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Turkish Opposition Says Erdoğan Must Go
Related: *Turkey's Erdogan Gets Taste of His Own Medicine?* *5 Videos About Anti-Erdoğan Protests In Turkey*. The Turkish Observatory for Human Rights (doesn't exist, it's a name on a piece of paper, just like the 'Syrian Observatory For Human Rights') says more than 5,000 protesters have been killed by the Erdoğan-led Turkish government in the last week of protests (number is made up, just like it was in Syria in the early months of protests in 2011). But the Islamist dictator of Turkey is not having any of it, rejecting the democratic demands of protesters and dismissing the... more »
If Darrell Issa Is So Rich, Why Doesn't He Get His Teeth Whitened?
On Saturday I asserted that Darrell Issa should be a top priority target for the DCCC, rather than just another vile Republican committee chairman who gets a free reelection pass from Steve Israel, like he did last year. Issa's San Diego/Orange County district has a PVI of R+4, a district that can be won and a district worth fighting for-- at least in terms of building an infrastructure to win in 2016. But the DCCC isn't doing anything about recruiting a viable candidate against Issa. Steve Israel prefers spending his time and resources against backbenchers no one has ever heard a... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, I will be announcing my split with Rodney Martin, who I originally co-founded the American Nationalist Association with. I will also be discussing some recent news items and explaining the concepts of false flag events, PYSOPS, and media fakery, and the importance of properly understand these terms. Past and current events, particularly the alleged Jewish "Holocaust" and 9/11, and how they can be classified as both false flags and PSYOPS involving extensive media fakery, will be analyzed as well. Finally, the fact that fake events using scri... more »
LINKS: FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR CRISIS
Includes: Webcam Info Ocean Contamination Atmospheric Fallout Daiichi Plant Conditions Japan's Nuclear Weapons Capabilities Fallout in the US Fukushima Animal Anomalies? * **FUKUSHIMA WEBCAM EVENTS/ PHENOMENA* Got your dead man’s boots on 2012 http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/got-your-dead-mans-boots-on.html Yellow fog (Fukushima Diary 2012) http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/05/fukushima-being-yellow/ What happened with unit Unit 4: Is fuel intact (images 2012 and 2011) Majia's Blog: Unit 4: Is There Intact Fuel Left Unburned? Stratified emissions 2013 http://majiasblog.bl... more »
Baltimore Tigers Weekend
I had an awesome weekend. Kurt and I went to Baltimore with our friends, Ron and Erika (same couple we went to Vegas with back in March 2013). This trip was short, but filled with lots of fun things. We flew Delta into Baltimore on Thursday night (late). Went straight to the hotel as we were tired and passed out. We stayed at the Homewood Suites (Hilton hotel) and I loved it. We had a Suite on the 12th Floor. Side note, the gym at this hotel was incredible. Prob the nicest gym I have ever worked out at. The room was HUGE as well and super nice. I loved everything about th... more »
LINKS: BP OIL SPILL
BP oil spill was dress rehearsal for the Fukushima Disaster http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/bp-gulf-oil-spill-was-rehearsal-for.html Matt Simmons is dead: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/matt-simmons-is-dead.html Oil Spill Cover Up Disclosure: Majia's Blog: BP Oil Spill Cover-Up Disclosure The Gulf and Amoratized lack of Responsibility: Majia's Blog: BP, The Gulf and Amoratized Lack of Responsibility White House Blocked Scientists: Majia's Blog: Guardian: White House Blocked Scientists From ... Corporations and Governments Tried to Hide Disaster: corporations and g... more »
LINKS: RADIATION MONITORING IN THE US AND JAPAN
IN JAPAN Majia's Blog: Radiation Monitoring Data in Fukushima Not Reliable Majia's Blog: There is No Doubt That the Japanese Government Is ... Majia's Blog: Japan Today: Fukushima school radiation monitoring ... Majia's Blog: Two Microsieverts an Hour Measured in Children's ... Majia's Blog: Evidence on Fukushima Effects Majia's Blog: Radiation Detectors in Japan Majia's Blog: Alert: Fukushima Rice Is Going to Be Checked With ... Majia's Blog: Manipulation of Radiation Readings in Fukushima, and ... Majia's Blog: Japan's Disposable Population Majia's Blog: Radiation Monitoring Da... more »
LINKS: PLUTONMY, DESPOTISM, DISPOSSESSION
The shock doctrine and the financial crisis Majia's Blog: The Financial Crisis and the Shock Doctrine US is a plutonomy: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/us-is-plutonomy-here-comes-neo.html Despotism: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/despotism.html Dispossessed: Majia's Blog: Dispossessed The Dispossession of Population: Majia's Blog: The Dispossession of the Population Regulatory Dispossession: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/returning-to-mid-19th-century-safety.html Neofeudal Lords and the Dispossessed: Majia's Blog: Neofeudal Lords and the Dispossessed... more »
LINKS: AWARE AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF RISK
AWARE Message for survival:Majia's Blog: Message for Survival Global Crisis: Humanity at Risk http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/global-crisis-humanity-at-risk.html Aware: Majia's Blog: AWARE Meaning, consciousness and the Mayan prophecy Majia's Blog: Meaning, Consciousness, and the Mayan Prophecy Perfect storm brewing: Majia's Blog: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/perfect-storm-brewing.html PRIVATIZATION OF RISK Majia's Blog: Fuksuhima and the Privatization of Risk: Introduction Majia's Blog: Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk 2: What is the ... Majia's Blog:... more »
LINKS: BEES
Majia's Blog: Chemical Warfare: Bees and Babies are the Canaries ... Majia's Blog: Seals and Radiation; Bees and Pesticide: SAME PLOT ... Majia's Blog: Greed Causing ECOCIDE: Bees Are Not the Only ... Majia's Blog: Our Dying Bees: An Indispensable Canary in the Coal ... Majia's Blog: Bias in Bee Study? Majia's Blog: Bee Colony Collapse and Dangerous Pesticides ... Majia's Blog: Wired: "Controversy Deepens Over Pesticides and Bee ...
Daiichi Looks Calmer Today
Majia's Blog - 1 hour ago
Fukushima Daiichi looked much calmer today on both the TBS-JNN and Tepco cams. Yesterday, a webcam watcher at Enenews, TimeMachine2020, posted that he saw a strange, white lightening phenomenon occurring on a piece of wreckage hanging from the large crane over unit 3, which was visible on the Tepco cam. I checked and saw the phenomenon also. It was strange looking. It was as if the wreckage was producing white lightning that moved around the wreckage itself. It was impossible to capture screen shots of the phenomenon. The wreckage was long and thin in shape. Maybe sequestering th... more »
Videos About Roman Emperor Hadrian
*Source*. Hadrian *"was the third* of the Five Good Emperors." He was the first Roman Emperor to publicly say that he was gay. Imagine an American president saying he was gay today, or any Western leader, or an Iranian president, or any Muslim leader. The outgoing Iranian president *said* gays don't even exist in Iran. There are rumours that President Obama is gay, in which case he should come out and say so and take the shame away. Isn't that what leaders are for? It would be big if he turned out to be both the first black and the first gay American president. An excerpt from ... more »
Only 10 Percent of Syrians Support The Jihadist Opposition
*Doesn't this clown have. . . what's the word, oh yeah, advisers? You know, people who can find Syria on a map for him and tell him who to stand beside and who not to stand beside in a foreign country. * Related: *Global Public Opinion Is Against The Aggressive War On Syria*. Excerpts from, *"NATO data: Assad winning the war for Syrians’ hearts and minds"* (Source: WorldTribune.com, May 31): After two years of civil war, support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was said to have sharply increased. NATO has been studying data that told of a sharp rise in support f... more »
NDP In British Columbia, Time For New Faces, Time For Guts
A little before my time but definitely apropos for BC`s 2013 election... Adrian Dix the defeated, the beaten and laughing stock of politics, the face of humiliation, and still today BC`s NDP is making excuses for the devastating loss.. Here`s a newsflash to the NDP brass, the media, the media Adrian Dix told during the election writ that the gravy train of feeding $millions of taxpayer dollars for needless Government advertising was over under a elected NDP Government is very active in destroying the 2017 NDP, destroying what`s left of the party before the smoke even clears.....He... more »
“If you have any questions about Tuhoe, go and read your history.”
As a former lawyer for Ngai Tahu, Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson is obviously able to play both sides of the fence when it comes to both pulling down and distributing taxpayer dollars by the million. [image: image]Hailed as “momentous” by a Prime Minister more reliant than ever on the votes delivered by the Maori Party, the multi-million dollar Deed of Settlement to be signed today—the Tuhoe deal—will cost today’s taxpayers $170 million and a National Park for things they never did. Finlayson says “If you have any questions about Tuhoe, go and read your history.” O... more »
Detroit slouching toward bankruptcy !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-03/detroit-bankruptcy-imminent Detroit Bankruptcy Imminent [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/03/2013 20:34 -0400 - Creditors - Detroit - Michigan Following the State's takeover of Detroit's finances in March, it seems the end is growing 'nigh'er for the troubled city. According to the WSJ, Kevyn Orr, Detroit's emergency manager, plans to call unions and creditors to *a meeting in mid-June to lay the groundwork for a bankruptcy within a matter of months*. The meeting is designed to restructure the lon... more »
Will MN CD6 Go from Tea Party to ALEC?
From Talking Points Memo this afternoon: Tom Emmer, the 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota, has an event planned Wednesday where he is expected to announce his candidacy for the House seat that will be vacated by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), according to the Associated Press. The event is scheduled to be held in Emmer's hometown of Delano, Minn. *2010* * * *ALEC* *PRESS RELEASE* For Immediate Release: Contact: Jorge Amselle February 24, 2010 (202) 742-8536 or jamselle@alec.org 1101 Vermont Ave. N.W. 11th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 466-3800 f: (202) 466... more »
Frank Lautenberg (1924-2013)
*The senator in 2010* *by Ken* I know it's in terrible taste, but instead of paying tribute to New Jersey's senior senator, who died today of viral pneumonia at 89, I'm going to jump to the political aftermath. I'm afraid I can offer only two justifications: (1) I don't know quite what to say about the senator -- at least nothing that *DWT* readers don't all know. At a time when it becomes harder and harder to identify authentic liberals in the U.S. Senate, I think he's as close as they come. For some prompting regarding his Senate legacy, ThinkProgress's Igor Volsky offers a nic... more »
“Virtually Everything You Have Been Told Is Wrong”
* “Virtually Everything You Have Been Told Is Wrong”* by Karl Denninger “Really, I mean it. We can have a debate over whether the wrong is due to stupidity or intentional misconduct, but it doesn't matter if you're on the receiving end of the advice and follow it. The outcome remains the same whether you are hosed due to intent or idiocy. Let's start with one of the alleged "holy grail" items in America: Dietary advice. You're told to eat in a "pyramid" (although they've tried to change this to "plate slices" recently) which bases most of your caloric intake on grains, then ve... more »
IRS Scandal - As know nothings continue to stonewall until the cows come home , might those low levels employees from Cincinnati blow the whole scandal wide open ?
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/03/treasury-ig-no-irs-employee-interviewed-by-us-would-acknowledge-who-ordered-the-targeting-of-conservatives/ Treasury IG: No IRS employee interviewed by us would acknowledge who ordered the targeting of conservatives POSTED AT 6:01 PM ON JUNE 3, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT Am I understanding this correctly? He’s not saying they didn’t know who gave the order but rather that, quite possibly, some of them *did* know — and simply refused to say? Here’s the direct quote via Andrew Stiles: “We did pose that question, and no one would acknowledge who, if any... more »
Fresh anti- government clashes - Turkey sees a second day of massive protests against the Erdogan Government
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
( Aspects of this seem like deja vu - the protests remind me of those in Bahrain before the soldiers started using live ammo.... Also , I'm reminded of Egypt where police purposely shot at the eyes of protesters - is it a coincidence that we see eyes lost by Turks struck by gas canisters in the eye ? ) http://rt.com/news/turkey-protests-second-day-114/ Thousands of protesters on Taksim square after riot police withdrawal Get short URL Published time: June 01, 2013 13:50 Edited time: June 01, 2013 15:26 [image: Screenshot from AP video] Screenshot from AP video <span class=" at300b...more »
How Milton Friedman Corrupted Capitalism
*I’m thoroughly enjoying reading David Stockman’s book* The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America*, and I can highly recommend it as a leading historical explanation of how American capitalism became anything but—from capitalism to cronyism in one century, with significant ideological way-stations on the way.* * One of the most obvious contemporary examples of America’s lack of a truly free market is its banking system: a system buttressed by government bonds, with interest rates set by an economic dictator and with regulations positively encouraging moral ... more »
Ablett!
So a player who left your club to start a new one comes back to your ground, on the very night that new stands, new lights, and what’s essentially a new ground is unveiled. He comes back to play against you, this legend of the game, and he does *this*… And he does it bang in front of a stand named after him and his dad. The same place he kicked virtually the *same* goal four years ago when he was wearing your colours. What else can every supporter in the ground do but stand and cheer. Even your own coach, who “is not so much open-mouthed as near to devotion.” "The people in fr... more »
solidaridad: SPaARCS calls for support of the Lower Class Size resolution at LAUSD
solidaridad: SPaARCS calls for support of the Lower Class Size resolution at LAUSD. Tagged: Class Size Reduction, community, lausd, resistance, SPaARCS, Struggle
GLOBAL CRISIS: HUMANITY AT RISK
Recently a friend posted this summary of the situation at Fukushima at Enenews in response to the recent Japan Time article, which is cited below, wherein Tepco acknowledges that the radioactive fire would burst out without continuous cooling. Here is the news article that prompted the comment: Yoshida, R. (21 May 2013) Fukushima No. 1 can’t keep its head above tainted water', The Japan Times, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/reference/fukushima-no-1-cant-keep-its-head-above-tainted-water/#.UZ2eRJwQNX9 Tepco must perpetually pour water over the melted cores of reactors 1... more »
Fat Free Econ 42: On the Philippines' Fast Economic Growth
* This is my article last Sunday in interaksyon.com. --------- If the 6.8 percent GDP growth in the first quarter of 2012 struck some as incredible, then imagine what they must be saying now about the 7.8 percent expansion in the first three months of this year. Suspending disbelief for a moment, the major contributors to this year’s growth feat have been encircled in the tables below. *Table 1. Sectoral Growth of Philippine Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 1stQuarter 2013, in Percent* *Source: NSCB presentation* The main contributor remains the service sector, particularly finance ... more »
5 Videos About Anti-Erdoğan Protests In Turkey
Read: *What’s Causing the Riots and Violence in Turkey? (Washington's Blog, June 3)*. *Chart Of The Day: The Turkish Uprising (Zero Hedge, June 3).* The Storm Brewing in Turkey: Who's to Blame. Source: Bloomberg (June 3). Turkey Protests: Fourth Day Of Unrest Expected (June 3). Third night of pitched battles across Turkey. Source: Euronews (June 2). Andrew Finkel talks to Al Jazeera about the protests in Turkey. Source: Al Jazeera. (June 1). 'Savage Police Crackdown' And Confirmed Deaths As Turkey Protests Continue To Spread. Source: David Seaman. (June 2).
At long last, Dowd writes about welfare reform!
*MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013* *Will MSNBC follow suit:* Way back in 1999, the values of the modern press corps were captured in a classic anecdote in a classic profile. The anecdote appeared in the Brill’s Content portrait of Maureen Dowd. Reporter Gay Jervey quoted Joe Klein telling a press corps-defining tale: JERVEY (6/99): *“Maureen is very talented,” observes Joe Klein of The New Yorker. “But she is ground zero of what the press has come to be about in the nineties*...I remember having a discussion with her in which I said, 'Maureen, why don't you go out and report about something s... more »
PESJA: Since Llury Garcia is a self-appointed expert on literacy, language arts, & principals, can we expect her to apply for Cobian’s job?
Since Llury Garcia is a self-appointed expert on literacy, language arts, & principals, can we expect her to apply for Cobian’s job? #LAUSD — PESJA Los Angeles (@PESJA_LA) June 3, 2013 This week, parents voted to accept Cobian’s turnaround plan as the next step forward. Although a Parent Revolution statement quoted [Llury] Garcia as saying […]
How to Destroy a Blog Post
Picture the scene. Your humble scribe is hunched over his desk in the living room. For about two and a half hours he's been working on a long, theory-heavy post on the problem of privilege-checking, as so helpfully highlighted by those doyens of all things progressive, Louise Mensch and Dan Hodges. In all, it was a bit of a beast. Some 2,000 words were committed to the screen. It had all been edited and, for once, I felt rather pleased with myself. I think it did justice to the subject and offered a sociological take that has not really characterised the debate as waged on that feb... more »
United Nations violates Indigenous Peoples rights with REDD
UN violates Indigenous Peoples’ rights: UN-REDD violates right to free, prior and informed consent ONU-REDD viola el derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado Contact: Tom Goldtooth Indigenous Environmental Network (218) 760-0442 ien@igc.org Press statement New York City, New York – “The United Nations is violating Indigenous Peoples rights” denounced Indigenous Peoples
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New Dems And Teabaggers-- A Headache For Both Parties
Both Beltway political parties have been having problems with their conservative wings. Inside Congress, ascendant "New Dems"-- the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- are making common cause with Republicans on a range of issues, many-- they claim, at the behest of Steve Israel who didn't learn any useful lessons from the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010. He "advises" vulnerable freshmen to ignore Democratic values and principles and vote with the big money interests. That helps explain why so many New Dems have been backing GOP and lobbyist attempts to gut the Dodd Frank W... more »
In Defense of Semillas
Years ago, an elder told me that the Indigenous cultures of Abya Yala, CemAnahuac or Pachamama – the ancient cultures of this continent – do not need to be revived, because they never died. Instead, the elder said, it is we who have been severed or disconnected from those cultures. The culture, the languages, the songs and the stories are all there – rather than revive them, we just need to access them. And equally important, we also need to create and contribute to our own cultures. I think about that now because of two monumental educational struggles taking place in Arizona a... more »
Judges, Please
[Updated] NYT last Monday: White House officials declined to say who Mr. Obama’s choices will be ahead of an announcement *that could come this week*, but leading contenders for the spots appear to include Cornelia T. L. Pillard, a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center; David C. Frederick, who often represents consumers and investors at the Supreme Court; and Patricia Ann Millett, a veteran appeals lawyer in Washington. NYT today, one week later: Robert L. Wilkins, a federal district court judge in the District of Columbia, is among those being considered by Presi... more »
Obama Calls for End to Mental Illness Stigma
In a speech today, President Obama addressed the issue of mental illness. In a future speech, he is going to connect the mental illness epidemic to the rise of conspiracy theories and "trutherism." Just watch. In the new America, *whistleblowers* and truth-tellers are labeled "mentally ill*,*" in an attempt to delegitimize their opinions about the judgment of their leaders and their concerns for the direction of their country and the world. The government's approach to dissent and social criticism in America and the West is very similar to other closed and totalitarian societies. Bu...more »
Sequester cuts fester
Don't see much buzz beyond the occasional mention in social streams about how sequestration cuts are still slowly dribbling out into the public sphere is various ways. Certainly the outrage pretty much disappeared once they saved frequent flyers from any inconveniece. But on the bright side, at least it's not being completely ignored either. Via Atrios, I see Jared Bernstein is collecting coverage at one handy link. So there's that. [Tim Eagan cartoon]
America’s Greatest Affliction: The Presstitute Media
*Anthony Freda Art* Paul Craig Roberts When Gerald Celente branded the American media “presstitutes,” he got it right. The US print and TV media (and NPR) whore for Washington and the corporations. Reporting the real news is their last concern. The presstitutes are a Ministry of Propaganda and Coverup. This is true of the entire Western media, a collection of bought-and-paid-for whores. It seems that every day I witness a dozen or more examples. Take May 31 for example.The presstitutes report that US Secretary of State John Kerry and his German counterpart are working on Russia to...more »
Supreme Court approves warrantless DNA sampling, likens it to fingerprinting and photographing
Madison Ruppert Law enforcement can now force suspects arrested for serious crimes to give samples of their DNA without a warrant, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday. This is surely going to be a controversial decision, as their ruling siding with Monsanto over patents on “self-replicating technology” in May was. Both law enforcement officials and privacy groups were keeping a close eye on the Court’s decision in this case because at least 27 states, along with the federal government, currently have regulations requiring suspects to give DNA samples when arrested for allegedly... more »
The Economy: “Health Warning: QE KILLS”
* “Health Warning: QE KILLS”* by Bill Bonner "The Dow fell more than 200 points on Friday. Treasury bond yields are still minuscule... but rising. Pundits are guessing that the secular bull market in bonds may finally have turned. What's most amazing is that long-term Treasury bond prices are falling (as yields rise) even as the Fed spends $85 billion per month to prop them up. What's wrong with QE? It doesn't seem to be working. Worse than that... it's lethal! No kidding. QE KILLS. But where were the health warnings? On Thursday, we reported on a remarkable opinion published by... more »
LARES: a discoball for eurocents that supersedes Gravity Probe B
Fred Singer was intrigued by a new object shot by ESA to outer space, a shiny disco ball that verifies Einstein's general relativity. See the following preprint and other sources: LARES succesfully launched in orbit: satellite and mission description by Antonio Paolozzi, Ignazio Ciufolini (arXiv) ------------------------------ The Extraordinary “Disco Ball” Now Orbiting Earth (Physics arXiv Blog) ------------------------------ Wikipedia, A LARES website (ASI, Italy), Lares-mission.COM It's literally a disco ball, a completely passive object reflecting LASER lights sent from the Eart... more »
“War Made the State and the State Made War”
tl;dr notice: ~1800 words. A few unconnected recent happenings have reminded me that I’ve meant to do a short post on Charles Tilly, bellocentric (or “bellicist”) theories of state formation, and where all of this stands in 2013. If you mention “Charles Tilly” and “state formation” to knowledgeable social scientists, their first association is almost Continue reading
Can we trust the BBC on immigration?
Readers of the *Daily Mail, ConservativeHome*, *The Commentator* and *Biased BBC* will be aware that Ed West, the deputy editor of *The Catholic Herald*, has recently published a substantial report for the New Cultural Forum on the subject of BBC bias called *Groupthink: Can we trust the BBC on immigration? * * * As of today the full report is now available to download on the New Cultural Forum's website.... ....or here!: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/home/pdf/bbc_immigration_report.pdf The report is some sixty pages long (not including the footnotes), so it might take some... more »
Woolwich and the dark underbelly of British Islam
MP Tom Watson speaks sense: 'And yet the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby overshadowed – or should have overshadowed – everything. The attack by adherents of a hateful and violent iteration of Islam was an awful reminder that Islamism remains, even 12 years after 9/11, the greatest threat to our way of life. There are people living in this country who believe as an article of faith that it is acceptable, even necessary, to kill citizens of any country which has dared to attack a Muslim country. They believe that the kaffir, as they insultingly refer to non-believers, are of less value ... more »
WHAT'S GOING ON IN TURKEY?
Taken from Insanlik Hali blog To my friends who live outside of Turkey: I am writing to let you know what is going on in Istanbul for the last five days. I personally have to write this because most of the media sources are shut down by the government and the word of mouth and the internet are the only ways left for us to explain ourselves and call for help and support. Four days ago a group of people who did not belong to any specific organization or ideology got together in Istanbul’s Gezi Park. Among them there were many of my friends and students. Their reason was simple: To ... more »
BEN FELLOWS IS MISSING
*Ben Fellows* Ben Fellows is a former child actor. He claims that a top politician called Ken Clarke groped his penis. *BEN FELLOWS, TOM CRUISE, ANDREW LLOYD ...* *Clarke - a top man in Bilderberg. Formerly the minister responsible for MI5.* "Ben was informed by Dave Eden, a former CID detective, that his wife was in immediate danger as a result of Ben’s work. "It was made clear that Ben should have an 'exit strategy'. *Ben Fellows.* "On Thursday 23rd of May, after the attacks in Woolwich (approximately half a mile from the Fellows residence), Ben and his wife returned home fro... more »
Ambulatory turds
Apparently I owe the GOP a small apology. While Republicans certainly deserve blame for slashing food assistance, I just found out they were not alone in this inhumane act against hungry Americans. This Kos petition reveals an alarming number of Democrats voted against restoring food aid as well. Last week, the U.S. Senate voted down an amendment by Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to restore $4.1 billion in food stamp cuts—by reducing corporate welfare to a handful of crop insurance companies, mostly based overseas. Only 26 senators voted “yes.” Here are the Democrats who voted against ... more »
Scalia's surprising dissent
This is bad news for civil rights advocates. In a dismal 5-4 decision Breyer jumped in with the cons and Scalia joined the liberals in opposing this breach against our bedrock right to be protected against unreasonable search and seizure. Scalia said it "taxes the credulity of the credulous" to argue that DNA testing is simply a means of identification. It's a way to gather evidence — and thus Maryland's law doesn't pass constitutional muster, he wrote. "The Fourth Amendment forbids searching a person for evidence of a crime when there is no basis for believing the person is guilt...more »
PASSING OF THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE EDWARD W. DUCHARME
Peacefully on June 2, 2013 with loving family and friends by his side at the age of 69. Cherished husband of Carolyn Gray. Loving father of Sarah Gill. Beloved son of Wilfred (1998) and Theresa (nee Hogan- 1982). Dear brother of Richard (Ann), Cecile (1971), Sister Jane Ducharme, Patrick (Janice) and Anne. Loving brother-in-law of Barbara Gray (Larry), Cathy Harris (Carl) and William Gray (Nancy). Adored uncle of many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. To his dear friends, Harvey & Cathy Strosberg, Michael Foran, Brenda Rasmussen and Rene Cartolano, thank you for your ... more »
Al-Qaeda: Shut The Fuck Up, Go Away
"Al Qaeda's most dangerous franchise is threatening the U.S. with renewed attempts at homeland terror attacks, while urging radicalized Americans to launch strikes like the Boston bombings and poison mail cases on their own." - James Gordon Meek, *"New Al Qaeda Video Urges Boston-Like Homeland Attacks,"* June 3, 2013. By "Al-Qaeda's most dangerous franchise," I'm assuming the author means the CIA. And by "radicalized Americans," I think he's referring to CIA officials and people who secretly are or used to be on the payroll of the CIA, such as President Obama. They are by far the ... more »
Let’s get real about #optout @John_Merrow
To understand this post it might be helpful to read Tim Slekar’s post here – to follow the discussion that ensued after John Merrow said “to hell with the tests.” His comment encouraged me to think that perhaps we had a reporter who was ready to tell the citizens of our country that a simple […]
When Times are Tough, the Tough Get Evicted.
Earlier today, I'd just gotten out of the shower and was about to buckle down and try to be a productive member of society for a change when I saw this Twitter DM in my inbox from a friend of mine: I know you haven't any funds, but if you could spread the word I'd appreciate it. Operation Saving Grace. http://is.gd/kV4sTn Thanks. On checking out the link, I saw it was to a GoFundMe page set up by my friend in ChiTown. I won't give you her real name, although you can find out by following the link and looking at her profile. Suffice it to say she's a dear friend o... more »
Remember: In Democracies, Policy is Contested
I wrote: "The chief job of party leaders in the Senate is to look out for individual senators’ interests and protect their rights." Which led to a letter-to-the-editor denouncing me, or Senator, or someone; my sentence "perfectly captured what’s wrong with Congress." The chief job of leaders in the Senate is to do the people’s business. The minute people in an organization begin protecting their interests and rights instead of doing what the organization is supposed to do is the minute the organization becomes dysfunctional. Unfortunately, that describes most of the government toda... more »
For the next G20 protest . . .
HARD TIMES IN TURKEY. People are fed up with encroaching fundamentalism of the current government, as civil rights are being whittled away. So, a protest against the demolition of a park has become much, much more. Tarihinde Yayımlandı has a blog post you should read, "What is Happenning (sic) in Istanbul?", which outlines the situation. Do check it out. Oppression can bring out true
The Real News - Calls for One Democratic State in all of Palestine Increase
The Real News: Twenty years after the Oslo Accords which promised to end the Israeli occupation with a two-state solution, the alternative democratic solution is gaining traction.
What John Merrow didn’t post.
To understand this post it might be helpful to read Tim Slekar’s post here – to follow the discussion that ensued after John Merrow said “to hell with the tests.” His comment encouraged me to think that perhaps we had a reporter who was ready to tell the citizens of our country that a simple […]
Americans Pay More For Healthcare-- More Skilled Medical Industrial Complex Lobbyists Than Any Other Country
In other developed countries, a basic colonoscopy costs just a few hundred dollars and certainly well under $1,000. The *NY Times*, in a report looking into run-away inflation of medical services, reported on typical colonoscopies costing between $6,385 and $19,438 (including a routine a polyp removal). "That chasm in price," writes *Times* health reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal, "helps explain why the United States is far and away the world leader in medical spending, even though numerous studies have concluded that Americans do not get better care." Whether directly from their wal... more »
Protests in Turkey: Simmering Anger at Erdogan? Or just another coup?
* Updated at bottom* The protests in Turkey have been fairly big news the past few days. Interesting how the western main stream media is covering them? Linking to one article and highlighting odd word use and curiousities contained in the article Images from here Turkey's* most violent riots in decades* may have been started by the destruction of a small Istanbul park, but they have exploded in a show of defiance at what many see as the creeping authoritarianism of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. *"Most violent riots in decades"?* Who is perpetuating the violence? Of course the ... more »
Don Martin on Mike Duffy
Apparently, CTV has pulled this from its site and it recently disappeared from YouTube. Now it's back and I'm grabbing it in case it gets disappeared again. Remarkable truth telling. UPDATE: Confirmation that CTV pulled the piece because it made them 'nervous'.
'Black virgin' condemned to die | News.com.au
A horrific story about rape in Pakistan. More here http://mobile.news.com.au/world-news/teenage-rape-victim-destined-to-be-killed/story-fndir2ev-1226653694764 Presumably the BBC's interest will not be raised as it's about Pakistan not India
ALEC Economic Rankings - Biased and Short-term Focus
Every year when ALEC puts out their questionable economic study there is a flurry of news articles touting that the biased partisan statistics of ALEC says that this state or that state was number 1 or number 3 or woe is me number 47 in ALEC's economic report. It's all a flash in the pan - cause recent reports that have rebutted the statistics in the ALEC economic report note that over the long run - ALEC policies that are prescribed as - economic building blocks in their report - over the long run are not beneficial to the state. As noted in a recent report by Good Jobs First and... more »
Shiny, Happy Faces: What I Learned By Revisiting 2008
*Fuzzy at her writing best - and we thank her.* *Shiny, Happy Faces: What I Learned By Revisiting 2008*
Most questions are no good
*Off-topic, floods in Central Europe:* It all started in the Pilsner Region (3 days ago, the Klabava River I know from many recent trips was the flood superstar) but the elevated water has spread to Czechia and Austria and beyond as the excess water molecules are rolling down to lower altitudes. Note that Czechia's Western and Northern borders are composed of mountains. Because our country is in the very center of Europe, we sit at the intersection of major river basins: North Sea (Elbe mostly via Moldau, green), Baltic Sea (Odra, yellow), Black Sea (Danube via Morava River, blue)... more »
THE JEWS
Shlomo Sand, of Tel Aviv University, shows in his book *The Invention of the Jewish People* that most modern Jews do not descend from the ancient Land of Israel but from groups that converted to the Jewish religion long afterward. Dr. Eran Elhaik's research shows that the dominant element in the genetic makeup of European Jews is Khazar. *The Fraud Of The Jewish Race: New Genome Study Destroys Zionist Claim To Palestine!* * * *WHO ARE THE JEWS?*
The Fraud Of The Jewish Race: New Genome Study Destroys Zionist Claim To Palestine!
I am still under constant fire by those who stick to the notion that Jews are a distinctive race of mankind. There are reports, including a very damning scientific report released last December by a Jewish doctor, Erin Elhaik, that shows conclusively that the idea of the Jews being a separate race of mankind is absolutely wrong....The fact is that the Jews constitute many different races, and that their so called genetic diseases are a result of their constant inbreeding amongst themselves (trying to keep themselves "pure")....It is also a fact that their constant claim to Palesti... more »
The gang that can’t even mock Bachmann straight!
*MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013* *John Wayne, not John Wayne Gacy:* During her six-plus years in Congress, Michele Bachmann has made a bunch of foolish flubs. She has also made a lot of significant and sulfurous political statements. If you want to mock her pointless flubs, there are plenty to choose from. But last Wednesday night, Rachel Maddow made a dumb mistake, even as she tried to tell us about *Bachmann's* dumb mistakes. Rachel was letting us have some fun at the other tribe’s expense. As she did, she managed to offer this oft-corrected howler: MADDOW (5/29/13): *On the left here, th... more »
Paul Craig Roberts, my nominee for the person of the first quarter of the 21st century, is so furious at the "prestitute" media's failing to report the real evils that our government has been committing and the complicity of certain prominant people and organizations that he refuses to begin their names with a Capital letter. Wake up america!
------------------------------ *America’s Greatest Affliction: The Presstitute Media — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ June 2, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter When Gerald Celente branded the American media “presstitutes,” he got it right. The US print and TV media (and NPR) whore for Washington and the corporations. Reporting the real news is their last concern. The presstitutes are a Ministry of Propaganda and Coverup. This is true of the entire Western media,... more »
A Domino Effect
I would like to sincerely thank new readers and contributors to comments who visited by way of the Age of Limits conference post just prior to this one. The links at the top of the blog will give an introduction to the purpose of Wit's End if you're not familiar with the science of ozone and its pernicious effects on vegetation - Greg Laden's guest post is a good introduction. I have collected some new articles of interest that are on topic but as usual it's taking an inordinate amount of time to sort through them...but meanwhile I felt compelled to post the following brief (two m... more »
WHAT’S WRONG WITH MSNBC: Good God!
*MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013* *Part 1—An horrifically bad Wednesday night:* Friend, are you a liberal? If so, Wednesday evening, May 29, was a horrible night for you. Over on Fox, the hounds of scandal were braying. As always, it started at 5 PM, with the scripted inanities of The Five. But let’s move straight to the hounds of hell which were unleashed in prime time. At 8 PM, Bill O’Reilly’s first two segments dealt with the trio of so-called scandals which have come to define the American news agenda. First, O’Reilly interviewed Paul Ryan about the trio of outrageous events. He then dev... more »
Check out our new episode with Jesse Hagopian
You can listen here, great discussion, and a great call from a Portland area teacher. Good food for thought. At the same time Jesse and supporters are boycotting the MAP, and winning concessions, they are developing an alternative assessment structure based on their values as the actual educators. They are creating an assessment vacuum, so […]
Geeks, and the Havoc They Wreak
Welcome to Monday (a k a Terror Tuesday Eve). Well, we finally have all the proof we ever needed to show that They Really Are Out To Get Us. The following announcement has been popping up with odd regularity on the *New York Times* homepage lately: Truthers be told, my first thought on seeing this ad was that it was a plug for a new work of fiction by Friedman, something rip-offingly speculative, a cross between *Schrodinger's Cat* and the pulpy new Dan Brown best-seller. My second thought was that some *Onion*-inspired prankster had actually hacked the *Times* site and insert... more »
Faith Is Enough - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
** ** Faith Is Enough ** ** *Often man must create a belief.* ** *To justify ones Faith.* ** *Faith is enough.* ** *Then, belief no longer is of any use to Man.* ** *The great divider of following a belief or a faith.* ** *Is replaced by the great uniter, Faith Itself.* ** *Faith returns to man.* ** *Man returns to him or her Self.* ** *The circle is complete.* ** *When Faith has been restored.* *M.N Hopkins* ** *Note:* This poem was written on June 2, 2013 and first published on my blog today.
Mayan Internet Collaberation
Much as we will never recover everything, we are recovering a lot of the Mayan world. What is impressive is to see this become a collaborative enterprise in almost real time as it should be with all scholarship. If you can you can contribute and it will be happily received. Different minds see different patterns in much the same data. This encourages that and nicely generates cross fertilization. This is also a field in which we likely have critical mass and in which little can be missed. Vast civilizations have risen and then disappeared leaving us without even a nam... more »
Good Governance Ends Poverty
In fact, with good governance, poverty does end for all intents and purposes. Of course we can do much better even in the developed world. How do we know this? - just look at the stunning success of micro banking. Cashing up the poor and having them fix it all and provide governance at the same time solves the whole problem. Cashing them up can include credit mostly and a base allowance system so each individual can eat and sleep. Our own system limits the allowance to the elderly and the weakened, but it need not stop there and surely should not. The key is to build it in... more »
Tumeric Reverses Insulin Resistence
The bulk of the claims associated with tumeric are generally well understood, but the interesting one is the plausible reversal of insulin resistance. This is common among the aging and is a number one target for correction. Yet we had no obvious protocol that did anything more than reflect an improving dietary behavior. Now we have a plausible tool to use. Since it acts naturally as a coloring agent it is often mixed with other spices. I suspect we need to experiment with it in order to fold enough into our diet. Perhaps onion, garlic and tumeric blended into mashed pota... more »
Scientists Concur that Man is Causing Climate Change??
This particular claim and the work involved is outrageous and a total insult to our intelligence. There are a handful of scientists that do have the knowledge to opine on the issue of climate warming and the anthropocentric conjecture. Good on them and it is unfortunate that they do not agree with each other at all. The rest of these papers make a simple pass at acknowledgment because they are all begging for funding from the great unwashed (i.e. you and I) and saying otherwise is the quickest way to kill funding and not getting the paper published. None have any climate cr... more »
College Republicans Question GOPs Relevancy to Them
There's a couple of article reported this weekend that doesn't paint a particularly good picture for the GOP when it comes to the longevity of the party - as it now stands/reacts. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday "I would say we're not closed for repairs, but open for repairs," he said. "That's the Republican party that needs to grow, that needs to win presidential elections, and needs to be a year-round permanent operation, which is what we're built on." Rest of the article not worth reading – SSDD. But it is important to note that it appears tha... more »
NY’s Rube Goldberg Plan for Teacher Evaluation
When you have news that is too toxic even to go into the Friday afternoon news dump, you save it for Saturday when everyone is at the beach or at the park. That’s just what NY’s Broadie Ed Commish, John King, did Saturday, with the release of another anti child and anti teacher battle plan […]
Here I am, enjoying my coffee, and…
I have my local Fox 5 affiliate on in the background for noise, not really sure why. In any event, I see a short piece on the “Common Core Controversy.” I’ll post the segment later if the link becomes available. Not a lot of meat to the piece, but I must say one thing: Tea […]
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Morena Baccarin, 34. And a bit of good stuff: 1. Youth vote update: a column by Timothy Male of the Tacoma Park (MD) City Council and Rob Richie of FairVote on the 16 year old voting minimum. ViaHasen. 2. John Sides on Ted Cruz (rebutting in part my Salon column from the weekend). But see also the comment by Dave Hopkins (and for that matter see also the comment from Andrew Gelman). I may have more to say about it later; not sure right now. 3. An interview with David Mayhew. 4. And Ann Friedman on friendship. Well, friendship among women, but it works more gener... more »
A Letter From Andrew Hounshell
Yesterday Andy made it official... he isn't running for the western Ohio seat now hold by John Boehner. Below is the letter he sent *DWT* making his announcement. It appears, at least at this point, that Boehner will once again have no opponent for 2014. Unless Steve Israel wakes up and realizes the value of running someone against the unpopular leader of the obstructionist Republicans in the House. It’s with great sadness and regret that I announce that I am withdrawing from the Ohio 8th District Congressional race for 2014. After much soul searching and discussion with my famil... more »
Secretive Bilderberg Using Disruptive Tech to Stir Revolution
*Bilderberg Ventures in High Tech Uprising Play Out Drama for Control* Aaron Dykes This article is a continuation of an examination of the role of Google in fomenting the Arab Spring and other uprisings via chairman and Bilderberg attendee Eric Schmidt and that of Jared Cohen, former State Dept. operative and founder of Google Ideas, a vehicle that has made its business in digital revolutions to aid rule by chaos. For more on this, read Google Hails Age of Cyber War & Digital Revolution. The hand of Western power is effectively masked in the public mind behind the victorious image ... more »
Handicapped Woman Calls 911 During Brutal Beating by Cops
Kimberly Paxton Megan Graham, a Federal Way, Washington woman, called 911 to attempt to save herself from the cops who were beating her. Straight from the Bully’s Playbook, the partially deaf and cognitively disabled woman has been charged with felony assault on an officer. Graham said that she had stopped at a friend’s apartment building when a police officer pulled up behind her. She says that she responded politely but never heard the officer order her from his running vehicle, to get back into her car. That’s the point at which things got ugly, as the officer reportedly grabb... more »
Imported U.S. Mac and Cheese Label: ‘Made from GM Wheat’
Melissa Melton Is there more genetically modified wheat in the U.S. food supply than what we’ve been told about? After it came to light last week that unapproved, illegal GMO wheat from Monsanto had been found growing in a farmer’s field in Oregon, Japan and South Korea have halted U.S. imports. The Monsanto wheat had been field tested between 1998 and 2005, but Monsanto pulled it when an international outcry arose and many of the biggest wheat importing countries proclaimed they would not buy the biotech giant’s GMO strain. Now, a disturbing YouTube video has surfaced from Food... more »
Where's The Outrage?
That's what Bob Dole trumpeted almost twenty years ago, when he was running against Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski. Try as he might, Dole couldn't generate public outrage against Clinton. Susan Delacourt wrote last week that Conservatives can't seem to generate any outrage over the fact that their top security database -- the Constituent Management Information System -- was used as the source for most robocalls: Where was the outrage over their database being hijacked? Where were the reassuring words to supporters, or the thousands of other people whose names are in that data... more »
Washington Criticizes Syrian Self-Defense
image source Stephen Lendman Seventeenth century philosopher/political theorist/jurist Hugo Grotius perhaps helped inspire international law. In 1625, his "On The Law of War and Peace" said "Most Men assign three Just Causes of War, Defense, the Recovery of what's our own, and Punishment." War must be waged rightly to be just, he said. It must either respond to "wrongs not yet committed, or to wrongs already done." He called self-defense justifiable. Under international law, it's a fundamental right. It's inviolable. The UN Charter affirms it. Chapter VII, Article 51 states: No... more »
Whistleblower Reveals World Bank Corruption
Joe Wright Whistleblowers continue to endure an increasing level of targeting and prosecution by an administration that touts its commitment to transparency. Despite this, many brave insiders continue to come forward to reveal the extent of corruption at the highest levels. The latest information comes from Karen Hudes, seen in the video below with Sean Stone. Her bio highlights her 21-year experience at the World Bank as Senior Legal Counsel: She worked in the US Export Import Bank of the US from 1980-1985 and in the Legal Department of the World Bank from 1986-2007. She establi... more »
How Schools Are Selling Your Children's Privacy
Mick Meaney This video report explains how a little-known corporation has built a super-database containing sensitive information about children's entire academic life, without parental consent. The company in question has powerful contacts; and if recent research is accurate, they plan to sell children's private data to corporations. Essential resource links posted below... *Sources*: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/0... https://www.inbloom.org/about-inbloom http://www.liherald.com/stories/inBlo... http://www.zdnet.com/hundreds-of-brit... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-5748.... more »
Curious events in Iran - were Saeed Jalili and Mahmoud Ahmainejad subjects of attempted assassinations ? Run up to Iranian Elections on June 14th becoming very interesting....
http://www.debka.com/article/23014/Gulf-sources-%22Accidents%22-to-Ahmadinejad-Jalili-were-attempted-assassinations Twelve days before Iran’s presidential election, stubborn rumors were making the rounds that two “accidents” which took place Sunday, June 2, were in fact attempts on the lives of outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a leading presidential hopeful, Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. Both escaped unhurt. The rumors pointed the finger of suspicion at supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or his underlings possibly acting on their own. The ayato... more »
South Africa mine violence rears its head again !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-03/lonmin-shares-zar-slide-following-deja-vu-news-two-south-african-mine-workers-shot-o Lonmin Shares, ZAR Slide Following Deja Vu News Of Two South African Mine Workers Shot, One Dead [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/03/2013 07:50 -0400 - Reuters Don't look now but Lonmin shares are pulling a "summer of 2012", following news from the South African police that two people have been shot at a Lonmin mine, one of whom has died. Expect the now usual kneejerk fireworks to hit the price of platinum as the supply of... more »
Untitled
*LSU advances to Super Regionals!!!* *New Orleans Saints Minicamp Will Be Open to the Public!* *A linebacker with a conscience: Scott Fujita ~David Flemming, ESPN* *Crew works quickly to revive headland ~Amy Wold, The Advocate* *Louisiana turns sand berms into barrier islands ~Susan Buchanan* *Consumers shelling out big bucks for Louisiana crabs, worst harvest in 10 years ~WWL* ~Editilla Cotellas~ *Some beg to diffa!* *Report Estimates 4.2 Million U.S. Homes Valued at an Estimated $1.1 Trillion at Risk of Hurricane Storm-Surge Damage ~DisasterMap.net* *Clo... more »
Watch "Unveiled And Lifted" in Full Today
Amanda Warren This beautiful documentary lit a fire in me - like no other - to approach freedom and consciousness in a radical way. Too many of the "awakened" walk around with broken spirits. Sometimes we forget that true freedom comes from the highest love from within - otherwise, what purpose do our actions serve? Are we going about resistance the hard way? Fighting coercion the way puppet masters intended ... *What we resist, persists *... but what if we each took our *personal power* back in our tiny corner of the world, realized our precious worth and it burst forth in a casc... more »
Rhode Island based hedge fund goes all in for Greek bonds ( is that a top for Greek bonds ) .....Does sell in May and Go away still apply - and for what asset classes ?
http://www.businessinsider.com/japonica-partners-bid-for-greek-debt-2013-6 Rhode Island Based Firm Announces Bid For Massive Amount Of Outstanding Greek Debt Joe Weisenthal | Jun. 3, 2013, 5:44 AM | 1,199 | 2 - - inShare1 - - - Email - More A firm called Japonica Partners has announced a tender offer for 10% of all Greek government bonds. FT Alphaville reports that the firm, which is based in Rhode Island, was founded in the late 80s by former Goldman banker Paul Kazarian. Here's the full statement below the dashes ------------------------------------------------... more »
De-Testing and De-Grading Schools (Peter Lang USA)
Please consider supporting this important volume available soon from Peter Lang USA and available now to preview and pre-order at amazon: De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Joe Bower and P.L. Thomas, editors Includes work from many important voices in the New Media of blogging and Twitter: Joe Bower Alfie Kohn FairTest Anthony Cody Julie and David […]
#optout is so much more than “angry parents” @John_Merrow
Last week Shaun and I interviewed John Merrow concerning Michelle Rhee’s blatant cover up of cheating in DCPS while she was the Chancellor. John did his homework and presented a factual documentation that at a minimum deserves further media attention. It was an enlightening conversation and I’m still flabbergasted by the reluctance of any other media outlets […]
Overnight summary - Japan equities take another nosedive..... Europe sees surprisingly stronger than expected PMIs ( interesting such PMI strength even unemployment continues to rise ) ..... US pre-open reflects positive start for thr week for equities.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-03/us-futures-bid-strong-china-pmi-europe-markets-offered-weak-china-pmi US Futures Bid On Strong China PMI; Europe Markets Offered On Weak China PMI [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/03/2013 06:54 -0400 - Apple - Bank of England - Bear Market - Beige Book - BLS - BOE - Bond - Bureau of Labor Statistics - China - Cohen - European Central Bank - Eurozone - Fail - fixed - Germany - Gross Domestic Product - headlines - International Monetary ... more »
152 new allegations of sexual abuse leveled against BBC in Jimmy Savile scandal
Jimmy Savile, 1973 image credit: Beacon/Flickr Madison Ruppert The scandal surrounding allegations of sexual abuse at the BBC continues to get more insane as a whopping 152 new allegations of sexual abuse and harassment have been leveled by 81 current and former BBC employees. So far, not all that much has happened in response to the many allegations, aside from the resignation of BBC director General George Entwistle. However, that was only indirectly related in that it was a response to the airing of a program that reportedly made false accusations of child abuse against a forme...more »
The Prince and the Pedophile: Charles' Connections to Pedophilia Networks
Image source Brandon Turbeville Fresh on the heels of the fallout from revelations regarding former BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile and his unbelievably sickening and innumerable instances of child molestation as well as the “look the other way” approach taken by the BBC, more and more questions are now emerging in regards to the connection between Savile and British Royalty, most notably Prince Charles. At least, more questions should be emerging. Unfortunately, however, the British mainstream media is deeming Prince Charles and the rest of his ilk in positions of power and percei...more »
18 Signs That Massive Economic Problems Are Erupting All Over The Planet
Michael Snyder This is no time to be complacent. Massive economic problems are erupting all over the globe, but most people seem to believe that everything is going to be just fine. In fact, a whole bunch of recent polls and surveys show that the American people are starting to feel much better about how the U.S. economy is performing. Unfortunately, the false prosperity that we are currently enjoying is not going to last much longer. Just look at what is happening in Europe. The eurozone is now in the midst of the longest recession that it has ever experienced. Just look at w... more »
Turkey puts police brutality on display - and Prime Minister Erdogan is critical of syria crushing protests and dissension ?
http://rt.com/news/turkey-police-brutality-reports-148/ Turkey police brutality: Cops attack protesters, use gallons of tear gas (PHOTOS) Get short URL Published time: June 03, 2013 09:19 Edited time: June 03, 2013 10:04 [image: Riot police use a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters in front of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Istanbul office June 1, 2013 (Reuters / Murad Sezer)] Riot police use a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters in front of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Istanbul office June 1, 2013 (Reuters / Murad Sezer) Share on t... more »
How to Hide Your Digital Communications from Big Brother
J.P. Hicks Big Brother is hoping to eliminate anonymous digital communication, but a new messaging protocol may provide privacy advocates a way around their snooping government no matter where they live. It couldn't come at a better time as governments increasingly demand access to private communications. In fact, an FBI whistleblower recently revealed that all digital communications are being recorded and stored by the U.S. government. Since most emails, instant messaging, and all voice calls (land line, cell or Internet) run through central service providers that database all u... more »
Connecticut Lawmakers Vote to Label GMO Foods
*Activist Post* Fresh off global protests against Monsanto, the Connecticut House and Senate agreed on a bill to label genetically modified foods. "There is mounting scientific evidence showing that genetically modified foods are harmful to our health," said Senate President Donald E. Williams (D-Brooklyn). "There's an increasing avalanche of public support (for labeling GMOs)." The original legislation would have made GMO labeling mandatory in Connecticut by 2016, but a compromise was made this week to add a trigger to the law requiring other state's participation. The trigger ... more »
Canadian "Free Man" Hasn't Paid Taxes in 17 Years
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A Brief Detour Into Boxing
By Manifesto Joe Here's one answer to an old debate in boxing circles: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Louis. Here's the opinion of an old pro who had just fought the prime Ali: "Louis wouldn't have a chance; he was too slow ... There's no way to train yourself for what he (Ali) does. The moves, the speed, the punches and the way he changes style every time you think you got him figured. The right hands Ali hit me with just had no business landing but they did. They came from nowhere. Many times he was in the wrong position but he hit me anyway. I've never seen anyone who could do that. The kn... more »
Australian Aboriginal Leader and Musician Mandwuy Yunupingu Passes Away
Sad day for Australian Music and culture ... former lead singer Mandwuy Yunupingu of the Aboriginal band "Yothu Yindi" passed away from kidney disease. Yothu Yindi & Mandwuy helped to bring the plight of indigenous Australians to mainstream consciousness. This eventually lead to a formal apology by the Australian Government in 2008 for the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples by successive Parliaments, governments (state and federal) and communities prior to that time.
Monday Linkage
Good morning Ducks. Hope your summer is off to a good start. Here are some links to start off your week… Joshua Foust argues that a technology ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems (e.g. autonomous drones) will not work. (I agree but then again I am putting all of my money down on the ED-209 cleaning up Continue reading
iRadio to iTunes
Apple broke the album mold and introduced us to not back to singles but tracks. It priced these at a point that was attractive and tied it t their iPod, iPhone, iMac, iPad and the rest is history. Now they plan to introduce iRadio to the family and hope to cash in on the move to music on demand. So how will they fair against the established communities such as Pandora, Google’ ‘All Access’ and Spotify. Will they be able to lure customers away from subscription based services to what is reported to be an advertising paid model? Will consumers accept free with ads even if it links se... more »
Thank you BBC I really needed a laugh this morning and you provided me with one
The BBC reports with a straight face, as their second top story this morning, that: 'Ed Balls will pledge to end winter fuel allowances for richer older people in a speech, while promising "iron discipline" on spending Ed Balls promising "iron discipline" on spending, come on that has to be a joke. Ed Balls, the man who as Gordon Brown's right hand man oversaw a massive increase in public spending is now promising "iron discipline"! In case you've forgotten the profligate spending by the last Labour government, and the BBC/Labour alliance would rather you did forget it - they are c... more »
MYSTERIOUS TURKEY
*Turkey today* It looks like the CIA and its friends have now brought their 'Arab Spring' to Turkey? Some people might doubt this, on the grounds that: *1.* Turkey's 'Islamist' Prime Minister, Recep Erdogan, is keen to topple Syria's President Assad. This is in line with the policy of many important figures in Israel, the USA and NATO. *Erdogan* *However*, Turkey's Erdogan and the UK's David Cameron, both strong opponents of Assad, have suddenly found themselves in trouble. Perhaps Obama and Kerry are still having doubts about the wisdom of having a full scale invasion of Syri... more »
The Late Kent Daniel Bentkowski on The Late Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut.
masks link Mozart to Kubrick thought this was worth adding to the general background noise of OSR or Occult Symbolism Reportage surrounding the late Stanley Kubrick's 1999 film *EYES WIDE SHUT*, interview concerning the research of the late Kent Daniel Bentkowski. *ELITE BLOODLINES AND SATANIC RITUAL.* Kent Daniel Bentkowski is an ex-investment banker who moved into investigative journalism as a point of moral awakening. Kent claims that the (European) Rothschild family became the (American) Rockefeller family. Kent died in 2008. Kent links alleged-freemasons Mozart (for his Mag... more »
Taidong Development in a picture
Taidong Protest shared this on Facebook. It shows how in one small area of Taitung several hotel projects are going in that will wreck one of nicest areas on the east coast. In the center right, the small circle shows the bitterly opposed Miramar Hotel, just plopped on a lovely beach via a process that gives every appearance of involving developer-local government collusion. For non-Chinese readers, in each description, the number in the center is the size of the development in hectares, while the bottom number gives the number of hotel rooms. Visit the east coast now because in ev... more »
Free Trade 30: Hypocrisy of Opposition to Free Market
A friend, Priscilla Tacujan, wrote a good article published today in the Philippine Star, about economic nationalism in the Philippine Constitution. I shared it in my facebook wall and it attracted a good exchange between me and Stephen P. Cutler, an American security analyst based here in Manila. Posting our exchange with his permission, thanks a lot Steve. -------- *Stephen P. Cutler* Nonoy Oplas, thanks for posting. I've heard another, possibly even more damaging effect of the protectionist clauses. The prohibition against foreigners obtaining licenses for professions reduces th... more »
US OUT OF NORTH AMERICA!
*The Pentagon now employs soldiers to create fake Facebook, and other social media, identities to spread military industrial propaganda across the land* *My talk on June 1 at the Moana Nui 2013 Teach-In held in Berkeley, California* *The Militarization of North American Life* I live in Bath, Maine where Navy Aegis destroyers are built. These ships are outfitted with so-called “missile defense” systems that the Pentagon is today using to help surround Russia and China. Few people in my community, including some activists, are interested in where these ships go (places like Jeju I... more »
The U.S. Government Has Only One Mission: Kill Life
"I think the central thinking of the ruling class of the United States basically is within the Tsarist paradigm. They don't say so, but that's the way they act. We've even got a Tsar, haven't we? We've got a Tsar. And the Tsar, last I heard, was threatening to close down all the medical treatment he doesn't approve of, which sounds like Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great or one of those nuts out of the Dark Ages." - Robert Anton Wilson, *from an interview* about his 2002 book, *"TSOG: The Thing That Ate The Constitution."* I think that statement above is a bit harsh----on the R... more »
World’s Funnest Dad Giveaway (valued at almost $1,000)
*Have you linked up your projects to this week's Creative Showcase yet?* Earlier this week I was working on a post and listening to my husband and daughter play Candy Land in the next room. I was overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude for the amazing father that my husband is to our daughter. He plays Candy Land at least once a day and never complains, he reads bedtime stories, dresses up and I have seen him with a Barbie in his hand a time or two. I was lucky enough to grow up with an amazing father and I am so happy to know that my little girl is growing up with an amazing father t... more »
Your Moment of Zen
Fallen flowers. Via Old Moss Woman.
Stephen Harper Continues To Lie About Ship Building Jobs, Seaspan Has To Wait 4 More Years, Contract Awarded In 2011, Jobs In 2017, Maybe?
I wrote the Below post last December/2012...It was about Stephen Harper`s Shipbuilding fraud, about Harper promising jobs when he knew none were coming, it was about exposing Stephen Treason Harper for the liar and con-man he is..The below post will show you that this ship-building carrot has been dangled in front of Canadian shipyards and voters since 2007, here we are mid 2013 and not one piece of steel has been cut yet, no contracts signed, no designs approved, just more bullshit from the Stephen Harper and his Federal Convict party!..As you know, in the last Federal election ... more »
Canada's Bank CEO's Are Among Highest Paid ... Good Thing That Harper/Flaherty Sunk $114 BILLION Tax Dollars Into The Banks ...
** [image: Progressive Bloggers] *"Canadian bankers were among some of the highest-paid banking executives in North America last year, with three in the top 10, according to a new list compiled by Bloomberg Markets magazine. In all, six Canadian bank CEOs were in the top 20."* *CBC * *"Canada's biggest banks accepted tens of billions in government funds during the recession, according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Canada's banking system is often lauded for being one of the world's safest. But an analysis by CCPA senior economist Dav... more »
Henry Corbin - The Stranger
Related: *Henry Corbin: "To be a philosopher is to take to the road. . . "* *Henry Corbin On "The Trilogy of the Soul."* *Henry Corbin On "The Heavenly Twin."* *Henry Corbin: The Biblical Flood As A Spiritual Event. * *Henry Corbin On A Major Philosophical Difference Between Shiites And Sunnis*. *Henry Corbin On Alamut And The Order of The Assassins.* Below is an excerpt from Henry Corbin's book, *"Avicenna and the Visionary Recital."* Translated by Willard R. Trask. Routledge & Kegan Paul: London. 1960. Pg. 27-28. The excerpt from a chapter called, "The Cosmic Crypt: The S... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Creative Adventures
Welcome *back* to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our green community. Last week all Meet & Greet posts were removed from Reduce Footprints to ensure that your page ranks would not be affected by the linky. I have verified that the linky is "no follow" and has no adverse affect on ratings. But ... it seemed like a good time to make a little change: We have an updated banner ... it now points to a new Meet & Greet Page. The posts will be listed in chronological order making it easy to go back and revisit blogs. Okay ... let's pick up where we left off ... [im... more »
TV Watch: Revisiting Aaron Sorkin's first TV series, the incandescent "Sports Night" (with notes on "Arrested Development")
*On-air, without pants (don't ask -- it's too complicated to explain): Dan (Josh Charles) and Casey (Peter Krause)* *CASEY* [*in the Sports Night co-anchors' office, with pants*]: Hey, you want to get involved with this? *DAN* [*reading *Forbes* magazine with cover story "The Wealth of Cities"*]: I so don't. *CASEY*: Didn't you used to care about these things? *DAN*: Yes. *CASEY*: So it wasn't that long ago that you did? *DAN*: Yeah. *CASEY*: I mean, it was like yesterday. *DAN*: Right. *CASEY*: Now when I say "yesterday," I'm not speaking metaphorically. I mean it was *yesterday*. Wha... more »
Obama declares June Deviant Sex Month...
*am I the only one who finds this just too strange for words?* From Weasel Zippers via TPM: *Obama Proclaims June Gay Pride Month…* President Barack Obama officially proclaimed the month of June 2013 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride month. In his proclamation, the president wrote: “This year, we celebrate LGBT Pride Month at a moment of great hope and progress, recognizing that more needs to be done. Support for LGBT equality is growing, led by a generation which understands that, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “injustice anywhere is a threat to justi... more »
Muslim Brotherhood Cleric al-Qaradawi Publicly Aligns Himself With The Great Satan And Israhell
*Muslim Brotherhood cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi supports the United States and Israel against the victims of USrael's aggression in Syria.* "I defended the so-called Nasrallah and his party, the party of tyranny... in front of clerics in Saudi Arabia. It seems that the clerics of Saudi Arabia were more mature than me." - Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi in a recent speech about Syria and Hezbollah's decision to participate in the war against the extremist insurgents at a city near the Lebanese border called Al-Qusayr. (*Source*). Youssef al-Qaradawi has a "broadcast on Al Jazeera, whic... more »
Standing my ground
So much agitation on the internets tonight makes me think it's time for some cool blues. Clarence Gatemouth Brown.
Will Rubio's Centrist Position On Immigration Reform Disqualify Him From The Presidential Nomination Of The Party Of Hatred And Bigotry?
Californians for Population Stabilization insists they're not a hate group and not about racism but they're fooling no one in California. Now they're taking their bigotry on the road-- running TV spots against McCain and Flake in Arizona and against Marco Rubio in Florida. Rubio isn't up for reelection next year. If the above and the ad below are meant to harm him, I suspect it's his presidential ambitions they have in mind. Marc Caputo at the *Miami Herald* covered the animus right-wing hate groups are developing towards Rubio for his role in the comprehensive immigration reform ... more »
EFN Asia 22: Dealing with Economic Nationalism, Jeju Forum
Below is the Rapporteur's Report that I submitted to the organizers of the recently concluded Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity 2013. This is posted in the EFN Asia website. *○ Session Outline* *Title* Dealing with Economic Nationalism *Session Code* 5-A *Time* 15:40 – 17:00 *Room* A *Moderator: *Wan Saiful WAN JAN *Presenter: *SAM, Rainsy *Discussants: *CHOI, Byung-il; FENG, Xingyuan; Pham Chi LAN; LIU, Junning; Barun MITRA; Tricia YEOH *○ Key Points by the Presenter** * - Economic nationalism is understandable. Early stage of development, there is a need to protect crucial ne... more »
More on Parent Revolution triggerman Ben Austin’s gunning down of a well regarded LAUSD principal
“The ‘parent trigger’ by definition is a hostile act. It creates division and conflict. It sets parents against parents. It sets parents against teachers. It sets parents against administrators. It is a “trigger” and triggers kill.” — Professor Diane Ravitch Parent Revolution, the well funded neoliberal operatives in charge of achieving reactionary Andy Smarick’s dream […]
Abe Wants to Intensify Efforts to Restart Nuclear Plants
Fujita, Tomoya (31 May 2013) Abe to intensify efforts to restart nuclear power plants May 31, 2013 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201305310087 [Excerpted] Score a victory for Japan's powerful business lobby. Despite deep-rooted public distrust of nuclear power generation in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the Abe administration is set to push restarts of idled nuclear reactors as an integral engine of policy to spur economic growth. The Asahi Shimbun obtained a copy of the government's draft growth strategy that is expected to win Cabinet a... more »
Darrell Issa blows smoke on IRS witch hunt
This is why we have an uninformed electorate. The Hill (no I'm not linking to their stenography) dutifully transcribes Issa's crackpot allegations about the his latest time wasting attempts to make a scandal out of the IRS asking GOP front groups to prove they're not really political PACs in disguise. They dutifully quote Issa's blathering: "The indication is they were being directly ordered from Washington," Issa said, citing interviews with IRS workers in Cincinnati. "This is a problem that was coordinated, in all likelihood, right out of Washington headquarters. We have subpoen... more »
Global Public Opinion Is Against The Aggressive War On Syria
Anti-Erdoğan protesters in Turkey get tear-gassed by police. Source: *REUTERS / Murad Sezer*. The *protests in Turkey* against Prime Minister Erdoğan and the AKP regime for the country's slide toward authoritarianism and its illegal intervention in the war in Syria is getting widespread press coverage. The Turkish people are not alone in their dissatisfaction with their government's stance towards Syria. Europeans are also against arming the Jihadist extremists who dominate the opposition against Assad. In England, only *22 percent* of the people believe the government should g... more »
SAC redemptions for Q 2 may rise to 3.5 billion - that follows Q 1 Redemptions of 1.7 billion ! Outside capital fleeing SAC !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-02/redemption-deluge-arrives-sac-bracing-massive-35-billion-withdrawals ( And with leverage at more than 3 times net assets , this is going to have an impact ! ) The Redemption Deluge Arrives: SAC Bracing For Massive $3.5 Billion In Withdrawals [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/02/2013 15:42 -0400 - Ben Bernanke - Ben Bernanke - Insider Trading - SAC - Wall Street Journal There is little that has not been said about SAC on these pages in the past 4 years (most recently here). So let's proc... more »
Protests In Istanbul: "Those Who Present Themselves As Conservatives Only Care About Profit Maximization"
Once a week I like to hike up to the top of the biggest peak in Griffith Park. It takes 2 hours but when you arrive, you have a 360 degree vista of Los Angeles. Griffith Park is one of the biggest urban parks in America-- 4,310 acres. I sometimes ask Roland if he thinks Angelenos will fight when the big developers finally get politicians corrupt enough to start allowing commercial development in the park. He thinks I'm crazy and that (commercial development) that would never happen. My first trip to Istanbul was early in 1969. It was a major resting spot on the Hippie Trail to In... more »
Week Off!
The recent storms have inflicted sufficient damage to Southern Man's summer (and soon to be full-time) employer that campus will be closed next week for repairs so rather than kicking off the summer session on Monday Southern Man has an unexpected week off which he will use that time to do some long-needed repairs to The Barn and try to finish the interior of The Woodshop. There, he said it in print. Now he *has* to do it. Right?
Flood
Last night's record deluge left Southern Land more or less submerged. Wolf Creek Lake was at record levels, high enough to put several feet of water in the future Fishing Pond. The future Garden Pond was also full of water. The Point was completely submerged. This picture was taken in the morning; by evening the water had risen to well beyond those woodpiles. A familiar sight as Southern Man tried to make his way into Southern City and to the Ancestral Manor. He had to go a good seven miles east before finding a road that was open all the way to the city. Southern Man was stop... more »
NY Columnist Worries About Global Warming from School Air Conditioners as State Prepares to Punish Teachers in Hot Classrooms
Opinionator Sara Mosle learned both teaching and politics from Teach for America, and now she is a favorite at the NYTimes to express the positivized neoliberal edu-position without having to think about it. Sara wonders in her latest column if children in air conditioned classrooms have an advantage over children who must swelter in school […]
If Romney had won
In case you were wondering, Zeke Miller who's now at Time magazine, posts a longer look at Mitt Romney's transistion plan. There's probably no more relevant reaction than these tweets from the big time con blogger at Powerline: *John Podhoretz*: Now I'm glad he lost. Seriously, this is an embarrassment. It's like the Romney administration was going to be one big Learning Annex. The plan was hundreds of pages long, (complete with PowerPoint presentations), carefully crafted by hundreds of the best corporate toadies within the Romney inner circles. They envisioned remaking the Wh... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Yup, the same question as the one for conservatives. Gallup has Barack Obama at 47% approval today; where do you expect him to be by January 1?
Non-profit mega grants and academic rhetoric: Silencing grassroots people
By Brenda Norrell Censored News www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Updated Monday, June 3, 2013 One of the latest threats to truth is the injection of hundreds of thousands of dollars into non-profits, as private corporations buy up major newspapers. One of the non-profit funding sources, the Ford Foundation, funds 'Indigenous' organizations with grants of $100,000 to $400,000 annually. The Ford
Great New Video By Patrick Willis..AKA.. Snordelhans: Pigs!
I have long been a supporter of Patrick Willis, and his outstanding videos that he narrates with his superb voice. Many have told me that his narration in these videos is absolutely concise, superb, and quite mesmerizing....I do agree.... I have his latest work here for all to see... It is a short video, entitled "Pigs" that conveys a very important message about our present war with the media in getting the absolute truth out.... I do have my own thoughts and comments to follow: NTS Notes: This video may be short, but the message is clear... We in the alternative media are in... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Barack Obama's Gallup approval today is at 47%, which is toward the lower end of the range it's been in during May. Where do you expect it to be by January 1? (Yes, yes, averages are better...but Gallup has the advantage of easy comparison with other presidents, even though all of it should be used with caution).
Update On Alex Jones "Finally" Coming Out And Calling The Criminals "Zionist Jews"
I received an email from a friend who says that the recent video I put up just two articles ago where Alex Jones has "finally" come out and called the criminals "Zionist Jews" is actually SEVERAL years old! If anyone has the information to confirm the actual date of the Alex Jones broadcast where he makes this statement, please let me know through either email to me directly, or through the comment section of this blog... Thanks... and as usual... More to come NTS
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
It is Sunday, June 2nd, and it is indeed time for my weekly ranting and raving.... I do not know why I continue to do it, but I do again feel that I need to apologize to my readers for not putting up more articles at this blog recently.... I have been extremely busy the last while taking care of personal and family needs and issues, and this blog has fallen by the wayside.... I have been able to get the odd article fired off here and there the last few weeks when I have found the time.... Yes, I do have a life outside of blogging, and that does take precedence... Well onto pressin... more »
Lobby fodder
The latest parliamentary 'scandal', now embracing a Conservative MP, two Labour lords and an Ulster Unionist peer (all suspended/resigned from their parties now), has been exercising the media today. Stings by the BBC, the*Telegraph * and the* Sunday Times* have put parliament back under the glare of adverse publicity again. Given the way things were going this morning, I was intrigued to hear how Paddy O'Connell's *Broadcasting House *would handle the issue. The Tory MP and the the UUP peer had already resigned from their parties by that stage, whilst the two Labour lords were st... more »
A letter to Michael Weaver
Dear Michael, Thanks for *appearing on my radio program* to explain your background and what has happened to you for simply expressing your opinion on controversial matters and defending yourself from drunken criminals. You are a true American in word and deed - and I say God bless you brother. I admire your courage, fortitude, and unwavering conviction towards the truth and advocating for our nation and race. It's truly shameful what has become of this nation, and how far we have fallen - and it's simply unacceptable. This cannot and will not stand - and guys like you on the fr...more »
Sunday Classics: Colin Davis's surprising triumph in Mahler's "Song of the Earth"
The firmament is eternally blue, and the earth will long stand fast and blossom in spring. But thou, O man, how long then livest thou? Not a hundred years canst thou delight in all the rotten trash of this earth! *-- from "*Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde*" ("The Drinking Song of Earth's Sorrow"), the opening movement of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth); English translation by Deryck Cooke* *Jon Vickers, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, cond. Philips, recorded March 1981* *by Ken* In Friday night's preview I argued that Jon Vickers's massiv... more »
Asking a Better CCSS Support Question
As a follow up to my earlier post on “a majority supports” arguments for CCSS, now reposted at The Answer Sheet, let’s see if any of the CCSS advocates will try a new question: Since adopting, implementing, and testing CCSS will cost a tremendous amount of time and money, would you prefer adopting CCSS or […]
Sufficiency of reasons
D.M. Drugs (Harris Guardian Drugs) v. Barry Edward Bywater (Parkview Hotel), 2013 ONCA 356: [35] The duty of a trial judge to give reasons was explored in the Supreme Court of Canada's seminal decision in *Sheppard*. While *Sheppard *considered the sufficiency of a trial judge's reasons in criminal matters, the same principles were adapted to the civil context in *F.H. v. McDougall*, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41. At para. 98 of *McDougall*, Rothstein J. held that, when assessing a trial judge's duty to give reasons in the civil context, the following four functions shoul... more »
What choices for Christians in Syria?
'After the prayer walk Janssen had the opportunity to meet with Syrian Christian refugees, who told him how they came to flee their homes and villages. Their village was occupied by rebel forces, who proceeded to announce that they were now under an Islamic emirate, and were subject to sharia law. The Christian residents were offered four choices: 1. renounce the 'idolatry' of Christianity and convert to Islam; 2. pay a heavy tribute to the Muslims for the privilege of keeping their heads and their Christian faith (this tribute is known as jizya); 3. be killed; 4. flee for their... more »
NYT Editorial: The Global Plight of Disabled Children
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/the-global-plight-of-disabled-children.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130602
NEW WORLD DISORDER - you cannot fight by their rules
*war is good for profit, nothing else.*whether this may seem obvious to you or not, the only way to avoid a FACE TO FACE collision with the Armed Forces of the Corporate War Machine or New World Order in your country is DON'T FIGHT BY THEIR RULES if you want to survive. The Vietnamese People's Resistance to American Invasion effectively repelled the US Corporate War Machine in the 1970's by use the land, hiding and subverting. This has also been a tactic that's mostly kept USA and USSR out of Afghanistan. Rugged, resourceful individuals arranged into tactical cells. STAND UP FOR Y... more »
China slowdown reflected in resource sector in Australia - one word .... disaster ! Gold demand for physical quadruples since April meltdown ! Abenomics crushes South Korean exports - how long before South Korean devalues its currency ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-02/down-and-out-down-under Down And Out In Down Under [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/02/2013 10:41 -0400 - Australia - China - Germany - Hong Kong - Japan - None - Private Equity - United Kingdom For all the talk China's economic problems are getting (and yes, its official PMI came just slightly ahead of expectations on Saturday printing at 50.8 with consensus looking for 50.0: after all the Politburo can't give the impression of an *out of control* stall), the real action co... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - May 31 , 2013 ..... News , Data from May 30th and views to consider....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://silverdoctors.com/bo-polny-gold-has-bottomed-at-1321-to-rise-into-june-5th-turn-date/#more-27310 *Gold has bottomed at $1321. I know not one person that has been willing to go on the record and post what I have posted. No individual has yet called the bottom for gold, and I have already gone on the record announcing the bottom only two days after gold hit $1321. The recent drop (just a re-test, in my view) was just four trading days and only $100 off—and folks seem to have forgotten that my Bottom call of April 18 has (so far) held beautifully! I sold my gold at $1900, as yo... more »
thank you, jean stapleton
She was a great actor, a brilliant comedian, and the warm heart of one of the most memorable television shows of all time. "All in the Family" was a pioneering show, and she was an integral part of what it made it shine. She created a character that entire generations will never forget. The *New York Times* obituary notes: Jean Stapleton, the character actress whose portrayal of a slow-witted, big-hearted and submissive — up to a point — housewife on the groundbreaking series “All in the Family” made her, along with Mary Tyler Moore and Bea Arthur, not only one of the foremost wome... more »
beatriz and savita are not exceptions: abortion bans kill
You may have heard of the latest anti-woman denail of basic human rights to make international news. A few months back there was Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland when she was denied a life-saving, medically necessary abortion. Now there is a woman known as "Beatriz" (not her real name) in El Salvador. Beatriz has lupus, kidney disease, and severe hypertension. She is 22 years old, and she is, or was, pregnant. The fetus she carries is anencephalic (missing most of its brain) and cannot survive outside the womb. Eleven doctors have testified that Beatriz is likely to die if ... more »
Hell Hath Indeed Frozen Over (?): Alternative News Shill Alex Jones FINALLY Admits The Troublemakers Are The Zionist (Jews) !!!
Many who follow my work here know I have always had a major problem with the so called "Big Kahuna" in the alternative news, Alex Jones himself... For years, I have asked everyone to be absolutely careful of this clown and his so called "Infowars" website. This man has avoided calling the criminal Jews out, and has prefered to call the criminals the "German Death Cult", "The Luciferians", or his tried and true "New World Order"... It has been sickening to hear his rants without any substance, and without fingering the real culprits responsible for our demise.... But lo and behold,...more »
When you hear Palestinians say they want peace...
"Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations." Yasser Arafat
Alex Jones Finally Admitting Its The Zionists Jews
I never thought I'd see the day... Alex Jones has *finally* admitted it's the stinkin' Jews behind all the tyranny in America! I still wouldn't recommend anyone support or listen to him though. Video found at *B'Man's excellent blog*:
LEARNING TO LOVE JEJU ISLAND
It was a long day. The Moana Nui Teach-In ran from 10:00 am til almost 11:00 pm. Amazingly many people stayed until the end. Those that did were glad they stayed as they got to hear Mayor Kang speak after a moving introduction by Koohan Paik (on right in photo). Koohan lives in Hawaii and has become an avid supporter of the village. She showed a series of photos to the audience about the beauty and tragedy of Gangjeong village. Included were several showing the mayor being beaten up and arrested for defending nature and their sacred way of life. The mayor made a moving speech... more »
SECRET LOVE AFFAIR
*According to the Daily Mail:* The UK's Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, has been rocked by a secret love affair. *1.* The lovers are "middle-aged figures." *2.* The affair "has potentially significant political implications for Cameron". *3.* The affair "does not involve anyone serving in the Cabinet." *Cameron and wife, recently on holiday in Ibiza.* In 2002, it was revealed that former Conservative Prime Minister John Major had had an affair with a Jewish mistress, Edwina Currie. Recently, Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, a Conservative MP, was arrested following alle... more »
At long last, the New York Times bends to our will!
*SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2013* *Initiates series of front-page reports about our health care looting:* For years, we’ve been making a non-negotiable demand in the form of a question: When would the New York Time do the obvious? When would it publish a series of front-page reports about the way the American public gets looted in the costs of health care? We’ll guess we started asking this question in 2009, the year when the press corps pretended to stage a year-long debate about health care. This morning, to its credit, the New York Times has finally submitted to our will. In the early goi... more »
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