English: Jimmy Carter signs the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
President Carter holding a model of the ship that carries his name. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"OFFICIALS" and their "OFFICIAL STORY"s are crumbling left and right because of the internet
What is an "OFFICIAL" and what is an "OFFICIAL STORY"? An OFFICIAL is a person connected to or a member of the government or mainstream media. An OFFICIAL STORY is a story the tell about an EVENT that is a game-changing event that affects the country...such as 911, the JFK/RFK/MLK/John Lennon shootings, the Sandy Hook/Batman/Sikh Temple shootings...and things like that, you get the picture. YOU aren't an "OFFICIAL". If you're in the 99%, you're not an OFFICIAL. And therefore, can't tell an "OFFICIAL STORY". It is implied, by OFFICIALS, that they know better than us and we should tr... more »
jimmy carter: we are calling on all leaders to challenge misogyny
Jimmy Carter: This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths. Nor, tragically, does its influence stop at the walls of the church, mosque, synagogue or temple. This discrimination, unjustifiably attributed to a Higher Authority, has provided a reason or excuse for the deprivation of women's equal rights across the world for centuries. At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men excuses slavery, violence, forced prostitution, ge... more »
'We don't do deals with terrorists': State Department REJECTS 'Battalion of Blood' gang offer to swap two U.S. hostages seized in Algeria for jailed extremists
The Obama administration has rejected an offer from militants to release convicted terrorists in exchange for US hostages being held in Algeria, as it is revealed Texas resident Frederick Buttaccio was killed in yesterday's bloody raid. The Associated Press reported this afternoon that Buttaccio died in the hostage standoff as survivors said militants strapped plastic explosives around their necks and described how foreign workers secretly invented disguises to escape their captors. The Al Qaeda-linked kidnappers offered to outrageous swap deal this morning through a Mauritanian ne... more »
School armed guard hired after Sandy Hook leaves his handgun in the bathroom just one week into new job
WNEM TV 5 Michigan education officials admit their newly hired armed security guard left his gun in a charter school bathroom, but they don't see any reason to make an issue out of it. 'It's almost like no harm no foul,' said Lapeer County Prosecutor Byron Konschuh noting that since none of the children attending kindergarten through eighth grade at the school were injured the incident would not result in criminal charges. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264764/Schools-new-armed-security-guard-leaves-handgun-school-bathroom-just-week-hired.html
Jamie DeWolf: L. Ron Hubbard's Great Grandson slams Scientology as 'dangerous cult'
Jamie DeWolf, the great-grandson of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, has come out with new explosive claims against the church and its controversial founder. And it's not pretty. 'My family sees Scientology as absolute poison,' says Jamie DeWolf. 'It’s a dangerous cult.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264888/Great-grandson-L-Ron-Hubbard-slams-Scientology-dangerous-cult.html
New York newspaper removes map of handgun owners three days after state passes gun control legislation
A suburban New York newspaper that outraged gun owners by posting the names and addresses of residents with handgun permits removed the information from its website Friday. The Journal News took down the data just three days after the state enacted a gun control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264977/New-York-newspaper-removes-map-handgun-owners-days-state-passes-gun-control-legislation.html
5 year old girl Suspended and Deemed a 'Terrorist Threat' after threatening to 'shoot' friend with pink Hello Kitty bubble gun
A 5-year-old Pennsylvania girl who told another girl she was going to shoot her with a pink toy gun that blows soapy bubbles has been suspended from kindergarten. Her family has hired an attorney to fight the punishment, which initially was 10 days but was reduced to two. Attorney Robin Ficker says Mount Carmel Area School District officials labeled the girl a 'terrorist threat' for the bubble gun remark, made on January 10 as both girls waited for a school bus. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264933/Girl-5-suspended-kindergarten-days-threatening-shoot-friend-pink-Hello-Ki... more »
New Jersey Bed, Bath & Beyond Attack: Tyrik Haynes Charged in the attack which left Kerri Dalton in a critical condition
A woman was brutally stabbed in the chest more than a dozen times while shopping with her infant child at a Bed, Bath & Beyond store on Thursday evening. Tyrik Haynes, 19, was charged with attempted murder in the attack in Middletown, New Jersey on Friday and held on $1 million bail. He had previously been charged with torturing a cat. Haynes allegedly rushed upon Kerri Dalton, 29, with no warning as she pushed her son's stroller through the store. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264793/Woman-stabbed-dozen-times-NJ-Bed-Bath--Beyond-shopping-infant-son.html
U.S. government investment gives flu vaccines a shot in the arm
Fighting the flu may soon get easier. As early as next year, more modern and more effective vaccines will hit the market, thanks to investments by the U.S. government and pharmaceutical companies. And even bigger scientific advances are expected in the next decade, including a "universal" flu vaccine given every five to 10 years that would fight many strains of a virus, making annual shots all but obsolete. Experts say it could take eight to 10 more years of testing before a universal flu vaccine would be ready. Meanwhile, they expect advances that could still incrementally improve... more »
Burned bodies found at besieged Algeria gas plant
Algerian special forces on Saturday found 15 burned bodies at a desert gas plant raided by al Qaeda-linked fighters, two days after the army launched an assault to free hostages being held there by the Islamists, a source familiar with the crisis said. Efforts were underway to identify the bodies, the source told Reuters. It was not clear how they had died. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/19/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130119
Algeria: 'Hostages Dead' In Final Stand-Off
Seven foreign hostages have been killed by Islamist militants as Algerian special forces stormed a BP gas plant in a final assault, said the country's state news agency. Sixteen other foreign hostages, including two Americans, two Germans and one Portuguese, were freed, a source told the Reuters news agency. http://news.sky.com/story/1040172/algeria-hostages-dead-in-final-stand-off
Ozzy Osbourne Burns Hair In LA House Fire
Ozzy Osbourne has been slightly injured when he tried to put out a fire in the living room of his Beverly Hills mansion. The Black Sabbath rocker received medical treatment at home after he burnt his hair and injured his hand. http://news.sky.com/story/1040195/ozzy-osbourne-burns-hair-in-la-house-fire
Bill Whittle: Something uplifting for the weekend...
*don't give up.*
Pulverizing Spence
Like, Pavlov's dogs, the corporate media have bought the government's line that native Canadians are lazy parasites. Michael Harris writes: Reading the media this week has been like having a picnic on the killing floor of an abattoir. By my count, Chief Spence has been fat-shamed, bitch-slapped, traduced and ridiculed. She has been demonized in a way that other minorities never would be and no one ever should be. Not in this country, nor anyplace else. *The National Post* twisted the facts to fit the prime minister's narrative: The lead of the piece says that Canadians don’t w... more »
Algeria Crisis: 'Sixteen Hostages Freed'
Sixteen foreign hostages being held by Islamist fighters at a BP gas plant in Algeria have reportedly been freed. Those freed include two Americans, two Germans and one Portuguese, a source told the Reuters news agency. It also reported Algerian special forces had killed 11 rebels in a final assault, citing the Algerian state news agency APS. http://news.sky.com/story/1040172/algeria-crisis-sixteen-hostages-freed
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake SAMAR, PHILIPPINES - 19th January 2013
Magnitude 5.4 Date-Time Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 13:48:06 UTC Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 09:48:06 PM at epicenter Location 11.293°N, 125.360°E Depth 81.3 km (50.5 miles) Region SAMAR, PHILIPPINES Distances 38 km (23 miles) E (83°) from Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
Horse meat supplier still operating in the Netherlands with authorities refusing to name and shame the Dutch company
*Same supplier: Fast food giant Burger King was drawn into the row today as it uses the same supplier as supermarkets where burgers were found to contain horse meat* The Dutch meat supplier believed to be responsible for contaminating British burgers with horse meat was still operating last night despite being under investigation. New DNA tests on burgers made at the Silvercrest processing plant in Ireland have confirmed that an imported protein powder used as a filler to help bulk out the burgers caused the contamination. It is understood that the supplier of the powder is based i... more »
UK 'workless households' rate among highest in EU as Britons appear to prefer a life on benefits
Britain's share of households where no one works is among the worst in Europe, shock figures revealed yesterday. The finding suggests that in an economy far more resilient than those of the stricken eurozone, many Britons appear to continue to prefer a life on benefits to work. There may be particular concern over the workless rate among UK single mothers. Only Ireland and tiny Malta among the other 26 EU states have a higher proportion without work. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264873/UK-workless-households-rate-highest-EU-Britons-appear-prefer-life-benefits.html
Ukrainian opposition MP sprayed with green antiseptic as Tymoshenko's trial is delayed after health declines to 'critical' level
A colleague of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was sprayed with green antiseptic dye as he attended the former prime minister's trial. Ukrainian opposition parliament deputy Arsen Avakov was there to hear Tymoshenko's trial for tax evasion, but ended up coated the in the green ink - the second of two attempts to shower him in dye. According to an Interfax-Ukraine reporter, the politician's face was left dripping with dye on the left, although his eyes were not affected, Kyiv Post reported. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264727/Ukrainian-opposition-MP-... more »
Gerrymandering-- Another Anti-Democracy Tool In The Right-wing Arsenal
At this point you have to either be an unreconstructed Southerner or a Michele Bachmann constituent to not understand that the Republican congressional strategy is to undermine the United States and cause as many people as possible as much pain as they can. House Republicans aren't even hiding it any longer. That's because of gerrymandering. Their districts have been drawn so precisely to exclude anyone who hasn't been brainwashed by Fox, that no matter what normal people think about GOP treachery, the congressmen leading and enabling it can be reelected forever and ever. It doesn... more »
'I have been paid to kill you': Terrifying con email that threatens people with assassination unless they pay £20,000
* EMAIL IN FULL* This is the only way I could contact you for now, I want you to be very careful about this and keep this secret with you until I make out space for us to see. You have no need of knowing who I am or where I am from. I know this may sound very surprising to you but it's the situation. I have been paid some ransom in advance to terminate you with some reasons listed to me by my employer. It's someone I believe you call a friend; I have followed you closely for a while now and have seen that you are innocent of the accusations he levelled against you. Do not contac... more »
Review in Theoria of The Price of Precaution and the Ethics of Risk
My book on the moral basis of the precautionary principle that was published by Springer in 2011, *The Price of Precaution and the Ethics of Risk*, is very favorably reviewed over four pages in the latest issue of the renowned philosophy journal, *Theoria*. To read the entire review, written by Nils Möller, you need access to reach behind the Wiley paywall (e.g. through a university library) or a subscription of your own, and in that case just click here. If you lack this sort of access, clicking the just mentioned link can still let you sample the first page of the four of the revi... more »
Please stand by...
Please stand by. We are experiencing technical difficulties.... getting Linux Mint running on my Benq eee PC. Check this space tomorrow when we return to our regularly scheduled content. In the meantime, contemplate this gorgeous butterfly. Shots like this are why I bought a 100mm macro lens. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums! Delenda est, baby.
Cowardice, deceit and why Dave's not the only one in a fix over Europe
David Cameron’s big speech on Europe may have been postponed, but the dilemma facing all the main political parties — not just the Tories — will continue to intensify. Much of what the PM would have said yesterday had already leaked out and his prepared comments were clearly intended to address widespread public disgust over the EU. For Europe’s economy is sclerotic and failing, its governance is corrupt, and Brussels will have to remove yet more powers from member states if it is going to have a prayer of saving the euro. In Britain, the pressure is growing in the opposite direct...more »
Getting With The Program
So, ... it seems important for me to remind everybody that our political opponents, for the most part, actually believe all the nutty stuff that they say. Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. $3 billion "gravy trains" at Toronto City Hall. Radical left-wing kooks all decided to go into studying the climate in order to concoct the global warming hoax and destroy capitalism and democracy. If we make it difficult to get guns only the criminals will have guns. It's better to make it easy for everyone to get a gun and then the citizenry can have fair gun fights with the criminals who ... more »
Impunity for US government workers using child porn
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If Duncan Addressed the Violence He CAN Do Something About
Imagine if Arne were willing to heed the advice of teachers on what they know most about--the effects of testing! From HuffPo: Duncan On Guns Tests In Schools: Hard To Teach Kids Scared Of Being Killed Failing or Not Graduating By PHILIP ELLIOTT 01/17/13 06:25 PM ET EST [image: AP] [image: Share on Google+] [image: Arne Duncan Guns In Schools] 37 214 0 26 *GET EDUCATION ALERTS:* SIGN UP FOLLOW: Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Arne Duncan Gun Control, Arne Duncan Gun Limits, Arne Duncan Gun Restrictions, Arne Duncan Gun Violence,Arne Duncan Guns In Schools, Arne Duncan School Sa... more »
Bill Maher: You Have No Rights Left to Protect with Your Guns
Bill Maher is clearly anti-gun, but he makes several worthwhile points in this video that break political boundaries. He points out how liberals have allowed Obama to strip just as many rights as Bush did, and how conservatives just bought guns while this was going on instead of doing something useful to protect their rights. Now, there are no rights left to defend, he opines. Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below. Sharing on Reddit and Newsvine will help the most.
Convicts owe £1.8billion in fines as 'free pass' makes a mockery of the justice system
More than £140million is owed to the taxpayer by criminals who have been kicked out of Britain, lost or who have died. The shambolic management of court fines and compensation orders means foreign criminals have been deported despite owing vast amounts to the taxpayer. The sum is part of a colossal £1.8billion which has not been collected in court fines and compensation orders. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264809/Convicts-owe-1-8bn-fines-free-pass-makes-mockery-justice-system.html
Mali joins list of US ‘terror’ boomerangs
In the long inventory of unintended consequences of America’s “war on terror”, recent events in Mali must count among the most embarrassing boomerangs. The country, which had little strategic value to the US before 9/11, gained some attention for the democratic transition it underwent following a 1992 coup. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9ebaa02-6191-11e2-9545-00144feab49a.html
Boston Globe Bar Trivia
*I don't drink, thus I don't read: *Nothing frivolous in duel of bar trivia entrepreneurs
Florida Deputy Threatens to Shoot Concealed Carry Permit Holder in the Back During Traffic Stop
Joe Wright "Land of the Fee and Home of the Slave" has rarely been more appropriate than the following video from Florida. Citrus County Florida Deputy Andy Cox threatens to shoot concealed carry licensee for lawfully carried handgun & then arrests him for accidental exposure. (Source) According to usacarry.com, the gentleman harassed and terrorized in this video would be subjected to the following fees and conditions in order to obtain and use his permit. Please read the requirements below and determine for yourself if Deputy Andy Cox was correct in his interpretation and tre... more »
Armstrong: HE EVEN LIED -- TO OPRAH?!
"That's the only thing in this whole report that upset me," Armstrong said during the interview. "The accusation and alleged proof that they said I doped [in 2009] is not true. The last time I crossed the line, that line was 2005." "You did not do a blood transfusion in 2009?" Winfrey asked. "No, 2009 and 2010 absolutely not," Armstrong said. Investigators familiar with the case disagree. They said today that Armstrong's blood values at the 2009 race showed clear blood manipulation consistent with two transfusions. Armstrong's red blood cell count suddenly went up at these points, ... more »
Philadelphia subway Attack: Suspect Held By US Police
Police investigating a horrific attack on a woman on the Philadelphia subway have arrested a man. Surveillance video shows the 23-year-old woman being viciously punched and then dragged across the platform. She is then pushed onto the railway track at the station in the city's Chinatown neighbourhood. The attack happened around 3.30pm on Tuesday, after the suspect initially approached the victim and asked for a light. http://news.sky.com/story/1039842/subway-attack-suspect-held-by-us-police
A Positive Definition Of The Apocalypse
Apocalypse (Greek: apokalypsis; "lifting of the veil") is a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception. *Source of the poster & text:* *https://www.facebook.com/TFarmacy?group_id=0*
Bank Of Canada Notes Use 'Wrong' Maple Leaf
The Bank of Canada has blundered by using a Norway maple leaf instead of the country's native variety on its new bank notes, plant experts claim. Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre botanist Sean Blaney first highlighted the difference between the leaf on new $20, $50 and $100 and the North American sugar maple. He said: "It's really hard to deny the image is of a Norway maple." http://news.sky.com/story/1040128/bank-of-canada-notes-use-wrong-maple-leaf
Armstrong: 'I Was Given Death Penalty'....Get over yourself, you're a Liar and a Cheat!
Lance Armstrong believes he should be given the opportunity to compete again, saying his life ban feels like a "death penalty". The 41-year-old Texan has confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs during all seven of his Tour de France victories. He was stripped of all results from August 1, 1998 and banned from sport for life. http://news.sky.com/story/1040101/lance-armstrong-i-deserve-to-compete-again
Blockbuster Shuts 129 Shops And Slashes Staff
The collapsed DVD and games rental firm Blockbuster is to close 129 of its 528 shops and axe 760 workers in the coming weeks. Some 31 branches have already been put on notice of closure, according to the company's administrators Deloitte. The move means the chain is already planning to close a quarter of its branches and make 18% of its workforce redundant. http://news.sky.com/story/1040176/blockbuster-shuts-129-shops-and-slashes-staff
Te'o Denies Role In Dead Girlfriend Hoax
American college football star Manti Te'o has insisted he played no role in the hoax involving his 'imaginary girlfriend'. In his first interview since the scandal erupted, the Notre Dame linebacker said he was tricked by three people who have confessed they were behind the deception and apologised. But Te’o accepted he did lie to his father about meeting the 'girl' because he was embarrassed they had never met - and to cover that up, he lied to everyone else. http://news.sky.com/story/1040166/manti-teo-denies-role-in-dead-girlfriend-hoax
Algerian Hostage Crisis: Gunmen And Army In 'Stand-Off'
At least 10 Britons remain unaccounted for as Algerian special forces continue to hunt for the remaining al Qaeda-linked militants at a BP gas plant. Foreign Secretary William Hague has chaired a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee and said on Twitter the hostage crisis would "remain our top priority until every British national is accounted for". Around 30 foreigners are still missing after the terrorists stormed the complex on Wednesday and seized hundreds of workers. http://news.sky.com/story/1040172/algeria-hostage-crisis-uks-top-priority
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake KURIL ISLANDS - 19th January 2013
Magnitude 4.6 Date-Time Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 11:15:12 UTC Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:15:12 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 46.797°N, 152.889°E Depth 58.5 km (36.4 miles) Region KURIL ISLANDS Distances 380 km (236 miles) SE of Vostok, Russia
SELL BOEING? SELL GOOGLE?
Boeing is in big trouble. "The one issue that does give me pause, and about which I should want to know more, is the cracked windscreen, because that could indicate unusual stress in the airframe. "Then you could be talking about a *fundamental design flaw*." *Dreamliner: will it live up to its name?* Google continues to ignore its customers and make enemies. Some people have been experiencing problems while using Google Chrome. Such problems include random crashing. 3 Tips on How to Repair Google Chrome - wikiHow CHROME CRASHING CONSTANTLY - TRIED EVERYTHING ... - 13 Jan 201... more »
The Lies Of Democracy and the Language Of Deceit by Colin Todhunter
Source of picture: http://wiki.gifteconomy.org/Capitalist_Mentality The Lies Of Democracy and the Language Of Deceitby Colin Todhunter Gobal Research Canada, 18 January 2013 *In an increasingly media-driven age, language is everything and is often used by officialdom to tyrannise meaning. With the deaths of millions on its hands since 1945, the US has become the world’s number one terror state. By the 1980s, former CIA man John Stockwell had put the figure at six million. As a recent article has indicated, from mass bombing in Southeast Asia to employing death squads in Sout... more »
Rape cases in New Delhi jump 23 percent in 2012
Rape cases in New Delhi jumped 23 per cent in 2012 from a year earlier, according to official figures, highlighting rising crime against women in the sprawling metropolis. The numbers were released as the trial of five men was set to begin on Monday on accusations of murder, rape and kidnapping over the death last month of a 23-year-old gang-rape victim, whose assault sparked nationwide protests, http://dawn.com/2013/01/19/rape-cases-in-new-delhi-jump-23-percent-in-2012/
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*Former N.O. Mayor Nagin indicted on 21 charges ~Danny Monteverde, The Advocate* ~The potential penalties in this case are spelled out in a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, received by FOX 8 News Friday afternoon: *If convicted of conspiring with others to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud (Count 1), Nagin faces statutory penalties of up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. If convicted of accepting a bribes (Count 2-7), Nagin faces statutory penalties of up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of s... more »
Dispute Over Islands Escalates, Japan and China Send Fighter Jets to the Scene
The action in the skies over the East China Sea started simply enough. Last week, the Chinese government sent a civilian surveillance plane, a twin propeller aircraft, to fly near the uninhabited islands at the heart of a growing feud between China and Japan. Tokyo, in response, ordered F-15 fighter jets to take a look at what it considered Chinese meddling. The Chinese then sent their own fighters. It was the first time that supersonic Chinese and Japanese military fighters were in the air together since the dispute over the islands erupted last year, significantly increasing the ... more »
Methane levels detected, in the soil under 19 homes in California
Air monitoring tests were conducted today by Santa Maria city staff in all manholes on Sloan Terrace and two other streets, after a report this week of concentrations of field gas (methane) detected in the soil under 19 homes along the 800 and 900 blocks of Sloan Terrace, a neighborhood in the southeast area of the city. The methane most likely resulted from degradation of organic material in over-watered heavily compacted soil, according to experts consulted by the city, city management analyst Mark van de Kamp said in a release. Friday’s tests by utilities department staff detecte... more »
Iran says progress made in U.N. nuclear talks
Iran said it had made some progress in resolving its disputes with the U.N. atomic watchdog, state media reported, even though the two sides' latest talks failed to seal a deal on letting inspectors visit a military site. The Islamic state and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met this week, but did not manage to revive an investigation into Iran's suspected nuclear arms research, the U.N. organization's officials said on Friday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/19/us-iran-nuclear-idUSBRE90I07N20130119
Don't shrink Afghan forces, two key Senate Democrats warn Obama
Two Senate Democrats urged the White House on Friday to reconsider plans to shrink Afghan national security forces by a third after 2015, saying a robust Afghan fighting force will be needed to fight al Qaeda and its allies. The appeal comes as President Barack Obama weighs how large of an American force to leave behind in Afghanistan after NATO declares the costly, unpopular war over at the end of 2014 and most foreign forces return home. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/19/us-usa-afghanistan-lawmakers-idUSBRE90H1D120130119
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Indicted
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during Hurricane Katrina, has been indicted on 21 corruption charges. The counts against the 56-year-old include bribery, wire fraud, money laundering, filing false tax returns and conspiracy. The charges stem from a corruption investigation that has already led to guilty pleas from two former city officials and two businessmen. http://news.sky.com/story/1040025/ex-new-orleans-mayor-ray-nagin-indicted
'Viable' Letter Bomb Sent To NI Policeman
Postal workers have intercepted a letter bomb addressed to a senior police officer in Northern Ireland. The suspicious package, meant for Chief Inspector Andy Lemon, was discovered in a sorting office in Strabane, Co Tyrone. Bomb disposal experts examined the package and said it was "a small viable device", the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said. http://news.sky.com/story/1040027/letter-bomb-viable-device-sent-to-ni-officer
Boeing Halts Dreamliner Deliveries
Boeing has halted deliveries of its of 787 Dreamliner jet until safety concerns over the aircraft's battery are resolved. The US aerospace firm said it would continue building the new, lightweight carbon-composite plane, but deliveries to customers were on hold until its electrical system was fixed. http://news.sky.com/story/1040083/boeing-dreamliner-deliveries-halted
Bucket Falls From Helicopter Through Shop Roof
A bucket of cleaning solution has fallen from a US military helicopter and smashed through the roof of a California business. It happened near the Miramar Air Station in San Diego. http://news.sky.com/story/1040094/bucket-falls-from-helicopter-through-shop-roof
Algeria Crisis: Britons Still 'At Risk' In Hostage Crisis
Algerian special forces are continuing to hunt Islamist militants who overran a BP gas plant, as freed British hostages headed home. As the stand-off at the remote desert facility entered a fourth day it was thought that around 10 British workers remained "at risk". The Algerian state news agency APS reported on Friday night a "provisional" figure of 12 foreign and Algerian workers who had been killed in the fighting at the plant at In Amenas. http://news.sky.com/story/1039636/algeria-hostage-crisis-britons-remain-at-risk
Big Freeze: Airport Chaos As Snow Becomes Ice
Hundreds of flights have already been cancelled on another day of weather misery for Britain after heavy snow gave way to ice. Passengers at Heathrow Airport in west London faced further disruption after many were stranded on planes for seven hours or forced to sleep on the floor. More than 100 flights have been cancelled, which will add to the chaos caused by the cancellation of more than 400 on Friday. http://news.sky.com/story/1040077/weather-snow-and-ice-causes-heathrow-misery
Desert Tortoises Can Hear Better Underwater
This is a specimen of the new species, Morafka's Desert Tortoise (Gopherus morafkai), from Tiburon Island, Sonora, Mexico. Photo courtesy: Taylor Edwards via OurAmazingPlanet.com Desert tortoises, as their name suggests, don't encounter many large bodies of water. But surprisingly, all turtles, even desert tortoises, can hear better underwater, recent research finds. "If a desert tortoise decided to stick its head underwater, it could hear better," said Katie Willis, a University of Maryland doctoral student and co-author of a study published online this week in the journal PLoS ON... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 19th January 2013
Magnitude 4.6 Date-Time Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 09:27:40 UTC Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 07:27:40 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 7.319°S, 147.057°E Depth 89.9 km (55.9 miles) Region EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Distances 37 km (22 miles) E of Wau, Papua New Guinea
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - 19th January 2013
Magnitude 4.3 Date-Time Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 08:15:08 UTC Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 09:15:08 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 43.569°S, 172.533°E Depth 17.6 km (10.9 miles) Region SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND Distances 9 km (5 miles) WSW of Christchurch, New Zealand
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 19th January 2013
Magnitude 4.9 Date-Time Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 06:00:07 UTC Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 04:00:07 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 4.558°S, 152.213°E Depth 22.3 km (13.9 miles) Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Distances 23 km (14 miles) SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
New Problem For Canadian Government Regarding New Polymer Money
CBC/CBC - On the right side of the new $20 bill is what some experts say is a Norway maple leaf, not a Canadian maple leaf via Yahoo!News Some botanists are shaking their heads at the new polymer bills because they say the money features a maple leaf from Norway, and not Canada, although that's not how the Bank of Canada sees it. The Norway maple came to North America in the 18th century, imported by a Philadelphia merchant and peddled as a garden adornment. But lately it has been turning up in all kinds of places, including the official logos of Wilfrid Laurier University in Water... more »
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA - 18th January 2013
Magnitude 4.3 Date-Time Friday, January 18, 2013 at 22:19:04 UTC Friday, January 18, 2013 at 12:19:04 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 50.825°N, 179.485°E Depth 38.1 km (23.7 miles) Region RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA Distances 110 km (68 miles) WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska
World's Beach Resorts Under Threat From Rising Ocean Levels
Beach at Cancun, Mexico. Photo courtesy: Cancun beach photo via Shutterstock Whether they're playgrounds for the rich and famous or havens for retirees, the world's best beach resorts may disappear despite efforts to protect them against sea level rise. That's the prediction of coastal expert Andrew Cooper, a professor at the University of Ulster in Ireland, who said that the usual way of replenishing a beach, by adding sand to it, will not keep up with the sea's rapid rise. "A key attractor in most of the world's examples of coastal resort cities has been the presence of an adjac... more »
USC/CSIS Conference on Korean Unification (1): it will cost WAY more than people think
The University of Southern California Korean Studies Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies are running a joint Korea Project: Planning for the Long Term (pic to the left). CSIS will hold the last of three conferences in this project at the Asan Institute on January 21st next week. If you are in Seoul, Continue reading
Means to an End
*I assure you readers I'm working on one. * "Russell Means, Indian activist and actor, dies at 72" by Robert D. McFadden | New York Times, October 23, 2012 NEW YORK — Russell C. Means, the charismatic Oglala Sioux who *helped revive the warrior image of the American Indian* in the 1970s with guerrilla-tactic protests, and, later, movie roles that called attention to the nation’s history of injustices against its indigenous peoples, *died*Monday at his ranch in Porcupine, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was 72. The cause was esophageal *cancer*, which had spread rece... more »
Dingoes May Have Come to Australia From India
About 4,000 years ago, Australia was no longer connected to the mainland as it had been during the ice age. The immigrants thus crossed the ocean, arriving by boat and possibly carrying dingoes to the island continent. Photo courtesy: Gunter Senft/MPI for Psycholinguistics via LiveScience.com Indians migrating to Australia more than 4,000 years ago may have introduced dingoes to the island continent, along with novel stone tools and new ways to remove toxins from edible plants, researchers say. Australia was thought to have remained largely isolated from the rest of the world betwee... more »
Pope Orders RFID Chipping of Vatican Employees
Real bad move Il Popa!!! Real bad...
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Candle of Life”
Moody Blues, “Candle of Life” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=062qph0IqYE
Apple as Superfood
The compelling take home here is that we should be eating three apples a day every day as a matter of course. I grew up doing just that rather curiously. In practice, the weight of evidence favoring apples and fresh produce of all kinds is completely compelling. Not so compelling is any argument supporting meat which leaves you short in terms of the full spectrum of complex nutrients in exchange for easy energy. As argued our original progenitors were tropical foragers who ate fruit continuously and everything else sporadically. Moving into less fruitful environs, we l... more »
Super Earthquake Hot Spots
It is worth remarking that both Sumatra and Northern Japan were ultimately surprises. This allows us to identify the rick of such a surprise. Other such risks as may still exist are remnant subsidence events left over from the Ice Age. That includes the Mid Atlantic Ridge and the Cuban Arc. The time frames there though are surely measured in thousands of years and have steadily lessened. Otherwise it is all about the ring of fire and the impact of the Indian sub plate on the Middle East. That effect also extends into the Mediterranean. There is still far too much cou... more »
Creature Stalking Dogs in Missouri Town
It is not small and easily cuts two inch deep slashes. More important though is two other key facts here. It kills and does not eat. And it is hanging around to challenge dogs. This is surely behavior conforming to the giant sloth which we have already investigated and described. All cats generally avoid contact and they do eat their victims. They also avoid dogs because they know that dogs will form a pack and bring a human hunter along to finish the job after they are cornered. That is why human contact with the wild in daytime is so slight. They know better. Thus we ca... more »
The Geological Relationship Between CO2 Concentrations and Sea Level
First off, it is important to understand the actual sequence. When the climate warms more CO2 is released into the atmosphere and the sea level rises. The geological evidence gives us many such cycles. We have no geological evidence of CO2 release from geological sources and any such should be identified in some way. What is true is that if our global heat content remains high, the ice will melt and more CO2 will leave the ocean and enter the atmosphere. The process can be expected top take centuries. However, it is much more likely that we will be seeing a reversal in...more »
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Gypsy”
Moody Blues, “Gypsy” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWuwUhSis1U
A weapon of mass distraction
Submitted to the Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 18, 2013 I suspect that the common core standards’ elitist reading lists (sample items in “Are you as well-read as a 10th grader?” Jan. 17) are designed to get educators and the public arguing about what should be on the reading lists, rather than focusing on the far more important question of whether we should have common core standards and tests at all. There is no evidence that standards and tests improve school achievement. The huge sums of money budgeted for standards and for tests to enforce the standards should be used to protec... more »
Alberta’s health care queue-jumping inquiry finds itself at a crucial fork in the road
Is Alberta’s queue-jumping inquiry a real inquiry, or a kabuki play, as above? We’ll know soon. Below: Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason on the steps of the Legislature … with a reference to Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman in the background. With the revelation earlier this week of systematic queue jumping involving a private medical ... more »
Lance Armstrong and ephemerality of sports
*Enhancing humans to find a TOE* Cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey. He gave short answers such as "Yes" to questions whether he's been using illegal compounds during every single triumph of his. It's hard to imagine why he would be saying "Yes" in the case that the true answer is "No". That's why the newer answers probably supersede his proclamations over many years. He's been lying to us for years. Bad Lance. To lie is obviously wrong. Of course, I never knew whether he would be doping. The hypothesis that his victories were due to unusual gifts from Mother Natu... more »
PEDOPHILE RINGS; NAYPIC
In the UK, the *National Association for Young People in Care* (NAYPIC) was trying to protect children from child abuse. *The Model Local Group, its aims and potential* It was closed down by UK prime minister John Major's regime. Below is a small sample of the 'children's homes' cases they were investigating: (Additional material in green) * **• Andrew, in Bradford , sexually abused/child porn/snuff movies. * "We have all the evidence of flights, hotels etc. Andrew subsequently kidnapped from one of our development workers house when he stepped out her flat door. He had a blank...more »
Photos: Six Nations Shuts Down Developer
Equipment leaving from 2nd site shut down by Houdenosaunee Jan 2013 Houdenosaunee shutting down 2nd site. Houdenosaunee deliver notice developer is shut down.
Against Chaos: Conspiracy Theories And Initiation Rites
I'm always asking myself if spreading the truth about *9/11*, and other world-changing events like the *1979 Islamic Revolution*, *the American-Iranian hostage crisis*, *7/7* and Sandy Hook is wise. Lately, my gut is telling me no. And the more books I read about religion, esotericism, mystical philosophy, and the like, the more comfortable I become in holding this new position. Here is an excerpt from Mircea Eliade's 1958 book called, *"Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth"*: "For, in order not to overcomplicate this first chapter, I have here ch...more »
Sunday Classics chronicles: Revisiting Richard Strauss's "Capriccio"
*R. STRAUSS: Capriccio, Op. 85: Introduction (Sextet)* *Vienna State Opera Orchestra members, Karl Böhm members, cond. Live performance, May 15, 1960* *Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra members, Clemens Krauss, cond. Broadcast performance, 1953* *Vienna Philharmonic members, Ulf Schirmer, cond. Decca, recorded December 1993* *Members of the Southwest German Radio (SWR) Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Georges Prêtre, cond. Forlane, recorded live in Mannheim, May 29-31, 1999* *by Ken* As I mentioned last week, I have begun the arduous process of importing the Sunday Classics posts i... more »
CrisisActors.org blaming Iran for Sandy Hook: Seriously...
https://www.facebook.com/CrisisActors *Matt's thoughts: * Check it out, people. One couldn't make this stuff up. They are saying that anyone who asks questions about Sandy Hook is a "terrorist", "exposing America to danger", towing the line for Al Jazeera and Iran, and other nonsense, all to deflect their potential involvement in the entire Sandy Hook "shooting" scenario. If this group isn't a mechanism of the police state developing in the the US, I'll eat my hat. It's also starting to seem that the entire website and group is run by a single individual, and that other individuals ... more »
"We, However..."
“Most people come to know only one corner of their room, one spot near the window, one narrow strip on which they keep walking back and forth. In this way they have a certain security... We, however, are not prisoners.” - Rainer Maria Rilke ● Gary Jules, "Mad World" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Az2BvTcshg
Libertarian Senator Rand Paul Stands Tall Against Besieged Palestinians
* Senator Paul To Besieged Palestinians: Go To Hell.* An excerpt from, *"U.S. Senator to Abbas: U.S. rejects Palestinian's intention to join UN agencies"*: RAMALLAH, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senator Rand Paul informed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of his country's opposition to the Palestinian intention to join United Nations agencies, a well- informed Palestinian sources said Monday. The source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity the Republican Senator told Abbas after a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah that *the United States will impose sanctions on the Pales... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Falling Through Time”
2002, “Falling Through Time” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn5SjXaxc74
MN GOP Outlook is Good News!!!
*From the Washington DC Roll Call* “A decade or more ago, I could have credibly placed the Minnesota GOP as one of the most talented and organized in the country,” Larry Jacobs, a politics professor at the University of Minnesota, said. “Now, the party is in financial shambles. It’s really caught in a political civil war.” It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when the Republican Party of Minnesota hit rock bottom. It’s even more difficult to determine its path to recovery this cycle, if one even exists. The state party kicked off last year nearly $2 million in debt. In April, it faced... more »
OPPT: Questions From Croatia; Various OPPT CVAC Interim Govt UCC Filings
*From:* Vladimir *Sent:* Friday, January 18, 2013 1:00 AM *To:* Heather Tucci-Jarraf; Caleb Skinner; Randall Hillner *Subject:* Questions from CROATIA Hello you great people, I watched closely what you did at AK website (and yours too) and I must congratulate you from bottom of my heart. I see that things are changing, from within every man and women and I know consciousness is the source of this changes. I myself experienced quantum jump in consciousness recently and became aware that I am free only if I say so and act as a free man, recognizing only myself as an authorit... more »
'Idle No More' Round Dance New Mexico State Capitol
Jan 15, 2013 Photo Tina Garnanez http://www.occupynewmexico.org/ Over 100 Native Americans, First Nations Canadians now residing in New Mexico, and non-native allies, including members of (un)Occupy Albuquerque, Occupy Santa Fe, and Occupy Taos, turned out despite freezing cold weather at the New Mexico State Capitol on Tuesday, January 15 to sing, drum, dance, pray and peacefully
Video: Sandy Hook Occult Sacrifice vs. 'Fakery' Disinfo
Child sacrifice rituals are common in many civilizations. Ours is no different. According to the ruling elite, it is best to keep quiet about this evil reality. Video Title: Sandy Hook Occult Sacrifice vs. 'Fakery' Disinfo. Channel: thetruthergirls. Description: Everyone is latching on to the idea that nobody died at Sandy Hook and this has become one of the most discussed topics in the conspiracy theory community. From the beginning, I felt that this was not the case, that it was based on speculation without any real evidence. As more and more info emerges, I am finding that ever... more »
Chief Spence asks Canada for meeting Jan. 24, 2013
Also see: Amnesty International says Canada Prime Minister must commit to full and effective participation with Indigenous Peoples http://www.amnesty.ca/get-involved/take-action-now/canada-prime-minister-must-commit-to-the-full-and-effective-participati
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Some spiral galaxies are seen almost sideways. NGC 3190, one such galaxy, is the largest member of the Hickson 44 Group, one of the nearer groups of galaxies to our own Local Group of galaxies. *Click image for larger size. * Pictured above, finely textured dust lanes surround the brightly glowing center of this picturesque spiral. Gravitational tidal interactions with other members of its group have likely caused the spiral arms of NGC 3190 to appear asymmetric around the center, while the galactic disk also appears warped. NGC 3190 spans about 75,000 light years across and is ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, “A Life Sentence”
*“A Life Sentence”* by Chet Raymo “’We each only really speak one sentence in our lifetime. That sentence begins with your first words, toddling around the kitchen, and ends with your last words… in a nursing home, the night-duty attendant vaguely on hand.” Where did that come from? A review by David Kirby of poet Mary Ruefle's new book, quoting Ruefle on a thought that Ezra Pound learned from Ernest Fenollosa... OK, OK, forget the provenance, or who the heck is Ernest Fenollosa. It's that lifelong sentence I'm interested in, the one that begins with ma-ma and ends with… We... more »
More on the U.N. "death toll" in Syria
I wrote recently about the improbability of the U.N.'s claim that the Syrian death toll is 60,000. I noted that that claim would require that 96 people had been killed *every single day* since the conflict began. Nearly 700 people a week. Today's news illustrates my point. AP reports (emphasis added): A rocket slammed into a building in Syria's northern city of Aleppo and two suicide bombers struck near a mosque in the south Friday, *capping a particularly bloody week in the country's civil war with more than 800 civilians killed.* When 800 people (or should I say an alleged 800 p... more »
The Late Lt. General William Odom's Views On Iran
*Wikipedia:* William Eldridge Odom (June 23, 1932 – May 30, 2008) was a retired U.S. Army 3-star general, and former Director of the NSA under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31-year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing in matters relating to the Soviet Union. After his retirement from the military, he became a think tank policy expert and a university professor and became known for his outspoken criticism of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. He died of an apparent heart attack at his vacation home in Lincoln, Vermont. Lt.... more »
"Better Not To..."
"Better not to search for who you are until you decide who it is you want to find." - Robert Brault
A truly nasty comment about Laura Robson by Matthew Norman
I was shocked to find the following comment about Laura Robson in yesterday's Matthew Norman column in The Telegraph '...Robson ought to reach the top four and a grand slam final within two years given the obvious capacity for improvement. She moves with the speed and grace of an arthritic hippo' I am staggered by that remark. Laura Robson is an athlete, an Olympic tennis silver medallist and WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012. Does Laura Robson look like 'an arthritic hippo' to you? So that Matthew Norman must have truly high standards then? Here's Matthew Norman... Hmmm
Study finds megadrought jeopardizing Amazon rainforest
[image: At left, the extent of the 2005 megadrought in the western Amazon rainforests during the summer months of June, July and August as measured by NASA satellites. The most impacted areas are shown in shades of red and yellow. The circled area in the right panel shows the extent of the forests that experienced slow recovery from the 2005 drought, with areas in red and yellow shades experiencing the slowest recovery. Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / GSFC] Contact: Alan Buis, Alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov, 818-354-0474 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 17 January 2013 PASAD... more »
‘Terrible conditions’ for Australia firefighters in record heat wave – ‘Imagine being in this heat next to a blast furnace’
[image: Firefighters battle a grass fire in Penrith, Australia, 19 January 2013. Photo: Mick Tsikas / Sydney Morning Herald] By Ilya Gridneff 19 January 2013 (Sydney Morning Herald) – Hundreds of firefighters battled the most atrocious conditions imaginable on Friday to contain about a dozen out-of-control blazes from the state's far south to the Hunter Valley, desperately hoping a late cool change would bring relief. By late on Friday, fires near Cessnock, Coonabarabran, Young, and around Bega were still causing extreme danger for residents and firefighters, as authorities confi...more »
What's frightening, says Dana Milbank, is that the wacky Steve Stockman of the '90s "no longer sounds like an outlier"
*"[T]hat's the same [Steve] Stockman I found so entertaining back in the '90s. What's frightening is he no longer sounds like an outlier."* *-- Dana Milbank, in a WaPo column the other day,* "A House radical is now in the mainstream" *by Ken* The other day Howie was tweeting about one of the elite crazies of the 113th Congress, Texas "domestic terrorist" Steve Stockman, who has now earned the lead-off slot in the ThinkProgress War Room's post "Impeachment? The GOP's Most Extreme Reactions to Obama's Commonsense Gun Safety Plan." Steve earned that spot by announcing plans to introdu... more »
The Northern Cree of Sturgeon Lake Saskatchewan First Nation were doing this long before Stephen Harper came along ...
... and they will be doing the same a long, long time after he is gone.
I Can't Read You This Bedtime Story From Qatar
Lawyer: Qatari poet gets life for ‘insulting’ emir *Isn't Qatar an ally that helped out in Libya and is helping in Syria? * * **Related: **Calling It Quits With a Qatar Post*
Why Lance's Punishment Should Be a Fine of $2,692,307.70
Recently Team Obama set the limit for any future crime against an individual or humanity by fining too-big-for-justice banksters at HSBC with what amounts to five weeks of annual earnings. Lance is a d-bag in triplicate, no doubt, but his drugging, lies, bullying, and threats do not come close to being equivalent to the drug cartel money laundering and the terrorist support networks of banking giant, HSBC. And yet the corporate media nitwits fans the outrage of citizens against Lance, and even Oprah gets in the act as persona Christi (in two parts with commercial interruptions). ... more »
Take It All Off, Boston Globe
Suit says strip club flouts wage law, cheats dancers
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Texas Part II "----" "4 dead, 17 hurt when train hits Texas vets parade A freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others as the float crossed a West Texas railroad crossing on its way to an honorary banquet, authorities said." "Texas parade honoring war heroes ends in tragedy" by Juan Carlos Llorca | Associated Press, November 17, 2012 MIDLAND, Texas — Cheered on by a flag-waving crowd, a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses was inching across a railroad track when the crossing gat... more »
Charles Taylor and Jonathan Sacks on The Future of Religion
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: tvochannel]:· Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University, Charles Taylor and Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Jonathan Sacks discuss The Future of Religion in a Secular Age.
Freedom to Connect: Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) on Victory to Save Open Internet, Fight Online Censors
Freedom to Connect: Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) on Victory to Save Open Internet, Fight Online Censors
Calculated MINIMUM reparation due to slave descendants: $1.5 million to each Black citizen of the USA
It is not difficult to calculate a MINIMUM amount of monetary reparation due to every single Black slave descendant living today in the USA. If we leave out the reparations for physical violence, genocidal stress, inadmissibility to superior social classes, etc., and only take into account the stolen labor, at the today's equivalent minimum wage, then the calculation for the minimum amount due
US shoots down Syrian Chemical or Hallucingenic Weapon Report
Have you all noticed the news or what passes for news about allegations/denials that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons? It seems as if the US is doing damage control on a bogus claim made by a "third party" or "unnamed" US partner. "*Did not accurately convey the anecdotal information that we had received from a third party regarding an alleged incident in Syria in December.”* *Nevertheless, according to CNN, the State Department did ask “a U.S. partner” to follow up, interviewing Syrian doctors and chemical weapons specialists.* Care to take a stab at just which nat... more »
Leonard Peltier's statement on 'Idle No More'
Leonard Peltier 'Idle No More' By Leonard Peltier Censored News Greetings, my Relatives and Friends! It has come to my attention in the last week or so that a lot of our young people and women especially are standing up in support of our Indigenous Brothers and Sisters in Canada. It really does my heart good to see the activism and concern of the different generations of People coming
Unemployment Rate = 23% (Notice How Little Talk of It You Hear Now) Don't Be Confused - The New World Order Is US: Attack On Sovereignty
It used to be the law that you had to tell the citizens of the U.S. the truth about certain things. From my buddy, Coyote Prime: "Here’s The Real Unemployment Rate" "Here’s The Real Unemployment Rate"by Jerome R. Corsi NEW YORK – "The real unemployment rate for December 2012 is closer to 23 percent, not the 7.8 percent reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to economist
Podcast No. 18: Interview with Stefano Guzzini
The seventeenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Stefano Guzzini of the Danish Institute for International Studies and Uppsala University . Professor Guzzini discusses, among other things his intellectual and educational background, his important work on power in international affairs, realism, and geopolitics. This podcast is a bit more “bare bones” than usual. I didn’t put in introductory remarks; I Continue reading
So You Want to be a Liberal Arts College Professor?
Ok, you went to Oberlin or maybe Swarthmore or Bowdoin or Haverford or Macalester. It was your first experience away from home — your first real intellectual stimulation, the drugs, the sex — it was a total mind blowing experience. You had dinner at a professor’s house and then stayed late into the night discussing Continue reading
The Boston Globe's White File
Kevin White’s FBI files released MuckRock, a website devoted to open records, posted White’s FBI file. The documents are often heavily redacted, and most names are blocked out.
Murder in the city, daily life and tourism
Honduras took another hit this week when a British tourist was shot and killed in San Pedro Sula, the biggest city. The headlines in the British media, naturally, weren’t good. Most stories noted Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, which seems to be the main thing people know about the country. Honduras, for tourists, isn’t dangerous. My partner’s son and his family - including boys 11 and 13 - just spent six weeks here, feeling secure and welcome everywhere they went. But Kaya Omer, the 33-year-old British tourist, had a different, tragic experience. It’s hard to tel... more »
Globe Shot of Wild Turkey
Turkeys wear out welcome in Newton “We have a lot of children who are walking to school who are now afraid to walk to school because the wild turkeys are coming after them.” Some complained of aggressive groups of turkeys, while others wanted the city or state to curb the influx of coyotes blamed for the disappearance of cats across the city. “I’m all for nature and all that, but....,” *Related*: Wild turkeys in Brookline: Bring out the broomsticks *Take a walk on the wild side....* "Brookline High employee faces child porn charges" by Martine Powers and John R. Ellement | Globe... more »
More on the GOP Senate Budget Resolution Obsession
Over at PP today, I talked a little about what budget resolutions are, and said that GOP demands for the Democratic Senate to pass a budget are purely symbolic...but as symbolic demands go, it's not particularly unreasonable. I didn't remember to note, however, that whatever one thinks of the Senate's obligation to pass a budget resolution right now, it's hardly without precedent. Whose precedent? Why, the Bush-era Republican Congresses. As a 2010 CRS report explained: "At least one budget resolution has been adopted every year except 1998 (for FY1999), 2002 (for FY2003), 2004 (for ... more »
So, Wondering Which Committees The Democratic Freshman Were Assigned?
First off, no freshmen were put on the top plum committees, Appropriations or Ways & Means. Nor did any freshmen get slots on Education & Workforce, Energy & Commerce or Rules. Here are the assignments that have been announced: *Agriculture* Suzanne DelBene (New Dem-WA) Gloria McLeod (CA) Filemon Vela (New Dem-TX) Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM) Ann Kuster (NH) Rick Nolan (MN) Pete Gallego (Blue Dog-TX) Bill Eynart (IL) Juan Vargas (New Dem-CA) Cheri Bustos (IL) Sean Patrick Maloney (New Dem-NY) There are two Democratic vacancies left on this committee, which has traditionally, under C... more »
Dine' Bidziil 'One Mind, One Voice, One Prayer'
ANNOUNCING DINE BIDZIIL: "One Mind, One Voice, One Prayer" Listen to radio interview with Norman Patrick Brown http://www.blogtalkradio.com/purposefocusedu/2013/01/18/dine-bidziil-one-mind-one-voice-one-prayer Where: Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, Arizona When: SATURDAY JAN. 19/2013 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Topics: Presentation/Panel discussions: 1. April 19/20, 2013 1000 FAMILY HOZHO
Get on t'internet...
“Comrades need to stop complaining on the internet and bring their concerns to branch meetings”. I paraphrase, but variations on this canard are repeated quite often sometimes with an addendum along the lines of, “we need to engage with the real world”. We do need to engage with the real world but moral injunctions about branch meetings are just the opposite of such engagement. Revolutionary socialists advocate direct discussion and open voting against closed meetings and secret ballots, but this fine, hard won principle is not being applied intelligently. Any medium is by defini... more »
Hollywood's Cultural War on America Enters New Level of Intensity
*Paul Revere: A hero to patriots, a villain to traitors.* Read: *New AMC Sitcom “We Hate Paul Revere” to Demonize Patriot Hero*. *Alex Details Operation Paul Revere*. New AMC Sitcom "We Hate Paul Revere" to Demonize American Patriot Hero (HD) New AMC show called "we hate Paul revere"
Divided Over Whole Foods
Whole Foods accents two halves of Charlestown * **I **heard** the food isn't that good anyway.* *Maybe this will help you wash it down*: "Mass. moves to save water sources" by Beth Daley | Globe Staff, November 29, 2012 Massachusetts officials are scheduled to unveil a *new framework* Thursday *to allocate water* from streams and rivers, a long-awaited plan that aims to prevent waterways from running dry but could translate into *higher water rates* and more bans on lawn watering. The new guidelines are expected to require communities to work harder to fix leaky pipes and inject ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Indigenous Can Stop War'
MNN: INDIGENOUS CAN STOP WAR http//www.mohawknationnews.com MNN: INDIGENOUS CAN STOP WAR MNN. JAN. 17, 2013. US & CANADA corporations merged on February 4, 2011. They have the same shareholders, owners and business plans for illegal resource extraction. Canadians and Americans have not been informed. The EU Times in Europe made the announcement on January 17,
GOP's slow-mo cave on debt ceiling
The GOPers held a little retreat this week and figured out they can't blow up the world economy without dying in the explosion themselves so they came up with a new strategy to save face for John Boehner. Johnny announced today, well okay House will agree to pay the bills for the next 3 months. But it comes with a catch: Under the bill, Congress would increase the debt limit through mid-April — long enough, House Republicans say, to give both chambers time to pass a budget agreement. Turning up the pressure on the Senate, the measure would withhold Congress’s paychecks if either c... more »
Dr. Steve Pieczenik - Al Gore: Ne Plus Ultra of Political Corruption and Business Incompetence
Al Jazeera is peddling bullshit about Syria, so it is fitting that they found a partner in Al Gore. Bullshit attracts bullshit. *Title - Al Gore: Ne Plus Ultra of Political Corruption and Business Incompetence [Channel: Steve Pieczenik, Posted on YouTube: January 10, 2013] *: On this episode of Steve Pieczenik Talks, Dr. Steve Pieczenik who served under 5 presidential administrations, exposes in detail the shortcomings of the politically corrupt and incompetent Al Gore. SEE MORE AT: http://SteveTalks.tv https://StevePieczenik.com
Kaley Cuoco before she was Penny - Friday Night Rule 5
The Big Bang Theory's Penny, aka Kaley Cuoco, in 8 Simple Rules from 2002 - nice thong!
U.S., China in deal on U.N. North Korea rebuke; Russia to back it
The United States and China have struck a tentative deal on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea for its December rocket launch, U.N. diplomats said on Friday, and Russia predicted it would be approved by the council. The resolution would not impose new sanctions, but would call for expanding existing U.N. sanctions measures against Pyongyang, the envoys said on condition of anonymity. They added that China's support for the move would be a significant diplomatic blow to Pyongyang. The 15-nation council could adopt the compromise resolution next week, the... more »
They're shocked when sports scribes don’t check facts!
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013* *Neither did Liasson, Schieffer:* We’re puzzled by all the puzzlement. At the Atlantic, Hampton Stevens is amazed by the journalistic breakdown concerning Manti Te’o’s non-existent doomed girl friend. Visiting us from some distant land, Stevens says he finds the journalistic conduct “incredible:” STEVENS (1/17/13): *Incredible, isn't it? Not one of the highly-paid, well-respected journalists at SI or ESPN even bothered to check the most basic facts of their stories.* Charlie Rose and CBS, with all that staff, with all that preaching about "original repo... more »
Alberta Tories Bought One Vote, Mine
It's enough to make your blood boil. Alberta Conservatives are bent onmeddling in British Columbia's upcoming provincial election. They're running a campaign to raise Alberta donations to support Christy Clark and her faux Liberals. *Rod Love, the chief of staff to former premier Ralph Klein, and Allan Hallman, who ran Jim Dinning’s 2006 Alberta Conservative leadership campaign, asked Calgary’s business elite to pay $125 each to help out the Liberals — British Columbia Liberals, that is.* *“If your company or organization does business in British Columbia (or perhaps if you or y... more »
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