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the worst part of trump is not trump
The
freak show that is the Trump presidency gives us so many things to
lament, and mourn, and goggle at. But for one organization, it is a
singular gift, valuable beyond all measure: that is the Democratic
National Committee. For me, the worst part of the Trump presidency is
not Trump. It is the enormous setback to -- maybe the death of, in my
lifetime -- building a progressive alternative in the
the mysterious case of kars4kids: deceptive advertising for orthodox jewish proselytizing
When
I watch baseball, I always watch the "away" feed -- the Red Sox
broadcast -- and almost always choose local radio for the audio feed.
(Hooray for MLB streaming on Roku!) And while I always mute the ads
between innings, hundreds of ads are stuffed into the broadcast itself ,
so it's impossible not to hear and see a lot of advertising. One
advertising staple is something called "Cars for Kids".
update: the gay cop on barney miller comes out, plus an adorable child sex worker
About
a month ago, I wrote about an episode from the late 1970s-early 1980s
sitcom "Barney Miller", in which the squad discovers that an officer
from their precinct is gay. To my surprise, Officer Zatelli returned to
Barney Miller -- and he came out, right there in the squad room. That's
Zatelli (Dino Natali) on the right, blurting out: "I'm gay!" In this
follow-up episode, gay couple Marty and Mr
what i'm reading: turtles all the way down, the new book by john green
I don't usually write about a book while I'm still under its spell, but
there are always exceptions. John Green's Turtles All the Way Down is
an exceptional book. One reason Green's writing is so powerful is that
he conjures both the specific and the universal at the same time. The
Fault in Our Stars , for example, is about two teens who have cancer,
and how they fall in love and have a relations
alds begins today
This
Red Sox team has been driving me crazy, seesawing between amazing and
horrendous. I don't have a lot of optimism right now, especially after
our dismal showing against Houston... the team we meet in the first
round of playoffs. Dear Red Sox, Please be amazing. Love always, A fan
with no expectations
thoughts on the latest u.s. gun massacre
As
part of my continuing efforts to post here rather than -- or at least
in addition to -- Facebook, here are some thoughts on the latest
horrific massacre in the US, the country music festival in Las Vegas.
First, the inevitability of recurrence. When hearing about mass
shootings in the United States, the worst part -- the most tragic, the
most outrageous part -- is the certainty of knowing that
New in WWF - Latest News
Healthy economies need a healthy Mother Earth
The economic future of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) region looks bright. In recent years, ASEAN has been growing by
around 5 per cent a year and the Asian Development Bank estimates that
by 2030 nearly half a billion of ASEAN's population will be considered
middle class. New International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections put the
region on track to becoming the fourth largest
Process to implement Paris Agreement by 2020 starts in Bonn next week
BONN, Germany (31 October, 2017) – UN climate negotiators meet in Bonn
next week to hash out key issues that go to the heart of the
implementation of the Paris Agreement - keeping warming below 1.5°C.
Close to a year after the landmark treaty's coming into force, member
states must make substantive progress on the actual content of the
agreement's implementation guidelines in order for it to be f
CMS listing not enough to protect sharks
Global shark conservation coalition welcomes new shark listings on UN
wildlife treaty, while stressing urgent need for implementation A
coalition of leading shark conservation organizations welcomed the
decision by Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Species of Wild Animals (CMS) to list more sharks and rays on their
Appendices, but took the opportunity to stress that follo
From Bula to Bonn, accelerating climate action to be in sharp focus at COP23
(BONN, Germany) 25 October 2017 - When the annual United Nations
climate change conference gets underway in Bonn in early November,
national leaders won't be alone at the table. Businesses, cities,
subnational governments and civil society will be on hand to show how
their efforts are critical to help achieve the ambitious targets of the
2015 Paris Agreement. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF's
Central Africa biomonitoring report: Several forest elephant populations close to collapse in Central Africa
Wildlife censuses carried out in four Central African countries have
revealed that forest elephant populations have declined by approximately
66 per cent over eight years in an area covering almost 6 million
hectares. These declines are attributed to the illegal killing of
elephants for their ivory. However, there are indications that lower
levels of poaching have occurred within protected areas,
Declaración de WWF sobre el CPR (Conservación, Protección y Recuperación) de la vaquita
El 12 de octubre el Gobierno de México, con el apoyo de expertos y
científicos internacionales, iniciará un esfuerzo sin precedentes para
salvar a la vaquita, el mamífero marino más amenazado del mundo. El
proyecto, conocido como CPR (Conservación, Protección y Recuperación),
busca rescatar a las vaquitas que quedan y reubicarlas temporalmente en
un santuario marino en el Alto Golfo de California
New in A Different Perspective
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Robert Powell and the SCU*
Robert Powell This week I spoke to Robert Powell, one of the forces
behind a new organization named Scientific Coalition for Ufology (SCU).
According to their press release, and to what Powell told me, the
mission is to “conduct, promote and encourage rigorous scientific
examination of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), commonly known as
Unidentified Flying Object (UFOs). You can listen to the
Tom DeLonge and Alien Writing
Isaac Koi alerted many of us to an interview that Joe Rogan had with
Tom DeLonge about DeLonge’s announcement about his UFO research. For
those of us who have been around for more than ten minutes, some of the
things that DeLonge believes are quite disturbing. You can watch the
whole interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_3mnJfHzY Koi
pointed out some of the trouble with this intervie
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Rob Swiatek
This week I spoke with Rob Swiatek, he of the MUFON Board of Directors
and someone who has been studying UFOs and UFO sightings for quite a
long time. We Rob Swiatek first talked about MUFON and the list of
speakers for their recent (or not so recent) symposium that included a
few who might not have both oars in the water. Of course, we did mention
a couple of them who seemed firmly grounded in s
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Tony Angiola and Ben Moss
Ben Moss A few weeks ago, I had said that I’d have Ben Moss on the
program, but various problems kept that from happening. This week I had
planned to talk with Tony Angiola and we were able to get Ben to the
microphone as well. The topic was the Socorro UFO landing. They had been
continuing their investigation into the sighting, and as I said, some
of the things they had told me a year ago sparke
Project Horse Fly - The Documents
My posting about General Exon and the project known as “Horse Fly”
inspired one of those who visit here to file a FOIA request. Here is
what he wrote: Bombastic Bill has left a new comment on your post "
Arthur Exon and the Investigative Teams ": So I recently filed a FOIA
for Horse Fly for Wright Pat in the years listed above and I have
received a reply from the Air Force: "A thorough search for
Tom DeLonge and UFOs
I must be doing something wrong. For months I have been hearing about
Tom DeLonge, he formerly of Blink-182, who has entered the UFO arena
with, allegedly, some highly-place contacts who will assist him in
bringing the truth about alien visitation to the public. This began
around 2015. According to Rolling Stone : DeLonge contacted [John]
Podesta [Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager] again this Ja
New in A Very Public Sociologist
Solidarity with Bex Bailey
Reading through Bex Bailey's account of her rape at the 2011 Labour
conference made me feel sick. But what it also made me feel was weary,
perhaps an insight into the kind of bone tiredness feminist comrades are
used to feeling when they encounter these stories and experiences time
after time after time. A year later, in 2012 in Manchester, one of my
friends was similarly attacked by a conference
The Problem with Gavin Williamson
And so revelations of sexual harassment and wrongdoing have claimed
their first Westminster scalp. In his interview with Laura Kuennsberg,
"Handbags" Fallon said he decided to resign because his conduct was
unbecoming for someone occupying his lofty office. And so now the former
defence secretary ceases being Theresa May's useful idiot, and merely
becomes a plain old idiot. Meanwhile in an unsubt
Politicising Sexual Harassment
As we've been talking about sexist abuse in the Labour Party recently ,
turning our attention to the Tories is the balanced thing to do. The
eruption of the Harvey Weinstein scandal appears to have cleared a
logjam in public life. Women who've put up with the full spectrum of
sexist behaviour, from "banter" and name-calling all the way through to
abuse and sexual assault now feel encouraged to co
Can You Help?
All That Is Solid Don't you just love Facebook? By 'love', I actually
mean hate. And because of them I am forced to come cap in hand to you.
Since June I've regularly shared material from this blog via Facebook. I
like to think the odd interjection of hard thinking from the hard left
has helped brighten a few timelines amid pictures of dinner, rubbish
memes and selfies. This has been done by shar
On Tory Phantasmagoria
The world is a terrifying place, and even more so if you lack the tools
to understand it. Pity the mainstream of politics who eschew even the
most basic truisms of sociological thinking . You know, the
revolutionary notion human societies are constituted by social
relations, and these contain dynamics and flows of different scales and
power that can be described, analysed, and explained. Its abse
Five Most Popular Posts in October
The five most read posts last month were, 1. Guido Fawkes: Troll and
Hypocrite 2. Corbynism and the White Heat of Technology 3. Neoliberalism
and the Battle of Ideas 4. Oxbridge and the Reproduction of the Ruling
Class 5. After the Worst Speech Ever Readers might recall last month's
moan about the triple whammy of Google and Facebook changes, plus a ban
from the latter for sharing stuff (why have
New in Adrienne's Corner
Sean Hannity: Tick Tock - Hillary Clinton Rigged and Stole the Election from Bernie...
I agree with President Trump: "When is justice going to be done?" This is excellent and well worth a watch. Really!
"Refugee Resettlement" is a Money Making Scam...
and you're paying for it. The time to fight back is before your town or
city is overrun with people who have absolutely no intention of
assimilating while sucking up resources and causing mayhem. These people
are being brought in by contractors, most notably: Church World Service
(CWS) Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) (secular)
Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) Hebrew Immigrant A
Allahu Akbar does not mean "God is Great"...
it
means Allah is greatest. I shouldn't need to explain the difference to
anyone. And, no, Christians and muslims do not worship the same God. Not
at all. So when Jake Tapper declares it "beautiful", he's a lying dope
of the first order. As news broke that the driver was shouting "Allahu
Akbar" as he attacked these people, Jake Tapper wanted to remind his
audience that "the Arabic chant 'Allahu Ak
Chicken Hawk Kevin Spacey announces to world he's a sodomite...
because that makes assaulting a minor for homosexual sex okay? The
aforementioned minor is now 46 years old, an open homosexual, and a
former child star who was no doubt groomed and seduced as a child into
the homosexual lifestyle. The slang chicken hawk refers to an older
homosexual man who likes to chase after and seduce younger men and boys.
The Catholic priests who are accused of pedophilia a
"Let There be Light": Executive producer Sean Hannity...
we'll be putting our money where our mouths are always flapping this
week. Sean's movie is out in limited release and we're lucky to have it
playing at our local theater. Variety, LA Times, and every other left
wing publication (no link on purpose) didn't like it too much, because
of the sappy, you know Christian message. It's all about that icky stuff
like salvation and redemption, doncha know.
Bowe Bergdahl and his fan-boy Obama...
just in case you forgot. Obama freed five Taliban leaders, most of whom
have returned to trying to kill "infidels", for the traitor Bowe
Bergdahl, who is awaiting sentencing for his crime of desertion and
misbehavior before the enemy. Need I remind you that American citizens
died as a result of what Bergdahl did when he decided to take a stroll
after dinner from his battalion and not return? Afte
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & Views....October 18 , 2017.....Topics To Consider
today-1) Markets : Asia- Economic Calendar For Asia - Thursday , Market
Moving Data & News ; US - More Record Closes For US Stocks , Earning
Reports From Ebay , Alcoa , American Express , Kinder Morgan & UAL ;
Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Political News - Puerto Rico Updates ;
DC Swampland News ( Tax Reform , Healthcare , Various Russia Related
Investigations ) ; Additional Political Items Of Note To Consider. 3)
Spain - Hours Away Potentially From Article 155 Being Imposed , Spain
Awaits The Reply Of Catalan Gov't President Regarding Independence
Declaration - Cat & Mouse Game Continues. 4) EU-UK Talks - Today's
"Back & Forth" Between PM May & EU Leadership. 5) Ukraine -
Protests Increasing As Restless Citizens Take To The Streets Again ,
Second Maidan On The Way Perhaps , Additional Items On Ukraine. 6) Odds
& Ends - From Across The Globe.
Markets... Asia.... fred walton @fredwalton216 2h 2 hours ago fred
walton Retweeted ForexLive Asia calendar for Thursday. fred walton
added, ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today - China Q3
GDP http:// news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-china-q3-gdp-20171018 … LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk
12m 12 minutes ago Japan Securities Regulator Said To Probe Toshiba
Repor
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 17 , 2017 ...... Topics For
Tuesday-1) Markets : Asia - Calendar For Asia Wednesday , Market Moving
News & Data ; US - Dow And S&P End With New Record Closes , FX
Wrap For New York , API Inventory Data , TIC Flows Data , Additional
Items Of Note.2) US Politics : Swampland - Healthcare , NAFTA , Russia
Probe & Collusion Issues , Puerto Rico Updates , More Items Of Note.
3) France - 10 Arrests Made Of Far Right Militants Over Terror Plot To
Attack Politicians & Mosques. 4) Spain- Thursday Drop Day Approaches
For Rejection Of Independence Declaration , Large Protests Against
Jailing Of Catalan Leaders , Additional Items Of Note. 5) Italy - News
For Tuesday To Consider. 6) UK- UK-EU Talks Items To Consider. 7) Odds
& Ends
Markets..... Asia.... fred walton @fredwalton216 29m 29 minutes ago
fred walton Retweeted ForexLive Calendar for Wednesday. .. fred walton
added, ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today http://
news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat a-due-from-asia-today-01- fred walton
@fredwalton216 30m 30 minutes ago fred walton Retweeted ForexLive Asia
watch... fred walton added, ForexLive @Fore
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 16 , 2017 ......Quick Hits For
Monday-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Tuesday , Market Moving
Data & News , North Korea Updates ; US - Another Day Of Record High
For US Stock Indexes , US Crude Rises On Kirkuk Concerns. 2) Spain -
Puigdemont Does Not Give Clear Answer To Independence Question Posed By
Rajoy , Pro-Independence Leaders Sanchez And Cuixart Jailed During
Sedition Investigation , Police Chief Not Jailed Though. 3) UK-EU Talks -
PM May's Brussels Meeting Fails To Break Current Deadlock In Talks. 4)
Malta- Shocking Murder By Car Bombing Of Panama Papers Reporter Daphe
Caruana Galiza Shocks Malta & The World. 5 ) Iraq- Kirku Falls
Strikingly Fast - KDP & PUK Point Fingers At Each Other , Iraq's PM
Looks Decisive And Strong. 6) Venezuela- Opposition Falls Into Maduro
Trap with Regional Elections - Gov't Takes 17 Of 23 Governorships ,
Additional News On Venezuela. 7) US Politics : Puerto Rico Updates For
Monday ; Swampland…
Markets....... fred walton @fredwalton216 1h 1 hour ago fred walton
Retweeted ForexLive Asia calendar for Tuesday..... fred walton added,
ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today - New Zealand
inflation & RBA minutes http:// news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-new-zealand-inflation-20171016 … LiveSquawk
@LiveSquawk 17m 17 minutes ago Kobe Steel May Have Faked
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 15 , 2017.... Quick hits for Sunday
-1) Spain - Political Standoff Continues. No Sign Of Movement As
Spanish Deadline of Monday 8:00 GMT Looms. Puigedemont & Catalan
Gov't Leaders Pay Tribute To Lluis Companys ( Former Catalonia President
Executed October 15 , 1940.) 2) UK - Sunday Talk Show Highlights ,
EU-UK Talks & Brexit Related Items , Domestic Politics. 3) US
Politics- Sunday Talks Show Highlights From Tillerson , Haley &
McMaster - Talking Points On Iran & North Korea In Focus , Swampland
Politics In Focus , Updates On Puerto Rico - Updated During Sunday As
Additional Information Released. 4) Odds & Ends - Syria , Somalia ,
Kurdistan-Iraq , North Korea & More.
Spain..... fred walton @fredwalton216 27s 27 seconds ago fred walton
Retweeted BBC News (World) Carles Puigdemont & other senior
politicians paid tribute in Barcelona to a Catalan politician executed
under Franco in the Civil War. fred walton added, BBC News (World)
Verified account @BBCWorld Catalonia: No sign of movement as Spanish
deadline looms http:// bbc.in/2kQDsWe fred walton @fredwalt
Economic
News , Data & Views ...... October 14 , 2017..... Topics Of
Interest For Saturday-1) Global Market Weekly Highlights And Items To
Consider : Doug Noland's Credit Bulletin For The Weekly Rundown ; KSA
May Choose To Limit IPO of Aramco Shares to Riyadh Exchange ; Weekly
Updates Regarding Global Bonds & China's Credit Bubble ( H/T Holger S
) ; Bitcoin Items & Additional Items Of Interest. 2) Hurricane
Orphelia - As Orphelia Tracks Toward Ireland And The UK , Strong Winds
& Downpours In Forecast For Early Next Week. 3) Iraq/ Kurdistan -
Updates For Present State Of Play In Tense Aftermath Subsequent To
Kurdistan's Recent Independence Referendum. 4) Syria Updates - Al
Mayadin Has Been Taken From ISIS By SAA Forces , SDF Makes Further
In-roads At Raqqa & Deir Ezzor Governorate. 5) US Politics Updates
On Puerto Rico ; Swampland News , Additional Items Of note. 6) Odds
& Ends !
Global Markets... fred walton @fredwalton216 4m 4 minutes ago fred
walton Retweeted fred walton Always interesting Doug Noland Essay
compares current market conditions with 1999....good wrap for news and
weekly data , as well. fred walton added, fred walton @fredwalton216
Credit Bubble Bulletin : Weekly Commentary: Arms Race http://
creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2017/10/weekly -commentary-a
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 13 , 2017......Quick Hits For
Friday-1) Markets - US : S&P / DOW / Nasdaq - All End Week On All
Time Highs , Volatility For October On Pace For Least Volatile Month
Ever ; Apart from Stocks , Rising Tide Floated Almost All Asset Classes
This Week - Treasuries , Corporate Bonds , Gold , Oil ; Additional Items
To Consider. 2) US Politics : POTUS Does Not Certify Iran Compliance
With JCOPA & Sanctions IRGC - Response From EU , Europe / Russia
& Iran ; Nafta Updates ; Healthcare State Of Play ; Las Vegas
Massacre Sheriff / FBI Presser ; Puerto Rico Updates For Friday. 3)
Spain- Clock Ticking For Puigedemont , Decision Time Comes Early Next
Week On Declaring Independence. 4) Odds & Ends.
Markets.... Charlie Bilello Verified account @charliebilello 2h 2
hours ago Wall Street Week S&P: All-Time High Dow: All-Time High
Nasdaq: All-Time High NYSE: All-Time High Global Dow: All-Time High
#FridayThe13th fred walton @fredwalton216 14s 14 seconds ago fred
walton Retweeted zerohedge ZH-"Buy it all...On the week-Stocks are up,
Treasury Bonds are up, Corporate Bonds are up, Gold is up,
New in Centauri Dreams
Proxima Centauri Dust Indicates a Complicated System
Just how elaborate is the planetary system around the nearest star?
It’s a question rendered more interesting this morning by the news that
the ALMA Observatory in Chile has now detected dust in the system in an
area one to four times as far from Proxima Centauri as the Earth is from
the Sun. Moreover, there are signs of what may be an outer dust belt,
an indication that while we have already dis
Ambiguity in Life Detection
How likely are we to find a definitive biosignature once we begin
analyzing the atmospheres of nearby rocky exoplanets? We have some ideal
candidates, after all, with stars like TRAPPIST-1 yielding not one but
three potentially life-bearing worlds. The first thing we’ll have to
find out is whether any of these planets actually have atmospheres, and
what their composition may be. ‘Habitable zone’
To See a Habitable World
Video presentations from the recent Tennessee Valley Interstellar
Workshop are beginning to appear online . It’s welcome news for those of
us who believe all conferences should be available this way, and a
chance for Centauri Dreams readers to home in on particular
presentations of interest. I published my Closing Remarks at TVIW right
after the meeting and will watch with interest as the complet
M-dwarf ‘Hot Jupiter’ a Challenge for Planet Formation Theories
The Next Generation Transit Survey has come up with an interesting
catch. A gas giant close to the size of Jupiter (about 20 percent less
massive) has turned up orbiting a red dwarf some 600 light years away,
with an orbital period of 2.6 days. With a temperature calculated at 800
Kelvin, NGTS-1b stands out not because it is a ‘hot Jupiter’ but
because stars as small as this one are not normally
Cold Trap in a Hot Jupiter’s Atmosphere
The other day I looked at how we can use transit spectroscopy to study
the atmospheres of exoplanets. Consider this a matter of eclipses, the
first occurring when the planet moves in front of its star as seen from
Earth. We can measure the size of the planet and also see light from the
star as it moves through the planetary atmosphere, giving us
information about its composition. The secondary ec
Robotic Asteroid Mining: Bootstrapping the Solar System Economy
Centauri Dreams returns with an essay by long-time contributor Alex
Tolley. If we need to grow a much bigger economy to make starships
possible one day, the best way to proceed should be through building an
infrastructure starting in the inner Solar System and working outward.
Alex digs into the issues here, starting with earlier conceptions of how
it might be done, and the present understanding
New in Craig Murray
I Go to Stand My Trial
I leave Edinburgh this afternoon for London, to stand trial at the High
Court for libel. To answer a question frequently asked, the reason I
have accepted English jurisdiction is that the event was a Sky News
broadcast, an English broadcaster. If it had been over my blog I would
not have accepted jurisdiction as I do not accept the English claim to
universal jurisdiction over internet content. I
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Only the Tories could produce a sex dossier like this one, in
tremendous High Tory prose. They talk of “impregnation” and
“fornication”. This provides some backing for its authenticity. It is
difficult to understand the provenance of this “sex list” of Tory MPs.
What was the standing of the junior Tory researchers who allegedly
compiled it, and at whose behest? Assuming this copy is genuine, we k
On Being a Rebel
The Francoist ultras of the Spanish government have gone the whole hog,
and are charging Puigdemont and his colleagues with sedition and
rebellion. And before anyone can interject with any nonsense about
prosecutorial independence, let me assure you that in no country, ever,
in the history of the world, has anybody been tried for sedition or
rebellion without the explicit approval of the politica
When Project Fear Shoots its Bolt
Zero companies have left Catalonia. The BBC, Sky News, France24 and
Deutsche Welt have all told me repeatedly today that 1500 companies have
left Catalonia. Goodness knows what the Spanish media is like – El
Pais, soon to be renamed The Ecstatic Francoist, has put me off looking
any further. But despite the media bombardment of fake news, actually no
companies have left Catalonia at all. What hav
Blowback and the Manhattan Terror Attack
The latest Manhattan Terror Attack appears to have been conducted by an
Uzbek, Sayfullo Saipov, and a worrying proportion of such attacks
worldwide are being carried out by Uzbeks, including the ramming attack
in Stockholm and the Istanbul airport bombing. When I was British
Ambassador in Uzbekistan I very explicitly warned that the support NATO
countries were giving the appallingly repressive Uz
The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Guardian
In an instance typical of the morally abhorrent neoliberal propaganda
rag that the Guardian has become, it reports that the latest respectable
opinion poll puts support for Catalan Independence at 48.7% – while
failing to report that the same poll puts opposition to Catalan
Independence at 43.6%. By excluding the don’t knows and failing to admit
it has done so, the Guardian quite deliberately lea
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
Too much overtime owed may have saved former PC staffers’ jobs as UCP purged their Wildrose counterparts
PHOTOS: Nick Koolsbergen, new chief of staff to United Conservative
Party Leader Jason Kenney. (Photo: Lorian Belanger/Radio-Canada.) Below:
UCP Deputy Chief of Staff Matt Wolf (Photo: Linkedin), UCP
communications staffer Blaise Boehmer (Photo: Twitter), and Jamie
Mozeson, former candidate to succeed Rona Ambrose as MP for Sturgeon
River-Parkland (Photo: Jamie Mozeson Campaign). United Conservat
Jason Kenney assigns United Conservative Party caucus critic roles; Brian Jean is so far out he’s practically in orbit!
PHOTOS: Brian Jean, looking as if he’s contemplating his future. Truth
be told, your blogger has no idea what Mr. Jean was thinking about in
this photo grabbed from his still-functioning Facebook page. Below:
United Conservative Party House Leader Jason Nixon, Deputy UCP Leader
Leela Aheer, and former interim UCP leader Nathan Cooper (Facebook). OK,
[…] The post Jason Kenney assigns United Conser
You Can’t Stay Here, stories by Alberta author Jasmina Odor, tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 29, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. You Can’t Stay Here – Jasmina Odor* 2. This is
All a Lie – Thomas Trofimuk* […] The post You Can’t Stay Here, stories
by Alberta author Jasmina Odor, tops Audreys Books
UCP leader demands by-election he likely doesn’t want; premier, presumably anxious to tie him down in House, is silent
PHOTOS: Jason Nixon, the UCP’s new House Leader. (Photo: Dave
Cournoyer, Daveberta.ca.) Below: Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley,
seatless UCP Leader Jason Kenney, former Wildrose leader Brian Jean in
happier times, Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman, Alberta Liberal Leader
David Khan, and Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark. Happy Halloween!
Nothing is as it seems! Now that […] The post UCP leader demands
Guest Post: Tales from the annals of inevitable right-wing political victories in Western Canada
PHOTOS: Parliament Hill in Ottawa, whence he came to save his province
from socialism … Below: Guest post author John Ashton, Jason Kenney
(Photo: Creative Commons, Michał Józefaciuk, Senat Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej), and Elwin Hermanson (Photo: Twitter). “It’s my belief that
history is a wheel. ‘Inconstancy is my very essence,’ says the wheel.
Rise up on […] The post Guest Post: Tales from the a
Few and Far by Allison Kydd leads Andreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 22, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS Few and Far – Allison Kydd+ In the Cage – Kevin
Hardcastle The Sun and Her Flowers […] The post Few and Far by Allison
Kydd leads Andreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List th
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Reforestation effort in Amazon aims to plant 73 million trees Meet New
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After Spacey Sex Assaut Scandal Iceland's Biggest Volcano Is "Ready To
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From Jenna Orkin NSA wanted to use the Espionage Act to prosecute a
journalist for using FOIA Researchers Find Missing Link Between the
Brain and Immune System Richard Branson leads effort to create
'Caribbean Marshall Plan' Catalonia Ex-president Puigdemont: I'm not in
Belgium to seek asylum Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to
Trump World carbon emissions already set to blow Paris d
From Jenna Orkin World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50% Nerve Gas on Your Cereal Strange messages...
From Jenna Orkin World's eight richest people have same wealth as
poorest 50% Nerve Gas on Your Cereal Strange messages coming from the
stars are ‘probably’ from aliens, scientists say Transparent Solar
Panels Could Harvest Energy From Windows and Eventually Replace Fossil
Fuels "This Is A Big Problem" - North Korea Nuclear Test Site Headed For
A Devastating Collapse Bitcoin Just Hit A New Record
From Jenna Orkin More Than 900 Post-Hurricane Deaths In Puerto Rico Won’t Be Physically Examined China Speeds Ahead of ...
From Jenna Orkin More Than 900 Post-Hurricane Deaths In Puerto Rico
Won’t Be Physically Examined China Speeds Ahead of U.S. as Quantum
Computing Race Escalates China Is Creating a Database of Its Citizens’
Voices to Boost its Surveillance Capability Trump to Auction Off Swaths
of Gulf of Mexico to Oil Companies How Much Trump's Cronies are Making
in Puerto Rico (FB) North Korea Conducts Mass Evac
From Jenna Orkin Senate Bill 1241 , “Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017,” ...
From Jenna Orkin Senate Bill 1241 , “Combating Money Laundering,
Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017,” Las Vegas shooting
victim slammed with death threats: ‘I hope someone truly shoots you’
"$100,000 Bought Me The Mayor": Shocking Testimony Of De Blasio Donor
Revealed The World's New Reserve Currency? Everything You Need To Know
About PetroYuan False Flag Terrorist Bombings, Murd
New in Government and Taxes
BWorld 161, The sin of smuggling and corruption in the Sin tax law
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 23, 2017. The intent
or purpose of higher taxation is to further penalize an act, work, or
consumption, hoping to discourage them by making their prices higher
while giving government and lobbyists more freebies and more money. The
unintended result of higher taxation is to encourage illicit trade,
production of cheaper but lower quality goods an
Energy 102, Germany's CDU/CSU and FDP rejecting the Greens' anti-coal agenda
I like the development in the new German government. #1 CDU getting
closer with #4 FDP (Free Democratic Party) in climate and energy
policies while potential partner #5 Greens go more idiotic and
watermelon-ic (green outside, red inside) in demanding zero coal power.
The Greens have more commonality with #2 SDP and #6 Linke (commies). CDU
is correct -- if they follow the Greens for the sake of co
US economic growth of 3%, due to deregulation?
If we exclude the years 2008-09 because they were outliers (global
financial upheaval), the Obama years seem to be the weakest since 1990.
Never experienced growth of 3% or higher.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/188165/annual-gdp-growth-of-the-united-states-since-1990/
Early peek of the Trump admin first 3 Quarters of 2017, experienced 3%
growth in the last 2 quarters (Q2 and Q3). https://tr
BWorld 160, A high carbon tax is irrational
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 19, 2017. Political
science masquerading as climate science insist that the gas that we
humans and our animals exhale, the gas that is used by trees, flowers,
fruits and other crops to grow and feed the world — carbon dioxide or
CO2 — is a pollutant that must be over-taxed and over-regulated. Far
from the truth. CO2 is a useful gas, not a polluta
IPR and Innovation 38, Recent IP development in some ASEAN countries
Property rights protection of both physical and
non-physical/intellectual -- trademark/logo, copyright, patent, etc. --
is among the cornerstones of dynamic, mature and market-friendly
economies. Individuals and enterprises develop new products and services
via innovation and they create new value, new wealth for society. I am
reposting some developments on IPR in the ASEAN. Thanks to the Propert
Lion Rock 22, Hong Kong's early policies on free trade, zero income tax
I like this article by a friend since 2004, Andrew Pak Man Shuen,
Director and Co-Founder of the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong. I
thought it was Sir John Cowperthwaite who was the first engineer of HK
free trade policy. Reposting, did not include the first four paragraphs.
Photo I got from wiki. ------------- How Hong Kong’s Bond Villain Keep
Invasion at Bay 13/09/2017 THE CONSERVATIVE | June
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Is the "Storm" About to Start?
A conspiracy nut's paranoid vision? We hope so! Consider how many
"drills" like the one planned for this weekend went "live." They could
simulate total grid collapse, erase digital money and blame North Korea.
Ryan M's nightmare scenario is well reasoned. "According to The
National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL), elements of the US
Department of Defense (DOD) will simulate a "communications
Homosexuals are 5-8 X More Likely to Molest Children
(left, Illuminati satanist Kevin Spacey.) "I don't remember sexually
assaulting that teenager and btw, I'm gay." Spacey hoped to garner some
sympathy by "coming out" at the same time as admitting to assaulting a
14-year-old fellow actor in 1985. However, gay activists and leftists
rebuked him for drawing attention to the "stereotype" that there is any
connection between pedophilia and homosexuali
"Anti-Terror" Presence Preceded NYC Attack by Hours
Did the NYPD Counter-Terrorism Unit have advance warning of the NYC
Halloween terrorist attack which killed eight? The perpetrators of 911
-- i.e. Intelligence agencies like the CIA and Mossad- fund ISIS and are
behind all terror attacks which are designed partly to create a climate
of hatred against Islam and sympathy for Israel. Patrick Stewart, who
happened to be at the scene Tuesday afternoon
Oswald Was Engaged in Assassination False Flag
(left, first of many innocent patsies) [CIA's] Howard Hunt had
concocted the most bizarre assassination intrigue of all time. Oswald
was going to participate in a fake assassination attempt on John
Kennedy, and frame Castro for it. LAPD Detective Gary Wean wrote a book
in the 1980s, The Fish in the Courthouse about official corruption in
California, which included a segment about his association
Revealed-- Corey Feldman's Abusers are Nobodies
(Feldman, right, with Corey Haim who died in 2010, at age 38 of drug
overdose) Corey Feldman's Abusers Are Small-Timers There is an
assumption that t he Hollywood executives who abused child actors Corey
Haim and Corey Feldman are familiar names like Rob Reiner or Stephen
Speilberg. N ot to minimize the wrong, but Feldman's abusers are no
longer players and never were. Merit Freeman has compared
Women Look to Dogs for Family
(Dogs, not people, benefit from feminism.) The trend can no longer be
ignored. Whenever I go for a walk, I encounter many solitary women
walking dogs. "Data shows that a big drop in the number of babies born
to women ages 15 to 29 corresponds with a huge increase in the number of
tiny pooches owned by young US women." More Young Women Choosing Dogs
Over Motherhood By Antonio Antenucci and David K
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Pivot to, or Brawl in Asia? West Already Targeting Thailand's New King
November 3, 2017 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Not even a day had passed
after the funeral rites for Thailand's revered and respected former head
of state, King Bhumibol Adulyadej before the Western media began
launching attacks on his heir and current Thai head of state, King Maha
Vajiralongkorn. It is a development widely predicted - with the United
States and its European partners long-eager to
US Meddling Across Southeast Asia
October 17, 2017 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - At a time when US political
leaders decry with little evidence what they claim is a pandemic of
"Russian interference" in Western political affairs from Western Europe
to North America, years of documented evidence exist of this very same
interference in the domestic affairs of other nations around the world,
funded and directed not by Moscow, but by Was
US Mercenaries, Iraqi Highways and the Mystery of the Never-Ending ISIS Hordes
October 23, 2017 ( Ulson Gunnar - NEO ) - While the US and European
media provided little explanation as to how militants from the
self-titled Islamic State (IS) managed to appear, expand and then fight
for years against the combined military power of Iraq, Syria, Iran and
Russia, it was abundantly clear to many analysts that the IS
organization was not only receiving state sponsorship, but it wa
Catalan Independence: Out of Madrid's Frying Pan, Into the NATO Fire?
October 9, 2017 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Media on all sides
surrounding the recent Catalan referendum for independence from Spain
focused on Madrid's security crackdown on voters. However, what is not
being mentioned about Catalonia's ongoing bid to achieve independence,
who is leading it, and what their plans are for the region should they
succeed, is just as important. Catalonia is one of th
How the West is Trying to Recreate Myanmar's Crisis in Thailand
October 13, 2017 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Media platforms either
directly funded by the United States government or by their political
proxies in Thailand, including US-funded Prachatai and Khao Sod English,
have begun investing increasing amounts of energy into fueling a
currently non-existent sectarian divide in Thai society. They are
concentrating their efforts in promoting the activities o
America's Predictable Betrayal of the Iran Deal
America's withdrawal from the "Iran deal" doesn't prove that Iran is a
threat to world peace and stability - instead - it proves that America
cannot be trusted. October 18, 2017 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - In a
recent public statement, US President Donald Trump announced the United
States' decertification of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA) also known as the "Iran Deal." Fox Ne
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Russian Propaganda and Digital Democracy
It is clear from a deluge of news reports that Russian propagandists
sought to exploit pre-existing schisms in American society around issues
of race, immigration, gun rights, and identity politics. It is not
clear whether this effort had impact on the election, although the
mainstream media is actively promoting the allegation that it
contributed to a Trump win. For example: Manu Raju, Dylan Bye
Human Engineered Radioactive Beach Sand & Ocean Sediment Contaminate Sea for Decades
Happy Halloween. Here is some scary news for you concerning the legacy
of the cult of death that continues to control international conceptions
and deployments of security. A new study described at Phy.Org reports
that radioactivity "lingers" in Marshall Island seafloor sediment from
1946-1958 nuclear bomb tests, particularly plutonium: Radioactivity
lingers from 1946-1958 nuclear bomb tests (Oct
Kobe Steel's Nuclear Tentacles
A few days ago I posted questions concerning the recent revelations of
fraud in Kobe steel certification and the nuclear supply chain: Was
Flawed Kobe Steel Used in Construction of Japan's Troubled Rokkasho
Plant?
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2017/10/was-flawed-kobe-steel-used-in.html
More on Kobe Steel Scandal and Unanswered Questions About Nuclear
Supply Chains http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/
Propaganda Near and Far
History is always socially constructed, with its facts, narratives, and
implied value orientations contingent upon the the orator's
perspective. The dominant or official historical narrative tends to
reflect the perspective of those who control decision-making in the
society. But there are always alternative historical narratives, which
have the capacity to circulate widely and mobilize individua
Precarious Becomings
Precarious Becomings is the title of my new book project on autism,
which I've been collecting data for, but haven't yet begun writing. What
I mean to argue is that the becomings - the biological, cultural, and
social unfoldings of human beings -- are precarious; that is, they are
both uncertain and vulnerable. Precarity is an ontological condition of
life because life is utterly dependent upon s
Nuclear Risk Landscapes and the Circulations of their Effluents Missing from Accounts of Global Environmental Collapse
The US has Hanford, among other iconic sites, and the UK has
Sellafield. These sites are extreme "risk landscapes" as described by
Blowers in his "Nuclear Wastelands" Blowers, Andrew (2017, August).
Nuclear’s wastelands part 1 – landscapes of the legacy of nuclear power.
Town & Country, 303-308, p. 304. This recent "chemical alert" at
Sellafield illustrates the catastrophic risks encoded in nucle
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Mary, Mary, What Have You Done?
Michael Harris asks a really good question: What, exactly, is Mary
Dawson doing? It’s time to either get serious about people who violate
the ethical rules that govern elected officials — or shutter this
largely worthless operation and spend its $7 million budget on something
useful. Dawson simply muddied the waters swirling around Bill Morneau:
Dawson came up with a beauty to describe this nonse
You Need To Take A Shower
Two weeks before the Mueller indictments, the Trump propaganda machine
began to trumpet the line that Mueller should be investigating Hillary
Clinton for a uranium deal. E.J. Dionne understands the Trump game plan:
Trump’s rampage against Clinton focuses on the 2010 purchase of Uranium
One, a Canadian company with U.S. assets, by the Russian nuclear
authority. The deal was approved by the Committ
He Does Not Understand
Before anyone starts to agree with former prime minister Stephen
Harper's conclusion that the Liberals have been "napping on NAFTA," Tim
Harper suggests that they take a look at Stephen Harper's record of
dealing with Washington: While in opposition, Harper aligned himself
with George W. Bush’s “coalition of the willing,’’ for his failed
invasion of Iraq, something Harper agreed, five years later
Is This Their Cause?
In the wake of Robert Mueller's indictments, Michael Gerson has a
question for Republicans: To what circle of hell are Republican
officials about to consign themselves? It would be useful for members of
Congress to declare that they will never enter the fourth circle — the
demolition of the integrity and independence of the FBI — if only to
deter Trump from forcing a constitutional crisis. Sen. L
It Doesn't Seem Obvious
This week, Stephen Harper sent a memo to clients of his firm, Harper
and Associates. The memo was titled "Napping on NAFTA." The Toronto Sun
reports that: The memo was obtained by The Canadian Press and it
criticizes the Trudeau government in several areas: For too quickly
rejecting U.S. proposals, for insisting on negotiating alongside Mexico,
and for promoting progressive priorities like labour
What Do We Do About Them?
The advent of social media was supposed to call forth our better
angels, Instead, Neal Gabler writes , it has unleashed our darker angels
and made Donald Trump possible: It is by now a given that social media
have changed and continue to change the way we interact with one another
and even with our own selves, the way we use our time, the way we
prioritize and value things, the way we respond emo
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The Criminal US CIA Releases Fake "Bin Laden Documents", And The American People Are Treated As Suckers Once Again!
I
am truly shocked at the utter ignorance and stupidity of the average
American (and Canadian) these days.... Apparently, the US Government is
now going all out with these "false flags" in quick succession knowing
full well that the average American citizen has the brain power of
mosquito pee and the same level of attention span to boot, and therefore
most Americans are so easily manipulated with
NYC False Flag Truck Attack: What We Have On This So Far...
Well,
as I promised, it is indeed time to focus in on some truths about the
"truck attack" that happened on Halloween, October 31st, in New York
City..... I for one was indeed awaiting the proof of this being a false
flag, and again it came yesterday when the Express out of the UK and
other Jew spew media outlets announced that the US bought and paid for
fraud known as "ISIS" claimed responsibilit
WHY Does Catalonia Want To Quit Spain? Its The Economy, Stupid!
While
so much focus has now been on the newest false flag attack in the
United States, in New York City, there is still so much happening
elsewhere across the planet... I will of course be covering more of this
NYC "incident" closely in future articles, but for the moment I do want
to touch on one major issue that is occurring right now that could
indeed blow up into a major crisis very soon... I
New
York City False Flag Attack: Right On Cue, Fraud "ISIS" Claims
Responsibility -Thus Revealing This As Another False Flag Attack
Yes,
I saw the reports over the last two days of that new "attack" in New
York City just yesterday where a truck driver supposedly "mowed down"
some people on a busy sidewalk, supposedly killing at least 8 while
injuring dozens of others... But I was waiting for the one thing that I
have always said indicates whether or not this one was yet another false
flag operation, and right on cue it came to
Las Vegas Mass Shooting FALSE FLAG Operation - WHY Are Real Witnesses All Suddenly Dying?
I
do have a bit of catching up to do in regards to the Las Vegas mass
shooting false flag operation.... My last report at this blog from last
week concerned the obvious set up of Stephen Paddock's brother, Bruce,
by the FBI and police claiming that he suddenly out of the blue had
"child pornography" on his home computer... That was most definitely a
set up to try to silence Bruce and to make sure
New Article From Paul Craig Roberts: One Day Tomorrow Won't Arrive
I
am back.... I was actually laid up the last few days with a terrible
head cold that was persistent and would not quit.... But last night I
was finally able to get some proper sleep for a change, and now I feel
so much better... Over the last few days the only articles that I felt
like releasing, in between taking some cold medication and suffering
from a high fever, was the most excellent series
New in Not PC
Socialism in action
[Cartoon by Roger Maynard . Hat tip Creative Deduction ] . Content is
copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with
link and attribution.
The ingenious Phil Twyford
The new minister for housing and transport has found a way to pay the
unaffordable bill for Auckland's new public transport infrastructure,
and that's to help make Auckland housing even more unaffordable. What
could be more ingenious! He'd already signalled that Labour's faithful
promise to voters neither to raise taxes nor to introduce a capital
gains tax was going to constrain him -- he'd alrea
"Muh roads!"
A young Jeremy Clarkson interviews a few even younger Kalgoorlie, West
Australia, locals about the time that, "without permission, the
townsfolk built themselves a bypass." [Video from the BBC, hat tip ABC
Goldfields-Esperance and UK Libertarian Discussion Group ] . . Content
is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with
link and attribution.
The bullshit of Red October
It’s been 100 years since the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in
October 1917, storming the Winter Palace to throw off the Czar’s yoke
and deliver freedom to the Russian masses. October 25! The day of Red
October! Trouble is, everything about that fairy tale is wrong,
including the outcome. It’s fake history. Even the date is bullshit. The
Bolsheviks were lying pissweak murdering parasites, and
PM Elect: Capitalism is a "blatant failure”
Capitalism is a "blatant failure" when it comes to housing the poor,
says Prime Minister-Elect Jacinda Ardern. Her comment has been much
reported. This is what the stories say she said: "When you have a market
economy, it all comes down to whether or not you acknowledge where the
market has failed and where intervention is required. Has it failed our
people in recent times? Yes. How can you claim
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