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Tweets From the Edge
I feel bad about those 3 Israeli teens getting killed but why hasn't @CNN
once brought up the 1000's of Palestinian kids killed by the @IDF?
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) July 1, 2014
I wonder what Obama's limo libs have to say about him sending 800 troops to
Iraq? So much for "getting us out." http://t.co/oMK1csXoQR #p2
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) July 1, 2014
New Gallup poll shows 100% of people make sweeping generalizations.
— Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) June 29, 2014
Allen West claims #Benghazi is a distraction from the Archduke Ferdinand's
assassination, whi... more »
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The Day Before the Day After
~Buggin'out with Editilla the Pun...Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The day before Katrina made landfall, almost 12 hrs exactly, the Math
Shopper and I were walking dog Flora on the neutral ground (what we in New
Orleans call the grassy median) between Elysian Fields, smoking a nice
joint beneath the trees and kicking logic theorems around like they'z
jail-house punks, when I spied a dozen fat trademark New Orleans
Nightcrawler cock roaches lined up on a tree end to end, nose to tail,
completely still but for their long antennae that wriggled about either
sid... more »
July1: My old, high school song - and the future of NB education....
-----terrible mistake. When I finished my Saturday blog, I forgot to
publish it. Just fixed that today.)
And now back to my high school song...
(Tune: The Caissons Go Rolling Along)
"Give a cry, give a cheer
For the boys who drink the beer
In the cellars of Montreal High.
They are rough. they are bold
And the liquor they can hold
Is a story that's yet to be told......."
I still remember every word, though I never even tried to memorize it. The
same is true of Rudyard Kipling's "Gunga Din". I read it when I was eight,
and fascinated by the wonders and glory (so I thought) of th... more »
The Choosing
If you focus only on life as you see depicted in your daily activities, it
is only that world that you will conjure. Your eyesight must withdraw from
form as you know it, and tap deeply into other arenas. These are places
you have denied as real, perhaps disregarded them as dreams, yet all that
you are capable of perceiving – is life.
*You *are life, drawn from the blueprint of Source itself. How then could
it be that anything you imagine is not life as well?
The fabric of existence is woven from luminescent fibers of what can
loosely be labeled “thoughts”. These ideas, or th... more »
The Ceasefire that wasn’t- Fascist Kiev continues it’s ethnic cleansing
*Yup*.
*Fascist Kiev.* Same as fascist Canada. Today is *Canada day* and our
fascist leadership has sided with the fascists in Kiev. Same/same and sadly
so many Canadian are blind to the tyranny in this nation.
Because they are blinded by bizarre beliefs. Anyway, big sigh...........No
flags or fireworks here today.
*Ethnic cleansing- *A policy carried over from the attack in Odessa-
Targeting ethnic Russians.
Some of the latest news and an excellent informed piece from Stephen Cohen
(you have seen him on RT's Crosstalk) to bring it home.
*Going long.................*
*'We Will A... more »
Supplemental: This is what jihad looks like!
*TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014*
*A clown car fueled by the Post:* Is the Washington Post staging a jihad
about Hillary Clinton’s troubling wealth and deeply troubling gaffes?
We’ll report and you can decide! Using Nexis, we checked to see how many
times two of our most famous newspapers have referred, in the past three
weeks, to Clinton’s deeply troubling comment about having once been “dead
broke.”
We used this search term: “Clinton AND dead broke.” Nexis churned these
results:
*New York Times:* 3 citations
*Washington Post:* 62 citations
No, that isn’t a typo. We got three hits for the ... more »
Geldof and Acts of Mayhem
*Lock Keeper's Cottages, Old Ford, East London.*
*Channel 4’s Big Breakfast was broadcast from the Lock Keeper’s Cottage at
Old Ford Lock from 1992 to 2002. There had been rumours that the show’s
founder Bob Geldof would blow up the cottage on the show’s final day but
computer tricks were instead used to fake its disappearance.*
Canada Is Jewish Occupied Territory: Important Article From Robert Fisk - How On Earth Can Israel Tolerate This Filth From B'nai B'rith Canada?
Canada is definitely Jewish occupied territory.... My nation that I still
truly love, has fallen into enslavement by Jewish criminals who fully
control the Federal Government in Ottawa. That same so called "federal
government" under the ultra Jewish butt kissing Stephen Harper has again
and again shown their undying love and firm allegiance to the criminal
state of Israel and not to the Canadian people who have been suckers in
placing them into power... It is disgusting to see indeed.
Now comes a most interesting article that was first forwarded to me via a
reader comment, and come... more »
Welcome to the Oligarchy: The U.S. Needs a New Mythology
Welcome to the Oligarchy: The U.S. Needs a New Mythology. via Welcome to
the Oligarchy: The U.S. Needs a New Mythology.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS:
Becoming Radical
Mid-year report from Stony Run Farm
The open three-sided shed that was here when we got here had been built
with massive beams, 8X10s and the like.. The whole things is mounted on
large stones that had been clawed out of the creek bed, and is settling
over the years as the posts dry-rot on top of the stones. Our site is a
north facing wetland, and wooden buildings here are even more ephemeral
than usual. In 1994 I laid on a skin made up of salvage -- fence boards and
old windows -- and we got by for two decades. We surely don't have another
two decades in us, but we do feel we need a "barn" for awhile longer.
Enough... more »
Spiderwebs and Steam June 29 2014 Fukushima
I strongly recommend watching Nuckelchen's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBMVwaai2Qs&feature=youtu.be
Wild Bill: Joe Biden says homosexual rights trump all other cultures...
*Bill has a few words about that.*
Happy Canada Day To All My Canadian Readers
Today is Canada Day here in this once free and now fully Jewish occupied
and controlled nation called Canada.
Yes, some 147 years ago, the Dominion of Canada was officially born....
Initially this "dominion" was still very much part of the British Empire,
and in spite of having elected representatives to a House of Commons in the
new capital of Ottawa, it took some 64 years before the Empire became a
"Commonwealth" in 1931, and still another 51 years, in 1982, before the
official Constitution of this nation was introduced and thus "formally" (at
least what most Canadians believe) to... more »
The "Curse" of Harry Nilsson
*Is
there really a Curse of Harry Nilsson, or is Harry Nilsson helping to
kill these people...?*
*Consider "The Kennedy Curse"...*
"While many purveyors of early Rock & Roll are familiar
with the "curse" of
Buddy Holly, most are not aware of the fatal bad luck that seemed to be
connected to singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson.
Harry Nilsson's popularity lasted from the late 1960s until
roughly the
mid-1970s. His hits include, "You Can't Do
That," "Everybody's Talkin',"
"One" (as recorded by Three Dog Night), "Best
Friend" (the theme from
television's The Courtship of Eddie's Father), ... more »
CAN WE SEE THE PUZZLE COMING TOGETHER?
I did a radio interview last night on *Voice of Russia* about NATO
expansion and earlier in the day I was called by a reporter from *Tokyo
Shimbun*. The Japanese newspaper wanted my take on their right-wing
government's decision to revise the interpretation of war-renouncing
Article 9 of the Constitution to allow Japan to join the US in the
provocative program to control China. Of course I said that this would be
a dangerous and expensive step by Japan and it clearly indicates that the
US had finally succeeded in forcing this change.
For years successive US administrations have ... more »
Yes, The Supreme Court Actually Did Something Good Yesterday-- Bye-Bye Republican Conversion Therapy
Ted Lieu-- leading the way, not following safely from behind
Yesterday, in light of the horrendous rulings against organized labor and
against a woman's right to Choice, was a strange day for a progressive to
congratulate the Supreme Court. California state Senator Ted Lieu didn't
agree with either of those decisions, of course. He found himself very much
in accord with the statement issued by the Congressional Progressive Caucus
right after the decision was handed down on *Hobby Lobby*:
"Today’s decision is a step backwards for women’s rights in America. The
Roberts’ Court consiste... more »
Update On Iraq’s Insurgency Interview With Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi
Iraq’s insurgency continues to make gains across central Iraq. The Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) now just the Islamic State (IS) is in
the vanguard of this war, but other groups such as the Baathist Jaish Rijal
al-Tariqa al-Naqshibandi (JRTN) and its Military Councils, Jamaat Ansar
al-Islam, the Mujahadeen Army, the Islamic Army of Iraq, and others are
involved. In many areas where ISIS has moved into it is attempting to
dominate these other organizations. For an update on the situation is
Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi who has extensively researched Syrian and Iraqi
milita... more »
Can not post a comment
This has gone on for many years and now I just can not say. Not saying my
thoughts were important, just should not have been eliminated. This is
happening all over its kind of a global fear progressive initiative.
Progressives only want one thing, to make this planet our home, and to
extinguish any fires that might be allowed by the right.
Now I can barely post a comment. Yes I tried a new email address. So I am a
danger to you all. Okay what I want is local farming, fair wages and no
discrimination. Other countries and might as be worlds can do what they
want, it may take centuries... more »
Book Review: The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight and the Geography of You and Me
*Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?*
If any number of things had gone differently, 17-year-old Hadley wouldn't
have missed her first flight to London, but missing her flight changed
everything. Hadley is headed to England for her father's wedding to the
"other woman," something she is frustrated and angry about when she misses
her flight. While waiting for the next flight she meets Oliver, who is
witty and honest and makes her feel better about being nervous to fly. They
get to know each other over the course of the flight, but when they get
separat... more »
It's Tuesday...
*what's going on.*
Besides it being hair-cut day for me and my little pooch (not at the same
place - I can't afford to get my hair done at the puppy place.)
The Burning Platform: *The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek*
Capitalist Preservation: *Surprise! Obama, the hack lawyer without a law
license, disagrees with the SCOTUS over the Hobby Lobby decision.*
Weasel Zippers: *First Gay President To Issue Executive Order Protecting
Transsexuals, Second Pro-Gay Executive Action In Two Weeks… *
Freedom Works: *How “Winning at Any Cost” Isn’t Really Winning at All*
And the Mission Keeps Creeping Along
Under the forever-War Powers Resolution invested in him as unitary
executive, Barack Obama has in one fell swoop just doubled the number of
troops being (re) deployed to Iraq. They are being sent to "protect
American interests" ( aka the plunderers from Big Oil and their
taxpayer-funded Embassy support staff) and as "advisers" (armed thugs to
keep on eye on the corrupt and weakening Maliki protectorate whose function
has always been to provide cover to the plunderers from Big Oil).
It is the very model of a modern major mission creep. Here an adviser,
there a drone, everywhere is wa... more »
A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book
A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD:
Musings from the Chalk Face
thwap vs. George Monbiot & His Optimism
Commenter "greg" (or someone anonymous) sought to challenge my pessimism
and defeatism by hepping me to this George Monbiot editorial, entitled "An
Ounce of Hope is Worth a Ton of Despair." and it's subtitled "We cannot
reach people by terrifying them; there has to be a positive agenda."
I've like George Monbiot for a long time. It's kind of odd actually, that
my pessimism and defeatism is being countered with something from Monbiot
because he's one of the leftists I respect for actually proposing concrete
plans for the world's problems. He doesn't just take a whole book to
explain ... more »
Telecom Modernization and the Developing World
Related to the never-say-die hypothesis that with more globalization and
global capitalism, "the poor are getting poorer". This table says that
hypothesis is, once again, wrong. Even the poor in poor countries like
Bangladesh, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, India, Indonesia, China, etc. can
afford to buy mobile phones. Many of them are even buying 3G and 4G phones.
source:
http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a#subscribers,
May 2014
I like their title, "The 100 million club". The Philippines is one of the
14 countries in that club worldwide. The repor... more »
ANTHROPOLOGISTS WITHIN: As heard on Fox!
*TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014*
*Part 2—You aren’t allowed to say this:* Within the mainstream Washington
“press corps,” it’s simply never done.
Despite that fact, it happened last Sunday! On the Fox News Channel’s Media
Buzz, Julie Mason explained the latest jihad by the press corps’ guild.
Mason’s career includes twenty years at the Houston Chronicle. From there,
she moved to Politico. Last Sunday, she spoke with her host, Howard Kurtz.
What you see next is never done. Frankly, this isn’t permitted:
MASON (6/29/14): Hillary Clinton has a very prickly relationship with the
press; that's ... more »
Say, how many worms are in that can?
By Capt. Fogg
Americans like words like Freedom and Liberty and perhaps because those
ideas scare us so much. We are terrified of coercion by a government we all
choose but we love to coerce those who disagree with us and deny them the
right to choose. We certainly are rarely in agreement as to what it means
to be a free country and I might dare to say that question is still central
to political argument today. How do we define freedom?
- *" It's a free country and I can do what I want." *
- *" It's a free country and I don't have to do anything I don't want to
do."*
S... more »
A bad way to rate teachers
Sent to the Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2014
Contrary to Eric Hanushek's statement ("How Teachers Unions Use 'Common
Core' to Undermine Reform," June 30), there is no movement by anybody to
"eliminate school accountability and teacher evaluations." There is a
movement to eliminate the use of standardized test score gains to evaluate
teachers, and there is good reason to do so.
A number of studies have shown that rating teachers using test score gains
does not give consistent results. Different tests produce different
ratings, and the same teacher’s ratings can vary from year to yea... more »
Mike's Story Part 66 - Leaving
By Jenna Orkin
* Saturday, January 26, 2008 *
* If we’re going to go out or have another real conversation before he
leaves, it’s got to be today. Sunday night is Sixty Minutes and Monday
night I work.*
* I had to work this morning too but I’ve left the afternoon clear,
turning down an opportunity to teach another class, in case Mike wants to
have a "last supper" together or see a movie.*
* I don’t raise the subject, however. My purpose is not to go out per
se; it’s cold and I’m tired. I want to get a sense of where his mind is.*
* He doesn’t mention anything but goes abo... more »
What does Canada mean to me? (Inspired by Ken Dryden Star Work)
I have lived in the best part of Europe, and seen most of the first world.
(and way to much of the third) Canada is my favorite country but as the
best country only in my top handful. Canada to me means extraordinary
opportunities. Tiny Norway has a heritage fund on nearly a trillion
dollars. If Canada had the same policies we would have four or five
trillion in the bank and literally rule the world. We live well in Canada,
its a great place to grow up and thrive. The sky is not the limit here. I
just worry that we are asleep while the evil is a awake.
Two anchors that will alway... more »
Happy Canada Day
O Canada, I have not forgotten you,
and as I kneel in my canoe, beholding this vision
of a bookcase, I pray that I remain in your vast,
polar, North American memory.
You are the paddle, the snowshoe, the cabin in the pines.
You are Jean de Brébeuf with his martyr's necklace of hatchet heads.
You are the moose in the clearing and the moosehead on the wall.
You are the rapids, the propeller, the kerosene lamp.
You are the dust that coats the roadside berries.
From "Canada" by Billy Collins
Why Everyone is Wrong about Climate Change
*July 1, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LocalOrg) - Assigning blame for climate
change that will happen with or without human activity on Earth constitutes
a disingenuous discourse. The climate changes, and nearly everything on
Earth and beyond it effects that change. From geological processes to
biological evolution, to changes in the sun's output, to yes, even human
activity - absolutely everything has an impact on the climate for better or
for worse.
*Image: Climate change, and even exceptional global warming is nothing new.
Even if humans managed to negate any impact they were having ... more »
League Of Conservation Voters Sells Out Again
LCV Climate Change poster child, Susan Collins
The Establishment-oriented LGBT organization, HRC, endorsed Republican
Senator Susan Collins, who has an record of studiously ignoring gay
equality issues in Maine and voting precisely 50% of the time with
conservatives and 50% of the time with normal senators on gay issues in DC.
Yesterday Digby explained the tragedy of HRC abandoning one of the LGBT
communities most dedicated advocates, Shenna Bellows, on behalf of Collins.
They say that no good deed goes unpunished and nothing illustrates the
truth of that old trope more vividly that... more »
Canada's Veterans On Canada Day
http://www.cbc.ca
As we celebrate our good fortune today, we would do well to remember this
country's veterans. Stephen Harper rode to power espousing a new
militarism. But, Jeffrey Simpson writes, Harper and Co only love the
military in theory. They don't put their money where their mouths are:
Capital spending on military equipment has declined four years in a row and
remains on a downward trend. As a share of the defence budget, capital
spending has dropped to the lowest level since 1977-78.
T... more »
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*The Rot of Intolerance at Swarthmore*
It’s nice when they make things perfectly clear. You step on to a college
campus and you are beset by people parading around telling you how much
they love “diversity.” Then you find out that when anyone who holds an
opinion not perfectly in line the the contemporary gospel of
race-gender-environmental sensitivity, they are shouted off campus. If
they had been invited to speak at campus, they are disinvited, or if that
wasn’t possible their appearance is subjected to sophomoric protests. As I
put it last month in The New Criterion, contempor... more »
9 Things Every Teen Should Know About Workplace Rights
If you're in high school or college, odds are you're looking for a summer
job or internship. Maybe you're even working during the school year. Of
course, your school gave you detailed preparation on what your legal rights
are when you work. Right? Ha. Not a chance. Schools do roughly zip to
prepare teens for the real world workplace. You have to figure this stuff
out on your own.
Well, I'm here to help. I wrote last week about sexual harassment, but
there's more you need to know. If you're new to the workplace or getting
ready to apply for an internship, this is the article for you.... more »
“Facebook’s Emotional Contagion”
*“Facebook’s Emotional Contagion”*
by Pivotfarm
“For a while now it has been well proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by
scientific research (Cornell and California Universities) that there is a
phenomenon called ‘emotional contagion’, meaning that it is possible to
induce a state of either happiness or sadness in someone, by inducing that
feeling and emotion without their knowledge or awareness.
Up until now the experiments have only been carried out in laboratories.
But, now that Facebook has come clean and admitted that users of the social
network were induced into feeling either ... more »
Facebook Emotional Manipulation Experiment: A Collection of Readings
I will not make a real post of my own re the already infamous experiments
(initially claimed to be military funded, but that, it seems, was a hoax),
where Facebook allowed behavioural researchers to manipulate the allocation
of status updates in personal feeds, to study the resulting emotional
communicative behaviour of users. My own brief take is that, whatever else
may be said on the matter, this is definitely not covered by the user
agreement I've signed when joining Facebook. For while I did agree to
Facebook testing out all sort of things to improve their service, I did
certain... more »
Bitcoin Updates - June 28 , 2014 -- Bitcoins to Become Legal Currency in California; Bill Awaits Signing by Gov. Brown; Commodities vs. Currencies.........How the US Government’s Sale of 30,000 BTC Could Impact Bitcoin Prices ....... Commerce related items to consider ...
Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
Mish.....
Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:05 PM
Bitcoins to Become Legal Currency in California; Bill Awaits Signing by
Gov. Brown; Commodities vs. Currencies
California Bill AB-129 Lawful Money passed the California Senate on June
19, and the Assembly on June 23. The bill now awaits signing by Governor
Jerry Brown.
*Existing law prohibits a corporation, flexible purpose corporation,
association, or individual from issuing or putting in circulation, as
money, anything but the lawful money of the United States. AB-129 would
repeal that provision.*
Coindesk reports California’s Bill to ... more »
Big Greenwald Story Delayed by US Government
Yesterday, Pulitzer prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald let the news
slip via Twitter that the long-awaited, new NSA story was to be published
on The Intercept at midnight. This morning, much to the dismay of myself
and many, many others it appears that the new website - already
suspiciously devoid of material - has caved to government pressure tactics
and has successfully delayed the story. According to a cryptic Tweet by
Greenwald *"After 3 months working on our story, USG today suddenly began
making new last-minute claims which we intend to investigate before
publishing"*.... more »
Eat Butter.......An Old Dutch Proverb
Source of poster:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Agriculture-Society/217990047058
Karen Hudes - The Vatican Intelligence Agency - Pierce the Corporate Veil
what's going on in Syria, Karen?
"I'll tell you what's going on in Syria ... the President of the United
States is an ACTOR run by the Vatican Intelligence Agency who tells *all
intel agencies* what to do. The Vatican Bank tells all international banks
what to do. We're not fighting about MONEY, we're fighting about Control
and Faith and Love." UNQUOTE
Wow, this is some crazy-ass de-bamboozlement - listen on...
Some have suggested THE WHOLE NEW WORLD ORDER firm, or company or
conglomerate is run in the name of this Camp Kangaroo-faced Cunt. You
spastic-corporate attack-dogs can... more »
Harper vs. Putin, air edition
RAF
Typhoon with Russian Su-27 - June 2014
Brian Stewart at CBC suggests that Harper's over-the-top tough-guy
rhetoric about Putin has led to increased Russian strategic bomber
flights and thus a busier time for Canadian fighters and pilots
conducting Arctic interceptions.
I'm not sure there's a direct causal relationship or that Putin is petty
enough to care about what an insecure Canadian
Aisha North: A Short Update on the Energies
http://aishanorth.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/a-short-update-on-the-energies-47/
*A short update on the energies*
By Aisha North
Here we are again, ready and eager to impart another message into your
being. For here you all stand, ready and poised to take this whole
operation to a very new level. For you have all been anointed dear ones, as
is only right, for you are indeed the bringers of the dawn and the keepers
of the light, and now you are all set to set this world fully ablaze with
your very presence in this human body and with your very presence in every
corner of this globe. F... more »
I Survived Cervarix by Jenny Red
[image: I survived Cervarix]JennyI Survived Cervarix
by Jenny Red
Philippines
I thought the HPV vaccine Cervarix would protect me against cervical
cancer. I thought I would be ‘armed’ for life. It only took one injection
to find out I was wrong.
My regular week used to consist of a 9-5 work schedule, 2-hour workouts at
the gym, 10-kilometer runs during weekdays, long-distance runs on the
weekends, and a lot of nights out with out-of-town trips with friends in
between.
But all that changed when I decided to have my first shot of Cervarix last
September 2013.
Our office was o... more »
Unusual Digital Photos: Quantum Phase Shifting? Frequency Rising? Fractals merging?
Photo of Lisa and Sonia taken by Darius on a fully functional Canon Digital
camera
*Unusual Digital Photos: Quantum Phase Shifting? Frequency Rising? Fractals
merging?*
By American Kabuki
Darius took these unusual set of photos with a high speed Canon digital
camera two nights ago. We don't really have an explanation for the images
and why we appear to be transparent to the camera and have multiple poses
in the same photo. These are not double exposures.
The one of Lisa above is perhaps the most unique in that there's two Lisa's
with different poses. There was a very bright l... more »
Five Most Popular Posts for June
The five most popular posts this last month were:
1. Managing Ed Miliband
2. Ed Miliband and The Sun
3. Why BBC News Ignored the People's Assembly March
4. TUSC's Exercises in Self Deception
5. When Men's Bodies Meet Side-Saddle Trunks
Nice for a "proper" political story to top the monthly chart for once. Less
surprising is the usual good showing for commentary on the media and the
far left.
There's not a great deal more that needs be said. Except, of course, a
couple of shout outs to pieces that deserve another look. This month's
picks are Politics After Newark, in which I argue t... more »
Many worlds pseudoscience, again
When Hugh Everett, a PhD student, wrote some bizarre papers about
"alternative foundations" of quantum mechanics in the late 1950s, he was
allowed to speak about it in Copenhagen etc. Niels Bohr et al. saw that
there was no valid physics in the papers whatsoever. The chap only wanted
to be a critic whatever it costs, regardless of the absence of any
evidence, and Bohr knew it was too little. He discussed these things with
the chap's adviser, John Wheeler, and everyone agreed that this guy
shouldn't continue as a professional physicist simply because he didn't
have enough talent and ... more »
ZEROHEDGE.COM: WTF Chart Of The Day: "Holy $340 Billion In Quarter-End Window Dressing, Batman"
*Translation: Their balance sheets are all smoke and mirrors folks... -AK*
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-30/wtf-chart-day-holy-340-billion-quarter-end-window-dressing-batman
WTF Chart Of The Day: "Holy $340 Billion In Quarter-End Window Dressing,
Batman"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/30/2014 13:59 -0400
If there ever was any question as to what the purpose of the Fed's Reverse
Repo liquidity facility was, or is (and considering we already explained it
before in Fed Soaks Up Record $200 Billion In Year End Excess Liquidity and Month-End
Win... more »
Liquid Love Light: It Is All New
http://liquidlovelight.com/2014/06/30/it-is-all-new/
*It Is All New*
Posted on June 30, 2014
Have you felt these new frequencies rolling in? They are calling us to be
present in every moment. Your mind can have an idea of what you are going
to do and it can be tumbled about in the wave crashing in. There is no
solid ground, we are the ground! A new firmament is being created as we
stream our lovelight from Home into this earth. Exciting, exhausting,
relentless.
I had been given a vision and a date for my first step into my new expanded
role. Dates shifted and the new moon cal... more »
Genius South Western flight attendant announcement
Very funny and very fluent.
Benjamin Fulford - June 30, 2014: Is ISIS a CRISIS or some kind of inside joke?
*All views expressed below are solely of Ben Fulford or his handlers and
not necessarily of this blog. -AK*
http://benjaminfulford.net/2014/07/01/is-isis-a-crisis-or-some-kind-of-inside-joke/
Monday, June 30, 2014
*Benjamin Fulford - June 30, 2014: Is ISIS a CRISIS or some kind of inside
joke?*
Sometimes events in the news seem so surreal that it becomes a guess they
are not real, or at least not in the sense we see it. That is certainly the
case with the declaration of the Islamic Caliphate or ISIS last week.
The first thing to note, as pointed out by alert readers, is that the... more »
Sexual purpose or intent not necessary element of sexual assault
R. v. Johnstone, 2014 ONCA 504:
[49] I do not view the trial judge's failure to give such a specific
direction as constituting an error. The trial judge properly instructed the
jury on the elements of sexual assault. The sexual nature of an assault is
to be determined objectively from the perspective of a reasonable observer.
A sexual purpose or intention is not an essential element and the offence
may be made out in the absence of any evidence of sexual intention and even
where the accused's intention was not sexual.
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*The Global Climate Status Report (GCSR) *
SUMMARY CLIMATE ASSESSMENT REPORT June 10, 2014, A product of the Space and
Science Research Corporation (SSRC) Orlando, Florida, USA
After a thorough review of the selected climate status parameters up
through June 10, 2014, the current status and predicted climate assessment
for the Earth is as follows:
1. Current Climate Status
a. Overall Climate Status. The Earth is presently in a strong and sustained
phase of GLOBAL COOLING. Though there is new evidence of moderation in this
rate during the 2013- 2014 period, the rate of temperature ... more »
Taiwan not wanted in Canada
*Farmers inspect their pepper plants.*
A Canadian news agency reported that Taiwan is not wanted by Canada at
celebratory events....
According to the report, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade
and Development circulates a persona non grata list in June each year,
warning its embassies, consulates and other overseas missions to bar them
from local events marking Canada Day, which is on July 1.
North Korea, Fiji, Belarus, Iran, Syria, Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar were
the prominent countries on last year’s list, largely because of Canada’s
disapproval of unelected or ... more »
Researcher Charged in Major HIV Vaccine Fraud Case
[image: vaccine]
What is find seriously disquieting is not this particular example which is
clearly bad enough, bu. that a culture of fraudulent research has sprung up
around the whole vaccine business. This unfortunately makes way to much
sense. If the vaccine is useless, then there is no egregious harm in
selling it. Thus the rationalization to cook the books.
And of course if your competitor is doing it, so will you.
The HIV vaccine claim made scant sense when it was made and not taken too
seriously at the time either. I know that I dismissed it and I am hardly an
industry ins... more »
Chinese Military Trump Cards?
The hard truth is that China's force in place is deeply inferior and that
is difficult to change. Far worse, none of the folks in place today have
actually been involved in war. Their last dust up took place around 1980 on
the Vietnamese border and they got roughly handled. Any twenty year old
soldier there then would be fifty five today.
Trump cards are also like Hitler’s secret weapons. They cannot be deployed
or they are no longer secret. Yet large numbers are demanded in order to be
useful. Modern warfare is about the magic of fire power and sheer battle
depth in numbers. Thi... more »
The Big Fat Butter Lie
I remember my parents agonizing over whether to use margarine or butter
back in the fifties. We ultimately chose to use corn oil margarine because
of the story line been peddled. Now well over fifty years later and a
lifetime of using such products, we find that it was all made up.
The science is not settled in the edible oils and fat industry and
processing technologies need to be policed up to meet what I am prepared to
call natural standards. Better, the dairy industry can get directly back
into the butter business.
I want to see modern technology brought to bear here. ... more »
Monsanto Halted in Canada
There may be circumstances in which the effects of genetically modified
seeds can be contained, but so far, that has turned out to be a failure
with contamination showing up everywhere even in crops that one would think
containment plausible.
Worse the losses are real if you are picking up an organic premium. My
sense today is that Monsanto has to be massively sued and made to account
for a corporate culture that is utterly prepared to peddle total lies.
This is not an overnight decision or evidence free insight. It is becoming
clear that from the absolute beginning of the r... more »
Sign Alicia's Petition To Get GMOs Out Of Girl Scout Cookies
[image: Foto: One mighty determined 8 year old is traveling cross country
this summer, from California to New York, to hand deliver her petition to
Girl Scout Headquarters, requesting that Girl Scout cookies be made without
Roundup Ready, pesticide-producing GMOs. Please sign Alicia's petition and
ask friends & family to do the same. Alicia won't take no for an answer and
we hope you won't either! We love you, Alicia! Keep up the great work! <3
<3 <3 Sign Alicia's petition asking the Girl Scouts to remove GMOs:
https://www.change.org/petitions/girl-scouts-please-make-cookies-without-... more »
"The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats"
*"The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats"*
by Nick Hanauer
"Memo: From Nick Hanauer
To: My Fellow Zillionaires
You probably don’t know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud
and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded more
than 30 companies across a range of industries—from itsy-bitsy ones like
the night club I started in my 20s to giant ones like Amazon.com, for which
I was the first nonfamily investor. Then I founded aQuantive, an Internet
advertising company that was sold to Microsoft in 2007 for $6.4 billion. In
cash. My friends and I o... more »
Hey Buddy (Waking Up Yet?) If You Like Being Used/Manipulated By Those You Thought You Paid To Protect You . . . (Watch Out for John Negroponte's Next Sighting!)
Welcome to terrifying Pottersville. Yes. There are no good jobs or usable
benefits for even the available bad ones. And if you didn't have enough to
do to try to keep mind and body operating in tandem as you go about your
daily grind trying to rub two cents together to get a spark . . . . . . .
yes, guys. There are too many comments highlighted below. But each of them
is important to the
Post By-election thoughts
With 94% of the votes counted as I type this it's guaranteed that our
riding will be sending another Conservative to Ottawa. I can't say I'm too
surprised as Fort McMurray-Athabasca has elected either Conservative or
Reform MPs since its creation. However, as I watched the results come in
tonight it was clear early on that the Liberals weren't about to fade
quietly into the night. I suspected they would pick up some votes but was
surprised by just how many. The Liberals had put a great deal of time and
energy into the campaign here though and were able to tap into what seems
to... more »
Politics And Race In Those 10 Worst Counties To Live In In America
This morning, Taegan Goddard took a look at the much-talked-about *NY Times*
piece from a few days ago, Where Are The Hardest Places To Live In The U.S.?
Clay County, Kentucky was *the* hardest and the *Times* compared Clay to
Los Alamos County by showing specific contrasts: "Only 7.4 percent of Clay
County residents have at least a bachelor’s degree, while 63.2 percent do
in Los Alamos. The median household income in Los Alamos County is
$106,426, almost five times what the median Clay County household earns. In
Clay County, 12.7 percent of residents are unemployed, and 11.7 perc... more »
My Vegan Life - Picnics, Grilling, and the 4th of July
[image: My Vegan Life - Celebrating the 4th of July]
In the US, we're celebrating our country's independence this weekend. Many
people enjoy picnics, backyard grilling, and a lot of good food on the 4th
of July.
I remember my first picnic as a vegan. We weren't thinking creatively and
lunch consisted of raw carrots, celery, and tomatoes.
Raw veggies are great but, lunch, that day, was far from exciting.
[image: My Vegan Life - Celebrating the 4th of July]
These days we've gotten much better at planning delicious meals for our
outdoor enjoyment.
We prepare traditional picnic foods... more »
Musical Interlude: Vangelis, "A Tour of the Universe"
Vangelis, "A Tour of the Universe"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDXp1tpPD38
"Too Often..."
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of
which have the potential to turn a life around."
- Leo Buscaglia
"Remember..."
“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do
so.
For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”
- Dale Carnegie
Thorne Dreyer : PODCAST | Suzanna Danuta Walters discusses the ‘Sabotaging of Gay Equality’
The author of the provocative cultural critique, ‘The Tolerance Trap,’
joins us in a lively and revealing discussion on Rag Radio. Interview by
Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 30, 2014 Our Rag Radio podcast features
Suzanna Danuta … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
*PODCAST* | Suzanna Danuta Walters discusses the ‘Sabotaging of Gay
Equality’
NEOCONS AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ‘MORAL EQUIVALENCE’
There can, of course, be no moral equivalence in the tit-for-tat killings
of Israeli and Palestinian children such as has occurred in the West Bank
these last few weeks. But, on the other hand, neither can there be any
tolerance of the killings of Palestinian children while the Western world’s
press calls for outrage when the children of Israeli settlers are killed.
It’s not so much a matter of moral equivalence as moral inequivalence. Israel
and the neocons demand the world be outraged by the deaths of three Israeli
children yet condemn those 1523 Palestinians children that have be... more »
From the same group of thugs who brought you the Temporary Foreign Workers fiasco ....
The
Trojan Horse! (Or horses, if you like). Ever heard of the International
Mobility Program? How about Inter-Company Transfers, whereby foreign
companies are permitted to bring their own foreign workers in to do work
on Canadian soil?
No?
Off to Creekside where Alison had done an amazing amount of heavy
lifting. It may be the most important post you've read this year.
Media Has No Idea What Special Education Is (Guest Post)
Guest Post by Jessica S. Martinez, in response to a recent editorial in the
Albuquerque Journal. Once again, the Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board
has placed its ignorance on display for all to see. Here is yet another
example of those who know nothing about education sticking their noses
where they do not belong. Allow me to […]
Falling over themselves to play soccer
When teams win so often by acting, you wonder whether it’s a World Cup of
sport, or a Wold Cup of comedy.
“To be fair, it is actually possible to get hurt playing soccer.”
But not often.
Read: ‘The World Cup Flopping Rankings.’
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Bulgaria Blues ( June 30 , 2014 ) -- With Bulgaria's banking system already under the threat of bank runs - note they now take their begging bowl to the EU for a bailout of their banking system ! And as they are now formally under the thumb of the EU , how can they not do its biding - whether that means blocking South Stream or whatever else the EU demands ?
Black Listed News......
EU APPROVES BULGARIA CREDIT LINE TO STEM BANK RUNS
June 30, 2014
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SOURCE: REUTERS
The European Commission said on Monday it had approved a Bulgarian request
to extend a credit line of 3.3 billion levs ($2.30 billion) in support of
banks that have come under speculative attack. “The Commission concluded
that the state aid implied by the provision of the credit line is
proportionate and commensurate with the need to ensure sufficient liquidity
... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Close to the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and surrounded by the stars of the
Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici), this celestial wonder was discovered in 1781
by the metric French astronomer Pierre Mechain. Later, it was added to the
catalog of his friend and colleague Charles Messier as M106. Modern deep
telescopic views reveal it to be an island universe: a spiral galaxy around
30 thousand light-years across located only about 21 million light-years
beyond the stars of the Milky Way.
* Click image for larger size.*
Along with prominent dust lanes and a bright central core, this colorful
com... more »
Paulo Coelho, “A Saint In The Wrong Place”
*“A Saint In The Wrong Place”*
by Paulo Coelho
“‘Why is it that some people can resolve the most complicated problems
really easily, whilst others agonize over every tiny crisis and end up
drowning in a glass of water?’ I asked. Ramesh replied by telling the
following story: ‘Once upon a time, there was a man who had been the soul
of kindness all his life. When he died, everyone assumed that he would go
straight to Heaven, for the only possible place for a good man like him was
Paradise. The man wasn’t particularly bothered about going to Heaven, but
that was where he went.
Now in... more »
"What Frustrates Us..."
"Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out
how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a
little bit different for our having passed through it. What frustrates us
and robs our lives of joy is this absence of meaning... Does our being
alive matter?"
- Harold S. Kushner,
"When All You Ever Wanted Isn't Enough"
Mark Twain, “On The Damned Human Race”
*“On The Damned Human Race”*
by Mark Twain
“I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals
(so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man.
I find the result humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my
allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower
Animals; since it now seems plain to me that the theory ought to be vacated
in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the
Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.
In proceeding toward this unpleasant conclusion I have not guessed or ... more »
Mick Jagger: “But they’re still a bunch of wrinkly old men trying to relive their youth and make a load of money”
Yeah. Bastards.
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Bodies of three missing Jewish teens 'found near West Bank city' | Mail Online
The Daily Mail seem to think all Israelis are 'settlers. No better than
BBC, Guardian or The Independent.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2675451/Bodies-three-Jewish-settlers-went-missing-near-Hebron-near-West-Bank-city.html
Today it was Justice Sammy "The Hammer" Alito's big chance to bludgeon a hapless Constitution
*Justice Sammy the Hammer was wielding his Sledgehammer of Doom at the
Supreme Court today.*
*by Ken*
Clearly the Cro-Magnon wing of the Roberts Court has developed a vestigial
sense of shame. The two bombshell decisions saved for the final day of the
Supreme Court term today (which Howie wrote about in his 2pm PT post)
weren't bombshells in the sense of *surprise*. They were just more of the
all-but-impossible-to-avoid IEDs that have become the manner of "justice"
meted out these days by the High Court, now that the full
counter-constitutional system is in place, with the Cro-Mag... more »
David P. Hamilton : The Democrats’ delusions and a strategy for change
A central goal of the left in the U.S. should be to create an independent
electoral base, a voice from which the left can speak directly to the
mainstream. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | June 30, … finish reading David
P. Hamilton :
The Democrats’ delusions and a strategy for change
The Daily "Near You?"
Port-of-spain, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and TobagoThanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, “On The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”
*“On The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”*
by Chet Raymo
"I seem to remember that it was Lawrence Durrell, somewhere in the
Alexandrian Quartet, who said: "Science is the poetry of the intellect, and
poetry is the science of the heart.” Or something to that effect. That line
has stuck in my head for thirty or forty years, without ever quite knowing
what to make of it. Maybe it's time to wonder if it's saying anything
meaningful.
Certainly, science is the work of the intellect. One can feel a heartfelt
passion while doing science, and one can experience a throb or two when
observing sci... more »
The Poet: Aldous Huxley, "Lightly"
"It’s dark because you are trying too hard.
Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.
Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.
Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.
I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig.
Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me.
When it comes to dying even. Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic.
No rhetoric, no tremolos,
no self conscious persona putting on its celebrated imitation of Christ or
Little Nell.
And of course, no theology, no metaphysics.
Just the fact o... more »
"The Risk..."
"Biology says that we are who we are from birth. That our DNA is set in
stone. Unchangeable. Our DNA doesn't account for all of us though, we're
human. Life changes us. We develop new traits. Become less territorial. We
start competing. We learn from our mistakes. We face our greatest fears.
For better or worse, we find ways to become more than our biology. The risk
of course is that we can change too much to the point where we don't
recognize ourselves. Finding our way back can be difficult. There's no
compass, no map. We just have to close our eyes, take a step, and hope to
God w... more »
“11 Shocking Facts About America's Militarized Police Forces”
*“11 Shocking Facts About America's Militarized Police Forces”*
By Alex Kane
“The “war on terror” has come home- and it’s wreaking havoc on innocent
American lives. The culprit is the militarization of the police. The
weapons used in the “war on terror” that destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq
have made their way to local law enforcement. While police forces across
the country began a process of militarization complete with SWAT teams and
flash-bang grenades when President Reagan intensified the “war on drugs,”
the post-9/11 “war on terror” has added fuel to the fire. Through laws and
... more »
The Myths of School Vouchers, Then and Now
*Guest post by Casey Given*
Although the first voucher program in the United States was introduced in
1869, it wasn’t until a century later that school choice started gaining
mainstream traction, thanks to the efforts of Nobel Prize-winning economist
Milton Friedman. In 1980, millions of Americans tuned in to watch Friedman
make the case for choice while engaging in lively debate with opponents on
his PBS television series *Free to Choose*. [These are the three clips
showing the debate; head here for the first clip of Friedman’s argument.]
A lot has changed in the 34 years since ... more »
Mike's Story Part 65 - Furnace
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
* January 5, 2008 *
* "Holy shit!" *
* "What?"*
* "It's gone! My email about B-. I looked in sent mail. Do you have it?"*
* "Yes." I found my cc'ed copy of the email and forwarded it to Mike. *
* "This is them. They're letting me know I have to back off." *
* He sat back, pondering. "I'm taking this very seriously." *
* "Why would they care more about that than about your helping Steve
[Alten] or [the guy working on a movie about the end of industrial
civilization]?" *
* "They're afraid of my brain." *
* The next day, I found the missing email in T... more »
Want to know what is really going on in the world that the "mainstream media" will never tell you? Ask Paul Craig Roberts! How? Well, Greg Hunter is by far PCR's the best interviewer, and here is a relatively recently interview that will have you glued to your chair for the duration...
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*YouTube: *http://youtu.be/AhxZxL56B00
Paul Craig Roberts: US is Completely Busted, Non-Delivery of Gold - Crash
the System, War in Ukraine
Greg Hunter
*Published on Mar 11, 2014*
http://usawatchdog.com/united-states-... - Economist Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
says, "The physical stock of gold in the West to meet delivery demand is
diminishing rapidly. So, one day the Chinese will buy 100 tons of gold, and
we won't be able to make delivery. That would crash the system. It would
just pop. So, there are things that could crash it suddenly. Regardless... more »
The Flavor of the Summer is Fear
Be very, very afraid America, the greatest threat to western civilization
has now manifested itself with the mysterious Islamist group ISIS
officially declaring the establishment of that dreaded caliphate that the
neocons have been wailing about for years and have now hit the jackpot with
the ultimate bogeyman to wage their Middle Eastern wars. It was inevitable
that Americans would be bludgeoned again with that fear club, a powerful
weapon of great influence that worked to perfection under Bush and Cheney
and now that the Republicans or Hillary Clinton because what is really the
... more »
Southern hemisphere’s tallest building
I”m not sure the design is all it could be, but it’s still exciting to hear
that Melbourne will soon host the southern hemisphere’s tallest building.
[image: image]
But the original 388m project designed by Eureka architects Fender
Katsalidis, which was to have included a hotel, was scaled back by planners
“due to CBD flight controls.” Because a lot of planes fly over the city at
an altitude of 388m.
[image: image]
Story here.
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Helpful Government Personnel
Helpful government personnel. I think there are many of them in the
Philippines, thanks to them. I met this man about three weeks ago. He has
already retired from government, receiving his monthly pension but not
having much to do at home, he frequently returns to his previous office and
helps people, the public, in anyway he can. For free.
His name is "Croox", jolly and cheerful guy. He retired from the Department
of Foreign Affairs (DFA), he has helped me secure certain government
documents including a notarized copy by the Saudi Embassy, for a Special
Power of Atty (SPA) of my y... more »
“Abuse of Power by Gigantic Corporation Comes as Total Surprise”
* “Abuse of Power by Gigantic Corporation Comes as Total Surprise”*
by Andy Borowitz
MENLO PARK (The Borowitz Report)— “Millions of Americans awoke on Monday to
the shocking news that a gigantic corporation with unprecedented power over
their lives had allegedly abused that power for commercial gain. Across the
United States, stunned consumers were shaking their heads in disbelief
after learning that a gargantuan company whose explicit goal is to make as
many billions of dollars as possible through any means available would put
its own interests ahead of those of its customers.
“It... more »
"Turn Off Your Mind, Relax and Float Downstream..."
*"I was reading that stupid book of Leary's and all that shit..."*
*- Lennon, 1970*
“To be is to do”—Socrates.
“To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre.
“Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
“To do is to be.” — Socrates
“To be or not to be.” — Shakespeare
“To be is to do.” — Sartre
“Dooby dooby doo.” — Sinatra
“Yabba dabba doo” — Fred Flinstone
“Dabba dabba doo” — Kate Bush
“Do be a do be.” — Miss Louise, Romper Room
“Scooby-doobee-doo” — Scooby Doo
“Hey-boo-boo” — Yogi Bear
*"Ay-oh!" - Freddie Mercury*
1 - Realize that "speaking in tongues" was promised by Jesus and was to
accompany belie... more »
The Great Warming
Recent decades have been a golden age for archaeologists. New technology
has provided tools for better understanding the past. Researchers can now
identify the climate trends of past centuries by analyzing the layers in
tropical coral, tree rings, glacial ice packs, and lakeshore and seabed
sediments.
Climate has played a primary role in influencing the course of human
history. It could enable the rise of mighty empires, and later reduce them
to dusty ruins. Big changes can happen suddenly, without warning, and have
devastating effects. Mighty scientists may huff and puff and s... more »
In praise of good drinking
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Very much going against today’s trend, Matt Heath comes not to bury good
drinking, but to praise it. He has no time for campaigners who think a
sniff of booze turns Kiwis into alcoholics and criminals.
Like most Kiwis I enjoy a drink. In fact, I love a drink. I'm having a beer
as I write this. But I am not an alcoholic and I don't have a drinking
problem. My drinking is more like a hobby. Sadly, like all pastimes, work
and family commitments keep me away from it.
With two kids and three jobs I just don't have the time anymore. But
that is the natural Ki... more »
"Whitehouse" "Al Qaeda" "bomb" 'Syria' Yemen' "airliner"
*This news has all the buzzwords*
*What is a 'buzzword'?*
**Advertising and or propaganda (same/same) *- *buzzword: word or phrase
that takes on added significance or new meaning through repetition or
special usage*
**Rhetoric and Figures of Speech* -* buzzword: slogan or catchword
conjuring popular idea or image.*
The White house is used purely for an appeal to authority.
All the rest are words used to conjure ideas and these words have certainly
taken on new meaning through repetition and special usage. Special usage
going right back to propaganda.
-Yup, this is how y... more »
11th Doctor Crocheted Tweed Scarf, Bowtie, and Fez
Hi all! Lorene from just Lu back again with another fun Doctor Who tutorial
for you!
Bowties are cool, and what’s cuter than a baby 11th doctor! The bowtie is
removable, so you can easily adjust the scarf to wear yourself, too, for a
little bit of understated Whovian cosplay style... if there is such a thing.
How to Make a Mini 11th Doctor Cosplay Scarf and Bowtie
*Supplies*
- yarn in 4 colors: red, brown, tan, cream
- crochet hooks: a smaller size like G, and then a jumbo size that will
hold 4 strands of yarn
- two large buttons, clear or red/brown to match the yarn
... more »
Intervention and the Prospects for Power-Sharing in Iraq
This is a guest post by Philip Martin, PhD student in the Department of
Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In a recent
op-ed in the New York Times, columnist David Brooks advises a U.S. approach
to Iraq which uses military force to arm-twist Iraqi elites into forming an
inclusive new government, since “if
Continue reading
How Susan Collins (R-ME) And Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Wrote Those 2 Supreme Court Decisions Today
This morning's two Supreme Court decisions-- one that allows employers
claiming to have religious objections to discriminate against women's
health needs and one that says public service unions can't compel members
to pay dues-- were both decided late in the afternoon on January 30, 2006
when 19 Democrats crossed the aisle to vote with the Republicans against
the Democratic filibuster against New Jersey corporate whore Sam Alito.
Almost all of them-- from Lieberman to Blanche Lincoln to Max Baucus and
Ben Nelson-- are gone from the Senate now, but these 7 Alito-enablers are
still ... more »
Teenage lack of angst revisited
Everything's depressing me at the moment - the latest grim news from
Israel, the proclamation of a new Caliphate, the shocking verdict on Rolf
(OMG, Rolf!!!), accidentally hearing Ed Balls on *The World at One, *and
coming across Eddie Mair's baby jingle thing for the umpteenth time on *PM* -
so that's the reason why I'm cheering myself up this evening by listening
to Morrissey and The Smiths.
(I could have chosen Leonard Cohen but, no, Morrissey will do.)
I've actually been listening to 'The Smiths' Greatest Hits' for the last
three days (he confesses, in time-honoured blogger s... more »
UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
The UN has reported that more than 100,000 refugees are fleeing eastern
Ukraine (mostly into Russia) as the regime in Kiev continues to shell
civilian targets. In the video below the US denies the refugee number.
Here are some words from the refugees:
Woman:
The situation in the cauldrons of Kramtorsk and Slavyansk is deteriorating
by the hour. The reports of chlorine gas being used starting yesterday are
confirmed. The nazis will do the same with gas they did with bombardments.
First one single mortar shell, then 5, then 50 as the world ignored the
shooting at civilian targets... more »
UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
The UN has reported that more than 100,000 refugees are fleeing eastern
Ukraine (mostly into Russia) as the regime in Kiev continues to shell
civilian targets. In the video below the US denies the refugee number.
Here are some words from the refugees:
Woman:
The situation in the cauldrons of Kramtorsk and Slavyansk is deteriorating
by the hour. The reports of chlorine gas being used starting yesterday are
confirmed. The nazis will do the same with gas they did with bombardments.
First one single mortar shell, then 5, then 50 as the world ignored the
shooting at civilian targets... more »
WE ARE WITH ISIS
ISIS proclaimed Islamic order on territories they captured both in Iraq and
Syria. The area they now hold contains economically vital oil sites. Where
does ISIS get the funding it needs to snatch power in the region? Even
Washington has played its role in the rise of ISIS - as RT's Marina
Portnaya explains.
Overview: “Anthropology lessons” continue this week!
*MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014*
*An old practice reappears:* At the start of last week, we thought we’d
have a bit of fun, treating the press corps as the source of some
“anthropology lessons.”
Alas! During the week, a familiar old practice reappeared in earnest,
largely at the Washington Post. As the week proceeded, this basically wiped
the grins off our faces. But it didn’t vitiate the need for those scholarly
lessons.
Never before has the Washington “press corps” created a prevailing
“narrative” so early in a White House campaign! But it’s fairly clear that
this happened last week, an... more »
Release of guarantor by material alteration of underlying loan
Turfpro Investments Inc. v. Heinrichs, 2014 ONCA 502:
[13] A guarantor will be released from liability where the creditor
and the principal debtor agree to a material alteration of the loan
agreement without the consent of the guarantor: *Manulife Bank of Canada v.
Conlin**,* [1996] 3 S.C.R. 415, at para. 2. In that decision, Cory J.
adopted the oft-quoted description of the rule by Cotton L.J. from *Holme
v. Brunskill* (1878), 3 Q.B.D. 495 (C.A.), at pp. 505-6:
The true rule in my opinion is, that if there is any agreement between
the principals with reference to the co... more »
TWISTED UP IN MONEY
*Twisted Up in Money*
We've become twisted
we are out of our minds
money is the book
we worship
Natives called it
'green frog skin'
paper covers heart
heart goes cold
and greedy
mean
we are twisted
because
we lost our way
our reason for living
our human purpose
the vision has been
stomped
there is a twisted
war on now
the good,
the people
who want to share
and be kind
are the enemy
of greed
What Makes People Vote? What Makes Them Stay Away From The Polls?
Friday we were looking at the grave danger the corrupt, conservative
Democrats have put the party and the country in by recruiting grotesque
candidates in their own image. The vast majority of congressional Democrats
voted *for* Tom Massie's amendment to curb NSA domestic spying but corrupt,
conservative Democratic leaders-- primarily Steny Hoyer (K Street-MD),
Steve Israel (Blue Dog-NY) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (New Dem-FL)--
crossed the aisle to vote with the worst of the Republican authoritarians.
The same day, most Democrats voted for Barbara Lee's amendment to prevent
fu... more »
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*91L Growing More Organized; Will Bring Heavy Rains to Florida and the
Bahamas ~Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground*
*Mayors of Atlanta and New Orleans: Uber Will Beat the Taxi Industry ~Coner
Friedersdorf, The Atlantic*
*Coastal Restoration Drives An Industry Boom ~Jesse Hardman, WWNO*
Supremes Being Supreme: Feudalism Edition
So the neoliberals and the theocrats had a torrid affair and just gave
birth to a great, big, fascist monstrosity.
The black-robed Inquisition known as the Supreme Court has blessed the
anti-union union and officiated at the baptism.
There shalt not be any Obamacare-subsidized birth control for you, ladies,
and guaranteed living wage, benefits and union rights just got a swift kick
in the ass for good measure. And Goddess help you if you happen to work as
a home health aide in a Christian family-owned agency in the Land of
Lincoln, the Great Emancipator. You will not only have to c... more »
Not another Promise
There’s quite a bit of hype about the upcoming eight-parter called The
Honourable Woman to be aired starting Thursday on BBC2. It’s a
drama/thriller set against the background of the Israel Palestine conflict.
I can hear “Oh noes” erupting all around. Is it going to be another version
of Peter Kosminsky’s ‘The Promise’, which purported to educate us about the
history of the region as well as the modern day situation? Predictably
Peter Kosminsky’s history was *his *story, as opposed to the actual story.
His subsequent appearances on virulently anti-Israel discussion panels
underli... more »
About yesterday's "gay pride" events...
*in which scantily clad men and women transformed themselves into slaves
for the entertainment of the masses.*
Pride, one of the seven deadly sins through which almost all other sins
proceed, is indeed an apt description of what transpired yesterday.
Simulated sex acts, the "leather" contingent with their bare butts hanging
out, black leather masks and flicking whips, men dressed as women, and
bull dykes pretending to be men, are at the center of all this "pride."
Because the center of being homosexual is really all about the manner in
which these people mutually masturbate. The... more »
Myths of Muslim Britain
The other day, Craig examined a book written by a radio producer called
Innes Bowen who turned up on radio 4's “Sunday”. *Medina in Birmingham,
Najaf in Brent. *Here’s what she said re the Cardiff-born jihadi.
The thing that the people who go have in common really, it's a shared set
of ideals. They're young. They're idealistic. And if you look at that video
yesterday you can see in this case certainly not stupid, very intelligent
young man, and on that video he's appealing to other Muslims to a sense of
duty. He's making them try to feel that they have a sense of duty to go to
Ira... more »
Tracking Al Qaeda in Iraq's Zarqawi Interview With Ex-CIA Analyst Nada Bakos
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was most famous for leading Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). In
fact, his first organization was called Tawhid wal Jihad, which he formed
in the 1990s before he had joined al Qaeda. In 2002, Zarqawi travelled to
Iraq to prepare for the U.S. invasion. It wasn’t until January 2004 that he
asked for assistance from Al Qaeda central, and then in October 2004 he
finally pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Zarqawi proved to be a much
more bloodthirsty terrorist than even bin Laden was used to as AQI became
committed to attacking Iraqis, and especially Shiites to start a ci... more »
ISA – Midwest: Please consider submitting to this conference!
Please consider putting in a round-table, paper, or panel submission for
the 2014 International Studies Association -Midwest Conference, to be held
November 7th through the 9th at the Hilton-Ballpark in St. Louis. The
deadline for proposals is July 1st. In my opinion, ISA-Midwest is the most
productive and friendliest conference I attend all year. Unlike other
conferences, ISA-Midwest
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A bang or a whimper
No sooner was The Big Questions getting into its stride under the masterful
chairpersonship of Nicky Campbell than the series ended. I’m not even
joking now.
Don’t let’s forget that not so long ago that programme was such a shambles
that watching it turned you into a voyeur, like when you stumble upon
Jeremy Vine and are momentarily transfixed.
However, it’s gone and now there’s Sunday Morning Live.
I don’t know why we lost Samira Ahmed, who was rather good, and got instead
Sian Williams who sports the roundest face ever to be televised.
Like TBQs SML has three topics and a panel,... more »
ISIS oh ISIS your a Mysterious Child
To summarize my past analyze of this group : Bullshit.
There are so many things wrong with this picture its hard to know where to
hang oneself. I just know in my heart the group that manufactured ISIS
where Bob Dylan fans. They are Bob Dlyan fans! I might have to support this
effort. They are Bob Dlyan fans.
They are throwing babies out of incubators, no not yet but soon I expect.
If they really want to make a Islamic superstate why not project their
message to the Islamic states instead of speaking English aimed at the
American people?
So the US will give a half billion dollars w... more »
ANTHROPOLOGISTS WITHIN: Defining the problem!
*MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014*
*Part 1—Balz on board:* With the death of his mentor, the late David
Broder, Dan Balz is sometimes considered the dean of the Washington press
corps.
In yesterday’s Washington Post, Balz affirmed the instant narrative his own
newspaper created last week. In the process, he raised a question which can
only be answered by the anthropologists who emerge, on the rare occasion,
from within his own corrupt guild.
What is that question? We’ll post it below. First, let’s review Balz’s
weekly column, which was quite significant this week.
As always, Balz’s column, T... more »
Hobby Lobby...
*you could knock me over with a feather about now. *
*HOBBY LOBBY WINS!*
Supreme Court rules *5-4* in favor of *religious liberty*.
and
SCOTUS Rules 5-4 Against Public Unions in Harris vs. Quinn Decision
Radio Host Banned for Saying Mohammed Married a 6-Year-Old: “You Can’t Call a Deity a Pedophile” | FrontPage Magazine
' "No one mention Mohammed" has become the new, "No one mention the
war".'
Read why here...
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/radio-host-banned-for-saying-mohammed-married-a-6-year-old-you-cant-call-a-deity-a-pedophile/#.U7F0jxzrvwQ.twitter
Hell Is Empty & All the Mercenaries Are Here
It's even worse than we imagined. A private mercenary force ostensibly
working for the US Government issued a direct death threat against a US
Government investigator, and then the US Government essentially turned tail
and ran away in abject fear, leaving the private mercenary force behind in
Iraq to kill at will.
As usual, the wrong people are in jail (namely, Iraq War whistle-blower
Chelsea Manning). And ironically enough, the reporter who broke this
blockbuster Blackwater death threat story is himself now facing jail time
for the crime of committing journalism and refusing to div... more »
Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assaults
The BBC report - http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-28094561- that 'Veteran
entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four
girls.
The 84-year-old was convicted of 12 attacks between 1968 and 1986.'
Horrible story and to a man that I, figuratively, looked up to as a child.
Oh well as Rolf Harris songs are now no doubt verboten, here's
Splodgenessabounds with their version of Two Little Boys
http://youtu.be/zeYwTIC2-TI
A film question re Django Unchained
Why are the gang who are taking Django to the mine in Django Unchanged
Australian?
Just wondering...
ALEC Transparency - Ain't what it used to be
ALEC trans-par-ency
ain't what it used to be,
ain't what it used to be,
ain't what it used to be,
ALEC trans-par-ency
ain't what it used to be,
just a few years ago.
ALEC has learned to mislead the press very well when it comes to the issue
of transparency.
Unfortunately for the reader - the press writes what ALEC says - doesn't
check to see if it is true - so the press feeds the public lies.
*ALEC Distorts Transparency*
because of member concerns about transparency, Meierling said.
“The fundamental issue is people want to know,” Meierling said. “Critics of
the organization and s... more »
Charles Forsberg's views on Generation IV nuclear costs
*I am reposting this 2010 essay, because I believe that it makes important
points about the future of nuclear power that require repetition.. Charles
Forsberg has retired from ORNL, and currently directs nuclear fuel cycle
research at MIT.*
ORNL MSR development work focused almost exclusively on MSBRs, although Ed
Bettis's reactor design shop did design some deep burn MSR converters. The
AEC was interested in breeder reactors, so the ORNL focus was on the
development of a MSBR, rather than on possibly simpler converters. During
the 1960's the cost of Light Water Reactors (LWRs) was... more »
Maine Senate: Mod Fraud Declawed? Bellows Fire And Our Match
A generous Blue America supporter who matched contributions to Maine US
Senate Democratic nominee Shenna Bellows in this year’s first quarter, is
back again to match the first $1,000 contributed to Bellows through the our
ActBlue page between now and Monday night at midnight.
This supporter says "with Bellows’ fire making Collins’ sweat, the least I
can do is offer another match," and goes on to highlight the following
evidence of Collins’ sweat and Bellows’ fire:
Mainstream media-labeled "moderate" Republican Senator Susan Collins of
Maine has "evolved" more in the last 12 weeks ... more »
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*Poor, bright British children missing out on top universities: More than
2,000 are overtaken by less able pupils after getting lost in the
'secondary school maze'*
*The authors below seem unaware that IQ peaks earlier among low IQ
individuals -- and those who peak early often look relatively good at
early ages. That alone could explain the results below*
More than 2,000 bright children from poor homes are missing out on places
at top universities because they get lost in a ‘secondary school maze’,
according to new research.
These disadvantaged students are being overtaken by ... more »
“What You Signed Up For”
*“What You Signed Up For”*
by Karl Denninger
“I bet you thought Facebook tweaked your feed to provide you with
"relevant" information you might find useful. What if you found out that
instead they "tweaked" it in an attempt to determine whether they could
manipulate your emotional state?
Scientists at Facebook have published a paper showing that they manipulated
the content seen by more than 600,000 users in an attempt to determine
whether this would affect their emotional state. The paper, “Experimental
evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks,” was
p... more »
Stephen Harper's Legacy
http://greeceandworld.blogspot.ca/
Michael Harris has written a devastating indictment of the Harper regime.
The piece is a little long. After all, the man has done a lot of damage in
eight years. But, by far, most of the damage has been done since the prime
minister was given his majority:
It was revealing. Unlike his minority governments, where a murder of
political crows flapped overhead waiting for the fatal misstep, after 2011
there was no vote Harper could not win, and no cabal in the Opposition
ranks that could topple him... more »
Russia beginning to show its cards on Ukraine ( June 30 , 2014 ) -- Russia Reveals "Plan B": Gazprom Says Gas Transit Via Ukraine May Be Stopped Completely ..... Meanwhile Russia's trade with China set to soar !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-30/russia-reveals-plan-b-gazprom-says-gas-transit-ukraine-may-be-stopped-completely
Russia Reveals "Plan B": Gazprom Says Gas Transit Via Ukraine May Be
Stopped Completely
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Submitted by Tyler Durdenon 06/30/2014 07:53 -0400
- B+
- Bank Run
- Bulgaria
- Eurozone
- fixed
- Hungary
- Natural Gas
- None
- Turkey
- Ukraine
inShare1
A few days ago, when we wrote our "explainer" on the need for Russia to
have an alternative pathway for its gas, one which bypasses Ukraine
ent... more »
Iraq Updates - June 30 , 2014 -- As the Iraq Government ( helped by Syria / Iran / Russia and the US ) mans the barricades to defend Baghdad / Samarra / Najaf / Karbala and to attempt to retake territory seized by various Sunni fighting Groups , just note the Kurds are moving quickly to establish Kurdistan in Iraq !
Tweets of note - FWIW !
*Mark* @markito0171 · 2h
#Iraq #ISIS/#IS take most parts of Camp Speicher in #Tikirt http://
wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=34.668935
Retweeted by Alexblx
*dado* @unaa2011 · 2h
There are reports the arrest of Maj. Gen. Ali Furaiji, commander of
operations in Salah al-Din Base Speicher #Iraq #Tikrit
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*Al-Monitor* @AlMonitor · 45m
Former #Iraq PM Ayad Allawi says a crescent of Russian influence forming in
Middle East - Week-in-Review http://almon.co/24f9
*Al-Monitor* @AlMonitor · 2h
#Russia is unlikely to do much more than provide arms to Baghdad - @
Th... more »
NFF
Sorry that I have been out of touch with regular blog readers. I have
moved to Nantucket for the summer, and the weather here has been too great
to spend much time in front of a keyboard. (The three best reasons to be a
professor: June, July, and August.)
The past few days I have been attending the Nantucket Film Festival. I
have had a chance to see some great movies before they are in general
release. Two are worth mentioning: *Arlo and Julie*, a small quirky
comedy/mystery that is a bit Woody Allen-esque. Also, *Happiness*, a
documentary about a boy and his family in Bhutan. ... more »
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