Paul Krugman, Laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2008, and Roger Tsien, at a press conference at the Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm (Photo credit: Wikipedia)illegal use of NSA data
The NSA and the DEA are working together...How?
By using KeySCORE data that NSA illegally obtained by tapping into
computers and Emails they know what we are doing and going. they then tip
off the DEA who in turn contacts the State police who then find any old
excuse to stop and arrest you and confiscate everything you have...They
then cover up how the investigation or tip off got started look for the
words *"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT"* will mean to you the same as *"we acted on
a tip from the NSA"*
*This is what they are really doing with all that megadata collection*
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Untitled
*Riveting interview with John Barry on the SLFPA-E lawsuit by Harry Shearer*
Republicans, Confronted With the Responsibilities of Governing, Essentially Threw a Tantrum, Ran Off To Sulk (And The Corporate Tax Burden Is Already At Historic Lows: The US Collects Less Corporate Taxes As A Share of GDP Than All But One Other OECD Country)
PK is hot today. And if you think you've heard any truthful reporting from
the mainstream media about the details of the following essay, you must
have different channels than I do. Monday, August 05, 2013 Paul Krugman:
Republicans Against RealityWhy is government so dysfunctional right now?:
Republicans Against Reality, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: ...The
sad truth is that the
Bruce Lincoln On Mythic Stories That States Tell
Related: *Dr. Jonathan Z. Smith On Religion*.
*Wikipedia:*
Bruce Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the
History of Religions in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago,
where he also holds positions in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies,
Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World, Committee on the History of
Culture, and in the departments of Anthropology and Classics (Associate
Member). Before his arrival at the University of Chicago, Lincoln taught at
the University of Minnesota (1976-1994), where he co-founded the Program in
Compa... more »
Vets outraged as federal lawyers argue Ottawa has no social obligation to soldiers ...
*"Think back to every time you heard a Conservative backbench MP beat the
drum, wrap themselves in the flag and denounce the opposition as traitors
for not "supporting the troops" when they were being sent to Kandahar."*
*Charlie Angus*
*New Democrat Member of Parliament *
*"At least one veterans group promises to campaign against the Harper
Conservatives because of a stand taken by federal lawyers, who argue the
country holds no extraordinary social obligation to ex-soldiers. The
lawyers, fighting a class-action lawsuit in British Columbia, asked a judge
to dismiss the court acti... more »
African Proverb
*Yes, indeed.*
Quote of the Day: On Reputation
" A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will
always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. "
- Joseph Hall
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The public is tired of Maureen Dowd’s works!
*MONDAY,
AUGUST 5, 2013*
*Hayes, Maddow, Dionne or Chait should stand up and tell her to
go:*Yesterday morning, Maureen Dowd profiled Christine Quinn, the
current
front-runner in the race for mayor of New York City.
This wasn’t the normal piece by Dowd. Nor was this ridiculous profile
Quinn’s fault.
It started on the front page of yesterday’s Sunday Review, an extremely
high-profile placement. Inside, on the actual op-ed page, it ran beneath
a
large color photo of Quinn.
As she started, out on page one, Dowd told us something Quinn supposedly
wants us to know. We include Dowd’s pit... more »
Der Spiegel Calls Manning Conviction "Obama's Defining Injustice"
*Der Spiegel's* foreign news editor-in-chief, Hans Hoyng, has written a scathing
editorial about the conviction of Wikileaks leaker, Bradley Manning, and
calling for Obama to pardon Manning without delay.
*President Richard Nixon tried to use the Espionage Act to put the leaker
of the Pentagon Papers -- about the planning of the Vietnam War -- behind
bars. With a guilty verdict against Manning, Obama has now prevailed where
Nixon failed.*
* Daniel Ellsberg*
*This injustice -- more than his withdrawal from two wars, and more than
his largely futile struggle to make the United States... more »
The House (Non-) Lock
My Salon column over the weekend said to ignore the conventional wisdom
that Democrats have a lock on the White House -- and Republicans have a
lock, at least through 2020, on the House.
Elias Isquith took issue with the House part of it, in a post called "Jonathan
Bernstein is probably wrong," which is an excellent way to get my
attention! More posts called that, please. Anyway, Isquith:
While this is all plausible it’s sort of a longer way of acknowledging that
Dems need to win the House vote by 7 percent to reclaim it, but insisting
that could happen. And it could! But it’s certa... more »
Germany Wants NSA Corporate Puppets Banned from European Union
Among the revelations from the NSA data mining scandal have been the
identities of companies that aided and abetted the effort.
Germany's justice minister is calling for the EU to adopt tough rules on
data protection and a ban on American companies found playing footsie with
the National Security Agency.
*With the NSA spying scandal continuing to make headlines in Europe, the
German Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has raised the
possibility of new, tangible measures to punish corporations that
participate in American spying activities. In an interview with Die ... more »
Paul Mason leaves 'Newsnight'
A couple of tweets which made me smile about the news that Paul Mason is
leaving *Newsnight *for *Channel 4 News...*
DB @4d2b
Shifting even further leftwards @channel4news appoints @paulmasonnews as
Culture & Digital editor. Which Guardian journo will replace him?
*
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*Owen Jones* @OwenJones84
There's no better broadcast journalist than @*paulmasonnews*, so what a
loss for Newsnight and what a gain for @Channel4News
Delhi court cites Mahomedan Law to absolve man of raping minor - Indian Express Mobile
One country, two laws... How long until UK is the same?
More here
http://m.indianexpress.com/news/delhi-court-cites-mahomedan-law-to-absolve-man-of-raping-minor/1151405/
Is America Courting War with China?
Ever since it staged *Operation Chimichanga*, a dress-rehearsal of a
stealth, first-strike attack to take out Chinese air defences, America has
been treading gingerly along what may be the road to war.
*Chinese J-31 Stealth Fighter*China has been busy responding with its own
stealth fighters, anti-satellite space weaponry, an array of cyber-warfare
technologies, development of aircraft carrier capability, new and stealthy
submarines and ballistic anti-ship missiles specifically designed to kill
American carriers. All this coupled with home-field advantage presents a
formidable c... more »
The GOP War on Working Class America
*Freshmen GOP - 2010*
Paul Krugman recently questioned the sanity of Congressional Republicans
who, he contends, have inflicted such a level of dysfunctionality on the
federal government as to leave America ungovernable.
Robert Reich, however, seems method in the madness of the "Party of No."
*The real answer, I think, is they and their patrons want unemployment to
remain high and job-growth to sputter. Why? Three reasons:*
* *
*First, high unemployment keeps wages down. Workers who are worried about
losing their jobs settle for whatever they can get — which is why hourly
earnings ke... more »
Organize! Educate! RESIST!
"Organize" - Kind of hard to do when your game plan is to do nothing but
mill around in disgruntled confusion. (I wish I was more gruntled.)
"Educate" - We tend to do a decent job of this actually.
"Resist" - This, not so much. At all. (See "Organize.")
Alarm bells
Tonight's *Panorama**, The Brothers Who Bombed Boston, *looks as if it's
going to try to paint the Boston bombing suspects as being more akin to
far-right, anti-government white supremacists than to Muslim jihadists.
As if the two things are mutually exclusive.
After all many Muslim jihadists share the same hatred of Jews and the
American government as those on the conspiracist far-right - and
expressions of admiration for Hitler are far from uncommon among Islamists.
The programme's blurb raises alarm bells:
On the 15th of April, in the worst terrorist attack on American soi... more »
REQUIEM FOR THE CHILDREN OF HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI, VIETNAM, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
*Hiroshima little Boy with his puppy*
*On August 6th and 9th 1945 my heart was joined to the children in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki whose whole world was shattered in a few seconds by
American atomic bombs ( one named Little Boy ) ~ that signaled to the world
that the United States now had the capability of destroying countless
others instantaneously ~ as we have since done to thousands of innocent
children in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan: Allen L Roland **
*
*It was a strange summer day, that humid 6th day of August in 1945, while I
was sitting by myself just across the street from... more »
Ralphie nails it . . .
I've
always thought Ralph Nader was somewhat wonky, but this observation of
his is a rather incisive summation of the Gopper psychopathy, IMHO.
Thanks to Reader Supported News, for giving him the space, with a
posting worthy of your contemplation, "Love, Corporate-Style".
Mitt Romney famously said during his most recent bid for the presidency:
"Corporations are people, my friend." Perhaps
Random Monday Thoughts
If the NSA is so omniscient and omnipresent, then how come they didn't
catch Bradley Manning three and a half years ago when he was in that chat
room with Wikileaks talking about the Afghanistan and Iraq videos he'd
given them?
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Barack Obama is the hardest-working President in modern American
history yet a legislative body that works only 126 days a year criticizes
him for taking a vacation?
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Why is it when fascist twats like the Concord, NH PD request $258,000
war wagons from the federal government, they neve... more »
The King Of Drones-- Buck McKeon Brings Home Some Disgrace Along With The Bacon
Not all that many of his own constituents have noticed, but last week the
BBC called out a congressman from Santa Clarita: A lawmaker helped create
the drone industry-- and has reaped the benefits. Don't expect any exposés
like this in the *Signal*, or even the *L.A. Times*, but Buck McKeon's
cushy-- and extremely corrupt-- deal with the drone industry has been
raising eyebrows all over the world.
The story of how drones became a robust niche in domestic law enforcement--
and part of the commercial world as well-- is rooted in Washington DC.
Indeed, the rise of the drone can be t... more »
A3 Newsletter: On a Move, But the Struggle Continues
*(Published by the International Coalition to Free the Angola 3, on August
5, 2013)*
On July 12, Louisiana's Hunt prison reduced Herman Wallace's classification
from maximum to medium security and transferred him out of solitary
confinement into a 10-bunk dorm inside the prison hospital, where he has
access to a day room, and does not have to wear leg irons.
While celebrating the more humane conditions, we emphasize that the
transfer from solitary is not enough and we are asking folks to continue
supporting Amnesty International's call for compassionate release. If you
have not yet... more »
State Investigating Rash of Contaminated Wells
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 3 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
Environmental officials are seeking answers after discovering a potential
carcinogen in 22 private wells at a Pennsylvania township, according to
this story from the Norristown Times-Herald.
Representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
recently met with Limerick residents to discuss remediation measures and
update the community on efforts to isolate the source of trichloroethylene
(TCE) in local groundwater.
The DEP is paying to install charcoal filters in five homes where TCE
levels exceed health standards. Estimated cost of installation an... more »
THE GAY FATHER OF NAZISM AND ZIONISM
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*Benjamin Disraeli, gay former UK Prime Minister.*
*Benjamin Disraeli* wrote about *an alliance of aristocratic 'Anglo-Saxons'
and aristocratic 'Jews'* ruling the world.
"There is one man who can properly be regarded as the father of Zionism and
Nazism: Benjamin Disraeli."
"Disraeli called for an Aryan-Semitic alliance to form an organized
superior 'Caucasian race' that was destined to rule the world..."
*How Britain's Biggest Racists Created Zionism **by Mark Burdman*
*Lord Rothschild (left)*
*Disraeli* wanted rule by the rich 1%.
"Contrary to folklore, Disraeli did not year... more »
TX HIghway Patrol - Trained in roadside 'sexual assault.'
TEXAS - hates women.
TEXAS - the Misogynist State of the USA
June 26th – Wendy Davis - a woman legislator - successfully filibustered
the Texas legislature for 13 hours to stall the passage of one of the worst
abortion bills in the US.
Now Texas Republicans want Wendy Davis to reimburse the state for the
special session supposedly caused by her filibuster time. Bet they
wouldn't do that to a man. AND her filibuster was not what resulted in the
special session - the governor called it to pass the extremist agenda.
Well –
If you remember what happened after that – female protest... more »
MUST WATCH: "Koch Brothers Exposed"
Robert Greenwald's "Koch Brothers Exposed" (Full) (1 hr of your time - not
a choice!) (I remember when Greenwald first thought about doing this movie,
he was looking for donations and
I donated enough money that I received a Kochtopus t-shirt
the t-shirt says I am a "producer" of this movie - cool - eh?)
Cyber battle report Cryptome under attack
Cryptome
new public key.
*2013-0952.pdf Forensic Identification of GSM Mobile Phones
August 5, 2013**2013-0951.htm Netvibes Bandwidth Hog
August 5, 2013**2013-0950.htm offsite German Spies Send
Massive Data to NSA (EN) August 5, 2013**2013-0949.pdf
German Spies Send Massive Data to NSA (DE) August 5, 2013* (3.0MB)
*2013-0948.htm South Korea Nuclear Power Plants
August 4, 2013**2013-0947.htm NSA Codenamed Programs
August 4, 2013**2013-0946.htm NSA X-Keyscore M... more »
Terrornado Week
Let's just assume for a moment that the American government's answer to *
Sharknado* has nothing to with deflecting attention from the fact that
our government is spying on us, and everything to do with some
actual nefarious "chatter" among the folks who hate us for our freedoms.
Let's assume that there are, indeed, plans afoot to blow some Mid-East
embassies to smithereens.
If that is the case, then we must acknowledge that the so-called terrorist
folks have every right to be irate. Any plot they might be hatching would
be in the realm of counter-terrorism. Take your pick of atrocit... more »
What's It Going to Be This Time?
The United States is bracing for another major terrorist attack. Embassies
are shuttered, the nation is on high alert. Terrorist signals traffic is
said to be higher than at any time since 9/11.
Are Islamist extremists really preparing to attack? Are they, perhaps,
simply rattling America's chain? Should we even take the Americans' claims
at face value after the scams they pulled in the aftermath of the World
Trade Center/Pentagon attacks?
The main question, however, must surely be "what if?" What if America is
attacked again in a fashion as dramatic at the 9/11 attacks?
Am... more »
Short article from NYT Sunday Review by Robert Putnam
It’s a short read, a good one. It got me thinking. Take a community, any
kind. Institute “school choice.” You have families with children, who could
once bond over their children’s educations, broken apart, separated,
because one family sends their kids to one school and the neighbors, to
another. Maybe the kids can bond over, […]
Welcome To The 3rd Annual Inspirational August
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*The tradition continues. This will be a month of innspirational writings,
poetry, art and music that will hopefully transport you (if you so wish)
from your human to your humane.*
**
*All are welcome here. We gather toger fom many differnet Lands, beliefs,
insitutions and "isms". For just a short while let us step aside from our
ego preferences that hinder us and keep us from our innate creativity.
Let us step into that which is best within ourselves and have no fear.*
**
*I hope that you all enjoy you visits this month of August, 2013 as you
journey with a "Stranger In A... more »
Pragmatism and Game Theory, Part 1
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Eric Grynaviski, who is an Assistant
Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. The
recurring debate on this blog has centered on some of the bigger themes
about the relationship between rational choice theory and game theory. I
argued in an earlier post that when one focuses in
Continue reading
#TryFrusionFree for your Picky Eaters and 7 Other Tips
The word picky doesn't even begin to describe my child. I need fewer than
10 fingers to name all the food she will regularly eat. Most of our battles
as parents have come from trying to not only get our child to eat, but get
her to eat nutritional calories instead of just junk food. We have tried
everything – veggies hidden in brownies, spinach in shakes – and she has
turned up her nose at all of them. More than once I have given up and let
her eat chips and salsa for dinner, just for the sake of calories.
To keep every single meal from becoming a battle ground, here are so... more »
Intellectual paralysis may look like this!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013*
*Test scores are going to drop in New York thanks to New York's harder
tests:* The New York Times is very big and very famous.
It runs a lot of TV ads in which bright-looking, attractive young adults
tell us which section they prefer to peruse on Sunday mornings.
In part for these reasons, it’s very hard to see how dumb this newspaper
often is. This morning, even we had to marvel.
Javier Hernandez did a news report about the new test scores which will be
released in New York City this week. Even we had to marvel at the jumbled
logic of these opening paragr... more »
DeLong on the Presidency: Good Diagnosis, Bad Prescription
Brad DeLong is absolutely correct about this:
[T]he failure in 2009 to nominate Fed governors who would give Bernanke a
left wing on the FMOC to balance out the bank presidents and thus give him
freedom of maneuver was a huge unforced error.
Which he expanded (on twitter) to appointments more generally. Include
judicial appointments in that -- if Obama had filled DC Circuit and other
appeals court spots early, more decisions go his way over the years.
But is this right?
It is, I think, a powerful reason not to nominate senators--or, indeed,
anybody other than a successful governor-... more »
San Francisco on high alert. The White Elephant at the Golden Gate?
Ramping up the fear meme? San Francisco on high-alert after terror threat
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Department of Homeland Security is beefing up
its presence at airports, train stations and other travel hubs in the
United States in the wake of global travel warning imposed on all U.S.
citizens.
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Gate Bridge, convenient & long suspected PTB appropriate white elephant
Local authorities are not going into specifics but the San Francisco Police
D... more »
Have the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrated the Barack Hussein Obama White House?
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/video-muslim-brotherhood-in-the-white-house
SOURCES OF PARALYSIS: Of our paralysis!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2013*
*Prologue—Dead horse beaten again:* At the risk of (brief) repetition,
we’ve become fascinated, in the past week, with the theme of “moral and
intellectual paralysis.”
As a young man, Joyce thought he saw such a paralysis among the Irish
people, who lived under the cultural, religious, political thumbs of the
Brits and the priests.
Can a nation, can an entire people, find itself in the grip of “moral and
intellectual paralysis?” In the opening paragraph of The Sisters, the first
of his fifteen stories in Dubliners, Joyce announced his interest in
exploring... more »
a quieter life, plus photos
Finally, some peace and quiet. This is the first time since the sewage
flood on July 8 that our home is *quiet*. This lovely state of affairs
exists because we filed a complaint with the Landlord Tenant Board,
requesting our Landlord be ordered to stop renovations on the basement
until after we move out. The complaint has not even been processed yet, but
the Landlord backed down. Another lesson in Know Your Rights! (I would like
to create a new tag/category for wmtc called "know your rights," but I feel
like it would apply to half my posts.)
With a plan for Tala's rehab, and the con... more »
what i'm reading: clarence darrow, attorney for the damned, by john a. farrell
I last wrote about Clarence Darrow in early 2012, after reading a piece by
one of my favourite *New Yorker* writers, Jill Lepore. Two new biographies
of Darrow had been published, and Lepore wrote a tribute to the great
defender, and mused on the state of North American labour movement.
Lucky for me, Allan found a copy of one of those books - brand new, in
hardcover - on one of his used-book jaunts. I'm more than halfway through
John A. Farrell's *Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned* and still
haven't gotten to Darrow's most famous triumph.
As I wrote earlier, throughout my lif... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jonathan Silverman, 47. I'm still smiling at the "How I
Met" Bernie's II thing from several months ago. Bernie's II may have had
the one of the best premises for a movie, well, ever.
Another week, another fine batch of good stuff:
1. Of course you want to read more on the Fed choice from Sarah Binder.
2. Greg Sargent on the Democrats' approach to this fall's budget battles.
3. Bob Cohen on comments sections. Interesting.
4. Fred Kaplan on NSA.
5. And a good summary from Adam Serwer on what's happened in the NSA story.
With A Bevy Of Teabaggers Attacking Lindsey Graham, Could Jay Stamper Win South Carolina For The Democrats?
When Alan Grayson ran for Congress in 2008, several "donors" (although I
never found them in our donor file) chastised us that we were wasting money
because Grayson had no chance to win the primary. He did win-- and by a
lot, beating his closest competitor, ConservaDem Charlie Stuart, 49-28%.
That didn't slow the complainers down. They then claimed it was a red
district and that Grayson had "no chance" to beat incumbent Ric Keller, but
in November, Grayson knocked him off 52-48%, becoming the first Democrat to
represent downtown Orlando in living memory. And now... well, if you do... more »
Educating American Children Who Are in Chronic Poverty
Since America failed to win the War on Poverty, we have become used to a
series of reports that promising programs have only achieved modest
results. Whether we are discussing Head Start, housing vouchers, reduced
class size, or increased spending for education or social services, it has
become easy to over-simplify and say that nothing […]
Researchers reveal that millions of ‘secure’ Kwikset smartkey locks can be opened with simple tools
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screenshot from video uploaded by Wired Madison Ruppert
If you are one of the millions of people who have Kwikset smartkey locks on
your home, it’s time to seriously consider changing those out for something
a bit more secure.
Despite the security claims made about the smartkey locks, researchers
demonstrated the ability to bypass the locks with “a screwdriver and a
paper clip” and will present the technique at the DefCon hacker conference
today.
DefCon is the same conference in Las Vegas where security resear... more »
NSA Surveillance Tool Allows Real-Time Access to Your Internet Data
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Chris Dougherty
NSA surveillance tool, XKeyscore, is a tool that provides intelligence
analysts with real-time surveillance of your email, chat and browsing
history. Tagged keyword terms and phrases may unknowingly put you under government
scrutiny.
Yep, the government knows exactly what keywords you search for on Google.
Just ask Michele Catalano and her husband about their recent experience. According
to Catalano, “joint terrorism task force” officials, driving 3 black SUVs,
stormed her home in Long Island, New York over a... more »
Simple Steps Toward Security in the Suburbs
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Tess Pennington
If you live in suburbia, security starts from the inside out. Your home
should be a fortress, although not so blatantly that it catches the
attention of casual passers-by, making them wonder, “What’s in there?” Some
simple updates can harden your domicile against intruders.
1. *Doors should be sturdy and steel core.* The frame around the door is
equally important. Even the strongest door will not hold up to a determined
intruder if it is seated in a flimsy frame. Look for a sturdy steel
door-jamb.... more »
How Your Child Is Being Dumbed Down by "Common Core" Education
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Dave Hodges
There is a Trojan Horse within our midst and it is called Common Core. I
did a cursory analysis of the program as the implementation came down which
stated that implementation was imminent.
Finding information on this program has been difficult to say the least.
The vast majority of teachers know next to nothing about the program.
School administrators have many unanswered questions about Common Core’s
implementation strategies, policies and regulations. This portion of the
Common Core series focuses on the basel... more »
DÉJÀ VU – Senator Dick Durban Once Again Attacks Supplements!
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Scott Tips, JD
In a well-orchestrated attack that should fool no one, and that as usual
occurs late in the week as people leave for their weekends, Senator Dick
Durbin (D-IL) has re-introduced his previously lapsed and ill-fated bill,
the "Dietary Supplement Labeling Act" (then S.1310, and now as S.1425), in
yet another attempt to shut down the dietary-supplement industry through a
series of gradually suffocating laws, rules, and regulations that will do
not one ounce of good but will instead price supplements out of the reac... more »
COLUMBUS RACISM: Long Walk 4 in Columbus, Ohio Today Aug. 5, 2013
Long
Walkers in Columbus, Ohio, today, where walkers were attacked by police
in 2008, and targeted again in 2011
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Luv arrested 2008/Photo Marie Littlemoon
The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz will be walking through Columbus,
Ohio, today, where long walkers were attacked by police in 2008.
Michael Lane, who was targeted by
Are We Being Conditioned to Accept 'Transhumanism' as Evolution?
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Anne Gordon, RN
Do you wonder why films and shows such as *World War Z*,*Walking Dead*, *I
Am Legend*, or even the tongue-in-cheek marketing campaigns focus on
'zombie apocalypse warnings'? Is it just for your entertainment and
giggles? After all, we know that zombies do not exist. Why then, would
'zombie apocalypse' be among Google's most popular search? A few years ago,
it was the blood sucking vampires, which are still quite popular. Are we
being psychologically conditioned to accept human changes, such as
cannibalism, or... more »
A Human Rights Issue
Nothing illustrates the essential malevolence of the Harper government more
than its transformation of Canadian prisons. Even though crime is at its
lowest level in forty years, Mr. Harper's army is dedicated to getting its
pound of flesh from the people who live on the margins. Phil Gibson writes:
The atmosphere in Canadian prisons is becoming explosive, as the proportion
of visible minorities, mixed with gangs, racists and violent offenders in
the general population, sets new records.
“Aboriginal people and women are entering federal penitentiaries in greater
numbers than ever b... more »
Adverse inference properly taken for failure to call witnesses
Stetler v. Stetler, 2013 ONCA 508 approves of an adverse inference made by
a trial judge on the basis that witnesses who could have been called were
not. This is helpful because the use of an adverse inference for failure to
call witnesses is infrequent. Here is the passage of the trial judge
approved by the Court of Appeal:
[7] I have not had the help of any expert witness but it seems to
me that through two separate divorce proceedings, this man's character is
defined. He will not tell the court what his income is and defies us to
guess. He is not cooperating at all, nor ... more »
Untitled
*Live blog: Hearing to determine cost of OPP consent decree, who should pay
for it ~The Lens*
*Whirling Dervishes, the BP Spin Cycle ~American Zombie*
* A different lie ~Library Chronicles*
*Algiers Point businesses hurting with reduced ferry service ~Tom Gogola,
N.O. Advocate *
*Black & Gold make green for Louisiana Lottery*
*Cleanup underway at derailment site in Louisiana, citizens surprised to
learn Bobby Jindal is still Governor*
*Employment draws are different for men and women*
*Craig’s List and a Scam – Buyer’s and/or Tenant’s Beware!*
*Happy National Oyster Day!!! *
Syria government path to marginalize the Opposition seems clear - with Damascus and Homs essentially cleared of significant presence of Opposition fighters , the battle moves West to Latakia and North to Aleppo - meanwhile , the Syria government allows the Kurd autonomy in the Northwest and the Syrian Kurds battle the islamists there ( such as A Raqqa and Al Hasakah )
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/08/05/Assad-vows-to-stamp-out-terror-in-Syria-with-iron-fist.html
Assad’s solution to Syrian conflict: striking ‘terror with iron fist’
Monday, 5 August 2013
Syria's Assad (R) delivers a speech in Damascus on August 4, 2013. (Reuters)
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Al Arabiya
In a rare speech broadcast on Syrian state television late Sunday,
President Bashar al-Assad said the crisis in his country could only be
solved by striking terror with an “iron fist.”
“No solution can be reached with terror except by striking it wi... more »
Back to the drawing board
Thou Shalt Not Bore
I listened to The Sins of Literature on radio 4 this morning. The episode
was entitled Thou Shalt not Bore.
Forgive me father for I commit multiple literary sins. I’m not a real
writer so I think I can get away with it.
Here are some rules that thou shalt not:
1. “*Never open a book with the weather.”* (If I wrote books I might
well open with the weather. It’s just stopped pouring with rain at the
moment, since you ask. That’s one of my favourite weather scenarios. Oh no,
it’s started again)
2. “*Avoid prologues. Bad writing is writing which is ... more »
Fake Washington Terror Threat
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They're in various forms. They repeat with disturbing regularity. America's
war on terror targets Islam. At issue is duplicitous scaremongering. It
advances Washington's imperium.
Wars of aggression follow. False arrests target innocent victims. Terror
threats repeat. They're strategically timed. They change the subject. They
divert attention.
They fool most Americans. They do so most of the time. Here we go again.
Media scoundrels march in lockstep. They regurgitate Big Lies.
On August 2... more »
New iPhones Will Come with "Biometric Kit"
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*Activist Post*
The rumors are true. The new iPhone will have biometric features.
The new operating system iOS7 for the iPhone 6 has been leaked for testing
which revealed a fingerprint sensor and other biometric features. Located
in a folder labeled "Biometric Kit", the fingerprint identification system
is said to be used for unlocking the iPhone and for Apple products like
iTunes.
Just about one year ago Apple bought fingerprint sensor technology company AuthenTec
Inc for about $356 million.
At the time Reuters speculat... more »
US Embassy closures alleged to be related to chatter picked by up NSA surveillance ? Is our response to islamist " chatter " moving forward going to be cutting and running to hde under our collective beds because a bogeyman jihadist exists in the world somewhere and doesn't like us ? Will Yemen " chatter next week cause NSA , the Pricipals Committee and Congress to urge everyone in the US to " shelter at home " until further notice ? If the US continues in its new defensive crouch of being terrified of an islamist shadow soewhere in the world hoping to do something ( unspcified as to what , when , where or how - of course ) , we have lost the Terror War to the Terrorists , folks !
Paranoia
, fear mongering , excessive over reactions leading to what type
of " security " anyway ? Security isn't hiding under you bed because of
"chatter " the bogeyman is out there ! Of course , these extreme
security
mesures may not appear as strange - if it wasn't for the fact that the
US
and West generally are funding the same alleged terrorists groups that
we
supposedly are also fighting ( Iraq , Afghanistan , Libya , Syria )
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2013/08/05/U-S-embassy-closures-across-Mideast-due-to-pre-9-11-levels-of-chatter-.html
U.S.
embassy closure... more »
Is Urban Beekeeping Better Than Rural?
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Image Heather Callaghan
Even though the EU is initiating a 2-year ban on neonicotinoid pesticides
which are heavily implicated in causing massive bee die-off, and a few
organizations are suing the EPA for turning a blind eye towards pesticides
- there is still a dire situation needing immediate remediation. And, there
is a lot in the way of urban beekeeping that can help.
Slowly but surely trending, much like community gardens, is urban
beekeeping. Especially as more people find out how doable it is just about
anywhere. Sur... more »
Glenn Greenwald slams ‘robust oversight,’ says Congress learned about NSA spying via media
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Glenn Greenwald on "This Week"
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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist responsible for publishing the information leaked
by Edward Snowden, slammed Congress’s “robust oversight” today, adding that
“they are forced to learn about what the NSA is doing from what they’re
reading in our reporting.”
Some are now claiming that Greenwald isn’t even a journalist while others
have insinuated that he could be charged with crimes for working with
Snowden, who was granted temporary a... more »
What Kept Me Asleep and How I Woke Up
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*Youtube*
This is a great personal story of how one person woke up to the true nature
of politics and reality.
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'Double Tap' Drone Strikes On First Responders Still In Use Overseas
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No shit Sherlock
More days of Test cricket have been completely washed out at Old Trafford
than any other Test venue - 13 in 28 Tests. The other contenders for the
crown: Sydney (11 days in 54 Tests), Melbourne (four days in 54 Tests),
Lord's (five days in 35 Tests) and The Oval (four days in 35).
Teen GMO Activist DESTROYS Elite Shill Who Tries to Bully Her
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14-year-old Rachel Parent debates Kevin O'Leary on the issue of Genetically
Modified Food. Elite schmuck O'Leary claims she's killing people for
denouncing GMOs.
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"3 Shocking Revelations from NSA's Most Terrifying Program Yet"
* "3 Shocking Revelations from NSA's Most Terrifying Program Yet"*
By Steven Rosenfeld
The meta-data explanation has now been unmasked as a mega-lie, according to
the latest revelations from exiled National Security Agency whistleblower
Edward Snowden. When Snowden first disclosed the extent of America’s
national security state spying on the electronic lives of Americans, the
Obama administration led by the president himself said the government was
not looking at the details of one’s electronic communications, web searches
and sites visited. Instead, it was looking at so-called “... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning… Aileen Blanley writes about Nisha Pahuja’s attempt to film a
camp run by Durga Vahini, the women’s wing of the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP). Through physical combat training and lectures, the group
aims to transform girls in to “tigers.” The camp girls tigers sing: “Ask
for milk, we’ll give you kheer, ask for Kashmir, we’ll slit your throats.”
Continue reading
Pork Barrel 2: Napoles, Legislature and Executive Branches Corruption
The Napoles-Some Legislators’ pork barrel scandal continues for several
weeks now. And I started reading only a few days ago. I saw that there are
too many articles written already. Here are some headlines, from the
Inquirer.
After the Inquirer, Rappler seems to be second in devoting lots of papers
and analysis about the issue.
For now, I just want to comment on what my former boss in “Public Forum”,
IBC Channel 13’s public affairs program from 1987-90, also my former
undergrad teacher, Prof. Randy David, wrote last week. In his column *A
Thesis on Corruption* at the Inquirer la... more »
Basics: Let's Debase the Dollar!
A lot of people, especially conservatives, complain about the so-called
debasement of the U.S. dollar. For example, Craig R. Smith, who is
apparently important enough to be interviewed by "*FOX News, CNN, CNBC,
ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CBN, TBN, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York
Times,* and *Newsweek*," wrote a book last year that claims the value of
the dollar has fallen by 98% in the 100 years since the income tax and
Federal Reserve were established in 1913. He predicts terrible economic
calamity will be the result of this debasement. Smith is not alone in this
view; evident... more »
‘AL QAEDA’ IN 2013: REALISTIC THREAT OR JUST A CATCH-ALL PROPAGANDA LABEL FOR THE WEST’S ISLAMIC ENEMIES
Neoconservatives have quickly jumped on the ‘al Qaeda is still a threat’
bandwagon after the weekend’s shutdown of many Western embassies throughout
North Africa and the Middle East due, so we are told, to as yet unexplained
and unspecified threat chatter between various so-called ‘al Qaeda’ groups.
Con Coughlin, a British neoconservative journalist with the UK’s *Daily
Telegraph*, writes:
*For an organisation that is said to be in terminal decline, al-Qaeda will
draw immense satisfaction from the events of this past weekend, when it
demonstrated its ability to disrupt the work of W... more »
Demography 19: Top 30 Countries in Population by 2050
* Notes: (1) I changed the subject series name from "Population Control" to
"Demography" starting this paper. And (2) This is my article today in
thelobbyist.biz.
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While many people in the Philippines are alarmed by the country’s big
population (no. 12 worldwide) and fast population growth (about 1.8 million
people a year, net of death and migration), other countries are getting
paranoid with their fast ageing population and slow growth or even
negative/depopulation trend in some countries.
Here is one projection of the evolving global demography. By 2050, ranked
#9 Russia... more »
Anti-Semitic Tweets
Whilst the BBC luxuriate in reporting anti-women tweeting, and would reach
orgasm over Islamophobic tweeting, I am sure they will completely ignore
antisemitic tweeting.
Here's some examples, shocking to all except racists, antisemites and the
BBC?
http://antisemitictweets.tumblr.com/
At last a secret US govenment activity so outrageous that it's deplored by Democrats and Republicans alike.
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*FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013*
Original here
*Reps. Conyers & Massie on Bipartisan Campaign Against NSA Spying; Call for
James Clapper to Resign*
A bipartisan coalition against domestic surveillance is growing stronger in
Washington. Last week, the House nearly passed a measure that would have
prevented the National Security Agency from using the USA PATRIOT Act to
collect phone records of individuals who are not under investigation. The
measure failed by a narrow ... more »
Utah Blockade and Ceremony shuts down tarsands mine, stocks plummet
Demonstrators
Stage Road Blockade and Prayer Ceremony at Site of Proposed Tar Sands
Strip Mine in Utah
By Peaceful Uprising
Communities Vow to Protect Colorado River System from Dirty Energy
Extraction
Bookcliffs Range, Utah–Dozens of individuals peacefully disrupted road
construction and stopped operations today at the site of a proposed tar
sands mine in the Bookcliffs range of
Do VA Dems grasp now why they needed a decent gubernatorial candidate to go up against "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli?
*No, this isn't a recent photo. This is back in May that dreadful Virginia
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe was smiling that, er,
creepy smile.*
*by Ken*
The last time I wrote derisively about the appalling Terry "The Bagman"
McAuliffe as the best Virginia Democrats could come up with to succeed
downward-spiraling Gov. Bob McDonnell, a commenter noted that McAuliffe in
fact has a good chance of winning. Even if I believed that, my point would
be, "So what?" Yes, better that he should be elected than the unspeakable
right-wing-crazed Cuckoo Ken, but that's the onl... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - The Greening of Westford
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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of environment... more » "Solar Flares: Whew… That Was Close"
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*"Solar Flares: Whew… That Was Close"*
2 Weeks Ago, a Huge Solar Flare Almost Knocked Out Power Nationwide…
Which Could Have Caused Nuclear Meltdowns from Coast-to-Coast
by WashingtonsBlog
"We’ve sounded the alarm for years that a large solar flar– like the one
we had in 1859 – could cause worldwide nuclear meltdowns… and numerous
other problems.
2 weeks ago, we just barely dodged the bullet.
Washington Examiner reports: "The earth barely missed taking a massive
solar punch in the teeth two weeks ago, an “electromagnetic pulse” so big
that it could have knocked out power,... more »
The Gang's All Here
I've been rather spoiled this year when it comes to the number of birds
that show up around the house. Three woodpeckers (yellow-bellied sapsuckers
actually are regular visitors in the early morning and evening hours along
with chipping sparrows, magpies and chickadees. These House Sparrows all
turned up yesterday right as I was getting home from work. Granted the
photograph isn't the best but I was in a rush to snap some photos out my
bedroom window before they all flew away on me. Plus I had a very
excitable cat next to me on the window ledge. These photos are some of the
firs... more »
"Why The 'Health System' Must Be DESTROYED"
*"Why The 'Health System' Must Be DESTROYED"*
by Karl Denninger
"Here's another one. What you see above is a bill sent to me by a friend.
This bill makes no sense unless you realize that a free market is not
involved. Either Adventist Health System doesn’t think whoever is paying
this bill cares, or is holding them at gunpoint."
The latter. In a civilized society we would call the latter armed robbery.
We would call those who do such a thing criminals. We would put them in
prisons. We would civilly-forfeit every penny they have accumulated through
their crimes and return what... more »
HUMAN CHAIN ENDS WEEK OF JEJU ACTIONS
1,000 people lined up for finale human chain in Gangjeong village on August
4 to surround the Navy base construction zone.
Song is "Gangjeong ~ you are the smallest village in this land, however,
peace all over the world will start from you." Video by Dunguree Park
Seong-su See a good article in South Korean English language newspaper
about Oliver Stone's visit to Jeju *here*
Patriotic Rebellion Against The New Caliphate In The Making: General al-Sisi Explains His Actions
*Photo Source: Sara Hussein, AFP. From the article, "In Egypt, chorus of
approval for army chief Sisi."*
*General al-Sisi:*
"They have an international presence in more than 60 countries in the
world—the Muslim Brotherhood. The idea that gathers them together is not
nationalism, it’s not patriotism, it is not a sense of a country—it is only
an ideology that is totally related to the concept of the organization."
[Source: *"You Turned Your Back on the Egyptians"* by Lally Weymouth,
Slate, August 3, 2013].
*Colonel Patrick Lang:*
Political Islamism is seen by Egyptian liberals, ... more »
Untitled
*Train derailment, dozens evacuated near Opelousas*
Ultimate APSA 2013
APSA-goers: the ultimate frisbee game will be Saturday, August 31st, at
10am in Grant Park. The park is in between the Chicago Hilton and Lake
Michigan. I don’t know exactly on what softball field we will set
up–depends on what else is going on that morning, but we should be able to
find some space.
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Bad Day For The Gun Nuts
It was very close-- and dramatic, with at least one senator, Lisa
Murkowski, changing her vote at the last second, and another, Heidi
Heitkamp, flying in from a North Dakota sickbed while Harry Reid held the
vote open-- but the Senate shut down the Republican/NRA filibuster of Todd
Jones to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). The GOP
and NRA have managed to prevent the appointment of a director for 7 years!
"For the past seven years," wrote Gabby Giffords to her followers on
Friday, "the gun lobby has cowed Congress into blocking nomination after
nomination to... more »
Why Labour Doesn't Need Jim Messina
"We're doomed! We're doomed!" No, I'm not channelling Private Frazer's
ghost. But this sums up the deflated mood afflicting sections of the front
bench and commentariat. Why? Because it appears the Tories are getting
their act together. Some polls a narrowing of the Labour lead, while others wipe
it out altogether, or (confusingly) show Labour extending its lead. Either
way, poll volatility is not something a party that has hitherto enjoyed a
commanding lead should be relaxed about. The second bit is the mileage
shale gas/tobacco/private health lobbyist Lynton Crosby has made since ... more »
Hung's Death, Protests, and justice
*A truckload of mushrooms outside Hsinshe waiting to be distributed to
small family processors who will cut off the stems.*
The Taipei Times hosted a commentary on the low probability of anything
like justice occurring in the Hung case....
The Criminal Code sets rather strict conditions for making a group of
offenders “joint principal offenders.” *Apart from acting jointly in the
commission of a crime, the group must also share criminal intent. In this
case, Hung was abused to death by a group who tortured him by exploiting
flaws in the military’s disciplinary system. Although the... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Prediction time: will there be a government shutdown this year? If so, who
will "win" -- substantively, and politically?
The Blindness of Modern Economists
*Guest post by Dan Steinhart of **Casey Research**, who introduces Alasdair
Macleod of **GoldMoney*
Supposedly one of the top ten reasons to become an academic economist is
that it gives you a chance to talk about money without ever having to make
any. Also, you get to say words like “neoliberal” and "trickle down" with a
straight face.
The contrast between mainstream academic economics and "real world
economics" has always been stark, but today the disconnect is so enormous
that it seems the two have nothing at all in common. If you were to ask
Paul Krugman and Doug Casey how to... more »
Even The Most Effective Member Of Congress Can't Win EVERY Vote
This year Congress isn't accomplishing much-- unless you count driving down
its own favorability ratings as an accomplishment. But even in that
dysfunctional situation, Orlando area Congressman Alan Grayson is being
widely hailed as the most effective Member of Congress, working on both
sides of the aisle and forging ad hoc bipartisan coalitions that have left
Party leaders with their jaws agape. Apparently, they forgot the Audit the
Fed coalition Grayson and Ron Paul put together to get around Party leaders
several years ago.
Last week, Party leaders had had it with Grayson. When... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Might as well ask it, since it's been a controversy for the week: do you
want Republicans to shut down the government unless the Senate agrees to
pass and Barack Obama agrees to sign a bill to keep the government
functioning into the new fiscal year that "defunds" Obamacare?
McConnell and Graham face Tea Party flack
Don't want to get my hopes up too high but it's not impossible that we
could get rid of both Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham in 2014. To begin
with, McConnell's Dem opponent Alison Grimes delivered a sharp blow to
McConnell at the annual Fancy Farm hoedown in Kentucky. She's polling ahead
of him already. Here's hoping that will hold.
More importantly, McConnell is facing a Republican primary challenger who
speaks Teabonics and is likely to win over the hard core angry cons who
demand purity. Could split enough of the GOP vote to give Grimes the win.
One can dream anyway.
Meanwh... more »
Yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no...
I don't listen to Radio 5 Live very often these days. When I was something
of a football fanatic I'd listen to any old match commentary on the station
(most of which, if memory serves me right, seemed largely to consist of
Alan Green slagging off various match officials). I've never listened to
Nicky Campbell's breakfast show, have managed to avoid Richard Bacon's
programme completely and have heard Victoria Derbyshire's show all the way
through before only once (as Michelle of the Resistance might have put it).
Have I been missing out? Have I been missing out on some outrageous bi... more »
Photos Longest Walk 4 in Logan, Ohio
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Collecting eggs in the hen house
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/08/photo-long-walk-in-ohio.html
Walkers for Sovereignty and Notoweega Feast
Photos of the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz in Logan, Ohio, by
Jennifer Vance, thank you for sharing with Censored News! The Longest
Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz will be leaving soon for Columbus, Ohio.
Wishing them a safe
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, August 4th, 2013
Sunday.. and again time for my weekly rant and rave....
First, I have to expand on my last article where I led off stating that I
am very disappointed in the basic fact that in spite of all of our efforts
to reach the masses and awaken them fully to the dangers of the Jewish
supremacists who want nothing better than to leave us all asleep while they
take full dominion over this planet. It is important to clear the air and
explain myself...
I have known since the mid-80's that there has been a very powerful evil
force on this planet, and that evil wants nothing better than to see us... more »
Sunday Classics: Verdi's Falstaff holds court in the Garter Inn
*"Reverenza!"*:* Mistress Quickly approaches Falstaff in the Garter Inn.*
*The interior of the Garter Inn.*. FALSTAFF *as always sprawled in his big
chair in its usual place, drinking his Xeres. *BARDOLFO* and *PISTOLA* near
the back near the door at left.*
*BARDOLFO and PISTOLA* [*beating their breasts in acts of repentance*]:
We're penitent, and contrite.
*FALSTAFF*: Man returns to his vices,
like the cat to fat.
*BARDOLFO and PISTOLA*: And we return to your service.
*BARDOLFO*: Master, out there there's a woman
who asks to be admitted to your presence.
*FALSTAFF*: Let her enter.
[B... more »
The Bar is Now Dry..... Party is all over.
Oh I sooooo love all the data that is streaming out right now!!! I was in
the middle of putting together another article that ties more dots together
between the Vatican and the US..... but this really is a piece that needed
to go out first. HSBC is closing accounts down of embassies and even the
Vatican accounts. The US announced a few days ago that it was closing down
embassies in "hot zones" due to "security risks"... but as I told everyone
in the RTS skype room, if "security risks" actually means "We've run out of
money and can't pay our bills any more", then yes, it's true.
... more »
Zapatistas Marcos 'Votan III Section (Infrequently Asked Questions)'
Votán III
IAQ Section (Infrequently Asked Questions)
Also New! /Espanol Votan IV
What you always wanted to know (or be warned) about the
Zapatistas, their renowned Little School, and the potential consequences of
attending.
July 2013
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/08/04/votan-iii-iaq-section-infrequently-asked-questions/
So, it seems it is becoming more or less clear what
Problem, Reaction, Solution? AQ threat or Opportunity to advance war agenda?
* UPDATE BELOW: Scroll down*
Found this comment interesting:
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**US forces prepared to respond to latest 'serious' threat*
A senior US official has said American forces are pre-positioned and ready
to deal with the latest threat from al-Qaeda, which has seen a worldwide
travel alert issued.
*We've had US forces prepared for some time to respond to potential
contingencies in the Middle East and North Africa.*
*We're postured to support timely and effective action if requested. *This
latest threat is serious, and the Pentagon is working closely with its
partners, to include the State ... more »
Response to Joe Nathan’s hawking for tech industry profits
Charter charlatan Joe Nathan has made a decent living pushing privatization
and pimping poverty. A regular participant in the active comment section on
the Professor Diane Ravitch’s blog, Nathan can always be counted on for
advocating neoliberal education reform and corporate profits. Today was no
different, with Nathan effectively defending the demise of school libraries
[…]
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*Honoré: 'People will not sit by' *
*~“The last time I was in a place this dangerous it was Desert Storm,”
joked Russel Honoré, the Army general ordered to deal with the chaos after
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in August 2005.*
*Now a civilian trying to raise the profile of the Bayou Corne sinkhole
disaster, Honoré then apologized to the crowd, “on behalf of the people of
Louisiana, because democracy has failed you. The resources the extraction
companies are taking from this green Earth so close to where we sit today
are critical to America, but there has to be a balance between... more »
EDUCATION REFORM TAKES NOTES FROM THE MULTI-INDUSTRY PLAYBOOK ON CORPORATE OWNERSHIP
All multinational corporations use the same playbook to push privatizing
a public good– whether it’s a human resource like clean drinking water or
food; or a public service like education. The similarities between the
various industrial giants aren’t coincidental. Each stage in their
endeavors is part of their shared ideology, and their strategies,
therefore, […]
New Blogs July/August 2013
First Sunday of the month. Time for the new blog round-up:
1. Amber Trafficlight (Unaligned/LGBT)
2. Bespoke Taylor (Unaligned) (Twitter)
3. Critical Proletariat (Unaligned) (Twitter)
4. Dave Prentis (Unison/Labour) (Twitter)
5. Facing Reality (Unaligned)
6. Farce About Ace (Unaligned) (Twitter)
7. I Will Not Put Up With This (Unaligned/Feminist)
8. Living in the Real World (Unaligned/Feminist) (Twitter)
9. Marx Returns from the Grave (Socialist Party)
10. Musings of a Nonconformist Ingrate (Unaligned) (Twitter)
11. Positive Politics from Nick Palmer (Labour)
12. Revolutionary Socialism ... more »
Sorting Through the Dregs
Wallowing about today.
and ... that's all folks!
Prism-break.org Opt Out of Global Data Surveillance Programs
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most of us use every day. Please share the word about this website so more
people can be informed about the ways to opt-out!
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Mad World
The BBC has avoided examining the most crucial implications of the election
of Iran’s new President, Hassan Rouhani.
Iran’s ongoing nuclear aspirations have been alluded to, as have Iran’s
prospective relations with the West, particularly the US, but Iran’s
uncompromising attitude towards Israel has been overlooked by the BBC.
James Reynolds has also been reporting on Rouhani. I heard him again this
morning.
In one BBC article he writes:” The day before he took office, Mr Rouhani
said *Israeli occupation* was an "old wound on the body of the Islamic
world", as Iran marked its ann... more »
NEA Appeasement in Wisconsin: Withdraws from Battle When Most Needed
The Koch Brothers’ stooge, Gov. Scott Walker, has led the charge in
Wisconsin to eliminate any political opposition to rolling back American
economic and social systems by a hundred years at least. As Rachel Maddow
has reported, the key to achieving a one corporate party rule is to
eliminate unions, which represent the only significant […]
Protest Video
Video of Protest. Let's hope that this leads to meaningful change.
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Scare Tactics: Family Misled by Local Cops During Questioning About Google Searches
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Daisy Luther
As it turns out, there is more to the story about the anti-terrorism task
force’s visit to the family who was suspiciously Googling backpacks and
pressure cookers.
The Google searches were the basis for the visit, but the former employer
of Michelle Catalano’s husband was the person who put the searches together
and thought, “Wow, these people must be terrorists.”
It also seems, according to Catalano’s clarification, that the men who
searched the home and questioned her husband, wanted the family to believe
tha... more »
Editorial Cartoon truths of the week ... H/T William Banzai7 and Max Keiser !
AL PONZI UPDATE
Posted on August 4, 2013 by William Banzai7 — 1 Comment ↓
BANZAI7 NEWS–Top U.S. officials did not meet Saturday to review the Al
Ponzi threats that did not prompt regulators to issue a
worldwide financial alert and close down 22 TBTF Banks for the rest of the
year, a threat that has been described by Max Keiser as “very specific.”
The most specific he has seen in years.
JP MADOOFAH is mad that government threats have been made to JP Jane…
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Posted on August ... more »
"Zero Tolerance" Policy -- This Bridge Should Be Burned
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Dees Illustration Dave Hodges
As our students go off to school later this month, what will be waiting for
them? Will there be eager teachers ready to ignite our children’s fires of
curiosity? Will there be books, lessons and curriculum designed to move our
children to the top rung of educational achievement on the planet?
*The Failure of NCLB*
Gone is the failed educational initiative we called “No Child Left Behind
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