5:08am MST
Geoengineering: IPCC (yes) stands against Gore (no, mad)
First, I want to start with the way in which a blogger hosted by the
Guardian, Dana Nuccitelli, informed about the U.S. Senate testimonies by
two climate scientists, Judith Curry and Andrew Dessler:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/20/climate-change-clear-and-present-danger
Dessler presented the usual experimentally falsified crackpottery about the
alleged "climate threat"; Judith Curry pointed out that in contrast with
the untrue slogan about the "higher confidence", the newest IPCC report
reduced the confidence in most of the claims abou... more »
Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser phones home
Rosetta, Europe's comet-chasing spacecraft, has woken from its sleep. A
signal confirming its alert status was recognized by controllers in
Darmstadt, Germany, at 18:17 GMT. Rosetta has spent the past 31 months in
hibernation to preserve power as it arced beyond the orbit of Jupiter on a
path that should take it to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August.
Engineers will at the present poise the probe's trajectory and prepare its
*instruments* for the daring encounter.
One of the highlights of the task will be the attempt to put a small
robotic lander, Philae, on the exterior of... more »
France Flirts with Recession as it Incomprehensibly Embraces Austerity
Dean Baker and Paul Krugman are just two of the economists who have noted
recently that French President François Hollande has lost his mind. As
Krugman notes, Hollande has quite literally invoked the discredited
doctrine known as Say's Law, when Hollande said “supply actually creates
demand.”
In other words, Hollande has fallen victim to austerity fever, despite its
lack of success in other Eurozone countries such as Ireland. Baker points
us to an ABC News report that is more specific about Hollande's plans:
Despite 11% unemployment, he wants to cut government spending by about 4% ... more »
Thailand: Tearing Apart TIME Magazine's Propaganda
*Image: TIME's love affair with Thai dictator,accused mass murderer, and
convicted crim-inal Thaksin Shinawatra stretches back asfar as the State
Department's support for him- no mere coincidence. * *January 21, 2014* (ATN)
- TIME Magazine echos Wall Street and Washington - so when it speaks,
readers must listen in that context. Nothing shows the link between TIME's
biased, intentionally misleading propaganda and the agenda of the
corporate-financier elite that rule America better than the fact that its
last managing editor left in 2013 to join the US State Department. Politico
... more »
智慧的話，我覺得！
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20140115000029
Shocked Italian Nun Gives Birth To Baby Boy
*c/o IBT*
The INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES is running a sensationalist story Shocked
Italian Nun Gives Birth To Baby Boy.
This 31-year-old nun who belongs to the "Little Disciples of Jesus" convent
in Campomoro near Rieti, Italy, gave birth to the boy after experiencing
abdominal pains she thought were stomach cramps.
She's named her child Francis, after the current Pope. Two thousand years
ago (give or take 74 Roman Propaganda years) a woman named Mary also gave
birth to a baby boy in similar Biblical circumstances. But the British
Medical Journey urges caution:
*The results ... more »
George Will: Paid-Off Liar To Deep Six USA
Obscene wealth: World’s 85 richest have same wealth as 3.5 billion poorest
– Oxfam The People Lobby Nails Down The Senate Finance Committee On The
Trans Pacific Partnership It's not often that someone calls out George Will
on his smirky deceptions (let alone his well-known hypocrisy) so
effectively. Domestic Vulgarian Integrity and civility are two of Will's
favorite hobby horses, but he
Mandela
I
didn't get a chance to put up a proper post when Nelson Mandela died,
so MLK Day seemed a good date to at least post a roundup. If nothing
else, watch the video below.
The New York Times: " Mandela’s Death Leaves South Africa Without Its
Moral Center"
The Guardian's obituary.
Bill Moyers: "Nelson Mandela on Overcoming Hatred"
Common Dreams: "12 Mandela Quotes That Won't Be In the
A recursive evaluation of zeta of negative integers
*arXiv*: David Berenstein released a review of TeV strings that discusses
stringy braneworlds where the excited strings may really be seen at the
LHC. He offers some intro to strings, D-branes, effective actions, gauge
groups, large extra dimensions, warped geometry, singularities, orbifolds,
deformations, and constraints from LEP and proton decay and others and
concludes with mostly negative concluding remarks that tend to disfavor
this "excessively testable" class of stringy models.
The evaluation of the sum of positive integers may be viewed as a special
example of the calculat... more »
Big Six
I would like to just mention just one other thing else quickly, and
that is the method that the white man uses, how the white man uses these
"big guns," or Negro leaders, against the black revolution. They are not a
part of the black revolution. They're used against the black revolution.
When Martin Luther King failed to desegregate Albany, Georgia, the
civil-rights struggle in America reached its low point. King became
bankrupt almost, as a leader. Plus, even financially, the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference was in financial trouble; plus it was in
trou... more »
ALEC and Its (Reluctantly) Newly-created Jeffersonian Project
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been in existence for
over forty years– since 1973. In 1975, ALEC registered as a nonprofit
organization. By the late 1980s, ALEC had begun to “actively solicit more
input from private sector members” as the ALEC “task forces” became “model
bill movers.” Thus, by 1990, the current ALEC practice of involving
corporate […]
Palestine
31:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be
gathered unto thy people.
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the
war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye
send to the war.
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of
every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and
Phineha... more »
Inequality And Terrorphobia-- Linchpins Of America's Conservative Consensus
terrorism?
You probably read earlier today that the 85 richest people own nearly half
the global wealth, right? The role of conservative government everywhere in
the world is to either maintain or increase the share of wealth in the
hands of the wealthy. That is the only real reason conservative parties
exist. Progressive parties aim to decrease the share of the wealth the
elites control and lower economic inequality. Here in the U.S., the Beltway
Republicans fit the classic conservative model. The Beltway Democrats, to
be fair, are mostly not trying to help the rich grab a bigger sh... more »
War watch January 19 , 2014 - Syria Government and Syrian Opposition groups ( at some of them ) will attend Geneva 2 Talks in Montreux scheduled to start January 22, 2014 ....... Iraq continues to see Fallujah controlled by Iraqi Al Qaeda elements , US considering sending trainers to help iraq PM Maliki , while daily death dealing continues unabated..... Turkey news of the day - Turkish police fire water cannon at rally against ‘Internet censorship’ law , Turkey signs law ‘criminalizing’ medical first aid without govt permit , Turkey Opposition leader blast PM Erdogan !
Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
Syria.......
Facing US Complains, UN Uninvites Iran to Syria TalksUN Officials Feign
Anger at Iran After Giving in to US Pressure
by Jason Ditz, January 20, 2014
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Facing growing US anger, the United Nations has done a complete about-face
on yesterday’s invitation for Iran to attend the Geneva talks. The UN has
now officially uninvited Iran.
Russia had been pushing for Iran’s inclusion in the talks for months, and
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon offered the last second invitation more or
less out of the blue yesterday, leading to furious US State Department
re... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Navigation and Travel Restriction'
NAVIGATION
and TRAVEL RESTRICTION
MNN. Jan 20, 2014. The following is a legally issued Mohawk Notice
released in 2007 and is the law of this land. Everyone is required to
read and abide by this notice according to Guswentha/Two Row
Agreement.Also, it has come to our attention in this Jesse Ventura video
that corporations are violating international law. Nestle is draining
the fresh water
Alan Waldman : ‘Murphy’s Law’ is gripping Irish TV series about a gutsy undercover cop
James Nesbitt stars as a Northern Irishman whose daughter has been murdered
by the IRA and who goes undercover to fight myriad dangerous criminals. By
Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 21, 2014 [In his weekly column,
Alan … finish reading Alan Waldman :
‘Murphy’s Law’ is gripping Irish TV series about a gutsy undercover cop
Musical Interlude: Brulé and Airo, “Star People”
Brulé and Airo, “Star People”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn8EJMeiv1A
Remembering the Freedom Riders on Martin Luther King Jr Day
On
this day in history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Censored News
remembers those youths who put King's call into action, the Freedom
Riders of 1961. They were beaten, some almost to death, placed on chain
gangs in Mississippi, and faced death at the hands of southern police,
for riding buses through the segregated south. Wach documentary at
PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/
Who? Gov. Kris KrispyKeme -- a BULLY? You must be thinking of someone else! (Probably that #%^& bum Obama. "Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!")
*by Ken*
You've seen Media Matters' Hannah Groch-Begley's report on Fox Noise's
"coverage" of the new development in the burgeoning scandals of NJ Gov.
Kris KrispyKreme, "Fox Keeps Christie Scandal Buried as New Allegations
Emerge," right?
First Hannah catches us up on MSNBC's report of the new allegations by
Hoboken Mayor
*MSNBC: "Christie Camp Held Sandy Relief Money Hostage, Mayor
Alleges."*MSNBC's Steve Kornacki reported on the morning of January 18
that according
to a New Jersey mayor, two senior members of Christie's administration
threatened to hold Hurricane Sandy relief... more »
President Obama cuts loose with another one of the curious bouts ot totally inane and wholly inconsistent remarks remarks....... Obama calls Al Qaeda junior varsity ( Mission Accomplished moment looming ? ) Imaginary son makes another appearance - this time Obama declares phantom son would not be allowed to play in the NFL....
http://michellemalkin.com/2014/01/20/dueling-headlines-obama-says-al-qaeda-is-junior-varsity-and-not-like-kobe-bryant-edition/
Dueling Headlines; ‘Obama says Al Qaeda is junior varsity and not like Kobe
Bryant’ edition[image: Share]
By Doug Powers • January 20, 2014 10:50 AM
***Written by Doug Powers*
In an interview with The New Yorker, President Obama made a curious
comparison in an attempt to dismiss the influence of Al Qaeda:
[image: null]
Even if that were the case, they’d still be *people trying to kill
Americans while wearing Lakers uniforms!*
As evidenced by the below duelin... more »
Yanshui with FTV
Last weekend I was out and about with FTV again in Nantou, Miaoli, and
Yanshui in Tainan. Pictured above is the Bridge to Nowhere in Nantou, a
suspension bridge across a gorge. You walk across and walk back, and pay
for the privilege. There is another one near Jhushan, and they both rake in
the cash. Total tourist trap, avoid at all costs.
However, I made my first real trip to Yanshui in Tainan with FTV. I've
passed through before, but I never realized what a great little town it is.
There are hordes of old buildings lying around, a port, an Old Street, and
a beautiful wooden struc... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Cosmic clouds seem to form fantastic shapes in the central regions of
emission nebula IC 1805. Of course, the clouds are sculpted by stellar
winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star
cluster, Melotte 15. About 1.5 million years young, the cluster stars are
near the center of this colorful skyscape, along with dark dust clouds in
silhouette.
*Click image for larger size.*
Dominated by emission from atomic hydrogen, the telescopic view spans about
30 light-years. But wider field images reveal that IC 1805's simpler,
overall outline suggests its popular na... more »
United Opt Out to hold annual spring event in Denver, CO #edchat #edreform
Here are all of the official details, from United Opt Out National. UOO
held its first two spring events in Washington, DC under the banner of
“Occupy the DOE.” Occupations, unfortunately, are passe now, don’t you
think? More than that, Washington is, honestly, an expensive and ugly
place. The USDE building is ugly and isolated. […]
Issue estoppel applies only where a Court's decision necessarily determines the issue
R. v. Thompson, 2014 ONCA 43:
[33] The doctrine of issue estoppel is concerned with particular
issues common to two different pieces of litigation involving the same
parties: *R. v. Mahalingan*, 2008 SCC 63, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 316, at para.
17. When applied to a trial, the doctrine focuses on particular
determinations of the issues supporting the verdict, not on the ultimate
verdict itself, which is the business of double jeopardy: *Mahalingan*, at
para. 17.
[34] Where the doctrine of issue estoppel applies, it prevents the
Crown from re-litigating an issue that has b... more »
Agenda 21: California Law Would Abolish Private Property
[image: The Last Resistance]
Posted By Philip Hodges on Jan 15, 2014
[image: agenda 21]
Part of the United Nations’ Agenda 21 is the abolition of private property.
Confiscation of private property will be done under the guise of
“sustainability.” They’ll argue that having a large plot of land is an
inefficient use of the land, and that your land would be better used if it
were developed into something else.
Perhaps they’d prefer that a mass transit rail run right through your
property. So they’d take your property over through eminent domain, forcing
your out of your own house a... more »
9-11 widow questions why MSNBC host silenced her
Sunday, January 19th, 2014
Veterans Today
*Scarborough Country** becomes “9-11 Spin Country” as Ellen Mariani says
her microphone was abruptly shut off in the middle of her September 11
expose during an interview Monday night. U.S. intelligence sources say the
national cover-up of the mysterious death of host Joe Scarborough’s former
female congressional aide—found in his district office—is linked to why the
truth about 9-11 was cut off by the MSNBC host*
[image: Ellen_Mariani]*By Stew Webb and Tom Flocco*I was asked to start
posting articles from the past that I was involved w... more »
Benjamin Fulford - January 20, 2013: Systematic take-down of cabal accelerates with Vatican bank purge, mass resignations, mass firings etc
*Systematic take-down of cabal accelerates with Vatican bank purge, mass
resignations, mass firings etc*
*by Benjamin Fulford*
*January 20, 2013*
Last week Pope Francis replaced four out of the top five officers
overseeing the Vatican Bank in a move that sent shock-waves through the
public leadership of many countries. In probably most countries of the
world, when a new leader is installed, that person gets a visit from a
cabal officer like Henry Kissinger who hands them a Vatican bank account
book containing a huge bribe, according to sources including former CIA
chiefs. The l... more »
"A Single Thought Or A Single Act..."
"Looking at the people, listening to the breathing, heaving, laughing,
struggling music of the slum, all around me, I remembered one of
Khaderbhai's favorite phrases. “Every human heartbeat,” he'd said many
times,” is a universe of possibilities.” And it seemed to me that I finally
understood exactly what he'd meant. He'd been trying to tell me that every
human will has the power to transform its fate. I'd always thought that
fate was something unchangeable: fixed for every one of us at birth, and as
constant as the circuit of the stars. But I suddenly realized that life is
strang... more »
Robert F. Kennedy, "On Courage"
A CNN crew covering the June 5, 1989, protests in Beijing
recorded a man stopping a Chinese tank in Tiananmen Square.
*"On Courage"*
by Robert F. Kennedy
"There are differing evils, but they are common works of man. They reflect
the imperfection of human justice, the inadequacy of human compassion, our
lack of sensibility toward the sufferings of our fellows. But we can
perhaps remember- even if only for a time- that those who live with us are
our brothers; that they share with us the same short moment in life; that
they seek- as we do- nothing but the chance to live out their live... more »
"Opportunity..."
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
- Albert Einstein
“Experiences We Don’t Understand: Hidden Gems”
*“Experiences We Don’t Understand: Hidden Gems”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“All of the events in our lives lead to other events, they are all
connected. Sometimes we have an experience that we don’t understand, but if
we look deeply, or wait long enough, a reason for that experience will
usually reveal itself. All the events in our lives lead to other events,
and all that we have manifested in this present moment is the result of
past events and experiences. We cannot easily tease apart the many threads
that have been woven together to create our current reality. Experiences
t... more »
Your Thoughts Create
http://heavenletters.org/your-thoughts-create.html
God said:
Have mercy upon yourself. Change your thoughts. Do not dwell on the
insufficiencies of life. Dwell on all that you have been given. When you
find yourself in a negative frame of mind, change the framework. Undo the
heartache that you have engaged in. Find something better to think about.
Dissolve the supremacy of the negative. You don’t need to keep it. Do not
think that you are being honest to keep it. You are dishonest to keep what
does you no good, and doesn’t do good for anyone and doesn’t do well for
the world. ... more »
“…it is time to question the motives of socialism's advocates.”
*“Fifty years ago, there might have been some excuse (though not
justification) for the widespread belief that socialism is a political
theory motivated by benevolence and aimed at the achievement of men's
well-being. Today, that belief can no longer be regarded as an innocent
error. Socialism has been tried on every continent of the globe. In the
light of its results, it is time to question the motives of socialism's
advocates.” *- Ayn Rand, ‘The Monument Builders’
Rand wrote that just over fifty years ago, in 1962.
In your view, is there more or less evidence now for its th... more »
The Realist Report - Mike King: TomatoBubble.com
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Mike King of
*TomatoBubble.com*. Mike and I will be discussing a variety of subjects on
this Marxist Loser King Day (Mike's words!), including Edward Snowden,
false opposition, and his soon to be released Hitler visits Operah booklet.
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:
- *Against King's Dream: Black Nationalism and White Society* -
Traditionalist Youth Network
- ... more »
watch how much this community loves its library
15,000 people in Latvia form a human chain to transfer books from their
old, falling-apart library to their beautiful new home.
Elite Zionist with Rothschilds Connection is Dead
reblogged from:
http://hwaairfan.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/elite-zionist-with-rothchilds-connection-is-dead/
*Elite Zionist with Rothschilds Connection is Dead**
Jan 19, 2014
Edgar Bronfman—one of the world’s most powerful Zionists—finally dies…
*By Michael Collins Piper*
The patriarch of a crime syndicate-connected empire that has operated in
the sphere of the Rothschild dynasty is dead.
On December 22, Edgar M. Bronfman—longtime head of the World Jewish
Congress (WJC)—died at age 84. New York magazine once described him a
“sometimes coarse, bullying businessman” but noted “th... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Santo Estêvão, Santarem, Portugal. Thanks for stopping by.
Marilyn Katz : Women vs. the Catholic Church, Round 2
Just whose rights was the Constitution written to protect? Women’s rights
are at the center of this debate. By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | January
20, 2014 Exactly whom — or what — do the constitution’s guarantees of …
finish reading Marilyn Katz :
Women vs. the Catholic Church, Round 2
The US dictates and the "United Nations" cave? Iran out!
*What is the UN, really?*
It is certainly not an organization of ‘united nations’ on equal footing.
Or a global institution for justice and peace. To end all wars...You
would have to be a fool to believe that.
* The UN is and has always been the (illusory) diplomatic face of the
global army NATO. *
*A cover for multinationals run amok. Oh and the means to promote global
tyranny.*
Be it through WHO or the IPCC. Never has that reality been so blatant and
in your face
Now readers will understand why I call the* UN- Useless Nations*
The UN is located on Rockefeller land. In NY city.
And t... more »
Nohooka' Dine' Leadership Statement
Haashkeneinii-Begay, 83, leader who evaded Kit Carson's troops and lived in the Navajo Mountain area
Nohooka' Dine' Leadership Statement posted on Scribd by brendanorrell
Russell Means to be honored in New York Jan 27, 2014
More information: http://russellmeanslegacy.com/?page_id=2
Mohawk Nation News 'Founding Fadders'
FOUNDING
FADDERS
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Jan. 18, 2014. Once upon a time everyone in the world lived by the
Great Law of Peace. We were all equal, had a voice and lived as one with
the natural world. Each person was a sovereign. Ka-sa-sten-sera kowa
sa-oiera, our constitution, is the oldest constitution on earth. Anyone
can follow the white roots to its source and sit under the shade of
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"Admiring and Detesting..."
“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring
liars;
the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the
truth.”
- H.L. Mencken
Aboriginal justice is real justice
Sitting in Court at Arctic Bay today I listened as Inuit accused admitted
their acts and then were admonished by the Elders. Normally in the South
when an accused is asked "do you have anything to say" at most they mumble
"sorry". Here the accused speak for a long time and say what happened and
why. Justices of the Peace, sitting with the judge and elders added
comments. The victims are here and speak too. The sentences bring the
insights of the community to the people involved and restore the accused to
the community. If only it worked this way in the South.
John Kane: Inherent sovereignty isn't mandated by federal recognition
John
Kane Addresses “Inherent Sovereignty”
at Federal Recognition Conference at Arizona State University
By Liz Hill
Censored News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 20, 2014 – John Kane, Mohawk activist and
national commentator on Native issues, was a featured speaker Thursday,
Jan. 16, at “Who Decides You’re Real? Fixing the Federal Recognition
Process,” a two-day conference at Arizona State
Canada Is Israeli Occupied Territory: Stephen Harper's Sickening Speech To The Israeli Knesset, My Analysis
Today is a truly black mark in the history of this once great nation called
Canada... Today, the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, went in front
of the criminal state of Israel's Knesset to give a speech that was
absolutely one of the most disgusting pieces of garbage that I have ever
read.... Basically, Harper went and grovelled in front of his Jewish
masters and again pledged Canada's undying love and support to the
psychotic and criminal state of Israel! It was one of the most pathetic
displays I have ever seen in my life....
For this article, I want to present the entir... more »
Fatal Flaws At "The People's Voice"
[image: The People's Voice]
“What is really going on at The People’s Voice TV ?”
I am being asked over and over again, I didn’t really tell anyone I was
working there as I had only gone in to help a friend who was being bullied
there. However as I have now been outed by Chris Spivey’s article there is
no hiding place for me.
http://www.chrisspivey.co.uk/the-muppet-show/
"The People's Voice" is the brainchild of David Icke, who has
been haranguing and harassing people for money to set up a "Free and
independant media". As if people don't have enough pressure now we must pay
David... more »
DEMOCRATS TRYING TO DERAIL IRAN DEAL
On January 16 CODEPINK led a tour to the offices of two of the Senate
sponsors Menendez (New Jersey) and Schumer (New York) of bill S.1881
Claudio Abbado: 1933-2014
Putting my other (semi-retired) blogging hat on, today marks the passing of
a great conductor, Claudio Abbado, former boss of the Berlin Philharmonic.
For why some say he's been the world's greatest conductor' in recent years,
please give this performance of Bruckner's *Seventh Symphony *a try:
Labour, Social Security and Triangulation
Dan Hodges wrote earlier that Labour should shut up about benefits. I
couldn't agree more, though I expect it is for very different reasons. Dan
is of the old amoral Blairite school that thinks cutting deeply into the
social security budget will pave the road to electoral victory with gold.
If Labour are going to talk welfare, then it can never be in terms other
than sticking it to the indolent. Never mind the pain and anxiety it would
cause. Never mind heaping up misery for the working poor, the unemployed
and the disabled. Never mind the myths they stoke. Presumably them voters
w... more »
Man’s inhumanity to man: Death by immigration
*“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by
accident, lapse, or omission.”*
- Isabel Paterson,
“The Humanitarian With the Guillotine”
Think you’re a humanitarian?
Then open up that picture above (or head to its original site) and sit and
think for a moment.
Think about people dying in pursuit of a better life.
Contemplate the number of deaths in Europe every year *directly caused* by
barriers put up to stop people yearning to breathe freer—including human
beings killed by drowning; by asphyxiation; by hypothermia, accident,
exhaustion or minefield; by su... more »
Syrian Sarin
A new report, authored by Richard Lloyd, a former United Nations weapons
inspector, and Theodore Postol, a professor of science, technology and
national security policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has
cast serious doubt on the claim that sarin-carrying missiles were launched
from Syrian government-held positions, and thus serious doubt on the
charges made at the time by the United States. You can read about the
report here.
Although you might think this would be a big story, what with Syria still
very much in the news, it doesn't appear to have run anywhere with t... more »
Will The "Mikey Suits" Grimm Campaign Finance Scandal Take Down Illinois Closet Case Aaron Schock?
Grimm and Schock, 2 corrupt Republicans
When the Republican Party recruited Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm to run for
a House seat on Staten Island and the Mafia-domninated Bay Ridge section of
Brooklyn, they knew exactly what they were doing. The former FBI agent who
crossed over the line and became a Gambino Crime Family operative was
perfect for the pathetic shell of the New York Republican Party. And with
the kinds of weak and sleazy conservative Democrats who always run in that
part of town… well Grimm would have a better than even chance for a
career-- as long as he could stay out... more »
Fordham and Hess Temporarily Acknowledge that Reformers Can’t Have it Both Ways
Voucher advocates are in an absolute tizzy over a recent paper from the
pro-education-reform Thomas B. Fordham Institute. It is truly a thing of
beauty. Jay P. Greene is not amused. He is a titan in the ed-reformer ranks
and the blog-host of such dandies as “New Column on Florida’s Anti-Testing
Nihlists” (sic) wherein one finds wisdom touting the […]
A Russian bear eats Andrew Marr's pic-a-nic basket
If you are able to read it beyond the *Daily Telegraph*' paywall, please
take a read of David Blair's brilliant description of how President Putin
rang rings around our very own, dear Andrew Marr. Alas, poor Andy, and his
predictable BBC questions.
Here's a flavour:
If Julius Caesar had ever granted an interview, the spectacle might have
been similar to Vladimir Putin’s audience with Andrew Marr and sundry other
journalists in Sochi. Regal, relaxed and chuckling, Mr Putin clearly
regarded the whole session as a bit of a joke. He treated his interlocutors
with genial contempt – an... more »
“JP Morgan’s Frauds Are Epic, Unprecedented in World History”
*“JP Morgan’s Frauds Are Epic, Unprecedented in World History”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“William Black is both a Professor of Law and Economics. He has a wealth
of opinions on the politics of spying and Wall Street crime. On President
Obama’s curtailing of NSA spying, Professor Black says, “It is only because
of Snowden’s disclosures that we know more, and we have this debate. The
NSA probably intercepts 50,000 documents for every one document that
foreign intelligent services collect. So, we are the story
internationally. It turns out we were not just spying on terroris... more »
The List
Thanks
to David Akin we finally have a list of the entourage Harper hauled
along, on your tax dollars, on his pilgrimage official visit to Israel.
Read it closely and discover the delightful people who will dine on your
dime, while Harper closes research libraries, labs and facilities.
Rejoice that Stockwell Day, supposedly retired, is still sucking up your
money because, after all, there is no
Here comes our ten millionth script-induced international nervous breakdown!
*MONDAY,
JANUARY 20, 2014*
*Chinese test scores, overstated by scam:* Back in December 2010,
Shanghai
suddenly burst upon the international test score scene.
“Top Test Scores From Shanghai Stun Educators,” said the headline in the
New York Times.
At issue were Shanghai’s scores on the 2009 PISA. Shanghai’s stunning
performance came in its debut on the international test scene.
Even as the Times’ Sam Dillon noted that Shanghai’s schools are
*not*representative of China, fear swept across the land. In the years
since
then, Shanghai’s high scores have often been cited, sometimes by pu... more »
Thorne Dreyer : Austin Music Award-winning singer-songwriter Gina Chavez joins us on Rag Radio
Gina Chavez sings for us and talks Pope Francis, her mission work with
young women in El Salvador, and the Internet-era music scene. By Rag Radio
| The Rag Blog | January 20, 2014 Austin Music Award-winning
singer-songwriter Gina Chavez … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
Austin Music Award-winning singer-songwriter Gina Chavez joins us on Rag
Radio
Global Nuclear Insecurity
A story reported in The New York Times stopped me cold:
N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/nsa-effort-pries-open-computers-not-connected-to-internet.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140115&_r=0
WASHINGTON
— The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly
100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States to
conduct
surveillance on those machines and can also create a digital highway for
launching cyberattacks. While most of the software is inserted by
gaining
access to computer networks, the N.S.A. has i... more »
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*GreenARMY Pre-Session Rally Planned ~Jeremy Alford, LaPolitics*
[image: http://gogreenarmy.com/]
*~Russel Honoré, the retired Army lieutenant general turned activist, said
he’s working to get 10,000 people to show up at the State Capitol on March
8, two days before the regular session kicks off. The gathering is being
called “The Louisiana Water Festival” and will help preview the package of
environmental justice bills Honoré and his so-called “Green Army” will be
pushing during the session. *
*“We’re going through the application process now to use the grounds,” he
said. “But this i... more »
"How It Really Is"
Yeah, *YOU*, NSA...
“Obama’s Lies, NSA Spies, and the Sons of Liberty: Will You Choose Dangerous Freedom or Peaceful Slavery?”
*“Obama’s Lies, NSA Spies, and the Sons of Liberty:*
* Will You Choose Dangerous Freedom or Peaceful Slavery?”*
By John W. Whitehead
“All governments are run by liars.”
- Independent journalist I.F. “Izzy” Stone
"President Obama has managed, with singular assistance from Congress and
the courts, to mangle the Constitution through repeated abuses, attacks and
evasions. This is nothing new, as I’ve documented in my book "A Government
of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State.” However, with his recent
speech on the National Security Agency—a heady cocktail of lies,
obfuscations, c... more »
Jerusalem Stone, and BBC-built Straw Houses
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, you may recall, were full of praise for
the BBC for broadcasting an anti-Israeli play, *The Brick,* in their *Afternoon
Drama *spot.
Artfully (in both senses of the word), Israel was never mentioned by name
though - a point owed to David Guy at *Five Minutes for Israel - *which
makes it all the more insidious.
Please take five minutes to read David's post about it, The BBC drops a
brick. It shows the drama to have been built of straw and completely blows
it down on grounds of self-contradiction, implausibility and dramatic
ineptitude.
Althou... more »
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 13, Section 2, 1948-1949
The movement to democratize Egypt: King Farouk confronts Zionist forces,
imposes martial law. By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / January 20, 2014 [With
all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's
history" series, "The Movement … finish reading Bob Feldman :
A People’s History of Egypt, Part 13, Section 2, 1948-1949
"There Comes A Time..."
“You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being
trampled by the iron feet of oppression. There comes a time, my friends,
when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of humiliation,
where they experience the bleakness of nagging despair. There comes a time
when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of
life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine
November. There comes a time.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Martin Luther King Day"
“Tom Clay was a Detroit DJ who created this song in the early 1970's,
and it was seen as a celebration of the message behind that spread
by John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy.”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uqNLnEzDLA
"No one really knows why they're alive until they know what they'd die for."
- Martin Luther King
The Steve and Bibi Show
There's the Canadian coverage :
SunNews: Stephen Harper gets 'rock star' welcome in Israel
The Star: Stephen Harper gets a hero's welcome in Israel
CBC: Harper welcomed as 'great friend" of Israel
although NaPo went with :
*Harper’s bromance with Netanyahu designed to shift focus from PM’s
domestic troubles*
It’s fair to say that Mr. Harper’s arrival was less momentous news for the
average Israeli. There were no local journalists at Ben Gurion airport to
greet the prime minister.
When we arrived at Mr. Netanyahu’s office compound for the official welcome
ceremony, the more visibl... more »
Ewe are joking
According to the *Sunday Telegraph* (h/t Nota Sheep):
The BBC is facing fresh allegations of bias in favour of the Labour Party
after it emerged that journalists have pinned a series of anti-Tory tabloid
newspaper headlines to the walls of its Westminster studios.
On one notice board a “stop the cuts” poster has been pasted up next to
headlines including “Gun nut Tory MP: I tried to shoot a cat” and “Ewe are
joking: Tory MP was not wearing trousers when stopped by police”.
Rob Wilson, a Conservative MP and an aide to George Osborne, called on the
BBC to remove the articles immediate... more »
Tonight's Radio 4 Comedians Bingo results
Bugger! Those of you playing *Radio 4 Comedians Bingo *during tonight's *The
Unbelievable Truth *will have been shocked to find not a single dig at the *Daily
Mail. *This is unprecedented.
Not to worry though, you've still scored two well-deserved points for jokes
at the expense of Michael Gove and the Bullingdon Club.
Good news: Marcus Brigstocke is on next week's show [and it's not often you
hear the words 'Good news' and 'Marcus Brigstocke is on next week's show'
in the same sentence], so it should be a *very* high-scoring edition. (A
joke about the *Daily Mail* is guaranteed.... more »
ALECs "Transparency" Meme = Some Things, Some of the Time
In a recent interview - Bill Meierling, the PR Poobah for ALEC noted:
As part of its effort to be more transparent, Meierling said the
organization started putting its model legislation online in March 2013
and
He said ALEC posting its draft legislation 35 days before its meetings
improves transparency,
But
evidently there is transparency
only on certain stuff,
or for a specific amount of time.
In October 2013 - ALEC added a new link on their homepage
"The ALEC Digital Exchange"
This is where ALEC writes up all their current nastiness to disseminate.
The new r... more »
Another instance of BBC anti-Conservative attitudes
The Telegraph reports that:
'The BBC is facing fresh allegations of bias in favour of the Labour Party
after it emerged that journalists have pinned a series of anti-Tory tabloid
newspaper headlines to the walls of its Westminster studios.
On one notice board a “stop the cuts” poster has been pasted up next to
headlines including “Gun nut Tory MP: I tried to shoot a cat” and “Ewe are
joking: Tory MP was not wearing trousers when stopped by police”.
Rob Wilson, a Conservative MP and an aide to George Osborne, called on the
BBC to remove the articles immediately and launch an investigat... more »
Is There Such A Thing As a Sustainable Progressive Movement? The Working Families Party Thinks So
Its all a matter of relativity-- and how you define "progressive"
When I was growing up in New York, a sometimes viable alternative to the
corrupt Democratic Party Machine was the Liberal Party, which was supposed
to be more liberal than the Democrats and less socialist and "Commie" than
the American Labor Party-- the original home for leftists who wanted to
support FDR and the New Deal without stooping to voting for the Democrats.
The American Labor Party was red-baited and several unions founded the
Liberal Party in the 1940s. The Liberal Party was more conservative than
the ALP an... more »
What Direction Are U.S.-Iraq Relations Heading? An Interview With Iraq’s Ambassador to Washington Lukman Faily
Ambassador Lukman Faily is Iraq’s newest representative to the United
States. He was born in Baghdad, and then went to college in England, where
he received a Master’s Degree and worked in several high-tech companies.
Before arriving in Washington he served as Iraq’s ambassador to Japan from
2010 to 2013. Now in the U.S., Ambassador Faily will have to deal with the
increasingly complicated ties between the Obama and Maliki administrations.
Here is an interview with the ambassador about his thoughts on the
relationship between Iraq and U.S. You can follow him on Twitter @
FailyLukm... more »
The New York Times profiles The One True Channel!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014*
*Or at least, two reporters pretend:* For years, we’ve been saying that our
big newspapers ought to report about the work being done our cable “news”
channels.
This morning, the New York Times takes our advice! The paper reports about
MSNBC, the cable news channel they *don’t* seem to fear.
Michael Barbaro and Bill Carter do the reporting. As they start, their
basic premise is wildly overstated:
BARBARO/CARTER (1/20/14): *It was a match made in moderately minded
Northeast Corridor heaven.*
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey needed a TV network that would ... more »
Digging deeper into the principal controversy in Newark, NJ #p2
Have you been following it? We have. There may be some connections to the
bullying tactics of the Christie administration. There might not be. I
don’t know. But what happened Newark in recent days is part and parcel of
the assault on meaningful conversations in education, especially when it
challenges prevailing reform interests. We’re starting […]
Public Opinion in the Midst of the Syrian Civil War
I have been an admirer of Sam Whitt’s work for some time. He has always
done interesting research, being one of the first to study and publish on
Katrina and run surveys/experiments on divided post conflict societies.
Whitt and his colleague Vera Mironova, conducted a survey of civilians and
rebels in Syria during the Civil War.
Continue reading
UK Government Policy Papers of ChemTrails and GeoEngineering
*“HAARP is a weapon of mass destruction, capable of destabilising
agricultural and ecological systems globally.”*
*“‘Climatic warfare’ potentially threatens the future of humanity, but has
casually been excluded from the reports for which the IPCC received the
2007 Nobel Peace Prize.”*
*Weather Warfare by Michel Chossudovsky, The Ecologist, December 2007 *
*Memorandum 152*
*Submission from John C D Nissen*
SUMMARY
- Gravity of situation-global warming poses a threat to the survival of
human civilisation.
- State of denial-few scientists are prepared to admit that... more »
THE NEW SAM-AND-COKIES: Horrible work!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014*
*Part 1—The Times and The One True Channel:* Inexorably, your Daily Howler
keeps banging out those results.
For years, we have said that it ought to be front-page news when cable news
channels mislead or misinform the public.
This morning, the New York Times runs a front-page report about one of the
cable news channels—the channel the Times *doesn’t* fear.
The Times report about MSNBC is absurdly misleading in at least one major
respect. Still, its front-page placement sets a useful precedent.
We’ll examine that profile in our next post.
For now, let’... more »
Global distrust in government and business rising- prepping for Davos
Why on earth would the citizens place any trust in the two pilfering bed
fellows of government and business.
When the largest problem on this planet is government/private banking &
multinational pillaging/exploiting business. Along with the stupidity of
globalization.
Trust in elected leaders has fallen sharply, a global survey suggests,
citing Europe's stuttering response to its debt crisis and the protracted
United States budget battle that nearly led the country to default on its
debts as key reasons for the drop.
Ahead of the gathering of political and business leaders in th... more »
How much Money do I have to give a society to keep me safe?
Answer is all that you got, plus what you can borrow against, and when the
time comes to crime, mostly if will be I found your son with a joint, and
being a good person I did not charge him with a crime, I found real
punishment by pissing in his face.
Yes that could be a true story, and if your a cop that complians you are a
unicorn. A mythical being that would say a bad word, all the time living at
home with children and telling them your great word.
Now to lie to your kids is an easy escape. Everyone does it to the ends
that meet their ends of not performing in a modern landscape... more »
Crown required to produce legible notes as part of disclosure
R v Lalani, 2014 ONCJ 10:
57: "....in my view, the provision of a typed version of one of the
investigative officer's notes where that officer's handwritten notes were
illegible was more than simply a courtesy; it was part of the Crown's
disclosure obligation."
Boats in Arctic Bay, Nunavut
A brisk minus 34 outside
In Remembrance
*Now we must develop progress, or rather, a program—and I can't stay on
this long—that will drive the nation to a guaranteed annual income. Now,
early in the century this proposal would have been greeted with ridicule
and denunciation as destructive of initiative and responsibility. At that
time economic status was considered the measure of the individual's
abilities and talents. And in the thinking of that day, the absence of
worldly goods indicated a want of industrious habits and moral fiber. We've
come a long way in our understanding of human motivation and of the blind
... more »
Reasonably Defeating the Men in Black
Ironically the first Black man the men in Black met was ready for them. The
men in black live on taxpayers dollars designated to keep the taxpayer
safe. This is a fantastic idea. Intellectually equivalent to communism.
In some of the most urban Tiger free areas of the world people are employed
in schools to beat a drum. These schools in a hundred years have never had
a tiger attack. A logical argument is made in this third world country
starved for money to make a real difference. We could put the money from
the drum beater into nutrion and education. However the drum beater remai... more »
Project XIII for Mac and PC COMING SOON!
[image: Project XIII for Mac and PC]
Projectxiii.com
Dream Deferred, MLK Day 2014: “This rigid refusal to look at ourselves”
Dream Deferred, MLK Day 2014: \”This rigid refusal to look at ourselves\”.
via Dream Deferred, MLK Day 2014: “This rigid refusal to look at
ourselves”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Romney Is No New York Doll
Greg Whiteley's film, *Mitt* debuted at Sundance in Utah Friday. The
documentary is a very up-front and personal look at Romney's two failed
attempts at the presidency. At the bottom of this post is a trailer that
will give you a good feel for the movie, which was made by director Greg
Whiteley. According to Byron York, Whiteley's film New York Doll, had
impressed Romney enough for him to grant Whiteley the kind of access needed
to make this kind of movie. Don't start wondering which of the two Dolls'
album is Romney's favorite. The 2005 film "brilliantly chronicled a
broken-down... more »
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*Lafayette man accused of causing California wildfire ~The Daily Advertiser*
*Dot McLeod lost her home and was injured while being evacuated. She died
last week at 91 in a Texas hospice ~Natalie, Pompilio, Phily.com*
*MLK Day events across the country, in New Orleans ~WWL*
*Undefeated Divas (Photos), Second Line Parades Through Treme, Mid-City &
7th Ward ~Daniel Paschall, NOLA DEFENDER*
*Dr. John to headline 2014 BR Blues Festival ~John Wirt, The Advocate*
Fundamentally Wrong
Stephen Harper, we are told, has received a rock star welcome in Israel.
Leaving aside for the moment the diversion it creates from scandal at home,
one should be very uncomfortable about what Harper is stirring up in the
Middle East. Jeffrey Simpson writes that, while successive Canadian
governments have always supported Israel,
none, however, has gone as far in embracing Israel as Prime Minister
Stephen Harper’s government – to the point of distancing Canada from
traditional allies in the United States and Europe, abandoning even the
pretense of balance and nuance, and contribut... more »
THE SOUL OF OUR NATION
MLK was a treasure.....if we each pick up the baton they can't kill us all.
Keep planting the olive trees so we can feed the next generation.
Unreasonable fruitcakes
Steve Evans in Warnemunde. Misunderstood?
Since writing the blog post ‘Unreasonable fanatics” the comment count on
the BBC Watch/ Steve Evans thread has leapt into the stratosphere.
Somewhere amongst them, someone wondered if, perhaps, removing the commas
altogether would help to clarify the meaning. See if you think it does.
(I’m sounding like Craig now)
*It was a time when Jews* *who displeased the Nazis* *risked their lives*.
Well, this (non) punctuation looks as though it means the Jews were okay in
1935 Germany, living the life of riley - but if they happened to
‘displease’ t... more »
Affordable and Quick Super Bowl Party Ideas
“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate
Media Group™ and Rubbermaid and Sharpie but all my opinions are my own.
#pmedia #RubbermaidSharpie http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO”
I am pretty sure the only thing my husband loves more than football is the
food that goes along with it. Every year, we throw a Super Bowl party and
every year involves hours of prep work as well as hours of cleanup. This
year, I decided to try something a little bit different with one of our
play off game parties and I loved the results. This party was easy to pull
together, the ... more »
Contested History, again
*A *cha hua*, camellia blossom.*
This week saw two struggles over Taiwan history. The first took place at
National Chengkung Universty, where the students voted to name a square
after Deng Nan-jung, the pro-democracy and free speech advocate. J Michael
Cole had excellent coverage last week. The Taipei Times editorialized the
other day:
While the university administrator’s move to dismiss the vote betrayed the
spirit of democracy, the arguments of history professor Wang Wen-hsia (王文霞)
in expressing her opposition to the naming of the plaza underestimated
Deng’s efforts and ignored... more »
Hidden at the end
this BBC article entitled 'Iran nuclear: Curbs on uranium enrichment begin'
starts 'Iran has begun curbing uranium enrichment under a deal which will
also see international sanctions eased, the UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA)
says.
Earlier, centrifuges used for enrichment were disconnected at the Nantaz
plant, Iranian TV reported.'
Hidden away right at the end of the report is this somewhat important
passage:
'Sounding a note of caution, former IAEA deputy director Olli Heinonen said
that if Iran decided to renege on the deal, it would only need two to three
weeks to produce enough ... more »
Buy the best you can afford its mostly cheaper
From clothes, to cars spending more often costs you less in the long run.
In addition you enjoy the pleasures of the extra finery at the same time .
When it comes to construction the benefits are exponential. Skip the
granite counter tops and go straight to passive windows and a heat
exchanger.
The Champlain bridge is a case in point. Saving $ 2 million in 1962 is now
going to cost the taxpayer up to $5 billion in 2013. Road salting to
combat ice played a large role in this debacle. So why don't we build new
bridges and overpasses with heat pumped heating and not use any salt at... more »
My MLK Post: An Assignment for Test-Driven Reformers
On this day dedicated to the memory of a remarkable man who gave his life
(literally) for the sake of civil rights and social equity, I expect that
education privatizers will use the opportunity to promote themselves as
“overcoming” opposition to their self-serving, destructive policies. They
might even go so far as to imply that Martin Luther […]
james frey: author, liar, sweatshop boss
Today I break one of my own rules, and write about a book I didn't enjoy.
Not only that, but I trash the author, too. But perhaps *author* is the
wrong word. Maybe I should call him the factory boss.
I know something about how difficult it is to write a book, and I feel
solidarity with all writers. When it comes to blogging about books, I
usually employ the old saw, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't
say it". So when I didn't like *I Am Number Four*, I wasn't going to write
about it. Until I discovered what it really is.
*I Am Number Four* is a youth novel, the first in ... more »
Tell The Swedish Goverment To Ban GMOs and Monsanto? - It's Up To Citizens If It Will Be Done
Swedish Goverment: Ban GMOs and Monsanto
Why this is important?
Sweden is the only country in Europe that has said OK to GMOs. They have
been growing GMOs through Monsanto daughter companies for over 10 years and
now have crops of potatoes and sugar beets well established. This a very
bad for the people in Sweden and around the world. Why did Sweden say yes
to this ?
*STOP GMO FOOD NOW!*
To sign the petition, please click on the link provided below:
*Petition Link*
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
See Kosilek vs Spencer III USCA 1st Cct No. 12-2194
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. Twenty years after prison inmate Michelle Kosilek
first requested treatment for her severe gender identity disorder, the
district court issued an order requiring the defendant, Luis S. Spencer,
Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (the "DOC"),1 to
provide Kosilek with sex reassignment surgery. The court found that the
DOC's failure to provide the surgery — which was said by a group of
qualified doctors to be medically necessary to treat Kosilek's condition —
violated Kosilek's Eighth ... more »
Mega Default In China Scheduled For January 31
*Caleb spotted this article at the Drudge Report, Heather Tucci-Jarraf has
long said China is the world's most bankrupt economy... - AK*
*Mega Default In China Scheduled For January 31*
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2014/01/19/mega-default-in-china-scheduled-for-january-31/
Gordon G. Chang, Contributor
I write primarily on China, Asia, and nuclear proliferation.
OP/ED | 1/19/2014 @ 8:08PM
On Friday, Chinese state media reported that China Credit Trust Co. warned
investors that they may not be repaid when one of its wealth management
products matures on January 31, the ... more »
Musical Interlude: Adiemus, “Adiemus”
Adiemus, “Adiemus”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8kZ-iVk90
Eastern Provinces Of Canada GE Food Tour - Feb 28th to July 1st 2014
The Eastern tour planning is well under way! Please see the map to find the
name and email address of your provincial Coordinator. We are also still
looking for provincial coordinators in Quebec, PEI, New Brunswick, and
Newfoundland. The cu...t off dates for applying to be a host are as follows:
Tour 1 - Feb 28th
Tour 2 - April 30th
Tour 3 - July 1st
Please contact GEFoods.Tour@gmail if there are any interests or inquiries,
and make sure to visit and like their page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GE-Foods-Tour/392980204169482
#GEFoodsTour #GMOs #DrThierryVrain #TonyMitra #... more »
Angie's Diary - Tandem novel excerpt - Paradise Interrupted
Book review site ANGIE'S DIARY has just run an exclusive excerpt from my
new WAR WORLD novel "Tandem (a G3 whistleblower novel)".
Here's how it opens:
*PARADISE INTERRUPTED *
*“Every life form on this Hell Planet … can be (technologically)
controlled,” was the message I got. Rammed right into the centre of my
skull. New word, for me, MENTICIDE: the death of one’s thoughts. Field
Notes Of Lieutenant Colonel Lionel G Fischer* [ source AD]
Read on by clicking the above AD link.
Monday Linkage – MLK Day Edition
Good mornin’ Ducks! Here are your links: Oliver Steunkel discusses “The
Death of IMF Reform?” at the Post-Western World Blog. The US Congress’
rejection an IMF funding request by the Obama administration “… leaves the
188-nation group without additional resources and blocks an increase in
voting power for China, India, Brazil and other emerging markets.”
Continue reading
Eta function and the sum of positive integers
In the previous articles, I described various calculations of the sum of
positive integers and discussed the context in which it is right to say
that the sum is equal to \(-1/12\). Here, I want to sketch a justification
of the value that is perhaps more morally justifiable than (even) the
zeta-function regularization and other regularizations – a derivation that
is rooted in the symmetry transformations of some physical quantities.
The derivation will be based on the properties of \(\vartheta\)-functions
(vartheta functions), especially the Dedekind \(\eta\)-function (eta
function).... more »
Musical Interlude: André Rieu, "Conquest of Paradise"
André Rieu, "Conquest of Paradise"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G2MCGmypaY&html5=1
ISRAEL’S DEPUTY DEFENCE MINISTER HINTS AT UNILATERAL ATTACK AGAINST IRAN
Further to my post earlier today regarding the possibility of Netanyahu
taking matters into his own hands and launching an attack on Iran on the
off-chance that the US Congress will comes to Israel’s aid, it seems that
such a possibility is very likely.
Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister, Danny Danon, has written a piece
published in *Politico* hinting that Israel might indeed launch a
pre-emptive unilateral attack against Iran. While Danon doesn’t state
specifically that Israel will attack Iran, he does cite Israel’s previous
attacks against nuclear facilities in Iraq in 1981 and Syr... more »
Fischer Scientifically Proves That Transgender People Can Cure Themselves
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Jan;93(1):182-9
A 46,XY mother who developed as a normal woman underwent spontaneous
puberty, reached menarche, menstruated regularly, experienced two
unassisted pregnancies, and gave birth to a 46,XY daughter with complete
gonadal dysgenesis.
US National Library of Medicine
Klinefelter syndrome is a condition related to the X and Y chromosomes (the
sex chromosomes). People typically have two sex chromosomes in each cell:
females have two X chromosomes (46,XX), and males have one X and one Y
chromosome (46,XY). Most often, Klinefelter syndrome resul... more »
Musical Interlude: Joe Bonamassa, "Driving Towards The Daylight"
Joe Bonamassa, "Driving Towards The Daylight"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTG-bCMG05E
Scott Simon Rocks the Blog World (and other links)
[image: FTV_Jan_2014_100]
*A sausage vendor in Jiji.*
Just to point you to something really great, longtime anthropologist Scott
Simon has opened a blog, Anthropology of Taiwan. Dr. Simon is brilliant and
insightful. Can't wait! Other links...
_________________
*Daily Links*:
- Ben rips the attack on Deng Nan-jung in an excellent post on character
assassination.
- Taiwanese mil recruiters looking to recruit out of Burma?
- Taiwan KOM is one of world's toughest bike races.
- Lee Teng-hui is a voice of sanity on Senkaku issue, says Japan owns
the islands.
- ACER pos... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain.
Until then, spiral galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 will slowly pull each
other apart, creating tides of matter, sheets of shocked gas, lanes of dark
dust, bursts of star formation, and streams of cast-away stars.
*Click image for larger size.*
Astronomers predict that NGC 2207, the larger galaxy on the left, will
eventually incorporate IC 2163, the smaller galaxy on the right. In the
most recent encounter that about peaked 40 million years ago, the smaller
galaxy is swinging around counter-clockwise, and is now sl... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Deerwood, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Battle Over The Honolulu Congressional Seat-- One Progressive And A Whole Lot Of DINOs
So far this cycle, when we've talked about Hawai'i politics it's almost
always been about a Senate primary in which corrupt New Dem Colleen
Hanabusa is challenging progressive Senator Brian Schatz. But there's
another important race in Hawai'i, which is not unrelated-- to fill the
Honolulu-based House seat Hanabusa is giving up (HI-01).
For one of the bluest states in the nation-- Hawaii gave Obama 71% of its
votes in 2012 and the state legislature is made up of 24 Democrats and just
one Republican in the Senate and 44 Democrats and 7 Republicans in the
House-- there are an overab... more »
Reduce Footprints Is Back!
[image: Happy New Year & Welcome Back to Reduce Footprints Blog]
Happy 2014 and welcome back to Reduce Footprints. I hope that you enjoyed
the holidays, kept them green, and are ready for an exciting new year!
Before leaving for my hiatus, I asked you to give me your Reduce Footprints
"Wish List": suggestions, ideas, and a general critique of the blog. Many
of you obliged me with wonderful comments, which I have taken to heart.
Here are the ideas which we are implementing this year:
Meet and GreetThe purpose of the Meet & Greet link-up is to grow our
community, get acquainted with ea... more »
“10 of the Nuttiest, Nastiest Right-Wing Statements This Week—Pot Freak-Out Edition”
*“10 of the Nuttiest, Nastiest Right-Wing Statements This Week—*
*Pot Freak-Out Edition”*
By Janet Allon
*1. Nancy Grace:* People on pot shoot, stab and strangle each other: It is
now abundantly clear that Nancy Grace has never smoked, or known anyone who
smoked marijuana. How do we know this? On her show this week, she
hysterically ranted hat marijuana is highly addictive, and that it causes
people to go on bloody killing sprees. Her guest, Mason Tvert of the Marijuana
Policy Project (MPP), tried to inject some reason into the conversation, by
pointing out that “marijuana’s addicti... more »
The Battle For Human Survival
We are in a fight for our very lives... Right now, the criminal psychotic
Jewish elite are working their best at poisoning our food through the
insidious chemicals that are added to our food supply as well as through
the criminal use of GMO foods via the Jewish run Monsanto, and destroying
our minds via their control over our media and by the lies they perpetuate
through their so called "history books"... We are indeed watching their
long sought plans to have the Gentiles destroyed or made their permanent
slaves unfold before our very eyes...
For this article, I want to present this... more »
Clarifying the Cross Strait Situation, Redux: Etzioni in The Diplomat
[image: FTV_Jan_2014_138]
*A Yanshui Street corner.*
Amitai Etzioni, longtime international affairs expert, writes on the
strategic ambiguity of the US commitment to Taiwan in The Diplomat....
True, even if the restraint both sides imposed on themselves (and on their
respective hawks) is made more explicit, either side could violate it.
However, the more explicit the agreement the less likely is that it will be
subject to misunderstandings and the more likely it is to survive. It may
well be impossible at this stage to turn the implicit understanding, such
as there is – if there is ... more »
China credit markets will be a key focal point over the next two weeks ! Chinese Money Markets Spooked Despite Slight Beat (And Miss!) In GDP ....Bank of America Is Actively Preparing For The Chinese January 31 Trust Default
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=227759
It Comes From The East (And Soon)
The title is, indeed, a bit hyperbolic, but the substance of the article is
correct.... and it's in *Forbes*.
On Friday, Chinese state media reported that China Credit Trust Co. warned
investors that they may not be repaid when one of its wealth management
products matures on January 31, the first day of the Year of the Horse.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sold the China Credit Trust
product to its customers in inland Shanxi province. This bank, the world’s
largest by assets, on Thursday ... more »
Gold and Silver news and views January 18 , 2014 - Ed Steer's Saturday missive , Koos Jansen missives - focusing on China , Andy Hoffman declaring COMEX is in technical default on the December Contract for Gold !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/eric-sprott-one-more-sign-of-manipulation-in-the-gold-market
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price drifted aimlessly in Far East trading on their Friday---and
that continued into morning trading in London. But once the noon silver
fix was in, which was also the low of the day, away the price went to the
upside. The rally got capped shortly after 11:30 a.m. EST in New
York---and that was it for the day.
The CME Group recorded the low and high ticks at $1,237.30 and $1,254.60 in
the February contract.
Gold closed on Friday in New York at... more »
Australasia: the world leader in excessive house prices
Alan Moran at the always enlightening Australian economics blog Catallaxy
Files is uncomfortable sharing his country’s appalling housing
affordability ranking with New Zealand.
There is one area where Australia leads the world [which it shares with New
Zealand]. Demographia’s 10th Annual Survey of house prices - this one
covering 360 cities in nine countries – shows Australasia imperiously
blitzing all opposition other than Hong Kong in house prices. To ensure
against distortions from different standards of living and costs, the
survey compares median house prices in terms of a... more »
MeTA 15: Forum 2014 on Healthcare Ethics and Transparency
The Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Philippines will hold its annual
forum this year with a timely theme, Transparency and Ethics in Healthcare.
Things that are expected of various players and professionals in the health
sector -- pharma companies, drugstores and pharmacies, hospitals and
clinics, doctors and pharmacists, etc. And patients and the public too, we
should have our own "code of ethics". Here is the provisional program for
the event three weeks from now.
The Mexico City Principles (MCP) is a set of ethical conduct adopted by
APEC member countries for the pharmace... more »
Obama's Special Ops Surge: America’s Secret War in 134 Countries, NC Fracking Results To Be Kept Secret, Milwaukee Voucher School Disappears After Getting $2 Million in Taxpayer Funds, Fake HillBillies Run Amuck and Bill Maher Rules!
BREAKING NEWS! "Fracking Chemicals In North Carolina Will Remain Secret,
Industry-Funded Commission Rules" What, exactly, are those chemicals being
pumped underground during the fracking process? In North Carolina, no one
has to say. On Tuesday, the 15-member state Mining and Energy Commission
voted unanimously to pass a rule that would let fracking companies keep
secret the makeup of the
Ten Reasons Why Taichung is the Best City
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*Processing pork.*
I saw Ten Reasons Why Taipei is the Best City on Facebook. It lists ten
reasons why Taipei is the best city: safety, shopping, food, 7-11s, the
people, expenses, the sights, the events, transportation, and culture. To
which I reply: Harumph! Taichung is clearly the better city.
*1. The people.* People in Taipei aren't friendly, people in Taipei are
cold -- compared to people in the rest of Taiwan. That includes Taichung,
though in fairness, Tainan and Kaohsiung are even better. If you think
people in Taipei are friendly, you need to get o... more »
Imágenes bonitas que puedes mirar para relajarte un poco
[image: Aviones volando]
[image: Barco en la isla]
[image: Cabaña entre los árboles]
[image: Castillo en el mar]
[image: Mar congelado]
[image: Gatitos con mensaje para facebook]
[image: Mujer hada]
[image: Paisaje de otoño]
[image: Lago cubierto de hojas]
[image: Mujer bonita]
[image: Venado junto a las manzanas]
WOULD THE U.S. ENJOIN WITH ISRAEL IF ISRAEL LAUNCHED A UNILATERAL ATTACK AGAINST IRAN?
On Monday, 20 January 2014, the agreements entered into between Iran and
the so-called P5+1 will come into effect that will relieve Iran of some of
the sanctions against it and release billions of much needed dollars into
the Iranian economy.
On top of that, President Obama seems to have prevailed in his stoush with
a large bipartisan group of Senators wanting to push a bill in the Senate
that was pushing for increased sanctions against Iran that would be
triggered at the slightest sign of faltering on the agreement by Iran. Also imbedded
in that bill is a clause that gave Israel th... more »
Robert Reich on "David Brooks' Utter Ignorance About Inequality"
Occasionally David Brooks, who personifies the oxymoron "conservative
thinker" better than anyone I know, displays such profound ignorance that a
rejoinder is necessary lest his illogic permanently pollute public debate.
Such is the case with his New York Times column last Friday, arguing that
we should be focusing on the "interrelated social problems of the poor"
rather than on inequality, and that the two are fundamentally distinct.
*-- Robert Reich, in his blogpost* "David
Brooks' Utter Ignorance About Inequality"
*by Ken*
Now Bob Reich is maybe the smartest person I've ever kn... more »
Drum Majors and Gatekeepers
*"Wait, hold up... My Preacher-sense is tinglin'..."*
Ernestine Campbell along with her husband owned the Trumpet Hotel located
by the Lorraine Motel. Moments before and after Dr. King was shot she made
the following observation…
*No one had ever talked to her or asked her about what she saw on that
fateful afternoon. *
Ernestine said she left the hotel and started for home just before 6 p.m.,
driving her gold-bronze Cadillac up Butler and turning right on Mulberry.
As she passed the Lorraine driveway on Butler, she saw Dr. King standing on
the balcony.
She didn’t hear anythin... more »
“Aucklanders Give a Hoot – Len Brown Should Get the Boot”
*I still maintain that a lame duck Auckland mayor is the very best outcome
for all Aucklanders – given what an Auckland mayor *could do* with the
powers Rodney Hide gave him,* if* he thought he had popular support behind
him. Stephen Berry from **Affordable Auckland** figures otherwise, however,
this short Guest Post …*
Auckland mayor Len Brown says Aucklanders generally "don't give much of a
hoot" about his battles over the last few months.
The people of Auckland do give a hoot about your disgraceful conduct Len.
And in 34 days, The Len Brown Stand Down March will show you just h... more »
Selections from, comments on Ravitch, Everything you need to know about the common core
Excerpts from, and a few friendly comments on, Diane Ravitch's essay,
Everything you need to know about the common core. (Comments marked with
"SK"). My hope is that this very strong essay will turn the tide.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/18/everything-you-need-to-know-about-common-core-ravitch/
1. "These two federal programs (NCLB and Race to the Top), which both rely
heavily on standardized testing, has produced a massive demoralization of
educators; an unprecedented exodus of experienced educators, who were
replaced in many districts by young, i... more »
A World of Wounds
“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in
a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible
to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that
the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the
doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well
and does not want to be told otherwise.”
~ Aldo Leopold, *A Sand County Almanac*
After a trip back north for Christmas with the family, I returned to Palm
Beach in good time to escape the Polar Vortex and consequentl... more »
"The Retail Death Rattle"
“I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending
their lives doing things they detest, to make money they don't want,
to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't like."
- Emile Gauvreau
You really need to read this post, unable to place it here:
“The Retail Death Rattle”
- http://www.theburningplatform.com/
A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand - Part III
*Image: The US backs mobs in Kiev, Ukraine attacking police with clubs,
sticks, and baseball bats - while it calls protesters in Bangkok, Thailand
"anti-democratic militants" even as the US-backed regime there carries out
nightly, and now daily terror attacks against them. *
....
*January 20, 2014* (ATN) - When last looking at these two protests, one in
Eastern Europe's Ukraine, and another in Southeast Asia's Thailand, it was
concluded that:
It is more than mere fascist ideology that attracts the West to Svoboda in
Ukraine and the regime of Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand - it is ... more »
UK Set to Sell Out it's Population's Medical Data and Records to Private Industry and Health Insurers
I
posted almost a year back about a then apparently more restrictive, but
to my eyes still outrageous, move of the UK government to frivolously
open
up a genomic database created out of the medical records and samples
collected within the NHS in the course of normal health care (for
diagnostics, safety and quality assurance purposes) for research not
only
by public research institutions, but also private companies in the
pharmacological and medical technological area. Now, if this lengthy
accountis to be belived, it transpires that, apparently, the data base,
which is
due to be launc... more »
Straw Dogs
When the philosopher John Gray looks out over the world, he sees a bloody
madhouse, a hell broth of deranged magical thinking. In his bestselling
book, *Straw Dogs*, he turns into a ruthless vigilante who tirelessly
pounds the stuffing out of ridiculous ideas that condemn us to mindless
self-destruction. What might happen if we ever succeeded at clearing the
decks of loony whims? Would this make it easier to think clearly, and move
onto a path with a future?
By the time you get to the end of the book, not one sacred cow is left
standing. He rubbishes our entire belief system. ... more »
Capitalism and Nature
It's not customary for me to do a reply to a reply, but Boffy made a couple
of comments on this piece looking at the progressive creds of the Greens
that begged replies requiring more elaboration than the character count
comments boxes allow for.
Boffy's first point replied to my observation that, "Wealth and power
insulates the owners of capital from the consequences of climate change to
a degree. As human beings their long-term interest lies in a
post-capitalist future. But, in a society such as ours, while people own
capital, in a very real sense capital owns people and they are... more »
The One Side of the Argument Show
There's a response from the BBC on their Complaints page about last
Tuesday's edition of *The One Show*
The One Show, BBC One, 14 January 2014
Complaint
We have received complaints about Paul O'Grady's appearance on the One Show
on 14 January. Some viewers felt that his views on benefit reform were not
adequately challenged.
BBC's Response
The One Show is a topical magazine programme which occasionally reports on
prominent news stories. Following media coverage of the debate around
Channel Four's Benefits Street, The One Show asked members of the public
for their views on the p... more »
When Should Aging Politicians Retire?
Texas Congressman Ralph Moody Hall was born a few weeks after Warren G.
Harding died in office, Vice President Calvin Coolidge had been sworn in
and the Republican Teapot Dome bribery scandal was shaking confidence in
the Republican Party. He was ten when FDR was first elected and an adult
when there was an President in office not named Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Other than John Dingell (age 87), Hall is the last living congressman who
fought in World War II. An attorney, he was elected to the Texas state
Senate in 1962 and then to Congress in 1980. He was an ultra-conservative
D... more »
NZ housing now more unaffordable than everywhere but Hong Kong [updated]
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*Every year since 2005, the **Demographia** organisation has been measuring
housing affordability across the cities of the English-speaking world. As
the planning virus continues with no abatement, the results have been
increasingly horrific – especially for New Zealand house-buyers. *
*This year, with even more cities included, is no exception, with New
Zealand’s major urban markets more unaffordable as a whole than any place
measured outside Hong Kong. *
*Do you hear me, planners? More unaffordable than any place outside Hong
Kong …*
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MEDI... more »
The Birds of Hiroshima
Evening grosbeaks and Pine grosbeaks eeking out their existence in a
nuclear winter.
Afghanistan President Karzai escalates his demands toward the US ! The Afghanistan's president said on Sunday that the US must no longer carry out military operations or air strikes and must jump-start peace talks with the Taliban, before his country will sign a security deal to keep American troops in the country after 2014.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/19/karzai-us-afghanistan-air-strikes
Karzai demands end to US air strikes as condition for Afghanistan security
deal
• President calls on US to arrange peace talks with Taliban
• Karzai stalling on agreement for troops to stay beyond 2014
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[image: Kabul restaurant memorial]An Afghan man lays flowers on Sunday
outside the Lebanese restaurant attacked in a suicide bomb and gun at... more »
Christy Clark, Time To Make A Leader`s Decision
What will it take before the media calls out the BC Liberal government and
Christy Clark for acting like ignorant asses..
Jobs plan slogan is dead, failed propaganda, LNG won`t bring our province
any money until at least 2019 if at all, endless reviews and phony public
consultations on how to help the disabled, how to sell more booze, how to
set speeding limits, how to expand gambling and gaming to every street
corner and public gathering places..
Reviews on BC Hydro, on BC Ferries, on Translink, reviews into CLBC, now a
review on why the ministry of justice is refusing to lay the... more »
And all shall be well and/ All manner of thing shall be well
Whether we BBC critics like it or not, Radio 4 has a lot of devoted
listeners who will defend it, it purely metaphorical terms of course, to
the death.
And if they keep on asking Jeremy Irons to read T.S. Eliot's *Four Quartets
*I might well join them.
A people without history
Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern
Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails
On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel
History is now and England.
And, as the dark penetrates our windows on a winter's night, in a crowded
house in Morecambe, blogging is now and England, and here are ... more »
On Friday President Obama gave a speech wherein he suggested new limitations on NSA's surveillance activities. In the first video below, NSA whistleblowers argue that his "limitations" don't even begin to restore our 4th Amendment rights and strongly suggested that a non-government group of hackers be appointed to determine and make public exactly what the NSA is and isn't doing. In the second video, Michael Ratner, President Emeritus, Center for Constitutional Rights, opens by saying "I sat there watching [Obama's speech] really astounded, because I didn't expect a lot, but I think we got almost nothing in what I call this national surveillance state."
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Originals here and here
*NSA Whistleblowers Criticize Obama's Proposed Reforms*
Reforms must include independent oversight with unrestricted access to all
intelligence databases, say whistleblowers - *January 18, 14*
More at The Real News
*Bio
.*
Jessica Desvarieux is a producer and correspondent for the Real News
Network. She covers politics and foreign affairs.
*Obama NSA Reforms Are "A Bouquet of Roses" to the Intelligence Agencies*
Michael Ratner: By p... more »
Masashiro Tanaka bidding heats up with the finish line is sight ( January 24 , 2014 at 5pm ) .. Current state of play - The Yankees were among five teams to formally place a bid for Masahiro Tanaka this week with nearly all bids coming in around six years and more than $100 million. In addition to the Yankees, the Dodgers, White Sox, Cubs, and Diamondbacks have all reportedly made an offer for the Japanese right-hander with the deadline for bidding coming this Friday, January 24th, at 5:00 pm. .....Additionally , According to Nikkan, a daily sports newspaper in Japan, the Yankees and Dodgers have made "equivalent offers"..... The equivalent offers may or may not be on par with the purported Arizona Diamondbacks' six-year/$120 million offer.
http://www.pinstripealley.com/yankees-rumors-offseason-hot-stove/2014/1/19/5325214/masahiro-tanaka-rumors-yankees-decision
( main contenders seem to be Arizona Diamondbacks , Yankees and Dodgers... )
Masahiro Tanaka rumors: Decision could come Tuesday or Wednesday
By Caitlin Rogers on Jan 19 2014, 4:14p 14
Adam Pretty
Tanaka could make his decision early this week so that teams can conduct
more medical tests before Friday's deadline.
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If you've been paying attention, the deadline for teams to bid on Masahiro
Tanaka is January 24th at 5:00 PM.... more »
Newsnight: 13-15 January 2014
If Friday and Thursday's editions of *Newsnight *were brimming to the very
top of the glass (plus added foam) with BBC bias, what of the remaining
three days? Well, as the French president said to the actress (as he
invited her to join him on his moped), 'Continuez tout droit' and let us
see.
Like Monet, I shall give my own impressions here. Minus the lilies. Oh, OK
then, with lilies.
Wednesday night's edition was the edition which provided the subject for an
earlier post - the one called 'Bang, bang'. (Did you read it?)
The first segment of the programme dealt with Labour's ban... more »
WY ALECers - Confuses Propaganda with Transparency
Oh, my .....
Today - two pieces of pro-ALEC propaganda in the newspapers.
One of the pieces interviews ALEC PR poobah in detail (to be covered
tomorrow) notes:
*Meierling said ALEC didn't have a public affairs office until he was hired
a little more than a year ago. *
Oh, my ........
That's what started off my day - more lying from ALEC
When they lie so much - you can't help but question everything they say -
bunch of psychopaths.
BTW: they had plenty of PR people in the past
2011 "according to *ALEC* Senior Director of *Public Affairs* Raegan
*Weber"*
2009* - "**For ... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, January 19th, 2014
Yes, it is Sunday again, and time for my usual rant...
I am one truly pissed off blogger this week... I have been absolutely
disgusted by the actions of some of those who call themselves "truth
seekers" and yet are not.... It all stems of course from the recent actions
of a certain group of individuals that rather than look at the facts and
all of the evidence of the fraud known as the Sandy Hook shooting, would
rather spend the time trying to insult and slur those who have looked at
all the evidence and have concluded that Sandy Hook was indeed a fraud and
a massive deception perpe... more »
Germany attempt to repatriate its gold from the US ( New York Fed ) has been a stunning failure to date ! As a brief recap , The Bundesbank announced in January of 2013 , its decision to repatriate 674 tons of gold from the New York Fed and French Central Bank - this was to occur over a eight year period between 2013 and 2020 , with 300 tons comes from the New York Fed and 374 tons coming from the French Central Bank .... Approximately a year after the January 2013 announcement , the Bundesbank alleged managed to obtain 37 tons ( far below a 84 ton sum needed to ratably obtain 674 tons over the timeframe noted for the repatriation ) .... While intial news indicated all 37 tons came from the New York Fed , today's shocker reveals ( from Die Welt ) , that in actuality , 32 tons did come from France's Central Bank , while only 5 tons came from the New York Fed ! ! ! And look at the feeble excuse offered by the Bundesbank as it lamely tries to justify what appears unjustifiable - why hasn't more than 5 tons been obtained from the New York Fed if Germany's gold allegedly stored in New York actually is there ? And of course , there is the issue of the quality of gold which Germany received in the past from both the US and UK !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-19/germany-has-recovered-paltry-5-tons-gold-ny-fed-after-one-year
( Does anyone still believe there is any significant quantity of gold held
by the New York Fed at this point in time ? And how long before other
countries , that allegedly have gold held at the New York Fed , demand the
immediate return of their gold held at the New York Fed - after all , if it
is there , there is no reason why this gold held for the benefit of the
various countries ironically for safe keeping ? )
Germany Has Recovered A Paltry 5 Tons Of Gold From The NY Fed A... more »
Chris Christie Bridgegate aka Bullygate scandal continues to roar along - articles of note January 19 , 2014 .... .... Has Chris christie decided to go on the offensive ? Christie spokesman lashes out at Hoboken mayor and MSNBC in wake of aid allegations .......Meanwhile , residents of Sandy swamped Hoboken wants answers from chris christie concerning Mayor Zimmer's Sandy funding allegations ...... Bridgegate aka Bullygate dogs Christie on his Florida swing ....... CHRISTIE, LEGISLATURE ON COLLISION COURSE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SHOWDOWN
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Sandy relief funding spurs NJ protest
January 18, 2014 7:30PM ET
Occupy protesters plan to camp out at the New Jersey Statehouse as Gov.
Chris Christie grapples with political scandals
Topics: New Jersey Occupy Wall Street Chris Christie
[image: New Jersey Sandy storm Occupy protest]
A protester carries a sign near the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.Mel Evans/AP
Protesters in New Jersey who are upset with how the state is distributing
relief funding forSuperstorm Sandy victims have taken their complaints to
the capital city.
The Occupy Sandy New Jersey group arrived in Trenton, N.J., on Sa... more »
SWANSON ON OBAMA'S 'NSA BONE'
David Swanson will be speaking in Brunswick, Maine (public library) on
Saturday, February 15 from 3:00-5:00 pm. He's one of the really good ones
out there and you'll enjoy listening to him talk about the need to end war
and other such corporate malfeasance's.
Swanson writes:
President Barack Obama gave a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment on Friday,
and not even his fans are proclaiming victory. In this moment when Obama
is actually doing one thing I agree with (talking to Iran), more and more
people seem to be slowly, agonizingly slowly, finally, finally, finally,
recognizing wha... more »
Britain SUCKS - and that's OFFICIAL
UKIP cadre frequently spout ludicrous and offensive opinions, this week's
revelation that gay marriage causes floods (and that homosexuality can be
cured with prayer). Yet the UK Independence Party may be (at least for the
moment) Britain's best regarded party. This is how low we've stooped.
Thirty years of neoliberal public life and the political compass has been
entirely abandoned. Little wonder facts have no place in current public
debate, we just have recursive bile and bigotry.
Now, we just need some way of getting all these people, crabbed nazi
shitdust Little Englanders to fu... more »
Reggie Middleton discusses his proposal to recreate today's financial system ... Bitcoin 2.0, aka Ultra Coin: Bitcoin's Derivative Layer That Allows The Virtual To Control Real Things ...... More discussion on Ultracoin ( presented simply for consideration - this blog and blogger post should not be considered an endorsement of any product , cyber / crypto - currency of any type or any endorsement of the safety of any such product )
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2014-01-19/bitcoin-20-aka-ultra-coin-bitcoins-derivative-layer-allows-virtual-control-re
( Reggie is seeking to launch Zero Trust Currency Contracts, the first
implementation of UltraCoin, to go into open public beta by the end of next
week. That means individuals / traders / organizations will be able to
short, leverage, go long and arbitrage BTC. So , we are seeing additional
derivative development for bitcoin - ponder whether this is a good or bad
development ? )
Bitcoin 2.0, aka Ultra Coin: Bitcoin's Derivative Layer That Allows The
Virtua... more »
“The Myth of the Deserving Rich”
*“The Myth of the Deserving Rich”*
by Paul Krugman
“Many influential people have a hard time thinking straight about
inequality. Partly, of course, this is because of Upton Sinclair’s dictum:
it’s hard for a man to understand something when his salary depends on his
not understanding it. Part of it is because even acknowledging that
inequality is a real problem implicitly opens the door to taking
progressive policies seriously.
But there’s also a factor that, while not entirely independent of the other
two, is somewhat distinct; I think of it as the urge to sociologize. I’ve
writt... more »
"We are rats, deliberately starved and set against each other" (Ian Welsh)
*"What I see is that we are rats, deliberately starved and set against each
other. . . . When the rich are taking all of the winnings of the economy,
and then some: we tear at each other like starved rats."*
*-- Ian Welsh, in a new blogpost,*
"Helping the most discriminated against"
*by Ken*
I mentioned recently, when I passed along Ian Welsh's post "The Death Bet"
(in "'We're living the good life on "death bets,' says Ian Welsh, and the
IOUs may come due sooner than we gamblers thought)," Ian has recently been
doing a number of posts on and around the subject of economic inequalit... more »
Info Hotel dan Penginapan Jayakarta Bali Beach Resort, Residence di Bali
Info
Hotel dan Penginapan Jayakarta Bali Beach Resort, Residence di Bali -
Melihat keindahan pulau bali enggak afdol jika kite-kite tidak bermalam
di bali untuk menikmati jagat raya malam atau bisa disebut surga dunia
malamnya di bali, dengan memperhatikan kehidupan malam bila anda sudah
lelah tentunya anda bagaimanapun juga beristirahat di hotel atau
penginapan, bagi sampean yang memiliki
“Money As Debt”
*“Money As Debt”*
by paagleTV
“Essential viewing on money and the banking system. “Money As Deb”t is a
fast-paced and highly entertaining animated feature by artist &
videographer, Paul Grignon. It explains today's magically perverse
DEBT-MONEY SYSTEM in terms that are easy to understand. "When banks extend
loans to their customers, they CREATE money by crediting their customers'
accounts." - Sir Mervyn King, Speech to the South Wales Chamber of Commerce
at The Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 23rd October 2012. For further
evidence of this in the UK please visit the Bank of England we... more »
"Homeland Security": a Jewish racket
An article recently appearing in the *Jewish Telegraph Agency* further
underscores a point I've been making on this blog for quite some time now: *the
entire "Homeland Security" paradigm is a Jewish contrived concept serving
Jewish interests, first and foremost*.
The *Jewish Telegraph Agency* reports:
Congress budgeted *$13 million for a nonprofit security assistance
program that mostly aids Jewish institutions*.
The money was allocated in the $1.1 trillion budget passed this week by
both houses of Congress.
The program, which has existed since the mid-2000s, has so far disbursed *... more »
Contoh Model Desain Rumah Type 36 Minimalis modis Terbaru
Contoh
Model Desain Rumah Type 36 Minimalis modis Terbaru - mempunyai rumah
adalah impian dari setiap umat akrena tempat tinggal adalah suatu
kebutuhan bagi berbagai orang untuk tempat berlindung dari panas, hujan
atau gangguan lain. Pada jam sekarang sudah banyak desain rumah yang
bagus dan terlihat modern akibat tampilannya perkembangan jaman maka
para arsitekturpun membentuk sejenis desain
California: Instead of rain or snow the state is getting wildfires in the dead of winter
California has a serious drought, it did not get such a weather in over a
century. Drought is causing serious problems for farming besides other uses
of water. Drought is affecting other states as well, but California is the
worst hit. Drought is causing out of control wildfires and the state needs
more firefighters.
What climate change deniers have to say about this situation?
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A Canadian Snow Job
While Neil Young was reminding Harper and Co. that they had obligations to
Canada's native peoples, John Baird was in Washington, trying to extract a
promise from Barack Obama and John Kerry that the United States would build
the Keystone XL pipeline.
But Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry were unmoved. They know that American opinion
is turning against Keystone. And they know the real reason Baird was in
Washington. Jane Kleeb, the founder of Bold Nebraska -- a network of
American activists -- understands what's going on:
"Canada and TransCanada made a really bad investment in tar sands, ... more »
Early Whistle Blower Ex CIA John Stockwell @ Stop Watching Us Ralley
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John Stockwell in 1989
John Stockwell - CIA's War on Humans
Soliloquy Monologues
_________________________ THE SECRET WARS OF THE CIA:by John Stockwell
A lecture given in October, 1987
Part I - Part II
John Stockwell is the highest-ranking CIA official ever to leave the agency
and go public. He ran a CIA intelligence-gathering post in Vietnam, was the
task-force commander of the CIA's secret war in Angola in 1975 and 1976,
and was awarded the Medal of Merit before he resigned. Stockwell's book In
Search of Enemies, published by W.W. ... more »
Kālī
"There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or
fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something
nicer to come up and replace it; you go somewhere in nature, or you do some
walking meditation.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
Bob Geldof: "Russell Brand is right"
While Bob Geldof was never a major political actor he was indicative of
something a bit important. Musical interventions into public life may have
begun with the fight to Free the Strip in Los Angeles. The pioneering
modern form though was Rock Against Racism. In the lesser days of the
Miners Strike, when everything was VERY political, Bob Geldof saw another
issue, famine in Africa, and demanded (rightly or wrongly) that all
politics be put aside for the sake of immediate action.
He took the RAR model and blew it up to gigantic proportions and in the
process invented the big rock s... more »
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*Saints Superbowl alum, Darren Sharper, arrested on charges of rape, NOPD
also investigating ~WVUE*
*Glover family continues to seek justice ~Gina Swanson, WDSU*
*Proposed changes in New Orleans noise ordinance are more significant than
proponents let on ~Jarvis DeBerry*
*City complains about NOPD monitor’s billing; judge says pleased with work
~Richard Thompson, New Orleans Advocate*
*As New Orleans teachers get Unioned-Up,,, Orleans Parish School Board
doubles-down ~WWNO*
*As Carnival begins, large swath of lights off on St. Charles Avenue ~WWLTV
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Proof of anti-independence bias at the BBC?
The pro-independence website *Newsnet Scotland* is reporting the
findingsof a year-long study into TV news coverage of the Scottish
independence
debate.
The research, conducted from September 2012 to September 2013, has been
carried out by a team at the University of the West of Scotland headed
by Dr
John Robertson. Unlike the highly suspicious BBC-funded Cardiff
University
research published last year, which purported to find that the BBC was
actually biased *towards* the Right, I can find no evidence of
partisanship
and political activism on Dr Robertson's part. And, unlike the ... more »
Egypt's Fascist Government Declares Victory-- Only 1.9% Oppose The Military Coup
Democracy can be so messy… and sometimes even unpedictable. Why bother if
you can get away with it? Last night we looked at how Republicans in our
country are trying to replace democracy with plutocracy. Egypt has gone
even further. When democracy didn't suit the military chiefs, they simply
staged a coup, arrested the president, slaughtered his supporters and
staged a phony election with a very predictable outcome-- 98.1% of voters
backed the new fascist constitution the military presented. With a
gratuitous slap at President Morsi-- Laura King and Amro Hassan referring
to him a... more »
Change in Canada's position on Jerusalem?
Prime Minister Harper is visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Previous
Canadian official visits avoided the Western Wall as Canada (officially)
does not recognize Israel's claim to Jerusalem as capital (or sovereignty
in general).
It is also significant that Prime Minister Harper will be speaking to the
Knesset. This action implicitly recognizes Jerusalem as the Israeli capital
(although the Knesset is on territory held by Israel prior to 1967 it is
located in Jerusalem as Israel's capital).
Remember a previous Conservative Prime Minister, Joe Clark, planned to move
Canada's e... more »
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