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Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep” (Full Album)
Liquid Mind, “Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep” (Full Album) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImNn7e9y6K0
The Realist Report - John Kaminski
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by the one and only John Kaminski. John and I will be discussing his recent essay *"You Should Be Concerned About Your Hopeless Future,"* as well as other current events. Calls are welcome! You can download the entire program *here*. Below are relevant links for this program: - *John Kaminski - The Rebel Website* - *Boris Nemtsov Death Hoax? - Tomato Bubble* - *Jewish Genocide of the White Race - Case Closed - Andrew Carrington Hitchcock* - *Babel and the Capitalist Babelization (Book Review) - Tom Sunic* *To su... more »
China's Space Program Is Aimed At Blocking U.S. Military Communications And Destroying Its Ability To Win Conflicts
*Bloomberg:* *New Report Finds China's Space Plans Threaten U.S. Military Ability* *(Bloomberg) -- China is developing space technologies aimed at blocking U.S. military communications and destroying its ability to win conflicts, according to a report commissioned by a panel created by the U.S. Congress.“China’s improving space capabilities have negative-sum consequences for U.S. military security,” the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation said in the report. Its progress requires “the U.S. to prepare to confront an adversary possessing space an... more »
Obama says Netanyahu's speech on Iran is a mistake
*"Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude." - Benjamin Franklin.* *Title: Obama says Netanyahu's speech on Iran is a mistake. Source: Reuters. Date Published: March 2, 2015. Description:* In an exclusive interview with Reuters, U.S. President Obama reaffirms support for Israel while speaking out against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled Iran speech before Congress. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Iran Is Aiding Iraq In Its Attack On Tikrit. U.S. Support Is Nowhere Seen
*Bloomberg:* *Iraq Starts Attack on Tikrit With Iranian Help, No U.S. Strikes* *(Bloomberg) -- Iraq is deploying 27,000 troops to retake the city of Tikrit from Islamic State, in a mission that will test the military’s ability to stage major offensives against the group before trying to capture its stronghold in Mosul.Shiite militias are backing up police and army soldiers, according to state-run al-Iraqiyah television. Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, arrived two days ago to “review and advise” Iraqi field commanders, the Fars news agency reported on Mond... more »
$500 Amazon Giftcard Giveaway
Today I am teaming up with some of my all time favorite blogs to bring you an AWESOME giveaway! $500 to Amazon. Details below! [image: Amazon Gift Card Giveaway] Hey everybody! Get excited, because today we are helping our friends at Pretty Providence celebrate their 3rd blog birthday with an amazing $500 Amazon gift card giveaway! Which isbasically like winning $500 cash, only better, because they will deliver the goods strait to your door and when it's in gift card form you feel no guilt spending it... am I right?!? We have some of our seriously amazing blog friends helping us brin... more »
U.S. To Deploy National Guard Soldiers To Ukraine
*Photo:* Col. Michael Foster *Sputnik: **US to Deploy Six National Guard Companies to Ukraine This Week* *US 173rd Airborne Brigade Commander Michael Foster said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC said the US would deploy personnel by the end of this week to train the Ukrainian national guard.WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States will deploy personnel by the end of this week to train the Ukrainian national guard, US 173rd Airborne Brigade Commander Colonel Michael Foster said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washingt... more »
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The New Power Party Speaks
*Missing the mountains of Pingtung.* On Sunday afternoon I dropped by the Taichung Thinkers Corner to listen to Freddy Lim and Hung Tz-yung, sister of the Corporal Hung whose death at the hands of his military masters provoked massive protests in Taipei, speak about their new political party, the New Power (時代力量) Party. Freddy Lim is best known as the leader of the metal band Chthonic, but he is also a passionate advocate of things Taiwan. Lim did most of the talking, discussing how getting into politics necessitated overcoming of the fear of politics. How no one talks about polit... more »
Goshute Shoshone Hero Margene Bullcreek Passes to Spirit World
In Memoriam by Ian Zabarte, Western Shoshone
"A Look to the Heavens"
“NGC 660 lies near the center of this intriguing field of galaxies swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces. Over 20 million light-years away, its peculiar appearance marks it as a polar ring galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* A rare galaxy type, polar ring galaxies have a substantial population of stars, gas, and dust orbiting in rings nearly perpendicular to the plane of a flat galactic disk. The bizarre configuration could have been caused by the chance capture of material from a passing galaxy by the disk galaxy, with the captured debris strung out in a rot... more »
The 15 Most Miserable Economies In The World
*Bloomberg:* *The 15 Most Miserable Economies in the World* *Consumers in Venezuela are expected to suffer the most in 2015Inflation is a disease that can wreck a society, Milton Friedman, the late Nobel laureate economist, once said. Add rising unemployment to the diagnosis, and his profession ascribes a rather non-technical term to the debilitating effect on people: misery. That affliction this year will be most acute in Venezuela, Argentina, South Africa, Ukraine and Greece — the five most painful economies in which to live and work, according to Bloomberg survey data that ... more »
Is somebody finally doing something about the horror that is Monday?
*It turns out that what the Studio 360 people really would have liked to "redesign" was the daily commute, but that was judged too big a job, and since the commute is worst on Monday mornings, they decided to settle for "redesigning" Mondays.* *by Ken* The short answer to the question in my post title, "Is somebody finally doing something about the horror that is Monday?," is: Well, we'll see. Frankly, I can't figure out what it is they think they're going to do about the problem Their very idea, that Monday can be treated as a "design" problem and "redesigned" out of its horrible... more »
Ground Water Contamination Rising at Daiichi
Ground water contamination has been rising steadily at the Daiichi site, especially since the summer of 2013 when water from the well between the ocean and unit 1 measuring a record 5 million Becquerels per liter of radioactive Strontium-90 alone in July 2013 (“Record Strontium-90 Level,” 2014). The quantity of Strontium-90 in the July 2013 well water was 170,000 times the permissible level. TEPCO stated the total Becquerels per liter was likely 10 million when all beta ray sources are included (“TEPCO to Review,” 2014). TEPCO had originally interpreted the July 2013 beta test... more »
Chet Raymo, “Hearing The Galaxies”
*“Hearing The Galaxies”* by Chet Raymo “In her wonderful autobiography, the beloved Mississippi writer Eudora Welty tells of her time at the Mississippi State College for Women. The first book she bought for her bookshelf was In April Once, by the Mississippi poet William Alexander Percy. The first poem in the book, written in New York City, was entitled "Home": "I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed. The silken sound of whirled infinity Is lost in voices shouting to be heard..." She is walking on the campus at night, the poem i... more »
"What Life Requires..."
“Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle, sick, considerate, funny, stupid, healthy, greedy, beautiful, lazy, responsive, foolish, sharing, pressured, intimate, hedonistic, industrious, manipulative, insightful, capricious, wise, selfish, kind or sacrificed. Life does, however, require us to live with the consequences of our choices.” - Richard Bach, "Running From Safety"
Stephen Levine, “Half Life”
*“Half Life”* "We walk through half our life as if it were a fever dream, barely touching the ground, our eyes half open, our heart half closed. Not half knowing who we are, we watch the ghost of us drift from room to room, through friends and lovers never quite as real as advertised. Not saying half we mean or meaning half we say, we dream ourselves from birth to birth seeking some true self. Until the fever breaks and the heart can not abide a moment longer as the rest of us awakens, summoned from the dream, not half caring for anything but love." ~ Stephen Levine
“Being a Human in This World, A Personal Credo”
*“Being a Human in This World, A Personal Credo” * by John Robbins “I am someone who works and prays for world peace. Perhaps you are, too. But our society is spending a billion dollars a day preparing for war. I believe that inner peace is found when you love the world as it is, rather than faulting it for not living up to your expectations. I believe in forgiveness. I believe in accepting others for who they are. But I am part of a society that is spending far more on weapons of mass destruction and producing far more toxic waste than any other in the history of the world. I bel... more »
“Life's Crossroads: How To Thrive in Times of Change”
*“Life's Crossroads: * *How To Thrive in Times of Change”* by Linda Durnell “Life's crossroads create opportunity for us to choose between different options, and when we see someone embracing the moment when choices are decided upon, it can be awe-inspiring. A crossroads is about change. Choices must be made - not just when things are not working out as we had planned, but also during positive moments when we must choose to continue the course or veer off into something new. When we experience an ending in a marriage, a change in careers, political upheavals, the end of childrearin... more »
Pleading amendment orders interlocutory
Dynasty Furniture Manufacturing Ltd. v. Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2015 ONCA 137: [5] Decisions permitting amendments to pleadings are normally understood to be interlocutory in nature: see *Merling v. Southam Inc. *(2000), 183 D.L.R. (4th) 748 (Ont. C.A.), at para. 2. However, the appellant argues that the motion judge's decision is properly characterized as final because it deprives the appellant of its defence to that part of the action based on constructive knowledge. [6] The appellant misconceives the nature of the motion judge's decision. As this court noted recent... more »
President Obama And Israeli PM Netanyahu Differ On What Approach Is Needed ToConfront Iran
Netanyahu and Obama. Photo: Jim Young/ Reuters *Reuters*: *Obama, Israel's Netanyahu clash over Iran diplomacy * *(Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu clashed over Iran nuclear diplomacy on Monday on the eve of the Israeli prime minister’s hotly disputed address to Congress, underscoring the severity of U.S.-Israeli strains over the issue.* *Even as the two leaders professed their commitment to a strong partnership and sought to play down the diplomatic row, they delivered dueling messages – Netanyahu in a speech to pro-Israeli supporters and Obama in an inte... more »
Annual Review of Capitulationist Raccoon Boost
*A been in my yard loaded with morning glory pollen.* Every once in a while I review the awesome figures generated by the arrival of the Annexationist Herbivores at the Taipei Zoo. Last year I scribed: Heh. It was four years ago this month that the Annexation Lardbombs exploded at the Taipei Zoo. They were delivered on Dec 23, 2008, and went on display a month later, to a brief flurry of absolute madness. Profoundly political and not the least bit a demonstration of goodwill, they were handled as a "domestic transfer" under CITES, one of the many quiet ways that the Ma government h... more »
Quote of the day: On government “investment”
“You are right when you say that "It's true that money has to be spent over a long period in order to get more money in the end, but that this does not constitute any reason why the government should do it." “… [N]ot every long-term investment of money is necessarily and automatically profitable or self-liquidating; that depends on the investor's economic judgment; bad judgment leads to a total loss, to bankruptcy or to "money poured down the drain." When, however, the investor is the government, then the results are necessarily disastrous for the economy, for the following reaso... more »
President Obama: Iran Must Halt Nuclear Work For At Least A Decade
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Library of the White House in Washington March 2, 2015. Credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque *Reuters*: *Exclusive: Obama says Iran must halt nuclear work for at least a decade* *(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement.* *In an interview with Reuters at the White House, Obama said that a rift ... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 2, 2015
*Ruth Margalit, Slate:* *Why Does Bibi Do It?* *The real reason Netanyahu is willing to risk Israel’s relationship with the U.S.World leaders have long racked up points at home for being antagonistic toward the United States. Hugo Chavez called Barack Obama “a clown” and “an embarrassment.” Vladimir Putin routinely riles against American hypocrisy. Evo Morales has blasted “North American imperialism.” Their approval ratings soared. In Israel, however, this was never the case. Historically, Israel’s bond with the U.S. has always been its most valued strategic asset. Even as relat... more »
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Giveaway: Amazon Favorites Including $100 Amazon Giftcard
Are you looking for some amazing things for kids on Amazon? Look no further! This giveaway has them all! [image: medipals] Welcome to the Favorite Amazon Finds for Kids Giveaway, generously sponsored by Medi-Pals! Last month, Thrifty Nifty Mommy introduced us to a fantastic kid-friendly medication dispenser called Medi-Pals. Available in 3 fun characters, Medi-Pals dispensers are familiar and fun for the infant, easy for the caregiver to use, and they always ensure that the child is getting the accurate dosage of medicine. Key benefits of Medi-Pals pacifier medicine dispensers: ... more »
Is the California Drought a Geoengineered False Flag Event?
*Jamie Lee* - Is the serious ongoing drought in California geoengineered in order for government to usurp more control over resources and people? The post Is the California Drought a Geoengineered False Flag Event? appeared first on Waking Times.
A3 Newsletter: Cautious Optimism as A3 Supporters Pack the Courtroom for Albert Woodfox
*MEDIA COVERAGE:* *The Advocate* *II* *Times-Picayune* *Judge Brady Gives One Week for Final Briefs in Albert's Fight for Bail --A Release Decision is Expected Soon Thereafter* As expected, arguments began by exploring whether the federal or state courts have jurisdiction of Albert's release and ended with a discussion about what bail for Albert may look like. Though the Court has given both sides one additional week to sum up, we expect he should rule soon thereafter. If he doesn't release Albert, the legal team is prepared to move his compelling case for bail to the state co... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "The Perfect World"
*"The Perfect World"* by Kahlil Gibran "God of lost souls, thou who art lost amongst the gods, hear me: Gentle Destiny that watchest over us, mad, wandering spirits, hear me: I dwell in the midst of a perfect race, I the most imperfect. I, a human chaos, a nebula of confused elements, I move amongst finished worlds- peoples of complete laws and pure order, whose thoughts are assorted, whose dreams are arranged, and whose visions are enrolled and registered. Their virtues, O God, are measured, their sins are weighed, and even the countless things that pass in the dim twilight of neither... more »
"We Are Free..."
“The worst that could happen to us is that we have to die, and since that is already our unalterable fate, we are free; those who have lost everything no longer have anything to fear.” “Death is our eternal companion. It is always to our left, an arm’s length behind us. Death is the only wise adviser that a warrior has. Whenever he feels that everything is going wrong and he’s about to be annihilated, he can turn to his death and ask if that is so. His death will tell him that he is wrong, that nothing really matters outside its touch. His death will tell him, ‘I haven’t touched yo... more »
“Avoiding Negative Vibrations: Taking on the Energy of Others”
*“Avoiding Negative Vibrations: * *Taking on the Energy of Others”* by the DailyOm “In order to protect ourselves from taking on any negative energy from other people or situations we can learn to shield. There are times when you may find that being around certain individuals or groups of people leaves you with feelings of discomfort. It may be that spending time with a particular friend feels draining or that dealing with a specific coworker exhausts you. Being around toxic or angry people is also draining. And you may even find that being surrounded by a crowd of people lowers you... more »
Big Brother Comes To Pakistan
*An excerpt from, "Pakistan Anti-Terror Laws Force 100M Cellphone Users To Be Fingerprinted" NBC News, February 24, 2015:* New anti-terror laws will see 100 million cellphone users in Pakistan forced to submit their fingerprints to a national database or get cut off from the network. The measures were imposed in response to the Taliban's recent school massacre in Peshawar and will see every cell user in the country compelled to link their SIM card to their fingerprint by April 12 or face disconnection. "The Peshawar attackers were communicating [via cellphone] with their handl... more »
Musings on the Strange Pro-China Left
*A wedding dress shop in Sandimen.* SCMP reports on a PRC general who threatened Taiwan while kvetching about Hong Kong. Sun had been discussing the important role of competition in Sino-US ties and maritime territorial disputes in the East and South China seas, when he touched on the risk China faced in terms of subversion campaigns by foreign states. "Hostile forces have always attempted to make Hong Kong the bridgehead for subverting and infiltrating mainland China," Sun said. "The illegal Occupy Central activities in 2014 came as minority radical groups in Hong Kong, under th... more »
Not What We Bargained For: The Cyber Problem
Last week the New America Foundation hosted its launch for an interdisciplinary cybersecurity initiative. I was fortunate enough to be asked to attend and speak, but the real benefit was that I was afforded an opportunity to listen to some really remarkable people in the cyber community discuss cybersecurity, law, and war. I listened to […]
Michael Klonsky : An insurgent movement wins in Chicago
An alliance of union activists, teachers, and community-based organizations took Rahm and his machine candidates to the woodshed. By Michael Klonsky | Special to The Rag Blog | March 2, 2015 “We are sick and tired of being sick and … finish reading Michael Klonsky : An insurgent movement wins in Chicago
World News Briefs -- February 2, 2015 (Evening Edition)
*Reuters: **Netanyahu warns Obama on Iran deal, says he means no disrespect* *(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Monday that the nuclear deal it is negotiating with Iran could threaten Israel's survival and insisted he had a "moral obligation" to speak up about deep differences with President Barack Obama on the issue.* *MIDDLE EAST* Netanyahu says Iran deal *threatens Israel's security*. Netanyahu: Iran nuclear deal *threatens Israel's security*. Iraq starts attack on Tikrit with Iranian help,* no U.S. strikes*. Iraq moves against* ... more »
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., “Yes Dear Children...”
*“Yes Dear Children...”* by Joseph W. Martin, Jr. “Yes dear children there is an evil in the world. It is a disease that infects the mind. A plague that springs back no matter how many times we think we have killed it. The infection is spread by evil men who seek power and control by sowing its spoors in the minds of the poorly educated, the weak willed, the lazy, the naïve. They convince these poor people that their nation's problems, even their individual problems. are not because of their own ignorance or human failings. There problems exist because they have allowed some outsid... more »
USAF Enviromental Specialist Blows Whistle on the Dangers of Chemtrails
*Video -* Kristen Meghan, former US Air Force Industrial Hygienist and Environmental Specialist, gives a ground-breaking presentation of what she had discovered about chemicals while serving her country. The post USAF Enviromental Specialist Blows Whistle on the Dangers of Chemtrails appeared first on Waking Times.
Pope denounces "intolerable brutality" in Iraq and Syria + Assyrians in Syria pray for the release of abducted fellow Christians
*Syrian Christians: 'Help us to stay - stop arming terrorists' (The Telegraph, November 2014).* Christian Zionists in the West, especially in America, support the government of Israel blindly. The government of Israel supports Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Al-Nusra on multiple battlefronts, in the international media by raising their profile through false flag attacks as well as on the battlefields of Syria. ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Al-Nusra are massacring, executing, and kidnapping Christians in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and across the Middle East. So you could make the argument that Christian Zionis... more »
5 Reasons To Drink Water Versus Soda
*Info -* Why drink water when you can have a cold fizzy soda? This infographic pretty much breaks it down. The post 5 Reasons To Drink Water Versus Soda appeared first on Waking Times .
Barbic Prays for Someone to Believe Him
Serial dissembler, Chris Barbic, was in Nashville today trying to fend off a bunch of legislators who have heard enough of his lies. In doing so, Barbic offered another whopper: “People are coming after us left and right on this thing, and it’s two years old,” ASD superintendent Chris Barbic told senators on the Education Committee. In case you haven't been keeping up, Barbic was hired as Superintendent of the ASD in May 2011. In May my calculator says it has been four years since the State has been paying him for the screwed up mess he has created in the public schools of TN th... more »
Would The Republicans Really Run Presidential Candidates Who Aren't Natural Born Citizens?
The right-wing activists who vote in the CPAC saw poll-- there were around 3,000 of them this year-- included enough libertarian and Paul family fan boys to give Rand Paul the win (again). He came away with 25.7%. No one is especially impressed-- and no one thinks it means much of anything in terms of the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Second place was more interesting-- Koch puppet and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came in with 21.4%. Third place went to Ted Cruz-- CPAC is his kind of crowd and he should have done a *lot* better than the 11.5% he took. But, then again,... more »
Mossad Has A Fascinating Home Page On The Web
(Click on Image to Enlarge) *WNU Editor:* The link to Mossad's home page* is here*. The front page of the website for Israel's spy agency says it sees the 'invisible' and does the 'impossible' .... but it is the slogan for Mossad’s cyberwar unit that caught my eye .... “Tomorrow is zero hour.”
March 2: A page 1 story and headline that make sense!
A plant that incinerated medical waste in this city has suffered a "devastating" fire. The headline tells us that this poses no environmental danger for us. Okay. That's an important story, and the headline focuses on what it means to us. That's a real, front-page headline story. And that's pretty much it for Monday. Well, editorial cartoonist Adder has a pretty good one of Harper listening as one of his cronies reads a newspaper sentence to him. "An open and fair opportunity giving Canadians a reasonable chance to make an informed opinion about each of the candidates." The crony a... more »
Solar update March 2, 2015 - 17 Solar Flares Observed...
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How Modern Money Production Worsens Income Inequality
*Guest post by **Jörg Guido Hülsmann* [image: Bridging the gap]The starting point for any serious reflection on the subject of money production is the fact that the creation of new money does not bring about uniform and simultaneous changes. An increasing money supply tends to entail a higher money price level1, but the individual prices change at different points of time and each to a different extent (i.e., Cantillon effects). As a consequence, money production creates winners and losers. The winners are those who can use the new money first, because at this point in time the ... more »
Pro Farmer . No GMO
Source: *Occupy Food Facebook Group*
All You Need is Love
The closing words of tonight's *Panorama *were "Love at the heart of politics can only make for a better democracy". They were spoken, perhaps inevitably, by Fergal Keane. There was sad music and hopeful music. And love. Lots of love. Plus Fergal cooing over a baby (belonging to a struggling single mum, naturally). And then more love. The programme was the first episode in a four-part series called 'What Britain wants'. And what Britain wants, it seems, is love - a love that can come from family, from community, from social/political activism, from Islam. The report came from t... more »
Mathematical BBC Presenters in Numbers
After last night's preachy pro-EU mockumentary, BBC Four's main feature tonight attempted to preach a sermon on another of the BBC's main themes. The programme was called Climate Change in Numbers, and it's been trying very hard to teach all of you naughty, naughty, naughty sceptics that the world really is warming, that there's not actually been a pause, that the 'gaps' in the data aren't important, that humans really are responsible, etc, etc. Instead of talking about that sort of thing though, I'd like to shift the discussion onto the kind of subject matter that BBC types usua... more »
Mr. Netanyahu goes to Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s looming address to the United States Congress has me thinking about the nature of authority in security. I think this is an issue that often gets overlooked, especially in security studies where the materiality of power (i.e. the ability o blow things up) takes up most of our collective attention. […]
New Book On Mossad Reveals That They Broke The Codes That Al Qaeda And ISIS Use To Communicate On The Web
*Daily Mail:* *Terrorists are leaving secret messages in porn and on websites like eBay and Reddit to communicate with each other and plan future attacks, new book claims* ** Al-Qaeda encrypts its messages in goods offered for sale on eBay, according to new claims from the book Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad* ** Author says other messages left on board Reddit used hexadecimal characters and prime numbers as code* ** Decoded messages often indicated when an attack was being planned* ** Intelligence agencies in Israel, the UK and U.S. are collaborating in a joint eff... more »
Islamic State Threatens Twitter Over Its Blocked Accounts
*The Guardian:* *Isis threatens Twitter employees over blocked accounts* *Terror group supporters threaten social network, as well as co-founder Jack Dorsey specifically* *Isis supporters have threatened Twitter employees, including co-founder Jack Dorsey specifically, with death over the social network’s practice of blocking accounts associated with the group.* *More News On The Islamic State Threatening Twitter Over Its Blocked Accounts* ISIS supporters threaten Twitter founder Jack Dorsey -- CNN Twitter, law enforcement investigate alleged Islamic State threats -- Reuters Isla... more »
Google Earth Pro for free: 3D model of each building, tree on Earth
One month ago, I read an iDNES.cz article and downloaded Google Earth Pro. It normally costs $399 a year except that incredibly enough, Google made this application fre.. *Click the image for a higher resolution picture of the center of Pilsen.* Once you download the Google Earth Pro (GEP) 7.1, you may register your copy and use GEPFREE as the key (the user name should be your e-mail if you're respectful enough). It works and only occupies 100 MB or so (plus cache if you like it) on your hard drive. For weeks, I couldn't see any difference. But today, I randomly clicked a KML ... more »
Was Boris Nemtsov a double (or was it triple) agent?
*Nemtsov Assassination - Map of Crime Scene* This link is to a translation from a Russian article on the blog FortRuss. It posits the theory that Nemtsov could have been Putin's double agent. *Playing the playboy and buffoon "leader of the liberal (American financed) opposition"....all the while under cover Nemtsov was actually supplying information to the FSB (formerly KGB). * This is certainly an interesting angle. It might explain the very "respectful" comportment of the Russian government subsequent to Nemtsov's assassination...as well as the large turn-out at his commemorati... more »
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Is No Longer A Billionaire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses The Future of Ukraine event in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 21, 2015. Credit: REUTERS/Ruben Sprich *Tatiana Serafin, Forbes:* *Cost of War on Ukraine's Billionaires and the Country* *The last time Ukraine experienced hyperinflation was in the early 1990s when the re-issued country was figuring out what a market economy was after decades of communist suppression. Then intrepid entrepreneurs grabbed assets on the cheap and built billion dollar fortunes.* *Two decades later, hyperinflation is back (the hryvnia has fallen 70... more »
Tony Benn's Bandwagon
A charismatic leader. A people's army. A set of "commonsense" policies. An increasingly worried party leadership concerned about the electrifying effect one man's oratory is having among the grassroots. This is not 2015, and the actors are not an insurgent UKIP under Nigel Farage. This is 1981, and the captivating hero of the hour is Tony Benn. The film below, again from *TV Eye*, tracks Benn and his loyal following on the union conference campaign trail as part of his Labour Party deputy leadership bid. It was very nearly successful too. Only one per cent separated him from the vi... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On The Murder Of Russian Politician Boris Nemtsov
*CBC:* *Analysis: It is not who killed Russia's Boris Nemtsov, it is why* *Why was Boris Nemtsov shot dead? Thecommittee investigating the chilling murder of the vocal Kremlin critic within view of its red brick walls has already established a number of possible motives.Among them is his outspoken opposition to the fighting in Ukraine.For Nemtsov, a long-time opposition leader briefly considered as a possible successor to Boris Yeltsin until Vladimir Putin edged him out, the war next door had become a central, electrifying issue among a litany of complaints against Putin's le... more »
Russian Politician Boris Nemtsov Was Killed In A High-Security Area
*ABC News:* *Boris Nemtsov Shot in Russia: 18 Cameras, But None Captured Mysterious Killing of Putin Critic* *The shooting death of Boris Nemtsov happened in what might be one of the most watched location in all of Russia. It was brazen --literally a stone's throw from the famous Kremlin wall.ABC News counted at least 18 security cameras in the immediate vicinity of the site where, according to Russia's Investigative Committee, Nemtsov was shot multiple times in the back and killed late Friday night. They are in plain sight. There may be many more we can't see. * *WNU Editor*: ...more »
Spockology
"Ship... Out of Danger...?" He died for all your sins, you know..... Because the needs of The Many outweigh the needs of The Few. Or The One. Kobiyashi Muru. Remember. 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Romulus, which say they are Vulcanians, and are not, but do lie; "Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Mirror Universe sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short... Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for, it is a Vulcan number.... its number.... is one million seven hundred and seventy-one thousand, five hundred and... more »
DoD Releases ''Evidence'' of Snowden’s Damages to National Security … and it’s COMPLETELY Redacted
Carey Wedler Per a Freedom of Information Act Request lawsuit filed by*Vice News*, the Department of Defense has released a report on the damaging effects of Edward Snowden’s 2013 NSA leaks. The only problem? It’s redacted. Entirely. Not a crumb of evidence was present in the “evidence” the government released. The “assessment” is made up of multiple reports collectively over 100 pages long and was released by the Defense Intelligence Agency, a wing of the Department of Defense. It was made by two dozen DIA analysts and is fully blocked out, save for several headings. For example... more »
Ron Paul: Shut Down Unconstitutional Department of Homeland Security
Freda Art By Ron Paul Late Friday night, Congress passed legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security for one week. This vote followed weeks of debate over efforts to attach a prohibition on funding President Obama’s executive order granting amnesty to certain illegal immigrants to the Homeland Security funding bill. Despite the heated rhetoric from both sides, no one seriously believes that Congress will allow Homeland Security funding to lapse. Most in Congress believe that, without the Department of Homeland Security, Americans would be left unprotected from terro... more »
Investigation Into The Murder Of Russian Putin Critic And Politician Nemtsov -- News Roundup March 2, 2015
*Daily Mail*: *Model girlfriend of murdered Russian opposition leader under armed guard begs to 'go home to my Mama' in Ukraine amid fears she is being 'set up' by Putin* ** Anna Duritskaya, 23, says she does not know who killed Boris Nemtsov* ** Mr Nemtsov's girlfriend spoke out for first time since witnessing killing * ** Model, 23, said she wanted to 'go back to my Mama' in Kiev, Ukraine * ** The Ukrainian also revealed that she has been barred from leaving Russia * ** Her mother earlier said she feared she was being 'set up' over the murder* ** Mr Nemtsov was with Ukrainian Mis... more »
“Why I'm Not Ready to Give Up on America”
“Why I'm Not Ready to Give Up on America” by John W. Whitehead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vs3xACeqr4#t=73
If Netanyahu Speaks Before Congress, He Will Likely Win Reelection in Israel
*Manufactured image, but speaks the truth (source)* *by Gaius Publius* Howie has been covering the upcoming (perhaps) Netanyahu speech before Congress in light of (1) the relationship between Israel and the U.S., (2) the relationship between people like billionaires Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban and our two political parties, and (3) the relationship between the Netanyahu speech and the upcoming (for sure) Israeli general election. Of Adelson, for example, Howie quotes Uri Avnery in Counterpunch saying this (my emphasis throughout): Who is the ruler of Israel? Prime Minister ... more »
Ukraine War News Updates -- March 2, 2015
Volunteers of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republican guard fire their weapons during shooting training in Donetsk March 1, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner *Reuters:* *Pro-Russian rebels train for more fighting despite Ukraine truce* *(Reuters) - A ceasefire is broadly holding at last on the front line in eastern Ukraine, but fighters in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk are training for another round of clashes against government troops.* *Honing their skills under the eye of rebel commanders, fighters fired automatic assault rifles, grenade launchers and e... more »
In charge of truth? Google considers ranking sites on "facts", not popularity
http://rt.com/news/236681-google-truth-algorithm-search/ *In charge of truth? Google considers ranking sites on facts, not popularity* March 02, 2015 05:51 Reuters / Dado Ruvic Google is considering putting itself in charge of online truth, in order to assist users in an age of information overload. The web giant would rank search results based on each site’s 'truth score' instead of its popularity level. The search engine currently relies on a system that ranks websites based on how many times the page has been linked to – which means that even fake information has a way of m... more »
UN: Death Toll In Eastern Ukraine Passes 6,000
*UN News Centre:* *6,000 have died in eastern Ukraine in less than a year, UN says* *The estimated death toll caused by the continuing fighting in Ukraine has now surpassed the 6,000 mark, the United Nations human rights office confirmed today, amid broader warnings that the country stands on the brink of a “new and very deadly chapter” in its conflict. * *WNU Editor:* These are the UN numbers .... everyone that I know in Ukraine who is in a position to know are telling me that the real numbers are triple the UN numbers. *More News On The Latest UN Report announcing That The Deat... more »
World News Briefs -- February 2, 2015
*CNN:* *Netanyahu: Israel-U.S. 'friendship will weather the current disagreement'* *Washington (CNN)Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a conciliatory tone Monday, reaffirming the U.S.-Israeli relationship remains strong and, despite controversy surrounding his Tuesday address to Congress, said the two nations "will weather this current disagreement."* *"Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future — because we share the same dreams...because the values that unite us are much stronger than the differences that divide us,"... more »
Brian Greene's 14-hour audiobook
I admit that I have never bought an audiobook. And I don't even know what kind of devices or apps are able to play them. But most of us are able to play YouTube videos. And a user who is either a friend of Brian Greene or a pirate posted the full audiobook of "The Hidden Reality" to YouTube a month ago. If you have spare 13 hours and 49 minutes today (and tomorrow, not to mention the day after tomorrow), here is the first 8.3 hours: And when you complete this one, you should continue. Here are the remaining 5.5 hours: If you haven't tried the videos yet, you may be puzzle... more »
March to Protect Medicine Lake: Federal Court, March 12, 2015
Indigenous Nations Rally to Protect Medicine Lake from Geothermal Desecration Federal Appeals Court Hearing March 12 in San Francisco, CA Ceremonial sunrise gathering, march, rally, and press conference Immediately following hearing on courthouse steps. By Protect Medicine Lake Censored News SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- On Thursday, March 12, 2015 a federal appeals court will hear
U.S Government To Unleash Trolls To Attack Conspiracy Theorists
By RedsilverJ Increasingly, "conspiracy theorists" are being included in discussions about ISIS and other terrorist organizations. Most worrying is the establishment narrative that social media has been taken over by these groups. Enter government control of the Internet as the solution... Subscribe: TeamWakeEmUP *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 2, 2015
*RT*: *NATO rolls out 'Russian threat' in budget battle* *NATO member-states unwilling or unable to help boost the military spending are being accused of ignoring the “Russian threat,” that has re-emerged as the core of the alliance’s agenda to boost arms sales.* *A report saying one of major NATO funding contributors, the UK, could fail to fulfil the commitment to spend 2 percent of its GDP on the alliance in 2015 came as a bombshell for some of the West’s military elite. * *Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 2, 2015* Odierno warns cuts to UK defense spending coul... more »
Did The Egyptian Military And The UAE Conspired To Overthrow Morsi's Egyptian Government?
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi *New York Times:* *Recordings Suggest Emirates and Egyptian Military Pushed Ousting of Morsi* *Audio recordings of senior Egyptian officials that were leaked Sunday suggest that when Mohamed Morsi was president, the United Arab Emirates gave the Egyptian Defense Ministry money for a protest campaign against him.The recordings, which could not be authenticated, appear to indicate that both the Egyptian military and its backers in the Emirates played a much more active role in fomenting the protests against Mr. Morsi in June 2013 than eithe... more »
Top U.S. Admiral: Chinese Submarines Not As Good As Ours
The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia in this February 6, 2013 handout photo. The Tennessee and 13 other Ohio-class submarines are critical elements of the U.S. nuclear deterrent but the oldest has been in service for 33 years and the end of the fleet's useful life of 42 years is in sight. Every nuclear weapons delivery system in the U.S. arsenal ? the so-called triad of bombers, ballistic missiles and submarines ? will have to be replaced in the coming 30 years. Reuters/US Navy Handout *IBTimes:* *Chinese Subma... more »
Earthcycles at work on new Crow Voices Radio FM antenna
Video: Native youths at summer camp doing radio for Crow Voices at Center Pole Grassroots Crow at Center Pole on Crow Nation creating new FM station By Brenda Norrell Censored News Govinda of Earthcycles is at Center Pole on the Crow Nation, in southeastern Montana, today setting up a new antennae upgrade for the new Crow Voices Radio's 91.1 LPFM. While the low today is 5 degrees, Govinda
Emwazi day
The whole of BBC News today is about Mohammed Emwazi. Everyone who ever came into contact with him since the day he was born has been interviewed on the television. He was quiet and hard-working you know (apart from the occasional paroxism when walking past the house of a Jew.) The BBC is mystified. It's trying to get to the bottom of where and how the studious young man was radicalised. If anyone hasn’t already realised, this wild goose-chase has been designed to make us think that Emwazi was a patriotic British citizen until the fateful day he bumped into the fairy Jihadi-m... more »
A path
Along the new trail, built by no one I knew, acorns had fallen by thousands, more than enough to leave creatures dazed by too much fortune. Conkers have tumbled among them, each experimentally chipped and then rejected by some set of tiny teeth. Hazel nuts were better, it seems. Should an adder pass en route to denning, amid this rich mast, amid this late fall of goldened leaves of ash and beech, I might merely step aside, unalarmed as any fattened squirrel. Across the pasture, I remember, past the partly shaded ferns, cowslips, bluebells, buttercups of spring and summer, where f... more »
CHockey trade deadline
I love the pick up Petry. A great skating, good sized puck mover. If the pucks not in your own end you dont have to clear the net. In the "New NHL" skating trumps smashing. As he comes from Edmonton who knows what kind of upside he really has. With the structure in Montreal he could be amazing. More or less it was a trade for Josh Gorges. Except Montreal retains the 31st pick overall and gives up the 60th pick. The possible 3rd pick of Montreal is filled in with the existing much higher third pick of Colorado. So basically a sure number four for a bag of pucks. Considering the i... more »
Obama-Netanyahu ''Fallout'' is Theater - Planned in 2009
Tony Cartalucci In a 2009 US policy paper published by the corporate-financier funded Brookings Institution, it was made clear that the US was determined to provoke Iran into a conflict and effect regime change at any cost - up to and including an outright military invasion and occupation of Iran with US troops. However, before it came to that, the Brookings Institution's policymakers explored other options including fomenting US-backed political unrest coupled with covert, violent force, the use of US State Department listed foreign terrorist organizations to carry out assassina... more »
Twisting Arms at NATO
Right on schedule the US is pressuring NATO members to kick in more spending for the cancerous military alliance project in Ukraine.
Top U.S. Intel Chief Refuses To Discuss Chinese Military Buildup Against Taiwan
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on ''Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States'' on Capitol Hill in Washington March 12, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque *Taipei Times*: *Clapper refuses to discuss PLA threat* *TESTIMONY:The US director of National Intelligence did say that China is augmenting the more than 1,200 short-range ballistic missiles deployed opposite Taiwan with DF-16s* *US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thu... more »
Another Chinese Military Purge In The Making?
ESSENTIAL BACKING: President Xi Jinping inspecting an honor guard in September. The armed forces are integral to his “China dream,” a rejuvenated nation that is both peace-loving and militarily powerful. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon *Business Insider/Reuters*: *China is going after another top military officer* *BEIJING (Reuters) - China is investigating 14 of its senior military officers, including the son of one of its former top generals, for suspected corruption, state media said on Monday, the latest wave of Beijing's intensifying anti-graft campaign in the army.* *The Defence Mi... more »
North Korea Fires Missiles Into The Sea To Protest The Start Of U.S. - South Korean Military Exercises
*VICE News:* *North Korea Launches Two Missiles in Protest Over US-South Korea Military Drills* *North Korea fired two missiles into the sea on Monday, in what is being seen as a protest over the US and South Korea commencing their huge annual war games. Today's incident quickly raised tensions and diplomatic condemnation, in what has become an yearly game of brinksmanship."If North Korea takes provocative actions, our military will react firmly and strongly so North Korea will regret it in its bones," said South Korean Defense Minister Kim Min-seok in a press statement*. *More... more »
The 'A' word
It's the same old story... The Times begins one of its top stories today like this: Ten men have been charged as part of an investigation into child grooming and sexual exploitation in Rochdale. The men, *nine of whom are Asian*, are accused of a series of serious sex offences against seven victims, aged as young as 13 at the time of the alleged offences, between 2005 and 2013. ITV News begins its account of the same story like this: Ten men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale. The men, *nine of whom are Asian*, are accus... more »
Supplemental: What Patricia Arquette said!
*MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015The fuller text of her statements:* Patricia Arquette spoke two times on Oscar night. Below, you see the full statement she made as she accepted her Oscar. To watch the speech, click here: ARQUETTE (2/22/15): Okay, Jesus. Thank you to the Academy, to my beautiful, powerful nominees. To IFC, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, Cathleen Sutherland, Molly Madden, David DeCamillo, our whole cast and our crew. My Boyhood family, who I love and admire. Our brilliant director, Richard Linklater. The impeccable Ethan Hawke. My lovelies, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater.... more »
Reflections on Conference, Russia & Ukraine
*US Marine flag found in Debaltsevo, Ukraine. It **appears t**hat "trainers" from the Marines left the flag as they fled from the battlefield along with portions of Kiev's Army when recently surrounded by the eastern self-defense forces* - I am on the train heading back to Maine after the Helen Caldicott nuclear weapons conference in New York City. I'll write more about it once home but for now I can say that my talk was well received by most people there. I made sure to connect the dots between US-NATO "missile defense" deployments, now being used to encircle Rus... more »
AIM Wounded Knee Liberation Day 2015: Photos by Carla Lisa Cheyenne
PHOTOS by CARLA LISA CHEYENNE Wounded Knee Liberation Day 2015 AIM Grassroots 2015 royalty (Top Photo) Miss AIM Grassroots: Mahli Shey (granddaughter of Renee and Larry HandBoy) Miss Liberation: Katie Underwood granddaughter of (Clifford Black Elk and daughter of Tara Black Elk) Aim Grassroots AIM warrior: Wicahpi Rowland from the Fire Lightening Tiyospaye . . (Above)
Helter Skelter To World War Three
Yesterday, Whitewraithe and I discussed on our Turbulent Times broadcast a most important article that is absolutely a must read by everyone... It vindicates everything that her, others, and myself, have been trying to say to people for the last few decades.... Right now, I do want to discuss that article right here at my own site.....This important article comes from Lasha Darkmoon's website at www.darkmoon.me, and is written by former US government official, Paul Craig Roberts.... Lasha's article is entitled "Helter Skelter To World War Three" and I have it right here for everyon... more »
Running Updates on the "Witch Hunt"
This post will serve as a running update on the so-called "investigation" of my research on disasters and climate change at the University of Colorado. I will update it as warranted, with newer stuff at the top. Pointers and tips welcome in the comments. Updates - Rep. Grivalja has walked back his requests, according to Ben Geman at the National Journal: Climate Letters Went Too Far. Since Rep. Geman already has complete access to all my financial COI disclosures, I guess we now know that the letter was an unnecessary stunt designed to smear. Nice. - The Denver Post ... more »
THE CALIBER OF OUR OWN DISCOURSE: It happened one night!
*MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015Part 1—Patricia Arquette speaks:* Our young analysts were crying even before she was done. We had let them stay up late to watch the Oscars broadcast. Midway through the glamour-strewn evening, Patricia Arquette was honored as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Arquette was being honored for her performance in Boyhood, a very unusual film. Along with everyone else in the “Boyhood family,” she had worked on the project over the course of twelve years. You’d think a person in that position might want to say something about her “art.” Like other Oscar winners t... more »
Violence Down In Iraq In February 2015
There was a short spike in violence in December 2014 and January 2015, which ended in February. Both attacks and casualties went down last month to the lowest levels since May 2014 despite major operations by the Islamic State in Anbar, Ninewa and Salahaddin. This was part of a larger trend, which has seen security slowly improve across Iraq since the summer. The press reported 655 security incidents in February 2015. That was lower than January’s 815 and December’s 689. For a short period it looked like the Islamic State was ramping up operations for another major push in the ne... more »
Student Loans Are Becoming The Most Crippling Debt In America
*Mark DeNicola* - It’s one of the key facets of the American Dream: if you want to have a great house, beautiful spouse, and that head-turning Mercedes, then you need to get a good education. The post Student Loans Are Becoming The Most Crippling Debt In America appeared first on Waking Times.
Tensions Rise Between The White House And Israel On The Eve Of Netanyahu's Congressional Speech
*Stephen Collinson, CNN*: *Obama and Netanyahu: A clash of world views, not just personalities* *Washington (CNN)The disconnect between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about a lot more than bad personal chemistry.* *Their relationship, which will be played out in all its dysfunctional glory during Netanyahu's visit to Washington this week, founders on a deep ideological divide and a sharply conflicting world view.* *More News On The Rise Of Tensions Between Israel And The U.S. On The Eve Of Netanyahu's Congressional Speech* White House an...more »
Two First Amendment Rights, Only One Protected: Last Man Standing (Sort Of) Gets It Right
One of my guilty pleasures is watching Tim Allen's show Last Man Standing. Guilty because, unlike the very apolitical Home Improvement, Tim Allen uses his new vehicle to take some slaps at President Obama and liberals in general. In a recent episode, Three Sundays, they addressed two rights protected by the First Amendment, how these rights play out in the workplace, and sorta kinda got them right. However, they didn't explain why one right was protected and one wasn't so I will. *Free Speech*: The first issue was the right to free expression. Ryan, the despised-because-he's-a-liber... more »
Iraqi Forces With Shiite Militias Launch Military Offensive To Retake Tikrit From Islamic State
*Vice News:* *Iraqi Forces Launch Massive Assault to Retake Tikrit from the Islamic State* *Iraqi armed forces and pro-government militias today launched a major offensive to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State extremist group, in part of a push to capture swathes of lost territory.The assault began early on Monday and included government troops and police alongside allied Sunni and Shia militias, according to state television and other local media outlets. Military jets and helicopters were also reported to be involved, as well as around 30,000 troops. * *More News On Iraqi... more »
Just How Furious Is The US Surveillance State At Russia Over Ed Snowden's Asylum?
Early in the third season of *House of Cards*, Russian President Victor Petrov has the Russian security police arrest American gay rights activist Michael Corrigan in Moscow, which causes a disturbance in U.S. domestic politics (and international relations). It would have been far more complex for Beau Willimon to write Ed Snowden's sojourn to Russia into the series instead. There are people who believe the CIA aggression in Ukraine was, at least in part, pay back for Putin's grant of asylum to Snowden. In his book, The Edward Snowden Affair, Michael Gurnow doesn't get into that s... more »
Using Common Core to Dumb Down College to Benefit Student Loan Predators
The New York Times had a "news story" yesterday that attempts to downplay the effects of the growing Opt Out movement on the survival chances of the fetid Common Core. According to the Times, the Gates and Lumina Foundations don't havemuch to worry about from a bunch of disorganized and hot-headed parents who will, in the end, send their children to school to be hammered with the new failure production system known as Common Core. We'll see. The big underreported story ofthe Common Core debacle involves the corrupt Lumina Foundation's influence in helping to assure that the Core... more »
'Crying Earth Rise Up' Premiere Packed at Sedona Film Festival
“Crying Earth Rise Up” Premiere at the International Sedona Film Festival Article and photos by Natalie Hand Lakota Media Project/Owe Aku Censored News SEDONA, Ariz. -- The emotionally charged documentary “Crying Earth Rise Up” was showcased to a full house at this week’s Sedona International Film Festival. Filmmaker Suree Towfighnia and film editor Sharon Karp were on hand for the
Mark Levin and Sue Payne of WCBM...
*the latest shiny object.* I'm not sure if it is possible for anyone to have missed the story of *Sue Payne's call to the Mark Levin Show about a conference call about immigration that is very disturbing. * I'm not going to repeat the details of the call. They're at the link above in case for some reason you haven't bumped into them - an occurrence I highly doubt, or you can listen to it below. Supposedly, Ms Payne was inadvertently included on a conference call that included 16 members of Obama’s Cabinet as well as La Raza’s Cecilia Nunoz. This story is just about everywhere and ... more »
Bolivia recoups stolen art from New York criminals
[image: FILE - In this April 23, 2013 file photo, a stained glass window, broken by thieves according to the local priest, remains damaged at the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana in Copacabana, Bolivia. Bolivian officials say more than 400 objects of art have been stolen from churches, including paintings, decorative silverwork, polished gold and silver altar pieces and gem-encrusted jewelry. Photo: Juan Karita, AP / AP] FILE - In this April 23, 2013 file photo, a stained glass window, broken by thieves according to the local priest, remains damaged at the Basilica of Our Lady of ... more »
How Small Lies Obscure Objective Truth and Simplicity
*Bernie Suarez* - Until enough of humanity can awaken to the simplicity of our situation our progress will continue to move slow. The post How Small Lies Obscure Objective Truth and Simplicity appeared first on Waking Times.
Caveat Emptor
http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/ We should approach the next election with caution. That's because the nature of electoral politics in Canada has changed. Michael Harris writes: The old electoral politics of presentation, explanation and proof are mostly dead. Politicians no longer court you, they stalk you. They don’t campaign, they spy, cheat, chisel and connive their way into office. There have always been rainmakers, fixers, and crooks hanging around politics like flies in a barnyard. But the new technologies, and the access to perso...more »
Quinoa & Blackened Tilapia Bowl
We all want to eat healthier, but it's hard, right? So many "healthy" recipes are full of ingredients you've never heard of, and you want a meal the family will still eat. So how do you do it? Often the answer comes down to swapping out traditional ingredients for healthier alternatives. Mexican food is a favorite, but it's often not particularly healthy. But with a few modifications it can be. That is the idea behind the quinoa and blackened tilapia bowl. It's truthfully a cross between blackened tilapia (a favorite dish in our family) and a Mexican bowl, swapping out the rice ... more »
Updating Great Lakes Ice Cover 2015- Passes 88 percent mark!
Following up the Great Lakes ice build up! I will relink the two previous posts below! *88.3 percent and growing*- The images are from the first of March/15 http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/ *Previous Posts:* - Great Lakes Ice Cover 2015 almost 87%. Thousands of Record Cold Temps broken - Great Lakes ice cover SURPASS 2014's almost-record year? Related:The global warming slowdown is real — but that’s no reason to question climate science ??
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*UM’s tolerance problem* Jonah Goldberg I once asked my late father if he had any experiences with anti-Semitism. There weren’t many. Although that was probably in part because of his scoring methodology. The Irish kids who beat up the Jewish kids in his Bronx neighborhood didn’t do so because they were anti-Semitic, but because “they had to fight somebody,” as my dad put it. Today, such behavior would probably be called a hate crime. So I suppose that’s progress. He did tell me that the first time someone said to him “Don’t Jew me” was during his freshman year at the University...more »
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*New Orleanians gradually accepting radical new attitude toward water ~Bob Marshall * *Storm Surge Inundation (SLOSH Maximum of Maximums) ~NOAA* *Straw Man? Jindal Fails at CPAC Poll ~NOLA DEFENDER* *New Carnival ship to expand cruise capacity in New Orleans ~WWLTV *
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*Just When You Thought Scientists Couldn’t Possibly Get Any Stupider* Three years ago, ingenious scientists predicted that DC cherry trees would bloom in February [image: ScreenHunter_7616 Mar. 02 00.33]Could cherry blossoms one day be blooming in winter? – The Washington Post We just had our second coldest February on record, and Chesapeake Bay is frozen over. [image: ScreenHunter_7603 Mar. 01 20.02] With lots more record cold on the way. [image: ScreenHunter_7617 Mar. 02 00.36] You have to wonder how these people are able to tie their own shoes, much less find their way... more »
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*Barbier forbids attorneys who deceived court in BP settlement from representing claimants; Could face professional sanctions ~Kyle Barnett, Louisiana Record*
for harper, No Time is a Good Time to Have an Election
I think he'll put it off as long as he can. Maybe oil prices will surge. Maybe a war will be declared and harper will join it and cancel the election. Maybe the Duffster will have a heart-attack. Maybe Patrick Brazeau will lose some weight and get back in shape and beat-up Justin Trudeau on the streets of Ottawa. Or maybe (he can only hope!) there will be a horrible terrorist attack, killing several Canadians, and we'll all flock to harper (who let it happen) to "keep us safe"! Or maybe another train will derail. Or another deadly listeriosis outbreak. Or a financial sector implo... more »
Europe Watch ( March 2 , 2015 ) - HETA ( Austria Bad Bank ) in focus as bail in looms for creditors ....Europe data of the day , unemployment ( EZ area 11.2 percent , EU 28 9.8 percent ) and inflation ( -0.3 for Feb 2015 ) data released ..... QE and bond market items of note .... Russia and Ukraine items of note ..... Italy items of note.
Tweets... zerohedge retweeted *MineForNothing* @minefornothing · 30m30 minutes ago SCHELLING SAYS CAN'T SAY HOW BIG A HAIRCUT HETA CREDITORS MAY FACE *zerohedge* @zerohedge · 27m27 minutes ago Austria "bad bank" bonds just got Lehmaned. Will need a bigger bad bank... *Open Europe* @OpenEurope · 9m9 minutes ago New EU rules to impose losses on bondholders come into play with Austrian bad bank http://openeurope.org.uk/daily-shakeup/ greece-seeks-renegotiate-bond-payments-ecb/#section-9 … *Frances Coppola* @Frances_Coppola · 36m36 minutes ago So, here's th... more »
Obama-Netanyahu "Fallout" is Theater - Planned in 2009
US and Israel attempting to establish feigned "diplomatic row" to justify "unilateral" Israeli attack on Iran. *March 2, 2015* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - In a 2009 US policy paper published by the corporate-financier funded Brookings Institution, it was made clear that the US was determined to provoke Iran into a conflict and effect regime change at any cost - up to and including an outright military invasion and occupation of Iran with US troops. However, before it came to that, the Brookings Institution's policymakers explored other options including fomenting US-backed political ... more »
Australia and Norway cooperate on Joint Strike Missile
[image: Joint Strike Missile]Australian will cooperate with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence to develop Kongsberg’s Joint Strike Missile as a potential future weapon for Australia’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighters. The Kongsberg Defence Aerospace Joint Strike Missile (JSM) system is a fifth-generation, long range precision guided stand-off missile designed for both Anti Surface Warfare (ASuW) and Naval Fire Support (NFS) missions over land, sea and the littoral. At four metres long and weighing around 400kg, it can be carried externally or internally by the F-35A, but is too large for ... more »
Create that mainstream Art Product that will mean I don't have to work to make ends meet?
*didn't sell then, an axe made it legendary* "I'm not a fucking art whore like you," is what I say to *creatives* who suggest that I *"Create that mainstream Art Product that will mean I don't have to work to make ends meet?"* It's happened before, when I was painting the kinds of red-shoe psycho-realist paintings (Red Hedz 1989 above) not wanted by the 1990s green-shoe art market. "Why don't you just lie down when the mainstream *free-market* tells you and piss on your creative stomach, Mike Philblin?" is what the world really wants from *people who think differently?* Van Gogh ne... more »
Mysuru firm develops critical technology for missiles
[image: Nirbhay cruise missile]On March 13, 2013, India had to destroy its nuclear-ready cruise missile Nirbhay which was on its first flight trial. The reason: Nirbhay deviated from its intended course, sparking fears. The kind of damage and loss such incidents can cause in the absence of a self-destruct mechanism is grave. Yet India doesn't completely posses the software and intellectual property for such technology. As the Prime Minister's Make-in-India campaign gains pitch in the defence sector, the DRDO has found a reliable partner in Kaynes Technology, a Mysuru firm. Read ... more »
Italian air force orders three Hammerhead UAS
[image: P.1HH HammerHead UAV]The Italian air force has confirmed that it will be the launch customer for the Piaggio Aerospace P.1HH HammerHead unmanned air vehicle, as it commits to purchasing three systems. This will consist of six air vehicles and three ground control stations, to be delivered in 2016. The order follows on from the first flight of a representative prototype that took place last December. Italy's air force has publicly supported the development of the HammerHead since the UAV was unveiled at the Paris air show in 2013, but until now was hesitant to commit to a pur... more »
North Korea, angered by drills, fires short-range missiles
North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korean officials said, a defiant response to annual military exercises between South Korea and the United States but one which drew a swift protest from Japan. The firing came hours before the U.S.-South Korean military exercises were scheduled to begin, drills which the secretive North denounces as a preparation for war. The missiles hit the sea early on Monday morning after traveling for about 490 km (305 miles), according to South Korea's defense ministry. Read more
Indian Navy seeks to buy ship-borne UAVs
[image: ScanEagle UAS]Seeking to enhance its surveillance capabilities on its warships, the Indian Navy (IN) has now announced a global competition for procuring ‘Ship-Borne Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’ (UAV) that can augment various patrolling and search-related tactics on its vessels. The IN currently operates two squadrons of UAVs, but they are land-based platforms operating from naval air stations in Gujarat and Kerala. The Request for Information (RFI), issued by the Directorate of Naval Air Staff (DNAS) last month seeks 50 Naval Shipborne Unmanned Aerial System (NSUAS) for Intel... more »
Pentagon's most expensive fighter ever won't even be able to carry the most advanced weapons because of design flaw
[image: F-35 Lightning II]A design flaw has left a fighter jet that's part of the Pentagon's most expensive project ever incapable of carrying the military's most highly advanced bombs. The F-35B's internal weapons bay is too small for a Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) load, according to an Inside Defense report. Though it's mandated that an F-35B jet, designed by Lockheed Martin, hold eight SDB IIs in the bay, only four reportedly fit. Read more
Argentine technical mission to China to assess the purchase of jet fighters
[image: J-10B Vigorous Dragon]It's official: in the coming weeks a technical delegation from Argentina's Air Force will be travelling to China to assess the convenience of purchasing Chinese jet fighters to replace the obsolete French made Mirages. Only a month ago president Cristina Fernandez was in Beijing where she sealed an “integral strategic alliance” with China. Negotiations remain secret but according to Argentine sources the purchase could range between 14 and 20 aircraft, basically the FC-1/F-17 'Thunder' which is manufactured by Chendu Aircraft Corporation in association w... more »
Shocking rise in safety incidents at Faslane
Reports in the Sunday Herald newspaper this morning that there has been a near doubling of nuclear safety incidents and HMNB Faslane and RNAD Coulport on the Clyde have been described by the SNP as ’totally shocking’. The numbers of nuclear safety events involving nuclear propulsion, rose from a total of 57 in the year 2012-2013 to 99 in the last year available 2013-2014 . Faslane is the base for the UK’s nuclear deterrent Trident submarine fleet on the Clyde, close to Scotland’s main centres of population. Read more
Britain is becoming a friend who can't be trusted, says top US general
[image: General Raymond Odierno]Ever since the Cold War ended more than two decades ago, America has never entertained any serious doubts about Britain’s ability to fulfil its commitment as a vital military ally when tackling threats to the Western alliance. Until now. For the dramatic cuts to Britain’s defence budget implemented since the Coalition took power in 2010 have led to a number of senior US military officers and politicians openly questioning whether, when it comes to fighting the wars of the future, Britain has the capability to be an effective ally on the battlefield. ... more »
Japan sub talks well advanced before glitches ended deal
[image: Soryu class SSK]For several months last year, the federal government single-mindedly pursued a plan, driven largely from Tony Abbott’s office, to buy the navy’s new submarines from Japan. The Australian has been told that process reached the point where media releases were prepared but were never sent out. Senior Defence officials made a number of trips to Japan to discuss the possibility of Australia buying a fleet of submarines evolved from Japan’s successful Soryu-class boats. Read more
Chinese Submarines Not As Good As Ours, Says US Navy Official; Expresses Concerns Over South China Sea Activities
[image: Ohio class SSBN]China’s aggressive expansion of its submarine fleet has been commented upon by a U.S defence expert. Vice Admiral Joseph Mulloy, deputy chief of naval operations for capabilities and resources, told the House Armed Services Committee on sea power that China has been expanding the number and geographic areas of operation for its submarines. However, from a quality point of view they are not at par with the U.S submarines. Mulloy said China is building some “fairly amazing submarines” and has more diesel and nuclear-powered vessels than the United States. Howe... more »
The Empire Strikes Back : William Affirms Loyalty to the Family Business - Genocide
EXCLUSIVE: Obama acts on wildlife after Prince William’s pleaPRESIDENT OBAMA has declared war on wildlife traffickers after meeting Prince William and hearing his impassioned plea to stamp out the illegal trade. *US intelligence agencies, including the CIA and National Security Agency, will now become involved in targeting the £15billion-a-year black market.* *It paves the way for pilotless drones to be used to track poaching gangs who have decimated endangered species such as the black rhino.* *Using the resources of the CIA and its army of spies will give US officials a major ... more »
Musical Interlude: Hans Zimmer, “Time” (Melokind Remix)
Hans Zimmer, “Time” (Melokind Remix) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvYxfhYWv34
PARCC should be called into question, not Peggy Robertson
The Denver Post ran a short article about our hero Peggy Robertson that ignored the reasons for the opt-out movement. It is at http://www.denverpost.com/News/Local/ci_27618118/Educators-refusal-to-give-PARCC-called-into-question-by-district?source=infinite Look at the comments, heavily pro-Peggy. My letter: To the editor: "Educator's refusal to give PARCC called into question by district," (March 1) fails to present the reasons for the success of the opt-out movement. Here are a few: (1) students are being tested more than anytime in history. The tests have bled huge amounts of cla...more »
Musical Interlude: Stellardrone, “Light Years”
Stellardrone, “Light Years” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDJn0SQehb4
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This intriguing trio of galaxies is sometimes called the Draco Group, located in the northern constellation of (you guessed it) Draco. From left to right are edge-on spiral NGC 5981, elliptical galaxy NGC 5982, and face-on spiral NGC 5985- all within this single telescopic field of view spanning a little more than half the width of the full moon. While the group is far too small to be a galaxy cluster and has not been catalogued as a compact group, these galaxies all do lie roughly 100 million light-years from planet Earth. *Click image for larger size.* On close examination with ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Retirement”
* “Retirement”* by Chet Raymo "Farewell, thou busy world! And may We never meet again! Here I can eat and sleep and pray, And do more good in one short day Than he who his whole age outwears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where naught but vanity and vice do reign." "The first verse from a poem called "The Retirement" by Charles Cotton (1630-1687), a friend of Izaak Walton, about his private fishing retreat on the river Dove. The poem was incorporated into Walton's "The Compleat Angler." And what do I make of it, now, in retirement? All these hours on... more »
Goodbye Mr Spock
[image: AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File] I am not sure how it all happened, but the one thing Star Trek got right and it was the hardest thing was to produce the scholar monk as a successful character. Nimoy made it iconic. All scholarship leads to discipline and ultimately to intense discipline equivalent to doing hours of meditation or prayer. All this leads to the neocortex managing the emotional machinery as a matter of course. It is proven to be difficult but totally necessary. What makes it so hard is that this machinery is also used by our limbic nervo... more »
Strange Lights on Dwarf Planet Ceres have Scientists Perplexed
* [image: Pia19185_ip]* Holy crap, we have a artifact! Now try to convince me otherwise. Unless NASA is pulling a bogus routine - go for it - i dare you - this is an unnatural reflector that is unlikely to be a sheet of ice. It also appears to be unique and large as well. There is nothing else special and it is also centered in the crater. Go for it - find me a bullseyed double impact anywhere in the solar system. I does not happen. Thus we already have two problems. The second object or sheet appears to be one diameter away from the first and to be perhaps a tenth as large. ... more »
Heart of Earth's Inner Core Revealed
[image: Earth layers graphic] This is interesting and adds a little new information to tease us. However, i do want to say something. This is very preliminary, but i no longer wish to discount the possibility of physically sinking a shaft using gravity control tools and exotic heat management. I still do not know how, but i do know that the possibility can no longer be discounted with our initial discoveries regarding the nature of gravity. The key is the simple removal of gravitational influence a short distance into the rock itself. This allows the rock to popcorn... more »
Who 'Parked' the Moon in Perfect Circular Orbit Around Earth?
This outlines all that is clearly unnatural about our moon and includes the fact that the moon is apparently hollow. They even found metals in the rocks that are not explainable at all. Right now the most convincing explanation is that the moon was hollowed out to make a space habitat and that this object then was moved into an appropriate Earth orbit. That makes all the oddities and coincidences totally plausible. The same argument obviously supports similar building programs on most other planets and moons. Local gravity can be controlled at will in order to make such s... more »
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“Fukushima Equals 3 TRILLION Lethal Doses”
*“Fukushima Equals 3 TRILLION Lethal Doses”* by Bob Nichols "The world’s second big nuclear disaster occurred at Chernobyl Reactor No. 4 in the Ukraine on Apr 26, 1986. Simply tagged as “Chernobyl,” it is what the next big and well known nuke disaster, after the American Three Mile Island, on March 28, 1979 came to be called. “Chernobyl” ejected 30% of one 192-ton, three-month old reactor core. That’s 57.6 radioactive tons thrown into the air by fire and explosions. The tiny radioactive and burning smoke particles have traveled around the world many times since 1979, killing an es... more »
Links for Catching Up
*No smoking in our community.* What could be better than a month that opens with a trip to Lanyu and closes with a visit to Laochijia? Now it is time to catch up... _________________ *Daily Links*: - Quint Magazine on locally based expat film maker Tobie Openshaw - Industrial sector output rises in 2014 - CKS statues vandalized for 2-28 here and here. KMT legislator Alex Tsai, who ran Sean Lien's campaign, said that Chiang was necessary to save Taiwan from the PRC (historical nonsense; it was US policy, not Chiang, that kept China out of Taiwan) and that people fak... more »
"This Is How I Answer..."
“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked- as I am surprisingly often- why I bother to get up in the mornings.” - Richard Dawkins
Die Wahrheit Macht Frei
"But I'm Right...." from Spike EP on Vimeo. Behind the Gates of Auschwitz - with Jewish Scholar David Cole (1992) from Spike EP on Vimeo. Die Wahrheit Macht Frei The Complete David Cole and Mark Weber on the Montel Williams Show (1994) from Spike EP on Vimeo. Die Wahrheit Macht Frei
“Fukushima, shhhh!”
*“Fukushima, shhhh!”* by Chautauqua "So you walked the path prescribed for you, making certain that you acquired all the requirements for success. You maintained good grades in school and never caused trouble, for you knew the importance of a good reputation. You played well with others. Maybe you even deferred freedom and adventure until after establishing yourself a solid financial foundation. You played the The Game of Life by the rules; knowing you'd get your chance in the fullness of time. You navigated the unforeseen obstacles which more often than not turned out to be mid-c... more »
Israeli Paper: President Obama Threatened To Shoot Down Israeli Jets If They Attack Iran
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks, during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington October 1, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque *Arutz Sheva:* *Report: Obama Threatened to Shoot Down IAF Iran Strike* *Kuwaiti paper claims unnamed Israeli minister with good ties with the US administration 'revealed the attack plan to John Kerry.'The Bethlehem-based news agency Ma’an has cited a Kuwaiti newspaper report Saturday, that US President Barack Obama thwarted an Israeli military attack against Iran's ... more »
Greece Weekend Wrap ( March 2 , 2015 ) - Schauble urges Greece to get rolling on Reforms and advises Greece to avoid default on ECB payments coming due , even as Greece ponders its way forward ........ Hints dropped by Senior Syriza leadership that it might seek a new election in the event of failed talks with Europe during this 4 month Extension..... Political back and forth between Greece and Spain regarding role of Spain / Portugal at Eurogroup ......Can Greece make it through March w/o default ?
Evening tweets - Covering the day...... fred walton retweeted *Elena Becatoros* @ElenaBec · 7h7 hours ago #Spain's FinMin de Guindos says #eurozone discussing 3rd bailout for #Greece. Not so, say Greece and eurozone. *fred walton* @fredwalton216 · 2h2 hours ago ESM: MoU hasn’t run out – Greek govt: No, it ended with the election http:// en.protothema.gr/esm-the-mou-ha s-not-run-out-greek-govt-the-mou-ended-on-the-day-of-elections/ … More back / forth between Greece and creditors fred walton retweeted *Open Europe* @OpenEurope · 9h9 hours ago Eurogroup Chief Dijsselbl... more »
Russia's Missile Forces Command Chief: Ready To Respond To Any Nuclear Strike With A Full Retaliatory Response
#Russia’s SMF Ready to Repel a ‘Lightning-Speed’ Nuclear Strike / Sputnik Int http://t.co/D3vIx0xNaA via @SputnikInt pic.twitter.com/zreX0lTpLv — Enrico Ivanov (@VonHenrick1) March 1, 2015 *RT*: *Russia ready to repel any nuke strike, retaliate – missile forces command chief* *Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces are ready to react to any nuclear strike even if it is lightning fast, SMF Central Command chief said. A retaliatory strike would take place in all circumstances, “without hesitation,” he added.* *“If there’s a challenge to repel a lightning-fast nuclear in any given condi... more »
MENA Report ( March 2 , 2015 ) - Iraq / Syria / ISIS War in particular focus ( Mosul Attack postponed due to ISF clearly not being up to task , In Syria , US Armed Rebels Dissolve ) ....... Libya in Focus ( note the role Egypt has played as a power broker in that failed state ) ....... Iran Talks in focus ( we are now in March - expect another end of the month cliff hanger )
Links..... *US Scraps Attack on Mosul; Iraqis Not Ready* *Iraq: 4,134 Killed in February* *Routed by Qaeda, US-Armed Syria Rebels Dissolve* Iraq PM Urges Forces to Spare Civilians in Tikrit Battle Kurdish Oil Deal With Baghdad Hangs by a Thread Syria Agrees to UN Fact-Finding Mission in Aleppo Libya Foreign Minister Says 5,000 Foreign Fighters Fighting Along With Extremists Canada Rules Out Military Intervention in Libya Iran Offer to Cut Centrifuges by a Third Led to Progress in Nuclear Talks Egypt's Sisi Meets New Saudi King to Discuss Middle East Crises Evening Tweets..... more »
U.S. Limits Its Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine
*Wall Street Journal*: *U.S. Intelligence-Sharing Leaves Ukraine in the Dark* *Spy-satellite imagery first degraded, delayed to avoid provoking Russia WASHINGTON—The U.S. is providing spy-satellite imagery to Ukraine to help in its fight against Russia-backed rebels, but with a catch: the images are significantly degraded to avoid provoking Russia or compromising U.S. secrets.The White House agreed last year to Ukraine’s request to provide the photos and other intelligence. But before delivering them, U.S. officials black out military staging areas on Russian territory and r... more »
Pakistan: Taliban set their sights on police; Egypt goes to war on ISIS
ISIS's brutalities and conquests in Syria, Iraq, and Libya have received the world's attention for good reasons, but it's where they're headed next that should concern us even more. Saudi Arabia is their ultimate destination, but they also have their sights on Egypt and *Pakistan*. Saudi Arabia has always been a strong ally of Egypt and Pakistan, so if ISIS takes Mecca and Medina, what will the rulers of Egypt and Pakistan do? What happens in Syria, Iraq, and Libya is not as nearly as important as what happens in Egypt and Pakistan. Egypt is half the Arab world, and Pakistan has n... more »
Climate Tricks 38: Threats and Witch Hunt of Skeptical Scientists
The anthropogenic or "man-made" warming/climate change camp is getting desperate, some or many of them are turning to outright threats and witch hunting. See these news reports below. From truthout.org, November 12, 2014. This camp of environmental militants want to promote deindustrialization, to junk modernity, meaning we go back to the dark ages? For these eco-socialists, modern life like having more computers and mobile phones, more internet acccess, and capitalism is something that we should be ashamed of. But they are using products of capitalism like fb, youtube, google, etc... more »
Ukraine Facing Hyperinflation
*Washington Post: **Ukraine unofficially has 272 percent inflation* *Ukraine's currency has fallen 70 percent since the start of 2014, and that's pushed it into hyperinflation.Hyperinflation is always and everywhere a political phenomenon.It happens after wars or revolutions, when governments have to print the money they need because there's not much of an economy left to tax—which brings us to Ukraine. It had a revolution, it has a war now, and it's all but broke. Inflation is officially 28.5 percent, but, according to Johns Hopkins professor Steve Hanke, it's really more lik... more »
Authorities In Kiev Believe The Next Big Battle Will Be For The City Of Mariupol
*VOA:* *Ukrainian Volunteers Prepare to Defend Mariupol* MARIUPOL, UKRAINE — Despite the ongoing ceasefire in Ukraine, soldiers in the city of Mariupol fear that pro-Russian separatists may be getting ready to attack. The separatists must take or encircle the city if they wish to gain land access to Crimea, which was annexed by Russia early last year. But Ukrainian forces, many of them volunteers, say they are determined to defend it. On the hills overlooking the sea of Azov, soldiers of the Ukrainian army are digging in. *Update:* *Ukraine's Mariupol holds its breath for next ... more »
You don't suppose the ambush and shooting of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow could have been, like, an accident?
*Somebody clearly didn't wish Boris Nemtsov well.* *"During the first decade of Putin’s rule, the Kremlin depicted its opponents as freaks or idiots, but now they are portrayed as outright enemies of their country."* *-- Joshua Yaffa, in a newyorker.com post,* "Assassination in Moscow" *by Ken* Of course the murder of Boris Nemtsov not far from the Kremlin could have been a coincidence. Just like the apparent murder of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Risman sometime after he had drafted a warrant for the arrest of the country's president and foreign minister. Hey, as we all know, *... more »
smile at death
I once knew a man who says death smiles at us all all a man can do is smile back
Father Bix - Presente!
Last night Father Bill 'Bix' Bichsel passed on in Tacoma, Washington. Fr. Bix is one of the most revered peace activists in the northwest where he founded a Catholic Worker community that serves the poor and homeless with much love and hospitality. He was one of the leaders in the longtime peace protests at the Bangor nuclear submarine base in Washington state. Fr. Bix recently took about a dozen people from his community to sit-in at the gates of the Navy base being built in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island. Just before passing away Fr. Bix was reported to have said Gangjeong ... more »
Google gives new meaning to “Orwellian” - Becomes Ministry of Truth
Jon Rappoport “…if all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth.” (*1984*, George Orwell) The New Scientist has the stunning story (2/28/15, “Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links,” by Hal Hodson): “THE internet is stuffed with garbage. Anti-vaccination websites make the front page of Google, and fact-free ‘news’ stories spread like wildfire. Google has devised a fix – rank websites according to their truthfulness.” Great idea, right? Sure it is. The author of the article lets the cat out of the bag right away with his ... more »
Students in Democratic Schools Learn More
by David Kirp: ARMENIA, Colombia — IN a one-room rural schoolhouse an hour’s drive from this city in a coffee-growing region of Colombia, 30 youngsters ages 5 to 13 are engrossed in study. In most schools, students sit in rows facing the teacher, who does most of the talking. But these students are grouped at tables, each corresponding to a grade level. The hum of conversation fills the room. After tackling an assignment on their own, the students review one another’s work. If a child is struggling, the others pitch in to help. During my visit to one of these schools, second grader... more »
Canadian Press and Media. The Sad, Sycophantic Sell-Out
*Canadian Press and Media. The Sad, Sycophantic Sell-Out* PART TWO Written by Robin Mathews Mar. 1/15 How do we talk about Canadians in Afghanistan delivering prisoners to torture … following orders of the Conservative government led by Stephen Harper? Then Stephen Harper closing parliament to avoid facing questions…? How do we talk about Canadians leading the destruction of Libya, a modern, civil society with the highest standard of living in Africa? Canadian airmen led the air-strike destruction of women and children, towns, villag... more »
Charles the Turd
*Mid-September 2000: Bin Laden Message Gives Hint of Upcoming USS Cole Attack* "A videotape message featuring bin Laden calling for more attacks on the US is aired on Al Jazeera. The video ends with al-Qaeda leader *Ayman al-Zawahiri* [*MI6*] saying, *“Enough of words, it is time to take action against this iniquitous and faithless force [the United States], which has spread troops through Egypt, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.” "* [CNN, 10/20/2000; WASHINGTON TIMES, 8/26/2002] *" Further, bin Laden is wearing a distinctive, curved Yemeni dagger. Lawrence Wright will later mention i... more »
A Synchronicity of Paternities
*"Yet another divorce scandal broke in 1876. This time it seems the Prince of Wales played, uncharacteristicly, an almost guiltless role, his one misdemeanour amounting to writing some compromising letters to Lady Aylseford, who was being divorced by her husband in the grounds of her adultery with Lord Blandford, elder brother of Lord Randolph Churchill. Churchill obtained a packet of letters written by the Prince to Lady Aylseford which Lord Randolph described as of 'the most compromising character', adding that if they were ever published, they would would ensure the Prince 'wo... more »
Turbulent Times Show TONIGHT At 7PM CST On Blogtalk Radio
Yes, Whitewraithe and I are indeed having a special Turbulent Times show tonight at 7PM CST... That is of course 8PM EST for those on the American snowy east coast and Midnight for those in the UK.... The show will discuss not only current events, but also a most important article that was just released by Lasha Darkmoon (www.darkmoon.me) concerning one of the most important articles ever written by Paul Craig Roberts..... It gives damning evidence of exactly what kind of psychosis the United States and other Jewish controlled nations are doing in regards to their insane push for w... more »
“You’re Worse than England!”
*I wrote this for the Australian Footy Almanac site. You might enjoy it too.* ------------------------------ *For every Australian who wasn't at Eden Park on Saturday, there's this from a New Zealander who was.* David Warner started it. He had kindly invited us to bring out our inner bogan, and we did. It took a few overs mind you, delayed in part by the frustratingly clean batting of Mr Warner himself, but by the time Southee clean bowled Finch the top was already starting to come off. 1 for 30, and as a crowd on a gorgeous in-swinging Eden Park day we suddenly sensed it. Bloo... more »
Did Rahm Emanuel Fail Chicago?
*FIRST A LITTLE BREAKING NEWS* The local Chicago SEIUs just endorsed Chuy Garcia over Emanuel this afternoon. This is a huge big deal and the necessary step towards getting the international SEIU to get on board. There have been quite a few times over the years that Blue America has run newspaper and broadcast ads in Spanish. There was only one time, however, that Blue America ran a series of ads in community newspapers in Korean, Polish, Urdu (as well as Spanish and English). It was 2007 and the occasion was an accountability moment for anti-immigrant knave Rahm Emanuel. A few ... more »
The Great European Disaster Movie
I can't say I'll be watching it (though others will) but we're only a few minutes away now from the *Storyville* programme* The Great European Disaster Movie *on BBC Four. It has been widely trailed, and everyone from Nigel Farage to Dan Hannan has denounced it as a "pro-EU mockumentary". It is said to depict a terrible post-EU future with the far-right rampant, ISIS at the gates of Vienna, and Nigel Farage as prime minister of "Great England" busily deporting immigrants *en masse.* The programme has been written by *Dateline London* regular Annalisa Piras (their "voice of Italy... more »
Great Lakes Ice Cover 2015 almost 87%. Thousands of Record Cold Temps broken
* UPDATED Great Lakes info -Updating Great Lakes Ice Cover 2015- Passes 88 percent mark!* *Previous to post below -Great Lakes ice cover SURPASS 2014's almost-record year?* I am aware it's been chilly in Britain- Ireland, Scotland, Spain and elsewhere too- If anyone wants to share please do Great Lakes up to 86.8% Ice Cover *The Great Lakes are now up to 86.8% ice cover. There’s still a good deal of open water on Lakes Michigan and Ontario. As of early Sat. morning, the ice cover on the individual lakes is as follows: Lake Michigan 67.3%, Lake Superior 94.9%, Lake Huron 95.3%,... more »
The global warming slowdown is real — but that’s no reason to question climate science ??
That's a headline from the Washington Post- and it is an obvious, blatant appeal to authority. *I despise appeal to authority sooo much!* *An appeal to authority is an argument from the fact that a person judged to be an authority affirms a proposition to the claim that the proposition is true.* *Appeals to authority are always deductively fallacious; even a legitimate authority speaking on his area of expertise may affirm a falsehood, so no testimony of any authority is guaranteed to be true.* Since we are all aware that 'authority' can be corrupted, tainted, influenced, bought an... more »
Editor's Note
For the next few days blogging will be light. I am finishing up on a project right now, and unfortunately it is taking all of my free time. Blogging will return tomorrow morning.
Ukraine Truce Still Holding But Both Sides Are Now Regrouping Their Forces
Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on an armoured personnel carrier near Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, February 28, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Gleb Garanich *Reuters:* *Ukraine military says rebels using truce to regroup* *(Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Sunday a ceasefire had been fully observed in eastern separatist territories overnight, but warned that pro-Russian rebels were using the truce to regroup for new attacks on government positions.A drop in violence and moves by both sides to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line had raised hopes a shaky two-week-o... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Illuminations of processionals enhance and strengthen
*Illuminations of processionals enhance and strengthen* by ÉirePort Illuminations of processionals enhance and strengthen. Recognitions come at all Gaia consciousness levels. Marcations of implications are definitive. Foundationals are complete. Next Higher Phase commences. ÉirePort | March 1, 2015 at 01:15 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-uo
Je suis Molla
Alan at *Biased BBC* was struck by a remarkable article on the BBC News website - a piece about an Azerbaijani *Charlie Hebdo *from a century ago by Konul Khalilova, editor of the BBC Azeri service. If you've not read it yet, please do so. Given Azerbaijan's peculiar relationship to its Islamic heritage, the BBC can probably get away with publishing such things there but, interestingly, they also chose to share it with their general, worldwide readership. Here's a scene that looks oddly familiar:
From the Sunday Classics Technology Dept.: When music can sound like THIS . . .
*BACH: Cantata No. 82, "Ich habe genug":iii. Aria, "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen"* *Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (May 28, 1925 – May 18, 2012)* -- from the Bach Cantatas Website *Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, cond. DG Archiv Produktion, recorded July 1968* *by Ken* Awhile ago I shared WNYC's New Tech City's "Bored and Brilliant" project, which was aimed at helping smartphonomaniacs get some control over their habit. Judging from the onsite response the project seems to have stimulated a lot of phone compulsives to (a) recognize their j... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, March 1st, 2015
[image: rant-jpeg-b] Sunday again... A new month and of course time again for my weekly rant... It has been very cold here in central Canada, but it is nothing compared to what is happening across the United States right now.... Temperatures everywhere across the states are near record lows, and even with this being March and the prospects of spring coming soon, there seems to be no relief in sight..... I have long said that this cooling trend would happen due to the diminished solar radiation output from our Yellow Dwarf star, Sol, and now we are seeing that result with a massive... more »
The League Against NATO Aggression - Hands Off Russia!
*"We have to be prepared for provocations"* We Hereby Proclaim the People's Democratic Republic of Nulandistan from Spike EP on Vimeo. *Warning: This transcript contains swearing.* *Voice thought to be Nuland's:* What do you think? *Jonathan Marcus*: At the outset it should be clear that this is a fragment of what may well be a larger phone conversation. But the US has not denied its veracity and has been quick to point a finger at the Russian authorities for being behind its interception and leak. *Voice thought to be Pyatt's:* I think we're in play. The Klitschko *[Vitaly Klit... more »
Crow Caw Rant #1
*Crow Caw Rant #1* This *RANT* (loosely modeled on one of my compatriots blog rants)is a feature that I hope to make a regular addition to my blog. Sometimes you hear crows cawing in the neighbourhood, and they sound quite angry. Nobody knows what they're telling each other. In the case of my rants...you will know. My first rant will be about the main$tream media coverage of the Nemtsov assassination...and particularly the parade this morning (Sunday, March 1 2015). I went to my default media liar network the BBC (Biggest and Best Calumny) and it didn't let me down. The first ... more »
Venezuela Accusses The U.S. Of Plotting A Coup. Cuts U.S. Embassy Staff And Restricts U.S. Travel
*Daily Mail:* *Venezuela president claims to have captured U.S. pilot accused of 'recruiting citizens to stage a coup'* ** 'Pilot' with 'Latino roots' detained in Táchira, border with Colombia, in the last few days, President Nicolas Maduro claims* ** 5 other U.S. nationals and 4 missionaries have been detained recently* ** All accused by Venezuelan government of 'espionage' and 'recruitment' * ** Comes as tensions rise between the two nations, Maduro accused the U.S. of trying to overthrow him * ** There has been a recent surge in anti-government protests in Caracas* *More News On... more »
The Australian Police State Declares War on Islam (and Russia)
Australia is the greatest threat existing to global peace and stability on the face of the earth today. Because their Head of Government is a no-nothing, big-eared Human Toby Jug of a Bogan who keeps referring to religious Muslims as being members of "The Death Cult"and stating and re-stating the need to strip them of Civil Rights without any due process. Why? Because, MH-17. Or kiddie porn. Or some other shit. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Declares a Police State from Spike EP on Vimeo. The jug-eared little twit clearly self-radicalised himself by reading Sarah Palin's me... more »
And a brand new entry at No.24...
Except (possibly) for the young these days, it's certainly true that the BBC has permeated most of our lives to a remarkable degree. So much so that I doubt I'm alone in feeling a strange pang of regret that a BBC programme I've not listened to for 25 years is being moved. Yes, Radio One's Sunday chart show is moving to Friday night and, even though it doesn't really matter to me in the slightest, it seems oddly like sacrilege. In my teens 5 o'clock on Sunday, after Sunday dinner, was the time to get my C60 and C90 cassettes ready to record all the new entries. "Number 36", sang ... more »
March 1: What is an oligarchy? Words, words, words....
(It's Sunday. So I took a break from the daily news._ In political discussion, all of us frequently use words we don't really understand. The result is that the words come to have meaning only for the person speaking them - and that meaning is emotional, often with no connection with any reality. A prime example is the word 'communism'. Most people (including most journalists and politicians) have no idea what the word means. To them, its evil. That's it. To them, Stalin was a communist. (He wasn't.) Castro is a communist. (He isn't.) You even find people who call themselves commun... more »
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