"Profession" by Isaac Asimov in the July 1957 issue. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Maximum Out-of-Pocket Premium Payments Under PPACA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The cost of repealing Obamacare
Not talking about the costs as related to health care or the deficit. This is simply the cost to the taxpayer for the time it takes Congress to keep producing these "message bills" the crackpot cons insist on repeatedly bringing to the floor in order to impress the rubes back home. Steve Daines represents Montana, which, at last count, takes in $1.92 of money from big government Beltway solutions for every dollar in taxes Montanas send to the rest of us. And, by the time the House arranged to define the word "quixotic" for the ages for the 33rd time, which was almost a year ago, t... more »
Pennsylvania business and military leaders lack 8th grade persuasive writing skills.
Someone has to say it! Pennsylvania business and military leaders lack 8th grade persuasive writing skills and need serious academic remediation before they make one more stupid suggestion about teaching, learning, child development, and public schools. As reported today in The Triadvocate, Mission Readiness (a supposed “nonpartisan” group) released: All Children Prepared for Success: Common […]
The Price of War
The folks at *UpWorthy* have published a photo-perspective showing the faces of soldiers taken before, during and after war. Here's one example. Follow the link above to see the rest.
President Trumps Arne’s Celebration of Astounding and Amazing and Extraordinary Teachers with Charter School Week
I haven’t been able to say anything printable about Obama’s dissing of teachers that accompanied his Proclamation declaring Charter Schools Week on Friday before the beginning of last week’s Teacher Appreciation Week. Obama’s odious Proclamation did not deter his corporate jackrabbit at ED, however, from posting his own notice of celebration on that began on […]
What the Heck's Going On With the Obamaites?: The Law Behind the A.P. Phone-Record Scandal, So Holder Like Arctic Ice Gone? STFU Grads & Be Glad Your Masters Have Jobs
The difference in the two parties today (if you listen to their true concerns about environmental and economic devastation in light of the rapidly oncoming (as we breathe) sacred fracking/shale oil climate-destroying missions) seems to be "in how enthusiastically the lemmings should march towards the cliff." Is "intelligence a lethal mutation?" (Watch the video below for the unsurprising
GOP agree: Feed the rich, starve the poor
Rebuffing Democratic attempts to stop this inhumane pandering to special interests, Republicans rammed a bill through committee that starves children of the poor and impoverished olds in order to give more money to wealthy corporate farmers. A Republican-controlled panel in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the biggest cuts in food stamps for the poor in a generation and a potentially expensive expansion of federally subsidized crop insurance. [...] Almost half the savings in the House bill would come from a $20.5 billion cut over 10 years in spending on f... more »
"What TARP Boss Neil Barofsky Told Me Yesterday Should Shock You"
*"What TARP Boss Neil Barofsky Told Me Yesterday Should Shock You"* by Bill Bonner "The financial news is getting boring. The Dow goes only one way – up. But gold fell below $1,400 per ounce yesterday. Rather than trying to figure it out, yesterday evening we drove down to Zombietown. A friend in Washington had promised to introduce us to Neil Barofsky, inspector general of the TARP program. You remember TARP? It was the feds' $700 billion program to rescue the US economy from a correction. Neil Barofsky was in charge of it. So we decided to go down and ask him how it turned ... more »
Benghazi grandstanding blows up in Issa's face
After months of pounding the podium in outrage, demanding answers, suddenly Darrell Issa needs to think about whether to question the lead Benghazi investigators. It's one thing for Darrell to accuse them of incompetence on the TV. Quite another to allow them to defend their work: In a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa exclusively obtained by CNN, the co-chairmen behind an independent review of September's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, expressed irritation over the House Oversight Committee chairman's portrayal of their work and requested he call a public hearing at which they can te... more »
MYSTERIOUS RYAN FOGLE
*Like any large city Moscow features many gay cruising areas.* Newspapers have suggested that the 'CIA spy' Ryan Fogle was trying to gain information about the Boston marathon bombers. Report: Alleged CIA spy in Russia probing Boston bombings One assumes that the CIA knows that one of the 'Boston bombers' had meetings with the CIA and not with the FSB. BOSTON BOMBER'S MEETINGS WITH CIA So, Fogle was not trying to find out what the CIA already knows. *Gay spy Burgess.* Fogle was reportedly trying to recruit a Russian spy, an FSB agent who specialized in Islamic extremism in Russia... more »
Twitter Outs the Haters
Check this out. It's a twitter-based map of racism in the United States. *A team of geographers from Humboldt State University has developed a map of the United States which plots the intensity of discriminatory speech in social media, including racism, homophobia and ableism.* *The team -- headed up by Dr Monica Stephens -- used a database of geotagged tweets called DOLLY to scan the Twitter output in North America between June 2012 and April 2013. They were scanning for a list of words along with the sentiment attached to those words -- this was done manually, with undergradu... more »
Ignore the Twitter News Cycle on Scandals
On Tuesday, they were measuring out the president's tomb. Today, with no big revelations on any of the current scandals (or "scandals" as the case may be), liberals at least, and I get the sense much of the neutral press, is almost ready to announce the whole thing a dud. They were wrong on Tuesday; they're wrong today. The truth? We mostly don't know what will happen. Look, the Benghazi thing remains, as far as I'm concerned, just as big a nothing as it's been all along; the talking points, which have been the GOP focus, just don't matter. That said, however, there's nothing that's... more »
Laws for a Country That Holds Itself Above the Law
America has increasingly been turning itself into an outlaw state. It practices indefinite detention without charge or trial. It resorts to torture. It violates foreign sovereignty to kill as it sees fit. It even kills its own citizens on executive whim. It is within this context that we have to make sense out of the Obama administration's intentions about enacting a shield law to protect journalists from the intrusions of a torturing, murderous state that holds itself above its own constitution. They're going to protect the privacy of journalists, really? When they're just... more »
Akkermansia, Bacteria que evita la diabetis y la elimina!!!
*Señoras y Señores...* *La mayor noticia que se les escapo...* *La nueva ciencia de la Flora instestinal nos sigue dando sorpresas...* *En el articulo abajo que fue traducido bruscamente nos dice lo siguiente; La bacteria Akkermansia que vive en los estomagos humanos saludables es responsable de DOS condiciones. * *1) El estar delgada/o* *2) Evitar la Diabetis* *Piensen en lo que escribo, Que la falta de esta Bacteria llamada AKKERMANSIA en nuestro systema digestivo nos lleva directamente a la obesidad y la Diabetis.* *Esto lo digo con la mayor certidumbre possible...* *"Y como me benef... more »
What's it going to take to set things right?
The latest stats are in around poverty in Honduras, and as profoundly discouraging as ever. Almost two million people - a quarter of the population - are living on the equivalent of a buck a day, and another 2.5 million aren't doing much better. Another 1.6 million are living in relative poverty Contrast that against the amount of aid that has poured into the country in the last decade, and you can't help but wonder what it all means. The U.S. alone has spent $836 million in grants and aid to Honduras since 2003, and hundreds of European and Asian organizations and governments have ... more »
Scott and Zelda and Edith and us!
*THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013* *Not far from our own sprawling campus*: With all the excitement about The Great Gatsby, we decided to take a break from the action. We walked over to Park Avenue to brush up on Scott and Zelda. That’s right! Just a little more than a block from the northeastern corner of our campus, an historical marker tells the world that Scott and Zelda once lived there. And not only that! Directly across the street from that spot, a second historical marker remembers part resident Edith Hamilton. In 1930, she wrote The Greek Way, in which she praised "the calm lucidi...more »
They Have Re-Elected Their "Liberal" Lapdog - Now They're Coming For Our Coast
It will probably be sooner rather than later before we find out whether Christy Clark will become British Columbia's Judas Goat to the Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan pipeline/supertanker fiascos. Steve Harper, Alison Redford and Enbridge just need to buy or coerce Clark's capitulation, make her sell-out the province and people of British Columbia, and then ram those goddamned pipelines down our throats. They've got plenty of markers to call in after her Hail Mary election win. Clark will have to be ready to deal with unrest of a wide range from First Nations and other group... more »
I Can't Blame KirbyCairo
Sick at heart of all the stupidity and evil being rewarded, Kirby Cairo has thrown in the towel when it comes to blogging. Joining Boris at the Galloping Beaver and Rural at Democracy Under Fire. Alison at Creekside took a hiatus from hopelessness not too long ago; perhaps with Christy Clark's surprise majority she'll take another pause. And I've been blogging lightly for a while myself. (At least it feels lighter. Like I don't care or something.) Blogging is speaking out to the world, hoping that like minds will agree and that perhaps (if only in a small way) we can add to a collec... more »
Tommy Vietor gets it right on the Benghazi attack!
*THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013* *With just one basic correction:* Yesterday, the White House released a pile of the e-mails which created the talking-points on Benghazi. Also yesterday, Tommy Vietor published his thoughts about the whole talking points flap. Until recently, Vietor was spokesman for the National Security Council. While in that position, he helped create the now famous talking points. It seems to us that yesterday’s events have made a few blindingly obvious points just that much more clear. Comprehension often involves repetition. With that in mind, let’s briefly return ... more »
Red Nations shut down US 'consultation' on tarsands in South Dakota
Department of State “Consultation” Shut down by Red Nations Opposing Tar Sands By Kent Lebsock, Owe Aku International Censored News www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com RAPID CITY -- This morning at 9:00 a.m. the United States Department of State attempted to hold what they call a consultation with tribal representatives of the Great Plains Red Nations regarding the effects of the
Groundwork to justify strike on Syria being laid out via the media by Israel
* This has false flag possibility written all over it.* Coming days after Israel downplayed these strikes as 'errant fire' *JP is promoting a different narrative *altogether *First, here is the news about this being errant fire * *Mortar shells fired from Syria have hit the popular tourist site of Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.* ***However, an Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson told Haaretz that based on similar incidents in the past, they were most likely to have been errant shells fired during fighting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army and rebel... more »
Navajo Nation and Peabody Coal secret meeting to sell Navajo coal to China
Peabody Energy and the Navajo Nation are planning a trip to China to sell Navajo coal! The meeting is today in Flagstaff.
The Economy: “To The Media: Stop Sucking Obama On The Debt”
*“To The Media: Stop Sucking Obama On The Debt”* by Karl Denninger "This is completely out of hand. The media continues to cite the so-called "expectation" that Treasury will run "only" a $600-odd billion deficit this year, and they cite this as source: *Click image for larger size.* This shows ~$488 billion in operational deficits from October 1st to April 30th. There's a problem with this number however- it does not reflect reality. In other words it is a bald and intentional lie. This reflects the truth: *Click image for larger size.* What is that? It's simply a reproduc... more »
Could You Become a Victim of Car-Hacking?
It's not carjacking. Nobody with a gun jumping into the driver's seat and speeding off with your ride. It's car-hacking. A cyber criminal hacking into a car's computer systems to wreak havoc. *Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said while he's excited about safety improvements through technology, he's concerned about new risks including cyber security.* * * *"As our cars become more connected – to the internet, to wireless networks, with each other, and with our infrastructure – are they at risk of catastrophic cyber attacks?" Senator ... more »
“How Your Brain Reacts To Watching TV”
* * *“How Your Brain Reacts To Watching TV”* by Benjamin Plackett “I’m showing you slices of the brain,” Joy Hirsch, the Director of fMRI Research at Columbia University Medical Center tells me. More specifically, she’s talking about some images of an fMRI brain scan she took while her subject was watching a video sequence. “Every possible visual area is just going nuts,” she adds. What does this mean? It shows that the human brain is anything but inactive when it’s watching television. Instead, a multitude of different cortexes and lobes are lighting up and working with each othe... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Brain Police'
BRAIN POLICE Posted on May 16, 2013 MNN. May 16, 2013. A Washington DC Think Tank advisor on programs and policies from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government found that Hispanics, meaning Indigenous People, have a low IQ. He doubts we will ever reach IQ parity with whites. This is a “trial balloon” to get a reaction. He resigned. The government will
Scarlet Macaws
[image: Kenyon Gibson's macaw painting] These are Scarlet Macaws, painted by Ken Gibson of New York. Lots of these in fact in that city, but they are native to Central and South America, especially Bolivia. In some parts of Mexico and Central America they have been driven to the point of extinction. There are two subspecies, *Ara macao macao*, pictured here, and *A. m. caynoptera.* The latter is believed to have more blue on the tips of the yellow wing feathers, but that may not be as definitive as some are inclined to believe. At one point buyers prefered 'Bolivians' - so much so tha... more »
This Post Is Only For Californians-- Unless You Also Live In A State That Gets Wildfires
It's wildfire weather in L.A.-- temperatures in the 90s and very dry. There are plenty of reasons to be angry about the irresponsibility of Members of Congress who voted for the Sequester-- and inconvenience at airports is the least of them. The possibility of losing homes and lives to wildfires is far more serious. Monday Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who's in charge of the U.S. Forest Service, and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell were in Idaho were in Idaho explaining that Congress' Sequester had tied their hands in terms of using prescribed burns for fire preventi... more »
In Guatemala: Precedent for Abya Yalla?
the newyorker.comGuatemala Genocide Conviction Should Prompt More Just Vision for American Continent By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout | Op-Ed Throughout the duration of the Ríos Montt dictatorship, his regime was the bloodiest on the American continent. Why did the world permit his brutality, and why did it take more than 30 years to successfully prosecute him? His genocidal campaigns, in full view to the world, were committed in real time. The simple answer is the actions - and inactions - of US President Ronald Reagan, the man who provided cover for every tin-pot dictator on... more »
Untitled
*Breaking: Steven Newhouse to join The Advocate! ~American Zombie*
"What Are These Weird Street Signs Being Installed in Las Vegas?"
*"What Are These Weird Street Signs Being Installed in Las Vegas?"* by Paul Joseph Watson "Strange new street signs being installed across Las Vegas are prompting suspicions from concerned readers, one of whom sent us the following images. Are these new signs part of the nationwide ‘Intellistreets’ rollout of so-called “smart” hubs that eavesdrop on conversations? “My neighbor brought it to my attention that these very suspicious-looking road signs are being installed throughout Las Vegas on the major streets,” David wrote to us. “The enormous amount of road construction th... more »
Hustle Bustle and Flow
With atmospheric carbon dioxide now reaching Pliocene Epoch mass extinction-causing levels, is it any wonder that all the oxygen is apparently being sucked out of the brains of what passes for our national leadership? Money pollutes, pollution corrupts, and the absolute corruption of American politics is well nigh complete. The mass extinction of government for the common good certainly seems to gathering breakneck speed this week in what is overheatedly being called The Scandal Trifecta. (Benghazi, I.R.S, A.P. -- or, if you really want to be Beltway-trendy, * Bengirsap-gate*) Perha... more »
video of normal contrail and skylong chemtrail in sky TOGETHER crossing at cruising altitude
I've taken a couple pictures myself of contrails and chemtrails in the sky at cruising altitude in the same sky, sharing the frame BUT THIS IS VIDEO of such, taken by a dad in Alice Springs AU outside his daughter's school. The planes (one contrailing normally, the other chemtrailing abnormally) approach each other and then pass each other in the same region of the sky. The shorted one doesn't pass through a somehow damper/colder part of the sky and get longer. The chemtrails one doesn't diminish to a normal contrail once it's out of humid-air.
"Follow the Piggy - He Might Lead You to Sussex Drive" - Guest Blog Post by The Mound of Sound
*Buckdog Politics is going to share a great post with you today. (When the time comes for the 2013 Canadian Blog Awards .. I'm voting for this one!)* *So, let's run this scenario, Mound's favourite passtime. How might the timeline of Mike Duffy's expense woes play out now that we know a few more details.**It begins (for our purposes) when senator Mike Duffy has a brown hemorrhage on realizing there is going to be a forensic audit of his expenses triggered by questions about the legitimacy of his housing allowance claims. That sends him into a panic trying to get PEI to get him ... more »
We Are Fat and Happy and Can Suckle Some More
When I think of a certain line in *Gladiator*, one spoken by the late Michael Redgrave, I think of the US government and the countless war profiteers it employs: "And the great whore will suckle us until* *we are fat and happy and can suckle no more." That line could've been spoken by any of the contract procurement specialists whose job it is to dispense multi-billion cost-plus, no-bid contracts like alms to the already rich and bloated. And then when I hear this line, I think of those who've been entrusted with the lives and welfare of our troops overseas and this coul... more »
Of Bitumen and Pirates
The Harper government never ceases playing up the terrorist threat that Canada faces. They're here, they're there, they're everywhere. Supertankers heavily laden with bitumen. How vulnerable are they to terrorism and just how do you protect them? Vancouver's inner harbour might seem a terrorist's dream. There are places where you could sink a tanker and block the harbour for who knows how long while the bitumen aboard wreaks havoc. What if the bad guys just seized the bridge, commandeered the vessel and used it to attack the Lion's Gate or Second Narrow crossings? Presumably w...more »
Presidential Approval Probably Isn't Stuck At Midrange
Ezra Klein poses a hypothesis I've heard a few times before at the end of a nice post earlier this week: Tucked inside Abramowitz’s take is an interesting structural prediction about American politics: As party polarization increases and the persuadable middle dwindles, scandals and gaffes will become less meaningful as they’ll only be able to convince those who want to be convinced. It’s not clear that the IRS mess, Benghazi, or the DoJ/AP issue will rise to the level of being a useful test of this thesis. But something will. It's tempting to believe that polarization is producing... more »
DO GOOD THINGS
- I got a call from a media outlet last night just after 11:00 pm as I was climbing into bed. They said something about a nuclear device that had fallen off a truck somewhere in West Virginia and wanted my comment. I told them it was late and to call back in the morning. I knew they wouldn't. This morning I did some searching on the Internet and found the story. Yes, indeed do call if you find it! Here it is: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is searching for a nuclear gauge that apparently fell off a truck on Interstate 81 near the... more »
Robert Jensen : The Collapse of Journalism
Graphic treatment by James Retherford / The Rag Blog. The collapse of journalism and the journalism of collapse: From royal, to prophetic, to apocalyptic When we strip away supernatural claims and delusions of grandeur, we can understand the prophetic as the calling out of injustice, the willingness not only to confront the abuses of the powerful but to acknowledge our own complicity. By
Norman Pagett and Josephine Smit : Grain of Truth
Image from UCL. Grain of truth: Our precarious food supply Global food production has been allowed to fall into the hands of fewer and fewer megacorporations, and their aims are simple: to deliver short-term profits and ultimately to control the entire system of world supply. By Norman Pagett and Josephine Smit / End of More / May 16, 2013 “A hungry world is a dangerous world. Without food,
The Fall And Rise Of Man - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
The Fall And Rise Of Man *So, you have lost faith in man.* ** *Yes, man is an ignoble creature ruled by ego and the lower elements.* ** *Yet to evolve into Man.* ** *Man, ruled by Self amd from a world without elements.* ** *Man, once the nobest of creatures.* ** *Now, the lowest.* ** *Once again to be reborn and renewed by Faith.* ** *Once again, We return to our former Glory.* ** *Once again, Man.* ** *M.N. Hopkins* ** *Note:* This poem was written over two days. born of inspiration and formed partly with intellect. Man is intended to refer to Mankind. In man, we have male and ... more »
Dried Framed Wedding Bouquet
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After I was married, my mom took great pains to hang my wedding bouquet so that it would be preserved for me to display in my house. She gave it to me when we got home for our honeymoon and I promptly put it in a box and forgot about it. Every time we moved across the country, I would find the box, make my husband swear it would reach our destination in one piece, and then forget about it again. When we moved into our townhouse, I finally had some room to craft and I swore up and down I would finish all of the projects I always said I would get to. This was one of the first proj... more »
Rounding up the Phils/Taiwan mess: Take 3
*A spider awaits prey in the early morn in a field near my house.* Well, by now I'm sure you know that the Ma Administration rejected the Philippines apology as "lacking in sincerity" (yes, well Mr. President, that's a common problem with apologies extracted at gunpoint). Sanctions have now been imposed. The Taipei Times listed.... The eight measures proposed yesterday morning by the government after a national security meeting, are issuing a travel warning that discourages Taiwanese from traveling to the Philippines, the suspension of high-level meetings at the World Health Assem... more »
Standardized Tests Remain Chief Weapon in Class War
Just as the incomes of the affluent have grown much more rapidly than those of the middle class over the last few decades, so, too, have most of the gains in educational success accrued to the children of the rich. –Sean Reardon Valerie Strauss has a new piece that reminds us with this chart from […]
An interesting insight into Jordanian views on how serious shooting unarmed schoolgirls is. They were Jewish so that might colour their opinion.
'Last month, 110 Jordanian parliament members signed a petition calling for the release of Ahmad Daqamseh, a Jordanian soldier who gunned down a group of Israeli schoolgirls on a field trip to the "Isle of Peace" border area of Naharayim in 1997, killing seven.' Context here http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-mulling-diplomatic-and-legal-measures-against-israel/
NC - ALEC House Bill 683 - Destroys Consumer Protections
House Bill 683, the "Commonsense Consumption"bill, would also prohibit people from filing "frivolous lawsuits" against food manufacturers or packagers for obesity, weight gain or health issues related to consumption of their products. The bill is model legislation promoted by pro-business advocacy group American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC *or health issues related to consumption of their products* * * *or health issues related to consumption of their products* * * *or health issues related to consumption of their products* * * *or health issues related to consumption of ... more »
ALEC - Have Veterans Build the XL Pipeline
Well – ALEC has really pulled one out of their “magic” hat yesterday in the name of right-wing "patriotism". I suppose you could call it the "magic bullet" to save the XL Pipeline. Pushing the XL Pipeline in a new and unique way. Have veterans ruin the environment – then it will be more palatable to Americans. Put unemployed veterans on the front line of protests – to shore up the construction of the XL Pipeline. Gonna give them weapons too??????? *In Honor of Armed Forces Day: A “Helmets to Hardhats” Remedy to an Unemployment Challenge* ALEC Blog Team | May 15, 2013 | By The Hon... more »
BULLROAR OVER BENGHAZI: Matthews and Lawrence and Sharpton all fail!
*THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013* *Part 4—Some things never change:* An especially ridiculous moment occurred on Monday evening’s Hardball. Chris Matthews had been condemned to discuss Benghazi with Rep. Mike Turner, an utterly hapless Republican congressman from the state of Ohio. Turner has served in the Congress ten years, but his skills, and his knowledge of Benghazi, seem extremely limited. Again and again and again and again, he repeated a limited mantra: *The White House deceived the public about Benghazi through its agent, Susan Rice! * Turner said it again and again and again. B... more »
Valtr Komárek: 1930-2013
*U.S.:* As predicted and discussed on TRF exactly 3 months ago, Ernest Moniz became the new U.S. secretary of energy. Valtr Komárek died today (Fox News). He was one of the key minds behind the Velvet Revolution, in some sense a senior collaborator of the current Czech president and the previous one, and a left-wing politician whom I respected – and be sure they make up a very exclusive set. His unusual biography reflects the dramatic history of Czechoslovakia and the whole world in the 20th century. He was born out of wedlock to a Jewish family in Hodonín, Moravia, in 1930.... more »
'Guardian'/'Newsnight' shocker!
You will doubtless be delighted to know that the *Guardian*'s deputy editor Ian Katz has been appointed to the position of editor on *Newsnight*, BBC Two's battered flagship. Wikipedia has this nugget on Ian Katz: In August 2004, for the US presidential election, the daily G2 supplement launched an experimental letter-writing campaign in Clark County, Ohio, an average-sized county in a swing state. G2 editor Ian Katz bought a voter list from the county for $25 and asked readers to write to people listed as undecided in the election, giving them an impression of the international ... more »
Publication ban on name of complainant can properly be made without notice to media
CBC v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2013 NUCJ 06: [20] I am satisfied that section 486.4 is applicable where the Crown only wants a publication ban on the name of the complainant. The order would usually be requested at the first appearance in court and there is no requirement to give notice to the media. However, where the Crown seeks to ban publication of the name of the accused or other details contain within the information in the court file or revealed in court, it must abide by the provisions of section 486.5 and give notice to the media as provided in 4 (b) above.
CHILD ABUSE COLLEGE; COMMON PURPOSE
There have been allegations concerning snuff films at *Oxford and Cherwell College*, in the UK. The following people are all in the notorious *Common Purpose*organisation, which may be linked to Mossad and MI5: *Joanna Simmons, boss of Oxford County Council, * *Sally Dicketts, boss of Oxford and Cherwell Valley School, * *Sarah Thornton, Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police.* *Police and Oxford protect paedophile rings* Oxford. City of dreaming spires? Not any more. Today a centre for Satanic abuse, Common Purpose and paedophile networks. * Anonymous said...* "My son was t... more »
Follow the Piggy - He Might Lead You to Sussex Drive
So, let's run this scenario, Mound's favourite passtime. How might the timeline of Mike Duffy's expense woes play out now that we know a few more details. It begins (for our purposes) when senator Mike Duffy has a brown hemorrhage on realizing there is going to be a forensic audit of his expenses triggered by questions about the legitimacy of his housing allowance claims. That sends him into a panic trying to get PEI to get him a health care card via Fed Ex Overnight, yada, yada, yada. That doesn't work. Duffy comes clean with the PMO (if they don't already know) that it's more... more »
Oil Companies SCREW Public for More Profit.
Escalating gas prices are all news this morning in Minnesota where we saw our gas prices go up 40 cents a gallon in less than 24 hours. go up 40 cents a gallon in less than 24 hours *Refinery repairs lead to soaring gas prices* The closure of two Chicago-area refineries for repairs is driving gas prices toward record levels across the Upper Midwest. By: News Tribune staff, Duluth News Tribune Gas prices in the Twin Ports reached $4.19 a gallon Wednesday at some stations, including this one on London Road. The record high average gas price recorded by AAA in Duluth was at $4.05 o... more »
Man Clinically Dead For 40 Minutes Brought Back To Life
I had the good fortune of receiving twenty minutes of properly applied CPR and was then successfully resuscitated several years ago. In London we have had someone go an astounding two and one half hours and walk out after. I do not know if I was the first known example but the case was so clear that it brooked no further discussion. Since then we have seen a global change over take place in medical thinking and the emergence of resuscitation practice. This is from this item on the way to becoming very effective and very portable. A mechanical cpr machine will be in ambul... more »
A Win for the Bees
Two things are happening: 1 The bee population collapse is continuing and possibly accelerating. It is certainly happening everywhere the pesticides are been used. The bees are been subjected to a winnowing gauntlet and at a certain threshold, the population does collapse. 2 The actual science is steadily trickling in and a damning body of work is been amassed. Yet the industry continues to play their game of obstruction, denial and misinformation to postpone regulatory action. The third shoe is also about to drop. It is that the protocol that saturates the environm... more »
Oil Pulling
Here is a protocol that I have not seen before. It appears to be effective to some degree and may well be way more effective in the face of a serious pathology. It is certainly safe enough to experiment with. It would also be an effective way to deliver a drug directly into the tissue in one's mouth. Certainly something to experiment with if the need arises. We have been brainwashed into accepting pill technology almost as a sole delivery process, except that it all ends up in an enzyme bath that must affect any drug. Been able to safely hold it in your mouth while agi... more »
Fed Explanation for CCD
The only item on this ridiculous laundry list that deserves to be considered at all is the last one which has been introduced newly into the environment and for which we are now discovering increased toxicity in combination well beyond expectations. Bluntly the pesticide protocol is now entering an era of maximum damage and rapidly declining effectiveness. This year the CCD problem became a bee pandemic and is impacting everywhere. Worse there is no evidence of it running itself out as yet. It is certainly not biological as that will run itself out and we have no sign of... more »
Water, Water Everywhere-- And An Obstructionist Senate Who Won't Allow It To Be Cleaned Up
This morning I was going over the Senate votes from Tuesday and I found a strange one. The Republicans successfully filibustered an amendment by Bernie Sanders to Boxer's Water Resources Development Act of 2013, which is co-sponsored by Louisiana Republican David Vitter. And in fact, Vitter was one of just 3 Republicans who broke with Miss McConnell's filibuster machine on Sanders' amendment. The amendment would essentially allow FEMA to rebuild bridges and other infrastructure to the state's high standards, so that they don't collapse in the next storm. It was interesting the Texa... more »
Why Hasn’t Duncan Be Dumped Already?
Secretary of Education Rod Paige, who used his false claims of success in Houston to push for No Child Left Behind, was awful enough. If his statement that we are in an “education recession” was not boo-worthy, it deserved ridicule. But, neither he or the Bush Administration’s other Secretary of Education did the harm that […]
ACTION: You DON'T Have the "Right" to Vote - Change That!
EVERYONE AROUND THE COUNTRY SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF AND SIGN UP ON THIS ONE. *John Nichols: * * * *Why Mark Pocan* [AND Kieth Ellison] *wants constitutionally guaranteed right to vote* Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made a point of emphasizing during the Bush v. Gore arguments in December 2000 that there is no federal constitutional guarantee of a right to vote for president. He was right about that. Indeed, as the reform group FairVote reminds us: “Because there is no right to vote in the U.S. Constitution, individual states set their own electoral policies and procedures. Thi... more »
Duffy Campaigned on Taxpayer's Dime
This could explain why the Prime Minister's Office told Duffy to refuse to cooperate with the forensic audit into his expenses. Not only was Duffy pocketing tens of thousands of dollars in living expense allowances but he was also *claiming expenses while on the campaign trail* for the Conservatives. The reason Sideshow Steve Harper appointed Duffy to the Senate, in addition as payment for services rendered during his last few years at CTV, was to serve as party pitchman at fundraisers from coast to coast. A mutual friend used to regale me with details of how tirelessly Duffy wor... more »
Sheer Brilliance from Paul Chefurka
The following essay is by Paul Chefurka. The original is posted at his website. It is a beacon of light for three reasons (that come to mind before coffee). First, it deftly sidesteps all the political squabbling over whether climate change is happening or not and goes straight to the heart of the intractable human conundrum. Second, his main thesis - that our dilemma is both inevitable and insoluble - is robustly supported by irrefutable evidence (unless you subscribe to mirages, but then I can't help you). And third, he offers the only way for an individual to live humbly a... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to David Boreanaz, 44. Totally impossible for me to get my mind around the idea that there are people who think of him as the guy from Bones; he still has a few more episodes as Angel, but not very many. Angel is my least favorite of the Whedon TV shows, but I am happy to see that Gunn is going to be on the Avengers show. Excellent. Oh, I shouldn't forget the good stuff: 1. I only have a very plain blog, full of what are apparently technically called text-heavy pieces of content. Nevertheless, I agree with Chris Cillizza. 2. Sarah Kliff on the Senate actually confir... more »
Did ALEC Help CCA Perfect Their Lobbying?
NO other organization, in the history of the United States, NONE, has had the sole purpose of bringing legislators and corporate lobbyists together - in the same room - in secret, behind close doors - to develop policies and legislation - ALEC is the ONLY organization that has done this, as their sole purpose to exist!!! For forty years the American Legislative Exchange Council has given corporate lobbyists unprecedented and secret access to legislators. And ALEC legislators - state and federal - have been very beneficent to corporations - mostly, because of their involvement in ALE... more »
Obama Administration Merry - G- Round - Eric Holder getting walked to the door in exchange for Mass Gov Deval Patrick ( once the heat dies down ) ... Susan Rice moving up to National Security Adviser Post once Tom Donilon decides to hit the bricks !
http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/300099-liberal-talk-radio-host-bill-press-calls-for-holder-to-be-fired Talk radio host and former chairman of the California Democratic Party Bill Press said Thursday that Attorney General Eric Holder should be fired over the subpoena of reporter phone records. * * * http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/is-this-the-end-of-eric-holders-tenure-at-the-justice-department/275830/ Benghazi, the IRS, and now the AP phone-records bombshell: If Obama wants a symbol of accountability in a time of scandal, the attorney gene... more »
Gangster State USA ?
Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
Financial collusion.... Gangster State America - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Paul Craig Roberts* Infowars.com May 14, 2013 There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold and silver. My explanation that the sudden appearance of an unprecedented 400 ton short sale of gold on the COMEX in April was a manipulation desig... more »
That Vision Thing
Tom Walkom's analysis of the BC election is interesting. In the end, he writes, British Columbians were asked to choose between two negatives: On Tuesday, B.C. voters were left with two negative questions: Did they hate the Liberals enough to get rid of them? Or did they fear the New Democrats enough to avoid them? In the end, they chose fear over hate. Fear seems to be the operative word these days. It was fear that was at the heart of Adrian Dix's campaign. Like Stephen Harper, Dix didn't offer a vision. He simply portrayed himself as an incrementalist: Throughout the campa... more »
Caterpillar to Butterfly - no MUSHY chrysalis mid-phase
here's an example of the way kids are taught to understand what happens inside a chrysalis, "The caterpillar makes a cocoon of silk around it that hardens, the caterpillar *liquifies* then the butterfly forms from that 'soup' before emerging." *NOT SO:* recognisable structures remain intact showing certain essential control structures (certain major organs, like the trachea and lungs) don't go mushy, they're just carried over from the caterpillar to butterfly transition...
UKIP and Masculinity
This morning, Diane Abbott gave a heavily trailed speech on the crisis of masculinity. Simplifying her argument somewhat, cultural change and the restructuring of the jobs market has thrown young men into a state of anomie. In one direction they're being flattered as gendered consumers into clothes, gadgets, cars, booze and footy. From another comes the pressure of 'pornified culture' to shag around as much as possible. And there is the ever-present expectation that a man should have a job that can provide for himself and any family that comes along. The problem of course is this h... more »
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*Gov. Jindal declares emergency as river rises ~DisasterMap.net* ~ USGS~Flood Stage Levels current 'real-time' guage readings. I use the USGS maps to get oriented to the states and their flood gauges. This is active data. ~ New Orleans,LA ~Bonnet Carre Spillway, LA ~Baton Rouge, LA ~Old River Outflow Channel, LA ~Atchafalaya River @ Simmesport, LA ~Knox Landing, LA ~Natchez, MS ~Vicksburg, MS ~Greenville, MS ~Wolf River @ Memphis, TN ~Cairo, IL ~*Cape Girardeau, MO ~St. Louis, MO ~Hannibal, MO ~Grafton IL* *MS company pleads for illegally filling wetlands in Bay St. Louis, to pay $10... more »
Overnight news - Europe ( Brussels does or doesn't put Spain under surveillance ) and Asia ( God's must be crazy Edition or decoding Japan's GDP results ) Here in the US , big data splash this morning ( Jobless claims / Philly Fed / CPI / Housing Starts and Building Permits - watch for God's must be crazy data from the US starting at 8:30... ) ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-16/tragic-trifecta-initial-claims-soar-housing-starts-plunge-cpi-below-expectations Tragic Trifecta: Initial Claims Soar, Housing Starts Plunge, CPI Below Expectations [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/16/2013 08:45 -0400 - Ben Bernanke - CPI - Housing Starts - New Normal - recovery We didn't really need a confirmation that the economy was deteriorating and completely disconnected from the "market", but we got it nonetheless. First, Initial Claims coming at 360K, on expectations of 330K, the w... more »
JP Morgan and Jamie Dimon getting nervous over the big Shareholder vote - JP Morgan denies shareholders access to results !
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100741662 JPMorgan Shareholders Are Denied Access to Results Text Size Published: Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 1:21 AM ET By: Susanne Craig and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Twitter 16 LinkedIn 1 Share Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jamie Dimon When it comes to shareholder votes, the running tallies are a closely guarded secret. Only a handful of parties get a peek into how these corporate battles are shaping up. Now, in the midst of one of the most closely watched investor votes in years — overwhether to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive at... more »
Western Materialistic Propaganda exposed by Eastern Materialists
The film, 'Propaganda' from the website, http://propagandafilm.net/Propaganda/ is a film which everyone should take the time to watch. It is perhaps one of the greatest ironies of our time that a film exposing materialism should come from a nation which adheres to the materialistic doctrine of Marxism! North Korea - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - is ideologically a blend of Leninism, Maoism, and Stalinism, with the addition of the elevation of the Leader of the country to the position of a living god. However, before people in the UK laugh too hard at this absurdity... more »
Clooney - Bullock - Gravity
need I say any more? oh, and a classy trailer that uses Arvo Part's *Spiegel im Spiegel* to great effect. Trauma-porn has never looked this spectacular.
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - May 16 , 2013 - Data from Wednesday , news and views
Morning cut..... The Tulip Harvest Is In! May *16* - Yesterday in Gold and Silver - Critical Reads - The Funnies - The Wrap RetweetShare "It's amazing...and discouraging...to look at the precious metal share prices." ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER The gold price didn't much of anything in Far East trading for most of their Wednesday. However, about 2:30 p.m. Hong Kong time, which is thirty minutes before the 8:00 a.m. BST London open, gold got sold down about fifteen bucks by 9:00 a.m. BST...and that certainly could have been currency related. After that, the gold price...more »
JEW TAKES OVER NEWS PROGRAMME
Samuel Katz (above) was a leader of the Jewish terrorist gang that bombed Jerusalem's King David Hotel in 1946 * * *Ian Katz* A Jew, Ian Katz, is to be the new chief of the BBC Newsnight programme. Ian Katz's son Jake, with Patrick Moore "I heard other rumours too, about all sorts of people, about the Queen Mother and Michael Portillo ... and Patrick Moore..." cultural snow *Rita Katz* In 2007, Rita Katz gave the Bush administration a copy of an Osama bin Ladenvideo which had yet to be released by al-Qaeda. *Ian Katz* Wikileaks is a tool of Mossad and its friends. In Lond... more »
Patriotism and the English 'intellectual'
"England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of stealing from a poor box. All through the critical years many left-wingers were chipping away at English moral... more »
BBC institutionally pro Labour?
Following the appointment of Labour's James Purnell, BBC are now to appoint Ian Katz deputy editor of The Guardian as editor of Newsnight. Don't the BBC bosses care about looking biased? Or is it that they know they can't be stopped? It seems that the Newsnight line on Israel and the Palestinians won't be changing either; read this from 2001 if you can stomach it.
Dambusters: Flypast To Mark Raid Anniversary
Real heroes commemorated today. http://news.sky.com/story/1091537/dambusters-flypast-to-mark-raid-anniversary
I'm working on it with my adviser - Jacob Barnett just understands the math.
Jacob Barnett is autistic, and he's a mathematical genius. He's not the first, and he'll not be the last. Maybe autism is our Next Evolutionary Step - who knows? here's his wonderful TED˟teen speech, from an earlier time in his Genius Career. ...oh, and he's right. You need to STOP *LEARNING* to START *THINKING*.
‘The Lark Ascending,’ by Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Performed here by soloist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, it’s been voted the most popular classical piece ever: Inspired by a poem by George Meredith: *He rises and begins to round, He drops the silver chains of sound, Of many links without a break, In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake.* Hear it live with the NZSO this Friday (in Wellington) or next (in Auckland), and points in-between in between. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Tweet from Harriet Sherwood (@harrietsherwood)
Harriet Sherwood (@harrietsherwood) tweeted at 6:24 AM on Thu, May 16, 2013: Brilliant story + pic - how not-so-fast food (KFC!) reaches Gaza from Egypt via tunnels in four-hour delivery service http://t.co/xHi1U58Drh (https://twitter.com/harrietsherwood/status/334902129586237440) I wonder if it has struck Ms Sherwood that Egypt is blockading Gaza? I wonder if Ms Sherwood thinks that Egypt's blockade is illegal? Maybe Ms Sherwood blames Israel for this as well. Maybe Harriet Sherwood prefers not to think about Middle East matters, it's easier for her that way.
Prof. Ian Hutchinson - Monopolising Knowledge: A Refutation of Scientism
*"Monopolizing Knowledge"* by Ian Hutchinson. Title: Monopolising Knowledge: A Refutation of Scientism. YouTube Video Description - [Channel: FaradayInstitute. Published on August 2, 2011]: Prof Ian Hutchinson of MIT, a speaker at the Faraday Institute Summer Course 2011, discusses the meaning of scientism and the limits and strengths of scientific knowledge.
dream - Black Bear pursuit to 37 Elizabeth Road - Strictly Come Dancing
I had this dream about having these two dreams. I was even shown how to lay out the two dreams. I'll use this third-dream format to show what happened in the aforementioned/titular dreams. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *I just wanted a chat!*The Black Bear @ 37 Elizabeth Road, Haydock: I was tempting this black bear (yeah, my second encounter with such in a dream context) to move from where it was in the house by putting my life at risk and getting it to chase me. I'd then vanish through a window, with an acrobatic series of jumps ... more »
Strongly Recommended Video of Fukushima Daiichi
Video from Fuku1live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKFZVMKEw3o Wotcha posted it at Enenews This is a scary looking video.
Dr. Jacob Needleman On Gurdjieff - "A Man With Authority"
*"Introduction to the Gurdjieff Work"* by Jacob Needleman. Related: *Time and the Soul - Interview with Dr. Jacob Needleman*. *Dr. Jacob Needleman - "The Difference Between A Cult And A Genuine Spiritual Path."* *Dr. Jacob Needleman - Awakened Human Beings*. YouTube Video Description - [Channel: BarakaBee. Published on August 13, 2012]: Jacob Needleman on Gurdjieff and the search for truth, the inner yearning, the unknown hunger http://www.podcast.de/episode/134500051/Robert%2BMcDermott
Thursday Morning Linkage
With the semester coming to an end, time to hit the Internets and start blogging more regularly. I’ve been meaning to write one for months about the poaching crisis. It’s coming. In the meantime, here is yet another story on the corrosive effects on governance by Sudanese elephant poachers in the Central African Republic. Elsewhere, Continue reading
Yo! ... The Duffer ....
[image: Progressive Bloggers] *After reading the following article .. much of what's happening with Senator Duffy suddenly became very clear. * *1) Some of the 'Senate business' expense claims filed by Mr. Duffy may well have been for travel to and from Conservative Party fundraising events around the country. (We don't know and can't find out because Senator Duffy will not co-operate with the auditors .. saying that he has repaid the $90 grand ... 'so get off my back' .... ).* *2) Duffy is not prepared to be hung out to dry or left 'out of pocket' by the Harper cabal. After all, ... more »
Mommy, How Did The Tea Party Start?
If we were alive back in the 1770s, today's Tea Party activists would probably have been active back then too-- but active on behalf of the British. Conservatives fought against the revolutionaries who wanted to throw off the British imperial yoke and many conservatives would up fighting on the side of the British troops, killing patriots. Today's Tea Partiers would have been those traitors to America. How do I know? If you think teabaggers only live in backward, theocratic parts of South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas, you've never been to California's Inland E... more »
A Global Survey of IR Students – Might be Worth Pitching in your Classes
Daryl Morini, an IR PhD candidate at the University of Queensland whom I know, has put together an interesting global survey for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations. It looks pretty thorough and might make a pretty interesting student couter-point to TRIP. Eventually the goal is an article on our students’ attitudes toward the Continue reading
Sentence appeals
R. v. Lu, 2013 ONCA 324 holds: [37] Before dealing with these submissions, it is important to recall the role of an appellate court when reviewing a sentencing decision. Appellate courts are to grant sentencing judges considerable deference when reviewing the fitness of a sentence. They are to interfere only where the sentence is demonstrably unfit, or where it reflects an error in principle, the failure to consider a relevant factor or the over-emphasis of a relevant factor. An appellate court cannot interfere with the sentence simply because it would have weighed the re... more »
Mighty Hunters
Not much has changed since Tex Avery cartooned the lifestyle of the outdoor sportsmen in 1955.
Trust a Teacher. By John Stoffel
An assumption exists that teachers are against high-stakes testing because they don’t want to risk evaluation. It continues that if teachers are not evaluated by testing data, they will have no incentive to do their job well. If teachers fail to do their job, then a generation of young children faces a bleak future. What […]
U.S. PREPARED FOR WAR WITH IRAN AS ISRAEL BOMBED SYRIA
Israel bombed Syria on 2 and 5 May 2013 and the next day, as the world waited for a reaction from Syria, Hezbollah and Iran, the US began a massive war exercise in the Persian Gulf close to Iran. Since President Obama has said that the US was in ‘very close contact with Israel’, it is clear that both the Israeli raids on Syria and the US military exercise in the Gulf were planned to coincide. Unfortunately for the warmongers in the West, neither Syria, Hezbollah nor Iran took the bait. Despite this, Israel has said that it will try again to provoke its enemies warning that Israel ma... more »
NY: Calling on You to Stop Field Testing
In three weeks, students at over 3,600 schools in New York State will receive a nasty surprise. They mistakenly believe that, for this school year at least, they are done taking tests. When they least expect it, the number 2 pencils and bubble sheets will reappear. When I was in elementary school, June brought Field […]
State Department Brief May 15, Taiwan section on Phils/Taiwan clash
*A walkway along a section of the old Hengchun city wall.* State Department Daily Press Briefing, May 15, 2013. Main questioner, I heard, was John Zhang of CTITV *+++++++++++++++++* MR VENTRELL: It looks like we have some questions maybe on the Philippines and Taiwan. (Laughter.) I’m just guessing. QUESTION: Yeah. Patrick, do you have anything new to say on the fatal shooting of the Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines? Jen said a couple of days ago that the United States was in contact with both Taiwan and the Philippines. How is your communication with both sides? How effecti...more »
THE TOTALITARIAN & SECURITY SURVEILLANCE STATE
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins Democracy Now to discuss what could mark the most significant government intrusion on freedom of the press in decades. The Justice Department has acknowledged seizing the work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 reporters and editors at the Associated Press. The phones targeted included the general AP office numbers in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Hartford, Connecticut, and the main number for the AP in the House of Representatives press gallery. The action likely came as part of a probe into the leaks beh... more »
“President Obama Heard About IRS, DoJ Scandals From The News?”
*The Daily Show with Jon Stewart* Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook *“President Obama Heard About IRS, DoJ Scandals From The News?”* "Between news of the IRS targeting the Tea Party, the on-going hearings on Benghazi and the Department of Justice spying on AP reporters, President Barack Obama is knee-deep in scandals. How did the nation’s leader learn about these alleged abuses of government power? From the news. Says an incredulous Jon Stewart:”I wouldn’t be surprised if President Obama learned Osama bin Laden had been kil... more »
Israel willing to wipe out Syria if Assad attacks ( or defends Syria from another Israel attack ? ) How would that help the Rebels , just wondering ? And just how far would the US and Israel to protect the Middle East from the alleged Iranian nuclear threat - would they destroy the Middle East in order to save it ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-16/us-amphibious-assault-ship-kearsarge-and-26th-marine-unit-visit-israel ( Imminent Israel / US attack on Assad Regime ? ) US Amphibious Assault Ship "Kearsarge" And 26th Marine Unit "Visit" Israel [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/16/2013 08:12 -0400 - China - Israel Two weeks ago, when we reported on the news of yet another aerial assault by Israel on Syria, we said that "while speculation a US-led escalation is ripe, the lack of any US naval support (as shown by Stratfor's naval update map from May ... more »
“The IRS Wants YOU — To Share Everything”
*“The IRS Wants YOU — To Share Everything”* By David Nathe, Tarini Parti and Byron Tau "The Internal Revenue Service asked tea party groups to see donor rolls. It asked for printouts of Facebook posts. And it asked what books people were reading. A POLITICO review of documents from 11 tea party and conservative groups that the IRS scrutinized in 2012 shows the agency wanted to know everything — in some cases, it even seemed curious what members were thinking. The review included interviews with groups or their representatives from Hawaii, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas and elsewhere... more »
Pennsylvania launches full frontal assault on Education at all levels.
From the Notebook: Ronald Tomalis will step down as Pennysylvania’s education secretary at the end of the month, Gov. Corbett announced today in a statement. He is to be replaced by Cumberland Valley schools chief William Harner. Tomalis, who served as the state’s top education official for two years, will become a special adviser to […]
If you think your medical insurance is more than you can afford now, read this to find out what the greedy corporations have in store for you next. Only in America!
------------------------------ Naked Capitalism / *By* *Yves Smith* Welcome to the Brave New World of Corporatized Medicine: Just Hope You Don't Get Sick! *"Business freedom" in America increasingly means the God-given right to exploit the vulnerability of the public.* *May 13, 2013 *| One of the most effective scare techniques employed to preserve our grotesquely inefficient, overpriced health care system has been to invoke the red peril of “socialized medicine”. Never mind that foreigners in advanced economies fail to recognize the caricatures scaremongers supply, or that... more »
Boston Fire Department rebels against their Fire Chief Steve Abraira's incompetence and lack of leadership during the Boston Marathon event !
Boston Fire Chief accused of incompetence in wake of marathon bombing Get short URL Published time: May 15, 2013 19:29 [image: Steve Abraira (Image from cityofboston.gov)] Steve Abraira (Image from cityofboston.gov) Share on tumblr Tags Arms, Crime, Protest, Scandal, Security,Terrorism, USA, Violence Boston Fire Chief Steve Abraira has been condemned by 13 out of 14 of his deputies, who are calling for his immediate termination for his “indefensible” leadership during the Boston Marathon bombings. In a letter of “no confidence” sent to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the 13 deputies accus... more »
Fired, shmired -- isn't it time we started having "the appropriate person" KILLED?
*New State Dept. spokesperson Jen Psaki -- joking on the job?* *by Ken* On the theory that at times like this the White House will embrace good, or good-ish, news wherever it can find it, Al Kamen titles today's WaPo "In the Loop" column "What's going right for Obama," and what's going right turns out to be that so far among his second-term cabinet appointments, not a one has had to withdraw. By contrast, going into the first term we saw withdrawals by commerce nominees Bill Richardson and Judd Gregg and HHS nominee Tom Daschle. Al notes: Even though Obama's most recent nominees -... more »
REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : 'La Vida Coca' in Bolivia and Peru / 2
Coca leaves, a standard small bag sold for personal use in Bolivia. From 10-40 hojas are used at once while working, walking, or otherwise exerting oneself at high altitudes. Habitual users enjoy coca three or four times a day. All photos by Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog, unless otherwise credited. La Vida Coca /2: Currents in traditional coca use in Bolivia and Peru The overall effect
Give 'em heck Harry
Well here we go again. Harry Reid is kinda, sorta, thinking hard about cracking down on GOP obstruction. “I’m not going to do anything now, precipitously,” he said. “But I’m looking at this very closely…. We’re going to fill that job. Cordray is there now. He’s going to get a vote.” Corday you'll recall is the long being held in limbo nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. You'll also remember the GOPers are refusing to allow a vote unless the Dems agree to render the agency completely toothless, unable to enforce any actual consumer protection against predatory... more »
Block Mpls Channel 9 - Bachmann is Back
From Roll Call - Today - Wednesday May 15th Bachmann to Air Early Season TV Ads #MN06 By Emily Cahn Posted at 7:03 p.m. today Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann will begin flooding her 6thDistrict with television ads next week, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. Bachmann’s campaign will air 31 ads that run 30 seconds each on local Fox affiliate KSMP beginning Thursday. Waste of money - Graves is going to destroy her in the next election.
I don't think this IRS thingy is going away...
*no siree...* I just listened to Obama make a statement in which he expressed his "outrage." Since Odumbo is always "being clear", allow me to be clear: Do they really think the American people, even those on the left, are going to believe that a few "rogue" employees at the IRS decided all on their own to target conservatives? Exactly what would the purpose be and what would they gain? And are we also supposed to believe that these few "rogue" employees were never monitored by supervisors? I don't believe that anyone is that stupid. Meanwhile, while we're all embroiled in these... more »
WHY WE DETEST THE RICH
Some wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at Disney World — by hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they and their kids can jump to the front.
Gold and Silver News / Views - Harvey Organ May 13 , 2013 Report ... Turd Ferguson Morning Missive .... Articles to ponder from Golden Truth , Silver Doctors , GATA
Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
Monday May 13 , 2013 evening gold and silver news and views ..... http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/05/aftermath-of-hilsenraths-tapering-gold.html Monday, May 13, 2013 Aftermath of Hilsenrath's tapering/ Gold imports into India jump 138% or 166 tonnes/ Gold closed down $2.50 to $1434.50 (comex closing time). Silver rose by only 4 cents to $23.67 (comex closing time) In the access market at 5 pm gold and silver are the following : gold: $1431.0. silver: $23.69 Although gold was weak throughout the day, silver again refused to buckle. Gold/silver equity shares were quite s... more »
Healing the Mind [Trailer]
Title: Healing the Mind. YouTube Video Description - [Channel: DJ Kadagian. Published on April 29, 2012]: This is an introduction to Four Seasons Production's upcoming film Healing the Mind. With the acceleration in the speed and volume of experience we live on a daily basis we have seen a similar acceleration in the amount of depression, anxiety, ADD and other mood disorders. Many have turned to medication looking for relief. The use of antidepressants alone has increased nearly 400% since 1990. Is there another way to address this epidemic? A 5,000 year old scientific tradit... more »
VIDEO: United Adult Students’ Gilberta Gonzalez speaks in Sacramento
Gilberta Gonzalez of United Adult Students speaking at CCAE 2013 Conference in Sacramento. She is introduced here by CCAE Conference co-Chair, Branka Marceta. Holding the 10,000 petition signatures is Teacher and Evans Adult School graduate Juan Noguera. Filed under: ROBERT D. SKEELS: Schools Matter Tagged: adult education, lausd, literacy, resistance, UAS, United Adult Students
barcelona, day five
There's been no shortage of things to do in Barcelona, we very easily filled 4-1/2 days, *and* we've skipped entire days of tourist destinations - Montjuic and Dali's Figuerres. This is a wonderful city, full of history, art, architecture, urban villages, great food, shopping - everything that makes a city great. Almost every sign is posted in three languages, and a huge percentage of people speak excellent English. Today we went to La Boqueria, the main market. It is said that there has been a market on this site since the year 1210. The present one dates back to the late 19th cent... more »
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*Water Resource Bill Passes Senate, Sen. Landrieu's Flood Insurance Reform Blocked (UPDATED) ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Women’s Income, Household Chores, Divorce, and the Need for a Norm Cascade
In between making organic cupcakes for my daughters’ school, completing a grant application, tending my organic vegetables, and finishing an R&R for a journal, I came across this little gem of a working paper (thanks to Freakonomics Blog).[1] This new research shows the following: “Couples where the wife earns more than the husband are less Continue reading
The North Pole - It's a Moving Target
The north pole is on the move and, according to scientists, it's moving because of climate change and the loss of Arctic ice. *From 1982 to 2005, the pole drifted southeast toward northern Labrador, Canada, at a rate of about 2 milliarcseconds —or roughly 6 centimetres — per year. But in 2005, the pole changed course and began galloping east toward Greenland at a rate of more than 7 milliarcseconds per year. * *...underlying the seasonal motion is a yearly motion that is thought to be driven in part by continental drift. It was the change in that motion that caught the attention of ... more »
I have Seen the Scandal - and it is Us
There is no saving a nation of criminal enablers:
Four reasons the Liberals won, and the NDP lost
So why did the NDP lead in the polls evaporate? Sure, the $17 million in taxpayers’ money spent promoting the Liberals was a factor, as were the negative ads. From far away, I’d offer four more basic reasons. Christy Clark and the Liberals ran a tidy campaign with a simple message. The Liberals, they said, would manage the economy better and protect jobs. They gave people something to vote for, in a vague and not particularly credible way. They also ran gave people reasons not to vote for the NDP, arguing Adrian Dix was at best an unknown quantity and the party platform unclear. (And ... more »
What Makes A Democrat Turn Bad When He Gets To Congress? Let's Ask Eric Swalwell
*Q:* Why does Jim Matheson vote with the Republicans all the time? *A:* He's a careerist and a political coward and, after all, Romney beat Obama in his district 68-30% *Q:* Why does Mike McIntyre vote with the Democrats on crucial rollcalls about as much as Walter Jones, a conservative Republican in his state? *A:* McIntyre's district went 59-40% for Romney. *Q:* People say John Barrow used to be progressive when he was a councilman in Athens. Why did he turn into one of the most reactionary Democrats in Congress? *A:* Barrow doesn't stand for anything and never had any backbone-- ... more »
Another gander at the Kindergarten core @sarawottawa
Can folks weigh in: is this inappropriate for a kindergartner? But I have one other issue with it, and that’s the humdrum heteronormativity. I wonder if the paper said his two dads, would all hell break loose? And who sits in the front row anyway? Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: ccss, […]
Prohibition Caused the Greatness of Gatsby
[image: Photo of Mark Thornton]*New film* The Great Gatsby*, a lesser version of an earlier classic rework of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great American Novel,” prompted today’s guest poster Mark Thornton to recall the history on which the book was based…* Baz Lurhmann’s up-to-the-minute adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s *The Great Gatsby* is a good movie, but it is no indictment against capitalism, as some may contend. It is rather an implicit condemnation of government prohibition. When I read the book in high school I did not like it. I found it hard to read, not because it was o... more »
How many times do we have to remind reform apologists like @alexanderrusso?
According to Mr. Russo, 2013 may be the year of teacher preparation. Too bad it’s half over. To wit: Since 2009, the California-based NewSchools Venture Fund, with the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has been convening Learning to Teach, a 40-member group of teacher prep organizations that includes both traditional and alternative providers. […]
A Terrific Piece on “The MOOC Moment”
Via a Facebook friend, an analysis of the sound and fury surrounding MOOCs by Aaron Bady: Where this urgency comes from, however, might be less important than what it does to our sense of temporality, how experience and talk about the way we we are, right now, in “the MOOC moment.” In the MOOC moment, it Continue reading
Some Thoughts On The 9/11 Benghazi Attack [Plus Ron Paul On Benghazi]
The most interesting thing about the Benghazi attack on September 11, 2012, and the one that is least talked about in the U.S. press, is the date. If it happened on any other day then you could argue more successfully that the attack was spontaneous in nature and that Islamic radicals devised the whole operation from scratch. But I have trouble believing that NATO-armed Jihadist terrorist groups were the only parties involved in the attack against the U.S. ambassador because of the symbolic nature of the date, its connection to the 9/11 false flag, and the mysterious circumstances s... more »
What is the tattoo on Penny's right buttock?
Sheldon said he saw the Chinese character for 'soup' on Penny's right buttock, Penny said it was the character for 'courage', who's correct? So which is on Penny's right buttock? Remember Sheldon's made mistakes with Chinese languages before, he went into the Chinese restaurant to complain about the food. "Oxen are in my bed! Many, many oxen!" Come on Penny/Kaley Cuoco put us out of our misery... If you don't watch Big Bang Theory then this probably makes no sense.
Livestream: Coal Blockade: Little boat blocks coal ship May 15, 2013
Tar Sands Blockade BREAKING: Live Blockade of Coal Ship in MA. Two blockaders have anchored their boat in the path of a coal ship. You can view their live stream and read more on the action here: http://www.coalisstupid.org/
JEWISH GANGSTERS LOSING IN TURKEY AND SYRIA
Turkey's 'secretly Jewish' prime minister, Recep Erdogan, is in trouble. In Turkey, there have been anti-Erdogan protests, for three days in a row, in the town hit by two car bombs. Many people blame Erdogan, and his Mossad allies, for organising the blasts as part of a false flag operation. *Erdogan's friends. TURKEY'S ERDOGAN IS JEWISH. The Erdogan family secretly does business with Israel. Erdogan's Son Does Business With Israel...* According to the Associated Press on 13 May 2013: "Some Turks accused their leader of putting the nation's security at risk by backing the rebels... more »
"Student Loan Rates To Double; Bill Would Give Students Same Rate As Banks 0.75%"
*"Student Loan Rates To Double; * *Bill Would Give Students Same Rate As Banks 0.75%"* by Alton Parrish "In a speech delivered on the floor of the United States Senate, Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Congress to stop student loan interest rates from doubling this summer and introduced her first piece of stand-alone legislation, which would allow students to pay the same interest rate on their government loans as big banks. On July 1st of this year, student loan interest rates are set to jump from 3.4 to 6.8 percent, while banks can borrow from the Federal Reserve’s discoun... more »
Minnesota Nice
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers cheered. "What a day for Minnesota!" Dayton, a Democrat, declared moments before putting his signature on a bill. "And what a difference a year and an election can make in our state." Rainbow and American flags flapped in a sweltering breeze during the ceremony, held on the Capitol's south steps. The crowd, estimated by the State Patrol at 6,000, spilled down the steps and across the lawn toward downtown St. Paul. Dayton ... more »
Lessons from Finland and Wisconsin
Many of us who are lifelong educators find clinging to our optimism a difficult challenge. But two recent pieces may signal hope, a light at the long and dark tunnel of corporate education reform built on false claims and flawed solutions. While I urge you to read and share widely the two works below, I […]
Julia the banana seller: Putting a face to Honduras' poor
Julia Pérez Alvarado and part of her large family On a good day, Julia Pérez Alvarado makes about $6 selling bananas in Tegucigalpa neighbourhoods. Not much for a single mom with eight children. But pretty typical for the way many, or most, Hondurans scratch out a subsistence living. In fact, Alvarado’s take on good days is pretty typical wage for a laborer or household worker. La Tribuna has been doing regular stories on poor people around the city. For me, they’re great. It feels pushy to start grilling strangers about their lives in bad Spanish. But I’ve been curious about the wome... more »
Can We Talk about the Gosnell Case? Apparently Not
Yet another demonstration of why there is no common ground between pro- and anti-choice. When Kermit Gosnell was convicted Tuesday in the deaths of three babies, it might have been a moment for anti-abortion and abortion rights groups to come together over something they both opposed: a doctor providing bad medical care to women. Instead, it was another moment of dissension. Anti-abortion groups warned that Gosnell was just one example of many doctors who carry out troubling late-term abortions across the country, while abortion rights groups said women went to Gosnell's "house of ... more »
Employment Law Blog Carnival, We Are Family Edition
It's time for me to host the ever-enlightening Employment Law Blog Carnival, that wonderful monthly collection of the best employment and HR blogs in the blogosphere. Because I hosted this time last year, I'm not doing yet another tribute to Mother's Day. Instead, I looked for a less obvious holiday to celebrate with this new edition of ELBC. May is National Family Month, so welcome to the *We Are Family* edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival. Lorene Schaefer in *Win-Win HR* points out that we aren't too different from our monkey relatives, in that we know when we're slighted ...more »
How to Wrap Your Extension Cord Like a Contractor...
*I can do this now.* I originally saw the instructions over at The Art of Manliness. It was all pictures and rather hard to follow. I found the following video and in just over a minute he explains it and shows it perfectly. The video is pretty jumpy (I think his son shot it and he was 10 years old at the time), but it's knowledge you can use. *For sound and video cable I recommend the over/under method of cord wrapping.*
“The Empire’s Next Effort to Extract Your Wealth”
*“The Empire’s Next Effort to Extract Your Wealth”* by Addison Wiggin “Since before the tech bust, we’ve been suggesting that while Americans “think” they’re getting richer… they’re actually heading in the other direction. They’re getting poorer. This proposition has been easier for folks to entertain since housing busted and the financial crisis reversed the “wealth effect” in 2008. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the logic of the American Empire and what you can expect in the year(s) ahead. “Great empires, such as the Roman and British, were extractive,” economist ... more »
The congressman gives the yahoo the slip!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013* *And the New York Times skips the main point:* In yesterday’s New York Times, Mark Landler describes the congressional fact-finding trip which allegedly inspired the GOP’s obsession with Benghazi. Landler records one striking statement by the Republican congressman in question. And he completely fails to explore his story’s main point. According to Landler, the current GOP obsession dates to an eight-hour trip to Tripoli last October. Rep. Jason Chaffetz made the “whirlwind trip” on October 7. According to Landler, Chaffetz “wanted answers on what he belie...more »
Mohawk Nation News 'King of Canada?'
KING OF CANADA? Posted on May 15, 2013 MNN. May 16, 2013. The bloodline bankers of Europe are trying to hang onto control of our $105 trillion Indian Trust Fund. Great Turtle Island is governed by the law of the land, Kaianerehkowa, the Great Law of Peace. The Corporation of Canada has no claim to our land,
Mohawk Nation News 'Baby Indian Act'
BABY INDIAN ACT Posted on May 15, 2013 MNN. May 15, 2013. Baby Indian Act was hatched in 1876 in the parking lot by Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It was the birth of a monster whose job was to “Go out and finish off the Indians”. It was the foundation of the NAZI holocaust and the South African apartheid regime. It’s the “iron fist” to justify the immoral “manifest destiny
Mohawk Nation News: Injun Troubles
Mohawk Nation News: Injun Troubles Posted on May 14, 2013 MNN. May 14, 2013. The main concerns of the banksters are how to keep the stolen ever-growing $100 trillion Indian Trust Fund. Then how to carry out the “final solution of the Indian problem”, set in place 90 years ago by Duncan Campbell Scott. They want to keep our stolen funds and resources. We will get it all back.
Harry Reid and Senate Reform
Brian Beutler has the latest on Harry Reid's current plans, or at least his current rhetoric. Reid’s decision to eschew significant reforms to Senate filibuster rules at the beginning of the current Congress — and his continuing reluctance to revisit those rules despite recent filibusters of cabinet nominees — angers allies both on and off of Capitol Hill. But he continues to approach the issue cautiously. “I’m not going to do anything now, precipitously,” he said. “But I’m looking at this very closely…. We’re going to fill that job. Cordray is there now. He’s going to get a vote.”... more »
Oh, To Be a Fly On the Wall
*CBC's* Kady O'Malley sums up the Duffy audit/expense controversy quite nicely. *Why did Stephen Harper's chief of staff, Nigel Wright, cut a personal cheque to repay Senator Mike Duffy's controversial living expenses? Are all the Senators implicated in this controversy being treated equally in the process – or are the cases of Duffy and Pamela Wallin being handled differently from those of Mac Harb and Patrick Brazeau (who have both left their party caucuses and are suing over the issue of their committee-ordered repayments)? Why are any legal opinions on the residency question sti... more »
Tea Party not a victim of IRS vendetta after all
Here's the first non-hysterical piece I've seen on the IRS mess. Tea Party groups were not the only ones singled out by the IRS. Some "471 groups received additional scrutiny, a total that indicates a crackdown on politically active nonprofit groups that extends beyond the Tea Party outfits." Liberal groups were targeted for additional scrutiny too and at least one had their status denied. So far no Tea Party group has claimed their applications wasn't approved. No doubt more of them were targeted but only because they filed many more applications than anyone else. And this is still... more »
ISA International Ethics Book Award
The International Ethics section of the International Studies Association announces its annual book award competition for 2014. The award is given every year at the International Ethics section business meeting at the ISA Convention. Next year, the convention is in Toronto, March 26-29. The prize will be an award of $200 along with a plaque Continue reading
Germany can’t stop euro zone from sinking into longest recession – ‘Any recovery is going to be excruciatingly slow’
[image: Mercedes cars at a shipping terminal in the harbor of the German northern town of Bremerhaven, 8 March 2012. Germany's economy crept back into growth at the start of 2013 but not by enough to stop the euro zone from contracting for a sixth straight quarter, and France slid into recession. Photo: Fabian Bimmer / REUTERS] By Robin Emmott, Sarah Marsh, and Mike Peacock, with additional reporting by Gavin Jones in Berlin and Ingrid Melander in Paris; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt 15 May 2013 BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany's economy crept back into growth at the start of the y... more »
This Country is Fucked
This whole fucking world actually. This whole fucking human race is doomed. The greed-heads aren't going to be torn to pieces by the ravenous hordes. The ravenous hordes will tear each other to pieces. The biggest greed-heads will survive in their isolated fortresses, and congratulate themselves on their inherited wealth and their prescience at having survived the calamities they brought upon us all. What happened with the corrupt, duplicitous BC Liberals? They won a majority? Why? 50% of the electorate too "smart" to bother voting? Green-NDP vote-splitting? Whatever. Here comes th... more »
New Dems Vs Actual Democrats-- Chained CPI
The Blue Dogs are a discredited, spent force, essentially wiped out in the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010 when Democratic voters in their districts stayed away from the polls and dozens of them went down to defeat on the same day. Today the conservative Blue Dog coalition is down to a motley crew of 14: John Barrow (GA), Sanford Bishop (GA), Jim Cooper (TN), Jim Costa (CA), Henry Cuellar (TX), Pete Gallego (TX), Jim Matheson (UT), Mike McIntyre (NC), Mike Michaud (ME), Collin Peterson (MN), Loretta Sanchez (CA), Kurt Schrader (OR), David Scott (GA) and Mike Thompson (CA). The 3... more »
On Rare Birds and New Democrats
BC NDP leader Adrian Dix is a rare bird. Or at least he would have been a rare bird if he'd actually won last night. For that would have been his party's fourth win in the 15-provincial elections staged since they were formed in 1960. As things stand this morning that puts the NDP at an underwhelming 3 for 15 in win/loss. In a three or four-way contest, one out of five isn't great but it wouldn't be devastating, not necessarily. But in a two-way contest that means your opponent has won four times as often as you which is awfully close to one-party rule. And when you look at... more »
The Danger of a "Weakened" Obama Presidency
Why a humiliated "Lame duck" Obama can be as much of a threat to liberty and security as ever:
The fuller transcript of what Brokaw said!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013* *Gaze on your broken world:* We once saw Tom Brokaw live and in person. We’re fairly sure it was Inaugural Day 2001. (It may have been Inaugural Day 2005.) We saw him walk into a makeshift studio in DC surrounded by a small entourage. We noticed that he seemed to be wearing extremely nice clothes. Money and fame will do that for a person. But what can those attributes do * to* a person? We got our answer Monday morning, when Brokaw made a gruesome appearance on Morning Joe. To watch the whole segment, click here. Four days earlier, ABC News had released t... more »
NAZI WEALTH TODAY
In November 1942, the top Nazis decided it was unlikely that Germany would win the war. In May 1943, the Nazi leaders adopted a plan to 'go underground'. *Paul Manning's Martin Bormann Nazi in Exile | Lys-d'Or* By August 1944, Martin Bormann was ready to transfer the Nazi's stolen wealth (gold, money, stocks, paintings, bearer bonds, blue chips...) into 750 new corporations in countries such as Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Argentina. Martin Bormann also made use of I.G. Farben to hide the Nazi loot. *Paul Manning's Martin Bormann Nazi in Exile | Lys-d'Or... more »
10 places President Obama should visit to see climate change in action
[image: Kenai Forest, Alaska, 2001. As a native species, pine beetle outbreaks have occurred in the past. Recent outbreaks, however, have been the worst in recorded history. Photo: Gary Braasch / World View of Global Warming] By Brenda Ekwurzel 15 May 2013 (UCS) – November, President Obama suggested that we needed a wide-ranging national discussion about climate change. But where to have that conversation? There are so many stories from communities that are on the front lines of climate change, grappling with ways to cope and looking for options. Here are ten places especially de... more »
BULLROAR OVER BENGHAZI: Toying with Sean Smith's mom!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013* *Part 3—Huckabee, O’Reilly and Williams, behaving extremely badly:* How horribly has Fox News behaved with respect to the latest Benghazi flap? Consider an especially horrible moment from Sunday night’s Huckabee program. The affable huckster hosting the program welcomed a very special guest. She was the mother of the late Sean Smith, one of the four Americans who died at Benghazi. The late Sean Smith was a 34-year-old foreign service officer. Below, you see what happened when Huckabee spoke with his mother, Pat Smith—on Mother’s Day, no less. Mrs. Smith ... more »
Hey, government workers: Did you think your lifetime health insurance was safe?...
*look what's happening in Chicago.* * *I *so* knew this sort of thing was going to happen. Bet they all voted for Obama. * * * **From Second City Cop:* City Retirees Moved to ObamaCare Better start rethinking that retirement if you haven't already: *Chicago will phase out its 55 percent subsidy for retiree health care by January 2017 but continue that coverage for the oldest retirees, under a mayoral plan that will free taxpayers from a $108.7 million a year burden. Thirty thousand retired city employees will be forced to switch to Obamacare.* ***[...]More than 35,000 government... more »
Young Voting Update
Takoma Park, Maryland, has gone ahead: they've lowered the voting age for local elections to 16. Excellent. We're talking a suburb of 17K citizens, so it's not exactly a ton of 16 and 17 year old voters. Not to mention that giving them the vote only for local elections isn't exactly likely to produce stampedes at the polling places. Still, it's something. More about the case for teen voting here. What we really could use is a state deciding to give this a try for all elections. Who wants to step up? Hey, state legislators -- here's an issue available for you which could attract a fa... more »
The Problem with Dates - 5/19/13.
For more than a year now I’ve shared information from my offworld contact. I’ve transcribed it verbatim and it has consistently referred to this coming weekend as a pivotal time. You have been reading exactly what was told to me. Having lived through the harvesting and hoopla of December 21, 2012, I am not real fond of dates. I do feel however, that since this one (5/19/13) came from this blog and my web site, it should be addressed. Linear time is relative and with just a little bit of global awareness it’s obvious that May 19th, 2013 will begin at different moments ... more »
One Anonymous Might Not be Enough
Any politician knows that information is power. Digital information is power on steroids at the speed of light. Privacy is the best possible defence you have against enslavement and oppression. America's founding fathers knew that all too well when they enacted the Fourth Amendment, the one against unreasonable search and seizure. For when a government can freely enter you home or explore the most minute details of your life, your privacy is essentially gone. The great British jurist, Sir Edward Coke, put it this way in 1604, "*The house of every one is to him as his castle... more »
Midweek Mélange
Oh Noes!!! Image credit: Tyrone Siu/Reuters Tracking vaccine scares in Africa. Edward Hugh on Abenomics. Paul Krugman’s New York Review of Books essay on austerity features Mark Blyth’s Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea (via). Some additional reflections on Kenneth Waltz and his ideas from Rajesh Rajagopalan, Robert Farley, and Michael Desch. Mark Kersten slams the ICC’s website. Kelly Strøm: Continue reading
John Boehner: Who's going to jail?...
*will all those "low level" IRS employees be drawing straws to see who takes the fall? * Boehner spoke at a Republican leader press conference this morning...
Syria: Precariously balanced- Which way will it go? Updated
Some of the latest and some of it is bring you all up to date on events from last week. Lots of ground to cover today, so let's get started! *IMPORTANT UPDATE BELOW!!! * Coinciding, with the public ousting arrest and eviction of a diplomat aka CIA agent from Russia today We also have the visit/meeting taking place between Erdogan (Turkey) and Obama, coming hot on the heels of that *obvious false flag car bombing. * False Flag to frame Syria: An attack on one NATO nation is an attack on all NATO nations? Pt2: False Flag to Frame Syria. NATO intervention? The UN resolution I mad... more »
Gaia Portal: Succinctness of Flavor Energies is Defining Hue-manity at This Time
*Succinctness of Flavor Energies is Defining Hue-manity at This Time...* by ÉirePort Succinctness of flavor energies is defining Hue-manity at this time. Tasting the sweetness of the New Gaia ensures completion of the Gaia renewal and re-birthing process. So-called “sudden” changes may appear and are indeed to be expected during these present moments. As these are embraced and not resisted, Gaia progress occurs. Portal expansion has enabled smoothing harmonics for the needed “sudden” changes. Releasing fear brings New Gaia near.
How Much Tweet Hate in Your Region?
Wow – this is pretty disgusting - especially when I saw how much of the Midwest was included on the maps. Brought to my attention on *Crooks and Liars t*his morning. *Hate in 140 Characters, Mapped* If you've spent any time on Twitter, you've inevitably bumped up against someone who is hateful. If you tweet about politics on Twitter, racist and homophobic tweets are as common as falling leaves on an autumn day. They come from many different sources, as you've seen just from our Stupid Right-Wing Tweets feature. Geographically, though, they emanate from a concentrated area of t... more »
Trifecta: Who's responsible for the IRS targeting conservatives?...
*not me, says Obama.*
Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
posted May 14, 2013 *by Barbara Loe Fisher * These are desperate times for those denying vaccine risks. We know it because we are witnessing so many acts of desperation being committed by doctors determined to shut down the public conversation about vaccination and health. Vaccine risk deniers are working overtime to restrict public access to information, cover up vaccine injuries and deaths and violate the human right to informed consent to medical risk-taking. *No Flu Shots? No Employment.* 2013 was only a few days old when public health agencies and medical trade groups call... more »
UNWRA proud to support the aim of destroying Israel
From Palestinian Media Watch: At the official launch of two German-funded UNRWA projects in southern Lebanon, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, Ann Dismorr,* posed with a map that erases the State of Israel *and presents all of it as "Palestine." The map includes both the Palestinian Authority areas as well as all of Israel. Above the map is the Palestinian flag and the inscription "Arab Palestine." The text at the bottom of the map also says "Palestine." The neighboring countries Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are all named on the map as is the Mediterranean Sea. Israe... more »
Another view of the “new” CCSS Kindergarten, THX @sarawottawa
Like I said, you’ve been freeloading for far too long five and six year olds! It’s time to start thinking about your careers! I wonder if the educator doling out percentage grades for kids who can’t even count to 90 in most cases questions whether or not this is necessary. Pity. Filed under: CHALK FACE: […]
Why Anbar’s Sheikh Ali Hatem Sulaiman Joined Iraq’s Protest Movement
Sheikh Ali Hatem Sulaiman is one of the leaders of the Dulaim tribe, one of the largest in western Iraq that stretches into neighboring Jordan. Sulaiman has attached himself to the protest movement in Anbar, and has become known for his inflammatory speeches. It wasn’t that long ago however, that the sheikh was an ally of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. His path that led him from a supporter to an opponent of the government is due to Sulaiman’s opportunism, and desire to become a prominent sheikh throughout Iraq like his grandfather once was. Sheikh Sulaiman has been trying to re... more »
ODDS & ENDS
*VFP members Tarak Kauff (left) and Bill Gilson carry the lead banner in a Tuesday protest in New York City. More than 500 people marched from Bryant Park to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where Obama was attending a fundraising dinner.* - James C. Goodale, has been called the “father of reporters’ privilege” and the author of a new book called *Fighting for the Press. *Mr. Goodale, 79, was the general counsel of *The* *New York Times* during the 1971 Pentagon Papers case, when President Nixon ordered the newspaper to cease publication of excerpts from a 7,000-page doc... more »
Parants of Vaccine Injured Children Will Be Silent No More In B.C, Canada
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Why aren't the rest of you parents worldwide speaking out and fighting for your children?* ** *List of Parents Groups Worldwide* ** ** **
Britain Backs Bitumen
Sideshow Steve Harper and his British counterpart, Austerity Dave Cameron, may be widely disliked by their citizens, but they are taking care of business. Cameron, according to documents leaked to *The Guardian*, is running interference for Steve with the same E.U. his party is constantly threatening to divorce. The E.U. is contemplating restrictions on high-carbon transport fuels, which is code for Athabasca bitumen. The European commission has proposed labelling Alberta heavy oil as "highly polluting" to deter countries importing it. Cameron is moving to derail that initiativ... more »
Interesting story with the new Blue Hat Movement in North Carolina
A father and daughter have an interesting story to tell and provide a great deal of evidence and testimony about their test refusal in North Carolina. You might be wondering the significance of Blue Hats. Me too. Perhaps we’ll get an answer at some point, maybe on At the Chalk Face radio, so keep an […]
"Buycott" Will Help you Boycott ALEC members
From Forbes (as referenced in an article on Daily Kos) Pardo’s handiwork is available for download on iPhone orAndroid, making its debut in iTunes and Google Play in early May. You can scan the barcode on any product and the free app will trace its ownership all the way to its top corporate parent company, including conglomerates like Koch Industries. Once you’ve scanned an item, Buycott will show you its corporate family tree on your phone screen. Scan a box of Splenda sweetener, for instance, and you’ll see its parent, McNeil Nutritionals, is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson . ...more »
De Novo Mutations, Autism, and Congenital Heart Disorder
De novo mutations are new mutations that occur often in response to an environmental insult. People with autism have more de novo mutations than their parents and relatives. A study, described below, examined how de novo mutations to fathers' germ line cells (reproductive cells) is correlated with autism in their children: Hathaway, Bill (2012, April 4). Genetic mutations at conception linked to many cases of autism, http://news.yale.edu/2012/04/04/genetic-mutations-conception-linked-many-cases-autism [Excerpted] About 15 percent of autism cases in families with a single autistic ...more »
ALEC Meetings - Things We Should be Aware Of
An article out the News Advance sheds some sunlight on ALEC meetings and Virginia legislators. Things just don't add up in this article. Some snips *Local legislators list tax-paid travel, gifts* Taxpayers paid about $2,300 for three ALEC trips, one by Putney in 2010 and two by Byron in 2011 and 2012. Why are taxpayers paying for ALEC trips - when ALEC corporate members provide "scholarships" for ALEC legislators to attend ALEC meetings? Byron said she has attended ALEC’s meetings for several years and is now chairwoman of its innovation and technology committee, focusing on ...more »
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*Teaching Children(,) Grazed by Bullets ~Sarah DeBacher* *A Son of Music Royalty, Shot in New Orleans on Mother's Day ~Keith O'Brien* *What Is The Louisiana Family Forum? ~CenLamar* *Shrimpers optimistic over new season ~Nikki Buskey* *Sacramento-area experts part of massive New Orleans flood-control project ~Mark Glover*
WotW: Learn Photography Basics Without Feeling Stupid
Being married to a photographer, I often feel ridiculous when she hands me her digital SLR. It has a gazillion settings and I panic whenever it migrates off the auto setting. I understand the basics of photography, but for some reason I forget them all when I get a camera in my hands. Perhaps you're like me in knowing a little about photography, but would like to improve your skills. Today, more people than ever before are taking pictures. Unfortunately, this also means the number of truly terrible pictures has increased exponentially. This is especially true when I see more and mor... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to David Krumholtz, 35. And a little good stuff: 1. John Huber studied electoral systems and ethnic politicization: "[I]n fact PR is associated with *lower* levels of politicization. This finding has important implications for constitutional design in divided societies and provides fact-based evidence supporting advocates for PR." 2. Dan Drezner on Richwine. 3. W.W. on Richwine. 4. And Emily Bazelon on the Obama War on Leaks.
Jay Stamper on Lindsey Graham: "There Is Something Disturbing About Someone Who Has Never Seen Combat Being So Consistently Eager To Deploy Other People’s Sons And Daughters Overseas"
Lindsey Graham (R-Meet The Press) If Lindsey Graham loses his Senate seat in 2014, it's probably not going to be because he's a self-loathing closet case. In the South, that's how they like their homosexuals-- self-loathing and in the closet. And it's probably not going to be because the DSCC spends $3,862,547 or their Majority PAC puts in another $3,711,835, like they did in Claire McCaskill's race against Todd Akin, or $4,150,132 plus $2,996,159 like they did for John Tester in Montana or even the "mere" $882,789 and $300,000 they spent against Scott Brown in Massachusetts to win b... more »
Syrian Rebels defends eating heart of Syrian Soldier - US , UN and West silent - imagine iif Assad's forces did this sordid / savage act ? Turkey , Israel and US banging War drums as hypocritical stances become clearer.....
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/05/14/syrian-rebel-defends-eating-soldiers-heart-as-legitimate/ ( Barbaric rebel act - silence of the lambs from the West and UN.... update - the UN speaks out against heart eating ! ) Graphic Video Of CIA’s Heart Eating Cannibal Terrorist Sparks UN Call For War Crimes ProsecutionMay 15, 2013 Print Version *Source: **Before It's News* After Time Magazine confirmed the authenticity of a video showing a CIA backed Syria terrorist calling for genocide and eating the heart out of a dead man the UN is calling for the act to be prosecuted as a war crime. In an... more »
Late afternoon news Blast - Justice Department caught spying on AP Reporters ! IRS targeted Groups that criticized Government ? Impeachment floated being floated by GOP over Benghazi and IRS missteps .....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=220709 I Demand Impeachment For Breakfast And I want it served with a big, fat, juicy side order of *bacon*. Lawmakers from both parties sharply questioned the Justice Department late Monday over its reported effort to secretly obtain two months of phone records from Associated Press journalists, with House Speaker John Boehner’s office saying “they better have a damned good explanation.” Or what, you pussy? You'll whine and then get on your knees before Obama and wet it again? *Exactly how far does Obama's administration have to go giving... more »
Blackberry : BBM chat app to Android and iOS
The Blackberry Messenger app is to be presented as a download to run on rival platforms. Blackberry said it would initially offer texts, photo messages and group sharing functions on devices running Google's Android and Apple's iOS operating systems from the summer. It added it planned to roll out screen sharing, voice and video calls all without charge later in the year. Blackberry chief executive Thorsten Heins revealed the surprise news at the end of his presentation at the firm's annual developers conference in Orlando, Florida. Blackberry said it would initially offer texts,... more »
JGB rising yields news - 5 year JGB has had worst 4 day period in 5 years , ten year JGB suffers worst 4 day period in ten years ! France double - dips back into recession as Euro - Zone Area Recession hits streak of sixth quarterly decline .....Despite moves of Draghi , the bottom line is that European GDP has declined at its worst pace since 2009 .... Overnight news and data from Europe as well as Asia ..... JGB yields continuing moving higher - 5 year break even rate 50bps higher BOJ's announcement in April , 130 bps from mid - 2012 lows ! When will higher yields cause japanese authorities to get nervous ?
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/global-looting-irish-banking-system-about-to-go-bang/ GLOBAL LOOTING: Irish banking system ‘about to go bang’ Behind the scenes at the Dublin FinMin bail-in bunfight [image: dissposter]*“Together – with our debt and your money – we can work this thing out”* Renowned infamist Reggie Middleton has been banging on about the basket case that is the Irish banking system for some time now. I have to confess that I had my eye taken off this ball by a continuing fascination with Plod’s blind spot about systemic child buggery; but in its own cataclysmic... more »
‘Death of a Moa’ by Trevor Lloyd
Here’s a NZ landscape painter from the 19th Century with a sense of humour: Trevor Lloyd. (Do you see it?) The Auckland Art Gallery apparently has a huge collection of his work, but rarely let it see the light of day. About this one they say: Made for the enjoyment of his family, this unique fantasy painting is one of Lloyd's most ambitious works. The last giant moa has fallen, its body watched over by a gathering of native birds and patupaiarehe, mythic Maori fairy folk. The cacophony of squawks and cries is almost audible. Lloyd captures the personalities of the various birds: ... more »
barcelona, day four
After breakfast in our room with our own goodies, we went into the old city - Ciutat Vella in Catalan - to the Museu Picasso. There are Picasso museums in many cities and I'd love to see them all. He is among my very favourite artists. The Barcelona Picasso museum was planned by the man himself, a gift to the city of his birth, and focuses on his earliest work - when he was a child, and then an unknown artist developing his own styles - and on a collection of later works he left to his friend and secretary, Jaume Sabartés. Seeing the young Pablo's work was so interesting. He was cl...more »
Time To Ditch The Duffer
Tom Walkom writes that when it comes to residency, Senate rules are unambiguous: The constitution act is crystal clear on this. It says a senator must be at least 30 years old, own $4,000 worth of real estate in the province he represents and be “resident in the province for which he is appointed.” And, try as he might, the Artful Dodger can't dodge certain facts: As the Senate’s own internal economy committee found, Duffy does not hold a P.E.I. health card. He does not pay income tax to P.E.I. He spends only 30 per cent of his time in the province. How then can he be resident i... more »
Germany - who's pulling the strings? And a new PEWResearch report on the 'democratic' catastrophy called: Europe!
Link: http://youtu.be/jLSUfTrZ21g *PEWResearch* has delivered a new extensive report on the European crisis. Its content paints a picture that is nothing less than *catastrophic*. For leaders as well as people. Except, of course: Germany. It still serves to show "how good its 'System' is" compared to other EU countries. We'll anxiously wait to see the wake up of German people from this illusion! Notwithstanding contradictory statistics from "Brussels", pretending "all is well", this new PEWResearch report (pdf) reveals how bad the situation really is and how many people lost trust...more »
Syrian Rebel Eats Soldier's Heart: Paid For By The U.S. Taxpayer
image source Brandon Turbeville In a shocking video that has recently emerged out of Syria, Syrian “rebel” leader Abu Sakkar is seen cutting out the heart of a Syrian soldier and then biting it for the camera to see. Shortly before biting the man’s heart, Sakkar states to the camera “I swear to God we will eat your hearts and your livers.” The video can be seen here and it comes fresh on the heels of a pledge by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to provide $123 million in aid to the Syrian death squads and £40 million by the UK, all in the midst of a worldwide economic depressio... more »
IRS Flagged "Patriot" Groups Beyond Cincinnati, Report
Dees Illustration Joe Wright More information is coming to light in the wake of the Friday revelations that the Cincinnati division of the IRS targeted Tea Party and patriot groups for scrutiny. As reported by ABA Journal: Speaking at a meeting of the ABA Section of Taxation, Lois Lerner, who heads the Internal Revenue Service unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said low-level workers in Cincinnati flagged the groups with "tea party" and "patriot" in their names. The groups were applying for 501(c)(4) status as “social welfare” groups, and they do not meet the standard if they a... more »
Obama Administration Secretly Spied on the Associated Press
*Activist Post* U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration have been spying on the Associated Press without their knowledge. The establishment news service is typically viewed as a repeater of officialdom, so it came as a bit of a shock to the organization who called it a "massive and unprecedented intrusion." AP reports: The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizati... more »
An Interview With Barack Obama About The IRS Scandal, AP Phone Records And Benghazi
Michael Snyder Does Barack Obama have any idea what is going on in the government that he is supposedly running? Scandals are erupting all around him, and he supposedly was not aware that any wrongdoing had taken place in any of those instances. It is almost as if every major government agency has gone rogue and Obama has no idea what the heck they are doing. According to Obama, he often doesn't learn what those under his authority are up to until he sits down and turns on the news. Should we believe him when he claims ignorance over and over again, or is Obama just trying to pro... more »
Biotech’s next big disaster: seeds that emit multiple pesticides
image source Jon Rappoport Tom Laskawy, writing at Grist, points out how the next generation of GMOs is following in the track of present disasters: “…the growing pest and weed problems for GMOs have caused farmers to turn to seeds that are coated with a different pesticide—a neonicotinoid. If that name rings a bell, it’s because these pesticides… have been implicated in the increasing epidemic of bee deaths. “And that’s aside from the evidence that biotech’s ‘next big thing’ —seeds that emit multiple pesticides—may be doomed to fail. An international team of researchers, includi... more »
A Revolution of the Mind Must Include Revolution of Education
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Police Break Into Private Home Without a Warrant and Tase Residents (Cotati California)
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Stewart Destroys Obama Over IRS Scandal, “You’ve Vindicated Conspiracy Theorists”
*The Daily Show with Jon Stewart* Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart mercilessly tore into the Obama administration tonight over the revelation that the Internal Revenue Service specifically targeted Tea Party groups for scrutiny. Stewart slammed the government’s lack of “managerial competence” and said that thanks to this scandal, conspiracy theorists how have a level of vindication they’ve never had before. Read more: mediaite.com Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurne...more »
Ed Miliband political and economic genius
On 24 July 2012 the BBC reported approvingly: 'Labour leader Ed Miliband has declared the political "tide is turning" against the economics of austerity, after a meeting in Paris with French President Francois Hollande. He said he and Mr Hollande agreed that Europe needed a "different way forward" to deal with the debt crisis. ... Mr Miliband held a half-hour meeting with the French president, a fellow centre-left leader, at the Elysee Palace, saying afterwards: "The points of agreement we have were around the fact that the tide is turning against an austerity approach, that ther... more »
The one hundred and fiftieth weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award
This week's award is presented to the Electoral Commission for their conclusion as reported by the Docklands and East London Advertiser that: 'In its latest research, it found “strongly held views” that electoral fraud is more likely to be committed by, or in support of, candidates standing in areas with significant South Asian communities, specifically those with roots in parts of Pakistan or Bangladesh. Tower Hamlets has a large Bangladeshi population.' No shit, Sherlocks.
Stop ‘n’ Starve
A Stop-n-Shop worker just told me a few minutes ago at his other parttime job at the corner Shell station that he pays over $8 a week in union dues... for the privilege of making minimum wage that's guaranteed to him by the state Congress, not a union. The union pulls down well over $115,000,000 a year in union dues in southern New England alone for the privilege of their members earning minimum wage, shitty health care benefits and live with the additional danger of being put out of work after being denied the most basic union perk, which is the right to collectiv... more »
March Against Monsanto on May 25th.
Source: https://sv-se.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561 March Against Monsanto Is The Beginning of The End For Monsanto By Anthony Gucciardi Natural Society, 14 May 2013 The grassroots *March Against Monsanto* movement is spreading across the nation, and the initiative spells out an increasingly massive number of activists and concerned citizens who will ultimately be responsible for *ending the GMO juggernaut through peaceful protest and the spread of information*. It really comes down to the basic understanding that what we want is *real*food — not che... more »
Bacteria Makes Mosquitoes Malaria Resistent
In the end we are attempting to change the parasite's environment to suppress the population. We have seen more apparently promising strategies that remain somewhat thwarted, so optimism here is difficult. Yet it is one more new strategy that may surprise us. I think that we can bring down the level of general infection load to a point that the effect can be minimized with methods like this. After all, that is what has happened with HIV. Neither malaria or HIV is cured today however promising present efforts appear. Yet we do understand that suppressing the load suffi... more »
Joint Oil has Two week Dwell
It matches naturally occurring synovial fluid for starters and has a minimal two week dwell time in the joint itself against two days for present solutions. This begins to be practical for sufferers to use regularly. I have watched this problem go from no therapy and by that I exclude pain killers, to the condriton assist and now to an injectable replacement therapy. Non of it naturally replaces damage but that is coming along also. A human being requires the full use of his joints to avoid general deterioration and this work is important. Ultimately a complete solutio... more »
Bronze Water Screw Used at Ninevah
The wonder is that we have a valid and convincing archaeological target for something that likely rivaled the Great Pyramid. What is important however is that we have a seventh century reference to the screw for hydraulic lifting. It appeared obvious that this would be true, just as it appears obvious that all hydraulic engineering was available for the duration of the Bronze Age or at least to 2500 BC. This is not something too difficult to invent over and over again although the screw itself is hardly obvious while the walking water wheel certainly is. All this was do... more »
Gel Organism Related to lightening
This phenomena keeps popping up. In this case it is associated with a lightening discharge. In the past it has been associated with meteor events also but it is all about a passage through the atmosphere producing a killing shock event able to knock out objects contained in the atmosphere. In this case, what we are finding is a gel like remnant of what we presume was a living entity. My conjecture is that we are looking at a methane filled slime mold bladder capable of reaching the Stratosphere that forms up in wet lands before becoming airborne. This sample is suggesti... more »
WE ARE ALL TIME TRAVELLERS
yeah, this is in Free Planet's *Science* category, "We are all time travellers," may become relevant once FUTURE TECHNOLOGY that's currently being worked on is revealed to You The People (the real control mechanism of Free Planet). "We are all the same dream-moment reinventing itself over and over again," ETc... the FREE PLANET node is the obvious outcome from a Cloud of Probabilities. Or to put it another way, "Though the Free Planet node seems to keep disappearing (based on various Empire/Corporate pressures) it is always there, waiting for You The People to believe in it." J... more »
OXFORD CHILD ABUSE RING - PROTECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT?
Has yet another *government-run child abuse ring* been discovered? In the UK, the Oxford Sex Ring 'groomed, corrupted, *brainwashed* and abused and then sold for sex and worse' a group of at least 50 young girls, aged 11 - 15. *The girls were sold to customers around the UK.* *Did the police deliberately miss chances to halt the sex gang* On 14 May 2013, seven men were found guilty of running the Oxford child abuse ring over a period of eight years. *A room at a guest house where girls were raped. A 999 call to the police described a woman being beaten in the guest house, but ap... more »
Novim Group: "Just Science" AGW app
Paul O. helped me to possess an iPod Touch, because of my modest contributions to his Our Climate app. I have downloaded about 500 applications on the device and the new addition today is called Just Science. This free app occupies about 50 megabytes on your iDevice. It was created by the Novim Group led by Michael Ditmore at UC Santa Barbara; the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature team led by Richard Muller belongs to the group. The application does one thing only – it shows you a map of the globe with animated colorful maps showing how the temperature was changing between 1800 ... more »
801 Club Was A Ruse Hatched Between Global`s Keith Baldrey and Jas Johal And The BC Liberals.
I have been informed that the story Keith Baldrey and Jas Johal ran about the 801 club gunning to stick a knife in Christy Clark`s back was a BC Liberal ruse, a ruse the media played up to get female voters, and other voters to vote for Christy Clark, the sympathy vote....! As you know neither Jas Johal nor Keith Baldrey on Global or on CKNW revealed any names..They had a mere couple of 801 pins, they played it up to perfection...Not one person outside of the media personalities mentioned above admitted to being a member,,,Not a single person! It was a BC Liberal-Media masterstroke.... more »
Baucis and Philemon i.e. random pagan tree lovery moment
I'm trying to solve the artist-unknown issue relevant to this painting that features a lot on Pagan/Wiccan sites, which seems to be illustrating the myth of Baucis and Philemon. Why this particular artist's version of that forever-bonding moment? Well, because it's lovely, and I want to see MORE of the artist's work. A feature is brewing... if the 'artist unknown' conundrum can be solved. if you know the artist, leave a comment
No Jewish event can be commemorated without comparing Israel's treatment of the Palestinians with the Nazis' treatment of the Jews - well not by Lynne Jones (@lynnejones_exMP)
Tomorrow is the 70th anniversary of the end of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the largest revolt against the Nazis extermination of the Jews during the Second World War. The revolt was put down but not before 13,000 Jews were killed in the ghetto during the uprising of which around 6,000 were burnt alive or died from smoke inhalation. Once the revolt was ended the remaining 50,000 residents were mostly shipped to concentration and extermination camps, in particular Treblinka. Jürgen Stroop's internal SS daily report for written on 16 May 1943, stated: "180 Jews, bandits and sub-humans,... more »
FIVE NINETEEN THIRTEEN - X-flare apocalypse or Anonymous becomes the new Al Qaeda?
finally, the date of this 'most talked about false flag event' on the alternative forums, FIVE NINETEEN THIRTEEN is upon us, courtesy of Underground World News. *Ever since the late 90s , there was a buzz circulated (that coincided with the release of the Illuminati card game) that also involved mass spammings or emails being sent out to random people . The dates that were given were , 9/11/01 & 5/19/13 ! * [source RMN] We all know what happened September 11th 2001, and the next one is May 19th 2013: even if you LOVE or DON'T LOVE these Y2K-like events-that-never-come ... just ...more »
Howard Bloom on The Boston Bombing - Was the cause poverty or oppression?
Again and again sensible, logical people point out the truth but the majority of the west's governments and media are too blind or deaf to listen. They prefer to believe that Islam is 'the religion of peace' and that the West is always to blame.
Abenomics is a Not an Excuse for Comfort-Women Denialism
One of the traditional responsibilities of sane conservative parties is to write-out of respectability and legitimacy the scary, nut-job right-wing fringe. There can’t be a ‘no-enemies-on-the-right’ strategy, or you wind up with anti-Semites, racists, and black-helicopter guys grabbing all the media attention and delegitimizing wider conservative goals. In the US, Bill Buckley explicitly intended the Continue reading
What Does Tonight's Disaster Say About the NDP?
It was the New Dems' election to lose and that's just what they did. They lost to a government that was roundly despised with a record rich in corruption, scandal, manipulation and dishonesty. Tonight the public's distrust of the NDP trumped its disgust for the Liberals. Tonight the NDP showed just how soft and unreliable its support can be and how easily even a rotten rival can pry those voters out of its hands. Adrian Dix wasn't some firebrand socialist. He was genuinely moderate and woefully lacking in the killer instinct of the blood sport of politics. Dix foolishly to... more »
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