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What Mattered This Week?
There's a ton of stuff to choose from, isn't there? And the big ones, or at
least the potential big ones, seem to be from the secondary headlines. I'll
go with the Pope -- but I'll mention, too, carbon regulation and Iran.
What didn't matter? I don't know about not mattering, but I'm certainly on
the side of those who believe the House CR was a maneuver to avoid a
government shutdown, not a step on the way to one. I guess we'll see.
But as I said, there sure is a lot to talk about here. What do you have?
What do you think mattered this week?
HEADING HOME
- I'm on the Amtrak regional train heading back north to Boston. This
train makes more stops but the seats are much roomier and more comfortable
than on the more expensive express train. When I get to Boston I'll then
hop on a bus back to Portland where MB will pick me up for the ride home.
I hear that eggplant parmesan is on the menu for supper tonight at the
Addams-Melman House. Perfect!
- My talk last night at the Catholic Worker Mary House in NYC was quite
stimulating. Lots of interaction with those in the audience. It was a mix
o... more »
I applied to be on the DCPS Chancellor’s teacher cabinet. Should I hold my breath?
I whipped up and out some answers to a few essay questions to apply for a
seat on Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s teacher cabinet. I’m copying my answers
below. There are three answers pasted together, which is why it might read
strangely. Will this get me on? I don’t know. I just wrote how I felt. […]
Chicago murders and cuts in food aid!
*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013*
*What bad reporting looks like:* Thirteen people were shot in a single
incident in Chicago on Thursday night.
Reading Monica Davey’s report in today’s New York Times, it occurred to us
that this is what bad reporting looks like:
DAVEY (9/21/13): The attack, which took place during a pickup basketball
game, was the latest flare-up of street violence that has confounded city
leaders. *Chicago had more than 500 homicides in 2012—more than any other
city in the nation and about 80 more than New York, which has three times
as many people.
*
Most of the vio... more »
Whistleblower: HSBC Still Laundering Money for Terrorists, Drug Cartels
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*Big banks are apparently too big to jail, even when they bankroll
terrorists and drug cartels, while regular people fill the prisons in the
world’s largest drug population for mostly non-violent drug offenses.*
Aaron Dykes
As a former Anti-Money Laundering Officer at HSBC, Everett Stern was
arguably never actually supposed to catch money laundering activity.
Instead, with little training but an inclination to make a difference,
Stern caught massive levels of fraud, and contacted CIA and FBI officials
in the summer of 2010 t... more »
Republican Priorities
Last Wednesday, the *National Review*, the infamous right wing
publication founded by the late William F. Buckley, quoted Georgia
Congressman Phil Gingrey as saying that Capitol aides “may be 33 years old
now and not making a lot of money. But in a few years they can just go to K
Street and make $500,000 a year. Meanwhile I’m stuck here making $172,000 a
year.”
This statement, which apparently was just tossed out by the NR's
Jonathan Strong as a matter of fact, shows what a fundamental disconnect
there is in the typical Republican mind. You may or may not remember Gingrey ... more »
Hysteria: Virginia Student Sent Home for Wearing Duck Dynasty T-shirt That “Implies Violence”
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Kimberly Paxton
You know that the priorities are really messed up when we are being led off
a cliff by the insane warmongers in Washington, when half the residents of
the country can’t feed themselves without government assistance, where the middle
class is dying a slow and painful death at the hands of deliberate
saboteurs in our own government, and when kids need armed escorts to get to
school safely in our inner cities, but the big line in the sand that gets a
kid sent home from school is wearing a Duck Dynasty t-shirt.
T... more »
Bashar Al-Assad, Russia and Chemical Weapons
Aid to Putin said that if Assad does not co-operate to handover chemical
weapons then Russia may kick Assad's butts.
*"Russia could abandon support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it
learnt that he was not committed to handing over control of his chemical
weapons arsenal, the chief of staff for President Vladimir Putin suggested
on Saturday."* Sergei Ivanov, chief of staff of the Presidential
Administration.
Read more here.
Man produces beer in his guts
It is an interesting story. An unusual illness. Drunk without drinking.
*Having a beer gut took on a new meaning *
*for a Texas man studied by U.S. researchers, *
*who found that his overgrowth of yeast in his body *
*was making him drunk because he was brewing *
*beer from within. (Rick Rycroft/Associated Press*
*"The man was found to have a blood alcohol level of .37, five times the
legal limit in Texas. Medical staff assumed he was inebriated, but the man
insisted he hadn’t had one drop of alcohol all day. They were also told he
had spent the past five years with bouts of intoxicat... more »
Argentina: Humanoids in Santiago del Estero (1979)
*Argentina: Humanoids in Santiago del Estero (1979)*
By Francisco Checchi
UFO Press #11, April 1979
*[We have been fortunate to secure issues of Argentina’s UFO PRESS journal
from the 1970s courtesy of journalist Alejandro Agostinelli, whose book
Contactados we reviewed two years ago. I regret not having been able to
include some of these amazing cases in “The Humanoid Conspiracy”, but I
will nonetheless make them available to readers through Inexplicata. Our
thanks to Mr. Agostinelli for sharing this information with us! – Scott
Corrales]*
During the first month of this year, t... more »
Audio: Canadian spy tries to entrap Kanesatake man
By
Tom Fennario and Jorge BarreraAPTN National NewsMONTREAL--An agent with
Canada’s spy agency tried to entice a Kanesatake man to meet over
“coffee” and discuss his recent trip to Greece before turning the
conversation personal by bringing up the 1990 Oka Crisis, according to a
recording of the phone conversation posted online. The recording offers
a revealing snapshot of the tactics agents
Untitled
*Lawsuit seeks Garret Graves' correspondence with oil and gas industry ~Jeff
Adelson, New Orleans Advocate*
*Custom guitar tribute to Saints is rocker's way of giving back ~Nancy
Parker, WVUE*
*Costco grand opening: 200 jobs and ‘a huge win’ for New Orleans, officials
say ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger*
*Taking Their Craft to the Next Level ~Poppy Tooker, WWNO*
Yet more evidence that #highered is as gutless as it comes
Can an animal survive without a gut? I mean, perhaps a zombie, leaching off
its own filth to survive, part of a nameless, nearly faceless horde hunting
for their next hunk of gray matter. Did I spoil your breakfast? In my
hometown of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, a private and religious
institution, is getting some attention […]
Stephen Harper: Will he fade away by 2015
All the scandals: Senate, robocalls, secretive government, all that
pro-roguing.... Has his time come and come 2015 he will lose elections and
Cons will choose a new leader? Or he may resign before that.
What Does Santorum Think Of The Pope Now?
I'm generally repulsed by religion but I'm a huge fan of Jesus Christ and
his message and I've got a very good feeling about this new Catholic Pope
Francis I and have since the day he was chosen to replace the Nazi Pope
someone seems to have made resign. I asked Ken, who's the resident expert
on all things Popish, is he wanted to do a post about the latest Francis
pronouncement but he punted it back to me. We can't let it go by unremarked
that the Pope told his followers that he's not a right-winger.
Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy,
sai... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - September 21 , 2013 ... News , data and Views touching on the precious metals !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/market-rigging-whistleblower-ted-butler-interviewed-by-sprott-money-news
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
As I mentioned in *The Wrap* in Friday's column, the price action and
volume in Far East trading on their Friday was dead right up until the
London open. That's when things changed and, in hindsight, for the worst.
The high-frequency traders spun prices lower on several occasions during
the Europe and U.S. trading day, and bought up all the longs that the tech
funds and small traders were prepared to puke up as sell stops were hit.
It was t... more »
A hardened rivet
This blog entry is completely unimportant so I urge all busy readers to
stop reading now.
Indeed, it's not my goal to inform you about every tomato I pick from a
shrub or every roll I bake in the oven. ;-) Those things are mundane,
boring, about 7 billion people is encountering similar things, and I don't
have too many comparative advantages when it comes to these matters –
perhaps a slightly enhanced talent to entertain you.
But the title I choose allows me to merge two distinct down-to-earth-topics
into one blog entry: music and bicycles.
I've moved by about 40,000 kilometers ... more »
Super typhoon heads to Hong Kong - max sustained winds of 139 mph , gusts of 163 mph ! After causing landslides and power outages in the Philippines and likely passing by Taiwan , a strong storm likely in Hong Kong Monday morning !
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/09/20/super-typhoon-usagi/2842095/
U.S. Navy's warning center predicted that Usagi poses a "severe threat" to
Hong Kong.
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(Photo: Chiang Ying-ying, AP)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Super typhoon Usagi expected to be most powerful of the year
- Usagi triggered landslides and power outages in parts of the north
Philippines
- Storms achieve super storm status when its sustained winds reach 150
mph
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The most powerful typhoon of the year swept thro... more »
US Navy was warned in August by Rhode Island Police that Monday's Naval sea Systems Command Center massacre shooter was hearing voices ( believing people were following him and sending vibrations into his body by some sort of microwave machine ) - and the US Navy still allowed Aaron Alexis access to the Facility and did not pull his secret clearance pending a full investigation ? Was Aaron a certified nut case - or was he being followed and were attempts being made to set him off some how ? Why did the US Navy do absolutely nothing despite this cler report of mental instability of one their contractors allegedly working at their Facility ?
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.infowars.com/confirmed-navy-yard-shooter-was-on-anti-depressant-trazodone/
Confirmed: Navy Yard Shooter Was On Anti-Depressant Trazodone
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Facebook][image: Infowars store]
Drug linked to previous mass shooting despite Washington Post declaring it
“safe”
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
September 19, 2013
It has been confirmed that Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis was on the
anti-depressant drug Trazodone, providing yet another ex... more »
Greece updates - September 21 , 2013 .... As Finance Minister Stournaras prepares to meet with the Troika , news leaks out that Deputy Prime Minister Venezelos might have tried to get the ECB to " rig " Greece's fiscal gap figures ! Greeks believe Merkel's re-election will be bad for Greece - which German Pol would be good for Greece ? Meanwhile , three million Greks have no access to healthcare as Prime Minister Samaras swears Greece will be recover by 2019 ! .....
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_20/09/2013_519458
( Did Venizelos ask ECB's Asmussen to " fix " Greece's fiscal gap numbers ?
)
*Venizelos denies report he asked Asmussen to 'reorganize' fiscal gap
figures [Update]*
German newspaper Die Zeit has reported that Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos
Venizelos asked European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen
if it was possible to “reorganize” figures so Greece’s fiscal gap for 2015
and 2016 appears smaller than it actually it is.
The report was denied by Venizelos’s office. A spokesman told CNBC that it... more »
ENJOY THE SHOW
Global Network board member Holly Gwinn Graham (Olympia, Washington) doing
her rock-folk love opera.
On horns, flute and harp is John Croarkin. On piano is Brian Kinsella. Dan
Walker played guitar. Singing were Hilary Lewis, Anne Kerr, and Margi
Carlson.
All songs were originals by Holly Gwinn Graham, aside from Love Train (the
O'Jays), Children's Crusade (Sting), Common Ground (Ivan Lins and others),
Save The Country (Laura Nyro), Five Pound Box O' Money, Imagine (Lennon),
and Redemption Day (Sheryl Crow).
Set 1
Common Ground,
Earth Anthem,
Love Will Prevail
No Frackin' Way
... more »
Counterpoint
As argued before, the fact that the BBC gets complaints from both sides *
isn't* proof that the BBC is impartial.
That point duly made...here are two Twitter comments on the subject of bias
that were made at almost exactly the same time today:
*ChrissieSilverSurfer* @ChrissieOAP 2h. @BBCNews showing UKIP conf @
SkyNews showing @Ed_Miliband on soapbox speech in full.#*BBCbias* at it's
worse
*james cooper* @vicarjim4 2h* bbc* at labour party confernece not started
yet. is that *bias* or has ED offered them more money. do they know UKIP
conference on now?
Inequality For All
On September 27th, a documentary film with that title hits the theatres.
The little guy who the film revolves around makes the same argument he has
been making in print for over a decade: the middle class is being squeezed,
and their plight -- the harvest of right wing ideology -- is why the United
States is being pulled apart.
Reich was interviewed this week for an article in *The Tyee*. Here are a
few excerpts:
"Losers in rigged games can become very angry," he says in the documentary *Inequality
for All*, which will be released in the U.S. on Sept. 27. "We're seeing an
entire... more »
Veiling the argument?
Not wearing a niqab
I see that Radio 4's *Sunday* will be discussing what certainly seems to
have been the 'hot topic' of the week (other than red squirrels making a
bit of a return) - namely the Muslim veil controversy:
Shelagh Fogarty explores where it [a national debate on the subject] may
lead with Dr Sara Silvestri, from City University, London and Mirina
Paananen, a student at the As-Suffa Institute in Birmingham.
Given that Mirina Paananen, a Muslim convert who wears the niqab, is against
'banning the burqa' and that Dr Silvestri is also against 'banning the
burqa', it seems... more »
When is a Person's Religion A Personal Matter and When is it Not?
The following piece will not dig deep into the concept of religious belief
and how it may or may not be different than other sorts of belief or
committments. I have done that elsewhere.
I am happy to live in a country that is fairly secularised in the political
sense. This secularisation is of the sensibly liberal and tolerant kind,
where people of openly displayed, institutionalised religious affiliation
are as welcome as anybody else to run for political office, and anyone that
may feel like it has the right to make religiously grounded arguments to
support or reject political su... more »
14 minutes of film that I found facinating and hope you do too
In 2005, an 83 year-old World War II pilot is surprised to see 16mm footage
of his 1944 Spitfire crash for the first time.
SPITFIRE 944 was put on YouTube as part of the Sundance Film Festival
Memorial Day observance through from May 22 through June 5, 2013 (UPDATE,
ShortsHD is allowing the film to stay on youtube for the moment:) The
Sundance portal is here: http://www.sundance.org/stories/artic...
If you are interested in your own copy, you can find it on iTunes here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/spi...
An absolutely fascinating piece of living history.
The debt ceiling tactic is not unprecedented
The *Washington Post* reports:
In 1973, when Richard Nixon was president, Democrats in the Senate,
including Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Walter Mondale (D-Minn.),
sought to attach a campaign finance reform bill to the debt ceiling after
the Watergate-era revelations about Nixon’s fundraising during the 1972
election. Their efforts were defeated by a filibuster, but it took days of
debate and the lawmakers were criticized by commentators (and fellow
lawmakers) for using “shotgun” tactics to try to hitch their pet cause to
emergency must-pass legislation....
One of the mo... more »
English-Speaking 'Forest Boy' Nicknamed 'Siberian Mowgli' Born and Raised in the Altai Wilderness by Anna Liesowska
Odzhan, whose name translates as 'a great soul' is 20 years old. Picture:
youtube
English-speaking 'forest boy' nicknamed 'Siberian Mowgli' born and raised
in the Altai wilderness
by Anna Liesowska
The Siberian Times, 11 September 2013
He is believed to be 20, born in the wild, never went to school, received
no vaccinations, and was cut off from civilisation.
The young man, named Odzhan or 'great soul', was born after his painter
father Alexander and musician mother Elena opted out of society to live in
mud huts and primitive timber houses in the wild. Until this week, he has ... more »
"Nobody's Listening..."
"*Angel:* Well, I guess I kinda worked it out. If there's no great
glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters... then all that matters
is what we do. 'Cause that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today. I fought
for so long, for redemption, for a reward, and finally just to beat the
other guy, but I never got it.
*Kate Lockley:* And now you do?
*Angel:* Not all of it. All I wanna do is help. I wanna help because, I
don't think people should suffer as they do. Because, if there's no bigger
meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the
world.
*Ka... more »
“Combating Emotional Vampires”
*“Combating Emotional Vampires”*
by Dr. Judith Orloff
“Relationships are always an energy exchange. To stay feeling our best, we
must ask ourselves: Who gives us energy? Who saps it? It's important to be
surrounded by supportive, heart-centered people who make us feel safe and
secure. It's equally important to pinpoint the emotional vampires, who,
whether they intend to or not, leech our energy.
To protect your sensitivity, it's imperative to name and combat these
emotional vampires. They're everywhere: coworkers, neighbors, family, and
friends. In Energy Psychiatry I've trea... more »
Boycotting Israel is an anti-Semitic act
Boycotting Israel is an anti-Semitic act.
'... Now apply the image to the behaviour of boycotters. A dispersed weak
focus is the trademark of their interest in Palestinians, where ever that
unhappy refugee-people may live. No heat results. Nothing catches fire.
War-torn Syria displaces Palestinians by the thousands; drops deadly gas on
them. Lebanon stops Palestinians from entering; the near half a million
that have lived for generations in Lebanon get third class treatment.
Egypt closes tunnels into Gaza, strangling the life out of Palestinians in
the strip. Meanwhile look at boyc... more »
Links for a Slow Typhoon Day
I know you must be trapped indoors on this ugly typhoon day -- no rain here
yet in central Taiwan so far. So enjoy some links....
- Taiwan should reform its economy to prosper.
- The Writing Baron on the old Beitou Granary. Such sites are found all
over Taiwan.
- Halpin says the MaWangMess is nothing like Watergate.
- Tourists from India to Taiwan on the rise.
- China's Xi touring Central Asia, where it is a huge investor and power
player. China is the major victor of America's defeats in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Its influence in the area is unmatched.
- Of... more »
U.S. threw two H-bombs on North Carolina
The Guardian brought us some chilling news:
US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina – secret document
A B-52 bomber broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the
detonation mechanism of one of the bombs the bomber carried was ready to do
its job.
Its parachute opened, its trigger mechanisms engaged, and only one
low-voltage switch prevented untold carnage.
In fact, two Mark 39 bombs could have detonated but only one of them came
"really close" to the catastrophe. Each of them carried the equivalent of 4
megatons of TNT, 250 times more than 16 kilotons... more »
POLICE TRY NOT TO CATCH TOP CHILD ABUSERS?
*Child abuser Sir Jimmy Savile with his friend Mick Starkey, a West
Yorkshire police inspector*
On 20 September 2013, we learn that, in the UK, the 'child-abuse police'
have reduced the number of their senior officers.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) works across the
UK 'tackling child sex abuse'.
CEOP's deputy chief executive, Andy Baker, has admitted the organisation
has got rid of some of its most experienced officers.
Child abuser Sir Jimmy Savile and his friends in the police.
Baker told* PC Pro* that CEOP has cut the number of chief superintende... more »
Blackberry to Cut 4,500 jobs among Income Thrust
*Blackberry has announced it is planning to cut 4,500 jobs, or 40% of its
worldwide workforce, in an attempt to stop vast losses. *The smart phone
maker supposed it expected a loss of as much as $995m when it reports its
second-quarter income next week. Shares in the firm closed down 17% after
briefly being halted subsequent the announcement.
According to Blackberry's chief executive Thorstein, we are implementing
the difficult, but necessary operational changes announced today to address
our position in a growing and more competitive industry, and to drive the
company toward pro... more »
Friday Baseball Post
Back to playoff structure again; I can't help it.
I just flipped on the Orioles/Rays game when it got to the 15th
inning...it's now the 16th. I have to admit: this is a great game between
two division rivals competing for the same playoff spot, right near the end
of the season. That's not bad.
And in my preferred system, this game would be irrelevant, assuming all
else equal (which we absolutely cannot, but what else are we going to do?).
Assuming that the Tigers were in the AL East, they would have a lock on
second place. But they and the Red Sox would be still be fighting for the ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Fairy Falls - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon. [Photo via Nate Zeman gallery.
Check out the rest of his fabulous work.]
Broken government
In the face of all evidence to the contrary, John Boehner keeps telling us
the real Murkin people support the crackpottery in his House of
Dysfunction. I suspect what they really would support is complimentary
psyche evals for him and his entire crackpot caucus. These idiots are
literally destroying this country and our entire form of government. As Steve
Benen said:
We've all heard the "elections have consequences" adage many times, but
let's be clear about what we're witnessing in 2013: Republicans are very
clearly telling the country, "No, actually, elections don't have
consequ... more »
Teacher Educators MUST Reject CAEP! @caepupdates
A few weeks ago it was AACTE that sold us out. This week EdWeek published
“Why the New Teacher Ed. Standards Matter“ By Mary Brabeck & Christopher
Koch. According to Brabeck and Koch, the new CAEP standards are so damn
good that blind acceptance of the standards and compliance is required if
teacher education is to ever […]
Sunday Classics preview: "He said, she said" in the opening scenes of "I Pagliacci"
*NEDDA*: How his eyes did blaze! I turned mine
away for fear he should read
my secret thought!
Oh, if he should catch me,
brutal as he is! But enough,
these are frightening nightmares and silly fancies!
*[A] - [C]*
*[D] - [F]*
*by Ken*
This week we return to the troubled marriage of Canio and Nedda, the
protagonists of Leoncavallo's *I Pagliacci*, whose acquaintance we made
several weeks ago "On our way to focusing on Nedda's scenes with the two
baritones of Leoncavallo's *Pagliacci*." Tonight we've plunged right into
the recitative that Nedda sings when she's left alone at her t... more »
Is this More of the ‘Cabal Takedown’?… “The BRICS “Independent Internet” Cable. In Defiance of the “US-Centric Internet””
This was posted at KPs blog....
Is this More of the ‘Cabal Takedown’?… “The BRICS “Independent Internet”
Cable. In Defiance of the “US-Centric Internet””
Posted on 2013/09/20by kauilapele
[image: image]Another move to separate BRICs and other non-West–aligned
countries from the US (et al) corporate controlled media , as I see it…
—————————————————–
*The BRICS “Independent Internet” Cable. In Defiance of the “US-Centric
Internet”*
The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff announces publicly the creation of
a world internet system INDEPENDENT from US and Britain ( the “US-centric
i... more »
Healthcare
**
*
"If you hide your ignorance, no-one will hit you, and you will never learn"*
"8 Million Poor Children Now Have Access Basic Medical Care - What, That
Wasn't Enough to Buy My Way Out of the Doghouse..? from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*Fuck you. You get Biden.*
"44 million Americans are uninsured, and eight out of ten of these are
workers or their dependents. Why is being uninsured a problem?
About 44 million people in this country have no health insurance, and
another 38 million have inadequate health insurance. This means that nearly
one-third of Americans face each day without the ... more »
Crazy
Another really long day of real life, which is exhausting but somehow not
as stressful as trying to read the news on the internets. I got as far as
the latest thuggery from the crackpot cons voting to defund Obamacare for
the 42nd time because, hearing Rosa Parks' voice in their heads and gave
up. This hot the heels of the GOP's vote to starve the poors because Jesus
told them to do it. Or something.
We need a new word for this level of insanity. Batshit crazy doesn't really
cover it anymore. Maybe we should bring back befuckled. Or invent a new one.
For District Leaders Considering Adopting the New Orleans “Miracle” Model
New Orleans’ Recovery School District (RSD) is being promoted nationwide as
a model of corporate reform “turnaround.” Thus, numerous legislatures,
superintendents and school boards across the country are facing the
question of whether or not to emulate RSD. In this post, I address school
officials who are tempted to believe and adopt the RSD “miracle.” RSD
success is a […]
Reports: U.S Ally Turkey Is Intervening Militarily In Syria On The Side of Al-Qaeda
*U.S. ally Turkey has intervened militarily in liberated Kurdish towns in
Syria on the side of al-Qaeda.*
Related:
*Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Helicopter, Harbors Al-Qaeda, Looks To Play
Spoiler (Videos)*.
*America, Turkey, And Saudi Arabia Are Waging War On Kurds In Syria Via
Al-Qaeda.*
*America's Main Middle East Client Regimes, Turkey And Saudi Arabia, Are
Using Al-Qaeda To Suppress Kurdish Rights In Syria.*
II. Reports: U.S Ally Turkey Is Intervening Militarily In Syria On The
Side of Al-Qaeda
The website 'The Rojava Report' says that the Turkish military is attacking... more »
VIDEO Vicam Yaqui Highway Blockade in Defense of Water Rights Sept 2013
Photo:
Vicam Water Rights Gathering Sept 17, 2013
Yaqui maintain major highway blockade for more than 100 days in defense
of water rights
Article by Brenda Norrell
Video by Ali Brooks
Censored News
Ofelia Rivas, O'odham
VICAM PUEBLO, Sonora, Mexico -- At Vicam Pueblo in Sonora, Mexico, Vicam
Yoeme (Yaqui) maintain their highway blockade in defense of water, now
for more than 100 days
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309
lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309
spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our
larger Milky Way galaxy. Bluish clusters of young stars and dust lanes are
seen to trace out NGC 1309's spiral arms as they wind around an older
yellowish star population at its core.
*Click image for larger size.*
Not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy, observations of NGC 1309's
recent supernova and Cepheid variable stars contribute to the calibration... more »
Louis Massignon On The Sykes–Picot Agreement, T. E. Lawrence, And The Balfour Declaration
*Wikipedia:*
Louis Massignon (July 25, 1883 – October 31, 1962) was a French scholar of
Islam and its history. Although a Catholic himself, he tried to understand
Islam from within and thus had a great influence on the way Islam was seen
in the West; among other things, he paved the way for a greater openness
inside the Catholic Church towards Islam as it was documented in the
pastoral Vatican II declaration Nostra Aetate.
Below are excerpts from, "My Entry into Jerusalem with Lawrence in 1917" by
Louis Massignon. Source: *Testimonies and Reflections: Essays of Louis
Massignon... more »
This Sunday at 6PM EST, Diane Ravitch is At the Chalk Face to discuss Reign of Error.
Listen to the show here. I have to get reading. Tagged: diane ravitch,
reign of error
TN Achievement School Distict Official Granted Charter Approval by TN Achievement School District
Posted at Memphis Schools Matter:
After Bobby White got national attention on Fox & Friends by enforcing a
ban on baggy pants at Westside Middle School in Memphis, where he was
principal a couple of years back, White has become the darling of the
State-funded effort to corporatize and charterize Memphis schools, per the
Bill Gates design.
White has his own consulting business, has hired on as Director of
Community Communications for the Achievement School District (ASD), has
started his own charter school company, and is a voice for the State
Charter School Incubator.
Showing no c... more »
Peltier Tribunal on Indigenous Rights announces judges and witnesses
Planning
session: Dorothy Ninham, Bill Means and Clyde Bellecourt
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The Leonard Peltier International Tribunal on the Abuse of Indigenous
Human Rights has announced the judges and the preliminary list of
witnesses. The Tribunal will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Green Bay,
Wisconsin, on Oneida land, Oct. 2, 3 and 4, 2013. It is open to the
public and will
Women's Knowledge: Three Reasons We Won't Solve Climate Change Without It by Katrina Rabeler — YES! Magazine
Women's Knowledge: Three Reasons We Won't Solve Climate Change Without It
by Katrina Rabeler — YES! Magazine
The DAmN Party (aka GOP) rampages onward in its take-no-prisoners assault on truth, justice, and the American way
*Confirmation yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Committee was the second
step toward the failure of Nina Pillard's nomination to the District
Circuit Court of Appeals, which began with the president's announcement of
her nomination.*
*by Ken*
I had to really scrutinize a washingtonpost.com "Fix" item the other day, "Ted
Cruz vs. House Republicans," to grasp the nature of the reported rupture in
the Capitol Hill GOP, occasioned by the exhortation of Texas Sen. Ted "Rock
Brain" Cruz to his fellow GOP-ers in the House to stand firm when the
Senate strips their latest legislative stra... more »
Tahltan First Nation coal protesters prepare for arrests
Rhoda
Quock hugging 9-year son, Caden with Tahltan Elder Bertha Louie at
protest camp againt coal mining project in the Pacific coast province of
British Columbia.
Photo Credit: Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
Tahltan First Nation protesters of coal mine project prepare for arrests
By Wojtek Gwiazda | english@rcinet.ca
Friday 20 September, 2013
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL
http://
Terrance Nelson 'Economic Terrorism to be Legalized Again'
Economic
Terrorism to be Legalized Again
Terrance Nelson
By Terrance Nelson
Roseau River Anishinabe
Censored News
As Canadian Press reports Tuesday, it is a battle between the good guys
and "illegal" supposedly criminals, operating outside the laws of Canada
and the Province of Manitoba. The reality is that the immigrants who
have come into our lands legislated their own laws to legalize
"At Odds..."
"My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to
remain sane."
"Societal 'Stockholm Syndrome'"
* *
*"Societal 'Stockholm Syndrome'"*
by Kathleen Trigiani
"The term, “Stockholm Syndrome”, was coined in the early 70's to describe
the puzzling reactions of four bank employees to their captor. On August
23, 1973, three women and one man were taken hostage in one of the largest
banks in Stockholm. They were held for six days by two ex-convicts who
threatened their lives but also showed them kindness. To the world's
surprise, all of the hostages strongly resisted the government's efforts to
rescue them and were quite eager to defend their captors. Indeed, several
months after ... more »
As the United Empire of America and Israel searches for new ways to bomb and/or destabilize Syria in order to get at Iran and corner Russia and China, these three countries are forming a win-win free-trade alliance without dropping a single bomb. Pepe Escobar tells you how they're doing it.
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*OpEdNews Op Eds 9/13/2013 at 22:21:47*
*China stitches up (SCO) Silk Road*
*By Pepe Escobar (about the author)* *Permalink*
Headlined to H2 9/13/13
opednews.com
Source: Asia Times
While the whole world was terrified by the prospect of the Obama
administration bombing Syria, Chinese President Xi Jinping was busy doing
the Silk Road.
One has to love that famous Deng Xiaoping dictum; "Always maintain a low
profile." This being the second-largest economy in the world, "low profile"
always packs a mighty punch. Cue to September 7, in Astana, Kazak... more »
“What is the ‘Hegelian Dialectic?’"
* *
*“What is the ‘Hegelian Dialectic?’"*
- Stirling
"The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with
a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists."
- J. Edgar Hoover
“Why is it important for you to understand the subject of the Hegelian
Dialectic? Because it is the process by which all change is being
accomplished in society today. More importantly, it is the tool that the
globalists are utilizing to manipulate the minds of the average American to
accept that change, where ordinarily they would refuse it.
The Hegelian Dialectic is, in short, the critical p... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: The End Is Nigh, Say It Ain’t So
Breaking Bad is down to two episodes left. Just like a great book, you
want to desperately get to the end until you realize that the end means the
end of a great story-telling experience. So, here is one set of folks
pondering the end with heaps of spoilers.
CIA Weapons Are Being Used In Syria To Kill Christians, Kurds, And Other Minorities
*Photo: President Obama on a conference call with al-Qaeda, Saudi spy
Bandar Bush, and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, being informed that
Christians, Kurds, and other minorities are being killed in Syria as
planned.*
Who says U.S. policy in Syria is broken? It is working perfectly fine.
Murder and mayhem is what Washington wanted, and this is exactly what it
has got.
Religious and ethnic minorities are being attacked by US-Saudi-Turkish
backed Sunni terrorist groups, with al-Qaeda at the tip of the spear.
American-led Jihadist terrorism is driving hundreds of thousands out of
... more »
SWAT Team Told to ‘Stand Down’ During Navy Shooting Stonewalled by Authorities - why the hell aren't folks outraged by this ? Who gave that Order - and who did they discuss the stand down order with before issuing it ? Why was the leader of CERT replaced without explantion , why have four members applied for temporary leave , why has a stone wall been put in place ? Anyone think this isn't just SLIGHTLY ODD ? Taking a further look at Aaron Alexis's claim to the Rhode Island Police that he was being stalked and targeted by a microwave device sending vibrations through his body - is there something to his claim , any scientific support ? The answer may surprise.....
http://www.infowars.com/swat-team-told-to-stand-down-during-navy-shooting-stonewalled-by-authorities/
SWAT Team Told to ‘Stand Down’ During Navy Shooting Stonewalled by
Authorities
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Unit’s leader replaced, others apply for leave
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
September 20, 2013
Members of a Washington SWAT team who were told to stand down during the
Navy Yard shooting have been stonewalled by authorit... more »
Blackberry releases massive shocker - here are the grim low lights ..............BlackBerry just announced that it plans to cut 4,500 jobs............. It also said it only shipped 3.7 million smart phones last quarter, which is an epic fail.....................The company pre-announced earnings, saying it had a net operating loss of $995 million in Q2 this year......... BlackBerry says it will cut operating expenditures by 50% by 2015.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-20/blackberry-investors-seeing-red-following-early-announcement-50-revenue-miss
BlackBerRIP: BBRY Plummets Over 20% On Friday Afternoon Early Earnings
Debacle
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2013 15:25 -0400
- GAAP
- New Normal
- Short Interest
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*UPDATE: BBRY opens and trades down to $8.06 - all-time lows -21%*
So much for the 8 analysts who have "Buys"...
Having risen phoenix-like off the lows in July, it seems Blackberry is
echoing the Eastman Kodaks of the world. Releasing its ear... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - September 18 , 2013 .... News , Data and Views including - India escalates gold capital controls , hikes duties on gold jewelry ......Brazil spurns US State visit over NSA spying and demands public apology from US ..... Barclays raising 9.2 Billion in capital , fined 79 million by UK Regulators for lying about bribes paid to Qatari bond investors ....France opts for meek reforms and hope ......Ambrose Evans Pritchard rips German FM Schauble ......Russian ruble debuts on Paypal...Russia seeks to privatize state assets of Greece ...... China seeks to avoid bailout , eyes private funds to tackle bad debt build up ..... fake silver bars reported ( 10 ounce bars ) .... Ed Steer's WRAP for September 18 , 2013...... Syria items of note
Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-17/india-escalates-gold-capital-controls-hikes-duty-gold-jewerly-imports-15
India Escalates Gold Capital Controls, Hikes Duty On Gold Jewelry Imports
To 15%
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/17/2013 13:59 -0400
- Capital Markets
- India
- Precious Metals
- Reuters
- Trade Deficit
- Transaction Tax
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Anyone following the Indian economy and capital markets has been witness to
what is the worst case outcome for a modern-day central banker: on one hand
forced to keep inflation dow... more »
Winnemem Wintu to protest Shasta Dam raising on Sat., Sept 21, 2013
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Caleen
Sisk, Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, speaks against the raising of
Shasta Dam as Jessica Abbe, writer for the On Sacred Ground series,
listens at the premiere showing of Episode 1: Pilgrims and Tourists, at
the Cascade Theatre in Redding on Saturday, September 14. The film was
superb with stunning coverage of the common struggles of
May I be excused?
Jimmy Perry, co-creator with David Croft of *Dad’s Army*, *It Ain’t Half
Hot Mum* and *Hi De Hi! *(to name but a few of his popular triumphs) has
just turned 90 and the *Daily Telegraph* pays tribute to him today, asking
"Is there anyone living in Britain today who has contributed more to our
Gross National Happiness than Jimmy Perry?"
Here's how he first sketched out his ideas for *Dad's Army - *that most
golden of comedies from the days when the BBC produced such things:
“I had one of those exercise books with multiplication tables on the back,
and scrawled down the characters wh... more »
5 Years After the Financial Crisis, The Big Banks Are Still Committing Massive Crimes
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-09-20/5-years-after-financial-crisis-big-banks-are-still-committing-massive-crimes
5 Years After the Financial Crisis, The Big Banks Are Still Committing
Massive Crimes
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Submitted by George Washington on 09/20/2013 12:12 -0400
*Preface: Not all banks are criminal enterprises. The wrongdoing of a
particular bank cannot be attributed to other banks without proof. But – as
documented below – many of the biggest banks have engaged in unimaginably
bad behavior.*
You Won’t *Believe* What They’ve Done …... more »
Elsewhere: The CR, Ted Cruz, more
Let's see...haven't done this for a while, so there are a few.
Today at Plum Line I got into the question of whether Democrats have
already surrendered on the budget by accepting a sequestration level CR
(the answer? No, probably not, but I'm not impressed with their strategy).
And I got on Ted Cruz's case for his "new paradigm" of grassroots activism.
What else?
Cruz's rhetoric is self-defeating.
The Republicans could use a Pope -- or maybe Gowron.
Five reasons we might get a budget calamity.
Summers and the proper use of trial balloons.
Credit Poor Marksmanship and Sheer Luck
A mass shooting in Chicago has left 13-wounded but, so far, no dead.
The fusillade was attributed to gang violence and many of the wounded were
gang members. Police say an assault rifle with a high capacity magazine
was used.
*A 3-year-old boy, Deonta Howard, was critically hurt but was alert when he
arrived at a hospital and seemed to be doing well, family and friends said.
Two other people were in critical condition. The others were reportedly in
serious or fair condition.
The attack happened while a park was still crowded with people watching a
basketball game and enjoying a wa... more »
Weaver Slams Christy Clark's Gassy Pipedream
Green Party MLA and professor, Andrew Weaver, says B.C. premier Christy
Clark's vision of a future economy padded by immense wealth from liquified
natural gas exports is a fantasy.
*“I think talk of B.C. becoming a major LNG exporter is nothing more than a
pipe dream,” said Weaver, a climate-change expert and B.C.’s only Green MLA.
*
*** Weaver said there is no way the province can meet legislated
greenhouse-gas emission targets if it continues to develop the LNG option.*
**
*“The numbers just don’t add up. The greenhouse-gas emissions associated
with LNG development are simply too... more »
One Nun puts US/Israeli intelligence to shame over stage managed Syrian footage
*Excellent op ed from Mahdi Nazemroya *
*Also available at Information Clearinghouse - ht anonymous commenter *
*Just posting parts of this article, one should truly take the entire piece
in and look at all the images presented *
The US intelligence community has been put to shame by the dedication and
determination of a lone Christian nun. Her modest study of the videos of
the Syrian chemical attack shows they were productions involving staged
bodies.
Those who take the time to read the report by Mother Agnes and the
International Support Team for Mussalaha in Syria (ISTEAMS) wil... more »
It came from the swamp...
Godfrey Bloom, MEP for Yorkshire and Humberside has had the UKIP whip
withdrawn after he referred to female party activists as “sluts”. It was
all a joke, apparently... I guess we must be still waiting for the punch
line.
The worst thing, perhaps, about this latest UKIP to-do is all the concerned
pundity: "will it affect the party's popularity?" Let me clear it up for
you. No. Middle England bigots and reptiles have found a home in UKIP.
Godfrey Bloom is merely expressing what these scum think but, usually,
don't have the gall to say. MEP calls women UKIP delegates "sluts" -
everyo... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Orwell, Vermont, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Full Video of "JFK and the Unspeakable" panel discussion with Jim Douglass, Oliver Stone and Lisa Pease, moderated by Robert Ellsberg
Here
is the entire talk, filmed at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills,
California, on November 8, 2010, 50 years to the day after John F.
Kennedy was elected President. I have to say, each and every one of
these men was just as nice and genuine and brilliant offstage as they
were onstage. It was such a treat to share the stage with them for this
event! YouTube limits uploads to 15 minutes, hence
David Reichert (R-WA) Needs Independent Voters To Be Reelected But Jason Ritchie Has Other Plans For Those Voters
Many of us know about WA-08 because a progressive champion, Darcy Burner
ran against Republican incumbent Dave Reichert in 2006 and 2008. Darcy came
close but never unseated Reichert... and the DCCC has ignored the district.
They shouldn't. With a PVI of R+1, President Obama won it in 2008 against
McCain 51-47% and last year against Romney 50-48%. It's a winnable district
and this year the Democrat running against Reichert is Jason Ritchie, an
Issaquah small businessman. I asked him to introduce himself to *DWT*readers. This is his guest post:
*Pragmatic Progressivism
by Jason Rit... more »
Women in Bhutan: We are one - One Billion Rising
Published on Feb 10, 2013
There is nothing remotely excusable about violence against women anywhere,
at any time! Bhutanese women, men and children join One Billion Rising to
pledge our support to end towards violence against women.
Join us at www.facebook.com/RENEWbt to make a difference.
Nigel Farage and that Hitler moustache: Coincidence or conspiracy?
Who's that, dressed up as a Nazi at university?
It's shadow chancellor Ed Balls, of course.
Is he embarrassed by the photo?
“Of course I’m not embarrassed by it. If I had the choice again, would I do
it? No. Is there a difference between being 20 and being 40? Yes.
"I went along with it for a laugh. In retrospect I wouldn’t do it again.”
Now, I'll admit I'm not a fan of Ed Balls, but one thing's for sure - he's
not a Nazi.
And nor is Nigel Farage.
*Newsnight'*s former Tory-Basher-in-Chief, Michael Crick, now at *Channel 4
News*, has obtained a letter [via whom, and for what u... more »
The Hermetic Universe
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* *
* *The Hermetic Universe*
September 19, 2013
By WakingTimes
Michael Hayes, New Dawn
Ever since my formative years, when I first began to think in concepts, I
have always been confounded by the mystery of human existence. By and large
we all tend to take this consciousness of ours for granted, but for me it
has always been a source of wonder. Equally perplexing is that ultimate
question in life: death – that future happening looming over the horizon of
all of our lives like some conceptual black hole. What, one wonders, is the
purpose in the unending cycle of the genesis and ... more »
"Enemy Action" of FEMA?
I don't usually post articles like this any more, but this FEMA shit really
pisses me off!
I had friends who were midwives and medics who were first boots on the
ground in Haiti. I was involved with several groups that shipped food and
medical supplies (at their own expense) to Haiti. I knew a group that were
boots on the ground in New Orleans within a few hours of Katrina. I
followed the volunteer efforts after hurricane Sandy hit New York and New
Jersey very closely, and watched the facebook page that the Occupy Wall
Street group set up to keep everyone updated on the volunteer ... more »
Untitled
*Politicos peddling the paper — the latest wrinkle in New Orleans'
newspaper wars ~Kevin Allman, Gambit *
David Ignatius breaks major guild rule!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013*
*Rebel pundit names the names of three colleagues:* The Washington Post’s
David Ignatius just keeps breaking the rules.
Last year, he published the text of the “talking points” Susan Rice was
given concerning Benghazi. In doing so, he established a key premise: Rice
had simply presented the CIA’s best understanding, at that time, of what
had occurred.
Yesterday, Ignatius did it again. He wrote a column which suggested that
Obama shouldn’t be getting hammered so hard about recent events in Syria.
At the start of his piece, he outlined his case—and he sh... more »
“How to 'Fed Proof' Your Wealth”
* *
*“How to 'Fed Proof' Your Wealth”*
by Bill Bonner
“Stocks settled down yesterday. The Dow dropped 40 points. Either the
market had already priced in “QE forever”… or investors are starting to
wonder. Maybe an economy with falling household incomes is not a good place
to own stocks. Maybe an economy that is barely growing doesn’t justify the
highest stock prices of all time. And maybe the Fed’s $85 billion a month
bond-buying spree doesn’t work…
Economists, analysts and advisors have been trying to figure out exactly
what QE does. The Fed is adding more than $1 trillion to the... more »
The Global Warming Fraud: Climate Scientists Told To "Cover Up" The Fact That Earth's Temperature Hasn't Risen For The Last 15 Years!
I have been extremely busy over the last while, concentrating more on
finishing this course that I have been taking for enhancing my work
skills.... Therefore many subjects such as the fraud of man caused "Global
Warming" have fallen by the wayside.... I figure that with some extra time
today, I would delve into that subject of "Global Warming" for a change of
pace and away from all the news still coming out about the push for war on
Syria.
I came across the following article from the Mail online news service, out
of the United Kingdom today (www.dailymail.co.uk), and I knew right a... more »
Former Canadian Diplomat Ken Taylor: "Argo was entertaining. . .but it had nothing to do with reality"
*Related:* * *
*The Shadow CIA Was Instrumental In The Taking of American Hostages In Iran
*.
*Hostage To False Flag Terror: The Link Between The October Surprise And
The September Surprise*.
*Dave Emory's Interview With Fara Mansoor About The Truth About The
Iranian Hostage Crisis (January 1993)*.
*Wikipedia:*
Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Taylor, OC (born October 5, 1934) is a Canadian
diplomat, educator and businessman, best known for his role in the 1979
covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" when he was the Canadian
ambassador to Iran. With the cooperation of the Americ... more »
Ayumi Hamasaki - M (Above & Beyond Cyber Trance Remix)
No time for a proper post this evening as I'll be heading to that most
august monthly occasion: the Stoke-on-Trent Central Labour Party meeting.
But thanks to Ed's entirely welcome announcement of Labour's intention to
scrap the bedroom tax, the assembled comrades may be a little less cynical.
While it is ridiculous that the leadership have prevaricated over the
bedroom tax for so long, a return to something resembling principled
opposition deserves marking. And this blog being this blog, the proper way
is to inflict a superb trance classic on you readers. This time it's the
Above &... more »
Merrow Vs. Schneider on New Orleans and Rhee
I don’t blame Merrow for wanting more support and for suggesting that folks
reach out to the many media people he mentions. I do blame him for: 1)
doing it in such a mewling tone – he’d be more effective to suggest not
complain with that “Why aren’t people . . . ” intro that […]
Brassia orchid in watercolour
Watercolour of a spider (Brassia) orchid.
Re-billed Toucan
Red-billed Toucan, also known as the White-throated Toucan *Ramphastos
tucanus.*
In League With the Devil. How the NSA is Giving Organized Crime a Cyber-Leg Up
It was all done in the name of national security and who can argue with
that? Certainly not organized crime. From *The Economist:*
*Many cryptographic systems in use on the internet, it seems, are not
"properly implemented", but have been weakened by flaws deliberately
introduced by the NSA as part of a decade-long programme to ensure it can
read encrypted traffic.*
*The extent and nature of the programme is still unclear, but it appears to
involve getting software companies and internet service providers to insert
secret vulnerabilities, or backdoors, into apparently secure sy... more »
Sponsored: #FABsmile Membership Giveaway
I was given an opportunity to review this service, in exchange for hosting
this giveaway. My Reason to Smile.
We all know that we are supposed to replace our toothbrushes every three
months. How often they actually get replaced in our house would make my
dentist brother cringe. I usually just don't think about replacing my
toothbrush until I start brushing my teeth and then I forget by the time I
am at the store. Floss and Brush has come up with a system that will make
sure your teeth get the new tooth brushes they deserve. For $1 per family
member per month, they will ship ... more »
Told you it was underground erosion didn't we?
This was what we wrote on JUNE 18, 2013.
http://our-manmade-disasters.blogspot.com/2013/06/where-part-truth-does-not-equal-to_18.html
Far from being solely an “impact crater” as implied by Clifford Tan and The
Star; the 6m deep crater which Lim's car had “sunk” into was a cave-in
(collapsed) crater, a consequence of both deep impact and existing
underground weaknesses like erosion voids beneath the road foundation. The
volume of upheaval mass did not equal the volume of the observed crater.
There are significant differences. An impact crater on solid ground would
have the typical b... more »
Mohawk John Kane 'Rule of Law or Rule of Lawyers?'
Rule
of Law or Rule of Lawyers?
By John Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
We often hear from the righteous voices of the U.S. and Canada when
looking at countries and peoples they view as inferior, that “rule of
law” must prevail in these “developing” nations. “Developing”…? Excuse
me! Forget the fact the U.S. and Canada have no culture or even a
language of their own and barely a
SYRIA, LIBYA AND A QUIZ
The Mossad faction within the CIA and MI6 appears to be fighting the
non-Mossad faction within the CIA and MI6.
*Now fighting each other *
(the author at the Telegraph is close to MI6)
*[image: Maltese Bar]*
*1.**
*
Brian comments:
*International law expert: Francis Boyle* critiqued the UN report.
He says:
(1) The UN inspectors “admit they were under the control of the opposition.”
(2) *“None of the 3 hair samples tested positive for sarin.”*
(3) There were very few bodies.
According to Boyle:
“Of 36 samples, the 2 labs together could not confirm even ONE use of
chemical wea... more »
Legends of the Fall
Happy First Day of Fall, Y 'all! (It's not till Sunday, but better early
than never.)
The seasons may change for most of us, but the manufactured fiscal crises
dreamed up by our leaders for the sole purpose of scaring us and screwing
us always seem to remain the same. Our political system, ruled as it is by
the moneyed interests, has all the seasonality of Antarctica:
forever frozen in phony bipartisan gridlock, the better to attract the
campaign and lobbyist cash while they pretend to fight over war, citizen
surveillance, immigration reform and gun control.
Or conversely, (as lon... more »
PETRAEUS GETS HIS REVENGE
Six CUNY Students Violently Arrested Protesting Ex-General David Petraeus
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*News Release *
Six students were arrested Tuesday evening in an unprovoked police attack
against a peaceful protest lead by City University of New York (CUNY)
students and faculty decrying the University’s appointment of former CIA
chief and ex-General, David Petraeus as an adjunct professor to the Honors
College. Students were punched, pushed against parked vehicles and thrown
to the pavement by police captains and officers after the NYPD forced them
off the sidewalk and into the street. Tuesday’s demon... more »
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The Boston Bombing Is An Inside Job -- Evidence!
Friday, April 19, 2013
The Boston marathon bombing has the signature of the shadow government
written all over it!
"Boston marathon bombing happened on same day as 'controlled explosion'
drill by Boston bomb squad", Mike Adams reports for Natural News.
"What's not yet being reported by the mainstream media is that a
'controlled explosion' was under way on the same day as the marathon
explosion.
As the Boston Globe tweeted today, 'Officials: There will be a controlled
explosion opposite the library within one minute as part of bomb... more »
Double-take
Here's a comment about the BBC, and BBC bias, which may have many of you
shaking your heads - perhaps because you're nodding along in agreement but
also perhaps because you can't quite believe you're agreeing with the man
who said it:
“The pay of senior executives is a scandal. They are all of a type too,
Oxbridge, glorified civil servants. They go in after university and they
stay there for life. It’s incestuous, it’s cushy, it’s well-paid and it’s
unchallenging. And they replicate themselves, the Clives and Samanthas. The
argument used to be advanced that they had to pay these hu... more »
House Passes Bill To Kill ObamaCare/Cuts $40B from Food Stamps (Because They're Lazy!), DeLay Delay Delayed, and International Efforts Solidify Against US Small-Minded Policy Re: NSA Illegalities
House Passes Bill To Kill Obamacare, Avert Government ShutdownHouse Votes
To Cut $4B A Year from Food Stamps Talk about a shit-eating grin. Even if
this picture isn't that current, it's certainly character driven. Tom DeLay
Conviction Overturned by Texas Court Talk about terrorism against the
helpless. The U.S. is making a reputation today that will take decades to
put aright once the
“11.6 Billion and Counting: Voyager 1 Makes Interstellar History”
*“11.6 Billion and Counting: *
*Voyager 1 Makes Interstellar History”*
by Patrick Copeland
“I didn’t meet Capt. Janeway until I was in my 20s, but I felt as though
I’d known her all my life. In fact, being the unapologetic geek that I am,
I’ve always looked up to the brave leaders of those star-faring ships that
took me places I had never imagined before… And it looks like Voyager is at
it again.
After what scientists estimate to be about a year of traveling through a
sea of plasma and ionized gas, NASA’s spacecraft Voyager 1 has finally
become the first man-made object to tr... more »
Throwing Down the Gauntlet - "Rational" People Will Be Convinced By the Science - IPCC
There are encouraging signs that, this time, climate scientists are coming
prepared for a fight against the forces of denialism.
You can tell the Fossil Fuelers and the rest of their supporting cast in
the denialist community have their knickers in a bunch over the pending
release of the next IPCC report on climate change.
Their worry over the report's findings has sent them into a tizzy rehashing
the "*5 Stages of Denialism*" - 1. Deny the Problem Exists; 2. Deny We're
the Cause and Deny the clear Scientific Consensus; 3. Deny It's a Problem;
4. Deny We Can Solve It; and, 5. Cla... more »
The Greed of Big Pharma + Total Compliance Reformer Schools = More Child Doping
From Alternet, a clip from an excerpt of this book:
Prices of ADHD meds at the middle dose for ninety pills on Drugstore.com in
2011 were Concerta, $540; Vyvanse, $532; Intuniv, $500; Adderall, $278; and
Ritalin, $191. The price of the most common antidepressants, like Prozac,
Celexa, Lexapro, Zoloft, Cymbalta, and Wellbutrin, for ninety pills, was
around $380. Two of the drugs prescribed to Rebecca Riley by Dr. Kifuji
happen to be quite pricey. Drugstore.com rates in 2011 for 180 500 mg
tablets of Seroquel were $1,048 and for Depakote, $708.
Among drug reps, it is common knowledg... more »
Longest Walk 4: Walking into Lawrence, Kansas
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Photos by Carl 'Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone
Censored News
LAWRENCE, Kansas -- The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz walked into
Lawrence, Kansas, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013
Photos by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, thank you from Censored News! Bad
Bear said today, "All the walkers left looking for other walkers to go
all the way with us."
Bad Bear said at Haskell
House Republicans Celebrate War On Poverty By Gutting The Food Stamps Program
Thursday afternoon, all but 15 Republicans voted to take $40 billion out of
the food stamps program. It will never pass the Senate or be signed by the
President, but it was a way for Republicans to reassure their crazy Tea
Party base that they're as greedy, selfish and filled with hatred as the
people who vote for them are. Progressive Caucus co-chairs Raúl Grijalva
(D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) and CPC Whip Barbara Lee (D-CA), like every
Democrat in the House, voted NO. Grijalva: "Some of my Republican
colleagues want to cut food assistance for needy families instead of
closin... more »
Walsh wasn’t willing to tell you the truth!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013*
*This is how tribes get dumb:* It took a lot of work to make The Other
Tribe as dumb and crazy as it often is at this point.
Sean and Rush have been at it for decades. In this morning’s column, Paul
Krugman recalls a few highights:
KRUGMAN (9/20/13): Some pundits insist, even now, that this is somehow Mr.
Obama’s fault. Why can’t he sit down with Mr. Boehner the way Ronald Reagan
used to sit down with Tip O’Neill? But O’Neill didn’t lead a party whose
base demanded that he shut down the government unless Reagan revoked his
tax cuts, and O’Neill didn’t f... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Not Final!'
NOT
FINAL!
Posted on September 19, 2013
MNN. Sep. 19, 2013. This program to systematically murder us was carried
out when the European invaders arrived on our shores. Over 100 million
of our people were massacred. It continues to this day. In 1920 Duncan
Campbell Scott formally put the “Final Solution” of the Indian Problem
into policy. “I want to get rid of the Indian problem…. Our
Is it true that Bill Clinton said that 'Hillary had eaten more pussy than he had'?
Weasel Zippers reports the story that was in, out and then back in the Daily
Mail.
Gennifer said: ‘I don’t know Huma or the Weiners. I just know what Bill
told me and that was that he was aware that Hillary was bisexual and he
didn’t care. He should know.
‘He said Hillary had eaten more p***y than he had.’
Innovation? No Thank You
There is a problem with really successful people: They tend to believe they
are incredibly capable in every field, and that most other people are not.
Success is a deluding experience, and if there is anything that innovators
are, it is delusional—delusional that being innovative is greater than
having field experience or expertise.
In education reform, delusion is rampant. And the key source of all that
delusional innovation is that innovators are often keen on pushing their
innovations in fields in which they have no experience or expertise (see
above).
And thus, good people with ... more »
Love without Boundaries
In my opinion the following article is one of the best that Bill has ever
written on American Kabuki. (He seemingly channeled George Carlin for a
few sections, lol)
"*When you can remove the boundary on your love, you remove the limit on
your BEING and DOING. * Its really as simple as that. *ALL THE UNIVERSE
MOVES ASIDE FOR LOVE. FOR IT IS ALL MADE FROM LOVE. * *Densities,
dimensions, realms, are all constructs of beliefs and consensus of those
that chose to play in the experimental playground of the illusion of
separation."*
Love without limits.
This is one of the most di... more »
"The World’s Most Evil Corporation Issues A Dire Warning"
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*"The World’s Most Evil Corporation Issues A Dire Warning"*
by Dave Hodges
“The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest.
That would seriously interfere with business.”
- Clarence S. Darrow
"Goldman Sachs is the epitome of the word “evil.” If one wants to know
what the evil central bankers are up to, one only needs to pay attention to
the actions of Goldman Sachs. The power elite residing inside of this
country does not begin and end with the Federal Reserve, that privilege is
reserved for the interrelationship between Goldman Sachs, the Federal
Reser... more »
Innovation? No Thank You
There is a problem with really successful people: They tend to believe they
are incredibly capable in every field, and that most other people are not.
Success is a deluding experience, and if there is anything that innovators
are, it is delusional—delusional that being innovative is greater than
having field experience or expertise. In education […]
Hitler Youth
No, this isn't Hitler Youth but it's pretty darn close.
Why didn't the news cover this ?
The federal government calls them FEMA Corps,
but they resemble the Hitler Youth of Nazi Germany.
On September 13, 2012 the DPS graduated it's first class of
"FEMA Corps" aka "Obama Youth" first responders.
Mexico: Flood devastation continues
In Acapulco the tourist-heaven has turned into a hell.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
*"In the Pacific resort of Acapulco, roads have become raging torrents,
stranding some 40,000 tourists, including hundreds of Americans. ***
*Mexican authorities scrambled to launch an air lift to evacuate tens of
thousands of tourists stranded amid floods in the resort of Acapulco and
deliver relief supplies following a pair of deadly storms. *** **
*Looters have added to the misery, wading through waist-deep water to raid
abandoned stores, even as the f... more »
And on that note…
It seems altogether appropriate to me that my last Duck post should be a
post about pedagogy. The more years I spend in this business, the more
convinced I am that our area of greatest impact, and the place where our
academic vocations are most clearly on display, is the classroom. Whether
in-person or virtual,
Continue reading
Stephen Mehler - Egypt's Cataclysm - 12,000 years ago
Modern Egyptology says the Pyramids are a few thousand years old i.e. from
the time of the Pharaohs whose embalmed corpses they housed. Not so, says Stephen
Mehler.
Along with others who claim signs of WATER DAMAGE on the Sphinx in front of
the Great Pyramids, Stephen Mehler suggests that the pyramids themselves
hail from a much earlier age. A much more technologically advanced age,
too. Mehler's suggestion is that this ancient global scientific race was
WIPED OUT by a natural (*worldwide*) cataclysm that all aboriginal people
talk about *e.g. flood or solar events or pyramid energy... more »
Finally someone treats human irritant Michael Crick with the respect that he deserves
UKIP's Geoffrey Bloom takes on Channel 4's Michael Crick
Revisiting Democratic Mistakes: Debt Limit
You know what the "Gephardt rule" was? Majority House Democrats back in the
1970s automatically linked the debt limit to the deficit that Congress
passed, so that there didn't need to be a separate vote. Then when
Republicans took control of the House in 1995, they scrapped it.
And then when Democrats regained control in 2007, and had unified
government with (briefly) 60 Senators in 2009, they...well, they didn't do
anything at all. They didn't even pass a debt limit increase that would
have at least meant that it wasn't an issue in 2011-2012 leading up to the
presidential election.... more »
DIVISION AND CONQUEST: Those People are crazy, Maddow says!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013*
*Part 3—The liberal world’s version of Sean:* From a liberal or progressive
standpoint, red and blue voters share some major interests.
Red and blue voters may not agree on abortion rights. But from a liberal or
progressive standpoint, everyone in The Lower 99 Percent has been getting
hosed over the past several decades.
Wages are stagnant (or worse). All the economic gains have been going to
those at the very top of the pile.
From a liberal or progressive standpoint, how do you get conservative
voters to see this as a problem? How do you get those vot... more »
COINTELPRO: Marcus Garvey and The Uncle Tom J. Edgar Hoover
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*A Bureau of Investigations internal memo dating back to the period of the
US and Allied Invasion of the Soviet Union.*
October 11, 1919.
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. RIDGELY.
I am transmitting herewith a communication which has come to my attention
from the Panama Canal, Washington office, relative to the activities of
MARCUS GARVEY. Garvey is a West-Indian negro and in addition to his
activities in endeavoring to establish the Black Star Line Steamship
Corporation he has also been particularly active among the radical elements
in New York City in agitating the negro movemen... more »
The United States of Satan Vs. The Satanic Republic of Iran: Where To Go From Here?
*Faces of change? More like faces of tyranny. *
Related: * *
*End of The Great Satan Narrative: Why An American-Iranian Truce Is Not So
Far-Fetched.*
*Iran's Soft Power Strategy: Why Iran Does Not Want A Nuclear Weapon. *
*The British And U.S. Governments Installed Khomeini Into Power In 1979. *
*A Rigged Revolution: How The Shadow CIA-MI6 Network Put Khomeini And
Militant Islamists in Power.*
The United States of Satan Vs. The Satanic Republic of Iran: Where To Go
From Here?
Just as President Barack Hussein Obama represented cosmetic change for the
United States government... more »
FOOD STAMPS OR MORE WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION? CUT CORPORATE WELFARE FOR ONCE!
- I am sitting in the train station in Boston with time on my hands.
It's a three-hour wait for my train to New York City where I speak tonight
at the Mary House. This is the Catholic Worker house created by Dorothy
Day many years ago. It's been a long tradition there to hold an event
every Friday night that they call "Clarification of Thought" where they
host various folks to speak on a particular subject. I was invited to talk
tonight about the militarization of space, its costs, and the Global
Network's upcoming Keep Space for Peace Week on October 5... more »
In the context of a purchase and sale of a business, a restrictive covenant is lawful unless it can be established on a balance of probabilities that its scope is unreasonable
*Payette v. Guay inc.,* 2013 SCC 45 is an important commercial decision.
Generally restrictive covenants (non‑competition and non‑solicitation
agreements) are unenforceable unless shown reasonable. However, here the
Supreme Court holds:
[58] Whether non‑competition and non‑solicitation
clauses in a contract for the sale of assets are reasonable must be
determined on the basis of the rules that govern freedom of trade so as to
favour the application of such restrictive covenants: *Burnac Corp. v. Les
Entreprises Ludco Ltée*, [1991] R.D.I. 304 (Que. C... more »
Why Didn't School "Reformers" Respect Dunbar High School's History?
Alison Stewart’s *First Class *begins with her mother, Carol Stewart, as
she watches the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Carol, a retired
biology teacher, marvels, “What a magnificent display of what Homo Sapiens
is capable of in his most civilized state?” That evening, when asked about
Washington D.C.’s Dunbar High School marching band, Carol comments, “I
can’t believe those girls were switchin’ their behinds … That is not what
young ladies should do!”
In a , I contrasted the disciplinary excellence that was required at the
Dunbar of 1954 with the chronic disorder and frequ... more »
Playing Syrian Poker
*Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT's CrossTalk to debate
the current situation in Syria. Draitser explains that the strategic and
political interests of the US and its regional clients are driving
developments on the ground and diplomatically. He argues that "regime
change" has always been the objective and that the US is using humanitarian
concerns as political cover. In addition, Draitser examines the critical
geopolitical background against which the war in Syria is being fought.*
Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China's Jiangxi province
*Thousands of people are taking part in the 2013 International Camping
Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China's Jiangxi province.*
*The event, which began on September 14, has attracted more than 15,000
campers from all over the world, according to Xinhua News Agency.*
*Reuters*
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I like pictures. An interesting festival.
Researchers: Tart Cherries Have ‘Highest Anti-Inflammatory Content of any Food’ by Elizabeth Renter
Source of poster: http://www.choosecherries.com/health/main.aspx
Researchers: Tart Cherries Have ‘Highest Anti-Inflammatory Content of any
Food’
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 19 September 2013
Fruits and vegetables don’t only hold the key to better health overall,
they can be used to treat and prevent very specific ailments. For example,
using ginger to fight an upset stomach or cranberries to prevent urinary
tract infections are two well-known plant-healing remedies. *Another
notable example is with tart cherries, and how the tiny red fruit can
effectively fight inflam... more »
Non-Muslim teachers ‘forced to wear veil’ at faith school - Telegraph
'Female teachers at a state funded Muslim school have been ordered to cover
their heads with Islamic scarves during school hours even if they are not
Muslim, it has been claimed.
Staff at Al-Madinah School, in Derbyshire, say that they have been told to
sign new contracts agreeing to wear hijabs and make girls sit at the back
of classes.'
More here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/education/educationnews/10322872/Non-Muslim-teachers-forced-to-wear-veil-at-faith-school.html
Still we'll be told by Islamists and their left wing associates that
there's no compulsion to wear the hijab.... more »
Satire: “McCain Dares Putin to Tear Down Berlin Wall”
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*“McCain Dares Putin to Tear Down Berlin Wall”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In a sharply critical op-ed piece for
the Russian Web site Pravda, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) called Russian
President Vladimir Putin “a brutal, freedom-hating tyrant” and challenged
Mr. Putin to tear down the Berlin Wall. “The Wall stands as a symbol of
your failed, repressive system,” Sen. McCain said. “Until you tear it down,
the world will see you and your Soviet goons for what you are: relics
destined for the dustbin of history.” “Mr. Putin, tear down that wall,”
Sen. Mc... more »
Tony Cartalucci: In Syria, There are no Moderates
*In Syria, There are no Moderates*
*By Tony Cartalucci*
*Land Destroyer*
*September 20, 2013*
Stopped short of direct military intervention by Syrian-Russian
geopolitical maneuvering, the West has attempted to retrench their agenda
of subverting Syria in a variety of ways. It was reported that the US is
now officially arming terrorists inside of Syria after years of
semi-covertly passing them thousands of tons of weapons at a time and
billions in cash directly and indirectly through Saudi Arabia, Turkey,
Jordan, and Qatar. The goal, in part, is to sabotage any attempted UN
incursion... more »
Iran’s ‘Constructive Engagement’ Undermines Israeli Propaganda
I’m
committed to fulfilling my promises to my ppl, incl my pledge to engage
in #constructive interaction with world. http://t.co/7cTzRutT0B
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) September 19, 2013
In anticipation of his first trip to the United Nations General Assembly
as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani is making
it increasingly difficult for American and Israeli
TGIF
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