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Raid On Protest Site In Hawija, Iraq Leads To Armed Retaliation
Iraqis have been protesting in several cities since December 2012 to
protest what they see as marginalization by the central government. On
April 23, 2013, security forces raided a protest site in Hawija in Tamim
province looking for militants that attacked an army checkpoint a few days
beforehand. The operation quickly turned violent with several people killed
and wounded, and dozens arrested. Immediately, there were retaliatory
attacks in surrounding areas, and some leaders of the demonstrators started
talking about taking on the security forces, which they claimed were under
th... more »
English as the Official Language of the European Union?
There's a move afoot to have English declared the common language of the
European Union and it's a German who is pushing the idea. Here *The
Guardian *gives a pretty clear reason why a common language might be
helpful when representatives of the constituent nations sit down to parlay.
*Money talks, especially in Brussels. A billion euros are usually "mil
milhoes de euros" in Portuguese, or a thousand million. In Spanish,
likewise, "billón" means a million million, so billion is "mil millones de
euros". Confusingly, "billion" translates as "milijarde" into Croatian, or
"miljard" in... more »
Americans Settling In to Reality of Terrorism
The American people might just be getting terrorism fatigue after more than
a decade of efforts by their politicians and media to keep them in a
heightened state of anxiety. How long can anyone do that and stay sane?
What price has already been exacted of them by those who have manipulated
them since September, 2001?
*A majority of Americans say occasional acts of terrorism are "part of
life", and many doubt the government can do much more to prevent them, a
new poll finds.*
* *
*About three-quarters of Americans said they agree that "occasional acts of
terrorism in the US will... more »
TEST ONLY of YouTube TV: Thor trailer and more...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 22 minutes ago
Link: "https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=7p7rocHEecE" or:
http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE
*The question is*: can you see this on your device? There are a few 'new'
embedding codes around for YouTube clips. For instance:
Original: src="http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE"
Opera: [VIDEO=http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE width=620 height=375][/VIDEO]
but:
240p: &vq=small
360p: &vq=medium
480p: &vq=large -- with best sound
720p: &vq=hd720
Hence code becomes: http://youtu.be/7p7rocHEecE&vq=large
YouTube TV: https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=7p7rocHEecE
The above... more »
Blocking HIV Reservoirs
This is a huge step closer to eliminating the HIV virus. We know the key
protein and we know that we have to turn it of to win. This is at least a
clear pathway.
The disease itself is now well controlled but certainly not cured.
Eliminating these reservoirs opens the door to an outright cure.
This will ultimately be described as one of the greatest battles in
medical science but also one of the most productive in terms of new science.
I do think that we are in the homestretch with HIV. This is not the only
route now.
*Discovery may help prevent HIV 'reservoirs' ... more »
“Loving Your Servitude”
*“Loving Your Servitude”*
by James Quinn
“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those
who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so
well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been
silenced so early in their lives that they do not even struggle or suffer
or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may
be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation
to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal
society is a measure ... more »
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Long time GOP intern caught in creepy cyber-stalking scandal
This kid, who apparently aspires to be a professional political intern, has
worked with a lot of big name Republicans, including most recently Mitt
Romney. It seems when he wasn't busy fetching coffee and pizza for his
boss, Adam Savader, 21, was attempting to extort nude photos from random
women he mostly knows from school.
Savader is a political science student at SUNY Farmingdale who’s interned
for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and GOP vice presidential candidate
Paul Ryan as well as Romney. He’s charged with illegally obtaining nude
pictures of 15 women and threatening t... more »
Adrian Dix Rocks BC Liberals With Shrewd Business Announcement!
Absolutely brilliant, Adrian Dix has announced a blue-ribbon panel to look
at the financial situation of both BC Place and the Vancouver convention
center.
As you know both of those entities bleed money every year, they both lose
money on the operational side...And there is also the capital debt of $1.2
billion dollars, interest on that debt is in the range of $40 million
dollars per year..
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/bc-election/says+will+sell+Place+cover+PAVCO+debt/8288356/story.html
Add up the operational debt, the interest payment and these two entities
cost the BC taxp... more »
Tinariwen, from the Sahara Desert, in Tucson
Censored
News Music Video: Saharan Desert band Tinariwen in Tucson, in concert
with Dine' band Sihasin (Hope) with the incredible sounds of healing and
a borderless world. From the Sahara to the Sonoran Desert
Also: Censored News Video: Sihasin sings AIM song, in concert with
Tinariwen, at Hotel Congress, April 23, 2013.
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/04/
It's a "No Lose World" Once You Have Captured the Political Process
The Great Recession of 2008 devastated broad swathes of the population of
the developed world. Foreclosures, unemployment, insolvency, homelessness,
the gamut of economic misery. For most but not for all, not for some.
A new report from the Pew Research Center finds that the first two years of
the recovery were Manna from Heaven for those who had already cemented
their capture of both economic and political power, the richest of the
rich. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the United States.
*During the first two years of the nation’s economic recovery, the mean net
worth ... more »
Drones Cause 'Growing Hatred of America' Senate Panel Informed
Drones cause ‘growing hatred of America,’ bipartisan Senate panel told
By Ernesto
Londoño, Published: April 23The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/drones-cause-growing-hatred-of-america-bipartisan-senate-panel-told/2013/04/23/4863b1f8-ac6e-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
[Excerpted]
A bipartisan panel of senators held a spirited and unusually public
debate
Tuesday afternoon about the legality and unintended consequences of
America’s targeted killings overseas, a forum convened amid growing
calls
for stronger oversight of the... more »
Two Informative and Provocative Fukushima Links for Today
Natural News: Massive, uncontained leak at Fukushima is pouring over 710
billion becquerels of radioactive materials into atmosphere,
http://www.naturalnews.com/040058_Fukushima_radioactive_nuclear_leak.html#ixzz2ROa31hhu
Optimal Prediction: Xenon detected by CTBTO, blamed on North Korea.
New Paper on Privatizing Europe, Entrenching Neoliberalism
Majia's Blog - 1 hour ago
Majia here: Europe and other western countries are in the process of
'dispossessing' their populations through cuts to education and
social-welfare, while failing to cut government spending in substantial
ways on bank bailouts and militaries.
Liz Alderman of the New York Times Reports (4/17/2013) that More Children
in Greece Going Hungry
[Excerpted] ATHENS — As an elementary school principal, Leonidas Nikas is
used to seeing children play, laugh and dream about the future. But
recently he has seen something altogether different, something he thought
was impossible in Greece: child... more »
“Extras”
*“Extras”*
by Eric Fry
“Beware the government that provides “more.” Fear the government that
provides “extra.” “More government” always means more of something, but not
always more of something a productive individual desires. More government
means more rules and regulations, more agencies to enforce the
proliferating rules and regulations, more taxes to pay for the
proliferating agencies that enforce the proliferating rules and
regulations. Before long, “more government” begins to feel a lot like
“less” — less opportunity, less liberty, and certainly less after-tax
income.
... more »
Open Thread
Another age-old mystery solved, courtesy of Welcome Back to
Pottersville.
Today happens to mark the fourth anniversary of the last day I ever
worked at a fulltime job. It was on this day in 2009 when I worked on a
Friday and when I went back to work on Monday the 27th, I got the axe just
before I would've punched in. This seemingly endless skein of joblessness
is still largely inexplicable to me, although I have lots of theories as to
why this has happened.
As I've been screaming for years, outsourcing, spearheaded by the US
Chamber of Commerce, plays a big part in it... more »
Muslims in America...
*not
such a good idea. *
H/T *1389 Blog*
And now, via *Terry at Nox and Friends*, take a gander at the following
article and ask yourself how a man whose legs have been blown off
(picture
at following link) has not died from blood loss. Note also that he was
being transported in a wheelchair. Hmmmmmmm, odd conveyance for a
person
with both legs blown off. Was there no stretcher handy?
When I first saw the picture the above two questions popped
*immediately*into my mind. They also popped right out of my mind as I
was a bit
shocked.
Now I'm asking those questions again...
... more »
How Do You Like Your Odds?
A decade ago, Britain's Astronomer Royal, cosmologist Martin Rees, wrote "*Our
Final Hour, A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental
Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future In This Century - On Earth and Beyond*."
In it he makes compelling arguments that, with bio-terror and bio-error and
similar man-made hazards that confront us today, mankind has a no better
than 50/50 chance of surviving this century.
Lord Rees is convinced we are now on the verge of a *post-humanity* era
that will see mankind undergo various forms of geo-engineering of our minds
and bodies, v... more »
A Coup for Parliament or a Recruiting Tool for CHP
As we know, Warwara's Wank ended with a further wank, this one about Free
Speech.
The long-awaited Speaker's decision on his point of privilege over having
his member's statement (S.O.30) snuffed by the CON Whip was announced
yesterday at around 3 p.m.
Here's Kady O'Malley's story filed at 4:57 p.m.
If backbench MPs want to the right to speak freely in the House, they're
going to have to start standing up to be counted -- even if it means
ignoring the speaking lists prepared by the party whip to compete against
their caucus colleagues for the attention of the speaker.
That, it se... more »
EMILY's List Up To No Good Again-- In L.A... And In Hawaii?
Sen. Brian Schatz, City Councilman Eric Garcetti-- too progressive for
EMILY's List
On election day eve, late summer 2008, long after mail-in ballots had been
sent in, EMILY's List sent out a bizarre message to its members in
Tennessee. They withdrew their endorsement from the corrupt, conservative
Democratic woman they had recruited and backed all year, Nikki Tinker, a
cog in the Harold Ford political machine who was taking on progressive
incumbent Steve Cohen, a 100% pro-choice ally. Tinker, was the
quintessential candidate of the new EMILY's List: conservative, Blue Dog,
corrupt ... more »
Tentative Report Card on Senate Reform
The Senate just voted unanimously to confirm Jane Kelly, nominated by the
president for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. This is how it's supposed
to work! Kelly was nominated on January 31 of this year for a brand-new
opening, with Michael Malloy taking senior status. A circuit court spot
filled in under three months? Well done, Barack Obama and the Senate!
So, two things. One is that everyone has given Harry Reid a lot of grief
over Senate reform, but it sure seems to me that things have been steadily
improving. That's five circuit court vacancies filled this year so far. It
leav... more »
thwap's mail-sack and (maybe) etc.,
Back when blogs used to be a more hep, groovy and "with it" kinda scene,
the used to attack more idiots. So I really filtered the old comments
section. As a result, I've gotten a couple of emails from people not
registered with google. Here they are - - -
"Kip" writes:
Good evening Thwap,
I read and enjoy your posts regularly.
I'm not a *Party* supporter: democracy needs to work toward acceptance of
the fact that *one person/one vote* means, well, *one person/one vote*, and
we need to openly acknowledge that our current party based systems do not
allow for that.
I was going to a... more »
Prosthetic and double amputee were used to fake legs blown off by Boston Marathon Bombs.
Another confirmation that prosthetics were used in the staged inside job. —
with Alfred Lambremont Webre III, Cherie Martin, Lisa Elkins Goodman, Michael
Edward, Michael Roseand Peter Stewart.
If Sandy Hook, 911 and Aurora shootings had all been planned and
orchestrated by the same evil forces, then it stands to reason that the
Titanic was deliberately set on a "suicide collision" course into the
dangerous ice bergs zone to pave the way for the Federal Reserve system a
year later.
America is suffering today for that "Titanic Plot" 100 years... more »
VIDEO Sihasin in concert Tucson: AIM song
Dine'
band Sihasin welcomes Saharan desert band Tinariwen to the Sonoran
Desert, and home to Tohono O'odham and Yaqui, live at the Hotel Congress
in Tucson on April 23, 2013. Jeneda and Clayson Benally's new band is
on tour and will be at the Gathering of Nations this weekend. Jeneda and
Clayson spoke for hope and unity during the incredible concert, and
joined Tinariwen in music which does
Presentation on Weather Risk & Climate Change
Here in PDF is a handout of a presentation I gave earlier this week to the Intermediaries
and Reinsurance Underwriters Association 2013 Spring Conference.
Here are the questions and answers that I presented in the talk:
Anyone with questions or comments please send them along (again, the link
to the handout is here in PDF). If you'd like to reuse any of the figures
in the talk, just drop me an email, I am happy to share.
Thanks to the IRUA for an excellent conference and stimulating discussions.
DZHOKHAR IS INNOCENT
New surveillance images from Boston show chilling images of 'Red Bull and
Doritos'.
*dailymail.*
*Tamerlan Tsaraev attended the same school as actors Matt Damon and Ben
Affleck.*
Friends describe Dzhokhar Tsaraev as a mild-mannered pot-smoker, and seem
genuinely shocked that he could have been involved in violence.
*Dzhokhar*
According to Dzhokhar's Twitter account, *Dzhokhar dreams of cheeseburgers,
jokes with friends about getting high, finding girls and watching the
fantasy saga "Game of Thrones" on TV. *
The day after the bombing, he tweeted: 'I'm a stress-free kind of gu... more »
Record floods hit U.S. Midwest – ‘We have seen some of the worst flooding damage to neighborhoods and homes across our state in Illinois history’
[image: Flooding inundates a road along the Mississippi River north of
Clarksville, Missouri, on Sunday, 21 April 2013, in a handout photo from
the Missouri governor's office. Photo: Handout / Reuters / Landov]
By Doyle Rice
23 April 2013
(USA TODAY) – A rainy Tuesday added to flooding misery in the Midwest, as
bloated rivers and streams continued to rise across the region.
Floodwaters rose to record levels along the Illinois River in central
Illinois on Tuesday, while in Missouri, six levees north of St. Louis were
overtopped by the surging Mississippi River, though mostly farmla... more »
Nation starting to realize new era of American innovation never gonna happen
[image: Illustration of a wind farm, a high-speed train, a domed colony in
the desert, and a PV solar power plant. Sources say they have been misled
into thinking America was on the verge of an exciting and bold new
technological frontier. Graphic: The Onion]
WASHINGTON, 22 April 2013 (The Onion) – After nearly a decade of promises
that the nation was on the brink of a technological, economic, and
scientific golden age, citizens across the country confirmed Monday they
are now realizing a bold new era of American innovation is just flat-out
not gonna happen.
Citing the fragile ec... more »
The Preston Manning Centre for Building Buildings
Covert cell phone video catches a Calgary developer referring to buying the
campaigns of development-friendly local candidates. In his speech to 150
Calgary industry nobs in November, his remarks about Preston Manning, who
also attended and spoke at the meeting, appear at the 1:54 mark:
"... keeping in mind, in order to bring Preston on board, 11 of us put up
100 thousand - so $1.1-million. So it's not like we haven't put up our
money you know, and we are also going to be there to put up it again and
yet we're also supporting the candidates."
Hey, those Manning Centre free market... more »
2013 has eighth warmest start on record, despite cooler-than-average winter in much of Northern Hemisphere
[image: Selected significant global climate anomalies and events, March
2013. Graphic: NCDC]
Global Highlights
- The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces
for March 2013 tied with 2006 as the 10th warmest on record, at 0.58°C
(1.04°F) above the 20th century average of 12.3°C (54.1°F).
- The global land surface temperature was 1.06°C (1.91°F) above the 20th
century average of 5.0°C (40.8°F), the 11th warmest March on record. For
the ocean, the March global sea surface temperature was 0.41°C (0.74°F)
above the 20th century average of ... more »
"This Criminal Code is not holy book"
A Montreal man accused of plotting a terrorist attack against a VIA Rail
passenger train denounced the Canadian Criminal Code in a Toronto courtroom
Wednesday during his second court appearance.
“This Criminal Code is not holy book,” Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, told the
court as he stood in the prisoners’ box at Old City Hall.
After Justice of the Peace Susan Hilton cautioned him he was on the record
and he spoke with duty counsel, Esseghaier continued to comment on his
detention, saying the code could not be relied on. “Only the Creator is
perfect,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter in this ... more »
Japan: Cold War Rising Update
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning (4/24/2013) that 'Japan Leader
Charts Path for Military Rise' page A7
[Excerpted] Mr. Abe has, in recent days, talked more openly about returning
to his life's goal of rewriting Japan's 66-year-old-pacifist
constitution.... On Tuesday, tensions intensified around a collection of
islands in the Wast China Sea claimed by both Japan and China, while Mr.
Abe told parliament he wouldn't hesitate to use force to defend the
territory currently controlled by Japan....
Specifically, Mr. Abe now says he wants to revise Article 96, the section
tha... more »
The absence of the intelligentsia!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013*
*James Gleick chats with Dowd:* James Gleick started out at the New York
Times, then moved upward from there.
He spent ten years at the Times, then began writing highly-regarded,
widely-praised books on scientific topics. As such, he is part of the
intelligentsia, to the extent that we have one.
That’s why it’s instructive to see Gleick’s presence in today’s New York
Times.
Over the weekend, Gleick wrote a piece for New York magazine about the way
information spread concerning the Boston bombing. He noted the failures of
cable news and the shortcoming... more »
Wednesday Links / Open Thread
Horror in Bangladesh: a substandard building that housed several clothing
factories supplying American retailers has collapsed, killing at least 70,
injuring hundreds and trapping hundreds more. Employees had noticed a crack
in the building, but were forced by bosses to enter and start working
anyway. A fire in another Bangladeshi clothing factory killed more than 100
people only five months ago. Walmart, of course, sees no evil, hears no
evil, speaks no evil and knows nothing, nada, zilch about its outsourced
slave labor camps.
The devastated tiny town of West, TX is already being ... more »
The 10 things Americans care about more than the environment
[image: An Indian child paints during an awareness event organized by the
Aakalpan Artist Society commemorating Earth Day in Allahabad. Photo: Sanjay
Kanojia / AFP / Getty Images]
By Will Oremus
22 April 2013
(Slate) – Environmentalists like to think that the public is in their
corner—that it’s only the pernicious influence of Big Oil and Big Coal that
keeps Congress from passing a carbon tax or Obama from nixing the Keystone
Pipeline. They’re right that most voters care about the planet, insofar as
they’d prefer not to see it trashed, all other things being equal. But all
other... more »
Boston blasts won't revive US-Russia reset: How will it affect Syria?
*M K Bhadrakumar from Asia Times*
*excerpted:*
Any event that impacts on the United States' "homeland security" would have
worldwide repercussions. The repercussions of the Boston Marathon bombings
are most expected on the United States' ties with Russia.
The US-Russia security cooperation has taken a beating in the recent year
or two even as the "reset" in the relations ended and a period of cold-war
style distrust and acrimony developed between Moscow and Washington.
However, it is too big a surmise to make at this point that a resetting of
the moribund US-Russia "reset" is under ... more »
What would the Koch brothers do to the Los Angeles Times?
[image: The Los Angeles Times Building and 2nd and Spring streets downtown.
Photo: Getty Images]
By Harold Meyerson
23 April 2013
(Washington Post) – On May 21, Los Angeles voters will go to the polls to
select a new mayor. Who will govern Los Angeles, however, is only the
second-most important local question in the city today. The most important,
by far, is who will buy the *Los Angeles Times*.
*The Times* is one of the eight daily newspapers now owned by the creditors
who took control of the Tribune Co. after real estate wheeler-dealer Sam
Zell drove it into bankruptcy. Others ... more »
Falling Yen Fallout
The falling Japanese yen is having a complex effect on Taiwan, with some
industries feeling nothing while others are getting pinched... (FocusTaiwan
):
...Since the beginning of this year, the yen has fallen 14.72 percent
against the U.S. dollar. The magnitude of the depreciation during the
period of April 4-19, in particular, hit almost 7 percent on the back of
more fund injections from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to boost the economy.
....
Acer Inc., the world's fourth largest PC vendor, agreed with the argument
of little impact from the yen's weakness, *saying as Japan is not the maj... more »
The palpable racism of school closures
There I said it. School closure policies are racist. Not necessarily
bigoted, but indeed racist. Look up the difference. Filed under: CHALK
FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: chicago, new york city, public
schools, racism, school closures
RED AND BLUE WITH RACE ALL OVER: Red and blue fight about black, Muslim, white!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013*
*Part 2—Murky, inane, unhelpful:* Last week, before the photos emerged, no
one knew who had committed the terrible Boston bombings.
Murky, unfocused, unhelpful work soon appeared from the leaders of both
major tribes. Red and blue were quickly fighting about concepts like black,
white and Muslim.
Let’s start with some murky, unfocused work which emerged at a red tribal
site.
Newsbusters is one of the many sites maintained by the Media Research
Center, a long-standing conservative press critique site. Over the years,
the MRC has produced a ton of horribl... more »
Federal court backs EPA regulation of mountaintop removal
[image: A mountaintop removal mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va., with
Coal River Mountain, left, in the background, 18 September 2008. Photo:
Jeff Gentner / Associated Press]
By Neela Banerjee
23 April 2013
WASHINGTON (Los Angeles Times) – A federal appeals court unanimously backed
the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate a controversial
form of coal mining called mountaintop removal, overturning a lower court
decision that barred the agency from stopping a large coal mine in West
Virginia.
The ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is likely to set o... more »
At the Chalk Face on #blogtalkradio: A primer of sorts
We have to brag a little bit. The weekly radio show makes us unique because
it supports the commentary we do, and vice versa. We work our BEE-hinds off
to bring everyone stories and conversations that don’t get covered, related
to education and public schools. In addition to our weekly shows at 6PM EST
on [...]
Formosa: The Fleeting Prussian Possibility in the 19th century.
*Shuimen town, Pingtung, morning.*
From *The Prussian Expedition in the Far East (1860-1862)*, Bernd Martin (
link):
The French Baron Gros even encouraged the Prussian envoy to annex the
island of Formosa as a Prussian colony. The French seemed very keen on
having the Prussians as their allies in colonial adventures in Southeast
Asia. While French troops were to invade the kingdom of Cambodia the
Germans should occupy Formosa and thus hinder both the British and the
Chinese from interfering with France's colonial acquisitions. The idea of
Formosa as a German colony under Prussian ... more »
Nerd-Inflected Wednesday Linkage
The difference between pets in Diablo III and Torchlight II. Blah blah blah
Game of Thrones blah blah credible commitments blah blah blah prisoners’
dilemma. Taylor Fravel says that China hasn’t abandoned no-first use. Pavel
Podvig demolishes “SDI ended the Cold War” claptrap. Key graf: “The
evolution of the Soviet attitudes toward SDI suggests that
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time has come
Ladies and Gentlemen,
There really isn't much reason to beat around the bush, I imagine. By now
you have noticed the manipulation and bias within the media. You've watched
as your government has sold you down the river. Corporations have buried
their money into your politics and now influence the decisions of your
government. The banks continue to grow more ruthless and unethical in
practice. All in the name of profit. Your future, your children’s
future...it means nothing to them. The only desired outcome is maximum
profit, obtained with the least possible expense. And whether y... more »
war is obsolete
"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth
at a higher standard of living than any have ever known.
It no longer has to be you or me.
Selfishness is unnecessary.
War is obsolete.
It is a matter of converting the high technology
from weaponry to livingry."
- R. Buckminster Fuller
ALEC Legislators Appropriating Your $$$ to Fund ALEC
"Appropriating " Taxpayer Dollars to Fund ALEC
A better word might be STEALING
A post of of South Dakota should be a wakeup call to every American.
While your state legislature is cutting funds to schools and other social
programs - how much are they budgeting to spend on ALEC?
Is this happening in YOUR state - and you just don't know about it, cause
you haven't bothered to check?
Note the following:
Today the Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature decided to spend
some of that money on sending members to the entirely pro-corporate,
anti-democratic meetings of the Americ... more »
NRA And K Street Lose A Powerful Senator-- Max Baucus Won't Run For Reelection
Helping the GOP filibuster background checks for the NRA made his
reelection untenable
Max Baucus was certainly planning to run for reelection. His Glacier PAC
has been collecting money from the special interests he serves and his
campaign warchest already had $3,594,923 on hand by January 1 this year.
Known as the Senator from K Street, last time Baucus ran (2008), special
interest PACs contributed $4,959,391. Since then, he's further ingratiated
himself to the big money groups that give the most, particularly the
Medical-Industrial Complex and the banksters, who have contributed,
... more »
Harper's Time Has Passed
The Liberals have answered the first of the Conservative attack ads against
Justin Trudeau. That ad blew up in their faces. As Michael Harris wrote
earlier this week:
In a word, instead of defining their political enemy, the Conservatives
have defined themselves. Through years of incumbency, the Harper crowd has
become an increasingly grumpy cabal of aging incumbents full of spite,
malice and, of late, a bloated sense of entitlement. The Senate housing
debacle shows how comfortably the party has settled into the easy chair of
power.
With each display of bad manners and bad judg... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Bruce Kirby, 85. Third-most-common Columbo occasional
actor, despite not (unless I missed one) being a Cassavetes guy. Excellent,
whether in sitcoms or cop shows.
The good stuff:
1. I rarely link to editorials, but I think the NYT gets points to
something important here. One of the real hallmarks of the current group of
Republicans is passing policies and then blaming Barack Obama and the
Democrats for them; it's unusually irresponsible, but they keep going back
to it.
2. Negative recruiting: very difficult to study. Reporters Greg Bluestein
and Daniel Malloy loo... more »
Muslim convert 'held talks on targeting UK civilians' - Crime - News - London Evening Standard
More Islamist terrorists...
' Mahmood refers to the real war being in Britain and not Pakistan or
Afghanistan. He says the UK is "dar-ul harb" — the Arabic term for "theatre
of war", where Sharia law is not in force so an attack is justified.'
More here
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/muslim-convert-held-talks-on-targeting-uk-civilians-8586104.html
BOSTON BOMBERS; MICHAEL JACKSON; SUNIL TRIPATHI; MUMBAI; ARMENIA
*Sunil Tripathi, looking like Tamerlan Tsarnaev.*
Reportedly, police have found the body of a man in the Providence River,
near the Wyndham Garden Providence Hotel, Rhode Island.
The police think it is 'very possible' that it is missing student Sunil
Tripathi who was accused of being one of the Boston Marathon bombers.
*Sunil*
Tripathi, 22, was a Brown University student and has been missing since
March 2013.
Authorities are hoping to reveal the identity of the body today, but police
lieutenant Joseph Donnelly told The Boston Globe that 'it's very, very
possible' that it is Trip... more »
Does a breach of professional conduct amount to a tort? No
*Hyra v. Her Majesty the Queen et al, *2013 MBQB 83 says that a breach of
professional conduct rules does not give rise to a cause of action.
Presumably if a recognized tort – say negligence – was alleged a breach of
professional rules might well be good evidence supporting such claim;
however, standing alone, a breach is not a tort:
[11] With respect to the alleged cause of action of a violation of The
Professional Code of Conduct, I am not aware of the existence of any such
cause of action. While a breach of The Professional Code of Conduct may
lead to discipline from th... more »
Untitled
*Saints asked Fujita to retire as a member of the team ~BlackandGold.com*
*Mississippi Barges Slowed by Flooding Following Record Drought*
*Soul Project: Music for Movers and Shakers ~offBeat*
Saudi Woman Given Lashes For Texting Stranger by Mistake
The almost literally fascist state of Saudi Arabia has done it again. Just
when I thought they could go no lower, they prove me wrong...
' A Saudi woman has been sentenced to eight lashes by a court in Qatif for
mistakenly sending a text message allegedly promoting the Shiite branch of
Islam.
The 30-year-old woman, identified only as YH, has been pronounced guilty
for sending an SMS to another Saudi woman, containing a group of telephone
numbers under the name 'Shiite Islamic religious services'.'
More here
http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/saudi-arabia-woman-lashes-wrong-sms-number-4607... more »
Hamas Mickey Mouse's 6 Year Broadcast Anniversary
Poor Farfour, poor brainwashed Palestinian children. A story of breeding
hatred that the BBC just hate to report.
http://www.idfblog.com/hamas/2013/04/22/farfours-sixth-anniversary-mickey-mouse-rip-off-teaches-gazan-children-to-hate/
House Benghazi Report Raises New Questions - US News & World Report
' Reductions of security levels prior to the attacks in Benghazi were
approved at the highest levels of the State Department, up to and including
Secretary Clinton. This fact contradicts her testimony before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee on January 23, 2013.
In the days following the attacks, White House and senior State
Department officials altered accurate talking points drafted by the
Intelligence Community in order to protect the State Department.
Contrary to Administration rhetoric, the talking points were not edited
to protect classified information. Concern for ... more »
Thinkers or Test Takers?
Here are the thoughts from a colleague, John Borden, after the first day of
the New York State ELA Assessment last week: On Tuesday, the ten and eleven
year old children in my class began taking the 2013 Grade Five Common Core
English Language Arts Test. The students had 90 minutes to read a number
[...]
ALEC Long-term Policies are Destructive
ALEC’s model legislation reflects long-term goals:
downsizing government, removing regulations on corporations and making it
harder to hold the economically and politically powerful to account.
The data tell us that the time has come to refocus on the battle to loosen
the grip of corporate America and renew democracy in the states.
This is what the policies like those pushed by the American Legislative
Exchange Council lead to: West , TX.
abcnews.go.com
*downsizing government,
removing regulations on corporations and
making it harder to hold the economically and politically... more »
The Truth in Video: Immigration and Multiculturalism is Genocide
The following videos tell the truth about anti-racism and immigration, in
ways which all but the most brain-dead of multi-cultists should understand:
How many liberal bigots will understand that their 'anti-racism' is
condemning us all to ethnic genocide and cultural death? These videos
deserve to be distributed widely. It would be worth downloading them
before youtube bans them for the 'offensive' crime of telling the truth
about political correctness and internationalism.
*Direct link to videos*:
Anti-racist Hitler - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKDeyuM0-Og
How Whites took ove... more »
A new born goat's 'happy dance'
And why not, sometimes even I get bored of posting depressing stuff.
Lee Smolin: Time Reborn
*An incredible pile of unscientific gibberish*
There's one aspect in which Lee Smolin's newest book is less irritating
than his previous book, The Trouble With Physics: the main purpose of the
new book isn't to mindless attack and lie about the best results of the
contemporary theoretical physics research. Instead, if we ignore the
mega-arrogant and super-dishonest subtitle "From the Crisis of Physics to
the Future of the Universe", "Time Reborn" tries to attack physics from the
times of Newton and "constructively" present Smolin's own ideas about
physics – or something he apparentl... more »
Brooding Dinosaurs
I do not think anyone really doubts that birds evolved directly from
dinosaur lineages. This work allows us to map the evolution of egg brooding
while this all took place. It certainly ensures parental protection which
may not have been an issue for crocs and turtles but is certainly an issue
for all others.
The modern world tells us as much when we observe the lengths that birds
must go to protect their young. In fact, the primary cause of island
extinctions and most of out biodiversity has been driven by the advent of
the rat eating eggs.
It is also pretty clear tha... more »
Super Towers?
The BBC makes the prediction that we will possibly build a building as
tall as ten thousand meters or as tall as Mount Everest. My real problem
with that idea is that assuming it is possible, just why would we actually
do it? There are far too many problems and unwarranted risks involved.
However, it still led me to consider a serious variation. It would really
be helpful to be able to accelerate mass into space. To do this I have
proposed building a slanted launch tube inside a tall mountain and it could
easily be taken to the that height in some locales like Everest. The t... more »
BBC Predictions for Next Fifty Years
These are always fun to read and is more an extension of research optimism
and simple economic imperatives. There are several items here and I will
put my comments in the text.
*What will happen far sooner than other's have recently predicted*
*APRIL 11, 2013*
*http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/what-will-happen-far-sooner-than-others.html#more
*
*The BBC has collected predictions (from 2013 to 2150) and produced odds
for their occurrence. Odds were produced by Ladsbrokes a bet maker in the
UK.*
*
The BBC predictions are from Jan 2, 2013.*
*
BBC -** A succes... more »
52 Edible Wild Plants
I will skip the pictures here. Otherwise this list is a reminder that
many plants in the wild can be made fit to eat. As usual, there is art
involved although the steamer pretty well determines if it is even
possible. Struggling with young dandelions is a real good introduction to
the issues.
I do know all these plants as they are all Eastern woodland. most we
never attempted to use. Yet i can heartily recommend lambs quarters
although there is craft there also. A few are complete surprises and
trying them would be quite an adventure. One i know can be crushed a... more »
AMMACH - 2045 - NO MORE HUMANS
quite a series of BRUTAL CLAIMS by Miles Johnston against THE HUMAN RACE at
the Ammach 2013 Spring Lecture closing presentation.
"They are destroying the Human Birth Cycle and aiming to manufacture
COMPLETELY NON HUMAN humans, uploading human consciousness into artificial
bodies. 2045.com suggests that you'll be a *Licensed Avatar* with all the
rights of a human being. Humanity is in a TERMINATION STAGE. There'll be NO
REINCARNATION for any advanced psychics currently undergoing Awakening."
warns Johnston and other speakers.
It all sounds like a science fiction film, but then so did... more »
GOLD; DEBT; MANAGEMENT; SKILLS
*1.* *THE PRICE OF GOLD*
*According to stock market historian David Schwartz, Gold may fall in price
to $ 900 per oz, or even $400 per oz.*
"History repeatedly warns that prices typically return to the vicinity of
their long-term support lines in the aftermath of a burst bubble...
"Between January 1975 and September 1976, the dollar price of gold fell by
almost 50 per cent, and there was another big fall after the 1980 peak.
"If you trace the gold price back to the early 1970s ... you end up with a
support line just below $400."
*ft.com*
*2.* *DEBT*
*
**The UK and USA shou... more »
April 23, 1973
Nixon now decides: Haldeman and Ehrlichman should not take leaves of
absence until everything is resolved; they should resign in order to fight
any charges against them. That's the advice he's getting from pretty much
everyone he consults; of course, what none of those people know that Nixon
does know is how guilty they both are -- and how guilty he is.
Nixon has Ron Ziegler, the White House Press Secretary who is increasingly
a close adviser during this period, call Haldeman late in the day to tell
him. From Haldeman's diary:
--
He [Nixon] told Ziegler to call me and tell me that... more »
Your moment of Zen
Chasing rainbows. National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Hacked AP Twitter Feed Brings NYSE 'Flash Crash' and $136 Billion Loss In 4 Minutes (This Is Not A False Flag Either!)
Hacked AP Twitter Feed Brings NYSE 'Flash Crash' By Brad Friedman on
4/23/2013, 5:15pm PT With the U.S. stock market hitting all-time record
highs again of late, it'd be understandable for some to think strength and
confidence has returned to the stock exchange. But if today's mid-day
"flash crash" --- which saw the S&P Index lose $136 billion in a matter of
four minutes as AP's Twitter
Of Partisanship and Education “Reform”
This is a different topic for me. I would rather write about teaching,
parenting, and what’s best for kids. But I’m often asked about my
affiliations, my political leanings, and my feelings about other issues.
First, there is no other issue right now for me. I feel a sense of
urgency about the course of [...]
Jean Trounstine : Compassion Cannot Be Piecemeal
Compassion
cannot be piecemeal. Image from NPR.
Reflections on the past week:
Compassion cannot be piecemeal
Justice does not mean mercy. That I know. But justice must be tempered
by mercy.
By Jean Trounstine / The Rag Blog / April 24, 2013
BOSTON -- This was a difficult week to be a prison activist in Boston,
Massachusetts. Just as it was undoubtedly difficult to work for the
rights of
Musical Interlude: Brule', “Stomp Dance”
Brule', “Stomp Dance”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_l2Zt_um6M
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit,
please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges
we've taken on so far.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
Last week's challenge asked us to banish paper towels. Was it easy for you?
We gave them up some time ago. Ol... more »
Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) Who Once Voted For DOMA Is Getting Married To A Man Next Month
Here's one homophobic asshole whose mind Kolbe won't be able to change
anytime soon
I had already ended my time as the pop music critic for *The Advocate* in
1996 when Arizona Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe came out as gay. But I
still recall the stir around the magazine because they had decided to
publicly "out" Kolbe after he voted for DOMA, which was meant to prevent
gay couples from marrying. Since almost everyone in Washington already knew
Kolbe was gay, the homophobic vote seemed especially hypocritical. Kolbe
decided to beat *The Advocate* to the punch by calling a press con... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Jets of streaming plasma expelled by the central black hole of a massive
spiral galaxy light up this composite image of Centaurus A. The jets
emanating from Cen A are over a million light years long.
*Click image for larger size.*
Exactly how the central black hole expels infalling matter is still
unknown. After clearing the galaxy, however, the jets inflate large radio
bubbles that likely glow for millions of years. If excited by a passing
front, radio bubbles can even light up again after a billion years. X-ray
light is depicted in the above composite image in blue, while micr... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Jim Fetzer*,
founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and one of the most brilliant minds in
the alternative media today. *Dr. Fetzer* has written extensively about the
murder of John F. Kennedy, 9/11, and the murder of Senator Paul Wellstone.
Dr. Fetzer and I will be discussing the PSYOP aspects of major false flag
events like 9/11, Sandy Hook, and the recent Boston "bombing". Tune in for
what will surely be an interesting program!
You can download the entire program *here*, or subscribe to the American
Nationalist Netwo... more »
ANZAC EVE: War and Peace
*War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.
* - Sir Henry Maine (1822-88)
*Charles Sargeant Jagger's Royal Artillery Monument at Hyde Park Corner,
London*
“IT IS WELL THAT WAR is so terrible,” said General Robert E. Lee after the
slaughter at Fredericksburg, “otherwise we should grow too fond of it.” *
But fond of it humans have been for most of our history. Far too fond. For
thousands of years war has been an intrinsic part of the social and
political order, with armed conflict across the known world the accepted
method by which ambitions are ach... more »
Do The Carmina Burana Shake
When it's done well "The Harlem Shake" can be fairly amusing, but even at
its best it can't compete with this intricate flash mob's rendition of
"Carmina Burana."
Austerity Does NOT Work
Austerity does not work to improve the economy. Instead, it increases
poverty and inequality:
T. Raum and J. Agiesta (2013, April 20) Poll: Public Pessimism Increases:
More Than Half of Americans Rate Economy as ‘Poor.’ The Arizona Republic p.
D4
[Excerpted] ‘Only 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial
situation to improve over the next year, an Associated Press-GfK poll
shows.
The downbeat public attitudes registered in the survey coincide with
several dour economic reports showing recent slowdowns in gains in hiring,
consumer retail spending, manufacturing act... more »
American Political Elites Are Really Bad-- Roundup
Painting by Attila Richard Lukacs
Ken's back in action and he'll be taking back this slot starting tomorrow.
If you think *you're* happy, imagine how I feel!
*Heidi Heitkamp-- Cowardly And Disappointing*
You probably heard about the tremendous disappointment that 4 Democratic
senators-- Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Mark Pryor (AR), Max Baucus (MT) and Mark
Begich (AK)-- made common cause with the Republicans against the bipartisan
background check amendment offered by Second Amendment fanatics Joe Manchin
(D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA). Former Obama Chief of Staff, Bill Daley wrote
a blisteri... more »
REMEMBERING A LEGEND
- Jane Brown (left), Richie Havens, and me at the October 24, 1987
protest outside the gates of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. I
was saddened to hear today about the passing of the legendary folk singer.
He came to the protest at the space center that I organized while working
for the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice. He was very kind to us,
didn't ask for any money, just poured his heart out in his energetic and
humble way. He just wanted to help.
- We had two big protests that year against the militarization of space
- the fi... more »
Don't let the door hit you in the Baucus on the way out
The tears being shed over that miserable excuse for a Democrat, Max Baucus,
announcing his long overdue retirement wouldn't fill a shot glass. Me, I'm
suppressing the urge to dance on the table out of long ingrained imperative
to be polite.
Everybody seems to be excited by the idea of replacing him with this guy I
don't really remember. But if a Senator Schweitzer makes Charlie Pierce
this happy, I'm all in for a string-tie Democrat.
Alan Waldman : Two Very Funny, Politically Incisive British Series That Are Well Worth Watching
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne are outstanding as a British Minister
and his civil servant nemesis in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and
The Giggle Ninja
A reader created this video with the voices from OPPT folks on Lisa
Harrison's weekly OPPT show...
MP3 version is available here for your iPods: *http://tinyurl.com/clj28nq*
Chet Raymo, “Examination Of Conscience”
* *
*“Examination Of Conscience”*
by Chet Raymo
“I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery”, a close
examination of the trade in human beings between the coast of West Africa
and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a sobering read, but
if there is one thing I came away with, it was this: We have an enormous
capacity to rationalize the most horrendous crimes.
Everyone involved in the slave trade- the European owners of the ships, the
masters of the trading companies, the ship captains and crews, the
plantation owners in the West Indies and the Che... more »
NEOCONS GETTING DESPERATE FOR AL-QAEDA AND IRAN LINKS
Neoconservatives are grasping at the finest of straws in their search for
links between the Boston Marathon bombers and al-Qaeda and, more
importantly for the neocons, the two Canadian Muslims accused of plotting
to destroy a train on orders from al-Qaeda in Iran.
Te reality is that no matter how hard the various intelligence authorities
look, there is no evidence at all linking the Boston Marathon bombers to
al-Qaeda or an al-Qaeda linked group. And, while most clear thinking
analysts have agreed that the notion of Iran hosting al-Qaeda is
far-fetched, senior neocon warmonger “Mad... more »
Radioactive mud in Fukushima school pools tops 100,000 becquerels
[image: A high level of radioactive cesium was found in mud at the bottom
of this swimming pool at a public high school in Fukushima Prefecture.
Photo: Provided by a teacher / Asahi Shimbun]
By MASAKAZU HONDA
22 April 2013
FUKUSHIMA (Asahi Shimbun) – Radioactive cesium levels exceeding 100,000
becquerels per kilogram were measured in mud accumulated at the bottom of
swimming pools at two high schools in and around Fukushima city.
Mud in the pool of a third high school in Minami-Soma, which is closer to
the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, showed at least 8,000
becquerels p... more »
Boston Marathon False Flag Attack: Proof That "Craft" Security Firm Did The Bombing?
I received an email from a friend just a few hours ago that contained an
important video that I find very intriguing, and may show proof positive
that the two brothers that were fingered (wrongly) for the Boston Marathon
bombing are indeed innocent and have been set up as the patsies to take the
fall for this clear false flag operation!
I want to share this important video with all of my readers right here for
their viewing.... Please watch this video closely, and feel free to send me
any comments in the comment section below... I have my own thoughts and
comments following this vid... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke"Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, IV"
* *
*"Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, IV"*
"You who let yourselves feel: enter the breathing
that is more than your own.
Let it brush your cheeks
as it divides and rejoins beside you.
Blessed ones, whole ones,
you where the heart begins:
You are the bow that shoots the arrows
and you are the target.
Fear not the pain.
Let its weight fall back into the earth;
for heavy are the mountains, heavy the seas.
The trees you planted in childhood have grown too heavy.
You cannot bring them along.
Give yourselves to the air, to what you cannot hold."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Russians drive to Resolute, NU
A group of Russian explorers have driven across the North Pole and are
heading to Resolute, Nunavut, in specialized amphibious trucks.
Getting to grips with the world’s most libertarian sport
NOW THAT AFL IS finally coming to New Zealand, coming in its full-on,
playing-for-points zeal,* NZers will begin to get some inkling of the
obsession fans have with this absorbing sport played out on a huge stage—a
sport that every commentator agrees is best seen live.
Time then to get to grips with the world’s most libertarian sport.
Why do I call it that?
Because at root all the rules, and they are very few, are designed to keep
play moving, to protect the bloke going for the ball, and to stop anyone
initiating force against anyone else. Unless they’re Dermot Brereton.
Simple,... more »
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : 'Conversations on U.S. State Terrorism'
'Weapon
of the Strong'
Interviews from 'State of Nature'
Throughout the text is an underlying question of language and its
meaning. Why is one act considered terrorism while another act that is
essentially the same not considered so?
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2013
Weapon of the Strong: Conversations on U.S. State Terrorism, edited by
Jon Bailes and Cihan Aksan (2012: Pluto
The Daily "Near You?"
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
Updated: The Crew From Planet Rizq is Not Coming To Your Rescue...
Jarrafusa 3:40 PM
REPORTEDLY: Adnan Sakli purports to be the owner of BIS and most of what
exists on the planet.
Malik Hughes purports to be the representative of the Qing Dynasty, the
servant of the Empress, and from another planet...Malik and Adnan
appparently know each other. Mike Cechanowicz, who asked me to speak with
Adnan...I don't even remember when that was, but it was over three hours of
Adnan explaining his position and power...asked me to speak with Malik
Hughes...right before Loie transitioned, so it did not happen when they
wanted...about a week after that I final... more »
Complete Transparency, Michael Dunn's Letter to Lisa Harrison 4/14/2013
*
* *I am posting this. I have had this in my email boxes for a number of
days while Keenan and Dunn alternate between going to war and making peace
with the OPPT, a war that exists only in their minds. We have never been
at war with Keenan. But they're very clearly worried or panicked. He's
simply irrelevant to what we are doing. *
*- American Kabuki*
From: Michael Dunn
To: lisa@lisamharrison.com
Cc: No Cc
Subject: Michael Dunn reaching out re Neil Keenan and OPPT - we have both
beenplayed...
Date: 2013-4-14 17:16:57
Hello Lisa,
I don't know if you saw my response to your co... more »
“Los Angeles at Ground Zero: Postcard from the End of America”
* *
*“Los Angeles at Ground Zero: *
*Postcard from the End of America”*
by Linh Dinh
“Sightseeing buses are for those who deeply dread the places they’re
visiting. You can’t really see a city or town from a motorized anything, so
if you claim to have driven through Los Angeles, for example, you haven’t
seen it. The speed and protection of a car prevents you from being anywhere
except inside your car, with what’s outside rushing by so fast that each
face, tree and building is rudely dismissed by the next, next and next. You
can’t pause, come closer, examine, converse, sniff or ste... more »
Rand Paul - I'm Not Against Drones - to Kill Bad Guys
In relation to the Boston Marathon bombings, Sen. Rand Paul told Fox
Business today that, “If there is a killer on the loose in a neighborhood,
I’m not against drones being used to search them.” He went on:
“Here’s the distinction — I have never argued against any technology
being used against having an imminent threat an act of crime going on,”
Paul said. “If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and $50 in
cash, I don’t care if a Drone kills him or a policeman kills him, but it’s
different if they want to come fly over your hot tub, or your yard just
because th... more »
Hymn to the Muses
"There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are
known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't
know. But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know
we don’t know." - Donald Rumsfeld The Wise.
Title: Hymn to the Muses. YouTube Video Description - [Channel:
alchemistra. Published on April 24, 2011]:
Proclus Diadochus
(8 Feb. 412 - 17 Apr. 485)
What is not in us is not on the level of our knowledge; what is not on the
level of our knowledge is unknowable by our faculty of knowledge; so then
the transcende... more »
evolution of man
"All animals are equal,
but some animals
are more equal than others."
George Orwell, Animal Farm
Support Chicago Students’ Test Boycott Tomorrow
From PURE: « Students opting out of PSAE PSAT for 4-23-13: Support the
student PSAE test boycott Tomorrow, CPS high school students organized by
Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools and VOYCE will boycott the
second day of the state high school exam, the Prairie State Achievement
Exam (PSAE). The first testing day includes the ACT [...]
Mining 15: Geological Aspects of Mineral Extraction
The "non-renewable" nature of mineral products, oil and gas is among the
central arguments by many groups that oppose commercial or large-scale
mining, both metallic and non-metallic. I want to delve on this issue
briefly.
In a presentation last April 12, 2013 at Balay Kalinaw, UP Diliman, a
researcher of the Legal Research Center (LRC) and a new friend, Japs Hatta,
made the following statements in her paper, *The Value of Revenue
Transparency in Extractives/Mining Industry.*
*First, natural resource wealth is not made and not produced. It already
exists within the bosom of the ea... more »
Elsewhere: Post-party, LBJ,
New Salon column: it turns out that of the ten low-numbered bills reserved
for the party agenda, Republicans in the House have only used...one. They
really aren't even trying to pretend they have an agenda, do they? And no,
it's not a conservative/liberal thing: Republicans usually have no shortage
of bills to highlight. It's this group.
Over at PP, I'm asking for please no more LBJ comparisons. One reason?
There's a good chance that Johnson's overbearing arm-twisting backfired in
the long run.
Yesterday, I argued that on immigration, the key players are House
mainstream conservati... more »
Removing the Shackles: My final word on this topic of tantrums
*This is reposted from D. at http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca. My
comments are in red below. *
*-AK*
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
*My final word on this topic of tantrums*
I've been saying for a long time that I refuse to give my energy and
attention to soap operas, but I woke up this morning and felt that this
needed to be addressed- if only for the final closure. As soon as I got
onto skype I was met with yet another tantrum and I knew that yes, once and
for all, I would address all of this drama.
As Lisa said last night on the OPPT-IN radio show, we all speak only for
ours... more »
Hey, Remember That Iran War the U.S. Never Fought? Well, Newsday Does.
The
latest entry in the media's frequent confusion between Iraq and Iran,
the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday posted the above headline today.
Ok, fine, it's just a typo.
The article, which reports on the reaction of American veterans of the
occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan to the tragic and gruesome injuries
suffered by victims of Monday's Boston Marathon bombing, never refers to
The Corbett Report: Meanwhile, in North Korea...
Title: Meanwhile, in North Korea... YouTube Video Description - [Channel:
Corbett Report]:
Far from abandoning its atomic program - North Korea is now reportedly
seeking international recognition, as a Nuclear armed state. The US had
laid out disarmament as a condition for talks. But Pyongyang's official
newspaper says if negotiations happen - it will be between equal, nuclear
armed nations.
RT discusses the North's atomic aspirations with James Corbett, the editor
of a Japan-based news website.
Trudeau Wastes No Time in Showing His Hand
If the polls are right and Justin Trudeau's Liberals manage to reclaim
power from the Harper Cons in 2015 all signs are that Canada will continue
to be governed on the principle of cynical opportunism.
The spinelessness of the Liberals in joining Harper on the undemocratic
terrorism amendments and the FIPPA trade sellout to China suggests the
Liberals will continue on the disastrous (for Canada) path charted by
Ignatieff.
My suspicions that Justin is more Margaret than Pierre are confirmed.
Massachusetts Senate Primary-- One Week From Today
The special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat that was given
up on February 1 by John Kerry is June 25th. However, in a state where
former governor Mitt Romney only received 37% of the vote last November--
and where every vaguely plausible Republican demurred-- the Democratic
primary a week from today (April 30) is probably the place where the race
will be won or lost. Blue America has endorsed Ed Markey-- and if you'd
like you can contribute directly to his campaign here. So far Markey has
raised $4.7 million to his primary opponent, ConservaDem Stephen Lynch's
$1.5 ... more »
"Decisions..."
"Except for totally impulsive or psychotic behavior, every human
decision comes down to the choice between two alternatives."
- Jeff Duntemann
What BP doesn’t want you to know about the 2010 Gulf oil spill – ‘These are the same symptoms experienced by soldiers who returned from the Persian Gulf War with Gulf War syndrome’
[image: BP applied 1.84 million gallons of Corexit to hide the oil spill
from cameras. More than half of the Corexit was dispersed by C-130
airplanes, often hitting workers. BP had a problem: it had lied about how
safe Corexit is, and proof of its dishonesty would eventually fall into the
hands of the Government Accountability Project. Photo: Benjamin Lowy /
Getty]
By Mark Hertsgaard
22 April 2013 4:45 AM EDT
(Newsweek) – “It’s as safe as Dawn dishwashing liquid.” That’s what Jamie
Griffin says the BP man told her about the smelly, rainbow-streaked gunk
coating the floor of the ... more »
A Double Whammy for New York Students
Students in New York State are halfway through the testing madness that has
taken away much of their recent instruction time. When you add in test
review and preparation, our children have lost so many educational
opportunities. Sadly, even after the assessments are over the harm
continues. As students await their math exams that will [...]
After 9/11, Iran Arrested Al-Qaeda Operatives And Sought U.S. Assistance
The *claim* that Iran is working with Al-Qaeda is so stupid and baseless
that it doesn't deserve to be commented on. It almost makes your brain hurt.
Anyone who has a basic knowledge of the culture and politics of the Middle
East knows that Al-Qaeda is the pet toy of Saudi Arabia. Al-Qaeda hates
Iran even more than it hates Israel and the United States.
Tony Cartalucci writes in his article, *"US-Canada Claim Iran-Al Qaeda Ties
Despite US Funding Al Qaeda in Iran for Years"*:
Both at face value and upon deeper examination, this assertion is utterly
absurd, divorced from reality,... more »
GOP terror scarers out in force
The same crowd who demanded we not mention 20 murdered schoolchildren in
the debate over gun safety reform immediately leapt to making a couple of
crazy kids in Boston the new existential threat to national security. Led
by Lindsey "Huckleberry Dunderhead" Graham and John "Grumpy Gramps" McCain, a
gaggle of GOPers are clamoring to designate the Boston bombers as enemy
combatants.
It's not that they don't know their demands are stupid and illegal under
the rule of law. They just don't want an exploitable domestic terror event
to go to waste. A good dose of fearmongering and panderin... more »
“Beaten Dogs”
*“Beaten Dogs”*
by CoyotePrime
“And so, the audit of the Federal Reserve was released last September...
$16 TRILLION dollars of YOUR money, “lent” at 0% interest not only to the
Too-Big-To-Fail American megabanks, but trillions of dollars to many
foreign banks as well. When was the last time YOU received a 0% loan?
Slowly but surely, the truth of how savagely we, the People, have been
financially raped, over and over again, is coming out, and as it does, a
tiny minority of our population shudders in horror…
And fear comes now, at last, to the “Ruling Elite”. Not the fear of ... more »
A suit [updated]
Conservative Party leader Colon Craig has sued satirical website The
Civilian for “misquoting” him to make him look ridiculous.
Responding to the suit, the satirist apologised saying
We would never dream of making Mr. Craig look ridiculous. Indeed, we’re
quite content to leave that up to him…. We look forward to future legal
notices from you regarding [other] articles, in which we also appear to
have misquoted several other politician.
Despite appearances, Colon does have a sense of humour. It just takes this
to see it [HT David Slack]:
*UPDATE*: Cry “Havoc!” and unleash th... more »
Censorship of the OPPT through web URL blacklisting....
*
**NOTE: We found the issue at Brian's blog. Its a url he added in courtesy
to where the article was found. Removing the article URL should cure the
problem on Brian's site within the next 24 hours. Still don't know why
Facebook is blocking my site. No need for further screen shots of Brian's
blog being blocked by the Chrome browser. We may have to discontinue the
practice of putting active links to the sources that articles are posted
from if this kind of thing keeps up. -AK* *
* *Censorship of the OPPT through web URL blacklisting....*
We are noticing a deliberate attempt to ... more »
Don't Mess With Texas, It Doesn't Need Any Help From You
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings last week, word got out of a
horrific explosion at a fertilizer plant in the town of West in Texas. By
some accounts the West Fertilizer Company was a disaster waiting to happen,
poorly monitored and regulated.
Just reading about the disaster was enough to leave heads shaking. But it
wasn't until I saw this aerial view of the blast site in West, Texas, from Daily
Kos that I truly appreciated that Texan "Lone Star" spirit.
Yeah, you saw it. You have a potentially high-explosive fertilizer plant
built smack in the midst of a high school... more »
Some back of the napkin descriptive stats on national teachers of the year
Literally, back of a napkin because I’m at a coffee shop. Congrats to Jeff
Charbonneau on being awarded National Teacher of the Year. I’m not very
familiar with how they’re chosen (read: not at all familiar). But I was
curious so I looked up some info on the program and did some counting. I
have no [...]
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A Victory for Transparency: US 'School of Assassins' must reveal graduates and instructors
A
Victory for Transparency!
Exciting news!
By School of Americas Watch
After persistent effort, SOA Watch has won its lawsuit against the
Pentagon for its refusal to disclose the names of graduates and
instructors of WHINSEC (formerly known as the SOA).
Yesterday, Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of California's Northern District
Court, ruled that the Pentagon and SOA/WHINSEC had no grounds for
Karl Denninger, “Fed Gives Finger To Congress”
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."
- Sir Walter Scott
*
*
*“Fed Gives Finger To Congress”*
by Karl Denninger
“Now the question is whether Congress can find its balls courage with both
hands, threats to do so notwithstanding. In a letter viewed by the Wall
Street Journal, House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) and Rep.
Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) told Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that they were
frustrated at the lack of response to a February request demanding more
details on the central bank’s strategy to unwind assets purchased during
ye... more »
The Overuse of “Overuse”
Eight years ago when I started Schools Matter, Texas had four high stakes
tests that high school students had to pass to get a diploma. Most
recently, they devised plans to add 11 more. When parents and teachers
gagged, the state Legislature began to waver, so that now it looks like
they will only add [...]
Breaking: Most of the adults couldn't play Blickets!
*TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013*
*Despite that, our species is great:* David Dobbs’ piece in today’s New
York Times had us right at hello.
The piece appeared in the Science Times section. It began with a hook we’re
always intrigued by—the famous old hook where we humans explain how “great”
our species is:
DOBBS (4/23/13): *When it comes to play, humans don't play around.*
Other species play, but none play for as much of their lives as humans do,
or as imaginatively, or with as much protection from the family circle.
Human children are unique in using play to explore hypothetical situation... more »
Stoke's Homes for a Quid
It's not every day Stoke-on-Trent makes national headlines. Even rarer it
does so for the right reasons, but the new homes for £1 scheme has
certainly caught the media's eye. As the BBC puts it:
More than 600 people are interested in buying rundown homes in
Stoke-on-Trent for £1 each, the city council has said.
Thirty-five derelict homes, mainly two-bedroom terraced properties, will
initially be sold off in the Cobridge area, with a further 89 to follow.
Under the £3m project, the local authority is offering loans of up to
£30,000 to help complete essential repairs on the houses.
... more »
Boston Marathon False Flag Attack: Important Video - "F*cking Massholes!!!!"
I came across a most important video this morning that I surely want
everyone to view... It comes courtesy of Youtube user "Thepoliticalport"
and gives a fantastic perspective on what happened in the aftermath of the
Boston Marathon bombing..... Here is that video here for all of my own
readers to view:
NTS Notes: I do believe that this young lady is perfect in her use of
colorful metaphors to make her points clear.... What happened in Boston in
the aftermath of the Marathon bombing does not bode well for all of
America....
I could not have said it better..."F*ucking Massholes" i... more »
ZEITGEIST TOWN HALL MEETING WITH DYLAN RATIGAN
Dylan Ratigan, former MSNCB host, appears in Hillcrest community of San
Diego, Friday April 26th. Joyce Beers Center, 3900 Vermont Street,
Hillcrest, 6:30 PM. Town Hall Meeting. More info at http://zmsd.org.
Excellent Article From Whitewraithe: Boston Marathon Bombing Launches "New Radical Islamic Threat" According To Mainstream Media
I want to welcome my friend and ally, Whitewraithe back from the hiatus she
took over the last few months... Her work at Pragmatic Witness (
www.pragmaticwitness.com) has been sorely missed, and I am very happy that
she is back blogging....
I want to present her latest essay, entitled: "Boston Marathon Bombing
Launches "New Radical Islamic Threat" According To Mainstream Media" here
for all of my own readers to view for themselves. I have my own thoughts
and comments to follow:
Posted on April 21, 2013 by Whitewraithe
Boston Marathon Bombing launches “new radical Islamic threat” ... more »
40 imágenes surtidas, pero bonitas para disfrutar...
Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com
Michael James : 1939 Hot Rod Ford Rolling Through Town
1939
hot rod Ford, Durango, Colorado, February 1989. Photo by Michael James
from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the
Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
1939 hot rod Ford rolling,
rumbling, and purring through town
By Michael James / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2013
Hot rod cars, especially Fords, have always given me jolts of happiness.
Discovering them and
Need to prove negative impact of prejudice before Gladue applies?
*R. v. J.N*., 2013 ONCA 251 deals with when *Gladue* factors apply. Many,
including this writer, were of the view that *Collins*, 2011 ONCA 182 stood
for the proposition that an accused did not bear the burden of showing
prejudicial effect. Today's decision may stand for the opposite principle:
[47] Second, however, even assuming for the sake of argument that *
Gladue *applies, the evidence that the appellant's Aboriginal ancestry may
have played a part in his criminality is weak. In coming to this
conclusion, we are mindful of this court's direction in *R. v. Collins*,
201... more »
"CISPA: Facebook Passwords To Employers As A Condition To Get Or Keep Your Job Nearly A Reality"
*"CISPA: Facebook Passwords To Employers As A *
*Condition To Get Or Keep Your Job Nearly A Reality"*
By Live Free or Die
"If you think that the invasion of your private life was not already bad
enough, the just passed CISPA internet ‘protection’ bill may force
employees to give their employers their Facebook passwords. You read that
correctly; get ready to hand over the password for your Facebook account to
your employer in order to either get or keep your job. Big Brother is here;
America and freedom nearly dead! Call your Congressmen now if you're not
happy with this. If yo... more »
A Matter Of Dignity and Human Respect, Adrian Dix Agenda
Adrian Dix has been announcing spending in areas where I believe new monies
are desperately needed, special ed teachers, money for tree planting and
forest inventory, a very modest program for childcare, modest in comparison
to Quebec`s $10 per day daycare, monies and non-refundable grants for
students..
The impression I perceive from our provincial media is that they are still
in the tank for the corporate Liberals, cknw is so childish, battleground
BC on Sun News is so hostile towards Adrian and the NDP, a rightwing
Harpercon propagandist station, there is zero balance on that ... more »
“Why I'm Praying for Government Incompetence”
*“Why I'm Praying for Government Incompetence”*
by Bill Bonner
"You Americans don't understand anything. You have to come to Argentina
and live here for a few years. Then you'll understand America." We had to
ask, "Huh?" "When you're here, you can see more clearly how things really
work... and don't work. You see the real nature of things... especially
government. Believe me, you Americans have all sorts of delusions. "A
government 'by, for and of the people'? Or, as Hillary Clinton put it, 'The
government is all of us.' Not quite. And when you've been here for a while,
you'll... more »
life boat
We are spinning around on earth at 1,000 mph...
while we are orbiting the sun at 67,000 mph...
as we orbit the milky way galaxy at 483,000 mph...
we are all in the same lifeboat...are you dizzy yet?
Hacked Associated Press Twitter Feed Sends Erroneous Message About Explosions at White House .. Markets Plummet
*(Hacked AP Twitter account .... ) *
*(Stock Market reactions ... ) *
**
*"The Twitter account of The Associated Press was hacked on Tuesday and
erroneously sent out a tweet saying there had been explosions at the White
House, injuring President Obama.*
***Within a few minutes, Twitter suspended the account, and Julie Pace, the
chief White House correspondent for The A.P., announced at a White House
briefing that the account had been hacked. Jay Carney, Mr. Obama’s press
secretary, confirmed that the president was unharmed. *
***Editors at The A.P. soon followed with a statement... more »
Nostrad-Amos!The Hysterical Predictions of Israel's Former Military Intel Chief
Amos
Yadlin, former director of Israeli Military Intelligence, January 2012.
(Photo Credit: Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)
Former Israeli Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin, who is currently
the Director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at
Tel Aviv University, declared today that Iran is rapidly approaching the
so-called "red line" of nuclear weapons capability and would
A Sensible Response to Terrorism
We North Americans are unduly susceptible to acts of terrorism if only
because terrorist acts on our doorstep, while dramatic, are infrequent.
In the reign of Bush the Junior, an act of terrorism could call down All
the King's Men and All the King's Horses on the perpetrators, real and
imagined.
This week *Der Spiegel* has praise for Obama's handling of the Boston
Marathon bombings.
*The first official reactions heard in America after the bombings in Boston
are encouraging. President Barack Obama took pains to remain calm, breaking
with the deplorable tradition of the Bush years to... more »
Kate Braun : Beltane is a Time of Great Magick
May
Pole. Image from deviantART.
A time of Great Magick:
Celebrate Beltane on April 30 or May 1
By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / April 23, 2013
“All things ripen and grow... Abundance in Eternal Flow/ As one the Lord
and Lady...”
Either Tuesday, April 30, or Wednesday, May 1, is a good time to
celebrate Beltane, also known as Roodmas, Walpurgisnacht, and May Eve.
This is a time of Great
What's Fun About The Chelsea Clintons?
In this edition of Lie Witness News, Jimmy Kimmel sent a camera crew out to
Coachella to ask concert goers about obscure new bands. These bands...
they're so obscure that they don't really exist. That did not stop these
selectively edited morons from pontificating about why they're so cool. Incidentally,
I'm definitely naming my next band Get the Fuck Out of My Pool, assuming
it's not too late. UPDATE: In retrospect, I'm now pretty suspicious of this
bit. I think it's fake. The person doing the interview could be asking
about real bands, then easily be dubbed out in post. So many lay... more »
Energetic Clarity is Drawn Forth…
*
* *
* *Energetic Clarity is Drawn Forth…*
by ÉirePort
Energetic clarity is drawn forth from individuals at this moment.
Purification of individual vibrations ensures that full harmonization of
humanity with Gaia is accomplished.
Central to Gaia ascending frequency process is coordination of Hue-manity
Beings at multiple planet 3D locations, for worldwide Higher D frequency
attunement. Essential is utilization of Higher Aural capabilities present
in all Hue-Beings.
ÉirePort | April 23, 2013 at 17:28
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-lb
Sinn Fein's Sordid Moment
Gerry Adams' brother, Liam stands in the dock, but it's Gerry Adams and
Sinn Fein that are on trial.
Liam is accused of molesting and raping his daughter, Aine. She claims to
have been sexually assaulted by her father from 1977, when she was four,
until 1983.
The greater question now has become how much Gerry Adams knew about the
incest, when he knew it and whether he concealed the crimes to protect Sinn
Fein.
*Mr Adams testified he had known for many years about the rape allegations
but did not tell police what he knew until 2009, shortly before Aine Adams
went public with her... more »
It's Tuesday...
*what's going on.*
Protein Wisdom: *Today’s lesson*
Tom McLaughlin:* It's The Religion, Stupid*
Northeast Intelligence Network: *Obama’s blood trail from Benghazi to
Boston*
Sentry Journal: * It’s called the “Marketplace Fairness Act” and it’s
anything but fair…*
iOwnTheWorld: * Obama to Attend Planned Parenthood Gala as Kermit Gosnell
on Trial*
Nox and Friends: * * Boston Bombing :17 Unanswered Questions*
After yesterday's pruning fest (filled the pickup twice with huge branches
of evergreen cuttings), I'll be staying in and doing girly stuff (like
sewing and letter ... more »
Japan Threatens Force In Confrontation With China
Eight Chinese government ships have entered disputed waters apparently
headed for the Senkaku-Diaoyu islands.
Japan has warned that it will "expel by force" any Chinese landing on the
islands.
*The latest clash over the islands came as nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers
visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in central Tokyo on Tuesday,
seen as a potent symbol of Japan's imperialist past, riling its neighbours
China and South Korea.*
*Tokyo summoned the Chinese ambassador to Japan after the state-owned
Chinese ships entered its territorial waters while Beijing called the
shri... more »
Max Baucus
Max Baucus announced today that he's retiring after this Congress.
He's been, I'd say, a good Senator -- with the faults of good Senators.
Senate Finance Committee Chairs, at least the modern ones, have tended to
be deal-makers who cared more about getting things done than any particular
substantive concerns, with Bob Dole being maybe the perfect example, along
with Lloyd Bentsen and Baucus.
Baucus infuriated liberals, mostly because, well, he wasn't one. They were
wrong, in my view, in their attacks on him for attempting to get
Republicans (or at least Olympia Snowe) on board for t... more »
Iran Remains Committed to NPT, Despite Bluster from MPs, While U.S. Ignores Treaty Obligations
Bilateral
meeting between Iranian Delegation and IAEA Directorate, July 12, 2011
(Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA)
On April 8, 2013, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, an Iranian parliamentarian who
heads the Majlis Security and Foreign Policy committee, said, "It's not
acceptable that Iran respects NPT [the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]
but the U.S. and the West ignore NPT's Article 6 — reducing
The Need for Speed, Why Go Anywhere Without It?
When you're going "state of the art" you always run the risk that the
adversaries you have in mind will quickly find the Achilles' Heel(s) in
your latest & greatest technology. It can be a lot easier and infinitely
cheaper to find ways to counter a dramatic new technology than it was to
create that advance in the first place. It's the sort of thing that makes
the boffins go "*Doh*" just like Homer Simpson.
There are growing signs of just that sort of early obsolescence happening
with the overdue, over-priced and under-performing F-35 Joint Strike Fighterlight attack bomber.
... more »
Who Remembers Weasel Words? Interpreting Ro Khanna
We often hear Republicans-- particularly Paul Ryan and his cult followers--
saying things like “I don’t think we ought to be cutting benefits that have
been promised to current seniors." The word "current" means the speaker
wants to phase out Social Security for future generations, a very standard
Republican Party position. But that particular quote I just transcribed,
wasn't from Paul Ryan, one of his cult followers or even a registered
Republican at all. It came from a certain breed of "Democrat" ungrounded in
any of the principles or values of the Democratic Party. That quote ca... more »
Nuclear Options
Oh, how the ironies abound. On the heels of deploying one of the biggest
shows of domestic military force in recent memory, President Obama is now
accused of being a lily-livered, noodle-kneed manager for failing to muster
enough votes to pass even the most tepid of domestic gun control
legislation.
Maureen Dowd, in a rather half-hearted piece being universally lambasted
for its mean girl tone, adds poor leadership qualities to
the legendary lack of Obamian *schmoozing* ability to explain the Senate
defeat last week. A front page article in today's *New York Times *lamely ascribes
... more »
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