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At Baroness Thatcher's funeral, journalist Jonathan Mirsky wonders: What was I doing there?
*"The Bishop of London, the Right Reverend and Right Honourable Richard
Chartres, KCVO (Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order), gave a kind
of eulogy in which he recalled sitting next to Prime Minister Thatcher at a
banquet: 'She gripped my arm and said, "Don't touch the duck pâté, Bishop.
It's terribly fattening." ' "*
*-- Jonathan Mirksy, on the funeral of Margaret Thatcher*
*by Ken*
In "One Hour & Four Minutes With Mrs. Thatcher" in the May 23 *New York
Review of Books* (only an abstract available free online), longtime China
and East Asia correspondent Jonathan Mirsky ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Enemy from Within'
ENEMY FROM WITHIN
Posted on May 5, 2013
MNN. MAY 5, 2013. Prime Minister Harper is
controlled by the globalists. He does not represent the Canadian people.
[See link below]. He announced that Canadian sovereignty will be
dismantled (Canada is not sovereign, it’s a corporate entity). He is
bringing about a
Deep in the broken heart of Texas
Looks like the residents of West, Texas won't recover damages from the
explosion of the fertilizer plant.
The West Fertilizer Co., scene of an explosion last month that killed 15
people and injured 200, carried only $1 million in liability insurance.
Property damage alone in West could reach $100 million, according to the
Insurance Council of Texas, an industry association. ...
Fertilizer facilities like the one in West are not required to have
liability insurance that would compensate for damage they might cause,
state insurance officials say, even if hazardous material is on ... more »
Douglas County School District: Phys Ed Teachers are WORTH less.
I thought about this post for a few days. After the last little expose on
Douglas County super Dr. Fagen’s letter (blog with comments feature turned
off), I thought I was ready to move on. I was wrong. I went back to Dr.
Fagen’s post and did some “close” reading and I found something more [...]
Finland’s Choice-Based Educational Structure [re-blog]
Interesting graphic breakdown: Finland’s Choice-Based Educational
Structure. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged:
choice, christine mccartney, finland
Gladue reports must be balanced and objective
R. v. Lawson, 2012 BCCA 508 cites R. v. Blanchard, 2011 YKTC 86 holding:
[28] Finally, as a form of pre-sentence report, Gladue reports
should be subject to the same general requirements of balance and
objectivity as conventional pre-sentence reports. Thus, the writer should
attempt to remain detached rather than advancing personal opinions. While
Gladue reports may offer suggestions or proposals about potential
restorative or rehabilitative programs or sentences, and particularly those
tailored to Aboriginal offenders, they should not strongly recommend
specific sentences.... more »
WILL ISRAEL PRE-EMPTIVELY ATTACK HEZBOLLAH?
After the end of the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel when Israel
attempted to destroy Hezbollah but miscalculated Hezbollah’s tenacity to
resist, Hezbollah was rearmed by Iran via Syria. While some of those
rockets are now stockpiled in Syria, many are in storage bunkers in south
Lebanon. These new rockets are far more advanced than the ones Hezbollah
used during the 2006 war.
The Israeli war against Hezbollah ended in humiliation for Israel since its
war aims of both destroying Hezbollah and occupying south Lebanon up to the
Litani River were never realised. Israel’s defeat ... more »
Just Skip The First Paragraph-- This Is About Obama And Medicare, Not Obama And Syria
If we're already fighting in Syria, it happened between the time I wrote
this and Blogger published it. Right now-- as I'm writing-- Israel has just
bombed a little for the past few days-- and, of course, there are no boots, no
U.S. boots, on the ground in Syria (or... Iran). I'll add an update below
when that changes. Although maybe I should remind everyone that in year 5
of the Obama presidency, the occupation of Afghanistan is still cooking
along-- albeit as pointlessly as ever. And for some, as painfully. Eight
American soldiers here, sixty-four American soldiers there... Vietn... more »
We debuted something new At the Chalk Face today
Well, I have to say, it’s pretty amazing. In addition to have a great chat
with teachers Ralph Ratto and Brian White, we debuted the new “Michelle
Rhee” button. We’ve used a term in the past, that these education “reforms”
are “faith-based.” That is, they’re not based on any evidence, per se, just
some pure [...]
Speaking Spanish, and the perils of criticism
It’s tough to serve up criticism in a second language.
Or it is for for me. I spent a day last week working with four other people
on a funding proposal for a Honduran NGO. In Spanish.
Luckily, one woman was making notes on her computer, which were projected
on a screen in the meeting room. Instead of struggling to grasp spoken
comments, I could read them. My personal effectiveness increased tenfold.
(Another occasion to give heartfelt thanks for technology.)
Responding still wasn’t easy. While meetings leave me feeling like my head
will explode, there is now a point - maybe 45 minute... more »
Near Term Extinction
The majority of modern society is clustered together in the hope and
optimism pavilion, taking deep tokes on the bong of pleasure-filled
fantasies (cough!). At the other end of the spectrum are the Near Term
Extinction (NTE) folks. They profess absolute certainty that climate
change will be the final chapter in the human story. Our current mode of
living will disintegrate by 2030, and a few scientists, like Malcolm Light,
predict that all life on Earth will be extinct by 2050. Ecology professor
Guy McPherson is a primary spokesperson for NTE.
The NTE thinkers point to many genuin... more »
UKIPalypse Now!
*[image: _McGrath001]This week, **Libertarianz** leader Dr Richard McGrathhas been considering immigration…
*
I'm just back from a week in stunningly beautiful Queenstown. One of the
highlights of my trip was the great service I struck at Queenstown Bike
Tours in Arrowtown. I was so impressed by the friendly owner that I
purchased a second-hand bike on the spot and rode back to Queenstown on one
of the nearby cycle tracks.
I listened to the news occasionally, and even on a remote cycle trail it
was impossible to miss the growing storm around National MP Aaron Gilmore,
who as we a... more »
“The Myth of U.S. Economic Recovery, Social Crisis in America”
*“The Myth of U.S. Economic Recovery, Social Crisis in America”*
by Global Research
“I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the
head before you find out who's hitting you?”
- Harry S. Truman
“US stock markets surged Friday to new record highs as Wall Street traders
seized on a tepid jobs report to engage in a fresh orgy of speculation. The
official line promoted by the Obama administration is that the United
States is in the midst of an accelerating economic recovery. For the
corporate and financial elite that runs America, and the section of the
upper-middle class... more »
"How Your Purchasing Power Was And Is Destroyed"
*"How Your Purchasing Power Was And Is Destroyed"*
by Karl Denninger
"Most people fail to understand basic mathematical concepts such as
exponents and ratios as they apply to everyday life. We usually "get it"
when it comes to the mathematical facts that are taught in school (if we
passed through basic Algebra) but nobody in our government schools ever
teaches how these functions apply to the real world. The reason they don't,
I assert, is that the educational establishment from the government itself
on down knows full well how these functions relate to everyday life, and
the... more »
Reading David Cornwell (John Le Carré), Ex-Spy (But Are They Ever Ex-?) Scribe Extraordinaire
Having just finished The Constant Gardener, and then watching (okay,
rewatching) the Ralph Fiennes portrayal on video, I thought I'd share the
latest MSM touting of that superb mystery writer (and one of my favorites,
who combines deep knowledge of international politics with always
surprising insights into how and why the CIA uses its charter to wreak vast
personal devastation under the guise
“I suffer from depression”
We’ve all heard folk declaring they “suffer from depression” in the same
way we might say “ I suffer from asthma/allergies/the flu—in other words,
as if it’s a sickness they’re unlucky enough to have caught, about which
there’s nothing they can do but ride it out.
Psychologist Dr Michael Hurd questions this approach, arguing that the way
to begin dealing properly with the affliction is not to abdicate
responsibility for our emotions, but instead to take responsibility for
them. Naturally, this view doesn’t receive much support from many
“professionals”:
The world is full of peo... more »
Culture in Decline | Episode #5 "Baby Go Boom!" by Peter Joseph
In this installment of Peter Joseph's public access parody, the subject of
Security and True Safety will be investigated. The evil terrorists are
revealed to be at it again with a new airline scare; our Guy In A Tie
reminds us of who is in control and a special award show finds a very
special recipient in the Gun Control Debate..
Special guest appearances by Chad Fisher (Alex Jones) & Rick Overton.
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Fiscal consolidation: At what speed?
From Olivier Blanchard and Daniel Leigh.
Marco Rubio, El Presidente? Not Anytime Soon... Not In The U.S.A.
I suspect Marco Rubio is starting to realize he has a tiger by the tail--
and I doubt he has the depth of character to hold on much longer. The far
right has really turned against him. Neo-fascist religionist kook Bryan
Fischer starts nearly all his days tweeting endless incantations against
the hapless Rubio and his attempt to work on a comprehensive immigration
reform program.
Over the weekend I noticed that an anti-immigrant right-wing "Democrat,"
Mickey Kaus-- yeah, yeah, I know... not an actual Democrat-- one of those
creatures who makes a living on the right by playing a ... more »
NAZI ISRAEL GETS MOSLEMS TO KILL MOSLEMS
Wherever you look, you see Moslems killing Moslems, on behalf of Israel.
Little Israel is surrounded by millions and millions of Moslems, but these
Moslems are no threat to Israel's control of Palestine, because these
Moslems are so easily manipulated into fighting each other.
Tunisia destroyed itself when its military, working for the CIA, dumped Ben
Ali's government of efficient technocrats.
In Syria, the CIA's al Qaeda Moslems have been killing innocent Syrian
Moslems.
And Israel has been committing war crimes by bombing Damascus.
*Najib wins.*
But wait, there is good news... more »
Will ALEC Keep Control of VA Governor's Office?
From WashPo
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has an early lead over
businessman Terry McAuliffe in their race for governor, a new Washington
Post poll shows, even as most voters in the commonwealth have yet to engage
in the nationally watched contest.
Six months before Election Day, Cuccinelli (R) has a slender 46 to 41 percent
edge over McAuliffe (D) among all Virginia voters and a significant 51 to 41 percent
lead among those who say they’re certain to cast ballots in November. But
those numbers may change before then: The poll found that barely 10 percent
say they a... more »
The rush to Plan B
I'm totally on board with the point that any "moral" argument about Plan B
is bogus. Those preaching about teenagers being unable to understand how to
take the drug safely are really just vagina police who are all about
denying any form of birth control to teens and oftentimes even to adults.
Likewise, I'm sympathetic to the argument that putting up barriers to
access to any form of birth control are mainly about controlling women's
choices. Nonetheless, I have this nagging concern about Plan B that I can't
shake with dispassionate logic. My problem is I can't bring myself to
comple... more »
HEATHER: It IS the MOMENT
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/05/heather-it-is-moment.html
Sunday, 5 May 2013
*HEATHER: It IS the MOMENT*
It is the Time NOW to DO! This Message to the PTW, and their Brokers:
[1:37:35 PM] HEATHER: it is the moment....
[1:37:54 PM] HEATHER: boys...please pass the message NOW ♥
[1:38:50 PM] HEATHER: WITH MY FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY...FULLY
GUARANTEED, INSURED AND BONDED BY ETERNAL ESSENCE, PRESENCE EMBODIED IN
ABSOLUTE TRUTH
[1:38:56 PM] HEATHER: I BE READY TO DO
(at that point we lost internet, lol, and our call dropped!!)
HEATHER: I think some people... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Yup, it's going to be about 2106, same as the question for conservatives.
Interested in which 2016 possible candidates you find unacceptable, out of
those who either are actively running now or at least getting frequent
mentions. The list seems to be: Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Martin
O'Malley, Andrew Cuomo, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Hickenlooper, Amy
Klobuchar, Brian Schweitzer, Mark Warner, Elizabeth Warren, but feel free
to add anyone else you don't like! So: which, if any, do you think are
totally unacceptable?
Creative Showcase Features and Link-Up
What an amazing week! Have you entered the giveaway for TWO Cricut
Expressions and your choice of TWO Kitchen-Aids or TWO DSLR Cameras? It is
pretty fantastic. Enter here. I loved all the link-ups from last week's
Creative Showcase. There were some amazing ideas, here are just a few:
I kind of love Almond Joys. I might actually have a secret stash of them.
This Almond Joy Popcorn from Lemon Tree Dwelling looks amazing! I am going
to have to make it!
Wow! Can you believe this dress used to be a shirt? I love how this
darling Cinderella Dress from Rae Gun Ramblings turned out!
I ... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Yes, yes, yes, I know about it being too early for 2016 and all that, but
nevertheless.
We have a very long list of potential candidates already, many of whom are
actively doing the things that they would need to do to run; in other
words, they're running right now. So my question: of all these candidates,
which would you find completely unacceptable?
The list seems to include (and I'm trying to keep it fairly short, just the
ones who seem at least semi-actively looking or have been frequently
mentioned) Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Jon Huntsman, Rand Paul,
Rick Santorum, Ma... more »
we movie to canada: wmtc annual movie awards, 2012-13 edition
It's time for the wmtc annual movie awards. For my silly rating systems, so
far I've done:
- Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07 and 2007-08)
- my beverage of choice (2008-09)
- famous people who died during the past year (2009-10)
- where I'd like to be (2009-10)
- and last year, vegetables (2010-11). Yes, vegetables.
This past year was especially momentous for me, so for this year's rating
system, I'm going with Life Events of the Past Year, best to worst.***
*
* (*** The actual worst day of last year was, without a doubt, when we
helped the family of war resister Kim Rivera lea... more »
Copy/Paste Anti-ALEC Editorial
Great editorial out of South Dakota this morning, where they are forcing
Dems to be members of ALEC.
Short and sweet and usable in a copy/paste ALEC format by anyone.
*Don't use my taxes to pay for dues*
It may be that our South Dakota legislators want to belong to the
corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and it may
be that they want to travel to meetings to get new ideas for conservative
pro-business legislation. They may even want to have their dues and travel
expenses paid, but not with my tax dime.
Carol Lynch, Deadwood
Your anti-ALEC copy/paste v... more »
Mike Vanderboegh: "Intentions of the Enemy"
*"Communists love stupid people."*
From *Sipsey Street Irregulars*:
You can tell that by this point in the trip I was exhausted and, in
addition, I hadn't been planning on speaking but Stewart asked me to as the
meeting opened, so I jotted some notes on a piece of paper and went with
it.
You know, it is always mortifying for me to talk about this "Benedict
Arnold period" of my life, but it is often necessary so that others may
understand the larger battlefield we fight on.
Gaia Portal: Gaia Movements and Cosmic Energetic Upgrades
*Gaia Movements and Cosmic Energetic Upgrades*
by ÉirePort
Gaia movements, initiated by Gaia, have aligned portals required for Cosmic
energetic upgrades. These movements are beyond physical and will not be
sensed as such.
Inner Gaia movements are purely energetic, and also occur in conjunction
with the intended Cosmic energetic upgrades.
Unfinished "karmic" emotional business will resolve as these energetic
upgrades occur.
ÉirePort | May 5, 2013 at 17:23
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-ln
The Tax Free Tour - tax havens and outsourcing
A doc about the stateless offshore world of tax havens.
Why does Apple only pay 1.9% tax?
The Big Four : Price Waterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG
Former KPMG man : "They are the constant feature of every tax haven.
Without one of those firms, or maybe all of those firms being present, you
really will not have a tax haven."
He describes how the Big Four as he calls them are hired by governments to
guide financial rules that benefit the Big Four.
So remember back in Sept 2011 when Steve gave Deloitte a $20-million
contract to advise federal cabinet and senior officia... more »
Massive China hack of QinetiQ - hacked for three years ( 2007 - 2010 ) .... Failure to connect dots by QinetiQ ? Failure to take threat seriously and heed warnings - and just a cursory investigation when warned . Why such a flaccid response by QinetiQ ? And note the hacking by China was not limited to QintetiQ , but struck almost every major Defense Contractor ! And the extent of the damage - you know that is and will remain classified , but you know it must be catastrophic damage !
http://rt.com/usa/us-military-chinese-hackers-792/
US military secrets leaked to Chinese hackers for three years
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A US military contractor was allegedly hacked by those associated with the
Chinese military. The company reportedly ignored signs of security
breaches, allowing hackers to access military technology and classified
documents for three years.
QinetiQ North America was attack... more »
Report: U.S. Government and NATO Worked with Bin Laden and His Top Lieutenant 3 Months AFTER 9/11 ...... Anyone still think the US believed he did 9 - 11 ? If the answer is yes , then one must also believe the crimes were done WITH US military and Intelligence cooperation - plus full spectrum cooperation from all of the alphabet agencies , cooperation from the State Department / NORAD / President and Vice President , assistance from the same parties , permission to act from the same parties ! If the US believed he committed 9-11 , which was justification for the War against the Taliban and Afghanistan , explain US cooperation with Al Qaeda after the attack for three months after 9-11 ..... which would mean Bin Laden was cooperating with the US during Operation Enduring Freedom which commenced 10/7 01 , practically through the operation in the Mountains of Tora Bora ! !
Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
As the US slouches toward War with not just Syria but also Iran , don't
forget the past ! And recalling what has come before is essential to
defeat what is being planned.....Recall how the Saudis were deeply involved
in 9-11 and the US completely looked the other way - incompetence or
complicity by the US ? I think we also recall Iraq WMD , Curveball and the
lies that got the US and UK into Iraq.....
http://fredw-catharsisours.blogspot.com/2013/04/after-all-of-these-years-fbi-report.html
After all of these years , an FBI Report states what we have always known -
the Saudis were k... more »
RT: BOSTON BOMBING; FRANKLIN SCANDAL
*Tamerlan*
*Tim Tate on the making of the Franklin Scandal documentary Conspiracy of
Silence*
In late 2003, Troy Boner walked into a hospital in New Mexico screaming,
"they're after me, they're after me because of this book."
The book Troy was waving was this book, The Franklin Cover-Up. Boner was
"... mildly sedated and calmed down ... and put in a private room for
'observation.'"
When nurses came to check on him early next morning, Boner was sitting in a
chair, bleeding from the mouth and quite dead.
Author's Note - American-Buddha.com
*Document:The Franklin Scandal - W... more »
Beneath the Surface: More Public School Dismantling in SC
My home state of South Carolina is a poster child of disfunction, a
self-loathing mutt of myopic bible-thumping, state-rights’ libertarianism
mated with historical and systemic poverty born out of racism and the
lingering burden of slavery. SC voted for Newt Gingrich in the 2012
Republican presidential primaries and now stands as the home of
former-governor turned [...]
One in 5 Britons borrow money to afford to eat...... Meanwhile , one in five Americans need food stamp to afford to eat....... Stocks at record highs ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-05/recovery-one-five-britons-borrow-money-afford-eat
Recovery?: One-In-Five Britons Borrow Money To Afford To Eat
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/05/2013 12:07 -0400
- British Pound
- Gross Domestic Product
- Real estate
- Reality
- Recession
- recovery
- United Kingdom
While GBP jumped and the world celebrated the UK's recent avoidance (for
now) of a triple-dip recession (defined on GDP as opposed to reality), the
situation in the island nation appears to be going from bad to worse... more »
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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), a spin-off the
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tank whose members have advocated a host of hawkish, “pro-Israel” policies
over the years. It is considered a core member of the “Israel lobby,” a
constellation of policy shops and advocacy groups devoted to pushing an
Israel-centric U.S. agend... more »
Sunday Classics: The symphonic Mozart and Beethoven open in minor mode
*They look so simple, these eight notes, but they form one of the most
striking and readily identifiable motifs in all of music -- the opening of
one of Beethoven's two minor-key symphonic first movements.*
*by Ken*
In Friday night's preview we listened to all of the first movements among
Mozart's 40 or so symphonies which are in minor keys. That's right, *both*of them, which happen to be in the same key, G minor.
Partly this was out of abiding affection for the masterpiece among them,
the great Symphony No. 40, and partly it was as a springboard to listening
to the two first movem... more »
Martin Nicholson critiques Australian Renewable Energy Report
Berry Brooks' blog "BraveNewClimate" is one of the best pro-nuclear blogs.
http://bravenewclimate.com/
Berry does many of the same things I have done in "Nuclear Green", but he
does them far better than I have. One of the things I did when I started
"Nuclear Green" was a comparison of the relative costs of renewable energy
and nuclear energy. I looked at the costs of conventional nuclear energy.
Although I believed that the cost of nuclear power could be substantially
reduced with the introduced of molten salt technology, but even without
molten salt technology conventional nuclear ... more »
How Cozy is Mark Sanford (SC) with ALEC?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Found this - this morning.
I don't believe in coincidences when it comes to ALEC.
*2009 *
Mark Sanford
A published author in ALEC's *Inside ALEC* magazine that is distributed to
every ALEC member.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Better look further
*2004*
And he has openly used ALEC policies.
*Critics are skeptical as Sanford promotes tax relief AH: Governor's
five-point legislative agenda includes big personal income tax cut.*
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
| October 26, 2004 | Copyright
Byline: MATTHEW MOGUL
Gov. Mark Sanford is once more pushing to cut South Carolina's person... more »
magic eye
Enlarge this image and get close to the screen...
look into the distance and see the background...
the 3 dimensional image will pop out at you and you will see it.
(see more)
Israel's Attack on Syrian Weapons Depot/Lab Vaporized What?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-blasts-idUSBRE94400020130505
What possible gain can occur from using missiles to attack a weapons'
depot/lab?
How many toxins were vaporized and will now circulate in the air and wind?
How many Syrian babies will suffer as a consequence of this aggression?
Indeed, how many Israeli babies will suffer as a consequence of this
heedless aggression? Israel risks the health of its own population with
such attacks as pollution knows no boundaries.
The horrors of war are visited most directly on our most innocent:
1. Robert F... more »
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 United States 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 - 12 hours ago
Emissions visible from units 2 and 3
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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 decree 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.
Profound sanc... 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*
*Louisiana levee plan concerns Mississippi leaders ~Michael Newsom*
~Hat Tweet @OpinionatedCatholic
*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.
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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 - 15 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 and correct 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 ... 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 REGIONAL WAR
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 unit... 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 »
DEFEAT FOR MOSSAD AND CIA; GAY BARS, ANWAR
*Anwar - friend of Mossad and the CIA? Gay bars in New York?*
*
*The 'good guys' have won.
*Malaysia's ruling coalition extends rule in election*
Israel had been hoping that its man, Anwar Ibrahim, would be the winner
in
the election in Malaysia, on 5 May 2013.
Anwar lost.
Israel, the USA and the Western Media support the opposition party's
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... 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 »
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![This month a massive disaster drill has been planned at a theme park in a small Pennsylvania town.
The Drill will take place on May 13th at an amusement park called “Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom” in central Pennsylvania, and will involve hundreds of emergency responders from around the country.
While there is a very significant probability that this will only be a drill, it is important to get the word out about these exercises before they actually happen so people are already aware if the drill does go live.
According to a local news source:
With the terror of the Boston Marathon fresh in mind, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom will be the site of a large-scale emergency preparedness drill on May 13. The drill, sponsored by the Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Counter Terrorism Task Force, will center on an emergency incident at the amusement park in South Whitehall Township, replicating “a hazardous condition with multiple casualties during the peak of the park’s summer season,” according to a township news release.
“When an emergency occurs you always revert to the manner in which you have been trained, and during an emergency it’s too late to exchange business cards,” task force manager Robert G. Werts said.
“The goals of [the task force] are to provide training for emergency personnel who will respond to the dangerous conditions they confront and allow those persons to become familiar with the needs and operational abilities of other first responders prior to arriving at an actual emergency,” Werts said.
“Dorney Park is pleased to work with this group of federal, state and local agencies to assist in their training efforts,” said Jason McClure, the park’s vice president and general manager.
the article also mentioned that participants will include the South Whitehall Emergency Management Agency and police department; Lehigh Valley Hazmat/Special Operations; Cetronia Ambulance Corps and Cetronia Fire Department; Lehigh County 911; the Lehigh County coroner’s office; Lehigh Valley Health Network and St. Luke’s University Health Network; and the Allentown and Bethlehem fire departments.
This may only just be a drill as they are saying it is, but these drills are important to look out for, because all too often when something goes wrong, the government is coincidentally staging a drill nearby.
http://intellihub.com/2013/05/04/massive-disaster-drill-planned-at-pennsylvania-amusement-park-on-may-13/](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s480x480/11873_383100405136739_793591090_n.jpg)
![FRACKING OURSELVES TO DEATH
Whether they live in Texas, Colorado, or Pennsylvania, their symptoms are the same: rashes, nosebleeds, severe headaches, difficulty breathing, joint pain, intestinal illnesses, memory loss, and more. In the midst of ongoing stress, many have become activists. Linda Headley and Ron Gulla, for instance, traveled with other Pennsylvanians to Albany this past February to warn New York State officials not to endorse fracking. “A lot of people have said, ‘Why don’t you just walk away from this?’” says Gulla. “[But] I was raised to think that if there was something wrong, you would bring it to people’s attention.’”
...Perhaps more telling is the simple fact that everyone in the family is sick. Seventeen-year-old Grant has rashes that, like Randy Moyer’s, periodically appear on different parts of his body. Four-year-old Adam suffers from stomach cramps that make him scream. David says he and Linda have both had “terrible joint pain. It’s weird stuff, your left elbow, your right hip, then you’ll feel good for three days, and it’ll be your back.” At 42, with no previous family history of either arthritis or asthma, Linda has been diagnosed with both. Everyone has had nosebleeds — including the horses.
Five years into the Marcellus gas rush in this part of Pennsylvania, symptoms like Randy Moyer’s, the Smiths’, and the Headleys’ are increasingly common. Children are experiencing problems the young almost never have, like joint pain and forgetfulness. Animal disorders and deaths are widespread. The Earthworks study suggests that living closer to gas-field infrastructure increases the severity of 25 common symptoms, including skin rashes, difficulty breathing, and nausea
“You have to believe things happen for a reason,” says David Headley... “ Including you guys, the reporters. It’s made us like a big family.” http://www.juancole.com/2013/05/fracking-ourselves-hydrocarbons.html
(note from NurseRise: photo is rash on a child who lived on fracked land in Colorado & is representative of what is commonly seen as a fracking rash)](https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/946000_588982161126136_1687967593_n.jpg)
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