iraq (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)FL-15 In Play
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 minutes ago
I noticed something strange on a random DCCC website the other day. The
page itself is just a front to sucker climate change activists into giving
up their e-mail addresses to the DCCC so they can solicit contributions and
sell the info to other vendors.-- one of those phony "sign my petition"
pages they always use: "Sign the petition now to demand Congress Take
Action on Climate before it's too late." No big deal. But the names of the
candidates on the page were totally random-- except one. Can you pick out
the one that is different from the rest?
Rep. Ami Bera
Rep. Tim Bishop
... more »
The survey says: Local products are worth the money!
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 19 minutes ago
Earlier this month we asked if you would be willing to pay more for local
products. Here are the results:
[image: The survey says: Local products are worth the money!]
Comments
- Local and organic!
- Imported supermarket food is often absurdly cheap anyway, and the low
prices mean that we have very little feeling for the value of food, and
feel disconnected from it and its production, buying, eating and wasting
far too much of it. Paying a little more not only often means you're
getting a 'better' product, but you also value and appreciate it more, and
ar... more »
Dick Cheney; gall of ...
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 35 minutes ago
So, "Crooks and Liars" have a nice little piece called "The Gall of Dick
Cheney" about his shameless co-authoring with his imbecilic daughter, an
op-ed about how the sectarian violence in Iraq is Obama's fault.
To ask how he thinks he can get away with such nonsense is to explain it.
What IS anyone opposed to him going to do about it?
...
Well?
That total non-answer is the reason for Cheney's gall. That's a measure of
our impotence.
US Is Backing Both Sides in Iraq - Joaquin
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
US Is Backing Both Sides in Iraq - Joaquin. Source: 108morris108. Date
Published: June 17.
The Waste Pickers of Brasilia
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
Two weeks ago as part of our class, we visited Brasilia’s landfill site,
known as Lixão, which again underscored some of the incredible
contradictions in the country. It is a vast site, with six open dumping
sites, this is one of the largest landfills in all of Latin
America. Controversy surrounds this landfill, as it is slated
Continue reading
Aussie Gov't Looking into Allegations of labor abuses against Taiwan working holiday backpackers
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 hour ago
A reader alerted me to this story. Apparently Taiwanese backpackers on
working holidays in Australia are being abused. From ABC:
The Fair Work Ombudsman is preparing to launch an investigation into claims
backpackers employed as fruit pickers in one of the country's biggest food
producing regions are being underpaid by labour hire contractors and forced
to live in illegal budget accommodation.
The investigation will focus on the Queensland city of Bundaberg where,
each year, thousands of travellers spend at least 88 days working on farms
along the harvest trail in order to extend t... more »
Turning Piketty Right Side Up
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
*In all the criticism and commentary on Frenchman Thomas Piketty’s
criticism of ‘*Capital in the 21st Century*,’ one very important thing has
until now not been pointed out.*
*Piketty’s simple formula sets capital against wages and general
prosperity, suggesting that as capital rises in value then wages will miss
out. Yet, as should be obvious to any student of capital, it is capital
that pays wages and raises general prosperity.*
*Thus, Piketty comes at his subject from the wrong side up. In this guest
post, George Reisman turns him right side up.*
*Turning Piketty Right Side Up... more »
Details on La. Gov. Jindal’s Common Core and PARCC Exit
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 2 hours ago
In a press release on June 18, 2014, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal made a
number of statements regarding Louisiana’s participation in the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS) and the associated Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)– one of two assessment consortia
(groups of states) connected to the CCSS. Some have questioned whether […]
A3 Newsletter: 42 Years and Still Waiting (June 18, 2014)
angola3news at Angola 3 News - 3 hours ago
*(New poster by artist César Maxit)*
All eyes are on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals as we move into summer.
Most urgently of course, we wake up every day hopeful that the court will
choose to affirm Judge Brady's ruling that overturned Albert's conviction
for a third time. Although there is no way to know when they will rule, the
average decision wait time is 10 months, so we expect word soon, and
certainly by early fall.
Meanwhile, the landmark A3 civil case seeking to define long term solitary
confinement as cruel and unusual punishment carries on through Robert and
Albert since... more »
Charles Barsotti (1933-2014)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*The last from Charles? (From the June 9/16 New Yorker)*
*by Ken*
The cartoon for which Charles Barsotti is most famous, *New Yorker* cartoon
editor Bob Mankoff reminds us, "has nothing to do with any of [the] 'big
questions.' I'm not sure what it has to do with, but I dare you to look at
it and not laugh."
Okay, Bob, let's take that dare. (Note: All of the cartoons in this post
should be click-enlargeable. But sometimes you just don't know.)
No, quite correct, Bob, it can't be done. Not even in this highly rarefied
genre of the pasta-based cartoon. You can't look at it and not ... more »
Musical Interlude: Tron Syversen, “Moonlight Reflections”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Tron Syversen, “Moonlight Reflections”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1EZ30fUHLA
"The Most Beautiful People..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat,
known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out
of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an
understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a
deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"Ubuntu"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put
a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got
there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took
each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their
treats. When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had
all the fruits for himself they said: ''UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy
if all the other ones are sad?'' 'Ubuntu' in the Xhosa culture means: 'I am
because we are'."
"How many of you knew this?"
- Found in a group chat, a... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“This beautiful, bright, spiral galaxy is Messier 64, often called the
Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy for its heavy-lidded
appearance in telescopic views. M64 is about 17 million light-years distant
in the otherwise well-groomed northern constellation Coma Berenices. In
fact, the Red Eye Galaxy might also be an appropriate moniker in this
colorful composition of narrow and wideband images.
*Click image for larger size.*
The enormous dust clouds obscuring the near-side of M64's central region
are laced with the telltale reddish glow of hydrogen associated with star
fo... more »
Paulo Coelho, “The Cycle of Nature”; "Maybe..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“The Cycle of Nature”*
by Paulo Coelho
“In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat: there
is only movement. The winter struggles to reign supreme, but, in the end,
is obliged to accept spring’s victory, which brings with it flowers and
happiness. The summer would like to make its warm days last for ever,
because it believes that warmth is good for the earth, but, finally, it has
to accept the arrival of autumn, which will allow the earth to rest.
The gazelle eats the grass and is devoured by the lion. It isn’t a matter
of who is the strongest, but God’s way... more »
Chet Raymo, "Why Not?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"Why Not?"
by Chet Raymo
"A few days ago reader Liz asked: "If we are all one and made out of the
same material - then the things that we make are made out of the same
material. But they are not animate. Why not?" At first glance, this might
seem like a naive question, one that we all know the answer to. On
reflection, it turns out to be terribly profound. Or should I have said,
"wonderfully profound"?
Yes, everything, animate and inanimate, is made of the same stuff - the 92
naturally-occurring elements - but all of the animate things we know about
are made mainly of carbon comp... more »
The Wolf's At the Door (Again) Beware His Cohort and the Zen Un-Master (Phony Intelligence No Longer That Hard To Spot)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 4 hours ago
Not just based on lies. But self-serving lies. It used to be commonly
accepted behavior that if you promoted a certain controversial (and usually
expensive for other people) action that you bent over backward to ensure
your audience that it didn't enhance your own income or lifestyle as a
bonus. That modest courtesy was disabled with the Supreme Court decision in
Bush v. Gore. And it's
With Boobs, anything is possible
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago
Did I fail my daughter by not getting her this stuff? h/t Daisy Lin of the
Facebook group 女權,性別歧視,台灣 Feminism, Sexism, Taiwan
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its
sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores
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That Daily "Near you?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thanks for stopping by.
“Facebook's Extreme Online Tracking Tactics”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“Facebook's Extreme Online Tracking Tactics”*
By Julia Angwin
“For years people have noticed a funny thing about Facebook's ubiquitous
Like button. It has been sending data to Facebook tracking the sites you
visit. Each time details of the tracking were revealed, Facebook promised
that it wasn't using the data for any commercial purposes. No longer. Last
week, Facebook announced it will start using its Like button and similar
tools to track people across the Internet for advertising purposes. Here is
the long history of the revelations and Facebook's denials:
Facebook's Mark Zucke... more »
Satire: “McCain Calls for Emergency Blame Game on Iraq”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“McCain Calls for Emergency Blame Game on Iraq”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Citing the deteriorating situation in
the war-torn nation, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) on Saturday called for
Congress to convene an emergency blame game on Iraq. “This is a dire
crisis,” McCain said. “It’s time to roll up our sleeves and do some serious
finger-pointing.”
McCain said that he hoped Congress would act swiftly to assign blame to a
long list of culprits he identified, including President Obama, the Joint
Chiefs, the media, and everyone who did not vote for him in t... more »
THE TERRIBLE FRUITS OF US-NATO IN UKRAINE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago
Despite President Petro Poroshenko's call for a ceasefire, shelling has
persisted in the eastern city of Slavyansk, Ukraine.
VICE News visited a section of Slavyansk that was recently struck by an
attack, and spoke with the residents about the chaos of the attack and its
aftermath. They also visited a local hospital and spoke with medical
workers who have stayed behind to treat the increasing number of wounded.
Kiev calls these people terrorists and other nasty names. It's against
international law to target civilians as the US-NATO directed operation has
been doing for the past ... more »
Death Aid : Sir Elton's Dead Friends
Spike EP at News Spike - 4 hours ago
Death Aid : Sir Elton's Dead Friends from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, by all rights, I shouldn't be here.
I should be dead. Six foot under, in a wooden box.
Every day I ask myself, "How did I survive..?"
Because the AIDS Disease is caused by *A VIRUS...*"
"To be clear, he was diagnosed with AIDS.
*He wasn't HIV+,* he had *AIDS*."
"Ladies and gentlemen, by all rights, I shouldn’t be here.
I should be dead. Six feet under, in a wood box.
I should have contracted HIV in the 1980s and died in the 1990s.
Just like Freddie Mercury.
Just like Rock Hudson.
... more »
What do you want to be when you grow up? Our kindergartners at Malcolm X.
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago
How will the PARCC prepare these kids to be a superhero or an “ice
princess.” Huh.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
Tagged: elementary, end of the year, graduation, job, kindergarten
METRO | Beverly Baker Moore : Austin’s Hippie Church is all celebration, no dogma
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 4 hours ago
As the energy builds, others in the audience join the regular dancers,
moved by infectious enthusiasm, some cosmic spirit… and the margaritas. By
Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | June 18, 2014 AUSTIN — About noon on
any … finish reading *METRO* | Beverly Baker Moore : Austin’s Hippie Church
is all celebration, no dogma
Assclowns of the Week #99: Dr. Strangehate edition
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 5 hours ago
*...or How The GOP Learned to Love ISIS and the Bomb.*
Well, I guess it was only to be expected (By that, I don't mean Iraq
turning into dog shit again at the hands of Sunni extremists, which *was *to
be expected) but the black guy getting all the blame for Iraq's newest
quagmire after Bush had been praised by the man above for ending the war in
2011. Yes, Republicans finally found a new scandal not named Benghazi to
hang on Obama's neck like a greasy, half-plucked albatross and it's Iraq.
So, Iraq imploding two and a half years after we pulled the last of
our fighting... more »
ruby dee, 1922-2014
laura k at wmtc - 5 hours ago
Ruby Dee was a towering figure in the American theatre. She was a great
actor, a poet, playwright, and screenwriter, and a steadfast voice for
equality. Along with the actor Ossie Davis, her husband of nearly 60 years,
Dee never stopped campaigning for full civil rights for all people.
Dee and Davis' marriage was something to marvel at and to emulate, a
partnership, as the *New York Times* obit puts it, that was "romantic,
familial, professional, artistic and political".
Dee grew up in Harlem, performed in many Broadway plays, and was a
quintessential New Yorker. On Friday, th... more »
Washington Redskins Name Controversy is Just Another Distraction
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 5 hours ago
The political correctness warriors have recently had their target
coordinates set upon forcing the NFL's Washington Redskins football
franchise to change it's name as it is offensive to a certain aggrieved
demographic - the American Indian. Not that the US government gives a damn
about Indians, the genocidal mass slaughter of the nation's only true
indigenous people during the era of western conquest and Manifest Destiny
doesn't get much play from the corrupt national government nor in their
pocket media. Nor does the ghettoizing of American Indians onto
reservations and the insti... more »
'Journalists in E. Ukraine targets of govt forces, conditions much worse than in Iraq' - Churkin
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the racist interim Prime Minister of Ukraine, referred
to Russians who live in Eastern Ukraine as *"subhumans"* in a speech he
made a few days ago.
In the 21st century you expect people who hold such despicable views to be
on the fringes of society, not lead a government, especially not one that
is backed by the superpower of the era. But anything is possible. The
revival of fascism in certain parts of Europe and Jihadism in the Middle
East are the direct results of Washington's interferences along with the
machinations of Zionist terrorists.
The bloodbaths in Uk... more »
How do you know a politician is lying?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
*“It's not the lying that bothers me, it's the fact that people think I'm
stupid enough to believe them that does.” *- Anonymous
How do you know a politician is lying? Their lips are moving.
But was Cunliffe lying when he replied “no,” “definitely not” and “never”
to questions whether he’d known, met or helped party donor Donghua Liu?
Probably not.
The petard on which he’s being justifiably hung however is of his own
making, and doubly so: First, Cunliffe wants to make the election an issue
of trust (don’t politicians always say that?), yet for reasons either of
duplicity or ... more »
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
◆
Cartoon inspired by this iconic image;
of course we haven't learned a damned thing since then...
Sunni Mufti of Iraq Rafie Al-Rifai Justifies Anti-Government Rebellion [Source: MEMRI TV]
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
"I'd like to ask Al-Sistani and other religious authorities that have
issued similar fatwas, and all the religious leaders who replaced their
clerical robes with military fatigues, in response to this call. . .I would
like to ask Al-Sistani: Where were your fatwas when the Americans occupied
Iraq? . . . The Iraqi government is entirely sectarian." - Sunni Mufti of
Iraq Rafie Al-Rifai.
Why did Iraqi Shiite cleric Al-Sistani not call for Jihad against American
troops when they occupied Baghdad but called for Jihad immediately after a
small band of ISIS terrorists and some former Sad... more »
"Regret..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time;
it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."
- Sydney J. Harris
The BC Northern Gateway Pipeline 21
Alison at Creekside - 6 hours ago
21 Con MPs from BC who apparently side with Enbridge rather than BC.
Kerry-Lynne Findlay : "NEB JRP conducted a rigorous/independent
science-based review, heard from 1450+ parties & reviewed over 175K pages
of evidence"
Mark Warawa : "Panel heard +1450 participants, reviewed +175,000 pages of
evidence & 9,000 letters Concluded pipeline n public interest, can build
safely"
Bob Zimmer : "The National Energy Board (NEB) Joint Review Panel conducted
a rigorous, independent, science-based review, hearing from over 1450
participants in 21 communities and reviewing over 175 000 pages o... more »
Biggest event in Human History
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 6 hours ago
Was it the invention of the wheel? Maybe the sail. Discovery of Steel or
the internal combustion engine. What about the microprocessor. These are
all tools not part of history. Humans using tools well and not so well is
history.
The biggest event in human history was the Holocaust. Wiping out the native
peoples of American and Africa, slavery in general are horrible. But in
context they were taking care of business. A mechanical process contrived
to kill millions of people, millions of neighbors, millions of fellow
citizens has to be the low point of humanity.
I believe most things... more »
"Something You Already Know..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine
and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to
your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody
is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how
hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and
keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what
you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be
willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where
you... more »
"A Short Recap For Our Young People"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"A Short Recap For Our Young People"*
by Karl Denninger
"From the "speech" I posted (that no High School or College would ever ask
me to give)- but a bit more direct and to-the-point.
This is specifically aimed at all the young people who go along to get
along, who do the minimum they can get by with, who suck off those around
them (whether it be parents, boyfriends, girlfriends or otherwise) and who
refuse to exhibit the basic principle of never give up; get stomped on in
the ladder of life but make them mash your fingers to bloody stumps- never,
ever let go or stop trying to ea... more »
Uncertain News
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 7 hours ago
The hundreds of you wacky enough to read what I say have been asking me
when
*Steve live* will arrive. This is a great undertaking. I do not want to
come off half cocked. Credibility is the most important value proposition
of those who spend their precious time on your testament. My brand is my
brand and I am not COKE.
Pravda means truth, the New York Times, NBC and all the mainstream media
mean corporate. That is why my news channel will be called the Uncertain
news. I will report the news with lots of alleged, not provable,
circumstance only.
If I had to pick one blog that would p... more »
"Proof the Stock Market Is Being Rigged"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Proof the Stock Market Is Being Rigged" *
by Bill Bonner
"We are still reeling. Yesterday, we reported that central banks are major
buyers of stocks. Their policy of suppressing yields on bonds has pushed
them to stretch for higher returns in the stock market. A recent report by
a central bank research and advisory group called the Official Monetary and
Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) calculates that central banks around
the world have lost out on $200-250 billion in interest income on their
bond portfolios. In other words, central banks are victims of their own
depressed in... more »
Who Would Jesus Ex-Communicate?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Monday Agence France-Presse reported that Pope Francis denounced those
getting rich through speculation in financial markets, sounding a good deal
milder than Jesus did when he denounced the banksters-- as the money
changers of his day are called now-- at the Temple in Jerusalem, sealing
his fate. I have no doubt that if Pope Francis got as harsh as Jesus
towards the banksters, he would also meet an unnatural and gruesome fate.
"It is increasingly intolerable that financial markets are shaping the
destiny of peoples rather than serving their needs, or that the few derive
immense ... more »
WHY PARENTS SHOULD NOT FEAR TEACHER TENURE
David Greene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
WHY PARENTS SHOULD NOT FEAR TEACHER TENURE. Now co-authored with NYS
paren’t leader, Glen Dalgleish.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings
from the Chalk Face
WHY PARENTS SHOULD NOT FEAR TEACHER TENURE
David Greene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Now co-authored with NYS parent leader, Glen Dalgleish. WHY PARENTS SHOULD
NOT FEAR TEACHER TENURE.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the
Chalk Face
Someone asked Brigitte Gabriel about so-called "peaceful" Muslims and got an outstanding answer...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 7 hours ago
*made all the more outstanding, in my opinion, by the number of times Ms
Gabriel used the word "irrelevant." *
Why, you ask?
Because I have a horrible time pronouncing that word. Relevant usually
comes out "revelent" or something really weird. Before using either
relevant or irrelevant I have to pause and sort out my tongue.
She received a standing ovation for her answer during the Benghazi Panel.
I love listening to this woman.
Bye bye Paxo
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
It's Jeremy Paxman's last *Newsnight *tonight.
In all my years of blogging about BBC bias, even when I was at my fiercest,
I never thought of Paxo in a bad way. Whether presenting *Newsnight *and *The
Day Today, *or reading out questions on *University Challenge, *or fronting
history documentaries, he's always been a class act. He didn't just give
Michael Howard a grilling, he gave all and sundry a grilling (when needs
demanded) - including, at times, his own BBC colleagues (Paul Mason
and Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan spring to mind).
His boredom with *Newsnight *has been pretty obv... more »
Supplemental: Same as it ever was!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014*
*The New York Times, keeping it gloomy:* All our test scores are going
up—unless you read the New York Times and other major newspapers.
As we’ve long told you, our newspapers report the gaps but hide the gains.
To appearances, they mainly exist to recite elite narratives about our
allegedly stagnant or failing schools.
Consider a recent example:
In Sunday’s New York Times, Javier Hernandez wrote a long and rambling
front-page report about the Common Core. We were struck by this account of
the state of our schools as of 2009:
HERNANDEZ (6/15/14): *In 200... more »
BREAKING NEWS: Louisiana Governor Jindal Drops PARCC and Common Core
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 9 hours ago
Jindal just finished a press conference. His words, summarized: PARCC
selection did not comply with La state law requiring a bidding process–
this voids PARCC agreement. Jindal has asked for a financial audit of PARCC
spending and an open, competitive bidding process for assessment. He said
that suspending PARCC is what he was able to do immediately via executive
order. […]
Chuck Todd: WSJ/NBC Poll "Disaster for the President"...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*“Essentially the public is saying your presidency is over.”*
No it's not.
He has a pen and a golf club. He wants for nothing and could couldn't care
less about any poll.
via the Washington Free Beacon:
FROM A HORSE’S MOUTH:
David Greene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago
FROM A HORSE’S MOUTH:.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the
Chalk Face
Generally, a party to a civil action cannot appeal on the basis of some aspect of trial procedure to which it did not object
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
*Harris v. Leikin Group Inc.*, 2014 ONCA 479:
[53] As a general rule, a party to a civil action cannot appeal on the
basis of some aspect of trial procedure to which it did not object or sit
on an objection only to raise it once it learns of an unfavourable result:
see *Marshall v. Watson Wyatt & Co.* (2002), 57 O.R. (3d) 813 (C.A.), at
paras. 14-15; *Leader Media Productions Ltd. v. Sentinel Hill Alliance
Atlantis Equicap Limited Partnership* (2008), 90 O.R. (3d) 561 (C.A.),
leave to appeal refused, [2008] S.C.C.A. No. 394, at paras. 50-51.
Sitting in the driver's seat of a truly inoperable motor vehicle cannot lead to a conviction for care and control
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours ago
*R v. Lu*, [2013] O.J. No. 836 holds that:
30 Reading the case law, it would
appear that many judges obscure the distinction, but I am of the view that
sitting in the driver's seat of a truly inoperable motor vehicle will not
lead to a conviction for care and control, even where there is no attempt
to rebut the presumption.
31 I find that this particular vehicle was indeed "inoperable" and
therefore did not constitute a realistic risk of danger to persons or
property, and thus notwithstanding the presumption in section 258(1)(a),
the defenda... more »
Corporate Propaganda Government, Stephen Harper`s Bed Of Fleas
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 11 hours ago
*Written by Grant G*
A thing of beauty isn`t it, watching Stephen Harper squirm from scandal, to
lie, to betrayal, from hiding in parliament backrooms to slithering under
countless rock bottoms...
The coward, Harper the mouse that muttered, Harper had no courage to take
ownership of Enbridge`s Northern Gateway approval decision, instead of a
press conference and answering questions old Harper merely released a 4
paragraph government statement on the federal website, pretending this
decision was just business as usual, ....Ah but it wasn`t, Joe Oliver
calling BCers radicals, ec... more »
The Realist Report - Alex from Chile
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 11 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Alex from
Chile. Alex is a regular listener to The Realist Report, and has undertaken
a project to translate Andrew Carrington Hitchcock's epic work *The
Synagogue of Satan* into a number of European languages. Alex and I will be
discussing his project and related subjects.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit the *AFP Radio
Network* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *#SELFIE (Official music video) - The Chainsmokers* (Ba... more »
Taking Back The Wisconsin State Senate-- Meet Penny Bernard Schaber
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
With Steve Israel running the DCCC there is no chance of the Democrats
winning back the House, literally, none whatsoever. Israel is leaving too
many vulnerable Republicans on the table and squandering DCCC money on
ridiculous races that aren't long shots, but NO SHOTS. People think I'm
being apocryphal when I say he's flushing resources down a toilet with a
PVI of R+15. But I'm being literal. Israel is trying to get fellow Blue
Dogs elected in impossibly red districts-- in Arkansas he's working to
elect conservative Democrats in districts that have PVIs of R+8, R+14 and
R+15 and... more »
Eggtastic Egg Rolls
Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours ago
For whatever reason, my husband has been on an egg roll kick lately. He
spends his nights dreaming up new egg roll possibilities – mostly with
ingredients that you'd think have no business in an egg roll. That is,
until you try it.
I'll share his egg rolls creations with you over the next few weeks, but
today's recipe kicked it all off. I know, egg rolls for breakfast sound
weird. But it has quickly become my favorite breakfast dish. And it's so
easy to make.
INGREDIENTS6 large eggs
1 jalapeño, finely diced
Small handful cilantro, finely chopped
Shredded cheese
1 package bacon
Egg r... more »
THE GAPS IN TUSCALOOSA: What should we do?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014*
*Part 3—One lone simple solution:* Nikole Hannah-Jones went to Tuscaloosa
to explore a certain problem.
While she was there, she ran into a much larger problem. In our view, she
largely finessed the problem in her 10,000 word report, “Segregation
Now...”.
Hannah-Jones went to Tuscaloosa to explore a problem she refers to as
“resegregation.” It’s a problem which largely can’t be solved—but while she
was there, she encountered the gaps.
She encountered the gaps at Central High, an all-black high school in a
city whose student population is roughly 80 perce... more »
AAVE
Russell Potter at ENGL 432: The History of English - 12 hours ago
The history of African-American Vernacular English is not unlike that of
other dialects of US English -- migration (although forced, and ending in
enslavement), partial assimilation with English, and (in the end) a
significant contribution to our national linguistic strength and variety.
And yet, more so than any other dialect, it's been haunted by a distorting
shadow in popular culture, from the 1830's until the present, from
Minstrelsy to R&B to Hip-hop. Its authentic cultural productions have
always had to compete with imitation, parody, and appropriation.
Blackface Minstrelsy m... more »
Clark's pension costs taxpayers $76k a year, but disability rate increase not 'affordable'
paul at Paying attention - 12 hours ago
Premier Christy Clark scores top marks for hypocrisy in explaining why
British Columbians on disability benefits, and their children, should live
in poverty.
Clark said this week that she knows the benefits, frozen since 2007, are
too low. But British Columbia is just too poor to provide any increase.
That will have to wait for some unknown future when it is “affordable,” she
said.
But Clark believes it’s perfectly affordable to have taxpayers contribute
$76,000 a year to fund her pension.
A single parent with one child on disability benefits in British Columbia -
someone like Clark ... more »
The neocons continue their plan for a preemptive nuclear first strike on Russia, a country that is no longer communist, is threatening no one, and has even refrained from sending troops into Ukraine to stop the slaughter of Russian speakers by the viscious government illegally emplaced in Kiev by the CIA. The idiots in Washington are oblivious of the fact that such a nuclear strike could destroy the entire human race. And the clueless American public, continuing to believe every govenment lie regurgitated by the despicable "mainstream media", is cheering them on. I'm an old man who has lived a full life, but I deeply fear for our children and grandchildren. So, please, please wake up America before it's too late!
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
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*OpEdNews Op Eds 6/14/2014 at 11:08:12*
Indications that the U.S. Is Planning a Nuclear Attack Against Russia *By
Eric Zuesse (about the author)* Permalink
Related Topic(s): Nuclear Weapons; Obama Administration; PNAC Neocon
Project For A New American C; President Barack Obama POTUS; Putin; Russia;
Ukraine
opednews.com
On Wednesday, June 11th, CNN headlined "U.S. Sends B-2 Stealth Bombers to
Europe," and reported that "they arrived in Europe this week for training."
Wikipedia notes that B-2s were "originally designed primarily as a nuclear ... more »
The Need To Reform Iraq’s Educations System Interview With Christine Van Den Toorn
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
The current security crisis has increased the ethnosectarian tensions
within Iraq. Public discourse and news reports are full of remarks about
the “war” between Sunnis and Shiites and the tensions between Arabs and
Kurds. One possible way to overcome these divisions is through Iraq’s
education system. Many both inside and out of Iraq have talked about the
need to reform Iraq’s schools. The textbooks and curriculum are out of
date, there are questions about the skills that are taught, etc. Not only
that but a reformed curriculum can show the shared experiences of all
Iraqis, and p... more »
WE PLAN EVERYTHING
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
I once saw a news spot that showed Bush's Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld
coming out of the Pentagon telling the cameras (about the Iraq ‘quagmire’),
“We plan everything.” This article below is right on the mark. Bruce
The Brutal Logic of a Self-Seeking Empire
Is Open-Ended Chaos the Desired US-Israeli Aim in the Middle East?
by THOMAS S. HARRINGTON
During the last week we have seen Sunni militias take control of
ever-greater swathes of eastern Syria and western Iraq. In the mainstream
media, the analysis of this emerging reality has been predictably idiotic,
basically cente... more »
NPR Pretends NCTQ Is Not an Advocacy Think Tank
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago
Posted as comment at NPR:
NCTQ and Kate Walsh got their start with federal grant money from the Bush
Administration to promote NCLB with misleading op-eds in leading newspapers
and magazines under the guise of a research institution. Follow links here:
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/...
As a advocacy think tank supported by corporate ed reformers, NCTQ
continues its pretense as a legitimate research firm, all the while
following the ideological demands of reformers who want to get rid of
legitimate teacher education programs in favor of TFA and its many
emulators.
The fact that NPR co... more »
How To Sell a War
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
Starting a war without saying you're starting a war takes a lot of finesse
and sleight of hand. The first order of business is to carefully
disseminate the propaganda in order to make escalation of state-sponsored
violence and bloodshed palatable to the American public.
Step One: pretend to be caught flat-footed by a brand new jihadist group
called ISIS, which all the trillion-dollar intelligence agencies collecting
all the emails and phone calls in the world never even saw coming.
Second: dust off the corpses of all the discredited neocons and war
criminals of the Bush era, put the... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
*Suit filed to block fracking as drillers seek permit ~Faimon A Roberts III*
*Jindal Kochsucker on East bank levee authority pushes to consider
dismissing its environmental lawsuit against energy companies ~Mark
Schleifstein*
*What Will Come Of New Orleans' Empty, Damaged School Buildings? ~Eve
Troeh, WWNO*
*Bayou Boogaloo goes on the road to spread N.O. culture ~WWLTV *
*Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Ben Jaffe talks about the musical traditions
of New Orleans ~Angelle Barbazon, The Elkhart Truth *
Akash ready for induction into Army: DRDO
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 13 hours ago
The DRDO-developed air defence missile system was successfully test-fired
by the Army and hit an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Moving towards induction into operational service, the DRDO-developed Akash
air defence missile system was on Wednesday successfully test-fired by the
Army and hit an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Buoyed by the success of the air defence system, which has been in the
making for over two decades now as part of the Integrated Missile
Development Programme, the DRDO said the missile has a great potential for
being exported because of its cost.
Read more
Ten Rationales Why a Bioregional State and an Ecological Reformation Are Better Than Other Methods of Greening
Mark at Toward a Bioregional State - 13 hours ago
*"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." --
Thomas Jefferson*
*Introduction*
This is a short summary from another paper. It is mostly about *why *betting
*alone *on singular ideological, political Green parties may always be a
failure for green politics.
Inversely it is equally an argument why other paths are more fruitful for
those seeking to green our world: like encouragements of wider *geographical
and cross-linked social *identifications of an Ecological Citizenship and
an Ecological Reformation (instead of only an ideological p... more »
#StopJebNow
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
A clip from the Wall Street Journal:
*Education policy was Jeb Bush’s political salvation. After his first bid
for Florida governor in 1994 ended in defeat, he threw himself into
founding the state’s first charter school in a blighted Miami neighborhood.
He went on to serve two terms as the state’s “education governor” and
become a national policy expert.*
*Twenty years later, education policy has become a potential liability,
should Mr. Bush run for president in 2016, because of his support for the
national academic standards known as Common Core. The initiative is
increasingly vie... more »
An award from Political Clown Parade...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
*and I am truly honored!*
From Curmudgeon at *Political Clown Parade,* who is an outstanding blogger
and Photoshop expert extraordinaire:
[...]These bloggers are but a few of the brave and resolute men and women
who hold down jobs and raise their families while standing guard over
liberty. They don’t have big advertising on their sites nor do they have a
bevy of contributing writers. They pore over information and bring their
opinions to their readers in order to inform and warn.
They have the keen zest of the citizen whose patriotism is of the lusty
type that causes them to take ... more »
L'état, c'est moi
Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago
By Capt. Fogg
Brent Douglass Cole has described himself as a * “sovereign American
Citizen attempting to thwart the obvious conspiracy and subterfuges of
powers inimical to the United States.” * Yes, these Sovereign Citizen folks
are few and deliberately far between but they're like an appendage of
something large and pervasive and disturbing. Cole for some reason fancies
himself “a statutory Attorney General of the United States”which he'd have
a hard time explaining, at least to me, since if each man is sovereign, the
entire concept of a United States and a government with electe... more »
Mike's Story Part 54 - Q and A
Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
A couple of emails came in from a colleague of Mike's who's versed in
his work going back to the nineties. They raise valid points which force
me to articulate the thinking behind this account, a useful exercise in
itself.
Email 1:* On Rosebud, I wonder if you go too far. Although I suppose at
this point, it's all or nothing, but I wonder.*
* Much of this detail is known only by you. *
* I think the comparison with Citizen Kane is inappropriate. Kane was a
fraud, morally ambivalent, miserable, pathetic, a liar. He was only a mess
and nothing else. He... more »
HARTMANN WITH COHEN ON IRAQ, UKRAINE & RUSSIA
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Thom Hartmann discusses the current situation in Iraq, the ongoing crisis
in Ukraine and the prospects of a new Cold War with Stephen Cohen of *The
Nation*, author of the book "Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From
Stalinism to the New Cold War".
Much to learn here.
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*Apology*
No posts today. I have just had surgery on my right hand to remove a small
cancer. So I am supposed to give my hand a rest for a couple of days. But
you can't keep a good blogger down for long so I should be back soon.
Just Because You Don't Hear Republicans Screaming About Strides Towards LGBT Equality, It Doesn't Mean They Aren't Working To Curtail Them
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Shenna Bellows has a record of fighting for equality. Susan Collins has a
record of dragging her feet and compromising away basic rights for people
I imagine that immigration activists must stay awake late into the night
from time to time wondering what gay activists did that they didn't to get
such incredible treatment for their platform. And advocates for economic
equality must be ready to commit suicide over the same question. No
identity group seems to have made out as well, after 6 years of the Obama
presidency, as the LGBT community. Their activists worked hard and worked
smart... more »
He Can't Let Go
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Lawrence Martin writes that, if logic prevailed, Stephen Harper would be
heading for the exit -- particularly in the wake of Ontario's recent
election:
You don’t have to be a reader of tea leaves to see the message. Hardly
anyone is talking about it, but these and many other considerations suggest
Mr. Harper should be seriously contemplating his future. It’s possible he
can recoup enough of his support to score a minority victory next year. But
where would that get him? Opposition parties would soon gang up to send
that minority packing. As for the chance of Mr. Harper’s winning ... more »
Mexico: Unknown Object Captured on Camera
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 15 hours ago
This just in from *Ana Luisa Cid*: "Video from May 3, 2014 (Cocoyoc,
Morelos, Mexico) taken by *Héctor Ramirez Villanueva*. The witness states
that a special sensation caused him to turn and look exactly at the
sighting location. He has recorded UFOs on many occasions."
Video at: *http://youtu.be/lVWzhXC1gFw*
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
When Men's Bodies Meet Side-Saddle Trunks
Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 15 hours ago
Fashion has boldly gone where no style has explored before. If 2014 will be
remembered for anything lighthearted, it will be the side-saddle swimming
trunks. Late to the comment party as per, this product - as modelled by
self-styled 'Gay Kardashians', Bobby Norris and Harry Derbidge from TOWIE -
manages the tricky task of undermining *and* reinforcing traditional
notions of masculinity. That, and it has got people talking. *Just how do
they stay up?*
Capital has fully colonised women's bodies. Potions 'n' lotions, make up,
hair removal, and so on, every conceivable facet of the fe... more »
Increasing Carbon Intensity of Global Energy Consumption
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 15 hours ago
I have been continuing to look at the BP Statistical Review of World Energy
2014, which was released earlier this week. It is a wonderful resource,
kudos to BP.
The graph above shows the carbon intensity of global energy consumption
from 1965 to 2013. Specifically, it shows the amount of carbon emissions
(in tons) for every "ton of oil equivalent" consumed in the global economy.
Thus, the consumption data includes both carbon intensive sources of energy
(coal, gas, oil) and also the less carbon intensive sources (hydro, wind,
solar, nuclear, etc.).
The graph shows that global ener... more »
How the Islamist Group Islamic State Is Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL or ISIS ) displaced Al Qaeda ( and it's leader al - Zawahri ) as the top Islamist Group in the world - While al-Zawahri is sitting stagnant in a safe house, ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has taken control of nearly a third of Iraq and much of Syria, amassed a fortune that rivals the economy of some small states, and commandeered millions of dollars’ worth of state-of-the-art American-made weaponry." ........ While ISIL gets headlines , note the Sunni tribes claim the advances in Iraq as part of a Sunni uprising against PM Maliki ...
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-18/why-isis-wont-stop-iraq
Why ISIS Won't Stop With Iraq
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/18/2014 18:30 -0400
- Fail
- France
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Kuwait
- Middle East
- Oklahoma
- Saudi Arabia
- Turkey
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*Submitted by Claude Salhani of OilPrice.com,*
The slaughterhouse that Iraq has become in the past week is the stuff that
nightmares are made of. And *this is just the beginning. *
The threat emanating from the group calling itself the Islamic State of ... more »
China missing commodity scandal widens June 18 , 2014 -- Copper, Iron Ore, Rebar, Rubber, and now Cotton are all at multi-year lows as the Qingdao CCFD ponzi probe continues to broaden to all the commodities we warned about previously...... In a major development , Chinese commodities trading firm CITIC admission that over half of its 220,000 tonnes of alumina are missing ........... The Bank Of England Lost 755 Tonnes Of Gold In 2013 ( note UK net gold trade over same period was almost 1600 tonnes ) ......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-17/cotton-crushed-4-year-lows-qingdao-commodity-ponzi-probe-widens
CITIC Missing Half Its Alumina, Seeks Legal Action As Qingdao
Rehypothecation Scandal Goes Nuclear
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/17/2014 21:52 -0400
- China
- Copper
- Hong Kong
- Lehman
- None
- Renminbi
- Reuters
- Volatility
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Copper, Iron Ore, Rebar, Rubber, and now Cotton are all at multi-year lows
as the *Qingdao CCFD ponzi probe continues to **broaden* to all the
commodities we warned about pre... more »
The Benghazi "Ringleader" Capture Diversion
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 17 hours ago
In a very conveniently timed announcement the story was launched that US
Special Forces troops have captured a man named Ahmed Abu Khattala,
described as the “ringleader” of the September 11, 2012 attacks on the
Benghazi embassy compound that resulted in the death of four Americans
including US Ambassador Christopher Stephens and millions of dollars burned
in political partisan witch hunts. The news of the capture of Khattala
brings back memories of how all of those al Qaeda number three men were
either caught or killed whenever the Bush administration needed media cover
or to sco... more »
Ukraine Updates - June 15 , 2014 ---- A review of the chief news items of the day touching on diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine situation , the ongoing Civil War in South East Ukraine and the Natural Gas talks between Russia / Ukraine and the EU ......
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Itar Tass
Diplomacy.....
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/736103
Source: Western countries at UN SC block Russia’s statement condemning
attack on embassy
World
June 15, 3:36 UTC+4
The UK, the U.S. and France were among those who blocked the draft
statement for the press, which condemns the attacks on the embassy in Kiev
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ONR selects RADA’s RPS-42 Tactical Volume Surveillance Radar System
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: RPS-42 Tactical Volume Surveillance Radar System]The US Navy Office
of Naval Research (ONR) has selected RADA Electronic Industries' RPS-42
tactical volume surveillance radar system for its ground-based air defense
(GBAD) directed energy (DE) On-The-Move (OTM) Development Program.
The future naval capability development programme is aimed at representing
a vehicle-mounted on-the-move short-range air-defence laser system to
overcome low observable/low radar cross section (LO/LRCS) threats to Marine
Corps forces, including UAS.
With delivery scheduled for July 2014, the new sy... more »
Another reason to detest the United Nations
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
A spokesperson for United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said
Tuesday night that the UN has no "concrete evidence" that Eyal Yifrah, 19,
Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Gilad Sha'ar, 16, were "actually" kidnapped by
Hamas terrorists last Thursday.
The spokesperson, Farhan Haq, was quoted by Voice of Israel public radio as
saying the UN does not have an independent investigative unit that could
confirm the kidnapping.
Making Haq's words more confusing is the fact that Ban already condemned
the kidnapping on Saturday, noting particularly that two of the kidnapped
Israeli stude... more »
Russian Navy to Equip Fifth-Generation Submarines With Military Robots
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Yasen class SSN]Russian fifth-generation submarines will be armed
with military robots, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy said.
"The combat capabilities of the multipurpose nuclear and conventional
submarines will be improved in the future through integration of promising
robotic systems into their weaponry," admiral Viktor Chirkov said on
Tuesday.
He stressed that tough laws of shipbuilding demand to avoid pauses in the
creation of new generations of submarines. This is due to the construction
time, cyclical use of ships and submarines, and the rapid development of
sc... more »
50 years of Red Arrows – tribute film launched
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
Commuters at London’s Victoria station got the chance to meet pilots from
the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows today (17th June).
The event was held to launch a nostalgic film that celebrates 50 flying
seasons of the Red Arrows.
We put the film was together as a tribute to all the Teams past and
present.
Read more
Northrop Grumman, US Navy Increase MQ-8B Fire Scout's Visual Reach with a Modernized Radar
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: MQ-8B Fire Scout]Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy
demonstrated a new multimode maritime surveillance radar on the MQ-8B Fire
Scout unmanned helicopter that will drastically enhance long-range imaging
and search capabilities for Navy commanders.
Warfighters will now have the latest in radar technology to pair with their
current electro-optical infrared payload.
Integrating this new radar system will provide the MQ-8B Fire Scout with
essential operational capabilities in all tactical environments and will
improve how it addresses threats in real-world scenarios.... more »
Lockheed Martin’s DAGR and HELLFIRE II Missiles Score Direct Hits During Ground-Vehicle Launch Tests
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
Lockheed Martin successfully fired HELLFIRE and DAGR missiles from its Long
Range Surveillance and Attack Vehicle (LRSAV) turreted weapon system during
recent ground-to-ground tests at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
The LRSAV is a fully integrated, turreted, ground-vehicle weapon system. It
uses advanced missile and weapon control-system technologies and a newly
developed 15-inch, spherical, mast-mounted electro-optical/infrared sensor
to enable targeting and employment of missiles from a wide range of surface
platforms.
During the tests, the vehicle-mounted LRSAV system launched a... more »
Contrary to Claims, Arihant not Prepared for Sea Trials
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: INS Arihant]Contrary to claims, India’s first indigenous
nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant is still not ready for sea trails, a
stage critical for testing the vessel’s systems and weapons before it can
be commissioned into the Navy.
Arihant’s miniaturised nuclear reactor, built with Russian help, had gone
critical in last August and since then the 6,000-tonne vessel has been put
through a series of harbour acceptance trials, which could take a few more
months, according to top navy sources here.
The vessel, powered by a 83-MW pressurised light-water reactor operated
wit... more »
US in Iraq: Geopolitical Arsonists Seek to Burn Region
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
*June 18, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - When a fire is raging,
firefighters are called - not the arsonist who started it, especially if
they return to the scene of the crime dragging a barrel of gasoline behind
them. Yet, this is precisely what the US proposes - that they - the
geopolitical arsonists - be allowed to return to Iraq to extinguish the
threat of heavily armed sectarian militants streaming from NATO territory
in Turkey and edging ever closer to Baghdad.
*ISIS: Made in USA *
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a creation of the United
States and its Persian ... more »
Defense denies Blackhawk, Stinger sales to Iraq
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: UH-60M Blackhawk]The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday denied
the United States sold to Iraq Blackhawk helicopters or Stinger missiles,
contradicting newly published reports that say those weapons may have
fallen into the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (Syria), or
ISIS, when it captured military bases last week outside Mosul, Iraq.
While the U.S. never has sold the Stinger or its MANPAD, or man-portable
air defense, version, Defense Department spokesman Navy Commander William
Speaks told WND the U.S. did sell to Iraq an Integrated Air Defense, or
IAD, sy... more »
When CNN isn't reporting Boots On The Ground we're not supposed to hear it.
Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 20 hours ago
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Defense Giants Score Poorly on Arms Development
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: BAE Systems]Northrop Grumman Corp., maker of unmanned systems
including the Global Hawk drone, and Raytheon Co., the world’s largest
missile-maker, rank at the bottom of the pack in weapons development
performance, according to a new report from the Defense Department.
The acquisition document, called the 2014 Performance of the Defense
Acquisition System and released last week, compared the Pentagon’s top
contractors in terms of their ability to develop and produce weapons
systems on time and on budget.
The report analyzed contracts for major defense acquisition programs ov... more »
BAE Systems challenges Lockheed on F-16 upgrades
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: ROCAF F-16]Inside a hangar at Alliance Airport, two F-16s await a
major overhaul.
The fighter jets, which arrived from South Korea last month, will be the
first to be worked over by engineers at BAE Systems, a British company that
won a $1.3 billion contract to install new avionics and other systems on
that country's fleet of about 130 F-16s.
To handle the work, BAE has set up shop at Alliance in space formerly
occupied by Bell Helicopter. It has hired 175 workers, plans to expand its
workforce to 300 by the end of the year and broke ground on a
40,000-square-foot expansion... more »
Unmanned convoy passes second driving demo
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: Unmanned convoy]The Army’s Tank-Automotive Research, Development
and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin passed the latest round
of tests validating the ability of driverless military-truck convoys to
operate safely in a variety of environments.
In the most recent demonstrations, the Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System
(AMAS) completed a series of fully autonomous convoy tests involving an
unmanned leader vehicle followed by a convoy of up to six additional,
autonomous follower vehicles operating at speeds as high as 40 mph.
The tests doubled the length and speed... more »
9 Year Old Daniel Bissonnette Tells Friends How To Get Moms & Dads To Buy Organic
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
[image: Foto]Source:* https://www.facebook.com/DanielRBissonnette*
White House opposes Cole's rescue of AWACS planes
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: E-3A Sentry]The White House came out strongly on Tuesday against
the defense spending bill set to be considered by the full U.S. House this
week and specifically cited a provision that would protect AWACS planes
stationed at Tinker Air Force Base.
A statement from the White House budget office says a section of the
spending bill authored by Rep. Tom Cole "would prevent the Air Force from
using funds to divest or to disestablish any units of the active or reserve
component associated with E-3 airborne warning and control system aircraft.
"This provision would force the Air Fo... more »
Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier: Will the UK get a pair?
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: Queen Elizabeth II class aircraft carrier]"Madness."
That is how one former head of the Royal Navy described the situation
currently facing the UK's huge aircraft carrier programme.
Lord West, a former First Sea Lord, has recently dismissed the Royal Navy's
total number of escort ships a "national disgrace."
He was talking to ITV News as we visited Britain's newest aircraft carrier
in Rosyth - just days before the Queen goes there to name the ship after
herself.
Read more
I$I$: Islamic State of Israel And The States
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
*I$I$: Islamic State of Israel and the States. *
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is in reality the Islamic State of
Israel and the States. All objective historians, journalists, and
commentators should refer to I$I$ by this name. It more honestly reflects
the true identities of the string-pullers behind this terrorist
organization, who have played the most important role in its rise to power
in Syria and Iraq.
Make no doubt, the diabolical rulers of the US and Israel are rejoicing at
the fact that I$I$ has swept across Iraq at such a rapid pace. But, in
order to deflect publ... more »
PM likely to induct warship INS Kolkata in Mumbai soon
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: INS Kolkata]After dedicating aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya to
the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to induct India's
largest indigenously-built warship INS Kolkata in Mumbai in the next few
weeks.
The Prime Minister has already been invited to induct the warship, which is
constructed by the Mazagon Dockyards Limited and has been designed by the
Navy's design bureau, defence officials said.
The 6,800 tonne destroyer, which is over three years behind schedule, is a
technology demonstrator and will showcase a giant leap in shipbuilding
technology for India, t... more »
PLA cannot compete with US F-22 fighters: Japanese media
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: F-22 Raptor]The People's Liberation Army Air Force and Navy Air
Force would be unable to challenge US aerial superiority over the Far East
because an American F-22 fighter is capable of defeating 20
fourth-generation Chinese fighters in aerial combat, according to the
latest issue of the Tokyo-based right-leaning SAPIO magazine.
Facing the challenge of China's maritime expansion, Japan has equipped its
Escort Flotilla 2 based in Sasebo and Escort Flotilla 4 based in Kure —
which would be responsible for a potential naval operation over the
disputed Diaoyutai islands (Diaoyu ... more »
Frigate budget blows out
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: HMNZS Te Kaha]An upgrade of the navy’s two frigates has resulted in
a budget blow-out of almost $30 million and the HMNZS Te Kaha being out of
the water for almost a year longer than expected.
Parliament’s foreign affairs committee yesterday heard that an upgrade to
the platform systems on Te Kaha and Te Mana had suffered major setbacks as
the ‘‘stretched’’ contractor struggled with the workload.
Defence Secretary Helene Quilter said the work on Te Kaha had cost $6m more
than budgeted and taken 11 months longer than expected, while the work on
Te Mana required additional fun... more »
Russia's top-secret nuclear submarine comes into service
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
On June 17, the new Project-885 Yasen-class multi-purpose nuclear submarine
joined the ranks of the Russian Navy’s fleet.
The creation of this nuclear submarine should have become a revolution for
the Soviet submarine fleet, but owing to the economic problems of the 1990s
the project was mothballed.
The key feature of the Yasen-class submarine, which still remains one of
the Russian defense industry’s most closely guarded projects, is its
universality, previously unachievable either by its Russian predecessors or
their foreign equivalents.
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The Use Of Pesticides On Bee-Attracting Plants Needs To Stop Altogether- Susan Kegley, Phd
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
[image: Foto: NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK IS JUNE 16 - 22, 2014. Take action
to help SAVE THE BEES & ALL POLLINATORS. Home Depot, Lowe’s Home
Improvement and Orchard Supply Hardware are marketing and selling plants as
“bee-friendly” when, in fact, many of them are bee-killing. Neonicotinoids
are systemic insecticides applied as seed treatments, and are taken up by
the roots and distributed through the entire plant. Neonics harm bees even
at very low levels. Stop buying plants from these stores until they remove
neonic-treated plants from their nurseries. How can you be assured that
y... more »
Shiite Iraqi Poets to ISIS: Bring It On, We Have Dug Your Graves (Source: MEMRI TV)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
*"(Former Emir) Hamad is a little kitten, who growls like a tiger." - Iraqi
poet Zayd Al-Salami.*
Title: Shiite Iraqi Poets to ISIS: Bring It On, We Have Dug Your Graves.
Source: MEMRI TV. Date Published: June 17, 2014.
Excerpts from the video:
"ISIS people, Jerusalem is in the hands of the Jews. Only a few kilometers
separate you from Palestine. If you throw the agal of your keffiyah, it
will land in Tel Aviv. Your prostitution matches that of the prostitute
Israel. Or is it forbidden?! Fighting Israel is haraam?! They are your
brothers. You were breastfed on apostasy together.... more »
Viewer Discretion Advised - ISIS Atrocities in Mosul (Source: MEMRI TV)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
Title: Viewer Discretion Advised - ISIS Atrocities in Mosul. Source: MEMRI
TV. Date Published: June 17.
By-election: The Empty Chair in the Room
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day ago
When I heard about the all-candidates debate in town tonight for the June
30 by-election, my interest was piqued. Here was a chance to see the
candidates and hear their stances on the issues affecting our region. I
even considered booking today off as I was due to work so that I could
attend. In the end though it turns out I wouldn't be hearing from all the
candidates because one of them would not be attending. There would be an
empty chair in the room. I can understand candidates having busy schedules
during an election campaign though I have to wonder what could be so
pressin... more »
While Republicans Bicker, Whine, Posture And Stab Each Other In The Back, Obama Keeps His Eye On The Ball-- Captures Ahmed Abu Khatallah
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The sick and obstructionist Republican peanut gallery-- largely driven by
the vile racist neo-Confederates in their caucus-- seems to be incapable of
accepting the reality that the American people elected Barack Obama, an
African-American, to the presidency… twice. Like their top donors, they
have never recognized Obama's legitimacy and have been content to sit on
their fat asses for the last 6 years hatching plots and conspiring with
Hate Talk Radio clowns to invent "scandals" like "Benghazi!" Meanwhile, the
president, exasperated, has just done what he could to fulfilled his
con... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Grey Water
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Helis seeks approval today for north shore fracking site ~WVUE*
*Attorney General Buddy Caldwell should intervene in coastal damages
lawsuit ~Oliver Houck*
*Judge Sets May 2015 Date for BP Investors’ Suit Over Oil Spill ~Nate
Raymond, Insurance Journal** ~Hat Tweet @stuartsmithlaw*
*Arbitrator to decide Jimmy Graham’s grievance with Saints ~Ramon Antonio
Vargas, New Orleans Advocate *
*Report ranks La. second to last in compensating crime victims ~WWLTV*
*The sign painters of New Orleans ~Alex Woodward, Gambit *
*NOLA History: Voodoo and St. John’s Eve ~Edward Branley, GONOLA*
*G... more »
Iraqi PM Maliki Is Saying What Needed To Be Said
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
"We hold them responsible for supporting these groups financially and
morally, and for the outcome of that - which includes crimes that may
qualify as genocide: the spilling of Iraqi blood, the destruction of Iraqi
state institutions and historic and religious sites," the Iraqi government
said of Riyadh in a statement. (*Source: Eye Witness News, "Iraq's
al-Maliki accuses Saudis of 'genocide'"*).
*An excerpt from, "Iraqi Government Accuses Saudi Arabia of Supporting
Potential Iraqi Genocide" by Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate, June 17:*
*The government of Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Ma... more »
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago
*British boffin tells Obama's science advisor: You're wrong on climate
change*
A top British scientist has come out with new research flatly contradicting
the idea that extremely cold winters in North America – like the one just
past – will become more frequent due to global warming. This new analysis
disagrees completely with the assessment of President Obama's personal
science advisor.
Dr James Screen of Exeter uni in England is a mathematician who has been
studying the arctic ice sheet for several years. According to a university
announcement highlighting his latest research:
... more »
Fukushima ongoing nuclear disaster updates ( June 17 - 18 , 2014 ) -- Trouble reported with inner ‘ice wall’ at Fukushima; Highly radioactive water underground won’t freeze — Tepco: “We can’t make temperature low enough” after trying for months; Fluctuating water levels beneath Unit 2 blamed — Expert: Ground can liquify around reactors, form sinkholes ( Why am I not surprised that Tepco is in the midst of creating another unintended clusterfuck ? ) ...... [Photo] Japanese rice ingredient manufactured in Fukushima is sold in Australia ( anyone stupid enough to eat food products from Fukushima is cruising for an internal bruising ! ) ....... Several earthquakes in Japan - two offshore Fukushima at M 5.5 ......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Ex SKF.....
#Fukushima I NPP on Google Maps
Google Maps finally updated the satellite photograph of Fukushima I Nuclear
Power Plant. It shows the more-or-less current plant condition in great
details.
(Click to enlarge the screenshots; Google Map at the bottom of the post.)
Instead of mangled steel beams and trusses completely covering the Reactor
3 operating floor, you actually see the Spent Fuel Pool, with water, with
the half-submerged fuel handling machine:
Contrary to a belief still popular with people around the world (including
Mr. Koide of Kyoto University) that the Reac... more »
A Moment With The Sea: John Denver, “Calypso”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
John Denver, “Calypso”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35x_rwyBh-8
“Thinking Like a Mountain”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Thinking Like a Mountain”*
By Aldo Leopold
.
"For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless
youth,
but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity."
- William Wordsworth
“A deep chesty bawl echoes from rimrock to rimrock, rolls down the
mountain, and fades into the far blackness of the night. It is an outburst
of wild defiant sorrow, and of contempt for all the adversities of the
world. Every living thing (and perhaps many a dead one as well) pays heed
to that call. To the deer it is a reminder of the way of all flesh, to the
pine a forecast of m... more »
John (Fire) Lame Deer, "On Natural Diversity…"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"On Natural Diversity…"
by John (Fire) Lame Deer
"Even animals of the same kind – two deer, two owls – will behave
differently from each other. I have studied many plants. The leaves of one
plant, on the same stem – none is exactly alike. On all the earth there is
not one leaf that is exactly like another. The Great Spirit, Wakan Tanka,
likes it that way. He only sketches out the path of life roughly for all
the creatures on earth, shows them where to go, where to arrive at, but
leaves them to find their own way to get there. He wants them to act
independently according to their own... more »
"Of Sound Mind..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps
the inner madman under lock and key.”
- Paul Valéry,
“Mauvaises Pensées et Autres”, 1942
"Remember..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.
That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.”
- Emily Kimbrough
Don’t call them liberals, but don’t call them progressives either
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Guest post by Brian Micklethewait*
I strongly agree with Americans Dan Klein and Kevin Frei that “liberal” and
“liberalism” are words that should never be relinquished to those who don’t
believe in liberty. They have started something called Liberalism
Unrelinquished. Good for them.
We the undersigned affirm the original arc of liberalism, and the intention
not to relinquish the term *liberal* to the trends, semantic and
institutional, toward the governmentalization of social affairs.
Way back in 2010, I did a posting at the UK site Samizdata entitled ‘They
are not liberals and ... more »
Are We Being Suckered Again? Busted! US Trained ISIS At Secret Jordan Base!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I indeed have been watching all the reports coming out of Iraq, especially
when it comes to this "ISIS/ISIL" army that is running rampant in the
northern part of that nation. This "army" that suddenly appeared
seemingly out of nowhere has supposedly most of the US puppet regime in
Baghdad's army on the run, and is now threatening to march into Baghdad
itself....
We have received so many interesting and laughable stories coming out of
the Jew spew media over the last few days about this ISIS/ISIL being the
latest and greatest "terrorist" group and suddenly and magically a "thre... more »
Roald Dahl - British Spy, Adept of OTO and Children's Author
Spike EP at News Spike - 1 day ago
RAF Air Attaché Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl
"The Irregulars", Operation Intrepid 1940-1945
Washington DC
*CROWLEY*:
*“Let him train himself to think BACKWARDS by external means, as set forth
here following:*
*(a) Let him learn to write BACKWARDS. . .**(b) Let him learn to
walk BACKWARDS. . .**(c) Let him. . . listen to phonograph
records REVERSED.**(d) Let him practice speaking BACKWARDS. . .**(e) Let
him learn to read BACKWARDS. . .**(f) Instead of saying “I am he” let him
say “eh ma I”*
*(Crowley, Aliester. Magick:Liber ABA, book four, 1994 Ordo Templi Orientis
ediiton, p. 639)*
... more »
Is Weingarten Really Against VAM? Or Was Her Conversion “A Sham”?
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
In January 2014, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi
Weingarten finally stated that she is completely opposed to using value
added modeling (VAM) as a component on teacher evaluations. As Audrey
Amrein-Beardsley notes on her blog, Vamboozled: …Randi Weingarten, the
current president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has
(finally) expressed her full opposition against using […]
Musical Interlude: Bryan EL, “Interstellar”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Bryan EL, “Interstellar”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZnWxltGzKw
"Join With Those..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life, because
happiness is contagious.
Join those who walk with their heads high even when they have tears in
their eyes.
Avoid those who have never shed a tear."
- Paulo Coelho
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"A favorite target for astronomers, big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331
is one of the brighter galaxies not found in Charles Messier's famous 18th
century catalog. About 50 million light-years distant in the northern
constellation Pegasus and similar in size to our own Milky Way Galaxy, NGC
7331 is often imaged as the foreground of a visual grouping that includes
an intriguing assortment of background galaxies some ten times farther away.
This striking image of the well-studied island universe and environs was
produced using data from the Calar Alto Observatory in southern Spain.
... more »
Chet Raymo, “Why Cranes Fly”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Why Cranes Fly”*
by Chet Raymo
"There were a few Comments here recently about herons, from right around
the world. What is the power of this bird to touch our minds and hearts?
The naturalist Aldo Leopold was intimately familiar with the cranes of
Wisconsin, cousins of our New England great blue heron, the Irish gray
heron, and Adam2's aosagi from Japan, and wondered about their ability to
move us so deeply. In A Sand County Almanac he watches as a crane "springs
his ungainly hulk into the air and flails the morning sun with mighty
wings." Our ability to perceive beauty in nature... more »
When The Elite showed its hand in 1973, there was barely a whimper
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
When The Elite showed its hand
By Jon Rappoport
June 16, 2014
www.nomorefakenews.com
In a minute, I'm going to print a stunning 1978 conversation between a US
reporter and two members of the Trilateral Commission.
I discovered the conversation in the late 1980s, and ever since then, I've
been looking at it from various angles, finding new implications. Here, I
want to point out that the conversation was public knowledge at the time.
Anyone who was anyone in Washington politics, in media, in think-tanks, had
access to it. Understood its meaning.
But no one shouted from the rooftop... more »
Oh no, not more on Iraq?!
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Of course Marc Thiessen is an idiot, an ignoramus, a lunatic, and a thug,
but does everyone know this? Like his editors at the Washington Post? They
publish stuff like this, after all, without labeling it as "toxic ravings
of an idiot, ignoramus, lunatic, and thug."*
What can the United States do? It has already done quite a bit, of course.
The invasion of Iraq, in 2003, by destroying the Iraqi state, empowered the
Shiite majority—Maliki in particular. As long as American troops remained
in Iraq, they could restrain Maliki and his Shiite brethren from their
worst sectarian impulse... more »
Little Jimmy Scott, 1925-2014: He wanted all of it
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Just heard the news that singer Jimmy Scott, “the jazz vocalist with "more
pain and prettiness in his voice than any singer anywhere",” has died.
"He sang like no one else," said saxophonist Dexter Gordon. "Ahead of the
beat. Behind the beat. In a haunting high-pitched voice that was neither
male nor female but both at the same time." …
Kallmann syndrome, a condition that halted Jimmy's hormonal growth,
left him with an alto voice that remained unchanged.
"Some thought he was a woman in drag," said Gordon. "He caught hell for
being different – not just as a singer, but as... more »
David P. Hamilton : SPORT | Was the Spurs win a symbolic victory for the left?
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Besides the triumph of the Spurs’ collectivism over the Heat’s
individualism, internationalism won over Americanism. By David P. Hamilton
| The Rag Blog | June 17, 2014 How is the victory of a major professional
sports franchise, the San Antonio … finish reading David P. Hamilton :
*SPORT* | Was the Spurs win a symbolic victory for the left?
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Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
FRONT PAGE | David Hamilton says the San Antonio Spurs’ win over the Heat
was a ‘symbolic victory for the left.’
Percy Shelley
Spike EP at News Spike - 1 day ago
*"...at Plas Tan-Yr-Allt... he had allegedly been... attacked during the
night by a man who may have been... an intelligence agent.*
I Quote The Enemy:
"Some believed his death was not accidental, that Shelley was depressed in
those days and wanted to die. Others said that he did not know how to
navigate; or that pirates mistook the boat for Byron's and attacked him; or
even more fantastical stories.
There is a small amount of material, though scattered and contradictory,
describing that Shelley may have been murdered for political reasons.
Previously, at Plas Tan-Yr-Allt, the Re... more »
[Video] Iraq: Dramatic Images of Shia Preparing to Fight (Source: Wall Street Journal)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*The president of the United States is the biggest arms dealer in the
world. *
"US and allies arm ISIS in Syria. US arms Maliki in Iraq. ISIS and Maliki
use arms to fight each other. A very twisted game." - *Rania Khalek*.
The Iran-Iraq war comes to mind, when Washington cynically armed both sides
to keep the war going for as long as possible.
Instead of directing their animus at their real enemies in Washington and
Tel Aviv, Sunnis and Shiites are mindlessly fighting each other to the
benefit of their murderers and torturers. Stupidity has a high price.
The criminal and inhuman g... more »
The Truth about Savings and Consumption
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Time to squelch again the popular myth that consumption drives the economy.
Fact is:
Consumption is the *final*, not the *efficient*, cause of production. The
efficient cause is savings, which can be said to represent the opposite of
consumption: they represent *unconsumed* goods. Consumption is the end of
production, and a *dead end*, as far as the productive process is
concerned. The worker who produces so little that he consumes everything he
earns, carries his own weight economically, but contributes nothing to
future production. The worker who has a modest savings account, an... more »
Mary Austin - Freddie Mercury's Girlfriend
Spike EP at News Spike - 1 day ago
"The pair shared a bedsit and then moved into a modest one-bedroom flat in
nearby Holland Road. They were blissfully happy but hadn’t discussed a
future together. *‘Then, when I was 23 he gave me a big box on Christmas
Day. Inside was another box, then another and so it went on. It was like
one of his playful games. Eventually, I found a lovely jade ring inside the
last small box. *
*‘I looked at it and was speechless. I remember thinking, “I don’t
understand what’s going on.” It wasn’t what I’d expected at all. So I asked
him, “Which hand should I put this on?” And he said, “Ring... more »
"Knowledge, Intelligence..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not
information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is
collected and used.”"It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two
conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are
served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. If you
are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. On the other
hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of
skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguis... more »
JACKPOT! Speculators Win Big as Iraq Shuts Down Refinery
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
Nothing can collapse the economic house of cards that is the phony Obama
recovery faster than a massive spike in prices - oil and food or simply
just oil as the black gold drives damned near everything and keeping the
hoax of the "recovery" alive is getting tougher by the day for the big boys
and their footstool at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. With the brutal wave of
violence raging through Iraq, still a mystery as to the exact cause but the
US warmongers supplying arms to religious zealots including admitted
cannibals is a probable factor the early winners are already in and they
are t... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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