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Thursday Midmorning Linkage
Here is your Thursday late morning linkage. Let’s start with a couple of
stories about getting out to the field. Kim Yi Dionne writes about the
challenges of taking her toddler to Malawi during field work (on second
thought, maybe not!) U.S. diplomats confined to Kabul and can’t visit aid
projects as military drawdown deprives
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That Cold Lake Bitumen Spill - It Just Keeps Rollin' Along
The 10-week old Cold Lake bitumen spill is expected to stop - basically
whenever it stops itself. The company, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.,
says there's nothing it can do to staunch the leak other than collect
whatever bitumen it can from the surface and haul out the dead animals.
*On Wednesday morning, the company said in a conference call that it had
identified a few older, inactive wells—one of which dates back to 1997—as
probable culprits. At least one of the suspect wells were drilled by a
prior operator, the company said. When a well casing failed, according to
the com... more »
Why Can’t DFER Deal Will Education Evidence?
Mac LeBuhn, of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), started his six-part
book club series on Jal Mehta’s The Allure of Order with the solid
statement on its conclusion that the standards-based accountability policy
paradigm “is an ill-conceived and inadequate response to America’s domestic
and international achievement gaps.” But, LeBuhn downplays Mehta’s
findings. Mehta, for instance, […]
'Evil bankers' unless they're a Labour supporting banker
Imagine the furore is David Cameron had made a banker a peer in the recent
list of appointments. The Labour party and their propaganda arm, the BBC
would be screaming about the Tory party being in the pay of bankers and the
city fatcats who caused the economic crash. Now have you noticed any such
complaining about the peerage given by the Labour party to Sir Charles
Allen? The BBC's report on the peerages manages this:
'Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, leads
five Labour nominations for peerages, which also include businessmen Sir
William Haughey and... more »
“Track and Improve Your School Culture”
LiveSchool is a start-up in the total surveillance urban school business
that offers a tech tool for meting out rewards and punishments. It is
unapologetically based on the “banking model” of education, and it has been
embraced by Bloomberg and other Wall Street hustlers as a way to make a
dirty buck on the backs […]
On our knees
As we dance through our days, the unexpected and potentially shocking can
emerge. It is not just the landscape that is changing. The life within
the backdrop is taking on a different hue. These may not be colors or
shades you knew were there, yet their effect is not to be missed. This is
you.
The feelings erupting now appear raw and unfamiliar, maybe welcome, yet
strange. This time will proceed and change all of us. How we weather
these alterations is up to us. We are all moving or being forcibly moved.
Every day this week I’ve witnessed major life changing eve... more »
VIDEOS: Oakland protest supporting CA prisoner hunger strike (featuring Danny Murillo, Janetta Louise Johnson and Paige Kumm)
At lunchtime on Wednesday July 31, Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza in
downtown Oakland hosted a protest rally in support of the CA prisoner
hunger strike that began on July 8. The rally was followed by a spirited
march through downtown Oakland (view event photos here). This event was
held in conjunction with similar solidarity events around the world.
The rally’s MC, Jerry Elster from All of Us or None, announced the upcoming
protest outside the west gate of San Quentin Prison at 2pm on August 3, and
introduced a wide range of anti-prison activists who spoke in support of
the cu... more »
What The Bradley Manning Verdict Tells Us About America
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MAINE DRONE PEACE WALK
Just thought I'd give you a brief update on plans for the *October 10-19*drone walk. Please note dates on your calendar.
*Maine Drone Walk in October*
*
*Japanese Buddhist nun Jun-san from the order Nipponzan Myohoji (Grafton,
NY) has agreed to lead our drone peace walk in Maine in October and will
bring 4-5 others from Japan with her. It is likely that a few from the
Nipponzan Myohoji temple in Western Massachusetts will join us as well.
One Veterans for Peace member from New Jersey is also coming.
For several months some of us worked with the ACLU in Maine on a bill in
the sta... more »
A Look at How Extremists Have the Republican Party in a Death Grip
Two prominent Democrats have decided to dig into the rotting corpse of the Republican
movement to get a look at what lurks inside.
*Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg and political strategist James Carville
have announced what they plan to do about that pressing problem: namely,
“The Republican Party Project,” which will provide extensive survey
research devoted to “exposing, monitoring, and confronting” the Republicans
while helping Democrats and progressives to regain the political offensive.*
*To begin advancing these ambitious goals, Carville and Greenberg released
the first in ... more »
If you, like me, have never before heard Julian Assange speak, I highly recomend that you listen to his thoughts on the trial of Bradley Manning.
------------------------------
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 31,
2013
Original Here*
*EXCLUSIVE: "Bradley Manning Has Become a Martyr"–WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
on Guilty Verdict*
The sentencing hearing for Army whistleblower Bradley Manning begins today
following his acquittal on the most serious charge he faced, aiding the
enemy, but conviction on 20 other counts. On Tuesday, Manning was found
guilty of violating the Espionage Act and other charges for leaking
hundreds of thousands of government documents to WikiLeak... more »
Russia Grants Snowden Temporary Asylum
Edward Snowden gets to leave Moscow airport, finally. The Russkies have
given Snowden a one-year temporary asylum to their country.
*Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden’s Russian lawyer, told the media he handed
Snowden asylum papers Thursday and that Snowden’s whereabouts would be kept
secret for reasons of security. Snowden would choose his own place of
residence, but it would not be an embassy, the lawyer said. Russia Today
tweeted that Kucherena said Snowden “is ready to talk to press, but he
needs a day for adaptation.”*
Bystanders to Calamity
Once while visiting remote Rivers Inlet I took shelter an old logging cabin
that was apparently undergoing renovation. The inner walls had been
stripped bare to reveal newspapers that had once formed the cabin's
insulation. They were old copies of the *Vancouver Sun *from the 30's. As
I waited for the weather to break so a seaplane could get in to fly me home
I went through some of those papers.
There was a tension in the news back then that remained palpable six
decades later. News stories reported the latest advances in the brutal
Japanese war on China. They chronicled th... more »
We Emit, These People Get the Tab
Across south Asia there are more than a billion people whose livelihood and
lives are utterly dependent on the annual Monsoon rains. The severe
impacts of climate change on their hydrological lifeline has left them
reeling. This week Pakistan was hit by massive flooding that took their
own weather services by surprise.
*“We kept quivering with fear the whole night and could not sleep even a
wink,” recalled Salma Zehra, a mother of five teenage children. The family
trembled to think that the roof of their mud house could cave in at any
time, as the rain lashed down in a huge thu... more »
Christy Clark's Giant Methane Fart - Part Deux
British Columbia premier Christy Clark has visions of our province becoming
an energy superpower in its own right thanks to massive reserves of shale
natural gas, methane, in northern B.C. just waiting to be fracked.
The stuff's not worth much in Canada. North America has a glut of methane
thanks to fracking in the U.S. Asia, however, is still paying top dollar
for natural gas so Clark sees an opportunity to market LNG,
highly-compressed, liquified natural gas to the far side of the Pacific.
Not so fast, say the folks at the University of Victoria Environmental Law
Centre. They... more »
Is supersymmetry a "speculative idea"?
Matt Strassler wrote a mostly sensible text
A Couple of Rare Events
on the media's reaction to the LHCb and CMS' measurement of the decay rate
of the rare process \(B_{(s)}^0\to \mu^+\mu^-\). For the first time, the
decay rate was measured to be nonzero and it agrees with the Standard Model
within something like a 30% error margin. Matt correctly says that some
media sell it as a breathtaking success of the Standard Model that nearly
kills all the competitors. And he correctly points out that the media
apparently think that the supersymmetry is the only competitor of the
Standard ... more »
"The Most Important Number In The Entire U.S. Economy"
* *
*"The Most Important Number In The Entire U.S. Economy"*
by Michael Snyder
There is one vitally important number that everyone needs to be watching
right now, and it doesn’t have anything to do with unemployment, inflation
or housing. If this number gets too high, it will collapse the entire U.S.
financial system. The number that I am talking about is the yield on 10
year U.S. Treasuries. When that number goes up, long-term interest rates
all across the financial system start increasing. When long-term interest
rates rise, it becomes more expensive for the federal governme... more »
#TFA neophytes will now get to adopt wards of the state. No joke.
You too can become a surrogate for any child who is a ward of the state of
IL. It’s just that easy. See here to “join.” Submit your own proposal to be
a surrogate parent. Why would we let TFA do this? Because poor kids, that’s
why. Tagged: Illinois, surrogate, TFA
I had to try the DCSD school choice selector.
Edushyster brought me to this and I had to try it out for myself. This has
to be one of the most inane ideas I’ve seen a while, and I want to know
what bonehead earning six figures came up with this: the School Choice
Selector. Here’s the opening image: First, you have to sort […]
Republican Obstructionist Caucus Forced To Eat Their Own Feces On NLRB Confirmation Votes
anger and frustration from the peanut gallery
I don't know much about the Obama nominees-- not the new ones and not the
discarded ones (Sharon Block and Richard Griffin)-- to the empty seats on
the National Labor Relations Board. But I do know that the mindless
Republican filibusters against their confirmations were all shut down
Tuesday and all the nominees were confirmed. It's the first time there has
been a full board since Bush was president.
The status of two of President Obama’s choices for the panel, which is
charged with hearing disputes between unionized private-sector work... more »
Video Longest Walk 1978
Watch
1978 video at:
http://vimeo.com/71469948
The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz departed from DC and is now in
Pennsylvania, walking to Alcatraz! Share the love with a camping place,
food or water!
http://www.returntoalcatraz.com
Those Hard-Hearted, Charitable Americans: Keeping the Herd Bewildered (Thumbs Up For The Rich!)
Did you know that the reason that the Rethugs play the food card so hard is
that it's really the race card? Let's cut those food stamp benefits for
those shiftless ungratefuls! They just don't want to get a job and work
hard like the rest of us! Crowds are forming with pitchforks and blazing
torches. And these are the well-fed enemies of the poor. You'd never know
that the vast majority of
Desperate people, Canadian dreams and the lowest kind of predators
Backpacks ready for a trip to Canada that won't happen
Heartbreaking photo in La Prensa this week of devastated campesinos who had
showed up in Santa Rosa de Copan expecting to start a trip that would end
with legit Canadian jobs.
The best way to change your future in Honduras is to find a way to work in
North America for a few years. You can send money home and save enough to
buy some land or start a little business. (The second fastest way to change
your future, I suppose, is the drug transport business.)
But when the would-be migrant workers showed up to board the buses that
were t... more »
Beverly Baker Moore : May Day Memories, or Consciousness-Raising Through Vegetables
Rally
during May Day demonstrations, Washington, D.C., 1971. Image from
Waging Nonviolence.
May Day memories, or
Consciousness-raising through vegetables
The cop riding shotgun stayed behind the wheel while his out-of-control
buddy leapt out screaming. He was all blown up, beet-red in the face and
(literally) spitting mad.
By Beverly Baker Moore / The Rag Blog / August 1, 2013
Not counting
Despite Increasing Violence Iraq Still Far More Deadlier Than Afghanistan In 2013
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Iraq and Afghanistan are both in the news, but for all the wrong reasons.
The United Nations recently released a paper noting increased civilian
casualties in Afghanistan. In Iraq, the insurgency is seeing a re-birth
carrying out almost daily bombings. When comparing the two, Iraq is still
more than twice as deadly as Afghanistan.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) held a press
conference on July 31, 2013 warning of a jump in violence in the first half
of the year. UNAMA reported 1,319 dead civilians in Afghanistan from
January to June 2013. That was... more »
When Athabasca Came to Windsor
There's a small mountain of Athabasca bitumen byproduct, petcoke, being
amassed on the American bank of the Detroit River by - the Koch brothers,
of course.
And now, clouds of this toxic crap are being aerially repatriated to Canada
- to Windsor, Ontario to be exact, carried on the winds as petcoke clouds.
Robert Jensen : Peace Talks Are New Chapter in an Old Book
Peace
talks: the players. Image from AP Graphics Bank.
Peace talks:
A new chapter in an old book
Discussions about the issue, whether among citizens or by officials at
the negotiating table, must begin with an acknowledgement of the power
wielded by Israel, backed by the United States.
By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / August 1, 2013
New negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians may
DUBLINERS TOO: The liberals this time!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013*
*Part 4—Why bother having professors:* Yesterday, we received an email from
The Nation, a famous journal of the alleged left.
To be honest, the email was a fund-raising pitch. It was written by Mychal
Denzel Smith, a smart, involved young Nation blogger. It started out like
this:
Dear Friend of The Nation,
There isn’t a good reason for me to be as angry as I am over the “not
guilty” verdict handed down for George Zimmerman in the killing of
17-year-old Trayvon Martin. I always knew that would be the outcome.
And yet there I was, crying rage-filled tear... more »
5 Ideas for Kids with Eczema
I was given a sample of Nature's Baby Organics in exchange for trying them
out. They have completely changed our skin routine and are now the only
products we use for my child with Eczema. All opinions are 100% my own.
Eczema has been one of the most frustrating problems I have faced as a
mom. Trying to ease the pain of sore skin, that is extremely sensitive can
be pretty challenging. Most lotions and washes burn my little girl's skin
instead of helping. Her skin has become infected from scratching before and
absolutely nothing is worse than trying to medically treat fragile sk... more »
House Budget Crack-Up
There's a lot of excellent commentary out there about the latest House
Republican fiasco -- they had to pull an appropriations bill from the floor
at the last minute yesterday because they didn't have the votes. As several
have pointed out, the problem is that they were happy to vote for huge cuts
in the abstract (in the House budget resolution) but not in the specific,
in the actual appropriations bills. As I said, good analysis from several,
including Brian Beutler, Greg Sargent, and Matt Yglesias.
I'll just add one bit that I don't think is getting quite enough emphasis.
Remember... more »
Zapatistas Marcos 'Votan II The Guardians'
VOTÁN
II. The Guardians.
VOTÁN II.
The Guardians.
July of 2013.
.http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/07/31/votan-ii-the-guardians/
Now we want to explain to you how the little school will work (the list
of school items you’ll need, the methodology, the teachers, the course
subjects, the schedules, etc.), so the first thing is…
What you will need.
The only thing that you need,
liberty
"When the people
fear their government,
there is tyranny;
when the government
fears the people,
there is liberty."
Thomas Jefferson
It Can't Happen Here (Documentary)
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SNOWDEN SAFE FOR A YEAR
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in
Russia and is allowed to enter the country's territory. The whistleblower
has been granted temporary political asylum in Russia, Snowden's legal
representative Anatoly Kucherena said.
Breaking News!: Unverified footage of large explosion in Homs, Syria
*UPDATE BELOW*
Source
A huge explosion blasted a fireball hundreds of metres into the air in the
Syrian city of Homs, a video posted on the Internet showed.
Activists claimed the explosion, which appeared to be significantly larger
than most bombs used daily by either side in the two-year-old Syrian
conflict, ripped through the southeastern neighbourhood of al-Nozha.
* Can anyone tell us what is being said?*
*Has anyone seen any other news? *
*CBC- Rocket attacks, explosions kill at least 40 in Syria*
Looks as if the NATO backed mercs launched multiple rocket attacks.
Which expla... more »
Zapatistas Marcos 'A Beetle in the Network'
Votán
I. A Beetle in the Network (Durito version freeware).
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/08/01/votan-i-a-beetle-in-the-network-durito-version-freeware/
Votán
I.
A Beetle in the Network
(Durito version freeware).
July of 2013.
Before we explain how the Little School is going to work (at which point
we’ll send a kind of “route manual” or “manual of bad manners” or
“survival
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*BREAKING LEVEE NEWS: Wife of ex-Gov. Edwin Edwards, 85, gives birth to
“Louisiana’s royal baby” ~The New Orleans Levee*
*~Trina Scott Edwards, 34, assured everyone that Edwin will be a “great,
great, grand father” and that he may issue a public statement after both he
and the newborn “wake from their morning naps, are fed, their mouths and
booties are wiped, they’re changed and both are dressed.”*
Tim & Eric Describe the Wonders of the Universe
I've started listening to trippy documentaries about outer-space to help me
drift off to sleep. For that reason, I really appreciate the efforts of
weirdos Tim and Eric to parody these sorts of films ...
Chief Clearsky: Canada Sanitizing First Nations Genocide
Chief Clearsky
Winnipeg Sub-Office
105-1555 St. James St. Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 1B5
Phone: (204) 946-1869 Fax: (204) 946-1871
Toll Free: 1-866-876-9701 www.scoinc.mb.ca
Head Office
P.O. Box 998 Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 0P0
(Long Plain First Nation)
July 31, 2013Stuart MurrayChief Executive OfficerCanadian Museum of Human
'London Taliban' is targeting women and gays in bid to impose sharia law per Daily Mail
'Women who do not wear headscarves are being threatened with violence and
even death by Islamic extremists intent on imposing sharia law on parts of
Britain, it was claimed today.
Other targets of the 'Talibanesque thugs', being investigated by police in
the Tower Hamlets area of London, include homosexuals.
Stickers have been plastered on public walls stating: 'Gay free zone.
Verily Allah is severe in punishment'.'
More here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377780/London-Taliban-targeting-women-gays-bid-impose-sharia-law.html
From St. Louis’s Leafy Suburbs: Equal Education for All Unless You’re Black or Poor
“I think that any time you disturb a culture — you’re bringing in a
variable that is unknown — I think it has the ability to create some unrest
because you don’t know how the variable’s going to play out in the culture
you already have.” No, that wasn’t George Wallace in 1963–that was Pam […]
1,700 U.S. cities partially underwater by 2100
Some climate alarmists were celebrating a transmutation they have never
seen in their lives: melting of ice. The ice around the North Pole melted
and created a small lake. So wonderful! Mother Nature abruptly stopped the
celebrations when it did something else that the climate alarmists couldn't
have possibly expected: it refroze the water and the lake disappeared again.
*As soon as Alexander Ač sees this picture, he will be re-energized and
will run a long story on his blog about a U.S. city that was finally
devoured by the ocean.*
Shockingly enough, the Earth, the Solar System, ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Injun Summer'
INJUN
SUMMER
Posted on August 1, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. July 31, 2013. Settlers’ version: As John T. McCutcheon
wrote: Injun summer is when all the homesick Injuns come back to play;
long ago there used to be millions around here. Reg’lar —not cigar
store Injuns. Don’t be skeered—hain’t none around here now. They all
went away and died. Every year, their sperrits come back
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*Jindal looks for ways to intervene in levee lawsuit ~Jeff Adelson, New
Orleans Advocate*
John Merrow, Welcome to Our World of the Ignored
At his Taking Note blog, John Merrow laments: “The op-ed below has been
rejected by four newspapers, three of them national publications. One
editor’s rejection note said that Michelle Rhee was not a national story.”
On Twitter, Rachel Levy, though, noted: “That @John_Merrow story that no
one will print? I did so 2.5 yrs ago.” Her […]
What Should You Read on Cyber Security?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Brandon Valeriano of the University
of Glasgow and Ryan C. Manes of the University of Chicago, Illinois.
Brandon asked if we could run a bibliography on Cyber Security, and we
happily agreed. If anyone else is interested in submitting bibliographies
to be archived at the Duck of
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Services Pact, Protests, Democracy: Eternally Abraded by Gold
*The cycle path through the wind machines along the coast in Miaoli. An
enjoyable stretch, one I do regularly.*
The protests in Taipei over the services pact finally made the
international news. AFP reported on it in its usual slanted way,
characterizing the protesters as "pro-independence activists" (of course
some of them actually were).
Dozens of Taiwanese pro-independence activists clashed with police during a
protest Tuesday against an agreement to further open up service sector
trade with China as lawmakers debated the pact.
....no mention of the students who have played a ... more »
Choctaw Ben Carnes new Eaglemanz Blogtalk Radio
Eaglemanz
Inaugural program
Eaglemanz
next Thursday at 5:30 pm
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eaglemanz/2013/08/09/eaglemanz-inaugural-program
This
first episode will mark the beginning of what I hope will be a long and
productive endeavor. My foremost hopes is that I will reach other
Choctaws/Chahta's from around the world to share our history, and to
bring news about what is
War watch - Syria rebel arms votes " classified " by Senate ? House pushes latest Iranian sanctions through - why not wait until the new Iranian President is sworn in and participates in nuclear talks before trying to drop the hammer on Iran again ? More bloodshed seems inevitable in Egypt as both the Government and the Muslim Brotherhood stand their ground.....White House refuses to release report on an alleged massacre of perhaps thousands of Taliban fighters by Afghan allied fighters in 2001 - as we supposedly are talking to the Taliban , such lack of transparency and the appearance of covering up potential war crimes by some actor allied with the US , just smells and looks bad ...
Senate classifies a vote on arming syrian rebels ? Transparency ?
Senate Committee Classifies Votes on Approved Syrian Rebel Arms Plan
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Here’s a riddle: How do you make it easier to push through legislation in
Congress that is overwhelmingly opposed in the public without any political
consequences?
[image: Secrecy]Answer: Keep the votes secret.
That’s exactly what’s happened to an Obama administration plan to provide
weapons directly to the Syrian rebels. The Senate committee that approved
the plan was, unusually, allowed ... more »
10 Reasons Why Obamacare Is Going to Ruin Your Medical Care… and Your Life
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Dees Illustration Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D
*
**Of course you've heard of "liar loans"—in the heyday of subprime
mortgages, unscrupulous lenders handed out mortgages to practically
everyone with a pulse. "So you're saying you make $100,000 a year? Great,
check this box titled 'McMansion.'" *
*
**We all know how this charade ended. Now Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D., an
acclaimed expert on the subject of Obamacare, warns that the delay of the
employer mandate by one year will force Americans into a single-payer
system, raising i... more »
Uruguay Marijuana Legalization Approved in House of Representatives
*Activist Post*
According to the *El Observador*, Uruguay's Lower House of Representatives
voted to approve a marijuana legalization bill to include regulation for
its sale in pharmacies and personal cultivation of the plant.
The House of Representatives approved the regulation of the marijuana
market, which can enable its sale in pharmacies and legalize
self-cultivation...
...Today, with the bars of the House of Representatives filled with
activists for the legalization of marijuana, the government will seek to
turn a page.
The reporting member, Sebastian Sabini (MPP), said t... more »
FDA Issues "Black Box" Warning on Drug Linked to Mass Killings
Lily Dane
The FDA has issued a public safety announcement for mefloquine, an
anti-malarial drug also known by the brand name Lariam. The drug will now
carry a “black box” warning – the most serious warning the FDA issues.
Mefloquine has been used by U.S. troops for years, and is also available to
civilians traveling to “hot spots”. It was developed by the US Army and
became available on the commercial market in 1989. It is one of the most
commonly prescribed anti-malarial drugs in the U.S., with about 119,000
prescriptions written in the first half of 2013.
The FDA warning about t... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Madison Bumgarner, 24.
Want some good stuff?
1. More on the Iraq War, from Erik Voeten. My position, again: the
instability and costs of the status quo were real...but good presidenting
would have revealed that the costs, including downside risks, of invasion
and occupation were far, far, higher.
2. Good crankiness about the current scandals (and stupid things being said
about them) from Irin Carmon.
3. And speaking of cranky: Greg opens up on lazy punditry.
ALEC Begs - PLS Come Back, We Need Members!
ALEC never ceases to amuse.
New to their webpage this morning is a page named
*Alumni Program Overview*
Oh, my.............
Just a remember that term "ALUMNI" in the ALEC sense also includes CONGRESSIONAL
MEMBERS.
AT the bottom of the page it says this:
Note: To participate in the Alumni Program, you have to be a former member
in good standing and no longer involved in government relations.
How can you be a "former member in good standing"
Is that a former member who was in good standing - then
or
Is that a former member who is still in good standing - and if so how would
they k... more »
The ALEC Book of Days - Week Four - Rapture
*This Weeks *
*Meditations for the ALEC Member*
to help you prepare for the American Legislative Exchange Council meeting
in Chicago, August 7 - 9 at the Palmer hotel.
*August 2*
If nothing else, I’ve realized who I can count on.
The lobbyists who can read my mind and finish my sentence.
The lobbyists who call me in the middle of a text message, or answer my
question before I ask it.
The lobbyists who tell me what’s going on in my crazy head.
*August 3*
Good lobbyists are those who care without hesitation, remember without
limitation, and love even without communication.
*August 4* ... more »
EMP Threat Panel Assembles 2 Weeks After Near Miss
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*Activist Post*
On July 29th, former Director of Central Intelligence, R. James Woolsey,
led a panel discussion on the growing -- and perhaps imminent -- threat of
a natural or nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to the U.S. electric grid
and other critical infrastructures that sustain modern civilization and the
lives of millions of Americans.
Other participants were Ambassador Henry Cooper and Dr. Peter Vincent Pry.
"There had been a near miss about two weeks ago, a Carrington-class coronal
mass ejection crossed the orbit... more »
Vote!
If you are a member of the American Economic Association, you probably
received an email this morning about the election of AEA officers. Please
vote. It is your patriotic duty, or something like that.
Information about the candidates is available here.
Neighbors Unhappy with Superfund Cleanup
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 6 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
A plan to corral contaminants at an old wood treatment plant has been
approved by federal regulators, but the solution is unpopular with
neighbors, according to this story from the Gainesville Sun.
The Koppers wood treatment plant operated from 1919 to 2009, but soil and
groundwater contamination at the 90-acre site landed the Gainesville
business on the federal Superfund cleanup list in 1984. The contaminants
include the carcinogen dioxin, which has been found in soil at the site and
neighboring properties.
According to the EPA, the contamination stemmed from waste... more »
JPMorgan Executives Caught Stealing Millions From California Electricity Users
If you watched the History Channel series, *The Men Who Built America* you
may recall that JP Morgan backed Thomas Edison and made a bid to control
the electric industry in America. The clip above is just an introduction
and doesn't go into Morgan's ruthlessness. Today JP Morgan is an even more
powerful Wall Street firm than the founder could have ever imagined-- and,
once again, ruthless in its quest to make money from electricity. Like
Enron before them, the Morgan criminal banksters are manipulating
California's electricity markets to enrich themselves while rate payers are
fl... more »
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*Sideways attacking SLFPA-E lawsuit, Bobby Jindal is now saying new levee
system 'changed the water flow'*
*Massive African Dust Storm Cooling Atlantic Hurricane Odds for Early
August ~Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground*
*Many rally around Merritt Landry to raise money for legal expenses *
*Honestly, we thought they were kidding about this one: NOPD postpones
criticized proposed ban on visible tattoos*
*Five years later, Bywater murder victim's family still searching for
answers*
*Aug. 1 brings changes to state's child-relinquish / safe haven law *
*Cadet works to impress Payto... more »
Hillary Clinton Receives the American Patriot Award…No, Really
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Kimberly Paxton
In a move that could only be topped in irony by President Barack
“Drone-the-Children” Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize,Hillary Rodham Clinton has
been honored with the American Patriot Award from the National Defense
University Foundation. Lest you think that this is a joke, please check
your calendars and note that the date is NOT April 1. This is for real.
Clinton was chosen . . . take a deep breath . . . for her defense of our
nation.
The former Secretary of State, who resigned in a flurry of scandal after
her ... more »
BBC Pushing Lies and Propaganda For The Royal Family
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*Mick Meaney *
I had to record this for you, it's the BBC Breakfast show and demonstrates
that, even when they attempt to appear balanced, the BBC ridicule, lie and
distort the truth on behalf of the British Monarchy. Disgusting display of
"journalism".
*Please visit RINF.com for more from Mick Meaney -- based in the UK.*
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Μολὼν λαβέ
Μολὼν λαβέ is translated from the ancient Greek as "come and take them",
made famous as the response of the Spartans to the Persians when asked to
lay down their weapons. It's a belligerant and confrontational and defiant
laconic phrase, and what I say to all those people who ask for
peer-reviewed research showing that ozone is toxic to trees, and then won't
read it.
This is the second summer that my little farm, Wit's End, has remained
untended by motorized grooming. I just couldn't afford the lawn service
anymore and besides, I always hated the noise, the smell and of course the... more »
Congress: "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on … Americans?" Clapper: "No, sir…not wittingly."
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At a March 12, 2103 Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, Sen.
Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked Director James Clapper, “Does the NSA collect any
type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?”
Director Clapper responded, “No, sir…not wittingly. There are cases where
they could inadvertently perhaps, but not, not wittingly.”
Here is a clip of that exchange:
In early June 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden began leaking information
that revealed that the NSA does, in fact, collect private... more »
"Syrian" Fighters (?) Tell Northern Caucasus Muslims "Wage Jihad at Home"
*My bad!* Yesterday, I had swore off blogging for one day. Gotta take a
break ya know?
Yet, here I am. What was it that pushed me here today? An article too
relevant, too timely, for me to take a pass on.
*First, a brief rehash.*
I had given readers a *‘heads up’* on the upcoming Sochi Olympics and the
potential for terror attacks in Russia about two weeks back, *July 17/13 in
this post. *Which was followed up with *further clarification here*
Yesterday, I posted two related posts. Hope you took the time to read them
both? If you didn’t....... , why not? ... more »
Brain-to-Brain Control Established Between Humans and Animals at Harvard
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Coming Soon
image source *Activist Post*
Every day seems to bring new revelations in the area of neuroscience.
Based on the recent whistleblower release of a secret DARPA mind control
program at Arizona State University, and the subsequent takedown of those
documents, it appears that ethical concerns in this field are indeed
justified.
Obama's BRAIN project appears to being paying dividends, as other recently
leaked documents reveal a"nudge squad" program being developed to employ
new, sophisticated narrative propaganda ai... more »
Edward Snowden granted one year temporary asylum in Russia and has left the Airport Terminal for an undisclosed location within Russia ............. Obama , the White House and NSA Ilosing face as Russia shows who calls the shots - interesting coincidence of timing Snowden received temporary asylum right after the Bradley Manning conviction on multiple counts of espionage !
http://rt.com/news/snowden-entry-papers-russia-902/
Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport
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Pipelines And Pipe Dreams
Barack Obama has been signalling that the Keystone Pipeline is not all it's
cracked up to be. In a recent interview in the New York Times, he said that
the argument that Keystone will be a big job creator is a myth. In reality,
it may only produce 2,000 immediate jobs and 50 to 100 long term ones. Tasha
Kheiriddin writes that, if Keystone goes down, the dream of a Conservative
political hegemony will go down with it:
Pipelines represent the key to a Western Canadian century – and the Tories’
dreams of political hegemony. Just like opening up the St. Lawrence Seaway
boosted Centra... more »
CIA warning for Threats from Outerspace
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Summertime always offers highly speculative or sheer nonsense 'news'. Man
bites dog news, as I use to call it. A few examples? Ice melts in the
Arctic. Reality is here. Massive solar flare just missed the earth. There
wasn't one. Reality is in the film that you might want to see below. Ex-CIA
director *Jim Woolsey* warns in it for the occurrence of threats from
space. A panel of important experts on security issues contribute to it. In
fact the list with frivolous journalistic Summer-nonsense and exaggerations
could go on.
Yet, between all ridiculous presentations the reverse holds ... more »
Old times: Chunghwa Market (中華商場)
*Is there any better way to spend an afternoon?*
A video of the Chunghwa Market on Facebook
...with additional photos here on Facebook. It was demolished in the early
1990s.
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Five Most Popular Posts for July
The five most read posts of the month were:
1. Martin Smith Resigns from the SWP
2. Islam and the New Atheists
3. MPs on Twitter
4. Rape Threats, Twitter, and Masculinity
5. Owen Jones is Worse than Hitler
You can pretty much guarantee that when the SWP are having a spot of
bother, thousands of people come charging this way in search of a bit of
commentary and/or gossip. Now it appears the Socialist Party too are having
difficulties, it will be interesting to see if my planned post on that this
month will attract similar numbers. Or is it that "popular" sectology is
confined to the ... more »
Barbara Yaffe Lied, Why? Corporate Controlled Media?
Meet another media personality who is either lazy, unintelligent or a
deliberate liar.....Barbara Yaffe joins Enbridge at the hip and blatantly
lies her face off.....Let`s start with the Enbridge hearings...1,159
opposed to Enbridge and 2 speakers in favour....Details below..
_________ *
** ** After more than a year of hearings, the National Energy Board panel
reviewing Enbridge’s oil tanker and pipeline proposal completed the
community hearings phase of its review in Vancouver on Friday.**The final
tally in the largest National Energy Board hearings in history was 1,159
speakers ... more »
600,000 FBI Employment Background Checks Contain ErrorsFBI Can't Be Sued...
Did you know the FBI sells employment background checks to the States and
private companies? If they make a mistake you can't sue, there is no
redress. 600,000 people had inaccurate information in their background
checks!
Welcome To 2001, Christy Clark Redux
I do recall Christy Clark stating during the 2013 election writ period that
a fall(2013) legislative session would be held, in fact Christy Clark said
fall sessions would be a regular occurrence in British Columbia, and now
that the electorate has granted the BC Liberals another term in power those
fall session promises made by Christy have been tossed aside, thrown into
the gutter, ....and if one asks the Liberals about their statements
confirming fall sessions will be held..all that can be heard is banter like
this..
"*what, who, me, you mean us, the ruling Government holding fa... more »
NEOCONS DESPERATE TO START WAR AGAINST IRAN
Neoconservative writers at *Commentary* are today pushing hard for an
‘imminent’ attack against Iran and its nuclear facilities.
Evelyn Gordon, an extremist Greater Israel Zionist, says in her piece
entitled “There’s No More Time to Waste on Iran” that:
*The best argument I’ve yet seen for bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities
imminently is a chilling new report from the Washington-based Institute for
Science and International Security *(ISIS) *saying that by the middle of
next year, Iran will have reached “critical capability”–the ability to
build a nuclear bomb completely undetected.... more »
A Soldier Cannot Be A Rebel
"IMO the case was overcharged in the matters of "aiding the enemy" and the
espionage statute. I think Manning is too trivial a person for that to have
been his goal. Nevertheless, the BBC and other unfriendly propaganda
organizations are drooling over the chance to bash the US for prosecuting a
sworn member of the US Army for having massively broken his oath of
enlistment and all the undertakings that he made to safeguard classified
information.
He felt the army reveled in its role of killing? What did he think he was
joining when he voluntarily enlisted, the Boy Scouts? I think ... more »
Iran Alarmism and the "Time is Running Out" Canard
The
following is the 76th update to my comprehensive, ongoing compendium of
constant predictions and prognostications regarding the supposed
inevitability and imminence of an alleged Iranian nuclear weapon,
hysterical allegations that have been made repeatedly for the past three
decades.
Citing the latest hysterical analysis of Iran's nuclear program by the
Institute for Science and
Spain - crumbling housing sector and continuing corruption scandals in focus !
Spain's housing market - another five years of declines in home sales and
prices loom ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-31/save-spains-housing-market-it-must-first-be-destroyed
To Save Spain's Housing Market, It Must First Be Destroyed
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/31/2013 23:00 -0400
- Bad Bank
- Gross Domestic Product
- Housing Bubble
- Housing Market
- Japan
- Real estate
- Unemployment
About a decade ago, Spain set off to "grow" its economy by launching an
unprecedented homebuilding campaign. Several yea... more »
Bernanke: A Tenure of Failure
*If stock market’s took a dive when US Federal Reserve chairman Ben
Bernanke hinted his psuedo golden shower of monetary stimulus might come to
an end, just what might happen when the Great Stimulator leaves the
building altogether, asks this guest post by John Cochran.*
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s term as chairman of the Fed expires at the end
of the year and President Obama has quite ungraciously indicated his intent
to replace him, remarking that he had, “already stayed a lot longer than he
wanted or he was supposed to.”
Despite what Mort Zukerman has argued in his column title... more »
Nick Ruiz for Congress: Endless Summer
As you probably know, Blue America has endorsed Nick Ruiz, a professor, a
surfer and a former Green Party candidate running as a progressive Democrat
now, against anti-environmental corporate stooge John Mica in a central
Florida district next to Alan Grayson's. Grayson should be able to fly back
and forth between Orlando and DC with Nick rather than Mica and his weird
wig.
Nick has a contest for the month of August-- Nick Ruiz for Congress:
Endless Summer-- and we want to make sure you know about it. From Nick:
"I'd like to announce a a very special contest for NRIII 2014 suppor... more »
NSA 's XKeyscore - one click real time access to basically every internet activity....
http://rt.com/news/xkeyscore-nsa-snowden-prism-858/
NSA's XKeyscore gives one-click real-time access to almost any internet
activity
Published time: July 31, 2013 16:31
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Obamacare Exchange subsidies possibly illegal ? How much of the law can withstand legal challenges that inevitably will keep coming ? It would appear this whole mishmash blows up but probably not until after the Mid - term elections in 2014 ! In the interim , as the implementation flounders along with the promises folks bought into , Affordable Care becomes about as popular as the average Congress Critter....
Congress, Experts Question Legality of Obamacare Exchange Subsidies
IRS, Democrats defend administration’s decision to extend subsidies to all
exchanges
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BY: Andrew Evans
July 31, 2013 4:40 pm
The Obama administration cannot legally offer federal subsidies to help
people buy insurance on federally run health insurance exchanges, legal
experts and Congressional Republicans argued Wednesday, potentially
threatening the central feature of Obamacare.
Obamacare mandates that each state have a health insurance exchange where
people can buy insurance, and the federal g... more »
So , when the US is not " fighting " Al Qaeda ( really just mainly talking about fighting a War on Terror mainly during campaign stumpers , speeches in Congress or Television posings ) , the US Military is contracting in Afghanistan ...... with Al Qaeda ?
recall this post - where US Protection of Al Qaeda was discussed ...
On the day Bradley Manning gets convicted for espionage , isn't it ironic
to look at and consider who gets put on trial for aiding the enemy and who
doesn't ? Id aiding Al Qaeda isn'r aiding the enemy , then just what is
happening there ? Peter Dale Scott blows the doors wide open with his
missive on US protection of Alqaeda and the dirty political / geoplotical
gamemanship going on - even to this day !
http://japanfocus.org/-Peter_Dale-Scott/3971
*The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 29, No. 1, July 29, ... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Alcoholics Anonymous, Nonbelievers, and the Constitution
Alcoholics
Anonymous "praying hands" medallion. Image from Alternatives in
Treatment.
Alcoholics Anonymous, nonbelievers,
and the Constitution
AA proponents argue that the 'higher power' found in its steps can be
whatever one wants it to be. Yet plainly religious practices go on at AA
meetings, such as prayer, scripture-quoting, and the crediting of a
supernatural 'higher power.'
By Lamar W.
For those of us numbed by the realities of climate change, a warm welcome to the new ClimateProgress
*Royal Thai Navy personnel work to clean up the oil spill on Ao Phrao Beach
on the island of Koh Samet on July 30.* -- from CNN.com (see below)
*by Ken*
The other day ThinkProgress announced, in addition to a revamping of the
thinkprogress.org website, "a major expansion of its coverage of climate
change" with the introduction of ClimateProgress, a "hub for all things
climate, energy, and environment-related." (Actually it's a *re*-introduction
of ClimateProgress, which had a run from 2006 to 2011, when it was merged
into ThinkProgress.)
I confess that I devote far too little atte... more »
A Kid With a Utility Knife Gets Mowed Down. In Montreal, a Guy With 182 Firearms Who Shoots at Cops Gets a Non-Lethal Rubber Bullet.
Isidore Havis is a lucky man. He's especially lucky that he lives in the
Montreal burbs, not in Toronto.
71-year old Havis is in a Montreal hospital with a possible broken bone
received when Quebec police decided to take him down with rubber bullets.
18-year old Sammy Yatim lies in a funeral parlour after a Toronto cop went
after him with nine, 40 mm. hollow-point bullets.
Havis was armed and actually fired a round at the cops who surrounded his
house. Yatim waved around a 3-inch knife but actually attacked no one,
least of all the cop who unleashed a fusillade of fire into his ... more »
Greece items of the day - first the politically correct media , then the view from the greek street......
Greece news of note.....
*IMF urges more debt relief, reforms and financing*
The International Monetary Fund attempted to focus Greek and European minds
on Wednesday as it argued that Greece faces an 11-billion-euro funding gap
and will need further debt relief, while warning Athens that a failure to
overhaul its public sector will force the government to adopt more
austerity measures.
In its 207-page report of the fourth review of the Greek adjustment
program, the Washington-based fund raised serious questions about the
scheme’s sustainability. IMF staff, led by the Fund’s repres... more »
Define "Democratic Reform"
You knew when Harper appointed Pierre Pepperpot to his cabinet as minister
for democratic reform, something remarkably undemocratic was bound to
follow. And so it has.
Pipsqueak Pollivre has struck, opining that the very provinces that forged
our confederation need not approve of the most undemocratic government in
Canada's history's plans to remake the Senate.
Anything short of abolishing the Senate can be done, in house, by the
federal government without provincial consent claims the miniscule member
for Kanata. No need to re-open the constitution, claims Pollivre. Steve
can d... more »
TEPCO is " sorry " that SARRY doesn't work .... joining Kurion cesium absorption system and AREVA co - precipitation system on the failure scrap heap soon ? BTW , if there is only seven days left of storage capacity , where does highly contaminated water go on the eighth day ? If you guess the Pacific Ocean , you win the booby prize ! Unless Tepco is immediately removed from being in charge of whatever reduction of contamination - let alone moving forward to shutting down the ongoing debacle , Japan will be destroyed slowly and methodically ....
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013
One Thing or Another at #Fukushima I Nuke Plant Series No. N: SARRY (Cesium
Absorption System) Stopped
What's more worrisome than SARRY being stopped (TEPCO does have backups -
Kurion's cesium absorption towers and AREVA's decontamination system if
they really need treatment) is how little capacity left in storing the
highly contaminated water (7 days worth).
According to TEPCO's email notice for the press (7/31/2013):
７月30日、「ブースターポンプ停止／漏えい検知」の警報が発生し、第二セシウム吸着装置（サリー）が停止したことについての続報です。
SARRY (cesium absorption system) stopped after an alarm sounded on July 30
si... more »
#SurveillanceState: When acts of honour are made illegal
*"When robbery is done in open daylight by sanction of the law, as it is
done
|today, then any act of honour or restitution has to be hidden
underground."
*-Ragnar Danneskjold
The government wants to spy on your communications and harvest your private
details. Actually, they already consider they have the power to do that—and
have done it to some—now they just want to do it legally.
Their argument is they need to spy on you to protect you.
But this argument falls at the first hurdle. If the “war” they are engaged
in involves warding off terrorists, then that was requires naming... more »
Fifty shades of Theft ( not gray ) ? Chinese interests looting Detroit on the cheap - where is the outrage or has that deal been quietly worked out ? Kleptocracy update - our financial system doesn't enable theft , it is theft says Charles Hugh - Smith ......Speaking of theft - even the poor are gaming the taxpayers - look at the welfare fraud in play in NY ! At the end of the day , when everything is being stolen from the taxpayer - by the chinese , by the financial system , by con people hustling welfare benefits , what does the taxpayer call himself / herself - the new poor ?
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-are-the-chinese-gobbling-up-real-estate-and-businesses-in-detroit
Why Are The Chinese Gobbling Up Real Estate And Businesses In Detroit?
By Michael Snyder, on July 30th, 2013
[image: Detroit Michigan at Milwaukee Junction looking southwest at Russell
Industrial Complex - Photo by no body atoll]Something very strange is
happening to Detroit. Once upon a time, it was the center of American
manufacturing and it had the highest per capita income in the United
States. But now the city is dying and the Chinese are moving in to pick up... more »
Time to go, Billy . . .
THE
TORONTO POLICE ARE MORALLY CORRUPT — and Chief Bill Blair is
responsible. On his watch, the police have committed the most egregious
of acts: conspiracy to violate the Police Act. Starting with the G20
debacle, where officers conspired to remove any identification to link
them to the crimes they gleefully committed on the citizens of Toronto.
Const. James "Killer" Forcillo
Now,
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Something happened in England. Why? [updated]
*Here’s the news on tonight’s meeting from our friends at the Auckland Uni
Economics Group:*
Three-hundred years ago, something unprecedented happened in Britain.
For thousands of years of human history, production had barely if ever
risen above subsistence levels. Then all of a sudden, in late-eighteenth
century Britain, production and prosperity took off--and population with it.
Why?
This is the question we’ll look at tonight—the answer to which has enormous
implications for why some places are rich, while others just suck. Along
the way we’ll discuss some other related questi... more »
Elsewhere: Senate Deal, more
Lots of stuff to pass along, including one on the Senate deal still holding
on today's ATF vote. One quick addition to that: it's worth remembering
that the Senate deal is important, and that the potential instability in
the tag-team approach is important, because Republicans are still
filibustering everything. So it still takes 60 to defeat all these
filibusters; all that's happened is that some Republicans are willing to
help the Democrats defeat those filibusters in order to avoid a nuclear
confrontation. But the filibusters are still going on.
Here's the other recent ones, begin... more »
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*Jindal looks for ways to intervene in levee lawsuit ~Jeff Adelson, New
Orleans Advocate*
An impressive story you might have missed. Music by Choi Sung Bong...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 21 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/BewknNW2b8Y - click in picture to start this film!
Link: http://youtu.be/VPfwY8TLGJ4 - click in picture to start this film!
*The story* behind *Choi Sung-Bong* is *heart-breaking*... Just listen to
it. Some believed it was a hoax!
It wasn't. From a simple young man without *anything* -except his music- to
a star in a few seconds. It happened in "Korea has Talent", 2011. An
example of the extra-ordinary. These things do happen. He didn't win the
contest, but came to fame.
I lost track of Sung-Bong on April 17th, 2013. On his bike he was hit by
cars... His agent ... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Softening of outer Earth and “surface-only” oriented beings occurs at this time
*
* *Softening of outer Earth and “surface-only” oriented beings occurs at
this time*
by ÉirePort
Softening of outer Earth and "surface-only" oriented beings occurs at this
time. This may be reflected and/or caused by various weather and
surface-crustal shiftings, as well as personal/individual shifts of the
so-called "unexpected" nature.
Higher Guidance and Higher Level Beings assist with this softening, as
individual soul contracts must be honored.
Paradigms formerly "unyielding" to all human efforts to remedy, will find
softening, resolution, and revolution.
ÉirePort | July 3... more »
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., "MOPE, Blythe and a Derivatives Dreams"
* *
* "MOPE, Blythe and a Derivatives Dreams"*
by Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
"Ok so let's get this straight, the dirtbags in Washington don't like the
way the economic numbers are coming in so they revise the way the numbers
are calculated (all the way back to 1929!) to make them stink less and so
they can claim that the (non-existent) recovery is even better than the
last batch of lies they told about it.
Have we reached the point that all this MOPE (management of perception
economics, i.e "the new normal") has finally over estimated the stupidity
and naïveté of the American public? ... more »
Humility: A Lesson Most Needed and Least Often Acknowledged | the becoming radical
The list of what public schools need in the US is long and complex, but a
great starting point would be lessons in humility for those who have
decided they know best when all the evidence suggests otherwise. READ FULL
POST HERE: Humility: A Lesson Most Needed and Least Often Acknowledged |
the becoming radical.
(It's Everyone For Her/Himself!) Talk About Something Else We Can't Afford (Investigative Journalism?), America's Real Subversives: FBI and NSA, and Heart-Stopping Painter
The end of investigative journalism? I thought that happened during the
election of 2000? But what do I know. NEWSFLASH! Glenn Greenwald to Jeffrey
Toobin: You’re “Calling for the End of Investigative Journalism”By Prachi
Gupta Toobin agreed with the Bradley Manning verdict, saying that the
WikiLeaks source "should be going to prison" VIDEO Corporate sell-outs? Get
me my fainting salts!
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Eliminate Aid to Egypt - 7/31/13
"Foreign aid is more likely to buy a lavish chateau in Paris than it is to
buy bread in Egypt." - Senator Rand Paul.
"Over the past 30 years Americans have been forced to finance the Mubarak
family living large. So when you see pictures of depression in Detroit,
when you see abandoned housing in Detroit, when you see boarded up housing,
when you see 50,000 dogs running through the streets of Detroit, when you
see a once great nation, once great city lying in decay, you think about
your politicians who chose to send that money to Egypt and not keep it here
at home. As Detroit decays,... more »
Top 10 George Zimmerman Excuses for Speeding
Earlier today, George Zimmerman, the Sanford, Florida man found not
guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin two and a half weeks ago,
was pulled over in North Texas for speeding. In the Ford pickup he was
driving was a gun. When asked by Texas law enforcement officers where he
was going in such a hurry, Zimmerman reportedly replied, "Nowhere in
particular" then asked the deputy if he recognized him from television.
Zimmerman was eventually sent on his way with just a verbal warning. But
that was just the first thing Mr. Zimmerman said to the officers when asked
where he... more »
Slides to Two Recent Talks Connecting the Themes of Ethics, Crime and Psychiatry are Now Online
Just to inform that the slides to my two talks at the 33rd International
Congress of Law and Mental Health, held in Amsterdam earlier this summer,
are now available online for viewing, download and sharing via my
Academia.edu site. Both talks represent work in progress, where I am in the
beginning of combining thinking on different topics that I have been
touching on in isolation before, but which are nevertheless related through
their connection to certain aspects of criminal law policy connecting to
medical views of human nature.
They are:
*1. The Return of Lombroso? Ethical and ... more »
Obama Turning Over A New Leaf On Austerity?
The American face of Europe's failed Austerity Agenda
Michael Tomasky is a pretty sharp guy-- and not some kind of Beltway shill.
So when he professes that Obama might be going in a progressive direction,
I thought it would be worth at least hearing him out. In the Daily Beast
Monday he warned Obama not to blow his moment. "The president," he writes,
"is at last sounding aggressive about progressive policies-- namely, that
to save the country, we need to save the middle class." I have to admit,
when I read Tomasky's tweet-- "Finally, Obama Gets in the Face of the
Austerity Caucus!"--... more »
July 31 Update: "Nothing is happening".... *snort* buhahhahahah!!! Oh, and more info about Iraq
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-31-update-nothing-is-happening.html
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
July 31 Update: "Nothing is happening".... *snort* buhahhahahah!!! Oh, and
more info about Iraq
As I mentioned yesterday in the Charts article, the most awesome research
team in the world have dragged some brilliant pieces of information and
links into the spot light. I haven't been able to even remotely get the
info/links put together in any semblance of organization, but a few of
these pieces just absolutely needed to be put out here now.
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EXTRA : Rag Blog Editor Dreyer Does it in Public this Friday!
Poster
art by James Retherford / The Rag Blog. The banner, designed by famed
comix artist Gilbert Shelton, is from the original Rag, Austin's
legendary underground newspaper published from 1966-1977.
Rag Blog editor Thorne Dreyer
just keeps getting older!
"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional."
-- Chili Davis, hitting coach, Oakland Athletics
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Kindergarten CCSS madness? Buckle up Robin!
My recent post of first grade vocabulary from the New York State Education
Department’s EngageNY website created a tremendous discussion. Is Common
Core curriculum produced by Core Knowledge© age appropriate? Is this a
symptom of the Common Core in general? Does the Common Core address the
cognitive development of primary aged students? Once again the […]
What Caused the Iraq War? David Lake Replies to Debs and Monteiro
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by David Lake, who is the Jerri-Ann and
Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of
Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. It responds
to an article published in International Organization by Alex Debs and Nuno
Monteiro. Their post on the subject appeared yesterday.
Continue reading
Gennifer Flowers gets dragged out again!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2013*
*Along with Daisy Buchanan:* As she starts her latest column, Maureen Dowd
is in crackpot heaven. She gets *everything* into her first four grafs,
including Howard Stern:
DOWD (7/31/13): *The cruelly misunderstood Anthony Weiner has “no idea” if
he’s about to be stabbed by another stiletto heel.*
“These are people who I thought were friends, people I trusted when I
communicated with them,” he told Denis Hamill of The Daily News. “But who
knows what they might do now?”
Yes, who knows? Free-spirited young women having digital sex with a
well-known politici... more »
Racist anti-White Hater, Doreen Lawrence, rewarded with seat in UK Government
Doreen Lawrence - the mother of the dead Stephen Lawrence - is to be
rewarded by the enemies of the nation for her services in dæmonising
indigenous Britons, with a seat in the House of Lords.
The House of Lords is the highest court in the UK. It is also the upper
chamber of parliament, and thus the tier of government with the power to
overturn any and all legislation. In the faux democracy of the UK, the
House of Commons is nothing but a front for the Establishment, which is
used to give the impression that the people have a voice. The House of
Lords, on the other hand, more r... more »
The crowd assembly of logic
We live both mythically and integrally, so said Marshall McLuhan in 1964.
The bourgeois-scientific method (valuable though it is) consists of
isolating elements in time and space to understand them. The way of
understanding irrupting into our modern world is pattern building and
integral. I’d argue it is consistent with a
working-class-as-universal-class way of thinking. Granted, for the moment,
it remains shackled to the prerogative of capital accumulation, but it is
an example of the future concealed within the present.
Two examples – the crowd assembly of logic:
1) Corners ... more »
The crowd assembly of logic
We live both mythically and integrally, so said Marshall McLuhan in 1964.
The bourgeois-scientific method (valuable though it is) consists of
isolating elements in time and space to understand them. The way of
understanding irrupting into our modern world is pattern building and
integral. I’d argue it is consistent with a
working-class-as-universal-class way of thinking. Granted, for the moment,
it remains shackled to the prerogative of capital accumulation, but it is
an example of the future concealed within the present.
Two examples – the crowd assembly of logic:
1) Corners ... more »
“Old Man Rothschild Was Right…”
* “Old Man Rothschild Was Right…”*
by Bill Bonner
“Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes its laws.”
– Mayer Amschel Rothschild
“When we left you yesterday we were lamenting how the American working
classes have lost ground. Today, the typical working stiff has a lower real
income than he had in 1950. Wait… Is that possible? Yes. As we showed
yesterday, he has to work longer today to pay for a family car and a house
than did six decades ago. In 1950, he could support a family. Today, he can
barely support himself.
Almost everyone misunderstands why. They ... more »
An illustration...
Here’s a small illustration of the problem with the argument that you
debate fascists to defeat them. Fascist mass murder Anders Breivik has applied
to study a module of a degree course (although it will not lead to a
degree) in political science at the University of Oslo. It’s in keeping
with his intellectual megalomania, but the issue is the rector of the
university said his application will have to be judged on its merits.
While there’s probably nothing legally to stop Breivik from studying it is
totally galling that this is even possible. One of the survivors of the
Utoya massa... more »
CHILD ABUSE BY WOMEN
*Peggy McMartin*
"As is clear in *Dave McGowan*'s *Pedophocracy*:
*
**"Every single one of the six cases he looked into involved women as child
abusers. *
"In no small numbers either.
*"In the most famous case, the McMartin scandal, all but one of the seven
teachers involved were women.*
"And sure, in each of these cases the media concentrated on the men and
pretty much left the women out of the picture...
*Hollida Wakefield.*
"Ralph Underwager's wife, Hollida Wakefield, who co-founded the *False
Memory Syndrome Foundation* with him, was accused of paedophilia by their
daughter... more »
The Washington Post reports record test scores!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2013*
*It happens every spring:* Everything we know about Emma Brown is good.
Brown is an education reporter for the Washington Post. She graduated from
Stanford in 2000. From 2002 through 2005, she taught seventh grade in
Juneau, a city believed to be in Alaska.
In 2009, she got a master’s degree in journalism from Berkeley. This
morning, she writes a front-page news report, a type of report we have read
ten million times before this.
Her report may be right on the money. But it’s very hard to tell—and it
happens every spring!
Brown reports that DC test scor... more »
The Guardian Praises BC's Carbon Tax Initiative. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch, or, Christy Clark's Giant Methane Fart
According
to *The Guardian*, British Columbia's 5-year old experiment with carbon
taxes has been a great success and stands as an example of to
governments
everywhere.
*In 2008, British Columbia implemented a carbon tax, with the revenue
returned to citizens through lowered income taxes. A new peer-reviewed
studyexamines the data through 2012 to see how British Columbia's
emissions and
economy have fared, and the results are impressive. Consumption of taxed
fuels per capita has fallen 19 percent in British Columbia relative to
the
rest of Canada.*
*As a result, British Columbia's gr... more »
TOXIC ENVIRONMENTAL BIO-TERRAIN
*The Effects Of Our Toxic
Environmental Bio-Terrain On Life*
Trisha Springstead, RN, MSDavid Curtis, MSSusan Hageman
2-9-11 To the Truth Seekers and The Ones Who Suffer On April 20th,
2010, the largest manmade disaster in the history of the United States of
America blasted the Gulf of Mexico. The Explosion of the Deep Water Horizon
murdered 11 men and injured 17 more. This was not just your ordinary spill.
Despite all warnings to upper level management, BP did not listen and told
these men to move forward and keep drilling, as the company was losing
money with each passing day. ... more »
Trisha Springstead
Trisha Springstead
Websites
- morgellonsreport.com
- thenmo.org
Biography:Trisha Springstead is a registered RN who treats Morgellons
patients. Trisha was trained in medicine at Loma Linda University, UCSB,
and Riverside State College. Trisha is currently working on her doctorate
in Holistic and Alternative Medicine.
FIGHT FOR TRUTH
*The Fight For The Truth - The Brave Souls Who Took On BP *
Three plus years of investigation, research, testing, tracking, disputing,
fighting for the truth of the massive cover-up by BP of the Oil Disaster in
the Gulf of Mexico.
From Florida to Texas, the actions of some very brave citizens from all
different backgrounds and walks of life coalition together to take on the
BP PR machine and win.
The battle continues. Please support the effort and share the truth.
*You are the new media.*
* Video from Trisha Springstead, RN.*
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS REPORT to RUSSIA
A dire report prepared for President Medvedev by Russia’s Ministry of
Natural Resources is warning today that the British Petroleum (BP) oil and
gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico is about to become the worst environmental
catastrophe in all of human history threatening the entire eastern half of
the North American continent with “total destruction”.
Russian scientists are basing their apocalyptic destruction assessment due
to BP’s use of millions of gallons of the chemical dispersal agent known as
Corexit 9500 which is being pumped directly into the leak of this wellhead
over a mile un... more »
Gulf of Mexico is Dying
*The Gulf of Mexico is Dying: *
*A Special Report on the BP Gulf Oil Spill and Aftermath*
*The Effects Of Our Toxic
Environmental Bio-Terrain On Life*
Trisha Springstead, RN, MSDavid Curtis, MSSusan Hageman
2-9-11
Click Here For Bigger Picture To the Truth Seekers and The Ones Who Suffer
On April 20th, 2010, the largest manmade disaster in the history of the
United States of America blasted the Gulf of Mexico. The Explosion of the
Deep Water Horizon murdered 11 men and injured 17 more. This was not just
your ordinary spill. Despite all warnings to upper level management, BP did
... more »
Horrible Mutations
BP oil spill: The ‘horribly mutated’ creatures living in the Gulf. Fish,
shrimp, and crabs are missing eyes and suffering strange deformities,
according to a harrowing new report — yet the FDA insists the seafood’s
safe to eat.
Shrimp born without eyes, clawless crabs, and fish with visible tumors are
among the “horrible mutated”marine animals found in the waters off the Gulf
Coast, according to a new report from Al Jazeera.
Scientists say the problem is a side effect of the April 2010 explosion of
BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which killed 11 people and spilled at least
4.9 mill... more »
Experts Present Findings
Experts present disturbing findings about oil spill effects.*It is more
important than ever to stay in touch. UWS Monthly Marathon provides local
and international broadcasts. Internet Archives available 24/7.*
*United We Win Radio *
*Free Alerts [Click Here]*
Experts present disturbing findings: fox10tv.com
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BILOXI, Miss. (WALA) - In the 87 days following the Deepwater Horizon
explosion, crude oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico.
Since then, scientists have been working to answer questions many people
have: What are the effects, short and long-t... more »
Children's Health Challenges
*Gulf Coast Children Experiencing Health Challenges*
- Respiratory Problems
- Bacterial Infections
- Viral Infections
- Stomach Problems
- Sinusitus
- Fevers
- Skin Disorders
Release of offshore records draws worldwide response
.... and this one didn't get directed to me in time to make the previous
article.... but was so good I wanted to get it out to you guys.
http://www.icij.org/blog/2013/04/release-offshore-records-draws-worldwide-response
Release of offshore records draws worldwide response
By Kimberley Porteous and Michael Hudson
July 19, 2013, 2:00 pm
ICIJ’s investigative series on offshore secrecy – which draws from a cache
of 2.5 million secret records – has ignited reactions around the globe.
Since the initial release of stories by the ICIJ and its media partners
across the world, public officia... more »
Manning/Richards: A Tale of Two Courts Marital
*"There have been multiple instances in which Wikileaks has been
dangerously reckless. After being criticized for releasing the social
security numbers of U.S. soldiers, Assange told the New Yorker that this
was acceptable “collateral damage, and acknowledged that despite Wikileaks’
“harm-minimization policy” there may be “blood on our hands.” *
*
*
*Other leaks were far more dangerous; they included technical details of a
device designed to disarm roadside explosives (IEDs) in Iraq and
Afghanistan. An even more disturbing leak included the names of Afghan
informants who gave U.S. o... more »
Those Critical Five Seconds in the Life and Death of Sammy Yatim
Stills taken from security camera video of the Sammy Yatim execution,
published by *National Post*, may be the most important evidence of all.
Better yet, Lorne has the video itself posted at Politics & Its Discontents.
You can see that Yatin indeed goes down and stays down, his body flinching
from successive gunshots.
These images reveal that the young man was felled by the very first round
of nine shots fired by the Toronto police gunman. Yatim was hit, he
slumped to his knees and fell backwards.
Wounded and dropped to his knees, what possible threat could Yatim have
posed, ... more »
Syrian "rebels" play politics at UN & massacre civilians. Israel to counter "ship killers"
*The partner to this post is Iraq, Libya, Pakistan Prison Breaks that
advance the NATO war agenda These two posts work together, best. :)*
*Killings at Khan al Assal, truth suppression at its most blatant.*
Over the weekend I chanced across a couple of articles on the NATO backed
mercs slaughtering civilians and SAA alike in the town of Khan al Assal.
[image: 20130727 160817 Syria: The NATO style Removal of Witnesses]Massacre
in Khan al-Assal (Source: SANA)
*NYT’s July 28/13* FYI: I did check today and the two quoted paragraphs
are still as they were ... more »
Iraq, Libya, Pakistan Prison Breaks that advance the NATO war agenda
*The partner to this post is Syrian "rebels" play politics at UN & massacre
civilians. Israel to counter "ship killers" They work best together. *
I feel this is a post that is overdue. In a perfect world this would have
been up on Monday or Tuesday at the latest. But then, this is not a perfect
world and time is not always on my side.
*Let’s talk prison breaks. *
Because prisoners are breaking out all over the place. The common
denominator in all the prison breaks is NATO backed Islamists are being set
free by other NATO backed Islamists.
This should be a clear sign that NATO is s... more »
Colleen Hanabusa Broke The Law Selling Her Soul To Drug Lobbyists
Hanabusa
and the crooked husband have their sites set on the U.S. Senate
Tuesday afternoon we looked at what a mistake it is to compromise
idealswith craven corporate interests and the political hacks they
finance. In
fact we honed in particularly on health care reform and the corporate
battle against it. We concentrated on Republicans, of course, but Matea
Gold, writing for the *Washington Post* highlights the unfolding health
care scandal swirling around one of Congress' most corrupt and
conservative
New Dems, Colleen Hanabusa, the EMILY's List and drug lobbyists'
candidate
to displ... more »
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