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Russian Bombers Intercepted By British Fighters Over The English Channel
*VOA*: *Britain Demands Explanation of Russian Bombers Flying Near Airspace* *WNU Editor: *Everyone is sending a message. *More News On Russian Bombers Being Intercepted By British Fighters Over The English Channel * Russia gets a dressing down after its bombers flew over Bournemouth: Ambassador summoned to Foreign Office to explain aircraft's incursion -- Daily Mail UK summons Russian envoy after bombers fly over English Channel -- CNN Russian military planes 'disrupted UK aviation' -- BBC Britain Says Typhoon Fighter Jets Intercepted Russian Bombers -- Moscow Times/Reuters U.K. S... more »
Do Russians Still Support Putin?
85 percent of Russians said they still support President Vladimir Putin's actions at the helm of Russia, the Levada Center independent pollster revealed Wednesday. Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Reuters *Moscow Times:* *Despite Economic Woes, 85 Percent of Russians Still Support Putin* *WNU Editor*: I know how these polls are conducted. A phone call is made on a land-line during the day ... and most of the time it is a pensioner who answers (the young are working). Many of these pensioners are deeply loyal to Putin .... I know from experience that they all credit him for t... more »
Are We Heading To War With Russia?
*Reuters*: *Russia Warns Western Support for Kiev Could Lead to 'Catastrophe' * *WNU Editor*: Dire warnings from Russia's ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) .... but he is not alone .... former Soviet leader Gorbachev also thinks we are heading that way .... *Gorbachev: US dragging Russia into new Cold War, which might grow into armed conflict* (RT). More *here*. Reactions among U.S. officials have been along this line .... *Psaki Says US Disagrees It Is in Cold War With Russia* (Sputnik), while European leaders are basically saying that ... more »
The Return of Lombroso? Free Access Article On the Ethics of the Scientific Vision of Screening for Risk of Criminality to Prevent Future Crime
One of my research interests is about the way in which medical science and technology may be used and misused for large-scale societal aims, and how that territory should be understood ethically. In Gothenburg, I am happy to be and have been part of the growing research environment of the Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health (CELAM), involving collaboration between forensic psychiatry, criminology, psychology, law, neuromedicine, political and care science, philosophy and ethics. In a freesh article coming out of this collaboration, by myself and CELAM director Susanna Radovic... more »
EU Extends Sanctions On Russia And On Ukraine Rebel Leaders
*WSJ:* *EU Foreign Ministers Extend Targeted Sanctions on Russia* *Sanctions Extended by Six Months But Ministers Showed Little Appetite for Broader Measures* *WNU Editor:* No surprises in this extension of sanctions .... but I am detecting a reluctance among many EU members to even contemplate more sanctions for the future. There are now splits forming, and I suspect that these divisions will intensify by July when the full range of Russian sanctions will be up for renewal. *More News On The EU Extending Sanctions On Russia And On Ukraine Rebel Leaders For Another Six Months* ... more »
Why Washington Should Avoid The Ukraine Conflict
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks to Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at a meeting in Switzerland of foreign ministers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on December 4, 2014. Laurent Gillieron/Pool/Reuters *Doug Bandow, Newsweek*: *Seven Reasons the U.S. Shouldn’t Help Ukraine’s Fight With Russia * *WNU Editor: *Doug Bandow's point #7 is spot on .... a negotiated settlement is the only solution to this conflict .... unfortunately no one is interested in going down this road. That is why I am angry about this conflict .... it could have all be... more »
Meet Capt. John Doswell, "a bona fide superhero"
*Capt. John Doswell (photo by Mitch Waxman)* *"If you wanted to know pretty much anything about New York Harbor, you could ask John. I will always regret not asking John more stuff. I thought I had more time."* *-- from "Fair Winds, Captain John," Working Harbor Committeeblogger Mai Armstrong's remembrance of Capt. John Doswell* *by Ken* With the arrival today of the February issue of *On the Hip*, the e-newsletter of the Working Harbor Committee of New York and New Jersey, which WHC Chair Rebecca Weisbrod leads off with a piece called "Moving Forward," indicating that WHC plans ... more »
The Families Of Russian Conscripts Are Afraid That Their Sons Will Be Sent To Ukraine
Numerous reports have claimed that Russian soldiers have been sent across the border into eastern Ukraine to bolster the efforts of pro-Russian separatists. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters *Sergei Chernov, Moscow Times*: *Conscripts' Relatives Fear They'll Be Sent to Ukraine Amid Alleged Coercion* *WNU Editor*: For the past 6 months rumors that Russian conscripts are being forced to go and fight in Ukraine have dominated Russian social media .... and more so among families who have members in the military. This concern is justifiable .... the Russian public is overwhelmingly against the i... more »
Ukraine War News Updates -- January 29, 2015
*Economist*: *War in Ukraine: Ceasefire no more* *Renewed heavy fighting suggests that Russia has abandoned any pretence of sticking to the Minsk peace deal* *WNU Editor*: Another day of war with the pro-Russian rebels now concentrating their fire power around the town of Debaltseve. One interesting bit of news .... The Ukraine Chief of Staff for the military admitted that there are *no Russian regular soldiers fighting in Ukraine* .... in a direct contradiction to what Ukrainian President Poroshenko said last week when he claimed that there were 9,000 Russian soldiers fighting i... more »
Striking a pleading for failure to comply with interim order
Koohestani v. Mahmood, 2015 ONCA 56: [54] Notwithstanding the legitimate concerns raised before Spence J., my difficulty with his decision to strike the appellants' defence is that he failed to apply the principles relevant to such a request, particularly those set out by this court in *Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Corkery*, 2009 ONCA 85, 94 O.R. (3d) 614. In *Bell ExpressVu*, at para. 35, the majority identified striking out a defence as a severe remedy and made it clear that it should generally not be imposed as a remedy of first resort. The defaulting party should... more »
(It's Her Turn! (Cold Comfort)) Final Polish On the New Hillary Brand As the Forces Advance (CIA Trained the Moderates)
Veracruz Officials Say Abducted Journalist Found Dead I'm listening to Dierks Bentley playing alongside the legendary Garth Hudson, Larry Campbell, and Jessi Alexander on "Chest Fever" in the 2012 tribute to Levon Helms (Love for Levon: A Benefit) on AXS tv. Jorma Kaukonen, John Prine, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams. (Yes, Gregg Allman and Joe Walsh too!) And don't get me started on Marc Cohn's "
Teachers: Let Your Conscience Direct Your Actions
Jia Lee - Senate Hearings Reauthorization of NCLB Jan 2015 from nLightn Media on Vimeo.
Let's talk ... about corporate greed.
The Talking Heads: Today is the day that one big business has chosen to make itself look good and to brand its corporate image with the glow of a Very Important social / health issue. Yes, today is Bell _Let's Talk™_ Day. My co-blogger fern hill wrote about it two years ago. I agree with her. Yesterday there was a number of people waiting with me at a Bank Street bus stop, including a mother and her young adult daughter who kept whispering loudly to her mother about the spirits she saw who were telling her *things*. The older woman was painfully aware that people were looking a... more »
The continuing delusions of Gareth Morgan: Part XVIII, The RMA edition
Readers, I ask you: Can Gareth Morgan still be taken at all seriously? Since the day he sat in a spa pool sipping a well-earned champagne after his son’s sizeable sale to Fairfax, Captain Morgan has spiralled swiftly downhill. He’s now such a rum old bloke you’d think he was swallowing the giggle juice by the gallon. There is no topic on which he hasn’t voiced an opinion, without seeming to ever trouble himself with either facts or fruitful thinking first. Today, his chosen topic is the RMA and the housing crisis. The latter, declaims the Captain from the pulpit of the *NBR*, has... more »
Small Conflicts Affected Millions In 2015
The mountains of Afghanistan (Photo from The Telegraph) *Alex Whiting, Reuters:* *Under-reported conflicts seen affecting millions in 2015* *Update:* Factbox: Under-reported conflicts in 2015 -- Reuters *WNU Editor*: There are approximately 30 low-intensity conflicts in the world today .... but added together these conflicts do indeed impact millions.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 29, 2015
Northeastern University *Josh Levs, CNN*: *The Israel-Hezbollah conflict is also about ISIS, oil, nukes, and global terror* *Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 29, 2015* Hezbollah, Israel, and a Fragmenting Middle East -- Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker Is Hezbollah tunneling into Israel? Army looks into village's old complaint. -- Christa Case Bryant, CSM An Incomplete Victory in the War Against ISIS -- Adam Chandler, The Atlantic One Woman's Story of Islamic State Captivity -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg Meet the 'Khorasan Shura': The Islamic State's Leaders for South Asia ... more »
BREAKING NEWS: Holland- gunman threatens news studio- FF set up
*Well here we go my friends. The Nederland's government has been looking for an excuse to "increase security" and "limit the internet" and perhaps even.... close borders.* *Tonight at 7pm GM, a well dressed young man entered the news studios of NOS in Hilversum Holland, and walked into the live studio with a gun and demanded "air time" for 10 minutes..... and says: "* "The things that are going to be said (pause) those are very large world affairs. We were hired by the security service."" *I have two Dutch friends combing through all the data that has been coming out since the fir... more »
If you don't know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), it's high time that you learn and pass on your knowledge to others. In short, it is a plan by the super rich to get enormously richer by robbing us 99 percent. And so far they've been given carte blanche to screw us to the limit by our corrupt Congress and President Obama.
------------------------------ TPP = NAFTA on steroids By Jo Comerford. Wednesday, January 28 2015 Republicans in Congress want to work with the Obama administration to fast-track the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is the largest—and worst—trade deal you’ve never heard of, having been devised in secret by representatives of some of the world’s largest corporations. It’s so big and has the potential to do so much damage, it’s been likened to “NAFTA on steroids.” http://youtu.be/3O_Sbbeqfdw Robert Reich takes on the Trans-Pacific Partnership MoveOn.o... more »
World News Briefs -- January 29, 2015 (Evening Edition)
*Euronews:* *Israel blames Iran for over deadly clash on Lebanese border* *MIDDLE EAST* Hezbollah 'sends *anti-escalation message' to Israel*. Israel tells U.N. will *defend itself against Hezbollah*. Hizballah attack targeted IDF commanders on an inspection tour *of northern border security*. Al Qaeda in Syria *attacks Western-backed rebels*. Violence in Baghdad suburbs* kills 21: sources*. Islamic State assaults *Iraqi border post near Jordan*. As Iraqi Kurds gain ground from IS, *local Sunnis are wary*. Moscow-hosted Syria talks end, *sides agree to meet again*. New Saudi ki... more »
You weren't at Senator Vitter's do last night? You missed some swell eats
*by Ken* I realize that this post comes a day late. I'm sure you're thinking that *if only you'd known*, and if you'd been in the D.C. area and had a hankering for some Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen fried chicken, you could have whipped out your checkbook and for a mere $1000 and enjoyed not just your chicken and sides (and your biscuit, and maybe some of that iced tea or lemonade) but also the company of both of Louisiana's U.S. senators. Alas, Philip Bump's washingtonpost.com "Fix"-post ("David Vitter’s $1,000-a-head Popeye’s fundraiser could buy you A LOT of fast-food chicken") on... more »
Opposition leader stepping down
The two speeches on the state of our non-union were not real news, but this is: [image: image] I disagree with virtually every word Russel Norman has ever said, but he has been the single most effective opposition leader ever since he became one. And I have said that before. Like many others, I take him seriously because, despite his frequent insanity – his loony economics, bankrupt proposals, amusing election bribes, misanthropic policy positions and utter lies-- when he does get it right he’s good; he’s very good indeed. As he has been on the rise of the #SurveillanceState: the... more »
A never-asinine April
I didn’t get very far with my ‘best-of-2014’ posts until we were all shocked out of our summer slumbers by the involuntary religious sacrifices in Paris. So, to get back on track, here’s my top several still highly relevant posts from April of last year, beginning with… - I keep being asked the same question: *“How come you keep bashing religion on your blog? Especially at **Easter** and **Christmas* *!” *Here’s my answer… *“So, How Come You Keep Bashing Religion?”* *See, I'm far from alone* - “Put down your symbols of torture for a moment, grab a couple of go... more »
McCain: Protesters are 'Low Life Scum'
On Thursday, January 29, CODEPINK protesters spoke out during Senate Armed Services Committee hearing attempting to perform a citizens’ arrest on Henry Kissinger. Holding handcuffs and large signs that read: KISSINGER: WAR CRIMINAL and ARREST KISSINGER FOR WAR CRIMES, activists read aloud a citizens’ arrest [pasted below]. In response, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Committee, called the human rights activists “lowlife scum” and said it was “the most disgraceful and despicable demonstration he had ever seen.”
World peace, an end to poverty, and less garbage
Day after Christmas at Las Penitas beach Were it up to me to pick a project for Central America, it might be garbage. In countries with per-capita GDPs somewhere around $4,000, sub-standard education systems and virtually zero social services, I admit that garbage is not the most pressing problem. But it's the kind of project that is wide open to all ages and classes, in urban and rural areas alike. It provides instant gratification, and possibly economic stimulus as well if you pay attention to which types of garbage have value and setting up side projects along the way. ... more »
Terminator Genisys Trailers
Bad spelling is never a good sign. Neither is getting an over-the-hill Hollywood mainstay to reprise the action role that made him massively famous over 30 years ago. And yet ... yet ... going on the two trailers so far released *Terminator Genisys* might just turn out to be an enjoyable romp. Come July your scribe will be heading to the cinema for this and shall report back his findings.
One Of The Five Detainees Released From Guantanamo Bay In Return For Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Has Attempted To Return To The Taliban
*CNN:* *Officials: Detainee swapped for Bergdahl suspected of militant activities* *WNU Editor:* Why am I not surprised. All five were hard-core confirmed Taliban commanders .... and U.S. intelligence predicted that 4 of the 5 would eventually return to the battlefield .... *U.S. Intelligence: 4 Of The ‘Taliban 5’ Will Likely Return To The Battlefield.* As to who exactly were the five that were released .... check the above video.
The Fall Of Kobane Is A Policy Defeat For Turkey
Turkish soldiers stand guard near Mursitpinar border crossing as smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 3, 2014.Credit: REUTERS/Murad Sezer *Amberin Zaman, US News and World Report:* *Kurdish Victory in Kobani Defeat for Turkish Policy* *Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressly ruled out the northern Iraq model for Syria's Kurds.* *Update #1:* Erdogan “Will Not Accept” Autonomous Syrian Kurdistan -- BasNews *Update #2:* US congratulates Kurds over Kobane as Turkey slams celebrations -- Ruda... more »
Leonard Peltier's Written Statement to Boarding School Tribunal
BOARDING SCHOOL STATEMENT BY LEONARD PELTIER TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BLUE SKIES FOUNDATION TRIBUNAL HELD IN ONEIDA WISCONSIN ON OCTOBER 22-25th 2014 By Leonard Peltier Censored News In the fall of 1953 I was living with my widowed Grand mother Mary Dubois Peltier (originally from Canada), my sister Betty Ann and cousin Pauline Peltier. I was 9 yrs. old Betty
Leonard Peltier's Statement to Boarding School Tribunal
BOARDING SCHOOL STATEMENT BY LEONARD PELTIER TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BLUE SKIES FOUNDATION TRIBUNAL HELD IN ONEIDA WISCONSIN ON OCTOBER 22-25th 2014 By Leonard Peltier Censored News In the fall of 1953 I was living with my widowed Grand mother Mary Dubois Peltier (originally from Canada), my sister Betty Ann. and cousin Pauline Peltier. I was 9 yrs, old
Radar and NEO
Here’s something that I found interesting. I get a daily update known as the Astronomy Picture of the Day. Today’s (January 29) was about the close approach of the Near Earth Object (NEO) known as 2004 BL86, which is about a third of a mile in size and if it struck the Earth could cause widespread damage and loss of life. It came within three quarters of a million miles of Earth or about three times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Now all that is interesting and I often joke about worrying about the asteroid that is going to strike the Earth. It really isn’t much of a ... more »
Mopping-Up Operations Continue Around Kobane
*Wall Street Journal:* *Kurds Scour Kobani for Bombs and Bodies* *Scene of Destruction Inflicted During 134-Day Siege* *WNU Editor*: The countryside outside of Kobane is Islamic State territory. Making forays into these regions is going to be difficult at best. *More News On Mopping-Up Operations Continuing Around Kobane* U.S. raids hit ISIS units in the countryside of Kobane -- ARA News Syrian Kurds kill 22 jihadis -- Arab Times Hopes of return muted in devastated Syrian Kurdish town -- Reuters Despite Kobani's Liberation From ISIS, Many Syrians See Little To Celebrate -- Huffingto... more »
The Auschwitz Protocols
"Only four days after JFK was shot, Lyndon Johnson signed National Security Memo 273, which essentially reversed Kennedy's new withdrawal policy and gave the green light to the covert operations against North Vietnam that provoked the Gulf of Tonkin incident. In that document - lay the Vietnam War ..." *X* *JFK* *(1991)* *"If the human population of the world continues to increase at its current rate, there will soon be no room for either wild life or wild places… But I believe that sooner or later man will learn to limit his overpopulation. Then he will be much more concerned... more »
Musical Interlude: Hans Zimmer, “Tennessee”
Hans Zimmer, “Tennessee” A beautiful song from the movie "Pearl Harbor." - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FejXNDYUBzg
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Sometimes, you can put some night sky in your art. Captured above Japan, a picturesque night sky was photographed behind a picturesque frosted leaf. The reflecting ice crystals on the leaf coolly mimic the shining stars far in the background. The particular background sky on this 48-second wide angle exposure, however, might appear quite interesting and familiar. *Click image for larger sizes.* On the far left, although hard to find, appears a streaking meteor. Below and to the right of the meteor appears a longer and brighter streak of an airplane. The bright star on the left is th... more »
Call for Help on Jeju
From Jeju Island, South Korea by Fr. Pat: Urgent call for people to go to Gangjeong this weekend as villagers brace themselves for yet another unleashing of brutal state violence. Gangjeong villagers are on tender hooks as they await the administrative execution of a demolition order by the Ministry of Defence (Saturday Jan 31) against a protest site set up to resist the building of military accommodation in the village center right next to a primary school. The navy are not content with taking over the coastline and destroy marine life with the building of the naval base they now... more »
We Are Killing Each Other Rather Than Going After the Oligarchies
If you watch nothing else see the comments at 2:25 by a self-defense force volunteer. He says it all.
Are U.S. Soldiers Heading To Yemen?
*Paul Rogers, New Republic*: *Will Obama Put Boots on the Ground in Yemen?* *WNU Editor:* When I first read the title of this article .... the first thing that popped into my head was that NO WAY will the U.S. send "boots on the ground" .... especially into the mess that is Yemen today. But after reading it I will grudgingly concede that Paul Rogers does make a case that since everyone is now accepting the premise that current U.S. policy has failed in Yemen .... the options are now either (1) to leave and let the situation work itself out, or (2) escalate U.S. involvement. If what... more »
Mockingbird and Twitter....two bad birds
*Yik Yak---the latest gadget* *"Get a live feed on what people are saying around you."* *(My tech savvy offspring calls this "creepy')* History is a race between education and catastrophe. — H. G. Wells Sometimes, when I'm thinking about an issue I want to post about...I get laconic and think "There's no rush." But, then something happens in the "news" and I get a psychic cattle prod that urges me to put something down in writing "before it's too late". This is another one of those times. Long ago, I learned the above quote a... more »
The Collapse Of Yemen Continues
*Wall Street Journal:* *Shiite Rebels Capture Yemen Military Base* *Houthis Take Camp Where U.S. Advisers Trained Counterterrorism Forces, Say Officials* *WNU Editor:* I guess the U.S. is accepting this change in government/rulers .... *US in contact with Houthi militia in Yemen: Pentagon* (Gulf Times/AFP) *More News On The Crisis In Yemen* Rebels overrun military base outside Yemeni capital -- Gulf News Yemen Houthis Take Camp Where U.S. Advisers Trained Counterterrorism Forces, Say Officials -- Yemen Online Houthi Rebels Refuse to Withdraw From Yemen Capital -- Epoch Times/AP Ye... more »
Chet Raymo, “Telling Stories”
*“Telling Stories”* by Chet Raymo "When the pulse of the first day carried it to the rim of night, First Woman said to First Man, "The people need to know the laws. To help them we must write the laws for all to see"...And so she began, slowly, first one and then the next, placing her jewels across the dome of night, carefully designing her pattern so all could read it. But Coyote grew bored watching First Woman carefully arranging the stars in the sky: Impatiently he gathered two corners of First Woman's blanket, and before she could stop him he flung the remaining stars out into ... more »
Paulo Coelho, “Dreams and Obsessions”
*“Dreams and Obsessions”* by Paulo Coelho “Your theory about every person could reach everything in life is really optimistic. But if the person tried once and was despaired and disappointed what is he going to do?” - Antoine Rigal, Lyon, France “There is sometimes a bit of confusion in regards to a passage in my book "The Alchemist": “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Some people sometimes want things that in the end won’t truly help them. Life is strange: the happier people can be, the unhappier they are. I have some friends that t... more »
"Don't Wonder..."
"Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't. In the face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it together." - "Grey's Anatomy"
Why The News Media Sucks
*Video - *Why do the news and so many media site offer so little hard-hitting investigative journalism? The post Why The News Media Sucks appeared first on Waking Times.
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 »
White House Continues To Criticize Israeli PM Netanyahu's Planned Visit To Congress
*New York Times:* *Administration Official Criticizes Israeli Ambassador Over Netanyahu Visit* *WNU Editor*: What I find even more fascinating about this story is how involved the Obama administration has become in trying their best to influence Israel's elections .... *Inside HQ of 'Obama army' opposing Netanyahu* (WND). Suffice it to say that White House - Netanyahu relations are in the toilet. *More News On The White House Anger That Israeli PM Netanyahu Is Still Coming To Washington To Speak Deliver A Speech At The Congress* White House lashes Israeli envoy over Netanyahu spe...more »
Jan.29: Did you know that it snowed in New Brunswick on Tuesday.?
I sort of suspected it might be snowing when I looked out the window that day. But you know, it could have been just a big wedding with lots of confetti. Or possibly a celebration of Mr. Irving being named to another hall of fame for philan---philiant....you know... But Wednesday's front page headline broke the real story. "Metro Blasted By Snow". So there. Moving right along, A3 had a photo that looked familiar, a photo of firemen looking at a fire. Sure enough. it was almost identical to a photo that appeared Tuesday of the same fire, but this time with more firemen looking at it... more »
In Nunavut civil matters cross examination may occur before affidavits served
Marion v KIA 2015 NUCJ 6: 1. The plaintiff urges the Court to impose a general rule that all affidavits must be filed prior to cross-examinations and seeks to place the onus on the party seeking to vary from this process to make a case pursuant to Rule 381(6). In my view this is not the correct approach. In my view the correct approach is to maintain the general right to cross-examine and to impose terms or conditions only if necessary.
CAN THE POLICE OBTAIN YOUR INTERNET SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION WITHOUT A WARRANT? Yes they can!
Although it is a search which is not lawfully authorized that constitutes an unreasonable search that violates your privacy interests, the information obtained as a result of the search will not be excluded in a trial as its admission will not bring the administration of justice into disrepute. http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/2014/2014scc43/2014scc43.html Thanks to Cheryl Sereny for this!
"All of Us Here On This Spinning Blue World"
*"All of Us Here On This Spinning Blue World"* "Let's not plan too much or expect or promise or say how much or how little or outline how things must be or how they must not be. All of us here on this beautiful spinning blue world, let's just love each other from one millisecond to the next as much as we can." - A. J. Constance
The Daily "Near You?"
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Transpicuous News Midweek Report: Greece & Russia and the Blizzard that wasn't
Welcome to Transpicuous News Midweek Report, Wed January 28th, 2014 The opening few days this week certainly didn't disappoint in the realms of "exciting news". From Syriza winning in Greece and oh the fun that began from the moment it was announced, to the mystery of the blizzard that wasn't, to Russian maneuvering, Ukrainian conscription, Chinese Pegs, and mysterious manipulation of a couple of interesting stocks in the markets. Oh the fun I had this week.... even if sleep was lacking. d http://transpicuousnews.blogspot.com/2015/01/transpicuous-news-midweek-report-greece.html ... more »
"Hard As It May Be..."
“You observe your children or your children’s children, making the same absurd mistakes, heart-rending mistakes often, which you made at their age. And there is nothing you can say or do to prevent it. It’s by observing the young, indeed, that you eventually understand the sort of idiot you yourself were once upon a time- and perhaps still are.” “One can fight evil but against stupidity one is helpless… I have accepted the fact, hard as it may be, that human beings are inclined to behave in ways that would make animals blush. The ironic, the tragic thing is that we often behave in... more »
“Tighten Those Chin Straps, Folks, Because Here Comes A Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD)”
*“Tighten Those Chin Straps, Folks, * *Because Here Comes A Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD)”* by Cognitive Dissonance "Plenty has already been written about the insanity of attempting to rectify a global debt problem with even more debt. Or the stranglehold the wolves have upon the construction of the dinner menu featuring sheep as appetizer, entrée and dessert. So there is no need to repeat it all here. The global economic system is in deep trouble and getting progressively worse. Of course this doesn’t mean the global economy is doomed to suffer a RUD simply because it is in ...more »
The Economy: "Invasion of the 'Zombie Crazies'”
*"Invasion of the 'Zombie Crazies'”* by Bill Bonner "Dow down 195 points yesterday – another 1%-plus move. Gold sank too – down $6.90 at last check to settle at $1,279 an ounce. With the European Central Bank in QE mode, stocks should be catching a bid. Instead, they seem to be following commodities – down. But who knows? The situation is so crazy that only a disabled person could understand it. *Nuttiness on the Rise: *Why do we say that? Because a report released last week told us that one out of every three people on Social Security’s disability program is a mental defective. In... more »
Demonstrators Throw Rocks At Nigerian Presidential Election Convoy, Saying Troops Should Be Deployed Against Boko Haram
*The Guardian*: *Nigerian youths stone presidential convoy amid anger over failure to stop Boko Haram* * Protesters in eastern town of Jalingo demand action against Boko Haram extremists * Motorcade stoned and podium pelted in separate incidents last week *WNU Editor:* To say that the Nigerian military has failed to stop Boko Haram is an understatement. A nwe approach is needed, and it appears that for many Nigerians .... that new approach will not come from Nigerian President Goodluck. *More News On The War Against Boko Haram* Nigerians angry at Goodluck Jonathan's failure to fi...more »
Someone Tell Pam Stewart to Go to Hell
From News13 in Orlando: ORLANDO -- A letter from the State of Florida’s education commissioner tells lawmakers that students cannot legally opt out of the state’s standardized tests. The “Opt Out” movement in Florida is at the center of the controversial topic. Education Commissioner Pam Stewart wrote a letter to Florida senators advising them, that teachers and school districts could be in trouble if they let students or parents opt out of state testing. But supporters of the “Opt Out” movement said once students break the seal on the test, they can refuse to take it, without any... more »
There Is No Scientific Consensus On GMO Safety
Countercurrents and RINF 29/1/2015 In an attempt to try and justify the case for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), supporters of GM technology often churn out the baseless claim that there is a consensus within the ‘scientific community’ over the human, animal and environmental safety aspects of GMOs. A statement signed by over 300 scientists and legal experts to the effect that there is “No consensus” on the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops and foods has now been published in a peer-reviewed open access journal, Environmental Sciences Europe (see here). It now belong... more »
So this is what confirmation hearings are going to look like in the new Thug Senate
*Dana Milbank says:* *"The case against [AG nominee Loretta] Lynch deflated faster than if the New England Patriots had run the hearing."* *by Ken* So now we've actually *seen* what the confirmation process is going to look like in a Senate under the control of thugs and mental defectives. I guess it's about what any reasonably informed person would have expected; it's just more revolting to actually witness. And this is a case where most of the loonies, actually noticing how exposed they were, tried to back off. To start with a bit fo reality check, here's some of what Dana Milban... more »
Peace Talks Are Underway Between South Sudan President Salva Kiir And Rebel Leader Machar
*Al Jazeera:* *South Sudan's warring leaders meet face-to-face* *President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Machar resume negotiations aimed at resolving devastating 13-month civil war.* *WNU Editor*: I will be surprised if anything comes out of these talks .... to begin .... both sides do not trust each other .... *South Sudan Rebels Warn of Government Attack as Talks Drag* (Bloomberg). *More News On The Start Of South Sudan Peace Talks* South Sudan president Salva Kiir holds peace talks with rebel leader Machar -- Deutsche Welle South Sudan rivals meet for peace talks in Ethiopia -- A... more »
I am the exiction
never, neverr, but at some rality this must be fuckreality for this execution
Who Gave Hezbollah A U.S. M-1 Abrams Tank?
*Long War Journal:* *Video shows Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting American M1 tank* *WNU Editor:* This is one of those WTF!!!! moments. The M-1 Abrams tank is seen at the 3:03 mark. You have to wonder what else has been given to Hezbollah. *More News On A Video Showing Hezbollah Transporting A M-1 Abrams Tank* Hezbollah Brigades convoy video shows American M1 Abrams tank -- Washington Times Hezbollah Convoy Transports American Tanks, Heavy Weaponry (VIDEO) -- Sputnik Hezbollah Filmed Towing US Abrams Tank Into Battle (VIDEO) -- Algemeiner Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Shows Off ... more »
Measles in Disneyland: Third MMR Shot and Vaccine Exemption Ban?
Posted 1/29/2015 * by Barbara Loe Fisher* *To activate and view hyperlinked references, please click here once and then click any superscripted number below to access a hyperlinked reference, or scroll down to the bottom of the article to view all hyperlinked references.* There have been hundreds of media stories published in the U.S. and around the world since Jan. 14, 2015, the day after it was first reported that visitors to Disneyland got measles and presumably infected other people in California, Washington, Utah and Colorado.1 Like wildfir... more »
Deflategate: a view from Central Europe
Between 1972 and 1974, America was excited about Watergate. Similarly, the most important event that decides about the future of the United States in 2015 is the so-called Deflategate. In fact, Bill Nye the Science Guy has changed his occupation and began to give lectures about Deflategate rather than climate change, his previous favorite scandal that is – as he equally pointed out – approximately equally fatal as Deflategate. During a semifinal game in a competition ("NFL") revolving around an esoteric sport named "football" although it is in no way "football" in the conventional... more »
"All of Us Here On This Spinning Blue World"
*"All of Us Here On This Spinning Blue World"* "Let's not plan too much or expect or promise or say how much or how little or outline how things must be or how they must not be. All of us here on this beautiful spinning blue world, let's just love each other from one millisecond to the next as much as we can." - A. J. Constance
SELMA ON OUR MINDS: In conclusion, three final points!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015Part 6—The way we “liberals” now “reason:”* The fickle finger of liberal piddle has now moved on from our sad debates concerning the feature film Selma. The crucifixion of Nicholas Kristof has bumped aside several weeks of debate. So has the crucifixion of the white male heretic Jonathan Chait, whose recent somewhat muddy piece was cuffed aside in this manner by J. Bryan Lowder at Slate: LOWDER (1/28/15): Many progressive critics have written off the piece as the whining of an out-of-touch white guy, and *that's certainly a fair response.* Chait is whi... more »
Measles in Disneyland: Third MMR Shot and Vaccine Exemption Ban?
Posted 1/29/2015 *by Barbara Loe Fisher* *To activate and view hyperlinked references, please click here once and then click any superscripted number below to access a hyperlinked reference, or scroll down to the bottom of the article to view all hyperlinked references.* There have been hundreds of media stories published in the U.S. and around the world since Jan. 14, 2015, the day after it was first reported that visitors to Disneyland got measles and presumably infected other people in California, Washington, Utah and ... more »
North Korea: Give Us $10 Billion And We'll Talk
Left- President Lee, right, shakes hands with Kim Ki-nam, secretary of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, at the Blue House on Aug. 23, 2009. Kim came to the South to attend the funeral of former President Kim Dae-jung. [JoongAng Photo] *Daily Mail*: *$10billion and huge shipments of food and fertiliser: What Kim Jong-il demanded from South Korea in return for a summit meeting * * Former North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il made demands in return for summit * List included 400,000 tons of rice, 100,000 of corn and 300,000 of fertilizer * Also wanted $100 million of asphalt and $10 billion to f... more »
"How It Really Is"
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H.L. Mencken Could this really happen... President Palin? She makes this idiot look like a Rhodes Scholar...
Them Drones Gonna Rise Again
Six years in office, countless hundreds of drone strikes, and thousands of casualties later, President Obama has finally called for stricter regulations on the flying robot industry. It seems that a drone operated by an intoxicated geopolitical intelligence expert accidentally wandered into the Temp Emp's personal space and had a great fall. All the Secret Service tech geeks and all the Secret Service men had no way of either detecting it or stopping it. And obviously they couldn't put it together again, because it was a crappy piece of junk purchased in a Radio Shack. But be afrai... more »
6 Striking Aerial Images Show How Deforestation Has Altered the Earth
*Stefanie Spear* - There’s no debating that humans have greatly scarred the Earth. And, there’s no better way to see the extent of that damage than via aerial images... The post 6 Striking Aerial Images Show How Deforestation Has Altered the Earth appeared first on Waking Times.
Now is the Time to Raise Holy Hell!
- I had a message this morning from Sputnik News/ Ria Novosti News Agency in Russia. They asked me to comment on the Obama administration decision to seek a base Pentagon budget of $534 billion and another $51 billion for wars when it sends its 2016 spending request to Congress next week. (Not counted in these numbers are the offline costs of military portion of NASA, Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs, NSA, secret black budget and more. Add it all up and the military budget is more than $1 trillion per year.) The article reporting on this is* ... more »
“As The Middle Class Evaporates, Global Oligarchs Plan Their Escape From The Impoverished Pleb Masses”
*“As The Middle Class Evaporates, Global Oligarchs * *Plan Their Escape From The Impoverished Pleb Masses”* by Mike Krieger “The middle class has shrunk consistently over the past half-century. Until 2000, the reason was primarily because more Americans moved up the income ladder. But since then, the reason has shifted: There is a greater share of households on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. From yesterday’s New York Times article: “Middle Class Shrinks Further as More Fall Out Instead of Climbing Up”. "At a packed session in Davos, former hedge fund director Robert Johnso... more »
"The Pitchforks Are Coming… A Dire Warning from a Member of the 0.01%"
*"The Pitchforks Are Coming… * *A Dire Warning from a Member of the 0.01%**"* by Nick Hanauer "Memo: From Nick Hanauer To: My Fellow Zillionaires You probably don’t know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded more than 30 companies across a range of industries—from itsy-bitsy ones like the night club I started in my 20s to giant ones like Amazon.com, for which I was the first nonfamily investor. Then I founded aQuantive, an Internet advertising company that was sold to Microsoft in 2007 for $6.4 billion....more »
“Flu Shot? You've Been Had”
*“Flu Shot? You've Been Had”* by Karl Denninger “From a journal dealing with the actual practice of nursing- you know, the people who actually take care of 90% of the job when you get sick enough to require help? "Flu results in "about 250,000 to 500,000 yearly deaths" worldwide, Wikipedia tells us. "The typical estimate is 36,000 [deaths] a year in the United States," reports NBC, citing the Centers for Disease Control."Somewhere between 4,000 and 8,000 Canadians a year die of influenza and its related complications", according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, adding that "... more »
The Pineal Gland, DMT & Forbidden Knowledge
*Video - *Here's a video of David Wilcox explaining the characteristics and functions of the pineal gland and DMT in transdimensional access, and how we are calcifying it with the food and products that we consume in our daily lives. The post The Pineal Gland, DMT & Forbidden Knowledge appeared first on Waking Times.
Oligarchy and the War on Individualism
*Ethan Indigo Smith* - Anyone who says that people cannot change things, that we are powerless to the control systems that already exists, does not realize they are in a system that began as imagination, an idea, which came about through influence... The post Oligarchy and the War on Individualism appeared first on Waking Times.
World News Briefs -- January 29, 2015
*ABC News*: *'Sunset' Deadline Passes for ISIS Prisoner Swap* *MIDDLE EAST* Hezbollah 'sends *anti-escalation message' to Israel*. Israel tells U.N. will *defend itself against Hezbollah*. Hizballah attack targeted IDF commanders on an inspection tour *of northern border security*. Al Qaeda in Syria *attacks Western-backed rebels*. Islamic State assaults *Iraqi border post near Jordan*. As Iraqi Kurds gain ground from IS, *local Sunnis are wary*. Moscow-hosted Syria talks end, *sides agree to meet again*. Yemen rebels seize military base* outside capital*. Jordan demands proof ... more »
The Low Dose Makes the Poison- EDC's & the Chemical Manipulation of Humanity
This is from 2009. Yes, 2009. Six years back. *First a 7 minute interview!- Air Date: Week of September 4, 2009 * stream/download this segment as an MP3 file *Modern toxicology doesn't typically test chemicals for what they do at low doses. But, sometimes, small amounts of substances can be harmful to human health, especially when it comes to the hormone-mimicking chemicals known as endocrine disruptors. * Transcript: I will highlight some interesting bits! CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth. I’m Steve Curwood. YOUNG: And I’m Jeff Young. *When toxicologists test a chemical’s safety they ... more »
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*Developers propose outdoor music venue and water park on N.O. lakefront ~Jaquetta White, N.O. Advocate * *Louisiana regulations become latest flashpoint over abortion ~Melinda Deslatte, AP* *NOPD chief calls on retired, resigned officers to join reserve division ~Fox 8 WVUE* *Norwegian company expands Louisiana office, training center ~Janet McCaunnauhey, AP* *Drago's oyster bar to open Lafayette location ~Megan Wyatt, The Advertiser* *Gâteau de Boeuf Royale ~Mr. Onion's Neighborhood* *Here's your list of Carnival transit changes ~Gambit *
An Unmitigated Disaster
http://keef.tv/blog/ Jim Stanford writes that the sound a fury about a balanced budget is about politics, not economics: Running spending cuts since 2011 now total more than $14-billion a year. Canadians experience real consequences from those cuts every day: shuttered veterans’ offices, deteriorating statistical data, questionable railway and food safety, ridiculous waits for statutory benefits and more. Federal government employment has plunged by 47,000 jobs since 2011 – explaining much of Canada’s lousy job-market performance. ... more »
Polyglot Vs Isolationists
This conflict is all backwards in our real world. Those fighting for leave us alone are all over there. Those fighting for its a big world lets just get alongon our own doorstep are drownded out. I have no special insight. I have just been lucky. Anyone who has had the chance to make my journey would conclude the same I could not say it better than Sting to paraphrase What if those eviel people loved their children too I have been from Halifax to Hanszoo and the one thing I have noticed above all and its an important thing is that people enjoy having fun over everthing serious or arti... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 29, 2015
General Raymond Odierno (Army), Admiral Jonathan Greenert (Navy), General Mark Welsh (Air Force), and General Joseph Dunford (Marines) warned a Senate panel Wednesday of the dangers they see if their services' budgets are cut. Gary Cameron / Reuters *Mark Thompson, Time*: *Military Chiefs ‘Prep the Battlefield’ for Biggest Pentagon Budget Request Ever* *Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 29, 2015* Military chiefs push to end sequestration, warn of combat danger -- Washington Times Service chiefs: Defense spending caps will undercut troop morale -- Stars and Stripes... more »
Send More Fan Mail to Arne on His Teacher Prep Plans
The oligarchs and the education industry are pushing for teacher education to be turned into paternalistic test prep, and it will happen unless those who came up with this ill-advised plan know that to do so will be too dangerous or too expensive, or both. Help them to understand that by writing your own letter to let them know what will happen if reason (see the letter below) is not heeded. Or add your name to the letter below here. *Plan B: * - Computer breakdown and dumping of data - Imaginary data reported - Refusal of the mandated curriculum - Refusal of the test... more »
We All Meditate, Whether We Know it or Not
*Phil Watt * - Meditation is just like exercise—if we want to make our bodies fit for living or our brains fit for meditation, we need to keep at it. The post We All Meditate, Whether We Know it or Not appeared first on Waking Times.
White House: The Taliban Are Not A Terrorist Group
*Washington Times:* *Taliban not a terrorist group, White House deputy press secretary says* *WNU Editor*: I am definitely looking forward to the White House's explanation/rational/clarification on this revelation that the Taliban is not a terrorist group today.
Building a Lego world
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Hey lets thank the Danish for creating a product the exemplivies life in every way. Like Modern Vikings the people of the North have pushed their way of living upon us in a most rational way. Like some kind of human plastic sacrifice. Rangor Lothbrok was the George Washington of change. There are two kinds of leaders and we always choose the same. But the surfer we should embrace, ride the wave, work with the power of nature to achieve the same Nirvanaa all people who adapt to nature in a expotential nature feel real. I turly belive I am nothing more than a better squirel in this ... more »
Federal fish agency opposes Shasta Dam raise
. 800_mark_miyoshi__chief_s... Photo: Mark Miyoshi and Chief Caleen Sisk watch as Jesse Sisk and James Ward work on lighting the ceremonial fire in September 2014. Photo by Dan Bacher. Federal fish agency opposes Shasta Dam raise by Dan Bacher Censored News The Winnemem Wintu Tribe, fishing groups and environmentalists have been fighting a federal plan to raise Shasta
3 Options for Parents Who Refuse Government-Run Education
*Jefferey Jaxen* - Thanks to the early work of whistle blowers like Charlotte Iserbyt, parents are becoming aware that government-run public education may not be right for their children anymore. The post 3 Options for Parents Who Refuse Government-Run Education appeared first on Waking Times.
Satire: “Obama Signs Executive Order Closing Congress”
*“Obama Signs Executive Order Closing Congress”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In a historic Oval Office ceremony on Thursday morning, President Barack Obama signed an executive order closing Congress, effective immediately. The President said that the move would dramatically increase the efficiency of the federal government, noting how much he had accomplished since he stopped working with Congress in November. Additionally, he said, the elimination of Congress would result in annual savings of more than five billion dollars, which Obama said would be refunde... more »
Music that travels
Its not a boom beat behind spoken slang thats rap and its a dead negro brand Who let the dogs out was it Albert or was it going down deep into the problem seeking the orgians Darwin? I am no racist and I have no thinking that says humans should behave All humans are built that way Yet we look at statistics and informed views and to say the least humanity had and to this day has favorite breeds favorite breeds produce some output I can sell on the stockmarket as reliable souces of income but today I got the blues because this life of wonder and fantasy that I did choose is so full of... more »
A Simple Ginger Honey Home Remedy
[image: This Recipe Saves Lives People Claim They Cured Their Cancer With It] You might have already heard or read about this recipe, which is all over the web, and many people claim that they had been cured from cancer with this recipe. They also claim that they have been cured without chemotherapy and surgery and are now bursting with health. The baseline of this recipe areginger and honey,and there are no side effects. One of the testimonies is a woman that has been on life support for 20 days, because she had cancer of the endocrine glands, now claims to be cured without chem... more »
Price Theory Summer Camp
This seems like a great opportunity for econ grad students.
The spreading alchemy of central bank money-printing
"Money for nothing".... my friends, this one of the most important "economic" articles to be published this year. This is Canadian Main stream media telling the truth to the world: Money is nothing but a belief that it is worth something, and the printing of money out of thin air has NOT fixed any of the problems it was suppose to fix. The unemployment rates are still sky high- regardless of the warped numbers given by the various governments who are desperately trying to convince their citizens that their economy has recovered. The lies of how "Quantitive Easing" will "fix" the... more »
Jarring awakening
I woke up in the night and switched on the radio, low, to lull myself back to sleep. That usually does the trick. Unfortunately the programme then running was Assignment. (BBC World Service) Helen Grady has one of those piping voices that sounds particularly sanctimonious when she’s trying to promote Women’s Rights to Wear the Hijab and to publicise the ‘Frenchness’ of French Muslims. I came in at the point where she was commiserating with the poor schoolgirl who couldn’t take her hijab-wearing mother on a school trip. The possibility of removing the offending garment wasn’t flo... more »
Chicken and Waffles... AKA When Dinner Met Breakfast
A decade ago I first heard of chicken and waffles. The idea disgusted me at first (chicken and waffles, together? Really?). But the more I though about it, the more I was intrigued. After a few years, I finally built up enough courage to try it, but because I live in the most boring state in the nation, I couldn't find anywhere to try it that I was willing to trust with something so important. Since then, I have perfected my fried chicken recipe and came up with the perfect waffle -- a cinnamon waffle. So last week I fulfilled a 10-year dream and made my own chicken and waffles. A... more »
US State Department Collaborating with Deposed Thai Dictator
*January 29, 2015* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Comments made by Daniel Russel, a representative of the US State Department, condemned the current Thai government's legal proceedings against deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the nepotist proxy of her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, also deposed in a military coup in 2006, and guilty of mass murder, serial corruption and abuse of power, terrorism, and backing armed insurrection in 2009 and 2010. Russel's comments were verbatim the talking points used for years by the Shinawatra regime to fend off attempts to check its autocratic ... more »
Best Time Travel Movies
Everybody would like a do over no matter how seemingly perfect the first draft of their personal history was. Personal history is a total environment. The reason the JFK assassination resonates so strongly is that its easy for the lay person to imagine a world where he had not been killed. Now we paint a better future on this blank canvas because its human nature. Nevertheless its clear that human nature is a wondrous thing allowed to bloom unfettered by the remnants of the lizard brain. That's why Interstellar gets my vote as the best Time Travel movie ever. Movies are the most re... more »
Hezbollah Tells The U.N. That They Are Not Interested In Escalating Their Conflict With Israel
*Al Jazeera*: *Israel 'receives message of restraint' from Hezbollah* *Israeli defence minister says Hezbollah sent message through UN, saying the group is backing away from further violence.* *WNU Editor: *I doubt that Israel will decide on what to do next based on what Hezbollah is saying to the UN .... but we shall see. *More News On Reports That Hezbollah Wants To De-Escalate Tensions With Israel* Hezbollah 'sends anti-escalation message' to Israel -- BBC Israel, Hezbollah signal their flare-up is over -- Reuters Hezbollah Said to Not Be Planning More Action Against Israel -- N... more »
Is The U.S. Air Force Conducting An Investigating To Find Out Who Is Talking To Congress On The Future Of The A-10 So That They Can Then Be 'Punished'?
Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs set off flares as they fly over Georgia in August. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Jamal D. Sutter/Air Force) *The Hill:* *Senator presses Air Force chief on A-10 ‘treason’ comments* *WNU Editor*: As I had mentioned when this story first broke out .... Maj. Gen James Post can now *kiss his third star goodbye*. But if he or anyone else was actively involved in conducting an investigation to find out who has been talking to Congress so that they can be punished .... that person should be fired immediately. *More News On The A-10 "Treason" Controversy* James Post, two-sta... more »
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*Your education savings Plan Is Safe. Here’s Why the White House Changed Course* President Obama is abandoning his controversial plan to tax the interest on 529 savings accounts, the White House announced Tuesday. The 529 plans are savings accounts in which parents and families can invest after-tax dollars. If the money is used for specified college costs, they don’t have to pay federal tax on the interest accumulated in these accounts. The president’s proposal, which faced bipartisan opposition, would have “effectively end[ed]” the plans, according to the New York Times. “Given ... more »
Chile: UFOs Over the Atacama Region
*Source: Planeta UFO and El Ciudadano (www.elciudadano.cl)Date: 01.28.2015* *Chile: UFOs Over the Atacama Region* *By Carlos Opazo - Red Atacama* Province of Huasco, Atacama Region - In the Commune of Alto del Carmen, the skies are known as being among the most pristine in all Chile. Constellations, stars, satellites and anything crossing the zenith of this cordilleran sector can be seen by the unaided eye at night. But for some time now, stars and constellations are not the only things visible in the skies of the Valle de Huasco. Strange flying objects have been seen as well, d... more »
Mexico: A UFO Recorded at Colima's Volcan de Fuego?
*Source: Planeta UFO and SDP NoticiasDate: 01.28.2015* *Mexico: A UFO Recorded at Colima's Volcan de Fuego?* *Newsroom - SDPNoticias.com* Wed 28 JAN 2015 18:32 - A photo taken by the Webcams de Mexico website shows an unidentified flying object around Colima's Volcan de Fuego during an emanation recorded this morning. MEXICO CITY - The activity of Colima's Volcan de Fuego, recorded over recent weeks, featured an unusual element this morning. The Webcams de Mexico site captured the moment in which an unidentified flying object (UFO) circles the area, which has for days exhibited ... more »
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*Joe Romm assumes what he has to prove -- and his assumption is wrong* *As we all know, ANY weather event proves global warming. Global warming is unfalsifiable and is, as such, a religious faith, not a scientific finding. So it is no surprise that Joe Romm, the professional Warmist, has put up an argument -- excerpt below -- to say that the recent winter storms in the N.E. USA are caused by global warming. But how can they be? There has been no statistically significant global warming for 18 years or thereabouts. But Romm writes as if warming were happening. He assumes what... more »
Another example from the apartheid state of Israel where this Muslim IDF Soldier Keeps Watch Over Israel's Gaza Border
But still the anti-Israel brigade will ignore the evidence and state that Israel is an apartheid state.
Argentina: UFO Flyby in Quequén?
*Source: Planeta UFODate: 01.29.2015* ARGENTINA: UFO FLYBY IN QUEQUEN? Inexplicata contributing editor *Guillermo Giménez* alerted us this morning to a series of photos appearing in NecocheaHoy.com suggesting the transit of an unidentified object, apparently last Thursday (01.22). The following text accompanies the images: A UFO passed over Quequén and our reader took several photos. This happened on Thursday when our reader and friend Mauro H. Sarmiento (missing text) and he sent them to us with the following text: "Hello Walter, it passed over Quequén on Thursday, surveying our... more »
Ukraine: how Cyborgs' fame evaporated
The first month of 2015 is ending, various ceasefire treaties are being forgotten, and the meaningless Ukrainian civil war is gradually getting restarted. When I wrote about the battles of the Donetsk airport in October 2014, I was implicitly assuming it would take days or at most weeks before Novorussia would get the Sergei Prokofiev International Airport, or whatever would be left of it. *Please don't allow kids to watch this 22-minute video.* Instead, it took more than three months. Last week, the Donetsk Militia was finally able to take control of the airport again. The Ukrai... more »
Dec-Aid
I'll just spit it out: I've been blogging for 10 years as of today. And I don't expect people to make as big a deal about that as they did yesterday when Sullivan decided to quit blogging. Typically, 10th anniversary gifts are commemorated with either tin, aluminum or diamond jewelry. I don't even expect the tin or aluminum. At least in the early years, it was fun. Blogging was a new literary medium I'd worked hard to master and I have to say I'd climbed more of that intimidating learning curve than most. As with most any blogger, I'd gone viral a few times then people had... more »
Wow!
There are two types of people whose testimony automatically has extra value when it comes to Israel and the Jews. one: The non-Jew. The objective outsider. two: The journalist. The insider (whistleblower) A while ago we highlighted Matti Friedman’s expose of Associated Press’s ‘institutional antisemitism’ by which I mean its bias against Israel. Matti Friedman’s testimony counts for a lot because he is a journalist, but I guess some of that bonus will inevitably be forfeited in the eyes of the doubters because he’s an Israeli. He gave a speech at a BICOM meeting in London which is fe... more »
First Tim Wilcox, now Adam Boulton
Following on from Tim Wilcox's offensive statement whilst interviewing a Parisian Jew following the Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris, yesterday we had a similar line of questioning from Sky's Adam Boulton. Because it seems that in medialand hatred of Jews can always be blamed on the actions, perceived or otherwise, of Israel. Would Adam Boulton ask a British iman if fear or hatred of Muslims was excusable because of the actions of ISIS or Al Quaeda? How about the policies of Saudi Arabia, Iran etc etc etc...? The BBC's obsessive vilification of Israel disgusts me, is Sky going ... more »
New details emerge: At least 5 Kornet missiles fired in Hezbollah ambush of IDF soldiers
A preliminary military investigation following the Hezbollah attack on Israeli military jeeps near the border with Lebanon on Wednesday revealed that terrorists with the Lebanese Shi’ite group launched anti-tank missiles from a distance of at least four kilometers. The military vehicles travelled on a civilian road in the village of Ghajar two kilometers away from the border when they came under a heavy Hezbollah ambush, consisting of five to six Kornet missiles, a senior army source said. He estimated that the attackers were four to five kilometers away from the vehicles. Read ... more »
"We don't dislike Jews, we only dislike the State of Israel" - Bullshit - Stop pretending this is about Israel, it's about hatred of Jews
New York City Councilman David G. Greenfield makes impromptu remarks on the floor of the council moments after Pro-Palestine activists protested the commemoration of 1.1 million people killed in Auschwitz. Greenfield is the grandson of holocaust survivors. He can be followed on Twitter at @NYCGreenfield and at Facebook.com/David.G.Greenfield He's right and I applaud him for speaking the truth. Meanwhile in London... (see next article)
Russia Says Air Force Flight Near UK Complies With International Law
[image: Tu-95 Bear]Two Russian Air Force strategic bombers spotted near British airspace were conducting a planned 19-hour flight over the North Atlantic and did not breach international regulations or any nation's borders, a Russian Air Force spokesman said Thursday. "Two [Tupolev] Tu-95MS [Bear] strategic bombers… successfully completed the planned air patrols. The flight route passed through neutral waters near the Barents and Norwegian Seas, [as well as] the Atlantic Ocean. The flight duration was over 19 hours," Col. Igor Klimov told RIA Novosti. Previous reports in British med... more »
AF Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One
[image: Air Force One]Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, in coordination with the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall, has determined the Boeing 747-8 will serve as the next presidential aircraft, commonly known as Air Force One. “The presidential aircraft is one of the most visible symbols of the United States of America and the office of the president of the United States,” James said. “The Boeing 747-8 is the only aircraft manufactured in the United States (that), when fully missionized, meets the necessary capabilities e... more »
Canister Launch of Agni-V on Saturday
[image: Agni-V cannister]After the three-day tour of US President Barack Obama, the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) here is readying for the first canister launch of India’s longest range ballistic missile Agni-V in full operational configuration. The test is likely to be carried out from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Odisha coast on Saturday. Defence sources said, the test was postponed twice -- in December and early January -- due to Obama visit and lack of schedule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was slated to witness the launch along with the Defe... more »
The Next Air Force One Will Be A Boeing 747-8
A VIP-configured Boeing 747-8 jetliner rolls out for takeoff from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, in this file photo taken February 28, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Anthony Bolante *CNN:* *Pentagon picks new Air Force One plane* *More News On The Next Air Force One Being A Boeing 747-8* Air Force picks Boeing 747-8 to replace Air Force One -- Reuters Boeing to replace Air Force One -- Politico AF Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One -- US Air Force Boeing Nabs Sole Source Prime On Next Air Force One -- Aviation Week The Next Air Force One Will Be A Boeing 747-8 -- NPR ... more »
India to buy 22 attack, 15 heavy-lift copters
[image: AH-64E Apache]As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to bolster the nation’s military posture, India is to acquire 22 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF), valued at $2.5 billion. *Approval stage* Officials in the know said the attack helicopter (Apache) and the heavy lift helicopter (Chinook) are currently in the Government approval stage. “The Ministry of Finance and Cabinet Committee on Security needs to approve...before contracts are signed. All other steps are done,” officials said. ... more »
Tejas flies in -15ºC in Ladakh
[image: Tejas LCA]Soaked overnight in extreme cold (around -15oC) weather in Ladakh, light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas' engine required three consecutive start-ups of the engine, but the fighter fought the limitations and flew on Wednesday, achieving another milestone. "This is a rare distinction. Starting the fighter aircraft under such extreme condition without any external assistance or heating is a technology challenge. The requirements become further stringent when the starting is to be done three times consecutively with a partially charged battery," Team Tejas said in an o... more »
New Zealand to spend $332m on upgrade of P-3K Orion aircraft
[image: RNZAF P-3K Orion]The New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MoD) is likely to spend $332.3m on the modernisation of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-3K Orion maritime patrol aircraft. Responding to an official information act request from Radio New Zealand, the MoD's acquisition division deputy secretary Des Ashton said the original budget for the project was $377m, but was reduced by the fluctuating exchange rates. The P-3K Orion upgrade project was undertaken by a mixture of foreign and local contractors in Texas, US, and Blenheim, New Zealand. It covers modernisatio... more »
The 5 Most Deadly Attack Aircraft
*National Interest*: *Bombs Away: The 5 Most Deadly Attack Aircraft* *WNU Editor:* The A-10 and the SU-25 (see the above video) are the best attack aircraft by far.
U.S. would welcome Japan air patrols in South China Sea
[image: Kawasaki P-1 ASW Aircraft]The United States would welcome a move by Japan to extend air patrols into the South China Sea as a counterweight to a growing fleet of Chinese vessels pushing Beijing's territorial claims in the region, a senior U.S. Navy officer told Reuters. Currently, regular patrols by Japanese aircraft only reach into the East China Sea, where Tokyo is at loggerheads with Beijing over disputed islands. Extending surveillance flights into the South China Sea will almost certainly increase tensions between the world's second- and third-largest economies. "I thi... more »
Pentagon Unveils Program to Help Build 6th Generation Fighter
[image: F/A-XX sixth-gen fighter concept]The Pentagon is poised to unveil a new collaborative research program in the upcoming 2016 defense budget submission which will seek to identify and develop dominant, next-generation aircraft technologies for the Air Force and Navy. Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, mentioned the effort Wednesday to lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee at a hearing on Pentagon technology and acquisition reform. The new research program will involve the Pentagon’s research arm, called the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency, o...more »
The Pentagon Is Pushing For Better Weapons To Stay Ahead Of China And Russia
[image: NATO flag]U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Wednesday urged NATO allies to develop and make more innovative weapons, and said bold action was needed to stay ahead of rapid weapons development by China, Russia and other countries. Work said the Pentagon has a new plan called "Defense Innovation Initiative" and a separate effort targeting longer-term projects to ensure that the United States continues to have a decisive competitive advantage against potential foes. "We must coordinate and collaborate, avoid duplication, leverage niche capabilities, and push our est... more »
Quick resolution on South China Sea disputes sought
[image: ASEAN]ASEAN wants quick settlement in any dispute between member states and China in the South China Sea. For a start, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said the regional grouping was seeking to increase the frequency of its meetings with China to resolve any dispute. The foreign ministers, during their two-day retreat here, had asked Thailand to be the coordinating country for more meetings with China, he said. Read more
£2Million Worth of Defense Contracts Given to Hydro Group
[image: Successor class SSBN]Hydro Group, a global design and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, has secured a contract with BAE Systems. The contract is valued at approximately 2million, for work to be delivered over the next two years. Hydro Group has been specifically selected to design, develop and qualify a range of connectorised through hull penetrators. Read more
The Origins Of Mankind and Evolution’s ‘Missing Link’
[image: Image Source] This is a really good work up of the ground first opened by Sitzchen thirty years ago. My pleasent surprise is that the crustal shift was the declared cause for Noah's Flood by his quoted informants. That bit of data was there all along and i had to piece it together from the data instead. At least we all ended up in the same place. There is excellent reason to think that we were engineered into existence from long established lineages some 200,000 years ago. There is additional reason to think we were additionally improved prior to resettlement after th... more »
Monsanto Earnings Fall 34% As Farmers Reject GMO Crops
So far this is at best a blip. Blow back has hardly begun and will not take off until every industrial farmer is rethinking his protocols. It is never that easy and the type of changes needed are radical and neither learned overnight nor implemented that way. More likely expect to see test fields operated for several years allowing equipment acquisition and modification. It is only then that a full phase in can safely be undertaken. Yet i do think this is taking place with young farmers in particular who have likely buried fathers from cancer. Yet the information is all ou... more »
Islam's 'Protestant Reformation'
This reminds us of something important. The protestant reformation was driven by a direct, even naive, reading of the scriptures of Christianity that then confronted a tradition of compromise. This led to fanaticism and disasterous results. Centuries of maturation has ended all that but the lesson remains. Islam is doing the exact same thing but with a text that is actually promoting the worse instincts of humanity. Thus we have this modern flare up of Islamic violence that promises to be beyond compromise. At least this provides us a clear historical analogy that works to fu... more »
What Science Is Telling Us About The Heart’s Intuitive Intelligence
The take home we are heading for is that the heart likely centers the second center of information processing in our abdomen. That it drives a EM field out to seven feet is itself a powerful indicator and makes sense out of a lot of folk lore we have all imbibed. We are often reminded that first assumptions however hoary with age and general acceptance are not necessarily correct. Here we go again. The Heart is a powerful engine generating a strong field that can be felt at significant distance. Information is also embedded and we do not know just what. This also leads to ... more »
Vietnamese technician shows off remote controlled mini-sub, asks for support
[image: Hoang Sa ROV]An engineering technician in Hue has created a remote controlled submarine that he hopes could be used for exploration tasks. Le Nga said he spent nearly two years on making the remotely operated underwater vehicle, commonly referred to as an ROV. He finished it late last year and successfully launched it down the Perfume River, after several test runs at local swimming pools. Read more
Michael Moore offers right-wing noisemakers a crash course in what it means to really support U.S. servicepeople
*-- from Michael Moore's Facebook page* [click to enlarge] *by Ken* I've been paying as little attention as I could decently get away with to *American Sniper*, and so I'm coming late to the brouhaha caused by Michael Moore's forceful expression of disapproval. Since the American Right has now sunk to a level of cretinousness and pathological dishonesty surpassed only by its loudmouth savagery, and since Michael Moore is one of their perennial bugbears anyway, this seems to have produced one of those famous Right-Wing Noise Machine psychotic breaks, all centered, naturally, on the ... more »
Taiwan's military reshuffle could signal defence policy shift
[image: Tuo Jiang class FS]Taiwan's new National Defence Minister Kao Kuang-chi, a former navy commander, is expected to start work on Friday (Jan 30) along with six new top-ranking military leader - part of President Ma Ying-jeou's efforts to inject new blood into the island's military ranks. Incumbent Defence Minister Yen Ming, who had only served one year in office, will take on a role as national policy adviser, according to the President’s Office. Yen has cited personal issues and a desire to promote younger leadership as reasons for leaving. "The reasons the Minister has decid... more »
MOD denies claims made in Scottish Daily Mail
Milford Haven The potential move of the UK’s Trident nuclear-armed submarines from Scotland to Milford Haven has resurfaced this morning (Wednesday). The Scottish Daily Mail’s front page reports that the MOD has secretly been examining the possibilities of moving the UK’s nuclear deterrent from Faslane on the River Clyde to Pembrokeshire. The MOD has denied the claims (see below). Read more
India asks Japan if it’s interested in Rs 50,000 crore submarine project
[image: Soryu class SSK]Russia, France, Germany and Spain, all better watch out. They may have to contend with Japan in the race to supply submarines to India. In keeping with their expanding strategic partnership, the Modi government has asked the Shinzo Abe administration whether it would be interested in the over Rs 50,000 crore project to build six stealth submarines in India. With Japan recently ending its decades old self-imposed arms export embargo, New Delhi has forwarded "a proposal" to Tokyo to "consider the possibility" of making its latest diesel-electric Soryu-class s... more »
Top Pentagon Official: U.S. Needs To Develop 'Revolutionary' Weapon Systems To Maintain Its Military Superiority
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall in 2012. Department of Defense Photo *USNI News*:* Kendall: U.S. Needs to Get Faster at Developing Revolutionary Weapon Systems* *Update #1*: Pentagon official urges NATO to focus on innovative weapons -- Reuters *Update #2*: Kendall: Sequestration Will Harm U.S. Military Superiority -- US Department of Defense *WNU Editor*: The focus in the Pentagon right now is sequestration and cutting the defense budget .... not on developing revolutionary weapon systems.
The Pentagon Is Already Laying Out Plans To Develop A 6th Generation Fighter
An F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off on a training sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in this March 6, 2012 file photo. Credit: Reuters/U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Gon/Handout *Reuters*:* U.S. military budget to start funding post-F-35 'X-plane:' Pentagon* *WNU Editor*: Here is an easy prediction .... this is decades away from implementation. *More News On The Pentagon Announcing Plans To Develop A 6th Generation Fighter * New Budget Will Feature 6th Gen Fighter -- Defense News Pentagon asks Congress for sixth-generation fighter plane -- Washington Examiner Pe... more »
CNN Media Spin
I was so disgusted by CNN News this morning that I immediately went to the Google. How can it be that they aren't relating this to KSM who, as we all know, is still awaiting trial in Guantanamo Bay? ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
Khartoum accuses Israel over Yarmouk bombing
Satellite pictures suggest Sudanese weapons factory hit by air strike US monitoring group says images are consistent with attack from air as Khartoum accuses Israel over Yarmouk bombing Associated Press theguardian.com, Saturday 27 October 2012 15.55 EDT The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on 12 October, prior to the alleged attack. Photograph: AP Satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory this past week suggest the site was hit in an air strike, a US monitoring group said Saturday. The Sudanese gove... more »
What caused the concrete to fuse around the floor studs at Ground Zero?
Evidence of temperatures hot enough to melt concrete and steel are everywhere you look in this video footage, yet there also places where you would expect maximum damage, that look like nothing happened. The Coca Cola truck sitting by the skeleton of Tower 2 looks normal, while in other places there are cars and trucks with melted engine blocks and missing glass that are blocks away from the ruins of the buildings. This appears to be the end part of a floor truss with part of the floor pan and the end of the zig zag bar that re-enforces it. There was 4 inches of concrete poured o... more »
China Wants To Have 'Arms Dominance'
A color guard of US and Chinese flags awaits the plane of China's President Hu Jintao at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland in this April 12, 2010 file photo. President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that would expand the US military presence in Asia but shrink the overall size of the force as the Pentagon seeks to reduce spending by nearly half a trillion dollars after a decade of war. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File *Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon:* *Pentagon Warns of Chinese Arms Dominance* *'Alarmed' at PRC buildup over last 15 years* *WNU Editor*: A see th... more »
My Green Home - Searching for the perfect property
[image: My Green Home - Searching for the perfect property] What does your perfect home look like? In January of last year, we began the search for our perfect place. Before actually going out and looking, however, we sat down and talked about what we wanted in a home. Planning *Money* First and foremost, we decided on a budget. We thought about what we'd be willing to spend on a piece of property and the monthly expenses once we moved in. We considered mortgage payments, taxes, utilities, etc. Our goal was to find a home with minimal living expenses. *To Build Or Not* We were op... more »
China's Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles Are Taking Aim At U.S. And Allied Ships
*Jeremy Bender, Business Insider*: *These Weapons Could Be China's Most Threatening Military Advancement For The US* *WNU Editor:* Hmmmm .... the Chinese seem to know who their enemy is .... the above video is a simulated Chinese cruise missile attack and it shows what appears to be a U.S. Aegis cruiser being blown up.
Secret Tapes Reveal A Senior Democrat And Top Pentagon Officials Were Against Then Sec. of State Clinton's Rush To War In Libya
*Washington Times:* Exclusive: Secret tapes undermine Hillary Clinton on Libyan war *Joint Chiefs, key lawmaker held own talks with Moammar Gadhafi regime* *WNU Editor*: This is an explosive account on U.S. involvement to the run-up in Libya's civil war .... and while no one else is reporting on this story, I suspect that in the next few days others will pick up on this story .... and will raise even more questions. As to the Washington Times post itself ... it is a long read .... but it is well worth it .... and it shows how U.S. foreign policy was conducted during the run-up to ... more »
Cuban Leader Raoul Castro Demands That Before Restoration Of Relations The U.S. Must Pay Compensation For Economic Damages, Lift The Embargo, And Return Guantanamo Bay
Cuba's President Raul Castro speaks during the opening ceremony of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in San Antonio de Belen province of Heredia January 28, 2015. (Reuters/Costa Rica Presidency) *WSJ/AP:* *U.S. Must Return Guantanamo for Normal Relations With Cuba, Raúl Castro Says* *WNU Editor*: Something tells me that the White House never though about the possibility that Cuba may have a list of demands that must be met before any restoration of ties .... that all that they saw was a "bold announcement" that would make President Obama appear as... more »
When it Comes To Ukraine, Who Is Russian President Putin Listening To?
*Fred Weir, CSM:* *'Putin's brain' says he doesn't have Putin's ear. Do we know who does?* *WNU Editor:* When it comes to Ukraine these are the key men that Putin is listening to right now .... Russian Prime Minister Medvedev, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, head of the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, Russia's finance minister Anton Siluanov, and Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov. Within the military it is Russian armed forces Chief-of-Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. And as to what they are telling him .... I have no clue .... ... more »
What is Noah thinking? Part 2
Noah Smith has replied to my recent post criticizing his use of median household income to measure middle class living standards. He raises some interesting questions, but some of them still leave me scratching my head. Smith writes: I don't understand the idea that "households have had to" compensate for lower weekly wages (also the choice of weekly over hourly wages continues to mystify me, since long workweeks suck, but OK). Of course, no one literally had to compensate for the fact that their wages were falling, but people do prefer to maintain (if not improve!) their current l... more »
Greece may be first head-on challenge to Eurozone austerity
Yesterday Greece elected a new anti-austerity party, Syriza, to lead its next government. New prime minister Alexis Tsipras has pledged to end the austerity measures forced on Greece in the wake of the world financial crisis. Syriza is two votes shy of a majority in the Greek parliament, and announced a coalition last night with a right-wing Euroskeptic party, the Independent Greeks. Syriza campaigned on a platform of ending the austerity measures and renegotiating its debt with the so-called "troika" of the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, and the European Union.... more »
No, everything is far from all right between "Big Bill" de Blasio and "Boy Andrew" Cuomo
*-- cover by Bruce McCall: "Moving Day"* [Click to enlarge] *"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."* *-- Sun-tzu* *"There's no goniff like a left-wing goniff."* *-- Calvin Trillin repertory kibbitzer Harold the Committed* *by Ken* Since this is a New York story, I thought it would be a good time to present the February 2 *New Yorker* cover commemorating the magazine's historic decamping from Times Square to Manhattan's nether regions and the new World Trade Center tower. (We eavesdropped recently on cartoon editor Bob Mankoff's grapplings with the great relocation.) A... more »
Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 29th January)
Tax crackdown on the rich: HMRC Affluent Unit nets an extra £137m HMRC's Affluent Unit covering UK residents on annual incomes over £150,000 - or wealth over £1m - raised £137.2m in tax, up from £85.7m in 2013. The Affluent Unit, set up in 2011, doubled in size in 2013 with the recruitment of an additional 100 tax inspectors. About 500,000 UK residents fall into its remit. Also, HMRC's
Quote of the Day:
*‘There is no longer a set of social democratic ideas that will work. Keynesianism is intellectually dead. With Trade Unions no incomes policy will ever work. With our State industries productivity will always be abysmal. Nobody… has the faintest idea how to redistribute income; the tax and benefit system is too complex and arbitrary to yield a simple progressive result free from major anomalies. Social democratic theory is just plain wrong…’* - economist John Vaizey – former Keynesian, former social democrat, a Labour Party lord -- in a letter to *The Times*, 1980, stating... more »
Ukraine War News Updates -- January 28, 2015
*Voice of America:* *Ukrainian Military Leader Vows No Letup Against Rebels * *WNU Editor*: I first mentioned it a few weeks ago .... but today it is official .... with the restart of the war my usual sources near the fighting have all dried up .... and the usual independent sources for news that I trust have significantly curtailed their reporting on what is happening in eastern Ukraine. There is Russian and Ukrainian news services .... and social media .... but knowing for sure on what is accurate or what is propaganda .... that is becoming harder and harder to differentiate wit... more »
West's Agri-Giants Snap Up Ukraine
By Frederic Mousseau OAKLAND, United States - At the same time as the United States, Canada and the European Union announced a set of new sanctions against Russia in mid-December last year, Ukraine received $350 million in US military aid, coming on top of a $1 billion aid package approved by the US Congress in March 2014. Western governments' further involvement in the Ukraine conflict signals their confidence in the cabinet appointed by the new government earlier in December 2014. This new government is unique given that three of its most important ministries were granted to fo... more »
29 years ago today: "go with throttle up"
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on Tuesday, January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States, at 11:38 a.m. EST (16:38 UTC). Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The O-ring failure caused a breach in the SRB joint it sealed, allowing pressurized hot gas from within the solid rocket motor to reac... more »
(Middle Class Terminated (Finally!)) Goldman-Sacked, Trojan-Hearsed Greece Ready To Rise or Die In Euro Chains? (Sleeper Cells Historical Lies)
Mr. Union-Buster Goes to Washington? Scott Walker Forms Committee for 2016 Run Wisconsin governor makes first big step toward seeking the presidency. Why his chances may be better than you think And now ex-Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, joins ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts, as a truth-teller (a truthie?) about the power games being played on American citizens by
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 28, 2015
*Daily Star editorial:* *Don’t invite disaster: Israel - Hezbollah conflict* *Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 28, 2015* Hezbollah strikes back at Israel: Why escalation is not inevitable -- Christa Case Bryant & Nicholas Blanford, CSM Isis hostage crisis: Jordan's fear of internal strife is behind decision to release of bomber Sajida al-Rishawi -- Lina Khatib, The Independent Deal for ISIS Hostages in Limbo -- Christopher Dickey & Jake Adelstein, Daily Beast US uses Kobane defeat in 'counter-message' against Islamic State. Can it work? -- Howard LaFranchi, CSM ... more »
21 Delicious Popcorn Recipes
There is nothing better than a delicious popcorn recipe. I know when I make chocolate popcorn, I have to put it away or I can eat the whole recipe myself. Yum. Here are some amazing popcorn recipes that I want to try! Birthday Cake Popcorn Mix from Loves Bakes Good Cakes. White Chocolate Popcorn by Housewife Eclectic. Cinnamon Kettle Corn by From This Kitchen Table. Frosted Cake Batter Caramel Corn by Jasey's Crazy Daisy. Candy Coated Popcorn by An Affair From The Heart. Duck Fat Paprika Popcorn by Honey and Birch. Salty and Sweet Hot Chocolate Popcorn by Scattered Thoughts of a ... more »
Turbulent Times Show …. FINALLY!!!!!
Yes, Whitewraithe and I did a show on Blogtalk radio tonight at 7pm CST.. 8 PM for those on the American right coast and for those still recovering from the latest bout of "Global Warming"… It went over pretty good, but it was only one hour long... We are still learning to master these shows and eventually they will be up to two hours in length... Here is the link for the show that we just concluded tonight: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/turbulenttimes/2015/01/29/turbulent-times-12815--episode-2 Thanks for all for your patience, and I will inform everyone hopefully with enough not... more »
RMA: From back when abolition wasn’t just a pipe dream… [updated]
*“Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.”* - Robert Heinlein, 1949 *“Landscape consultants, registered arborists, architects, environmental consultants, iwi consultants, lawyers, planners … the number of snouts in the trough is huge, and all with a vested interest in retaining current practices under the [Resource Management] Act. These parasites will continue to proliferate and raise costs to all until the Act is abolished.” *- Peter Cresswell, 1996 Last weekend I stumbled across a few things back from the days before the Resource Management Act ... more »
On w/ Jeff Rense of Rense Radio
Last night, I was a guest on *The Jeff Rense Program* on the *Rense Radio Network*. We discussed the 70th anniversary of the "liberation of Auschwitz," *the fake "Holocaust" narrative of WWII*, efforts to *criminalize "anti-Semitism" on an international level*, and organized Jewry's power and influence in Western society. You can download the entire program *here*.
Post Number 28,000: Fukushima Update: "Study: Global Consequences 'From Fukushima-like Nuclear Disaster'”
*Study: "Global Consequences From Fukushima-like Nuclear Disaster” * Many nations at risk of ‘great exposure’ — Transport of hot particles to US was especially effective during worst releases after reactor explosions — Radioactivity confined ‘close to surface’ due to seasonal factors By ENENews “Whither is humanity?" cried the Madman. “I will tell you. We have killed it. We are its murderers! But how could we do this? Are we not plunging continually? How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?” - Friedrich Nietzsche, “The Parable Of The Madman” T. Christoudias and...more »
PM Alexis Tsipras tells first cabinet meeting: 'Greece will not default'
*Photo Source: AFP.* *Title: PM Alexis Tsipras tells first cabinet meeting: 'Greece will not default'. Source: euronews. Date Published: January 28, 2015. Description:* Fresh from success in Sunday's general election, Greece's new Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras has chaired his first cabinet meeting - setting out the priorities for his anti-bailout government. Firmly opposed to the austerity imposed on Greece by its EU and IMF creditors, he pledged to negotiate a viable and fair solution, confounding predictions of doom.
World News Briefs -- January 27, 2015 (Evening Edition)
*Voice of America:* *Israel, Hezbollah Violence Flares in Golan Heights* *MIDDLE EAST* Netanyahu: Those behind deadly* border attack will pay the price*. Two Israeli soldiers, U.N. peacekeeper killed *in Israel-Hezbollah violence*. Antitank missile hits Israeli military vehicle* along Lebanese border*. Israel shells Lebanon after military vehicle *hit by missile near border*. Israel shells Lebanon after* Hezbollah strike on army convoy*. Hezbollah claims responsibility for *missile attack on Israeli vehicle*. U.S. says air strikes pound *Islamic State targets near Kobani, Syria*.... more »
Syriza's Interesting Allies
By their friends shall ye know them? This old adage has got some folks feeling a bit uncomfortable as the new Syriza government apparently cosies up to Mother Russia. This is by no means a new thing. Last year Alexis Tsipras provided Putin's interventions in Ukraine with some political cover. Interesting friends of Syriza are by no means confined to the Kremlin, however. Someone else saying warm words is Peter Spence, economics correspondent for *The Telegraph*. And today out comes an establishment someone else to give Syriza's message succour: Mark Carney of the Bank of England ha... more »
Buffoon Watch: Steve King's Greatest Hits
*He can't be for real, can he? Alas, all too real.* *by Noah* There are two Steve Kings of at least some renown in our society. One is Stephen King, the world-famous writer of horror. The other is Rep. Steven King of Iowa. He is a monster for real. Rep. Steven King has a special talent for articulating what the Republican Party stands for. That talent has led to his prominence in the party. Tim Moran, a former Iowa GOP State Central Committee member thinks King should run for senator, saying the Republican Party might find it ". . . refreshing to have Steve King at the top of a ti... more »
Canada's Spy Agency Tracks All File-Sharing Websites Worldwide
*CBC*:* CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents* *Global sites for sharing movies, photos, music targeted in mass anti-terror surveillance* *WNU Editor:* I live in Canada .... and I am not surprised by this revelation. As everyone knows this blog covers conflicts/terrorism/wars/and defense related issues .... and yes .... I sometimes wonder if the "powers that be" are snooping on the work and research that I do for this blog (I am always assuming that they do). But as my lawyer told me years ago .... if you do nothing wrong and you are innocent .... there is no r... more »
Sacred Geometry ~ The Geometry of Consciousness
*Video - *The Geometry of Consciousness. Ever since I was struck with the realization that all things were connected, Sacred Geometry has been a gateway to a new awareness of the world in my life. The post Sacred Geometry ~ The Geometry of Consciousness appeared first on Waking Times.
Did you hear the one about the novelist and the PM? [updated]
Does everyone just feel obliged to speak up when a Booker Prize-winning novelist disparages a PM, or when a PM answers back? Aren’t they both entitled to talk? Did any of the commentariat really have something to say? Or did they just feel the need to open their mouth -- and had no other target, or targets, on which to lash their tongue? So those opposed to the PM targeted the prize-winner. And those in his favour targeted her. And no-one in the end was any the wiser about anything much at all, least of all about any of the subjects raised by the prize-winner, or in the PM’s re... more »
Txtr RIP?
Provisional administrator Christian Köhler-Ma has been appointed to German ebook service provider Txtr. Txtr provided ebook solutions to retailers such as Foyles, device makers and mobile operators such as Deutsche Telecom. They developed a large international repository of ebooks which they serviced through a cloud based white label ebookstore and a comprehensive set of apps. Their service was based on Adobe ACS4 DRM and they sold ereaders based on eink technology. At the time Foyles pinned its flag on Txtr in 2012, Sam Husain, CEO said, “Our new eBook store and apps, ‘Foyles power... more »
The Tesla Mystique
*George B. Trinkaus* - Tesla was a humanitarian idealist consumed by a passion to save the world from poverty and war, and a superhumun inventor who had the uncanny to visualize the operation of machines in his head. The post The Tesla Mystique appeared first on Waking Times.
Boko Haram Releases A Video Of Child Soldiers Being Trained
Nigerian terror group Boko Haram is training child soldiers how to use semi-automatic weapons and has released images of their latest recruits armed with AK-47's *Daily Mail*: *Ten-year-olds armed to the teeth and trained to kill in the name of Islam: Boko Haram release images of their child soldiers being trained in Nigeria* * Terrorists were said to be kidnapping children to use during their attacks * Pictures emerge days after Boko Haram snatched 30 children from a village * The terrorists are said to have killed at least 10,000 people in 2014 * Their attacks have been likened to... more »
Boko Haram Continue Their Rampage Across Northern Nigeria
*CNN*: *Boko Haram strikes again: 'They slaughter people like animals'* *WNU Editor:* No one is Boko Haram .... and even the Governors within the affected region are demanding foreign intervention since the Nigerian army has proven itself to be totally ineffective against Boko Haram. *More News On Boko Haram Continuing Their Rampage Across Northern Nigeria* Boko Haram raids kill scores in Nigeria ahead of elections, reports of people being 'slaughtered like animals' -- ABC News (Australia)/Reuters Boko Haram Rampages Through Villages In Northeast Nigeria -- AP Boko Haram violence se... more »
Russia Counters US Big Lies With Hard Truth
**I have been extremely busy the last few days with a lot of work related issues and some family issues to take care of...I am therefore doing my best in trying to put up new articles here when I do find the time... Thanks for your patience...* By now, the reports of US and NATO forces DIRECTLY involved in the civil war in Ukraine has reached everyone and even the Jew spew mainstream media can no longer avoid this issue... The facts are simple that NATO and the US are definitely in defiance of international law and have sent their armed thugs into Ukraine to fight against the innoce.
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UK Summons Ambassador Over Russian Bombers - Sky News
Daily Mail UK Summons Ambassador Over Russian Bombers Sky News Civil aircraft were diverted when two Russian TU-95 long-range bombers flew over the English Channel on Wednesday. 19:11, UK, Thursday 29 January 2015. Russian TU-95 bomber flies through airspace northwest of Okinoshima island. A Russian TU-95 ... Russian ambassador summoned to Foreign Office over ...
These days, the unwritten assumption underlying many articles written about Russia is the belief that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is some kind of superman, who, among other things, has the ability to mesmerize Russian people the way Hitler captivated Germans in the 1930's. Well, here is some polling information that ...
Moscow calls on Bosnia and Herzegovina to abandon plans of supplying ammunition to Kiev , the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday. "We urge Bosnia and Herzegovina's authorities to give up plans to supply Kiev with ammunition. Such plans contradict the international norms and commitments in the ...
As violence continues in Ukraine, Europe's top security watchdog has said some of its observers are being pulled out of eastern Ukraine. "Some member states have temporarily withdrawn their monitors from the Lugansk and Donetsk regions," Michael Bociurkiw, the spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said ...
Comments | License Photo KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Russian military troops have crossed the border into Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told state-run radio. "I have just spoken with the national defense and security council secretary. Ukrainian military intelligence confirm the fact military personnel and equipment have been transferred from ...
An OSCE Monitoring Mission car at Novoazovsk border crossing checkpoint on the border between the Russian Federation and Ukraine (RIA Novost The OSCE mission in Ukraine has not registered any movement of military vehicles on the border between Russia and Ukraine, the group's newly released statement says. The Organization for Security and ...
Inspection of the 200th Brigade will last from January 18 to 20, carried out according to a 2011 Vienna protocol adopted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), head of the Russian Defense Ministry Department for Control over Fulfillment of Agreements Sergey Ryzhkov told TASS. The Vienna accord ...
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