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“The Political Class and the Counteroffensive”
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*“The Political Class and the Counteroffensive”*
by Jeffrey Tucker
“That Edward Snowden has put the whole political, corporate, and governing
class in a bind. With his revelations that a heretofore obscure agency has
long been collecting all data on our digital lives, Snowden very plainly
blew up the whole perception that government is somehow of, by, and for the
people. The picture he paints is a government straight out of a dystopian
novel.
For a few weeks, the ruling class hoped the whole thing would just go away.
Maybe the NSA could continue to data mine, the corporations... more »
Iraq’s Insurgents Picking Up Attacks During Ramadan
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Ramadan began at the start of July 2013, and so has a new wave of attacks
by Iraq’s insurgency. June saw a decline in deaths, but that was apparently
because militants were preparing for the holy month to begin. In the first
half of July there has almost been twice as many killed as the same time
period in June. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) knew that such an offensive
was coming, but have proven hapless at stopping it, because of their
institutional deficiencies. July is looking to be one of the deadliest of
the year highlighting the rebirth of the insurgency, and the weakne... more »
"2 America's: 10 Examples of How the 'Elite' Are Mocking The Poor"
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*"2 America's: 10 Examples of How the 'Elite' Are Mocking The Poor"*
By Michael Snyder
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with working hard and making a lot of
money, but there *is *something wrong with being completely arrogant and
smug about it. Today, many among the elite are savagely mocking the poor,
and that is a huge mistake. You shouldn't kick people when they are down.
There are tens of millions of Americans that are deeply frustrated about
losing their homes, losing their jobs or barely being able to survive in
this economy. These frustrations have been one of the... more »
Mogul and NOTAMs
I’ve grown tired of this NOTAM game but have to wonder why the skeptics
just don’t attempt to answer the question themselves… and why do they
demand that I answer their questions when they continue to ignore mine?
What is this double standard where all things skeptical are accepted
without critical thought but anything that might suggest an answer they
don’t like is attacked?
And remember what Sherlock Holmes said about the dog that didn’t bark… but
more on that later.
Anyway, take, for example, the Phil Klass diatribe against Bob Jacobs.
Jacobs made a suggestion that he had been ... more »
Obama's Climate Change Policy a Plot Against Red States
You know, Red States - high unemployment, low education, high crime,
shorter lifespans, constantly at the trough for federal handouts - those
Red States. Well, according to a "scholar" at the prestigious *American
Enterprise Institute*, president Obama's climate change policy is a plot to
redistribute wealth from dirt poor Red States to those liberal Blue
States. *US News & World Report* printed it so it's gotta be true.
*"The president's proposals will penalize areas and industries
disproportionately dependent on coal-fired power. A recent MIT study
concludes that the winners wi... more »
Owner of small Utah ISP describes how the NSA got him to install surveillance equipment
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Madison Ruppert
For the first time since Edward Snowden leaked information on the National
Security Agency’s surveillance programs, the owner of an ISP has publicly
discussed how the NSA got him to install equipment to directly spy on one
of his customers.
Pete Ashdown, the CEO of XMission, detailed his experience when he received
a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant in 2010 which forced
him to allow the federal government to monitor a customer of his.
Of course, like all FISA orders, it also contained a br... more »
Our interview with Peter DeWitt #freetobe
Check out our interview with Education Week blogger and principal Peter
DeWitt. We discussed some intersections between education leadership,
anti-bullying, and the common core. Seems a tad contradictory doesn’t it,
at least the last two. And since he mentioned it, a clip for you all to
enjoy of Free to be You and Me. Watching […]
Self-Assembling Autonomous Drones Launched
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image source Nicholas West
The use of drones is finally well out into the open. Some aspects of drones
are still seen as fringe, however. The idea of autonomous drones is one
area that still hasn't emerged into mainstream media. So, as the debate
still rests upon whether or not to use drones in America - or if they
should be weaponized or not, scientists are already working on the next
level of drone evolution.
The military has announced the success of autonomous drones in the
following areas:
- Navy Successfully Tests ... more »
What's Next for Syria?
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Stephen Lendman
Conflict drags on interminably. Dozens or more die daily. Syrian forces
outmatch Western-backed death squad terrorists. They're not rebels. They're
lawless invaders.
They're US proxy fighters. They're imported from dozens of countries.
They're waging war against sovereign Syrian independence. Don't expect
duplicitous Western politicians or media scoundrels to explain.
Assad's military outguns and outflanks Washington's shock troops.
Reinforcements keep coming. Libya 2.0 looks possible. Perhaps likely.
Russia... more »
Yelp reviews as an action strategy in education? #edreform #edchat
Just a quick idea if you have the time: Yelp reviews of major reform
organizations. I posted mine on the Gates Foundation. Are there others? I
personally would like to see more done. Link to them in the comments.
Tagged: activism, gates foundation, reviews, yelp
Russian official accuses U.S. of Biological Weapons Violations
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Janet C. Phelan
A Senior Russian official has leveled charges that the United States is
violating the Biological Weapons Convention and doing so too close for
comfort to the Russian border.
As quoted in The Moscow Times, July 20, 2013, Russia's chief sanitary
inspector, Gennady Onishchenko, has accused the U.S. of producing
biological weapons in Georgia at a U.S. Navy facility that is run in
concert with the Georgian government.
The facility, the Center Public Health Reference Laboratory (CPHR), is
situated on a former Sovi... more »
All harper Needs
Apparently 38% of Canadians think harper is doing a good job; down from
43%. A 5% drop.
38% is enough to win, or convincingly steal another majority.
All harper needs to do is hunker-down and wait for these scandals to blow
over (as they eventually will since "accountability" isn't for governments
in 21st Century Canada) and then call his election in 2015.
And if that happens, we progressives will do absolutely nothing about it.
Enjoy the rest of your week!
"Well, Mr. Buffett..."
"There’s class warfare alright, but it’s my class,
the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
- Warren Buffett
Well, Mr. Buffett, you are correct. And so is this...
Hey, John Boehner: Wanna Make a Deal?*
The Speaker (emphasis added):
BOEHNER: Well, Bob, I've been around this town for a little while, like you
have -- not quite as long -- but around here, never, ever, ever is not
usually a good prescription. The senators know, the Democrat senators know
that this law's not workable. They know it's not ready. It was Max Baucus,
Senate chairman, Democrat chairman of the Finance Committee, who said that
this was a train wreck. They know it's a train wreck, so I wouldn't be so
quick to suggest that they're never going to take this up. Matter of fact, *I
would urge Senator Harry Reid, the ... more »
$1,000 Fine for Flashing Headlights to Warn Motorists of Cops - Lawsuit Follows
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Amanda Warren
Did you know that you could be fined for flashing your headlights to warn
other people of speed traps? Police who are hiding in wait, do not
appreciate headlight whistleblowers.
This leads to the question - Is flashing your lights a part of free speech?
Right to Flash Headlights Becomes First Amendment Issue
The question is meaningful to Michael Elli of Missouri who did what most
of us have done on the road - flashed his headlights to warn oncoming
drivers of a cop waiting around the corner to catch motor... more »
“Detroit, and the Bankruptcy of America's Social Contract”
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*“Detroit, and the Bankruptcy of America's Social Contract”*
by Robert Reich
"One way to view Detroit's bankruptcy - the largest bankruptcy of any
American city - is as a failure of political negotiations over how
financial sacrifices should be divided among the city's creditors, city
workers, and municipal retirees - requiring a court to decide instead. It
could also be seen as the inevitable culmination of decades of union
agreements offering unaffordable pension and health benefits to city
workers.
But there's a more basic story here, and it's being replicated across
Ame... more »
Can I Sue a Lying Coworker?
I'm answering areader questions today.
Hello Donna,
I was fired last year based on lies a co-worker made to our employer. My
former employer is now enforcing a non compete I was forced to sign prior
to employment that doesn't allow me to work in my professional field
anywhere the company does business, I have had numerous job offers resented
due to the non compete. Plus they have stated the process to sue me in
federal court without any proof what so ever as there is nothing to prove.
I won a transfer to my home state, and am awaiting a court date to dealing
with these false charge... more »
Share This Chart With Anyone Who Believes The U.S. Economy Is Not Going To Crash
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Dees Illustration Michael Snyder
Anyone who thinks that the U.S. economy can keep going along like this is
absolutely crazy. We are in the terminal phase of an unprecedented debt
spiral which has allowed us to live far, far beyond our means for the last
several decades. Unfortunately, all debt spirals eventually end, and they
usually do so in a very disorderly manner.
The chart that you are about to see is one of my favorite economic charts.
It compares the growth of U.S. GDP to the growth of total debt in the
United Sta... more »
How Would Al Gore Have Fought the Iraq War?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Elizabeth Saunders who is an
Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
In this year of Iraq-related anniversaries, this summer marks the 10-year
anniversary of the emergence of the insurgency, when many Americans
realized the Iraq War would not be over any time soon. Would things
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The impact of #commoncore in Kindergarten
A good friend and parent posted a video, which is embedded below, about her
son’s experience in Kindergarten. It’s important to remember that
accountability in public education is for now one single definition. Not
all accountability is created equal. We can be held accountable in numerous
ways and to very different things. In addition to […]
Oh, the irony!
There was a moment of delicious irony on this morning's *Today *(some 2h
37m in).
Justin Webb was interviewing Israel-hater Alistair Crooke and Sir Menzies
Campbell (no great friend of Israel either) about the EU's upcoming
decision to designate Hezbollah (the Lebanese terrorist organisation) a
"terrorist organisation".
Justin asked:
Should Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, be designated a "terrorist
organisation"?
Mr Crooke (inevitably) was against the move; Sir Menzies gave a
disinterested-sounding commentary on the subject, though he sounded vaguely
in favour of it. ... more »
After Confusing Mixed Messages From Premier Wall, Sask NDP Want Him To Bring 'Abolish Senate' Action To Premiers Meeting
*"NDP Leader Cam Broten is calling on the premier to commit to a provincial
resolution to abolish the Senate and urge the other provinces to do the
same while meeting with Canada’s premiers this week.
"The NDP has long wanted to abolish the Senate and roll up the red carpet.
I am pleased that the premier has come to our position on this, but the
Opposition is concerned that his walk doesn't appear to match his talk,”
said Broten. “We want him to go to the first ministers' meeting and show
that Saskatchewan means business, rather than waffling on this issue.
Saskatchewan can and sh... more »
Making Homelessness A Crime On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
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Chris Carrington
Two items of news stood out this morning. They come from totally different
sources in different countries. They are discussing proposals to make
homelessness illegal. Coming from different sides of the Atlantic, their
messages are remarkably similar and the proposals made by US and UK
lawmakers could have come from the same speech writer.
In the US, Marc Sarnoff, City Commissioner of Miami, is trying to make it
illegal to be homeless. He wants to ban sleeping on park benches, meeting
friends, congregating in... more »
The Many Uses & Benefits Of Hydrogen Proxide
28 Amazing Benefits and Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide
By Andrea Harper
Wake Up World
Hydrogen peroxide is the only germicidal agent composed only of water and
oxygen. Like ozone, it kills disease organisms by oxidation! Hydrogen
peroxide is considered the worlds safest all natural effective sanitizer.
It kills microorganisms by oxidizing them, which can be best described as a
controlled burning process. When Hydrogen peroxide reacts with organic
material it breaks down into oxygen and water.
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*1. Whiten Clothes – An Alternative to Beach*
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Add a cup of Peroxide to white clot... more »
"I Have to Make It"
"I Have to Make It" http://t.co/YCUJX27Taq
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) July 21, 2013
Mutiny in the Party? Prominent Democratic Intellectual Calls Obama a “War Criminal”
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Lily Dane
Dr. Cornel West, a prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of
America, used to be an Obama supporter. Lately, though, the tide has
turned, and he has been publicly referring to the president as a “war
criminal”. West joins a growing number of former fans who no longer support
the president due to his dubious ethics.
During a recent discussion on *Real Time*, Bill Maher questioned Dr. West
about his labeling of Obama as a “war criminal”. West stated that he is
“telling the truth about Obama” and expressed that... more »
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the physical manifestation of a small clear plastic box that contained nothing
that clear plastic cigarette case there. Imagine it without the 'dunhill'
logo. So just a clear plastic case. Something that could hold a cassette
tape, but didn't swing open like normal tape cassette cases, but had a
hinged flap at the top. Like a pack of cigarettes.
What's that gotta do with anything? And no, I don't smoke.
Well, I was 'meditating' last night. On my back, on top of the quilt, on
the bed. Before my normal sleeping time. I had no book to read, so I was
just relaxing. No particular astral trip or narrative agenda in mind. Just
zoning out... maybe I fell asleep. I'l... more »
Oligarchy Rising
One of the favorite canards of the deficit hawks is blaming youth
unemployment in particular and human misery in general upon those greedy,
healthy care-consuming old folks. They are the scapegoats of the financial
predatory class. Even our Democratic president frequently uses the
"generational theft" propaganda meme to hammer home the need for chained
CPI and other Wall Street-friendly measures to justify our slide into
serfdom.
In the world view of the austerians, we simply can't have early childhood
education unless the old people first "share the sacrifice" by retiring
late a... more »
The South & the North - Say No to ALEC in Chicago
*So my questions are?*
*Who in neighboring states will ride up with them?*
*Who will step forward and help them fund this?*
*Who in Chicago will welcome them with open arms and show them some Midwest
hospitality? *
Who woulda thunk?
Fifty years ago - Northerners were going to the South - to help save
democracy.
Fifty years later - Southerners are coming to the North - to help save
democracy.
*Outraged by Martin verdict? Get on the bus on August 7*
By Dr. Anne Sulton, Esq.
JA Senior International Correspondent
Millions of Americans are outraged that George Zimmerman was acquitted... more »
Untitled
*Using outdated Corps data, FEMA is wrongly placing homeowners in flood
zones ~Theodoric Meyer, Pro Publica **~Do You Know About Problems With
FEMA’s Flood Mapping? Tell Pro Publica*
*New Orleans conference tackles immigration reform*
*Portion of Bywater Stargate Park could open by the fall*
*FOX 8 wins 17 first-place Press Club Awards*
*Cilantro Chimichurri Louisiana Shrimp & Rice*
*The Iconic Signage Project Puts Zulu's Name In Lights ~Laine
Kaplan-Levenson, WWNO *
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Louise Fletcher, 79. So, so, wonderful on DS9. One of the
very best TV villains, and of course she was one of the very best movie
villains, too.
A new week, and more good stuff:
1. An interview with the Monkey Cagers.
2. Sarah Binder on the Senate showdown.
3. Remember lazy mendacity? That was, during the campaign, the idea that
Republicans were not even bothering to pretend that their claims were true;
apparently they cared far more about the initial headline and getting a
story out there than they did about the effects on their reputations when
it turned out t... more »
"When Women Succeed, America Succeeds"-- Except When The Opposite Happens... Think Liz Cheney
I'm glad Nancy Pelosi is launching an initiative to help empower women.
But, let's be frank-- when Michele Bachmann succeeds or Ann Coulter
succeeds, America fails. Deb Fischer is a U.S. senator from Nebraska. She's
one of almost two dozen far right crackpots with ZERO crucial vote scores
according to ProgressivePunch... right up there down there with Ted Cruz
(R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Miss
McConnell (R-KY), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Mike Enzi (R-WY)
and the rest of the obstructionists who are working every single day to
u... more »
They're Wearing Off And Wearing Thin
Perhaps the public is finally catching on. The Canadian Press reports that
a recent Harris-Decima survey -- required under federal advertising rules
-- found that:
Slick television ads this year for the Harper government's "economic action
plan" appear to be inspiring a lot of, well, inaction.
A key measure of the ads' impact is whether viewers check out
actionplan.gc.ca, the web portal created in 2009 to promote the catch-all
brand.
But a survey of 2,003 adult Canadians completed in April identified just
three people who actually visited the website.
Perhaps people know that... more »
Some facts about the Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman case that the BBC and other left-wing media have ignored in their reporting
'Bill Whittle examines the death of Trayvon Martin and trial of George
Zimmerman. Is the acquittal of Zimmerman one of the great civil rights
injustices of our time?'
So why did the BBC not report the evidence from the case itself and other
facts that was freely available online?
ALEC Protest is Three Days 8/7-9
Last night I was reading a blog entry by a rabbi.
It wasn't until I got to the end of his entry that I realized he was in
Chicago , as he urged his readers *to join him* on August 8 at noon at the
Palmer hotel to protest ALEC.
*Good for him.*
The problem?
It is really great that the unions are rallying at noon on the 8th to say
NO to ALEC -
BUT
The protest at noon on the 8th is not the only protest and yet it seems to
be getting ALL the press.
There is a three day protest action planned.
July 7
July 8
July 9
The rally on the 8th will get plenty of press - cause there will be
hundr... more »
Iraq underway after prison break at Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons in Iraq ... Another bloody day of bombs and death in Iraq !
Manhunt under way after Iraq prison attacks
Security forces try to recapture al-Qaeda members after deadly overnight
assault on Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons.
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A search is under way for inmates, including several high-ranking al-Qaeda
members, who escaped two Iraqi prisons following deadly attacks.
Fifty-six people were killed in Sunday's attacks on Taji prison, north of
Baghdad, and the Abu Ghraib facility, west of... more »
ALEC's Stinking Thinking on Wages
ProPublica is doing an investigative study on internships.
They have multiple articles already posted based on their investigation
noting such items as:
To put it simply, the current arrangement between employers and unpaid
interns is neither fair nor sustainable. The set-up — where organizations
hire workers under pet names such as “apprentice” or “volunteer” and pass
off full-time employees’ responsibilities without compensation — undermines
a large pool of people in this country, typically young folks.
Since students from low- and middle-class backgrounds often don’t have the ... more »
Where is the BBC coverage?
News reaches me that an ex-minister in the Israeli government has been
accused of beating an 11 year-old boy and that video evidence of the attack
exists. Where is the BBC coverage of this incident?
Of course you can be 100% certain that if video existed of an Israeli
minister attacking an 11 year-old boy then the BBC would be fearlessly
highlighting it on their Middle East news page.
In actual fact the story of a minister in Mori's Muslim Brotherhood
Egyptian government so the absence of the story from the BBC is totally
understandable...
Here is the video in case you're intereste... more »
SERVANTS TO CRUMP: Two shots were fired in a yellow wood!
*MONDAY, JULY 22, 2013*
*Part 1—The color refers to the journalism:* On Sunday, July 14, public
editor Margaret Sullivan gave the New York Times high marks for its
coverage of the Zimmerman trial.
She briefly discussed the way the Times covered the case last year, when
the story rose to national prominence.
As we’ve noted on several occasions, this public editor has become a bit of
a cheerleader for her famous employer. This was her general assessment of
the Times’ recent trial coverage:
SULLIVAN (7/14/13): While hardly going the way of CNN's near total
obsession, *:The Times gav... more »
Solutions: Boycotts and Buycotts
James Corbett: Personal Responsibility
Or keep blaming McDonalds for making you fat
OKC: Seditious Conspiracy and the Aryan Nations
*Late 1987 - April 8, 1998: White Separatists Tried, Acquitted of Sedition *
*Richard Butler*, the head of the white separatist and neo-Nazi
organization *Aryan Nations,* is indicted, along with 12 of his followers
and fellow racists, by a federal grand jury for seditious conspiracy to
overthrow the government by violence, conspiring to kill federal officials,
and transporting stolen money across state lines. The sedition was
allegedly developed at a *1983 Aryan Nations Congress* meeting.
*The case is tried in Fort Smith, Arkansas, before an all-white jury.*
The goverment is un... more »
There are two forms of power generation type activity shown in this picture, can you see both?
You can I presume spot the windmills, used to generate electricity from the
wind, you'd find it hard to miss them. But can you spot any other power
generation type activity?
Look really carefully, can you see the white poles, they look a bit like
mobile phone masts? These mark the location of gas wells that were opened
up by frakking.
So which despoiled the landscape more, wind power or frakking?
*Thanks to Bishop Hill for the picture spot.*
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Elimination of allForms of Racial Discrimination
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379
3379 (XXX). Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
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*"The General Assembly,*
*
*
*Recalling its resolution 1904 (XVIII) of 20 November 1963, proclaiming the
United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, and in particular its affirmation that "any doctrine of
racial differentiation or superiority is scientifically false, morally
condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous" and its expression of alarm at
"the manifestations of racial discrimination still in evidence in some
areas in ... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning… Salman Adil Hussain reviews Deepa Kumar‘s Islamophobia and
the Politics of Empire. Hussain writes, “Kumar shines a bright light on
liberal Islamophobia, and shows how the Obama administration’s emphasis on
homegrown terrorism generated a lot of talk about ‘terrorists in our midst’
in the mainstream American media and presented right-wing Islamophobes with
the opportunity
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A map based history of the area of the Middle East now known as Israel since 1516
Thanks to Israel Matzav for the maps.
Daily Links, Monday, July 22, 2013
*Standing by the side of Chengde Road in north Taipei early the other
morning was this man waving burning ghost money in the air.*
Some links. J Michael's piece at the top is a must-read.
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*Daily Links*:
- J Michael with an excellent piece on how the government is tormenting
young activists using the legal system. Two points should be made: (1)
the young activists are choosing causes which have no obvious Blue-Green
split in them to create solidarity and avoid the Blue-Green divide and (2)
the government has long hinted it would do this in its con... more »
"Prepare For Zero Privacy"
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*"Prepare For Zero Privacy: NSA Spying Is Nothing *
*Compared To Upcoming Obamacare Data Collection Efforts”*
by J. D. Heyes
“The one thing you need to know about Obamacare above anything else is that
it was not passed to lower your costs or improve healthcare services and
delivery. Obamacare is about cradle-to-grave control, a surveillance state
horror that even one-time supporters of the law are beginning to realize
(though much too late). Consider the provisions of this massive law that
require collection of your personal information, all in the name of
"streamlining" care... more »
DO ISRAELI ZIONISTS THINK THE WEST BANK IS ALREADY A PART OF ‘SOVEREIGN ISRAEL’?
According to a report in yesterday’s *Sydney Morning Herald*, Israeli
Housing Minister, Yuri Ariel of the extreme right-wing Jewish Home Party,
was quoted as saying with regards to the possibility of a settlement freeze
during bilateral talks with Palestinians, ‘that he did not want to consider
even a limited freeze’ adding: “It's inappropriate for the Jewish people,
for the land of Israel and for a sovereign state. We are in favour of
building as much as possible.”
Although he didn’t actually say it, Ariel got as close as one can to saying
that the West Bank is a part of Israel wit... more »
Simone Weil And Chuck Hagel On The Limits of Force
"Simone Weil (3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher,
Christian mystic, and political activist," (*Wikipedia*).
*Below is an excerpt from Weil's 1939 essay, "The Iliad or the Poem of
Force." Published in 2003 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc, New York.
Translated by James P. Holoka. Pg. 53-54.*
"The essay is about Homer's epic poem the Iliad and contains reflections on
the conclusions one can draw from the epic regarding the nature of force in
human affairs," (*Wikipedia*).
"Though all are destined from birth to endure violence, the realm of
circumstances closes... more »
Earthquakes & Density: Will We Ever Learn?
*Guest post by Hugh Pavletich*
With the 6.5 magnitude Marlborough earthquake events beginning a little
after 5pm Sunday 20th July 2013,and the accompanying fore-shocks and
after-shocks radiating in to New Zealand’s capital city Wellington some 56
kilometres away (USGS Information), Wellington’s central area and commuter
train service was shut down, and the high-density central city turned into
a ghost town.
A lesson to take from this and earlier earthquakes: High-density urban
centres do not perform well in earthquakes on the “resiliency front.”
And a question for planners to po... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - DIY Non-Toxic Cleaning
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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of environment... more » Sean Hannity allows Rep. Bobby Rush to make a fool of himself...(video)
*is Bobby Rush really Bill the Cat?*
I love Bill the Cat. We even named a tree on our property Bill the Cat.
When it's looking scraggly it's Bill the Cat. The rest of the time it's
called "William."
Are such people actually allowed to vote on stuff that affects our lives?
You really need to watch this whole video. Really!
If this doesn't strike fear into the very center of your heart, you have
already reached room temperature. Really!
via Moonbattery:
Good News For Public Radio
An alternative to this
Many people-- other than folks in rural areas and hipsters in a few big
cities-- think of "public broadcasting" as "college radio." That started
changing in the 1940s and the whole genre took a great leap forward with
the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 and the subsequent founding of National
Public Radio (NPR) in 1970. The bill passed the House 266-91 (with 51
"present" votes), conservatives already opposed. 55 Republicans and 35
Democrats (primarily right-wing Dixiecrats who hadn't yet migrated to the
GOP) voted against it. (The only 2 current Members who vot... more »
a people's history of british columbia, and a chance to preserve it for the future
Here's a chance to preserve Canadian history - the *real* history, not the
government-approved kind - and to preserve art and creativity and
alternative media, all at the same time.
Please consider giving $7.00 - or any amount - and sharing this excellent
campaign with your friends and on social media. More info:
Hi! My name is Nicole Marie Guiniling and I’m the founder of Ad Astra Comix.
Ad Astra is a website that promotes political and historical comic books,
and has recently stepped, albeit with shakey legs, into production,
distribution, and publishing.
Over the next 40 days, ... more »
interspecies love, pup and guinea pig edition
Sadly, this will not embed. So please click. You won't be sorry. Go click
now!
Thanks to Stephanie!
Edward Witten and the \(i\varepsilon\) prescription
What it would look like if Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart decided to discuss A440,
concert pitch (440 Hz), on 24 pages?
Today, you may see the answer to a very similar question. Edward Witten
finally attempted to solve a homework problem given not only to him by his
(former) doctoral adviser in 1989 and wrote
The Feynman \(i\varepsilon\) in String Theory.
Almost all particle physicists learn about the \(i\varepsilon\)
prescription in their introductory courses. The Feynman propagators have to
have the form\[
\frac{-i}{p^2+m^2-i\varepsilon}
\] in the mostly negative signature that Witten ... more »
Inventor of the Day: The Man Who Saved Hearts
[image: Clark]Pause a moment to say a silent thank you to the man who
transformed difficult heart surgery into something routine, and gave a
life-saving invention to millions worldwide suffering from
artherosclerosis, or blocked arteries.
Anyone with a family member who’s had heart trouble—or anyone reading this
in that condition—will have reason to give thanks to Dr Julio Palmaz, whose
invention now resides in the chest of thousands of New Zealanders, all of
whom may not be alive otherwise.
A native of Argentina, Dr Palmaz is the inventor of the first commercially
successful car... more »
Israel's Psychological Strategy: Invoking Past Trauma To Justify Inhumanity And Win Pity Points
*"Whoever speaks of the 1967 borders speaks of Auschwitz."* - Israeli
Tourism Minister Uzi Landau.
"Apparently far right wing Israelis live in such a cocoon that they can’t
understand how extreme a statement such as ’1967 borders are Auschwitz’
sounds to normal people. Really? Letting the Palestinians have a decent
life is comparable to gassing innocent Jews? *Trivializing Auschwitz like
this is the real crime, and ratcheting up the rhetoric so that any
concession to political reality is equated to genocide, is an offense
against common sense.* And, you will never ever hear mainst... more »
Hilarion July 21, 2013
July 21-28, 2013
Beloved Ones,
As you go about your daily activities and perform your earthly duties, know
that you are also, on a higher level, serving in a capacity as the divine
changemakers. By your high and positive intentions which you set each day,
you set the template for the world to follow. As you each read or hear
these words, you absorb the energies that are embedded in each word and
integrate these into your five body system. These times call for
individuals to be adaptable and flexible, to go with the flow of events,
both in their personal lives and in the greate... more »
BC Liberals Bankrupting Our Province, BC Hydro Dies, The Horror Exposed!
BC Liberals are deliberately bankrupting our province, Vaughn Palmer,
Michael Smyth refuse to talk about it.
The BC Liberal Government are corrupt and fiscal idiots, however..
The media, Global News, CTV, CKNW, Vancouver Sun and The Province are even
more to blame because....
http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2012/01/conflict-of-ethics.html
Because the media knew, the legislative reporters Keith Baldrey, Vaughn
Palmer, Tom Fletcher and Les Leyne knew, they have known for years, yet
they refused to report the truth, they, the media are beholden to
Government advertising... more »
History is repeating in Wellington
When the Christchurch earthquake hit, the Christchurch council
building—intended by the Building Code and Civil Defence plans to be built
to extra strength to ensure it is available after an earthquake—to be “fit
for purpose,” in other words—was instead among the buildings knocked out by
the earthquake for more than four months, slowing down the recovery while
everyone needing a council clipboard-holder to give them permission to move
in the locked-down city needed to scout the city to find one..
It seemed the council’s building inspectorate lacked the competence to even
inspect t... more »
16 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True
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Are there any other “conspiracy theories” that you would add to this list?
By Michael Snyder
*The Truth*
July 20, 2013
Are you a conspiracy theorist? If not, perhaps you should be. Yes, there
have certainly been a lot of “conspiracy theories” over the years that have
turned out not to be accurate.
However, the truth is that a large number of very prominent conspiracy
theories have turned out to actually be true. So the next time that you
run into some “tin foil hat wearing lunatics”, you might want to actually
listen ... more »
Helen Thomas (1920-2013)
*Helen Thomas, who died yesterday at 92, was ready for business in the
front row of the White House briefing room this day in August 2006.*
*"How the hell do they expect us to believe that?"*
*-- a favorite aside of Helen Thomas during White House
press briefings, as remembered by CBS News's Bill Plante*
*by Ken*
I'm happy to see how positively Helen Thomas is being remembered -- more
positively, probably, than many of those same people regarded her when she
was making her mark over her long, great career as a reporter who fought
back against bullshit.
Even the "mistake" that seale... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, July 21st, 2013
I am back... Suffering from a bit of jet-lag, and in need of sleep to
readjust to this time zone... Other than that, it was a much needed
vacation and something that I desperately needed to recharge my batteries...
Several people already know that I went to Hawaii... Yes, Hawaii in the
summertime! We decided to go to Honolulu as a present for both my better
half, and my son. It would have been hard to take him out of the
Canadian education system during the fall-winter with him entering his last
year of High School... Therefore summer was our only alternative. Besides,
my bett... more »
Kiri's Interview and supporting documents from her $15M deposit of Value
Friday, 19 July 2013
*Interview with Lisa, Bob & Brian and Kiri of New Zealand- VITALLY
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!*
This is a vitally important interview that Lisa Harrison, Bob Wright and
Brian Kelly did last night with Kiri in New Zealand.
Two nights ago Lisa sent me an excited message that a woman in New Zealand
had created her own Declaration of Value and had deposited $15 million of
her value into her bank account- Lisa had all the copies of the deposit
slips to go with this information. Needless to say, it caused quite a bit
of excitement.
The following morning, Kiri and ... more »
Nesara Republic Restored: The OPPT and IUV was a thorn that the Cabal did not plan on!
Sunday, July 21, 2013
*The OPPT and IUV was a thorn that the Cabal did not plan on!*
http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-oppt-and-iuv-was-thorn-that-cabal.html
I wanted to share with you that Dee from RTS was correct! The Cabal had no
intention of approving the RV because it is counterproductive of their
plans to implement the NWO through economic destruction and depopulation
measures.
The OPPT and IUV was a thorn that they did not plan on! The IUV documents
convert each of us into a sovereign bank in and of ourself. It is the same
procedure that the FED uses to convert... more »
BREAKING: Massive Fire Reported In The Basement At The JP Morgan Gold Warehouse On Wall Street, 20 Firetrucks Showed Up!
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* *BREAKING: Massive Fire Reported In The Basement At The JP Morgan Gold
Warehouse On Wall Street, 20 Firetrucks Showed Up!*
July 21st, 2013
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http://investmentwatchblog.com/breaking-massive-fire-reported-in-the-basement-at-the-jp-morgan-gold-warehouse-on-wall-street-why-so-many-firetrucks/
20
Firetrucks, 4+ ambulance and police showed up
There is zero media coverage about this beside Stopmotions stream of the
event and a few locals tweeting about it
This is supposedly where JP Morgan keeps their gold. The very same gold
that has been dwindling down at as... more »
The Friendship UFO Case in Italy
Interesting video about the Italian "friendship" UFO case in Italy and
also some mention of "the divines" and their interactions with Voltaire via
"St Germain".... - AK
ZAP REPORT 7-21-2013
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* *Greetings and Salutations,*
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* *Recapping the week we find more and more people are hearing from news
channels about the Fed and FDIC voting in Basel III which means a metals
backed currency for the US and approximately 200 other countries around the
world. This is a huge turning point for our planet. Also, with the
beginning of the acceptance and implementation of the tariff treaties for
the countries last week this will help clear the way for the beginning of
the new financial system. *
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* *from Zap..........*
Hi All,
Well, the release that was scheduled to happen las... more »
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US RETURNING TO SUBIC BAY
*US warship being serviced yesterday at the former US Navy base at Subic
Bay *
My wonderful host and guide Corazon Fabros organized another great day for
me on Sunday. Five of us loaded into a van and headed northwest towards
the beautiful green mountains near the former US Navy base at Subic Bay.
Once on the MacArthur Highway we again passed miles of rice paddies and I
saw many workers planting the rice in the wet fields. As we got further
into the rural areas thatched roof houses became more common alongside
those with the rusty tin roofs.
I learned that the Catholic Church ... more »
Banks rigging markets ( think Goldman and JP Morgan , but also Barclays and Deutsche Bank ) brought into the sunlight - no wonder the Fed has been embarrassed to the point of "reconsidering " the bankers looting activities regarding commodities...
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=222926
Banks Rigging Markets
Naw, they'd never do *that*, right?
When the Federal Reserve gave JPMorgan (JPM) Chase & Co. approval in 2005
for hands-on involvement in commodity markets, it prohibited the bank from
expanding into the storage business because of the risk.
Five years later, JPMorgan bought one of the world’s biggest metal
warehouse companies.
*While the Fed has never explained why it let that happen,* the central
bank announced July 19 that it’s reviewing a 2003 precedent that let
deposit-taking banks trade physical commodities.... more »
Alas, Mel Smith
For anyone who’s ever laughed, ever, the death of comedian Mel Smith is a
sad occasion.
Here’s a favourite sketch.
Remember these dialogues? He was “one of the beautiful people.”
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@NCTQ pitching their propaganda to higher education leaders
Last week I posted a blog in the form of a letter to College and University
leaders. I asked them to think about teacher education programs and the
importance of these programs to the overall success of their institutions.
I also warned them to beware of NCTQ masquerading as a legitimate
“national council” conducting research […]
Henry Geiger - The Present And The Long View (1979)
*Related: Henry Geiger - Symbol And Myth (1974).*
*Wikipedia:*
Henry Geiger (1908?-15 February 1989) was the editor, publisher, and chief
writer of MANAS Journal which published from 1948-1988. Abraham Maslow
called him “the only small ‘p’ philosopher America has produced in this
century.”
*Wikipedia:*
MANAS was an eight-page philosophical weekly written, edited, and published
by Henry Geiger from 1948 until December 1988. Each issue typically
contained several short essays that reflected on the human condition,
examining in particular environmental and ethical concerns from a ... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
An old chestnut, but relevant I suppose with both Olbermann and Nate Silver
both moving back (at least partially?) to sports: why isn't there a liberal
Rush Limbaugh?
The Arbitrary Indifference of Nature
Wit's End - 17 hours ago
Wisteria at Wit's End*If people bring so much courage to this world the
world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world
breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But
those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very
gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be
sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.*
~ Ernest Hemingway, *A Farewell to Arms*
Do you see the bee?
Nature is neither benevolent nor malicious - not even capricious. When
ecosystems collapse and f... more »
Life, but what is the After-Life? The Scole Experiment
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 17 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/pQvQ_WTtdHk - click in picture to start this film!
*If you like a good story* about para-psychological research, then see this
documentary. The "Scole experiment" was held between 1993 and 1998 in the
town of Scole in England. Séances were held in a dark basement and several
impressive experiments performed to test if contact could be established
with (assumed) deceased persons whose "essential Self" tried to communicate
with us from another realm, or 'dimension'. The documentary tries to offer
a glance on what was achieved, and compare it with Italian research... more »
Down to the Doctor’s: Making home ownership more difficult
*This week, Libertarianz leader Dr Richard McGrath has been watching home
ownership made more difficult. *
John Key, former scourge of communists, leads a government whose central
bank now wants to nationalise this country's private banks. State-owned
Radio NZ News, of course, gets it arse-about-face, claiming that "[U]nder
the proposed changes, the Reserve Bank would require trading banks to
increase their loan-to-value ratios". In actual fact, the Central Bank
wants to make it harder for people with little cash on hand to purchase
their first (or any) house by decreasing loan-to... more »
First-World Nerd Problems: A Nintendo 3DS Bleg
Last week I purchased a Nintendo handheld (on steep discount) for the
express purpose of playing Okamiden. Okami is one of my most favoritist
games evah; even though Okamiden is basically more of the same, I’m cool
with that. Yesterday we had to buy off the wee one–we did, in fact, have a
pretty terrible
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The Kurdish Sun Will Rise: Al-Qaeda, Turks, Islamists, Etc., Cannot Change This New Reality
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Read for background:
*Kurds capture jihadist commander in north Syria: NGO*.
*British Major Ely Banister Soane On Kurdistan*.
*A Future Republic of Kurdistan?*
Al-Qaeda is trying to terrorize and intimidate Kurds in northern Syria,
where they are being sheltered by Turkey, a major U.S. ally, and a regional
collaborator in the Zionist oppression of the Palestinians.
The Turkish-Al-Qaeda-Saudi alliance against Kurds in Syria is laughable.
This makeshift alliance brings together the most tyrannical, obnoxious, and
racist forces in the region. They have only one tool in their... more »
Spying, commerce and law . . .
ED
SNOWDEN'S REVELATIONS have serious implications for American business
and law — and for us. At iPOLITICS, Steve Nixon has an article you
should ponder, "What the Snowden revelations mean for business". There
are issues, and they are still growing as consequences appear:
When the U.S. government decided to access e-mail traffic, phone calls
and smart phone communications without
Jim Willie discusses breakdown signals and looming contagion.......
http://www.silverdoctors.com/jim-willie-breakdown-signals-contagion-looms/
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*THE DIVERSE SIGNALS OF BREAKDOWN*
*Negative GOFO gold forward rates:* at They are the rates at which
contributors are prepared to lend gold on a swap against USDollars. They
provide a basis for some finance and loan agreements as well as for the
settlement of gold Interest Rate Swaps. The most likely explanation is a
run on allocated gold accounts within certain bullion banks, and a possible
bankruptcy of a bullion bank. Next will come the Backwardized gold price
stucture. Actually, Turk claims t... more »
As the trial balloons regarding bailing out Detroit are floated , the pushback begins.....
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/19/Exclusive-Rand-Paul-Obama-bails-out-Detroit-over-my-dead-body
EXCLUSIVE--RAND PAUL: OBAMA WILL BAIL OUT DETROIT 'OVER MY DEAD BODY'
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he will use every resource he has at his
disposal to stop President Barack Obama from bailing out newly-bankrupt
Detroit because he believes the city can and must save itself and learn
from its fiscal mistakes. "I basically say he [Obama] is bailin... more »
Alan Grayson: "Does Anyone Know Who Alan Turing Is?"
Several years ago, Blue America invited Alan Grayson to speak at the Brave
New Films studio in Culver City. For many of the attendees, myself
included, that was the first introduction to the 20th century's greatest
mathematician, Alan Turing. You can watch the 4-minute Turing part of the
chat above. A couple of years before Grayson's talk, British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown did it in an OpEd in *The Telegraph* apologizing for the
British government having driven Turing-- one of the most important heroes
of World War II-- to suicide because of his homosexuality.
Turing was a qui... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Rush Limbaugh: good or bad for conservatives?
Did you feel the earth move under your feet?
To have no lives lost when a 6.5 magnitude quake goes off only a short
distance from the country’s capital city, and on the same fault line, is
something to celebrate.
Less celebratory however is the news that the government centre of
Wellington has only experienced partial damage, and will re-open later
today.
So we were *that* close to getting some real economic stimulus.
Any stories you lot want to tell the world about your quake?
Or do I have to inflict Carole King on you.
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HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 3, 1805-1849
Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Egypt. Painting by Auguste Couder, 1841 / Wikimedia Commons.
A people's history:
The movement to democratize Egypt
Part 3: 1805-1849 period -- The autocratic rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2013
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The Movement to Democratize
Growing Heirloom Crops: Another Way to Stick it to Monsanto by Elizabeth Renter
Growing Heirloom Crops: Another Way to Stick it to Monsanto
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 21 July 2013
There are frightening things going on with today’s global food supply.
Perhaps the most frightening is the proliferation of genetically-modified
seeds being used to grow genetically-modified foods. They are unsustainable
and have untold long-term health consequences, but various entities
(including the U.S. government) seem hell-bent on letting them take over.
Monsanto is one company at the center of this movement, doing their best to
ensure all foods are genetically mo... more »
BT AND MURDERS OF CHILDREN
*Murdered by the US military*
In 2012, the US government reportedly got *British Telecom* to agree to
connect the US drone base in Djibouti to a US communications base in the UK.
The Lemonnier drone base in Djibouti sends drones on illegal "killing"
missions in Yemen and Somalia.
The attacks break international law because they are carried out in areas
where no war has been declared.
*BT accused of aiding US lethal drone attacks*
According to* the Bureau of Investigative Journalism* at City University in
London, drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia have killed many hundreds of
peo... more »
The Trade Union Story the Papers Won't Cover
Many thanks to Johanna Baxter for using her report back of July's Labour
NEC meeting to remind her readers what's coming on the 29th of this month.
I also made the point to Ed that whilst the media have spent the past week
writing about trade union affiliation they seem to have forgotten the
devastating changes that are due to be made to people’s rights at work on
the 29th of this month. Workers who have been unfairly dismissed or
discriminated against by their employer, and who seek redress at tribunal,
will now be charged for taking that claim to hearing and have no assurance
that... more »
True? NO! In the old days men would stand outside the courtrooms with straw in their shoes. That would indicate their willingness to be a false witness and lie in front of the judge. So a straw man became someone who lied deliberately?
Its nonsense.
Though repeated in websites and books - I saw it recently in a book about
London in the early 1700s - not a single legitimate source attests to the
concept.
And frankly you might wonder just how credible men standing around
advertising they would give false witness might be? At best it's a joke;
more likely just another urban myth.
babaji
The Mahavatar is in constant communion with Christ; together they send out
vibrations of redemption, and have planned the spiritual technique of
salvation for this age.
The work of these two fully-illumined masters–one with the body, and one
without it–is to inspire the nations to forsake suicidal wars, race
hatreds, religious sectarianism, and the boomerang-evils of materialism.
Babaji is well aware of the trend of modern times, especially of the
influence and complexities of Western civilization, and realizes the
necessity of spreading the self-liberations of yoga equally in th... more »
Don't Minnesota Voters Deserve A Choice? Joe Perske Is NOT A Choice... In Fact, He's Anti-Choice
Hard to imagine, but MN-06 is likely to wind up with someone WORSE than
Bachmann!
Drowning in scandal and extremism-- and facing a rematch with Jim Graves,
the Democrat who nearly beat her last year-- Bachmann was
uncharacteristically wise to announce her retirement from Congress. The
Republicans are finding some other lunatic-- probably right-wing lobbyist
Tom Emmer-- to represent Minnesota's 6th CD. Although the DCCC ignored
Graves last year, they were as stunned by his success as Bachmann was and
they promised to help him next year. Not counting outside money, Bachmann
spent $11,... more »
A Peasants' Magna Carta
A working group of the United Nations Human Rights Council met in Geneva
last week to begin formulating a draft U.N. Declaration on the rights of
peasants and other rural workers. The era of permanent food shortages,
foreign land grabs and multinational industrial agriculture has seen the
peasantry beset by persecution and denial of their rights to food, land and
human rights.
From the United Nations University's *OurWorld 2.0:*
*Recent years have seen a sharp increase in the tendency to persecute,
punish and criminalize social protest activities and the legitimate claims
of thos... more »
Too much monkey business
By Capt. Fogg
*No need for me complainin' - my objection's overruled, ahh!
Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in! *
-Chuck Berry-
As though to deliberately illustrate what I've been saying, a horde of
"impassioned" zealots in liberal clothing rallied in Miami Saturday to hear
Bishop Victor Curry, a Baptist church official and South Florida president
of the National Action Network tell them that the Zimmerman verdict was a
"wake up call" which of course it was not, at least not any more than any
case in which the accu... more »
Creative Showcase Features and Link Up
I can't believe that another week has come and gone. I am already starting
to pull together things for Back to School. Summer is going so fast. Here
are my favorite link-ups from last week!
A tutorial on How to Turn Your Pants into Capris from The Crafty Blog
Stalker.
I am so in love with this Cauliflower Mash from Rae Gun Ramblings. I have
bought everything to make this!
I love this Sweatshirt Tutorial from the Warfield Family.
This Tropical Spinach Salad from Lemon Tree Dwelling looks perfect for
the last bit of summer we have left.
Now to this week's Creative Showcas... more »
The Fix Is "In" (Be Courteous About It!)
SEC files charges against hedge fund founder CohenI've said it since they
stole the 2000 election and something was just so wrong about how everyone
in power positions just rolled over and died as the Wehrmacht rolled in and
laid waste to the country. And now, it's gotten worse. Really. Just look
around at the greedy plebes excitedly applauding the tearful clowns. And
it's all due to a
Why I Worry So About Canada's Middle Class
All you need to do is take a hard gaze south of the 49th to understand why
Canada's political apparatus is failing our middle class and what lies in
store if we don't confront this failure very soon.
The United States has undergone "*Brazilification*," a term coined to
describe the “*widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the
accompanying disappearance of the middle classes*.”
It's been going on for decades, back as far as the Reagan era, and the war
on the American middle class already may have been lost - for good.
*Yes, the unemployment rate has edged down to 7.6 perce... more »
"Meanwhile, on Mars..."
* "Ancient Mars River May Have Flowed into Huge Ocean"*
by Mike Wall
"Scientists have spotted more evidence that an enormous ocean on Mars
covered much of the planet's surface billions of years ago. The latest
clues were found in photos from NASA's powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
circling the planet. The images show what appears to be an ancient river
delta, which may have emptied into a vast Martian ocean that inundated up
to one-third of the Red Planet long ago, a new study reports.
"Scientists have long hypothesized that the northern lowlands of Mars are a
dried-up ocean b... more »
Egypt restricts fishing boats next to Gaza. Guess why?
I expect that the BBC will be reporting this news any time soon...
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/egypt-restricts-fishing-boats-next-to.html?m=1
"Time..."
"Someone once told me that time is a predator that stalked us all our
lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on
the journey, that reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never
come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we live it.
After all, Number One, we're only mortal."
- Jean-Luc Picard
"Fast Time and the Aging Mind"
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*"Fast Time and the Aging Mind"*
By Richard A. Friedman
"Ah, the languorous days of endless summer! Who among us doesn’t remember
those days and wonder wistfully where they’ve gone? Why does time seem to
speed up as we age? Even the summer solstice — the longest, sunniest day of
the year — seems to have passed in a flash. No less than the great William
James opined on the matter, thinking that the apparent speed of time’s
passage was a result of adults’ experiencing fewer memorable events: “Each
passing year converts some of this experience into automatic routine which
we har... more »
Pandora's Promise Revealed
Becky and I went to see "Pandora's Promise" on my birthday. One seldom has
original ideas, so I will not take credit for many of the ideas that I have
expressed on Nuclear Green Revolution that were repeated on "Pandora's
Promise". At the very most, I will claim credit for slightly shaping some
of the conversation on nuclear energy. Some of the more prominent figures
in "Pandora's Promise" included some of my part time readers. Although the
ideas that are nearest and dearest to my heart were not mentioned.
All in all, it is gratifying to see that I have, in a small way, played a
rol... more »
"Time, Life, and the Roller Coaster"
*"Time, Life, and the Roller Coaster"*
by CoyotePrime
Remember when you were 10 years old, and summer felt like it lasted
forever? Got a little older, not so bad, still plenty of time to do
everything you wanted. Someone told me back then that time speeds up the
older you get. Being young, and knowing everything as the young do, I of
course ridiculed this idea. But guess what- it’s true. Now I view life, and
time, as a roller coaster with just one enormous riser. As you climb the
beginning towards the top time is slower to pass. At 30 or so you’re at the
very top, then you start ... more »
Sunday Classics: Adding Schubert's mighty "Wanderer" to our roster of musical fantasies
*Clifford Curzon plays the first two sections of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy,
in a 1949 Decca recording. You'll find the rest of the performance below.*
*by Ken*
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated "Fantasy Week at Sunday Classics" with
a fantastic roundup that included the *Choral Fantasy* (for piano,
soloists, chorus, and orchestra) of Beethoven, the *Hungarian Fantasia*(for piano and orchestra) of Liszt, and the
*Scottish Fantasy* of Max Bruch. Of course there are lots of other musical
fantasies, or fantasias (as I pointed out, we distinguish between the two
words in English, bu... more »
British Columbia`s Long-Proposed LNG Industry Missed The Starting Gun
Meet the new rightwing pro-nuclear leader of Japan Christy Clark...Your
worst nightmare come true...
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"*Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has won a majority in the upper house,
exit polls suggest.*
* **His Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner New Komeito were
set to get at least 71 of the 121 seats being contested, broadcaster NHK
projected.*
* **This would give him control of both houses of parliament for the first
time in six years.*
* **Mr Abe said the expected result was an endorsement of his economic
reforms, as he seeks to end long-term stagnation.*... more »
Posthumous Justice
My initial reaction is that this is a spot of good news: Alan Turing, the
Enigma codebreaker who took his own life after being convicted of gross
indecency under anti-homosexuality legislation, is to be given a posthumous
pardon. The government signalled on Friday that it is prepared to support a
backbench bill that would pardon
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What Do Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau Have in Common? Plenty.
It strikes me that if you want to avoid trouble it's probably best not to
look the other way while it approaches. There's something about taking
one upside the head unnecessarily that seems counter-intuitive.
So why are we doing just that on so many fronts? Why do we keep turning
our heads, looking away? I don't get it.
We don't seem to have much interest in shoring up democracy in Canada. No
one, except the Greens, is talking about cutting out the tumour before it
metastasizes - dismantling the corporate media cartel. No free press, no
democracy. Simple as that.
Conce... more »
The 1949 Armistice Agreement - armistice lines are NOT borders
'The Armistice Demarcation Lines defined in articles V and VI of this
Agreement are agreed upon by the Parties without prejudice to future
territorial settlements or boundary lines or to claims of either Party
relating thereto.'
More here
http://israeljewsjudaism.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-1949-armistice-agreement.html
Remember that the next time the BBC or other anti-Israel organisation
refers to 'a return to pre 1967 borders'.
Musical Interlude: Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows”
Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8QM3tjkTE&html5=1
How Obama Can Help Young Black Boys
A few days ago, President Obama gave an emotional speech to calm the
outrage over the decision in the Trayvon Martin case. President Obama
expressed his own personal insights into the realities of racism on
everyday life for black men in the United States and acknowledged the
problems we still face when it comes to […]
Striking Back at Police State Amerika
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Dave Hodges
Every day a granny is goosed by TSA, a federal SWAT team raids the wrong
house, a citizen acquitted of a crime still has their property confiscated
by authorities, even the dumbed down public is aware that their every
communication is monitored by the NSA and Obama has set his administration
up to violate every constitutional right of every citizen in America under
the NDAA and Executive Order 13603.
Anyone who possess an IQ above room temperature is aware that our federal
government is totally out of control and... more »
19 Things We Can't Say About Afghanistan
Canada's indulgence in martial boosterism has come and gone. We're no
longer all that keen on kicking Taliban ass in Afghanistan. Like our
American counterparts we hardly even mention the place any more. That goes
in spades for the former Hero of Kandahar, Steve Harper. Remember the
days - oh, we were never gonna cut'n run. We were going to kick the
Taliban's ass right off the planet. We were going to make Afghanistan
safe for democracy and human rights. Yeah, sure Steve.
Which brings me to something written last year by Thomas Ricks, 19 truths
our generals can't say in pu... more »
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*Planners, inspired by Dutch, now hope to build ~Gordon Russell*
*It’s time for the Saints to huddle up ~Sheldon Michels*
25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head
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Michael Snyder
It is so sad to watch one of America's greatest cities die a horrible
death. Once upon a time, the city of Detroit was a teeming metropolis of
1.8 million people and it had the highest per capita income in the United
States. Now it is a rotting, decaying hellhole of about 700,000 people that
the rest of the world makes jokes about.
On Thursday, we learned that the decision had been made for the city of
Detroit to formally file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. It was going to be the
largest municipal bankruptcy in th... more »
Bloody Revolutions Fail: Now Is The Time For Peace
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image source Jared Bachman
Every violent revolution in history has been a failure.
I understand that you're probably doubting that. Many Americans have been
misled to believe in successful revolutions in history. The American
Revolution is considered a success by many. We're often told that the brave
rebels stood up to the unethical king across the ocean. It can be easy to
nitpick through revolutions and say that one was a good one and that was a
bad one, but have they really lived up to the dreams of their promoters?
More ... more »
Secretive Court Renews NSA’s Ability to Conduct Surveillance on Americans
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Paul Lawrance
The secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday renewed the
NSA’s ability to continue collecting millions of Americans’ telephone
records.
Media disclosures provided by Edward Snowden forced the DNI to publicly
announce the continuation of the surveillance that has been in place for
years but requires renewal every three months.
898 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Renews Authority to Collect
Telephony Metadata
The continuation of the massive dragnet surveillance is proof that the
Oba... more »
A Farmer's Lament
I think that, at some level, most progressives "get" what this Brit farmer
is saying.
Food, especially cheap food, is on the mind of many Britons this week after
the head of supermarket giant, Tesco, warned that the days of cheap food
are over. Around the world there is more and more money chasing the
limited and endangered supply of foodstocks and for Britain, which imports
the bulk of its food, that means higher prices.
Which led farmer, Tobias Jones, to respond by urging his fellow Brits to
break their addiction to cheap food.
*"...we've become so hooked on cheap food that... more »
Update: FAA Responds To Drone Hunting: “Could Result in Criminal or Civil Liability”
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Mac Slavo
In response to overwhelming public support for a new ordinance in the small
Colorado town of Deer Trail, which would issue hunting licenses and
bounties for shooting down unmanned aerial vehicles, the Federal Aviation
Administration has warned that penalties for those who engage drones could
be severe.
The FAA released a statement in response to questions about an ordinance
under consideration in the tiny farming community of Deer Trail, Colo.,
that would encourage hunters to shoot down drones. The administration
... more »
Helen Thomas: Dead at 92
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Stephen Lendman
On July 20, headlines reported the news. The doyen of the White House House
press corps was gone.
After a long illness, the Gridiron Club and Foundation announced her
passing. She ended decades covering presidential press conferences saying,
"Thank you, Mr. President."
She was special. She'll be sorely missed. She spoke truth to power. Too few
like her remain. Washington targets those who do.
She withstood tough challenges. She did it throughout her career. She was
born on August 4, 1920. She's a Winchester... more »
Want to see what Ignorance about ALEC looks like?
Check this out
*>>>>>HERE<<<<<*
the whole thing.
This is why we MUST keep vigilant in educating people.
Right now the majority of Americans don't know about ALEC and
many of those that think they do know about ALEC
- are only guessing at what ALEC is and what ALEC is about
- they don't know ALEC.
In this post - the comment thread almost immediately went away from ALEC -
cause people don't know what to say - or how to discuss ALEC. The comments
almost immediately went to the crotch brothers - which, in reality, serves
no real purpose when you are talking about ALEC - the crot... more »
Obviously ...
EI worker suspended for disclosing that her and her fellow workers are
given quotas of people to throw off of EI.
Cue the right-wing imbeciles who can't grasp that this is about inventing
fraud just to save a spendthrift, wastrel government some money.
Pleading not guilty, by itself, does not suggest an accused is a danger
*R. v. Hasan*, 2013 ONCA 487 makes the important point that a claim of
innocence prior to a finding of guilt is neither an aggravating factor for
sentence nor proof the accused is a danger:
"The fact that he pleaded not guilty and maintained his innocence was not
and does not show that he was dangerous."
The Person Who Asked Why
Four years before a churlish Washington press corps booted her from her
coveted front row seat in the White House briefing room, Helen Thomas had
pissed them off in a big way. In 2006, she'd partnered with Stephen Colbert
for his famous public skewering of the churlish Washington Press corps
during his stand-up routine at their annual prom. Helen Thomas was an
integral part of that show. And she had a seat at the table of honor.
Helen Thomas had to go. Why, she wasn't even a paying member of their
Association!She only wrote an opinion column! She was not a stenographer to
the powe... more »
Are the talks unilaterally announced by Secretary of State John Kerry concerning Israel and the Palestinian Authority based on sound footing or hopium ? At this point , looking at the expectations of both Palestinians and Israel , the demands of hardliners for both parties to the talks , the absence of agreement on pre-conditions to be met ( or not met ) , it would appear any talks are not likely to lead to anything meaningful.....
http://www.juancole.com/2013/07/auschwitz-negotiations-palestinian.html
“Whoever Speaks of 1967 borders speaks of Auschwitz”: Israel’s Cabinet not
Serious about Negotiations for a Palestinian State
Posted on 07/21/2013 by Juan Cole
US Secretary of State John Kerry very tentatively announced Friday that he
has hopes that Israeli and Palestinian negotiations will start back up with
a visit of both sides to Washington in the coming week. Oddly, he made the
announcement alone, not flanked by either Palestinians or Israelis,
prompting questions of whether he really had a breakthrough or f... more »
Do You Know the Path of the Peaceful Warrior?
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Amanda Warren
Do "peace" and "warrior" go together? Is there an easier way to learn,
thrive and have peace even during circumstances we don't like? Is there an
easier way to affect politically active change?
Seeking nothing but a peaceful heart sounds "woo-woo" and others may use
force to get their points across, but there is a way to have both inner
calm and a warrior's spirit.
What would be a peaceful warrior's catalyst for change? What is the one
thing you need to do every day and six words that can alter your life
forev... more »
The 10 GMO Myths That Monsanto Wants You To Believe
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Daisy Luther
Monsanto and their biotech buddies would have you believe that they are
super-heroes, set on saving hungry children from starvation wearing a
dazzling fake-green cape. In fact, in a recent attack on activists,
Monsanto’s CEO Hugh Grant said that because critics “can afford” organic
food, we don’t care about the plight of those who can’t afford it. “There
is this strange kind of reverse elitism: If I’m going to do this, then
everything else shouldn’t exist,” said Grant. “There is space in the
supermarket shelf fo... more »
JP Morgan allegedly has a massive fire in their basement vault Saturday night ? You must be joking , right ? Well , I have been wondering how those unfulfilled contracts for June were ever going to met by JP Morgan when the contracts unfilled continue to exceed JP Morgan;s registered gold ! Can you say Force Majeure ?
Well , while this seems to loony to be true - but the tweets from the FDNY
seem legit ( how could one have a fire in a vault with their fire
prevention systems anyway ? ) Just really interesting timing as JP
Morgan's customer gold has been essentially drained and they don't
apparently have registered gold in their vault to meet outstanding
contracts for June ( See Harvey Organ , who has been beating this drum
relentlessly - note the key entries from his post from Friday below ....)
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-192013gld-falls-another-271.html
****
JPMorgan's cus... more »
Did you know that Michelle Rhee has 93 civil actions against her?
I know. Maybe some of these are trumped up cases. I’d have to look at them
in detail. This is perhaps what you get for being in charge of people and
making decisions. You make some enemies. But still, 93 cases in all? Are
you serious? If I had one, I’d never work in this […]
Republicans Vote To Further Defund Public Education
Not a single Democrat voted for John Kline's anti-education bill, H.R. 5.
It passed Friday, 221-207, a dozen Republicans crossing the aisle and
voting with Team Pelosi. The bill, which Kline and the rest of the GOP
zombies call the Student Success Act, was supposed to rewrite No Child Left
Behind. If anything, they've managed to make a terrible law even worse.
Even Obama's way too corporate Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, couldn't
stomach it. He said that beside locking in crippling cuts to education
funding. it “marks a retreat from high standards for all students and would
vi... more »
On ALEC - Look Farther than "Top Tweets"
Sometimes on Twitter, the best information is hidden.
On some of the tweet rolls that I visit – they segregate their tweets into
two different files, two different pages.
Top tweets
All Tweets
When you go onto their page you are automatically put into
Top Tweets
And this is true on the tweet pages for
#Alec
#Alecexposed
At this point in time - If you let #UniteBlue tweet load for about 30
seconds, you will find three, note that three, tweets with the word ALEC in
them, on the "top tweets" page. I don't know about you - but I don't think
that proportionally represents... more »
The ALEC Book of Days - Week 2 - Anticipation
*This Weeks *
*Meditations for the ALEC Member*
*ANTICIPATION *
to help you prepare for the American Legislative Exchange Council meeting
in Chicago, August 7 - 9 at the Palmer hotel.
July 19
Constituents are whatever, lobbyists are forever.
July 20
A lobbyist is someone who puts the legislation in your hands.
and will sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
July 21
Lobbyists are like four leaf clovers; hard to find but lucky to have.
Blessed is the legislator who makes the Lobbyist his trust
July 22
A cute thought for those who believe in lobbyists,
it’s not necess... more »
British Major Ely Banister Soane On Kurdistan
*"To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise"* by British Major Ely Banister
Soane.
*I. Book Description (Source: Amazon):*
The place names are familiar to anyone who watches the evening news:
Kurdistan. Kirkuk. Mosul. Baghdad. In the early 1900s, author ELY BANISTER
SOANE (1881-1923) journeyed across Mesopotamia and Southern Kurdistan and
make a record of what he heard and saw, from ancient tribal enmities to
modern customs, such as drinking in coffeehouses. Personal and intimate,
this traveler's tale turns a Western eye on the mysteries of the Middle
East. This replica of the or... more »
Death by Chickenshit
In *Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War*, probably
the best book ever written on the Second World War, literary critic and
WWII combat veteran Paul M. Fussell describes chickenshit:
What does that rude term signify? It does not imply complaint about the
inevitable inconveniences of military life: overcrowding and lack of
privacy, tedious institutional cookery, deprivation of personality, general
boredom. Nothing much can be done about those things. Chickenshit refers
rather to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty
harassment of the ... more »
Come one, come all, #AERA14 proposal deadline is upon us! #highered
Graduate students and faculty members from all corners of education are in
a panic today, and will be a panic tomorrow. Why? But of course, the
proposal deadline to speak for ten minutes at the nation’s premiere
education research association closes on the 22nd at 11:59PM. Blimey, I
better… well… nah. I think I’ll pass. […]
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*Large crowd at N.O. rally demands justice for Trayvon Martin ~Dan Lawton,
New Orleans Advocate*
*N.O.’s expanded use of racketeering law draws praise, skepticism ~John
Simerman*
*Texas woman who went missing in French Quarter found in local hospital*
*Nell Nolan, N.O.’s leading social columnist, to join the Advocate*
*Westbank river levee bike path back on track*
*In Louisiana, some turn to 'traiteurs' for healing ~Anastasia Semien*
*Exquisite Corps awards Pump Station Contract for the New Orleans to Venice
/ Non-Federal Levee Project*
*Acadiana People: Former U.S. Rep. Jeff Land... more »
The Health Benefits of Pomegranates
*Published on May 21, 2013 *
Learn about the power of the Pomegranate and how you can benefit from this
nutrient dense super food! Visit http://www.globalhealingcenter.com for
the latest in alternative health.
Monstrous
It was General Philip Sheridan who said, "The only good Indian is a dead
Indian." In Canada, we like to think that our history is not as savage as
that of the United States. But a study from the University of Guelph puts
the lie to that sop. Our government backed a scientific experiment to study
the affect of starvation on first nations people.
Phil Fontaine, Michael Dan an Bernie Farber write in *The Toronto Star*:
It is time for Canadians to face the sad truth. Canada engaged in a
deliberate policy of attempted genocide against First Nations people. And
the starvation experiment... more »
Guns Don’t Kill People, Menstruating Women Kill People
"...from my warm, sticky vagina..!!"
In Texas guns don’t kill people, tampons do: State troopers confiscating
tampons from females in the capitol
Well this is insulting as hell.
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, speaking from the floor of the Texas Senate
this afternoon said, “We have beefed up security today. We will not
tolerate any outbursts.”
Then State Troopers proceeded to confiscate tampons from females while at
the same time guns are allowed.
In Texas, guns don’t kill people, tampons do. Volunteers were rounding up
all the tampons throughout the capitol, asking women to... more »
Sámi Eatnan Duoddariid - Wide Open Tundra Of The Lands Of The Sami People by Sofia Jannok
*Published on May 11, 2012 *
Sámi Eatnan Duoddariid (English: Wide Open Tundra Of The Land Of The Sámi
People)
Artist: Sofia Jannok
Album: Áššogáttis (By The Embers) 2008
Music: Traditional Sámi Song
Lyrics: Poem By Nils Aslak Valkeapää
Sámi eatnan duoddariid, dáid sámi mánáid ruovttu
galbma geađge guorba guovlu
sámi mánáid ruoktu
Beaivi Áhči gollerisku, almmi allodagas
coahkká váibmu Eanan eatni, eallin eatnun šoavvá
Mánu silbbat šelggonasat, jietnja
meara márra, guovssahasat
násteboagán, lottit ráidarasas
vuoi dáid Davvi duovdagiid
dán viiddis almmi ravdda
garra dálkkit juoiggad... more »
...and Sunday morning
Following Saturday night comes 'Sunday' morning and, thus, the latest
results from my experiment to predict the type of stories Edward Stourton's
Radio 4 programme would - and wouldn't - cover, based on my sense of the
programme's many biases.
Well, none of the stories I predicted *wouldn't* come up came up. So that's
a clean sweep there!
My prediction that the Pope's visit to Brazil would be covered was also
correct. It was the opening story.
From the usual list of* Sunday* ingredients - *"the usual diet of breaking
news from the Arab world, Christian-related abuse stories, bad... more »
Sustainable Living. HAH!
Cambridge
family purchases chickens hoping to teach their children about
responsibility and sustainable living. Their chickens, McFly and
Sheldon, are just as much a part of the family as any dog or cat.
sus·tain·a·ble
/səˈstānəbəl/
Adjective
1) Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
2) (esp. of development, exploitation, or agriculture) Conserving an
ecological balance by
Private firm bets on marijuana, Wall Street wary
*
* *
* *Private firm bets on marijuana, Wall Street wary*
JULY 18, 2013 5:34 PM EDT0
http://www.oneamericanews.com/private-firm-bets-on-marijuana-wall-street-wary/
By Eric M. Johnson and Alex Dobuzinskis
SEATTLE/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In the sparse Seattle offices of Privateer
Holdings, Brendan Kennedy grabs an iPad to show how his bet on legal
marijuana is already paying dividends in the form of a Google results page
for “blue cheese.”
When Web users search that term, high on the list is a link to reviews of
the pot strain “blue cheese” on Leafly.com, the medical cannabis website... more »
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