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Fukushuma Threatens Pacific: Interview
My recent interview with Voice of Russia: Fukushima is human-engineered crisis that threatens health of Pacific Ocean - expert Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_06_03/Fukushima-is-human-engineered-crisis-that-threatens-health-of-Pacific-Ocean-expert-7002/
Musical Interlude: Logos, “Cheminement”
Logos, “Cheminement” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuXP8aVWHU
How serious are you about local products?
[image: How serious are you about local products?]*Would you spend more* *for local products?*I recently read an interesting Facebook discussion on our friend, Rewinn's, page. He asked if people would be willing to pay a premium for locally produced products. The answers were interesting. Some people talked about the "catch 22" of poverty. Others mentioned the need to support local economies. As I read through the answers, I wondered if "greenies" would answer the question in a similar fashion. We all know that local products are "greener" than products which travel across the worl... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This skyscape finds an esthetic balance of interstellar dust and gas residing in the suburbs of the nebula rich constellation of Orion. Reflecting the light of bright star Rigel, Beta Orionis, the jutting, bluish chin of the Witch Head Nebula is at the upper left. *Click image for larger size.* Whiskers tracing the red glow of hydrogen gas ionized by ultraviolet starlight seem to connect that infamous visage with smaller nebulae, like dusty reflection nebula NGC 1788 at the right. Strong winds from Orion's bright stars have also shaped NGC 1788, and likely triggered the formation o... more »
High-Frequency Trading Goes Fairly To Highest Bidder? (After Charges of Running a Price-Fixing Cartel on Nasdaq in the 90s, Wall Street Banks Are Now Trading Their Own Stocks in Darkness)
And you thought the banks' behavior was going to improve after the fines? Obviously the fines were just the opening shot in the new "fixed game for the banks" scheme. It's a great deal. Really. They pay a percentage of their profits to the regularly outraged regulators, and commence to do it again. But this time even bigger and more blatantly (and much darker). Let's see them catch us now
Spycraft Updates June 4 , 2014 .........How The West Spies On The Middle East: The Location Of The GCHQ's Top Secret Internet Spy Base Revealed ....... NATO’s merry-go-round electronic surveillance in the Black Sea
How The West Spies On The Middle East: The Location Of The GCHQ's Top Secret Internet Spy Base Revealed [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/04/2014 21:44 -0400 - Australia - Google - Iran - Iraq - Kuwait - Middle East - New Zealand - Saudi Arabia - SPY inShare It has been a year since the first of many Edward Snowden's groundbreaking revelations (which promptly relegated yetanother conspiracy theory into the compost heap of conspiracy facts) exposing not only the ubiquitous tentacles of the NSA, and its UK-equ... more »
Is the Bowe Bergdahl "official story " even accurate ? ( June 1 , 2014 ) Did the US swap high value Gitmo Detainees for a man alleged to be a deserter by a fellow soldier in Afghanistan at the time ? Read the articles and tweets and make your own mind up ? Early Saturday it was announced by the administration that the only American prisoner of war in the Afghanistan was released in exchange for 5 Guantanamo Bay terrorists being set free to Qatar. The circumstances of the capture of Bowe Bergdahl had been in question long before his release – supposedly he had wandered off and captured by the Taliban. But a soldier on Twitter is claiming that the official story is untrue, and has posted his version of the events that led to Bowe’s capture .........
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
The expected backlash begins..... There Is Already A Big Backlash Against The Deal To Free An American Prisoner Of War - MICHAEL B. KELLEY - - JUN. 2, 2014, 7:47 AM - 286 - 1 - FACEBOOK - LINKEDIN - TWITTER - GOOGLE+ - PRINT - EMAIL [image: bowe bergdahl] screenshot/REUTERS In an email to his parents, Bergdahl wrote:"I am sorry for everything. The horror that is America is disgusting." Last week the Obama administration traded five Taliban commanders detainees in Guantanamo Bay for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the only American prisoner of...more »
Libya updates June 4 , 2014 --Breaking News: Suicide attack near Hafter compound kills 3 and injures 4 ( rumors of Hafter wounded may or may not be accurate ) ....... Swiss Red Cross worker murdered in Sirte ........ Congressman seized from Tripoli home ........ Breaking news: Thinni travels to Benghazi
Breaking News: Suicide attack near Hafter compound kills 3 and injures 4 *By Noora Ibrahim.* *Benghazi, 4 June 2014:* A massive car bomb blast has killed three and injured four after a suicide bomber detonated explosives one kilometre from General Khalifa Hafter’s compound south of Benghazi. Spokesman for Hafter’s forces Mohammed Hijezi told the *Libya Herald *that the attack was believed to have an attempt on the general’s life. However, he said the bomber had detonated his device in a car, packed with explosives, after he was unable to enter the compound in Ghot Sultan, 45 kilometr... more »
Bang for the Buck
A few days ago, there was this story about fetus fetishists being "upset"over funding of morning-after pills under the Maternal Health Initiative. (Note to editors: the word "stupid" is only one character more than "upset" and way more accurate.) Anti-abortion activists say the federal government has broken its pledge to leave abortion out of its maternal health initiative, just as Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up an international summit Friday with a fresh commitment of $3.5 billion to improve maternal health around the world. The issue is the morning-after pill, a.k.a. em... more »
Edward Abbey, "Benedicto"
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets' towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where d... more »
Copper and Aluminum " ponzi scheme " coming apart ? June 4 , 2014 China Scrambling After "Discovering" Thousands Of Tons Of Rehypothecated Copper, Aluminum Missing ..... How bad might this get ? Consider the following ........“We have heard that some banks in China are offering financing against photocopied warehouse receipts,” one metals trader told MetalBulletin (login required), which first broke the news of the investigation and export freeze. There is currently a hold on all commodities that have been used as collateral for financing, which includes iron ore, aluminum, alumina and bauxite, and aluminum ore,MetalBulletin said. + One big question is who will be left holding the loan losses on the “missing” materials, which could be as high as $300 million, Metal Bulletin editor Alex Harrison told Quartz. Another uncertainty is whether these investigations will spread to other locations where metals are stored, which could ultimately affect the price and availability of credit though China......... the rumored size of the problem is rising fast—the value of the metals reportedly involved in the investigation started at “$250 million last week [and has] already risen to in excess of $1 billion,” a second Metal Bulletin report said today.
China Scrambling After "Discovering" Thousands Of Tons Of Rehypothecated Copper, Aluminum Missing [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/04/2014 12:22 -0400 - China - Copper - notional value - recovery - Reuters - Shadow Banking - Yuan inShare17 "Banks are worried about their exposure," warns one warehousing source, "there is a* scramble for people to head down there at the minute and make sure that their metal that they think is covered by a warehouse receipt actually exists*." The rehypothecated catastrophe that we discuss... more »
Chet Raymo, “Google Earth”
*“Google Earth”* by Chet Raymo “Although the main action is now going to be on Saturday, I’ll be occasionally posting on other days of the week; perhaps Anne or Tom too. What follows is a few words on Chattanooga, where Mr. Fix-It takes place, setting the scene, so to speak. East Tennessee is topologically a series of parallel northeast-southwest tending ridges and valleys, a continuation of the Ridge and Valley Province of western Virginia and central Pennsylvania. The Tennessee River, as a well-behaved river should, flows down along one of these valleys, meandering this way and ... more »
The Daily "Near You?
Tijeras, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“8 Outrageous Right-Wing Statements This Week: Defending Gun Rights for Psychopaths Edition”
*“8 Outrageous Right-Wing Statements This Week: * *Defending Gun Rights for Psychopaths Edition”* by Janet Allon "*1.* *Joe the Plumber: Your dead kids don’t trump my right to have a gun. *Now seems like a good time to once again call Sen. John McCain on the carpet for unleashing, not only the plague that is Sarah Palin on the country, but this scourge that is Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber.” Someone really needs to permanently clog up the drainpipe through which the sewage of “Joe the Plumber’s” ideas flow. Even the NRA decided to lay low after the Santa B... more »
A Chicago Teacher Questions Martin Koldyke’s “Golden Apples” Program
A few days ago, a Chicago teacher contacted me to make me aware of a program in Chicago, the “Golden Apple” program, one that supposedly rewards good teachers yet seems more like a front to supply a temporary teaching staff in schools that businessman Martin Koldyke has taken control of in the all-too-common corporate reform […]
Kiev puppets (on NATO orders, no doubt) to impose martial law in the East
Link The Ukrainian government said Wednesday it is developing a plan to impose martial law in eastern Ukraine, signaling its resolve to continue pushing with the fight against a pro-Russian separatist rebellion that has raged for weeks. The move would allow the government to evacuate *(terrorize and kill)* civilians from militant-controlled areas, freeing up Ukraine's armed forces to begin a full-scale military operation to regain control Ukraine (puppet) has *accused* rebel forces of hiding behind civilians, which has slowed the government's advance. As the government has stepp... more »
Links...for now
*A tiny spider hangs in the balance.* I'll have a couple of posts up tonight, but for now, enjoy... - If you read one thing today, let it be this discussion of the Sunflower Movement by Albert Wu in the LA Review of Books. Great piece. - Financial ties with China prove worrisome to Hong Kong banks. The situation is already similar for Taiwan and we haven't even been annexed yet. - Wreckage in Taiwan Strait solves mystery of missing plane from 50 years ago - What would push America towards war with China? Dump Taiwan, of course - China won't go to court wit... more »
"Run!"
Run like hell, too, lol - CP
“The New World Order And The Rise Of The East”
*“The New World Order And The Rise Of The East”* by Brandon Smith “Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge, which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control. Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with ... more »
Nuclear scientist with expert knowledge, Steven Star: "It is frightening that President Obama and his administration appear unaware that the world’s leading scientists have for years predicted that a nuclear war fought with the US and/or Russian strategic nuclear arsenal means the end of human history. Do they not know of the existential threat these arsenals pose to the human race . . . or do they choose to remain silent because this fact doesn’t fit into their official narratives? We hear only about terrorist threats that could destroy a city with an atomic bomb, while the threat of human extinction from nuclear war is never mentioned – even when the US and Russia are each running huge nuclear war games in preparation for a US-Russian war."
------------------------------ *The Lethality of Nuclear Weapons* ------------------------------ May 30, 2014 | Guest Contributor | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Author’s note: Paul Craig Roberts held top security clearances. He has repeatedly warned that a US-Russian nuclear war would wipe out the human race, along with all other complex forms of life. As a scientist with expert knowledge, I wish to echo and explain his warning. The Lethality of Nuclear Weapons Steven Starr Nuclear war has no winner. Beginning in 2... more »
Russia vs US Statesmanship..... June 4 , 2014 -- Consider how Putin handles a presser ( not just Ukraine but a wide range of topics ) and then just look at the self goal clusterfark the WH created with Bergdahl and how that's been handled ......Then just pray to the God of your choosing for the US .......
How to handle a press conference - Putin's approach ... http://rt.com/news/163676-putin-ukraine-french-us/ Vladimir Putin faced a barrage of tricky questions in France from the media ahead of his meeting with world leaders at the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Here are his best replies on key issues: Ukraine, Crimea and relations with the US. On Ukraine, its sovereignty and Russian troops: The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has been occupying the center of international attention since the end of last year. While the coup-appointed government in Kiev is carrying out a milita... more »
Science and Social Studies are Disappearing
Report cards from a district outside of Rochester, New York, have made it painfully clear what school reformers feel about science and social studies. Read the comments for Term 3 in this 5th grade report card. The last thing corporate giants need is kids knowing history or thinking like scientists. Let’s just integrate it all […]
Prostitution
Criminal lawyers, like almost everyone else nowadays, have an internet listserve. On reading the new proposed prostitution legislation (which criminalizes the buying of sex) one wag commented, "lots more work from people used to paying sizeable hourly rates". Constitutional lawyers will particularly benefit from the proposed legislation. The Supreme Court ruled that laws criminalizing aspects of prostitution, although not criminalizing prostitution itself, put prostitutes at physical risk and are unconstitutional. The proposed legislation in its current form is of doubtful constitu... more »
Fukushima Updates - June 4 , 2014 - Japanese Journalist: Workers “very worried” about deformed 400 ft. structure falling on Fukushima reactor buildings and causing another crisis — Immediate repairs needed yet “can’t do anything” due to extreme radiation levels — Staff told to “constantly watch it” — One of site’s most dangerous places .......... Study: Water helps dissolve Fukushima’s melted nuclear cores, accelerates corrosion — Plutonium concentrates on outer edge of fuel — Poses “a much longer environmental threat” than initial releases — Transport of nuclear material into environment to continue for many years if not isolated ........ Senior Scientist: Fukushima is not under control; It has ‘alarm bells’ going off on West Coast — Former Official: I’m humiliated Japan lies to world about how much contamination is entering Pacific; Nuclear material “polluting ocean more and more” ...... Items of note from Fukushima Diary - state of the facility and tritium contamination !
Energy News ...... http://enenews.com/japan-journalist-workers-very-worried-about-deformed-400-ft-structure-falling-on-fukushima-reactor-buildings-needs-immediate-repair-yet-they-cant-do-anything-about-it-due-to-extr Fukushima Voice, May 28, 2014:* Mako Oshidori in Düsseldorf “The Hidden Truth about Fukushima”* [...] The lecture, given in Japanese [on March 8, 2014] and translated into English. - *Moderator*: My name is Mariko. Welcome to a lecture by Mako Oshidori. [...] A huge earthquake, followed by tsunami and the nuclear accident, has become an unprecedented disaster ... more »
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*Right and left partnered in fight to reduce incarceration, but sheriffs killed most bills ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens*
China Rules
The Chinese. Churchill said they were an enigma warped in a riddle. It was so hard for a lord of the earth to interpret a people who mostly wanted to tend a trendy lawn. China has a 5000 year history. The west has two thousand years. Who to bet on in the long run? I have spent decades in the four China's. Singapore, Taiwan, Guangzhou and Beijing. They all compete. Unlike the west only Guangzhou and Beijing are really in a match. Do I have to brief you on how the Chinese are very smart?. Do I have to brief you on evolution and which humans are more evolved? If you believe in evolu... more »
The Economy: “This Should Make Every American Angry...”
*“This Should Make Every American Angry...”* by Bill Bonner “The Dow fell 21 points yesterday. Gold was flat. Around the world, stocks have been doing well. Even our top recommendation, beaten-down Russian stocks, are moving up fast. The Russian market rose 14% in May (leaving it still down about 9% for the year). Why? Maybe world debt levels hitting mega highs has something to do with it. Over $100 trillion was the last estimate we saw. Meanwhile, why worry? Volatility is ultra low. The VIX measures investors' worry levels by looking at implied volatility in the options market. T... more »
Syrians came out in droves...demonstrating massive support for Mr Assad
*The Syrians deserve a cheer- And a dam hardy one! This festival like election must have just stuck in the craw of the NATO psycho leadership. I can see the evil doers just steaming.* *Three cheers for the brave Syrian people. Hurray! Hip Hurray! Hip Hip Hurray!!!* *Hears a round up of news and some pics-* *Syrian election shows depth of popular support for Assad, even among Sunni majority* [image: Syrian election shows depth of popular support for Assad, even among Sunni majority]Mr and Mrs Assad *President Assad- popular support- even amongst Sunni majority- blowing NATO media li... more »
A judge should not figuratively step down from the bench and assume the role of counsel
*Gahan v. R.,* 2014 NBCA 18: [30] Relying on Lord Denning’s decision in *Jones v. National Coal Board*, [1957] 2 All E.R. 155, [1957] 2 K.B. 55 (C.A.), Mr. Gahan recognizes that a judge can ask questions of a witness to “clear up a point that has been overlooked or left obscure”, but says that, beyond that, if the judge “drops the mantle of the judge and assumes the role of an advocate,” the judge takes on a role that “does not become him well” and risks creating an appearance of partiality (p. 64). He quotes Limerick J.A.... more »
So, Jebbie's the Smaacht One? Low Echelon Republicans Brag About Knowing the Meaning of Nerd (However, Little Understanding in General Exhibited) Repeal of Glass-Steagall Continues To Reap Corruption
I guess if you can read comprehensibly at all, that makes you an intellectual in Republican circles? (Remembering what the rightwingers fund as "think tanks*" helps.) Nerds unite! The Bushes are baaaaaaaaaaacccck! (Or the never-dying Bush Sales Machine is (big time).) But not how you (or they) thought. My guess is that this ploy is just another shot in the dark hoping that the country has
Another Day, Another Bad Incentive Deal
No sooner had I finished my mini-series on evaluating proposed location subsidies then @varnergreg sends me this story about a new copper tubing manufacturing facility opening in one of the nation's poorest counties, Wilcox County, Alabama. This is clearly the sort of place where I think we should consider using investment incentives, but the sheer size of the subsidy relative to the investment (known as "aid intensity") makes this just another bad deal. Indeed, the subsidy to Golden Dragon Copper is potentially worse than Electrolux in Memphis, where state and local governments ess... more »
The Realist Report - Dr. Fredrick Toben
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by the heroic *Dr. Fredrick Toben*. Dr. Toben sits on the Board of Contributing Editors of *The Barnes Review*, and has been persecuted as a "thought criminal" in a number of Western countries for challenging the official narrative of WWII and commenting on other controversial topics. Dr. Toben and I will be discussing a variety of subjects. Calls will be taken through 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 past program... more »
Congratulations To Bashar Al-Assad And The Proud People Of Syria: Elections In Syria - The People Say NO To Foreign Intervention
Yes, the people of Syria have voted, and even though at this moment the results are not in, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the proud people of Syria have voted overwhelmingly for their popular President, Bashar al-Assad, to lead their nation for another 7 year term... Assad's victory is a victory for TRUE democracy and not the fraud democracy that the criminals in the US and the psychotic state of Israel have been trying to promote. The people of Syria voted with paper ballots unlike in the US with their laughably easy to corrupt electronic machines, and at true pollin... more »
And you continue to put your children in government run schools?...
*wake up!* Bet she dosn't reed to gud ether. *What a Teen Girl Allegedly Obtained During School Hours Without Her Parents’ Permission Has Them Suing*
Supplemental: D’Leisha Dent to Miles College!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014* *Bittersweet good news:* When Nikole Hannah-Jones profiled Tuscaloosa’s public schools, she focused on three generations of the James Dent family. That included D’Leisha Dent, senior class president at Tuscaloosa’s Central High School. Dent was also homecoming queen this year. She’s a member of the mayor’s youth council; she was a three-time individual state champion in track. But because of Dent’s low ACT scores, Hannah-Jones said she was barely getting a nibble from the four-year colleges she hoped to attend. Her profile ended on this downbeat note: H... more »
News analysis: Recent fast jet missions suggest growing Chinese confidence
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[image: J-11 (Su-27)]Recent events in the South China and East China seas suggest an increase in the confidence and capabilities of the China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF). Aircraft from both services have been involved in asserting Chinese interests since early May. PLANAF aircraft, including Xian JH-7 fighter-bombers of the 9th Naval Aviation Division based at Ledong on Hainan Island, have been flying regular missions to support Chinese Coast Guard and PLAN ships guarding an oil rig conducting a drilling survey in... more »
Fresh from the experience of a lifetime - join us June 5 for photos and stories
Picking the photos for our event tomorrow night has been like a kaleidoscope journey through our two-plus years in Honduras, immersed in all the memories packed into however many hundreds of gigabytes of pictures and videos we collected over that time. As always, I’m reminded that it’s the people that make a photo. In the moment I’m drawn to the scenics – and we’ll certainly be including a few of those at the Victoria Event Centre tomorrow. But the ones that make me smile are the ones with people: Bustling about in our little town of Copan Ruinas; packing a gun in their b... more »
Weingarten Twisting in the Wind Over Common Core Embrace
Randi Weingarten has tried every strategy that her posse of lawyers can come up with to maintain her loyalty to corporate education plutocrats who made her, while pretending to represent the interests of children, parents, and public schools. She has gone so far as to get herself arrested in protest of school closures, while behind the headlines continuing her undying support of Common Core, test-based teacher evaluation and bonus pay, Big Data, and segregated corporate charter schools. Last week she went on the offense against the Tea Party for attacking the Common Core, whil... more »
Mike's Story Part 40 - Dangerous Books
*By **Jenna** Orkin* *January 15, 2007* * "I'm going to need help today," Mike said this morning at breakfast. I already knew that, from his silence and the resoluteness with which he chewed his toast, revealing no pleasure, just grim determination.* * A couple of hours later he couldn't take it anymore and called his outpatient psychiatrist.* * "She said what I already knew. I'm only on 600 mg of Lithium. I can take another one!"* * This simple knowledge so cheered him, he didn't even seem to need the pill anymore. But he took it just in case and remained sanguine until t... more »
The Damage Done by the “Texas Meteor”
The 2013 NBER paper, “School Accountability, Postsecondary and Attainment,” by Jennifer Jennings, David Deming, Sarah Cohodes, and Christopher Jencks, was initially welcomed as evidence in support of test-driven accountability. Jennings et. al concluded that the Texas test-driven accountability of the 1990s increased student performance of math students, especially those who were at risk of failure […]
WHO SAID THAT?
*Nazi from Right Sector signs up for the Ukraine National Guard to **'put every Russian in Krim to the knife' * Here are some words from others that I've come across in recent days. First two are good and the last one reveals some of the thinking from inside the offices of Mr. Big. - UK journalist Neil Clark writes: Just imagine if the democratically-elected government of Canada had been toppled in a Russian-financed coup, in which far-right extremists and neo-Nazis played a prominent role. That the new unelected 'government' in Ottawa cancelled the law giving the French lang... more »
The Pearson Teacher: From Sage on the Stage to Technician in the Mechanism
When Bill Gates came to Memphis in 2009 with $90 million to grease the hinges on every bureaucratic door within a hundred miles, the schools became the laboratory for every self-serving thought disorder that the aging crackpot could come up with. The latest bad dream brings together Common Core, Pearson, Windows tablets, and the Gates dream of making schools entirely teacher proof. Teachers will now serve as guards and managers of tech labs, where students proceed through curriculum and tests written by Pearson on machines built for Microsoft. What could be better than this? An... more »
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*Lower 9th Ward revitalization plan to go before voters ~Marsha Schuler, New Orleans Advocate* *Third District police officers encouraged to make more bicycle stops ~Della Hassell, Midtown Messenger* *Update: Lafourche Parish declares state of emergency after levee breach ~WDSU* *More details on Jindal’s “Duck Dynasty” appearance ~The Advocate* *Murky outlook on oyster beds this year means high prices ~Meg Farris, WWLTV * *French Market’s Annual Creole Tomato Festival, 2014 ~WWOZ*
From the Front Lines of the Class War (conclusion)
"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" *Guest Post by William Neil* *Part Three**: Why The Caged Birds Don’t Sing in Annapolis* And now let me take these musings, and my readings in the history of democracy and the political economy of the United States, and come back and visit the doings in that sleepy, isolated, old colonial town with the remarkably preserved architecture, but no rail connection, Annapolis. What is the nature of the “cage” that prevents those vast Democratic majorities in the Assembly and the Senate, comparable to those that Democrats and FDR enjoyed after 1936 from do... more »
Iraq’s Deteriorating Security Situation Interview With Alexandre Massimo
Iraq finds itself in a precarious security situation today. The insurgency has been able to rebuild itself in Anbar, while violence is taking off in other provinces such as Babil and Salahaddin. That goes along with the continued attacks in Baghdad and Ninewa. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) has been hard pressed to stop this resurgence and appears to be losing ground in some areas. To help explain the current scenario and provide a bit of background to how Iraq arrived at this place is Alexandre Massimo a student of Classics and Oriental studies who has extensively studied the I... more »
Transient Sanity Events
By Capt. Fogg Particles do escape from black holes, or so argues Steven Hawking. the phenomenon is called Hawking radiation. Things do escape beyond the event horizon at the NRA as well apparently. It's called a Transient Sanity Event. Members of Open Carry Texas, people who think it's really cool to act like a 6 year old with his new Hopalong Cassidy cap gun on Christmas morning, are cutting their NRA membership cards in half over a statement that somehow escaped the gravitational well of craziness and irresponsibility: “Let’s not mince words. Not only is it rare, it’s downright ... more »
THE SIZE OF THE GAPS: By family income, also by race!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014* *Part 3—First approximations:* Very large “achievement gaps” exist in American schools. In yesterday’s main report, we looked at the range of scores in Grade 8 math on last year’s NAEP math test. We refer to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the 43-year-old federal program which is widely regarded as out most reliable testing program. Students took the NAEP last year. Based on conventional rules of thumb, a very wide range of math achievement is suggested by these scores: *Average scores, Grade 8 math, 2013 NAEP* 90th percentile: 331 75th pe... more »
NATO EXPANSION: FUNDAMENTAL BLUNDER
Former US Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) calls NATO expansion a "fundamental blunder". This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk he gave on January 23, 2008. So even in 2008 Bradley could see that NATO expansion was causing problems for Russia and in fact violated promises the US made to Russia at the time the Berlin Wall came down. Russia should remember what the Indians said about the Great White Father in Washington. The white man speaks with a forked tongue.
June 3: Walking on the edge of insanity....
(I had not intended to write today, but there have been developments....) ..You would never guess it from a reading of the Irving press, but we are close to war with Russia - which would now be also war with China and war with Iran - at least. No, it's not Russian aggression or a Russian threat to world peace. I looks as though Obama is the one who wants a war. The coup in Ukraine was financed, organized and equipped by the US government. The coup was well-financed, highly organized, and the western powers, contrary to all, normal diplomatic behaviour immediately recognized a new go... more »
US GIVES UKRAINE GREEN LIGHT TO KILL THEIR OWN CITIZENS
Top Pentagon official has praised the way the Ukrainian military is dealing with anti-government forces. Assistant Defence Secretary Derek Chollet is in Kiev - and he says he's impressed with the work being done.
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"I'm better than Oasis"
INXS - Elegantly Wasted from Intro on Vimeo. Campaign Film Mercury Records © The Intro Partnership LLP
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*School leavers 'better off training for a trade than going to university’* Future generations of school leavers should consider turning their backs on university because of a sharp rise in the projected number of medium and low-skilled jobs, according to research. The majority of teenagers are likely to be better prepared for the workplace by shunning higher education in favour of practical, jobs-based training over the next 10 years, it was claimed. A study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warned that the number of university leavers has dramatically outstrippe... more »
US Economic Data - June 4 , 2014 -- Big ADP Miss: 179K Jobs Far Below Expectations, Lowest Print Since Jan ...... US trade Deficit jumps to 47.2 Billion for April ....
Zero Hedge .... Big ADP Miss: 179K Jobs Far Below Expectations, Lowest Print Since Jan [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/04/2014 08:20 -0400 - recovery inShare1 The post-weather bounce is over in exuberant employment trends appears to be over. After January's plunge, the last 3 months have seen beats but May's data -*printing at 179k (against expectations of 210k) is a major disappointment for the extrapolators and presses job growth back to its lowest since January*. Rubbing salt in the wound of recovery, April's data was revised downward. It w... more »
Ukraine Updates June 4 , 2014 ...... KIEV, June 04. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday he was going to involve representatives of the country’s restive east in a dialogue, his press service said ( memo to chocolate king - stop killing civilians ) .......... Leader of a far-right Ukrainian party Right Sector Dmytro Yarosh, who was put on international wanted list by the Russian Investigative Committee, was offered a post in a new government in the country to be formed under President-elect Petro Poroshenko ......... Verkhovna Rada registers draft resolution on air strike probe in east Ukraine's Luhansk ...... Articles of note -- RIA Novosti
Itar Tass..... Verkhovna Rada registers draft resolution on air strike probe in east Ukraine's Luhansk World June 04, 14:07 UTC+4 At least seven civilians were killed and dozens others wounded in a shelling of the Luhansk regional administrative building on June 2 © EPA/VALENTINA SVISTUNOVA [image: Luhansk regional administrative building] Russia calls for probe into air strike on east Ukraine’s Luhansk KIEV, June 04. /ITAR-TASS/. Oleksandr Yefremov, leader of the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada, suggests to recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Cour... more »
France breaking form US /EU solidarity on Russia sanctions regime ( June 4 , 2014 ) ? France Responds To US BNP Fine, Will Train Hundreds Of Russian Seamen To Operate French-Made Warship ....... As France considers its own trade and relations with Russia trumping the concerns of US and EU politicians , note Germany has opened a probe over NSA spying ( Germany hasn't forgiven that episode it would appear , distrust will continue ) - Germany to probe alleged NSA snooping of Chancellor Merkel's phone ......
France Responds To US BNP Fine, Will Train Hundreds Of Russian Seamen To Operate French-Made Warship [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/04/2014 08:03 -0400 - European Union - France - Germany - Natural Gas - Nicolas Sarkozy - None - Obama Administration - Poland - Racketeering - Ukraine - Unemployment inShare In the aftermath of the Russian sanctions, which French president Francois Hollande vehemently approved after constantly slamming Russia's involvement in the Ukraine conflict, and even went so far t... more »
Bergdahl Swap with Gitmo 5 BLOWBACK escalates June 4 , 2014 -- Bowe Bergdahl's platoon mates say officers made them sign non-disclosure agreement after he 'deserted his post in Afghanistan' ........ Cover up alleged , lies coming into the light ....... Impeachment of President being trial ballooned over illegal terrorists swap to retrieve a deserter , potential traitor ?
Daily Mail.... Bowe Bergdahl's platoon mates say officers made them sign non-disclosure agreement after he 'deserted his post in Afghanistan' By DANIEL BATES PUBLISHED: 23:24 EST, 2 June 2014 | UPDATED: 04:58 EST, 3 June 2014 - - - - - *54* shares 4 View comments The soldiers in Bowe Bergdahl's platoon were made to sign a highly unusual non disclosure agreement covering his disappearance in an apparent attempt to cover-up what happened. Two soldiers MailOnline has spoken to said that the letter was passed round by commanders to those close to Sgt Berg... more »
The Worst Choice
Kathleen Wynne gave a less than stellar performance in last night's Ontario Leaders Debate. But, this morning, even John Ivison at the *National Post* writes: The PC leader spent the evening moving his arms around, as if he were about to break into Simon Says. He looked slightly swivel-eyed when he rambled with messianic zeal about his “Million Jobs Plan,” which Ms. Horwath pointed out has “a million math mistakes in it.” And Martin Regg Cohn, over at the *Toronto Star*, writes: The three rivals avoided big mistakes, unleashed their attack lines and unfurled their talking point... more »
What Best for ALEC is Worst for Working Moms
For the past couple of weeks the ALEC Rich State Poor States Report (RSPS) have been finding its away around the web. If it isn't an article on it, its an ALEC pundit or staff member pushing it down the throats the people of America, WITHOUT sharing the philosophy and funding behind the report. The problem with that report is it serves ALECs interests - it doesn't serve the interests of the people of the United States. The report has been debunked multiple times *HERE* and *HERE* and *HERE* People have been warned not to believe the skewed report HERE but the question is who is r... more »
War Watch June 4 , 2014 - Syria Election Count begins ( US is critical ) .... Iran - Iran’s Civilian Enrichment Remains a Sticking Point in Talks West Dubs Self-Sufficiency in Fuel 'Unrealistic' ....... Pakistan -- Karachi in Chaos After Key Politician’s Arrest in London MQM Leader's Arrest Brings Pakistan's Economic Capital to a Halt
Syria..... Al Jazeera.... Syrian election vote counting begins President Bashar al-Assad set to win an overwhelming victory in poll called a charade by the opposition. Last updated: 04 Jun 2014 09:21 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Opposition activists branded the vote a 'blood election', with Syria in the middle of a civil war [EPA] Election officials have started counting votes in a Syrian presidential election expected to deliver an overwhelming victory for President Bash... more »
Police State Updates June 4 , 2014 -- With police brutality rising along with the disturbing trend to hold police accountable for abusive treatment , we see America is poised another step on the slippery slope to becoming Egypt by the Atlantic Ocean ...... Eric Holder Announces Task Force To Focus On "Domestic Terrorists" , SECRET SERVICE TO TRACK TWITTER USERS IN REAL TIME Federal agency will use tool to "send notifications to users"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-03/eric-holder-announces-task-force-focus-domestic-terrorists Eric Holder Announces Task Force To Focus On "Domestic Terrorists" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/03/2014 22:22 -0400 - Cohen - FBI - MSNBC - national security - None - Oklahoma - SPY - Steve Cohen - Transparency inShare2 *Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,* *It’s been obvious for quite some time that the so-called “war on terror” is nothing more than a fear-mongering induced power grab*; a co... more »
Neocons Prepare to Crucify Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
The strange serendipity that both Benghazi and Bergdahl each have eight letters isn't the only similarity between the two, with the negotiated release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in return for five Taliban members held in the pride of America, our Guantanamo Bay torture camp the sleazy political games are escalating faster than the covert US backed slaughter in East Ukraine. Despite dozens of legitimate areas of attack against Barack Obama that could bring them their coveted post-November election impeachment tribunal the Republicans and the neocons that infest their criminal p... more »
Telephonics Successfully Collaborates with Northrop Grumman to Deliver a Mode S Interrogator Upgrade for the UK AWACS Program
[image: E-3D Sentry]Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, today announced the conclusion of a successful collaborative effort with Northrop Grumman Corporation to deliver Mode S upgrades to the Telephonics’ AN/UPX-40 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Interrogator, fielded on the United Kingdom’s E-3D Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet based at Royal Air Force Waddington. The AN/UPX-40, designed and developed by Telephonics under internally funded research and development, is an AIMS certified, All-Mode IFF interrogator that... more »
Baroness Glenys Kinnock Shills for the Empire: The Rape of Darfur
Why is it that the Anglo-Americans suddenly cared so much about *this *particular humanitarian crisis..? It's because *Sudan* is a *Chinese strategic ally and trading partner *- China now buys *60%* of it's oil from Sudan, and at *a fair price*, up to *twice* the international market price for Brent Crude (they pay in worthless, paper Dollars, of course) and the pipeline cuts right across the *Darfur* region and the newly created *Bantustan* nation of *Southern Sudan.* Saida Abdukarim was eight months pregnant and innocently tending her vegetables when she was set-upon, raped and... more »
Lockheed Martin Selected to Provide U.S. Air Force with Space Fence Radar to Safeguard Space Resources
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $914 million contract to improve the way objects are tracked in space and increase our ability to prevent space-based collisions. Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence solution, an advanced ground-based radar system, will enhance the way the U.S. detects, catalogs and measures more than 200,000 orbiting objects. With better timeliness and improved surveillance coverage, the system will protect space assets against potential crashes that can intensify the debris problem in space. Read more
Lockheed Martin Receives Contract Award for MK 41 Vertical Launching System
[image: VLS Mk-41 Missile Canisters]The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to provide engineering design services for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) that helps protect the fleet from numerous naval warfare threats. This $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes options, which if exercised would bring the total contract value to $182 million. As the only system capable of launching anti-air, anti-submarine, surface-to-surface and strike missiles, the MK 41 VLS can receive orders from multiple weapon control systems to handle every warfighting mis... more »
Russian fighter intercepted US recon plane: Pentagon
[image: RC-135U Combat Sent]An armed Russian fighter jet intercepted a US military reconnaissance plane in late April in international airspace over the Sea of Okhotsk, several days after another intimidating maneuver in the Black Sea, the Pentagon disclosed Tuesday. US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey both communicated US concerns over the incident directly to the Russians, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren said. Warren said the US RC-135 reconnaissance plane was on a routine mission over international airsp... more »
Pakistan Fighter Jet Crashes Into Bus Station
At least four people have been killed and nine injured after a fighter jet crashed at a busy bus station. The accident happened in the Baldia Town district, west of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city and commercial hub. A Pakistan air force spokesman said: "Both pilots embraced martyrdom in the fighter jet crash today." Read more
Source: Army of Serbia does not have a single fighter jet in working condition
[image: MiG-29 Fulcrum]During the recent floods, doubts appeared in public whether the Army of Serbia has enough capacity to fulfill its third constitutional mission to help the population during natural disasters, but the actual condition of the combat equipment raises the question of whether the Army of Serbia can perform its first duty – defense of the country. A source of Beta agency, close to the Air Force command confirmed the report of Serbian daily Politika that the Army of Serbia does not have a single fighter in working condition because batteries for MiG-21 and MiG-29 wer... more »
Israel Defense Forces to deploy more unmanned ground vehicles
[image: Guardium UGV]Israel's military says it will soon more unmanned ground vehicles to protect its troops and borders from terrorist threats. "Major threats are evolving on Israel's borders every day," The Israel Defense Force said. "Hamas' underground network in Gaza trains daily to infiltrate Israel, as Hezbollah expands its arsenal of weapons on Israel's northern border. Meanwhile, terrorists in Judea and Samaria attempt to smuggle weapons through crossings and attack Israeli communities. Read more
NATO and Europe at odds over defense cuts
[image: EU or NATO]NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen wants European leaders to loosen their purse strings on defense, but Merkel, Hollande, and Cameron are keeping their grip tight. Is efficiency and cooperation a viable compromise? "We live in a different world than we did less than a month ago," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a Brookings Institution forum back in March. "Russia's military aggression in Ukraine is in blatant breach of its international commitments and it is a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is a wake up call for ... more »
Togo takes delivery of 33-metre patrol boat
[image: RPB 33 patrol boat]The Togolese Navy has taken delivery of a new 33 metre patrol boat from French naval defence equipment manufacturer Raidco Marine to enhance the operational capacity of its small navy. Last year Togo ordered two RPB 33 patrol boats, originally slated for delivery in March and July this year. The first vessel left Lorient on April 1 and after stopping in Agadir, Dakar and Abidjan, arrived in the Togolese capital Lome on April 22. On April 25 the vessel (P763) was named Agou by President Faure Gnassingbe, according to the French embassy in Togo. Read more
Navy Increases On-Board Ship Maintenance
[image: USS Gerald R. Ford]The Navy plans to add more maintenance personnel to ship crews and perform more maintenance activities on-board ships as they are deployed in order to reduce the costs and time needed at the shipyard upon their return, service leaders said. Naval Sea Systems Command leader Vice Adm. Willy Hilarides pointed out that 78-percent of the Navy’s 289 ships will still be in the water in ten years, a circumstance which underscores the importance of maintenance and modernization. The demand for Navy ships is expected to increase and budgets are likely to remain ch... more »
Destroyer project delays threaten new warship contracts
[image: Hobart class DDG]The building of eight new warships in Australia is in question because of delays and cost blowouts in the troubled air warfare destroyer project. The Abbott government has warned the alliance of companies building the three powerful new destroyers for the Royal Australian Navy that it must end delays and cost overruns that have added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost of the project and delayed it by at least 21 months. Defence Minister David Johnston warned today that if the industry could not get the destroyer project fixed, that would threaten it... more »
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*Pointless Obama coal plan creates outcry on both sides of politics* President Barack Obama's plan to reduce carbon emissions is escalating environmental policy fights in energy-rich states, home to many of the marquee races that could determine which party controls the Senate after November's elections. Democrats running in conservative-leaning states in Appalachia and other energy-producing areas quickly distanced themselves from the draft rule released Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposal aims to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants b... more »
Horror on board Plymouth nuclear submarine as crew battles to survive
[image: HMS Turbulent]A “catastrohic” systems failure on board a Devonport-based nuclear submarine caused a mass-casualty incident, The Herald can today exclusively reveal. When HMS Turbulent’s air conditioning plants malfunctioned during a deployment in the sweltering heat of the Indian Ocean, it resulted in 26 casualties. Eight of those casualties were in a ‘life-threatening’ condition. Read more
Arihant propels India to elite club, but with a headache
[image: INS Arihant]Earlier this year, India’s first indigenously built nuclear submarine quietly pushed out of its base for sea trials, its 6,000-tonne, 111-metre bulk powered by an 83-megawatt uranium reactor. The submarine is capable of lurking effectively undetectable at depth almost indefinitely, as long as there is food for its 110-man crew. In early 2015, if all goes well, INS Arihant will get the nuclear missiles it is designed to carry. Read more
Brazil builds nuclear submarine to patrol offshore oil
[image: Brazil is building five submarines to patrol its massive coast, including one powered by an atomic reactor that would put it in the small club of countries with a nuclear sub]Brazil is building five submarines to patrol its massive coast, including one powered by an atomic reactor that would put it in the small club of countries with a nuclear sub. The South American giant is in the process of exploring major oil fields off its shores that could make it one of the world's top petroleum exporters. The new submarines aim to protect that resource, said the navy official coordi...more »
US unveils $1bn European security plan
The US has unveiled plans to invest $1 billion in European security in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The so-called European Reassurance Initiative, if passed by Congress, is to see more US troops posted to eastern Europe on a temporary basis, greater US involvement in Nato drills in the region, and extra US warships in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. It will also help build military capacity in three pro-Western former Soviet states: Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Read more
New Study Shows Why Roundup Herbicide (Glyphosate) Should Be Banned
[image: Dees Illustration] *Now we have the science and it is becoming nasty. It turns out that mixing with other pesticides and exposing to light just happens to exponentially increase toxicity. Thus the whole argument supporting its continued use happens to be rubbish. It is far worse than any of us ever imagined and I think it is becoming far worse than Monsanto ever guessed.* *What we do need is a global shutdown at the rate of say ten percent per year which allows a transition to take place. Anything else only encourages a rough fight and a side trip to the court room and dec... more »
HAARP Confirmed Weather-Manipulation Tool
I have been ignoring this particular story since I began this blog, mostly because it was clearly a secret defense project and no one was allowed to tell us squat. So far that continues, but with it’s cessation, it is reasonable that the results proved less than encouraging and we may now get a published paper on it all telling us to not waste time on this. From the scant data I saw over the years I was never optimistic but welcomed the actual test that likely produced a clear negative. It will be interesting to see what really comes out of it. *‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Vindica...more »
Chronic Inflammation Solved? Gluten-free works
The writer unfortunately errs in been overly rigid regarding gluten free. The fact remains that most of us can tolerate modest exposure quite well. I consider best practice to make sure that the offending product(s) are used only time to time with plenty of days in between where it is not touched. We want to avoid using it as a daily staple. Our problem is often not with wheat per se but with easting it at every meal and every day. That is such an obvious issue, were it not for the sugar high, we would have abandoned it long since. After all, do we eat steak every day? We ...more »
View from Azerbaijan With George Friedman
This is more by George Freidman on the Russian Borderlands. All this is presently driven by the cash flow of the oil industry which has blossomed since the Soviet Union dissolved. I must admit however, that I find it difficult to care too much. We are now entering the last stage of the oil based global economy. Of course none of you actually accept that and my heart does not wish to accept that at all either. Yet today I know that I can replace all engine systems with an alternating motor that taps the electrical potential around us and it turns out to be simple. As well ... more »
Because goats are brighter than most animals...
Yes, it's a goat riding a man, riding a bike -life in Addis Ababa is interesting.
METRO | Roger Baker : The rise and rise of Austin, Texas
Suburbs experience growth explosion while Austin’s tech bubble could be the next to explode. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | June 3, 2014 AUSTIN –According to Forbes, as reported by KVUE-TV, Austin is the fastest growing city in … finish reading *METRO* | Roger Baker : The rise and rise of Austin, Texas
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METRO | Roger Baker reports on “The rise and rise of Austin, Texas” – the suburban explosion & the ever-so-tenuous tech bubble.
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*Gov. Jindal delays signing law against levee lawsuit ~New Orleans Advocate* *Plan to create special taxing district in New Orleans dies on last day in Legislature ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens* *Jindal department rampant with fraud and corruption ~C.B. Forgotston* *New Orleans USCG prepares for hurricane season ~WVUE* *Ascension Parish residents upset at response to ‘perfect storm’ floods ~The Advocate* *Portable generators demand safety during the hurricane season ~WWL*
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Plant Some Food
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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FRONT PAGE | See Kate Braun’s review of Rag Blogger Mariann Garner-Wizard’s new book, ‘Hempseed Food.’
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play”
2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWa26yCRIlI&html5=1
Marine Le Pen - the new formidable face of Euroscepticism ..... Have the European Elites lost France ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Forget Ukip - euroscepticism in France would give Farage a run for his money The UK may see itself as the traditional voice of scepticism in Europe, but with the rise of Marine Le Pen's Front National France's view of the union is far from favourable Why Greeks voted against the gods of Europe - Share103 - - - - inShare2 - Email - [image: phil] - - Philippe Marlière - - The Observer, Saturday 31 May 2014 [image: French-far-right-Front-National-marine-le-pen] Marine Le Pen has been boosted by the ineptitude of France's main parties. P... more »
How Inflation Helps Keep the Rich Up and the Poor Down
*Guest Post by Jörg Guido Hülsmann* The production of money in a free society is a matter of free association. Everybody from the miners to the owners of the mines, to the minters, and up to the customers who buy the minted coins — all benefit from the production of money. None of them violates the property rights of anybody else, because everybody is free to enter the mining and minting business, and nobody is obliged to buy the product. Things are completely different once we turn to money production in interventionist regimes, which have prevailed in the West for the better pa... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes. Still, for earthbound astronomers NGC 3621 is not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some of its brighter stars have been used as standard candles to establish important estimates of extragalactic distances and the scale of the Universe. *Click image for larger size.* This beautiful image of NGC 3621 traces the ... more »
Joe Bageant, "The Ants of Gaia"
*"The Ants of Gaia"* by Joe Bageant "The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race. The vices of mankind are active and able ministers of depopulation. They are the precursors in the great army of destruction, and often finish the dreadful work themselves. But should they fail in this war of extermination, sickly seasons, epidemics, pestilence, and plague advance in terrific array, and sweep off their thousands and tens of thousands. Should success be still incom... more »
The Poet: David Wagoner, "Getting There"
* "Getting There"* "You take a final step and, look, suddenly You're there. You've arrived At the one place all your drudgery was aimed for: This common ground Where you stretch out, pressing your cheek to sandstone. What did you want to be? You'll remember soon. You feel like tinder under a burning glass, A luminous point of change. The sky is pulsing against the cracked horizon, Holding it firm till the arrival of stars In time with your heartbeats. Like wind etching rock, you've made a lasting impression On the self you were, By having come all this way through all this welter Unde... more »
Utica Citizens Say No to Another Cash Draining Corporate Charter
Locals collect 1,400 signatures for petition against another charter.
"What Is Certain..."
“Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.” - Christopher Hitchens
Derrick Jensen, "There Are Times..."
"There are times the lies get to me, times I weary of battering myself against the obstacles of denial, hatred, fear-induced stupidity, and greed, times I want to curl up and fall into the problem, let it sweep me away as it so obviously sweeps away so many others. I remember a spring day a few years ago, a spring day much like this one, only a little more sun, and warmer. I sat on this same couch and looked out this same window at the same ponderosa pine. I was frightened, and lonely. Frightened of a future that looks dark, and darker with each passing species, and lonely because ... more »
"To The Last Whale"
"As I rocked in the moonlight, And reefed the sail. It'll happen to you Also without fail, If it happens to me. Sang the world's last whale." - Pete Seeger ◆ *“Wind On The Water”* by Graham Nash and David Crosby "Over the years you have been hunted by the men who threw harpoons, And in the long run he will kill you just to feed the pets we raise, put the flowers in your vase, and make the lipstick for your face. Over the years you swam the ocean Following feelings of your own, Now you are washed up on the shoreline, I can see your body lie, It's a shame you have to die to put the shadow ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Johnson City, New York, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Human Destiny- the Grace of the Present Moment"
*"Human Destiny- the Grace of the Present Moment"* by Michael Dowd "Our present situation, I think, can be summarized by the following three sentences: 1. The glory of the human has become the desolation of the Earth. 2. The desolation of the Earth is becoming the destiny of the human. 3. Therefore, all human activities, professions, programs and institutions must henceforth be judged primarily by the extent to which they inhibit, ignore or foster a mutually enhancing human/Earth relationship." — Thomas Berry "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the diversity, stability, and... more »
"Lakotah Instructions for Living"
*"Lakotah Instructions for Living"* "Friend do it this way- that is, whatever you do in life, do the very best you can with both your heart and mind. And if you do it that way, the Power Of The Universe will come to your assistance, if your heart and mind are in Unity. When one sits in the Hoop Of The People, one must be responsible because All of Creation is related. And the hurt of one is the hurt of all. And the honor of one is the honor of all. And whatever we do effects everything in the universe. If you do it that way- that is, if you truly join your heart and mind as One- wh... more »
"People Who Don’t Get It: Living with It"
* "People Who Don’t Get It: Living with It"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When dealing with people who seem very unaware, remember that everyone must find their own way to awakening. You may be someone who understands the true nature of reality, perceiving deeply that we all emanate from the same source, that we are all essentially one, and that we are here on earth to love one another. To understand this is to be awakened to the true nature of the self, and it is a blessing. Nevertheless, people who just don’t get it are seemingly everywhere and, often, in positions of power. It... more »
"Be Yourself"
“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.” - Christopher Hitchens
We’re Finally Free of the Taxman’s Shackles!
Well, we’re free of his shackles for the rest of the year anyway, because* for the entirety of the year to date we have all been working for no-one but him*. Because today is Tax Freedom Day, and the Taxpayers Union is celebrating! Congratulations New Zealand, as at 10.04am today you are working for yourself. However, the fact the Government accounts for all the money earned until today means it is unlikely New Zealanders will be celebrating. The government has effectively sucked up all of our earnings for the first 154 days of the year. OECD figures put the current burden of... more »
Chet Raymo, “Mr. Fix-it- A Summer Program”
*“Mr. Fix-it- A Summer Program”* by Chet Raymo “At the end of an essay on poetry in the Times Literary Supplement (16 May, 2014), author and critic Clive James writes: "I still make plans to live forever; there are too many critical questions still to be raised. Most of them can never be settled, which is the best reason for raising them. Well, yes. The questions and opinions that have been the meat and potatoes of the Science Musings blog are far from settled, and I could go on exploring them for another lifetime. But I don't have another lifetime, and my interests have turned fro... more »
Kate Braun : BOOKS | Mariann Garner-Wizard’s informative and timely ‘Hempseed Food’
This book is chock-full of recipes and useful information that will fascinate readers who care deeply about what they eat, how it is prepared, and what nutrients it contains. By Kate Braun | The Rag Blog | June 3, 2014 … finish reading Kate Braun : *BOOKS* | Mariann Garner-Wizard’s informative and timely ‘Hempseed Food’
METRO EVENT | Dude. It’s Hemp History Week!
Hemp History Week, June 3-9, 2014, promotes the re-legalization of industrial hemp in the U.S. AUSTIN — Every day, more and more Americans discover the environmental and health-related benefits of hemp (Cannabis sativa). Hemp products now include foods, body care … finish reading *METRO EVENT* | Dude. It’s Hemp History Week!
Tunisian with ties to Canadian 'train plot'- plea bargain- NO terrorism charge?!
Canadians who read here may or may not have forgotten, that very easy to forget, alleged terror plot (false flag psy-op) involving VIA Rail. *April 22/2013 Canadian Police "thwart" major terror attack: How convenient is this?* * Refresh your memory- * The RCMP said at an afternoon news conference that Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, and Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto, had received support and* "guidance" from al-Qaeda "elements" in Iran*, but there is no indication they were "state sponsored." Neither is a Canadian citizen. The RCMP would not identify their nationalities or say h... more »
CT - Re-Elect ALEC - Shame on You
This headline reminds me of the "I am not a witch" commercial *Lavielle: I am not an ALEC member* *published today and it's got issues.* This topic happens to be a campaign issue for Lavielle - many in CT are questioning whether this should be a campaign issue. ALEC is ALWAYS a campaign issue. One comment at the end of the article suggests it is Mccarthey-esque to ask Are you now or have you ever been an ALEC member. Evidently someone - who is ignorant about ALEC and upset that their Repug candidate has been put under a philosophical belief microscope. To understand this story - y... more »
When they kick in your front door how you going to come
last week the SWAT through a flashbang into a crip that if it did not kill the baby it will make that baby one scared child. Is the drug war worth one child like this? What is we are preventing, because on some avenues you only see junkie piss. The cops do not go there its too stinky, they justify killing babies to make sure you do not end up the same way. I know something about drugs. I have never done any but I have seen something from above Men an Women are the head of the class they can manipulate their environment world class but when it comes to the hard choices we falter a bit ev... more »
Chile: Unidentified Light Videotaped Over La Serena
*Source: El Observador (Chile)Date: 05.31.2014* *Chile: Unidentified Light Videotaped Over La Serena* Everyone knows that the region has a record of unidentified flying object manifestations in different locations, particularly the local valleys. However, the UFO captured on video by local youths was recorded from La Serena's Avenida del Mar. It is possible to see a small yellow light maneuvering in the sky in these images, moving in different directions in a matter of seconds. During nearly three minutes of recording, the youths exchange opinions about the phenomenon that has a... more »
Thoughts on the Third Eye with Doc Sutter
Thanks for these insights. They are very important and most important is that we can all access this ability. What is just as clear is that there is little proper guidance because we have all been in denial. What makes it harder is that it is also clear that we need the guidance. The evil spirit does exist and spirits generally must not be trusted to have a whole truth. What has to be understood is that spirits as we encounter them are generally human and are plausibly no better informed than when they left the physical. They can pay attention and help or not as well. ... more »
The Natural Healing Paradigm with Doc Sutter
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We have been working around the field of healing for some time. Some of that was personal, but far more of it was observational and through the extensive reading tracked through this blog. It was also driven by the clear and failure of current medical practice to actually solve the big obvious problems. Postponement was never a cure. Doc Sutter has filled in the blanks and developed a clear healing protocol or perhaps we need to refer to them as protocols. Even more important it is a program that leads to health restoration. There is a lot of meat in the details. First I... more »
Whale Graveyard?
This is unexpected and the numbers even more unexpected. I would like to see these well studied in order to determine just what happens to the skeleton. Do they also breakdown? I expect so, but this is our chance to find out. The reason I ask this is that we do have an ancient rare seabed fossil that was subjected to the same environment. It would be good to know just how unique fossilization happens to be. Not quite an elephants graveyard but it certainly smacks of just that. *Deep-sea 'graveyard' reveals fate of dead ocean giants* *By Rebecca Morelle* *Science correspo... more »
Beware the ‘Little White Rabbit’ of China’s Military
Of course, the Chinese military has the mission of neutralizing western Military dominance. This includes a vast amount of disinformation and the current spate of small challenges on small territorial issues in order to perhaps settle borders. I do not thinking that it is working too well and is mostly encouraged by a pacifist President. What has happened is that the informal border state alliance has been reinvigorated and we will see pushback in which the Border States will be quite able to drive a fair bargain. That was not particularly smart and only excusable in terms o... more »
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