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Associated Press Fails to Follow Own Stylebook on "Illegal Immigrants"
Back
in early April, the Associated Press made news by officially removing
the term "illegal immigrant" from its stylebook, the influential guide
used by its journalists and follow by many others. In a lengthy
explanation of what prompted the decision, AP Senior Vice President and
Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll noted that "illegal" should no longer
be used when "labeling people, instead
The judge got it wrong; memory fails us all
Imagine a major trial in which evidence is given by a judge. The judge, as
witness, has nothing to gain and has nothing at risk. The judge is
testifying about something he knew about and affected him personally.
Would you accept the judge's testimony?
Of course - the judge wouldn't lie.
But the judge got it wrong.
It seems that recent testimony by Marc Nadon about his possible career is
hockey was just wrong. And wrong in material ways.
It's pretty clear that Justice Nadon didn't lie -- he told the true as he
remembered it. But he was wrong.
Now the reason to comment isn't t... more »
In Switzerland money rains... (where are we waiting for?)
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 16 minutes ago
Link: http://youtu.be/iqKkERp-ias
Have a golden weekend!
John
Friday Nerd Blogging: Mashing The Best
Some spoilers below re Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad, but good fun for a
Friday chock full of deadlines Still just as much death, perhaps even more….
Argentina: UFO or Chupacabras? Mutilated Cows Reappear in Tabossi
*Source: Planeta UFO and Micrófono Digital (www.microfonodigital.com)
Date: 10.03.2013*
*Argentina: UFO or Chupacabras? Mutilated Cows Reappear in Tabossi*
More or less a month ago, in a rural area 5 km from Tabossi and 10 from
Viale, a family was
looking for one of their cows, which was about to give birth, and found it
in a remote area where
they thought the birth was taking place. They were shocked to find her
dead, but with her udders
clearly cut away, without a drop of blood. The cow's tongue had been
sectioned off as well as the
eyes; the hide was entirely burned and hard. N... more »
Argentina: Residents of Tucumán Videotape a UFO over Río Nío
*Source: ATIFO and Planeta UFO
Date: October 2, 2013*
*Argentina: Residents of Tucumán Videotape a UFO over Río Nío*
Members of the Agrupacion Tucumana Investigacion Fenomeno OVNI (ATIFO)
recorded a strange flying object in broad daylight. The recording was made
at the end of a meeting held on 23 June 12:05 pm at the ATIFO headquarters.
The members were exchanging farewells without noticing the white object
that emerged in the backdrop, they said.
"Its shape appeares to be disk-like, a white object with an average size of
3 to 4 meters, traveling at average speed, enough to be see... more »
Note on the Chile Winged Humanoid
Note: The video shown at this link corresponds to a winged creature
videotaped in Guadalajara, Mexico - not the Parque Bustamante entity.
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
Chile: Uncanny Winged Creatures Over Santiago de Chile
Source: zoopedia.blogspot.com and www.lared.cl
*Date: 10/4/2013
Chile: Uncanny Winged Creatures Over Santiago de Chile*
On 29 September around 21:00 hours near Bustamante Park in the downtown
area, a strange flying creature was seen flying from one tree to another.
Its size was estimated at around 2 meters tall and shaped like a manta ray.
Ignacio, a young man who was the privileged witness to this brief yet
disconcerting flying being sighting, does not wish to disclose his identity
but made his narrative available to journalist [Juan Andrés] Salfate on
Canal La Red. His description... more »
The "Muhammad Ali of the Criminal Justice System" Passes On
This morning we lost without a doubt the biggest, bravest, and brashest
personality in the political prisoner world. It is with great sadness that
we write with the news of Herman Wallace's passing.
Herman never did anything half way. He embraced his many quests and
adventures in life with a tenacious gusto and fearless determination that
will absolutely never be rivaled. He was exceptionally loyal and loving to
those he considered friends, and always went out of his way to stand up
for those causes and individuals in need of a strong voice or fierce
advocate, no matter the con... more »
Chinese Hegemony in Asia is Unlikely, so AirSea Battle Unnecessarily Provokes the Security Dilemma
The following is a re-up of a piece I wrote for the Diplomat last month as
part of an informal back-and-forth series with the National Interest this
summer on the US pivot to Asia and AirSea Battle. (Here and here are some
of the other entries.) That pic, which has got to be the grossest
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SPACE WEEK EVENTS
*October 5-12, 2013*
*Keep Space for Peace Week*
*International Week of Protest to*
Stop the Militarization of Space
*No Missile Defense*
*No to NATO Expansion*
*No Syria Attack*
*End Afghanistan Occupation*
*Stop the Drones Surveillance & Killing*
*No Nuclear Power in Space or on Earth*
*End Corporate Domination of Foreign/Military Policy*
*Convert the Military Industrial Complex*
- *Albuquerque, New Mexico* (Oct 12) Drones and endless war protest at
Kirtland AFB, Truman Gate, 11:00 am Stop the War Machine
stopthewarmachine@comcast.net
- *Andover, Massachuset... more »
Untitled
*Karen threatens U.S. during quiet hurricane season and government shutdown*
~*FEMA recalls some workers to deal with storm; other first responders
remain furloughed*
*Due to the Federal government shutdown, NOAA.gov and most associated web
sites are unavailable. *
*Only web sites necessary to protect lives and property will be maintained.
*
*See Weather.gov for critical weather information or contact USA.gov for
more information about the shutdown.*
*~Karen at 8:45 am*
*Karen shifts slightly towards Louisiana coast*
*Oilman industry representative, LA Gov. Jindal, declares state ... more »
OUR MOTHER EARTH FROM SPACE
As we move into Keep Space for Peace Week let's get an overview of what it
means to be living on our little tiny Mother Earth spaceship.
Our consciousness must evolve so that we see that all life on Earth - all
the people, the animals, the plant life, the water, air - is sacred and
spiritually connected. There are no national borders on our planet.
As we move into space we must think about what kind of seed we take with us
from our planet. A good seed or a bad seed?
Do we want to take the seed of greed, war and violence with us into the
heavens?
As we learn to love our Mother ... more »
#DefundAbortion Report 2: MASSIVE Win for Sane Majority!
The Twitter air war between defenders and defenders started slowly with
fetus fetishists using their supplied talking points from Campaign Lie.
FACT: Canadian taxpayers fund at least *$80 million* every year for the
killing of children in the womb
FACT: There is a severe shortage of family doctors, nurses and funding for
elder care and for treatment of autistic children across Canada
FACT: Abortion is an elective procedure that is *not medically necessary*
FACT: Over *96%* of abortions are performed for convenience as a back-up
birth control method
*Are you ok with that?*
Basical... more »
Will Value-Added Testing Do as Little for the Nation as It Has for Tennessee?
If you go the *Washington Post* education page, hang a right down the
hallway to the back bedroom and look under the bed in the box labeled
"Stuff Jeff Bezos Won't Like," you will find this article, which is based
largely on findings from *TMoE*.
*Update 10:56 AM*:
The title above, "Will Value-Added Testing Do as Little for the Nation as
It Has for Tennessee?" has been changed. Why? To soften the impact for the
gas bags on WaPo's Editorial Board?
Consumers First. Really?
John Ivison recently reported that the Harper government is going to
announce a "Consumers First" agenda in the upcoming throne speech. Rick
Smith writes* *that, if there is one person the Harper government hasn't
stood up for, it's the consumer:
Guided by the idea that Ottawa needs to get out of the way of business,
Harper has been trumpeting the mantra of red-tape cutting since first
elected in 2006.
What this has really meant are cuts to safety inspections and costly
adherence to the wisdom of deregulation. Hardly the building blocks of a
“consumers first” agenda.
The Harp... more »
LETTERS FROM GENERATION Rx - Independent Film Trailer
By Kevin P. Miller
Green Med Info, 30 September 2013
You or loved one is suffering under the diagnosis of ADHD, bipolar,
schizophrenia, or depression. You've done everything the doctors have
instructed – from a mind-boggling array of medications to perhaps even an
aggressive regimen of electro-convulsive therapy, but you or your loved one
continues to slip further into darkness.
You are frightened – fearful of the life you – or they may have to lead.
What would you do – accept the condition as fate, or search the world to
find a cure? * It is a question millions face every d... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Ed Halicki, 63.
Good stuff -- all on one question, today:
1. Why is the Republican Party broken? Regular readers know my answers. But
worth considering the alternatives. It's 40 years of frustration!, says
Ross Douthat.
2. It's George W. Bush!, says Dan Larison.
3. It's the end of the Cold War!, says Matt Yglesias.
I should say: of the three, I think Douthat's is the most interesting one
-- because it dovetails so nicely with mine, which primarily composed of
two parts. First, the success of the conservative marketplace; second, the
influence of a small group of... more »
False Equivalency, Kyrsten Sinema And The Problem Of A Hackish Media
Last year Kyrsten Sinema (New Dem-AZ) tried appealing to out-of-district
progressives while claiming to be a centrist in AZ-09. Obama beat McCain
and Romney in the district; it's not a red district. This week Sinema, one
of the Democrats who votes most frequently with the Republican on crucial
roll calls, has been claiming that *both* parties are at fault over the
government shut down. "Arizonans are angry and I don't blame them," she
said Tuesday. "I am angry. Time has run out and both parties are
responsible." Both parties? Really? I thought only lazy or brainless media
hacks ev... more »
Government Shutdown - Day four items... Bond market getting more anxious ... White House determined to stand firm while House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner seems wobbly !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-04/someone-getting-nervous-er-er
Someone Is Getting Nervous-er-er
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Another day, another shut government and *1-month T-Bills have surged
another 6bps to 18.5bps*. Despite the relative calm in repo markets, which
is likely due to expectations that any technical default will be for a
minimal length, the short-term bills most likely to be affected (the
10/31/13 T-Bills) are seeing the *largest daily deterioration yet* as
traders exit and p... more »
Breakthrough Institute on Cheap Nuclear Power
Low cost, abundant, carbon free energy that can be quickly available is the
key to averting a climate disaster. Wind and solar energy are unreliable
and lack the capacity to be produced on demand. Energy storage technology
is expensive and may not be ready in the large amounts required to overcome
the flaws of wind and solar power. Clearly then, massive amounts of carbon
free energy may not be available within the next 40 years, yet the power
companies worry about nuclear costs.
The Breakthrough Institution has firmly joined the nuclear side of the
energy debate and is paying att... more »
Your Employer Wants To Erase Your Personal Cell Phone And Computer
The concept of BYOD is all the rage in management-side circles right now.
BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device. Basically, the idea is that
companies let employees do work for them on their own cell phones, laptops,
tablets and other devices. Lots of dark-side, er, management-side lawyers
are blogging about employer risks in having employees use their personal
devices at work, and I don't necessarily disagree with them. Some of my
management-side colleagues even offer sensible advice on the issue, and
even offer advice on how to reassure employees about their privacy
concerns. I'm ... more »
Kenya West Gate Mall after action review and aftermath - did the soldiers engage in concerted looting over the four days of the alleged siege ?
http://www.smh.com.au/world/kenyan-mall-looting-blamed-on-soldiers-20131004-2uymp.html
*NAIROBI:* Mannequins were stripped clean, jewelery cases smashed, racks of
expensive suits carted off, dozens of cash registers cracked open and at
least one member of the Kenyan security services arrested, caught with a
bloody wallet.
The looting of the Westgate mall, the scene of a siege in which scores of
people were killed last month, appeared to have the scope and organisation
of a large-scale military operation, and many Kenyans are asking if that is
what it was.
Four-day siege or four-day... more »
Is a " Syrian Solution " emerging to end the Syria war ? Is Assad talking with FSA officers secretly due to the emergence of outsider jihadists in Syria dominating the fighting on the Rebel side and creating havoc in Syria ?
A theory that might have legs - something to keep an eye on ....
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2013/09/syria-new-constellations-emerge-.html
Syria: New Constellations EmergeIt is by Fisk and the guy is not always as
sober as one would like but his story rings true:
Six weeks ago, a two-man delegation arrived in secret in Damascus:
civilians from Aleppo who represented elements of the Free Syrian Army, the
rebel group largely composed of fighters who deserted the regime’s army in
the first year of the war. They came under a guarantee of safety, and met,
so I am told, a senior officia... more »
Practicing Patience
[Dispatches from Haiti] Practicing Patience http://t.co/8hM2BsoN2F
— Journal Star News (@pjstarnews) October 4, 2013
Who is Siri?
According to an email from CNN, Siri is Susan Bennett.
Her voice is known by millions of iPhone users. Her identity, up until now,
has been unknown.
Meet Susan Bennett, better known as Siri, Apple's voice-activated virtual
assistant.
"It seemed like everyone was clamoring to find out who the real voice
behind Siri is," says the Atlanta-area resident, "and so I thought, well,
you know, what the heck? This is the time."
Apple, typically secretive, won't confirm it. But Bennett says she is Siri.
Professionals who know her voice, have worked with her and represent her
legally say she... more »
I Don't Care About the US Government Shut-Down
I really don't care about the Republican Congress shutting down the US
Government until Democrats agree to reform the Affordable Care Act. (or
"Obamacare"). Because "Obamacare" is a Repug-inspired, shitty piece of
legislation that forces people to buy something they don't want (and was
upheld as constitutional by a Supreme Court that privileges corporate power
over individual rights) and because the Repugs are a repugnant group of
assholes who just want to preserve the "free-market" hellish nightmare of
uncontrollable corporate fraud that was the status-quo.
Both sides are anti-demo... more »
A Tale of Two Poverties: Sachs versus the world
Interpreting evidence related to poverty and development is never
straightforward. Neo-liberal supporters of free market economics tend to
point to economic growth as evidence that global inequality is stabilising,
while those “closer to the ground” often point out the limitations of
economic measurements and encourage a broader understanding of the everyday
signs of exploitation and
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ALL CHILD ABUSE IS THE SAME?
*Child abuse - political art - David Icke*
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Child abuse arouses strong passions.
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**On 3 October 2013, in Madagascar, a mob killed three 'Europeans'
suspected of murdering a young boy.*
The boy's genitals and tongue had been cut off.
The locals suspected the foreigners of trafficking in human organs.
Europeans burned to death by mob of vigilantes in Madagascar after they
were accused of murdering a young boy
*Keanu - murdered by his mother.*
Women seem to be increasingly abusing their children.
Birmingham children's chief 'cannot guarantee' child safety / How could
little boy'... more »
The Fire
*“For me, it is as if my confidence is only as strong as my insecurities.
My strength is only as powerful as my tenderness. My anger is only as
powerful as my love.”*
* *
These words are a perfect description of the human. Of us. They are a
gift, shared here so that you too can see and feel and accept what is that
we are, who it is that we are becoming. We are becoming the fullness of
ourselves, right before our very eyes.
There is nothing more powerful than you. No being with a greater
capacity for love, for creation, for exquisite being – than the one who
greeted... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 10.4.13”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 10.4.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“Government shutdown became a reality this week. It’s the fault of both
parties–end of story. At its core, the fight is over the Affordable Care
Act (or Obama Care). The Democrats have one thing right: Obama Care, like
it or not, is the law of the land. It doesn’t matter that it is a job
killer or that people will be forced into part-time work. It doesn’t matter
that it is an enormous entitlement that will plunge the country deeper into
debt. It doesn’t matter that the Obama Administration has handed out
hundreds o... more »
NYT prints a demagogic essay on women in science
*The New York Times* have published a manipulative article about women in
STEM fields,
Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?
by Eileen Pollack, a writer of a sort and a professor in the humanities who
has received an undergraduate physics degree. She describes her – and not
only her – hardcore conspiracy theory claiming that the underrepresentation
of women in physics and related sciences is due to some evil cabal
controlling the society.
In the first paragraph, she describes a 2012 paper written at Yale that
"goes a long way toward providing hard evidence" of anti-women "bi... more »
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO POLITICALLY ISOLATE BOATPEOPLE
While anything that anyone does to ease the burden of refugees or at risk
if they remain where they are can be nothing but helpful, it’s difficult to
applaud such actions when one knows that it is being done for such
blatantly transparent ulterior motives.
Yesterday the Abbott government announced that 500 Syrian refugees
currently being handled by the UNHCR will be settled in Australia. Today
the Abbott government also announced that some 800 Afghans who had worked
for the allies in Afghanistan will also be offered places in Australia. All
of these people, however, are being admitt... more »
"THE BRITISH INVENTED THE MYTH THAT JEWS CONTROL THE WORLD"; CIA CONTROLS AL QAEDA
*Do Jews Rule America?*
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**"The British ... invented the myth that Jews control the world."*
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(A Peace to End All Peace / Chronicles of the End of History)
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*Anonymous said...*
Lyndon LaRouche and his followers have a similar perspective.
Usually, his former followers have the same perspective, to some degree or
another. Webster Tarpley comes to mind...
It can be argued that WWI was before Jewish, or more accurately, Zionist
influence, was at it's peak.
Remember, Britain was the most powerful empire up until WWI.
Certainly, the division of the Middle East was a B... more »
West Feliciana District Attorney Says Herman Wallace Has Been Reindicted
(Herman Wallace, in ambulance after his release.)In an article published
this evening, Lauren McGaughy of the Times-Picayune cites an announcement
by West Feliciana District Attorney Samuel D’Aquilla, that a grand jury has
reindicted Wallace. McGaughy writes further that:
*George Kendall, one of Wallace's attorneys, said no one on his legal team
was notified of the indictment Thursday. Documents filed in Louisiana's
Middle District on Thursday show D'Aquilla notified the court of his intent
to reindict Wallace.*
*"We have not received any official notification of an indictment, but ... more »
Netanyahu fear mongering over Iran to mask Israel's legitimacy deficit
Nile Bowie
RT
The Israeli Prime Minister may have left his cartoon bomb at home, but his
latest appearance at the UN contained no shortage of dubious claims aimed
at strangling the nascent US-Iran rapprochement in its cradle.
Just three days after the historic phone call between US President Obama
and Iranian President Rouhani, hopes for a thaw in relations between the
two countries were dashed when Obama confirmed that military options were
still on the table during a press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin
Netanyahu in the Oval Office. In his eloquent address to the General
as... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Celestial Meadows”
Deuter, “Celestial Meadows”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zUiaEa-szk
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The Sleeping Beauty galaxy may appear peaceful at first sight but it is
actually tossing and turning. In an unexpected twist, recent observations
have shown that the gas in the outer regions of this photogenic spiral is
rotating in the opposite direction from all of the stars! Collisions
between gas in the inner and outer regions are creating many hot blue stars
and pink emission nebula.
*Click image for larger size.*
The above image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2001 and
released in 2004. The fascinating internal motions of M64, also cataloged
as NGC 4826, are th... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
San Luis Obispo, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
'If Harper wants to be PM, job comes with questions from journalists': Mulcair
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
*"Stephen Harper wants to be the prime minister of a G-8 country, to manage
one of the most complex governments and economies in the world, and yet he
wants to do it without talking to the public, without talking to
journalists, and indeed without talking to Parliamentarians.” *
*Tom Mulcair.*
* The Canadian Press / National Newswatch*
Generic Drugs 4: DOH Generics Summit 2013
The Generics Act of 1988, RA 6675, turned 25 years old last month. The
Department of Health organized the "Generic Medicines Summit 2013" at the
DOH Convention Hall, DOH Compound, Manila last Monday, September 30, 2013.
It was a whole day activity, I was not able to attend the morning session,
I went to the afternoon sessions.
*Panel Session No. I, 1-2:30pm*, the theme was “The Impact of Generics
Policies in Improving Access to Medicines and Health Outcomes”. The
speakers were:
*Presentation No. 1: *
Global Achievements in Implementing Generic Policies
*Presentation No. 2:*Local ... more »
Peltier Tribunal Live Day 3
Watch
live streaming video from earthcycles at livestream.com
Now: Manny Pino, longtime activist exposing Cold War uranium mining and
remaining radioactive contamination on Acoma and Laguna Pueblos in New
Mexico.
Before Pino:
John Thomas from Oklahoma, Shawnee, Delaware and Creek, is describing
how the US armed the Goon Squad on Pine Ridge with weapons and targeted
AIM. Oglala Chief
Vegan Recipe - Red Beans & Lentils
Red Beans & Lentils
This month's dish is my own creation. It is a hearty stew full of flavor
and warmth ... perfect for a cool autumn supper.
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*Ingredients*
1 1/2 Cups red kidney beans
1/2 onion (small), diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 green pepper, diced
1 Cup lentils, washed
1 Can tomatoes with juice
1 heaping Tablespoon Taco Seasoning (or to your taste)
1 bay leaf
1 pinch turmeric
Chopped cilantro (optional, to your taste ... I use about 1/4 cup)
Water as needed
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*Method*
- Sort and wash the kidney beans. ... more »
Is The World's Most Famous Living Revolutionary Pope Francis?
Last week we tried to put a face on the evil far right Vatican beaurocrats
who have always worked towards a Christianity devoid of Jesus Christ, by
introducing you to Republican Party Cardinal Raymond Burke, a modern day Grand
Inquisitor and widely recognized as one of the most purely malevolent
higher-ups embedded in the Vatican. Chances are better than even that when
someone refers to an unnamed member of the Roman Curia as a “narcissist,"
they're talking about Burke.
Pope Francis is working towards a long overdue house-cleaning of the
Vatican Curia and this week, the *NY Times*... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Seeds of Contemplation”
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*“The Seeds of Contemplation”** *
by Chet Raymo
“Do a Google search for "Cuthbert" and you'll get two main hits: a stunning
blonde Canadian actress who I never heard of, and the 7th-century
Anglo-Saxon monk I was looking for. Make that an image search and poor
Saint Cuthbert gets washed away in a sea of unclad sexiness that would
probably have rattled the poor abbot/bishop to his core.
Well, we don't really know, do we? We don't really know what was on Saint
Cuthbert's mind. Certainly he had an impressive career as a Church
administrator, but be seems to have been irresisti... more »
“50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind”
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*“50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind”*
by Marc Chernoff
"These questions have no right or wrong answers, because sometimes asking
the right questions is the answer.
1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and
like so many things we don’t do?
4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve
done?
5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
6. If happiness was the national currency, w... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'US Honey Boo Boo'
US
Honey Boo Boo
Posted on October 3, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Oct. 3, 2013. The display on the Learning Channel of a 6 year old
low class Hill Billy child and her family in all its poverty and
grossness is not new to us Indigenous people. The visitors were
always Red Necksand fat people. Today they are objects sold on the
public entertainment chopping block, to make fun of themselves
Spain's Prime Minister Rajoy hoisted by his won petard ! Caught lying on air regarding Barcenas !
Guest Post: Rajoy Horror Picture Show Hits The Road
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*The embattled Spanish premier Mariano Rajoy decided to take his unique
brand of leadership onto the international stage last week, with what can
only be described as interesting results.*
His first port of call was the General Assembly of the United Nations in
New York, where he urged Britain to restart talks on Gibraltar under the
bilateral Bruss... more »
Philadelphia School district Crisis - October 3 , 2013 - As School have opened , the crisis atmosphere has not disappeared , the realities of the situation are sinking in ( and in some cases getting worse ) ... The situation at Constitution high , Roosevelt K-8 , teachers informed of AP / IB cuts , Parents file complaints with PA Department of Education . And just how our the kids supposed to focus on their education amidst the chaos ?
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Protesting further losses in staff and resources to their school, around
200 students from Constitution High School staged a “sit-in” in front of
their school’s entrance early Wednesday morning.
The school's staff was informed Monday during an emergency meeting that
$90,000 would be trimmed from the school’s budget, according to Kathleen
Melville, an English and Spanish teach... more »
Europe items of note - Gazprom in EU gunsights just as winter comes to Europe regarding alleged abuse of Gazprom's dominant market share - I'm surre Syria had nothing to do with the timing here.... EU surveillance hearing focusing on GCHQ cyber raid of Belgian firm..... Amazon in French MP gunsights regarding Amazon's discounting of books....
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/03/russia-gazprom-charges-eu-regulators
EU regulators are preparing to charge Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom
with abusing its dominant position in central and easternEurope, the EU's
antitrust chief said on Thursday, in a move that could lead to a fine of up
to €11bn (£9bn).
The European commission's action against Gazprom is likely to ratchet up
the tension between Europe and Russia, which has criticised EU attempts to
boost energy market competition and end its over-reliance on Russian
supplies.
It could also play into tensions with R... more »
Ba-a-ad Republcans! Ba-a-ad Republcans!
*"Not since my children were 3 or 4 years old," says NY Democratic Rep.
Louise Slaughter, "have I seen such obstinate inability to accept the
facts."*
*by Ken*
The Republican shutter-downers think they can hornswoggle American into
believing that they're just trying to get a fair hearing from those
Kremlin-red Democrats, including the president, for their noble ideas. Of
course, they have no noble ideas, and there's a reason why they can't get a
fair hearing. They're the ravings of lunatics and thugs. But I think they
may do well persuading fact-deprived and reality-challenged Ame... more »
FINALLY YOU ARE ALL WAKING UP
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura......also a former professional
wrestler and Navy seal.
He is considering running for president and calling for revolution.
Ventura also speaks eloquently about the assassination of JFK.
#DefundAbortion Report I: Major Fail on Primary Point
I have lots to report from today's Defund/Defend Abortion bun fest, but for
now the MAJOR takeaway.
It was an abject failure in getting across their main spin-point.
That being: the funding of abortion is a separate issue from how people
feel about the procedure itself.
That, in fact, a 'majority' of Canadians do not want public healthcare
funding for abortion.
Here they are, spinning a 2013 poll with a pie chart that demonstrates that
51% 'question' taxpayer funding of abortion.
Of course, they're being creative with numbers as usual.
Here is the poll report (pdf). 43% think ... more »
Is a Cyber False Flag on the way in weeks - to be blamed on Iran revenge by way of one example ? And will the scapegoats also include Russia and China ? Who are the real Cyber Terrorists ?
http://theresistanceunited.com/2013/10/01/massive-nsadhs-stuxnet-false-flag-cyber-attack-on-its-way/
Massive NSA/DHS Stuxnet false flag cyber attack on its way
*01**Tuesday*Oct 2013
Can you and your business survive without the Internet? Can you get
through the day without communicating through social medias? What will you
do if the Internet goes down? Why am I asking you these questions? That
is exactly what is going to happen very soon – the U.S. government is going
to take down the Internet after a false flag cyber attack.
Blackberry didn’t announce that they are *laying off*... more »
“Are You DrinkingToo Much Coffee? Study Says Overconsumption Could Lead To Early Death”
* *
*“Are You DrinkingToo Much Coffee? *
*Study Says Overconsumption Could Lead To Early Death” *
Evidence suggests four cups a day or more may shorten your lifespan.
By Jodie Gummow
“Over the years, there has been an extensive health debate over whether
coffee is really good or bad for our bodies, with strong arguments and
research coming from both sides of the fence. Some research suggests that
coffee can prevent strokes, delay the onset of diabetes and heart disease.
Other findings indicate it might lead to some forms of cancer and
adversely affect the metabolism.
The most re... more »
Reign of the Morons: Shutdown Fun for Multimillionaires, Hostages Shot, How Brave Insurance Conglomerates Marched Over Selma's Bridge - Bill Keller Digs Deeper, TBogg's Back (Missed the Action)
Lawmakers get checks, even in shutdown mode Members of Congress get paid at
a cost of $10,583.85 per hour to taxpayers. There's absolutely nothing
surprising about this at all (you know?). The Reign of the Morons Is Here
Charles Pierce, Esquire nly the truly child-like can have expected anything
else. In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected
the worst
Lockheed Martin : "We never forget who we're working for"
That famous LM motto ... which in the main of course refers to their $47.2
billion client, the US government.
Not just an arms manufacturer anymore, LM builds spy satellites for the
NSA, plus surveillance and information processing for the CIA, the FBI, the
IRS, the NSA, the Pentagon, the Postal Service, and the US Census Bureau.
Lockheed Martin - counting some people, blowing other people up.
Rather infamously up here in Canada, Lockheed Martin developed and supplied
the data-analyzing software to Statistics Canada that scanned the 2006
census forms using “optic recognition” softw... more »
"Alien" Abduction Is Real, and can be stopped, according to MUFON Investigator
[image: Alien Resistance] Alien Resistance
*Jun 19, 2013*
Ancient of Days Conference, Roswell NM
See also http://AncientofDays.net for DVDs
Or http://ChristianSymposium.com for recent events
Joseph Jordan is the President and co-founder of the CE4 Research Group, an
Alien Abduction investigation and research team based out of Cocoa,
Florida. Joe has been a Mutual UFO Network Field Investigator since 1992.
He has shared his research findings from his Alien Abduction investigations
through many radio shows, newspaper and magazine articles, DVD's, and
lectures. His research find... more »
Banks filling ATMs with more cash than usual in case of bank runs ? Speaking of Banks , look at what JP Morgan just announced regarding Jamie Dimon ( no longer Chairman of JP Morgan Chase & Co's main operating bank ) - note the change occurred July 1st ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-03/us-banks-stuffing-atms-20-30-more-cash-case-panicked-withdrawals
( Runs on banks being prepared for ? )
US Banks Stuffing ATMs With 20-30% More Cash In Case Of Panicked Withdrawals
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/03/2013 18:31 -0400
- Debt Ceiling
inShare
Even as the fearmongering over the debt ceiling hits proportions not seen
since 2011 (when it was the precipitous drop in the market that catalyzed a
resolution in the final minutes, and when four consecutive 400 point up and
down DJIA days cemented th... more »
US Banks Stuffing ATMs With 20-30% More Cash In Case Of Panicked Withdrawals
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-03/us-banks-stuffing-atms-20-30-more-cash-case-panicked-withdrawals
US Banks Stuffing ATMs With 20-30% More Cash In Case Of Panicked Withdrawals
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/03/2013 18:31 -0400
Even as the fearmongering over the debt ceiling hits proportions not seen
since 2011 (when it was the precipitous drop in the market that catalyzed a
resolution in the final minutes, and when four consecutive 400 point up and
down DJIA days cemented the deal - a scenario that may be repeated again),
some banks a... more »
"Need Health Care Coverage? Just Dial 1-800-F**KYO To Reach Obamacare’s National Hotline"
*F Word Alert! *
*"Need Health Care Coverage?*
* Just Dial 1-800-F**KYO To Reach Obamacare’s National Hotline"*
by Katie
Need health insurance? The Obama administration has you covered. Simply
dial 1-800-FUCKYO to reach the next available health-care provider. Far
from being a mistype, that’s the official number that Health and Human
Services wants Americans to dial when seeking health care. Obamacare’s
national call center really did list its number as 1-800-318-2596,
helpfully spelling out President Barack Obama’s tendency to blatantly flip
the bird in plain view.
After allo... more »
Satire: “Boehner: Obama Stubbornly Refusing to End Crisis I Created”
* *
* “Boehner: Obama Stubbornly Refusing to End Crisis I Created”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Speaker of the House John Boehner
(R-Ohio) said that he was disappointed after meeting with President Obama
at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, telling reporters, “The
President is stubbornly refusing to end the crisis I created. Government is
about teamwork,” Mr. Boehner continued. “I’ve done my part by putting
together an entirely optional crisis that has shut down the government and
will throw thousands out of work. Now it’s up to the President to do hi... more »
The American Civil War as an Illustration of War to Forestall Adverse Shifts in Power
A prominent “rationalist” explanation for war concerns commitment problems
created by the anticipation of rapid shifts in power (see also here and
here). When a state expects that the mere passage of time will lead it to
fare worse in a potential future war against its rival, the rival’s
inability to credibly promise not to
Continue reading
The Sociological Imagination Revisited
Let me confess a sin. The opening chapter from C Wright Mills' *The
Sociological Imagination* was the very first piece of required reading
handed to me as an undergraduate. It also holds the distinction of
beginning a chain of photocopied chapters and essays that were filed away
in my waste paper bin. Like many first years, scholarly activity initially
came second to binge drinking and intimate trysts with the toilet bowl. And
so this classic statement of introductory sociology got the body swerve
treatment, and *Imagination* remained one of the many canonical works I
hadn't got ro... more »
Untitled
*TS Karen having trouble with wind shear ~Dr. Jeff Masters, Wunderblog*
*Tropical Storm Karen has FEMA workers un-furloughed ~Mississippi Business
Journal*
Karen Having Trouble With Dry Air and High Wind Shear
Read more at
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/karen-having-trouble-with-dry-air-and-high-wind-shear#QpebLyPs2QxzM4AQ.99
Karen Having Trouble With Dry Air and High Wind Shear
Read more at
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/karen-having-trouble-with-dry-air-and-high-wind-shear#QpebLyPs2QxzM4AQ.99
Karen Having Trouble With Dry Air and High Wind Shear
Read more a... more »
Coverage of Extreme Events in the IPCC AR5
I had been scheduled to testify before the House Science Committee next
week in a hearing on extreme events, but the gong show in Washington has
put that off.
In the process of updating Senate testimony given back in July (here in PDF)
I did compile some key statements from the IPCC AR5 WGI Chapter 2 on
extremes.
Here are a few:
- “Overall, the most robust global changes in climate extremes are seen
in measures of daily temperature, including to some extent, heat waves.
Precipitation extremes also appear to be increasing, but there is large
spatial variability"
-... more »
Death of a Dream
(*Blogger’s Note:* I published this with trepidation, simply because I have
been warned that if I persist in the claim that I was not a participant in
the slide investigation other confidential emails will be published to
prove the point. I freely admit that it appears from those emails that I
was involved but the reality is that I wasn’t even completely in the loop.
But I will not be intimidated. I told the truth when I said that I had not
seen the slides and that I did not participate in the investigation of
them. So, even with this threat handing over my head, I post the following... more »
EXPLAINING THE CRAZY: It can’t be us!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013*
*Part 2—Tribal complaints about Kristof:* The conservative world has been
spreading The Crazy for lo, these past forty years.
Before Obama was born in Kenya, Clinton committed a whole raft of murders.
And friend, is the government shut down this week?
The same thing happened back then!
That said, is it possible that the liberal world has started to traffic in
The Crazy to some extent? Before we look at Joan Walsh’s *two* screeds
about Those Racists Over There, let’s consider what happened to Nicholas
Kristof last week.
This morning, Kristof got it right... more »
Britain should not take its credit status for granted
From Ken Rogoff.
Kryon: The Elusive Akash
Kryon: The Elusive Akash
Channeler: Lee and Kryon
Saturday, 10 August, 2013
Greetings, dear ones, I am Kryon of Magnetic Service. My partner steps
away from his consciousness in a move that has been practiced for years.
This is not an easy Human attribute, for yet again the Human wants to be in
complete and total control over those things that are most pertinent to
their survival.
One of them would be their consciousness, so the channelling that you see
with him is a bit different than that of the past. We have said this
before, that there is no takeover of the Human Being... more »
Finally A Post About Aaron Schock That Isn't About GOP Closet Cases!
"Will it play in Peoria?" means one thing for the rest of the country, but
something a lot more personal for Republican Congressman Aaron Schock.
Although Schock was born in Minnesota, his family moved to Peoria when he
was in the 4th grade. He graduated from Richwoods in 2000 and from Peoria's
Bradley University in 2002 and was serving on the Peoria School Board by
the age of 19. By 23 he was the youngest school board president in Illinois
history and the same year became the youngest member of the Illinois House
of Representatives, representing, of course, Peoria, which he shares... more »
DRONE DEBATE IN SYRACUSE
Legislation that would prevent law enforcement from using drones over the
skies of Syracuse, New York has been put on hold.
Communities all over the nation are being enticed to allow drones by the
dangling of the green frog skin *$$$$$* before their eyes.
Desperate for anything that will create jobs, and knowing that military
money is the only game in town, local authorities are willing to give up
civil liberties to attract more military oriented jobs.
From the End of the Beginning to the Beginning of the End for High Stakes Testing
Mark Mulville/Buffalo NewsRemember: it happened in Buffalo--the night that
2,500 parents, teachers, and administrators showed up.
Now let's keep the hammer down.
From the Buffalo News by Dale Anderson:
Reform of high-stakes testing for schoolchildren, a groundswell movement of
lawn signs and small-scale protests, became an earthquake Wednesday evening.
The Summit for Smarter Schools, organized by a group called the Partnership
for Smarter Schools and hosted by State Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-Buffalo;
Assemblyman Sean Ryan, D-Buffalo; and State Sen. George Maziarz, R-Newfane,
filled Klei... more »
Injunctive relief against CRA available only in Federal Court
861808 Ontario Inc. v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2013 ONCA 604:
[7] We do not accept this submission. Section 18(1) of the *FCA* explicitly
grants the Federal Court "exclusive original jurisdiction to issue an
injunction". There is nothing ambiguous in this language; it applies to
all injunctions, including interim, interlocutory and permanent. Moreover,
all of the relevant case authorities support the motion judge's analysis
and conclusion: see *Canada (Attorney General) v. TeleZone Inc.*, 2010 SCC
62, at para. 52; *Puttkemery v. Air Canada*, [2003] O.J, No. 2686 (Div. ... more »
Poop pills to cure...
*What they are not anticipating is that these pills will also cure common
allergies. Now they will have to sort out the bugs into the 3 colonies that
exist in the common guts of healthy humans. They are known as, PREVOTELLA,
BACTERIODE ENTEROTYPES and RUMINNOCOCUS. * *These pills hold great promise
for patients who under go Chemo therapy as the Chemo will deplete/ kill off
the stomach flora almost to the point of non existence. It will also be
used to restore the immune system via the restoration of the intestinal
flora...*
*Abraham Ben Judea*
Pills made from healthy people'... more »
“The Biggest Mistake Libertarians Can Make...”
* *
*“The Biggest Mistake Libertarians Can Make...”*
by Bill Bonner
“Uh, did you sell those bitcoins, like I suggested?” Your roguish economist
has four sons. Several of them invested in the virtual currency Bitcoin.
They thought it was the money of the future. “Watch out,” cautioned their
father. “Governments always try to look into the future and prevent it from
happening. And this is a future the feds are especially keen to stop. They
have a monopoly on money. And there is no way they’ll give it up without a
fight.”
Yesterday brought news that the fight had begun. The Financia... more »
The Dangerous Toys Aren't the Problem
A rare disagreement with Seth Masket.
First, what we agree on: minority parties, mostly Republicans, are
increasingly resorting to extraordinary measures, such as recall elections,
filibusters, and, now, the government shutdown along with a threat of a
debt limit breach. As opposed to either just waiting to contest the next
election, or to normal attempts to influence outcomes by logrolling,
bargaining, and more, realizing that they won't be able to win by doing
those things but they would have the capacity to moderate their policy
losses. All of that is definitely true.
Seth says ... more »
Peter, Lucas and Colin – Double Dutch Radio Show – REMINDER TOMORROW 4 October – 3 October 2013
Peter, Lucas and Colin – Double Dutch Radio Show – REMINDER TOMORROW 4
October – 3 October 2013
Posted on October 3, 2013 by lucas2012infos
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*Friday 4 October 2013 SHOW REMINDER*
*Friday the 4th Oct. is our new radio show episode, make a note and listen
in! Call in with your questions!*
*Show starts at NewYork -EDT at 6.00 am – in mainland Europe, CEST 12.00
pm NOON – and 20.00 pm Canberra Australia EST time.*
*Call in to speak with the host (646) 595-2459*
Link to the radioshow
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/doubledutchradio/2013/10/04/doubledutch-radio
*Doubled... more »
All together now
The Permaculture site that we're following in this meandering series of
posts discusses Principle Eight mostly in terms of interpersonal
relationships. Anyone watching an Amish barnraising will get an inkling of
the truth they're driving at here.
It's also true for plant and animal communities. I sometimes mix a batch of
the smaller seeds in a spice shaker and plant on a hexagonal grid, with
one-foot intervals or so. What come up, comes up. After maybe one thinning,
I let the bed design itself. What we get is more insect resistant, utilizes
water more efficiently, stands up to hea... more »
Cyber war battle report #14 Snowden, Guardian, Documents unpublished
Donate for the Cryptome archive of files from June 1996 to the present
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3 October 2013 *The Guardian by the New Yorker* Twitter discussion on Jacob
Applebaum (@ioerror) accusing The Guardian of withholding Snowden material:
https://twitter.com/search?q=ioerror&src=typd&f=realtime Freedom
of Information A British newspaper wants to take its aggressive
investigations global, but money is running out. by Ken Auletta October 7,
2013 At eight-thirty on the morning of June 21st, Alan Rusbridger, the
unflappable editor of the Guardian, Britain’s li... more »
Priorities
The National Mall in Washington, D.C., normally open 24/7/365, remains
closed as President Obama orders more security to protect the Washington
Monument from WWII veterans than were used to secure our embassy at Bangazieven though in
previous shutdowns such memorials remained open. In addition, President
Obama has ordered the shutdown of hundreds of privately-funded parks.
"Honey, how did work go today?"
"I protected the Lincoln Memorial from WWII Veterans."
Reports say that one of the vets carried a sign reading "Normandy was
closed when we got there, too."
The veterans entered ... more »
His Royal Highness Stephen Harper does not want journalists to ask questions
How dare anyone ask questions from His Highness without pre-approval.
*During an event last week in New York, Ellis (CTV photographer) asked
Harper about the charges laid against then-Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro,
even though reporters and photographers had been told questions were not
allowed.*
**
*"Any comment today, sir, about Dean Del Mastro being charged?" he asked as
the photo op was ending.*
**
*The prime minister didn't respond to the question and all of the
journalists taking part were shuffled out of the room ...........*
Bill Gates Gets an F From Shareholders
LOOKS LIKE YOUR MEASUREMENTS AND DATA
ONLY CAN GET YOU SO FAR
Gates Gets an F From Shareholders
LOOKS LIKE YOUR MEASUREMENTS AND DATA
ONLY CAN GET YOU SO FAR
*Shareholders ask Bill Gates to Step Down*
*Looks like Bill Gates has been asked to step down as the leader of
Microsoft. ** *
*
*
Supai Waters Message for Long Walkers Pipe Keepers and Fire Keepers
By
Supai Waters
Damon Watahomigie
Censored News
During the fire, spirit orbs are present. When the course of the natural
meridian is distracted you then take in regard its power. Lightning
power and magic comes from these directive points, color helpers
guardians of the rain bow. At each fire. Welcome them to be your guides
both physical and emotional attributes. No opals or other non
U.S Government shutdown-update
John Boehner, the speaker of the House of Representatives, is very unhappy
because Republican Representatives don't listen to him. He is crying like a
baby. Maybe he thinks it will hurt Repugs.
Dakota Genocide: Chris Mato Nunpa Testimony to Peltier Tribunal
PRESENTATION
THE DAKOTA-U.S. WAR OF 1862: SELECTED ASPECTS
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEONARD PELTIER
October 02-04, 2013
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Hosted By Oneida Nation
By Chris Mato Nunpa, Ph.D., RETIRED, Dakota
Associate Professor of Indigenous Nations & Dakota Studies
Ho, Mitakuyapi. Owasin cantewasteya nape ciyuzapi do! Mato Nunpa emankiyapi. Damakota, k’a Oceti mitawa kin
WHO CAN WE TRUST?
I went to Bath City Hall last night to attend another city council workshop
on the request by General Dynamics Corporation (GD) for a tax break (called
TIF) over the next 25 years. GD owns Bath Iron Works (BIW) here in the
city where destroyers for the Navy are built.
Since the late 1990's BIW has received $197 million in tax cuts from the
state and the city of Bath. During that time their employment has dropped
from about 8,000 to below 5,500 today. They've used alot of the funds to
help mechanize the operation thus reducing the need for workers while
profits grow.
The worksh... more »
RED AURORAS
*http://spaceweather.com/*
*RED AURORAS: *On October 2nd, a CME hit Earth's magnetic field, sparking a
G2-class geomagnetic storm. Sky watchers on both ends of the Earth saw
auroras; many of the lights were rare shades of red. Minoru Yoneto
photographed this example from Queenstown, New Zealand:
"This is how the sky looked 11 hours after the CME impact," says Yoneto,
who used a Canon EOS 6D digital camera to record the reds.
Auroras are usually green, and sometimes purple, but seldom do sky
watchers see this much red. Red auroras occur some 300 to 500 km above
Earth's sur... more »
US Treasury Letter on the Debt Limit
Treasury Letter to Congress_100113
Obama threatens retirees...
*and you think he won't do the same with your health care?*
From the jive-talking, arrogant, ignorant, golf-playing POS:
*"In a government shutdown, Social Security checks still go out on time. In
an economic shutdown, if we don't raise the debt ceiling, they don't go out
on time," the president warned.*
*source*
* *
Human Rights Watch- Watches while NATO robs Humans of their Rights
*Human Rights Watch*: *An organization that Watches, while NATO robs Humans
of their Rights.*
*Yes just another useless NGO. Along with Greenpeace and so many others of
that ilk.*
* Have I mentioned that NGO’s should be shunned by everyone? Everywhere?
Why yes, I have*.
*They are detestable organizations created to fool the public into thinking
they are not part of the apparatus of tyrannical state. **These
organizations are not fooling me. Don’t let them fool you.*
*NGO’s should be shunned. Turn NGO’s into Pariahs. All of them.*
Rant over let's get back to the despicable *'Human Righ... more »
String-string duality: irrational exuberance of sophistication
As is well-known, any consistent quantum description of forces including
gravity has to be based on one of the equivalence approaches to
string/M-theory. It is the supersymmetric vacua of string/M-theory (where
SUSY is at most spontaneously broken) that are relevant for any stable
world with fermions and without tachyons.
*From K3, the simplest one after the torus.*
Five 9+1-dimensional "string theories" in the old jargon – maximally
decompactified vacua of string/M-theory in the new jargon – and one
10+1-dimensional theory (M-theory) are known. They are all connected to one
netw... more »
The Collaborators
Let's take a look at the 3 bills Boehner and Cantor put together as part of
their strategy of just funding the parts of government they agree with
(while cutting off the governmental functions-- like Social Security and
Medicare-- they hate). Tuesday they offered 3 with no hearings or debate
and they needed 2/3 to pass. All three failed. They passed them Wednesday
with simple party-line majorities but Tuesday they just needed too many
Democrats and most Democrats saw through their shenanigans. Most... but not
all. The Blue Dogs and New Dems were, as they have been all year, lined u... more »
Jamaican BBQ Chicken
One of my favorite things about my husband, is that he loves to cook. He
doesn't just love to cook, he loves to experiment with new flavors. Almost
every dish he makes is something we have never had before. This Jamaican
BBQ Chicken was a instant success with its intense flavors with the perfect
amount of kick.
You will need:
3/4 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
1/ 1/4 tsp. onion spice
1 1/4 tsp. garlic
1 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
1 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 tbsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. brown sugar
5 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
1/4 cup ... more »
THE WELSH DRAGONS ARE BACK
There is a big fight going on in the UK over Britain's Trident nuclear
submarine replacement program. The subs are based at Faslane, Scotland and
people in that nation want them out. Growing activism across the UK is
driving debate about whether or not the UK needs the "nuclear option" and
how they can afford to waste their precious resources on such insanity.
Among those who are cranking up the action is the peace movement in Wales
(Cymru).
Here is a report from today's event:
*Main gate of Nuclear Weapons Factory blockaded by Welsh Dragons!*
October 3 - From 7:00 am 50 activ... more »
Mark Levin: Your future under Obamacare...
*can you honestly say this is not a very real possibility?*
“Imagine the power the government would have today – let’s pretend it’s ten
years from now and Obamacare is fully in place and there’s a legitimate
fight over spending and taxing…and there’s a government shutdown… Do you
know what a president like Obama would do?
He’d start cutting off your health care to force you to capitulate to his
demands. Oh yes! They’d start shutting down hospitals, refusing to pay
doctors and nurses, refusing to approve prescriptions. Because that’s where
we’re headed, to the complete iron-fisted c... more »
Open Thread: High School Ends but Douchebaggery is Forever edition
Consider this an open thread with one focus: I need links to reputable
news or blog sites for candidates for the upcoming Asslowns of the Week
#95. It's not as if I lack the wits or the wherewithall to do this. After
nearly nine years of doing this shit, you *know *me better than that. It's
just that I cannot keep up with the seventy story tsunami of wingnuttery
that we've been seeing from the right wing in the exactly 60 hours since
the government shutdown started. In fact, with everything I've casually
seen on my own, from Mrs.JP, my tweeps on Twitter and elsewhere, it looks ... more »
Tom Hayden : Becoming Two Countries in 2014
Becoming
two countries. Image from Shutterstock / sojourners.
The war for America:
Becoming two countries in 2014
Joined by a right-wing Roberts Supreme Court and funded by the likes of
the Koch brothers, the Right is consolidating its power on a scale not
seen since the Jim Crow era of the Dixiecrats.
By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2013
The logic of voter turnout data all but
Economy, Profit, Religion, Jobs, Rent - Your World Doesn't Work.
*we make them do it*if you're looking at the screen going, "What dafuk you
talkin' about, Philbin?" then you're exactly where you need to be, you
cretin.
If you're looking at the screen going, "Mike, those
Corporate/Capitalist/Communist/Deist/Lie Mongering scum-fucks wouldn't know
a TRUTH if it ran them down, screamed to a halt, reversed, and ran them
over again, until their fucking brains ran out like bloody porridge," then
I agree with you.
You're promised the OPPORTUNITY to own your own property, but what does
this mean? Slum landlords move in, buy out all the profitable plots ... more »
LOCKERBIE FATHER SLAMS INQUIRY
*What do they know about heroin being smuggled on PanAm flights?*
The father of one of the Lockerbie victims has written to Scotland's top
legal officer, Frank Mulholland, criticising the Lockerbie investigation.
Dr Jim Swire's daughter Flora, 23, was among 270 who died in the 1988
bombing, which many believe was carried out by the CIA.
*Flora*
Dr Swire criticises the original and the current inquiry.
Dr Swire believes:
*1. *Key evidence was withheld from the defence team, and
*2.* Mulholland's team has refused to reinvestigate new evidence which has
since come to light.
*Dr J... more »
Another Run at What's Wrong With the GOP
Ed Kilgore has been fighting a running battle with those, myself mostly
included, who talk about "post-policy" Republicans. He has an excellent
post today making his case.
I should clarify what I think, because this is important stuff.
I do think that Republicans have become "post-policy" in the sense that
they have largely given up on attempting to construct real public policy
solutions. That fits with, for example, the record of the GOP House in
rarely actually passing bills. I haven't used the "nihilist" part of
that...I don't disagree with Kilgore that hard-core conservatives do... more »
U.S Government shutdown
What is in it for the Repugs?Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) says:
*"We're not going to be disrespected," Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) told
The Washington Examiner. "We have to get something out of this. And I don't
know what that even is."
*
Hurray! There is something for Repugs but as usual they don't know what
that 'something' is.
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Read the story here.
MESSAGE FROM MR. BLACK
When A Solution Comes*Written by: *Ray Davies
*Lyrics:*
Sung by Mr. Black in an attic somewhere in suburbia
When a solution comes,
It's gonna breathe right down on everyone.
When a solution comes
It's gonna cover up the clouds
And eclipse the sun
And black out a pale blue sky,
And everybody's gonna be terrified,
Because they're all going to feel the bite
And there's going to be a revolution
When a solution comes.
It won't take sides with anyone
Regardless of race or creed,
The whole wide world is gonna feel the squeeze.
The red, black, yellow and white
And even the Arabs and the Israeli... more »
Kristof gets the shutdown right!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013*
*But also, four ludicrous letters:* A lot of confusion surrounds the
discussion of the so-called government shutdown. Example:
As Gail Collins jokes her way through the topic today, do you understand
the highlighted point? Warning! Butch Otter joke:
COLLINS (10/3/13): So here we are. The Senate has passed a bill to keep the
government running until Nov. 15. A majority in the House would probably go
along, but the House leadership won’t let the bill come up for a vote. *The
fate of the nation now appears to be hinged on a couple dozen unhinged
House Repub... more »
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Leonard Peltier Tribunal on the Abuse of Indigenous Peoples Human Rights
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin -- The Leonard Peltier Tribunal on the Abuse of
Indigenous Rights began the second day with the AIM song, and a memorial
Bill Clinton and the Unspeakable
*"As early as 1961, they knew Kennedy was not going to war in Southeast
Asia. *
*Like Caesar, he is surrounded by enemies and something's underway... *
*but it has no face. *
*
* *Yet everybody in the loop knows..."*
*June 20, 1999 - President Clinton, Secretary Albright and National
Security Advisor Sandy Berger meet with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and
members of his delegation at Cologne’s Renaissance Hotel*
Suddenly, Yeltsin reached below his desk and produced a yellowing loose
leaf file of papers.
*"A gift, for my old friend, Bill...!"*
Clinton's eyes widened like sauce... more »
Can Iraq Solve Its Housing Crisis?
Due to wars and international sanctions Iraq is in need of many essential
services. One of those is housing. With an increasing population and
migration from rural areas to urban ones there is a severe housing crunch.
The government has promised to solve this problem, but due to an archaic
land ownership system, Baghdad’s infamous bureaucracy, and a failure to
fund programs little progress has been made.
Housing unit being built by a foreign company in Najaf (*Copperchase*)
In the last two years the Iraqi government has pledge to solve the
country’s housing crisis. In 2012, the ... more »
Still Shut Down and Out
Well,
wonder of wonders. The *New York Times* finally got around to
noticingthat the majority of poor people will be barred from getting
health
insurance under Obamacare. The exclusion, of course, is due to those
nasty,
red, mainly southern states opting out of Medicaid expansion, which the
Supreme Court obligingly allowed them to do at the same time it gave the
thumbs-up to taxpayer subsidization of the private insurance predators.
But
still, the numbers are downright shocking, worse than I imagined:
A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of
Americans *will... more »
INVISIBLE CHILDREN: Ignoring the gap!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013*
*Part 3—“A gulf of more than ninety points:”* In her interesting book, The
Smartest Kids in the World, Amanda Ripley proposes two reforms for American
schools.
On the surface, each reform makes perfect sense. In many parts of our
complex society, her reforms likely *would* make good sense.
What are Ripley’s proposed reforms? First, Ripley thinks we’d have better
schools if we had better teachers—if our teachers had stronger academic
backgrounds and more extensive university training.
Also this: Ripley thinks our schools should display more academic “rig... more »
Untitled
*Tropical Storm Karen forms; south La. watches*
*Corps moves to keep surge out of Industrial Canal, a precaution as Karen
swirls in Gulf ~The Republic, AP*
*The Saints 'cheeseless' diet works wonders*
*Legislators use Tulane scholarship program to help connected insiders ~Mike
Perlstein and Gordon Russell*
*Ascension Parish residents urge Army Corps of Engineers to adopt levee
plan ~WAFB*
*Garrison Keillor: O, What Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic and
Profound*
*Gretna Fest Scheduled to go on this weekend*
Gender and Inclusion in the Profession
The Monkey Cage has launched a symposium on the gender gap in academia.
Jane Mansbridge, Barbara Walter, Sara Mitchell, Lisa Martin, Ryan Powers,
Daniel Maliniak, Rick Wilson, Ashley Leeds, Beth Simmons, and David Lake
will explore a range of issues over the course of this week. I know that
this symposium will lead to a
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Lena Heady, 40.
Good stuff:
1. What it sounds like when your colleagues in the Senate really, really,
hate you. This is beyond brutal. From Manu Raju.
2. Elizabeth Rigby on how Republicans have made Medicaid more complex, even
before the ACA expansion.
3. A couple I missed: Seth Masket on sore loser laws as party protection.
4. And Richard Skinner on parties and policy.
Who's Driving The GOP "Shut Down The Government" Agenda?
This week *Weekly Standard* editor Fred Barnes had a typically
gratuitous
and nasty diatribe against President Obama in the *Wall Street
Journal*featuring a bizarro-world right-wing reinterpretation of
history; nothing
new there. Peter King (R-NY) was on *Hardball* Tuesday telling Chris
Matthews that there are about 30 to 40 Republicans in Congress who
refuse
to recognize the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency and are seeking to
erase
everything that’s happened during his administration.
Republicans and their propagandists are desperate to somehow put the
onus
for the government shu... more »
Secretary Duncan Answers Critics (An Alternate Universe Edition)
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan—who has no experience in education
except through political appointments (and being a student himself)—has in
the last several months chastised newspaper editors and what Duncan has
labeled “armchair pundits” (who, for the record, tend to be k-12 public
school teachers, teacher educators, education historians, scholars, and
researchers; in other words, […]
Why We Need To Challenge Today's eBooks
Offered below are just three arguments that force us to question what we
publish today and what we should publish tomorrow. Individually, the
arguments may not pass the ‘so what?’ test, but taken together they should
ring alarm bells in every publishing building.
*Firstly*, we often assume we will see and understand change and
importantly be prepared for it. The reality is very different and change
today is not linear, nor is it predictable and in many cases it is
disruptive. The industrial giants of yesterday have been overtaken by
technology and networking companies who connect ... more »
Government Shutdown - Day Three ... CME hikes S%P 500 , Dow Jones and NASDAQ E- Mini Margins by 9 percent ( crash warning ) ...House Republicans plan to link debt limit and shutdown into one fiscal battle royal ....Overnite news and data from around the globe as the US Government shows no signs of quick resolution !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-03/cme-hikes-sp-500-dow-jones-nasdaq-e-mini-futures-9
( Setting up a market crash... )
CME Hikes S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq E-Mini Margins By 9%
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/03/2013 07:15 -0400
- Crude
- NASDAQ
inShare
Remember when the CME and the administration punished speculative gold
longs in 2011, and crude longs in 2012 by hiking or warning to hike margins
beyond the breaking point for levered holders of futures contracts? It
works for stocks as well. Last night, the CME may have taken Obam... more »
“Bankster Baseball”
*“Bankster Baseball”*
by John Titus
“The $700 billion TARP bailout passed on 10/3/08 despite the overwhelming
opposition of Americans. Since then, the cancer of moral hazard has
metastasized into U.S. law enforcement, which no longer applies to the
bankrupt frauds who got bailed out.
Using Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" as a narrative
template, this video annihilates the outrageously and provably false claims
made by JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon before the U.S. Senate last year
that his bank didn't need the massive bailouts it got. It rather easily
shows that ch... more »
Will No One Rid Me Of This Meddlesome Reporter?
The man who has prorogued Parliament three times and skipped the UN General
Assembly the same number of times is offended by questions. The Canadian
Press reports that, when Harper was in New York last week -- thumbing his
nose at the UN -- a reporter for CTV crossed an invisible line:
During an event last week in New York, [Dave] Ellis asked Harper about the
charges laid against then-Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, even though
reporters and photographers had been told questions were not allowed.
The Prime Minister's Office then decreed that Mr. Ellis could not accompany
Mr. Ha... more »
ICC Victory over Immunity in Recent Clash with al-Bashir
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Andrew G. Reiter, Assistant
Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College] In 2009, the International
Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir on
charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur and
expanded those charges to include genocide in 2010. Yet
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More on LAUSD: Bond Money, Aquino, Broad, and (Again with) Pearson
Yesterday, I wrote a post on some of the conflicts of interest and obvious
profiteering posed by the involvement of Deasy, Apple, Pearson, and Gates
in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) iPad fiasco. In this
post, I examine more of the situation as I reflect upon issues raised
by the June 2013 Los Angeles Daily News article cited […]
Dell's Newest Spot tablets shun Windows RT system
*Dell has opted not to release a Windows RT device with its latest line-up
of tablets and laptops.* The US Company had been the last to support the
operating system other than its maker, Microsoft. Dell supposed the
software had failed to resonate with its clientele because it did not
support legacy software available to the full Windows 8 OS.
The firm is in the procedure of being taken over by a group led by its
originator, Michael Dell. He plans to stop its shares being widely traded
and refocus Dell's operations on business-targeted software and services
rather than consumer-fo... more »
Enbridge, A Gang Of Thugs, Liars And Environmental Criminals
(Kalamazoo river full of Enbridge`s spilled oil)
Enbridge are thugs, bullies, belligerent, and they don`t learn their
lessons...
As you know Enbridge is starting a new ad campaign, a campaign that goes
out of the way to NOT mention the name Enbridge, instead the ad campaign
features one-time Prince George resident, now executive vice president of
Enbridge Janet Holder, ..Janet Holder talks of the ocean as a playground,
the Orca whale is prominent too in the ad...
This morning on CKNW Janet Holder talked with Michael Smyth, Janet was
asked about the Enbridge name being omitte... more »
Nuclear Engineer: Japan's PM "Lying to the Japanese People" About Safety of Fukushima
[image: TheRealNews] TheRealNews
* Oct 1, 2013*
Arnie Gundersen: Japan's PM claims Fukushima is safe but the nuclear
disaster is underfunded and lacks transparency, causing the public to
remain in the dark
A Vehicle that runs on Water?
Last night Brian asked me to post this.... he pulled my hair any
everything. Very mean :>) lol!
The so called "New" technologies are appearing everywhere at the moment.
Heather, Nick and I have discussed many many of them and been watching the
articles coming out left right and centre. My research team and Nick'
Energy Work Room group have been putting together a huge amount of
information that is being brought forward, not just about supposed "New"
technologies, but also new science that is showing the basis of our own
internal eternal technologies.
Here is the big secret to la... more »
CME IMPACT, GEOMAGNETIC STORM
*http://spaceweather.com/*
*
*
*CME IMPACT, GEOMAGNETIC STORM: *As expected, a CME hit Earth's magnetic
field during the early hours of October 2nd, sparking a G2-classgeomagnetic
storm. In North America, auroras spilled across the Canadian border into
more than a dozen northern-tier US states. Jason Brownlee sends this
picture from Bend, Oregon:
"It's not too often we get to see Northern Lights in Oregon," says
Brownlee. "It made a special appearance last night in the Cascade
Mountains. "
The storm has subsided now, but it could flare up again. NOAA forecasters
estimate... more »
The BBC are at it again, trying to hid the fact that Gaza has a border with Egypt as well as Israel
I have previously blogged about the BBC's persistent attempts to hide the
fact that Gaza has a border with Egypt, indeed on 5 November 2012 I reportedthat the BBC had actually apologised:
NewsOnline Complaints to me
Dear Sir,
Sorry not to reply sooner to your complaint.
One of the maps http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14035536 is
plain shoddy work, for which we apologise. It should mark Egypt.'
Well almost a year on and the BBC have done it again
I have complained and we'll see if the BBC respond...
Carbs Will Be Carbs, or, The Mystery of The Polyol Pathway
This little paper should have made a minor splash in the paleosphere last
week, but no-one really knew what to do with it.
It has 20 authors. Success has a thousand fathers, they say.
Endogenous fructose production and metabolism in the liver contributes to
the development of metabolic syndrome Abstract
Carbohydrates with high glycaemic index are proposed to promote the
development of obesity, insulin resistance and fatty liver, but the
mechanism by which this occurs remains unknown. High serum glucose
concentrations are known to induce the polyol pathway and increase fructose
g... more »
KARANGI'S MEN IN THE MALL
*Kenya's General Julius Karangi meets General William M. Fraser III, during
his visit to Langley in the USA.*
The US military's close friend *Kenya's General Julius Karangi *used force
when he seized control of the Kenya Mall operation from the police and
other forces.
DAILY POST: KARANGI threatened GICHANGI/ MUHORO/ KIMAIYO ...
Karangi's commandos shot dead two officers of the police's special forces
unit.
DAILY POST: REVEALED: KDF shot dead 2 GSU officers at ...
Karangi, the top man in the Kenyan military, seems to have been protecting
the people who attacked the mall?
"Who ... more »
One person’s base is another’s superstructure
It is a truth universities acknowledge, that academics would be stranded
without administrators – well, it’s acknowledged by us administrators at
any rate. Of course, academics can reply that without teaching-staff
administrators would be equally stuck, perhaps more-so. As education is the
end product, it is the teacher who is truly indispensable. While it is
possible to deliver teaching without support-staff – say as a freelancer
delivering private tuition – it is not possible to administer teaching
without any teachers.
Within a large structure like a university, however, it is sa... more »
Taiwan the Complicated -- Wrong
*Vendors near Mingchuan Station.*
This week on Facebook, for some reason people were passing around this
completely wrong presentation of Taiwan' status over at Ilha Formosa called Taiwan
the Complicated. It's actually a totally pro-KMT view and is a good way to
see how people on the pro-China team create a propaganda construct and call
it history. Note the opening:
*So first thing first, is Taiwan part of China?*
*That would actually depend on which “China” you are referring to.*
Taiwan was occupied by the Dutch (1624-1662) and Spanish (1626-1642) in the
17th century. The Dutch d... more »
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