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The Republican Civil War Worsens Over Immigration Reform
Remember when Marco Rubio was going to help humanize the Republican Party
by championing comprehensive immigration reform? That brief flirtation with
fairness and putting the national interest first over backward partisan
ideology, knocked him out of the Tea Party presidential sweepstakes. He's
been backpedaling ever since. And this week, he called the already
inadequate plan the House GOP leadership cobbled together, something he
could get behind.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said he is open to an immigration
reform bill that does not include a path to citizenship for ... more »
Skull & Bones
*Ron Rosenbaum - Esquire Magazine - September, 1977*
Take a look at the hulking sepulcher over there. Small wonder they call it
a tomb. It's the citadel of Skull and Bones, the most powerful of all
secret societies in the strange Yale secret-society system. For nearly a
century and a half, Skull and Bones has been the most influential secret
society in the nation, and now it is one of the last. In an age in which it
seems that all that could possibly be concealed about anything and anybody
has been revealed, those blank tombstone walls could be holding the last
secrets left in Am... more »
Washinton Times, Sept.10th 2001 Mossad: "Has capability to target U.S.forces and make it look like a Palestinian/Arab act."
*An elite U.S. Army study center has devised a plan for enforcing a major
Israeli-Palestinian peace accord that would require about 20,000 well-armed
troops stationed throughout Israel and a newly created Palestinian state.*
There are no plans by the Bush administration to put American soldiers into
the Middle East to police an agreement forged by the longtime warring
parties. In fact, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is searching for
ways to reduce U.S. peacekeeping efforts abroad, rather than increasing
such missions.
But a 68-page paper by the *Army School of Advanced Mil... more »
TOSSING PEOPLE OUT OF THE BOAT
This week on Moyers & Company, David Simon, journalist and creator of the
TV series The Wire and Treme, talks with Bill Moyers about the crisis of
capitalism in America. After President Barack Obama’s annual State of the
Union address, it’s a reality check from someone who artfully uses
television drama to report on the state of America from an entirely
different perspective — the bottom up.
“The horror show is we are going to be slaves to profit. Some of us are
going to be higher on the pyramid and we’ll count ourselves lucky and many
many more will be marginalized and destroyed... more »
Untitled
*Who Cares What Prince Charles Says?*
*He talks to plants and supports quack medicine so he may not be the sort
of guy you want on your side*
Recently it was reported that Prince Charles took a shot at 'climate
deniers', claiming it's "baffling ... that in our modern world we have such
blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells
us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science." He went
on to call these presumably "powerful groups of deniers" of mounting "a
barrage of sheer intimidation" against opponents, calling them a 'headless ... more »
Hotel Franchise Firm White Lodging Investigates Breach - data breach extends to Hotels - goes back to March of 2013 through end of 2013 ?
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/01/hotel-franchise-firm-white-lodging-investigates-breach/
Hotel Franchise Firm White Lodging Investigates Breach
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*White Lodging*, a company that maintains hotel franchises under nationwide
brands including *Hilton*, *Marriott*, *Sheraton* and *Westin* appears to
have suffered a data breach that exposed credit and debit card information
on thousands of guests throughout much of 2013, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
[image: whitelodging]Earl... more »
India's Central Bank Governor: "International Monetary Cooperation Has Broken Down" ..... While India has done its best to tommy hammer thier own citizens when it comes to gold , the bleating from India's Central Banker now that the Fed has cut its monetary heroin injections by 20 billion a month by the taper ( from 85 billion down to a " miserly " 65 billion ) , really takes the cake ! Central Bank bleating theme seems to be the US Fed and other Western Central Banks owe them more heroin injections ! Guess the plan will be to hammer FX , EM and US stocks until the Fed blinks ! Capital controls being imposed hinted at by India's Central Banker ? Overnite Data - deflation risk rising in Europe , EMs smack downs continue ( H/t Zero Hedge ) , Equity outflows largest in two years ( h/t ZH ) , Wal-mart cuts guidance on food stamps , weather and some additional interesting factors......US Treasurys are bid today , not surprisingly !
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-30/indias-central-bank-governor-international-monetary-cooperation-has-broken-down
( threat of capital controls in this message ? )
India's Central Bank Governor: "International Monetary Cooperation Has
Broken Down"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/30/2014 21:23 -0500
- Ben Bernanke
- Capital Markets
- Federal Reserve
- Hungary
- India
- International Monetary Fund
- None
- Precious Metals
- Steven Englander
- Transaction Tax
- Turkey
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India's recently crowne... more »
Your moment of Zen
Yellow flowers in Puerto Rico. [Russell Alan Brooks photo]
Sunday Classics preview: One loose end we CAN tie up -- our missing movements from Mahler's "Song of the Earth"
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*by Ken*
*Das Lied von der Erde* (*The Song of the Earth*) is sort of Mahler's
Symphony No. 8½. Even though it's a series of six songs with orchestra,
alternating between tenor and alto (or baritone) soloists, he probably
would have called is his Ninth Symphony if the already-dying composer
hadn't been such a baby about that "Ninth Symphony" business -- their
Ninths had been so fateful for Beethoven and Bruckner. Since he had his
next symphony mapped out, he thought that by calling *that* his Ninth, when
it was really his Tenth, he would have the jinx beaten. ... more »
October Surprise: Cyrus Vance, Operation Eagle Claw and the RogueNetwork
*What’s the single decision you made as president that you most regret?*
*President Carter: *
I would say the hostage rescue effort in Iran in April of 1980.
It was a *perfectly planned, highly secret, *somewhat complex procedure
that everybody agreed to do.
And in order to extract all of the hostages plus all the rescue team from
Iran, *we had to have six functioning helicopters. *
So *I ordered eight helicopters *and two of them had to fly from an
aircraft carrier about 600 miles across areas of Iran and Oman and land in
a desert, which we had already explored.
*One of the helico... more »
New York City Channels $210 Million in Corporate Charter Giveaways to Pre-K
From the Gothamist:
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña made the announcement yesterday, noting
that the diversion of funds "will help us create high-quality, full-day
pre-Kindergarten seats citywide that will deliver strong instruction"; the
DOE also hopes to reduce class sizes citywide.
The move is a big one one for the de Blasio administration, as the mayor
has been openly critical of charter schools, which notably expanded under
Mayor Bloomberg. While campaigning this summer he announced plans to place
a moratorium on the schools. The slashed funds will only affect schools
that ne... more »
Organized Jewry concerned about rising "anti-Semitism"
Elie Wiesel, one of the leading propagandists promoting and perpetuating
the fake Jewish "Holocaust" narrative of WWII and an ardent supporter of
the Jewish state of Israel, is upset about the rising popular resistance to
Jewish supremacism and tyranny in the Western world, according to the
Israeli daily *Ynetnews*.
In an interview with Dr. Yoel Rappel for the Israeli daily, Wiesel conceded
that anti-Semitism *"will likely never be defeated."* Of course,
"anti-Semitism" is a direct result of Jewish treachery, criminality, and
subversion. Where ever Jews go, "anti-Semitism" inevitabl... more »
Every man for himself
So Gov. Blowhard has gone from "I wouldn't know this guy if I fell over
him," to dishing dirt on David Wildstein from all the way back to high
school. Politico short lists the 5 Reasons Wildstein's Bombshell is a Bombbut better you should read the entire
email Christie blasted to friends and allies at TPM who tells us:
Christie's office attacked the New York Times's portrayal of the
revelations, reasserted Christie's truthfulness in the past and attacked
the credibility of the official, David Wildstein, whose attorney claimed
that “evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to havin... more »
Advertisement: Attend our school and avoid the #CommonCore
Here is a two-sided advertisement flyer inserted into a local newspaper
from a Rochester, New York private school. Do you get the feeling that more
private schools will be reacting to the anti-Common Core sentiment to draw
more students into their programs? Sadly I have heard many teachers and
parents who love public education, but […]
Argentina Scrambles To Raise $10 Billion, Avoid Reserve Collapse; BONARs Bidless ........Looks like the emerging market storm is set to really take off in Argentina as their ability to sell bonds should be less than zero !
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Peso_panic_and_rocketing_prices_shake_the_throne_of_Argentina%27s_Queen_Cristina/32528/0/38/38/Y/M.html
Argentina's
president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and her ministers
blame foreign 'vultures' for an economic meltdown as power cuts hit
Buenos
Aires and goods vanish from supermarket shelves
...
The economic panic leading to price mark-ups of this kind began in
mid-January, whenArgentina's central bank reserves dipped below $30bn,
forcing the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to
drop
its policy of injecting large quantitie... more »
European highlights - February 1 , 2014 - Barcelona to Fine Owners of Empty Homes 100,000 Euros ...... Italy Unveils Most Bizarre Bank Bailout Yet - some may say the most corrupt bailout yet ( to the benefit of Unicredit and Intessa ) ......... Europe Is Set To Mandate "Remote Stopping Device" In All Cars For Police Use ..... Additional items to ponder on Europe ( h/t Ed Steer's blog )
Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:11 PM
Barcelona to Fine Owners of Empty Homes 100,000 Euros
Via translation from Libre Mercado, the city council of Barcelona, Spain
proposes €100,000 Fine on Owners of Empty Homes.
The City Council will fine owners of empty homes up to 100,000 euros. The
proposal by the City Council commits the government to detect unused homes,
starting with the banks.
The statement also reflects the Council's commitment to initiate
disciplinary proceedings which could end up with three fines "of up to
100,000 euros" if homes remain empty. The municipality of Barc... more »
THE GREAT ZIONIST DECEIT: ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND THE GENEVA CONVENTION
Israeli settlers in the West Bank and their Zionist supporters around the
world have of late attempted to convince the world that Article 49 of the
Fourth Geneva Convention does not apply to Israel and their settlements in
the West Bank.
The argument over the legality of the settlements in the West Bank – and
those earlier settlements in the Gaza Strip – has been in play for years
but was recently brought on to centre stage by a statement made by
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop during her visit to Israel to
attend the funeral of the Israeli war criminal Ariel Sharon. In an ... more »
“This Just In”
*“This Just In”*
by Missy Beattie
“Last Thursday, I was nearly inconsolable, having submitted my article
midafternoon. If only I’d waited. I’d written about W. VA’s chemical spill,
big industry’s latest egregious assault on what’s called Chemical Valley,
an invasion, like war, that’s destroying our ecosystem. But later—in the
evening—I saw something else with historical significance.
I’d wandered to Google News to read top stories. That’s when I saw it, saw
and read about a huge event that included a video. It’s one of those images
forever forged in the mind—so much so that even ye... more »
Dead by choice Bankers
I am never going to understand suicide at least till the time I put a gun
to my head.
I know people who were not insane who offed themselves. Mostly they were so
full of pride they could not handle the slide. These were not people making
six and seven a year. I can not imagine what kind of personal calamity
would make them walk off the world this way. It makes me think of all the
soldiers today who just lite the fuse because they can not handle war
leaking, all over them. These are some very soft men who decided to be
warriors. In Japan the people can not handle the slaughter of an... more »
Why To Hate the Superrich? (Richest 85 People Have Wealth Equal To The Bottom Half of World's Population) In US, Wealthiest 1 Percent Received 95 Percent of Growth Since 2009, While the Bottom 90 Percent Were Left Poorer (Obama's Roth MyRA Steals More)
Today's billionaire egomaniacs have turned the art world into a high-stakes
poker game — but the loss is ours.* Every now and then I stop to consider
that there are lots of reasons the greedy rich should not have used their
power to capture almost all the wealth of the country (and the world). You
know them as well as I. The question remains, why don't they know them? And
why do we continue
Staying Warm this Winter
February 1, 2014 After opening the December utility bill, (my first winter
bill for the whole house,) and nearly having a heart attack, I decided I’d
better find a way to reduce my dependence on the gas furnace. Granted, my … Continue
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Hawaii Senate Race-- Hanabusa vs Schatz-- Let Their Records Do The Talking
Colleen Hanabusa, a New Dem whose career has been synonymous with sleazeand
corruption and the kind of conservatism associated with the Republican wing
of the Democratic Party, basically has one argument for tossing out
sterling progressive incumbent Brian Schatz and replacing him with herself.
She's a woman. This is from an e-mail EMILY's List had her campaign send
out yesterday:
As President of the Hawaii Senate, Colleen became the first woman to lead a
chamber of the state legislature and she understands the unique pressures
women face.
"I think what the difference is, is tha... more »
Mad, rabid lunatics. On Dateline. Again.
Today's *Dateline London* *didn't* pleasantly surprise me, though its
opening discussion on the Scottish independence debate was less predictable
than might have been expected.
The panel was typical, balancing two figures - Greg Katz of the Associated
Press and Arab journalist Mina al-Oraibi - from a vaguely centrist,
non-partisan position with two *very* partisan out-and-out left-wingers,
French journalist Agnès Poirier (above) and Polly Toynbee of *The Guardian *(not
above). No right-wingers were invited to the party, yet again.
The central discussion on the Cameron-Hollande mee... more »
Dialing 911 for Math Homework Help?
By far, this is the cutest audio clip I’ve heard in a while. Even though
it’s illegal to call 911 for anything other than a life-threatening
emergency, this little four-year old boy dials 911 because he needs help
solving subtraction (“take away”) problems. I can’t help but laugh at the
mom’s reaction towards the end […]
Charters are not superior to public schools and public schools are not failing
Sent to the Wall Street Journal, Feb. 1, 2014
The WSJ's enthusiasm for the Sgt. Marcus Lutheran school, and for charters
in general, is not supported by the data ("The 'Progressive' War on Kids,"
February 1-2).
An article in the Milwaukee Courier (October 12, 2013) revealed that St.
Marcus Lutheran students perform well below the Wisconsin state average on
state tests, with between 18 and 32% performing at the proficient or
advanced levels in reading. The current state average is about 38%. In
fact, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (Sept. 23, 2013), charter
schools in M... more »
Introducing: Transpicuous News: reading between the lines
Good evening everyone (good afternoon, good morning and good night)!!
I'd like to introduce you all to my newest website:
Since I already spend hours a day pouring through the news, and have the
worlds best research team to help me, and I regularly have people asking me
what I'm reading.... it just made sense to put it all down in one place
that is easy to access and to keep track of breaking news stories.
My plan at the moment is to make a daily post that includes all the news
stories I've sorted through that day. I will include the story headline,
usually a brief paragraph or... more »
“Beyond Orwell's Worst Nightmare”
*“Beyond Orwell's Worst Nightmare”*
by Marjorie Cohn
"Big Brother is Watching You," George Orwell wrote in his disturbing book
"1984". But, as Mikko Hypponen points out, Orwell "was an optimist." Orwell
never could have imagined that the National Security Agency (NSA) would
amass metadata on billions of our phone calls and 200 million of our text
messages every day. Orwell could not have foreseen that our government
would read the content of our emails, file transfers, and live chats from
the social media we use.
In his recent speech on NSA reforms, President Obama cited as precede... more »
Tomorrow morning...
Damian Thompson, editor of the *Daily Telegraph*'s blogs, once wrote that
Radio 4's S*unday *programme "offers perhaps the most undiluted liberal
bias to be found anywhere on the BBC".
After paying close attention to it for some time now, I'm far from inclined
to disagree with him.
Thus, I'm expecting a Noah's flood-style deluge of liberal bias on
tomorrow's special edition of the programme on the highly-charged subject
of 'Religion and Immigration'.
My heart sank when I heard this was coming up, and reading the programme's
website in advance hasn't exactly allayed my fears.
... more »
Split country: understanding how West, East Ukraine actually differ
In a previous text about Ukraine, I would talk about the country as a
single entity. It was the ultimate cradle of Russia and due to its orthodox
religion, it belongs to the cultural East of Europe.
But the largely geographic tension between its two halves has been around
for decades and it is apparently getting more serious and the "divorce
scenario" starts to be discussed as a possibility which is why some "more
divided, regional" perspective may be appropriate. Much of the information
we are reminded of by the intelligent Czech media is arguably unknown to
the typical people in t... more »
Humility-based Libertarianism
On
the suggestion of Bryan Caplan, I just read In Praise of Passivityby
philosopher Michael Huemer. There is a lot in the article that makes
sense to me. As a social scientist, I think there is much we don't know
about how the world works, and that intellectual humility goes a long
way
to explaining my skepticism about many governmental interventions into
private behavior. In any event, I also recommend the article.
Anti-Choice Courier???
My sweetie, on his way over here, saw this and was so stunned he took a
picture.
Hmm. Not so easy to read. Above the doors it says: "Supporting Crisis
Pregnancy Centres...the most Important Deliveries of All"
Well, at least The Messengers are honest.
What's Important To Us
Providing excellent service and value for our clients.
Our firm is based on those two important principles The Golden Rule and
Honesty.
Everyone, I and the staff at The Messengers International interact with,
will be treated as we would like to be treated and we will always be honest
in all of our interact... more »
Super Bowl Sunday: Wait for it - I actually agree with Alex Jones (and Reason TV, too)...
Let's start with Reason TV's analysis of the the bread and circus we call
professional sports, in particular, the NFL.
And then we'll move on to Alex Jones, who also "gets it." You heard that
right - Alex Jones. While Alex Jones may be a bit rough around the edges,
he scores a touchdown with this video. I actually prefer his no
nonsense-cut to the chase analysis.
Since when did professional sports become the "sport of kings?" Ever check
out the prices of NFL tickets? I won't even bring up the cost of Super
Bowl tickets, which are obscene.
There is no way an average family wi... more »
Maybe Christie And His Mafia Pal Michael Grimm Can Be Roomies In The Federal Pen
No one who reads *DWT* regularly wasn't already sure that Chris Christie
directed the scandal now known as Bridge-gate. And of course he's been
orchestrating the entire cover-up. Friday night, the *NY Times* broke the
story that Christie has been lying his ass off from day one-- which only
fools didn't already know.
The former Port Authority official who personally oversaw the lane closings
at the George Washington Bridge, central to the scandal now swirling around
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, said on Friday that “evidence exists”
that the governor knew about the closings ... more »
Five Most Popular Posts for January
The five most read posts of the month were:
1. Sharon O'Donnell and Jumping the Gun
2. The Top 100 Independent Tweeting Bloggers 2013
3. Sex, Power Play, and Trotskyism
4. The Far Left's Prospects in 2014
5. Immigration and Class Politics
Who now remembers the Sharon O'Donnell story? It seems an age ago.
Unfortunately, the attempt to portray a photo opp about the ridiculous Help
to Buy policy as something sinister fell apart like jenga with souffle
blocks after the most cursory of butchers. And I wrote this *mea culpa* as
someone who enthusiastically tweeted away about it when the "s... more »
Schedules
As a kid I never really realized how many different work schedules there
could be. It all seemed rather simple then.....work 9pm to 5pm, Monday to
Friday and the rest of the time was your own. My parents own a small
business so they never really fell into this particular demographic (if it
really even existed) but for the longest time I remember assuming that for
quite a number of people the 9 to 5'er was the norm. I only bring this
topic up because my own work schedule has changed recently. Yes, it's
changed in the past as well but this one is very new to me and will no
doubt ... more »
The blame game
OK, back to *Newsnight...*
First last night's edition, which began with the flooding in Somerset.
'Who's to blame?', was the question.
Both presenter Emily Maitlis and reporter Zoe Conway had a pointed dig at
UKIP and that councillor who said the floods were God's punishment for
British government policy on homosexuality. (Yes, not one dig at the
obscure UKIP councillor, but two.)
Still, not even *Newsnight *could blame UKIP for the flooding. Instead, Zoe
listed the main culprits, first and foremost the government - and, by that,
was implied the *present *government, with mini... more »
Huffman "flummoxed" as VAM Canned for Teacher Licensure Renewal
Yesterday we witnessed the beginning of the end for value-added testing for
high stakes purposes.
If Commissioner Kevin Huffman is, indeed, flummoxed that the Tennessee
Board of Education has canned attempts to value-added test results to
determine teacher licensure renewal, and if he doesn't have to read the
book, he should begin here and here to understand what's going on.
Story in the Tennessean by Joey Garrison:
In a stunning move, the Tennessee Board of Education overrode Tennessee
Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman and reversed a key piece of
controversial new teacher l... more »
Chance Encounters: More Humanoids Among Us
*Chance Encounters: More Humanoids Among Us*
*By Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU)*
The thought that humankind shares the planet with other sentient species –
dolphins and whales – did not become popular until some point in the 1960s
or 1970s. Prior to that, we rested comfortably in the thought that no
matter where our journeys might take us on the surface of the third planet
orbiting the Sun, we would come across fellow humans of various heights and
skin tones, but they would always be exactly that: fellow humans.
The notion of exobiology -- the branch of biology... more »
A few of the downsides to Scandal Culture!
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014*
*Excitement and misinformation reign, all other topics get lost:* Kate
Zernike was excited.
One unreliable person had made a rather fuzzy charge against another. It
wasn’t clear what was being charged. No evidence had been presented.
But in this case, the second unreliable figure was a preferred journalistic
target. So, in her initial report about the charge, Zernike fired up a
previously abandoned misstatement:
ZERNIKE (1/31/14): The Port Authority official who personally oversaw the
lane closings on the George Washington Bridge in the scandal now swir... more »
Please give us the status of Malcolm X in DC. #DCPS @hendersonkaya
We have been nice. We have been doing everything suggested mandated by the
District. Now, what do you plan to do? Close us or not? Here’s the problem.
I am new to this school, but I’m not new to the issues at play here. I’ve
been dealing with this for quite some time. To put […]
Blossom Goodchild - 31 January, 2014
*Interesting timing of this channeling... hehehe... do I sense a little bit
of ambivalence with the interoffice memo from HQ? A shift in the divine
plan towards the uncharted waters of the absolute plan... -AK*
*Blossom Goodchild - 31 January, 2014*
♫Here we are again, happy as can be ♫, all good fun and jolly good
company♫! Hello my friends ... it is always lovely to connect up with you,
and one always wonders what ‘train of thought’ we shall go through as we
commune … to try and assist our beautiful planet Earth and all who sail in
her!
*Indeed dearest Blossom … is it not tha... more »
Untitled
(Last night, I got an email from a friend in Florida, one responding to a
letter I wrote him the year before last! And in this email, he told me that
he was better off at 20 than he was now. My friend Bob's a consultant who's
worked with NASA and has personally known people whose names you used to
read in the headlines all the time. And despite being a highly trained
consultant for NASA, he's fallen on hard times as NASA's budget has taken a
sledgehammering as have so many of us. This is the full text of the email
I'd just sent him and I think it was good enough to explain not only ... more »
FOUR 'MISSILE DEFENSE' SITES CHOSEN FOR STUDY
The Department of Defense, directed by Congress, is undertaking the
completion of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for a potential
additional 'Ground-based Mid-Course Missile Defense' (GMD) site in the
continental United States. (The other current GMD site is located at Fort
Greeley in Alaska.)
The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has decided that four sites
will be evaluated. The MDA has not yet made the decision to proceed with
construction of a new missile defense site.
It is expected to take approximately 24 months to complete the EIS. The
EIS will assess enviro... more »
Who is Valerie Jarrett?...w/Update
*with a great answer from Garnet92 at Nox and Friends - and we thank him. *
*Update:*
*Did I mention this is a must read? Well it is... *
*Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s Puppet Master*
Reactions to Hawking's black hole denial
A week ago, we discussed the media buzz about Hawking's claims that event
horizons don't exist.
In the following days, I've read numerous reactions of physics bloggers (in
the blogosphere) and other physicists (in the e-mail). While I agreed with
many detailed statements and much of the spirit of some people's reactions,
there are still too many things that I disagree with; many things they
haven't said; many things that seem orthogonal to things that matter; many
confusions they still have about the actual way how black holes work, and
so on.
There is clearly nothing such as a "b... more »
Placemen and placewomen
There's a story that's leading the BBC News website at the moment - No 10
'ousting non-Tories from posts' - concerning Labour's Baroness Morgan
complaints about being removed as chair of Ofsted. She's blaming David
Cameron and accusing Number 10 of trying to stuff public bodies with
Conservatives.
You may feel that's a bit rich coming from a former close aide to Tony
Blair, whose government massively accelerated the trend towards stuffing
quangos with as many of your own party's supporters as possible, but that's
politics for you!
Oddly, though the BBC thinks it's the top story... more »
Thailand: Vote Thaksin or Die
On eve of sham elections, regime openly threatens all who oppose it -
literally with death.
*February 1, 2014* (ATN) - The regime has once again unleashed its
black-clad terrorists against protesters during their "Occupy Bangkok"
campaign - this time at Lak Si intersection near government complex,
Bangkok, Thailand - this after a 72 hour warning by the regime for
protesters to leave their encampments at the complex. Regime gunmen could
be seen wearing face masks and concealing weapons as they carried out their
assault on the protesters. The regime's "red shirt" enforcers have been ... more »
Doug Noland covers the " Emd of an Era " , referring not to Bernanke's two terms as Federal Reserve Chair - not surprisingly , he considers Bernanke an abject failure , but rather to inflationism / bubble blowing / ultra loose monetary policies ...... Despite Emerging market currency , bond and equity markets turmoil , a generally upbeat Fed keeps its Taper plan in place ..... Noland closes with this summary to consider : Here at home, Bernanke is leaving Yellen and the FOMC in a very tough spot. The course of Federal Reserve policymaking is in a state of high uncertainty; U.S. markets are unsound; and global financial and economic systems are highly unstable. Of course, Bernanke is not fully to blame. Yet he has been the leading proponent – the intellectual mastermind – of contemporary inflationism that is today seemingly at a critical crossroads.
http://www.prudentbear.com/2014/01/end-of-era.html
DOUG NOLAND
[image: Print Friendly and PDF]End of an EraJanuary 31, 2014 posted by Doug
Noland
Bernanke chairs his final FOMC meeting.
I hope to at some point offer a more complete review of Ben Bernanke’s
tenure at the Federal Reserve. I will be fascinated to see how future
historians view the Bernanke doctrine. From my perspective, the Bernanke
Era has been an abject failure. He was the most outspoken proponent of
post-tech Bubble reflation. The noted academic was keen to use the
government printing press – not to mention mo... more »
Drought is getting worse in California
*Now that California’s Water Board is turning off the tap to certain
distributors, and reservoirs are running dry, the cost of water is slated
to rise and the impact on the state’s harvest could be devastating to many
farmers.*
The videos below show the dire situation California is in. This is not a
good season for farmers, harder to grow crops or feed livestock. This will
affect not only California, but the rest of us, ie. higher food prices.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Unrestrained Nastiness
Yesterday, former soldiers protested the closing of Veterans Affairs
Offices across the country. They were told they could be better served
on-line. And Julian Fantino, the Minister of Veterans Affairs, simply told
them to go away.
Bruce Moncour was a member of the delegation which was supposed to "meet"
with Fantino last week. It was no meeting. Moncour writes:
Minister Fantino didn't show up for the scheduled time, and when he did
appear right before our press conference, his behaviour was condemnable.
When Minister Fantino was a no-show for the meeting I was not surprised.
W... more »
Establishment's Latest Smear: Paranoid Libertarians
Hell bent on trashing criticism of big state fascism and desperate to
impugn the credibility of former government contractor turned NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden and his supporters the besieged elite have
adopted a new meme. With a Bloomberg opinion piece Obama lackey Cass
Sunstein uses the dastardly Sean Wilentz New Republic hit piece “Understanding
the real motivations of Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, and Julian Assange” as
a springboard to engage in his own smear campaign obviously designed to
transform thinking Americans into enemies of the state. Sunstein whose
sneering... more »
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*Fundraiser planned for hospitalized musician beaten in French Quarter
~Tania Dall, WWLTV *
*Former jailer says Gusman overcharging the state for deputy pay ~Charles
Maldonado, The Lens*
*Voter Information From The La. Secretary Of State ~Jason Saul, WWNO*
*Slabbed updates Louisiana v Gates as the day of reckoning draws near*
*Who Really Murdered the Jeff Davis 8? ~Ethan Brown*
*Louisiana gets its first aged whiskey since Prohibition ~Scott Gold,
Gambit *
Slabbed updates Louisiana v Gates as the day of reckoning draws near - See
more at:
http://www.slabbed.org/2014/02/01/slabbed-u... more »
Linkfest
*I had some fun shooting bees out in our excellent weather.*
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*Daily Links*:
- Record 2.85 million Chinese visit Taiwan
- The Diplomat: China's Military is Weaker than You Think, and More
dangerous
- Ma pledges to boost the economy -- with the Free Economic Zones, a
1960s policy, and joining the TPP, which is collapsing of its own
odiousness at the moment.
- China Post calls for history books to do justice to the Taiwan
Republic of 1895
- This piece on America turning Japanese also has lessons for Taiwan
- Richard Bush at Brookings on US... more »
LIBERATOR by Mike Philbin - first novel of 2014 - available now in Kindle, ebook and paperback
yesterday, as I was proofing the paperback files for LIBERATOR (free planet
novel #2) someone on some thread posted this nostalgic piece of arcana:
and I though, "Yeah, that should be the ANTHEM for my new Free Planet
novel."
It's real catchy. You hear it once and you're humming it all day. Go on,
have a listen. You'll not regret it.
click to buy Liberator from Amazon
Not everything that appeared to happen during the Custodian Liberation
happened as a result of Free Planet. There was another parallel drill
going.
As there always is in the need to know compartmentalised milit... more »
How you doin'?
Irony piled upon irony.
The BBC bods at *The Big Questions *decided not to show a close-up of the
'Jesus and Mo' T-shirts, worn by members of their audience, for fear of
offending Muslims.
Maajid Nawaz, one of the programme's other guests, then tweeted a picture
of one of the T-shirts in protest at what he saw as the BBC's craven
censorship - and received death threats for his trouble.
*Newsnight *(like Channel 4 News) then discussed the controversy and
decided *not* to show the cartoon image of Mo, thus compounding the
original offence caused to supporters of free speech.
Next... more »
Shameless Stupidity of Julian Fantino
Since my last post on him, Fantino has decided to show off even more of his
mad skills at being a complete asshole.
Turns out that the veterans who had come from all over Canada to try to
talk him out of closing their local Veterans Affairs offices, and who were
upset that he didn't attend the meeting, and who then expressed their
disgust and anger with him when he bumped into them afterwards and gave
them some attitude, ... weren't really in control of their thoughts and
emotions at all.
No sirreee. They were DUPES of the Public Service Alliance of Canada
(PSAC). PSAC paid their w... more »
Nancy Pelosi To Hold Fundraiser For Pennsylvania Republican
The DCCC wants you to contribute money to this wealthy lifelong Republican
PA-06 is a swing district in southeast Pennsylvania, primarily Chester
County, with significant pieces of Berks, Montgomery and Lebanon counties.
The Republican state legislature skewered it towards the GOP in 2010 by
taking out blue-blue Coatesville and putting in some red-leaning parts of
the Upper Main Line. It went from being a D+2 district to an R+2 district.
Romney scraped by in 2012, 174,415 (51%) to 166,0030 (48%) while Obama beat
McCain more convincingly in the district in 2008 187,056 (53%) to 161,943... more »
A Critical Truce in the War between Traditionalists and Progressives
A Critical Truce in the War between Traditionalists and Progressives. via A
Critical Truce in the War between Traditionalists and Progressives.Filed
under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Sad news; passing of Justice DiSalle
A sensible and compassionate judge:
The Honorable Mario C. DiSalle
(August 30, 1935 – January 28, 2014)
Passed away suddenly at his residence Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Beloved husband of Mary DiSalle and the late Joan DiSalle. Devoted father
to Michael DiSalle (wife Carol) and Lisa DiSalle; step-father to Kevin
Woodside (wife Heather) and Darren Woodside (wife Sandy). Loving Nonno to
his treasured grandchildren Katelynn, Hayley, Aiden, Emma, Owen, Connor and
Ryan. He will forever be remembered by his sister Flavia Tomassini (husband
Tarcisio predeceased), brother Con DiSalle (wif... more »
Europe falling apart again ? January 30 , 2014 sees the following situations presented ...... Italy sees Parliament erupt during voting related on Central bank capital ! Spain Misses Watered-Down Budget Deficit Targets Yet Again ! Foreign Investment In France Crashes 77% In 2013 (Most On Record) To 26 Year Lows ....... Greece back in Troika penalty box over reform resistance , European Parliament MEPS survey Troika damage - do the MEPs have money to replace Troika loans ? I think not , so this is just jibber jabber ..... .
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Italy.........
Italian parliament erupts amid vote on central bank capital
Opposition MPs storm government benches after speaker cuts short debate on
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The power of mass awakening to force the abortion of 20140202 Super Bowl False Flag
Have no doubt about the planned accidents and mega disasters along geodetic
grid, ley lines or great circles joining key locations.
How else could they have planned mega disasters from FED-Titanic fraud to
911 to Boston Bombing over a hundred years? For their global Imperial
ambition, a giant stadium drawing board is not big enough. The planet is
their giant drawing and planning board.
If enough people are awakened to this, they will postpone this Super Bowl
false flag to the next round. The same happened to 2012 London Summer
Olympics and 2013 Feb 3 Super Bowl. See the failed 2013... more »
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*The paleo diet: can it really be good for you?*
Most reformed serial dieters can remember a defining moment that got them
off the starvation treadmill. Mine came in 2008. I was meeting an old
friend, the nutritionist Charlotte Watts, for brunch. She walked in and
something – everything – had changed. Her skin was clear and glowing, her
eyes were bright. Her body looked stronger and leaner.
“You look amazing,” I said.
“I’ve gone paleo,” she replied.
Over the three months since I’d last seen her Charlotte had been “eating
the way our ancestors did”: she’d given up sugar, processed... more »
Student Slang 102
As a follow-up to the first version, here are a few more slang words and
phrases that students use throughout the school day: jonin’: This term
has replaced “dissin’ / dissing” from yesteryear’s slang. Example:
Student-to-student: “Your sneakers are dirty.” Student reply: “I know
you’re not jonin’! dry: This term describes something or someone […]
Spinning
Still sticking to Thursday night's *Newsnight *like a limpet covered in
super glue, there was another 'cost of living crisis' report from the
BBC's Andy Verity, based on a report by the IFS (Institute for Fiscal
Studies).
Labour seized on Thursday's IFS report, saying that it showed that the
coalition government was responsible for a dramatic fall in living
standards, and Andy Verity's report gave an interpretation of the IFS's
findings that began by offering a little bit of comfort for the government
and then, step by step, took away that comfort, resulting in a take on the
IFS... more »
Metastases Gulf. Part 15-2: Who had weapons Tesla September 11, 2001?
*This article is written in Russian by Sister Mary, translated to English
by Google.original article
athttp://via-midgard.info/news/in_midgard/metastazy-meksikanskogo-zaliva-chast-15-2-kto.htmStreet
beneath my feet heaving as if it was an earthquake* (I have previously
experienced an earthquake, and I know what it is). I saw my way rushing
stream of people: firefighters, police officers, doctors. I have not seen, *from
which* they escape, but decided it was better to be ahead of the flow and
just ran away to the west, towards the river. Very quickly, *we were
covered with a lar... more »
CSEC : Spy vs. WiFi
So what exactly have we learned here from this 2012 CSEC pilot project that
tracked wireless devices across airports, hotels, conference centres,
coffee shops, and libraries, starting from a "single Canadian airport WiFi
IP address" and "two weeks worth of IP-ID data" from a "Special Canadian
Source", using ">300,000 active IDs over two weeks" in a "modest size city"
as a control group?
1. As Defence Minister Rob Nicholson, CSEC, and CSEC watchdog commissioner
Plouffe have all now explained to us, CSEC wasn't "tracking" these
Canadians because that would be illegal and our privac... more »
MURDER MYSTERY - LAWRENCE HAGGART - PART ONE
*Lawrence Haggart*
On 16 march 1996, two days after the Dunblane school massacre, Lawrence
Haggart, aged 15, was savagely beaten with a blunt instrument and then
thrown at the gas fire in his living room.
Lawrence was found unconscious in the living room by his older brother
John, aged17.
*The Murder of Lawrence Haggart, 1996 - The Celtic WikiIncidents, Events
and Controversies | About Celtic*
*John *
Police were called to Lawrence's house at 1:30am.
Lawrence lived in Larbert, in Stirlingshire, not far from Dunblane.
*Jimmy Savile with Jock Stein, manager of Celtic football cl... more »
Scarlett Johansson 'changing the world one sip at a time' - The uncensored Sodastream Super Bowl advert
Any Israel haters offended? Good.
By The Way, RIP, Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
It's the passing of an era. My mother was a folkie, and I heard Pete and
others with him from an early age. We need a few more protest singers like
him. You know, the ones from whom you can actually understand the lyrics.
-- mj
The Lost Art Of Music: REAL Music
Something I've run across often on the very far left is people who think
that three-chord punk rockers play "real music." One doesn't have to be a
reactionary to yearn for music -- the real thing. Here's an example of how
the REAL THING is done. This is the great Lee Morgan (1938-1972), one of
the great jazz trumpeters and a bandleader in the era of hard bop in the
early 1960s. (Too bad he was a junkie, but many were.)
http://youtu.be/y6gSF9HJQO0
Enjoy, if you can. I know too well that not everybody digs jazz. -- mj
'People power'?
Still sticking with Thursday night's *Newsnight* (which majored on the
conviction of Foxy Knoxy), it's fair to say that some BBC reporters
certainly get about...
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse was, I thought, their man in unhappy Central
Africa - or, given that he turned up in South Africa for Nelson Mandela's
funeral, simply their man in Africa. However, then he turned up in Israel,
speaking in an authoritative voice, about the death of Ariel Sharon. Now
here he is on *Newsnight*, speaking as if he's an expert, in Ukraine,
talking Ukrainian politics.
As one of those rare BBC watche... more »
The Powers-That-Be Are Secretly Terrified of the People’s Power
"And a recent study shows that when only 10% of a population have
strongly-held beliefs, their belief will often be adopted by the majority
of the society.
True, governments worldwide are cracking down on liberty with the iron fist
of repression.
But some argue that this is actually a sign that we are *winning*."
The Powers-That-Be Are Secretly Terrified of the People’s Power … And Only
PRETEND They’re Firmly In Control
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Submitted by George Washington on 01/31/2014 12:20 -0500
Our Actions Are More Powerful Than We RealizeDavid Swanson writes... more »
A better way to deal with summer loss in reading
Sent to the Seattle Times, Jan 31, 2014
There is a much cheaper and much more effective way to deal with summer
learning loss than adding 20 days of school to the school year ("How to
solve summer learning loss and close the opportunity gap," January 30):
Provide more access to interesting reading material.
Research tells us that those living in poverty have the least access to
books and also show the most summer loss, and that those who read more over
the summer make better gains in reading achievement.
Let's invest in libraries filled with books and other kinds of material
that ... more »
Rutgers giving credits for politicizing Beyoncé
I was defending my PhD on 9/11/2001, 9:30 am, about 43 kilometers from the
World Trade Center, more precisely at the Busch Campus which belongs to the
New Brunswick campuses of Rutgers. Rutgers, the State University of New
Jersey, also has campuses at two very different places, Newark and Camden.
*Beyoncé: Halo*
You could argue that the resulting PhD diploma is just a dirty piece of
toilet paper and the following story that I was sent by Honza U. supports
the validity of such a claim:
Beyoncé college course offered at Rutgers University
*The Department of Whining Feminists, Sluts... more »
We Are All In This Together
*Come Together & Celebrate - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins*
Censored News: Our top stories
Tarsands
and Megaloads Resistance
US Mexico border spy towers, tarsands resistance, Keith and Floyd
In case you missed these, our top stories
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
In case you missed it, Censored News has provided original breaking news
over the past eight years, since it was created in 2006. Recently,
Censored News published news of a photo exhibit, revealing Australian
Gates Is Funding USDOE Conferences and “Innovations”
What corporate reformers manage to devise continues to amaze me. I know. It
shouldn’t. But it does. During my perusal of the latest Gates grants, I
stumbled across a find that makes me tilt my head slightly to the right in
contemplation of its creepy import: The US Department of Education is
taking Gates money. […]
Crash! Boom! Thud! Is that the the sound of the earth opening as NJ Fats's other massive clodhopper falls to the ground?
*by Ken*
I had it in mind this evening to do a quick progress report on the
unraveling of the idiotic lies of NJ Gov. Kris KrispyKreme, ex-VA Gov.
"Handsome Bob" MicDonnell, and our newest celebrity thug-liar, NY Rep.
"Mikey Suits' Grimm, but I decided to go instead with my latest Super Bowl
City update. And now it appears that the sky may be falling down around the
carcass of the World's Largest Lying Tub of Shit, NJ Fats, aka the
Krispyman.
The development concerning the Krispyman's Reign of Terror and Lies had to
do with the apparent backup gathering for Hoboken Mayor Kim Zimm... more »
“Amazing Photos Of The Universe By Hubble Space Telescope”
*“Amazing Photos Of The Universe By Hubble Space Telescope”*
by N. Morgan
“A wonderful collection of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope. This
collection is just breathtaking and the video maker included history,along
with the photos, so you get a real in depth look into the universe and all
of its natural wonders! Most of these photos were taken from NASA’s
official website, spacetelescope.org and National Geographic.”
- http://beforeitsnews.com/
Southern Chiefs respond to release of Hughes' Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry Report
Southern
Chiefs’ Organization responds to release of Hughes Inquiry 'Phoenix
Sinclair Inquiry Report'
Grand Chief Terrance Nelson
By Southern Chiefs Organization
Censored News
WINNIPEG MB -- Grand Chief Terrance Nelson of the Southern Chiefs’
Organization (SCO) responds to the release of the Hughes Inquiry Report
on the tragic murder of 5 year old Phoenix Sinclair. “The 1000 page
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - January 30 , 2014 - Data , News and Views for the precious metals ........Three things to ponder - Ed opines JP Morgan , CitiBank and HSBC USA heading for gold derivative exits..... Ted Butler wonders whether JP Morgan is working for the benefit of China in moving gold from the West to the East .... Renewed Calls From China For a Global Super-Currency To Replace "Bretton Woods II"
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/john-embry-gold-and-silver-at-historic-undervaluation
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
Except for the quick sell-off at the New York open at 6 p.m. on Tuesday
evening, the gold price didn't do much of anything until before the low
tick was in shortly before 9 a.m. in London on their Wednesday morning.
The subsequent rally got capped just before 9 a.m. in New York, just as it
about to get out of hand to the upside---and after that the price didn't do
much until the FOMC news came out at 2 p.m. EST. At that point the price
jumped around a littl... more »
Obamacare Roundup: Great enrollments for Wellpoint; "Bette from Spokane" debunked
Via Joan McCarter, we learn that Wellpoint, which runs a number of
for-profit Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plans, reported on an
investor's conference call that it expects to add over one million new
policyholders this year and that its enrollments are much better than
expectations. Of 500,000 enrolled so far, fully 80% of them came to the
company via the exchanges. Of that amount, 2/3 were eligible to receive
subsidies for their insurance premiums.
Of course, for those of us who support single payer, giving money to
private insurers is a mixed blessing. We'd be better off witho... more »
Family Food Rally Day In BC, Canada - 10 February 2014
Food for the Future! Family Day Rally to Save the Agricultural Land Reserve
– Monday February 10
READ MORE HERE: http://farmlandprotection.ca/
TAKE ACTION OF THE WEEK: http://farmlandprotection.ca/action-of-the-week/
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Help spread the word for the Rally!
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Join the event on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/FarmlandProtection
Endorse the Rally!
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Musical Interlude: Era, “Divano”
Era, “Divano”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnaL2_oCr9s
Indigenous fighting tarsands get boost from Neil Young
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N90GlG4dOW0&list=UUrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg&feature=share
Published
on Jan 30, 2014
First Nations Chief Allan Adam discusses the Tar Sands awareness tour
with Canadian musician Neil Young and the health issues that communities
face
Read transcript at Truth-out:
TRANSCRIPT:
JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network.
I'm
Rob Ford's proposed budget cuts unrealistic and voted down
For the last month Rob Ford has been boasting that he had found at least
$50 million in waste in the city budget, but in the end they were deemed
too ridiculous and unrealistic. Instead only $726,000 worth of cuts went
through council yesterday.
Ford's 18 motions for Toronto's 2014 Budget included:
- eliminating $7 million to plant 97,000 trees - trees that clean up
Toronto's air quality, reduce smog, beautify the city, and indirectly boost
tourism to Toronto. (Because nobody wants to visit a smoggy city.)
- $2.5 million in savings by charging $14 for to register for the Welcome... more »
Rob Ford had his brother-in-law beaten in prison
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is being sued by his sister's ex-husband who alleges
the mayor conspired to have him attacked in jail to prevent Rob Ford's
illicit behaviours from becoming known to the public.
Scott MacIntyre, the former common law husband of Rob Ford's sister, says
in the statement of claim filed Wednesday that he has known about Rob
Ford's crack smoking activities for some time.
MacIntyre was in prison in March 2013 after being charged with threatening
Ford, when he was deliberately and brutally attacked by a football player
who had been coached by Rob Ford during high sch... more »
Archery and Bowhunting booming in popularity
By Charles Moffat
Archery and bowhunting are booming in popularity in North America - largely
due to all the buzz about archery in movies like *The Hunger Games*, *Catching
Fire*, *Brave*, *The Avengers*, *Hanna* and also TV shows like *The Walking
Dead*, *Game of Thrones* and *Arrow*.
This newfound popularity of archery - and by extension, bowhunting - has
boosted the number of people doing archery dramatically.
Bows are flying off the shelves of archery equipment stores. Waiting lists
for hard-to-find bows are getting longer and longer.
One young woman reportedly waited 6 months... more »
Barack Obama's State of the Union 2014
The big emphasis this year in Barack Obama's State of the Union address was
economics and raising the minimum wage of Americans - effectively giving
every American a raise.
The Daily "Near You?"
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
Gold In 2014: Scramble For Physical Gold As Price Manipulation Unravels ? As we head into the Feb Contract delivery for gold , some news , data and views to ponder ( h/t GATA )
Gold In 2014: Scramble For Physical Gold As Price Manipulation Unravels?
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Submitted by GoldCore on 01/31/2014 16:44 -0500
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- British Pound
- China
- Federal Reserve
- India
- Turkey
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Today’s AM fix was USD 1246.50, EUR 920.538 and GBP 757.336 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,254.00, EUR 922.20 and GBP 761.89 per ounce.
Gold fell $26.80 or nearly 2% yesterday to $1,243.00/oz. Silver fell $0.58
or nearly 3% to $19.20/oz.
Gold in USD - This Week
Gold is marginally higher in all currencies this morning but is tr... more »
Today's Update from Super Bowl City: What to do if if turns out your Super Bowl tickets are fake
*What, you thought you could just walk into MetLife Stadium for the Super
Bowl on Sunday? You sad dreamer! If you're already in East Rutherford, NJ
(and we won't ask why you're in East Rutherford, NJ), you have to make the
long march to Secaucus, NJ (by the time you're making the schlepp from East
Rutherford to Secaucus, you should have a strong hint that your life hasn't
turned out quite the way you hoped), and then take the NJ Transit train.
But you'll have to show your game ticket to board the stadium train.*
*"New York, New York, it's a hell of a town.The Bronx is up, and the
... more »
Thailand: Wall Street's Thaksin Shinawatra Prepares War Against 99%
In Pol Pot-esque threat, Wall Street-backed billionaire prepares war of
terror against Thai population in the name of purging the "elite."
*January 31, 2014* (ATN) - The London Telegraph published a disturbing
admission taken directly from deposed dictator Thaksin Shinawatra's "red
shirt" leader Wuttipong Kochthammakul, also known as "Ko Tee." The
Telegraph admitted:
"This is already a war, but so far it is an unarmed war," said Ko Tee. "If
there is a coup, or the election doesn't happen, then it definitely becomes
an armed war."
If anyone doubted the abyss into which Thailand c... more »
SAVE THE CHILDREN OF NORTH EAST JAPAN
I found a troubling article at *The Mainichi *about 'problem behaviors' in
preschool children, including dizziness, nausea, headaches.
The behaviors were identified by a survey using the internationally
recognized Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The survey was conducted in
Miyako, Rikuzentakata and Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture; Kesennuma in Miyagi
Prefecture; and Fukushima, Iwaki, Minamisoma and Tomioka in Fukushima
Prefecture:
1 in 4 disaster-hit children needs mental care for problem behavior: study
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140127p2a00m0na013000c.html
... more »
“It’s Later Than Men Think”
*“It’s Later Than Men Think”*
by Tom Purcell
“The illusion was good while it lasted. I speak of the male biological
clock. Yet another study, reported at PsychCentral.com, finds that children
of older fathers are more likely to suffer “from mental health issues,
including schizophrenia, mood disorders, neurotic disorders, eating
disorders, personality disorders and other developmental and childhood
disorders such as autism and mental retardation.” And this news is a real
bummer for middle-aged fellows.
Oh, how glorious things used to be before these male biological constraints
wer... more »
Detroit Bankruptcy proceedings updates January 31 , 2014 -Bankruptcy In The USSA: Detroit Bondholders About To Be GM'ed In Favor Of Pensioners ...... Detroit wins retiree health care concessions ; barriers to water deal remain
Bankruptcy In The USSA: Detroit Bondholders About To Be GM'ed In Favor Of
Pensioners
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/31/2014 14:24 -0500
- CDS
- Chrysler
- Creditors
- Detroit
- Eurozone
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Obama Administration
- recovery
- Wall Street Journal
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First, the Obama administration showed during the course of the GM and
Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings, that when it comes to Most Preferred Voter
classes, some unsecured creditors - namely labor unions, and the millions
o... more »
Why This Former Harvard Economist ( Terry Burnham ) Is Pulling All His Money From Bank Of America - except 10,000 bucks ! Read his missive , decide whether it makes sense and decide what you should do if you bank at Bank of America ( or JP Morgan or Citibank for that matter ! )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-31/why-harvard-economist-pulling-all-his-money-bank-america
Why This Harvard Economist Is Pulling All His Money From Bank Of America
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/31/2014 19:25 -0500
- AIG
- Alan Greenspan
- American International Group
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Bear Stearns
- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
- China
- default
- Dow Jones Industrial Average
- Fail
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Reserve
- Gallup
- Germ... more »
Former ally burns his bridges with Christie
I've said all along that Christie would survive the bridge closing unless
and until proof positive emerged tying him directly to Fort Lee's traffic
problem. Well, today David Wildstein delivered the smoking gun. Thus does
Wildstein exact his revenge after Christie threw him to the wolves in order
to save his own prodigious ass.
Now that Port Authority has refused to pay Wildstein's legal bills, it's
every man for himself. Wildstein's lawyers released this bombshell statementtoday.
One might think Gov. Blowhard was expecting this turn of events. Christie
responded shortly thereaf... more »
Why Is The Fed Tapering? What will unravel? The financial system or American power? Roberts and Kranzler team up again to provide an answer.
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*Why is the Fed tapering?*
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Why is the Fed tapering?
Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler
On January 17, 2014, we explained “The Hows and Whys of Gold Price
Manipulation.” http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/01/17/hows-whys-gold-price-manipulation/
In former times, the rise in the gold price was held down by central banks
selling gold or leasing gold to bullion dealers who sold th... more »
How the Blogosphere Helps Junior Scholars?
Dear Readers, In this post, I would like to focus on the few ways in which
the blogosphere and social media more generally help junior scholars. I
will use myself as an example. It is not easy for me to reach out to senior
colleagues and start a dialogue. I find it much easier to
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Bully for him!
Sticking with Thursday night's *Newsnight*, there was an extended section
based on Ed Miliband's admiration for U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt: A
report from the BBC's Allan Little, an interview with one of Teddy's
biographers and a studio discussion between a Tory and a Labourite.
Unconsciously, I suspect, the Labourite - Rafael Behr of *The New
Statesman* - gave us right-leaning bias-sniffers a big hint as to why *Newsnight
*might have been covering this story. His opening words to Kirsty Wark
were:
Well, it's certainly clear that Ed Miliband would like us to be having th... more »
“Your Comfort Zone Refuge: Create a Soft Place to Land”
*“Your Comfort Zone Refuge: Create a Soft Place to Land”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“Create a soft place to land in your home, a refuge from the stress of the
day. Our day-to-day demands can quickly take their toll on our well-being
if we are not vigilant about caring for ourselves as best we can. One way
we can ensure that we have an opportunity to relax and recuperate each day
is to create a soft place to land when we arrive home. This landing pad,
whether it is an entire room or merely a small corner of a larger area, can
provide us with a safe and comforting refuge in which... more »
QEG : Quantum Energy Generator
For more details see this article
http://xi4.com/2014/01/31/qeg-quantum-energy-generator-released/
PS: I'd like to see this thing in operation and the voltage readings on the
device in the video...unfortunately that's missing from the video.
Of lesbians, lyric poetry and Kirsty Wark
As I'm somewhat demob happy, having excused myself from having to pay
attention to *Newsnight* ever again - and also because it's Friday night
and there's no more work till Monday - the following posts may seem a wee
bit 'off topic'. That said, both Sue and I love going 'off topic' and they
do all relate to this week's editions of *Newsnight. *So that's all right
then.
Last night's edition of *Newsnight *ended with the news of the discovery of
parts of two poems by the ancient Greek poetess Sappho.
Sappho appeals to both *Newsnight *types and feminist classics professors
as she'... more »
Forget "Getting To Know A District"-- Bill Maher Wants To Flip One!
*The Colbert Report*
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive
Back in 2006, Stephen Colbert was regularly skewering Members of Congress.
His Lynn Westmoreland episode (above), for example, is probably better
known, certainly nationally, than anything else about the reactionary
Westmoreland. But the hilarious show was comedy for the sake of comedy. No
one in their right mind could have possibly thought the Colbert appearance
would have wrecked Westmoreland's career, even to the extent that the video
went viral. GA-08 had a PVI of R+21 at the time. Today, after another r... more »
D.'s New Blog: Transpicuous News
Dani from Removing the Shackles blog has a new blog devoted to breaking
news articles.
Take a look at http://transpicuousnews.blogspot.com and bookmark it in
your browser.
The RTS blog is not being abandoned, this is new effort by her using her
excellent research staff. -AK
Coyote, his little brother!
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014*
*Pete Seeger lived a long life:* In an odd fact, Pete Seeger and John F.
Kennedy were classmates at Harvard, class of 1940.
(According to cable logic, that means they were “best friends in college,”
perhaps even “childhood friends.”)
As it turns out, Seeger and Kennedy *weren’t* best friends in college.
Seeger dropped out in his sophomore year. He was soon doing things like
this:
BARNES (1/29/14): He worked briefly in the folklore archives of the Library
of Congress, and *for a time he traveled through the state of New York,
painting watercolors of house... more »
Milton: A Master of Run-On Sentences
MILTON: A MASTER OF RUN-ON SENTENCES: I'm about halfway through the
collected works of John Milton. It's a project that's taking some time.
Mercifully the poetry is at the front of the volume. That's good because
most of Milton's prose writings have little intrinsic interest. Aside from
a few exceptions they are religious polemics against the high church
prelates of his day. Reading such things tends to lower one's estimate of
the author. Especially as their tone is beneath even the usual level of
political polemics. I'll see if the tone improves with the more political
pieces ... more »
Raw: Brahimi Says No Progress in Syria Talks (Source: AP)
Brahimi is a demonstration of the bankruptcy of the United Nations as a
vehicle for solving conflicts in the world. The young fanatical Jihadists
in Syria who have been recruited, indoctrinated, and armed by world and
regional powers for a victory-or-death war against Assad will never listen
to the United Nations. So there is really nothing that the UN and Brahimi
can do to stop the war in Syria. They are actually standing in the way of
peace. They are prolonging the war by talking up a storm instead of
committing to a definitive, honest, and realistic plan to end hostilities.
The o... more »
Affidavit of John Anthony Hill: The Fraudulent Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
The Fraudulent Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
7/7 Ripple Effect
Interesting videos on the British false flag terrorist event of July 7,
2005 that was not seen on American TV....
The Times bears down on the Christie machine!
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014*
*A look at that recent report:* In Wednesday morning’s New York Times, Kate
Zernike reported on the way the Christie political team—
In truth, we aren’t entirely sure what she *did* report. To read her
report, click here.
In an earlier post, we chuckled at the way Zernike included detailed floor
plans for the New Jersey State House. Beyond that, we’ll have to admit that
her piece struck us a mouse that hadn’t roared.
Others saw it differently. Chris Matthews frothed on Hardball that night.
In a much more serious vein, Kevin Drum saw more than we did in Ze... more »
Disney on Ice is back in Salt Lake City March 5-9 2014
I have been given tickets to Disney on Ice in exchange this post and
subsequent giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own.
I just got word that Disney on Ice is headed back to Salt Lake City in
March with a brand new show. We are so excited to get to see Merida on ice
skates, something my 5-year-old has been waiting for since Brave came out.
The show, Rockin' Ever After will feature some of our favorite princess
adventure stories. We have watch the Rockin' Ever After Video over and over
again this morning.
Jam to a Scottish jig as a group of royal contenders from the latest
Disney•P... more »
Local Council By-Elections January 2014
Party
Number of candidates
Total vote
%
+/-
Dec
Average/
contest
+/-
Dec
+/- Seats
Conservative
9
3,812
25.2%
+8.4%
423
+178
-4
Labour
8
4,935
32.6%
+1.1%
617
+7
+1
LibDem
8
1,139
7.6%
-1.6%
142
-49
+1
UKIP
7
1,960
12.9%
-1.6%
280
+59
+1
SNP*
2
1,190
7.9%
+2.1%
595
-245
0
Plaid Cymru**
0
-5.8%
-393
Green
3
331
2.2%
-0.7%
36
-71
0
BNP
0
-0.3%
-41
TUSC
1
43
0.3%
-0.9%
43
-6
0
Independent***
3
1,679
11.1%
-0.7%
560
-249
+1
O... more »
Classroom Video Camera Project Spending Millions to Extend Teacher and Student Surveillance, Part 2
In Part 1 of this story, we shared how a little-known Gates Foundation
grant pumped over $3 million into the Tennessee Department of Education to
create a classroom video collection and sharing project, with video data
and notes stored on a server owned by the camera company, *thereNow.net*.
From talking with the camera project director, Courtney Seiler, the TDOE
never had a plan for how children’s images would be protected. In fact,
the TDOE left data security to each system to manage on its own, with
varying results.
For instance, Putnam County officials indicated that letters w... more »
The Economy: Gerald Celente: “We Are In A Global Depression”
*Gerald Celente: “We Are In A Global Depression”* By Live Free or Die “Gerald Celente comes right out and says it how it is; we are now in a global depression. While countless Americans believe that we are somehow still in a ‘recovery’, followers of alternative news understand that we are anything but ‘recovering’. This is a jam packed 11 minute video with Alex Jones and Gerald Celente that sugar coats nothing.” - http://beforeitsnews.com/Related articles
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