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Gov. Don Siegelman's Son on Father's Case; 'Bin Laden's Bookshelf': 'BradCast' 5/22/2015
We've reported for years about the ease with which foreign entities
could hack a computerized US election with little possibility of being
discovered. Well, guess what classic book was reportedly found on 'Bin
Laden's Bookshelf'? We discuss on today's BradCast!
Then, my guest is the imprisoned Gov. Don Siegelman (D-AL)'s son Joseph
Siegelman (pictured above with his father and sister Dana just bef
TLC pulls '19 Kids and Counting' after Duggar molestation allegations
TLC will drop airings of 19 Kids and Counting from its current lineup,
the network announced on Friday, following child molestation allegations
against one of the show's stars, 27-year-old Josh Duggar.
Effective immediately, all episodes have been pulled from the air. "We
are deeply saddened and troubled by this heartbreaking situation, and
our thoughts and prayers are with the family and vic
New satellite analysis fails to find the hot spot, agrees with millions of weather balloons
Here I go, harping on about the missing hot spot again. Roy Spencer has
been hunting for the famous missing hot spot (like half the climate
world) but he’s been looking in the UAH satellite temperature data. Last
week Sherwood et al claimed they finally found it (again!) in an
iteratively reiterated homogenized and adjusted version of radiosondes.
Spencer was not impressed with the black box stati
First 'Wet Hot American Summer' photos are here and they're glorious
Camp Firewood is almost back in session
The first photos from the Wet Hot American Summer Netflx series set have
finally arrived — and everyone still looks gloriously stuck in the
'80s. The eight-episode series is a prequel of sorts to the 2001 cult
film of the same name, which was set on the last day of a summer camp in
1981
See also: Teaser for Netflix's 'Wet Hot American Summer' series confirms
The Corbett Report
Interview 1044 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio
mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-05-22%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This
week on the New World Next Week: Stephanopoulosgate demonstrates
political media bias; major media gets it wrong on GMO (again); and the
BBC admits to broadcasting pro-Israel propaganda.
Interview 1043 – Meet Alfred Adask, Sovereign Citizen
[audio
mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-05-21%20Financial%20Survival.mp3"][/audio]This
week on Financial Survival, James turns the tables by interviewing
Alfred Adask about his background and political philosophy. Alfred
details his crash course introduction to the American injustice system
in 1983 and his three decades of auto-didactic discovery of how that
system really works
Brazil – FLNWO #26
[audio
mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/flnwo26-lq.mp3"][/audio]Satire?
Farce? Romance? Comedy? Documentary? Dream? Mundane reality? A
subversive critique of the system, or merely more predictive programming
of an inescapable tyranny? Join us on this month's edition of Film,
Literature and the New World Order as we attempt to answer the
deceptively simple question: What is "Br
The EnvironmentaList
Getting Past Scientized Scrutiny
Too often, reporting on food and agriculture treats science as a singular source of truth
Fighting Fossils, Letting Go of Regulatory Law
Oregon county embraces a community rights approach to challenge local liquefied natural gas terminal
Star Wars, Hawaiian Style
Indigenous activists take on Northern Hemisphere’s biggest telescope
Former Orca Trainer John Hargrove on the SeaWorld ‘Facade’
Blackfish star slams the marine entertainment giant for ‘disgusting’ treatment of whales
Is the BBC biased?
Hugh Sykes: A Twitter History
As you're probably aware, one of my favourite BBC reporters is BBC
veteran - and 'voice of the BBC' - Hugh Sykes.His latest tweets take you
right to the heart of the BBC's mindset. (He's presently banging on
about immigration, re-tweeting various pro-immigration points).In fact,
Hugh's tweets should probably form an integral part of any A-level
English/Politics syllabus. Pupils ought to be encoura
Back to normal
"I'll get you, Butler!"Given that astonishing pre-election Question
Time, with its audience that gave a genuine foretaste of how the public
would actually vote in the election - and which seemed so, so different
to other episodes of Question Time, where the audience tends to sound
like SWP activists on heat -......and given last week's Question Time,
where a somewhat battered-by-events N
Suspicious Minds
Fair dos to last night's Newsnight for leading with the hacking scandal
at Mirror Group newspapers. Given the wall-to-wall coverage the BBC
gave the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World, owned by the
BBC's main UK rival, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, you would have expected
the BBC to 'go big' on this story as well - especially as the hacking
scandal at Trinity Mirror is now apparently muc
First the UK, then the world!
According to the UK Press Gazette, the BBC now claims a weekly global
audience of 308 million people, "after adding in Facebook, Youtube and
'entertainment'" to the way it calculates its figures.The corporation
aims to reach 500 million people by 2022.The BBC said in a press release
that, for the first time, television (148m a week) overtook radio (133m
a week). Online attracted 55m a we
The Rules of Exposition
William Zinsser: Writing English as a Second Language
Michael Leddy links to a William Zinsser article on effective writing. Good stuff.
It has to look right
In high school I took an art class. We had to draw stuff and paint
stuff, you know. (I.m such an aficionado!) There was an odd-looking tree
outside our house, and I painted that. The teacher didn't like it.I
wish I could remember her name.It was a big old tree, with a tiny little
branch sticking out the side of it a foot or two above the ground.
Weird: trees don't look like that. That was why I wa
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
Inflated human trafficking statistics serve nobody
Found myself making a long, ranty comment on a Facebook thread
this morning and realized, hey, that could be a blog post. Those of us
who write for food appreciate writing that lends itself to more than one
application. So here's the article that started everything, a
Washington Post piece on the vast and profoundly misleading inflation of
human-trafficking figures around the world, and
A Different Perspective
Roswell vs. Aztec
No, this isn’t what you think. It was something that I noticed in a
Billy Cox column which addressed Tom Carey’s appearance at the American
University. Cox was discussing the purpose of the panel discussion and
interviewed adjunct professor John Weiskopf who asked his honors
students to consider the impact of ET themes Display in the
International Museum andResearch Center in Roswell.on popular cu
Arguing Over Trivia
Rather than chase footnotes, I thought I would chase some trivia
because that’s what we seem to be doing here lately. I had thought that
once the body in the slides was identified as an unfortunate child from
hundreds of years ago, we could be done with that discussion. What more
could be said? Arguments about the number of ribs or the other
deformities, which could be the result of a “natural” mu
A Final Fatal Statement about the Roswell Slides
(Blogger’s Note: I had said that I would post, without comment, any
statement from Don Schmitt or Tom Carey. I did that with Carey’s
statement which suggested he was still of the opinion that the slides
showed an alien creature. The note appended at the end, written by
Schmitt, suggested that he was unaware that others had independently
deblurred the note and that the placard was readable. Seeing
Roswell Slides Statement by Tom Carey with Note from Don Schmitt
(Blogger’s note: Yes, I said there would be nothing more about the
Roswell Slides, but I also said that if there was a statement issued by
Tom and Don, I would publish it without editorial comment. There is a
statement that Tom issued. Before it was published elsewhere, Don had
asked for a couple of modifications. That statement was published before
Don asked for the changes. This is the statement
A Very Public Sociologist
Stoke Politics After the Election
The good people of Stoke-on-Trent didn't take my advice. *Sigh*. If
only more people listened to what I had to say, a lot of bother could be
avoided. But on the day our party got a thumping, Stokies gave local
Labour a kicking too. Rather than letting their local council vote be
determined by their national choice, there was unprecedented ticket
splitting, gifting us one of those lovely interpenet
Behold: The Protest Oven Glove
Behold, the forces of progress and socialism were caught napping as No
voters in tomorrow's equal marriage referendum in the Irish Republic
take to the streets in the latest protest apparel: the oven glove.
Feminism and Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road is a paradox. A completely overblown, absurd
masterpiece of a paradox, but one that balances two seemingly
irreconcilables and fuses them astonishingly successfully. On the one
hand its an utterly mindless action romp with scant dialogue, a simple
plot, lashings of violence, and spectacular vehicles that make for very
big explosions. Yet beneath that is a cunning and penetrating
If David Miliband Had Won ...
The polls were with Labour. The feedback on the doorstep was very
encouraging. It looked like all the naysayers and the problems of the
previous five years had been put to bed. Until that exit poll flashed up
on the nation's TV screens. It gave the Tories a clear lead, and one
several seats away from a majority. Then the worst happened. As the
night wore on it became increasingly clear Labour were
A Way to Live
Very good, in fact
We had a nice little storm with about a fifth of an inch of rain, and
air temperatures did not fall below 60F. A quick inspection showed that
the slugs have finally shown up (the big snails, usually not a problem,
had been filling in for them). I braided my hair to keep it out of my
eyes for stoop labor and grabbed my stick (to lean on when bending over)
and a basket and hit the beds before too mu
She was anyway
Across the creek there's not much going on, as Beloved will not start
goats until some offsite obligations have been taken care of. So I still
mostly mow over there, to keep the ground open (it would fill with
blackberries and other invasives if left to itself). At the moment there
are three treatments: Cut on a high setting and leave the clippings as
mulch; cut with bagger for garden mulch; let g
There is always enough to do
We're moving most of the remaining available starts out to the garden
this week: Jenny green beans, Stowell's Evergreen corn, assorted
squashes, tomatoes, and cukes, banana peppers. Many volunteer mangels,
Fordhook Giant chard, and Red Russian kale have turned up as well, and
some have been moved into the available spots, as we take away radishes
and lettuce for consumption.We do corn in a solid b
Two titles to be found in first characters of each line
(Praying for rain)Perhaps the seedlings were better off inside,Really.
She's never sure what's best for them,All down the years trying peat
pots, blocks,Yanking down flats from storage, penciling markers,
Ingratiating herself with baked soils,Now trying perlite, vermiculite,
moss,Getting out lamps and heaters, rotating flats,Fighting intruding
snails, mice and ratsOr even knotweed and morning-glor
A.E.Brain
F-0180 Aerial Test of Torpedo
The second US cruise missile - though the first was a close
contemporary. Yes, this was Rocket Science, 1919 style. Had the Great
War continued, development wouldn't have been delayed, and it would have
been in service by late 1919 in the strategic bombardment role -
probably at night and in cloudy conditions, as it was a fairly easy
target.May I present - the "Kettering Bug"
Activist Teacher
Canadians, before you vote, remember the Liberals
There is no point replacing Harper with a brainless twit who will
continue to drive Canada in the same direction. Trudeau is no Trudeau,
when it comes to Canadian independence and fundamental values.
Trudeau is the continuation of the new Liberal line: Paul Martin,
Stéphane Dion, Michael Ignatieff ...
Martin destroyed the party by infighting to veer the country clearly
towards US interests
Interesting reader-suggested links about learning and schooling
An avid reader of this blog, contacted me and suggested these very interesting links about schools and about learning:
Authoritarian Schooling: A Catalogue of Damage compiled by David Gribble
Annenberg Learner: Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Meaningful Learning Research Group Articles
How we confuse symbols and things
Student Alternative
On the increasing legal suppression of freedom of thought and expression in so-called free and democratic societies
By Denis G. Rancourt
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to
conscience, above all liberties. --John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644
My main overriding message is far from new: that freedom of thought,
opinion, and expression is the very basis of a fair society. That
freedom of speech is the foundational individual right for a truly
democratic system to exist or
Etudiants(es), soyez sérieux(ses) ...
Vous vous êtes fait avoir.
Vous ne pouvez voir l’évidence.
Lorsque la logique, l’évidence est affirmée, vous la rejetez
catégoriquement ou faites la sourde oreille.
Pour dire les choses de manière crue :
Vous êtes des travailleurs dans une économie complètement contrôlée. Les
secteurs de l’éducation et du service professionnel sont tous deux
partie intégrante du même système d’extraction de
Adrienne's Corner
Alan Keyes: On my reading list...
for later today.The garden calls. Yesterday I didn't get outside until
noon. Big mistake. I about died from heat stroke after only planting 6
tomatoes. Alan Keyes offers free 80-page booklet on God-ordained
marriageApril 2, 2015RenewAmerica staffLiberty Tree Alliance, a
nonprofit educational organization of Dr. Alan Keyes, has released a new
e-booklet, How the Claim to 'Homosexual Rights' Des
The Real O'Neals: Is this what ABC thinks is funny?...
or more importantly, does the public think this is funny?The Real
O'Neals, an anti-Catholic sitcom, is neither funny nor does it display
the tiniest bit of truth. There is nothing "real" about this silly
show. A statue of the Virgin Mary, mother of God, on the back of a
toilet? Hilarious. Not.From ABC:A contemporary take on a seemingly
perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an une
Wild Bill: Black Privilege...
is a reality.
How much stuff do you own?...
and do you really need it all?Let's move away from riots, illegal
immigrants, free speech, the Obama administration lying (no big surprise
there), and talk about the stuff that weighs us down. You know the
stuff I'm talking about. The stuff we have to clean and organize, stuff
which usually involves buying a bunch of storage boxes, bins, and
baskets, and just makes our lives way more complicated
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Netherlands approves plans for partial niqab ban
Prime Minister Mark Rutte says ban on face-veils in public buildings and transport does not target religious groups.
Myanmar navy announces rescue of stranded Rohingya
Officials say about 200 people rescued in Bay of Bengal, as UN warns of thousands more stranded at sea.
ISIL claims responsibility for Saudi mosque attack
At least 21 people are killed after a suicide bomber detonates explosives during Friday prayers in Qatif province.
Suicide bomber attacks Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia
At least seven people reportedly killed after attacker detonates explosives during Friday prayers in Qatif province.
Allen L Roland's Weblog
Worldwide Spiritual Resurrection Happening
Art design by Cameron GrayAs Teilhard de Chardin once correctly wrote
~ We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are
spiritual beings having a human experience ~ for right now the innate
evolutionary forces of love and light are manifesting on the planet and
they are demanding that we all participate and find our role in this
rapidly evolving loving plan in action: Allen L Rola
My Living Will / Updated
Allen L Roland at 81 going on 82 years youngSince I’m
approaching 82 and partially disabled with a military service related
condition, it’s time to update my Living Will along with a promise ~
inspired of course by the irrepressible Paul Rudnick of the New Yorker:
Allen L Roland, Ph.D"Me and Merle were talking, ain't many of us left ~
We were chuckling about that. Where'd everybo
Give 'Em Hell, Bernie / The Game Is On
Admit it, most of us know the political system is rigged, that most
Americans have been marginalizedand silenced by a growing plutocracy and
that corporations are now firmly in control, that a truly honest
politician is an oxymoron, that is until now ~ Bernie Sanders is a
lifeboat in a sea of political deception and lost hope. Bernie is an
honest Independent politician who cares enough now in 201
Obama'S Drone Assassinations And Tpp = Tough Patooties, People
CEO Obama rules Plutocracy through fear, intimidation and
secrecySenators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown have recently sent a
letter to President Obama confronting the White House bluntly on the
secrecy surrounding the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and the impact
it could have on the American economy and legal system ~ but in the
process this letter demonstrates to me that the American peopl
AMERICAN KABUKI
Same day, different human
“Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. After
enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. “-Zen sayingIn the
midst of an identity crisis, I find myself wondering if I’m in it
alone. Probably not. I’ve watched the events and people in my life
whisper and scream a message I was impervious to. It called me again
and again to declare who I be.All the while I carried on my rou
China Releases Moon Footage Of ‘Extraterrestrials Bases’
China Releases Moon Footage Of... di
ETUpdateshttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ncgbs_china-releases-moon-footage-of-extraterrestrials-bases_news?start=20Dr.
Micheal Salla has indicated that there is a Military Industrial
Extraterrestrial Complex or MIEC, and that Earth is being assimilated by
an alien agenda which also operates on Earth’s Moon.The photo below is
similar to many that I myself hav
ZEROHEDGE: The War On Cash Destroys A Small Entrepreneur
You know the real shame of this is the really big money laundering goes
on with tankers full of crude oil (which is very fungible), real estate
transactions, and through organized religion (which get a lot of cash
donations). As usual the government takes the "arrest the usual
suspects" approach rather than go to where the problem is really at...
This is not about money laundering, its
American Scofflaw
“這是中國海軍......你走吧！”
CNN在船上的P8-A海神，美國最先進的監視和海底狩獵飛機.“這是中國海軍......這是中國海軍......請走開......為了避免誤會，”英語語音通過飛機在美國有線電視新聞網存在的無線電劈啪作響。
ArmsControlWonk
Geolocating the Kalahari Test Site
I made an appearance at the end of Glenn Kessler’s fact check on Mark
Kirk’s bizarre claim that Nelson Mandela abandoned South Africa’s
nuclear weapons program — something we’ve been scratching our heads over
for a while. While I am officially against handing out Pinocchios,
maybe this is the kick in the pants Kirk needs to lose the lame slide.
The South African case is really interesting — not
Back of the Envelope on the DPRK’s New SLBM
A lot of people are asking how to take measurements and make 3D models
from 2D images. If conditions are juuusst right, SketchUp’s Match Photo
technique is the way to go. Unfortunately, in our world, conditions are
almost never just right, unless you happen to be able to take the photo
yourself. Here’s an alternative method using Web Plot Digitizer, which
is still free and can scale for as much (o
China MIRVs Some Missiles
The Pentagon’s annual report on China’s military power (PDF) describes
for the first time, China’s CSS-4 mod 3 missile equipped with multiple
independently-targetable re-entry vehicles. MIRVs! Hans Kristensen
noticed the passage and, over the weekend, David Sanger and Bill Broad
published a nearly 1000 word piece in the New York Times that includes
quotes by several experts including Jeffrey.
Aaro
Notes from the RevCon II
I was just in New York for a few days and heard some very interesting
things about the coming trainwreck at the RevCon. But I wasn’t allowed
to repeat any of them!
Lucky us, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova has written another “Notes from the
RevCon” post. (See her first note here.)
While she was careful to stick to things said in public, published
online and reported in the papers, it’s kind of amazing to
Big Dan's Big Blog
Pam Geller and the Garland Texas "Shooting": They Just Won't Stop The FALSE FLAGS
Enemies within the gates ruining America (rightwing media calls her a
"patriot"): Jewish Zionist Mossad Agent Pam GellerThere are so many
FALSE FLAGS in this country that it seems like I can't get onto another
subject when another one comes up to write about. This time Jewish
anti-Islam hatemonger Pam Geller was involved. How can someone have a
"job" that solely involves puttin
Freddie Gray Protest In Baltimore; Once Again, "Officials'' Try To
Discredit A Protest With Agent Provocateurs STAGED "LOOTING" Pictures
I wrote a post on the Ferguson protests about how "officials" dispatch
agent provocateurs to protests to discredit peaceful protests and how it
is a plan to shift the focus of the "news" from the actual peaceful
protesters to (fake) "LOOTERS" complete with STAGED PHOTOS of "LOOTING"
so then everyone talks about the "LOOTERS" instead of the real pro
Mark above articles as read
Blood & Treasure
mass incident watch: Linshui
How much do you want high speed rail? Enough to riot when you don't
have it?
Tens of Thousands of residents of the southwestern county of Linshui
gathered in the morning and marched about 3km. Photos posted by the
protesters on social media also showed violent attacks by a police
tactical team(SWAT)and the resistance that followed lasted all day and
well into the night...
...The residents want (n
a letter from the hearse chasers
Just over a week ago we got a letter addressed to my stepson. This
happens occasionally, though he's long since moved out. We bin the
obvious junk and keep the other stuff for when he comes home on a visit.
But this time my partner decided to invoke a mum's privilege to poke
her nose into her offspring's business. The letter was from a company
called Estate Research, “a firm of genealogists who s
BP Slick
Finding California oil spill's cause could take months
Finding California oil spill's cause could take months Published:
Friday, May 22, 2015 at 3:30 a.m.Last Modified: Friday, May 22, 2015 at
3:05 a.m. GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — The operator of a broken oil pipeline
that fouled a California shoreline says it could be weeks or even months
before investigators are able to determine what caused the break and
subsequent spill.Crews have yet to excavate the
Brave New World
'Plastic Will Do Nicely,Sir'
The UK Payments Council today stated that the use of cash by consumers,
businesses and financial organisations fell to 48% of payments last
year. This means that cashless payments have overtaken cash payments for
the first time in the UK. The cash volumes are expected to fall further
by 30% to some 34% over the next 10 years. It is claimed that 4.4% of
adults ‘rarely use cash and the average ATM w
Spotify No Longer Just Music
When we look at the future of on demand and streamed media services the
clue is in the word media. We are no longer shackled to thinking of
vertical movie, music, games but media hubs that satisfy all under one
subscription.To bring the point firmly home Spotify has announced it is
adding more non-music content to its app. The expanded service will
include radio podcasts, news bulletins, video cli
Are Enhanced eBooks a Digital Grail?
What is the state of the ebook market and are there significant
differences between the various different market segments and
geographical regions?The question is not new and there are a significant
number of opinions on the answers. However, different markets move at
different speeds and sometimes in different direction and facts are
often out of date and views often reflect vested interests. The
Buckdog
How Stephen Harper Created the Duffy/Senate Mess ......
In a May, 2013 Buckdog post, I told you how the Duffy/Harper mess got
started ...May 20, 2013:"When Stephen Harper decided to add Pamela
Wallin and Mike Duffy to Canada's unelected, undemocratic Senate, he
started in motion a series of events that has ultimately become an ugly,
nasty political scandal.For starters, neither Duffy nor Wallin
qualified for senate appointment as representatives o
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