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Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, May 5th, 2013
Time for my Sunday rant, and there are many things to talk about.... First and foremost... We now see the sick and deadly game that the criminals in both the psychotic and terrorist state of Israel, as well as their puppets in the UnitedStates government, are playing when it comes to Syria... These sick bastards could not get their nice little war started by promoting the lie that Assad has used "chemical weapons" on his people, simply because that same false and tired claim was made to get the US war on Iraq off and running and people are no longer fooled... And the efforts to pro... more »
EU Willing to Try to Save Bees, US Willing to Sacrifice Them to Chemical Company Profits
AP Loss of honeybees has many causes. The Washington Post May 3 2013 http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/loss-of-honeybees-has-many-causes/2013/05/03/89b7d614-b350-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines [Excerpted] Colony collapse disorder has also hit bee colonies in Europe, where government officials are considering a ban on a type of pesticide that some environmental groups say is to blame. The U.S. report puts some blame on pesticides but ranks them near the bottom of the list of factors. Federal officials and researchers advising them said there’s not... more »
Fukushima Hot This Morning
Majia's Blog - 1 minute ago
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North Korea is an ‘Upper Volta with Missiles’ who Cried Wolf Too Often
The North Korea flap seems to be calming down, so here I reprint my original essay from the Diplomat a few weeks ago on the crisis, plus my ‘response to my critics’ from the China Policy Institute Blog of the University of Nottingham and e-IR. I would like to thank Harry Kazianas of the Diplomat, Continue reading
You will submit to measurement by Duncan. You must. Observe.
Mesmerizing, is it not? Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: Duncan, gif, measurement
Merchants of Death
The privilege of gaping at piles of twisted metal and gawking at long-suppressed videos of people jumping to their deaths from the Twin Towers will not come cheap. So have decreed the people running the Atrocity Exhibition 9/11 Museum at the site of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Tickets will go at about $25 a pop. It's the high cost of fetishization. It's the overhead of building in the underground. Touring Ground Zero cannot come at zero cost to the public. This is America. The site, after all, is adjacent to Wall Street and Club Cipriani, home of the $25 hamburger. Profoun... more »
Here's Warren Kinsella Doing His Best Imitation Of A Serbian Nationalist ....
*When the Harper Conservatives attacked Justin Trudeau, who decried the nastiness of their attacks? Yes.. Mr. Kinsella. But what is this? Mr. Kinsella has decided to adopt the tone of a Harperite … and tear into Mulcair with trumped up charges and phony indignation. You can bet money if there were no Liberal on a ballot that Warren would make his 'X' on election day for a Conservative LONG before he would ever vote NDP. I know it .. now you do too. * *In his attack against Mulcair, Kinsella forgets that Newfoundland was admitted to Confederation with a vote of 51%. The 49% of Newf... more »
ALEC Legislators - Hurting Working Kansans
*About 100 people rally against policies of Brownback and legislative majority* May 4, 2013 Topeka — About 100 people on Saturday braved chilly weather to protest outside the Statehouse against the policies of Gov. Sam Brownback and a majority of the Legislature. House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, said Brownback and his fellow conservative Republicans dominating the Legislature were approving laws that will hurt many working Kansans. "Let's send them packing in 2014," Davis urged the crowd, referring to next year's elections. Teachers and state employee groups said th...more »
World’s most widely used insecticide is devastating dragonflies, snails, and other water-based species
[image: Structure of Imidacloprid. The world's most widely used insecticide is devastating dragonflies, snails, and other water-based species. Graphic: NEUROtiker] By Damian Carrington 1 May 2013 (The Guardian) – The world's most widely used insecticide is devastating dragonflies, snails and other water-based species, a groundbreaking Dutch study has revealed. On Monday, the insecticide and two others were banned for two years from use on some crops across the European Union, due to the risk posed to bees and other pollinators, on which many food crops rely. However, much ... more »
Fear: How Not to Be Seen
This, however, is a place to offer a few words about the intersections that may at first not seem like intersections at all: Jason Collins coming out of the closet, the Boston Marathon bombing, Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) and other “no excuses” schools. Please continue reading HERE. Filed under: [...]
Study: When U.S. Republicans understand climate science, they support climate action
[image: Michigan State University sociologist Aaron McCright found that people who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support a government role in curbing it -- regardless of their political party. Photo: MSU]By John Upton 3 May 2013 (Grist) – Republican voters are told over and over by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and GOP leaders in Congress that climate change is a sham, a scare campaign orchestrated by scientists with liberal agendas. Ergo, Republicans are less likely than others to believe that fossil-fuel burning is changing the climate. It ... more »
America Is Embracing The Secret Police Culture Of The Nazis
Michael Snyder Why do so many Americans want us to become more like Nazi Germany? When I was growing up, I was taught that Nazi Germany was the antithesis of everything that America stood for. I truly believed that we were "the land of the free" and that we were a bright, shining example for the rest of the world. Unfortunately, over the past couple of decades America has been eagerly embracing the secret police culture of the Nazis. In a desperate attempt to feel "safe", we have decided to become much more like our arch-enemies of the past. In fact, in many ways we have alre... more »
Tribesmen launch ‘occupy’ protest at dam site in the Amazon rainforest – 231 dams planned for the Brazilian Amazon
[image: Protest at one of the main construction sites of the Belo Monte Dam complex in the municipality of Victoria de Xingu. Photo: Ruy Sposati / CIMI] 3 May 2013 (mongabay.com) – On Thursday roughly 200 indigenous people launched an occupation of a key construction site for the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon. The protestors, who represent communities that will be affected by the massive dam, are demanding immediate suspension of all work on hydroelectric projects on the Xingu, Tapajós and Teles Pires rivers until they are properly consulted, according to a ... more »
Bragging about our students. We have to sometimes.
I have a former student with whom I worked during student teaching who made the local news for starting a garden at her middle school. This is great. A couple of years ago, I taught a social studies methods course that consisted of a curricular core of food related issues, urban agriculture, our food system, all [...]
Say hello to the correction
By Capt. Fogg You know, markets* are* self-correcting to some extent, maybe not enough that we don't have to inspect meat or test drugs or set safety standards for airplanes, but maybe enough that dangerous products, unappealing products and frankly annoying things like the lies and propaganda and bigotry that Clear Channel produces and airs on about 600 radio stations in the US aren't doing well in the market any more. Perhaps it's that people are getting tired of the slander and quasi-treasonous, excremental and septic opinions of Rush Limbaugh, or perhaps it's the effect the boyc...more »
NASA study projects warming-driven changes in global rainfall – ‘All the models agree in a very fundamental way: projecting more heavy rain, less moderate rain events, and prolonged droughts’
[image: Model simulations spanning 140 years show that warming from carbon dioxide will change the frequency that regions around the planet receive no rain (brown), moderate rain (tan), and very heavy rain (blue). The occurrence of no rain and heavy rain will increase, while moderate rainfall will decrease. Graphic: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center] Contact: Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kathryn Hansen Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-1046 kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov 3 May 2013 WASHINGTON (NASA) – A NASA-led mo... more »
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo has its roots in the French occupation of Mexico, which took place in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War of 1846-48, the Mexican Civil War of 1858, and the 1860 Reform Wars. These wars left the Mexican Treasury nearly bankrupt. On July 17, 1861, Mexican President Benito Juárez issued a moratorium in which all foreign debt payments would be suspended for two years. In response, France, Britain, and Spain sent naval forces to Veracruz to demand reimbursement. Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but France, at the time ruled by Napoleon III, dec... more »
Some pics in honor of no rain
*Baby grasshoppers after a morning rain.* The constant rain has really been getting me down, so it was delightful to have two days with no rain falling during the daytime here in the Chung. Too tired and busy to blog today, so enjoy some pictures.... seems like a while since I did a post like this, come to think of it. It was all light and cloud in the mountains today, but the rain never reached us. Brutally hot and humid riding weather, I felt drained after three hours in it. This was taken from Shuangchi Road which runs north out of Dongshih town, one of the area's prettier low a... more »
Untitled
*Crescent City Connection bridge tolls soundly defeated ~John Snell* *Gemination of New Orleans and Cabinda debated in US* *Reef bill is controversial ~Michelle Millhollen* ~Also~New Orleans’ Harvey Gulf inks $540 million in contracts Friday to add 14 vessels to its deepwater fleet * **MS Gov. Phil Bryant announced $69 million in early restoration projects for the Mississippi Gulf Coast ~WTVA *
‘Long, hot, incendiary summer’: Early wildfires bode ill for California – ‘An event like this … it hasn’t happened in my career’
[image: A man looks at approaching flames as the Springs Fire continues to grow on 3 May 2013, near Camarillo, California. The wildfire spread to more than 18,000 acres on day two and was only 20 percent contained Friday evening. Photo: NBC News] By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News 4 May 2013 (NBC News) – Record-setting temperatures, erratic winds and a parched landscape spell a dangerous fire season for California, experts said on Friday as firefighters fought to control several large blazes of a kind that usually would not raise thick plumes of smoke over the horizon unti... more »
Digging Dirt
Most people who haven’t seen the film, “Exile - a Myth Unearthed” assume it’s a ‘one-sided diatribe’. Biased-BBC accuses the BBC of pulling the film from the schedule as it was aimed at the delegitimisation of Israel and its right to exist, therefore too controversial. However, in accord with the BBC’s inherent bias against Israel, that particular controversy doesn’t seem a very logical reason for the BBC’s abrupt change of schedule. Past performance intimates that the BBC happily airs any number of one-sided diatribes against Israel while grimly insisting that they are not politi... more »
Guantanamo Detainee Lawyer, Andy P. Hart: Suicide or Murder?
image source Stephen Lendman On May 1, Truthout's Jason Leopold reported Hart's "apparent suicide." He represented a number of Guantanamo prisoners. More on that below. Key questions remain unanswered. Why would a federal public defender kill himself? Where and when did he die? Was an autopsy performed? If so, by whom? Why has no information been revealed? Why wasn't his death immediately announced? Apparently several days passed before it was. Why the secrecy? An alleged suicide note and thumb drive perhaps containing information on his cases remains concealed. Why? Hart's all... more »
NYPD Cop: We Have Quotas Because We're Lazy
*Youtube* "Stop and frisks" are a controversial NYPD tactic that's come under fire many times as unconstitutional. Well, now two whistleblowers are saying there IS a quota-like system that's causing these arrests. Subscribe to Young Turk's Channel 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.
Israel Launches Second Airstrike in Syria, Targeting Weapons Shipment
Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike against a shipment of sophisticated missiles bound for the Lebanese political and military organization Hezbollah, officials in Washington and Israel told reporters Saturday. Israeli officials described the missiles targeted in the Friday strike as “game-changing” weapons, according to the Associated Press. They said they were not chemical weapons, but advanced, long-range, ground-to-ground missiles. A Lebanese security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Lebanon is still investigating reports of the strike ... more »
The junk heap known as the New York Times!
*SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013* *Has never been piled quite so high:* Ironical, isn’t it? When we come to the Hudson Valley, we come here to visit an older friend who is a patient in a Medicaid-funded long-term care facility. He suffers from the effects of Parkinson’s. We’re always impressed by what we see in the facility where he now lives, especially when we recall our own father’s last years in the late 1950s. Ironic, then, that on this weekend, the New York Times hits an apparent now low with this op-ed column by the apparently uninformed Ross Douthat. The column stands out today among ... more »
New Blogs
You all know what the first Sunday of the month means ... 1. Birmingham Socialist Party (Socialist Party) (Twitter) 2. Cosmarxpolitan (Unaligned) 3. Doug Wright Save Your Services (Unaligned) 4. Free Steve Topley (Unaligned) 5. Life Under Thatcher (Compass) (Twitter) 6. Moments of Crisis (Unaligned) 7. Sadie's Tavern (Labour) (Twitter) 8. Sakollontai (Unaligned) 9. Stand Up for Labour (Labour) (Twitter) 10. Teesside Solidarity Movement (Unaligned) 11. The Imaginary Party (Unaligned/anarchist) (Twitter) 12. The Left Vote (Unaligned) That's your lot for April/May. If you know of any new bl... more »
James dines and Jim Willie preview the looming dark days ..... Dines covers the bond market crash he sees coming , Jim Willie covers the fall of the banks and deposits getting the Cyprus treatment...
http://silverdoctors.com/james-dines-follows-his-prediction-of-a-commodity-crash-with-another-one-the-mainstream-media-is-ignoring/#more-26147 JAMES DINES FOLLOWS HIS PREDICTION OF A COMMODITY CRASH WITH ANOTHER ONE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS IGNORING MAY 4, 2013 BY THE DOC 12 COMMENTS [image: bond bubble collapse]When the metals markets tumbled in mid-April, *The Gold Report *reached out to “the original investor bug” and author of The Dines Letter, James Dines, for perspective.* He predicted a crash in commodity prices two years ago based on his analysis of a weak Chinese economy. Nex... more »
Gold and Silver news - covering May 2 and May 3 , 2013 - Harvey Organ and Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Reports , great articles from GATA , Silver Doctors , Jesse Cross Road Cafe blog , The Golden Truth blog , Jim Wille ........... News and views from the past two days including today's joke of of the day - Non Farm Payroll Report !
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://news.goldseek.com/COT/1367609629.php ( Large specs net longer / commercials net longer small specs net shorter ... ) *Gold COT Report - Futures* *Large Speculators* *Commercial* *Total* *Long* *Short* *Spreading* *Long* *Short* *Long* *Short* *193,310* *96,258* *20,115* *170,211* *265,774* *383,636* *382,147* *Change from Prior Reporting Period* *-3,878* *3,325* *-1,772* *14,080* *5,255* *8,430* *6,808* *Traders* 137 96 73 60 52 229 195 *Small Speculators* *Long* *Short* *Open Interest* *37,451* *38,940* *421,087* <td nowrap="" style="background-attachment: initial; ba... more »
RESPECTing the Best Teachers with Larger Classes
Sara Mosle, a charter corps member from TFA (Class of 1990), has written a propaganda piece in the NYTimes hailing the latest bad idea by corporate reform schoolers: larger classes for the teachers who do best raising test scores. If you were without mind enough to believe Mosle, this revival of an old idea of [...]
Why Liberals r the Real Haters ...
Hi! Welcome back to thwap's increasingly insane schoolyard! I'm going to continue to channel the right-wing mind because I have no desire to type about anything else. Today I'll be learnin' you on how it's the pinkos, liberals, commies, white-guilt types who are the real racists in society. They're racist against white people in that they hate them (even though most of them are white themselves) and they're racist against everyone else with their "affirmative action" quota system that shows leftists don't think minorities can make it in society on their own elbow-grease and wearing... more »
Israel strikes Damascus- Early Sunday a.m
The early Sunday am attack on Damascus was rejoiced by NATO's Islamist Army Syria makes the very obvious claim that this attack was done in coordination with NATO's Islamist Army Israeli strikes on Syria 'co-ordinated with terrorists' "The flagrant Israeli attack on armed forces sites in Syria underlines the co-ordination between 'Israel' [and] terrorist groups," the Syrian foreign ministry statement said."The Israeli attack led to the fall of a number of martyrs and wounded from the ranks of Syrian citizens, and led to widespread destruction in these sites and in the civilian ... more »
Israel ramps up attack on Syria - second attack in the past week as Israel hits a military research center , as well as Damascus Airport.......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-04/powerful-explosions-shake-damascus-israel-attacks-syria-second-time-past-week Powerful Explosions Shake Damascus As Israel Attacks Syria For Second Time In Past Week [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/04/2013 22:51 -0400 - Iraq - Israel - NBC - Obama Administration - White House Citizens in Syria's capital woke up early on Sunday to a series of powerful explosions shaking the outskirts of Damascus, sending massive fireballs into the night sky. Preliminary reports that this was an Israeli a... more »
God's Day... And God's Taunt
Above is a sermon by guest preacher Bill McKibben from last Sunday, April 28, 2013. If you know much about McKibben it won't surprise you to know that the sermon is about Climate Change-- starting with the Hebrew Bible's story of Job, moving on to the Hindu *Bhagavad Gita* and winding up with the Christian Bible's *Matthew 19*. I'd go to church on Sunday if I knew of any preachers giving sermons like McKibben's. The is the largest social justice issue that we have ever faced... When I started this work, one of the things I'd always heard was that environmentalism was something f... more »
The Resource Curse
In a recent interview with *The Globe and Mail*, Al Gore referred to something he called The Resource Curse: The so-called resource curse is most often understood in the context of small nations whose revenue streams are dominated by the exploitation of a single resource. It’s a bit more complex than that with Canada, but the resource curse has multiple dimensions and [that includes] damage to some extremely beautiful landscapes, not to mention the core issue of adding to the reckless spewing of pollution into the Earth’s atmosphere as if it’s an open sewer. Gore isn't giving vo... more »
Ya gotta love it . . .
Cartoons for the Week of April 21-27, 2013 Copyright © 2013 Universal Press Syndicate
"The case for restorative justice" - times three
'Restorative justice' - the process whereby the criminal and the victim are brought together by the authorities, with the criminal admitting their guilt, giving an apology and, sometimes, making reparation - is very much in favour at the moment. It is widely supported, by people ranging from coalition ministers to bishops. It has it critics, however - though I've rarely heard them making their case on the radio. Radio 4's *Sunday *discussed the issue this morning and Edward Stourton's introduction offered the tantalising prospect of hearing both sides of the argument over restora... more »
NIGEL EVANS
Nigel Evans, as Deputy Speaker of the UK parliament, chairs debates and makes sure MPs obey the rules. Nigel Evans is the son of a newsagent from a council estate in Swansea in Wales. Nigel Evans, above, is a huge fan of Margaret Thatcher. As a conservative, Nigel Evans has worked on three successive US Presidential Campaigns. Nigel Evans was Principal Private Secretary to William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Wales, between June 1996 and May 1997. *Alex Cruz Vidal, a researcher for deputy speaker Nigel Evans* One might assume that William Hague would have known all... more »
Boston False Flag Goes Mainstream: Boston Bombing – What You Aren’t Being Told
Friday, May 3, 2013 5:12 0 (Before It's News) Only the most ignorant and/or naive Americans still believe the ‘official’ story given to us by the FBI, the Boston police and the mainstream media about what happened on April 15th, 2013 in Boston, Massachussetts. The Boston Marathon Bombing false flag has now gone mainstream as MILLIONS of Americans have awoken to False Flag (or government sponsored) terrorism due to the obvious lies and deceit spread by the MSM, FBI and Boston police department. Russia Today covers the FBI cover-up and Boston lies in depth. Published on May 3, 2013 Tr...more »
ISRAEL ATTEMPTS TO PROVOKE HEZBOLLAH
It’s clear that Israel’s strategy is to use the Syrian Civil War to deliberately provoke Hezbollah. The provocation is designed to goad Hezbollah into retaliation for over-flying Lebanon while on their way to apparently destroy weapons that the Israelis say are bound for Hezbollah. The strategy has worked before. In 2006 the Israelis flew low level high speed jet sorties over Lebanon. Hezbollah responded by launching rockets into Israel. The situation then quickly escalated when the Israelis prepared reconnaissance patrols into south Lebanon. This resulted in an Israeli patrol uni... more »
Be very careful at Paddington Station
Seems a dangerous set of toilets to use... Many thanks to Alex Masterley for the spot.
Former counter-terrorism agent Tim Clemente, "Government recording ALL cell phone conversations."
*SOURCE:* THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER On Wednesday night, CNN's *Out Front with Erin Burnett* interviewed Tim Clemente, a former FBI counterterrorism agent, about whether the FBI would be able to discover the contents of past telephone conversations between the two. He quite clearly insisted that they could: BURNETT: Tim, is there any way, obviously, there is a voice mail they can try to get the phone companies to give that up at this point. It's not a voice mail. It's just a conversation. There's no way they actually can find out what happened, right, unless she tells them? CLEMENTE:... more »
Fun football facts for Sunday
A big Premiership Sunday with Liverpool vs Everton and Manchester United vs Chelsea. It's a big betting day as well as of critical importance to the teams and managers. Here's some fun facts that might help or surprise you. Liverpool v Everton has seen more red cards than any other fixture in Barclays Premier League history - 20 of them. Liverpool have scored nine goals in the two Premier League games Luis Suarez has missed this season - One man team? The last six Manchester United vs Chelsea mstches in all competitions have produced 29 goals at an average of 4.8 goals per ga...more »
Friday Baseball Post
I've been negligent about doing this, but I have to take note of the remarkable games last night (Posey 9th inning HR to win it despite a typically dominant Kershaw start) and tonight (Guillermo Quiroz 10th inning HR to win it) 1. When's the last time the Giants won a game in which they allowed a 7-run inning? Just generally, I wonder how many games a year anyone wins despite allowing a seven run inning. 2. Through these first two games of the series, the Giants have not yet retired the Dodgers cleanly 1-2-3 in any of the 19 innings. There were two 1-2-3 innings tonight thanks to ... more »
MOSSAD, CIA, GAY BARS, ANWAR
*Anwar - friend of Mossad and the CIA? Gay bars in New York?* Israel is hoping that its man will be the winner in the election in Malaysia, on 5 May 2013. Israel, the USA and the Western Media are supporting Anwar Ibrahim, who is alleged to be an asset of the CIA. *Malaysia (June 24, 2009) Rear Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Commander, LogisticsGroup Western Pacific, greets boys at Seberan Tayor Primary School. * Acording to an article at pemantau.tripod.com, Anwar may be an agent of the CIA. *In September 2000, Malaysian politician Lim Kit Siang called on Prime Minister Mahathir to declar... more »
Your moment of Zen
But how do you close it when the car arrives? [Photo via Guts McTavish]
Christy Clark Says "British Columbia`s Coastline Belongs To Alberta"
Interesting headline, I was under the assumption that we in British Columbia had a say in our future, a say in our environment ... Maybe I was mistaken, maybe that`s pie in the sky dreaming, poll after poll has BCers rejecting oil tankers on our Northern coast by 80%...A high number for sure, we have a vibrant coastline, wild salmon and tourism, fisheries and shellfish employ hundreds of thousands of workers and countless livlihoods. I don`t believe the BIG OIL Tar Sand lobby should dictate what happens on our coast, I don`t believe Ontario, Quebec or Atlantic Canada should dic... more »
Unprovoked Attack on Syria: US-backed Israel Commits Egregious International Crime
The US feigns disassociation with Hitlerian act of Israeli aggression - as was planned since 2007. *Image: The West has carefully cultivated Israel into "regional bully." Immune from international condemnation, it is now being used to commit egregious war crimes against neighboring Syria, in hopes of provoking a retaliation and giving the US and its regional axis the justification it has long sought to militarily intervene.** * ....* * *May 5, 2013* (LD) - Unprovoked, Israel has attacked Syria numerous times over the past 2 days, including attacks on the Syrian capital of Damascus,... more »
New York GOP: Cruzin' For A Bruisin'
I know that the New York State Republican Party had a golden age... but it wasn't during the 20 years I lived in New York-- nor in the decades since. Currently there isn't one statewide Republican elected official-- nor has there been one since George Pataki. Last month, NY blogger Morgan Pehme summed up the party's dilemma pretty well. Election Day in 2012 was one of the bleakest in the history of the New York State Republican Party. Propelled by an Obama landslide in New York—the president’s best showing in any state except Vermont and Hawaii-- the Democrats trounced their opp... more »
Oh baby, Ohio
[photo via Kent State 1970] A lot of scary things happened at the 60s protests. People were killed more than once, in many places, but for some reason the deaths of the Kent State Four always felt the most tragic. Maybe it's because those kids were peaceful and innocent bystanders died at the hand of panicked law enforcement. Will Bunch wrote the best Kent State retrospective today. Not sure I agree with him that it marked the spiritual end of the era. Think its demise was more gradual and ongoing. Like most movements, the hippie peace era was slowly strangled by grifters and o... more »
The Criminals In Israel/US/NATO Could Not Get Their War On Syria Going By Clandestine Methods, So Now They Are Taking The More Direct Approach: Israel Bombing Syria!
Today, I am really sickened to see that the long planned war on Syria by the criminals in the United States, Israel, and NATO may finally happen.... It does seem that according to this report from Reuters News Service at www.reuters.com, that the Israelis are carrying out bombing missions against targets in Damascus, Syria, causing explosions in the capital itself...And the Syrian government is correctly blaming the sick criminals in Israel for these horrendous unprovoked attacks.... First here is that important Reuters article, and I do have my own thoughts and comments to follow: ... more »
Talking about their revolution
Our homegrown crackpot radio hosts are a greater danger than foreign terrorists. I mean, what could possibly go wrong with this asinine plan? Libertarian activist and radio host Adam Kokesh is hoping to get 1,000 people to march on Washington on July 4 — armed with loaded rifles. The plan, launched with a Facebook group today, is to gather on the Virginia side of the Potomac, where gun laws are lax, and then march across the bridge with loaded rifles slung over their shoulders into the District, where openly carrying weapons is generally prohibited. “This will be a non-violent e... more »
Amazing Morphing Jet Engine
AK: First its a landing gear, then an engine and now a wing! http://www.prefrd.com//conspiracy/911Engine.shtml * Amazing Morphing Jet Engine* In order to keep the story about 911 going gung ho, in April, 2012 a jet part purportedly from one of the planes that hit the trade center on 911 was sic, purportedly found tightly wedged between two buildings near the trade center. *Problem was, the ruse was uncovered when someone pointed out that a piece of rope was entwined on the engine [part].* Part of landing gear from 9/11 plane is found [It] had a rope wrapped around it and co... more »
“Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S.”
*“Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S.”* By Tara Parker-Pope “Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm. Suicide has typically been viewed as a problem of teenagers and the elderly, and the surge in suicide rates among middle-aged Americans is surprising. More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control ... more »
Satire: “N.R.A. Leader Warns Of Rising Cost Of Senators”
*“N.R.A. Leader Warns Of Rising Cost Of Senators”* By Andy Borowitz HOUSTON (The Borowitz Report)— “National Rifle Association C.E.O. Wayne LaPierre used his opening speech at the N.R.A.’s national convention today to highlight several challenges facing the organization, including what he called “the rising cost of Senators.” “Over the past few years, we’ve seen the price of purchasing a Senator surge astronomically,” he told the N.R.A. faithful. “Unless something is done to make Senators more affordable, the ability of a tiny lobbying group to overrule the wishes of ninety ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Feint Maneuver'
Feint Maneuver Posted on May 4, 2013 MNN. May 4, 2013. As the bankers say in their Secret Covenant, “When a light shines among them, we shall extinguish it either by ridicule or death, whichever suits us best”. Feints are designed to distract or mislead, by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will, or will not take
Hungry - Why Don't you Chew on a Nickel
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Big Oil Subsidies - Big Waste
*Menendez: Big Oil Profits + Big Oil Subsidies = Big Waste* Taxpayer-funded subsidies continue to pad enormous profits of Big 5 oil companies when they could reduce the deficit May 2, 2013 Washington, DC – *This week the Big 5 oil companies announced over $30 billion in first quarter profits,* leading US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) to call again for an end to taxpayer-funded subsidies to these companies as part of tax reform. “*American taxpayers pad the enormous profits of the Big 5 oil companies by over $2 billion a year,*” said Senator Menendez. “We shouldn’t continue to ... more »
300 Gallons of Crude Oil - "Minor" Spill
*Oil spills into Mississippi River after barges break loose* derrick on May 3rd, 2013 5:16 pm - No Comment Yet A ship struck a barge fleet early Friday on the Mississippi River near Alton, setting off a domino effect that broke more than a dozen barges loose and ruptured a hose that spilled 300 gallons of crude oil. In addition, a team from the Coast Guard is inspecting the shoreline and so far has seen no sign that the oil spill is causing problems, Fogarty said. He characterized 300 gallons *as a “minor spill.”* What a crock -
Obama Uses 2nd Term to Screw Seniors
Good thing it's his second term - cause I sure as hell wouldn't vote for him, again Fool me once shame on you Fool me twice - shame on me Maybe he's intentionally been saving this crap for the second term - so he would face no recourse. He's screwing consumers with the appointments he is making. He's screweing seniors with the policies he is pushing. I'm done with him. From The Hill *Left boils as Obama floats major change to Medicare* * * *By Elise Viebeck - 05/04/13 12:00 PM ET* The left is lashing out at a proposal to reform Medicare that President Obama said he would consid... more »
April Showers Bring May Flour Giveaway Winner
[image: april-showers-bring-may-flour] Wow! What a phenomenal response! I feel so lucky to have been able to work with some amazing bloggers and these incredible sponsors. - bosch mixers - deco boards - king arthur flour - gygi - coldstone chocolate - grandway - gourmet garden - tropical traditions - deals to meals - shirley j - world market - cupcake liners wrappers - superior touch - kic mount And without any more delay... Grand prize winner is: #3386 Lisa J. - YAY!!! She's also a fellow food blogger at Cooking with... more »
Prosecutor in key Pakistan cases ( Bhutto murder and Mumbai ) shot dead today .... Afghanistan President says keep the CIA slush / bribe millions flowing .......Latest Iraq massacre by the Iraq Security Forces - expect a thorough investigation by The Government - any day now ......
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2013/05/20135333253931522.html Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto case shot dead Gunmen kill Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali in Islamabad on his way to a hearing over former prime minister's murder. Last Modified: 03 May 2013 19:54 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Gunmen killed Pakistan's main government prosecutor on the Benazir Bhutto murder case in Islamabad before escaping on a motorbike, police said. State prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali was shot in the ... more »
Extreme weather is making Americans climate-change believers, study finds – Survey shows ‘a trend where American Republicans are showing greater concern about climate change’
[image: A woman walks toward a well through clouds of dust raised by cattle in the wadi outside Louri village in the Mao region of Chad. For generations, the people of this bone-dry region lived off their herds, but climate change has meant that the normally once-a-decade droughts are now coming every few years. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell / The Associated Press / Postmedia News] By William Marsden 3 May 2013 WASHINGTON (Postmedia News) – A year of strange and often devastating weather that included extreme hurricanes, drought and wildfires appears to have increased the number of ... more »
Chamber Features Panel of Vulnerable Governors
Gov. Scott Walker traveled to Washington,D.C., earlier this week for America’s Small Business Summit, an annual event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. There, Walker appeared on a special panel titled “How to Lead Enterprising States,” joining with the governors of Maine and Pennsylvania. “I participated in a good discussion about what we’ve done, and what we can continue to do, to help small businesses grow and thrive,” Walker said in summing up the trip for his weekly radio address. *Pennsylvania Governor – Corbett* Corbett is *one of the most unpopular governors* in the ... more »
BNP to Enter UKIP
It will no doubt be a cack-handed operation, but that is - apparently - what the BNP are planning to do. This from Nick Griffin's "analysis" of Thursday's election results on the BNP's website. Join us – or do this! If, for whatever reason, anyone who thinks of themselves as a nationalist isn’t prepared to join us and lend a shoulder to our wheel, then there is one other useful thing they can do: That is to join UKIP or to put in effort in the social networks to find and `influence those who have. Over the next few months, UKIP will sign up thousands of new, mainly newly politici... more »
The Guardian's Bad Facts:Error-Filled Article Needed More Editorial Inspection
As if to balance out the always informed and substantive commentary of its regular columnist Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian published an article this past week that provided a glimpse at the consistently sloppy and dishonest narratives promoted by mainstream media when it comes to Iran and its nuclear program. Published on April 21 in The Guardian's Business section, an article by Rupert Neale
I know what you’re thinking. But At the Chalk Face, data? Really?
Yes. We need some data. We’re not going to be using it to close anything, steal your house, or your dog. But we need to gather some information on the growing opt out or test refusal movement. We need to know a bit about who you are and why you’re doing this. So, we ask [...]
Hitting the Niall on the head
I don't often feel like visiting physical violence against someone, but Niall Ferguson deserves to be hit upside his head for his bizarre speech at some investment conference. Keynes' economic philosophy, Ferguson reportedly suggested, was the result of Keynes not caring about future generations. Keynes didn't care about future generations, Ferguson reportedly suggested, because Keynes was gay and did not have children. Ferguson apparently issued a lame apology after the entire internet went into an uproar over his ridiculously offensive remarks. He claims he went off the written... more »
CREATING PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE
My plenary talk last weekend in Syracuse. The previous one I posted on this blog was my workshop. This particular talk was a bit more organized and formal. The last three minutes of the video cover my talk at the rally last Sunday before we moved to Hancock Air Field for the civil resistance action.
On At the Chalk Face, teachers Ralph Ratto and Brian White
Join us Sunday May 5th, at 6PM EST. That is, if you’re not blasted. Although, I have no idea why Cinco de Mayo is such a huge holiday outside of the Latino community. I mean, I guess it’s the same way with St. Patrick’s Day. Any excuse to drink. But these guys have interesting stories [...]
Washington, DC Needs Women... But Not Women Like Penny Pritzker
This week, EMILY'S List launched a program, Madam President, to elect a woman president. The idea is GREAT. America is overdue and really needs a woman president. EMILY'S List, though, is the wrong organization to lead the effort, not much better than if the GOP launched the effort to push Michele Bachmann, Virginia Foxx or Kelly Ayotte. We've seen many times before that EMILY'S List's modus operandi is to viciously and baselessly attack progressive men with sterling records on women's issues, in order to push forward their own hackish candidates-- like Nikki Tinker-- who happen ... more »
THE PROFESSORIATE FAILS US AGAIN: Clarity delayed is clarity denied!
*SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013* *Interlude—With apologies, till Tuesday:* Doggone it! We won’t be able to finish our current series until we return to our sprawling campus on Monday night. On Tuesday morning, we’ll address the following question: How clearly did Professors Reinhart and Rogoff describe the “main finding” of their famous study from 2010? On April 26, the professors discussed their now-famous bungled study in a New York Times op-ed column. At three different points, they described the “fundamental finding” of that influential academic paper. The professors claimed that the... more »
FIGURING OUT THE AFRICA STORY
On April 27, 2013, Horace Campbell presented a workshop titled "Ending the Fabrication of the War on Terror: Lessons from Africa" at the Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire convergence in Syracuse, NY. I met this delightful man at the conference and we traded books. I gave him one of mine and he presented me with a copy of his new book called Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya. I've put it on top of my stack. This man has much to teach us.
Graph of the Day: Temperature records broken across Australia, January 2013
[image: Temperature records broken across Australia, Summer 2012/2013. Graphic: Climate Commission] (Climate Commission) – The length, extent, and severity of this heatwave are unprecedented since records began. - This is the longest period ever for such persistently high temperatures. - For seven days running, from 2–8 January 2013, the average daily maximum temperature for the whole of Australia was over 39 °C, easily breaking the previous record of four consecutive days over 39 °C. - In fact, there have only been 21 days in 102 years where the average max... more »
Garden Grove nut job on the loose - Newtown the Sequel on deck ? Follow up on the aftermath of Boston.....
Another Newtown massacre looming ? Obsessed psycho on the loose .... http://www.infowars.com/lock-down-garden-grove-dangerous-mental-patient-on-the-loose/ Lock Down Garden Grove: Dangerous Mental Patient on the Loose - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Infowars.com* May 5, 2013 Should the residents of Garden Grove, California expect their city to be locked down? After Boston was locked down as cops pursued an unarmed teenager, it may ...more »
Interruptions, interruptions
Beeb Bias Craig is back with a stonking piece of analysis of BBC bias. Take a read, it's well worth it.
Karl Denninger, “Another Day, Another (Two) Outrages”
*“Another Day, Another (Two) Outrages”* by Karl Denninger “Why should I believe anything the government tells me? Why should I obey the law, other than because I'm scared of the guns the government can point at me? Why should I build or expand a business when anyone who has government favor can come steal anything - or everything - I build, and there isn't jack and crap I can do about it as they won't be prosecuted or punished in any way? In fact, they'll be rewarded! If you want to know how a nation dies without being conquered by war, pestilence or famine, this is how. Th... more »
RAY MCGOVERN: WORKING FOR PEACE
*Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern speaks tonight at Bowdoin College in Brunswick* I had lunch with Ray McGovern today. He swung by Bath and we walked down to our nice local Thai restaurant for a meal. He was interested in the huge crane at Bath Iron Works that hangs over the city like a bad memory. I told Ray about the USS Cowpens that was built in Bath and launched in 1989. This Aegis cruiser became the first US Navy ship to launch ordnance in the opening stages of the Iraq War when she fired 37 Tomahawk cruise missiles in George W. Bush's "shock and awe" attack in 2003. I to... more »
A Weird Start to May
May 4, 2013 As I began writing this post on Friday afternoon, the outside temperature was thirty-five degrees and snow had been falling in big, wet flakes, off and on since late Thursday night. More snow fell yesterday evening and … Continue reading →
The Economy: “This Car Won’t Move”
*“This Car Won’t Move”* by Jeffrey Tucker “The latest unemployment data reveal the hope and tragedy of the American economic plight. Cheers went up for a modest increase in hiring, one that: • barely keeps up with population; • features mostly temp workers; • leaves out prime-age males and all young workers; • and keeps labor participation rate at a low level from 1979. This is good news? Hmmm… But the central bank will save us, right? So say economic journalists. They love metaphors. Actually, professional economists love them too. The latest phrase being tossed around is ... more »
Frauds Fix the Debt To Benefit Themselves (Fix the Debt Fools: US)
I get ashamed of being American (not to mention North Carolinian) every time I read about these guys (Bowles in particular). How long? How long? Will this continue? May 2, 2013 Meet the Pro-Austerity Hypocrites The wealthy corporate titans behind Fix the Debt are using a loophole to avoid paying taxes, a new report charges By Alex Seitz-Wald Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson
THATCHER GOT IT ALL WRONG
*Bill Roache (left) has been arrested on suspicion of raping a young girl in 1967. Thatcher, on the right, always seemed to be surrounded by alleged child abusers.* In May 2013, Margaret Thatcher's party, the Conservatives, performed rather badly in local elections. The Thatcher funeral, in April 2013, reminded lots of voters that Thatcher got it all wrong, especially on the economy. *Thatcher with Conservative Member of Parliament Nigel Evans who has just been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two teenage males.* *Deputy Speaker Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape* * **Oxfor... more »
Fight for Safety Rules at Industrial Plants: Who Assumes Industrial Externalities?
The Wall Street Journal print edition has an interesting article titled "Fight Brews Over Tighter Plant Rules: Safety, Environmental Advocates Push for Chemical Regulations, as Cause of Texas Blast Still Unknown" by Daniel Gilbert May 2, 2013 p. A5 Majia here: The blast killed 14 people directly and injured hundreds. Many more people may suffer health consequences over time from breathing in highly toxic chemicals from the explosion and fire. The article explains that industrial safety and environmental groups want laws passed that aim to prevent accidents like the Texas plant by r...more »
UK local elections: a study in hate and hypocrisy
The UK Local Elections for May 2013 are now over, and all the votes have been counted. The Zionist safety valve, UKIP, has taken a quarter of all votes cast, and has hailed this result as a 'sea change' in British politics. The near obliteration of the Liberals - whilst welcome - is far from unexpected. The collapse of the BNP, after years of self-destructive political manœuvres from the leaders of the party, is only noteworthy insofar as it hasn't happened sooner. The preparation of UKIP to replace the BNP has been under-way for years. The election results are far from a 'sea... more »
How To Lose The Youth Vote-- In England And In America
Eric Pickles has been a Member of Parliament from Brentwood and Ongar since 1992 and once served as Chairman of the Joint Committee Against Racism and later as Chairman of the U.K.'s Conservative Party. After the drubbing the Conservatives took at the polls yesterday, Pickles told right-wing jackass Robert Woollard, who chairs Conservative Grassroots and has been stridently demanding that David Cameron forget about marriage equality for gays, that he should stop moaning and "start recruiting people slightly younger than himself." It isn't only about social issues, like equality ei... more »
Benghazi...
*no one should have to die like this.* *While Obama slept... * *From: Doug Ross - and we thank him.* * **DAMNING: The Complete Benghazi Timeline in Spreadsheet Format* * *
武术击败抢劫犯！
http://alcase.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/man-uses-martial-arts-to-take-shotgun-away-from-mugger/
Trifecta: Gifted Mind: The Wisdom of Dr. Benjamin Carson
*find out what real wealth is. * * **Something uplifting for Saturday.* From YouTube: Dr. Ben Carson is a source of inspiration for millions. Hear why as Trifecta looks at the virtue of education, in addition to the spirit crushing waste of the welfare state.
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*Saints vs Falcons: A 35 Year Tradition Of Bitter Division Rivalry ~Saints Tailgate*
China vastly under-reports global fish catch – ‘We’re looking at decimation in the next decade’
[image: Workers hang dried fish onto poles at a processing facility on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on 25 December 2012. Photo: Lang Lang] By Gwynn Guilford 30 April 2013 (The Atlantic) – China might be cracking down on luxury spending in watches, cars, banquets and really foul liquor. But the market for pricey fish parts continues relatively unabated. US border officials recently busted a ring smuggling bladders of an endangered fish used for medicinal Chinese soups (here are some images of these prized bladders). The amount of bladders they seized could have sol... more »
Insanity is Not Funny, Until It's Political
At times having to watch America's seemingly endless death spiral becomes utterly depressing. These are crazy people who have somehow been allowed to rise to positions of authority - people like Rick Santorum or Michelle Bachmann. And then there's this guy, Virginia Republican nominee for governor, Ken Cuccinelli. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Leave the Therapy to Us
(Tip o' the tinfoil hat to Mrs JP.) It could've been worse: Nevada could've put its mental patients under the bus instead of on it. But that's about the only good thing that can be said about the biggest health care scandal to hit Nevada in decades, if not ever. Luckily for these 1500 mentally ill patients that have been shipped out of Nevada and foisted off on other states since 2008 (which comes out to almost one a day), the *Sacramento Bee* and their staff writer Cynthia Hubert has been all over this story for the last two months. It's reached up to Gov. Brian Sandoval'... more »
UN plans to list Great Barrier Reef as endangered – ‘Australia would be the only developed country in the world to have a world heritage site on the endangered list’
[image: Aerial view of Great Barrier Reef, Cairns. The United Nations has put the Queensland and federal governments on notice that the Great Barrier Reef could be added to a list of endangered world heritage sites. Photo: Sydney Morning Herald] By Cameron Atfield 4 May 2013 (Sydney Morning Herald) – The United Nations has put the Queensland and federal governments on notice that the Great Barrier Reef could be added to a list of endangered world heritage sites. In a draft decision released Friday night, expected to be adopted when UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meets in Camb... more »
ExxonMobil oil spill in Arkansas shatters American dream of families still displaced from new homes – ‘People feel like that dream is shattered due to the uncertainty’
[image: Heavy oil from the Athabasca tar sands mine in Alberta, Canada, flows through a neighborhood in in Mayflower, a small city about 20 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas, after a 22-foot-long section of ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline split open on 1 April 2013. Photo: KTHV] By Maria Gallucci 2 May 2013 (InsideClimate News) – It has been more than a month now, and Amber Bartlett has had enough of hotels and apartments and trailer homes. Of crowded rooms whose thin walls amplify the bickering of her four children. Of piles of toys and clothes overflowing from drawers and ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Back to basics: the employment report. Nothing great, but no disaster. We're certainly not having anything like Clinton's peace-and-prosperity second term, but at least for the moment it seems we're more in the direction of getting there than we are moving towards George W. Bush's second term. Even if there doesn't seem much hope of actually getting there within four years. It's good that Obama finally got around to choosing a Secretary of Commerce, but much harder to imagine how a Secretary of Commerce can matter. What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?
Tax Cut 15: Some Resistance to Reducing Personal Income Tax
My article last April 7, 2013, FAT-FREE ECONOMICS | Why not cut income taxes? has attracted some comments, mainly from those who resist this proposal. I am copy-pasting the more substantial comments, below. To see the full comments, check http://www.interaksyon.com/business/58869/fat-free-economics--why-not-cut-income-taxes ------------ *Nonoy Oplas* · · Head at Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc.** Cut income tax here, expect many companies and professionals from abroad to come and do business here. April 7 *Oliver Mia* · **cut income tax and have a lot less regulations and burea...more »
Cute kids book available for free download: The Story of a Piece of Paper
Interesting, via Fragmentalist. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: fragmentalist, free childrens story, story of a piece of paper
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ohio 1970 Kent State University
"Ohio" is a protest song written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills "Find the Cost of Freedom," peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although a live version of the song was included on the group's 1971 double album Four Way Street, the studio versions of both songs did not appear on an LP until the group's compilation So Far was released in 1974. The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation album Decade, released in 1977... more »
Lawmaker receives death threats for having the gall to question the official story in Boston ? DHS whistleblower railroaded by DHS for doing her job - 54 investigations launched against whistleblower and she actually was declared a domestic terrorist ! And this was simply because she was trying to prevent a potential breach of the border ! Freedom on speech has become a crime folks and you can be deemed a domestic terrorist in a heart beat ! Or someone why just take you out with government approval ! US + Soviet Union these days......
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/05/rep-tremblay-receiving-death-threats-after-publicly-calling-for-investigation-of-boston-marathon-bombing-2636708.html Lawmaker Receiving Death Threats After Publicly Calling For Investigation Of Boston Marathon Bombing Friday, May 3, 2013 3:31 0 (Before It's News) *by Susannah Cole (and Pete Santilli)**Investigative Reporter and Co-Host of The Pete Santilli Show* [image: StellaTremblay]Just one day after her interview with Pete Santilli, NH Representative Stella Tremblay has started receiving death threats. Last week the brave New Hampsh... more »
Death Knell
This is a truly frightening video. NASA has modeled rainfall projections and it's very clear - if it weren't already - that food shortages from drought are going to lead to famine and violence. Since many staple crops are distributed through global trade, the effects will ricochet around the world leaving aid-dependant countries wanting, and prices soaring in developed nations, with the poorest starving first. I'm reasonably certain that NASA's models don't include the fact that trees are dying prematurely, at an exponentially rapid rate, from tropospheric ozone - which is going t... more »
Doug Noland Essay " Too much asset inflation " ........ we saw the original movie ( time frame was from the popping of the stock bubble after initial internet craze and the sharp sell off of the Nasdaq around a decade ago , which was followed by blowing up the real estate bubble - which then popped in 2007 - 2008 ......which was followed by the blowing up of assets beginning in 2009 ) ....... The Cyprus event was a signal things have changed - deposits being stolen was a game changer and the fact this has been laid out as blue print , should be an eye opener !
http://www.prudentbear.com/2013/05/too-much-asset-inflation.html Too Much Asset InflationMay 3, 2013 posted by Doug Noland Stock prices surge to record highs, while Credit market risk premiums collapse to multi-year lows. We’re now well into the fifth year of unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus – with, incredibly, no end in sight! Predictably, economic results have been disappointing. Also, and just as predictable, the most outspoken proponents of aggressive “Keynesian” measures are these days claiming the limited success is due to stimulus not being administered in sufficie... more »
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*Fabourg Marigny residents get prudish over adult boutique opening in neighborhood* *NASA official pleased with spacecraft work at Michoud ~Danny Monteverde* *Bill gives 'no-warranty-no-return open checkbook' to Corps of Engineers* *Tangipahoa River concerns raised, analyzed ~Ashley Rodrigue * *Skeptics question plans for rebuilding coastal Louisiana ~John Snell* *Will Louisiana's Seafood System Go Commercially Extinct? ~Poppy Tooker*
What To Do About A GOP That Has Devolved Into Intransigent Extremism?
Joe Conason takes on the moronic Beltway adage that "everyone is equally at fault" for the nation's problems by pointing out that the most salient fact in American political life is (and for some time has been) the intransigent extremism of the Republican Party. Whatever the punditocracy may imagine, there is no way for Obama to force his agenda on the Republicans in the House and the Senate, who range from scheming partisans like Mitch McConnell and Eric Cantor to Tea Party zealots like Ted Cruz and Michele Bachmann. Unlike Abraham Lincoln or Lyndon Johnson, the two brilliant ma... more »
The ALEC Charter School Scheme - Rife with Fraud (MORE)
Entry number of two of an planned on-going series. Fraud - stealing Charter School Fraud - Stealing from taxpayers Charter School Fraud - Stealing from the other children in the school district Corporate profit - the middle name of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC even wrote a whole report on "Designing School Choice", that they distributed to EVERY ALEC member. *<|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|><|>* On Friday a jury convicted the founders of the Ivy Academiacharter school in the San Fernando of embezzling public funds and filing filing false tax returns. Eugene Selivanov ... more »
Plant Human Symbiosis
There are plenty of speculation and great leaps here but what it all comes to is a reworking of the Garden of Eden Paradigm. Yet that is where we are going in this blog’s teachings on terraforming terra. Our challenges are real: 1 Create a global middle class economy. We are two generations out on this. The derivative will be a generally free society evolving out of all that. It would be nice to plan it in than to do it the hard way. 2 Implement the global model farm community been developed here. This provides a natural optimal ... more »
Mayan Foundation Established
Once again we have pinned down the 1159 BC date which coincides with the Atlantean Subsidence. Conjecture: Traders based on the coast established a new civilization to replace the lost Atlantean civilization directly to the East on the Cuban Arc. Other communities did the same and generally took up lands previously ignored. Yucatan was one such. Recall we have sunken pyramids at a depth of six thousand feet. For now we have zeroed it in to 1159 BC which is joining other prospective sites. After Atlantis sank, returning seamen would have run for the nearest adjacent ... more »
Earth's Core 1,000 Degrees Hotter Than Expected
This is information that matters because we can now determine melt points for other elements at similar pressures. All molecules disassociate down there and proper modeling needs accurate transition points. Recall that the key element at the final point of disassociation will be elemental carbon and I suspect that we actually have a working layer of it. Thus our diamond pipes are really carbon pipes rapidly burning their way upward. This also establishes a natural slip plane for the crust itself and allows the crust itself to remain in permanent balance. It is also ... more »
Islam Coexists?
This is a reminder that Islam is fanaticism at its worst. Individual Muslims usually retain the verities of civilized conduct, but they are clearly never supported in this by their religion. And inasmuch as religion is truth, cutting your throat is acceptable. The unenviable result has been a low level trickle of fanatic killing. Boston is just one more totally lacking any sense of command and control. Yet we are expected to accept just this. There are appropriate responses that begin with confronting Islam and demanding that they bring their teachings into conformity ... more »
RepubliCONs Incessant Drivel
The hypocrisy of the RepliCONS – never ceases to amaze me. What really infuriates me - is that 99.9999% of the time - they are never called out on their hypocrisy. If you give them a deal on the popcorn they asked for They turn around and say they really wanted corn chips because of …. If you turn around and do something that makes corn chips more available to them They bitch and complain that you removed their incentive to buy popcorn If you give them a deal on popcorn and corn chips – they complain that they are really more interested in a deal on oatmeal An on – and on – and on – a... more »
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