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Foolish Obama About to Start World War III
The 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I is this week and at the rate that the dangerous and incompetent narcissist in chief is going we may just celebrate with a grand fireworks show that will usher in World War III. Let's face it, the United States has become addicted to war, outside of the financial fraud industry that was abetted by Obama with the huge Wall Street bailout and subsequent failure to prosecute any of those banksters responsible for wrecking the economy war is always the answer and in an election year with feckless Democrats terrified of being called ... more »
The Consistency of Official Iranian Commentary, Part III:On Khamenei's Referendum Rhetoric, Reuters is Wrong
Last week, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed a meeting of Iranian university students and, in his first public comments on the ongoing assault on Gaza, spoke of his belief in the necessity of continued Palestinian resistance to Israel aggression, oppression, and occupation. "Don't the Palestinians have the right to defend their lives and security?" he asked rhetorically, and
Asymmetric Warfare: MH17 False-Flag Terror and the 'War' on Gaza
Niall Bradley Signs Of The Times When MH370 vanished into thin air on March 8th this year, an international search-and-rescue party scanned two of the world's oceans, pored over satellite images and radar readings, and consulted automated communication relays between parts of the plane and their manufacturers that monitor aircraft system performance in real-time. Despite these multiple layers of hi-tech monitoring systems, there is still no trace of the missing Boeing 777-200ER. Or so we've been told. All 239 passengers and crew are officially reported as missing, presumed dead. P... more »
THE OVERTHROW OF HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
My latest show talking with Jon Olsen from Jefferson, Maine about Hawaiian sovereignty. John has lived in Maine for 36 years and Hawaii for 36 years and remarkably connects Maine to the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in the late 1800's. Jon has just written a book called "Liberate Hawaii".
NEW MISSILE DEFENSE BASE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN FOUR STATES
*Ground-based mid-course 'missile defense' systems are now deployed in Alaska and California. Congress has called for studies to determine where an east coast deployment site could be located* There are various kinds of 'missile defense' (MD) systems now being tested. The one with the very worst testing record is the Ground-based Mid-course program. It is very likely the most expensive of the MD programs because of the sheer difficulty of trying to have a bullet-hit-a-bullet in deep space at more than 15,000 mph. In the end the program is incredibly destabilizing as the enti... more »
The BBC just really hate Sarah Palin, it's almost unbelievable how much they hate her.
A couple of minutes near the end of tonight's 6pm BBC Radio 4 news were devoted to making fun of Sarah Palin's America radio station. A couple of mispronunciations were played so everyone knows how stupid she is. And there was a dig at her earnings from being a Vice Presidential candidate. Oddly the BBC have never had a similar piece on the many verbal mistakes made by Vice President Joe Biden. Nor have the BBC examined the massive amounts of money earned by Bill Clinton since he left office or by failed Presidential candidate Al Gore. The BBC's hatred of Sarah Palin is almost u... more »
To the Students for Justice in Palestine from an angry black woman
'If you seek to promulgate the legacy of early Islamic colonialists who raped and pillaged the Middle East, subjugated the indigenous peoples living in the region, and foisted upon them a life of persecution and degradation—you do not get to claim the title of "Freedom Fighter." • If you support a racist doctrine of Arab supremacism and wish (as a corollary of that doctrine) to destroy the Jewish state, you do not get to claim that the prejudices you peddle are forms of "legitimate resistance" More great sense here http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/180382/students-j... more »
Joan Rivers isn't scared of telling a few hard truths about Israel and the Palestinians
http://youtu.be/j-5Q7yuaXjM Joan Rivers recognises the BBC bias against Israel
The sleeping beauty problem
Sean Carroll's blog posts are getting stupider and stupider. The latest one is about the Quantum Sleeping Beauty and the Multiverse He believes that the blog post is about quantum mechanics or a "quantum version" of a silly problem that philosophers like to answer incorrectly. Of course, there is no quantum mechanics in his musings whatsoever. He hasn't even attempted to think quantum mechanically in his whole life and all his thinking has always been purely classical. In this case, he is thinking about the probabilities in a classical Universe with many worlds and a sleeping forge... more »
THE SICKNESS IN ISRAEL
This video shows an Israeli mob actually singing in celebration of children’s deaths in the style of a soccer fans’ song: “In Gaza there’s no studying, No children are left there, Olé, olé, olé-olé-olé.” The mob also incites directly against Ahmed Tibi and Haneen Zoabi, two prominent Palestinian citizens of Israel who are members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. The video of the 26 July event in Tel Aviv was published by Israeli journalist Haim Har-Zahav. The words of the repulsive song have been translated for The Electronic Intifada by Dena Shunra: Tibi – Ahmed Tibi I wante... more »
How Iraq’s Civil War Broke Out In Diyala Province Interview With Richard Buchanan
Diyala can be said to be a microcosm of Iraq. It is the home to all three major ethnosectarian groups in the country. It has lush farmlands and mountain ranges. It also remains a battlefield between the security forces, militias and the insurgency today. In 2005 Richard Buchanan worked there as a defense contractor interrogating prisoners where he saw first hand the early stages of the civil war. Here is an interview with Buchanan about how the Iraqi insurgency was organized, what the militias did in response, and how the Americans were caught in the middle. Diyala province in ea... more »
MH-17: Uraine releases unconfirmed, possibly ill gotten flight data- Updated!
*Possibly, incorrect because as you will read the investigators are not confirming the claims made by Kiev.* *Ill-gotten* defined as *-acquired by illegal, dishonest or unfair means.* No confirmation which makes me question the credibility of the information presented. Is this just a psychological operation? Lots of news stories with the sentence "Kiev says". Exactly as was written when MH-17 crashed. This still reeks of creating/controlling the narrative. *Independent * *Dutch authorities have criticised Ukraine* for releasing information 'too early' and say they *do not know ho... more »
HL-LHC: 10-tesla shorter magnets are ready
The CERN website printed a cute engineering story about the Fermilab's success this spring: Next-generation magnets: Small, but powerful This fall, the Fermilab has shown a prototype of 10.4 tesla magnets. The high-luminosity (=more collisions per second) large hadron collider (HL-LHC) will need some new collimators etc. and in order to squeeze them over there, one will need magnets that are both shorter and stronger. The LHC has lots of 14-meter-long magnets that are 8 tesla strong. These Fermilab folks have presented a 2-meter prototype of a 11-meter-long magnet that has 10.... more »
Humanoid Encounters: The LIttle Green Men of La Plata - The Villa Montoro Case
*Humanoid Encounters: The Little Green Men of La Plata – The Villa Montoro Case* *By Carlos Sainz, Alternativa OVNI (No. 5, July 2014)* Toward late November and during the month of December of 1983, the neighborhood of Villa Montoro on the outskirts of La Plata (capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina) became the epicenter for a series of reports by local residents – mainly children and teenagers – who claimed having witnessed encounters with small, greenish, humanoid entities. The case became known as “the little green men of La Plata” and it caused significant local i... more »
“DESTINED TO GET HORRIBLE COVERAGE:” But why?
*MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014* *Part 1—Halperin's striking prediction:* Last Friday, a gaggle of pundits on Morning Joe were discussing the White House campaign. At the present time, of course, there *is* no a White House campaign. According to almost all the experts, our next presidential election takes place in November 2016. That’s well over two years away! At present, there is no campaign. No one is currently running for president! But major parts of the mainstream press corps love discussing White House campaigns, including those which aren’t yet occurring. Our upper-end “journali... more »
My Interview on Departing FiveThirtyEight
If you are curious about my views on no longer writing for FiveThirtyEight and my experiences in the climate debate, Keith Kloor interviews me here. If there is something that you wish Keith had asked but didn't, feel free to use the comments here.
Riiight. Who's more likely to shoot a doctor?
"Prolife" has no shame or sense of irony. This is what was posted on the front page of their website. Gun held to the head of a Canadian physician? This is why. So "prolife" supports choice when it goes against the oath that doctors swear to uphold, AND limits women's choices. A reminder that the "prolife" movement has a violent history of executing doctors and staff at abortion clinics.
Satire: “Millions Pay for Rare Opportunity to Hear Sarah Palin Speak”
*“Millions Pay for Rare Opportunity to Hear Sarah Palin Speak”* by Andy Borowitz NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) – “Sarah Palin’s online video service starring herself had a hugely successful launch on Monday, as millions of Americans paid $9.95 for the rare opportunity of hearing the former Alaska Governor speak. The Web site for The Sarah Palin Channel reportedly crashed several times during the day, as it was overwhelmed by subscribers seeking a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the reclusive Palin sharing her opinions. At the corporate headquarters of the Palin Channel, the marketing... more »
Campfire Banana Boats
“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Wet-Nap but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #showusyourmess http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV” Growing up, my parents took us camping every year. We would drive away from all of the distractions of life and set up camp for a few days, just the 7 of us. It was always my favorite trip of the year because there wasn't any chance my dad would be called into the hospital. My mom would bring all sorts of delicious things to make over the fire, but my favorite was always Campfire Banana Boats.... more »
Is There One Single Best Member Of Congress? Have You Met Alan Grayson?
When Blue America weighs the pros and cons of endorsing a candidate for Congress, we often find ourselves measuring them by how similar he or she appears to be to Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson. Grayson is brilliant, courageous and, more than anyone else in the House, he defines progressivism. And you know what? One Congressman can matter. A lot-- that's why we're asking you to consider making a contribution to Grayson's reelection campaign today. You've probably heard that Grayson passed more amendments than any other member of Congress. You've probably heard that he helped pa... more »
It's canning season and some prepper advice...
* I can't handle any more politics right now.* It's also going to be very hot today and tomorrow - close to 100 degrees, so I must get my outside work done early. First batch of canning stuff: sweet banana with cherry peppers and carrots. My personal favorite? Pickled beets. Hubby hates beets. No, really. He'd rather dive into a pool of razor blades then be forced to eat a beet, so all those lovely beets are mine - all mine! I'll probably make up another batch since my boss loves beets as much as I do. *Wealth* *So much better than store bought* *Beautiful color!* *Simple ... more »
The Ford-Fest Bigots
A lot of people have already talked about the eruption of homophobia at the "Ford-Fest" in Scarborough. I watched it a couple of days ago at Montreal Simon's and I just thought I'd discuss what I saw at that NOW Magazine video. In the first segment, we hear someone shout "Fag!" But mostly it becomes an attempt by Ford's fans to drown out the organizers of "Queeruption" from speaking to the media by shouting "Rob Ford!" over and over, louder and louder. I also noticed the rainbow of diversity; the multicultural mosaic of both the "Queeruption" and Ford's fans. I noticed in that first... more »
NATO warned about presence of missiles in 'rebel-held' Eastern Ukraine
[image: SA-11 Gadfly]A report has recently revealed that NATO had announced publically that the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine are in possession of missile systems more than two weeks before flight MH17 was shot in the rebel-held region of Donetsk. The warning however, was not heeded by the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO), whose duty is to warn domestic aviation authorities of danger in the skies, reported the Daily Express. The report revealed that General Philip M Breedlove, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, had said in an announcement in Washington on J... more »
Paul Ryan Does Christmas in July
It's as regular as melting Salvador Dali clockwork: Paul Ryan speaks, and the media-political complex (aka the Permanent American Ruling Class) melts. It's the persistence of false memory and denial of reality. The important people listen, and they are filled with gratitude and awe. Paul Ryan has taken a bold new leap, going where no Republican has gone before! He has devised a brand new Poverty Plan, a starting point from which both political parties can slice and dice the safety net, and then have the nerve to call it a darned good plan for the indigent. "Democrats should welco... more »
25 Recent Events Causing WW3 They Want You To Forget
Anthony Freda Art Eric Blair Remember when our rulers told us that regimes like Saddam, Gaddafi, and Assad were the epitome of evil and must be liberated because they allegedly killed their own citizens? Probably not. Americans have short memories. I only remind you to let you know that the U.S. and other Western governments have reversed their stance on regimes killing their own citizens. They now fully endorse and support this rule-with-an-iron-fist so long as the victims can be successfully labeled "separatists" or "terrorists". In fact, they want in on the action. The Penta... more »
The Propaganda and Politics of MH17
Eric Draitser The downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 (MH17) is a tragedy that will be remembered for years to come. However, the way in which the West has distorted the facts about what happened is no mere accident. Rather, it is a clear attempt by Washington and its allies and proxies to capitalize on the incident, using it as a weapon in their continued belligerent and aggressive policies toward Russia. Recent days have seen a deluge of propaganda from both the US government and the Western media (especially US media) which, despite being short on facts, has attempted to p... more »
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*Fans flock to Saints training camp for smiles, autographs ~Tom Boone, Bluefield Daily Telegraph* *New Orleans Saints' Champ Bailey fully displaying his fire for football ~BlackandGold.com* *Business And Community Leaders Working To Reduce Louisiana's Record Incarceration Rate ~Marcia Kavanaugh, WWNO* *Here’s what The Lens found when they looked through thousands of city salary records* *Follow these scientists' crucial work on the Gulf Dead Zone* ~Hat Tweet *@GRN* *A day at the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo* *Forward to a Preface ~Odd Words* *~One of the benefits of Gene... more »
....Simply Shows How Out of Touch Sean Lien Is
*Bird and owner out for a cycle trip. * Sean Lien, the son of KMT Honorary Chairman for Life and KMT mayoral candidate for the KMT fiefdom of Taipei stunned the political universe this week by lunching with a bunch of foreigners. The event was widely mocked by netizens for its $500 NT lunchboxes (normal ones go for a fifth of that price), once again displaying the Lien clan's total lack of the common touch. The foreigners touched on various issues, Lien gave the KMT party line. Boring, and Lien dismissing claims that the FPEZ opposition is just pro-independence types, as longtime K... more »
zucchini abundance recipe of the day: penne with zucchini and fresh herbs
This is probably the easiest way to use zucchini from your garden, and if you're growing herbs, it's an excuse to use those, too. It's also one of those dishes that takes just about anything you like in pasta. I'm keeping it very simple, so as not to drown out the zucchini. I use brown rice pasta. I originally tried it when we thought one of us was celiac, then it became habit. It's delicious and very healthy, but it does need the extra step of rinsing the cooked pasta. If you don't do that, the pasta will all stick together in a one big gluey mess... something I discovered painful... more »
Libya’s Destruction a Warning to Egypt, Syria, and Ukraine
Dees Illustration Tony Cartalucci RT’s article, “90% of aircraft destroyed at Tripoli airport, Libya may seek international assistance,” reported that: 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. “The government is looking into the possibility of making an appeal for international forces on the ground to re-establish security and help the government impose its authority,” a government spokesman, A... more »
Michio Kaku (2014) "The Future of the Mind"
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Gen. Dempsey Absurdly Compares Putin to Stalin Revealing the Agenda
*TruthStreamMedia* How's this for ramping up the war rhetoric? Check out what Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey had to say about our 'changing relationship' with Russia during his July 24 appearance at the Aspen Institute. He actually found it within himself to utter, "You’ve got a Russian government that has made a conscious decision to use its military force inside another sovereign nation to achieve its objectives. It’s the first time since 1939 or so that that’s been the case." Visit TruthStreamMedia.com Be the Change! Donate Today! ... more »
Cathy Young/Slate- Let's count the adhominems against Stephen Cohen
Never heard of this presstitute previously. Who can keep track of them all? A dime a dozen like any other cheaply made product. Oh, my! Did I use an adhominem to describe this alleged journalist? Why yes I did! "Presstitute". Obviously a spin off on prostitute- someone who does what ever is asked- for payment. Except with Cathy Young, not a journalist, the label - Presstitute- fits. She did whatever asked, for money. And she put her name to it! I read her entire diatribe. It can't be taken seriously. It's a stream of smears, attacks, derisions, adhominem, hysterics etc It's not fact... more »
Outrageous coverup of 1995 OKC bombing continues
image source Jon Rappoport Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue claims his brother, Kenneth, was killed during interrogation, in federal custody 19 years ago, because Kenneth resembled the “other suspect” in the OKC Bombing case, John Doe #2. The FBI claims Kenneth, with “41 wounds and bruises (according to AP),” committed suicide. Attorney Trentadue states there was another man with Tim McVeigh at the scene of the Bombing on April 19, 1995—and it wasn’t his brother. The FBI claims McVeigh was alone. To settle this issue, in 2009, as AP reported, the FBI finally gave Trentad... more »
The truth about 'Desert Island Discs'
Breaking BBC-related news from the *Daily Mash*: Desert Island Discs not hypothetical 28-07-14 GUESTS on Radio 4’s *Desert Island Discs* are actually abandoned on a remote Pacific atoll, the BBC has revealed. Most of the 19,000 previously uninhabited rocky outcrops in the Pacific now have heavily-bearded media personalities on them, waving desperately at planes passing overhead and cursing their agents.Since 1942 the broadcaster has marooned thousands of celebrity guests on tiny islands with just eight pieces of music for comfort. A BBC spokesman said: “The show would be pretty poin... more »
Taking sides?
The claims of BBC pro-Israel bias being made by pro-Palestinian activists, their far-left supporters and some Radio 4 listeners beggar belief. Anyone listening to the daily news bulletins on Radio 4 who believes that the BBC is displaying an overall pro-Israel bias is severely mistaken (at best). We've had Greg Philo telling *Today *listeners, "Well the Palestinian perspective is just not there. The Israelis are on twice as much", and complaints on *Feedback *that "it's not so much that it's only about Israel but we don't hear the Palestinian voice, the Palestinian situation" and "... more »
Ice Cream Kitchenaid Giveaway
[image: ice-cream-giveaway] Today I have teamed up with some of my very favorite bloggers to bring you this fantastic giveaway. The only thing better than having a brand new KitchenAid in the color of your choice, is to get the Ice Cream Attachment so you can make your very own ice cream at home. The full prize includes: - KitchenAid 5 qt Artisan mixer (color chosen by the winner) - KitchenAid Ice Cream attatchment - Copy of The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz - 1 Zak Designs Ice Cream Container, Pint Sized Check out the wonderful blogs that have made this giveaway possi... more »
"Exactly Why..."
*Scully:* "Mulder, it is such a gorgeous day outside. Have you ever entertained the idea of trying to find life on this planet?" *Mulder:* "I have seen the life on this planet, Scully, and that is exactly why I am looking elsewhere." - "The X-Files"
"We Hope To Live..."
“We do not rest satisfied with the present. We anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past, to stop its too rapid flight. So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours and do not think of the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is generally painful to us. We conceal it from our sight, because it troubles us; and, if it be delightful to us, we regret to see it pass away. We try ... more »
Islamic Jihad Said to Have Iranian 'Judgement Day' Missile
[image: Zelzal 3 missile]Islamic Jihad has “many more surprises up its sleeve,” said Abdullah Shalah, head of the terror group said Sunday. In an interview on an Arab satellite station, Shalah said that “We have a store of strategic weapons that we have never used,” but was prepared to bring out against Israel if the war in Gaza continued. With that, he did not specify what those weapons were. Read more
2nd Mistral Warship Looks Set For Mediterranean Role
[image: Vladivostok LHD]The Russian navy said during Sunday’s Navy Day celebrations that a French-made Mistral-class carrier will become the flagship of its budding Mediterranean Fleet, while Western leaders continue to pressure Paris into withholding the delivery of the warships. Russia ordered two Mistral ships from France in 2011 in a deal worth 1.2 billion euros ($1.7 billion), but events in Ukraine have elicited Western calls for the contract to be torn up amid fears that Moscow has designs on reforging its lost empire. The calls intensified following the downing of Malaysia A... more »
Russian Navy to take delivery of armament support ship Akademik Kovalev by the end of 2014
[image: RFS Akademik Kovalev]Severodvinsk, Russia based Zvezdochka Shipyard has launched new generation armament support ship "Akademik Kovalev" of Project 20180, the Ministry of Defense PR office said. The seagoing armament support ship "Akademik Kovalev" is scheduled to enter service with the Pacific Fleet until the end of 2014. Ship's displacement is about 6,000 tonnes, complement - about 100 people. Read more
Israel Kills To No Purpose
An excerpt from, *"Gaza: Why a ‘Cease-Fire’ is Not enough"* by Juan Cole, July 27, 2014: When ordinary countries fight wars they have war aims. In World War II, the US wanted to defeat Germany militarily, but then to help it return to democracy and to economic health. By 1947 the US would actually be spending a lot of money on Germany’s well-being via the Marshall Plan. Israel has no strategic war aims in Gaza because it has no large scale, long term strategy concerning the Strip. Its war is all about tactics and minutiae. How many tunnels and rockets can it destroy? How much damag... more »
Scam-wary govt defers decision on naval copters
[image: AW101 VVIP helicopter]The Navy's wait for desperately-needed anti-submarine warfare helicopters to operate from its warships has just got longer. The Modi government has deferred the decision on acquisition of 16 naval multi-role helicopters (MRH) since one of the two companies in the fray is linked to Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica, which is under the scanner in the infamous VVIP helicopter case. The long-pending naval MRH procurement project has been "kept on hold" till the CBI completes its probe into the kickbacks in the 556 million euro contract inked between India... more »
Warships parade across Russia on Navy Day
Part 2 People across Russia gathered for Navy Day festivities on Sunday, showing their support to naval soldiers. Ships, submarines, aircraft, troops, and even robots were paraded at harbors in Vladivostok, Sevoromorsk, St. Petersburg, and Sevastopol. Navy Day, which commemorates the victories of Russian sailors, is celebrated each year on the last Sunday in July. The Pacific Fleet’s large landing ship, Nikolay Vilkov, appeared before the crowd in Vladivostok. Also present were the large anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov, fleet destroyer Bystry, and the parade's flagship –... more »
Australia cracks opens door to foreign submarine build
[image: Soryu class SSK]Australia should discuss building its next-generation fleet of submarines overseas, the Department of Defence said on Monday, a shift that could open the door to a partnership deal with Japan that carries political risk at home and abroad. Australia is looking for partners to help it build about a dozen diesel-electric submarines to replace its aging Collins Class fleet and help to extend its maritime surveillance deep into the Indian Ocean. The proposed A$40 billion fleet of submarines is at the core of the nation's maritime defence strategy over the next tw... more »
Consumer Driven Organic Food Sales Projected To Double by 2018
[image: Foto: When you get great news! Share it! It's also helping to know your farmer! Support your local permaculture farm and organic agriculture. -or- grow your own from organic heirloom seeds. Many new CSA's and farms are popping up in Florida and farm to table restaurants too because of this demand. At GMO Free Florida (Genetically Modified Organisms) We believe the Tipping Point is near ... Share if you believe it too! http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Markets/Non-GMO-Project-verified-product-sales-surge-66-to-2.4bn http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/natural-and-organic-pr... more »
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*American Farmers Just Love Their GMOs and You Should Too* The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its latest data on farmers planting of crops genetically enhanced to tolerate herbicides (HT) crops and to resist insect pests (Bt). HT soybeans went from 17 percent of U.S. soybean acreage to 94 percent in 2014. Plantings of HT cotton expanded from about 10 percent of U.S. acreage in 1997 to 91 percent in 2014. The adoption of HT corn reached 89 percent of U.S. corn acreage in 2014. Plantings of Bt corn grew from about 8 percent of U.S. corn acreage in 1997 to 80 percent in ... more »
Car Stuff in Costa Rica
We have an SUV in Costa Rica, a Nissan Xterra, that Kurt drove from Michigan to Costa Rica. This post is about the maintenance we have had to do on our car while here and the cost. First, we needed an oil change right after I arrived here since Kurt drove so far to get here. We took it to a place that you drove up to and they lifted the car in the air, with us inside. No wait. The cost was about what it is in the States, but we got higher end oil. Super nice guy who owned the place. Very close to our house in Herradura. Today, we needed to get a flat repaired and changed, and wa... more »
Movie Watch: "Calvary" at MoMI -- first watch the movie, then watch the writer-director and principal actor talk about it
*Brendan Gleeson as Father James Lavelle* *by Ken* Here's something to imagine. Imagine that you've just seen a movie that so overwhelmed and shocked you that at the end you hadn't yet had time to piece together how you felt -- a film that is so centrally built around its central character that he's a central piece of the architecture of the film (into which he had substantial input) -- and you knew that when the lights went up, the film's writer-director and principal actor would be coming onstage to talk about it! Regular readers have probably guessed that the setting was the Mu... more »
Are there exceptions to green living?
Earlier this month, we asked if there are times when you ignore your green living rules. Here are the answers: Survey Results [image: Are there exceptions to green living?] Individual Responses - When dealing with hospitals, which is what we do all to frequently,We are given plastic plates covered in cling film with plastic cups etc but we are not allowed to take in food and drink from home. Also all the medical gear and cloths are disposable. All tablets come in blister packs , in the EEC this or disposable weekly trays are all that are allowed. Also unfortunatel... more »
HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE ~ July 27, 201
*HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE* by Marlene Swetlishoff ~ July 27, 2014 Love is the greatest force in the universe and this force will have its effect within and upon the planet. Beloved Ones, The pressure within increases as the energy intensifies from the cosmos. The activity of purification is intensifying in all quarters of life. There is no escape for anyone or anything upon the earth plane. All are as one in the eye of the cosmic storm that is passing through. *The energy sensitive among you will find yourselves moving into the next step of your journey in wonderful and unexpec... more »
Peak politician
You don’t hear the Greens talking about “peak oil” anymore, and there’s a simple reason for that. The simple reason is that even the Greens now realise “peak oil” is bollocks. Fracking changed all that. So now, they’re against that. So we are still nowhere near peak oil, and given how resource economics work, unlikely ever to approach it. However, we’re a small country, with few naturally occurring sources of hot air and blowhard, and it looks like we might have now approached peak politician. The evidence for this frightful state of affairs grew even greater over the weekend, ... more »
If Gaza Isn’t a Genocide, What Is?: discourse as resistance
At the moment many of us are watching the news with bated breath. New sites, facebook and twitter feeds are filling with images of civilian deaths and the leveling of Gaza. There is growing sentiment that the ‘targeted’ operations in Gaza by the IDF have been willfully indiscriminate- with example upon example of civilian safe Continue reading
Flight MH17 - What You're Not Being Told
SCGNEWS Please visit SCGNEWS today for full story, sources, transcript and bonus clips. *You can visit our MH17 article archive here. * *Poll: Who do you think shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17?* Be the Change! Donate Today! Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner
The Isreali Genocide Of Gaza Continues: WHY Do Israelis Continue To Kill Palestinians?
The Israeli onslaught and massacre in the Gaza Strip against innocent people continues... The laughable ceasefire is now over and Israel is again killing Palestinians in what is in reality the world's largest concentration camp with impunity. It is so disgusting that our own governments continue to turn their backs on this slaughter and cold blooded genocide of innocent people. There has always been one very nagging question that everyone should be asking, and it is : WHY in the HELL do the Israelis continue to kill Palestinians?. I have long been troubled by this sickness and h... more »
TOUCHING WORDS FROM A REAL JOURNALIST
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Can Anyone Trust Pete Aguilar?
Substance abuser and New Dem Petey-Pie lets his hair down I don't think even someone as astoundingly incompetent as Steve Israel could lose CA-31-- the Inland Empire congressional district-- for the Democrats again this year, despite having maneuvered to get an ethics-free, corrupt ex-lobbyist, Pete Aguilar, the nomination. After all, the district has a PVI of D+5, Obama won it both times with 57% and the Republican incumbent Israel allowed to slip in in 2012, Gary Miller, is retiring. Almost nothing short of a coke bust-- always possible considering the photo above-- or a rape will... more »
BURNING THE DRAFT NOTICES FROM KIEV
The Vineyard of the Saker writes: For a couple of days now, I have posted various items showing the large number of casualties amongst the Ukie forces fighting against Novorussia, and I have observed with some amusement how many of you have expressed doubts about the veracity of these figures. Today Nora drew my attention to a short video of a Ukie army recruiting officer being confronted by a crowd of civilians, mostly women, mostly mothers. The video is a few days old, but this version is subtitled in English, so please watch it now.
Duff: "Video shows Kolomoisky forces firing on MH17. These units are led by Israeli volunteers."
[image: Accused Israeli - Cypriot Terrorist Leader Kolomoisky] *"Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi is an Ukrainian-Cypriot-Israeli business oligarch of Jewish descent and the current Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast." (Wikipedia). The people of Ukraine and the international community must bring this psycho son of a bitch to justice for his crimes.* An excerpt from, *"Breaking: Russian Satellite Imagery on MH17"* by Gordon Duff, Veterans Today, July 27: The Russians have finally allowed someone to send us their video of MH17. Judge for yourself. We stick to “bomb” but are taking this u... more »
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #15! one that makes me very happy!
The conversation was simple enough. Teenage girl: "Where is the nonfiction?" Me: "Nonfiction is upstairs, but it's organized according to subject. There should be some nonfiction books on the Bingo display." Teen: "I think they're all gone." Me: "OK, we'll find you something. What would you like to read about?" Teen: "So far I've read one nonfiction book. It was about a man who left the war in Iraq. It was called *The Deserter's Tale*. I loved it." !!!!!!!!!!! Why did this make me so unreasonably happy? 1. War resisters! Teens reading about moral choices! Teens reading about c... more »
the decision "you'll regret for the rest of your life": the reality gap in fictional abortions
The conversation around the movie "Obvious Child" has prompted me to re-visit a long-standing interest of mine, one I share with many other reproductive rights activists: the portrayal of abortion in the mainstream media. I haven't seen "Obvious Child" (I wait for DVD or Netflix, as always), but I've heard that it includes a rarity: an honest and positive portrayal of the choice to terminate a pregnancy. Considering how many women do have abortions - and considering that the choice is usually met with relief and happiness - this shouldn't be exceptional. Yet it is. On fictional TV ... more »
More Twitter folly from another BBC reporter
DB at *Biased BBC* has noted an intriguing change of header on BBC journalist Julie Macfarlane's Twitter feed. It now shows "gun-toting pro-Palestinian flag-wavers", says DB, quipping, "But she’s not trying to make a statement, honest. Just a coincidence". Now, why would DB read anything into that change of header? Well, probably because he's been following her incredibly biased Twitter feed. Please read it for yourselves and see what you think. I think it shows a one-sided BBC journalist in action, albeit the kind of BBC journalist whose bias lies in her re-tweets rather than i... more »
ISRAELIS WAGE TOTAL WAR AGAINST THE GAZA STRIP
Such is the small size of the Gaza Strip, together with the extremely dense way the enclave is populated, and coupled with the devastating way the Israelis have destroyed entire neighbourhoods including homes, hospitals, schools, government buildings and infrastructure as well as the huge loss of civilian life across much of the entire Strip, the Palestinians can be forgiven for thinking that total war is being waged against them. And, as the entire world can see in this day and age of social media, total war, contrary to anything the Israeli propaganda machine is saying, is indeed... more »
Planning for the Unpredictable
*Guest post by Randal O’Toole* How do you plan for the unpredictable? That’s the question facing “planning” organisations writing transportation plans for their regions. Self-driving cars will be on the market in the next 10 years, are likely to become a dominant form of travel in 20 years, and most people think they will have huge but often unknowable transformative effects on our cities and urban areas. Yet not a single regional transportation plan has tried to account for, and few have even mentioned the possibility of, self-driving cars. Instead, many of those plans propose o... more »
15 Killed After Israel Bombs UN School in Gaza
* In total war, nothing is off limits.* Video Title: 15 Killed After Israel Bombs UN School in Gaza. Source: The Real News. Date Published: July 27, 2014. Description: TRNN speaks with UNICEF’s Gaza Field Chief Pernille Ironside about Israel’s bombing of a UN-school that killed women, children and UN staff and the realities of humanitarian relief in Gaza.
In Search of a New Warrior Ethos
It’s not often that a Marine officer writes a book that goes head-to-head with a title currently listed as “Commandant’s Choice” book by the Marine Corps, but in this case, I had little choice but to lay down the sword and take up the pen in order to debunk the honor-bound, shame-based relic of dead Continue reading
In A land where corporations are citizens will i get an equal vote?
*Image provided by corporations for Soylent Green! * *no **wasted **protein is a legitimate precept* The idea that corporations should have human rights should be laughable not law. This is dehumanization full scale. They can pack the courts they can arm the police but there will come a time, that no human corporation can flee the long arm that humans have. You got to bleed to be human!
Why Did God not Give Jesus a Nuke
Would have save him without the drama. Just Saying.
August Primaries
There are quite a few of them but the ones progressives have a stake in, in chronological order, are Hawaii (August 9), Wisconsin (August 12), and then a late super-Tuesday on August 26 for Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma. That same day has primaries in Alaska, Missouri, Oregon and Vermont with interesting races but no races that pit a progressive against a shill from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. Up top is the brand new video from one of the most grassroots campaigns anywhere, the Tom Guild campaign for the open Oklahoma City congressional seat. Guild came in a stro... more »
Life's a piece of shit/When you look at it...
*Some things in life are bad* *They can really make you mad* *Other things just make you swear and curse* *When you're chewing on life's gristle* *Don't grumble, give a whistle* *And this'll help things turn out for the best...* *And...* The guests on this morning's *Broadcasting House *press review focused on the brighter side of life, which, given all the depressing news there's been in the past couple of weeks or so, is pretty understandable. An entertaining romp through the Sunday papers ensued (more about which later). I'm guessing that some of you might just be feeling the sa... more »
Mahmoud Abbas's Son: "We Will Not Forget. We Will Only Become More Extremist"
*Photo: Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, speaking with President Barack Obama at the White House. * "We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out!'" Yitzhak Rabin, leaked censored version of Rabin memoirs, published in the New York Times, 23 October 1979. Video Title: Son of Mahmoud Abbas Criticizes Obama, Compares Israel to Nazis. Source: MEMRI TV. Date Published: July 27, 2014.
FUCK YOU STEVE HARPER
The Globe and Mail likes to think its Canada's Grey Lady. Well its never been that and now the Grey Lady is obviously as mixed up with strange fruit as any tree rooted in journalism. Dear Leader Harper prints a heroic message. Oh how I struggle to withhold the volcanic puke because I love this country too much to damage it further with my bile. Waging a finger at Russia, and Palestine may buy you some votes from the stupid Jews and ignorant Ukrainians, but they will not save you from the avalanche of Canadian who are seeking relief from your misguided missiles. If only to stop the o... more »
Love the Sunday Papers
Print media is buggy whipped. The page will not survive this decade. The news will devolve into enformiamment. New York to nite for those who find Hollywood tonite so star centered. I will struggle without reading pretentious or ancient to describe the joy of reading a great newspaper. It was only about twenty years ago you could find one everywhere in the civilized world you might go. Today I found that Carbon Fiber bikes are not all they are cracked up to be. That fighting the Taliban is hopeless. A great bratwurst is not to be trifled with. Many Bond girls stand close to two m... more »
CBC-Ottawa's biased reporting of a pro-Palestine rally -- Not good
By Denis G. Rancourt On July 26, 2014, I was there. I took more than 250 pictures and 8 videos. I followed the demo from start to finish. It was the most vibrant, humanistic, family-oriented demo that I have ever seen in Ottawa. There were more than 2000 participants, possibly as many as 5000 or more, counting those who did not stay the whole time and did not walk to the end-destination. Then
Begin's Devils
*"Our race is the Master Race. We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects. In fact, compared to our race, other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best. Other races are considered as human excrement. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races. Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron. The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves."* If I asked you what group of people embrace a set of doctrines like this, what would your answer be? Most of you would probably answer, "The Naz... more »
NSA Partners With Saudis in Classic Deal With the Devil
In another astounding piece of evidence of the insane levels of corruption that have metastasized throughout the US government a new story reveals that the NSA Stasi has entered into a partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the debauched land of the brutal monarchy from which fifteen of the nineteen September 11, 2001 hijackers hailed from. In the latest story by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald based on documents that were obtained by former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the NSA has entered into a cooperative relationship wi... more »
Zapatistas 'Just so you know' July 26, 2014
ZAPATISTA ARMY FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION MEXICO. July 2014 http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2014/07/26/just-so-you-know/ By Subcomandante Moises Trucking to La Realidad photo by Brenda Norrell Indigenous Resistance To the compañer@s of the Sixth in Mexico and in the world: To all those who supported us in the reconstruction of the school and the clinic that belong to thecompañeros
FOOT ON WAR PEDDLE
- I am sick at heart about what Israel (with full US backing) is doing to the people in Gaza. It is more than cruel and shameful beyond imagination. The souls of Israel and the USA are showing to be hollow. There have been many determined protests across this nation in support of the Palestinians. Corporate dominated media though covers all the bases and ensures that the whores in Washington remain submissive and supine. None of us are doing enough to help. - Ukraine is another great travesty, so well scripted that Kiev and Tel Aviv march in l... more »
Grey Lady ok with getting high
The New York Times. The paper of record in the world yesterday and arguably still today. If your works are published by the New York Times they are tacitly legitimized. Little story here, I once advocated hard on for my writing to be an op ed. This went on for years. One day I got an email from Paul Krugman saying we looked but did not receive. Thats one of my life's proudest moments to be refused by Paul Krugman. Old media dies hard. Media and propaganda are universally not exclusive. The New York times would never publish something absurd. So I alleged they coached the nuclear t... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, July 27th, 2014
[image: rant-jpeg-b] It is Sunday… I am back from a much needed vacation… And it is time to get back to my weekly rants… First of course, I do again want to thank my great friend, Whitewraithe, for her efforts in putting up rants for me over the last two weeks… I did read them and I found them to be both outstanding and in many ways better than some of my own!!! The lady does know how to write beautifully, and she is a brilliant thinker…. It is just too bad that right now she is in financial dire straits living in Tennessee where she has been unable to obtain full time work for y... more »
Ghost of Sunday Classics: Yes, it's more Donald Adams!
*Princess Ida's three "hulking brothers" are bested by Prince Hilarion and his friends Cyril and Florian in Act III of the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players' Princess Ida.* Politics we bar, they are not our bent! On the whole we are not intelligent! *-- Ida's brother Arac, in Act I of Princess Ida* *by Ken* So far in this series we've heard our Donald as the army-besotted landlord Sergeant Bouncer in Burnand and Sullivan's *Cox and Box* and as the Usher in *Trial by Jury*, and most recently as the specter of the late Sir Roderic Murgatroyd in *Ruddigore*. And I thought we shoul... more »
Is the Common Spent Fuel Pool the Source of Emissions?
Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
I'm not sure whether the recent Fukushima Daiichi emissions are primarily coming from the common spent fuel area or from somewhere else, off screen of the TEPCO cams. If you look at my screenshots below and here: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/fukushima-emissions.html you will notice that the emissions seem to be coming up from the common spent fuel pool building or an offscreen building in that vicinity. This morning the emissions are full of red and purple blotching: <img alt="" height="277" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAeEAAAFOCAIAAAA+YjJiAAAgAElEQV... more »
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY
...let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart, be acceptable in Thy sight... LJ
Now That Education Has Been the "Civil Rights Issue of Our Generation" for a Generation . . .
. . . it's worth asking how's that working out for those duplicitous policy elites who pretend to believe such nonsense. Apparently, much more grit is going to required to grind poor and brown children down into that magical stuff that high test scores are made from. From Kids Count 2014:
Kauilapele's Blog: Let Me Say This about That…
* I like this post, I am tired of people giving reasons to judge other people based on trivial choices in their own private lives... and the burdens of expectations they try to instill in others. -AK* *Let Me Say This about That… * Posted on 2014/07/26 by kauilapele As I feel it right now, at this moment (0130 HST), there are certain things that rankle from time to time, and that means I’m to pay attention to what “the rankling” is all about. First off, we all have our own backgrounds, our own views, and all this and all that. My deal is that I BE and DO my ... more »
As $15 Trillion Slated To Be Dumped in Laps of Wealthy Offspring, You Need To Make Your Plans On How You'll Live (The Children of the Porn?)
So, after all the lights, action(!), and frenzied shouting, it's agreed that Thomas Piketty was just publishing another dull recitation of what everyone respectfully accepts as the current (and likely to continue indefinitely) economic conditions, which we at the bottom of such must deal with to our vast financial delegitimization. What’s so interesting about this Kabuki dance is just how few
"Washington now has in motion the wheels of war. Once the wheels of war begin to turn, momentum carries them forward. The foolish, indeed utterly stupid, governments and media in Europe seem unaware of Washington’s orchestration of their future or lack thereof, or they are indifferent to it. They are dooming themselves and all of humanity by their insouciance." "The only possibility of avoiding war is that Putin take his case to the UN. If Washington can send Colin Powell to the UN unarmed with any truth to make Washington’s case for war against Iraq, Putin should be able to take his case to the UN against Washington’s war against Russia." -- Paul Craig Roberts
------------------------------ *The World Is Doomed By Western Insouciance — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ July 26, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter *The World Is Doomed By Western Insouciance* *don’t expect to live much longer* Paul Craig Roberts European governments and the Western media have put the world at risk by enabling Washington’s propaganda and aggression against Russia. Washington has succeeded in using transparent lies to demonize Russia as a dangerous a... more »
"Peace in the Middle East"
Peace in the Middle East: Pat Condell from 2012.
If the U.S. and its vassals truly wanted to know what dastardly deeds Russia is pulling against "innocent" Ukraine, they would either send observers ...or take advantage of unbiased observers such as Human Rights Watch. Here below Human Rights Watch members on the spot have not only found no Russian troops in the Russian-speaking province of Donetsk, or firing across the Russia-Donetsk border at these innocent civilians (as the U.S. alleges), but they have painstakingly determined that rockets that have been destroying buildings and murdering inhabitants of Donetsk have been fired from areas under the control of the neocon/neo-Nazi Ukrainian government (which the U.S. supports). Clearly Russia is innocent of what the U.S. and its vassals allege justifies nuclear war against Russia. Is all human life on earth to be eradicated due to the lies of Washington as promulgated by the despicable "mainstream media" and blindly accepted by the gullible American people?
------------------------------ Ukraine: Unguided Rockets Killing Civilians Stop Use of Grads in Populated Areas *JULY 24, 2014 Original Here* (Donetsk) – Unguided Grad rockets launched apparently by Ukrainian government forces and pro-government militias have killed at least 16 civilians and wounded many more in insurgent-controlled areas of Donetsk and its suburbs in at least four attacks between July 12 and 21, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. The use of indiscriminate rockets in... more »
BRIDGES
Remember, kids.... We can burn them; build them; or *blow* the mofo's up; but we cannot win the war- without them. LJ
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*Can K-Rob Be the “Alpha-Dog” in a Pack of Saints RB’s? ~Barry Hirstius, WhoDat Dish*
He Must Be Laughing
An op-ed appeared in yesterday's *Globe and Mail* under Stephen Harper's name. Whoever wrote the piece claims that,"Our duty is to stand firm in the face of Russian aggression." On the same day, in *The Tyee*, Tom Henheffer also wrote an op-ed, on the subject of the CRA's audits of Canadian non-profits, like PEN: In effect, our government is censoring an anti-censorship organization. It makes me wonder, is this really Canada? If so, it’s a country I'm having a hard time recognizing. So what is the justification for creating this clear chill on free speech? Well, no one really... more »
Haslam Continues Ed Policy Based on Secrecy, Favoritism, and Dupliicty
[image: Core concerns: Legislators, educators gather as Haslam meets with county school staff] Washington County School Board member Jack Leonard speaks Friday outside the district's central office as state Reps. Matthew Hill, Micah Van Huss and Tony Shipley listen. (Nathan Baker/Johnson City Press) Bill Haslam is up for re-election this year, and if Tennesseans can see beyond the ends of the Obama-hating noses, they will send this anti-democratic oligarch back to the corporate offices of Pilot Oil. His ongoing efforts to go around the public to implement CorpEd's privatization sc... more »
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*Wave-control devices being tried near Shark Island ~Amy Wold* *Bubba Watson visits New Orleans Saints training camp ~Kyle Porter* *West Nile death reported in Caddo Parish ~WDSU* *Dozens march through St. Roch to curb violence ~Jessica Shaw, WVUE* *Cut glass exhibit honors convention’s return to Louisiana ~Robin Miller*
Boehner Still Afraid To Whip His Obstructionist Caucus Into Line On Fixing The V.A.
Almost every Senate Republican-- even extremist obstructionists like Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee and Richard Burr-- followed Bernie Sanders' lead last month to pass a bill to address the sordid situation at the V.A. It passed 93-3 with the only dissections from mentally unstable right-wingers Ron Johnson (R-WI), Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (R-KKK) and Bob Corker (R-TN). The House Republicans can't quite get their shit together on the whole V.A. mess they've been desperately trying to turn into a talking point. Talking points are a lot easier for them than actually *doin... more »
Hillel Neuer schools PLO's Diana Buttu & a HRW representative
What's fascinating is that the Al Jazeera anchorman is less sneering and openly anti-Israel than most BBC 'journalists' I see performing a similar role.
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*Affirmative Action = Discrimination Against Asians, NYC Schools Edition* New York City politicians—including Mayor Bill de Blasio—want to change the admissions system for the city's nine highly-selective premiere public high schools, including nationally-renowned Stuyvesant High School. The schools currently use a single exam, the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, to determine admittance. Less than three percent of applicants are admitted to Stuyvesant. The problem, in the eyes of some, is that black and Latino students are increasingly underrepresented at the elite school...more »
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