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Our Sacred Maiz is Our Mother
Front Cover by Laura V. Rodriguez
University of Arizona Press (Oct 2014)
For ordering info: http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid2497.htm
Just had to showcase the front cover to my forthcoming book
I think I've found Jeremy Bowen's role model
Israeli TV parody on BBC Gaza bias: http://youtu.be/iyN8vMbYjlU
Jeremy Bowen?
Untitled
*Lawyer for levee authority says battle over coastal loss lawsuit is just
beginning ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
*City blasts Gusman plan for housing mentally ill inmates ~Jim Mustian, N.O
Advocate*
*New video captured inside OPP sparks controversy ~Bill Capo, WWL *
*State Police Retirement System to discuss ‘Edmonson Retirement Bill’
during its Wednesday staff meeting ~Louisiana Voice*
*Music Vault on YouTube features a slew of New Orleans musicians ~Gambit *
The Economy: “Feds Go ‘Full Retard,’ Part II”
*“Feds Go ‘Full Retard,’ Part II” *
by Bill Bonner
“When we left off yesterday, we were explaining how the feds had unlearned
the three critical lessons of more than 2,000 years of market history:
1) Make sure the money is backed by gold (otherwise it loses its buying
power).
2) Don't let the government spend too much money it doesn't have (otherwise
it will cause havoc).
3) Don't try to centrally plan an economy... especially not with fixed
prices (or you'll soon have a wealth-destroying mess on your hands).
The US took gold out of the global monetary system through two closely
... more »
The Realist Report - Charles Krafft
On this edition to The Realist Report, we'll be joined by nationally
renowned artist *Charles Krafft*. Charles and I will be discussing a
variety of subjects, including his artwork and the alleged Jewish
"Holocaust" of WWII. You can download the entire program *here*.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Charles Krafft Is a White Nationalist Who Believes the Holocaust Is a
Deliberately Exaggerated Myth - The Stranger*
- *How the "Holocaust" was faked - John Friend*
- *Nazi Concentration Camps (vid) - produced by Lt. Col. George Stevens,
U.S. Army Signals Cor... more »
The only thing our elected officials can find to do is worry about free birth control for women?...
*really?*
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress said Tuesday that they had developed
legislation to override the Supreme Court decision on contraceptives. The
bill would ensure that women had access to insurance coverage for birth
control even if they worked for businesses that had religious objections.
The bill, put together in consultation with the Obama administration, would
require for-profit corporations like Hobby Lobby Stores to provide and pay
for contraceptive coverage, along with other preventive health services,
under the Affordable Care Act. * read the rest *
This bill eve... more »
"He’ll be missed"
Meanwhile, in a place nearby...
I confessed before to subscribing to the *London Review of Books *earlier
this year, having read that it contains some of the best writing in British
publishing. Well, so it does, but it also contains a heck of a lot of
Marxism. Thus, on many a political subject, you can guess that some very
predictable points will be made along the erudite way.
There's a very interesting article in the latest edition called *How should
we think of the Caliphate? *that, for the most part, isn't as obviously
Marxist/New Left as most of the other political stuff...whic... more »
Supplemental: The journalism of pseudo-scandal!
*TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014*
*Dowd picks and chooses her facts:* Should we the people be upset about
Chelsea Clinton’s vile conduct?
Everything is conceivable! That said, Maureen Dowd is deeply upset about
the former first daughter’s behavior. Rending her garments and tearing her
hair, Dowd started Sunday’s column like in this way, headline included:
DOWD (7/13/14): *Isn’t It Rich?*
Chelsea Clinton never acted out during the eight years she came of age as
America’s first daughter.
No ditching of her Secret Service detail. No fake IDs for underage
tippling. No drug scandal. No court ap... more »
Blue ribbons of Light wrap the bulk of Gaia at this time
*Blue ribbons of Light wrap the bulk of Gaia at this time*
by ÉirePort
Blue ribbons of Light wrap the bulk of Gaia at this time.
This energetic construct allows full energetic alignment and upgrade for
Hue-manity.
Florescent manifestations begin for many, and begin anew for many others.
Porcelain structures are transcended as Gaia ascends.
ÉirePort | July 15, 2014 at 10:08 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL:
http://wp.me/p2sFUY-s5
*AK Note: The term porcelain brought to me mind the "porcelain throne"....
in the spirit of "The Game of Thrones I found this image below.... :) *
Morocco Diary #7
Been without well water for about 7 days now. Guess I shouldn't have
mentioned my well was working in the last Morocco Diary. The well here was
one of the better ones in the area. But its been a hot dry summer with
little rain, and its been at least 5 months since the heavy rains of last
winter. I don't expect much rain here until maybe October or later.
Winters here along the Med. tend to be wet and windy.
Night time Ramadan well digging
My landlord hired some local well diggers to dig the well deeper by 3
meters (9 feet) through hard shale. Since its Ramadan, and the local... more »
Victorian C36, sex work and the CPC god-and-pony show
If last week's opportunistic display by the Harper government Con MPs at
the special Justice Committee's hearings about C36 wasn't enough, today's
rightwing fundamentalist religious histrionic zealotry given voice by CPC
useful idiot Bob "Douchert" Dechert amply illustrates Poe's Law.
The collective CPC and its individual MPs' squalid, Christian Taliban-like
beliefs about sexwork are deeply gynophobic, cruel and oppressive as well
as redolent of 19th century England hypocrisy. Not only is Bill C36
unlikely to survive a Supreme Court of Canada challenge, it expresses the
worst of Ha... more »
Rape-Stoves, Techno-Rationality and Global Humanitarian Policy
Samer Abdelnour and Akbar Saeed have published a terrific article in
International Political Sociology. “Technologizing Humanitarian Space:
Darfur Advocacy and the Rape-Stove Panacea” critically traces the emergence
of fuel-efficient cook-stoves as a global “solution” to sexual violence in
refugee camps. Here’s the abstract: We examine how an unassuming domestic
technology—the fuel-efficient stove—came to be construed
Continue reading
Statement by Liberal Party of Canada Leader Justin Trudeau on the situation in Israel and Gaza
OTTAWA – The Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Justin Trudeau, today
issued the following statement on the situation in Israel and Gaza:
"The Liberal Party of Canada strongly condemns Hamas' rejection of the
Egyptian ceasefire proposal and its rocket attacks on civilians.
"Israel should be commended for having accepted the ceasefire proposal, and
demonstrating its commitment to peace. The Liberal Party of Canada, and
many in the international community including the United States, the U.N.
Security Council, and the Palestinian Authority, had urged a ceasefire that
could have ... more »
nadine gordimer, 1923-2014
Nadine Gordimer was a great writer, and a steadfast voice for justice.
Gordimer, a white South African, was a member of the African National
Congress when the organization itself was illegal. Several of her novels,
which explored the affects of apartheid on those who lived it, were
similarly banned.
Gordimer was a courageous woman, an outspoken intellectual, and a writer
for whom art and politics became inseparable. She lived life on her own
terms, and died at the old age of 90. Despite that, her passing feels like
a great loss to the world.
Nadine Gordimer's obituary in *The Gu... more »
tommy ramone, and how can it be the ramones are gone from this world?
Back-to-back obituaries again. Obits are taking up a large percentage of
wmtc real estate these days, yet another indication of how little I'm
writing.
The passing of Thomas Erdelyi this week, better known as Tommy Ramone,
brings an uncomfortable reminder of mortality for people my age and
younger: the last surviving original Ramone.
Like a lot of people, I discovered the Ramones in a kind of backwards
fashion, through the Clash and other great British punk and new wave bands.
No matter how many times I've read and heard that these guys from Queens
were a heavy influence on British... more »
Watch "IDF Aircraft Calls Off Strikes to Protect Gazan C…" on YouTube
IDF Aircraft Calls Off Strikes to Protect Gazan C…:
http://youtu.be/PuL-OA84p54
Will Any Gay Mainers Be Fooled By HRC's Transactional Endorsement Of Republican Susan Collins?
The LGBT equality movement has been successful with the help of dedicated
allies like Shenna Bellows and Marianne Williamson
Maine Senator Susan Collins doesn't have a bad voting record on LGBT
rights… for a Republican. Fir a normal human being, though, her record is
awful-- and disgraceful. And when it comes to any kind of *leadership* for
LGBT equality she gets a flat-out "F." Her ProgressivePunch lifetime
crucial vote score is worse than *any* Democrats' and worse than several
Republicans', including Kelly Ayotte (NH), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and Marco
Rubio (FL). She's exactly tied ... more »
Resistance is futile
We see this in videos and fact with the IRON Dome. DO not be a fool that
victory will be well communicated at home. We are in a future were people
will determine what is humanity,.
HMS Ocean refit running behind schedule
[image: HMS Ocean]The GBP65 million (USD111 million) refit of the UK Royal
Navy (RN) helicopter carrier HMS Ocean is running more than three months
behind schedule, sources have told IHS Jane's . The delay has resulted in
Invincible-class former carrier HMS Illustrious being brought to readiness
to replace Ocean on a major exercise in the Middle East.
Work on Ocean , undertaken at Babcock Marine at Devonport naval base, was
scheduled to have been completed in March. However, the Ministry of Defence
(MoD) confirmed to IHS Jane's on 9 July that the ship has not yet been
handed back to... more »
Timeline
iT used to be centuries, and now its the next day. Raise a flag.
I am not going to spell things correctly or even use good grammer
I love language and you cAN read it in my posts. If you want to make a case
that I can not spell or forum a cogitation sentence, go forward with you
distracting assault on hell.
When I'm King: I name her NHS Great Britain
Battsby gets it right....
'... Our borders are sold, our armed forces made toothless, terrorist
imams recruit in our jails and our easy-going largesse with tax money is
abused by hordes of freeloaders we are powerless to deny. The hospital ship
of state is holed below the waterline yet the stewards still ply the takers
with all-inclusive drink and drugs while the captain and officers squabble
over the course. Meanwhile, at each port of call, the sober and
self-reliant slip away quietly, their empty bunks taken up by ever more
stowaways. Cruise Ship Britain; doomed to roam the po... more »
Lets leave the pedophlie aside
the sun comes up
and the plants make oxygen
some eat nasty parts
but the human
he has navigated
a great place
in this world
as we see it
I call it world
after the cooling down
number six formation
You got to be stupid
to not realize
we are only the citizens
of a great civilizations demise
So should we follow our leaders
into the sun of ignorace
our show;dud we say about our illietation
that we are the chosen ones?
i Think God does not give a fuck.
At least two generations and by
my guage six
have run on this earth
and the biggest task for mankind
is to detrmine why
all their citzens... more »
Ban Hand Guns
Yes we must. Its the relative diametric opposition to legal pot. Of course
Medical Pot's a camels nose in the tent. So are legal hand guns.
Updated Normalized Disaster Losses in Australia: 1966-2013
The graph above is the most recent update of the normalized disaster loss
database for Australia, sent to me by Ryan Crompton of Risk Frontiers at
Macquarie University. Ryan also sends this explanatory text:
Crompton and McAneney (2008) normalised Australian weather-related insured
losses over the period 1967-2006 to 2006 values. Their methodology adjusted
for changes in dwelling numbers and values (excluding land value) and in a
marked point of departure from previous normalisation studies, they applied
an additional adjustment for tropical cyclone losses to account for
improvemen... more »
DOCTOR REPORT FROM GAZA
A Norwegian doctor in the besieged Gaza Strip has strongly criticized
Israel for using cancer-inducing bombs against Palestinian civilians.
Dr. Erik Fosse told Press TV that the majority of patients hospitalized in
Gaza are civilians injured in attacks on their homes and about thirty
percent of them are children.
Dense Inert Metal Explosive, known as DIME, is an explosive device
developed to minimize collateral damage in warfare.
Experts say it has a relatively small but effective blast radius and is
believed to have strong biological effects on those who are hit by the
bomb's mi... more »
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISPLACEMENT
The war on the
Palestinian people
is one of the most
despicable
and inspiring
human stories
of all time
The Palestinians
are the canary
in the mines
they are the picture
of where Mr. Big
intends to take
all of us
Extract our resources
water, oil, nat gas,
minerals
our labor
everything is
a dollar
Place don't matter
to the oligarchy
their heart
long ago
surrendered
to darkness
they lost the feel
for land
and community
for la famiglia
Their war
comes from a rage
they must feel
having given
their heart
to the darkness
maybe they
were wounded
as a child
and now take
it out on
the world
... more »
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISPLACEMENT
The war on the
Palestinian people
is one of the most
despicable
and inspiring
human stories
The Palestinians
are the canary
in the mines
they are the picture
of where Mr. Big
intends to take
all of us
Extract our resources
water, oil, nat gas,
minerals
our labor
everything is
a dollar
Place don't matter
to the oligarchy
their heart
long ago
surrendered
to darkness
they lost the feel
for place
and community
for la famiglia
Their war
comes from a rage
they must feel
having given
their heart
to the darkness
maybe they
were wounded
as a child
and now take
it out on
the world
But the
Pale... more »
Three New JPMorgan IT Deaths Include Alleged Murder-Suicide
Julian and Alita Knott: From
Alita Knott’s Public Facebook Page
*Three New JPMorgan IT Deaths Include Alleged Murder-Suicide*
Posted at:
http://wallstreetonparade.com/2014/07/three-new-jpmorgan-it-deaths-include-alleged-murder-suicide/
By Russ Martens and Pam Martens: July 14, 2014
Since December of last year, JPMorgan Chase has been experiencing tragic,
sudden deaths of workers on a scale which sets it alarmingly apart from
other Wall Street mega banks. Adding to the concern generated by the deaths
is the recent revelation that JPMorgan has an estimated $180 billion of
life insu... more »
Pictures of Food
I will post some, and after that to bump my numbers kittens. It chilling to
realize that to change the world you need kitty pictures.
Free Access to Thinking Aboot
You know when I get big you will have to pay, so enjoy it now for free!
Baghdadi 'Mossad trained' - Gulf Daily News
*Interesting?*
WASHINGTON: The former employee at US National Security Agency (NSA),*
Edward Snowden, has revealed that the British a**nd American intelligence
and the Mossad worked together to create the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS). *
*In**telligence services of three countries created a terrorist
organisation that is able to attract all extremists of the world to one
place, using a strategy called "the hornet's nest".*Snowden said
*NSA documents refer to recent implementation of the hornet's nest to
protect the Zionist entity by creating religious and Islamic slogans... more »
Paul Craig Roberts teams up with two specialists in economic analysis, finding that the US Bureau of Economic Analysis has been "cooking the books" for years, leading to "Years of understatement of inflation has resulted in years of overstatement of GDP growth." Then they show by means of graphs what has been happening to the TRUE GDP in the past 13 years, finding that "debt is a major and unappreciated issue for the US economy," leading irreversibly to "substantially lower living standards for the 99 percent" and warning that this monstrous debt could result in "a serious tumble in the value of the US dollar, more wealth contraction, higher inflation via import prices, and less US wealth available to support US debt." They summarize that "it cannot be long before Americans experience economic catastrophe."
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*The Deteriorating Economic Outlook*
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July 8, 2014 | Original Here Go
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Paul Craig Roberts, Dave Kranzler, and John Williams
The third and final estimate (until the annual GDP revisions) of first
quarter 2014 real GDP growth released June 25 by the US Bureau of Economic
Analysis was a 2.9% contraction in GDP growth, a 5.5 percentage point
difference from the January forecast of 2.6% growth. Apparently, the first
quarter c... more »
Timeline: Downing of An-26 supply plane
*This is an entirely new post regarding the shoot down of An-26 supply
plane.*
I spent too much time going through the news this a.m. Going back to when
it seems this news first broke? And then looking at what was being
reported/covered even before that event took place.
*Timeline begins here:**4-Antifascist separatists surround airport in
Lug(h)ansk*
Independence supporters have surrounded the airport in the eastern
Ukrainian city of Luhansk, but it is still controlled by the Ukrainian
Army, Luhansk Commandant Sergei Grachev told RIA Novosti.
We have the antifascists surrounding... more »
Jeremy Bowen's "infantile sensibility"
Rod Liddle hits the nail squarely on the head in his latest *Spectator *
blog-post:
Will the BBC accept that Hamas wants to kill lots of Jews?
A fairly typically partisan report on the Israel and Palestine crisis last
night on the BBC ten O Clock News. The focus was entirely on the killed or
injured Palestinians, referred to exclusively as ‘civilians’; the point was
made, at the top of the report, that Hamas had killed nobody. Yes, but only
because Hamas is utterly useless: it clearly WANTS to kill lots of people,
which is why, on a daily basis, it bungs over the rockets –
indiscrim... more »
Little Rock Implements Orwellian Police State: Operation Ceasefire
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human
face - forever."
--*George Orwell*
by Mark Daniels
*Arkansas Police Accountability Project*
(Little Rock, AR) Little Rock Police Department's Operation Ceasefire:
Necessary Police Action or A Slippery Slope Spiraling Downward Toward an
Orwellian Nightmare?
As reported by local news, this year is being called one of the deadliest
in Little Rock history with a total of 29 homicides so far. To fight back,
the Little Rock Police Department has implemented Operation Ceasefire to
saturate neighborhoods ... more »
Ogunquit, Maine Bans The Use Of Pesticides
[image: Bilde: Residents in the small ocean-side community of Ogunquit,
Maine, voted to become the first town in the state to prohibit the use of
pesticides on public and private property for turf, landscape, and outdoor
pest management activities. Ogunquit’s ordinance makes the town the second
local jurisdiction in the United States in the last year to ban pesticides
on both public and private property, and the first to be passed by popular
vote, 206 to 172. Ogunquit’s ordinance is modeled on the first
private/public pesticide ban in Takoma Park, Maryland, last year. GO
OGUNQUIT! T... more »
ARISTOTLE’S ERROR: To the couch!
*TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014*
*Part 1—Digby in pearls:* Anthropologically speaking, are we so-called
human beings really “the rational animal?”
Pretty much no, we are not. In yesterday’s prelude to this series, we
discussed the American public’s extremely low level of political
information. At the most, only forty percent of American adults actually
know the answers to these basic questions:
*Which political party has a majority in the U.S. House of
Representatives?Which political party has a majority in the U.S. Senate?*
Something less than forty percent actually know who holds those ... more »
A Kurt Vonnegut Jr Straight line
I saw but sadly never met Kurt. His novels as I remember them where
hilariously funny in a dark way. Kurt survived the biggest Ally war crime
known of WW2. The fire bombing of Dresden. War crime is a loaded gun, its
meaning is best expressed by Colonel Kurtz " charging a guy with murder
while fighting in Vietnam, is like handing out speeding tickets at the
Indianapolis 500" There is no light that can penetrate the heart of
darkness, though Kurt and Conrad gave it a good try.
Philp K Dick is the current favorite of the power progressives. He leads
with dark and ends with dark. Mos... more »
A History Of The Iraqi Communist Party Interview With Univ of East Anglia’s Johan Franzén
Iraq’s Communist Party (ICP) used to be one of the largest and most
powerful organizations in the country. It drew upon nationalist and
anti-imperialist Iraqis rather than people who were well versed in
Marxist-Leninism. Throughout most of its history it was persecuted first by
the British authorities and then the post-independence political elite. At
the same time, it flip-flopped on the questions of Iraqi Kurdistan and the
Ba’ath Party with the latter leading to its eventual demise. To help
explain this complicated history is University of East Anglia’s Johan
Franzén, the author... more »
U.K. government survey: climate optimists use less electricity than climate fearmongers
There are diverse ways to visualize a climate fearmonger.
You may think that a typical representative alarmist looks like a Luddite
maggott who lives in the Stone Age, sleeps in the treetops, eats
earthworms, and consumes no electricity.
Another, very different way to visualize a climate alarmist is to think
about Al Gore, a hypocritical jerk who preaches about the reductions of the
carbon footprint but whose household resembles a medium car factory and
whose frequent flying emulates the evacuation of an island.
Which visualization is more accurate?
As The Telegraph and Anthon... more »
President "Ribbon Cutter" at his shuck and jive best...
*The Obama Speech Recipe...*
Ugh.
H/T White House Dossier
DRONES
Two soldiers are tasked with deciding the fate of a terrorist with a single
push of a button. As the action plays out in real time, their window to
use a deadly military drone on the target slowly closes. With time running
out, the soldiers begin to question what the real motives are behind the
ordered lethal attack. Eloise Mumford (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, THE RIVER)
and Matt O’Leary (FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, EDEN) star in Rick Rosenthal’s
film based on the stage play by Matt Witten and produced by Whitewater
Films.
This new film will show in Brunswick, Maine on Friday, August 15 a... more »
Debiting His Credit
http://www.cbc.ca/
Stephen Harper has a habit of taking credit for what others have done -- or
for just pure dumb luck. In 2008, he took credit for the solidity of
Canadian banks, even though it was Paul Martin who beefed up capital
requirements for the banks, while Harper -- as the Leader of the Opposition
-- insisted that Canadian banks should follow the model of their American
cousins.
And recently, at the Calgary Stampede, he took credit for the "gradual
decline in Quebec separatist sentiment.... more »
Untitled
*Student debt and the value of an education*
In the face of rising tuition costs, which have more than doubled since
1982, more and more students are attending colleges, with Millennials being
considered "the best-educated generation in history." Despite the mounting
cost and swelling debt, America’s demand for education, particularly higher
education, has not decreased, defying typical market expectations.
This is what economists call inelastic demand, when people continue to buy
a good or service regardless of an increase in prices. Though the
post-recession job market is still d... more »
All in the Headline
Israel’s security cabinet approved the Egyptian ceasefire proposal despite
the fact that it’s still a long way off its objective, eliminating Hamas’s
ability to send rockets from Gaza.
Mahmoud Abbas was in favour and Hamas against. So when Hamas continued to
fire rockets into Israel after the deadline, Israel resumed strikes too.
“In other words: Israel agreed to a proposal to *stop the war*. Hamas has
chosen instead to *continue the war*.”
What is the BBC’s headline?
Gaza conflict: Israel restarts air strikes amid rocket fire.
Republican Party War Against Infrastructure And Growth
I suppose if a major bridge collapses-- 63,522 of them are obsolete or in
need of crucial structural repair-- the Republicans will snap to and stop obstructing
the transportation bill. Short of that… they'll give the president some
crumbs to avoid a fuss in the media. The average additional cost of vehicle
maintenance to motorists due to sub-par road conditions is around $440/year
across the country. Here in L.A. it's $832 and it's $782 in San Francisco,
$700 in Milwaukee, $625 in Seattle… And it's not just in blue areas where
people are feeling the pain the GOP is inflicting on th... more »
Portugal breaking ? ( July 15 , 2014 ) --- EU and ECB Chiefs jaw boning like mad ......Portugal Contagion Spreads: Espirito Santo To Default On Portugal Telecom Loan, Business Lending Drops Most On Record
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-15/portugal-contagion-spreads-espirito-santo-default-portugal-telecom-loan-business-len
Portugal Contagion Spreads: Espirito Santo To Default On Portugal Telecom
Loan, Business Lending Drops Most On Record
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/15/2014 08:27 -0400
- default
- fixed
- Portugal
inShare
Despite reassurances from US asset-gatherers and TV 'personalities' that
Portugal must be fixed (because US equities are up), it is anything but.
Today's triple whammy from the 'recovered' Portugal starts wi... more »
Bottom Line: We Didn't Stop harper
It's possible that by shitting on veterans, stopping home mail delivery,
screwing over both workers with the Temporary Workers Program, and then the
low-paying employers who they first enabled, and stumbling from scandal to
scandal, the stupid, corrupt harpercons might have alienated so many voters
that even healthy doses of election fraud won't gain them another majority.
It's possible, but it is by no means a certain thing. Thanks to a majority
on the Supreme Court of Canada, ballot stuffing is now legal. If there are
more ballots than names on the voters' list, challengers will ha... more »
Of course its not happening today!
The pedophile ring that penetrated deep into the heart of the Thatcher
Cabinet has surely been cleared up. No one would suspect that William
Hague stepped down as Foreign Minister yesterday because as Thatchers
protege he has been tainted.
No one could imagine the hi jinks in Britain could be linked to the Vancouver
Club , Robert Picton, washed up sneakers full of feet, or good old Jeff
Guckert Gannon.
I find it hilarious that there is speculation these pedophile rings were
used to control the agenda by blackmailing world leaders and governments.
One example widely cited is they... more »
How Do I Prove Sexual Harassment?
An AOL Jobs reader asked:
I was just wondering if I will get in trouble for bringing light to my
situation at work, I'm being sexually harassed by my supervisor. It started
back in July and I've made multiple complaints, nothing has been done
except the incidents have been "documentedIt's very uncomfortable to work
with him because he retaliates by making me work late so I have to stay
there with him. I even called corporate and they told me I need to continue
to work with him and let them know how it goes. It's not fair and I thought
harassment would be taken more seriously. I work... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Return to Freedom”
2002, “Return to Freedom”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVHVHniU80
Snowden: Brit Spying Law Could Have Been Written by NSA
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian former US government contractor
turned heroic whistleblower Edward Snowden has commented on British leader David
Cameron's new emergency surveillance bill to be rammed through parliament
this week much like the USAPATRIOT Act was in the aftermath of 9/11. During
the interview, conducted in Moscow to and be made available in its entirety
later this week Snowden states that the law is comparable to the 2007 Protect
America Act which the Bush administration similarly rushed into law.
According to a The Guardian story entitled "Edward Snowden ... more »
Only one in five white Britons votes for Labour - Politics - News - London Evening Standard
'... two thirds of non-white voters supported Labour, which received the
backing of just one in five white British voters.
The analysis suggests that the migration of ethnic minority voters to the
capital's inner suburbs is behind recent Labour victories there. '
Now do you see why Labour massively increased immigration whilst in
government? Forward planning, they're not as stupid as you might think.
They are as evil though.
More here
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/only-one-in-five-white-britons-votes-for-labour-9604547.html
Transcendence and DARPA's Restoring Active Memory
*July 15, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LocalOrg) - In the movie
"Transcendence," the lead character, an artificial intelligence researcher,
is uploaded to a super-computer before his body dies. His consciousness
survives and his mind, unencumbered by the weakness of his physical body,
begins expanding exponentially. While science fiction, the movie's premise
is not entirely impossible. While the human brain is highly complex,
accessing it, decoding it, and interfacing with it has long-ago already
begun.
The US Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or
DARPA,... more »
Iraq Items of note ( July 15 , 2014 ) -- Best tweets of the morning ( Rudaw - Maliki disarming Iraqi Parliament Security Guards , Bas News - Iran seeking alternative to Maliki , Joel Wing - analyzing the state of Iraq Security Forces aka ISF )
Tweets.......
*Al Arabiya English* @AlArabiya_Eng · 1h
Kurdish singer Helly Luv to ‘Risk it All’ for independence http://
ara.tv/5pyve #Kurdistan pic.twitter.com/cKfau73ZAY
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*Rudaw English* @RudawEnglish · 1h
#Maliki 's Bodyguards disarm Iraqi Parliament's Security guards. #Iraq
Follow and Share Rudaw's English Blog:... http://fb.me/1soVkcFrm
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*Rudaw English* @RudawEnglish · 4m
Iraq's army and Shi'ite militia forces launch an assault to retake the city
of Tikrit — Reuters.
View translation
*Bas News English* @EnglishBasNews · 32... more »
War Watch ( Non- Iraq news - July 15 ,2014 ) -- Syria Civil War continues as ISIS consolidates power in Deir Ezzor Province , kicks out rival rebels but hasn't attacked Assad's military airfield ( quiet cooperation between ISIS and Assad against West backed rebel forces ? ) Qatar blows 11 billion on arms from the US - this is a nation of 250 thousand people , so the cost per person for this splurge is 40 thousand a head ! Afghan Vote deal means never will a future Afghan President be able to hem in the US as Karzai did - President and Prime Minister type of system being stitched together of the fly ( whatever can go wrong will go wrong with this one ! ) Iran offers concessions , the US will continue to play Lucy with the elusive football ..... ......
Anti War .....
Syria .....
ISIS Expels Rivals From Key East Syrian CityControls Virtually Whole
Oil-Rich Deir Ezzor Province Now
by Jason Ditz, July 14, 2014
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As the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to expand its
control over the Deir Ezzor Province in eastern Syria, they have turned
their focus on oilfields, and onexpelling rival factions from the
provincial capital.
Some of the fighters chose to defect to ISIS outright, though others were
killed or chased off. The local leader for al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra was
slain, and photos of his body ... more »
Libya Update - 90 percent of aircraft parked at Tripoli's international Airport destroyed , Control tower damaged as well ( July 15 , 2014 ) - Libya is considering a deployment of international force to re-establish security amid a flare-up of violence in Tripoli which saw dozens of rockets destroy most of the civilian aircraft fleet at its international airport.......... Libya didn't get the meme - NATO and the US just destroy countries , they don't secure countries after an " unpopular " leader is ousted !
http://rt.com/news/172780-tripoli-airport-attack-libya/
90% of aircraft destroyed at Tripoli airport, Libya may seek international
assistance
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Edited time: July 15, 2014 05:24
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[image: A charred airplane lies on the ground at Tripoli international
airport in the Libyan capital on July 14, 2014 following fighting between
rival armed groups. AFP Photo / Mahmud Turkia)]
A charred airplane lies on the ground at Tripoli international airport in
the Libyan capital on July 14, 2014 following fighting between rival armed
groups. AFP Photo / Mahm... more »
Lyse Doucet oops
The BBC's Lyse Doucet tweeted this this morning
It struck me that I hadn't noticed Lyse Doucet reporting rockets being
fired from Gaza pre the Israeli response, so I tweeted her and she
responded..
That sounded a weak excuse, so I responded.
In response, Lyse Doucet tried to fob me off, and indicated that the
conversation was over. Just like Jeremy Bowen, it would seem Lyse Doucet
doesn't like being questioned or having her bias pointed out to her.
So I did some quick research and lo and behold, just as I thought would be
the case, I couldn't find a single Lyse Doucet tweet abo... more »
Raytheon SeaGriffin™ completes guided flight test with new dual-mode seeker
[image: ВGM-176B Griffin B]Raytheon Company successfully completed the
latest guided flight test of its SeaGriffin™ missile.
The test further demonstrated the effectiveness of SeaGriffin's semi-active
laser guidance system, and the missile's ability to capture images from a
newly-added imaging infrared seeker (IIR).
During the Raytheon-funded test, a SeaGriffin missile, launched from an
integrated surface launch system, provided streaming video from its IIR
seeker through an on-board datalink. Command and Control operators could
use the datalink for target verification before the m... more »
Lockheed Martin Receives $212 Million Contract for PAC-3 Missile Support
[image: Patriot PAC-3]Lockheed Martin received a contract award recently
totaling $212 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for
Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Maintenance & Surveillance services
to U.S. and international PAC-3 customers from the Missile Support Center.
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor on the PAC-3 Missile Segment of the
Patriot air defense system. These Maintenance and Surveillance services
will begin immediately at Lockheed Martin facilities in the United States.
The PAC-3 Missile is one of the world’s most advanced, capable and reli... more »
First Modernized Il-38N ASW Plane to Be Delivered to Russian Navy on July 15
[image: Ilyushin Il-38N]The first modernized Il-38N anti-submarine warfare
plane will be delivered to the Russian Navy on July 15, an Ilyushin
Aviation Complex spokesperson told RIA Novosti.
The company completed repair and modernization work on the first
mass-produced Il-38N anti-submarine warfare plane for the Russian Navy.
The work was completed under a contract that provides for the modernization
of five combat aircraft," according to a spokesperson for the Ilyushin
Aviation Complex, a subsidiary of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation.
Read more
Thales Reveals 6-Kg Glide Bomb For UAVs
[image: FreeFall LMM]Thales has developed a ready-for-market
precision-guided bomb based on its Lightweight Multi-role Missile (LMM)
designed for use on small unmanned air systems.
The weapon, known as the FreeFall LMM or FFLMM, is a 70-cm (28-in.) long,
6-kg (13-lb.) glide bomb with many of the common components used on the LMM
missile developed by Thales to meet the U.K. Defense Ministry’s Future
Air-to-Surface Guided Weapon (Light) (FASGW (L)) requirement.
The FFLMM was developed by Thales at its missiles division based in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, but the company has partnered ... more »
Taiwan-built reconnaissance drone has range to reach mainland
[image: Chung Shyang II UAV]The Chung Shyang II, a drone designed by the
Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology under Taiwan's defense
ministry is capable of carry out reconnaissance missions over the coastline
of southeastern China, our sister paper Want Daily reports.
Ministry officials said 32 of the unmanned aerial vehicles entered service
with the ROC Army Aviation Special Forces Command in March.
Although the drone is designed primarily to conduct tactical reconnaissance
missions over the eastern and southern coast of Taiwan, it has the range to
fly across the Taiwan S... more »
Boeing Unveils New Maritime Surveillance Plane
[image: Boeing MSA]Boeing developers have combined sensors and
mission-equipment from their P-8 Navy surveillance aircraft with a
Bombardier long-endurance Challenger 605 business jet to engineer a
medium-size, high-speed, high-tech surveillance plane.
“We’ve taken P-8 mission systems, modularized them and put them on the
Challenger 605. It has many of the same capabilities as the P-8 and the
same look and feel with hand-picked sensors,” said Bob Schoeffling, a
Boeing officials for maritime surveillance aircraft.
Although it will not be equipped with the weapons and anti-submarine
... more »
UAC Boosted By MiG-29SMT Order
[image: MiG-29SMT Fulcrum]Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, a UAC
subsidiary, comes to the Farnborough 2014 show boosted by a new Russian
order for 16 MiG-29SMT single-seat, multirole fighters due for delivery by
the end of 2016.
Signing the $495 million order, Russia’s deputy defense minister Yuri
Borisov said, “This order will make MiG feel more secure and look to the
future with greater hopes…and provide a good starting point for setting up
production of newer aircraft, such as the MiG-35.”
Talks on acquiring some 40 MiG-35s for the Russian air force are ongoing.
Read more
BRICS Prepare Launch of their Development Bank ( July 15 , 2014 ) , which may grow into an alternative to the IMF and World Bank over time - authorized capital 100 Billion from each BRICS nation , initial capital a total of 50 Billion between the Principals , currency reserve fund of 118 Billion .......Despite Putin's denial , is the hidden and deeper goal a military and political alliance ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-14/anti-dollar-alliance-prepares-launch-brics-bank
Anti-Dollar Alliance Prepares Launch Of BRICS Bank
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- Brazil
- BRICs
- China
- India
- International Monetary Fund
- Vladimir Putin
- World Bank
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Three months ago we discussed in detail the growing anti-dollar hegemony
alliances that were building across the BRICS countries(Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa). Their efforts at the time, to *create a
structure... more »
Journey of Man - Out of Africa - the Pacific Cataclysm?
this very interesting documentary tells the story of the San Bushmen of
Namibia in southwest Africa who (this documentary's host, and author)
Spencer Wells says fathered the majority of Human Races.
So, it seems that the journey *Out Of Africa* was merely African
hunter-gatherers FOLLOWING THE MIGRATING HERDS as they headed northeast
away from African drought into what was to become Europe/Asia.
But is there an UNTOLD STORY here?
That is the story of the Pacific Cataclysm, directly across the globe from
Africa, the home land of man. 23 million years ago apes started to become
H... more »
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*In court hearing, city and sheriff dig in their heels on cost of mental
health care at OPP ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens*
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*Basinkeeper, St. Martin gov’t unite against oil field waste disposal
expansion plan ~Walter Peirce, Acadiana Business*
~F.A.S. Environmental Services applied in April for a rezoning of land near
the community of Belle River where it wants to expand a waste transfer
station; the station would handle hundreds of thousands of barrels of waste
from conventional drilling as well as fracking. The St. Martin Parish
Planning and Zoning Board, however, denied the rezoning request. What did
F.A.S. do? An end run around the zoning board. The company now claims the
rezoning request was unnecess... more »
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*Corps selects three restoration projects to mitigate east bank
post-Katrina levee construction environmental damage ~Mark Schleifstein *
NATO Hopes for Russian Invasion of Ukraine
*July 15, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - In the minds of many following
along with the Western narrative regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,
the Russians have already "invaded." Despite paradoxical claims of
nuclear-armed Russia "invading" eastern Ukraine but with Kiev's battered,
disorganized troops in mismatching uniforms and without daily rations
overwhelming these forces, many have chosen to believe that indeed Kiev's
inability to assert control in Ukraine's easternmost provinces is solely
because of Russian "intervention."
*The "Re-Invasion" of Ukraine? *
Even with th... more »
More F-35 Engines Show Signs of Blade Rubbing
[image: F-35 Lightning II engin fire]Pentagon officials on Monday shed new
light on what caused a fire that led to a recent grounding of the F-35
fighter jet, but didn't say when – or whether – the aircraft will make its
international debut this week at one of the world's biggest airshows.
A preliminary investigation into a fire that crippled an F-35A during
takeoff June 23 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida was due to excessive
rubbing of fan blades in a certain section of the Pratt & Whitney-made F135
engine, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, who manages
Joint St... more »
Navy's Sub-Hunting Helicopters Enter Service Early
[image: Merlin Mk2]Since successfully entering service with the Royal Navy,
the aircraft have been put through their paces on exercise in the Atlantic
Ocean.
Embarked on HMS Illustrious, the Merlin Mk2 aircraft took part in Exercise
Deep Blue, simulating anti-submarine warfare, maritime patrol and casualty
evacuation capabilities.
The new helicopters are part of an £800 million program to upgrade the
Royal Navy’s existing fleet of aircraft. The Merlins, which have been
delivered on budget, have state-of-the-art glass cockpits, which provide
improved night-vision capability for pilo... more »
Upgrades to Aurora aircraft puts Royal Canadian Air Force on cutting edge of anti-submarine warfare
[image: CP-140 Aurora]The silhouette of a nuclear-powered U.S. navy Los
Angeles class attack submarine, its periscope slashing through the surface,
was quickly spotted by the crew of a Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora
maritime patrol aircraft during a five-hour mission south of the Hawaiian
Islands over the weekend.
Within seconds of the discovery of the kind of boat that Tom Clancy made
famous in the Hunt for Red October, the Nova Scotia-based turboprop swooped
down to 100 metres above the ocean. The crew dropped several dozen passive
and active sonar buoys as they circled ne... more »
BrahMos Missile for Planes, Submarines
[image: Airlaunched BrahMos]The Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos
Aerospace is ready to test by this year end a smaller version of its 290-km
eponymous supersonic cruise missile for deployment on combat aircraft and
submarines.
BrahMos chief A Sivathanu Pillai also supported the idea of the country
relying on its own weapons and systems to meet the needs of its armed
forces, saying that Indian defence scientists and production agencies have
proved their capabilities in this regard.
At a function here to release a book on BrahMos he has penned, Pillai said
the Indo-Russian firm was... more »
PAGASA 4: On Unjustified Class Cancellations
Yesterday, I was upset that the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) declared public storm warning
signal (PSWS) #1 over Metro Manila at 11:45am, when it was sunny, thin
clouds above. So pre-school afternoon classes have been cancelled. My
younger daughter who was excited to go to her 12:30 – 3:30pm class was sad
when I told her that classes have been cancelled.
The range of PAGASA warning was far out, signal #1 from Marinduque & Burias
Islands south of M.Manila up to Tarlac and Pangasinan in the north.
Tropical storm “Rammasun” (loca... more »
Beggars Can't Be Choosers
In poetry, the word 'thousand' has represented not only an actual
mathematical number of distict properties, but also a metaphor for infinity
or without end; for example, 'never in a thousand years', 'one picture is
worth a thousand words' and so on.
As I write this tonight, the fundraising effort to keep the Morgentaler
clinic for women's health services in New Brunswick up and running has
taken an optimistic turn. With 17 days to go on the deadline for
fundraising, the requested funds of $100,000CAN has sprouted to over 63% of
the way. It wasn't looking so hopeful last night whe... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"The first hint of what will become of our Sun was discovered inadvertently
in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse
objects not to be confused with comets. The 27th object on Messier's list,
now known as M27 or the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula, the type of
nebula our Sun will produce when nuclear fusion stops in its core.
*Click image for larger size.*
M27 is one of the brightest planetary nebulae on the sky, and can be seen
toward the constellation of the Fox (Vulpecula) with binoculars. It takes
light about 1000 years to reach us from M27, s... more »
Pastor John Hagee CUFI War Politics & American Exceptional Ism
Only in times like these where American Exceptionalism runs rampant and
Moving Forward, to god knows where, is the catch word for the New American
Century, can we witness such bilateral chutzpah from a televangelist. A
self proclaimed mister of God advocating war and blatantly spouting
propaganda instead of advocating peace harmony and brotherly love is, IMO,
the antithesis to anything that is truly holy and good for mankind...
This from PBS: Bill Moyers Bill Moyers Journal October 7, 2007
"If a line has to be drawn, draw it around Christians and Jews. We are
united." -Pastor John... more »
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*Is Australia drying out because of global warming? *
*The usual Warmist dishonesty. They carefully note that it is Southern
Australia that has been experiencing lower rainfall but then fail to say
what is going on in Northern Australia! All that has happened is a normal
oscillation whereby the rain has moved North. It is raining outside as I
write this (in the North), during what is normally the driest month of
the year. The rain will move South again in its own good timeAnd note that
The Australian bureau of statistics says: "Australia's most severe drought
periods since... more »
"Even The Little Ones..."
"I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my
presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something
might be done by throwing all one's weight on the scale of breadth,
tolerance, charity, temperance, peace, and kindliness to man and beast. We
can't all strike very big blows, and even the little ones count for
something."
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Hound In The Kennel"
*"The Hound In The Kennel"*
by John James
"In my experience most of us take whatever frightens us or makes us
uncomfortable and push it out of sight. This puts it into the unconscious.
It does not disappear, but just lies in waiting like a faithful hound until
let out. Meanwhile the conscious part can go on living as if nothing had
happened. But as Carl Jung pointed out so perspicaciously, the hound keeps
howling from the depth and thereby influences all that we do. So we can’t
go on as before. We may try to carry on as always, but in truth everything
we do is influenced by the un... more »
"Why Not Now..."
"You cannot run away from weakness;
you must some time fight it out or perish;
and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"
- Robert Louis Stevenson
"No Price Is Too High..."
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed
by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll
be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay
for the privilege of owning yourself."
- Arthur Gordon
"Deep Thoughts on What Makes Humans Special"
* "Deep Thoughts on What Makes Humans Special"*
By Jeremy Hsu
"Our special stature among Earth's creatures may look shaky when
considering that humans share 98 percent of our genes and many behaviors
with chimps. Yet human behaviors stand out by reaching levels of complexity
unseen in any other part of the animal world, according to a neurobiologist.
Seeing humans beyond mechanistic cause-and-effect or animal-like behaviors
can be difficult after a lifetime spent studying brains and behavior, said
Robert Sapolsky, a neurobiologist and primatologist at Stanford University.
But he p... more »
David Bacon : How U.S. policies helped create the current immigration crisis
Six reasons why U.S. trade and immigration policies — not ‘lax immigration
enforcement’ — have caused migration from Central America. By David Bacon |
The Rag Blog | July 14, 2014 David Bacon will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on
Rag … finish reading David Bacon :
How U.S. policies helped create the current immigration crisis
House Votes To Officially Deny Climate Change-- Really
This morning we started the day with a look at the irreversible catastrophe
Global Warming has in store for Florida-- and how Florida congressmembers
from districts that will wind up entirely under the sea-- like Dennis Ross,
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart, Patrick Murphy, Bill Posey and Vern
Buchanan-- have consistently voted against policies that would save their
own constituents and for an agenda that will utterly destroy the very
districts they represent. All of them are Republicans, although Murphy
calls himself a Democrat and is one of the up-and-comers in the Republ... more »
Tristan & Isolde on Saturday!
Wagner’s thrilling *Tristan and Isolde* is being performed in Auckland on
Saturday. It’s an all-day event -- not just because of the perceptive Peter
Bassett’s pre-concert talk,*but because each act of Tristan is as long as
your Italian operas!
But in the concert hall that matters not at all. Each act seems to last no
time at all. (And it’s perfect for “angsty teenagers.”)
It starts with the Tristan chord, and ends with an orgasm.
The orgasm you’ll hear about on Friday. The Tristan Chord, the most
discussed musical noise in history, today. From the moment it first rung
out over ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Fairfax, Iowa, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
On the ground in Gaza: Beit Lahia residents calls for aid from Egypt
Title: On the ground in Gaza: Beit Lahia residents calls for aid from
Egypt. Source: Middle East Eye. Date Published: July 14, 2014. Description:
A former resident of Beit Lahia in Gaza, now displaced, talks about the
Israeli bombardment and calls on Egyptian President Sisi to be more like
former President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Eloise Bollack reports from Gamal Abdel Nasser street in Gaza City.
Review & Giveaway - SoapBox Soaps
Eco-friendly products are better for us! I get that! With some products, we
accept the "better for us" concept on good faith. Logically we know the
truth but we don't really experience the difference in a day-to-day manner.
Natural body soaps have allowed me to feel the difference. I have very
sensitive skin and have suffered from allergies all my life. Since
switching to Eco-friendly soaps, my skin has actually gotten healthier.
Rashes and skin irritations are things of the past.
So, I have tangible proof that Eco-friendly body soaps are good for us!
I was thrilled to receive an ... more »
Egyptian TV Hosts Slam Hamas Leaders: We Are Sick and Tired of You
An excerpt from, *"Assad: Hamas Has Betrayed Us Repeatedly, But…"* by Elie
Chalhoub, Al-Akhbar, October 14, 2013:
"Assad says, “When the crisis began, [Hamas officials] claimed that they
gave us advice. This is a lie. Who are they to give Syria advice? Then they
said that we asked for their help, which is also not true. What business do
they have in internal Syrian affairs?”
Later, the president of the World Federation of Muslim Scholars, Yusuf
al-Qaradawi, made his insulting statements about Syria. Assad says, “Yes,
we demanded that they take a stance. A while later, they came and ... more »
Chet Raymo, “To Be Alive”
*“To Be Alive”*
by Chet Raymo
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
~ William Blake
“Many years ago, my religious education began with the first question of
the Baltimore Catechism: "Why did God make me?" Answer: "He made me to know
Him, to love Him, and to serve Him." These days, I reverence a Mystery that
is less purposeful, less personal, and less gendered than the fatherly "He"
I studied in primary school. But the answer to that first catechism
question seems as relevant as ever.
In hi... more »
The Poet: Mary Oliver, “October”
*“October”*
by Mary Oliver
*1*
"There’s this shape, black as the entrance to a cave.
A longing wells up in its throat
like a blossom
as it breathes slowly.
What does the world
mean to you if you can’t trust it
to go on shining when you’re
not there? and there’s
a tree, long-fallen; once
the bees flew to it, like a procession
of messengers, and filled it
with honey.
*2*
I said to the chickadee, singing his heart out in the
green pine tree:
little dazzler
little song,
little mouthful.
*3*
The shape climbs up out of the curled grass. It
grunts into view. There is no measure
for the confid... more »
Paul Krugman disgraced?
Which of these following statements is true:
a.Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize winner.
b. Paul Krugman called for a housing bubble to fix the economy in 2002, and
fro a space aliens to fix the economy in 2011.
c. Paul Krugman is the most prominent economist today calling for massive
money printing and government over-spending .
d. Paul Krugman is leaving Princeton university in “quiet disgrace.”
Actually, that’s a trick question. If a report coming out of the States
today is correct, *all* of the above statements are true. The report asks, Is
Paul Krugman Leaving Princeton In Quiet... more »
Oz'dpolitik : The Wizard of Oz - Parable on Populism
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*The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism*
*by Henry M. Littlefield*
On the deserts of North Africa in 1941 two tough Australian brigades went
into battle singing:
Have you heard of the wonderful wizard,
The wonderful Wizard of Oz,
And he is a wonderful wizard,
If ever a wizard there was.
It was a song they had brought with them from Australia and would soon
spread to England. Forever afterward it reminded Winston Churchill of those
"buoyant days."[1] Churchill's nostalgia is only one symptom of the
world-wide delight found in an American fairy tale abo... more »
Toronto Handgun Ban?
Olivia Chow promised Monday to seek a ban on pistols and revolvers,
insisting the country requires more stringent gun control.
Agree or disagree - and most firearms bans, as opposed to registration and
regulation requirements, are mere politics - it is absolutely clear that
firearms regulation is not a municipal matter. Firearms regulation is
primarily a federal matter with some provincial jurisdiction. Municipal by
laws dealing with guns would almost certainly be invalid - and a Toronto
bylaw purporting to ban handguns would clearly fail. And it is also clear
that Ms Chow, as a fo... more »
Gaza Thinkage, Outside-The-Box
Lots of ink is being spilled over Gaza. Watching and reading, I am reminded
of something I read early in my career, while writing my second book. This
thing I read was a manual for reporters, written by veteran British war
correspondents Annabel McGoldrick and Jake Lynch. Jaded by knowledge of how
the media can
Continue reading
Gold items of note ( July 14 , 2014 ) -- GLD ETF surprisingly surges ( now that Germany allegedly put a halt to seeking its long gone gold goodbye ) ........ Meanwhile , after steadily gaining in price , one just had to know a gold smash was overdue ..... More manipulation on tap as Yellen set to testify before Congress - when will Fed easy money end if ever ........ China demand still steady as she goes ............. Regulators and Investigators search for wrongdoing everywhere but perhaps the most obvious places .
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-14/gld-etf-holdings-surge-most-three-years-gold-has-biggest-daily-drop-2014
GLD ETF Holdings Surge Most In Three Years As Gold Has Biggest Daily Drop
In 2014
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Today saw the mainstream media congratulate themselves over the demise of
the anti-status-quo indicator - gold. The precious metal dropped over 2% on
the day amid major volumes in futures - its biggest drop in 2014. However,
it seems the GLD ETF decided today's dump was the right opportunity to... more »
“The Truth About High Gas Prices”
*“The Truth About High Gas Prices”*
by Walter Brasch
"Gas prices at the pump during the July 4th extended weekend were the
highest they have been in six years. This, of course, has little to do with
supply-and-demand economics. It has everything to do with supply-and-gouge
profits. Over the past decade, the five largest oil companies have earned
more than $1 trillion in profits. Last year, the Big Five—BP, Chevron,
ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, and Shell—earned about $93 billion in profits.
Their CEOs last year earned an average of about $20 million. Included
within the profits is $... more »
Benjamin Fulford: Nazionist mafia circles the wagons as investigations zero in on Bush/Netanyahu
*Views below are solely of Benjamin Fulford's and the WDS and not
necessarily of this blog. There is much I cannot say right now, but
things are in a huge state of change. There is some interesting data in
this post, but how much of it is accurate remains to be seen. When secret
socities and intel agenices release information it is generally done so to
shape opinion or perception, which may not always match reality. *
*D. of Removing the Shackles blog, has told me privately her military intel
sources say the Bush "Texas Camp" has largely been defanged. In many
respects it op... more »
WILL THERE BE A GROUND INVASION OF THE GAZA AND WHAT WILL BE THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES?
There has been much talk of an Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip
these last few days as Israeli tanks and armour together with some
20,000–30,000 Israeli troops amass around the border fence between the Gaza
Strip and Israel; indeed, Israeli commandoes have already made some
incursions into the Gaza Strip clashing with Hamas fighters in fire-fights.
The question is, however, will Israel actually commit itself to this
massive escalation of the crisis and what would be the likely consequences
of such an action?
But the first question one needs to ask is: Why haven’t the Israel... more »
When Auckland is strong … ?
Finish this phrase for me: “When Auckland is strong … ” Let’s hope it’s
not true, eh.
I always said it would end badly when they gave the Blues to a man knighted
for his services to depression.
Still, at least Andy Dalton is doing a fine job as Auckland CEO. For
Counties.
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The Economy: "Feds Go 'Full Retard'"
*"Feds Go 'Full Retard'" *
by Bill Bonner
"Everybody knows you never go full retard."
– Kirk Lazarus, "Tropic Thunder"
"It looked as though US stocks were about to correct last week. But the
market steadied on Friday. Calm, complacency, confidence – almost every
measure (save for valuations) tells us we have nothing to worry about.
Still, since we have nothing to worry about, we will worry about nothing.
Or as Churchill might say, if we have nothing more to fear than fear
itself... surely, we're missing something.
But let us move on by turning our heads around and looking at the ... more »
DotCon takes another scalp?
Is there a politician in the country who hasn’t been stained by Kim
DotCon? The latest is former immigration minister Jonathan Coleman, who in
exercising the discretion to let him enter New Zealand was supposed to have
overlooked the fat German’s previous crimes and indiscretions. Or not.
But Coleman’s not the first, and he won’t be the last, to be embarrassed
by association.
The reason that so many have been embarrassed by just one man, however
large, is that – let’s be frank – there are so many laws, and so many ways
in which politicians have given themselves discretion over t... more »
“What I Don’t Like About Life in the American Police State”
*“What I Don’t Like About Life in the American Police State”*
By John W. Whitehead
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his
government.”
- Edward Abbey, American author
“There’s a lot to love about America and its people: their pioneering
spirit, their entrepreneurship, their ability to think outside the box,
their passion for the arts, etc. Increasingly, however, as time goes by, I
find the things I don’t like about living in a nation that has long since
ceased to be a sanctuary for freedom are beginning to outnumber the things
I love.
Here’s what I don’... more »
Foucault, Discipline and Work
Chances are you've seen this. In what looks like summer kite-flying to me,
the Tories have floated the idea that people who receive Employment Support
Allowance for mental health problems should undergo treatment on pain of
losing social security payments. Forcing medication on people, piling
unnecessary stress on existing illness ... there's a special category of
stupid for the cretin who came up with that. It's as vicious as it is
ridiculous, yet has that ring of plausibility to it. You just *know* they
will implement it if this government is given a new lease of life. Still
thin... more »
we do not care
There is so many things going bad right now
it would hurt someone who grows things
in there fridge enough to clean it out
if they paid attention
to anything
Net neutrality is a big one
and the whole surveillance state
someday somewhere if you live
long enough
you will hear a guy faucet massed protester say
how did it get this way
who approved in a democracy
that a handful of people could
pull the strings and make sure
that elections were meaningless things
New Brunswick Activists Push Back, Canadians Respond Generously
I've been watching the fundraising efforts by Reproductive Justice New
Brunswick. They are trying to raise $100,000 to secure the lease on the
Fredericton Morgentaler Clinic, which is closing this week.
At about 8:30 this morning, the total stood at $18,400 with just 17 days
left in the campaign.
Sometime soon after that, a piece in the Globe and Mail titled "Abortion in
New Brunswick: The vise tightens, and activists push back" appeared.
By 11 a.m., the total had zoomed to more than $32,000 and as of just now
(6:30 p.m.) it stands at more than $51,000.
As comments at the fundra... more »
NEW YORK MAGAZINE BIAS?
NEW YORK MAGAZINE BIAS?.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the
Chalk Face Tagged: answer sheet, arne duncan, corporate education reform,
diane ravitch
music today
Did you like
Did you really like
all the beautiful music
with harmony
and intricate chords
well right now its
kind of blasphemy
because if you want to make cash
there is a copyright code
So sing your song in a two time beat
bring out your inner Guthrie
John Prine
never conquered the world
but if he needed I heart
I would give him mine
One Band I used to love but now hate
Oaisis
One Band I used to love but now love more
Janes Addiction
The Neocon vs. Rand Paul Pissing Contest Rages On
Senator Rand Paul has taken withering fire from the cheerleaders for
American interventionism and global conquest at gunpoint for he is a very
serious threat to the warfare and surveillance state as it currently exists
and if he is not halted before the 2016 presidential campaign the idea that
we do not have to be a nation crushed by the yoke of perpetual war may take
hold. Paul represents the increasingly influential emerging libertarian
wing of the Republican party and with growing popularity with the younger
demographic - the youth that Obama shit on after mobilizing them in 200... more »
Did Anyone Live In Palestine Prior to the Formation of Israel?
There *Were* People In Palestine
Washington's Blog
Many claim that no one lived in Palestine prior to the formation of the
state of Israel. Indeed, Israel was sited in Palestine under the slogan:
“A land without a people for a people without a land” ….
But the history of Palestine is much more complicated:
The claim that no one lived in Palestine is undercut by this video footage
shot in 1896:
And any implication that there was no *place *called Palestine is undercut
by this travel advertisement from the 1940s:
[image: http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/7p8vnpq3p4zwxc.jpg]
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Did Anyone Live In Palestine Prior to the Formation of Israel?
Washington's Blog
There Were People In Palestine
Many claim that no one lived in Palestine prior to the formation of the
state of Israel. Indeed, Israel was sited in Palestine under the slogan: “A
land without a people for a people without a land” ….
But the history of Palestine is much more complicated:
The claim that no one lived in Palestine is undercut by this video
footage shot in 1896:
And any implication that there was no *place *called Palestine is
undercut by this travel advertisement from the 1940s:
[image: http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/7p8vnpq3p4zwxc.jpg]
Enter ... more »
Germany Didn’t Win the World Cup.
Germany won the Men’s World Cup. The other half of the tournament takes
place next year, in Canada. Calling the men’s half of the tournament ‘The’
World Cup while excluding half the world’s population including some of the
best players in the world is really nothing more than gendered language at
its sexist best. At Huffington
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EMILY's List Teams Up With Christian Coalition In Hawaii
*Three of the four Hawaii state senators who voted against marriage
equality last year: Mike Gabbard, Donna Kim, Sam Slom*
Last Thursday night, backward and reactionary congressional candidate Donna
Kim told PBS Hawaii viewers she opposes marriage equality based on her
Catholic faith. The very next morning she was endorsed by EMILY's List, a
nominally pro-choice organization.
When Stephanie Schriock described Kim as “pro-choice” in the group’s
endorsement statement, it was more than a desperate stretch; many in Hawaii
were shocked. That term has rarely, if ever, been used to describ... more »
The unfathomable and the unconscionable
After episode two I thought the plot of The Honourable Woman was
unfathomable so I’m unable to comment on its political message at the
moment, but I agree with Alan at Biased-BBC that Hugo Blick’s cinematic
devices were derivative, pretentious and boring.
Reviewers kept praising Maggie Gyllenhaal’s convincing English accent. Why
make life unnecessarily difficult? Get a British actress, and while you’re
at it, get one that looks like a Stein. Same goes for the brother.
It’s typical that a production like this gets shedloads of praise from the
lefty press. As for “Albaman’s” contra... more »
Kiev "claims" plane shot down by Russia- Spin, spin, spin
Apologies readers... I misread the date, but, am leaving this posted
anyway.
Feel free to leave info and comment regarding today's incident, which still
features the usual contradictory reports. Then I will update this post
accordingly
Again, my apologies.
All kinds of contradictory news about this incident. *I tend to think the
shot that downed the plane was fired from anti-fascist held territory. That
fact won't stop Kiev's fascist from suggesting otherwise*
*NYT's Europe*
*Separatists in Ukraine used a shoulder-fired missile to shoot down a large
Ukrainian military transport j... more »
Non-Academic Job Searches in DC – What to Know
Many graduate students are expanding their job searches outside the
academy. As an advisor, I’m horribly underprepared at offering job advice
outside of the academic job market – besides work you can get off of
Craigslist, I’ve never held a real job. Recently, I had a student come to
me with questions about finding a job in
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Untitled
*French Quarter businesses considering paying for extra details, crime
cameras ~Scott Satchfield, WVUE*
*Fair housing center files suit over discrimination against deaf
homeseekers *
*Acadian history owes thanks to historian Carl Brasseaux ~The Advertiser*
What a piece of work is Man
By Capt. Fogg
Lovely meal, nice restaurant, best company, but the people at the next
table were telling each other just what the* Universe* thought about this
or that and how the *Universe* had solved some problem one of them had had.
You don't get this at the Taco truck or the Wendy's drive through.
Perhaps they were Northerners. The locals would simply have substituted
the word God with no embarrassment, or perhaps they were the last holdouts
of Deism, the folks who seek God in nature and not in churches or
scriptures. Who knows? But I hear this a lot. I'm even wondering wheth... more »
Former United Federation of Teachers VP Leo Casey Tries to Twitter-slam Me
I have been asked numerous times to join Twitter. The response I offer to
this request: I haven’t the time to keep up with Twitter. That doesn’t mean
that I do not occasionally become the topic of a Twitter exchange, however.
Apparently such an exchange began on July 10, 2014, between New York City
teacher Arthur […]
“No Palestinian will believe that”
If the global, Islam-fuelled turbulence surrounding us hasn’t opened the
eyes of the BBC’s reporters, particularly the one recently billeted in
Baghdad, what hope is there that the average liberal, multicultural TV
viewer residing in the UK will ever open theirs?
How will the paying public get a balanced picture of the current
Hamas/Israel crisis, while the BBC’s reporting remains hobbled within the
limiting editorship of Jeremy Bowen? The longer the violence continues the
more the Bowen-approved reportage deteriorates into a bottomless pit of
injured Palestinian civilians, context... more »
Always look on the bright side of life
Are we more threatened or
just more self aware
does it do us any good
to look longer in the mirror
with our death stare
The news has become
a commercial for someone
selling antidepressants
that is not life
life no matter what the hardship
is effervescing
Bad times, bad times
do not make me laugh
the black plague, the inquisition
world war two
and so many other
things
we could not see live on the internet
makes me wonder funny things
What is someone knew
bad news would
line up people
like sheep on a show?
DANGEROUS GROUND
*Russians inspect a house hit my shells from Kiev's military after they
fired into Russia on Sunday*
- The operative question is can and will the regime in Kiev be able to
draw Russia into war? On Sunday the US-NATO backed regime fired artillery
shells over the border into Russia killing one person and injuring a couple
other people. Here is a report from Associated Press:
Russia’s foreign ministry said Sunday that a Ukrainian shell hit a Russian
border town, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. Ukraine
denied firing a shell into Russian territory.
P... more »
Internet Friendship is not all nebulous!
Image selected because I think its a better one than the actual.(NTTIAWT)
My friend Allen
who I don't know him at all
our relationship is like a skit from
Kids in the hall crossed with the trailer park boys
because the biggest thing we got in common
is we are Canadiens who are not afraid
to do some shine
I know something about him
from his writing
it reveals his soul
and he has a great one
according to the ancient scrolls
Lets call him a mensch
and I can not spell check
that word at all
In today's currency that buys
you nothing on the street
but the street is where
the mobs live
and wh... more »
Republican Party Doctrine: "You Don't Need Facts To Impeach A President"
I'm not sure when Rick Perlstein started writing his new book, The
Invisible Bridge-- The Fall Of Reagan And The Rise Of Reagan, but I'll
guess it was at least a year or two before Boehner came up with his lame-brained
idea to sue President Obama. In it, though, is a pretty powerful reminder
of just what an imperial presidency was, replete with the kind of
overstepping of boundaries of which Boehner is accusing Obama. He quoted a
contemporaneous issue of *Time* summarizing the still unfolding Republican
Party Watergate scandal: that the June 1972 burglary "has been revealed as
cl... more »
Having a difficult time defeating terrorists in foreign countries, the Pentagon is now hiring think tanks to rationalize designating some classes of non-violent American demonstrators as "terrorists." Watch it here or read about it in the re-post below this one.
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http://youtu.be/0zb1u_ySWQc
How the Pentagon is Bracing for Societal Collapse | Interview with Nafeez
Ahmed
breakingtheset
*Published on Jul 1, 2014*
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Abby Martin interviews Dr. Nafeez Ahmed, journalist for The Guardian, about
a recent article he wrote concerning the Pentagon's multimillion dollar
project to study peaceful protest movements and prepare for the collapse of
industrial society due to factors ranging from income inequality to cl... more »
Francis Pryor - Channel 4 - Britain B.C.
I realise this short Channel 4 series by Time Team's ex-sheep farmer,
pre-historian and archaeologist Francis Pryor titled Britain B.C. might be
presented in a populist fashion but I like Francis, he's easy on the ear
and I like his personality, his enthusiasm and zeal.
Plus, he disses the Roman Empire, and I'm always gonna support 'dissing
Empires'. All Empires fail, and are only about making your slave-life Hell
in the name of Economy, Prosperity and Cities.
Echoing my own Free Planet thoughts, Tim Shadla-Hall explains in the first
part that ancient Britons were, *"...people ado... more »
Tidbits of a caring mind
the worlds finest obit
was around our SUN
I do not think we know
the politicians who
decided this was the final one
So much green energy
being expelled
so much hydrogen
that would blow
up conservative cells
Yeah we gotta Sun
]Yeah it gives to everyone
and if you think your
going to rape this earth
look the sunrise
because it will give
you and yours
a horrible sunscreen
vision of dearth
Local First! (People Think They Are Clever Shopping Online As They Sink Their Local Economies? And Enable Tax Cheats?) Citicorp Pays Trivial $7 Billion In Fine
BREAKING: Who'd a thunk it? (Or that the "B" has become only the letter
after "A"?) Obviously it's merely a drop in its solid-gold bucket.
Citigroup To Pay $7B in Subprime Mortgages Probe Of course we all love the
one-click shopping. But at what price? Just our ability to continue as a
coherent civilization? Don't like paying taxes? Turns out that billionaires
don't even more (especially
Supplemental: Dowd at war!
*MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014*
*Maureen Dowd and our post-journalistic culture:* Maureen Dowd can’t figure
out why anyone would pay Chelsea Clinton all that filthy money.
But first, a bit of background:
Way back on July 1, we noted a peculiar fact. The Washington Post was
waging a jihad concerning Hillary Clinton’s deeply troubling speaking fees.
At the same time, the New York Times had barely mentioned the topic.
Last Thursday, we thought we noted a policy change at the nation’s greatest
newspaper. For whatever reason, the Times had decided to use Chelsea
Clinton’s speaking fees as a way... more »
Nueva Extraña Presencia Humanoide en las Playas de Necochea, Argentina
*NUEVA EXTRAÑA PRESENCIA HUMANOIDE EN LAS PLAYAS DE NECOCHEA, ARGENTINA*
*Una investigación de:*
*Guillermo D. Giménez*
Una vez más tenemos información directa de extrañas presencias durante el
pasado mes de Mayo de 2014 en las costas bonaerenses de Necochea, en
Argentina.
Allí hemos localizado cuatro (4) testigos que nos hablan de la
visualización de extrañas luces en horas de la noche, en la costa misma
necochense, en la playa, como así también la observación de un extraño ser
tipo humanoide, hechos acaecidos el día Domingo 18 de Mayo y el Martes 20
de Mayo en horas de la noche.
... more »
UFO Photographed over Belén de Escobar (Argentina)
UFO Researcher *Fernando Távara*, National Director of MUFON-Perú, shared a
series of photographs and videos with *Planeta UFO* regarding a case in the
city of Belén de Escobar in northeastern Buenos Aires Province (Argentina).
The event occurred on June 28, 2014 in the early hours of the morning (6:30
am) and the images were captured by eyewitness Ricardo Pérez using a
Motorola Moto G cellphone. "It was visible for over 1 hour," says the
witness. "During that tim period I watched it while still in bed, as well
as while standing by the window. I was unable to capture its strange
mo... more »
They Say He's A Smart Guy
http://www.globalresearch.ca/
Chris Hedges writes that there is a deep irony to what is currently
happening in Gaza. It mirrors what happened to European Jews eighty years
ago:
Raul Hilberg in his monumental work “The Destruction of the European Jews” chronicled
a process of repression that at first was “relatively mild” but led, step
by step, to the Holocaust. It started with legal discrimination and ended
with mass murder. “The destructive process was a development that was begun
with caution and ended wi... more »
Three pigeonholes in six physicists' brains
RAF has told us about a new quant-ph preprint
The quantum pigeonhole principle and the nature of quantum correlations
by Yakir Aharonov and five less famous co-authors. Their paper claims to
disprove the apparently trivial proposition
If you put 3 pigeons in 2 pigeonholes, at least one pair of pigeons
(12/23/31) ends up in the same pigeonhole.
It should be true because the number of pigeonholes is lower than the
number of pigeons so they can't be hosted in accordance with the Pauli
exclusion principle.
But is that statement right quantum mechanically? The authors claim that
the ... more »
ARISTOTLE’S ERROR: Philosopher fails!
*MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014*
*Prologue—The Pew pop quiz:* Arrayed on Olympus, Homer’s gods were the
first anthropologists.
Several years later, Aristotle came along.
In retrospect, the gods pretty much got it right. They laughed and laughed,
then rolled their eyes, at the follies of us, the humans.
In their view, life among the early Greeks constituted an early version of
the Springer show.
Aristotle was more upbeat. “Man [sic] is the rational animal,” he’s often
said to have said.
In one way, you can’t blame Aristotle for making this notorious error. To
cite just one example:
Acco... more »
Guest Post: M.D. Creekmore: If You Don’t Put Together Your 72 Hour Survival Kit Now You’ll Hate Yourself Later!...
*M.D. Creekmore, of the very popular "The Survivalist Blog",* has gifted
us with one of his most popular posts on being prepared - and we thank him.
*If You Don’t Put Together Your 72 Hour Survival Kit Now You’ll Hate
Yourself Later!*
This short modified excerpt is from my book 31 Days to Survival - this
would also make a good bug out bag packing list, with a few modifications…
As with any “prepping shopping list” you’ll need to tailor the suggestions
listed below to meet your specific needs, skills, location and
circumstances – no such shopping list can cover the needs of everyon... more »
Match Your Diaper Genie To Your Nursery
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with
Pollinate Media Group® and Playtex, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia
#RefreshYourNursery http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV
One of my favorite things about decorating the nursery for a new baby is
all of the little details. My daughter's nursery is paper crane themed
complete with paper crane mobile and hand embroidered paper crane baby
quilt. While we absolutely love our Diaper Genie, but I wanted it to match
the decor of the room. All it took was some washi tape and tulle to combine
cute and function. This is... more »
Insider tarsands astroturf - Power of Canada
A month ago, former MP and Liberal leadership contender Martha Hall Findlay
had a piece in the G&M : *Northern Gateway : You don't build a nation by
saying 'No" *in which she echoed Tarsands Minister Joe Oliver in invoking
pipelines as "nation-building" projects similar to building the "national
railway and the St. Lawrence Seaway".
Nation-building is apparently no longer about bringing people together in
economic resilience but now consists of petrocorps getting their toxic
unrefined bitumen to China as quickly and easily as possible.
What you may not have known *because the G&M ... more »
WHY ISNT AFT AND NEW YORK MORE ENRAGED ABOUT ENGAGENY?
WHY ISNT AFT AND NEW YORK MORE ENRAGED ABOUT ENGAGENY?.Filed under: SHAUN
JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face Tagged: common core, corporate
education reform, education reform, privatization
Chicago City of Murder (CCOM)
As violence in poor Chicago neighborhoods reaches epidemic proportions,
with 84 people shot in an 82 hour window in July, Mayor Rahm has a new
initiative to encourage young people to spend more time coding. Perhaps
Microsoft will provide bullet-free bunkers for children to work in as they
come up with new ideas to make Silicon Valley whales even fatter.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel launched the Chicago City of Learning (CCOL) Month of
Code Challenge to all Cities of Learning today to encourage young people to
explore the science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM)
fields. Throug... more »
"Minerva is a prime example of the deeply narrow-minded and self-defeating nature of military ideology. Worse still, the unwillingness of DoD officials to answer the most basic questions is symptomatic of a simple fact – in their unswerving mission to defend an increasingly unpopular global system serving the interests of a tiny minority, security agencies have no qualms about painting the rest of us as potential terrorists." -- Nafeez Ahmed
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Posted by
Nafeez Ahmed
Thursday
12 June 2014
Pentagon preparing for mass civil breakdown
Social science is being militarised to develop 'operational tools' to
target peaceful activists and protest movements
The Pentagon is funding social science research to model risks of "social
contagions" that could damage US strategic interests. Photograph: Jason
Reed/REUTERS
A US Department of Defense (DoD) research programme is funding universities
to model the dynamics, risks and tipping points for large-scale civil
unrest across the world, under the super... more »
Sderot Cinema- Israeli's enjoying the mass killings of Palestinians
People gathering to watch live bombing of Gaza – should make us all
uncomfortableSpeaking for myself, I cannot view violence on tell-a-vision
or in movies. To sit and watch people being killed in real life, as if it
is entertainment, is beyond my moral comprehension
*What does this tell us about the mindset of Israelis, engaging in such
egregious behaviour? *
"However, a closer inspection of the image reveals that the group is
witnessing what could possibly be explosions and gunfire in the distance.
This, allegedly, is the Sderot cinema: a gathering of Israeli locals in
Sderot cit... more »
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
These are the crimes that the US-NATO are now support in Ukraine. It is
sick.
Events+ John Garnaut on the PRC, White Wolf, Triads, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
*The road up to Xitou, on the west side of the gorge.*
John Garnaut has a trio on triads, the White Wolf, and PRC expansionism,
annexation, and nationalism. From this one:"White Wolf?" snaps one of Chang An-lo's assistants, a man with a huge
forehead and pockmarked face, who eyes me suspiciously. "What White Wolf?
"Whoever calls him that? You mean you are looking for President Chang!"
It's only after I name-drop members of the Chinese Communist Party
aristocracy that he ushers me into an inner office space, where he jots
down my details and gives me an undertaking that my name wil... more »
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