Anti-Muslim hate campaign intensifies in Sri Lanka
10:34pm MDST
“No” to racism
When One-Law-For-All is put to voters, it seems New Zealand voters can
sometimes have more common sense than their political servants often give
them credit for.
Case in point: The recent rewrite of the Local Government Act required
councils to hold a referendum before setting up race-based seats—and
although largely unreported the results are beginning to roll in.
Most recently, from the Hauraki Plains, south-west of Thames…
Results for the Hauraki District Council Maori Representation Poll that
closed on Wednesday May 1, 2013, clearly indicated the majority of those
who voted d... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - The Squishable Baby
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of
environmental posts.
2. Visit at least one other blog and/or the featured site... more » How Would You Feel If Someone Wrote, "We Need Fewer Women In Congress?"
Women make up just about 51% of the population. Women hold 98, or 18.3%, of
the 535 seats in the 113th US Congress-- 20, or 20.0%, of the 100 seats in
the Senate and 78, or 17.9%, of the 435 seats in the House of
Representatives. So, objectively, you would have to be an idiot to not see
that there is a real need to elect more women to Congress-- as well as to
elect a woman president and more women throughout the government. But not
bad ones. Replacing, for example, a progressive senator like Brian Schatz
with a more conservative woman, Colleen Hanabusa-- who's record even on
wome... more »
Christy Clark`s Ben Chin Has Some Explaining To Do Over $Billion Dollar Scandal
Ben Chin, Christy Clark`s Newest Spinner, Where the Streets have No Name
*Written by Grant G*
Grab a drink, maybe some popcorn, this is a long link rich post..
BEN Chin is up to his eyeballs in the $1 billion dollar gas plant
boondoggle in Ontario, called to testify as to what he knows, after all, he
held this position when the $billion dollar scam went down...
*Communications director at the Ontario Power Authority..*
*Read this below link first, the remaining shocking details are documented
below..*
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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Liberal+spokesman+face+questions+Onta... more »
MOHAWK NATION NEWS: 'ROTISKEN’RAKE:TEH: OUR MEN'
ROTISKEN’RAKE:TEH: OUR MEN
Posted on May 12, 2013
MNN. May 11, 2013. Indigenous men are not dumb,
drunks, wife beaters, criminals, deadbeats or studs. Guilty while being
Indian, is a contrived image. They are loving husbands, brothers, sons,
fathers, grandfathers, friends and cousins with a deep devotion to our
people and our land. The invading corporate banksters don’t like
Bashar on Future Economy Predicts U/V Ixchange
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http://briankellysblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/bashar-on-future-economy-predicts-uv.html
*Bashar on Future Economy Predicts U/V Exchange*
May 12, 2013
Thanks to Martin for the pointer to this Bashar video (only 3 minutes). If
you're not familiar with Bashar, I highly recommend his messages, they tend
to be highly enlightening and much of the time incredibly relevant to
what's happening in the world. This is most definitely one of those
occasions. He actually uses the phrase "Universal Exchange." Enjoy!
Rising temperatures increase health risks – Study finds hot days yield more respiratory ills for elderly
[image: Global Land Surface Temperature Anomaly, July 2012. Graphic: NASA
Earth Observations]
By Timothy B. Wheeler
10 May 2013
(The Baltimore Sun) – Summer is almost here, and with it likely some
blistering hot days. A recent study suggests the elderly should beware when
the temperature spikes, because they face an increased risk of winding up
in the emergency room short of breath on those days. And that's just a
taste of what health problems to expect as global climate change cranks the
heat up in many places.
Researchers for Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Yale universities reviewe... more »
On the Horizon
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* *On the Horizon – channeled by Ron Head*
May 12, 2013 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
We will speak today of this newest influx of energies, centered around your
month with three eclipses. This will accelerate the societal changes
already begun to a rate not seen before. Some will be bewildered by this.
Those who have already progressed well into their awakening process will
feel some vindication for the convictions they have jealously guarded for
so long.
This also signifies, to great extent, the changes in your universe which
are soon to bring about inn... more »
Untitled
*7th Ward second-line shooting injures 19 ~Danny Monteverde, The Advocate*
*~**NEW ORLEANS — In a shooting so brazen that it shocked a city hardened
by recurrent gun violence, 19 people were rushed to local hospitals after
gunmen opened fire on hundreds who had turned out for an annual Mother’s
Day second line parade in the 7th Ward. *
Did you know inBloom plans on …
This evening Shaun and I had the opportunity to speak with Rachael
Stickland from Jefferson County, CO. Rachael is a student privacy activist
(received her training from Leonie Haimson) trying to sound the alarm to CO
parents about the “400 data points” that the state plans on sharing with
data management company inBloom. Why should […]
Thought for the day
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Satire: “FOX News Shocker: New Evidence Hillary Killed Lincoln”
*“FOX News Shocker: New Evidence Hillary Killed Lincoln”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In what may be the most serious
allegation ever made against the former Secretary of State, Fox News
Channel reported today that Hillary Clinton was involved in the conspiracy
to murder President Abraham Lincoln. The latest charge against Mrs. Clinton
was reported by Fox host Sean Hannity, who said that the evidence of her
role in the Lincoln assassination came mainly in the form of e-mails.
According to Mr. Hannity, “If it’s true that Hillary Clinton killed
Lincoln, t... more »
Whether in Israel or America, is it time to fight the Far Right's "smirking, obscene, proudly bigoted pronouncements"?
*Israeli "patriot" Steven Plaut had "a suggestion" for Stephen Hawking,
following the great physicist's announcement that he is boycotting the
upcoming Presidential Conference in Jerusalem because of Israel's treatment
of the Palestinians. "I suggest," Plaut wrote, "that the people of Israel
send Hawking for a free trip on the Achille Lauro!!"*
*"The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, 'My country,
right or wrong.' In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is
the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be
kept right; and i... more »
A star is born
Commander Chris Hadfield is leaving the International Space Station today.
He's been literally orbiting the earth for a long time. A couple of days
ago he had to do a space walk to fix an ammonia leak on the station. His
last gift to us earthlings is this video, karaoke from outer space.
This and That for Mother's Day...
*in no particular order...*
I have 65 tabs open in my browser and they're all competing for the few
brain cells I still possess. I've been giving it a bit of a rest since
Carol/Bunni passed away on the 29th of April.
So many people have donated to her funeral expense fund that it's truly
inspiring. We could still use a bit of help and in my upper left corner
there is a donate button if you can help in any small way.
Opus, of American Perspective, flew from California to Chicago for Carol's
funeral and has posted a lovely remembrance along with some photo's of
Carol's "real-life f... more »
barcelona, day two
Barcelona is amazing. Some people suggested that five days here were too
many, but we can barely fit in all the things we want to do - even though
we are omitting one major tourist attraction and the most popular day-trip
in Spain. (More on that later.)
I managed to sleep a little more than usual today, a rare gift, and we
purposely got a later start than usual. After breakfast, we took the metro
to our first views of La Sagrada Familia. This building, Gaudi's great
masterpiece, is truly unique in all the world. It is also famously
unfinished, under near-permanent construction, with... more »
Heavenletter #4552 Bless This World , May 12, 2013
Heavenletter #4552 Bless This World , May 12, 2013
God said:
How lovely is a day that, by virtue of your being in it, you have planted
love. Unto this day, you have added. Unto this day, you have blessed the
Earth and all its inhabitants, every creature, every mineral, every person.
This is how you enter Heaven every day and capture some of Heaven to give
to everyone. This is at My behest.
Today, bless this world by your being in it. Bless with good-naturedness.
Bless with your desire to bless. Bless this day with good fortune. Bless
this day because to bless is uppermost in y... more »
Hilarion May 12, 2013
May 12-19, 2013
Beloved Ones,
These are the days of endurance, steadfastness and of the exploring of the
different aspects of your many faceted selves. Take the time to sit in
stillness, in quietness, to open your heart, your willingness and allowance
for further insights that may come during these moments. Be willing to go
beyond the confines of your former perceptions of self, to step into the
unknown with courage and persistence. Look beyond seeming appearances of
the outer world to the world that exists within you. There are treasures
waiting to be discovered, claimed and t... more »
Another Casualty of Reform
When I became a statistic of the education reform, which has been grinding
the education system down, I felt alone and a little scared. Since then, I
have seen a whole lot more like me deciding that the harm and policies are
too much. Yet, we all fight on, and we will continue to fight […]
Housing: Is smaller better, or even necessary?
The “housing accord” agreed to between the Auckland Council and the
National Government’s Nick Smith is being talked of as a victory for
National’s wish to extend the city out into green pastures over the
Auckland Council’s wish to intensify existing built-up areas. (A phony
dichotomy, as I’ve said before.)
Those seeing it as a defeat for the council bewail their lack of success in
getting agreement on “quotas for affordable housing to be included in the
accord.”
Let me here just focus on one grave misconception about what makes housing
affordable, because Auckland’s planners ap... more »
FBI Pushing Hard for Realtime Email, Gchat, Skype, and Dropbox Spying Powers
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http://gizmodo.com/5992568/fbi-pushing-hard-for-realtime-email-gchat-skype-and-dropbox-spying-powers
*FBI Pushing Hard for Realtime Email, Gchat, Skype, and Dropbox Spying
Powers*
The FBI wants more power. That's not any particular kind of surprising,
since the FBI always wants more power, but this push is notable for what's
it's after: real time spy privileges for your online communication.
Right now, government agencies can force ISPs and phone companies to
install surveillance gear in their networks thanks to a law passsed in 1994
called the Communications Assistance for La... more »
Nice Mothers' Day - While USA In Thrall To Industrial Rapists (Koches Explode; Peterson Cocks Up), CO2 Attains Highest Level In 3 Million Years: Devastation On Horizon Both Socially and Environmentally
Koch Comedy Duo Getting Their Yuks Out of U.S.A. Taxpayer Foolishness I
know most of us just can't wait until that Koch Comedy Duo takes over the
Tribune chain of newspapers and in alliance with the Pete Peterson Fake
Social Security Drama Society convinces the USA middle class to cheer
loudly for those not paying taxes but gladly (ab)using the best of the
country's services. After all, we
For the Show Me State of Missouri: What They Didn’t Show You
This is in response to an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This
article is missing some key information. First and foremost, we must look
at the money trail. The common core standards are a cash cow for the
corporations who plan to implement new testing, new curriculum, new
professional development, and more, in order […]
Strange Fukushima Video
Watch the entire video starting at about 1:30.
I'm not sure whether we're seeing "fog," particularly suspicious is the
black stuff near the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btjw6dYIhqI
Posted by CodeShutdown at Enenews here
Gray hair as well as vitiligo now can be reversed as scientists get to the roots
http://www.examiner.com/list/gray-hair-as-well-as-vitiligo-now-can-be-reversed-as-scientists-get-to-the-roots
*Gray hair as well as vitiligo now can be reversed as scientists get to the
roots*
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* Gray hair and vitiligo are now able to be reversed at the root,
scientists report on May 3, 2013 in a new study published in The Federation
of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal. The
research suggests that loss of skin or hair color can be corrected by a new
compound -- a pseudocatalase -- that reverses oxidative stress. Gray or
white hair can be restored, revers... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, May 12th, 2013
Sunday.... And time again for my rant....
I have been asked over the last few days why I have been putting up some
articles about this "Texas-Israel Day" fiasco that has just occurred in
Texas, considering that I do not even live in Texas. Let me put it this
way... This "Texas-Israel Day" horrible action by the Texas state
legislature in Austin Texas is something that can and most probably will
happen in every state in the United States and every provincial legislature
here in Canada if we do not put a stop to it immediately.
What has happened in Texas with this "Texas-Israel day... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Mother's Day, also. I know it's impossible to separate this question from
whatever one thinks about Hillary Clinton, but give it a try anyway: How
important to you is it for the Democrats to nominate a woman for president
in 2016? How important is it for you for the Democrats to nominate a woman
for VP if they don't select a woman for president?
Bill Gates, Jeb Bush, Oprah and Warren Buffett meeting at Kiawah Island, South Carolina
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http://www.wbtw.com/story/22217297/bill-gates-jeb-bush-and-warren-buffett-meeting-at-sc-island
*Bill Gates, Jeb Bush, Oprah and Warren Buffett meeting at SC island*
Posted: May 10, 2013 8:39 AM PDT
Updated: May 10, 2013 12:35 PM PDT
By WCBD News
Warren Buffett (left) and Bill Gates (Source: Mighigan Tech University)
Nearly 20 jets parked at Charleston International Airport on Johns Island
raised questions... (Source: WCBD)
CHARLESTON, SC -
Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the
world, is spending time in the Lowcountry.
WCBD confirmed the Amer... more »
More On Vetting Candidates
Is there a way to find out if a candidate is courageous on a questionnaire?
Over the weekend, I had dinner with a guy who runs a progressive PAC. We
had talked on the phone but had never met in person. He had never eaten in
a molecular gastronomy-oriented restaurant before, but he had said he was
up for "adventurous" and he loved it. He asked me what questions the Blue
America PAC asks our candidates before we endorse them. Coincidentally,
when I got home, another big progressive PAC sent me their extremely
detailed candidate questionnaire to see if I had any suggestions. It's very
r... more »
America's Nuclear Nightmare
The most terrifying thing I've read yet about our nuclear waste disposal
problem.
There's a fire burning in Bridgeton, Missouri. It's invisible to area
residents, buried deep beneath the ground in a North St. Louis County
landfill. But the smoldering waste is an unavoidable presence in town,
giving off a putrid odor that clouds the air miles away – an overwhelming
stench described by one area woman as "rotten eggs mixed with skunk and
fertilizer." Residents report smelling it at K-12 school buses, a TGI
Fridays and even the operating room of a local hospital. "It smells like
dea... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
For Mother's Day...I suspect I've asked this in the past, but since we're
in the recruitment season for 2014: Republicans have elected some women
governors, but have fallen far behind Democrats in electing women to the
House and Senate. Is that a problem? Any idea of why it's happened? What,
if anything, should Republicans be doing about it?
In Loving Memory of Stuart Wilde
*My friend William in South Africa forwarded this news. -AK*
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* *In Loving Memory of Stuart Wilde*
by Khris Krepcik - May 10, 2013
World Renowned Author & Metaphysical Teacher Stuart Wilde Dies, Age 66
Friends & Family sadly announce the passing of globally respected Author &
Metaphysical Teacher Stuart Wilde. Wilde suffered a fatal heart attack on a
scenic drive through Ireland on Wednesday May 1st, 2013.
As Author of over 20 books (translated into 27 languages and selling
millions of copies) on Spirituality & Personal Development, Wilde was
considered by many to be one of the ... more »
Two moms and two (or more) problems regarding #commoncore
Kudos to these education activists receiving some notoriety for their
anti-common core views in Indiana. After spending four years in the state
for graduate school, I can say I’m somewhat familiar with how that state
does things. Although, I have some concerns. First, not necessarily from an
ideological standpoint, I on this day of all […]
Johnson and Johnson Risperdal Stimulates Lactation
Rockoff, J. D. & Lublin, J. S. (2013, May 10). J&J Balks on Deal to Settle
U.S. Probe The Wall Street Journal, p. B1, B2.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404577478803503320464.html
[Excerpted] Johnson and Johnson and the Justice Department are close to
settling a protracted investigation into the company's promotion of the
antipsychotic Risperdal, for what would be one of the highest sums to date
in a drug-marketing case, according to people familiar with the matter.
Majia here: J&J are the Justice Department are negotiating a payment of
$1.5 billion minimum as ... more »
“False Flag-O-Meter Reaches The Red Zone"
*“False Flag-O-Meter Reaches The Red Zone: *
*Why A Government-orchestrated **Distraction Event*
* Is Highly Likely To Occur In The Next 7 Days”*
by Mike Adams
“This is a short but urgent warning: A false flag event, an act of war, a
bombing or some other headlines-grabbing orchestrated event is very likely
to occur in the next seven days precisely because the Obama administration
is under intense fire right now and needs a quick distraction. In stage
magic, it’s called the “art of misdirection.” In politics, it’s called the
“Clinton method.”
This is exactly what Bill Clin... more »
Saxo Bank CEO says Crisis in Europe will not pass ! Meanwhile , Germany export driven economy hits potholes !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-12/saxo-bank-ceo-eurozone-minefield-crisis-will-not-pass
Saxo Bank CEO On The 'Eurozone Minefield': "This Crisis Will Not Pass"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/12/2013 14:42 -0400
- Bond
- Corruption
- Eurozone
- Germany
- Iceland
- Niall Ferguson
- Reality
- Recession
- recovery
- Saxo Bank
- Switzerland
Niall Ferguson recently remarked, *"[Europe] is a politicial experiment
gone wrong. The experiment was to see if Europeans could be forced into an
even closer u... more »
Louisiana Sinkhole Updates - May 11 , 2013 ....Major Flooding at Lake FUBAR .....Overnight Breaches in the Berm at Lake FUBAR......
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
Louisiana Sinkhole: Questions And Answers, And?
MAY 12, 2013
Reblogged from freedomrox:
(Special Thanks again to Bonny Schumacher and the Power Hour, Bonny's
website is at: http://onwingsofcare.org/ )
I would like to apologize for taking so long to publish any updates or
other news regarding the 'Great Louisiana Sinkhole'. I have been very busy
attempting to help several residents of Bayou Corne and the surrounding
areas with various problems, and one of which is another complete article,
but I have not received permission to print as of yet.
Read more… 2,631 more words, 1 more vide... more »
Double Amputee (Jeff Bauman) was an actor - Dr Stan Monteith
Dr. Stan Monteith, a 35-year orthopedic surgeon on Jeff Bauman’s leg
amputations: “I believe that this young man was an actor”
May 10, 2013 by FauxCapitalist
[image: Stan Monteith]“Grandpa Liberty”, Dr. Stan Monteith, a 50-year
veteran researcher of alternative information suppressed by the mass media,
a radio broadcaster since 1993, and a 35-year orthopedic surgeon who has
performed many leg amputations said (starting at 1:06) concerning the
Boston Marathon bombings on the May 8, 2013 episode of *Radio Liberty* (emphasis
mine and pause words removed):
“*I wanted to just call to your... more »
Gaia Portal: Portals of Understanding have Multiplied and Expanded…
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* *Portals of Understanding have Multiplied and Expanded…*
by ÉirePort
Portals of understanding have multiplied and expanded across Gaia.
Clouded visions clear as Gaia upgrades to refined vibratory structures.
These visions, of Higher Nature, occur at individual, group, and planetary
levels, and inspire all involved to release restrictions from individual,
group, and planetary growth paths.
Recognition of universal Unity and Law of Oneness by humanity-general
becomes commonplace.
Former "standards" of being are dropped as such are now viewed as
not-helpful to the Unity.
Éi... more »
Relax, It's All Recycled Pee Anyway
*This Guy Not Only Drank Your Water First, He Made It*.London's *Thames
Water* utility is polling city residents for their views on drinking
recycled sewage water. It's one solution being considered for a looming
water shortage facing the British capital.
*London residents are being asked by the company for their views on the
idea of drinking sewage water that had been treated, put back in the Thames
or another river and then retreated.*
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* **Key to whether the proposal went ahead was whether Londoners were happy
with such a water supply - or revolted by knowing its origins, eve... more »
Memphis School Fragmentation Plan Shifts Hundreds of Million to Corporate Charters
Just weeks away now from the official beginning of the Memphis/Shelby
County schools fragmentation/privatization plan, Memphis citizens continue
to be misled by the Memphis Commercial Appeal, which does not even mention
charter schools when discussing the gaping hole in the merged school budget
plan. The closest the local newspaper of record has come so far […]
Graph of the Day: Global pre-tax energy subsidies, 2007-2011
[image: Pre-tax energy subsidies, 2007-2011. Global pre-tax energy
subsidies are significant. The subsidy estimates capture both those that
are explicitly recorded in the budget and those that are implicit and
off-budget. The evolution of energy subsidies closely mimics that of
international energy prices (Figure 2). Although subsidies declined with
the collapse of international energy prices, they have started to escalate
since 2009. In 2011, global pre-tax subsidies reached $480 billion (0.7
percent of global GDP or 2 percent of total government revenues). Graphic:
IMF / OECD / ... more »
U.S. Senator Whitehouse rebuts colleague who said God won’t allow climate change – ‘Seeking magical deliverance from our troubles, not divine guidance through our troubles’
[image: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) blasted an unnamed senator for
saying God would protect the Earth from climate change, on 8 May 2013.
Photo: The Raw Story]
By Eric W. Dolan
8 May 2013
(Raw Story) – In a nearly 17-minute speech on Wednesday evening, Sen.
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) blasted an unnamed senator for saying God would
protect the Earth from climate change.
“I was recently at a Senate hearing where I heard a member of our Senate
community say, ‘God won’t allow us to ruin our planet,’” he remarked on the
Senate floor. “Maybe that is why we do nothing.”
Whitehouse sa... more »
Pakistan Election comes down to the wire today - can Imran Khan or Nawz Sharif pull off a surprise win ? If either wins , national policy toward the US and the Drone Wars will change .... Bomb blast kills top Afghan Intel Official .... US sends another 100 million Aid package to Syria rebels ....Turkey ups chemical war ante by claiming Syrian Government has used WMD at least 200 times....... Obama policy will lead Region to war warns ex Iraq MP....
Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
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Election: Three Way Race Could Come Down to the Wire**Whoever
Wins Is Expected to Radically Change Policy Toward US*
*by Jason Ditz, May 10, 2013*
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Eric Holder schools the bed wetters
I can't be the only one who finds it darkly amusing that the same gun
hoarders who are preparing to engage in hand to hand combat with the gummit
agents of tyranny piss their pants at the thought of closing Gitmo and
giving those "dangerous" terrarists due process within the US of A's
judicial system. As AG Holder mansplains to the would be warriors of freedom,
we can do this.
The attorney general told graduates that federal courts are capable of
handling terrorism cases, accusing critics of "ignoring reality."
"Let me be clear: those who claim that our federal courts are incapabl... more »
BEN FELLOWS, TOM CRUISE, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER...
*Ben Fellows*
*Ben Fellows spills the beans*, according to the tap.
As a child actor, Ben Fellows was "offered by his agent Sylvia Young to Tom
Cruise for sex (Tom chose someone else)"
"Christopher Cazenove made violent sexual moves on him in a hotel room."
Ben was "advised to make a Police statement to protect himself from Ken
Clarke suing him for the penis-touching allegations."
"Andrew Lloyd Webber groomed him through multiple auditions, and then stuck
his tongue down Ben's throat, grabbing Ben's genitals, when he was 15 in
1990."
*Full story here: Ben Fellows spills the ... more »
Vendor’s suicide by self-immolation reflects despair of Mideast youth – ‘There is no quick solution that will address all the aspirations of young people looking for jobs now’
[image: Issam Khedri, 29, eldest brother of cigarette vendor Adel Khedri,
smokes a cigarette outside his room in the Mellassine slum of the Tunisian
capital, Tunis on Sunday, 14 April 2013. Adel set himself on fire outside
the Municipal Theater in the heart of Tunis on 12 March 2013. Photo: Ons
Abid]
By KARIN LAUB
11 May 2013
SOUK AL-JUMMA, Tunisia (Associated Press) – On the day he chose to die,
Adel Khedri woke up at 6:30 a.m., took his black backpack and headed down
to the busy boulevard where he worked as a cigarette peddler.
It was the last in a series of odd jobs that had ... more »
Sunday Classics: What comes after Mozart's and Beethoven's minor-key symphonic opening movements?
*What comes after the monumental, mysterious opening movement of the
Beethoven Ninth Symphony, which we heard last week? At the link, Christian
Thielemann conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in what seems to me a
grindingly prosaic rendering of the thunderingly dramatic scherzo.*
*by Ken*
I realize I should have been saying more about this amazing music we've
been hearing, dipping into the two symphonies apiece for which Mozart and
Beethoven composed opening movements in the minor mode. But really, when it
comes to an incandescent movement like the opening one of Mozart's great *
late... more »
JFK ASSASSINATION - THE CASE AGAINST LBJ
Was Lyndon Johnson part of the group that murdered JFK?
Johnson was pro-Israel.
Lyndon Johnson Was First to Align U.S. Policy With Israel's Policies
Roger Stone, a former Nixon aide, has written *'The man who killed Kennedy
- the case against LBJ'.*
Roger Stone claims Johnson made sure that Kennedy's Dallas motorcade passed
through Dealy Plaza on 22 November 1963.
*Ruby*
Roger Stone says Johnson instructed Richard Nixon to hire Jack Ruby some
years before Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald.
Ruby, whose real name was Jacob Leon Rubenstein, moved from Chicago to
Dallas in 1947, the... more »
On Vancouver Island, Women Still Get a Taste of Frontier Justice
If you're going to run afoul of the law on Vancouver Island, you had better hope
and pray you're not female.
*If a man is arrested in Victoria and goes before the court and his case is
adjourned for a few days for a bail hearing, he arrives at the Vancouver
Island Regional Correctional Centre that night, says Paul Pearson,
co-chairman of the Canadian Bar Association’s criminal section in Victoria.*
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*“He’s given medical access. He’s given a change of clothes. He’s given a
shower, toiletries, access to a gym, a TV, a padded bed, all the basics of
life,” he said.*
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*“A woman in t... more »
What Gregory Hicks really said about Rice!
*MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013*
*The dumbness surpasses belief:* Just for the record, what did Gregory
Hicks really say about Ambassador Rice?
Last Wednesday, Hick testified to a House committee about the attack in
Benghazi. At one point, he savaged Rice.
For background, see our previous post.
Hicks said his jaw dropped when he watched Rice on the September 16 Sunday
shows. He said he was embarrassed by the things she said.
Why did he say he felt that way? Specifically, what was his criticism?
In typical fashion, no one ever really asked him to explain! Nor have we
seen anyone note how cr... more »
When science goes silent: With the muzzling of scientists in Canada, Harper’s obsession with controlling the message verges on the Orwellian
[image: Federal researchers in Canada protest Stephen Harper's 'war on
science', 3 May 2013. Funding cuts and program closures that were buried in
two successive omnibus budget bills starting to bite—close to 1,900
scientists have received layoff warning letters as part of wider cuts
across the public service. Photo: Chris Wattie / Reuters]
By Jonathon Gatehouse
3 May 2013
(Maclean's) – As far as the government scientist was concerned, it was a
bit of fluff: an early morning interview about great white sharks last
summer with *Canada AM*, the kind of innocuous and totally apolitic... more »
And the Walls Come Tumbling Down
Another look at the century old and ongoing, lethal aftermath of the way
Britain and France carved up the Middle East following the collapse of the
Ottoman Empire post WWI. It's a topic addressed here in several posts, the most
recent just yesterday.
We're now witnessing the walls, built by the Brits and the French in
carving up the region to suit their convenience, beginning to crumble.
Will the west now step in to shore up their malignant handiwork even as it
collapses under the weight of irreconcilable ethnic and religious
tensions? From *The Independent:*
*...for the firs... more »
The Language of Slavery
In these days of endless waiting, it occurs to me that even a bank account
filled beyond comprehension will not alter the mindset of slavery. A
lifetime of ownership has left deeply rooted beliefs and habits of speech. Some
of these will be easy to let go of, while others are almost invisible.
A slave is one who is owned. Their rights and permissible actions are
determined outside of themselves; in fact, they ignore inner knowing in
favor of outside validation for truth. They do this out of fear. Regardless
of their feelings in any moment, they are obedient to their own... more »
Sask Premier Brad Wall Hypes Job Creation Of '16,700 New Jobs' In Last Year - Reality Is That 65% Were Temporary Foreign Workers ...
*The Hype .......*
*The Reality .......*
*"Saskatchewan may be creating thousands of new jobs, but most are held by
migrant workers according to a recent study by the Canadian Labour
Congress. Between 2008 and 2011, 65 per cent of "net new jobs created" were
held by temporary foreign workers, the CLC said Friday, citing data from
Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Labour Force Survey by
Statistics Canada.*
***CLC president Ken Georgetti said he wants those workers "placed in the
permanent immigration stream, not exploited in temporary migration
schemes." A spokesperson fo... more »
BULLROAR OVER BENGHAZI: Our world!
*MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013*
*Part 1—Maureen Dowd tries to make sense:* We apologize for starting our
week-long report on Benghazi with Maureen Dowd’s latest column.
(We're posting one day early.)
That said, Dowd is very influential within the American press corps.
Several parts of her new column help define what’s at stake as this topic
returns center stage.
At the start of Sunday’s column, Dowd described a new war in the capital
“as Hillaryland goes up against Foxworld.” She also describes the way the
capital has “plunge[d] back into Clinton Rules.”
Given Dowd’s long, destructive hi... more »
Don't confuse lamb and goat
The Sunday Times reports that 'goat has been found in place of lamb in
processed food'.
My view: getting goat instead of lamb, how lucky can you be...
Be explicit!!!
Draw conclusions from the graphs!
Be explicit!!!
Tell people what I expect them to see in the graphs.
(From my daily notes)
Today at 6PM EST, talking inBloom and student data privacy At the Chalk Face
This is becoming a rather interesting story within the testing debate that
few anticipated in the run up to new assessment regimes. I’ve certainly had
to rely on many prominent education activists like Leonie Haimson for
information on this. Tech company inBloom is a major player in all of this.
As you can see from […]
You Know a Guy's Nuts When...
Let's say you've got a neighbour and your neighbour has a really big
bulldozer and your neighbour becomes fond of using that bulldozer late at
night to dig seemingly random holes. Chances are that guy's nuts.
Port Angeles, Washington resident Barry Swegle is a logging contractor and,
you guessed it, he's got himself a dandy bulldozer. According to town
police, Barry just used that machine to settle some sort of property
dispute by demolishing two houses, flattening a pickup truck and snapping a
power pole. This is Barry's handiwork:
Police have charged Swegle with "*malicious... more »
Eurovision 2013 Preview
I am virtually certain the 2013 Eurovision crown will be lifted by an
British woman. But it won't be Bonnie Tyler.
It's the same old story almost every year. The UK's warbling ambassadors
take to the stage and, invariably, come home with next to no points. In the
first part of the last decade our sub-par performance was blamed on the
fall out from the Iraq War. And as the decade wore on, the UK progressively
fell foul of Gazprom-orchestrated block voting. Hmmm. Lack of success is
laid at the feet of others who refuse to play fair - a typically British
response you might say.
But it... more »
Guest Post from Peggy Robertson: The greatest fight of our lives
From Peg with Pen. Show Peggy your support by commenting how much you want
her to write for us on a regular basis. The admissions of error, the
requests for moratoriums, the recognition that perhaps testing has gone too
far, are running like wildfire in the last few weeks. We have Randi calling
for a moratorium. […]
Is Trauma Counselling Actually Harmful?
It seems standard these days that survivors of traumatic incidents of
man-made or natural disaster are quickly whisked into trauma counselling.
It seems pretty intuitive - people are traumatized, people get counselling.
A report from *The Observer* claims new studies show counselling can
actually worsen mental health outcomes for trauma victims.
*One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded hit on Boxing Day 2004. The
resulting tsunami devastated huge swaths of the Indian Ocean coastline and
left an estimated quarter of a million people dead across Indonesia, Sri
Lanka, India an... more »
Irritated Bellow Syndrome: Taiwan fisherman killed by Philippine Coast Guard, Media Feeding Frenzy Ensues
*A couple of herons contemplate eastern Taichung, and are not impressed.*
Unless you've been living in a cave or a foreign country, it's been
impossible to miss the unseemly mess over the death of a Taiwanese
fisherman at the hands of Philippines Coast Guard sailors. Let's roll that
news:
(A Taipei Times report)
A total of 52 bullet holes were found on the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, Liu
Chia-kai (劉嘉凱) from the Pingtung District Prosecutors’ Office, said after
examining the 15-tonne vessel that is registered in Liouciou Township (琉球),
Pingtung County.
Investigators found 10 holes on t... more »
But Would It Still be "Royal"?
This is what can happen when Conservatives become too full of themselves.
Britain's Conservative government is openly talking about privatizing the
Royal Mail, a crown corporation, and not just going private with it but
selling it to offshore buyers.
*[Britain's business minister, Michael] Fallon said the government would
sell Royal Mail to sovereign wealth funds or other foreign buyers if postal
workers' campaign against a flotation in London makes an initial public
offering (IPO) on the stock market difficult. *
*He said numerous overseas buyers had already expressed "significan... more »
Your moment of Zen
Happy mother's day to the moms. Orchids in Spain. [Xema Romero photo]
thwapstradomus
US and European elites will intensify their efforts to destroy their fellow
citizens' living conditions in the hopes of becoming even more insanely
wealthy and powerful. They will succeed because the deluded, brainwashed
voters in these countries will waste their time on contests between
pea-brained right-wing nutbar parties and mewling, milquetoast "liberals"
or "social democratic" stoops.
The elites don't worry about the debts of their governments because they
own that debt and that debt is used to justify the austerity needed to
wring it out of the chump majority's pockets.
Bu... more »
SARS - Like Virus spreads to Saudi Arabia and now France.....mortality rate is staggering so far , worry that morbidity data is victim of government censorship....
Two People Dead From SARS-Like Virus In Saudi Arabia, Two More Infected In
France
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/12/2013 09:41 -0400
- China
- Don't Panic
- Dubai
- France
- Germany
- Middle East
- Reuters
- Saudi Arabia
- Twitter
While the H7N9 birdflu epidemic is still raging in China, with 4 news
deaths bringing the total confirmed death toll to 31 (and who knows how
many unconfirmed) on 129 infections leading to a mortality rate that is
simply staggering, even if the mordibity rate is largely a functio... more »
Untitled
*Workshops to give New Orleans solutions for water woes ~Kari Dequine Harden
*
~Beginning Wednesday, community leaders will take an in-depth look at how
other cities across the nation have been able to turn water challenges into
assets in a series of summer workshops. New Orleans’ situation is
significant and unique, acknowledged Marco Cocito-Monoc, director of
regional initiatives at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, the
organization hosting the five-part series in partnership with the Urban
Institute and more than 30 community organizations. Along with launching a
citywide conver... more »
Climate Sensitivity in a Nutshell
There's a very useful, and usefully concise, primer on climate sensitivityin
*The Guardian.* It runs through the major ambiguities, probabilities and
mere possibilities and deserves a quick read.
To pique your interest, here are the final three paragraphs.
*So far we're about 40% of the way to doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide
compared to levels before the Industrial Revolution, and rising fast. If we
continue on our current track, we'll reach the doubled carbon dioxide mark
around mid-century; even sooner when the warming from other human
greenhouse gas emissions like methane i... more »
On the Cusp of Mankind's Century of Mass Migration
There's nothing magical in reaching a record 400 ppm concentration of
atmospheric CO2 but it's not symbolic either. It's a benchmark of how far
we've come and where we're headed. It allows us to examine the changes in
our environment, to our biosphere, for example that have occurred since we
hit the 350 mark or the 300 mark that existed in our pre-industrial days.
It also allows us to get a reasonably good idea of what is coming in the
near future as greenhouse gas accumulations rapidly increase.
The near future is what occupies the minds at the London School of
Economics' Gra... more »
Greece scrambles to obtain latest tranche of Eurogroup welfare ( 4.2 billion euros tranche needed to repay greek bond maturing on May 20th in the amount of 5.6 billion euros ...after paying the May bond , Greece would have about 2 billion euros of cash on hand for everything else the government does other than repay debt to the ECB ) , Prime Minister Samaras scrambles to take greek begging bowl to China...Pasok Party symbolically as broke as Greece itself - rest assured New Democracy is in similar straits....86,000 Civil Mobilization orders to be issued for teachers before their strike - unprecedented step !
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_11/05/2013_498304
*Stournaras eyes loans at Eurogroup as Samaras prepares for China*
As Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras prepares to meet with his eurozone
counterparts again in Brussels on Monday for the anticipated approval of
further rescue funding, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is busy preparing
for a much-awaited visit to China where he hopes to prospect for
investments and promote Greece as a “bridge” to Western Europe for the
booming Asian economy.
Athens is hopeful that Monday’s Eurogroup summit will give the green ... more »
The World’s Greatest Teacher
I’m going to take a short break from my activism to honor the world’s best
teacher. Seriously! THE best teacher. In. The. World. When I was 18, I
went to a huge graduation commencement ceremony at New Mexico State
University’s Pan American Arena to watch the graduating class of 1993 (or
was is 1992? I’m […]
Joseph Menn opines US might be the world's biggest cyber hacker ! Ironic in light of Congress's push for the " Deter Cyber Theft Act " .... Stuxnet and its progeny support that views - and the fact is many nations engage in industrial sabotage , cyber and other spying against both enemies and their friends !
http://rt.com/usa/us-hacking-exploits-millions-104/
The US government might be the biggest hacker in the world
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The United States government is investing tens of millions of dollars each
year on offensive hacking operations in order to exploit vulnerabilities in
the computers of its adversaries, Reuters reports.
According to an in-depth article published Friday by journa... more »
When Former Guatemala President Efrain Ríos Montt Gets Out Of Prison, He'll Be 166 Years Old
Reagan supplied the weapons, Rios Montt used them
We've mentioned Ríos Montt before-- first in 2007, when crooked Illinois
Republican Congressman Jerry Weller (now retired) married the former
dictator's daughter and absconded to Guatemala with all his loot. More
recently we looked at Reactionary Mind author Corey Robin's review of a
book by Greg Granlin, *Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War*.
How, I wondered, could any serious examination of the reactionary mind--
particularly the American reactionary mind-- not deal with the enormity of
what was visited (by reactionary ... more »
Compliance: A little consistency please.
So I come across this Buffalo News article discussing the dirty little
secret that most schools in New York State (and the nation?) are not
meeting the minimum requirements of Physical Education for our children.
The lack of compliance would not surprise most educators, but are parents
aware? What stuck me as I read this […]
Pt2: False Flag to Frame Syria. NATO intervention?
Be sure to check back because I will be updating when possible..
A BBC article with some pertinent points I wish to get out before they are
get altered to fit an officially sanctioned theory of conspiracy...
*Syria denies Turkey Reyhanli car bombs role*
- Turkish police say that nine people have been arrested in connection with
Saturday's attacks in Reyhanli. -All nine of those arrested in connection
with the attacks were* Turkish citizens, *officials said.
*Nine Turkish citizens...*
*-Turkey,* a Nato member,* is a strong supporter of the opposition in
Syria's civil war *and a vocal... more »
The PFA Team of the Year
In case you, like me, missed the team of the year announcement:
David de Gea (Manchester United)
Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Leighton Baines (Everton)
Michael Carrick (Manchester United)
Juan Mata (Chelsea)
Gareth Bale (Tottenham)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
Hard to disagree with many of these apart from De Gea as goalkeeper, what
about Reina?
It'd be hard to come up with a better Premiership team or even one that
could be competitive, have a go and I'll post my sugg... more »
Comments Change
Louis Vuitton handbags. Bread. Credit cards. "Male enhancement" pills. The
American College of Angiology. These are a sliver of examples of the
ridiculous quantities of comments spam this blog receives. Comments have
long been under moderation to keep the spam from filling up the boxes, but
as the audience has grown to a steady 1,600-2,000 page views a day the
amount circumventing the filters and getting into the approvals box has
skyrocketed. As I don't have the time to spend clearing it out, I've
re-engaged the incredibly annoying 'guess the word' game. So many
apologies. And reme... more »
DILBIT : Propaganda
*More money for government ads in budget supplement*
More DILBIT.
.
MAKING SENSE OF THE MAYHEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
No one could be blamed for being confused about what’s happening in the
Middle East these days. The affairs of the Middle East are as complex today
as they ever have been. On the one hand we see Sunni Muslims fighting
Shiite Muslims and on the other we see both Sunnis and Shiites wanting to
get at Israel. And now, so it seems, we see Israel playing one side off
against the other in a civil war in Syria while at the same time preparing
to take on both.
The problem as far as Israel is concerned is that the lands that the
Zionists want to occupy in order to realise their ultimate endga... more »
"SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE BY THE POLICE IN IRELAND"
*Cynthia Owen.*
Cynthia Owen (born Cynthia Murphy) claims that she and her siblings was
subjected to Satanic ritual abuse - by her parents and at least nine other
people.
Her account has been supported by her psychologist.
Alleged Abusers 'still risk'
*Bono in Dalkey*
*
*The Cynthia Owen case involves the Dalkey "house of horrors" near Dublin,
in Ireland.
"Owen attempted to bring the case against her parents to the prosecuting
authorities seven times, but each time it came back citing lack of
evidence."
Cynthia Owen: 'My mother was evil' | The Guardian
*The late Peter Murphy ... more »
Plastic Series - Vow Of Silence - Rebeca Puebla
I've featured the VERY DETAILED and VERY DISTURBING work of Madrid-based 3D
character artist Rebeca Puebla before i.e. Mistress Lili.
The following tranche of loveliness is titled Vow of Silence and it has a
wonderfully wicked angle. Of utmost importance to the 'narrative' are the
tattoos, imho:
Just because I know you guys love this sick shit, here's a pair of images
from Rebeca's Plastic Series, and yes, they're both 3D-renders: simply
gorgeous.
Warner Brothers - Tom Cruise - All You Need Is Kill
yes, this is Tom Cruise in a poster for Warner Brothers' June 6th 2014
release directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) and based on the novel
by Hiroshi Sakurazaka *ALL YOU NEED IS KILL*: it's a sorta thematic and
stylistic mish-mash that reminds us that films such as Groundhog Day and
Elysium and Starship Troopers and Source Code have been made already.
*Tom Cruise stars as Lt. Col. Bill Cage, an officer who is killed within
minutes of a doomed combat mission to take down a hive-like alien race. He
wakes up and is forced to relive the day (and the death) over and over
becaus... more »
Fox News - Geraldo Rivera - Sources Tell Me Benghazi Was About Running Missiles to Syrian Rebels
Well, well, well, what on earth is Mainstream Media or Cabal Propaganda
Services up to now ... journalistic leg-work?
Unlikely, but here's the goss'
*Geraldo Rivera said Friday that his sources tell him the U.S. was involved
in a secret mission in Libya to arm the Syrian rebels, which was the reason
for the initial secrecy about the attack in Benghazi.
Rivera said on “Fox & Friends” that Republican presidential nominee Mitt
Romney may have been briefed by then-CIA Director David Petraeus “to
suggest that there was a secret mission going on there, that we can’t go
there, we can’t ta... more »
dream - president obama shoots a giant rabbit in the snow
just to prove (once and for all) to you dear reader that I have NO IDEA
'what dreams mean', 'what they do for us' or 'where the actual characters
in the dream are when they're having them' here's a very strange one from
(again) about 5 a.m.
President Obama Shoots A Rabbit In The Snow
it was a kind of hunting party we were all a part of, it was like a Royal
Hunt, president Obama had a long rifle that shot a very slow wide soft
bullet. We were on this snow-strewn path and some 'tracking technician'
came running up towards up 'imploring' with us that we 'do something' or
'get out o... more »
IRS was used to intimidate political opposition in the U.S.
During my decade in the U.S., my tax returns got audited at least twice –
both of them had to be fixed when I was already back in Europe and Obama
was in charge (2009, for 2007); one was federal and the other one was a
Massachusetts tax audit under Deval Patrick (related to 2006, done in
2010). The number seems high to everyone and I view it as rather strong
evidence that it's no coincidence.
A scandal in the U.S. strengthens the case:
IRS official knew in 2011 of 'Tea Party' targeting: watchdog report
In 2011, the tax-collecting organization was specifically harassing
tax-exempt s... more »
Election 7: My Candidates for Senators
My main criteria for supporting or voting candidates is who among them will
be the least populist and welfarist, least interventionist and tax hungry,
compared to other candidates. Almost all politicians have shades of
populism and welfarism and hence, for expanding government. They just vary
in the degree of populism. Thus, choosing who among them will go against
the populism tide seems a difficult task.
Nonetheless, here is my short list, the Senatorial candidates that I will
vote tomorrow.
1. Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. Clear and explicit in calling for reducing the size
of the bureauc... more »
Adrian Dix, Big Orange Star
Big Orange Star II
*Written by Grant G*
The beautiful Sun, orange life giving Star that melts the winter`s ice and
warms my wintered soul...
Recently I have written about British Columbia moving left and today a
confluence of polls have confirmed just that, perhaps the terms left or
right are incorrect, British Columbia has finally emerged from its media
cocoon and embraced a new path forward, black widow web politics of hatred
being spun by Christy Clark and Stephen Harper are failing to ensnare the
usual victims, what has emerged from the decades long embryotic slumber are
butt... more »
Friedrich Hölderlin - Vulcan
Related:
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Love*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Gods*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Time of Socrates*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - To the Sun-God*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede*.
Source: *Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin. Translated by Maxine
Chernoff and Paul Hoover.* 2008. Omnidawn Publishing: Richmond, California.
Pg. 167.
Come now, friendly spirit of fire,
And veil the tender minds of women in clouds,
In golden dreams, and keep safe
The blossoming calm of the always good.
Let man be content with his thoughts, and his work,
... more »
The Post-1979 ‘Asian Peace’ & Economic Miracle are Probably Connected
Newsweek Japan asked me to write an introductory essay for a special issue
on tension in Northeast Asia. Basically I plea not to throw out all the
remarkable growth of the last 35 years in an orgy of nationalism. It’s
almost certain that the post-79 Asian peace was a necessary condition for
simultaneous economic growth.
Continue reading
IBM gets atomic: the making of the smallest movie and memory on Earth
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link:
http://youtu.be/xA4QWwaweWA - what does this mean? Link:
http://youtu.be/Q4ihOCocaVw
All movies made on Earth in your cellphone? IBM says 'yes'. Many
questionsarise though. For example: isn't such a cellphone 'somewhat'
cold when
against your ear? So far this only works at about the 'absolute minimum
temperature' (remember the old but no longer good schoolbooks?) of minus
459.67 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 273.15 degrees Celsius) when atoms stop
moving. The interesting point now is, that today this 'absolute Zero' no
longer is as absolute and certain anymore! That is what makes ... more »
Remember How Much We Hated Bush's Job-Destroying "Free" Trade Agenda? Now It's Obama's Agenda
A couple days ago, progressive champion Alan Grayson (D-FL) brought up one
of Obama's weakest points: his administration's determination to continue
the corporatist trade policies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and the two
Bushes. The agenda has been devastating for the American manufacturing
sector and for the economy in general. Obama ran for office loudly opposing
NAFTA and CAFTA as harmful to U.S. (and foreign) workers and to the U.S.
(and foreign) environment. As a Senator he voted against CAFTA in 2005.
Since becoming President he twisted arms to pass equally awful free trade... more »
Israhell Is Not Afraid To Attack Syria Because It Has Nukes
Many people around the world are shocked at Israel's outrageous behaviour
towards its neighbours. They are asking the question, why is Israel bombing
Syria and provoking a wider war?
The answer to this question is really simple, but it is often overlooked.
Israel's criminal leaders know that Israel does not face an existential
threat from any of its neighbours because of its large stockpile of nuclear
weapons. It can be aggressive towards Muslim states because it can afford
to be. It has many nukes and bought-and-paid-for US power waiting in the
wings.
If Israel feels at all threa... more »
The Real Truth About The Situation In Syria... Western Backed Al Qaeda (CIA-Mossad) "Opposition Rebels" Decimated By Syrian Government Forces: SANA
We have all been watching the so called "civil war" over the last few
months in Syria, where the popular Syrian government forces have been
fighting against US-Israeli armed murderous mercenaries (so called
"rebels") for control over their country... For the longest time it
appeared that Syria,and its popular President Assad, may go the way of
Libya where these evil criminal governments destroyed that nation, and
killed the popular leader Muhammar Gaddafi in the process....But evidence
has been coming forward recently that definitely shows this is not the
case......
Now I have some... more »
Unspoken Code: 'You Can't Say That' How the media fuels dirty coal
The
unspoken code of the newsrooms keeps dirty secrets
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
"You can't say that."
This is the unspoken code of the newsrooms. It is the power that
silences the grassroots voices. It is the unspoken code that prevents
the truth from appearing in Indian country, and mainstream news.
"You can't say that" is the unspoken code that kept dirty coal
flourishing on
leaving paris / barcelona, day one
After our little breakfast at our local bistro, I decided I'd take a stab
at the Rodin Museum. Allan was happier not to go, so he stayed in the room
to pack up. The weather was beautiful and I set out with high hopes... but
quickly found myself further away from the museum than when I started. I
usually have a good sense of direction, but I found our map didn't always
correspond with reality. And then I looked up, and there was a beautiful,
full-on view of the Eiffel Tower, and I thought, Allan should see this on
his last day here.
So I walked back to the room, collected Allan and t... more »
Memo to my fellow Democrats: The enemy is not “the Republicans,” rather it is the Republicans AND Democrats “elected” to Congress and the White House. (I put “elected” in quotes because the elections are systematically rigged.) Here Paul Craig Roberts, a highly educated old-school Republican with on-the-job credentials in both Reagan’s cabinet and Wall Street, relates the work of other educated out-side-the-box thinkers who see the U.S. media for what it is: a propaganda machine that would make Goebbels jealous. Roberts finishes with a critic of Obama’s recent speech to the graduating class of The Ohio State University: “Outdoing George Orwell’s Big Brother, Obama said in public to a graduating class of a great university without shame: ‘You have grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as . . . some sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems; some of these same voices also doing their best to gum up the works. They’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.’” Well, tyranny is already here my friends. But thanks to the “presstitute” media, the majority of Americans are unaware that the U.S. Constitution has long since been shredded.
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*How Elites and Media Minimize Dissent and Bury Truth — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Over the last several years I have watched the rise of an important new
intellect on the American scene. Ron Unz, publisher of The American
Conservative, has demonstrated time and again the extraordinary ability to
reexamine settled issues and show that the accepted conclusion was
incorrect.
On... more »
James Wyckoff - "The Madness of Civilizations And Cultures"
*The madness of the Joker is nothing compared to the madness of Israel or
the Barack Hussein Obama administration. *
Related:
*James Wyckoff - There Are Two Realities*.
*The Madness of Western Civilization*.
*Madness Has No Boundaries: The Irrationality of The West, Israel, and Islam
*.
*Below is an excerpt from, "Franz Anton Mesmer: Between God and Devil," by
James Wyckoff. 1975. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Pg.
118-119.*
But what is madness? And who is sane? When is a sane person mad, and when a
madman sane? And what of the madness of civilizations and culture... more »
TV Watch: "Maron" -- So why not watch? I mean, it couldn't hurt you, could it?
*"There's no such thing as a career in comedy,"* *Marc informs his mother
(Sally Kellerman), who has mastered the technique of talking to her son
without actually listening, in Episode 2 of Maron, "Dead Possum." No, this
isn't an actual embedded clip, but you can view the clip here. I'm sorry I
couldn't embed the clip for you, but when I did, I lost all my paragraphing
in the whole post. (I'd like to see some manager or software nitwit at our
bloghost killed for this. If nothing else, it would teach him/her -- though
I'm guessing it's a him -- a lesson. But does anybody care what I'... more »
Truer Words - Governments Hide in Silence
Today's *Times Colonist* editorial goes straight to the heart of the
darkness that lurks within the Harper government.
*A group of professors at the University of Victoria has asked the federal
information commissioner to investigate the muzzling of government
scientists. The university’s Environmental Law Centre is concerned that
experts employed by the federal government have been prevented from
speaking about their work.*
***A brief filed by the centre notes that media calls to federal agencies
are routinely diverted to a central communications office. Scientists
themselves are ... more »
Dine' Hada' Asidi 'Democracy Hijacked'
NGS/SRP LEASE: ROUND TWO
WHO TODAY IS WATCHING OUT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, LAWS, LANDS, WATERS, REVENUES, HUMAN RIGHTS, & SOVEREIGNTY?
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(Treaty leaders Barboncito, Manuelito, and Ganado Mucho--by Jack Ahasteen. Used with education permission.)
By Diné Hada’ Asídí
Navajo Vigilant Ones, A Navajo People’s Public Interest Organization
c/o Milton Bluehouse, Sr., P.O. Box 629, Ganado,
Jamie Dimon threatens to walk from JP Morgan if stripped of Chairman post - call the bluff shareholders !
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/10787913
Dimon might leave JPMorgan if stripped of chairmanship - WSJ
- Reuters, Saturday May 11 2013
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said he may
consider leaving the bank where he has held the top post since 2005, if
shareholders vote to split his duties, the Wall Street Journal reported on
Saturday.
Shareholders will vote later this month at an annual meeting in Tampa,
Florida, on a non-binding proposal to separate the chairman and chief
executive roles after a more than $6 billion trading loss l... more »
Rand Paul fires the first shot at 2016
I want to shoot myself for even saying the words Election 2016, but it's
clear the battle flags are being planted already. In the race to be first
out on the field, Rand Paul issues a call to arms to rally round the
paranoid gun hoarders.
In a blast email Rand tells the true believers there's an “anti-American
globalist plot against our Constitution," led by none other than President
Barack Obama in league with the UN. They're coming to take yer guns and
destroy Murika. But have no fear. Rand Paul is willing to lead the troops
to glory. He has a battle plan ready to go.
Direct ... more »
Was Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon Soused When He Signed Off On The State Takeover Of Detroit ? Just when convinced Detroit couldn't surprise , you see something like this !
Was Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon Soused When He Signed Off On The State
Takeover Of Detroit?
By *Steve Dibert*05.9.13 **
Detroit’s Emergency Financial Manager’s Employment Contract May Be Invalid
If Dillon Was Drunk When He Signed It
[image: Bar patron at Cinco De Mayo's in Redford Township trying to out
drink State Treasurer Andy Dillon]
Bar patron in Redford Township trying to out drink State Treasurer Andy
Dillon
Steve Neavling at the Motor City Muckraker reported yesterday that Michigan
Treasurer and former Speaker of the Michigan House, Andy Dillon had checked
into a treatmen... more »
Debt Ceiling jibber jabber - as total debt outstanding heads toward 17 trillion as delay is the name of the game - as far as addressing the debt debacle !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-09/house-narrowly-passes-avoid-default-bill-221-207-us-cds-ticks
House Narrowly Passes "Avoid Default" Bill - 221-207; US CDS Ticks Up
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/09/2013 11:47 -0400
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IRS heads should roll over political witch hunts.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-11/irs-conservative-witchhunt-started-2011-high-level-officials-involved
IRS Conservative Witchhunt Started In 2011 With High-Level Officials
Involved
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/11/2013 19:21 -0400
- Barack Obama
- Glenn Beck
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Obama Administration
- Testimony
- Tim Geithner
- White House
The IRS conservative targeting scandal is going from bad to worse.
Following the Friday revelations that despite all prior appeals to the
contrary, the ... more »
Veritas
"By the power of truth,
I while living
have conquered the universe".
"Vi veri veniversum vivus vici"
Has Bloomberg News engaged in criminal conduct by spying on Federal Reserve Head Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Geither ? This is in addition to Bloomberg being caught spying on Goldman and JP Morgan personnel - and probably additional Bloomberg subscribers !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-12/fed-treasury-investigating-bloomberg-client-surveillance
Fed, Treasury Investigating Bloomberg Client Surveillance
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/12/2013 10:51 -0400
- Federal Reserve
- Prop Trading
- Reuters
- Russell 2000
- Transparency
- Treasury Department
As reported on Friday, the most recent example of a breach in informational
Chinese walls was confirmed at Bloomberg, where it was discovered that
reporters have the same degree of client surveillance as workers on the
API/te... more »
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