Sunday, August 03, 2014

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Sunday Beaver - Financial edition

Demeur at Demeur - 8 minutes ago
Not much to report of late. The world has gone crazy and I'm just sitting here waiting to die. That's life. It's what ya do while your waiting to die. Work has become something out of an ancient slave ship all that's missing are whips and a slave master. How's that you say? When the economy tanked companies desperate for business under bid projects just to keep their workers going, that is those lucky enough to find projects. Last jobs I was on were over budget by a week each. And nobody can work full out all the time, but that's what's happening. Think there's another consequence... more »

In Depth: Ron Paul "LIVE" Call in Show

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 52 minutes ago
*Former Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) responds to viewers' questions and comments on topics such as the U.S. economy and foreign policy.* TODAY FROM 12pm-3pm ET, Ron Paul is LIVE on C-SPAN2 BookTV’s LIVE call-in program In Depth to take your calls, emails, tweets and facebook comments. The three-time presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman will discuss U.S. foreign and monetary policy and Libertarian ideals. Ron Paul is the author of: Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution After 200-Plus Years (1987); The Ron Paul Money Book (1991); A Foreign Policy of Fr... more »

Ghost of Sunday Classics: Let's meet "a genuine philanthropist" ("All other kinds are sham")

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 52 minutes ago
*Martyn Green (b); Lehman Engel, cond. Columbia, recorded 1953* *John Reed (b); Malcolm Sargent, cond. Decca, recorded May 1965* *by Ken* Yes, we're still in Gilbert and Sullivan's treasurable if troubled musico-dramatic trove *Princess Ida*, which we dipped into last week to continue spotlighting the great Gilbert and Sullivan bass, specifically the role Arac, the most talkative of Princess Ida's "three hulking brothers." In a moment I'll share with you the logic whereby we've arrived at this week's ghost post, but first -- *LET'S GO BACK TO THE PRELUDE* Yes, I know we already... more »

Are you missing out at the amusement arcade? NSFW

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 54 minutes ago
Big tits and medium tits out at amusement park *by miketru*

I have been trying to find an Enron that would leave me less exposed

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 hour ago
Turns out there is no shit that always smell good. Nope no way all the manipulation is here to stay So no matter what if you invest lite or you drive in with a truck it does not make a damm bit of difference we are like the south after the civil war civilians traumatized and helpless waiting to be plucked.

Europeans crying for our enemies. What is wrong with us?

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 hour ago
As I write these words, terrible suffering is underway; human beings are being slaughtered in massive numbers; lives are being destroyed. The tragedy I speak of is the massacre of Europeans in the Ukraine. This horrific crime against ordinary people has gained attention from time-to-time, but it has not become the focus of mass protests, with Europe-wide calls for 'something to be done' to stop the destruction of our European kin. Why not? Because Europeans being murdered in Europe for the benefit of global finance, simply isn't considered important to the liberal bigots - unles... more »

Schooling a Pakistani

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 hour ago
Sometimes it's just like shooting fish in a barrel...

Ebola, Bilderberg and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
Dean Garrison D.C. Clothesline In its statement, Emory said its “physicians, nurses and staff are highly trained in the specific and unique protocols and procedures necessary to treat and care for this type of patient. For this specially trained staff, these procedures are practiced on a regular basis throughout the year so we are fully prepared for this type of situation.” *A spokeswoman for Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed declined to answer questions about the matter.* A spokeswoman for Emory University did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking additional comment. -From JCOnli... more »

A Leading Voice of U.S. Jewry: End the Occupation

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
*Henry Siegman, former executive director of the American Jewish Congress, tells Democracy Now!, "I think that sending rockets that are going to kill civilians is a crime. But for Palestinians to try, in any way they can, to end this state of affair—and to expect of them to end their struggle and just focus on less than 2 percent to build a country is absurd. That is part of—that’s propaganda, but it’s not a discussion of either politics or morality."* Amy Goodman/Nermeen Shaikh Democracy Now! July 30, 2014 Henry Siegman, former director of the American Jewish Congres... more »

World News Briefs -- August 3, 2014

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Arrived: This image, taken from a CNN helicopter, appears to show Dr. Kent Brantly being helped out an ambulance at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday *PICTURED: U.S. Doctor Infected With Ebola Virus Unsteady On His Feet As He Is Helped Out Of An Ambulance In A Hazmat Suit And WALKS Into Hospital After Flying To Georgia For Treatment -- Daily Mail* * Father-of-two Dr. Kent Brantly landed in Marietta, Georgia, just outside Atlanta, on Saturday morning, from West Africa * Second patient, aid worker Nancy Writebol, will arrive Monday * Both victims will be treated in a su... more »

Islamic Jihad brags that dead Gaza babies are winning the media war for them

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
' Islamic Jihad mouthpiece Palestine Today is bragging that Gaza has won the media war - thanks to all those photos of dead babies.' More here http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/islamic-jihad-brags-that-dead-gaza.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&m=1

IDF's Gaza assault is to control Palestinian gas, avert Israeli energy crisis

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
*Israel's defence minister has confirmed that military plans to 'uproot Hamas' are about dominating Gaza's gas reserves* A Palestinian boy plays in the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Beit Hanoun, Gaza. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP From theguardian: Yesterday, (*July 8, 2014*) Israeli defence minister and former Israeli Defence Force (IDF) chief of staff Moshe Ya'alon announced that Operation Protective Edge marks the beginning of a protracted assault on Hamas. The operation "won't end in just a few days," he said, adding that "we are preparing to e... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
[image: rant-jpeg-b] Sunday, August 3rd, 2014… And time again for my rant… There is a lot of things to talk about today, so bear with me while I do my best to touch on some very important subjects… First, as I stated just the other day, I am in no way trying to "whip up a frenzy" by my stance on the Ebola virus scare that has now gripped most of the major news outlets from around the planet. I laid it out clearly during the week that there is definitely something funny going on when you have a so called "research" facility in the nation of Sierra Leone doing work on the Ebola vir... more »

OUR SOUL IS DEAD

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
War is big biz we arm the world the more war the better for those with the mega yachts they bought with 'Shock and Awe' profits I've seen the one docked in Freeport, Maine perfect name 'Freeport' free in this country to cheat, lie, steal, kill rampage slaughter burn blast til they surrender or are all gone or just hidden I saw a video yesterday a boy about 15 in Gaza still alive in hospital lower part of his face gone upper lip on down all gone I almost puked by my heart was injured I can't stop thinking about him and the rest of the innocents blasted and back home in places like BIW... more »

The World Is Catching On

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 2 hours ago
http://www.pm.gc.ca/ Rumour has it that CETA -- the Canadian-European Trade Agreement -- is in trouble. The problem is the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism. Germany doesn't like it. Jim Stanford writes: Germany's limited experience with ISDS (it was recently sued by a Swedish company for billions in lost profits resulting from its phase-out of nuclear power) has heightened these concerns. Canada has had lots of experience with ISDS -- and it has not been good: As Scott Sinclair has demonstrated thr... more »

Argentina accuses US of judicial malpractice for triggering needless default

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/11004486/Argentina-accuses-US-of-judicial-malpractice-for-triggering-needless-default.html *Argentina accuses US of judicial malpractice for triggering needless default* *Country threatens to take US to The Hague after defaulting on its debts for the second time in 12 years* Ambrose Evans-Pritchard By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 7:56PM BST 31 Jul 2014 Argentina has threatened to take the US to the International Court of Justice for judicial malpractice, accusing the country of gross incompetence for allowing two small hedge funds to p... more »

South Africa’s “Dr. Death” Again Evades Sentencing

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
Janet Phelan Dr. Wouter Basson, whose work as head of the South African apartheid government’s biological and chemical warfare unit earned him the nickname “Dr. Death,” has again evaded sentencing. Basson was first arrested in 1997, following the dissolution of the apartheid government. His much publicized trial in Pretoria High Court in the years 1999-2002 produced outcries of judicial bias by his prosecutors. With 200 witnesses against him, who testified to his involvement in multiple assassinations as well as fraud and embezzlement during his tenure as head of Project Coast, ... more »

The Reader Supported News, with thousands of readers but less than a hundred supporters, may have scooped all its rivals with this: How a nuclear war with Russia my be averted by a Russia/Germany pact. Human existence may continue afterall, no thanks to the U.S. government's full court press to bring on armageddon. Hallelujah!

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 3 hours ago
------------------------------ Russia's president Vladimir Putin talks to German chancellor Angela Merkel in front of the Kurhaus resort in Wiesbaden, Germany,in October 2007.(photo: Frank Augstein/AP) Crimea: Can Merkel Still Strike a Deal With Putin? By Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News Original Here 01 August 14 Even as Washington and its sycophants were pushing Europe “to stand up” against Russia, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian president Vladimir Pu... more »

Moral eqvilantcy is the great lie of the sheeple

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 4 hours ago
Only strict observation of the laws of thermodynamic assures equality. That is the first testament. observations that stack up when you do the math The Israeli Palestine conflict must be solved it is taking up way to much of the oxygen in a world that must radically evolve So how do you solve a problem like Gaza numerator to zero a hard calculation but it beats waking up governed by something less than ones and zeros Two sides in love with a present desert that is just going to get drier an less sustainable Israel the great and noble state that we all admire how long could it surv... more »

From Korea to KIPP: "production, performance, and obedience"

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
Reading the essay by Se-Woong Koo on the South Korean system of educational child abuse, I was struck by how much of what he said could have come from former teachers of KIPP who have since let their conscience be their guides: incredible stress, diminished affect, clumps of hair falling out, physical and psychological breakdowns, enraged screaming teachers, incredibly long hours, constant demands for higher test scores. And just as South Korea's cramming for higher PISA scores has turned up the heat on other nations who appear to be laggards by comparison, KIPP's high test scores... more »

There are other brands

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 4 hours ago
We all know what advertising is don’t we? It’s the business of making people want things. There’s a science behind it. Subliminal or overt psychological manipulation, persuasion, all that lot. If you’re alive you can’t be completely impartial. Every time we interact with others we (inadvertently) ‘advertise‘ but let’s not pursue that for now. What we will pursue in this sermon is the way the BBC and the other main news organs are acting as advertising agents. Have you noticed, as I have, that the footage we’re currently seeing on the BBC from Gaza is getting increasingly mawkish... more »

Will Illinois Elect A Sleazy Billionaire Sociopath As Governor? Meet Bruce Rauner

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
There is no way to shame a Republican. None of their selfish, narcissistic behavior ever seems to embarrass them. As Wall Street attorney Oliver Budde explained, "[O]ur ethos in a nutshell: grab every dollar you can, for as long as you can, using every scheme you can think of, and pay out to yourself and your cronies as much as you possibly can, as quickly as you can. You don't sweat morals or ethics; if it looks doable without getting caught or at least without serious risk of penalty to the executives (who couldn't care less if the corporation has to kick back some of the loot ... more »

Fighting And Tensions Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Are Escalating Over The Dispued Region Of Nagorno-Karabakh

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Troops Killed As Border Tensions Rise Between Armenia And Azerbaijan -- Independent (Ireland)* Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said that 12 of its troops have been killed in the past four days. Nagorno-Karabakh's armed forces said one of its soldiers was killed on Friday, the third in recent days. Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region and some adjacent territory have been under the control of Armenian soldiers and ethnic Armenian local troops since the end of a six-year separatist war in 1994. Both sides report frequent shootings and attempted incursions along the ceasefire line, bu... more »

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago

Untitled

jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 5 hours ago
*College: Not the Be All, End All We’re Led to Believe* *Ways to Skip the Years Lost, Crippling Debts* EspaƱolThe average starting salary for the class of 2013 was $45,259 a year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. While such earnings are certainly enough to get by, a graduating member of the class of 2013 also owed an average of US$35,200 in student loans. Meanwhile, salary growth is only at 2.4 percent and barely keeping up with annual inflation of 2.1 percent. With these deflating facts in mind, young people need to start looking at themselves in t... more »

"WE CAN NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS"

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
Joe Scarborough (former conservative Republican congressman from Florida) railed against Israel's ongoing offensive in Gaza. This is the beginning of the end for Israel. Serious splits developing among the American people and now even in the mainstream media. With the coming starvation and disease that will be the next crisis in Gaza (having been intentionally created by Israel's genocide policy) there will be an even stronger global outcry. The days of Israel getting away with anything they want are over. And now the US will have to wear this 'wreath of death' in Gaza around... more »

This Is A Time Of A Great Awakening.....by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
This is a time of a great awakening to the truth of Man. No longer will a few hide easily in the dark shadows and direct the affairs of Man. For many have heard and answered the call to service and will not accept the slavery offered by the few, but will seek the fruits of their own labours upon this Earth. A great collapse is in order and will pave the way for a new way of living within human community. A sharing of food and resources and more than this, an opening of heart to heart which will further facilitate an opening in the communal heart of Man. It has been centuries s... more »

Metta Prayer For All Beings

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago

Watch City of Toledo press conference on water crisis in its ent - 13abc.com Toledo (OH) News, Weather and Sports

Watch City of Toledo press conference on water crisis in its ent - 13abc.com Toledo (OH) News, Weather and Sports

Israel Wiretapped John Kerry’s Phone Calls During The Middle East Peace Negotiations

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.(Reuters / Lucas Jackson) *Wiretapped: Israel Eavesdropped on John Kerry in Mideast Talks -- Speigel Online* New information indicates that Israeli intelligence eavesdropped on telephone conversations by US Secretary of State John Kerry. Sources told SPIEGEL the government then used the information obtained from the calls during negotiations in the Mideast conflict. SPIEGEL has learned from reliable sources that Israeli intelligence eavesdropped on US Secretary of State John Kerry during Middle East peace negotiations. In addition to the Israelis... more »

Sunday Morning Sidewalk

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 5 hours ago
Yeah the puke of Fukushima, Ukraine and Gaza are still sticky and make strolling hard, I am doing some kind of hurdle Tia Chi as I juke around and over the moving stains to make my way to a place I can be alone. At least we dont have Ebola breaking out in these streets. At least flesh eating disease is not airborne. At least its all on the far side of the world and it will never hit home.

Defence or Destruction?

Rural at Democracy Under Fire - 5 hours ago
*Gaza deaths reported to July 8 - July 30 *– 1,363, Injured – 6,780 the majority being civilians, including women and children. Israeli deaths – 58 just two of which were civilians.... Whilst it is very difficult for those of us just observing from a distance via various news media and other online sources to know the true situation in Gaza, it is clear that the virtual imprisonment of an entire population and the targeting of civilian infrastructure by a far superior Israeli force is not simply 'defending' themselves and should not be supported by ANY democratic nation. I do not end... more »

Wisdom from Thomas Sowell

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 6 hours ago
Larry Kotlikoff's comment on Paul Krugman's debating style in my previous post reminded me of an email I received earlier this summer: Hi Professor Mankiw, I'm an entering graduate student at [withheld] and a long-time reader (reading your blog when I was in high school introduced me to and got me interested in economics). I was reading Thomas Sowell's *A Conflict of Visions* and stumbled upon a passage that immediately reminded me of you, and your debates with Professor Krugman. I think it accurately describes a lot of disputes I've seen among intellectuals. If you're familiar w... more »

Boko Haram Strapped And Remotely Triggered Explosives On Unsuspecting Kidnapped Schoolgirls

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
'In what could only be deemed as one of the world's most heinous crimes, the Boko Haram militants have been strapping explosives scoured from a Chinese factory onto little schoolgirls and exploding them via remote controls. Terrorism has been mutating into grotesque forms lately. The Boko Haram faction is perhaps the most dishonorable and cowardly team of so-called rebels who have been wreaking havoc in Nigeria. However, as The Inquisitr had reported, Boko Haram gained a new low in terrorism tactics by strapping bombs on little schoolgirls and sending them into their enemy camp. ... more »

Gaza, WWI, Muslim charities and the banks & the West's guilt over Iraq

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
This morning's *Sunday *dwelt mainly on the Gaza conflict and on the WW1 anniversary, with side features on how some Muslim charities are being badly treated by the banks and on the West's responsibility for the present plight of Iraqi Christians. If that sounds to you like a typical left-liberal-biased edition of *Sunday* then you wouldn't be far wrong. Here's what happened: *1. "As the Middle East crisis intensifies, Matt Wells reports from New York on the US Government's response to the conflict." * Ed Stourton asked about public demos in the U.S. Matt Wells said the pro-Pale... more »

Medicine: "The Mystery of Sudden Cardiac Arrest"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"The Mystery of Sudden Cardiac Arrest"* by Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth "When cardiologist Sumeet Chugh was a medical resident in Minneapolis in 1992, a beautiful 19-year-old woman was rushed into the emergency room after collapsing while dancing. Her heart had suddenly stopped. Chugh and his colleagues worked for almost an hour but couldn't save her. An autopsy found nothing. The only clue was her mother, who had also died abruptly at a young age. "It was devastating to me," says Chugh, now associate director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles. He dedicated hi... more »

James Fenimore Cooper, "Afterglow"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Afterglow"* "At the quiet close of day, Gently yet the willows sway; When the sunset tints are low, Lingers still the afterglow; Beauty tarries loath to die, Every lightest fantasy Lovelier grows in memory, Where the truer beauties lie." ~ James Fenimore Cooper

Satire (?): “Poll: 37% of Americans Unable to Locate America on Map of America”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Poll: 37% of Americans Unable to Locate America on Map of America”* by Steven Shehori Washington, D.C. - “According to a Gallup/Harris poll in 2008, a full 37 percent of American citizens are incapable of identifying their home country on a map of the United States. Of the 1,400 residents surveyed, the most common incorrect responses placed the more than 230-year-old territory in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans (19 percent), the space where Mexico would appear were it in fact included on the map (10 percent), and inside the word "America" written just above the northernmost states (... more »

"We Hate Truth"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
* "We Hate Truth"* by Richard Dolan "Blaise Pascal once wrote that unhappiness in this world could be eliminated if only people learned to sit quietly in their rooms. We constantly pursue outside stimulation. Anything will do. From all types of games and trivial pursuits, right up to joining the local navy and engaging in wholesale plunder. The reason, Pascal argued further, is that most of us are unable to bear the poverty of our own minds. We have few thoughts to begin with, and when we do ponder our lives, we realize our weaknesses, our immoralities, and especially our mortality... more »

"Two Ways To Be Fooled..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
”There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn’t so; the other is to refuse to believe what is so." - Soren Kierkegaard

#makeitbrigstop

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
Marcus Brigstocke's new series of *The Brig Society *began this Friday. It was a laugh an hour. (And it only lasted half an hour). What did you miss? Lots of anti-UKIP rants and jokes, an anti-*Daily* *Telegraph *joke [what, no anti-*Daily Mail *jokes, Marcus? You're slipping!], some gentle anti-Lib Dem quotes, an attack on Geert Wilders (he's a racist), digs at anti-immigration audience members on *Question Time* (they're racists), some banker-bashing, digs at fracking, private healthcare providers and Eric Pickles, various points in favour of the EU, a section arguing how democr... more »

The Myth of Russian Aggression

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours ago
*August 3, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The term "Russian aggression" has been inundating headlines across the Western media and even graces the title of a US Senate bill introduce this year - S.2277 - Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014. But what "aggression" is the West referring to? A cursory look at Russian history over the past 500 years compared to say, Britain, France, or even America and its "Manifest Destiny," portrays Russia as a nation preoccupied within and along its borders, not in hegemonic, global expansion. The idea of far-flung former colonies is one uniqu... more »

200 to 1

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 10 hours ago
*Written by Grant G* I don`t normally put in my 2 cents worth on international stories, in this case the Palestine Israeli ongoing disgrace, however one can only remain silent for so long, Stephen Harper`s finger wagging is bad enough but when a below average IQ deficient school drop out Christy Clark chooses sides, when she has no skin in the game, doesn`t represent the views of British Columbia, pandering to the simplistic Fox news, Sun news crowd, old angry black n white simplistic thinkers, those of time gone by, ... Harvey Oberfeld, rightwing Stephen Harper promoter and raci... more »

Nato must deploy weapons in eastern Europe to combat Russian threat, says David Cameron

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: David Cameron]Nato must show Russia that it “means business” by carrying out more military exercises and deploying more weapons to protect Europe’s eastern borders, David Cameron has said. In a letter to Nato leaders ahead of a summit next month, the Prime Minister said the alliance had “to make clear to Russia that neither Nato nor its members will be intimidated”. He also strongly hinted that he wants defence spending to start to increase now that Western democracies’ economies are starting to recover. Read more

Sanctions prompt Putin to deploy Iskander missile

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: SS-26 Stone (Iskander M)]In a meeting before the Russian National Security Council, President Vladimir Putin announced the end of cooperation between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, emphasizing the need for a buffer zone with the Western alliance and effectively ending missile defense cooperation, according to informed sources. Putin’s decision at the July 22 meeting to end cooperation with the West follows the imposition by the U.S. and Europe of stringent sanctions aimed at Russia’s defense, energy and financial sectors. The sanctions were imposed agains... more »

Ukrainian Troops Moving Tochka-U Missile Launchers to Donetsk - Militia

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: SS-21 Scarab]Independence supporters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said on Saturday that the Ukrainian government troops are moving Tochka-U short-range ballistic missile systems to Donetsk. “The Ukrainian Army is moving to Donetsk Tochka-U [NATO reporting name SS-21 Scarab] missile complexes. The enemy’s columns of BM-30 Smerch and BM-27 Uragan have been spotted,” the Donetsk militia said in its Twitter microblog. The commander of the Donetsk People’s Republic militia Igor Strelkov said earlier this week that Tochka-U complexes have been delivered to Kram... more »

JAS 39 Gripen will meet Air Force’s multirole combat aircraft needs

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: JAS 39 Gripen]“And after the F/A-50s, we are hoping that we will soon acquire our first modern fighter aircraft,” Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin in earlier report. It is also known that coming 12 FA-50 Philippine version will act as the country’s trainer and main fighter jets for the meantime, until PAF pilots have gained enough experience in flying supersonic jets and enough budget to acquire more capable and sophisticated aircraft. Before the week ends, IHS Jane reported that SAAB, manufacturer of JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft, is positioning to meet Philippines combat... more »

U.S. spy plane avoids dangerous run in with Russian jet by flying into Sweden's airspace without permission

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: RC-135 Rivet Joint]A U.S. Air Force spy plane avoided a run-in with the Russian military just one day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a suspected missile allegedly fired by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. CNN reports that the RC-125 Five Joint evaded the Russians by flying into Swedish airspace without Sweden’s permission. The plane may have traveled into other countries' airspace as well and it's unclear as to whether the plane had permission to do so. Read more

Poseidon completes debut deployment

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: P-8A Poseidon]The inaugural deployment of the P-8A Poseidon is now in the books. Patrol Squadron 16 returned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, after a seven-month deployment to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan. The squadron’s last P-8A touched down at NAS Jacksonville on July 16, signaling the beginning of the end for the venerable P-3C Orion, which will phased out over the rest of the decade. “The P-8 Poseidon either met or exceeded any expectations I had for that aircraft,” said Cmdr. Daniel Papp, VP-16’s commanding officer. Read more

Govt not to blacklist Rolls Royce for 'operational' reasons

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 10 hours ago
[image: Hawk trainer]The Modi government has decided to go ahead in its dealings with Rolls-Royce, ruling out blacklisting of the global engine-manufacturer which is under the CBI scanner for allegedly employing agents and paying hefty commissions to secure contracts in India. Sources said the defence ministry will now give the green signal to those projects and deals with Rolls-Royce that are crucial for "operational urgency and national security", and there is no other alternative available. "The decision was taken after consultation with the attorney general/solicitor general.... more »

Another CMS 2.6-sigma SUSY excess

LuboÅ” Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago
*Edge at \(m_{\rm inv}=79\GeV\) in dilepton events* There were virtually no deviations of the LHC from the Standard Model a month ago. But during the last month, there has been an explosion of so far small excesses. Off-topic: Have you ever played 2048? Flash 2048. A pretty good game. Cursor arrow keys. One day after Tommaso Dorigo presented another failed attempt to mock the supersymmetric phenomenologists, he was forced to admit that "his" own CMS collaboration has found another intriguing excess – namely in the search for edge effects in dilepton events. The detailed data may b... more »

thoughts from within

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago

How Russia Could Help China's Military Become Even Deadlier

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Photo: World Affairs Board *Five Ways Russia Could Help China's Military Become Even Deadlier -- National Interest* The continued deterioration of relations between Russia and NATO may not yet have resulted in a new Cold War, but it’s undoubtedly produce an environment in which Russia has independent reasons to try to hurt the United States. While the arms trade between China and Russia exploded after the fall of the Soviet Union, shipments of major systems slowed in the early part of last decade. Part of the reason was demand; China felt that it no longer needed to pay top dolla... more »

China Confirms That It Has Developed A New Generation Of Long Range Missiles

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
New photo of China's newest ICBM, the DF-41 *Chinese Government Website Confirms New Multi-Warhead ICBM -- Washington Free Beacon* Disclosure touted on anniversary of Chinese military founding A Chinese provincial government website has confirmed China’s newest and largest intercontinental missile—the multi-warhead DF-41, which is capable of striking the United States Official confirmation of the new multi-warhead missile was touted by state-run Chinese press a day before the Aug. 1 anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army, China’s communist-controlled military... more »

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 12 hours ago
*Kidney Stoned and Global Warming‏* You can correlate an increasing trend of one phenomenon to an increasing trend for any other thing and ... Eureka! ... someone stupid enough will attribute causation. First of all, observations are affected by observation tools. A year ago, my wife went to the ER in terrible abdominal pain. They gave her two shots of morphine and antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. When she continued to have pains in the following days, she saw a specialist who did an ultrasound scan and found a bulging in her kidney tract cause by a large stone that h... more »

A lot of great interviews coming up, here’s a preview with Linda Darling Hammond

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
… of my conversation with Linda Darling-Hammond. I actually over-booked, so a lot of great people in the hopper that I will be rolling out just in time for the new school year.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face Tagged: @ the chalk face, interview, linda darling hammond, radio, Stanford

Former First Lady Hillary Clinton Has Apparently Earned The Title Of Being The Most Detested Person Under The Protection Of The Secret Service

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Hillary Told One Agent To 'F*** Off' And Another That His Suit Looked 'Cheap.' Secret Service Staff Say Guarding The Former First Lady Was 'The Worst Form Of Punishment,' Author Reveals In Explosive New Book -- Daily Mail* * Author Ronald Kessler claims agents confess that being on Hillary’s security detail is the worst duty assignment in the Secret Service * If agents driving her went over a bump, she’d swear at them * 'When she's in front of the lights, she turns it on and when she's not she's a totally different person,' says one agent * Arriving at a 4-F Club in upstate New York... more »

How A Solar Superstorm Could Destroy The Earth

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Apocalypse NOW: Killer Solar Superstorm Could Destroy Earth At ANY MOMENT, Scientists Warn -- Express.co.uk * VIOLENT solar superstorms could destroy life as we know it at ANY MOMENT, shocked scientists have warned today. It is “only a matter of time” before a catastrophic eruption on the surface of the sun hurtles towards the planet with devastating consequences. The Earth could be the target of an explosion equivalent to “10 billion Hiroshima bombs exploding at the same time”. It has emerged crisis meetings have been held to discuss how to limit the damage of solar superstorm... more »

Despite Breathtaking Failures At The DCCC, Steve Israel Insists On A Leadership Position

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
An abject failure at the DCCC, Steve Israel is likely to do even worse this cycle than he did last time. But he's already warning House Democrats that he isn't done with them yet. He's well aware that no one will tolerate another cycle with his inept and catastrophic handling of the DCCC, so he's insisting on another leadership post. He told *The Hill* that he for all the enjoyment he's had at the DCCC-- failing to take back the House in 2012 while Obama and the Senate Democrats were scoring breathtaking victories across the board-- and on the verge of a far, far worse cycle this y... more »

Are Reports Of An Afghan-Taliban Surge Exaggerated?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Gen. John F. Campbell holds a news conference at the Kinnard Mission Training Complex at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Aug. 1, 2013. Sam Shore/MVISC via U.S. Army *Reports Of Taliban Surge Are Exaggerated, Incoming ISAF Commander Says -- Stars and Stripes* WASHINGTON — Reports of the Taliban gaining ground as U.S. troop levels fall and Afghan soldiers take on more fighting duties are more about PR than battlefield realities, the general set to take over command of the NATO combat mission in Afghanistan suggested. Gen. John F. Campbell, who spoke to reporters at the Pentagon on Friday, ... more »

U.S. Army Unveils New Camouflage Pattern

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
The Army announced the service's newest camouflage pattern for combat: a palette of muted greens, light beige and dark brown. This swatch is based on an experimental design, because the actual design hasn't been released yet.(Photo: Army Times) *Combat By Design: Army Unveils New Camouflage Pattern -- USA Today* The Army plans to transition to this new camo over time, phasing out the unpopular gray-green Universal Combat Pattern. The Army, in a statement, said a phase-out of the older uniform was "fiscally responsible." The name "Operational Camouflage Pattern" is intended to empha... more »

U.S. Army To Fire 550 Majors

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*500 Army Majors to Be Axed in Latest Budget Cuts -- Newsmax* Pink slips will start going out next week to about 500 Army majors – including some on duty in Afghanistan – in the latest wave of troop cuts forced by "budget restrictions," the Army announced Friday. "We don't want to do this," but the Army has no choice under the constraints of the Budget Control Act and the Congressional sequester process, Gen. John Campbell, the vice chief of the Army, said Friday, *Military.com reports.* Campbell noted may of the 1,100 captains on a hit list last month were serving in Afghanistan ... more »

$300 Million In Kurdish Crude But No Buyers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
A still image from video taken by a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft shows the oil tanker United Kalavyrta (also known as the United Kalavrvta), which is carrying a cargo of Kurdish crude oil, approaching Galveston, Texas July 25, 2014. Credit: Reuters/US Coast Guard/handout via Reuters *For Wandering Tankers With $300 Million Of Kurdish Crude, End-Game Still In Doubt -- Reuters* (Reuters) - After a legal show-down in Texas this week, the outlook for a handful of tankers holding some $300 million worth of Kurdish oil is not looking good. Seemingly unable to find enou... more »

Fordham’s Michael Petrilli: Manufacturing “Emotion” for Common Core

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
I am sitting in my easy chair on this Saturday afternoon, and I am trying not to write any posts. I know that I need a rest. Sure enough, though, I come across Common Core State Standards (CCSS) promotional slant from the brand-spanking new, non-teacher-practitioner president of the Gates-funded Fordham Institute, dedicated think tanker Michael […]

11 Countries Are Near Bankruptcy

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Not Just Argentina: 11 Countries Near Bankruptcy -- USA Today* After years of bitter court battles with creditors, Argentina has defaulted on its debt, according to rating agency Standard & Poor's. After failing to come to an agreement with creditors from its previous default in 2001, the country missed necessary bond payments on July 31, triggering the default announcement. As of publication, other organizations, most notably the rating agency Moody's Investors Service and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a derivatives trade group, have yet to release public s... more »

U.S. - Russian Nuclear Talks And Agreements Now In Jeopardy

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
A deal signed by Energy Secretary Ernest J. Moniz would have let American and Russian scientists visit one another’s nuclear facilities. Credit Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters *U.S. Nuclear Deal With Russia Fails As Tensions Rise -- New York Times* WASHINGTON — The growing confrontation between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine has derailed a recent accord that promised one of the most expansive collaborations ever between the countries’ nuclear scientists, including reciprocal visits to atomic sites to work on projects ranging from energy to planetary defense. It was only 11 months a... more »

The Ebola Outbreak: The "Pandemic" that isn't.

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-ebola-outbreak-pandemic-that-isnt.html SATURDAY, 2 AUGUST 2014 *The Ebola Outbreak: The "Pandemic" that isn't.* There have been many many moments over the past few years that have made me ponder my past and the experiences and knowledge that I have gathered along the way. I cannot tell you how many times in the last two years alone that I have had major personal revelations about things that I have gone through or learned in the past that are suddenly so relevant in the NOW. Last night was one of those moments. For almost 20 yea... more »

U.S. Spy Plane Flees Into Sweden After Being Chased By A Russian Fighter Jet And Tracked By Russian Radar

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Wikimedia Commons/Chris Finney *U.S. Official: Spy Plane Flees Russian Jet, Radar; Ends Up Over Sweden -- CNN* Washington (CNN) -- The Cold War aerial games of chicken portrayed in the movie "Top Gun" are happening in real life again nearly 30 years later. A U.S. Air Force spy plane evaded an encounter with the Russian military on July 18, just a day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed by a suspected surface-to-air missile that Ukraine and the West allege was fired by pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine. The RC-135 Rivet Joint fled into nearby Swedish airspace without th... more »

Is Ukraine Using Ballistic Missiles?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
RIA Novodti/Igor Zarembo *Ukraine Denies Using Ballistic Missiles -- Deutsche Welle* Ukraine's defense minister and a NATO representative in Kyiv have denied DW reports that the Ukrainian army has been using ballistic missiles against pro-Russian separatists in the country's east. At first, NATO confirmed to DW a report by US news channel CNN that the Ukrainian army has used short-range ballistic missiles against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. "The information is based on data from US reconnaissance" a spokesman at NATO's Brussels headquarters said Friday (01.08.2014... more »

Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Loving Touch”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
Deuter, “Loving Touch” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQc1KqCZM9U

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this image represents, is forever changed by it."- YouTube/NASA "It helps to put things in perspective here on our frenetic little planet with a look at this extraordinarily powerful and moving video of the Hubble Space Telescope mapping of the Universe, whose known size is 78 billion light years across. The video of the images is the equivalent of using a "time machine" to look into the past to witness the early formation of galaxies, perha... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
Grass Valley, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Carlos Castaneda, "The Path"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"The Path"* by Carlos Castaneda "Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path, and there is not affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try ... more »

The Poet: W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame." -W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"

Chet Raymo, "The Ring of Truth"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"The Ring of Truth"* by Chet Raymo "In Salley Vickers' novel, 'Where Three Roads Meet,' the shade of Tiresias, the blind seer of the Oedipus myth, visits Sigmund Freud in London during the psychoanalyst's final terrible illness. In a series of conversations, Tiresias retells the story of Oedipus - he who was fated to kill his father and sleep with his mother - a story at the heart of Freud's own theory of the human psyche. At one point in the conversations, as Tiresias and Freud discuss the extent to which our lives are fated, the question of immortality arises. Freud says of Oed... more »

"A Grindstone..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us." - L. Thomas Holdcraft

Is Russia About To Invade Eastern Ukraine?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters *Russia’s Military Is Already in East Ukraine. Will There Be a Full-Scale Invasion? -- James Miller, The Daily Beast* The troops, the tanks, and the artillery is in place. The shelling has begun. Is this just another skirmish? Or something much, much bigger? Right now Russia is moving troops, armor, and advanced antiaircraft missiles toward the border with Ukraine. In the last 48 hours, dozens of videos have been uploaded to social-media sites that show Russian armor very close to the border, many of them confirmed to be within mere kilometers of Ukraine. On ... more »

The Decline Of U.S. Influence In The Middle East

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departed from New Delhi on Friday. Credit Pool photo by Lucas Jackson *U.S. Struggles In Middle East, With Fewer Allies And Less Influence -- Arshad Mohammed, Reuters* (Reuters) - The U.S failure to secure a firm ceasefire in the Gaza Strip despite two weeks of intense diplomacy reflects new regional dynamics in which the world's most powerful actor has diminished influence and fewer allies. When Secretary of State John Kerry left Washington on July 21 on a mission to try to halt the latest Israeli-Palestinian war, more than 400 Palestinians ha... more »

Beware the Neoconning Liars Club (Cantor Out Permanently But Not As Far As $$$$ Goes - Tea Party Grabs Pouch) They Nicknamed It The Hustle (Robo-Signers Hell-0 Pay Light Fines) MH17 Resources (Shale Oil) Fooling You Twice (Impenetrable Iron Dome Heads?)

Beware the Neocon Exaggerators: They Were Wrong on Russia and the Mideast Before — and They’re Wrong About the Threat Now August 2, 2014 Michael Lind Stop worrying about Putin: Russia is a second-tier economic and military power, and not a threat to U.S. interests. A second Cold War is possible — but if Russia were to play a role, it would probably be as a junior sidekick to China, in a

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah Tells White House: Don't 'Ever Second Guess Me Again'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Defense Ministry in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv July 11, 2014. Reuters *Netanyahu To Obama Administration: Don't 'Ever Second Guess Me Again' On Hamas -- IBTimes* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration late Friday “not to ever second-guess me again" on the subject of dealing with Hamas in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. According to sources close to the administration who spoke to the Associated Press, Netanyahu’s o... more »

IDF Declares That Israeli Soldier Thought To Be Captured Was Actually Killed in Battle

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
The soldier's family held spoke to press outside their home in Kfar Saba after being told of his death. BBC *Soldier Thought to Be Captured Was Killed In Battle, Israel Says --- New York Times* JERUSALEM — The Israeli military announced early Sunday morning that Second Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23, who had been thought captured by Palestinian militants since a deadly clash Friday morning that shattered a planned 72-hour cease-fire, was now considered to have been killed in battle. A military spokeswoman declined to say whether Lieutenant Goldin had been killed along with two comrades by a... more »

#KeepmyTV Advocates Are Getting Jerked Around

2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
*My public service announcement* *because a lot of people are getting jerked around on Twitter * *they don't know it* *and they need to know it* Nastiness in the cable TV industry and it's got a real piece of nasty associated with it. Real nasty! *Background:* Anyone who has antenna (free) TV is seeing ads from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) telling them to contact Congress to *KeepMyTV* Here's why The cable companies are up to some real nastiness in DC that NAB is warning may end up in free broadcast antenna TV being eliminated AND your local broadcast channels be... more »

Temple Goes SAT-ACT Optional

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
From http://articles.philly.com/2014-07-30/news/52192626_1_temple-university-minority-students-standardized-test-scores : In an effort to cultivate talented students who don't test well, Temple University says it will become the first national public research university in the Northeast to make standardized test scores optional for admission. The university expects as many as 150 to 200 students who likely would not have been accepted because of low SAT and ACT scores, but who exhibit other promising attributes, will be admitted for fall 2015. Many of them could come from the Phila... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago

“Why Being Human Matters, for the People of Gaza and the World”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*“Why Being Human Matters, for the People of Gaza and the World”* by Stephanie Van Hook "Dr. Mona El-Farra, medical doctor and associate of the Middle East Children’s Alliance recently made headlines on Democracy Now! with her plea to end the military assault on Gaza with one powerful statement: “We are human beings.” She is, of course, absolutely right. Human beings live in Gaza, and it seems like nothing could be more obvious — if not human beings, then who or what does? And why are we paying attention? Of course, what she is really saying is something much deeper. She’s saying, t... more »

Ian Welsh asks what you plan to do with the "toy" that is your life -- and how your choice may impact other lives

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*PRINCESS IDEA*: The world is but a broken toy, its pleasure hollow — false its joy. Unreal its loveliest hue, alas! Its pains alone are true, alas! Its pains alone are true. *HILARION*: The world is ev'rything you say. The world we think has had its day. Its merriment is slow, alas! We've tried it, and we know, alas! We've tried it and we know. *ALL*: Unreal its loveliest hue, its pains alone are true -- *PRINCESS IDA*: Alas! *ALL*: The world is but a broken toy, its pleasure hollow — false its joy. Unreal its loveliest hue, alas! Its pains alone are true, alas! Its pains alone are true.... more »

cannibals

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 16 hours ago
when we put profit above life we are feeding on our young

"Every Normal Man..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H. L. Mencken (You'll see what this is all about in the following post, lol. - CP)

"Oh Really? Benny Warns US 'Never Second Guess Me'?" VERY Strong Language Alert!

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“Netanyahu Warns the US: * *Do Not 'Ever Second Guess Me Again' on Hamas”* by What Really Happened “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the White House not to force a truce with Palestinian militants on Israel following the quick collapse of the cease-fire in Gaza, Sources familiar with conversations between Netanyahu and senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, say the Israeli leader advised the Obama administration 'not to ever second guess me again' on the matter. The officials also said Netanyahu said he should be 'trusted' on the issue and ab... more »

Bitcoin is the Revolution You've Been Waiting For

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 17 hours ago
David Seaman Yesterday, President Obama stated that “we tortured some folks” in the aftermath of 9/11. Later in the day, he expressed his full confidence in his CIA Director, a man several pundits have pointed out was supportive of such torture during the Bush administration. Obama pointed out that torture is against our “values”. No. A long wait at the grocery store is against our values. Abduction and torture without trial, on the other hand, is illegal. Warrantless surveillance of the American civilian population, more than a year after Edward Snowden first came out with his “r... more »

Public Hearing on Covert Chemtrail Operations in Shasta, CA (Full Video)

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 17 hours ago
*Youtube* Public hearing July 15th, 2014 Shasta County Air Quality Management Board Discussing GEOENGINEERING CHEMTRAILS R-7. *Be the Change! Donate Today!* *Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter:* *Delivered by FeedBurner*

The Words That Enslave Us

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 17 hours ago
Our entire legal system is underpinned by Maritime or Admiralty Law, that very few people are even aware of and is guarded by the highest levels of our legal system. It is a great trick of deception that has been played on most of humanity, keeping us entangled in a web of confusion about who we really are and our rights as living breathing human beings, while we are literally treated as numbers by our so-called authorities. This is a deeply convoluted system that has been evolving for thousands of years. It has nothing to do with justice for the people but everything to do with t... more »

House Quietly Passes Three Cybersecurity Bills

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 17 hours ago
*Activist Post* On July 28, 2014, the House of Representatives passed three bills aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in certain critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy sector: - H.R. 3696 – the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act(NCCIPA), the primary bill of the three, which passed by voice vote; - H.R. 2952 – the Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Act (CIRDA), a bill promoting cybersecurity research and development, which passed by voice vote and ... more »

An Israeli Soldier's Powerful Story

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 17 hours ago
*Youtube* The talk by Eran Efrati was filmed in Denver, Colorado on March 3, 2014 as part of The Soldier and the Refusenik U.S. tour with Maya Wind. Eran talks about his experiences in the IDF and then more broadly discusses Israel, its relationship to the U.S. and the global expansion of militarism. *Be the Change! Donate Today!* *Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter:* *Delivered by FeedBurner*

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 18 hours ago
*The Jimmy Graham Rule ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*

Washington Appeases A Deranged Netanyahu At Its Own Peril

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
* Who does this son of a bitch think he is? The king of the world? * "Following the quick collapse of the cease-fire in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the White House not to force a truce with Palestinian militants on Israel. Sources familiar with conversations between Netanyahu and senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, say *the Israeli leader advised the Obama administration "not to ever second guess me again" on the matter.* The officials also said Netanyahu said he should be "trusted" on the issue and about the unwillingness of Ham... more »

“The Entire History Of Human Culture... In 5 Minutes”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*“The Entire History Of Human Culture... In 5 Minutes”* By Kevin Short "If you could compress 2,600 years of cultural history into one moment, it'd look something like this. The stunning visualization created by Maximilian Schich, an art historian at the University of Texas at Dallas, depicts the birth and death locations of history's most influential people. Schich's team pulled information from Freebase, a database of historical figures. The mapping starts in 600 B.C., around the dawn of the Roman Empire, and ends in 2012. The blue dots represent birth locations, and the red dots ... more »

Israel's War On Knowledge

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago
Israeli Airstrikes Target Gaza's Islamic University. Source: Wall Street Journal. Date Published: August 2, 2014. Israel Strikes Gaza's Islamic University. Source: NDTV. Date Published: August 2, 2014. Israel strikes university in Gaza City. Source: Al Jazeera. Date Published: August 2, 2014.

guest post: "rob ford, eid prayer and the silencing of dissent"

laura k at wmtc - 19 hours ago
Rob Ford, Eid Prayer and the Silencing of Dissent by Fizza Mir July 30, 2014 My Eid started out like most, enjoying a morning coffee after a month of abstinence, rushing to get to the downtown prayers at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and navigating through hoards of playful children and beautifully dressed congregants. The khutbah was moving and poignantly addressed the state of our Ummah. Even as we celebrated the end of a blessed month, our hearts were heavy and our thoughts consumed by the horrors unfolding in Gaza, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma . . . it... more »

A Plea for Civility

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 20 hours ago
From Larry Kotlikoff. A noble effort that is likely to be in vain.

DISECTING MEDIA MANIPULATION

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 20 hours ago
Afshin Rattansi goes underground with filmmaker and author John Pilger as he challenges Western mainstream media spin. He warns that ‘to be informed by it is not an option’ because of censorship, omission and distortion of the facts. Whilst other stories overtake it, we find out the death toll in Libya is still rising. We discover why illegal immigrants were prevented from smuggling themselves OUT of Britain. We look at whether Cameron is privatising the NHS by selling it to doctors and nurses. And as the IDF offensive on Gaza continues, are media attitudes softening whilst those o... more »

One Week From Today-- Hawaii Picks Between A Proven Progressive And Two Proven Conservatives

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
Who fought against LGBT equality? Mark Takai and Donna Kim, the 2 conservatives in the race *"Peace through strength!"-- Reagan’s bellicose slogan emulated by faux-progressive congressional candidate in Hawaii.* "Peace through strength" wasn't thought up by Reagan-- nothing was-- but by Emperor Hadrian around 100 years after the birth of our lord. Mark Takai, candidate for the open seat in Hawaii’s First Congressional District, in a nearly hour-long interview with the Hawaii Independent this week made explicit what’s been obvious to anyone following his 20-year career in politics. ... more »

US-EU INTEND TO MAKE MORE WAR IN UKRAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 20 hours ago
Despite the Ukrainian conflict claiming more lives every day, Kiev is getting further support from its Westen backers. The Obama administration now plans to train and equip National Guard fighters, while the EU's quietly lifting a ban on supplying Ukraine with weapons.

The Garden, so Far

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 21 hours ago
August 2, 2014 We’ve had a run of lovely weather this summer, with hot, sunny days in the nineties followed by several cooler, cloudier days in the eighties. Not enough rain, but I get out and run the sprinkler for … Continue reading →

Finnish TV Reporter at Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital: 'It's True That Rockets Are Launched Here From the Gazan Side Into Israel' (VIDEO)

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Something that you won't read on the institutionally anti Israel BBC or Channel 4. http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/08/01/finnish-tv-reporter-at-gazas-al-shifa-hospital-its-true-that-rockets-are-launched-here-from-the-gazan-side-into-israel-video/

The Ebola Outbreak: The "Pandemic" that isn't.

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 21 hours ago
There have been many many moments over the past few years that have made me ponder my past and the experiences and knowledge that I have gathered along the way. I cannot tell you how many times in the last two years alone that I have had major personal revelations about things that I have gone through or learned in the past that are suddenly so relevant in the NOW. Last night was one of those moments. For almost 20 years I have had an almost morbid facination with the Ebola virus, and Haemoragic fevers such as Marlburg and Lassa, in general. It started when I read the book "Th... more »

We need to talk about Jon Donnison

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Jon Donnison's use of Twitter as an important arm of his reporting puts his tweets well beyond being merely "views mine". It's clearly meant as public BBC reporting. His Twitter feed over the last 24 hours has been highly active. This is what he's been telling the world through it: He begins with tweets about last night's airstrikes on Gaza, interspersed with two tweets reporting Hamas' statements saying (a) Hamas knows nothing about the missing Israeli soldier and (b) that "it was Israel that violated [the] ceasefire." (*Ed: Israel to blame, says Hamas. And the Israeli view, Jo... more »

Eric Turner's Corporate School Handouts

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 22 hours ago
by Doug Martin Nursing home crusader and Cicero, Indiana’s Republican Eric Turner loves the corporate school crowd in Indiana. Here are a few of his funders. *LILLY* To add to the $1000 it gave him in 2013 (page 9), the $1000 (page 13) in 2011, the $500 in 2010 (page 6), and the $1,000 in 2009 (page 8), recently the corporate school pushers at Eli Lilly handed Turner $1,000*. * *WALMART/DEVOS* Then, on April 21, 2014, Walmart and DeVos’ Hoosiers for Economic Growth PAC, better known as the “13 Filthy Rich Who Bought Indiana Public Education,” wrote a $5000check for Turner’s campai... more »

The Continuing Israeli Genocide Of Gaza: THIS Shows The Insanity Of Israel - Sick Article Entitled: "When Genocide Is Permissible"

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours ago
I am indeed playing catchup today on some major articles that I missed over the last few days.. Many people have been asking why I do not place articles in a more quicker fashion, or post comments as soon as they are sent… I do have a life and personal and family business does take priority… Yesterday, I came across a most sickening article that was put out in the Times Of Israel website, at www.timesofisrael.com, that I found one of the most sickening and vile pieces of hatred imaginable… It was actually yanked from the internet within minutes, but luckily many bloggers and research... more »

This Is Hillarious: "Public Service Announcement: Thanks Jews!"

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours ago
A close ally of mine in this, the real "truth movement" sent me the following video that I want to share with my own readers… It is called "A Public Service Announcement:: Thanks Jews!" and is a must see by everyone… I have it right here, and of course my usual thoughts and comments to follow: NTS Notes: This was hysterical… And I found it so true about how much these criminals do indeed control so many facets of our lives.. And for those that somehow think this video is to somehow honestly "thank" these criminals for what they have done to humanity… Think again… It is indeed a ... more »

Brilliant Idea! Ebola Victims Brought to U.S.

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 22 hours ago
Just when you thought that the corporate scam that is Obamacare was the greatest healthcare related disaster of the modern era the news has broken that two victims of the deadly Ebola Virus are coming to the USA. The American aid workers who contacted the virus in Liberia are being flown to Atlanta for treatment. Despite the humanitarian idea to treat the duo - Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol - at a highly advanced medical facility, it is apparent that any serious consideration of the risk of the virus getting out of containment didn't cross the minds of our politica... more »

The New Ebola Virus Scare: Is It Ebola, Or Is It Psychological Warfare?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours ago
I put out an article just two days ago that has questioned whether or not the United States government has been working on weaponizing the Ebola Virus in west Africa, in particular a "research" facility located in the nation of Sierra Leone. I did not expect the firestorm of negative comments (most of which I did not publish due to the language and slurs) that I received from this one article… My purpose put forward by the entire article is to try to get everyone to question their own governments and particularly to get Americans aware of the situation with this "epidemic" in west ... more »

August 2: As my father would say,...

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 23 hours ago
"....it's enough to make a saint swear." The Friday edition of the TandT has a page one story on the party leaders of New Brunswick,and their views on job creation. It's not a very bright question as the opener of a series. I would certainly prefer a story telling us what their sense is of what a society should be, what we should be striving for, what the role of government should be.... There was a time when we were told that sort of thing. The Liberals stood for individual rights above all. That's what led them down the path to individual rights for corporations - as if each corpo... more »

Weird Al, My Hero

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
He's back to help us understand the missions of CorpEd, CorpMed, CorpRead, CorpFed, CorpTED, and even CorpDead. More at Alternet.

Comparing Obama's, Putin's 10-minute monologues

LuboÅ” Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
I was just listening to two recent monologues, a speech by Obama and answers by Putin during a press conference: President Obama announces expanded sanctions on Russia in Uk ------------------------------ Vladimir Putin on US Sanctions and Ukraine – English Subs The differences are striking. Putin is a calm, extraordinarily rational and pragmatic professional who doesn't really contribute anything to the escalation of the emotions and who seems aware of the major principles that underlie the Western values and the Western understanding of justice, too. That's very different from Ob... more »

"A distinguished writer on Arab affairs". Who could that be then?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Catching up time... Having found a couple of consecutive editions of *Dateline London* to be unusually full of genuine debate and *not* tilted against Israel in their discussions of the present Gaza conflict, I missed last week's edition which shifted the balance firmly back towards the familiar *Dateline * position. In the two previous editions, pro-Israeli guests had actually outnumbered pro-Palestinians guests. Last week's edition reversed that trend and had two pro-Palestinian guests - extremist left-wing Palestinian writer Abdel Barri Atwan and far-left Greek writer Maria Marg... more »

This is Genocide

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian civilians. This policy will corrupt the soul of Israel, destroying the nation and its future far more than any external enemy could ever accomplish. Read about it at Counterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/01/this-is-genocide/ I am not anti-semitic, nor do I stand against Israel's existence as a nation. However, I am sickened by the hate that appeared in *The Times of Israel* in the blog post titled, "Genocide is Permissible," which argued that genocide against the Palestinian people is acceptable. The author of this hat... more »

Bigger Better more hair Kabuki dance

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Its time for us to deal with all the certainties like the native people will never own the USA or in Canada we will fight those ancestors to keep Canada a way. Now defending what is right is never wrong in our modern socitety we take shortcuts every day that tell the general populace you need to behave in the same way but if you should behave so and have no government backer your going to prison and we who are not in jail will make hay Elections are predictions and is seems they all align the same way there is no democracy just a struggle of interests who all behave in a universal way.... more »

Wall Street Journal: "A Party Whose Preoccupation Is Deporting Children Is Going To Alienate Many Conservatives"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
For the rest of this election cycle-- probably for the rest of a couple of election cycles-- all congressional Republicans are Steve King. The House Republican Caucus never elected him to a leadership position, but the deranged, sometimes delusional, racist fanatic was handed the reins of power by the de facto head of the Republican Party, Ted Cruz, their likely 2016 presidential nominee. Cruz will be the most catastrophic presidential nominee since the radical right got their way in 1964, when Republicans won Goldwater's home state of Arizona plus South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,... more »

Are you missing out in restaurants too? Definitely NSFW Diner flashing

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Flashing at a Diner *by miketru*

David Greene Reports on the Excitement of the BAT Rally in D.C.

David Greene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
David Greene Reports on the Excitement of the BAT Rally in D.C..Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face

Thank God for Elboa, its taken the focus off the Israeli Palestine confict

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Is it Sunday or Saturday are the Jews crushing some babies today Crushed baby food filled with the bones and flesh of those Islam children filling a disputed neighborhood They thought or maybe not allot bit the parents would know if you launch a rocket attack its you kid that will line up perfectly for the cameras on death row Hit me twice and I will hit you back but I think I never want a mortar attack. A dream of Palestine is now dead there is no reason for Israeli to sanction a missile platform that will fill all citizens with dread/

Israeli newspaper removes blog post openly calling for Palestinian genocide

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
*The Times of Israel*, a popular online Israeli news outlet, featured a blog post the other day entitled, "When Genocide is Permissible," which, as you can imagine, openly called for the genocide of the Christian and Muslim Palestinians under Israeli occupation. Anyone who is even slightly familiar with the brutal Jewish occupation of Palestine knows that what the Jewish state of "Israel" has done and continues to do to the indigenous Palestinian people amounts to genocide. The Jewish state was founded on murder, terrorism, and genocide, and what we are seeing it do today to Gaza an... more »

Russian Oligarchs Wave Goodbye To Visa, Switch To Chinese Credit Card

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*The speed of which this changes are occurring is amazing to watch... -AK* http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-01/russian-oligarchs-wave-goodbye-visa-switch-chinese-credit-card Russian Oligarchs Wave Goodbye To Visa, Switch To Chinese Credit Card Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/01/2014 22:17 -0400 So much for the "Russia is becoming increasingly isolated" meme that the West would like many to believe. As Russia continues to sign de-dollarization deals and trade agreements with its BRICS allies while pushing ahead with retaliatory actions against the US and Europe, it appears the ... more »

First Rule of Security, Deny Your Enemies Information

Catelli at Not Quite Unhinged - 1 day ago
The Canadian Government alleged this week that the Chinese Government hacked into NRC computer systems, and China's response has been "prove it". On the surface, this request for proof makes sense, as what we have is a game of "we said" "they said." But when it comes to IT security, publicly disclosing the proof is the last thing you want to do. And yes, it would have to be a public disclosure.

A President Bares His Teeth

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
"We tortured some folks," President Obama casually remarked as a kind of afterthought at the end of his Friday afternoon press conference. Obama Lightens Up on Torture (Aug. 1 Press Con) Let those brutally cavalier words be chiseled deep into the door of his soon-to-be-built shrine to himself so that visitors can be warned to "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." "Folks" should also be advised to bring their own barf bags, because they probably won't be on sale in the gift shop alongside Barack's (TM) golf bags.... and the sweatshop-produced Bo and Sunny plushies and Michelle's ... more »

India Slams US Global Hegemony By Scuttling Global Trade Deal, Puts Future Of WTO In Doubt

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
India Slams US Global Hegemony By Scuttling Global Trade Deal, Puts Future Of WTO In Doubt Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/01/2014 15:44 -0400 Yesterday we reported that with the Russia-China axis firmly secured, the scramble was on to assure the alliance of that last, and critical, Eurasian powerhouse: India. It was here that Russia had taken the first symbolic step when earlier in the week its central bank announced it *had started negotiations to use national currencies in settlements*, a process which would culminate with the elimination of the US currency from bilateral se... more »

Doesn't Israel Have a Right to Defend Itself?

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
*What would you do if terrorists were firing missiles at your people? No country in the world would tolerate that!* Goodness gracious me! Who is firing missiles at you? *Hamas! They've sworn themselves to our destruction! It's in their Charter!* Why that's awful! Are they capable of destroying you? *Happily, no. They're really just a nuisance. A deadly nuisance if you will.* So, these people, who you could easily smash, just fire rockets at you for no reason? *Well, ... it's complicated. But we could smash them. Only we don't. We show forbearance and, with typical Arab ingratitude... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Searchings are finished at this moment…

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Searchings are finished at this moment…* by ƉirePort Searchings are finished at this moment, and can no longer be used as Guidance rods. Energetics of the Higher Gaia dimensions are unsuited for traditional "searchings" protocols. Those attempting to follow such find great non-fulfillment. Moderation of Higher Incomings is not possible, thus "acceptance" and "riding the rising wave" is more appropriate. "Culminations" and "downhills" are no more, as Cosmic Energetic vibrationals continue to rise. Prepare for being "not prepared"... and Embrace the moment. ƉirePort | August 2,... more »

... pass me the tinfoil please.

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/08/pass-me-tinfoil-please.html SATURDAY, 2 AUGUST 2014 ... pass me the tinfoil please. welllllllll......... this is just too funny!!!!! Further to the article I published and edited this morning. http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2014/08/ds-update-contagious-conspiracy.html I tried to add another edited section and blogger refused to allow the edit. Then it refused to let me post a new article... then it refused to allow me to sign into blogger on Heather's computer..... I finally managed to get into my site.... Here is what I was... more »

Iron Dome Fake - A Massive Hoax - Missiles Blowing Up in the Air

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Israeli expert says Iron Dome defence is a hoax Iron Dome firing an interceptor missle An Israeli scientist and award-winning security expert has called the Iron Dome missile defence system "the biggest hoax the world has seen", *Addustour* news website has reported. According to Dr Motty Scheffer, "Today, there is no missile which can intercept other missiles or rocket-propelled grenades, and the Iron Dome is a light audio system which blocks Israeli public opinion and, of course, itself. In fact, all the explosions that we have seen in the atmosphere are self-destruction. The... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*New Orleans Saints draw fans, dollars to West Virginia ~The State Journal* *Gusman’s proposed new jail could house hundreds, cost $97 million ~Jim Mustian, New Orleans Advocate* *New Orleans school won’t be built atop a toxic dump — for now ~Brentin Mock, Grist* *Port of New Orleans pursues cruise passenger parking dollars ~AP, via Sun Herald* *Trombone Shorty to replace 14-year-old's instrument stolen at gunpoint ~WWL* *'Take a ride on the H train': 3 suspected of selling heroin on Craigslist~Chris Finch, WVUE* *Louisiana Food Service & Hospitality EXPO* *NJ chefs take their ... more »

I wish this was my wife

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
*The date is August first 2014* *this marks more decades of living the dream* *of having the love of Maureen* *I still remember the first time I saw* *her in my room numbered 572* *She was wearing a Hungarian peasant top* *and blue jeans* *She smiled at me but I was to shy to respond* *later that week we were on a corner* *raising funds for frosh weak* *somehow we mysticalicaly bound* *She and Mauve and some other guy whose* *name I forget* *But we started to fall in love on the corner* *of Wellington and Direct* *Neither of us moved on this bond* *It was a night at the Stork club* *that... more »

Supplemental: We the people, wrong on our facts!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2014* *Also, Paul Krugman on “experts:”* It’s often surprising to see the things we the people believe. A few weeks ago, we noted this fact: We the people have little idea who is in charge of the Congress. Based upon the survey in question, we’d guess that maybe one third of the public actually knows which party controls the House and which party controls the Senate. We the people don’t follow such matters closely. This morning, we were struck by a similar factoid in the Washington Post. The factoid appears in a news report about a major survey. The survey foun... more »

The importance of being Paddy

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
*“Good Morning Sarah. Paddy will do.”* came the chummy greeting from ‘Lord Ashdown’. *“Do you share Clegg’s view that Israel must talk to Hamas?”* *“Yes. The one thing we know now - after three weeks and over a thousand dead - is that neither side can blast their way to victory.”* Well, Paddy, that depends what either side considers victory. Israel might consider it a victory to be left in peace. To exist. Hamas would consider that a defeat. Maybe “blasting” is the only way, for at least one side, to achieve a victory. *“Peace is a process, not an event, and you have to get ... more »

Removing the Shackles: D's Update: Contagious Conspiracy, Currency, & Consciousness Good morning my friends!

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
SATURDAY, 2 AUGUST 2014 D's Update: Contagious Conspiracy, Currency, & Consciousness Good morning my friends! Please ignore the "\" *[I removed them in this reblogging -AK] *that appears at the end of every strike of the enter key.... my computer died, has been resurrected, lost half it's keys, had an external keyboard added.... and now it adds an "\" every time I hit enter. Go figure. I might steal someone elses computer to try to clean this all up before publishing..... I am currently working on three very different articles. Until yesterday it was just two articles, the... more »

Natural Treatments for Ebola Virus Exist, Research Suggests

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Sayer Ji Fear of infection with the Ebola virus is becoming as contagious as the virus itself, with mainstream media outlets like CNN reporting, *'Ebola outbreak could have 'catastrophic' consequences.'* Given the prevailing mortality statistics, perhaps the fear is, at least partially, justified, with the most virulent form of the virus – the Zaire Ebola virus – observed to have a fatality rate of about 83%,[1] and with no officially recognized conventional or natural therapy found capable of mitigating morbidity and mortality associated with infection from it. There are actuall... more »

Is It Really a False Flag? Well, It Certainly Could Be

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Melissa Melton We live in uncertain times. The term “false flag” gets thrown around a lot these days, perhaps often enough to confuse casual observers into thinking that false flags never happen or are merely “conspiracy theories” (as if there just simply can’t be a theory that a conspiracy took place). Nothing could be further from the truth. All one has to do is look no further than a government document dated 13 March 1962 from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara with the subject line “Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba”. The... more »

For Surviving Ebola, medical care is better in Africa contrary to media due to available blood transfusions. My Personal Story how Hospital ignored "Nightmare Bacteria" last month, no precautions taken.

Sherrie at Sherrie Questioning All - 1 day ago
I have found out, contrary to what the media and government is putting out about medical care in Africa for Ebola is not as good as the U.S., is not true. In fact U.S. medical treatment will not be able to save Ebola victims as African treatment. WHY? Those that have survived Ebola are able to give blood and save people who have come down with it. The cure is the blood of surviving

Sleeping beauty in GuantƔnamo Bay

LuboÅ” Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
*If Alice could have been to Wonderland, why shouldn't the Sleeping Beauty visit Gitmo?* I've concluded that the elementary mistakes that lead some people to say that the correct answer to the Sleeping Beauty Problem is \(P=1/3\) is the primary cause of these people's totally invalid claims about the arrow of time as well as the anthropic principle as well as their irrational fear of the Boltzmann Brains. When I was a kid and as recently as 15 years ago, I wouldn't feel that there exist similar controversies about similarly trivial issues. I swear that various mathematical olympi... more »

We Tortured Some Folks: Obama Defends Brennan and Admits War Crimes

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
Four words uttered during President Barack Obama's Friday White House press conference sum everything up: *"we tortured some folks"*. It was an admission of how far that America has fallen since the dawn of the twenty first century, the phony war on terror, the real wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the coming ones in Europe and the Middle East. The days of America always being the "good guys" is over. Gone forever is the tremendous amount of global goodwill that came after our fathers and grandfathers saved the world from totalitarianism and suffering under the yoke of Nazi Germa... more »

The Cost of Spying

Jarrod Hayes at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
As my first official post as a guest contributor to the Duck, I would like to take a moment to thank Charli, Jon, and the gang. This really is an honor and a privilege for me, and hopefully my posts will live up to the Duck’s high standard! There has been no lack of coverage Continue reading

Great Fools

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
http://www.veooz.com/ Jeffrey Simpson has an interesting piece this morning on Canada's bullhorn diplomacy: Today, without exaggerating Canada’s influence anywhere, it is instructive how offside Canada is on various issues with traditional allies. For example, every country with which Canada has been traditionally allied has been calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas “conflict” (or “war” if you prefer). The Obama administration has been using whatever diplomatic leverage it could to bring one about. Canada, by... more »

... pass me the tinfoil please.

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
welllllllll......... this is just too funny!!!!!| | Further to the article I published and edited this morning.\ \ http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2014/08/ds-update-contagious-conspiracy.html I tried to add another edited section and blogger refused to allow the edit. Then it refused to let me post a new article... then it refused to allow me to sign into blogger on Heather's computer.....| | | I finally managed to get into my site.... Here is what I was trying to post as an update to the previous article I published this morning. I think you'll find it amusing considering th... more »

School Board Says No to Lily-White Charter

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Fayette County, Georgia is over 70 percent white and its median household income is almost twice the state average. But that is still not white enough or rich enough to suit some Fayette Countians who want their home-schooled or privately-educated children now supported with state funds intended children who choose public education. The only vote for the segregated charter came from Tea Party favorite on the Board, Dr. Barry Marchman. Photo and story from The Citizen:

Republican Illegal Gerrymander Throws Florida Congressional Politics Into Chaos

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
John Mica, the other Republican most likely to lose his House seat besides Taliban Dan Webster Yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court recommended that Tallahassee Judge Judith Hawkins be removed from the bench because she has exhibited a "disdain for the rule of the law." She was found guilty of running a side business, Gaza Road Ministries, from her judicial chambers, something about Ethiopian eunuchs in the courthouse. I don't expect the Supreme Court to respond the same way to Terry Lewis, the judge of Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit, who issued a confusing ruling on Florida's ger... more »

Who Broke The Ceasfire? The Truth About Cease-fire Violations Between Israel and Gaza

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
A Palestinian woman reacts upon seeing her destroyed home after it was hit by Israeli shelling in Gaza. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters As reported by theguardian on Friday: The humanitarian truce in Gaza has collapsed after two hours with fierce fighting in the south of the enclave, reports of a missing Israeli soldier and a formal Israeli announcement that it would resume its military operation. Israeli tank fire on the southern town of Rafah was reported to have killed at least 40 Palestinians on Friday, turning what was intended to be the first day of calm into one o... more »

Coal2nuclear revisited

Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 1 day ago
*This document and its accompyning comments, remain a valid proposal for the reuse of old coal fired power plant sites as housing sites for new Nuclwar power generation facilities. The idea is not original, as I note, and received previous attention on Nuclear Green.* Jim Holm has made an important contribution to the discussion of the future of nuclear power in the United States. I believe that Jim was the first person to publicly advocate the recycling of coal fired power plant sites, as nuclear sites. Holm correctly noted advantages for doing so. Practically everyone who is inter... more »

Links and Break Time

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
[image: IMG_8628] *A damselfly hides in the darkness* I'm taking an extended break from the blog for a couple of weeks. Enjoy yourselves. - Kaohsiung Gas Explosion: LCY Chemical says wasn't their pipes, but inquiry says it appears to be. - Sean Lien video patiently RIPPED. This one is excellent, don't miss. - Market solutions should be solution to Taiwan's economic problems with China. Lots of great numbers. - ROC clownishly protests Japan's naming of Senkaku islets. - Economic growth picking up? - Fourth Nuke plant to be mothballed. - A million pangolins sac... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 1 day ago
*Guidance on Shutting Down "I-20 Mills"* *How to spot questionable educational institutions* The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has published a brief, informal guide to aid U.S. consular officers in properly assessing educational institutions when issuing visas for foreign students. These officers currently lack key information, such as on schools that are not accredited by any entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education but which nonetheless are certified by the Department of Homeland Security to issue the I-20 form, which leads to the issuance of foreign student v... more »

Canadian Ambassador: "Abortion = Terrorism"

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
What kind of maroon would compare the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to a common medical procedure? The next Canadian ambassador to the Vatican Taliban, that's who. Mr. [Dennis] Savoie, once a senior executive at New Brunswick Power and a former top official with the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic service organization, was tapped Friday to represent Canada to the Holy See, the government of the Roman Catholic Church in Vatican City. As if Canada's international reputation needed any further mockery criticism, now we've got one of these jackasses representing us. Not only does he ha... more »

Facebook Censors Author Naomi Wolf On Gaza

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Counter Current Jews, Muslims and citizens of the world in general have been following author Naomi Wolf and her comments about the War on Gaza. Since she walked out of her synagogue recently, when they refused to denounce the killing of civilians in Gaza, as a result of recent IDF operations, she has gained a lot of support from fellow dissidents who want to hear what she has to say. Today, Naomi revealed that Facebook sent her a warning, suggesting her account could be removed, and explaining that they had censored images she posted from her sources in Gaza. “We received a wa... more »

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Saturday is my day for chores and spending time with the family and girlfriend. Blogging will return late Saturday night.

Musical Interlude: 2002, "Starwalkers"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, "Starwalkers" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SovcBYRFIxw

"Let Others..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

D's Update: Contagious Conspiracy, Currency, & Consciousness

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
Good morning my friends! \ \ Please ignore the "\" that appears at the end of every strike of the enter key.... my computer died, has been resurrected, lost half it's keys, had an external keyboard added.... and now it adds an "\" every time I hit enter. Go figure. I might steal someone elses computer to try to clean this all up before publishing.....| | I am currently working on three very different articles. Until yesterday it was just two articles, then one of my wonderful friends dropped me a link that was a time bomb in my brain, and I was immediately off and running resear... more »

Saturday Interview: Rowan Draper

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 1 day ago
Rowan Draper is a Labour Councillor on Stafford Borough Council, Secretary of the Constituency Party, and a founder member of the Young Labour Councillors Network. He was shortlisted for the LGiU's Young Councillor of the Year 2014 Award. Rowan blogs here and is an active tweeter. - Why do you blog? When I was a Students’ Union Officer in 2008 I believed that having a blog would enable me to communicate with a larger audience and to put across my message of what I was doing and how I was working. When I left I took up topical writing and wrote pieces on TV, football and life. Not... more »

Code-Word: NIMBY

Spike EP at News Spike - 1 day ago
*Discredit The Memes.*

MH17 Missile Can't Hide From This Sleuth

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
Over the last two weeks I’ve documented the various open source information that has revealed key pieces of information about the Buk Missile Launcher linked to the downing of flight MH17. Now, using that information, I believe it’s possible to construct a timeline of events on the ground in Ukraine on July 17th that can be evidenced using a variety of open source information. To begin with, lets review the photographs and videos of the Buk Missile Launcher which appear to have been taken on the day of the attack, in chronological order. All times are approximate. Read more

NATO Has No Confirmation of Ballistic Missile Use by Ukrainian Army

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: NATO Flag]NATO cannot officially confirm that the Ukrainian troops used a ballistic missile in the country's east, a representative of the alliance told RIA Novosti on Friday. "As of now, NATO has no official confirmation of a ballistic missile use by Ukrainian forces," NATO's military officer said. The statement followed a Deutsche Welle report, saying that NATO had confirmed Ukraine's usage of the weapon. Read more

New Fighter Jet Debuts at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter performed a short takeoff/vertical landing for the first time Friday at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The new fighter jet is replacing the Marine Corp’s aging legacy tactical fleet. Military officials say the aircraft’s ability to land in austere environments and remote locations where few airfields are available for conventional aircraft will increase the Marine Corp’s expeditionary capabilities including the ability to operate from amphibious ships, a capability no other tactical aircraft possesses. The landing was executed by Mar... more »

NEOCON PROPAGANDA: ‘ISRAELIS TAKE PRISONERS BUT HAMAS KIDNAPS ISRAELI SOLDIERS’

Writing in *Commentary *today, Israeli apologist and neocon propagandist Jonathan Tobin said: “…the Netanyahu government decided to accede to the [ceasefire] proposal put forward by the United States and the United Nations. But that decision has been rendered moot by the decision of Hamas to use the cover of the cease-fire to launch a suicide attack on Israeli forces that led to the possible kidnapping of a soldier.” Not mentioned by Tobin was the ‘kidnapping’ of almost 300 Palestinians who had been taken by the Israelis during the first days of their invasion of the Strip, and nor... more »

IAF's Jaguar plane crashes near Bhuj, pilot safe

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: IAF Jaguar]A Jaguar combat aircraft of Indian Air Force on Friday crashed near Bibber village in Kutch while on a routine sortie from Bhuj air base but the pilot ejected safely. "A Jaguar fighter jet which had taken off from Bhuj air base for a routine sortie crashed near Bibber village, which is 30kms from the base," an IAF official said. "The pilot ejected safely and is not hurt in the mishap," he said. Read more

Flight Tech gets contract in Africa

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Horus FT-100 UAV]Flight Tech company has been contracted for supplying Horus FT-100 Mini-UAV and associated logistics support to a country in Africa. The first units will be delivered by the second half 2014, with the possibility for new orders in 2015. The contract is the first Brazilian export of defense Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The company’s light tactical UAS technologies are originally designed in cooperation with Brazilian Army, Navy and Air Force. Read more

Japan gives Vietnam six ships to boost maritime patrol

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Fumio Kishida & Pham Binh Minh]Japan said on Friday it would give Vietnam six vessels to boost the communist country’s capacity to patrol its territorial waters, amid a bitter maritime dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea. The deal for the six used vessels, worth $5 million, was announced in Hanoi during a two-day visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida aimed at deepening bilateral ties. “We hope this will help strengthen the maritime law enforcement capability of Vietnam,” Kishida said at a press briefing with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh. Rea... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“The great variety of star colors in this open cluster underlies its name: The Jewel Box. One of the bright central stars is a red supergiant, in contrast to the many blue stars that surround it. The cluster, also known as Kappa Crucis contains just over 100 stars, and is about 10 million years old. *Click image for larger size.* Open clusters are younger, contain few stars, and contain a much higher fraction of blue stars than do globular clusters. This Jewel Box lies about 6,400 light-years away, so the light that we see today was emitted from the cluster before even the Great Pyr... more »

HII Awarded $49.6 Million Contract to Begin Planning for Work on USS George Washington (CVN 73)

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: USS George Washington (CVN 73)]Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $49.6 million contract to begin planning for work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). The contract is for 12 months and includes planning, engineering and shipboard inspections for work associated with the defueling of the ship. "We are pleased to be able to begin planning for the defueling of CVN 73," said Chris Miner, Newport News Shipbuilding's vice president, in-service aircraft carrier programs. "We ... more »

Sunk Costs: New Carriers Commit UK To Buy Escorts & F-35Bs, Says 1st Sea Lord

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: HMS Queen Elizabeth]65,000-ton ships are hard to turn around, and they can drag a lot else in their wake. That’s the $10.4 billion (£6.2 billion) bet the Royal Navy has placed on its controversial program to build two new aircraft carriers. While a third smaller than American nuclear carriers, the ships’ costs have grown so much that the British government is considering temporarily mothballing the second ship, HMS Prince of Wales, as soon as it’s complete, while the first ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was christened July 4th but won’t get its F-35B fighters for years. But Fi... more »

Trent Jaklitsch - Alyssa Monks - TONE

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 1 day ago
Free Planet has featured the photorealism gone painterly works of Alyssa Monks before. Now, film maker Trent Jaklitsch has created an indulgent sensual lingering piece called TONE that reinforces Alyssa's claim that it's, "All about the paint," and not necessarily just about the photo-realistic depiction of a moment. TONE is mesmerising stuff that demonstrates the vast range of painterly techniques involved in Alyssa's emotiono-realistic paintings. You like my new word: *Emotionorealistic*? and then Jaklitsch's earlier piece on Alyssa herself, and her newer work. The incidenta... more »

Energy Econ 24: NPC Debt, PSALM and Universal Charges

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
This report is confusing. It says, *"Psalm said Napocor incurred stranded contract costs (SCC) amounting to P4.1 billion in 2013... Last year, Psalm proposed a P0.13 per kilowatt-hour increase in the SCC after Napocor incurred P17.69 billion in obligations from 2011 to 2012."* I checked with the National Power Corp. (NPC), it already has net income since 2012. Its 2013 net income is P500+ M. The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) is referring to old NPC loans especially during the power crisis of the early 90s when the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) pu... more »

Did The Israeli Military Implement The 'Hannibal Protocol' Upon Learning That IDF Soldier Hadar Goldin Was Kidnapped?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
#Hamas: Missing #IDF officer probably killed by Israeli shelling together with his captors #Gaza RT @haaretzcom http://t.co/FvZYzBoJxf — Anshel Pfeffer (@AnshelPfeffer) August 1, 2014 *The Hannibal Directive: Did Givati Battalion Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin Blow Himself Up? -- American Power* Israel's "Hannibal Directive" indicates that if an Israeli soldier is abducted he should blow himself up, rather than be taken into captivity. Considering the case of Gilad Shalit, it's not clear if or when the directive is operational. But with the developments today of Hamas rejecting t... more »

How To Survive A War Zone With Little If Any Military Training

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
U.S. Army Sgt. Jerry D. White (left), Royal Thai Master Sgt. Satit Sitparsert (center) and U.S. Army Spc. James M. Lupo hold their fighting stance during hand-to-hand combat training as part of Exercise Cobra Gold '97 in Tak, Thailand, on May 15, 1997. Cobra Gold '97 is the latest in a continuing series of U.S. /Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand. The training will include joint combined air, land and sea operations. Cobra Gold is the largest strategic mobility exercise involving the... more »

The Reasons Why President Obama Will Not Fire CIA Director John Brennan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters *Does John Brennan Know Too Much for Obama to Fire Him? -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic* It's difficult to cross man with details on every secret drone strike you've authorized—especially the legally dubious ones. When John Brennan assured the country that the CIA hadn't improperly monitored the Senate team that compiled a report on Bush-era torture, he fed us false information. That much is clear from Thursday's news that "the C.I.A. secretly monitored a congressional committee charged with supervising its activities." Either the CIA director was lying... more »

[Videos] Kevin Sites on his new book, The Things They Cannot Say (Washington, D.C.)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*"The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell You About What They've Seen, Done or Failed to Do in War" by Kevin Sites (2013).* Kevin Sites on his new book, The Things They Cannot Say (Washington, D.C.). Source: Kevin Sites. Date Published: May 30, 2013. Description: Kevin Sites talks about his book, The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell You About What They've Seen, Done, or Failed to Do in War, at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism (Washington, D.C.). Kevin Sites talks conflict, recovery, and storytelling. Source: HalftheBattle20... more »