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Image via CrunchBaseMike Philbin - Published Novels - new blogs added
I (had omitted to but finally) created a couple of new blogs for the 2001
releases YOROPPA and VIEW FROM A STOLEN WINDOW.
I also unified the design style of all the Published Novels blogs, TANDEM,
CUSTODIAN, BUKKAKEWORLD and PLANET OF THE OWLS all showing links to the
latest available version.
What Goes Around....
Uh-oh. You knew this was gonna happen sooner rather than later. Drones are
going rogue. One of America's own just attacked the same great ship of
state that launched it:
The Navy says an aerial target drone malfunctioned and struck a guided
missile cruiser during training off Southern California, causing two minor
injuries.
Lt. Lenaya Rotklein of the U.S. Third Fleet said the accident on the USS
Chancellorsville happened Saturday afternoon while the ship was testing its
combat weapons system off Point Mugu.
The AP reports that two crew members suffered minor burns from the drone
s... more »
“Discredited” Benghazi Whistleblower Disappears
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Kimberly Paxton
Last week, CBS’s “news” magazine program *60 Minutes *issued a contrite
apology and retraction for a chilling eyewitness report on the Benghazi
massacre, and the publishing company Simon & Schuster pulled the book *The
Embassy House* from retailers. Dylan Davies, the author of the book and
source for the report, was painted as a dishonest guy looking to make a
buck off of a tragedy.
Davies has now been “discredited” by none other than our own government.
That would be the same government that allowed Hillary ... more »
Student Exposes Common Core, Teacher Evaluations, and Educational Data
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Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History
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TPP: High Treason! Obama's Secret Meeting to Give Corporations Ultimate Power
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The November Seventeenth Gang
It's our birthday here at DJ!!
Co-blogger deBeauxOs yesterday introduced me to this nifty shared birthday
site.
DJ! shares this auspicious day with a cool gang.
August Ferdinand Mobius
Field Marshall Montgomery
Rock Hudson
Canadian icon Gordon Lightfoot
Martin Scorsese
Danny Devito
And the fabulous RuPaul.
Happy Birthday to all of us.
Drone news updates November 17 , 2013 - malfunctioning drone strikes Navy ship..... German Coalition ( still being formed ) rejects illegal killings and suspends drone purchases ... The drone that can fly , swim , drive and hop !
This Drone Can Fly, Swim, Drive, and Hop Its Way Through a Mission
- BY ALLEN MCDUFFEE
- 11.11.13
- 6:30 AM
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The Sandia Multi-Modal Vehicle Concept. *Image: Sandia National
Laboratories*
The future of military drones isn’t surveillance and dropping bombs. It’s
transformation: a single unmanned vehicle that can fly, swim, drive, and
even hop like a frog across a variety of terrains and obstacles.
Conceived by the Intelligent Systems, Robotics and Cybernetics unit at
Sandia National Laboratories, the “Multi-Modal Vehicle Concept” would
travel land, sea, and air by tran... more »
Cops Kill 8 Times More Americans Than Terrorists Do
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Dave Hodges
Many people have noticed that several of the local police officers,
particularly the younger ones are more gruff, rude and even abusive as
compared to the past. Many veteran officers attribute the shift towards
DHS’ training of local police which focuses on teaching the police that the
public is their enemy as opposed to the traditional view that teaches that
the local population and the police are partners in keeping the community
safe.
Whatever happened to the friendly neighborhood cop who walked a beat, was
w... more »
What happens when looting becomes public policy ? Venezuela shows the world what happens next ? Of course , the reaction from looted businesses is predictable.....
Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/venezuela-president-vows-no-letup-price-gouging-crackdown-010034869--sector.html
CARACAS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist government has arrested
more than 100 "bourgeois" businessmen in a crackdown on alleged
price-gouging at hundreds of shops and companies since the weekend,
President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday.
"They are barbaric, these capitalist parasites!" Maduro thundered in the
latest of his lengthy daily speeches. "We have more than 100 of the
bourgeoisie behind bars at the moment."
The successor to the late Hugo Chavez also said his go... more »
IMF Research Conference
I recently had the pleasure of attending the IMF Annual Research conference
(where I was a discussant of a paper by Reifschneider, Wascher, and Wilcox
in Session 3). You can watch the conference online here.
Reading the papers at 'Breakfast'
Here's an update to an earlier pair of much-loved posts about the people
invited to review the weekend papers on *BBC Breakfast*.
As they used to say in exam papers, compare and contrast the following two
lists - one from this year, one from two years ago. [As this blog isn't an
exam board, I'll add a 'please' to that request.]
*2013*
7/9 Simon Fanshawe, writer
8/9 Ian MacMillan, poet
14/9 David Davies, former FA boss
15/9 Paul Horrocks. former president of the UK Society of Editors
21/9 Cary Cooper, academic
22/9 Kate Williams, historian
28/9 Olly Mann, writer and broadcaster
29/9 E... more »
How's that RttT Working for You, Massachusetts?
Massachusetts has been on the corporate education bandwagon since 1993 with
the coming of MCAS, and in recent years the corporate PR machines have made
the world aware of how much further ahead MA is in the international
testing derbies and on NAEP.
Last week's appearance of new NAEP scores gave us a chance to have a fresh
look at where MA stands in relation to the other states. Even though the
CorpEd pols in MA do not acknowledge the fact, we should point out that MA
started far ahead of the national average in reading and math (both 4th and
8th grade) in 1992, when the last gen... more »
Greece updates November 17 , 2013 - Chronicles of a European Winter ......... Greece news items of note.....
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/11/chronicles-of-a-european-winter-there-is-a-difference-between-saying-greeks-should-live-with-less-and-saying-greeks-should-live-with-nothing.html
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
Chronicles of a European Winter: “There is a Difference Between Saying
Greeks Should Live With Less and Saying Greeks Should Live With Nothing”
This is the first segment of an ongoing project, Eurowinter, to record
the
human toll of austerity policies in Europe. It focuses on the suffering
Greece, as told by Greeks themselves.
The pace might strike some as languid, but if you s... more »
A Tale Of Two Economies
Last week, Jim Flaherty announced that Canada would run a surplus -- just
in time for the 2015 election. Scott Clark and Peter Devries suspect that
Mr. Flaherty is playing with magic numbers. But, while Flaherty was
trumpeting his projected surplus, Statscan released numbers that were far
from magical. *The Huffington Post* reported that:
StatsCan’s latest numbers on Canada’s trade balance, released Thursday,
look positive on the face of it: Exports and imports both grew, and
Canada’s trade deficit with the world shrank by more than half, to $435
million.
But dig a little deeper... more »
Blast from the Past: The wreck of President Hoover: Life 10 Jan 1938
"The President Hoover, crack Dollar liner christened by Mrs. Herbert Hoover
of Newport News in 1930, was then the biggest ship ever built in an
American yard. A vessel of 615 ft. and 21,536 tons, it cost $88,000,000..."
It had been accidentally bombed by Chinese bombs on Aug 30 (killed one
crewman) and did some damage. On Dec 10 it ran aground on Hoishoto (Green)
Island on a Kobe to Manila run with over 800 passengers and crew, all of
whom got off safely. Wiki notes:
After the Battle of Shanghai had broken out in August 1937, President
Hoover was diverted from Hong Kong to evacuat... more »
Sunday Morning, Praise the Dawning...
Groundhog Day at *Sunday Morning Live*.
Ask the good folk who watch *Sunday Morning Live *a question and, with all
the inevitability of someone citing the film 'Groundhog Day' when they want
to make a point about some something happening over and over and over
again, those BBC viewers will always, *en masse, *give a proud,
one-fingered salute to whichever liberal position is being advocated.
As soon as they asked "Should there be leniency for solders who commit
crimes in conflict?" [discussed in the wake of the Royal Marine convicted
of murdering a Taliban prisoner], I just knew... more »
Secretary Duncan and the Politics of White Outrage
Secretary Duncan and the Politics of White Outrage. via Secretary Duncan
and the Politics of White Outrage.
Why Is Steve Israel Lying To His Own Colleagues About What Jennifer Garrison Is?
Malcolm and Jennifer
My grandfather was a Socialist. He told me to always be wary of anyone from
the Democratic Party. Funny because Malcolm X and he had similar views of
the Democrats back them. Mal: "We won't organize any black man to be a
Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of
them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are
racist, and the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republican Party…
What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in
disguise."
There were many professional Democrats, care... more »
Bowdlerising 'A Banker's Tale'
There was a curious moment on this morning's *Andrew Marr Show *when Andrew
Marr, reviewing the newspaper front pages, raised the front page of the *Mail
on Sunday*, mentioned its leader story about a former Co-op Bank chairman
whose been caught in what Andrew called "a terrible sting operation", and
then said "We *won't *be talking about that, I suspect".
And, indeed, they didn't.
[The 'they' on his paper review panel, incidentally, consisted of Labour MP
Tessa Jowell, Gordon Brown's former spin doctor Justin Forsyth (now head of
Save The Children) and Conservative.Home's Tim Mon... more »
Dishonesty - Moral Compass Broken
Ratings from the public rely on good faith. Professional liars like this
guy break the model, making it useless for everyone. You also have to ask -
what limits would such people observe? If they can be dishonest here, why
not criminal elsewhere?
I've panned a few books - but never without reading them.
African Take on Gambia bolt
*Definitely NSFW, if you're a beetle.*
An analysis from Swaziland:
Prior to the country severing ties with Taiwan, it has been gathered that
some multimillion dollar Mainland Chinese companies were issued with
licenses to explore Gambia's potentials of drilling oil. Some couple of
millions of dollars has already been deposited into a foreign bank account,
in which Jammeh and his Secretary General and Presidential Affairs Minister
Momodou Sabally are the co signatories to the offshore drilling bank
account. In fact, they have started messing with that money.
This one made it into t... more »
Untitled
*Saints vs 40neers 2013: Game Time, TV Schedule, Online Streaming, Odds
and More ~John Oliver, Canal Street Chronicles*
*James Gill: Tide turning on oil industry *
*Some New Orleanians not waiting for new bywater park's opening ~Jaquetta
White, New Orleans Advocate*
Andrew Huszar ( who ran the Federal Reserve's Mortgage book during chapter one of the Great Recession / Depression beginning in 2008ish ) apologizes to America for the Fed blowing things with QE .....Central Banking a disease - is there a cure ? More truthiness , this time from the NY Fed - current reach for yield similar to South Sea Bubble of 1720 ? And how was it that the Confirmation Hearing Remarks from Janet Yellen got released early today ? Meanwhile , with apologies / comparisons set to the side , what has the Fed been doing , what will the ECB soon do , how have Central Bankers in G-5 Nations helped their economies ?
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Why the truth now ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-13/qe-whistleblower-warns-we-are-eerily-similar-2008
QE Whistleblower Warns "We Are Eerily Similar To 2008"
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- Ben Bernanke
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Following his inconvenient truthiness yesterday, Andrew Huszar appeared on
Bloomberg TV today (having dismissed the comic-book-written discussion he
faced in CNBC's Fast Money yesterday). As usual Bloomberg gave him more
time to speak, listened, and challenged some of what he said, but we were
struck by ... more »
When stephen harper rocks out ...
So, apparently the gutless coward (who prefers to skip the country when the
pressure's on, or at least hide from accountability to Parliament) was
turning on the "charm" again, exploiting his apparently okay voice (I've
never heard it) at some club somewhere.
Between his fall from power and his imprisonment for war crimes, SUN News
could feature him in concert, out of gratitude for all the government
advertising that kept them afloat for so long. Then, harper could learn how
few Canadians actually give a shit about his singing.
But when harper is rocking out, ... do you suppose th... more »
'Guardian Sunday' at the BBC
It's been quite a day for *Guardian *journalists on BBC One today so far.
*BBC Breakfast *had Helen Pidd, northern editor of the *Guardian*, as its
sole paper reviewer and *The Sunday Politics *featured not one but two *Guardian
*journalists on its pundits panel - Nick Watt, the *Guardian*'s chief
political correspondent and Zoe Williams, one of the *Guardian*'s
best-known columnists.
That's very nice for the *Guardian*.
A Slow Few Days
It's one of them (thankfully) rare moments. Up until Wednesday I am
absolutely rammed with work so don't be surprised if blogging is very
light. But there is stuff bubbling under, such as pieces on the Baddeley,
Milton and Norton by-election here in Stoke, a 'new stage' of capitalism,
and the collapse of generational difference - among other things. I bet you
can hardly contain yourselves.
In lieu of blogging, here's a ditty from 2009.
REMEMBERING JFK
I have previously written about a book I highly suggest reading entitled JFK
and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters. Long-time peace activist
James Douglass wrote the book and worked on it for 12 years.
I cannot recommend this book strongly enough. You should read it, you will
be shocked and moved by this story, and you will want to tell others about
it.
In a few words, this book tells the story about why and how the military
industrial complex (MIC) had JFK killed. This book is part history, part
mystery story, and part moral lesson. James Douglass does a phenomenal jo... more »
19.19 for the 200m is almost more incredible than 9.58 for the 100m, Michael Johnson's reaction is worth watching again
Again at the World Athletics in Berlin in 2009.
Here are the fastest 200m times in history, all those quicker than
19.70,
notice how many are held by Bolt, Yohan Blake and Michael Johnson:
1 19.19 -0.3 Usain Bolt JAM
21.08.86 1 Berlin 20.08.2009
2 19.26 +0.7 Yohan Blake JAM
26.12.89 1 Bruxelles 16.09.2011
3 19.30 -0.9 Usain Bolt JAM
21.08.86 1 Beijing 20.08... more »
The Francis Effect
An article in* The Sunday Times* talks about the "electrifying" effect Pope
Francis is having on British Catholics. There's even been a 20% increase in
church attendance in Britain since he became pope just eight months ago.
Having listened to every edition of Radio 4's *Sunday* for the last three
years, I can certainly confirm the existence of the 'Francis Effect'.
In the days of Pope Benedict, programme after programme, would dwell on
negative stories about the Catholic Church [extensive proof of which can be
found here], and whenever Benedict's name came up there was bound to b... more »
Catholic Aid getting Its Priorities Straight: Typhoones, Rosaries and the Message of Love
Connecting to my former post re. certain gaps in human moral psychology
made visible by the global aid response to the typhoon Hayian (also known
as Yolanda), it is not exactly uplifting to be forced to share this
evidence of morally adequate compassion being most seriously lacking where
one would perhaps expect it the most: from aid organisations working from a
christian ethical basis, with the message of love at the core of its
mission – or not?
Have a look at this admirable crock of /%&€ of an initiative of a Catholic
aid organization at providing the homeless, starving and plag... more »
POPULAR CHILD MODELS
*Yalta in the Crimea*
Yalta in the Crimea is where Hillary and Bill Clinton, Tony Blair,
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, David Petraeus, Mario Monti, Shimon Peres and
others met in September 2013.
Coincidentally, this was just before the Azov-Film child porn bust took
place in Toronto.
Blair, Strauss-Kahn and Clinton / A global elite gathering in the Crimea
*Yalta and Simferopol, the latter linked to Azov-Films.*
*The men charged in the Azov-Films Toronto child porn bust include:*
*1. A man who had helped build an orphanage in Mexico and sponsored
children through World Vision. He even... more »
What Lonely Planet is the BBC on?
Being Sunday, there's just got to be a juicy BBC-related piece in the *Sunday
Telegraph*. And so there proves to be.
The paper features an Andrew Gilligan piece called *What Lonely Planet is
the BBC on?. *
This outlines the findings of the BBC's own investigation into its
extravagantly costly purchase of the travel guide Lonely Planet - a
"scandal" that resulted in a £100 million loss to the corporation (and,
thus, to licence fee payers).
Intriguingly, Andrew Gilligan observes that this BBC report, published last
week, went "almost unnoticed by the media". His piece was, indeed, ... more »
The Epic Journey of Truth and Tooth
Well everyone.... I'm BAAACCCCKKKKK!
.... you didn't think you'd get rid of me that easily, did you?
Buhahahhahaha!
For the past week and a bit, I have been on an adventure- a truly epic
adventure that shone a brilliant spotlight on the entire current system of
corruption and ridiculousness. While the adventure itself was exhausting
and enough to make me pull all my hair out, when I was able to stand back
after the fact and analyze the scope of all that had taken place- both
internally and externally- I realized that I had been put in a situation of
immense value: to absolutel... more »
This morning's news agenda
Sky News are leading this morning with:
PM Orders Review Into 'Union Intimidation'
David Cameron orders an inquiry into alleged bullying tactics by unions in
the wake of the Grangemouth industrial dispute.
ITV News makes that its second story (after the typhoon in the
Philippines):
Union 'bullying tactics' probed
Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered a wide-ranging inquiry into
industrial disputes, including alleged intimidation tactics of trade
unions, following the bitter row that almost led to the closure of the
Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland.
It's obviously a big s... more »
Naturalness and JFK conspiracy theories
Among the 89 episodes of the classic show Penn & Teller: Bullshit, the 29th
one was dedicated to conspiracy theories, namely to 9/11 truthism,
moonlanding, and JFK conspiracy theories.
I recommend you to find all the episodes and watch them – it will be 45
hours of intelligent fun!
Just to be sure, JFK was assassinated in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963; it
will have been 50 years next Friday. The apparent sniper was Lee Harvey
Oswald, an American commie (believed to be a "lone gunman") who loved Cuba
and who emigrated to the Soviet Union. Yesterday, CNN listed a dozen of the
consp... more »
ROBERT LANZA ON GOD
*Robert Lanza from North Carolina*
Professor Robert Lanza believes that Death is an illusion.
He believes that it is our minds that create space and time.
He believes that Life creates the Universe.
Robert Lanza and Deepak Chopra, in an article entitled *Evolution Reigns,
but Darwin Outmoded *write:
*"Darwin's theory of evolution is an enormous over-simplification. *
It's helpful if you want to connect the dots and understand the
interrelatedness of life on the planet - and it’s simple enough to teach to
children between recess and lunch.
"But it fails to capture the driving fo... more »
Repost: Five Lingering Unsolved Mysteries From the JFK Assassination
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*By MARC McDONALD*
*Note: this is an encore presentation of a piece I wrote last year.*
It has now been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Since then, thousands of books have been written about what is probably the
single biggest unsolved mystery of the 20th century. After nearly half a
century, it's becoming increasingly clear that we may never fully
understand what happened that day.
I myself have long harbored doubts about the government's own seriously
flawed version of what happened in Dealey Plaza. The 1964 Warren Commission
Report has rightfully ... more »
Open Letter To Christy Clark And Stephen Harper---Enbridge Is Dead
Today, Saturday November 16th/2013 thousands rallied against bitumen
Pipelines in British Columbia, tens of thousands more rallied across
Canada, but by far the largest protest was in Vancouver, there were
thousands in attendance, people representing all age groups and all
political stripes, there was NDPers, Liberals and Conservatives at these
rallies, the issue of Alberta tar/bitumen pipelines threatening British
Columbia`s rivers and streams and oil laden supertankers risking destroying
British Columbia`s pristine temperate northern coastline crosses all
political boundaries
... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, November 17th, 2013
It is indeed Sunday again, and time for my weekly rant….
First, I really wonder myself why I am always apologizing for not putting
up articles daily at this blog. I absolutely have no reason for any
apology as far as I am concerned… I do have a life and I do have
requirements in my daily life that have shown to be increasingly hectic
over the last while. Family and personal issues have always come first for
me, and it does take me away from doing this blog. Most readers that have
followed my work here for a while understand where I stand….
In recent weeks the attacks by the JIDF... more »
My Japanese Hate-Mail Tells I am a ‘S— Kimchi Propagandist’ (Hah!) …Where’s Thunderdome When You Need it?
Hollywood’s solution to intractable interstate conflicts This is what
happens when you write in the area of Japanese-Korean relations. Pretty
much everybody hates you, because you don’t tell them what they want to
hear, and then maximalists come out of the woodwork to, as Robert Farley
aptly put it, “explore Japanese-Korean animosity one angry e-mail
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Harold Meyerson on "The 40-Year Slump" -- did it (does it?) have to be this way?
*by Ken*
The American Prospect, as part of a special feature called "The State of
Work in the Age of Anxiety," has an important piece by Harold Meyerson
called "The 40-Year Slump," of which I can only hit some of the highlights
here.
The economic landscape of the quarter-century following World War II has
become not just unfamiliar but almost unimaginable today. It constitutes
what historian Vaclav Smil has termed “a remarkable singularity”: The
United States came out of World War II dominating the world’s production
and markets, and its unprecedented wealth was shared broadly am... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Got behind on the day, so What Mattered is a bit late, but better late than
never, I hope. So: the press frenzy about the ACA isn't going to matter
much, and I suspect Barack Obama's ACA fix won't matter either.
What does matter? Fixing the web site.
That's what I have. What do you think mattered this week?
FIRE OF WINTER - WHISKY TRENCH RIDERS
Video Title: FIRE OF WINTER - WHISKY TRENCH RIDERS. Source:
WhiskyTrenchRiders. Date Published: October 30, 2013. Description:
This is our entry for the CBC Music, Hockey Night in Canada Song Quest!
Please 'like' us and vote for us in the link below:
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Whisky-Trench-Riders
An excerpt from "Biographical Info" (*Source: CBC.ca*):
'Fire of Winter' is an ode to Canada, encompassing in one rocking song all
that links Canadians and makes us stand apart: hockey, a great sense of
humour, good hearts and fantastic music.
Fire of Winter, By Ryan Bevan
So we dr... more »
Did Obama write the regulation to cancel your insurance after Obamacare was passed?...
*Rand Paul says he did.*
And the democrats (you know - the ones who claim they didn't know anything
about this) voted to keep the regulation that if your insurance changed in
any way it would be cancelled.
*Why are we just hearing about this now?? *
Rand Paul, speaking at the Charleston Meeting on November 11, 2013:
“*I’m still learning about it. It’s 20,000 pages of regulations. The Bill
was 2,000 pages and I didn’t realize this until this week, the whole idea
of you losing or getting your insurance cancelled wasn’t in the original
Obamacare. It was a regulation WRITTEN BY PRESID... more »
Long Past Due
Wow! No posts since September 29! Life has been kinda insane. Work,
stuff after work, working out, starting to get things ready to
move........Selling my stuff online is like a second fulltime job.
Exhausting.
So, let's see, what has happened since September?
Let's do bullet points!
- Vito passed away on October 1. It was horribly sad, and I almost
hyperventilated I was so upset. He was the sweetest, most giving and happy
dog I have ever known. It was pretty devastating for us. He died in
Kurt's arms, and we had him cremated so we could bury his ashes. I am... more »
The Real Problem Right-Wingers Have With 'Obamacare:' It Requires Insurers To Insure
By Manifesto Joe
It's obvious that President Obama made a big political -- I repeat,
*political* -- mistake in selling his health care plan. And he should never
have put any trust in computer geeks -- such people nowadays hold the Earth
hostage to their "expertise," while in reality they are often among the
most titanic fools on the planet. (Not only do their initial programs
sometimes not work, they are forever changing programs that worked fine as
they were. It seems that they never heard the old wisdom that if it works,
DON'T FIX IT!)
But the Mainstream Media are failing to tell... more »
Only Hostile Republicans Call Social Security "Entitlements"
Jason Thigpen is running for Congress in eastern North Carolina (the Outer
Banks, most of the coastal plain, from the outskirts of New Bern, down the
17 to Jacksonville and on past Camp Lejeune into Wilmington. The district
has been trending Republican in recent years but Democrats have a 12% voter
registration edge and Jason is just the kind of guy who can appeal across
the partisan divide without abandoning his progressive values. He penned
this guest post. Please give it a read and see if you'd like to contribute
to his grassroots campaign here.
*Carpetbaggers Want Entitlement... more »
Updates On Syria: Albania Refuses To Participate In The Destruction of Syria's CW, Assad's Army Is Winning, Al-Qaeda Finds Camping Ground On NATO's Border
An excerpt from, *"No Surprise That No One Wants Syria's Chemical Weapon
Stuff"* by 'b' of Moon of Alabama, November 16:
The United States and Russia have both the specialized incineration
capabilities to destroy chemical weapons, their precursors and the
hazardous waste their neutralization creates. But Albania was left with the
mess after it was pressed to destroy the weaponized stuff where a
repackaging of the original weaponized chemicals would likely have been a
much safer and longer term solution. Albania would have been crazy to
accept more dangerous stuff as it is already le... more »
Cervical Cancer in Haiti
Louisville doctor battles Haiti's deadly cervical cancer
http://t.co/nZEBycoHn3 via @courierjournal
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) November 17, 2013
Agendas Agendas Everywhere But What's the Real Agenda of the American Police State?
Is this really news? Geithner to join private equity firm Agendas. Agendas.
Where have I heard that word before? Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes have
estimated that the current out-of-pocket and already incurred future costs
of the Afghan and Iraq wars is at least $6 trillion. In other words, it is
the cost of these two wars that explain the explosion of the US public debt
and the
Why Write About Gender if You are Going to Get Blasted for it: diplomacy lessons from Miss Universe?
This week Dan Drezner hosted a guest post on the politics of Miss Universe
and I responded by pointing out the lack of/and the need for a gender
analysis in his post. In his response, Drezner asks an important question:
“Why on God’s green earth would I want to venture out from my professional
comfort
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Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2013/11/heather-tucci-jarraf-absolute.html
Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a
Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
*AK Note: The D_CALL bond is a damages bond, the E_CALL bond is an equity
bond. These are templates those wishing to play with the banking system
can use for their own purposes. The ABA routing number is for the USA
only, you will need to locate the routing number for your country if you
live outside the USA. Heather suggests you contact World Bank "whistle
blower" Karen Hudes for the ... more »
Surface 2 Tablet Giveaway!
*Welcome to the Surface 2 Giveaway!*
Some of us awesome bloggers have teamed up to offer one lucky reader a
chance to win his or her choice of the two tablets! This giveaway is
organized by Bay Area Mommy and cohosted by The WiC Project, Freebie Depot, Coupon
& Freebies Mom and Mom To Bed By 8. Giveaway ends December 14, 2013 at
11:59pm EST. Open worldwide. Void where prohibited. Must be at least 18
years old to enter. If the winner resides outside the US, he/she will
receive $500 cash instead. Entries will be verified. Winner will be
randomly picked by Rafflecopter, will re... more »
Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
*AK Note: The D_CALL bond is a damages bond, the E_CALL bond is an equity
bond. These are templates those wishing to play with the banking system
can use for their own purposes. The ABA routing number is for the USA
only, you will need to locate the routing number for your country if you
live outside the USA. Heather suggests you contact World Bank "whistle
blower" Karen Hudes for the correct routing codes, since she is a General
Counsel for the World Bank she will know which routing numbers to use for
each individual country. - Bill*
From: Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf
To: D, Bill... more »
Did You Hear The One About The Deranged Lesbian Who Voted Against Marriage Equality?
Sad, pathetic person
*"Truth is on the side of the oppressed… If you're not careful, the
newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and
loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”*
-Malcolm X
A couple of years ago, when uber corrupt, very conservative and somewhat
homophobic state Senator Colleen Hanabusa decided to try once again to get
into the U.S. House of Representatives-- having been defeated several times
previously-- she resigned from her state Senate seat. Governor Neil
Abercrombie appointed state Rep. Maile Shimabukuro to her old seat and t... more »
Israel Blocks Key Witness Testimony In US Anti-Terror Case - China forcing Israel government including Prime Minister Netanyahu to bow down if they want to increase trade ties with China ? Key takeaway ....."(Netanyahu) is sending a message to the terrorists and the whole world, that Jewish blood is cheap," said Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, an Israeli lawyer who represents the families of 22 people killed in various Palestinian militant attacks.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli government has decided to prevent a key
witness from testifying in an anti-terrorism case in the United States,
drawing accusations that it is caving in to pressure from China.
The lawsuit revolves around allegations that Bank of China knowingly
allowed Palestinian militants to use its accounts to finance their
operations, including a suicide at... more »
DRONE ART
This artist is at the drone conference in Washington DC and his sign is
sitting on the stage, leaned up against a mock up of a weaponized drone.....
An Update on my Indoor Garden
November 16, 2013 With the Philippine Islands and their people devastated
by typhoon Haiyan – most certainly made more powerful by rising sea levels
and warming ocean around those islands from global warming – and the
countries of the world … Continue reading →
Canada's Conservative Party Is So Fixed On Right Wing Ideology That They Will Tolerate A Crack Smoking, Drunk Driving, Profane, Gang Connected, Bombastic Bully To Stay On As Mayor Of Toronto ...
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*Rob Ford gives us the very best example available of the moral bankruptcy
that infects the Conservative Party of Canada. *
*Stephen Harper's complete silence ... and total lack of public criticism
of Ford's scandal .... proves the point. *
Ravitch’s Realistic Assessment of 2013 NAEP Results and Reform “Success”
In his smug review of education historian Diane Ravitch’s November 8, 2013,
questioning of the inconsistencies in 2013 National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) results as an indicator that the corporate
reform agenda is “working”– I use the term ”working” loosely since
corporate reform has narrowed academic “success” to the almighty test
score– StudentsFirst (don’t let the […]
The Ford Brothers and SUN News
The fact that the ridiculous Ford brothers, Rob and Doug, ... the
slobbering imbecile and arrogant doofus, have gone to SUN News is perfect.
Rob's ignorance and incompetence were initially trumpeted by the SUN
newspapers and his public humiliation is the epitome of what their level of
right-wing populism always leads to and what it always means.
These are all stupid people.
And SUN News shows its desperation and failure by giving these two toxic
blowhards a forum in a doomed attempt to stave off their inevitable
bankruptcy and demise. These vermin were all made for each other.
Th... more »
How Cheney's Illegal Domestic Spying Programs Almost Sunk The Bush White House
Not even waiting for the Supreme Court to halt the vote count in Florida
and award the White House to Bush, Cheney moved with incredible speed to
fill every position in the national security apparatus with his own people
and claim that part of the government as his own turf. If there is one
person who can be blamed for dereliction of duty in the events that led up
to 9/11, it is Dick Cheney. And if there is one person who can be blamed
for the overreaction to that unmitigated disaster-- think about the gutting
of the Constitution and warrantless domestic spying, etc-- it is also Di... more »
A Government of Wolves
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Boston Bombing Criminal case - Can Dzhokhar Tsarnaev receive a fair trial in the Boston ?
Boston Bombing Iron Curtain
By James Henry and David J. Krajicek on Nov 14, 2013
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
A federal judge has rejected the American Civil Liberties Union’s request
to file written arguments in support of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who stands
accused in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Such arguments are known as amicus briefs, or “friend of the court” briefs,
and are filed by third parties who wish to offer legal arguments that may
be relevant in a case. Federal trial judges rarely accept such briefs,
which are typically filed not at the trial but at the appel... more »
Possessed by the devils
Wow, for an absolute clash of cultures, it's fascinating to read Melvyn
Bragg's *Telegraph *piece about his friend Francis Bacon and then to read
the comments 'below the line' (as we say in the blogosphere).
I love Radio 4's *In Our Time*, and can forgive Melvyn Bragg almost
everything for the sake of it. Plus (as you may have noticed), I've
something of a fondness for 'purple prose' myself.
So, I rather enjoyed His (Labour) Lordship's ultra-ripe, poetic prose style
in this *Telegraph* article. It strikes me as being pleasingly
self-conscious in its intelligence, as well as being ... more »
Tim Geithner joins Warburg Pincus as President and Managing Director ..... Slight surprise he didn't get a job at a TBTF Bank !
Entry Event: Tim Geithner To Join Private Equity Giant Warburg Pincus
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- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Ben Bernanke
- Carlyle
- Henry Kissinger
- Ken Lewis
- KKR
- Main Street
- New York Fed
- Private Equity
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- Timothy Geithner
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When Tim Geithner announced his departure from the US Treasury in January,
the only question was how long would it take the former NY Fed head to get
a job with the only industry that he care... more »
True facts
Legal definitions: a riot in England and Wales must involve at least twelve
people, in the US state of Nevada there only needs to be two.
The 1900 Olympics included the events Live Pigeon Shooting and Long Jump
for Horses.
The band Aerosmith have made more money from Guitar Hero than any of their
albums.
Skiing was introduced to Switzerland by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Thirteen per cent of Belarus is swamp.
Melbourne used to be called Batmainia.
Beyonce Knowles is the 8th cousin, four times removed of Gustav Mahler.
George Bush and Saddam Hussein have had shoes made by the same cobbler.... more »
Your moment of Zen
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. [photo via Google Earth Pics]
At the Chalk Face brings it home again…
Another great set of studio shows in the can after a couple of days in
Madison, WI, interviewing Karen Lewis, Ruth Conniff, a parent opt-out
activist, Pasi Sahlberg, and a great hourlong chat with Nancy
Carlsson-Paige. This WILL be syndicated. Soon. Tagged: at the chalk face,
edreform radio, johnson, slekar
Lakotas throw out TransCanada reps selling tarsands snake oil
Lakota
Winyan on Cheyenne River Territory
Throw Out the Transcanadians Selling TarSands Snake Oil
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By Kent Lebsock
Owe Aku International Justice Project
Censored News
On November 13, 2013, tribal members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,
acting as agents for Transcanada in order to sell-out the homeland to
the
Avoiding the Joint Security Trap (and Countering Conventional Wisdom)
The diplomatic dustup over Syria brought Russia in from the cold but
simultaneously froze any notion that western allies were getting their
strategic act together. Nonetheless, although the mistakes in the U.S. and
UK’s approach to building support at home and abroad for an intervention in
Syria confused leaders and citizens alike, these mistakes should not be
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WORDS FROM DRONE SUMMIT
The Drone Summit: Proliferation & Resistance conference in Washington DC
began this morning with more than 400 people packed into a hall at
Georgetown University Law School.
After opening words from CodePink co-founder Media Benjamin we heard from
keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West from Princeton University. Here are a few
of his words:
- The use of drones to kill people are imperial crimes
- We are creating a love movement, we love our brothers and sisters in
Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and around the world
- We are being pushed into an authoritarian soft fascist regime
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The Smell of Desperate Emails in the Morning
I guess the MoveOn folks didn't get very far with their email appeal the
other day. When even Gail Collins and Ana Marie Cox abandon their
usual playful wingnut-bashing and compare The One to an abusive boyfriend
with the lame apologies, the prez finds himself forced back in wooing mode
in order to salvage what little credibility he still has left.
This missive in my spam folder is so pathetic that I feel guilty parsing
it. Oh, screw it:
Karen --
I want to cut through the media doing its job for a change and
afflicting my comfort noise and talk with you directly about where I'm we'... more »
Did you know that the cost of keeping US soldiers in Afghanistan is $1.3 to $2.1 million per soldier? Or that it cost US taxpayers $50 million to kill one Taliban soldier? Or that the cost of the Afghan and Iraq wars is at least $6 trillion (twice the entire Social Security trust fund), thus explaining the explosion of the US public debt?
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*What Is The Real Agenda Of The American Police State? — Paul Craig Roberts*
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What Is The Real Agenda Of The American Police State?
Paul Craig Roberts
In my last column I emphasized that it was important for American citizens
to demand to know what the real agendas are behind the wars of choice by
the Bush and Obama regimes. These are major long term wars each lasting two
to three tim... more »
Hollow At The Core
The Rob Ford Circus has laid bare the void at the centre of modern Canadian
Conservatism. Michael Harris writes that the party -- and what it stands
for -- has degenerated into what he calls ROFO Madness:
ROFO madness is when you smoke crack cocaine and show up in videos making
death threats. Your mother blames it on your weight problem. Then you sell
bobblehead dolls of yourself to people lining up to have their picture
taken with you.
As with business and government, and news and entertainment, notoriety and
celebrity have merged. And there are always cheerleaders in the media ... more »
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