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Dev Patel brought his mom to the Oscars and the internet can't get over them
Dev Patel might have lost the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor but has
won the internet by a mile after he appeared on the Red Carpet
hand-in-hand with his mother. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list
While he looked dapper in a cream blazer and a black bow tie, his mother
Anita stunned in her black-and-gold traditional sari. People are
rightfully in love with the smashing duo. If I ever go to
George W. Bush sides with the media against Trump
George W. Bush is back, baby. The 43rd president of the United States
had his fun playing with ponchos at Trump's inauguration, but now it's
time to get down to business. On Monday, Bush visited NBC’s Today and
publicly took a side in Trump's war against the media. And FYI, Trump —
he chose the media. SEE ALSO: The media's subtle way of trolling Donald
Trump To recap: In case we weren't all aware
Fossil of ancient giant penguin unearthed
This
newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth
over 60 million years ago. Fossil remains discovered along the Waipara
Riv...
Does Solar PV in half of Europe make more energy than it consumes?
You might think we’d know whether a solar PV system produced energy
before we installed 1,000 Megawatts of it. But it’s hard to even know
after the fact. Dr John Constable points us at an interesting new paper
that discusses the odd creature called EROEI. This stands for energy
return on energy invested. If you get back less than “one”, it sucks.
That sounds like a fine idea except everyone seems
Cameras, Microphones and Sensors on 3,200 Street Lights in San Diego
Via:
Reuters: General Electric will put cameras, microphones and sensors on
3,200 street lights in San Diego this year, marking the first
large-scale use of “smart city” tools GE says can help monitor traffic
and pinpoint crime, but raising potential privacy concerns. Based on
technology from GE’s Current division, Intel Corp and AT&T Inc, the
[…]
Hollywood Honors Terrorism
Hollywood Honors Terrorism by Stephen Lendman Hollywood Academy Awards
are all about film promotion for profits, unrelated to the industry’s
best, way too little of it around. They also reflect longstanding
Tinseltown ties to Washington. Scripts feature pro-Western propaganda.
Studio bosses are well compensated for colluding in glorifying America’s
wars and demonizing its enemies - including “Isl
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George W. Bush Says We 'Need Answers' About Trump and Russia
In an interview with Today , former president George W. Bush told Matt
Lauer that the American public "all need answers" regarding Trump's
alleged ties to Russia . "I think we all need answers," Bush said
Monday. "I'm not sure the right avenue to take. I am sure, though, that
that question needs to be answered." Bush—in rare form, seeing how he
usually avoids commenting on politics—also criticize
Just who are these 300 'scientists' telling Trump to burn the climate? | John Abraham
As with all such lists, the 300 ‘scientists’ badly lack climate
expertise If you read my articles regularly, you may have noticed
multiple times I have stated that the scientific argument is over; there
are no longer any reputable scientists that deny the overwhelming human
influence in our climate . An open letter published last week by the
anti-environmentalists proves my point. If you read the
Bernie Sanders calls for 'total transformation' of Democratic Party
A day after Democrats chose Tom Perez as their chairman, the former
Democratic presidential candidate called for a major overhaul of the
party.
Trump says “nobody knew that health care could be so complicated”
#actually everyone knew that. In remarks at a press preview of his
budget priorities on Monday, President Donald Trump teased the idea
that, after working with his team and in consultation with Republican
governors, he is nearly ready to unveil his plan to repeal and replace
the Affordable Care Act. “We have come up with a solution that’s really,
really, I think very good,” he said, before procee
Trump on replacing healthcare law that took years to craft: 'Nobody knew it could be so complicated'
President reaffirms Republican commitment to repealing Affordable Care
Act amid uncertainty over replacement and rising support for ‘Obamacare’
Donald Trump told a room full of state governors on Monday that “nobody
knew” replacing the massive Affordable Care Act, which expanded health
coverage to 20 million Americans, would prove to be so “complicated”.
Related: Donald Trump's first budget: enor
Papers, Please
American citizens had their introduction to the Trump-era immigration
machine Wednesday, when Customs and Border Protection agents met an
airliner that had just landed at New York’s JFK airport after a flight
from San Francisco. According to passenger accounts, a flight attendant
announced that all passengers would have to show their “documents” as
they deplaned, and they did. The reason for the
New in science
The 18 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics
The
more we learn about the universe, the more questions seem to arise. Our
picks for the biggest open questions remaining in physics.
How to Defeat Those Who are Waging War on Science
Here are five meaningful steps you can take -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Defeat Those Who are Waging War on Science
Here are five meaningful steps you can take -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
EPA Chief Promises "Aggressive" Rollback of Regulations Soon
In
a speech, the agency head mentioned the Clean Power Plan, methane
standards and the Waters of the United States rule as targets -- Read
more on ScientificAmerican.com
EPA Chief Promises "Aggressive" Rollback of Regulations Soon
In
a speech, the agency head mentioned the Clean Power Plan, methane
standards and the Waters of the United States rule as targets -- Read
more on ScientificAmerican.com
SpaceX says it will fly two people to moon next year
SpaceX says it will fly two people to the moon next year.
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Teen Busker Alfie Sheard Performs 'Wonderful Tonight'
After his musical talents went viral on Facebook, the 15-year-old
singer-songwriter made his television debut with a heartfelt performance
of the Eric Clapton classic. Check out Alfie's sit-down with Ellen, and
his superstar surprise, here! http://ellentube.com/videos/0-tiz62wfd/
From: TheEllenShow
Adorable Seal Catches a Ride on a Kayak | National Geographic
This little gray seal surprises some kayakers when it decides to hop
aboard after following them for a mile. ➡ Subscribe:
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A Teen Singer-Songwriter's Superstar Surprise
After seeing his viral street performance video from across the pond,
Ellen met insanely talented 15-year-old singer-songwriter Alfie Sheard
in person – and made his dreams come true with a special message from Ed
Sheeran! Watch Alfie's television debut performance, here!
http://ellentube.com/videos/0-0jrftugn/ From: TheEllenShow
You know what’s cool? A billion hours
A
few years back, we made a big decision at YouTube. While everyone
seemed focused on how many views a video got, we thought the amount of
time someone spent watching a video was a better way to understand
whether a viewer really enjoyed it. It wasn’t an easy call, but we
thought it would help us make YouTube a more engaging place for creators
and fans. And last year, we hit a big milestone on tha
Playing Nokia 3310 Snake gameplay
The Nokia 3310 has been the sensation of Mobile World Congress 2017,
and its highlight is the classic game of Snake. Being responsible
journalists, we rushed to play the new-old game to see if it lives up to
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Follow a Lava River’s Mesmerizing Path of Destruction | Short Film Showcase
Located in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Kīlauea is one of the most
active volcanoes in the world. Since 1983, the young volcano has added
more than 500 acres of new land to Hawai’i’s “Big Island.” As Kīlauea
continues to erupt, wide swaths of the surrounding rain forests are
destroyed by oozing molten rock. These black rivers are constantly
flowing—making way for new life and regenerating the
New in The Corbett Report
Who Coined the Term “Useless Eaters”? – Questions For Corbett #034
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc034-lq.mp3"][/audio]
Did the Club of Rome say that genocide should be used to eliminate the
useless eaters? What is bitcoin and how do you buy it? What is the
incentive for the media to reveal corruption? And when is James' book
coming out, anyway? These questions and many more are answered in this
month's edition of Questions For Corbett.
Israeli Spying in the US: A Brief History
The knowledge that Israeli-connected companies and intelligence agents
have been involved in detailed and elaborate spying operations in the US
is of course nothing new. The phenomenon has been painstakingly
documented over the years by numerous journalists and sources. Indeed,
the documented cases of Israeli spying on their supposed ally — the
self-same American government that is supplying it w
Watch Me Commit A Heinous Thoughtcrime!
That
notorious thought criminal, James Corbett of corbettreport.com, is at
it again, recklessly endangering the public with another wanton act of
brazen criminality...Wait, what? Drinking coffee isn't illegal? But
that's not what the talking heads on tv implied. If they deceived us
about this, what else could they be manipulating us into believing?...
Bye Blind Sheik, Traffic Tickets, Bite Mark Truthers – New World Next Week
This week on the New World Next Week: CIA operative the "Blind Sheik"
dies in prison; a lone hero stands up to unconstitutional speed cameras;
and a bite mark victim bites back against the pseudoscience that put
him in jail.
Requiem for the Suicided: The DC Madam
When the DC Madam closed up shop and put her house up for sale, some
Washington power players got spooked. They brought charges against her
so she gave her phone logs to the media for safekeeping. That was her
first mistake...
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New Zealand Fishing Industry Accused of Driving World’s Rarest Dolphin to Extinction
Study of industry that calls itself "world leader" finds that vessels Illegally discard a third of their catch
Most California Dams Aren’t Ready to Cope With Extreme Weather Events
Despite
increasing evidence of climate impacts, state isn’t considering climate
change for new dams and water storage projects that are in the works
More Near-Disasters Like Oroville Are Very Likely in the Future, Say Experts
Despite
increasing evidence of climate impacts, state isn’t considering climate
change for new dams and water storage projects that are in the works
In the Channel Islands, an Effort to Save Seabirds and Native Flora is Paying Off
The biggest challenge facing the restoration process has been access to freshwater
‘Extraordinary’ Levels of Pollutants Found in Pacific Ocean’s 10-Kilometer-Deep Mariana Trench
Presence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists
This Land Was Built for Bison
A former rancher uses his experience in low-stress cattle handling to manage bison herds in Canada’s Grasslands National Park
New in The Rules of Exposition
WHEN and THEN it is
some
phrases on phrasing so i am talking about inflation in the 1970s and
the policy response to inflation and how policy sometimes creates a
recession and i get to the point where i say if policy creates a
recession then the resulting unemployment is due to policy but i go back
and change "if policy creates a recession" to "when policy creates a
recession" because the words are stronger by logic
New in A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
Buried in the grief and despair of a post-Trump world
Ever since the election of Donald Trump three months ago, it's like I
can't get my feet underneath me. I’m not even sure what I mean by that –
just that it’s like having firm ground that you’ve always stood on
suddenly rocking beneath you, shaking up everything you thought you
knew. On top of that, my mother died Jan. 7. The impact was something
the same. Both things amounted to the painful destr
New in Activist Teacher
Islamic Republic of Iran
Tehran,
Iran Now THAT is "hate speech"::: The USA criminal regime (always aided
by the so-called “white supremacist terrorist” Trudeau of the moment in
Canada) openly threatens a mass war of murder and destruction against
Iran, a modern state that it has attacked with aggressive sanctions
during four decades, for daring in 1979 to oust a 1953 CIA-installed
puppet administration. Iran
Links To Denis Rancourt'S Web Pages
HERE
IS A LIST OF LINKS TO MY BLOGS AND
PAGEShttp://activistteacher.blogspot.ca/
https://fightagainstracismbook.wordpress.com/http://dissidentvoice.org/author/denisrancourt/http://www.veteranstoday.com/author/rancourt/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/D_Rancourthttps://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=1ChsRsQAAAAJhttp://uofowatch.blogspot.ca/http://climateguy.blogspot.ca/https://
My today's list of Trump PROS AND CONS
I
get a lot of heat for seeing positive signs in Trump. But I do. It's
what I honestly see. I may be totally wrong. If his actual acts
contradict the positive indicators after we have had time to see
statistics, then I will certainly admit my error. Why does Trump-hate
have to be a religion that we all follow? (I reserve the emotions of
love and hate for the people I know personally.) I
Amnesty International has discredited itself more than usual with its Syria propaganda
How
easy is it for the US regime to buy out parts of Amnesty International
for use in its war propaganda against Syria? Answer: This easy! SEE
THESE MANY LINKS CRITICAL OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S RECENT WAR
MONGERING PROPAGANDA, BELOW. Amnesty International has the resources to
send crews of young workers into Ottawa (Canada) neighbourhoods for
door-to-door propaganda just prior
Causes of Quebec mosque terrorism
By
Denis G. Rancourt, PhD My blame list for the Quebec mosque terrorism,
in order of importance: The increasingly unjust and authoritarian
enforced class hierarchy in Canada, which attacks all in all of us: our
very minds, families, communities, cultures, personalities, freedoms of
expression, privacy, independence... using all the state institutions of
education, media, law,
Brutal truth about the immigration policies of dominant states
By
Denis G. Rancourt, PhD I'm going to express this controversial
generalization. The omnipresent propaganda of immigration is just that:
propaganda. Immigration is virtually always solely to benefit the host
country. It is never an act of charity, except incidentally for its
propaganda value. Family reunification included. Immigration reception
by aggressor nations is a mechanism to recruit
New in Allen L Roland's Weblog
The Unified Field / Allen L Roland, Phd
The basic underlying and uniting force of the universe is a psychic
energy field of love and soul consciousness (the Unified Field ) which
lies not only beyond time and space but ALSO beneath our deepest fears
and whose principle property is the universal urge to unite ~ which we
collectively resist at our universal peril: Allen L Roland, PhD "Out
beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there
Trump / Bannon Ship Of State Beached
Cartoon Courtesy of David Horsey/ LA Times / Click on cartoon to
enlarge The maiden voyage of the Trump / Bannon ship of state is still
beached and already there are major leaks while the inner circle
ineptitude is on full display. Flynn has been jettisoned, Conway has
rightfully lost all credibility, Stephen Miller is a bad rightwing joke,
Rasputin Bannon is still penning executive orders from b
Trump Implodes As Constututional Crisis Explodes
"Help me, Steve, I'm in Over My Head and Losing my Mandate " President
Trump and top advisor Steve Bannon confer as Trump's credibility
rightfully crumbles and the Trump circus faces inevitable an
foreclosure. "Democracy is the art and science of running the circus
from the monkey cage." H. L. Mencken Stop wishful thinking ~ we are in
the midst of a right wing coup. The principle architect is Ste
Resistance Begins With Women'S March And Ends With Each One Of Us
We thought we were free but with the tainted election of Donald Trump
we have come face to face with an Orwellian 1984 world where civil
liberties and freedoms which were once taken for granted are gradually
restricted or ended and always for the same reason ~ National Security
and never ending war. The Revolution has officially begun with the world
wide millions strong Women's March on January 2
New in Amused Cynicism
Senator Sanders Demonstrates The Right Way To Criticize Trump
Opponents of President Trump: if you want to oppose him effectively
(and not just signal virtue or make yourself feel good) don’t castigate
him for doing things he said he would do that his supporters want (such
as the travel ban). All this achieves is makes his supporters support
him more, making a Trump 2nd term more likely. Instead, challenge him
when he fails to keep his promises, betraying t
Should the US West Coast Join Canada?
I. On Morality Nietzsche said “every people speaks its own language of
good and evil, which its neighbour does not understand”. A people
constructs its ambient morality which not only does its neighbour not
understand, its neighbour may be violently hostile to. For example, in
Scotland people celebrate gay marriage, whereas in Saudi Arabia gays are
persecuted, sometimes even tortured and killed.
Don’t Call Me That In Public Yet
( via )
New in Angola 3 News
Albert Woodfox and Robert King in Canada: Thunder Bay 3/2 and Montreal 3/17
March 2, Thunder Bay, Ontario: Albert Woodfox and Robert King of the
Angola 3 in Ontario, Canada for panel and screening of the film "Hard
Time" about Robert King, made by Ron Harpelle. Event at 7pm, Trinity
Hall, 310 Park Ave. In the context of the Week Against Police Brutality (
https://cobp.resist.ca/ ), a discussion on incarceration and political
repression with Albert Woodfox et Robert H. Ki
Albert Woodfox and Robert King of the Angola 3 to speak at Harvard on March 8
At 5:30 pm on Wednesday, March 8, the Angola 3's Robert King and Albert
Woodfox will be speaking together at Harvard University it Cambridge,
MA. Please check back here and at the Facebook event page for more
information.
A3 Newsletter: Reflections on Freedom
( PHOTO: Albert Woodfox and Robert King at an event hosted by The
Guardian in London, England during the recent European Tour.) A3
Newsletter, January 30, 2017: Reflections on Freedom It's been a few
months since we've sent out a newsletter - taking a bit of a break in
December after the wild and wonderful year that unfolded after Albert's
release in February, almost one year ago! 2016 was a busy
New in ArmsControlWonk
Reasons for the Great Unraveling of the Arms Control Enterprise
New
Feature: Quote of the week “The demagogue, though he professes (and
fails) to readjust matters in the interests of the majority of the
electors, yet stereotypes mediocrity, organizes intolerance, disparages
exhibitions of uncommon qualities, and glorifies conspicuous exhibitions
of common ones. He manages a small job well: he muddles rhetorically
though a large one.” …
Guest Post: The Prague Agenda in a Post-Truth World
This
guest contribution from Heather Wokusch, a writer, educator, and
activist based in Vienna, Austria, recounts the discussion at the 6th
Prague Agenda Conference in early December 2016, and the somber mood of
the event. The event took place in the aftermath of the U.S.
presidential election, but prior to the inauguration. “Collective
handwringing about the …
A World Preparing for Wars
William
Bullitt accompanied President Woodrow Wilson and Colonel Edward House
to Paris to negotiate an ambitious peace treaty after the carnage of
World War I. Reflecting on the handiwork of vengeful allies in the
Versailles Treaty, Bullitt prophetically declared, “This isn’t a treaty
of peace… I can see at least eleven wars in it.” The …
Rethinking China’s Fast Reactor
At
the beginning of 2017 a little more information percolated to the
outside world concerning the hazy official particulars of China’s
aspirations to “close the nuclear fuel cycle” by deploying fast breeder
reactors and reprocessing plants. What’s coming across adds to other
information suggesting that this program for some time has been subject
to an …
No Peace and No War in South Asia?
George
Perkovich and Toby Dalton have assessed the possibilities of conflict
between India and Pakistan in a timely book, Not War, Not Peace?
Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism (Oxford, 2016).
Their bottom line is reflected in the title: India’s confrontation with
Pakistan “is neither war nor peace, but rather a chronic contest of
wills …
Tear-Down Mode
Republican
insurgents in the Congress are now in full tear-down mode, aiming their
wrecking balls at what’s left of seven decades of bipartisan
achievement to reduce nuclear dangers and nuclear arsenals. The
disruptors are now ascendant in Washington, with the Disruptor-in-Chief
setting the tone from the Oval Office. He busies himself dissing allies,
tweeting out …
New in Cherchez la Verite
Here
below you will read that "Trump has betrayed us all." And your response
will likely be "you're kidding me" or "what has the blogger been
smoking." But although I am a fan of The Saker, I don't follow him
daily. Today, I was clued in by Paul Craig Roberts, who most of you
should know by now is the best provider of the REAL news of the day,
rather than that of the lying "mainstream meadia" whose job is to
deceive the American people. If you don't want to believe this, please
ALSO read my previous re-post of an especially good article reviewing
the history of the insane U.S. neocons who want a nuclear war with
Russia, a war that none of us, including our children and grandchildren,
may survive ...unless more Americans finally understand the threat and
fight those who push for it.
Less than a month ago I warned that a ‘color revolution ‘ was taking
place in the USA . My first element of proof was the so-called
“investigation” which the CIA, FBI, NSA and others were conducting
against President Trump’s candidate to become National Security Advisor,
General Flynn. Tonight, the plot to get rid of Flynn has finally
succeeded and General Flynn had to offer his resignation . Tru
Truth
in advertising: (1) Some of my best friends are Jewish. (2) The United
Nations have a rule that any nation that attacks a peaceful nation is
guilty of war crimes. But (3) the UN looks away when the attacker is the
U.S. Therefore, 9 sovran nations have been destroyed by the U.S. and
NATO in the last decade, killing milions. This blog begins with an
interview with Four-star General Wesley Clark, the finest top U.S.
general since Dwight Eisenhower. Yet even Eisenhower could not have
succeded at his landing in Normandy beach were it for the Russians
destroying the Third Reich in the east at the expense of 20 million
Russian casualties (by far the most for any one country in WW II). Yet,
all of these facts are lost to Americans who believe their country's
propaganda, spread by the despicable "mainstream media" who repeat their
lies. Now we are heading toward a nuclear war with Russia, whose
president Vladimir Putin tries hard to avoid, despite having superior
weapons. Yet the insane…
By Alison Weir President Trump has issued an executive order suspending
entry to the U.S for people from Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
Iran, and Yemen (the order is called “ Protecting the Nation From
Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States ”). These same countries
were the focus of the “ Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist
Travel Prevention Act of 2015 ” under President Ob
Here
is another story from behind the Iron Curtain. No, I don't mean
Stalin's Iron Curtain to prevent the Russian people from finding that
life was better in the west. No, I'm talking about Washington's Iron
Curtain to keep increasingly poor Americans from finding out that life
is not only better in Russia, but that Russia is now saving Syria from
destruction by muslim terrorists armed and aided by the US and its
European vassals. If you can't believe that, please take it from
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabarrd ...who just returned from Syria behind
Washington's Iron Curtain, designed to obscure the truth!
From Tulsi Gabbard Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Returns From Syria with
Renewed Calls: End Regime Change War in Syria January 25, 2017 Press
Release Washington, DC —Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) returned to
Washington, DC after a week-long visit to Damascus, Aleppo, and Beirut
to see and hear firsthand the impact of the war in Syria directly from
the Syrian people. She heard stories of suffe
New in Creekside
Kellie Leitch and friends, unplugged, on the Quebec Mosque Shooting
Ms Leitch on Facebook, 10 hours ago : "Last night people in Quebec City
were murdered as they prayed. This outrageous act of violence is an
attack not just on those gathered in a house of worship but on the very
fabric of Canadian society, on the values of freedom and tolerance.
There is no excuse and no justification for this terrorist attack. I
condemn the act, the people who carried it out, an
See, first-past-the-post is working again now
In June 2015 the Liberal Party released a position paper : “We are
committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last federal election
conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system.” and Justin
Trudeau took that campaign promise on the road. At the time the Liberals
were 3rd in the polls : NDP - 32.6% CPC - 28.6% LPC - 26.3% The Liberal
majority now rests on 43 MPs whose margin of victory i
So this was a *free vote* then, was it?
From the Liberal Party Platform: For members of the Liberal Caucus, all
votes will be free votes with the exception of: • those that implement
the Liberal electoral platform; • traditional confidence matters, like
the budget; and • those that address our shared values and the
protections guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Unless
you'd like to argue that *not* implementing anything
National Day of Action for a Democracy
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The Emperor has no shirt
Today, after sending out his new rookie Minister of Democratic
Institutions to deliver the news his electoral reform promise was dead,
Justin Trudeau stood in the HoC and said : "As people in this House
know, I have long preferred preferential ballot..." Yes. Here he is in
2014 explaining that preference at length. Jump to the 24:09 mark.
Excerpted : "First of all on first-past-the-post, you’re a
New in De Journey
The Faraway Tree - after 25 long years
Never thought this day would finally arrive. 😌 😌 😌 😌 😌 Back in
1992, after my UPSR exams there was this book that I read that really
got me deeply immersed in the fantasy land. I've managed to read 3 out
of 4 books and when I went to the school library to borrow the last
book, the librarian told me the library is closed and cannot read\borrow
anymore. To make the matter worse, it was my last
New in Dr Cintli
Aztecas del Norte: We can not be illegal on our own continent
“In the academy, [American Indian scholar] Jack Forbes created a path
to bring Chicanas/os and others “home.” By this, I mean that Forbes
provided historical knowledge about understanding that our legacies have
always been deeply rooted in this hemisphere.” — Melissa Moreno,
professor, Woodland Community College Scholars in Chicano studies and
related disciplines, since the 1960s, have long debat
Light skin preference
Lately I have been asking myself how anyone can do work during this
extraordinary and dizzying time we are living in? And I am thinking in
the philosophical realm as opposed to logistically. And yes, I actually
can work. I’m just thinking that it is a very distracting time for most
anybody attending or working at a university. I say this because I’m in
the midst of some incredible research — on c
The Indigenous and Black Roots of Mexico
by Roberto Rodriguez A generation ago, while living in Mexico, I came
upon the works of Gonzalo Aguirre Beltran regarding the African presence
in Mexico, managing to interview him, shortly before he passed away.
While Mexico is a nation with deep Indigenous roots, his work from the
1940s revealed a part of Mexico that had been previously unfamiliar to
its school children and to the national narra
"Primary Process" And "Principio" In The Usa:
When I teach the history of Mexican people at the University of
Arizona, going back to the era of Spanish colonialism in the Americas, I
teach two concepts that seem to be applicable to the United States of
America today. One of them is called “primary process” and the other
“principio...” For the rest of the column, go to:
http://diverseeducation.com/article/92007/
New in Fort McMurray Adventures
Trail Time
We've been having some unseasonably mild weather here the past few days
and it really has felt we may get an early Spring. Normally I would
welcome this but of course we got an early Spring last year and we all
know what happened.....raging fires and chaos. I put this out of my mind
however, and hit the Birchwood Trail system. It's rare that I go there
this early in the year. The ground is usuall
New in History of the English Language
Skelton in the Closet
The long drought of English poetry from the death of Chaucer in 1400
ended somewhere around ninety years later, as the cleric and poet John
Skelton picked up his goose-quill. We're not so much interested in his
poetry (as such) here, but rather in what it can tell us about the state
of the English language at the time -- but that doesn't mean we can't
enjoy it. Skelton is often given the title "P
New in Home Nature Report
Trump better stay the hell out of Oregon
Write your own caption
New in Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
Chile: UFO Near-Miss at Chilean Air Show
Source: El Repuertero (Chile) Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Chile:
UFO Recorded at Puerto Varas During Military Air Show Images were
recorded at a FACH (Chilean Air Force) air show on February 10
Encounters with life on other planets appear to be increasingly closer
and are coming to our country. Not long ago, a video recorded by a
family in the Valparaíso region from an apartment terrace beca
Spain: An 1897 UFO Over the Basque Country
Source: El Correo (Spain)
http://www.elcorreo.com/alava/araba/201702/21/ovni-1897-sobre-antezana-20170220230953.html
Date: 21 February 2017 Article by Francisco Góngora Spain: An 1897 UFO
Over the Basque Country Before there was talk of UFOs, manifestations of
luminous spheres in the heavens were a cause for consternation among
people. This flying object was seen in the skies of La Llanada in the
Spain: Police Look Into Alleged UFO sighting at Santuari de Misericordia (Reus)
Source: Diari de Tarragona.com Date: 02.08.2017 Spain: Police Look Into
Alleged UFO sighting at Santuari de Misericordia (Reus) Local residence
notified the Guardia Urbana to the presence of an unidentified flying
object that gave gave off lights and bursts of color. Police officers
have not dismissed any hypotheses out of hand, but are almost entirely
sure it was a star. "It looked like a large
Argentina: Camera Error or a UFO over Zonda?
Source: Planeta UFO and El Tiempo de San Juan
http://www.tiempodesanjuan.com/sanjuan/2017/1/26/falla-camara-ovni-zonda-mira-fotos-opina-163846.html
Date: January 26, 2017 Argentina: Camera Error or a UFO over Zonda? One
of the newspapers readers submitted photos of what could be a
"sighting" or an error in the cellphone with which she took the photo.
At the risk of upsetting our more skeptical re
Supernatural: "Refugees Claim Jesus Appeared to Save Them From Dying at Sea"
Source: Noticia Cristiana.com Date: February 17, 2017
http://www.noticiacristiana.com/misiones/evangelismo/2017/02/refugiados-jesus-morir-salvo.html
Supernatural: "Refugees Claim Jesus Appeared to Save Them From Dying at
Sea" [ While having nothing to do with UFOs, readers of Inexplicata
will remember an article from 2005, "High Strangeness: Our Haunted
Seas", which makes mention of similar situa
New in Middle Class Political Economist
Meanwhile, back in Ireland
We've
gotten to another point where it's hard for me to turn on the TV . I
know this will have to change, but for now I'll go back to one of my
favorite topics, the fate of Ireland under austerity. As I suggested
might happen , Ireland in its 2015-2016 immigration statistical year
(May-April) was finally able to end its net emigration . According to
the Central Statistical Office's August report,
New in Middle East Today
Israel and American Foreign Poilcy
During the past week, the media began to speculate the outcome of the
meeting between President Trump and Mr. Netanyahu regarding the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The discussion focused on the issue of one
or two states solution. In my opinion, the President provided some
suggestions, but Netanyahu smiled and will continue his aggressive
annexations of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank
New in Morton's Musings
Better to Be Fair Than Fast
Traditionally in Canada very serious criminal cases go to trial only
after they have been reviewed by a judicial officer who hears from
witnesses and decides there is enough evidence to make a trial
necessary. The idea is that someone ought not to be put on trial for a
serious case like arson or manslaughter or kidnapping without having an
independent judicial officer listen to at least some of t
Breach of Undertaking, Recognizance, or Probation
A
very common charge is for "breach". That's a short form way of talking
about a case where someone is under a court order to do something, or to
not do something, and they don't obey the order. So, for example, you
may be charged with assault and released on the basis that you won't
drink alcohol until your trial. You could be charged with "breach" if
you go ahead and get drunk anyway. Similarly,
Role of Trial Judge: Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8
It is not the role of appellate courts to second‑guess the weight to be
assigned to the various items of evidence. Absent palpable and
overriding error — that is, absent an error that is plainly seen and has
affected the result — an appellate court may not upset a fact‑finder's
findings of fact.
Speedy Trial
How
long should a criminal case take to get heard? The Canadian
Constitution provides that anyone charged with an offence is entitled to
a speedy trial. The concept is that having a charge hanging over your
head for a long time is not fair - what's more evidence for trial may
not last well. Witnesses' memories fade over time and proving a case
becomes progressively harder as time goes on. Society
Why should I settle?
Suppose
you lent money to someone for an investment. It was money that you had
saved up over the years and you expected to have a decent rate of return
that would help you in living your life. But then the person didn't pay
the interest you agreed to and what's more, the person won't even give
you the amount you lent back. What should you do? The obvious thing to
do, if you have asked for the mone
Helpful Gladue sentencing case
R. v. Mikijuk, 2017 NUCJ 02: [16] One of these important cases is
called the Queen v. Gladue [Gladue] . It is called that because in
Canada all criminal prosecutions are done in the name of Her Majesty the
Queen. Gladue was the name of the offender in that case. Gladue is a
very important case. From the highest court in Canada, the Supreme
Court. In fact, the Nunavut Court of Justice is a Gladue
New in New Orleans Ladder
Hankering for oysters? Here's how your craving is helping save Louisiana's coastline ~Janet McConnaughey, The Advocate
Hankering for oysters? Here's how your craving is helping save Louisiana's coastline ~Janet McConnaughey, The Advocate
Over 5,000 homes have tornado damage, EF3 strongest ever in Orleans Parish ~ WGNO
Over 5,000 homes have tornado damage, EF3 strongest ever in Orleans Parish ~ WGNO
Black Indians announce practice schedule ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit
Black Indians announce practice schedule ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit
Opposition to Trump agenda goes unanswered, literally, by Louisiana’s U.S. senators ~Charles Moldonado, The Lens
Opposition to Trump agenda goes unanswered, literally, by Louisiana’s U.S. senators ~Charles Moldonado, The Lens
Trump Wants to Downplay Global Warming. Louisiana Won’t Let Him ~Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg
Trump Wants to Downplay Global Warming. Louisiana Won’t Let Him ~Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg
New in Paying attention
Is Vancouver the Jalisco Cartel's 'drug portal to the Pacific'?
Vancouver is making its mark as a major export centre in at least one
area — international drug trafficking. ‘Drug Portal to the Pacific,’ an
InSight Crime report on the rise of the Jalisco Cartel called the city.
Cartel's 2015 ambush that killed 15 police officers “The key to their
rapid expansion has been the strategic presence of operations on the
southeast border of the United States, next to
New in Pesticide Action Network
A fighting chance for Minnesota bees
As Scott Pruitt takes over as head of the Environmental Protection
Agency, it's clearer than ever that our federal decisionmakers won't be
stepping up to protect communities — or our food system — from
pesticides anytime soon. It's that much more important therefore for
state and local leaders to do their part. Here in Minnesota,
decisionmakers are beginning some important steps to protect pollin
Standing up for science
Lately scientific evidence seems to matter a lot less than it used to.
It's not that evidence hasn't been ignored by policymakers in the past.
But there are some unique things happening under the new administration
that seem to directly and fundamentally challenge the value of science.
Across the country, scientists are responding by standing up and
speaking out. Years ago, my roommate shared som
Standing up for science
As the new administration fundamentally challenges the value of
science, scientists across the country are responding by standing up and
speaking out. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
"New" pesticides, same Monsanto story
Last fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rubberstamped
Monsanto’s newest formulation of the herbicide dicamba for use on the
corporation’s genetically engineered (GE), dicamba-resistant soybean and
cotton seeds. Expecting that this approval will lead to a dramatic
increase in use of the herbicide dicamba, PAN and partners just filed a
federal lawsuit challenging the agency's deci
#NoBanNoWall & justice for all
Rational and just immigration policies are central to a healthy and
functioning U.S. food system. Unfortunately, the new administration
seems determined to push us in the opposite direction. In the midst of a
barrage of hurried and unorthodox executive orders in the first weeks
of the new administration, two orders passed beneath the President’s pen
concerning immigration. Both are bad for farmwo
Block the Monsanto/Bayer merger
With new allies in the White House, Monsanto and Bayer are pushing hard
to get U.S. sign-off on their proposed mega-merger. Urge your
Representatives to pressure DoJ to block this merger Slideshow Category:
Flex Slider
New in Philosophical Comment
The Leadership Moral Qualities of President Donald "So-called POTUS" Trump
The new US president, Donald Trump, has now been in office for some –
very brief – time. Mostly these beginning days of a new presidency – or a
new cabinet in a parliamentary democracy – are ones of relative calm
and ease; of settling in and attending to the formalities necessary to,
thereafter, be able to rule for real and do one's best to realise
whatever political program one has been elected
New in Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Disabled Employees and Lawyers: Beware Legal Marijuana Laws
So
I've been predicting that the Trump administration would crack down on
legalized marijuana, and when I said that on NPR I was accused of being a
fear-mongerer. Wednesday I spoke to a group of law students about
legalized marijuana and how it affects employment law, and the first
thing I said is that lawyers should beware representing marijuana
dispensaries because a crackdown was coming from th
My 2017 Predictions: It Won't Be Pretty
We've
now seen one week of the new Administration, and so we know Mr. Trump
was not kidding about his extreme promises. This will not be a good year
for employees. The only thing I'm sure of is that we really have no
idea what will happen this year. But I'll do my best to predict the
unpredictable: Executive orders : Okay, this wasn't a hard one since
it's already started. We'll see lots of execut
What A Broad Religious Exemption To Discrimination Laws Will Mean
While
the Trump Administration announced that it would keep in place
President Obama's Executive Order protecting employees of federal
contractors from LGBT discrimination, there have been reports of another
proposed executive order that would provide a religious exemption from
all discrimination laws. The four-page draft order, a copy of which is
currently circulating among federal staff and advo
New in Syria Comment
A Response to Roy Gutman’s “Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?”
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi A recent article in The Nation by Roy Gutman
has generated considerable controversy, as the article attempts to
highlight what it portrays as the more unsavoury and neglected aspects
of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)- the main Kurdish faction operating
in Syria and linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)- and its armed
wing the People’s Protection Units (YPG), whi
The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria – by @ErikaSolomon
This is a wonderful and important article by Erika Solomon . @
ErikaSolomon for the Financial Times . I have cut out sections, marked
with a “….” The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria:
Former ‘fixer’ for anti-Assad forces comes to terms with failed US
policy By Erica Solomon Abu Ahmad: ‘I used to think America was the
ruler of the universe. If you ask me whether I was wrong?
The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (Sinjar)
This article was published January 31, 2017 by NRT, a media service in
Iraqi Kurdistan. The original article is available here . The KRG’s
Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in
Shingal (Sinjar) by Matthew Barber Following the closure of Yazda, a
Yazidi humanitarian and human rights organization, by the KDP asa’ish
(security police affiliated with Kurdistan’s large
Akram al-Hawrani: Syria’s Left-Wing Populist and the United Arab Republic – By Christopher Solomon
Akram al-Hawrani: Syria’s left-wing populist and the United Arab
Republic By Christopher Solomon For Syria Comment – February 15, 2017
Gamal Abdul Nasser (left) with Akram al-Hawrani (center) and Egypt’s
Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi (right). As the pro-Assad forces recaptured the
last sections of rebel-held Aleppo in December, they excitedly declared
that these areas now had “green eyes” (eyoon khadar
Yes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn Tamimi
Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn al-Tamimi on “Have the Syrian Kurds
Committed War Crimes?” By Roy Gutman – @ Roy_Gutman For Syria Comment –
February 12, 2017 Any journalist covering a controversial topic like
alleged war crimes can expect a hostile response from the subject of the
story, but it’s extremely rare in my experience for a specialist in the
field to respond to a major journalistic invest
Further Response to Roy Gutman: Balancing the Picture
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi In his reply to my comments on his recent
piece for The Nation , Roy Gutman takes exception to my supposed
challenge to his “professional integrity.” I should thus begin by
emphasizing that I did not intend my piece to be calling professional
integrity into doubt: opinions and definitions may differ, but for me
doubts about professional integrity would only be an issue i
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
Layers of Belief: Political, Religious, and Scientific Dogma
I have submitted the following comment to the American Thinker site, to
an article on the "causes of scientific decline in American academia".
The article imputes the decline to Leftist beliefs and actions.: Left
(versus Right) is just the top, political, layer. Underneath that is the
atheist (versus spiritual believer) religious belief system. And under
that, at bottom (in the context of science
Modern Scientific Ignorance and Dismissal of the Ancient Truth
I have submitted the following response to the climate etc site of Dr.
Judith Curry, who carries a post on "the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycle". The
introduction states, "Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) events are the most
dramatic and frequent abrupt climate change events in the geological
record.": Impressively detailed speculation, but wrong. The Earth's
surface was re-formed, wholesale and late in geologi
An Ever-Darker Future Imminent
The Jo Nova site has a post on South Australia's energy infrastructure
woes, and the comments put blame on all the usual suspects. The
following is my response, as a competent scientist: Underlying the lazy
(still too well fed and entertained), politically polarized public, and
their representatives, and the larger tyrannous agenda of the Insane
Left, is the fundamental crisis: A general scientif
On the Consequences of Too-Long Nurtured Dogmas
I submitted the following comment on American Thinker , in response to
other comments that were speculating about the "real evil" confronting
the American people and the world now (on American Thinker, the common
answer is "Democrats and the Left", and they are right, right now--but
not necessarily for long): I am an independent scientist, who has made a
uniquely great--literally unprecedented in
Positive Morals Versus Coercive Dogma
I submitted the following comment on American Thinker , to a post
titled "The Catholic Church You Never Heard Of": It is necessary to
separate the personal morals espoused, from the dogmas insisted upon as
being unquestionable, in a religion. This article seeks to defend the
moral effect upon history of Catholicism. But Catholic dogma is advanced
here, in the comments, with no supporting evidence
New in The Ergosphere
Wait, did they actually write that?
This
(backup archive link) is what passes for analysis among "green" energy
bloggers: The option of an oversized, intermittent
renewable-energy-sources system to feed the storage is also ineffective.
This is because, in this case, energy can be taken directly from the
large intermittent supply, making storage superfluous. Let that sink in
for a minute. The staff of Solar Daily wrote, in all
New in The High-fat Hep C Diet
Dietary Cholesterol and Hepatitis C
Dr Yu's group have produced (in 2015) a re-analysis of their diet data
from the HALT-C study; the original paper, which led me to look into
liver cholesterol mechanisms a few years back in the NASH series, had an
increased risk of transplantation and death in people on the HALT-C
trial (a long-term, low-dose trial of alpha-interferon for prevention of
cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer in Hep C,
New in The Straight Goods
Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump and the Death of Christy Clark's British Columbia LNG Superpower Fantasy
Written by Grant G Well well well, how quickly worms turn.... As
reported almost exclusively here at The Straight Goods, Japan, the
country Christy Clark claimed was going to buy all the LNG B.C. produce
and make us filthy rich....The dream(fantasy) has died.. Not only is
there a worldwide LNG glut going out to 2030...not only is Japan's LNG
use in freefall, not only is Japan's electricity demand
Robin Mathews-Manufactured Terrorism-Dog Whistle Politics-"Old Stock Canadians"
Greetings to all. I mailed this letter (Canada Post) on January 30 to
the people addressed and to Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety. If
the letter interests you, you might send it on to any member of the
provincial or federal legislatures … and to anyone else you might think
is interested in the subject. RM 520 Salsbury Drive, Vancouver, British
Columbia, V5L 3Z7, January 30,2017. Justin T
Hey hey, ho ho, Christy Clark has got to go
Better audio in this Youtube version.... "hey hey, ho ho, Christy Clark
has got to go"..."shame, shame, shame" ______________ Thanks for the
link... The Straight Goods Ears Wide Open
What British Columbia Really Thinks About Christy Clark
Jane Doe @ ausername Watch as Christy Clark gets booed at the
legislature on February 14, 2017. #bcpoli #vanre #vanpoli #cdnpoli
#teambc2017 RETWEETS 40 LIKES 39 12:15 AM - 15 Feb 2017 6 replies 40
retweets 39 likes __________________ Something going on here people....
British Columbia realizes they made a huge mistake electing Christy
Clark. Hey hey, ho ho, Christy Clark has got to go....Shame
Christy Clark's 2017 Throne Speech-The Fakery, B.C. Edition
Written by Grant G Listening to the throne speech, if one didn't know
better, if one believed even half of it, millions would be building
statues and monuments province-wide honoring the greatest leader the
world, let alone British Columbia has ever seen....The honorable Premier
Christy Clark.. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, I wonder how she
feels tonight, did she sterilize her mouth with an
New in thwap's schoolyard
Glenn Greenwald on the US Democrats
Foolish chump, or mercenary Democratic Party hack Driftglass has a
hate-on for Glenn Greenwald. Greenwald is a libertarian don't you know.
He isn't a corporate stooge Democrat who mouths platitudes about the
working class and minorities like Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Therefore his exposes of Obama and Clinton's mass spying and crimes
against humanity are of no account. But I have a helluva
Profiles in Liberal Fuck-Wittery
Sorry liberals/Liberals. Not going to apologize for not supporting
corrupt, mass-murderer Hillary Clinton. "Lesser-Evilism" brought us to
Trump. It was HRC's job to get people to support her. It wasn't
everybody else's responsibility to force themselves to want to vote for
her. She could not get people mobilized, even against someone as
loathsome and stupid as Donald Trump because she was running
My "alt-right" Co-Worker
No. He's not a Nazi, or a white supremacist. First of all, he's
Filipino. And, while he might be dismayed to find out what Steve Bannon
really thinks of him when the chips are down, "Breitbart" (which he
reads regularly) has a big enough tent that if features the gay, partly
Jewish, Greek (and utterly vile scum-bag) Milo Yiannopoulis as one of
their star editors. (Which is not to say that the "gr
The LibroCons & Their Billionaire Pals
So, it seems Justin Trudeau took a helicopter to get to a billionaire's
private island for some R n' R.(He's bushed from breaking all those
promises with his bare hands.) In the House of Commons, interim
Snake-Pit of Closet-Cases n' Criminals Party leader Rona Ambrose waxed
indignantly. That is until it was found out she was yachting with a
different billionaire somewhere in the tropical sun. Pal
Atrocity Stories From Syria
I've mentioned Diane Purkiss's The English Civil War: A People's
History before. I remember being struck by the way she described
massacres of defeated soldiers and ordinary civilians by both sides and
how propagandists from each side would write self-righteous,
self-pitying dirges about the evils of their enemy. War tends to do
that. You shouldn't buy Gordon Corrigan's The Second World War: A Mi
Canadians Held Hostage
"I live in a riding where a lot of people are so ignorant and/or racist
and/or stupid and/or whatever that the Conservative Party of Canada
candidate might win. I'd rather vote NDP/Green/Liberal but the likeliest
candidate to defeat the Conservative fuckwad is the Liberal/NDP
candidate. Once again, thanks to our antiquated electoral system, I'm
voting AGAINST something instead of FOR something."
New in Toxic Reverend - Revelations
Heroin & Opioid Epidemic in USA - Safe Alternative Outlawed
The DEA recently Outlawed a safe alternative to Opioids pain management
( 1 ). The Cannabis CBD Hemp Oil that lacks quantities of THC and does
not "get you high" ( 2 ) has been declared a Schedule 1 Drug {like
Heroin} ( 1 ). The drug companies are in danger of losing a huge market
share of their addictive pain drugs (3, 4 ). With four out of five
Heroin Addicts getting started on prescription nar
Coast To Coast AM Radio Show Date 09-18-10
Database summarizes toxic chemical contaminants and approximately 180
human diseases - conditions. http://database.healthandenvironment.org/
12:21 PM Sep 7th via Power Twitter My comments and review of the
database are posted at The Toxic Reverend - Tribe Profile Coast To Coast
AM Radio Show Date 09-18-10 from 11 PM to 2 AM Pacific Time Ian's guest
is the"Toxic Reverend" aka "Justice Is Homeless"
Realities and tacit conspiracies of today's health care and political system
The realities and tacit conspiracies of today's health care and
political system Bt The Toxic Reverend is pasted in after this article
This first article that I am citing before the text of my blog titled; "
The realities and tacit conspiracies of today's health care and
political system" shows the devastating effects on the financial health
of our country. The L.A. Times article and the study I
New in Viva Bolivia
Meeting of Amigos de Bolivia in New York
Amigos
de Bolivia is in its 9th year, which started off with a new member,
Greg Purdy, a young political activist in Washington Heights. He likes
the energy of Evo Morales, and wants to visit Bolivia soon. At present
Greg is working on a weekend in the Dominican Republic, lots of
Dominicanos here in the hood want him to see their island paradise,
where he could practice his Spanish. Naturally, a t
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
(Coalition
Creation of ISIL/Daesh Outing Flynn?) Still Wondering What the Appeal
of Trump Was to the Hurting Middle Class? (Refiddling Definition of
Employed) Fiddling While Valentine's Day Burns?
Senators
Told Their Jobs At Risk After Confirming Wall Street Banker for
Treasury. Republicans [and Democrat] in the Senate cannot excuse putting
a lying foreclosure profiteer at the head of our economy. Michael Flynn
is out as National Security Adviser, and the Trump administration is
currently trying to spin it as not that big a deal. It’s…not going well.
The White House would like you to
Traditional
Repubs Blanche (Rasputin Palace Intrigue: Unhinged or Just
Incompetent?) Lee Atwater's Faustian Bargain Takes Hold (The Next
Generation of Fighters Takes the Field?) Get Ready for the First Shocks
of Trump’s Disaster Capitalism (Rich/Corporations/Racists = Bourgeois
Story Line = Deplorables?) Non Sequitur Cover Up (Where Were the
Liberals Last?) So, Elections Don't Matter
How
do the traditional Republicans like Trump's first moves? Sen. Susan
Collins (R-ME) said in an interview published Tuesday that it is
"entirely inappropriate" for President Donald Trump's chief strategist
Steve Bannon to be a member of the National Security Council principals'
committee. "I am very surprised, disappointed and very much disagree
with the president's decision to
New in What Is Sustainable
The Falcon
For almost the entire human saga, our ancestors were hunter-gathers.
For most of us, these kinfolk are long forgotten in family memory. Quite
a bit has been written about wild societies by visiting outsiders from
civilization, strangers who could not fully understand the cultures of
their subjects. The Falcon is the autobiography of John Tanner, a
fascinating book that gives readers a ringside se
Cradle of Humankind
East Africa is called the Cradle of Humankind because it’s where our
ancestors originated. As noted in an earlier post , two to four million
years ago, the region became cooler and dryer. Forests shrank. The
ancestors of baboons and humans moved out of the forest and adapted to
savannah ecosystems (grasslands with scattered trees). In this new
habitat, male baboons evolved large canine teeth, to
The Good Old Days
I’ve been reading John Tanner’s autobiography, The Falcon , ( Download
). He was born in Kentucky in 1780. At age 9, he was kidnapped by
Shawnees, and adopted by an Ojibwa chief. Tanner spent 30 years living
as a wild hunter-gatherer, wandering in the wilderness between the Red
River of North Dakota and Lake Huron in Michigan. He once tried to
return to his birth family, but white society was int
New in WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection
‘Young Turk’ Cenk Uygur calls for Trump’s impeachment over Sally Yates: ‘What choice do we have?’
‘Young Turk’ Cenk Uygur calls for Trump’s impeachment over Sally Yates: ‘What choice do we have?’
New in A Different Perspective
Curse of Oak Island - Season 4 Finale (sort of)
Well, that certainly was a disappointment. After a week of teasing us
with the discovery of a gold coin from deep in the fourth hole they dug,
and with their archaeological expert (Dr. Lori and whose last name I
didn’t write down) saying that it was an important discovery, we finally
learn the truth. It wasn’t a gold coin but a gold-plated button and Dr.
Lori wasn’t talking about the button when
Curse of Oak Island - This Blog's Season Final (I hope)
Back more years than I care to think about, while I was still on active
duty in the Army, I bought a book, This Baffling World by John Godwin.
It contained information on thirteen mysteries from about the world. I
bought the book because of the segment on UFOs, but other segments were
about Bermuda Triangle, the abominable snowman (Big Foot in the world
today) and, importantly here, Oak Island. T
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Stan Gordon
Stan Gordo Stan Gordon was the guest on this week’s program. Stan has
been investigating the Kecksburg UFO case almost from the moment the
reports of an object in the woods were made. He has interviewed dozens
of people who say they saw the object in the air and on the ground. We
talk about this and about the theory that it was a mistaken fireball or
that it was a reentry vehicle. You can listen
BG Schulgen and His Memo
The other day Fran Ridge who hosts the NICAP web site, posted the
following to members of the list: I just wanted to ask all of you if you
consider the ACTUAL Shulgen memo as indicative of Roswell knowledge. 3.
Items of Construction a. Type of material, whether metal, ferrous,
non-ferrous, or non-metallic. b. Composite or sandwich construction
utilizing various combinations of metals, plastics, a
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Don Ledger
This week I reached out to Don Ledger, a Canadian UFO researcher. My
thought was to talk about the Shag Harbour UFO crash and his book Dark
Object written with Chris Styles. He mentioned another book about
Maritime UFO sightings cleverly called Maritime UFO Files . However,
other than a brief mention here and there, the discussion centered
around the Shag Harbour case. You can listen to it here:
Psychic Warriors
Back in the olden days, as I was working on my doctoral degree, I spent
a lot of time in the University of Iowa’s psychology library doing
research. While there I noticed that, at one time, there were a number
of peer reviewed journals devoted to parapsychology and there were many
universities, some of them quite prestigious, that had majors in
parapsychology and related fields. I also noticed th
New in A Very Public Sociologist
On Labour's Victorious Campaign in Stoke
While Copeland was important, the outcome didn't dangle the possibility
of an existential crisis. That exactly what was in play at the
Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election . For UKIP and their empty cipher of a
leader , a viable future was at stake. Both Nuttall and Nigel Farage
had made much of UKIP's need to become the party of the working class,
and Stoke was seen as a test bed for this strategy
Dear Undecided Stoke Central Voter
You should definitely vote Labour on Thursday 23rd February. And
depending on which way you're leaning, I'm going to tell you why.
Firstly, if you're finding UKIP attractive you should bear a few things
in mind. Just take a look at Paul Nuttall . Here you have a man whose
sole distinguishing characteristic is his lying. This isn't fibbing to
make a CV look a little better, no, he's taken Hillsbor
Labour and Insecurity
Two opposing stories have emerged about Labour's defeat in Copeland
last night. The first is Jeremy Corbyn was a drag on the doors and cost
us the seat. The second is Labour's vote saw long-term decline under
Jamie Reed, because he was really a Tory. The former requires stuffing
the latter down the memory hole. The latter demands ignoring the
reception on the doors and the awful polling. For anyo
Stoke Central Polling Day
Admittedly, I've never liked polling day much. Probably because my
experiences of them are never the greatest. 2011 in Bentilee found me
soaked and dispirited by the small numbers we turned out which,
thankfully, were enough to see off the BNP. 2012, Springfields and Trent
Vale: over a thousand Labour pledges and we still lost to the City
Independents and their manifesto promising a ban on cervic
Local Council By-Elections February 2017
Party Number of Candidates Total Vote % +/- Jan +/- Feb 16 Average/
Contest +/- Seats Conservative 20 6,375 23.5% +4.6% -5.0% 319 -7 Labour
17 6,332 23.3% -2.5% -7.8% 372 +1 LibDem 16 7,421 27.3% +4.5% +11.3% 464
+4 UKIP 13 2,532 9.3% +1.5% -1.2% 195 -1 Green 13 965 3.6% +2.6% -1.0%
74 +1 SNP* 0 0 PC** 0 0 Ind*** 3 493 1.8% +1.8% -4.0% 164 0 Other**** 4
3,043 11.2% +10.4% +11.2% 761 +2 * There we
New in Adrienne's Corner
NBC puts out a disgusting piece of trash video using children as props...
this is disturbing on so many levels. What would possess a "news"
agency to publish this reprehensible propaganda enlisting children to
spout off such corrosive rhetoric? And these are the same people who
claim to be insulted by being called fake news? The lines these kids had
to memorize and regurgitate for the camera are about as ridiculous as
the adult weenies decrying how Trump is going to ha
Saturday Snippets, best ever French fries, cleaner laundry, and is the internet making us stupid...
because it's the weekend and who needs to be mentally hassled? Let's
start with a subject of deep importance and dear to just about
everyone's heart - French fries. If you've been around here for awhile
you know I'm completely sold on the need for everyone to have and use an
Instant Pot electric pressure cooker - which, incidentally is on sale
right now for $99.99 at Amazon. It would be faster fo
Leftists - Intolerant, Hateful, and Not Very Smart...
I present to you two perfect examples of who we're dealing with when we
go up against a committed leftist. The first is a guy who declared
himself to be "gay" and then proceeded to say it had nothing to do with
all the terrible things Trump was going to do to homosexuals. When
questioned about exactly what terrible actions Trump was going to take
against all the victimized LGBT's, he had no answe
Your rights end where mine begin...
how hard is that to understand? Obviously, for libtards, it's very hard
to understand. We had to endure 8 years of a president who supported
mobs gone wild who impeded and endangered the citizens of this country
while they attempted to enjoy their daily lives. Don't they have a right
to do that? So it is with great pleasure I present to you 5 minutes of
sheer delightfulness as a small crowd of pr
The Grammy Awards are tonight...
I won't be watching. How about you? According to The Blaze: Longtime
Grammy Awards producer Ken Ehrlich says he welcomes musicians going “off
script” during the awards ceremony on Sunday to speak their minds about
politics and President Donald Trump. In fact, Ehrlich told the magazine
that the speeches only have one restriction: they can’t have profanity,
given the 3.5 hour long awards ceremony i
Melania in the Spotlight...
good job! Deals of the Day at Amazon More: Left Coast Resistance: How
To Spot A Snowflake (Excellent!) Virtual Mirage: Shall we Tolerate
Islam?
New in AMERICAN KABUKI
New web site from Heather Tucci-Jarraf: UNIDYNOMICS.INFO
Screen capture from Heather's web site.... There is a new web site from
Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf. Its http://unidynomics.info . You might want
to check it out. The site is terse and brief, my sense is that it is
directed more at specific particulars that need need some personal
instruction to come up to speed very rapidly in "unidynomics". More
content may be forthcoming. She's has a very interes
Session with Loie February 14th, 2017 - The Release of Source Current
How the "vacuum of space" appeared after the release of Source Current,
only more honeycomb like. Photo from:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pressure-cracks-in-lake-ice-nick-norman.html
I've been feeling the energetic effects of this doing for almost a
week, sorry for the late posting of it. Been very discombulated as of
late. :) -Terran February 13th [2/13/17, 5:34:11 PM] HeatherAnnTucciJar
Back to back energy and frequency upgrades...
Postings have been sparse here, and I am not apologizing for that. Been
going through some personal upgrades energetically and assimilating all
of that. There's not a lot new to say about Antarctica except that I
now know who four of the architects of Andromedan/Lyran/Orian base in
Antartica are, but I am not going to reveal that quite yet. This
situation in Antarctica keeps becoming richer and r
Clif High On Looming Banking Crisis
By American Kabuki Some interesting videos from Clif High, on possible
pending financial liquidity issues by what Clif High appropriately calls
the "occupying banks". The fuel for the banking systems was cut off in
December 2012, by the law filing of the One People's Public Trust. Its
taken a bit for what was in the pipeline to run out, longer than anyone
knew. For the past 2 years the banking sy
MORE DATA ON ANTARCTICA.... Ben Fulford's coordinate of 74 Degrees South, 164 Degrees East...
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE AMENDED CIA MAP OF ANTARCTICA Ben Fulford's
coordinates seem to check out. But as is stated below the entire land
mass is covered in cities and villages. There's a whole lot under that
ice! There also appears to be a large area in central Antartica that is
temperate in weather that is censored from satellite images. I don't yet
have data on that zone. Terran to Nabrac: I
HOT CHINESE MONEY: ZEROHEDGE -> There Are 66,719 Empty Mansions In Vancouver
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-11/there-are-66719-empty-mansions-vancouver
There Are 66,719 Empty Mansions In Vancouver by Tyler Durden Feb 11,
2017 2:57 PM One year ago, when we first started discussing the
Vancouver housing bubble, which as we first speculated - and was later
confirmed - was the result of Chinese oligarch money-launderers parking
"hot cash" in this offshore housing marke
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & Views......February 26 , 2017...... Quick Hits For
Sunday - 1) Europe In Focus - German Election Polling ( Ipsos &
Emnid ) CDU/ CSU vs SPD Within Margin Of Error ; News Of Note Touching
On Germany ; France In Focus : French Political Campaign Updates ;
Terror Plot Foiled ; France ( Italy and Netherlands) Not So Keen On The
EU ; UK In Focus : Brexit Related News ; Labour Still Spinning Copeland
Debacle ; Unfortunate Vehicle Incident Injures Pedestrians in South East
London ; Greece In Focus : Cyprus Talks ; Creditor Talks ; Domestic
Economy ; Siemens Corruption Trial Delayed Once More. 2) US Politics : A
Look Into Robert Mercer ; Russia Probe Updates ; Obamacare Repeal
Pitfalls ; Trump Tweets ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Odds & Ends -
North Korean Murder Mystery Updates , Libya , Syria , Iraq &
Additional Items Of Note Added As Day Goes By.
Europe..... Germany.... Europe Elects @ EuropeElects 23m 23 minutes
ago Germany, Ipsos poll: CDU/CSU-EPP: 32% ↓ SPD-S&D: 30% ↑ AfD-ENF:
12% LINKE-LEFT: 10% ↑ GRÜNE-G/EFA: 7% ↓ FDP-ALDE: 5% #btw17 Europe
Elects @ EuropeElects 21m 21 minutes ago Germany, Emnid poll:
SPD-S&D: 32% ↓ CDU/CDU-EPP: 32% AfD-ENF: 9% LINKE-LEFT: 8% FDP-ALDE:
7% ↑ GRÜNE-GREEN: 7% # btw17 The Local Germany @ TheLocalGe
Economic
News , Data & Views......February 25 , 2017...... Quick hits for
Saturday 1) Markets : Overview Of Global Stocks & Bonds Performance
For Week Ending February 24th - Another Week Of Big Gains ; Doug
Noland's Weekly Commentary ; Additional Data Touching On Stocks &
Bonds. 2) Europe In Focus : Greece - Fitch Keeps Greece Rating At CCC
After Examining Various Factors , Additional News Of Note ; France -
Presidential Election News & Polling Data ; UK News for Saturday To
Consider. 3) US Politics - Round Up Of News Of Note Touching On US
Political Scene. 4) Odds & Ends - Libya , Iraq & Syria In
Primary Focus , Additional Items Added As Relevant.
Markets....... Holger Zschaepitz @ Schuldensuehner 4h 4 hours ago
Global bonds jumped $421bn in value this wk to $45.8trn, highest since
Trump election, in kind of bond conundrum given that econ data was OK
Holger Zschaepitz @ Schuldensuehner 4h 4 hours ago Global stocks
gained $402bn in mkt cap this wk, equals to GDP of Norway, as reflation
trade continues. Global value of >$70tn shy of reco
Economic
News , Data & Views..... February 23 , 2017 ..... Quick Hits for
Thursday 1) Markets : Asia Calendar For Friday , Data & News ; RBA's
Lowe Takes Question At HoR's Standing Committee On Economics ; Strange
Action In Chinese Commodities Thursday Night ( For China) ; US : Dow Up
Moderately , Nasdaq Sells Off , S&P Basically Unchanged ; Market
Wrap Of News For The Day During US Session. 2) US Politics - Round Up On
The News Of The Day. 3) Europe In Focus - News Of The Day Touching On
Greece , France , Italy , Germany & More. 4) Odds & Ends -
Updates On Iraq , Syria , Iran & Libya.
Markets....... Asia...... ForexLive @ ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago
Economic data calendar in Asia today is bare, but RBA Governor speaking
Mark Constantine @ vexmark 5s 5 seconds ago Chinese manufacturers are
raising prices amid surging input costs https://www.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/
2017-02-21/from-china-s-factories-to-your-shopping-cart-price-hikes-loom
… ForexLive @ ForexLive 12m 12 mi
Economic
News , Data & Views ..... February 22 , 2017.....Quick Hits For
Wednesday 1) Markets : Economic Calendar For Asia , Key Data & News
As Released ; US Markets - Dow Up For 9th Straight Session But S&P/
Nasdaq End Down , Oil Down 1.36% On Non Opec Compliance (50%) and US
Shale Production Data But API Numbers Show Surprising Draws ; Additional
Items To Consider. 2) US Political Updates : Revised Travel Ban Nears
Completion , Release Now Set For Next Week ; Interview With US Treasury
Secretary Mnuchin - WSJ ; Administration / WH Team Updates ; VP Pence
Visits Vandalized Jewish Cemetery In St Louis And Delivers Remarks ;
Obamacare Repeal & Replacement Updates ; Political Odds & Ends.
3) Europe In Focus : Greece - Creditor Talks Updates As IMF Now Seems
Ready To Play Ball With Germany / EG / ESM ; France - French Centrist
Politician Bayrou Will Not Stand in 2017 Election - Will Back Macron ,
Le Pen Chief Of Staff Place Under Formal Investigation For Misuse Of EU…
Markets..... ForexLive @ ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic data due
from Asia today (Aussie Q4 capex & a BOJ speaker) Anthony Barton @
AntBarton89 16m 16 minutes ago Goldman On Yesterday's Key Aussie Data
Releases For Q4 $AUD US..... Charlie Bilello Verified account @
charliebilello 2h 2 hours ago The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at
a record high for the 9th consecutive day, longest
Economic
News , Data & Views.....February 21 , 2017 .....Quick Hits For
Monday-1) Markets : Asia In Focus - RBA''s Lowe Speech & Highlights ,
Data And Additional Market Moving News As It Develops ; US - Another
Day Of All Time Record Highs For Three Major US Indexes , USD & Gold
Down Today , Oil Up 66 Cents During Regular Session. 2) US Politics :
Revised Travel Ban Looms ; Trump To Sign Executive Orders Undoing
Obama's Climate Change Rules ; Border Enforcement To be Hiked ; CIA Aid
To FSA Groups On Hold ; NATO Important But So Is Europe Paying Its Fair
Share ; Additional Domestic & Geopolitical Items To Consider. 3)
Euope In Focus : UK PM May Could Seek To Trigger Article 50 By End Of
March ; French & German Election Related News ; Political
Uncertainty Weighing On Periphery Debt Relative To Bunds ; Greece-
Creditor Talks Status - Update After Monday Eurogroup Meeting ;
Additional Items Of Note. 4) Odds & End - Libya & Syria Updates.
Markets..... Asia..... Livesquawk @ Livesquawk 17m 17 minutes ago
PBoC Gauges Demand For 7, 14 & 28 Day Reverse Repos Livesquawk @
Livesquawk 17m 17 minutes ago PBoC To Inject CNY 30 Bln Via 28 Day
Reverse Repos Livesquawk @ Livesquawk 18m 18 minutes ago PBoC To
Inject CNY 50 Bln Via 7 Day Reverse Repos - PBoC To Inject CNY 40 Bln
Via 14 Day Reverse Repos Livesquawk @ Livesquawk 18m 18 mi
Economic
News , Data& Views.....February 20 , 2017..... Quick hits For
Monday -1) Greece & Creditors Talks - Key Focus Points At Today's
Eurogroup Meeting - Greece Agrees To Pre-Legislate Measures/ Reforms ,
IMF Still Waiting To Determine If It Will Participate In Greece Program
As Important Issues Remain Unaddressed. 2) Russia's Ambassador To The UN
- Vitaly Churkin Died Today Of Apparent Heart Related Medical Problems.
3) Le Pen's Party HQ Raided Earlier Today In Relation to Alleged Fake
Parliament Assistant Job Controversy. 4) Brexit - House Of Lords Starts
Debate , PM May In Attendance & Related Items Touching On Brexit. 5)
US Politics - Pence Comments From Earlier Today , Trump Tweets ,
Political Developments To Consider For Today. 6) Libya Updates For
February 20 , 2017. 7) Latest Information On Kim Jong-nam Murder
Mystery.
Europe...... EG Meeting..... Lena Argiri @ lenaargiri 18m 18 minutes
ago IMF"We welcome Gr authorities progress to meet requirements of
institutions in key areas on that basis we have agreed to send back
mission" Lena Argiri @ lenaargiri 18m 18 minutes ago IMF"More progress
will be needed to bridge differences on other important issues" Lena
Argiri @ lenaargiri 17m 17 minutes ago IMF:it is
New in Centauri Dreams
Seven Planets around TRAPPIST-1
The red dwarf known as TRAPPIST-1 could not have produced a more
interesting scenario. Today we learn that the star, some 40 light years
out in the constellation Aquarius, hosts seven planets, all of which
turn out to be comparable to the Earth in terms of size. Moreover, these
worlds were discovered through the transit method, meaning we have mass
and radius information for all of them. Today’s
The (Potentially) Habitable Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
When the news about the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 broke, I
immediately wondered what Andrew LePage’s take on habitability would be.
A physicist and writer with numerous online essays and a host of
articles in magazines like Scientific American and Sky & Telescope,
LePage is also a specialist in the processing and analysis of remote
sensing data. He has put this background in data analytics to f
Further Thoughts on TRAPPIST-1
In yesterday’s news conference on the seven planets around TRAPPIST-1,
exoplanet scientist Sara Seager (MIT) pointed to the discovery as
accelerating our search for habitable worlds. “Goldilocks,” Seager said
in a finely chosen turn of phrase, “has many sisters in this system.” I
think she’s exactly correct, even though we don’t yet know if any of
these particular worlds house life. For as Seager
SPECULOOS: Nearby Red Dwarfs
Let’s turn the clock back a bit on the TRAPPIST-1 discoveries with a
reminder of Hubble work on this system announced last July. A team led
by Julien de Wit (MIT) used the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field
Camera 3 to look for atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1b and 1c, two of the three
planets then known around this star. The researchers were able to take
advantage of a rare simultaneous transit, when
Exoplanet News Conference
You’ll want to see the news conference scheduled by NASA at 1300 EST
(1800 UTC) today, an exoplanet finding of considerable interest to
Centauri Dreams readers (I’ll have more on this later in the day). The
event will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Links
available here . Briefing participants: * Thomas Zurbuchen, associate
administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at
By ‘Photogravitational Assists’ to Proxima b
Given the distances involved, faster would always seem to be better
when it comes to interstellar flight. Voyager, which took 12 years to
get to Neptune and roughly 35 years to encounter the heliopause, would
take 75,000 years to cross the 4.22 light years to Proxima Centauri.
Voyager’s 17 kilometers per second clearly doesn’t cut it, but how fast
can we realistically hope to go? Let’s say we man
New in Craig Murray
Gerald Kaufman
When I was just a junior diplomat organising a trip for a group of
parliamentarians, Gerald Kaufman MP, then a shadow cabinet member,
nipped into a shop and bought me a snack because he knew I had missed my
breakfast. I was tied up trying to sort out a replacement bus for them.
His was a tiny but surprising act of kindness. You perhaps learn more
truth about public figures from such behind the sc
BBC Announces New Anti-Scottish Channel
The BBC is to launch a major new unionist propaganda channel in time
for the next Independence referendum. There will be 80 new unionists
employed as journalists. Close relatives of senior Labour party figures
are particularly welcome to apply, and in a new broadening of BBC
Scotland employment policy, a larger percentage of Ruth Davidson fans
will also be recruited. The news of the new job oppor
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I shall be quite busy speaking in the next few weeks: Friday 24
February 8pm in The Elephant and Castle, Lewes, Sussex . The Headstrong
Club (entry £3). I shall be attempting a wide ranging radical analysis
of world events encompassing Trump, Brexit, Putin, Corbyn, China and
where ordinary people stand as the world order changes. I love Lewes,
which has the most fascinating radical tradition dati
As Netanyahu and May Chat, a Large Nest of Israeli Spies in London Exposed
The Israeli Embassy has seventeen Israeli “technical and administrative
staff” granted visas by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The normal
number for an Embassy that size would be about two. I spoke to two
similar size non-EU Embassies this morning, one has two and one zero. I
recall I dealt with an angry Foreign Minister during my own FCO career
incensed his much larger High Commission had
Tories Tread a Dangerous Path
I have always believed that Theresa May is likely to try to block a new
Independence referendum – and it is extremely unlikely her defence
secretary, the odious Michal Fallon, would have said this so
categorically without prior agreement with May. Fallon, taking a break
from supplying weapons to the Saudis for killing Yemeni children,
displayed huge arrogance towards Scotland, which the Tories be
Clinton Gang Push for War with Iran
So what are the Clinton gang doing while Trump introduces anti-Muslim
immigration discrimination? Oh, they are pushing for war with Iran,
which might give pause to some who think the world would have been less
awful had Hillary won. Here is the front page of the resolution
introduced into the House of Representatives by Democrat Alcee L
Hastings, an extremely close ally of Debbie Wasserman Schult
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
Conservative parties compete to demand fat tax subsidies for Alberta’s education special interest groups
PHOTOS: In Alberta, private schoolboys like these would have 70 per
cent of the cost of their education paid for by taxpayers! (BBC photo.)
Below: Progressive Conservative leadership frontrunner Jason Kenney and
Wildrose Education Critic Leela Aheer, both of whom support tax
subsidies for shee-shee private schools. Below them: NDP Education
Minister David Eggen, who’s […] The post Conservative pa
Opposition parties strangely quiet as Alberta Finance Minister stops the ABC Sector gravy train
PHOTOS: Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci considers a reporter’s
question during Friday’s news conference (screenshot). Below: Alberta
Workers Compensation Board CEO Guy Kerr and Alberta Energy Regulator CEO
Jim Ellis. Being a conservative in opposition apparently turns what
your Mama taught you on its head: If you can’t say anything bad, don’t
say anything at […] The post Opposition parties stra
Two views of Alberta third-quarter financial update: Steady as Joe goes, versus Faster, Pussycat! Cut! Cut!
PHOTOS: Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci, on a day when the sun was
really shining. Below: Former premier Ralph Klein, the haze on fond
memories as painted by his portraitist; interim PC Leader Ric McIver;
Wildrose Jobs Critic Glenn van Dijken; and Alberta Party Leader Greg
Clark. Despite the expected Opposition histrionics, Alberta Finance
Minister […] The post Two views of Alberta third-quarte
Two polls and three by-elections signal an interesting spell in Alberta politics ahead
PHOTOS: No love lost for pipelines in B.C. – and all of a sudden that
could have an impact on politics in Alberta (Rabble.ca photo). Below:
Mainstreet research President Quito Maggi, B.C. Liberal Premier Christy
Clark and Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley. Two polls were published
this week by Mainstreet Research – one on the […] The post Two polls and
three by-elections signal an interesting spe
David D. Orr’s ‘Encountering Riel’ is this week’s Edmonton fiction bestseller, Audreys Books reports
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended Feb. 17, 2017, compiled on Feb. 21, 2017, by
Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of
Alberta. EDMONTON FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. Encountering Riel – David D.
Orr*† 2. Something Unremembered – Della Dennis*† […] The post David D.
Orr’s ‘Encountering Riel’ is this week’s Edmonton
Alberta public employees, subject to constant Wildrose and media vilification, win national award for effective service
PHOTOS: An image of the May 2016 Fort McMurray fire taken by Alberta
Government photographer Chris Schwarz. Below: The Wildrose Party sees
government workers like forest fire fighters (GoA photo) and Licensed
Practical Nurses (AUPE photo) as “union bosses.” Just guessing, but you
probably won’t read much news coverage about the national award the
Alberta […] The post Alberta public employees, sub
New in FREE PLANET
dreams - goat-human hybrid - talking child
what
a wierd night of FOUR intense and visually/narratively memorable
dreams, in the fourth (on a walk) I happened upon the goat-human hybrid
child munching away on grass at the front of a residential property by
the roadside. The front door of the cottage was open - that imagery
again . I spoke to the woman about her lovely young animal outside,
munching away on grass. It started to nuzzle me and
Electric Universe - Kongpop U-yen - Space Weather Forecasting
"Stick
with it," that's what I'm saying... KongPop U-yen isn't the most
confident presenter ever but his post-storm earthquake-prediction theory
and his Space Weather news in general are second to none. Free Planet
Summary: while this is all well and good, "We still don't have a global
solution to catastrophism," and by this I mean that we're still building
'solid structures on solid ground' be th
David Talbott - Discourses on an Alien Sky - the recording of prehistoric man
best
part from the 26-part catastrophy-catharsis Discourses on an Alien Sky
by David Talbott. Is this REALLY how our skies used to look to our
ancient ancestors? Wild...
Christopher Bollyn - the legacy of 9-11 - business as usual @ W.H.
I have a dream... so, you're (probably) wondering, "Mike, why are you
still droning on about 9-11?" and here's why... nothing will ever change
, the Machine! of War! will always Profit! Until we the people stop
funding these amoral gameplayers with our TIME on this Free Planet.
Mike Philbin art - Introversions and Dichotomies - new 2017 art/concept
so,
after spending most of January 2017 re-painting some 2016 paintings I
wasn't too happy with, I finally got down to making some new art for
2017 on a theme of tandem squares . Five abstract pieces 60 cm by 30 cm,
emulsion on canvas.
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