy Conduct Successful Simultaneous Manned, Unmanned Helicopter Flight Tests Aboard the Littoral Combat Ship
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the
unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk
helicopter for the first time. The capability demonstrates how a mix of
aircraft can increase a ship commander's intelligence-gathering
capabilities aboard the Littoral Combat Ship.
The flight tests took place May 12, aboard the USS Freedom (LCS 1) off the
coast of San Diego. Fire Scout complements the Sea Hawk because it can fly
longer to maintain constant surveillance on a target or area of interest.
"Utilizing the Fire Scout in operational mariti... more »
Russia’s surface-to-air-missiles not to guard Brazil’s sky during World Cup
[image: Pantsir-S1]Russia and Brazil did not manage to finalize a contract
on supplies of Pantsir-S1 (NATO’s reporting name: SA-22 Greyhound)
surface-to-air-missiles before beginning of World Cup-2014, though both
countries are interested in signing the agreement, head of the federal
service on the military-technical cooperation Aleksander Fomin said on
Thursday.
“Apparently, we are not managing in time by the beginning of the
championship, but we continue the dialogue with our counterparts, the
project is in its active phase,” he said. “We hope to finalize this project
this year.”... more »
Unmanned war resumes: Six killed in year's first drone strike
[image: MQ-9 Reaper]The US carried out the first drone strike in Pakistan
this year on Wednesday, killing at least six militants in North Waziristan,
where pressure was building on Islamabad to react after a brazen attack on
Karachi airport.
According to a local security forces official, the US drone launched two
missiles at a vehicle and compound in Dargah Mandi village in North
Waziristan Agency’s Ghulam Khan tehsil, around 10 kilometres west of agency
headquarters Miramshah. The incident took place around 9:00pm, he said.
Six suspected militants were killed, four of whom were sai... more »
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*Volcanoes behind West Antarctic glacial melting *
*I can't resist saying: "I told you so". The climate scientists got it
wrong when they attributed the ice-loss to global warming. I am not a
climate scientist but got it right. How come? It is because they were
working from a false theory -- that global warming is happening --
whereas I was working from a true theory -- that global warming is NOT
happening. The Warmists below try to save their bacon by saying that global
warming is partly responsible but they have no proof of that -- whereas
the vulcanism is well proven *
... more »
The Universe
“Ever have a dream at night when you wondered in the middle of it whether
or not you were dreaming? Knowing that if you were just dreaming, you could
rewrite the scary parts and enhance the happy parts; run faster, jump
higher, laugh your head off; summon guides, travel through time, read
minds; levitate, manifest, do the impossible. But then, you thought to
yourself, "No, this just can't be a dream, it's way too real."
Yeah, you're having one right now. Yeah you really are, and yes, you really
can.”
“Gosh, you're good...”
The Universe
"Thoughts become things... choose the g... more »
Plymouth frigate fires seawolf missile using new radar
[image: Seawolf missile]A City frigate has become the second Royal Navy
warship in as many months to smash a target out of the sky with a Seawolf
missile using the navy’s new 3D radar.
Firing as part of their pre-deployment tests on the South Coast Exercise
Areas, there was a brief, bright flash of fire as the missile erupted from
its silo on the frigate’s forecastle, striking a flying target seconds
later.
The successful firing not only confirmed the ability of the new 3D Artisan
radar system, but also HMS Argyll’s readiness to defend herself against air
attack.
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Madness In Iraq: Idiots Are In Charge
*Washington's covertly trained proxy army has taken Mosul and Tikrit in a
span of a few days. Its officially trained Iraqi army disintegrated like
dust when their presence mattered most.*
"The White House signaled on Wednesday that it was looking to strengthen
Iraqi forces to help them deal with an insurgency rather than to meet what
one U.S. official said were past Iraqi requests for U.S. air strikes.
An Obama administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity said
Iraq had previously made clear its interest in drone strikes or bombing by
manned U.S. aircraft to help it b... more »
Russia sends 24 warships, fighter jets, bombers to Baltic drills as NATO stages war games
[image: Tu-22 Blinder]Russia has deployed 24 Baltic Fleet warships and
vessels, along with heavy fighter jets and bombers, as reinforcement for
military drills in the westernmost Kaliningrad region while NATO stages its
own war games across the border.
On Wednesday, Moscow deployed a grouping of 24 Baltic Fleet warships and
vessels for military drills in its exclave on the Baltic Sea coast. The
drills were launched on Tuesday in response to NATO’s international drills
– Saber Strike 2014 and BALTOPS 2014 –near Russia’s border.
*"The squadrons of warships are performing the tasks of... more »
Culdrose helicopters on HMS Illustrious off Falmouth
While the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious was anchored off Falmouth on
Monday, West Briton reporter Graeme Wilkinson was flown onboard to meet the
sailors from RNAS Culdrose
AS we came sweeping in off the Lizard and into Falmouth Bay, there was no
mistaking the outline of the huge aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious.
I had hitched a ride aboard a Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose Merlin
helicopter, courtesy of 814 Naval Air Squadron – the Flying Tigers.
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Isis
*We are told today: *
Mosul, and up to 1/4 of the area of Iraq and modern Mesopotamia, including
all of the province of Ninevah has come under the control of Isis in less
than a day, and almost without a fight;
The Americans took 3 weeks to get that far - *Life* trumps *Shock & Awe. *
*The 1700 fighters seemingly took the town, and much of the surrounding
countryside, almost without firing a shot - the deserting/defecting Iraqi
Army obliging left much, if not all of it's military equipment abandoned
for the brigands to comandeer, and so the fledging Caliphate is now
well-equipp... more »
Submarine Vladimir Monomakh goes on sea trials in White Sea
[image: Borei class SSBN]The Borei-class strategic nuclear submarine
Vladimir Monomakh has gone on sea trials in the White Sea, a source in the
military-industrial complex said.
“Severodvinsk-based military shipyard Sevmash put the submarine on the
two-week sea trials in the White Sea,” the source told ITAR-TASS on
Wednesday.
“During the sea trials, the crew will check all warship systems, including
navigation, radio-electronic systems and sailing features,” it said.
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First Scorpene submarine to be ready by Sept 2016: Admiral Dhowan
[image: Scorpene class SSK]Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Robin Dhowan
has said that the construction of French-origin Scorpene submarines at
Mazagon Dock is progressing well, with the first submarine now scheduled to
be delivered by September, 2016.
Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of a Naval Investiture Ceremony on
Thursday, Admiral Dhowan said while the Navy intended to take delivery of
the first Scorpene diesel-electric submarine, built under Project 75, in
September 2016, it would also ensure that the intervening period between
delivery of the remaining five was minimis... more »
Submarine repairs to cost $18 million
[image: HMCS Windsor]A broken generator aboard one of Canada’s submarines
has led to $18 million in various repairs to the boat, now out of the water
on the east coast.
HMCS Windsor spent five years in a $209-million refit from 2007 to December
2012, when it was returned to service for what was supposed to be a
six-year operational cycle. But during sea trials, a defect was identified
with one of the sub’s two electrical generators.
Windsor was docked in March in Halifax and crews were to replace the
generator at a cost of $2 million.
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Sign The Food Babe's, "Tell Us What's In Your Beer Petition"
[image: Beer Petition]
Sign the petition at the link below:
*Tell Us What's In Your Beer Petiton*
*Source:*
*Food Babe Homepage*
Musical Interlude: Chris de Burgh, "Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart)"
Chris de Burgh, "Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart)"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qBJ4btIDk
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VzYAPBVJc
"All One Tribe"
"There's an old proverb that says you can't choose your family. You take
what the fates hand you. And like them or not, love them or not, understand
them or not, you cope. Then there's the school of thought that says the
family you're born into is simply a starting point. They feed you, and
clothe you, and take care of you until you're ready to go out into the
world and find your tribe." - "Grey’s Anatomy"
We all share the same Mother Earth, breathe the same air, drink the same
water,
have the same hopes and dreams... Together, we are all One Tribe.
The Human Tribe. "We are the ones ... more »
Giveaway: Tickets to Utah Princess Festival
One of our favorite events each year is the Princess Festival. My daughter
loves getting all dolled up and spending the day with her favorite
princesses. She loves all of the fun and I love that the festival is
focused on teaching girls to be good, kind people, not on looks.
At last year's festival, my daughter and her friends went on a "bear hunt"
and one of the characters taught them a song about not being afraid, we
have sung the song many times since the festival whenever my daughter was
feeling particularly scared about something and it helped her not be
afraid. I love that th... more »
EU corruption - it's quite incredible and won't be discussed on the BBC
'The BBC Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt’s *The Lost Continent* is a superb
page-turner about the crisis of the European Single Currency. I found it so
jaw-dropping I added my own entry in the index for "WTF moments: best of."
I learnt that “Two journalists from *Corriere della Sera* discovered there
were 72,000 official cars [in Italy], costing 1.85 billion euros annually”.
In Spain, “the airport of Ciudad Real boasts one of Europe longest runways.
Its vast airy light terminal is designed to handle 5 million passengers a
year. It cost nearly a billion euros. Yet there are no planes.”
... more »
"Have You Also Learned..."
"Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such
thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the
source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in
the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists
for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future."
~ Herman Hesse, "Siddhartha"
Viktor Frank, "Man's Search For Meaning" (Excerpt)
* "Man's Search For Meaning" (Excerpt)*
by Viktor Frank
"When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept
his suffering as his task; his single and unique task. He will have to
acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the
universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place.
His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.
For us, as prisoners, these thoughts were not speculations far removed from
reality. They were the only thoughts that could be of help to us. They kept
us from despair, ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Beautiful emission nebula NGC 6164 was created by a rare, hot, luminous
O-type star, some 40 times as massive as the Sun. Seen at the center of the
cosmic cloud, the star is a mere 3 to 4 million years old. In another three
to four million years the massive star will end its life in a supernova
explosion.
*Click image for larger size.*
Spanning around 4 light-years, the nebula itself has a bipolar symmetry.
That makes it similar in appearance to more familiar planetary nebulae -
the gaseous shrouds surrounding dying sun-like stars. Also like many
planetary nebulae, NGC 6164 has bee... more »
"Mundus Vult Decipi, Ergo Decipiatur,"
"Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur," a Latin phrase, means "The world
wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived." The saying is ascribed to
Petronius, a Roman satirist from the first century, CE. "The pontifex
maximus Scævola thought it expedient that the people should be deceived in
religion; and the learned Varro said plainly, that "there are many truths,
which it is useless for the vulgar to know; and many falsities which it is
fit the people should not suppose are falsities." Hence comes the adage
"Mundus vult decipi, decipiatur ergo."
The Poet: Clarice Lispector, "Change"
*"Change"*
by Clarice Lispector
"Change.
But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.
Sit in another chair, on the other side of the table.
Later on, change tables.
When you go out, try to walk on the other side of the street. Then change
your route,
walk calmly down other streets, observing closely the places you pass by.
Take other buses. Change your wardrobe for a while; give away your old
shoes and try to walk barefoot for a few days– even if only at home.
Take off a whole afternoon to stroll about freely, listening to the birds
or the noise of the cars.
Open ... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet- On Laws"
*"The Prophet- On Laws"*
"You delight in laying down laws,
Yet you delight more in breaking them.
Like children playing by the ocean who build sand-towers with
constancy and then destroy them with laughter.
But while you build your sand-towers the ocean brings more sand to the
shore,
And when you destroy them the ocean laughs with you.
Verily the ocean laughs always with the innocent.
But what of those to whom life is not an ocean,
and man-made laws are not sandtowers,
But to whom life is a rock, and the law a chisel with which
they would carve it in their own likeness?
What of the crip... more »
Christy Clark`s LNG Fantasy, Death By Sock Puppet
Like the cat, contentment, and not a worry in the world, a peaceful easy
feeling is running through my veins, I could almost laugh at the futile
flailing from both Stephen Harper and Christy Clucking Clark...
Where to begin, snake eyes, deuces and sevens, stars have aligned against
both of those named above, Stephen Harper is about to announce approval for
Enbridge, I suspect he will make the call on Friday...It doesn`t matter,
First Nations, who have a long running winning record in our Supreme Courts
have vowed to tie up any construction for years, barring that there are
thousan... more »
SO WHO STARTED THE MIDDLE EAST QUAGMIRE?
Let’s get straight to the point; if George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John Howard
and their other Western supporters had not lied their way to a war against
Iraq, the Middle East would not be in the mess it finds itself in today in
Syria and Iraq. In short, the people of the Middle East can blame the West
for much of the turmoil that dominates their lives now so is it any wonder
that the youth of the region – and young Muslims all over the world – who
have resented what has happened to them and their comrades have become
radicalised to the point where they are now perpetuating the very tur... more »
Barack Obama passes the Turing test, too
The famous computer science pioneer Alan Turing decided to define
"artificial intelligence" as the machine's ability to speak in such a way
that it fools people around into thinking that he or she or it is an actual
human being. I don't think that this very definition of intelligence is
deep – this will be discussed later.
*Barack Obama and his Japanese friend*
But let's first cover the story. As the chatbot's namesake Eugene S told
us, the media have been full of hype about a chatbot pretending to be a
13-year-old Ukrainian boy Eugene Goostman (see his or her or its web where
yo... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On David Brat
“I do not know David Brat and had never heard of him before he won the
primary [against poster child for term limits, Paul Cantor]. I have looked
at his Vita. However, I am bothered by seeing him called a free market
economist and a Randian. Apparently one of the major issues distinguishing
him from Mr. Cantor is Mr. Brat’s opposition to immigrants and immigration
reform. I cannot understand how someone can be a free market economist and
opposed to immigration reform. Our immigration laws are a major limitation
on free exchange, and anyone who really favours free markets must b... more »
Who Does Wall Street Own In Washington?
Jim Himes (New Dem-CT), Wall Street's candidate for the next DCCC Chairman
In her new book, A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren spent a little time
explaining how Wall Street tried sabotaging her campaign for Senate. Scott
Brown was their boy and they shoveled more money into his campaign than any
campaign in the country. He was the #1 recipient of their political
contributions. And they did all they could to demonize Elizabeth Warren and
her pro-working families message-- something they have continued without
pause.
The big banks kept a low profile at first, but before long they s... more »
Guest Post - A Quick Guide to Helping to Save the World – Eco for Newbies
Environmental issues are no longer a matter of personal politics – they are
an essential consideration if we are going to sustain life on earth for
generations to come. Thankfully, every year more people opt to cycle to
work instead of drive, more people start to compost their vegetable waste,
and more recycling centres are built by companies like JP Concrete. It's
pleasing to see. But what are you doing for the environment? What can you
do? Here are some essentials.
Ditch Your Wheels for the Week
Greenhouse gas emissions are the chief contributor to climate change
worldwide. There... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
(Captured Regulators? You'd Have Thought They Were Wild Before) Corporate-Owned Media and Corporate-Owned Political Appointments Producing Corporate-Owned Reality - You Get What You Pay For (Making Richie Rich Much Richer - I'm Looking At You, Citigroup) Cantor's $5M Tune Up In Smoke
Lohier was the man in charge when the trail and evidence was still hot
against the largest Wall Street banks for engaging in fraud and causing the
greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression. Lohier did not bring
one criminal case against any one of those banks’ executives. Now, he is
sitting as Judge over the fairness of wrist slaps as a suitable alternative
to the criminal
China news of note June 12 , 2014 -- Mind-blowing Fact Of The Day: China Has Over 52 Million Vacant Homes ........ Liquidity strain still ongoing in China ...... China braces for impact as ECB adopts negative interest rates
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-11/mindblowing-fact-day-china-has-over-52-million-vacant-homes
Mindblowing Fact Of The Day: China Has Over 52 Million Vacant Homes
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/11/2014 17:22 -0400
- Australia
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Brazil
- China
- Commercial Real Estate
- Mortgage Loans
- Real estate
- Shadow Banking
- Twitter
- Twitter
- Vacant Homes
- Yuan
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*Over 1 in 5 homes (with $674 billion of mortgages) in China stand empty*...
and if y... more »
Analyst Hasni Abidi: Maliki Wanted Mosul To Fall So As To Consolidate Power During A National Crisis
An excerpt from, *"Fall of Mosul ‘not completely innocent — it serves
Maliki’"* Euronews, June 11:
euronews: “Maliki has demanded more power but what are his options for
solving the crisis? Can he survive?”
Abidi (political analyst and director of the Geneva-based Study and
Research Centre for the Arab and Mediterranean World): “What has happened
in Mosul actually helps Maliki. With this, he can get a full go-ahead from
the Iraqi parliament. He benefits from this. I don’t think that the fall of
Mosul happened completely innocently. It serves the political interests for
a Maliki g... more »
MILITARIZED IN NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota is home to a growing cluster of drone research, business and
military interests. Aerospace companies, universities and state government
helped secure North Dakota's position as one of six drone test sites across
the US.
The eagerness of so many states to test and base drones indicates just how
desperate local communities are these days for investment by the federal
government. Sadly the only government agency with any money is the
Pentagon.
Can be no doubt that the US is now a militarized culture.
The way we counter this reality is by demanding the conversion of t... more »
It apparently starts with Ayn Rand [updated]
To say Paul Krugman has jumped the shark would be to confuse this one shark
for several dozen earlier varieties.
Krugman’s latest is that a) we’re all gonna die (You now, crop failures;
ice caps falling on us; polar bears taking their revenge; all that sort of
thing), and b) anyone who denies we’re all gonna die has been deluded by
Ayn Rand.
He writes this for America’s paper of record. Not as satire, but as serious
analysis.
James Delingpole is excited for this new turn in the former Nobel-Prize
winner’s career. See:
I'm personally very excited for Professor Krugman too becaus... more »
“Acknowledging Our Pain: Rescuing the Rescuer”
*“Acknowledging Our Pain: Rescuing the Rescuer”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“Sometimes the motivation to help others may be an extension of a deep
desire to heal a wounded part of ourself. Some people seem called to help
others, often from very early on in their childhoods, responding to the
needs of family members, strangers, or animals with a selflessness that is
impressive. Often, these people appear to have very few needs of their own,
and the focus of their lives is on rescuing, helping, and healing others.
While there are a few people who are truly able to sustain this com... more »
Say good night, Eric
*If you want to watch the video, you'll find it here.*
*by Ken*
So Eric Cantor is already taking the step of stepping down as House
majority leader.
I want to look again at the message in the tweet Howie reproduced in his
post this morning, "Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor Loses Primary to
Fairly Random Teabagger Dave Brat," from Erick Erickson: "Dear Media: You
will make the Cantor loss all about immigration. You will be wrong. But it
will be useful to us. So thanks."
Because this is a tweet from Erick Erickson (if your taste runs to wacko
bullshit, you can also read his ... more »
INCOMING CME Alert ( June 11 , 2014 - could impact on June 13 , 2014 ) : Yesterday's double X-flare may have produced a geoeffective CME after all. At first it appeared that Earth was outside the line of fire, but a closer look at the CME reveals an Earth-directed component Solar Flares Disrupt Communications on Earth, Could Send Shockwave on Friday the 13th ........
Some blues you can use .....
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2014/06/solar-flares-disrupt-communications-on-earth-could-send-shockwave-on-friday-the-13th/
Solar
Flares Disrupt Communications on Earth, Could Send Shockwave on
Friday the 13th
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Communications on Earth, Could Send Shockwave on Friday the 13th]
A solar flare erupts on the surface of the sun, June 10, 2014.
(Goddard/SDO/NASA)
The sun has had t... more »
Gold , Silver and PM Report ( June 12 , 2014 ) --- News of the day discussing or touching upon the precious metals !
http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/chinese-gold-demand-stable-823-mt-ytd-silver-premium-6
Chinese Gold Demand Stable (823 MT YTD), Shanghai Silver Scarce
Chinese wholesale demand for physical gold, measured by SGE withdrawals,
was more or less equal in week 22 (May 26 – 30, 2014) at 35.7 metric
tonnes, relative to 36.4 tonnes in week 21. The year to date weekly average
is 37.4 tonnes, which is 1908 tonnes annualized.
[image: Shanghai Gold Exchange withdrawals only 2014 week 22]
Silver remains scarce in Shanghai, premiums for spot silver past week have
been above 6 percent over the intern... more »
La. BESE Member Jane Smith to Governor Jindal: Drop CC and PARCC
Below is an open letter written to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal by
Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) member and
Jindal-appointee, Jane Smith. Smith wants to encourage Jindal to follow
through on his plans to drop CCSS and PARCC in Louisiana. Let me add, it is
certainly time. Using the words of the song […]
Feedly is back up...
*and I have:*
753 unread articles Right! I'll get right on it... *Arrrrrrrgh!*
Bilderberg split between Europe and US Bilderberg members ? ( June 12 , 2014 ) Is this why everything seems to be going stark raving mad at the same time ? Huge Bilderberg Split, Nuclear War – Greg Hunter With Daniel Estulin – The True Story Of Bilderberg 2014 ...... Also , tying things together - an examination of connections between President Petro Poroshenko and the CIA ..... OBAMA’S ATTEMPT AT INTIMIDATING RUSSIA: DISPATCHING B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS TO EUROPE
FWIW...... From Info Wars....
*Bilderberg expert Daniel Estulin joins Greg Hunter to give us* *the true
story of the Bilderberg 2014 meeting including bombshell news that a huge
split exists between US Bilderbergers and European Bilderbergers due to the
European’s support of Russia. Estulin warns that Russia has drawn an
imaginary red line in the Ukraine, one that if NATO or the US crosses, all
out nuclear war could be the result as Russia’s very survival is at stake.*
*http://www.infowars.com/is-ukraines-president-poroshenko-taking-orders-from-the-cia/*
*IS UKRAINE’S ... more »
Why our foreign adventures end up poorly - Afghanistan Edition ! Jailbreak: The U.S. Paid $11 Million For An Afghan Prison With Cracked Walls ......
WHO WHAT WHY.....
Jailbreak: The U.S. Paid $11 Million For An Afghan Prison With Cracked Walls
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[image: Tear Down This Wall: $11.3 million Baghlan Prison with Massive
Cracks]
Tear Down This Wall: $11.3 million Baghlan Prison with Massive Cracks
Want to know what $11.3 million buys the U.S. taxpayer in Afghanistan?
In one case, a prison complex with a missing security fence, one ruined
building and cracking walls.
Those are the findings of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction, the Congressiona... more »
Iraq Civil War Updates ( June 12 , 2014 ) ISIS conquering Iraq so fast its tough to keep up with the news !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-11/iraq-gives-obama-green-light-commence-kinetic-action-against-al-qaeda
Iraq Gives Obama Green Light To Commence "Kinetic Support" Against Al Qaeda
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It appears that the best diversion from Obama's latest bevy of scandals,
including the VA snafu and the Bergdahl fiasco, will be yet another war,
one which Iraq just gave the green light for. As the WSJ reported moments
ago, Iraq has privately signaled to... more »
Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Al-Maliki Should Be Tried for High Treason Following ISIS Capture of Mosul (Source: MEMRI TV)
This man is telling the truth about Maliki's failures as a leader, the U.S.
role in supporting ISIS in Syria, and channels like Al-Jazeera deceiving
their viewers about the nature of ISIS and their takeover of Mosul. He
should be the next Prime Minister of Iraq. Watch the full interview below.
Here are some key excerpts:
"The war in Syria and the war in Iraq are one and the same. Both in Syria
and in Iraq it is a war against ISIS. The US strives to weaken the Syrian
regime, and this benefits ISIS. But in Baghdad it supports the regime
against ISIS. This is suspicious and perplexing ... more »
Spot the link, and win!
Here’s a wee competition for any readers in Wellington over the next while.
Just be the first to spot the link between these two news stories below ,
and you get to win a Tapas platter and craft beers for two at the Kelburn
Village Pub. (Disclosure: I won the prize at the fantastic Anzac Hopstock
2014 festival but sadly won’t be back in the capital for a while; so one of
you – and a friend – can be the fortunate beneficiaries.)
*So, to win, be the first to explain in the comments the obvious link
between this news story from the UK…*
*Uber is cheaper and safer than a Black Cab** –... more »
"Here is an eyewitness report of the violence that the Washington-backed government in Kiev is inflicting on those protesting against the anti-Russian regime that Washington has installed in Kiev. This is not information you will hear from the presstitute media or from 'your' government. You can ask, 'Who is this reporter? How do we know we can believe him,' or you can say, 'We know that we cannot believe 'our' government and its presstitute media, so let’s give the reporter the benefit of the doubt.' The reporter uses the German word Untermenschen, which means 'under men' or lesser beings. The Nazis applied this term to most of humanity, while referring to Germans as Ubermenchen which means, in effect, overlords or superior men. The US neoconservative ideology parallels the Nazi ideology. Americans are the Exceptional People, the Indispensable People. Everyone else is unexceptional and dispensable. Apparently the American people are convinced of their worthiness over others. Perhaps this is why there is no remorse over the millions of Untermenschen that Washington has murdered, maimed, and displaced in seven countries so far in the 21st century." -- Paul Craig Roberts
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*TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014
Original Here*
Russians are sub-humans in the eyes of the West
by "Juan"
Untermenschen. That is what we are in the eyes of The West. Untermenschen.
Subhumans.
I have watched the unfolding coup d'etat in Ukraine from it's very
beginning in late November 2013 in Kiev. I have watched a steady stream of
western dignitaries and politicians parade through Maidan Square in Kiev,
each and every one of them p... more »
#Snowden: One Year On
*A long but thoughtful guest post by Julian Sanchez on the news story Glenn
Greenwald wrote one year ago that would change the world forever.*
[image: image]The first real debate about the 21st century surveillance
state began one year ago.
There had, of course, been no previous shortage of hearings, op-eds, and
panels worldwide mulling the appropriate “balance between privacy and
security” in the post-9/11 era. But for the masses who lacked a security
clearance, these had the character of a middle school playground
conversation about sex—a largely speculative discussion among pa... more »
Establishment Shaken as Eric Cantor Gets His Ass Handed to Him in Primary
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Much as most of those who pay attention to domestic politics I was shocked
to see House Majority Leader Eric Ivan Cantor go down in flames last night
in his Virginia primary. Being that he is such a slimy son of a bitch I
pretty much thought that he was immune. Unfortunately for Cantor so did he
because according to accounts he didn’t bother with much campaigning,
instead unleashing an onslaught of negative advertising against unheralded
challenger David Brat. While the national circus that is the political
paparazzi, the protectorate that surrounds the corrupt DC elite like an
im... more »
The Pornocracy, the Emirate of Sicily and the Fall of Nineveh
I finished work early today, sat out in the Morecambe sunshine and
continued reading a racy history of the Popes, journeying from the great
Gregory the Great (590 AD) to the unfortunate 'great schism' between
Catholicism and Orthodoxy in 1054.
My goodness, there were some juicy popes in between, particularly during
the period scholars called the Pornocracy. Some of them make the Borgias
look like Pope Francis.
One of the many things I learned was that Muslim conquerors began invading
peninsular Italy in 827, establishing a 24-year emirate around the port
city of Bari called, er, ... more »
Iraqi Army Officers Gave Soldiers In Mosul 2 Options: Fight or Flee
*Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki declaring a national state of emergency
after Mosul was taken. He should have resigned right then and there.*
The army of post-Saddam Iraq is the biggest joke of the century so far.
There are militias in Michigan who can take on this so-called army and win
in a matter of hours. Read this excerpt from, *"Iraqi soldier describes
army 'without leadership' in Mosul"* by Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor, June 11:
At 3 a.m. on June 10, Twitter users affiliated with the Islamic State of
Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) began tweeting that ISIS had control of security
... more »
Geldof's Politics
*"That's the seal of approval for the rock community. *
*Bowie says it cool. *
*Must be then. *
*It doesn't get much cooler than Bowie."*
*Bowie*:
*"Britain is ready for a fascist leader... I think Britain could benefit
from a fascist leader. After all, fascism is really nationalism... I
believe very strongly in fascism, people have always responded with greater
efficiency under a regimental leadership." *
*"Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars"*
*"You've got to have an extreme right front come up and sweep everything
off its feet and tidy everything up."*
Bowie later... more »
Michael Hutchence and Opiates
*Michael Hutchence as Percy Bysshe Shelley*
*Frankenstein : Unbound (1990)*
*"I hate it when people lose it, there's nothing left because they're not
interesting, they're boring, I hate it, and especially smack, people on
smack are the most boring in the world."*
A Strange System of Terrorism
*"Indeed... a strange system of terrorism has brought the inhabitants of
that region that no one among them could express an opinion favorable to
this Government, or even propose to obey its laws, without exposing his
life and property to peril."*
*President James Buchanan,*
*Proclamation - Rebellion in the Territory of Utah*
*April 6, 1858*
*“If the Gentiles did not repent, said the author of the proclamation, the
Native kinsmen of the Mormons, the Lamanites, would go among them and ‘tear
them in pieces, like a lion among the flocks of sheep.’ *
*Their destruction would be total,... more »
Our Transactional Congress
Yesterday, there was a lot of buzz about Louisiana Republican Vance
McAllister letting it slip that he and other corrupt conservatives
routinely take bribes for their votes. His short experience as a Republican
congressman has taught McAllister, he says, that his caucus is a “steady
cycle of voting for fundraising and money instead of voting for what is
right.”
McAllister said he voted "no" on legislation related to the Bureau of Land
Management though he did not identify the bill. McAllister said a colleague
on the House floor told him that he would receive a $1,200 contribution... more »
Finis
The blog began as therapy. Now with all the changes in Southern Man's life
(some not by his choice) it's become more work than anything else and no
one reads it anyway. The blog will no longer be updated, at least not on
any kind of regular basis. Thanks for visiting!
Spanish Inquisition Day 15
Breakfast - off to the airport - fly home.
Spanish Inquisition Day 14
Long bus ride from Seville to Madrid - long walk to clear my head and pick
up a few caches - not much more to say right now.
FINAL VOTING DAY WRAP-UP
Yesterday while at the polls one expects to see those who are enthusiastic
and party loyalists turning out for their team. (I was there with a table
petitioning against big *$$$* in elections). All we had on the ballot in
Bath, city of 10,000 people, was the local school budget 3% tax increase
and a couple uncontested primary seats for state legislature. The crowd
was thin but steady thoughout the day. I went there for the opening and
closing hours and then another two hour shift during midday.
I had lots of reactions to folks, so many that I took a bunch of notes.
Below are s... more »
I LIKE THESE GUYS
Two interesting characters giving us some of the inside scoop on corruption
in India.
Newsclick speaks to Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Commentator and Journalist, on
his latest book Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis. The book was
released on April 18. Guha says this book analyses the Krishna Godavari Gas
Pricing controversy and details the impacts of crony capitalism in India.
Guha and his co-authors along with the distributors of the book have been
served legal notices by the Reliance Industries Limited seeking Rs 100
crores for defamation.
“Wall Street Adviser: Actual Unemployment Is 37.2%, 'Misery Index' Worst In 40 Years”
*“Wall Street Adviser: Actual Unemployment Is 37.2%, *
*'Misery Index' Worst In 40 Years”*
by Paul Bedard
“Don't believe the happy talk coming out of the White House, Federal
Reserve and Treasury Department when it comes to the real unemployment rate
and the true “Misery Index.” Because, according to an influential Wall
Street advisor, the figures are a fraud. In a memo to clients provided to
Secrets, David John Marotta calculates the actual unemployment rate of
those not working at a sky-high 37.2 percent, not the 6.7 percent
advertised by the Fed, and the Misery Index at over 14, ... more »
Satire: “Morning After Tea Party Win, House GOP Proposes End To Social Security, Return To Child Labor, Gun Rights for Pets”
*“Morning After Tea Party Win, House GOP Proposes End To Social Security, *
*Return To Child Labor, Gun Rights for Pets”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “The morning after Tuesday’s stunning Tea
Party victory in Virginia, House Republicans unveiled a sweeping new
legislative agenda, proposing an end to Social Security, a return to child
labor, and unprecedented gun rights for pets. “The Republican Party is the
party of common sense,” said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). “And such
common-sense proposals as electronic ankle bracelets for immigrant babies
and a... more »
Modern Eugenics
Fucking idiots. 600,000 people a year die of Malaria every year in Africa
(far more than die of AIDS, as I have been saying for years), and the
transmission vector is the female of one specific species of Mosquito.
Mussolini (and Oliver Cromwell) eliminated Malaria by draining all the
swamps.
The British plan for Africa now is to re-engineer the genome of the female
mosquito, to suppress the production and transmission of the X-Chromosome
in all future generations.
But only of Mosquitos, obviously. Obviously.
It's NOT an attempt to sterilise all Africans and depopulate the en... more »
US Destabilization Efforts In Syria, Coupled With Saudi-Turkish Support For Al-Qaeda, Led To The Fall of Mosul
*NATO's pawns take Mosul.*
NATO and Turkey are *planning to hold an emergency meeting* about the
takeover of Mosul by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. What is there
to discuss? Will they debate how much more money, arms, and training they
will give these killers and robbers?
The US has provided military training to the leaders of ISIS and Al-Qaeda,
the Saudis are throwing money at these guys all day and night, and Turkey
has continued to shelter them in their territory, even against the backdrop
of public discontent about their government's position on Syria.
The Turkish gov... more »
Don’t Confuse Me With the Facts: Costs of Lethal Autonomous Weapons
This is a guest post by Heather Roff-Perkins, Visiting Associate Professor
at the Josef Korbel School, University of Denver. On June 12, Christof
Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
executions, will brief the United Nations Human Rights Council on the human
rights implications of lethal autonomous weapons. Last month, member states
Continue reading
Supplemental: What’s the real point of the Common Core?
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2014*
*Common versus higher:* From the standpoint of messaging, an advocate can
never go wrong calling for “higher standards.”
That sounds like something a person would want! Who could possibly stand
opposed to “higher standards?”
This messaging drives the campaign in support of the Common Core. That
said, the Common Core is often supported in a different way.
Often, advocates praise the Common Core because it creates a *common* set
of “standards.” If every state signs on to the program, all the states will
be teaching the same skills in each grade!
At first ... more »
“The Lies Grow More Audacious”
*“The Lies Grow More Audacious”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
“If there were any doubts that Western “leaders” live in a fantasy
make-believe world constructed out of their own lies, the G-7 meeting and
70th anniversary celebration of the Normandy landing dispelled the doubts.
The howlers issuing from these occasions are enough to split your sides.
Obama and his lap dog Cameron described the Normandy landing on June 6,
1944, as “the greatest liberation force that the world has ever known” and
took all the credit for the US and Britain for the defeat of Hitler. No
mention was made of the S... more »
THIS Is Absolutely Appalling! Revealed: Thousands Of Irish Orphans Were Used As "Drug Guinea Pigs" (!)
I have been doing a lot of news catching up this morning, and YES, I have
read all the reports about how investigators have come across hundreds of
skeletons of dead children associated with orphanages in Ireland, and
especially near the Irish town of Tuan... It is absolutely appalling that
now we are discovering such horrific abuse of these children and the fact
that many died at an early age due to a wide assortment of ailments and/or
abuse.....
That discovery of the skeletons of dead and missing children at Irish
orphanages is bad enough, but I came across an article just now tha... more »
Higher Education Leaders who know nothing.
OK. Today might just be the day that I quit. If the leaders of our
academic institutions have really decided to sign onto to something that
has no empirical support specifically (that common core standards and high
stakes tests better prepare students for college) and at the same time
totally disregard tons of empirical support […]
SPORTNIK REPORT
World cup soccer impinges on the local people and they are in the streets.
The TV money must be huge around the world. Advertising rates now trump
the actual sport. All major sports are now fully dominated by the
corporate money. My two favorite sports, baseball and basketball, are
infested with money and increasingly are used for dangerous displays of
nationalism. They call it the "warrior culture". Baseball players are
dressing in camo to "honor the troops" at the same time the VA waiting list
scandal is humming along in Washington. It's all smoke and mirrors.
It often co... more »
The Double Edge of British Values
I think there is evidence sufficient to justify an inquiry into the alleged
infiltration of several Birmingham schools. It might be *The Telegraph*,
but Andrew Gilligan makes a compelling case. All that matters now is that
investigations proceed in due course. It is entirely unhelpful and
downright opportunist for various papers and the Tories to scrabble for
lurid headlines and knee jerk policy announcements, none of which has
anything to do with the rise of UKIP and the need to shore up one’s core
vote.
While I’m not going to write about the Trojan Horse allegations as such (if
... more »
MORE ON US-JAPAN WAR PREPARATIONS
Excellent report on growing US-Japan military alliance aimed at China &
Russia......
For those who forgot - or never knew - Japan was an imperial aggressor
during WWII and brutalized many across the Pacific. Coming out of the war
the US, just like we did in Europe, did prosecute some fascist leaders but
many others with particular 'skills' in spying, weapons making, military
administration, or more were brought under the US umbrella. Under this
shelter the 'former' fascists could be put to work on a new mission -
making Mr. Big's program of full spectrum dominance a reality.
The Realist Report - Jason Erb
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *Jason
Erb*. Jason and I will be analyzing some of the top personalities in the
alternative or independent media, including popular icons such as Alex
Jones. Are many of the most popular media personalities in the alternative
or independent media compromised or promoting disinformation, knowingly or
unknowingly? Tune in to find out! Calls are welcome throughout the
broadcast.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit the *AFP Radio
Network* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view pas... more »
What could possibly be next??...
*because I'm seriously annoyed.*
First Frontier was down and we didn't have internet access.
Next we lost electricity for close to 8 hours.
Now Feedly is down.
However, I'm still probably feeling better than Eric Cantor is right now.
heh
So..................I'm headed to the dentist and then to Costco for huge
meat stock-up. Whole tri-tips, country style ribs, baby backs, whole rib
eyes, ground beef for meatballs, and chicken breasts. After cutting
steaks I'll fire up the vacuum sealer and we'll be good for a year.
F 35 strike fighter glitch list
Problems with the all purpose fighter F35
One proble they don't write about here is the problem with the pilot
re-breather oxygen supply.
That is a whole diffrent issue altogether
F 35 strike fighter glitch list
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Can Marijuana Help Rid American Politics Of Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
When she was a state Senator, Debbie Wasserman Schultz made a deal with the
Republicans to gerrymander Florida in a way that was extremely advantageous
to the GOP and gave them control of far more congressional seats than the
statewide voting patterns would have predicted. But it was also very
advantageous to-- you guessed it-- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (and some of
her crooked cronies from both sides of the aisle in the state legislature).
She drew her own district in southeastern Broward County and the northern
Biscayne Bay shoreland of Miami Dade. This is how the D+18 FL-20 was
... more »
Tea Party Like It's 1899
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on, loan from Ari Goldstein.)
Right about now on Capitol Hill, if politicians are true to form,
they're silently removing Eric Cantor's number from their Rolodexes and
contact lists. Paul Ryan's curling bar bells in a gym somewhere trying to
think of a way to plausibly deny he ever met Cantor and John Boehner has
already gotten an early start on his day's drinking.
That's what politicians on both sides of the aisle do when one of
their own is suddenly in the white hot sodium lights of a juicy scandal or
abruptly lose an election or, in E... more »
Unbelievable: US Government Promotes Fish Consumption by Pregnant Women and Children
O’Connor, Anahad (2014, June 10). Health Officials Call for More Fish in
Diets of Children and Pregnant Women. The New York Times,
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/updated-advice-on-eating-fish-during-pregnancy/?_php=true&_type=blogs&emc=edit_th_20140611&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=32962000&_r=0
[Excerpted]
Federal officials on Tuesday announced that they would recommend
for the first time that women who are pregnant or breast-feeding and
young
children eat a minimum of two servings of low-mercury seafood every week
for their health. The recommendations represent a significant s... more »
BBC Complaints & the cookie cutter
In response to my complaint...
Please could explain why a BBC World Service journalist Irena Taranyuk made
a negative comment about Nigel Farage on today's Dateline London?
She described UKIP's success in the European elections as "a worrying sign
because of what Nigel Farage said about Putin, about immigrants, about
Romanians rather unguardedly."
She also talked about "the mainstream European parties" losing ground and
said, "But let's hope that the European voice will be strong in Ukraine and
in Russia because, even though they will lose ground, they'll still be
pretty strong as... more »
My Book, A Chronicle of Echoes, is Now Available on Kindle
My newly-released whistle blower book detailing the expliotation of
American public education, A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the
Implosion of American Public Education, is now available on Kindle. For
some reason, the Kindle link is separate from the link for the paperback
and hardcover. The Kindle link lacks all reviewer information that is
available for people […]
Why Jesus Died According to the Bible
Yeah he outed the bankstares
Okay if the Koch brothers pay you directly, thats your moral choice as a
CHristian. Only Christians can understand the world difficult choices
because Jesus died to prevent Banks to big to fail.
"Forget about Romanians, I wouldn't want to live next door to this #UKIP women"
Alan at Biased BBC has spotted an upcoming programme on Radio 4 [next
Monday, 8.00pm] called *Generation Right. *The blurb trailing the programme
reads:
It's a commonplace thought that the young start their lives as idealistic
left-wingers, only to become more conservative with age. But are today's
twenty-somethings going to debunk that as a myth? Extensive polling shows
that in many respects, young people now are to the political right of their
parents and grandparents when they were young. Their attitudes often appear
characterised by a suspicion of collectivism and a greater sce... more »
This Week in “Please Shut Up”: Arne Duncan
This Week in “Please Shut Up”: Arne Duncan. via This Week in “Please Shut
Up”: Arne Duncan.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Video Report: On board FREMM Normandie next generation multi-mission frigate
Navy Recognition recently had the unique opportunity to get onboard the
French Navy's next state of the art frigate, the Normandie, while the ship
was conducting sea trials off Toulon naval base in the Mediterranean.
We already got the chance to get aboard Normandie while the vessel had just
been floated out of dry-dock in Lorient, but this time it is a fully
completed and functional frigate we got the chance to tour.
In November 2012, DCNS delivered the FREMM Aquitaine, the first unit in the
series of FREMM multi-mission frigates.
Read more
THE ROLE OF THE GAPS: In fourth grade!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2014*
*Part 3—Teaching from behind:* How would tougher “standards”—a more
challenging course of study—address the nation’s large achievement gaps?
For ourselves, we have no idea. But that seems to be Bill Gates’ basic
concept of the Common Core.
In Sunday’s Washington Post, Lyndsey Layton produced a valuable report
about the way Gates has used his billions to create and sponsor the Common
Core. Late in her piece, she described his semi-magical thinking:
LAYTON (6/8/14): Now six years into his quest, Gates finds himself in an
uncomfortable place—countering crit... more »
Mexico: Strange Object in the Vicinity of the Popocatepetl Volcano
*Source: Diario 26 (Argentina) and Planeta UFODate: 06.11.2014*
*Mexico: Strange Object in the Vicinity of the Popocatepetl Volcano*
Users of Twitter reported having seen a UFO in the vicinity of Mexico's
Popocatepetl Volcano on Monday morning. In recent days, the government of
that country has reported an increase in the stratovolcano's activity,
recording up to 430 emanations in 24 hours with outbursts of incandescent
material.
Following a photograph of volcanic activity this morning by
@webcamsdemexico, taken from the popular SkyAlert, Twitter users higlighted
the presence of... more »
Mike's Story Part 47 - Reaching Out
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
Mike reflected on a former friend from LAPD:
"I thought he might not get Rubicon. I let him go. Such a good
friend!” he cried.
He googled the man, remembering the street where he lived, and found
him, but no email address.
With Mike in such a heightened state of distress, I contacted all of his
old friends I could think of to whom he might listen.
To Peter Dale Scott:
* February 16, 2007*
*hi - *
* below is an email i sent last night to cynthia mckinney. this morning i
suggested that mcr call you (peter; this email will also go to... more »
Ontario Vote 2014
The Ontario Election
1) Tim Hudak disqualified himself with his tea party math. If he had only
said I will be a sensible manager of the public purse he might have won.
However all evidence is to the contrary. E Health, Hydro inflation, ORAGE
are all conservative land mines and the Liberals stepped upon every one.
Then there is the biggest single sell out in Ontario History the 407. This
sin can be forgiven when the contract runs out in 100 years.
2) Andrea Horwath is a vapid airhead. She stands for nothing and speaks in
air farts.
3) Kathleen Wynn has made hard choices and present... more »
The Revolving Undead
If you're still suffering from your bad case of Hillary fatigue, you can
look forward to a respite. For one more day, at least, the
queen-in-waiting's grand tour is being pre-empted by the media/political
complex's post-mortem of the "stunning"" defeat of House Majority Leader Eric
Cantor.
It seems like only yesterday that I was writing about Eric Cantor's sleazy
financial wheelings and dealings through his shadowy Young Guns Super Pac,
which finagled its way into a glowing op-ed by David Brooks.
So, Cantor's defeat at the hands of a locally popular but nationally
unknown economi... more »
America Is Finished: 19 Reasons Why You Can Laugh When Anyone Tells You That The (US) Economy Is In Good Shape
America is a mess... We are now watching shooting incidents take place on a
weekly basis as the US Government continues to push for gun control
legislation to strip its citizens of their last line of defense against
their own leadership's rush to tyranny. At the same time, we see the US
government pushing for wars across the planet as a way to keep their ponzi
US dollar alive as the world's "reserve currency". We also see an American
people having their minds turned to mush by the brainwashing and lies of
their own media as well as the severely poisonous chemicals in their
genetic... more »
Diane Ravitch's Mutating Common Core Positions
As the opposition to Common Core has spread and deepened, Diane Ravitch's
position has undergone a strange metamorphosis. She had this to say at Huffington
Post on March 24 in a piece entitled "The Fatal Flaw of the Common Core
Standards:"
*. . . .The complaints are coming from all sides: from Tea Party activists
who worry about a federal takeover of education and from educators,
parents, and progressives who believe that the Common Core will standardize
instruction and eliminate creativity in their classrooms.*
*But there is a more compelling reason to object to the Common Core
s... more »
Islamic State of Iraq’s 2014 Uprising And Security Forces Collapse
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) made dramatic advances
across northern Iraq on June 10. Building upon its success in Mosul in
Ninewa, ISIS pushed southward into Salahaddin and Kirkuk provinces. The
government appeared completely ineffectual as the crisis unfolded. More
importantly, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) collapsed in several cities
hardly putting up a fight. This has left the Islamic State in control of a
large swath of northern Iraq exponentially speeding up their plans to march
towards Baghdad.
June 10 ISIS moved down from Mosul through Shirqat and part... more »
Ravitch Urges Common Core States to Act As If They Weren't Common Core States While Remaining Common Core States
As the opposition to Common Core has spread and deepened, Diane Ravitch's
position has undergone a strange metamorphosis. She had this to say at Huffington
Post on March 24 in a piece entitled "The Fatal Flaw of the Common Core
Standards:"
*. . . .The complaints are coming from all sides: from Tea Party activists
who worry about a federal takeover of education and from educators,
parents, and progressives who believe that the Common Core will standardize
instruction and eliminate creativity in their classrooms.*
*But there is a more compelling reason to object to the Common Core
s... more »
May all the 'Terrorist' (Tea Party/Libertarians) become D.C. elected Officials. Let the KICK OUTS Begin!
I am very encouraged that people are waking up to what Washington D.C. is
really about. Yesterday Virginia took a huge step which I hope the rest of
the country follows in Virginia's footsteps and kicks out all the D.C.
elected officials. Virginia voted OUT Eric Cantor in the Republican
primary, the 2nd most powerful person in the House of Representatives.
That is huge for a state to give
The fall of Mosul. Who benefits and who does not. Updated!
So, I'm reading on the events in Iraq this morning. The fall of Mosul.
Yes, the fall of Mosul!
Why? Why now? How?
Mosul, Iraq. Bordered by the Tigris, located between Turkey, Iran and of
course Syria
So, a good location if one is planning to attack or further destabilize
several nations.
*Oil rich. *Always a benefit. Always a concern to those who wish to control
resources globally- NATO
Be aware or beware, we're going long and while ambling through the brambles
we will meet up with a familiar face
Who benefits?- US, Israel, NATO
Who does not benefit?- Syria, Iraq, Iran.
* Let's r... more »
Toyota linear generator ahead of its time..
A thing of beauty...
TOYOTA linear generator,
Ain't it a beauty?
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Oh! Those Fucking Liberals!
I don't usually make two posts in one day. But it was one thing after
another thing.
Go through this blog's archives and you'll see that I almost always credit
liberals for being generally decent, intelligent people. But I disavow
liberalism the philosophy and I despise liberal poltical parties like the
Canadian Liberals and the USA's Democratic Party. And I positively loathe
Liberal hackery. (And, any honest reading of this blog will show that I'm
no die-hard Dipper hack.)
So, here's "Big City Lib Strikes Back" belittling the gas-plant scandal in
Ontario:
Gasplantsgasplantzgasplan... more »
Gates Moratorium Another Scam: Beware the Roadbuilders pt. 2
Gates Moratorium Another Scam: Beware the Roadbuilders pt. 2. via Gates
Moratorium Another Scam: Beware the Roadbuilders pt. 2.Filed under: PAUL
THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor Loses Primary To Fairly Random Teabagger Dave Brat
Not many people saw it coming and typically lame and incompetent Republican
polling firms declared authoritatively that Cantor had nothing too worry
about. This was the *Washington Post* hours before the polls closed in
VA-07: "A conservative challenger is expected to fall far short of
defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) in Tuesday’s
congressional primary. Disorganization and poor funding have stymied the
campaign of tea party activist David Brat, even as he tapped into
conservative resentment toward a party leader who has been courting the
Republican right for yea... more »
Untitled
*Hate-filled history professors*
*A violent loathing of America rules among them. As a non-American
historian, I am at ease with the view that America should be seen from a
cosmopolitan or international perspective. But I still view the USA as the
most generous nation the world has ever seen*
Every generation should remember the ultimate sacrifice made by those
allied warriors who fought to liberate Europe not enslave it.
Recently, Cal Thomas, in what has become a journalistic ritual, bemoaned
the loss of knowledge about American history in a column titled “D-Day=Dumb
Day for Man... more »
Untitled
*Beyond Storms & Droughts: The Psychological Impacts of Climate Change *
*This is pseudo-science. The full "report" is here. There is NO research
into climate change contained in it at all. It is at best colorful
propaganda. The arguments in it are of the kind: "Big storms upset
people. Therefore climate change will upset people." Any mention of the
fact that extreme wind events have been less frequent in recent years is
not to be found in this tripeSo their arguments are in the form of a
syllogism with a premise that is both missing and false*
The impacts of climate chang... more »
The Suppository Of All Wisdom
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott visited Ottawa on Monday. He and
Stephen Harper got along famously. Abbott called Harper, "an “exemplar” and
a “beacon for centre-right parties around the world”.
Why? Because the prime minister is a climate change denier. Nothing will
prevent Harper from developing the oil sands, just as nothing will prevent
Abbott from developing Australia's coal industry. Paul Adams writes:
More than anything, Abbott admires Harper because he sees him as a world
leader in the fight against doing anything meaningful to contain global
warming.
Like Harper, ... more »
A cantor learns a lesson from a brat
*Oops, native English speakers probably don't know that a "kantor" is a
teacher or a schoolmaster in Germany, Czechia, or Central Europe in
general, so please be aware that the title is wittier than it sounds LOL*
America is thrilled by the victory of an unknown Tea Party candidate, Dave
Brat, an economics instructor at an unknown college in Virginia, over Eric
Cantor, the House Majority (=GOP) Leader, in the Virginian Republican
primaries.
One has to return by a decade in time to find a majority leader (Daschle)
who would lose an election and no one remembers a loss of a majority ... more »
Why the Gun-Nutz Posts?
I suspect my 13 fans might be thinking "Hey thwap! What's the big deal with these
posts about gun-nuts? Do you think it's a news flash that they exist and
that we can't work with them?"
I confess that I wasn't really sure about why I was posting about them
myself. Maybe it was their shared recognition with us that a police-state
is forming around us and that they're actually fighting back (albeit in a
psychotic, stupid fashion). But they're racist conspiracy theorists. There
was never any serious belief on my part that they could be our allies. But
in retrospect, I think it was the ... more »
Decline Your Vote Elect Some Cons!
Post
updated below
The option to formally *Decline Your Vote* in the Ontario provincial
election tomorrow has been getting some press, with the OttawaCitizen
even giving detailed instructions on how to do it.
It's a brilliant strategy when you think about it - getting people in a
province with under 50% voter turnout in the last provincial election to
think they will be making a difference this time by refusing to vote.
Activism! Stand up for your right not to vote!
And who benefits from lower voter turnout when t... more »
Mosul
"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we
remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and
they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs
of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of... more »
Support the Troops? NATO Kills Five as America Shrugs
Five American US Special Forces troops were killed in Afghanistan on Monday
and there was no outrage, no media appearances by politicians braying their
indignation and no saturation media coverage, hell for as patriotic as all
of the folks over at Fox News are you would think that they would at least
have brought in some washed up hack to provide an "exclusive" on the
nefarious circumstances behind the "friendly fire" incident. You know that
Turkey is a NATO member and Turkey is filled with Muslims, could there be
more than meets the eye to these latest five wasted lives in a never... more »
Study Finds 1 in 3 Americans Have Been Implanted With RFID Chips: Most Unaware
*NATIONAL REPORT*
June 2014
Scientists at the Wyoming Institute of Technology (WIT) have determined
that a shocking 1 in 3 Americans has been implanted with an RFID microchip.
In an article published this week, they detail a study of nearly 3000
individuals, in which they identified nearly 1000 individuals that had been
implanted with an RFID chip. Most were unaware that they had been
implanted with such a chip. This finding comes amongst increasing
predictions that RFID chip implantation will become common place in the
next decade.
Lead scientist on the study, John Brugle, Ph... more »
UDT: Dutch MoD advances submarine replacement
[image: Walrus class SSK]The Dutch MoD plans to finalise a specification
requirement for a new submarine mid-2015 to replace the Walrus-class.
‘The cost-benefit ration for another overhaul is extensive so the
submarines need to be replaced,’ said Captain Hugo Ammerlaan, Commanding
Offices Submarine Services Netherlands at UDT in Liverpool
A current €95.3 million Life Extension Programme (LEP) extends the life of
the Walrus-class until 2025.
Ammerlaan said that in 2015 the Dutch MoD will present its vision to the
parliament with a requirement being finalised later that year. He exp... more »
Error and effect of submissions of counsel
*R. v. Kostyk*, 2014 ONCA 447:
[42] In* R. v. Polimac*, 2010 ONCA 346, 254 C.C.C. (3d) 359, at para.
97, leave to appeal refused, [2010] S.C.C.A. No. 263, Doherty J.A.
re-affirmed that counsel’s position at trial is not determinative when a
misdirection or non-direction is raised as a ground of appeal; “[a] legal
error remains a legal error even if counsel does not object or even
supports the erroneous instruction”. Nonetheless, demonstrating a legal
error is not the end of the inquiry in terms of setting aside a conviction
on appeal where defence counsel has taken a contrar... more »
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