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English: Cover of the Abrams' edition of Aldous Huxley's THE CROWS OF PEARBLOSSOM (Photo credit: Wikipedia)It All Comes Out-- I Was In A Mental Institution... With The Cramps And The Mutants
Next month it will have been 36 years since The Cramps and The Mutants
played a show at what was then Napa State Mental Hospital northwest of San
Francisco. I had some involvement in organizing that Saturday morning
excursion and one of the few records of it-- aside from the video up top--
is an article I wrote about it immediately afterwards for the *New York
Rocker*. (If you don't want to subscribe, you can read it here on The
Mutants' website.)
Lately there is a lot of renewed interest and in the last few months I've
been interviewed 4 or 5 times about the show. In some cases,... more »
"Chromaradio: Choose Your Own Musical Interlude"
"Our purpose is to offer a wide range of music selections that fit any
style. Ranging between Greek and international mainstream hits, New Age,
the sounds of nature, smooth jazz, Soul and Christmas. You just click on
the icon representing the stream you want to listen. A pop-up window with
flash player will appear to your screen. Music will play automatically. If
not you can click on the icons below. A file will be downloaded to your
windows, Mac os or linux based PC. Double click the downloaded file (for
example playlist-1.asx.asf) and your player will start play the stream. For
m... more »
“Beaten Dogs”
*“Beaten Dogs”*
by CoyotePrime
“And so, the audit of the Federal Reserve was released in September,
2013... $16 TRILLION dollars of YOUR money, “lent” at 0% interest not only
to the Too-Big-To-Fail American megabanks, but trillions of dollars to many
foreign banks as well. When was the last time YOU received a 0% loan?
Slowly but surely, the truth of how savagely we, the People, have been
financially raped, over and over again, is coming out, and as it does, a
tiny minority of our population shudders in horror…
And fear comes now, at last, to the “Ruling Elite”. Not the fear of
fi... more »
Free Download: Aldous Huxley, "Brave New World"
“Till at last the child's mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the
suggestions is the child's mind. And not the child's mind only. The adult's
mind too- all his life long. The mind that judges and desires and decides-
made up of these suggestions. But all these suggestions are our
suggestions...”
- “Brave New World: Suggestions from the State”
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Freely download “Brave New World", by Aldous Huxley here:
- http://freepdfdb.com/pdf/brave-new-world
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Face-on spiral galaxy M77 lies a mere 47 million light-years away toward
the aquatic constellation Cetus. At that estimated distance, the gorgeous
island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across. Also known as NGC
1068, its compact and very bright core is well studied by astronomers
exploring the mysteries of supermassive black holes in active Seyfert
galaxies.
*Click image for larger size.*
M77 is also seen at x-ray, ultraviolet, infrared, and radio wavelengths.
But this sharp visible light image based on Hubble data follows its winding
spiral arms traced by obscuring du... more »
"The Wisdom of Satchel Paige"
“Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.”
“Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
“Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to
be common.”
“Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world.
The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with
money.”
“How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?”
"Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching."
- Satchel Paige
"As Far As We Can Go..."
“The development of our cerebral cortex has been the greatest achievement
of the evolutionary processes. Big deal. While allowing us the thrills of
intellect or the pangs of self-consciousness, it is all too often overruled
by our inner, instinctive brain - the one that tells us to react, not
reflect, to run, rather than ruminate. Maybe we have gone as far as we can
go and the next advance, whatever that may be - will be made by beings we
create ourselves, using our own technology. Life forms we can design and
program not to be ultimately governed and constricted by the rules of
sur... more »
"Eureka!"
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”
- Isaac Asimov
The Daily "Near You?"
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
"Fate..."
“Sooner or later, fate puts us together with all the people, one by one,
who show us what we could, and shouldn’t, let ourselves become. Sooner or
later we meet the drunkard, the waster, the betrayer, the ruthless mind,
and the hate-filled heart. But fate loads the dice, of course, because we
usually find ourselves loving or pitying almost all of those people. And
it’s impossible to despise someone you honestly pity, and to shun someone
you truly love.”
- Gregory David Roberts, “Shantaram”
"The Answer Why..."
"At last, the answer why. The lesson that had been so hard to find, so
difficult to learn, came quick and clear and simple. The reason for
problems is to overcome them. Why, that’s the very nature of man, I
thought, to press past limits, to prove his freedom. It isn’t the challenge
that faces us, that determines who we are and what we are becoming, but the
way we meet the challenge, whether we toss a match at the wreck or work our
way through it, step by step, to freedom."
- Richard Bach, “Nothing by Chance”
Chet Raymo, "Seeing"
*"Seeing"*
by Chet Raymo
"There was a moment yesterday evening when the elements conspired to evoke
these few lines, spoken by Macbeth:
"Light thickens,
And the crow makes wing to the rooky woods,
Good things of day begin to droop and drowse."
The fading light. The crows gliding down the fields to the trees in
Ballybeg:
"Light thickens,
And the crow makes wing to the rooky woods,
Good things of day begin to droop and drowse."
It's all there, in those few lines- the mysterious power of poetry to
infuse the world with meaning, to anoint the world... more »
"Clinging to the Core When Our World Falls Apart"
*"Clinging to the Core When Our World Falls Apart"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"When external factors shift we have an opportunity to rediscover our core
which is the only truly safe place to call home. There are times when our
whole world seems to be falling apart around us, and we are not sure what
to hold onto anymore. Sometimes our relationships crumble and sometimes
it’s our physical environment. At other times, we can’t put our finger on
it, but we feel as if all the walls have fallen down around us and we are
standing with nothing to lean on, exposed and vulnerable. These... more »
ORDINARY VOICES
This is a very interesting video of various Ukrainian citizens across the
east of the country who are non-violently resisting the thugs, fascists,
and mercenaries being set upon them by the US-EU sponsored Kiev
'government'. They speak clearly and passionately about the repression
they are facing as they organize in opposition to the nationalist forces
being armed and controlled by the US installed regime in Kiev.
While Crimea has already had a referendum, the situation in other Ukrainian
regions is still unstable. People want their voices to be heard and are
demanding a vote. Ma... more »
Economist at it again
The Economist's blatant favoritism toward the KMT was on display again this
week. Consider the first paragraph:
....When [Lin I-hsiung] began his vigil, he said he would fast to death if
necessary, until the government (a reformed and elected KMT) reversed a
national energy policy that sees nuclear power as vital for the island. Not
wanting to have a martyr on its hands, the government caved in. On April
30th Mr Lin ended his fast. The country’s nuclear policy lies in tatters.
"The country's nuclear policy lies in tatters." This pro-KMT remark sets
the tone for the entire piece. We ... more »
Economist at it again...
The Economist's blatant favoritism toward the KMT was on display again this
week. Consider the first paragraph:
....When [Lin I-hsiung] began his vigil, he said he would fast to death if
necessary, until the government (a reformed and elected KMT) reversed a
national energy policy that sees nuclear power as vital for the island. Not
wanting to have a martyr on its hands, the government caved in. On April
30th Mr Lin ended his fast. The country’s nuclear policy lies in tatters.
"The country's nuclear policy lies in tatters." This pro-KMT remark sets
the tone for the entire piece. We ... more »
in which I go to paris... with my mother!
From my Flickr pageMy mother said, "I want to go to Paris. I want to see
Paris one more time while I'm still healthy enough and mobile enough to
enjoy it. But..." - here comes the good part - "I have no one to go with."
My mom's best friend passed away some years ago, and none of her other
travel buddies are available anymore. I almost blurted out, "I'll go with
you!" but I thought, better run this by Allan first.
Allan and I have each taken small trips without the other, but never for a
full vacation, and never to a place we both love so much. Not that Allan
would ask me not to go... more »
Health Watch: The menace of toast -- and of French fries fried darker than "golden"
*So you love toast, do you? But does toast love you? This toast is not only
not golden, it is surely by any standard dark brown. Why not just swallow
poison?*
*"Acrylamide [is] a chemical that causes cancer in animals. . . . The FDA
suggests these steps to decrease your intake of acrylamide: . . ."* Lightly
toast your bread until it's a golden -- not dark -- brown."*
*-- from a "Johns Hopkins Health Alert,"*
"The Risks of High-Temperature Cooking"
*by Ken*
What? You mean you're toasting your toast *dark brown*? I'll bet you're
also the kind of person who fries your French fries d... more »
'Look Up' - A spoken word film for an online generation...(video)
*it carries a strong message.*
'Look Up' is a lesson taught to us through a love story, in a world where
we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one
another, but always results in us spending more time alone.
Written, Performed & Directed by Gary Turk.
ALEC in Oregon - Preparing for November & Beyond
Oregon is an interesting state - cause it is the ONLY state of all 50 where
the state chair disclosed the current ALEC members . We can hope he was
being truthful and listed all the members - but according to a March 2011
memo from ALEC HQ - ALEC state chairs could release a list of members to a
public list, only if the legislator agreed to be made public.
*How do people get on an ALEC list?*
That question comes up all the time. The most common are:
They serve on ALEC task forces
They have paid ALEC dues through their campaign finances
They self identified themselves somewhe... more »
“Palestine Can Be Won in a Street Fight”
*“Palestine Can Be Won in a Street Fight”*
by Susan Abulhawa
“Palestine has always been the underdog, a country slowly being wiped off
the map, a society daily and methodically being dismantled by Israel. As a
principally unarmed and oppressed indigenous population, Palestinians are
perceived as powerless against the military supremacy of Israel's
technological death industry, persistently outmanoeuvred by Israel's
political cunning and endlessly bullied by a Western world that has made a
game of diplomacy and intrigue from our miserable fate.
We've lost so much to Israel's boundle... more »
The Big Flatline
Jeff Rubin is the former chief economist at a major Canadian investment
bank. His book, *The Big Flatline*, gives readers an opportunity to see
Peak Cheap Energy through the eyes of someone from the executive suites. He
spent 20 years flying around the world, hanging out with the rich and
powerful, and this was a mind-altering experience. In the process, he lost
the rose-colored glasses that are mandatory in his field, and this cost him
his job.
Rubin’s overview of the current geopolitical state of affairs is
fascinating. Energy costs far more than it did a decade ago. Oil was ... more »
Hawai`i Democrats React To Forbes-Hanabusa Military Intensification Bill
McKeon, Forbes, Hanabusa-- 3 crooked warmongers on the take
Earlier this week, Republican Congressman Randy Forbes did what he always
does (the only thing he does?). He proposed more funding for the Pentagon.
This time, it was in the form of the Forbes-Hanabusa Asia-Pacific Region
Priority Act.
Hanabusa is Hawai`i Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, who chairs the
conservative, corporate-sponsored New Democrat Coalition's National
Security Task Force and is trying to oust progressive Sen. Brian Schatz in
the Aug. 9 primary.
As Rep. Forbes notes in his press release, he and Hanabusa hav... more »
Thank you for the days
Pretentious, Moi?
They say everyone's a critic but, in spite of that alleged fact,
vanishingly few of us ever get an invite from the BBC to vent our critical
feelings on any of the corporation's arts review programmes.
That blindingly obvious thought crossed my mind whilst listening to
tonight's *Saturday Review *on Radio 4, and I intend to get partial revenge
on them for that upsetting fact here in this very blog-post.
Now, I haven't listened to *Saturday Review* for years, so this was an
encounter with a friend/work colleague/ex I haven't seen for years.
I used to be a regular ... more »
UKIP's Lizzy Vaid and Revenge Porn
I'm a bit late to this one. As the shambles surrounding UKIP's farcical poster
campaign unravelled last week, it turned out one of the "members of the
public" endorsing the party's tedious lies is a paid employee. As it
happens Lizzy Vaid is a UKIP events manager and assistant to the dear
leader. Responding, Nigel Farage trotted out a factually accurate defence
saying she's going to vote UKIP and, um, is a member of the public. Perhaps
it's just me. The more UKIP say they're different from the other parties
the more they become the same ...
Than came the twist. A few days ago it em... more »
The Last of the Roswell Witnesses
Just the other day I saw or read something that suggested that the Roswell
investigation has transitioned into a new phase with the recent and
untimely death of Jesse Marcel, Jr. It was suggested that he was the last
of the first-hand witnesses, having held the metallic debris and having
heard about the find on the Brazel (Foster) ranch from his Army Air Forces
intelligence officer father.
But I realized that this isn’t true. While I know that this will generate
discussions that have little to do with the posting (I mean look how far
afield some of the others have roamed), I would ... more »
US Backed Fascist Thugs Unleashed in Ukraine
With the American minds now fully inundated with anti-Russian propaganda
and lies as to the composition of the US backed coup government in Ukraine
the time has finally come to unleash the goons. After weeks of threats,
military buildups and visitations by high US officials to the
neo-Nazi/fascist backed "Yats" regime all hell broke loose on Friday. The
point of no return - if not already crossed by the duplicity of the
US-EU-NATO triad was reached when the occupying government in Kiev sent
forth military helicopters against civilians and extremist shock troops
began a pogrom in t... more »
Oh the games teachers are forced to play for evaluation
Just a little insight on teacher evaluation. Many of the new teacher
evaluation schemes are just that, schemes, scams, and games. I have to
learn to play this. I have to learn to mislead, dissemble, and lie. That’s
a skill that takes time. I’ve never been good at it. Never. Modern teacher
evaluations are largely […]
Benghazi items to ponder May 3 , 2014 -- Questions that need answers , concerns that won't go away ......
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/archives/10644
CIA Whistleblower faces the ire of an angry Justice Department over
Benghazi questions
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Image courtesy of Canada Free Press
*By Douglas J. Hagmann*
*Please discuss this article at Canada Free Press – CLICK HERE*
*Friday, May 2, 2014: *Longtime former CIA field operative turned
whistleblower Robert “Tosh” Plumlee is currently in the crosshairs of a
very angry Holder Justice Department for publicly posting 11 “questions”
about Benghazi and the illegal weapons running operations being conducted
by criminal elements ... more »
Boston to conduct various " Urban Shield " exercises ( active shooter , hostage rescue , explosion on transit system , structural collapse at Moon Island , terrorist takeover at Boston Convention Center exercises highlighted ) Saturday May 3 - Sunday May 4 , 2014 ----- The largest security training exercise in Boston’s history is slated to kick off Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with a simulated active school-shooter drill in Brookline. It will continue with other drills over a full 24 hours and involve about 2,000 state and local personnel........ Since they're publicizing this , expect nothing noteworthy ( but just take a note for reference ... )
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/05/01/participate-massive-security-drill-planned-over-weekend-boston-area/7dBmVJaLqhjWHoqoYsKB8K/story.html
Officials
to hold largest security drill in Boston’s history
By Evan Allen | GLOBE STAFF MAY 01, 2014
- *ARTICLE*
- *COMMENTS*
[image: Firefighters and hazardous materials teams practiced responding
to
a suspicious package at Bowdoin Station in a previous security drill.]
JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF/FILE 2012
Firefighters and hazardous materials teams practiced responding to a
suspicious package at Bowdoin Station in a previous secur... more »
Paul Craig Roberts posted this on his site as a guest commentator. I decided to reproduce it under its original masthead.
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Commentary
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Putting Big Brother in the Driver’s Seat: V2V Transmitters, Black Boxes &
Drones
* By John W. Whitehead *
February 10, 2014
“It’s a future where you don’t forget anything…In this new future you’re
never lost…We will know your position down to the foot and down to the inch
over time…Your car will drive itself, it’s a bug that cars were invented
before computers…you’re never lonely…you’re never bored…you’re never out of
ideas… We can suggest where you go next, who to meet, what to read...What’s
interesting about... more »
The Amazon.com Ranking of My Book: Thank you!
I want to thank all who have purchased my newly-released book, A Chronicle
of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education. On
April 27, 2014, my book became available on on Amazon.com. That was a
Sunday night. As soon as I found out, I posted this announcement. The next
day, I found out through a […]
Join us this Sunday at 6PM with NJ journo Bob Braun of @BobBraunsLedger
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Listen to At the Chalk Face this Sunday at 6PM EST. Join the conversation
with Bob Braun, and Tim and Shaun of course, by calling (805)
727-7111.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
Tagged: at the chalk face, bob braun, […]
Tracing the source of catchy melodies
Thirty years ago, in the mid 1980s, I would be spending some time with my
Commodore 64 – writing some programs in BASIC or the 6510 machine code or
playing some games. Or some combinations of those things.
*This composition will be one of the main topics of this blog post.*
With a few exceptions, the games I possessed were copied from the pirates
but what you would expect, especially behind the Iron Curtain. Commodore 64
had the wonderful "sound card", the SID chip with 3 sound generators and
more. I still remember some POKE's and PEEK's needed to make this gadget
work. The music ... more »
Medicina de las Plantas
Medicina de plantas
Suplementos naturales para ayudar a conseguir una mejor salud ...
A continuación se presentan las plantas que se pueda restablecer las
funciones normales del estómago y del hígado o que se proporciona demasiado
daño no se hizo debido a "venenos ingeridos" o intentos de suicidio.
*Leche Thysle* La historia cuenta que la planta Thysle leche se cree para
dar la las mujeres embarazadas aumentó la lactancia, también se creía que
las venas blancas moteadas fueron causadas por las gotas de leche de la
Virgen María amamantando al niño Jesús. Aparte de es... more »
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: There Are NO Safe Levels Of Radiation - The Petkau Effect
Yes, It has been a while since I last did an article pertaining to the
ongoing and seemingly never ending disaster at Fukushima Japan... Now over
3 years since that initial disaster in March 2011 where 3 nuclear reactor
cores melted down, the disaster is still going strong with high levels of
radiation and radioactive materials spewing into our atmosphere, the
Japanese countryside, and especially into the Pacific Ocean....
There have been many reports coming in constantly from the liars in our
governments and especially in the Jew spew "mainstream media" that have
said that there is... more »
Rendering Ourselves Extinct
May 3, 2014 “We are warming,
and that comes with consequences. By the way, Earth will survive … Continue
reading →
Media Slant
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.
Imran Khan: A pragmatist par excellence
In my previous post: Is democracy consistent with Islam? I made a
distinction between politics and culture and said that a democratic system
of governance falls in the category of politics while liberalism as a
value-system falls in the category of culture. When we say that Islam and
democracy are incompatible, we make a category mistake as serious as the
Islamists’ misperception that democracy is un-Islamic. They too mix up
democracy with liberalism. In my arguments I conceded that there is some
friction between liberalism as a culture and Islam as a religion. But
democracy isn’t a... more »
NON-VIOLENTLY CONFRONTING U.S.-EU RULE
Amateur footage shows an angry mob in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine yelling
at Kiev forces as a new 'anti-terror operation' is underway. Locals are
calling soldiers "fascists" and telling them go back to Kiev because they
don't need them in Kramatorsk.
Notice that the local people are not armed. They confront 'their
government forces' who have come to enforce US-EU corporate rule.
I'd like to see this footage with honest reporting in US mainstream media.
Obama and Kerry keep complaining about Russia Today (RT) media. The reason
why is because RT is telling us what is really happe... more »
May 3: The fat's in the fire....
Two days ago, Zbignew Zbrzenski wrote an open letter which didn't make the
Irving press (perhaps it had nobody who was sure how to spell his name.).
He demanded war with Russia over the Ukraine. He also said the west would
be helped by it's "good friends" in China.
Now, this is not just your man off the street. This man has been a major
policy advisor to presidents of the US since Jimmy Carter. Obama now
listens to him. His general view? The US needs to defeat all regional
powers to make itself the world's dominant power. Sound familiar?
It should. It's the policy of Project for th... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Atleo Quits Corporate Control Grid'
ATLEO
QUITS CORPORATE CONTROL GRID
Posted on May 3, 2014
MNN. May 3, 2014. On May 2nd Sean Atleo courageously stepped down as
head of the Assembly of First Nations to return to the natural direction
we call “tion-heh-kwen”.
AFN is an agency of the Corporation of Canada. It is not from us. it is
from them. Their job is to pretend to speak for the Indigenous people.
They illegally
Guest Post From Derek Cressman
A few weeks ago I stumbled on the video above and was so impressed with
Derek Cressman, the progressive candidate running against some corrupt
Sacramento insiders, one of whom, Leland Yee, is now in prison, that I
invited Cressman to introduce himself with a guest post. Instead of a bio
bragging out his accomplishments, he got right to the meat of the matter--
cleaning up the systemic corruption that plagues California state
government-- and he got very specific... immediately.
*AT&T has California by the Calls-Derek Cressman*
Every year at this time, dozens of Democrats serving... more »
Musings On Iraq In The News
I was mentioned in “Iraq Votes. But Will It Matter?” which appeared in
Andrew Sullivan’s The Dish. Iraq's Al-Mada newspaper reprinted my "Another
Election Surprise For Iraq?" article.
Massive evergrowing Louisiana Sinkhole Updates May 1 , 2014 -- Despite the non stop growth of the Godzilla Sinkhole , note Crosstex just jammed 215 , 801 barrels of normal butane in Well 1 ( see map for relation of Cross Tex wells to the Sinkhole ) ..... recent videos , news of note ( H/T Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle and The Examiner.... )
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle .......
Crosstex Crams OVER 200,000 BARRELS of Butane into Well #1
APRIL 30, 2014
3
We thought we’d look to see if *Crosstex* has has an update lately.
*Has it ever!* This *update* from April 27 shows they have a huge amount of
butane now in the cavern near (soon-to-be-stable) Lake FUBAR! We guess they
are handing out e-cigarettes to workers!
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CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE
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* MORE on Crosstex’s butane caverns 1 & 2.*
Could Floor Heave at WIPP Happen at Bayou Corne?
APRIL 25, 2014... more »
Our love affair with bad explanation!
*SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014*
*Incompleteness incompletely explained:* As we noted a few weeks back,we’ve conducted a long love affair with bad explanation.
The affair may have begun in September 1965, when we enrolled in Professor
Nozick’s “Problems in Philosophy” class.
Who are these “problems” problems *for,* we found ourselves brightly
wondering.
Years later, we began to suspect that the course had been designed to
ensure that no one would major in philosophy. In fairness, though, that was
pure conjecture.
Whatever! In recent weeks, we’ve been spending our spare time with
Professor... more »
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S
People are generally mean, selfish and shallow, especially in groups.
That allows you a finer appreciation of those who do not display those
qualities in person.
For instance, the gay community as a group are monumentally selfish - they
seem to be on a Pokemon quest to collect every letter in the alphabet to
describe themselves, and they're averaging an additional one every 5 years.
Around the year 2000, they moved up to being "*LGB*" - at last count, they
were up to "*LGBTQ*". Which is verging on the Pythonesque
As if the interests and agendas of militant lesbians are the same as ... more »
Gold and silver news and views May 3 , 2014 -- GoldCore Reports Half of Italy's Gold is Held in New York Fed Vault; Is Repatriation Possible ? Embry warns against paper gold , currency event ..... Harvey Organ highlights ! Silver Doctors looks at CME manipulations , BRICS moving toward a parallel IMF , Russian rejection of the USD and other BRICS following suit ....
Gold Core.....
GoldCore Reports Half of Italy's Gold is Held in New York Fed Vault; Is
Repatriation Possible?
Published in Market Update Precious Metals on 2 May 2014
By
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Today’s AM fix was USD 1,285.00, EUR 927.26 and GBP 761.03 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,283.00, EUR 924.15 and GBP 759.04 per ounce.
Gold fell $5.50 or 0.43% yesterday to $1,284.90/oz. Silver slipped $0.13 or
0.68% yesterday to $19.06/oz.
Please note *GoldCore is closed for a Bank Holiday, this Monday, May 5th,
reopening May 6th.*
Gold remained in range bound trading yesterday and into this morning,
... more »
“70% of national legislation comes from European legislation”. Who said that?
One of my favourite BBC Radio 4 programmes, *More or Less, *returned this
week and began by tackling the Lib Dems over Nick Clegg's deeply dubious
assertion (during his first debate with Nigel Farage) that a mere 7% of our
laws derive from the EU legislation.
This example of statistical dodginess from the second most powerful
politician in the land, the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Nick Clegg MP no less, leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, must have
struck them as something that needed challenging - and rightly so.
A clip from an old edition of *More or Less *whe... more »
Mike's Story Part 12: Blogreaders Weigh In
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
News of Mike's flight to Venezuela had become public in August, with Carolyn
Baker's description of the days leading up to his departure. That, along
with Michael Kane's account of the same period, makes interesting reading
in light of Mike's final exit on April 13 of this year.
Since the blog had been assuming a greater role as FTW contracted, finally
freezing into an archive site, a deluge of comments rushed in*:*
Some bore the telltale marks of disinformation. Just as when the computers
were smashed, the blog was besieged with messages that attempted to ... more »
ALEC Uses the Press to Mislead Public - Again!
Oh my ...
What a web search will turn up early on a Saturday morning.
ALECs PR Poobah is back at it again - misleading the public by using the
press.
He used a recent opinion piece - to bash a "a liberal blogger" who it
appears, had the audacity to do a presentation on ALEC.
Mr. Meierling (hate using that but his first name is "bill") - spent the
whole first paragraph dissing the person who did the presentation.
Then he spent three sentences trying to justify why he was correct and she
was wrong - more on that next.
Then there was a two paragraph, unpaid advertisement for ALEC in... more »
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*Councilman tries to make it tougher on fracking ~WWLTV*
*Legislature should protect Southeast Louisiana residents, keep levee
reforms in place: Editorial*
*Federal government rejects Jindal hospital plans ~Marsha Schuler, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Avoyelles state representative blasts Jindal on Charity hospital scheme*
*Teen arrested in Marigny burglary is same teen shot by homeowner in 2013
~WVUE*
*Decades old eyesore coming down in Algiers ~WDSU*
*Freelancer’s lament: When will the news biz figure out how to pay us? ~Sam
Tabachnik, The Lens*
Coming Soon - Death Aid: The Geldof Genocides
*"I don't think he killed himself. I'm sorry, just don't."*
*- Paula Yates, 1998*
Coming Soon - Death Aid: The Geldof Genocides from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*"I stepped on stage at Live Aid,*
*All the people gave and the poor got paid"*
*Run D.M.C. - My Adidas*
*"At the end of the war, SAS was disbanded, but it was soon revived to
crush the Malay insurgency in Malaysia, and the Mau Mau insurgency in
Kenya. In his 1960 book Gangs and Countergangs, Col. Frank Kitson boasted
that the British were covertly leading several large-scale Mau Mau units,
and that many, if not all Mau ... more »
Obama Orders Unusual Review of Cruelty
Today in Sociopathic Irony:
Fresh from a victory designed to forever keep the grisly details of all his
extrajudicial overseas drone executions from the American public, President
Obama has deftly pivoted away from his own hypocrisy by calling for a
review of capital punishment here in the One Indispensable Nation.
That is because in the Land of the Free, as opposed to those anti-free
"tribal areas," executions *are* open to the public, albeit by invitation
only. And sometimes they don't go as smoothly and as silently as planned.
The "botched" execution of an Oklahoma inmate is a ca... more »
MAINE ARTISTS HELP CREATE THE MOVEMENT
This is ARRT! from Geoffrey Leighton on Vimeo.
ARRT! – The Artists Rapid Response Team -- creates banners and props to
promote the work of progressive non-profits across Maine. All members of
the Union of Maine Visual Artists are invited to join.
Non- Expert Opinion Evidence
Smith v. Inco, 2012 ONSC 4749:
[9] The leading case as to the admissibility of opinion evidence from
non-expert witnesses is that of *R. v. Graat*, 1980 CanLII 69 (ON CA),
(1980) 30 O.R. (2d) 247 (OCA), aff'd1982 CanLII 33 (SCC), [1982] 2 S.C.R.
819 (SCC). In that case twopolice officers (non-expert witnesses)
testified that in their opinion the accused's ability to drive was impaired
by alcohol. This opinion evidence was based upon a list of factual
observations made by thepolice officers, including observations that the
accused's car was weaving on the roadway, the car cross... more »
Molly is no Malala
Did you see Gavin Esler’s interview with the real life mother and daughter
as well as the author of a play based on the alleged kidnapping of ‘Molly
Campbell’ aka ‘Misbah Rana’ by her Pakistani father?
Gavin Esler announced it with such glee that one immediately knew that any
dubious and negative Islam-related aspersions from the past were about to
be dispelled.
In 2006, the story was all about the alleged kidnapping by the father of
12-year-old Molly, with ominous mutterings about forced marriages and such. The
mother gave tearful interviews from Scotland, and Molly was shown in... more »
WHO WILL PROTECT INTERNET FREEDOM?
Running for president in 2007, Barack Obama pledged to keep the Internet
open to all, upholding the principle of Net neutrality. Now his FCC
chairman, Tom Wheeler, has introduced new rules that have caused an uproar
among public interest groups and media reform advocates. They believe
Wheeler’s proposed changes break Obama’s campaign promise and will allow
providers like Verizon and Comcast to sell faster access to the Web to the
highest bidder.
The problem, Bill Moyers says, is that “business and government are now so
intertwined that public officials and corporate retainers are ... more »
Edweek blogger heads to guess where? College Board.
Education Weak and corporate reform journalist mouthpiece Michele McNeil
is leaving Politics K-12: Starting in mid-May, I’ll be the director of
assessment and accountability policy at the College Board Seriously. A
non-educator as director of assessment policy? Who’s in charge of hiring,
anyway? Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
Tagged: […]
The religious split in Africa
This map shows the scary religious divide in Africa in 2012. I wonder how
different it would have looked in 1992 and how it will have changed by
2032.
Amazing Maps (@amazinmaps) tweeted at 11:00 AM on Sat, May 03, 2014:
Ratio of Muslims to Christians in Africa http://t.co/c5thVYKX9Z
(https://twitter.com/amazinmaps/status/462532143940657152)
T-34C crashes off Gulf of Mexico; no injuries
Two pilots aboard a training aircraft were uninjured Thursday morning after
their plane crashed over the Gulf of Mexico, Naval Air Training Command
said in a news release.
The aviators, assigned to Training Squadron 28 at Naval Station Corpus
Christi, Texas, escaped the T-34 Turbomentor aircraft and were recovered by
Coast Guard search and rescue personnel, the release said.
The pilots were flying a routine training mission over the inter-coastal
waterway when they crashed around 10:20 a.m., central time. They are
currently under evaluation at a local hospital.
Read more
BAITING THE BEAR
Union hall in Odessa burns after fascist Right Sector forces, working on
behalf of the Kiev government put in power by the US-EU, set fire to it.
Some 46 died in the flames or from jumping out of the burning building.
Unrest erupted on Friday, May 2, with a mass fight started by football fans
from Kharkiv, Right Sector radicals and members of the so-called “Maidan
self-defense” force from Kiev, who had decided to march along the streets
of Odessa, thus provoking clashes with the supporters of Ukraine’s
federalisation.
Obama and the EU leaders blame Russia and Putin for this. The... more »
The Growing Religious Self-Righteousness of Science
Steven Goddard has a post, "My 35th Year as a Global Warming True Believer".
My response is the following:
*"Global warming" hype is just the latest step in a creeping degeneracy of
science--particularly in the earth and life sciences--that has been going
on since long before I was born. As a physicist, I am astounded by the poor
quality of introductory university physics texts being written today, and
can only hope undergraduates are encouraged to study earlier, classic
texts, from the first half of the 20th century. In fact, I consider it
imperative not to embrace any current theo... more »
God Answers Democratic Prayers In Miami-Dade-- David Rivera Is Back!
NRCC and Marco Rubio are not embracing their old pal Rivera this time around
Florida New Dem Joe Garcia has turned out to be a pretty big
disappointment. A guy who certainly knows better, he quickly adopted the
DCCC strategy of amassing a Republican-lite voting record in Congress.
According to ProgressivePunch his abysmal 42.76 crucial vote score is, by
far, the worst of any Florida Democrat (including Patrick Murphy), and one
of the dozen worst among *all* House Democrats. Garcia votes against
progressives even more frequently than reactionary Blue Dogs Jim Costa
(CA), Dan Lipinksi ... more »
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*Obama Requests Plan to Teach the Teachers: Wants to Regulate Teacher Prep*
Having a "great teacher" in every classroom is critical for the nation's
success, the White House said on Friday, as it announced that President
Obama has directed the Education Department to come up with a plan to
strengthen America's teacher preparation programs.
Among other things, the Obama administration will use taxpayer money to
pressure states to improve their teacher-prep programs, including those
taught at colleges and universities.
For example, the administration will hand out TEACH grants only t... more »
Freddie
Here's a thought - if HIV is both man-made (which it is), and neither the
sole, main or only cause of AIDS (and it isn't);
If you intend to use it from 1985 onwards to depopulate Subsaharan Africa
for the purposes of recolonisation;
If you organise the world's largest series if concerts as a front for
arming Ethiopian anti-Marxist Guerillas and prolonging a civil war under
the cover of a man-made famine of biblical proportions;
Having a charismatic fellow like this on stage is PROBABLY a mistake that
needs be rectified - on Khosshoggi's Ship....
*Legendary Saudi Arms Deale... more »
Horwath Pulls Plug on Wynne's Liberals
I have long had mixed emotions about the Ontario political scene. I have
long been nauseated with the Ontario Liberal government. McGuinty's
contempt for the legislature (learned at the feet of his master, stephen
harper) and his ministers' and staff's (technologically incompetent)
attempts to erase the records of their criminal waste of over $1 billion
makes them unfit to govern.
The present premier, Kathleen Wynne, says she had nothing whatsoever to do
with that gas-plant fiasco and I believe her. But nonetheless, this whole
"look forward, not backwards" mentality for official cri... more »
Mr. Harper And The Judge
You can add Beverley McLachlin's name to Stephen Harper's Enemies List. In
case your memory needs refreshing, Errol Mendes reviews some of the prominent
names on that list:
The growing range of individuals that have had to endure such smears have
included: academics (myself included); environmental groups labelled as
extremists and radicals funded by foreign entities; public servants just
doing their job, such as Linda Keen, the former head of the nuclear safety
watchdog, Peter Tinsley, the head of the Military Police Complaints
Commission and Richard Colvin, the foreign service ... more »
War Watch May 3 , 2014 ..... Libya and Syria in focus -- LIBYA -- Deadly attack in Libya's Benghazi Nine people killed and 24 wounded after gunmen attack security headquarters in eastern city . Gunmen have attacked a security forces headquarters in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi ...... Syria updates - May 3 , 2014 -- Syrian rebels set to withdraw from Homs Hundreds of besieged fighters due to leave under terms of ceasefire which would hand regime forces control of city......... Rebel Offensive Threatens Syria’s Remaining Chemical Stockpile Deadline Missed Because Last Chemicals in a 'Contested Area' .......
Syrian rebels set to withdraw from Homs
Hundreds of besieged fighters due to leave under terms of ceasefire which
would hand regime forces control of city.
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The first Syrian rebels are due to withdraw from areas oh Homs after
agreeing a ceasefire deal with government forces who had surrounded them.
According to activists inside Syria's third largest city, the first of
about 1,000 fighters would withdraw from the O... more »
Ukraine Updates May 1 , 2014 -- Another John Kerry controversy - Did he just confirm Putin's comment on the US being behind Ukraine " troubles " ? ? NATO must return to its original goal of fending off Russia, seizing the chance presented by the Ukrainian crisis to sever Europe from Moscow and move it closer to America, the US secretary of state said. Or else the bloc’s global leadership may be lost ....... Putin and Merkel continue phone discussions on stopping violence in Ukraine ........ News and views on Ukraine to ponder !
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Late in the day news .....
Zero Hedge.....
Ukraine Admits "Helpless" Against Pro-Russian Forces; Reinstates Military
Conscription
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- International Monetary Fund
- Ukraine
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'Newsnight' - 28 April-2 May
*Newsnight *presenters, such as Gavin Esler and the fly-by-night Jeremy
Paxman, may come and go like the proverbial mayfly, but at least some
things are consistent, enduring and predictable - such as Saturday morning
being the time when we at "Is" provide you a detailed list of all the
subjects covered by this past week's editions of *Newsnight, *plus the
names of all the interviewees featured on the programme. Recently, as you
may have noticed, we've added quotes showing how each story is framed - all
done, lest you've forgetten, to enable us to build up a picture of *Newsnight
*... more »
VHA Revisited
Advocates of government-run healthcare often point to the veterans health
system as a prototype. For example, Paul Krugman wrote a while back:
that brings me to Mitt Romney’s latest really bad idea, unveiled on
Veterans Day: to partially privatize the Veterans Health Administration
(V.H.A.). What Mr. Romney and everyone else should know is that the V.H.A.
is a huge policy success story, which offers important lessons for future
health reform.
So this story from CNN (hardly a right-wing news source) caught my eye:
At least 40 U.S. veterans died waiting for appointments at the Phoe... more »
ATK Delivers Fully Outfitted Light Gunship to Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
[image: CASA-235 light gunship aircraft]ATK, a leader in weaponized,
special-mission aircraft, in conjunction with King Abdullah II Design and
Development Bureau (KADDB), has delivered the first modified CASA-235 light
gunship aircraft to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
ATK was awarded a contract by KADDB to modify two of the country's CASA-235
transport aircraft into highly capable and cost-effective special mission
aircraft.
The completed aircraft has been delivered to the customer and will be
featured during the 10th edition of the Special Operations Conference and
Exhibition... more »
Boeing Delivers 2nd Peace Eagle Aircraft to Turkey
[image: Boeing 737 AEW&C Peace Eagle]Boeing this week delivered, on
schedule, the second Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C)
aircraft to the Turkish Armed Forces, further improving the country's
self-defense capabilities.
The AEW&C aircraft arrived at Konya Air Base, the fleet's main operating
base.
The first Peace Eagle AEW&C aircraft was delivered Jan. 31, and a third
will be delivered later this year. Boeing is scheduled to deliver the
fourth aircraft for the program in 2015.
Read more
Ukraine helicopters shot down in Slovyansk
Pro-Russian forces in Slovyansk have shot down two Ukrainian helicopter
gunships after Kiev launched an operation against the separatist stronghold
that was condemned by Russia.
Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Friday "unknown groups" had shot down
two Mi-24s, while an Mi-8 transport helicopter was also damaged. The SBU
security service earlier said one pilot was killed and another captured.
The SBU said man-portable missiles were used against one helicopter - proof
that "trained, highly qualified foreign military specialists" were
operating in the area "and not local civilians, ... more »
GLOBAL WARMING NEEDS AN URGENT RESPONSE NOW - A Guest Post by Thomas O. Mills
*GLOBAL WARMING NEEDS URGENT RESPONSE NOW*
by Thomas O. Mills
Huntington News, 28 April 2014
Scientist are using the shifting of Earths poles to measure climate change.
*http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24755-earths-poles-are-shifting-because-of-climate-change.html#.U2PBi-ZdVn_*
The breaking news in my mind, should be “CLIMATE CHANGE HAS CAUSED THE
EARTHS POLES TO SHIFT”.
The NewScientist article, from Dec. 13, 2013, notes that in one year
Greenland has lost 250 gigatonnes of ice, mountain glaciers have lost 194
gigatonnes of ice, and Antarctica has lost 180 gigaton... more »
Northrop Grumman Delivers Mode S Upgrade for the UK's Sentry E-3D AWACS Mission System
[image: E-3D Sentry]Northrop Grumman Corporation has designed, developed,
integrated and fielded a Mode S upgrade to the Identification Friend or Foe
(IFF) interrogator for the Sentry E-3D Airborne Warning and Control System
(AWACS) fleet based at Royal Air Force Waddington.
The IFF interrogator is a sophisticated airborne defence system that
provides a long-range, rapid early warning and detection capability,
allowing discrimination between friendly and hostile aircraft. The Mode S
system enables the aircraft to be used in controlled airspace.
The work was performed at Royal Air Fo... more »
UK aircraft carrier nears programme milestone
[image: Queen Elizabeth class CV]Two months from now, the UK Royal Navy’s
largest ever warship will be named, before being floated out of its dry
dock in Rosyth, Scotland, as the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The first of two 65,000t vessels to be delivered by the Aircraft Carrier
Alliance, the lead ship is still more than four years away from receiving
its first visit by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and over
six from reaching full operational status.
With Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to perform the naming act on 4 July,
the ship that will bear her name is currently a hiv... more »
DRDO gets flying test bed for testing airborne radars, aerospace systems
[image: DO-228 Nabhrathna]The Defence Research & Development Organization
(DRDO) has met a long-felt need by taking delivery of a flying test bed for
testing airborne radars and aerospace systems developed by it.
The aircraft, a modified Dornier, was handed over to DRDO chief Avinash
Chander by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman R K Tyagi at HAL,
Kanpur yesterday.
Mr Chander, who is also Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and
Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development, said many systems
such as maritime patrol radar, synthetic aperture radar, data link... more »
New tests ahead for X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle
[image: X-47B UCLAS]Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system is
to undergo ramped-up testing in preparation for new sea trials, the U.S.
Navy reports.
The X-47B is an unmanned aerial vehicle, which will enter service with the
Navy in 2020, is the size of a normal combat jet and is designed for launch
and recovery from an aircraft carrier.
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command said the latest series of shore-based
tests will be conducted from its Patuxent River facility in Maryland and
are aimed at maturing air traffic control and ground support standard
operating procedures... more »
Hainan base for China's first domestic aircraft carrier in 2024
Designed based on the Liaoning purchased from Ukraine, China's first
domestic aircraft carrier is likely to begin its service with the People's
Liberation Army Navy in 2024 according to Kanwa Defense Weekly, operated by
Andrei Chang also known as Pinkov, a military analyst from Canada.
Since the Liaoning is currently stationed at Qingdao in northeastern China,
the article said there remains a great possibility that China's first
domestic carrier, and the country's second aircraft carrier, will be
deployed to Hainan.
A aircraft carrier base had recently been built on the southern C... more »
Mississippi-built Fire Scout aircraft on Navy’s cutting block
[image: MQ-8B Fire Scout]President Barack Obama’s proposed 2015 budget
drops funding for purchases of the Navy’s unmanned, rotary-winged Fire
Scout aircraft, which takes off and lands from ships and is being built in
Moss Point, Miss., home state of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.
Even more ominous for the Fire Scout program, the Navy’s five-year plan
zeroes out its funding after purchasing the first 40 of them, heightening
prospects that it might be among defense systems most endangered in a wave
of budget cuts.
However, the funding freeze wouldn’t affect deliveries of 17 aircraft of an ... more »
Group of NATO ships arrive in Lithuania’s port city
[image: SNMCMG1]Yesterday the five NATO ships assigned to Standing NATO
Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1) arrived in Klaipėda for a
scheduled port visit during the Group’s deployment to the Baltic to enhance
maritime security and NATO’s readiness in the region, Allied Maritime
Command reported.
Led by Commander Eirik Otterbu (NOR N), SNMCMG1 is currently composed of
the Norwegian support vessel HNoMS VALKYRIEN (flagship), which will lead
the Dutch mine hunter HNLMS MAKKUM, the Belgian mine hunter BNS BELLIS, the
Norwegian minesweeper HNoMS OTRA, and the Estonian mine hunter ... more »
Take The Girl Scout Cookie Survey.....Why Are Sales Down?
The Girl Scout Council is doing a survey and they want to know why you
didn't buy Girl Scout Cookies. We tried to tell them why, lol, but they
weren't listening. Maybe they will listen now. Please take the survey. Fill
in the blank on the s...econd screen to let them know you didn't buy them
because they are full of GMOs! BOYCOTT GMO GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. BOYCOTT
KELLOGG'S (who owns Little Brownie Bakers - maker of GMO Girl Scout
Cookies). WE ARE THE COOKIE BOSSES.
*Survey: **http://bit.ly/1hlvTJB*
#GMO #GirlScoutCookies #CookieBoss #BoycottGirlScoutCookies #BoycottKelloggs
#Keebl... more »
Commander: Iran’s Fleet of Warships Arrives at Pakistan's Karachi Port
[image: Younes (Kilo)class SSK]Commander of Iranian fleet First Captain Ali
Jahanbakhsh said that the flotilla, comprising of four naval ships and a
submarine, arrived at Karachi port on Friday and was warmly welcomed by the
Pakistan Navy officers.
“The mission is aimed at enhancing defensive cooperation and interaction
with the regional countries, particularly neighboring Pakistan,”
Jahanbakhsh added.
He also noted that the Iranian fleet and Pakistani warships would conduct
joint naval drills at the end of the mission.
Read more
Energy Econ 20: On Slashing the Max Power Generation Charge
When there is thin or very small power reserves on peak demand hours of hot
months April-May, there are two options. (1) Have rotating brown outs, kill
electricity demand for a few hours in some areas; or (2) get expensive
power from peak-load plants like diesel barges and avoid brown-outs.
The P32/kwh max rate (usually for 1 or 2 hours, and used to be P62/kwh)
allowed in WESM (vs average price of about P5/kwh) looks exorbitant, true.
But if it will help avoid a brown out of 1 or 2 hours, it may look less
merciless as other people would describe it. So some businessmen are
willing t... more »
Review Harga Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 Mei 2014 Terbaru
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Odessa Massacre Pushes Ukraine to the Edge
*Image: Neo-Nazis light Trade Union House ablaze, killing 30+ in Odessa.**May
3, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Western headlines have attempted to spin
into ambiguity the death of over 30 anti-fascist Ukrainian protesters
cornered and burned to death in the Trade Unions House in the southern port
city of Odessa. The arson was carried out by Neo-Nazi mobs loyal to the
unelected regime now occupying Kiev.
Both the London Guardian and the BBC attempted in their coverage to make
the perpetrators and circumstances as ambiguous as possible before
revealing paragraphs down that pro-regi... more »
Incompetent Pearson “Wins” PARCC Contract. Big Surprise.
In his six-minute videoed speech on the necessity of the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS), billionaire Bill Gates patiently explains that it is not
enough for individual states to implement their own standards because
“scale is good for free market competition.” Here is the reality of “free
market competition” in this time of unprecedented education profiteering: A
[…]
Food Watch: Should we maybe look for a second opinion about these cat-shaped marshmallows?
*by Ken*
Maybe the simplest way to approach this is to ask, *what do you think of
when you look at the picture above?*
*One possible reaction:*
"*Oh goody, there's a pussycat-shaped thing floating on top of my
whatever-the-hell-that-viscous-liquid-is-in-the-mug.*"
My first thought was that it was coffee, or maybe soup, but since the
floating thing turns out to be a cat-shaped *marshmallow*, I certainly hope
it's *not* coffee or soup. The only thing I can think of that might come in
a mug which might lend itself to marshmallow inhabitation is cocoa. Sure,
you could top off your c... more »
Four years of math?
Sent to the Washington Post, May 2, 2014.
Maryland will now require all high school students to take four years of
math ("Maryland to require math for all years of high school; universities
also adjust rules," May 2).
The fourth year, moreover, must be "non-trivial," such as algebra 2,
trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, statistics and college algebra. This
is in order to prevent students from "getting rusty" and not being
prepared for college.
But not all students go to college. And of those who do, few select majors
that require this much math and few jobs require this much ma... more »
Members of Both Parties and the Entire White House Economic Team Have Wanted for Years To Deliver a Startling Wealth Transfer From the Public to Wall Street (Brad Miller Warns!) Piketty’s Inequality Charts
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . - Charles Dickens
I wouldn't have thought it would be time to quote those words yet. But it
is. Just trying to keep up with the bad news breaking daily for the
unwashed masses (not to mention the constantly enriching news for the
washed few) has made me late with this planned essay. Brad Miller,
Maybe "Hope springs eternal" isn't the ideal mindset for dealing with Republicans, or right-wingers generally -- a cautionary tale
*Maybe the problem was that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), at right,
was subjected to threatening visitations by hideous, monstrous creatures
like the vaguely human-looking, er, thing at left. Oh, the horror!*
*"Hope springs eternal in the human breast;Man never is, but always to be
blessed:The soul, uneasy and confined from home,Rests and expatiates in a
life to come."*
*– Alexander Pope, in "An Essay on Man"*
*by Ken*
Myself, I have no trouble getting behind this business of hope sprining
eternal in the human breast. I mean, we have to keep going, don't we?
Despite all t... more »
Despite the tragedy in Odessa- Keep your eyes on Slavyansk, Ukraine
Wanted to get some of this info up yesterday, but, just couldn't.
Yesterday- A large parade of anti-coup protestors in Odessa
Despite hot weather, thousands of people in the southern Ukrainian city of
Odessa marched through its central streets on Thursday, May 1, carrying
placards that read “Odessa Is a Hero City”, “Referendum” and “Fascism Won’t
Pass”.
Today that parade was followed by what looks to be a massacre instigated by *"soccer
hooligans"? *
*I have a very hard time believing these are "soccer hooligans"*
*So, is this the new bogus name that the NATO media is going to us... more »
Benghazi Again? Investigate the Damned NSA!
Speaker of the House John Boehner on Friday announced that the Republicans
will soon be setting up a special investigative tribunal to once again flog
that long dead horse that is the Benghazi scandal. Now that the corporate
scam that is the Affordable Health Care Act aka Obamacare is pretty much
dead as a campaign issue the GOP is going to count on once again going back
to the future in rolling out the blatant election year scam of yet another
investigation into what it is that happened in Benghazi on September 11,
2012. You have to give it to the sleazy Republicans, they are pred... more »
My Town, Our Town, Your Town
A short time ago, Peter Van Buren posted an article on
TomDispatchthat addressed the central theme of his new book, *Ghosts
of Tom Joad: A Story of the #99 Percent*. Van Buren used to be a State
Department official who'd seen firsthand the excesses in Iraq that
always
seem to favor the 1% there. After 20+ years working for the kind folks
at
Foggy Bottom, he'd lost his job when he decided to turn whistleblower
and
expose some of those excesses and abuses of American taxpayer dollars.
In "This is Not Your Land, This is Their Land", he'd profiled four
communities: Atlantic Cit... more »
Gangs & Counter-gangs: Sir David Sterling, The SAS and thePost-Colonial Destabilisation of The Empire
*"At the end of the war, SAS was disbanded, but it was soon revived to
crush the Malay insurgency in Malaysia, and the Mau Mau insurgency in
Kenya. *
*In his 1960 book Gangs and Countergangs, Col. Frank Kitson boasted that
the British were covertly leading several large-scale Mau Mau units, and
that many, if not all Mau Mau units had been synthetically created by the
colonial authorities.*
*This article appears in the October 13, 1995 issue of Executive
Intelligence Review.*
The SAS: Prince Philip's Manager of Terrorismby Joseph Brewda
On the eve of the first of six schedule... more »
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