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Ackman books Herbalife losses - forced to cover 40 percent of short to avoid forced cover of his big short ! Which follows Ackman's tommy hammering absorbed with JC Penney ....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-02/ackman-books-herbalife-losses-forced-cover-40-short-avoid-being-forced-cover-short
Ackman Books Herbalife Losses, Forced To Cover 40% Of Short To Avoid Being
"Forced To Cover" Short
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- Activist Shareholder
- Bond
- Carl Icahn
- CDS
- Consumer protection
- CRAP
- Creditors
- Investment Grade
- JC Penney
- Market Manipulation
- Pershing Square
- ratings
- Short Interest
- Whitney Tilson
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PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR CORPORATE/MILITARY TAKEOVER
One could speculate that the corporate backed forces creating the havoc in
Washington DC have a larger goal in mind.
It should be remembered that the infamous Koch brothers, who today fund
many of the extreme right-wing organizations in this country, come from
John Birch Society stock. Their father, Fred Koch, helped found the John
Birch Society in the late 1950s and his rabid anti-communism helped fuel
the Cold War. His sons continue to galvanize hundreds of thousands of
middle class people into supporting the Kochs’ narrow agenda of cutting
corporate taxes and avoiding regulati... more »
“Fukushima: A Demand for Global Takeover”
* *
*“Fukushima: A Demand for Global Takeover”*
by Harvey Wasserman
"More than 48,000 global citizens have now signed a petition at
www.nukefree.org asking the United Nations and the world community to take
charge of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. Another 35,000 have signed
at www.rootsaction.org. An independent advisory group of scientists and
engineers is also in formation. The signatures are pouring in from all over
the world. By November, they will be delivered to the United Nations.
The corporate media has blacked out meaningful coverage of the most
critical threat to... more »
JILL STEIN ON THE SHUTDOWN
The American public, not President Obama, is the force that can have the
most impact on how Washington pulls out of its current acrimony, former
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein told RT on Wednesday.
"I think it's really the American people who need to kick in here... we
need to kick in to say, 'Let's stop this government-by-extortion,'" Stein,
the most successful female presidential candidate in US history, said.
It's Time For Stephen Harper To Stop Acting Like A 'Freakin' Dictator - UPDATED!!
Journalist under fire for asking question of prime ministerBy The Canadian
Press — CP — Oct 2 2013
*By Terry Pedwell - OTTAWA - Stephen Harper's office appears poised to
prevent a veteran TV cameraman from travelling with the prime minister this
week because he asked an impromptu question at a media event.*
*The TV networks are fighting back, insisting that they, not the Prime
Minister's Office, should decide who to assign to cover Harper when he
travels abroad.*
*CTV journalist Dave Ellis asked Harper for a comment last week about
charges laid against then-Conservative MP Dean Del M... more »
US MILITARY ANGERS SICILIAN PEOPLE
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*Idyllic Italian town protests US high-tech base
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*Palermo, Italy * - Hundreds of letters have been sent to US President
Barack Obama from a tiny school in the Sicilian town of Niscemi, asking
him
to halt the construction of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a
next generation military satellite communication facility.
"I couldn’t believe that the US has installed all these antennas," said
Giuseppe Maida, a teacher at the local institute. And now the US is at
war,
and the war was declared by a group of mothers, who today are marching
in
the streets of Palermo.
The... more »
Thoughts for the brain - morality and amorality
Morality is in many ways identical with ideology. We’ve discussed ideology
before. An ideology is a collection of ideas. A coherent ideology is one
that conforms to an objective point of view. The same is true for morality.
Morality is the practice of judgement and judgement takes place from a
point of view. The limit of an ideology or moral code is the material basis
it evolved from, and the material basis is always changing.
There’s an interesting point made in Mike Davis’s essay Sunshine or Noir
assessing the significance of crime writer James Ellroy’s work. Amorality
in culture... more »
US Orwelian Police State Update - October 2 , 2013 - I-Phone fingerprint scanner linked to US Government ....US Cyber Commands has launched covert cyber attacks - US a rogue cyber warfare state ..... California nullifies NDAA indefinite detention..... Everyone is a domestic terrorist watch - tailgaters at football games recorded by police under DHS sponsored " Urban Areas Security Initiative " now ! Welcome to Gulag USA !
http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_iPhone%27s_Fingerprint_Scanner_Has_Shady_Government_Ties%2C_Anonymous_Says/29311/0/38/38/Y/M.html
The
iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner Has Shady Government Ties, Anonymous
SaysOctober
2, 2013
Print Version
*Source:* Motherboard
Photo via AppleYesterday, just as the US government shut itself down and
put 800,000 people temporarily out of work, the hacktivist group
Anonymous—who the FBI wrongly declared to be dead in August—released a
video
statement with an accompanying Pastebin document claiming that there are
definitive links between AuthenTec, the c... more »
Iran cyber warfare commander assassinated ! Are Saudis and Israel moving forward against Iran and Syria without US approval and / or cooperation ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-02/irans-cyber-warfare-head-assassinated
Iran's Cyber Warfare Commander Assassinated
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Mere days after the US and Iran showed very tentative signs of some
diplomatic progress being possible *(and hours after Netanyahu's "Rouhani's
a wolf in sheep's clothing" comments)*, The Telegraph reports that Mojtaba
Ahmadi, who served as *commander of the Cyber War Headquarters for Iran,
was found dead (with two bullets to the heart) in a... more »
Syria: Turkey drills for oil, Salafi butchers garner Western applause, Ghouta and more!
I haven't forgotten about Syria. Not for one minute.
*Turkish firm drilling wells on Syria border.... and further into Syria? *
*It seems possible. It seems likely. *
Arp Petrol has begun seismic research and feasibility works in the area
that showed that there were rich oil fields. The company is expected to
start drilling in the region where it plans to make 15 million Turkish
Liras of investment. The company’s license includes Şırnak, and Mardin’s
Nusaybin and Midyat districts.
“There are many active wells across the [Syrian] border. Why shouldn’t we
be here?* We think that the... more »
BitCoin plunges after Silk Road website seized by the US Government as Dread Pirate Robers arrested ! BitCoin has another body blow , following the late August seizure at Mt. Gox for a second time ( 5 million total seized from Mt.Gox - 2.1 seized in the second seizure )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-02/bitcoin-plunges-following-us-government-seizure-silk-road-website
BitCoin Plunges Following US Government Seizure Of Silk Road Website, Dread
Pirate Roberts In Custody
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- European Central Bank
- FBI
- Google
- New York State
- None
- Reuters
- Ron Paul
- SWIFT
- The Onion
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Earlier today, one of the most popular websites that use and promote the
use of BitCoin, Silk Road, was shut down by the US government. As... more »
Billboards That Matter
From Don Perl:
Dear Colleagues:
I have randomly gone through the names of those who have been strong
activists in the past for our billboard campaign to inform parents of their
rights to exempt their children from the fraud of high stakes standardized
testing. As most of you know, we have advertised on Colorado highways
since 2005 to raise awareness of the boondoggle of CSAP (now TCAP) and each
year more and more parents have opted their children out of the tests.
This is a critical year for voices raised against the corporate takeover.
They are more forceful than ever. Consi... more »
Mystical Procedural Stuff and Weird Obsessions
Here's the thing. Sarah Binder wrote a nice explanation over at the all-new
and WaPo-ified Monkey Cage of why discharge petitions weren't going to work
to end the shutdown. Then a bit later, Steve Pearlstein, who is usually
very good, wrote at Wonkblog why a discharge petition might do the trick.
Sarah is correct. But it's not going to slow anyone down, which pushed me
to ask:
Someone needs to explain to me the weird fixation on mystical powers of:
gerrymandering; talking filibusters; discharge petitions
And out of a few replies, I thought these three were worth sharing. I'm not
su... more »
The F-22 Raptor is dead..., waiting for the JSF F-35 to follow...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 6 hours ago
link: http://youtu.be/KaoYz90giTk Link: http://youtu.be/pteMgYPm1xM
Amidst the euro-crisis *The Netherlands* decided to invest over 4.5 billion
€uro in the seemingly bottomless pit for the development of the
Lockheed-Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Being a Dutchman I am concerned
about such "blank cheques" for the delivery of a "phantom-airplane" that
obviously and clearly only flies according to specifications on drawing
boards and in computer simulations... The JSF ought to replace the F-16
jets that The Netherlands still owns. I am a proponent of an effective and economical
de... more »
The Economy: “Why the Government Shutdown Is a Good Thing”
* “Why the Government Shutdown Is a Good Thing”*
by Bill Bonner
“Obama says he won’t give an inch,” said a French friend last night. He had
just watched the evening news. “What’s going on over there? Are they
crazy?” We checked the headlines. The Financial Times in London took an
apocalyptic approach... with seductive psychological undertones: “America
flirts with self-destruction.” Will the flirtation go anywhere? Will this
dance de l’amour lead to a full carnal embrace? Wait a minute…
Why would not funding the federal government cause self-destruction? Every
expert warns abou... more »
Tory Conference Quickie
Tonight I was going to write about Conservative Party conference using the
same Tory Twitter sample as last week. But now the foam and palpitations
have calmed right down, they're all a boring lot really. One waxes about
"learning or earning" as if the secret of the Philosopher's Stone stood
revealed to him. And another says Dave's speech was "electric". If this
flat, uninspiring and, gasp, *weak* read of the auto cue was sparking off
energy, you can understand why Ed's ever-so-slightly-left keynote tipped
their ilk into meltdown.
Still, I'm sure some found inspiration in Osborne's... more »
Only in Canada, you say?
DAMMIT JANET! has a post up about a fetus fetish twit-a-thon going down
tomorrow targeting Canadian legislators in four provinces to
#defundabortion.
*LifeSite News Canada *is promoting the action : Tweet-a-thon planned for
Canada
"Pro-lifers in Canada will take to Twitter Thursday to urge provincial
governments to end taxpayer funding of abortion.
Campaign Life Coalition is organizing a tweet-a-thon from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. to coincide with Defund Abortion rallies organized Thursday in Nova
Scotia, Manitoba, Alberta, and Ontario. They are urging pro-lifers to use
the hashtag ... more »
Keys to Secure areas of the DC Metro System including tunnels recently stolen ? Aerial mapping of DC by a US Navy blimp recently launched and ongoing through October 5 th ? a sudden bank glitch on September 26th in the UK , followed by the very sudden and unexpected 5 day bank holiday imposed by Banco National - commencing on September 27 and in effect through October 1 , 2013 ? Are these coincidental and unrelate oddities , were they foreshadowing events - in light of Greece , Italy and US political dramas that have unfolded this weekend ? And what about the cyber attack drills coming during October ?
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://intellihub.com/2013/09/29/keys-secure-areas-d-c-metro-system-stolen-front-pentagon/
( Incident on September 19 , 2013 ....Why would ordinary thieves want to
steal keys which give them access to secure DC Metro System areas -
including tunnels ? Keep in mind the robbery of the fire truck occurred
around 4:30 am while the fire truck crew were taking part in a rescue , the
thieves took not just the keys but also a forcible entry device called a
hydra ram , they were dressed in black and had ski masks on - sounds like
the were expecting the fire truck as compared with a spur of... more »
GROWING POLICE BRUTALITY
Almost daily I see reports, photos, and videos of growing police brutality
across the US. The video is one of the worst yet.
This kind of thing happens(ed) regularly in the war zones of Iraq and
Afghanistan where the US military has free reign over the public. Then
these soldiers come home and many of them get jobs working for local police
departments or jails/prisons. They bring the brutality of the war zone
with them.
This video is disgusting but a true sign of the times. This is how people
of color, and increasingly low-income whites too, are being treated by a
highly mili... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Tom
in Connecticut. Tom and I will be discussing the psychological aspects of
the fake Jewish "Holocaust" narrative of WWII, and other aspects of PSYOPS
and information warfare.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links and video for this program:
- *The "Holocaust" as a PSYOP* by John Friend
- *Book Review: The Holocaust Hoax Exposed: Debunking the 20th Century's
Biggest Lie*
- *The Last Days of The Big Lie* (documentary exposing Jew... more »
Kenya: Frank Lowry - Owner of the Westgate Mall
*"All Our Heroes are Watching in Heaven While Larry Silverstein Pulls
Building 7"*
Larry Silverstein from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
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*"So, we took the decision to pull... and we watched the Building [WTC 7]
collapse...."*
Mirrored from from:
http://www.truthology.org.au/index.php/posts/413-the-real-frank-lowy
Fifty days before 9/11, Larry Silverstein's Silverstein Properties and
Frank Lowy's Westfield Americas ecured a 99-year lease on World Trade
Center Buildings One, Two, Four and Five. Silverstein already owned
Building Seven. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey h... more »
Gray Lady Gothic
That's
the name of a whole new literary genre bursting forth from the Style
pages of the *New York Times*. One feature, called "Vows", takes the
real
love stories of real rich people and makes them available for the
delectation of the ravening masses in the hinterland. One such
entrycelebrated the spiritual journey and sexual awakening of a woman
after
she serendipitously and fatally struck a child with her car.
In her most recent blog post, Public Editor Margaret Sullivan addressed
the
torrent of reader outrage over the piece. It was in supremely bad taste,
complained the complaine... more »
Party Strength and the Shutdown
Mark Schmidt has a very much worth reading piece over at TNR in which he
makes the counterintuitive case that the problem leading to the shutdown is
party weakness, not party strength. I recommend it, but I'd take the same
facts and put it in a different way. To some extent, this is just
terminology, but I think that there's more to it than that; properly
understanding party strength is necessary to understanding what's gone
wrong with the GOP.
Here's a taste of his argument:
In fact, “partisanship” isn’t the cause of the shutdown. And we’d probably
be better off if politicians—tha... more »
A dog's life in Copan: Would they have it any other way?
Beagley, probably my favourite (but don't tell the others)I grow fonder
of free-range dog culture with each passing day. Dogs are so much more
civilized and resourceful than I would have expected when left to their own
devices, and I love seeing how they organize their world when it's all up
to them.
Whether stray or owned, the majority of Copan Ruinas dogs roam the
streets as free agents. Unlike the highly regulated dog environment of
Victoria, these dogs live largely without human interference. There is no
dog catcher, no local SPCA, no enforcement of things like leash use,... more »
Jurisdiction over several causes of action established if one cause is established
Central Sun Mining Inc. v. Vector Engineering Inc., 2013 ONCA 601:
[25] *Van Breda* also says, at para. 99, that where an action
involves several claims, it is enough that one of those claims is
presumptively connected with Ontario. This gives the Ontario court
jurisdiction over all the claims in the action, subject to a rebuttal of
the presumption. Anything else, the Supreme Court says, would be
incompatible with fairness and efficiency.
'The Mail supported the Blackshirts so we can ignore anything they say and they're hypocrites'
That or similar have been the views I've seen expressed on Twitter over the
past few days. Oddly when I ask them if they feel the same about The Daily
Mirror that also voiced support for the Blackshirts, they first of all deny
this was the case and then disappear with a flounce.
For all of those idiots, here's the proof
More context here.
Remember A Pattern Language?
Remember *A Pattern Language*? 1977! It's still out there.
I remember the review in *Coevolution Quarterly*. I instinctively felt
that, while the author was limiting himself to articulating home,
neighborhood and city construction onto observable natural patterns and
cycles, the underlying principle (observe, then imitate) would be
applicable to any human endeavor. I immediately became interested in
Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson and other scientists who were investigating
positive feedbacks in loop systems (Cybernetics, Systems Theory).
Take the illustration above. Remembering ... more »
Why Is the Secretary of Education Doing a Rush/Beck Routine?
A sure sign someone doesn’t have a valid point is demonstrated nearly every
day in right-wing media—notably by Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Here is
how it works: (1) Identify the person or event you want to argue against or
discredit, (2) misrepresent the position of that person or the details of
the event, and […]
I suppose that many of you who visit my blog are, like me, retired with a pension or adequate savings to live out the rest of our lives in comfort. In the meantime, even Americans with degrees in engineering, physics, or other professions requiring higher education cannot find jobs anywhere except for the likes of Walmart, Home Depot, McDonalds, etc., which at their pleasure may employ them for no more than 30 hours a week, thus making them ineligible for either a pension or Obama care, which as explained here by PCR is a bad deal for most.
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Paul Craig Roberts
The government of the “world’s only superpower,” the “exceptional,” the
“indispensable” country, claims to know what is best for Syria, Iraq,
Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia... more »
Shutdown Trophy
As part of the government shutdown the Park Service put up barricades in
the Washington DC mall - an open-air park that is normally accessible
24/7/365. A bunch of WWII veterans on an "Honor Flight" to DC responded
appropriately.
Heroes then, heroes now.
*Lord, may your eternal blessings be those who risked their lives for our
freedom. Amen.*
Pavlov's Degeneration X
* **None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they
are free. *
*Think of your smart phone as being equal to or the same as, an ankle monitoring
bracelet forced on an alleged criminal. *
* "An ankle monitor (also known as a tether, or ankle bracelet) is a device
that individuals under house arrest or parole are often required to wear.
At timed intervals, the ankle monitor sends a radio frequency signal
containing location and other information to a receiver."*
*That sounds exactly like your smart phone?*
* **The one thing that makes it different is that** a ... more »
Shoah vs. The Holocaust (1978 TV-Mini) - The Power of Public Myth
Shoah vs. The Holocaust (1978 TV-Mini) - Ahmadinejad on The Power of Public
Myth from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
“Prof. Zelikow’s area of academic expertise is the creation and maintenance
of, in his words, ‘public myths’ or ‘public presumptions’ which he defines
as ‘beliefs
(1) thought to be true (although not necessarily known with certainty) and
(2) shared in common within the relevant political community.’
In his academic work and elsewhere he has taken a special interest in what
he has called ‘searing’ or ‘molding’ events (that) take on 'transcendent’
importance and therefore r... more »
Options PCS Featured in Today's Charter School Crime Log
A clip from WaPo:
In the court complaint, D.C. officials allege that the managers’ salaries
were far out of line with what public officials make, especially given the
size of the school.
Montgomery’s “salary and bonuses from Options PCS during a one-year period
— at least $425,000 combined — totaled more than the salary of the
President of the United States and more than twice the salary of the Mayor
of the District of Columbia, even though Options PCS is a small school
whose revenue comes mostly from public school funding,” the complaint says.
Despite the fact that this Options PC... more »
Dear Secretary Mister Duncan, Sir
My name is Jill O’Malley Conroy, and five months ago today I became one of
those “arm chair pundits” you described to our fellow Americans yesterday.
My alternate name in this “alternate universe”, or “blogosphere”, as you
also dubbed it, is The Indignant Teacher. My goal as such right now is to
make sure our […]
Declare Martial Law for Jesus
By Capt. Fogg
I don't know if you're getting your TV using an antenna, but if you are,
it's a different world than the TVland you see on satellite or cable.
Docked at a marina, looking for something to watch on the tube with no
access to cable, one thing you'll notice is that there are a lot of
Christian stations and a lot of boisterous preachers pounding away on the
Bible. 6 to 1 on a Sunday afternoon in places like Vero Beach, Florida.
So if your idiot box is fed by an antenna, perhaps you know about Rick
Joyner. Perhaps you have watched his internet program. Perhaps you've
ide... more »
INVISIBLE CHILDREN: Forced to retool!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013*
*Interlude—Andreas the Giant:* Doggone it! The government shutdown has shut
down the data we planned to use today as we discussed an important part of
Amanda Ripley’s new book, The Smartest Kids in the World.
For more, see yesterday's post.
Ripley’s book is well written and very interesting. We also think it’s an
amazing example of a type of new journalism, in which “Nordic robots”
repeat preferred narratives which come from ranking elites.
Tomorrow, we’ll discuss a group of invisible children—a bunch of kids who
get disappeared in Ripley’s book. But t... more »
Arne Duncan, Extortionist
extortion |ikˈstôrSHən|nounthe practice of obtaining something, esp. money,
through force or threats.
In California, where corporate legislators have decided to suspend NCLB
testing for one year while they implement a new generation of racist tests
using the new testing delivery system, the Common Core, Arne Duncan is on
the scene, threatening to withhold Title I money if California moves forward
:
The lack of test scores attracted Duncan's criticism.
"Letting an entire school year pass for millions of students without
sharing information on their schools’ performance with them and th... more »
WotW: Keep Your (Digital) Life Organized with Simplenote
If there's one thing I truly despise, it's paper clutter. I hate Post-It
Notes, scraps of paper, anything left on my door and pretty much most mail
in general. Why such a bizarre disdain for paper? It clutters up my house
and when I need info from that paper, I can never find it.
Sure, I could develop more elaborate schemes to keep the clutter at bay,
but I find the simplest solution the best: eliminate paper from my life,
where I can. One of the greatest tools for helping me simplify the paper
clutter is an app called Simplenote. Available for iOS, Android, Mac and
the web, Simplen... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Richard Hell, 64.
Still shut down, but we still need good stuff, don't we?
1. Interesting: Brad DeLong rapidly losing confidence in Barack Obama. I'm
okay with the Summers trial balloon, and with not fighting after it was
shot down; I'm not so okay with the two month delay part of it.
2. Yeah, Russia isn't exactly running the world; Dan Drezner is right about
that.
3. I suppose I have to link to Jimmy Kimmel on this one.
4. And the Jews -- Pew has lots of numbers.
What Terrorist Attacks Don’t Tell Us
This past week, terrorists struck Westgate Mall in Nairobi. Al Shabaab, a
Somali Islamist organization, claimed responsibility. Frustratingly, we
still know very little about the attackers, their origins, or the Kenyan
security forces’ response. And the news about the last just keeps getting
worse. But there has been some analysis of the attacks – by both
Continue reading
He'll Huff And He'll Puff
Lawrence Martin wondered yesterday what could have possessed Stephen Harper
to tell Barack Obama that Canada would not accept a "no" on the Keystone
Pipeline:
One possibility is that it was just Stephen Harper – who’s rarely prepared
to take no for an answer from anyone – being Stephen Harper.
Another possibility is that Mr. Harper knew that his long-time
parliamentary secretary Dean Del Mastro was about to be hit with charges on
alleged campaign spending violations. The ever-political PM may have wanted
to make big splashy news on the same day in order to overshadow the
negativ... more »
The Look on a Conservative C-SPAN Contributor's Face Seconds Before Denying the Shutdown is Racially Motivated
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*"That... That's just a ridiculous comment..."*
As Jamie Dimon and JP Morgan negotiate a global settlement over its federal and state related mortgage related probes - note Jamie dimon and other big banksters will be meeting with President Obama today as he seks their " help " to push Congress to resolving the government shutdown ! Can you say conflict of interest ?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/jpmorgan-washington-mutua_n_4019653.html
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's possible $11 billion settlement
of government mortgage probes has been complicated by a dispute with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp over responsibility for losses at the former
Washington Mutual Inc, said people familiar with the matter.
The dispute, between the largest U.S. bank and the FDIC, could leave the
federal agency on the hook for billions the bank is expected to pay as part
of the settlement and substantially reduce the amount of the penalty
JPMo... more »
EXPLAINING THE CRAZY: What explains the growth of The Crazy?
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013*
*Part 1—Kevin Drum asks:* Yesterday, Kevin Drum asked a very important
question. The question appeared in a headline to a new post:
“Why Are So Many People in a Blind Rage These Days?”
As it turned out, Drum really was asking a different question: Why are so
many *conservatives* in a blind rage these days?
That’s an important question too, although it’s different from the question
posed in that headline.
As Drum’s post proceeded, the actual shape of his question became more
clear. He quoted a post in which Paul Waldman ruminated about the
“craziness” o... more »
Was the West Gate Mall attack a False Flag attack blamed on Al Qaeda or Al - Shabaab ? Consider the strange foreknowledge of the attack by Kenya's Intelligence Agency , all of the oddities on the initial day of the attack ( an american security team at the scene - in the Mall , attackers allegedly changing clothes and allowed to escape ) , consider the strange conduct and evasiveness of the Kenyan Government - which to this day refuses to answer the many open questions surrounding the attack , consider the misinformation provided by the Kenyan President - then decide whether this was a terror attack by islamists or a false flag motivated for reasons presently unknown ?
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Let's consider odd facts that have trickled out ! Recall this from my prior
post .... American security team at the Mall during the attack , coupled
with the curious anger of the Kenyan President toward the US and Israel ?
http://fredw-catharsisours.blogspot.com/2013/09/was-american-security-team-inside.html
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Was an American security team inside Kenya's West Gate Mall - and why ? Did
this American security team rescue a Harvard Grad student - and how did
they get in place to do so ?
http://www.debka.com/article/23307/Kenya-blames-US-Israeli-intelligence... more »
Watching a Child Die in Haiti...by Bob Braun
Watching a child die in Haiti http://t.co/kweLv8vlV8
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) October 2, 2013
Government Shutdown - October 2 , 2013 - Day 2 of the shutdown as little signs of progress are seen ! The current government shutdown appears likely to roll into the debt ceiling drop dead date given by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew of October 17 , 2013 ... while US markets still are complacent , if no real signs of progress are seen by October 10 , 2013 , expect market instability to raise its head !
http://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-turning-into-debt-ceiling-standoff-2013-10
Last night, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew came out and said that the
Treasury was close to exhausting its "extraordinary measures" that it has
to keep funding itself (once it's no longer able to issue new debt) and
that the US WILL hit the debt ceiling on October 17 as planned.
This warning is unprecedented in that it's coming in the middle of a tense
government shutdown.
The growing conclusion is that this will not be a short one-or-two day
shutdown (no real progress was made yesterday) an... more »
Regional War watch for October 2 , 2013 - Syria , Iran and Iraq in focus ...
Syria........
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/10/01/gen-dempsey-us-will-create-moderate-syrian-security-forces/
Gen. Dempsey: US Will Create Moderate Syrian Security ForcesInsists US Has
'Incredible Experience' at Building Police Forces
by Jason Ditz, October 01, 2013
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Speaking today during a visit to South Korea, Gen. Martin Dempsey played up
US plans to send arms to Syrian rebels as the first stages of an effort to
create “moderate Syrian military and police forces.”
“We’ve got incredible experience at building partners and building military
and police formation... more »
Flying While Academic
Changing apartments last weekend really brought home the fact that I have
been flying way too much lately. I counted 18 long haul toothbrushes and
countless little mini toothpaste tubes. If you need earplugs and sleep
masks, I am your man. The odd thing about flying as an academic is that I
just was not doing
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The shutdown hits econonerds
The BEA website is no longer operative.
I'm not an Islamophobe
I am often accused of being an Islamophobe, presumably because I am not
blind to the appalling cromes against humanity carried out by some Muslims
in the name of Islam.
Here's the Manifesto of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain:
We, non-believers, atheists, and ex-Muslims, are establishing or joining
the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain to insist that no one be pigeonholed
as Muslims with culturally relative rights nor deemed to be represented by
regressive Islamic organisations and ‘Muslim community leaders’.
Those of us who have come forward with our names and photographs repres... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Summer of 300 Years”
2002, “Summer of 300 Years”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E_bGko47tE
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Even Now”
2002, “Even Now”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2om8NOxN2cg
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas
have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the
constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully
cataloged as NGC 7023 this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the
imagery of flowers. Still, this remarkable image shows off the Iris
Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the
Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star.
*Click image for larger size.*
The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue,
charac... more »
“Where Did '420' Really Come From?”
* *
* “Where Did '420' Really Come From?”*
by Ryan Grim
"Warren Haynes, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist, routinely plays with
the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, now touring as The Dead. He's
just finished a Dead show in Washington, D.C. and gets a pop quiz from the
Huffington Post. Where does 420 come from? He pauses and thinks, hands on
his side. "I don't know the real origin. I know myths and rumors," he says.
"I'm really confused about the first time I heard it. It was like a police
code for smoking in progress or something. What's the real story?"
Depending on wh... more »
"Tell Yourself..."
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone
won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have
to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are
here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it
happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death
brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples
falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you
tasted as many as you could.”
- Louise Erdrich
Political Correctness or Simple Fear
Dry Bones right on the money as usual in a cartoon from 2001 - plus ça
change, plus c'est la même chose!
Dennis Donehy - HDR-like painted landscapes
every now and then, I'll feature a photorealist artist because I have a
fascination with the 'artist as machine', but this is a very interesting
take on all that.
Dennis Donehy paints his landscapes and they're quite realistic (like the
work of many landscape artists, you might say) yes, but do most artists
paint their landscapes like a camera able to take HDR or High Dynamic Rangeimages and combine them?
*“Gradually, I start to build up the paint and introduce a wider range of
colors,” Doheny continues. “I play with the warm and cool colors until they
look right, and I move to sm... more »
October 1, 1973
I'll turn it over to Emery:
--
Back in Washington, on Monday, October 1, [Woods] came to the president in
some panic. She thought she might have caused a small gap in the Haldeman
part of the tape. She had been on the telephone while using the foot pedal
of a Uher machine supplied that morning for faster working. There was now a
buzzing sound while she had been on the phones for four or five minutes.
--
For now, Nixon didn't share this with anyone else; during the continuing
fight over the tapes, it was secret even from his lawyers. By the time they
found out about it, the infamo... more »
Speech Of Pure Evil: Tearing The Criminal Prime Minister Of Israel's UN General Assembly Speech To Shreds!
I recently took the speech made by the criminal US President, Barry
Soetoro/Davis/Obama, and did an article last night at this blog that
basically analyzed everythign he spewed, and tore it to shreds.... I had
never seen so many lies and falsehoods rolling out from this criminal's
mouth and thought that there was nothing that could beat his "speech" when
it comes to outright pure garbage and bullshit.... Well, I guess I was
wrong...
I finished reading the speech transcript for Benyamin Miliewkowsky's
(Netanyahu) speech to the UN General Assembly made earlier today, and I
absolutely... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Clean
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Head Start Hammered by Shutdown
From WaPo: The government shutdown has caused as many as 19,000 children to
lose access to Head Start today, the National Head Start Association
reported Tuesday.
More than 20 programs across 11 states did not get the annual grant they
had been scheduled to receive Tuesday and cannot provide early education
and related social services to children and families.
Rebels With A Curse? Without A Clue (Iraq: A Non-Story In the Time of Syria?)
The government of the “world’s only superpower” has shut itself down. But
what if even the plutocrats lack the power to rein in the radicals? In that
case, Mr. Obama will either let default happen or find some way of defying
the blackmailers, trading a financial crisis for a constitutional crisis.
This all sounds crazy, because it is. But the craziness, ultimately,
resides not in the
For New Mexico…and Every Other Bush-Bought State
This is a letter to the editor for New Mexico newspapers, but if you have a
Jeb Bush lackey in your state, then perhaps you should put the pressure on
your leadership as well. A recent report was released that suggested that
the Federalization of public education is not doing our schools, students,
teachers, or […]
Deasy, Apple, Pearson, and Gates: A Post Worth Hacking Into
Thirty million dollars is a lot of money for a single school district to
shell out for the sake of Common Core. That is what the Los Angeles Unified
School District (LAUSD) under the direction of reform-minded, unaccredited
Broad Superintendents Academy graduate John Deasy decided to do in June.
The purchase: Apple iPads. The $30 million […]
"Fukushima Update, 10/2/2013"
* *
*"Fukushima Update, 10/2/2013"*
by Various Authors
• Fukushima City mother’s letter to the United Nations Scientific
Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), translated by
journalist Mari Takenouchi and published by Save Kids Japan on Sept. 24,
2013: “2 years after the accident, members of my family had deteriorated
health all at once. We continued to have stuffed throat with phelm, could
not stop dry coughing the doctor couldn’t tell the cause of our symptoms.
He said that there are many patients who show the same symptom with unknown
causes. My child bega... more »
Status Of Northerntruthseeker
Hi Everyone... I am writing this short article to give everyone status on
what I have been up to, and what will be happening with this blog over the
next while..
First, I want to thank everyone for their continued patience with the fact
that I have not been posting as many articles as I used to.... That is
primarily due to the rising demands of my work, family, and other personal
issues... I have also been on a technical course over the last few weeks
for an "upgrade" for my job... I will be writing the examination for this
course very soon, and when I do I will be taking a few extr... more »
BAN DRONE SURVEILLANCE & KILLING
Manhattan(New York) - As Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif spoke out
against drone strikes to the UN General Assembly, the Granny Peace Brigade
took the fight to the streets.
The Granny Peace Brigade, which has been protesting U.S. involvement in
wars since 2005, teamed with Nick Mottern of knowdrones.com to help raise
awareness in an eye-catching way near Rockefeller Center.
Free At Last! Herman Wallace Has Finally Been Released
*MEDIA COVERAGE:* *Oct. 2 episode of Democracy Now (embedded above)* *II*
*BBC News Magazine* *II* *Steven Hawkins, Amnesty International* *II* *NY
Times* *II* *NY Times editorial* *II* *CNN* *II* *Times-Picayune(with photos of Herman's release)
* *II* *The Advocate* *II* *NBC* *II* ABC / AP *II* *South China
Morning Post / AFP* *II* *NY Daily News / Reuters* *II* *Huffington Post
Live TV (w/ Robert King)* *II* *WAFB CBS News Baton Rouge (video)* *II * *CBS
National News* *II* *UPI* *II* *Catholic Online (w/ WGNO ABC video of
Herman's arrive at LSU)* *II... more »
"The Daily "Near You?"
Rancho Cordova, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Zeno's Paradoxes"
* *
*"Zeno's Paradoxes"*
by Joe Kissell
"Do you ever have one of those days when you just can’t seem to get
yourself moving? Or maybe, no matter how hard you try to get caught up, you
always seem to lag behind? I have those kinds of days all the time—and so,
apparently, did ancient Greek philosophers. One of them, Zeno of Elea,
devised an ingenious set of philosophical statements that amount to “proof”
that motion is impossible, despite all evidence to the contrary. These
statements are known as Zeno’s Paradoxes (or sometimes, collectively, as
Zeno’s Paradox), and they continue t... more »
Chet Raymo, “Through Thick And Thin”
* *
* “Through Thick And Thin”*
by Chet Raymo
“You hear a lot about "thin places" these days, especially in the context
of "Celtic spirituality." Thin places are geographical locales where the
veil between this world and the otherworld is- well, thin. Porous,
permeable. Places where you are more likely to encounter the Divine. Mostly
our lives are circumscribed by the adamant materiality of the natural
world. We are enclosed in a prison of "is-ness." But in thin places we need
only open our hearts and the wall of Is-ness crumbles and the supernatural
is revealed in all of its gau... more »
Assclowns of the Week #94: House of 'Tards edition
Well, peeps, it's been a long time coming. ACOTW hasn't reared its
magnificently ugly head for over a year now. But with the right wing lunacy
being ratcheted up on all fronts this past week, how could yours truly give
these rubber room candidates another free pass? What am I talking about?
Put it this way: If America was a movie, the title would be, "Dude, Where's
My Government?" To wit: Robert Benmosche (10) who showed incredible empathy
by knowing exactly what it feels like to be hung as a black man; Guido
Barilla (2) who put his own company in hot water while taking his pro... more »
Haitian Polio Madonna
Dr. Carroll and a Haitian #polio Madonna http://t.co/GuIggQPiM8
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) October 2, 2013
"He, We, Will Prevail..."
"I believe that Man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is
immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice,
but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and
endurance. The poet’s, the writer’s, duty is to write about these things.
It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding
him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and
sacrifice which have been the glory of his past.”
- William Faulkner,
speech in acceptance of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature.
ASD in TN Makes State Test the Only Grade that Counts
We have known for a long time that school grades are better indicators of
later student success than standardized test scores, and we have known,
too, that many parents have complained and continue to complain when their
children get passing marks and are held back for failing the state test.
Well, both of those possibilities have just been eliminated in Memphis
schools under the control of Supt. Chris Barbic (TFAer, BA in English) and
the Achievement School District in Tennessee. Without consulting parents
or anyone else, Barbic and his data expert, the former TFAer and KIPP
teac... more »
UPDATE: Judge Jackson Denies State's Request for a Stay and Issues Second Order for Herman Wallace's Immediate Release
*UPDATE: **At the end of the day, Herman was finally released! *
*MEDIA COVERAGE:* *Times Picayune--**Herman Wallace must be released
immediately or state will face contempt charge, judge rules* *II* *CNN* *
*
After this morning's bombshell ruling by Judge Jackson overturning Herman's
conviction and ordering his immediate release, his legal team has spent the
day trying to convince Louisiana officials to do as the Court requires and
let him go free.
As some outlets have reported, an ambulance has been outside the prison all
afternoon ready to transport him out of prison to sup... more »
Gold and silver updates - October 1 , 2013 ...... With Regulators away for the Shutdown , manipulators have a field day with shorting gold and silver !
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/10/oct-1massive-raid-on-gold-and.html
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
oct 1/Massive raid on gold and silver/dealer and total comex gold falls/GLD
and SLV remain constant/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed down $43.50 to $1286.00 (comex closing time ). Silver was
down 59 cents to $21.05
In the access market today at 5:15 pm tonight here are the final prices:
gold: $1287.50
silver: $21.16
This is the trading for gold contracts today. Note the huge number of
trades in such short of time:
from GATA this afternoon:
"What would you d... more »
Libya in anarchy two years afte Nato's alleged humanitarian war of liberation ! So , soon we forget and just move on to the next war venues ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-02/russian-embassy-libya-attacked
Russian Embassy In Libya Attacked
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/02/2013 14:20 -0400
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First it was the Americans. Now it is the Russians' turn. Al Arabiya
reports (and Itar-Tass confirms) that "Gunmen attacked the Russian embassy
in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday, Al Arabiya correspondent
reported. The sound of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades could be heard
around the embassy, the correspondent added. No further details were
immediately a... more »
Ten Republicans Publicly For a Clean CR
Jennifer Bendery has been collecting names and statements of House
Republicans who now say they'll vote for a clean CR. She's up to 10.
A couple of things. First...this isn't exactly genius-level political
skills, is it? Some of this group already flipped yesterday, so I suppose
they're off the hook, but for the rest -- how is it possibly better for
them to go along with the rush off the cliff, only to change their minds
halfway down? Now, granted, I suppose it's better to do it today than three
weeks from today (although even then, maybe not; that's a hard call to
make). But really... more »
Day 1: Peltier Tribunal Live Oct 2--4, 2013
LIVE from the Peliter Tribunal
Stay live with Censored News coverage
Leonard Peltier Tribunal on Abuse of Indigenous Human Rights
Watch live streaming video from earthcycles at livestream.com
Livestream by Govinda of Earthcycles
Oct 2 -- 4, Wed., Thurs., and Friday 2013
Radisson Hotel, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Oneida Nation
Wonderful concert at the Peltier Tribunal,
Fear in a Handful of Dust
Everything in this Panglossian world is indeed for the best! Autumn has
just barely commenced, and we can anticipate luminous scenes saturated in
pure hues of rich scarlet and blinding gold, a riot of tangerine contrasted
with deep purpled russets, a raging passion of color, violet brimming
against lime like these pictures...Oh no - hold on.
What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow
Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man,
You cannot say, or guess, for you know only
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,
And the... more »
Socialism for a Sceptical Age
Sewage works are unwholesome places all told. But for particularly pungent,
toxic effluent these have nothing on the *Daily Mail*. Last weekend's pieceand today's
awful editorial touched the depths one would normally need a specially
reinforced submersible to reach. It's breathtaking really. With its own
Nazi-loving, blackshirt-hurrahing skeletons goose stepping in the closet,
the *Mail* is the last paper to call out anyone about "hating Britain". So,
well done Ed Miliband for standing up against this scurrilous rag. Can you
imagine Dave or Nick ever doing the same?
But from their ... more »
Boycott Limbaugh's Sponsors
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s decision re: Eugene Debs means that
Rush Limbaugh has routinely exceeded the limits of free speech. But the
Holmes decision was fallaciously applied to Debs; Rush Limbaugh, however,
has made a career of "...yelling fire in a crowded theater" when, in fact,
there is NO fire!
We might tolerate Rush if the Fairness Doctrine were restored. His
opponents would at least be heard. I wonder how long would Rush last if he
had to COMPETE in truly free market if Ronald Reagan had not shut down the
opposition by clai... more »
Take Action Now Against Mike Pence's Public Education Power Grab
By Doug Martin
*UPDATE: Fellow Schools Matter blogger Douglas Storm spoke with Vic Smith,
Phil Harris, and Gary Crow (IU School of Ed) last night on his radio show.
You can now listen to the podcast at WFHB.*
Just what exactly is the recently announced ‘Center for Education and
Career Innovation’ created by Indiana Governor Mike Pence? It is a power
grab from the governor and state board of education leader Dan Elsener. It
must be stopped. It is undemocratic and it seeks to take power from Glenda
Ritz, the supt. of public ed. who was elected by Indiana voters.
Essentially, it s... more »
“World's Gentlest Dog Befriends Little Boy With Down Syndrome”
*“World's Gentlest Dog Befriends Little Boy With Down Syndrome”*
by HuffPost
“This is a dog called Himalaya. She's refusing to give up on a toddler who
doesn't want to play. Little Hernán, from Buenos Aires, has Downs Syndrome,
which, according to comments posted by his mom Ana, causes him to shy away
from physical contact. But Himalaya is persistent and gentle, and Hernán
ends up giving her what looks like a hug around the 3:12 mark.”
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O8lbQGq7W4&html5=1
Right on Rowan Atkinson
'As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting
intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings of that
religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they
deserve to be intensely disliked?'
Context here
http://www.israellycool.com/2013/09/30/batsht-crazy-claim-of-the-day-rowan-atkinson-converted-to-islam/
The Panama Deception - The Neocolonial Injustice of "Operation Just Cause"
The Panama Deception from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*The U.S. Invasion of Panama 1989: *
*The Injustice of "Operation Just Cause"*
On December 20, 1989, over 27,000 U.S. troops invaded the small Central
American country of Panama. The world’s most powerful military overwhelmed
the Panama Defense Force (PDF) and its 3,000 soldiers.
AH-64 Apache helicopter raked the country, both military bases and working
class communities. After the PDF crumbled, fighting by irregular Panamanian
militia lasted a few days.
The invaders called this *"Operation Just Cause."*
What were the reasons given f... more »
Satire: “Millions Flee Obamacare”
* *
* “Millions Flee Obamacare”*
by Andy Borowitz
UNITED STATES (The Borowitz Report)— “Millions of Tea Party loyalists fled
the United States in the early morning hours today, seeking what one of
them called “the American dream of liberty from health care.”
Harland Dorrinson, 47, a tire salesman from Lexington, Kentucky, packed up
his family and whatever belongings he could fit into his Chevy Suburban
just hours before the health-insurance exchanges opened, joining the Tea
Party’s Freedom Caravan with one goal in mind: escape from Obamacare. “My
father didn’t have health care an... more »
“Ridiculous Ways U.S. Government Shutdown Will Affect You”
* *
*“Ridiculous Ways U.S. Government Shutdown Will Affect You” *
By Jeff Berwick
“Millions around the world today are happy the US federal government shut
down at midnight on Monday. Many have thoughts of wars and occupations
ending in their regions... but, sadly, this is not part of the "services"
that will be cut during a shutdown. In fact, not only will the Department
of Offense continue on as usual but so will all the tyrannical agencies
such as the DEA, IRS, ATF, CIA and countless other alphabet soup agencies
of oppression.
What will "shut down"? According to CNN these are... more »
Herman Wallace's Conviction Overturned and Immediate Release Ordered!
*UPDATE: *The Guardian reports that Louisiana is refusing to release Herman
Wallace from prison despite today's court order. However, Judge Jackson has
now responded with a second order to immediately release him, explicitly
saying that State authorities will be in contempt of court if they do not
comply. At the end of the day, Herman was finally released!* *
*--Amnesty International Demands: "**Louisiana Must Release Dying Prisoner
After Judge Overturns 1974 Conviction" *
*MEDIA COVERAGE: **Amnesty International** II **Solitary Watch **II* *The
Atlantic **II* *The Advocate... more »
Corbett Report: The IPCC Exposed
Ooops, dam I am tired!
Let's do this again
James Corbett at The Corbett report has made a nice little video for
everyone to enjoy
Before anyone even chooses to engage in name calling or shoot the messenger
Example "denier" Or "you must work for big oil"
If I worked for big oil I would have a big fat pay cheque and not be doing
my own home renovations..
Anyway..
*
**Video*
*
**Audio Only*
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Documentation*CNN Hypes the IPCC AR4 Report*Time Reference:01:14*BBC Hypes
the IPCC AR4 Report*Time Reference:01:25*ABC Hypes the IPCC AR4 Report*Time
Refer... more »
"Lights Out for Government!"
*"Lights Out for Government!"*
by Bill Bonner
"The Dow fell 128 points yesterday. This followed news that the federal
government – the nation’s largest employer and largest industry – was
getting ready to turn off the lights. Gold fell $12 an ounce. CNN has the
latest: "A government shutdown could cost the still-struggling US economy
roughly $1 billion a week in pay lost by furloughed federal workers. And
that's only the tip of the iceberg. First, there are the estimated 800,000
federal employees who will be off the job. That's roughly the same number
of workers employed by al... more »
Syria and US’ Commitments Under the Arms Trade Treaty
Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Arms Trade Treaty last week, which
can be read here in its entirety. Humanitarian disarmament groups hail this
as a victory. Guns rights groups call it a travesty.
Signing the treaty probably won’t matter much in legal terms for the United
States. NYT editorial opinion aside, ratification is highly unlikely. The
US is known for signing and *not* ratifying humanitarian treaties:
international agreements to which it is (or was once) party in the dreams
of the Executive Branch alone include the 1977 Additional Protocol to the
Geneva Convention... more »
JUST A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT HEALTH CARE
And now below is a debate between some folks who know something about this
new health care morass. It would be best if we just went to a simpler
system that took out the greedy insurance corporations. We need Medicare
for all.
Kenya: Fake History is Poetry
*"Roland was a warrior*
*From the Land of the Midnight Sun*
*With a Thompson Gun for hire*
*Fighting to be done*
*
*
*The deal was made in Denmark*
*On a dark and stormy day*
*So he set out for Biafra*
*To join the bloody fray*
*
*
*Through '66 and 7*
*They fought the Congo War*
*With their fingers on their triggers*
*Knee-deep in gore*
*The days and nights they battled*
*The Bantu to their Knees*
*They killed to earn their living*
*And to help out the Congolese*
*
*
*His comrades fought beside him*
*Van Owen and the rest*
*But of all the Thompson Gunners*
*Roland was the best*
*So the CIA... more »
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