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August 21: a sore thumb, and a world gone mad....
It's on page C1 of Wednesday's paper "Rail report targets safety issues." This is the report of a federal commission to determine the causes of the train derailment that killed 47 people in Lac Megantic. It's a disgustingly inadequate report. dumping all the blame for the railway's laxness in enforcing rules, for the poor training it gave its employees, and the terrible inadequacy of its tanker cars. That much one can agree with, of course. But there is more, much more, that should have been there. Then it blames the engineer, a man who had been driving that train by himself across ... more »
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 21, 2014
Screen grab from video of James Foley killing. REUTERS via REUTER TV *Did America’s Policy On Ransom Contribute To James Foley’s Killing? -- David Rohde, Reuters* Somewhere in the desert of eastern Syria, a militant from the Islamic State beheaded the American journalist James Foley this week. The killer and his terrorist group are responsible for Foley’s death. They should be the focus of public anger. But Foley’s execution is also a chilling wake-up call for American and European policymakers, as well as U.S. news outlets and aid organizations. It is the clearest evidence yet o... more »
The War at Home: We Are the Enemy in State of Undeclared Martial Law
It needs to be noted right off the bat that John Whitehead isn’t exactly a weepy, bleeding-heart, Obama supporting, liberal whiner. It was after all his Rutherford Institute that provided legal assistance to Paula Jones in her lawsuit against the sexual depravity of former president Bill Clinton. The man has serious gravitas as a conservative so when he comes out with a blistering critique of the militarized police state it merits paying attention. With the now typical divisiveness that only benefits the elite that is arising out of the events in Ferguson, Missouri splitting the... more »
Ebola Updates ( August 21 , 2014 ) -- Liberian police open fire on Ebola protesters Clashes break out when security forces quarantine neighborhood and blockade it with tables, chairs and barbed wire..........Ireland is testing a dead person who recently returned from Africa for the Ebola virus, the Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland said on Thursday -- Isolation Procedures Put In Place" After Ebola Suspect Dies In Ireland !
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/08/liberian-police-open-fire-ebola-protesters-201482122534901105.html Liberian police open fire on Ebola protesters Clashes break out when security forces quarantine neighbourhood and blockade it with tables, chairs and barbed wire. Last updated: 21 Aug 2014 15:22 LISTEN [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Police in the Liberian capital have fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse a stone-throwing crowd trying to break an Ebola quarantine imposed on their neighbourhood, as the dea... more »
The Poet: T.S. Eliot, "The Four Quartets"
"I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing." ~ T.S. Eliot, "The Four Quartets"
“The Valley of Despair: Seeds of Light”
*“The Valley of Despair: Seeds of Light”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “Even in our darkest times, there are seeds of light within ourselves, we need only call them forward. Anyone who has walked through the valley of despair and come out the other side knows that even in that darkness, seeds of light can be found. Often their tendrils reach out of the gloom and into the daylight alongside the journeyer who emerges from that deep sorrow. When we find ourselves in a place of despair, it can help us to know this, so that we don’t give up. We can stop, take a deep breath, and remind... more »
"For This Is What We Do..."
"For this is what we do. Put one foot forward and then the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood and drain the world. Drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of another night. Push our brave hearts into the promise of a new day. With love: the passionate search for a truth other than our own. With longing: the pure, ineffable yearning to be saved. For so long as fate keeps waiting, we live on. God help us. God forgive us. We live on." - Gregory David Roberts, “Shantaram”
Chet Raymo, “Games of Gore”
*“Games of Gore”* by Chet Raymo "Tow years ago the New York Times had a full two-page ad for "The Game of Thrones", an HBO television series now in its 5th season. The blurbs were fantastic. Sounded like the greatest thing since sliced bread. To tell the truth, I had barely heard of the series, which is based on a Tolkienesque series of fantasy-fiction books by George R. R. Martin. We only have television half of the year, and HBO not at all. But I noticed the college library has Season One on DVD and thought I would check it out. The first five minutes offered two decapitations an... more »
Ron Paul, Egyptian Interior Minister, & al-Qaeda commander join 9/11 truth movement!
*False Flag News * 1) Egyptian ex-Interior Minister: US behind Mubarak coup/warned about 9/11 http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/08/15/ex-interior-minister-u-s-knew-911-warning-staged-egypt-revolution/ 2) Ron Paul joins 9/11 truth movement http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=29e_1408452522#4hBbHepCCwfErCbk.99 3) Brit beheaded American reporter / PM concerned http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/20/isis-fighter-beheaded-us-journalist-james-foley-appears-british-hammond?CMP=twt_fd 4) ISIS brutally subdues all in its way http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/11/isis-brutally-sub... more »
World News Briefs -- August 21, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*US Bombs Islamic State Fighters In North Iraq -- Al Jazeera* Air raids come days after murder of US journalist, which group says was revenge for US attacks on its fighters in Iraq. US jets and drones have attacked fighters loyal to the Islamic State group positioned around the Mosul dam in northern Iraq, after US President Barack Obama vowed to end the "cancer" of the group. The US said its aircraft carried out six raids on Thursday on positions around the dam, which is now under the control of Iraqi and Peshmerga forces, following fierce battles earlier this week to dislodge Isl... more »
U.S. Defense Chief Admits That U.S. Involvement In Iraq Is Not Over
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, August 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas *Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Says Involvement in Iraq Not Over -- NBC* U.S. military involvement in Iraq will continue because the long-term threat from ISIS is more dangerous, even than that from al-Qaeda, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday. In a briefing at the Pentagon a day after the U.S. revealed that it launched a failed mission in Syria this summer to rescue U.S. hostages being held by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sha...more »
U.S. Secretary Of Defense Hagel Defends The Secret Mission To Rescue James Folley And Other Hostages Held By ISIS
*Hagel Defends Disclosure Of Secret, Failed Raid To Free US Hostages In Syria -- FOX News* Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday defended the decision to formally acknowledge a failed mission to rescue American journalist James Foley and others held in Syria earlier this year, amid criticism from Republicans over the disclosure. The White House and Defense Department, in a rare public confirmation of a covert mission, acknowledged late Wednesday that President Obama sent special operations troops to Syria this summer on a secret mission to rescue American hostages held by Isl... more »
U.S. Secretary Of Defense Hagel Admits That ISIL Is 'Beyond Anything That We've Seen'
*Islamic State threat 'beyond anything we've seen': Pentagon -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The sophistication, wealth and military might of Islamic State militants pose a major threat to the United States that may surpass that from al Qaeda, U.S. military leaders said on Thursday. "They are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it's in Iraq or anywhere else," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters at the Pentagon about the militant group, which has seized a third of Iraq and released a video this week showing one of its fighters beheading an American hostage. Aske... more »
U.S. Releases Hold Of Hellfire Missile Shipment To Israel
Hellfire missiles (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia) *Hold Up Of US Missile Shipment To Israel Reportedly Resolved -- Times of Israel* TV report quotes Israeli official saying blocked transfer of Hellfires was ‘just bureaucratic’, but no word on when delivery expected A hold up in the US supply of Hellfire missiles to Israel has been resolved and the incident “is behind us,” Israel’s Channel 10 news quoted a senior Israeli official as saying on Thursday night. The official said Israel had been assured that the suspension of the sale “was just bureaucracy.” The unconfirmed report did ... more »
Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- August 21, 2014
*Israel Airstrike Kills Three Hamas Commanders in Gaza Strip -- Bloomberg* An Israeli airstrike killed three senior military commanders from the Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas movement a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that forces would hunt militant leaders down. The raid, coming close behind an apparent attempt on the life of Hamas’s top military chief, was followed by a barrage of rockets on Israel from Gaza and a wave of Israeli aerial attacks on the Palestinian territory. The surge in violence threatens to overwhelm Egyptian efforts to halt six weeks of hostilit... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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Health: “This Is What Happens In A Depressed Person's Brain”
*“This Is What Happens In A Depressed Person's Brain”* By Cate Matthews "Depression is not a bad mood. It is a biological reality and a medical condition, and when we talk about it as anything less than that, we belittle the people suffering from it. In the video above, the folks behind the YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE dig into the science behind depression and its treatment, noting also that raising awareness about depression as a disease is key to combatting it and fundraising for its research. "It is important to remember that depression is a disease with a biological basis, alon... more »
"The Duty..."
“The right to speak out is also the duty to speak out.” - Vladimir Pozner
History: “The Real First World War”
*“The Real First World War”* By Bhaskar Menon “Europe’s “Great War” of 1914-1918 does not deserve to be called the “First World War.” That title should go to the first real global conflict, Europe’s genocidal invasion of other regions that began in the final decade of the 15th Century. European historians have sought to downplay the ferocity, extent and significance of that earlier conflict by treating it as a diffuse historical process, but if we who were victims accept that view it disables our understanding of everything that has happened since then. As few people are likely to... more »
"What Can We Know?"
"What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Latest Right Wing Excuse For Their Contemptible Racism: Unsubstantiated Claims That The Murderer Has An "Orbital Blowout Fracture of the Eye Socket"
Does this guy look like a racist to you? I have to admit, I had never heard of Republican blogger Jim Hoft-- better known as "Gateway Pundit"-- until Media Matters dubbed him the Dumbest Man on the Internet. In 2010 they pointed out that his unique incompetence had been responsible for "almost every inane story that bubbles up in the conservative blogosphere." "[E]ither willfully dishonest or staggeringly inept," Hoft "has proven that he has absolutely no vetting process for the sources he cites, and apparently has a hard time with basic reading comprehension." And, no one should be... more »
Money For Tanks And Tear Gas, But None For Education
From The Real News Network: *Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou is a Freeman Fellow with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. A St Louis, MO, native, the Rev attended high school there and has strong family ties to the area. He is the Pastor for Formation and Justice at the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, MA, and is spending the summer as a Scholar in Residence at the Martin Luther King Education and Research Institute at Stanford University. * "I was speaking with a schoolteacher in the Ferguson-Florissant School District the other day, and she was saying that it amazed her that all of... more »
Harper's ideology now presented with "acceptable casualties" ...
Shorter Lisa Raitt The deaths of 47 people, the devastation of an entire Canadian community and the subsequent years of horrendous nightmares are acceptable collateral damage in the Harper Conservative war on reality. No amount of losses or devastated lives can prevent us from moving forward with our dangerous and seriously flawed ideology. This may be just as "sexy" as Raitt's drooling over
I LOVE THIS WOMAN
We the people are ordered to constantly walk or we're threatened with arrest during the Mike Brown protests! It's the same unlawful order day after day! No rights of assembly for anyone in the new constitution being written in the streets of Ferguson! She will not comply!
Ukraine (Kiev) suffers heavy losses in counter attack
This article is very, very contrary to many of the main stream media news items from today It simply begged to have more attention paid to it. More at the link below *Heavy Losses suffered in counter attack* MOSCOW--*Ukraine suffered heavy losses Thursday in a counterattack along a key supply route to the separatist capital of Donetsk, signaling that despite steady advances by government forces pro-Russian rebel fighters still pose a significant threat.* *Losses have mounted recently and the fierce fighting adds more pressure on Kiev to seek a compromise at peace talks next week in t... more »
20 Journalists From Across The World Are Believed To Be Held By Islamic Militants As Hostages
*Families Of US Journalists Missing In Syria Filled With Dread -- Stars and Stripes/L.A. Times/MCT* Friends and relatives of Austin Tice, an American journalist who disappeared in Syria two years ago, were preparing to hold a candlelight church vigil for him in Houston on Tuesday when they received shattering news: James Foley, an American journalist whose family had befriended the Tice family, had been killed in Syria by the militant group Islamic State. The extremists also threatened to execute a second captive American journalist, Steven J. Sotloff, if the United States does n... more »
Collective Imagination with Sasha and Heather!
Here we go my friends!!! Welcome to the relaunch of The Collective Imagination show on The One Network!! Join us next Tuesday, August 26th to listen live as Lisa, Brian and I talk to Sasha Stone and Heather Ann Tucci Jarraf. The show will be video taped and recorded.... but I don't know if the video will be able to go out live, or if it will only be available after it is uploaded separately. We are all HUGELY excited about this open discussion with Heather and Sasha. SEE you there! http://the-one-network.org/the-collective-imagination-relaunch-w-heather-and-sacha/ THE COLL... more »
(Spoiled DarthBoys? World Burns) When You Give A Very Small Number of People An Incredibly Large Amount of Money . . . What (Good) Do You Think Happens?
But don't think for a minute that they won't fight tooth, nail and plucking out eyeballs (if necessary) to not pay one more cent in taxes. Job creators. They call themselves. A Line Is Drawn in the DesertAt Burning Man, the Tech Elite One-Up One Another By Nick Bilton August 20, 2014 “If you haven’t been, you just don’t get it,” said the entrepreneur Elon Musk of Burning Man. A wooden
Supplemental: Diane Rehm and the search for truth!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014* *Least likely guest on the planet:* We’ll admit it—Amanda Ripley drives us a little bit nuts. Last year, Ripley published a ballyhooed book about public schools, The Smartest Kids in the World. It was a gigantic favorite of all teacher-hating elites. We’re willing to assume that Ripley’s intentions are good. But in some ways, we’d say that her book included the most cherry-picked facts on the planet. (Below, we’ll recall what she did.) This Tuesday, we were listening to The Diane Rehm Show on our car radio. Like most people, we like Rehm. She previewed... more »
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY IS BORN
We can't let this go away. Ferguson, Missouri or the many other places blacks are gunned down by cops. We can't let Gaza go nor Ukraine nor Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Africa - its all about the rape of resources and the elimination of unneeded people. It's global genocide by the corporate elite. Obama is so quiet - he makes more noise after a white reporter is killed by ISIS. Obama promises revenge and sends bombers to Iraq. In the case of Ferguson Obama sheepishly utters a few words of defense of media rights to report on protests but admonishes protesters for stepping out of... more »
COPS ON RAMPAGE IN MISSOURI
Another killing of a black man by cops in St Louis, Missouri. This one though was recorded on the spot. The ruling corporate oligarchy has given the police the green light to get the race war going. What else could it be? Notice how after shooting the man about ten times they handcuff the dead body.
Jon Donnison is utterly ludicrous.
I don’t think the ostrich actually does bury its tiny head in the sand 'in denial', but we do. Where there is a pile of something we don’t agree with most of us find it easier to label it ‘rubbish’ and dismiss it altogether than to take even a furtive little peek at it. So that’s what we do. Sometimes it’s understandable. For instance I don’t trouble to check out bonkers or antisemitic websites. Also, I don’t engage with arguments wholly constructed on pro-Palestinian /anti-Israel principles because even though their reasoning may well seem credible to people whose fundamentals co... more »
Is The West About To Reconcile With The Assad Regime Of Syria?
Militant Islamist fighters waving flags, travel in vehicles as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Stringer *Syria Sees Islamist Threat Bringing Detente With West, But Not Soon -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Syria is wagering that Islamic State's push to reshape the Middle East will eventually force a hostile West to deal with President Bashar al-Assad as the only way to tackle the threat. While Assad's forces escalate their fight with Islamic State militants in the Syrian civil war, the United States is ... more »
"The Hottest Places In Hell..."
“The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in time of great moral crisis.” - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1265-1321), “The Divine Comedy”
WHY DID POLICE IN NEW ORLEANS BUY SNOW CAMOUFLAGE?
Uh, say again? Picture: Pentagon *by* MATTHEW CHAMPION | i100 No, it’s not the start of a riddle. But ever since events in Ferguson thrust the apparent over-militarisation of police in the US into the global limelight, a little-publicised law allowing law enforcement agencies to buy surplus military grade weaponry and equipment has been scrutinised. *The New York Times* collated information from the ominously-named Programme 1033 and posted it online. New Orleans’s *the Lens* subsequently found that police in two counties in the city – known fo... more »
Supplemental: Fact-checking Lawrence regarding the shooting!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014* *Cable star’s sense of the law:* Did Darren Wilson shoot at Michael Brown while Brown was trying to flee? We don’t know the answer to that question. As the New York Times has reported, some witnesses have said that he did. Last night, Lawrence O’Donnell savaged the Times’ front-page report, calling it “a terribly misleading, badly crafted story about witnesses to the killing of Michael Brown.” In the passage shown below, O’Donnell described the report’s “most egregious passage”—a passage in which a witness describes Wilson shooting at Brown as he fled.... more »
The Divine Law of Vibration from the Book : Divine Laws;Mastership - Text book for Students of Secret Schools - Written by the Grand Master Illuminati
The introduction to the book is here. In this video, I show portions from the Law of Vibration as written by RS Clymer. I believe the Law of Vibration is the Law of Attraction/Karma and everything. Our vibrations are what makes us who we are and our lives as they are. We are the power to not just make our lives better but the world better. This is the video.....
“Marc J. Victor: ‘America Is A Police State’”
*“Marc J. Victor: ‘America Is A Police State’”* by Olivier Garret, Casey Research “Never in my life have I seen a round of applause like this one… and at an event normally composed of conservative, introspective investors to boot. But most surprising of all - and I must admit in my bias here they were applauding a lawyer. A defense lawyer at that. The usual fare at our conferences has much more to do with how to keep your money safe (and invest it to grow, of course). But we always prefer to mix in a few speakers to give us a real, on the ground reality check of what’s happening to... more »
Read Ken Derstine to Understand CorpEd in Philadelphia
Here is the intro: *Introduction* Prior to becoming Secretary of Education in the Obama administration, Arne Duncan was the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools for seven years. Until he became Secretary of Education, Duncan was on the board of the Broad Foundation. The Broad Foundation is one of the leading “philanthropies” promoting privatization through its Broad Superintendents Academy. Duncan laid the groundwork for the subsequent closing of fifty Chicago schools as part of the Broad strategy to transfer public schools to charter management companies. This la... more »
What's Next For Ukraine
*Ukraine And Russia: Battering On -- The Economist* The fighting in eastern Ukraine intensifies as pro-Russian rebels lose ground, raising fresh questions over the plans of Russia’s Vladimir Putin IN A dusty Russian field close to the border with Ukraine, a fleet of nearly 300 trucks sit under the hot summer sun. Their arrival on August 14th was a sideshow to the war inside Ukraine, a piece of political sleight-of-hand that was neither a true humanitarian mission (as Moscow presented it) nor a prelude to invasion by Russian “peacekeepers” (as Kiev feared). The trucks and their cont... more »
The Economy: “Fear and Loathing in the Newsletter Business”
*“Fear and Loathing in the Newsletter Business” * by Bill Bonner Kilkenny, Ireland- “We read through our mail this morning. As you can imagine, we get many letters from readers. We can't reply to them individually, but we read every one. Then we look for a rope and a stool... We'll come back to this topic in a minute. First, we set the scene. We are staying at the Mount Juliet Hotel in County Kilkenny, about 80 miles south of Dublin. Through our window we see a lowing herd "winding slowly o'er the lea." A swift running black-blue stream separates the hotel from the green field. It... more »
"Us" vs "Them": The Roles of ONE
We have talked about all the templates that have been used for eons to "control". We've talked about all the methods and the plans within plans that have been used to keep the "people" dumbed down, living in a world of perpetual fear, under a veil of mind numbing domination. We've spent years looking at the fraud and the frustration of a system that is so corrupt that many people have given up hope of ever escaping.... .... But this is not about no escape. This is not about loosing hope. This is not about giving up or giving in. This is not about rebelling, revolting, reforming... more »
James Foley Beheading: What They're Not Telling You
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Is The Endgame In Ukraine Now In Sight?
A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine drives along a road as Russian servicemen look on, near Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Region, August 14, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov *Five Reasons Why This Weekend Might Be The Start Of The Endgame In Ukraine -- Radio Free Europe* It's a risky business, attempting to predict the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine. But this weekend's Kyiv visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stirred hopes that a resolution to the Ukraine-Russia standoff and the bloody fighting in Donbas may finally be near. We look at five of th... more »
The Only American Volunteer Fighting For Ukraine Is Killed While Fighting Separatists In The Eastern Part Of The Country
*The Only American Fighting For Ukraine Dies In Battle -- Simon Ostrovsky, Vice* Mark Gregory Paslawsky, the sole American fighting on the Ukrainian side of the war in the east of the country, died from injuries sustained in battle in the town of Ilovaysk on Tuesday. Known by the codename "Franko," the 55-year-old investment banker was a Manhattan native, and had a slight limp and a pronounced New York accent, making him seem an unlikely candidate for a soldier in an eastern European war that has already claimed more than 2,000 lives. VICE News interviewed Paslawsky in early Augu... more »
Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 21, 2014
A Ukrainian military convoy is seen in a field in Luhansk region August 21, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko *Dozens Die In Ukraine In Street Battles, Donetsk Shelling -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Heavy shelling hit residential neighborhoods in Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday as they sought to crush a four-month-old separatist rebellion. The forces of the Western-backed Kiev government are steadily gaining the upper hand over the separatists in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine and are tightening the no... more »
The Austerity Diaries: The “Whole Buffalo” Theory of Food Economics
Daisy Luther In Native American lore, it is often said that hunters made use of the entire animal that they had killed in order to respect the sacrifice that sustained them. They considered the buffalo to be sacred, and felt it was an offense to be wasteful. They ate anything edible; used the hides for shelters, shoes, and clothing; they strung bows with the sinews, they used the stomachs as water canteens, and they used the horns for weapons and tools. The other day when I was preserving some peaches, my daughter pointed out that I was letting some parts go to waste. She said, “... more »
Nanny State and Police State Unite to Arrest Boy For Bringing the Word "Gun" to School
Anthony Freda Art Brandon Turbeville Thankfully, the dynamic duo of the Police State and the Nanny State come together again to protect the American people from another dangerous terrorist. This time, the danger to society was a 16-year-old boy from Summerville, S.C. who went so far as to write a fictional statement about killing a dinosaur with a gun. After being given an assignment to “write a few sentences about themselves” as if it were a Facebook status, Alex Stone proceeded to write a fictional story that included the words “gun” and “take care of business.” "I killed my ... more »
Common Antibiotic Linked with Heart Deaths
Heather Callaghan Recently, researchers have been going back to study "time-tested" drugs only find inherent risk. For instance, a common heart drug always believed to be inherently safe is now believed to increase cardiac death. Some antibiotics were recently shown to alter immunity and lead to respiratory disease susceptibility later on. Clarithromycin, a common antibiotic - lauded by WHO and used for wide variety of infections like gastritis, skin, lung, throat and lyme - can now be added to the list. It belongs to a group of antibiotics known as macrolides. Macrolide antibi... more »
RUSSIA FORCES ITS POPULAR BLOGGERS TO REGISTER — OR ELSE
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Russia_Forces_Its_Popular_Bloggers_to_Register_%E2%80%94_Or_Else/37391/0/38/38/Y/M.html *RUSSIA FORCES ITS POPULAR BLOGGERS TO REGISTER — OR ELSE* August 20, 2014 SOURCE: CRYPTOGON VIA: BLOOMBERG: Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking names. Potentially thousands. The former KGB colonel, concerned with how social media can be used to undermine his authority, this month expanded his regulation of media to the blogosphere, requiring those with at least 3,000 daily readers to register their real names and contact information. So far, about 580 bl... more »
World News Briefs -- August 21, 2014
*New US Strikes In Iraq After IS Foley Video -- BBC* *US aircraft have launched fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, despite threats from the group to kill a second American captive.* US Navy fighters and drones provided air cover for Kurdish and Iraqi forces battling IS near the city of Mosul. On Tuesday IS released a video showing the beheading of journalist James Foley. In it, the militants threatened to kill another American reporter. The US attorney general says a criminal investigation will look into his death. In the UK, police and security services... more »
Do we have a “medical Edward Snowden?”
image source Jon Rappoport *Update*: US Congressman stonewalled by the CDC: As I get ready to post this article, I have a reply to a request I made to Florida Congressman Bill Posey. I asked for a statement regarding the growing charge that the CDC is covering up an autism-vaccine connection. Here is what Congressman Posey has to say on this subject: When it comes to our children, we must make sure that any intervention is as safe as possible, including vaccinations. Scientific integrity is a key component to giving that assurance. I will continue to press for a full understan... more »
Flu Shot Twice as Deadly for Seniors
Kenny Valenzuela *Experimental Vaccines* Large trial finds high-dose flu shot beneficial for seniors High-Dose Flu Vaccine More Effective In Elderly, Vanderbilt-Led Study Shows High-Dose Flu Vaccine May Better Protect the Elderly Clinical Trials 740 Fluzone Senior Studies A Study of Fluzone® High-Dose Vaccine Fluzone Insert FDA Experimental Vaccine Homepage 32 Flu Shot Dangers Videos and Article links Vaccine Exemption Forms *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
EFF, ACLU Demolish “It’s Just Metadata” Claim in NSA Spying Appeal
*Americans Deserve Full Protection of the Fourth Amendment for their Telephone Records, Groups Argue* *Activist Post * The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today filed an amicus brief in *Klayman v. Obama*, a high-profile lawsuit that challenges mass surveillance, arguing that Americans' telephone metadata deserves the highest protection of the Fourth Amendment. Larry Klayman, conservative activist and founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, was among the first plaintiffs to sue the National Security Agency (NSA) over the co... more »
Greatest Era in Human History - George Orwell vs. Michio Kaku
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30 stats to show to anyone that does not believe the middle class is being destroyed
"Down and Outsourced" - Michael D'Antuono Michael Snyder The 30 statistics that you are about to read prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the middle class in America is being systematically destroyed. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now that is changing at a staggering pace. Yes, the stock market has soared to unprecedented heights this year and there are a few isolated areas of the country that are doing rather well for the moment. But overall, the long-term trends that are eviscerating the ... more »
Is Miami on the Brink of A Nuclear Disaster?
*New reports indicate a Fukushima-style nuclear disaster is inevitable in the Miami area, and needs to be investigated immediately.* Sayer Ji Concerns over the possibility of a Fukushima-like nuclear meltdown event in the U.S. have been growing, with the most likely next disaster predicted in 2011 to be surprisingly close to Miami Florida, at the Turkey Point facility 41 miles south near Homestead. According to a July 23rd NPR story, the Turkey Point facility was found to be (literally) in hot water, over its cooling system, which caused federal regulators to be so concerned, tha... more »
Days Before The Florida Primary, A Judge Forced Prosecutor To Name "Co-conspirator A"-- No One Batted An Eye When It Turned Out To Be David Rivera
Conservative Culture of Corruption (congressional chapter) A wonderful new word for conservative parasites popped into the colloquial dictionary last year: affluenza. I can't think of a better term to describe the self-entitlement that defines garden variety American conservativism/white supremacy. According to yesterday's New York *Daily News*, Frederick Couch, "father of the infamous affluenza-afflicted teen, who ducked jail time for a deadly drunken driving accident because his family said he was too rich to tell right from wrong, was busted Tuesday for pretending to be a cop." P... more »
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I am looking for something but ever deeper I seek I find more walls and constrianst to be feeling free at all I just wanted to know if the sunshine can make a profit and the water can be sold can I ever reach the beach? The beach is a metaphor for everything in our modern land it is like cancer without a tan
Book: The Divine Law; Mastership: A Fundamental Text Book for All Students Enrolled in Secret Schools by the Grand Master of Illuminati
If there is one thing I do, I question our world and everything in it and why things happen. I have prayed for the Truth of Self and for all of us to know the Truth of Self. For all of us to become enlightened and illuminated with the Truth of our self. I have put my energy into that everyday. I have studied and read many many books and information on the internet. I have grown from
Report: Spec Ops Contractors To Missouri
*“Never Guessed We Would Deploy A High Threat Team In Our Own City”* Photo Credit: Asymmetric Solutions Mac Slavo The events in Ferguson, Missouri are a harbinger of things to come. In addition to the deployment of National Guard troops and the heavy militarization of local and federal law enforcement agents in the area, it looks like private special operations contractors with experience in Middle East war zones have been asked to help. Their mission is not clear and no one in any official government capacity is saying anything. But according to a tweet from Asymmetric Solution...more »
Tennessee's No-Growth Model for Minorities: 4% of Black Students Meet All ACT Benchmarks in 2014
As shown above, 8 percent of black students met 3 or more benchmarks in 2013. Below is the chart showing the percentages of students meeting all four benchmarks in 2014 (click to enlarge):
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 21, 2014
*ISIS Has Been Taking Foreign Hostages Since The Very Beginning — And Getting Paid For Them -- Business Insider* ISIS broadcast its killing of captured American journalist James Foley to show the U.S. what awaits anyone who challenges the Islamic State's march across Iraq and Syria. Foley's killing was a blunt and stomach-churning bit of messaging that joined ISIS's cold-hearted ambitions with one of international terrorism's most prominent pieces of tradecraft: hostage-taking. According to a June 2014 statement by Treasury undersecretary David S. Cohen, ransom payments are now s... more »
Turning America Into a War Zone, Where ‘We the People’ Are the Enemy
John W. Whitehead *"If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell me that I can’t stop you, don’t say I’m a racist pig, don’t threaten that you’ll sue me and take away my badge. Don’t scream at me that you pay my salary, and don’t even think of aggressively walking towards me. Most field stops are complete in minutes. How difficult is it to cooperate for that long?"*—Sunil Dutta, an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department for 17 years. Life in... more »
Did Ferguson Police Use "Kill Switch" on Livestream Signal The Moment They Created Chaos?
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*"It keep saying 'no network error'. We had a foreign reporter on the roof with us and she wasn't able to get a signal on her cell phone. And people on the ground were saying 'I can't tweet out.'" -*Livestreamer Argus Radio. Eric Blair It seems like the police state is using protests in Ferguson as a testing ground for all of their crowd-control weapons. Many are obvious like the curfew enforced by platoons of soldiers, armored tanks mounted by snipers, stun, tear and smoke grenades, no-fly zone, sound cannons, and designated free speech zones and media zones (apparently they're... more »
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TRAINING
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*ACT UP* "Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." – Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist The history of Civil Disobedience is a long and international one. ACT UP practices a form that ... more »
Got MLK?
(*Editor's note*: This is a letter I've just sent to the editor of the *Columbia Tribune* who published the racist cartoon above. You can lodge a complaint if you so wish by calling (573) 815-1700 or email the editor at editor@columbiatribune.com) To whom it may concern: I don't know who you are or what your name and that is immaterial. The cartoon you posted in the Columbia Tribune picking out a few undesirable elements that purport to speak for legitimate protesters was plainly drawn by a racist who, for some reason, you've chosen to retain on your staff. You persona... more »
Harry Targ : The forms of violence and the meanings of Ferguson
From police violence to economic despair, to lack of political representation, to cultural rationales for state violence, the basic characteristics of American society are uncovered. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | August 21, 2014 In addressing violence, researchers, … finish reading Harry Targ : The forms of violence and the meanings of Ferguson
White people like fire flies in a jar
Are era is ending and thank God. White people are like every bad movie about bullies. I just hope and you got to give me history major props for this that we do not disregard how much of a fucked up universe the brown and deeper colored people made, and to their discredit knowing all our white people sins do this and that and more of everything. White people dispute their intrinsic evil have moved the ball of humanity. So lets coach the world on that not just how much a leader can satisfy that. Winston Churchill was a straight cocksucker. He killed tho sands of people with impunity... more »
The Propaganda of Identity Politics
Right after giving yet another wet sloppy kiss of understanding to the same Wall Street crooks who've destroyed the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, Attorney General Eric Holder paid a quick visit Wednesday into one of the countless economic wastelands directly spawned by the malfeasance of the financial predator class. Without admitting wrongdoing, Holder glibly acknowledged to the good folks of Ferguson, MO, that he, too, is black, and that racial profiling has happened even to him. He hugged the black relatives of the latest black victim of the punishing state. He... more »
FOR CLARITY'S SAKE
...for aught we have in common with the greedy parasite, who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? Is there anything left for us but to ORGANIZE AND FIGHT? ...for our UNION makes us strong! LJ
Aisha North: A short update on the energies August 21, 2014
http://aishanorth.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/a-short-update-on-the-energies-58/ A short update on the energies by Aisha North By now you have all become adjusted to being constantly adjusted, and as such, this feeling of discombobulation that you will experience from time to time will become more familiar as you start to settle in to this state of being constantly un-settled. You see, the flux that we have discussed so many times earlier is not about to calm down, but that is for a very good reason indeed, namely to keep you moving ever forwards. We are aware that for some, what you... more »
NO JOURNALISM, NO JUSTICE: O’Donnell (almost) does it again!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014* *Part 4—Provides some actual journalism:* What actually happened when Michael Brown was shot and killed? Yesterday, the New York Times offered a front-page report on that topic. As we noted yesterday afternoon, the 1500-word piece started like this: ROBLES (8/20/14): As a county grand jury prepared to hear evidence on Wednesday in the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer that touched off 10 days of unrest here, *witnesses have given investigators sharply conflicting accounts of the killing.* Some of the accounts seem to agree on h... more »
New PDK/Gallup Poll Shows 60 Percent of Public Opposed to Common Core
We'll be posting from the new 2014 PDK/Gallup poll of public attitudes toward the public schools. Here's the one that caught my eye first:
Today is the Day: Pontiac, MI Is Taking Their City Back From The NDAA
Pontiac City Hall – The administration building for the government of the City of Pontiac. On August 7, 2014, two local journalists from the Pontiac Tribune, Aaron Nelson and Helena Kirby, marched into City Hall and submitted a City Resolution on NDAA, which prohibits the enforcement of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act in the city of Pontiac. [image: rsz_audience] Pontiac City Council Meeting Two years ago U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest declared that Section 1021 of the NDAA was unconstitutional be... more »
Failed Rescue Mission of Importance
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Fukushima, Fukushima, Fukushima when the decline of the things west of San Francisco and up to alateo are discussed we will all wonder if we can walk on the moon could we not stop one nuclear site from bending the spoon? Ed Note: Fukushima remains years after the initial alleged meltdown a huge threat to everything. I dont know if its an extinction level event, but I would like to know?
New York's High Stakes Test Data of "Diminished Usefulness" Due to Opt Out Numbers
New York parents and students who opted out of the last round of testing should be proud and energized, even though the state's chief miseducator remains unbowed so far by the opt out numbers that are finally coming to light. This school year should be one of organizing resistance in every town and village to choose education and reject the unending corporate testing agenda that is destroying what's left of legitimate school learning practices. From the Buffalo News: . . . . The new standards are more rigorous, involving more writing across all subject areas, a greater emphasis ... more »
Analysis Of Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq Interview With RAND’s Alireza Nader
Iran is once again playing a major role in Iraq. It has sent in advisers and ones from Lebanese Hezbollah, has mobilized its militia allies, and is said to be forming security policy for Baghdad all to confront the renewed insurgency. With all the talk of Iran’s return to the country there has been little on what Tehran’s ultimate goals might be. To help explore Iran’s policy towards Iraq is RAND’s Alireza Nader. *1. When the U.S. had forces in Iraq one of the main narratives in America was that Iran was attempting to take over the country. Do you think Tehran wanted direct contr... more »
The Global Warming Con: Canadian Government Orders Scientists NOT To Disclose Extent Of Polar Melting (Because There Is NONE!)
The con known as man made "Global Warming" or as the con artists involved like to call it, "Climate Change" continues... In spite of ALL of the factual evidence that shows that this planet is actually going through a natural cooling cycle right now, and that "Climate Change" is driven entirely by our Yellow Dwarf star, Sol (The Sun), we are still being sold by the criminals and liars in the Jew spew media that our planet is getting hotter! I and others that know the truth have been getting the message out and have shown the evidence to the contrary.... I came across the following ... more »
The Peacekeeper Vision
Communities of people who look out for each other. Neighbors and friends who help each other out when someone has an emergency, be it a robbery or just a bad fall. Individuals who stand up for themselves and those they care about, rather than relying on a bureaucratic system to save them. This is the vision of Peacekeeper. It’s an app, but it’s more than that. At its heart, Peacekeeper is about independence and personal empowerment. The problem right now is that people are increasingly isolated from each other and reliant on system that either doesn’t serve them well or outright f... more »
ISIS threatens the World
Be afraid of being beheaded in the shopping mall or worse Walmart. How inhumane to kill a Walmart shopper when all those on Robbs list travel around in a armored 7 series. I heard the dude formerly CIA tell the serious CBS Merica this morning ISIS man could enter this country with a deep tan another brown people puppet take a legal AK 47 or even the new improved 74 and start killing just like happens almost every month from a nutcase who in most cases would shoot ISIS first What I always said if that terrorism was real Al Qaeda would be in the shopping mall once a week until the cou... more »
PA leader: Slaughter Jews in "settlements" - PMW Bulletins
'PA and Fatah official Jibril Rajoub: "Our relations with the Israelis are relations between enemies... Am I stopping you from slaughtering a settlement? No one is stopping anyone." Jibril Ramone... Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee announced that Fatah has made a "political decision" to support slaughtering Jews who live in settlements:' Yet the institutionally anti Israel BBC and others insist that Fatah is moderate and Israel's 'partner in peace'. More here http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=12464
Should The U.S. Release Details On Their Failed Mission To Rescue James Foley And Other Hostages From The Islamic State?
*White House Withholding Details On Operation To Rescue US Hostages In Syria -- RIA Novosti* WASHINGTON, August 21 (RIA Novosti) – The US authorities are not planning to release details on the recent operation, aimed at rescuing American citizens held captive by the Islamic State militants in Syria, the Assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism said. “Given the need to protect our military’s operational capabilities, we will not be able to reveal the details of this operation,” Lisa Monaco told journalists early on Thursday. According to the US Dep... more »
ISIS Demanded A Ransom Of 100 Million Euros ($132.5 million) For The Release of James Foley
*James Foley's Captors Originally Asked For Huge Ransom -- CNN* (CNN) -- The captors of American journalist James Foley originally demanded a ransom of 100 million euros ($132.5 million), according to GlobalPost spokesman Richard Byrne. Foley was a freelancer for GlobalPost. Earlier, Philip Balboni, the president and chief executive of GlobalPost, told the Wall Street Journal that the captors also demanded that money from Foley's family. Balboni declined to discuss GlobalPost's reply to the demand, saying all communication was shared with appropriate government authorities, The ... more »
Refusing To Follow The American Model
http://www.veteranstoday.com/ From the start, the F-35 was a testosterone fuelled dream. Jonathan Manthorpe writes: The F-35 concept was born of fantasy fertilized by hubris. The idea was to design and build a single plane that could perform a multitude of air warfare tasks, and which also would incorporate all the technological wizardry of stealth, sensor fusion and manoeuvrability. The F-35 was intended to be an aerial combat fighter, equally at home on land or aircraft carrier bases, also capable of performing the very...more »
Bill Whittle: Modern Progressivism is the politics of envy, anger, entitlement,lawlessness, violence, and bald-faced lies...
*among other things.* Eric Holder in Ferguson: "I am the Attorney General of the United States, but I am also a black man," Holder told Ferguson residents at a community meeting. "The eyes of the nation and the world are watching Ferguson right now,'' Holder told a group of community leaders assembled at a local community college. "The world is watching because the issues raised by the shooting of Michael Brown predate this incident. This is something that has a history to it, and the history simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson." Now tell me who is ... more »
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*Saints practice packs stadium at Mandeville High! ~Ted Lewis, The Advocate * ~Hat Tweet~ *New OrleanIan* *@IanMolony** @Editilla* Gonna boil dat boid! Who Dat?!?! *@Editilla* *@IanMolony* Pardon me, old chap, but by any chance would you have some ZATARAIN"S Creole Mustard? http://www. cajungrocer.com/zatarain-s-creole-mustard.html … #*FucktheFalcons* Circle Food Store In New Orleans Just Changed The Game In Grocery Advertisement [VIDEO] *Read More: *Circle Food Store In New Orleans Just Changed The Game In Grocery Advertisement | http://1079ishot.com/circle-food-store-new-orlean... more »
ISIS is the new ultimate enemy
ISIS is one of the Saudi-funded Sunni radical groups being employed to devastate Syria. Syria's dictator, Assad, is a monster who tortures children. But that's not why he's being attacked. He belongs to the Baath Party, which was an Arab nationalist movement that advocated secular development based on the policies of autarchic industrialization pursued by the Soviets under Stalin. In other words, an independent, nationalist movement. And that's why Assad has to go. Even if it turns out that his military is strong enough (thanks partially to continued Russian and Chinese assistance)... more »
America's Adversaries Lecture The U.S. On Taking Care Of It's Race And Social Problems
Protestors pray for justice outside the St. Louis County Justice Building in Clayton, Missouri on August 20, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich *Adversaries Seize Chance To Lecture U.S. On Ferguson Unrest -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Governments scolded by the United States over their human rights records have seized on racial unrest and a police crackdown in the Missouri town of Ferguson to wag their fingers back in disapproval. Adversaries and uneasy allies from Russia and Iran to China and Egypt have accused the United States of hypocrisy as images of police brandishing lethal weapons and... more »
The Party Of Greed And Selfishness Could Make A Come Back… Someday
Don't worry about the GOP. It has *not* been captured completely by neo-Nazis and Klansmen. Former Bush-Cheney Regime functionary David Frum wants to reassure everyone that "[t]he large donors who supported George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney continue to hold sway within their party." Populism on the right, he asserts, has not taken over his beloved party of greed and selfishness. But the reassurance rings hollow when he starts getting into why the GOP will find itself increasingly unable to win presidential elections and gravely inhibited in its ability to govern effecti... more »
Crew Comments Translated During Murder at Sea
Human Rights at Sea (HRAS), an independent maritime human rights resource, has been provided with verified translations of crew comments made over mobile phone footage during the disturbing YouTube video showing the murder of seafarers in international waters. The footage has been reviewed by specialist translators working for the EAP Research and Information Centre, Voice of America. There does not appear to be any Thai being spoken. Read more
Kidnapping Westerners Has Become A Multimillion-Dollar Business
*Kidnapping Westerners Is Big Business -- USA Today* The kidnapping of Western journalists, tourists and aid workers has become a multimillion-dollar business in which hostages such as James Foley become pawns for bandits, tribesmen and militant groups looking to make a buck or score ideological points. Hostages "are a commodity," says Scott Stewart, vice president for tactical analysis of Stratfor, a global intelligence firm in Austin. Kidnapping hostages, then trading or selling them to other groups. is a well-established practice in the Middle East, Stewart says. It was common ... more »
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*How British teachers could be pressuring teens into having sex* Sex ed lessons at school are, generally, not all we hope for. As a young teen, I remember being desperate to be told everything about sex – from an official explanation of the ‘bases’ to when you should ‘go all the way’. My friends couldn’t wait to discuss it, in detail. But, when it came down it, the classes were pretty dull. They focused on the biology (boring) and, even though we got to play with condoms, we never really got to ask those burning questions about 'Doing It'. In fact, for those of us who hadn’t had se... more »
This Should Get President Obama's Attention
*My Comment:* I know that President Obama is upset over the murder of James Foley (who would not be) .... but perception when you are President of the United States is everything .... and the above cartoon accurately represents the perception that President Obama is now giving to the rest of the world.
Russian Sanctions Are Now Getting Personal
*Four Moscow McDonalds Shut By Russian Consumer Watchdog -- RT* Russia’s consumer watchdog has shut down four McDonald's restaurants in central Moscow – including the first-ever outlet in the country – over “administrative violations.” More of the company 430 Russian franchises are under investigation. *“Multiple violations of sanitary norms were detected in the sourcing of food and waste disposal in McDonald’s restaurants during inspections carried out between the 18th and 20th of August,” said an official statement from the watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor.* The company has said that ... more »
The Death of Karma
The Death of Karma A while back….when we weren’t looking, karma slipped quietly from the planet. It had been born into the three dimensional world through the fear based thoughts humanity held against themselves and been supported by our belief in separation, along with the horrible thought that we had been abandoned by our Creator. We sustained karma by projecting our deep seeded guilt onto others and our selves. Humanity forgot that it was not possible for our Creator to forsake us and for the longest time we never realized that we were the ones that turned our backs on Him. Th... more »
What Does A U.S. Secretary of State Do When His Plane Breaks Down
Secretary of State John Kerry boards airplane at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at the start of his Feb. 24-March 6 trip to Europe and the Middle East. State Dept Image / Feb 24, 2013 *Secretary of State Flies United After Air Force 757 Breaks Down -- USA Today* Not even the U.S. Secretary of State is immune to flight delays. John Kerry found that out on Thursday, forced to fly United Airlines from Honolulu to Washington after his Air Force Boeing 757 suffered mechanical problems, The Washington Post reports. Kerry had been in Hawaii as part of a week's worth of travels. But when ...more »
Kajieme Powell shooting ( St Louis City ) August 21 , 2014 -- Powell doesn't appear to be threatening either police officer with a weapon at the time of the shooting , distance is different than initially reported , while Powell appears to be mentally disturbed - was use of lethal force the only solution by these two officers ?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/police-release-video-of-kajieme-powell-shooting-in-st-louis [image: Police release video of Kajieme Powell fatal shooting in St Louis.]Police release video of Kajieme Powell fatal shooting in St Louis. Photograph: YouTube St Louis police have released video and audio recordings of the shooting on Tuesday of Kajieme Powell, a 25-year-old man described as “behaving erratically” and carrying a knife when officers arrived on the scene. One video, taken by a witness with a phone camera, shows officers opening fire repeatedly within 15 seconds o... more »
Iraq Updates ( August 21 , 2014 ) - US sending more troops after Foley killing by ISIS.......Kurds may rejoin Iraq Government - oil revenue and the Status of Kurdistan will be key matters to be resolved between the Kurds and Federal Government ..... Europe pledging to send arms and provide military support to the Kurds .....
Anti War...... US Readying More Troops to ‘Crush’ ISISUS Using Journalist's Execution as Pretext for Further Iraq Escalation by Jason Ditz, August 20, 2014 Print This | Share This The Obama Administration has never been one to let a sad piece of news slip by unexploited, and when news emerged last night of the beheading of journalist James Foley by ISIS, they were quick to transition their narrative to fit the new story. The US was already escalating the Iraq War at an alarming pace under the guise of a “humanitarian intervention,” but now are using Foley’s killing as the official j... more »
Cyber Crime Watch ( August 21 , 2014 ) - UPS admits 51 of its stores were hacked in an attack covering 24 states ..... someone now selling counterfeit money in the dark corners of the web ..... Q& A on credit and debt card breaches ....
http://www.businessinsider.com/51-ups-stores-targeted-by-hackers-2014-8 UPS: Some Of Our Stores Were Hacked The United States Postal Service said on Wednesday that 51 of its UPS Store locations were targeted by hackers in an attack that spread across 24 states in the U.S. That's about 1% of its locations in the U.S. Any customers who used a credit or debit card in UPS stores between Jan. 20 and Aug. 11 may have been exposed to the malware, which was found on the company's servers in the 51 franchise stores, The Financial Times reported. Names, postal addresses, email addresses, a... more »
Website Deadspin Begins Compiling Police Shooting Database
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If one good thing has come out of the ugliness, race-baiting and national embarrassment ongoing in Ferguson, MO it is an increasing awareness of the American police state. The response to largely peaceful protests by a small army of heavily militarized police goons has for the first time since September 11, 2001 – the day that changed everything – triggered an overdue pushback against the fascism that has been imposed on Americans. The USA after that day ceased to exist as we knew it, being turned into something that is a blasphemy to the republic envisioned by the founding fathe... more »
David Gross: why do we have faith in string theory
David Gross has given lots and lots of vision talks at various string conferences but this time, in June 2014, he focused on string theory and the scientific method in his 21-minute-long vision talk: At the beginning, he would enumerate five of his favorite talks, said that Andy Strominger's vision talk brought Gross almost to tears, and he finally concentrated on the explanations why the people in that Princeton room have faith in the theory despite some outsiders' opinions that they shouldn't. (Paul Steinhardt, a speaker at Strings 2014 who has delivered some "strange" statement... more »
Growing Mayhem - US Operating on Both Sides of Syrian-Iraqi Border
US may attempt to arm and provide air cover for terrorists in Syria after claiming success in fighting ISIS in Iraq using Kurds. *August 21, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - As predicted, the "sudden" appearance of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) in northern Iraq weeks ago, has created the rhetorical framework within which the United States and its regional partners will attempt to militarily intervene in both Iraq and Syria. Token US airstrikes have already been underway in Iraq, and it is now revealed that US special operation forces have been operating in Syria, under ... more »
Les bouts se touchent - (the extreme ends touch)
*Les bouts se touchent - (the extreme ends touch)* by American Kabuki During these tense times in geopolitics its easy to get caught up in the media hype and hoopla and banging of war drums, accusations and counter-accusations that fly in such tense moments. Looming war, and civil insurgency in Ukraine, Iraq/Syria, martial law in Thailand, and the brutal leveling of Gaza in retribution for 3 teenagers killed in Israel (did anyone doubt those murdered kids would lead to war?). I had a customer for many years that utilized my web servers for his web forums. A psychologist by trai... more »
"I've Learned..."
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
Teach Your Children To Respect Our Animal Friends
Source: *https://plus.google.com/u/0/112166990242567856275/posts?cfem=1*A Reflection of mine that I wrote a few years back on our relationship to animals. *What Do Animals Teach Us?*
Nikolay Bogoliubov: 105th birthday
In Czechia and Slovakia, August 21st is primarily remembered as the anniversary of the 1968 occupation by the "brotherly armies" of the Warsaw Pact that ended the Prague Spring, a period of liberalization of socialism in Czechoslovakia. The invaders' actions 46 years ago look kind of moderate to me today, from the perspective of events in Ukraine and elsewhere, so I won't discuss the year 1968 today. However, physicists are dying and being born on August 21st, too. In 1836, Claude Louis Navier (of the hydrodynamics fame) died. On August 21st, 1995, he was followed by Subrahmanyan Ch... more »
F-16V Completes Major Capability Milestone
The newest configuration of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the F-16V, has reached a major capability milestone with the integration of a new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. “Completing this milestone on schedule demonstrates our ability to meet program commitments,” said Roderick McLean, vice president and general manager of the F-16/F-22 Integrated Fighter Group at Lockheed Martin. “It proves once again why customers turn to Lockheed Martin to upgrade their F-16 fleets and advance the mission capability of the world’s most effective 4th generation multi-role fighter.... more »
S-400 systems down 3 ballistic missiles during exercises in Astrakhan region
[image: S-400 Triumf]S-400 air defense systems destroyed three simulated enemy ballistic missiles during military maneuvres in the southern Astrakhan Region on Wednesday, the Commander of the Air and Aerospace Defense Troops, Major General Andrei Demin said. The purpose of the exercises is to practice skills in responding to massive missile and air attacks, the Defense Ministry spokesperson, Colonel Igor Klimov said. “S-300 and S-400 systems will launch about 20 missiles today in response to a massive missile and air strike by a hypothetical enemy and destroy high-altitude and low-... more »
Taiwan set to take August delivery of more Apache helicopters
[image: AH-64E Apache]Taiwan is set to take delivery of six more AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the United States in late August, the Army said Wednesday, in line with a delivery schedule announced after an Apache crashed in northern Taiwan in April. It will be the fourth shipment of a NT$59.31 billion (US$2.01 billion) order for 30 of the newest Apache model. "The helicopters are scheduled to arrive in Kaohsiung in late August or early September," an Army official told CNA. Read more
The MD 530G Demonstrates Extreme Firepower And Advanced Weapons Systems Capabilities
MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) announced the successful completion of Live Fire Qualification Exercises at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, for its new MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopter. The MD 530G was configured with the Moog Stores Management System (SMS), the Mace Aviation Extended Range Weapons Wing, FN Herstal Machine Gun Pods and Rocket Machine Pods, Dillon Aero M134D-H Mini-Gun, the L-3 Wescam MX-10D, and M260 rocket pod. "The bold performance and target accuracy of the MD 530G aircraft during the Yuma firing exercise is a testament to the reliability of the combat-proven OH-6/5... more »
Pilatus To Deliver PC-21 Trainer Aircraft To Qatar
[image: Pilatus PC-21]Qatar will take delivery of the Pilatus PC-21 aircraft on schedule, Swiss Ambassador Martin Aeschbacher told Gulf Times Sunday. The $607 million deal signed two years ago with Pilatus meant Qatar would deliver 24 PC-21 trainer planes to Qatar by mid 2014. The deal included ground-based training tools, logistical support and maintenance. Aeschbacher said, “Everything related to the Pilatus deal was on schedule and in fact a proper handover ceremony in this connection was expected by the end of this year.” Read more
Two pilots' bodies found at fighter jet crash site
[image: Mariangela Valentini]The country's airforce said the death toll of Tuesday's crash in wooded countryside near Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region had "risen to two," adding that the identity of the pilots had not yet been established. According to witnesses, the two Tornado jets collided before crashing. It was unclear if any of the crew had been able to eject before impact. The planes each had two crew members on board aged 31 to 36, and one of the pilots is Mariangela Valentini, a woman who served with NATO forces in Afghanistan and Libya. Read more
Thursday Linkage
I saw this image on Twitter tonight and it kind of summarized how I feel about the news this summer which has been awful. I’ve been reading posts from thoughtful commentators like Steve Walt, Micah Zenko, and Jay Ulfelder who remind us that it’s not all bad or at least it’s not as bad as Continue reading
Northrop Grumman sees European interest in Hawk surveillance drone
[image: RQ-4 Global Hawk]U.S. defense company Northrop Grumman Corp is in talks about selling its high-altitude surveillance drones in Europe, with Britain, Germany and Norway seen as the likeliest customers, a top executive said on Wednesday. Northrop developed the original Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and it has been used extensively over Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. The company has subsequently sought to sell versions of the Hawk to other countries. "At the moment I would say that the hottest three (potential European buyers) are Germany, UK and Norway, i...more »
Flight restrictions slow F-35 software testing
[image: F-35 Lightning II]Flight restrictions on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 are hampering the Pentagon’s ability to conduct software tests that the plane must pass before it can be declared combat-ready by next July, according to the Pentagon’s weapons-testing office. The start of rigorous in-flight testing on the initial software for the Marine Corps version of the fighter is already five months late and may be further delayed by the flight restrictions imposed on the 20 test aircraft and 79 training jets after an engine fire on an Air Force F-35 on June 23. “Many test points remain bl... more »
Navy Drops $2.5 Billion in Contracts to Update Shipboard Networks
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[image: USS William P. Lawrence]The Navy today awarded five companies eight-year contracts valued at $2.5 billion to install standardized shipboard networks. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command tapped BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, General Dynamics C4 Systems, Global Technical Systems, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. and Serco, Inc. for the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts for the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services. The CANES program is intended to equip every ship in the fleet wi... more »
Russia to upgrade 2 Pacific Fleet nuclear submarines
[image: Project 971 (Akula) class SSN]Two multi-purpose Project 971 nuclear submarines Samara and Bratsk of the Russian Pacific Fleet will be delivered to the city of Severodvinsk, a nuclear shipbuilding center in Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk region. They will be upgraded at the Zvezdochka military shipyard, the military shipyard’s press service told ITAR-TASS on Wednesday. A dock-ship will deliver nuclear submarines from the Far-Eastern port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Northern Sea Route. Source
Respect One Another
A reflection of mine on our relationship to animals. *What Do Animals Teach Us?*
This is INS Arihant, First Made-in-India Nuclear Submarine
[image: INS Arihant]The INS Arihant, country's first made-at-home nuclear submarine is being built in top secret conditions at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. NDTV's Science Editor Pallava Bagla has accessed the first images of the 6,000-tonne vessel, the first of a class of three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines with a displacement of 6,000 tonnes. She is designed to carry four nuclear-tipped submarine-launched ballistic missiles called the K-4 which have a range of 3,500 kilometres or a dozen Bo 5 missiles which can strike targets about 700 kilometres away. Read more
Musical Interlude: Tchaikovsky, “The 1812 Overture” (Full, Choral)
*Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, * *“The 1812 Overture”, (Full, Choral), Ashkenazy* "On Aug. 20, 1882, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky introduced his “1812 Overture,” which commemorated Russia’s defeat of Napoleon, at the 1882 Moscow Exhibition. Having conquered most of Europe, Napoleon led an army of 600,000 into Russia beginning in June 1812. It would be an ill-fated invasion that crippled Napoleon’s hold on Europe. Tchaikovsky’s piece begins solemnly, with “divided cellos and strings intoning the quiet, even mournful hymn ‘God Preserve Thy People’” to represent the mood of the Russian people... more »
An alarmist embraces the label "alarmist"
There have been many discussions about the ways how the climate realists are being called. We're skeptics, contrarians, mavericks, and shills, among other things. I have always agreed with Richard Lindzen about the word "denier". While it has been coined with the obvious purpose to link the climate realists to the "Holocaust deniers", it is actually an accurate term, too. In particular, I am a climate denier, not a climate skeptic. The term "skeptic" often indicates that there is a serious "case" to be made about the bold hypothesis and that one is seriously open-minded to both pos... more »
Even As Iraq Implodes President Obama Is Still Committed To Withdrawing U.S. Forces From Afghanistan
*Obama Holds To Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline -- New York Times* WASHINGTON — President Obama may have ordered American warplanes back to Iraq, but he has not changed his mind about his other big military withdrawal. Mr. Obama told advisers this week that delaying the pullout of American troops from Afghanistan would make no difference there as long as the country did not overcome its political rifts. The president, a senior administration official said, was rejecting a growing chorus of arguments in Washington that the chaos in Iraq should prompt him to reconsider his timetable... more »
Untitled
*That pesky old sun* There has been a mini-flood in recent days of research reports that find the earth's climate to be influenced by solar variations -- something Warmists have always rejected. I put up yesterday a report sourced out of Lund university in Sweden and I reproduce four more reports below. * Hundred-Year Period Of Increased Solar Activity Coming To An End* *Article from Finland using American data* The space climate is undergoing an extremely interesting phase – a 100-year period of heightened solar activity is coming to an end. The sun and weather are the favour... more »
Caught Between Iraq & A Hard Place
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The New Map Of The Middle East
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Paulo Coelho, “The Mechanism of Terror”
*“The Mechanism of Terror”* by Paulo Coelho “An old legend tells of how a certain city in the Pyrenees mountains used to be a stronghold for drug-traffickers, smugglers and exiles. The worst of them all, called Ahab, was converted by a local monk, Savin, and decided that things could not continue like that. As he was feared by all, but did not want to use his fame as a thug to make his point, at no moment did he try to convince anyone. Knowing the nature of men as well as he did, they would only take honesty for weakness and soon his power would be put in doubt. So what he did was... more »
Americans Brace For Blow-Back From Islamic State Militants
A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Stringer *Americans Brace For New Wave Of Islamic State Terror -- Washington Times* *Obama gives sympathy to Foley family, tried rescue* The vicious Islamic State group now is vowing to broaden its war campaign to include killing Americans wherever and whenever it can. Tuesday’s horrific videotaped beheading of American photojournalist James Foley was packaged with a new Islamic State posting on social media threatening the U... more »
Were British Jihadists Responsible For The Murder of James Foley
*Photo:* Manhunt: Face of the masked killer from IS video,. Daily Mail *Foley Abduction Linked to British Jihadi Kidnapping Ring -- Eli Lake & Josh Rogin, Daily Beast* Weeks before Foley’s abduction in 2012, alleged members of a jihadi kidnapping network tied to ISIS were arrested and held in London for kidnapping Western journalists, only to later be released by Britain’s legal system. American journalist James Foley was captured in Syria in November 2012, just weeks after the British government arrested and charged three British citizens who were alleged members of a group of fo... more »
U.S. Military Failed In A Secret Mission To Rescue James Foley And Other Hostages
President Barack Obama delivers a statement from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, during his vacation August 20, 2014. Obama condemned the Islamic State militants who beheaded American journalist James Foley. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque *U.S. Military Failed In Rescue Attempt For Journalist Foley -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The U.S. military earlier this summer carried out an attempt to rescue journalist James Foley and other American hostages held in Syria, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, in an operation that the Pentagon said ultimately failed to find the captives. Foley, 40, was beh... more »
Marianne Williamson-- Reparations!
What do candidates do after they lose their race? Many disappear, at least for a while. Or if not disappear, they lower their profile significantly. I remember, though, on the night that election fraud cost Donna Edwards her first race, I spoke with her about how she needed to start running the next day. She did and she two years later she became the first African-American woman to represent Maryland in Congress. Her own party had written her off for a subservient corporate shill and Hoyer and Pelosi had both campaigned against her but if that upset her-- and how could it not-- it... more »
Turkeys vote against Christmas
The Key Government proposes to pay higher salaries to leading educators –teachers and principals demonstrating proven success -- to oversee the work of lesser educators. NZEI members however have today voted overwhelmingly against the proposal. 93 per cent of teachers and principals voted "no confidence" in the policy [which] could potentially scupper the … plans…. NZEI president Judith Nowotarski said 73 per cent of the more than 25,000 members that voted rejected the proposed new roles outright… Without offering any opinion on the Key Government’s proposal, and given the ste... more »
The AstroTurf Lament: Common Core in Two 2014 Public Opinion Polls
In August 2014, both Education Next and Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup published public opinion polls on education and that included questions regarding the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). EdNext polled approximately 5,000 individuals, and PDK/Gallup, 1,000 individuals. (Some of EdNext‘s questions were asked in two versions, and the sample was split into two halves, or approximately 2,500 respondents.) […]
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Bittersweet”
Kevin Kern, “Bittersweet” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEGp4nrUIs4
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Beautiful emission nebula NGC 6164 was created by a rare, hot, luminous O-type star, some 40 times as massive as the Sun. Seen at the center of the cosmic cloud, the star is a mere 3 to 4 million years old. In another three to four million years the massive star will end its life in a supernova explosion. *Click image for larger size.* Spanning around 4 light-years, the nebula itself has a bipolar symmetry. That makes it similar in appearance to more familiar planetary nebulae - the gaseous shrouds surrounding dying sun-like stars. Also like many planetary nebulae, NGC 6164 has bee... more »
Who knew? I'm really into Twitter
Last week when I commented on Facebook and then reworked the comment into a blog post that I could tweet, I felt like I was one with the social-media universe. I know a lot of people who have mixed feelings about social media and how it's changing the cultural landscape and way we interact. But personally, I love it. The big surprise for me has been Twitter, which I avoided for the longest time. The idea of being restricted to 140 measly characters just didn't do it for me, and I really didn't want a whole new "thing" to have to tend on-line. But I finally caved a couple... more »
The Poet: Joy Harjo, "Eagle Poem"
*"Eagle Poem" * "To pray you open your whole self To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon To one whole voice that is you. And know there is more That you can't see, can't hear Can't know except in moments Steadily growing, and in languages That aren't always sound but other Circles of motion. Like eagle that Sunday morning Over Salt River. Circles in blue sky In wind, swept our hearts clean With sacred wings. We see you, see ourselves and know That we must take the utmost care And kindness in all things. Breathe in, knowing we are made of All this, and breathe, knowing We are truly blessed bec... more »
Chet Raymo, “Is Consciousness Incomprehensible?”
*“Is Consciousness Incomprehensible?” * by Chet Raymo "There are reasonable arguments for the incomprehensibility of human consciousness, and some of them were given here the other day in Comments. Let me offer arguments for the contrary. First, one very important feature of consciousness has already been comprehended. We can say with a high degree of confidence that there is no ghost in the machine, that consciousness is an emergent physio-chemical property of the material brain. Whether consciousness is deterministic or involves some measure of quantum uncertainty remains to be s... more »
"Did You Ever Wonder?"
"Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?" ~ Calvin and Hobbes
The Daily "Near You?"
Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Daily "Near You?"
Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Perhaps They Never Will..."
Click image for larger size. "One summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space. Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was no reminder of human life. My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon. It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen o... more »
Psychology: "A Weird Way of Thinking Has Prevailed Worldwide"
"A Weird Way of Thinking Has Prevailed Worldwide" by Anand Giridharadas Cortes, Canada - "Imagine a country whose inhabitants eat human flesh, wear only pink hats to sleep and banish children into the forest to raise themselves until adulthood. Now imagine that this country dominates the study of psychology worldwide. Its universities have the best facilities, which draw the best scholars, who write the best papers. Their research subjects are the flesh-eating, pink-hat-wearing, forest-reared locals. When these psychologists write about their own country, all is well. But things det... more »
Middle Eastern Intelligence Agents Are Being Outed By The Islamic State
An image tweeted by radical Islamic group ISIS publicising mass executions. Source: NewsComAu *ISIS Reportedly Outing Middle Eastern Intelligence Agents -- FOX News* The terrorist group ISIS is actively outing agents from Middle Eastern intelligence services -- as many as 30 in the last two months -- by posting their pictures and locations on social media, a counterterrorism source told Fox News. In some cases, the source, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the investigations, said the Islamic State appeared to be getting the agents' identities from Saudi sy... more »
The Beheading Of Journalist James Wright Foley Is A Ridiculous HOAX!
Yes, I have been extremely busy the last couple of days, and this blog has indeed fallen to the wayside… But as I have said, I will put up as many articles as I can when the time is available, such as now.. Today, I and others were alerted to the recent actions of the criminal Israeli/US BS "terrorist" organization known as "ISIS", or as they like to be called now just simply "IS", the "Islamic State". It is a fact that this "terrorist" group is just as phoney as its other predecessors such as the famous "Al Qaeda" and more recently the so called "Boka Harum". It does appear tha... more »
Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 21st Aug)
Academies run by favoured 'superhead' received advance notice of Ofsted checks Academies run by a superhead praised by the government for producing schools that "outperform the rest" of the state sector had secret advance notice of Ofsted inspection dates. Evidence uncovered by this newspaper suggests that three schools in Norfolk, all overseen by Dame Rachel de Souza, knew of impending
The economics of our drug industry can't give us drugs we need, and soon will REALLY need. Is there a workaround?
*“Antibiotic resistance really has the potential to make everything about the way we live different.”* *-- Kevin Outterson, a founding member of the CDC’s working groupon antimicrobial resistance, to* The New Yorker*'s James Surowiecki* *by Ken* I think most of us are aware, in a general way, that there is a mismatch in the world of drug development between actual health needs and profitability. As, again, we're probably all aware, drug development is expensive, especially when you factor in the huge budgets required for regulatory hurdles and for marketing. Why, the subject even... more »
Defeating The Islamic State Is Not Going To Be Easy
Deutsche Welle *Defeating Isis Likely To Take Years, Warn Military Analysts -- Sam Jones in London and Erika Solomon in Sayida, Financial Times* The brutal murder of the American journalist James Foley on Tuesday has gruesomely raised the stakes in the international effort to battle the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis). The beheading has been a turning point for Isis, marking the first definite shift in its attention away from regional fighting and towards hurting the West and its citizens. It has also come as a visceral reminder for a hitherto-guarded Was... more »
The U.S. War Against The Islamic State Is Intensifying
*U.S. Military Announces 14 Airstrikes In Iraq Following James Foley Execution -- Washington Post* Militants who executed American journalist James Foley in a video released Tuesday implied they would do the same to another war correspondent, Steven Sotloff, if President Obama does not stop U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. That doesn’t appear to have dissuaded the president or senior defense officials: The U.S. military announced 14 more airstrikes in northern Iraq on Wednesday, saying it had hit a variety of militant targets. The strikes, conducted in support of Iraqi security force oper... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On market research
[image: image]“Market research is what you do when your product isn’t any good.” - Edwin Land, inventor of the polaroid camera, and business pioneer [Hat tip Stephen Hicks and the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Was Kajieme Powell Really Holding High a Knife When Shot to Death by Police?
Reason After St. Louis police shot to death 25-year-old Kajieme Powell yesterday (as mentioned in Elizabeth Nolan Brown's post below)—and apparently for good measure cuffed his corpse, says an eyewitness at the scene of the video below around 2:45—St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson told the press that he was a clear and present danger to the officers, having, as the *St. Louis Post-Dispatch* reported, "pulled out a knife and came at the officers, gripping and holding it high, Dotson said." *The Huffington Post* reported Dotson as saying the knife was in an "overhand grip." This cel... more »
The common core does not address the real problem
Sent to the Washington Post, August 20, 2014 The Post has reported that according to a recent PDK/Gallup poll, the "Common Core educational standards are losing support nationwide" (August 19). The poll asked those opposed to the Common Core why they were opposed, giving them several possible reasons. The options did not include the reasons many educators oppose the Common Core: There is no need for a radical change in curriculum or testing. Substantial improvement will come only when we deal with the real problem: Poverty. When researchers control for the effect of poverty, America... more »
Ever wonder why the prostitutes and bankers share the same neighbourhood?
*Guest post from Europe by Simon Black from **Sovereign Man* Sometimes I am convinced it was completely by design, and not a weird little coincidence, that one of Germany's most sprawling red light districts is just steps away from the European Central Bank. This fact becomes comically obvious right around happy hour... as self-congratulatory ECB economists and their bureaucratic bank underlings crowd the bars and cafes after work which are simultaneously frequented by pimps, thugs, and other assorted low-lifes. One would be forgiven for legitimately asking the question: which of ... more »
Banana Republic USA: More Reporters Arrested in Ferguson
Granted it is not like getting your head chopped off in a promotional video for the extremist Islamist group ISIS as journalist James Foley has suffered, but the press is under attack in America as well. In the continuation of Obama's war on journalism, more reporters were arrested or otherwise detained in Ferguson, Missouri during coverage of the civil unrest. Not that Obama, his vicious hatchet man Eric Holder or any of the heavily armed thugs that are imposing borderline martial law in Ferguson give a rat's ass but we do have this thing called the First Amendment. That one mos... more »
What Has Happened To U.S. Foreign Policy?
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza *The Meltdown -- Bret Stephens, Commentary* In July, after Germany trounced Brazil 7–1 in the semifinal match of the World Cup—including a first-half stretch in which the Brazilian soccer squad gave up an astonishing five goals in 19 minutes—a sports commentator wrote: “This was not a team losing. It was a dream dying.” These words could equally describe what has become of Barack Obama’s foreign policy since his second inauguration. The president, according to the infatuated view of his political aides and media flatterers, was supposed to b...more »
The United Police States?
Whatever the rights and wrongs of what’s going on in Ferguson, Alabama – and I’m too far away to give you any special insight on that – one thing that’s now obvious is the militarisation of the American police. This is not a healthy trend, says John Stossel. Libertarians warned for years that government is force, that government always grows and that America's police have become too much like an occupying army. We get accused of being paranoid, but we look less paranoid after heavily armed police in Ferguson, Missouri, tear gassed peaceful protesters, arrested journalists and... more »
World News Briefs -- August 20, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*Obama Condemns Killing Of Reporter, U.S. Hits Militants In Iraq -- Reuters* * Obama: killing "shocked the conscience" of the world * Says U.S. will do what it must to protect citizens * Islamic State threatens the life of a second U.S. reporter * Killing said to be revenge for U.S. air strikes in Iraq BAGHDAD/EDGARTOWN, Mass., Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama expressed revulsion on Wednesday at the beheading of an American journalist by Islamist militants and vowed the United States would do what it must to protect its citizens as international condemnation of the insu... more »
Steve Russell : The third time in Iraq is not the charm
The do-nothing Congress has to date done nothing. In better and more rational times there would already be a roaring debate. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | August 20, 2014 In my clearest memory of Iraq War I, … finish reading Steve Russell : The third time in Iraq is not the charm
Argentina Stuns Bondholders With Scorched-Earth "Cramdown" Plan ( August 20 , 2014 ) - with Argentina thumbing , what t its nose at the vulture firms and the US Court system ype of economic warfare against Argentina lays ahead will become known shortly
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-20/argentina-stuns-bondholders-scorched-earth-cramdown-plan Argentina Stuns Bondholders With Scorched-Earth "Cramdown" Plan [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2014 17:03 -0400 - Bank of New York - Bond - Capital Markets - Covenants - Cramdown - Credit Suisse - Credit-Default Swaps - Creditors - default - Greece - Reality - Restructured Debt - Zurich inShare8 With the impasse over the latest Argentina default going nowhere fast, late last night president ... more »
Thanks Robin
As the fabric within which we are wrapped is shed – our new skin pokes through here and there. It is felt in vibratory accelerations that keep us both wide awake and “humming” all night, or in deep fatigue that makes it difficult to get up in the morning. It looks like an acceptance of alternative lifestyles as each of us knows someone who’s attended or held a same sex marriage ceremony; and shop owners allow homeless patrons to use their bathrooms on a daily basis without hesitation or comment. It is told in our “x-files” type stories, of occurrences with out of this world bein... more »
Planet Key
When Helen Clark’s Electoral Finance Act came into effect, many of us pointed out it represented censorship at worst, and a stifling of free expression at best. When John Key amended the Act, many of us pointed out the biggest change was the name but the effect was still the same: a stifling of political protest. Enter bluesman Darren Watson, whose innocuous song Planet Key will be rubbed out this afternoon by the Electoral Commission. Their job is interpreting and enforcing the ill-worded law that now permanently confines political expression, and in the opinion of these grey on... more »
Some Reporters Were Not Impressed With President Obama After He Had Made His Remarks On The Murder Of James Foley
Pool: after statement Obama headed to the Vineyard Golf Club — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 20, 2014 *Update*: Obama blasts terrorists, returns to golf -- Sophia Rosenbaum, New York Post *My Comment*: The above are just two of the many negative comments that were made today from "beltway reporters". Optics and perception is everything when you are the U.S. President .... and the media class (especially after the loss of one of heir own by a beheading) .... are making their opinions known today.
President Obama Delivers A Statement On The Murder Of Journalist James Foley
*Obama, Outraged Over Beheading, Vows To Stay On Course -- New York Times* EDGARTOWN, Mass. — President Obama declared Wednesday that the entire world was “appalled” by the beheading of an American journalist by militants in Syria, but vowed that America would not change course in Iraq, where the United States has been conducting airstrikes against terrorists, despite threats by the group to kill another reporter in the days ahead. “The United States of America will continue to do what we must do to protect our people,” Mr. Obama said in a brief statement from Martha’s Vineyard, w... more »
A British man beheads an American journalist
I really don't know where to begin, so I'm just going to start typing.... I'm finding it hard to rise above the red mist which has surrounded me since returning home from work and learning that a British citizen - a Muslim fighting for the Islamic State - has apparently beheaded an American journalist, James Foley. Other British Muslim jihadists have apparently also been filmed in videos with other prisoners, or posing with decapitated bodies. That's something which reminds me of the attempt by a pair of British Muslims on the streets of Luton last year to decapitate Lee Rigby ... more »
“Turning America Into a War Zone, Where ‘We the People’ Are the Enemy”
*“Turning America Into a War Zone, * *Where ‘We the People’ Are the Enemy”* By John W. Whitehead “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell me that I can’t stop you, don’t say I’m a racist pig, don’t threaten that you’ll sue me and take away my badge. Don’t scream at me that you pay my salary, and don’t even think of aggressively walking towards me. Most field stops are complete in minutes. How difficult is it to cooperate for that long?”—Sunil Dutta... more »
"You Cannot Defeat Me..."
“If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'” - Ann Landers
Jackbooted Thugs-- Not Just Ferguson But Facebook Too
The erosion of accountability for criminal activities by our elites will lead to the end of democracy… or worse I'm not the first one to point out that in the last week we've seen what conservatives, tea-tards and libertarians have been warning us about for years: the thuggish jackbooted foot of the overly militarized government on the throat of the citizenry. Except, for the tea-tards and conservatives, it's just fine since the citizenry with the jackboots on their throats are African-Americans. And by "conservatives," I'm not just talking about Republicans. How many Democrats do yo... more »
Elizabeth Green Tackles the Question; Are Teachers Born or Made?
It’s hard to believe that there will ever be an answer to the question of whether teachers are “born” or “made.” As with the question of whether comedians or poets are born or made, the way that the question is phrased, and its context, will determine the answers. As with the case with other timeless […]
“Damned Tears”
*“Damned Tears”* By Andy Alt I am just going to let this speak for itself. It is a beautiful, heart breaking piece written by Andy Alt, about his father, who died by his own hand when Andy was just eight years old...- CP “For every joke he tells, there is a sadness. Each sadness buried by one joke. Once he thought the joke transformed the sadness, but the joke merely blanketed the sadness to comfort it. It’s said that tears clean one’s eyes. If the the dam broke from all of the tears from his sadness — crying an ocean over the loss of his father, the loss of his child-hood, the los... more »
Murderous Conservative Incompetence
Here's the Transit Safety Board's report on the Lac Magnetic rail disaster. Apparently it's pretty damning. Transport Canada was slammed Tuesday in a long-awaited report into last summer's train disaster that claimed the lives of 47 people, for not forcing Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway to improve its safety record. "Each time (Transport Canada inspectors) were saying, 'OK, we found this, you've got to do this,' but nobody was looking at it from a big-picture point of view to say, 'Have we got a systemic problem? Have we got a pattern here?' " Wendy Tadros, president of the Tra... more »
“Older People Sleep Less. Now We Know Why.”
*“Older People Sleep Less. Now We Know Why.”* by Anna Almendrala “It's long been known that the older you get, the less you sleep. There are many proposed reasons for why this happens, and they include new medications, psychological distress, retirement or simply the theory that the elderly need less sleep. But a new study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and University of Toronto researchers offers, for the first time, a neurological reason for the phenomenon: namely, that a specific cluster of neurons associated with regulating sleep patterns, called the ventrolateral pr... more »
Tennessee Schools Soar to 43rd in ACT National Standings
Tennessee's now in its 22th year of a failed experiment that began in 1992 to use value-added assessment to improve Tennessee schools. In 2013 Tennessee ranked 46th among states for composite ACT scores. This year Tennessee is 43rd for the ACT composite score, but the state still ranks 48th in math, with only Mississippi and Hawaii behind the proud home state of the Sanders Model. The other long-time experimenter with the Sanders Model of value-added testing is North Carolina, which ranks 47th this year in ACT scores. Huffman and Haslam, however, have bought the headlines, with th...more »
What to do with British IS Fighters?
The execution of James Foley by a British-accented Islamic State fighter is utterly sickening. The murder of non-combatants is a war crime, but for ISIS, ISIL or whatever this bunch of barbaric thugs are calling themselves today, killing for mere propaganda underscores their nature as the world's most socially regressive movement. Historical parallels with the Nazis often obscure more than they highlight, which is why I avoid them as a rule. But I cannot help noting the similarity between IS and the brutality meted out in Russia by the *Wehrmacht* and the *Einsatzgruppen* following ... more »
Supplemental: Concerning the desperate need for a hook!
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014* *The use of the magic photo:* Kevin Drum links to our earlier post about Peter Baker’s use of the magic photo. Agreeing with our deathless judgment, the gentleman says this: DRUM (8/20/14): *Look, I've been there. You want to say something interesting. You need a hook. But come on.* If you want to make the case that racial issues are more immediate for Holder than for Obama, go ahead. But don't pretend that an ordinary White House photograph tells you anything. That's just embarrassing. After posting this morning, this thought occurred to us: Baker *ne... more »
Quebec journalist: Jews can make any government submit to their will
The organized Jewish community in Canada is in an uproar over some frank and truthful commentary put forth by a veteran journalist in Quebec. *The Times of Israel* reports: A veteran prominent Quebec radio host has come under fire for making derisive comments about the Jewish community. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs condemned Gilles Proulx for comments he made in a recent newspaper column but said *it was “disappointed and troubled” by the lack of public outrage*. Proulx, 74, wrote that *the Jewish community can make any government “submit” to its will*. In a later tele...more »
BREAKING: SpecOps Forces Being Deployed in Ferguson, MO
Asymmetric Solutions, a private contractor firm consisting of retired U.S. Navy Seals and Army Special Forces, announced via social media that they have been called up for deployment in Ferguson, MO. The announcement came via a tweet and did not include specifics of the deployment. We've been to Baghdad, Kabul, KL, Manilla, Peshwar, Bogata. Never guessed we would deploy a high threat team in our own city. #furgeson — Asymmetric Solutions (@AsymmetricUSA) August 19, 2014 Via 1776 Channel: Missouri-based private security contractor Asymmetric ... more »
Supplemental: Salon and Rothkopf get it right!
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014* *Willing to ask, what is truth:* We’re happy to say that the new Salon has done something journalistic! To convince yourselves, click here. A bright young kid named Joanna Rothkopf is the virtuous party. (Middlebury, class of 2012!) Working from a New York Times report, Rothkopf said there are conflicting accounts of the way Michael Brown came to be shot and killed. She said the grand jury which convenes today will have to figure out what actually happened. Rothkopf didn’t do a perfect job of paraphrasing the Times. Still, it’s nice to see Salon step... more »
Trying To Speak Out But Distractions Abound - John Mitchell Still Runs Justice? (Kareem A-J: Coming Race War On Way?) Black Panthers Now NSA Instead of NWA (Anti-Semites Now Only Self-Hating?) Militarizing Police Creates Murder Machine, Michael Brown Distraction In Play, and How High Up Did the Madoff Fraud Go at JPMorgan and Why Was It Allowed?
Just in from the farmers' market, so let's get to it. Hedy Epstein, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, was arrested on Monday during unrest over the death of Michael Brown, KMOV reports. Epstein, who aided Allied forces in the Nuremberg trials, was placed under arrest in downtown St. Louis, Missouri "for failing to disperse" during a protest of Governor Jay Nixon's decision to call in
Hamas' Army Is Stepping Out Of The Shadows
*Secretive Army of Hamas Emerges From Shadows in Gaza -- Wall Street Journal* Conflict Has Brought Qassam Brigade, Guerrilla Army of Hamas, Into Battle Against Israel DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip—When the shrapnel-torn body of Ahmed Abu Thoraya returned to this city in the Gaza Strip, only one member of his family knew for sure he had been a fighter in Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas. Mr. Abu Thoraya had given his brother, Mohammed, a short will before he left town on July 19. "He said 'I'm going somewhere,' " his brother recalled recently. "I knew that he may not come b... more »
This bears repeating: ” I Am The Seed She Planted”
This bears repeating: ” I Am The Seed She Planted”. via This bears repeating: ” I Am The Seed She Planted”.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
Researchers find security flaws in backscatter X-ray scanners
*Editor's note: Latest research highlights the ongoing ruse of supposedly tightened airport security. Meanwhile, those who profited from these scanners laugh all the way to the bank. Then of course there are the negative health effects. * Photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications *Activist Post* A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins University have discovered several security vulnerabilities in full-body backscatter X-ray scanners deployed to U.S. airports between 2009 and 2013. In laboratory tests, t... more »
Staged Provocations Ahead of Possible US-Syrian War
Tony Cartalucci With the alleged brutal murder of American journalist James Wright Foley, a wave of anger and aggression across Western audiences has been generated. Upon that wave rides two objectives. One is to create plausible deniability for the West which created the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), the other is to create a further pretext to justify a resurgence of direct US military intervention across the region. While the focus has been on ISIS in Iraq, there is still another war - linked directly to Iraq’s current conflict - being waged across the border in Syri... more »
Cyborg Moth "Biobots" Preparing For Flight
Photo credit: Alper Bozkurt Nicholas West The military-science industrial complex continues its pursuit of modeling drones after nature in order to hide in plain sight. While there have been some successes in this area with systems like RoboBee, nature's flight pattern is proving to be difficult to perfectly replicate, as well as providing steep challenges in energy consumption. Enter cyborgs. While mice have long been tested upon in the areas of direct mind control, it is cyborg insects that are currently leading the way. In October of last year, I wrote about a pet cyborg proj... more »
Database Shows What Military Equipment Your Local Police Department Has Been Stockpiling
image source Mac Slavo There’s no doubt that domestic law enforcement agencies on every level have been ramping up their militarization efforts in recent years. In fact, it’s gotten so bad that it has prompted Senator Rand Paul to call for a demilitarization of domestic police departments. “The images and scenes we continue to see in Ferguson resemble war more than traditional police action,” notes Paul in a recent article. We know that the Department of Homeland Security has been buying up billions of rounds of ammunition, military grade rifles, armored vehicles, riot gear an... more »
ISIS: Region-wide Genocide Portended in 2007 Now Fully Realized
*Dead American Journalist the Latest Ploy to Cover-up Regional Genocide Years in the Making* Tony Cartalucci American journalist James Wright Foley was allegedly brutally murdered on video by terrorists of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS). The development would at first appear to portray a terrorist organization openly declaring itself an enemy of the West; but, in reality, it is the latest attempt by the West itself to cover up the true genesis of the current region-wide catastrophe of its own creation now unfolding in the Middle East. *Image: ISIS' path into Iraq be... more »
Whistleblower Names CDC Scientists In Covering Up Vaccine-Autism Link
image source *GMI Reporter* *A Study by Focus Autism Foundation Finds: CDC Whistleblower Reveals Widespread Manipulation of Scientific Data and Top-Down Pressure on CDC Scientists to Support the Fraudulent Application of Government Policies on Vaccine Safety.* A top research scientist working for the *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)* played a key role in helping *Dr. Brian Hooker* of the *Focus Autism Foundation* uncover data manipulation by the CDC that *obscured a higher incidence of autism in African-American boys*. The whistleblower came to the attention of... more »
Russia Moves to Toughen GMO Food Sanctions, Introduces Fines for Vague Labeling
image source Heather Callaghan Close on the heels of their new food import bans, Russia is enacting stricter methods to keep GMOs off the table. Russia has a consumer safety watchdog group called Rospotrebnadzor - also known as the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare. Russia's Government Legislative Commission has just approved Rospotrebnadzor’s proposal to further toughen sanctions and for the introduction of fines for unclear or inappropriately labeled genetically modified food, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday. The goal of the bill is to prote... more »
Is Qatar The Main Reason Why Israel - Hamas Cannot Agree To A Truce?
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, and Hamas chief Khaled Meshal. Al Jazeera *Report: Qatar Threatened To Expel Meshal If He Agreed To Cairo Truce Draft -- Haaretz* German development aid minister accuses Qatar of aiding Islamic State. Qatar pushed Hamas to renew hostilities with Israel by threatening to expel Khaled Meshal, the chief of Hamas' political bureau, if Hamas accepted the Egyptian proposal for a long-term cease-fire, the London-based pan-Arab daily Al Hayat reported Wednesday. An unnamed source in the Palestinian delegation to Cairo said in the repor... more »
How the Defense Industry Corrupts State Politics
Ted Baumann On my desk I have a teargas canister that a policeman fired at me many years ago. It’s there to remind me of several things: that the struggle for liberty is often violent; that 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (a.k.a. pepper spray) really hurts; and that somebody, somewhere, makes a lot of money selling the tools of repression to government. A policeman in Cape Town fired that particular canister. But it wasn’t made in South Africa. Combined Tactical Systems, based in Jamestown, Pennsylvania manufactured it. CTS’ 37mm M1A2 teargas rounds were exported to South Africa throu... more »
KIEV CLOSING IN FOR THE KILL
Eastern Ukraine has sustained another day of heavy shelling. Today at least 5 people were killed in an army assault on a village near Donetsk, while the city itself was also hit. Inside the city, people are struggling with a dire humanitarian situation. I was particularly moved by the 82 year old woman at the end of this news report who refuses to leave Donetsk as the Kiev regime's conscripted army, directed by the US, closes in for the kill. Kiev has been saying they plan to take full military control of eastern Ukraine by September 1. That means lots more innocent people will ... more »
Cop Points Assault Rifle at Livestreamer: "I Will Fucking Kill You"
*Dangerous gang activity reported once again in Ferguson, MO.* Livestream from Rebelutionary_Z The scene was witnessed by Infowars reporter Joe Biggs who was also filming the incident. The clip shows a Ferguson officer with his gun raised pointing it directly at a citizen journalist who was live streaming at the time. “Oh my God, gun raised, gun raised,” states the journalist, before Biggs remarks, “gun pointed.” “My hands are up bro, my hands are up,” states the journalist before the cop responds, “I’m going to f***ing kill you, get back, get back!” “You’re going to kill him?” ... more »
James Foley “beheading” fans the war flames-Problem, Reaction, Solution
*UPDATED * *James Foley?* James Foley, whatever his situation or affiliations, knew going into a war zone came with potential repercussions. Including death. So...... why all the fuss? Allegedly, so? *Problem, Reaction Solution* *1-Problem*-* How to sell the justifcation/need for wider war to the masses?* Create a ‘beheading” story? Fan it up. Lots of coverage. An abundance of self-righteous outrage, demands for justice etc., Making conditions right for the already anticipated...................................... *2**-* *Reaction. * Let's examine a bit of the conditioning being... more »
What Bottle Feeding My First Taught Me About Breastfeeding My Second- A nursing story and Dr. Brown's Giveaway
I was given samples of Dr. Brown's products prior to writing this post. All opinions and experience are 100% my own. My first breastfeeding experience was nothing short of a disaster. I nursed a screaming baby every 45 minutes for the first four weeks of her life. I was exhausted, in constant pain from sore nipples, but proud. I was doing it, even though it was hard. I felt felt exhilarated by my accomplishment right up until the moment that my daughter's pediatrician told me when she was four weeks old that I was starving her to death. I remember feeling like I had been punched in... more »
Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- August 20, 2014
*Israel, Hamas Resume Fighting as Cairo Talks Break Down -- Voice of America* JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian fighters in Gaza exchanged fire Tuesday night and Wednesday morning as cease-fire talks in Egypt broke down. Palestinian authorities said at least 11 people were killed in the latest round of violence. There we no reported injuries in Israel. Israel said it hit more than 90 targets in the Palestinian enclave along the Mediterranean, one of which struck the house of Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. Hamas said he is still alive, but the raid killed his 27-year-o... more »
Did Mitch McConnell's Bluster And Extremism Just Throw Democratic Candidates A Lifeline?
It's been nearly a year since Move On, in the wake of the Republican government shut down, polled dozens of competitive congressional districts in Republican-held districts across the country asking, among other inquiries, these two questions: 1- Would you be less likely or more likely to support [your congressman] if you knew he voted to support shutting down major activities of the federal government as a way to stop the health care law from being put into place, or does it not make a difference? 2- Now that you know [your congressman] supported the government shutdown, I’ll a... more »
Ukraine Will Have Two Choices In Resolving The Civil War
Ukraine president-elect Petro Poroshenko (R) talks to Russian President Vladimir Putin after a group photo during the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Benouville, France June 6, 2014. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) *Putin Meeting Leaves Ukraine With Tough Choices -- Wall Street Journal* Encounter Would Be First Since June, Comes Amid Diplomatic Push Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart will meet next week for the first time in two months, officials in both countries said, intensifying a diplomatic push that could force Kiev to choose between continuing ... more »
In A Concession To Russia, NATO Has Agreed To Not Substantially Increase It's Military Presence In Eastern Europe
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks next to Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs (R), Radoslaw Sikorski at the Przezdziecki Palace in Warsaw May 7, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Filip Klimaszewski *NATO To Shun Substantial Eastern Footprint In Nod To Russia -- Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg* RIGA, Latzia — NATO will stop short of basing substantial combat forces in eastern Europe to avoid a complete rupture in relations with Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. A NATO summit next month will settle on other ways of protecting the alliance's eastern flank, includin... more »
Paul Craig Roberts observes that "...Washington and its presstitutes are protecting the lie that Washington and its media vassals successfully spread around the world and have used as the basis for further sanctions that escalate the conflict with Russia." He suggests that "Perhaps a solution could be found by President Putin meeting separately with Merkel and Hollande and explaining that Russia cannot indefinitely accept sanctions based on lies and propaganda without taking more determined steps than Russian sanctions against European agricultural products" making it clear that "...if Europe continues to accomodate Washinton's assault on Russia..." the flow of Russian gas and oil to Europe "...could be restricted or ...turned off."
------------------------------ *Ukraine Crisis Continues — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ August 20, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Ukraine Crisis Continues Paul Craig Roberts Having served Washington’s propaganda purposes, the downed Malaysian airliner and the alleged Russian armored column that entered Ukraine and was allegedly destroyed have dropped out of the news even though both stories remain completely and totally unresolved. Washington’s stooge government ...more »
Ignorant of lifes fantasy
I do not know anything I can not afford the premium of paying online for the MAN's news not able to drop that dime
Backhanded Phycist
No I am not going to rule the stars or decide how you should live strarside. Its abundantly clear to those with vision that the march of mathematics will determine our fate and tell us about our father regardless of faith
Fear And Distrust Remains Where The Fighting Has Stopped In Eastern Ukraine
*In Ukraine, Fear And Distrust Remain Where Fighting Has Stopped -- Voice of America* KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE - As the Ukrainian military reclaims control of eastern cities from pro-Russian separatists, residents are getting a chance to rebuild their lives. In the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk province, a sense of fear is still in the air, and distrust of the government in Kyiv still runs deep. In a leafy neighborhood of Kramatorsk, residents are cleaning up the debris of war. Tolia, a pensioner, is fixing up his home, damaged as Ukrainian forces battled armed rebels who took over t... more »
NO JOURNALISM, NO JUSTICE: Two men walk into a White House photo!
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 * *Part 3—The dreams of Baker and Dowd:* Do journalistic values matter at times like this? Does it matter if we deal in facts instead of cartoons and novels? Are life-forms of our type even able to tell the difference? We asked those questions all last night as we rotated through the three news channels. That said, this morning’s New York Times is a tribute to non-journalistic values. Let’s start with the novel Peter Baker typed for the paper’s front page. Baker’s piece is presented as a “News Analysis.” As it starts, it’s built around what Baker sees... more »
What Is Next For The Ukraine Rebel Movement
Alexander Borodai, premier of the self proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, shakes hands with Alexander Zakharchenko, who heads a heavily armed rebel unit called Oplot during their news conference in Donetsk, in this August 7, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/Files *Ukraine Rebel Movement Faces Uncertain Future -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The resignations were abrupt and unexpected, two quick-fire blows to a separatist movement already suffering reversals on the battle field of eastern Ukraine. Alexander Borodai, the premier of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, ... more »
Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 20, 2014
*Ukraine Fight With Rebels Intensifies as Deaths Mount -- Bloomberg Businessweek* Ukraine’s armed forces said they continue to push back separatists in fighting in the country’s east before a possible meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian leaders next week. Ukraine’s National Guard captured the city of Ilovaysk, leading rebels to counter-attack with tanks and artillery, the force said today on its website. Nine Ukrainian servicemen died and 22 were wounded in the past 24 hours, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in Kiev. He later told reporters government troops control a “sig... more »
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY
It's all normal now militarization of police militarization of culture creation of police state lock down time who is the enemy? In Ferguson the predominately black crowd shouts 'We are in Gaza' they know what is coming down In Gaza Palestinians, long accustomed to tear gas, send Facebook messages to Ferguson about how to deal with tear gas the protests against corporate dictatorship are global back at home Obama interrupts his vacation makes lame statement about Ferguson "In America we don't arrest journalists" looks bad after all we are 'the light' of freedom, Disney style, but ... more »
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Looking at Sunday its seems it will be followed by Monday and the brief that took the weekend off will follow me like a spoiled child that I did not raise but if I loose myself and get angry that child will put a slug in my head and leave me in an unmarked grave that is the situation as I see it today we got lots of people in panic who used to think they controlled the day I need to rock I need to rock and roll I need some repute form this life thats such a toll that why I escape with my guitar its and instrument that's takes me to places near and far I no nothing about their truths... more »
New UK Flood Normalization
There are lots of interesting new studies emerging on trends in disasters and extreme events, and their possible relation to changes in climate, human-caused or otherwise. A new paper in the *Hydrological Sciences Journal* (Stevens et al. here in PDF) finds no evidence for an increase in UK flooding, once the data is normalized for exposure. The authors conclude: Consequences are the combined results of high river flows, pluvial flooding and coastal flooding, the numbers of people and property exposed to flooding and the effects of flood defence construction and floodplain manag... more »
Staged Provocations Ahead Possible US-Syrian War
*August 20, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - With the alleged brutal murder of American journalist James Wright Foley, a wave of anger and aggression across Western audiences has been generated. Upon that wave rides two objectives. One is to create plausible deniability for the West which created the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), the other is to create a further pretext to justify a resurgence of direct US military intervention across the region. While the focus has been on ISIS in Iraq, there is still another war -linked directly to Iraq's current conflict - being waged a... more »
World News Briefs -- August 20, 2014
*US Confirms American Journalist's Beheading -- Voice of America* WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials on Wednesday confirmed the authenticity of a grisly video showing the beheading of American freelance journalist James Foley by the Islamic State militant group. The Sunni extremist group had released the Internet video Tuesday, claiming it had killed Foley in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes targeting the group’s fighters in northern Iraq. The militant group also is threatening to kill a second hostage American journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff, U.S. officials said. Foley disa... more »
Harper has big Plans for the Notrth
I got big plans for what remains of a cool summer. Fact is the Soviet Putin people have actually done everything Harper could hope for on a hundred year time scale. I got big hopes for my Penis, mostly that it will stay in my pants.
Annie Machon and "Privacy"
Without privacy we can’t have a free democracy from Annie Machon on Vimeo. *My interview on RT about the Germany/Turkey spying scandal. Was this a staged event by the USA to box Germany in re criticisms about NSA global surveillance?* I get that all the time. Actually, it's the agents who tend to do most of the agent-baiting. I blame the Paul-bearers and the Anarchist Hipsters. It's the actual "ex-" agents that bug me the most. Annie Machon of MI5 goes around insisting that privacy is absolute, an invioble, and any government that conducts basic counter-terrorism and passive s... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 20, 2014
*Pentagon Says Iraq Airstrikes Will Be Limited --- For Now -- Washington Examiner* The Pentagon declined to discuss whether the U.S. military would step in with airstrikes to help Iraqi forces struggling to recapture Tikrit one day after a successful mission in assisting Iraq forces reclaim a strategic dam from Islamic militants. “I’m not going to speculate about future operations,” Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, told reporters Tuesday. President Obama and U.S. military leaders have authorized airstrikes in Iraq only under two main missions: to provide humanitarian... more »
China Becoming Global Gold Hub And Gold Price Discovery Centre
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-20/china-becoming-global-gold-hub-and-gold-price-discovery-centre China Becoming Global Gold Hub And Gold Price Discovery Centre by GoldCore on 08/20/2014 05:09 -0400 Shanghai Gold Exchange Launching International Bullion Exchange In Yuan Next Month *China is moving closer to positioning itself as the physical gold trading hub of the world* and the world’s gold price discovery centre. It is a natural progression for the largest economy in the world and for the world’s largest gold buyer, importer and indeed producer. The Shanghai Gold Exchan... more »
Iranian Mobilization In Iraq In The Face Of The Insurgent Surge
Iran was caught off guard by the fall of Mosul just like the rest of the world was. Iraq immediately asked for foreign aid, and Iran was one of the few that responded. It mobilized its Shiite militia allies to provide more boots on the ground to combat the militants, it sent in several hundred advisers and enlisted Lebanese Hezbollah to do the same, delivered weapons including Su-25 jets, and is supposedly directing part of Baghdad’s security strategy. Tehran stepped into the vacuum left by the collapse of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and has assumed an ever greater presence wi... more »
"The Western media have proved for all to see that the Western media comprises either a collection of ignorant and incompetent fools or a whorehouse that sells war for money." -- Paul Craig Roberts
------------------------------ *In The West Respect for Truth No Longer Exists — Paul Craig Roberts * ------------------------------ August 17, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter In The West Respect for Truth No Longer Exists Paul Craig Roberts The Western media have proved for all to see that the Western media comprises either a collection of ignorant and incompetent fools or a whorehouse that sells war for money. The Western media fell in step with Washington and blamed the downed Malay...more »
Videos Games are the Future of truth
The divergent addictive program that will turn our UTES(youths) into crusaders for truth. If this is a radical feed to your harmony its to late because some genius planted the seeds of success deep within privileged youth. A Hellfire missile cost more than the network for a sweet apartment building why not bomb the citizens with web access? The pen is mightier than the sword information is power shooting each other endlessly that would make the biggest jingoist on Downton Abby sour. Can you imagine Rudyard Kipling with the power of the Internet he would have populated the world wi... more »
Guy Parent finds badly wounded soldiers not getting disability cheques
Guy Parent finds badly wounded soldiers not getting disability chequesAug 19, 2014 A new report by Canada’s veterans watchdog says nearly half of the country’s most severely disabled ex-soldiers are not receiving a government allowance intended to compensate them for their physical and mental wounds. Veterans ombudsman Guy Parent also concluded that those who are receiving the permanent impairment allowance, along with a recently introduced supplement, are only awarded the lowest grade of the benefit. The criteria used by federal bureaucrats to evaluate disability do not match the in... more »
Poem by Doug Storm
Tree The girth and grip of the tulip trunk thrust Wrist deep into the soil of the school playground Fronts an edifice risen only to crumble. Unfallen and aged, escaping the steel chain, Your crown unbestowed, no body bends supplicant to you, though all are at base abject. You seek no fealty but stand resounding against the proclamations of pretenders. When your reign ends so all succession.
Justin Violated?
You do not have to be Steve Segal to imagine the break in was part of a calculated psyk ops. Was the goal to get the RCMP to shadow Trudeau? Does anyone remember the damaging leaks from the secrect service directed towards William Jefferson Clinton? Will the RCMP protectors report back to their masters? Lets make Justin a prisoner of his own life and see how he reacts? Some folks think the RCMP injected themselves into the Paul Martin election bid, thus sealing his fate. Me I do not know, I just see dots and dots and when they line up I call it a row.
The U.S. Air Force's Development Of A New Bomber Continues
B-1 bomber *Top Secret Air Force Bomber Program Moves Forward -- National Defense* It is a program shrouded in secrecy. Air Force officials over the past few years have been happy to talk publicly about how much they need a new long-range strike bomber, but have given it a “secret” classification and share few other details. But after a half-decade of discussions about what the aircraft should be in unclassified settings, 2014 has seen some revelations and movement in the program. A request for proposals was released in July and two competitors are expected to respond, a Boeing-L... more »
The Future Of Tanks
The new design will reduce vehicle size and weight by 50 percent *The Future Of Tanks: US Military Reveal Small 'Off Road' Vehicles With Smart Armour Are Set To Replace Bulky Vehicles -- Daily Mail* * Small vehicles set to be 100% faster and 50% lighter than current tanks * Smaller footprint will enable 'stealth' mode The US Army has revealed plans to replace tanks with small, 'off road' vehicles covered in smart armour. Military bosses says the current tanks are hindering soldier's ability to get into battle. They say the future is a small vehicle called the GXV-T. 'For the past... more »
Rush to Judgement
By Capt. Fogg *Zeus has led us on to know, the Helmsman lays it down as law that we must suffer, suffer into truth. We cannot sleep, and drop by drop at the heart the pain of pain remembered comes again, and we resist, but ripeness comes as well. From the gods enthroned on the awesome rowing-bench there comes a violent love.* *-Aeschylus: Agamemnon- * We hear on the TV that most arrests in Ferguson Missouri are of African Americans but we don't ask if the percentage given relates to the percentage of African Americans living there. I don't know the answer, but I'll bet few peop... more »
Is Harry Reid Taking It On Himself To Lose The Senate In November?
Yesterday, the *NY Times* published a Senate forecast that is simplistic and misleading. It concludes that the Republicans have a 58% chance to win the majority and that the Democrats have a 42% chance. It's the perfect example of one thing: statistics run wild in politics. The while things is virtually worthless. It takes 11 Democratic states out of contention, including New Hampshire (where Republicans are spending millions on Scott Brown) and Oregon (where the Kochs are spending millions to defeat Jeff Merkley). They claim Wehby has less than a 1% chance of winning in Oregon a... more »
James Foley and the Left-Warmongers
*EDL Membership shot up five-fold in the fortnight following the "murder" of "Lee Rigby" - whose regiment hasn't noticed that he is missing, according to any of their websites.* *Few are aware that rather than being a BNP Spin-off, the EDL was founded, funded, trained and set in motion by the JDL, or Jewish Defence League - the Military Wing of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith.* *This serves to explain their ardently pro-Zionist posture, and the exposure of same, and the discovery of it by Anglo-Saxon wide-boy front-man and Useful Idiot in Chief, "Tommy Robinson" last aut... more »
Malaysia Flight 370 speculation without evidence to support same back in the news ( August 20 , 2014 ) --PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has hinted that flight MH370 may never be found as searchers prepare to start scouring a huge area of ocean off the coast of Western Australia......... Study: MH370 pilot turned off oxygen supply, ditched plane into sea ..... Did China hack Malaysia Officials to find out what was going on -- Chinese hackers 'stole' classified data from Malaysian MH370 probe ?????
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/08/20/Study-MH370-pilot-deliberately-turned-off-oxygen-supply-killing-all-passengers.html Study: MH370 pilot turned off oxygen supply, ditched plane into sea The Malaysia Airlines plane went missing on March 8, sparking an international search for the wreckage. (Photo courtesy: Malaysia Airlines) Text size A A A By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Wednesday, 20 August 2014 The death of MH370 passengers was due to oxygen starvation experts suggested Tuesday following a new study of the disaster, according to the British daily news ...more »
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*Study: Half of All School Employees Not Teachers, 130% Increase Since 1970* The ranks of non-teachers - such as administrators, counselors, teacher aides and cafeteria workers - has swelled 130 percent since 1970 and they now make up 50 percent of all public school employees according to a new study, The Hidden Half: School Employees Who Don't Teach. Looking at data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that the growth of non-teaching staff has greatly outpaced student growth over the past four decades. From 1970 to 2010, ... more »
ZERO HEDGE: China Bond Default Risk Reignites, Despite "Never Anticipating Any Risks"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-19/china-bond-default-risk-reignites-despite-never-anticipating-any-risks China Bond Default Risk Reignites, Despite "Never Anticipating Any Risks" Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/19/2014 22:07 -0400 When, six months ago, we first brought the market's attention to Chaori Solar - China's first corporate bond default in history - there were 2 narrative sin play: 1) it's all good, government knows the contagion risk and will bail them out (that happened), or 2) if government bails them out, it will merely delay the inevitable and stoke further ris... more »
One Turn Deserves Another
http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/ The time has come, Lawrence Martin writes, for Michael Sona to name names. If he doesn't, the Harper party will get away with what was clearly an organized attempt to steal an election. In fact, what happened in the robocall scandal was standard Harperian practice. Consider the record: We have a party that got caught staging a deceptive phone campaign against Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, an act that the Conservative Speaker of the Commons called “reprehensible.” We have a party that first denied, th... more »
How Many Julian Assanges Are There...?
Do you REALLY think he's been living in a single room in the Ecuadorian Embassy for nearly 3 years...? *How many Assanges are there...?* http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-724-wiki-of-the-damned/ They used to drug all the kids, raise them communally, with a single "mother", given them all identical clothes and bleached blonde hair and given them all the same name. Assange claims that he is "on the run" from these people. To date, the existence has been firmly established of at least 38 different Lee Harvey Oswalds. There were a minimum of two James Earl Rays - I ... more »
Status Of Northerntruthseeker
I have been very busy with work related issues the last while, and will be for the next while.... Therefore posts at this blog are again going to be few and far between for the next while.... But fear not, for I will continue to put up posts if and when I do find the time..... In the meantime, please take a look at some of the work put out by what I do call the finest bloggers that I know... They are listed in the left hand column of this blog... Their work is outstanding and highly recommended! And as usual... More to come NTS
Christobal watch ( August 20 , 2014 ) -- As per Bill Karins -- All eyes next 7 days on tropical wave heading into toasty Caribbean Sea & then Gulf Of Mexico. 50/50 ......
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