Chandra observations of the central regions of the Perseus galaxy cluster. Image is 284 arcsec across. RA 03 h 19 m 47.60 s Dec +41° 30' 37.00" in Perseus. Observation dates: 13 pointings between August 8, 2002 and October 20, 2004. Color code: Energy (Red 0.3-1.2 keV, Green 1.2-2 keV, Blue 2-7 keV). Instrument: ACIS. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Image of the center of NGC 1275 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Visualization of the 2011 Global Peace Index. Dark green = most peaceful, black = least peaceful. Deutsch: Visualisierung des Global Peace Index für das Jahr 2011. Dunkelgrün = am friedfertigsten, schwarz = am wenigsten friedfertig. Українська: Зоровий образ Світового показнику спокою 2011ого р. Темно зелений = самий більше мирний, чорний = самий менше мирний. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Change of the number of countries in each GPI class from 2007-2011. Deutsch: Veränderung der Anzahl der Länder des Global Peace Index in den verschiedenen Punkteklassen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The World Is Less Peaceful In 2013
Just before the brutal crackdown in central Istanbul by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarian regime in Turkey, Vision of Humanity released their 7th annual Global Peace Index, showing that Europe is the most peaceful region, with 13 of the top 20 most peaceful countries. I guess the violence in Gezi Park will bring that average down for 2014. Overall, the Global Peace Index shows that the world has become less peaceful, with a sharp rise in the number of homicides. The GPI measures peace in 162 countries according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators of the absence of vi... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Take a Walk
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. This post contains great information and I encourage ...more »
Musical Interlude: Vangelis, "Oceanic Fields of Coral"
Vangelis, "Oceanic Fields of Coral" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo89tLJ2n2A&html5=1
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Here is one of the largest objects that anyone will ever see on the sky. Each of these fuzzy blobs is a galaxy, together making up the Perseus Cluster, one of the closest clusters of galaxies. The cluster is seen through a foreground of faint stars in our own Milky Way Galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* Near the cluster center, roughly 250 million light-years away, is the cluster's dominant galaxy NGC 1275, seen above as a large galaxy on the image left. A prodigious source of x-rays and radio emission, NGC 1275 accretes matter as gas and galaxies fall into it. The Perseu... more »
What do you call a limbless man in a pile of paper dollars
[image: image] The Green’s Russel Norman has backed down on the plan he issued so loudly last year—loudly, frequently, and to everyone who would stand still to listen—to fix all the country’s ills by printing money. His plan was killed not by his realisation that he was talking fruitcake economics, but because of a tidal wave of rational outrage at the Ginger Whinger’s insanity. Or in Greenspeak, “The feedback we’ve received on that element of our proposal made clear it did not have the broad support it would need to work.” Crikey, even their potential coalition partners in the L... more »
"How's Your Inner Beggar?"
"How's Your Inner Beggar?" by Henry Makow Ph.D. "This being the weekend I am reflecting on the timeless question of human happiness. What do people want? Simple creatures, we want to feel good. If you can make other people feel good, they'll love you. But how many of us bother? We are too busy trying to make them make us feel good. We are feel good addicts, hoping to wring our happiness from the world. Food, drink, drugs, sex, money, power, love. In "The Power of Now," Eckhard Tolle has a story about a beggar who asks a stranger for money. The stranger tells the beggar to look ...more »
Obama: U.S. Has 'Legitimate Need' To Be Involved In Syria
"Now, in terms of what my goals are. The goals are a stable non-sectarian representative Syrian government that is addressing the needs of its people through political processes and peaceful processes. We’re not taking sides in a religious war between Shia and Sunni. Really what we’re trying to do is take sides against extremists of all sorts and in favor of people who are in favor of moderation, tolerance, representative government and over the long term stability and prosperity for the people of Syria." - President Barack Obama, from his *interview* with PBS host Charlie Rose on ... more »
"Being Human: A Personal Credo"
"Being Human: A Personal Credo" by John Robbins "There is so much pain and death in our times. This is not an easy time to be a person of conscience and feeling. It can be terribly hard today to stay in touch with your deep soul. It can seem all but impossible to keep your love alive. The world has a way of blowing relentless hurricane winds at our little flickering candles of faith. This is what I have to say at this time in history. I stand here in the face of the anguish of our time, and I affirm that it is possible to see it all, to gaze fully into the abyss, and yet not be... more »
20 imágenes de paisajes naturales para coleccionar
Ver todas las imágenes | Seguirnos en Twitter | Ser fan en Facebook Ver más *imágenes de paisajes* ¿Busca usted paisajes, animales, playas, lagos, ríos, flores y amaneceres? Visite: www.bancodeimagenesgratis.com ¡Gracias!
Sick Canadian Prime Minister Says "Evidence" Shows Assad Has Used Chemical Weapons
I have stated clearly in the last few articles that the criminal US President, Barry Soetoro, is a psychotic freak who wants to lead the United States into a new war against the innocent nation of Syria to please his Jewish masters in Tel Aviv..... This criminal is lying to the American public that Syrian President Al-Assad has used chemical weapons against his own people, even though all the evidence clearly shows that it has been the US/Israeli bought and paid for criminal and murderous mercenary "rebels" that have done the deed..... I originally thought that the criminal US Presi... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Bill Finck of * Christogenea.org*. Bill and I will be discussing the Founding Fathers, the U.S. Constitution, Christianity, and early American history. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.
The Daily "Near You?"
Torino, Piemonte, Italy. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, “Squaring The Circle”
* “Squaring The Circle”* by Chet Raymo "Here is a little story about the best and worst of Western civilization. It can be summarized in one word: square. Yep, that's right. Square. The ninety degree corner, the plumb-bobbed line. Forget the squiggle, the wiggle, the curlicue, the arc. We're talking orthogonality here. We're talking perpendicularity. I was flying across the country the other day at 37,000 feet. From the Mississippi to the Rockies, for a thousand miles, as far as the eye could see, the land was ruled into one-mile squares, as neat as the tiles on your kitchen floo... more »
Take your hand off it, Tony
Unable to remove his hand from the suite of policy levers he’d like to pull, the BNZ’s alleged economist Tony Alexander has had another brainstorm since the weekend, when he issued his 8-point programme of government meddling to fix house prices that appeared on the *Herald*’s front page this morning. Tony’s original plan consisted of eight points ranging mostly from the fanciful to the farcical, including the creation of a Super-SOE “whose sole purpose is to undercut existing building materials suppliers,” “a new large state house building programme” using some sort of “efficien... more »
Kyle Bass interview - The Next 18 months in Japan will define economic orthodoxy for the West
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-18/kyle-bass-next-18-months-will-redefine-economic-orthodoxy-west Kyle Bass: "The Next 18 Months Will Redefine Economic Orthodoxy For The West" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/18/2013 21:33 -0400 - Bank of Japan - China - Demographics - ETC - Iceland - Japan - Krugman - Kyle Bass - Kyle Bass - Mexico - Monetary Base - New York Times - Volatility Kyle Bass covers three critical topics in this excellent in-depth interview before turning to a very wide-rangi... more »
Robert Skeels Attends a pRev Meet and Greet
Reblogged from Diane Ravitch's blog: Robert Skeels attended a "meet and greet" sponsored by pRev (the organization formerly known as Parent Revolution). Read what he learned as he socialized with those who are prepared to close down 50 public schools in Los Angeles. Why? Well, firing people makes better schools. Or does it? We know […]
Pats Star Aaron Hernandez questioned in a murder ? WTF ????
http://abcnews.go.com/US/patriots-star-aaron-hernandez-questioned-murder-sources-abc/story?id=19430625#.UcEDQT7DVoY Patriots' Star Aaron Hernandez's Home Searched After Killing [image: PHOTO: New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez looks on during an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field, Dec. 23, 2012, in Jacksonville, Fla.] New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez looks on during an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field, Dec. 23, 2012, in Jacksonville, Fla. (Michael DeHoog/Sports Imagery/ Getty Images) Sha... more »
Purchase money resulting trust
Nishi v. Rascal Trucking Ltd. 2013 SCC 33 upholds the doctrine of purchase money resulting trust. A purchase money resulting trust is a species of gratuitous transfer resulting trust that arises when a person advances funds to contribute to the purchase price of property, but does not take legal title to that property. Where the person advancing the funds is unrelated to the person taking title, the law presumes that the parties intended for the person who advanced the funds to hold a beneficial interest in the property in proportion to that person's contribution. This presumption... more »
When we make "tradeoffs" for "national security," shouldn't we know what we're trading off?
*"Since President Obama is asking us to trade some of our privacy with respect to our phone calls and our use of the Internet for greater protection against terrorism, at the very least we need to know exactly how our privacy is being violated."* *-- Aryeh Neier, in a *New York Review of Books* blogpost, "Spying on Americans: A Very Old Story"* *by Ken* In this voluminous NYRB blogpost (I'm thinking it must be parked on the NYRBlog while awaiting inclusion in a future issue of NYRB), Aryeh Neier -- longtime national director of the ACLU, executive director of Human Rights Watch, an... more »
#IranElection: Wide Asleep in America's Twitter Coverage
Remember that when Iran polls reflect what Western media wants, they're considered legit, but when they don't, they're dismissed as skewed. — Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) June 12, 2013 Western media busy getting narrative straight: If Jalili, vote was rigged. If Ghalibaf, vote was rigged. If Rouhani, president has no power. — Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) June 12, 2013 Remember, people
NSA and cyberspying updates - June 18 , 2013.....
[image: Print This Post] Print This Post “Civil Libertarian” Obama’s Options On Surveillance By Cynthia L. Cooper on Jun 18, 2013 *[image: bush-obama2]Editor’s Note: Readers of this site will have seen discussion here about the extent to which Obama—or any president—is free to significantly deviate from a consensus on most “security policy.” For a recent example, see “**Why Obama Cannot Undo the Surveillance Society—But We Can**.” Nonetheless, it is reasonable to ask why, if Obama is the top decision-maker in this country and a purported civil libertarian, does he not at least try to... more »
Scary travel warnings are hurting Honduras
One of the papers ran a big feature this week on tourism in Copan Ruinas and what strategies might kickstart the flagging industry. Somebody mentioned that one problem might be that the marketing approach had become too boring. Maybe. But I have a feeling that the terrifying travel warnings about Honduras issued by virtually every developed country might be the bigger problem. The U.S. State Department issued its scariest warning yet yesterday, raising the spectre of kidnappings, carjackings, "disappearances," rape, and even the possibility that the Honduran police will kill... more »
TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN? NOW THERE’S A NOVEL IDEA – AGAIN!
It was two years – almost to the day – that I last commented about talks with the Taliban that might have ended the war in Afghanistan. Nothing came of it. Nor did anything come of the talks that were proposed back in October 2008. Since then at least 2287 allied soldiers have died and only your deity knows how many civilians have been killed since. Now the Western allies are suggesting that talks might still be a good idea. But, given the history of past proposals to talks with the Taliban, you don’t have to be an ‘expert analyst’ to foretell that talks are likely to be “complex, ... more »
Russia assets its loud but clear voice on Iran and Syria ..... Coincidentally , there is a massive explosion in Russia !
Russia taking the lead position regarding the Middle East...... http://www.debka.com/article/23056/Lavrov-Iran-agrees-to-halt-20-percent-uranium-enrichment-West-must-lift-sanctions Iran has confirmed it is prepared to halt its enrichment of 20-percent uranium, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reported on the ministry website Tuesday, June 18. He urged Western nations to reciprocate by lifting sanctions. DEBKAfile: It was not clear whether this was a temporary suspension, an absolute halt – or a dodge for getting sanctions eased to enable the incoming Iranian president Hassan R...more »
Syria updates - Secretary Kerry urged Obama and Pentagon to begin immediate airstrikes on Syrian airfields - note Army General Martin Dempsey totally squashed Kerry ..... for now of course... Meanwhile , did Israel strike Syria at Damascus Airport ? Bushama War Policy ...... so says Ron Paul !
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/18/report-kerry-urged-obama-pentagon-to-begin-immediate-airstrikes-on-syrian-airfields/ Report: Kerry urged Obama, Pentagon to begin immediate airstrikes on Syrian airfields POSTED AT 5:51 PM ON JUNE 18, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT Man, we’re a long way from 2004 if John Kerry is urging shock and awe against a Middle Eastern dictator over WMD and most Republicans are pounding the table against a reckless intervention. Cycle of life, my friends. Flash-forward to this past Wednesday. At a principals meeting in the White House situation room, Secretary of S...more »
False Flag Watch - June 16 , 2013 - FWIW
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://truthernews.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/ciaal-qaedalibyansyrian-rebels-false-flag-terror-threat-assessment-u-s-water-supply-bio-terror-and-stinger-missile-attacks-on-airliners-now-trending/ ( FWIW - WE know an excuse is needed to spark off the next kinetic actions ... ) CIA-Al Qaeda-Libyan/Syrian Rebels False-Flag Terror Threat Assessment: U.S. Water Supply Bio-Terror And Stinger Missile Attacks On Airliners Now Trending<small style="color: #747775; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;
Barista Kids Aren’t Drinking the Kool-Aid
Parents of the Barista Kids in Montclair, New Jersey are Opting Out. Reported by teenage journalists who still know what education should look like. Here’s the petition. Pass it around. The petition states: We are parents and community members of Montclair, New Jersey. We write because we believe in Montclair’s identity as a community of intellect, […]
Quote of the day: “It is not that freedom has no disadvantages…”
[image: _Quote]It is not that freedom has no disadvantages, since everything has these. To use these disadvantages in argument against it is to say to a man trapped in the mire: Do not get out, as you cannot do this without some effort. - Frederic Bastiat, from his 1848 essay “Laissez-faire,” collected in *The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics* [Hat tip Cafe Hayek] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
An Open Message to The NSA
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Kalidasa, "Look To This Day"
"Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence, the joy of growth , the splendor of action, the glory of power. For yesterday is but a memory, And tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a memory of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day..." - Kalidasa
Where part truth does not equal to the whole truth.
There is little doubt the 38m lightning arrestor weighing some 100 metric tonnes did fall off from the top of the 21-storey Menara UMNO building on 13 June 2013; crashing onto the ground at a speed of 130kph. Anyone with secondary school physics should be able to calculate that. We do not need an engineering expert or a professional architect from Singapore to tell us that. But honestly, did the 100 odd tonne lighting arrestor hit the car Lim Chin Aik was driving, spot on to “pulverise anything that came into contact with it” as asserted by the 35-year old Singapore-based archit... more »
Where part truth does not equal to the whole truth.
There is little doubt the 38m lightningarrestor weighing some 100 metric tonnes did fall off from the top of the 21-storey Menara UMNO building on 13 June 2013; crashing onto the ground at a speed of 130kph. Anyone with secondary school physics should be able to calculate that. We do not need an engineering expert or a professional architect from Singapore to tell us that. But honestly, did the 100 odd tonne lighting arrestor hit the car Lim Chin Aik was driving, spot on to “pulverise anything that came into contact with it” as asserted by the 35-year old Singapore-based architect... more »
SOLAR (R)EVOLUTION by renowned German biophysicist, Dieter Broers
Thanks to Lydia for passing this along! Quoted from Youtube: Galactic Synchronization Ray or Super-massive Black Hole;Excerpt clips from the movie: SOLAR (R)EVOLUTION by renowned German biophysicist, Dieter Broers.The current Consciousness Shifts correspond to a super-massive Galactic Synchronization Plasma Ray originating from Sagittarius A - reaching us through our Sun. Its ongoing influence on us will be ending by mid-2013. Humanity and planet Earth is being upgraded at this very moment! Please visit the Solar (R)evolution web site, buy or rent the Full movie: http://www.s... more »
3D printers going to Mars
*In preparations to a manned Mars flyby Nasa has chosen the next batch of brave men and women to do a go to and return to Mars.* *On board of the spacecraft will be a 3D printer, not just any 3D printer but a printer that is able to print not only plastic, but metal also...On the long trip to and back, parts will break and need to be replace Small thrusters Valves even actuators...On the 2nd trip in preperation to a permanent settlement Large multi material 3D printers will be dropped on to the selected zone to be habitated...* *Printers that will make blocks out of the martian sand.... more »
Greece " suddenly " finds a 1.2 billion hole in its healthcare budget ! Meanwhile , as the Coalition seeks to find a way out of the ERT debacle which as it stands today , ERT is still off the air despite the Administrative Court Order of Monday ! And Troika complaints about the property tax raise the possibility Greece is about to come undone - just as Cyprus comes undone as it seeks bailout number two !
Greece hitting the wall - again ! Will Greek depositors face the next bail -in ? If you're greek , do you want to keep your money in a bank there and find out ? http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/greece-was-the-ert-shutdown-a-dumb-move-or-a-distraction/ GREECE: Was the ERT shutdown a dumb move or a distraction? Hints of Troika raids on social security budgets and private pensions [image: samarasdevious]*Devious, moi?* In one mighty bound over the last week, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has managed to do what no other politician has since the Greek crisis began: unite the ... more »
Mitch McConnell threatens Harry Reid
In a facedown between the two old geezers who both have held on to their seats of power for far too long, Mitch McConnell warns Harry Reid about the consequences of shutting down the GOP's obstruction function. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday starkly warned Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) not to eliminate the filibuster on presidential nominations, threatening to end the 60-vote threshold for everything, including bills, if he becomes the majority leader. “There not a doubt in my mind that if the majority breaks the rules of the Senate to change the rule... more »
Did President Obama use his interview Monday with Charlie Rose to inform that Ben Bernake was finished as Head od the Federal Reserve ? Keep in mind , Ben has already dropped a huge clue when he announced he would NOT be participating , that he obviously would NOT be giving the Keynote Speech - at the Federal Reserve seminal event of the year - The Jackson Hole Symposium !
http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-meyers-says-obama-fired-bernanke-2013-6 Last night, President Obama said in an interview, "Well, I think Ben Bernanke's done an outstanding job. Ben Bernanke's a little bit like Bob Mueller, the head of the FBI - where he's already stayed a lot longer than he wanted or he was supposed to." That raised some eyebrows and really turned up the volume on the conversation today regarding potential successors to replace Bernanke when his term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve expires in January. In an interview with CNBC this afternoon, former Fed Govern... more »
Turkey protest - June 16 - 18 , 2013 .... Sex as a police punishment for protesters - really in 2013 ? Police to consider ( treat ) protesters as terrorists - are the police going to escalate to live rounds ? Latest police raid on Gezi Park.... ...
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/turkey-police-raids-arrested-864/ Dozens arrested as Turkish police raid private addresses in Ankara, Istanbul Get short URL Published time: June 18, 2013 10:50 [image: A protestor reacts as he is arrested by Turkish police officers, in Istanbul, on June 16, 2013.(AFP Photo / Ronny Roman)] A protestor reacts as he is arrested by Turkish police officers, in Istanbul, on June 16, 2013.(AFP Photo / Ronny Roman) <div id="___plusone_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-or... more »
So the British Lions tried their hand at AFL
Yes, it’s true: the touring British Lions played a game of AFL against Carlton at the MCG, in front of a crowd of more than 26,000. Not the British Lions who just lost to the Brumbies, you understand, but the 1888 British Lions. Tours were obviously a bit more informal in those days. So how did they do? The visitors played the Australian game better than their most sanguine friends anticipated, for the fact may as well be admitted that on going into the field on Saturday, all that they knew of it practically had been picked up in two muff practice matches. In face of this, the ... more »
Satire: “Obama, Putin Agree Never to Speak to Each Other Again”
* * *“Obama, Putin Agree Never to Speak to Each Other Again”* by Andy Borowitz LOUGH ERNE, NORTHERN IRELAND (The Borowitz Report) — ”The G8 summit ended today on a constructive note, with President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin reaching a broad agreement never to speak to each other again. “It’s better this way,” said Mr. Obama, frostily standing in the general vicinity of Mr. Putin for the last time ever. “We truly despise each other.” “I couldn’t agree more,” said Mr. Putin, looking as though he had just smelled something bad. “My hatred of this man knows no bounds.” Accord... more »
"A Letter From Your Ever-Vigilant Friends at the NSA"
* * * **Click image for larger size.*** * * *"A Letter From Your Ever-Vigilant Friends at the NSA"* by Will Durst "Dear U.S. Citizen, Please accept our most egregiously sincere apologies for the difficulties and inconveniences the secret monitoring of your phone records and email and GPS units and foreign travel and bank accounts and yes, even your snail mail has evidently caused. We here at the NSA strive for the perfection of our services, which depend on the chronic obliviousness of you, our valued customers. Unfortunately, due to one disgruntled deadbeat (who escaped to Chi... more »
Hickory Ground Poarch Creek 'Never Surrender' Ancestors Burial Grounds
. Poarch Creek continue to defend burial grounds from tribal casino Censored News Hickory Ground Poarch Creek were at Elmore County courthouse supporting Wayland Gray, Mike Deo, Mike Harjo, and a Cherokee from Alabama, "Maggot," in their court hearings today, Hickory Ground said in a statement. Three of the ones arrested had their trespassing charges dropped. Wayland Gray was
Politico? Why Not?
There's an interview of Politico's maestros over at TNR which, to tell the truth, I haven't read yet, but it's causing a bit of a fuss -- Politico and the normally sensible Nate Silver are feuding a bit, for example, mainly (as far as I can tell) because Politico likes to take silly swipes at Silver. But at any rate, I like what Ed Kilgore says about Politico (his emphasis): Regular readers know that I’m not a Politico-hater; I think the site serves a legitimate reporting function and sometimes does it well and other times at least covers a lot of landscape that might otherwise esca... more »
Begich Admits What His Voting Record Proves: At Heart He's A Republican
Yesterday on CNBC Mark Begich (D-AK) admitted what people who watch Senate votes closely have already figured out: he's really a Republican calling himself a Democrat. Tied with the wretched Heidi Heitkamp, Begich has been voting more frequently with the GOP this year than any Democrats other than arch-conservatives Kay Hagan (D-NC), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO). Begich is constantly pulling the Democratic Senate caucus away from progressive policies and advocating against working families and for predatory corporations. But... more »
Iranian Schindler That Saved Jews is Celebrated at The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center
** *"In the Lion's Shadow: The Iranian Schindler and His Homeland in the Second World War"* by Fariborz Mokhtari. "Fariborz Mokhtari was a political science professor at Norwich University in Vermont before joining the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC in 2002. He has written numerous articles and policy documents including "Dealing with Al-Qaeda" for American Foreign Policy Interests. He lives in Washington, DC." (Source: Amazon.com). *Wikipedia*: "Abdol Hossein Sardari was an Iranian statesman and diplomat who saved the lives of many Jews durin... more »
Memorable first lines from philosophy journals
Now this is neat. A summary of some of the best, most memorable, opening lines (often unintentionally) from philosophy journals. Including these four: “Let there be no vulgar suspense: the title will be answered in the affirmative.” - Timothy Williamson, *Is Knowing a State of Mind* “Imagine a dog idling in the foreground, a tree in the middle distance, and a turnip lying on the ground behind the tree.” - Willard Van Orman Quine, *On the Nature of Modern Values* “To talk about thinking seems to me so presumptuous that I feel I owe you a justification.” - Hannah Arendt, *Thinki... more »
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To all Angola 3’s devoted supporters, we’ve received some devastating news. Herman Wallace has had an initial diagnosis of liver cancer. There are still very few details to share. Outside medical specialists are visiting him today. Both the legal team and supporters are exploring every avenue of relief for Herman, whose criminal case has been stalled in the courts for over three years. As we receive further information we will share it with you.
So Should Policy Schools Have PhD Programs?
So, I teach at a policy school, and though our core pedagogical enterprise is the MA program, we have a small PhD program that is a mix of political science, economics, and maybe a dash of public administration. Though I have not worked closely with that many PhD students, the ones I have worked have been Continue reading
The Economy: Ron Paul, “Out Of Thin Air”
* * *“Out Of Thin Air”* by Ron Paul “When I talk to many teenagers and grade schoolers, they seem to have no problem comprehending the fact that if you just create a lot of money, it’ll be like Monopoly money and it won’t have value. Governments do that for all kinds of reasons, especially to enhance political power to fight wars we shouldn’t be fighting or to pass welfare programs that aren’t deserved. When you print that money, the value of that dollar has to go down, and then one of the consequences of inflating the money will be higher prices. But there are a lot of other pr... more »
The kings of click-bait journalism
New Republic posts an interview with Politico's head honchos John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei that illuminates their business model. It's an interesting piece if you have a high tolerance for smug pricks, but this is the graf that explains why Charlie Pierce dubbed their rag, "Tiger Beat on the Potomac." JH: We have an obligation to be interesting. *We don’t think of ourselves as the electric company or the water company: Well, we have a responsibility ...*”2 That was a mindset in a previous generation of journalists. That mindset might have even been legitimate. There really were ... more »
"Po Po Talking To You? One Sentence Response Required"
* * *"Po Po Talking To You? One Sentence Response Required"* by Karl Denninger "From the USSC yesterday: "In a case with important implications for individuals at the early stages of a police investigation, the high court said that a suspect must verbally invoke his or her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent to prevent police and prosecutors from using any resulting silence and incriminating body language as evidence of guilt during a jury trial." Got it? You must tell the police (or any arm of police) if you are not yet under arrest that you are invoking your 5th Amendment... more »
One People show – June 17th (US)/18th (Australia) – Ginger’s Summary
http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/one-people-show-june-17th-us18th-australia-gingers-summary/#more-20602 One People show – June 17th (US)/18th (Australia) – Ginger’s Summary Posted on 2013/06/17 by kauilapele [Kp note: I'm posting this because I feel this is important. Have not listened, yet. But I "get" that this is important... especially after the Shasta mission.] ————————————————————————— One People show – June 17th (US)/18th (Australia) – Ginger’s Summary http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecollectiveimagination/2013/06/18/the-one-people Will begin with how Lisa ended t... more »
"More NSA - STOP MUDDYING THE WATERS"
* * *"More NSA - STOP MUDDYING THE WATERS"* by Karl Denninger "There's another hearing going on right now regarding the NSA spying. Let me be clear once again: I have no problem with the NSA paying attention to foreign communications for the purpose of interdicting terrorism. If that surveillance winds up connected to US persons then a warrant can be obtained under the clearly-existing standards of probable cause and from there you move forward. This is clearly Constitutional and is what is being described with the allegedly-foiled plots to bomb the NY Subway and NYSE. It is ... more »
Blondie - Rapture
Apart from the proprietor of this blog, has history given us anyone cooler than Debbie Harry?
Fake Red Lines: Orwellian Double-Speak Is Now the Language of the United States Government (The Pay At That Level Must Be Astronomical (Nation-Destroying)) and Mad Men Rule (Proper)
Orwellian double-speak is now the language of the United States government. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Assad for harming “peace talks” while the US arms its Syrian mercenaries. I'm so ashamed of Mr. Skull & Bones Kerry. He's not the guy he portrayed himself to be after Vietnam. Polls demonstrate that 65% of the US population opposes US intervention in Syria. Despite this clear
In Wake of BP Disaster, NSA Spying Comes As No Surprise to Gulf Coast Advocates
In Wake of BP Disaster, NSA Spying Comes As No Surprise to Gulf Coast Advocates
GOP WoW Illuminated by OLB Beauty
This is probably one of the most striking photo's I have seen in a long time. Had to steal it and share it. Sizing it for my blog - distorts it. See the pic >>>HERE<<< From @leslieamsterdam as posted @progress2day
ALEC - LImited Government, Unless it Benefits an ALEC Member
It is sometimes, (not often) amazing to me when I see what ALEC members do. The actions of some ALEC members could viewed not only as secretive - but as morally corrupt. Here we have a member of the extremist American Legislative Exchange Council who believes in limited government – unless taxpayer dollars are paying for his personal expenses. Evidently for McDonnell, taxpayer dollars should be used to pay for “his” needs and as opposed to the needs of the people. *WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) *- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife used taxpayer money to pay for sun... more »
Breaking: Where The Professors Are!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013* *At long last, the Times explains:* For years, we’ve asked a basic question: Where the Professor Harold Hill are the nation’s top academics? We began to ask this question in the mid-1990s. We watched the “press corps” struggle, for two solid years, to answer a rather basic question: Did Newt Gingrich’s Medicare plan call for “Medicare cuts,” as President Clinton was saying? Or would Gingrich’s plan simply “slow the rate at which the program would grow?” This question turned out to be much too hard for our professional “press corps.” Night after night, pundi...more »
Robert Sutherland, Canada's first Black lawyer
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Robert Sutherland (1830–1878) was the first known graduate of colour at a Canadian university, and the first Black man to study law in British North America. A graduate of Queen's University, Sutherland qualified to practise law in Ontario under the then prevailing system of apprenticeship and examination. He studied at Osgoode Law School and practised law for 20 years in Walkerton, Ontario. He was very successful; on death in 1878, Sutherland's left a large bequest (his entire estate of $12,000) to Queen's University, roughly equivalent to the institution's annual operating budget.... more »
Harper sidesteps questions over whether it was appropriate for his taxpayer-funded office to be distributing documents to media about paid speeches Justin Trudeau made before he was elected to Parliament
Again, a failure to distinguish between the role of government and the dictates of the Party: Story here:
Iraq No Closer To Solving Its Electricity Problems
2013 looks to be another year that the Iraqi government fails to end its energy supply problems. Since the beginning of the year various officials and offices from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to his deputy Hussein Shahristani to the Electricity Ministry have promised that by the end of the year there will be no more blackouts and power outages in the country. In June for example, the Electricity Ministry said that it had achieved its highest production since 2003. This has been met by widespread skepticism by members of parliament and the public as Baghdad has become completely ... more »
It's Tuesday... (bonus feel good video)
*what's going on.* On the other hand, what's not going on? The events unfolding in the world are, to quote this administration, unprecedented. *ObamaCare: * Bunkerville: Obamacare will share personal health info with other state and fed agencies Conservative Hideout: Medical Privacy Ends with ObamaCare *Scandal: * Jeffrey Lord: The IRS Immigration Fraud Scandal UK Daily Mail: Hidden camera catches wireless company employees passing out 'Obama phones' to people who say they'll SELL them for drugs, shoes, handbags and spending cash Father Z: Pres. Obama sticks his nose i... more »
Getting Off the Wheel
For thousands of years, human history has been punctuated by a continuous chain of aggression, conflict and wars. These conflagrations are far too numerous to effectively catalog without requiring documentation on such a massive scale that it would be more than enough to depress even the most stoic and dispassionate of historians. Some of these conflicts span decades due to a seemingly endless cycle of aggression followed by violent retaliation and retribution that inspires the adversary to further atrocities and on and on it goes until either side or both are so decimated and exh... more »
G- 8 Declaration WILL NOT mention the fate of Syrian leader Assad & Updates!
*ABC * *The G-8 summit's joint statement on ending the Syrian civil war will not mention whether Bashar Assad must step down from power as part of any peace settlement, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday ahead of the document's publication.* ***Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters the eight nations have agreed they should not specify any outcome from peace talks that all agree should start soon in Geneva.* ***Ryabkov said the talks should aim to create a transitional coalition government for Syria, but should not predetermine whether Assad can particip... more »
Laurie Watt scores a win for real journalism over sycophancy
Score for one for competent, responsible journalism. A communications officer in the Prime Minister’s Office sent an email to The Advance, in Barrie, Ont., encouraging the paper to do a story on a speech that Justin Trudeau gave in the community six years ago. Trudeau got $10,000; the local college lost $4,118 on what was supposed to be a fundraiser. An OK little story, although Trudeau wasn’t an MP at the time. But PMO communications staffer Erica Meekes asked that the the information - including a poster for the 200 event - be identified as coming from a “source.” Instead, reporter L... more »
Book I Read ...
Just thought I'd should mention a little gem of a book i recently read. *War At Sea: A Canadian Seaman On The North Atlantic*, by Frank Curry. In many respects, it's unremarkable. It's a little repetitive and there's not much in the way of broader insights about the effect of the war on Canadian society. Curry seems almost entirely uninterested in providing much background about himself or with providing us with even the months in which events are occurring. On the other hand, it is a highly engaging first-person account of what it was like to be an ASDIC (Sonar) operator on a Can... more »
More Reflections on the EDL
Reading another Tommy Robinson related thread on Harry's Place the other day (pre the infamous Sunday Politics show) made me ask myself, again, was I wrong to give the benefit of the doubt to Tommy Robinson, or should I have even let myself listen to him? After all, he has been thoroughly dismissed as racist, labelled far-right, and lumped together with the BNP, surely I must be a gullible fool for allowing one single utterance from him through my less than impenetrable fingers-in-ears defense mechanism. Perhaps commenter ‘Ginger Beer’ was right all the time, and our worries ... more »
Globalizing Human Rights
My colleague and friend James Ron has a new article up at Open Democracy (with Shannon Golden and David Crow) on asymmetric access of global populations to human rights machinery. The article is one in a new Open Democracy series “Open Global Rights,” which aims to “ relocate the [human rights] conversation away from the west Continue reading
Ken Macleod on Iain Banks
We missed Ken Macleod’s public eulogies for Iain Banks: he did an interview for As it Happens, wrote an article in The Guardian, and has some brief personal words on his blog. From the conclusion of his Guardian piece: The reputation and reception of Iain Banks as a mainstream author may fluctuate in the future. His verve and talent will always be recognised, Continue reading
A Certain Kind of Selfishness
This is more of a riff on Phil’s post from last week than a direct reply; the post that Dan and I wrote addresses more directly the issue of actor autonomy that we think Phil misunderstood us on we and Phil were clearly on different semantic pages, so I am not going to go back Continue reading
When Will The Republican Party End It's Sick Jihad Against American Women?
There may be a gender gap, but there are still millions of women who vote for Republicans. Really. True, Obama won the two-party vote among female voters in the 2012 election by 12 points, 56% to 44%, over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But that means 44% of women-- and they're not all in the South-- voted for Romney. Obama's 12 point advantage was smaller than his 14 point advantage in 2008, though substantially bigger than the Democratic advantages in 2000 and 2004 when Bush ran. The Democrats have been pretty good at exposing the depth of the Republican War On Women... with... more »
I’ve visited @NCTQ, we should all be underwhelmed #teacherprep
Paul Thomas and Jim Horn have already warned us about NCTQ and its thoroughly biased “advocacy.” There are some updated links in there, here’s a few more on the new report specifically: From NPR; NCTQ’s chief hypocrisy; And MSNBC. and the Wall Street Journal. Kind of a mixed bag here. I’m not sure if there’s […]
Immigration activists invade private property: Every one of these criminals belong in jail
*this is appalling.* *The police should have been there with paddy wagons and arrested every last one of them for trespassing. They're actually standing on his porch! And the traitors in our government want to give these people amnesty? * via Gateway Pundit: *Todd Starnes* at Townhall reported: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is calling for a criminal investigation after a huge mob of illegal alien supporters surrounded his private home Saturday and held a rally on his front porch. At least 200 members of Sunflower Community Action were bussed into Kobach’s Kansas City-ar... more »
Vetting the UFO Field
Almost from the point that civilian UFO investigations began, there has been an expressed desire to find evidence of alien visitation. The mere fact that these organizations were looking toward the extraterrestrial does not negate the research they have done. Often scientists have an opinion of how an experiment will conclude, which is one of the reasons for double blind tests. But the gathering of information can be done without the bias of the investigators getting in the way of collecting the data. It is only when data are ignored that the problem arises. Sort of the corollary t... more »
One of Premier Brad Wall's Gov't MLA's scrambles to repay 'speaking engagement' fees ...
** [image: Progressive Bloggers] *Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has caused some problems for one of his caucus members with his attack on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau for charging speaker fees while sitting as an MP:* * **"Sask. Party MLA and former Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman Gene Makowsky has paid back more than $2,000 in fees he received this spring for appearing at charity events.* *Makowsky returned the money this weekend after Premier Brad Wall made national headlines criticizing federal Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau for accepting hefty payments for sp... more »
Please, More Reporting Like This (Judges ed.)
Fascinating parenthetical in Emily Heil's story about judicial vacancies: Some vacancies have remained without nominees because home-state senators have yet to make recommendations to the White House to begin with — and in states with two GOP senators, that means they can delay the process there. (However, we hear that President Obama has sufficiently badgered at least Democratic senators to start providing names of judges, and observers are expecting a “raft” of new names from the White House soon.) First, it's good reporting to note the Senate's role in the delays in judicial nomi... more »
BRAZIL TOO
Now people are protesting in Brazil as they see cutbacks in education and social spending. The whole world is fed up with the corruption that comes from our governments being taken over by corporate power. They privatize - they cut back - they steal our natural resources - they pollute our Mother Earth - they make war and use police violence to repress the public - and then they lie about their devious intentions. The world is moving in a wave against these corporate dominated governments. Keep it going.
Risks and Future Energy
My principle concern is the risks related to various forms of post carbon energy technology. I assume that there are unacceptable risks related to continued use of fossil fuel energy technology. There are people who regard carbon based fuels as acceptable, but their argument treats carbon based fuels as entailing no risks, or, so little risk, that risk consequences can easily be managed. These arguments must be classified as metaphysical, since they are not subjected to any scientific tests before being pronounced true beyond all doubts. Most critics of the climate change hypoth... more »
THE NEW BIG POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[image: modern-day don quijote] *Tunisia in the good old days by elmina* * **David Paul Goldman*, who is Jewish, writes in* Asia Times* that *Syria and Egypt can't be fixed* Goldman writes that *"Syria and Egypt are dying. "They were dying before the Syrian civil war broke out and before the Muslim Brotherhood took power in Cairo."* This sounds like Israeli propaganda. *The new face of the Middle East - Mossad's al-Qaeda mercenaries.* *Aangirfan believes that Syria, Egypt and Tunisia WERE making good progress before the outbreak of the CIA-Mossad-MI6's Arab Spring.* *A.* Under Ben... more »
TODAY! Navajo Action! Navajos pump CAP water, press end to dirty coal industry
Photos by Black Mesa Water Coalition . Black Mesa Water Coalition said, "At 9am this morning Navajo people dropped pumps into the Central Arizona Project's canal and began pumping water into buckets then into the back of a water tank in the back of a truck. We came to demonstrate that water can be pumped using solar power. We came to demand Power Without
Maddow massively jumps the shark!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013* *One of the most egregious reports we've ever seen on cable:* As we’ve told you in the past, Rachel Maddow isn’t what you’d call obsessively honest. Her problem seems especially strong with respect to political figures of whom she disapproves. This seems to have led to the opening segment of last night’s program, one of the most egregious reports we’ve ever seen on cable. The dishonesty was so extensive that we won’t try to detail it today. We will only say this: If you want to see the way the world works, you should watch that 17-minute segment, the segme... more »
That fetus is doing WHAT?
As predicted, RAPEublicans can be funny about abortion, just not intentionally. Get a load of this. As the House of Representatives gears up for Tuesday’s debate on HR 1797, a bill that would outlaw virtually all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) argued in favor of banning abortions even earlier in pregnancy because, he said, male fetuses that age were already, shall we say, spanking the monkey. “Watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful,” said Burgess, a former OB/GYN. “They stroke their face. If they’re a mal... more »
Tiwesdæg: the Left-hand of Linkage
David Silbey on the long century of the US surveillance state. Don’t throw the espionage baby out with the domestic-surveillance bathwater? Tom Nichols throws the gauntlet down at opponents of more active US involvement in the Syrian civil war. Dan Trombly ruminates on the concept of “blowback” in light of recent domestic terror attacks in the west. Developments Continue reading
Most species originate in the tropics
Yesterday was the first really good day of 2013 to swim in a pond – two months later than in 2012 – and today is the first supertropical day of the otherwise cloudy year 2013 with temperatures reaching 35 °C in Pilsen where the warmth has its headquarters. Prague was colder but 33.5 °C was still enough (by 0.3 °C) to beat the record for this day which didn't occur in 2012 but in... 1934. ;-) A tropical topic may therefore be appropriate. Because Slovak geologist Mr Adam Tomášových is among the 8 authors of the paper, the science section of the Slovak daily Sme.sk reviewed the article... more »
Untitled
*Sheriff: Site of Florida Gas explosion looks like a bomb went off ~WWLTV* * *Pipeline Explodes in Washington Parish ~NOLA DEFENDER*~*Director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Ann Rolfes*, said the rash of incidents points to a significant problem within the gas industry. *"The petrochemical industry in this state has an accident problem, and they've certainly shown it in the last five days,"* said Rolfes. *"We need to hire more people, and we need to figure out how to get renewable energy in this state so that we can get safe jobs for workers." *
PRISM barely scratches the surface ... 50 years of global surveillance
Mick Meaney This report looks at the reality of the global surveillance network and explains how PRISM is just a small part in a decades-long agenda to monitor citizens. *Sources*: http://www.duncancampbell.org/content... http://www.duncancampbell.org/menu/jo... http://www.nickyhager.info/ebook-of-s... http://www.nickyhager.info/exposing-t... http://www.cyber-rights.org/intercept... http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Echelon/st... http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_suyRP... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF5mrw... http://www.fas.org/irp/program/proces..... more »
Canada Being Assimilated Into a U.S. Dominated North American Security Perimeter
Dana Gabriel Canada’s prime minister recently addressed the CFR, a globalist think tank who have been a driving force behind the push towards deeper North American integration. The U.S. and Canada are now further advancing this agenda through the Beyond the Border agreement. Both countries are increasing bilateral border transportation and infrastructure coordination. This includes a common approach to border management, security and control. They are also integrating an information sharing system that would be used to track everyone crossing the U.S.-Canada border and entering or... more »
Syria and Iran: In America's Crosshairs
Anthony Freda Art Stephen Lendman Obama's on a fast track toward tyranny. He's heading for greater intervention against Syria. Ravaging the country entirely is planned. At issue is establishing another pro-Western vassal state. Mass killing and destruction don't matter. Imperial priorities come first. Longstanding plans pre-date 9/11. Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas doesn't know the half of it. If he does, he didn't say. He told French parliamentary channel (La Chaine parlementaire) viewers: I’m going to tell you something. I was in England two years before the viol... more »
Watch Your Cash: New BAIL-IN Rules Will Force “Failed Bank Losses on Investors”
Mac Slavo When the Cypriot government forced account holders to cover bank losses earlier this year most of the world assumed this was a one-off event, limited only to the people of Cyprus. Though warnings urging depositors to get their money out of banks spread across the world, few have taken them seriously. Perhaps now they’ll reconsider. We’re all familiar with bail-outs, as in the government rescuing failed institutions, namely banks, by injecting them with tens of billions of dollars to prevent collapse. But have you ever heard of a bail-in? Japan’s Financial Services Agen... more »
Skynet to Launch October, 2013
Jack Mullen Business Insider published an article about the NSA data center being constructed in Bluffdale, Utah. The facility, being roughly 1 million square feet, will house a computing and data harvesting and long term data storage facility to be operational by October 2013. (Source) The stated purpose of the facility is to "listen and decode all foreign communications of interest to the security of the United States." But in light of the recent revelations of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the data center under construction in Utah is far more likely a tool of the United S... more »
Putin to Cameron: Do You Want to Arm People Who Eat the Organs of Their Enemies?
*Youtube* During a press conference ahead of the G8 summit Vladimir Putin offers a scathing put down in response to David Cameron's vain attempt to portray the Syrian "rebels" as fighting for secularism and democracy. Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.
Fascist Revolving Door at 'Digital Blackwater' Booz Allen
*Youtube* Booz Allen could use some more government scrutiny. Maybe it would, if the private defense contractor didn't have such a revolving door relationship with Washington. Just how much is your private information in their hands? A 100 billion emails a day! Subscribe to the Young Turks Channel Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.
British MP George Galloway on the Anti-G8 Summit and Bilderberg
*We Are Change* Luke Rudkowski interviews British politician George Galloway at an Anti-G8 event about why he is against the G8's policies and his thoughts on the recent Bilderberg meeting. WeAreChange.org Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.
Obama’s Syria Policy Looks a Lot Like Bush’s Iraq Policy
Dees Illustration Dr. Ron Paul President Obama announced late last week that the US intelligence community had just determined that the Syrian government had used poison gas on a small scale, killing some 100 people in a civil conflict that has claimed an estimated 100,000 lives. Because of this use of gas, the president claimed, Syria had crossed his “red line” and the US must begin to arm the rebels fighting to overthrow the Syrian government. Setting aside the question of why 100 killed by gas is somehow more important than 99,900 killed by other means, the fact is his above e... more »
Taiwan-Phils Fishing Pact? Probably not....
*One of the great joys of biking in Taiwan is meeting all the friendly people.* With Taipei and Manila agreeing to forego the use of force in settling disputes at sea at a recent meeting, a pact which enormously favors Taipei since Philippines' boats rarely poach in Taiwan waters, but the reverse, alas, is all too common, the possibility of an actual fishing pact between the two sides is being raised. Discussions (a second preparatory meeting) are scheduled for July... Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs director-general Benjamin Ho, in an int... more »
When should a conviction should be set aside because it was not supported by the evidence before the trial judge
*R. v. Kinney*, 2013 YKCA 5 is a useful source for when conviction should be set aside because it was not supported by the evidence before the trial judge: [10] The approach to be taken in considering this contention was discussed by the Supreme Court in R. v. Biniaris, 2000 SCC 15 (CanLII), 2000 SCC 15, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 381, and summarized as follows by Madam Justice Arbour in the companion case of R. v. A.G., 2000 SCC 17 (CanLII), 2000 SCC 17 at para. 6, 2000 SCC 17 (CanLII), [2000] 1 S.C.R. 439: *[6] ... embarking on the exercise mandated by s. 686(1)(a)(i) of the ... more »
A Presentation by Kerri Rivera.- 38 Autistic Children Recovered in 20 months with MMS
This presentation will outline the approach Kerri has used successfully to help recover 38 children from a diagnosis of Autism. She will explain how MMS (chlorine dioxide) has become the “missing piece” to the autism puzzle for so many of the families that she works with. MMS is available worldwide, and is extremely cost effective, bringing recovery in reach of all families, despite economic or geographic limitations. This presentation seeks to prove that Autism truly is curable. *View Video Presentation by clicking on the link below:* ** *http://www.autismone.org/content/38-chi... more »
Microsoft No. 1–in Turning Over Data to NSA
You might say that Gates got the ball rolling. From the PRISM slide show recently exposed (click to enlarge):
Vaccination Lies and Other Tales
Dees Illustration Catherine J. Frompovich Breaking news out of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, is something the medical profession—and Big Pharma—probably do not want parents in the USA to hear or know. Children who have been fully vaccinated against measles are coming down with, you guessed it, measles! How can that be, when vaccinations are supposed to ‘immunize’ children against the very diseases for which they get the toxic ‘jabs’? Measles is not the only vaccine slipup; whooping cough has been disproving vaccine ‘science’ for quite a while now. Natural News blew the whistle on that i... more »
Law enforcement accesses increasingly massive facial recognition databases with few legal standards
image credit: AV-1/Flickr Madison Ruppert According to a new report, the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance program isn’t all Americans have to be concerned about. Searchable facial recognition databases are growing increasingly massive and few legal safeguards are in place. Facial recognition systems in the United States are on the rise thanks to a wide variety of initiatives including the FBI directly sharing facial recognition software with police departments while also deploying a $1 billion facial recognition system around the country. Since facial recognition s... more »
The Politics of the Human Heart
*Image* Janet C. Phelan When I was in grade school, the alarms would begin and, whether we were in instruction or at lunch or recess, we knew what those sirens meant. We would put down whatever was in our hands -- pencils, forks, a softball -- and file into the auditorium. There we would put our heads between our knees, cover our little necks with our forearms and wait for either doomsday or the all clear. Some little girls would always begin to sob. We never knew whether it was a drill or not until the all clear sounded. Unlike so many of my classmates, I was never worried. A sm... more »
The Great American Dragnet: Over 200 Million People Are in the Facial Recognition Database
Daisy Luther You are probably participating in the facial recognition database whether you want to or not. Most likely, your visage is there to be easily identified, without your consent, even if you’ve never committed a crime. Using the vague criteria of “law enforcement purposes”, the United States has more than 200 million Americans filed away in various facial recognition databases. If you have a driver’s license or any other government photo ID, your face is probably one of them. The Washington Post reports: Law enforcement use of such facial searches is blurring the tradi... more »
Researchers Discover Flaxseed Regresses Cardiovascular Plaque in Animals
Sayer Ji *Quick Summary* - Researchers discover flaxseed regresses cardiovascular plaque in an animal model - Flaxseed may provide an ideal estrogen alternative in older women - Flaxseed has three major beneficial components - There are over 50 researched health benefits of flaxseed A promising new study published in the *American Journal of Physiology*and Circulation Research titled, "The Effects of Dietary Flaxseed on Atherosclerotic Plaque Regression," looked at whether flaxseed in the diet of rabbits is capable of regressing atherosclerotic plaque, the primar... more »
Alessandra Stanley gets it right!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013* *About Morning Joe and Miss Utah:* As noted in our previous post, Alessandra Stanley profiles quite a few news programs in today’s New York Times. We’d have to say her aim is true as she describes Morning Joe: STANLEY (6/18/13): “Morning Joe” on MSNBC is not really the CNN show’s competition—it’s a sassy, personality-driven program about politics. At its best, that rambunctious, fast-talking cable talk show, anchored by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, can sound like a screwball comedy set in a Washington think tank. *On a bad day it turns into a C-Span ... more »
Paper touts ‘no jail’ option in exchange for reduced Charter protection
A startling idea -- especially as the Constitution expressly applies to offences -- almost certainly not lawful: *A discussion paper issued by the federal Department of Justice is suggesting that for certain offences, the assurance of lower penalties or no time in jail in exchange for reduced protection under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms could lead to a more efficient criminal justice system.* * **A number of options to achieve these goals arise in the proportionality discussion paper issued by the federal steering committee on justice efficiencies and access to justice. * * **... more »
NSA Wiretapping Public Service Announcement
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Fake Store Fronts in Belfast to Make G8 Policies Seem Successful
*We Are Change* The Northern Irish government has spent around £2 million on plastering up photos of fake store fronts where businesses once operates. These have been here for over a year but governments in multiple other cities have decided to do the same to put up a false sense of a thriving economy for the G8. This is another example of governments attempting to mask the problems of recession since the bank bailouts instead of actually doing something about it. WeAreChange.org Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Shar... more »
Return To The Now - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
** ** ** *Prepare. * ** *Yes, prepare for the days ahead. Days of trials in fire and renewal of the Earth by waters rising. * ** *Hard days, some might say, difficult days. All we will say is necessary days if Mankind is to continue on the path of evolution or evolvement into half human, half God.* ** *Mans' destiny from the beginning of time. * ** *Now, soon to be fulfilled in human time. * ** *Man has chosen this although the ego will say not.* ** *Man was once the ruler of ego and lived amongst all creatures both seen and unseen. * ** *Then a separation occurred and Man forgot what ... more »
The 12 Principles of Enslavement
image source Dragan Matijevic There were always people who wanted to control others and by imposing their will secure their existence, materially and spiritually. There were always spiritual guides who wanted nothing but the best for their students and then there were guides who used their students for their own gains. Whether talking of secular or religious world, principles of controlling others are very similar, it's all about disconnecting people from their source, from God, disconnecting people form each other, and about taking control of their mind. Generally, we people are... more »
They Know: Billionaires Are Quietly And Rapidly Dumping Millions of Shares of Stock
Mac Slavo After the massive crash that rocked global markets in 2008, as Congress, central bankers and major financial institutions met in secret to mitigate the crisis, billionaires like Warren Buffet were buying up shares of some of the hardest hit companies. At the time, the world was literally on the brink of an unprecedented economic collapse. It was so serious, in fact, that members of Congress were told that should they fail to come to an agreement the fallout would leave the United States in such a state of disarray that martial law would be declared and tanks would be de... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Carol Kane, 61. I'm actually not much of a fan of her scene in Princess Bride. But loved her in Annie Hall, loved her in Ishtar, she was great on Cheers. I had forgotten that she's in The Muppet Movie, too. And plenty of good stuff: 1. Rick Hasen walks us through Arizona v. Inter-Tribal Council. 2. Yes, the physical bulk of bills is not in any way important, as Steve Benen says. 3. Ezra Klein is right about 30-year budget projections. 4. This one (via Goddard) really should have received a lot more attention than it seems to be getting: great story from Elise V... more »
SILLY SEASON: Miss Utah attacked by gang of sharks!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013* *Part 1—The dumbness of the whale:* In this morning’s New York Times, Alessandra Stanley describes the intellectual heft of CBS This Morning, which competes each day with Good Morning America and with the Today show. Stanley’s terms of praise may not seem wholly reassuring. The CBS program “makes a point of offering fewer shark attacks, cute baby videos, celebrity gossip tidbits and diet tips than the other two network shows,” she somewhat peculiarly says. CBS offers fewer shark attacks! This aligns with Stanley’s terms of praise for Jake Tapper’s new 4 PM... more »
US House Passes Amendment to NDAA Regarding the National Defense of…Israel?
Kimberly Paxton An amendment to the NDAA passed the US House of Representatives on Friday. The pricey amendment doesn’t apply to the national defense of the United States, but that of Israel. It is the policy of the United States to take all necessary steps to ensure that Israel possesses and maintains an independent capability to remove existential threats to its security and defend its vital national interests. The amendment was introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), and passed overwhelmingly with a vote of 315-108. It will go for a vote by the Senate next, and then cross th... more »
Stasi Puts Halt on Raw Milk Bill in Nevada
Brad Jordan *Will there be a whistleblower in the FDA?* The FDA, USDA, and the monopolistic dairy processors they prop up rejoiced after a raw milk bill was defeated in Nevada earlier this month. Thanks to Governor Sandoval’s veto June 6, the people of that state will be deprived of one of nature’s most nourishing foods. After receiving overwhelming support, with a 40-0 vote in the House and 17-5 in the Senate, the governor still decided he had to red-light the bill. To understand why this would happen, one must follow 'da money. All it takes is a little pressure from the bigger ... more »
Washington Is Insane
Anthony Freda Art Paul Craig Roberts In the 21st century the two hundred year-old propaganda that the American people control their government has been completely shattered. Both the Bush and Obama regimes have made it unmistakenly clear that the American people don’t even influence, much less control, the government. As far as Washington is concerned, the people are nothing but chaff in the wind. Polls demonstrate that 65% of the US population opposes US intervention in Syria. Despite this clear indication of the people’s will, the Obama regime is ramping up a propaganda case for...more »
Big Business Has A Friend-- Congress
Monday we looked at Jason Farago's definitive Cory Booker analysis in *the Guardian*. One conclusion that struck me was about his lackey-like relationship with Big Business in general and Wall Street in particular. Booker has the unwavering support of the big bad industry just across the river from Newark. Since his days as a city councilor, he has hoovered up cash from the financial services sector-- but unlike many other tri-state Democrats who seduce the Street in a marriage of a convenience, Booker legitimately thinks that big money knows best and the public sector should do ... more »
21 Facts About NSA Snooping That Every American Should Know
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Michael Snyder There seems to be a lot of confusion about what the NSA is actually doing. Are they reading our emails? Are they listening to our telephone calls? Do they target American citizens or is it only foreigners that they are targeting? Unfortunately, the truth is that we aren’t going to get straight answers from our leaders about this. The folks running the NSA have already shown that they are willing to flat out lie to Congress, and Barack Obama doesn’t exactly have the greatest track record when it comes to telling the truth. These are men that play word games and... more »
Security expert: high-end surveillance cameras can be used by hackers to spy on sensitive facilities
image source: zigazou76/Flickr Madison Ruppert A U.S. security expert who worked as a software developer for the National Security Agency (NSA) in the past has revealed that the type of high-end surveillance cameras used in military bases, prisons, banks and industrial facilities can be remotely accessed by hackers. Given the growing CCTV industry and the increasingly widespread deployment of surveillance cameras in major cities, residential neighborhoods and even on private property, this report leads to some troubling possibilities. Craig Heffner, who now works for a private sec... more »
Papers, Please – Unless You’re Voting
Kimberly Paxton In an effort to prevent voter registration from being “burdensome”, (especially for non-citizens that wish to chime in) the Supreme Court has ruled that people don’t have to prove their citizenship to be eligible to vote. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier. The justices voted 7-2 to throw out Arizona’s voter-approved requirement that prospective voters document their U.S. citizenship in order to use a ... more »
A new giant vaccine scandal exposes government lies and psyops
Jon Rappoport If you control the use of words and numbers, you can make trillions of dollars, and you can hide scandals that would otherwise take you down into infamy and prison. You can pretty much operate a whole sector of society and remain untouched. Nowhere is this more clear than in the criminal work of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The real name of that agency should be: Centers for Disease Information Control. That’s what they do. They manipulate words and numbers to present fictional images to the public. They’re a tax-funded PR front for the medical cartel.... more »
Judge Napolitano: We Live In Dangerous Times, Losing Liberty Is a Slippery Slope
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Nothing For Something
The Harper government has released ads touting its Canada Job Grants Program. The problem is that the program doesn't exist. Andrew Coyne writes in the Postmedia papers: Ottawa proposes to foot only one-third of the cost of the grants; the remainder is contingent on the participation of the provinces and employers, which has yet to be negotiated. What is more (less?), it appears some of the larger provinces may never sign on. Quebec has already signaled its outright refusal (but you knew that), while Ontario is promising to be difficult, at the least. A statement from the provinc... more »
PRISM - Just The Beginning of Spying on You
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Lewis Black on the NSA and Creepy Technology
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*Pipeline explosion at Florida Gas in Franklinton ~Advocate*~The gas pipeline is owned by *Florida* *Gas* Transmission Co, 18169 Lee Rd, Franklinton, LA, Washington Parish Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness specialist Bobbi Jo Breland said Tuesday morning.
Detroit - Exhibit A for the decay and de facto bankruptcy of the US .... A look back at Jefferson County's financial woes , as they emerge from bankruptcy and set the stage for the next financial shitte storm !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-17/rotting-decaying-and-bankrupt-%E2%80%93-if-you-want-see-future-america-just-look-detroit Rotting, Decaying And Bankrupt – If You Want To See The Future Of America Just Look At Detroit [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/17/2013 22:41 -0400 - Barack Obama - Bill Gates - Budget Deficit - China - Creditors - Detroit - Federal Reserve - GAAP - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - India - International Monetary Fund - Ireland - Italy - Japan - Medicare...more »
Democracy - Forward, Together - The People United
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! It started in Wisconsin. Then it moved to Ohio. Then it moved to Michigan. Now it is in North Carolina. Forward.Together.Not One Step Back. If you are not familiar with Moral Mondays in North Carolina I recommend *>>>>this diary<<<<<* at Daily Kos to get you caught up. I think it is important for people to be aware that they are not alone. AND So that you realize that the legislators that are paid to represent the people – don’t necessarily do so – here are some quotes from North Carolina legislator about the voice of the people. Never sho... more »
I Give "Em Two-and-a-Half Years ...
The handover of military authority is complete! The Afghans have taken control over security from NATO. NATO forces themselves will move to a supportive and mentoring role, except during battles, where they'll supply air strikes and medical evacuations. In 18 months, NATO forces are supposed to be out of the country altogether. I give them a year to survive after that. Then the whole rotten structure will collapse upon itself. I wonder what hysterical, ranting gas-bag Terry Glavin will say to rationalize his decade + of stupidity and slander?
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*Fishers, coastal restoration advocates debate diversion plan ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE* *Corps says West Bank flood protection system completed ~Jeff Adelson, The Advocate NO* ~*“The West Bank in particular has experienced a significant increase in protection,”* Jefferson Parish President John Young said Monday. But as officials cut the ribbon on the project in front of the white floodwalls that guard the far edge of the West Bank system, *local flood protection officials and representatives of the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority were conspicuously absent.* Those...more »
Fascinating protection of convicted by BBC
Back in December there was a rather nasty incident in The Netherlands when a football linesman was kicked to death by a group of teenagers and one adult. What is interesting today is that whilst the juveniles' names I believe cannot be reported there is no such restriction on the name of the adult convicted. The Telegraph manage to report the adult as being 'Hasan D'. The BBC report names no names, why? The Telegraph further report that: 'Only three of the defendants turned up in court to hear the verdict, an attendance that described by Mrs Nieuwenhuizen as “disrespectful”. “The w...more »
It Tolls For Thee.
All eyes are on Syria. The problems Syria’s civil war poses for the surrounding area as well as the tragedy faced by its people are the main focus of the world and the media. No-one knows what to do. As it is plain for all to see, including those who strive to shoehorn Israel’s culpability for all Muslim grievances into every remotely related issue, Syria’s current crisis concerns a fundamental schism within the Arab world. Even the BBC is beginning to see that these problems exist, and have always done so, regardless of Israel’s unwelcome presence in ‘Muslim Land’. Even the BBC i... more »
"What I Have Lived For"
"What I Have Lived For" by Bertrand Russell "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair. I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy - ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness... more »
Yet more Barack Obama news that the BBC won't report
Another CNN bulletin: 'Older and younger Americans don't agree on the immigration bill currently before the U.S. Senate, but a small majority of Americans overall favors the bill, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey. The poll also indicates that more than six in 10 say border security rather than a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants should be the bigger priority. According to the poll, 51% say they support a bill that would attempt to increase border security and create a pathway to citizenship for many undocumented immigrants, with 45% saying they are... more »
More Barack Obama news that the BBC won't report
Another CNN bulletin: 'A growing number of Americans believe that top White House officials ordered the IRS to target conservative political groups, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey. In May, only 37% of the public thought that the IRS controversy led to the White House, with 55% saying that agency officials acted on their own without direct orders from Washington. Today, that number has increased 10 points, to 47%, virtually the same as the 49% who believe the IRS agents acted on their own. Congressional sources say that interviews with IRS workers so far have foun... more »
Counselling that might actually work
Thanks to Monkey Dust...
"No, Maybe I Can't Win..."
“No, maybe I can’t win, maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he’s got. But to beat me, he’s gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me, and to do that, he’s gotta be willing to die himself and I don’t know if he’s ready to do that. I don’t know, I don’t know.” – "Rocky Balboa"
Musical Interlude: Kings College Choir, a cappela: Samuel Barber, “Agnus Dei”
Kings College Choir, a cappela: Samuel Barber, “Agnus Dei” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWgjwTc3PUw
It's only $9,000,000,000,000 Missing From The Federal Reserve.
After all it's only $9,000,000,000,000 Missing From The Federal Reserve. Have these people not heard of real-time reporting or indeed proper financial accounting systems? Is nobody really keeping track of losses of this size? *Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.*
Off-Worlders Are Revealing Themselves to Us, - A Guest Post by Michael Brine
Off-Worlders Are Revealing Themselves to Us It is time for me to go public with my own insights and experiences regarding visits from off-worlders. It is time to be a bit bolder in letting the general public know that many of us have experienced contact with others, supporting our views on the existence of life elsewhere in our galaxy. Readers may know that I believe we are not alone in this Universe. In line with that idea, I will now disclose an experience I had when I was visiting England back in September, 2003. It was at a time when the Americans were on the move into Afgh... more »
Photos Oglala President arrested at White Clay protest
Photos by Andrew Ironshell Oglala Lakota President Bryan Brewer was arrested on Monday, June 17, 2013, as he stood in solidarity with protesters against the liquor profiteers at White Clay, Neb., bordering Pine Ridge, S.D. Brewer was released Monday afternoon. Video of arrest and message from President Brewer: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/06/
Top 7 Myths About GMO Foods & Monsanto by Christina Sarich
Link to download the full report: http://permaculturenews.org/2012/10/24/gmo-myths-and-truths/ Top 7 Myths About GMO Foods & Monsanto by Christina Sarich Natural Society, 17 June 2013 With all the controversy circling in the mainstream media about the necessity of GMO farming due to world population explosions and a diminishing global food supply, it is time to debunk some of the *biggest myths* about GMO foods. Don’t be fooled by the propaganda being fed to you by Monsanto and other corporate industrialists who want to keep you on their fishing line with lies about the ‘import... more »
Pet Shop Boys: Apartheid Israel is "a caricature"
'In a statement published on the Pet Shop Boys website, member Neil Tennant states: "I don't agree with this comparison of Israel to apartheid-era South Africa. It's a caricature. Israel has (in my opinion) some crude and cruel policies based on defence; it also has universal suffrage and equality of rights for all its citizens both Jewish and Arab. In apartheid-era South Africa, artists could only play to segregated audiences; in Israel anyone who buys a ticket can attend a concert. Neil x"' More here http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3800/pet_shop_boys_apartheid_israel_is_... more »
BBC News - TV licence fee excuses revealed
The BBC have this jokey piece about excuses for not paying the TV licence fee. Of course there's no mention of the correct reason - because I refuse to pay for the BBC's hideously biased output. I wonder how many non payers take that political stand. BBC article here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22947160
"A Home Beyond What This World Knows..."
* * *"A Home Beyond What This World Knows..." * Author Unknown "You can chain my body But you cannot chain my soul. You can enslave my body But you’ll never own my soul. You can whip my body, But you cannot touch my soul. For my soul is mightier than your chains, My soul endures all your blows, My soul is eternal, eternally remains, My soul has a home beyond what this world knows. You can imprison my body, but you cannot jail my soul. You can break my body, But you’ll never break my soul. My soul is free as the eagle flying so high, Vast like a dark, starry sky, Deep as the ocean, wider ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The constellation of Orion holds much more than three stars in a row. A deep exposure shows everything from dark nebula to star clusters, all embedded in an extended patch of gaseous wisps in the greater Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. * Click image several times for largest image.* The brightest three stars on the far left are indeed the famous three stars that make up the belt of Orion. Just below Alnitak, the lowest of the three belt stars, is the Flame Nebula, glowing with excited hydrogen gas and immersed in filaments of dark brown dust. Below the frame center and just to...more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Sofia Smallstorm to discuss her recent presentation at the Conspiracy Con 2013 conference in Milpitas, California. We'll be discussing the alleged Sandy Hook "shooting", the concept of media fakery and PSYOPS, and Sofia's research into chem trails and other environmental and health issues. Please visit *The Realist Report *on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes.
Christy Clark Goes Down The Rabbit Hole(LNG Fantasty)
The British Columbia advantage when it comes to LNG exports, our unelected gabby premier Christy Clark has been blathering about out B.C advantage, yet everywhere I look, everything I examine tells me we don`t have an advantage we actually have disadvantages.. This fact may be the catalyst for Clark negotiating all potential provincial profits gone, Christy is in panic mode, her entire election campaign was based on selling a gullible public a fantasy about $trillions flowing to our province in the form of LNG dollars, those $trillions are being negotiated down to scant $millions,... more »
An Interview with Hooman Majd:Part 2: It’s the Economy & Threats Stupid!
(Photo Credit: GQ / Ken Browar) Hooman Majd is the grandson of an ayatollah, son of a career diplomat, and related by marriage to former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami. Born in Tehran, he spent his formative years globe-trotting for his father’s work and was educated in schools in San Francisco, New Delhi, Tunis, London and Washington D.C. After many years in the entertainment business,
An Interview with Hooman Majd:Part 1: The Presidential Election
(Photo Credit: House of Majd) Hooman Majd is the grandson of an ayatollah, son of a career diplomat, and related by marriage to former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami. Born in Tehran, he spent his formative years globe-trotting for his father’s work and was educated in schools in San Francisco, New Delhi, Tunis, London and Washington D.C. After many years in the entertainment business,
Guest Post - The Solar Timeline
Solar Energy has been touted as the clean sustainable answer to many of our energy problems. As recently as February this year Ofgem announced that between 2015 - 2018 we will be dangerously close to a crisis that will push up energy prices further, a worrying proposition. This may not come as a surprise to you, but you may be surprised to know that Solar energy has long been heralded the answer to our energy issues, as far back as 1905 when Einsteins paper, that later won the noble prize engaged the Photoelectric effect we celebrated using the Sun to power our world! So it struck ... more »
Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz Maneuvering To Get Charlie Crist Into The Senate?
Saturday, Florida Democrats had their big Jefferson-Jackson fundraiser at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood (the Hollywood in political boss Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Florida congressional district, not the actual Hollywood). The haul was reported to be around $850,000 and the theme was defeating Rick Scott next year when he tries for a second term as governor. Wasserman Schultz, however, used the conclave to continue trying to persuade Democrats that lifelong Republican Charlie Crist is not only a Democrat but has *always* been a Democrat. If she ever, by the grace of... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Sands of Time“
*“The Sands of Time“* by Chet Raymo “Here is a slab of 400-million-year-old Old Red Sandstone quarried from a nearby hill and placed here by the Kerry County Council as part of a seawall for Ventry Pier. On its face are beach ripples similar to those one might see any day at low tide on the sand flats of Ventry Harbor. Beach ripples inside a mountain! How did they get there? In a journal entry for May 21, 1831, the fossilist Gideon Mantell recounts an expedition he made with the great geologist Charles Lyell to a quarry at Horsham, in southeastern England, where they observed s... more »
"Courage, Bravery..."
“Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all. For now you are traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be.” - Meg Cabot “Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.” - Franklin P. Jones We, the People, are many, they are few... - CP
Academic Freedom, Financial Allure, and Overseas Research, Programs, and Campuses: Do We Self-Censor?
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who found refuge last year in the United States with a fellowship at NYU is now claiming that he is being pushed out of NYU because his human rights advocacy and criticisms of the Chinese government is upsetting NYU’s relationship with China. From the NYTimes: In a statement released Sunday, Continue reading
Looking For 'A New Devil’:Israeli Leaders & Supporters Scramble After Iran Election
Hassan Rouhani's unexpected victory in this weekend's Iranian election has sent Israeli hasbara into a tailspin. The desire for an Iranian bogeyman is so intense in the warmongering mainstream of Israeli and neoconservative discourse that any attempt to mask their pre-election desires and post-election frustration has been futile. Their entire game plan has been on display -- every Iranian
"Courage"
* "Courage"* by George Washington "It all comes down to courage... If you have courage, then you're willing to face that really stinky mess in the garage and clean it up. You have faith you can clean it up, because you've cleaned up other really stinky messes, or seen other people do it. In other words, you have faith because you have experience of succeeding in the past. Fat and Happy: We Americans have led a very pampered life for the past couple of decades. Sure, there has been inequality and exploitation, and some have had it a lot worse than others. But, other than stopping...more »
10 Books on My Summer To Be Read List
There is nothing I love more than laying outside in the summer on a blanket, reading a book. Here are a few books I am looking forward to reading this summer. Linking up with The Broke and the Bookish. - Glitch by Heather Anastasiu- As soon as I read the synopsis of this book, I was hooked. It almost sounds like it has a borg community type feeling to it. I am excited for this read. - Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan - Shatter Me by Taherh Mafi- I have heard great things about this dystopian book. It is one of my absolute must read... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Sands of Time“
*“The Sands of Time“* by Chet Raymo “Here is a slab of 400-million-year-old Old Red Sandstone quarried from a nearby hill and placed here by the Kerry County Council as part of a seawall for Ventry Pier. On its face are beach ripples similar to those one might see any day at low tide on the sand flats of Ventry Harbor. Beach ripples inside a mountain! How did they get there? In a journal entry for May 21, 1831, the fossilist Gideon Mantell recounts an expedition he made with the great geologist Charles Lyell to a quarry at Horsham, in southeastern England, where they observed s... more »
"A Liitle Tune For Big Brother And the Big, Bad, And Oh-So-Scary NSA"
Robert Palmer, “You're Gonna Get What's Coming” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgIebIQLiiQ&html5=1 • Your move, gents... oh, and by the way, switching to Python doesn't hide you. :-) Need I elaborate my thoughts on the matter? America, right? Freedom of speech, right? lol Don't give up, folks, don't you give up... - CP
Never let an economist get his hand on a lever
As if to prove the truism that most modern mainstream economists have never seen a policy lever they’ve never liked, the BNZ’s Tony Alexander came out over the weekend with a list of ways in which to meddle in the housing market. Tony’s Plan, as economist Eric Crampton* called it in criticising it**, consists of eight points ranging mostly from the fanciful to the farcical, including the creation of a Super-SOE “whose sole purpose is to undercut existing building materials suppliers,” “a new large state house building programme” using some sort of “efficient building systems” that... more »
Inventor of the day: Alessandro Volta and the fight about the frog’s legs
I’ll wager you have one of Alessandro Volta’s devices either in your pocket right now, or very close at hand. I”d win my bet, because it’s there in virtually every electronic device you type on, talk on or text on—and without it, it wouldn’t work. Alessandro Volta was the inventor of the “electric pile”—the forerunner of the modern battery. It came about because of a debate over frogs’ legs… In 1780, Volta had become engaged in a debate with Italian physician and scientist Luigi Galvani that would inspire his development of a device which would solve that problem and seal his pla... more »
DPP Chairman Su's visit to the US
*Went out yesterday to collect bug pics for a post but didn't shoot any good ones. But I did find this lovely bit of mimicry. Leaf mimicry is common (and beautiful) among butterflies and moths in Taiwan.* I blogged on DPP Chairman Su's visit to Taiwan over at Asian Correspondent _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!
"Lakotah Instructions for Living"
* * *"Lakotah Instructions for Living"* "Friend do it this way- that is, whatever you do in life, do the very best you can with both your heart and mind. And if you do it that way, the Power Of The Universe will come to your assistance, if your heart and mind are in Unity. When one sits in the Hoop Of The People, one must be responsible because All of Creation is related. And the hurt of one is the hurt of all. And the honor of one is the honor of all. And whatever we do effects everything in the universe. If you do it that way- that is, if you truly join your heart and mind as On... more »
The Poet: Charles Baudelaire, "Contemplation"
* * *"Contemplation" * by Charles Baudelaire "Thou, O my Grief, be wise and tranquil still, The eve is thine which even now drops down, To carry peace or care to human will, And in a misty veil enfolds the town. While the vile mortals of the multitude, By pleasure, cruel tormentor, goaded on, Gather remorseful blossoms in light mood- Grief, place thy hand in mine, let us be gone far from them. Lo, see how the vanished years, In robes outworn lean over heaven's rim; And from the water, smiling through her tears, Remorse arises, and the sun grows dim; And in the east, her long shro... more »
The Forbidden Truth: The US Is Channeling Chemical Weapons To Al Qaeda In Syria, Obama Is A Liar And A Terrorist!
I have been watching the Jewish media news on and off over the last few days as they continue to harp the LIES about Syria, and how its own government under Al Assad has been using "chemical weapons" on its civilian population. I had to turn off this crap because I could not stomach the lies any longer.... It is so remarkable that the American public is again being spoon fed a bunch of pure horse shit in the push by their own criminal government to get another war of aggression started against another innocent country! I want to present the following article that comes from Profes... more »
Single publication rule in defamation does not apply in Ontario
Shtaif v. Toronto Life Publishing Co. Ltd., 2013 ONCA 405 holds the single publication rule in defamation does not apply in Ontario: [27] Many American States, either by judicial decision or statute, have adopted a "single publication rule" for mass publications. The rule holds that a plaintiff alleging defamation has a single cause of action, which arises at the first publication of an alleged libel, regardless of the number of copies of the publication distributed or sold. In other words, the entire edition of a newspaper, book or magazine is treated as a single publicat... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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"Are You?"
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free." - Nikos Kazantzakis
HALF WAY HOME IN MAINE WITH DRONE BILL
*Drone bill wins in Maine Senate - Goes to House on Tuesday* Great news. Our drone bill (LD 236) minority report won big in the State Senate in Augusta today. Your calls and emails worked. Now we need you to make one more round of calls/emails to House members in Augusta as the bill will come before the House on Tuesday. You can find their *contact info* at http://www.maine.gov/legis/house/hbiolist.htm (House) The minority report not only put the warrant requirements back into the bill (which Attorney General Mills repeatedly tried to kill) but also declares a two-year morator... more »
A spokesman clarifies Pope Francis's announced concerns about the "gay lobby" in the Vatican
Eye of the Tiber *Is it any wonder that the Holy Father is so concerned about the gay lobby in the Vatican?* *by Ken* The issue of a reputed "gay lobby" burst into public consciousness when its existence was offered as a possible reason for the sudden resignation of Pope Cardinal Ratguts (aka Benedict XVI), who was said to have cut and run rather than risk the fireball resulting from public exposure of this allegedly powerful coterie within the Vatican. More recently, his successor, Pope Francis, made disparaging reference to the supposed gay lobby. Just yesterday Howie was specu... more »
The Professor and the Mad Man
Edward Snowden is now more popular than Barack Obama. Young people, especially, are abandoning the president in droves. What was once considered hot shit has collapsed into a puddle of cold diarrhea in the wake of massive unemployment and recent revelations of abusive domestic surveillance. And as much as it pains me to say this, the high school refugee that the pundits love to hate actually sounds more intelligent than the Harvard Law grad Prez. Compare and contrast what they said during their two interviews today. First, here's a snippet from Snowden's spirited online press confer... more »
"A Thought Experiment"
* * *"A Thought Experiment"* by TheOilDrum "Imagine that someone you absolutely believe (god, an omniscient alien, your mother, a republican talk show host, tarot card reader, etc. whoever it might be for you personally) told you with 100% certainty that the worst case scenario WAS going to happen, and that by say, 2015 there would be permanent blackouts, no food on grocery store shelves, mad-max communities, basically A World Made By Hand, in relatively short order. If you KNEW this, and internalized it to the point where it felt 100% certain, would you change what you are doin...more »
Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land
Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land. Source: TVOBigIdeas. Published: February 15, 2013. Description: University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.
"Each Morning..."
"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it." - Groucho Marx
"Human Destiny- the Grace of the Present Moment"
*"Human Destiny- the Grace of the Present Moment"* by Michael Dowd "Our present situation, I think, can be summarized by the following three sentences: 1. The glory of the human has become the desolation of the Earth. 2. The desolation of the Earth is becoming the destiny of the human. 3. Therefore, all human activities, professions, programs and institutions must henceforth be judged primarily by the extent to which they inhibit, ignore or foster a mutually enhancing human/Earth relationship." — Thomas Berry "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the diversity, stability, ... more »
Obamacare must die
For the GOP's hardcore crackpot caucus there is only one overriding mission. They must kill Obamacare by any means possible and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. So this presents an interesting test for the more practical establishment GOPers. It's inevitable a law as complicated as the ACA is going to need some tweaking. Only as the provisions go into effect will the unintended consequences resulting from the massive partisan horse trading be revealed. One such problem is the law leaves self-insured religious organizations in the lurch. Months of outreach to Republic...more »
PRISM / NSA's PRIVATIZED RETRIVAL AND INFORMATION SPECTRUM MANIPULATION
** ** *So now it's common knowledge that America has built a massive full spectrum privatized information retrieval apparatus (PRISM) which becomes fully operational this fall and confirms that we are now living in Orwell's invasive Oceania ~ where technology is being consciously used to manipulate the public as well as crush human liberty and deny our privacy. All of this is preparation for the fast approaching New World Order: Allen L Roland* *Once we roared like lions for liberty and now we bleat like sheep for security.* Coming face to face with PRISM is like the cave... more »
"Know What's Weird?"
"Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon... everything's different." - Calvin, from "Calvin and Hobbes"
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— Hybrid Sons of Tifton 85 — THE INQUISITR has an article you should check out: “Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle”. Really. That bears repeating, “Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle”
It makes me wonder why all the amateurs have come to education
As promised, my latest at Huff Post Politics. Tagged: amateurs, education reform, huffington post politics
Bitcoin dead in the cross hairs of Government - that the CFTC might take steps to regulate Bitcoin after failing to address silver manipulation for more than 5 years , is sadly comical !
http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/IRS-Taxing-Bitcoin-Virtual-Currencies-67128-1.html IRS Could Begin Taxing Bitcoin and Other Virtual Currencies Print Email Reprints inShare21 WASHINGTON, D.C. (JUNE 17, 2013) BY MICHAEL COHN The Internal Revenue Service plans to develop more guidance and training materials to inform taxpayers and tax preparers of the tax compliance risks associated with using virtual currencies like Bitcoin and “Linden dollars.” ------------------------------ Like what you see? Click here to sign up for Accounting Today's daily newsletter to get the latest news a... more »
Gordon Duff - Morsi Meltdown
Below is an excerpt from Gordon Duff's article called, *"Obama, Morsi, Plunge Middle East Into Chaos"*: *MORSI MELTDOWN* Morsi, this week, called for a holy war on Islam’s Shia sect, which makes up nearly 40% of the Muslim population of the Middle East. Morsi referred to Shia Muslims as “unclean” and called for the extermination of what would constitute the majority of the population of Iraq, Iran, large portions of Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Yemen, Nigeria, Ghana, Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and a dozen other nations. Morsi called for Egyptian “fighters” to begin a war on Syria,... more »
"Fox Kit, Head Stuck In A Jar, Approaches 2 Men For Help"
*"Fox Kit, Head Stuck In A Jar, Approaches 2 Men For Help" * By Cavan Sieczkowski "Wild foxes aren't known to hang around humans too often, but that changed for one little fox that turned to two men for help after getting stuck in a jar. Two men walking along a dirt road in Russia came upon a red fox with its head stuck in a glass jar. The fox walked toward them, and one of the men bent down to help. He grabbed the jar, pulled the scruff of the animal's neck and freed it. As the kit scampered away, the man joked, "Where's my thank you?" according to a Huffington Post translati... more »
Oglala President taken to jail by Nebraska lawmen, standing in solidarity at White Clay
VIDEO Published on Jun 17, 2013 PHOTOS by Andrew Ironshell at Censored News: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/06/photos-oglala-president-arrested-at.html VIDEO: Oglala Lakota President Bryan Brewer Sr. is taken to jail by Nebraska lawmen for standing with his people against the liquid genocide of White KKKlay Nebraska. The Sheridan County Sheriff’s office arrested Oglala Sioux Tribe
Greece top Court blocks ERT closure ! AS a result , the Coalition will continue talks to see whether any resolution of the current standoff can be found....PM Samaras plan to to keep a mere skeleton staff of a coupl of hundreds employees while the new State media company was set up hits the skids....Meanwhile taskmaster Germany watches and waits to see what Greece does next !
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/17/eurozone-crisis-greek-government-broadcaster-markets Eurozone crisis: Greece's top court blocks immediate closure of state broadcaster - as it happened • Closing summary • Council of State: ERT must keep running temporarily • Greek government: it's not a defeat • But PM had already offered concessions • Helena Smith: Government is badly shaken by this crisis Yannis Koutsomitis @*YanniKouts* Venizelos: New coalition leaders meeting on Wednesday. /via @*doleross* #* ERT* #*Greece* 4:03 PM - 17 Jun 2013 Closing Summary *The dramatic court rulin... more »
Harper's Parade of Perps with Perks #6
Bunch up everyone to make room for Steve's latest Perp with Perks, Saulie Zajdel. Arrested today and facing five counts of corruption, breach of trust, and fraud from 2006 to 2011 in the anti-corruption sweep that also bagged the mayor of Montreal, Zajdel is better known to us as the guy who was put on the public payroll as a "cultural liaison" by Heritage Min James Moore for an alleged $60G's to act as the Cons' shadow pretend MP in Irving Cotler's riding after he lost to him in the 2011 election. Here's Steve campaigning for Zajdel three days before Election Day. Here's Nick... more »
Harvey Organ and Ed Steer's gold and Silver Reports - June 15 , 2013 ...Comex gold continues to meltaway while JP Morgan continues to avoid fulfilling posted contacts .... Comex Default in gold looming ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/physical-vs-paper-shanghai-gold.html 15 JUNE 2013 Physical vs. Paper: The Shanghai Gold Exchange vs. the COMEX When push comes to shove, the COMEX is only pushing paper. Weighed, and found wanting. SHANGHAI GOLD EXCHANGE (SGE) [image: Weekly Gold Delivery From Shanghai Gold Exchange Vaults] Weekly Gold Delivery From VaultThe above graph of physical gold delivery out of the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) vaults was prepared by *@KoosJansen* based on the weekly reports from the Chinese portion of the *SGE* site. The SGE has confirmed th... more »
Satire: "Americans Sent Over a Hundred Million Father’s Day Messages, Says N.S.A."
* * *"Americans Sent Over a Hundred Million * *Father’s Day Messages, Says N.S.A."* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Americans sent over a hundred million Father’s Day messages on Sunday, the National Security Agency reported today. The hundred-million number, while robust, falls short of the hundred and twenty million Mother’s Day messages collected by the N.S.A. in May. The difference between the two figures is “not surprising,” said N.S.A. director General Keith B. Alexander. He added, “On the whole, mothers take Mother’s Day more seriously—if the e-mails we... more »
"How It Really Is"
It's called misdirection, a form of deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract its attention from another. - CP
"Cui Bono?"
Cui bono, Latin, "to whose benefit?" Cui bono is the idea that the responsibility for an act can usually be determined by asking who stands to gain as a result of the act. "From the moment when the machine first made its appearance it was clear to all thinking people that the need for human drudgery, and therefore to a great extent for human inequality, had disappeared. If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy and disease could be eliminated within a few generations. But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threate... more »
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