Sunday, June 23, 2013

23 June - Blogs I'm Following

10:28am MDST

Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson Speak Out on the NSA and PRISM Spy Project

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 minutes ago
We got to know them when they stood defiant against the Bush/Cheney/Scooter Libby cabal over their government's cooked up claims about Saddam and his supposed arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Joe Wilson was the former diplomat who exposed the "yellowcake" claim to be bogus. His wife, former CIA spy, Valerie Plame, was outed as a consequence, her career ended and her contacts put in jeopardy. So what do Val and Joe think of the NSA's PRISM metadata scandal? Plenty. *Prism and other NSA data-mining programs might indeed be very effective in hunting and capturing actual terr... more »

It's Time For Some New Democrats To WAKE UP!!!!!

leftdog at Buckdog - 17 minutes ago
*B.C.'s New Democrats have only themselves to blame for throwing away their chance to win the recent provincial election. * *‘We're going to fight a positive campaign" .... that was the refrain inspired by BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix. * * People! Wake up! Are you blind to what is happening in Canadian politics?! * *At this time in our history, corporate interests, primarily those of the oil and financial industries, have decided that they simply are not prepared to compromise their positions of power within the Canadian economy and they will open their wallets to ensure that politic... more »

Alberta Warned - Stop Development on Flood Plains - Nobody Listened, as Usual.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 50 minutes ago
My view of Alberta's Conservative government were formed decades ago when the issue of mandatory infant car seats came up in the legislature. Car seats - for kids - huge controversy, really. Conservative members were quite outspoken. Alberta motorists didn't need any more laws tying them down. Sure infant car seats were a good idea but that should be left up to the parents, not forced on them by the government. The good people of Alberta had the right not to be told what to do by their government. It was astonishing. They were speaking up for the parents, voters, instead ... more »

Chief Kevin Huffman Leads Effort To Kill Teacher Recruiting in Tennessee

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 hour ago
We know that Tennessee has become the poster state for every untried corporate reform idea that ALEC can craft in a statute and pass on to the semi-literate Republican Taliban which now runs the State–with the support of homegrown oligarch, Bill (Pilot Oil) Haslam. And thanks to coaching by Gates Foundation drones in late 2009, […]

Sunday Reading

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
The “debate on missile defense” leaves Robert Farley feeling very, very tired. Sean Kay wants the US to go cold turkey on European troop deployments. Heh. Heh. “Snowden Crash.” Heh. “The Strangelove Caucus.” Cute. And also: Virtual transitions: The World SF Blog ends, The Smoked-Filled Room celebrates one year of correctly hyphenating a compound-adjective.

How the Declaration of Independence got Hijacked

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
Susan Boskey This July 4th Americans celebrate their 237th Independence Day. The Declaration of Independence, signed during the midst of the American Revolution in 1776, was not just a statement of grievances against the British monarchy but also a declaration of freedom from it, citing unalienable rights of self-governance. I said un-alienable, not in-alienable rights. Most believe there is no real difference between the two words. But not so fast. When unalienable was replaced with inalienable it diminished the original intention of personal rights; among which are “life, liber... more »

The False Flag "War On Terror"

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
Dees Illustration Timothy V. Gatto The recent revelations about government intrusion into everyone's privacy are alarming. More alarming however, are the justifications that the government uses for invading its citizens privacy. The entire argument that we must balance our liberty against our security is a pernicious falsehood based on lies and propaganda. The constant propaganda about threats to national security is what every regime throughout history has used to keep the support of the people. External threats from the enemy are a scare tactic that was used by the Romans and c... more »

Facebook Privacy Blunder Highlights Online Security Gaps

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
image source *Activist Post* Facebook and the corporate media are trying to downplay a glitch that exposed the personal information of 6 million users. The problem occurred with their Download Your Information tool when it was revealed that additional email addresses and telephone numbers of user contacts were automatically shared. Facebook asserts that this gap has so far been proved benign, since it occurred only between previously authorized contacts. Nevertheless, it highlights the fact that even the leader of social media can be caught off-guard by a security lapse that can a... more »

Nutrition 101: How Processed Foods Make Us Fat, Malnourished, and Sick

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
Daisy Luther Did you ever wonder how people who exist on a diet of mainly processed foods can be both overweight and malnourished at the same time? Despite overly abundant calories, people who live off of boxed macaroni and cheese, frozen dinners, Ramen noodles, and other packaged foods aren’t getting the nutrients that people who eat a whole foods diet are getting. Deadly GMO ingredients aside, the sheer amount of chemicals in processed foods can lead to disease, obesity, and malnutrition. If you aren’t entirely familiar with the way processed foods can affect your health, read ... more »

World War Z: Emergency Preparedness, United Nations, and Predictive Programming

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
Kevin Hayden *Truth Is Treason* * *As summer heats up, so does the Hollywood box office. With so many remakes and sequels being made, it seems that no original plot can be written in Hollywood these days. *World War Z *is no exception; it is based on the zombie-apocalypse book of the same title by Max Brooks. And like most blockbuster “disaster movies”, *World War Z *offers viewers a tightly tailored agenda as to who they should look to for guidance and safety during disasters. This is typical of end-of-the-world entertainment and a key component of predictive programming, as we s... more »

They're In The Money

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 hour ago
"In Ottawa," Michael Den Tandt wrote last week, "money sloshes around like water in a tub." Things have gotten worse since Stephen Harper ditched Jean Chretien's modest attempt to provide some public funding for elections. Some defend the status quo; but voters are furious. They demand transparency: Some will lament this heightened scrutiny, bordering on hostility, as the latest debasement of an already frayed relationship between democratically elected representatives, most of whom are sincere and work hard, and the polity. If all politicians are assumed to be liars, cheats and ... more »

Report from trial by Bradley Manning Support Network staff livestreamed tomorrow, Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
*Activist Post* Who is Bradley Manning and what did he do? Can he use a whistleblower defense? What does it mean that he’s being charged with “Aiding the Enemy”? What was in the documents revealed? Was he following directions from WikiLeaks? How does Edward Snowden’s case relate to that of Bradley Manning? Why should you attend the proceedings at Ft. Meade, MD? Tomorrow, Sunday, June 23 Court Reporter Nathan Fuller and Campaign Organizer Emma Cape will give the answer to these questions and more at DC’s Busboys and Poets (5th &K location) from 5- 6:30 pm Eastern Time! The Bradle... more »

It's High Time to Legalize Marijuana

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 1 hour ago
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WHO IS THE REAL TRAITOR?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 hour ago
*On 1 Year, Snowden, Manning and More* by Julian Assange It has now been a year since I entered this embassy [Ecuador embassy in London] and sought refuge from persecution. As a result of that decision, I have been able to work in relative safety from a US espionage investigation. But today, Edward Snowden's ordeal is just beginning. Two dangerous runaway processes have taken root in the last decade, with fatal consequences for democracy. Government secrecy has been expanding on a terrific scale. Simultaneously, human privacy has been secretly eradicated. A few weeks ago, Edwar... more »

Obama's Enemies List

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 hour ago
Richard Nixon was a paranoiac with a scowl and a stash of expletive-laden revenge porn audio tapes. Barack Obama is a paranoiac with a charm-offensive grin and more whistleblower prosecutions under his belt than in all other previous administrations combined. Even a self-defensive meeting with civil libertarians on Friday afternoon about the recent uproar over the government spying upon its own citizens was held under an unnecessary veil of secrecy. And, as McClatchy Newspapers reveals, there is now even an Obamian version of Nixon's Enemies List, called the *Insider Threat Program... more »

How—or Why—Do Viruses Become Lethal?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
image source Catherine J. Frompovich Those of us who research vaccine safety issues, which can include the ‘pedigrees’ of various viruses for which vaccines are manufactured, can’t help but wonder how so many unlikely cross-contaminations occur when, in nature, some, if not most, are highly improbable. Such improbabilities also tickle the interest of Dr. Bill Deagle, MD, PhD, who has a most impressive Curriculum Vita. According to Dr. Deagle’s bio[1], he has worked as a contract physician with companies working with the US Government on NORAD, US Space Command, Advanced CRAY Supe... more »

Pavlov’s Duck: Behaviorism and Control of Society

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
*Obedience is learned through the reinforcement of reward.* Aaron Dykes Do the elites control society? At the very least, they have developed techniques to steer it, including incorporating the integrated Pavlovian/Skinnerian conditioned response technique that has been used in animal training and reinforced with an incentive (or scheduled reward). The same concept works on humans, too. The values of compliance are taught to 20th and 21st Century populations through electronic stimulation, opiating foods, misinformation and the illusion of choice. Watch this Truthstream Media ana... more »

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago

Reasonable fitness for purpose

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
*Islander R.V. Sales & Rentals Ltd. v. Rice*, 2013 NLCA 41 deals with reasonable fitness for purpose under the Sale of Goods Act (while a Newfoundland case the statute is similar throughout Canada): [22] In summary, a vendor has the obligation to provide goods reasonably fit for the intended purpose provided certain pre-conditions are satisfied: the purchaser, at least by implication, indicates the intended purpose for which the goods are being purchased and demonstrates reliance on the vendor's skill and judgment, the goods being those the vendor supplies in the ordinary cou... more »

America Speaks: Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden Exceeds 100,000 Signature Threshold

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
Kimberly Paxton The American people have spoken out in defense of Edward Snowden. As federal prosecutors charge Snowden with the crime of espionage and request his extradition from Hong Kong, a petition for his full pardon has reached the threshold necessary to receive a response after less than two weeks. The petition states: WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Pardon Edward Snowden Edward Snowden is a national hero and should be immediately issued a a full, free, and absolute pardon for any crimes he has committed or may have committed related to blowing the whistle o... more »

Takin' a few days off

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 2 hours ago
Out climbing. Be back soon. _______________________ [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!

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*James Gill: Jindal rallying the GOP* *Gulf Council schedules special meeting in New Orleans to finalize red snapper decisions ~Jeff Dute* *A cub reporter's first big story — the Up Stairs Lounge fire — left an indelible, haunting mark ~Clancy DuBos* *‘Save the WTC’ campaign anything but grassroots ~Jaquetta White* *In Which Yet Another Newspaper Fucks That Chicken ~First Draft* *Abita plans expansion of St. Tammany facility* *See why it is time for Vern and pals to go, know what I mean? ~Slabbed *

I Got A Call From A New Dem Friday

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Not the New Dem who called me... but it could have been A congressman who I used to talk to a few years ago-- before he was a congressman-- called me Friday. He said he felt badly because of the stuff I've been writing about him. I haven't really been writing about him much-- just reporting (usually without comment and never with any pejorative language) his ghastly votes. He said he felt bad because he likes me. I told him I felt bad because I like him. I haven't even asked the *DWT* art director to make a clown face for him. His excuses for voting badly were so sad... just like his... more »

Crazy Nuclear Safety

Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 3 hours ago
Critics of nuclear power often denounce it as unsafe, yet they very seldom focus on answers to the question: "What can be done to make nuclear power safer." As it turns out, it is possible to make nuclear power so safe that there would never be a human casualty from a nuclear accident during the entire period of human life on earth. Even at this level of safety, it might be possible to make nuclear power even safer. This might sound crazy, but there may be plausible reasons for adopting such safety standards. During the months leading up to my heart attacks in 2011, I focused a... more »

Will summer camp make my kids rich?

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 3 hours ago
Paul Krugman, commenting on my recent article, thinks it is noteworthy that the rich have increased their spending on child enrichment programs. To me, that is not a surprise. The incomes of the rich have risen, and this category of spending, like many others, has a positive income elasticity. I am a parent of three, and as far as I know, Paul does not have any children. So I have probably spent a lot more on this category than he has. And I can report that much of it is consumption, not investment. A book I probably should have cited in my article is Judith Harris's The Nurture... more »

Creative Showcase Link-up and Features

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 4 hours ago
Can you believe that we are more than half-way through June? It seems like this summer is flying by. We still have some fun trips and projects planned for the summer, so there is still a lot to look forward to. Here are some of my favorite link-ups from the past few weeks! I love this Fabric Diaper Burp Cloth Tutorial from The Happy Scraps. I love how cute they are! Aren't these Mermaid Pants from Rae Gun Ramblings, absolutely amazing? My little girl would flip for these! This DIY Polaroid Display from Allons-y Kimberley is incredible. I would love something like this in my hou... more »

Edward Snowden departs Hong Kong for Moscow - whether he stays in Moscow , transits from there to Iceland / Cuba or any other country , the point has been made. And to further rub salt into this open wound , Hong Kong now has officially demanded clarification of US hacking of computers in Hong Kong !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/snowden-fly-moscow-aeroflot-125/ ( Already in Moscow - and Moscow unaware of his travel plans ? ) Hong Kong authorities have said NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is on his way to the Russian capital in a bid to elude the US extradition order against him. However, RT sources report that the former CIA contractor is already in Moscow. The US has filed an extradition order against Snowden for espionage, theft and conversion of government property. A spokesperson from the Hong Kong government confirmed that Edward Snowden had *"legally and voluntarily"* left the cou... more »

Blackadder aka The Black Adder - The pilot episode - unaired in the UK

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
Part 1... "The Eunuchs have cancelled" "What's sounds like Greek but isn't Greek" Part2... "Well it's quite cunning....." Possibly the worst fight scene ever... Part 3... "Stupid bastard" "I wouldn't pass water over Scotland" A rather good sword fight, Errol Flynn had nothing on Rowan Atkinson. Overall I think Tony Robinson was a fine addition and Brian Blessed made for a noisier King.The whole piece was pretty much carried forward into series 1 which had much darker humour than the later series which had Ben Elton added to the writing team. The main change between thi... more »

REGIME CHANGE - BRAZIL

Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours ago
tripwow.tripadvisor.com ... *Saman Mohammadi* at The Excavator has written: *It's Not About 20 Cents, It's About U.S-Guided Regime Change - *JUNE 22, 2013 *1.* *The USA wants to control Brazil's oil? * "No Obama Love Affair" *2.* "To the irritation of Washington, *Brazil has failed to extend support on issues such as the 2011 intervention in Libya,* where Brasilia thought the Western powers were jumping the gun and abused the UN mandate to pursue regime change." *Brazil balks at serving as junior partner to the US - **by Alistair Burnett (June 13, 2013)* *Brazil.* *3.* "Braz... more »

Labour's 13 years in government

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
Gareth Baines (@GABaines) tweeted at 11:01 AM on Sun, Jun 23, 2013: Labour's achievements in 13 years of Government... http://t.co/Reuq8YsFHC (https://twitter.com/GABaines/status/348742696439013376)

Evelyn Underhill On The Dark Night of The Soul

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago
"Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. . . . Since 2000 the Church of England commemorates her liturgically on 15 June." (*Wikipedia *). Below is an excerpt from Evelyn Underhill's 1911 book called, *"Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness."*Methuen & Co Ltd. Pg. 381-383. "The "Dark Night of the Soul," once fully established, is seldom lit by visions or made homely by voices. It... more »

is PRISM/TEMPORA aka Global Surveillance nothing more than a corporate war bargaining tool?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 8 hours ago
okay, there've been 'one or two' Free Planet blogposts about this Edward Snowden fellow, his revelations about Global Surveillance for PROFIT and ADVANTAGE, his flight from Hong Kong to Russia etc. ... but wait a minute. PAEDOs. You know, mega-organised like in Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut' or freelance like, well, any wretched child-porn trawler/groomer out there in the unregulated world of internet traffic... PRISM/TEMPORA (call it whatever gormless name you want) will know about these sick fucks, right? It'll know. And yet there've been very few paedo arrests based on this... more »

Patrick Brown, come on down!

Alison at Creekside - 8 hours ago
When PMO communications officer Erica Meekes sent The Barrie Advance details and materials on a 2007 money-losing charity speaking gig Justin Trudeau did at Georgian College* before he was an MP,* she asked Advance editor Lori Martin to attribute her slag to an anonymous "source" rather than to the PMO. Meekes further advised contacting Patrick Brown, “the local MP for Georgian College,” for comment, and Brown subsequently provided some suitably partisan disparaging comments about Trudeau. Trying to remember where you've heard Patrick Brown's name before? Here he is between Flahert... more »

EGO

Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
*parentingkidswithdisabilities.blogspot.com* *Christina Sarich* has written: *The Ego is Sneaky: 5 Ways to Know When It's In Charge* *According to Christina Sarich:* *1.* Sometimes we get upset, mean, or angry. (Aangirfan comment: Perhaps the game of golf is not going well. Check your Biorhythm. Try the Lüscher Colour Test) *2.* We forget that what we see 'out there' is just reflecting what's 'in here'. (Aangirfan comment - When the golf ball lands in a bunker, it can be annoying or a lot of fun) www.facebook.com *3.* *Here are a few ways you can tell when your ego is up to no... more »

Lisa Randall on Higgs, physics, real world

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago
If you have 49 minutes, you may listen to this interview of the Lip TV's Walter Kim with Lisa Randall. She just celebrated the 15th birthday this week, with whatever permutation of the digits you find appropriate, and her twin sister Sabina Křovákovájust won the Czech and Slovak Superstar (local American Idol). At the beginning, she explains the importance of approximations and layers of science. Clearly, these are similar ideas that Ken Wilson is celebrated for. This is important to understand the relationship of science to claims about religion, too. The host identifies contro... more »

World Bank Insider - ex-Senior Counsel Karen Hudes - Blows Whistle on Corruption, Federal Reserve

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours ago
THE *IN CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD* NEWS *- more heroes come out to play:* * * (and this is bound to tie in to the Edward Snowden NSA/Prism GCHQ whistleblower story, 'cos we all know KNOWLEDGE IS POWER') *"A former insider at the World Bank, ex-Senior Counsel Karen Hudes, says the global financial system is dominated by a small group of corrupt, power-hungry figures centered around the privately owned U.S. Federal Reserve. The network has seized control of the media to cover up its crimes, too, she explained. In an interview with The New American, Hudes said that when she tried to blow t... more »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
Howard Tunnel: Heritage Rail-Trail Park, PA. [Kevin McKague photo, more at link]

The Imperial Agenda in Syria - Michel Chossudovsky on GRTV

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
*Obama's War on Al-Qaeda* = Write a script about killing the already deceased figurehead of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, sound presidential on television when declaring his death, and turn away questions by saying his body was dumped into a nameless sea as part of an Islamic ritual. Then have a good laugh about it in the Oval Office while watching highlights of the Heat winning a second championship on ESPN. Obama's "killing" of Bin Laden and his war against Al-Qaeda represents the Mount Everest of political manipulation and media fakery. He wants people to continue to live in a fantasy wo... more »

TV Watch: James Gandolfini (1961-2013)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Tony takes care of business in "College" (Season 1, Episode 5).* *by Ken* It so happens that a couple of nights before word reached us that James Gandolfini had died of a heart attack in Rome at 51, I watched most of a * Sopranos* episode that I happened to notice on one of the HBO channels. I missed the beginning, but it was easy enough to recognize as the season-opener (Season 5, as it turns out) that includes a TV-news announcement about the paroling of a large number of mob inmates, which served as a means of injecting a clutch of new characters for the upcoming season, thoug... more »

How to clear cache, cookies, browsing history

Peter @ Enviroman at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 12 hours ago
There may be times when you have made changes but don't see the changes when you view it with a browser. This may be because you are viewing a cached copies. What you need to do is to clear the cache memory. This is how you can clear your cache memory for the following browsers: Internet Explorer 7 Click "Tools" tab at the menu bar Select "Internet Options" Click on the "General" tab Under "Browsing history", click on the "Delete" button Click on "Delete files" Click on "Delete cookies" Click "Close" and "OK" to exit Internet Explorer 8 Click "Tools" tab at the menu bar Select "Inter... more »

Dear GOP - F#@K You!

2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
Watched it three times. Danced to it two times!!! 4 minutes of SMILE!~~~~~

NSA taps fiber optic cables...How they did it

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 13 hours ago
I'm Impressed...Just Impressed... Are all American and UK submarines fitted this way? Read below 2001 article.... *By Neil King Jr.* *Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal* WASHINGTON -- For decades, the National Security Agency did most of its spying by plucking information out of thin air. With a global network of listening stations and satellites, the NSA eavesdropped on phone conversations in Saddam Hussein's bunker, snatched Soviet missile-launch secrets and once caught Brezhnev in his limousine chatting about his mistress. The NSA's task was relatively simple then because ... more »

It's Not About 20 Cents, It's About U.S-Guided Regime Change #RegimeChangeBrazil

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
"As President Obama was praising Brazil economic dynamism in the compound of Rio de Janeiro’s municipal theater, hundreds of protesters standing outside were expressing their strong opposition to his coming." - From *"Brazil: Not Yet Ready for an Obama Love Affair"* (The Morningside Post, March 30, 2011). Read: *"CIA Riots In Brazil"* by Aangirfan. Read this excerpt from, *"Brazil balks at serving as junior partner to the US"* by Alistair Burnett (June 13, 2013): "To the irritation of Washington, Brazil has failed to extend support on issues such as the 2011 intervention in Liby... more »

what a wonderful world

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 15 hours ago

Eric Arthur Blair

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 15 hours ago
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell

Who’s Building the “Army of Teachers”

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 15 hours ago
The National Center for Teacher Quality is a bogus organization, since it comes to us from a non-scientific point of view and tons of people who know next to nothing about teaching. When an agenda and a bunch of policy ideas are predetermined, and the studies comes later, you know something’s going on. But the […]

"Humanity's Oldest Story"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Humanity's Oldest Story"* by David Sirota * * This is a tale of two presidents — the one we hope we have and the one we actually have. It is also a tale of two kinds of violence — the surgical and the indiscriminate — and how the latter blurs the distinction between self-defense and something far more sinister. *Protesters lay down on the entrance road to Creech Air Force Base, home to the Predator and Reaper drones, during an anti-drone protest in Indian Springs, Nev (Julie Jacobson/AP)* This story began last year, when the White House told the New York Times that Presiden... more »

Dolce, Gabbana and... Rick's Auto Body

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
There's almost no topic I can't somehow turn into a tirade against some corrupt conservative-- if not Boehner, Cantor, Bachmann Ted Cruz or Miss McConnell then Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rahm Emanuel, John Barrow or Steve Israel. But we're not going to even *try* tonight. This post is too important on its own for that; it's about where we spend our money. After I stopped living in my vehicle-- VW camper vans-- I always bought used Mercury Comets and Ford Fairlanes. Awesome cars. But as soon as they made me president of Reprise, they told me to ditch the Comet and get something "re... more »

The Honduras' crime problem and 'advisories'

paul at Paying attention - 15 hours ago
Another grisly warning from the U.S. government this week about travel to Honduras, and an off-key response from the Honduran government. The State Department advisory cautioned in the first sentence that “crime and violence levels remain critically high.” Things mostly went downhill from there. La Gringa, an ex-pat blogger living in La Ceiba, did a useful comparison of this advisory with the last warning from Nov. 21. Generally, the new version paints a picture of greater danger. For instance, both documents say U.S. citizens do not appear to be targeted. But the new advisory adds “C... more »

Another grim U.S. travel advisory for Honduras

paul at Paying attention - 15 hours ago
Another grisly warning from the U.S. government about travel to Honduras this week, and an off-key response from the Honduran government. The State Department advisory cautioned in the first sentence that “crime and violence levels remain critically high.” Things mostly went downhill from there. La Gringa, an ex-pat blogger living in La Ceiba, did a useful comparison of this advisory with the last warning from Nov. 21. Generally, the new version paints a picture of greater danger. For instance, both documents say U.S. citizens do not appear to be targeted. But the new advisory adds “C... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Current upgraded portal structures allow entry of energies solely intended for the Highest of all…

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
*Current upgraded portal structures allow entry of energies solely intended for the Highest of all…* by ÉirePort Assets previously valued by both humanity and Hue-manity are now revealed, to both humanity and Hue-manity, to be extraneous and illusory in the scheme of Gaia Energetics and Gaia Ascension. Current upgraded portal structures allow entry of energies solely intended for the Highest of all. All others are revealed quickly, and directed elsewhere. This revelation occurs on multiple levels with multiple individuals, groups, societies, cultures. No one is outside of the re... more »

Satire: “U.S. Seemingly Unaware of Irony in Accusing Snowden of Spying”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
* “U.S. Seemingly Unaware of Irony in Accusing Snowden of Spying”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “The United States government charged former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden with spying on Friday, apparently unaware that in doing so it had created a situation dripping with irony. At a press conference to discuss the accusations, an N.S.A. spokesman surprised observers by announcing the spying charges against Mr. Snowden with a totally straight face. “These charges send a clear message,” the spokesman said. “In the United States, you can’t spy on people.” ... more »

‘John Stossel’s Illegal Everything’

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago
See, this is why so many Americans are leaving America. Because the idea of America has long departed the place. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

The US And Israel Want Syria Destroyed: New UN Report Rejects US Claim On Syria Chemical Weapons!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 17 hours ago
Lets be brutally honest here... The US Barry Soetoro administration are LIARS, plain and simple.. They are still continuing to harp about the absolutely false claim that the Syrian government under Assad has used chemical weapons on its people, when all of the evidence shows that it has been the US/Israeli bought and paid for mercenary "rebels" that have used US produced chemical weapons on Syrian civilians! The US Government is basically doing exactly what their Jewish masters demand in making false accusations against Assad, and using those lies as their entire basis now for est... more »

Latest Theft-in-Plain-Sight Algorithm? (Profits Without Production)

Of course the game is rigged. And it has picked up the speed of electron transfer since the early 80's under his majesty RR's financial wizards (hat tip to David Stockman and Paul Craig Roberts). We get glimmers of this game but no calls for revolution from our friendly centrist economists now and then and today's essay is en pointe. The following responses from his readers, however, are not

Another RCMP success story . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 17 hours ago
Eyewitnesses note this woman was punched in the mouth by RCMP. PUNCHING A WOMAN seems to be RCMP best-practice, when they don't have a Taser handy. Halifax Media Co-op has a report by Miles Howe, "12 more opposed to shale gas arrested as RCMP turn violent on National Aboriginal Day". Apparently the locals don't like exploration for shale gas and are protesting to stop it. Grrrrrrrrr . . .

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 18 hours ago
The Supremes held off on the headline cases this week, but decided a bunch of others. Those are important, too! What didn't matter? I'm not sure that what happens to Snowden matters very much, I suppose, although I'm open to arguments the other way. That's what I have. What do you think mattered this week?

OCCUPY NATURE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 18 hours ago
New documentary Grasp The Nettle shows how state inaction on climate change fosters direct action on society’s margins. Two years before the Occupy movement sprang forth in New York and London, a motley group of land rights activists occupied a piece of disused land in west London to create an alternative model of moneyless, sustainable living. Little did they know they were about to embark on an extraordinary journey, at once harrowing and inspiring, that would take them into the heart of Westminster.

HOLD YOUR EARS!

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 18 hours ago
Abby Martin talks to Karen Hudes, former senior executive at the World Bank, about her experience blowing the whistle on the high level corruption within the international financial system and how her story was censored. Corporate globalization is a criminal syndicate.

Manly P. Hall On Homer (From His Lecture 'Porphyry on the Wanderings of Ulysses')

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
Manly P. Hall on Homer: "Thus, we have largely our knowledge or opinion of Greek religion from the writings of Homer, and one or two other early fragments. There is a popular story that Homer was blind. This apparently was doubted, however, as early as the time of Plato. For already an effort had been made to understand the inner meaning of this account. *And the philosophers of the Platonic school and those of the Neoplatonic favored the idea that Homer's blindness was symbolical, that it indicated not his inability to see on the objective level but that he had voluntarily turne... more »

Zapatistas Marcos L@S CONDISCÍPUL@S III. NI ESTUVIERON, NI ESTÁN, NI ESTARÁN… como invitad@s

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 18 hours ago
L@S CONDISCÍPUL@S III. NI ESTUVIERON, NI ESTÁN, NI ESTARÁN… como invitad@s L@S CONDISCÍPUL@S III.  NI ESTUVIERON, NI ESTÁN, NI ESTARÁN…  como invitad@s Junio del 2013 Enlace Zapatista  http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/06/21/ls-condiscipuls-iii-ni-estuvieron-ni-estan-ni-estaran-como-invitads/ A l@s adherentes a la Sexta en México y el Mundo: A l@s estudiantes de la Escuelita

Paul LePage, What A Goober!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
Roland's visiting the ancestral homeland this week, Maine. He just called me and told me Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud might as well move into Blaine House now because no one in Maine wants another *minute* of the state being embarrassed by their accidental governor, Paul LePage. (LePage says he may not even run for reelection and seek Michaud's open House seat instead!) Rachel Maddow's report from Thursday night (above) is just stunning. I mean you think Rick Perry (R-TX), Rick Scott (R-FL), Scott Walker (R-WI), Tom Corbett (R-PA) and John Kasich (R-OH) are idiots? LePage makes th... more »

Toxic feedback loop - hot money in emerging markets has set up the next crisis . ETFs showing weakness , Money market funds will be next ..... 2008 not only will be reprised but it will be worse next time. And yes , nothing has been learned by the so called Regulators and Pols supposedly in charge....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-22/toxic-feedback-loop-emerging-money-developed-markets The Toxic Feedback Loop: Emerging <-> Money <-> Developed Markets [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/22/2013 15:52 -0400 - Bond - China - Counterparties - Credit Conditions - Creditors - Deutsche Bank - Exchange Traded Fund - Federal Reserve - Financial Regulation - Free Money - Goldman Sachs - goldman sachs - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - International Monetary Fund - Jan Hatzius - Lat... more »

UK Supreme Court quashes Iran Bank sanctions and criticizes secret hearings - furthe Iran related news include Richard Clarke states cyber attacks won't halt Iran's nuclear program .....Israel pushes EU to up sanctions ante....... Brazil still on fire ..... Pravda wonder will Turkey survive ?

Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
Iran...... UK Supreme court quashes Iran bank sanctions and criticises secret hearingsJune 20, 2013 Print Version *Source: Guardian* The government's enthusiasm for secret courts has suffered a setback after the UK's most senior judges quashed an anti-terrorist sanction imposed on an Iranian bank and dismissed the intelligence involved as irrelevant. In two related judgments, the supreme court ordered the Treasury to remove sanctions against Bank Mellat and said that, in future, appeal courts should go into closed session "only where it has been convincingly demonstrated to be gen... more »

RWNJ's Hallucinate at Netroots Nation

2old2care at Because I Can - 20 hours ago
Here’s what CRAZY sounds like out of the right today. Evidently they had nothing better to do than go to Netroots Nation and hang out with progressives. Or maybe they were paid to go to Netroots and report back to the righties - as always, with lies. This snip is in the short write up about the ALEC panel at Netroots yesterday – where they whined about the “angry vitriol that the left” used against the poor old right-wing,extremist American Legislative Exchange Council. Read this carefully – very carefully!!! *Not satisfied by spreading the anti-ALEC message through one mediu... more »

Welcome to Reespo 2013

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 20 hours ago
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Former Vice President blows whistle on HSBC as laundering hundreds of millions for drugs .....VP John Cruz labels HSBC as a criminal operation ! And delivers documents to support the allegations !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
Former VP Of HSBC Blows Whistle: ‘We Were Laundering 100′s Of Millions For Drugs” (Video) Saturday, June 22, 2013 10:42 0 (Before It's News) The global banking giant HSBC is a “criminal” operation, charges a former officer for the company’s southern New York region in this interview with Russell Scott. John Cruz, a former vice president and relationship manager, has turned over more than 1,000 pages of documents, including customer account ledgers for dozens of companies through which, he charges, the financial institution was laundering money each month. We’ve heard of these allega... more »

Witches’ Brew

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 20 hours ago
June 22, 2013 Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn, and cauldron bubble … Macbeth Act 4, scene 1, 10–11 Over the last week’s readings of economic news, I noticed that: 1) Interbank funding between the countries of the Eurozone has dropped to the same rate it was at when the Euro was launched, fifteen […]

US nuclear debacle underway at Hanford , emergency at nuclear plan in Mississippi .... western US a nuclear wasteland ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
US nuclear debacles in process ...... why isn't this covered by the media more prominently ? 11:18 AM EST on June 22nd, 2013 | 9 comments “U.S. state on alert after nuclear waste leak” — Governor: “This is most disturbing news”… No ‘immediate’ public health threat #Hanford 09:18 AM EST on June 22nd, 2013 | 28 comments TV: “It appears the worst case scenario has happened” at U.S. nuclear site — Most dangerous material on earth “out of control”? — A whopping 800,000 dpm measured outside tank (VIDEO) #Hanford 03:42 PM EST on June 21st, 2013 | 8 comments Emergency declared at U.S. nuclear... more »

Greece updates - June 22 , 2013.....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_22/06/2013_505475 *ERT workers refuse to vacate premises, gear up for rally on Sunday* Sacked workers of the state broadcaster ERT that was shut down by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras last week, causing a rift in the fragile coalition and the departure of junior partner Democratic Left, have said that they will not vacate the broadcaster's former premises in the northeastern Athenian suburb of Aghia Paraskevi. Hundreds of sacked workers of Hellenic Broadcasting Corp have continued to occupy the ERT's headquarters and maintain o... more »

Top 5 Regrets

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 20 hours ago
Old people who are on their deathbed regret these things, not money, not more time...Why? Read on... There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is 'I wish I hadn't worked so hard'. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, ... more »

End slacktivism in education

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 21 hours ago
I modeled these images off of a very poignant UNICEF campaign, that “liking” Facebook pages and groups, while important initially, fails to do anything of real substance. There is indeed a lot of this same bluster in education. Maybe we need to end slacktivism in education […]

Some Problems with the People's Assembly

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 21 hours ago
I wasn't there, but thanks to modern telecommunications I got all the happenings of today's People's Assembly broadcast directly to my computer. Now, I'm not about to butter anyone up and pretend my view of the PA initiative is anything but sceptical. I've sat in packed meeting halls in London a few times. I've heard angry words about austerity before, and promises of massive industrial action as regularly as my cat uses his litter tray. That said, there were moments the cynicism did fall away - the contributions of the eternally youthful Owen Jones and Francesca Martinezwere partic... more »

Gold massacre today leads to CME hiking initial and maintenance margins 25 percent ! Harvey Organ's Gold and Silver Report - June 20 , 2013 - note JP Morgan still hasn't filled the numerous open contracts ( dealer or customer accounts ) that have been pending for awhile - were they waiting for a massive sell off like we are seeing presently ? Data , news and views as we follow the shiny bouncing PM balls !

Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/cme-hikes-gold-margins-by-25 CME Hikes Gold Margins By 25% Jun *21* - Yesterday in Gold and Silver - Critical Reads - The Funnies - The Wrap Retweet<a class="facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/cme-hikes-gold-margins-by-25/&t=It's%20impossible%20to

Brazil protests - as a million or two take to the streets to protest corruption , police brutality , horrid public services , high prices ( thanks Fed ) and street crime - note the concern on the World Cup and Confederation Cup tops the list of media concerns !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/21/brazil-protests-football-world-cup Brazil's protests raise fears for World Cup as a million take to the streets Football becomes focus of furious outcry against corruption, police brutality, dire public services, high prices and street crime - Share****2258 - - - inShare10 - Email - Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro - The Guardian, Friday 21 June 2013 13.02 EDT - Jump to comments (343) [image: A Brazilian protester in Sao Paulo wears a Guy Fawkes mask made famous by the film V for Vendetta] A Brazilian protester in... more »

Obama displays his lies and hypocracy in Germany to a selected audience. "A real audience would have hooted [him] out of Berlin."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 21 hours ago
------------------------------ *Stasi In The White House — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ June 21, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Stasi in the White House Paul Craig Roberts, June 21, 2013 On June 19, 2013, US President Obama, hoping to raise himself above the developing National Security Agency (NSA) spy scandals, sought to associate himself with two iconic speeches made at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy pledged: “... more »

Could the Youth Protests of the EU, Middle East, Turkey, and Brazil Spread to Asia’s Corrupt Democracies?

Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 22 hours ago
Jay Ulfelder and I had a Twitter conversation on this question in the last few days (here and here). But Twitter has such limited space, I thought I would break out our discussion on the blog and ask what others thought. Watching all these riots – driven heavily by youth dissatisfaction, it seems – is Continue reading

Nelson Mandela medical heath updates .... June 22 , 2013....Seems he is much worse than reported by family members as Mandela allegedly unresponsive and family discussing treatment options. And naturally being stuck in a broken down ambulance for forty minutes in the dead of winter wasn't helpful....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57590542/nelson-mandela-unresponsive-family-discussing-options/ *Updated at 7:35 a.m. ET June 22, 2013* (CBS News) PRETORIA, South Africa - One of Nelson Mandela's grandsons said Friday he expects Mandela to be discharged from the hospital soon. And the man who succeeded Mandela as president, Thabo Mbeki, said in a radio interview that Mandela's health is improving. *Watch: Choir sings outside Mandela's hospital* Mandela, 94, has been in the hospital for two weeks, fighting a lung infection. However, what CBS News is hearing is completely at odds ... more »

Another Israeli War Criminal of the Year Award

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 22 hours ago
Anthony Freda Art Stephen Lendman America represents the worst of rogue governance. So does Israel. They menace humanity. They persecute their best. They honor their worst. Peacemakers are scorned. Waging war on humanity's rewarded. On March 21, Obama received Israel's Medal of Distinction. It's also called the President's Medal. It's Israel's highest civil award. It's for individuals "who have made an outstanding contribution to the State of Israel or to humanity, through their talents, services, or in any other form." In 2012, Henry Kissinger won. His rap sheet includes decades... more »

Depopulating An Entire Region of the Country

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 23 hours ago
Dave Hodges In the first three parts of this series, it was demonstrated that both the US government and the Chinese government are engaged in an Agenda 21 motivated plot to relocate rural and suburban residents to more densely populated urban centers to live in overcrowded conditions where a person’s every movement and every activity is monitored. The previously described policies are proving effective in moving populations into densely populated urban centers in accordance with Agenda 21 policy. However, the process is not as speedy as the globalists had hoped. The global elite n... more »

It's Almost As Though The Georgia GOP Has Figured Out A Way To Elect Michelle Nunn To The Senate

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
Sam Nunn (L), Michelle Nunn (R) Virginia Republicans who weren't paying close enough attention are still wondering how their party got saddled with such radical extremists at the top of their ticket. Neo-fascist Ken Cuccinelli and certifiably insane sociopath E.W. Jackson are not going to attract any of the independent swing voters Virginia Republicans need to win statewide, not even against a Democratic candidate as patently unattractive as Terry McAuliffe. But there was no primary. The Cooch manipulated the system so that a nominating convention, dominated by extremists and radical... more »

ND ALEC Members - Hide, ashamed

2old2care at Because I Can - 23 hours ago
[ALEC spokesman] Meierling did say that ALEC has no plans to reveal its corporate and legislative members, identify individuals representing corporations within ALEC, or open up their model bill task force meetings. And as I have repeatedly written – most ALEC members are embarrassed to admit that they belong to an extremist, right-wing, pro-corporate organization like ALEC. As I have noted previously – most ALEC legislators will list most anything in their bios – their religious affiliations, NRA affiliation, their farm bureau membership, girl/boy scout leader – everything, BUT ... more »

Discussion of how extension spying on Americans actually is presently... and a scary look toward the future where NSA turns over surveillance to A.I Computers - Skynet !

Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
Skynet rising: Google acquires 512-qubit quantum computer; NSA surveillance to be turned over to AI machines - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Mike Adams* Natural News June 20, 2013 Most people don’t know about the existence of quantum computers. Almost no one understands how they work, but theories include bizarre-sounding explanations like, “they reach into alternate universes to derive the correct answers to highly complex computat... more »

Heroes, fake hope, and real hope in the Matrix

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 23 hours ago
Jon Rappoport The occasion for this article is the controversy swirling around Edward Snowden, who recently exposed secret programs of the National Security Agency. It’s about one corner of that controversy: should we accept him as a hero even if the possibility exists that he isn’t? The Matrix is designed to stimulate certain emotions. For example: “We had a hero. Then he was taken down. Now we will feel sadness, desolation, and eventually nostalgia for what might have been.” For example: “We have a hero. Let’s not look too closely at what he is. Now we will feel hope, a joy at... more »

Israel Accused of Organ Harvesting in Costa Rica

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 23 hours ago
Kevin Samson * *A scandal has erupted at one of Costa Rica's largest state-run medical centers, Calderon Guardia Hospital. The head of Nephrology, Francisco Mora Palma, has been arrested for playing a key role in a suspected international organ trafficking ring set up to supply patients in Israel. Inside Costa Rica cites information obtained by Costa Rica's Attorney General, Jorge Chavarria: “The patients who required the transplants were in Israeli territory, and some of the (trafficking) victims [had their kidney removed] here and others were transported to Israel." (...) Th... more »

NSA's Criminal Activity Explained

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 23 hours ago
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Irish Parliament Member: Obama is a 'War Criminal' and the 'Hypocrite of the Century on Peace'

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 23 hours ago
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Washington Funds Secret Israeli Ballistic Missile Base

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 23 hours ago
Stephen Lendman On June 3, McClatchy's foreign staff headlined "US publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret." More on that below. Last November 28, the Washington Post headlined "US overseeing mysterious construction in Israel." A previous article discussed it. Washington and Israel partner in imperial operations. Expensive projects are included. According to WaPo: The US Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a five-story underground facility for an Israel Defense Forces complex. It's called "Site 911." It'll be built at an Israeli air forc... more »

Maddow makes fools of her viewers, part 2!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2013* *A report which was baldly dishonest:* Is the state of Virginia still being forced to pay for Bob McDonnell’s body wash? Having read Laura Vozzella’s report in the Washington Post, we have no idea. Vozzella made no attempt to raise her concerns about body wash and nasal spray with Dennis Johnson, the state official in charge of this matter. And that was strange, because late in her article, she quoted Johnson giving McDonnell a clean bill of health: VOZZELLA (6/17/13): Like all new governors and their families, the McDonnells were told the expense rules at... more »

Domestic Event looming between end of June and July 3rd ? Just the excuse to unleash the full power of the " Stasi State " on Americans ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
tinfoil perhaps - but we live in an Orwellian world that most would have considered a tinfoil paranoia not that long ago ... fwiw Domestic Event: 10 – 14 Days – All DHS, FEMA Agencies Activated: The Hawk Saturday, June 22, 2013 2:35 0 (Before It's News) According to ‘The Hawk’ from Steve Quayle’s Survive2Thrive radio network and Hawks FEMA/DHS sources, FEMA called an emergency meeting this week in which it has notified the heads of all of its agencies to be ’90% battle strength’ in the next 5 weeks, 70% strength within 7 days and notified him that all agency personel are now being... more »

3 Reasons Why You Should March Against Chemtrails and Geoengineering on 8/25/13

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Elizabeth Cook *1.* The March Against Monsanto was a huge success in bringing the public’s attention to the dangers of genetically modified foods. Nearly fifty percent of U.S. states introduced bills requiring labeling or prohibiting genetically engineered foods since the date of the protest on May 26, 2013. And all without the “help” of mainstream media. Great achievement, but the battle has only just begun. As brilliant as the march was, it only addressed half of the problem. Unfortunately, there is an insidious connection between chemtrails and GMOs. One of the main toxic fall... more »

Revealed: British intelligence agency secretly accesses the world’s phone calls, Internet traffic

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Madison Ruppert In yet another revelation of widespread spying, we have now learned that the British intelligence agency GCHQ has secretly gained access to the massive network of cables carrying the world’s phone calls and Internet traffic. Compilation of images published by The Guardian - click to enlarge Furthermore, we now know that the agency has begun processing the immense amount of personal information provided by the streams, which it then shares with its partner, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA itself has been under fire after the PRISM program – and the ... more »

Russia: "Syria Will Be Armed With Weapons That Have Never Been Seen Before In the Middle East"

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Anthony Freda Art Mac Slavo Last week, Noble Peace Prize winner President Barack Obama advised that his administration would be arming the Free Syrian Army with weapons to resist the armies of Syria’s President Bashar Assad. Furthermore, they would look to implement a Libya-style no-fly zone over the country, which like Libya, would likely involve widespread carpet bombing of suspected military strongholds and control centers. With boots on the ground around Syria’s borders, the United States is without a doubt preparing for widespread engagement across the region yet again, with... more »

USDA Organic Infant Formula Contains Pesticide Labeled As A "Nutrient"

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Sayer Ji *The USDA organic label is supposed to protect the consumer against GMOs and avoidable chemical exposures, but the sobering fact is that USDA-certified infant formula manufacturers are not only being allowed to use a pesticide in their formulas, but are advertising it as a 'healthy' mineral to unsuspecting consumers.* Unbeknownst to the vast majority of U.S. consumers, the nutritional adequacy of infant formula it not determined by its ability to support and produce health in those who receive it, as would be expected. Instead, it is deemed nutritionally adequate solely ... more »

“If The Yield Goes Significantly Higher The Market Is Going To Freak Out”

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Michael Snyder If yields on U.S. Treasury bonds keep rising, things are going to get very messy. As I write this, the yield on 10 year U.S. Treasuries has risen to 2.51 percent. If that keeps going up, it is going to be like a mile-wide lawnmower blade devastating everything in its path. Ben Bernanke's super low interest rate policies have systematically pushed investors into stocks and real estate over the past several years because there were few other places where they could get decent returns. As this trade unwinds (and it will likely not be in an orderly fashion), we are g... more »

Stasi In The White House

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
image source Paul Craig Roberts On June 19, 2013, US President Obama, hoping to raise himself above the developing National Security Agency (NSA) spy scandals, sought to associate himself with two iconic speeches made at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy pledged: “Ich bin ein Berliner”. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan challenged: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Obama’s speech was delivered to a relatively small, specially selected audience of invitees. Even so, Obama spoke from behind bullet proof glass. Obama’s speech will go down... more »

Snowden is Charged with Espionage, Hong Kong is Asked to Detain Him

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
Kimberly Paxton It comes as no surprise that the United States has filed a sealed complaint against Edward Snowden, charging him with espionage, theft, and conversion of government property. Officials have requested that Snowden be detained in Hong Kong on a provisional warrant. Although many members of the government seem to agree he is a criminal, he has been hailed as a hero by the American public. The 29-year-old NSA analyst leaked a number of documents earlier in the month, exposing a massive surveillance operation. Snowden provided classified memos and court orders proving ... more »

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