English: The Red Creek Fir is the largest known Douglas-fir on Earth. It is located approximately 15 kms from Port Renfrew, BC. This giant measures 73 m high and 13.3 m girth. Even though it holds a world record for its species, the BC Liberal government has offered it no legislated protection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Kelashin Stele, from volume 7 of History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria (digitized by project Gutenberg) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rag, Bush and All (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Christy Clark And Her Paid Team of Scofflaws and Slimers
This post is about a BC Liberal Government that breaks laws, ignores court
rulings, a government that has disrespected almost everyone who has lived,
and died in British Columbia, but more importantly this article is about
the slimers and media that not only enabled this Christy Clark BC Liberal
government but cheerleaded their actions..
Where to start, so many lowclass creeps to keep track of..
Phil Hochstein who was rewarded a well paying appointed position at the
Port of Vancouver, that was his reward for slamming the public sector, for
fighting minimum wage and his futile att... more »
What's Wrong With The DCCC? Does The Rot Go Beyond Just Steve Israel?
As awful as he was, at least Rahm managed to win some seats
Over the weekend, the *NY Times'* Carl Hulse predicted another two years of
split government after the midterms. In other words, as we've been
predicting all year, Steve Israel's disastrous reign at the DCCC and his abysmally
flawed strategy will yield a second consecutive cycle of failure. Israel recruits
conservatives, refuses to allow the DCCC to plan beyond one cycle, targets
the wrong seats, and is probably trading safety for himself for safety for
senior Republicans who would be otherwise vulnerable.
A review of compe... more »
Energy Econ 12: EPIRA, WESM, PSALM and DOE Bureaucracy
I like this new article by Romy Bernardo. My comments after his paper,
below.
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BUSINESS WORLD, January 26, 2014 10:15:33 PM
Introspective
By Romeo Bernardo
*The way forward for the power industry*
*THE RECENT sharp spike in power rates led to the understandable shock and
anger of consumers; most are unfamiliar with the structure and workings of
a now market-based power industry. Headline news and public discourse have
generated more heat than light. It can be satisfying to embrace conspiracy
as a short-cut to thinking about a complex subject which the ideologically
oppose... more »
DATE WITH A DEBATE: MIKE PIPER VS. JIM FETZER AND JOHN FRIEND
*On Monday, January 27, 2014, at 8 p.m. ET, Dave Gahary moderates the
debate many of us have been waiting for.*
*For two hours, Mike Piper takes on Jim Fetzer and John Friend, who tackle
the controversy surrounding the Sandy Hook Elementary School event, which
will address most or all of the points raised in the article “Top Ten
Reasons: Sandy Hook was an Elaborate Hoax,” plus additional information
which may cause you to reassess your position on whether what happened on
December 14, 2012 was real or staged.*
*Jim has published an article on his debate with Keith Johnson and Mike... more »
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 14, 1949-1952
The movement to democratize Egypt: Bloodless coup sends Farouk into exile.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2014 [With all the dramatic
activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The
Movement to Democratize … finish reading Bob Feldman :
A People’s History of Egypt, Part 14, 1949-1952
Updates On Syria [1.27]: A Localized Ceasefire Is Off The Table, Syria's Leading Internal Opposition Group Is Not Represented At Geneva II, Syria Makes A Fool of Itself By Releasing A Communiqué Saying It Is A "Democratic Country"
*1. An excerpt from, "Brahimi saves his energy for Geneva III" by Jean
Aziz, Al-Monitor, January 27, 2014: *
But reaching a cease-fire will not be much easier. It seemed that the two
parties have different priorities for the cease-fire for military and
geographic considerations.
*The opposition delegation, for example, wants to start the cease-fire in
Homs, where things are clearly going in the Syrian army’s favor and a
cease-fire would give oxygen to the opposition’s armed groups. The official
delegation wants to start the cease-fire either in the Aleppo area or in
Daraa, near the... more »
Untitled
*New Law Could Force All of Louisiana’s Abortion Clinics to Close ~Zoë
Carpenter, The Nation*
Kate Braun : Candlemas can sweep us into our future
Lord Sun is in Aquarius and winter is fast a-fleeting as we celebrate
Candlemas with reflected light. “…do do be do, do be do, be do be do be
do…” – Swingle Singers scatting Bach By Kate Braun | The … finish reading Kate
Braun :
Candlemas can sweep us into our future
Hang out in your local coffee shop, and you may be lucky enough to overhear "someone discussing their airline mileage plan in detail"
*No, it's not exactly Socratic dialogues you're apt to overhear while
hanging out in a coffee shop.*
*by Ken*
I have a lingering interest -- somewhere between curiosity and tolerance --
in "The Frisky," a website aimed at not-too-old and not-too-unhip women,
specializing in gee-whiz pieces about sex and relationships which tend to
fall into two categories:
• *Explaining men to women.* (Random example: "'Guy’s Guide To Birth
Control' Is The Sexiest Thing You’ll See All Day.")
• *Explaining women to women.* (Random example: "Life After Dating: A Look
Back at 4 Strange Things I Did ... more »
Rewards for reading outloud to children?
To be published in the School Library Journal
Should we provide rewards if parents read 1000 books aloud to their
children ("Vivacious vocabulary," Jan. 2014)?
Read-alouds are very pleasant for both parents and children. The vast
majority of children say that they enjoy being read to: 97% in Walker and
Kuerbitz (1979), 95% in
Mason and Blanton (1971), and parents agree: Eighy-nine percent of mothers
interviewed in Newson and Newson (cited in Wells, 1985) said their children
liked to be read to.
Giving certificates, getting one's picture in the local newspaper, and
other incenti... more »
SNOWDEN IN HIS OWN WORDS
Snowden-Interview in English (Exclusive on German Television 01/26/2014)from Anonymous
News on Vimeo.
In an exclusive interview with German television, NSA whistleblower Edward
Snowden discussed reports of government death threats and dismissed
President Obama's calls to return home, saying he would face a "show trial."
Snowden was interviewed by German journalist and documentary filmmaker
Hubert Seipel at an undisclosed location in Russia. It aired late Sunday
night on Germany's main public broadcaster ARD.
Geneva II Is Going Nowhere, As Predicted By Any Analyst Worth The Name
The forces that have been unleashed in Syria in the last three years cannot
be put back into a bottle with a laughable peace conference held thousands
of miles away in Europe. This is just good old political theatre. Geneva II
was destined for disaster on the day it was announced.
Does the world truly want to end this war tomorrow? Okay then. Be serious
about it. Let Syria attack Saudi Arabia. Make them bleed and pay the price
for arming 7th century barbarians and invading Syria by proxy. Retaliation
is long overdue.
The events in Syria are not happening in a vacuum. These people a... more »
@PARCCplace : More bang for the buck?
The PARCC folks and Common Core cheerleaders like to talk about the next
generation of standardized testing. Are these new tests worth the $29.50
per student cost? In my state of New York that would triple the cost of the
current 3-8 testing program. Of course we will also need to seriously
upgrade technology in […]
Walking Dead Season 4 preview
Wow, it looks fantastic. Can not wait.
"We Never Live..."
“We do not rest satisfied with the present. We anticipate the future as too
slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past,
to stop its too rapid flight. So imprudent are we that we wander in the
times which are not ours, and do not think of the only one which belongs to
us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more, and
thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is
generally painful to us. We conceal it from our sight, because it troubles
us; and if it be delightful to us, we regret to see it pass away. We tr... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“There is a road that connects the Northern to the Southern Cross but you
have to be at the right place and time to see it. The road, as pictured
below, is actually the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy; the right
place, in this case, is dark Laguna Cejar in Salar de Atacama of Northern
Chile; and the right time was in early October, just after sunset.
*Click image for larger size.*
Many sky wonders were captured then, including the bright Moon, inside the
Milky Way arch; Venus, just above the Moon; Saturn and Mercury, just below
the Moon; the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds sat... more »
Chet Raymo, “In A Dark Time...”
*“In A Dark Time...”*
by Chet Raymo
“I've quoted a few of these lines before, from a poem by Charles Simic:
"It's like fishing in the dark.
Our thoughts are the hooks,
Our heart the raw bait.
We cast the line past all believing
Into the night sky
Until it's lost to sight."
In a sense, that's the story of my life: a long love affair with the night
sky. My first book of popular science was “365 Starry Nights”. My first
book of personal prose was “The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical
Pilgrimage”. “An Intimate Look at the Night Sky” followed much later, but
every book in between, fic... more »
NY State Senator George Latimer is my new Hero!
Although NY State Senator George Latimer isn’t a professional educator by
trade, his perspective, vis-à-vis CCSS implementation, is spot on! This
video is definitely worth watching, a few times. You have to love how he
“slaps” the table for added emphasis!Filed under: ANGEL CINTRON, JR.: I
Think, Therefore I Teach Tagged: ccss
Not an Economist, not a Statesman, Not to be believed!
(story behind picture, lots of Strauss)
If Strauss and Rand begot Manning, Manning and Cheney begot Steve
Guess who? Okay its Harper. I can not say it any better than it has already
been said.
“Mind-Blowing Time-Lapse of the Milky Way in the Chilean Sky”
“Mind-Blowing Time-Lapse of the Milky Way in the Chilean Sky”
- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/
The Daily "Near You?
Butterworth, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Thanks for stopping by.
The Poet: Matthew Arnold, "Growing Old"
*"Growing Old"*
"What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes, but not for this alone.
Is it to feel our strength -
Not our bloom only, but our strength - decay?
Is it to feel each limb
Grow stiffer, every function less exact,
Each nerve more weakly strung?
Yes, this, and more! but not,
Ah, 'tis not what in youth we dreamed 'twould be!
'Tis not to have our life
Mellowed and softened as with sunset-glow,
A golden day's decline!
'Tis not to see the world
As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart... more »
Quotes of the day: The David Cunliffe edition
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only
exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the
public treasury.” – attrib. to Alexander Fraser Tytler
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." - H. L.
Mencken
“Institutions purely democratic may endure until the day politicians
discover they can bribe the public with the public's money.” – attrib. to
Alexis de Tocqueville
"Democracy will fail when people begin to think they can vote themselves
rich." - PJ O’Rourke
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Ple... more »
"This Is Your Life..."
“This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.
Every breath is a choice.
Every minute is a choice.
To be or not to be.
Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice.
Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist.
If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume
and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?"
- Chuck Palahniuk
Tom Houghton Declares His Candidacy In PA-16-- A Seat Held By Right-Winger Joe Pitts
This afternoon, Democrat Tom Houghton announced his candidacy for the 16th
Congressional District in Pennsylvania, challenging incumbent right-wing
Republican Joe Pitts, who we're very familiar with from the Aryanna Strader
campaign in 2012. Once again, Steve Israel is forcing the DCCC to ignore
this very winnable (R+4) southeast Pennsylvania seat that President Obama
won in 2008. And Tom has also been an electoral winner in this area. A
former Township Supervisor in his community of London Grove and a former
State representative in Pennsylvania’s 13th legislative District., he was... more »
Illuminati Motor Works
This X prize competitor did not win the ten million dollar prize, but just
for the name alone they struck gold with me. What a lovely back story
behind this carbon fiber tail. I am only disappointed by the lack of
tinfoil.
Based upon my rough calculations about the dismal economic efficiency of
the Canadian Oil Sands passenger fuel I have come to two conclusions about
future automobiles.
They will be all tad pole shaped. I designed in my mind a inflatable
profile that would inflate to full tadpole at speed and retract around
town. Today's cars have tons of co efficient to consu... more »
Vatican's unsuccessful Dove message of peace & love since Pope Benedict XVI
Ill omen? Pope’s doves of peace for Ukraine attacked by angry birds (PHOTOS)
Published time: January 26, 2014 19:23
Edited time: January 27, 2014 10:39
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[image: Pope Francis (C) watches as children release doves during the
Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican January 26, 2014
(Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)]
Pope Francis (C) watches as children release doves during the Angelus
prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican January 26, 2014
(Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)
Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for the start of a “constructive dialogue” in
Ukraine, releas... more »
Being Absent Limits Does Not Mean Being Absent Common Sense
*Being Absent Limits Does Not Mean Being Absent Common Sense*
By American Kabuki
Caleb and I come from a similar religious backgrounds, actually many of us
do, D, Bob and Vera and others. Heather grew up marginally Catholic and
had her fingers beaten with car antennas by nuns. She still has the scars
from those piano lessons when she missed some notes.
One thing Caleb I both saw in the faiths we grew up was there was a saying
in our churches among the clued in, "you never want to do business with
another church person"... what was the reason for this? Well certain
assumptions ... more »
“10 Most Absurd Right-Wing Lunacies This Week: Pity the 1% Edition”
*“10 Most Absurd Right-Wing Lunacies This Week: *
*Pity the 1% Edition”*
By Janet Allon
"So much right-wing craziness this week, it's difficult to know where to
start. So, we'll just dive in.
*1. Thomas Perkins: The 1% are treated the way Nazis treated Jews. *If
you’ve been spending your time worrying about the plight of the very poor,
the long-term unemployed, low-wage workers or even the strapped middle
class, stop it! You need to get some sensitivity training about the
persecuted 1%. You know, it is just not easy being mega-wealthy. People are
mean to you, In fact, it’s like t... more »
IN HIS OWN WORDS
This is the English version of the Edward Snowden interview done by the
German TV-station NDR.
Hound Dog
There were a lot of very angry elderly bingo players during tonight's *The
Unbelievable Truth. *I even had to duck as an ashtray narrowly missed my
head after one particularly fanatical player of Rad*i*o 4 Comedians Bingo registered
her frustration at Marcus Brigstocke barely believable failure to attack *The
Daily Mail*.
Despite some mockery of Christian belief, all the Radio 4 comedians present
failed to make any jokes about Michael Gove or the Bullingdon Club or
baby-killing Tory prime ministers. It was the lowest-scoring edition of the
programme yet, and a thousand cigarettes... more »
Digital Warming: Can We Avoid the Destruction of the Physical Book Habitat?
In our last article we wrote about the market impact of Digital Warming,
which like its more famous environment equivalent, global environment
warming, can result in unpredictable effects. Today we have to ask the
question of whether it is now not wise to adjust our behaviour, not only to
mitigate some of the extremes of today’s trade, but to also protect and
reduce the risk from irreversible damage tomorrow.
When CDrom digital ebook content first appeared many rushed to add extras
and in doing so often took their eyes off the costs and the lack of market
demand. The inevitable r... more »
Knotweed
I’m not the kind of person who goes “I hold my hands up” when they think
they’ve done something a bit naughty, but just in case the things I wrote
about the Liberal Democrats and the Jesus and Mo cartoons appeared to
trivialize a serious matter by use of facetious or flippant language, I’ll
elaborate.
The Liberal Democrats are a shambles. They are though, are they not?
I wrote that before everyone else started saying it. I even heard Michael
Deacon say the same, days after I’d written it. You’ll have to take my
word for that. Damian Thompson has said it (twice) as well.
The Liber... more »
Sandy Hoax: Mark Glenn Exposes Himself As A Fraud!
Tonight is an important night in the continuing saga between those in the
"TUT" camp, who have been trying their best (and worse) to convince
everyone that the Sandy Hook operation was "real" and that we can somehow
trust the mainstream media and government that they would not lie to us,
and those who do see the truth about Sandy Hook being an operation where
not only did nobody die, but has been used to psychologically turn America
upside down and into a state of paranoia.....Tonight, Jim Fetzer is to try
again to debate Michael Collins Piper on John Friend's "The Realist Report"
a... more »
Sex, Power Play, and Trotskyism
It's one that has had seasoned left watchers stumped in bemusement. Back in
the day, it was so different. As a general rule, most people exiting
revolutionary outfits either returned to private life, or continued being
active inside the labour movement. A small minority of comrades, however,
would stick with the far left. The ultra-correct posturing of ultra-left
"fighting" propaganda groups like the Spartacists and Workers Power
occasionally attracted a few by exposing the centrism or *gasp* reformism
of the IS/SWP or Militant/SP. Or some waltzed off and formed their own
outfit af... more »
The Grammy Awards: Parents outraged the freak show they allowed their kids to watch turned out to be, wait for it - a freak show...
*you asked for it and you got it.*
Good work, parents of America. Did you really think Beyonce and her
husband were going to do anything that was uplifting - other than her butt,
of course?
You willing invited that stupidity into your home, and now you complain and
try and blame everyone but yourself. I have no sympathy and think your
outrage is misplaced.
It isn't up to networks, producers of shows, or entertainers to protect
your kids.
It's your job and you're failing.
And don't forget Michelle Obama thinks Beyonce is a "role model" for her
daughters. Have we ever had suc... more »
Talent will out
Does anyone remember, years ago, when four Swedes called ABBA were banking
truckloads of money in their very small country while Muldoon down here was
busy taxing the bejesus out of recorded music, that there was an argument
had that instead of shitting all over music-buyers and local musicians,
Muldoon would do better to remove the thumbscrews and get out their way,
and then maybe, one day, a New Zealander or two might enjoy the same sort
of success that might just benefit all of us as well?
Have we just seen that, much belatedly, with Lorde and Joel Little – their
success, thei... more »
How liberals get played by people like Walsh!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014*
*Refuses to tell you the truth:* This is a very good day to learn an
important point.
It’s a good day to see how the liberal world gets played by the likes of
Joan Walsh.
Walsh is now paid by MSNBC, a branch of NBC News. Her patron there is Chris
Matthews.
Walsh refused to describe his repellent behavior all through the
Clinton/Gore years, and then in the years which followed. Today, she is
refusing to tell you what her colleague and corporate-mate David Gregory
did on yesterday’s Meet the Press.
People, it just isn’t done.
As we noted in this earlie... more »
Protect Western Navajo Confluence from Desecration!
Save
the Confluence
Read how Navajos are struggling to protect sacred land on the western
side of the Navajo Nation from the Navajo Nation government's proposed
$120 million resort development:
http://savetheconfluence.com/
KTNN: Listen on Facebook to recorded portions in Dine' language:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4840501892954
Families on KTNN against the Confluence Development
More middle-class welfare [updated]
[image: Family benefit]
There’s nothing like a new idea to give a politician hope in an election
year – and what Labour leader David Cunliffe pledge yesterday to big acclaim
in a speech much-hyped by his supporters yesterday was nothing like a new
idea. Or a good one.
It was what columnist George Will once called “the politics of seeming to
care,” expressed by Cunliffe in rummaging through the recycling bin of the
Ghosts of Elections Past.
Didn’t we have a universal “family benefit” back in the day, finally
abandoned only in 1991?
Didn’t we have a Labour hopeful here some years... more »
The Divine Plan
At the start of last week, January 20th to be specific, we (those in my
home) felt a very definite shift energetically. It was positive, creating
a feeling of “all is well”. Just four days later there was another emotion
that seemed to descend on us from somewhere else and it was exhausting,
“done”; an “I can’t do this anymore” sort of energy.
This roller coaster ride brought up wonderings of “What the heck is going
on?” This did not emanate from us, but rather TO us, to create a reaction.
This post contains some thoughts on what may be going on.
This time is marked with a str... more »
NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND
Nobody Gets Left Behind
By American Kabuki
Everything you encounter will interact with your energy. Energy exchange
is a ubiquitous fact of life. Your physical embodiment depends on energy
exchange with the earth, air, sun, and water and the various components of
vibrations bound up as photons, magnetism and the highly condensed and
slowed down encapsulations of light known as matter (E=MC2). There is a
ginormous amount of light in a single atom. Scientists learned this in the
1940s and created a bomb out of that very simple fact of existence.
Your eternal essence itself is a... more »
More on Moral Hazard in US Alliances: Explaining Japan-Korea Tension (and Greece-Turkey?)
So this post is a bleg to those of you who know more about alliances than
me. I am considering writing this up for an article, so I thought I would
‘crowd-source’ early comments on the basic argument. I also wonder if
someone elsewhere has already suggested this idea in the vast alliance
literature. So
Continue reading
Corbett Report - the NSA and the 9/11 Deception
Corbett Report goes absolutely apeshit about the "L.I.N.K." between the NSA
and the 9/11 Deception, namely, "Surely they'll have known whether Edward
Snowden's claims of omnipotence were so ... omnipotent?" non-quote:
*As the public finally becomes outraged over the NSA's illegal spying,
members of government and the corporate media wage an information war to
misdirect that anger to issues of less importance.* [source CORBETT REPORT]
Ah-hahaha, and when you think about it, synchronistically speaking, this TURN
IT OFF campaign that's asking the State of Utah to 'turn off' the
NSA's... more »
You Are A Gem Valentine with Free Printable
[image: Housewife Eclectic: You Are A Gem Valentine with Free Printable]
I have a confession to make. I might just absolutely love Ring Pops. Who
doesn't like awesome bling that is tasty too? Just me? Even if I am the
only adult who still loves them, at least I know the kids go crazy for
them.
You will need:
Ring Pops
Baker's Twine
Double Sided Tape
Printable Valentine found at the end of this post
Scissors
[image: Housewife Eclectic: You Are A Gem Valentine with Free Printable]
I bought the Disney Princess ring pops from the dollar store because the
suckers are in clear packages i... more »
It is immoral for Al Gore to organize "fertility management" for other nations
Various influential and would-be influential people have gathered at the
annual meeting in Davos. Folks like Al Gore and Bill Gates are among them.
These two participated in the panel
Changing the Climate for Growth and Development (video)
Bill Gates represented some kind of a relatively traditional charity guy
who has really helped people in poor nations and who noticed that there's
been a huge improvement. He also predicts that there won't be any poverty
in 20 years. Well, maybe, it depends on the definition of poverty.
Al Gore started to talk around 14:55 in the video above and a... more »
Moscow's Ukraine bailout on track- Energy politics fuel Ukraine 'revolution'
*Does this bailout give Russia some serious leverage no matter the outcome
in Ukraine?*
*Ukraine borrows $2 bln from Moscow, signals bailout on track*
* Adds to December Eurobond, total borrowed now $5 bln
* One third of Russian bailout disbursed
* Violence has prompted speculation about aid from Moscow
KIEV, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U*kraine is borrowing another $2 billion from
Russia on the same terms as a $3 billion Eurobond sold in December, in a
sign that Moscow is pushing on with a $15 billion bailout despite concern
about violence at anti-government protests in Kiev.*
Perhap... more »
KIPP's Open Bar Night at Houston's Hard Rock Cafe, and Other Tales from Las Vegas
The stories of twenty former KIPP teachers will be compiled in a book
available later this year, but here is another tiny clip that relates to
news reported this morning in the Times-Picayune (below). This bombshell
was dropped near the end of one of those twenty interviews when this
participant offered one final concern about KIPP:
. . . . I think there is a lot of danger, too, in the fact that the charter
school systems do not have to report what they do with their funds to
anyone. And I don’t, I certainly would not say that I saw, I did not have
any want for anything in my class... more »
For Congress In Iowa's First Congressional District: Pat Murphy
In October, Blue America endorsed Pat Murphy, the progressive candidate in
the battle for the open Iowa congressional seat Bruce Braley is leaving in
the state's northeast corner, IA-01-- Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo,
Marshalltown, Decorah. It's a D+5 district and the winner of the primary
will be going to Congress next year. Murphy was the former Minority leader
and then the House Speaker and has proven himself to be a dynamic and
capable progressive champion. He managed to raise the minimum wage, block
the Republican jihad against LGBT equality and was able to raise the
cigar... more »
"Disordered Minds..."
“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds;
our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Karl Denninger, “Our Government Runs Drugs, Eh?
*“Our Government Runs Drugs, Eh?*
by Karl Denninger
“It also gets our border agents killed. And it does so, it is alleged, for
the specific purpose of allowing one cartel to run drugs, including getting
those caught out of the charges for doing so. “The DEA agents met with
members of the cartel in Mexico to obtain information about their rivals
and simultaneously built a network of informants who sign drug cooperation
agreements, subject to results, to enable them to obtain future benefits,
including cancellation of charges in the U.S.,” the report adds.
What's this about? This.
... more »
Satire: “Stephen Hawking’s Blunder on Black Holes Shows Danger of Listening to Scientists, Says Bachmann”
*“Stephen Hawking’s Blunder on Black Holes Shows*
* Danger of Listening to Scientists, Says Bachmann”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Dr. Stephen Hawking’s recent statement
that the black holes he famously described do not actually exist
underscores “the danger inherent in listening to scientists,” Rep. Michele
Bachmann (R-Minnesota) said today. Rep. Bachmann unleashed a blistering
attack on Dr. Hawking, who earlier referred to his mistake on black holes
as his “biggest blunder.”
“Actually, Dr. Hawking, our biggest blunder as a society was ever listening
to peo... more »
The True Origin of Geocentrism: Another Truth That Must Not Be Mentioned
When you are a scientist with research findings that strike at the heart,
not only of the current consensus, nor even the current paradigm in
science, but at the whole tangle of man's most obsessively and religiously
affirmed beliefs, and their uncounted variations, over the full course of
known history--well, suffice it to say that you find yourself in the land
of perpetual experiment, strugging to find a way to get your discoveries
before the world, and not just a relative handful of open-minded
individuals. This blog is an exploratory experiment, as are all my efforts
on the int... more »
Bad Journalism, Test-Mania, and High Education: “A Flabbergasting Reality”
About thirty years after the fabricated “the sky is falling” moment in
public education—A Nation at Risk—we may be witnessing a similar
dismantling of higher education in the U.S., as John Marcus overstates: On
weekend mornings all this winter, anxious high school juniors and seniors
will file into school cafeterias to sweat through the SAT, […]
A Note of No Importance
I am sitting here at my desk today in October, longing for someone to hug
me & encourage me to keep strong & hold my head high — this particular
phase in my life is the most dangerous — my husband is planning "an
accident" in my car. brake failure & serious head injury in order to make
the path clear for him to marry Tiggy. Camilla is nothing but a decoy, so
we are all being used by the man in every sense of the word.
I have been battered, bruised and abused mentally by a system for 15 years
now, but I feel no resentment, I carry no hatred. I am weary of the
battles, but I will n... more »
Conspiracy Theory
3. Action. We do not recommend that discussion of the assassination
question be initiated where it is not already taking place. Where
discussion is active, however, addressees are requested:
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a. To discuss the publicity problem with liaison and friendly elite
contacts (especially politicians and editors), pointing out that the Warren
Commission made as thorough an investigation as humanly possible, that the
charges of the critics are without serious foundation, and tha... more »
Silence Implies Consent
*Silence Implies Consent*
*by* *American Kabuki*
*Many people do not understand the difference between free-will and
consent. Free-will is what you do and whether you lend your consent or do
not consent to an action or experience affecting you or others. What do
you decide you are going to create for your experience on this planet? *
*The entire illusion around you has been carefully crafted by others to
make you believe you have no option than to consent... whether its the
threat of a gun, social ostracization, or contrived personal
economic hardship for the non-consenter...... more »
When Gregory welcomed Chertoff back!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014*
*The things which don’t get discussed:* Yesterday morning, on Meet the
Press, David Gregory went a million miles out of his way to reprise Miss
Lewinsky, the intern who wasn’t an intern and who has been getting younger.
We were also struck by the way he introduced Michael Chertoff.
In the segment in question, Gregory was discussing Edward Snowden’s
situation in Moscow. First, he spoke with one of Snowden’s legal advisers.
After that, he brought Chertoff on, in very casual fashion:
GREGORY (1/26/14): All right, Jesselyn Radack in Moscow for us today. Than... more »
On Assortative Mating
A new working paper concludes:
"Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise
in assortative mating....[I]f matching in 2005 between husbands and wives
had been random, instead of the pattern observed in the data, then the Gini
coefficient would have fallen from the observed 0.43 to 0.34, so that
income inequality would be smaller"
Fukushima and Global Warming Science
(Picture Credit)
I maintain that there is a cause and effect relationship that can not be
denied. The burning of fossil fuels creates CO2 gas which is absorbed by
the atmosphere. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere can be measured. The
amount in the atmosphere today is the highest in hundreds of thousands of
years. The effect is global warming.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster evidence is cloudy. I have no clear idea if it
is more serious than the damage caused by atmospheric Atomic Bond testing,
or less serious than Chernobyl. I suspect it is much worse than both
combined. Is there eno... more »
Got Assets?
Chances are the gummit is busy planning to take a quarter of them. It may
be the easiest way out of the corner the world has painted itself into.
Smartest thing you can do is reduce your expenditures now. Buy a car with
the lowest operating cost practical. Get as far off the grid as reasonable.
Silver coins in your stash are going to be worth more than dividend stocks
in the goverment cross hairs.
THE US-AFGHANISTAN DANCE
I've been closely following the back-and-forth public relations campaign
going on between the US and Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan over long-term
bases. The US wants to maintain permanent presence in Afghanistan
practically forever but Karzai lately has been more forceful about Pentagon
and CIA drone attacks and other Special Forces operations that have killed
many innocent people.
The *New York Times* reported on Sunday that:
The risk that President Obama may be forced to pull all American troops out
of Afghanistan by the end of the year has set off concerns inside the
American i... more »
Abusive Cornerstone Prep Attempts PR Comeback
The Achievement School District (ASD), which was formed in Tennessee to
charterize the state’s poorest schools in the same fashion that the
Recovery School District has done to New Orleans, had their point person
for the Memphis Corporate Appeal, Jane Roberts, to do a PR piece to help in
the recovery of the abusive and scandal-ridden Cornerstone Prep in Memphis.
Marching to Cornerstone Drum
In 2012, parents complained that children were being abused by the
insensitive white corporate missionaries hired to culturally sterilize
Shelby County’s poorest children.
As a response, Cor... more »
Poverty in America in Global Context
The graph above comes from the work of Branko Milanovic of the World Bank.
It shows income distributions by "ventile" (that is, 5-percentile bins) for
the US, Brazil, China and India. Here is how the New York Times describes
the graph:
The graph shows inequality within a country, in the context of inequality
around the world. It can take a few minutes to get your bearings with this
chart, but trust me, it’s worth it.
Here the population of each country is divided into 20 equally-sized income
groups, ranked by their household per-capita income. These are called
“ventiles,” as you c... more »
Venezuela updates - January 26 , 2014....Venezuela Enacts "Law of Fair Prices" Banning Profits Over 30%, with 10-Year Imprisonment for Hoarding ...... Law of Fair Prices comes into effect as food shortages loom , foreign airlines are cutting off access to overseas flight due to Venezuela's failure to pay 3 billion owed and as Venezuela Overhauls Foreign-Exchange System - Denies 'Stealth Devaluation' Of The Bolivar
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
From Mish.....
Saturday, January 25, 2014 9:49 PM
Venezuela Enacts "Law of Fair Prices" Banning Profits Over 30%, with
10-Year Imprisonment for Hoarding
No matter how ridiculous things are, they can always get worse, especially
when dealing with leftist dictators and hyperinflation setups.
Via translation from El Economista, please consider Venezuela Issues Law of
Fair Prices, Prohibiting Profits Over 30%.
The Fair Prices Act, an instrument with which the Government of Nicolas
Maduro intends to control prices and eliminate shortages, includes a ban on
profit margins over 30%, wi... more »
The FBI, having bungled 9/11, has now decided to rebrand its primary function as "national security" -- at the expense of cutting their white-collar-crime unit now that Wall Street and bankster crime is running rampant. And what more can they do than NSA, which confessed under oath that by spying on everyone for years they have uncovered ZERO terrorist plots?
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*FBI Drops Law Enforcement as Primary Mission*
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BY JOHN HUDSON | JANUARY 5, 2014 -- 9.49
PM ORIGINAL HERE
The FBI's creeping advance into the world of counterterrorism is nothing
new. But quietly and without notice, the agency has finally decided to make
it official in one of its organizational fact sheets. Instead of declaring
"law enforcement" as its "primary function," as it has for years, the FBI
fact sheet now lists "national security" as its chief mission. The changes
l... more »
Worldwide Pedophilia Conspiracy?
There is more and more evidence something is seriously amiss. There are
truths revealing themselves.
The Earth Channel
Coming real soon a live continuous HD stream of Earth from the
International Space Station. Ho-ray after $300 Billion they have finally
found a use for the Space Station. The worlds most expensive camera mount.
Questioning The Lancet, PLOS, And Other Surveys On Iraqi Deaths, An Interview With Univ. of London Professor Michael Spagat
Michael Spagat is a professor of economics at Royal Holloway, University of
London. He has written extensively upon survey work done in Iraq,
specifically on the two *Lancet *reports on estimated deaths in Iraq
following the 2003 invasion, and two other studies done on child mortality
rates in the country during the 1990s sanctions period. He’s also studied
the Iraq Living Conditions Survey, the Iraq Family Health Survey, and the
2013 PLOS Medicine Journal Survey on Iraqi fatalities. Professor Spagat has
found anomalies with almost all of these papers that undermine their
findin... more »
THE STATE OF THE UNION IS: Dumb!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014*
*Part 1—David Gregory and the even younger intern:* “The state of the union
is dumb.”
We’d love to see Obama say it, right at the start of tomorrow night’s
address.
In our mind’s eye, members would shift about in their seats. Starting in
the gallery, the applause would start to spread.
Helpful suggestion! As a performance hook, the president might want to
borrow from Foxworthy, repeatedly saying this:
“The state of the union may be dumb if...”
He could then produce his examples. His point would of course be the same.
Good God, but the state of the union... more »
Thailand: Regime Assassinates Protest Leader on Eve of Sham Elections
Peaceful protests turn deadly as regime unleashes "red shirt" enforcers and
heavily armed assassins.
*January 26, 2014* (ATN) - Regime gunmen assassinated celebrated NGO
worker, activist, and protest core leader Sutin Taratin Sunday, during a
brazen broad-daylight drive by shooting amid a melee between protesters and
armed "red shirt" regime enforcers. Protests were held across the country
at polling stations in opposition to advance voting. Forty-five out of
fifty polling stations were closed in Bangkok alone.
Bangkok's English paper The Nation would report in its article, "Thaksin... more »
NSA SPY BASE PROTEST IN NEW ZEALAND
The Waihopai Valley spy base in New Zealand has been swamped with
demonstrators calling for its closure.
Identity Politics Sucks
I've been meaning to say something about a piece I saw last week in the *Washington
Post* by David Broockman, a political science grad student from UC Berkeley
ever since I read this one finding from his research: "disengaged and
infrequent voters who allegedly constitute the moderate middle are actually
more likely to endorse extreme policies than politically active voters."
Btoockman's premise is that the real extremists are American voters, not
politicians, something that goes along well with something my friend Danny
Goldberg told me decades ago about politicians, that they ar... more »
Gold & Silver Sold As Benoit Gilson ( BIS ) Gets Back To Work .... Of course with a Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Meeting this week ( more taper ) and First Day Notice for the February gold Contract at COMEX looming , is a gold takedown a huge shocker for this week ? London afternoon currency spikes subside under regulators' glare ......... Australian law provides for gold confiscation -- and it's not unique
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/
27 JANUARY 2014
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - FOMC Week Shenanigans
Gold spiked higher in the morning on a pure flight to safety, but was
pushed lower as stocks attempted to rally. Reality versus liquidity?
The FOMC will meet this week, so we might expect the usual FOMC
shenanigans, but bear in mind that the big traders are squaring off against
the upcoming February delivery.
I do not expect any curve balls from the Fed which is now locked into its
mild tapering. Their monetization has clearly failed, being a 'top down'
approach ... more »
Misreading Florida
The headline appears simple enough:
Fla. Pushes Longer Day, More Reading in Some Schools
Gewertz explains:
Two years ago, Florida took a step no other state has taken to improve
students' reading skills: It required its 100 lowest-performing elementary
schools to add an extra hour to their school day and to use that time for
reading instruction. Early results suggest the new initiative may be paying
off.
This EdWeek article is typical of how the media covers education since
little consideration is given to important nuances.
The Florida plan, essentially, appears to be *adding an ... more »
Untitled
*Drivers warned to gear up for another round of wintry weather ~WWLTV *
*New Orleans Saints Flashback: Tommy Myers ~Steve Peloquin*
*Six N.O. neighborhoods to vote on property security fee renewals ~Bruce
Eggler, New Orleans Advocate*
*New Orleans: houses can be rebuilt, but can trust in central government?
~Tom Dart, The Guardian*
*New Orleans Rail Gateway : the Drew Ward Alternative*
*The Music Lover’s Guide to the New Orleans Elections** ~Michael Patrick
Welch, Vice*
Bundesbank's Stunner To Broke Eurozone Nations: First "Bail In" Your Rich Citizens .... Bail ins make sense as th idea that Central Bank manipulations may have run their course of effectiveness !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-27/bundesbanks-stunner-broke-eurozone-nations-first-bail-your-rich-citizens
( Buba launches a cruise missile to the European Davos crowd.... )
Bundesbank's Stunner To Broke Eurozone Nations: First "Bail In" Your Rich
Citizens
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/27/2014 08:28 -0500
- Bond
- Central Banks
- default
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- Eurozone
- Germany
- Greece
- International Monetary Fund
- Italy
- Monetary Policy
- Reuters
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SOUTH KOREA TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING ON JAN. 26 TO DISCUSS MARKETS - South Korea Vice Finance Minister Choo Kyung Ho will host an emergency meeting tomorrow at 11 a.m. with counterparts from Bank of Korea and financial regulators to discuss market instabilities in emerging economies including Argentina ... Looking at the three day chart from the Financial Times , south Korea is probably more concerned with moves on the Kospi Index from January 23rd and 24th , rather than a 4 percent decline on the US S&P Index ..... FX for basically all of the emrgin markets have been in turmoil - the point being is this is not simply a US stock movement issue !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Stocks Drop 4% From Their All Time Highs And This Happens....
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/25/2014 19:32 -0500
- Janet Yellen
- Market Crash
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One couldn't make this up:
- *S.KOREA TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING ON JAN. 26 TO DISCUSS MARKETS*
Bloomberg has the details: South Korea Vice Finance Minister Choo Kyung Ho
will host an emergency meeting tomorrow at 11 a.m. with counterparts from
Bank of Korea and financial regulators *to discuss market instabilities in
emerging economies *including Argentina, ministry says in text messa... more »
The Perfect Ponzi Scheme
Last week, Thomas Perkins complained that governments were treating the
very rich like Jews in Nazi Germany. Paul Krugman writes that such
plutocratic paranoia is not an isolated instance:
There are a number of other plutocrats who manage to keep Hitler out of
their remarks but who nonetheless hold, and loudly express, political and
economic views that combine paranoia and megalomania in equal measure.
I know that sounds strong. But look at all the speeches and opinion pieces
by Wall Streeters accusing President Obama — who has never done anything
more than say the obvious, that ... more »
The Obama Administration Demands Japan to Return 300kg of Weapon-Grade Plutonium the US Sent During Cold War Era .... Could the saber rattling of PM Abe have made the US nervous he might be inclined to use some of that weapon grade plutonium against a certain nuclear power in Asia ? Does Japan already have a hidden nuclear weapon capability - sure seems like the potential to produce weapons exist ( as many as 40 - 50 bombs ! )
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-obama-administration-demands-japan.html
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2014
The Obama Administration Demands Japan to Return 300kg of Weapon-Grade
Plutonium the US Sent During Cold War Era
First it was the "disappointment" expressed by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy
representing the United States Government that spooked Japanese. It was
over the Yasukuni Shrine visit by the prime minister of Japan.
Then it was the United States Government's official stance as expressed
also by Ambassador Kennedy that she and her government oppose a particular
traditional wa... more »
Furious Backlash Forces HSBC To Scrap Large Cash Withdrawal Limit
*Graphic courtesy Max Keiser*
http://www.maxkeiser.com/2014/01/furious-backlash-forces-hsbc-to-scrap-large-cash-withdrawal-limit/
*Furious Backlash Forces HSBC To Scrap Large Cash Withdrawal Limit* Posted
on January 26, 2014 by Max Keiser
Following the quiet update that HSBC had decided to withhold large cash
withdrawals from some if its clients – demanding to know the purpose of the
withdrawal before handing over the customers’ money – it appears the anger
among the over 60 thousand readers who found out about HSBC’s implied
capital shortfall just on this website, has forced HSBC’... more »
War watch - January 27 , 2014 -- Syria talks do achieve some limited humanitarian / peace goals goals ( trapped women and children allowed out of rebel held Homs , ceasefire reached between FSA and Syria Government in Damascus suburb Barzeh ) , Iran nuclear talk update - UN Nuclear Agency endorses Iran Deal monitoring , Iraq death dealing continues unabated , Turkey's central bank calls emergency meeting as lira loses value for 11th straight day
Syria......
Syria Deal Will Allow Women, Children Out of Rebel-Held HomsTalks Continue
on Aid Convoy for Sieged City
by Jason Ditz, January 26, 2014
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It’s being described as a “breakthrough,” as officials have announced a
deal at the Syrian talks to allow women and children out of the rebel-held
center of the city of Homs, with government officials saying they will
“allow them every access” to leaving the area safely.
The deal fell short of an initial proposal which would’ve also allowed aid
convoys into the area, though talks are continuing and that deal appea... more »
Five Ways IR Editorial Boards Can Combat Gender Bias in Citations
I spent last weekend with the International Organization editors and
editorial board at their retreat. As a newcomer to the board, I didn’t know
what to expect and was happily surprised by the depth and richness of the
conversations that took place for a full day and half, mostly around how to
more fully realize
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Del Mastro fires a shot across Steve's bow
*Former Tory MP Del Mastro turns on government over monetary policy*
"The effect of the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and the Governor of
the Bank of Canada coming out and attacking the Canadian dollar was to
reduce its value by about 5 per cent over the last two weeks,” Del Mastro
told the radio station in an interview.
“That means the price of goods everyone has to buy … these things will,
over time, go up in price."
Del Mastro resigned as Harper's parliamentary secretary and election fraud pointman
in the H0C after Elections Canada began investigating *him* for campaign ... more »
Canada Losing Something Precious
Contrary to what witless "conservatives" think; we aren't in any danger of
becoming an Islamic theocracy. How was that supposed to have worked anyhow?
A couple of Human Rights Commission rulings that Halal food doesn't have to
be labelled as such, followed by a bomb exploding somewhere and then our
whole parliamentary system of government collapses and we become part of
the Caliphate, ruled from Baghdad?
Also, contrary to "conservative" hysteria and paranoia, the Liberal Party
of Canada isn't controlled by Montreal mobsters. The Liberals weren't
really robbing and fleecing us all, 2... more »
The Seeds Of Suicide: How Monsanto Destroys Farming by Dr. Vandana Shiva
The Seeds Of Suicide: How Monsanto Destroys Farming
by Dr. Vandana Shiva
Global Reasearch Canada, 27 Jamuary 2013
Monsanto’s talk of ‘technology’ tries to hide its real objectives of
control over seed where genetic engineering is a means to control seed,
*“Monsanto is an agricultural company.*
*We apply innovation and technology to help farmers around the world
\produce more while conserving more.”*
“Producing more, Conserving more, Improving farmers lives.”
These are the promises Monsanto India’s website makes, alongside pictures
of smiling, prosperous farmers from the state ... more »
Monday Linkage
Hi Ducks. Here are your Monday links: The Disorder of Things has a great
post on “Cavity Searches in Intern(ation)al Relations” and … umm… other
forms of intercourse between states. Hamza Saif at Chapati Mystery reviews
“Globalism and Vernacular in Contemporary Pakistani Rap.” (Apparently the
real Slim Shady is Pakistani. Who knew?) Juan Cole at
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Shhh, the BC protecting their Palestinian terrorist heroes from scrutiny
You know the self-righteous fury that the BBC display when an Israeli
politician is caught doing something wrong. Remember the headlines when the
Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted of rape***. The BBC seem to be
less interested when a Palestinian politician does something wrong.
Yes, President Mahmoud Abbas has just started the 10th year of his 4-year
term of office, but I have seen no mention of this affront to democracy on
the BBC.
**The Moshe Katsav case was covered in detail by the BBC but two aspects
were not mentioned, first that Moshe Katsav was an immigrant from I... more »
Legalize Democracy Film - A Move to Amend Documentary
*January 23, 2014*
Legalize Democracy is a 30 minute documentary about Move to Amend.
Fast-paced and action-oriented, this DVD is a great tool for folks looking
to get involved in Move to Amend or help spread the word.
Produced by Move to Amend, Directed by Dennis Trainor, Jr., financed by
grassroots donations.
Cost for the DVD is sliding scale -- you determine what you can pay
($10-25) -- additional funds will be used to help underwrite Move to
Amend's grassroots organizing work. Purchase DVDs here:
http://move-to-amend.myshopify.com/co...
Help spread the word by hosting a hou... more »
JUICE RAP NEWS with Robert Foster- Comedy Video
*January 26, 2014*
Mirrored from tjejuicemedia on Jan 25, 2014 (Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...)
* "The News". It's the most viral meme of reality on the planet: if it's
not on "the News" it didn't happen - right? Welcome back to Season 2 of
Juice Rap News, in which intrepid anchorman Robert Foster embarks on a new
era of adversarial rap journalism by casting a critical eye on the paradigm
that shapes our collective reality each night; featuring a smorgasbord of
guests, from the stalwart General Baxter and Terence Moonseed having a
friendly chat on about the Tra... more »
CHILD ABUSE TIMELINE - PART ONE
It is believed that Sir Jimmy Savile was an agent of the security services.
JIMMY SAVILE; HORACE MANN; ROY COHN; THE CIA
*The blog Fighting Back has a child abuse Timeline*
*Here are extracts and some additions:*
*1950 - * Eisenhower, Hoover, Edward Teller, and Ernest Lawrence attended
the Bohemian Grove in California.
Reportedly, Bohemian Grove is where the top people meet to carry out child
sacrifice.
BOHEMIAN GROVE AND THE US MILITARY
*Eisenhower at Bohemian Grove 1950.*
*1953* - The US government sanctioned Project MKUltra, the CIA's programme
to produce mind-controlled pe... more »
War Watch January 26 , 2014 -- In Afghanistan , President Karzai tells US to talk with Taliban or go home , report on civilian deaths ( which is consistent with Taliban reporting on same ) released ....... Iran nuclear talks updates - looking behind Us rhetoric to glean where things actually stand....... Syria Geneva 2 Talks update - the best thing one can say is that the meetings occurred , apart from that not much to report of substance ..... Iraq - another day of day dealing across the country
Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
Karzai gets tough ..... declares US should talk with Taliban or go gome .
releases civilian death report
http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-president-says-u-start-talks-taliban-leave-130113042--sector.html
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Dave Zirin : Richard Sherman’s refusal to be a brand
If you’re going to root against the Seahawks, please do it for the right
reasons. Not so Richard Sherman gets some kind of lip-buttoning
comeuppance. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | January 26, 2014 I was done
writing … finish reading Dave Zirin :
Richard Sherman’s refusal to be a brand
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”
Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qWFCocIfXI
Egypt Police HQ Bombed; US-MB Plot To Assassinate General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Is On The Table
International diplomats have gathered at the Geneva II peace conference to
discuss how to end the three-year long war in Syria. Meanwhile, Egypt is
unraveling.
On Friday, there was a bomb blast near the Egyptian police headquarters in
Cairo, killing three people and wounding many more. For more information,
read, *"Car bomb hits Cairo police HQ, killing 3."*
Presidential elections are around the corner. On the anniversary of the
Tahrir Square revolution, General al-Sisi used the special occasion to gain
political momentum heading into the election.
General al-Sisi's supporters are ... more »
A Philosophy Of Governance-- Why We Help Our Neighbors… Or Not
Generally speaking, states that elect Democrats to public office spend far
more money on public education than states that elect Republicans. The half
dozen states that invest the least per student are Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma,
Arizona, Mississippi, and Tennessee, essentially one-party states with
solid GOP control who take all their orders directly from ALEC. This
morning Reid Wilson looked at education spending around the country for *Washington
Post* readers. "There is disagreement," he began, "within education circles
over whether spending more money per pupil leads to better res... more »
Meatless Meals - How I got started!
[image: Organic carrots]
I have always loved vegetables. It might have started when my Great Uncle,
who had the best vegetable garden in town, took me out to pick carrots. He
didn't speak a lot of English and I didn't speak Italian, but we understood
each other. He helped me select the perfect carrot, washed it off for me,
smiled as I enjoyed the sweet snack, and then brought me over to his rabbit
cages to "recycle" the green tops.
Of course, I also loved meat, especially my Father's famous garlic-burgers
which he prepared once a year while my Mom went Christmas shopping.
As an adul... more »
Scarlett's Letter: SodaStream's Global Apartheid Ambassador & the Enduring Effervescence of Ethnic Cleansing
On
Friday, actress Scarlett Johansson, or rather her public relations
team, finally responded to criticisms of her decision to become the
first "brand ambassador" for the Israeli company SodaStream, which
manufactures home carbonation machines and operates primarily out of a
massive settlement complex in the West Bank.
In a statement released to Huffington Post, Johansson dismisses outrage
Trouble Brewing.
*"We never knew that Michael Jackson was a big fan of Freddie Mercury’s.
Back in the early 80’s Jackson used to go to all the Queen concerts at the
Forum in LA and he went backstage and became friendly with Mercury. *
*They went out to dinner a few times and then Freddie said that Michael
just stopped going out. *
*He said he had everything he wanted at home and didn’t have to leave the
house. *
*Freddie was perplexed because he loved to go out every night and he
thought having a lot of experiences improved his music."*
Bonnaci
*Paul Bonacci in front of the ranch where, reportedly, Johnny Gosch, and
other boys were held captive. Paul Bonacci has stated that, as a youth, he
was forced to participate in satanic snuff films. He identified Bohemian
Grove as the location of a satanic murder. Paul A. Bonacci said that, as a
child, he was kidnapped by the US military, tortured and subjected to sex
abuse and mind control. In 1999, in a court in Omaha, he won $1,000,000 in
damages. *
*(Mind Control Victim Awarded $1 Million)*
help me buy a tablet
I think I'm finally up for buying a tablet.
I have a little Lenovo IdeaPad netbook that I bought for school. I thought
if it made it through four years of grad school, I'd consider it a good
buy. It did, and it was. By non-tablet standards, it's light and portable,
and I love the keyboard, which is 90% of full-sized.
I never wanted a tablet before. I always saw them as toys. Sleek,
good-looking, fun, but non-essential, more for play than work, and lacking
the crucial component: the keyboard.
Now my netbook is getting cranky, and nearing the end of its (stupidly
short) lifespan. Sin... more »
what i'm reading: four youth books and some kind-of spoilers
*Flight* is a thought-provoking short novel by one of my favourite youth
writers, Sherman Alexie.
The main character in *Flight*, a Native American boy who goes by the
derisive nickname Zits, is a troubled soul with a long history of abuse,
neglect, and abandonment. He seems to be on the brink of a major
transition, either going off the deep end or beginning the long climb back.
I don't know how to write about this book without spoiling it. So if you're
like me, and you don't like to know *anything* about a book before you
begin, and you like a book to reveal itself exactly as the ... more »
Dick Russell
So this is a con game, and this is what they've been doing with you and me
all of these years. First thing, Johnson got off the plane when he become
president, he ask, "Where's Dickey?"
You know who Dickey is? Dickey is old southern cracker Richard Russell.
Lookie here! Yes, Lyndon B. Johnson's best friend is the one who is a head,
who's heading the forces that are filibustering civil rights legislation.
You tell me how in the hell is he going to be Johnson's best friend?
*[applause]*
How can Johnson be his friend and your friend too? No, that man is too
tricky. Especially if ... more »
So Jpmorganchase is paying Jamie Dimon $20M for 2013? My offer would have been minimum wage for 52 40-hour weeks
*Says Cornelius Hurley, director of Boston University's Center for Finance,
Law and Policy: "It doesn’t reconcile for JPMorgan to be paying out
billions in fines while its C.E.O.’s compensation nearly doubled. You
usually get fired for that, not rewarded."*
*by Ken*
I suppose it's none of my beeswax that Jamie Dimon's compensation for last
year was hiked to $20 million from the previous year's $11.5 million
despite what the NYT calls in its headline a "rough year" for his company,
Jpmorganchase ("Big Raise for JPMorgan's Dimon Despite a Rough Year").
After all, I don't have so muc... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It was a quiet day on the Sun. The below image shows, however, that even
during off days the Sun's surface is a busy place. Shown in ultraviolet
light, the relatively cool dark regions have temperatures of thousands of
degrees Celsius. Large sunspot group AR 9169 from the last solar cycle is
visible as the bright area near the horizon.
*Click image for larger size.*
The bright glowing gas flowing around the sunspots has a temperature of
over one million degrees Celsius. The reason for the high temperatures is
unknown but thought to be related to the rapidly changing magnetic field
... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Ottawa, Illinois, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
(Davos Disaster?) Koch Plot Thickens/Global Economic Meltdown Coming (Fukushima Secrecy Syndrome Pervades World, The FBI Out-CIA's the CIA (The FBI as Outlier - The New Untouchables))
BREAKING: HSBC Bank on Verge of Collapse: Second Major Banking Crash
Imminent Do the Kochs need more victories? Are they still feeling a little
bit left out? Still not enough control of all the world's resources? Do we
really need an answer? f the Koch brothers' political operation seemed
ambitious in 2010 or 2012, wait for what's in store for 2014 and beyond.
The billionaire
Are China's Banks about to implode , is the banking system running on fumes and needs a shutdown on both cash transfers as well as currency conversion - right around January 31 , 2014 ? ? Here is the story ! The People’s Bank of China , the central bank, has just ordered commercial banks to halt cash transfers ! What is the stated reason and how long will this last ? Due to the system maintenance of People’s Bank of China, Domestic RMB Fund Transfer through Citibank (China) Online and Citi Mobile will be delayed during January 30th 2014, 16:00pm to February 2nd 2014, 18:30pm. As to the fund availability at the receiving bank, it depends on the processing requirements and turnaround time of the receiving bank. In addition , note the following : During Spring Festival, Foreign Currency Transfer Transaction through Citibank (China) Online and Citi Mobile will be temporally not available from January 30, 2014 18:00pm to February 7, 2014 09:00am.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-27/icbc-offers-clients-option-to-recoup-funds-put-in-troubled-trust.html
( magic money bailout ? )
ICBC Offers Clients Option to Recoup Funds in Troubled Trust
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. said investors in a troubled
high-yield trust can recoup their funds, averting a threatened default that
underscored concern over the shadow-banking system and helped spur a
selloff in emerging-market currencies and stocks.
Rights in the 3 billion-yuan ($496 million) product issued by China Credit
Trust Co. can be sold to unidentified buye... more »
A parent “release” form for testing #optout from #DougCo Colorado
I think this is pretty hastily written and there are legal implications to
it. No alternative activities? If your child is in attendance they WILL be
tested? And, the punishments to teachers and schools for low test
participation are hardly clear, or as clear as they indicate. Case in
point, there are no quotes of […]
The Economy: “Is The Coming Week Going To Be The One We Have Been Warning About?”
You were warned!
*“Is The Coming Week Going To Be The One We Have Been Warning About?”*
by Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
"Well I won't stick my neck out that far just yet but every indication is
that it's going to be highly volatile week at the very least. If the last
few years have taught us anything it is to not underestimate the central
bank's ability to print even more vast quantities of monopoly money to
cover up the failures of fiat policy. After closing out last week on the
DJIA with two down days in a row and Friday alone down 318 points; the DJIA
futures are showing an opening pos... more »
Post #24,000: "Strange Is Our Situation..."
“Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short
visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the
standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we
are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with
whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I
realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of
people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in
order to give in return as much as I have received.”
- Albert Einstein
DCPS IMPACT 3.0?
If DCPS is serious about investing in the 40 lowest performing schools,
which I believe it is, then it must reassess current aspects of IMPACT 2.0.
During the coming negotiation rounds between the Chancellor and the WTU
President, the following questions demand discussions: How has IMPACT 2.0
faired in the 40 lowest performing schools? What […]
"Bread..."
“People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when
the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them,
poisoned.”
- James Baldwin, “No Name in the Street”
“Davos Billionaires: Oblivious to the Coming Revolution”
*“Davos Billionaires: *
*Oblivious to the Coming Revolution”*
by Paul B. Farrell
“You guys already own half the planet. Keep up the good work, getting
richer, by the end of this century your family could be one of the world’s
11 trillionaires predicted in the new Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report.
Capitalism is the ticket to owning everything. Cruising at 51,000 feet,
Mach 0.85 in your $40 million Gulfstream jet, you know the world belongs to
you. A few days at the World Economic Forum in historic Davos, Europe’s
highest city, high in the Swiss Alps, and your world seemed even bigg... more »
Who's doing the setting up here?
Oh, good grief, I've only just begun listening to today's *Broadcasting
House *and I'm already thinking an early night would have been a much
better option.
The programme began with Paddy O'Connell and BBC correspondent Louise
Stewart gloating (sneering and laughing) over Michael Gove's 'spat' with
the head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw.
Well, OK, 'gloating' is how I heard it. 'Bias by tone' is hard to proof.
Their loaded language, however, also had a strong whiff of bias to it,
suggesting it was a right-wing plot. (Mr Gove seems to be *the* bogeyman of
the Left). Here's how.... more »
Yonhap reports -- We now learn not only was Jang Song - taek executed , but all relatives of the executed uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, including children and the country's ambassadors to Cuba and Malaysia, have also been put to death at the leader's instruction ... One must wonder what is the real deal with the health situation of Kim Kyong Hui ( Aunt of Kim Jong-un and wife of recently executed Jang Song - taek . )
N.K. NEWS
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All relatives of Jang executed too: sources
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SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- All relatives of the executed uncle of North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un, including children and the country's ambassadors
to Cuba and Malaysia, have also been put to death at the leader's
instruction, multiple sources said Sunday.
Jang Song-thaek, the once-powerful uncle, was executed last month on
charges of attempting to overthrow the communist regime, including
contemplating a milita... more »
An Exchange Of Letters-- Ro Khanna And Rep. Mike Honda
Ro Khanna-- the Republican wing of the Democratic Party
Ro Khanna, an especially slimy icon of the Republican wing of the
Democratic Party, has raised immense sums of money from wealthy people
looking to replace a dedicated tribune of ordinary working families like
Honda. A perfect example of the kinds of fake "Democrats" backing Khanna is
sleazy Wall Street bank lobbyist Harold Ford. Like Khanna, Ford is eager to
cut Social Security benefits for retired people using accounting tricks
like Chained CPI. Khanna is also being backed by out-right Republicans,
like Marc Leder, the Florida... more »
Zionism vs. Bolshevism : A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People by Winston S. Churchill MP Feb. 8, 1920
*Illustrated Sunday Herald*
*February 8, 1920, page 5*
Mr Churchill's authorship of this article has been authenticated by one of
the world's leading Churchill bibliographers, Richard Heinzkill, of the
University of Eugene, Oregon.
*A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People*
By the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill.
SOME people like Jews and some do not; but no thoughtful man can doubt the
fact that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the most
remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world.
And it may well be that this same astounding race may at the pres... more »
GOP setting up another fake fight over debt ceiling ? New Fiscal Showdown Builds Over Debt Limit due to be exhausted by late February ......
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By Michael R. Crittenden and Pedro Da costa
Republican lawmakers insisted Sunday that any increase in the nation’s
borrowing authority should have policy changes attached, a demand at odds
with White House officials and Senate Democrats, who held firm in their
position that Congress must pass a “clean” debt-limit increase.
Senate Minority Leader ... more »
Financial Times sounding like Gold Conspiracy Wonks ? The FT Goes There: "Demand Physical Gold" As One Day Paper Price Manipulation Will End "Catastrophically" .... Ed Steer's Saturday January 25 , 2014 Gold and silver report -- data , news , views focused on / touching on the precious metals ! Of special note , there is a link to Doug Nolands's Friday missive " Credit is Gold # 1 and Icebergs " 1
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
You can see the set up , right ? Consider China physical demand and then
look at Comex situation......
Week 3, 2014 Withdrawals From SGE Vaults 60 Tons, YTD 159 Tons
Again an astounding trading week on the SGE; from January 13 – 17, 2014
physical withdrawals from the SGE vaults accounted for 60 tons of gold,
year to date 159 tons. Although withdrawals are down 25 % from the previous
week, the amount is still well above weekly global mine production.
This strong demand could be related to the Chinese Lunar year, which is
celebrated on January 31, 2014. SGE withdrawals in the fi... more »
"Quite Insane..."
“Life calls the tune, we dance.”
-John Galsworthy
“Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not
hear the music.”
- Angela Monet
Sly and the Family Stone, “Dance to the Music”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foL6eZzvzHo
"Thucydides in the Underworld"
"Thucydides in the Underworld"
by J. R. Nyquist
"Master, what gnaws at them so hideously their lamentation stuns the very
air?"
"They have no hope of death," he answered me..." - Dante Alighieri, "The
Inferno"
"The shade of Thucydides, formerly an Athenian general and historian,
languished in Hades for 24 centuries; and having intercourse with other
spirits, was perturbed by an influx into the underworld of self-described
historians professing to admire his History of the Peloponnesian War. They
burdened him with their writings, priding themselves on the imitation of
his method, t... more »
New! Longest Walk 4 Photos by Lloyd Vivola!
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Thanks to Long Walker Lloyd Vivola for sharing his photos from the five
month Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz with Censored News!
Congratulations to the long walkers who made it to Alcatraz on Dec. 21,
2013!
Please click on photos to enlarge!
Two things ...
There
are two things Harper isn't: an economist nor a statesman.
Be clear on one thing. Everything Harper is doing now, on any file to
which he actually pays attention, is for a single purpose - to retain
power at all costs. And he will pursue any cynical course to make that
happen, including the destruction of the Canadian middle-income sector.
Harper has mismanaged the economy to the point
Bizarre Hawking: black hole work was my biggest blunder
*By rejecting event horizons, Hawking has morphed into a hardy defensible
maverick*
A few days ago, Stephen Hawking wrote a paper arguing that firewalls are
pure crap (so far so good) because they violate CPT, much like black hole
remnants (it's no good anymore: these objects are wrong but not because of
CPT violation).
*The world's most famous theoretical physicist along with his high-tech
friend*
But he also says that event horizons violate CPT as well, they can't exist
(see the media echo chamber that puts Hawking into the black holes don't
exist category), and the right reso... more »
5 Ways IR Editorial Boards Can Help Combat Gender Bias in Citations
I spent last weekend with the International Organization editors and
editorial board at their retreat. As a newcomer to the board, I didn’t know
what to expect and was happily surprised by the depth and richness of the
conversations that took place for a full day and half, mostly around how to
more fully realize
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"Say Yes..."
"One must say Yes to life, and embrace it wherever it is found - and it is
found in terrible places... For nothing is fixed, forever and forever, it
is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing,
the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be
born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they
have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and
children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we
break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes ou... more »
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: THEY'RE DIGGING UP THE DEAD
Barrack ran for president against the Iraq war (the wrong one)
but in favor of the battle in Kabul (the right one)
But he's not had enough of the blood and glory
he needs more
so he vainly tries to kill the Iran nuke deal
while keeping Tehran
from the Geneva meeting to discuss
peace (read more war) in Syria
See on the map
just how close Tehran is to Damascus
practically next door neighbors
but Uncle Sugar says they're not close enough
to merit sitting at the same peace table
the shape of the table keeps shifting
depending on the whims
of the red, white, and blue
The South Korean robot
... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, January 26th, 2014
Sunday... And it is that time again... Time for my usual rant....
First, and foremost, I must state that I did listen earlier this week to
the "debate" between Jim Fetzer, who has been researching the fraud of
Sandy Hook for over a year now, and Keith Johnson from the TUT crowd and a
firm supporter of the "official" story behind the Sandy Hook
"shooting"....I was NOT impressed... I was especially disappointed in Keith
Johnson that came into the "debate" with absolutely NOTHING... NO hard
evidence, no facts and figures to back up the "official" story, and
therefore had nothing to act... more »
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