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| English: Fine art painting showing the convicted terrorist Abdel Basset Ali Al Magrahi and his unidentified accomplice looking at the fuselage of pan am flight 103 laying in a field of Scotish heather with the town of Lockerbie ablaze in the background (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| English: Roadsign indicating the entrance of Farnborough House, the Air Accident Investigation Branch head office. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Nose section of Clipper Maid of the Seas (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| The charred piece of cloth still showing the word 'Yorkie' that led police to Mary's House, Malta (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Public library in Lockerbie, a market town in the Scottish borders best known for the Lockerbie bombing. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
( WTF The Coming Crisis is still in the feed )
10:09 pm MST
Was Iran really responsible for Lockerbie bombing? French spy expert claims that CIA and FBI know but have covered the information up
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 minutes ago
The CIA has allegedly always known that Iran and not Libya was behind the
deadly 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which came down over Lockerbie,
Scotland causing the deaths of 270 people.
Ignored for almost 25-years as an unverified conspiracy theory, the
respected New York Times journalist and Middle-East expert Robert Worth
claims in a recent piece that a former CIA operative confirmed to him an
Iranian role in the December bombing.
The controversial claim that 'the best intelligence' on the Lockerbie
bombing leads to Iran, rewrites a quarter of a century of accepted history
th... more »
( Accepted history, my tush. The Libyan fall guy 'trial' always was recognized as a farce. Odd how Iran is now 'to blame' after the Libyan government has been destroyed. Convenient, too. )
Migrants handed £1million a week for children back home as thousands of British families are stripped of THEIR child benefit
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 minutes ago
Britain is giving EU immigrants £1million a week in handouts for
children
who live abroad.
The payments include child benefit – which was stripped from more than
one
million British families last month.
The bill is likely to rise still further when Romanians and Bulgarians
get
free access to the UK jobs market on January 1.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273002/Migrants-handed-1m-week-children-home-thousands-British-families-stripped-THEIR-child-benefit.html#axzz2Ju41D2IQ
( Dysfunctional policy designed to arouse resentment...but it will be the immigrants 'fault' )
Police taser man armed with knife outside Buckingham Palace
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 minutes ago
Cyprus EU Bailout: Small island, big problem: how Cyprus troubles the euro zone
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes ago
Just when European leaders thought they were getting to grips with three
years of economic turmoil, along came Cyprus, a seemingly small problem but
one that cannot be ignored.
While the Cypriot economy may be worth only 18 billion euros, making it the
third smallest in the euro zone, the problems it poses are among the most
complex Europe has faced, combining elements of Greece, Spain and Ireland.
The latest estimates from analysts are that the country needs 17.5 billion
euros to get back on its feet, including 10 billion for its fractured
banking sector and up to 7.5 billion for g... more »
Had Enough Of Mali? Try Guinea-Bissau
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 minutes ago
Guinea Bissau is bigger than The Gambia
That the Tuaregs of Mali (as well as Niger and Mauritania) hold hundreds of
thousands of Bella and other black Africans in slavery is certainly not
enough to motivate any kind of intervention from France, Britain, NATO or
anyone else. Even when the Tuaregs had captured, in quick succession,
Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu-- along with two-thirds of Mali-- it wasn't until
international Islamist groups with a jihadist agenda and murky ties to
al-Qaeda, that the West intervened. Mali has no oil but it isn't that far
from oil-rich, Muslim-roiled Nigeria. O... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 9 minutes ago
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday!
Banner by Art Ist
Grab our banner for your site:
Do you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes write
about the environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below
to list your site.
2. If you only occasionally write about green living, please use tags such
as "green", "Eco", "Environment", etc. and then link to... more »
Three bodies found at Mexico Pemex blast site, toll reaches 36
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
Mexican rescue workers found three more bodies over the weekend amid the
rubble of a deadly blast that tore through state oil firm Pemex's main
office complex, the government said, as search efforts appeared to near a
close.
The death toll from Thursday's explosion stands at 36, Pemex said via
Twitter. Rescue workers had been digging through the last sections of the
building's basement and could soon call off their search. One person was
reported still missing.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-mexico-pemex-idUSBRE91304120130204
Opposition attacks German minister's energy plans
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
The head of Germany's opposition Social Democrats (SPD) criticized
government plans to cap power price rises for consumers but signaled on
Saturday he was open to talks.
Conservative environment minister Peter Altmaier last week outlined
proposals to spread the cost of Germany's switch to renewables away from
nuclear power between households and industry before September's election.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-germany-energy-prices-idUKBRE91109A20130202
Romanian influx? We're already here says envoy (AND we built the Olympic village)
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
Romanians have by-passed immigration controls to work in the UK and played
a vital role in staging London 2012, according to the country’s ambassador.
In a provocative intervention yesterday, Dr Ion Jinga said it was thanks to
his countrymen that the Olympic Stadium was built.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273014/Romanian-influx-Were-says-envoy-AND-built-Olympic-village.html#axzz2Ju41D2IQ
Spanish corruption scandal further dents support for Rajoy government
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
Spain's opposition Socialist Party called yesterday for the resignation of
the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, over a corruption scandal as a poll
showed the lowest support on record for his centre-right People's Party
(PP).
Media reports over the past two weeks have alleged that at least a dozen
senior PP officials, including Mr Rajoy, received payments from a slush
fund operated by its former treasurer. Mr Rajoy denies wrongdoing, but the
scandal has provoked fury among Spaniards already disenchanted by deep
recession and high unemployment.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/... more »
French jets bomb northern Mali
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 minutes ago
French warplanes have carried out air strikes in Mali's far north as they
try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week
offensive.
Thirty jets targeted Islamist militants' training and communication centres
around Tessalit - a mountainous area near the Algerian border.
French President Francois Hollande has pledged to help rebuild Mali after
the rebels who seized its north are beaten.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21314779
What If.....
Americani Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 14 minutes ago
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/02/what-if.html
SUNDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 2013
*What If.....*
*
* *What If......*
There was a new financial system
...... that left the same banks in charge of your money?
*What if*
There was total debt forgiveness- both national and personal
...... but you still had to pay rent, buy food & gas & necessities and to
pay bills?
*What if*
There were Prosperity Packages for those who signed up for them
..... but only for those that knew about it in advance?
*What if*
There was a new government
..... but it was made up of the same ol' politicia... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake KYUSHU, JAPAN - 4th February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 04:00:54 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 01:00:54 PM at epicenter
Location
30.334°N, 130.995°E
Depth
54.3 km (33.7 miles)
Region
KYUSHU, JAPAN
Distances
147 km (91 miles) SSE (163°) from Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
Nuclear storage clean-up bill could cost £70bn
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 minutes ago
Britain is storing an "extraordinary accumulation of hazardous nuclear
waste" in "outdated facilities" which will cost nearly £70bn to clean up,
MPs have warned the Government.
Almost all of the major nuclear-decommissioning projects at the Sellafield
complex in Cumbria are behind schedule and many of them are over-budget
according to a Parliamentary inquiry into Britain’s “failing”
nuclear-reprocessing industry.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nuclear-storage-cleanup-bill-could-cost-70bn-8479145.html
For South Koreans, a familiar tone from Pyongyang
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 minutes ago
As a child, Lee Yoon Jung used to hide underground with her classmates when
the sirens rang at her school. The emergency drills were held in case of a
North Korean attack.
Lee, now 46, has children of her own, who do not have such exercises at
their schools in Ulsan, South Korea.
It represents the attitude shift over recent decades of tension between the
two Koreas. South Koreans have become accustomed to living next to their
northern neighbor, which often releases bellicose statements and calls it a
"group of puppet traitors."
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/03/world/asia/south-ko... more »
‘SNC knows Syrian government will not be defeated on the military battlefield’
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 minutes ago
Hopes for progress in Syria were raised after Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov met
with the leader of the main opposition group. But peace is impossible while
other governments are influencing the conflict, political analyst Marcus
Papadopoulos told RT.
While addressing the Munich Security Conference Lavrov explained that
despite the worsening situation in the region, peace is still within reach
and the war in Syria “could be over if all sides stuck honestly and loyally
to the principles of the June 30 Geneva conference.”
On the sidelines of the conference, Lavrov met for the first time wi... more »
Oil spill near Tairua, New Zealand
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
An oil spill and a two minor crashes have kept emergency services busy
around the Waikato this morning.
Motorists are being urged to drive with care following an oil spill
stretching over two kilometres of road near Tairua.
Northern fire communications shift manager Jaron Phillips said the fire
service was advised of the oil spill just after 8am.
"The oil or diesel spills stretches over two kilometres of road from
Opoutere School north," he said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8259545/Oil-spill-near-Tairua
Strong quake strikes Hokkaido, hurting 10
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
A powerful earthquake struck Hokkaido late Saturday, injuring more than 10
people and leaving about 700 homes without power.
The quake occurred at 11:17 p.m. and measured upper 5 on the Japanese
seismic intensity scale of 7 in the cities of Kushiro and Nemuro, the Japan
Meteorological Agency said.
The focus of the quake, which had an estimated magnitude of 6.4, was about
120 kilometers deep in Hokkaido's Tokachi region, the agency said.
The temblor had no impact on the Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido or the
Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori Prefecture, operators said. Both plants... more »
Freddy Martin 'Thrown Off Five-Storey Building'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
A nine-year-old New York City boy is fighting for his life after he was
allegedly thrown off the roof of a five-storey building by his teenage
neighbour.
Police say Casmine Aska, 17, dragged the young boy out of his Bronx
apartment and up the stairs before hurling him off the top of the building.
Neighbours who discovered the victim lying on the pavement identified him
as Freddy Martin, the New York Daily News reported.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047018/bronx-boy-thrown-off-five-storey-building
Assad: Syria Can Confront Israeli Aggression
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
President Bashar al Assad has accused Israel of trying to destabilise Syria
after an air strike on a military research base near Damascus last week.
The comments by Mr Assad are the first since the attack on Wednesday that
US officials say was targeting a convoy of anti-aircraft weapons inside
Syria bound for Hizbollah.
http://news.sky.com/story/1046916/assad-syria-can-confront-israeli-aggression
£1m A Week Spent On 'Absurd' Child Benefits
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
Tens of thousands of children who live abroad but receive benefits claimed
by immigrant families in Britain are costing British taxpayers more than
£1m a week, campaigners claim.
The research by Migration Watch UK comes after the Government admitted just
under 30,000 families are claiming benefits and tax credit for 50,000
children who live outside the UK but within the European Union (EU), as
well as Iceland and Norway.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047093/1m-a-week-spent-on-absurd-child-benefits
Undercover Police 'Stole' Dead Children's IDs
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes ago
Undercover police officers working for the Metropolitan Police assumed the
identities of dead children and were issued fake passports in their names,
it has been claimed.
Britain's largest police force allegedly carried out the practice for three
decades without consulting or informing the children's parents.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047065/undercover-police-stole-dead-childrens-ids
Most-Wanted Foreign Criminals Hiding In UK
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes ago
A most-wanted list of high-risk foreign criminals believed to be hiding in
Britain - including three suspected murderers and an accused rapist - has
been released.
The list of 17 criminals wanted by authorities in other European countries
who are thought to be in the UK has been unveiled by Scotland Yard and
Crimestoppers.
It is the third Operation Sunfire campaign and includes the search for
32-year-old Dritan Rexhepi, who is wanted over a double murder in Albania
and has links to London, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047084/most-wanted-foreign-crim... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA - 4th February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 03:49:27 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 12:49:27 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
4.971°S, 133.910°E
Depth
21.8 km (13.5 miles)
Region
NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances
94 km (58 miles) NNW of Dobo, Indonesia
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake BANDA SEA - 4th February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 33 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 01:20:21 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 10:20:21 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.547°S, 130.837°E
Depth
58.7 km (36.5 miles)
Region
BANDA SEA
Distances
212 km (131 miles) W of Tual, Indonesia
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION - 3rd February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 23:04:18 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 08:04:18 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
29.330°N, 141.802°E
Depth
48.8 km (30.3 miles)
Region
IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances
252 km (156 miles) N of Chichi-shima, Japan
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION - 3rd February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes ago
Magnitude
5.3
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 22:56:11 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 07:56:11 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
29.312°N, 142.014°E
Depth
34.8 km (21.6 miles)
Region
IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances
247 km (153 miles) N of Chichi-shima, Japan
First Nation Rail Blockade at Uranium Plant Feb 3, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 35 minutes ago
t
LIVE TODAY, FEB. 3, 2013...#IDLENOMORE "We holding up the train at Dufferin and Landsdown. Cops getting antsy. Courtesy photo.
Toronto Star article removed from Google today
9:30 pm MT: Google News states that the Toronto Star article that was posted earlier today is removed. Censored New will update.
Protestors block CP Rail tracks over Lansdowne Ave. uranium plant
Toronto Star-6 hours
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE - 3rd February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 37 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 20:54:43 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 05:54:43 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
32.377°S, 71.598°W
Depth
37.9 km (23.6 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Distances
35 km (21 miles) WNW of La Ligua, Chile
Rebels: A Journey Underground #1 - Society's Shadow
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
A quote from the documentary "Rebels: A Journey Underground #1 - Society's
Shadow":
"History is shaped by dissent. Civilization harbors rebels. Those who
struggle for possession of the future against conformist authority. Taboos
are broken. Forbidden knowledge is received. The fringes of society give us
visionaries. Rebels reject censorship and they open doors to new
perception."
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Jason Hoehn]:
From Bohemia and 19th century European romanticism, this film looks back
through history to uncover the beginning of "new vision" thinking in
Western ci... more »
Tiernos y sinpaticos gatitos en la canasta del jardín
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 hours ago
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El hada de las aves - Hermosa creación
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 hours ago
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Fantásticas flores acompañadas de unos bellos animales
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 hours ago
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Jonathan Kay to the rescue of patriarchy!!!
noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 2 hours ago
*Shorter* Jonathan Kay: women lie, women are murderous, women make men do
evil things.
And so, to protect society from homicidal women, he opines that CPC
politicians should pass a law that would give government "oversight' in
determining a specific gestational minute when an abortion is no longer a
therapeutic medical intervention, but a CRIME.
Never mind that in Canada for the last 25 years, the public health care
system has efficiently regulated the termination of unwanted or
life-threatening pregnancies by applying medical protocols, procedures and
restrictions.
*Patriarchy ... more »
Libélula sobre las flores buscando su comida
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 hours ago
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Albert Woodfox: Freedom After 40 Years in Solitary? by Katti Gray, The Root
angola3news at Angola 3 News - 2 hours ago
*(Herman Wallace, left, with Albert Woodfox, right.)*
*Albert Woodfox: Freedom After 40 Years in Solitary?*
*--Supporters of one of the Angola 3 tell The Root why he might be released
this time.*
*(The first of two parts)*
*by Katti Gray *
*(This article was originally published by The Root on January 29, 2013,
and is being reprinted here by Angola 3 News with permission from the
author. Special thanks to Katti Gray, whose articles for The Root are
archived here.)*
*
* **After four decades of solitary confinement in the nation's most
populated maximum-security prison -- and one of its... more »
America's 2nd Revolutionary War: A Vice Documentary (And worth watching)
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
New Democrats Have The Best And Only Viable Policy Solution For The Corrupt, Undemocratic (Lib & Con Perpetuated) Canadian Senate
leftdog at Buckdog - 2 hours ago
* Abolish the gawdamned thing!!*
* **#PeopleAreFedUpWithRightWingCrap *
Hermoso paisaje nevado con árboles y lagos
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 2 hours ago
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Refrescantes helados de sabores acompañados de frutas frescas
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago
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North Korea may actually be planning two nuclear weapons tests, not just one
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
North Korea has virtually finished preparations for nuclear tests in two
tunnels at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Hamgyong Province,
observers believe.
A South Korean government source said analysis of satellite images showed
brisk activity of support vehicles and personnel at a tunnel on the
southern side of the test site, and on Saturday the area was cleaned and
personnel left.
Intelligence agencies suspect that this means a nuclear test is imminent.
Preparations at a tunnel on the western side of the site were apparently
completed earlier.
The government here is n... more »
Mágico unicornio trotando bajo un cielo con relámpagos
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 3 hours ago
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The NYT obituary department has further thoughts about Mayor Ed
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Joe Cutbirth identifies himself on his Twitter page as "Texas expat,
journalism professor, Longhorn fan and Democrat."*
*"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones,
So let it be with Caesar. . . ."*
*-- Shakespeare's Mark Antony, in Julius Caesar*
*by Ken*
It must be a number of years now -- even though it feels "recent" -- that I
reread *Julius Caesar*, having maybe seen a production or film or two along
the way but not read the thing since high school --... more »
Mini Drones: Army Deploys Tiny Helicopters (Which of course will never be abused)
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
British troops are using a nano drone just 10cm long and weighing 16 grams
on the front line in Afghanistan to provide vital information on the ground.
They are the first to use the state-of-the-art handheld tiny surveillance
helicopters, which relay reliable full motion video and still images back
to the devices' handlers in the battlefield.
The Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Air Vehicle is the size of a child's toy,
measuring just 10cm (4 ins) by 2.5cm (1 inch), and is equipped with a tiny
camera.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047004/mini-drones-army-deploys-tiny-helicopters
SUMMER SNIPPETS: ‘Race and Culture,’ by Thomas Sowell
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
More snippets from my summer reading, this time from Thomas Sowell’s 1994
classic, *Race and Culture: A World View.*
“The effectiveness of particular cultures for particular things can be of
the highest importance. Much—perhaps most—of human history cannot be
understood without understanding such things as the conquest of ancient
Britain by the Roman legions against a vastly larger military force, simply
because the legions were a militarily superior organisation from a more
advanced society. It is not necessary to claim that a particular people or
a particular culture is superi... more »
Dachen Island Evacuation Video
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago
A friend passed me this link. From Wiki:
Until 1955, the Dachen (Tachen) Islands were part of the Republic of China
(ROC), the government of which has been based in Taiwan since the
conclusion of the Chinese Civil War. As the People's Liberation Army
advanced through Fujian Province in the late 1940s, the U.S.-supported
Nationalist forces under Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang, retreated to China's
offshore Islands. On January 20, 1955, the PLA conquest of Yijiangshan led
to the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. The Formosa Resolution of 1955 passed in
Congress nine days later in the United... more »
Talks Between America And Iran: There Are No Downsides
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"US can talk to Iran, says Joe Biden"* by Conal Urquhart
and agencies:
The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran amid the
standoff over its nuclear ambitions, the US vice-president, Joe Biden, has
said.
Speaking at the Munich security conference on Saturday, Biden said: "There
is still time, there is still space for diplomacy backed by pressure to
succeed."
He insisted that "the ball is in the government of Iran's court" to show
that it is negotiating in good faith.
Asked when Washington would hold direct talks with Tehran, Biden replied:
... more »
SCRAP THE MAP!
Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
Scrap the Map
- MEDIA ADVISORY
National Day of Action to Support Seattle MAP Test Boycott
“We demand quality assessment!”
Wear Red on Wed for Ed! Scrap the MAP!
*
***Join the event on Facebook!**
[image: ScraptheMAPpicketsign]
*Supporters will hold meetings, press conferences, rallies, take photos,
and wear red to show support*
Contact: scrapthemap@yahoo.com
For more info, visit:
http://scrapthemap.wordpress.com/
*What*: Educators, Students, Parents and supporters of Public Education
nation-wide will take action in support of Garfield High School teachers
and all teachers in Seattl... more »
Good guys with guns die too
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
This is tragic. This man was the living illustration for the imagined good
guy with a gun, killing the bad guy with the gun scenario of the anti-reg
crowd. He survived multiple tours in Iraq. He served our country by
shooting the enemy -- one by one. Yesterday, he died at least partly by his
own country's lax gun regulations.
Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL known "as 'the most lethal sniper in U.S.
military history,' with 160 confirmed kills" was murdered by a shooter at a
gun range in Texas. They have the shooter in custody:
Investigators said Routh, a former Marine and expert mar... more »
Stop Imperialism – Episode 57
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 6 hours ago
Syria, Mali, Russia, the Americas, and more. *
*
*February 4, 2013* (StopImperialism.com)
In this episode:
*1. Syria
*[image: syria_80]Assad: We regained the upper hand
German Patriot batteries become operational in Turkey
Lavrov urges foreign officials not to misinterpret Russia’s stand on Syria
Syria under Al Qaeda attack – King Abdullah
‘Terrorists only a small part of Syrian rebellion’ – Opposition VP
Syria militants possess chemical arms: Video
Israel Syria strike: Chemical weapons transfer could bring Israeli military
attack, official warns
Scores of bodies found in Syria, acti... more »
D-FOX: Please contact us if you can read this
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
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How Fast Is The GOP Running Down The Road To Extinction?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
I suspect most regular readers of this blog care more how much collateral
damage the Republican Party will cause to normal Americans and to our
country in the process than how soon they'll go the way of The Whigs... and
the Dodo bird. In the video above, for example, Rachel Maddow and Chris
Hayes discuss how the rest of the world, cognizant of how dysfunctional
Republicans have now become that, U.S. international commitments are now
looked at askance. Hillary Clinton, on her last day in office, referred to
these Republicans and their supporters in the right-wing propaganda machine... more »
"It’s The Stupid Economy, Stupid"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"It’s The Stupid Economy, Stupid"*
by Michael Kindt
"As I get older, I change, but the economy doesn’t. It’s obvious, but not
completely—aging, I mean. Some things are given: I can’t drink like I used
to. I actually NEED to sleep. When I was in my 20s, I’d get three hours and
be good to go. Sure, I’d be grouchy, but I wouldn’t be physically
compromised like now. I have gray in my beard. My manhood still functions,
but sticking it everywhere now strikes me as a bad idea. And I have passed
the point where bad movies aren’t amusing. They’re just bad movies and my
time is more ... more »
Satire: "Gun Sales Soar on Photo of Armed Obama"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Gun Sales Soar on Photo of Armed Obama"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "The White House’s attempt to portray
President Obama as a gun user may have had unintended consequences today,
as a newly released photo of Mr. Obama firing a rifle at Camp David set off
a panic of gun buying across the US. Right-wing opponents of Mr. Obama were
behind the frenzied gun sales, saying that they were terrified by the image
of an armed and shooting President. “I don’t want to sound paranoid or
anything, but now everything Obama has been doing makes sense,” said
Harland ... more »
Turkey's FM confirms Damscus hit & Israel confirms it is destabilizing Syria
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours ago
Well here it is folks! *You want to know the location Israel really struck
in Syria?!*
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu gives it away right here, though
inadvertently!
*And I quote...*..
"Why didn't [Bashar] al-Assad even throw a pebble *when Israeli jets were
flying over his palace* and playing with the dignity of his country?"
If the Israeli jets were flying over or near the Presidential palace then
the hit was definitely in Damascus on the Research centre as Syria has
claimed from the get go!
Oh, I am changing part of my earlier comment regarding this strike, made... more »
“It Is What It Isn’t: How Thoughts Create Reality”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“It Is What It Isn’t: How Thoughts Create Reality”*
by Pam Grout
“Our brains continually sift through the possibilities and pick which bits
of information to “see” and believe. Out of sheer laziness, the stuff we
choose to perceive—and make no mistake... it is a choice—is stuff we
already know. It’s stuff we decided on way back when. We see, feel, taste,
touch, and smell not the real world, but a drastically condensed version of
the world, a version that our brains literally concoct. The rest zooms by
without recognition. John Maunsell, a neuroscientist at Harvard University,... more »
"A Logical Explanation..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
"There is a logical explanation for everything,
often mistaken for the reason it happened."
- Robert Brault
●
And then, of course, there's another minefield entirely... lol
Sunday Question for Liberals
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
A sort of follow-up to the question for conservatives...I think I've asked
this one before, but not for a while. Do you hope for the GOP to become
crazier, so that Democrats have a better chance of winning elections -- or
less crazy, so that when Republicans win they'll govern better?
Heath (GA-ALEC) - Practices Run & Hide
2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago
An ALEC member
doing
what members of the American Legislative Exchange Council do best when they
are caught- run and hide!!!!
*Two minutes of your time and you will smile!!!!*
Should companies tie health insurance premiums to employee’s health?
Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 8 hours ago
Marketwatch.com is reporting that, when employees sign up for some
company-provided health insurance plans, physically fit workers are charged
less, fatties more.
... as companies struggle to curb rising health-care costs, they are
increasingly pointing a finger at workers’ ballooning bellies.
Obesity-related health problems account for a big chunk of medical claims,
insurance experts say, leading some executives to believe the best way to
trim their budgets is to get workers to trim their own fat first. ... For
the past few years, companies have experimented with tying health ins... more »
The Economy: "On Borrowed Time"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
* "On Borrowed Time"*
by Joel Bowman
"Markets never stand still. So observes Daily Reckoning favorite, Chris
Mayer, in his essay “Ireland On Sale”. But why is this so? Why are markets
always in such a hurry to go somewhere…and to where is it they are so
briskly headed? That’s what investors want to know. Well, most of them,
anyway.
At this very moment in time, the US stock market, as measured by the broad
S&P 500 index, sits at multi-year highs. On the very crest of the wave. Not
since the cowabunga days of late 2007 were stocks this expensive. The
melt-up has been tremendous,... more »
The rehabilitation of a mass murderer
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
Volograd city council has voted to revert its name back to Stalingrad on 6
commemorative days each year. That's Stalin the man who was responsible for
the deaths of between 10 and 20 million people.
Imagine the horror if Hitler's name was being used in such a way. But for
Stalin and Mao no problem.
We Need to Make Decisions Based on What Is, Not What Was.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
Canada took the hook on the F-35 almost the same day Harper unpacked his
bags at Sussex Drive. That's roughly the same day Harper & Co. began
paving Joint Strike Fighter boulevard with a thick tarmac of lies.
Canada F-35?We were told the Liberals had chosen the F-35. We were told
there had been some competition. We were told we had inked a contract.
We were told Canada had a fixed price. We were told that the price was
about a third of the actual cost. We were told the F-35 was the best
fighter in the world. We were told Canada "needed" the F-35 and nothing
else would d... more »
No Harmon This Post
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago
"1 dead, 2 hurt in Ariz. office shooting" by Jacques Billeaud | Associated
Press, January 31, 2013
PHOENIX — A gunman opened fire at a Phoenix office complex on Wednesday,
killing one person, wounding two others and setting off a manhunt. Police
warned that he was ‘‘armed and dangerous.’’
Authorities identified the suspect as Arthur D. Harmon, who they said
opened fire at the end of a mediation session. According to court
documents, Harmon was scheduled to go to a law office in the same building
where the shooting took place for a settlement conference in lawsuit he
filed against ... more »
You Know That The National Rifle Association Is On The Run When Even Fox News Network Is Attacking Them!
leftdog at Buckdog - 9 hours ago
Here is NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre under attack from Chris
Wallace. The NRA is at terrorist organization and should be outlawed.
*#PeopleAreFedUpWithRightWingCrap *
ALEC Was Founded in 1973 by the LOSERS
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
"They (the American Legislative Exchange Council) have never forgotten that
they were founded by people who couldn't win elections. So they put a lot
of their energy on gaining the electoral process."
"ALEC is about tipping the playing field, about gaming the system, so that
at the end of the day the people who couldn't win elections in the 1960's
and 1970's, and frankly couldn't today, can prevail in an electroal
landscape they have developed."
This video was released in 2012
I have never seen it before - maybe you haven't either.
This is pretty good - worth your time
*Eight mi... more »
Cage dogs of Hong Kong: The tragedy of tens of thousands living in 6ft by 2ft rabbit hutches - in a city with more Louis Vuitton shops than Paris
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Hong Kong, one of the world's richest cities, is abuzz with a luxury
property boom that has seen homes exchanged for record sums.
But the wealth of the city has a darker side, with tens of thousands priced
out of housing altogether and forced to live in the most degrading
conditions.
These pictures by British photographer Brian Cassey capture the misery of
people - some estimates put the figure as high as 100,000 - who are forced
to live in cages measuring just 6ft by 2 1/2ft.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084971/Hong-Kongs-cage-homes-Tens-thousands-living-6ft-2ft-rabbi... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
The New York Times this morning reported on a new Karl Rove led initiative
to support better candidates -- that is, to weed out the Todd Akin types.
If you agree that Republicans have a nomination problem...do you think this
likely to make it better, make it worse, or have little effect?
Privatized Prisoners Forced to Poo in Plastic Bags/Buckets
2old2care at Because I Can - 10 hours ago
Two weeks ago - I wrote a detailed entry on the failure of privatization of
prisons in Ohio, and specifically the Lake Erie facility. I would strongly
suggest that you read that article if your state is considering privatizing
their prisons.
Today – I found an article on HuffPo that points out more information on
the Ohio Lake Erie prison and that article is also well worth your read.
This is just another documentation of the failure of privatization of
public services pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council. When
are people going to wake up and stop this insanity?
C... more »
Alabama sheriff: 5-year-old hostage gets chips, toys as standoff enters 6th day
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
A gunman barricaded in an underground bunker with a 5-year-old hostage is
making the boy "as comfortable as possible," authorities said, as the
standoff in southeastern Alabama entered its sixth day Sunday.
Police have said little about what, if any, demands have been made by the
man who they say killed a school bus driver and grabbed the kindergartener
Tuesday afternoon before holing up in the bunker in Midland City.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/03/us/alabama-child-hostage/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
China cyber attacks on West growing
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Allegations that Chinese hackers infiltrated the computers of two leading
U.S. newspapers add to a growing number of cyber attacks on Western
companies, governments and foreign-based dissidents that are believed to
originate in China, experts say.
According to one recent report, one in every three observed computer
attacks in the third quarter of 2012 emanated from China.
Chinese officials have denied that Beijing has supported any cyber attacks,
stressing that hacking is illegal in the country.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/01/tech/china-cyber-attacks/index.html?hpt=hp_c5
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN IRAN - 3rd February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 17:46:59 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 09:16:59 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
27.692°N, 56.497°E
Depth
45.1 km (28.0 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN IRAN
Distances
59 km (36 miles) NNE of Bandar 'Abbas, Iran
Le Comte Ory
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 10 hours ago
The weather predicted a blustery night so a facebook friend said "...trees
down, chance of wind". I heard one cracking just behind the house at
around 5 in the morning and went outside when it was light to investigate.
It was a black walnut, it's branches ghoulishly smothered with lichen.
As long as my feet were wet anyway, I slogged further back into the woods,
past the deer fence, to survey the sad remains of the treehouse following
Sandy. That ash is situated directly on the property line, so it's likely
it was growing at the time of demarcation, around 1770, and allowed to
rema... more »
Video Protect the Sacred Gathering Faith Spotted Eagle 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
Faith
Spotted Eagle
Published on Jan 30, 2013
Gathering to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects
Brave Heart Society Ihanktonwan
Dakota Oyate Grandmother Faith Spotted Eagle
Yankton Sioux Reservation - January 23 - 25, 2013
Featuring Brave Heart Society Ihanktonwan Dakota Grandmother Faith
Spotted Eagle who provides an overview of the historic Gathering to
Protect the
CANADA BUILDING MORE WARSHIPS
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
Tamara Lorincz, a Global Network board member from Halifax in Canada, is
leading protests against Canada's huge increase in warship building while
their government makes dramatic cuts in social spending and environmental
programs.
Canada has approached the government of Singapore (and other nations) with
a proposal to establish a Canadian military base there as a “logistics
facility” that would support the US-NATO “Pivot to Asia”. Defence Minister
Peter MacKay has admitted Canada’s “military tempo” is at the highest
levels since the Korean War. Because the US is exhausted from the... more »
One Ad You Won't Be Seeing During Super Bowl and One You Will
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
Coca Cola and Pepsi weren't happy with the *SodaStream* ad that was to have
run during the Super Bowl broadcast. And now it's gone, pulled.
Volkswagen seems to have fared better. Even our own Globe & Mail
questioned whether the VW ad was perhaps racist. You judge.
VW got taken off the hook by pretty much everybody in Jamaica, including
the Jamaican government. It pointed out something the racism crowd
overlooked - Jamaica has plenty of Caucasians and Asians who speak with the
very same Jamaican accent. Besides they like the ad because it makes them
look happy and positive.
Down's Syndrome and Tritium in Arizona
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
Yesterday I posted on the politics of the permissible dose for radiation
here
Today, I am going to post more of Capt. Clyde Stagner's research on the
presence and effects of radioactive tritium in Maricopa County due to Palo
Verde Nuclear Plant Emissions:
Jan 21, 2013
Director, Maricopa County Dept. of Public Health
4041 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, Az. 85102
Subject: Tritium in Phoenix & People of Phoenix
Dear Dr. Bob England, MD
Tritium has caused leukemia and congenital aberrations which resulted in
the 2000 closing of an AMERSHAM PLANT in Cardiff, Wales (Ref: Figure
3,”H... more »
Sunday Classics chronicles: Remembering Eugen Jochum (2) -- Haydn and Bruckner, part 2
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
*The First Day*
*The Fourth Day*
*URIEL*: In full splendor rises now
the sun, streaming:
a wondrous bridegroom,
a giant, proud and happy
to run his path.
With gentle motion and soft shimmer
the moon steals through the silent night.
*Waldemar Kmentt (t), Uriel; Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra,
Eugen Jochum, cond. Philips, recorded July 1966*
*by Ken*
We began this tribute to that wonderful conductor Eugen Jochum (1902-1987) Friday
night with samples of his Haydn and Bruckner. Now it wouldn't be that
difficult to construct a polemical argument to show how much these
co... more »
What If Sun TV Gets on the Public Gravy Train?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
What if the CRTC allows *FOX North* Sun TV a reserved seat at the cablevision
banquet table? Does that mean a start-up progressive TV outlet would be
entitled to the same consideration? If you're going to indulge a partisan
agit-prop outlet for the far right, on what basis should the progressive
left be denied the same opportunity?
The CRTC is being asked to politicize basic cable at a moment in which the
country is beset with a hyper-partisan government made worse by a
concentrated, corporate media cartel.
Is it sheer coincidence that the only party with a policy to dismembe... more »
More Mansplaining on Superb Owl Day
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 11 hours ago
After yesterday's Twitter brouhaha, Carolyn Bennett commented at the NatPo
and reproduced it on her blog.
Today on Twitter Mr. Kay asked :"if you can find an incorrect sentence in
my article, identify it. The misleading sentence is "It is perfectly legal
in Canada to have or perform an abortion — for any reason, or no reason at
all — at 20, 25, 30 or 35 weeks gestation". I am totally fed up with
'lawyered' assertions that totally misrepresent the facts. While in Canada,
we do not have a law, we do have very strict professional guidelines. No
physician in Canada can terminate a pregn... more »
Remembering Peter
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
Here on the coast we're gearing up to fight the Northern Gateway and Kinder
Morgan bitumen pipeline threats. It's pretty obvious that, Conservative,
New Democrat or Liberal, we'll be standing against Ottawa on this.
The Tar Sands are an abomination to Canada and Alberta in particular and a
sad reflection of failed politics, federal and provincial.
The last great politician to come out of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, knew that
everything we're doing with Athabasca bitumen today is simply wrong.
Lougheed did not hesitate to criticize his Conservative successors for
their greed-driven ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Everyone knows Canada owes ... how much?'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
MNN:
Everyone knows Canada owes … how much?
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
CANADA OWES US [Section 109]
MNN. Jan. 2, 2013. Everyone knows Canada owes… how much? The legal
origins of Canada’s debt to us is Section 109 of the British North
America Act 1867. The daily increase in the $4.5 trillion in our Indian
Trust Fund is substantial:
"Do we have $4.5
Parting Thoughts from Obama's Energy Secretary, Steven Chu
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
Excerpts from a letter by outgoing Obama energy secretary, Steven Chu, to
employees of the Department of Energy.
"*The average temperature of our planet is rising, with majority of the
temperature increase occurring in the last thirty years. During the three
decades from 1980 to 2011, the number of violent storms, floods, droughts,
heat waves, wildfires, as tabulated by the reinsurance company Munich Re,
has increased more than three-fold. They also estimate that the financial
losses follow a trend line that has gone from $40 billion to $170 billion
dollars per year. Most of those l... more »
HISTORY: THE DARK FORCES
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
*One of the most important books I have ever read tells the story about
Operation Paperclip following WW II when the US smuggled 1,500 former
Nazi's into the country to work in the military industrial complex -
Hitlers former rocket team was used to create the US space program.* *This
story must be told and retold so we do not forget.*
*The Hunt for Zero Point *
The Atlantic Monthly, September 5, 2002
Nick Cook, a respected military journalist, describes his foray into a
hidden ''black world'' where powerful technologies of warfare are born.
To those who spend their time scanning ... more »
Sarai Sierra Murder: 11 arrested over murder of US woman in Istanbul
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Police forensics search for missing New Yorker Sarai Sierra near the
district of Sarayburnu in Istanbul, Turkey Photo: AP
The body of Sarai Sierra, 33, a mother-of-two, was found on Saturday near
Istanbul's ancient city walls. Police said that she had suffered a fatal
blow to the head.
She had also been stabbed several times in the abdomen, but there was no
sign of rape or theft.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/9845488/11-arrested-over-murder-of-US-woman-in-Istanbul.html
Nuclear test imminent as Kim Jong-un talks tough
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-un has chaired a high-level meeting that
discussed a looming "great turn" in military capability, state media say,
fuelling expectations of an imminent nuclear test.
Mr Kim made a "historic" speech at the ruling party's Central Military
Commission meeting, attended by the heads of the army, the National Defence
Commission and the strategic rocket force, the official Korean Central News
Agency reported yesterday.
The meeting discussed "bringing about a great turn in bolstering military
capability", said KCNA, which gave no date or details of Mr Kim's spee... more »
Egypt tensions rise as footage emerges of police beating protester
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Graphic footage of a naked Egyptian man being dragged across a street and
beaten by at least eight riot policemen during a protest in Cairo on Friday
night has intensifed popular fury at President Mohamed Morsi and sparked
calls from Egypt's opposition for "an end to this regime of tyranny".
The video shows Hamada Saber, reportedly a 50-year-old unemployed labourer,
lying on the ground outside the presidential palace in north-east Cairo,
with his trousers around his ankles, being beaten with batons and fists
before being dragged into a police van.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/20... more »
Syrian opposition chief under fire for talks with Assad allies
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Syria's opposition leader flew back to his Cairo headquarters from Germany
on Sunday to explain to skeptical allies his decision to talk with
President Bashar al-Assad's main backers Russia and Iran, in hope of a
breakthrough in the crisis.
The Russian and Iranian foreign ministers, and U.S. Vice-President Joe
Biden, portrayed Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib's new
willingness to talk with the Assad regime as a major step towards resolving
the two-year-old war.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE9100KV20130203
Thousands more birds expected to be washed up in 'enormous eco crime'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Already more than 250 stricken birds, mostly guillemots, have been rescued
from beaches along a 200 mile stretch of the south coast, from West Sussex
to Cornwall.
The birds are covered in a heavy “glue-like” substance, believed to be some
kind of oil dumped from a ship, that makes it impossible for them to swim
and feed.
Conservationists fear this could just be the start of the “environmental
disaster”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9845356/Thousands-more-birds-expected-to-be-washed-up-in-enormous-eco-crime.html
ROSEN WORKED AT FAIRFIELD HILLS; CIA BRAINWASHING
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
Gene Rosen worked at the Fairfield Hills mental hospital.
"Gene Rosen, a resident of Sandy Hook, CT for the past twenty years, is a
retired psychologist who worked for several years in Newtown at Fairfield
Hills State Hospital."
http://web.archive.org/web/2012061607411...about.html
Gene Rosen had four little girls and two little boys staying in his home
for a few hours.
*Sandy-Hook-shooting-The-moment-neighbor-surviving-graders*
*
*Was he using mind control?
[image: Fairfield Hills Hospital]
*Fairfield Hills*
Newtown is home to the "Fairfield Hills" Hospital, used as the set ... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 3rd February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 14:23:06 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 01:23:06 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
11.034°S, 165.420°E
Depth
46.1 km (28.6 miles)
Region
SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Distances
56 km (34 miles) SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
The Reckoning
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
As the present Masters of the Universe survey what they have wrought, they
dismiss the young as lazy and pampered. But Henry Giroux writes that,
across that universe, youth are in revolt:
As young people make diverse claims on the promise of a radical democracy
in the streets, on campuses, and at other occupied sites, articulating what
a fair and just world might be, they are treated as criminal
populations—rogue groups incapable of toeing the line, “prone to
irrational, intemperate and unpredictable” behavior.[16]
Those who belittle the young, however, don't understand what's... more »
PETROLEUM BROADCASTING SERVICE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
Abby Martin takes a look at PBS' new documentary 'Rise of the Drones'
supposedly showcasing an in depth look at drone technology, but in reality
being a military propaganda piece sponsored in part by weapons manufacturer
Lockheed Martin.
"Uh half hour"
The Arthurian at The Rules of Exposition - 14 hours ago
The unit of time is the hour. If you need half of one, it's half an hour.
Not "a half hour".
To my ear "a half hour" is crude, raucous, and illiterate. "Half an hour"
is almost musical. But I guess the people on TV, news people, don't hear it
the way I do.
I don't care. I'm not saying it the way they say it. I don't care.
Toronto’s Jains build a ‘landmark’ temple: AJIT JAIN
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
There are approximately eight million followers of the Jain religion
worldwide – and close to 6,000 of them in Toronto – but it’s part of their
ethos to keep a low profile.
Now that’s about to change: For the first time, this community will have
their own traditional temple in the city. And at 48,000 square feet, it
will be hard to miss.
“It will become another landmark and … tourist attraction,” said Milan
Shah, one of the leaders of the local Jain community. On behalf of the Jain
Society of Toronto, he teamed up with real-estate developer Moti Champsee
to negotiate a $4.8-milli... more »
A little bit of space filling
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 14 hours ago
Ten Unpleasant Facts About John Lennon: not all of them are facts, some of
them are opinions, and some of them I don't agree with (I think the Black
Panthers were a noble cause, but that's just me). But it's part of what
makes John Lennon such a compelling figure, everything that he was he was
also the opposite, often at the same time.
5 Health Benefits of Drinking Beer
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
5 Health Benefits of Beer
Eat This, 31 January 2013
While it is well known that drinking wine in moderation can be beneficial
to your health, beer is often considered an unhealthy adult beverage.
However, recent studies show that when taken in moderation, beer may
actually benefit one's health in a variety of ways. Though experts have not
consented on exactly how much beer is considered healthy, you might want to
stick to the government recommended alcoholic drink limit of two drinks per
day for men and one drink per day for women.
Different types of beer may offer different leve... more »
No, Ryan Didn't Win In November But... Austerity Ahoy Anyway
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
You don't have to be a Professor of Public Policy, or a former Secretary of
Labor, to know that the current sputtering recovery is anemic and that
Beltway dysfunction is not addressing it. But Friday, Bob Reich, asserted
that "apart from the Fed-- which continues to hold interest rates down in
the quixotic hope that banks will begin lending again to average people--
the government is heading in exactly the wrong direction: raising taxes on
the middle class, and cutting spending." That describes the Austerity
Agenda being demanded by conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic--
B... more »
A missed talent - Amy Winehouse
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
Amy Winehouse - 'Monkey Man'
This was the first version of Monkey Man that I ever heard, by The Specials
in 1979
Here's Toots and the Maytals with the original version from 1975
Kelly Stables - Worst Audition Ever
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
Kelly Stables shares her audition woes. Kelly Stables was Melissa in Two
and a Half Men. Here's more of her in Two and a Half Men
'West faces dangerous game choosing 'bad' vs 'acceptable' terrorism'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Egypt on Edge: 'A few handshakes won't change desperate reality'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Catholic Hell: Faith fails as sex abuse in church silenced
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
New Blogs
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 15 hours ago
Here are the latest new(ish) left blogs to have crossed the desk this last
month. As ever, knock yourself out.
1. Andrew Gwynne MP (Labour) (Twitter)
2. Brighton and Hove Labour Party (Labour) (Twitter)
3. Damian McBride (Labour)
4. Far Left Fashion (Unaligned) (Twitter)
5. Hucknall Labour Candidates 2013 (Labour)
6. International Socialism (SWP Opposition)
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Australia Bans Flu Vaccine – Child In Coma – Many Hospitalised
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
Source:
http://blogs.babble.com/babys-first-year-blog/2012/10/07/why-im-not-getting-the-flu-shot/
Australia Bans Flu Vaccine – Child In Coma – Many Hospitalised
Child Health Safety, 3 February 2013
Another year. Another flu vaccine. Another national vaccine ban as
Australian children become seriously ill after the flu vaccine. And like
governments around the world, including yours, in Australia if your child
gets sick after a vaccine, you are on your own as CHS previously reported: *Australian
Government Dumps On Sick Kids Injured by ‘Flu Vaccine*
Vaccinations for children ... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Poppy Tooker helped save the soul of New Orleans after Katrina and now
famed Big Easy chef is ready for a Super party ~NY Daily News*
*Elysian Fields by Mark Laflaur
*
NOAA Slays the Billion-Dollar Disaster Meme
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 16 hours ago
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps a tally of
"billion dollar disasters" which have occurred in the United States. The
number of disasters which exceed the billion dollar threshold has increased
since 1980. This increase has been often cited as evidence that the climate
has become more extreme and is attributable to emissions of carbon dioxide.
A new peer-reviewed paper from NOAA pours cold water on both claims.
Adam Smith, of NOAA, and Rick Katz, a statistician and former colleague of
mine at NCAR, have a paper just out in the journal Natural Hazards in whic... more »
Street's all you've got: Heavy-handed UK govt austerity exposed
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
Darien Long: Zero tolerance Atlanta guard who filmed himself Tasering abusive mother and warning off drug dealers is given $20,000 by fans
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
A fundraising campaign launched to support zero tolerance mall cop,
Darien
Long, pictured right, has so far raised almost $20,000. The security
guard
at Atlanta's Metro Mall hit the headlines this week when a film of him
tasering an abusive mother, left, spread across the internet. Supporters
have backed Long who they say is doing a good job trying to clean up
downtown Atlanta.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272392/Zero-tolerance-mall-cop-filmed-tasers-abusive-mother-given-20-000-wishers-helping-clean-Atlanta.html
Train derails in North Carolina carrying toxic chemicals
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
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Suicide bomber who attacked U.S Embassy in Turkey as it's revealed he was jailed for FIVE YEARS on terrorism charges
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
The first pictures of the suicide bomber who attacked the U.S. Embassy in
Ankara on Friday have emerged as Turkish officials identified him as
convicted terrorist Ecevit Sanli.
Armed with six kilograms of TNT - enough to blow up a two-story building -
and a hand grenade, Sanli, killed himself and a Turkish security guard in
the brazen attack, which has been labelled an act of terror by U.S.
officials.
As the U.S. flag flew at half-staff today and security at the embassy was
heightened, details about the 40-year-old assailant emerged.
Sanli was not linked to al Qaeda, rather he was ... more »
Assad: Syria Can Confront Israeli Aggression
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
President Bashar al Assad accuses Israel of trying to destabilise Syria
after an air strike near Damascus last week, according to state media.
Assad made the remarks in a meeting with Saeed Jalili, Iran's national
security council secretary, in the Syrian capital. It was his first
reported response to Wednesday's attack.
http://news.sky.com/story/1046916/assad-syria-can-confront-israeli-aggression
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 11:36:39 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 09:36:39 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.004°S, 153.218°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
62 km (38 miles) SSE of Taron, PNG
Incompetent Nobel Laureates Signify a New Dark Age
Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 17 hours ago
Claes Johnson has a post on "Politicised Nobel Laureate Science" (they
wrote an open letter emphatically endorsing Obama in the last election), to
which I responded with the following comment:
*Good for you to realize this. I wrote a letter to President-Elect Obama
the very day after the 2008 election, of quite opposite import to the
Nobelists' letter (which I was unaware of before now), and I put my letter
on my blog 6 months later, in May 2009, as part of my "Challenge to
Science" series of posts:*
*Challenge to Science III: The "gods", the design, and man"*
*The hard truth is, the... more »
Barack Obama amidst his supporters
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
*Thanks to Theo Spark for the image spot.*
ELM GUEST HOUSE; FAT MAN; SPARTACUS
Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
The Sunday People has the best stories, as always:
*Elm guest house scandal: First victim of paedo guest house breaks his
silence
Elm guest house scandal: Coded advert that gave signal to perverts
'Diana saved my life': Elm guest house victim met princess when he was
sleeping rough*
*On 2 February 2013, the Sunday People relates:*
Dave (13) and his brother Peter (12) were orphans staying at the Grafton
Close Children's home in London.
Staff at the home sent Dave, and his brother, to the London boy brothel
known as Elm Guest House.
At Elm Guest House they were given alcohol to get... more »
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 3rd February 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
Magnitude
5.4
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 11:15:01 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 09:15:01 PM at epicenter
Location
5.093°S, 153.056°E
Depth
59.6 km (37.0 miles)
Region
NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
137 km (85 miles) SE (135°) from Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
Tom Sublett found dead at the bottom of a lake with a gunshot wound to his head and his hands tied together.... and coroner rules it a suicide
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
A medical examiner has ruled that a Georgia county commissioner who drowned
near a boat dock after suffering a gunshot to the head committed suicide,
the county coroner said Friday.
Police found the body of 52-year-old Glynn County Commissioner Tom Sublett
early on Dec. 11 in the water beside a docked boat on St. Simons Island.
His wallet was in his back pocket and still contained his driver's license
and credit cards. An empty gun holster and a magazine loaded with 9mm
bullets were found in Sublett's car nearby, but no gun was recovered.
Glynn County Coroner Jimmy Durden said in a... more »
Bank of America website crashes leaving its customers unable to access their money
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
Bank
of America says its online banking website crashed Friday, leaving
customers unable to access their accounts.
From late morning Friday, customers trying to log on saw a message that
said the site was 'temporarily unavailable.'
Bank of America (BAC), based in Charlotte, N.C. and the second-largest
U.S.
bank by assets, said it was working on the problem, but wouldn't
elaborate
on what caused the outage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272616/Bank-America-website-crashes-leaving-customers-unable-access-money.html#axzz2Jpm3BOfp
The Black Hornet - tiny spy drone that can follow enemies all the way home
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
It fits easily into the palm of your hand and looks to the world like a
child’s toy helicopter.
But this tiny, remote-controlled aircraft is, in fact, British forces’
latest weapon against the Taliban.
Codenamed Black Hornet, the eight-inch long plastic moulded drone has
three
cameras hidden inside its nose, yet weighs just 15 grams, or just over
half
an ounce.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272590/The-Black-Hornet--tiny-spy-drone-follow-enemy-targets-way-home.html#axzz2Jpm3BOfp
Criminals face new 'spartan prisons': Justice Secretary's tough regime: uniforms, no Sky TV and less pocket money
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
An end to Britain’s ‘holiday camp’ jails, with a ban on Sky TV, fewer
televisions, more prison uniforms, less pocket money for inmates and a ban
on gay couples sharing cells is planned by the Government.
The return to ‘spartan’ jails marks the biggest prison regime shake-up for
60 years and is designed to signal a tough new approach to law and order by
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
Mr Grayling believes prisoners do not deserve the kind of lifestyle and
‘frills’ that are beyond the reach of families on low wages.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272572/Criminals-face-new... more »
Funerals in Pakistan as attack leaves at least 35 dead
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
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