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Is The GOP's Anti-Hispanic Mania Putting Florida Out Of It's Grasp?
But it isn't Boehner that keeps Ros-Lentinen in office; it's Debbie
Wasserman Schultz
Last week, Nate Cohn did a superb analysis of how the GOP is blowing it's
chances to thrive politically in purple Florida, a state with a mighty 29
electoral votes. As he points out, it's a lot more dire than when-- for the
same anti-Hispanic reasons-- they turned little New Mexico and Nevada (with
11 electoral votes between them) blue.
Florida’s Hispanic population has exploded over the last decade, growing by
57 percent between 2000 and 2010. As a result, the Hispanic share of
eligible voters su... more »
Contention is so high in Chicago, you apparently have to apply to even sit in a public meeting
Something seems very wrong that you have to be approved to sit in on a
public meeting. What is the Board trying to hide? Tagged: chicago, cps,
school board, school closings
The Winged Beatle
THE WINGED BEATLE from Billy Martin on Vimeo.
Beetle with an A - Magic with a K
TheRottenApple2010 - TheWingedBeatle is the first part in the ARE3RA
trilogy leading up to TheRevelAtion2012.
The Winged Beatle was released September 11, 2010.
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Andy Murray of Dunblane
Dunblane Unburried (Archived)
DUNBLANE UNBURIED - Sandra Uttley from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
According to Andy Murray, tennis is 'fixed' and everyone on the
professional circuit knows matches are being affected by gambling.
According to Andy Murray:
*"It's pretty disappointing for all the players but everyone knows it goes
on."*
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*"Sitting in the front row was Britain’s tennis-playing prime minister,
David Cameron – just behind him was Alex Salmond, the Scottish first
minister.*
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political leaders ... more »
Glenn Kessler is chasing DiMaggio’s streak!
*MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013*
*Goes 2-for-4 against Warren:* In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56
consecutive games.
Glenn Kessler is chasing him down. Yesterday, the Washington Post’s
Ahab-like checker of facts extended his own current streak.
Kessler went 2-for-4 in Pinocchios against Massachusetts southpaw Elizabeth
Warren. This extends his hitting streak against Obama and his ilk.
Long ago, Kessler took his hacks against both major parties. Now, he’s
being platooned. He only goes to the plate against the nation’s lefties.
For our previous post about Kessler’s streak, click here.
U... more »
Mexico: "We Were Camping When My Nephew Suddenly Shouted: A UFO!"
*Source: SIPSE
http://sipse.com/milenio/estabamos-acampando-y-de-pronto-mi-sobrino-grita-un-ovni-41108.html
Date: 07.11.13*
*Mexico: “We Were Camping When My Nephew Suddenly Shouted: A UFO!”*
*By Jorge Moreno, SIPSE*
MERIDA – UFOs have also been reported in the city of Hunucmá, but two of
these cases have involved peculiar situations.
Several days ago I interviewed Ms. Rosario Caamal, 39. She says she’s been
fortunate to see unidentified flying objects over her home city on three
separate occasions.
“The first time was in my father’s ranch, about ten years ago. Several
relatives wer... more »
Too perfect but also too awful!
*MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013*
*Rem Rieder’s correct complaint about the mainstream press:* This morning,
in USA Today, Rem Rider hammers the mainstream press for the way it covered
the killing of Trayvon Martin and the Zimmerman trial.
For twenty-one years, Rieder was editor of American Journalism Review.
Three weeks ago, he became USA Today’s media editor.
This morning, he hammers the mainstream press. This is the way he starts,
with the headlines in bold:
RIEDER (7/15/13): *Media got Zimmerman story wrong from start/The role of
the media cannot be ignored in the Zimmerman case*
It's c... more »
Busted! Mythbusters Not Allowed to Talk About RFID Chips
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Joe Martino
In what has become a controversial story as time goes on, due to the
increasing research into RFID technology, it still remains a little unclear
as to exactly why *Mythbusters *was not able to do a show discussing RFID
technology. As Adam Savage, co-host of *Mythbusters*, stated himself:
"We were going to do RFID and on several levels, you know, how hackable,
how reliable, how trackable, etc."
But this idea was met with resistance as the show’s producers began looking
into the technology and speaking with compani... more »
Japan Stops HPV Vaccines Citing Adverse Effects
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*The Japanese government has officially stopped recommending the Human
Papillomavirus vaccines and has begun warning its citizens against taking
the shot.*Melissa Melton
Standard Digital reports:
In effect, the Japanese Ministry of Health is saying quite categorically
that it has no faith in Gardasil and Cervarix… While the vaccines will
remain freely available in the country, *Japanese medical institutions are
now required by law to inform young girls or their parents that the
government does not recommend the vaccines any ... more »
The Next Step on Immigration (Fun Times in the House)
Good reporting today from NR's Jonathan Strong highlights the weird dynamic
on the next step for immigration reform.
Here's the deal. Most Republicans, at the very least, want to pass
something -- so that they can deflect at least some of the blame for
comprehensive reform failing, and at least to some extent because they
really do support some legislation. But they can't pass a comprehensive
bill (at least not without relying on mostly Democratic votes), or even a
mostly comprehensive bill. So the plan has been to pass a series of small
bills that have wider support.
The problem? ... more »
Bills Introduced by Congress Fail to Fix Unconstitutional NSA Spying
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Mark M. Jaycox
*EFF*
In the past two weeks Congress has introduced a slew of bills responding to
the Guardian's publication of a top secret court order using Section 215 of
the PATRIOT Act to demand that Verizon Business Network Services give the
National Security Agency (NSA) a record of every customer's call history for
three months. The order was confirmed by officials like President Obama and
Senator Feinstein, who said it was a "routine" 90 day reauthorization of a
program started in 2007.
Currently, four bills have bee... more »
Argentina: Mutilated Cattle Appear in San Andres de Giles, Buenos Aires
*Source: VISION OVNI (Argentina)
Date: 07.12.13*
*Argentina: Mutilated Cattle Appear in San Andres de Giles, Buenos Aires*
***Over 20 Animals Have Turned Up Dead Since June, Presenting Strange
Incisions***
By Andrea Pérez Simondini
Mutilation cases in 2013 have multiplied perhaps with the same intensity as
they did back in that incredible year 2002, when everything turned to
madness around the cases.
In this instance, we are availing ourselves of a report by Cesar Alomar, a
user of the Vision OVNI page on Facebook, who informs us of the number of
animals turning up in San Andres de... more »
A Thousand Points of Blight
At a time when one out of every four American children lives in a
food-insecure household, when one in three people is poor or near-poor
because of unemployment and underemployment, when income disparity is at
its most extreme level since the Gilded Age .... House Republicans
have yanked food stamp funding from the Farm Bill, endangering the 50
million people relying on a program that is already woefully inadequate.
The average monthly food stipend per person is only $136. Most recipients
run out of grocery money by the third week.
But adding insult to injury is what Republicans d... more »
"The Wrongest Side of History"
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*"The Wrongest Side of History"*
by Will Durst
“This week’s tale is a horror story about lessons learned by the GOP from
the 2012 presidential election. And those teachable moments are… nothing.
Zero. Zip. Nada. Empty voids. “Hear the hollow roar of the Pod People. See
them lash out at the unknown. Feel their blind terror of a future they
don’t understand. It’s Son of the Bride of the Attack of the Robot
Amnesiacs! Part 6.”
They say one sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again
expecting different results. Which means it can’t be long before the entire
Rep... more »
More Bad News For Christy Clark`s LNG Superpower Dreams(Breaking)
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** **Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors** *
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*The Associated Press*
*Monday, July 15, 2013 | 12:07 a.m.*
*Japan moved a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors Monday as four
utility companies applied for safety inspections of 10 idled plants, the
clearest sign of a return to atomic energy nearly two and a half years
after the Fukushima disaster.*
*With all but two of the country's 50 reactors offline since a tsunami
swept through the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in March 2011, Japan has been
almost without nuclear energy that once supplied about a third of its powe... more »
Francesco Guicciardini Prize (ISA HIST Section Book Prize)
Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540) was an Italian historian and statesman
who served in the Florentine and papal diplomatic services and was the
author, among other works, of the landmark History of Italy (Storia
d’Italia), a foundational work on statecraft and grand strategy which
combined careful historical research with general theorizing about the
ethics and practices of
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What We Know, Don’t Know, Can’t Know and Need to Know About the DOD’s Classified Study on Drone Deaths
Just before Independence Day, an analyst for a defense research agency
stated in a media interview that a classified DoD study shows that drones
are likelier to cause civilian harm than attacks from manned fighters.
Lawrence Lewis, a researcher for the Center for Naval Analyses, says these
findings resulted from a statistical analysis he conducted
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Race, Gender and Civic Justice in America
The idea that citizens should be empowered by law to lethally judge who is
a criminal threat is dangerous and wrong. Here’s one reason why: Just a
small-n social experiment? Yes, though here are some stats to demonstrate
how this does and is likely to play out in the criminal justice system..
INTIMATIONS OF THE FALL: We overtake Fox!
*MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013*
*Prelude—Nagourney’s selections:* For us, a very large question emerged
from the Zimmerman trial, as we saw the liberal world overtaking the world
of Fox.
But first, consider two front-page treatments of that trial in today’s New
York Times.
On that front page, Lizette Alvarez offers a “News Analysis” concerning the
jury’s verdict. Midway through her report, a very rare moment occurs:
ALVAREZ (7/15/13): The murder charge required a showing that Mr. Zimmerman
was full of ill will, hatred, spite or evil intent when he shot Mr. Martin.
But prosecutors had lit... more »
Photography Backdrop Stand Tutorial
VeryJane.com provided the backdrops featured with this Backdrop Stand
Tutorial. The stand was created 100% by my husband and I and all opinions
are my own.
When I started my photography business six years ago, I began shopping for
backdrop stands, but, I couldn't find exactly what I wanted. I wanted more
width and height than I could easily find at the time and I really wanted
my stand to have two cross beams — one tall for brides/adults and one
shorter for babies and toddlers. Price was also a factor; I needed the
stand to be affordable.
After talking about it with my husband, w... more »
Argentina: Jujuy Worker Claims Having Stood 20 Meters from “Water-Sampling” UFO
*Source: El Intransigente (Jujuy, Argentina)
Date: 14 July 2013*
*Argentina: Jujuy Worker Claims Having Stood 20 Meters from
“Water-Sampling” UFO*
JUJUY – “I never told anyone, only my family, and I want people to know
that this is something I’ll never forget in my life. I’m 72, and this is
something that exists,” said Roberto Moreira, a retiree who took the
decision to retell in detail his close encounter with a UFO following a
series of very strange episodes in Jujuy, all of them linked to sightings
of unidentified flying objects.
It is believed that these objects “study” the are... more »
It's Monday...
*and Erica is planted firmly in front of my monitor until breakfast is
forthcoming, weeds are calling out my name, and grass is begging for water.*
There is nothing else left to be said about Zimmerman except, "It could be
you next time."
When the president of the United States interjects himself into a state
criminal case, exploits racism, denigrates the court system, and wages war
on some poor guy who was trying to save his own life, no one is safe.
*Oh Lord - now she's pacing back and forth... *
Hart (ID-ALEC) Facing Federal Charges?
I have to wonder if all ALEC members are slimeballs - my guess would be
yes, but that is just my opinion.
*Former Rep. Hart may face federal criminal charges*
Posted by Betsy
June 30, 2013 7:31 p.m. • 1 comment
Federal authorities may be laying the groundwork for criminal charges
against tax-protesting former Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart. In bankruptcy
court documents, federal officials are charging that Hart lied under oath,
concealed or destroyed records and attempted to “hinder, delay or defraud
his creditors, including the Internal Revenue Service.” The filings by the
U.S. Ba... more »
Reasonable apprehension of bias
In murder cases bail is considered by a Superior Court judge. Is it
problematic for the bail judge to be the trial judge? No; see R. v. Williams, 2013
ONCA 477:
[2] The fact that Whitten J. presided at the appellant's
unsuccessful bail application and then at the trial, almost two years
later, did not create a reasonable apprehension of bias. The trial judge's
expression of opinion at the bail hearing as to the strength of the Crown's
case was justified by the record before him and, indeed, was later borne
out by the evidence called at the trial. The trial judge was not th... more »
"The Collapse of Civilization"
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* "The Collapse of Civilization"*
by Steve Thomas
"That we are approaching the collapse is largely beyond debate. It is
unnecessary to give a detailed examination here of the factors by which the
collapse may come about. My purpose, instead, is twofold:
1. To explore the form the collapse may take; that is, to speculate on what
we will actually experience as global industrial civilization crumbles, and
more importantly
2. To explore how we may hope to create and perpetuate egalitarianism in a
state of civilizational collapse.
*What to Expect:* How will we know the collapse is ... more »
"‘Middle-class Revolution’ Fuels Pentagon War Plan"
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*"‘Middle-class Revolution’ Fuels Pentagon War Plan"*
Neither governments nor capitalists can stop these 12 forces.
by Paul B. Farrell
Early in the Iraq war the Bush Pentagon predicted that “by 2020 there is
little doubt something drastic is happening,” reported Fortune. “As the
planet’s carrying capacity shrinks, an ancient pattern of desperate,
all-out wars over food, water, and energy supplies would emerge. Warfare is
defining human life.” Recently the tick-tick-ticking became louder in “The
Middle-Class Revolution,” a Wall Street Journal feature by the conservative
Stanf... more »
Snowden's Asylum Quest
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Stephen Lendman
Snowden reflects the best of heroic activism. He acted responsibly. He did
the right thing. He committed no crimes. He knew the risks and took them.
Few would do as much. Legions more are needed. Maybe he'll inspire others
to come forward. Today they're more than ever needed.
He sacrificed financial security, personal freedom and well-being. He did
so to expose serious US high crimes. Potentially everyone's harmed
everywhere. Millions worldwide support him. Everyone should.
On Friday, he met with representati... more »
Making Matters Worse
Perhaps it results from reading too many balance sheets. But Edward
Burkhardt clearly suffers from EDD -- Emotional Deficit Disorder. The head
of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway walked into Lac Megantic last
week and blamed someone else for the tragedy:
“It was our employee that was responsible for setting the brakes on the
train,” Burkhardt told journalists. “That employee is under investigation
and is not working.”
He also suggested that some local firefighters, who were called to put out
a fire on the unmanned train, might have unwittingly tampered with the
brakes.
... more »
Fluoride: The Hard to Swallow Truth
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Dees Illustration Joe Martino
Fluoride awareness is growing as more people are discovering the dangers
associated with the use and consumption of fluoride. Whether it be the link
between fluoride and the increased prominence of Alzheimer's, or the link
to cancer, people are realizing the archaic and uneducated use of fluoride
is not the best choice given what we know today. There are alternatives!
A couple of years ago I made a short documentary to help spread the word as
I was learning more about Fluoride. It is called *Flu... more »
Gitmo Force-Feeding Continues Through Ramadan
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Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def)
image source Stephen Lendman
Doing so constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. It inflicts excruciating
pain and suffering. It's aggravated assault writ large. It's torture under
international law provisions.
It violates human dignity. It reflects disdain for human suffering. It's
Josef Mengele-style treatment. Nazi prisoners were coerced. They had no
choice. Experiments constituted torture. Obama reflects the worst of cruel
despots.
As president and commander-in-chief, he's empowered to stop what'... more »
2012: The Top Fifteen Selling Vaccines
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image source Norma Erickson
The ‘medical miracle’ of vaccines has proven quite miraculous on at least
one front, the financial one. Investors in the manufacture, distribution
and administration of vaccines have reaped handsome rewards since the
creation of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA).
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC):
The topic of vaccine safety became prominent during the mid 1970s with
increases in lawsuits filed on behalf of those presumably injured by the
diphtheria, pertussis, te... more »
New Utah NSA center requires 1.7M gallons of water daily to operate
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US slams Russia for giving 'propaganda platform' to Snowden
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*Youtube*
The White House says that Russia granting political asylum to Edward
Snowden will be on par with providing the National Security Agency
whistleblower with a "propaganda platform" to further harm the United
States.
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Kim Dotcom Addresses NZ Parliament About Internet Spying
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The respect for privacy is a moral absolute.
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Pic of a Pearson edpsych text. Is this a problem? I think it is.
I saw this posted, a quick grab of a table from an educational psychology
text. Not an ELL or linguistics or language arts texts. Educational
psychology. Is it me, or is standard English being pitted against the
variations spoken by persons of color? I mean, are all African Americans
and Hispanics the same? Are all […]
Origin of the name Motl
When I was a baby, my father would often say that we come a French
aristocratic dynasty de Motl – for some time, I tended to buy it ;-). Much
later, I knew about the Yiddish (extreme Jewish dialect of German) novel
Motl der Operator and people would conjecture that I must have some Jewish
roots which I never believed.
Finally, I accidentally asked my editor, Ms Věra Amelová, who was just
working on the index for the 2nd edition of the Czech Elegant Universe and
who found an explanation of the origin in a book. I don't expect regular
TRF readers to be interested in similar linguistic... more »
Survival International: Sacred object returned to Hopi after shameful Paris auction
Sacred object handed back to Hopi tribe after ‘shameful’ Paris auction 15 July 2013
Photo: The
katsina was handed over to Hopi chairman and religious leaders by
lawyer Pierre Servan-Schreiber and Survival International's Jean Patrick
Razon (no photography was allowed during the handover itself).
© Survival
In a historic handover ceremony, an object sacred to the Hopi people has been
US Military, Monsanto Targeting GMO Activists and Independent Scientists, New Investigation Alleges
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Sayer Ji
A shocking new investigative report from the largest daily newspaper in
Germany alleges that Monsanto, the US Military and the US government have
colluded to track and disrupt both anti-GMO activists and independent
scientists who study the adverse effects of genetically modified food.
As revealed yesterday by Sustainable Pulse, on July 13th the German
newspaper *Süddeutsche Zeitung* detailed information on how the US
Government "advances the interests of their corporations," focusing on
Monsanto as a prime example.... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Marky Ramone, 57.
Here's the good stuff:
1. Really good overview of the Senate showdown from Greg Sargent.
2. While if you care about the Senate, you'll want to read what Sarah
Binder says.
3. David Karpf on "The Analytics Floor."
4. And Christina Kahrl (who is, I should point out, very much not a Giants
fan) on The Freak.
There Are Too Many Damn Multimillionaires In Congress
If you click this, you'll see how the stinking rich live
I go for a hike in the Los Feliz hills everyday. I delight in taking
candidates and congressmembers who come to visit me along for the walk.
Darcy Burner was smart enough to be wearing tennis shoes. Others have had
heels or tassels. That doesn't work as well. That page from *Angeleno* is
about a spa in my neighborhood that charges $10,000 a day to put wealthy
fat people through a kind of bootcamp. It's very luxurious and they hike
these same hills. $10,000 seems like a lot. I don't charge anything. But I
guess $10,000 being a l... more »
New Green Vision: Technology As Our Planet’s Last Best Hope by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360
New Green Vision: Technology As Our Planet’s Last Best Hope by Fred Pearce:
Yale Environment 360
Department of Justice review for prosecution of Zimmerman based on any alleged violation of Trayvon Martin's civil rights will face significant barriers - FBI finding that Zimmerman did not present racial bias as a motivating factor in the shooting and absence of a public facility could greatly hinder any further action criminally ...
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/12/155918/more-evidence-released-in-trayvon.html#.UeM9mT7DVoY
After interviewing nearly three dozen people in the George Zimmerman murder
case, the FBI found no evidence that racial bias was a motivating factor in
the shooting of Trayvon Martin, records released Thursday show.
Even the lead detective in the case, Sanford Det. Chris Serino, told agents
that he thought Zimmerman profiled Trayvon because of his attire and the
circumstances — but not his race.
Serino saw Zimmerman as “having little hero complex, but not as a racist.”
The Duval County Sta... more »
Untitled
*2-year-old boy fights for life after caught in crossfire of gunshots*
*Plans mulled for dormant Six Flags ~Jaquetta White, Advocate N.O.*
*Assumption Parish official claims sinkhole depth exceeds estimates ~Ryan
Broussard*
*Sun Herald Editorial: Supervisors are right to oppose rigs near shore*
*After the Flood: Life in Germany's Disaster Zone** **~Hat Tweet
@TheLensNOLA*
*Man vs. Food Host Adam Richman Tweets NOLA ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Read more here:
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/07/13/4793525/sun-herald-editorial-supervisors.html#storylink=cpy
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - How I “vote” with my money
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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*The
rules:*
1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or
collection
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of environment... more » Islamism as a memeplex - The Commentator
'Islam, on the other-hand, is still going through its 'dark ages'.
Thought-competition is being brutally suppressed in many Muslim-majority
countries as Saudi-funded brands of ultra-austere Islam proliferate. The
Saudi state continues to spend a large portion of its petrodollars building
mosques around the world yet, ironically, according to Sharia law,
non-Muslim religious structures are not allowed to be built inside its own
lands. It takes years of red tape for existing churches in other Arab
Nations such as Egypt to be even allowed to be repaired and this puts the
houses of wo... more »
What fear of being accused of being a racist lead to
' Despite irrefutable evidence that the girls were being sexually abused,
no one — according to a report published by the House of Commons on June 5
— acted to draw all the facts together, apparently due to fears by police
and social workers that they would be accused of racism against Muslims.
...
Evidence presented to us suggests that there is a model of localized
grooming of Pakistani-heritage men targeting young White girls. This must
be acknowledged by official agencies, who we were concerned to hear in some
areas of particular community tension, had reportedly been slow to ... more »
Followers of the religion of peace in action...
http://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=603775802976132&id=332617146865614&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php&_rdr
I Know! Let's Have a Rally!
The pseudo-elected scuzzballs who rule over our desert island society are
trying to torture one of us to death ...
"Who? Me?"
No. I read about it in yesterday's post. It's not you. It's some other guy.
"Oh. Okay. Well, see ya!"
Huh. Well, who needs you anyway? The rest of you; Do you think this is okay?
"No!"
Are we going to let this happen??
"No!"
Come on! Let's go to the meeting place and demonstrate our solidarity with
that guy!
"Yeah!"
But we're going to keep it peaceful!
"Of course!"
But then, sadly, when some of the government's guardians started to break
up the peacefu... more »
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Daily Links, Monday, July 13, 2013
*In the aftermath of typhoon Soulik, the roads are covered with mud and
debris. This is Miaoli 55, Pinglin Road, out of Jhuolan in Miaoli, one of
the area's most enjoyable roads. Highly recommended.*
Some Daily Links for you to enjoy.... links have become much harder since
Google terminated Reader.
- Mangrove Conservation in Taiwan
- Soulik agricultural losses in millions
- Cross strait services pact may not be screened by legislature until
Sept
- Not only is Transparency International standing by their obviously
flawed corruption report on Taiwan, but the Chinese ... more »
Who will the next Fed chair be?
Janet Yellen is the odds-on favorite.
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning… Jarrod Hayes discusses his new book, Constructing National
Security: US Relations with India and China. Mark Safranski (i.e. zen of
Zenpundit) points us to Lt. General Prakash Katosh‘s “Optimising the
Potential of Special Forces.” [Original Article] Shyam Saran argues that
India’s new role as an observer on the Arctic Council should be used to
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NSA's admission to Microsoft's services exhaustive
*According to a report Microsoft helped the NSA get around its
encryption
systems so the agency could more effortlessly spy on users of its
services.*Microsoft supposed its partnership with the NSA only took
place since legal
obligations required it to do so. The revelations come as some
technologists start work on services they say will be impermeable to
spying.
The credentials show that the NSA had admittance to most of Microsoft's
flagship products including Hotmail, Outlook.com, Skydive and Skype. The
credentials seen by The Guardian are apparently from the NSA's Special
Sour... more »
Bohmian mechanics, a ludicrous caricature of Nature
Some people can't get used to the fact that classical physics in the most
general sense – a class of theories that identify Nature with the
objectively well-defined values of certain (classical) degrees of freedom
that are observable in principle and that evolve according to some
(classical) equations of motion, usually differential equations that depend
on time, mostly deterministic ones – has been excluded as a possible
fundamental description of Nature for almost a century.
Classical physics has been falsified and the falsification – a death for a
theory – is an irreversible even... more »
“Celebrate What’s Right with the World” - A Film
The Film
“Celebrate What’s Right with the World” is a film I made to help folks
approach life with confidence, grace and celebration.
The stories and lessons it includes came from my years as a photographer
with National Geographic.
Those years gave me a perspective that changed my life and other lives as
well.
Because it turns out that Celebrate has become one of the most successful
training films ever produced. That’s not me, folks, that’s the message.
That’s just a lot of people knowing in their hearts that there’s a better,
more positive way of looking at the world. That ce... more »
Edward Snowden - "Boundless Informant" - global auditing system, and new Moscow video!
"The NSA lied (to Congress) about this tool," Edward Snowden confirms the
existence of "Boundless Informant", the NSA's global auditing system, in
Guardian's second part of their June 8th Hong Kong video interview with the
whistleblower.
*The Boundless Informant documents show the agency collecting almost 3
billion pieces of intelligence from US computer networks over a 30-day
period ending in March 2013. One document says it is designed to give NSA
officials answers to questions like, "What type of coverage do we have on
country X" in "near real-time by asking the SIGINT [signals i... more »
Only Self - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Source: http://roxanajones.com/
Only Self
*Self is center*
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*None other*
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*Only Self can connect one again to both Heaven & to Earth*
**
*Only Self*
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*Can connect you to what is best in your human spirit*
**
*Quiet your minds*
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*Quiet your emotions*
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*Quiet ego*
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*Long enough*
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*To hear the soundless*
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*Feel the touchless*
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*See that which is unseen*
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*Be reborn*
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*And *
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*Then*
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*You can be*
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*As Self*
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M.N. Hopkins
*Note: *This poem was written on the 13th of July and first published on
my blog today.
Antarctic Ice Crater
This is actually somewhat confounding and teaches us that this type of
activity is profoundly ongoing throughout the life of an Ice Age event.
Imagine what this does to the underlying ground surface. The take home is
that glaciation is profoundly complex and powerful and utterly
unpredictable over any significant time scale.
Imagine trying to explain the end results later. You end up not trusting
gravity.
This is a new unusual observation and is well noted
*Scientists find huge ice crater left behind by disappearance of Antarctic
lake*
*Scott Sutherland *
*We... more »
Carbon Taxes, LNG Revenue And The Squeaky Wheels
*Written by Grant G*
The old sayings and phrases are indeed true, this particular one is based
on real life experiences....With exceptions..
*"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" *
Those exceptions are people, the public and workers can complain, gripe and
even protest in the streets but still are ignored, it seems that today only
those with the power to flex biceps made of money get the grease..
Toronto floods, Calgary floods, China floods meanwhile the world burns, and
no, I am not a climate change theorist or alarmist, however, I do believe
that we should all be encouraged to... more »
"How Much Do Americans Despise Congress?"
* *
*"How Much Do Americans Despise Congress?"*
by Washington’s Blog
“Business Insider notes today: "A June Gallup poll [showed that Congress]
had a 10% approval rating [while] and one in March that showed North Korea
with a 12% favorability rating among Americans. That’s nothing… We’ve
previously documented that the U.S. Congress is less popular among the
American people than cockroaches, lice, root canals, colonoscopies, traffic
jams, used car salesmen, Genghis Khan, Communism, BP during the Gulf oil
spill, Nixon during Watergate or King George during the American Revolution.
... more »
America is Still a Profoundly Racist Country Part 24,764
*Good Morning, America.*
The ZAP Report 7-14-13
*I am not going to comment a whole lot on this one, its ZAP's own viewpoint
with interesting data. I do think ZAP has very good intentions. I hope he
checks out the links to the OPPT on this blog.*
*
* *We've said it many times before that "the divine plan" is not the same
as "the absolute plan" or "eternal plan" of the Creator Source. There's a
reason they use that term over and over again. The "divines" are a type of
being (most likely 5d-6d), some human in origin, some not, who have mixed
character attributes (quite like most humans). They are not without ego or
institutiona... more »
“An Economic Collapse that is Going to be Worse than 1929”
*“An Economic Collapse that is Going to be Worse than 1929”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“Employers are cutting full-time employees back to part-time to avoid the
requirement of providing health insurance under Obama Care. Trader Karl
Denninger says, “As the Obama Administration runs against the economic
reality of what they passed, they are now trying to find ways to dodge it.
The Obama Administration’s reaction to this has been to unilaterally, and
by the way illegally, put off the imposition of mandate.” This is not going
to save the teetering economy as Denninger contends... more »
ISRAELI ATTACKED SYRIA FROM BASE IN TURKEY
*According to RT: the recent Israeli strike on Syria was carried out from a
Turkish base*
"News that Turkey assisted Israel in attacking another Muslim state could
result in serious turmoil for Ankara, once the information is confirmed."
*Israeli strike on Syria was carried out from Turkish base*
"Reports detail around 160,000 Russian troops were called to ‘combat
readiness’ following an Israeli strike on Russian-made missiles in Syria."
*WW3 Brews As Nation Distracted By Trayvon Martin Case*
[image: Istanbul Street Scene]
*Istanbul by **mandalaybus* )
In 1948, Turkey was among ... more »
Wheat-Autism Link
What is indicated and the immediate take home, is that embarking on a
gluten free diet with a victim of autism is likely to be advantageous for
some victims. Since this is also a good idea in any event for many other
reasons, it should be done anyway.
It is additionally indicated that wheat is a contributor to a wide range
of conditions essentially making them worse. Thus eliminating it from one's
diet except perhaps as an occasional item so that it never dwells
continuously in your digestive system is a proper response.
Our society has been spoiled by the convenien... more »
Miniature Human Liver Grown in Mice
Again we have critical progress that promises to short circuit organ
restoration. The majority of need can be solved by tissue replacement and
this work paves the way for livers and most organs.
We have an expensive standing army of the tissue deficient out there whose
elimination would represent both a medical and economic revolution. That
is what is clearly in sight and it is already a priority target even while
everyone tries to keep our hopes under control.
It really is the most visible reward out there for our decades of
intensive medical research.
*Miniature h... more »
Turbine-Powered, Chevy Volt of Airliners Looks Fantastic
Another reason this is a fantastic rig is that it can be naturally applied
to airships. That was the main issue. Thus we can expect steadily
improving airship design just as soon as someone contracts enough birds to
properly launch the industry. Fed Ex could do it. It really is their
forte.
Everyone else is scared to disturb their own arrangements on a new
delivery protocol.
As I have posted in a past, an airship arrives and grabs eight loaded
shipping containers or some equivalent and then moves directly to the urban
breakdown and distribution center without an... more »
AdSense regular account & hosted account
Way back, the only way one can get to display AdSense ads and generate
revenue was to apply to AdSense and after getting approved, one can then
generate codes via AdSense and for Blogger blogs, copy-paste the code into
a HTML/Javascript gadget to display the ads. This is referred to as a
regular AdSense account.
In more recent days, one could also get what is referred to as a hosted
AdSense account via Google services like Blogger or Youtube, and for
Blogger, get to display the ads via a Blogger AdSense gadget (Dashboard >
Layout > Add a gadget > Add an AdSense gadget).
However, r... more »
Beware of Jumping to Quick Conclusions About Political Changes In Egypt
*I. Good Coups, The Farce That Is Democracy, And Natural Leadership*
If the consensus is that there was a coup in Egypt then we should keep in
mind that there is such a thing as a good coup.
But describing what happened as a coup doesn't sit right with a lot of
people in Egypt because of the character of the protests, its volume, and
the nature of the demands. The tide of public opinion was clearly against
Morsi staying in power. The people's voice was heard.
Also, many respected analysts who approach the recent political events in
Egypt from different perspectives, such as *hist... more »
July 14, 1973
Turning again to Fred Emery for his account of Ervin Committee Counsel Sam
Dash's reaction to yesterday's big news:
--
Dash took the precaution that Saturday of testing the revelation's impact
on the one man it could make or break -- John Dean. One of Dash's assistant
counsels, James Hamilton, remembers standing by the fireplace at Dean's
home so as to gauge his reaction when Dash told him. "I will never forget
it. John broke into this huge smile because he knew after all the work he'd
done and his testimony and all the thought he'd given to what he had to say
that he was right and... more »
Removing the Shackles: A little Message from Heather
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-little-message-from-heather.html
Sunday, 14 July 2013
*A little Message from Heather*
A little message from Heather on Skype today
HEATHER: I see that every inbodyment "knowing" (look up the definition and
compare to the definition of "know" ;)) is jockying for position in the
perceived "universal value system" (just imagine the purported "financial
system" operating in the universe) ....revaluing universal
currents/currencies based on their "definition" of "universe"....sound
familiar? (chuckle)(heart)
So, this is a taste of wh... more »
I just reduced government spending by 100%.
I just reduced government spending by 100%.
But that’s only because the Online Fiscal Calculator won’t let me cut
anymore.
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Remember the Bhopal disaster?
Remember the Bhopal disaster in India? It was the world’s worst industrial
disaster, in which more than half-a-million people were exposed to toxic
gas released from a Union Carbide plant located in a built-up area. In
scale, if not in human toll, it was comparable to BP’s Gulf of Mexico
debacle. Stephen Hicks reviews one of the textbook cases of so-called
“market failure” that looks more and more like something else.
The 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India, is one of the major business ethics
cases of the past generation. [A highly toxic gas escaped from a Union
Carbine plant in a b... more »
“What makes a story?”
At the end of the previous post I raised the question of what would be
leading the *Today *programme this morning. Would it be the latest scandal
to hit the NHS (and the Labour Party)? Well, we'll know in a few minutes
time...
In advance of *Today*, a look at the stories featured on non-BBC news sites
shows the NHS story to be still important for papers like the *Telegraph,
Guardian *and *Independent, *though it's the deaths of two military
personnel in Wales during training on the hottest day of the year though
which is the major story that all news site share.
The BBC News webs... more »
This, not this: On our feet, to the street
UPDATE: Visit here for more inspiring photos from these rallies. Let’s do
this. For example, this is a powerful image of a protest on behalf of
Trayvon Martin. Unbelievable. Not to diminish the necessity of this
outrage, but if only we could have such momentum on issues within
education. Amazing. Now, in contrast, let us […]
Neil Young Contest Update: Last Call
Tomorrow afternoon we'll randomly pick the winner of the Neil Young
contest. So, it's still not too late to enter. Like we explained last week,
it's easy to win the RIAA-certified double platinum award for Neil's
classic *Harvest Moon*. We're hoping to help Pennsylvania state Senator
Daylin Leach win the open seat and beat back Steny Hoyer and his lobbyist
brigade, which, predictably, is trying to insert a more conservative and
Establishment-friendly candidate into the PA-13 seat (Northeast
Philadelphia and Montgomery County). As I've explained before, Daylin and I
have something... more »
in which i discover yet another internet scam
Looking for rental houses on Craigslist, I've discovered a scam that I was
previously unaware of.
I replied to an ad for a place that sounded wonderful, with unusually low
rent. I was keeping in mind the old maxim "If it sounds too good to be
true, it probably is," but at the same time, it's only an email. It can't
hurt to ask.
Everything I wanted to know about the property was answered in the
affirmative. Then the supposed owner told me that I should fill out a
rental application and, if approved, I could see the place.
Hmm. It's been six years since we looked for a place to live... more »
what i'm reading, children's books edition: # 8: the invention of hugo cabret
In the aftermath of the flood and with our impending move, when I'm not
dealing with those events, all I want to do is read and blog. If you enjoy
my "what i'm reading" posts, you'll be happy. If not...
* * * *
I've long wanted to read *The Invention of Hugo Cabret* by Brian Selznick.
Now that Martin Scorsese has adapted it into the movie "Hugo," I wanted to
make sure I read it before seeing the film.
*The Invention of Hugo Cabret* is a wonderfully inventive and engaging
book. It combines elements of picture books, graphic novels, and even flip
books within the "chapter book" form... more »
Long Walk 4 readies for Sunrise Ceremony July 15, 2013
Long
walker Lisa Peake.
Affirmation of Sovereignty of the Indigenous People of the Western
Hemisphere
Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz
By Longest Walk 4
Censored News
WASHINGTON DC -- The Longest Walk 4: Return to Alcatraz begins tomorrow
morning, July 15, 2013, with a sunrise Ceremony from the place where the
original The Longest Walk 1978 finished. At this time, as we prepare
Quotes of the Day: On Politics…
*After I posted **a bunch of quotes on bureaucracy** last week, I was sent
a few more on politics…*
It is the responsibility of every citizen to ignore dumb laws.
— Ian Clarke – aka Sanity [
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=73217&cid=6588343]
Politics on the internet, it’s like Jupiter's great red spot, except made
of faeces.
— cutsDwnSudoIntelects [
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/8llur]
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their
intentions rather than their results.
— Milton Friedman
Revolution is the opium of... more »
Dirty Laundry: MEK Re-Ups 3 Year Old Nuclear Propaganda;Terror Group is Sounding Board for Dubious US Intel
Rudy
Giuliani with MEK leader Maryam Rajavi
(Photo Credit: Jacques Demarthon / AFP)
Embracing its recent removal from the U.S. State Department's list of
designated foreign terrorist organizations, the Mujahedeen-e Khalq
(MEK), an exiled Iranian terror cult with deep pockets and close ties to
the Washington establishment, is attempting to ramp up the
fear-mongering and propaganda over Iran's
Commentary On Syria And FSA (Fictitious Syrian Army) - A Round-Up of Articles
Here are interesting articles about Syria that caught my eye.
*Obama Administration Should Clarify Syria Policy (Al Monitor, July 14)*:
Underpinning congressional unease is how unpopular the policy seems to be
with Americans. A recent Gallup poll reported that 54% disapprove of
providing military aid to the rebels, while a Pew poll revealed 70% oppose
such aid.
The administration’s difficulty in getting congressional and popular
support for its Syria policy might in part be that the decision to aid the
rebels has been portrayed as the outcome of an internal administration
policy st... more »
What happened to the adage about following the money in coverage of the NSA surveillance revelations?
*by Ken*
It's one of those adages reporters are supposed to have echoing in their
heads: *Follow the money.* But it doesn't always (often?) happen in the
journalistic big leagues, especially when it's money that's connected to
Big Money. Prudent journalists, which is to say jouralists with a watchful
eye on their careers, generally know better than to go crashin' around in
them thar woods.
Which has led David Sirota to ask, in the column "How Cash Secretly Rules
Surveillance Policy": "Have you noticed anything missing in the political
discourse about the National Security Adminis... more »
How the Common Core is Being Sold
There’s nothing like a small town newspaper for a glimpse into how the
Common Core Standards and tests are being sold to a trusting public. This
is how the Common Core is being marketed in Palmyra PA. “You are not going
to see test prep in our classrooms,” Brown says. Instead, you’ll see kids
getting […]
The Fiction of Maori Ownership
*Guest post by A. Mous.*
In “Maori Land Law,” Sir Hugh Kawharu blatantly sets out to fabricate a
universally recognised body of Maori property rights pre-dating the Treaty
of Waitangi. By implication, these were rudely subsumed by white-settler
governments, who substituted their own Eurocentric notions of property
ownership. This now widely accepted thesis was explicitly created to fudge
or remove the fact that “customary title” is in practical terms no title at
all.
The functional social unit of pre-European Maori society was the hapu, or
sub-tribe. Each hapu was in a Hobbesian ... more »
Maxi Skirts and Pizza Kebabs (Creative Showcase Features and Link Ups)
I can't believe it is already halfway through July. If you follow
Housewife Eclectic on Instagram you saw pictures of my fun trip to New
York City that I took with my mom and husband and crossed so many things
off my bucket list. It has been the highlight of my summer! There are some
awesome features this week, some of my favorite ever.
I am crazy about maxi skirts right now. I am seeing them everywhere and I
want to make some more! I love this Easy Maxi Skirt Tutorial from Rae Gun
Ramblings.
I might be a little Doctor Who obsessed. I just had to feature this Free
Tardis Print... more »
A tale of two communities saying no
Global reforms are just that. Global. The same damage is being inflicted
worldwide to schools in large and small communities, causing distress and
doing nothing to improve education. Often quite the opposite. This is
Cedar, a small community in Canada. I only heard about Cedar because my
gorgeous friend James lives there. James isn’t a […]
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, July 14th, 2013
I am on vacation... Enjoying the hot sun and sand..... I have not had a
chance to look over everything that has been happening over the last week.
My better half asked that I take a break from doing this blog and surfing
the net just to give myself a breather!
However, I have noticed the Zimmerman trial verdict, and to me, that is
both a tragedy and PLANNED by the criminals in charge of the US Government
that desperately needs anything now to divert attention from from their
other terrible acts against the American public. They are willing to
consider having open revolt and rage, ... more »
MPs on Twitter
As the silly season is imminently due, I've indulged my love of lists yet
again and done this. In short, I have all the Members of Parliament on
Twitter. Here. Below. In rank order. So where's your MP? How does your own
follower account match up against that of your honourable member? Are there
any who are inexplicably popular? Knock yourself out.
1. David Cameron - 366,392 (Con)
2. Ed Miliband - 226,397 (Lab)
3. William Hague - 157,131 (Con)
4. George Galloway - 152,121 (Respect)
5. Tom Watson - 125,260 (Lab)
6. Nick Clegg - 118,640 (LibDem)
7. Ed Balls - 94,744 (Lab)
8. Grant Shapps ... more »
The Real News - Palestinians in Gaza react to Morsi's ouster, closure of Rafah crossing
Palestinians in Gaza react to Morsi's ouster, closure of Rafah crossing.
Source: The Real News. Date Published: July 13, 2013. Description:
The Egyptian army's decision to close the Rafah crossing, Gaza's only
terminal to the outside world, and the demolishing of the underground
tunnels along the border added more hardships and suffering to Gazans.
Spain political crisis spread - Prime Minister Rajoy linked to illegal party funding - despite all of the endless denials ! Co op Bank in the UK - taxpayers potentially at risk of bailing out the banking subsidiary unless 77 percent of bondholder approve the pending bailout deal....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-14/european-political-crisis-spreads-leaked-texts-prove-rajoy-link-illegal-party-fundin
European Political Crisis Spreads - Leaked Texts Prove Rajoy Link To
Illegal Party Funding
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/14/2013 13:33 -0400
- Google
- Newspaper
- Portugal
Amid the turmoil in Portugal, the Barcenas-Affair in Spain had dropped to
the back-pages of the European press... until now. The illegal
party-funding that ex-Treasurer Barcenas is now whistle-blowing on has been
linked directly to Spanish ... more »
Money Always Wins or Courage (Nut-Case Insanity) To Tell the Truth? (It's A Death Struggle)
Gee, I wish the following essay were fiction. What a lovely world it would
be . . . well . . . for the 1% anyway. For a while. The listing that
follows of all the nature organizations (that can't actually be held to any
real defined standards of not just being money-makers with a few nice
droppings for "saving" our natural world) includes quite a few I stopped
giving money to over a decade
What is required to change bail at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry
The judge hearing a preliminary inquiry can, at the conclusion of the
inquiry vacate any existing bail order and make a new one: Criminal Code s.
523(2).
R. v. Prete, [1987] O. J. 2480 is usually taken to say such an order will
be made only if there material change in circumstance from the existing
order.
Other cases seem to consider the preliminary inquiry judge to be holding a
hearing de novo. So R. v. Grier, 2010 ONSC 6934 holds:
[4] The applicant suggests that errors were committed both at
first instance and at the *de novo *hearing. In my view, the *de novo*... more »
Tweeting MPs
1. David Cameron - 366,392 (Con)
2. Ed Miliband - 226,397 (Lab)
3. William Hague - 157,131 (Con)
4. George Galloway - 152,121 (Respect)
5. Tom Watson - 125,260 (Lab)
6. Nick Clegg - 118,640 (LibDem)
7. Ed Balls - 94,744 (Lab)
8. Grant Shapps - 67,611 (Con)
9. Caroline Lucas - 61,152 (Green)
10. Chuka Umunna - 55,334 (Lab)
11. George Osborne - 55,178 (Con)
12. Diane Abbott - 54,404 (Lab)
13. Harriet Harman - 46,169 (Lab)
14. Andy Burnham - 45,061 (Lab)
15. Jeremy Hunt - 44,897 (Con)
16. Vince Cable - 41,244 (LibDem)
17. Yvette Cooper - 32,725 (Lab)
18. Eric Pickles - 31,775 (Con)
19. Ch... more »
Evolution Takes Time. Evolutionary Adaptation Takes Far More Time Than Climate Change Allows.
Many species of plants and animals will face extinction because they cannot
evolve in time to adapt to the rapid onslaught of climate change. The
pace of current global warming is simply too quick for natural or
evolutionary adaptation.
A study by researchers at the University of Arizona finds that it takes up
to a million years for species to evolve to a 1C degree temperature change.
*Using data from 540 living species, including amphibians, reptiles, birds
and mammals, [Professor John]Wiens and colleagues compared their rates of
evolution with the rates of climate change project... more »
Positive thinking . . .
POSITIVE
THINKING can be found at CORE77, which is a site about industrial
design. Do check out the home page and articles. Anyway, one of their
contributors, Ray, has a post about a Canadian triumph, "First
Human-Powered Helicopter Surpasses Sikorsky Standards, and Why Humans
Are Still Superior to Robots". It's a fine account of the Aerovelo
team, led by engineers and co-founders Cameron
Hummingbird
When Polyhymnia sends refracted light
shimmering toward parched and shriveled roots,
seeking some semblance of promise kept alive
between her hands, her well, her seeds and soil,
A bit of fluff, a female Anna's, comes
to perch nearby, cocking its tiny head
and waiting. Waiting for the hose to steady
its cold blast toward some fainting eggplant
or tomatillo, ready for a burst of aimed
delight, catching one rainbowed drop of water
short, then flitting to the fence again,
shivering. To the Muse of hymns and farmers it's
a game, to the throbbing ball of feathers more.
Its heart will stop wi... more »
Have House Republicanos Really Retreated Into A Cave Of Indifference And Ignorance?
Quinnipiac has a new poll out. It covered a lot of ground-- like Hillary
Clinton's ability to beat NJ organized crime figure Chris Christie in 2016
if the tow of them run for president. I was more interested, though, in
this: "American voters blame both parties for gridlock in Washington, but
they say Republicans are more responsible for Congress' inability to get
things done... There is gridlock because Republicans are determined to
block any Obama initiative, 51 percent of voters say, while 35 percent say
President Barack Obama lacks the skills to convince leaders of Congress to... more »
A license to kill
I expected this verdict but nonetheless it still rankled when I woke up to
find George Zimmerman was acquitted. And no, despite the old saw, Zimmerman
was not found innocent. Neither was he exonerated of the crime. The fact
that he killed an unarmed teenager with a gun was never in dispute. He was
acquitted on the charge of murder. There's a difference.
Neither can it be said that the court delivered justice for Trayvon. That
would have required a guilty verdict, which just wasn't going to happen
under Florida laws. Our legal system is imperfect. The guilty often go free
while the i... more »
Which "ministers"?
Further to my earlier post on the BBC's extraordinary failure to feature
the story about the forthcoming report of those 13,000 'needless' deaths in
the NHS - a story which the *Telegraph *and *Mail *led with and which both
ITV News and Sky News considered a major story -, well the story is getting
ever more politically dramatic....
....and it's not just being reporting by the right-wing newspapers.
The *Independent*'s headline tonight reads:
Andy Burnham defends Labour's record as healthcare report shines light on
'failings' under previous government
The article beneath says:
A... more »
When will the ALEC/NRA Lying Start Again?
*Think about this!*
Turning the other cheek is supposed to be a sacred virtue.But by removing
the duty to retreat from a confrontation in public when one can safely do
so, the “Stand Your Ground” law allowed George Zimmerman to stalk and kill
an unarmed teenager and walk away a free man. That’s a tragedy, because
there can be no doubt that Zimmerman could have avoided a confrontation
with Trayvon Martin on the evening of February 26, 2012.
*Think about this!*
*shot a kid that the police told him to leave alone.*
**
* *
911 dispatcher:
Are you following him? [2:24]
Zimmerman... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Which would you prefer: Republicans back down and the contested exec branch
nominations are confirmed, or Republicans refuse and Democrats go nuclear
on exec branch nominations?
(I suspect I know the answer to that, but...well, I'll add a second one:
what do you expect to be the outcome of Showdown July in the Senate?)
Stand Your Ground WAS an Issue
There are lots and lots of people who are saying that "stand your ground"
was not an issue in the Trayvon Martin case.
WRONG
Not only was George Zimmerman roaming the streets for 44 days after he
killed Trayvon Martin - because of Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law.
You have the Florida "Stand Your Ground" law being headlined across the
nation for months after the murder of TRaycon Martin.
You would have had to be living under a rock - not to be exposed to
Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, especially in Florida.
No change of venue was requested - the trial was held in "Stand Your ... more »
OPPT ITALIA, Being and Doing...
On 7/13/13, at 12:42 PM, Alfred On Gaia wrote:
*Hi everybody, something is moving in Italy...*
*
* *Yesterday one of the opptitalia.org team has taken the initiative to
speek spontaneously to a manager of his bank's local agency.*
*This is what happened:*
-------------------------
This morning I went to the bank to pay a check to cover the minimum
utilities, as my usual
I turn to my friend, chief financial officer and deputy director (which I
will not name as the local agency in order not to create any problem to him)
And I said:
"Look, let's go get a coffee ... will you?"
It's... more »
FIVE..MILLION..POUNDS..
Given the Labour Party's troubles with its biggest trades union donor Unite
in the last couple of weeks, in the wake of the Falkirk scandal, who could
blame a cornered Labour leader for raising the issue of Conservative Party
donations during Prime Minister's Questions last week? There's not been a
Conservative Party donations scandal for quite a while now but, still, a
Labour leader can but try, can't he?
What if the BBC tried the same tactic as Ed Miliband though?
Well, a cynic might say that this was exactly what Paddy O'Connell was up
to on this morning's *Broadcasting House*... more »
Your “press corps” is almost completely incompetent!
*SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2013*
*Capehart checks the facts:* Was last night’s verdict the correct verdict?
We would be inclined to say yes. To gain a conviction on murder or
manslaughter, the prosecution had to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that
George Zimmerman wasn’t engaged in self-defense when he shot Trayvon Martin.
Given the nature of the incident, given the state of the evidence, that was
quite hard to prove.
Like you, we don’t know what actually happened when Zimmerman and Martin
encountered each other that night. Many scenarios can be imagined, at least
among those who are ho... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Senate reform: good, or bad? Do you support a 60-vote Senate?
"Upper-class Individuals Behave More Unethically Than Lower-class Individuals"
* *
*"Upper-class Individuals Behave More Unethically Than Lower-class
Individuals"*
“In a series of startling studies, psychologists at the University of
California at Berkeley have found that "upper-class individuals behave more
unethically than lower-class individuals." Ongoing research is trying to
find out what it is about wealth- or lack of it- that makes people behave
they way they do.”
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I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! No I'm not, lol.
What the 1% degenerates forget is where this fine product comes from...
Hey, George Zimmerman!
You just got away with murder! Where are you going to go next?
"I'm going to Paula Deen's Lady and Sons Restaurant!"
Now that Trayvon Martin's rotting corpse has been convicted of Walking
While Black, what are we to learn about the criminal justice system in the
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave?
Well, first of all, we've learned that hulking white men with guns and
a criminal record of violence can stalk, accost, assault and kill unarmed
black youths in Florida, use the Stand Your Ground law (Thank you, Jeb) and
get away with it. Secondly, it also proves the sam... more »
Your moment of Zen
Mytoi Gardens on Martha's Vineyard. [Alex Johnson photo]
Golden oldies . . .
Evidence
shows that Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Partyexercised considerable
influence over Hollywood,including what films went unmade and what
scenes were cut.
WHEN HOLLYWOOD HELD HANDS WITH HITLER. Really. That's the title of an
article by Alex Kafka at the Chronicle of Higher Education. It's worthy
of your perusal. According to Alex,
A debate is raging over Hollywood's alleged collusion with
Trayovn/Zimmerman: Are the Masons Playing a Little "I know what you are,but what am I...?"
This does *NOT* bode well....
This point *cannot* be understated: -
Alex Jones NEVER talks against the Freemasons.
In fact, he vociferously defends the Satanic criminals, traders in human
misery and pirates who drafted the US Constitution from allegations of
Masonic unholiness.
But not in this instance...
That's VERY significant...
Topic: Zimmerman wanted wife to buy tickets to Israel
June 18, 2012
George Zimmerman in a jailhouse phone call urged his wife to buy herself a
bullet proof vest shortly after he was arrested in the shooting death
teenager Tray... more »
Racism Built into the System to Mask Racism
Lisa Wade explains about stand your ground laws: It’s simple: stand your
ground laws increase the chances that a homicide will be considered
justifiable because it gives the jurors more leeway to give defendants the
benefit of the doubt. But, jurors will likely give that benefit of the
doubt to certain kinds of defendants and […]
Michael James : Sunrise on Lake Michigan, 1961
Sunrise
on Lake Michigan, 1961. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming
book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
Sunrise on Lake Michigan,
Lake Forest, Illinois, 1961
In Chicago I am introduced to Polish sausages at a hot dog stand on
North Avenue by Bill "Notso" Smart, who also took me to a strip club in
Calumet City. I visit the Art
Canada is full?
Recently there has been a claim that Canada is full - the population cannot
grow larger.
Certainly in parts of the South good farmland has been, and continues to
be, paced over for shopping malls and housing. That's a mistake.
But anyone who thinks Canada is crowded probably hasn't left Toronto
recently.
The vastness of Canada is amazing but the emptiness of most of the country
is staggering.
Fly due north from Ottawa for three hours crossing Nunavik and on to
Baffin.
Look down - what do you see?
Buildings? Farming? Roads?
No.
And once you arrive in Iqaluit you are st... more »
Sunday Classics: Karl Ridderbusch as the King in "Lohengrin" -- this is what's called "shouting"???
ELSA *has appeared in a very simple white garment and overwhelmed the
assembled nobles with the purity and innocence of her bearing. Now *KING
HEINRICH *tries to get, well, anything at all out of her regarding the
disappearance of her little brother Gottfired, which she is accused of
being responsible for.*
*KING HEINRICH*: Are you she, Elsa of Brabant?
[ELSA* nods her head affirmatively.*]
Do you recognize me as your judge?
[ELSA *turns her head toward the *KING*, looks him in the eye, and then
affirms with a trust-filled gesture.*]
Then I ask you further:
Is the charge known to yo... more »
healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week: chicken in wine with sun-dried tomatoes
When it comes to soups and stews, there is a seemingly endless number of
variables that can be changed to create new variations of any given dish.
If you like chicken stew, for example, you could experiment with different
combinations of vegetables, different seasonings, better (or quicker)
stocks, fresh herbs - and then with various combinations of all of those.
Since buying my slow-cooker some months ago, I've made lots of different
chicken stews, all of them easy, tasty, and healthy. This one is my current
favourite combo.
A note about these stews. To make a proper stew, most pe... more »
dear liberal public: there is nothing shocking about the george zimmerman verdict
Dear liberal public,
The internet tells me you are shocked - shocked and outraged - about the
verdict in the George Zimmerman case.
Seriously? You are shocked?
You have lived in the United States or Canada all your life, and you are
shocked that a white man who killed a black child in the state of Florida
has walked free?
I can only scratch my head in wonder. There is nothing shocking about this
not-guilty verdict. Indeed, it was the most expected and the most typical
outcome possible. I would have been shocked if the verdict had been any
different. *That's* the problem.
What's ... more »
ALEC ACTION: Sat, 7/20 Salina Kansas?
Found this:
20 Saturday
American Legislative Exchange Council information meeting. 1:30-3 p.m.,
Martinelli's.
Posted
*>>>HERE<<< *
science fiction ?
if the truth
looked like science fiction
would you believe it ?
Racism, California Style
Oakland television station KTVU and the National Transportation Safety
Board are apologizing for a racist stunt that got on the air concerning the
July 6th Asiana Airlines crash at San Fransisco airport.
Someone, either an intern at the station or a staffer at the National
Transportation Safety Board, came up with a bogus list of names purportedly
of the flight deck crew aboard the jetliner. Here's what KTVU aired:
Israel and White Supremacy by Aaron MIchael Love
OCTOBER 15, 2002
Israel and White Supremacy
by AARON MICHAEL LOVE
In 1945 Jan Smuts, then prime minister of South Africa appealed to the UN
for an article on human rights to be included in the United Nations
Charter. This incident, cited in W.E.B Du Bois’s remarkable book The World
and Africa, is a powerful reminder of the contradiction in the European
conception of freedom. Freedom only applies absolutely to the white man,
temporarily excluding the complications of class and of course, gender. Du
Bois argued that the Atlantic slave trade produced this schism materially
and... more »
ACTION: NAACP Seeks DOJ Intervention
Last night on Daily Kos - when the verdict came down on Trayvon Martin the
front page went up noting:
Zimmerman not guilty, but ALEC sure as hell is
And then the battle of the words began.
The majority of the commenters noting that Stand Your Ground was not the
issue.
Some of us begged to disagree and immediately got trounced by the "comment
pundits" at DKos, that we were wrong.
Funny thing happened this morning when I went to my first site of every
day.
*NAACP Seeks DOJ Intervention in Martin Case, Targets 'Stand Your Ground'
Laws*
by John Nichols
The nation’s oldes... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Houston Rock and Blues Musician Guy Schwartz and Band
Rag
Radio's Thorne Dreyer, left, with Billy Bourbon and Guy
Schwartz in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, July 5, 2013. Photo
by Marlo Blue / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Houston rock and blues artistGuy Schwartz with band
Houston's Guy Schwartz -- whose bands have included Relayer,
Z-Rocks, the New Jack Hippies, and the Austin-based Guy Schwartz
& the Affordables -- was called
Reich's Impertinent Question - Is it Treason?
First saw it on Daily Kos
taken from Salon
*Robert Reich: Has the 1 percent committed treason? *
Date 7/12/13
Has the 1 percent committed treason?
A small group of extremely wealthy people are systematically destroying the
US government
By Robert Reich
Permit me an impertinent question (or three).
Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people sought to systematically
destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and bankrolling new candidates
pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2) intimidating or bribing many
current senators and representatives to block all proposed le... more »
Egypt , Saudis and Israel strike different paths from US regarding Middle East hot spots - Syria and Egypt in focus - July 14 , 2013!
http://www.debka.com/article/23118/Washington%E2%80%99s-push-against-Egyptian-Israeli-go-it-alone-military-steps-US-marines-deployed-off-Suez-Sinai
The
Obama administration is signifying its strong disapproval of Israel and
Egypt taking matters in their own hands in the last two weeks,
DEBKAfile’s
military and Washington sources report: Israel was accused of
independent
military action against Syria, and the Egyptian army of persecuting
the Muslim Brotherhood after deposing President Mohamed Morsi.
Washington is also highly displeased with the campaign the Egyptian army
launched a... more »
Hey! We're Going to Have a Vote on Torturing You and Killing You!
Imagine that for a second. There's a bunch of dickwads who are in control
of your desert island society. Through a lot of electoral jiggery-pokery,
the most ruthless and power-mad folks have seized control of the
government, but there are some other people involved in the decision-making
process. They're comprised of a lot of slightly less obnoxious ruthless
types and a few milquetoasts who you don't really mind but don't care about
too much either.
Remember, taking charge in this process is NOT democratic and fair.
Anyways, out of the blue, the ruthless, power-mad guys have annou... more »
Truth in Media Project: Ben Swann, Dan Johnson & StormCloudsGathering LIVE
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Youtube
Ben Swann Full Disclosure
Truth in Media Project
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I am happy to see we are not eschewing the issue of #nojustice
Other authors beat me to it. I’m happy to see that. I am one of six
founders of United Opt Out National and, like all well-mannered activist
groups in the 21st century, we have a Facebook presence. We have done a
great job over the years avoiding the sidetracking of discussions. Like all
new groups […]
Syria War updates - July 14 , 2013..... Free Syria Army has a second War front opened as it fights islamist Rebel forces..... Meanwhile , the Syrian Government announces that it has uncovered the Syrian Rebel chemical weapons cache !
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/14/free-syrian-army-jihadists-clashes-aleppo
Free Syrian army clashes with jihadists in wake of commander's assassination
Fighting in Aleppo widens cracks in splintering opposition as military
gains are reversed
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The body of a rebel being carried into Bustan al-Qasr in Aleppo, where
jihadists have been trying to exert their influence. Photograph: Dona
Bozzi/Corbis
Months of u... more »
Hegemonic Warfare Watch: Taiwan in the Pivot
Michael Mazza over at AEI argues that Taiwan has a crucial role in the US
"pivot" toward Asia....
Yet Taiwan can take steps to ensure that US forces would have access to the
island’s facilities during a time of crisis, even in the absence of a
formal access agreement. Taiwan, for example, could invest in
infrastructure that would enable the island to serve as a logistics hub for
US forces in the event of a conflict to the island’s north or in the South
China Sea. Along similar lines, Taiwan might stockpile supplies that would
be of use to American forces operating in the region. Doi... more »
Untitled
*FEMA reviews nonaccredited levees ~Jeff Adelson, Advocate N.O.*
*Stephanie Grace: Judges cast skeptical eye on U.S. Attorney’s Office*
*The Last Swift Bus to New Orleans ~WWNO*
*Until Waiting Fills ~Flesh and Bones*
*Bastille Day ~Odd bits of life in New Orleans*
*Restoring the Body, physical trauma therapy and New Orleans as a whole ~On
Being*
*Made in Louisiana: Jolie and Elizabeth ~Maker's Row*
*Lolis Eric Elie - TREME : Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New
Orleans ~Octavia Books*
*New Orleans crawfish: America's best regional food? ~Kristopher Neild*
*City Grit presents... more »
Sephora Lip Gloss Giveaway!
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Coconut lick worthy lipstick has me dreaming of the beach. I feel it is a
perfect time to giveaway 15 Shades of Sephora. Enjoy from LeChateauDesFleurs
:
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*What it is:*
A collector’s edition of iconic lip colors spanning 15 years.
*What it does:*
This lip library includes everything from rich reds to natural nudes all
in Bite’s lick-worthy Lush Fruit Lip Gloss formulation. Instant nutrition
for lips, this formula contains the same healthy ingredients you’d find in
a pure fruit smoothie: real coconut, man... more »
Alex Rodriquez discussing a plea deal with MLB ? Have wee seen the last of A Rod in a Yanks uniform and in baseball generally ?
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/sources-mlb-cut-deal-rodriguez-article-1.1398168
[image: Alex Rodriguez's 20-day rehab assignment ends on July 22, and it is
unclear where A-Rod will go after that, but according to a source, Yankee
officials sent him a notification Saturday telling him that he is obligated
to inform them in advance of any absence.]BILL SERNE/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Alex Rodriguez's 20-day rehab assignment ends on July 22, and it is unclear
where A-Rod will go after that, but according to a source, Yankee officials
sent him a notification Saturday telling him... more »
NSA preps launch of cyber war “army”
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Aaron Dykes
The massive stores of data and wholesale government have been announced to
the public – just after Bilderberg mulled the “big data” agenda at its 2013
meeting. Now Wired magazine says NSA (and CYBERCOM) chief Gen. Keith
Alexander, a frequent Bilderberg attendee I’ve been warning about for
years, is ready to unleash his cyber army on the globe? What’s next?
FLASHBACK: Silicon Valley CIA-Front Lectures Bilderberg on “Big Data”
FLASHBACK: DHS, CYBERCOM: Government & private sector “must” share data to
prevent cyber t... more »
10 Reasons Why The Global Economy Is About To Experience Its Own Version Of “Sharknado”
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image source Michael Snyder
Have you ever seen a disaster movie that is so bad that it is actually
good? Well, that is exactly what Syfy's new television movie entitled *
Sharknado *is. In the movie, wild weather patterns actually cause
man-eating sharks to come flying out of the sky. It sounds absolutely
ridiculous, and it is. You can view the trailer for the movie right here.
Unfortunately, we are witnessing something just as ridiculous in the real
world right now.
In the United States, the mainstream media is breathle... more »
Obama Blocks Snowden's Asylum
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image source Stephen Lendman
On July 12, Russia Today (RT) headlined "US 'blocks my asylum:' Snowden
human rights activists to airport meeting," saying:
Snowden remains stuck. He's in limbo. He's at Moscow's Sheremetyevo
Airport. He's in its transit area. A source told Interfax he'll meet with
human rights organizations late Friday.
Airport spokeswoman Anna Zakharenkova said she "can confirm that such a
meeting will take place."
Snowden invited a UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative,
Amnesty Internation... more »
Some Thoughts on the Zimmerman Trial
I was saddened, but not shocked, by the not guilty verdict for George
Zimmerman in the point-blank killing of Trayvon Martin. There is a simple
explanation for it: it happened in Florida. George Zimmerman had Florida
law on his side. Without the relentless publicity and the pressure brought
to bear by national political and media figures, there never would
have been a trial in the first place.
This was in Florida, where holding such a trial would have been unthinkable
even a generation ago. This was in Florida, home of the infamous Groveland
Four case, in which a duly sworn sheriff ... more »
The 50 House Republicans Who Hate Poor People The Most
Republican in-fighting between conservatives and the neo-fascist radicals
that have been challenging them, derailed the Farm Bill in 2012. This year
Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy agreed to slash food stamps really badly and
figured they would pass the bloated bill subsidizing wealthy farming
operations (and scammers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan). They figured
wrong. For too many of the extremists, slashing wasn't want they wanted.
They want the program... well, drown in a bathtub.
So on Thursday, Boehner and crew passed the bill without a single
Democratic vote, not even fro... more »
Live from the Bradley Manning Trial with Alexa O'Brien
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*Reason TV*
*The full report from Alexandra Bruce can be seen here:*
http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/videos/police-state/live-from-the-bradley-manning-trialwith-alexa-obrien.html
*RELATED ACTIVIST POST DAY-TO-DAY TRIAL INFO:*
*Bradley Manning Defense Rests Their Case on Day Three of Testimony;
Manning Will Not Testify*
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Rich Rappers Singing About Being Rich are "Douches"
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*Youtube*
Forbes has announced the top 5 wealthiest rappers in 2013 based on their
net worth.
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The Original Writings of The Illuminati Discovered
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Propaganda on NSA Spying and Snowden Not Working
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Get Ready For The Next Great Stock Market Exodus
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Brandon Smith
In the years 2006 and 2007, the underlying stability of the global economy
and the U.S. credit base in particular was experiencing intense scrutiny by
alternative economic analysts. The mortgage-driven Xanadu that was the late
1990s and early 2000s seemed just too good to be true.
Many of us pointed out that such a system, based on dubious debt
instruments animated by the central banking voodoo of arbitrary fractional
reserve lending and fiat cash creation, could not possibly survive for very
long. A crash was ... more »
The Mental Illness of Choice for CEO’s and Politicians
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Anthony Freda Dave Hodges
After writing my most recent article with regard to what typically happens
when a currency collapse takes down a country’s economy, many people wrote
to me asking me when it is going to happen. The short answer is that I have
a hard time predicting the actions of psychopaths. All of us have a hard
time predicting the action of others who are so different from the
mainstream of America because most of us do not think like psychopaths.
However, I can state with certainty that when the last mortgage ha... more »
Ag-gag in Action: National Geographic Photographer Arrested After Aerial Photos
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Image Heather Callaghan
Ag-gag laws are cropping up like Whac-a-Mole across the states in an
attempt to protect large-scale farming and cattle operations from those
pesky activists who find out about abuse and cruelty. Instead of addressing
the systemic issue of transparency and animal/food safety, lobbying leads
to more laws that inhibit the freedom to speak out about dismal conditions
- clear 1st Amendment violations. Always in the name of "safety" and
protecting trade secrets. It's one thing to keep people from committing... more »
Trayvon Martin Convicted: Sentence to Run Concurrent with Eternity
If this case teaches anything, it is that the high crime of involuntary
racism regularly has more insidious and corrosive effects than the
premeditated variety. There was the 1) tepid prosecution by unprepared and
inattentive prosecutors; 2) a defense that was allowed highly-irregular
concessions to make its case; 3) an investigative team friendly to
gun-toting […]
They Do It Without Blushing
On May 2nd, the Harper government staged a ceremony to commemorate the
Canadarm and Canada's contribution to space exploration. Curiously, Marc
Garneau, Canada's first astronaut -- who was later made president of
Canada's Space Agency, and who was the first person to operate the
Canadarm -- was not invited to the event. The Canadian Press reports:
Garneau was miffed at being excluded, blaming the lapse on the "highly
partisan" Conservative government.
Two senior ministers, however, said museum and space agency staff fumbled
the ball and that their own ministerial offices played ... more »
When blouse buttons come undone
Julia Louis-Drefus aka Elaine from Seinfeld shows more cleavage than usual.
Social Justice?
“The law is meant to be my servant and not my master, still less my
torturer and my murderer.” — James Baldwin. The Nation (July 11, 1966)
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther
King Jr. Letter From Birmingham City Jail Blinded by the Stereotype
Spotlight “The Poor Are Too Free”?: Unlocking […]
How Labour policy is made...
Chris Dunne (@ChrisDunne29) tweeted at 8:59 PM on Sat, Jul 13, 2013:
Exclusive: how the #Labour party make policy: http://t.co/CfaVOywjqb
(https://twitter.com/ChrisDunne29/status/356140768982863872)
“Who is in the dock?”
This is a post of two halves - one recycling an article from elsewhere, one
reviewing a particular edition of the *Today *programme. The one, however,
follows on from the other, and I think they can both shed some light on the
preceding posts about the BBC's news priorities.
The *Telegraph*'s Charles Moore has written one of the best articles about
BBC bias that I've read for a long time:
*Why does the impartial BBC not tell the story of the great majority?*
Our self-righteous national broadcaster is woefully detached from voters’
real lives
*
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*The 'Liberal Progressive' hegem... more »
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