Mohandas K. Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, future Prime Minister of India. Late 1930s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Museu de Cera de Barcelona (Indira Gandhi) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1:25pm MSTIs Our Economic Ignorance Increasing?
At the Financial Times John Authers writes ($) of the graph shown above:
Compared to expectations pre-crisis, Richard Dobbs of the McKinsey Global
Institute suggests companies simply expect less growth than they once did.
More technically, Mr Dobbs points to a steady rise in Solow’s Residual.
Named for Robert Solow, the Nobel laureate economist, it refers to the
proportion of growth that cannot be accounted for by extra labour or extra
capital. From 1920 to 1950, this figure was about 33 per cent. Now,
according to McKinsey, the Solow Residual has risen to 50 per cent.
What is the ... more »
Gaia Portal Has Served its Purpose…
*Gaia Portal Has Served its Purpose…*
by ÉirePort
We at ÉirePort group have noted the vastly increased Galactic awareness
during the period of the GaiaPortal blog portal.
At this point, both hu-manity and Hue-manity components of Gaia
consciousness Energy structure have achieved sufficient levels that it is
an appropriate moment to close this GaiaPortal blog portal.
We remind all that the "Inner Guidance" is all that is necessary to connect
with Gaia, and Higher Cosmics.
We encourage each and all to follow such.
Thank you for your service to this Planet.
We honor each and all.
... more »
REACTIONS TO AIPAC'S ATTEMPT TO KILL IRAN DEAL
There has been alot of buzz across the Internet the last couple of days
about the swelling opposition in Congress to the Iran nuclear deal.
Right-wing Republicans and Democrats have joined up for a strong effort to
kill any deal with Iran by unilaterally increasing already painful
sanctions. Israel wants Iran taken down. Below is an excellent take on
the issue by Kevin Zeese who helps run PopularResistance.org
It seems like right now there is not a lot of likelihood [Senate leader]
Harry Reid will let any vote come to the floor. It is definitely a
destructive bill that pushes... more »
AMRITSAR CONSPIRACY
The CIA, Mossad and MI6 were not keen on Indira Gandhi.
Indira Gandhi was assassinated shortly after the 1984 Amristar massacre.
*Britain's SAS regiment helped carry out the massacre in Amritsar in India
in 1984.*
*Amritsar massacre*
This is according to newly released official documents.
*The documents show that a British SAS officer helped the Indian
authorities come up with a plan, Operation Blue Star, to remove Sikh
separatists from the Golden Temple in the city of Amritsar.*
The documents show that Margaret Thatcher was fully aware of the SAS
involvement.
Around 1,000 peop... more »
THE RISE OF FASCISM
- This is a very good video and fills many gaps in our US history.
Our
organizing needs to point out and name this corporate fascism or else
it'smaniacal egowill grow and become even more repressive. We are
right on the edge of the
wall now. Time to protect the kids and push back.
- I once saw George W. Bush's Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld
briefly
quoted on video. He was walking out of the Pentagon and spoke this
one
powerful line: "We plan everything." Rumsfeld was answering the
question
about the quagmire that Iraq had become and the press was wond... more »
I wish I could quote Marry Poppins
When you do not know what to say, “summon up this word and then you’ve got
a lot to say! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” says Marry Poppins. I
wish I could quote her when I do not know what to say to an MA student who
wants to get a Ph.D. but perhaps should not. I think I
Continue reading
The Fighting Spirit Among Kansas Populists-- Meet Jim Sherow
Kansas is one of the reddest of the red states. In 2012, Obama only managed
to get 38% of the vote there. He won only two counties in the entire state,
Wyandotte (Kansas City) and Douglas (Lawrence). Earlier, Rick Santorum won
the GOP primary with 51%-- with more than *double* the votes Romney got.
There are no Democrats in their delegation to Congress and in the 40 member
state Senate, there are only 9 Democrats. But only *one* of Kansas'
congressional districts actually looks, on paper, impossible for a
Democrat-- the first CD, the massive western two-thirds of the state, which
... more »
Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation
Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation. via Smagorinsky on Authentic
Teacher Evaluation.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
The Realist Report - Eli James: early American history Part 1
** I accidentally scheduled today's show for 15 minutes. Once the 15
minutes of live air time were up, we had exactly one hour of recorded time.
I didn't realize that and the show ended abruptly after 1 hour and 15
minutes. Eli will be joining me on Tuesday, January 28th at 8am PST to
conclude our discussion on early American history and the Founding Fathers.
Sorry about the mistaken today! **
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Pastor Eli
James of *Anglo-SaxonIsrael.com*. Pastor James and I will be discussing
early American history, the American Revolution... more »
Can you hear me now?
Most
of you have seen this:
This is just a part of the latest $9 million advertising campaign
embarked upon by the Harper government to convince you that they are
wrapping their loving arms around you and are going to give you
everything you ever wanted on your smartphone for a whole lot less money
than you pay now.
But, as with all things Harper, it is an ad campaign about nothing. You
will
Sovereignty 101:Installment 9 - Life Sucks
It is widely accepted that life is hard. My sister was not the only one
whose favorite saying was “Life sucks and then you die.” The whole notion
of a joyful existence comes off as a frivolous idea – cool if you are lucky
enough to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth or if you are one of
those perpetually optimistic people; but not realistic.
To write here that joy is or ought to be your focus sounds nice but a bit
naive. Rather, it would seem more efficient and helpful to focus on
abundance, health or even free energy. Joy may result if those things are
in place, but i... more »
The Economy: “Beware This Dangerous Wealth Mirage”
*“Beware This Dangerous Wealth Mirage”*
by Bill Bonner
“US stocks fell about 1% yesterday (give or take). Let's see, the total
value of the stocks trading on the NYSE is about $17 trillion. So,
yesterday erased about $170 billion worth of 'wealth.' By our reckoning,
there's about $7 trillion left to go.
It's too early to call a top... but we wouldn't want to be sitting on the
uppermost branch of this tree. The higher up you go, the more dangerous
your perch. From where we stand – on the ground and in plenty of cash and
gold – the whole thing looks scary. There are too many people... more »
GMOs, Greenpeace and Public Health
Sometime in July 2013, I had a debate with some Greenpeace activists, about
genetically modified organisms (GMOs). I initially called them as
“anti-CO2, anti-coal, anti-nat gas, anti-nuke, anti-GMO, anti-Bt corn, anti
everything”.
The GP guy, Francis, replied that they are “against burning coal and fossil
fuels, not only because doing so produces CO2 that causes global warming
and nuclear power is beset with a lot of issues, esp. safety issues. but we
are not "anti-everything" in fact, we are for other cleaner and safer
sources of energy and energy efficiency. our stand against GMOs... more »
Kornacki knows what he’s talking about!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014*
*Suggests a billion good reasons for the access lane closings:* Steve
Kornacki has been breaking the rules established for cable news talent.
He seems to know what he’s talking about. He doesn’t restrict himself to
the mouthing of nostrums and scripts and to the dropping of R-bombs.
Kornacki is especially well versed concerning the state of New Jersey,
where he began his journalistic career. This has made him the press corps’
most valuable player concerning the Fort Lee fandango.
Why did those crazy lane closings occur? Kornacki explained his theory all
... more »
Fascinating! “Rare Color Film Shows What London Looked Like In 1927”
*“Rare Color Film Shows What London Looked Like In 1927”*
“In 1927 Claude Friese-Greene shot some of the first-ever color film
footage around London. He captured everyday life in the city with a
technique innovated by his father, called Biocolour. Though we usually
think of French names like Lumiere and Melies when we think of early film
pioneers, Friese-Greene’s technique captures London in striking detail, as
if putting the whole city in a time capsule. The people, now long since
gone, pass before us like ghosts. What’s striking is, apart from the
noticeably formal clothing and a ... more »
"Never Aired Pentagon 9/11 Video"
*"Never Aired Pentagon 9/11 Video"*
By Mort Amsel
“Where is the plane? There are many basic questions that remain unanswered
from the World Trade Center attacks 13 years ago. Why did WTC 7 fall, where
is the plane in Pennsylvania, where is the plane here at the Pentagon? I
think those 3 are the simplest and biggest questions left unanswered.
Below is unaired, unseen-before footage in HD of the attack on the Pentagon
that day. -Mort”
Offically we’re told that “American Airlines Flight 77 was a passenger
flight which was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11,
2001, ... more »
请邮寄此无处不在,你看到的文章声称,沙特做9-11,是恐怖分子等,这是为下一步的入侵又一石油资源丰富的国家。 作为媒体试图帧沙特阿拉伯9-11(就像他们在伊拉克所做辩解战争),你可能要花点时间回去看一些的9-11的故事。
The Secret Service at Booker Elementary:
The Dog That Did Not Bark
SUPPRESSED DETAILS OF CRIMINAL INSIDER TRADING LEAD DIRECTLY INTO THE CIA'S
HIGHEST RANKS
The Five Dancing Israelis Arrested On 9-11
Odigo Workers Received Warning of 9/11 Attacks
All 9/11 Airports Serviced by One Israeli Owned Company
The Israeli Spy Ring
THE CONTROLLED COLLAPSE OF WTC 7
The BBC Announced WTC 7's Collapse 26 Minutes Before the Building Came Down
Shaped Charges and the
World Trade Center Collapses
JFK50 : Mark Lane of US Army Intelligence, and the KGB
*"...he had watched in horror from the windows of his embassy as officers
of the hated Hungarian security service were strung up from lampposts.
Andropov remained haunted for the rest of his life by the speed with which
an apparently all-powerful Communist one-party state had begun to topple. *
*When other Communist regimes later seemed at risk - in Prague in 1968, in
Kabul in 1979, in Warsaw in 1981, he was convinced that, as in Budapest in
1956, only armed force could ensure their survival."*
*In 1992, KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin defected to the UK with notes and
copies of ... more »
WATCHING STORY GROW: Ditto-heads speak!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014*
*Part 2—Maddow’s important new theory:* In this morning’s editions, the New
York Times continues to report that the motive for the lane closings has
been established:
“Last week, documents showed that one of Mr. Christie’s top aides gave the
signal to his associates at the Port Authority to close two lanes leading
to the George Washington Bridge in an act of political, *traffic-jamming
vengeance against the mayor of Fort Lee, a Democrat who had declined to
endorse the governor”* (our italics).
So Kate Zernike still says.
According to the Times, those d... more »
Tuesday Linkage
Digital Media and Human Security At Lawfare Blog, Jean Marie Simon’s review
of Robert Nickelberg’s Afghanistan: A Distant War explores the role of
digital photography in constructing wartime imaginaries. At Reductress,
Andi Sharavsky describes the “Cutest Ways to Photograph Yourself Hugging
Third-World Children.” Is there no end to the damage caused by Edward
Snowden? Iranians
Continue reading
We Can't Protect Our Misleaders, Incompetent As They Are, And Expect to Prevail--Or Survive
In putting the welfare of her friend, Randi Weingarten, ahead of everything
else, Diane Ravitch has triggered a firestorm of criticism against her
friend by many teachers who have, in the past, set on the sideline
watching, as Randi and her posse of lawyers have handed over mile after
mile of public school territory to the invading corporate horde of
insatiable profiteers and Washington extortionists.
Here are Ravitch’s latest remarks in the comments section of her blog post,
“Why I Defend Randi:”
When you fight among yourselves–a bad habit among progressives–you lose.
Watch “The ... more »
Is industrial hemp the ultimate energy crop?
Did you know that the US first President George Washington grew Hemp?
By the way, did you know that the US Government/corporation owns all the
patents on medical cannabis cures and treatments?
Hemp is one of the ultimate renewable resources of our planet. From paper,
to fabric, to bio fuel, to medicine,......
60 Ways to use your Hempand another article of interest in the hemp arena
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/05/hemp-could-free-us-from-oil-prevent.html
Original Article HERE: http://theconversation.com/is-industrial-hemp-the-ultimate-energy-crop-20707
2 Januar... more »
Kark Denninger, Health Care: “Hisssssssssssss!!!!!!”; A Comment
*“Hisssssssssssss!!!!!!”*
by Kark Denninger
"That's the overpressure relief valve trying to prevent it from blowing
sky-high... According to the numbers released Monday by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, only 24 percent – or 489,460 – of the 2.2
million people who signed up for ACA were in the coveted 18-to-34 age
range. Uh, they were looking for 40%. They didn't get there. They didn't
get anywhere near there.
This is a major problem, because the rates that were filed were predicated
on that. With the demographics that actually have come in, that is, people
d... more »
Expressions Vinyl $25 Giftcard Giveaway
Last week I shared a couple of projects I made using Expressions Vinyl. It
was my first experience using Expressions Vinyl and I have to say I am
hooked. I used two different kinds of heat transfer in my projects and both
were easy to use, easy to weed and ironed on beautifully. In fact, since
posting the fox shirts, I have promised my five nephews to make them
matching fox shirts too.
Expressions Vinyl carries everything you could want for your cutting
machines, including all of the Silhouette Starter Kits, rhinestones, heat
transfer vinyl and adhesive vinyl. My absolute favorite ... more »
Blackfish. An Editorial by Barbara Ann Levy, LCAT, Creative Arts Therapist
As the curator of this site I don't speak out frequently but instead simply
post videos on this blog for you to draw your own conclusions but this time
is different. I am heartsick. The brutality of dolphins, whales and our
environment must stop.
Last night I followed *The Cove* postings on Twitter and broke down into
tears of deep grief for the marine mammals as reports of heinous abuse,
manhandling of female dolphins for example and their capture, torture and
sadistic killing were tweeted by observors of small spotted dolphins.
I have personal experience and have interacted w... more »
Iraq’s Oil Industry Stagnant In 2013
Despite hopes for continued growth, Iraq’s oil industry was stagnant in
2013. It not only exported less oil than 2012, but it didn’t earn as much
either. That hasn’t stopped the Oil Ministry from predicting huge expansion
in 2014. Most of the major oil fields in the south are going to increase
production this year, but that can’t be exploited unless the government’s
infrastructure projects are completed on time. There are several large ones
that are to be finished by this summer. Baghdad has never done anything on
schedule however, but they will eventually be finished, and when th... more »
MILITARY COUNCIL OF ANBAR VIDEOS
Rebels Outside Of Fallujah Jan 12, 2014
Iraqi Army soldiers surrender Jan 11, 2014
Rebels with Iraqi Army vehicles Jan 11, 2014
Untitled
*Saints aren’t ceding control of NFC ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*
Neil Young Calls Out Stephen Harper on Tar Sands
Stephen Harper is an international embarrassment for his unconditional
hawking of the tar sands, disregarding the rights of First Nations, and
ignoring the negative environmental effects. On the latter, we already know
that Harper is muzzling scientists, preferring to listen to corporate greed
over facts and research. Neil Young is drawing new attention to the tar
sands fiasco - and the overall fiasco of the Harper Conservative government
- which is reckless about environmental conservation, the rights of First
Nations, and Canada's increasingly tarnished reputation. The responses ... more »
Tuesday Linkage
Digital Media and Human Security At Lawfare Blog, Jean Marie Simon’s review
of Robert Nickelberg’s Afghanistan: A Distant War explores the role of
digital photography in constructing wartime imaginaries. At Reductress,
Andi Sharavsky describes the “Cutest Ways to Photograph Yourself Hugging
Third-World Children.” Is there no end to the damage caused by Edward
Snowden? Iranians
Continue reading
Untitled
*Jury selection begins in Jefferson Parish Katrina flooding case ~WDSU*
*Exhibit showcases history of civic-minded Hermes ~Stephanie Bruno, N.O.
Advocate*
*Committee to take up Carnival rules ahead of vote ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE*
*Bayou St. John residents look into restricting public activity of other
N.O. citizens near the waterway ~Della Hasselle, Mid-City Messenger*
*UNO grapples with falling revenue, enrollment ~Richard Thompson*
*A Tulane student project tracks the Times-Picayune before and after a
digital overhaul ~Dean Starkman, Columbia Journalism Review*
*Farmer experim... more »
Mikey Suits (R-Staten Island) Is Still Not In Prison; Meet The FBI's "Candidate A"
Does this Mafia thug/GOP congressman look innocent to you?
Every time another Michael Grimm crony gets arrested I feel like I'm
supposed to start all over again with how we first came into contact with
him back during the heady days of the Duke Cunningham investigation in 2005
when he had a small role to play in a payoff by New York GOP mobster Tom
Kontogiannis (currently in prison) to George W. Bush. But there's so much
of it, spanning so many categories of corruption… here, just read it for
yourself if you want the background and I'll just go into the latest news
about Congress' mo... more »
Taking Goebbels' Advice
The CBC reports this morning that the Harper government spent $2.5 million
to promote its non existent jobs program:
CBC News has also learned that that advertising cash came from an
$11-million fund set aside last year for Employment and Social Development
Canada to promote the government as a job creator.
Before the Canada Job Grant TV ad went to air, the government paid
Environics Research Group almost $70,000 to conduct market research. Focus
groups saw a near-final version of the commercial.
Environics reported that the ad would have the desired result:
"The main message w... more »
War watch January 14 , 2014 - Syria , Iraq , Iran and Afghanistan in focus....
Syria....
Aleppo Kurds Fear al-Qaeda Will Take Their Towns'War Within a War' Could
Give AQI Pretext to Attack
by Jason Ditz, January 13, 2014
Print This | Share This
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) doesn’t really need an excuse to attack Kurdish
villages, and has hit them off and on in recent months in the Aleppo
Province, mostly revenge for having been ousted from the nation’s northeast
by Kurdish militias.
But the Aleppo Kurds say that with the outbreak of a “war within a war”
between AQI And other rebel factions, territory grabs are becoming even
more common and that’s making them a targe... more »
Celtic Woman - The Call
*November 27, 2009*
Music video by Celtic Woman performing The Call.
*I will end this day of blogging with something beautiful.*
*Enjoy*
'Monsanto Mafia' - US Highest Court Controlled By Monsanto
*January 14, 2014*
The US Supreme Court upheld biotech giant Monsanto's claims on
genetically-engineered seed patents and the company's ability to sue
farmers whose fields are inadvertently contaminated with Monsanto
materials.
READ MORE:
*http://on.rt.com/eph9nl*
USA Will Be Missing Out On Increased Organic Trend While The Ukraine Benefits With A Big Order From China
China continued to reject corn cargoes from the U.S. that contained an
unapproved genetically modified variety and instead accepted the first
bulk-carrier shipment of non-GMO corn from Ukraine...GOOD.
READ:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-06/china-rejecting-u-dot-s-dot-corn-as-first-shipment-from-ukraine-arrives
#China #USA #Ukraine #gmo #corn #gmocorn #MIR162 #gmofreecanada #gmofreeusa
*Source:*
*GMO Free USA*
Daniel Bushell - Truth Seeker - 'Unequivocal' Cell Phones Cause Cancer
RT > Truth Seeker > Daniel Bushell is claiming that Cell Phones Causing
Cancer is gonna be the same as Smoking and Asbestos and Fracking and
Prozac, namely pro-Corporate *independent research* shows that 'there's no
problem at all holding a microwave transmitter to your head like a loaded
gun' whereas *real-independent research* suggests very strongly that CELL
PHONE RADIATION is a tsunami of health insurance claims waiting to happen!
This applies to WIFI as well, just not to the same extent as the mobile
phone issue. Hm, why did 'broadband for everyone' come with WIFI attached
to i... more »
Harper's Army
Scenario.
The Army is faced with two challenges. First, post-Afghanistan
everything, from burnt out kit to burnt out troops. Second, the Army is
still afflicted with a Harper, which effectively means being tarted-up
for parades and photo-ops but having the very basics like new trucks and
post-service welfare denied like some trophy partner shown off in
public but beaten and starved at home.
The
The BBC: still as pro-EU as ever after all these years
Lord Tebbit gets close:
'I value the BBC. It often produces programmes unmatched by other
broadcasters. I like the absence of commercial advertisements, though I
regret the increasing intrusion of advertisements for its own programmes
and the deplorable prevalence of background music which swamps the voices
of those to whom I am trying to listen.
I fear, however, that its inability to recognise its Left-wing, pro EU-bias
may destroy a great British institution.…'
Personally I'd say that it was too late to save the BBC.
More here
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/normantebbit/10... more »
The Military
So,
I'm now actually reading *The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar*Janice
Gross Stein and Eugene Lang. Here it is - right from the review:
Stein and Lang have made great, sometimes awkwardly charming efforts to
make what could have been a baffling policy paper into an eye-popping,
very
readable, and provocative narrative. They come a hair’s breadth away
from
pronouncing that the military hijacked Canadian foreign policy.
I wonder if it was the grunts who wanted to fight so bad, ... who wanted
to
get into combat. You know, ... if you wanted to fight and then you got
your
leg blown ... more »
Should Doug Ford be told by an adult to shut up?
Last week we wrote this, about Doug Ford and his histrionics.
The more bullies like him and Rob bellow their loathsome discourse, the
quicker it become evident how mendacious they truly are.
Today Doug Ford described Karen Stintz in disparaging terms, at a Toronto
council meeting about how the city might handle future natural disasters
like the ice storm. The Fordzilla brothers reacted to her criticism about
Rob Ford's activities with their well-honed two-fer tactics: temper
tantrums and name-calling.
From here: “You saw for the first time Karen Stintz going unglued. I’ve
seen it n... more »
Thailand: Protests Neither a "Class Divide" Nor "Anti-Democratic"
Protesters are fighting against a loud, violent, and well connected
minority led by Thaksin Shinawatra and backed by Wall Street.
*January 14, 2014* (ATN) - Even at face value, Eric Sommer's (under the pen
name David Marx) op-ed on Russia's RT is full of factual errors that call
into question both his premise and his conclusion. The opinion piece
titled, "Thailand's political crisis: The inside story," contains such
blatant errors it is a wonder it was published at all:
- Sommer claims there are "80 million Thai people," when in fact
Thailand's population is only between 65... more »
Science can only falsify, not retire, ideas
In late 2012, I explained why
There are no hospitals for theories.
Surprisingly, unusually, and happily, I was in agreement with Matt
Strassler (well, we would agree in a much higher majority of questions if
the "ensemble of questions" were picked by a different algorithm than the
choice of interesting topics for the blogosphere).
In science, we work with hypotheses and theories and only abandon them when
they have been proven wrong – by the analysis of empirical and theoretical
data – at a sufficient confidence level. There is nothing in between. In
particular, a scientist cannot... more »
dreams - our dreams - why are they rendered at such a high resolution?
What does it mean, "Rendered at such a high resolution?" Mike?
Well, as you'll from the image to the right, the upper eye is 'rendered' at
low resolution e.g. 128 across by 64 tall (you can count the individual
pixels that make the image) while its lower partners is rendered at
something like 640 by 480 pixels, you can't count the pixels as easily but
the image can hold MUCH MORE DETAIL.
It takes enormous amounts of brain power to render at such high
resolutions. On top of all the emotional content of a dream, this
resolution relates to the detail one might find in a CITY. The audi... more »
An absolute phoney
Harper
is at it again. In a trick stolen from the Christy Clark manual of
"quick wins", The Great Pretender is now holding secret press
conferences.
Last week, while members of the English media were blocked from
questioning Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a Lower Mainland visit,
he held an event to field queries from a select few members of the
ethnic media.
Some of the chosen few who
Thailand Politics and the Monarchy, Part 2
There will be a snap elections in Thailand on February 2 or less than 3
weeks from now. The Protesters can democratically and constitutionally
remove the current administration if they succeed. But they want an
unelected People's Council to assume power immediately with two years no
election. Rule of law huh? Photo from BBC,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25708092
The Democratic Party of Thailand does not seem to appreciate fully what
rule of law and political liberalism really means.
Assuming the protesters including the Democratic Party will succeed in
forcing the current... more »
'The Plots to Kill Occupy Protesters' and other life lessons
Occupy
Houston
'The Plots to Kill Occupy Protesters' and other life lessons
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Today Censored News honors journalists and journalism making a
difference.
However, along with the good there is the ugly: Arizona Daily Star
celebrates a Fighter of Indians and the plagiarizers in Indian country.
First of all, in case you missed it, there is the fearless
THE MYSTERIOUS BOTTOMLEYS
*Margaret Thatcher and Virginia Bottomley*
Virginia Garnett married Peter Bottomley.
Both Virginia and Peter Bottomley became Conservative members of the UK
parliament.
Virginia Bottomley is a Governor of the spooky London School of Economics.
*Peter Bottomley*
Peter Bottomley was present at the Heysel stadium disaster in Brussels on
29 May 1985.
Peter Bottomley was present at the the Kings Cross fire of 18 November 1987.
Reportedly, certain juvenile members of a pedophile ring were in a cafe,
underground, when the fire broke out.
Peter Bottomley was present at the Kegworth air... more »
CONFIRMED: The DEA Struck A Deal With Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel ....... In what should outrage every American - noting this has occurred during the so called War Against Drugs and harsh federal drug sentencing guidelines - we now find out that an investigation by El Universal found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels. ........ here is another head kicking nugget --- Zambada-Niebla's lawyer claimed to the court that in the late 1990s, Castro struck a deal with U.S. agents in which Sinaloa would provide information about rival drug trafficking organizations while the U.S. would dismiss its case against the Sinaloa lawyer and refrain from interfering with Sinaloa drug trafficking activities or actively prosecuting Sinaloa leadership. ...... And we have heard about this before , but still mid blowing ---- "The agents stated that this arrangement had been approved by high-ranking officials and federal prosecutors," Zambada-Niebla lawyer wrote. After being extradited to Chicago in February 2010, Zambada-Niebla argued that he was also "immune from arrest or prosecution" because he actively provided information to U.S. federal agents. ........ And was this what " Fast and Furious Operation " really was all about --- Zambada-Niebla also alleged that Operation Fast and Furious was part of an agreement to finance and arm the cartel in exchange for information used to take down its rivals. (If true, that re-raises the issue regarding what Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the gun-running arrangements.) ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-government-and-the-sinaloa-cartel-2014-1
An investigation by El Universal found that between the years 2000 and
2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug
cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of
drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels.
Sinaloa, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, supplies 80% of the drugs entering
the Chicago area and has a presence in cities across the U.S.
There have long been allegations that Guzman, considered to be "the world’s
most powerful drug traf... more »
Lowongan Kerja Service Engineer Januari 2014 Jakarta Barat
Lowongan
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That Anti-union Billboard in Times Square: Consider the Timing
On January 8, 2014, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) (a misnomer) produced
the following five-story billboard in Times Square (New York City): This is
not CUF’s first swipe at Weingarten and the American Federation of Teachers
(AFT). In December 2013, CUF launched a similar ad– a full-page ad in
the New York Times– attempting the same […]
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What will survive this battle of the galaxies? Known as Seyfert's Sextet,
this intriguing group of galaxies lies in the head portion of the split
constellation of the Snake (Serpens). The sextet actually contains only
four interacting galaxies, though. Near the center of this Hubble Space
Telescope picture, the small face-on spiral galaxy lies in the distant
background and appears only by chance aligned with the main group. Also,
the prominent condensation on the upper left is likely not a separate
galaxy at all, but a tidal tail of stars flung out by the galaxies'
gravitational i... more »
The Realist Report - Horus the Avenger
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by
Horus the Avenger of *White Rabbit Radio*. Horus and I will be talking
about the weaponization of language, the systematic attack on White people
and Western civilization, and how we can fight back.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *WhiteRabbitRadioTV - YouTube channel*
- *Half of US Congress are millionaires: study* - Yahoo! News
- *Vets outraged o... more »
FOIA info request goes after sewage snow damage on sacred San Francisco Peaks
Photo
by Protect Peaks
FOIA filed for each document on sewage snow damage on sacred San
Francisco Peaks
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona -- The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a
Freedom of Information Act request to find out what damage is being done
by the sewage water snow on sacred San Francisco Peaks. The FOIA for
"each and every document" on corrosion and
The Zionist City of Tel-Aviv was designed before Israel was formed
A Brief
History of Tel Aviv Now 100 years Old Steve Plotkin on
Youtube Published on Jun 15, 2012
A history of the founding of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel with the
changing times, political forces, and external influences. The Streets of
Tel Aviv: The New City and Its Setting
The Streets of Tel Aviv: The New City and Its Setting
As Tel Aviv expanded, rows of apartment blocks and commercial
structures were erected where previously there were sand dunes, orange
groves, olive orchards, and vineyards. Agrarian villages, too, were
swallowed up b... more »
Maybe The GOP War On Women Will Result In The Re-Release Of "Just Say Roe"
In 1987 I was running Sire for Seymour Stein. He hired me because he felt
the powers at our parent company, Warner Bros, didn't prioritize his
signings. He was in NYC and they were in Burbank and he felt he needed
someone there. That was me. When this new music format came along-- CDs--
only priority artists were getting their records released as CDs… Dire
Straits, Prince, David Lee Roth. The only Sire artist with CD releases was
Madonna. But Seymour and I were both determined to break our "baby bands"
and we both felt the CD was the future of retail. Our head of retail,
though, ... more »
“Radiation Expert: Fukushima Plant “Out of Control”
*“Radiation Expert: Fukushima Plant “Out of Control”*
by ENE
Jan. 6, 2014 interview with Professor Chris Busby, Scientific Secretary of
the European Committee on Radiation Risk and member of UK Department of
Health Committee Examining Radiation Risk for Internal Emitters (CERRIE),
Infowars (at 19:45 in): “I think they’re going to have to throw a fence
around there and watch it forever. I don’t see what else they can do. I did
think, and they did think, about the possibility of bombing it into the
ocean, but frankly I think there’s nothing much they can do now — the
genies out of th... more »
SHARON’S GAZA PULL-OUT: IT WAS NEVER REALLY THAT BIG A DEAL
Zionists and their neoconservative supporters have always framed Ariel
Sharon’s pull-out of the Gaza Strip as some kind of concession to
Palestinians that might result in peace for those Israelis who lived under
the threat of attack from Palestinians who had been ghettoised within the
Strip and were resisting occupation. The pull-out was seen as a precursor
to the ‘land for peace’ deals that Israel was pushing as part of the
‘Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan’.
The Zionists figured that, if they pulled out of the Gaza Strip, the
Palestinians inside would give up attacking Israel on acc... more »
War Watch January 12 , 2014 - Syria Rebel in-fighting has devolved into a narrative of good Al Qaeda vs bad Al Qaeda ( West may not be winner in Syria battle of ‘good al Qaida’ vs. ‘bad al Qaida’ ) ..... Iraq sectarian fighting continues unabated ( more bad Al Qaeda vs in this instance Sunni Tribes and Iraq Government forces ) Iran sanctions game may leave Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei as the real winner in Iran ( moderate Iranians the losers if Sanctions by Congress cause nuclear talks to be halted ) ...... Libya " insecurity " continues as controversy swirls around Cyrenaican federalsts including Jadhran , Libyan Cabinet Member shot down in hometown , former southern security head shot down in tripoli ...
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Syria.....
Al-Qaeda Executes Scores of Rivals in Northern SyriaExecuted Huge Number of
al-Nusra Fighters
by Jason Ditz, January 12, 2014
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Underscoring just how ugly the infighting among rebel factions in northern
Syria has gotten, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has captured and executed an
estimated 70 rivals, including a large number of fighters from Jabhat
al-Nusra, another al-Qaeda affiliate.
The fighting that began a week ago Friday claimed 500 dead in the first
week, and a weekend of fighting and executions has brought that number to at
least 700 now.
Initial fig... more »
Jack A. Smith : Why the U.S. wants to stay in Afghanistan
The U.S. is supposed to withdraw troops by the end of the year, and the
American people overwhelmingly want us to leave, but President Obama
intends to retain a military presence. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | … finish reading Jack
A. Smith : Why the U.S. wants to stay in Afghanistan
Obamacare updates January 13 , 2014 -- Obamacare Enrollment Explained In Three Charts
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-13/obamacare-enrollment-explained-three-charts
Obamacare Enrollment Explained In Three Charts
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/13/2014 18:50 -0500
- Cohen
- Insurance Companies
- Medicare
- Obamacare
- Reality
- White House
inShare
By now the distinction that "enrollment" in Obamacare does not actually
mean coverage should be painfully clear: one still has to pay, and
according to a recent analysis up to 50% of "enrollees" in any given state
have not paid, which means the White House... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Waynesville, North Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Perhaps..."
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting
to see us act,
just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us
is,
in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke
The Ethics of Casual Teaching Contracts: how we are all implicated in selling out academia and exploiting our students
For the last few years in particular, there has been a marked increase in
the number of sessional, casual, teaching-only, adjunct, fixed term,
temporary job ‘opportunities’ listed and circulated in the usual IR job
venues. These various titles and categories point to one reality:
precarious labor is a permanent reality within academia. The trend has
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Ariel Sharon (1928-2014)
*by Ken*
I suppose we should have laid the son of a bitch to rest yesterday, but
given the eight years during which he was already withdrawn from the world
in the vegetative state that followed his incapacitating stroke shorty into
the new year of 2006, I thought he could wait a day while we heard *New
Yorker* reporter Jane Mayer remember another newly departed son of a bitch, Reagan
press secretary Larry Speakes.
The habit of speaking little ill of the dead is especially unfortunate in
the case of Sharon, who developed into a full-blown monster. Here's how Ian
Welsh remembered h... more »
On women…
[image: "This is about the unbridgeable gulf between what each of us wants
and how to interpret another's feelings," says Mankoff. "It's a wonderfully
complicated sentence, and we understand it transfers to the very
complicated psychological dimensions that separate them from each
other." Bruce Eric Kaplan, October 26, 1998.]
One of several “favourite New Yorker cartoons ever,” as chosen by the
magazine’s over-analytical cartoon editor.
Unaccountably, there was *not one* by Thurber, a man obsessed by both women
and dogs – and possibly their best cartoonist ever. Easily remedied:
... more »
Learning to teach reading from Whitey McWhiterson and her twin sister
I don’t mean to bring race or whatever into this. Good teaching is good
teaching, right? But the reader might know about my frustrations with early
literacy instruction as of late, particularly guided reading. When
examining a few new models and other suggestions, here’s what I see: white
kids, white lily classrooms, white teachers, white, […]
Chet Raymo, “We Are the Consciousness of the Universe”
*“We Are the Consciousness of the Universe”*
by Chet Raymo
“The leaves are raked and bagged. The grass is mowed for the last time. The
geraniums smile weak goodbyes. Now, as if by some law of compensation, the
curtain opens on the sky. The great starless spaces of autumn fall like a
black velvet drape into the west. The show opens. The sky begins.
As the Sun sinks beneath the horizon, the Pleiades rise in the east,
heralding the arrival of the spectacular winter stars. Aldebaran, the red
eye of the Bull. Sirius, the Dog Star. Rigel and Betelgeuse in Orion.
Castor and Pollux, the Tw... more »
"We, The Jewish People, Control America, and the Americans Know It" ~ the recently deceased Ariel Sharon
You've probably seen the MAINSTREAM MEDIA eulogizing the "great" former
leader of Israel Ariel Sharon. In all the coverage you've seen, have you
seen his quote: “Every time we do something you tell me Americans will do
this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry
about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America,
and the Americans know it.”???
Of course not, and here's why:
*Six Jewish Companies Control 96% Of The World’s Media*
Where did Jewish control over most everything we see and hear in the U.S.
start? Try here:
Whe... more »
Requiem for Stella
After a long illness Stella has moved to that great Dog Park In The Sky.
Stella was a Good Dog. Photo by Southern Sister.
As the Official Dog of Southern Man Blog Stella can also be seen here, here,
here, and here.
Will Nature, Young People and Future Generations Forgive Us?
*By Jay - Ottawa*
Earth scientists have documented five mass extinctions. In simple terms
extinction works like this: A new world blooms, life flourishes for a
while, a fatal problem develops and most of that epoch’s creatures are
wiped out. Forever. Sometimes the die off is swift, sometimes slow but
relentless.
Despite a handful of extinctions, Earth hasn’t turned into a Moon or a
Mars. The vital spark has survived –– so far –– through a few small, base
creatures who survive one epoch to reanimate another world full of life ––
but always a new world that never quite re... more »
'Ceasefires possible in areas of Syria', says John Kerry [Source: Euronews]
"Ceasefire" must be socialized into the mindset of every party to this
conflict. Each for its own reasons will see this as a "win" *if it is
framed properly*." - Dr. Marc Gopin, *"'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We
Need to Hear"*, Huffington Post, January 2.
A *quote* by Dr. Thomas Daffern, director of the UK-based *International
Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy*, talking about a
ceasefire in Syria:
*"What I'm calling for is a ceasefire, a unilateral, universal ceasefire in
Syria by all parties. But it's a mental or spiritual ceasefire I'm calling
for first. We're n... more »
“9 Right-Wingers Who Said and Did Colossally Stupid Things This Week”
*“9 Right-Wingers Who Said and Did Colossally Stupid Things This Week”*
By Janet Allon
“New Jersey’s vindictive governor may have grabbed all the headlines this
week, but that doesn't mean other right-wingers failed to dish up their
usual combo of inane and offensive statements.
*1. Ohio politician not sorry at all for sending out racist email. *Apologies
can be so very lame. It’s true. And they have such a variety of ways of
being lame. There’s the non-apology apology, aka the faux-pology, which
often starts something like, “I’m sorry if I offended you....” There’s the
apology th... more »
Weekend Update
And it is a busy one with Teen Daughter in town, plus the monthly geocacher's
lunch and Christian dance.
On Friday Southern Man zoomed up the turnpike to fetch Teen Daughter from
her mother. As always she chatted and sang all the way back. We ended up at
the mall for dinner and a scary movie.
Teen Daughter knows all of these movies by heart and was quick to identify
references to previous films when she wasn't cowering under Southern Man's
jacket.
Saturday morning was our monthly geocacher's luncheon.
A festive gathering.
Our luncheon hostess (on the left, who caches under th... more »
My third re-posted Paul Craig Roberts blog in a row(!), this one having to do with U.S. unemployment. The remarkable fact here is that the folks at the Bureau of Labor Statistics have finally come out with a payroll jobs report that disproves the alleged recovery. This has led PCR to "wonder how the BLS civil servants who produced it can avoid retribution" ...for letting us know that there is no -- and can never be -- a recovery from the "great recession" so long as 73% of the US work force continues to earn less than $50,000, millions of others have searched for but finally given up trying to find a job, and no new jobs are being created.
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*No Jobs For Americans — Paul Craig Roberts*
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No Jobs For Americans
Paul Craig Roberts
The alleged recovery took a direct hit from Friday’s payroll jobs report.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created 74,000 net
new jobs in December.
Wholesale and retail trade accounted for 70,700 of these jobs or 95.5%. It
is likely that the December wholesale and retail hi... more »
MORE NEOCON NONSENSE FROM ‘MAD MAX’ BOOT
Neocon warmonger Max Boot writing in *Commentary* today seems to think that
the latest negotiations with Iran will “implicitly recognize Iran’s ‘right’
to enrich uranium”, adding “i.e., its ‘right’ to maintain breakout capacity
to build a bomb within a few weeks or months”.
First off, Iran, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
has always had the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and, while
Iran’s enemies have tried desperately to accuse Iran of having a nuclear
weapons program, there has never been any hard evidence produced to support
the claim. All t... more »
How Capitalism Saved Europe From Starvation
*When it comes to knowing their history, what most people know about about
most of history just isn’t so. There’s no more what-you-know-isn’t-so
about history than what people think they know about the beginnings of
modern capitalism and the coming of the industrial revolution…*
[A selection from *Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow*]
*by Ludwig von Mises*
[image: Wojciech_Gerson_-_Gdańsk_in_the_XVII_century]Two-hundred years ago,
before the advent of capitalism, a man’s social status was fixed from the
beginning to the end of his life; he inherited it from his ances... more »
Central bank propaganda from the central banker’s central bank
In a four-minute piece of video propaganda on what is supposedly their
specialist subject, money, the Atlanta Federal Reserve gets at least five
things wrong, explains Mish Shedlock, including:
1. What money is
2. Price stability
3. Exponential math
4. Who benefits from inflation
5. That Federal Reserve policies are responsible for asset bubbles that
grow increasingly larger over time
That's one hell of a lot of things to be wrong about [in just four
minutes], especially for someone "*big on getting our communications right.*
"
Read more (and watch the video... more »
Benefits Street
We Brits love our two minute hates, and going by the bile trickling down
Twitter this evening Channel 4's *Benefits Street* has cornered that
market. So a few points.
This programme, despite its obvious opportunism, was conceived and produced
by metropolitan elite-types. And metropolitan I, of course, mean London. In
typical path-to-hell fashion perhaps the filmmakers genuinely believe
they're helping the people involved in this show. There's an element of the
working class exotic about it, a whiff of the northern Other (despite
Birmingham not being 'the north'). It smacks of nice ... more »
Oh, that Daily Mail outlook
Yeah, it's more funny than sinister, but this unremitting drive to
pathologise normal socio-cultural discourse is dangerous. Everything short
of solid endorsement of the Dail Mail outlook is evidence of left wing bias.
Anything to the left that's more vigourous than holding a copy of the
Guardian (Sherlock is seen holding a copy of the Guardian - the *Guardian,* it's
like a conspiracy!) is Cultural Marxism. This is an attempt (however small
and daft the example) to build the same kind of hysteria that infects
American public life.
The DCCC Doesn't Usually Back Normal People For Congress-- But It Does Back Millionaires And Shady Lobbyists
Corrupt Inland Empire conservatives rally around their boy Pete Aguilar,
including his pal Jerry Lewis, Bill Emmerson, Mike Morrell and, of
course, Gary Miller
Friday I was busy blaming Steve Israel of the DCCC-- and his counterparts
at the NRCC-- for the fact that more than half the Members of Congress are
millionaires. Israel, after all, recruits them-- and discourages ordinary
working men and women from running. But millionaires aren't even the worst
of the garbage Israel recruits. He also encourages the only profession
ranked below "Member of Congress" by ordinary Americans in... more »
Punctuation matters.
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Apparently I’m the wily Odysseus! Cool.
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Tobacco Tax 9: Why Earmarking Legislation is Wrong
The Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 (RA 10351) is one year old (enacted December
20, 2012) and after its first year implementation, it seems to have
exceeded its revenue target. BIR said sin tax collection in 2012 full year
was P50.4 billion, and January-November 2013 collection was P91.6 billion,
higher than full year 2013 target of P85.8 billion.
Now some legislators and the advocates of the law are asking, where is that
money?
See various reports yesterday,
Phil. Star, Cayetano asks where sin tax money goes
Rappler, Senators: Where is sin tax money going?
Tribune, After 1 year of rich... more »
John Kane to Address “Inherent Sovereignty” at Arizona State University
John
Kane to Address “Inherent Sovereignty” at Arizona State University
By Liz Hill
Censored News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 13, 2014) – John Kane, Mohawk activist and
national commentator on Native issues, will be a featured speaker at
“Who Decides You’re Real? Fixing the Federal Recognition Process,” a
two-day conference at Arizona State University in Tempe. Kane will be
one of four
Minimum Wage as an Antipoverty Tool
David Henderson reports:
If the federal minimum wage were increased to $9.50 per hour:
- Only 11.3 percent of workers who would gain from the increase live in
households officially defined as poor.
- A whopping 63.2 percent of workers who would gain were second or even
third earners living in households with incomes equal to twice the poverty
line or more.
- Some 42.3 percent of workers who would gain were second or even third
earners who live in households that have incomes equal to three times the
poverty line or more.
what i'm reading: just kids by patti smith
*Just Kids* is a memoir by the artist and musician Patti Smith, about her
life and relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The book is a
memoir of both Smith's and Mapplethorpe's coming of age as artists, and of
the path of their relationships, both with each other and with other people
who were formative in their young lives. *Just Kids* is also a memoir of
New York City in the 1970s, especially of certain slices of the art and
music scenes.
Although Smith met and hung out with many famous musicians, artists, and
writers during the time she writes about, *Just Kids* does... more »
let them stay week day 2: letter to the editor
*Let Them Stay Week 2014* kicked off yesterday with a flutter on social
media. Today we get underway in earnest by writing letters to the editors
of local newspapers.
Three ideas for letters are here on the War Resisters Support Campaign
website.
An excellent list of email address, along with some tips for writing
effective letters, is here, thanks to the good folks fighting for our
public health care system.
Your letter might reference one of three events: the 10th anniversary of
the first Iraq War resister to arrive in Canada, the recent release from
prison of war resister Kimb... more »
Colour Revolutions - Look Out, Brazil!
RevolutionLocationDate startedDate endedDescriptionCarnation Revolution
PortugalApril 25, 1974The revolution is associated with the colour
carnation becausecarnations were worn.Velvet Revolution CzechoslovakiaNovember
17, 1989December 29, 1989in 1989, a peaceful demonstration by students
(mostly fromCharles University) was attacked by the police – and in time
contributed to the collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.Yellow
Revolution PhilippinesFebruary 22, 1986February 25, 1986The 1986 People
Power Revolution (also called the "EDSA" or the "Yellow” Revolution) in t... more »
'Daily Mail' Bingo
Those of us playing *Radio 4 Comedians Bingo *during tonight's *The
Unbelievable Truth *will have been pretty disappointed, as it was a
surprisingly low scoring edition of the show (and funny too).
Still, thanks to Jeremy Hardy, we were at least able to mark off the *'Daily
Mail' *as he took his inevitable Radio 4 comedians' swipe at that newspaper
over its 'fascist' past.
That makes it three editions in a row now where Radio 4 comedians on *The
Unbelievable Truth *(namely David Mitchell, Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy
Hardy) have had a swipe at the *Daily Mail* - surely ample testi... more »
Book Review: “North Korea in Transition” – Oh Wait, it’s Not in Transition…
I know book reviews bore everyone, but the journal where I published this
doesn’t post electronic versions of book reviews. So I thought this would
be a good place to put it for internet accessibility. I tried to make this
interesting by focusing on trends in NK, rather than just summarizing the
constituent essays. It’s
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Wild Bill: Commie Rat Democrats...
are hard at work and doing a darn good job.
Things we can learn from Mr. Brady!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014*
*Star QB fights climate denial:* Tom Brady beat the Colts this Saturday
night.
In his typically modest way, he also fought climate denial.
How did Mr. Brady do that? Consider this passage from the sports section of
today’s New York Times:
ARATON (1/13/14): If you had the Patriots scoring six touchdowns without
Tom Brady throwing for any in a 43-22 thrashing of the Indianapolis Colts
on Saturday night, there’s a handicapping job waiting for you somewhere...
*In a New England downpour, a hard reign fell on Andrew Luck and the Colts
at Gillette Stadium.* L... more »
RODMAN ON HIS KOREA VISIT
Actually he is right....he is just a person trying to make peace in his own
way. Someone has to the break the ice at last - instead of a hot shooting
war - and it turned out to be Dennis Rodman. Sometimes history comes
calling and you have to go with it.....
WHO STILL BE THE DEVIL?
"Somebody Blew Up America" by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown-saxophone,
recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media
in Troy, NY.
This production is part of "Free Jazz at the Sanctuary," a 13-part series
of performance videos featuring some of the world's most talented
improvisers. Each hour-long show is available on DVD directly from Downtown
Music Gallery (www.downtownmusicgallery.com). For more information on this
series, visit www.JazzSanctuary.org
WE ARE BEING SCHOOLED......
Frack U. Mexico. Directed by Greg "Gringoyo" Berger. Screenplay by Al
Giordano.
Good news! Mexico has the fourth largest shale gas reserves in the world,
and the Mexican Congress is about to change the constitution so that
private companies can drill for it. That means that U.S. companies will
soon be there, fracking for gas. Sure, there may be some complications from
the more than 500 chemicals that will be pumped into Mexico's aquifers, but
never fear: Joe T. Hodo, President of "Frack U. Mexico!" is here to show
you why Mexicans should stop worrying and learn to love fracking...... more »
NO MORE EXCUSES
On the 12th anniversary of the arrival of prisoners at the U.S. detention
camp in Guantánamo Bay, activists occupy the National Museum of American
History to create their own exhibit.
Christie gets his buddy back!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014*
*Ways to make story grow:* When the press corps invents a Standard Group
Story, their work can take several forms.
The main point must be driven, of course. But many less significant,
smaller points will make the story that much better—more pleasing, more
satisfying to the target audience.
When Bill Clinton got it on with Miss Lewinsky, the claim that she was a
“21-year-old intern” made the story *vastly* better. When the corps decided
to slime Candidate Gore, the claim that he grew up in a fancy hotel was
extremely pleasing.
Gore didn’t grow up in a fan... more »
Syria: Geneva II, Captagon trafficking and Iran/IAEA
* Going long, but, interesting*
*WP* PARIS — International backers of Syria’s fractious opposition warned
rebel political leaders Sunday that upcoming negotiations for a transition
government to replace President Bashar al-Assad may be their last, best
hope to bring their country’s civil war to an end.
With* less than two weeks to go before a negotiating conference in Geneva *sponsored
by the United Nations, the U.S.-backed Syrian Opposition Coalition has yet
to say that it will attend. Amid rising frustration among its supporters,
the group’s attempts to come to agreement and appoi... more »
Thorne Dreyer : December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal justice blogger, Chicano novelist
Our Rag Radio podcasts feature interviews with historian and graphic
nonfiction publisher Paul Buhle, Texas blogger and prison reform advocate
Scott Henson, and fiction writer Daniel Chacón, author of ‘Hotel Juárez.’
By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal
justice blogger, Chicano novelist
No Jobs for Americans As Unemployment Number Drops From from 7.0% to 6.7%
Still thinking about those new jobs creation numbers and how the
unemployment rate came down from 7% to 6.7%? Dr. Roberts says it's a shill,
and he's got the logic and real numbers to prove it. I noticed today that
the financial media presstitutes were a bit hesitant to hype the drop in
the rate of unemployment when there was no jobs growth to account for it.
The Wall Street and bank
“Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich"
*“Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich: *
*It’s Time for ‘Militant Nonviolent Resistance’”*
By John W. Whitehead
“Everywhere, “time is winding up,” in the words of one of our spirituals,
“corruption in the land, people take a stand, time is winding up.”—Martin
Luther King Jr.
We now live in a two-tiered system of governance. There are two sets of
laws: one set for the government and its corporate allies, and another set
for you and me. The laws which apply to the majority of the population
allow the government to do things like sending SWAT teams crashing through
yo... more »
Chris Christie's Political Ambitions: Dead In The Water-- And Getting Deader
On *Meet The Press* yesterday, Chris Matthews ended the segment on the rapidly
expanding Chris Christie scandal by pointing out that Christie's greatest
hit in the eyes of the general public was how much of an activist,
on-the-ground leader he was when Hurricane Sandy devastated wide swathes of
New Jersey. Matthews pointed out the incongruity of Christie's supposed
nowhere-to-be-found posture when his aides shut down the George Washington
Bridge for 4 days. Until now, people have seen Christie not as the corrupt overbearing
and thuggish bully he's always been, but as a no-nonsense... more »
Virtual tour to 7 power plants
There are 430 nuclear reactors but so far, there has been no comprehensive
virtual tour into the nuclear power plants' interior. The dominant Czech
power utility company ČEZ is changing that. For seven weeks, it will be
presenting a new
virtual tour to one of its power plants (click, main web).
*The Štěchovice dam (1945).*
On Monday, 10 a.m. Central European Winter Time, they release a new site.
The first plant that became available today is the hydroplant in Štěchovice,
a dam on the Moldau South of Prague. You may imagine that it is rather
low-tech (the dam was built between ... more »