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JFK: American University Commencment Speech: A Strategy of Peace - June
10th 1963 from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
At American University on June 10, 1963, President Kennedy proposed an end
to the Cold War.”
Khrushchev called the American University Address “the greatest speech by
any American President since Roosevelt.”
To work his way out of the arms race (and free from the kind of dilemma
that arose from his science advisor knowing more about nuclear war, even
its strategy, than his Defense Secretary), Kennedy decided to create a
series of peace initiatives. He began with the Ameri... more »
what i'm reading, children's books edition # 9: wonderstruck
Over the summer, I wrote about *The Invention of Hugo Cabret* by Brian
Selznick, a children's book with a suspenseful, convoluted story, lavishly
illustrated with Selznick's beautiful pencil drawings. (I scanned several
of those images into my earlier post.)
I've just finished Selznick's most recent book, *Wonderstruck*. *
Wonderstruck* is filled with drawings in the same distinctive pencil style,
but it is even better than *Hugo Cabret*.
The central story of *Wonderstruck* is more linear, so it's easier to
follow. But Selznick employs a brilliant device that adds mystery and
suspe... more »
Exclusive: Cookie Monster to appear on 'Question Time'
Following the Cookie Monster's appearance on *Newsnight* news has come
through to us that he will soon be joining the ever-growing list of
celebrities to appear on BBC One's *Question Time*.
We at *Is the BBC Biased?* have acquired a transcript of part of that
forthcoming edition of the programme:
*David Dimblebly*: Can we have our next question please? Mo Ansar, Mo Ansar?
*Audience member*: Yes, does the panel think Israel is worse than Iran?
*David Dimbleby*: Owen Jones?
*Owen Jones*: Yes, Iran rules; Israel sucks.
*Audience*: Hurray!
*David Dimbleby*: John Redwood?
*John Redwood... more »
OPCW team in Syria reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win
The OPCW is the political arm of USrahell. It is removing Syria's chemical
weapons, but won't even speak about Israel's arsenal of chemical weapons.
So take that Nobel peace prize and shove it straight up your ass. It means
nothing.
But, hey, if OPCW members want to believe their mission in Syria is noble
and humanitarian, go ahead, just don't assume that others share your
illusions about your work.
OPCW team in Syria reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win. Source: Reuters. Date
Published: October 11, 2013.
Almost Everyone Knows Who To Blame
Yesterday the congressional Republicans, having all read and digested the horrifying
(for them) polling on their a tattered brand, decided to change tactics and
see if people will like them more if they demand the Democrats gut Social
Security and Medicare instead of delaying Obamacare. How do you think
that's going to work out for Republicans in non-secessionist districts?
Even *Republican* economists repudiated their ideologically-motivated
nonsense.
Republican lawmakers have played down the significance of hitting the debt
limit, saying the U.S. can avoid default by putting a... more »
TEPCO Official Admits Plant is Out of Control
Majia's Blog - 49 minutes ago
hat tip Enenews for the headlines (Thank you)
A high-ranking TEPCO official announced that the Daiichi site was 'out of
control.'
(source TEPCO official says Fukushima plant situation "out of control" Sep
13 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/13/c_125386760.htm)
This news comes after weeks of spiking radiation levels, particularly of
tritium, which suggests that fission activity may be the source, not simply
contaminated water spills.
(sources Tritium rises in groundwater in Fukushima Daiichi Sep 13, 2013
NHK, <a href="http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworl
Greece news updates October 12 , 2013 - 6.4 Earthquake detected west of Crete , Latest news regarding Greece Troika talks , SDOE to go attack Golden Dawn funding sources , Greece reduction of heating tax rejected by Troika......
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An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude was detected in the Mediterranean Sea west
of the island of Crete on Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties
or damage, the Greek police and fire brigade said.
The centre of the quake, which struck at at 1311 GMT, was 22.5 miles (40
km) below the seabed 43 miles (70 km) west of Chania on Crete, the U.S.
Geological Survey said. Greece is often rocked by earthquakes. Most cause
no serious damage ... more »
Big Mountain Warrior Leonard Benally Passes to Spirit World
Big
Mountain Warrior Leonard Benally spent his life fighting Peabody Coal
in his homeland and forced relocation from Big Mountain
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
“We have been living in silence and we have been dying in silence. We
want to share with others our struggle. If we walk alone, we are
useless, we are nothing,” Leonard Benally said.
It is with great sadness we share the news of
PresidentTruman’s Letter to Sen.Joseph McCarthy
PresidentTruman’s Letter to Sen.Joseph McCarthy. HST did not fuck about
or suffer fools gladly. We could use him or his like again.
Bill Whittle.com is live...
*all the goodness of Bill Whittle gathered together in one very pretty
place.*
He has already posted a Virtual President video for opening day - and we
thank him
*Bill Whittle.com*
I have so many things to say (for a change) and no time to say them. Some
might consider that a feature, rather than a bug.
*Another Announcement*
I have finally made it to a million hits. It only took about 42 years - or
thereabouts. A bunch of sneaky people made it happen while I slept - we
thank each and everyone of you.
*1,000,609*
I shall return after (hopefully) doing some more front yard ... more »
BARBARA RICHARDS - VICTIM OF CHILD ABUSE
*Barbara.*
*Barbara Richards*, while in children's home in Staffordshire in the UK,
was the victim of child abuse.
She has written:
*"The man who raped me, David Haswell, was a deputy mayor at one time in
Stone."*
A "Pindown" Child Abuse Survivor Writes - Rotten Borough
"As a pre-pubescent child, Barbara Richards suffered sexual abuse at the
hands of her brother.
'I didn't know what it was except I didn't want him to do it' she says,
'And I felt I couldn't tell my father'.
Barbara Richards' ghastly life - Not Born Yesterday
*Barbara Richards - Zoompad.*
"After passing for h... more »
Parents & Educators: Time to Dethrone King.
http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2013/10/ny-state-ed-comm-john-king-enters.html
MaWangMess: Fallout landing downwind edition
*A 1939 stamp of the Republic of China, showing that Taiwan and the
Senkakus have always been part of China whose return China was demanding. O
wait....*
The KMT's refusal to appeal the decision in the Wang case to the Supreme
Court means that Ma and Wang must co-exist. It is hard to read that as
anything but a defeat, but smart observers assure me that it ain't over yet.
Meanwhile the fallout from Ma's entirely self-generated implosion is
landing on -- who else? -- Prosecutor-General Huang, who brought the Wang
case to Ma's attention, and other prosecutors within the SID. Today th... more »
Magic Cars
"They do not build cars like they used too" During the 1970 and 80's that
was a common refrain. Planned obsolescence either by purpose or practice
infected the auto industry. However we have come a long long way since then.
First vehicles are exponentially safer. Proving that size is only part of
the safety equation.
Secondly for some brands rust is sleeping. In particular Honda, European
Brands, and Toyota have virtually eliminated rust.
Third the power-plant has not only become virtually maintenance free, its power
and efficiency have soared.
Fourth the creator comforts, HVAC,... more »
Republican or American Suicide Machine? (Why the Poorly Educated Hate Paul Krugman) What Could $50 TRILLION That US Rich Control Do To Help US? (What Are You Doing To Evolve Society?)
For the latest on the Republican "Suicide Machine" we turn to Rolling
Stone's Tim Dickinson who explains what the Jedi Rethugs have threatened
Boehner with should he make a deal they don't like: Inside the Republican
Suicide Machine By Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone 11 October 13 t's open
warfare within the GOP - and all of America is caught in the crossfire The
day before Congress broke for
NSA's Utah Spy Super Center suffers power surge glitches in Matrix.... NSA also wants to spy on Wall Street ( now they've gone too far - Sarc Off... ) ..... Brazil contemplates seizing documents taken by Edward Snowden and in the possession of journalist Glenn Greenwald to learn extent of NSA spying on Brazilian interests....
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-08/nsas-utah-spy-supercenter-crippled-power-surges
NSA's Utah Spy Supercenter Crippled By Power Surges
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- Circuit Breakers
- Fail
- ratings
- SPY
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An Obamacare ad...
*that says it all.*
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad...
Ottoman chaos
Here's something that might (or might not) help make sense of the strange,
sketchy first episode of Rageh Omaar's *The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim
Emperors *(a series now running on BBC Two on Sunday nights), as discussed
in an earlier post and an earlier comment.
It comes (via the National Secular Society) from *Private Eye* back in
June:
These are trying times for Aaqil Ahmed, head of religion and ethics at the
BBC.
The Ottomans, a three-part series in which Rageh Omar wanders through the
lands of the former Ottoman Empire, is beset by problems and falling even
further behind ... more »
Words of Mass Destruction in the Syria Debate
Note: This is a guest post by Ty Solomon, Lecturer at the University of
Glasgow Even though the war in Syria has been raging for the past two
years, much of the global outrage that we now see has only erupted with the
recent reports about Bashar al Assad’s government attacking civilians with
chemical weapons.
Continue reading
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - October 12 , 2013 - Market data , news and views touching on the precious metals !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gold-premiums-in-india-jump-on-festive-demand-supply-crunch
Gold Premiums in India Jump on Festive Demand, Supply Crunch
Oct
*12*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"It should be obvious to all that the system is rotten to its very core."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
Once again the gold price did nothing in Far East and early London
trading. But as you are already keenly aware, that all changed about 20
minutes after the Comex open, as the not-for-profit sellers took out the
bid... more »
Camelot Security Establishment: "It's only a model"
Michael Byers makes a good case that Canada's military procurement is like
a Monty Python movie, akin to "a knight riding a make-believe horse while
knocking two coconuts together."
Also rather like the dead parrot sketch but he missed the most obvious
Python Holy Grail allusion of all - that DND is building CSEC a massive
new $1B home they've nicknamed Camelot.
The Camelot sketch from Holy Grail is one of my all time faves so here it
is with updated Camelot Security Establishment lyrics below. Sing 'em loud!
Knights, I bid you welcome to your new home - let us ride to Camelot.
... more »
US Generals Michael Carey ( Commander of 20th Air Force , responsible for three wings or 450 ICBMs ) and Tim Giardina ( Vice Admiral - former Second in Command of US Strategic Command ) both men fired in the same week for alleged personal misconduct - or fired because they wouldn't go along with someone's scheme ? ? Is the real reason " personal misconduct " or are other motivations in play here ? Were Alex Jones and Anthony Gucciardi correct when they reported on secret nuclear weapon transfers last month and warned of a possible nuclear false flag attack ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2454875/Air-Force-general-Michael-Carey-fired-loss-trust.html
SECOND general in charge of nuclear missiles is fired over 'loss of trust'
as Pentagon is forced to deny he's an alcoholic
- *Maj. Gen Michael Carey was fired in response to an investigation into
personal misbehavior*
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- *Carey took command of the ICBM force, based at F.E. Warren Air Force
Base, Wyo., in June 2012*
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- *It is the second firing this week of a senior commander of nuclear
forces*
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Air Force has fired it... more »
Untitled
*Lee Zurik Investigation: Feds charge St. Tammany coroner; Galvan to resign
~WVUE*
*Louisiana to sue over flood insurance reform ~Xerxes Wilson, Houma Courier
*
*More oily debris pushed onto Louisiana beaches by Tropical Storm Karen ~Amy
Wold, The Advocate*
*A ‘Gritty’ look at N.O. HS marching bands ~John Wert*
Untitled
*Government shutdown forces Corps furloughs *
Government lumbers in Day number 9 ( October 9 , 2013 ) - As the politicians posture , why has the White House chosen the tactic of making the shutdown as painful as possible for Americans - while politicians of both parties " party " on in D.C ? With the US government lumbering to the X date when it runs out of extraordinary measures to pay its bills and instead would be dependent upon daily in - flows of cash , will some facing saving agreement be found ( of course it will ) ? Overnight news , data and views concerning Europe , Asia , various asset classes and a look ahead for US markets for Wednesday October 9 , 2013 !
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Shutdown worsens historic blizzard that killed tens of thousands of South
Dakota cattle
KNBN-TV
Rapid City and many other parts of South Dakota recorded record snowfall
totals for the entire month of October in just three days over the weekend.
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
An unusually early and enormous snowstorm over the weekend caught South
Dakota ranchers and farmers unprepared, killing tens of thousands of cattle
and ravaging the state's $7 billion industry — an industry left without
assistance because of the federal government shutdown.
As many as 75,000 cattle hav... more »
Why Don't Republicans Like Obama? No, Really
The other day we looked at how the Republicans Party has-- since Nixon
launched the Southern Strategy-- been taken over by southern conservatives.
More than a few of the southern racists we wrote about are unaware that
their politics (and emotions) are motivated by uncontrollable racism. Don't
scoff. As I mentioned last week, I'm in the middle of reading Predisposed:
Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences by 3
serious academics, John Hibbing, Kevin Smith, and John Alford. A premise of
their work is that "buried in many people and operating largely outside... more »
Vidit ergo Lesus. . .
By* *Capt. Fogg
Yes, yes, we've all heard, Pope Francis may be infallible but the guy who
mints the medals isn't. Somebody substituted an L for an I (which can look
damned similar in certain typefaces) and somebody else didn't notice and so
it went out the door as Lesus instead of Iesus. I'm an old man, I can
sympathize about reading small print and at least it didn't say Lexus. We
have too many of those on the road as it is.
Of course growing up in the Galilee, the name was יהושע or Yehushua but we
won't quibble. The sign on the Cross said IHS, not LHS and of course the J
is not... more »
All the Way
Last night, I saw Bryan Cranston in All the Way, the new play about Lyndon
Johnson and the passage of the Civil Rights Act. It is a powerful play,
with terrific acting. Cranston is as compelling as LBJ as he was as Walter
White.
Aside
Stop me if you've heard this one before....
A white horse goes into a pub and asks for a pint of beer.
The barman looks at the white horse and says, “We’ve got a brand of whisky
named after you.”
And the horse says, “What, Gerald?”
The Head Start Enron Trader Initiative: The Arnold Foundation in Indiana, Louisiana, NYC, Texas, and Beyond
By Doug Martin
The national news has painted Enron’s retired trader and hedge fund manager
John Arnold as a Jesus figure since he and his wife announced they were
going to cover the government costs of funding Head Start during the
government shutdown (better known as the good cop/bad cop ploy by both
parties to throw senior citizens, kids, and the poor and middle class under
the bus), but the Laura and John Arnold Foundation's main goal is school
privatization.
The Arnolds, dishing out the couch-change of $10 million for Head Start,
say this money is a loan and they will want the ... more »
"Impartiality flew out of the window"
The original storm over the Mail's Ralph Miliband headline has provoked a
response from the *Daily Mail*'s editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, published in
both the *Guardian *and the *Daily Mail. *
Mr Dacre defends his own paper from the *Guardian*'s attack, and has more
than a bit to say about the BBC.
Here are some choice extracts:
Out in the real world, it was a pretty serious week for news. The US was on
the brink of budget default, a British court heard how for two years social
workers failed to detect the mummified body of a four-year-old starved to
death by his mother, and it was... more »
Fat Bottomed Girls Come Together mashup
A great mashup of Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls and the Beatles' Come Together
The Middle Class Is Front And Centre
Michael Den Tandt writes that the next election will be about the Canadian
middle class. Justin Trudeau has made it his mantra. And now the
Conservatives -- as they try to take the focus off Mike Duffy and friends
and talk instead about "consumers first" -- will try to make it theirs.
Den Tandt writes that rhetoric about the long suffering middle class is not
just political hot air:
This problem is already giving Canadian politicians night sweats, driving
their future planning and shouldering other issues — climate change, to
name one — into the ditch. And it dictates that Feder... more »
Haig in '81
Mae Brussell -ALEXANDER HAIG IS ANGRY, Time for shoot-out at White House-
(3-28-81) from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig is now posthumously being recast
as the quintessential soldier-patriot. The truth is, he had a dark side:
wiretapping for Richard Nixon, facilitating the operations of a military
spy ring that stole classified documents from the White House, sabotaging
peace negotiations over Vietnam and détente with the USSR, and unduly
hastening Nixon's exit from office. Haig is most lauded as the man who,
according to conventional wisdom, hel... more »
Polly put the kettle on, and call it 'black'
One more on the *Guardian, *courtesy of Trending Central.
The *Guardian *and the BBC kicked up not so much a storm as a full-blown
hurricane over the *Daily Mail *headline *The Man Who Hated Britain* (about
Ralph Miliband). Yesterday Polly Toynbee published her latest Michael
Gove-bashing piece under the online headline *It is the Baby Ps and Hamzah
Khans who pay for this Tory vandalism* - a headline which make it seem as
if the Tories are responsible for the deaths of children (despite both Baby
P and Hamzah Khan dying *before* the last general election, when Labour
were in power... more »
“In Search For Something More”
* *
*“In Search For Something More”*
by Missy Beattie
“Sunday, sister Laura and I went to a festival a block from my apartment.
We walked past the vendor artists, their booths of pottery, jewelry,
paintings, and metalwork, and opened our portable chairs near a stage where
musicians performed. An event organizer took the mic and said someone
mentioned the strangeness of having a festival when the country’s facing so
many problems. She’d responded that art makes the world go ‘round.
I sat there, thinking about Herman Wallace (above graphic) and Alfred
Woodfox. Actually, I’ve though... more »
Guardians of National Security v The Guardian (and the BBC)
Adam Levick at* Cif Watch *has posted a powerful piece about the dangers of
the *Guardian*'s activism in the wake of the warnings given by Sir David
Omand, national security advisor to the prime minister, that the paper's
publishing of Edward Snowden's security leaks is aiding our country's
enemies ("foreign spies, terrorists and criminal networks"), coupled with
the earlier warnings from Andrew Parker, head of MI5, that their leaks are
harming our intelligence services, especially in the fight against
al-Qaeda, and have become "guide books" for terrorists.
The piece has also bee... more »
“Death of the Dream”
* “Death of the Dream”*
by Barry Levinson
“With the recent calamity of the Government Shutdown and the looming debt
ceiling fight, one thing has become crystal clear: we are witnessing the
Death of the American Dream.
In the past we believed all things were possible, there was absolutely
nothing that Americans couldn't accomplish. In the '60s, President Kennedy
said we would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade and few
doubted the possibilities. After all, America was always capable of great
and glorious accomplishments.
We were the Dreamers. It was instilled in the A... more »
Ed Snowden Emerges From Hiding To Receive Award, Father Lon Snowden Makes Trip To Russia by Ben Swann
Ed Snowden Emerges From Hiding To Receive Award, Father Lon Snowden Makes
Trip To Russia
by Ben Swann
Ben Swann.com 10 October 2013
At this time, the geographical location where Snowden received the award is
unclear, but he was most likely in Moscow.
The Sam Adams Associates Integrity and Intelligence Award is given each
year by a group of retired CIA officers. It is given to an individual who
takes a stand against abuse of information gathering. Many of the award’s
past recipients have been whistleblowers — in fact, the award itself is
named after Vietnam whistleblower Samu... more »
Me want Emily Maitlis
The triviality of ex-*Guardian *deputy editor Ian Katz's new-look *Newsnight
*knows no bounds.
Last week the programme even included an interview with the Cookie Monster
from *Sesame Street*.
Ha, ha, ha. How terribly post-modern and amusing. In the meantime millions
go hungry and suffer poverty.
Actually, *"Ha, ha, ha. How terribly post-modern and amusing. In the
meantime millions go hungry and suffer poverty"* wasn't me complaining at
all.
No, it was a complaint read out on this week's *Newswatch -* which just
goes to show how po-faced some BBC complainants can be. [My money... more »
AMERICA NEVER HAD A GOLDEN ERA AND THE JEWISH MAFIA IS NOT THE ONLY ENEMY?
*Women were not always treated well in 1950's America *
*Mike Stathis*, at Iran's Press TV, writes about *America’s post war Golden
Era.*
*He blames the Jewish Mafia for the disappearance of the Golden Era.*
*However, some people might question if the immediate post-war period
really was a Golden Era.*
For example, in the 1950s, the USA was a country of racial and sexual
intolerance.
In the 1950s, the USA was busy massacring women and children in Korea.
In the 1950s, the US government was involved in the business of MK ULTRA
brainwashing of children.
*Edward Harriman - a Chri... more »
Terminology
CNN inform me in a Newsflash Email that:
'A ship carrying about 250 people has capsized off the coast of Sicily,
Italian news agency ANSA reported Friday.
The ship is believed to have been carrying migrants.
Authorities responded to a mayday from the ship, which was about 60 miles
offshore, Maj. Leonardo Ricci told CNN.
Earlier this week, another boat carrying more than 500 African migrants
sank off the coast of Lampedusa'
Very sad indeed but I'm intrigued by the use of the word 'migrants'. Were
these 'migrants' on their way to Italy as invited by the Italian
government? Were they... more »
Dr Bill H Weld - GOVERNMENT NANO KILL SWITCH - detonated flu outbreak!
Dr Bill H Weld's friend sent me a link to this video below and from the
sound of it (even if it's bullshit made up by Corporate War Machine for
shits and giggles or Dr Bill's a madman with a degenerative brain illness)
this concept of GOVERNMENT NANO KILL SWITCH is destined to become one of
those Classics of the Conspiracy Arena. Docs at the blog link quoted below.
Allegedly, this FLU OUTBREAK is *DETONATED* by radio waves from either a
cell tower or a drone flying over your house. The *'official government
documents'* call this event a NANO DOMESTIC QUELL, but who's to say any of
t... more »
"A Well-packaged Web Of Lies..."
"When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses
over generations,
the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic."
- Dresden James
"Monsters..."
"People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own
destruction,
and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after
that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster."
- James Baldwin
Musical Interlude: Roger Waters, “The Tide Is Turning”
Roger Waters, “The Tide Is Turning”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEMXJ8a17Oc
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The most distant object easily visible to the eye is M31, the great
Andromeda Galaxy some two and a half million light-years away. But without
a telescope, even this immense spiral galaxy - spanning over 200,000 light
years - appears as a faint, nebulous cloud in the constellation Andromeda.
In contrast, details of a bright yellow nucleus and dark winding dust
lanes, are revealed in this digital telescopic image. Narrow band image
data recording emission from hydrogen atoms, shows off the reddish
star-forming regions dotting gorgeous blue spiral arms and young star
clusters.
... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Time For The Tellable”
* “The Time For The Tellable”*
by Chet Raymo
“When I first set foot on the plank bridge over Queset Brook forty-nine
years ago, I saw a kingfisher. I haven't seen one since. But I've seen
pretty much everything else. The bridge is an emperor's loge, the catbird's
seat. If I stand there for five minutes something wonderful is sure to
appear. A box turtle. A monarch butterfly. A fleet of whirligigs. The
orange flash of an oriole. And there, oh there, among the water lilies
where the brook splays into the pond, a heron, watching with its glittering
eye.
Forty-nine years and the da... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Thanks for stopping by.
Cameron’s Respect for the House of Commons’ No Vote on Syria was a Good Day for Democracy
Jump to 1:13: It’s the best question asked during the GOP debates last year
Were any other Americans rather awestruck when David Cameron announced
himself bound by the the House of Commons’ vote against attacking Syria
last month? Wow. I found that so impressive – a due process binding
executive war-making. Very nice. I am
Continue reading
Niall Ferguson takes on Paul Krugman
1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
Clearing The Air On Some Recent Attacks Against John Kaminski
I have known John Kaminski for several years now, and during that time we
have conversed periodically via Skype.... I have found John to be one of
the most intelligent individuals that I have known in this so called "truth
movement" and to be a trusted individual when it comes to the facts about
the greater Jewish conspiracy for world domination...
Recently, I have had many bad comments made concerning John via my comment
section.... I have had many of these so called "commentators" state that
John is a JEW.... And many more stating that John had done much damage to
our efforts and ... more »
Your moment of Zen
My favorite blimp. The Spirit of Goodyear.
News from the Jews
*The Fed is a Jewish monopoly, ridiculous "Holocaust" propaganda, more
hypocritical Jewish identity politics*
With Obama's recent nomination of Janet Yellen to become the next chairman
(chairwoman, I should say) to head the Federal Reserve, there should be no
doubt about the fact that the entire Federal Reserve System, the private
consortium of largely Jewish-run banks sanctioned by Congress in 1913 to
print and loan money at interest to the United States federal government
and other private banking institutions, is a *Jewish monopoly*. *The Jewish
Daily Forward* is reporting:
Pres... more »
Sunday Classics preview: To prepare for some serious Bruckner business, we need to consult Wagner's fiery demigod Loge
*Donald McIntyre as Wotan summons Loge at the end of Die Walküre, with
Pierre Boulez conducting, in this installment of Patrice Chéreau's
(in)famous Bayreuth Ring production, designed by Richard Peduzzi,
video-recorded in 1980.*
WOTAN *has set the now-sleeping* BRÜNNHILDE *down on the mountaintop. He
turns slowly away, then turns round again with a sorrowful look. Then he
strides with solemn decision to the middle of the stage, and directs the
point of his spear toward a massive rock.*
*WOTAN*: Loge, hear!
Come at my call!
As when first you were found,
a fiery glow,
asa when you es... more »
Friday Baseball Post
Joe Sheehan: "If a team scores eight runs to go up 8-0, is the next
half-inning governed by "pitching to the score" or "shutdown inning"?"
Actually, what I'd like to see is some SDCN (never mind, you don't want to
know) run the numbers for what happens in the inning *before *a pitcher's
team scores, and try to get away with peddling it to radio and TV
broadcasters as an important ability. You would need some good jargon; if
the inning after one's team scores is a shutdown inning, what is the inning
before that? An empty plate inning? I can't think of a good one, but I do
think that ... more »
School Nurses Need to Be Back on the Job
*"The school only has a nurse on staff two days a week. Like many schools
around the country, the city’s dire funding situation has hit school nurses
especially hard."*
At Alternet:
This story is getting some attention it deserves. School nurses need to be
back on the job.
Sixth Grader’s Father Says She Wouldn’t Have Died If A School Nurse Had
Been On Duty
Budget cuts have left Philadelphia's schools without adequate medical
support, and students are paying with their lives.
Photo Credit: itsmejust | Shutterstock.com
*October 11, 2013 * |
Laporshia Massey, a 12-year-old girl fr... more »
More Exposure Of THe MYTH Of The Jewish "Race": DNA Samples Confirm Ashkenazi Jews Are Of European Descent!
First, I must again reiterate that I have been taking some extra time off
now and then to concentrate on personal issues.... I am a very busy
individual and it has been tough over the last while to do any articles at
this blog.... I am however still keeping abreast of all the latest news and
will post material here every chance I get....
Saying that, I came across a most interesting article just yesterday that
again reinforces what I have always said about the Jews absolutely NOT
being a "distinct" race of mankind. This article is from the website:
"Science World Report" at www.sc... more »
The New Yorker's James Wood pays splendid tribute to much-loved new literature Nobelist Alice Munro
*"At the level of the sentence, [Alice Munro's] stories proceed within the
grammar of conventional realism; but at the formal level, her work invents
its own grammar, which is why her stories strike many readers as closer to
novellas than to any idea of 'the conventional well-made short story.' "*
*-- James Wood, in a newyorker.com blogpost,*
"Alice Munro, Our Chekhov"
*by Ken*
I didn't think much about the news of the great Canadian short-story writer
Alice Munro's being award the Nobel Prize in Literature, beyond thinking
how spectacularly well-deserved it is -- and maybe thinkin... more »
The Common Core and Snake Oil
*by Susan Ohanian*
I don't look at Edutopia very often because nearly every glance
provokes
great annoyance. Now, not surprisingly, *Brain-based Learning*, that
catch-all wonder-phrase, seemingly a direct descendant of ads for
Charlie
Bigelow's snake oil, *Kickapoo Indian Sagwa: the Great Indian
Medicine*(WILL CURE Constipation, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Loss of
Appetite, Scrolnia, Rheumatism, Chills and Fever, Or any Disease
Arriving
from an Impure Blood or Deranged Liver*), gets its own category at
Edutopia. (“Student Responses to Common Core Instruction and Asses... more »
Reformy NY Education Commish gets taken to the woodshed by parents.
From a PTA Town Hall in Poughkeepsie. This event is one of several that the
New York State PTA is sponsoring to spread Common Core propaganda across
the Empire State. The NYS PTA’s plan looks to be backfiring as parents see
the Common Core as damaging their children’s education. Families are
seeing their children’s creativity, […]
Tell me what's going on
Another crazy day out in the real world so just catching up. I see the
everything is still all fucked up and bullshit. Also, too. Willing to bet
this is the quote of the day:
I feel much better now. “@ByronYork: GOP congressman: 'Most have us have no
idea what is going on or what to expect at this point.'”
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) October 11, 2013
Our country is being run by wayward frat boys, vandals and other assorted
miscreant Republican crackpots. Or I should say, being run into the ground.
If only we had some sort of organized system of news delivery to report *
that*... more »
Why didn't Malala Yousafazi win the Nobel Peace prize ? A female Gandhi in our midst , a powerful advocate for wormen's right and education - for facing terrorism and not bowing down !
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Malala-Yousafzai-wows-Washington-after-being-nixed-for-Nobel-peace-prize/articleshow/24044820.cms
WASHINGTON:
Taliban could not intimate her, but evidently she is not
inhibited in the presence of the President of the United States either.
Teenage Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai says she told US President
Barack
Obama during a visit to the White House on Friday that refocusing
efforts
on education in Pakistan would make a better impact than drone strikes
that
kill innocent victims and fuel terrorism.
The White House, which released a pho... more »
The War on Science by Chris Turner
*The War on Science* author Chris Turner interviewed in The Georgia Straight:
“More than anything, it was when you put all the pieces together, how vivid
a picture emerges of a very clear and very malicious agenda,” Turner says
in a telephone interview from Calgary. “It is to facilitate rapid resource
extraction by dismantling an entire century’s worth of environmental
regulations, environmental monitoring, and basic science. I was amazed by
the extent of it and how deliberate it is.”
"Harper and his administration have used three methods to diminish
environmental stewardship, Tur... more »
Cyclone Phailin is half the size of India and strengthening quickly as it heads for land ! For anyone in the path , heed this warning ......The storm’s growth, both in size and in strength, is expected to continue until landfall. The latest forecast from JTWC shows Phailin hitting land on Saturday near Brahmapur, India, at the strength of a category 5 hurricane - Wind speed at the landfall could reach 195 MPH !
http://rt.com/news/india-phailin-cyclone-alert-099/
'Red alert': Monster cyclone nears Indian coast, sends 440,000 fleeing
Published time: October 12, 2013 05:34
Edited time: October 12, 2013 12:06
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[image: A big wave smashes into a breakwater at a fishing harbour in
Jalaripeta in the Visakhapatnam district in the southern Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh October 11, 2013. (Reuters)]
A big wave smashes into a breakwater at a fishing harbour in Jalaripeta in
the Visakhapatnam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
October 11, 2013. (Reuters)
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How To Change Congress-- Dumping Obstacles To Progress Like John Mica
Republicans savvy about self-preservation in swing districts-- districts
like the ones in Central Florida-- are starting to back away from the
GOP/Ted Cruz strategy of holding the government and the economy hostage for
narrow, unpopular Republican agenda items. But not John Mica, the lockstep
conservative from Winter Park. Yesterday's very conservative *Orlando
Sentinel* was worrying aloud that "thousands of federal workers in Central
Florida-- ranging from Internal Revenue Service employees in Maitland to
engineers at Kennedy Space Center and immigration-court employees in
Orland... more »
Update On Syria: HRW Turns Against Rebels, Turks Blamed For Growth of Jihad, Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To OPCW
*Human Rights Watch: Yesterday we turned a blind eye to the crimes of the
Jihadist terrorists, but, seasons change and opinions evolve, so today we
brought out our media microscope. *
*
*
Below is an excerpt from, *"Syrian rebel fighters guilty of serious abuses,
says Human Rights Watch" *by Laura Smith-Spark and Saad Abedine, CNN,
October 11, 2013.
The team collected the names of 190 civilians who were killed, including
57 women and at least 18 children and 14 elderly men, the report states.
"Given that many residents remain missing, and opposition fighters buried
many bodi... more »
“The Stock Market Crash of October 18, 2013?”
* *
*“The Stock Market Crash of October 18, 2013?”*
by John Galt
“While I realize that outlining a specific date leaves this website and
myself open to massive attacks and criticism, there is no guarantee nor
offer of financial advice nor investment ideas behind this article as there
is always the probability of another disastrous political solution to the
upcoming economic disruption which will begin next week. However, if the
politicians and bankers decide to press the issue in order to obtain even
greater control over the economy and to justify a greater role for our
financial... more »
Truckers For The Constitution -Day One - photos , video and items of note !
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/360997/here-are-demands-truckers-constitution-betsy-woodruff
Here Are the Demands of Truckers for the Constitution
By Betsy Woodruff
October 11, 2013 9:34 AM
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*Doswell, Va. –* Zeeda Andrews of Truckers for the Constitution just gave
press a list of five demands that the group plans to deliver to
Representative Louie Gohmert (R., Texas). The document begins by
suggesting that “Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Obama” is ineligible to be
president because “his documents” are “forgeries”. Here’s that paragraph:
From 2003 t... more »
Google Scholar page about activist teacher Denis Rancourt
The new Google Scholar author profile and citations page for Denis Rancourt is here: LINK.
Why did the US sabotage Afghanistan peace talks with the Taliban by seizing a Taliban leader - snatched from an Afghan government Convoy heading to the Afghan National Directorate of Security ? With US and Afghanistan talks on a Bilateral Security Pact floundering and 2014 pullout looming , no wonder John Kerry has flown in unannounced to talk with Afghan President Karzai and try to smooth things over !
US undermines Afghan Government talks with Taliban by seizing Taliban
leader.....
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/10/11/us-troops-capture-pakistani-taliban-leader-foiling-peace-talks/
US Troops Capture Pakistani Taliban Leader, Foiling Peace TalksKey TTP
Figure Was Snatched From Afghan Govt Convoy
by Jason Ditz, October 11, 2013
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Several months of intense negotiations by the Afghan National Directorate
of Security (NDS) almost bore fruit this week, when they finally managed to
convince a key Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader, Latif Mehsud, to
come to NDS he... more »
Reading Mark Twain...'Christian Science'
*Reading Mark Twain...'Christian Science'*
* 'Christian Science'....Mark Twain, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1907*
I was continuing my task of reading anything available, in print or on
the internet, when I came upon this book, over a century old, in the
recesses of one of my storage boxes. The volume life in 1899 in The
Cosmopolitan magazine. This is the first half of the book. The second half,
a worthy addendum to the first, also began life as a periodical series in
the North American Review in 1907 even though it had been written about 4
years (Twain's estimate) earlier.... more »
How Medical Deception, Oppression & Hierarchy Influence Our Health -- video
EBTV
presents host Evita Ochel (http://www.evitaochel.com) with special
guest Denis Rancourt in a dialogue about the modern landscape of
science, medicine and
health. The specific focus is how oppression and hierarchy influence our
health.Link to first episode with Denis, "The Controls and Confines of
our Obedience Based Education System":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujvvSo...Specific
ALEC - Your Term is Up #VoteNo2ALEC
Last week I introduced you to the *Congressional members of ALEC.*
*IMPORTANT to note*
- If you want to get the house back in 2014
*- GET RID OF ALEC!*
The entire nation will be better off for it!
In addition to the congressional races - we also have to fight the
infestation of the extremist, pro-corporate, right-wing American
Legislative Exchange Council at the state, county and local levels.
ALEC must be removed from our government.
ALEC is *a PRIVATE 501c3 *organization that doesn't give a damn about you
and me
- the only thing ALEC is concerned with is keeping 98% of its reven... more »
“October 17? Somebody In Government Is Afraid Of What Is Coming”
* “October 17?*
*Somebody In Government Is Afraid Of What Is Coming”*
by Charlie McGrath
“While the average American may have been convinced that the economy is
recovering and happy days are dead ahead, few are talking about the reality
of what’s going on behind the scenes. They act as if the crisis of 2008 has
long passed, and whatever was responsible for it has now been solved
through massive trillion dollar bailout injections.
Most fail to realize how serious of an issue we faced just five years ago,
and even fewer understand how close we are to a collapse so incredibly
horr... more »
Jesse
Jesse Jackson on Obama - Faint Praise and Syria from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Jesse is of course an expert on Syria and the Assad Family.
He clearly isn't outraged by either targeted killing, political
assassination or systematic institutional racism.
https://vimeo.com/57921572
https://vimeo.com/74055130
https://vimeo.com/73259413
https://vimeo.com/73076001
https://vimeo.com/70182404
https://vimeo.com/69413180
https://vimeo.com/69413180
MisEducation Nation Gives Jesse Hagopian 60 Seconds
. . .but Real News has more:
Op Streamline shutdown
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151637544230706&set=vb.579770705&type=2&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151637582395706&set=vb.579770705&type=2&theater
Chase & Status ft Moko - Count On Me
Life's temporarily got in the way of blogging, so listen to this instead.
"Warning: Enrolling in Obamacare Allows Government To Link Your IP Address With Your Name"
* *
* "Warning: Enrolling in Obamacare Allows Government*
* To Link Your IP Address With Your Name"*
… and social security number, bank accounts and web surfing habits.
by Mike Adams
"We have already established that Healthcare.gov is not a functioning
database application that allows people to shop for competing health plans.
It is actually a government-run Trojan Horse that suckers people into
creating accounts where they hand over:
• Name and address
• Email address and password
• Social security number
• Private bank account details
• Employer details and other information
Dur... more »
Lawns
The spiritual godfather of Islamist philosophy, Sayed Qtab, saw Middle
America's obsession with lawn topiary as symptomatic of its Spiritual and
moral corruption.
*"In the world I see – you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests
around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that
will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu
vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny
figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane
of some abandoned superhighway."*
*
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*- Tyler Durd... more »
Roman Catholic Empire - King of Edessa crucified in AD 64 - Titus Flavius had New Testament written in his honour AD 73
this is a dogma piece, inspired by two recent posts on the subject of the *historical
persona* Jesus Christ:
King of Edessa by Ralph Ellis
Covert Messiah by Joseph Atwill
and I'm thinking, "What would happen *IF THIS WILD ACCUSATION WERE TRUE*?"
We all know the Roman Empire had a penchant for subduing their enemies with
stealth and business deals. The Roman Empire (certainly in Britain before
the invasion) acted like business partners to the British tribal leaders,
trading with them and encouraging them to adopt Roman ways.
Let's examine the AE or Amalgamated Evidence of the combin... more »
Untitled
*Amid government shutdown, Corps of Engineers skips Jefferson Avenue
drainage canal meeting ~Uptown Messenger*
The Prophet: Russell Brand Talks Abstinence, Winehouse and Savile
The Prophet: Russell Brand Talks Abstinence, Winehouse and Savile from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
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*
*
**"The last time I thought about taking heroin was yesterday. I had
received “an inconvenient truth” from a beautiful woman. It wasn’t about
climate change – I’m not that ecologically switched on, she told me she was
pregnant and it wasn’t mine.*
*
**I had to take immediate action. I put Morrissey on in my car as an
external conduit for the surging melancholy and as I wound my way through
the neurotic Hollywood hills the narrow lanes and tight bends were a
material echo of the synaptic... more »
Synchronic Portals for Gaia Upgrades are Aligned to Permit Full Restoration of Gaia Hue-manity Consciousness
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* *Synchronic Portals for Gaia Upgrades are Aligned to Permit Full
Restoration of Gaia Hue-manity Consciousness*
by ÉirePort
Synchronic Portals for Gaia upgrades are aligned to permit full restoration
of Gaia Hue-manity consciousness.
Partial consciousness restoration has previously occurred in step
increments with limited effect, but current alignment permits full
upward/forward progress for Hue-manity.
Signal for full up-step occurs within each Hue-Being and occurs strictly in
the now moment for each.
Failure of all prior timeline and energy grid structures is now in clea... more »
UPDATED: U.S. major general overseeing nuclear missiles to be fired - official
*Found this PDF… seems to imply the General was in charge of 'non-kinetic"
weaponry aka particle and beam weapons…. in addition to nukes. -Bill
http://www.afspc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100825-027.pdf*
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/11/usa-nuclear-idUSL1N0I110120131011
*
* *U.S. major general overseeing nuclear missiles to be fired -official*
Oct 11 (Reuters) - The two-star U.S. general in charge of the Air Force's
arsenal of intercontinental missiles will be fired due to "a loss of trust
and confidence," a Pentagon official told Reuters on Friday.
The exact rea... more »
SCADS - State Crimes Against Democracy
The Conspiracy to Tell the Truth - Interview with Lance deHaven-Smith from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
SCADS = State Crimes Against Democracy
This document caused quite a stir when it was discovered in *1977*.
Dated *4/1/67,* and marked *"DESTROY WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED"*, this document
is a stunning testimony to how concerned the CIA was over investigations
into the Kennedy assassination.
Emphasis has been added to facilitate scanning.
*CIA Document #1035-960, marked "PSYCH" for presumably Psychological
Warfare Operations, in the division "CS", the Clandestine Services,
sometimes k... more »
Help! I'm Falsely Accused By My Supervisor. Can EEOC Help?
*Hello. I was wrongfully terminated with wild accusations by new management
on his first day of working. The assistant manager had said I was getting a
verbal warning and that the GM had agreed. The next day on my day off I was
let go. It took HR 2 weeks to even answer my calls or emails very rudely.
Finally, once they contacted me, they said they were conducting an
investigation. This was a month ago. I have yet to hear from them again. I
have been leaving all sorts of messages not bombarding but at least one
weekly. Please help. Can EEOC do anything? I understand they only seek
... more »
Two Hours and Two Days: I Chat With Bill McCallum and Reflect
Some followers of my writing may recall that one of my first
contributions to @the Chalk Face in early September was a piece in response
to a blog entry by Bill McCallum, one of the lead writers for the Common
Core State Standards in Mathematics, in which he was harshly critical of
many of those […]
Memewatch: Krugman explains “default!”
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013*
*How well did he do:* Some things never get explained, although they get
repeated incessantly.
Case in point: the following letter appears in today’s New York Times:
LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (10/11/13): The stance of some Republican
members of Congress and others is not surprising, coming from the party
that denies the human impact on global warming, is home to so many
creationists and “birthers,” and cuts spending for research and education.
Gut feelings and denial of inconvenient facts are more important to them
than rational analysis. Since 1968 I... more »
Pope's Mass: Guard your feelings and thoughts. Don't engage with the devil
Video Title: Pope's Mass: Guard your feelings and thoughts. Don't engage
with the devil. Source: romereports. Date Published: October 11, 2013.
No Money for School Nurses Just Tests
Ill children in schools need nursing care, not more tests, or the common
core curriculum. They need common sense and common healthcare. This is how
far removed education policy written by Walmart has gotten us. I suppose
they forgot the "humane" standard.
A West Philadelphia sixth grader was sent home and she died. The school
district spokesman, talking policy, said "nurses do not administer medical
interventions." Do you suppose that's why all the school nurses in poor
districts are gone? Do they have the same policy at the charter school down
the street?
School District spokesma... more »
Fergal Keane: Terror Through Time
Fergal Keane's Radio 4 history *Terror Through Time *arrived at WWI today,
specifically Britain's wartime promises in the Middle East.
Much as might be expected from Fergal Keane, it was a tale of wicked
Western imperialism, British duplicity, unlucky Arabs, well-connected
Zionists, and hard-done-by Palestinians.
There were three 'talking heads':
James Barr, historian, author of *A Line in the Sand* and an expert on
Anglo-French rivalry in the Middle East.
Avi Shlaim, anti-Zionist historian at Oxford University and regular writer
for the *Guardian*'s *Comment Is Free*.
Rashid ... more »
The Mossad on 9/11
The Mossad on 9/11: "Explosive Ordnance Units" Arrested on the George
Washington Bridge from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*"We are not your problem - the Palestinians are your problem."*
All lines are down at the FBI Joint Terrorism Taskforce in New York City.
Because they're all in Las Vegas attending a conference and can't get a
flight back.
Video: How Does Mindfulness Reduce Stress?
How Does Mindfulness Reduce Stress? Source: NourFoundation. Date Published:
February 21, 2013. Description:
Neuroscientist Amishi Jha discusses how the different qualities of
mindfulness meditation can help to reduce stress.
An excerpt from "Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness" featuring
Steve Paulson, Richard Davidson, Jon Kabat-Zinn & Amishi Jha.
The New York Academy of Sciences
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
the tarsands are coming to toronto: speak out on october 19 (and every day) to stop the madness
By now I hope you all know about Line 9, Enbridge's plan to transport the
dirtiest, most spillable oil on the planet through the most heavily
populated areas of Canada and some of the most environmentally sensitive
areas of New England.
Line 9 is the third stage of Enbridge's plans to get their
resource-draining, health-destroying, earth-killing tarsands oil from
Alberta to the rest of the world, putting the drinking water, health, and
lives of millions of people at risk in order to squeeze more private profit
out of our earth.
*On October 19, concerned Canadians will demonstrate ... more »
Hypatia
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*"There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the
philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as
to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. Having succeeded to
the school of Plato and Plotinus, she explained the principles of
philosophy to her auditors, many of whom came from a distance to receive
her instructions. *
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*On account of the self-possession and ease of manner which she had
acquired in consequence of the cultivation of her mind, she not
infrequently appeared in public in the presence of the magistrates. Neither ... more »
The Third Section's the Charm
Granted, I'm not a Constitutional scholar like our President who wipes
his well-toned ass with it every day of the year. But I've been rereading
the 14th Amendment these days, the one the Obama administration has been
loathe to invoke to avoid the debt ceiling implosion brought to a short
fuse by the Teabagger Republicans.
The 14th Amendment, to put in a nutshell, was ratified by Congress on
July 9, 1868 as an aid to Reconstruction. It was bitterly contested by the
southern states because they had to adopt it in order to be recognized in
the Congress. It was primarily a ci... more »
The Home Stretch In Massachusetts Brings Out The Worst In EMILY's List-- As Usual
Of course Elizabeth Warren refused to endorse conservative shill Katherine
Clark, but that didn't keep EMILY's List from printing up these fliers
Last April, Digby exposed the EMILY's List strategy for beating progressive
L.A. mayoral contender-- and now progressive L.A. Mayor-- Eric Garcetti on
behalf of their Republican-"turned"-Democrat conservative candidate with a
sleazy campaign mailer you can see here. The obvious intention was to
portray Garcetti, a happily married man and a naval officer, as a sleaze
bag. L.A. voters know him too well, and the EMILY's List slimy tactics
fail... more »
Stand By Me / Every Breath You Take mashup
Ben E. King and The Police seem made for each other.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell - The Golem of Venice from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"Russell played many strings on his fiddle of evil. His proposals for
genocide, especially against populations with darker skin-hues than that of
the Vril Society's self-esteemed Anglo-Saxon master race, are fully as
satanic, and more viciously personalized than his policies of world
dictatorship through nuclear terrorism. He was also a savage hoaxster in
his corrosive influence within the domains of philosophy and natural
science. He was not even truly British; there is not a gram of concern for
the well-being of the... more »
The Bodybuilder and the Asian.
Search the BBC website for ‘antisemitic video” and all you get is John
Galliano, the drunken popinjay from the House of Dior.
But everywhere else on the interweb and in the MSM you get the tale of the
Jewish wedding video containing audio that inadvertently reveals the
‘accident-prone’ cameraman sucking up to his ‘Asian’ assistant by making
stereotypical anti-Jewish snipes about their clients.
Claudia and Stan Gocman on their wedding day
The video failed to capture any happy memories for the bride, but it did
capture the cameraman’s self-pitying incompetence. The assistant sounds... more »
From the ten ox-herding pictures and Permaculture Design to a way of life
From Zen Flesh,
Zen Bones.
The book
is available
in hardcover
from Tuttle,
toll-free number
[USA] 1-800-526-2778.
wikimedia.org
One of my all-time favorite things is the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, an
effort to explain in graphics the typical "spiritual" journey of a Zen
adherent. The original version is attributed to Kuòān Shīyuǎn (廓庵師遠), a
master from the twelfth century C.E., and has been redrawn many times. The
one at left is by twentieth century woodblock artist Tokuriki Tomikichiro.
The idea is that when we notice something seems "missing" in our lives, we
go forth in searc... more »
As Usual, Orientalism Employed to Undermine Diplomacy with Iran
Blue
Mosque, Jean-Léon Gérôme
"We are always wrong when we believe that Orientals think logically as
we do."
- President Dwight Eisenhower, in comments to his National Security
Council, 2/17/1955
"Really, it seemed hardly fair that dignified and correct western
statesmanship should be defeated by the antics of incomprehensible
orientals."
- L.P. Elwell-Sutton, Persian Oil: A Study in
Must evidence in very serious criminal matters be preserved for the lifetime of the offender?
*Chaudhary v. Ontario (Attorney General),* 2013 ONCA 615 sought a
declaration that all evidence in very serious criminal matters should be
preserved for the lifetime of the offender. The Court dismissed the
application on the facts as presented but hinted such preservation might be
appropriate in the future depending how the caselaw develops:
[11] Before concluding his reasons, Dambrot J. made some thoughtful, *
obiter* observations about the issue of post–appeal preservation of
evidence, which we endorse as well. He stated at paras 87-88:
Unlike preservation of *Stin... more »
Wide Asleep in FAIR Extra!, August IssueAfter Ahmadinejad, Alarmism Still Reigns
The
following article originally appeared in the August 2013 issue of
Extra!, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's monthly magazine.
EXTRA!
Aug
01
2013
After Ahmadinejad, Alarmism Still Reigns
Spinning Iranian election results to maintain an official enemy
By Nima Shirazi
With the surprise election (CNN, 6/15/13) of moderate pragmatist Hassan
Rouhani as the next president of Iran, and
HRW: Obfuscation Posing as Humanitarianism Report. Slaughter near Latakia
Syria rebels executed civilians, says Human Rights Watch
When my hubby brought this latest to my attention....grrrrr!! I was
furious.
And you would think I should be elated, right?
Human Rights Watch actually focusing on this terrible, terrible atrocity
committed by the WESTERN BACKED HIRED KILLERS.
Since this happened way back at the beginning of August 2013, two months
ago, we all need to ask ourselves*...............Why a HRW report at this
time?* *Why not in August? Or September?*
The Guardian had reported on the attacks near Latakia , just last week. At
that time, it seem... more »
Reading Ripley: And Gladwell too!
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013*
*In search of “adventure stories” and “wonderful, thrilling” events:*Yesterday, for whatever reason, we just couldn’t face it.
We couldn’t face the negativity of continuing with our thread—our thread
about Amanda Ripley’s lack of interest in low-income kids.
Ripley has published an interesting, ballyhooed book, The Smartest Kids in
the World. Her education proposals may make perfect good sense for
middle-class students.
But the challenges facing (many) low-income kids barely appear in her book.
We plan to return to this topic next week. Yesterday, we cou... more »
Ted Cruz? Winnowed, Probably
I've been on the side of those who thought that Ted Cruz was a viable
candidate for the Republican nomination in 2016. Not a likely winner, but
very plausible.
I'm pretty sure that's done now.
I was willing to defend Cruz's chances despite his quickly-gained
reputation within the Senate for excessively sharp elbows. I thought that
Hill reputation was a relatively minor factor in overall party view of a
contender.
But what's happened to him now goes well beyond Hill reputation. Moreover,
the type of bad reputation has changed, and that should matter, too. Three
things:
1. It's one... more »
Greta Van Susteren cons the rubes!
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013*
*Refuses to challenge McCarthy:* Each and every night, voters get misled on
Fox.
The trend is growing on Our Own Channel too. On Thursday night, we were
struck by The Challenge That Didn’t Get Posed.
Greta Van Susteren was interviewing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), a member of
the Republican leadership in the House. She asked him about that day’s
meeting with Obama at the White House:
VAN SUSTEREN (10/10/13): So there are really two issues on the table. The
debt ceiling, that was really sort of the main issue here today, right?
MCCARTHY: Because the 17th i... more »
Nobel prizes shouldn't be awarded to large groups
*Great physicists are islands of a sort, not mindless screws in an
institution*
I don't remember the last day when I agreed with Sabine Hossenfelder so
entirely. She just wrote a blog post called
Should the Nobel Prize be given to collaborations and institutions?
in which she disagreed with a recent oped by Sean Carroll in *The New York
Times*,
No Physicist Is an Island.
I agree with Sabine not only because of the "sign" of her answer but
because of some detailed arguments, too. I wanted to write a very similar
text on Wednesday but it's great that I didn't because she would surel... more »
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES VIDEO: Kurdish Genocide In Iraq: Survivors Tell Their Stories
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GONNA STUDY WAR LOTS MORE: Dr. King tries a little tenderness!
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013*
*Part 4—Joan Walsh pours it on:* Last night, viewers of Hardball got
themselves played again.
Joan Walsh was asked about Ted Cruz’s chances of reaching the White House.
By her own admission, she was sorry to say what she said:
WALSH (10/10/13): I don’t think he will get the nomination—*he could,
because there is that hatred afoot in our country. I’m sorry to say it, but
there is.* And there is that hatred of government. And there are
people—people really, far-right people believe that they were pushed, they
were sold a bill of goods, a moderate in John Mc... more »
Graph of the Day: Africa Power Needs
The figure above comes from a post at the Center for Global Development by
Todd Moss and Madeleine Gleave. They ask, how much power does Africa really
need? Their answer (based on estimates and methods you can read in their
post) is ... a lot.
Here is their bottom line:
- As these countries grow more populated and richer (they are all
posting impressive real GDP growth rates), the demand for electricity is
going to be significantly greater than the modest targets currently
envisioned by the international community.
- Nigeria’s ambitious electricity expansion plans ... more »
Satire: “Hostage-Takers Call Comparisons to Tea Party ‘Hurtful’”
* *
*“Hostage-Takers Call Comparisons to Tea Party ‘Hurtful’”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “A group representing America’s
hostage-takers today blasted President Obama for his repeated comparisons
between them and the Tea Party Republicans, calling his remarks “degrading
and hurtful.” The complaint came from the National Alliance of
Hostage-Takers and Blackmailers, a watchdog group that monitors negative
images of extortionists in the media. “As professional hostage-takers, we
never take hostages unless we have a well-thought-out plan, realistic
demands, an... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: Something From the New TV Season
Yep, it is that time of year as each network rolls out its new programs
with the first cancellations already being announced. This year, there is
one that is under the radar–a sitcom based on Aliens. Check it out: Ok.
Just a youtube bit of genius. Enjoy your weekend.
Friday Links
*Riding tomorrow at last. Three weeks of minimal biking has made me fat and
surly. That may well be indistinguishable from the normal me, come to think
of it.*
- Brian explains China's scary use of history in its claim to NE Korea...
- China Policy Institute blog hosts pro-Ma piece claiming that Ma is a
frustrated reformer.
- Jamestown Brief on China and Taiwan volunteer military programs
- AP reports on the protests against the Ma government
- Documentary on Hsiaolin Village disaster to compete in Japan
- Jamestown Brief piece argues that DPP will win 2014 seven... more »
Paul Ryan, New Democrat
Okay, scratch that last post about the two sides of the Money Party
probably not being able to make a deal to save the world and screw the
people before Default Apocalypse. I spoke/wrote in haste and despair. Paul
Ryan has emerged from the ashes of defeat as the New Democrats' (a/k/a Wall
Street/centrist branch of the party) wet dream, a knight in shining armor
to help forge the grand bargain with Barack the Feckless. Ryan, almost
universally lambasted in the past few years for his fraudulent Budget to
Nowhere, is now being hailed by "moderates" as the latest hot new pragmatic
star.... more »
Untitled
*N.O. inspector general calls out French Quarter park arrangement and Overtime
Pay ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Advocate *
*City, PUFAP in Jazz in the Park Permit Flap ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*DHH wants level of chlorine upped in dozens of La. water systems ~Katie
Moore, WWLTV*
*VIDEO: Mississippi River Restoration Program Makes Progress ~Dredging Today
*
*French Quarter Film House To Host Welcome Party For Film Makers At The New
Orleans Film Festival*
*Good Eggs remakes groceries with online farmers market ~Will Coviello,
Gambit*
US Suggests Destruction Unit for Syria Chemical Weapon Destruction
* The Pentagon is suggesting *(?) the world's chemical weapons watchdog use
a U.S.-made mobile destruction unit in Syria to neutralize the country's
toxic stockpile, officials told Reuters.
It gave a briefing on the unit on Tuesday to officials at the Hague-based
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, who are deciding what
technology to use for the ambitious chemical weapons destruction plan, two
officials said.
*Initial talks between Washington and Moscow about where to destroy the
stockpile included shipping it abroad, but it is illegal for most countries
... more »
Morning Fresh Hope
By American Kabuki
Morning fresh hope, ain't gonna die
banker plane still scratches the sky
debt collectors assurance
gotta collect that dead peasant insurance
biosphere goal
stuff the stockings with a lump of coal
carbon tax business plan
grab indigenous land
pump the wells with frack
hear the breaking crack
Love still grows
its all changing everyone knows
Shout Oh My God I LOVE YOU!
Shout Oh My God I LOVE YOU
DANCE WITH ME MY LOVE!
DANCE WITH ME MY LOVE!
Birth, jail and death monetized
Blitzer audience hypnotized
Congress and Executive Chief
Love's he... more »
The Great Myth of the FDA as Protector of our Health by Christina Sarich
The Great Myth of the FDA as Protector of our Health
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 11 October 2013
Just like we’ve been taught to bow to the white coats, we’ve also been
conditioned to think that whatever the Food and Drug Administration approves
must be safe. Nothing could be further from the truth. This organization is
supposed to be a governmental watchdog over our food supply and public
health, as well as an agency to keep medicines or other proposed ‘cures’ –
both natural and pharmaceutical – from doing us harm. *The FDA is supposed
to block the interests of greed... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Human Rights Watch has a new report on the killing of 190 civilians in
early August by members of five Islamist rebel groups: Ahrar
al-Sham, Islamic State of Iraq and Sham, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jaish
al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, Suquor al-Izz Congratulations to Organization for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on the Nobel Peace Prize. They won’t
have much time to
Continue reading
Bill Whittle: President Temper-Tantrum ...(video)
*how essential are non-essential employees?*
"These small people, these pathetic genetically defective control freaks in
Washington"
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jane Krakowski, 45.
Some good stuff, too:
1. Heather Roff-Perkins on robots.
2. Dave Wiltse on Ted Cruz and the invisible primary.
3. And Steve Greene on being friendly with students.
New Polls Show Non-DCCC Districts Are Falling To Democratic Challengers
Last week, when MoveOn and PPP released their much buzzed about polls
showing how Democrats could pick up many seats, the first thing I noticed
was that these were all the Steve Israel seats they had polled. I spoke
with them and asked them to poll some of the districts that the DCCC
studiously ignores, districts we've been covering here at *DWT* and where
Blue America has some great candidates. This morning MoveOn and PPP are
releasing new polling data for some of those districts.
Outstanding, at top Blue America races where Lee Rogers is ahead of Buck
McKeon (CA-25), Paul Clemen... more »
Obamacare updates - October 11 , 2013 - After numerous Administration Officials have stone walled the question of enrollment numbers , two HHS workers leak the results out - just 51,000 completed applications to date ! No wonder the White house , HHS Secretary , the Press Secretary for the President , the Treasury Secretary , Democrats in congress and every political supporter of Obamacare has run like heck from the facts ! and with 6 million , nine hundred and fifty thousand more enrollees needed to make this monstrosity viable , who really thinks this Frankenstein creation can ever be financially viable ? Between this debacle and the ongoing Ass Clown circus called the Budget and Debt Ceiling Kibukis , no wonder Americans have no confidence in Congress and their Government overall !
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2452537/Administration-sources-Obamacare-website-received-just-51-000-completed-insurance-applications.html
EXCLUSIVE:
Just 51,000 people completed Obamacare applications during the
website's first week, out of tens of millions of Americans in 36 states
- *Obamacare's main signup engine attracted just 6,200 new customers
on
its launch day and 51,000 after the first week*
- *
*
- *At the same rate, the 6-month open enrollment period would sign up
just 2 million Americans, including 14 states and D.C., which have
their
own i... more »
Hope for Paws rescues terrified dog...
This little doggie reminds me so much of our Sophie (RIP).
Sophie's story *HERE*
At The Mercy Of Vengeful Gods?
Gerald Caplan wonders, in today's *Globe and Mail*, why the NDP has such a
hard time establishing itself outside the prairies. Darrell Dexter's defeat
on Tuesday follows a pattern:
It’s not entirely easy to explain, but there are clues. For the four
provinces besides Nova Scotia that have ever elected NDP governments, two
completely opposite electoral patterns emerged over the decades. In the
agreeable tradition, in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the NDP wins repeatedly.
In the lamentable tradition – BC and Ontario – either the NDP premier or
the entire government is gone after a sin... more »
J P Morgan Earnings Report released - suffers first quarterly loss under Jamie dimon , suffers biggest prop trading loss in its history , suffers miss in revenue to accompany loss rather than earnings for the quarter - big key is ever rising legal expenses ( 9.2 billion ) and note loan reserves continue to decline as those reserves used to smooth out quarterly results ! Wells Fargo Earnings Report Released - another flop ! Wells crippled by Mortgage pipeline shutdown , Net interest margins falls , Reserve Release to smooth earnings soars ( more of the same )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-11/jpm-hammered-massive-92-billion-legal-expenses-posts-first-loss-under-dimon-takes-16
JPM Hammered By Massive $9.2 Billion In Legal Expenses, Posts First Loss
Under Dimon; Takes $1.6 Billion Reserve Release
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/11/2013 07:42 -0400
- Equity Markets
- fixed
- Fortress Balance Sheet
- Jamie Dimon
- NIM
- Prop Trading
inShare
So much for the JPM "fortress balance sheet." Moments ago the bank which 18
months ago stunned the world with the biggest prop trading... more »
Argentina: Anomaly Photographed over Córdoba, Argentina
*Luis Burgos *of the *Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía *(FAO) submitted the
following image to *PLANETA UFO*, showing a luminous anomaly described as a
"variable UFO". The image was taken on the 30th of September of this year
by *Gaby Decall*. Our thanks as ever to *Guillermo Giménez*!
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia: 100 UFO Fly-Overs in Two Years?
*Bolivia: 100 UFO Fly-Overs in Two Years?*
*By Dayana Flores, OPINION (www.opinion.com.bo)*
Pablo Santa Cruz claims the greatest number of sightings took place in
Quillacollo and Tiquipaya (Cochabamba) and especially in the Altiplano o
areas with remnants of ancient civilizations.
The studies of a Bolivian ufologist who is most involved in the subject –
Pablo Santa Cruz – account for nearly 100 unknown objects reported in
Bolivian skies in the past two years.
Santa Cruz heads “Proyecto Ovni”, a four-hour long documentary that
discusses the phenomenon, as well as two books on the su... more »
Obamacare sign-up crash: what's really behind it?
By Jon Rappoport
October 10, 2013
www.nomorefakenews.com
It's easy to say the government always screws things up and, therefore, the
crash of its Obamacare sign-up system is merely another example of gross
incompetence.
But this is shortsighted. White House officials knew, months ago, the
online site was an unmitigated disaster, and yet they let the train
continue speeding down the track to its inevitable crackup.
To understand this, we need to go back to the opening salvo in the
Obamacare drama.
To his advisors' shock and surprise, Obama, taking office in 2009,
announced that hi... more »
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