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Economics for Real People: Old World Crisis, New World Future - Dr Oliver Hartwich
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What’s going on at this week’s Auckland Uni Economics Group? Here’s the
lowdown:
Hi all.
In place of our usual Thursday evening meeting, we will instead be
attending what promises to be a fascinating presentation this Wednesday
evening by Dr Oliver Hartwich titled *Old world crisis, new world future*,
a presentation on how global population changes and economic
repolarisation are ushering in a ‘new world order.’
The future will increasingly be dominated by the Asia-Pacific
region. For New Zealand, which has traditionally
been associated as part o... more »
What’s the matter with (the term) “rape culture?”
*MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014*
*Valenti opines in the Post:* Jessica Valenti is often featured in the
Washington Post’s Sunday Outlook section.
Yesterday, she extended a fascinating recent discussion about either 1) the
term “rape culture” or 2) the concepts behind the term “rape culture.” The
fact that no one seems to know what is actually being discussed shows us
something less than great about our emerging “progressive” culture.
The current discussion (or non-discussion) started with a cryptic remark by
RAINN, which describes itself as “the country’s largest
anti-sexual-violence org... more »
What will Google's April Fool be this year?
Last year it was Google Nose...
This year... Watch this space!
Dedication's What You Need
*BBC Watch* has published a fascinating account from Sam Green about how he
finally convinced the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee to uphold
his complaint against the BBC for a *Today *report by Kevin Connolly.
It took him two and a half years though. Many would have given up (which is
a lesson for us all).
He encountered delaying tactics, faulty logic and deliberate obfuscation -
and even now still doesn't know whether *Today *or Kevin Connolly actually
accept the Trust's findings. Nor does he know what the BBC intends to do to
make amends for this inaccurate and mislead... more »
North Korea, South Korea Exchange Fire
This guy is crazy and a threat to world peace.
Kim Jong Un
Fire exchange
*More than 100 North Korean shells out of 500 or so fired landed in South
Korean waters, prompting marines from the South to fire back with more than
300 rounds in the North's waters, defense officials in Seoul said.Seoul
also scrambled F-15s on its side of the maritime border, they said."We
believe the North's maritime firing is a planned provocation and an attempt
to test our military's determination to defend the Northern Limit Line and
to get an upper hand in South-North relations," South Korean Defenc... more »
UN Scientific Panel Releases Report on Climate Change
In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, a flock of Geese fly past the
smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as
the suns sets near Emmett, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) | AP
*Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change that issued the 32-volume, 2,610-page report here early Monday, told
The Associated Press: "it is a call for action." Without reductions in
emissions, he said, impacts from warming "could get out of control."*
.........
*Twenty-first century disasters such as killer heat waves in Europe,
wildfires in the United State... more »
Thorne Dreyer : PODCASTS | Filmmaking, pupulism, the attack on public education, and Texas politics on Rag Radio
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Al Reinert with singer Sima Cunningham; pundit
Jim Hightower; education activists Julian Vasquez Heilig and Mike Klonsky;
and politics with Glenn Smith and Jeff Crosby. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer
| The Rag Blog | March 31, 2014 Listen … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
*PODCASTS* | Filmmaking, pupulism, the attack on public education, and
Texas politics on Rag Radio
This Be The Verse
The *Daily Telegraph* broke a highly significant story overnight - Parents
who deliberately starve children of love face jail under new Cinderella
Law: Changes to the child neglect laws will make “emotional cruelty” a
crime for the first time, alongside physical or sexual abuse.
The new offence would make it a crime to do anything that deliberately
harmed a child’s “physical intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural
development”.
This could include deliberately ignoring a child, or not showing them any
love, over prolonged periods, damaging a child’s emotional development.
Ot... more »
Supreme Council Tries To Position Itself As Centrist-Nationalist Party Before Iraq’s 2014 Elections
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The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and its Citizen’s Alliance is
attempting to move into another stage of its political career as it
prepares for this year’s parliamentary elections. The party was originally
formed in Iran to organize pro-Khomeini Iraqi forces on its side during the
Iran-Iraq War. Before the 2003 invasion it aligned itself with the United
States so that it would gain a seat in the post-Saddam government that the
Americans would put together. Afterward it argued for a Shiite region and
gained control of most of the south and Baghdad in the 2005 elections... more »
Hard Runway for Humantiy
There is a hard runway
but it is always elusive
and it let societies down
in a small crash
that keeps their
economy from being sound
and at the end of day
the crash investigators say
lets let in the IMF
to be sure that you do not
let any wealth go
any other way
Because we are like the Pope
infallible economists
who plan like banks
of last resort
we own you
we own your kids
and as a matter of
calculated fact
we got your grandchildren
signed up
in a Goldman Sachs account.
Can you hear the gritted teeth?
Poor Robert Peston is forced to admit that:
'This leads to two stupidly obvious thoughts.
First, it would be wrong to characterise the recovery as debt-fuelled.
Second, with austerity rolling relentlessly on this year, and GDP at market
prices likely to keep rising faster than private sector debts, 2014 should
be a year in which the overall leverage or indebtedness of the British
economy falls pretty sharply.'
Poor Robert Peston, having to report some good economic news with the
Conservatives in government.Never mind, I'm sure he and the Labour party
will have a new line of attack... more »
WAR GAME AGAINST RUSSIA
US-NATO worked together in the cold, harsh environment of northern Norway
as part of exercise Cold Response 2014. Altogether more than 16,000
sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines representing 15 nations participated
in the exercise.
Check out the map and see what country borders Norway at the north.
Listen to one of the NATO brass say it's time we came home from Afghanistan
and war-gamed something closer to home - now who could that be?
Spain?
Maybe Luxembourg...
"Wear Clothes That Make You Feel Happy" Peter Som's DesigNation Collection For Kohl's
“I participated in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of
Kohl’s. I received a gift card as a thank you for participating”
Kohl's has always been my one stop clothing shop for my entire family. I
love their darling and durable children's clothes and my husband willingly
wears clothes from their men's department, which says a lot. I can also buy
cute, fashion forward clothes for myself. All at the same store. This
season I am looking to Kohl's and their new partnership for a new, fun look
that I can carry from spring into colorful summer wear.
This spring Kohl's has partn... more »
IT'S A TURKEY SHOOT
One of the really big stories from last week not covered in the US media.
US-NATO are working overtime trying to come up with a way to a justify
full-blown attack on Syria. Turkey is a NATO member, if Turkey gets
attacked then NATO comes to the rescue. Clean and simple, right?
But oops they got caught.....
“Americans Have Become a ‘Slave Race’"
*“Americans Have Become a ‘Slave Race’" *
by Bill Bonner
“We went down to the town of Cafayate last week from the family ranch: a
three-hour drive, mostly over unpaved roads. There, old friends Doug Casey
and John Mauldin were holding forth. The "deep state," among other things,
was their topic. "The term comes from Turkey," Doug explained. "People
noticed that there was the government – you know the government that they
teach you about in school. And there was a deeper, more important and more
powerful government. It was not described in any constitution. The
newspapers didn't rep... more »
Legislative exclusion
Surdivall v. Ontario (Disability Support Program), 2014 ONCA 240:
“[L]egislative exclusion can be implied when an express reference is
expected but absent”: see *University Health Network v. Ontario (Minister
of Finance)* (2001), 151 O.A.C. 286, at para. 31.
"OWN THE UNDERSEA DOMAIN"
- Even though it is officially spring in Maine we still have winter.
Just this morning a cold wind blown sleet storm hit us. People here
complain about the weather all the time but rarely a mumbling word about
climate change is heard.
- Yesterday I read a disgusting Op-Ed by Thomas Friedman in the New York
Times. He went for a ride on a nuclear submarine under the Arctic Ice to
promote that new "field of conflict" to the American consumers. He wrote:
I had spent the night on the sub as part of a group accompanying Adm.
Jonathan Greenert, the chief of n... more »
Why have people heard so many bogus Obamacare horror stories?
*MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014*
*We look at what Hiltzik left out:* We just looked in on MSNBC. What we saw
was sad.
On this deadline day for health care, the warring cable tribes are fighting
about the numbers. One tribe is ratcheting the claim of 6 million enrollees
up. The other tribe is working hard to whittle the number down.
Our “progressive” cable tribunes would rather die than present the larger
picture about our health care. Let’s say *sixteen* million sign up. Data
like these will remain:
*Health care spending, per person, 2011:*
United States: $8508
Canada: $4522
Germany: $4495... more »
Satire: "Sheldon Adelson Says No Republican Candidate Worth Buying”
“*Sheldon Adelson Says No Republican Candidate Worth Buying”*
by Andy Borowitz
LAS VEGAS (The Borowitz Report)— “The casino billionaire and Republican
kingmaker Sheldon Adelson met several 2016 G.O.P. candidates available for
purchase over the weekend, but decided to buy none of them, Adelson
confirmed today. After hearing speeches by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, New
Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and
several others who were for sale, Mr. Adelson concluded that none of them
are worth owning. “I don’t want to spend millions on another loser,” said
A... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Seat of the Soul”
*“The Seat of the Soul” *
by Chet Raymo
"It was not my first visit. I had been there once before to talk with the
great man, to the Castle of Cloux, near Amboise, in the valley of the
Loire. He had been living there since 1516, at the invitation of Francis I,
king of France. He was 67 years old, bundled up in a thick fur wrap by a
roaring fire. His face showed age but not infirmity. Long white hair fell
about his shoulders. White beard. Thick, downswept brows shaded his eyes
like awnings. A strong nose. And of course the mouth, serious yet generous,
not unlike the mouth of the Chris... more »
Easy Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
[image: Housewife Eclectic: Easy Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken]
This recipe has been one of my mom's go-to favorites ever since my
childhood. It is easy to pull together, needs minimal ingredients and is
always a crowd pleaser. One of the things I love about this recipe is that
you can make it in the slow cooker, or on the stove top. I prefer the slow
cooker because it is so easy to throw together, but I love that if I forget
to get it going in the morning, dinner isn't ruined.
You will need:
- Chicken Thighs 3-4 pounds, with skin and fat removed
- 1/2 c. soy sauce
- 1/2 c.... more »
"Do You?"
"Honor is simply the morality of superior men."
- H. L. Mencken
"He does not believe who does not live according to his belief."
- Thomas Fuller
Isn't it curious how so many, especially politicians, "talk the talk", and
how so very, very few actually walk it? I suppose that's because words are
cheap and easy, actions aren't. Real easy to run one's mouth, not so easy
to actually do something, is it?
- CP
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Creedence Clearwater Reviva , “Fortunate Son”
- http://www.youtube.com/
Good summary of enhanced parole ineligibility on second degree murder
*R v Kayaitok *2014 NUCJ 11; the decision is not reported yet but I have a
copy for anyone who needs it.
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*Monday is the deadline to sign up for health insurance subsidy law*
*Managing Menhaden: A New Plan For 'The Most Important Fish In The Sea'
~Laine Kapland-Levenson, WWNO*
*Report: New natural gas pipelines needed in La. by end of the decade
~Greater B.R. Business Report*
*Whistleblower suit claims DuPont’s Burnside plant conceals carcinogenic
sulfur trioxide (SO3) leak more than two years ~Louisiana Voice*
*Mardi Gras Indians continue storied tradition ~LaTonya Norton, WVUE*
Tecumseh, "Live Your Life"
"Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about his religion.
Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
Seek to make your life long and of service to your people.
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting
or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light,
for your life, for your strength.
Give thanks for your food and for the joy of li... more »
Musical Interlude: Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”
We're supposed to "make a joyful noise", according to some. Well, hard to
beat this...
Turn it up! lol
Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk
Musical Interlude: Elton John, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
Elton John, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9wiT9RcMc
Earth Calling
It's bad:
Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and
throughout the world’s oceans, scientists reported on Monday, and they
warned that the problem was likely to grow substantially worse unless
greenhouse emissions are brought under control.
The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United
Nations group that periodically summarizes climate science, concluded that
ice caps are melting, sea ice in the Arctic is collapsing, water supplies
are coming under stress, heat waves and heavy rains are intensifying, coral
reefs are dying, and... more »
Education is a Human Right: Stop the Human Rights Violations
A few relevant Articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 22.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security
and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international
co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each
State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his
dignity and the free development of his personality.
*^ Top*
Article 23.
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment,
to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection a... more »
WORLD WITHOUT FACTS, AMEN: Guess who isn’t shown weeping at all?
*MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014*
*Part 1—Zernike’s zombie idea:* In this morning’s New York Times, Paul
Krugman describes the process by which we get fed our “zombie ideas.”
Krugman discusses the bogus claim that there is a serious “skills gap”
afflicting our economy. He notes that there are quite a few other
influential bogus facts out there.
He calls these bogus facts “zombie ideas.”
According to Krugman—and we strongly agree—we may get fed these bogus facts
as an assertion of “tribal identity.” This is Krugman, speaking accurately:
*“The point is that influential people move in circles... more »
"That Dreadful Universal Thing..."
“The more one analyzes people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear.
Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human
nature.”
- Oscar Wilde
Some Surprising Facts about Income Growth and Inequality
From Brookings's Gary Burtless. A few very nice graphs here, based on CBO
data.
MeTA 17: CHAT General Assembly, March 2014
Last March 14, 2014, the Coalition for Health Advocacy and Transparency
(CHAT) held its General Assembly this year at Dolce Latte Restaurant,
Quezon City. Minimal Government Thinkers is among the original charter
members of CHAT when a Civil Society Mapping was held in January 2009 at
Diamond Hotel in Manila, two days before the 3-days MeTA National Forum,
same venue.
CHAT is an alliance of health-focused civil society organizations (CSOs),
people's organizations and public policy research organizations or think
tanks (including IBON Foundation and MG Thinkers) that works with the ... more »
Footnotes better living through chemisty
Archaic indications that what you say had some basis in fact.
Now through modern chemistry we have acrylic testimony. Plastic facts that
can resist most natural elements.
A Goddamned Outrage! “One Percenter Convicted Of Raping Infant Child Dodges Jail Because He 'Will Not Fare Well'”; A Comment
*“One Percenter Convicted Of Raping Infant Child *
*Dodges Jail Because He 'Will Not Fare Well'”*
by Ashley Alman
"A Delaware man convicted of raping his three-year-old daughter only faced
probation after a state Superior Court judge ruled he "will not fare well"
in prison. In her decision, Judge Jan Jurden suggested Robert H. Richards
IV would benefit more from treatment. Richards, who was charged with
fourth-degree rape in 2009, is an unemployed heir living off his trust
fund. The light sentence has only became public as the result of a
subsequent lawsuit filed by his ex-wife, whi... more »
How to Dress like a Manly Man
By Monique Bellamont - March 2014
Ack!
It is that word many "manly men" shy away from - *metrosexual*.
Which we women find silly because it reveals that many men are so
homophobic that they refuse to deal with anything that is remotely "gay".
As such men's high fashion has suffered over the decades to the point that
men really can only wear suits and uniforms. Anything too risque and they
feel they are being emasculated
However done right, men's high fashion doesn't have to look metrosexual.
What it should look like however is:
*Rugged.*
*Cool.*
*Capable.*
And a touch of James B... more »
How about we promote "diversity" and "tolerance" by throwing feces at people who don't agree with us?...
*speechless.*
From LifeSite News:
Gay activists hurl feces at German parents protesting pro-gay school
curriculum: report
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:27 EST
As parents in Germany have protested a new pro-homosexual “sexual
diversity” curriculum in their schools, homosexual activists have attacked
them by hurling feces and destroying their property, according to the Observatory
on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, which documents
anti-Christian incidents in Europe.
"Protesters were physically attacked and it was felt that the police failed
to protect the parents’ b... more »
Ya, Ollie! – Skateboarding in Iran
Alireza
Ansari, founder of the Iranian skateboarding collective TSIXTY, does a
kickflip at a skatepark in Tehran.
(Photo Credit: TSIXTY)
The West is often plagued with a rather blinkered view, coupled with a
voyeuristic obsession, of Iran and its people. All too often, news
reports, photo essays, and viral videos make the Internet rounds
accompanied by breathless, slack-jawed commentary,
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*Diet pop can also give you diabetes*
*Rubbish. Probable class effect. Poor people drink more pop and have
worse health anyhow*
Older women who drink two or more diet drinks a day are more likely to
suffer from heart problems, high blood pressure and diabetes, a new study
shows.
Postmenopausal women with a two-a-day soft drink habit were 50 per cent
more likely to suffer from cardiovascular-related diseases, the Women's
Health Initiative Observational Study discovered.
They were also 30 per cent more likely to suffer heart attacks and strokes
compared to those who consumed the ... more »
some thoughts on emily brontë's wuthering heights
Cover
of 1943 Random House
edition with woodcut illustrationsEmily Brontë published *Wuthering
Heights*in 1847, under a pseudonym. Brontë died the following year, at
age 30. It
was the only book she would ever publish.
How did an isolated young woman, a parson's daughter from a remote area
of
Yorkshire, who never married, rarely left home, and hated travel, come
to
create this story of ferocious passion and violent revenge that would
shock
her contemporaries, and enthral audiences into its second century?
The existence of *Wuthering Heights* is one of the great arguments
against
that... more »
All Is Not Well
Dimitri Soudas is gone. According to Paul Wells, it was not a graceful exit:
Tonight, Hand-Picked Dimitri has become Ass-Kicked Dimitri, having resigned
(CP’s first version) or been fired (CTV’s version) or been told to resign
so he wouldn’t be fired (the later CP version) from his job as dynamic and
hand-picked Executive Director. And all with barely 70 days left to go in
his urgent, pressing, critical, essential mission to save the Prime
Minister and, with him (of course) everything Canadians cherish.
Wells reminds readers that, when it comes to executive directors, the
Conser... more »
“Islamophobia” and the BBC
I hope everyone will be watching tonight’s Panorama. Journalists like John
Ware and Andrew Gilligan are too few and far between.
However, it’s the shenanigans behind the scenes that are hugely troubling.
You’ve got to read the piece that is cross-posted on Harry’s Place and Trial
by Jeory
This affair should be ringing governmental and journalistic alarm bells.
Together with other corrupt scandals and practices such as the plot
outlined in the infamous Trojan Horse letter (even though its authenticity
is suspect, its substance is demonstrably valid) these emerging third-... more »
"The Market Is Rigged" - Michael Lewis Explains How HFTs "Screw" Investors Every Day ..... Key takeaway -- A reoccurring metaphor Lewis uses in his book "Flash Boys" is one of "prey and predators."According to Lewis, the prey is "anybody who's actually an investor in the stock market." ..... Hat Tip for Zero Hedge for its relentless coverage and prior expose of same ......
"The Market Is Rigged" - Michael Lewis Explains How HFTs "Screw" Investors
Every Day
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/31/2014 08:17 -0400
- Algorithmic Trading
- HFT
- Michael Lewis
inShare
It was almost excatly five years ago to the day, on April 10, 2009, that Zero
Hedge - widely mocked at the time by "experts" - began its crusade against
HFT and the perils of algorithmic trading (which of course were validated a
year later with the Flash Crash). In the interim period we wrote hundreds
if not thousands of articles discussing and ex... more »
Turkey Post - Election aftermath March 31 , 2014 -- FULL TEXT: Turkish PM Erdoğan's post-election 'balcony speech' ( payback for enemies promised ) , Main opposition leader sees no failure in local poll results , Ambiguity prevails in Ankara’s election results
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[image: CHP's Mansur Yavaş announced the end of the 'Gökçek era in Ankara'
in a press conference at 4:30 a.m. AA Photo]
CHP's Mansur Yavaş announced the end of the 'Gökçek era in Ankara' in a
press conference at 4:30 a.m. AA Photo
Only two hours after the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)
candidate for Ankara gave a balcony speech to his supporters early in the
morning on March 31, in a declaration of victory for the second time within
hours, the incumb... more »
Dear Friends of Pattie
Dear friends of Pattie, The news is awful. The second battle with leukemia
is over, but this time, Pattie lost. The last effort to treat the disease
failed, as she died last night. I thought her friends in the IR business
should know. I found out about her struggle late during the first round of
Continue reading
Fuddle Duddle 2.0
*Liberal leader Justin Trudeau used some decidedly un-prime ministerial
language when speaking publicly at the Fight for the Cure charity boxing
match in Gatineau, Que. on Saturday night.*
*Invited by the ring announcer at the Hilton Lac Leamy, Trudeau climb
through the ropes and took the microphone to say a few words about the
event at which, two years ago, he thrashed a much larger Sen. Patrick
Brazeau. (The two mens’ career trajectories since the fight are documented
in a Citizen piece this weekend.)*
*“I’m going tell you, there is no experience like stepping into this ring
an... more »
"How Do We Grieve?"
How do we grieve the loss of our beautiful, precious world, and us, *all* of
us, with it?
I don't know if there are words for that... I don't know them, anyway...
“My heart broke on its shame and sorrow. I suddenly knew how much crying
there was in me, and how little love. I knew, at last, how lonely I was.
But I couldn’t respond. My culture had taught me all the wrong things well.
So I lay completely still, and gave no reaction at all. But the soul has no
culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no color or accent or way of
life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. And whe... more »
Meanwhile... there's an election on: posters!
Out and about in Changhua and Taichung, photo'd lots of signs for the party
primaries.
This guy is my favorite, running for County Chief. "In the future you'll
see me! Look at the new hope!" his sign proclaims. It's a good thing these
guys aren't egotistical or anything.
The usual small signs.
Lots of female candidates, as always.
A DPP candidate's truck. Her platform is love and family.
Several DPP candidates occupy a large space in Changhua near the confluence
of the 1 and Alternate 1, as they do every election.
Candidate ads seldom have concrete policies.
DPP presidential p... more »
"All That Is Life..."
*Click image for larger size.*
"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.
That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is
why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for
all that is life."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Duncan Weldon: The shape of bias to come?
Radio 4 listeners got a sneak preview of TUC senior economist-turned *Newsnight
*economics editor Duncan Weldon last week, and a chance to assess whether
those concerns about the likelihood of him bringing more left-wing bias
with him to *Newsnight *are likely to be borne out or not.
He presented an edition of *Analysis *called *Why Minsky Matters*.
The Minsky in question was the American post-Keynesian economist Hyman
Minsky, and in the course of the programme we heard from various Keynsians,
neo-Keynsians and post-Keynsians - namely George Magnus, Professor Steve
Keen and Laur... more »
Musical Interlude: David Lanz, “Cristofori's Dream”
David Lanz, “Cristofori's Dream”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxrB41PMhw
The White Wolf threatens the LY protesters =UPDATED=
[image: IMG_7845]
UPDATED: Wall of people there to protect LY according to news reports, many
locals joining in to protect their students. They know what is at stake.
Chang An-le, the pro-unification gangster, is threatening to attack the
students in the LY, as Cole reports:
Chang, who should be in court defending himself, was released on bail in
June 2013 a few hours after his return to Taiwan, which he’d fled amid a
nationwide crackdown on organized crime 18 years ago. Rather than be tied
up with lawyers and court summons, Chang, also known as “White Wolf” (白狼),
has appeared on T... more »
"The Most Precious Resource..."
"My favorite things in life don't cost any money.
It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."
- Steve Jobs
A piece of surprising polling data
The excellent Political Betting website reports
The chart(s) ...based on the finding new form of questioning which has just
been tested by Opinium for its latest Observer poll.
After the main voting intention question the firm asked *“You said that you
would vote [Party] if an election were held tomorrow. Would you say that
this is because you’d want to vote for [Party] or because you’d want to
vote against someone else?”*
For those who indicated that there choice was wholly or partly negative
this was followed by a second question *“You said that you’d vote [Party]
mainly/partly t... more »
Picture in the blog title, blog description, post title
Want to have a logo or other picture next to the blog title? No problem. I
have tested putting the HTML img tag ![]()
in the blog title and have found
that it is possible to put HTML code in the blog title but subject to a
maximum of 100 characters.
To put a logo or picture next to your blog title, first thing you need to
do is to upload your picture to the Internet. You can do that with a free
account in Photo Bucket. After uploading to Photobucket, you will see to
the right of the picture a section LINK TO THIS PHOTO. Take the URL listed
as DIRECT.
Sign into www.blogger.com (Das... more »
NO AMERICAN IS SAFE
*Rear Admiral Richard Butler, the commander of the Guantanamo concentration
camp.*
Guantanamo proves that the USA is run by Nazis.
These Nazis of course have Zionist and Mafia connections.
*A Briton* who was 'cleared for release' in 2007 is still imprisoned at
Guantanamo.
He has never been charged with any crime.
http://www.dailymail.
*Countries fully controlled by the CIA*
Obama appears to have lied when he said that he was going to close
Guantanamo.
In Guantanamo, 'beatings are common place'.
Two former Guanatanamo guards were recently charged with raping female
subordinat... more »
Untitled
*Climate change could make humans extinct, warns health expert*
*And pigs might fly. The IPCC has just released its latest round of
prognostications so floods of fears are breaking out worldwide at the
moment. The article below is one example of that.The very first sentence
is a lie. The earth is not warming at all and has not done so for 17
years. What the author has done is look at one of the IPCC "Scenarios" and
take it as fact. And the one she has lifted is one of the more extreme
scenarios. A 2 degree temperature rise is the one most predicted by
Warmists but she h... more »
"F-bomb shows lack of judgement"
says the PMO : "This is yet another example of Justin Trudeau's lack of
judgement."
Well alrighty then.
.
Vegan Recipe - Cauliflower and Chickpea Soup
*I'd like to introduce you to Joy (a.k.a. Joybee) and her fabulous blog,
Joybee, What's For Dinner. Joybee shares all kinds of recipes on her blog:
pasta, fish, beans, beef and, my favorite, Vegetarian. The recipes are
diverse and delicious. I found Asian inspired dishes, curries and tacos.
One of my favorite collection of articles falls under the heading of
"Tutorials" (under "Recipes"). One can learn how to make cold brewed tea,
roast garlic, and shape a free-standing loaf of bread.Joybee, What's For
Dinner is a terrific blog. I hope you'll check it out!Joybee has graciously
a... more »
Video: iRefuse Rally in Long Island, NY (March 29, 2014)
In my post, The Deceptive Push to “Implement” Common Core, I mentioned that
my discussion of deceptive “implementation” was part of my remarks at the
iRefuse Rally in Long Island, NY, on March 29. I noted that I would post a
video link as soon as one was available. Here it is, in this post.
Approximately […]
Syria’s Victory Is Turning Point For Western Global Hegemony
[image: 335056]*March 31, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Since 2011,
Syria has been the target of an attempted foreign-backed regime change.
Riding on the momentum of the US-engineered “Arab Spring,” protesters took
to the streets across Syria, serving as cover for armed militants the US,
Israel, and Saudi Arabia – on record – had been preparing since at least as
early as 2007.
It was in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s 2007 article, “The
Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefiting our enemies in
the war on terrorism?” that prophetically stated (emph... more »
We are officially in syndication, and have an updated show page
At the Chalk Face is now officially in syndication, with our first two
stations secured in the Boston area. I also updated our main show page, and
then stuck it to the blog’s homepage. We have to get this show out there as
an oppositional voice to the corporate reform movement. Let any local radio
[…]
The Deceptive Push to “Implement” Common Core
I just returned home from speaking at the iRefuse Rally on March 29, 2014,
in Port Jefferson Station, New York. My trip was an adventure in many ways,
not the least of which was in my managing to get to New York. In short, my
flight to NYC was canceled; I was able to fly to Baltimore […]
RADIO HISTORY
MB and I just watched this film. It's a great one and we highly recommend
it.
Legendary New York disc jockey Bob Fass revolutionized late night FM radio
by serving as a cultural hub for music, politics and audience participation
for nearly 50 years. Long before today's innovations in social media, Fass
utilized the airwaves for mobilization, encouraging luminaries and ordinary
listeners to talk openly, taking the program in surprising directions.
“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad”
*“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow;*
*There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad” *
by Bob Nichols, “Veterans Today”
“My opinion only, as requested by Alfred Webre, Dec 28, 2013, 1,024 Days
from Mar 11, 2011.
*First thing, grasp the difficult concept that this is an ELE or Extinction
Level Event. There is no escaping our fate, there are no solutions. *
We can extend our lives somewhat, though. These steps are personal. People
can do them or not. You will die quicker, or later, your choice.
*1. *Take off your shoes and outer ware (coats) when you enter you... more »
The Internet Party: Mostly Clowns
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The magic of German megalomania continues to transform journalists into
either sourpusses, sycophants or clowns.
Mostly clowns.
Last week was another political and journalistic circus, with both DotCom
and the commentariat turning themselves into clowns.
The circus started with Dotcom’s “confession” he owned a book, and
continued with his party “launch.” A “soft” launch, you’d have to say,
since virtually the only thing we heard about it was that DotCom owned both
a book and an MP.
About the book, a signed copy of Hitler’s *Mein Kampf*, a breathless herd
chased d... more »
Albuquerque protests police killing homeless man Sunday, March 30, 2014
Albuquerque
police fire tear gas, mace, late Sunday night as protesters demand an
end to police brutality and killings
11 pm Albuquerque police continue firing tear gas and macing peaceful
protesters
One woman told Censored News, "They threw tear gas just a few feet from
where we were standing. There were kids around! Then they started macing
folks who were just standing around. Incredible
Life's too short
Not all my precious time is spent blogging. I have parallel obligations;
domestic servant, business partner, confidante to random strangers (dunno
why) and a lot lot more. Ugh! I hate “lot lot.” I threw it in to see if you
were listening.
Some of my time, and yours I bet, is spent looking for things in and around
the home. My specialism is the vital message written on a piece of paper.
Everything in the vicinity has to be sifted through and no paper must be
left unturned. If whatever-it-is *does* turn up at the end of a hard day’s
goose-chase, it infuriatingly reveals itself not to... more »
Mispresented, often, but at least she isn’t ignored…
From this morning’s NZ *Herald:*
So, who is Ayn Rand? I’m glad you asked.
[Hat tip Julian D.]
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VIDEO Sicangu Spiritual Camp Day 1 Rosebud Sioux
Today
is 'a turning point, a new beginning, and a new life.'
Published on Mar 29, 2014
Oceti Sakowin declared WAR on the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, aka
Black Snake. The first Spiritual Camp opened Saturday, 29 March 2014,
with Media Day. ABC and MSNBC were in attendance.
Also see:
Spirit Camp Hosts Opening Ceremony on Rosebud Reservation
By Vi Waln
" ... A ceremony was led
Alaska - Looking for ALEC Members?
Always remember when looking for ALEC members that most of them hide their
ALEC membership.
The best way to find out if they are an ALEC member
- is to ask them
- is to check their expense accounts and campaign funds.
Exposing ALEC members is done by activists - thru research.
Most ALEC members do not self identify with ALEC - they know what they are
doing for ALEC is wrong and they are ashamed. Only the most corrupt
acknowledge their ALEC membership - they are proud of their role in
destroying the US.
ALECExposed has a partial list.
*HERE*
And then there is also this list of pa... more »
Did Malaysian Flight MH370 Land At Diego Garcia? Jim Stone Claims Proof Positive With New Article!
I have been doing a lot of catching up today on news around the world, and
I have spent the last while pouring over some pertinent information about
the "missing" Malaysian flight MH370 that from the beginning of its
escapade and supposed "disappearance" over the Indian Ocean, I smelled a
rat....
I knew from the beginning that something stunk to high heaven with this
"missing" flight. This was an extended range Boeing 777 aircraft that
could have flown almost anywhere across the Indian Ocean and landed at a
multitude of locations... It had enough fuel load to enable it to fly some ... more »
Talk about a false alternative…
Two British leaders, both wrong:
[Hat tip Russel W.]
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The Fat Man Grovels for Shelly Adelson's Dirty Money
The signs of our now fully decayed system of democracy are evident just
about everywhere that one looks the days. From the ongoing travesty of the
Obama administration and the neocon forced march into the jaws of what
could be World War III with their ongoing pursuit of the head of Russian
leader Vladimir Putin to the garish displays of greed and political fixing
that has now overtaken anything that occurs in the voting booth. The latter
of these would be the disgusting orgy of political fecklessness that was
the Republican Jewish Coalition parade of political whores that is taking... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Read Deal $'
REAL
DEAL $
Posted on March 30, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
Please post & distribute.
MNN. MAR. 30, 2014. London bank is falling down! President Obama and the
bankers who own the Western banking system failed to start World War
III in Ukraine. Soon the worthless USDollar will not be the world
currency. More US citizens will join the 44 million who are already
using food stamps [vouchers].
Supai Waters message to Lakota Spirit Camp
Supai
Waters message to Lakota Spirit Camp at Rosebud, protecting the people
from tarsands pipeline
By Supai Waters, Havasupai
Censored News
Supai Water Long Walk 4 Alcatraz
Photo by Leslie Reed
When the two helpers who always travel with the flying warriors, who
keep the purpose to change the world when humans fall from their
nature-centered monotheism, they pay a visit to the
Pretending to Solve Housing Affordability
*Guest post by Daniel Silva of the **Importers Institute**.*
Import News from the Importers Institute: Pretending to Solve Housing
Affordability
The government is finding it difficult to have a real impact on the
affordability of houses. It has now come up with some pretend solutions.
The issue is actually quite simple. Some City Councils are run by people
who believe that we should all be living in high rises near train lines, so
we can ride a bicycle to the closest lentil-and-soy-latte shop. To achieve
this vision of life in East Berlin circa 1975, they prohibit people from
bui... more »
Unions? We Don’t Need No Stinking Unions
Unions? We Don’t Need No Stinking Unions. via Unions? We Don’t Need No
Stinking Unions.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
The 1 Percent Always Defeats the Middle Class (There Are More of US But They Outweigh US?) One of the Ways It Manages To Survive Is By Working the Public Into Paroxysms of Fear At Those Who Proclaim the Inevitable Destruction of the System
Maybe we're just out of our weight class? (Financially?) Porkwise. When all
is said and done, they don't lose money. They never do.- Margin Call
(Credit: janecat via iStock) Mar 30, 2014 07:00 AM EST Plutocracy Without
End: Why The 1 Percent Always Defeats the Middle ClassThere are more of us
than them. But income inequality keeps getting worse - and there is sadly
no end in
Misinformed about the common core
Too many people remain misinformed about the common core. Here is the
latest distortion.
Alan Greenblatt just attacked the Opt-Out movement, saying that it is
irresponsible and selfish. There are over 300 comments on the website. Greeenblatt
and most of those who commented have no idea what is going on.
His review appears at:
>
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/28/295270259/of-me-i-sing-americans-construct-an-opt-out-society
There is no way to respond to this on the NPR website, other than be one of
the 300+ commenters.
The opt-out organizers posted an excellent response as a blog:
... more »
A Random Snapshot
I have been shooting a series of short videos to serve as chapter
introductions for my favorite textbook. These will be available to those
using the electronic version of the book, a rapidly increasing share of the
market. Just for fun, here is a snapshot from yesterday's video shoot.
Kerry/Lavrov to meet today! - Federated Ukraine on the table
*Already mentioned in this post- A federated Ukraine as proposed previously
by Russia?*
*With a flashback to a DW article from February of this year, excerpts
below - *-*Would a federal Ukraine be viable*
*Officials, from predominantly Russian-speaking areas, approved a
resolution for regional leaders to take full responsibility for
constitutional order in their territories.*
A few days before the proposal was published, a Party of Regions
parliamentarian, *Vadim Koleznichenko, spoke in favor of a "federalization
of Ukraine," since the country was on the brink of civil war,*
... more »
The Edtech Trinity: Time, Training, and Tools
Edtech tools will never replace teachers, but teachers who use edtech tools
will replace those who don’t. There’s absolutely no denying that edtech
tools are changing the teaching profession. As a result, I’ll argue that
the edtech trinity in education must include time, training, and tool
searching. As the edtech industry grows and becomes more […]
Why is it that I've spent my adult life believing that the purpose of the IMF has been to help indebted countries out of debt? Whereas its true purpose has been to force those countries to privatize their profit-making sectors, allowing them to be bought off by speculators and global corporations, while forcing the government to cut old-age pensions, government services, government employment, and subsidies to the rest of the populace in order to pay back the IMF for the money that they promised but never really deliver, because the Western banks are given the money (something you surely won't learn from the presstitute "mainstream" media).
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*Western Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Western Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun
Paul Craig Roberts
It is now apparent that the “Maiden protests” in Kiev were in actuality a
Washington organized coup against the elected democratic government. The
purpose of the coup is to put NATO military bases on Ukraine’s border with
Russia and to impose an IMF austerity program that... more »
Greece Political Updates March 30 , 2014 --Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras might soon leave the “electric chair” he has been sitting on since summer 2012 and find a less stressful job at the Bank of Greece. According to Sunday Edition of Proto Thema, Stournaras has allegedly said that his work at the ministry has been concluded........Deputy Agricultural Minister Maximos Charakopoulos resigned from his cabinet position on Saturday evening claiming disagreement with the milk reform. However he would vote in favor of the controversial multi-bill on Sunday in order not to hinder the “proper funding of the country.” .......... Parliament speaker Vangelis Meimarakis on Sunday rejected a censure motion called by SYRIZA against Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, prompting the leftists to lodge a new censure motion against Meimarakis and to walk out of Parliament.
*http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2014/03/30/greek-finmin-thinks-his-work-concluded-may-get-new-job-as-bog-governor/(
Jumping off the proverbial hot seat ..... ) 30MAR[image: Greek FinMin
thinks “his work concluded”; may get new job as BoG governor]tagged: Bank
of Greece, Finance Minister, governor, Greece,Samaras, Stournaras, to be
replaceGreek FinMin thinks “his work concluded”; may get new job as BoG
governorPosted by keeptalkinggreece in PoliticsGreek Finance Minister
Yiannis Stournaras might soon leave the “electric chair” he has been
sitting on s... more »
The BBC's new Business Editor - Kamal Ahmed
Rod Liddle has a fine, funny piece over at the *Spectator, *from which a
few choice extracts may be drawn.
Rod agrees that, generally-speaking, there's "a limp-wristed, whining
liberal bias within the BBC’s output," adding that "only a faux-lefty
organisation could have poured so much money into, for example, David
Hare’s tedious, clunking and predictable production *Turks & Caicos*, which
you may have had the misfortune to have watched last week." (Didn't watch
it). He says, though, that it's "the boss class [at the BBC] where the
problem really resides; a complacent consensus of... more »
BURNING OUR BRIDGES
Burn baby burn
the flames leap into the sky
day or night
feel the heat
see the light
We keep burning the bridges
and villages
and hardening hearts
burn baby burn
When George Washington's army
entered the country of the Six Nations (Iroquois)
the Seneca called him Hanadaguyus
means “Town Destroyer”
the name destroyer still lives
sailing the empire's sea lanes
burn baby burn
Wounded Knee,
Philippines, Korea,
Vietnam,
Dominican Republic, Panama
Nicaragua, El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Granada, Haiti
Iraq,
Afghanistan, Iraq again
Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria, Pakistan,
Ukraine
burn baby burn
The... more »
Weekend Gold and Silver Updates March 29 , 2014 - Ed Steer's Saturday missive - Data for the Week on the precious metals ( CME Daily Delivery Report - Day 1 April Delivery Contract , US Mint Sales report , Commitment of Traders Reports - Gold and Silver , OCC report on Derivatives for Q4 2013 , ......... News and Views ...... Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts - Here Comes April ( Jesse's Crossroads Cafe ) ......Additional items from GATA and Zero Hedge ( Hugo Salinas Price - The US Is Like A Ship With No Lifeboats (Full Of Suicidal Bankers) ..... Koos Jansen discusses US Official Gold Reserve Audits ......
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/japanese-prepare-for-abenomics-failure-scramble-to-buy-physical-gold¤
YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
It was another day where very little of anything happened in the gold price
in the Far East. The high tick on Friday came at the 8 a.m. GMT London
open---and it was all down hill until the low was set at 9:45 a.m. in New
York. The price rallied sharply back to the $1,295 spot mark in less than
20 minutes---and then chopped sideways into the 5:15 p.m. EDT close.
The high and low ticks were recorded as $1,299.40 and $1,286.10 in the new
front month... more »
Wrapping up the Spring 2014 fundraiser
On March 1st, I announced the *Spring 2014 fundraiser for The Realist
Report and this website*. My basic idea was a *"Listener Appreciation
Month"*, and I encouraged those of you who really do appreciate and
support
what we're doing both on this website and on *The Realist Report* to
consider making a financial contribution towards our efforts. Many of
you
did and for that I am extremely grateful and thankful.
I truly believe that what we are doing here - both on *The Realist
Report*and on this website - is vital. We are covering a wide variety of
extremely
important topics, doing o... more »
Comrade McCain Warns US Corporations on Doing Business in Russia
De facto President of the United States and preeminent warmongering
psychotic Senator John McCain has slipped the chain again. On Friday McCain
issued a veiled warning to US corporations seeking to do business with
Russia in the frenzied reincarnation of the Cold War that the neocons have
been so relentlessly pushing through every propaganda organ in the land.
With McCain fully invested in the unelected occupying government in Kiev,
he spent much time over there palling around with neo-Nazis before the US
backed coup d'etat went down he is in this thing to win it.
In an interview g... more »
Labour's Significant Divide
It must be quiet for the lobby hacks at the moment if Andrew Rawnsley's
*Observer* piece is anything to go by. With a nod to the silly dichotomies
of managerial speak, simmering beneath party unity are five divisions: the
35%'ers vs "majoritarians", "transformers" vs "realists", "devolvers" vs
"centralisers", Camp Miliband vs Camp Balls, and "Gloomsters" vs
"Zennists". In the interests of accuracy, Rawnsley should have specified
that these facile divisions are properties of the *Parliamentary Labour
Party*. His grip on what happens in the wider party is no firmer than
George Osborn... more »
A Response to NPR's Corporate Socialist "Understanding" of United Opt Out
UOO Response to NPR's Total Misunderstanding of What United Opt Out:
Of Me I Sing?… *Really?*
*(A response from the United Opt Out organizers: Morna McDermott, Tim
Slekar, Ruth Rodriguez, Peggy Robertson, Ceresta Smith and Shaun Johnson)*
In the effort to stay “current” in reporting about the rising tide of the
Opt Out movement (aka high stakes standardized testing refusal),
journalists are eager to tell the story…but do they do their homework? Take
for instance Greenblatt’s article for NPR see:
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/28/295270259/of-me-i-sing-americans-construct-an-opt-out-soci... more »
Of Me I Sing …. Really?
A response from the United Opt Out organizers: Morna McDermott, Tim Slekar,
Ruth Rodriguez, Peggy Robertson, Ceresta Smith and Shaun Johnson) In the
effort to stay “current” in reporting about the rising tide of the Opt Out
movement (aka high stakes standardized testing refusal), journalists are
eager to tell the story…but do they do their […]
BC Liberal's executive director refuse to answer questions in Ontario police investigation
No one has to co-operate with the police when they’re investigating a
possible crime. You’re free to tell the officers that you have no interest
in helping them and won't say a word.
But not if you’re a politician or political operative who hopes to be
credible and trusted.
Laura Miller, the executive director of the BC Liberal Party, has refused
to meet with police officers from Ontario’s anti-racket squad to answer
questions. Police believe she could help with their investigation of breach
of trust in an alleged high-level illegal coverup in the office of former
premier Dalton McGu... more »
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