Polish automatic grenade launcher GA-40 prototype (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Grenade launcher in action (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
한국어: 대한민국의 국산 고속유탄발사기 K-4 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cover of Unexpected War: Canada in KandaharThe Fukushima Dai'ichi Unit 4 tragedy continues
TEPCO
has announced that 220 fuel bundles have been transferred from the Unit
4 fuel pool to the common storage pool, roughly 1/8 of the total.
Despite this, the islands of Japan, the west coast of the USA, and the
world in general remain habitable.
This on-going tragedy affects the scaremongers, whose credibility may be
irreparably damaged by this continuing state of normality. Perhaps
they
Pope on World Communication Day: Slow Down, Engage and Help
*The Internet is also a gift from RAND and the Pentagon, let's not forget
their work. *
Video Title: Pope on World Communication Day: Slow Down, Engage and Help.
Source: romereports. Date Published: January 23, 2014:
The Vatican released Pope Francis' first message for the World
Communications Day. In line with the main themes of his pontificate, the
focus is on using modern methods of communication to build "authentic
encounters."
An excerpt from, *"Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of
Encounter" - Pope's Message for World Communications Day,"* Official
Vatic... more »
Thailand: Regime Terrorists Deploy M-79 Grenade Launchers
*January 29, 2014* (ATN) - Thaksin Shinawatra's proxy regime, currently
ruling in Thailand, have again attacked protesters, this time with the
deadly 40mm M-79 grenade launcher - a weapon of war used extensively by
pro-Thaksin terrorists in violence that left 92 dead in Bangkok in 2010.
Thai PBS reported in their article, "Lard Phrao protest site comes under
M-79 grenade attack," that:
The protest site of the Network of Students and People for the Reform of
Thailand (NSPRT) was attacked by M-79 grenade launcher again before dawn
today, causing injury to a protester.
The grenade a... more »
When Will The Koch Brothers Stop Making Believe They Don't Own The Republican Party Lock. Stock And Barrel?
Just a little update on Ken's post from last Saturday on everyone's least
favorite brothers… Something to keep in the back of your mind while
pondering President Obama's State of the Union message of equality from
tonight. Clearly, what the Kochs are doing to America in their
anti-democratic jihad, is sociopathic. But is it criminal? They certainly
have all the money they need to hire the lawyers-- and legislators-- to
ensure that nothing they do can be defined as criminal. Rachel:
"The Koch brothers are spending-- and organizing the spending-- of more
money than almost anyone i... more »
"… he lived and died at the hands of the vigorous interior decorators of his age"
*Constance Perkins House, by Richard Neutra. **Pic from Frank Lloyd Gallery*
*.*
Quick question before you start: Which famous novelist was killed by
over-vigorous interior decorators.
Architect Richard Neutra has your answer: it was French naturalist writer
Emile Zola.
Zola, said Neutra, “courageously advocated a consistent interrelation of
all things, adherence to nature, indifference to conventions, and realistic
logic.” In everything that is, but his boudoir. “When he came to build his
own house in Meudon or furnish his apartment in the Rue de Boulogne, he
certainly did not a... more »
Deluded People Talk About Haiti
I'm
still reading Stein and Lang's *The Unexpected War: Canada in
Kandahar*.It's taken me awhile because, .... well, I'll put it this way;
I couldn't
finish this book on Chartism because it started to get too depressing.
With *The
Unexpected War*, I can only take so much on the actions and subsequent
reflections of people like John Manley, Paul Martin and Rick Hillier,
before I get bored and sleepy.
Here's the thing though: It might just be mainstream Canadian
scholar/pundits Stein and Lang's take on it that's influencing me, or it
might just be me acknowledging a simple reality that... more »
The Realist Report - Eli James: early American history Part 2
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Pastor Eli
James of *Anglo-SaxonIsrael.com*. Pastor James and I will be discussing
early American history, the American Revolution, and the Founding Fathers'
views of Christianity.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Leonard Peltier on the Passing of Pete Seeger
By
Leonard Peltier
Censored News
Greetings my friends, relatives, supporters:I want to comment on a
couple of different issues one is on a sad note, that Pete Seeger passed
away. When I say sad it is because we will miss the music he gave to
the world, and gave to all the people who struggle against the
injustices that take place throughout the world and humanity it seemed
like he
Daniel Amerman ( hat tip to Turd Ferguson ) explains the clear and present danger to the US in his missive " COULD A COMPOUND INTEREST WILDFIRE THREATEN U.S. SOLVENCY " This is a must read to understand why QE is in place now , why we must continue to have QE moving forward ! Forget taper talk , math suggests and US government debt buyer paucity makes clear Fed QE is the only game in town !
The Fallacy of "Taper"
By Turd Ferguson | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 9:10 am
There will be A LOT of talk these next few days about the concept of a Fed
"taper" of quantitative easing. Oh sure, another small "Bernank Legacy
Taper" could happen tomorrow but, to better understand *why QE truly is to
infinity*, you need to read this guest post.
Longtime Turdites know that I have been pounding this theme for years.
Simply put:
*The Fed will not and, more importantly, cannot end its quantitative easing
program.*It is to infinity. Why? Because QE has never been about
"supporting the econo... more »
Musical Interlude: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale”
- Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale”
- http://www.youtube.com/
PRESIDENT OBAMA, YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT ARIZONA’S OPERATION STREAMLINE AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
*SPECIAL INVITE TO OBAMA & HOLDER RE OPERATION STREAMLINE: Please sign and
share this far and wide... 24 human rights activists put their lives and
liberty on the line to end this for-profit scheme called Operation
Streamline.http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/01/24/streamline/ *
*To: President Barack Obama*
*To: First Lady Michelle Obama*
*To: Honorable Attorney General Eric Holder*
We are writing to you regarding an urgent situation taking place in Tucson,
Arizona. Every weekday, Monday through Friday at 1:30 PM Operation
Streamline takes place at the Federal Court House. ... more »
"Benedicto"
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the
most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May
your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling
with bells, past temples and castles and poets' towers into a dark primeval
forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious
swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles
and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient
unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where d... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“M83 is one of the closest and brightest spiral galaxies on the sky.
Visible with binoculars in the constellation of Hydra, majestic spiral arms
have prompted its nickname as the Southern Pinwheel. Although discovered
250 years ago, only much later was it appreciated that M83 was not a nearby
gas cloud, but a barred spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way Galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
M83, pictured above by the Hubble Space Telescope in a recently released
image, is a prominent member of a group of galaxies that includes Centaurus
A and NGC 5253, all of which lie about 15 ... more »
Russian Bank ( My Bank ) Halts All Cash Withdrawals January 28 , 2014 - anyone paying attention to the number of banks wobbling these days ? By the way , check the My Bank 12/22/13 " Appeal to Clients " letter ! Two snippets.... - To regulate the process uptime of ATMs and offices of the Bank, due to the increased workload, put a limit on cash withdrawals - up to 20 thousand rubles a day .....According to our estimates, subject to positive momentum from measures adopted, within 2-3 weeks, all restrictions will be removed.
Zero Hedge....
Russian Bank Halts All Cash Withdrawals
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/28/2014 09:53 -0500
- Bank Run
- CDS
- Lloyds
- Sovereign CDS
inShare20
It would appear the fears of a global bank run are spreading. From HSBC's
limiting large cash withdrawals (for your own good) to Lloyds ATMs going
down, Bloomberg reports that *'My Bank' - one of Russia's top 200 lenders
by assets - has introduced a complete ban on cash withdrawals until next
week*. While the Ruble has been losing ground rapidly recently, we suspect
few h... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Wild Silence And The Wild Dark”
*“The Wild Silence And The Wild Dark”*
by Chet Raymo
"It is probably obvious by now that I have been reading Yeats. So let me
share one more poem, "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven":
“Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
There is a wonderfully sexy scene in “Frankie Starlight” where Anne
Parillau... more »
Inside the 'portal to hell': Relative gives investigators tour of haunted Indiana home where 'possessed' children were 'chanting satanically' and saw 'ugly, black monster'
- *MailOnline has obtained exclusive audio and video footage from the
exorcisms of Latoya Ammons *
- *She who was 'possessed' along with her three children after moving
into home in Gary, Indiana, in 2011*
- *Video shows police, utterly convinced case is real, being given a
tour by Latoya's mother *
- *She claims children were 'satanic chanting' and saw 'big, black
monster'*
- *Police audio also features a 'demon' rasping 'hey' in the basement *
- *Sons were taken to hospital after one was inexplicably thrown in the
house - while there a nurse and... more »
SOTU 2014
An emperor with no clothes addressing a parliament of whores.
Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
*"I have sung for pacifists and I have sung for soldiers."*
*-- Pete Seeger*
*Trailer for the 2007 documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song*
*"I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has
sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known.
I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent this implication that
some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have
known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or
philosophical, or I might be a vegetarian, make me any less of an American.
I will tell yo... more »
Larry Ray : Pentecostals, Baptists, and ‘naked images’
Too much naked truth for Mississippi prison workers when they get zapped by
body scanners. By Larry Ray | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 GULFPORT,
Mississippi — Here’s looking at you, kid! There ought to be a law! …
finish reading Larry Ray :
Pentecostals, Baptists, and ‘naked images’
They say the climate’s “changing” … [updated]
It’s no longer about “global warming,” they say, it’s now all about *climate
change*.
Global warming, they say, is causing the climate to change *extremely. *We
are going to have hotter summers and colder winters, they say. We’re
having them now, they say. It’s hotter (and colder) than it’s ever been,
they say.
Is it?
Here’s a map showing the hottest and coldest recorded temperatures on your
favourite continent. Fact: there have been No New Continent ‘Hottest’
Temperature Records Since 1978.
Looks like the more things change, the more they stay the same.
*UPDATE*: Ultra-warm... more »
Air Force nuclear cheating scandal widens ..... Around 70 officers at Montana base are accused of cheating on, being aware of cheating, on nuclear missile launch test . For perspective , there are 190 missile launch officers at Malmstrom ! How secure are our nuclear weapons anyway ?
Al Jazeera....
Air Force nuclear cheating scandal widens
January 28, 2014 3:30PM ET
Around 70 officers at Montana base are accused of cheating on, being aware
of cheating, on nuclear missile launch test
Topics: Air Force Nuclear weapons Military
[image: hagel]
The cheating scandal has prompted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to raise
the possibility of revising the way ICBM launch crews are tested.Kevin
Lamarque/Reuters
The number of U.S. Air Force service members implicated in a scandal
involving alleged cheating on tests of nuclear missile launch operations
has roughly doubled from th... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Concord, Michigan, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Information to Obtain need not be commissioned by Justice of the Peace
R. v. D.G., 2014 ONCA 75:
[5] In this case, the ITO of P.C. Feizal Rhab was commissioned by
Shirley Atkinson, a Commissioner of Oaths for the Waterloo Regional Police
Service. The warrant was then issued by Justice of the Peace Legate Exon.
[6] The trial judge ruled that an Information to Obtain a search
warrant may be sworn before a commissioner for oaths.
[7] The appellant contends that this step in the process violates
s. 487 of the*Criminal Code*. This breach resulted in an unlawful search
contrary to s. 8 of the*Charter*. Accordingly, the appeal ... more »
Deep tweets
Been offline for days so behind on the SOTU gossip. Somebody, please tell
me this is a joke.
.@GrahamBlog: Proud to provide my guest ticket to tonight’s SOTU to Korie
Robertson. #DuckDynasty pic.twitter.com/AWIkJfRj5M #scnews #sctweets
— Kevin Bishop (@KevinDBishop) January 28, 2014
*Update*: Ye gods, it's not a joke.
"Troubles..."
"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"
- Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
Lamar W. Hankins : When conscience rules…
There may be a silver lining to religion-based attacks on the ACA. By Lamar
W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 The legal cases filed against
the Affordable Care Act requirements that health insurance include
contraceptive coverage … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins :
When conscience rules…
Closing credits
Still, after all this negativity about last night's *Newsnight*, at least
the programme had the decency to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The BBC may
not be very supportive of living Jews but it often does justice to the
victims of the Holocaust.
We heard poignantly from Anita Lasker Wallfisch, a cellist who performed in
the Women's Orchestra at Auschwitz - an increasingly rare survivor. Mengele
heard her play Schumann's beautiful *Traumerei *('Dreaming'). Gulp.
Her son, the wonderful Raphael - another cellist - and his son, Simon,
played the programme out by playing that much-negle... more »
“Embracing Life-Affirming Death Awareness: How to Transform Yourself and Possibly Save Human Civilization”
*“Embracing Life-Affirming Death Awareness: *
*How to Transform Yourself and Possibly Save Human Civilization”*
By Fred Branfman
“I never want to forget the prospect of death. Because, if I am ever able
to block out those emotions, I will lose the sense of purpose and focus
that cancer has given my own life." —Hamilton Jordan, "No Such Thing as a
Bad Day"
"My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was
missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The '80s were about
acquiring. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. The
country (is)... more »
Turn again, Andy Verity
My goodness, isn't it surprising how much mileage a blogger about BBC bias
can get from one single edition of a BBC programme if he (or, with due
acknowledgement to Sue, she) really tries?
My third post on last night's Newsnight focuses on the third item on the
programme's agenda - an item I was kind-of- prepared-for by a post by Alan
at *Biased BBC - *though Alan was a wee bit premature in thinking that the
BBC had, in Orwellian fashion, 'vanished' it.
*Newsnight*'s report was by Andy Verity, who seems (semi-officially) to
have been promoted to Paul Mason's old position. It was... more »
Independent-Minded Progressive Tae Si Taking On Tom Cole In Oklahoma
The sprawling Oklahoma district south of Oklahoma City, covering half of
the Red River Valley, OK-04, has been represented in Congress by Tom Cole
since 2002. His lowest reelection victory was a 68% win. In 2012, the
district, which has a PVI of R+19, gave Romney a 67-33% win over Obama,
although, the only 4 counties in the whole state voting Democratic in the
last gubernatorial race were all in the 4th-- Commanche, Cotton, Jefferson
and Stephens. This year a young progressive Democrat, Tae Si, is taking on
Cole and not waging a "Republican-lite" campaign against him, but a full-on... more »
How “School Choice” Has Failed Louisiana (Especially New Orleans) Parents
Advocates of the privatization of American public education have proclaimed
the week of January 26, 2014, as “school choice week.” As such, they are
celebrating the creation of their own lucrative bureaucracy, one that is
anything but controlled by parents. In short, “school choice” is a
misnomer. “School choice” would be better named “forced choice,” […]
Harry Targ : Progressives need to remember that history is complicated
In the words of Pete Seeger, “Though it’s darkest before the dawn, These
thoughts keep us moving on…” By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | January 28,
2014 [This essay by Harry Targ first appeared at The Rag Blog …
finish reading Harry Targ :
Progressives need to remember that history is complicated
MSBBC
As this is the year of *Newsnight *at *Is* (well, at least until I get sick
of watching it), let's continue where we left off with last night's
*Newsnight*.
After Ed Balls's big-boned face had filled our TV screens (and accursed be
he who invented Widescreen), it was onto the BBC's Katty Kay for a State of
the Union report on Barack Obama's record.
Katty is the entirely natural face of the BBC in the U.S.A., being the
anchor of BBC World News America. Commenters on right-leaning American
blogs seem to hate her bias but love her English accent and her
alliterative name. Katty Ka... more »
Harvey Wasserman : Remembering Pete and Toshi Seeger
So long, Pete & Toshi. It’s been amazingly great to know you. By Harvey
Wasserman | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 Toshi and Pete Seeger defy
description except through the sheer joy and honor it was to know …
finish reading Harvey Wasserman :
Remembering Pete and Toshi Seeger
Blue Pearl - Can You Feel the Passion
"What were you listening to 20 years ago, Phil?"
Top drawer shit like this:
New Snowden Interview (Full Video)
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Tin Hat With Roses
I have an old tin hat, it is dated 1941, and was a gift from a friend, just
in case.
I thought I might use some craft skills to decorate it. I have been
learning how to make ribbon roses, as you may notice.
First I glued four ribbons together to make a band. I folded the ribbons in
half and glued again.
Then I decorated the front of the tin hat with two pink chiffon ribbon
roses I made. A Vintage broch that I found, and a white rose with trailing
sequins.
For the back of the hat I made a rose corsage with various ribbons.
It’s time for someone to take Rachel Maddow...!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014*
*...and lead her away from her desk:* Rachel Maddow has become an
undisguised clown. She’s now a nightly parodic version of her own lost self.
Money and fame can do that to people. We’ve seen this fact put on display
from Judy Garland and Elvis Presley forward.
That said, it’s time for someone to take Maddow by the arm and lead her
away from her desk.
If you want to see what it means to be lost, we recommend that you watch
the tape of Maddow’s opening segment last night. (Click here. You might
want to turn down the volume.) Get ready for the extreme his... more »
(Pete Seegar Joins Band of Fascist Killers) Dr. Strangelove Proved Out? Dot-Com-Redux Aborning and GE Crops Lead To Increased Not Decreased Pesticide Use
The last of the troubadours has joined that glorious band in the ether. May
they play on. Every time I saw Pete Seegar perform or performed one of his
glory songs, I felt a tear in my soul for the joyous, courageous life he
pursued and his undeflectable joie de vivre (even when Dylan went
"electric"). It's hard to imagine anyone following in those footsteps
today, but thousands (millions?)
When Starbuck met 29
I am singing that love song again
You know my belle
I would change the universe
on its axis
making positive negative
and gravity just a
talking point thing
If I could capture
your heart again
and feel your
angel pulse beating against
my soul as well
together not quite sweaty
Some kind of glistening
I will always remember
your skin
Not meeting the threshold of wet
no a magical kind of moist
a mucous layer of love conformation
yet not by any means dry
It was some kind of CGI anomaly
that I saw with my loving eye.
Who do! Who do you want?
Who knows what the future brings
Who does I have... more »
“Here We Go Again (Hospitals Raping People)”
*“Here We Go Again (Hospitals Raping People)”*
by Karl Denninger
“And again... Eric Ferguson, 54, from Mooresville, N.C., was taking out the
trash at his home last August when he was bitten on the foot by a snake. He
drove himself to Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, where he was treated
with anti-venom medicine. According to his bill, the hospital charged
$81,000 for a four-vial dose of the medication. Shocked at the price tag,
Ferguson told the Charlotte Observer he and his wife found the same vials
online for retail prices as low as $750.
If you destroy the medical monopolie... more »
Harper Ignoring Warning Signs, About Dangers of Transportating Tarsands Oil
*Lac Megantic explosion.*
We have been hearing more about the dangers of transporting tar sands,
pipeline explosion in Manitoba - TransCanada pipeline's "apology" is hardly
enough - train derailments and, worse, explosions in the case of Lac
Megantic. Despite all this, Harper is blind to reality, he wants to exploit
and ship more tar sands crude oil, regardless of the health and safety
consequences for Canadians.
Harper is muzzling scientists who dare present facts that contradict him,
it's all about making the oil and gas industry bosses happy, not about
the health and safety of... more »
"Sooner Or Later..."
“Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
PMSH 24 Seven.
Stephen Harper Twenty-four Seven. Seriously.
Satire: “Republicans Promise To Respond To State Of Union With Grumpiest Faces Ever”
*“Republicans Promise To Respond To State *
*Of Union With Grumpiest Faces Ever”*
By Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — “As President Obama prepares to deliver
his State of the Union address tonight, congressional Republicans are
promising to respond with what they call their grumpiest faces ever. House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) confirmed that the G.O.P. have
been practicing in front of mirrors for weeks in the hopes of creating just
the right grouchy-face look for the TV cameras. “Tonight, President Obama
is going to lay out his vision for this country,... more »
Of Ferrets and Interviewers
Last night's *Newsnight *began with a discussion of Labour's plans to
re-raise the UK's top rate of income tax to 50%.
The programme's opening words were:
A Labour government brought it in. A Conservative government scrapped it.
And now Labour wants to bring back the 50% rate of income tax.
Now, surely Jeremy Paxman *should* have said (in his ironic way):
A Labour government brought in less that one month before leaving office. A
Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government scrapped it. And now Labour wants
to bring back the 50% rate of income tax.
I really don't think I'm the on... more »
Dangerous Corporate Medicine in Peoria
[image: Daniel--January 2014 (Photo by John Carroll)]
(Daniel--January 2014, Photo by John Carroll)
Dangerous Corporate Medicine in Peoria
I am going to make a case that Peoria's OSF-Saint Francis Medical Center’s
CEO Keith Steffen should be terminated from his position at OSF. In my
opinion Keith should be removed by whoever in the huge OSF System has this
responsibility. If it is the Sisters or one of the OSF Boards then they
need to ‘throw him under the bus” on Glen Oak Avenue and be done with it.
But I will also explain why this probably won’t happen. And at the end of
this pos... more »
Pete Seeger: “If I had a hammer and sickle”
America’s most famous, and most successful, Communist has just died.
Pete Seeger, folk singer, banjo player, successful communist recruitment
tool – the man some dubbed Stalin’s Songbird – was 94.
The conventional wisdom holds that it was ever so—that American popular
musicians have always been leftists, and that music-as-radical-politics has
stretched across the decades, expressing the nation’s social conscience.
The late New Left chronicler Jack Newfield, for instance, celebrated a
“native tradition of an alternative America” that included not just such
openly activist musicians... more »
Jean Trounstine : ‘Kids for Cash’: Taking abuse of power to a new level
Hard to imagine that a judge could devastate families and delay so many
lives? Well guess what… By Jean Trounstine | The Rag Blog | January 28,
2014 There are movies. And then there are movies — and by that …
finish reading Jean Trounstine :
‘Kids for Cash’: Taking abuse of power to a new level
Sudden Banker Deaths In London
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547275/BREAKING-NEWS-Man-30s-dies-plunge-JP-Morgan-headquarters-Canary-Wharf.html
*JP Morgan name man who plunged to his death from Canary Wharf headquarters
as technology chief Gabriel Magee*
Mr Magee was found on the ninth floor roof of skyscraper at 8am today
The executive had worked for JP Morgan for 10 years - 7 years in London
He was a vice president in corporate & investment bank technology team
By MARTIN ROBINSON
PUBLISHED: 09:59 GMT, 28 January 2014 | UPDATED: 18:18 GMT, 28 January 2014
A bank executive who died after jumping 500ft f... more »
Rand Paul gets challenged on his facts!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014*
*Discovering the 25-year-old intern:* According to Rand Paul, women are
doing extremely well in certain areas. On Meet the Press, he cited a set of
statistics in support of this general point:
PAUL (1/26/14): You know, I think we have a lot of debates in Washington
that get dumbed down and are used for political purposes. This whole sort
of war on women thing, I'm scratching my head because if there was a war on
women, I think they won.
You know, the women in my family are incredibly successful. *I have a niece
at Cornell vet school, and 85 percent of t... more »
THE STATE OF THE UNION IS: Tribal!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014*
*Part 2—Watching two tribes get dumbed down:* “My fellow Americans, the
state of the union is dumb.”
We don’t expect Obama to say that tonight! If he did, he could add this:
“Powerful industries now exist to make us *tribally* dumb.”
To see one tribe being dumbed way down, we strongly recommend this post by
the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple.
The Fox News Channel’s Jon Scott has always been quite hackish. At some
length, Wemple quotes Scott reciting the Fox party line as he hosted a
recent segment.
You can hear conservative brain cells dying as you read... more »
Will A Growing And Unrestrained American Surveillance State Become A Real Issue In The Midterms?
Yesterday's *Politico* featured a post by Manu Raju explaining how both
Democratic and Republican candidates are running against the NSA's
Cheney-conceived domestic spying agenda-- the NSA's Cheney-conceived
domestic spying agenda that Obama has largely kept intact. Raju's top
example: Maine progressive Shenna Bellows, who has talked with us about
this last October and again in November.
Maine Senator Susan Collins has been a lockstep captive of the Military
Industrial Complex and an unwavering supporter of the very unpopular
Surveillance State and of all the abusive NSA excesses... more »
US invokes holocaust in Syria aid spat with Russia
How low can you go? How low can you go.............
Samantha Power- pathetic
Samantha Power - Remind you of anyone?
When the hand you hold is a loser. The holocaust card can always be played.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has called on Russia to use its
influence with the Syrian regime to help get humanitarian aid to the
besieged city of Homs.
Tense negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition entered
their fifth day Tuesday, focusing on the transfer of power and helping
besieged parts of Homs.
The emphasis on Homs and release of detainees are meant as
con... more »
“Mind the Gap!” Bureaucracy, and the Regulation/Constitution of i(I)nternational r(R)elations
So the IR blogosphere and twitterverse are in the process of exploding over
this new proposal from the ISA Governing Council, which would ban those
contributing to IR blogs from holding positions on ISA journal editorial
boards. I second many of the questions raised by Steve and Jon and Will
Moore and will write more
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Navajos and Hopis oppose University of Arizona water rights speaker as exploiter
Read letter from Navajos and Hopis to University of Arizona in Tucson:
Navajos Hopis oppose Univ Ariz speaker exploiting water rights
A GREAT BLESSING
Even when we are trying not to buy into the scripted demonization of US
"enemies" those of us back home still have to evaluate just how much we
have swallowed Mr. Big's pill.
The history of successful demonization of others by our nation is the story
of the scientific method put to evil purposes. Scientists, mental health
experts, historians, mathematicians, engineers, anthropologists, media and
more have been well paid to help the corporate oligarchy design their
greedy plan for control of the people and everything else. They have it
down to an art.
In my lifetime I can rememb... more »
I heard a rumor that some guy is going to spend an hour tonight telling a bunch of lies...
*anyone else heard that?*
I'm busy today.
Dropping off three more boxes at the Hospice Thrift shop.
Decluttering going well.
Time for my favorite kitteh:
Thailand: US Sides With Increasingly Violent, Desperate Regime
US State Department condemns protests against sham election, but ignores
assassination and thuggery aimed at opposition.
*January 28, 2014* (ATN) - The US State Department openly sided with
Thaksin Shinawatra and his proxy regime, and backed their planned one-party
sham elections being carried out in a climate of political intimidation,
terrorism, assassinations, and a draconian "emergency decree" in a
statement released after protests disrupted polls across the country Sunday.
The US State Department's statement read:
The United States is deeply troubled by efforts to block polls... more »
Pete Seeger, 1919 - 2014
"A
good song reminds us what we’re fighting for."
The great Pete Seeger has passed away at the age of 94.
Obituaries recounting his activism and folk singing, his moral strength
and indelible contributions to not only American folk music, but the
struggles for civil rights, equality, peace and justice, are now
everywhere. He sang for freedom; he sang for labor; he sang for the
oppressed,
Grimmer news for League Investors - some $355 million of their money gone
The news keep getting worse for investors in Victoria-based League Assets.
And the financial disaster is still not getting adequate media coverage.
Back in November, I predicted massive losses for the investors League,
which promised investors security and great returns through real estate
investments.
Based on the latest filings from PWC, the news is even worse than I
expected.
League Assets, the creation of Adam Gant and Emanuel Arruda, is broke and
filed for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. PWC is
being paid to manage the mess.
The best estimate, in Novemb... more »
Blogging and Teaching — and the Wrongheaded ISA Proposal
Steve has a nice roundup of many of the central concerns with ISA’s
misguided policy proposal to limit those involved in editing ISA journals
from blogging. I’d like to focus on one additional element. For many of
us located principally in the teaching side of the profession, we realize
and appreciate the significance and
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JobScam. An idea without a plan ...
...
is nothing more than a dream.
That's what the weasel in a prime minister's suit is now trying to
peddle to you. Having spent $2.5 million in advertising on a program
that did not exist, this is how he explained it away. (From Aaron Wherry
and you really need to read the whole piece).
“Mr. Speaker, I noted that the Canada Job Grant was in fact very well
received by those in the marketplace,
War is a racket
Major General Smedley Butler and Dwight Eisenhower would know
Modern War is a racket
A great game
played by Darwinian winning dogs of men
who history has proven
are psychopaths
totally clinically insane
As you often point out on your blog
you do not have to be George Orwell to suspect
the military industrial complex has only one market to protect
Unnatural death from above
or below
or by any means met
as long as it needs
the support of high tech.
International Holohoax Remembrance Day
Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed annually in
virtually all countries around the world.
"The UN General Assembly designated January 27 — the anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — as International Holocaust Remembrance
Day," reads *the official website* for the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum. "On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member
state to honor the victims of the Nazi era and to develop educational
programs to help prevent future genocides."
President Obama urged all Americans and citizens of the world t... more »
R.I.P. Pete Seeger
If anyone ever personified the accolade "living legend," it was Pete
Seeger. He was a man for the ages, a living slice of Americana, ageless and
seemingly immortal. And that is why learning of his death at age 94 was
still such a shock.
Most of the world knew him, of course, as a folksinger. But to the locals
in my Hudson Valley neck of the woods, he was known primarily as a social
activist. I had the privilege of meeting and talking with Pete a couple of
times. The first time was in the mid-70s, as part of a controversial effort
to transform the national historic landmark Dutch Re... more »
Anbar Before And After the Awakening Pt. X, 2005-09 Governor Mamoun Alwani
Today Iraq’s Anbar province is as divided as ever. The provincial
government and some tribes have come out in support of Baghdad against the
insurgency, some tribes oppose both the central government and the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), some sheikhs have joined the revived
insurgency, and ISIS is trying to take advantage of the entire situation.
This is just the latest manifestation of the deep schisms that have existed
within Anbar since the 2003 invasion. After the fall of the former regime,
the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and the tribes struggled for power. The st... more »
Help! My Employer Is Making Me Work Overtime Off The Books. What Do I Do?
This question from an AOL Jobs reader reflects an all too common situation
that many hourly workers face:
Hello. I was reading an article *10 Tricks Employers Use To Cheat Workers
Out Of Their Overtime. *Here's my problem. My fiancée works at a
restaurant, and she recently received a raise from $9/hr to $12/hr. But the
owner asked her to take her overtime off the books. The first 2 weeks went
by without a hitch, but over the past month, her OT has been short. The
past week, she worked 10 hours OT, and received $90, which not only is less
than the $18/hr that she is entitled, but he... more »
What We Know (and Ignore) about Standards, Achievement, and Equity
What We Know (and Ignore) about Standards, Achievement, and Equity. via
What We Know (and Ignore) about Standards, Achievement, and Equity.Filed
under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
AuthorCare Begins With Transperancy
Today we read Hugh Howey’s blog post ‘Bread and Roses’ on what he believes
the Authors Guild should be focused on and an author’s perspective on
today’s marketplace. His views will not be shared by all, but they convey a
frustration that is often felt by many, not necessarily on the activities
of the Guild, but on their position within the market.
It is a given that we have to both encourage authors and reward them.
Yesterday they often could secure healthy advances and had a clear measure
of their sales and expectation of royalties. If there was an issue they
could instigate an... more »
This Land is Your Land
*Despite the continuing efforts of the Republicans*
By Capt. Fogg
I was never a big Pete Seeger fan, but my college years having coincided
with the folk music revival, I certainly heard him a lot. I appreciated
that he came from the time and conditions that produced Woody Guthrie and
John Steinbeck and a lot of skepticism about how well our version of
Capitalism served freedom and democracy. Those folks and many others
weren't well received by the same sort of -- I hesitate to use the word
bastards, but it fits -- who are still calling everything and everyone
Communists for eve... more »
If I Had a Hammer...
Not Soviet workers.RT @greenhousenyt: R.I.P. Pete Seeger,dead at 94,
tireless champion of workers and labor unions. pic.twitter.com/gDYHg9nDNq
— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) January 28, 2014
...I swear, I'd bury it halfway to the handle in every right wing nut
job's thick skull.
The next time one of the sons or daughters of Ronald Reagan accuses
the left of incivility when one of their own war-mongering, tax-dodging
icons shits the bed, think of asswipes like Grover Norquist jiggling his
pudgy body in a spastic jig over the undug grave of progressive heroes like
Pete... more »
Cop Watch
Who will watch the watchmen? I have the greatest respect for the Police.
They do a difficult dangerous job on societies behalf. In fact you can say
that a society is increasingly only as good as its police force.
There is a sad development in North American society, people have lost
respect for the police in big and small ways. The big way is that perps no
longer respect the badge. When I grew up when the Police told you to do
something, you did it no questions asked. Today I think many citizens see
the Police as some kind of occupying force, not here to serve and protect.
The po... more »
Tuesday Morning Linkage: ISA and Blogging Edition
The International Studies Association Executive Committee has forwarded a
proposal to the Governing Council that meets at the Association’s annual
meeting that addresses blogging. The proposal and my take on it are
discussed at my blog. The essence of it is to prohibit those involved in
the editing of journals from blogging. The text of
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Steve, Neil And The First Nations
Neil Young is now on Stephen Harper's enemies list. Michael Harris writes:
In the thug state Stephen Harper is busily constructing, Young has become
Stephane Dion with a guitar, or Michael Ignatieff with a tambourine – just
another opponent of the prime minister to be torn down. In Harper’s
one-opinion world, to engage is to destroy, never to discuss.
Young’s offence was to express his opinion and to make a donation. In
normal democracies, that would be no big deal. You might agree with the
rock-star, you might not. Ninety-nine percent of the time, most wouldn’t
even notice.
B... more »
President Obama Will Announce An Increase In The Minimum Wage to $10.10 For Federal Workers Tonight
Few issues are as black and white as raising the minimum wage. The vast
majority of Americans would like to see it go up to at least the $10.10
proposed by President Obama. The polling is through the roof on this, not
only among normal people, but even among a *majority* of self-identified
Republican voters! Democrats in Congress-- save a tiny handful of corporate
whores from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party (Blue Dogs and New
Dems)-- have been working to raise it. Republicans have not only blocked
that; many of them want to abolish the minimum wage altogether-- and bri... more »
Untitled
*Crescent City Snow*
~Editilla gotta toll'ya~ When Mz. Cowsill put out this song, 2008, I was
still on a long road home in Memphis, quite deep into Kafkatrina Nightmare,
certified insane and still tighter than a grenade pin... but online for the
first time in my life... and it snowed in New Orleans! Aaaaand our New
Orleans Saints won the Super bowl the next year!
*New Law Could Force All of Louisiana’s Abortion Clinics to Close ~Zoë
Carpenter, The Nation*
*Sen. Landrieu calls for greater investment in N.O. port system ~Michael
Patrick Welch, Louisiana Weekly*
*Bipartisan flood In... more »
RU4Choice? More and more countries are!
Around the world -- with a couple of notable exceptions -- politicians are
finally getting it.
Abortion is essential health care and a basic human right for people who
have uteruses.
A number of countries are expanding abortion services and access.
In France, already the medical abortion capital of the world, they've
approved a sweeping gender-equity bill that includes the abandonment of the
requirement for women to justify their abortion decisions.
The [abortion] amendment is part of a gender-equality bill that is the most
comprehensive legislation on women’s rights in the history... more »
Futures Jump On January 28 , 2014 - Hope Emerging Market Rout Receding , RBI interest rate hikes , PBOC injects 150 billion yuan to interbank market , hopes that Turkey's Central Bank will take substantial actions to support lira , hopes for Fed Open Market meeting starting today ... Apple miss put on the back burner for now ... suicide at JP Morgan's London HQ no discussed in detail yet.... State of the union on tap as Obama will issue Executive Order to increase minimum wage for Federal Contractors
Futures not the only thing jumping..... Two suicides in just a few days ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-28/man-jumps-his-death-jpmorgan-london-headquarters
Man Jumps To His Death From JPMorgan London Headquarters
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- Lehman
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Early this morning, at JPM's 33 story high London Headquarters located at
25 Bank Street in Canary Wharf, a 39 year-old man jumped to his death after
falling onto a 9th floor roof. The police, who were called to t... more »
"Have an Exit Plan"..... Exiting the Matrix
TUESDAY, 28 JANUARY 2014
*"Have an Exit Plan"..... Exiting the Matrix*
By D. from removingtheshackles.blogspot.com
Signs of the times? More and more information is being brought to the
public's attention. This past week has been a HUGE week again for
transparency coming out in the media. Matt Drudge's "Drudge Report" is an
excellent example of this. As Mac Slavo points out below, The Drudge
Report has a huge readership and is massively influencing not only
alternative readership, but mainstream media as well.
I do not agree with Mac's interpretation of gloom and doom, as in t... more »
Ukraine: Authorities vs gangsters - Rick Rozoff interview
*Download audio file- approx 15 minutes*[image: Ukraine: the authorities vs
gangsters – Rick Rozoff]peaceful protestors?*Transcript below *
Hello. This is John Robles, I'm speaking to Voice of Russia regular
contributor Mr. Rick Rozoff, the owner and manager of the Stop NATO website
and international mailing list
Robles: Hello Rick. I hope you had some happy holidays. How are you this
evening?
Rozoff:I'm doing very good, John. Thanks again for having me on your show.
Robles: Thanks a lot. I was wondering if we can get your views on what is
going on in Maidan or Independence Square in... more »
Turkey corruption scandal updates January 28 , 2014 - Police chief suspended after revealing order to halt corruption operation ..... Lawsuit filed concerning PM, ministers and media figures ..... Turkish Lira eases as Central Bank announces higher inflation forecast ( no interest rate hikes though.. ) ...... Turkish PM Erdoğan accuses Gülen movement of trying to ‘steal national will’
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-337800-police-chief-suspended-after-revealing-order-to-halt-corruption-operation.html
Police chief suspended after revealing order to halt corruption operation
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An İzmir police chief was suspended on Tuesday after he made public a
recording of a telephone conversation in which he received an order from
his superior officer and the İzmir governor to halt a police operation into
alleged corruption at the Port of İzmir.
İzmir Police Department's Financial Crime Unit c... more »
The New, Updated RTS and To BE Community Forum
Yes, I've been a terrible Forum Administrator. I know, I know..... I'm
sorry, it won't happen again!!!
We have revamped and relaunched the RTS Forum to create a community for
people to discuss, plan, theorize, investigate, meet up, and just chill out
and relax with like minded people. I have been highly focused on skype and
the many skype groups that I have been involved with for the past few years
as we've been moving through this adventure. Skype is great for
chatting.... but not so good for keeping track of conversations and
information.
....and of course the whole NSA spyi... more »
War watch January 28 , 2014 - Afghanistan Officials accuses US of being behind some insurgent style attacks blamed on the Taliban , combined with another insider attack / prisoner release over US objections and Afghan government civilian death toll report - we are seeing a shift by the government toward the Taliban ...... Syria Talks End Early Over Regime Change ‘Impasse’ as the Syrian Government predictably spurns US demands to drop Assad , additional items of note on Syria peace talk developments and Syria War itself ..... Amidst the daily death dealing in Iraq , a news item of not involves news that the Iraq Opposition Leader Hires Lobbyist to Oppose US Arms Push
Afghanistan....
Afghan Officials: US Behind Some ‘Insurgent-Style’ AttacksAttacks Meant to
Draw Attention Away From Civilian Deaths
by Jason Ditz, January 27, 2014
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The Karzai government has repeatedly taken the US military to task for
killing large numbers of civilians in the occupation, but they may just be
the tip of the iceberg, as Afghan officials say a case is being made
suggesting the US has also engaged in “insurgent-style” attacks which were
blamed on the Taliban.
The officials didn’t discuss the evidence in much detail, but the belief is
that many of... more »
Thailand anti-government protest leader killed Protesters obstruct early voting polling stations ahead of general election ..... Thai protest getting violent as protest leader shot in the head and killed while giving a speech !
Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Home
Thai Anti-Government Protest Leader Killed
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Dead women don't, and can't give life.
What a morbid thought, correct?
In Canada, 26 years ago today the Supreme Court decision *R. v. Morgentaler*
removed legal obstacles preventing women from accessing abortion - a
medical procedure under the purview of professionals who administer the
public health care system.
But in Texas where the rights of corporations, guns and fetus are promoted
by Bible-thumpers who claim they represent the will of God the Father, the
laws of the state can desecrate and violate the rights of ordinary living
breathing people.
If there are profits to be made, weapons to be cherished and a zygot... more »
Can You Pass the Cricket (errr.. Soccer) Test?
Its World Cup season again. That time a year when I start getting
interview requests about soccer/football, fandom, and loyalty. The
assumption for many seems to be if you are a citizen of a state, you must
give a certain amount of loyalty to said state. Fixed nationalism for many
is an assumption. With global
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"Have an Exit Plan"..... Exiting the Matrix
Signs of the times? More and more information is being brought to the
public's attention. This past week has been a HUGE week again for
transparency coming out in the media. Matt Drudge's "Drudge Report" is an
excellent example of this. As Mac Slavo points out below, The Drudge
Report has a huge readership and is massively influencing not only
alternative readership, but mainstream media as well.
I do not agree with Mac's interpretation of gloom and doom, as in the break
down of society that he is focused on happening. BUT, Drudge's tweet of
"Have an exit plan" is a serious i... more »
Our Friendship Ties Us Together Valentine with Free Printable
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Free Printable]
This Printable Valentine using small stretchy hair ties is one of my
favorites. Although it doesn't work for an entire school class, it is
colorful and fun with something that little girls will actually use. We are
making these ones for my daughter's dance class.
You will need:
- The Valentine Printable found at the end of this post
- Scissors
- Hair Ties
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This Printable Valentine comes six ... more »
Escape from camp 14
I am just reading Blaine Harden's book
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to
Freedom in the West
and it is powerful stuff. It was published in 2012 by an American who
shared the royalties with a guy named Sin who seems to be the world's only
person who has ever escaped from the camps in North Korea (he was born in
one such camp). We can learn quite something from him, at least if we
believe that he is telling us the truth.
There are between 150,000-200,000 people "living" in these camps. The
conditions are horrible. I don't want to tell you about the... more »
REALIZATION: Traveling the path of the seeker
Hello Mr Kabuki, I hope this message finds you in good health. =). I like
to think this is a good summation of what a lot of light workin' folks are
experiencing or have experienced. Feel free to repost, fix, or sadly delete
=(. Regardless have a wonderful day!
-Faithful Reader
*AK: Posted! *
*REALIZATION:*
Traveling the path of the seeker
On my way
Where the angels lay
Parched for knowledge
My drink matters not
As long as there is no delay
Rushing to a place
Free to laugh and play
Happiness I am taught
A state of mind
There is much pain
Deep in the darkness
My soul experiences
B... more »
Musical Interlude: Georg Deuter, “Sea and Silence”
Georg Deuter, “Sea and Silence”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_tlrRhCRs
Bailout Architect Runs For California Governor; World Laughs
*Bailout Architect Runs For California Governor; World Laughs*
By MATT TAIBBI
POSTED: January 24, 12:05 PM ET
Neel Kashkari
Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images
I want to apologize for this space being blank for quite some time. I
actually spent the bulk of the last two days on a long blog post about the
"Dr. V." story in Grantland. But then I got all the way to the end, and
realized I was completely wrong about the entire thing.
So, I spiked my own piece. Now I've been in Talk Radio-style "This is
totally dead air, Barry" territory for about two weeks. I could swear I saw
a cobweb... more »
Watch this video and it will change your life, it's changed mine - OK in a very small way
Admit it, you didn't know about the tabs on cling film and aluminium foil
dispensers...
SDR’S AND THE NEW BRETTON WOODS – PART TWO
*This is part 2 of the SDR article series, interesting that they are using
the same template as before including the Keynesian model that got us where
we are now. If too big to fail didn't work in the USA, how is even bigger
than too big to fail going to solve the problem? *
*What if the problem IS the central banks hoarding vast stores of value
(and the mountains of time-displaced hypothecated value that borrows from
your grandchildren value via inflation)? Banks operating under an
antiquated centrally planned economic model are doomed to failure. If
central planning didn't w... more »
Review & #Giveaway - Homemade Cleaners by Mandy O'Brien & Dionna Ford
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Recipes]
Have you ever considered making your own household cleaning solutions?
I have! Commercial varieties usually contain toxic chemicals which are bad
for our health and bad for the environment. There are "green" cleaners
available but one has to be careful about them because they aren't always
as green as the label implies and, they tend to be expensive. Making my own
just makes sense.
But here's my problem: The Internet is full of recipes and I don't always
have the time to search out the "tried and tru... more »
HSBC restricts withdrawls, UST steals 401Ks, and Jamie gets a Raise!!
HSBC restricts withdrawls, UST steals 401Ks, and Jamie gets a Raise!!
*Posted by D. at http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/*
A little more Financial News for your Saturday morning read.
First up, HSBC is showing a lovely bit of transparency.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-24/bank-run-fears-continue-hsbc-restricts-large-cash-withdrawals
Bank-Run Fears Continue; HSBC Restricts Large Cash Withdrawals
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Music For Those Who Hate the Grammys. Progressive Music Classics: "Joe Hill" by Paul Robeson
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*By MARC McDONALD*
Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics.
I didn't watch the Grammy Awards this year. In fact, I never watch the
Grammys (which is nothing more than a wank-fest of the corrupt U.S.
corporate recording industry to celebrate another year of the utter
mediocrity that clogs up today's pop charts). Anyone who thinks the Grammys
celebrate the best of U.S. popular music probably also thinks the "Best
Picture" Oscar actually has something to do with the best cinema of the
year.
I suppose there might be *some* worthwhile music at the Grammys. But as t... more »
Monday, January 27th Debate Between John Friend, Jim Fetzer, And Michael Collins Piper - My Analysis
I finished just a while ago listening to tonight's very important "debate"
between Michael Collins Piper, Jim Fetzer, and John Friend.... I was both
intrigued and very annoyed. Just like the last "debate" between Jim
Fetzer and Keith Johnson, one party in this debate did their damnest to
turn it into a witch hunt. I will not say which party, but after listening
to this "debate" it does not take long to figure out whom!
First, I do want to present the article that John Friend has posted
tonight, including his opening statement for the debate... It is courtesy
of John's blog, at ww... more »
Does reductive stress drive an adaptive inflammatory response, in depression linked to diet and lifestyle?
Everyone knows (I hope, because if they do it will save me a lot of time
explaining) that inflammation can cause depression by activating the
enzymes that degrade tryptophan, thus depleting the brain of serotonin.
Basically, macrophages hoover up tryptophan and pass it through Indoleamine
2,3,-Dioxygenase (IDO), where it is broken down. This is the pathway for
the synthesis of niacin and nicotinamide, which is used to make NAD+.
(Note the other product, picolinic acid, thought to assist in absorption
of minerals chromium and zinc)
There is the "sickness behaviour" explanation, wher... more »
CHILD ABUSE TIMELINE - PART TWO
*Andrew Ash*
*Part Two of the Child Abuse Timeline. We include extracts from the
blog Fighting Back and some additions:*
*1980's* - A female member of the UK parliament sexually abused a
thirteen-year-old boy called Andrew Ash.
Andrew Ash was brought from a government children's home, to parliament, to
be sexually abused.
The female MP was part of a pedophile ring 'at the heart of government', a
ring that included Sir Jimmy Savile.
Andrew was also trafficked to Amsterdam on a number of occasions.
Female MP abused boy in care - Express.co.uk
*Peter Hatton-Bornshin*
*1980's* -... more »
SKrashen: The Common Core: A Disaster for Libraries, A Disaster for Language Arts, a Disaster for American Education
SKrashen: The Common Core: A Disaster for Libraries, A Disaster for
Language Arts, a Disaster for American Education: Stephen Krashen Knowledge
Quest 42(3): 37-45 (2014). There never has been a need for the common core
and there is no evidence ... more »
Alan Waldman : Beloved Brit actor Robson Green is great in the excellent cop series ‘Touching Evil’
Created by distinguished scribe Paul Abbott, the series is intelligent,
exciting, and well-paced. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and
TV series that … finish reading Alan Waldman :
Beloved Brit actor Robson Green is great in the excellent cop series
‘Touching Evil’
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 »
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*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
January 26, 2013
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 cert... more »
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