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Unidentified Phoenix palms, Palm Row, San Jose, California (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Republican Anti-Immigration Filibuster Is Defeated 82-15. What's Next?
Will the immigration reform battle sink any of these ships?
Yesterday just over a dozen motley racists-- all Republicans-- voted
against shutting down Jefferson Beauregard Session III's filibuster of the
comprehensive immigration bill. These were the 15 bigots:
*•* John Barrasso (R-WY)
*•* John Boozman (R-AR)
*•* Mike Crapo (R-ID)
*•* Ted Cruz (R-TX)
*•* Mike Enzi (R-WY)
*•* Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
*•* Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
*•* Mark Kirk (R-IL)
*•* Mike Lee (R-UT)
*•* Jim Risch (R-ID)
*•* Pat Roberts (R-KS)
*•* Tim Scott (R-SC)
*•* Jefferson B. Sessions III (KKK-AL)
*•* Richard Shelby (R-AL)
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Review - thinksport body care products & reusable bottle
I like taking surveys ... go figure. A question which often comes up is
whether or not I believe a brand is "fun". I never quite understood that
concept until I was introduced to thinksport.
The email I received, inviting me to collaborate with thinksport, was
signed by their "Chief Thinker" ... that made me smile. I checked out the
company and, deciding that their philosophy fit with mine, agreed to try
some of their products.
I ALWAYS read labels. Thinksport labels list ingredients and even show the
Environmental Working Group's (EWG) rating for each element along with a
link to... more »
Risk off Wednesday / Thursday ? Japan and Asian a sea of red.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-12/monkeyhammered-nikkei-plummets-6-risk-exodus
Monkeyhammered Nikkei Plummets 6% On Risk Exodus
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/12/2013 22:10 -0400
- China
- Japan
- Nikkei
There's blood in the streets - Where's Warren? Levered carry traders are
rapidly realizing large crowds and small doors don't mix, even though if
they liked the Nikkei at 16,000 *they should love it at 12,700*. It appears
only physical gold traders are those who actually dollar cost average
lower, when assets are more affordabl... more »
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BREAKING: Phils Investigators hold Phils Coast Guard Criminally Liable
Phils Investigators fault Phils Coast Guard....
The National Bureau of Investigation has recommended the filing of criminal
charges against the Filipino coast guards involved in the shooting death of
a Taiwanese fisherman in northern Philippine waters last month, the
Inquirer learned on Tuesday.
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Michael James : California or Bust in a Hot Rod Ford
California
AND bust: Michael's 1940 hot rod Ford, San Jose, California, 1960.
Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James'
Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
California or bust
I went to the junkyard and sadly looked over the remains of my beloved
Ford.
By Michael James / The Rag Blog / June 12, 2013
[In this series, Michael James is
Toronto Talk Radio 640 AM Host Calls Ontario NDP Leader Horwath A 'Whore' On Morning Talk Show
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
Here’s the transcript, via this blog:
*Lou Schizas: Just to get back to our previous quick quotes on Andrea
Horwath. I think whore is the operative syllable there.
John Oakley: Well, well let’s not take it that far.
Schizas: What do you mean? She was bought.
Oakley: Alright, bought and paid for. Alright, it’s a pejorative.
Schizas: Alright, Sorry, I’ll take the hit.
Oakley: That’s alright.
Schizas: I’ll take the hit.*
*The exchange took place on the The John Oakley Show during a panel
with Buzz Hargrove and Catherine Swift, who apparently did no... more »
SECRET COURT NOT REALLY A COURT
A series of bombshell NSA leaks has renewed the call for more oversight of
our nation's spying agencies. But, the best the White House and Congress
can offer is a secret court that issues secret warrants and writes secret
legal opinions. RT Political Commentator Sam Sacks reports on what exactly
is going down in the secret FISA court.
Authoritarian governments use secrecy and fear to control their citizens.
That is what we have in the US today - all nicely wrapped up in a flag.
You can dress fascism up all you want but in the end you have to call it
what it is.....fascism - the ... more »
What Exactly is Rational Choice?
I sometimes surprise people when I say that I have no idea what rational
choice is.1 How can a game theorist say such a thing? Especially one who
spends so much time on the internet arguing about rational choice? Well, of
course I have some idea what it is. The point is that there is no coherent
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Caroline Alexander: The Iliad's Lessons of War
*"The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the
Trojan War"* by Caroline Alexander.
Caroline Alexander: The Iliad's Lessons of War. Source: Carnegie Council.
Date Uploaded: November 19, 2009. Description:
The opening scene of Homer's the Iliad, according to Alexander, sheds light
on how certain battles are lost.
This event took place at the Carnegie Council on October 30, 2009. For
complete video, audio, and transcript, go to http://www.cceia.org
Read a good critique of her book's main arguments *here*.
Newtown Parents Head Back To Washington DC New Gun Control Push ROUND 2
Video found at the excellent YouTube channel *MOXNEWSd0tC0M*:
*"...we are committed, completely committed, to seeing this through - for
all the changes that help eliminate the causes of gun violence."*
- *Nicole Hockley*, family member of a Sandy Hook "shooting" victim
*"And we're not going away, we're not going away. This mother's heartbreak
that I carry, this life sentence that I have... no one should ever bear
this burden."*
- another family member of a Sandy Hook "shooting" victim in the video above
This is a perfect example of scripted actors being presented in the media
as "g... more »
Darrell Issa's reckless and dangerous transcripts
Shorter Darrell Issa: I couldn't possibly release the full transcripts
because (a) NSA scandal is sucking up all of the news cycles and (b) they
would prove my IRS scandal is a partisan scam.
WASHINGTON -- One week after he released partial transcripts of interviews
with IRS officials involved in the scandal surrounding the targeting of
conservative groups, the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee said releasing the full transcripts would be "reckless" and
"irresponsible."
Get that? Releasing hand picked excerpts to media is fine. The full
transcripts to pu... more »
Is he a hero or not a hero? No, not the NSA guy! I mean the Tiffany's bandit, of course!
*The flagship Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Avenue*
*by Ken*
There's something about this heist story which has the odd effect of making
a person smile. Of course it has entirely to do with the identity of the
victim: Tiffany & Co. But that doesn't entirely explain the smile-producing
effect. Sure, there may be no business in the country which serves as a
more perfect emblem of upper-class privilege and excess, and you know its
insurance will cover the loss, but that doesn't by itself make the story
amusing, or at any rate titillating, does it?
The event actually took place at Tiff... more »
"I Alone..."
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I
tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free
because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
- Robert A. Heinlein
Conspiracy Theorists Who Lead Governments: Two Current Examples
"If you gather 200,000 people, I can gather a million," Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told protesters. *Source of photo:
REUTERS/Umit Bektas*.
Governments are led by conspiracy theorists. Most successful political
leaders, no matter what political system they represent, have a
conspiratorial bent of mind. It doesn't matter if it is a democracy or not.
And this is only natural because politics is a ring of conspiracy. You
don't last long as an ambitious politician in Washington, Moscow, Beijing,
or any capital in the world if you are not constantly thinking about wh... more »
Is “Austerity” Responsible for the Crisis in Europe?
[image: Photo of Martin Masse]
*European austerity? What European austerity? As this Guest post by Martin
Masse makes plain,* some* Euro-govt deficits have decreased, but govt
spending is up all across Europe, and so are European tax revenues.
Can someone tell **Bernard Hickey**, **Idiot/Savant** and **the wankers at
The Double Standard**.*
Most European economies have been in recession, or close to it, since [at
least] the beginning of 2012. Unemployment rates are reaching record highs.
Meanwhile, a debate has been raging about the deleterious effects of
“austerity” measures. Va... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Tioga, North Dakota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Wisdom of Fear"
* *
*"The Wisdom of Fear"*
by The DailyOM
"Anything worth doing will always have some fear attached to it. For
example, having a baby, getting married, changing careers-all of these life
changes can bring up deep fears. It helps to remember that this type of
fear is good. It is your way of questioning whether you really want the new
life these changes will bring. It is also a potent reminder that releasing
and grieving the past is a necessary part of moving into the new.
Fear has a way of throwing us off balance, making us feel uncertain and
insecure, but it is not meant to dis... more »
"Thoughts on Evil, Human Nature"
* *
*"Thoughts on Evil, Human Nature"*
by W. Christopher Epler
"Carl Sagan, author and astrophysicist from Cornell, used to wonder if
atomic weaponry would be the nemesis of most "advanced species". A flight
of fancy of sorts since whales and elephants are certainly advanced species
but don't feel the need for technology (and should we patronize them for
this since they aren't rapidly destroying the planet?). Is it possible that
much of science and technology are actually synonyms of self destructive
stupidity? A kind of short sighted greed, perhaps.
In any event, what has now TO... more »
"Courage..."
"Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome
danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly
that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even
if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow."
- Dorothy Parker
Marriage Debate in France Strikes at the Heart of the Republican Consensus
A Guest Post by Michael Bosia, Associate Professor of Political Science,
Saint Michael’s College In a startling juxtaposition, neofascists killed
young leftist activist Clément Méric in the first days when city halls
across France opened for lesbian and gay couples to marry. And perhaps the
debate on marriage weakened President François Hollande despite his
victory.
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"What is the Government’s Real Agenda?"
* *
*"What is the Government’s Real Agenda?"*
by Paul Craig Roberts
It has been public information for a decade that the US government
secretly, illegally, and unconstitutionally spies on its citizens. Congress
and the federal courts have done nothing about this extreme violation of
the US Constitution and statutory law, and the insouciant US public seems
unperturbed.
In 2004 a whistleblower informed the New York Times that the National
Security Agency (NSA) was violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act (FISA) by ignoring the FISA court and spying on Americans without
... more »
Australia: Join the dots
Australian cricket is in a black hole, beaten out of the ICC Champions
trophy by bad weather, a bad attitude and even a vastly improved NZ side.
Like Australian culture, Australian cricketers have transformed themselves
from winners to whiners: everybody’s whinging, and wants someone to care.
An Australian school has banned kids kicking footies around because some
other kids might cop one in the head, about which a few parents have
complained.
Another school has banned kids trading footy cards “to spare younger
students the distress of bad trades.” And because a few parents have ... more »
One Small Point for a Plain Blog Theory
A "townhall" meeting in Maryland about the Affordable Care Act (my
emphasis):
But politics — so entwined with the health law in Washington — barely came
up in the 90-minute discussion. *The term Obamacare was not uttered*.
Neither was Democrat nor Republican. The only mention of the president was
during a brief history of the law’s passage.
The only political comment came from a senior citizen who said that he
likes some pieces of the law — the age 26 provision and pre-existing
condition coverage — but demanded to know if people realize that it also
raises taxes.
Hey, it's one mee... more »
Walter Pincus describes the way our world works!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013*
*There was no discussion, he says:* Walter Pincus is one of the country’s
most respected reporters.
Check that! Walter Pincus is one of the country’s *only* respected
reporters. As a veteran of the intelligence beat, Pincus offered his
thoughts about the Edward Snowden/NSA revelations in yesterday’s Washington
Post.
Pincus’ piece was stuck on page A13, as his reports often were in the
run-up to war in Iraq. In his reaction to Snowden’s disclosures, Pincus
offers an intriguing portrait of our discussion-free world.
We are *not* expert on these matters, no... more »
Iraq Prime Minister Maliki’s State Of Law Being Shut Out Of New Provincial Governments
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was hoping that the 2013 provincial
elections would pave the way towards him forming a majority government
after next year’s parliamentary balloting. Instead, his State of Law list
not only lost seats, but its plan to maintain control of southern Iraq and
Baghdad is falling apart. At first, State of Law had an agreement with the
Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) to create ruling coalitions in seven
of the twelve provinces that voted in April, but that alliance quickly fell
apart. Now ISCI has found a new partner with the Sadrists and they a... more »
Does The DCCC Actually Care About Immigration Policy?
I was invited to the White House yesterday for a briefing. I passed on the
hassle and the opportunity. I suppose I would have heard President Obama
reiterating his strong support for commonsense reform legislation to fix
our broken immigration system, and the economic and national security
benefits that reform will deliver. Tom Donohue of the US Chamber of
Commerce, always pumping for cheap labor, was there-- as were labor leaders
Mary Kay Henry and Richard Trumka. The President also invited two DREAMers,
Gabriela Pacheco and Tolu Olubunmi. Later in the day, despite opposition
fr... more »
Gaia Portal: Key Gateways for Transformation of humanity (small ‘h’) to Hue-manity have been Opened and Stabilized
*
* *Key Gateways for Transformation of humanity (small ‘h’) to Hue-manity
have been Opened and Stabilized*
by ÉirePort
Key gateways for transformation of humanity (small 'h') to Hue-manity have
been opened and stabilized. These have been prepared, as a step stone, for
final step of Gaia to Higher Gaia.
Purification followed by clarification occurs via these gateways for
transformation, and those ready for such purification and clarification
will experience such.
Concomitant narrowing of Ascension pathways may also be anticipated.
ÉirePort | June 12, 2013 at 20:38 | Categories: U... more »
SURVEILLANCE STATE: This is, hands down, the scariest part of the NSA revelations
*Apologists for the US government’s NSA surveillance program, PRISM, (the
system set up to collect every piece of data you and I generate) normally
fall back on the same talking points when trying to rationalize the
situation. Normally, they'll point out that no one involved actually broke
the law, or that the information and "metadata" gathered won't affect
American citizens.
Pardon us if we have a tough time believing them. Or forgetting the
implications for *non*-American citizens.
Sure, they can make the claim that no one broke the law--the same way no US
government officials... more »
Post-Hiatus Killer Robot Blogging and Other Related Questions
Many of you know that I’ve been traveling (and blogging) much less this
past year while completing my book manuscript on neglected advocacy
campaigns (and steering a daughter through a tough junior year). However
one trip I managed to make recently was the April 22 NGO Conference for the
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which preceded
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Syria and the Politics of Prudence
According to the Washington Post, the Obama Administration is meeting to
“reassess” US policy toward the Syrian conflict. Hezbollah’s intervention
appears to have tilted the balance in favor of the Assad regime. Sectarian
violence is on the rise. This has, naturally enough, led to hand-wringing
about growing Iranian influence throughout the region. Defenders of the
Obama Administration’s foreign
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Catch of the Day
The Catch goes to John Sides for pointing out some interesting research
from last year. As John sums it up, Jeffery Mondak and Jon Hurwitz found:
For civil libertarians dismayed at many (most?) Americans’ willingness to
accept an expanded “national security state,” the problem may lie not so
much with the threat of terrorism, but with a general failure to defend
civil liberties.
That's worth knowing; terrorism isn't a special case, but part of a more
general lack of commitment to civil liberties.
That's generally a pretty big problem for the small group (and I'm in that
group) who ... more »
JOHHNNY GOSCH, BEN FELLOWS, MAX CLIFFORD, DOLPHIN SQUARE...
*Johnny Gosch*
Does the UK's Ben Fellows make one think of the USA's Johnny Gosch and Paul
Bonacci?
Paul Bonacci claims that he and Johnny Gosch were used by a government
controlled child abuse ring.
The sex ring allegations were the subject of newspaper coverage in the Washington
Times and the New York Times.[9][10]
Ben Fellows says that at the age of 13 he was sent, by publicist Max
Clifford, to a night club called Stringfellows, along with other children.
*Dolphin Square in Pimlico in London.*
Ben Fellows also talks about private parties in hotel rooms and about being
sent t... more »
Edward Snowden's new South China Morning Post revelations - network backbone hacking - diplomatic bullying
29-year-old Edward Snowden was a former technical assistant for the Central
Intelligence Agency and had worked for the NSA in the past four years for
contractors including Booz Allen, his most recent employer, who said
yesterday Snowden has been fired. In further revelations this morning, this
time to the South China Morning Post (where it is already Thursday),
Snowden additionally reveals that:
- *US National Security Agency’s controversial Prism programme extends
to people and institutions in Hong Kong and mainland China;**
- The US is exerting “bullying’’ diplomatic pres... more »
Preface for those who get their news from the US mainstream media: The US, Israel, NATO, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are supporting the Syrian rebels (including an Al Qaeda contingent) with the object destroying the secular government in Syria, thus converting it to the third secular middle-eastern state after Iraq and Libya to be destroyed by inter-sectarian violence to the profit the aforementioned polities. Note the hypocrisy of blaming Al Qaeda for the 9/11 attacks and now arming them to help out with the US's latest attempt to subvert another country.
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*Aleppo, Istanbul, and London*
By Michael Collins, on June 11th,
2013 Original
Here
The war in Syria went from a seeming quagmire to a conflict that may reach
a dramatic climax with the coming battle for Aleppo, a city of nearly three
million people that was once the commercial center of the nation.
Political leaders and events in two other cities, Istanbul and London,
will play a central role in the outcome of the battle. (Image)
The Syrian Army finished off final rebel resistance in th... more »
US Army Origami Helicopter
This helicopter can be folded and shipped in a small truck....
Has several side winder missiles a head's up display with an automatic
machine gun turret that points to where the pilot is looking at...WP jet
engine...
Seed Newsvine
Wal-Mart Gets Rich Off Government Subsidies
By Manifesto Joe
Bashing welfare is a very easy thing to do, and with some reason. I just
saw my hometown not long ago, and it looked like a scene from *The Last
Picture Show.* Storefronts that used to thrive were boarded up. Half the
town, probably more, is on government assistance of some sort. Agriculture
is moribund because of Texas' drought, and there's no industry nearby to
speak of. The tax base pretty much consists of the substandard school
district, which is heavily subsidized by the federal government, and the
local supermarket, which gets much of its money through the foo... more »
"None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds"
* *
*"None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds"*
By David DeGraw
"Seventeen years ago, I read a book called "The Evolving Self." Though I
didn’t realize it at the time, it profoundly affected the direction of my
life. Here’s the section of the book that became a splinter in my mind and
resonated the most with me: “In order to gain control of consciousness, we
must learn how to moderate the biases built into the machinery of the
brain. We allow a whole series of illusions to stand between ourselves and
reality…. These distortions are comforting, yet they need to be seen
through for t... more »
Precrime in Central London
58 people were arrested during a police raid on a squat in Soho yesterday .
The people inside had intended to protest the G8 summit due to convene
shortly in Northern Ireland.
You hadn’t heard of it, I hadn’t heard of it, maybe we’re just out of touch
(and all solidarity must be given to those arrested for what amounts to
precrime) but doesn’t this just sum up the slump in radical politics in
Britain today? I saw them going home on the bus yesterday, an anarchist
assembly, parked on the statue of Eros, going nowhere, vastly outnumbered
by the police with just tourists (and commuter... more »
Wheelchair Fees For Seniors and Pay-Raises For Friends, Christy Clark`s Agenda
Well, it`s official, Christy Clark has announced July 10th as the date for
the byelection in westside Kelowna..The NDP candidate is Carole Gordon..
I don`t have much hope for the dippers to win the riding, especially since
Adrian Dix hasn`t stepped down and a new interim leader been put in
place..However..
Christy Clark has already enraged all voters by gifting massive pay-raises
for political friends and insiders, a $50 thousand dollar raise for her new
chief of staff, a raise that is more money than your average single worker
makes in a year, Clark`s chief of staff will be maki... more »
For Egyptians, The Nile Is Sacred - But What Is Sacred In War?
*"The African Rises"* by Claude M. Beauregard (2002).
Related: * *
*Morsi Defends Position In Looming Fight Over The Nile.* *
*
*War Over Water? Dispute Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Nile Grows After
Violent Threats Made On Egyptian TV*.
Description of the novel, "The African Rises" (Amazon.com):
*The African Rises* is a fictional story drawing on past and present
historic material. It takes a unique approach to examining how power is
used by a minority to maintain their control over the vast resources of
Africa in the post modern world. It does so using a modern interpret... more »
The Real News - Israel has More Poverty than Any Developed Country
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired
signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not
fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not
spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius
of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at
all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a
cross of iron." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Israel has More Poverty than Any Developed Country. Source: The Real News.
(June 12).
Corrupt New Jersey Machine Dems Gravitate To Christie... Of Course
New
Jersey corruption personified: Christie and DiVincenzo
New Jersey politics is a cesspool of corruption-- bipartisan corruption.
The New Jersey Republican Party is hopelessly corrupt and the New Jersey
Democratic Party is hopelessly corrupt. That's why I've been so awed by
Barbara Buono's nomination as the Democratic candidate for governor. She
isn't corrupt. In fact... she's been fighting the corrupt Machine
Democratsinside her own party for years. In 2010, Buono’s Democratic
colleagues made
her the first woman majority leader of the state Senate. But her tenure
was
short-lived. B... more »
Issa and Christie don't care about Drum!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013*
*Public statements don’t have to make sense:* In a new post, Kevin Drum
marvels at a recent statement by Darrell Issa.
The statement in question was especially absurd. “It takes a special kind
of mind to think you can get away with that,” the Drumster remarks.
Here on our sprawling campus, we’re puzzled by *Drum’s* statement. To state
the obvious, Issa *will* “get away with that.” Issa and all others know
this.
The tribalists to whom Issa is appealing won’t care about the absurdity of
his statement. And at this point, there is no action or statement so a... more »
Improved School Safety Requires a Balanced Approach
It speaks well of the UCLA Civil Rights Project that in addition to their
own research they commissioned scholars from the Consortium of Chicago
School Research and equally great institutions to analyze what schools can
do to better support students. The Consortium has a long history of placing
quantitative and qualitative evidence in a longitudinal […]
"Give Clapper The Clanger"
* "Give Clapper The Clanger"*
by Karl Denninger
"What drove Edward Snowden to go on-the-record with allegedly-classified
information about the scope and breadth of what is quite-clearly illegal
spying on US Citizens? Is it really that hard to figure out? It was his
boss, James Clapper, who quite-clearly perjured himself by blatantly lying
in an open session of Congress: "Director of National Intelligence James
Clapper is really struggling to explain why he told Congress in March (see
video above) that the National Security Agency does not intentionally
collect any kind of data... more »
Sierra Club sues US for access to Keystone pipeline files
Green group sues State Department for access to Keystone pipeline files
Obama promoting southern Keystone in Cushing, Okla.
By Zack Colman
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06/11/13 11:45 AM ET
The Sierra Club announced Tuesday that it is suing the State
Department for documents related to a draft environmental review of the
Greg Hunter, “We’re a Long Way From The 1970’s”
Greg Hunter, “We’re a Long Way From The 1970’s”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DvE9E2swkpk
"What the Papers Aren't Reporting About the NSA Scandal"
* "What the Papers Aren't Reporting About the NSA Scandal"*
by Bill Bonner
"Behind every great fortune is a great crime, said French novelist Honoré
de Balzac. What crime lies behind Booz Allen Hamilton? Fraud, mostly. More
on that in a moment...
The Dow fell -116 points yesterday. Gold fell $9 an ounce. Still no
clarity in the markets. Still no resolution. The unstoppable force of more
and more credit is still bearing down on the immoveable object of excess
debt. Ben Bernanke is pushing for higher stock prices... higher consumer
prices... and higher bond prices. Mr. Market ... more »
Quebec's End-of-Life Care Act Online
*CBC's* web site has the English-language version of Quebec's *End-of-Life
Care Act*.
The Quebec approach differs from that of Vermont, Oregon, Washington and
Montana where the terminally ill patient can obtain a prescription for a
life-ending drug.
The Quebec approach would have a physician administer the lethal drug
following completion of a series of safeguards.
Having delved at some length into the Oregon *Death with Dignity Act* and
the state's experience of it over many years, I think the American approach
is far superior.
In Oregon, the terminally ill resident has to go thr... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Bilderbergers'
Bilderbergers
Posted on June 11, 2013
MNN. JUNE 11, 2013. The Bilderberg Group that
secretly met in Watford UK is a private international policy summit of
the wealthiest people in the world. Bilderberg Association is a
registered UK charity that takes “donations” from BP, Goldman Sachs
and other multinational corporations. They plan to control the world,
i.e. (the price
Mohawk Nation News 'Might is not right!'
MIGHT IS NOT RIGHT!
Posted on June 10, 2013
MNN. May 31, 2013. We don’t want genocide for
anyone or ecocide for our environment. The rule of law is supposed to
protect the weak from the strong. “Might makes right” by a few self
appointed rulers must end. We can only beat them with our mind. To
be free all people must be both guides and servants of the law. Rule
of law is
Better than Bouef Bourguignon
[image: Bouef Bourguignon without Wine]
Bouef Bourguignon is a favorite in our household. I have modified the
original recipe from Julia Child to fit our tastes and the fact that we
never have wine lying around the house. I have switch my recipe to use
juice instead and it is delicious. My favorite part of this whole recipe is
the mushrooms. Even my dad, who hates mushrooms loves these. Just proof
that butter fixes anything
You need:
1.5 -2 pounds of stew meat
a package of bacon
a carrot
a piece of celery
1/8 cup of green onion
Pasta
Mushrooms
Better than Bouillon
Water
3 Cups of... more »
Israeli female soldiers just want to have fun, semi-naked fun... Slightly NSFW
There's been a lot of fuss in the media about some young female Israeli
army conscripts playing around and showing off a little more flesh than you
might expect from soldiers. Personally I'm not that disgusted...
It seems that young female Israeli soldiers have a history of this sort of
stuff...
Wherein Lee Valley Tries to Help You Get Your Freak On
This was just too good not to share. Head shaving or tattoos not
included.
How We Once Distinguished Democracy from Totalitarianism
One of the great themes of the Cold War was individual freedom from state
prying and oppression. Unlike the Communist world, democracy ensured we
were free to go about our affairs, to speak our minds, openly and freely.
On the other side of the Iron Curtain, however, there was no such freedom.
The state monitored its citizens, spied on them, forced people to speak to
each other covertly in hushed tones if at all. We were free *from* our
government, they were not.
That critical distinction of the past is fading fast now. Even in Canada
our government now harvests what is call... more »
Passing of a legend
JUDGE MAURICE ALEXANDER CHARLES
August 6, 1920 - June 8, 2013
The family of Judge Maurice Alexander Charles wishes to notify his friends
and members of the legal fraternity of his passing at the Toronto East
General Hospital on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Visitation will be held at the
Ogden Funeral Home, 4164 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough (east of Kennedy
Rd.), on Wednesday from 5 - 9 p.m. and on Thursday from 9 - 10 a.m.
followed by a funeral service in the Ogden Chapel Thursday at 10 a.m. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to SickKids Foundation or Ronald
MCDonald House.
Play Misty Watercolored Memories For Me
No wonder half the American people are just fine with their
government stalking them. The same number now hold a favorable view of
George W. Bush.
If you look at the data (not mined, but gathered politely over the
telephone with the consent of the questioned), you'll notice that almost a
quarter of the Democrats polled now like Bush. His approval ratings have
been creeping up at about the same pace at which Obama has been revealing
himself to be more like Bush than not. It could just be a melding of
personas.
Then again, as Gallup notes, Americans have always treated ex-presidents ... more »
It's Wednesday...
*what's going on.*
For me it's unrelenting outside work every. single. day. Close to being
caught up (except for weeding, which never, ever goes away.)
There's so much going on in the news it's impossible to latch on to any one
thing. So I don't try. I've come to the conclusion that I can't do one
darn thing about any of this crap anyway.
How about this "hump day" ad? I agree with *Mr. Always On Watch *that's
is just too cute for words. Okay, he didn't use the word "cute." After
all, he's a real manly-man type. He does think the voice is perfect. So
do I.
Here's som... more »
Congress Gags Itself
I like this Kevin Drum item on NSA and oversight, but it repeats something
which I think shouldn't be accepted so easily by everyone:
The traditional method of oversight is via congressional committees and the
court system. But even if you assume that intelligence organizations are
reporting their activities honestly, those don't really work anymore. Once
a program is in place, courts end up rubber stamping virtually every
application and congressional committees do pretty much the same. They
simply become too accustomed to what's going on to truly pay attention. And
in the case of ... more »
Poverty, isolation, hopelessness and Gladue
R. v. Attutuvaa, 2013 NUCJ 10 shows that poverty has a significant Gladue
implication:
[27] The Supreme Court of Canada requires the sentencing judge to take
judicial notice of systemic factors that have impacted, and are now
impacting, the aboriginal communities of Canada. This Court has done so.
The Nunavut Court of Justice travels to all the communities of Nunavut. The
Court is acutely aware of prevailing social and economic conditions in
Nunavut.
[28] Citizens growing up in Nunavut's communities are all affected, some
more, some less, by conditions of extreme isolation. Employme... more »
Hassan Hassan: Rebels carry out sectarian cleansing in eastern Syria
Ethnic cleansing in Syria, where are the 'human rights' activists or are
they only bothered if they can blame Israel?
News here
http://www.hhassan.com/2013/06/rebels-carry-out-setarian-cleansing-in.html?spref=tw&m=1
Wednesday Addams Linkage
Phil Schrodt’s very smart thoughts about the NSA and surveillance. [A
Second Mouse] Anton Strezhnev analyzes the prospects for Snowden’s
extradition. Strezhnev’s take is very smart, but I wonder if he
overestimates the degree to which this will be a normal case in which
Beijing would not choose to intervene. After all, Snowden fled to
Continue reading
Maureen and Lawrence are smelling a scandal!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013*
*Best of all, it's in Hillaryland:* Maureen Dowd has started smelling a
scandal. Best of all, it’s in Hillaryland!
What happens when this aroma wafts? Dowd starts sifting pure crap. This
morning, she devotes all her skills and powers to a literary exegesis of
Hillary Clinton’s recent tweets.
Dowd sees “focus-grouping” and “calculation” everywhere in these tweets.
She’s reminded of Clinton’s “homogenized memoir,” which has been out for
ten years.
That’s what Maureen Dowd sees in these tweets. In Dowd, *we* see the
reigning queen of the world’s dumbest eli... more »
The Great Undoer
Canada's next great leader will not be a doer. Our next great leader, if
we are lucky enough to have one, will be an undoer - a leader who will
systematically cut out the rot that has beset this country slowly for
decades and then very quickly, very powerfully over the last decade.
Canada doesn't need reforming. Canada needs restoring, rehab if you like.
We need to rehabilitate Canadian democracy. Stephen Harper has shown us
how easily one man can undermine our democratic freedom. He has shown how
even a country with solid democratic traditions can be subverted to the
will... more »
JULY 4 PARADE IN BATH - DRONES & SURVEILLANCE
Obama has indeed announced that 30,000 drones will be flying over the US in
the coming years to watch all of us. Reassuring isn't it?
Here in Maine the Bring Our War $$ Home campaign and PeaceWorks are going
to do a joint effort for the July 4 parade in Bath this year. This parade
draws a huge crowd and gives us a great chance to spread our message about
protecting our rights to privacy.
Since the drone and the surveillance issues are so important right now we
are going to combine them as our theme for July 4.
We urge you to consider joining us on July 4 to help carry puppets, si... more »
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Smith's 'Nuclear Roulette' Makes the Case for 'No Nukes'
Gar
Smith makes the case:
'No Nukes' is still the right call
The collection of facts, figures, and overall documentation of the
industry’s lies, foibles, miscalculations, and just plain duplicity
should insure the addition of more to the ranks of the anti-nuclear
forces.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / June 12, 2013
[Nuclear Roulette: The Truth about the Most Dangerous Energy Source on
My Reading of the Greek Public Service Media Close-down
With the atrocities in Syria and the desperate political violence madness
currently wielded by the Turkish government against orderly civil protests
as cover, the Greek government yesterday decided to close down its entire
public service media institution (TV and radio) - effective immediately(see also
here, here, here, here) – supposedly as a part of its program to restore
the country's political economy and public finances. This astonishing
action for a European democracy in peace time quickly takes Greece into the
same shameful "almost on the brink of leaving the EU by democratic ... more »
UPDATED: Canadian News Reporter Saša Petricic Arrested In Turkey ...
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*No details are yet available other than Mr. Petricic's tweet above that
turned up about an hour ago .... stay tuned for more info when available ...
*
*"CBC confirmed that Petricic was arrested “and may be one of many
journalists who were.”*
**
*The broadcaster said it is investigating" *
*-The Toronto Star has now picked up this story ... *
* **UPDATE:*
WI GOP Endorse State-Sanctioned Rape
This issue was brought to my attention this morning - by this tweet:
Source: @progess2day
Republicans cut off debate amid Democrats' protests
By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel
Madison — Amid tumult on the state Senate floor, Republicans cut off debate
and approved a bill Wednesday requiring women seeking abortions to get
ultrasounds.
Democrats protested the bill's merits and the process by which it was
passed. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) cut off debate
after half an hour Wednesday and Democrats howled in protest. The bill had
been debate... more »
Western Backed Death Squads Publicly Execute Boy in Syria
15-year-old Mohammad al-Qatta
image credit:
Syrian Observatory on Human Rights Brandon Turbeville
In yet one more in a long list of savage acts, Syrian “rebels” (more
accurately labeled “death squads”) have publicly executed a 15-year-old boy
in front of his parents and his siblings for allegedly “blaspheming” the
prophet Mohammed.
Coffee vender Mohammed al-Qatta was captured and killed for stating that he
would not extend credit to an unspecified individual “Even if Muhammad
comes down,” a common phrase used by many Syrians. This statement was
construed as blasphemy by the death ... more »
Is it More Treasonous to Violate the Constitution or to Expose Those Violations?
Freda Art Eric Blair
In a free society the government is supposed to be open and transparent
while the citizens enjoy privacy. What, then, do you call a society where
the government is ultra secretive and all citizens are spied on by the
state?
Establishment pundits are frantically attempting to make the NSA spy
scandal story about whether the whistleblower is a hero or a traitor
instead of debating the real issue -- whether broad government spying on
U.S. citizens violates their Constitutional rights.
This divide-and-distract strategy has long been used to protect the real
crim... more »
Whistleblowing: Exemplary Patriotism
Stephen Lendman
Dees Illustration
Whistleblowing reflects doing the right thing. It exposes wrongdoing. It
does so because it matters.
Edward Joseph Snowden follows a noble tradition. Others before him
established it. Daniel Ellsberg called his NSA leak the most important in
US history. More on him below.
Expressions of patriotism can reflect good or ill. Samuel Johnson said it’s
the last refuge of a scoundrel. Thomas Paine called dissent its highest
form. So did Howard Zinn.
According to Machiavelli:
When the safety of one's country wholly depends on the decision to be
taken,... more »
Attorney Refutes Dr. Offit's Vaccine Exemption Criticism by Alan Phillips, J.D.
Attorney Refutes Dr. Offit's Vaccine Exemption Criticism
by Alan Phillips, J.D.
Green Med Info, 10 June 2013
*Pediatrician and pro-vaccine advocate Dr. Paul Offit, who once said a
child can safely receive 10,000 vaccines at once, has spoken out repeatedly
against vaccine religious exemptions, implying that his opinion is more
important than the fundamental moral tenets of a variety of world religions.
*
Pediatrician and pro-vaccine advocate Dr. Paul Offit has spoken out
repeatedly against vaccine religious exemptions. For example, in one speech
(
http://www.vaccinationcouncil... more »
I never met a data I didn't like...
One of the "excuses" for the NSA phone-record tracking is that "it's not
data, it's only metadata." But this claim is completely wrong. Metadata is
data about data. "Americans make an average of 7.8 phone calls per day" is
metadata. "Someone in Palo Alto, CA using John Smith's phone called someone
in New York City holding Al Kaida's phone at 7:18 this morning and talked
for 16 minutes" is a piece of information, otherwise known as *data*, *not*"metadata." The actual words the two spoke are
*additional* data, and presumably generally more informative data, but the
fact that they spoke... more »
With troops and techies US prepares for cyberwarfare
Feeling a bit burnt out today....so just a news article
Quite relevant.
The command, based at Fort Meade, Maryland, about 25 miles north of
Washington, is rushing to add between 3,000 and 4,000 new cyber warriors
under its wing by late 2015, *more than quadrupling its size.*
Most of Cyber Command's new troops will focus on defense, detecting and
stopping computer penetrations of military and other critical networks by
America's adversaries like China, Iran or North Korea.
*But there is an increasing focus on offense as military commanders beef up
plans to execute cyber strikes *or s... more »
Solidarity and My Name: Some Thoughts
I have written about this before at this blog: John Proctor, in Arthur
Miller’s The Crucible, nearly bends to signing a false confession, but then
has a moment of clarity and proclaims: “Because it is my name! Because I
cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!
Because I am […]
CDC to ‘Study’ Gun Violence, Ignore Link to Antidepressants
Melissa Melton
Guns weren’t the only weapons involved in many of our nation’s mass
shootings over the last two decades.
After the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary last December, President
Obama signed 23 executive orders relating to guns and gun violence in this
country. Of those 23, seven were specifically related to mental health
issues. One of the orders directed the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) to identify and research the most pressing topics related
to the causes of gun violence.
The CDC asked an Institute of Medicine committee to set the agenda ... more »
The Soul-Rape of Bradley Manning
Wendy McElroy
US Army Private Bradley Manning is being persecuted for exposing war crimes
committed by the Bush and Obama administrations. Like any criminal, the US
government wants its wrongful acts to remain secret; it wishes to make the
truth illegal.
On June 3rd, the trial of Manning began. He previously pled guilty to 10
offenses that could collectively bring 20 years in custody, but the
military prosecutors were not satisfied. They pursued the capital offense
of “aiding the enemy” which can be punished by execution or life
imprisonment. This is Obama's warning to anyone els... more »
86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying
Rainey Reitman
*EFF*
Today, a bipartisan coalition of 86 civil liberties organizations and
Internet companies – including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, reddit,
Mozilla, FreedomWorks, and the American Civil Liberties Union – are
demanding swift action from Congress in light of the recent revelations
about unchecked domestic surveillance.
In an open letter to lawmakers sent today, the groups call for a
congressional investigatory committee, similar to the Church Committee of
the 1970s. The letter also demands legal reforms to rein in domestic spying
and demands that public of... more »
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Will Quebec Fire a Rocket Up Harper's Fundamentalist Ass?
All eyes should be on Quebec's National Assembly where the government is
expected to table its bill on medically-assisted death.
The debate, said to be fierce, shows how emotionally-charged and
religiously-loaded the subject is. To some it's murder by physician. To
the other side it's death with dignity or terminal sedation. It's a
subject that almost convulses with emotion, especially fear. There are
many quite willing to deny others who stand on the cusp of death, as we
must all do, the opportunity to escape the "Great Agony." And those who
work so hard to deny the dying ... more »
The Establishment Strikes Back
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What Is The Government’s Spying Agenda?
Paul Craig Roberts
It has been public information for a decade that the US government
secretly, illegally, and unconstitutionally spies on its citizens. Congress
and the federal courts have done nothing about this extreme violation of
the US Constitution and statutory law, and the insouciant US public seems
unperturbed.
In 2004 a whistleblower informed the New York Times that the National
Security Agency (NSA) was violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act (FISA) by ignoring the FISA court and spying on Americans without
obtaining the necessary warrants. The corrupt New ... more »
Ron Paul: Who's Going to Punish Those Who Violate the Constitution?
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NJ Bill Would Force Drivers To Give Cell Phones to Police
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of NSA Phone Spying Program
*Activist Post*
The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union
today filed a constitutional challenge to a surveillance program under
which the National Security Agency vacuums up information about every phone
call placed within, from, or to the United States. The lawsuit argues that
the program violates the First Amendment rights of free speech and
association as well as the right of privacy protected by the Fourth
Amendment. The complaint also charges that the dragnet program exceeds the
authority that Congress provided through the Patriot Act.
"This ... more »
China: Man Arrested for Hoaxing ET Capture Story
*Source:El
Norte de Castilla
http://ocio.elnortedecastilla.es/famosos/un-hombre-de-la-provincia-china-de-shangdong-ha-asegurado-que-tiene-un-alien-en-11062013.html
Date:
06.12.2013*
China: Man Arrested for Hoaxing ET Capture Story
A man was arrested in China after hoaxing an account involving the
capture
of an alleged ET.
Li Kai was arrested by the police after having made up the alleged
capture
of an extraterrestrial near the Yellow River in Binzhou, Shandong
Province.
Li Kai published photos of the fake creature inside a freezer.
The man said he saw five extraterrestrials descend ... more »
Dust Bowl Conditions Are Literally Returning To The Western Half Of The United States
Michael Snyder
What would you do if a 15-hour dust storm with winds up to 60 miles an hour
hit your home, and afterwards there were three-foot drifts of dirt covering
everything that you owned? As crazy as that sounds, that is exactly what
is now happening in some areas of the western United States. Three years
of severe drought has turned the soil of much of the western United States
into a fine powder that the wind can easily pick up. As a result, we are
seeing “apocalyptic” dust storms unlike anything the region has seen since
the days of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Farmers... more »
Why The Surveillance State Must Be Erased
Brandon Smith
In America today there is a great rushing storm, a swirling hurricane of
clashing opinions and ideologies that defy coherent organization and
classification. This social tempest has been triggered by certain
revelations among the general public on issues which we in the Liberty
Movement have long been aware.
The fact that our government is bought and paid for by international
corporate interests, the fact that our government has positioned itself to
spy on ALL Americans without warrant and without probable cause, the fact
that our government is instituting policy in... more »
ALEC's Healthcare Plan - Charitycare
I guess when you are looking for alternatives to Obamacare - it takes a
right-wing extremist organization like ALEC to come up with - what they
think is a viable alternative. Their alternative - Charitycare.
Today – today, not 1932 - on the ALEC blog site there is an entry that
pushes a piece of ALEC copy/paste legislation known as the “Out of State
Charity Act”. What this act does is let licensed medical personnel from
other states (some with requirements less than your state currently has) to
come into your state and offer charity health care. The salient question
would ari... more »
IRS buying tiny surveillance equipment hidden in plants, coffee trays, clock radios
Jeremy Brooks/Flickr Madison Ruppert
Apparently the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has branched out from just
reading e-mails and other electronic communications without a warrant into
the realm of physical surveillance.
A purchase request for cameras and recording equipment small enough to be
concealed in everyday household items was submitted by the IRS recently,
showing that it isn’t content with the many scandals already plaguing the
agency.
Interestingly, the IRS apparently needs the equipment quite urgently. The
solicitation was posted on June 6 and is looking to have it fu... more »
Top 3 Current Global Targets For Anglo-American Destabilization
Brandon Turbeville
In keeping with the obvious Anglo-American assault on Syria,
destabilization efforts disguised as popular movements against national
governments are once again popping up in all corners of the world.
Although the thinly disguised destabilization campaign known as the Arab
Spring was largely confined to the Middle East, the latest push by
Western-backed intelligence agencies, governments, militaries, and NGOs
(Non Governmental Organizations) is now taking on global form. Venezuela,
Zimbabwe, and Malaysia all seem to be caught in the crosshairs of the
Anglo-Ameri... more »
Who protects you from TSA Abusers?
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security that exercises authority over the security
of the traveling public in the United States
The TSA was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security
Act, sponsored by Don Young in the United States House of Representative
and Ernest Hollings in the Senate, passed by the 107th U.S. Congress, and
signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001.
Originally part of the United States Department of Transportation, the TSA
was moved to the Department of Home... more »
Duncan Embraces of “Personalized Learning” and Company Curricula
As corporate education has made the 10-hour work day the gold standard for
the segregated K-8 test camps that behaviorally neuter poor children, a
different kind of high school is being promoted that will loose the “career
ready” as soon as they can pass the tests required to set them upon a
career at WalMart. […]
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jason Mewes, 39.
I'm still pretty far behind on everything after travel (and especially
after a travel day), but here's some good stuff:
1. Matthew Cooper and Garance Franke-Ruta have some of my favorite advice
during a fast-breaking story: slow down a bit; what we know about the NSA
story and about Edward Snowden may still change dramatically, so no need to
conclude anything yet.
2. How California's top-two primary is evolving, from Seth Masket.
3. And I haven't read it yet, but I've heard that Rich Yeselson on
Taft-Hartley and the past and future of unions is th... more »
Still waiting...
Remember this email?
Trust Editorial 29 May to me
Dear Audience Member I am sorry for the delay in sending you the Trustees’
decision. I’m afraid the minutes are still being ratified for April’s
meeting, but we will be in touch as soon as they have been.
Best wishes, Leanne Buckle
Well another two weeks on and I'm still waiting. Are the BBC deliberately
delaying or are they really this incompetent at ratifying minutes of a
meeting?
If any doubt remains…
The compromise argument that Common Core is revolutionary, but a
high-stakes testing moratorium is needed appears to be gaining traction.
But this is simply a concession to the very real fact that Common Core is
destined to benefit only the standards and testing market being created by
this Brave New World of Common Core. If […]
March Against Monsanto organizer to face charges for using amplified sound at a park
Kristin "Krissy" Jones arrested at the
Ann Arbor, Michigan
March Against Monsanto - May 25, 2013 Madison Ruppert
In an apparent case of an organizer of a major protest being targeted by
police, Kristen “Krissi” Jones, an organizer of the Ann Arbor, Michigan March
Against Monsanto, was arrested for using amplified sound in a public park
on May 25, 2013.
Jones maintains that she did no such thing and says that fifteen other
people used a bullhorn in Hanover Park that day but were neither harassed
nor arrested.
The individuals organizing this particular March Against Monsanto protest... more »
TWO KINDS OF FACTS: Amazing errors concerning the schools!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013*
*Part 3—A nation whose highest-ranking professors and newspapers can’t get
basic facts right:* On the most basic level, adopting some sort of national
educational “standards” makes a lot of sense.
Math in Nebraska is amazingly similar to math in Maine. In a highly mobile
nation, it has never really made much sense to have the fifty different
states inventing fifty different math curriculums—along with fifty sets of
year-end tests, which can’t be compared with each other.
This practice has never exactly made sense. Then again, it has never
exactly made sen... more »
Untitled
In March, on his first visit to the Jewish state as president, Barack Obama
exhorted Israelis to reach out to their Arab neighbors and see that
"sometimes the greatest miracle is recognizing that the world can change."
But consider Egypt, where in 2011 a popular revolt swept away Hosni
Mubarak's pharaonic dictatorship only to replace it with a Muslim
Brotherhood-led theocracy. Through it all, one element of Egyptian culture
has remained constant: its virulent anti-Semitism.
"Khaybar," a serial drama set to air during the holy month of Ramadan
(starting on July 8), is Egyptian TV's... more »
Did someone help Ed Snowden punch a hole in the NSA?
image source Jon Rappoport
Ed Snowden, NSA leaker. Honest man. Doing what was right. Bravo.
That still doesn’t preclude the possibility that, unknown to him, he was
managed by people to put him the right place to expose NSA secrets.
Snowden’s exposure of NSA was a righteous act, because that agency is a
RICO criminal. But that doesn’t mean we have the whole story.
How many people work in classified jobs for the NSA? And here is one man,
Snowden, who is working for Booz Allen, an outside contractor, but is
assigned to NSA, and he can get access to, and copy, documents that expose
... more »
Violence Against Women Is No Big Deal
That's why it's so prevalent. That's why ordinary average joes, "good guys"
do it so easily. Our society (patriarchal) devalues women. I have my issues
with the whole "rape is not about sex, it's about power" thesis, but I do
know that rape isn't "surprise sex." Rape is meant to take something from
someone without their consent. And to steal from people is to disrespect
them. To violate them through rape is to show contempt for them. And to
take pictures about it and joke about it is to treat the victim as less
than human. And this is done to women with such frequency because men
de... more »
Conservative Men Further Ramp Up Their War Against Women
In the video above, from Tuesday evening, Rachel discusses Republican Party
self-interest. She's a smart gal but she can't get her head around how
exactly it is self-interest-- considering so many women vote nowadays-- for
the Republican Party, as a party, to go so conspicuously out of its way to
alienate and further alienate women as a class of people. If you ever had
any doubt that the Republicans are waging a war against women-- dictated by
their crazy conservative and misogynistic patriarchal base-- just watch the
clip. And it's not just in primitive and backward Southern stat... more »
Treasonous Spying: Shoot the Messenger, Not the Monitor
*Is he who watches the watchers a hero or villain? A traitor or
whistleblower? And do the watched even take notice?*
*
*Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
In true form, the regular fixtures of establishment media and Washington
circles have come forward to demonize the most recent whistleblower, former
National Security Administration (NSA) Contractor Edward Snowden, as well
as journalist Glenn Greenwald who published Snowden’s leaks.
Together they reveal a program of massive, wholesale surveillance by the
NSA of American’s Internet activities on every major platform available.
Instead... more »
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Sharia law in action, no coverage on BBC news as yet...
'Police in Kahta, Turkey say they have recovered the body of a 16-year-old
girl they say relatives buried alive in a so-called "honor" killing as
punishment for talking to boys.
Turkish police found the girl's corpse after following up on an anonymous
tip. The tipster told police that the family killed the girl shortly after
deciding her fate at a family council meeting. Her body was then buried
under a chicken pen.
The girl's family then reported her missing to the police. Police say that
the girl had complained two months earlier that her grandfather beat her
for talking to boys.... more »
Taipei Times Editorial Page on history: say what?
*A vendor waits for customers*
Lately the strange rightward shift in certain editorials of the Taipei
Times has sent any number of people scurrying to their keyboards to ask me
WTF is going on with those editorials. This week's piece was hard to
classify....
The effort continues and only last week, Taiwan supporters were excitedly
clamoring over the release of a declassified CIA document from 1949 which
said that from a legal standpoint, Taiwan could not be considered to have
been part of the ROC. *All that is fine, but in the end, no amount of legal
documents, historical findin... more »
4.7 Trillion a day FX market exposed as just another fraud ! Foreign exchange market has been rigged by Banks for at least a decade ! Dealers colluding with counterparties - customers ripped off .....Financial Conduct Authority " considering " opening a probe ? FX joins Commodities , stocks , bonds as manipulated control fraud markets with authorities once again M.IA / looking the other way / failing to meaningful regulates , let alone police these crooks !
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/06/fierce-selloff-in-emerging-market.html
( Of course sometimes we just see reality intrude..... )
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:02 PM
Fierce Selloff in Emerging Market Currencies; India Intervenes to Stop
Plunge in Rupee; Brazil Steps Up Real Intervention; Root Cause of Crisis
I's hard not to laugh at the irony of recent central bank currency actions.
- After complaining for years about the strength of the Real, the
Brazilian central bank stepped up intervention actions hoping to stop a
plunge in the currency.
- Turkey now... more »
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden leaves his Hong Kong Hotel - next destination China , Iceland , Ecuador ? Can he reach sanctuary or will he get " disappeared " ?
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://news.yahoo.com/journalist-us-surveillance-case-more-come-050921834.html
( Glenn Greenwald states many more revelations ( dozens of stories ) yet
to be unveiled regarding surveillance by NSA et al )
HONG KONG (AP) — The journalist who exposed classified U.S. surveillance
programs leaked by an American defense contractor said Tuesday that there
will be more 'significant revelations' to come from the documents.
"We are going to have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet
been heard over the next several weeks and months," said Glenn Greenwald of
The Guardian.
Gree... more »
Noem (SD-ALEC) Says No to Senate Run
I’m pretty sure Noem looked at the writing on the wall and knew that there
wasn’t a chance in hell that an ALEC-er could get elected in South Dakota
right now.
ALEC is not doing well in South Dakota right now - yoo-hoo.
*GOP Rep. Kristi Noem Will Not Run For SD Senate Seat*
Perry Stein 6:53 PM EDT, Tuesday June 11, 2013
Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) announced Tuesday that she would not be seeking the
GOP nomination for the Senate
"I am grateful to everyone who has encouraged me and pledged support for a
potential campaign for the U.S. Senate," Noem said in a statement. "Right
now [my... more »
A Progressive Conservative Revival?
Michael Harris writes that Stephen Harper can't save the Conservative Party.
Neither can anyone in his cabinet:
The essential reason that no Harper cabinet minister can ride to the
party’s rescue is that they are all part of the problem. They all bought in
to the model Harper built for winning and holding power. But the model was
flawed, the principles it espoused were inimical to civil public life, and
now people are throwing off this Steve-Power that he tried to pass off as
conservatism and democracy. If Canadians no longer want the organ grinder,
why would they want the monkey... more »
War on the Workers
I hear this song on Democracy Now every once in awhile and thought I should
share - in case others had not heard it* *- 3 1/2 minutes*
*
*Ann Feeney - War on the Workers *
Untitled
*RSD moving many students to F schools ~Jessica Williams, The Lens/Advocate*
*Sources: Grand jury to probe La. company for alleged human trafficking*
*City says nearly $2 billion in retail dollars lost to neighboring parishes*
*'The Lens' Takes a Closer Look at NOLA 4 Life Fund Recipients ~Eve Troeh,
WWNO*
*Freret neighborhood awarded city grant for security cameras ~Uptown
Messenger*
*Krewe of Freret considering dropping beads from throws*
*U.S. Sees Greater Gulf Of Mexico Oil and Gas Losses In 2013 Storm Season ~
Reuters*
*Exquisite Corps reopens Mississippi River locks after flo... more »
Justice of the Peace Bench
The Justice of the Peace Bench has become thoroughly professional and is a
highly trained and skilled body of adjudicators.
The ancient office of justice of the peace is one of great honour and
responsibility. In 1195, Richard I ("the Lionheart") of England
commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas. They
were responsible to Richard for ensuring that the law was upheld, and
preserved the "King's Peace," and were the first Justices of the Peace.
Over time the policing role diminished and justices were chosen as being
persons of standing and wisdom in the comm... more »
Greece Shuts Down State TV and Radio Stations - 2,500 Loose Their Jobs
People gather in front of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
headquarters in Athens, to protest the Greek government's decision of
closing ERT, June 11, 2013. Greece's government announced on Tuesday the
immediate shutdown of the national television and radio broadcaster ERT as
of Tuesday midnight local time and its reopening with a pared-down staff in
the future. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
Greece shuts down state TV and radio, strong reactions
Sina English News, 12 June 2012
Greece's government announced on Tuesday the immediate shutdown of the
national television and radio b... more »
The Hobbit - The desolation of Smaug - Trailer
Up at the moment...
Record high contrast in how the BBC and the Telegraph report today's employment news!
The front page of the online *Daily Telegraph *is emblazoned with the good
news:
*UK employment at record high as more pensioners stay in work*
More good news for UK economy as figures show the number of Britons
claiming jobless benefits fell by 8,600 to the lowest level in two years in
May, its seventh consecutive drop.
Click into the article and you'll find that the good news keeps on coming,
with good statistic after good statistic being reported.
As well as UK employment reaching a record high between February and April
(the highest since records began over 40 years ago), une... more »
Musical Interlude: The Mamas & The Papas, "Twelve Thirty"
The Mamas & The Papas, "Twelve Thirty"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuNgo8vIato
I just always liked this little tune... lol
CP
Bias by Labelling?
Sue's point about the BBC's willingness to use the 'far-right' label is
borne out by a simple search of the BBC website.
A search using the term 'far-right' brings up 2,651 news results, whereas an
equivalent search using the term 'far-left' brings up a mere 211 results
(over twelve times more often).
As with any other media organisation, it is the BBC's own choice - shall we
say 'whim'? - to describe various organisations and parties in certain
ways.
For example, it's long been their preference to label the kinds of
protesters campaigning against the G8 summit as 'anti-capital... more »
JIMMY SAVILE, CHILD MURDERERS, TOP PEOPLE
*Child murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, who had friends in high places.
*
The child murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley had powerful friends.
Ian Brady was befriended by Sir Jimmy Savile.
Myra Hindley was befriended by Lord David Astor, a former editor of the
Observer, and by Lord Longford, a former cabinet minister who took a great
interest in pornography.
Astor and Longford plotted to get Hindley released from prison.
Myra Hindley's relationship with Lord Longford
Some people believe that Hindley has secretly been released from prison,
although the official story is that s... more »
Here's a speech about Barack Obama that I promise you will never find its way onto the BBC
That this speech by Congressman Jim Bridenstine's on the House floor about
Barack Obama's record will never find its way onto the BBC isn't the key
point, after all very few such speeches do.
The key point is that most people in the UK watching this speech will have
no idea what the events being referred to signify. The BBC's censorship of
criticism and negative reporting of Barack Obama is so complete that the
rest of us who do talk about such matters might as well be speaking another
language.
Gaia Portal: Crossings of Dimensions Occur in Each Moment…
*
*
*
* *I find this interesting timing since we opened the Eternal Essence
portal in the Sahara this past weekend and collapsed the old "souls for
gold" energy that got anchored there so many hundreds of years ago during
the slave trade in North Africa. *
*
* *We also did a group healing on Bob Wright who couldn't walk after the
Illuminati attacked him in 2008. The next day Bob walked 20 meters (video
will be forthcoming when I arrive home in the USA). He continues to
improve and his nerves are now reattached to his muscles. He's got some
weeks ahead of strengthening his muscle... more »
Ed Balls’s office passed fine dining bills to taxpayers - Telegraph
'Ed Balls' ministerial office spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money
on fine-dining at smart hotels and restaurants, £150-worth of takeaways
from Domino's pizza and shopping at department store chain John Lewis.
Spending on Mr Balls' office credit card has been released covering the
period when he was Schools secretary from 28 June 2007 to 11 May 2010.
...
However Mr Balls's staff also charged a £1,480 jaunt to New York,
comprising more than £600 at the sumptuous Benjamin Hotel in Manhattan.
...
The New York trip, for three nights in April 2009, also included a bill for
m... more »
The Character of Edward Snowden
We have a young man who has led a blameless life. Few can say as much and
the attack dogs will not be able to discredit him this way. In the meantime
he has placed himself outside frivolous law enforcement. This was also
necessary.
Now the press and the American people can confront this new reality. What
is completely shocking is just how easily they chose to create this
capability. The USA is not supposed to be at war with its citizens. How are
the American people going to fix this?
Too many people are dabbling in real power to abuse humanity and observing
this is very... more »
GMOs Science Deficit
This is a well researched article that spells out the present deficiencies
in the present applications of the GMO protocol. Until recently, I had
little reason to not give the industry a pass. Yet we are seeing ample
evidence of the mad scientists from hell hard at work cooking results to
order. This is bad enough to send the whole industry right back to square
one and to completely rethink now they do research.
If I did some of this nonsense around a gold mine, I would be off to jail.
And yes, minimize all GMO consumption. An item here and there will not be
a problem ... more »
End of Theft
The unintended consequence of increasing data density and connectivity is
that we become illuminated by void in the data and become easily found. Yet
so what? This has been always true and omits the fact that no one usually
needs to be found at all. There is certainly no need to be alone in this
modern holographic world.
Quite rightly though, personal injury is on the way to becoming something
that can no longer be hidden. We will still have to increasingly focus on
removing natural drivers of such behavior but I am seeing progress there
also.
We have already seen th... more »
Scandinavian Bronze Age Atlantean Interaction
I have already outlined the extensive global trade that clearly existed
between 2500 BC through 1159 BC. I use those two dates in particular
because they can be pinned down extremely well. The actual trade culture
itself collapsed in the Atlantic around 1159 BC. However remnants also
continued to operate afterward in a piecemeal fashion. The knowledge was
never totally lost but it got cut up into smaller sub routes.
The Atlantic remnant was effectively killed of by the advent of Roman
hegemony. Thus it is unsurprising that the Scandinavians operated into the
Ohio Valley... more »
Keiser Report: PRISM, SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, etc. Copyright Prostitutes!
In my forthcoming novel CUSTODIAN (free planet #1) I make it clear that
PROFIT and abuse of Copyright/Patent is the REAL CRIME on this beleaguered
consumerist planet...
*In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert ask,
"What is Boundless Informant, PRISM, Trans-Pacific Partnership, SOPA, PIPA
and ACTA if not copyright prostitutes colluding and beating up the
competition? Max also informs President Barack Obama that a food stamp is
NOT a job. In the second half, Max talks to artist, Mark McGowan (aka The
Artist Taxi Driver), about his pushing the pig to Downing... more »
One more small step for Mankind
From The Associated Press
A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest
manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab from
where they will give science lessons to youngsters.
A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou 10 astronaut capsule lifted
off as scheduled at 5:38 p.m. (0938 GMT) Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite
Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert.
The spacecraft will transport the crew to the Tiangong 1, an experimental
prototype for a much larger Chinese space station to be launched in 2020.
They'll be docked t... more »
Murry Salby: CO2 is the integral of temperature
*...in the past, on short timescales, it has therefore fluctuated rapidly...
*
Honza [=Jan] U. sent me the following one-hour April 2013 talk by Prof
Murry Salby of Australia's Macquarie University:
This astrophysicist and atmospheric scientist has a rather impressive publication
record. At the beginning, I was a bit discouraged by Pierre Gosselin's
summary that suggested that Salby was making some widespread elementary
errors about the direct attribution of CO2 emissions according to their
isotopic composition (the extra CO2 we see in the atmosphere generally has
a very different... more »
Immigration chaos 'won't ever be fixed': UK's new immigration boss can't rule out further backlog of unprocessed cases via Mail Online
'Earlier this year, the Home Affairs Select Committee warned it would
take
the UKBA 24 years to clear a backlog of asylum and immigration cases the
size of the population of Iceland.
...
... it emerged thousands of people had been admitted to Britain without
having been checked against a watch list.'
This would be hardly surprising and not really worth mentioning except
in
passing. More here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339892/Immigration-chaos-wont-fixed-UKs-new-immigration-boss-rule-backlog-unprocessed-cases.html
But
then I read this:
'Meanwhile, Labour could in... more »
Candid Camera - 'PM Harper May 2011 Election Night Behind The Scenes' .. YouTube
**
*
**Stephen Harper imitating Joe Clark - John Diefenbaker - Brian Mulroney.
This appeared on YouTube on the evening of June 11, 2013. No idea who
posted it. *
Alan Waldman : Helen Mirren Won Top Awards for TV Movie Series ‘Prime Suspect’
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Mirren plays Brit cop Jane Tennison, who fights serious sexism while
solving big crimes and facing personal challenges
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / June 11, 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 comedies from Canada,
NEOCON ‘MAD MAX’ BOOT BECOMES CONFUSED AND DELUSIONAL OVER SYRIA
Max Boot, the ultra right-wing neoconservative commentator, seems to have
become confused over who is fighting who in Syria these days. He writes in *
Commentary* today that it’s not too late for the US and their allies to arm
and support the rebels – but only the moderate secular rebels fighting
al-Assad. He says:
*I still believe it is not too late to tip the balance of power not only
between Assad and the rebels but also between rebel factions, empowering
the more mainstream groups and draining power from the Al Nusrah Front and
its ilk.*
The problem is that the ‘al-Nusrah Front’... more »
Morsi Defends Position In Looming Fight Over The Nile
Overflow of the Nile. *Source.*
Related: *War Over Water? Dispute Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Nile
Grows After Violent Threats Made On Egyptian TV*.
*"For Egypt, the Nile is the state; a threat to the river constitutes a
threat to national security."* - Ayman Shabaana, "political science
professor at Cairo University’s Institute for African Studies." (Source - *"Egypt:
Differences ‘Narrowing’ Over Nile Waters"* by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa
Al-Omrani, IPS, August 21, 2009).
An excerpt from, *"Egypt 'war' talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes"* by
Tom Perry and Alastair ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Close The Door
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
Before we get started, I'd like to introduce you to t... more »
Fareed Zakaria On Erdoğan In 2011: "His Voice May Be The Voice of The New Middle East"
The hosts and analysts on CNN and the "mainstream" media are proven wrong
about the Middle East time after time. With every new political development
in the Middle East their previous analysis of policies and political
personalities is shown to be illusory and grounded in ideology instead of
reality.
Back in 2011, CNN's Fareed Zakaria said the policies of Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, "are boosting his standing as a populist
hero," and added, "his voice may be the voice of the new Middle East."
Less than two years later, Zakaria's glowing statements about Erdoğan soun... more »
Q: Who do you need for an affordable city? A: Developers.
Whale Oil’s irregular correspondent Policy Parrot is worth following on
so-called “planning and development issues” in Auckland Council.
Just yesterday, he pointed out that the allegedly “permissive” Unitary
Auckland Plan is about to become anything but, with the heights and
densities “permitted” by planners about to be scaled back, and the Council
announcing that most (all?) new developments will be “notified”—meaning
every new development will have to cross a lake of fire on a wooden boat to
gain “permission?” to proceed.
And today, he’s pointing out that everything council is ... more »
The Santa Monica California Shooting: Is This Another Hoax?
When the first reports came out last week of ANOTHER mass "shooting" in
America... This time at Santa Monica College in California... I began to
wonder and to have my suspicions... Considering that the criminal Jewish
elite were already doing their most evil in previous false flags in America
such as the Aurora Colorado "Shooting", the Sandy Hook "Massacre", and the
Boston Massachusetts "Bombing", I had hoped that Americans were not being
played as suckers again with this Santa Monica California shooting....
But......
I want to present the following 2 important videos that come cour... more »
Comments on Dr. Murry Salby's Critique of the Climate Consensus
I
have commented upon the Dr. Murry Salby presentation recently touted by
the critics of the academic climate science consensus, at the claes
johnsonsite:
*I prefer the summary analysis presented at appinsys.com. And if you
look
at the temperature record (the first graph at the appinsys link), you
will
see what everyone should know, that the temperature decreased from 1880
to
1910, increased from 1910 to 1940, decreased again from 1940 to 1975,
and
increased again from 1975 to about 2000. Now the CO2 record from 1957
onwardshows dC/dt has increased monotonically over that period, i.e.,... more »
It’s Time; Let’s Talk
The rally on June 8 kind of bothered me. I’m not sure why. It made me
realize that teachers and locals aren’t getting the full story. That bugs
me. Professionals are smart, and they like to have the full facts so that
they can make good, thoughtful judgments about things. Things like Race to
the […]
Experts: Defeat of Erdoğan Dooms The Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process
*How can this man secure a peace deal with the Kurds when he can't even
secure peace in the streets?*
Middle East experts are saying that the political defeat of Turkish
Prime
Minister Erdoğan could endanger the shaky Turkish-Kurdish peace deal
that
went into effect in early May when *PKK soldiers began exiting the
country*and made their way to northern Iraq. It is the belief of some
that a
sizable amount of the secular and nationalist protesters that are taking
part in the anti-Erdoğan protests do not wish to see a permanent peace
between the Kurds and the Turkish state. Read the... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often
named for flowers or insects. Though its wingspan covers over 3
light-years, NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface
temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the dying central star of this
particular planetary nebula has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly
in ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust.
*Click image for larger size.*
This sharp and colorful close-up of the dying star's nebula was recorded
in 2009 by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3,... more »
Business Bureaucracy 8: Exchanges at Imperium et Populi (Philippines)
A
friend, Rev. Ruel Chavez, posted my article from the lobbyist.biz dated
January 23, 2013, Personal and economic freedom, Philippines and rest of
the world, in one of his facebook groups, Imperium et Populi
(Philippines)(Government and People, Philippines) last Saturday, June 8,
2013.
There were several comments and exchanges among members. Some members
requested Ruel to bring me into the group so I can reply to their
questions
and additional comments. I was added (I seldom join discussion groups in
facebook as my fb wall and that of my friends’ are already my discussion
platforms, ... more »
Fukushima update - June 11 , 2013. The Horror .......
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201306110092
Removal of nuke fuel debris at Fukushima plant set for 2020
- Previous ArticleIn age of Abe, local governments still fight for
nuclear-free society
-
June 11, 2013
By JIN NISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer
The extraction of melted nuclear fuel rod debris at the Fukushima No. 1
nuclear power plant could begin in 2020, or 18 months earlier than
originally anticipated, the central government and Tokyo Electric Power Co.
said June 10.
In releasing a draft amendment to the current decommissioning road map,
however, the go... more »
Some decent folks live in Texas but...
its reputation as an extreme right-wing, christian fundamentalist,
patriarchal, xenophobic, misogynist, homophobic, violent hell-hole is
mostly well-deserved.
When Louise (of _Thelma and Louise_) wanted to make a run for Mexico, she
wanted to avoid Texas. Except for the enlightened city of Austin and
environs, that is the correct approach to this reactionary US state.
DJ! has many, many blogposts about the Texan political climate and its
dominant anti-Choice practices.
This judgement was recently pronounced there:
On Christmas Eve 2009, Ezekiel Gilbert, 30, shot Lenora Ivie Frag... more »
The Banksters Know Just How To Fix Spain's Economy-- Suspend The Minium Wage... And Give The Banks To The Banksters
Luis Maria Linde, ECB President Mario Draghi and President of the Spanish
Parliament Jesus Posada
Spain cooked its own goose last year when it elected a uber-corrupt
right-wing government lead by crooked wing-nut Mariano Rajoy. The Bank of
Spain's brand new crackpot right-wing Governor, Luis Maria Linde, is urging
that government, enmeshed in endless corruption scandals and an Austerity
economy cascading out of control, to sell two nationalized banks (Catalunya
Banc and NCG Banco), quickly raise the retirement age and scrap the minimum
wage. Nothing about executing banksters and con... more »
Isn't it time we all got our priorities on NSA surveillance straight? Thank you, Andy Borowitz!
*The New Yorker's Amy Davison claims that Davy Brooks offers "an odd
perspective" on Edward Snowden. Our Davy? "An odd perspective"? Imagine!*
*by Ken*
I know it's the job of every patriotic American at present to take sides in
the matter of the NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Why, over at *The New
Yorker* I hear that John Cassidy ("Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero") and
Jeffrey Toobin ("Edward Snowden Is No Hero") are stalking each other in the
halls with squirtguns.
Why, even David Brooks has weighed in, apparently on the theory that the
country is in urgent need of the Moronic V... more »
In Greece , not only won't the revolution be televised - the recovery won't be broadcast either ..... ERT to be shutdown by Greek Government
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jun/12/greek-journalists-close-state-broadcaster-ert
Greek journalists defy government order to close state broadcaster
ERT, Hellenic Broadcasting Corp, was ordered to shut down as part of public
spending cuts, but remained on air via the internet
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ERT journalists at the state broadcaster’s headquarters continue to work,
despite a gover... more »
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Classical Versus ‘Austrian’ Schools of Economic Thought
*Here’s the note from our friends at the Auckland Uni Economics Group about
this week’s discussion:*
We'll be talking in later weeks about the differences and the debate
between Hayek and Keynes.
This week, we'll be looking at the differences between the Classical
School of Smith, Say, Mill and Ricardo, and the Austrian School of Menger,
Von Mises, Hayek and Bohm-Bawerk--and explain the importance of the debate
for understanding economics today.
And we'll conclude by pointing out some of the similarities between the
schools, and give some pointers to reconciling the diffe... more »
News oddities to ponder - June 11 , 2013 ...... Lead Story ......... Roadblocks in St Clair and Bibbs County , Alabama - seeking blood and DNA samples ? IRS seeking urgent bids for spy gear - WTF ? George Orwell's 1984 sales surge 6884 percent in the last 24 hours .......FBI requests for records surge 1000 percent over past 4 years.......Have the polygraphs started yet for the 30 - 40 folks ( NSA / Booz Allen , et al ) who had that secret FISA Court Order - the one Snowden shouldn't have had access to in the first place ?
Oddities in the news......
http://blog.al.com/east-alabama/2013/06/why_were_roadblocks_in_st_clai.html
( Of course , rather than a police roadblock , why not request volunteers
at a local school , firehouse or Church ? )
Why were roadblocks in St. Clair and Bibb counties asking for blood and DNA
samples this weekend?
PELL CITY, Alabama -- St. Clair and Bibb county authorities are confirming
there were roadblocks at several locations in their counties Friday and
Saturday asking for blood and DNA samples. However, the samples were
voluntary and motorists were paid for them as part ... more »
LNG Spin Zone Unraveled, Uncomfortable Facts
Corporate spin, bluster of the bullish, is anything real, what can be
believed, just like the never-ending petroleum industry ads on Suns News of
pristine environments, clean flowing waters and a harmonious blissful
arrangement between mother nature and tar oil goop extractors..
At times I feel the BC Government orders up press releases to directly
counter articles posted at The Straight Goods, at least when it comes to
LNG, .....Recently the esteemed Andrew Weaver has perused these articles
and agreed with the analysis coming from this site, Andrew Weaver featured
on CTV(toni... more »
BEING SPIED ON BY ALL THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
*The Daily Show with Jon Stewart*
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Show on Facebook
Charged with overseeing the NSA's domestic surveillance programs, the FISA
court wears out its rubber stamp.
Anonymous, DefCon, and Young and Adult Hackers of the World: We Need Your Help
If you are a young person of school age or an adult with a child in public
schools, you should be outraged that your education, or your son’s or
daughter’s education, is in the process of being hijacked by Business
Roundtable self-serving ideologues whose ignorance about education is
matched only by their greed and hatred […]
Musical Interlude: Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ouMaLRth-s
The Daily "Near You?"
Johnson City, New York, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, “The Dark Angel”
* “The Dark Angel”*
by Chet Raymo
“The American Civil War claimed an estimated 620,000 lives, approximately
the same number as in all of the nation's other wars put together. Compared
to the size of the country's population, six times as many young men died
between 1861 and 1865 as in World War II. Few American families, north or
south, were unaffected.
Lincoln insisted at Gettysburg "that these dead shall not have died in
vain." Drew Gilpin Faust, historian and President of Harvard University,
has written a book that tries to measure the effect on the American psyche
of t... more »
“7 Best Shakespeare Insults”
* *
*“7 Best Shakespeare Insults”*
by The Huffington Post
"You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you
are so." Shakespeare employs this biting insult in "Macbeth" to establish
the complete and utter repulsiveness of the three witches. Their "withered
and wild" features cause Macbeth and Banquo to question if the sisters are
even human beings.
"Methinks thou art a general offence, and every man should beat thee. I
think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon you." In "All's
Well That Ends Well," Lafeu hits infamous liar and coward Porolle... more »
"Life..."
"Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether
it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Join the Tweetin’ Fun at #againstcommoncore
Tweet much? Thanks to Roseanne Eckert, I’m gonna start her idea up on
Twitter. Using hashtag #againstcommoncore, fill in the blanks: I am a
________ and a _____________ and I’m #againstcommoncore. Example: I am a
dad and an educator and I’m #againstcommoncore. No planned Twitter bombs or
wars. Just an ongoing plug. Keep it up and […]
"They Thought They Were Free"
*Excerpt: "They Thought They Were Free:
The Germans, 1933-45"*
by Milton Mayer
*"But Then It Was Too Late"*
"What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist,
"was the ever widening gap, after 1933, between the government and the
people. Just think how very wide this gap was to begin with, here in
Germany. And it became always wider. You know, it doesn’t make people close
to their government to be told that this is a people’s government, a true
democracy, or to be enrolled in civilian defense, or even to vote. All this
has little, really nothing, to do wi... more »
"What’s Normal in a Profoundly Abnormal Society?"
* *
* "What’s Normal in a Profoundly Abnormal Society?"*
by James Quinn
"I consider myself a seeker of truth. It isn’t easy finding it in todays’
world. In an alternate version of the famous scene from "A Few Good Men," I
picture myself telling Turbo Tax Timmy Geithner that I want the truth and
his angry truthful response: “Son, we live in a world that has Wall Street
banks, and those banks have to be guarded by puppet politicians in
Washington D.C. with lobbyist written laws and Madison Avenue PR maggots
with media propaganda. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Representative Paul? I
... more »
SURVEILLANCE STATE: Start the children early
*The Guardian,* who deserve the credit for breaking the news that your
secrets aren’t safe as long as the NSA is in the cyber-room, tell the tale
through some re-issues of classic children’s books, including these
favourites …
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SURVEILLANCE STATE: "If They Want to Get You, They Will Get You in Time"
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*As new technology gives the surveillance state more power, it’s even
more
important to constrain the state. This guest post by Jeffrey
Tuckerexamines the latest revelations of how far, and how many, the
modern state
is surveilling.*
*"If They Want to Get You, They Will Get You in Time"*
What a few days it's been, like watching a global prize-fight of epic
proportions, with every conceivable side throwing the hardest possible
punches.
It began with the first leak in the U.K.'s *Guardian*, which was echoed
in *The
Washington Post*. The specific allegation was that the ... more »
Ban Suspensions as Alternatives Are Implemented
I very much respect Daniel Losen and the UCLA Civil Rights Project, so I was taken aback by his statement on NPR regarding the question of whether a single suspension could send a secondary student of color down the pipeline to prison. Losen replied that even one such incident is “associated” with a doubling of […]Related articles
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