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One-Fifth of U.S. Workers Were Laid Off in Past Five Years
Remember the green shoots? Via: Los Angeles Times: One in five
U.S. workers was laid off in the past five years and about 22% of those
who lost their jobs still haven’t found another one, according to a new
survey that showed the extent Americans have struggled in the sluggish
labor market since the Great […]
California Governor Vetoes Bill Limiting Drone Surveillance
Via: CBS: Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have
placed strict limits on law enforcement agencies using unmanned aerial
drones for surveillance. The governor’s office announced that the bill
was one of more than a dozen pieces of legislation he vetoed Sunday.
AB1327 by Republican Assemblyman Jeff Gorrell of Camarillo would have
[…]
Serve your detention or lose your textbooks
Dear student, if you do not serve your detention, we will take away your textbooks.
Dear student, if you do not serve your detention, we will take away your pencils and paper.
Dear student, if you do not serve your detention, we will take away your band instrument.
Dear student, if you do not serve your detention, we will take away your gym uniform.
Dear student, if you do not serve your detentio
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In Memoriam Stan Monteith
Dr. Stan Monteith (1929-2014)by James Corbett
corbettreport.com
September 30, 2014
Yesterday morning, September 29, 2014, Dr. Stan Monteith, the host of
the long-running radio show, “Radio Liberty,” passed away from natural
causes. He was 85 years old.
“Doctor Stan,” or “Grandpa Liberty” as he was known to his devoted
listeners, was a passionate and tireless advocate for truth whose energy
and ent
Did the Fed Steal Ukraine’s Gold? – Questions For Corbett #017
In this edition of “Questions For Corbett” James answers questions
on the U.S. constitution, the 9/11 insurance cases, censorship in the
media, the DTCC conspiracy, bitcoin, global warming, the drug war,
whether or not the Federal Reserve stole Ukraine’s gold reserves and
much more.
For those with limited bandwidth, CLICK HERE to download a smaller,
lower file size version of this episode.
For tho
Meet the BRICS’ “New Development Bank”
James Corbett
corbettreport.com
This article originally appeared in The Corbett Report Subscriber
newsletter on August 23, 2014. To subscribe to the newsletter and become
a member of The Corbett Report website, please sign up for a monthly or
annual membership here.
Last week we attempted to dispel some of the confusion surrounding the
World Bank and the IMF, how the two are differentiated, and wh
Who is Really Behind ISIS (video)
As bombs start dropping in Syria and Iraq, the world is once again
being asked to cower in fear of a shadowy terror group that most people
hadn’t heard of just a few months ago. But even the most cursory
examination of ISIS’s past, its connections, and the actors populating
it reveal a very different story than the one we are being asked to
believe in. Fake terrorists. Foreign backers. False flags
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The EnvironmentaList // actions
System of Rice Intensification Brings Hope to Global Rice Production
SRI methods generate higher rice yields using less water
Stalked from the Skies
Do drones have a place in hunting?
Five Ways Ban Ki-moon’s Summit Has Changed International Climate Politics Forever
The UN climate summit in New York decided nothing – but it has helped put climate change back on the agenda
In Review: Mission Blue
Diving into the life of renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle
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Is the BBC biased? // actions
War, peace and subjugation
Interesting Start the Week this morning. All Tom Sutcliffe’s
guests have authored worthy tomes about religion and war. Justin
Marozzi’s well received “Baghdad” sounded fascinating, and so did
Christopher Coker’s “Can War be Eliminated?”. But the primary focus of
this episode was a book titled: “Fields of Blood: Religion and the
History of Violence” written by a woman whom Suttcliffe addressed as
Reckless behaviour from BBC Radio Kent?
I see that UKIP supporters in Kent are highly displeased with BBC
Radio Kent. Complaints are, apparently, winging their way to the BBC as
we speak.Presenter John Warnett interviewed Conservative defector Mark
Reckless on this morning's Radio Kent breakfast programme (some 2 hours
10 minutes in) in a manner that can only be described as "aggressive"
(which won't have pleased Ian Katz, Jam
Piercing questions are out?
There's an interesting interview with Newsnight's new lead
presenter, Evan Davis, starting tonight, in the Telegraph. The piece, by
Bryony Gordon, mentions the issue of bias:Evan Davis was born 52 years
ago in Malvern, Worcestershire, to South African parents. He grew up in
Surrey, attended Dorking County Grammar School, and got a first from
Oxford in philosophy, politics and economics, before stu
More Questions...this time from Andy Marr
Continuing with the idea of monitoring all the questions put by
particular interviewers, here's a full list of all the questions put by
Andrew Marr on his Sunday morning show to Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage and
David Cameron over the last couple of weeks. Do they show bias? Before
we think about that though...As I wrote when introducing the idea
yesterday, such surveys as this can't pick up on tone
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@ the chalk face // actions
Evaluating Gates via His Microsoft Failure
Billionaire Bill Gates has been buying his version of American
public education for years now. His first major *reform* effort began in
2000 and involved chopping large urban high schools into smaller
schools. It was his solution of choice for several years. He began to
reject the “small schools” idea as The Solution in 2006 after it […]
Come ride The BUS with SOS, United Opt Out, and The Badass Teachers’ Association
Come ride The BUS with SOS, United Opt Out, and The Badass
Teachers’ Association. via Come ride The BUS with SOS, United Opt Out,
and The Badass Teachers’ Association.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD:
Musings from the Chalk Face
Remarkable Idiocy: “Economically-driven Education”
On October 2, 2014, I will be speaking in Indiana to an audience
chiefly comprised of university students who have a passing
understanding of the intentions of moneyed interests to usurp control of
public education. With a mind toward preparing for my upcoming
engagement, I happened to read three pertinent (and powerful)
articles: This one on September 26, 2014, […]
To La.’s Accountability Commission, As They ReVAMp Teacher Evals
In 2010, Louisiana Representative Frank Hoffman authored the bill
to include student test scores as part of teacher evaluations. Hoffman
said that he “would never do anything that would hurt good teachers”– an
irony, since via his bill, Hoffman had decided that the definition of a
“good teacher” is one whose value can be assessed […]
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The Rules of Exposition // actions
It's all right for words to mean what they say
Eudora Welty:It's all right, I want to say to the students who
write to me, for things to be what they appear to be, for words to mean
what they say. It's all right too for words and appearances to mean more
than one thing — ambiguity is a fact of life. But it is not all right,
not in good faith, for things not to mean what they say.From Michael
Leddy's Against “deep reading” at Orange Crate Art.
Diagramming sentences
From A Picture Of Language: The Fading Art Of Diagramming
Sentences at NPR:That reminds me... I was taught diagramming sentences
in elementary school -- fifth or sixth grade probably, 1958-1960,
certainly not later. Years later, in the late 1970s, I walked past an
open college classroom door and overheard a student complain that
diagramming sentences was difficult. Stuck in my mind.From the NPR pi
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My secret crush: Vince Ready
Cartoon in the Ubyssey by Indiana Joel Earlier this week,
somebody with a sense of humour and an obvious knowledge of B.C. labour
history swapped a photo of mediator Vince Ready for the saintly image
of God in the Wikipedia entry on God. Vince Ready - our homegrown Holy
One. Once bickering parties in a labour dispute learn that Ready has
been called in to help them reach a settlement, you
So much misinformation in Senate sex-work hearings
Having a Twitter feed during the Senate's meetings on sex
work is both a blessing and a curse. I got so much minute-by-minute info
yesterday on the opening day of the meetings that I practically felt I
was there, but at the same time I spent the day fuming at all the inane,
hurtful and poorly informed comments being made by some of the senators
and that cursed justice minister of ours, Peter
Senate invitation list for feedback on proposed anti-prostitution law is almost totally abolitionist
Looks like the Conservative-controlled Canadian Senate is taking
extreme measures to avoid hearing anything that might shake up their
conviction that all sex workers are exploited victims when the Senate's
legal and constitutional affairs committee considers Bill C-36 next
week. The bill will add even more criminality to sex work if it
becomes law, making the purchasing of sex a crime for th
U.S. income gap by race worse than apartheid era
Still reeling from the news that they're putting Uzis into the
hands of nine-year-olds for fun in the U.S. (well, at least until they
accidentally kill their shooting instructor), I now see that whites in
the United States believe that anti-white racism is a bigger problem
than anti-black racism. Oh, my. But there's loads more in this piece
from the New York Times than that little depressi
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A Different Perspective // actions
SETI and UFOs
Just the other day I was reading a book about SETI and the author
committed the error of appealing to an authority… which means he didn’t
have a good argument other than to say that these prestigious people and
organizations have weighed in and they say UFO phenomenon is all
hogwash.Sure, I know you’re confused so I’ll expand. He was writing
about UFOs, which, if you’re going to discuss SETI you n
Sam Bass, Aztec and Scott Ramsey
Here’s something that I have been thinking about for a while.
Scott Ramsey and I debated the reality of the Aztec UFO. One of the
witnesses to part of the story was a fellow named Bass who was nicknamed
Sam. He reportedly knew something about the case but we couldn’t
interview because he had been killed in a traffic accident in Vietnam. I
mentioned that this name didn’t appear on the Vietnam Veter
More Thoughts on McMinnville
I find that sometimes, if I pose a question here, someone out
there has an answer. I have said for a very long time that there are
only two conclusions to be drawn about the pictures taken in
McMinnville, Oregon. They either show a craft from another world, or
they are a hoax. I do not see a third possibility given the clarity of
the photographs, the features of the object, and the state of our re
The Roswell Rock
So now we have the Roswell Rock. What is it? Just a rock found in
New Mexico with some sort of crop circle design on it that some think is
beyond our capability to make. There seem to be no tool marks found
under microscopic examination, it seems to have some strange magnetic
properties and it was found within twenty-five miles of the site that is
alleged to have contained the alien bodies. It now
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A Very Public Sociologist // actions
Sex and Westminster
I love Tory sleaze, and no one does sex scandal quite like the
Conservatives. Can you remember the 90s, the decade where John Major
urged his party to get "back to basics"? Alan Clark, Steven Norris,
Jeffrey Archer, David Mellor, Stephen Milligan. A roll call of Carry On
farce and sexual tragedy if there ever was one, rounded off nicely by
the revelation that its architect had hypocritic
Saturday Interview: Evan Smith
Evan Smith is a Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at
Flinders University, South Australia, and works at the intersection
between contemporary history, politics and criminology, with a little
bit of cultural studies thrown in. He has written widely on the British
far left, immigration, anti-racism and political activism. He currently
runs his own blog Hatful of History and tweets from
Quarter Three Local By-election Results 2014
PartyNumber of candidatesTotal vote%+/- Q2Average/contest+/- Q2+/-
SeatsConservative 6424,875 28.1% -1.5% 389 -271
-8Labour 6023,393 26.4% -5.5% 390 -359 +6LibDem
4412,607 14.3% +3.2% 287 -84 +1UKIP
5013,479 15.2% +1.7% 270 -250 0SNP* 1 595
0.7% -1.0% 595 -297 -1Plaid Cymru**
Local Council By-Elections September 2014
PartyNumber of candidatesTotal
vote%+/- AugustAverage/contest+/- August+/- SeatsConservative15 4,965
26.1% -1.0% 331 +50 -2Labour14 5,345 28.1% +0.7%
382 +63 +1LibDem11 4,166 21.9% +2.5% 378 +131
+1UKIP13 2,597 13.7% -4.4% 200 -41 +1SNP* 0
0Plaid Cymru** 0 0Green 8 716
3.8% -3.6% 90
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A Way to Live // actions
A pressing matter
Way back in time I was a letterpress printer, linotypist and
bindery operator, and such people tend to acquire a "hobby" shop
somewhere along the way. I have had a Chandler & Price 10X15 press
and a type cabinet (48 cases of type) since about 1986, and for most of
that time the shop faced away from the window into the garage. Its
footprint assured that ours would be a one car garage,
A forest road
Everyone takes a break sometime; we are fortunate here in having
the hills very near us to run to, and so we did that last week.Our first
stop was the place, thirty-seven years ago, that we honeymooned. I had
been part of a Hoedad crew parked there for five or six weeks by the
Forest Service on a tree planting contract, and had fond, if still
fresh, memories of the place, with its grove of seven-f
Stone Buddhas
Reposted from Buddhism and PermacultureIt looks like the
peppermint oil soap misted onto the kale has saved it, just barely. From
a distance the greens don't look too bad, but from up close the older
leaves are fine green lacework. But the flea beetles are gone, who knows
where.I gather the worst leaves and give them to the residents of the
poultry moat. I'm also delivering to them a fair amount o
The Autumn cycles begin
There is fog along the river in the mornings now, geese are
honking their way over the pass, pumpkins are turning bright orange, and
the cornstalks are falling all over like tiddlywinks.I'm not sure what
that's about with the corn; in the past it has meant the arrival of
raccoons but the ripe ears have not been molested (except by us).I have
been carrying a cloth shoulder bag on walks and doing a
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A.E.Brain // actions
Intersex Surgery in the 18th Century | New Republic
Sex-Change Surgery in the 18th Century | New
Republic">According to Brand's report, published in 1787, he noticed
an “irregularity” in the patient’s “external parts.” After further
examination, he concluded that the child’s “part, which had the
appearance of the labia pudenda, was in fact the scrotum,” and suggested
an “operation to free the penis from its confinement.” He went ahead
and made
Mum forced to leave Australia after discovering gender error on birth certificate - Yahoo!7
Mum forced to leave Australia after discovering gender error on
birth certificate - Yahoo!7 A British woman says she's been forced to
surrender her dream life in Australia, after discovering her birth
certificate lists her as a boy. Mother-of-five Kim Walmsey was
mistakenly recorded as a male at her birth in 1965, meaning her marriage
of 23 years was illegal Upon discovering the mistake, Walmsey f
Evolution IS a Blind Watchmaker
This is a good illustration of the principles involved in my PhD
work.Only I'm attempting to evolve more efficient settings for mutation
rate and population size, so it's about not just genetic algorithms, but
meta-genetic algorithms. Evolving more efficient evolution.
Largest Study to Date: Transgender Hormone Treatment Safe
Largest Study to Date: Transgender Hormone Treatment Safe
Cross-sex hormone treatment of transgender adults leads to very few
long-term side effects, according to the authors of the largest study to
date to examine this issue.More than 2000 patients from 15 US and
European centers participated in the retrospective study, called
Comorbidity and Side Effects of Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment in Transse
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Cancer cure, cura del Cancer
Cancer is cured by sending chemical signal telling cancer to stop
spreading...They have found a "Stop spreading molecule"Cancer before and
after the "Stop spreading
molecule"http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140924145016.htmSeed
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Rogue Courts in Canada Trample Self-Represented Litigants
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD [1]
There is a crisis of access to justice in Canada. It is a crisis of
systemic judicial partiality against ordinary citizens who cannot afford
brand-name “justice”.
PURPOSE AND METHODS FOR THIS ARTICLE In this article I describe the
phenomenon in Canada of systemic and often-egregious judicial and
legal-system bias against self-represented litigants.
In a
Has the Israel Lobby lost ground in its perpetual war against US academia?
By Denis G. Rancourt The US Israel Lobby is dedicated inter alia
to suffocating academic freedom and to intimidating all scholars away
from any educational, research, or political stance against Israeli war
crimes.
The Lobby does win victories, such when it blocked the tenure and all
academic appointments of the outstanding scholar Norman Finkelstein, and
too many others. It wins, also,
Obama's ISIS project is nothing but a pretext to murder and destroy Syrian society
The US military-finance-corporate empire (US-Empire) is characterized by (LINK):
global military projection using over 1000 military bases
control over the global finance instruments (and the money supply)
corporate exploitation of labour and resources on the scale of entire continents
dominant influence on World organizations such as the United Nations a demonstrated willingness to
Major foreign corporation with US-military and IDF ties buys a "security
and policy institute" at "Allan Rock's university" in Canada's capital
By Denis G. Rancourt
BACKGROUND ABOUT ALLAN ROCK'S NAKBA AT uOTTAWA
The University of Ottawa was a reputable institution of higher learning
in Canada's capital city, before it was taken-over in 2008 by former
federal politician and former Canadian Ambassador to the UN Allan Rock.
Following his appointment, Rock immediately proceeded to bring in all
his own people to run the place in
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Adrienne's Corner // actions
How to put more time in your day and regain sanity...
or at least use your time to it's best advantage. #1 Turn off
your email notification It's that simple.Now I realize that for some
people who may be running a business that relies on customer service,
knowing when an email comes in could be important. But the majority of
us don't need dinging sounds going off every time an email drops into
our inbox. I became concerned when I noticed my heart sk
People's Climate March: I thought people were supposed to get smarter as they got older...
this is embarrassing to see people of a certain age strumming
(badly) guitars and singing out of tune.Not to mention the hundreds of
buses they used to get there, the trash they left behind, and using all
those disposable cups for their Starbucks coffee.Reason TV chatted with a
few of the attendees at this glorious return to the Haight-Asbury of
their youth and it is predictably embarrassing. Didn
Wild Bill: What really causes AIDS...
and how to fix it.I've been saying this since AIDS first appeared
and I remember that time very well. All of my homosexual friends from
my years as a ballroom dance instructor and hairdresser are gone. They
died of AIDS because no one would tell them the truth. I miss them...
GAO Confirms What Every Thinking Person Already Knew: Taxpayers on the Hook to Pay for "FREE" Abortions...
libtards everywhere are doing the happy dance 'cause women will
not be denied free "health care" unless, of course, you are one of the
millions of future women ripped from her mother's womb. But, not to
worry. Hundreds of thousands of you schlubs who signed up for Obamacare
will lose your coverage.Bart Stupak could not be reached for comment.
From Susan B. Anthony List: The non-partisan
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Adventures with Kurt and Lori // actions
Our friends, Antoinette and Doug, asked if we wanted to meet up for sushi last Friday. Of course we did! I found out t...
Our friends, Antoinette and Doug, asked if we wanted to meet up
for sushi last Friday. Of course we did! I found out the morning
before they got here that it was also Antoinette's birthday, which she
had failed to tell me! Facebook knows all..........Anyway, luckily, no
rain. We recommended I Love Sushi because they were bringing their
puppies and we needed outdoor seating. Met there, we pull
Cooking in Costa Rica and Sushi Wednesdays!
I have been cooking a lot in Costa Rica and eating a lot at home.
Trying out a lot new recipes. Some good, some not.One of my most
recent favorites is falafel burgers. SO good. The recipe makes exactly
enough for Kurt and I for dinner. I make them and put them over rice,
and add some fresh guac and hot sauce to the top. The first time I
added some black beans to the rice as well, so it was ki
Scooters and Pharmacies
So, I posted before about the scooters we got, which we are
loving. This is a good thing, since we have been without a car since
August 2. While our friend was visiting the States, we borrowed his,
but since he got back, we have been solely using the scooters.
Basically, when you move to Costa Rica and drive a car here, you have 90
days to pay the taxes on it. This is not simple though. You h
Wow, time flies in Paradise! No postings since August 17?We had our first visitors over the last weekend in August. Li...
Wow, time flies in Paradise! No postings since August 17?We had
our first visitors over the last weekend in August. Lisa and Brian, two
of our friends from Michigan, came to Costa Rica. Lisa found some
insanely low price via Delta to fly out and booked it. Lisa is a friend
of mine from high school in Manistee, and Brian is her husband. Lisa
is also an attorney, like I formerly was in my past
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AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) // actions
Libya Dawn militia rejects UN talks
Rebels who control Libyan capital refuse to cease fire, saying only way to end crisis is to disarm their rivals.
Catalonia halts independence vote campaign
The move comes after Spain's top court suspends the vote due to Madrid's appeals to declare it illegal.
Houthis refuse to leave Yemen capital
Shia rebels tell Al Jazeera they will remain in the capital despite signing a peace agreement saying they would leave.
Iran 'to militarily assist' Lebanon army
National Security Council official says Iran will supply army with military equipment as it battles Sunni armed groups.
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ALL THINGS PAKISTAN // actions
May 1: How Should We ‘Observe’ Labor Day?
Adil Najam Today is May 1. The 125th international Labor Day. Even
before anything has actually happened, newspapers and TV anchors are
telling us that the ‘nation’ will ‘observe’ the day in a “befitting
manner.” Great predictors of the future that our media is, one is at
least thankful that they are not promising that [...]
Mirza Ghalib: Peshawari Turban and Humor
Mast Qalandar We recently had a post on Ghalib by Adnan Ahmad. I
believe we can never have enough of Ghalib. Adnan’s post was mostly
about Ghalib, the poet. This one is about Ghalib, the person. When we
think of Ghalib as a person, invariably the picture that comes to mind
is that of an [...]
Who Speaks for the Other Pakistan?
Adil Najam Every time I read one of Shirazi’s wonderful posts I am
reminded of the fact that even though Pakistan is still a predominantly
rural entity, the voices that speak about it are nearly entirely urban.
Not surprisingly, we tend to speak about Pakistan in a mostly urban
idiom, with a dominant urban bias, [...]
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Allen L Roland's Weblog // actions
Isis Is Now Obama'S (Orwell'S) Permanent War
Barack Obama is now the leader of George Orwell's contemporary
Oceania. In two 2009 speeches the Nobel Peace Prize winner affirmed that
peace was no longer peace, but rather a permanent war that "extends
well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan" to "disorderly regions and diffuse
enemies". He called this "global security". To the people of
Afghanistan, which America had i
Climate Change Is Here / The People March But Will They Act
A selection of posters from the People's Climate
March. (photo: (L-R) Favianna Rodriguez, Nicolas Lampert, Collin
Matthes)Climate Change is here and now and can no longer be ignored as
public demand for action has reached the tipping point. The largest
climate change action in history takes place today in New York City as
hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, representing over 1,4
Bay Area Baseball Playoff Predictions
In a world of growing deception and turmoil, it's
time now for the innocent purity of baseball in the San Francisco Bay
area and both the Giants and A's are in the hunt for the divisional
playoffs. Where you live in the Bay Area plays a big difference in your
team allegiance but in my case I have a loyalty to both teams and find
myself capable of an objective analysis of their chances
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AMERICAN KABUKI // actions
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who helped out, I am so grateful! I love you all! Its all working out!
BENJAMIN FULFORD SEP 29, 2104 - BIS wishes to keep global central banking system intact after revolution
The following are the views solely of Benjamin Fulford and the
people he works with. -AKBIS wishes to keep global central banking
system intact after revolutionMonday, September 29, 2014by Benjamin
FulfordThe Bank for International Settlements in Basle, Switzerland, is
angling to keep its central role in world power even if the Federal
Reserve Board secret government of the United States in overth
GAIA PORTAL: Elementals of Light precess to Higher Vibrational levels as
completion of Ascension protocols for Gaia collective takes place
http://gaiaportal.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/elementals-of-light-precess-to-higher-vibrational-levels-as-completion-of-ascension-protocols-for-gaia-collective-takes-place/Elementals
of Light precess to Higher Vibrational levels as completion of
Ascension protocols for Gaia collective takes placeSeptember 29,
2013Elementals of Light precess to Higher Vibrational levels as
completion of Ascension prot
GAIA PORTAL: Éireport Group 9-28-14 Message to GaiaPortal Blog Readers…
http://gaiaportal.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/eireport-group-9-28-14-message-to-gaiaportal-blog-readers/Éireport
Group 9-28-14 Message to GaiaPortal Blog Readers…September 29, 2014We
of Éireport Group wish to clarify some points about the GaiaPortal blog
messages.The Essence of the GaiaPortal blog is communication on multiple
levels. Those who receive a message on one level of awareness, will
perhaps
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Angola 3 News // actions
Terrorism, COINTELPRO, and the Black Panther Party --An interview with law professor Angela A. Allen-Bell
(PHOTO: Angela A. Allen-Bell speaks in support of the Angola 3
outside of the Louisiana State Capitol on April 17, 2012.)Terrorism,
COINTELPRO, and the Black Panther Party--An interview with Angela A.
Allen-BellBy Angola 3 NewsThis past July, students from Northwestern
University’s Medill Justice Project visited the infamous Louisiana State
Prison known as Angola. While there, students landed an
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ArmsControlWonk // actions
Concerns about Iran’s Nuclear Program in the Gulf
What are the regional perceptions of Iran’s nuclear program? Are
the Gulf States obsessed with breakout times and the Arak reactor, or
are their concerns more political in nature? Is the United States doing
enough to reassure its Gulf Allies about the nuclear negotiations with
Iran? Do the Gulfees actually have an Iran nuclear strategy?
Today, Aaron and Jeffrey speak with Dina Esfandiary, a resear
The Wind and the Lion
For those seeking relief from the news coming out of Syria, Iraq,
and Libya, I highly recommend watching The Wind and the Lion, a 1975
flick by John Milius. Sean Connery, at the peak of his powers, plays
Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli, an untamed tribal of the Rif, who spirits away a
miscast Candice Bergen and her two children. Connery is such a powerful
screen presence that he plays the part of a Berber
Interview with CTBTO’s Zerbo
Last week, Dr. Lassina Zerbo, the Executive Secretary of the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBO), paid a visit
to us at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis took advantage of Dr. Zerbo’s visit to stop by
the Digital Learning Commons and record a special podcast. Drs. Lewis
and Zerbo discuss the CTBTO’s monitoring system and the prospects of
Ships of the Desert
I have long wanted Allen Thomson to take up blogging. Allen is one of
those old guys — you know, the kind who have forgotten more than you’ll
ever know, but aren’t well known from the DC rubber chicken circuit or
hanging out in various cable TV green rooms.
If you’re smart, you run stuff by people like Allen, a former
intelligence analyst who prepares these little dossiers based on open
source i
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Because I Can // actions
ALEC Influence - Hidden Behind the Curtain
Many times over the past 4 years we have seen articles and blog
entries that stated that a governor was beholding to the Koch’s or they
were passing legislation by ALEC, or were acting like an ALECer, but we
could never connect them directly to ALEC.Reason being is that many of
them were not legislators before they became governor, so they didn’t
have a chance to be a documented ALEC member, or i
ALEC HQ Misleads America with Presser
Such good news today with Google kicking ALEC to the curbWas out
having a drink - celebrating the good news of the day and my birthday
and I come home to this!The day dampened by an ALEC presser that - - -
again - - - misleads people.This presser is a demonstration why we HAVE
TO HAVE people monitoring what happens at ALEC meetings – cause without
it – the lies they tell will believed as truth.Am
ALEC Member Oped Misleads Montana
Oh – my – I get so, so tired of ALEC members and staff misleading
the public.Think about it – IF ALEC was - - an honorable
organization, the members would not need to mislead others.Today it is
an OpEd written by the state chair in Montana.Sen. Roger WebbALEC
public sector state chair for MontanaBillingsAnd it’s a doozy when it
comes to misleading the public.ALEC is a thoughtful, democratic org
Asset Forfeiture - Connecting the Dots to ALEC
Four things hit my attention today that reminded me of more ALEC
state nastiness that most people wouldn’t be aware of. Like most times
when pulling this together, I will rely on the actual words of ALEC,
rather than summarizing them for the reader. I do this because I want
you to see the actual ALEC’s nastiness and not me just reinterpreting on
what could be ALEC nastiness.This entry really ende
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BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com // actions
God's Own Army: A Progressive Poem
By MARC McDONALDInspired by Manifesto Joe, (a stellar poet who has
done a lot of good work) I figured I'd give this poetry thing a
shot.God's Own ArmyThey are God's own army,and they are knocking at the
door.They'll save you from the queers,and they'll save you from the
whores.They'll tell you who God hates,so you too can go to war.
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While the "MANHUNT" For Eric Frein Is Going On, How Many Citizens Have The Cops Murdered?
Have you seen this man...on your lottery machine???We all know the
Pennsylvania State Police are searching for Eric Frein whom they accuse
of shooting two Pennsylvania State Policemen, killing one of them. But
while the "MANHUNT" for Eric Frein is going on, how many citizens in
that time period have police murdered, beaten, tazed, and brutalized and
how many Constitutional laws have the
Queen of the FAKE Bin Laden videos Rita Katz/SITE is the "source" for the fake ISIS "beheading" videos...as usual
Nobody verifies her claims. Rita Katz/SITE says "Al Qaeda" "ISIS"
did it, it hits the "news":I used to do a post per day, sometimes two or
more per day. Now I do a post it seems every couple of weeks. I guess
that's what getting a job will do to your blogging time.Anyway, this was
an easy post to do. You know these (fake) beheading videos? I
immediately noticed they w
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concentration, dispersal & resistance in Hong Kong
The protesters are led by a group called Occupy Central...
Always good to have Vox around to get something neatly wrong. Here's my
crack at it, as much to clear my own head as anything else: Friday
& Saturday's attempt to storm Hong Kong's government centre was not
originally under the leadership of OccupyHK, but organised autonomously
by high school and university students as the climax of
a 21st Century offering
So last week, Market-Leninism reached its moment of synthesis:
After the excitement of Friday’s initial public offering, shares in
Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce company, slipped back a bit on
Monday. At the closing bell on Wall Street, the stock was trading just
below ninety dollars, down more than four per cent from its closing
price on Friday. But that still left Alibaba’s market capital
what they talk about when they talk about Scotland in China
There's not been much chat about the Scottish referendum in the
Sinosphere. On the other hand, since it's a non-controversial issue over
there what chat there has been has gone unharmonized. Roundup over
here. Excerpt:
"Back when they were obstructing Hong Kong's return, I bet they didn't
think it would come to this," one user laughed, apparently referring to
late former Prime Minister
orange and red
Watching the Orange Order parading round Edinburgh on TV today I
wondered how you would explain this gorgeous sight to a Chinese citizen.
"They're a loyalist, conservative, patriotic organisation."
"Like the Communist Party!"
"Well they're very pro-business"
"Like the Communist Party!"
"They're the sort of group local businessmen join to get on the ins
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Letter to editor "ADEM fails to meet community’s needs"
ADEM fails to meet community’s needs Dear Editor:The Tuscaloosa
News’ Lydia Seabol Avant recently did a fine job in the article “EPA
Investigates Landfill,” (The Tuscaloosa News, Aug. 14, Page 1A) which
described the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation of
the discriminatory impact on Uniontown’s citizens caused by the Alabama
Department of Environmental Management’s decision to pe
BREAKING NEWS! BP found "Grossly Negligent"
Judge: BP Has Been Found Grossly NegligentPosted: Sep 04, 2014
9:53 AM CDT Updated: Sep 04, 2014 10:35 AM CDT By WKRG StaffBP court
rulingBATON ROUGE, La. - A federal judge has ruled that BP's reckless
conduct resulted in the nation's worst offshore oil spill, leaving the
company open to billions of dollars in penalties. U.S. District Judge
Carl Barbier's ruling Thursday could nearly quadruple the
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Brave New World // actions
Amazon Creates New 'X Factor' or Crowdsourcing Offer
This week Amazon added another layer to their offer, a new
‘crowdsourcing’ book submission one, which as with all things Amazon
today, immediately polarised many. The lure is to attract would be
authors into what some would call a digital slush pile 'X factor’
competition, where readers vote and those works that get the votes, win
and potentially get selected for stardom and the recognition their
SWETS Go Bust
We remember well the lucrative STM journals market and the value
added role the subscription agents had carved out consolidating
subscriptions across thousands of institutions and publishers. It was a
classic one stop shop and rewarding for all parties. The likes of Swets
and Ebsco dominated and their position looked increasingly secure. Then
came the shift to digital and new players who also offe
History, Trends and Digital Changes in Media
Digital Music News have taken RIAA data and produced an
interesting animated graphic of the changes in music purchases over the
last 30 years. We strongly recommend that you view this as it shows how
transient some technologies are and how it’s not just the technology
that changes but how people buy and relate to media.It would be great to
be able to step forward and predict what will happen in th
Is Amazon Poised to Steal Print On Demand?
Many saw Print On Demand (POD) as the ultimate ‘just in time’
production solution to book publishing, which would wipe out all the
inefficiencies of the ‘just in case’ approach that plagues the book
supply chain. So why didn’t it happen, or did it happen for some and not
for others? Is there a new dawn, or just a new set of people who have
been sold a pup and not looked hard at the facts? Today we
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Under A Harper Conservative Government, When Canada Talks To The World ... No One Listens Anymore ...
Stephen Harper Mocked Over Empty UN General Assembly For His Speech
Harper Refuses To Answer ANY Questions On Iraq Mission - Partisan House
Of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer Refuses To Follow Rules Of The House!!
Speaker Andrew Scheer is so completely in the pocket of the Prime
Minister's Office, he will not follow the Rules of the House and require
the Conservative Government to adhere to some sane relevancy when
answering questions in Question Periond. SHAME ON SPEAKER SCHEER!!!Tue,
Sep 23: "NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair wanted to talk about Canada’s
military mission in Iraq. Conservative MP Paul Calan
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