The wreckage of the American Star (SS America) seen from land side, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Español: Restos del naufragio del American Star (SS America) vistos desde tierra. Français : Épave du American Star vue de la rive, Île de Fuerteventura, Canaries. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Polar vortex Italiano: Vortice polare (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Harold Ramis at a Hudson Union Society event in October 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)VIDEO - AGENDA: Grinding America Down
The Most Important Documentary On America Ever; Destroying America From
Within
*by: Josey Wales*
There is nothing that is taking place in America today that can’t be
understood by examining the 100-year history of the efforts to
destroy America from within.
This is a documentary that takes an in-depth look at the root of our
decline in America; socialism with the ultimate goal of global communism.
This documentary also lays out names and dates and groups that have an
active and growing agenda to bring America down to a third-world country,
from Karl Marx to the Fabian Socialists t... more »
SOCIAL JUSTICE: U.S. shocking redistribution of wealth in the past five years
*WW~Notes: Here ya go, this is "socialism" plain and simple. The political
progressives call it "social justice." Justice for who - I wonder?*
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Anyone reviewing the data is likely to conclude that there must be some
mistake. It doesn't seem possible that one out of twenty American families
could each have made a million dollars since Obama became President, while
the average American family's net worth has barely recovered. But the
evidence comes from numerous reputable sources.
Some conservatives continue to claim that President Obama is unfriendly to
business, ... more »
Life in the emerging American Police State: What's in store for our freedoms in 2014?
*Reposted from Pragmatic Witness - *
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In Harold Ramis' classic 1993 comedy *Groundhog Day*, TV weatherman Phil
Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and
over again until he not only gains some insight into his life but changes
his priorities. Similarly, as I illustrate in my book *A Government of
Wolves: The Emerging American Police State*, we in the emerging American
police state find ourselves reliving the same set of circumstances over and
over again - egregious surveillance, strip searches, police shootings of
unarmed citizens, g... more »
Untitled
*Saints Fans Use Secret Weapon Against The Philadelphia Eagles ~Saints
Tailgate*
Sunday Classics preview: Two Scherzos
[*This preview begins the second part of a three-part Bruckner series,
begun December 6-8 with "Bruckner's Fourth Symphony -- four stories for
four movements," a reprise of a January 2010 post I've always been fond of.
This Bruckner Seventh preview post appeared originally in July 2012. The
Bruckner series -- and, I'm projecting, Sunday Classics -- will conclude
with a new post on the Ninth Symphony.* -- Ken]
*by Ken*
In writing recently about the structure of Tchaikovsky's string sextet *Souvenir
de Florence*, I noted that it employs a particular movement format:
an opening move... more »
“Cold U.S. Temperatures Expected To Break Records As 'Polar Vortex' Blasts Midwest”
*“Cold U.S. Temperatures Expected To Break *
*Records **As 'Polar Vortex' Blasts Midwest”*
By Carson Walker
“The weather warnings are dire: Life threatening wind chills. Historic cold
outbreak. Bitter cold temperatures. Winter is normally cold, but starting
Sunday tundra-like temperatures are poised to deliver a rare and
potentially dangerous sledgehammer blow to much of the Midwest, driving
temperatures so far below zero that records will shatter. One reason? A
"polar vortex," as one meteorologist calls it, which will send cold air
piled up at the North Pole down to the U.S., funn... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge.
Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,200 light-years away toward the
constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the
sky than a Full Moon. That corresponds to a diameter of 60 light-years at
its estimated distance.
*Click image for larger size.*
The massive star that created the bubble, a Wolf-Rayet star, is the bright
one near the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars have over 20 times the
mass of the Sun and are thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova phase of
massive sta... more »
Phil Everly...
*January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014 *
*RIP *
Real Life Consequences of Corporate Education Deform
There's no shortage of education blogs and information about how utterly
worthless and destructive current education policy is for the United
States. There are mounds of factual, scientific evidence based on thousands
of academic studies on the destructive education policies that continue to
dumb down the nation's next generation. There are enough books and
documents to fill the Capitol rotunda ten times over, but nothing has
changed.
As public school districts scramble to prepare for and implement Common
Core, more high stakes standardized testing. and canned, scripted
curriculum... more »
MAKE A MOVE
*An activist stands at the entrance to the CIA headquarters protesting the
US drone attack in Yemen that recently killed a total of 17 innocent people*
"People are practical. They want change but feel powerless, alone, do not
want to be the blade of grass that sticks up above the others and is cut
down. They wait for a sign from someone else who will make the first move,
or the second. And at certain times in history, there are intrepid people
who take the risk that if they make that first move others will follow
quickly enough to prevent their being cut down. And if we understand thi... more »
2013 in Review -- A Prayer to the Janitor of Lunacy,* Part 5: Everyone's a critic, including me
*Some people really try my patience(Bill-O, Howie Kurtz, E. W. Jackson, et
al.)*
*[*TO MEET THE JANITOR OF LUNACY, SEE PART 1]*
*by Noah*
What would any Quote of the Year contest be without one of the Republican
Party's leading spokesweirdos, Bill O'Reilly. I think the most interesting
question about this man is: Is he merely Archie Bunker with a TV show? Or
is Roger Ailes broadcasting lunatic Republican propaganda from a remote
insane asylum that's buried deep in a lead-shielded mountain somewhere. As
the clip above shows, homophobia is not new turf for Bill-O.
This is a deepl... more »
Letter to George W. Bush Iraqis, Including Children, Continue to Die or Suffer Terribly
*By Ralph Nader*
George W. Bush
George W. Bush Presidential Center
PO Box 560887
Dallas, Texas, 57356
Dear Mr. Bush:
January 03, 2014 "Information Clearing House - A few days ago I received a *personalized
letter* from your Presidential Center which included a solicitation card
for donations that actually provided words for my reply. They included “I’m
honored to help tell the story of the Bush Presidency” and “I’m thrilled
that the Bush Institute is advancing timeless principles and practical
solutions to the challenges facing our world.” (Below were categories of
“tax-deduct... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Owner's Manual'
OWNER’S
MANUAL
Posted on January 3, 2014
MNN. Jan. 3, 2014. Oneida comedian and American Indian Movement AIM
advocate, Charlie Hill, left us with many great insights. He said that
we Indigenous have the “owner’s manual” to Turtle Island. We can fix it
because It’s ours. The Kiainerekowa, Great Law of Peace, is our owner’s
manual. Our job is to pass along the peace to the rest of the
Friday Nerd Blogging: IR Meets the Cold
What is better than one Nazi Zombie movie? Two of them! Yes, we have a
sequel:
Buffy Sainte-Marie 'The Charlie Hill Award'
Special
thanks to Buffy Saint-Marie for sharing this tribute with Censored News
which honors Oneida-Cree Comedian Charlie HIll
Hi,
Here’s a letter I wrote 6 years ago to some Native American philanthropy
groups who were discussing whom they should fund: I thought Charlie
Hill. Although at the time there wasn't the response I'd hoped for to
fund our non-establishment off-the-grid unique
Judge should not discourage correction of interpreter by counsel
R. v. S.D.S., 2014 ONCA 4:
The appellant's counsel was fluent in Portuguese, and objected at times to
the accuracy of the interpretation. The trial judge seemed to treat this
as if counsel was offering a personal, competing expert opinion and
instructed him to refrain from correcting the interpreter. The trial judge
should not have discouraged these interventions.
happy new year from wmtc
On January 1, 2013, I was still in library school, and working as a library
page. Allan's book proposal was still sitting on a publisher's desk. We
were living at G's Court, and had no thought of moving.
In 2013, in order of appearance:
- Allan got a book contract,
- I got a promotion from page to circulation clerk,
- I finished my Master's degree,
- We went to Spain (plus London and Paris),
- I got my first librarian position, part-time,
- I broke my foot,
- Our basement, Allan's office, was destroyed by a sewage flood,
- We moved,
- The Red Sox won the World Series!
- Allan wrote a book... more »
murdoch mysteries, abortion on tv, and maybe an anti-war reference, too
I always like to have a detective-mystery series to follow. I try many of
them, like a few, and watch several episodes in a row as downtime
relaxation. I recently started the Canadian "Murdoch Mysteries," which
takes place in Toronto at the turn of the 20th Century. Back when we still
had cable TV, I frequently saw promos for Murdoch Mysteries, but I thought
it looked kind of cheesy. But when I recently clicked on it through
Netflix, I discovered it's actually quite good. I'm now well into Season 2,
and I'm finding the mysteries not obvious and the character development
absorbing.
... more »
new year's resolutions from our man woody guthrie
According to the good folks at WoodGuthrie.org, our hero Woody Guthrie
wrote these New Year's resolutions, which he called "rulin's," in 1943.
Happily for us, an admirer at another website has transcribed them. Woody's
rulin's are by turns sweet ("learn people better"), fanciful ("dream
good"), and practical ("wear clean clothes"). Some are downright hilarious:
"wash teeth if any".
33. Wake Up And Fight
32. Make Up Your Mind
31. Love Everybody
30. Love Pete
29. Love Papa
28. Love Mama
27. Help Win War — Beat Fascism
26. Dance Better
25. Play And Sing Good
24. Send Mary And K... more »
Political Scandal and Indifference
Let's look at what you would've won. No more privatisations. No market
fundamentalism. An extension of trade union rights. A thriving mining
industry using the most advanced technology in the world. A joined up
approach to finance and industry. A strong labour movement. Communities
proud of their history. All under three successive Labour governments,
dating from 1987 to 2001. It was a time that saw the 1945 settlement
strengthened and deepened. Social democracy renewed was the common sense of
the age, so much so that they wrote it into the European Union's
constitution. Britain, b... more »
Right Wing Crack Addicts Trey Radel And Rob Ford Believe They're Above The Law
Right wing slobs Rob Ford and Trey Radel
Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister of India for a decade. This morning,
he announced he would not run again in order to make way for young blood. I
understand the feeling and it was certainly the way I felt when I decided
to leave Warner Bros. The only way for people to move up is for people at
the top to move on. Singh is backing Rahul Gandhi (age 43, son of Rajiv
Gandhi) for the job. There is fear in India that the far right has a chance
of taking over with neo-fascist bigot Narendra Modi becoming the next Prime
Minister. Modi is compara... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Bomoseen, Vermont, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“The Better Angels Of Our Nature”
*“The Better Angels Of Our Nature: *
* How Charles Dickens Influenced Abraham Lincoln" *
by Gene Griessman, Ph.D.
“Here’s the story of an obscure but beautiful quotation from Charles
Dickens that found its way into the First Inaugural Address by Abraham
Lincoln. n 1861, before his inauguration, Lincoln showed a draft of what
he intended to say to William Seward, his Secretary of State. Seward
recommended that Lincoln conclude with conciliatory words, and sketched out
a few sentences for Lincoln to consider.
Seward’s rough draft, which has been preserved, contains the expression
“... more »
Chet Raymo, “Sailing to the Moon”
*“Sailing to the Moon”*
by Chet Raymo
“It's like fishing in the dark.
Our thoughts are the hooks,
Our hearts the new bait.”
"And so, China has soft-landed a rover on the Moon. A splendid achievement
of which that nation must be very proud. I'm proud too, for humankind.
I think of what Thomas Merton wrote in “Thoughts in Solitude”, at a time
when some far-seeing rocket scientists were considering the real
possibility of going to our sister satellite: "What can we gain by sailing
to the moon, if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from
ourselves."
I've read much of ... more »
Beware of Data Sharing Cheerleaders Offering Webinars
Perhaps the most sobering component of the privatization push is its
unprecedented demand for data collection (data “mining”) on American
students. Data mining is not just an American issue. However, on the
American front, two education activists have been at the forefront of the
fight against this mammoth student data collection: Louisiana’s Jason
France (here’s a great […]
Memories Of Choral Society
Southern Man has been a lover of classical music since childhood. He still
remembers every work on the classical LP that Southern Father would put on
the living-room stereo at night, turned up just enough that Southern Lad
could hear them from his bed. And he would pursue music for the rest of his
childhood as well, becoming at least somewhat proficient on piano (and less
so on violin) by his high-school years. In college there was no question of
majoring in music - there is no way that he'd ever be good enough to
support himself with such - and Southern Man embraced the STEM fields ... more »
Bill Whittle: It's up to us...
*to reclaim our country. *
You betcha!
John Fortune R.I.P.
John Fortune was a satirical genius, here's one of his duets with John Bird
as they explain the workings of the 'Markets' especially with regard to the
2008 crisis and the subprime market.
John Fortune will be missed...
The Harper Government's latest Big Lie
Well,
it has a bag-load hauled out at those times when it is tactically
expedient. This one however, is a slam-dunk.
Remember Jason Kenney telling us all how the rules on foreign workers
were going to be tightened up? Well it turns out they were ... and they
weren't. Canadians now go to the head of the line for non-union
sex-work. For anything else, you wait until the union's busted by
flooding
DON'T PANIC ON THE ECONOMY
Government debt is said to be dangerously high.
(Debt to GDP ratios for 2014 may be *109% in the USA and 95% in the Euro
area*)
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) research paper is warning of* high
inflation*, *a tax on savings* and *governments defaulting on their debts*.
The research paper may be wrong.
*The UK had VERY high debts in 1816, but boomed, and reduced debt, in the
century that followed.*
*The UK and USA should not necessarily be worrying about levels of debt.*
Between 1949 and 1966, UK debt was mostly over 100% of GDP.
Yet growth was a healthy 3.19 % on average.... more »
Stephen Harper an expert flip-floper
He is good at it but one of these days he is going to land on his head.
Senate scandal might do it.
Sorry the picture is very small. Camera was at a distance and was not
allowed to be any closer.:)
Geocaching At The Lake
At this point Southern Man is actually hobbling along pretty well so he is
starting to go after geocaches that require a little walking. This one was
at a large area lake (hidden in that evergreen tree) and Southern Man stood
and admired the beautiful day and watched the sailboats for a while before
working his way down that (relatively modest) slope to nab the cache.
“A Simple Economic Truth America's Super Rich Don't Want Us to Know About”
*“A Simple Economic Truth America's Super Rich Don't Want Us to Know About”*
By Thom Hartmann
“For the past 32 years, Americans have been living a lie. It's a lie that
helps out rich people and screws working people, and it's a lie that needs
to be called out. The people promoting this lie - most all of them rich
people themselves - have been so good at promoting this lie that pretty
much everybody believes it. It's even asserted as fact, without
contradiction, in the mainstream media. But it's a lie.
The lie is that raising income taxes on rich people and hugely profitable
compan... more »
Christmas Party
Yes, there will be Dirty Santa.
Southern Man spent the entire evening *right there* on that couch with his
foot up but the camera got passed around so there were plenty of pics.
A lovely couple.
Another lovely couple; Southern Man's Bible discussion group leader and his
fiancée.
Whoo hoo, look at our presents! Southern Man would soon steal those dark
chocolate truffles...
...but she was able to obtain this lovely plaque to replace them. Yes, it's
one of Southern Man's favorite verses and will be carved into his fireplace
mantlepiece someday.
What's a party without a little ... more »
Amnesty International says: Drop the vengeance! Free Albert Woodfox!
Featured below is the full text of an action alert for Albert Woodfox,
released today by Amnesty International, timed to build public pressure in
the days leading up to Albert's oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday,
January 7.
*(PHOTO: Michael Mable, the brother of Albert Woodfox, speaks at the press
conference and delivery of petition to free Albert at the Louisiana State
Capitol on Oct.21, 2013.)*
This could be the end of Albert Woodfox's 40-year plus prison nightmare, if
you act now.
On Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans
will hold a hear... more »
“2014 Will Bring More Social Collapse”
*“2014 Will Bring More Social Collapse”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
2014 is upon us. For a person who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1961, a
year in which the class ring showed the same date right side up or upside
down, the 21st century was a science fiction concept associated with
Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” To us George Orwell’s
1984 seemed so far in the future we would never get there. Now it is 30
years in the past.
Did we get there in Orwell’s sense? In terms of surveillance technology, we
are far beyond Orwell’s imagination. In terms of the unaccountabi... more »
Surgery
Today was spent busily waiting, first for an ultrasound (part of the
aforementioned physical exam of last Monday) and then surgery on that
busted leg. The Bone Doc had alluded to not only putting a plate on the
bone but any number of pins and screws to hold the rest of the ankle
together but Southern Man put in a mild protest and asked that the ankle be
left to heal on its own and then through the magic of modern anesthesia it
was three hours later and he was in the recovery room getting dressed (yes,
his memory kicks in as he is struggling to pull his pants on). There was no
cast, ... more »
Christmas Day
On Christmas Day Southern Man wandered over to a cousin's home for a family
lunch.
Southern Mother, Southern Father, and Southern Great-Aunt, the youngest
sister of Southern Man's long-departed grandmother.
The ever-lovely Southern Mother.
Our gracious host, Southern Man's first cousin once removed. Why, yes, he's
changed her diaper a time or two.
Southern Second Cousin and an American Girl doll. Southern Daughter also
collected those for a while.
SFCOR, her charming and handsome husband, and SSC.
Charming and handome husband's brother and his lovely wife.
PNC customers inPhiladelphia region - check your accounts , there could be errors in your PNC account ! Murder by internet ? Will hackers be able to target and kill victims remotely ? Recently Skype and Snapchat hacked - really nothing is safe out here folks !
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/pnc-bank-acknowledges-glitch-affecting-unknown-number-of-customers/
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[image: (One PNC customer's account showed a number of "miscellaneous
withdrawals" that the bank said it would reverse. Image provided by
customer)]
(One PNC customer’s account showed a number of “miscellaneous withdrawals”
that the bank said it would reverse. Image provided by customer)
*By Tim Jimenez*
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A number of PNC bank customers woke up today seeing
less money in theiraccounts.
The company is calling it a “glitch.”
PNC spokeswom... more »
Homeless in Connecticut
I'm liking Connecticut's junior Senator more and more all the time. This
guy gets it. In order to better understand the reality his poorest
constituents face, Sen. Chris Murphy spent the day with a homeless guy. The
guy did everything right. He overcame tremendous odds in his childhood to
better his life. Then the crash came and he lost his job and his home. Now
he's on the street and the paltry $400 a month he was receiving in UI
benefits were cut off by the crackpot conservatives in Congress.
Thing is, this "fiscally responsible" policy makes it almost impossible for
the homeless... more »
Christmas Eve
As one might imagine Southern Man spent most of Christmas Eve on the couch
with his leg propped up so most of these pics were by Teen Daughter. The
long-time family tradition has been to gather at the Ancestral Manor on
Christmas Eve so it was, as always, a large and merry gathering with much
eating and chatting and reading from the Christmas story (as recounted by
Saint Luke) and a generally wonderful time.
Teen Daughter selfie.
Another family tradition - Southern Sister stuffing the stockings. Southern
Man usually stuffs with a favorite drink and a book.
Southern Daughter at t... more »
What really happened when BoBo got high
Well, I suppose you could read David Brook's true confession about smoking
pot. I wouldn't recommend it. I gave up his columns years without a
moment's regret. I would however highly endorse spending a few minutes
reading the hilarious response posted by the guy who got high with BoBo in
high school. It seems our Mr. Brooks left out a few details, among them:
And here all along I thought he quit because of that time we got pulled
over by the Radnor cops in senior year right after we’d clambaked his Mom’s
Vista Cruiser, and first thing the cop does after the smoke clears is look
him... more »
How many people were killed by Saddam Hussein's regime?
How many people were killed by Saddam Hussein's regime? This is a question
that it is hard to answer, there are many answers none of which are 100%
accurate (how could they be?) but there are ranges that are agreed upon.
Wikipedia reports that:
According to *The New York Times*, "he [Saddam] murdered as many as a
million of his people, many with poison gas. He tortured, maimed and
imprisoned countless more. His unprovoked invasion of Iran is estimated to
have left another million people dead. His seizure of Kuwait threw the
Middle East into crisis. More insidious, arguably, was the ... more »
More Than Meets the Eye Behind Cambodia's Growing Unrest
The Cambodian people undoubtedly face a tyrannical regime, but US-backed
opposition will bring nation only deeper into despair and destitution.
*January 3, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci) - Protests growing in both Thailand
and neighboring Cambodia may at first look very similar. Both are against
supposedly "elected governments," but both nations are clearly run by
illegitimate dictatorships. Both nations have streets filled with growing
numbers of dissatisfied people who are increasingly putting pressure on
their respective regimes, lead by one or several opposition parties. And
both see... more »
Concerning a 12-year-old public school script!
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2014*
*Finland, when it was young:* Ever since December 2001, everyone has known
the script:
When it comes to the public schools, we have to copy miraculous Finland,
land of miraculous test scores! All across the spectrum, people are still
repeating this manifest nonsense today.
Why do we call it nonsense? The script about miraculous Finland emerged
from the release of the scores from the inaugural 2000 PISA.
Finland scored at the top of the world. The script was soon being widely
yodeled.
Why do we call the script nonsense? We’ve discussed this topic many tim... more »
all the difference in the world
An old man was going for a walk on the beach, when he noticed a little boy
feeding a thin, shaggy looking dog with bits of bread.
He went up to the boy and asked him why he was sharing his bread with the
dogs.
The little boy answered, "Because they have nothing. No home, no family,
and if I don’t feed them they will die."
“But there are homeless dogs everywhere," the old man replied. “So your
efforts don’t really make a difference”
The little boy looked at the dog and stroked him. “But for him, for this
little dog, it makes all the difference in the world.”
Have the Clintons turned "progressive"?
*"In classic Clinton style, [the former president] was gracious toward
[former NYC Mayor Michael] Bloomberg, who took over the city in the
aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and had to grapple
with the impact of the recession that hit the country in 2008. Clinton
thanked Bloomberg for leaving New York stronger than he found it."But on
this day, Clinton, as always, was thinking about tomorrow. He wanted no one
listening to conclude that he was there to split the difference between the
outgoing and incoming mayors, to offer praise in equal amounts."And so,
after... more »
Constantly saying teachers are “poor” kind of pisses me off. I think we should stop it.
I get it. We all get it. Relative to other careers with similar education
credentials, teachers are underpaid, given that many have graduate degrees.
To wit: The average salary for full-time public school teachers in 2010–11
was $56,069 in current dollars (i.e. dollars that are not adjusted for
inflation). In constant (inflation-adjusted) dollars, the average […]
What Does The Fox Say? Shirt with Layered Heat Transfer
I was given the Heat Transfer Vinyl to create this shirt. All opinions and
instructions are 100% my own.
Still singing What Does The Fox Say from yesterday's post? Yeah, me too.
Today's shirt was made for my 5-year-old. It is more whimsical with just
the ears and the tail and with two fun colors instead of just one. Making
shirts with more than one color of vinyl is called layering heat transfer
and it is surprisingly easy and just needs a little patience. She
absolutely loves her shirt and in the week she has owned it has worn it
three times, with me doing extra laundry just so she... more »
LAND OF SCRIPT: Misrepresenting Rice!
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2014*
*Part 4—Kirkpatrick keeps script alive:* Modern journalistic practice is
marked by at least two widespread problems.
One the one hand, our press corps displays a stunning lack of basic
journalistic skills. (The ability to paraphrase fairly, and to quote
correctly, are two such basic skills.)
They also display a devotion to script. Nine years ago, Paul Krugman
described the phenomenon:
KRUGMAN (8/3/04): *Reading the Script*
A message to my fellow journalists: check out media watch sites like
campaigndesk.org, mediamatters.org and dailyhowler.com. It's good... more »
National Threat Alert: The Mind Trust’s CEE-Trust, George Bush, and Bill Gates
By Doug Martin
The Indianapolis-based Mind Trust plays a major part in my forthcoming book *Hoosier
School Heist,*but many people don’t realize that the group founded by
former Democratic mayor Bart Peterson and David Harris is a national leader
in the school privatization movement through its CEE-Trust (Cities for
Education Entrepeneurship). Loaded with Bill Gates/Joyce and Carnegie
Foundation money, CEE-Trust actively works for charterization not only in
Indianapolis but in Kansas City, Cleveland, Detroit, Memphis, Dallas,
Denver, and New Orleans. In fact, CEE-Trust boasts of 33... more »
Love the One you're with
First written 6/2012, the following article was featured on Gail Goodwin's
beautiful website, Inspire Me Today, again today. Sign up there to receive
daily encouragement in this coming year of great changes! This message
still holds, *love the one you're with.*
~~~
Fall in love with yourself. This is it. You are here now on purpose, in
this unique, exquisite body with your brilliant mind and enormous heart.
Burst out of the constraints of “should” and “have to” and just “be”.
Gracefully dance into freedom.
You are here to love. *The hardest person for you to love is reading these... more »
BRITAIN'S SPIES OUTWITTED BY THE JEWS
*"This book unveils the reality of an inbred caste... and its ... servile
substrata of button-polishing bully-boys." - The Observer*
*Calder Walton*'s book *Empire of Secrets **tells the story of Britain's
spies.*
Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton – Observer / How Zionist Extremism
Became British Spies’ Biggest Enemy / Empire of Secrets by Calder -
Telegraph. / Bernard Porter reviews 'Empire of Secrets' / Book review:
Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton
Calder Walton explains that the British were probably the first to use
'extraordinary rendition'.
MI5 would arrest a suspect, m... more »
@johnkuhntx: The Tyranny of the Datum
By John Kuhn Data is a big deal. A great deal of innovation is happening
right now in the field of data collection, storage, and management in the
field of education. There are some well-documented fears among parents and
teachers regarding these trends. Who will control the data? How will the
data be used? Will […]
@ArneDuncan is suzerain to the vassals
The Washington Post (aka Valerie Strauss) reported just days ago that the
Secretary of Education intervened in choice of chancellor of NYC schools,
discouraging choice of MD Supe Josh Starr. How dare Duncan, yes?
Interfering in local education matters. My analysis? NYC is not merely a
local education matter. This isn’t Albuquerque. This is New […]
Guest Post: Here’s to a Progressive/Conservative Movement to Take Back Our Schools
We met the other day in the kitchen of a retired teacher. We were quite the
mix of people, with a far right conservative and a far left progressive;
longtime retired teachers, and currently working teachers; elementary
teachers, high school teachers and a university teacher. Despite our
differences, we all came together out of a […]
Why do Americans still support Israel?
An article appearing in *The Jewish Daily Forward* the other day
highlighted and summarized a Pew Research Center poll recently conducted to
gauge American support for the Jewish state of Israel. According to the
article, 61% of those polled viewed Israel favorably, while 26% viewed
Israel unfavorably.
While Americans continue to hold long-time allies like Great Britain and
Canada in high esteem, they are pretty divided as to how they feel about
some of the government’s other key allies — like Israel.
A recently published *Pew Research Center poll* reveals *that 61% of
Americans vi... more »
Who killed the Palestinian Ambassador with an exploding safe, and other questions
First,
Happy New Year! I closed my FB page - keeping up with the comments was
too time-consuming. Here, I can decide when I want to set time aside to
go through comments - there, I couldn't.
So I will likely be posting here more often. I love Twitter for sharing
news stories, like this one:
"The safe that exploded and killed the Palestinian ambassador to the
Czech Republic had been in daily
Free Trade 30: BIPOR and APTIR
Many national and multilateral agencies are known for being Bureaucracies
Instigating Protectionism, Outings and Revelries (BIPOR). For instance, to
have real free trade as in freedom to trade by the people, there is little
or no need for endless negotiations if economies will declare unilateral
trade liberalization, like what Hong Kong has done. Just open the borders
to various goods and services from many countries at zero tariff, zero
regulations except the trading of guns, bombs, fake and substandard
medicines and food products, poisonous substances and a few others that can
har... more »
The Trust Deficit
Frank Graves' latest poll confirms the conventional wisdom: Canadians are
losing trust in their democratic institutions. Trust in Canadian democracy
has been on the wane for thirty years; but it has continued to decline
during Stephen Harper's time in office:
So while the Harper government is by no means responsible for the poor
democratic health of the country, it certainly hasn’t managed to slow the
trend — let alone reverse it. The rating of Canada’s democratic health has
been on a straight line downward and is now at a historical nadir. Other
polling from 2013 suggests that ... more »
The Observation Gap?
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has become the black hole of
education discussions or “debates.” In fact, I’d submit that we spend far
too much time and energy arguing for, or against, the CCSS that we’re
neglecting other critical aspects of our profession. Case in point: the
role classroom observations serve in providing teachers […]
CONFRONTING ISRAELI APARTHEID
- The Israeli government is torturing Palestinian children, including
keeping them in outdoor cages during winter, according to a new human
rights report. A report by the Public Committee Against Torture in
Israel claims children suspected of minor crimes have been subjected to
“public caging,” threats and acts of sexual violence and military trials
without representation.
- Ilan Pappé is foremost among the Israeli "new historians" who have
challenged the traditional view of Israeli history, especially the Israeli
role in the 1948 ethic cleansing of P... more »
Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students
Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students. via
Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students.
Pauvre Francois Hollande, people just don't want to shake his hand
Poor François Hollande, people just don't want to shake his hand.
ALEC PR is Really Their Own Propaganda Regurgitated
Been fuming over this one ever since I wrote an entry on ALECs twisting of
words ( also known by my Mom as LYING)
*Bill Meierling, a spokesman for ALEC*, said the organization "maintains
no model policy on climate change."
"on climate change" - he's being specific -
"on climate change" must have some specific mumbo jumbo meaning for ALEC
Especially when you consider the document drop the Guardian did in December
with Headline and subheads that read
ALEC calls for penalties on 'freerider' homeowners in assault on clean
energy• Documents reveal conservative group's anti-green agenda
... more »
Why Doesn't America Allow Drug Importation?
Fred Upton sold out his Michigan constituents to the drug companies long ago
I spent the holiday season on a ship cruising around the Galapagos, going
from island to island. One day the highlight was seeing a sea lion give
birth to her first pup and the next was watching an aquatic iguana rape a
female iguana. Another day we saw parent frigates take turns caring for
their chick while the other one hunted. The Ecuadorean naturalists helped
us put the experiences into context. There wasn't reliable internet access
on the ship but I did manage to come across the new Pew Poll about how
f... more »
War Watch December 31 , 2013 - Negotiators miss deadline for Afghan security pact , Pentagon plows forward with Afghan War plans despite Intelligence Estimate , Afghan Government releases 650 detainees from Bagram...... Iran, world powers agree to implement nuclear deal in late January , additional articles related to Iran nuclear talks........ Syria misses deadline for removal of chemical weapons , Lebanon Army fires on Syria Copters ....... Turkey corruption scandal updates - PM Erdogan and AKP attempt to fend off the ongoing probes , Another AKP Deputy quits AKP , Gold mining company Koza Atlinhas its activities halted at Cukuralan goldfield - Is the Company on the wrong side politically ? Faced with legal challenges,Turkish government tries to weaken top administrative court
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Afghanistan......
US Ultimatum Fails, Afghan Troop Deal Remains Unsigned'Deadline' Passes
Without Karzai's Signature
by Jason Ditz, December 31, 2013
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The Obama Administration’s “end of the year” ultimatum for President Hamid
Karzai to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) has now officially
come and gone, and the BSA remains unsigned.
The BSA is designed to keep troops in the nation “through 2024 and beyond,”
and the administration had repeatedly warned through November and early
December that all US troops would leave if Karzai didn’t sign by the end o... more »
Untitled
*"Tort reform" = "Stop suing oil companies" ~Library Chronicles*
*Louisiana creating one-stop shop for businesses*
*Weekend offers Acadiana lots of big-name musicians ~Daily Advertiser*
O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie....
Bethlehem Unwrapped has, undeniably, drawn a disturbing number of
enthusiastic and positive responses. Such a shame. It’s inflammatory in a
wholly negative way, and I’m astounded at the wrongheadedness of the
instigators. They may have begun the project with good intentions, but they leapt
onto the wrong bandwagon ‘and they don’t even know it!’
The pretence that it was an even-handed symbol of protest at ‘walls’ in
general was belied by much of the participants’ graffiti. The ‘This Wall
saves Lives’ slogan was defaced, firstly with “Doesn’t” scrawled in black
between ‘wall and ‘s... more »
Trifecta: How to Cope with Depressing News...
* Scott Ott will blow you away with his answer.*
Call Me Prescient: How My 2013 Employment Law Predictions Fared
If you are a regular reader, you'll recall that I made predictions at the
beginning of 2013 about what I thought we could expect. How did I do? Call
me Cassandra.
Here's what I said would happen, and what really did:
*1. Even More Active NLRB: Look for stepped up activity against employers
on social media restrictions, attempts to suppress worker concerted
activities and lopsided agreements. NLRB will do what other government
agencies have punted on: help employees.*
Sure enough, NLRB didn't disappoint. They were up to full strength by the
middle of the year. They continued to pre... more »
The Beginning of the Road Less Traveled
Let me tell you about my Dream.
For years and years I have had dream- a driving urge to create a
community. Not just any ol plunked down houses and random people... but to
create a true conscious community of people that are creating CHANGE.
REAL LIFE CHANGE.
I have spent years building various online communities in different areas
of the world and with varying focuses. Each has been an awesome learning
experience and in each case I have learned vital skills in leadership and
in applying those skills within non-hierarchical, no "bullshit
bureaucracy" communities. I loved the... more »
WTF Chart Of The Day: Fed Soaks Up Record $200 Billion In Year End Excess Liquidity
WTF Chart Of The Day: Fed Soaks Up Record $200 Billion In Year End Excess
Liquidity
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2013 12:39 -0500
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-31/wtf-chart-day-fed-soaks-record-200-billion-year-end-excess-liquidity
A week ago the Fed announced its latest expansion to its Fixed-Rate Reverse
Repo facility, which boosted the maximum allotment per counterparty to a
whopping $3 billion from $1 billion (initially this was "only" $500
million), to wit: "this week the Committee authorized the Desk to modify
the terms of the exer... more »
Evidence of the relationship is admissible in domestic abuse cases even where such incidentally shows bad character
R. v. Carroll, 2014 ONCA 2:
[122] First, in cases of domestic homicide, evidence may be admitted during
the case for the Crown, including evidence of extrinsic misconduct, that
elucidates the nature of the relationship between the spouses. This
evidence may tend to establish animus or motive on the part of one spouse,
and thus be relevant to prove that the killer of the deceased was the
spouse with the animus or motive, rather than someone else, and that the
killing was murder: *Moo*, at para. 98; *R. v. Cudjoe*, 2009 ONCA 543, 251
O.A.C. 163, at para. 64; and *R. v. Van Osselae... more »
It Won't Change. Unless ...
... unless we DO SOMETHING.
Do you understand this?
I'd like to read about genuine strategies for change when I go online. Not
endless, pointless internet bitch festivals.
Nothing is going to change unless we DO SOMETHING.
Global warming is going to bring hell on earth inevitably. Do you believe
this or not? If you do, ... what do you propose to do about it?
Join someone else's rally for an afternoon to "demand" change from
governments in thrall to the oil industry? And if your "demands" aren't met
after you all go home, then what?
Notice how, for all our anger and criticism and "... more »
Icelanders Erupt: Overthrown Government and New Constitution
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Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
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*[More manifestations of awakening are continuing to bust out, Iceland
being a prime example of grass roots, bold and brave activism once again.
Of course the US media are silent on the issue, just as any totalitarian
regime would be. "Mustn't encourage the natives, they might get even more
restless..." Damn these controllers, it's time to take them down any and
every way we can.*
*Non compliance is the perfect starter and ende... more »
STRONG WOMAN SONG - Sung by Lisa Muswagon and Raven Hart-Bellecourt
Lyrics: *A strong woman*
*is one who feels deeply*
*and loves fiercely.*
*Her tears flow*
*just as abundantly*
*as her laughter.*
*A strong woman*
* is both soft and powerful.*
*She is both*
*practical and spiritual.*
*A strong woman*
*in her essence*
*is a gift to the world.*
IXI ISIS - L'Esquisse Du Lys - Official Video 2013
*Published on Dec 26, 2013*
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The First One Composed and Entire Produced By IXI ISIS.
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One of every two Americans are now in poverty or low income. We’re not just hungry for food. We’re hungry for jobs, homes, for schools, for the basic necessities of life. We are hungry for justice! Democrats and Republicans, the bipartisan corporate parties in Congress (the only parties allowed in our faux democracy), reached a budget deal that will restore full military spending while allowing food stamp and unemployment cuts to move forward. The dominant culture in the United States tells us that we have rights to abstract concepts such as freedom but not to the tangible basic necessities of education, housing, health care, jobs and more. (Exerpts from this highly researched and well written essay)
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AlterNet / *By* *Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers* Original
Here
America Is the Most Inhumane Developed Country on the Planet — Are We Going
to Let It Stay That Way?
*This week marked the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. What would it be like if people in the U.S.
knew they had these rights?*
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/corgarashu*December 14, 2013* | This week
marked the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. It was drafted by a commis... more »
January is Human Trafficing Awareness Month - Let's End Slavery In The 21st Century
January is Human Trafficing Awareness Month
*It's shameful what people will do for money. This is a billion dollar
industry worldwide. It's shameful that this form of slavery still exists
in the 21st Century.*
*Here in Sweden it's girls from eastern Europe being used in the sex trade,
businesses doing it with the help of the gov. believe it or not and pretty
much 80 to 90 % of all immigration is human trafficing through smugglars
who get from 10 to 20,000 USD to make all arrangements. It's a big cash
cow.*
For More Information:
*Huffington Post - Human Trafficing Link*
... more »
Nima Arkani-Hamed debates a novelist
*...on differences between science and arts...*
The Science Museum organized a 55-minute conversation of Nima Arkani-Hamed
with Ian McEwan, an English novelist. Note that Nima is dressed in an
unusually elegant, formal way, to show that physicists are culturally
superior. Relatively to him, McEwan is dressed like a rank-and-file
physicist. ;-) The female host mentions that Nima is an avid reader; she
doesn't even have to say that he is a spectacular piano player, too.
*The video starts with a 16-minute test of patience. Jump to 15:45 if
you're sure that you would be able to pass t... more »
Correcting a liar or a fool
I have been engaged in a Twitter debate with another anti-Israel type whose
grasp on reality is poor. This one goes by the handle @The_Mitch92 and has
tweeted that both 9/11 and 7/7 were false flag operations, but more of that
later. @The_Mitch92 sees no place for a Jewish state, except maybe in
Antarctica, says that Jews have no historical connection with the land of
Israel and tries to blame Israel and America for all the troubles of the
world.
Here's one example of @The_Mitch92's output and my responses...
@The_Mitch92's response was not to try and justify his initial claim but... more »
You must be dreaming
I
read this with my jaw on the desk.
Would this turkey, a man who was first elected on a backlash vote,
actually quit?
Are you smoking crack?
Stephen Harper believes in one thing - Stephen Harper. The man is not
your run of the mill sociopath. He believes that we, a nation of peace
seekers, truly want everything to be exactly as he learned in five
semesters of economics and the wisdom he
Wide Asleep in America's 20 Most Popular Posts of 2013
(Flickr)
A
New Year is upon us.
Reflecting on the year gone by, I feel that a few thank yous and
shout-outs are due.
First and foremost, thank you to you, the one reading this right now and
those who have ever visited this site with an open mind and without an
agenda. Your eyes are everything.
In February 2013, I was lucky enough to join the incredible staff at
Muftah, an online magazine
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 1.3.14”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 1.3.14” *
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"The top story is the official start of Obama Care. Look at the mainstream
media headline: “Health Care sign-ups top 1 Million.” Here’s what they are
not telling you. People who have turned negative on government-run health
care are at record numbers. A CNN poll says 63% think the new law will make
health care more expensive. Here is probably the biggest headline, and it
comes from Harvard. 56% of young people ages 18 to 29 give Obama Care a
big thumbs down and are rejecting it. It is critical to get young healthy ... more »
Health Care Dollars Keep Luxury Car Market Upticking and From iPhone to Cisco Routers - NSA Hacks It All (Heritage Scrubs Up) New Paradigm Arising? (2014's Promises)
And you thought no one had made any money since the Financial Crash (2008)?
You probably won't be surprised at who did (and still does). It appears
that some have gotten fabulously wealthy since the devastation to so many
millions' portfolios. Time to reformat that resume! From "Your Health Care
Dollars At Work": Outside of Minneapolis, for example, Morrie's Luxury Auto
received 16 of
“The Santa Claus Lie – A Gateway Drug to Collective (Self) Deception”
*“The Santa Claus Lie – *
*A Gateway Drug to Collective (Self) Deception”*
By Cognitive Dissonance
“I spend what some might imagine is an inordinate amount of time thinking
about lies and self deception. But from my point of view it is a
fundamental flaw that cripples us as individuals and as a society. Lying
and lies permeate our culture from top to bottom in ways we often never
perceive and rarely wish to see. Essentially it is the foundational
building block that supports all that is wrong with us and why we
continuously repeat our oftentimes disastrous personal and societal
mis... more »
Panic, Predictions and Propaganda:Endless Empty Estimates on Iran's Nuclear Program
President
Barack Obama waves as he leaves the stage after speaking at the
International Convention Center in Jerusalem, March 21, 2013 (AP)
"As you know, Iran is just a week away from a nuclear weapon. 'They have
been for the past 20 years...,' says people who would like to bomb
Iran."
- Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, November 12, 2013
*****
It has been three years since I published "
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Dawning is the Day”
Moody Blues, “Dawning is the Day”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3ym7PnXRs
Soaring Caracas Stock Exchange Undergoes 1000 For 1 "Stock Split" ......... Is further commentary required ? ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-02/soaring-caracas-stock-exchange-undergoes-1000-1-stock-split
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Soaring Caracas Stock Exchange Undergoes 1000 For 1 "Stock Split"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/02/2014 21:17 -0500
- Bolsa
- Google
- Japan
inShare
For generating the greatest "wealth effect" and highest return of any
global stock market in the world in 2013, the Caracas stock exchange, which
closed the year at the ripe level of 2.7 million, is getting surprisingly
little attention or love (maybe because unlike other countries... more »
Updates On Syria [1.2]: MV Cape Ray To Destroy Syria's CW In The Mediterranean Within Weeks, Calls For A Ceasefire Grow, Health Crisis In Syria Reveals WHO's Lack Of Authority
*1. An excerpt from, "Here's The Massive Ship Tasked With 'Unprecedented
Mission' To Destroy Syria's Chemical Weapons" by Mathieu Rabechault, Agence
France Presse, Business Insider, January 2:*
With special machinery installed in the hold of this American cargo ship,
the MV Cape Ray is poised to embark on an unprecedented mission to destroy
Syria's lethal chemical agents at sea.
At a shipyard in Virginia, the 650-foot (197.5-meter) ship from the
Maritime Administration's reserve fleet has been outfitted with two
portable hydrolysis systems designed to neutralize the most dangerous
... more »
I Am Back!
Yes, I am back!
First, I must reiterate what I have been saying for some time... I truly do
hate hospitals.. The food truly sucks, and I barely had any sleep for the 3
nights that I was stuck there. I just spent the entire day today catching
up on some much needed sleep.....
I have been suffering over the last month at least with on and off
coughing, fever, and chest congestion. It is the primary reason why I took
that "week" off recently to try to work on getting myself healthy...
However with the condition not improving, I had decided by last Saturday
that if I was not better... more »
In Memorial: Listen to Charlie Hill at AIM's 40 Year Reunion
In Memorial: Listen to Comedian Charlie Hill at the American Indian Movement's 40 Year Reunion in San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Oneida Comedian Charlie Hill appeared
2013 in Review -- A Prayer to the Janitor of Lunacy,* Part 4: A great anniversary approaches!
*Plus more "Quote of the Year" nominees*
*[*TO MEET THE JANITOR OF LUNACY, SEE PART 1]*
*by Noah*
One of the greatest anniversaries in our nation’s history will happen this
year. Forty years ago, on August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned!
It was either that or certain removal from office via impeachment, and it
was bipartisan. That’s how bad it was. If Nixon wanted to retire with a
pension and perks, it was the only way.
The anti-semitism. The racism. The criminality, the paranoia, and the
screaming down the halls of the White House. Psychosis. "I am not a crook."
Yes ... more »
I'm back at the ASSA; you don't know how lucky you are, boy; back at the ASSA.
I am at the Philly Allied Social Science Associations conference now and
over the next few days. Terrible weather, great cheese steaks.
The publisher of my favorite textbook will be promoting the new
edition--the 7th. If you would like to get a peek, stop by the Cengage
booth. Tomorrow (Friday), I will be hanging around there from about 3:30
to 4: 15 pm.
2013 - 2014. Different date, same liberal genocidal agenda
2013 was a year of absolute liberal lunacy. The New Year is already shewing
signs of continuing the ever-accelerating march to the total genocide of
the European nation and all that we hold dear.
In 2013, the liberal bigots shewed their true colours in their hypocritical
reactions to the deaths of Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. Whilst
anti-Internationalists treated the deaths as simply a welcome end to an
equally odious pair of servants of International Finance Imperialism, the
liberal bigots reacted to each quite differently. Whereas Thatcher's death
was greeted with street ... more »
Teaser trailer for United Opt Out’s annual spring event #optout
Embed and share widely. UOO takes their fight to Denver, CO this year,
March 28th to 30th, 2014. Check their website over the coming months for
updates and details. In the past two years, UOO’s events in Washington, DC
attracted grassroots activists and prominent figures nationwide. They’ve
kindled uprisings and awareness in numerous communities. If […]
Sun Dance continues
Our dear Sol is partying like it's still New Years Eve. After a bit of a
"quiet" spell - and as SDO and SOHO have been bouncing up and down like
freakin yo yos with huge black outs of data, thats only conjecture- the sun
is once again ramping up with lots of excitement.
in the past 48 hours we've had 4 M Class solar flares, one of which was an
M9.9- which is just a hair off of being an X Class. Spot 1936 had two M
flares plus one on Dec 29th, but is just about to rotate over the limb and
be not geoeffective to earth any more. BUT.... the two today came from
spot 1944, which is ju... more »
Gold and Silver articles of note - January 2 , 2014 - highlights from GATA and Jesse's Cafe Americain !
Gata.....
Von Greyerz: Gold has moved out of central bank vaults to private vaults
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2014-01-03 18:51. Section: Daily Dispatches
1:50p ET Friday, January 3, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Western central banks don't permit audits of their gold reserves because
the gold is no longer around, Swiss gold fund manager Egon von Greyerz
tells King World News today. The metal, he says, has left their vaults and
moved into private vaults largely in Asia. An excerpt from his interview is
posted at the King World News blog here:
http://kingworldnews.com/kingwor... more »
National Security Agency news for January 2 , 2014 .......NSA stands for ‘No Such Amendment’: Intelligence agency violates US Constitution - states former CIA officer Ray McGovern........ NSA building a ‘quantum computer’ to break all forms of encryption ....... Regardless of discussions of toothless , meaningless " reforms " , NSA will not be stopped by neither any politicians in DC nor the Courts - and they are acting as if they ave absolutely no concerns about these discussions !
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The National Security Agency is building a ‘quantum computer’ capable of
breaking any encryption used to protect the most vital records around the
world.
The US spy agency, shown to have deliberately weakened encryption
standards, is seeking an advanced-speed, *“cryptologically useful quantum
computer”* that can bypass encryption tha... more »
More amazing archaelogical discoveries in 2013
I just discovered this site (thank you Nick and JJ!). They have a very
cool selection of articles on some very interesting topics. As I posted
the article on monday about the Archeological discoveries of 2013, I
thought you might enjoy Message to Eagle's list- and again, no doubles from
the previous lists I posted, lol.
The one thing I will point out, is the number of "archeology" discoveries
that have happened in countries where the US and G8 have been actively
meddling...... Sudan, Turkey, Syria, Ethopia,..... hmmmmmmm..... kinda like
a repeat of Iraq and Afghanistan, eh?
htt... more »
Thoughts for the Brain - yet more Sherlock
Let’s use the new series of Sherlock as a jumping off point to talk about
some stuff. It is great to have our man back. I enjoyed the first episode
for what it was meant to be. It was a bricolage and sort of had to be in
order to tie up the last series and open the new one. It could not really
be taken too seriously, and it was a fun and funny episode. The ambiguities
left over, such as who is this new villain and why would he want to almost
kill John Watson, need to be taken up soon in the next episode, and I’m
sure they will.
The first part of the new episode was very self-consci... more »
Thoughts for the Brain - yet more Sherlock
Let’s use the new series of Sherlock as a jumping off point to talk about
some stuff. It is great to have our man back. I enjoyed the first episode
for what it was meant to be. It was a bricolage and sort of had to be in
order to tie up the last series and open the new one. It could not really
be taken too seriously, and it was a fun and funny episode. The ambiguities
left over, such as who is this new villain and why would he want to almost
kill John Watson, need to be taken up soon in the next episode, and I’m
sure they will.
The first part of the new episode was very self-conscio... more »
Plaintiff fails to prove damages but gets second chance at new trial
TMS Lighting Ltd. v. KJS Transport Inc., 2014 ONCA 1:
[83] It is well-established that where the absence of evidence
renders it impossible to assess damages, a plaintiff may be entitled to
only nominal damages. *Goldfarb*, for example, says so. But this is not
invariably the case. Where a plaintiff proves a substantial loss and the
trial judge errs in the assessment of damages arising from that loss, the
interests of justice may necessitate a new trial on damages. Although the
quantification of damages flowing from the established loss may prove
difficult, nonetheless t... more »
A STATE FUNERAL FOR THE BUTCHER OF SABRA AND SHATILA?
The UK Daily Telegraph reports that Israel is preparing to give the war
criminal Ariel Sharon a state funeral. The report was prompted by Sharon’s
rapidly deteriorating health as he approaches his ninth year of being in a
coma after having a debilitating stroke on 4 January 2006.
In 1982 Ariel Sharon commanded Israeli Defence Forces in Lebanon and
directly facilitated the massacres of Palestinian refugees by Lebanese
Phalangist and other right-wing irregular forces. Israeli forces had
surrounded the camps preventing anyone from leaving and provided flares to
light up the camps to al... more »
Not All Savages Are Republicans
I spent New Year's Eve watching undisturbed wildlife on the Galapagos
Islands. It was truly awe-inspiring. The animals are so unafraid of humans
that they are almost oblivious to our presence. One newborn baby sea lion
mistook one of our party for its mother and tried to get close. We were all
briefed in advance, of course, not to touch any animals. In the case of a
baby sea lion it could be life and death. If the mother were to get back
and call her baby and the baby responded and then the mother smelled
something different on the baby-- like eau-de-human-- she would reject and
... more »
The EVENT Puzzle
Sophia is seriously on a roll right now- along with several other brilliant
writers/bloggers who've been putting out some amazing articles in the past
few weeks.
"This event will happen when all pieces of the puzzle are inserted....
....There is no way to know just when the final puzzle piece will drop into
place."
So many have gone through this journey looking for the biggest answer of
"WHEN?". We have read old prophecies, looked at the stars for answers
within their alignments, listened to hour after hour of radio shows talking
about the subject, read countless pages of channe... more »
Lyndon Johnson Sometimes Did the Right Thing
This is very interesting - I had never before seen this prior to right now.
This is an excellent example of Lyndon Johnson actually doing something
right and, at a key moment refusing to be handled. Contrary to popular myth.
LBJ's brief initial statement at Andrews is rightly deemed to be completely
forgettable - what I find extremely interesting and frankly rather
surprising is that he has clearly personally amended the prepared remarks
the staff, and done so in such a way as to completely excise the entire
Cold War dimension and all hints of nationalism from the words so as to ... more »
RIGHT-WING RISE IN EUROPE
Nothing seems to be able to stop Europe's lurch to the political right.
With only tentative signs of economic growth and precious little good news
for deeply indebted countries like Greece and France, it's a movement that
seems difficult to reverse. RT's Peter Oliver takes a closer look at a
continent in search of new answers to hard problems.
The common core ignores the evidence
Sent to the Los Angeles Times, Jan 2
Al Austin, in his letter to the Times (Jan 2) notes that the common core
calls for "a sharp reduction" in literature in schools in favor of
increased exposure to informational text.
This policy was created without any empirical evidence. The common core
designers ignored (or were not aware of) not only studies showing that
reading literature contributes to an "enhanced theory of mind," described
in the Times by Robert Sapolsky ("Another use for literature," Dec. 29) but
also the massive amount of published research showing that self-selected
"... more »
Do Teachers Matter?
I am seeking ways to address teachers and workers—and the conditions
impacting all workers—as a focus of my public work in 2014.
Recently, I came across a wonderful piece about Roberto Clemente: Common
bond for uncommon men: Clemente and King shared a hatred for discrimination,
by David Zirin.
In part, this piece speaks to the importance of solidarity and community,
the sense of empathy any one person can feel and act upon in solidarity
with others.
Zirin highlights Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact on Clemente:
David Maraniss quotes Clemente's feelings about King in his 2005 biograp... more »
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