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Italy.........
Italian parliament erupts amid vote on central bank capital
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Disabled Workers of the World, Unite!
If you're a typical able-bodied McWorker, you're probably struggling to
make ends meet on a minimum wage of $7 or $8. If you're among the lucky
handful of able-bodied McWorkers just now entering the McWorkforce of a
federal contractor, President Obama has benevolently decreed that your pay
must now start at $10.10 an hour. Because it's the right thing to do,
because it's the all-American thing to do. Because Ten-Ten is easy to
remember, and because it's easy to put it in a Democratic campaign slogan.
If, however, you are a disabled McWorker enrolled in a public-private
federal "shel... more »
Obfuscations Galore (SOTU For Those Entirely Out of Luck) Welcome to Carthage! Formaldehyde In Your Water -- It's The New Normal (Thank You BIG BUSINESS!) Oh, You GUYS!
Still not really satisfied that you have a pretty truthful depiction after
all the verbiage you've read about Obama's last State of the Union address?
Really need just a little more enlightenment? (Or some light on the
situation at all?) From our ever-attentive reporter at Down With Tyranny.
(Don't read this yet if you're having a really bad Sunday. Trust me.) The
corporate assault on culture,
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
Yes, it is indeed Sunday again, and of course it is time for my weekly
rant...
For those who were wondering, I took the last few days basically "off" from
blogging, and concentrated on doing some personal and family business.... I
did not post up an article stating so, because I did not feel that I needed
to. I run this blog, and sometimes it is necessary to take a break for a
few days to do some other just as relevant activities and to recharge the
batteries so to speak....It has been a very unusual week, and there is much
to talk about, so lets get right to it!
First, again I re... more »
SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS
In the 1930s, both the British and the Nazis were experimenting in Mind
Control.
After World War II, the CIA and its friends continued these experiments.
There is a link between mind control and satanic ritual abuse.
Reportedly, *Helen G* became a victim of Mind Control, and subsequently,
she was forced into taking part in Satanic Rituals.
*The Who’s who of Satanic Child Abuse** - *Christopher Spivey
Helen has multiple personalities.
*'Satanists' at Bohemian Grove in California.*
The following comes from a report about Helen G. that appears to have been
compiled by the* Ritua... more »
School Discipline: The U.S. vs. The Brits
Quality teaching and student learning cannot occur in a chaotic classroom.
Organized chaos, i.e. student-centered stations and activities, is
extremely productive. Disruptive behavior, however, is extremely
unproductive and problematic, to say the least. So, it’s rather
interesting that while the USDOE is calling for schools to relax its “zero
tolerance” disciplinary policies, the Brits are calling for […]
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*Drew and Brittany Brees expecting fourth child!*
Third Greek Bailout Package Is Finally On Deck ! Not shocking at all that Germany is preparing the ground for a May bailout ( allegedly 10 - 20 billion euros ) as this will be the only way Greece can repay 11 billion in bonds maturing in May ! The Slog has been speaking on this for awhile , along with Zero Hedge !
Here we go again....... so ironic this is put out on Ground hog Day !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-02/third-greek-bailout-package-finally-deck
Third Greek Bailout Package Is Finally On Deck
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As noted on Friday, the Greek soap opera, in which Europe pretends to bail
out Greece when it is just bailing out its insolvent banks by not touching
the status quo, and Greece pretends to reform and comply with au... more »
TREE Sponsors Elaine Weiss to Talk about What NAEP Means
Elaine Weiss offers a primer on NAEP and recent gains in Tennessee. Make a
cup of tea and enjoy.
Handlers: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Longer Winter !!!!!!! Now let's not drive angry folks !
TPM NEWSHandlers: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Longer Winter
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GENE J. PUSKAR AND MICHAEL RUBINKAM – FEBRUARY 2, 2014, 8:20 AM EST114
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — The handlers for groundhog Punxsutawney Phil say
he's forecasting six more weeks of what already has felt like a brutally
long and cold winter.
Pennsylvania's famed groundhog emerged from his lair in front of thousands
of fans around daybreak Sunday.
Legend has it that if the furry rodent sees hi... more »
Bitcoin news updates February 1 , 2104 - Bank Stops Working With Bitcoin Exchange CampBX Due to ‘Regulatory Uncertainty’ .... ‘Innocent’ Silk Road Seller to Sue to Stop Sale of Seized Bitcoins ...... Lithuanian and Estonian Central Bank Warn on Bitcoin - Estonian C.B says bitcoin " May be a ‘Ponzi Scheme " ......Happy Chinese New Year, Bitcoin! Biggest exchange opens for business despite bank warning ...... Vancouver ATM Operator Wants to Leave Bitstamp Following Breakdown ....... Community Debates What’s Next After New York Hearings ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
http://www.coindesk.com/bank-stops-working-bitcoin-exchange-campbx-regulatory-uncertainty/
Bank Stops Working With Bitcoin Exchange CampBX Due to ‘Regulatory
Uncertainty’
Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) | Published on February 1, 2014 at 00:00 GMT |
*Companies, Exchanges*
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US bitcoin trading platform CampBX has announced that it has temporarily
halted automated clearing house (ACH) and wire transfers effective 31st
January.
Alpharetta, GA-based CampBX indicated in a blog post to its users that its
bank has “made a business decision to n... more »
Libya updates February 2 , 2014 - Latest jailbreak ( Swani Road Jail ) ........ Wate running out in Sirte / Ajdabiya while Sarir Power Station hit by missile attack from an Army unit ......... Two victims die from wounds from assassination attempts ........ Petrol running short in Sebha ......... Maltese ferry company claims €800,000 over 2011 evacuation of US personnel from Libya ........ Libyan Investment Authority sues Goldman for 1.2 billion related to equity derivative trades.....
Breakfast breakout from Swani Road jail
*By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.*
*Tripoli, 2 February 2014*:
Fifty-five prisoners escaped yesterday from the Bawabat Al-Jibs prison on
Tripoli’s Swani Road when they managed to overpower prison guards. It is
the latest in a growing list of jailbreaks that has now seen more than
1,600 inmates escape over the past year.
According to a spokesman for the Judicial Police, which is responsible for
security at the prison, the breakout happened during breakfast. He said
there were just five guards on duty at the time for 200 inmates. The
prisoners who were st... more »
New Blogs January/February 2014
More new blogs!
1. Angry Immigrant (Unaligned) (Twitter)
2. A Room of Our Own (Unaligned/Feminist) (Twitter)
3. A World for the Future (Unaligned) (Twitter)
4. Chris McHugh (Labour) (Twitter)
5. Free North Campaign (Free North)
6. Mutare Orbis (Unaligned) (Twitter)
7. Northern Light (SPGB)
8. Political Eh-conomy (Canada - Unaligned) (Twitter)
9. Public Domain Productions (Unaligned) (Twitter)
10. Push Back Politics (Unaligned)
11. PWF (Labour) (Twitter)
12. The Anger Theory (Unaligned) (Twitter)
13. Unite Manchester Finance (Unite) (Twitter)
14. What is Wrong at the TUC? (Unaligned)
That'... more »
dispatches from ola 2014, part 1: makerspaces, libraries, and me
Yesterday I attended one of the most exciting and inspiring sessions of the
OLA Super Conference, one of three that I will write about. It was a
presentation by two people from MakerKids, one of the world's only
makerspaces dedicated to and for young people - and lucky for us, it's in
Toronto.
*Makerspaces... and MakerKids*
In this previous post about attending "OLA" for the first time, I listed
"Maker Culture in Action" as one of the sessions I wanted to attend. A
reader asked what that meant, and a little discussion ensued: here. That
was a good reminder that the makerspace conce... more »
wmtc posts now being tweeted
At the suggestion of a longtime reader - someone I had never heard from
before, although he's been reading wmtc for many years - I will now be
tweeting wmtc posts. For some people, this might be an easy way to follow
or subscribe to this blog.
I've been on Twitter for a little while, under a pseudonym, mostly to
follow certain feeds, and to ask the occasional question. Now I've changed
my account name to *@wmtcblog*. I like how Twitter let me change the name
but keep the account; following and followers all stay the same.
I suspect following me on Twitter will be redundant with foll... more »
Join the Battle to Stop Corporate Shutdown of Memphis Schools
Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee
MEMPHIS, TN -
(WMC-TV) – Parents and students from Westhaven Elementary have been
fighting for their school for months. Saturday they took to the streets to
get signatures to try to keep their school open.
They are asking the community to get behind their efforts and it's not
every day you see this kind of support inside a mall.
TN House Representative Karen Camper said, "It had been tremendous because
most people know and understand how important it is to have neighborhood
schools. And most people believe in neighborhood schools."
Parents, students ... more »
William Burroughs is One Hundred
One hundred years old this Wednesday, though, unless he is somewhere,
liberating The Western Lands, he's not going to notice. In my opinion
William Burroughs is the most important author of the twentieth century.
James Joyce is the obvious candidate, but Joyce is a very different type of
writer. Ulysses (and perhaps Finnegans Wake) are an endpoint. They are the
last stop of a journey taken by fiction (starting arguably with Jane
Austen), where the author takes the reader deeper and deeper into the
psychology of the characters.
Burroughs work is anti-psychological. He was a remarkab... more »
No Tragic Hero
On Friday night, Conrad Black was stripped of his membership in the Order
of Canada. Tim Harper writes:
Black is now one of only six Order of Canada recipients stripped of the
honour and forced to return the insignia. And what a photo op that would be
when he hands it over.
He joins a pack of fraudsters, a Métis leader who let loose with a string
of anti-Semitic invective, and a one-legged kid who ran across the country,
only to be convicted later of fraud, assault and drunk driving.
Black fought to keep the honour, at the same time claiming that the people
who would review his ... more »
China Shadow banking news and views - February 2 , 2014 -- 15 Trillion shadow over China's Banks ! Key takeaways from former Fitch China Analyst Charlene Chu - Regarding Shadow Banking in China -- “The banking sector has extended $14 trillion to $15 trillion in the span of five years. There’s no way that we are not going to have massive problems in China,” she says ....... On whether China's foreign reserves estimated at nearly 4 Trillion could be used to rescue the financial system in a crisis -- “The FX [foreign exchange] reserves cannot be used nearly to the extent that people think they can. There are some analysts that think they can’t be used at all, but I disagree with that. “I believe they can’t be used in their entirety by any means because they are offset by the other side of the balance sheet of the PBOC [People’s Bank of China]. Because of that, you can’t just run down one side of the balance sheet, the asset side, and not deal with the liability side of the PBOC balance sheet.” ....... regarding what a financial crisis in China might look like - - “This is going to be different from other markets where market forces are allowed to play out. Here the authorities get involved and that means these kind of defaults can remain one-off and isolated for quite a while,” she says. “The critical question is that, at some point are these one-off issues going to turn into a very big wave of defaults? That is going to be very difficult for the authorities to manage in the same way that they have been able to manage the one-offs.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10611931/The-15-trillion-shadow-over-Chinese-banks.html
The $15 trillion shadow over Chinese banksChina analyst Charlene Chu
explains why the nation is on the verge of crisis
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Charlene Chu is adamant that a Chinese banking collapse of some description
is a certainty Photo: Bloomberg
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9:30PM GMT 01 Feb 2014
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Drawing attention to the problems at an individual bank is never likely to
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And We Continue To Do Nothing
Obama is a cynical con-man. harper is contemptuous of parliamentary
democracy. harper devastates science. Fantino insults veterans. Carbon
emissions are increasing, not decreasing. Inequality runs rampant and the
welfare state lives on fumes. Etc., etc., and so forth.
Some people put their faith in a political system that harper is continuing
to sodomize with a splintery broomstick. A political system that barfs out
the pretty-boy Justin Trudeau ("He beat Patrick Brazeau in a boxing match!
He's prime minister material for sure!") and the centre-right, Zionist
apologist, Thomas Mulca... more »
Things you MUST know for Super Bowl Sunday...
*really.*
*and*
*How about this???*
*Bacon Guacamole Grilled Cheese Sandwich.*
Can we hear an, OH YEAH??
*Recipe HERE*
"It's a bunch of toffs"
Oh, he really just can't help himself it seems.
I used to chronicle in great detail Paddy O'Connell's apparent pro-Labour
proclivities, but haven't really bothered for a few years - even though
I've heard him snap at guests on *BH* and* PM* who've started criticising
Labour in ways he never seems to do when they criticise Conservatives.
This morning's *Broadcasting House* (which I used to sneer at as *Gordcasting
House *in the days of Mr Brown) contained a classic though, which I've just
got to record for posterity, as Paddy's political passion appeared to pour
out all over the ... more »
More Class War From A Clueless San Francisco Billionaire
I expect that by now you've been hearing about the *Wall Street
Journal*OpEd by grotesque, clueless Belvedere billionaire Thomas Perkins
whining
about how working families are Nazis who want to put the makers Wall
Street
predators in concentration camps. One of the worst avatars of
gentrification of working class neighborhoods, Perkins bought the top of
the Millennium Tower on Mission St. in a traditional working class area,
in
San Francisco and was able begin his missive "Writing from the epicenter
of
progressive thought, San Francisco…" No one in the South of Market area
wants h... more »
SC’s Low Self-Esteem, Florida Addiction, and Education Policy
In the 1980s and 1990s, the decades of my career as a public high school
English teacher, South Carolina was early and all-in as an
accountability/standards/testing education reform state. One interesting
aspect of that commitment is that SC has had at least 4 generations of
standards and tests (including the current adoption of Common Core), […]
Venezuela items of note - Maduro's new economic order results in food and basic good shortages........ Oil shipped to US hits 1985 low as China is beneficiary of slowing Venezuela oil production - even as loan and shipping costs impact Venezuela net receipts ....
Venezuela’s toilet-paper shortage oddly worsening, despite Maduro’s “new
economic order”
POSTED AT 5:31 PM ON FEBRUARY 1, 2014 BY ERIKA JOHNSEN
*When will President Nicolas Maduro finally free Venezuelans from the
tyrannical shackles of supply and demand ruining their lives? *Despite his
best efforts at establishing price caps, government rationing, currency
controls, and stationing troops at places of business in order to prevent
the collusion of greedy profit-seekers and American imperialists in their
“economic war” against him, the mass shortages of basic goods plaguing
Venezu... more »
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*Milk and Brazil nuts will send you off to sleep: Scientists concludes
certain minerals and acids are linked to a sound slumber*
*This is self-report data and probably includes an element of data
dredging so it is no substitute for controlled experimentation*
Searching for the recipe for a good night’s sleep? It could be as simple as
a glass of milk and a few handfuls of nuts.
Scientists in the US studied the diets and sleep patterns of more than
4,500 adults and concluded that certain minerals and acids are linked to a
sound slumber.
And their report suggests that a late-night s... more »
Paper on Parade: Globalization, Social Justice Issues, Political and Economic Nationalism in Taiwan: An Explanation of the Limited Resurgence of the DPP during 2008–2012
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In this installment in our regularly irregular feature of a Taiwan-centered
scholarly work, we look at *Globalization, Social Justice Issues, Political
and Economic Nationalism in Taiwan: An Explanation of the Limited
Resurgence of the DPP during 2008–2012* (China Quarterly, Dec 2013) by
Dongtao Qi of the National University of Singapore. Let's dial up some
appropriately tense and adventurous music, and off we go.
The paper's opening urks up a pile of KMT propaganda claims....
Scholars and pundits have already identified the failures of former
president Chen Shui-b... more »
Alain de Botton's take on the news
Slipping back to the subject of *Newsnight*, one of its most talked-about
features this week was a piece by philosopher Alain de Botton. It tackled
the subject of 'the news' itself, and was highly critical of modern
newsgathering and reporting.
It was certainly interesting to have Alain de Botton on *Newsnight* giving
an intellectual's two-fingered salute to media organisations like the BBC -
and doing so one one of the BBC's own programmes. His short report was so
packed with ideas - some initially persuasive, others less so - that it
needed re-watching.
A studio discussion fol... more »
From PetroDollar To PetroYuan – The Coming Proxy Wars ..... Why War between China and the US is not as far fetched as you might imagine ! While the FX Wars have yet to get underway in earnest , some news of the day from the daily emerging markets turmoil .....
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-31/guest-post-petrodollar-petroyuan-%E2%80%93-coming-proxy-wars
Guest Post: From PetroDollar To PetroYuan – The Coming Proxy Wars
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/31/2014 19:59 -0500
- China
- Corruption
- DRC
- France
- Gross Domestic Product
- Guest Post
- India
- Iran
- Italy
- Reality
- Reserve Currency
- United Kingdom
- Wall Street Journal
- Yuan
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*Why would the central bank of Ni... more »
Will China become less bellicose if it is a democracy?
*Because these bugs hover, you can often get shots of them in midair.*
I was reading the Taipei Times editorializing on the history textbook
issue(quality of editorials has plummeted since J Michael Cole has left)
and
noticed its stance on the Senkakus:
The Japanese government’s decision that its students should be taught
that
Dokdo, which is governed by Seoul, and *the Diaoyutais, which belong to
Taiwan but are governed by Tokyo, all belong to Japan, is untenable
legally
and in the face of international realities*.
Some argue that if China becomes a democracy it will cease to be
... more »
Why are the Korpo-Ratz Banksters abandoning the Royal Families & Pope?
- Because the Korpo-Ratz Banksters are having problems of their own that
threaten the Rothschild global banking empire.
- Because of that, the Korpo-Ratz Banksters have to quickly move to
install their Zionist NWO regime or secretly known as ZOOWE
(Zionist-controlled Oil One World Empire). It is now or never.
- For the last 100 years, the POPE and Royal Families of Europe had been
propped up by the Zionist Korpo-Ratz Banksters who are better known as the
Ashkenazi Jews whose ancestors came from Khazar. They are as genetically
Jewish as the Chinese ... more »
New York Times runs open letter from Dylan Farrow about her dad Woody Allen!
Oh, my, God, this is utterly disgusting.
Seriously, if you're at all feeling delicate this Sunday morning DO NOT
READ the content of this Open Letter from Woody Allen's daughter Dylan
Farrow.
Just released by the new York Times, it tells of Dylan's sexual abuse from
the age of seven by her dad, the world famous film director Woody Allen.
Here's how that Open Letter starts...
*What’s your favorite Woody Allen movie? Before you answer, you should
know: when I was seven years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led
me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our h... more »
MURDER MYSTERY - LAWRENCE HAGGART - PART TWO
*Lawrence Haggart*
There is a suspicion that certain violent 'child sexual abusers' are given
an easy time by the criminal justice system.
Think of Jimmy Savile or Marc Dutroux, both of whom the authorities were
reluctant to arrest, presumably because they had friends in high places.
*(The Who’s who of Satanic Child Abuse - Christopher Spivey)*
On *16 March* *1996*, 15 year old Lawrence Haggart was brutally attacked
and set alight in his home in Scotland, not far from Dunblane.
He died in hospital the next day.
*On 17 March 1996, the frequently convicted paedophile and arsonist B... more »
Your moment of Zen
Goodyear blimp. [photo via Goodyear blimp Facebook page]
Fired for Vaccine Refusal: Woman to Sue Hospital over Mandatory Flu Shot by Christina Sarich
[image: vaccine girl Fired for Vaccine Refusal: Woman to Sue Hospital over
Mandatory Flu Shot]Karen Good
Fired for Vaccine Refusal: Woman to Sue Hospital over Mandatory Flu Shot
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 30 January 2014
Think you have complete autonomy when it comes to your health? Think again;
Big Pharma may be trying to control us all. *But Karen Good of Warsaw
thinks that her former employer, the Coshocton County Memorial Hospital in
Ohio, should keep their hands off her body, and even more important, that
she shouldn’t be fired for refusing to get a vaccine.*
Ev... more »
Sunday's Immigration special
So how did this morning's *Sunday *special on 'Religion and Immigration'
pan out?
Was it the deluge of liberal, pro-immigration bias it looked like it was
going to be from the programme's website blurb? Or was I pleasantly
surprised after all by an unexpected display of unadvertised balance? Did
it back up Damian Thompson's contention that *Sunday *is the most
liberal-biased programme on Radio 4? Finally, can I foam at the mouth yet?
Well, this morning's *Sunday *very faithfully followed the menu laid on on
its website - as outlined by me in the last-but-one post - and it was,
in... more »
Thailand: New York Times Defends Terrorist Regime & Sham Elections
NYT again distorting reality for Wall Street-backed billionaire Thaksin
Shinawatra and his violent personality cult.
*Image: Thomas Fuller makes a career out of dis-torting Southeast Asia's
geopolitical landscapeacross the pages of the New York Times. **February 2,
2014* (ATN) - In Thomas Fuller's New York Times piece titled, "Gun Battle
in Bangkok Escalates Election Protest," he claims:
At least six people were injured Saturday in a prolonged daylight gun
battle between protesters seeking to block the distribution of ballots in
Bangkok and would-be voters demanding that protest... more »
Senior Reuters Journalist Mocks Disabled Man
Horrific hate-speech by pen-for-hire Andrew McGregor Marshall - indicative
of dying Western journalism and exemplary of Thaksin Shinawatra's foreign
backers.
*Image: CNN, BBC, and Foreign Policy magazine have all cited or afforded
space to Andrew McGregor Marshall, a paid propagandist working for Robert
Amsterdam, who daily engages in hate speech like that seen above - mocking
a disabled man. After sweeping condemnation, Marshall has attempted to
claim he did not mean to mock the man - however there were hundreds of
photos of gunmen from yesterday's clash - considering his backg... more »
What Teach for America Says When It Talks to Itself
As I was researching my “Bill Pays to Help Arne” post, I came across a
discussion site, Wall Street Oasis, where those hoping to Make It Big on
The Street are able to connect in order to solve issues related to their
career ambitions. The site has a link for Teach for America (TFA). The link
includes a […]
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 »
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*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.
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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 - 14 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
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- 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 !
Saturday, February 01, 2014 9:21 PM
Argentina Central Bank Bans Imports Due to Lack of Dollars; Argentina to
Apply "Iron Fist" to Those Who Raise Prices
As reserves run dry, demand for dollars soars in emerging market countries,
prompting inane economic actions.
Via google translation from *Libre Mercardo*, please consider Argentina
Cerntral Bank Bans Imports Due to Lack of Dollars.
The fourth day of falling reserves has the Argentine central reeling. This
Wednesday reserves fell by 180 million and this month reserves declined by
$2 billion. Due to demand and the low level of fo... 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)
Oscar-winning actor Maximilian Schell dies at 83 One of my very favorite
actors since I was a little girl. He won Best Actor for Judgment At
Nurenberg, a Golden Globe for Stalin, and was nominated as Best Supporting
Actor for Julia. 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
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. A lot in the article 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
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about ... more »
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 »
Untitled
*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.*
______________
*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
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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 - 1 day ago
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