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US Torture: Photos more disturbing than Abu Ghraib
Wednesday,
October 22, 2014
by
Common Dreams
US Given New Deadline for Torture Photos 'More Disturbing' Than Abu
Ghraib
Judge says Obama administration must clarify why thousands of images
depicting abuse of detainees held by U.S. forces have never been seen by
American public
by
Jon Queally, staff writer
Common Dreams
An artist's intepretation of prisoner
Presidents Come And Go-- But The CIA Bureaucracy And Its Priorites Are Timeless
Earlier this evening Ken did a proper Ben Bradlee remembrance. Chris Hayes
did one for MSNBC viewers (above) last night right after we heard about
Bradlee's passing. I was living overseas for the entire Nixon era--
sometimes in places where American news was scarce (like Afghanistan, India
and Ceylon) and sometimes where it was less scarce (like in Holland and
Finland) but Bradlee during the Watergate scandal was such a towering
figure of journalism that even I heard of him. He was part of the reason
Americans held the media in such high esteem relative to other
institutions. Ken... more »
Vegan Recipes - Halloween Treats
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Witches and Goblins and Monsters ...
Oh My!
All Hallows' Eve is approaching.
[image: Vegan Recipes - Halloween Treats]
Soon the streets will be crowded with little ghouls and ghosts, creatures
of the night looking for treats.
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What's scarier than a graveyard at night?
The list of ingredients on common Halloween treats!
EEEEEKKKKKKK!!!
This year, how about opting for healthier, vegan treats? Here are some of
my favorite, creepy yummies:
Follow Sml's board Vegan Halloween Treats on Pinterest.... more »
A Car That’s Powered by Saltwater
*Video - *The QUANT is a fully electric car powered by nanoFLOWCELL® energy
storage technology that uses saltwater.
The post A Car That’s Powered by Saltwater appeared first on Waking Times.
The Public is Being Misled, Cancer Can be Prevented, Even Reversed With Diet
*Clare Howard* - Researcher T. Colin Campbell makes the case that food can
prevent and even reverse cancer in most people. Why was the CIA knocking on
his door?
The post The Public is Being Misled, Cancer Can be Prevented, Even Reversed
With Diet appeared first on Waking Times.
Treating the Pineal Gland with Essential Oils
*Meme - *These essential oils can be used to help decalcify and stimulate
the pineal gland.
The post Treating the Pineal Gland with Essential Oils appeared first on Waking
Times.
Russian Spy Plane Intercepted Over Estonia
The Russian Ministry of Defense has denied the claim by the Estonian
military that a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft breached Estonian
airspace. © Photo: Wikipedia / Kirill Naumenko
*Estonia Demands Explanation Over Russian Spy Plane -- VOA*
Estonia has summoned the Russian ambassador after a Russian spy plane
entered the Baltic country’s airspace without permission.
A spokeswoman for the Estonian Foreign Ministry said the Baltic country
considers the violation serious and “demands an explanation” from the
ambassador.
The spokeswoman said Estonia wants to know why a Russian ... more »
Watch Leprechaun: Origins Full Movie 2014 Streaming
*Leprechaun: Origins (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : R
Score : 3.3
Release : 22 Aug 2014
Duration : 90 min
Genre : Horror
Director : Zach Lipovsky
Writer : Harris Wilkinson (screenplay)
Cast : Stephanie Bennett, Andrew Dunbar, Melissa Roxburgh, Brendan Fletcher
Synopsis Leprechaun: OriginsBackpacking through the lush Irish countryside,
two unsuspecting young couples discover a town's chilling secret. Ben
(Dunbar), Sophie (Bennet), David (Fletcher) and Jeni (Roxburgh) quickly
discover the idyllic land is not what it appears to be when the town's
residents offer the hikers an old cabin... more »
NC GOP Senate Candidate Exposed: How Thom Tillis Helped Banks Shaft Poor Borrowers and Then Convinced Them To Vote for Him
And they think, of course, that they are "soon-to-be rich" Republicans, and
thus, they vote for him at every opportunity. Thom Tillis's much-touted,
self-made educational background has become much more well known since his
Linked-In resume raised questions about his bona fides. Not to mention his
campaigned-for public education cuts and increases to charter school
funding. Tillis defeated an
Watch I Believe in Unicorns 2014 Full Movie Online
*I Believe in Unicorns (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : N/A
Score : 6.7
Release : 09 Mar 2014
Duration : 80 min
Genre : Drama
Director : Leah Meyerhoff
Writer : Leah Meyerhoff
Cast : Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack, Julia Garner, Amy Seimetz
Synopsis I Believe in UnicornsUnicorns tells the story of an awkward
teenage girl who escapes to a fantasy world when her first romantic
relationship turns increasingly violent.
Description I Believe in UnicornsIT'S FINALLY HERE! Note that the movie is
only 16 minutes long because I try to shorten my movies. The full version
of the movie would be about a... more »
Day 1 Boarding School Tribunal in Green Bay
.
Photos by Brenda Norrell Censored News
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin -- The Boarding School Tribunal began with a
traditional prayer and AIM song on Wednesday morning. Dennis Banks,
Anishinaabe, and Bill Means, Lakota, welcomed Native Americans to the
first day of the three day Tribunal focused on the devastating impacts
of boarding
The 500 Year Old Map that Shatters the Official History of the Human Race
*Buck Rogers* Was the entire Earth already mapped by 4000BC, by a
civilization that has been forgotten, as analysis of this intriguing map
suggests?
The post The 500 Year Old Map that Shatters the Official History of the
Human Race appeared first on Waking Times.
Watch If I Stay 2014 Full Movie Online
*If I Stay (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : PG-13
Score : 7.1
Release : 22 Aug 2014
Duration : 107 min
Genre : Drama
Director : R.J. Cutler
Writer : Shauna Cross (screenplay), Gayle Forman (novel)
Cast : Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard
Synopsis If I StayMia Hall thought the hardest decision she would ever face
would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a
different path to be with the love of her life, Adam. But what should have
been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her
own life hangs in the ba... more »
Watch Private Number Full Movie 2014 Streaming
*Private Number (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : N/A
Score : 7.7
Release : 17 Jul 2014
Duration : 116 min
Genre : Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director : LazRael Lison
Writer : LazRael Lison, LazRael Lison
Cast : Judd Nelson, Tom Sizemore, Nicholle Tom, Hal Ozsan
Synopsis Private NumberA series of cryptic phone messages and visions haunt
a writer while he struggles to finish a novel. As they increase in
intensity, he loses his grip on reality, eventually obsessing over an old
mystery that will lead to horrific revelations about both him and his loyal
wife.
Description Private NumberMedib... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Described as a "dusty curtain" or "ghostly apparition", mysterious
reflection nebula VdB 152 really is very faint. Far from your neighborhood
on this Halloween Night, the cosmic phantom is nearly 1,400 light-years
away. Also catalogued as Ced 201, it lies along the northern Milky Way in
the royal constellation Cepheus.
*Click image for larger size.*
Near the edge of a large molecular cloud, pockets of interstellar dust in
the region block light from background stars or scatter light from the
embedded bright star giving parts of the nebula a characteristic blue
color. Ultraviolet li... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sunset"
*"Sunset"*
"Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
which it passes to a row of ancient trees.
You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you,
one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth,
leaving you, not really belonging to either,
not so helplessly dark as that house that is silent,
not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing
that turns to a star each night and climbs –
leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads)
your own life, timid and standing high and growing,
so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out,
one moment your life is a s... more »
Chet Raymo, “Virtual Immortality: Second Life"”
*“Immortality”*
by Chet Raymo
“A second life? I can barely cope with this one. I'm referring to the
increasingly popular virtual world Second Life, available to online gamers.
One enters Second LIfe by creating a three-dimensional, animated avatar
that is one's virtual self. Then one can do just about anything in the
Second Life world that is possible to do in real life, including, one
presumes, things one would not do in real life. By all accounts, the Second
Life universe is booming, to the extent that real-world businesses are
setting up virtual franchises in a place that exists... more »
"Proper Perspecitves..."
“Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out
how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a
little bit different for our having passed through it. What frustrates us
and robs our lives of joy is this absence of meaning. Does our being alive
matter?”
- Harold S. Kushner
“All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born.
Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective.
Remember, it is always later than you think.”
- Og Mandino
“Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Lincoln, Illinois, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 23rd October)
Chair
of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen says income inequality is
un-American
Yellen suggested that such a trend, unaddressed, was contrary to the
founding principles of the United States. “I think it is appropriate to
ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation’s
history, among them the high value Americans have traditionally placed
on equality of opportunity,”
“Four Topics About Fear”
*“Four Topics About Fear”*
by Chandresh Bhardwaj
Posted by Paulo Coelho
“The origin of fear lies in the unknown. Be it the darkness, ghosts,
weather calamities or whatever is unknown to the man is feared the most. If
you are walking in darkness, you are afraid to go ahead, fearing what will
come next. However, as the light appears, the fear tends to settle down.
Fear, thus, is just a manifestation of your imagination ruled by
cowardliness. When we get certain information on our fears, we get relaxed.
However, it’s not going to be possible that we will always get the
information on ... more »
"The Only Way..."
"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have
enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not."
- George Bernard Shaw
Al-Qaeda Declares War Against China
Image Credit: Flickr/Andres Perez
*Al-Qaeda Declares War On China, Too -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat*
*Al-Qaeda has joined the Islamic State in calling for jihad against China
for its Uyghur policies.*
Al-Qaeda central appears to have joined the Islamic State in calling for
jihad against China over its alleged occupation of Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region.
This week, al-Sahab media organization, al-Qaeda’s propaganda arm, released
the first issue of its new English-language magazine Resurgence. The
magazine has a strong focus on the Asia-Pacific in general, with feature
article... more »
"Living the Good Life: 35 Profound Quotes From the 'Seven Sages of Greece'"
*"Living the Good Life: *
*35 Profound Quotes From the 'Seven Sages of Greece'"*
by Thai Nguyen
"There are many things for which we owe the Greeks: democracy, geometry,
the marathon. Not to mention souvlaki, moussaka and baklava. But arguably
the most valuable asset to any person: wisdom. Indeed wisdom is synonymous
with Greece- the cradle of Western thought is traced to the ancient à ª ª ∑
Ω µ ¬ . Of all the wise philosophers, seven were distinguished from the
early 6th Century BC and bestowed the title of "The Seven Sages." On living
a good life, here are five profound quotes from... more »
Ben Bradlee (1921-2014)
*Jason Robards Jr. as Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976)*
*"He took The Post, then affluent and filled with underutilized potential,
and made it a formidable national newspaper worthy of a head-to-head
competition with the [New York] Times. He did it in a way that made the
paper itself a joyous place to work. The paper reflected his personality.
He was exuberant, competitive and combative if challenged. He made The Post
a magnet for young reporters looking for a chance to play in a very
high-stakes game."*
*-- David Halberstam, about Ben Bradlee, from "aninterview" quote... more »
The Peaceful Power of Confidence
*Zen Gardner* - "If you’re looking for encouragement coming from anywhere
in the control system forget it... the truth is unconquerable and pervades
every level of existence..."
The post The Peaceful Power of Confidence appeared first on Waking Times.
U.S. - Russian Relations Are In The Deep Freeze
Pool photo by Carolyn Kaster
*U.S. And Russia Can’t Agree On Whether They Agreed To Coordinate On ISIS
-- Josh Rogin, Daily Beast*
The secretary of state has been trying to thaw U.S.-Russian relations, but
the Kremlin just won’t play ball. Now he says they agreed to work together
on ISIS—and Russia is denying it.
Did the United States and Russia agree to share intelligence about ISIS?
Secretary of State John Kerry insists they did. The Russian foreign
minister insists just as strongly they didn’t. It’s just the latest
indication that Moscow is not on board with Kerry’s efforts to ... more »
The Hidden, Long-Term Cost of Fracking
*By MARC McDONALD*
Fracking is big business in America these days. Business commentators have
gushed that the fracking boom has caused an economic boom in the United
States. They claim fracking gives a competitive boost to our industries,
thanks to lower fuel prices.
On the other side, activists have attacked the environmental harm caused by
fracking. This was memorably demonstrated in the 2010 documentary, *Gasland*,
that showed the environmental damage done by fracking to communities across
the U.S.
Fracking is no doubt bad for the environment. And the shale gas being
released i... more »
Watch Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead Full Movie 2014 Streaming
*Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : R
Score : 7.2
Release : 10 Oct 2014
Duration : 100 min
Genre : Action, Comedy, Horror
Director : Tommy Wirkola
Writer : Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Tommy Wirkola
Cast : Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr, Jocelyn DeBoer
Synopsis Dead Snow 2: Red vs. DeadIf the worst day of your life consisted
of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own
arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a
zombified Nazi battalion, you'd have to assume that things couldn't get
much w... more »
Is Another U.S. - Iraq War 'In The Cards'?
An F/A-18E Super Hornet sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS
Carl Vinson at sea, Oct. 16, 2014. The Carl Vinson and its embarked air
wing, Carrier Air Wing 17, are deployed supporting maritime security
operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater
security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
The aircraft is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 81. U.S. Navy photo by
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr.
*Get Ready For Iraq War IV -- John A. Nagl, Foreign Policy*
One of the most influential Army officer... more »
Normative dilemma of writing policy?
This week, courtesy of my colleague Adam Stulberg and the Center for
International Strategy, Technology, and Policy, our department hosted
Matthew Kroenig. When I first learned of Kroenig’s visit, my initial
thought was that it would be a great opportunity to do (yet another) take
on his arguments regarding the possible use of force against
Continue reading
"Our Responsibilty..."
“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not
unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands
of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what
we can, improve the solutions and pass them on. It is our responsibility to
leave the people of the future a free hand. In the impetuous youth of
humanity, we can make grave errors that can stunt our growth for a long
time. This we will do if we say we have the answers now, so young and
ignorant as we are.
If we suppress all discussion, all criticism, proclaiming ‘T... more »
The State of American Democracy
Journalist Chris Hedge interviews political philosopher Sheldon Wolin, who
says democracy requires continuous opposition and vigilance by the
citizenry.
Untitled
*New Orleans Cuts Murder Rate Using Data Analytics ~Jason Sheuh,
GovTech.com*
At the going down of the sun...
With
condolences and respect to the family and friends of Corporal Nathan
Cirillo, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess
Louise's), Hamilton.
Albainn Gu Braith
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 22, 2014
*Terrorist Ends Canada’s Innocence -- Tim Mak, Daily Beast*
A gunman attacked parliament in an unprecedented attack, bringing violence
to the very heart of Canadian democracy.
An unprecedented attack shook Canada on Wednesday as at least one gunman
attacked parliament and the country's war memorial in the capital, Ottawa.
A fundamentally quiet and orderly town, Ottawa was rocked by the shooting
of a uniformed Canadian soldier as he stood guard over the National War
Memorial, located right across the street from Parliament Hill and the
prime minister's offices at Langevin Block.
... more »
At the going down of the sun...
With condolences and respect to the family and friends of Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Sic Itur ad Astra
Silent Spring
*Silent Spring* is a classic, a powerful broadside against synthetic
pesticides. Now, more than fifty years old, the book still packs a solid
roundhouse punch. With one book, one woman enlightened millions and
spurred a loud outcry. One woman inspired big changes. Many of the
pesticides she slammed have been banned or highly restricted.
Following World War II, Americans had big heads. We had won the war,
invented a terrible new weapon, our economy was booming, and life was great!
We succeeded at whatever we tried. We were giddy with euphoria. Then,
Rachel Carson rolled a ha... more »
Canadian Parliament Attacked By Armed Gunman -- News Updates And Roundup
*Ottawa Shooting: Soldier Dies Of Wounds, Gunman Also Shot Dead -- CBC *
*Downtown Ottawa remains in lockdown as police conduct searches around
parliamentary precinct*
Parliament Hill came under attack today after a man with a rifle shot and
killed a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown
Ottawa, before seizing a car and driving to the doors of Parliament Hill's
Centre Block nearby.
The slain soldier is Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, a reservist from Hamilton.
MPs and other witnesses reported 30 to 50 shots were fired inside
Parliament, and a gunman was shot ... more »
Oct. 22: You probably won't agree with me.
I've been watching TV this Wednesday with a sinking heart. First, there's
the killing of two Canadian soldiers. Some official made the idiotic
statement that what was terrible about this was that they were killed on
Canadian soil. That was a pitch to Canadian patriotism, of course - and it
implies what I'm going to talk about. (It's an idiotic statement because
it's terrible when Canadians, soldiers or civilians, get killed on any
soil, not just here.)
It's terrible because now, I'm quite sure, this will be used to create a
turning point in history, a turning point I hoped we would ... more »
The Economy: "Oh, Look At The Admission!"
*"Oh, Look At The Admission!"*
by Karl Denninger
"Hoh hoh hoh hoh hoh hoh hoh... By estimating that zero stimulus would be
consistent with a 10 percent quarterly drop in equities, they calculate it
takes around $200 billion from central banks each quarter to keep markets
from selling off.
What? Note that central bank "stimulus" is not real. An example will
suffice. Let's say there are exactly two things in the world of economic
value- $100 and 100 bushels of corn. What's the likely clearing price- that
is, what you would exchange one bushel of corn for? $1, right?
Remember, othe... more »
Republican Clowns Want You To Think Women Don't Have What It Takes To Protect America
Yesterday and again earlier today, we looked around the Republican Party
war against women. Some interesting reporting from Toby Harden at Real
Clear Politics, The CIA's Real Drone Queens, leads one to conclude there
certainly is not discrimination against women in the CIA workplace-- and
that the basis of the relentless Republican attacks against women's
capacity is completely misplaced and just plain wrong, based on nothing but
Bronze Age prejudices. Who's knew?
The CIA is now almost 50% female. Its director is a man but the next three
posts below him are filled by women. They... more »
EZLN joins the October 22 events in support of Ayotzinapa and the Yaqui People
The
EZLN joins the October 22 events in support of Ayotzinapa and the Yaqui
People
Communiqué from the Revolutionary Indigenous Clandestine
Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation
Mexico
October 19, 2014
To the classmates, teachers, and family members of the dead and
disappeared of the Escuela Normal[i]“Raúl Isidro Burgos” of Ayotzinapa,
Guerrero, Mexico.
Sweden Scales Back It's Search For A Suspected Foreign Sub In Its Waters
*Sweden Is Having A Very Hard Time Finding That Suspicious Vessel --
Business Insider*
It's been five days since a suspected Russian submarine was first spotted
in Stockholm's archipelago, a violation of Sweden's sovereignty ostensibly
confirmed through subsequent sightings and a possible Swedish-intercepted
Russian-language transmission through an emergency-radio frequency.
But as Elias Groll explains at Foreign Policy, the Swedish military is at a
bit of a disadvantage in locating the vessel. It sold off its last
sub-tracking helicopters in 2008. And the search area is spread ou... more »
Watch Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 4 - Ghost Stands Alone 2014 Full Movie Online
*Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 4 - Ghost Stands Alone (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : N/A
Score : 7.2
Release : 06 Sep 2014
Duration : N/A
Genre : Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Director : Kazuchika Kise
Writer : Masamune Shirow (manga), Tow Ubukata (screenplay)
Cast : Elizabeth Maxwell, Maaya Sakamoto
Synopsis Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 4 - Ghost Stands AloneThe anime's
story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war.
New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a
bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military membe... more »
The New York City Region’s Emergency Agencies Are Practicing For A Nuclear Disaster
A 10-kiloton nuclear explosion would destroy most structures and kill
everyone within the brown area (1/3 mile from the blast origin). Most of
the people in the green area (3/4 mile) will be dead or seriously injured,
and the blue area (1 mile from the blast center) will be consumed by fires
and radiation. Nuclearterrorism.org
*WNU Editor*: This is disturbing .... *Emergency Agencies Practice Response
To Nuclear Explosion In Times Square* (CBS New York).
*My Comment*: This is not the first time that CBS has a "nuclear explosion
in the middle of New York City" story .... *Nuclear At... more »
U.S. Jury Finds Four Blackwater Guards Guilty In 2007 Iraq Shooting
*U.S. Jury Convicts Ex-Blackwater Guards In 2007 Baghdad Killings --
Reuters*
(Reuters) - In a sweeping victory for the U.S. government, a federal jury
on Wednesday found four former Blackwater guards guilty on nearly every
count they faced in connection with the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis
at a Baghdad traffic circle.
Jurors found three of the ex-guards guilty of manslaughter and weapons
charges, and a fourth guilty of murder.
The verdict comes more than seven years after the shooting incident that
outraged Iraqis and inflamed anti-American sentiment around the world.
A c... more »
Zond 3: Frame 25
This is frame 25 from Zond 3 on a lunar flyby in 1964. It is the first
photograph taken of the far side of the moon. Frame 25 captured this image
of a 22 mile high structure on the limb of the moon.
(see more)
Another day
Here are a selection of comments from under the latest post at *Harry's
Place*:
*[Recently, Canon Andrew White lamented that ISIS are beheading Christians,
yet people tend not to even believe the horrifying and harrowing accounts
that White shares with his readers.]*
*Thanks to our Blessed BBC and C4's obsession with Israel...*
*I can imagine the waves of distress that sweep the BBC News Room when
rumours of alleged outrages come in. The spin priorities? Are there Muslim
involved or not and, just as important, if Muslims are involved, are they
true Muslim or not? *
*Also, prevent... more »
The Economy: "The Great Inflation Lie"
*For The 1%: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!*
*"The Great Inflation Lie"*
by Bill Bonner
"That we live in an age of man-made wonders is beyond dispute. Painless
root canals. Tinder. Central bank price controls. We were traveling hard
over the last couple weeks. Somewhere along the way we picked up a cold,
which dogged us from Vermont to Maryland's Eastern Shore. But the security
X-ray at Nashville International Airport seemed to finally knock it out.
Global stocks have lost more than $3 trillion of their value so far this
month. But the authorities rushed to the rescue like a surgeo... more »
How Do We Have a Sustainable Future?
*Along the rocky coast of Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea
before the blasting began and concrete was poured to build a Navy base that
will be used by the US to target China. The Koreans are paying for the
base as part of the Pentagon strategy to 'off load' the growing costs of
American military empire onto the colonized hosts where US forces are
deployed. See an article on this very subject here*
- I am back to work in the office catching up on Global Network
administrative tasks and preparing for a trip to New York City to speak at
a conference called Tec... more »
US Helping ISIS? One Accidental Airdrop vs Billions in Covert Aid
*October 23, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - The Washington Post would report
that the United States military accidentally dropped by air at least one
pallet of weapons and supplies that ended up in the hands of the so-called
"Islamic State" or ISIS. While a combination of factors about this
particular story appear suspicious, including SITE Intelligence Group's
involvement in quickly disseminating an alleged video of ISIS terrorists
rooting through the supplies, one fact remains.
While the US claims it has "accidentally" allowed weapons to fall into the
hands of ISIS terrorists, in... more »
Is being prepared the same as "prepping"?...
*because most people think "preppers" are crazy.*
and...
How far are you willing to go to be prepared for an emergency, be it
weather, social unrest, or enemy attack?
Since I don't blog anonymously and can be quite easily found, I tend to
self-monitor things I say here.
I don't generally advertise anything that I don't think the general public
needs to know. It's sort of like when people on Facebook announce to the
world when they're going on vacation, how long they'll be gone, and
practically give directions to their homes. That always strikes me as just
plain dumb.
While I ... more »
Grassroots Democrats Doing The Job The DCCC Refuses To-- In Michigan
This week Blue America has been concentrating on our ads in Maine exposing
Susan Collins and our advertising in southwest Michigan exposing Fred Upton.
So far the ad above has been watched by over 10,000 voting-age people in
MI-06.
Thanks to Steve Israel's bungling, *all* the Michigan House seats the DCCC
had targeted have been abandoned and left to the Republicans-- even while
Gary Peters is cleaning up statewide against unqualified GOP lunatic Terri
Lynn Land by wide margins. Luckily for Paul Clements, as it turns out, the
most winnable seat in Michigan, Upton's, was studiously... more »
The happiest time of the year continues!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014Keep history alive:* There’s nothing we dislike
quite like this time of the year.
On the other hand, fund-raising is necessary. For many years, we never
asked. We’re kicking ourselves for that now.
That said:
As our fund-raising drive enters Day Two, we’ll link you to Gene Lyons’ new
column at The National Memo. The column concerns Hillary Clinton, who you
may not be supporting for president.
She isn’t our ideal candidate either. That isn’t the point of the column.
Lyons writes about the history of the Whitewater pseudo-scandal, which is
being fanci... more »
EU Support at 20 Year High
Calling it support might be a bit of a stretch but nevertheless this *is*
interesting:
Here's your source.
The professional pundits are probably right. This is a backlash of sorts
against UKIP. The greater their presence is felt, the more their
backwardness is plastered all over the media the stiffer the resistance to
their blandishments becomes.
But that is not all. Weirdly, I think a little bit of anti-politics
sentiment is bound up with this. Consider it, every time you turn on the
news or open a paper, politics stories always *seem* to be blah, blah,
Europe, blah, blah, refer... more »
AR2192 - HEART SHAPED SOLAR FLARE
http://spaceweather.com/
10 Reasons To Stop Drinking Soft Drinks Now
*April McCarthy* - Soft drinks are in many ways as bad for you as smoking
cigarettes, and here's 10 reasons to quit drinking them, now.
The post 10 Reasons To Stop Drinking Soft Drinks Now appeared first on Waking
Times.
Kids Halloween: Witch Hat Ring Toss
What Kindergarten class party would be complete without games? For a class
party, I look for games that are easy to set up and take down and don't
require a full time adult, just someone who can keep an eye on the game
while helping with a craft. In my experience, you usually only end up with
a few adults for a whole classroom of children, so games that the kids can
manage are a must.
You will need:
- witch hats
- glow bracelets, with bracelet connectors
I found these cute little hat decorations at the dollar store, but you
could easily use witch hats stuffed with newspa... more »
A Personal Commentary On Today`s Shootings In Ottawa
Armed RCMP officers head towards the Langevin Block on Parliament Hill
following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. REUTERS/Chris
Wattie
*Ottawa Shooting: How An Oasis Of Tranquility Became Breeding Ground For
Terrorists -- The Telegraph*
*As second soldier shot in two days, why is Canada being targeted by
Islamic extremists? *
For the second time in three days Canada has been appalled and shocked by
an attack on a soldier by a suspected Islamic terrorist.
Once a byword for international peace and prosperity, the “other” Northern
American nation is now suffering fro... more »
Wasteful DENR Reforestations
When I was working at the House of Representatives (HOR) from 1991 to 1999,
I would attend many Committee hearings. Among those that I followed in the
early 90s was the implementation of various large-scale government (DENR,
LGUs, etc.) reforestation programs in the country, funding and loans coming
from the ADB, OECF (Japan government), World Bank and other foreign aid
bodies. The impression I got then was that there was huge money involved,
there were lots of reforestation projects with little or even zero
monitoring if the seedlings indeed became trees, or the planting was only
... more »
Multiple Shooters Reported In Canada`s Capital City. Parliament And Two Other Locations Attacked: News Roundup And Live Updates
*Canadian Parliament Under Lockdown After Gunmen 'Shot Soldier Standing
Guard At The National War Memorial Before Opening Fire In The Parliament
Halls' -- Daily Mail*
* A reserve soldier in his 30s was shot in the abdomen at the National War
Memorial in Ottawa shortly before 10am on Wednesday
* Dozens of shots were then heard inside Parliament and shots were also
reported at a third site, the Rideau Centre mall
* The Parliament's Sergeant-at-Arms shot one of the gunmen dead
* Witness accounts of a suspect include descriptions of him as short with
long hair, overweight, wearing a da... more »
At The Root Of The Republican Party War Against Women-- Primitive Southern Baptists
Yesterday, inspired by George Will's latest kvetching about the anti-women
record of his boy Cory Gardner (R-CO), we took another look at the
Republican Party War on Women. Ken sent me a fascinating article by Thomas
Powers in the *New York Review of Books*, Texas: The Southern Baptists in
Power and rather than update yesterday's post, let me share a couple of
paragraphs that pertain to American women's Southern Baptist problem. We'll
start with the 1980 evangelical conference in Dallas when Reagan won their
hearts by declaring, "I know you can’t endorse me, but I want you to know... more »
World News Briefs -- October 22, 2014
*Multiple Shooters Reported In Canada Attack -- CNN*
There were two soldiers standing guard at the war memorial in Ottawa near
Parliament, and a gunman shot one of them, a witness told CNN on Wednesday.
Peter Henderson, a journalist, said other soldiers doing drills nearby ran
to help the fallen soldier. Henderson said he knew the person shot was a
soldier because of the ceremonial uniform the soldier was wearing.
There were "several shooting incidents in downtown Ottawa" on Wednesday
morning, police said on Twitter. "Incidents occurred at National War
Memorial, near the Rideau Ce... more »
Supplemental: The legacy of Ben Bradlee!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014Style section, then Richard Nixon:* We never
met Ben Bradlee. Manifestly, he seemed like a very impressive man.
Until today, we hadn’t realized that Bradlee was such a major swell. Before
we praise his mother, let us record these unusual facts, from the world’s
leading authority:
“Josephine de Gersdorff, Bradlee's mother, was a direct descendant of
Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf, who was a lineal descendant of
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, King John of Denmark and King John II of
France and Bonne of Bohemia and John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerb... more »
40 fotos de rosas de colores para ver, disfrutar y compartir.
Ya son muchas las personas que nos han pedido una colección especial de *fotografías
de rosas de colores*. Es por eso que hoy nos dimos a la tarea de crear esta
hermosa recopilación que incluye *40 fotos de rosas hermosas* para todos
ustedes que pueden ver, disfrutar y compartir. En breve recibirán otra
serie de *fotos de flores bonitas*. Saludos en la distancia.
Oozing bias
BBC Watch spotted a few characteristically biased tweets from the BBC's
Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen in anticipation of an upcoming Radio 4
programme he's doing about olives and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He's kept the tweets coming, however, since Hadar's post and you'll find
them all below (so far).
They probably tell you all you need to know about the forthcoming programme
(so you won't have to listen to it), and they certainly tell you more than
enough about Jeremy Bowen's concept of impartiality - i.e. reporting that
makes the Palestinians look much, much nicer than... more »
GATEKEEPERS GONE: Three recent reports from the Times front page!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014Part 3—Incompetence of the watchdogs:* How does
our discourse get infected by The Crazy and The Dumb?
For starters, our gatekeepers are gone. It never exactly made sense to
think that a couple of high-profile men—Walter Cronkite and David
Brinkley—were supposed to sift and edit the things we were permitted to
hear.
As a matter of theory, that never made sense—but the system did work that
way to a large extent. Thanks to those men, and others like them, The Crazy
rarely got on the air.
Today, The Crazy is all around us. Selling The Crazy is big business... more »
Iraq’s Chemical Arsenal: Justification for War?
Yesterday, a student asked me about the recent news reports indicating that
Iraq did, in fact, have “weapons of mass destruction” back in 2002 and 2003
when the U.S. was attempting to justify a “preemptive” war. The New York
Times reported that American soldiers were injured in the past decade by
chemically-armed munitions found in Iraq.
Continue reading
Shooting at Parliament Hill in Canada- One gunman killed- Multiple shooters reported
This is way too convenient. Sorry. No offense intended.
This is a hard sell to push Canadians into the much lusted for, never
ending, NATO war agenda
We have reports of shooters on the rooftops in Ottawa- *This feels very
"Maidan"*
*I would suspect the soldier standing guard outside was hit by sniper fire*
Canada has very good snipers. Record holding snipers.
Shooter on roof of Parliament building reported
RT @OmarCBC: Police say shooter on roof of parliament and ask media to stay
back. #ottnews
Tweets from here
Police say the shooter is on roof of building at Metcalfe and Sparks 1 ... more »
Very Dark Day for Canada
The soldier did not deserve this cowardly attack. Our country did not
deserve to be wounded by these nutjobs. I hope our PM acts with restraint.
Maybe reconsider his loosing of firearm regulations. Obviously security has
to be stepped up at our institutions.
Shooting On Parliament Hill In Ottawa !!! UPDATED
*- There have been 3 separate shooting incidents in and around the House
of Commons in Ottawa, Canada. Details are sketchy. Early reports that
Soldier at War Memorial has died from attack.*
*- At least two people were shot after multiple gunmen opened fire on
Parliament Hill and the nearby cenotaph.- An arrest has been made.- One
victim appears to be a soldier. Several people were seen performing CPR.-
Another body is reported to be on the ground just outside the Library of
Parliament. Dozens of shots were heard.- Two men were seen jumping from a
Toyota Corolla, followed by... more »
The government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" appears to be fast morphing into the government that terrorizes the people, impoverishs the people, and is set to randomly murder some of them. -- The blogger
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*The Entry of Ebola into the US Has Hallmarks of a Planned Happening*
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*The Entry of Ebola into the US Has Hallmarks of a Planned Happening*
Paul Craig Roberts
More information is available that suggests the the government had advance
information that ebola was coming to the US and that the government expects
a much larger outbreak of the disease in the US than it admits.
Keep in mind t... more »
MIlitary And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 22, 2014
A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early
Warning Squadron 124 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the
aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 2, 2014.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lorelei Vander Griend
*Pressure Mounts To Change Tactics Against Islamic State Group -- Defense
News*
WASHINGTON — On Sept. 23, the US began airstrikes against militants aligned
with the Islamic States (IS) inside Syria, kicking off what President
Barack Obama and top military leaders characterizes as a campaign that will
last for s... more »
Arne’s sudden interest in improving testing
Sent to the Denver Post, Oct. 21.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been an enthusiastic supporter of
the common core testing program, accurately described as "nonstop testing"
by education expert Susan Ohanian. The common core imposes more testing on
our children than has ever been seen on our planet, and no attempt was made
to determine if the new tests result in higher student achievement.
Now Secretary Duncan ("A test for school tests," Oct 20) says he supports a
movement to eliminate redundant and inappropriate tests. This should have
been done using small-scale studies... more »
A Response to Gates/Duncan
from Peg Robertson at her blog:
Please comment on this article Arne Duncan: A test for school tests. Even
if you have time for just one line of comment - we must not allow these
lies to stand as truth. Thank you everyone.
Here is my comment on the article:
First - we must understand that the call for less testing is simply an
appeasement - and a distraction - from the privatization agenda which
requires immense testing PLUS the full implementation of the common core
standards. The high stakes testing and the common core standards MUST stay
in place if corporations wish to continue ... more »
Breaking News!!!! Shots Fired At Canada's War Memorial. Soldier Wounded. Gunman Seen Running Towards Parliament
First responders at a shooting at the War Memorial in Ottawa on Oct. 22,
2014 (Daniel Thibeault/CBC)
*Soldier Shot At National War Memorial In Ottawa -- CBC*
*Bystanders providing first aid to injured at downtown landmark *
A man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the War Memorial in
downtown Ottawa, and witnesses said there were further shots fired on
Parliament Hill nearby.
It was not immediately known if there were further injuries.
Alain Merisier. who works at the cafeteria in the Parliament building, told
CBC News that said he saw a man in a car at the Centre Bloc... more »
Something Where God Used To Be
*It is through myth, story-telling, art, metaphor and play that we make
overall sense of our place in the world. Given that language and
imagination are what define our species, it is through these that we make
our most truly human, and therefore most authentically ecological
engagements with the world.*
* ~* Richard Mabey
Richard Mabey, who lives in a 16th Century English cottage, has published
many books extolling nature. At 73, he expresses concern about extinction,
but believes that trees are resilient and will survive modern threats, such
as epidemic invasive insect atta... more »
Will The U.S. Navy's Newest Destroyer Stay Afloat?
*Can The Navy's $12 Billion Stealth Destroyer Stay Afloat? -- Dave
Majumdar, Daily Beast*
It features a radical design and next-gen gear. But the U.S. Navy’s most
advanced ship may have a wee problem: it just might fall into the sea.
The U.S. Navy is slowly preparing the first of its massive, 15,500-ton
Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers for sea next year. But questions remain
about many of the technologies onboard the new ships. First and foremost:
can the thing even stay afloat?
The vessel—which is the largest American surface warship since the
1950s--brings a new untried “tumble... more »
Trifecta: The next election is not the most important one...
*the last one was.*
Voter Suppression via Obama: Democrats Flee Former Political Prodigy
Elves
*MULDER*: Have you ever been to San Diego?
*SCULLY*: Yeah.
*MULDER*: Did you check out the *Palomar observatory?*
*SCULLY*: No.
*MULDER*: From 1948 until recently, it was the largest telescope in the
world. The idea and design came from a brilliant and wealthy astronomer
named *George Ellery Hale. *Actually, the idea was presented to Hale one
night. *While he was playing billiards, an elf climbed in his window* and
told him to get money from *the* *Rockefeller Foundation* for a telescope.
*I quote The Enemy:*
"Hale was a driven individual, who worked to found a number of signi... more »
North Korea Develops A New Submarine Class
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) stands on the conning tower of a
submarine during his inspection of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Naval
Unit 167 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central
News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, June 16, 2014.
*Report: Image Shows New Submarine in North Korea -- Voice of America*
WASHINGTON — North Korea may have acquired a new submarine, according to an
American researcher who based his findings on a review of commercial
satellite imagery from 2010 until now.
Joseph Bermudez, chief analytics officer of AllSource Analysis, says the... more »
The U.S. Campaign Against The Islamic State Has Cost $424 Million So Far
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 213 launches
from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the
Persian Gulf, Oct. 2, 2014. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class
Joshua Card
*Cost of War Against ISIS So Far: $424 Million -- Wall Street Journal*
WASHINGTON – First came the name. Now comes the price tag.
Operation Inherent Resolve, the newly named war against Islamic State
forces in the Middle East, has cost the U.S. government more than $424
million in 10 weeks.
The Pentagon is spending about $7.6 million a day to pay for daily... more »
Russia Continues Its Large-Scale Militarisation Of The Arctic
© ITAR-TASS/Igor Ageenko
*Russia Prepares For Ice-Cold War With Show Of Military Force In The Arctic
-- The Guardian*
Vladimir Putin sends troops and jets to oil- and gas-rich region also
coveted by Canada, United States, Norway and Denmark
Yaya is a very small Arctic island, barely one metre above sea level and
covering only 500 square metres. Russian pilots discovered it at the
beginning of October. With the Admiral Vladimirsky research ship having
confirmed its presence in the Laptev Sea, Yaya will soon be added to the
map of the Arctic Ocean and will become part of Russian te... more »
Government Advertising is soft corruption.
There was a time when goverment advertising made sense. The anti smoking
ads for example. However today I consider all goverment advertising as soft
corruption even if it is non partisan. My reasoning is the ad agencies,
newspapers, tv stations are getting paid. Its a subsidy that no longer
belongs. In the case of the Harper goverment spending hundreds of millions
to date, its thinly disguised partisan propaganda It should be banned.
I especially take umbrage with the glossy catalogs I get from the LCBO.
Police falsehood may lead to witness exclusion
1.
For a statement by an accused to a person in authority to be admissible
the statement must be voluntary. What if the police mislead an accused?
That may eliminate voluntariness. R v Arnakalla 2014 NUCJ 12:
[11] The police next show him a video of his common-law spouse, in
which she begs him to tell the truth. The questions become much more
pointed. His lack of memory is repeatedly challenged. All of this is within
acceptable bounds, but the accused is obviously becoming frustrated and
worn down by this process. He actually asks the inv... more »
If Ted Cruz Is A Reactionary And Obama And Clinton Are Conservatives, Do We Ever Get A Liberal?
Obama comes in a progressivism package but his record is conservative-- not
reactionary like Ted Cruz or John McCain or Mitt Romney... conservative...
like Hillary Clinton. Maybe not as bad as her, at least in terms of
obsequiousness to Wall Street and the Military Industrial Complex, but
pretty bad. When they were both in the Senate together, her overall voting
record was slightly better-- more progressive-- than his. But both were
part of the DC conservative consensus. Neither is anything like the
Elizabeth Warren Eugene Robinson wrote about yesterday.
The Massachusetts Democra... more »
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*UK: Ban on Black Country slang has improved reading and writing claims
controversial primary school which sparked anger by pulling up pupils on
local dialect*
A primary school which banned pupils from using Black Country slang to halt
a ‘decline in standards’ has revealed the controversial policy seems to
have improved children's reading and writing.
Parents were furious when school chiefs ordered children to stop speaking
the dialect, saying it should be preserved to protect the local identity.
Staff at Colley Lane Primary School, Halesowen, West Midlands, drew up a
list of ten ... more »
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*Do Italian chamois prove global warming?*
*In the Italian Alps there are records of the weight of animals shot by
hunters -- and the carcasses of chamois goats are now quite a bit lighter
than they used to be. Why?The Warmist researchers below discovered that
betwen 1979 and 2010 temperatures in the study area rose substantially --
by around 3 degrees. And that is the first oddity. Global temperatures
over that time rose by only tenths of a degree. So there were some LOCAL
effects at work on temperatures in the area. The results tell us nothing
about GLOBAL warming... more »
RevCan : From Hayek to birdwatchers
The Broadbent Institute released a study yesterday suggesting Canada Con
Revenue Agency tax auditors are targeting critics of the Harper government
about their allotted 10% political activities while letting right-leaning
groups off the hook. How very timely.
David Akin :
"The group reviewed tax filings of 10 right-leaning charities, including
the Fraser Institute, the Montreal Economic Institute, and Focus on the
Family, and found that in each of the past three tax years, none of them
declared spending anything on political activity."
Say, what? *Focus on the Family**Spanking**Ga... more »
Watch K: Missing Kings 2014 Full Movie Online
*K: Missing Kings (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : N/A
Score : 7.8
Release : 04 Sep 2014
Duration : 73 min
Genre : Animation
Director : Shingo Suzuki
Writer : N/A
Cast : Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Ono, Tomokazu Sugita, Mikako Komatsu
Synopsis K: Missing KingsSince the Island Academy Incident, silver clansmen
Kuroh Yatogami and Neko have been searching for their master, Yashiro
Isana, the Silver King. Their search having turned up fruitless, the two
begin to give up hope, until they encounter Anna Kushina and Rikio
Kamamoto, two members of the red clan HOMRA being chased by someone.
Des... more »
Peter Thiel talks to Glenn Beck
Peter Thiel is arguably the world's most ingenious venture capitalist. He
is the main co-founder of PayPal, the first major Facebook investor, a
hedge fund boss, a libertarian, an excellent chess player, and one of the
most influential folks in Silicon Valley.
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He believes that there is an education bubble and he actively (by
significant felllowships) encourages smart kids to escape from the
conventional, left-wing-politics-dominated academic system, and become
builders of an independent, competing, more pro-freedom framework for the
elite.
I ... more »
The Collective Imagination: with Hope Girl and FTW
Sorry for the delayed post- t'was a busy day, lol!
Yesterday on The Collective Imagination radio show, Lisa, Brian and I
talked with HopeGirl from Fix the World. We had an awesome discussion
about the QEG, with lots of updates and information, and talked about what
Hope is up to next. We also talked about the changing paradigm of NOW, and
what we all can do to literally CHANGE and lead the way into this new
paradigm, and how our actions directly effect the new "Norm". I think
you'll all enjoy this show.
Love
D
http://the-one-network.org/collective-imagination-oct-21-14/
Collect... more »
Sol Grooves to it's own Beat
Well my friends, our beautiful star Sol is once again dancing and grooving
to the beat of it's own drum. Over the course of the past two months, the
sun has sorta picked up the pace from what has been a very very quiet solar
maxim. This past two weeks has been an exciting one for sure, with
multiple solar events, a rather large CME from a filament ripping off the
surface, another large full halo CME last week just as sun spot 2192 began
it's rotation from the farside to earth facing positioning.
In the past 3 days we have seen one X Class flare on the 19th, followed by
8 M Class f... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Small Things
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
MBDA's MILAN ER serial missiles pass first firing tests
[image: Milan ER missile]On October 15, MBDA completed the firing campaign
to validate the series production of the Milan ER, as jointly scheduled
with export customers.
Four totally successful firings against fixed and moving targets confirmed
the performance capabilities of the firing post, of the missile as well as
of the warhead.
This final technical step follows the qualification of the Milan ER weapon
system that was achieved during the first half of 2014.
Read more
Embraer rolls out KC-390 military airlift
Today Embraer rolled out the first prototype of the KC-390 military
transport from the production hangar at the industrial plant of Gavião
Peixoto, Brazil.
The event was attended by the Brazilian Minister of Defense, Celso Amorim,
the Commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Lieutenant-Brigadier General
Juniti Saito, and delegations and representatives from more than 30
countries.
This milestone rollout will allow the Company to perform important ground
tests prior to the aircraft’s first flight, planned to take place by the
end of this year.
Read more
Lockheed says has plan to catch up on F-35 deliveries by year-end
[image: F-35A Lightning II]Lockheed Martin Corp on Monday confirmed that it
had delivered just 22 of 36 F-35 fighter jets promised to the U.S.
government this year, but had a plan to complete work on the remaining 14
warplanes over the next two months.
"We are not giving up on delivering 14 more aircraft this year," Lockheed
spokesman Mike Rein told Reuters when asked about delays in deliveries.
"We'll get there."
A source familiar with the $399 billion Joint Strike Fighter program, the
Pentagon's costliest weapons project, said slower-than-expected deliveries
had sparked concern a... more »
U.S. accidentally delivered weapons to the Islamic State by airdrop, militants say
The Islamic State has released a new video in which it brags that it
recovered weapons and supplies that the U.S. military intended to deliver
to Kurdish fighters, who are locked in a fight with the militants over
control of the Syrian border town of Kobane.
The SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadist social media accounts,
drew attention to the video Tuesday.
At one point, it appears to show a masked militant raking his hands through
a crate filled with hand grenades.
Read more
METRO | Lamar W. Hankins : The Supreme Court’s irrational Texas voter ID decision
Justice Ginsburg called the law ‘purposely discriminatory’ and said it
would disenfranchise ‘more than 600,000 registered Texas voters.’ By Lamar
W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2014 AUSTIN — The pre-dawn decision
of a majority of Supreme … finish reading *METRO* | Lamar W. Hankins : The
Supreme Court’s irrational Texas voter ID decision
Russian T-50 Aircraft Gets Himalayas EW System
[image: Su T-50 PAK-FA]Russia’s Radio Electronic Technologies concern
provided the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAC FA)
T-50 with the first batch of Himalayas electronic warfare systems,
according to reports.
The unique air system increases fighter jet’s jamming resistance and damage
tolerance, as well as neutralizes enemy’s signature control systems, Tass
news agency reported.
“We are currently testing it,” General Director Nikolay Kolesov told TASS.
“T-50 prototypes are already equipped with the Himalayas onboard defense
system.
Read more
India temporarily grounds Sukhoi-30 fighter jets
[image: Su-30MKI Flanker]Last week, a Sukhoi-30 MKI had crashed in a field
near Pune.
Though the matter is under investigation, but preliminary findings had
suggested that it’s not human error, but a technical problem in the
fly-by-wire system of the jet as the main cause behind the accident.
"The fleet has been grounded and is undergoing technical checks following
the latest accident in Pune. It would be back in air only after a thorough
check," IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Simranpal Singh Birdi is quoted by
media as saying.
Read more
Two Advanced New IAI Maritime Surveillance Radars To Be Displayed At Euronaval
[image: ELM-2022ES radar]Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) will display a
variety of unique naval defense solutions at the upcoming Euronaval
International Naval Defense and Maritime Exhibition, to be held in Paris
from October 27-31.
IAI will present advanced radars, missiles, electro-optical payloads for
maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
Models of IAI’s Super Dvora Mk 3 fast patrol boat and Super Heron UAV will
be presented as well as “KATANA,” – IAI’s new unmanned combat marine system
for Homeland Security (HLS) applications.
Read more
Shanghai shipyard 'to build second Chinese designed aircraft carrier'
China will soon start building its second locally designed aircraft carrier
in Shanghai, according to a Canadian report.
Kanwa Asian Defence, an English-language monthly defence review produced in
Toronto, said Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard was preparing to start work on
the carrier.
When completed, the carrier and another under construction in Dalian will
give the PLA Navy two fully functioning, battle-ready aircraft carriers.
Read more
Russia to build 12 nuclear-powered Leader destroyers
The Navy of Russia intends to order 12 advanced Leader destroyers. A half
of them will be designed for the Northern Fleet, and another half - for the
Pacific Fleet, officials with the Defense Ministry of Russia said.
The lead ship will join the Russian Navy not earlier than in 2023-2025.
"Six of these ships are to be built for the Northern Fleet and six more -
for the Pacific," an unnamed source said. The Leader will be presented in
two versions - with a nuclear and gas turbine power generating units.
Read more
Women Are Playing A Major Role In The CIA's Drone Program
*The CIA's Real Drone Queens -- Toby Harnden, Real Clear Politics*
When President Barack Obama went to the CIA’s headquarters in Langley,
Virginia, to be briefed on drone operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he
was taken aback by the number of female spies directing the agency’s secret
killing programme.
A week later, the CIA’s top expert on Pakistan was summoned to the Oval
Office. She was strikingly attractive in her stiletto heels. “You don’t
look like a Pakistan expert,” the president told her, breaking into a grin.
Obama was mistaken: the expert was typical of the new gener... more »
Why a two state solution is not a possible solution to the Israeli vs 'Palestinians' conflict
Pat Condell pretty much nailing it there.
But in case you need some proof, here's Fatah leader Abbas Zaki explaining
Fatah policy on Israel very clearly in 2011...
Fatah leader Abbas Zaki speaks on Palestinian Authority television about
"the great goal," referring to the goal of destroying Israel. He explains
that it is impossible to achieve the "goal in one stroke," but that it
would be "great" if Israel were "remove[d] from existence." He goes on to
explain that this is not "a [stated] policy" and "you can't say it to the
world."
This is a clear of example of the duplicity ... more »
Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Detroit
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team launched the nation's seventh
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Detroit, into the Menominee River at Marinette
Marine Corporation (MMC).
The ship's sponsor, Mrs. Barbara Levin, christened Detroit with the
traditional smashing of a champagne bottle across the ship's bow just prior
to the launch.
"It is a privilege to serve as the sponsor of the future USS Detroit and to
participate in the major milestones along the way to her assuming her place
as part of the great U.S. Navy fleet," said Mrs. Levin. "I also look
forward to an ongoing relationship wit... more »
Russian bases to span entire Arctic border by end of 2014
[image: Sergey Shoigu]Russia will have military control of the entirety of
its 6,200 km Arctic coastal zone by the end of 2014, just a year after
Moscow announced its ambitious plan to build military presence in the
region, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has announced.
“We have set quite a pace in our foray into the Arctic,” Shoigu said during
a military council meeting in Moscow. “By the end of the year we will
already deploy most of our units in the region – from Murmansk to Chukotka.”
Moscow announced its intentions to create a special force grouping in the
strategic region in De... more »
Canada Is Jewish Occupied Territory: Harper's "Orwellian" Foreign Policy - From Israel To ISIS
As I have stated many times in this blog... Canada is definitely Jewish
occupied territory... This nation that used to pride itself as being a true
nation of peace and held at one time a very high standard around the world
as being a true nation of peacekeepers and one that others would try to
emulate, has now fallen fully under criminal Jewish control... It is
disgusting these days, as a Canadian, to watch the federal government in
Ottawa do their best to appease their Jewish masters and to kiss Israel's
ass every chance it gets... Pathetic is putting it mildly...
Right now, I want... more »
New Attack Submarine to Be Commissioned in Groton
[image: USS North Dakota]North Dakota is a little closer to Connecticut
than you may think.
On Saturday, Oct. 25, the USS North Dakota attack submarine will officially
become the newest addition to the Navy’s submarine force.
The submarine's commissioning ceremony will take place at Naval Submarine
Base in New London.
Read more
China's Ruling Communist Party Will Never Open All The Files Of It's The Past
*China Likely Will Never Open All Files On Painful Past, Official Says --
Reuters*
(Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party will likely never open all the
files on its recent painful past, including the Cultural Revolution and
Great Leap Forward, and sees no need to reassess those periods, a senior
party historian said on Monday.
The 1958-1961 Great Leap Forward, when millions starved to death in Mao
Zedong's botched industrialization campaign, and the 1966-1976 Cultural
Revolution are two of modern China's most sensitive historical events.
During the Cultural Revolution, child... more »
Indonesia plans to purchase Russian submarines
[image: Kilo class SSK]Russia and Indonesia are considering the possibility
of expanding military and technical cooperation, including supplies of
Russian submarines, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said
on Tuesday after his meeting with new Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
The two countries hope to boost inter-state trade from $3 billion to $5
billion in the next two years, Manturov said. There are plans for energy
cooperation and for construction of Russian oil refineries in Indonesia.
“Our Indonesian counterparts have raised this issue for the first time,”
the... more »
POLARBEAR announces detection of B-modes
*Focus of the March paper is mostly orthogonal to the BICEP2-Planck dispute*
You are often being told that polar bears love the chilling weather and
thick ice but POLARBEAR is a CMB experiment located in a desert in Chile
(although the altitude is over 5 kilometers). Californian cosmologists from
Berkeley and San Diego are the main members of the collaboration.
A few hours ago, it announced a "breakthrough" that was reported in the
media:
POLARBEAR detects B-modes in the cosmic microwave background: Mapping
cosmic structure, finding neutrino masses (Science Daily, news)
----------... more »
Energy Econ 28: Germany's Renewables, Collapsing Windmills
Germany's renewables energy is causing lots of instability in their
national grid. See this story from NTZ, 24 September 2014, *EIKE: German
Power Grid More Vulnerable Than Ever…”On The Brink Of Widespread
Blackouts”!*
*"As a result, today’s German power grid has become a precarious balancing
act, and keeping it from collapsing under the load of wild fluctuations has
become a real challenge. At the European Institute for Climate and Energy
(EIKE) here, Dr. Klaus Peter Krause writes a piece titled: Always on the
brink of a widespread blackouts, where he writes how and why Germany’s ... more »
Did Former CIA Director Panetta Violate His Secrecy Agreement With The CIA?
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta discusses his book “Worthy
Fights” at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14,
2014. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
*Panetta Clashed With CIA Over Memoir, Tested Agency Review Process --
Washington Post*
Former CIA director Leon E. Panetta clashed with the agency over the
contents of his recently published memoir and allowed his publisher to
begin editing and making copies of the book before he had received final
approval from the CIA, according to former U.S. officials and others
familiar with the project.
Panetta’s de... more »
METRO | Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte : Are Texas legislators just slow learners?
Texas is not alone in its willingness to restrict its upscale education to
a ‘possessive investment in whiteness.’ By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte | The
Rag Blog | October 22, 2014 AUSTIN — The Texas legislature seems determined
to govern … finish reading *METRO* | Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte : Are Texas
legislators just slow learners?
Why Israel Loses No Sleep Over Islamic State
A masked man speaking in what is believed to be a North American accent in
a video that Islamic State militants released in September 2014 is pictured
in this still frame from video obtained by Reuters October 7, 2014.
*Here’s Why Israel Loses No Sleep Over Islamic State -- Dimi Reider,
Reuters*
At first sight, it seems that Israel is just as preoccupied with the rise
of Islamic State as anyone else. Israeli media report diligently on the
extremist group’s assault on the Kurdish town of Kobani and run at least a
story every few days on its atrocities. Prime Minister Benjamin Netany... more »
14 Ways To Re-use Plastic Bottles
*Video - *Fourteen ways that a small farm in Uganda re-uses plastic drinks
bottles.
The post 14 Ways To Re-use Plastic Bottles appeared first on Waking Times.
Unlike South Dakota, Australia Will Help China Seize Stolen Ex-Pat Funds
In the light of the Mike Rounds EB-5 visa-selling scandal that could throw
the South Dakota senate race to outspoken progressive populist Rick Weiland,
maybe it's time to go back to the June guest post Qiao Li did for us, China's
Naked Officials. Short version: Chinese bureaucrats and government
officials are illegally moving vast sums of wealth offshore for their own
and their families' use. The Washington-based Global Financial Integrity
group, which analyses illicit financial flows, estimates that $2.83
trillion flowed illegally out of China from 2005 to 2011.
Yesterday, Reute... more »
The Story Behind The Hamas Gaza Tunnel Plot To Massacre Hundreds Of Israelis
We know that Hamas terrorists are operating underground, and that's where
we will meet them.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 17, 2014
*Did Israel Avert A Hamas Massacre? -- Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair*
The story behind the Gaza tunnel plot, from Israeli intelligence
officials—and Hamas leader Khalid Mishal.
Noises in the Night
Yossi Adoni, a village leader in Zarit, is worried. For years, residents in
his small Israeli farming community, on the northern border with Lebanon,
have heard drilling under their homes, late at night. His mother, Ruth, for
one, says she has often been awak... more »
Watch Sway 2014 Full Movie Online
*Sway (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : N/A
Score : 8.7
Release : 13 Apr 2014
Duration : 89 min
Genre : Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director : Andy Wilson
Writer : Colin Dexter (characters), Russell Lewis (written and devised by)
Cast : Shaun Evans, Jack Laskey, Roger Allam, Michael Thomas
Synopsis SwayWhen Vivienne Haldane is found murdered in her house she
becomes the third victim of a serial killer who strangles married women
with a silk stocking and removes their wedding rings after death - though
the women are unknown to each other. Separated from her husband Mrs Haldane
had a secret lo... more »
The Realist Report - American Front
On this edition of The Realist Report, we'll be joined by Diane Stevens,
Director of the American Front. Diane and I will be discussing the history
of the American Front, her experience with the organization, and the
tyrannical, unconstitutional persecution of American Front leader Mark
Faella. You can download the entire program *here*.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *American Front* *- ADL (what a joke)*
- *The White Race on Trial: Mark Faella and the American Front - Daily
Stormer*
- *Charges Dropped Against Most Defendants in American Front Case -
... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Get Smart!'
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SMART!
Posted on October 21, 2014
Please post and distribute. Nia:wen.
MNN. Oct. 21, 2014. The Quebec Police in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu were
chasing a 25-year old businessman, Couture Rouleau. His car hit two men
in a parking lot, who happen to be soldiers. One died. With the cops in
hot pursuit, his car flipped over near the Canadian Forces Base.
Witnesses saw him crawl out with
The Spectre, or Otherwise, of Deflation
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Here’s what’s on tomorrow night, Thursday, with our friends at the Auckland
Uni Economics Group…
A new spectre is haunting the world’s financial houses, say economists.
After decades of warning that inflation must be kept in check, and
years in which central banks claim to have produced price stability -- a
little healthy inflation will do you good, they say -- many economists are
now fearing an imminent deflation.
Falling consumer and commodity prices are on the immediate horizon,
they say, which will lead to a deadly downward sp... more »
Is The U.S. Rready For A Biological Attack?
Red Cross volunteers, acting as potentially anthrax-exposed Pentagon
employees, remove their "contaminated" clothing before being
"decontaminated" during Gallant Fox 06 May 17 in a Pentagon parking lot.
The exercise tested the response of Pentagon police and local and federal
agencies to a biological attack at the Pentagon. Photo by Sgt. Sara Wood,
USA
*Could US Handle Biologic Attack? -- Kristina Wong, The Hill*
The slow-footed federal response to Ebola shows that the United States
would be overwhelmed by a biological attack, experts warn.
Ever since 9/11, security analysts hav... more »
VOTE NO TO ALEC in November
respriv.org/voteno2alec/
*http://respriv.org/voteno2alec/ *
*#VoteNo2ALEC*
*The American Legislative Exchange Council is one nasty, evil organization.*
*The American Legislative Exchange Council hates the control of the Federal
government.*
*The American Legislative Exchange Council hates control at the local
level.*
*American Legislative Exchange Council members only want*
*evil ALEC state legislative members to have control.*
METRO | Steve Russell : Bee Czar News
Central Texas Bee Rescue is dedicated to seeing that bees scaring humans
with their natural swarming behavior will help pay for their own
preservation. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2014 AUSTIN —
Last year, there … finish reading *METRO* | Steve Russell : Bee Czar News
Earthcycles Livestream Boarding School Tribunal
Live
Coverage begins mid-day on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014
Boarding School Tribunal Registration
Stephanie Davis greets Dennis Banks at Boarding School Tribunal 2014
Wednesday afternoon: A tour of Green Bay is underway on Wednesday
afternoon. The Tribunal presenters return at 9 am on Thursday, with more
on Friday.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014
GREEN BAY,
Watch V/H/S: Viral Full Movie 2014 Streaming
*V/H/S: Viral (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : R
Score : 6.5
Release : 23 Oct 2014
Duration : 97 min
Genre : Horror, Thriller
Director : Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead,
Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo
Writer : Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, T.J. Cimfel, Ed Dougherty (additional
material), Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento (story), Nacho
Vigalondo, David White
Cast : Emmy Argo, Amanda Baker, Dan Caudill, Stephen Caudill
Synopsis V/H/S: ViralFollows fame-obsessed teens who unwittingly become
stars of the next internet sensation.
Description V/H/S:... more »
F-16 Jets Collide In Midair Crash Over Kansas
Pictures of the F-16 wreckage near Moline, KS. Plane took off from Tulsa.
Pilot ejected himself. @NewsOn6 pic.twitter.com/MlyBxkiCWx
— Allison Harris (@allisonlharris) October 21, 2014
*F-16 Pilots OK After Midair Collision Over Kansas -- Yahoo News*
One jet crashes in pasture; other makes it back to Oklahoma base
Two Oklahoma Air National Guard pilots escaped serious injury Monday after
their F-16 jets collided midair near Moline, Kan., during an afternoon
training flight.
Kansas Highway Patrol officials reported a large swath of wreckage slightly
north of the Elk County town, n... more »
Save the Present by Letting Go of The Past
*Randi G. Fine* - "The human experience is not an easy one. No two people
have the same reality so no two people will experience adversity the same
way..."
The post Save the Present by Letting Go of The Past appeared first on Waking
Times.
Bitcoin Trader shuts down ( October 21 , 2014 ) , bankruptcy filed in Panama ..... This follows the recent failure and bankruptcy of Moolah ( associated with Dogecoin ) ...... The takeaway is - be careful out here folks !
http://cointelegraph.com/news/112775/bitcoin-trader-shuts-down-the-only-question-left-scam-or-theft-plus-details-on-panamanian-bankruptcy-laws
Bitcoin
Trader.Biz Shuts Down: Scam or Theft? (Plus, Details on Panamanian
Bankruptcy Laws)by Ian DeMartino @ 2014-10-21 04:49 PM
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Twitter81
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Art by: Jing Jin
It is becoming an increasingly familiar situation for bitcoin users who
are
involved in the high-speed trading that practically requires the user to
trust another party to hold their keys. That third party fails, vanishes
into the night, and the user... more »
NDP Party of Canada, Party of the Privileged Few
I
have had all I can take with the "fight to save Canada Post's home
delivery." Every time, it's about saving home delivery for those that
currently have it. No one proposes getting home delivery back for those
that have lost it before. And no one proposes starting home delivery for
those communities that have never had it.
That's right. Never had home delivery. I grew up in a little town in
Hopi in Hotevilla Receives Green Award
Trees,
Water and People Announces Winner of $40,000 “Green Business in Indian
Country Start-Up Award”
Trees, Water & People (TWP) is pleased to announce Tyler
Tawahongva as the winner of the 2014 Green Business in Indian Country
Start-Up Award. Mr. Tawahongva, a Hopi member of the Coyote Clan from
Hotevilla, Arizona, will receive up to $40,000 in start-up capital and
technical assistance to
As Dilbert's Pointy-Haired Boss returns from vacation, we look back at the temporary boss's management style
*Does this boss need a vacation?*
*Wednesday*
*DILBERT by Scott Adams*
[*Click to enlarge*]
*by Ken*
As all *Dilbert* fans know, today is the big day: Dilbert's Pointy-Haired
Boss returned from vacation. So I thought this would be a good time to look
back through this tumultuous week, in which the PHB deputized an unexpected
fill-in. I've taken the liberty of placing the Sunday strip where it would
seem to belong in the sequence.
*Thursday -- "A soulless creature of questionable intelligence"*
*DILBERT by Scott Adams*
[*Click to enlarge*]
*Sunday -- "Robots will never ... more »
Al Qaeda Wants To Close The World's Oil Choke Points
*Al Qaeda’s Next Target: American Oil Tankers -- Sarah Kaufman & Saar
Fresco, Vocativ*
The group's newest publication talks about attacking U.S. supertankers and
screwing up the oil supply chain
Al Qaeda discusses strategic attacks on chokepoints of oil shipments from
the Middle East to the West in its first issue of “Resurgence,” an
English-language propaganda magazine posted to al Qaeda online forum
Shamikh1.info. In a 117-page issue produced by As-Sahab, a new South Asia
al Qaeda media branch, the group lays out the American oil flow system in
detail and suggests the interrup... more »
The Five Pillars of Spiritual Mastery
*Free Spirit* - "Spiritual Mastery is defined as the perfection of the
spiritual process and a complete understanding as to the nature of
reality..."
The post The Five Pillars of Spiritual Mastery appeared first on Waking
Times.
22 Facts About Plastic Pollution (And 10 Things We Can Do About It)
*Lynn Hasselberger - *It seems nearly impossible to escape plastic in our
every day lives, and we can't escape plastic pollution, either.
The post 22 Facts About Plastic Pollution (And 10 Things We Can Do About It)
appeared first on Waking Times.
Former Head Of U.S. Counterterror Operations: 'Imminent Threat' Remains
*Former U.S. Counterterror Chief: 'Imminent Threat' Remains -- CNN*
Washington (CNN) -- The former head of U.S. counterterror operations said
Tuesday the "imminent threat" posed by an al Qaeda offshoot in Syria hasn't
lessened after a U.S. air campaign there.
Speaking to CNN's Jim Sciutto, Matt Olsen said by his analysis the threat
from the Khorasan group "is still in the same place as it was before"
President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes against the terror operation last
month.
"This group was in a position to train without any sort of interference,
they were able to recruit ... more »
Watch Confessions of a Womanizer 2014 Full Movie Online
*Confessions of a Womanizer (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : N/A
Score : 7.5
Release : 27 Mar 2015
Duration : 106 min
Genre : Comedy, Drama
Director : Miguel Ali
Writer : Miguel Ali (story), Miguel Ali
Cast : Gary Busey, C. Thomas Howell, Jillian Rose Reed, Andrew Lawrence
Synopsis Confessions of a WomanizerWhat happens when a womanizer falls in
love?
Description Confessions of a WomanizerThe Augsburg Confession. The
Confession of Faith which was submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V
at the Diet of Augsburg in the year 1530 by certain princes and
...,Confessions of a Quackbuster... more »
Bill Meacham : IDEAS | Mental parasites
Just as a parasitical lancet fluke can direct an ant to climb up a blade of
grass, we are unknowingly manipulated by cultural memes. By Bill Meacham |
The Rag Blog | October 21, 2014 What if your brain were … finish reading Bill
Meacham :
*IDEAS* | Mental parasites
Conversation Hijacking: How Not To Insert Yourself into a Conversation by Pushing a Woman Out of It
This is a guest post from Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, an associate
professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. She is
the author of Inside the Politics of Self-determination (Oxford University
Press, 2014). I was recently at a relatively small academic conference, one
that I’ve been attending for years whenever I can. The
Continue reading
Democrats Whip Out Their Slick Willie
Outside of Adolf Hitler himself it would be hard to imagine a historical
political figure who is as much a turnoff to so many as President Barack
Obama. Barry is now officially radioactive to the point where his even
speaking at a campaign stop to bolster a hapless Democrat’s election hopes
sent hordes of disgusted Americans scrambling to the exits. One could say
that he is about as popular as the Ebola virus these days which is
particularly ominous for the staggering Dems as they are about to be given
the knockout punch by voters. So what do the Democrats do? They bring in
the b... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 21, 2014
A fighter from the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) waves a
flag in Raqqa, Syria on June 29, 2014. Reuters
*How To Financially Starve ISIS -- Naina Bajekal, Time*
Air strikes will help but to ruin the extremist organization the U.S.-led
coalition will have to cut off ISIS's sources of funding.
The U.S.-led air assault in Iraq and Syria on the extremist group the
Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria(ISIS) is just one front in the
battle being waged against ISIS. The U.S. Treasury recently confirmed plans
to try to bankrupt the militant group by targeting its oil bu... more »
Tribute to 19 Hopi Imprisoned for Resisting Boarding Schools
.
Hopi Prisoners at Alcatraz, January 1895
Back Row (left to right): unidentified; Polingyawma; Heevi'ima;
Masatiwa; unidentified. Middle Row: Qötsventiwa; Piphongva;
unidentified; Lomahongewma; unidentified; Lomayestiwa; Yukiwma. Front
Row: Tuvehoyiwma; unidentified; Patupha; Qötsyawma; unidentified;
Sikyakeptiwa; unidentified.
Hopi arrested in Arizona, 1894
#57, Mennonite Library
World News Briefs -- October 21, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*No Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal At EU Talks; Moscow Queries Finances -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an accord on gas supplies
for the coming winter in EU-brokered talks on Tuesday but agreed to meet
again in Brussels in a week in the hope of ironing out problems over Kiev's
ability to pay.
After a day of talks widely expected to be the final word, European Energy
Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told a news conference the three parties
agreed the price Ukraine would pay Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) - $385 per
thousand cubic meters - as long as it paid in advan... more »
“Alan Shore,” “Speech on America”
“Alan Shore,” “Speech on America”
A little dated, but totally accurate, and it's much worse now. "Boston
Legal" character Alan Shore, an attorney, gives an interesting speech on
the status quo of the American throng. A thought provoking video... - CP
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YI2LSK4pEQ
Watch Vampire Academy Full Movie 2014 Streaming
*Vampire Academy (2014)*
Year : 2014
Rating : PG-13
Score : 5.6
Release : 07 Feb 2014
Duration : 104 min
Genre : Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Director : Mark Waters
Writer : Richelle Mead (novel), Daniel Waters (screenplay)
Cast : Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne
Synopsis Vampire AcademyRose Hathaway is a dhampir, half-vampire and
half-human, who is training to be a guardian at St Vladimir's Academy along
with many others like her. There are good and bad vampires in their world:
Moroi, who co-exist peacefully among the humans and only take blood from
donors, and a... more »
If Ted Cruz Is A Reactionary And Obama And Clinton Are Conservatives, Do We Ever Get A Liberal?
Obama comes in a progressivism package but his record is conservative-- not
reactionary like Ted Cruz or John McCain or Mitt Romney... conservative...
like Hillary Clinton. Maybe not as bad as her, at least in terms of
obsequiousness to Wall Street and the Military Industrial Complex, but
pretty bad. When they were both in the Senate together, her overall voting
record was slightly better-- more progressive-- than his. But both were
part of the DC conservative consensus. Neither is anything like the
Elizabeth Warren Eugene Robinson wrote about yesterday.
The Massachusetts Democra... more »
Who Is Financing The Right Wing Jihad Against Mike Honda-- And Why?
Two weeks from today will likely be the last time anyone ever hears about
Ro Khanna, unless he gets arrested for criminal activities up the road. His
campaign is one ultra-expensive failure financed by conservatives-- both
Republican conservatives and Democratic conservatives, all eager to replace
progressive icon Mike Honda with a sleazy conservative disguised as a
Democrat. Alexander Kaufman wrote up a report of the interview *Politico*
did with Warren Buffet, the second richest man in America (after Bill
Gates), worth $67.3 billion. Buffet says he thinks wealthy people like
hi... more »
“Hollow Justice and Courts of Order in an Age of Government-Sanctioned Tyranny”
*“Hollow Justice and Courts of Order *
*in an Age of Government-Sanctioned Tyranny”*
By John W. Whitehead
“The Constitution is not neutral.
It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.”
—Justice William O. Douglas
Justice in America makes less sense with each passing day. A Michigan
couple that has been raising chickens in their backyard as a source of
healthy food for their family could get up to 90 days in jail for violating
a local ban on backyard hens. A Kentucky prison guard who was charged with
25 counts of sexual abuse against female inmates, traffickin... more »
5 Things You Need to Know About Honey
*Dr. Mercola* - Honey, especially locally sourced natural honey, is one of
the most beneficial products for health and healing...
The post 5 Things You Need to Know About Honey appeared first on Waking
Times.
The Islamic State's Oil Business Continues To Be A Big Business
Street vendors selling diesel and gasoline wait for customers along a
street in the Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa (Reuters / Stringer)
*Islamist Terror Group Earns $800 Million a Year From Oil Sales --
Bloomberg*
The Islamic State is earning about $2 million a day, or $800 million a
year, selling oil on the black market, according to one estimate.
The terrorist group is producing 50,000 to 60,000 barrels a day, according
to a report released today by Englewood, Colorado-based IHS Inc. It
controls as much as 350,000 barrels a day of capacity in Iraq and Syria.
The Islamic Sta... more »
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