3:53pm MDST
August 14, part two: (actually posted on July 15 and catching up with the Tand T of August 12))
Readers who check other sites I mention might have been trying to get Information Clearing House a few days ago - to find it closed. This has been a regular occurrence for some years. Unidentified hackers break in to put it out of service. Of course, we know the hackers can't possible be government agencies. I should also mention that if you scroll down a bit on the site, you will find, on the right margin a long list "alternative news and opinion sources". I am not familiar enough with most of them to make any recommendations. Something else to catch up on. The only big news on ... more »
Nanu nanu
Like any other self-respecting blogger, I only (quite rightly) give credence to reports and opinion polls that back up my own beliefs, so I'm pleased to say that YouGov has it right over Robin Williams: 89% of British people say Robin Williams made them laugh Nine in ten British people say Robin Williams made them laugh... He certainly made me laugh in *Mork and Mindy*. (Not so much in *The Fisher King *though). I was a mere boy when he first called Orson and said 'Nanu nanu' to Mindy's motorcycling granny, but I remember enjoying his performance at the time, and then enjoying re... more »
Pre-K = Childhood's End?
Comment posted following “As the first day of school approaches, the city trains thousands of universal pre-K teachers,” on Chalkbeat Posted on August 12. I wonder how many of those interested in teaching Pre-K in New York have read the "New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core." The document is 62 pages long, filled with an astonishing list of standards that cover Approaches to Learning (e.g. "Asks questions using who, what, how, why, when, where, what if," Physical Development (e.g."runs, jumps and walks in a straight line, and hops on one foot"), Social Develo... more »
A Look At The Desperate Plight Of The Yazidis In Iraq
*Arab Neighbors Joined ISIS Slaughter, Escaped Yazidi Says -- CNN* Faysh Khabur, Iraq (CNN) -- In an exodus of almost biblical proportions, thousands trudge across a river to escape killers belonging to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Entire families carry nothing but the clothes on their backs. Some are barefoot. Jamal Jamir, a 23-year-old university student from Sinjar, told CNN his family fled to the barren and windswept Mount Sinjar more than a week ago after ISIS captured their town. The group, which calls itself the Islamic State, has been on a rampage, killin... more »
ISIS (Islamic State) Is On The March And They Are Winning
*It Doesn’t Matter If You Call It ISIS, ISIL Or Islamic State, The Extremist Brand Is Winning -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post* Earlier this summer, the Associated Press announced that it would no longer refer to the Islamist militants who had taken over swaths of of Syria and Iraq as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) and instead would call them ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). The news agency justified the move by saying that it was a more accurate translation of the Arabic original, al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham (DAIISH or داعش), though some ... more »
The Ukraine Crisis Is Testing The Russian - German Relationship
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Kurhaus resort garden in Wiesbaden, October 15, 2007. REUTERS/Bernd Kammerer/Pool *Ukraine Crisis Hardens Germany Against Russia, An Old Partner -- New York Times* BERLIN — Over recent months, something significant has happened in Europe: In the crisis over Ukraine, Germany has assumed leadership not just in its familiar fashion of trying to coax Russia away from belligerence and bluster, but in standing firm and imposing sanctions on Moscow even if it hurts German business. Perhaps even more remarka... more »
Fighters And Military Equipment Are Moving Freely On Russia's Border With Ukraine
A Russian military helicopter takes off at a training site near the border with Ukraine in the Rostov region, August 7, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Maria Tsvetkova *On Russia's Border With Ukraine, Fighters And Military Gear Move Freely -- Reuters* (Reuters) - In Russia's southwestern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, a military-style training camp, a broken down border fence and tracks consistent with armoured personnel carriers or tanks add to a body of evidence of Russian involvement in Ukraine's war. The Kremlin has consistently denied assertions by the West that it is arming, suppo... more »
Do You Think Obama Has What It Takes To Save The World From Global Warming?
.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image/*)
In an OpEd about executive action regarding immigration reform for *USAToday*, Bush former Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, urged Obama to act. And Gonzales makes the case that Obama has American constitutional precedent on his side. Determining the limits of the president's inherent power to act in the absence of either an express constitutional or congressional grant of authority is one of the most difficult challenges in constitutional law. In part, this is because our courts have been inconsistent in defining the scope of the President's inherent authority. Some constitut... more »
Iain Duncan Smith and the Race to the Bottom
Here we go again. In the topsy turvy Tory world of our beloved Department for Work and Pensions secretary, joblessness is *not* caused by a lack of jobs but instead "cultures of worklessness". To his mind, there are millions living it up on the taxpayer dollar - skivers being kept in e-cigs, iPads and *Jeremy Kyle* appearances. They do not work because they have no incentive to take a job. It's all bullshit and myth. When a million people queue up every week down the food bank, surely IBS and his chums at the Department would be more concerned about fixing that very real, very pres... more »
Astronomers and Alien Spacecraft
It is sort of an ongoing belief that astronomers don’t see UFOs… or as some of those claiming this say, “Alien spacecraft.” Some astronomers have seen things that could be classified as UFOs, meaning unidentified flying objects as opposed to spacecraft. Clyde Tombaugh who discovered the now demoted planet Pluto, had a sighting, but it was of rectangular lights passing overhead which could have been some kind of spacecraft or might have been some misunderstood natural phenomenon so strange that he had never seen anything like it. The point here that could be debated was if Tombaugh ... more »
Supplemental: Playing with their Hillary dolls!
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014* *Reading her mind and speaking in her voice:* This morning, the New York Times published three letters about Hillary Clinton’s recent interview, the one about foreign affairs. Three is *not* a large number. Under the circumstance, it’s striking to us that the Times chose to publish the following tribute to the practice of playing with dolls. We’ll do a bit of highlighting: LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (8/13/14): *It appears to me that Hillary Clinton’s interview* with Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic, which Frank Bruni wrote about in “Hillary, Barbed a... more »
Joe's weird objections against state dependence
*The state dependence is a simple example of effective superselection sectors; Joe's firewall confusion is linked to his sleeping beauty mistakes* I have finally found some time to watch more videos from Strings 2014. You may download them from the conference web page about talks or watch many/most/all of them on the GraduatePhysics YouTube channel. The talks by Joe Polchinski, Kyriakos Papadodimas, and Suvrat Raju are among those that talk about the black hole interior. This blog's fans want to see Suvrat's talk, 25:40-25:50. ;-) What Suvrat and Kyriakos say makes sense. I looked a... more »
Motivational Video: “Why Do We Fall?”
Hedgehog Productions, “Why Do We Fall?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmVOuLgFB0
“There's Nothing Selfish About Suicide”
*“There's Nothing Selfish About Suicide”* by Katie Hurley “I am a survivor of suicide. I don't talk about it a lot these days, as I've reached the point where it feels like a lifetime ago. Healing was a long and grief-stricken process. There were times when I felt very alone in my grief and there were times when I felt lost and confused. The trouble with suicide is that no one knows what to say. No one knows how to react. So they smile and wave and attempt distraction... but they never ever say the word. The survivors, it seems, are often left to survive on their own. I experienced... more »
The Economy: "Armed Zombies"
*"Armed Zombies" * by Bill Bonner "A regular reader writes in. The bone he picks concerns our definition of zombie: "Your definition of ZOMBIE is WRONG. A ZOMBIE lives on the back of someone else and is not productive (he consumes more than he produces). This is true in PRIVATE and PUBLIC BUSINESS. Zombies in the private sector are the most dangerous." Most dangerous? Probably not. There are plenty of zombies in the private sector. But they are usually unarmed. It's the armed zombies that pose a risk to your life as well as your money. *Zombie Jobs Program: *Still, there are plent... more »
Real ethnic cleansing in Iraq, not the fake sort in 'Palestine'
' Today, Qaraqosh stands 90 per cent empty, desecrated by the gunmen of the fanatical Islamic State terror group now in control. The majority of the town's 50,000 people have fled, fearing that, like other Christians in this region, they will be massacred. The militants, in a further act of sacrilege, have established their administrative posts in the abandoned churches.' More herehttp://www.liononasnowyday.com/news/message-vicar-baghdad/but not on the institutionally anti Israel BBC where the only only ethnic cleansing happens (even though it doesn't) in Israel and only Israel ca... more »
Robin Williams, Toys, and charter schools
I am for some reason feeling very sad about the loss of comedian and actor Robin Williams. Just a quick note. A few weeks ago, I was for some reason thinking about his movie Toys. It’s interesting, if only for its sets and costumes. Actually, now that I think about it, I was reminded of the […]
History Rises Again
History Rises Again.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
VIDEO: SNIPERS POINT LASER SCOPES AT UNARMED FERGUSON PROTESTORS
*Missouri PD trains rifles on peaceful citizens exercising free speech* *BY INFOWARS.COM* * St. Louis P.D. points sniper at protestor for standing in the street. Ferguson, MO is officially a police state. Warning: Video contains adult language; viewer discretion is advised.* Infowars is on the scene live in Ferguson, Missouri. *Warning: Video contains adult language; viewer discretion is advised.* Check out our Ustream live below: Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Watch excerpts from Infowars’ man-on-the-street coverage below: *Related Article:... more »
Searching For Answers About The Ebola Virus Fear: The One Question About Ebola That Nobody Can Seem To Answer
Yes, I have been tracking the so called Ebola "outbreak" that has been spreading across west Africa for the moment, with reports now coming in that it may have already leaped to Europe (and North America) as well... We may indeed be watching a new Pandemic taking place, OR this may be another false fear along the lines of the infamous "swine flu" epidemic that was in all our so called media a few years back... People are quick to forget that the "swine flu" epidemic was a dud and forced many people to unwittingly line up and allow the criminals in our Pharmaceutical Industry to injec... more »
Look who's started at 'Newsnight'!
Having taken by eye off *Newsnight* I failed to notice that another new recruit has started there. He's Nick Hopkins and he's now their Investigations Correspondent. Ian Katz, as a former deputy editor of the *Guardian*, who took over at *Newsnight *soon after the *Guardian *reporter Allegra Stratton was appointed to the post of *Newsnight *political editor, has made a number of striking appointments - including the TUC's economics advisor Duncan Weldon as economics correspondent and the *FT's *Chris Cook as policy editor. Others came from within the BBC or from ITV or Channel 4. ... more »
Ebola - It's the French Again
Now, that's just silly. There is "Ebola" in Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (all Anglophone recalcitrant Commonwealth states within striking distance of Libya, Mali and Chad), and also Nigeria ('nuff said). This is the French. The people of Ghana and Cote d'Irvoie are extremely lucky, able as they are to move around in their private helicopters from place to place. Oh, Look at that. "The deadly Ebola virus could solve France's immigration problems in three months, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder and honorary president of France's far-Right Front National, has said in ... more »
Ukraine Rebels Post Video Of Ambush That Killed 12 Ukrainian Militia Fighters (Graphic Video)
In this screenshot from a video released by the Donetsk People's Republic, which is considered a terrorist organization in Ukraine, talks about an ambush and shooting of the bus with Right Sector fighters outside of Donetsk on Aug. 12. © Courtesy *Graphic Video Shows Right Sector Fighters Killed By Kremlin-Backed Militants; Yarosh Vows Revenge (VIDEO) -- Kyiv Post* A video released through the Youtube account the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic confirms reports of the deaths of several activists of the Ukrainian nationalistic Right Sector on Aug. 12. A Russian-backed mi... more »
Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 13, 2014
*As Showdown Looms, Humanitarian Situation Worsens in Eastern Ukraine -- Voice of America* As Ukraine promises to deny entrance to a convoy of nearly 300 Russian trucks carrying what Russia says are aid to civilians in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, the humanitarian situation is worsening in the region's besieged cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. As the Russian convoy nears the border, Ukrainian and Western officials fear that Moscow is planning to exploit a worsening crisis in east Ukraine by cloaking a military mission in the guise of a humanitarian aid convoy. *Read more* ....... more »
Expect Terrorism Blowback From U.S. Air Strikes In iraq
*Experts Warn of Terrorism Blowback From Iraq Air Strikes -- Michael Crowley, Time* *ISIS has long threatened America openly — will Obama's strikes inspire it to act?* The American air strikes against a militant group in Iraq could motivate the fighters to retaliate with terrorist attacks against U.S. civilians, experts warn. President Barack Obama’s air strikes against militants from the group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) “could increase the likelihood that ISIS or somebody inspired by ISIS, would strike against the homeland,” says Seth Jones, a terrorism expe... more »
U.N. Representative: Iraq Will Never Be The Same
*‘Iraq Will Never Be The Same’ After Fall Of Mosul To ISIS, Says U.N. Representative -- CNN* Warning that Iraq “will never be the same” after Mosul fell to ISIS, the head of the U.N.’s mission in Iraq warned on Tuesday that the country’s next government must act quickly to heal political rifts. “ISIS has been very clever in using the fault-lines that exist within Iraqi society and implanting itself pretty much a cancer would in a human body,” Nikolay Mladenov told CNN’s Fred Pleitgen, in for Christiane Amanpour. “It needs to be dealt with at a security level, but it also needs to ... more »
Crisis In Iraq -- News Updates August 13, 2014
*Iraq PM 'Will Not Quit' Without Court Ruling -- Al Jazeera* Nouri al-Maliki says only court decision can force him out as US sends more military personnel to violence-hit nation. Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said that it will take a federal court ruling for him to leave power, defying the president's decision to task a rival with forming the next government. In his weekly televised address, Maliki on Wednesday said the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him as prime minister was a "violation" of the constitution and "had no value". "I confirm that the governm...more »
STOP GRITTING YOUR TEETH WHEN YOU HEAR “GRIT”
STOP GRITTING YOUR TEETH WHEN YOU HEAR “GRIT”.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
NRCC Caught Cheating Again-- Creating Fake News Reports To Mislead Voters
Ex-Sheriff Dave Reichert confesses that Greg Walden (R-OR) was the real Green River serial killer who murdered over 100 women in Washington A few days ago someone sent me a red hot scoop on corporate shill and ex-bank lobbyist Pete Aguilar. It was too good to be true and I couldn't wait to get it up on my blog. But it actually *was* too good to be true. I tweeted out that Aguilar-- who is prone to substance abuse-- was taped on a donor call demeaning Israel and comparing Hamas to America's Founding Fathers. I started writing. The more I wrote, the fishier it smelled. I emailed Boris... more »
Origins Of Iraq’s Ethnosectarian Quota System
Many are wondering what a post-Nouri al-Maliki government will be like, but one thing that will stay the same are the ethnosectarian quotas. Many believe that the Americans created this system during the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). While the U.S. did institutionalize the concept, it actually came from the Iraqi opposition groups that were formed during the reign of Saddam Hussein. Starting in the 1990s a series of meetings were held in an attempt to unify the multiplicity of anti-Saddam organizations. Quotas were originally created to try to give proper representation t... more »
Big Sky fanzine - Philip K Dick novel reviews by Mike Philbin
new editions of BIG SKY (edited by Peter Young) are now available online. Editor Peter Young writes, *"Big Sky 3 and 4 are two parts of a special project released for Loncon 3. Both are concerned entirely with Gollancz’s 'SF Masterworks list' – every title has reviews and commentary, all listed in order of appearance."* I'm mentioning it here because I have a couple of Philip K Dick novel reviews in Big Sky 3: 1) PHILIP K. DICK, FLOW MY TEARS, THE POLICEMAN SAID 2) PHILIP K. DICK, A MAZE OF DEATH.
Air Corridors & Bogus Humanitariansim as cover for wider war in the Middle East?
*BTW- Today's posting follows up on three previous posts concerning Iraq all three are linked here* *The Yazidi genocide narrative strains credulity- No fly zone by stealth* *And is also connected to this post?* *If you have been following along you're good to go!* *Recall this map?* *Oil pipeline locale* *Maps are good for understanding where in the world events are unfolding-* Make it larger for more detail *Recapping* -The Prime Ministry’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) will set up a new, 20,000-person refugee camp for Turkmens in the Fishkabur region of Do... more »
Normalized US Hurricane Losses 1900-2013
Here is the updated normalized US hurricane loss figure through 2013, the red line shows the linear trend (ever so slightly negative, but not significantly so). The source is: Pielke, Jr., R.A., J. Gratz, C.W. Landsea, D. Collins, M. Saunders, and R. Musulin (2008), Normalized Hurricane Damages in the United States: 1900-2005. *Natural Hazards Review* *9:*29-42. And is updated to 2014 values by ICAT. How do we know if the normalization is any good? We compare it to trends in hurricane frequency and intensity, and when we do so we find no evidence for a residual bias in our methods.... more »
Studies Show
By CApt. Fogg Studies show. How many fraudulent arguments and political pieties begin with that statement? Milk produces phlegm, Gluten causes inflammation, calories don't count, Obama caused the recession, money trickles down from the "job creators" human activities don't affect the climate. No matter how many large, double-blind studies are published in peer-reviewed journals, these flawed "Studies" many of which are speculations and fabrications or selected anecdotes persist. Nobel laureate psychologist and Economist Daniel Kahneman's book *Thinking Fast and Slow* posits th... more »
Israelis And The Palestinians Are Deadlocked With Only Hours Left before The Ceasefire Ends
Israeli soldiers rest just outside the border with the northern Gaza Strip August 12, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/ Amir Cohen *Time Running Out On Gaza Cease-Fire Between Israel And Hamas -- CNN* Gaza (CNN) -- Less than a day remains of a temporary cease-fire in Gaza. Indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials aimed at agreeing on a more lasting end to hostilities are expected to continue Wednesday in Cairo. The three-day truce is due to expire just after midnight local time (5 p.m. ET). Egypt is pushing the Israelis and Palestinians to extend the cease-fire past its curre... more »
The Police Murder in St. Louis and the Militarization of American Society
*Jerry White* *Yet another unarmed young man has been shot to death, execution style, by police on the streets of an American city. In response to demonstrations of popular outrage, riot police have attacked protests with tear gas and rubber bullets and arrested scores of people. A pregnant woman says she was thrown on the ground, maced and held at gunpoint.* The victim this time is 18-year-old Michael Brown, riddled Saturday with a dozen bullets from the gun of a cop in the St. Louis, Missouri suburb of Ferguson. The anger that has engulfed metropolitan St... more »
Bad Headline
So some cops in someplace called Ferguson USA, shot an UNARMED black teenager about eight times, killing him. Apparently it escalated from the young man and his friend walking on the road on their way to the young man's grandmother's house. There's been protests and rioting and, in an unexpected turn, hacktivist community "Anonymous" has hacked the city's computers to look for some actionable filth. Anyway, the CBC has a story based on this ongoing tragedy. And the headline just rubs me the wrong way: "Michael Brown Shooting. Why Blacks in the US believe they're targeted by police... more »
Untitled
*Plans to reopen historic grocery at St. Claude and Elysian Fields advance ~Jaquetta White, New Orleans Advocate * *Coast Guard investigates multiple vessel collision on Mississippi ~WWLTV* *A University of New Orleans student runs an online boutique of goods made exclusively in Louisiana ~Paige Rita Nulty, Gambit* *2015 International Roofing Expo Gives Back to New Orleans through Community Service Day ~Sharon Glorioso, Construction Magazine Networt *
Ferguson Riots Move the US One Step Closer to Insurrection
*Justin King | The Anti-Media* Many question the moral authority of the rioting in Ferguson that was triggered by yet another killing of an unarmed teen. The rioting is a symptom of a larger nationwide trend of resistance to the encroaching police state, and specifically the ability of law enforcement officials to kill, maim, and harass without consequence. The riots began before all of the facts were gathered about the shooting. The timing of the riot is important. Preemptive rioting and the destruction of private property is the third step in a historical cyc... more »
World News Briefs -- August 13, 2014
*Israel, Palestinians Continue Talks as Cease-fire End Nears -- Voice of America* The threat of renewed war in Gaza loomed on Wednesday as the clock ticked toward the end of a three-day cease-fire with no sign of a breakthrough in indirect talks in Cairo between Israel and the Palestinians. A Palestinian official described the negotiations as at a "very sensitive stage," but there was no public indication that a breakthrough was near. The halt in fighting is due to end as a 72-hour cease-fire expires late Wednesday (2100 UTC, 5 p.m. EDT). *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Iraq PM ... more »
PLAYING WITH DOLLS: Maddow’s selectively aching heart!
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014* *Interlude—Back to the past:* We’ll go ahead and admit it. We’d prefer that our intellectual leaders not go on TV and play with dolls—or even with their toy cars. It does make them easier to adore, if only in a dim-witted way. It may be smart to encourage such reactions, if the suits are paying you $7 million per year. That said, the analysts were crying last month as Rachel Maddow played with her toy car one night, then with her paper dolls the next. They began to wail when she fashioned a virtual Chucky doll, which she used to assail the national pre... more »
The Continuing Israeli Genocide Of Gaza: Iron Dome Is A Fake!
Yes, we are continuing to watch a temporary "lull" in the Israeli war against the innocent people holed up in the world's largest open air concentration camp known as the Gaza Strip.... It seems that this shakey and momentary "cease fire" will not hold much longer due to the fact that the so called "peace negotiations" to actually end the fighting for the near future are a dismal failure (no surprise here) as Israel continues to make impossible demands on their own creation, Hamas, and will not allow for the reconstruction of Gaza from all the damage they have inflicted.... With the... more »
James Corbett: The Ebola Effect
Info packed segment from James Corbett @ The Corbett Report Are you worried about the ebola pandemic? Should you be? Is it hype? Real? A false flag? Bioterrorism? A Big Pharma scam? Join James today on The Corbett Report podcast as he peels back the layers of the ebola onion and exposes the pandemic endgame. Before I get to my latest *thesis* ( that means it will be lengthy) on ISIS/Iraq etc.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 13, 2014
The fourth prototype Т-50 fifth generation jet fighter (RIA Novosti) *Russia To Deploy Fifth-Gen Fighters, S-500 Missiles In 2016 -- RT* In 2016, the Russian military will start deploying two advanced weapons, the fifth-generation fighter jet PAK FA and the long-range surface-to-air missile systems S-500, chief of the Russian Air Forces said. Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev gave an outline of his branch's modernization plans, including the build-up of Arctic infrastructure, in a radio interview with the Russian News Service station on Sunday. The flight trials of PAK FA (T-50) w... more »
Israel's annihilation has begun, says PLO envoy to Tehran
'Israel's annihilation has begun, says PLO envoy to Tehran Ambassador from Abbas's PA blames US, western countries for having created 'a fake regime in Palestine'' And these are the moderate Palestinians who are apparently Israel's partners in peace... Bullshit More here http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-annihilation-has-begun-says-official-plo-envoy-to-tehran/
The Truth about the UN
The Truth about the UN here http://youtu.be/qIRJO9TaaOI but not on the institutionally anti Israel BBC
Order Out Of Chaos: The Doctrine That Runs The World
Brandon Smith *From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing. It played, as a modern writer, Mrs. Webster, has so ably shown, a definitely recognizable part in the tragedy of the French Revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movem... more »
Before Hamas Gaza was free
The stealth edits that the BBC have made to its online report about the civilian casualty figures in Gaza have been examined by Hadar at BBCWatch. “Nonetheless, if the Israeli attacks have been “indiscriminate”, as the UN Human Rights Council says, it is hard to work out why they have killed so many more civilian men than women.” That’s how Anthony Reuben’s findings were reported in the original version. Instead, it now reads: “Nonetheless, the proportion of civilian men over 18 killed seems high and it is not immediately obvious why.” Someone at the BBC decided to substitute Anth... more »
CIA MKULTRA: they intended to use drugs for “everything”
Jon Rappoport Drugs to transform individuals…and even, by implication, society. Drug research going far beyond the usual brief descriptions of MKULTRA. The intention is there, in the record. A CIA document was included in the transcript of the 1977 US Senate Hearings on MKULTRA, the CIA’s mind-control program. The document is found in Appendix C, starting on page 166. It’s simply labeled “Draft,” dated 5 May 1955. It begins: “A portion of the Research and Development Program of [CIA’s] TSS/Chemical Division is devoted to the discovery of the following materials and methods:... more »
How Many Canadians Still Read?
http://thegambiaechos.com/ Mark Kennedy reports that one of the pillars of Stephen Harper's 2015 election campaign will be an all out assault on what he and his minions call "media elites." Harper stands everything on its head and creates enemies wherever he can. During his last election campaign, it was those very media elites who overwhelmingly endorsed him. However, several of his critics have sharpened their pens. And they intend to take on the prime minister. There is, of course, Justin Trudeau's forthcomin... more »
Chicken and Kale Egg Rolls
As my husband continues his egg roll kick (seriously, the guy is obsessed, and I'm not complaining), he decided to do something a little more authentic. The featured ingredient this time is kale. If you're not familiar with kale, it's a bitter green vegetable by itself, but tastes great when combined with other ingredients. These chicken and kale egg rolls are super easy to make, easy on the wallet and taste very authentic. INGREDIENTS - 1 lb. chicken, shredded - 1/2 lb. kale, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces - 3/4 cup shredded carrot - 1/2 tsp. sugar - 2 teaspoons fi... more »
The Kremlin's Propaganda War On The Internet Is In Full Swing
*The Kremlin's Troll Army -- Daisy Sindelar, The Atlantic* Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter? Like many people with access to the Internet and a holster full of gadgets, Vladimir Nesterenko is living a double existence. In real life, the 49-year-old Kiev native is a published author and darling of the Ukrainian counterculture. Online, he's "Adolfych"—a Russian-speaking mischief-maker who uses his Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal accounts to comment, sometimes thoughtfully and often profanely, on the deepening conflict wit... more »
Ukraine Announces That They Will Stop Russia's 'Aid Convoy' At The Border
A Russian convoy said to be carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine. Photograph: Reuters *280-Truck Russian Aid Convoy Set To Reach Ukraine Border Within Hours -- The Guardian* *West fears operation is a prelude to invasion while Moscow insists it wants to help residents trapped by conflict* A huge Russian convoy allegedly carrying humanitarian aid was expected to reach the Ukrainian border on Wednesday afternoon, in an operation the west fears may be a prelude to a Russian invasion but which Moscow insists is designed to relieve the suffering of besieged residents trapped by confli... more »
Shopper Tracking Device Embedded in Store Mannequins
Iconeme John Galt The search for predictive behavior technology to target shopping habits has been a contentious one in the United States. Several years ago a notice appeared at Promenade Temecula in California, and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. which advised shoppers that their cell phone signal would be used to track them as they move from store to store. Despite privacy assurances, that test-run produced enough outrage to force the UK maker of the technology, Path Intelligence, as well as mall management to halt the surveillance. Senator Charles Schumer was embroile... more »
Wisconsin Is In Contention-- To Elect The Most Extreme Member Of Congress… Meet Glenn Grothman
Tom Petri has been the most mainstream of Wisconsin's 5 conservative congressmen. First elected in 1979, he's generally considered a "moderate" in Congress and has been part of Steve Israel's Center Aisle caucus of Blue Dogs and mainstream Republicans. This has also guaranteed that he wouldn't face any serious challenges from Democrats while Israel ran the DCCC. Even though Obama won the R+5 district in 2008, the DCCC protected Petri in 2010 and 2012 and this year-- aside from conflict of interests ethics charges-- the only impediment to reelection looked like a primary challenge ... more »
Beyond the Propaganda
*TEDx* Scott Taylor is a former infantryman in the Canadian Military, and has been the publisher of *Esprit de Corps* magazine since 1988. He is also an award-winning author, documentary filmmaker and war correspondent. Scott Taylor is the author of* Embedded: Two Decades of Maverick War Reporting* *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
Untitled
*FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: UNACCOMPANIED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MINORS 'ENTITLED TO' PUBLIC EDUCATION* The Department of Education released a fact sheet Monday about the availability of public school education for undocumented immigrant children — specifically the tens of thousands unaccompanied minors who have recently entered the U.S. illegally. “We have begun to receive inquiries regarding educational services for a specific group of immigrant children who have been in the news – children from Central America who have recently crossed the U.S. - Mexico border,” the Departmen... more »
United Nations: Death Toll In Ukraine Conflict Has Doubled In 2 Weeks
People in Lugansk carry the bodies of those killed during an artillery attack on the city (RIA Novosti / Valery Melnikov) *Death Toll In Ukraine Conflict Doubles In 2 Weeks, Reaches 2,086 - UN -- RT* The number of killed and wounded in eastern Ukraine has doubled to 2,086 over the last two weeks, according to the UN’s “very conservative estimates”. "This corresponds to a clear escalating trend," UN human rights spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly told Reuters in response to a query. Over 60 people have been killed or wounded every day, Pouilly added. Almost 5,000 have been wounded. The f... more »
Sometimes In Life - A Poem & Guest Post by Magnus Ericsson
[image: follow your heart Pictures, Images and Photos] Sometimes in life The time is just not right But don’t be discouraged Because your Life knows your Heart knows that one day everything will be - as it is supposed to be that is a divine will that in time – everything will be - just as it is supposed to be trust in providence - and know that one day - your life will be what you deepest inside wish for and you Will be able to live your life through the will and love in your heart just be still, and be patient and trust in the saying everything is in order everything... more »
Ukraine keeps playing games ( August 13 , 2014 ) -- Ukraine Digs In, Refuses Entry To Russian Convoy, Calls It "Provocation By A Cynical Aggressor"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-13/ukraine-digs-refuses-entry-russian-convoy-calls-it-provocation-cynical-aggressor Ukraine Digs In, Refuses Entry To Russian Convoy, Calls It "Provocation By A Cynical Aggressor" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/13/2014 08:05 -0400 - European Union - Finland - Reuters - Ukraine inShare With the Russian humanitarian convoy approaching the Ukraine border, there was much confusion yesterday whether Kiev would or wouldn't allow the roughly 280 trucks carrying "stuff" to enter its territory. The co... more »
The sound of Islamic unity...
Dog! Traitor! - Islamists' Debate on ISIS and Hamas http://youtu.be/TYvBpU_UwzI
“Ebola: One Question That Nobody Can Seem To Answer”
*“Ebola: One Question That Nobody Can Seem To Answer”* by Michael Snyder “How in the world is it possible that more than 170 health workers have been infected by the Ebola virus? That is the one question about Ebola that nobody can seem to answer. The World Health Organization is reporting this as a fact, but no explanation is given as to why this is happening. We are just assured that Ebola “is not airborne” and that getting infected “requires close contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person”. If this is true, then how have more than 170 health workers caught the disease... more »
U.S. Navy Receives Patents For More Developments Than Most U.S. High Tech Companies
A half-scale ultra heavy-lift amphibious connector prototype created by Navatek Ltd. and the Navy’s Office of Naval Research, linking with the USS Rushmore in July 2014. The Navy is ranked high among 2013 new patent holders. Photo credit: Navy.mil. *Apple, Qualcomm Tops in Patents? Nope, Try the Navy -- Times of San Diego* The U.S. Navy received patents for more developments last year than most of the Fortune 500 corporations ranked in a recent report. The Navy increased its patents by 12 percent, having been granted 399 patents while climbing three slots to no. 89 on the IP Record... more »
Happy
I like this cover of this song better than the orginal! Thanks Helga! -AK
Militarized Police Turn Ferguson Missouri Into a War Zone
The militarized police have essentially declared the city of Ferguson, Missouri to be a war zone. Ferguson, which lies suburbs of St. Louis erupted into street protests after the police gunned down 18 year old Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. The militarized police in America have become increasingly violent in the post 9/11 era and Brown's shooting pushed many in Ferguson over the edge. The uprising unfortunately included the standard destruction as well as the idiotic and inevitable looting that criminal elements so often engage in during such outbursts of chaos. Those ... more »
Morocco Diary #8
*Morocco Diary #8* By American Kabuki Its mid August and we are truly in the "dog days of summer". The beaches a chock-a-block with mushrooming beach umbrellas and kids splashing and paddling the waters in the boogy boards and floaters. Thousands of Moroccans jam the beaches now. I had no idea how crowded it got here. Moroccans come north this time of year to swim in the Mediterranean Sea and feel the cool breezes coming off it. There are also a good number of Spanish visitors but that has declined in recent years given the economic troubles in the EU. Oeud Laou, which has ... more »
Iraq and Syria Wars blurring together ( August 10 , 2014 ) -SPECIAL Update Sunday Agust 10 , 2014 - Has Maliki launched a coup ? ( check various updates at tweets section ! ) As the US joins in the ongoing Iraq sectarian War , at what point does it reluctantly start attacking IS in Syria as well ? Most recent news by way of tweets ( conflicting items regarding current PM Malik - might have been replaced by Tarek Najim , might still be negotiating his departure . )
Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/8/5982501/the-us-is-now-bombing-its-own-military-equipment-in-iraq?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=friday The US bombing its own guns perfectly sums up America’s total failure in Iraq Updated by Max Fisher on August 8, 2014, 3:02 p.m. ET @Max_Fisher max@vox.com TWEET (2,754) SHARE (26K) +1 <a class="p-button-social has-icon linkedin" href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&source=Vox&summary=This+one+bitterly+ironic+detail+encapsulates+a+decade+of+American+misadventure+in+Iraq.&title=The+US+bombing+its+ow... more »
Troubles brewing in China and Japan's Economies ( August 13 , 2014 ) -- New loans and shadow banking collapse in China , while Abenomics continue to ravage the Japanese economy ......
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/08/new-yuan-loans-and-shadow-banking.html Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:05 AM New Yuan Loans and Shadow Banking Collapse in China; Record Bank Deposit Slump A major alarm bell just rang in China with the release of July credit figures according *Macro Business Australia*. Chinese Credit Just Collapsed and shadow banking with it. Here are a couple of charts. *Yuan Loans* New yuan loans were 385.2 bn versus 780.0 bn expected and and prior was 1080. *Shadow Banking* Aggregate social financing was 273 bn yuan versus 1500.0 bn expect... more »
Afghanistan Update ( August 13 , 2014 ) - Afghanistan’s Ghani: No Power-Sharing If I Win Recount US Election Deal in Serious Doubt as Ghani Rejects Key Pledge ....... Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy in Kabul Taliban claims responsibility for bombing that killed four civilians and injured dozens in Afghanistan's capital...... Editorial: Election crisis, peace talks and policy shift
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/12/afghanistans-ghani-no-power-sharing-if-i-win-recount/ Afghanistan’s Ghani: No Power-Sharing If I Win RecountUS Election Deal in Serious Doubt as Ghani Rejects Key Pledge by Jason Ditz, August 12, 2014 Print This | Share This Analysts have been noting how little point there was to the latest Afghan Presidential election, as after evidence of massive fraud and ballot stuffing, the US negotiated a deal for both candidates to share power. Ashraf Ghani, who won the first count and was the one many election officials were stuffing boxes on behalf of, has f... more »
Syria Update ( August 13 , 2014 ) - Iraq has sucked the media attention away from Syria , here are some items from the battlefield to consider - Last ‘Moderate’ Rebel Area in Northern Syria Poised to Fall FSA Losing Ground to Both Military, Islamists
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/12/last-moderate-rebel-area-in-northern-syria-poised-to-fall/ Last ‘Moderate’ Rebel Area in Northern Syria Poised to FallFSA Losing Ground to Both Military, Islamists by Jason Ditz, August 12, 2014 Print This | Share This Long the US-backed “moderate” rebel umbrella for the Syrian Civil War, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) became operationally irrelevant long ago, as the US tried to find factions among the Islamist rebels they could spin as palatable. The FSA has remained bankrolled by the US, for all the good it’s done. Now, the FSA is reporting that lite... more »
Iraq Updates ( August 13 , 2014 ) - No shock that the Pentagon's plan for a more boots on the battlefield finding fertile ground at the White House ..... ISIS a threat because of changing tactics or because it's controlling the oil in Syria and trying to do the same in Iraq .......Is the next Iraq PM just Maliki with better PR and a smoother approach ? Regional Support from the new PM as another day of death dealing goes by the boards.......
Anti War .......... Pentagon Proposing Ground Combat Operation for Yazidi Rescue130 'Advisers' Laying the Groundwork for Open Combat With ISIS by Jason Ditz, August 12, 2014 Print This | Share This The US war in Iraq is escalating at a remarkable rate, and less than a week after the commencement of the air war, the Pentagon is putting the finishing touches on a proposal to send ground troops into open combat operations against ISIS. It’s the exact thing US officials have repeatedly promised never to do – send ground troops into combat roles in Iraq. Yet with the Pentagon now having c... more »
"If you don't know the facts, stay quiet"
"If you don't know the facts, stay quiet" Good advice for the many idiots on social media who opine about Israel and the Palestinians without knowing anything other than the crap spouted by Hamas and their mouthpieces in the West. Also the BBC's Middle East 'journalists' and those back in London would do well to listen and think, but they won't as they prefer to vilify Israel.
U.S. Navy, General Atomics and HII started EMALS tests onboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
[image: EMALS generator]The Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard in Newport News, Virginia is all abuzz as below deck-testing of the Navy’s newest aircraft launch system begins aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Following months of large-scale hardware deliveries containing critical components of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and shipboard installation by HII, teams from the government and industry partner General Atomics completed installation of the software — the brains of the new system. Below deck-testing began A... more »
Images from Ancient Morocco
By American Kabuki August 13, 2013 Here's a number of images I found in the Medina of Tetouan. There were created as photos for postcards, I don't know the names of these paintings but they show an ancient Morocco that is both familiar to the modern one (particularly in design motifs) and quite different at the same time. It appears to me that intermarriage with Europeans and Arabs has been very common as Moroccans today are far lighter in skin than in these images which are more African. Genetic diversity is always genetic vitality. Morocco is a melange of cultures that has ... more »
Yet Another 'Failure' for Akash Missile
[image: Akash SAM]Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel on Tuesday conducted a user trial of surface-to-air sophisticated missile Akash from a defence base off the Odisha coast. The missile targeted at Mirage aircraft reportedly failed to deliver the desired results. Defence sources said the indigenously developed missile was test fired from the launching complex - III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea. Read more
LCA business partners decide to increase indigenisation
[image: Tejas LCA]The business partners working on India's prestigious Light Combat Aircraft - a lightweight multirole fighter jet - have decided to ensure the indigenous content of components used in the aircraft touches 80 per cent in the next three years. At the indigenous strategic partners' meet of LCA organised by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited here, Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister, Avinash Chander said it is possible to achieve such a goal since 165 out of 344 Line Replacement Units (LRUs) are already made in India. In his address to the vendors on Monday, representing ... more »
Russia's Sukhoi builds new $28mln fighter jet
[image: Su-34 Fullback]Russia's new Sukhoi fighter jets cost more than 1 billion rubles ($28 million), Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, the Russian Air Force commander-in-chief, said Tuesday, Aug 12, according to RIA Novosti. "New aircrafts appear, and their cost is enormous. Each plane costs more than 1 billion rubles: Su-30, Su-35, Su-34," Bondarev told Rossiya-24 television channel. The jets need contemporary airfields to work their best, he said. Russia has 150 airfields in use, most of them constructed during the Soviet Union. Read more
Historic first: IDF operates unmanned APC in Gaza
[image: Unmanned M113 APC]IDF modifies old M113 APC, giving it ability to carry four tons of supplies to soldiers in the field without endangering lives • Vehicle is operated remotely, can travel up to 50 kilometers per hour • IDF officer: We really broke ground with this. During Operation Protective Edge, the Israel Defense Forces used a unmanned armored personnel carrier, a first in history. The vehicle was used to deliver supplies to soldiers on the battlefield. "This is history," Lt. Avidav Goldstein, the head of the IDF's unmanned vehicle unit, said. "I feel we really broke gro... more »
The Z-18F helicopter, China's new anti-submarine weapon
[image: Z-18F]To strengthen the anti-submarine capability of the People's Liberation Army Navy, Z-18F helicopters will likely serve on the Liaoning, the nation's first aircraft carrier, and the Type 071 Yuzhao-class amphibious transport docks, according to a report by the Hangzhou-based Qianjiang Evening News on Aug. 12. The paper cited a Chinese military website which stated that the Z-18F is likely a modified version of the Z-8F helicopter designed based on the French-built SA 321 Super Frelon. From photos posted online, Chinese military expert Li Xiaojian told the paper that th... more »
Sanctions Will Hurt Russia's Rearmament Plans
[image: SS-18 (Voevod) heavy ICBM]Russia is now in the fourth year of its ambitious state armament program, which aims to modernize 70 percent of Russia's aging military equipment by 2020. After a hesitant start, the annual volume of new weapon procurement is now increasing quite rapidly. But recent developments in Ukraine pose the question of whether the momentum of arms modernization can be maintained. First, there is the direct impact of the breakdown of relations with Ukraine; second, the impact of sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union, Japan and Australia. Re... more »
BAE Systems' Artisan radar installed on frigate
[image: HMS Iron Duke]BAE Systems is singing the praises of its medium-range 3D surveillance radar that can monitor more than 800 objects simultaneously. The system is called Artisan and was developed for Britain's Type 23 frigates but can be used on other Royal Navy vessels as well. It has now been installed on the frigate HMS Iron Duke as part of a scheduled refit. "We are playing a key role in helping the fleets of the future evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the battlespace, creating technology solutions that are quicker, lighter, more resilient and easier to implement... more »
Marilyn Manson - Smells like Children - I put a spell on you.
*I Put A Spell On You, the *classic track from 1956 by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, is back on TV in some car advert. It being on TV again reminds me of this wonderfully throbbing shrieking version by Marilyn Manson, from his early CD *Smells like Children*. Nice.
Things Are Easier Than You Think - Japanese Folk Wisdom
_1~1.JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image/*)
*"Anzuru yori Umu ga Yasushi" in Japanese. = things are easier than you think. * *Do not think too much before you try. Just do it. It is not so hard for you to clear it. You never know what you can do till you try!* *Source:* *http://japanese-calligraphy-message.blogspot.se/*
A place to sit
The summer has been a crowded one, not so much in terms of projects as lots of good company. We're equipped to handle the traffic nowadays, and we enjoy seeing the people we love, from near and far. Yet Beloved and I are essentially loners, and so we have to recharge a lot when we've been visiting for hours or days on end. She recharges by working on correspondence in her office, changing out the duck ponds' water, or walking in a nearby park. I putz around in the potting shed, or lie down with the laptop and post evidence of doom to fb and Twitter, or head out to the zendo. The "z... more »
Bulava missile to be launched in autumn — source
[image: Alexander Nevsky SSBN]The intercontinental submarine-launched ballistic missile Bulava will be launched in September or October, a source in the Russian naval headquarters familiar with the process said on Wednesday. The missile will be launched from Borei-class strategic missile submarines Alexander Nevsky and Vladimir Monomakh, the source told ITAR-TASS. Vladimir Monomakh was initially planned to shoot Bulava in August or September, the lead vessel Yuriy Dolgorukiy - in November, while Alexander Nevsky was not planned to participate this year. Source
Japan's defense plans raise hackles in China
[image: J-20 Powerful Dragon]Japan's new defense white paper has done little to mend fences with Beijing, with the Chinese government complaining that its Asian neighbor is using the "China threat" to justify a bigger defense budget. Japan will spend about $49 billion on defense in the fiscal year to March 2015 -- up about 3 percent from the previous year -- in the face of what it says is a worsening security environment in the region. It cites tensions on the Korean peninsula and territorial disputes in the sea lanes running south from northern Asia as its key concerns. Under Prim... more »
Hager v Whale
Nicky Hager (rhymes with lager) alleges that politics is dirty. He alleges it as if that’s news. As if the corpses of a thousand political victims never happened. He further alleges that John Key uses a friendly blog, mainly Cameron Slater‘s, to help get his message out. As if that’s unique. As if not one in a thousand leftwing blogs have any affiliation whatsoever with unions, Labour Party, Greens or the German Billionaire Marxist Maori nationalist party.1 He even further alleges, on the basis of emails and webs hacks he alleges were stolen (somehow) while Cameron’s website was ... more »
Fourteen years since Kursk sank environmentalists watch the seas for next catastrophe
[image: Kursk SSN]Today, August 14, marks the 14 year anniversary of the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine, which went down after an explosion in a torpedo during Northern Fleet exercises in 2001, killing all 188 crew members on board despite the offers of numerous nations to aid in rescue efforts – which the Russian government rebuffed until it was too late. Today, Murmansk, and the Northern Fleet submarine bases of Vidyayevo, Gadzhievo, Zaozersk, and Severodvinsk held memorial services dedicated to the anniversary of the vessel’s sinking. The Kursk, or the K-141, was an Oscar... more »
Two new submarines to be laid down for Russian Navy in October
[image: Lada class SSK]Two new diesel electric submarines will be laid down for the Russian Navy in October, Defense Ministry spokesperson for the Navy Igor Dygalov said on Tuesday. The submarines, called Kolpino and Veliky Novgorod, and four other Kilo-class (Varshavyanka by Russian classification) craft are to join the Navy by 2016. Dygalo confirmed that the Russian Navy Ensign would be hoisted on the leading submarine of the series, called Novorossiysk, on August 22. Read more
MOSSAD Second MAS Murder of MH17.
*MOSSAD Second MAS Murder of MH17.* History as they say, often repeats itself and it is only the fool who does not learn from it. And so have the Malaysians been fooled twice. As the Blessed Prophet of Islam is so fond of saying, “The true believer is never stung from the same hole twice.” This unfortunate series of events has resulted in the disappearance of flight MH 370 early on March 8th 2014 and now once again in July, some 3 months later, the complete destruction of all on board flight MH 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. *DUCK Hunting Season opens or is it DUTCH h... more »
Musical Interlude: Isaac Shepard, “Letting Go”
Isaac Shepard, “Letting Go” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcc0BWe5SDA&feature=related
Black Elk's Vision
"I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all children of one mother and one father. And I saw that i... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion is not alone. A deep exposure shows that the dark familiar shaped indentation, visible just below center, is part of a vast complex of absorbing dust and glowing gas. To bring out details of the Horsehead's pasture, amateur astronomers at the Star Shadow Remote Observatory in New Mexico, USA fixed a small telescope on the region for over seven hours filtering out all but a very specific color of red light emitted by hydrogen. They then added the image to a full color frame taken over three hours. *Click image for larger size.* The resulting spe... more »
"Your True Family..."
"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof." - Richard Bach, “Illusions”
Chet Raymo, “The Ring of Truth”
*“The Ring of Truth”* by Chet Raymo "In Salley Vickers' novel, "Where Three Roads Meet", the shade of Tiresias, the blind seer of the Oedipus myth, visits Sigmund Freud in London during the psychoanalyst's final terrible illness. In a series of conversations, Tiresias retells the story of Oedipus- he who was fated to kill his father and sleep with his mother- a story at the heart of Freud's own theory of the human psyche. At one point in the conversations, as Tiresias and Freud discuss the extent to which our lives are fated, the question of immortality arises. Freud says of Oedipu... more »
The Poet: May Sarton, "Now I Become Myself"
*"Now I Become Myself" * “Now I become myself. It's taken Time, many years and places, I have been dissolved and shaken, Worn other people's faces, Run madly, as if Time were there, Terribly old, crying a warning, "Hurry, you will be dead before -----" (What? Before you reach the morning? or the end of the poem, is clear? Or love safe in the walled city?) Now to stand still, to be here, Feel my own weight and density! Now there is time and Time is young. O, in this single hour I live All of myself and do not move, I, the pursued, who madly ran, Stand still, stand still, and stop the Sun!... more »
life is short
Eat dessert first... life is short and full of peril.
The Poet: Stephen Levine, “Half Life”
*“Half Life”* "We walk through half our life as if it were a fever dream, barely touching the ground, our eyes half open, our heart half closed. Not half knowing who we are, we watch the ghost of us drift from room to room, through friends and lovers never quite as real as advertised. Not saying half we mean or meaning half we say, we dream ourselves from birth to birth seeking some true self. Until the fever breaks and the heart can not abide a moment longer as the rest of us awakens, summoned from the dream, not half caring for anything but love." ~ Stephen Levine
"The Secret to Courage"
*"The Secret to Courage"* by George Washington "There is a real misunderstanding of what it means to be courageous. In America, courage is often thought of as a testosterone-driven toughness. There’s nothing the matter with testosterone. Masculinity is a great thing. But many American men secretly fear that they don’t have sufficient testosterone to really be brave when the chips are down. Even those of us who think of ourselves as brave men usually only act like that when we know it is within the bounds of safety, within the limits of what we can handle. We might jump into a bar r... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
First female Fields medalist
*Off-topic:* If you want to learn how – as a conference speaker – you should refer to a very nice blog post in a way that is both accurate and entertaining for the audience, see Suvrat Raju's Strings 2014 talk, 25:40-25:50. Thanks, Suvrat. ;-) Some of the people are laughing because by mentioning "a very nice blog post", Suvrat had offered them too little information – approximately by \(k\ln(6,000)\) because as of today, there are 6,000 very nice TRF blog posts. ;-) Using the normal distribution, La Griffe du Lion has predicted a female winner of the Fields medal, the most well-k...more »
Israel, Who's Yer Daddy?
Once America's crackpot far right switched from its traditional anti-Semitism to a bizarre and convoluted pretext to supporting the End Times by supporting aggressive Zionism, there ceased to be any viable critique of any kind in America of whatever the Israeli agenda might be. The few times Democrats questioned Israel in any kind of serious way-- take African-American congressmembers Earl Hilliard (D-AL) and Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)-- AIPAC wasted no time or effort in ending their careers. Message received. Plenty of American Jews, however, have a more nuanced-- even ambivalent--... more »
Robin Williams (1951-2014)
*Robin Williams starred in the 2010 film World's Greatest Dad, written and directed by his longtime colleague and friend Bobcat Goldthwait, about a schoolteacher of advancing age whom life has pretty securely passed by, who somehow hasn't abandoned his hopes but whose one inescapable focus is a much-loved son who is his bleakest nightmare, beyond his reach or help.* *by Ken* What to say about Robin Williams? The obvious thing, I suppose, is the common wisdom that comedy all too often comes out of hurt and pain, and what we know of the circumstances of his death yesterday at 63 sugg... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - August is Tree Check Month
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
China Wants To Build 10 Aircraft Carriers
China tests its first carrier battle group in the South China Sea in January 2014. (Photo/CNS) *PLA Navy Set To Build 10 Aircraft Carriers -- Want China Times* To create its first blue-water navy, China plans to construct a total of 10 domestic aircraft carriers according to the Kanwa Defense Review, a Chinese-language military magazine operated by Andrei Chang also known as Pinkov, a military analyst from Canada. After Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the US chief of naval operations, visited China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, a refitted Soviet-era carrier purchased from Ukr... more »
Three Chinese War-Ships Drop Anchor In San Diego
*Chinese Ships Drop Anchor in San Diego -- NBC Channel 7* For the first time in nearly a decade, Chinese ships docked at Naval Base San Diego on Sunday. The three warships –- destroyer Haikou, frigate Yueyang and supply ship Qiandaohu –- recently participated in RIMPAC, the world’s largest naval exercise. Twenty-two countries took part in training off the coasts of Hawaii and San Diego. Colorful Chinese lion dancers and drummers performed on the pier during Sunday’s celebration. Visitors were invited to tour the destroyer Haikou. Officials from the U.S. Navy and the People's Libe... more »
Ukraine Does Not Need A Civil War To Destroy It's Economy
An aerial view shows the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) crowded by supporters of EU integration during a rally in Kiev, Dec. 1, 2013. Ukrainian opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko addressed hundreds of thousands of protesters in central Kiev. Reuters *Who Needs Russia? Ukraine Will Destroy Itself With New Gas Tax -- Paul Ausick, 24/7 Wall Street* Ukraine doesn’t need Russia to take it down — Kiev is doing fine destroying itself, most recently with a new tax code that doubles taxes for private gas producers and promises to irreparably cripple new investment in the energ... more »
Untitled
*Climate Change has a new logo* After 4.5 billion years, finally climate change has a new logo. But even some fans of the the Big Scare Campaign don’t like it. I can’t think why… (It is dying – the fear of a carbon crisis.) It looks to me like an inverse-SEO campaign designed by someone deeply afflicted with ASE (Artistic Status Envy — see also its Literary equivalent). Is the aim here just the banal trickery of ambushing the new skeptics who type “It’s not warming” into their search engines? Will gullible teens type in the phrase and find nothing but links to soft-green propagan... more »
Michelle Rhee-branded, But Still Promoting Crap
If I had to choose one individual for the title of Most Polarizing Educationist, that person would certainly be Michelle Rhee. (You know– educationist– the genuine article, like the Rolexx watch or Louis Wuitton handbag.) Though Rhee has received much press in venues including Time, the Harvard Political Review, the Washington Post, and the New York Times for being “polarizing,” […]
Europe quiet desperation Update ( August 12 , 2014 ) Can Europe and more critically the Eurozone survive through the Winter of 2014 in one cohesive Union - without huge repercussions in the PIIGS and weak East European States ? The arrogance of Brussels and blindly following the US like lemmings will drive weak nations off the proverbial cliff !
Rather than look at how Sanctions impact Russia , let's consider if Europe makes it through a cold winter ? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-12/can-europe-survive-without-russian-gas Can Europe Survive Without Russian Gas? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/12/2014 21:20 -0400 - Eastern Europe - European Union - Iran - Natural Gas - President Obama - Saxo Bank inShare1 The western world has placed many sanctions on Russia and its economy. However, *Russia holds major leverage over Europe; it has oil and Europe needs ...more »
Hillary Clinton Called And Apologized To President Obama Over Her Comments On His Foreign Policy
*Clinton Apologizes To Obama For Foreign Policy Firestorm -- NBC* Hillary Clinton called and apologized to President Obama on Tuesday, after a firestorm over comments she made in an interview in which she criticized some of his foreign policy statements: * “Earlier today, the Secretary called President Obama to make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him, his policies, or his leadership. Secretary Clinton has at every step of the way touted the significant achievements of his Presidency, which she is honored to have been part of as his Secretary of State.... more »
Another U.S. War In Iraq
*The U.S.’s Timid Third Iraq War -- Mark Thompson * Air strikes may help, but on their own they won’t turn the tide against ISIS The contrasting views of two senior U.S. military leaders on the effectiveness of American air strikes against jihadist targets in northern Iraq could hardly have been more stark. More “Very effective,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters Monday in Sydney, Australia. “Very temporary,” Army Lieut. General William Mayville, the director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said later in the day at the Pentagon. The conflicting signals we... more »
Christian Refugee from Mosul: Our Neighbors Drove Us Out
In the video below an Iraqi Christian explains that, in addition to the mostly foreign members of the Islamic State, his own Sunni neighbours told him to leave his hometown of Mosul. Ivan Watson of CNN shared similar stories told to him by Yezidi refugees. They also said they were threatened and driven from their homes by their previous neighbours who put their lot in with the Islamic State's terrorists when they conquered the area. Christian Refugee from Mosul: Our Neighbors Drove Us Out. Source: MEMRI TV. Date Published: August 11, 2014.
Is President Obama Detached As The World Burns?
*Obama Vacations As The World Burns -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post* President Obama must really be teed off. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his once-loyal secretary of state and his likeliest successor, has gone rogue, criticizing his foreign policy as too timid. Obama responded with not one but two rounds of golf. Clinton, in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg published by the Atlantic over the weekend, offered a withering comment on the Obama doctrine, described in shorthand by White House officials as “don’t do stupid s---.” Said Clinton: “Great nations need organizing principles, a... more »
The continuing blindness of economic forecasters
I always enjoy reading Rodney Dickens eviscerating the foolishness of economic forecasters,1 and by extension of the fools who buy them and lap them up – both in business and in the media. His latest report on the forecasters is as entertaining as always. He calls it an Economic Literacy Report. My favourite two sections are the first two, which: - Expose the consistent failure of the economic forecasters to provide reliable advance warnings of upturns and downturns in economic growth, residential building, interest rates and the NZD. - Review the track record of ... more »
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 12, 2014
Here, people from the Yazidi sect, flee forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar. They can be seen here walking towards the Syrian border. On Sunday, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters that IS militants have killed at least 500 members of the ethnic minority during their offensive in the north. Reuters *'They're Killing Us': The Disturbing Rise of the Islamic State -- Katrin Kuntz and Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online* The Islamic State is conquering cities in Syria and Iraq with disturbing frequency and tens of thousands of Christians and Yazidis are fleeing. The US has ... more »
World News Briefs -- August 12, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*Hamas 'Optimistic' Of Deal With Israel -- The Guardian* Smaller Palestinian groups also confident peace agreement can be reached in Cairo talks before ceasefire ends on Wednesday Hopes rose on Tuesday night of an end to the month-long war in Gaza, with officials from Hamas and other groups expressing cautious optimism that a deal would be made with Israel before the current 72-hour ceasefire ends on Wednesday evening. After a day of conflicting reports about Egyptian mediators' efforts to narrow the gap between the two sides, Ihab al-Ghossein, a senior Hamas official and spokesm... more »
Buying Friends, Corporate Canada Style
Enbridge is quite the good corporate citizen, isn't it? Donating giant cheques to smallish towns and townships in its "Community Safety Program." Well, to be specific to police, fire, and EMS departments. And even more specifically, to OPP divisions that are or will be tasked with keeping pipeline protesters in line. Look. I mean, it's not like they'll be asked to knock any heads or clean up any messes, right? Image sources: Jan. 23/12 Jan. 31/13 Aug. 23/12 Feb. 24/12 Dec. 21/12 Added by deBeauxOs: Alexander Knight of Poor Man's Media has the pdf with maps of the count... more »
Ebola Updates ( August 12 , 2014 ) Examining where things stand today , a look at the curious case of Patrick Sawyer - and the strange manner in which he carried Ebola to Nigeria , what could happen if Ebola arrives in the US
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-12/one-question-about-ebola-nobody-can-seem-answer [image: Tyler Durden's picture] The One Question About Ebola That Nobody Can Seem To AnswerSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 08/12/2014 - 21:51 *How in the world is it possible that more than 170 health workers have been infected by the Ebola virus? *That is the one question about Ebola that nobody can seem to answer. The World Health Organization is reporting this as a fact, but no explanation is given as to why this is happening. *We are just assured that Ebola “is not airborne” and that getting in... more »
I'm just going to keep saying this: Stop Bill C-36
I wrote this response to a couple of my Facebook friends just now on a great comment thread that has developed on my Facebook site. The comments came after I posted a rather pleading message to people to get past the knee-jerk stuff around the Canadian sex industry and get informed before Bill C-36 becomes law. Figured I'd put it out to my blogger audience, too, because damn it, all of us who feel this way need to be shouting from the rooftops right now before this country goes and does something that is shameful, regressive, poorly considered, potentially harmful, discriminat... more »
“Trying to Please Others: Living for Ourselves”
*“Trying to Please Others: Living for Ourselves”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “We may not realize until we are adults that we are living our life to make our parents happy. Most of us come to a point in our lives when we question why we are doing what we are doing, and many of us come to realize that we may be living our lives in an effort to make our parents happy. This realization can dawn when we are in our 20s, our 40s, or even later, depending upon how tight a hold our family of origin has on our psyche. We may feel shocked or depressed by this information, but we can trust ... more »
Ebola news Updates ( August 12 , 2014 ) -- Lead article --- FORMER FDA OFFICIAL WARNS OF “SPOOKY SCENARIOS” IF EBOLA HITS U.S. CDC could implement indefinite quarantine, says doctor ......... Priest With Ebola Dies In Spanish Hospital As Eight Chinese Workers Quarantined ....... More back story on Patrick Sawyer and how he was able to travel to Nigeria from Liberia despite under suspicion of being ill with Ebola and allegedly under surveillance !
http://www.infowars.com/former-fda-official-warns-of-spooky-scenarios-if-ebola-hits-u-s/ FORMER FDA OFFICIAL WARNS OF “SPOOKY SCENARIOS” IF EBOLA HITS U.S.CDC could implement indefinite quarantine, says doctor [image: Former FDA Official Warns of "Spooky Scenarios" if Ebola Hits U.S.] Image Credits: ganatlguard, Flickr *by* PAUL JOSEPH WATSON | AUGUST 12, 2014 [image: Share on Facebook]167[image: Tweet about this on Twitter]142[image: Share on Google+]5[image: Email this to someone][image: Print this page] ------------------------------ Former FDA official Scott Gottlieb, M.D. warns... more »
Woman Sues Florida Cops Over Prescription Drug Arrest
A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit over her 2010 arrest and jailing over the purchase of over the counter allergy medication. Mickey Lynn Goodson bought two boxes of Sudafed at a local Winn Dixie in 2010 and was subsequently harassed, humiliated and thrown into the pokey by Gadsden County Sheriff's Department goons. This is thanks to the arbitrary and out of control laws of the failed *war on drugs*. The most disturbing aspect of this story is that the on duty pharmacist actually recommended that Goodson buy the extra box which put her over the limit and triggered an immediate re... more »
Robin Williams: The Genie is Free?...
*no he's not.* He's dead. And in a very gruesome manner. He died with a belt around his neck suspended from a short drop. It probably took 10 to 20 minutes for him to strangle to death. It's not pretty. It's not "setting anyone free." So what do I see all over Facebook? This tweet by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: The Academy *✔* @*TheAcademy* Follow *Genie, you're free.* 5:56 PM - 11 Aug 2014 *303,852* Retweets *207,295* favorites I saw this posted by young people who I know to be very unstable. Suicide should never be romanticized. It's not... more »
Lie Big or Go Home
*Written By Mark Taliano * People are disinclined to believe monstrous crimes, especially since monstrous crimes are usually camouflaged by Big Lies. Hitler knew about the value of the Big Lie, and he wrote about it in *Mein HYPERLINK "http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/kampf.html"Kampf**.* Stalin too was aware of the power of monstrous crimes. He is said to have observed that *"when one man dies it is tragedy, when thousands die HYPERLINK "http://books.google.de/books?id=8fp1A2s6aQwC&pg=PA510&dq"it'sHYPERLINK "http://books.google.de/books?id=8fp1A2s6aQ... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Destiny"
*"Destiny"* by Paulo Coelho “The boy didn’t know what a person’s ‘destiny’ was. ‘It’s what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny… It’s a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize yo... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On Poverty
“Rather than alleviate poverty… the War on Poverty helped increase it in the long run. How so? It broke the back of the urban family. They chased dad out of the house. They subsidized illegitimacy and got more of it as a result. … Poverty, as measured by dependency, stopped shrinking and then actually began to grow worse. I guess you could say, poverty won the war. Poverty won in part because, instead of helping the poor, government programmes ruptured the bonds holding poor families together.” - from various sources, quoted by Lindsay Mitchell in her post ‘New Zealand's war on po... more »
Government Goons Steal Money From Elderly Woman at Airport
When you are living in a police state run by a corrupt and out of control government, even simple travel becomes an ordeal. One is constantly subjected to humiliation, harassment and even theft at the hands of government goons. The nation's airports have been transformed into something out of the Soviet bloc in the aftermath of 9/11 with travelers being forced to take their shoes off, surrender personal items and bow to the power of the men and women in uniform. This is not a practice that belongs in America but rather in a banana republic dictatorship which is exactly what we al...more »
Rest In Peace Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, film producer, and screenwriter. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy (1978–82), Williams went on to establish a successful career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. His film career included such acclaimed films as The World According to Garp (1982), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), and Good Will Hunting (1997), as well as financial successes such as Popeye (1980)... more »
Civil Forfeiture Turns Cops into Robbers
*IJ* Civil forfeiture is a little-known legal device that allows law enforcement officials to take your property, sell it and pocket the proceeds—even if you have done nothing wrong. Visit http://www.endforfeiture.com *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
The Ebola Effect: Hyping the Next Bioweapon For Fear and Profit
*James Corbett* Are you worried about the ebola pandemic? Should you be? Is it hype? Real? A false flag? Bioterrorism? A Big Pharma scam? Join James today on The Corbett Report podcast as he peels back the layers of the ebola onion and exposes the pandemic endgame. Visit CorbettReport.com *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
Could This be the First News Channel Run by Teens?
*Politics affects everyone, so everyone deserves a voice; especially the youth...* Heather Callaghan It seems like everywhere I go online, I am met with the diligence of Andrew Demeter. I wrote about his award-winning mini-documentary "We The People, Genetically Modified." Expertly produced, it encompassed a lot of information for a short video and was the perfect crash course to share the issue with friends. And yes, Andrew Demeter is the one who confronted Nancy Pelosi on the NSA. He talks about it afterward, here. When he is not busy developing independent journalism out of Cl... more »
Police Brutality Continues Unchecked Across The Nation: Report
Anthony Freda Art Joe Wright The escalation of police brutality continues unchecked across the United States. Literally unchecked, according to the video report and sources posted below. Citing the Bureau of Justice Statistics data collection of "Arrest-Related Deaths", it is clear that reports involving potential police misconduct - even including deaths - are submitted on a completely voluntary basis, which has resulted in glaring holes and a long delay in those submissions that are offered. The exclusions and submission process are telling: *Program Exclusions* The deaths ...more »
Robin Williams, 1951-2014
Everyone is commenting on Robin Williams. Perhaps because some part of his work touched everyone. His range was enormous. Didn’t like his whacky slapstick? Then he had other roles with greater depth. The exuberant sense of life –and convincing tragedy -- of his radio DJ in *Good Morning America.* From his doctor in *Awakenings, *a call to life, however fleeting, From his psychiatrist in *Good Will Hunting,* the call to rise. And in *Dead Poets Society*, his character’s call to seize the day -- to make your life extraordinary. This was a man with depths not so hidden. Depths he ... more »
August 14: Sorry to be late with this one....
real life keeps getting in the way. Monday's paper, section A, p. 1. Big story of the day, "Metro cyclists, drivers have room to grow..." I have no idea what the point of this story is, why it is the lead headline, or why it should be in a newspaper at all. At the bottom of p. 1 is an even bigger story. A new barber shop has opened in Moncton. Moving right along to p. A3, there's a real story. A company in New Brunswick has asked for permission to dump fracking waste water to holding tanks in Dieppe, from there to be dumped in Dieppe's sewage system, then Moncton's, then Riverview'... more »
More U.S. Military Advisers to Iraq?
A flight deck shooter stands clear as a F/A-18C Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-87) takes off the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), in the Gulf August 12, 2014. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters *Obama Administration Considers Sending More Advisers To Iraq -- CBS* The Obama administration is considering sending more advisers to the city of Erbil in the Kurdish region of Iraq to help manage the ongoing crisis, CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports. President Obama ordered up to 300 military advisers to Iraq in mid-June to assist Iraqi security for... more »
HOW'S THEM APPLES?
The Polish, who have sent soldiers and military equipment into Ukraine to attack self-defense forces in the eastern region of the country, have joined the US-EU in their sanctions against Russia. But Russia has responded by deciding to end trade with US-EU and is moving on to greener pastures in South America and Asia. Already Polish officials are feeling the loss of the Russian market for their apples. They want into the US market. But US apple growers are not likely to want to buy that deal...
COURAGEOUS RESISTANCE
Post by Siakap Keli. Amazing courage of this man non-violently resisting the Israeli army .....people complain about Hamas being violent but how about giving this man (and thousands like him) the respect and support they deserve!
Florida Will Be A Teensy Weensy Less Gerrymandered
The map above shows the 6 most gerrymandered districts in America. Starting at top left they are NC-12 (Mel Watt), FL-05 (Corrine Brown), PA-07 (Pat Meehan), MD-03 (John Sarbanes), NC-01 (G.K. Butterfield), and TX-33 (Marc Veesey). All these districts, except Maryland's, were drawn by Republican legislatures with the goal of limiting the impact of minority voters. Yesterday, just when *Vox* was publishing Andrew Prokop's post on what America would look like without gerrymandering-- hint: "House Republicans won only 49% of Pennsylvania's popular vote, they won 72% of its House seats... more »
Russia Begins Military Exercises On The Disputed Kuril Islands
(Click on Image to Enlarge) *Russia Announces Military Exercises In Kuril Islands Claimed By Japan -- Moscow Times/Reuters* Russia began military exercises in the Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, a move likely to anger Japan, which also lays claim to them. "Exercises began involving military units in the region, which have been deployed to the Kuril Islands," Colonel Alexander Gordeyev, a spokesman for Russia's Eastern Military District, told news agency Interfax. He said more than 1,000 troops, five Mi-8AMTSh attack helicopters and... more »
Ukraine Has Abandoned Defending A Good Part Of It's Border With Russia
Euromaidan Press *Ukrainian Troops Retreat From Russian Border, Leaving 100 Kilometers Open to Invasion -- Pierre Vaux, Daily Beast* Thousands of troops were surrounded by pro-Russian rebels and saved from death by Kiev, but now several border crossings are completely open to the Russian military. For the last few days all media attention on the Ukrainian crisis has been focused on two topics: the advances made by Ukrainian forces around the city of Donetsk and, more worryingly, the threat of Russian invasion under the guise of “humanitarian intervention.” What has not been discus... more »
Is Ukraine Winning The War Against Pro-Russian Separatists?
*Ukraine Is Winning the War -- Chrystia Freeland, Politico* But will Putin invade? The fog of war, the ADHD of cable news and the smears of Russian propaganda have combined to obscure some important good news in this dismal summer. In the historic fight over the future of democracy in Ukraine, Kyiv is winning and the Kremlin is losing. That is good news for Ukrainians, but also for Europeans, for the rest of the world—and ultimately for Russians, too. Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and Syria have taught us that even in conflicts where it is easy to spot the villain, virtuous actors can ... more »
Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 12, 2014
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during an interview with Reuters in Brussels on August 11, 2014 Yves Herman—Reuters *NATO Chief: ‘High Probability’ of Russian Military Intervention in Ukraine -- Time* A humanitarian-aid convoy from Moscow could be a cover for military support to besieged rebels, NATO's Anders Fogh Rasmussen says NATO is warning that a Russian intervention in Ukraine is likely, fearing that a convoy of humanitarian aid dispatched by the Kremlin to the separatist-held city of Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine, is being used as cover for a military bui... more »
"Hello, would you be happy to speak to BBC News about Jumanji?"
This is bizarre. A British Muslim, now fighting with the barbaric Islamic State, has taken a break from tweeting barbaric propaganda about crushing kuffars (as he calls us) and come out as a fan of Robin Williams' 'Jumanji'. Curiously, he then got a tweet from someone on behalf of the BBC: @mujahid4life Hello, would you be happy to speak to BBC News about Jumanji? Please DM me a number if so. — Sam Judah (@samjudah) August 12, 2014 It doesn't appear is if this kind offer was taken up by 'Abdullah' (mujahid4life), but it shows that some people at the BBC clearly had every intentio... more »
The Continuing Israeli Genocide Of Gaza: The Insanity Of The Israeli Leadership - Claiming Assault On Gaza Was Not War!
I, like others, have been watching the Israeli massacre of the innocent people of Gaza over the last month and I continue to search for answers as to the mentality of these monsters in seeking the wholesale slaughter of the people of the Gaza Strip.... It again points to the lunacy of the Israelis and their selfish lust for having all of Palestine for themselves and making it now impossible for the Palestinians to ever have a state for themselves, or to even exist in the sick Jewish goal of a "Greater Israel"..... After a month of "fighting" (mostly Israeli stormtroopers slaughterin... more »
Supplemental: Charles Blow’s complaint about us, the people!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014* *Who lacks discernment now:* How well do progressive intellectual leaders understand the political lay of the land? We asked ourselves that question as we read Charles Blow’s column in yesterday’s New York Times. Blow advanced a hugely conventional, almost hackneyed idea—we the people should keep ourselves well informed about foreign affairs. As Blow advanced that familiar old notion, we wondered how well *he* understands our nation’s political challenge. After clearing his throat a bit, Blow cut to the chase. He cited a recent survey of the public’s vie... more »
Iranian priorities
In Tehran last Friday the regime's appointed weekly prayer leader offered this gem of enlightenment: Keeping the city's men and women apart is "more important than building tunnels or parks..." More here https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152601269169618
Michael Mulgrew Wants His Common Core Back That He Never Had
Michael Mulgrew is fed up with those billionaires that have taken his Common Core away from him. Or so it would seem. According to Mulgrew's frothing revisionist rant to speak in support Weingarten's continued embrace of the rotted Core, teachers had these standards, see, and these guys came and took 'em away, see, and screwed 'em up, see, and now it's time to take them back, see, and to make them good again. But we can't take em back, see, unless we vote to keep them as they are cuz if they weren't bad, we wouldn't have anything to fix. And if you don't like it, he'll punch yo... more »
The U.S. Air War Over Iraq Is Changing
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lynn Morelly watches bundles of halal meals parachute to the ground from the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a humanitarian airdrop mission over Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014. Morelly is a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr. *Iraq Militants Changing Tactics, Complicating US Airstrike Mission -- FOX News* Islamic militant forces in northern Iraq appear to be shifting tactics in the face of the newly launched U.S. airstrike campaign, Defense officials say, posing a new cha... more »
Chicken and egg
There is such hypocrisy around at the moment. Not just the hypocrisy of the discord between populist (pornographic) compassion for the Palestinians and the same parties’ virtual indifference to the suffering of other victims of Jihad. There is the hypocrisy about antisemitism. Because of the virulence with which Europe’s immutable under-the-counter antisemitism has flared up under the auspices of compassion for Gaza, certain prominent shit-stirrers are looking over their shoulders and wondering if any of it was their fault. Maybe they really *do* think it’s alarming to see people wa... more »
FROM THE FIRING END IN UKRAINE
Телеканал "Звезда" Залп украинских «Градов» по Горловке. Съемка очевидца 11 августа 2014, 13:16 В Сети продолжают появляться свидетельства массированного применения тяжелой боевой техники украинскими военными. Очередное видео обстрела сделано под городом Горловка, где войска, подконтрольные Киеву ведут огонь по жилым кварталам. На кадрах запечатлен момент залпа из реактивных систем залпового огня «Град».... Подробнее » Click on the link above to see the 35 second video... The Kiev regime daily fires these shells into eastern Ukraine at unprotected citizens whose only crime is they s...more »
The Realist Report - Veronica Clark
On this edition of The Realist Report, we'll be joined by historian and author Veronica Clark. Veronica and I will be discussing her book *Warwolves of the Iron Cross: The Union Jackal *and a variety of other subjects relating to Adolf Hitler, National Socialist Germany, and WWII generally. You can download the entire program *here*. Below are relevant links for this program: - *The new racial classification* - *Veronica Clark on The new racial classification - vid* - *National Socialism and Race by Dr. A. James Gregor* - *The Racial Awakening of the German People by Dr....more »
Free Download: “The Six Stages of Social Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail”
*“The Six Stages of Social Collapse: * *How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail”* by Jared Diamond “No matter whether a society is rising, stable, or falling apart, there are a number of indicators that tell us what stage the society is in. While some societies remain in a stable mode longer than others, it should be noted that the patterns can shift at any time. In fact, even in our own “stable” society, we have seen new ideologies arise that reshape government policies and the opinions of the people. When those trends lead to a stronger nation and more prosperity for each person,... more »
Adios, Mork . . .
EVERYBODY HAS their favorite(s), Moscow on the Hudson is one of mine. With the stress on our society and democracy, this clip is especially cogent. We are so lucky to have been blessed by Robin's genius.
“The Tyranny of the Nanny State, Where the Government Knows What’s Best for You”
*“The Tyranny of the Nanny State, * *Where the Government Knows What’s Best for You”* By John W. Whitehead “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” - C.S. Lewis "Surveillance cameras, government agents listening in on yo... more »
"How It Really Is"
Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag
The Economy: “The Next Big Bubble to Burst Is...”
*“The Next Big Bubble to Burst Is...” * by Bill Bonner “The Dow rose 185 points on Friday. Gold lost $1.50 an ounce. We spent the weekend here at our place in France painting old windows, while observing the customs and culture of young adults. Several of our children have come to visit, bringing friends with them. We ended up with a group of a dozen or so twenty- and thirty-somethings. One of the young men here reminds us of the French film star from the 1960s Alain Delon. Tanned. With dark, cropped hair. Dark eyes. Wearing a silk scarf. One of the young women looks as though she ... more »
Inside President Obama's Push For Regime Change In Iraq
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) *Exclusive: Inside Obama's Push For Regime Change In Iraq -- Eli Lake* For years, President Obama took a hands-off approach to Iraqi politics. But after ISIS took over Iraq’s second largest city in June, Obama began shopping for a new prime minister. President Obama has been pushing for regime change for Iraq since late June, The Daily Beast has learned. No, Obama has not proposed toppling Iraq’s government by fo... more »
U.S. President Obama Now Blames Former President Bush For The U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq
President Barack Obama meets with his national security advisors in the Situation Room of the White House, Aug. 7, 2014. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza *Obama Adjusts Iraq Narrative, Now Blames Bush For Troop Withdrawal -- Washington Times* U.S. military airstrikes against Islamic State prompt revisionist history The president who spent years touting the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq suddenly has had to distance himself from that action. At the White House on Saturday morning — less than 48 hours after authorizing airstrikes against Islamist militants a... more »
Crisis In Iraq -- News Updates August 12, 2014
*Maliki Stands Defiant As Iraq Crisis Deepens -- Al Jazeera* *Incumbent PM refuses to step down saying nomination of Haider al-Ibadi is violation of Iraq's constitution. * Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's incumbent prime minister, has told army officers that they should not intervene in the country's political crisis. The armed forces and security services must limit their role to defending the country, Maliki told a meeting of senior army, police and security officers on Tuesday. His comments came a day after Iraqi President Fouad Massoum selected Haider al-Ibadi, the deputy speaker of pa... more »
DISTRACT AND DECEIVE
Hillary we've 'been there done that' alright already But she will be the first woman president following the first black prez specifically designed to keep the 'left' in place and under control as the social fabric of the nation is dissolved and foreign policy privatized Corporate oligarchy knows Hillary will play the game read the script act the part Shows reveals the Democrats have nothing left inside their dollar bill packed 'program' It's a blank program one intended to distract and deceive
Possibly the funniest Tweets ever
I've been in a Twitter dialogue with a Moroccan on Twitter, well it makes a change from that vile Algerian earlier this year. But what's really funny is that this one actually thinks he's intelligent. Just read these tweets, can you spot the problem? So this genius thinks the Balen Report was released to the public in 2009, and apparently I 'need to be schooled gurl'. Hmm I think he's about to be seriously embarrassed... It's so funny, I'll be chuckling for the rest of the day... *PS: For some reason the 2/2 Tweet showed on my mobile but not on my PC...*
World News Briefs -- August 12, 2014
*Gaza Cease-Fire Holds As Israeli Official Warns Of 'Gaps' Between Sides In Talks -- FOX News* An Israeli official has warned of "gaps" that separates his side from coming to an agreement with their Palestinian counterparts on a long-term truce in the Gaza Strip as marathon talks were due to resume Tuesday in Cairo. A temporary Israel-Hamas truce was holding for a second day Tuesday as the Israeli military said no incidents between the two sides were registered overnight -- neither Hamas rocket fire at Israel nor Israeli strikes in Gaza. The latest 72-hour cease-fire took effec... more »
PUSHING SPACE WAR TECHNOLOGY
Huntsville, Alabama is home of the Army Space Command and is a key research and development center for the missile defense industry. The 17th annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium is scheduled for August 11-14 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville. Huntsville calls itself the "Pentagon of the south" since they get so much money to create the arms race in space.
Truthstream News: New World Disorder
*TruthstreamMedia* Visit TruthstreamMedia.com *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 12, 2014
*U.S. Signals More Cash, Military Aid For New Iraqi Government -- Washington Times* Obama administration officials said Tuesday they are ready to boost economic and military aid to Iraq if Baghdad forms a new, more diverse government. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in Australia for diplomatic talks, said the additional support would stop short of combat troops. “The U.S. does stand ready to fully support a new inclusive Iraqi government,” Mr. Kerry said. “Without any question we are prepared to consider additional political, economic and secu... more »
Not All Republican Politicians Are Criminals… But There Is A Certain Tendency
There isn't much good the Democrats can say about Domenic Recchia, their "business-oriented" candidate to replace Staten Island mafia figure Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm. The 20 criminal indictments against Grimm have caused the national Republican Establishment to abandon him and write off his seat. But Staten Island Republicans don't know what all the fuss is about. And, truth be known, these indictments are *nothing* compared to the myriad criminal charges that could and should (and may) be brought against Grimm for his Mafia activities that don't involve his tax-evasion and mo... more »
The De-industrialization of America
Anthony Freda Art Paul Craig Roberts, Dave Kranzler, and John Titus On January 6, 2004, Paul Craig Roberts and US Senator Charles Schumer published a jointly written article on the op-ed page of the New York Times titled “Second Thoughts on Free Trade.” The article pointed out that the US had entered a new economic era in which American workers face “direct global competition at almost every job level–from the machinist to the software engineer to the Wall Street analyst. Any worker whose job does not require daily face-to-face interaction is now in jeopardy of being replaced by... more »
Canadian "Prince Of Pot" to be Released From U.S. Gulag, Vows Political Revenge
Canadian cannabis legalization activist Marc Emery is being released from US custody after serving five years. He vows political revenge... *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
A Coalition for Major Outreach This 9/11 Anniversary
Heather Callaghan We are rapidly approaching 13 years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, where the facts surrounding the deaths of thousands of Americans continue in suppressed fashion, garnering yearly rehashes of the original narrative. As calendar pages turn, so fades public interest and perhaps attempts at outreach and education regarding the facts. As time goes on, 9/11 truth is teetering on the edge of enmeshment with other obscured events which carry the scarlet letter of "conspiracy theory," and thus, with a public in the dark, the implausible official stories... more »
NATO Baiting Russia into War
Tony Cartalucci Russia is consistently portrayed in the Western media as the “aggressor” amid the ongoing Ukrainian conflict; however, it is clear through overt moves by NATO’s proxy regime in Kiev, that attempts are being made to intentionally provoke, not defend against Moscow’s ire. The New York Times, in a recent article admits that the military campaign Kiev is carrying out against its own citizens in eastern Ukraine is overt brutality carried out by literal flag-waving Nazis, with the all but stated goal of provoking a Russian invasion. *Brutal Provocations* The New Yor... more »
Investigating Gaza War Crimes
Dees Illustration Stephen Lendman On August 11, Human Rights Council (HRC) President Baudelaire Ndong Ella announced the formation of an "independent, international commission of inquiry" into war crimes committed during Israel's Operation Protective Edge. International human rights law expert Professor William Schabas was appointed to chair a three-person panel. His special focus is genocide. Other members include international law, criminal law, human rights and extradition law expert, Amal Alamuddin, and former UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, discrimin... more »
The last day...
*of above 90 degree weather and the possibility of rain.* *We need rain! * Between the canning, gardening, and everyday commitments, my well has run dry (isn't that just *sooooo* original?) I read the news every morning and can't work up too much enthusiasm for commentary. What can you possibly say about an unarmed person who is *shot multiple times by a police officer**?* I have even less to say about the thugs who decided to *rob and vandalize such businesses as Dollar General and K-Mart* as a way of protesting the aforementioned person's death. Really? Dollar General? T... more »
My nearly velvet divorce with Bank of America
*Off-topic*: If you want to make one click with a bigger impact, you may boost a user (me) above the reputation level of 100,000 literally by one click unless you're late. ;-) *Except for a dramatic event, it was smooth* A Czech proverb due to the Daddy President of Czechoslovakia T.G. Masaryk teaches us that as many U.S. banks have served you, as many times you are a human being. Well, the original version was counting languages you can speak but that's so stupid that I wouldn't reproduce it on this blog. ;-) *Bank of America on Harvard Square (technically on 1414 Mass Ave). By... more »
ancient's BIBLE
*Blessings everyone;Welcome to the Official release of my animated short; "ancient's BIBLE". I used the open source programs; Blender and Gimp to create, model and animate the following short and Windows Movie Maker to edit it together. Please share if you enjoy it. * *Thank you. * *your humble servant,* *ancient clown *
Interview with Peter Zucker @ the Chalk Face
Full interview here on Blog Talk Radio.Filed under: @TCF Radio Episodes Tagged: @ the chalk face, peter zucker
Interview with Nel Noddings @ the Chalk Face
The interview in full on Blog Talk Radio.Filed under: @TCF Radio Episodes Tagged: @ the chalk face, Nel Noddings
OPERATION GHETTO STORM
Glen Ford: The mainstream media’s refuses to contextualize the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri police in America’s tradition of the mass incarceration of African Americans and police brutality sparking black uprisings. *First they came for the black man but I wasn't black.....*
The Death Throes Of The Maliki Government In Iraq
Iraq’s political class has been slowly but surely moving towards a new government since the April 2014 parliamentary elections. A speaker of parliament and president were named, but the final barrier to completing the process was Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s insistence on a third term. The Sadrists, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and Mutahidun were all demanding that Maliki’s State of Law list come up with an alternative for the premiership, while Maliki claimed that his victory in the polls gave him first dibs at forming a new government...more »
PLAYING WITH DOLLS: Even dragging out Chucky!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014* *Part 2—Progressive leader gone wild:* Rachel Maddow sometimes does informative news segments. Over the years, she has followed some important topics—abortion rights and voting procedures in the various states, to name two. That said, Maddow’s informative segments now tend to come in the second half of her program. Up front, we tend to get the puzzling, long-form presentations in which the cable star tends to play with dolls. On Wednesday evening, July 30, Maddow *literally* played with dolls—with paper dolls of the heinous Bob and Maureen McDonnell. As M... more »
depression is to sad as cancer is to pimple (a few thoughts after the death of robin williams)
Reading a news story about Robin Williams' death, I saw a tweet from Jimmy Kimmel. It said, in part: "If you're sad, tell someone." Depression is "you're sad" the way cancer is a pimple. And telling someone doesn't make it go away. For severe depression telling someone is... well, it's nothing. I'm assuming Kimmel meant, if you're depressed, seek help. Yes. Good advice. But Robin Williams *did* seek help. He was in treatment. So was David Foster Wallace when he killed himself. So was... I could go on. Severe depression is often untreatable. That's the terrible truth. Today I'm t... more »
The Military Community Pays Tribute To Robin Williams
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com *Military Community Pays Tribute To 'True Friend' Robin Williams -- FOX News* LOS ANGELES – Robin Williams participated in United Service Organization (USO) tours for more than a decade, entertaining troops in war zones from Afghanistan to Iraq to Kuwait. He made many trips to 13 different countries and performing stand-up routines for almost 90,000 troops. So the news of his death -- believed to be a suicide -- sent shock waves through the U.S. armed forces. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Monday that the entire Department of Defe... more »
DCPS sidelines test-based teacher evaluations. Fine, but…
This from Diane Ravitch. And others. Henderson described the move “as necessary in order to allow students to acclimate themselves to new tests built around the standards established by the Common Core.” That’s a very sensible move. I have, however, one caveat. DCPS evaluates its teachers using the IMPACT system. It may look a little […]
A Note about dani's recent posts....
It would seem that some of my previous articles have upset the apple cart for many people. I was actually going to address this topic when.... my computer died. And with all the drama that has been playing out here yesterday... I got completely side tracked. So I send Bill a huge hug and thanx for the reminder! See his article below: http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-note-about-danis-recent-posts.html Perhaps I should of been more specific, more exact in my descriptions who is following them (the controllers) and who isn't. I didn't think it was necessary because I ... more »
Welcome back Marc
This guy is a pistol and he got shot. Five years in max in the USA and he never sold any pot. He never broke the law in Canada. Yet Harper sent him away. To deprive an honest man of his liberty is a crime, so we all say. Which begs the question why do I live a life that getting high is so important I would want to change some laws I would say in my own defense if you are living straight I mean really straight no pharma no chance at drama putting your life and all anxites into some religion because that is the blender that will mix you up in a secret sauce that will be put on the toa... more »
Robin Williams
News of Robin Williams' death has been a sucker-punch to the gut of a nation. At the same time, the reality that this genius is no longer of the earth is a concept that still hasn't quite sunk in. I always liked his improvisational stand-up better than his TV sitcom or his later commercial blockbuster movies. (Exception: *Awakenings*.) When I first saw this anarchist in action, hyped up on his own natural amphetamines, I remember wondering how he ever managed to wind down enough to fall asleep at night. Later, when he revealed his substance abuse issues, I was not surprised that... more »
Dads do things differently - especially when it comes to making a ponytail for a daughter - why not use a vacuum cleaner?
Video: Dad Uses Vacuum Cleaner to Make Daughter's Ponytail
Transient Visitors: Strange Humanoid Encounters
*Transient Visitors: Strange Humanoid Encounters* *By Scott Corrales, © 2014* At some point in the 1990s I had a conversation with Dr. Rafael A. Lara Palmeros, director of research for Mexico’s C.E.F.P organization regarding the motives of individuals who develop an unhealthy attraction to UFO and paranormal phenomena. Dr. Lara mentioned a case involving a certain gentleman from Central Mexico who openly expressed his wish to be “contacted by aliens”, as that would be the solution to all his problems, real or imagined. He went as far as to offer money – not small amounts, ether – ... more »
If there is any chance that you can spare 56 minutes to watch this video of Greg Hunter interviewing Paul Craig Roberts, they would be well spent to learn what is really going on in the world today that you should know but the despicable mainstream media won't tell you until it's too late.
------------------------------ Threat of Nuclear War Back-Paul Craig Roberts By Greg Hunter On August 10, 2014 *By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release)* Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts is worried about nuclear war with China and Russia. Dr. Roberts warns, “It’s clear Russia doesn’t want war. China doesn’t want war, but because of the recklessness of the Bush and Obama regimes, both China and Russia have been upgrading their strategic nuclear forces. Russia has not only been upgrading its nuclear forces very rapidly, but Russia has bee... more »
The End of Israel
-Jerusalem-View_of_the_Dome_of_the_Rock_%2526_Temple_Mount_02.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image/*)
Originally published on CounterPunch Though Tiberius died, and the ancient Romans have all faded away, the empire has not. As a political form the empire not only remains, it is still very much alive. Just look outside at the various senates, and capitol buildings dotting the landscape. Though Rome may have left more remnants of its reign, however, Alexander the Great's empire may provide a better example - not only of the empire as such, but of that which opposes and resists it. Beyond Hellenizing much of the world (to some degree laying the groundwork for subsequent empire... more »
YOU CHOOSE
In the film, people sacrifice the very core of what makes us human: The ability to choose right and wrong. All choices are made for them, from career to family to curfew. The community is the ultimate triumph of a totalitarian state because the people are no longer aware they are being controlled. The state has won jurisdiction over their minds and quieted their hearts with opiates. Director Jeff Bridges sees a link to today: “I think although the movie takes place in some future time that it is very reflective of our own and there’s a bit of a cautionary tale of how us humans r... more »
Untitled
*In New Orleans, Gluttony and Starvation Live Side by Side ~Katy Reckdahl, Next City* *N.O. mayor Mitchmo asks court to abolish indicted judge’s seat ~John Simerman * *Notice orders homeless to vacate area under Pontchartrain Expressway or else * *Influx of Child Immigrants Strains Courts in Louisiana ~Alex Altman, Time*
Anonymous Just Released This Powerful Video Statement on the Michael Brown Shooting
*Internet "hacktivist" collective Anonymous has released a statement on the Michael Brown shooting.* *In the two-minute video posted to YouTube Sunday night, a digitally altered voice delivers a strict list of demands for local police and legislators:* by Zak Cheney-Rice "Anonymous will not be satisfied this time ... with simply obtaining justice for this young man and his family," the voice says. "Anonymous demands that the Congressional Representatives and Senators from Missouri introduce legislation entitled 'Mike Brown's Law,' that will set strict national standards for po... more »
Glitter Crayon Art
Thank you to Dollar Tree for sponsoring today's project. There are few things my 5-year-old loves more than creating. Every morning when she wakes up, she asks me what kind of craft we are going to do that day. To help facilitate her love of creating, we have made her an art station full of paper and crayons. While we loved the art station, it needed a little decor to brighten it up and really make it hers. What better what to personalize an art station than with crayons and glitter? This project comes from the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club, a free club that includes recipes, decor...more »
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO CONTENT - ISIS Death Squads KILLING civilians
This is the sort of terror sweeping across Iraq, Syria and beyond but because it's Muslims killing Muslims the BBC really aren't that interested. If only there were Jews (sorry Israelis) to blame...
Robin Williams Slices & Dices George W. Bush, Sarah Palin
. . *By MARC McDONALD* A lot of great comics (Steve Martin, Woody Allen) pretty much left stand-up comedy behind when they went to Hollywood. But the great Robin Williams (1951-2014) not only never abandoned stand-up, he excelled at it all his life. In stand-up mode, Williams was a true giant that towered above today's other puerile, mediocre talentless hacks, like Larry the Cable Guy and Dennis Miller. On-stage, Williams was America's greatest Progressive Truth Teller since Bill Hicks. And unlike the relentlessly politically uncompromising Hicks, Williams was so damn funny that ... more »
Time To Hit The Road?
http://kempton.wordpress.com/ Conservatives -- at least those who are capable of sustained thought -- are beginning to wonder if now is the time for Stephen Harper to exit, stage right. The immediate cause of their inquietude is the latest EKOS poll. Tasha Kheiriddin writes: EKOS finds that the Liberals continue to ride high at 38.7 per cent overall support, while the Tories and the NDP jostle for second place at 25.6 and 23.4 per cent, respectively. The Greens take 7.1 per cent, while the Bloc has 3.7 per cent, representing... more »
Too Early To Start Thinking About 2016?
Late last night, we ran that graphic up top as part of a post about the Republican wing of the Democratic Party and why the Dems are destined to fail miserably in November following the failed strategy of incompetent moron Steve Israel, Nancy Pelosi's biggest career error. Israel Democrats are using Republican talking points about balancing budgets, another nail in the coffin of whatever remained of the Democrats winning back the House-- or even staunching the bleeding. In all likelihood, the DCCC won't only fail to win back the House; they will lose more seats than they pick up. ... more »
Untitled
*Ex-UMass student sues over expulsion in sex assault case* A former University of Massachusetts Amherst student who said he was expelled last fall over allegations he sexually assaulted a female student is suing the school, saying administrators unfairly and mistakenly found him responsible and discriminated against him because he is a man. The suit, filed Thursday in US District Court in Springfield, said the university violated Title IX, a federal law banning gender discrimination on college campuses, when the student “was met with overall hostility, dismissal and pre-judgment as... more »
This Is How Moscow Sees The Ukraine Crisis Playing Out
Sergei Glazyev, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on Regional Economic Integration (RIA Novosti / Grigoriy Sisoev) *This Is How Putin's Adviser Sees The Ukraine Crisis Playing Out -- Zero Hedge* Vladimir Putin's chief "integration" advisor, Sergei Glazyev, has been regularly featured on these pages in the past (see Putin Advisor Threatens With Dumping US Treasurys, Abandoning Dollar If US Proceeds With Sanctions and Putin Advisor Proposes "Anti-Dollar Alliance" To Halt US Aggression Abroad for two examples). So now that the Ukraine situation has once again escalat... more »
The Collapse Of Ukraine's Currency Continues
Ukraine Currency Plunges To Record Low: US Taxpayer To The Rescue? -- Zero Hedge With all eyes firmly focused on Ukraine's borders and the bloodshed in the East as fighting rages, it appears few are paying attention to the ongoing collapse of the nation's currency. The *Hrynia just traded at new record lows this morning following NATO's Rasmussen's comments*. However, there is no need to worry... - *UKRAINE EXPECTS $1.95B FROM WORLD BANK, IMF THIS MONTH* *Read more* .... *My Comment*: One the most under-reported stories is Kiev's handling of the IMF/Europe/U.S. financial ai... more »
Ignoring Warnings From Ukraine And The West Russia Sends A Huge Aid Convoy Into Ukraine (Update: Ukraine Blocks Russian Aid Convoy)
*Russia Sends Big Aid Convoy To Ukraine, West Sounds Warnings -- Reuters* (Reuters) - A Russian convoy carrying food, water and other aid set off on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Russian rebels, but Kiev said it would not allow the vehicles to cross onto its territory. Kiev and Western governments warned Moscow against any attempt to turn the operation into a military intervention by stealth in a region facing a humanitarian crisis after four months of warfare. "This cargo will be reloaded onto other transport vehicles (at the border) ... more »
U.S. Senator: The Ukraine Civil War Can End In One Week Or It Can End With A Russian Invasion
*US Senator: Standoff in Eastern Ukraine To Be Settled 'Within Another Week' -- Defense News* WASHINGTON — A tense standoff between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists will be over within a week — and will decide whether “all-out war” begins in Eastern Europe, says a US senator. Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, the No. 3 Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, leaves for a trip to Ukraine later this week, where he will huddle with leaders of that nation and “representatives” for the top US general in Europe. Nelson told reporters via a conference call that with Mosc... more »
“Robin Williams' Death Reveals How Hard It Can Be To Climb Out Of Depression”
*“Robin Williams' Death Reveals How Hard* * It Can Be To Climb Out Of Depression”* By Meredith Melnick “The suicide death of beloved comedian and actor Robin Williams shocked many of his fans. But those who knew him were aware of his ongoing struggle with depression. According to his publicist, Williams, 63, was completing a 12-step program for drug abuse and had been battling severe depression. "You're standing at a precipice and you look down, there's a voice and it's a little quiet voice that goes, 'Jump,'" Williams told Diane Sawyer during an interview about his struggle with a... more »
A Look At Israel's 'Aquashield' Defense System
*AquaShield: Protecting Israel’s Maritime Border -- Breaking Israel News* After Hamas terrorists attempted to infiltrate Israel via an amphibious landing from the sea, the thwarted terror attacks underlined the need to continually maintain security across Israel’s shoreline, stretching hundreds of kilometers on the Mediterranean sea. The answer has come from Israeli defense technology firm DSIT Solutions. DSIT has developed a new sonar and electronic detection system designed to protect all forms of maritime assets which include beaches, bays, ports, ocean-based installations (lik... more »
RIP Robin Williams
I have to admit I liked Mindy much more than Mork. However back in the day Robin Williams was one of the brightest stars in the Universe. I cant think of anyone who has the depth and berth of his work. My favorite movie was Mrs Doubtfire, but also recommend The birdcage. Which begs the question why do I live a life that getting high is so important I would want to change some laws I would say in my own defense if you are living straight I mean really straight no pharma no chance at drama putting your life and all anxites into some religion because that is the blender that will mix you... more »
Shazbot
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) "The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'" — Robin Williams For a wild, zany, barely-restrained "always on" comedian in the mold of Fat Jack Leonard and Rodney Dangerfield, Robin Williams was surprisingly quiet about his political beliefs. The great great grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator Anselm McLaurin, Oscar winner Robin Williams died yesterday of apparent self-inflicted asphyxiati... more »
Making a killing on Gaza
As blogged here a month ago, Israeli writer/researcher Shir Hever told the Real News Network that Israeli security companies are using the Gaza conflict to market the tools of occupation to other countries : "... when they go to arms trade shows and show their equipment, they say this has already been tested by the Israeli army on actual people. You can only have that because of the occupation. So every new weapon is first sold to the Israeli army, shot at Palestinians. Then you can sell it." Fast forward to two articles from today's Haaretz : *For Israeli arms makers, Gaza is a c... more »
Could Reproductive Liberty be Ethically Curtailed for Environmental Policy Reasons? or Why I Would Have Rejected Cristina Richie's Article on IVF
It's been a bit of a gale (as opposed to a *bona fide* storm) lately, following an article in the *Journal of Medical Ethics* by Cristina Richie, entitled "What would an environmentally sustainable reproductive technology industry look like?". It's not the question of a full hurricane, as in the infamous "after birth abortion" paper from 2012, but this rather raving rant is on the more aggressive end of the scale of reactions to Richie's piece. I dislike the language and the attitude expressed at the end of this article for simple reasons of decency and respect, but I also rather di... more »
BBC bias
From the day that Israel responded to years of Hamas rockets being fired at it, the BBC put the Israel Gaza conflict on their BBC news site's front page. Of course there was no mention that I recall of the rockets being fired by Hamas before the Israeli response. By way of contrast, over the last few weeks, in Syria and Iraq, thousands of civilians have been massacred by Islamist terrorists and right now the Iraqi Yazidis are being ethnically cleansed from their land, or killed. Yet on the BBC news front page there's not a word If you look on that second image, you will see that t... more »
There are none so blind as cannot see
Lyse Doucet on the BBC asks a question that only someone who refuses to recognise that Hamas fire from civilian areas would ask: 'I ask why with such good intelligence, there have still been - according to the UN - repeated strikes on the schools serving as shelters for the many thousands of displaced people in Gaza.' Read the whole piece, ostensibly about how 'Israelis along the Gaza Border keep calm and carry on' and note the contrasts that Lyse Doucet makes between life in Israel and Gaza. Now wonder how many times Lyse Doucet reported on life in Southern Israel whilst Hamas was ... more »
Clif High: perpetuo autem....in the ever present now...
http://www.halfpasthuman.com/essays/wave.html *perpetuo autem....in the ever present now...* *Simultaneous tides and shockwave riders....* by clif high, Thorsday,August 7, 2014 5:30am with respect... i have been pressed upon, pressured, beat up physically, oppressed emotionally, and generally sat up by the self-appointed mullahs of the social order since i was barely tall enough to get my own breakfast. It was not my fault. Nor that of my parents. They did their best at trying to create yet another good statist. They even had the assistance of the mighty US military as i was an A... more »
A note about Dani's recent posts...
*A note about Dani's recent posts...* By American Kabuki I have received a few emails and Skype messages from people who felt Dani was "bashing" all "New Age" movements. This is not true. She's bashing any movement ("New Age" or otherwise) that is trying impose a new hierarchy - which is usually in the same old one in a new "party dress". This world is controlled by a hierarchy that has existed on this realm and others for a very long time. *For example: *The "Cabal" is but a western broker for collateral funds, which were always controlled by Chinese royal family members (... more »
NATO Baiting Russia into War
*August 12, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Russia is consistently portrayed in the Western media as the "aggressor" amid the ongoing Ukrainian conflict, however, it is clear through overt moves by NATO's proxy regime in Kiev, that attempts are being made to intentionally provoke, not defend against Moscow's ire. The New York Times, in a recent article admits that the military campaign Kiev is carrying out against its own citizens in eastern Ukraine is overt brutality carried out by literal flag-waving Nazis, with the all but stated goal of provoking a Russian invasion. *Brutal P... more »
British May Use RAF Tornados In Iraq Mission
[image: RAF Tornado F3]The British government will deploy RAF Tornado fast jets in northern Iraq which could play a role in the humanitarian mission, Downing Street has confirmed. In a statement, Number 10 said "a small number" of Tornado jets will be sent to the region and can be used, if required, to improve the UK's surveillance capability. The UK will also look at how it can get equipment to Kurdish forces, the statement added. Read more
Russia to Start Developing Replacement for MiG-31 in 2017
[image: MiG-31 Foxhound]Russia will start developing a replacement for its MiG-31 "Foxhound" interceptors in 2017, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, commander of the Russian Air Force, said. “From 2017 we will start working on a new long-range interceptor to replace MiG-31,” he said. According to the official, the new aircraft is to enter service in 2025. Read more
Zhirinovsky: Baltic States and Poland will be wiped out
[image: Colonel Vladimir Zhirinovsky]The politician, who is often dubbed the Kremlin's mouthpiece, threatens Poland and the Baltic States with carpet bombings. According to him, whatever plans NATO and Brussels have and whatever directives Barack Obama signs, they won't have any power. “All questions of war and peace in general and in particular those relating to Ukraine will be solved by one person, the head of the Russian Federation,” he said. He made the statement on the air of Russia 24 Tv channel. The vice speaker of the Russian Duma, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, commended on tensions... more »
Kazakhstan interested in Russia's Iskander-M missile system deliveries
[image: Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone)]Kazakhstan has filed a request concerning deliveries of Russian Iskander-M missile systems, Konstantin Biryulin, director of the Federal Service for Military Technological Cooperation, told journalists on Monday. "There has been a request from Kazakhstan but no decisions have been made as of yet,” Biryulin told Itar-Tass, adding both sides are involved in a discussion. Iskander-M (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a version of the Iskander tactical missile system supplied to the Russian Armed Forces. Read more
China beating US to punch on EMP warfare
[image: EMP Explosion]Though the U. S. government has been slow to protect America’s electrical grid from a potentially catastrophic electromagnetic event, it appears the Chinese are working to guard their own, as demonstrated by an ongoing drill the People’s Liberation Army is running until mid-August. The drill is designed to determine how the PLA will respond in the event of an attack including the use of an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, from a foreign country. Right now, the most likely suspect would be the United States, in the eyes of the PLA, since Beijing and Moscow seem ... more »
Japan to test first homegrown stealth fighter jet: report
[image: Mitsubishi ATD-X]A group of major Japanese firms are planning a test flight next year for the nation's first homegrown stealth fighter jet, a report said Tuesday, AFP reports. The consortium -- led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -- is developing a jet that has similar technology to US-made F-35 stealth fighters, with a prototype set for a test run in January, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said. About 39.2 billion yen ($384 million) has been invested in the project, said the report, which did not cite sources. Read more
BAE Systems wins £348 million contract for new UK patrol ships
[image: BAE Offshore Patrol Vessel]BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defence firm, has been awarded a 348 million-pound contract by the British government to build three new Offshore Patrol Vessels, formalising an initial deal agreed last year. The vessels, which will be used in counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti-smuggling operations, will be built at BAE Systems’ shipyards on the Clyde in Scotland, safeguarding 800 jobs, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) said on Tuesday. The shipbuilders who will work on the new vessels are currently involved in manufacturing the second of t... more »
U.S. said to dispatch 100 missions a day over Iraq
[image: E/A-18G Growler]The U.S. Navy and Air Force are flying as many as 100 attack and reconnaissance missions daily over Iraq, according to a U.S. military official. They include as many as 30 daily missions by Air Force refueling tankers, according to the official, who asked not to be identified before the information is announced. The sorties are mostly, but not exclusively, over northern Iraq. Since Aug. 8, U.S. aircraft have been attacking mortar positions, mobile artillery, convoy vehicles and armored personnel carriers under President Barack Obama's authorization for air s... more »
Heavenletter #5008 Citizen of Heaven
*Heavenletter #5008 Citizen of Heaven* August 11, 2014 God said: You are more than the person who sits in your house. You are more than the person who lives in your town or city. You are more than the person who lives in a state or province. You are more than the person who lives in a country. You are more than the person who lives in a continent. You are more than the person who lives on land or sails the seas. You are more even than a citizen of the world. You are a Child of God, and you are also a citizen of Heaven with all the rights and privileges. *You are limited to noth... more »
What Is God? - Author Unknown
What is God? "What God is can best be described as the collectiveness of mankind whether seen or unseen and in the virtue of mankind's existence that God, thru that description, is un-conditional and open ended love – because in the realisation of what God is is the realisation of what we are – that we are God and we always have been. That we are not evil in our souls, as we have been taught, or that we are corrupt. That we are really divine in our souls and with that learning – that profoundness of learning – it allows us the vision – the hope – the desire to become all that we... more »
PLA Navy set to build 10 aircraft carriers
[image: Liaoning CV]To create its first blue-water navy, China plans to construct a total of 10 domestic aircraft carriers according to the Kanwa Defense Review, a Chinese-language military magazine operated by Andrei Chang also known as Pinkov, a military analyst from Canada. After Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the US chief of naval operations, visited China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, a refitted Soviet-era carrier purchased from Ukraine, the blueprint of the nation's first domestic carrier is nearly complete, according to Kanwa. Greenert said China is speeding up the con... more »
The Sonar market in India 'hots' up
[image: INS Mysore]Defence procurement in India has often been characterized by the need to make a decision between importing an off-the-shelf system on operational grounds and waiting for a home grown system to complete development. Sonars for the most part has been an area where such decisions have been easier to make with the Indian Navy(IN) mostly opting for indigenous systems developed by DRDO' s underwater sensor laboratory the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi. Recently however, time lags in a few segments of this critical technology area have led I... more »
YOU ALWAYS ARE - A Poem by R.G. Kirk
*Published on November 26, 2013* Poetry Written and Read by R.G.Kirk . You can Download *My FREE Poetry eBooks from:* *http://freepoetryebooks.wix.com/free-...*
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment