9:34am MDST
"Astronomical" Lughnasadh
I quote The Enemy:
I quote The Enemy:
In the cross-quarter reckoning of former NASA scientist Robert Gillespie,
Northern Lughnasadh occurs when the Sun's ecliptic longitude/Earth's
heliocentric longitude reaches 135 degrees.
In 2013 this will occur at 8:21 UTC on August 7.
WARNING:
The following footage is quoted from "Charles Manson: Superstar", a
documentary prepared by self-described Satanists and members of the Church
of Satan (though not Acquino's Temple of Set NATO/NSA/CIA/Processean
offshoot (I don't think))
It may contain disinformation, for t... more »
MEET VFP
Searching for Occupy met up with Veterans for Peace all across the country.
They had plenty to say about War and Peace as well as the War on Mother
Earth and all humanity.
Israel Matzav: What a 'Palestinian negotiator's Facebook page says about the chances for peace
If Dr. Mohammed Shtayyeh, one of the two 'negotiators'
representing
'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Abbas
doesn't want a two state solution
why should Israel take negotiations seriously?
More here
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/what-palestinian-negotiators-facebook.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&m=1
Housekeeping
Not sure how much I'll post today and tomorrow because Greg is taking a
couple days off, so I'll be over there more than usual.
Meanwhile, over the weekend we here at Plain Blog celebrated a birthday;
I've been doing this four years, now. Woo! Easy slogan for the occasion:
Four More Years!
Thanks are due: to Greg, to the other folks at the Post and at Salon and
TAP; to John and the other political science bloggers; to all the great
commenters here; and especially to those who have supported Plain Blog with
kind words and links. Thank you!
I suppose I should thank all the politician... more »
The Day the Earth Stood Still
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
I just watched –again –the Keanu Reeves version of 'The Day the Earth Stood
Still', a high tech re-write/re-make of the original with Michael Rennie as
Klaato. Both versions are allegorical, high-tech “scripture” in which a
“being” from “the heavens” comes
to earth where he is presumed to have “died” for our sins. Does this sound
familiar?
Klaato arrives on earth with a message: people of Earth, get a clue,
resolve your differences, shut up, get your shit together! In the original,
Klaato (Michael Rennie) assumes the name “Carpenter”. Again ... more »
What if guys and girls switched roles at the gym?
What if guys and girls switched roles at the gym?
Below is an amusing video that takes punches at the different things men
and women do at the gym.
Looking for a personal trainer in Toronto for training in your condo or
local park? Look no further than Cardio Trek?
Psychosis in the Sky?
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*How police helicopter madness became the norm in L.A.*
click to enlarge Bernie Suarez
For those who live in Los Angeles, you wake up in the morning and perhaps
think to yourself all the things you want to accomplish today or this week.
You are ready for the day and then all is interrupted by a police
helicopter flying right over your house. That’s right, it’s that familiar
sound: the annoying sound of the helicopter draws a strong sense of
weariness, maybe a little paranoia. Deep down you are thinking: what are
the police u... more »
EPA to Raise Allowable Glyphosate Pesticide Levels in Food Crops by 3,000%!
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*Another win for biotech giant Monsanto equals another loss for humanity.*
Melissa Melton
Just days ago, RT.com reported that the U.S. Environmental “Protection”
Agency is set to raise the allowable limits of Monsanto’s best-selling
glyphosate pesticide Roundup in our nation’s food crops to ridiculously
high levels:
Through the EPA’s new standards, the amount of allowable glyphosate in
oilseed crops such as flax, soybeans and canola will be increased from 20
parts per million (ppm) to 40 ppm, which GM Watch acknowledged is o... more »
How Do We Control Our Police?
The needless, cowardly shooting of a young man with a 3-inch knife (he was
alone in a stopped streetcar and all the police were outside on the street)
by the Toronto Police Service has prompted some to call for bringing our
police under control.
The Robert Dziekanski murder.
The abuse of Stacey Bonds.
The Toronto G20.
There are so many other abuses, too many to mention. Often, these actions
are performed in the presence of their own surveillance cameras, either in
their stations or their squad cars. The perpetrators and their fellow
officers are all acting as if their brutality co... more »
Explosion à Lac-Mégantic: j’accuse! - Lettre à M. Stephen Harper, premier ministre du Canada
Source:
http://www.ledevoir.com/galeries-photos/explosions-a-lac-megantic-il-y-aura-d-autres-victimes/114556
Explosion à Lac-Mégantic: j’accuse!Lettre à M. Stephen Harper, premier
ministre du Canada
Par Rodolphe De Koninck
Mondialisation.ca, 26 juillet 2013
La tragédie survenue à Lac-Mégantic le 6 juillet 2013 n’a pas fini de
susciter tristesse, indignation et interrogations. Comme l’ont affirmé
plusieurs dirigeants et administrateurs politiques, dont quelques-uns
proches de vous, Monsieur le Premier Ministre, les enquêtes devant
permettre d’identifier responsables et ... more »
Oakland moves forward with citywide surveillance center despite data collection, privacy controversy
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image credit:
jean-louis zimmermann/Flickr Madison Ruppert
Ignoring the concerns surrounding data collection and privacy, Oakland
continues to push forward with their federally funded, citywide
surveillance project known as the Domain Awareness Center.
Other cities have launched “Domain Awareness”programs, including New York
City, where Mayor Bloomberg said that New Yorkers will “never know where
our cameras are.”
The project in Oakland will link everything from ever-controversial license
plate scanners to surveillance came... more »
So Monsanto Says Its GMO Pollen Can’t Drift…
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Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
*Pro Tip:* Pollen drifts … *that is how pollen works*.
So wildfire embers can travel over a mile, huh? Interesting tidbit.
Here’s another. Back in 2002, in the midst of Monsanto carrying on trials
for its Roundup Ready GMO wheat in 16 states across the nation, Danny
Gigax, Monsanto’s representative for wheat research partner relationships,
claimed in an interview that, “Outcropping or pollen drift is less than .01
percent because the pollen is relatively heavy.” (Source:
OrganicConsumers.org)
... more »
Now the Bankers Will Steal 47.5% from Cyprus Savers
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Dees Illustration *Activist Post*
Failed European banks are now demanding the seizure of 47.5 percent of
funds in private savings accounts in Cyprus.
This new form of bank bailout referred to as a "bail-in" or
recapitalization, no matter how they label it, is nothing more than a theft
of private savers.
According to Reuters:
Cyprus and its international lenders have agreed to convert 47.5 percent of
deposits exceeding 100,000 euros in Bank of Cyprus to equity to
recapitalize it, banking sources said on Sunday.
Under a... more »
Snowden's Dad SCHOOLS Obama, Pelosi, and Holder in Open Letter
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Dees Illustration *Activist Post*
Re: Civil Disobedience, Edward J. Snowden, and the Constitution
Dear Mr. President:
You are acutely aware that the history of liberty is a history of civil
disobedience to unjust laws or practices. As Edmund Burke sermonized, “All
that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
Civil disobedience is not the first, but the last option. Henry David
Thoreau wrote with profound restraint in Civil Disobedience: “If the
injustice is part of the necessary friction of the ma... more »
Playtime . . .
Outdoor Wildlife Cam Captures a Veritable Bear Hoedown. Really. Click on the link to check out Glenn Naylor's video, and enjoy.
DUBLINERS TOO: A moral history of his country!
*MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013*
*Part 1—Few episodes have matched this one:* In 1913, Joyce Kilmer wrote
“Trees.”
That’s not what we’re talking about.
In 1907, James Joyce published Dubliners, a famous set of fifteen stories
which isn’t set in Ohio.
The fellow was 25 at the time. One year earlier, he had explained his
purposes in a frequently-quoted letter.
For fuller text, see below. This was Joyce, with our emphasis added:
*“My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country
and I chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to be the center
of paralysis.* I... more »
The World We Want To Live In (Video Project)
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Social Contract Part II: The Loss of Checks and Balances
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Anthony Freda Art Susan Boskey
The House of Representatives on July 24, 2013 rejected by a 12-point margin
an amendment to limit NSA surveillance via data collection on Americans.
The rejection allows the NSA with unlimited access to spy on American’s
private information. How exactly, you might ask, does this jive with the
social contract that assumes the people will hold up their end of the
bargain because government exists only to serve the “general will?”
One is left to wonder. Earlier this month prior to the NSA amendmen... more »
City Pushing for Quicker Oil Cleanup
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 hour ago
By: Nathan Lamb
Leaks from an old oil field are causing health concerns in California, and
officials are hoping to spur quicker cleanup, according to this story from
the Los Angeles Times.
The contamination—which includes the carcinogen benzene—was discovered in
2008 beneath Carson city's Carousel tract, which is now a residential area
with 285 homes.
Cleanup is being handled jointly by state officials and the Shell Oil
Company, and is not expected to get underway until next year.
The declaration of emergency was recently suggested by Carson's mayor, in
an effort to spur more imme... more »
Overwhelmed: Leading Ammo Manufacturer Temporarily Suspends Production
*“There Is No Conspiracy To Shut Us Down”*
Mac Slavo
Citing extreme demand over the last year the Hornady Manufacturing company,
one of the leading producers of ammunition globally, has temporarily
suspended production of over 150 bullet and ammunition types in order to
focus their productive capacity on more popular products.
In a statement posted on the Hornady web site the firm explains that though
they have increased capacity and shipments over the last year, their
efforts have been overshadowed by an increase in demand of over 200%.
Effective immediately, Hornady will focus it... more »
The Coming Shortage Of Physical Gold That Will Change Everything
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Michael Snyder
Is the paper gold scam about to be brutally crushed by a crippling shortage
of physical gold? If so, what will that do to global financial markets?
According to the Reserve Bank of India, “the traded amount of ‘paper linked
to gold’ exceeds by far the actual supply of physical gold: the volume on
the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) OTC market and the major
Futures and Options Exchanges was OVER 92 TIMES that of the underlying
Physical Market.”
In other words, there is a massive amount of paper out t... more »
Hey… hey power? Meet truth. Watch this exchange. Amazing.
Former school employee, not sure if she was a teacher or not, but she’s
absolutely right: middling class individuals are held to a standard such
that private or public errors in judgment have the potential for
long-lasting consequences. Then you have this guy, blasts his junk all over
the Internet, and he wants the highest […]
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*How can Ahlittia North die so young with such a long story to tell? ~Danny
Monteverde, New Orleans Advocate*
Execute Order 66
"You think I didn't see your lil' movie.... ?
*Bitch*, I had undercover FBI send *Booty-calls* to all those Mormon fools
o' your family's on their government-issue Blackberries...
They *gone*, Honey!
Have some fruit punch an' enjoy yo'self.
It's a celebration, bitches...!!!
Second Term, Baby!!
Republican "Terrorist" Trash-talk has to STOP
This has been sitting in my craw bugging me all night - not much sleep.
Another example of Republican extremist trash-talk.
Another example where moderate politicians need to step up and tell
Republicans to SHUT UP - before someone is hurt.
Consider this:
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Then consider this:
If you don't understand... more »
Wall Street Licking It's Chops As It Sees Christie And Booker Ahead In Their New Jersey Races
By now you're probably well aware that GOP presidential rivals Chris
Christie and Rand Paul are already slugging it out-- over national
security
and governing philosophy. It looks to be pretty ugly, as anything
Christie
gets involved in always turns out to be. But their disputes aren't just a
matter of two ambitious Republicans trying to knock each other out of
presidential contention. Christie, in fact, sounds exactly like
*Democratic*Wall Street shill Corey Booker. They're like the Jersey
Bobbsey Twins.
Christie, at a forum in Colorado on Thursday, pointed to a “strain of
liber... more »
Announcing a Project to Modify or Replace the US Monetary System
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image source David Redick
The US Dollar (USD) has been the world’s primary reserve currency (used for
most international transactions, even when the US is not a party, and for
bank reserves in all nations) since 1920, which has helped support its
value due to high demand. The use of the USD for most oil sales since 1973
(the ‘Petrodollar’) has also brought helpful demand, but that is fading.
Due to excessive creation of new money (‘traditional’ monetary inflation,
plus the Bernanke ‘spike’ in 2008 and recent QE activity), *t... more »
UK Internet Porn Censor to Also Block Conspiracy Theories
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*Big Brother Weds the Nanny Who's Pregnant with Internet Censorship.*
Here is the *real *problem with the Internet
Dees Illustration Eric Blair
The totalitarian tip-toe is tap dancing to tyranny with the proposed
Internet censorship bill in the United Kingdom. In the name of keeping
children safe from porn, the UK law will impose Internet filters on far
more than just porn.
According to Wired:
As well as pornography, users may automatically be opted in to blocks on
"violent material", "extremist related content", "anorexia... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Danger Mouse, 36.
Recovering from a brutal Giants weekend; at least there's still good stuff:
Elizabeth Saunders on Al Gore and Iraq -- plus links to plenty more. I've
only read the post, and not the full article, but I suspect I agree
entirely (mostly because it sounds pretty similar to what I've said about
Gore/Iraq).
While Philip Klein is a skeptic on a GOP shift to a less McCain-like
foreign policy.
Perhaps a cheap shot, but fun: Paul Krugman goes all Lincoln on the
Republicans.
And Dan Hopkins on messaging and health care reform.
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*Gauging health of Louisiana fisheries is a complex task ~Amy Wold, Advocate
*
~A few months ago, John Lopez was looking for blue crabs for a boil he was
planning at the New Canal Lighthouse in New Orleans, but the pickings were
scarce. When he finally found some, he cleared out the last the store had
and then bought some crawfish to make up the difference. It was an
indication of what he’d been hearing. The number of crabs being caught in
Lake Pontchartrain seemed to be down this year, said Lopez, executive
director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.
*Local program helps ki... more »
29 Nettle Tea Benefits: Sipping on Nettle Tea for Better Health by Christina Sarich
Source: http://pinterest.com/pin/545005992375981520/
29 Nettle Tea Benefits: Sipping on Nettle Tea for Better Health
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 29 July 2013
Milarepa, the Tibetan saint, was said to have lived on nothing but nettles
for decades of meditation. Yet another weed that most of us pull and throw
out, like dandelions, nettle is a wonderful health-boosting herb that
should never be dowsed with weed-killer, but plucked and dried to make into
an herbal panacea that could make the local pharmacy go bankrupt. Nettle,
from the flowering plant genus *Urtica* in the fa... more »
Will The Elderly, Conflicted, Beleagured McConnell Crack Up Under All The Stress?
Predictably, over the weekend the Louisville *Courier-Journal* columnists
were all buzzing over Kentucky's mega-high profile Senate campaign. Old,
steeped in corruption and wily, Mitch McConnell, is facing a mainstream
Democrat, Alison Lundergan Grimes, and, in the GOP primary, a very credible
Tea Party candidate, Matt Bevin. Al Cross made the point that McConnell failed
his first test for reelection-- keeping Bevin from running against him.
Bevin’s campaign is likely to help the campaign of McConnell’s likely
Democratic challenger, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Gri... more »
Rockefeller and Ruckelshaus – New Economy Rising
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Julie Beal
Putting a price tag on the services provided by nature, and human beings,
was first proposed by ecological economists some 40 years ago, as a way to
protect biodiversity, and to give a truer figure for the GDP of a nation.
This is done by monitoring all resources (natural capital), and the
well-being of the people, and the services they provide ‘for free’, such as
caring for elderly relatives. The GDP would then reflect the ‘true wealth’
of the country – essential knowledge for globalist investors.
The idea fles... more »
Syria retakes Homs. The fall of Homs follows the fall of Al Qusayr about three months ago . Next target for the Syria Government will be the city of Aleppo - if Alepp falls , the civil war will be all over but for the pontificating and blame gaming .....
http://www.debka.com/article/23154/Syrian-army-and-Hizballah-capture-Homs---opening-way-to-Aleppo-and-decisive-Assad-victory
Three months after winning the strategic town of Al Qusayr, the combined
Syrian and Hizballah armies have captured the historic Muslim Brotherhood
city of Homs, 162 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.
DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that Sunday, July 28,
jeeps with recoilless guns, pick-up trucks with anti air guns - all loaded
with defeated rebel Farouq Brigades fighters were to be seen fleeing the
city. As they fled, Syrian an... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning! Here’s your linkage… Atul Gawande asks why do some medical
ideas (i.e. norms) spread quickly and others slowly? Thomas Rutig
re-examines whether lessons can be learnt between the conflicts in
Afghanistan and Mali. Udai Bhanu Singh assesses the Bodh Gaya terrorist
attack. If you thought Bangladesh’s garment industry had problems, perhaps
you ought
Continue reading
A House Divided Over NSA Spying on Americans
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By Dr. Ron Paul
Last week’s House debate on the Defense Appropriations bill for 2014
produced a bit more drama than usual. After hearing that House leadership
would do away with the traditional “open rule” allowing for debate on any
funding limitation amendment, it was surprising to see that Rep. Justin
Amash’s (R-MI) amendment was allowed on the Floor. In the wake of National
Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about the
extent of US government spying on American citizens, Amash’s amendment
sou... more »
Secret DARPA Mind Control Project Revealed: Leaked Document
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*Whistleblower Reveals Military Mind Control Project At Major University*
image source
*Activist Post*
What if the government could change people's moral beliefs or stop
political dissent through remote control of people's brains?
Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, a leaked document reveals that
the US government, through DARPA research, is very close to accomplishing
this.
Activist Post was recently contacted by an anonymous whistleblower who
worked on a secret ongoing mind-control project for DARPA. The aim of the ... more »
It's In The Hands Of The Young
Frank Graves has been tracking public opinion for a long time. In his most
recent survey, he asked Canadians four broad questions: 1) Do you favour
more or less immigration? 2) Should Canada focus on domestic production or
international trade? 3) Should we build our economy on carbon based energy
or green energy? and 4) Do you favour more or less government?
In only one of these four areas do Canadians appear to support Harper
government policy. We are not as welcoming of immigrants as we used to be.
But, interestingly, on the question of active or laissez faire government,
Canad... more »
Forget the campaign manager quitting , forget the cringe worthy pressers with wife Huma and cringe worthy meet and greets on the campaign trail..... what is going to shut down Anthony Weiner's mayoral bid is when his campaign interferes with Hillary 2016 ! Meanwhile , watch Detroit and then other cities , local municipalities and States dump retirees and any othe workers they can on the insurance exchanges pursuant to the Affordable Care Act - and watch the cost for the plan skyrocket as the extent of this dumping was not factored into expense calculations.....
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/clintons_mad_as_hill_over_huma_tactic_DreEqQum5fMMD4SiXeWSLJ
Bill and Hillary Clinton are 'livid' at comparisons to Weiners' sexcapades
and forgiveness
- By FREDRIC U. DICKER
- Last Updated: 5:42 AM, July 29, 2013
- Posted: 1:40 AM, July 29, 2013
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Fredric U. Dicker
EXCLUSIVE
Bill and Hillary Clinton are angry with efforts by mayoral hopeful Anthony
Weiner and his campaign to compare his Internet sexcapades — and his wife
Huma Abedin’s incredible forgiveness — to the Clintons’ notorious White
House saga, The Post has lea... more »
The Bad Seed: The Health Risks of Genetically Modified Corn by Caitlin Shetterly
The Bad Seed: The Health Risks of Genetically Modified Corn
by Caitlin Shetterly
Elle Magazine, July 24, 2013
*With symptoms including headaches, nausea, rashes, and fatigue, Caitlin
Shetterly visited doctor after doctor searching for a cure for what ailed
her. What she found, after years of misery and bafflement, was as unlikely
as it was utterly common.*
**
The office of allergist Paris Mansmann, MD, sits on a grassy slope
overlooking the Royal River, a wide waterway that originates in inland
Maine and winds down across farmland and under train tracks until it hits
the c... more »
Isidor Isaac Rabi: 115th birthday
Isidor Isaac Rabi was born on July 29th, 1898, to an orthodox Jewish family
in Galicia, Northeastern Austria-Hungary. The town of Rymanów, sometimes
shared with Ukraine, belongs to Poland these days (it's about 20 km from
the Slovak borders). He died of cancer (after doctors would monitor him via
magnetic resonance imaging) in New York about 25 years ago, in 1988.
Soon after he was born, his family moved to the New York City where his dad
ran a grocery store in Brooklyn. Books about heliocentrism turned Izzy into
an atheist. He asked: "Who ordered God?" if I improve his question a li... more »
After the weekend massacre of more than 100 civilians in Egypt , the White House holds its tongue concerning Egypt and says " No Comment " , as comments only come forth when a non ally commits atrocities.... Of course , under the circumstances , no comment is tacit approval as the US , West and UN look the other way , expect more massacres to occur by the military and police......As expect comments from Turkey's Prime minister Erdogan and Syria's President Assad pointing out the inconsistencies in US foreign policy and the cynical hypocritical nature displayed .....
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/07/28/white-house-on-egypt-massacre-no-comment/
White House on Egypt Massacre: No CommentCongress Expresses 'Concern' While
Obama Desperately Tries to Avoid Issue
by Jason Ditz, July 28, 2013
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Egypt has become something of an information black hole as far as the Obama
Administration is concerned. $1.5 billion in military aid goes there
annually, but what happens there is never officially recognized, and by
design.
So when Egyptian police killed over 100 civilian protesters on the streets
of Cairo and wounded thousands of others in t... more »
SAVILE, MARINES, MASONS, MANDARINS, MISSING FILES, MIRTH...
*Masons and Royal Marines at Sir Jimmy Savile's funeral.*
In the UK, the police have received FOUR complaints that Sir Jimmy Savile
sexually abused children while visiting the elite Royal Marines Commando
Training Centre at Lympstone, near Exeter.
Savile was a regular visitor to the base over 40 years and was awarded an
honorary Commando Green Beret.
*Masons and Royal Marines at Sir Jimmy Savile's funeral.*
*
*Seven Royal Marines acted as pall bearers at Savile's funeral in November
2011
*Masons and Royal Marines at Sir Jimmy Savile's funeral.*
*The first record linking Savile ... more »
Are bad derivative trades making Detroit's fiscal woes even worse than commonly reported ? Stated another way , regarding the 1.4 billion borrowed in 2005 to fill the gap of Detroit's pension shortfall at that time , translating into a a 2.7 billion hole ( once interest payments of 502 million and the potential cost of said derivatives of another 770 million are added to the principal of 1.4 billion ) ? How may other cities , local governments and states have made similar derivative blunders which are presently hidden from sight ?
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/07/bad-derivatives-trades-added-to-detroits-woes.html
MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013
Bad Derivatives Trades Added to Detroit’s Woes
Only now that the narrative around Detroit is pretty well established –
city in long-term decline whose distress was intensified by a series of
corrupt city governments, compounded by state governments that were opposed
to Detroit’s interests – does an important additional factor come to light,
that of derivatives losses.
While the bad derivatives bets were far from large enough to have changed
the outcome (one commentator call... more »
Video game war mechanism honors young player's memory
*Wander into any gaming forum thread, chat room or multiplayer-action
communications and you rapidly discover that gamers can be an insensible
lot.* But there are also instances where the hardcore, win-at-all-costs
trash talking goes silent and they band together to do well. Such was the
case lately when players and game developers turned heartbreak over the
death of a young compatriot into cash to fight cancer.
MechWarrior Online is a game that lets players control powerful war
machines and fight each other for dominance on the battleground. The
amusement is still in beta testin... more »
How long before we find out what Draghi's infamous " whatever it takes " statement really means ? Some say after the German Elections , we shall see the French ask for ECB bond buying support - and that is when we shall see what Draghi does rather than just says.... And of course , that assumes the Italians and Spaniards aren't beating down Draghi's door fro bond buying support at the same time.......
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/07/former-ecb-chief-economist-warns-ecb.html
Former ECB Chief Economist Warns "ECB Will Soon Have to Support France with
Bond Purchases"
Juergen Stark, former ECB chief economist (who resigned in 2011 over a
dispute regarding bond purchases), says in an interview in *Handelsblatt* "The
Euro crisis will worsen in late autumn"
Via Google Translate
A year ago, ECB chief Draghi announced plans to do anything to save the
euro. The former ECB chief economist Juergen Stark considers this fatal. He
fears that the ECB will soon have to suppo... more »
Shmoits face a German competitor
*Book market flooded with garden-variety cranks*
In 2010, a German conspiracy theorist and high school teacher named
Alexander Unzicker released his anti-physics tirade that was reformatted as
a book. The title was "Vom Urknall zum Durchknall" which I would translate
as "From the Big Bang to Their Big Butts' Being Banged" but that was
translated as "Bankrupting Physics" by the unimaginative translator. The
English translation will appear tomorrow. You may pre-order it.
Most of the 21 chapters have titles saying things like "something is rotten
in the state of physics", "why cosmolog... more »
Vera Bradley Handbag and Wallet Set Giveaway!
Welcome to the Vera Bradley Handbag and Wallet Set Giveaway!
One lucky winner will receive a brand new, authentic *Vera Bradley Squared
Away Handbag and Euro Wallet Set* courtesy of Giveaway Promote
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Vera Bradley Squared Away Handbag
Attention all handbag fans… have we got a bag for you! With rounded
corners, a zip-around closure and a large interior, this is everything you
love in a bowler with longer straps, a larger base and bigger pockets.
Squared Away is the perfect bag for the modern, organized woman. Measures
15¼" x 9¾" x 4½" with 12" strap dr... more »
News from the Jews
*Jewish sex scandals, promotion of transgenderism, and anti-White
immigration agenda*
In the past few years, an array of Jewish politicians have been involved in
sex scandals which have been publicized in the mainstream mass media.
Anthony Weiner, a former New York Congressman and current candidate for
mayor of New York City, and Bob Filner, the current mayor of San Diego,
presently find themselves in the spotlight, with *the accusations leveled
against Filner particularly egregious*. The *Jewish Telegraph Agency* ran
a piece this week discussing these Jewish sex scandals:
The cl... more »
UK Porn Filter: Censorship Extends Beyond Pornography, But One ISP Is Fighting Back
*Ever notice how totalitarian control always comes under the cloak of
protecting the women and children? These people always use the same control
templates over and over, they have virtually no creativity. There are
already packages parents can buy if they want to filter the Internet for
their children. Unfortunately those run by WEBSENSE block blogs like mine
as being malware. Its backdoor censorship plain and simple via Internet
black lists that are more opaque (and harder to get removed from) than the
no-fly lists of the TSA. - AK*
*
* *UK Porn Filter: Censorship Extends B... more »
Monasterio de Monserrat, Bages, Barcelona, España.
*Ver más colecciones de imágenes*El monasterio de Santa María de Montserrat
es un monasterio benedictino situado en España. Se encuentra en la montaña
de Montserrat, perteneciente a la comarca catalana del Bages, provincia de
Barcelona, a una altura de 720 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
Administrativamente pertenece al municipio de Monistrol de Montserrat,
aunque algunos de sus terrenos colindantes entran en el término de
Collbató. Es un símbolo para Cataluña y se ha convertido en un punto de
peregrinaje para creyentes y de visita obligada para los turistas. [Leer más
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Guacamayos enamorados - Birds in love
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Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - I Thought I Knew Mama
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to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
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of environment... more » If you didn't send Bob Mankoff your favorite "New Yorker" cartoon, you won't find it among the 74 he's put in his slide show
*One of the 74 New Yorker cartoons that appear in cartoon editor Bob
Mankoff's slide-show response to his call for readers to name their
all-time favorite cartoon.*
*by Ken*
We eavesdropped a couple of weeks ago when *New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob
Mankoff named his 11 favorite *New Yorker* cartoons. At the same time, Bob
issued a call to readers to e-mail him their favorites, offering up the
resources of The Cartoon Bank to enable readers to search out that favorite
cartoon. He promised to make a slide show of the submissions, and this week he
posted it.
Bob specifies that the 7... more »
America's Imaginary Lavish Social Welfare Safety Net That Exists Only in GOP's Mind
*By MARC McDONALD*
In America, we hate the poor. We really, really hate the poor. We are
indoctrinated from birth to hate the poor. Jesus may have said, *"Blessed
are you who are poor."* But America has no time for that Jesus. Our motto
is "Screw the poor."
As a result, America has never been big on social welfare programs for the
poor. Even during the peak years of U.S. social program spending (during
LBJ's "Great Society" years), America had a skimpy social safety net,
compared to other industrialized nations.
Compared to generous European social safety nets, America these days m... more »
please answer one question about housing costs
Will you take a moment to answer one question? I may use it for something I
write.
*Click here to take the survey.*
Please use net (take-home) income, and housing costs only, not utilities.
(These questions were asked on Facebook.)
Thanks in advance.
nyc action alert: join striking fast-food workers on monday, july 29
If you live in New York City, you have an opportunity to stand beside
working people in their struggle for a better life and healthier
communities.
84% of New York fast food workers reported experiencing wage theft at some
point in the past year and the New York Attorney General and New York City
Council have taken note of the rampant wage theft in the industry.
McDonald’s workers, forced to work in a hot kitchen without air
conditioning in the middle of a heat wave, walked off the job until their
safety was ensured.
And on top of all of this, living on $7.25 in New York City isn... more »
what i'm reading: the fault in our stars, a truly great novel for youth and not-youth
I am in the middle of reading *The Fault In Our Stars* by John Green, a
book almost too painful to read but impossible to put down. It's achingly
funny, profoundly insightful, and utterly heartbreaking, all at the same
time. *The Fault In Our Stars* is supposedly a youth novel, but please
don't let that stop you from reading it. It is simply a wonderful book.
Hazel has cancer, and her life expectancy is short. Augustus is a cancer
survivor, and has the prosthetic leg to prove it. Hazel and Augustus, two
smart, funny, and otherwise ordinary teenagers, fall in love.
How do you cope wi... more »
“Free at last!”
Stephen Spielberg’s recent film on *Lincoln* dramatised the famous passing
of his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation—justifiably famous for freeing of
around 4 million slaves in North America, and beginning the removal of the
stain of slavery from American law.
This was in the culmination of an anti-slavery movement that swept the
west in the nineteenth century, following on the heels of the movement for
individual rights that swept the west in the eighteenth century. This was a
necessary righting of a wrong that the gradual recognition of individual
rights had made imperative.
Abol... more »
"The Champ"
* *
*"The Champ"*
by CoyotePrime
Ding, ding, ding... you hear the bell for the start of the fight, hear the
crowd, noisy, excited to see this rematch between you and Life. You’re
here, and still the Champ, right? Fought this guy many times before, always
beat him, too, though you took many a beating yourself in the process, each
fight a little tougher, taking a little more out of you each time. You meet
in the center of the ring... damn, has this guy grown somehow? He looks
bigger, more muscled, and has a real confident look in his eye. So what?
You’re the Champ, still standin... more »
Meghan's Bday!
This weekend was fun!
Meghan's 12th bday was celebrating on Saturday night at Ron's house. It
was a really fun night. Kurt could not make it until 1130 PM though as
after we worked on Saturday, he had to take Vito to London, Ontario,to a
vet who does MRIs on dogs. Their machines are better than what vets in the
USA have, so our surgeon wanted Vito taken there. They want to treat him
without another surgery, but need a better MRI to determine what is going
on. So, Kurt took him there. Long day for Kurt.
Today was great. I had a massage scheduled, with a gift card the office... more »
NSA OPS IN NEW ZEALAND
Kim Dotcom speaks at the GCSB Rally in Auckland to a crowd of several
thousand citizens in Aotea Square. The people are NOT happy about the
government's spying and want it STOPPED!
Protests were held all over New Zealand in recent days about their nation's
role in facilitating NSA surveillance.
STUDY WAR NO MORE
On Saturday at the protest in downtown Sydney, Australia.
How to help Kiri Campbell
*As a response to the request of some readers, an easy to use petition on
behalf of Kiri Campbell has been placed here: *
* It can be sent BCC to all listed email addresses, and must include your
name (lower case) and address to have the desired effect.
Kiri’s scheduled court appearance is Tuesday, July 30, 2013 so these need
to be sent immediately.
This is a moment of clarity and self definition. This is no longer about a
separate being in a far away country; this concerns a vital component for
each of us; our value as sovereign beings.
As you send these petitions as well... more »
A Parents Worst Nightmare: 6 Young Teens Die In Saskatchewan Car Crash
*Who amongst us did not cram a whole bunch of our friends into a car when
we were teenagers ... just having fun ... laughing and going for a drive?
Sometimes the absolute worst happens .. *
*
**"The names of the six teens who died in a crash with a semi-tanker at a
rural Saskatchewan intersection early Saturday morning have now been
released by RCMP.*
*Three males and three females died following a crash about six kilometres
southeast of Lloydminster, a city on the Saskatchewan/Alberta border.*
***Police have identified the victims as:*
- *Aimie Hurley, 14, from Lloydminster*
... more »
Sunday Classics: Fleshing out our sound picture of Leon Fleisher
*RAVEL: Sonatine
i. Modéré
ii. Mouvement de menuet
iii. Animé*
*Leon Fleisher, piano. Epic-Sony, recorded July 14-16, 1958*
*by Ken*
In Friday night's "Leon Fleisher postscript" -- a "postscript," that is, to
the previous week's post on "Schubert's mighty *Wanderer* Fantasy," in
which Fleisher had been featured -- we heard a bit of perhaps unexpected
repertory from Fleisher, Debussy's "*Clair de lune*," from a 1958
Debussy-Ravel LP. I suggested we might hear the complete *Suite bergamasque*,
from which "*Clair de lune*" derives, but I thought instead we'd hear
Ravel's *Sonatine*.
... more »
The essence of liberalism is an attempt to secure a social order not based on irrational dogma, and insuring stability without involving more restraints than are necessary for the preservation of the community.
- Bertrand Russell, in *A History of Western Philosophy* (1945),
Introductory, p. xxiii
In ignored Iraq and Forgotten Libya - death dealing continues despite the mainstream Western media having moved on .........
Breaking news: massive explosion outside Benghazi courthouse
*By Ahmed Elumami.*
The scene outside the courthouse tonight, after the explosion
*Benghazi, 28 July 2013*:
There has been a massive explosion this evening in central Benghazi,
outside the city’s north courthouse.
The blast occurred immediately after sunset prayers while people were
preparing for Iftar, the breaking of the Ramadan fast. The explosion could
be heard across the city.
The incident took place in a cul-de-sac between the Maydan
Al-Tahrir courthouse and the former internal security building of the old
regime, spok... more »
Central Bank watch ECB , PBOC and the Fed in focus.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-28/europe-passes-inflection-point-or-why-ltro3-inevitable
Europe Passes The Inflection Point (Or Why LTRO3 Is Inevitable)
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/28/2013 18:05 -0400
- Counterparties
- CRAP
- European Central Bank
- Excess Reserves
- LTRO
- Market Conditions
- Repo Market
- Unemployment
- Volatility
One year on from the "whatever it takes" speech and all appearances suggest
Draghi's all-in move with the imaginary OMT 'worked. European sovereign
spreads have compres... more »
Patrick Byrne , CEO of Overstock enjoys vindication over the criminal indictment of SAC Capital and civil prosecution of the Sith Lord aka Steven Cohen....
vindication........
http://www.businessinsider.com/overstockcom-ceo-explains-anti-sac-ad-2013-7
* * *
Meanwhile, since 2005 Byrne has been saying that powerful market actors
have been working to destroy his company. In 2010 he identified them as
Michael Milken and SAC's Steven Cohen.
Two years later, emails accidentally leaked by lawyers representing a
number of Wall Street banks described how the banks were allegedly naked
short-selling Overstock.com stock and advising their hedge fund clients on
how to do the same.
SAC Capital, as you know, is one massive hedge fund client.
"Eigh... more »
Fat, Sick And Nearly Dead Documentary - Free Viewing Only Available In The States
*Here is an uplifting movie about a man who decides to radically change his
dietary and lifestyle choices in an effort to deal with his declining
health and increasing waistline. Overweight, taking a daily cocktail of
drugs and having been told that there was nothing more conventional
medicine could do for him, Australian Joe Cross decided to tackle his
problems in his own way. He chose to use nutrition, physical activity and
his mental and emotional state to do what our bodies are programmed to do –
and that’s to self-heal.*
I will give you the reader, two links for more infor... more »
Towering economic separation erodes the effectiveness of public opinion activism
By
Denis Rancourt
A good street demonstration is not what it use to be, in terms of its
impact. Likewise, petitions and letters to politicians just don't cut it
any more. A YouTube video can, in rare cases, get a cop investigated
and put on paid leave, but that is about as far as it goes. Don't think
about systemic changes.
There is tremendous opinion opposition to injustices of all kinds but
Declare Detroit a Free City
* Guest post by Patrick Barron*
Detroit is bankrupt, and its problems appear to be unsolvable. Its
population peaked in 1950 at 1,850,000 only to fall to 706,000 in 2011,
surely representative of people voting with their feet. As British
politician Daniel Hannan has written, the Detroit disease may be well
advanced in the rest of American cities and perhaps in all of America as
well. Before the disease can kill the rest of America we have the
opportunity to give free market reforms a chance in a fairly controlled
setting — the bankrupt and dysfunctional city of Detroit.
The decad... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, July 28th, 2013
Sunday... And again time for my usual rant about what I perceive is truly
wrong and sometimes right in this world..
First, for those who have been wondering... My friend, Whitewraithe, is
alive and well... She has not posted any new material in a while over at
her Pragmatic Witness website (www.pragmaticwitnessii.wordpress.com)
because she told me honestly that writing has not been on her mind over the
last while... Getting some employment has been her #1 goal for quite
sometime, and now I can let everyone know that she finally landed a decent
job!... She says that once she gets som... more »
Festival of Faiths - Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Civilization
*"Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11"* by Thomas Graham
Jr. (2012).
*Wikipedia:*
Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. is one of the world's leading experts in
nuclear non-proliferation. He is a senior U.S. diplomat involved in the
negotiation of every single international arms control and
non-proliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997. This includes the Strategic
Arms Limitation Talks (SALT Treaties), the Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaties (START Treaties), the Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) Treaty,
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) Treaty, Treaty on the
No... more »
If The GOP Gives Up Its "Get Off My Lawn" Attitude, Will It Still Be The GOP?
Republican
There's a mirror image in the GOP to the ConservaDems who embrace Choice
and equality and other social issues but are nearly as conservative and
anti-working family as Republicans. We've talked a lot lately, for example,
about gay Democrats who get into Congress and are great on LGBT issues but
vote with the GOP on their destructive economic agenda. New Dem freshmen
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) are both gay and each has
a breathtakingly horrible voting record on issues important to ordinary
working families. They're among the most consistent supporter... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
One year from today:
How is "Obamacare" polling?
How do experts believe ACA implementation is going?
How is health care playing in competitive 2014 elections?
The Department of Homeland Security says its illegal to freely play music the United States
*
* *I am not sure the context of this, but perhaps Homeland Security has
confused its mandate with that of ASCAP? If anyone else knows what this is
about let me know... -AK*
July 20, 2013
Posted by Michael Martin
http://eightentertainmentgroup.com/the-depa
rtment-of-homeland-security-says-it-is-illegal-to-freely-play-music-in-the-united-states/
The Department of Homeland Security (An agency enacted through the Patriot
Act) is now demanding through enforcement from The State Fire Marshalls
that ALL LIVE MUSIC PLAYED IN THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE A PERMIT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HO... more »
Six Wall Street Banks Made $23 Billion in Three Months - Thank A Bankster for a Job Well Done (What? You Already Did!)
Money Rules – But in Congress, People Are Supposed to Rule By Leo Gerard
Wall Street held itself a big fat profit party last week. The nation’s six
largest banks reported $23 billion in profits. That’s for one quarter –
three months. Pop the Champagne. Buy another Lamborghini. Well, if you’re a
Wall Street banker, that is. Not if you’re a college student looking for a
loan. ‘Cause bankers
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Chris Christie: solid conservative for the most part, and certainly an
acceptable presidential nominee -- or really just another Eastern
Establishment moderate?
MANUEL DIAZ HERNANDEZ
In Mexico, 10-year-old Manuel planned to spend the summer selling goods on
the street.
Manuel, a 10-year-old Indian boy, wanted to save money for school.
But, Manuel was humiliated by 'a city inspector'.
The inspector, Juan Diego Lopez, caught Manuel Diaz Hernandez illegally
selling cigarettes, sweets and snacks from his wooden basket.
In a video made by a passer-by, the inspector is seen grabbing the basket
and making the boy throw out all the sweets.
The inspector then grabbed the cigarettes for himself.
Read more: *http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ */ *Mexicans outraged by
humil... more »
Filling space - killing time - tapping out shit on a keyboard
With revolutionary socialism the treasure of decades of insight and
inspiration often comes combined with the burden of dogma. In the SWP one
of the things you learn is to not be a programme polisher but be active,
the needs of the movement (such as you might define it) will provide the
programme.
You might want to argue just how much of the SWP’s activity is
non-programmatic. You might also want to debate just how much of the SWP’s
notional, unwritten programme is actually understood by its cadre. SWP
members are subjectively revolutionary. Yet it is becoming clear from
various d... more »
Life gets complicated . . .
REMEMBER
WHEN the DA in Perry Mason just had to worry about who cut the brake
lines? Well, according to AutoWeek's article, “Hackers compromise Prius,
seize control of wheel, brakes and more” hackers can really do a number
on a Prius — at highway speeds, that could ruin your day. Drive-by-wire
has its potential risks.
Injustice, The ‘For Profit’ Court System
The fifth version of the Injustice Society.
Art by Joe Bennett. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) *Injustice, the ‘for profit’
court system*
*Posted at: *
http://veneratedivineyou.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/injustice-the-for-profit-court-system/
Look familiar? Look closely, the characters should remind you of recent
Hollywood theatrics.
Apparently it matters little what country or jurisdiction the injustice
stems. It is pervasive.
It is the paradigm of a broken system and the catalyst for change.
The alphabet soup trolls trashed the momentum of change like The Occupy
movement, Egypt, Arab S... more »
Cro-Magnon
Once upon a time, long, long ago, musicians Stephen Stills and Judy Collins
enjoyed a romance. Then, Judy sailed away and broke his heart. Stephen
wrote *Suite: Judy Blue Eyes*, which I recently heard again. One line made
my head spin: “Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now.” Why
not? Remembering the past sounds like an excellent idea. What we are not
now is wild and free human beings — normal & authentic.
I just finished Brian Fagan’s book, *Cro-Magnon*, which describes an
important segment of my family history. The happy news is that there have
been three stud... more »
Are Muslims being demonised?
Watching *Sunday Morning Live *in full, with my impartiality-bound '*Is the
BBC Biased?'* hat on, *did* the programme demonstrate BBC bias as regards
the 'Muslim question'?
Well, presenter Samira Ahmed's initial framing of the question *'Are
Muslims being demonised?' *certainly gave a fair wind to one particular
side of the argument:
Bombs are being placed in mosques and a major Islamic organisation says
British Muslims are living in fear. Is that because of an unfair portrayal
of Muslims in the media? Are Muslims being demonised?
Still, in contrast to that, the programme's gues... more »
"Luminarium"
*"Luminarium" *
by Anniina Jokinen
“This site combines several sites first created in 1996 to provide a
starting point for students and enthusiasts of English Literature. Nothing
replaces a quality library, but hopefully this site will help fill the
needs of those who have not access to one. Many works from Medieval,
Renaissance, Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries can be found here.
The site started in early 1996. I remember looking for essays to spark an
idea for a survey class I was taking at the time. It seemed that finding
study materials online was prohibitively difficul... more »
“A LeTTeR FRoM THe ATToRNeY GeNeRaL”
*“A LeTTeR FRoM THe ATToRNeY GeNeRaL”*
by William K. Black
“The idea that the Attorney General of the United States of America would
send such a letter to the representative of a foreign government,
particularly Russia under the leadership of a former KGB official, was so
preposterous that I thought the first news report I read about Attorney
General Holder’s letter concerning Edward Snowden was satire. The joke,
however, was on me. The Obama and Bush administrations have so disgraced
the reputation of the United States’ criminal justice system that we are
forced to promise KGB al... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Horton, Michigan, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
From 9-11 through the present time ..... Just who are we supposedly fighting and why ? Who is Al Qaeda and more important - who are the Al Qaeda affiliates the US Government refuse to identify ?
9/11 Firefighters Reveal Bombs Destroyed WTC lobbyJuly 28, 2013
Print Version
*Source:* Top Info Post
Newly obtained video that was reluctantly released by NIST after a lawsuit
by the International Center for 9/11 Studies shows two firefighters on 9/11
discussing how secondary explosions occurred immediately before the
collapse of the twin towers, providing damning new evidence that explosive
devices were used to bring down the buildings. Firemen discuss how bombs
were going off in the lobby of WTC1 as they were staging to move up the
building. They explain how the building had al... more »
"Luminarium"
*"Luminarium" *
by Anniina Jokinen
“This site combines several sites first created in 1996 to provide a
starting point for students and enthusiasts of English Literature. Nothing
replaces a quality library, but hopefully this site will help fill the
needs of those who have not access to one. Many works from Medieval,
Renaissance, Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries can be found here.
The site started in early 1996. I remember looking for essays to spark an
idea for a survey class I was taking at the time. It seemed that finding
study materials online was prohibitively difficul... more »
"The Object Of Life"
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority,
but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
- Marcus Aurelius
●
Good luck ;-)
- CP
“The US Empire Prepares For War On China”
* “The US Empire Prepares For War On China”*
By Paul Craig Roberts
“Amitai Etzioni has raised an important question: “Who authorized
preparations for war with China?” Etzioni says that the war plan is not the
sort of contingency plan that might be on hand for an improbable event.
Etzioni also reports that the Pentagon’s war plan was not ordered by, and
has not been reviewed by, US civilian authorities. We are confronted with a
neoconized US military out of control endangering Americans and the rest of
the world.
Etzioni is correct that this is a momentous decision made by a neo... more »
Removing the Shackles:Update July 28 - The RV and "New" financial system: Clearing the air
*AK Note: I received some information that indicates the Chinese are now in
control of the SWIFT funds transfer network. There have been some
anomalies in funds movement, whether that is covertly (through Hauwei
network routers?) or through overt means is unknown... *
Sunday, 28 July 2013
*Update July 28- The RV and "New" financial system: Clearing the air*
Posted by D.
Well, it would seem that I've pissed off even more people this week than
usual. While many many people have been waking up to some of the things
I've been talking about for the past 8 months with regards to the... more »
Does the Solution to Climate Change Rest On Economic Reform?
What follows began as a comment I attempted to leave at *A Puff of Absurdity
* in reponse to a post by Marie Snyder that you really should read. In
it, Marie questions whether, as a civilization, we have become "*too stupid
to live*."
*Hi Marie. I have been wrestling with the question of how we can
decarbonize our civilization for quite a while without success. It's a
problem that has a frustrating number of dimensions. Solving one can
create another or worsen others.
I'm beginning to think we need to decouple our political and economic
apparatus from neo-classical "political"... more »
“It Is Happening Again: 18 Similarities Between The Last Financial Crisis And Today”
* *
*“It Is Happening Again: *
*18 Similarities Between The Last Financial Crisis And Today”*
By Michael Snyder
“If our leaders could have recognized the signs ahead of time, do you think
that they could have prevented the financial crisis of 2008? That is a
very timely question, because so many of the warning signs that we saw just
before and during the last financial crisis are popping up again. Many of
the things that are happening right now in the stock market, the bond
market, the real estate market and in the overall economic data are eerily
similar to what we witnessed b... more »
Cyprus and Troika now agree to steal 47.5 percent of deposits over 100,000 euros in Bank of Cyprus !
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyprus-lenders-set-bank-cyprus-104408907.html
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus and its international lenders have agreed to
convert 47.5 percent of deposits exceeding 100,000 euros in Bank of Cyprus
to equity to recapitalize it, banking sources said on Sunday.
Under a programme agreed between Cyprus and lenders in March, large
depositors in Bank of Cyprus were earmarked to pay for the recapitalisation
of the bank. Authorities initially converted 37.5 percent of deposits
exceeding 100,000 euros into equity, and held an additional 22.5 percent as
a buffer in the ev... more »
ALEC - The Deadly Virus of Local Democracy
This read, this morning is pretty scary stuff.
Important to remember that North Carolina is under attack by ALEC
legislators.
Important to remember what happens in one state - by ALEC legislators -
soon spreads like a deadly virus to other states.
Important to remember that North Carolina is testing an ALEC model that
destroys cities.
After you read the thole article - which I strongly suggest - would you
like to see American be the "reborn south" - Plantation owners sitting on
the front porch while the rest of us work for no wages, living in a
windowless shanty with 12 people to a... more »
ALEC - pernicious and immoral
If you are interested in all things legal when it comes to the Trayvon
Martin case -
this
*>>>>HERE<<<<*
web blog entry is pretty intense with the Florida legal part of the story.
But the closing paragraph caught my attention and I couldn't agree with
them more.
Again this returns us to Stand Your Ground Laws and the part played in
their passage by ALEC. They even want to restrict what a doctor can tell
his patients about gun violence. Their influence in our society is not
productive. It is pernicious and immoral. They must not be allowed to
continue to dictate the course of our nat... more »
Syria Updates - July 28 , 2013 ... UN reaches accord with Government of Syria regarding chemical weapons investigation.... War updates as Rebels and Government make various claims regarding battle successes , atrocities.....
UN says accord reached on Syria chemical arms
Agreement to probe use of chemical weapons reached after UN envoys hold
talks with officials in Damascus.
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Angela Kane, UN high representative for disarmament, visited Damascus on
Wednesday for talks [Reuters]
The United Nations said it had reached an agreement with Syria on an
inquiry into the use of chemical weapons, but did not say UN inspectors
would be allowed in... more »
Who Cares About Dogs And Cats?
We wouldn't have endorsed state Senator Daylin Leach for the open
congressional seat in Northeast Philadelphia and Montgomery County (PA-13)
if he *wasn't* pro-choice and pro-environment and pro-equality. The fact
that he's been a leader in the state legislature on these matters made it
all the easier. But, in the end, we decided to back Daylin because he has
been such a strong and effective fighter on behalf of economic justice.
He's a Blue America candidate because he stands up for ordinary working
families and because he doesn't sell out to the special interests that have
bough... more »
Chicago next to follow Detroit ? Chicago sees its cash balance falls to 33 million , debt triples , ratings plummet........
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-28/chicago-next-windy-city-cash-balance-plummets-only-33-million-debt-triples
Chicago Next? Windy City Cash Balance Plummets To Only $33 Million As Debt
Triples
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/28/2013 11:06 -0400
- Bond
- Capital Markets
- Detroit
- Ford
- New Normal
- Pension Crisis
- Rahm Emanuel
While everyone's attention is focused on the Detroit bankruptcy, and just
what assets the city will sell in lieu of raising a DIP loan, perhaps it is
time to refocus attention to the cit... more »
The Great Aztec Debate on Paracast
Well, the great Aztec debate is over and the winner is… Yeah, you’d think
that but it was probably Scott Ramsey. After all, he had immersed himself
in the case for twenty years and was able to divert the conversation into
other arenas without doing much damage to his own point of view. You can
listen to the show here:
NOW PLAYING! July 28, 2013 — Scott Ramsey and Kevin D. Randle
Take, for example, this investigation that was apparently launched by the
Air Force Office of Special Investigation into a claim that someone had
offered for sale pictures of the Aztec flying saucer in lat... more »
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*Hurricane Isaac: the rest of the story, Part 3 ~Fix the Pumps *
FAKERY IN EGYPT
Someone is trying to start a civil war in Egypt.
"Rumours, fabricated images and fake accounts have emerged on Facebook and
Twitter..."
Altered Images: Egypt's disinformation war
Da Begad?
*Morsi supporters "used one image of a group carrying a cross to claim
Christians had led protests against the Islamist president. *
"The photograph dated from 2012, it later emerged.
"It has been claimed that photographs of dead children were presented by
pro-Morsi supporters as evidence of killings by the Egyptian Army, with the
military saying the images had originated from the conflict in... more »
true
Just
because
you
believe
something
doesn't
make
it
true.
Turkey Prime Minister Erdogan slams UN and EU as he compares criticism of Turkey's handling of its protesters with treatment of Egypt's protesters by Egypt's military ....
http://rt.com/news/erdogan-slams-eu-reaction-egypt-695/
Erdogan lashes out at EU, UN over Egypt v Turkey unrest reaction
Published time: July 28, 2013 11:23
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[image: Demonstrators for and against ousted president Mohamed Morsi hurl
stones at each other as they clash near Egypt's landmark Tahrir square on
July 5, 2013 in Cairo. (L) Protestors clash with riot police between Taksim
and Besiktas in Istanbul, on June 1, 2013, during a demonstration against
the demolition of the park. (R) (AFP Photo)]
Demonstrators for and against ousted president Mohamed Morsi hurl stones at ... more »
Edward Snowden and NSA blowback updates - July 28 , 2013......Snowden still in the airport transit zone , can stay there for an unlimited amount of time , not leaving anytime soon ...
http://rbth.ru/news/2013/07/27/snowden_may_stay_at_airport_transit_zone_unlimited_amount_of_time_-_just_28431.html
Snowden may stay at airport transit zone unlimited amount of time - Justice
Ministry
16:28 July 27, 2013 Interfax
Russian laws do not limit the time for which former CIA employee Edward
Snowden may stay at the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, and
he bears no liability for the absence of documents, the Russian Justice
Ministry said.
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Full story: Edward Snowden
"Russian law does not stipulate the du... more »
Did Ulysses arrive in the same ship he left in?
Is identity the continuity of substance or essence?
AS the Performing Enhancing Drug Suspensions loom this week - does A- Rod take a deal or insist or fighting out a losing case ? Reading between the lines , it seems the hammer on the PED suspensions and A- Rod's fate should be known as quickly as August 1......
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/deal-a-rod-faces-historic-ban-article-1.1411133
If Alex Rodriguez refuses deal from MLB, Bud Selig is expected to pursue
lifetime suspension According to a source, if A-Rod accepted a settlement
that would call for him to be suspended for the rest of this year and the
entire 2014 season without pay, he would still have a chance to collect the
$60 million the Yankees would owe him from 2015 to 2017.
Armed with voluminous evidence they believe would warrant lifetime
banishment, Major League Baseball officials hope to know by Monday if Alex
R... more »
10 Fun Ways to Paint With Kids and Project Link-Up
This week we have been trying out different ways to paint, here are some of
our favorites.
Kool-Aid Painting with The Chocolate Muffin Tree.
Corn Syrup Painting with Eighteen25.
Balloon Painting from Irresistible ideas.
Marble Maze Painting with Housing a Forest.
Cookie Cutter Painting with The Masked Mommy.
Painting with Candy from Growing a Jeweled Rose.
Pom-Pom painting with Mum of One.
Rainbow Q-Tip Painting from Makes and Takes.
Elastic Band Painting from Fun Learning at Alison's FDC.
Colored Puffy Paint with Crafting with Bug.
Now to this week's Creative Showca... more »
Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up, if resolution is passed
Just when you thought that the Saudi Arabian government's oppression of
women couldn't get any more extreme...
'Women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under Saudi
Arabia's latest repressive measure, it was reported yesterday.
The ultra-conservative Islamic state has said it has the right to
stop women revealing 'tempting' eyes in public.
...
Women in Saudi Arabia already have to wear a long black cloak, called an
abaya, cover their hair and, in some regions, conceal their faces while in
public.
If they do not, they face punishments including fines and public... more »
Capitalist Scum-bags
The tragedy at Lac Megantic was the result of ruthless cost-cutting. Cut
costs - increase profits. Increase profits to "invest" in financial
flim-flam and conspicuous consumption.
These guys just want to cut everything to the bone and then they rely on
government bail-outs whenever anything goes wrong. And, of course, to
ensure that things go wrong, get some scum-bag politicians like Dick Cheney
or stephen harper (ego-inflated, anti-democratic errand boys) to
"de-regulate" everything to save you as many pennies as they can. And so
offshore oil-rigs and freight-trains full of toxic... more »
Fubar- Fukushima updates - July 28 , 2013.....TEPCO has no clue of what trenches are involved here , where they might be , how many there - this is due to various upgrades over the years with the blueprints inaccessible .....meanwhile extremely radioactive materials is leaching into the groundwater and then into the ocean.... ......
SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant Groundwater Contamination: No One Fully Knows
Exactly Where Trenches and Ducts Are Located, How They Are Connected
Tokyo Shinbun has a pictorial showing the locations of the known trenches
along the seawall. I think it is more helpful than TEPCO's pictorial, which
does not show the embankment which is clearly created artificially. It also
nicely summarizes the entire article.
It shows the possibility of seawater and groundwater mixing beneath the sea
level. If the highly contaminated water in the trenches from the turbine
buildings to t... more »
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*Sportswriters think Rob Ryan has something to prove ~Ted Lewis, Saints
Advocate*
*Accountability back for Saints with Payton's return ~WWLTV*
*Rabalais: Unconventional Rob Ryan seems like right fit ~BlackandGold.com*
*Landrieu family property abuts in zone targeted for investment ~Jaquetta
White*
*Iberville demolition marks end of an era*
*BRPD arresting citizens under invalid sodomy law *
*Satchmo Festival this week!*
Holey Toledo - Two Dangerous Sinkholes in One Month
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Amanda Warren
Something strange is befalling Toledo, Ohio. Actually, people are literally
falling into Toledo.
In early July, on the 3rd, Pamela Knox age 60 was driving on Detroit Ave.
and Bancroft in downtown Toledo when she noticed the road before her caving
in. The car in front of her just barely made it over the growing chasm but
there was no time for her before she found herself 10 feet below the road
in a 15ft wide hole. Parts of the road fell onto her car, water spewed out
from a broken line.
You may be familiar wi... more »
Drone Spotting App (Humor)
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'Bitcoin steals power from both banks & gangsters'
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*Youtube*
Digital currency Bitcoin is gaining popularity around the globe as people
become more and more dissatisfied with the conventional banking system.
Instant, safe and nearly anonymous, is what Bitcoin claims to be. It takes
no commission for transactions and can be used internationally wherever you
have internet access. Is it the currency of the future?
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Under New Proposed Internet Laws, We Will All Be Felons
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Their word could soon become law Dave Hodges
Did you know it is a misdemeanor to use your work computer to email your
friends? If you check the score of the ballgame from work, it is also a
misdemeanor. If you make reservations for dinner from your work computer
you have also committed a crime. If you check your Facebook account on your
lunch break from your work computer, you could be fined and could go to
jail.
The law which criminalizes such behaviors is called the 1986 Computer Fraud
and Abuse Act; and if the Department... more »
Employee Bonus: Teens Working For Monsanto Sprayed by Crop Duster
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Daisy Luther
Remember when farm work was a wholesome summer job for kids looking for a
little extra pocket money?
Back in the day, teens could work outside, learn about farming, and do some
healthy physical labor without major health risks. Working on a farm built
physical strength, skills, and character.
Now, with the advent of toxic agricultural practices, farm work can be
deadly because of exposure to glyphosate and other deadly chemicals.
Nearly 80 teenagers working for Team Corn, a Princeton, Ill.-based company
that co... more »
I Knew It Was A Safe Bet Pelosi Wouldn't Do Anything To Make Me Eat My Hat
The day before the big vote on the Amash-Conyers Amendment to protect the
4th Amendment from encroachments by the NSA, someone on a discussion group
I participate in asked how the Democratic leaders would vote. I pointed out
that Hoyer already had his national security puppet, Dutch Ruppersberger,
yell and scream about it in terms of Bush era terrorist scare tactics,
signaling that Hoyer would oppose the amendment and that conservative
shills Steve Israel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz would follow. As for
Pelosi, I said that I couldn't imagine her going up against Obama on
somethin... more »
The Speech You'll Never Hear
The evidence keeps piling up. When Hurricane Sandy tore up the Jersey Shore
and flooded New York City, Americans started talking about climate change.
But when Calgary was inundated last month, Jason Kenny called it a "once in
a century event," claiming that everybody cleaned up and went about their
business the last time Calgary was flooded, in 1892. When Toronto's subway
stations were under water last month, you would think that Stephen Harper
-- whose *real* home town is Toronto -- would have taken note.
Edward Greenspan writes, in the *Toronto Star*, that the event should have... more »
Update July 28- The RV and "New" financial system: Clearing the air
Well, it would seem that I've pissed off even more people this week than
usual. While many many people have been waking up to some of the things
I've been talking about for the past 8 months with regards to the "RV",
"NESARA" etc, many have also been seriously ticked off. Pissed off to
the
point that I'm basically persona non grata in the intel community-
apparently I have the intel "cooties". I'll get back to my cooties
issue
in a moment....
Last weekend John from the Nesara web site posted an article that
reflectedsome of my opinions about the RV etc, that I've discussed
ove... more »
Dr Who and Women
Hat tip to @catherinebuca for pointing me in the direction of the STFU
Moffat tumblr about the vexatious relationship between *Dr Who* and women.
Or, rather, that that exists for the show's lead writer, Steven Moffat.
Basically, long-time readers who liked these pieces will very much enjoy
what's on offer.
Below, for example, is typical of the crap that is take on and challenged.
This from 'Gustaff', a guest writer at Doctor Who TV website on whether the
next Doctor should be a woman:
“I can’t imagine this change happening to the Doctor any time soon as it
would cause all sorts of ... more »
13 year old Canadian Victoria Grant on Corrupt Banking, Governments & Corporations
*From the mouth of babes.*
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*Bravo, Victoria. *
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Source: https://www.facebook.com/RepresentDotUs
Ma and China in the News
*My son practices for the driver's license exam.*
*But they were shut out, listening at a door to words not meant for them:
ill-mannered children or stupid servants overhearing the elusive discourse
of their elders, and wondering how it would affect their lot. Of loftier
mould these two were made: reverend and wise. It was inevitable that they
should make alliance.*
Lots of stuff on the 1992 consensus, One China, and Ma Ying-jeou this week.
China congratulated Ma on his victory in the KMT chairmanship election --
it was a proper CCP/KMT election, with only one candidate. Taipei Tim... more »
Terrorists
Hmm, I suspect many of you will *not* be surprised that *Sunday Morning Live
* is discussing the question '*Are Muslims being demonised?*', prompted by
a letter from the Muslim Council of Britain to the Home Secretary last week
urging the government to act on the issue.
The programme is framing the discussion in this way:
Does the way Muslims are portrayed by media and elsewhere play a role in
creating an environment where Muslims are made to feel alienated – or are
these the actions of a small minority of criminals, who have paid no
attention to constant efforts from politicians an... more »
Gay Edgar Hoover
One medical expert told Summers that Hoover was of "strongly predominant
homosexual orientation", while another medical expert categorized him as a
"bisexual with failed heterosexuality".
Hoover was a devoted Freemason, being raised a Master Mason on November 9,
1920, in Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC, just two months before his
26th birthday. During his 52 years with the Masons, he received many
medals, awards and decorations.
Eventually in 1955, he was coroneted a Thirty-Third Degree Inspector
General Honorary in the Southern Scottish Rite Jurisdiction. He was also
awarde... more »
Sunday, Flipping Sunday
This week's* Sunday*, as predicted, discussed the pay day loans issue. It
pitted a left-wing campaigner against such companies against another critic
of such companies (from the Anglican Church) - though "pitted" isn't really
the right word given that they both agreed with each other.
There was, also as predicted, discussion of the Catholic Church - and its
coverage (as you'll see below) tallied well with my expectations of it (as
outlined in the last-but-one post).
Here's a summary of how the programme unfolded.
7.10 *Introduction*, by William Crawley
7.11 *Unrest in Egypt*. I... more »
A PERFECT BIRTH
*Alison Jackson/Rex/Rex USA.** www.alisonjackson.com*
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"The precise sequence of events in the delivery room will always remain a
closely guarded secret for those present...
*"They have refused all requests for interview."*
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**a perfect birth*
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"But the family of neonatologist* Dr Sunit Godambe*... have told of their
pride that their treasured son helped deliver a future King."
Dr Godambe studied paediatrics in India.
According to the Mail on Sunday, Kate "sailed through a textbook delivery."
*11 hours labour and all natural - a perfect birth*
"The Duchess of Cambridge gave ... more »
Some amazing technological advances
I am getting lots of similar news and sometimes I collide with some of them
in the media. Sometimes they sound amazing.
First, MIT has developed a perfect mirror – a material that reflects
electromagnetic waves without any losses.
Now, Tesla Motors and Colorado's company SpaceX believe that they can build
an amazingly fast superhighway of evacuated tubes where you can drive from
California to NYC in an hour.
A combination of magnetic levitation, vacuum would allow minivan-sized
capsules to travel up to 6,000 kph and the replacement for the
EastCoast-WestCoast air ticket would c... more »
Call Him the Breeze (JJ Cale Is Gone)
JJ Cale is gone. He got the green light. He's moving out of here. Singer,
songwriter, producer, artist extraordinaire, he influenced just about every
performing artist that I've ever admired. He was a joy to listen to and
watch perform. His little smile at the end of a song was always a treasure.
So sad to hear this. Seems like the best are making tracks. He will be
missed. "They Call Me
Commentary On Egypt
*"It was all good just a week ago"*
*Commentary On Egypt*
*An excerpt from, "History rhymes in Egypt" by Colonel Patrick Lang (July
27):*
The forces of political Islam are now pitted against pretty much the rest
of Egypt in the same sort of existential struggle. They all know that.
Saudi Arabia is backing the military backed government because it detests
the MB version of Islamism. The United States, having aligned itself with
the MB, has zero leverage with General Sisi because the US backs people who
would kill him if they could. There are other sources of military supply i... more »
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