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*Which Intensity Model Should You Trust for Tropical Storm Arthur? ~Dr.
Jeff Masters, Weather Underground*
*This Crash-Proof Drone Can Fly Through Forests and Disaster Wreckage
~Motherboard*
My Children, and Their Teachers, are Guilty
The following is a guest post from New Mexico parent, Wendy Small. Let me
start by telling you that my children are guilty. Guilty of being born to
middle class–not wealthy–parents, guilty of having special needs, guilty of
being the kind of poor test takers who falsely convict their teachers of
being bad at their […]
No Security
No Security from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"Assassinations don't just happen, they are allowed to happen..."
Icke invokes Fletcher Prouty
Merlyn Rees - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
*"That relates to Kincora, which I know nothing about..."*
*"I'm not that interested in Kincora..."*
*-Merlyn Rees*
Kincora and the Wilson Coup - Merlyn Rees Doesn't Know Anything (and
Doesn't Want to Know...)
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
He's wrong - the Privy Council is in fact 799 years old...
“*Lord Louis Mountbatten* had the nickname “*Dickie*” …and for good reason.
Philip’s uncle Dickie was the last viceroy in India where he was a known
paedophile who sexually exploited young working class Indian peasant boys”.
Mountbatten is also linked to the paedophile ring who abused boys livi... more »
Steve Russell : Stopping an American jihad
It comes down to what Colin Powell used to call ‘the Pottery Barn theory.’
We will own what we break and we don’t want to own the Sunni and Shi’a
argument. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | July … finish reading Steve
Russell :
Stopping an American jihad
Rolf Harris, Freemasonry and the Police
*"He's Australian and famous...? It has to be either Michael Hutchence or
Rolf Harris..."*
*The Late Paula Yates fails to deduce the identity of Dannii Minogue's
latest beau...*
*The Big Breakfast, 1993*
*Sir Elton John, Rolf Harris MBE, OBE, CBE, and Friend.*
*Trouble Brewing...Rolf Harris, MBE, OBE, CBE.*
Ukraine presses offensive with US support etc.,
*As mentioned in yesterday’s post*- The Ceasefire that wasn’t- Fascist Kiev
continues it’s ethnic cleansing
*“Putin and the Europeans could not convince Poroshenko that peace does not
come through war- Because Poroshenko takes his advice from war mongers”*
*And the biggest global war monger is of course, the US.*
UKRAINIAN troops backed by tanks and fighter-bombers have pressed on with a
renewed offensive against pro-Kremlin insurgents that has drawn Russian
ire, but also vital US support.
Poroshenko's order to relaunch the eastern campaign was met with a
deafening silence in Europ... more »
Savile, Freemasonry and the Police
*Savile (and Friends) make a donation to their favourite charity: The
Police Benevolent Fund.*
*And Two Tickets to the Secret Policemen's Ball; one for me, one for The
Widow's Son.*
Savile and a Friend From a Certain Place.
"We Want Your Soul..."
Now, then, now-then, now/then...
"Australian broadcaster and artist Rolf Harris is awarded he Officer of the
Order of Australia by the High Commissioner, John Dauth, at Australia
House. Picture: John Stillwell Source: Getty Images
HE has received almost every award there is but as he was presented with
another gong today, Rolf Harris sai... more »
Kissinger: Even Worse Than Cheney
Constantin Costa-Gavras' 1982 film, *Missing*, had some pretty big stars--
including Jack Lemmon, Charles Cioffi and Sissy Spacek-- and won some
pretty big awards-- including the Palme d'Or at Cannes for best male actor
and the Academy Award for best writing-- and had a hugely acclaimed score
by Vangelis, but there's a good chance you never saw it-- nor read the Tom
Hauser book it was based on, *The Execution of Charles Horman: An American
Sacrifice*. That's because Henry Kissinger didn't want anyone to see that
film or read that book. He got it banned. Really… in America. [It was... more »
Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients
GSK and it's filthy production facility in Canada kept on providing flu
vaccine for human beings in Canada and the US.-Salmonella with your flu
vaccine, Canada?
What other *dirt *has been dished up by GSK in recent years?
Found an older interesting news article- Our drugs don't work on most people
You will notice that hasn't stopped GSK from manufacturing acknowledged
useless drugs at a great profit.
Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),
said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive
drugs actually derived any benefi... more »
Here Paul Craig Roberts has excerpted some of the remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Russia's ambassadors on July 1, 2014. Notably, there was no mention of these remarks on BBC online news, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, or the New York Times. The Washington Post did mention that Putin had condemned the renewed violence in Ukraine at that meeting, but the importance of these remarks was not explained by the Post’s report. Thus, Americans who get their news strictly from the complicit "mainstream media" are not informed that their government is deliberately increasing the probability that they may someday die from weapons of mass destruction, totally ignorant of the reason why.
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*Guest Column by Vladimir Putin*
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IMPORTANT: Guest Column by Vladimir Putin
THE WEST IS TURNING THE PLANET INTO A GLOBAL BARRACKS–Vladimir Putin,
President of Russia
*The remarks below are excerpted from President Putin’s meeting with
Russia’s ambassadors on July 1, 2014. *
Putin damns Washington’s puppet president of Ukraine, an usurped position
resulting from the overthrow of a democra... more »
Refusal to dismiss or stay action for lack of jurisdiction is a final order
Hopkins v. Kay, 2014 ONCA 514:
[9] In my view, the refusal to dismiss or stay the action based on
lack of jurisdiction was a final order. See *Manos Foods International Inc.
v. Coca-Cola Ltd*., [1999] O.J. No. 3623 (C.A.), and *Abbott et al. v.
Collins et al.* (2002), 62 O.R. (3d) 99 (C.A.). Where, as here, the effect
of the order is that the action is going to proceed in the Superior Court,
the consequence is that the defendant is precluded from continuing to
dispute the court's jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action. The
order therefore is final on the jurisdi... more »
No fingers
It’s a bugger when you get discredited by your own side. If the murder of
the Palestinian teenager does turn out to be a revenge attack by some
vigilante maniac, it is a shame for so many reasons.
First because it’s the murder of a young boy. Next because it sabotages the
moral high ground that was just about the only hope for the salvation of
Israel’s reputation in the eyes of the rest of the world. A small hope, but
nevertheless a glimmer.
Not that their reputation is Israel’s top priority. I imagine making the
Hamas afraid to repeat the incident is consideration number one.
Alrea... more »
Adapt or Die
I told you that I loved you and we both
Knew it was true
Love is so chemical
and in the days of eating
Genetically modified foods
this will no longer be true
It will all be about appearance
and how many pest you can afford
to not break through
Like the movie said
and the truth was is was true
Plastics will make our future people
and they will last
when friends are not true
We love our concrete Gods
and our chemical certiantiy
but the human gemome
is way more complicated
and the gold rush investors
make a blaspheme.
No body cares about no nobody
is in no way human
we can make a fortune ... more »
The Angelitos Felices gang gets a great new home
A miracle happened yesterday in our old town of Copan Ruinas: The 13
remaining children at Angelitos Felices orphanage were relocated to a much
better organized, resourced and caring facility, Casita Copan.
It's a dream come true for Emily Monroe, the young Pennsylvanian who
has worked so hard to realize this dream. She met the children of Angelitos
in 2010 and was so disturbed by the conditions that they lived in, she set
out to open a new children's home using a model that ultimately strives to
place children back into their families and support the whole family.
She wa... more »
Alienating People
I have been accused of being cynical. My condemnations of the left's
incompetence is based on cynicism. Personally, I have always thought that a
cynic is someone who sees ulterior motives behind other people's actions,
or who acts dishonestly, not believing in the task that he or she is
undertaking, believing that it will fail.
Here's the dictionary definition of "cynicism":
1. distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic
of a cynic.
2. showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's
actions, especially by actions that exploit the... more »
Update: Facebook Experiments Lacked Support in User Agreement and May Have Included Minors
I posted yesterday about the ethical and possibly legal ramifications of
the already infamous emotional manipulation experiment where researchers
tweaked Facebook user feeds and studied ensuing user behaviour. The post
yesterday gave links to a number of useful accounts and analyses, but I did
also mention my own doubt that the research, including the subsequent
publication of the findings, was covered by the Facebook user agreement.
Today, Kashmir Hill at *Forbes* reveals that this is exactly what was the
case. Not only did the user agreement not include "research", however,
appar... more »
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Rick Maltes has posted an Index to the 2010 Nuclear Green posts.
The Index on this page appear to directly link to the post. Other Nuclear
Green posts are can be found through Google searches or the Nuclear Green
Archive. In many cases post are found at the Energy Collective, and a few
even further afield online. Here is the Index:
Further Jacobson objections to Consideration of Nuclear Power: Safety and
Uranium
Jacobson: Beyond Cherry Picking
IEA projected price for nuclear, fossil fuel and renewable generated
electricity
Mark Z. Jacobson’s Proliferation of errors.
*Dec 2010*
Was... more »
The slow death of the CBC
The CBC is not at fault it is the people who will abandon network TV. Some
day many people will wake and understand that just because its on TV does
not mean its important.
There was a time when the news informed you. This is no longer true, the
news is now used to indoctrinated and manipulate you. The primary mission
of the CBC should be to dissect the news with professional non biased
analysis and tell Canada what is good for us.
Canada is a sanctuary country when it comes to climate change. We may get
to much water at times but we will not dry out.
The CBC should put our best mi... more »
ANTHROPOLOGISTS WITHIN: A portrait of nimble, self-seeking connivers on the greasy pole of advancement!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014*
*Part 3—Anthropologist Hastings speaks:* Diane Sawyer started the theme.
Erin Burnett merely pimped it.
Reportedly, Sawyer is paid $20 million per year, with a net worth of $80
million.
Reportedly, Burnett is paid $2 million per year. In 2012, she married her
dream boat, a Citibank money man.
Her reported net worth is $12 million. In fairness, she's just 37.
The theme these deviants started and pimped? Hillary Clinton has too much
money!
The Clintons' net worth is said to be $100 million. To the oleaginous
Sawyer, that was too much! Hillary Clinton ma... more »
Fred Klonsky is correct about the #NEARA14
Says the retired teacher on his website: Yesterday NEA Board of Director
from Illinois, Jim Grimes, told us that the leadership would present two
New Business Items (NBIs) to the delegates. One addresses the issue of
the use and misuse of standardized testing. The other one will call on
local and state affiliates […]
I Pedge Alliance To The Universe
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*Source:*
*https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561*
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*Group Files Suit to End Campus Speech Codes*
FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, filed four
lawsuits today against universities with restrictive speech codes on
campus. The universities named in the suits are Ohio University, Chicago
State University, Iowa State University, and Citrus College (Calif.).
“Unconstitutional campus speech codes have been a national scandal for
decades. But today, 25 years after the first of the modern generation of
speech codes was defeated in court, 58% of public campuses still hold onto
shockingly illiberal codes,” said FIRE Pres... more »
Glitter Elsa Shirt
I was given the Heat Transfer Vinyl to create this shirt. All opinions and
instructions are my own.
Frozen fever is still alive and well in our house. Not a day goes by that
someone doesn't belt out Let It Go and my 5-year-old's Elsa and Anna dolls
are pretty much a fixture, while the Hans doll ends up in a makeshift
prison.
From the second we saw the movie, my daughter has been asking for an Elsa
shirt and not just any Elsa shirt, a sparkly one. Glitter heat transfer was
the perfect medium for this shirt, it made everything really easy to pull
together and kept it looking so good... more »
Mike's Story Part 67 - Political Opportunity or Dog Park?
By Jenna Orkin
*February 3 2008*
* He calls. I wish him Happy Birthday which is no doubt the reason for
the call. On my own initiative, I wouldn’t have observed the occasion,
even with an email. I’ve done my bit for him when he needed it. Any more
would be sycophantic.*
* “I’m single-handedly upholding the American economy,” he chuckles,
referring to his buying spree for his new apartment, which included an HD
TV for which his LAPD friend served as consultant.*
* The statement for our joint account confirms this. But he’s
exhilarated to be home and is providing background ... more »
Because Cheney Has Gone Unpunished For His Crimes, Someone Else In His Position Will Do Even Worse In The Future
Yesterday everyone was hating on poor little Belgium. It was over that
ballgame in Brazil. I'm not in the Ann Coulter camp or anything, but I just
don't get any more excited about soccer than I do about baseball or
football or bad mitten. And Belgium… well, I have to admit, was always
fly-over country for me when I lived in Amsterdam and visited Paris as
frequently as possible-- except I drove. When I did visit Belgium in more
recent years, I came to appreciate that the food was pretty amazing-- my
faves in Brussels being Comme Chez Soi, L'Épicerie, and Les Brasseries
Georges-- bu... more »
Inequality Is Not Inevitable
http://www.scriptonitedaily.com
Milton Friedman and his disciples worked very hard to transform economics
from a social science into a natural science -- which, they claimed, obeys
certain ironclad rules. One economist who refused to buy that piffle is
Joseph Stiglitz. In last Friday's *New York Times* he wrote:
If it is not the inexorable laws of economics that have led to America’s
great divide, what is it? The straightforward answer: our policies and our
politics. People get tired of hearing about Scandinavian... more »
Oh Canada? B'nai Brith Canada promotes anti-Gentilism
*As advertised in the National Post (shouldn't be a surprise) Robert Fisk
@ The Independent *
*h/t NTS @NorthernTruthseeker **for bringing this to my attention-*
Not long ago, I was handed the most outrageous, vile, dishonest and
slanderous calumny uttered against the people of Canada. It was contained
in a full-page advertisement in the National Post (founder, Conrad Black),
a newspaper handed out – free, I’m happy to say – on my Air France flight
out of Toronto. Here is the headline: “Almost 4 million Canadians are
afflicted by this disease.”
Beneath this title is a half-page,... more »
Rule of Law 23: RoL Index 2014 by the World Justice Project
The World Justice Project (WJP) released its *Rule of Law Index 2014*. Nine
factors were considered in constructing the RoL index:
1. Constraints on government powers
2. Absence of corruption
3. Open government
4. Fundamental rights
5. Order and security
6. Regulatory enforcement
7. Civil justice
8. Criminal justice and
9. Informal justice.
Here is the result. I marked the East Asian economies.
On page four, they explained the FOUR UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE OF
LAW:
The WJP uses a working definition of the rule of law based on four
universal principles, derived from in... more »
Join Me at the Rise Above The Mark Kokomo Show, July 17th
By Doug Martin
I will be in Kokomo on the Rise Above the Mark after-movie panel on July 17
at the South Branch of the Kokomo library. I will be signing copies of *Hoosier
School Heist* from 4:30 to 5:30pm. Here is the press release. Please
share this far and wide and follow me on twitter:
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 1, 2014*
*RISE ABOVE THE MARK**, DOCUMENTARY FILM DETAILING THE ATTACK ON INDIANA'S
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMING TO KOKOMO*
*After-Movie Panel Discussion to Include Workers Voice Show Radio Host,
Hoosier School Heist Author, Indiana Democratic House Candidate, ISTA Rep., ... more »
Musical Interlude: Diane Arkenstone, "The Secret Garden"
Diane Arkenstone, "The Secret Garden"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrtr6SVTdXE
Obama's schedule for Wednesday, July 2, 2014, vs my schedule...
*from Keith Koffler at White House Dossier - and we thank him.*
*Noon ||* Meets with economists for lunch; Old Family Dining Room
*4:05 pm ||* Meets with Secretary of Treasury Lew
*4:50 pm ||* Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
That's it? For that amount of "work" we the taxpayers of this country pay
him 400K per year plus all his perks? For starters, he needs to pay it all
back, which amounts to about 2 million bucks at this point. He has done
nothing, absolutely nothing, to earn it. On the contrary, he has tried to
run this country into the ground (he will not succeed), an... more »
Why Monsanto Will Never Rule the Food World by John W. Roulac
Why Monsanto Will Never Rule the Food World
*The Three-Prong Movement That’s Stopping the Beast in Its Tracks*
by John W. Roulac
The issue of how we grow and process our food, while it’s always been
important, is now a hot topic both at the kitchen table and on Wall Street.
From the recent scandal about a chemical used in yoga mats being found in
Subway bread to the rising awareness of GMOs and demands to label their
presence in foods, the public is fast awakening to the need for safe,
whole, natural nourishment.
In early May 2014, the stock price of Whole ... more »
$500 Cash Giveaway
Who doesn't need a little more summer cash for a fun vacation? I have come
together with some awesome bloggers and small business to bring you this
incredible giveaway!
Welcome to the $500 Fun in the Sun Cash Giveaway!
We have joined forces with an amazing group of bloggers to bring you this
great giveaway. One lucky person will win $500 cash.
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Complete the tasks below to earn entries into this giveaway.
Refer your friends using your unique link to earn even more chances to win.
*Open Worldwide.*
*Ends at 11:59pm ET on Ju... more »
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*Breaking EPA’s climate science secrecy barriers*
*FOIA request seeks hidden data and analyses that agency claims back up its
climate rulings*
Paul Driessen and Lawrence Kogan
Can you imagine telling the IRS you don’t need to complete all their forms
or provide records to back up your claim for a tax refund? Or saying your
company’s assurances that its medical products are safe and effective
should satisfy the FDA? Especially if some of your data don’t actually
support your claims – or you “can’t find” key data, research and other
records, because your hard drive conveniently cras... more »
Roemer, White, and BESE Majority Positioning to Sue Jindal
On July 01, 2014, I attended the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education (BESE) Special Board Meeting initiated by three
members: Lottie Beebe, Carolyn Hill, and Jane Smith. These three members
wanted a primary focus of the meeting to include discussion of a plan for
Louisiana’s school districts for the 2014-15 school year given Louisiana […]
Bagels And Cream Cheese And A Million Of His Own Dollars Won't Win Sean Eldridge A Seat In Congress
Chris, Nancy, Sean
Poor Sean Eldridge! Well, not really… he's very rich. He married Chris
Hughes, the former Harvard roommate of Mark Zuckerberg and the ultimate
example of being in the right place at the right time. When he left
Facebook he became started MyBarackObama.com and was lauded as The Kid Who
Made Obama President; How Facebook Cofounder Chris Hughes Unleashed
Barack's Base-- and Changed Politics and Marketing Forever. How do you top
that? He married Sean and they started hunting for some congressional seat
Sean could run in (skipping last cycle and picking NY-19 this time;... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Ban single use items
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"One of the most identifiable nebulae in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula in
Orion, is part of a large, dark, molecular cloud. Also known as Barnard 33,
the unusual shape was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late
1800s. The red glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the
nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis.
The darkness of the Horsehead is caused mostly by thick dust, although the
lower part of the Horsehead's neck casts a shadow to the left. Streams of
gas leaving the nebula are funneled by a strong magnetic field. Bright
spots in the H... more »
Eckhart Tolle, “The Power of Now” (Excerpt)
*“The Power of Now” (Excerpt)*
by Eckhart Tolle
• "Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace?
Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace
does not.
• Is it not possible to attract only positive conditions into our life? If
our attitude and our thinking are always positive, we would manifest only
positive events and situations, wouldn't we?
Do you truly know what is positive and what is negative? Do you have the
total picture? There have been many people for whom limitation, failure,
loss, illness, or pain in whatever form turned out to b... more »
"Despair and Survival"
*"Despair and Survival"*
by Sam Smith
"Ever since I read Thoreau in high school and adopted as my own his
declaration that he would rather sit alone on a pumpkin than be crowded on
a velvet stool, I have made the pursuit of individual freedom a part of my
daily business. I follow it like others follow football. I know the game,
the players, and the rules. And one of the most important things I have
discovered is how few people are able to help you much. The psychiatrist
with his elegant degree, the minister with an eye on the vestry's budget,
the philosophy professor just short of ... more »
"A True Manifestation..."
"It's daylight, the sky is cloudy, and human beings believe that beyond the
clouds lives an all-powerful God, guiding the fate of men. Meanwhile, look
at your son, look at your feet, listen to the sounds around you: down here
is the Mother, so much closer, bringing joy to children and energy to those
who walk over her body. Why do people prefer to believe in something far
away and forget what is there before their eyes, a true manifestation of
the miracle?"
- Paulo Coelho
The Daily "Near You?"
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Daily "Near You?"
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"A Unique Kind Of Affliction..."
"Most do not fully see this truth that life is difficult. Instead they moan
more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their
problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally
easy, as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or
subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that
should not be and that has somehow been especially visited upon them, or
else upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their
race or even their species, and not upon others."
"Problems do not go away.... more »
The Poet: David Whyte, "One Day"
*"One Day"*
"One day I will say
the gift I once had has been taken.
The place I have made for myself
belongs to another.
The words I have sung
are being sung by the ones
I would want.
Then I will be ready
for that voice
and the still silence in which it arrives.
And if my faith is good
then we'll meet again
on the road,
and we'll be thirsty,
and stop
and laugh
and drink together again
from the deep well of things as they are."
- David Whyte,
"Where Many Rivers Meet"
◆
"The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.
And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see -... more »
The Poet: David Whyte, "One Day"
*"One Day"*
"One day I will say
the gift I once had has been taken.
The place I have made for myself
belongs to another.
The words I have sung
are being sung by the ones
I would want.
Then I will be ready
for that voice
and the still silence in which it arrives.
And if my faith is good
then we'll meet again
on the road,
and we'll be thirsty,
and stop
and laugh
and drink together again
from the deep well of things as they are."
- David Whyte,
"Where Many Rivers Meet"
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"The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.
And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see... more »
There's good news about World Cup fever -- if it's caught early enough, a full recovery is possible
*U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard was understandably dejected after the deciding
goal scored by Belgium's Romelu Lukaku in the 2-1 U.S. loss. Poor Tim had
himself quite a game, with 18 saves on 27 shots on goal (three times as
many shots on goal as the U.S. team managed).*
*by Ken*
What a game!
No, no, I'm just kidding. Not only didn't I see the game -- meaning the
U.S.'s 2-1 World Cup elimination loss to Belgium today -- I didn't give a
good gosh darn about it. I'm just thinking that now, given the result, and
while I understand that we're not fully out of the World Cup woods yet,
ma... more »
“In Awe of The Ordinary”
*“In Awe of The Ordinary”*
By Ron Nilson
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower -
Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.”
~William Blake
“We humans love spectacular. The bigger the spectacle the better. From big
budget action movies to mile high burgers - from monster trucks to monster
amusement park rides. But what passes for spectacular and extraordinary in
popular culture is mostly artificial - synthetic creations - soon fading
like fireworks in a night sky.
Awesome is a word frequently associated with the spectacular. It's a... more »
Whistle blower alert ( July 1 , 2014 ) Cryptome claims all Snowden files will be published in July to avert a war ........ Considering there is an ongoing civil war in Syria , an ongoing civil war in Ukraine , a triparte sectarian battle royale ongoing in Iraq between the Kurds / Shi'a and Sunnis -- what specific " War " is contemplated ?
http://rt.com/usa/169700-cryptome-war-snowden-docs/
Cryptome claims all Snowden files will be published in July to avert a war
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to be correct.
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Battle Plan for Baghdad ( June 29 , 2014 ) "The Battle For Baghdad" - A Backgrounder On ISIS' Grand Plan .......... Federal Court Ruling on Kurdish Oil Sales Means Financial Relief for Erbil ........
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
ISIS Declares A Caliphate; Crucifies 9 Syrian Rebels For Being "Too
Moderate"
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- Iraq
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Erstwhile leader of ISIS, *Sheikh Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has declared himself
Caliphate, Amir Al-Mu'minin - Leader of Believers*, as militants bear down
on Baghdad. This comes as the extremist group demands that *all Al-Qaeda
and Jihadi branches must now pledge allegiance to ISIS*.. if not there are
consequences as nine rebels have been crucified for being too 'moderate' or
accused of re... more »
Ukraine Updates ( July 1 , 2014 ) ....Ukraine Begins Offensive Against "Parasites"; Who Really Broke the Ceasefire? Journalist Prosecution ....... Ceasefire over - a short SITREP from Juan ....... Putin to West: Stop turning world into 'global barracks,' dictating rules to others !
Mish......
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 1:22 PM
Ukraine Begins Offensive Against "Parasites"; Who Really Broke the
Ceasefire? Journalist Prosecution
Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko vows to rid the country of "parasites"
and launched a major offensive against the rebels.
In doing so, he went against his own advice as well as the advice of German
and French leaders says Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reuters reports Ukraine Forces Attack Rebel Positions, Putin Growls.
Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in eastern regions
with air and artillery strikes on Tue... more »
“10 Simple But Effective Methods To Combat Everyday Stress”
*“10 Simple But Effective Methods To Combat Everyday Stress”*
by Refreshing News
“Stress has become a modern day reality, becoming so commonplace that it
has become a way of life. While in small doses, stress can act as a
motivational factor and help you perform better. But it is also important
to note that stress is not just a problematic situation; it is also highly
hazardous towards health. When you are frequently operating in crisis mode,
eventually, your mind and body have to pay the price. The increase in
stress levels is directly proportional to increasing number of physical ... more »
The Elizabeth Warren Wing Of The Democratic Party?
Several of my friends have been grumbling about Elizabeth Warren's support
for conservative border state and Southern Democrats, Alison Lundergan
Grimes (KY), Natlaie Tennant (WV), Mary Landrieu (LA), Sam Nunn's daughter
(GA), Mark Pryor (AR) and Kay Hagan (NC). On a national level, she's, by
far, the biggest star in the Senate. Other than lobbyists, Wall Street
brokers and special interests who would go out to a rally headlined by
Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Warner,
Dianne Feinstein, Joe Donnelly? Most people don't even know what states
these... more »
Catastrophic Terrorism: Tackling the New Danger By Ashton B. Carter, John Deutch, and Philip Zelikow
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Catastrophic Terrorism: Tackling the New Danger
By Ashton B. Carter, John Deutch, and Philip Zelikow
FROM OUR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 ISSUE
IMAGINING THE TRANSFORMING EVENT
Terrorism is not a new phenomenon. But today's terrorists, be they
international cults like Aum Shinrikyo or individual nihilists like the
Unabomber, act on a greater variety of motives than ever before. More
ominously, terrorists may gain access to weapons of mass destruction,
including nuclear devices, germ dispensers, poison gas weapons, and even
computer viruses. Also new is the world's depe... more »
Satire: “Obama Signs Passive-Aggressive Executive Order”
*“Obama Signs Passive-Aggressive Executive Order”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)- “Telling Congress, “It’s O.K., I don’t
mind doing everything myself,” President Obama prepared to sign a
passive-aggressive executive order on Tuesday. While the President did not
disclose details about the executive order, he told reporters, “I’m sure
Congress is busy with a lot of other things and doesn’t want to be bothered
with stuff that’s important to me. Really, they shouldn’t give it a
moment’s thought. I’m happy to do the work of the entire government myself.”
After news o... more »
"How It Really Is"
“Supreme Court Ruling Grants Land Title To B.C. First Nation”
- http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/
“They made us many promises, more than I can remember,
but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.”
- Red Cloud
A nice start... now, what about all the country from Indiana west
that was treatied in perpetuity to belong to First People tribes?
Well, many, many treaties, all swearing they'd never ever be violated.
Yeah, that's what I thought...
- CP
A Very Important Distinction: The Trouble Isn’t Liberals. It’s Progressives.
*The distinction that makes a difference in judging those on the left,
argues Nick Sorrentino in this guest post, is between liberals and
so-called progressives. *
** * * * *
*In the below essay I speak in some generality. To be clear, progressive,
liberal, libertarian, conservative, each camp has good people and bad
people.*
[image: The "progressive" who brought us the Federal Reserve Act, the
Income Tax, and got us involved in the slaughter which was World War I.]
*U.S. President Wilson: The “progressive” who gave the U.S. the Federal
Reserve Act and the Income Tax, and took ... more »
Big Greenwald NSA Story Squashed - For Now
*"I chose a half measure, when I should have gone all the way... I'll never
make that mistake again. No more half measures”*
*- Mike Ehrmantraut*
With that cryptic tweet from Pulitzer prize winning journalist Glenn
Greenwald yesterday it is time to consider seriously that the “imminent”
game-changing story on NSA surveillance targets and other acts of wanton
criminality has been sunk by the US government. Whatever it is that those “new
last-minute claims” that preempted the publication by *The Intercept* at
midnight last night consisted of, they must have been of the gravest nature ... more »
Jonah Raskin : FILM | ‘Night Moves’ is about ecoterrorists gone awry
It’s hard to imagine that anyone would decide to make a bomb and blow up a
dam after watching ‘Night Moves.’ By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | July 1,
2014 Kelly Reichardt’s 2013 movie, Night Moves — now … finish reading Jonah
Raskin :
*FILM* | ‘Night Moves’ is about ecoterrorists gone awry
"PATTERN OF UNLAWFUL KILLINGS"
Amnesty International is accusing Israeli forces of using reckless violence
in the occupied Palestinian territories. A new report from the human rights
group goes as far as to suggest some killings may actually be war crimes.
Salmonella with your flu vaccine, Canada?
A GlaxoSmithKline Plc plant in Canada that makes the flu vaccine Flulaval
has been cited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration *for failing to
meet quality control standards.*
GSK said it is *working to rectify* the problems and does not expect a
delay in distributing the vaccine for the 2014-2015 flu season. The company
typically starts shipping the product at the end of July.
In a warning letter dated June 12 to GSK's flu vaccine manufacturing
facility in Ste-Foy, Quebec, the FDA said* the company failed to take
appropriate steps to prevent microbiological contamination of pro... more »
Three fingers
I wanted to listen to the news today just to find out how the BBC and Sky
were reporting the murder of the three Israeli teenagers and the ongoing
consequences. As luck would have it I had to be out for the best part of
the day so I missed the bulk of it.
However I did catch some snippets this evening. Daniel Taub, Mustafa
Barghouti, Mark Regev, Mustafa Barghouti, Yolande Knell, (I admire the way
she makes the town of Halhul sound like ‘hell-hole”) Mustafa Barghouti,
Kevin Connolly, Mustafa Barghouti, Peter Lerner, Mustafa Barghouti and lest
you forget, Mustafa Barghouti.
Not wis... more »
True Love Waits...
True Love Waits from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*Listen like Thieves...*
"He was quite a dominating and forceful person, he always had an opinion
and he liked to debate things. Paula would tell me very early on that Bob
always had to win in an argument. And if he thought he was losing, he would
suddenly quote statistics, or a fact, which would be completely made up.
Bob felt he was the boss, the man of the house, and he would always express
his worries about Paula's work when he was there, but in a concerned way.
*She told me she was quite scared of him..."*
Fury and sadness
For those (like Iain Duncan Smith) who think the BBC has been unduly
antagonistic toward the government's benefits reforms....
...and for those who think the BBC is unduly unsympathetic to Israel....
...just try this, transcribed from immediately after the 8 o'clock news
bulletin on Radio 4:
*Continuity Announcer*: This is BBC Radio 4. Anne Adams is a blind benefits
advisor who, due to the introduction of new inaccessible government forms,
now needs a support worker. She tells Peter White about her fury and the
sadness she feels at needing sighted assistants. That's on tonight's *I... more »
"But could it also be disproportionate?"
The BBC isn't a monolith. While tonight's *PM* covered the funerals of the
three murdered Israeli teenagers in an exemplary fashion, last night's
*Newsnight* disgraced itself.
The programme's introduction from Laura Kuennsberg began as follows:
The three kidnapped Israeli teenagers are found dead in a pit on the West
Bank. Hamas is getting the blame and, if history is a guide, the Israeli
response will be emotional. But could it also be disproportionate? We hear
from the Israeli *and* Palestinians.
"Hamas is getting the blame" is a form of words which (to me) seems to
imply that... more »
Effacing Rolf Harris
We now see him for what he is. For decades, Rolf Harris was adored by
millions. His was a warm, avuncular presence on our screens. Whether
introducing kids to classic cartoons, or shedding a tear over a dying
puppy, Harris was a reassuring fixture and one of those very few
celebrities to reach national treasure status. No one disliked Rolf, how
could you? The women who were abused and assaulted over a 30 year period
knew another Rolf Harris. The one who couldn’t keep his hands to himself,
the predatory sex pest, the man who groomed and assaulted his daughter’s 13
year-old best frie... more »
Who needs an Apache anyway?
This Russian version of the A10 will make ISIS sing like old Bob Dylan.
An Apache Helicopter is $60 million and thin skinned. The SK 24 costs $11
million and is armored. IMHO the Apache only exists because the US Airforce
will not let the Army fly fixed wing craft.
Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle - Diamond Lights (TOTP 1987)
I haven't yet seen Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle on the same World Cup
panel, but if they ever are then remember this performance... Diamond
Lights (TOTP 1987): http://youtu.be/1KEMMfV5-Qg
Miami Vice jackets...
Nicolas Sarkozy arrested over ‘influence peddling’
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held today for
questioning
over suspected influence-peddling, a legal source said.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/nicolas-sarkozy-arrested-over-influence-peddling-1.1851380
*Nicolas Sarkozy arrested over ‘influence peddling’*
*Former French president allegedly kept tabs on inquiry into his links to
Muammar Gadafy*
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held today for
questioning over suspected influence-peddling, a legal source said.
Département de Ville-de-Paris
Tue, Jul 1, 2014, 09:16
First published:
Tue,... more »
Wake Up, Janet Weiss! (How To Bury Evidence of Your Official Criminal Behavior In Plain Sight) No Name Greenwald Strikes (NOT) Again
Right. The prevalence of revealed actors from the Carlyle Group (or the
Bilderberg or the . . . ) in every part of our public sphere (and as
providers of access to information) today has absolutely nothing to do with
fascism descending full speed on our country (world). Only "truthers" are
thinking about those truths. And our man on the scene, Russ Baker. I wonder
if it seemed this natural a
Ode to Joy: the right body posture
This video made me smile tonight. The European "Parliament" in Strasbourg
invited some musicians. They would play a wonderful hackneyed song by
Ludwig van Beethoven, one of my favorite catchy 18th century melodies.
*See also a somewhat sharper video from different angles.*
But what is the right body posture when such a song is being played?
The British conservatives were sitting. But that's actually not the right
answer. It's right to stand up and to look forward, in the same direction
as the musicians. You may see the man on the left side at 0:08, the boss of
Britain's most power... more »
Putin is Losing the Current Round of the Ukraine Crisis
If only present day global competition were confined to the World Cup. But
while eyes have turned back to a new crisis in Iraq—something I’m not
exactly proud of predicting here—at least there has been progress on the
Ukraine crisis, which has gone from boil to simmer in recent weeks. At this
stage it has
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Quote of the Day: On stupidity
[Hat tip Michael Hurd]
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Here Paul Craig Roberts is interviewed on The Voice of Russia regarding Washington's foreign policy, which is becoming increasingly unpopular in the U.S. and increasingly menacing in Ukraine and Russia. PCR's opening statement is "I think, perhaps, Americans are catching on to all of the lies. There are now other sources of information, other than the English-speaking Western media. And the account that the US gives, for example, of Ukraine is clearly a lie. And it takes a while before people catch on to the lies." This Russian English-language radio program is quite long, requiring two separate audio files, each taking about a minute to download. The transcript is in good English but leaves out a small amount of material, particularly near the end. But no matter, just listen to PCR's highly instructive replies to the questions put to him.
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27 June 17:18
US war against Russia is already underway - expert
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/25298789/274016376/©
Photo: RIA Novosti/Andrei Stenin
How true is the spreading belief that President Obama has ruined US foreign
policy, and how does it actually work? The Voice of Russia is discussing it
with Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the US Treasury,
currently the chairman of The Institute for Political Economy.
*Part I*
*Download audio file*
*Part II*
*Download audio file*
*VOR: The US media is pointing to ... more »
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 »
Untitled
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.*
*Cathal Brugha: The Minister is as usual exceeding his brief!*
*Michael Collins: And what is my brief, Cathal?*
*Cathal Brugha: Intelligence.*
*Michael Collins: Bullshit! I'm Minister for Gun-Running, Daylight Robbery,
and General Mayhem.*
*Mich... more »
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 »
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 »
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