English: Roman Catholic Reverand Michal Osuch introduces Rep. Rahm Emanuel to parishioners of St. Hyacinth Church in Chicago. Rahm attended a Polish-language mass where he honored St. Hyacinth on becoming a Basilica. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Rudolf Steiner On The Modern World's Rejection of The Soul
Below is an excerpt from Lecture One of Rudolf Steiner's 1919 lecture
series called, *"The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman."*
"What numbers of people there are today who no longer value the spirit for
the sake of the spirit or the soul for the sake of the soul! They are out
to absorb from cultural life only what is regarded as “useful.” This is a
significant and mysterious factor in the life of modern humanity and one
that must be lifted into the full light of consciousness. Average citizens,
who work assiduously in their offices from morning till evening and then go
through the h... more »
Review - Celadon Road Sunscreen
I like being outdoors. I like fresh air, hiking, walking and exploring
nature. Sunburn ... not so much! Discomfort aside, sunburns are dangerous
and can cause cancer.
My skin is sensitive! When outdoors, I burn within minutes. Covering up and
sticking to shaded areas helps but it doesn't always fit in with my
activities. So, I use sunscreen ... always.
Choosing an effective sunscreen (without harmful ingredients) which
moisturizes, stays on when swimming or sweating, and doesn't harm the earth
is tricky business.
Amanda Arkans, from Celadon Road, invited me to try 20 SPF Sunscre... more »
Remember When Rahm Emanuel Was The Worst Thing About DC? Well, Of Course, Now He's The Worst Thing About Chicago
If you're interested in the space where education policy, politics and
humor come together, you should be checking out EduShyster.com frequently.
The site is premised on that fact that "behind every faddish, jargon-filled
plan is a dirty little scheme that ends up making somebody a lot of money.
The scary thing is that these fools are winning, and the only way to fight
back is to expose the edushysters for the hypocritical charlatans that they
are." This week they have a depraved Rahm Emanuel in their sites.
The final “vote” on which Chicago Public Schools to shutter may be a done... more »
U of Alberta Conf this weekend: Taiwan in dynamic transition
H-ASIA
May 23, 2013
CONF Taiwan in Dynamic Transition
*********************************
TAIWAN IN DYNAMIC TRANSITION CONFERENCE
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
May 25-26, 2013
Stollery Executive Development Centre 5-40A
Description
The international conference “Taiwan in Dynamic Transition,” hosted by the
Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta, will take
place on May 25-26. At the conference, distinguished scholars from
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United
States will present original research on some of the most s... more »
“There is a Problem Here” – Journalist John Merrow
“There is a problem here” (Houston, We have a problem) John Merrow on what
his wife’s response to the what is going on in this test driven, punish the
teachers education deform. Thank you Shaun and Tim for bringing us some
real journalism and journalist John Merrow on Rhee, DC and High Stakes
Testing
Testinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/chalkface/2013/05/23/special-episode-of-at-the-chalk-face-w-john-merrow
[…]
Park Avenue - Why Poverty: The Movie
“Money is used to buy results – that is the problem.”
“America's became a place where money buys everything.”
The Alex Gibney Movie
104,000+ views as of tonight
59 minutes
*Park Avenue: money, power and the American dream - Why Poverty?*
A must see for everyone
A definite must see for the people of Wisconsin.
DRONE STRIKES – FOR OBAMA CIVILIAN DEATHS ARE O.K. BECAUSE THE ENEMY KILL CIVILIANS AS WELL
DRONE STRIKES – FOR OBAMA CIVILIAN DEATHS ARE O.K. BECAUSE THE ENEMY KILL
CIVILIANS AS WELL
In a speech to the National Defense University yesterday outlining his new
policies regarding the use of drones in targeted killings US President
Obama told his audience;
*…before any strike is taken, there must be near-certainty that no
civilians will be killed or injured – the highest standard we can set.*
*This last point is critical, because much of the criticism about drone
strikes – at home and abroad – understandably centers on reports of
civilian casualties. There is a wide gap betwe... more »
Who wouldn't pony up $12 for a beer imported all the way from Chicago?
*The "imported" beer on the left, Goose Island, may be a splendid brew, but
imported it's not, unless you count its Chicago provenance as such.*
*by Ken*
At my very first job, more than a few summers ago, I was stationed
primarily in the company's order-processing and accounts-receivable
department, one feature of which was an entire long wall lined with file
cabinets that contained the order account records. Yes, this will give you
an idea just how many summers ago it was; at the time, it would never have
occurred to anyone to do any of the order processing, or store any of the
a... more »
Bill Bonner, “The Siege of Vicksburg”
*“The Siege of Vicksburg”*
by Bill Bonner
"The Battle of Vicksburg was the turning point of the war," explained the
guide at the Old Court House Museum in Mississippi. "The whole economy of
the South west of the Appalachians depended on the Mississippi River.
That's how we got our food and cotton to market. We floated it down the
river to New Orleans. And Vicksburg was the key to the Mississippi. You can
see that we're up here on a bluff. From these heights, small artillery
could control the river. That's why the Yankees were so determined to take
Vicksburg."
More on that in a... more »
Gladue principles do not trump other sentencing criteria
R. v. Killiktee, 2013 ONCA 332 holds that Gladue principles are factors but
not necessarily dispositive factors in sentencing:
[3] Further, in our opinion, the sentencing judge gave proper
effect to *Gladue *principles. Her reasons demonstrate great sensitivity
to them. She held, however, that while rehabilitative and *Gladue* objectives
must inform a fit sentence, they do not automatically trump other
sentencing objectives. The sentencing judge recognized that a fit sentence
must meet rehabilitative goals but that in this case public safety was
paramount. We see no erro... more »
Fukushima updates - May 23 , 2013 ......Struggles to maintain staff at Fukushima Dai - ichi Nuclear Plant .....radioactive contamination around facility , strontium - 90 and plutonium being found around plant , offshore ......
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/05/ap-fukushima-i-nuke-plant-struggles-to.html
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013
AP: #Fukushima I Nuke Plant "Struggles to Keep Staff", and "Happy" Has
Cumulative Radiation Exposure of Over 300 Millisieverts
The worker who tweeted from the plant for two years, "Happy", has a
cumulative radiation exposure of *more than 300 millisieverts* from 20
years of working in the nuclear industry, according to the AP article that
extensively quotes him.
The article says the reason for the veterans like "Happy" quitting the
Fukushima I Nuke Plant job is their cumulative rad... more »
Wow! A tremendous media report about high stakes testing.
Western New York has been a hot bed of high-stakes testing resistance this
year. This media report from our local CBS affiliate is the most
comprehensive look at assessment issues I have seen anywhere in the
“mainstream media”. Thank you to @RachelKingston4 for the detailed
research. Follow the author on twitter @stoptesting15 Filed under: CHRIS […]
Leo Buscaglia, “Loving Each Other”
* “Loving Each Other”*
by Leo Buscaglia
“Emotional detachment, maintaining our distance from others, is being
prescribed as a solution for avoiding pain. Neglect and abuse of children
and the aged is a growing problem. Social and religious institutions, which
in the past helped to set standards of behavior and brought people together
in companionship, are actively downgraded. Individualism, independence, and
personal freedom are valued above love, commitment, and cooperation.
Examining the complex nature involved in loving each other (the dynamic and
everchanging nature of two o... more »
Medwyn Goodall, “Eye of the Wolf”
- Medwyn Goodall, “Eye of the Wolf”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBuSKPD2jY0
“Our Scars”
* “Our Scars”*
by Pramiti Sapru
"Scars; they seem so beautiful at times. I’ve got many, deep and shallow.
They aren’t self-inflicted, well consciously they aren’t. They cover my
arms, my legs, even my fingers are painted with them. To others it might
seem like a cry for help or a careless attitude but for me it’s my whole
life story engraved on me. Every scar, every bruise has a life of its own
and a space in my heart. They either remind me of a place or a person.
Sadly, there is no magic wand to rub them off of your body. Even if they
fade away over the years, the impact still ... more »
IRS - Gate news of the day - Lerner put on paid leave after refusing to resign ? After blowing Fifth Amendment posture by giving her statement before the House Committee , she's set up to be held in Contempt when she's called back !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-23/irs-lois-lerner-put-involuntary-paid-vacation
IRS' Lois Lerner Put On Involuntary Paid Vacation
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2013 18:56 -0400
- Barack Obama
The IRS' Lois Lerner may not be the most proficient when it comes to hiding
years of *alleged *conservative group persecution, or subsequently pleading
the fifth and avoiding self-incrimination in what she dubs is a perfectly
legal misunderstanding even as she makes on the record statements defending
her innocence, but when it comes to being put... more »
"A Lion Fight..."
"It's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose. So
chin up. Put your shoulders back, walk proud, strut a little. Don't lick
your wounds: celebrate them. The scars you bear are the signs of a
competitor. You're in a lion fight. Just because you didn't win doesn't
mean you don't know how to roar."
- "Dr. Meredith Grey", "Grey's Anatomy"
Obama redefines the war on terror
President
Obama gave a foreign policy speech this afternoon. Do yourself a
favor. Read the whole speech before you read any of the instant punditry
and take it as gospel. If you're out of free reads at the NYT, Booman
has itand he also has one of the more temperate takes on it.
It was a huge and complex speech. A speech that takes some time to
process
fully. Maybe it was just too complicated in a world that now operates
mostly in 140 character quips and expects on demand gratification. The
initial wave of analysis I've seen was rife with cherry picked points
that
offer a ride on fav... more »
Musical Interlude: Adiemus, “Adiemus”
Adiemus, “Adiemus”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8kZ-iVk90
More curious deaths!? The two FBI agents Involved in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Arrest??
*I can only say...fall out from the Boston Marathon bombing is still
falling out?!*
*As if* *The curious killing of Ibrahim Todashev and the very tenuous link
to Boston *
*wasn't enough to pique one's curiosity, we also have* *the sudden
accidental death of two FBI agents involved in the arrest of Dzhokhar
Tsarnev** (Thanks Nikola!) ** *
*
**Nikola must have been pondering the amazing coincidence of Mr Todashev
dying in Florida while FBI agents connected to Boston were falling out of
helicopters. Same as I was, because here is the FBI press release, that I
was looking at just befor... more »
Two FBI Agents mystery deaths during training exercise ......Shooting death of a friend of Tsarnaev - not charged with any crimes and certainly not tied in Boston bombings , yet somehow shot to death under circumstances still not clear..... loose ends being cleaned up here ?
2 FBI Agents Involved in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Arrest Have Been Killed During
a Training ExerciseMay 23, 2013
Print Version
*Source: **Economic Policy Journal**
*
Accrording to a statement from the FBI, two FBI special agents were killed
last Friday during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach,
Virginia. Special Agent Christopher Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw
were members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, part of the Critical
Incident Response Group based at Quantico, Virginia. The cause of the
incident is under review, the FBI said.
Prison Plane reports tha... more »
Japan overviews for May 23 , 2013....Kyle Bass explains why Japan's QE program will prove insufficient....Nikkei has risen 86 percent in a matter of a few months - yet after one down day , CME hikes margin on Nikkei by 33 percent ? Richard Koo warns of beginning of end for Japanese Economy.....ECB's Weidmann wishes Japan good luck in the experiments ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-23/japanese-stocks-open-15-bonds-half-way-limit-down
Japanese Stocks Open +1.5%; Bonds Half-Way To Limit Down
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2013 20:04 -0400
- Bond
- Japan
- Nikkei
- Quantitative Easing
- recovery
It seems the correlation to USDJPY has started to disintegrate and what is
more worrisome for the BoJ is the linkage between JGBs and the Nikkei 225.
Equities in Japan are about to open to a modest bounce around 1.5% but JGB
prices are down around 0.50 (half the limit-down p... more »
FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: The No Mo Fomoco Edition
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Australian (and New Zealand unionists boast how Australian unions have made
labour rates in Australia among the world’s highest. Perhaps they should
also reflect how they’ve made Australian manufacturing among the world’s
most uncompetitive. So much so that even billions of dollars in government
subsidies—amounting to tens of thousands of dollars per car—isn’t enough to
save car manufacturing in Australia. Or any manufacturing at all…
*Ford closure shows subsidies a waste of money* – C.I.S.
*Ford to shut down its Australian manufacturing operation* – Sinclair
Dav... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Sémalens, Midi-Pyrenees, France. Thanks for stopping by.
IMF Chief Christine Lagarde set to be forced to resign if charged with corruption ? French Minister in Hollande Government says she has to go if placed under investigation...... Spanish Banks need 10 billion more euros - or is it 100 billion euros .... get your money out of European Banks now ! Fourth day of riots in Sweden reveal ugly side of Nordic model......UK attack from lone wolfs will increase says UK islamic intelligence asset..... Stocks in Europe actually react to bad news as being bad - will gravity still apply on Friday ?
French minister says IMF boss Christine Lagarde ‘must resign’ if charged
with fraud, embezzlement scam
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*Peter Allen*
Daily Mail
May 23, 2013
Christine Lagarde, *photo by International Students’ Committee, via
Wikimedia Commons*
Pressure mounted on Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary
Fund, today, when a French government minister said that she would have to
resign if she was charged wi... more »
“The Secret to Letting Go of Every Fear”
* “The Secret to Letting Go of Every Fear”*
By VividLife
“Are you afraid of some condition in your life? Here’s a life-transforming
secret: that seemingly scary condition, whatever it may be, is not the
problem. It is your reaction that is fearful. This is why if you will
become conscious of your condition instead of afraid of it, you will change
forever your relationship with fear.
It is only within this special kind of inner-relationship that there is
real safety, because now you are interacting with fear in an entirely new
way. You are no longer letting it dictate to you how ... more »
"Feeling Fed Up with Humanity, In the World and in Ourselves"
* *
*"Feeling Fed Up with Humanity, In the World and in Ourselves"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"We are all capable of the best and the worst that humanity has to offer
and knowing this allows us to find compassion. From time to time, we may
all feel fed up with humanity, whether it’s from learning about what’s
going on around the world, or what’s going on next door. There are always
situations that leave us feeling as if people are simply not capable of
behaving in a way that is coming from a place of awareness. Often it seems
as if people are actually geared to handle things... more »
Saskatchewan Senator David Tkachuk Has Long History With Corrupt Conservative Governments ...
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*In the dying days of the corrupt Conservative administration of Brian
Mulroney, David Tkachuk was named as a senator from the province of
Saskatchewan. A patronage reward to the undemocratic, unelected Senate was
thanks for the many years he served as Principle Secretary to
Saskatchewan's Conservative Premier Grant Devine. *
*For those who need a reminder, Grant Devine oversaw one of the most
corrupt governments in Canadian history. Grant Devine was premier of
Saskatchewan for two terms, holding power from 1982- 1991:*
*"Saskatchewan Tories in Fraud... more »
"How It Really Is"
Deeply concerned about the future of the nation, well educated,
literate and fully informed citizens discuss the current situation...
or don't.
Self-Loathing Closet Case Lindsey Graham Shafts The LGBT Community
When California's most rabidly homophobic state Senator, Roy Ashburn
(R-Bakersfield) was arrested for drunken driving and discovered with a
young male prostitute in his car, I was impressed with how quickly he came
to terms with how disastrous his life in the closet had been.
Something happened that I guess caused me to realize that. When I was in
sixth grade, the police had a raid in the sand dunes [near San Luis Obispo]
and a bunch of gay men were arrested, probably charged with indecent
activity. That sticks in my mind — the publicity and the shame around it.
One of my teacher... more »
"The Most Costly Of All Follies..."
"The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably
not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. The truth, indeed, is
something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes.
Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even when, by the sheer
strength of his case, he prevails, he is put down as a scoundrel."
- H.L. Mencken
I know, I know, "Oh, that could never happen here..."
- CP
Carlin Romano - America the Radical
*"America the Philosophical"* by Carlin Romano.
*Wikiepdia:*
Carlin Romano is an American writer and educator. He was cited for
"bringing new vitality to the classic essay across a formidable array of
topics," as a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in criticism.
Romano is a critic-at-large for the The Chronicle of Higher Education. He
was a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer for many years. He teaches at
Ursinus College and the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for
Communication. He previously taught philosophy at Bennington College.
Title: Carlin Romano - Ame... more »
"Why Bernanke and His Pals Are Terrified- Now, Mr. Spock!"
* *
*"Why Bernanke and His Pals Are Terrified"* (5/22/13)
By Graham Summers
"Two big events have occurred/ are occurring.
1) Chicago Fed President, Charles Evans who is one of the biggest pushers
for QE, stated that the Fed has “the appropriate monetary policy in place”
and that the economy is “improving quite a lot.”
2) The Bank of Japan is beginning a two-day policy meeting today.
Regarding #1, Evans has been one of the biggest pushers for more QE.
Throughout 2011 and 2012, every time he appeared on TV he stated that the
Fed should do more. So for Evans to suddenly change his t... more »
Weitzman on Climate Change
Wisdom from my Harvard colleague Marty Weitzman.
Eating "Greek" Yogurt - STOP!
*For every three or four ounces of milk, Chobani and other companies can
produce only one ounc*e of creamy Greek yogurt. The rest becomes acid whey.
It’s a thin, runny waste product that can’t simply be dumped. Not only
would that be illegal, but whey decomposition is toxic to the natural
environment, robbing oxygen from streams and rivers. That could turn a
waterway into what one expert calls a “dead sea,” destroying aquatic life
over potentially large areas. Spills of cheese whey, a cousin of Greek
yogurt whey, have killed tens of thousands of fish around the country in
recent y... more »
Philosopher ~ Warrior ~ Angel
We are here on purpose. The focus of our journey thus far has been to
wake ourselves and each other up. We’ve served as reminders and mirrors
and helpers for each other. Sometimes with a hug, sometimes with a bit
more force, we’ve been saying “Hey, I know you! Remember me? It’s almost
time. Let’s do this.”
Today, there are two points to share. I suggest listening to the music
here while you read.
The first is that not all of us angels are the cherub types. I’ve run
into many, DreamHopper included, who fit into another style, completely
self defined. A... more »
"Preparing for Economic Collapse: Learning From The Past - A Personal Account"
* *
*"Preparing for Economic Collapse:
Learning From The Past - A Personal Account"*
by FerFAL
“How can I prepare for an economic collapse?” is one of the most common
questions I get. It usually takes me a second to start to explain how
complex such a question is. It’s like asking an auto mechanic, “Say, how do
you build a car?” or asking a computer engineer, “What’s all that stuff
inside my laptop?”
I do have some first-hand experience in this matter, though. The economy in
my country, Argentina, has gone through various crises, but none as large
as when the economy collapsed in... more »
Scandals unite House GOP
Scandalmania has been very good for GOP unity. All Republicans agree what's
bad for Obama is very good for them. And Mr. Boehner has been kind enough
to only bring the kind of bills to the floor that give the crazy
conservatives opportunites to prove their crackpot cred for the folks back
home. The question is, how long can it last?
Aware that the unity is fragile, the conservative group Heritage Action for
America sent a warning to Boehner and Cantor, urging them to keep the focus
on the scandals and “avoid bringing any legislation to the House Floor that
could expose or highlight... more »
Mitch McConnell spins the scandals
Gotta give him some credit for wringing the most value out of
pseudoscandal. Taking to the WaPo op-ed page, Mitch McConnell sees an
opportunity to quash big money donor disclosure:
[R]ecent efforts to revive the so-called Disclose Act suggest that these
tactics are alive and well in Washington. This bill, which would force
grass-roots groups to make their member and donor lists public, may seem
benign to some. But as a longtime defender of the First Amendment, I have
always seen it for what it is: a backdoor effort to discourage those who
disagree with the Obama administration from... more »
Our interview with John Merrow: Everything you need to know
Sorry to keep reminding everyone, but this story needs to continue getting
coverage. It’s the “lynchpin”, I believe, to this entire iteration of
“education reform” we are experiencing at present. Remember, 7PM EST, right
here. Once we’ve heard from Mr. Merrow, we’ll take some calls. Now, here’s
a link to a comprehensive PDF of Merrow’s […]
Weird YouTube Juxtaposition--Art Class Freak Out Clicks Through to the 36 Chambers
This is the first in an ongoing series of YouTube clips that link to other
YouTube clips that have nothing to do with one another. The first clip
comes via this tweet from singer Liz Phair:
She should join a band. Art Student Freak Out, Smashes Painting:
youtu.be/Zy85h4MJQos via @youtube
— Liz Phair (@PhizLair) May 23, 2013
If you could make it through that barrage of the word "like" used as a
vocalized pause to the part where she goes Peter Townsend on her own
painting then perhaps you can answer these questions:
1. Was that staged?
2. If so, why? To get street cred? For t... more »
Anjem Choudary - "It is not allowed to target innocent people"
On the Channel 4 News tonight Anjem Choudary used this well worn line that
in Islam "It is not allowed to target innocent people" and the interviewer
seemed to accept this.
Unfortunately for Anjem Choudary, some of us have good memories. Here's
Anjem Choudary from 2009:
"When we say innocent people we mean Muslims, as far as non-Muslims are
concerned they have not accepted Islam and as far as we are concerned that
is a crime against God... As far as Muslims are concerned, you are innocent
if you are a Muslim, then you are innocent in the eyes of God. If you are a
non-Muslim then yo... more »
UNSAID ISSUE BEHIND RISING VETERAN'S SUICIDE RATE IS SHAME BASED GUILT
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*The unsaid issue behind the rising vet suicide rate is shame based guilt
regarding killing experiences, which violence inducing psychotropic drugs
can only numb ~ but my heart centered counseling program in California can
and has successfully facilitated self-healing, self-forgiveness and inner
transformation, and all without drugs: Dr Allen L Roland*
No one really talks about the psychic damage that combat veterans feel when
they take someone's life, regardless of the military situation ~ *but the
effect is real and usually manifests itself as shame based guilt whereas ... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Journalism Prof Robert Jensen is 'Arguing for Our Lives'
Robert Jensen in the studios of KOOP in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 10, 2013. Photos by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Journalism professor and activist
Robert Jensen is 'Arguing for Our Lives'
"I feel what I’m often doing is kind of a remedial course in how to see the world." -- Robert Jensen on Rag Radio
By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / May 23, 2013
Author,
Sri Srinivasan Confirmed
Sri Srinivasan was confirmed unanimously this afternoon, 97-0, for a
position on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. He was originally nominated on
June 11, 2012 for a position vacant since November 1, 2008.
So there's one obvious point, and one huge question.
The point: yes, it's absolutely ridiculous that a unanimous pick took
eleven months. The only somewhat reasonable part of the delay was in the
run-up to the 2012 election; it's traditional for the out-party to drag
their feet to prevent confirmations just before an election, even though
Republicans in this case push that to (and... more »
Wisconsin - America's Greece Thanks to Walker
*From HuffPo *
*Before Wisconsin, Greece was seen as a case study of what not to do *during
troubled economic times. A safety net destroyed, public unions decimated
and massive corporate tax breaks that did nothing to help their economy,
leading only to skyrocketing unemployment and a faltering GDP. Now,
Wisconsin sadly serves as a parallel study, with an economy sinking into
severe long term job losses, far behind the national pace of job growth.
Scott Walker and his tea party cohorts bought the snake oil of austerity.
They forced the Badger State to drink it. And Wisconsin's famil... more »
BEWARE of Biased Partisan Economic Rankings
Be well informed
Be sure to read both sides of the issue.
Don't make the mistake of accepting partisan - one-sided arguments when it
comes to the economic health of your state.
*Study: State “Business Climate” Rankings Based on Flawed Data, Have No
Policy Value Washington, DC*
Prominent studies that purport to measure and rank the states’ “business
climates” are actually politicized grab - bags of data. They have no
predictive value and should not be used to inform public policies. Those
are the main conclusions of a new study published today by Good Jobs First
. “Grading Places: ... more »
Greta Van Susteren and Lindsey Graham just keep deceiving the public!
*THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013*
*Last night, the edification never stopped on Fox:* In an earlier post, we
documented Greta Van Susteren’s ongoing grisly misconduct.
Greta keeps playing her viewers for fools, several million at a time.
(Last night’s numbers still aren’t in. But last Wednesday, May 15, Greta
had 2.12 million viewers at 10 PM, with more getting conned by her 1 AM
rerun. By way of contrast, Lawrence had 685,000 viewers at 10 PM that night
on The One True Liberal Channel.)
Whatever! Greta keeps saying she has no idea where Susan Rice got that
crazy tale about the spontaneous... more »
The B.C. Election, May 14, 2013. A National Tragedy
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The B.C. Election, May 14, 2013. A National Tragedy
*Written by Robin Mathews *
Begin at the beginning. The power figures at the centre of the B.C. New
Democratic Party and the major, experienced MLAs in the legislature sold
out the people of British Columbia, and Canada. That is the beginning and
the end of the election story.
Other commentary may provide interesting footnotes. For instance: that the
polls did it. The Green Party did it. The outside strategists did it. The
propaganda, financing and organization of the neo-liberal campaign did it.
Dix’s pipeline flip-f... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Double Jeopardy'
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Posted on May 23, 2013
MNN. May 22, 2013. Canada and Israel are “bosom
buddies” settler colonists. Both exist by dispossessing or displacing
Indigenous people for our land and resources. They call their autocratic
governing systems “liberal democracies” which have no accountability
for their theft and crimes against humanity. These bogus corpo-nations
Study finds alarming declines in U.S. amphibians, even in protected areas – Many species will disappear from half of habitats in 20 years
[image: A Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) scans the
landscape in Yosemite National Park. A 2013 USGS study confirmed that U.S.
amphibian populations are declining at precipitous rates. Photo: Devin
Edmonds / USGS]
By Timothy B. Wheeler
22 May 2013
(The Baltimore Sun) – Some of springtime's more notable heralds appear to
be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders
disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States.
In what they say is the first analysis of its kind, scientists with the
U.S. Geological Survey and a couple of universities... more »
Too Big To Fail Again
Just 12 banks control almost 70% of total bank assets. This week at a
Banking Committee hearing, Elizabeth Warren grilled Treasury Secretary Jack
Lew about capping the size of the Too Big To Fail banks. He danced around
her questions and sounds as full of crap as any GOP bank shill who's
looking forward to his future on Wall Street. Notice in Lew's weasely,
misleading answers he says "we" shouldn't do anything because we're in the
middle of implementing Dodd-Frank. But mostly what they're doing with Dodd
Frank is figuring out how to water it down, eviscerate it and make it more
a... more »
The curious killing of Ibrahim Todashev and the very tenuous link to Boston
When I first read the news about this killing, my first thoughts were:
Timely. Convenient. And wondered is this about tying up loose ends?
*Dead men tell no tales.* *But, many tales can be told about dead men.*
*Interesting interview with friend:*
-Ibrahim was supposed to go home to see his parents had he not been killed
by the FBI agent
-The friend mentions FBI having had multiple previous meetings with
Ibrahim. The difference being at this last meeting Ibrahim ended up dead.
Just before he was going to leave the country to visit his parents in
Chechnya.
- The *FBI agent, nam... more »
Ministerial Boycott Of Iraq’s Cabinet Over Protests Breaking Down
In the wake of arrest warrants being issued for former Finance Minister
Rafi Issawi’s bodyguards in December 2012, protests and an eventual boycott
of the cabinet by several ministers began. The Agricultural Minister Izz
al-Din al-Dawla left in March 2013 after demonstrators were killed and
wounded by security forces in Mosul. Industry Minister Ahmad Nasser
al-Dalli Karbuli, Technology Minister Abdul al-Karim al-Samarraie, and
Education Minister Mohammed Tamim followed suit after the Hawija incident
in April. Tamim is now returning to the council of ministers, while Dawla
has also... more »
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I have a question for all of the media concerning #cpsclosings
So many questions about yesterday’s stunning example of disaster capitalism
in Chicago. Remember when CTU went on strike in September and the media
blamed the greedy teachers of harming the children? Yes, much pearl
clutching ensued. Where is the media on this one? Who’s the real threat to
“the children” in this case? Yeah, that’s what […]
MILTON KEYNES - SPOOKY CHARITIES
*Hanslope Park*
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*Milton Keynes is a spooky town in Buckinhamshire in the UK.
*Hanslope Park*, on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, houses Her Majesty's
Government Communications Centre.
It is one of MI6's main spy bases.
*Milton Keynes is home to Bletchley Park, the UK spy base where, during
World war II, cryptographers broke German codes.*
*
*
Former MI6 spy Richard Tomlinson once had a job, that MI6 had found for
him, with Jackie Stewart’s Formula One team in Milton Keynes.
(The Truthseeker)
*Errol Barnett*
Spooky Errol Barnett, an anchor and correspondent for spooky CNN, is fr... more »
Dept. of Missing the Point (Kinsley ed.)
A wonderful example of the myopia of the deficit scolds...
The background is that Michael Kinsley wrote a particularly bad column last
week about "austerity," a key point of which was based on factually
incorrect memories of what went wrong in the 1970s; as you can imagine,
this earned him plenty of corrections and dismissals from people who used
access to accurate economic and government policy statistics.
Kinsley was quite taken aback by this, apparently, and wrote a follow up to
defend himself. Dan Drezner has already pointed out that Kinsley is still
relying on the same inaccur... more »
Education Revolution
I'd like to introduce another blog I will be managing: School's Out. Check
it out! This post pretty much sums it up.
More Species Collapse
Fears, D. (22 May 2013) Frog, toad and salamander populations
plummeting,
U.S. survey finds', The Washington Post,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/frog-toad-and-salamander-populations-plummeting-us-survey-finds/2013/05/22/459c1c9e-c2f3-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
[Excerpted] Frogs, toads and salamanders continue to vanish from the
American landscape at an alarming pace, with seven species — including
Colorado’s boreal toad and Nevada’s yellow-legged frog — facing 50
percent
drops in their numbers within seven years if the current rate... more »
The wages of our refusal to fight!
*THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013*
*Congressman Jordan just couldn’t hold it in:* Each night, on The One True
Liberal Channel, the millionaire children keep forgetting to fight.
When one team refuses to fight, the other team can say what it likes. In
the New York Times, Jeremy Peters reports on yesterday’s congressional
hearing concerning the IRS:
PETERS (5/23/13): *At times, committee members could hardly conceal their
contempt for the I.R.S. and the Obama White House.*
Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, tried to link the I.R.S.
scandal with other controversies that are dogging ... more »
Mississippi Sets a Record for Unreported Subsidies
As I have written before, when states announce a major new investment, it
is far more likely that the announced subsidy is an underestimate than an
overestimate. A new Good Jobs First study commissioned by the United Auto
Workers unearths a new example of this, which I believe is the largest
underestimate ever: Nissan in Mississippi.
When Nissan announced in 2000 that it had chosen Madison County,
Mississippi, just north of Jackson, as the site for a new assembly
facility, it was reported that the project had received $295 million in
subsidies (at a present value of $289.7 million, ... more »
Police State: Liberty Activist Illegally Searched and Arrested After Kokesh Hearing
*Activist Post*
"Your megaphone might be a weapon," says the arresting officer to liberty
activist and former Marine Kyle Prouty when he asked why he was being
detained.
Five members of The Panic Hour were followed into the City Hall rail
station in Center City Philadelphia after attending an arraignment hearing
for Adam Kokesh and Nikki Allen Poe who were kidnapped from a peaceful
marijuana rally on 5/18/13.
While quietly waiting for a train, Kyle Prouty was illegally searched and
detained by SEPTA police officer Nicole Lawson at 3:20pm on 5/20/13 after
refusing to show ID. You ... more »
Is The London Soldier Killing Another Staged Hoax?
I actually watched a bit of the so called mainstream media the other night
and their "reporting" of a new killing...This time done by "Islamic
Extremists" in an area of Southeastern London, UK..... But I did notice how
the media continued to stress that the killer was an "Islamic Extremist",
and automatically I began to smell a rat.... It just did not make any
sense, and I began to realize that we are being set up again by another
fake killing, this time in the United Kingdom!
I came across the following video this morning, thanks to John Friend, who
writes John Friend's blog, at ww... more »
Obama's War on Free Expression
image source Stephen Lendman
It's the most fundamental right. Without it all others are endangered.
Obama's waging war to destroy it. He's done so throughout his tenure.
He targeted AP. He did so unjustifiably. A previous article discussed it.
It was lawless intrusion. It intimidates journalists, potential
whistleblowers, valued sources, and others. It warns them against
challenging or disclosing information Washington wants kept secret.
Obama's done it numerous times before. He's waging war on truth. He's
targeted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined. ... more »
This Is What A Tyranny Looks Like
*James Corbett*
The tyrants of our modern age are smart enough not to declare themselves to
be tyrants. They simply don't follow the rules that have been set for the
common citizens. The other smart move that they have made is that the real
tyrants don't put themselves in the supposed positions of power.
Does anyone really believe that the President is the top of the food chain
in Washington? But if the political puppets aren't the tyrants, then who
are? The ones who can't get prosecuted for their crimes, obviously.
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Mayor Rahm Expands Corporate Footprint on Chicago Children and Parents
Well, it worked like it was supposed to work: the mayor’s appointed stooges
on the “Board of Education” voted to close 50 Chicago public schools to
make way for corporate charter reform schools. Never mind that communities
barely held together will lose their lifelines, never mind that violence is
almost guaranteed to increase (as it […]
Delicious Bread Maker Bread
I really love to bake homemade bread, but it is time consuming and I don't
always have time for it. My mom bought me an awesome bread maker a few
years ago and I have been using it whenever time is tight ever since. I
have gone through a lot of bread maker recipes and this one is our favorite
for basic bread.
You will need:
1 3/8 cups room temperature water
2 tablespoons softened butter
4 cups King Arthur Bread Flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons dry milk
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
2 and 1/4 teaspoons yeast
Measure the water and the butter into your bread machine's pan.... more »
THE REFUSAL TO FIGHT: What Greta keeps telling your neighbors and friends!
*THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013*
*Interlude—Where our cowardice takes us:* A remarkable exchange took place
on Fox last night.
Check that! In a morally serious nation, last night’s exchange would have
been remarkable. In *this* country, last evening’s exchange was
commonplace—thoroughly par for the course.
During the 10 PM hour, Greta Van Susteren spoke with Rep. John Boehner, the
Ohio Republican, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Boehner is one of the nation’s highest-ranking officials. For more than
eleven years, Van Susteren has hosted a nightly program on the Fox News
Chann... more »
Rivers of Blood in Woolwich due to Political Correctness and Mass Immigration
Woolwich in London will go down in history as the place in which the
enemies of Europe beheaded an indigenous soldier, and the treacherous
politicians and police took the side of that same enemy.
Muslim immigrants murdered a soldier in broad daylight, hacking his head
off with machetes, whilst filming one another. The barbaric scum shouted
to horrified witnesses,
"*You think David Cameron is going to get caught in the street when we
start bussin' our guns? You think politicians are going to die? No it's
going to be the average guy, like you, and your children*...*Allahu Akhbar*"
... more »
Is America’s Economy Being Sovietized?
Brandon Smith
The foundation of the Soviet model of trade and investment was
centralization under the guise of "universal public ownership". The entire
goal of communism in general was not to give more social and political
power to the people, but to extinguish alternative options and focus power
into the hands of a select few.
The process used to reach this end result can vary, but the goal always
remains the same. In most cases, such centralization begins with economic
hegemony, and it is in our fiscal structure that we have the means to see
the future. Sovietization in our fin... more »
Nashville KIPP Caught Dumping Problem Students at Test Time
We have known for a long time that what former students refer to as the
Kids in Prison Program (KIPP) has used various machinations to reach those
high test scores–from menacing management styles, to constant test prep,
longer hours, behavioral sterilization, burning through teachers who leave
with mental and physical health problems, to dumping problem […]
Waking up
Waking up can sometimes take awhile. Here is something to help the
process along.
Ascending Spirals of Understanding
Untitled
*Sean Payton's exclusive 1 on 1 about Drew Bree's & ball security, plus Rob
Ryan's new defense ~Jennifer Hale, WVUE*
All the things we're missing since a fisherman was shot
*Dragonflies Damselflies mating.*
With the Phils/Taiwan mess ongoing, I bet you've forgotten what you haven't
remembered. Wait, let me rephrase that.... Like, what happened to the
referendum on the nuclear power plant? One of my friends who is a sharp
observer of local politics pointed that out to me.
In the news is the usual food scandals. Imagine, a firm using expired
ingredients to produce goods for human consumption, in this case I-mei,
which allegedly pumped 9000 kilos of soy protein stuff into 5.76 million
packs of cream puffs. The government was also accused of hiding datain... more »
The Government Theft of Retirement Accounts Has Begun
Dave Hodges
Many were roundly criticized for daring to say that the Cyprus thefts could
visit our shores. If Treasury Secretary Jack Lew gets his way, Cyprus will
look like a walk in the park compared to what’s coming because Cyprus was a
beta test for the massive theft of private wealth which is on the horizon.
In fact, I would say to my fellow countrymen who don’t think the government
would ever perpetrate a fraud against the American people in which the
government would oversee the outright theft of personal assets of American
citizens, you might want to jog your memory and loo... more »
How Bill Clinton Forced Agenda 21 on America
Cassandra Anderson
A number of critics claim that Agenda 21 is not a treaty, so it is
non-binding and that it is merely a paranoid conspiracy theory.
Agenda 21 is not a voluntary program. The smoking gun is Bill Clinton's
Executive Order # 12852 in 1993, creating the President's Council on
Sustainable Development (PCSD). Clinton's executive order bypassed Congress
and forced taxes and restrictive policies on the American people.
Agenda 21 is the action plan to implement "sustainable development", a term
coined by the United Nations that they define as "development that meets
the ... more »
2nd Amendment Activist Removed from NJ Gun Control Hearing for Exercising 1st Amendment Rights
*The Daily Sheeple*
Activist James Kaleda was giving testimony when state legislators did not
agree with what he was stating and claimed that Mr. Kaleda was “Out of
Order”, requesting that he be forcibly removed from the hearing on a new
gun control bill in NJ.
Mr. Kaleda receives a standing ovation from the spectators as he is removed
by NJ state troopers. Everyone is entitled under the 1st Amendment to
express criticism of the government, but when Big Brother doesn’t like what
you have to say, the Constitution is thrown out the window.
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The Best Kept Secrets of The Dollar
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Millions against Monsanto: Putting Words into Action
*People of Earth, are you ready to take back our food sources as provided
by Nature and Planet Earth—and not by any corporate entity, patent, or
decree?*
Catherine J. Frompovich
Saturday, May 25, 2013, marches protesting GMO food [and the lack of food
labeling in the USA] will take place in cities around the globe. There is
every good reason to support this ‘mega march’ wherever you live because we
are losing our sources of food and nutrition, which are being replaced by
biotech industry oligarchs who think they can and must patent the human
food supply.
If you don’t think acti... more »
Must Watch - It Will Inspire You
From the Chicago school closing rallies
Three minutes of your time.
It will inspire you.
Source - Common Dreams
Among just four schools spared is Marcus Garvey, where nine-year-old Asean
Johnson goes. Johnson had the crowd on their feet with an incredible,
blistering attack on Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his racist indifference to the
needs of Chicago kids
ALEC Pro-Corporate Legislation - The Dangers
People want to believe that lowly - state legislators from ho-bunk nowhere
are the only ALEC threat - but it goes much bigger than that.
ALEC doesn't scare people so much if they believe that it is only
dim-witted conservatives from state legislatures that are connected to ALEC.
But the danger of ALEC is much bigger than that.
It is important to remember that ALEC is the ONLY organization in current
history of the United States that has a sole purpose of bringing together
state and federal legislators with corporate lobbyists - behind closed
doors in order to forward a pro-corpora... more »
Do US Alliances Re-Assure in Asia, or Create Moral Hazard?
The conventional wisdom on the US presence in Asia is that we re-assure all
players. Specifically, US allies don’t need to arms race local opponents,
because the US has extended deterrence to cover them. Hence Japan and South
Korea don’t need to go nuclear, for example. Among academics, this logic
pops in the work of
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Full video and transcript of UK jihadi murder suspect
I note that the British media seem to have been self censoring what the man
with blood on his hands said to that video camera. Here's the whole of his
speech, note the bit about being forced to do this by the Koran.
Why are the majority of the British media omitting this part of his speech
from their reports?
'The only reason we have killed this man today is because Muslims are dying
daily by British soldiers. And this British soldier is one. It is an eye
for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. By Allah, we swear by the almighty
Allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Laurel Holloman, 42.
Right to the good stuff:
1. Seth Masket has a quick note on quality challengers.
2. Jonathan Chait on Josh Barro...and on climate, the DC Circuit, and
filibusters.
3. Sarah Kliff on the fluoridation wars, before Portland clobbered a
fluoride vote.
4. And Kevin Collins tweets something very sensible: "Presidential
elections are the least common type of contest, so be wary of general
conclusions about US electoral politics drawn from them."
Does Your Congressman Want To Embroil The U.S. In A War in Syria? Most Do-- Both Parties
Bob Menendez (D-NJ) wants to drag the U.S. into another Middle East War
There are a lot of victims and a lot of "bad guys" in the Syrian civil war.
But, from a U.S. perspective, there are no good guys. Tuesday, the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Bob Menendez (D-NJ) voted 15-3 to
arm the rebels. The three dissenting votes were from Mark Udall (D-CO),
Rand Paul (R-KY), and Chris Murphy (D-CT). Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) warned of
the dangers of arming rebel forces whose intentions are unknown. "I think
we have to ask the question, 'Who are we arming?'" Sen. Udall asked fellow... more »
Attorneys File Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Wrongful Arrest, Detention in Psych Ward of Marine Brandon Raub
*Rutherford Institute Attorneys File Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Wrongful
Arrest, Detention in Psych Ward of Marine Brandon Raub Because of Facebook
Posts*
*Activist Post*
RICHMOND, Va. — Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil
rights lawsuit against law enforcement and other government officials on
behalf of Marine veteran Brandon Raub. Last August, he was arrested by a
swarm of FBI, Secret Service agents and local police and forcibly detained
in a psychiatric ward for a week because of controversial song lyrics and
political views posted on his Facebook page.
The... more »
FBI agent kills Chechen man during questioning about Boston bombing suspects and 2011 murder
Ibragim Todashev
mugshot: Orange County Jail Madison Ruppert
An FBI agent shot and killed 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando,
Florida in his apartment during questioning about his relationship with Tamerlan
Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed by police.
Anonymous state and federal law enforcement officials familiar with the
situation told ABC that Todashev “just went crazy” and pulled a knife
during his interview with the FBI.
An unnamed official said that an FBI agent was stabbed several times but
the FBI said in a press release that the agent sustai... more »
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*Local chefs gear up to warm hearts, bellies in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma ~Monica
Hernandez, WWLTV *
*LA bill to forgive storm loans rejected ~Michelle Millhollon, The Advocate*
* ** *
*Gambit announces partnership with Uptown Messenger and Mid-City Messenger*
*Why hand-drawn maps are back in the picture ~Vicky Baker*
*Alliance Française continues French film series at Cafe Istanbul ~Ken
Korman*
*Old German Church In Marginy Transformed Into Performance Space ~Sharon
Litwin* *Beard and mustache championships come to New Orleans ~Will
Coviello, Gambit* *Everything You Need To Know ... more »
CBS News star hacked: the big chill
Sharyl Atkisson Jon Rappoport
Sharyl Atkisson is the one thing CBS News has going for it. She’s the real
article. As real as you can be in the current news climate, while still
working for a major media outlet.
She crashed the credibility of the CDC, as it was lying through its teeth
about numbers of Swine Flu cases and overplaying the fake “epidemic.”
She’s taken on the horrific effects of vaccines, to the point where her
Wikipedia page, through a series of unethical maneuvers, continues to
characterize her as irrationally “anti-vaccine.”
She broke key elements of Fast&Furious. ... more »
New Animated Video About the TPP and its Chilling Effects on Internet Users
Maira Sutton
*EFF*
When most people think of a trade agreement, they're unlikely to think that
it would have anything to do with regulating the Internet. For more than a
decade, however, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has included
copyright enforcement in international trade deals. Such provisions empower
countries to enact digital restrictions in the name of preventing illegal
file sharing. In practice, these copyright measures strip Internet users of
their rights to privacy, free speech, and access to knowledge and culture,
and could even work to undermine their ver... more »
Michael Corleone In Ottawa
Stephen Harper says he knew nothing about Nigel's Wright's cheque to Mike
Duffy. That's probably true. But Harper's plea of ignorance does not
preclude his giving Wright instructions to make Duffy an offer he couldn't
refuse.
Harper learned long ago that, like any good don, he had to insulate himself
from his operatives. It's all part of what Leo Strauss called "the noble
lie." Don Lenihan writes that the concept is diametrically opposed to the
populism which was the bedrock of the old Reform Party:
While the new party appropriated the language of accountability from the
old Ref... more »
Augustin-Louis Cauchy: an anniversary
By the number of mathematical papers he wrote, Augustin-Louis Cauchy was
second just to Leonhard Euler. As many college freshmen may testify, more
theorems and concepts in mathematics were named after Cauchy than anyone
else. And a conservative theoretical physicist shouldn't omit a CV of
Cauchy because Cauchy was... well... very conservative!
He died on May 23rd, 1857, i.e. exactly 156 years ago. But before he
managed to do that, he had to do many other things. For example, he had to
be born – in August 1789, just a month after Bastille was stormed by a
crowd on the street, a mess ... more »
Boy Scout Jamboree the Next major False Flag Event - Biological attack worries prompt warning from Nevada's 2014 Candidate for Governor !
fwiw....... looks like more and more folks are connecting mass casualty
terror drills to actual events !
Nevada Governor Candidate Warns Boy Scout Jamboree May be Next False Flag
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Facebook][image: Infowars store]
Says it may come in the form of a biological attack
*Adan Salazar*
Infowars.com
May 22, 2013
Last week, Nevada’s 2014 gubernatorial candidate David Lory VanDerBeek
announced he has reason to believe the next false flag event ma... more »
Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in Landmark Case
The surprise is more that it was possible to bring Monsanto into court and
confront this complaint. The harsh reality is that these toxins kill and
that includes us and accidental overdose is almost impossible to avoid. In
this case the story is pretty clear. Yet thousands suffer from low level
poisoning with real damage explained away as a perhaps a rare cancer.
The fact remains that these chemicals must be handled and sprayed while
traveling downwind and the farmers never wear breathing apparatus. For that
they do get sick with unexplained ailments.
Monsanto continu... more »
Weird Skin Color Illusion Can Reduce Racism
This is a promising finding. It instructs us that racial bias is learned
early but it is clearly learned knowledge that can now be easily modified.
This is well worth doing at the school level to ensure that it is
eliminated.
It also needs to be seen if tribal hatreds can also be so modified. This
type of thinking is prevalent everywhere and also needs to be treated
young. The same holds true for young Muslims where their society teaches an
us versus them mentality to start with and cannot be simply eliminated by
merely managing what is taught.
I grew up listening to a... more »
The Value of Hemp
It is always astonishing when something that is so patently wrong
continues to be sustained in the regulatory regime. Everybody today knows
that hemp must not be confused with the pharmaceutical applications of
specific varieties and even that these pharmaceutical applications need to
be researched, managed and properly regulated like all medicine.
At present the weight of history has turned on the so called war on drugs
that helped preserve this nonsense. Defeat is very much in the air.
Yet we still lack the legislative will to begin the process of
rationalization.
... more »
Sheer Wind Innovation Promising
This is a serious contender for wind energy aforethought the real obvious
problem is how to handle extreme winds.
I would attempt to build a larger device and to extend the height to
ensure that the exit tube remains vertical and surrounded by the tower
structure itself. I would then attempt to actually design the funnel
component out of retractable sails to allow retreat in the face of extreme
winds. Then if we are doing all that anyway it may be possible to set up a
simple arced spar pair and forms a capture vee for the rising sail to
naturally expand its capture area... more »
Breaking News: China Destroys 3 US Shipments of GM Corn
Sayer Ji
According to a report released today by GMWatch, *China destroyed three
shipments of GM corn imported from the US.*
The first two shipments are referenced on the website of theZhuhai
Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, confirming that two illegal GM
corn shipments entered Wanzai Port in Zhuhai City on May 7th, and were
subsequently destroyed:
Recently, during inspection and quarantine of imported food from USA by a
certain company, the Wanzai Office of Zhuhai Inspection and Quarantine
Bureau (in Guangdong Province in the south of China) detected two shipments
... more »
Will It Be Inflation Or Delfation? The Answer May Surprise You
Michael Snyder
Is the coming financial collapse going to be inflationary or deflationary?
Are we headed for rampant inflation or crippling deflation? This is a
subject that is hotly debated by economists all over the country. Some
insist that the wild money printing that the Federal Reserve is doing
combined with out of control government spending will eventually result in
hyperinflation. Others point to all of the deflationary factors in our
economy and argue that we will experience tremendous deflation when the bubble
economy that we are currently living in bursts. So what i... more »
The Government Wants A Backdoor Into Your Online Communications
Mark M. Jaycox and Seth Schoen
*EFF*
According to the New York Times, President Obama is "on the verge of
backing" a proposal by the FBI to introduce legislation dramatically
expanding the reach of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement
Act, orCALEA. CALEA forces telephone companies to provide backdoors to the
government so that it can spy on users after obtaining court approval, and
was expanded in 2006 to reach Internet technologies like VoIP.
The new proposal reportedly allows the FBI to listen in on any conversation
online, regardless of the technology used, by mand... more »
What's Fair in Bartering?
Amanda Warren
I have a difficult question and I'd like your help. Admittedly, I am no
economist - I know what sounds good and I dream of Atlantis utopias, but
I'm downright ignorant with macro economics. I guess bartering is more
micro and it comes easy because all you have to do is think about your
skills, talents and goods and work up a trade agreement with another party
and everyone is happy. Right?
When I talked to a small business owner I worked for, she had nothing but
sour sentiments for talk of blossoming barter economies. Greece is using it out
of necessity and with enco... more »
US official position on Syria - seems like it changes like spring weather , varies on who is speaking at the moment and where . Do our foreign policy makers also learn about World events by way of CNN like our " Dear Leader " ? Has it occurred to the Brainiacs here in the US , Israel , GCC foreign policy Wonks and Nato wizards that at the end of the day , the syrian rebels ( especially those islamic fighting forces who have been provided stingers and heavy weapons by an assortment of Governments allegedly supporting them right up until the moment they aren't ) , think they have more than just the right to offer helpful hints on which way the road leads for Syria ?
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/05/22/us-willing-to-keep-assad-to-avoid-regional-war/
US Willing to Keep Assad to Avoid Regional WarRussia: Rebels Don't Seem on
Board With Talks
by Jason Ditz, May 22, 2013
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Though the “official” US position on Syria seems to change wildly by the
hour and is based primarily on who is talking and who is standing near them
at the time, new reports suggest the Obama Administration is ready to ditch
their demands for regime change.
As violence skyrockets in neighboring Iraq, and nations like Lebanon and
Turkey also see destabilizing in... more »
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Obama Admits to Killing Four Americans with Drones
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*Activist Post*
Up until now the Obama Administration has been coy about their policy to
kill Americans abroad using drones.
Today, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that this administration has
killed four Americans with drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan, and
admitted one was killed deliberately.
According to the *New York Times*:
In a letter to Congressional leaders obtained by The New York Times,
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. disclosed that the administration had
deliberately killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed
in a ... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - May 23 , 2013 .... Data , news and views !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/the-dire-state-of-the-platinum-palladium-miners
The Dire State of the Platinum-Palladium Miners
May
*23*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"JPMorgan et al hauled the precious metals prices down with naked brute
force"
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
*NOTE*: *I will be at the Vancouver Investment Conference for the next
five days. Because of that, my Friday, Saturday...and Tuesday columns are
going to be as short as I can possibly make them. I have other fish to fry
while I'm ther... more »
When Right-Wingers Vote
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm a democrat, through-and-through. "Democracy
is the worst form of government; except for all the others that have been
tried" and all that.
But thinking about the train-wreck that is Rob Ford; "Is the mayor of the
largest city in Canada (and the fourth-largest city in North America ....
[okay, I recall hearing that on the news, but fourth? Mexico City, NYC,
Chicago, Los Angeles, ... at least? Oh well.]) going to have his crack
smoking video bought by "Gawker"? Seriously, ... that's the question on my
mind this morning: How much of the $200,000 has Gawke... more »
Woolwich Beheading Video - THE MAN WITH BLOOD ON HIS HANDS - Baghdad style violence
a "what the fuck is going on here?" moment just happened.
That was footage, from yesterday's televised machete attack in Woolwich,
London. We've all seen it, the black Londoner saying, "Get rid of your
government, they don't care about you," he had blood on his hands. He was
called THE MAN WITH BLOOD ON HIS HANDS by that ITV editorial, mentioning
Baghdad-style violence.
Well, this morning, a version turns up where the ranting black dude has
NORMAL COLOUR HANDS, yet he's saying the same shit about 'getting rid of
the government'. The same old woman pulling the shopping trolley pass... more »
Does global warming cause tornadoes?
It was sort of inevitable that the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma would
ultimately be blamed on global warming and CO2 by someone. While most
people – including those alarmed by "climate change" – reject this
attribution, you can find pretty powerful people who promote this
incredible link.
Senator Barbara Boxer was perhaps the most powerful person who
enthusiastically supported the idea that the tornado outbreak was a message
from Nature telling us to introduce new carbon taxes. She really sounds
religious.
You may find lots of stories in the media that discuss a possible
connect... more »
But the vast majority of British Muslims...
The line that the vast majority of British Muslims are peaceful and oppose
violent extremism is one that I have heard already following the Woolwich
terrorist attack and no doubt will hear over and over again on the BBC. But
is it true?
Rather than vain hope, let's look at some facts.
From The Telegraph in 2008 (*my emphasis*):
'The YouGov poll was conducted for the Right-wing think tank, the Centre
for Social Cohesion, at 12 universities, including Imperial College and
Kings College London. It also found:
- 40 per cent support the introduction of sharia into British law for
... more »
Shutting Down
*
In support of this week's Change The World Wednesday challenge, I'm
disconnecting from all Internet activity today.
I'll be back on Friday, May 24th.
How about joining me?
*
British soldier "beheading" yet another hoax?
I'm sure most of you have by now heard about the alleged brutal murder and
attempted "beheading" of a British soldier in southeast London by two
"Islamic extremists". I don't buy it guys. I think it's another hoax.
I'll probably do an entire post on this later, but for now check out this
video I found over at *The Rebel* courtesy of Jim Stone. I think this guy
is right on the money.
Also, check out the coverage of this alleged event in the *Daily Mail*. Do
you believe this nonsense? Below are screen shots of a few headlines that
look like they were written by *PSYOPS experts* ... more »
WOOLWICH INCIDENT: INSIDE JOB
*The alleged victim, Lee Rigby.*
Allegedly, on 22 May 2013, Lee Rigby is killed in Woolwich in London.
On 22 May 2013, Lee Rigby's battalion is training in Cyprus.
Woolwich: Lee Rigby Named As Soldier Victim - Sky News
Strangely, no sign of blood
*Adebolajo home.*
*The alleged killer comes from a wealthy Christian family.*
"Louise, 26, from Romford, knew Michael Adebolajo and his brother from
Marshalls Park school.
*"She described him as clever... and 'such a nice person; everyone got
along with him...*
"'Everyone knew him. He was funny, hilarious. He was a down to earth, nic... more »
Progressive Music Classics. "Corner Soul" by The Clash
.
.
*By MARC McDONALD*
Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics.
Few albums have ever been more highly anticipated than *Sandinista!* the
1980 release by The Clash. The band's previous album, *London Calling* had
been a all-conquering masterpiece that had music writers, particularly in
the U.S., swooning.
I recall how, in 1979, The Clash was hailed by many music writers as "the
only band that matters." For a brief time, at least, The Clash were clearly
the best band in the world.
But when *Sandinista!* landed in the record shops, a mere four days after
John Lennon... more »
Pol Ideology 40: On Social Darwinism
Late last month, I have a debate with a friend and fellow UPSE alumni, Mike
Alunan, about markets and regulation. Among his arguments, below.
*“Survival of the fittest” thinking is inhuman? Human beings
are not like animals as they have the capacity to surpass
the limits of nature by
doing more than simply adapting to nature as most animals do---but
they have the capacity to even
conquer nature through their creativity that leads to science and
technology.*
* And if we believe
that Darwin’s dictum of “survival of the fittest” also applie... more »
Breathtaking hypocrisy at the United Nations
'GENEVA, May 22 – The annual assembly of the UN's World Health Organization
adopted a resolution
and held a special debate today criticizing Israel — the only specific
country on the organization's agenda — with Syria demanding urgent action
on "inhuman Israeli practices" that target "the health of Syrian citizens."
The WHO resolution against Israel was not yet published, but was likely a
copy of last year's condemnation
.
Observers of the world body in Geneva said the annual hypocrisy reached a
new low this year.
"To see the Assad regime point the finger at Israel out of professed... more »
My impression of the Woolwich attacks
The killing in Woolwich is horrific because it is an everyday horror,
brought to you live by mobile phone cameras. Television brings you close,
it constantly puts you inside the action, and it's clear from this that any
numpty with a meat cleaver can slaughter somebody in the street and in the
process drag the political agenda down to the depths.
There will be a racist backlash. Probably some awful new law will be passed
to 'deal' with the problem (there is no dealing, as such, with simple
murder). The EDL have already rioted in South East London. The coming
lumpen-Kristallnacht has... more »
Thursday Morning Linkage
Here is your Thursday Morning Linkage. I’m going to start off with my usual
conservation theme before turning to some other topics like a kerfuffle
over mapping racial tolerance and the World Health Assembly (going on this
week). Amphibians are in trouble all across the U.S. and world (disease,
climate change, farm chemicals), along with bees
Continue reading
Moose on the loose
This video was taken in Easthampton, MA. Not the first time I've heard of
an in-town moose sighting in the Happy Valley. Seems about every spring a
confused youngun' would wander into the city. Never happened in my
neighborhood sadly. This however is the first time I've seen a video of it.
So there's that.
Intriguing spectra of finite unified theories (FUT)
In November, I discussed FUTs (finite unified theories) which are
\(\NNN=1\) supersymmetric grand-unification-inspired versions of MSSM with
the additional constraint that the divergences already cancel at the level
of the effective field theory. This finiteness boils down to the vanishing
of the beta-functions, some anomalous dimensions, and some relationships
between the gauge and Yukawa couplings.
This condition doesn't seem to be a "must" – the divergences may very well
be taken care of by the high-energy phenomena (string theory ultimately
takes care of all divergences so its a... more »
Adrian Dix, Time To Resign Is Now
Born to Lead, The Honourable John Horgan.
May 14th/2013..This is a repost from the time of the B.C. NDP leadership
campaign..
I have no words right now, congratulations to the BC Liberals, I won`t be
posting for a while, anyone needing to contact me can email...All I can say
is, we couldn`t win with the honest Carole James, and I knew back when I
posted this story, we couldn`t win with Adrian Dix`s baggage, not with a
corrupt media...If John Horgan was elected leader at that time, we would
have a NDP Government today...
Adrian Dix, I think you are a good man inside, however, you m... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Face-on spiral galaxy M77 lies a mere 47 million light-years away toward
the aquatic constellation Cetus. At that estimated distance, the gorgeous
island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across. Also known as NGC
1068, its compact and very bright core is well studied by astronomers
exploring the mysteries of supermassive black holes in active Seyfert
galaxies.
*Click image for larger size.*
M77 is also seen at x-ray, ultraviolet, infrared, and radio wavelengths.
But this sharp visible light image based on Hubble data follows its winding
spiral arms traced by obscur... more »
Chet Raymo, “Strange”
* *
*“Strange”*
by Chet Raymo
“In a review in the “New York Times” Book Review, Daniel Handler writes:
“And strange? Well, let's get this straight: All great books are strange.
Every lasting work of literature since the very weird "Beowulf" has been
strange, not only because it grapples with the strangeness around us, but
also because the effect of originality is startling, making even the oldest
books feel like brand new stories.”
Strange: Out-of-the-ordinary, unusual, curious. "The strangeness around
us," says Handler. There is a paradox here. What could be less strange than
t... more »
Jack A. Smith : Afghanistan's Karzai Lets Cat Out of the Bag
Afghan
president Hamid Karzai. Photo by Massoud Hossaini / Agence
France-Presse / Getty Images.
But then, again...
Afghan War may end by 2024
Washington evidently was taken aback by Karzai’s unexpected public
revelations that made it clear President Obama is anxious, not hesitant,
to keep American troops in Afghanistan.
By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / May 23, 2013
Hamid Karzai has let the
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: On libertarians
Yes, it’s composed for Americans, mainly because so many of them these days
can only understand
pictures < ducks >.
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Tobacco Industry Lobbyists And P.R. Hacks Reinvented The Tea Party-- All They Needed Were Some Angry, Lo-Info Kooks Willing To Wear "Attention-Drawing Accouterments"
Howie with a crackpot happily wearing attention-drawing accouterments,
Pasadena, 2009
Many Republicans will tell you former House Majority Leader Dick Armey
(R-TX) invented the TEA Party-- Taxed Enough Already-- to help popularize
the Republican scheme to eliminate progressive taxation, which they feel
puts too much burden on the wealthy-- and replace it with a flat tax that
would force the burden down the income scale. But, as Lee Fang points out
in his new book, The Machine-- A Field Guide To The Resurgent Right, that's
not exactly what happened. The tobacco industry's expensive p... more »
The stock-market "boom" may not be a bubble, but that doesn't mean it's good news for most of us
*"Today, there's a growing divide between the fortunes of corporate America
and those of the majority of Americans. . . . The stock-market boom is
real, but most Americans have been left on the outside looking in."*
*-- James Surowiecki, in his latest *New Yorker*
"Financial Page,"* "Boom or Bubble?"
*by Ken*
So what do you think, is this great stock-market boom really another in our
recent series of stock-market bubbles?
I confess I haven't given the matter much thought. I'm not even sure I was
aware that there *is* a stock-market boom. I've had, um, stuff on my mind.
A stock-mar... more »
Bananas, Natural Radiation, and other Nuke Cabal Ploys
In April 2011, the state of Arizona's radiological protection agent told
me
that radiation fallout from Fukushima is akin to the radiation in
*a*banana. He also drank some milk while he was talking to me. He
reminded me
of the Atomic Energy scientists who referred to all radiation in terms
of
"sunshine units" when speaking with the public.
I didn't believe him at the time, but I've spent the last two years
coming
to understand why he was, and continues to be very, very wrong, both
about
the banana and the milk.
I learned he was wrong about the milk when I spoke to the guy in the
lab... more »
America Is Becoming A Closed Society
In a recent appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe show, Chuck Todd *said that
President Obama is criminalizing journalism*.
There was a time when only "conspiracy theorists" talked like that. But
something has changed in the public mood in America in the last couple of
weeks. The flood of scandals rocking the Obama administration, some real,
some buried, and some contrived, has changed attitudes about President
Obama in the press.
Now, questioning the government is not ridiculed as conspiracy theorizing.
Even mainstream journalists feel outraged at what the Obama administration
is ... more »
Signs of the Coming Revolution in America’s Education System
Alternet publishes “real” education news for those who still remember what
a “real” education is. Signs of the Coming Revolution in America’s
Education System The recent revolt against standardized tests as well as
legislative concern over testing corruption are just some of the of the
signs of an approaching education “revolution.”
http://www.alternet.org/signs-coming-revolution-americas-education-system
Filed under: […]
Why in the world would Connecticut's top prosecutor , the Governor's office and select legislative leaders seek to secretly draft a new law to block the release of records related to the police investigation into the December 14 , 2012 incident at Newtown Elementary School only ? There allegedly are no additional perps , right ? So why the rush to " secretly draft a law " , why keep this from the public until Tuesday when the plan initially was apparently to sneak this to the Governor's desk right before the Holiday weekend ? Why the rush to cover up photos , death certificates , tapes of 911 calls and how is it that families decide what evidence is worthy of being subjects of public interest consistence with right to know law / FOI laws ? And of course the true tell , why just Sandy Hook and not ALL crimes generally ?
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-secret-foi-bill-0523-20130522,0,2770809.story
Secretly Drafted Bill Would Leave Release of Some Newtown Investigative
Records Up To Families
The staffs of the state's top prosecutor and the governor's office have
been working in secret with legislative leaders on a law to withhold
records related to the police investigation into the Dec. 14 Newtown
elementary school massacre.
By JON LENDER, EDMUND H. MAHONY And CHRISTOPHER KEATING, jlender@courant.comThe
Hartford Courant
8:38 p.m. EDT, May 22, 2013
A secretly drafted bill to block release ... more »
NZ Government to introduce charter hospitals
Reposted from this brilliant NZ satirical website The Civilian. This
beautifully captures the ideological nonsense behind charter schools. ————–
These minimum wage surgeons may be unsure what to do next, but with enough
private funding, the Government is confident they’ll figure it out. The
National Government has today announced plans to introduce a number of […]
China HSBC PMI prints contraction level for GDP ( 49.6 versus 50.4 expected ) ...... Meanwhile JGB market halted at open ( again ) ..... bond selling globally continues as JGM ten year bond hits 1.00 yield , 5 year bond yield hits 47 bps ! Put in perspective , today's move by itself translates to 1.5 percent of blended Tier ! capital off the entire japanese banking system - this is just what happened this evening ! What else needs be said about the state of growing insolvency for japanese banks ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-23/japans-words-advice-doomsayers-please-do-not-worry-and-maintain-fiscal-discipline
Japan's Words Of Advice To Doomsayers: "Please Do Not Worry" And "Maintain
Fiscal Discipline"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2013 07:56 -0400
- Japan
Six months ago, Japan's message to the Kyle Bassians of the world - was
simple:
Q. If Japan has a financial collapse, what will happen to its government
bonds?
*A. Please do not worry.*
Uhm, Ok.
The somewhat vague, if very reassuring, warning above has since been
revised to... more »
New Zealand’s national standards in education are not national or standard.
By Allan Alach Reposted from The Daily Blog At the end of this month the
New Zealand government will release the national standards data that will
a) ‘prove’ that their education policies are ‘raising achievement’ and b)
‘prove’ that there is a wide variation of school effectiveness and that
teachers’ performance is therefore deficient. All […]
Does the Common Core really motivate? Seriously.
The Common Core promoters are always in constant motion, but something has
really struck a nerve with me lately. Does the Common Core motivate and
inspire teachers? Two items have come my way recently that caused me to
ask that question. The Common Core cheerleading started with an email from
Commissioner John King linking to […]
madrid, day two
Today was the second half of our Madrid art tour.
We were out early again, went back to the same local joint for breakfast
(the counterman remembered what we wanted, which we enjoy), and were once
again at the museum before it opened. This was Reina Sofia, the national
art centre and museum specializing in 19th and 20th century art, and home
to Picasso's "Guernica".
Finally seeing Guernica in person was, for me, a highlight of this trip and
one of the most moving art experiences I've had. I was quite overcome - in
tears - both at the power and emotion conveyed in the painting, and b... more »
madrid, day one
After our cheap *pollo asado* dinner, wine, and a shower, we had a new
perspective on life. We woke up early the next day, had a little breakfast
in a neighbourhood joint, and got to *Museo Nacional del Prado* - otherwise
known as The Prado - before it opened. Our hotel in the Cuatros Caminos
barrio is right near a big metro station where four different lines
converge, and it was very easy to zip downtown.
The Prado is a big museum, not quite as huge and sprawling as the
Metropolitan or the Louvre, but too big to see all of it. We had already
decided to do a "greatest hits" tour, us... more »
HAS THE WEST’S WAR AGAINST ISLAM RADICALISED WESTERN MUSLIMS?
The so-called ‘war on terror’ is now seen for what it really is; a
euphemism for a war against Islam. It began as a war fuelled by Western
greed and power as European colonialists divided and conquered Islamic
lands in order to plunder their riches. The war about religion and beliefs
had long run its earlier course during the Crusades. By the nineteenth and
twentieth century it was no longer about religion; it was about oil. Today
it has come full circle; it’s still about oil, as well as regional control
and hegemony, but for those that resent the West’s intrusion into their
lands a... more »
death of the american dream
“When fascism comes to America,
it will come wrapped in the flag and waving a cross.”
Greek unemployment at 75 percent in some areas as greek prostitution skyrockets ! Chicago carries out largest round of school closings in US History ... US a few years from attaining a state of affairs like Greece ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-22/greek-prostitution-soars-150-youth-unempoyment-hits-75-some-areas
Greek Prostitution Soars By 150% As Youth Unemployment Hits 75% In Some
Areas
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 17:35 -0400
- European Union
- Eurozone
- Greece
- Unemployment
With Greece suffering the biggest economic depression in decades, all so a
few rich men can preserve their wealth and not have their EUR-denominated
savings wiped out (even if the alternative means finally being able to
rebalance externally using ... more »
Defending the "indefensible": Anwar al-Awlaki
Today the U.S. government acknowledged killing Anwar al-Awlaki with a drone
strike. Was this killing "just," as Eric Holder says?
The U.S. says it was because not only was Awlaki *saying* bad things, but *
doing* them - actively participating in and planning a variety of terror
plots. If that were true, *and* proven, you would probably concede the
killing was justified, at least "morally" if not legally.
But here's the thing - this claim is just that, a claim. An assertion. It
rests on secret evidence. Not only is the evidence itself secret, but so is
the method of obtaining that e... more »
Quadruple Murder, Government-Style
The
*New York Times* is now in the True Confessions business. In an
obviously pre-approved leak immune from DOJ subpoena, the front page
articleby Charlie Savage can best be described as the warm-up act to
tomorrow's
killer of a speech by Barack Obama. To soften the Obama shocker for
those
who've not been paying attention, Attorney General Eric Holder is
finally admitting that our government has killed four Americans in drone
strikes! One of the homicides, says Holder, was the planned offing of
radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
The other three, including the killing of Awlaki's 16-yea... more »
Checking Off My Bucket List- My KSL TV Interview
I have a bucket list about a mile long. It includes visiting all 50
states, reading the entire works of William Shakespeare and the most scary
for me, being on live television. Today I had the opportunity to check off
that last one. Housewife Eclectic was featured as KSL News' Blog of the
Week. I was a bundle of nerves right up until the moment the camera's
started rolling and then a calm came over me and I actually had a really
amazing time. Here is the interview.
I want to thank all of the people at KSL and a few of my favorite bloggers
and best friends in the whole world t... more »
The world is getting better
Yes! Good news!
Bad news sells. There are big and real problems on our horizon. But with
doom and gloom all around (and yes, I confess, you’ll read it here too)
it’s worth stepping back occasionally to see the big picture: that human
economic activity is making the world a better place in which to live.
Check out the 31 Charts That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity, and
you’ll see what I mean.
[Hat tip Kelly Valenzuela]
*UPDATE*: Good news of human achievement needs suitable visuals. So here’s
the Empire State Building:
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Michael James : Bill at Chester's Hamburger King
Bill
at Chester's Hamburger King, Chicago, Fall 1977. Photo by Michael James
from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the
Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
Bill at Chester's Hamburger King
A classic Chicago cross-over place, you would find cops, workers,
healers and dealers, martial artists, radicals, hot rod mechanics, Cubs
coaches and Cub fans,
Fiscal conservatives are killing us
It's always useful to remember budgets are only political documents.
They're a rhetorical weapon of mass deception. Appropriations are the real
deal. And more proof that the GOP really doesn't give a flying leap about
budgets, even as they now refuse to go to conference to pass one, Republicans
are furiously slicing and dicing funding to circumvent the sequestration
cuts.
Of course they never offer specifics but the plan "focuses the biggest
cuts" on aid to local school districts, health research and enforcement of
labor laws. Also:
Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security and the Pen... more »
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “You and Me”
Moody Blues, “You and Me”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7UZ5oVYmb8
The Daily "Near You?"
Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands. Thanks for stopping by.
The Religion of Peace: Another London Edition
Yes folks, the Religion of Peace has struck again in broad daylight, in Woolwich, London. News updating here: Terrorists scream Alluha Akhbar as they cut a British soldier's head off in broad daylight *UPDATE*: A note from Bosch Fawstin on the inevitable excuses to come: Muslims have been killing Non-Muslims *because* they're Non-Muslims for over a Thousand years because Islam Exhorts them to. Every other reason is Pretext. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)Related articles
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