INEXPLICATA-THE JOURNAL OF HISPANIC UFOLOGY
Peru: A Mysterious Flying Object over Miraflores (1950)
Source: PLANETA UFO and El Comercio (Peru) Date: 06.13.2018 An article by Miguel Garcia Medina Peru: A Mysterious Flying Object over Miraflores (1950) The enigmatic subject of UFOs is no stranger to the pages of the El Comercio newspaper, as evidence by a copious amount of articles in our files. The year 1950 records considerable information about unidentified flying object sightings in many part
Argentina: Operación NOA - The Infiernillo Lights
Argentina: Operación NOA - The Infiernillo Lights By Luis Burgos The wilderness of El Infiernillo is among the twelve most mentioned places where UFO event play out regularly. It is located in Northwestern Tucumán at 3042 meters above sea level in the midst of the Valles Calchaquíes on Route No. 307, linking the provinces of Salta and Tucumán. The case histories have repeated with the same likene
Operación NOA - Remembering the Belén UFO Case
Source: ICOU (Argentina) Date: 05.30.2018 Operación NOA - Remembering the Belén UFO case By Luis Burgos A controversial case occurred in this locality of Catamarca in the late 1950s. Fernando Arquibola García claimed to have made contact with a "cylindrical" UFO resting vertically over a road in Belén at noon on January 1, 1958. While the percipient was not aware of the presence of any occupants
Mexico: The North American T-28 Trojan, The Mexican Air Force and UFOs
Source: Alfonso Salazar Date: 05.31.2018 Mexico: The North American T-28 Trojan, The Mexican Air Force and UFOs By Alfonso Salazar The story was told to me by an aeronautical engineer who served in the Mexican Air Force around the 1970s, flying in a squadron of T-28s based out of Cozumel. On several occasions, while conducting nocturnal flights, they were able to observe several luminous objects
Mexico: "Black Diamond" over Toluca on Video
Source: El Diario de Santiago (www.radiosantiago.cl) and Planeta UFO Date: 05.25.2018 Mexico: "Black Diamond" over Toluca on Video Chile's Radio Santiago posted a news item concerning an unidentified object with a curious configuration, featured in a video reportedly taken in the Mexican city of Toluca. The text - kindly provided to us by Planeta UFO - reads as follows: "We were sent this record
Argentina: Residents of Chos Malal Reportedly See a "Flying Saucer"
Source: lmneuquen.com and Luis Burgos Date: 06.04.2018 Argentina: Residents of Chos Malal Reportedly See a "Flying Saucer" The phenomenon occurred in recent hours. One local told LU5 that it descended in a field scant meters from her home. A resident of Chos Malal reported a strange phenomenon that took place in recent hours in a rural of the Northern Neuquén locality. Marisa San Martín told LU5
LAND DESTROYER
Manufacturing Dissent: US NGO's Build Opposition in Thailand
June 9, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - Should decidedly anti-British government organisations be found across the United Kingdom to be funded and directed by Russians, we could only imagine the reaction. Even whispers of hints of Russian influence have resulted in legislation, sanctions and quite literally years of punditry warning of the Kremlin's insidious reach. When the tables are turned, it
Atlantic Council Lies Dashed "On the Rocks" in Syria
June 16, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The Atlantic Council spearheads pro-war propaganda for US-NATO wars around the globe. This includes US-led hybrid warfare against Russia, the subversion and overthrow of the Ukrainian government in 2014 and the subsequent conflict that resulted, as well as America's interventions in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. The Atlantic Council describes itsel
Is Trump-Kim Deal Really Peace Or Is It A Set Up For War?
June 14, 2018 ( Brandon Turbeville - Activist Post ) - Presidents Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are perhaps the two most unpredictable leaders in the world with everyone wondering from day to day what new provocative statement will be ushered from official channels. However, the two most unpredictable leaders appear to have found common ground, perhaps even kindred spirits, during the course of th
US Regime Change and its Armies of "Garbage"
America's "color revolutions" are polished by the Western media to portray opposition as daring heroes. However, the truth is far less flattering, and even compromising. June 5, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Had James Buchanan - writing for the Guardian in his article, " 'This country has no freedom!': how Thailand's punks are railing against the junta " - told the truth about who Kitikea ‘Pur
How the "Skripal Effect" Was Stopped
May 22, 2018 ( Ulson Gunnar - NEO ) - A few years ago the story of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal allegedly being poisoned with a deadly nerve agent in the UK supposedly by the Russian state, would have shook geopolitics and placed immense pressure on Moscow. Today, while it certainly did shake geopolitics, it was more from the narrative hitting a brick wall than from its desired impa
Washington Post Denies US Meddling in Cambodia, Cites US Meddlers
May 18, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Washington is attempting to seize on momentum produced by a sweeping victory for US-backed opposition in Malaysia by ratcheting up pressure across the rest of Southeast Asia through US-funded opposition groups, US-funded media, and US-funded and directed fronts posing as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). This includes in Cambodia where the opposition h
LEFT I ON THE NEWS
How Russian Meddling Gave Us This Year’s World Cup
Left I on the News / 5d
This New York Times article —original title “How Russian Meddling Gave Us This Year’s World Cup”, later changed to the noncommittal “Did Russia Steal the World Cup?”)—is the latest manifestation of Russiamania, featuring none other than Christopher Steele. Yes, that’s Christopher Steele of Trump dossier and “pee tape” fame, as the article’s subtitle immediately reminds us. Spoiler alert — the ans
Headlines for June 15, 2018
Left I on the News / 5d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *The Biggest Winner at the U.S.-North Korea Summit: China https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-biggest-winner-at-the-us-north-korea-summit-china *The big winner of the Trump-Kim summit? China. ht
Headlines for June 8, 2018
Left I on the News / 12d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/world/middleeast/gaza-paramedic-killed.html Actually a decent article, even with an accompanying video includ
Headlines for June 1, 2018
Left I on the News / 19d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/"MOST DISGUSTING": *Syria war: Russians killed in militant raid in Deir al-Zour http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44271676 “Militants”? As the article itself makes completely clear, although not until the ninth paragra
Headlines for May 25, 2018
Left I on the News / 25d
This week's broadcast segment on Loud & Clear radio is here . CANDIDATES FOR “WORST” or “MOST DISGUSTING”: Anti-Castro militant Posada Carriles is dead at 90 http://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article211726514.html?__twitter_impression=true A notorious terrorist, not a “militant”. Even the US considered him a terrorist. Luis Posada Carriles, Who Waged Quest to Oust C
WIDE ASLEEP IN AMERICA
Wide Asleep on Radio Dispatch, Talkin' Iran Deal Destruction
I had the honor of returning to the Radio Dispatch airwaves to discuss the history and potential future of the Iran Deal with the great John Knefel. Listen to it below or download it here. Your browser does not support this audio And be sure to check out John and Molly Knefel's amazing archive of past shows here. And listen to the show from now on. C'mon people. *****
Talkin' Cable News Pundits on AJE's The Listening Post
Former U.S. government officials are consistent features of cable news punditry. I joined Al Jazeera English's The Listening Post to discuss. *****
Citations Needed, Episode 38: The Media' Bogus Generation Obsession
Wide Asleep in America / 25d
LIFE magazine, January 1, 1970 “Baby Boomers are bloating the social safety net!” “GenXers are changing the nature of work!” “Millennials are killing the housing market!” The media endlessly feeds us stories about how one generation or another is engaging in some collective act of moral failing that, either explicitly or by implication, harms another generation. It’s a widely-mocked cliché
Citations Needed, Episode 37: Black Lives Matter, Dreamers, and the Problem of ‘The Perfect Victim’
Wide Asleep in America / 25d
A pillar of the community. A straight-A student who dreamed of becoming a doctor. A loving father. Here through no fault of their own. She was hysterical and out of control. He was no angel. The press, both local and national, humanizes some victims of state or corporate violence, while demonizing others. Despite good intentions and seemingly without noticing, the media all too often create
Citations Needed, Episode 36: Maplewashing - Looking Behind Canada's Progressive Veneer
Wide Asleep in America / 25d
For decades, Canada has been a go-to point of reference for American progressives as a country the United States can and should strive to be. And while there are many parts about Canadian society that are measurably preferable, leftists in Canada find their country's glossy, socialist paradise image to be overblown and often a barrier to meaningful change. This episode examines this tension,
SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME
How To Bring Back Unions? Give Unionized Companies A Tax Cut
If there is one thing that will make a huge difference in the fight for worker rights, it's unions. Yet unions are under attack . Employers try to bust unions and prevent unionization. They do everything they can to make sure their workforce is not unionized, and if it is, to discourage workers from joining the union. So what if we could change that picture just a little? What if employers had an
Roseanne, the NFL, and Employee Free Speech at Work
There are two big stories in the headlines involving employee speech and the consequences thereof. If you haven't heard of both, welcome back from the coma. The most recent was Roseanne Barr's racist tweet rant , which resulted in the cancellation of her number 1 rated TV show, Roseanne. Then there has been the ongoing saga of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem in protest over the ext
Harvey Weinstein's Contract Is An Admission Of His Propensity To Sexually Harass
In the land of what-the-heck-were they thinking , I give you page 10 of Harvey Weinstein's contract, Paragraph i, which is basically an admission that the company's board and management were aware of his propensity to sexually harass. I can't believe they put this in, and I'll be shocked if a judge and/or jury doesn't slap them hard with punitive damages and some personal liability. necessary to f
NEWS FROM ATLANTIS.
Outrageous Fiction Pushed as History: Holstein's fable of Auschwitz, Masturbation Machines and Wolves
News From Atlantis. / 20d
Book Claims Nazis Used Masturbation Machines on Jews and a Wolf Saved Them By Studies Jewish Children Escape Auschwitz And Live With Wolves Bernie Holstein and his friends Wolves protect the Jewish children This is the story of an Australian Jew, named Bernard Holstein, who gets tattooed, claims he was an Auschwitz survivor, and writes a holocaust novel. The book becomes a best seller. It turns o
Hitler's List: A Film Spielberg will never make
News From Atlantis. / 29d
Ernest Hess, Hitler's WW1 Commanding Officer Stephen Spielberg's work of Fiction , Schindler's List, is taught in schools as fact - making a mockery of an already dumbed-down education system. The ridiculous holocaust propaganda - mobile gas vans, telephone boxes disguised as gas chambers, electrocution swimming pools, the amazing Auschwitz from which more people 'survived' than entered! - none o
A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON
On voyeurism while urinating: The strange tale of the Opus Hotel video cam
I first heard about this story in April from a co-worker of mine, the wife of Paul Razzell. I could hardly believe what I was hearing, and my old reporter instincts came to life in an instant as I encouraged her to have Paul call me so we could do a story. The question at the heart of the story: Is it OK to film people as they go about their business in the bar for the entertainment of men as the
Our sexwork podcast has been launched!
I am remarkably excited that the long-talked-about podcast with sex workers that I've been wanting to do for more than a year now has finally come together. Here's our first episode . With any luck, we'll be doing a new episode at least once a month. All episodes will be looking at sex work as a small business, as there is so much the work has in common with any other small business. Yet that asp
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE
Germs Seeds and Animals
What Is Sustainable / 10d
In history classes, students struggle to memorize and regurgitate the names, dates, and places essential to our glorious myth — the sacred journey that brought us to the miracle of today. For many, this parade of dusty factoids is the story they will believe for the rest of their days. What I was taught about Christopher Columbus resembled a kindergarten fairy tale — the courageous hero succeeds.
PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENT
Welcome Retraction Decision from the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, and Hopefully Future Policy Revisions to Be Announced
I have posted two times ( here and here ) about the deeply misguided decision by the editorial management team of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics not to retract a fraudulent, obviously "antivaxx" propaganda piece, article . On invitation, I have also summarised my opinion on this matter at the Daily Nous philosophy blog. In all of these posts, I have strongly underscored the otherwise very p
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics Troubles Deepen as Editorial Team Responds to Criticism
Philosophical Comment / 28d
Only the other day, I posted about "highly problematic" publication ethical decisions of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , and even more problematic positions taken when challenged. After having raised the issue in some closed facebook groups in my field, the initial concerns I had about the direction taken by the journal, have now deepened considerably. First, the entire managing editorial
THE RULES OF EXPOSITION
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK
Guest blog: A look into glyphosate and soil health
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp, has been labeled by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer as a “ probable human carcinogen .” Given the probable impacts of glyphosate on humans it isn’t a stretch to think that it would also be toxic to soil biology, right? I recently conducted a review of the scientific literature on the effects of pe
Keeping an eye on dicamba
Last year, the dicamba drift crisis defined the growing season across the U.S. — damaging an estimated 3.6 million acres of crops. In the months following, PAN, farmers and partner organizations have been taking action and tracking options for how best to avoid another catastrophic dicamba experience in 2018. The growing season has commenced, and here are a few updates on EPA’s stance on the herb
Keeping an eye on dicamba
Last year, the dicamba drift crisis defined the growing season across the U.S. — damaging an estimated 3.6 million acres of crops. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Farm Bill: How could it work for farmers?
An interview with Iowa farmer Patti Naylor focuses on key issues of concern for farmers in the proposed Farm Bill. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Farm Bill opposition couldn't be ignored
This blog is the third in our Farm Bill series focusing in on key issues of concern to those in our network. HR 2, the House version of the 2018 Farm Bill, went to the House floor for a vote on May 18, and failed. PAN was one of more than 500 organizations who voiced opposition to the House bill, including farmer organizations, advocates for rural communities and hunger and social justice groups.
A bumpy ride for Minnesota bees
As the Minnesota legislature adjourned last week, I was left with mixed feelings of disappointment and hope for Minnesota pesticide legislation. Going into this legislative session PAN and our allies knew that we would be playing a tough game of defense. What we didn’t expect? While legislators had a field day attacking clean water, air, and pipeline protections, we witnessed some key tone shifts
OBSIDIAN WINGS
A Good Cat
by Doctor Science Sneakers September 1999 - June 15, 2018 We had to say good-bye to Sneakers on Friday. He'd clearly reached the end of the line, he wasn't eating and was down to skin and bones. He had a really good run: more than 18 1/2 years is a full life for a cat, and he had very few illnesses or problems before the last few months. We loved him (especially me), and he loved us (especially m
About the recent unpleasantness
Obsidian Wings / 3d
With this post, I am breaking three of my personal rules I have for this blog. The first is that I do not call out commenters in the post as I think it is unfair to use the larger megaphone of the front page to make a point. The second rule is that in dealing with this fight in the comments, rather than explain and then take action as I would normally do, I'm taking a hockey referee approach. A h
No. Sleep. Till Brooklyn. OpThr
Obsidian Wings / 5d
by Ugh The President is horrible. His Attorney General is horrible. His press secretary is horrible. ICE is horrible. Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are horrible. The GOP is horrible. Also, too, horribly racist. The GOP is the party of Sarah Palin on her worst day now. I mean, fnck. Open thread...................... Update the First : Big Business continues to be horrible too. Update Boogaloo : Th
Who disabled an unmarked unit, with a banana? Op. Thr.
Obsidian Wings / 13d
by Ugh Random movie quotes have been popping into my head lately and the number one thing I realized is that none of them are from a movie post-2000. Either I'm old or my movie watching habits have declined. Probably both. I was going to put up a thread about how one of the great political "branding" campaigns of the past 30+ years is the GOP labeling the estate tax as the "death tax." Not that t
Thread Thread Thready Thread
Obsidian Wings / 21d
by Ugh Because why not, eh? I forget who said that capitalism needs to be kept safe from the capitalists, but gee ABC, what did you think you were getting? Also, too, I'm spending way too much time on the twitters, and encountering some very special people. My kids are casting Harry Potter spells on each other and I feel old. Me me me, it's all about me! Thread of openness.
ORGANIZING NOTES
Talking space in Scotland
Organizing Notes / 14h
Last night Global Network board convener Dave Webb (also serves as chair of the UK's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) took Will Griffin, Mary Beth Sullivan, and me to Edinburgh, Scotland to speak to members of Scottish CND. More than 25 people crammed into a tiny CND office space and we had a wonderful 90 minute discussion before we had to walk back to the rail station to take the train back to
Trump's space force ain't affordable....
Organizing Notes / 2d
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Bringing Julian Assange home
Organizing Notes / 2d
By John Pilger The persecution of Julian Assange must end. Or it will end in tragedy. The Australian government and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull have an historic opportunity to decide which it will be. They can remain silent, for which history will be unforgiving. Or they can act in the interests of justice and humanity and bring this remarkable Australian citizen home. Assange does not ask fo
Kiev continues shelling eastern Ukraine
Organizing Notes / 2d
The US-NATO puppet regime in Kiev continues shelling their own citizens who live in eastern Ukraine. Their only crime is that they speak Russian and live near the border with Russia. This has been going on virtually daily since 2014 - thousands killed and injured all so the US-NATO war project can poke and provoke Moscow in order to justify expansion of the unholy alliance up to the Russian borde
WELCOME BACK TO POTTERSVILLE
A Quick Study in Contrasts
I'm not going to have much time for logging for blogging since I have to take Mrs. JP to the hospital for a checkup and I probably won't be able to even use my cell phone in the building. But I just wanted to give you a study in contrast brought about by King Hairod and his fascist policy at the border. At last count, 2342 children have been ripped from their parents' arms in the six weeks since
Gotham Cirty Digest
Where King Herod changed his name to Trump. Remember about 13 years ago when Duncan Hunter went on national TV and told the American public about all the delicious food we were serving Muslim prisoners we were holding ar Gitmo without charge? Yes, Laura Ingraham went there and called child detention facilities "summer camps" and "boarding schools." Sounds as if Laura Riefenstahl is begging us to
So Far Today on Republican Twilight Zone:
Jeff Sessions is blaming Democrats for us being "forced" to kidnap children at the border at a Sheriff's convention in New Orleans. Despite this, Stephen "Goebbels" Miller says separating children from their parents by force was "a simple decision." So whose decision was it, again? Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is saying there's no such policy to kidnap children at the border. There IS a po
Stanford and Milgram redux
I don't know the provenance of this account but I have no suspicion that it's fake. If you can read this without wanting to cry, if you can rationalize visiting the nightmare of us taking by force children from their parents for what amounts to a misdemeanor offense, then you can just stop reading right now. But we are no longer the United States envisioned by the Founding Fathers. What was once
A Modest Proposal
(By Cyril Blubberpuss, Conservative-American) To: pnovakovic@generaldynamics.com From cblubberpuss@onepercent.com Dear Ms. Phebe Novakovic: As a fellow One percenter and self-professed Trump Deplorable Zero, I am writing to you with a modest proposal (Not to be confused with an essay by another writer, some Jonathan Swiftboat or another, you know, the erotic author who wrote about bondage and tal
Godwin's Law?
You're Goddamned right I'm going there. Here's why: The man who's allowed to employ his criminal daughter in the White House has, with the collusion of his embattled Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, stolen 2000 children or more from migrant families in just six weeks. That comes out to nearly 50 a day. If 50 white children of respectable (or outwardly respectable) conservative fami
NOT PC
Sherlock Holmes watches the world's most libertarian sport
Not PC / 5h
Well, not Sherlock Holmes himself, but his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the following about the world's most libertarian sport, Australian football, after watching the 1920 VFL Grand Final between Carlton & Richmond: I know something about football, for I played Rugby for the Edinburgh University and soccer with the Hampshire team. I have also seen the best American football. I consider
QotD: The marginal business busted by minimum wage laws
"When socialists want to hike the minimum wage, they tell you workers need more. Because that's how socialists work. When the minimum wage is hiked, it ruins the marginal business. Because that's how economics works. And when those businesses fail, socialists tell you they deserve it. Because that's how envy works." ~ Keith Weiner . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish i
QotD: "I know nothing more odious than to prevent a man from emigrating from his country..."
Not PC / 1d
"Observe ... that if it is just and useful to allow every man to dispose of his labour, it is equally so—and for the same reasons—to allow him to choose his residence. The one is a consequence of the other. I know nothing more odious than to prevent a man from emigrating from his country, who is there so wretched as to wish to quit it, in spite of all the sentiments of nature and the whole force
QotD: "NZ does not really have landfill sites. It has storage sites for future recycling."
Not PC / 2d
"New Zealand does not really have landfill sites. It has storage sites for future recycling." ~ Eric Crampton, from his NBR article ' Waste Not, Store That ' . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
QotD: Has NZ has been accepting economic coercion?
Not PC / 3d
"Generally, if you find yourself over-exposed to someone else (some person, some business, some country), and especially one of questionable character, the prudent thing to do is to gradually reduce your exposure, diversify your risks, and regain your (perceived) freedom to act in accord with your values. But when it comes to the People's Repuplic of China (PRC), prevailing opinion – ministerial
QotD: "The concept of white male privilege is like the Christian notion of original sin."
Not PC / 5d
"It seems that the concept of white male privilege is like the Christian notion of original sin. We are somehow born with it and somehow have to atone for it." ~ Australian Senator David Leyonhjelm talking to 2GB radio about 'white privilege' . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
NORTHERNTRUTHSEEKER
Scapegoating Iran
Northerntruthseeker / 8h
I stated in my MONDAY rant that the psychotic state if Israel was now working hard in getting their nice little war off and running against the innocent nation of Iran by recently claiming the absurdity that Iran was about to attack Israel from "bases in Syria".... I did not know whether to laugh or to cry at that absurdity, for anyone with even the least bit of Geographical knowledge can clearly
Israel Runs America: US Quits United Nations Human Rights Council By Falsely Accusing Council Of Anti-Israeli Bias (Good Riddance)
Northerntruthseeker / 13h
Israel controls the United States... That readers, and especially those living in the once free United States itself, is absolutely fact... The criminals in that illegal "state" that illegally occupies land in Palestine absolutely drive every aspect of America's domestic and especially its foreign policies... Basically what Israel demands of the US it gets in a heartbeat..... It is sickening to wa
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Monday June 18th, 2018
Northerntruthseeker / 2d
Yes, you are reading it correctly... It is Monday, and time for my belated weekly rant... I had a pretty good Fathers day yesterday, and I spent the day basically doing NOTHING... No internet surfing, no writings at this blog, no cooking, no work....Just some rest and relaxation.... It felt a bit strange to me considering how much I do on a daily basis, and I was glad for the break.... I read the
Happy Fathers Day To All Of My Readers
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
Yes, tomorrow is indeed Fathers Day.... And I do want to wish the best for all the hard working fathers out there.... I myself will be having a day of rest and relaxation as my family wants me to take the day to unwind and do NOTHING... They will be taking me out for breakfast and my better half and my son will be taking the cooking chores away from me for tomorrow night for a change (Yes, I do co
The Situation In Syria: The Criminals In The US Are Once Again Threatening Syria For Taking Action Against US Run Terrorists!
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
Why do I feel like I am beating my head against the wall every time I point out the FACTS that the entire "war on terror" is nothing but a massive fraud and swindle? It was invented years ago for the US/Israel/NATO criminal cabal to have their excuses to march right into peaceful nations for their removal of popular governments through brutal "regime change"..... We have seen over and over again o
Important Video: Dangerous People Are Teaching Your Kids
Northerntruthseeker / 6d
In my daily interaction with people, I have noticed how so many have fallen victim to the bullshit "Liberalism" and other ideas that have stifled their abilities to either speak their own minds or to stand up for what is truly right... I for one have been sick and tired of this modern idea of "Gender politics" and giving rights to those that in previous years would have been kept on the fringes of
NORTHERN REFLECTIONS
A Nation Of Barbarians
Northern Reflections / 13h
Yesterday, Donald Trump accused Canadians of smuggling shoes across the border after they had "scuffed them up" a bit. There followed a host of lies about Canadian tariffs -- particularly dairy tariffs. Henry Giroux writes : Trump has lied, along with a tsunami of other fabrications, about former president Barack Obama’s birthplace, he’s made false claims about why he did not win the popular vote
A Moral Black Hole At The Centre
Northern Reflections / 1d
The big picture, Paul Krugman writes , is shocking and depressing: The U.S. government is, as a matter of policy, literally ripping children from the arms of their parents and putting them in fenced enclosures (which officials insist aren’t cages, oh no). The U.S. president is demanding that law enforcement stop investigating his associates and go after his political enemies instead. He has been
A New And Better World
Northern Reflections / 2d
Thanks to Donald Trump, world alliances are being scrambled. Robin Sears writes that a new world order is appearing with each passing day: Already we have seen both Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron publicly signal that an EU-centric foreign policy, not one led by the U.S., is their vision of the future. China, less adroitly, continues to attempt to build an Asian sphere of influence. Their milit
The Crunch Is Upon Us
Northern Reflections / 3d
This is an Age of Anxiety. Larry Elliott writes that it's not hard to understand why: The past decade has seen the biggest financial crisis in a century, the biggest slump since the Great Depression and the slowest recovery since the second world war. Living standards have flatlined and public spending has been cut. People are anxious, frustrated and angry. The only real surprise is that they are
The Rest Of The World Knows That
Northern Reflections / 4d
Tony Burman writes that this past week reminded us of things we already knew about Donald Trump: We already knew that Donald Trump has a pathological infatuation for dictatorships and the authoritarian leaders who rule them, and a loathing of everything that genuine democracy entails. But what we learned -- or should have learned -- this week is that Donald Trump is a danger to us all. There are
Ignorance Is On The March
Northern Reflections / 5d
If you're looking for a clue to what life will be like in the Era of Doug Ford, Rick Salutin writes that you should keep your eye on education. That's because modern conservatives don't like education. That was certainly true of Ford's conservative predecessor, Mike Harris: Harris’s own public career began on school boards and he’d been a teacher himself. This disposed him negatively, not positiv
SARDONICKY
The Family That's Jailed Together Stays Together
Sardonicky / 3h
The nation finally got a rare peek at the kinder, crusty cruelty of Donald Trump Wednesday, as he bowed to pressure from the brand damage being inflicted upon daughter Ivanka from thousands if state-kidnapped and imprisoned migrant children. The corporate media shockingly had begun doing some actual reporting for a change, diverting the public's attention from the president's daily tweet-storm in
The United States of Child Abuse
Sardonicky / 2d
At this point it doesn't matter what might be the self-interested motives of the politicians who staged Father's Day protests at the immigration prison in New Jersey and at the pediatric gulags in Texas. They're shining the national spotlight on the latest example of state-sanctioned cruelty. As much as we might like to turn away, we cannot. When even Laura Bush, wife of war criminal Dubya, is co
Pre-Existing Conditions
Sardonicky / 5d
As pathological as it is, the current Trump administration is not operating in a vacuum. Its policies on war, institutional racism, and robbing the poor to reward the rich are part of the grand old capitalistic traditions of slavery, neocolonialism, neoconservatism and neoliberalism. As I've written many times before, Trump and his cronies are just more upfront about braying out the hatred that t
Gush Vs. Bore In Singapore
Sardonicky / 7d
I am certainly no fan of Donald Trump, but he actually comes across as a lot more reasonable than some of the media-political complex minions who are throwing cold war on this whole precious thing called peace. The Strangelovians of Cold War 2.0 are variously calling the Trump-Kim public relations effort to at least give peace a chance a sham, too lacking in "details" and an open door to Chinese
The Touchiness, Feeliness and Ickiness of Donald Trump
Sardonicky / 9d
Donald Trump at the G-7 summit in Quebec reminded me of the scene in "A Christmas Story" (the original movie, not the lousy musical remake) right before juvenile neighborhood terrorist Scut Farkas finally gets the crap beaten out of him by one of his victims as the other victim-kids look on in awe and disbelief and barely-contained schadenfreude. The scowl on Donald's face and the arms folded def
Austerity Addicts of the Democratic Party
Sardonicky / 12d
Billionaire deficit hawk and Catfood Commission funder Pete Peterson may be dead, but that hasn't stopped House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi from continuing to gorge herself on his ideological corpse. Pelosi, who once infamously urged her fellow Democrats to "embrace the suck" and abolish long-term federal unemployment benefits during the height of the Wall Street-manufactured recession, now vows
SCHOOLS MATTER
From Math to Marksmanship: Military Ties to Gamified Assessments
Schools Matter / 1d
from Wrench in the Gears June 19, 2018 This past February, economist James Heckman convened a working group of social scientists to discuss new types of assessments that are being designed to capture data about children’s social-emotional traits and predict future behaviors. The researchers spent two days in an oak-paneled room at the University of Chicago where they collaborated on the new asses
Is Robert Dugger setting up Robin Hood to steal from the poor?
Schools Matter / 4d
from Wrench in the Gears June 16, 2018 More on the people behind ReadyNation’s Global Business Summit on Early Childhood, November 1-2, 2018 New York City Who is Robert Dugger? Robert Dugger is the co-founder of ReadyNation and serves on the board of the Council for a Strong America. He began his career as an economist with the Board of Governor’s that oversees the Federal Reserve System, later s
The Noblesville School Shooting and the NRA’s Indiana Campaign Donations
By Doug Martin The day after a school shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Indiana left one teacher and a 13-year-old girl wounded, students and parents protested a recruitment tent set up by the National Rifle Association at the Hoosier Armory gun shop in downtown Noblesville. That day, yesterday, May 26, demonstrators from Noblesville and students from Warren Central, Lawrence North, a
A New Generation of Corporate Spinners at Ed Week
I read the corporate media's flagship education magazine, Education Week as a reliable barometer of the story lines being pushed by corporate education reformers. As in the recent coverage by reporter/editorialist, Madeline Will, who is listed on Ed Week's " Experts " page as having a bachelor's degree in journalism/political science from UNC (Class of '14). I would expect Ms. Will to move up qui
Why Does Diane Ravitch Support Charter Schools? Will She Debate?
I have been asking this question for a long time, even before Diane's and AFT's Network for Public Education (NPE) issued a position statement on charters that somewhat clarifies their support for charter schools: . . . we recognize that many families have come to depend on charter schools and that many charter school teachers are dedicated professionals who serve their students well. It is also
Here's how higher education was destroyed in 5 basic steps
Here's how higher education was destroyed in 5 basic steps : Higher education is not what it used to be, and that's no accident.
MAJIA'S BLOG
US to Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council in Response to Condemnation
Majia's Blog / 1d
This is another example of the fundamentally illiberal government we are seeing from the Trump administration, but also from other governments under "strong men" across the world. Matthew Lee and Josh Lederman (AP) (2018, June 19) US poised to announce exit from UN human rights council. Yahoo. Available https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-poised-announce-exit-un-human-rights-council-155923454--politics
Strong 6.1 Earthquake Near Osaka Japan
Majia's Blog / 2d
https://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/ No reports on any nuclear effects. Fukui Prefecture, marked in the map below, is not too far from the earthquake activity. Fukui Prefecture (see map below) has 13 commercial nuclear reactors according to an article in the Japan Times ( here) , although only 2 reactors are reported to be in operation Here is a map from Wikipedia of the location of Japan's nuclear po
Monopoly Capitalism is Antithetical to Democracy
Majia's Blog / 6d
Mergers and acquisitions are accelerating at an alarming pace: Gottfried, Miriam (2018, June 14). Deal Makers Ready $1 Trillion Trove. The Wall Street Journal, p. B1. “There has been $2.1 trillion of M&A [merger and acquisition] deals announced so far this year, according to Dealogic, up 56% from the comparable period in 2017…. If the current pace continues, 2018 would break a record for global M
Purging Voting Rolls, Erecting Barriers, and Limiting Circulations
Majia's Blog / 8d
The news media is widely discussing the decision by the US Supreme Court to allow purging of voter registration rolls: John Nichols (2018, June 11) How Did the Supreme Court Give a Green Light to Massive Voter Suppression? Two words: Neil Gorsuch. The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/supreme-court-give-green-light-massive-voter-suppression/ On Monday, the Court released its ruling in the
Net Neutrality Ends Today
Majia's Blog / 9d
I've commented quite a bit on this blog about the endangered digital commons. It was never more than an aspiration, of course, given the ways web architecture and ownership shape digital transactions. But although we never approached the digital commons, the web 2.0 environment offered unprecedented opportunities for individuals to communicate to mass audiences. This capacity for individual comme
Radioactive Milk
Majia's Blog / 11d
In 1962 Harold Knapp described how radioactive isotopes of iodine bioaccumulate in cow's milk, with implications drawn for children consuming that milk. Iodine is the not only element that concentrates in cow's milk. Cesium and strontium also are concentrated in milk. After Chernobyl, cow's milk was contaminated with cesium. Today it remains contaminated, as illustrated in this news report: Chern
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
Do Not Put Off Today That Which.......The Wisdom Of Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) has been called the "sleeping prophet," the "father of holistic medicine," and the most documented psychic of the 20th century. Cayce was born on a farm in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1877, and his psychic abilities began to appear as early as his childhood. As an adult, Cayce would put himself into a state of meditation, connecting with the universal consciousness and from
Suffering - The Wisdom Of Omraam Mickael Aivanhov
Suffering - It teaches humans which guide they must follow. "When someone proposes a policy inspired by generosity and concern for the most deprived, very few people decide to support them. But if they talk about overthrowing the powers that be to seize the positions and privileges they exercise, this person is backed by a crowd. What conclusion can we draw? That humans still need to suffer. Perh
Physical And Psychic Discomfort - The Wisdom of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Physical and psychic discomforts - always present opportunities to work on ourselves. "When you experience a physical or psychic malaise, do not try to get rid of it by immediately resorting to medication. First, consider that in giving you this pain, nature is pressing you to do work on the spiritual plane. Try to forget this discomfort for a moment, and meditate, pray, connect yourself to the l
Divide Yourself Not - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Divide yourself not Then you will be distracted Stay strong in yourSelf © 2018 M.N. Hopkins Note: This poem was inspired yesterday after first viweing a interview dealing with unatural, disharmonious sounds vs. the harrmonious and natural sounds in nature that can induce healing in the body then later that evening listening to a medium talk about not being distracted by cell phones and TV and to
Simone Vitale Interview on the Tim Lynch Radio Show
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dRjroa57vM Published on Jun 3, 2018
Seek That Peace - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
This poster was a gift from a friend who enjoyed the poem. Many thanks. You can also read the poem by clicking on the link below: Seek That Peace Poem Link For Easier Reading
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