oxygene - mobile terraforming platform (Photo credit: Rudolf Getel)
Español: Centro de Ski El Colorado, al oriente de Santiago de Chile (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Chile (Photo credit: @Doug88888)
Español: Pre Cordillera nevada Santiago Chile (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Santiago de Chile in winter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Osvaldo Murray: The Man-Birds of Chile
*Osvaldo Murray: The Man-Birds of Chile*
*(From Revista Revelación, Santiago de Chile, May 1996 pages 10-13)*
There are some incredible stories, and this is one of them. So incredible
that not even I believe it, but the facts are there and I am not going to
change them, no matter how skeptical one may be.
The start of this story kicked off – as a sort of byproduct of terror – of
an equally incredible story: the death of a young woman in what the
Catholic Church described as demonic possession.
And I believe it in the sum total of the fantastic, despite the fact that I
myself have... more »
Stephen Harper in Indonesia attending APEC meeting.
Interesting dress.
Open Letter on Fusion
Over the past decade, research on alternate fusion protocols has blossomed
while the one off Tokomak approach has swallowed financial and human
resources to modest effect. There is a simple answer of course. Just
demand that Tokamak receive fifty percent private financing and do the same
for all other protocols. This will quickly reapply capital broadly to the
thriving protocols.
This is essentially what happened to NASA and we have been smiling ever
since.
Seven years ago there were a handful of protocols sitting mostly dead in
the water. That has changed. It has... more »
Cheaper Grid Battery
We do not get a lot here, including the all-important energy density.
Otherwise it appears promising and deliverable so we will likely see more
of this company. I do like the lack of an acid solution for the system
itself as that ends no end of operational difficulties.
Vanadium Redox has not gone away either, so the age of utility grade
energy storage is fast approaching. Flow batteries are the natural fix
there.
This particular aspect of grid architecture is the low lying fruit of our
grid system. A storage option hugely increases grid capacity.
*Startup Shows... more »
Oldest Petroglyphs in North America
The postulate here of an extreme gamma ray burst is certainly interesting,
but does not support the momentum transfer absorbed by the crust at the
time and supported by masses of conforming geological evidence. Yet this
may well have happened during the longer time window that includes the
Pleistocene Nonconformity and brings in evidentiary confusion. We may have
had two major events with the plasma event been dramatic and clearly
survivable. That we have linked petrography is compelling for ready
survival.
What is important is that the pinch glyphs are accurately... more »
Cattle Mutilations
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*It is plausible that some cattle mutilations are caused by natural
attacks from an unidentified creature such as my posited gargoyle. Yet ten
thousand animals over several years mostly demonstrating surgical sampling
techniques is nothing of the sort.*
*More important however in this report is that we get confirmation of
alien monitoring of our communications. I have suspected as much simply
because it is a natural to need to establish ground truth.*
*It is thus clear that aliens are testing our environment through the
sampling of cattle specif... more »
Hell Froze Over - #VoteNo2ALEC
Campaign season has started.
As a Dem precinct chair here in MN I get a lot of campaign emails.
People looking for support for the upcoming primaries and for party
endorsement.
Have to admit - I delete these from my email box - 99% of the time I just
delete them.
Cause I research the candidates, not just accept their promos.
For unknown reason - universe knocking at my door - I opened the email I
got last night.
And then
*had* to do a little research.
State Rep. Debra Hilstrom will seek DFL endorsement for secretary of state
By Joe Kimball | 06/21/13
State Rep. Debra Hilstrom, a DFL... more »
Invest in libraries, not more tests
Sent to the Houston Chronicle, October 9
Lisa Falkenberg ("Cutting libraries shows warped priorities," October 9) is
right: Spending money on increased testing while cutting libraries and
librarians is like investing in precise scales to weigh the animal, but
neglecting to feed it.
Decades of research show that the most important factor in developing
literacy is self-selected reading, or reading because you want to. For
children of poverty, the library is often the only place they have access
to books.
We hear pious pronouncements from politicians about the importance of
reading... more »
Photos Longest Walk 4 Dodge City, Kansas
Longest
Walk 4 walking west toward Dodge City today, Wednesday. Thanks to Bad
Bear for the great photos. www.returntoalcatraz.com
Tom Hanks and Public Myth
*"[Leo] Strauss believed it was for politicians to assert powerful and
inspiring myths that everyone could believe in.*
*They might not be true, but they were necessary illusions.*
*One of these was religion; the other was the myth of the nation."*
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*Parkland is Tom Hanks' JFK Movie.*
Told entirely from the point of view of medical team at Parkland Hospital.
It's been attacked all over the place, so it must be somewhat good - I've
been part of a major effort for the last two years, lobbying Tom Hanks via
social media - he originally agreed to produce a movie on the subject
... more »
A New Review of “The Global Achievement Gap”
During my first year teaching, I downloaded Tony Wagner’s breakthrough
book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the
New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It. I will
henceforth refer to this book as G.A.G., which is simply an unintended
coincidence, not a pun. I promise. At […]
Joseph Atwill - Covert Messiah - the Genesis of Modern Psychological Warfare?
IS CHRISTIANITY THE GENESIS OF
MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE?JOIN US SAT. 19TH OCTOBER 2013 FOR A UNIQUE
SYMPOSIUMAT CONWAY HALL 25 RED LION SQUARE, LONDONIT'S NOT JUST ANCIENT
HISTORY
The latest in Biblical scholarship has now uncovered new evidence that
provides a disturbing explanation: Christianity never strayed; Jesus Christ
is a fabricated cover story for an Imperial psychological warfare operation
born out of the First Jewish-Roman War in the first century.
And this allegation of Jesus being FABRICATED to serve a (Roman) purpose
also ties in with Ralph Ellis' King of Edessa re... more »
Nir Shaviv: the IPCC AR5, first impressions
*The author is an Israeli astrophysicist and cosmoclimatologist, blogging
at sciencebits.com*
The IPCC summary for policy makers is out, and as I started writing these
lines so was the last draft of the main report. Of course, it will take a
while to digest the 2200 pages of the full report (it has a lot of
starch!). Until I do, here are my first impressions from having read the
summary and having skimmed the full scientific report.
My main conclusion is that this report is to a large extent a rehash of the
AR4 report. However, given the lack of any new evidence pointing to human... more »
Scientific Study Shows No Benefit From A Questionable MS Treatment Advanced By Both Medical And Political Charlatans ...
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*There is nothing new about a politician trying to get in front of a parade.
* *Three years ago, Saskatchewan's populist Premier, Brad Wall elbowed his
way to the front of the line to thrust tax dollars into the hands of
medical researchers who were advancing 'false hope' for thousands of
Multiple Sclerosis victims.*
* July 2010 -****Saskatchewan's Wall vows to fund contentious MS treatment*
*"In a striking departure from his political counterparts across the
country, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says his government will finance
clinical tr... more »
Winging It
This mountain top is familiar, yet not as comfortable as remembered. It
feels mostly, well, windy. Quiet. Stark. It is going to take some wings
to move on. Specially made wings, fitted for just this body.
It’s time to fly. It’s going to be interesting without the usual
navigational equipment. You see, it’s all broken. Not for a lack of
effort, mind you. All of the usual suspects were consulted to repair the
damage:
Anger
Blame
Hurt
Judgment
Protection
Illusion
Pity
Self defeat
None of them did the job.
When the tool chest was emptied, all that was heard w... more »
Drip...Drip Shutdown Update
The list of Republicans who publicly support a clean CR is now at 24, as
Jennifer Bendery (who is doing a great job on this story) reports. That
number has been stable for a while, but partially because four Members who
were previously on the list have flipped.
As I said before, my sense of how this all plays politically is that
somewhere between this list reaching 25 and reaching 60, it becomes a large
enough problem for Republicans that their position likely collapses
entirely, and a shutdown vote really does happen. Because of that, if the
list is slowly increasing, Democrats get... more »
NUCLEAR DISASTERS - JAPAN AND UK
FUKUSHIMA: THE CHINA SYNDROME
*"The entire country of Britain could have been turned to a radioactive
wasteland overnight.*
*"A major nuclear incident was narrowly averted at the heart of Britain’s
Royal Navy submarine fleet,* The Independent on Sunday can reveal.
"The failure of both the primary and secondary power sources of coolant for
nuclear reactors at the Devonport dockyard in Plymouth on 29 July last year
followed warnings in previous years of just such a situation.
"Experts yesterday compared the crisis at the naval base, operated by the
Ministry of Defence and governme... more »
REECE MANLEY
*Reece Manley*
*In hospital, Reece Manley had a near-death experience.*
He says the God he observed in the place he called heaven during his
near-death experience was a God of acceptance.
He said his near-death experience taught him that God embraces gay people.
*Manley was brought up as an evangelical Christian.*
Manley said he has had personal experience with a religion that taught him
fear.
*"Spiritual abuse is real," Manley said, adding, "I show people different
ways to express spirituality."*
As a pastoral counselor, Manley worked with people who were raised in what
he desc... more »
The "legality" of abduction
From the latest press conference by Barack Obama:
Q: Did the capture of Mr. Libi comply with international law?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: We know that Mr. al-Libi planned and helped to execute a
plot that killed hundreds of people, a whole lot of Americans. And we have
strong evidence of that. And he will be brought to justice.
We'll take that as a "no." Or a "who gives a shit, we're the United
States." By the way, note that Obama goes from what we "know" to "we have
strong evidence." "Strong evidence" is not "knowledge" (in fact, coming
from the U.S. government, it's just as likely to be a ... more »
Memewatch: Your Howler seemed to be getting results!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013*
*But the Times just pretends to report:* Incomparably, your Daily Howler
seemed to be getting results!
Last Saturday, we started our current Memewatch series. We've been tracking
the standard GOP claim in which Republicans say, “What, us worry?”
concerning that silly debt limit.
After watching Rachel last Thursday, we had finally heard enough. We still
haven’t gotten around to discussing her clownish performance—and today, we
must defer to the mighty New York Times.
Finally, there it was! Right on page one, the New York Times seemed to be
reporting on ... more »
“U.S. Looks 50 Years Ahead on the Road to Serfdom”
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*“U.S. Looks 50 Years Ahead on the Road to Serfdom”*
by Dominic Frisby
“Want to know just how invasive the state is going to get in the United
States? Well, take a look across the pond. In terms of the large, invasive
state, we English are way ahead of you guys. We’re a good 50 or more years
further down the road to serfdom.
Nineteenth-century Britain was about as glorious a libertarian existence as
history has to offer. We didn’t call it libertarian then. It was known as
“classical liberalism” or “Gladstonian liberalism” - after our prime
minister, William Gladstone. From th... more »
Margaret Thatcher and the Decline of West by Webster G. Tarpley
Margaret Thatcher’s first high-profile political job came in 1970 when she
was appointed to serve as education and science minister in the cabinet of
the liberal Tory Edward Heath.
She imposed a series of brutal budget cuts, the most infamous of which was
the abolition of a program left over from the Great Depression, which
guaranteed a daily pint of milk to schoolchildren between the ages of seven
and eleven.
This was a program which had done much good in the poorer mining,
industrial, and farming towns and villages of Wales, Scotland, and the
north of England, where vitamin ... more »
“Democrat Voters Confused: ‘I Didn’t Realize I Would Be The One Who Was Going to Pay For It Personally’”
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*“Democrat Voters Confused: *
*‘I Didn’t Realize I Would Be The One Who Was Going to Pay For It
Personally’”*
by Mac Slavo
“Back in 2008, when then-candidate Obama promised Joe the Plumber and the
rest of America that he intended to spread the wealth around, most democrat
and liberal voters embraced the notion of wealth redistribution under the
guise of equality. A universal health care plan, that would be free for all
Americans, was the promise from the candidate of hope and change. Tens of
millions of Americans jumped on the bandwagon waving their flags, fainting
at his ap... more »
The Economy: “I Hate When That Happens...”
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*“I Hate When That Happens...”*
by Karl Denninger
“You know how it is, you're going along with the lies that are told every
day about "recovery" and "economic conditions are kinda ok" and "we're
doing all right" and then the mainstream media and "economists" like
Goldman's Alec Phillips screw up and tell the truth by accident. “Economists
at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., IHS Inc. (IHS) and BNP Paribas SA said they
expect the Treasury to husband the tax money it collects to make sure it
can meet interest and principal payments on the nation’s debt. Other
obligations, from salaries... more »
Saudis fear tide of Syrian war turning against their interests?
The mainstream media. Always months behind. Sheesh.
*Saudis fear tide of Syria war turning against their interests*
If you read here you're one of the aware individuals that already knows
Saudi Arabia has taken the wheel of the killing machine in Syria. FT makes
it seem as if this is just happening now. It isn't. **
This change started months ago. The ouster of Morsi. The selection of a pro
Saudi leaders for the Syrian opposition.
Egypt’s army ousted the Islamist president, to plaudits and generous
funding from Riyadh; the Syrian opposition elected a new pro-Saudi
leadership; and t... more »
Banksy Parodies the Syrian 'rebels' ( the reincarnated Contras)
And offends the spooky Brown Moses in the process. ( Pleasing me to no end)
Could it be that some people, such as Banksy and others, see the *rebels*as cartoonish characters created to have a certain
*undeserved* appeal to fools and dupes?
Thinking, of course, of the mainstream media insisting on these persons
really being 'freedom fighters'
President Ronald Regan and the media of the day, said the Contras were
freedom fighters also? What the Contras were in reality, is the same as
what the Syrian 'rebels' are, in reality. Killers! Bought and paid for
Killers!
From an early stage... more »
Corporate Christian Missionaries of Memphis and Many Shining Charters on the Hill
Education historian, Carl Kaestle, developed the thesis that the American
ideology developed in the 19th Century from an overlapping and mutually
supportive combination of three elements: protestantism, capitalism, and
republicanism. They are so closely linked, Kaestle argued, that a
challenge to one often brings defensive reactions from the believers of the
others, so that a skeptic of reading the protestant bible in school was
often attacked as un-American, or an organizer of unions might be attacked
as an ungodly and un-American.
Today in Memphis, we see this ideology brought to... more »
The world is upside down
'As things stand, the world remains upside down. The left rather than the
right defends reactionary religion, as long as the reactionaries do not
have a white skin. You should never tire of pointing out that they are
complicit in an enormous betrayal of progressive principles. Women, gays,
secularists, liberals and socialists from ethnic minorities ought to be
able to turn to British liberals and leftists for support against the
patriarchal men, who seek to control them. Rather than fraternal greetings,
they find indifference and hostility.'
Nick Cohen on the hypocrisy of the left... more »
GONNA STUDY WAR LOTS MORE: Con men to the right of us!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013*
*Part 3—Students of war to the left:* Is the GOP in the grip of a
“nihilistic base?”
That may be what Thomas L. Friedman says in today’s New York Times. In his
second strong column about the shutdown, he offers this sweeping claim:
FRIEDMAN (10/9/13): The reason so many mainstream Republican lawmakers want
Obama to give something to Cruz & Co. is that they want to get out of this
mess, but they’re all afraid to stand up to the far-right fringe
themselves—with its bullying network of barking talk-show hosts and
moneymen. But Obama shouldn’t take them off... more »
A Pile of Hemorrhoidal Dog Poop Crawling With Fungus and Cockroaches
Somewhere in America, a claque of merry pollsters stuck in preadolescent
boy mode is getting paid to think up the most disgusting objects in the
universe with which to compare Congress. Last time around, they made
annoying dinnertime phone calls to unsuspecting people to find out whether
they preferred a root canal or a Congress Critter. Guess who won? At least
with a root canal, you get anesthetized.
It's getting harder and harder to come up with new lists of horribles, but
the PeePeePee outfit really outdid itself this year. With an unbelievably
high approval rating of 8 percent, ... more »
Complete 2013 Kurdistan Regional Government Election Results
After dealing with the complaints of several parties Iraq’s Election
Commission finally announced the full results of the Kurdistan Regional
Government’s (KRG) 2013 parliamentary elections. As the preliminary counts
revealed there has been a sea change amongst the Kurdish voters. The
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which has jointly run the region since
the 1990s has fallen out of favor to the benefit of the opposition Change
List, the Kurdistan Islamic Union, and the Kurdistan Islamic Group. The
issue now is whether those parties will be able to gain meaningful
positions in ... more »
CSEC data mining Brazil's mining data
Amusing to see both NaPo and the G&M are hosting remarks from former CSIS
deputy director Ray Boisvert dismissing the recent Snowden/Greenwald docs
which revealed CSEC spied on Brazil's Mines and Energy Ministry.
Snowden was present at the Five Eyes conference where the CSEC presentation
on their Olympia spying program on Brazil took place.
Boisvert in both papers:
“We were all too busy chasing bad guys who can actually kill people. The
idea that we spend a lot of time, or any time at all, on a country like
Brazil is pretty low margin stuff, not likely to happen.”
The docs probabl... more »
Male brain vs female brain: How do they differ?
Male brain vs female brain: How do they differ? | Science | theguardian.com
My comments:
Important points:
1. Differences are both biological and social (I'd put it as 20%
biological, 80% socially constructed myself - but you can't ignore that
20%. It's real.)
2. Differences are *statistical*. It makes just as little sense to say "we
can't employ a woman to do X because women aren't good at it" as to refuse
to employ a woman who's 6' 4" tall because "women are too short". Even
though most women are shorter than most men.
3. Saying all this is unpopular. Those who are biological essen... more »
Nova Scotia Elections
Darrell Dexter lost his seat. I believe he is a good guy but that is the
way politics is.
*Darrell Dexter giving concession speech*
*Darrell Dexter — the man who led the first NDP government in Atlantic
Canada — couldn't secure his own seat, let alone clinch a second term as
Nova Scotia's premier.*
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*Dexter lost his Cole Harbour-Portland Valley seat by 31 votes to Liberal
Tony Ince. CBC*
Liberal leader Stephen McNeil is the new premier of Nova Scotia. He is
relatively unknown but time will tell. PC's form the Official Opposition
and NDP is in 3rd place.
*The Liberals were elec... more »
Migration 20: Overseas Employment, Positives Outweigh the Negatives?
Overseas employment, do the positives outweigh the negatives?
A friend asked that question in facebook and my quick answer is Yes. The
positives outweigh the negatives. Overseas employment is a voluntary and
private contract between the foreign employers and Filipino employees.
People have the option to stay home and look for jobs here, but they opted
to go outside because the perceived benefits are larger than the costs. If
our constitution, economic and bureaucratic policies are friendly to
foreign investments and entrepreneurship in general, many of those foreign
employers would ... more »
Apaches pay tribute to memorial gathering on Dzil Nchaa Si An
Apaches
pay tribute to memorial gathering on Dzil Nchaa Si An
Article and Photos by Sandra Rambler
Censored News
Dzil Nchaa Si An, AZ – While the pine and ponderosa trees stood tall
and firm with a cool breeze in the air, on Saturday, Sept. 28, tribal
elders were joined by Peridot District Councilman, Wendsler Nosie, Sr.,
and prestigious leaders from various organizations as
WotW: Show the World Your Fancy New Digital Business Card
In the olden days (about a decade or so ago), people used to share their
contact information using these annoying little pieces of paper called
business cards. OK, they're still around, though you'd never guess it from
the unused stack of them on my desk at work. Today, though, everything is
digital. There are apps that allow you to quickly share your information
with people you meet.
But wouldn't it be nice if you had one place online that was your digital
business card? Enter About.me.
This free service allows you to create a personalized page all about you.
It's the digital equi... more »
Untitled
*At BP oil spill trial, Justice Department witnesses bolster larger spill
number ~Mark Schleifstein*
*BP Back on Trial ~Gulf Restoration Network*
*Texas Brine has outstanding balance with Assumption Parish Police Jury*
*New Orleans takes control of former Navy facility in the Bywater ~Andrew
Vanacore ~New Orleans Advocate *
*Chinese drywall hearing begins today in N.O.*
*Brain-eating amoeba found in DeSoto Parish water supply ~WWLTV *
*Documentary: 'MRGOing Going Gone' debuts at Loyola*
Read more here:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/08/3263966/documentary-on-mr-go-debuts-at.h... more »
Hormonal therapy and sex reassignment: a systematic review and metaanalysis of quality of life and psychosocial outcomes
Hormonal therapy and sex reassignment: a systematic review and metaanalysis
of quality of life and psychosocial outcomes Murad et al Clinical
Endocrinology Volume 72, Issue 2, pages 214–231, February 2010
Summary
Objective To assess the prognosis of individuals with gender identity
disorder (GID) receiving hormonal therapy as a part of sex reassignment in
terms of quality of life and other self-reported psychosocial outcomes.
Methods We searched electronic databases, bibliography of included studies
and expert files. All study designs were included with no language
restrictions. Re... more »
Confessions of a "Bad Teacher" Confronting Treachery During an Age of "Reform"
I read Rafe Esquith’s Real Talk for Real Teachers and James Owens’ Confessions
of a Bad Teacher during the same week. Esquith described many types of
educational malpractice being imposed in the name of “best practices” that
I have seen. In fact, he recounts disgusting incidents that are worse than
anything I have witnessed. On the other hand, Esquith describes the joys of
teaching. He makes it clear why teaching can be such a rewarding career.
Even as “reform” is calling into question the value of a teaching
profession where educators devote their entire working lives to students,
... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Brian Lamb, 71. As I always say: a Hero of the Republic.
Thank you for CSPAN.
Good stuff:
1. Rick Hasen on Justice Roberts and campaign finance. With all the other
things going on, I haven't paid as much attention as I should to this case.
I go in with mixed feelings. I'm pretty much against contribution limits in
most cases as a matter of policy...but that's not quite the same as saying
that I think they should be ruled unconstitutional. I guess I'm at the
point where I'd need to stop and think about it.
2. Josiah Neeley defends the US Constitution in large part ... more »
Boehner Says There Aren't Enough Republicans To Pass A Clean CR And Dems Say There Are. Who's Right?
Democrats, from President Obama (who has no relation with House Republicans
and doesn't know much more about it than any of us do) to Nancy Pelosi, say
there are enough Republicans and Democrats-- 217-- to pass a clean CR. Long
Island Republican Peter King agrees. Let's say that the 5 right-wing
Democrats who refused to sign Pelosi's letter to Boehner calling for a
clean CR-- John Barrow (New Dem-GA), Mike McIntyre (New Dem-NC), Jim Cooper
(New Dem-TN), Jim Matheson (Blue Dog-UT) and Ron Kind (New Dem-WI)-- can be
persuaded to vote for it, a reasonable, though not iron-clad assump... more »
Congratulations, Janet
*Click on graphic to enlarge.*
President Obama has made a great decision in choosing Janet Yellen to chair
the Federal Reserve.
The image above, by the way, is one of the illustrations in the next
edition of my favorite textbook (which is now in production). When
supervising the artist, I had to guess who the next Fed chair would be. As
you can see, I guessed right.
*Addendum*: Someone asks whether the helicopter in the picture is a
reference to the current chairman's somewhat pejorative nickname
"Helicopter Ben." The answer is no, not at all. I used a helicopter in
this interio... more »
SPACE WEEK UPDATES
*The space week poster was spotted at the Busan International Film Festival
in South Korea*
*At the front gate of US NSA satellite spy base Menwith Hill in Yorkshire,
England*
- The first photo above comes from Stockholm, Sweden where Women for
Peace organized a vigil in front of the Swedish Parliament Building with
banners that read "Drones kill". Global Network board member Agneta
Norberg is featured in the photo. In the evening they organized a panel
discussion on space issues with Swedish parliamentarians.
- From Global Network board member Sung-Hee Choi ... more »
A Reputation In Tatters
Stephen Harper is skipping the Commonwealth Conference. The man who put
"royal" back in the navy and the air force doesn't have time for the
Commonwealth. There really is nothing surprising about that. International
relations is not the prime minister's strong suit. As Tom Walkom points out in
today's *Toronto Star*:
Stephen Harper has little use for the international institutions that
Canada once championed. He plans to boycott an important Commonwealth
meeting next month. He regularly snubs the United Nations.
Harper likes to say that these institutions don't share Canadian val... more »
Alleged terror suspect Anas al - Liby detained for open ended interrogation at sea - while Libya demands the return of its citizen kidnapped inside of Libya , Obama avoids answering as to whether such a kidnapping is legal ... Of course this opens the door one day for China , Russia or any other nation to do the same to US citizens in the US based on alleged decades old terror charges , right ?
Obama Swaps ‘Black Sites’ for ‘Justice at Sea’Detainee Faces Open-Ended
Interrogation in International Waters
by Jason Ditz, October 08, 2013
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Over the past 12 years, captives disappeared off the streets of foreign
cities have regularly found themselves in CIA “black sites,” held
incommunicado for indefinite periods of time for “enhanced interrogation.”
President Obama harshly criticized this policy at one point, but the
weekend capture of Abu Anas al-Liby has set up a distinction without a
difference, as he is being held in similar circumstances at sea.
Liby’s ... more »
HOW REHYPOTHECATION OF COLLATERAL WORKS....
How the Value of Collateral is Damaged
http://www.batr.org/negotium/100913.html
*Rehypothecation of Collateral* Before you get a headache or a pain in
your side, *rehypothecation* is not as difficult to understand as spelling
the word. Definition of '*Rehypothecation*':
“The practice by banks and brokers of using, for their own purposes, assets
that have been posted as collateral by their clients. Clients who permit
rehypothecation of their collateral may be compensated either through a
lower cost of borrowing or a rebate on fees.
In a typical example of rehypothecation, secur... more »
"US Military Spending: The 17 Foot Tall Insectoid Robo-Warriors From the Planet Zandor"
*"US Military Spending:*
*The 17 Foot Tall Insectoid Robo-Warriors From the Planet Zandor" *
by San Diego Veterans for Peace
"Let’s look at how the federal government spends our money… The pie chart
below shows the distribution of the total federal budget spending for FY
2013. (Click images for larger size.)
The “Social Security & Unemployment” and “Medicare & Health” take on a
major fraction of the federal spending, amounting to about 58% of the total
outlays, whereas “Military” spending appears to amount to just 18%. The
problem with this representation is that the Social ... more »
3 Ways Monsanto Threatens Our Planet (And What To Do About It) by Anthony Gucciardi
http://occupylondon.org.uk/events/march-against-monsanto-london-mam-london-world-food-day/
3 Ways Monsanto Threatens Our Planet (And What To Do About It)
by Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society, 9 October 2013
Through rampant and unchecked genetic manipulation, multinational
biotechnology juggernauts like Monsanto continue to churn out genetically
modified creations that threaten the entire planet in a way that we have
never before witnessed throughout history. Examining the role of genetic
manipulation, even going beyond the affects on human health, it’s easy to
see how the very g... more »
Fukushima nuclear calamity updates - October 6 , 2013 - the grim reality that Fukushima is beyond the existing technological capacity to remediate sinking in as Calidicot , Gunderson and Mousseau discuss Fukushima unprecedented challenges and the dangers residing at the crippled plant ! Japanese and US contamination concerns discussed - seafood clearly at risk if from the Pacific Ocean ! When does the NRA throw up their hands and just take over from " over its head " Tepco ?
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://enenews.com/category/location/japan
( Japan focused news items and views.....)
02:57 AM EST on October 6th, 2013 | 3 comments
Leaked ‘Godzilla’ Trailer Hits Web — Features voice of nuclear pioneer:
“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds” — Photos during filming
show reactors, quarantine zone, evacuations (VIDEO)
07:02 PM EST on October 5th, 2013 | 25 comments
Caldicott: Fukushima much worse than Chernobyl — Nuclear engineers say
there’s no end in sight to this — I predict they’ll never be able to fix it
(VIDEO)
06:02 PM EST on October 5th, 2013 | 7 comments
Professor... more »
More about those upcoming power cuts, I did warn you back in September 2009
'I have been "banging on" for some years now about the upcoming shortage in
power generation in the UK and the resulting power cuts. My warnings, like
those re houses being over valued, were met with the usual "oh it's
NotaSheep being his usual pessimistic self". This morning The Telegraphreports that:
"Britain is facing the prospect of widespread power cuts for the first time
since the 1970s, government projections show.
Demand for power from homes and businesses will exceed supply from the
national grid within eight years, according to official figures.
...
The gap between B... more »
"Powerful Typhoon Danas Rips Into Okinawa, To Hit Fukushima Nuke Plant On Oct 10, 2013"
*"Powerful Typhoon Danas Rips Into Okinawa, *
*To Hit Fukushima Nuke Plant On Oct 10, 2013"*
bu Fukushima Diary
"According to Japan Meteorological Agency, Typhoon No.24 “Danas” is going
to hit Fukushima plant area on 10/10/2013. Currently it’s near Okinawa.
It’s heading for North East Japan at 30km/h. The central pressure is 935
hPa. Meteorological Agency states “Very strong”. Since mid September,
Tepco has had the contaminated water tank area overflow every time a
Typhoon passed near the plant.
A powerful typhoon is moving north, with Okinawa and the remote islands of
Kago... more »
A litle physics humour to mark Professor Peter Higgs's Nobel Prize (shared)
A Higgs Boson walks into a Catholic Church one Sunday morning. The priest
looks up from the altar, sees the boson, points to the sanctuary door, and
yells, "We don't allow your kind in here!"
The Higgs Boson protests, replying, "But Father! You can't have mass
without me!"
*Thanks to Craig at Is The BBC Biased for that.*
Planck telescope: the funeral
In March 2013, ESA's Planck telescope – launched in 2009 – brought us the
most accurate cosmological data about the Universe. Last year, the unit
became mostly useless as it ran out of helium (the coolant) and the cruel
European Space Agency is putting the gadget down now (BBC).
Recall that the telescope was working at the L2 Lagrange point, about 1.5
million kilometers away from the Earth in the opposite direction than the
Sun. Because ESA is so cruel, they decided to make the funeral thorough.
Today, Planck is scheduled to burn the fuel for the first time. On Monday,
October ... more »
Bill Hicks + George Carlin: The Big Electron
Wonderful short video created from the performances of comedians Bill
Hick's and George Carlin.
Thanks to Carol for letting me know about this!
GAIA PORTAL: Galactic Connections assist Cosmic Portal openings throughout Gaia
*Galactic Connections assist Cosmic Portal openings throughout Gaia*
by ÉirePort
Galactic Connections assist Cosmic Portal openings throughout Gaia, as Gaia
has upgraded sufficiently to accept such.
Fortifications of Gaia portals and grids during recent moments allows
Cosmic Portal generation and opening to permit free flow of Higher Cosmic
Ascension Energies into Gaia.
Such Galactic Connections and Cosmic Portal generation and opening will
continue throughout the next months.
ÉirePort | October 9, 2013 at 02:50
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-p4
Hepatitis C Virus Replication is Glucose-Dependent
This blog exists to promote the hypothesis that carbohydrate restriction
(plus the restriction of the omega 6 PUFA linoleic acid) is an effective
antiviral strategy against Hepatitis C virus. Or conversely, that dietary
carbohydrate and linoleic acid are HCV growth promoters. (Of course this
blog also exists for my entertainment, self-aggrandizement and so on, but
clearly if my hypothesis fails I will have to find another title for it).
Thus far the hypothesis has rested on the emerging facts about HCV genomics
and life history and a second-hand copy of Dr Atkins New Diet Revolutio... more »
UN Climate Scientists Plead for Immunity from Criminal Prosecution: AR5 in Crisis
News
you'll never see or hear on the 'warmist' BBC's coverage of Man made
Climate Change.
'Today, prominent statistician Steve McIntye, one of the analysts often
credited with exposing past IPCC 'errors' points to why this fiasco may
rise to the level of criminality. McIntyre shows how UN officials
systematically hid adverse data contained in the final draft review but
omitted from the subsequent report now issued to the public.'
More here
http://principia-scientific.org/latest-news/327-un-climate-scientists-plead-for-immunity-from-criminal-prosecution-ar5-in-crisis.html
Influential former Czech President calls for EU exit, says EU doomed anyway - The Commentator
'As scepticism grows across the European Union and debate thickens in
Britain, former Czech President Vaclav Klaus says the EU is in any case
doomed, like empires of the past, including communism'
More here http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4245/influential_former_czech_president_calls_for_eu_exit_says_eu_doomed_anyway
but not on the pro-EU BBC.
Tucson uprising against polimigra!
The day the tucson community again rose up:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151633812755706&set=vb.579770705&type=2&theater
Tucson Uprising II: At the beginning of this clip, people are pepper
sprayed -- left side of screen... then spray drifts and it affects all of
us... those sprayed directly were treated by paramedics... rubber bullets
were used too... plus a German Shepard was used against the
people:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151633898560706&set=vb.579770705&type=2&theater
Corbett Report - Tom Secker - Secrets, Spies and 7/7
Tom Secker of InvestigatingTheTerror.com and SpyCulture.com joins James
Corbett of Corbett Report to discuss his brand new book, *Secrets, Spies
and 7/7*. Secker and Corbett discuss the likely spies and provocateurs at
the heart of the plot, the alternative theories that have been developed
about the bombing and the programming that helped inspire them, and why the
truth about 7/7 still matters nearly 8 years later.
And before you listen to the interview, I'll quote from a Boiling Frogs
Post review of Secker's book:
*Dead men tell no tales. Muslim suicide bombers––even less. Accept... more »
Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond“
Pink Floyd, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond“
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKiMbC6s2k
war of the worlds
what is that
he said what
lunar anomalies
did you see that
dome of the rock ufo
three aliens walk on by
view some ancient artifacts
smoking gun ufo footage
1952 washington d.c. ufo flap
giant ufo seen from the i.s.s.
the nasa tether incident
Musical Interlude: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gDGcXIEQE
Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale”
- http://www.youtube.com/
Musical Interlude: Kitaro, “Mirage”
Kitaro, “Mirage”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmBfbN20_eg
"For My Part..."
“For my part I know nothing with any certainty,
but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”
- Vincent van Gogh
A Fitting Wake ...
*
**Nova Scotia .. October 8, 2013 ....*
h/t to Brother Erin Weir *
*
Will Tea Party Congressmen Be Hoist On Their Own Petards Come 2014?
Too much? Even for mainstream Republicans?
Conventional wisdom is that congressional teabaggers are in such safely
gerrymandered districts that they have little to worry about from their overwhelmingly
white, angry, low-info constituents. Sure there are as many as 40
Republican incumbents in mainstream districts who could-- if we had a
competent or even partially competent DCCC-- be defeated. But not even
every *Tea Party* congressman is in a district as filled with idiots as
Louie Gohmert, Tom Graves and Steve Stockman.
Robin Marty, writing in the new *Rolling Stone* has outlined 8 ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - A #Vegan Meal
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
It’s Janet
So, as expected, Obama has finally formally appointed Janet Yellen to chair
of the US Federal Reserve, taking over from PrintMaster-in-Chief Bernanke,
who took over from BubbleMaker-in-Chief Greenspan.
That’s Janet Yellen, the woman who sincerely believes that Japan’s biggest
problem was they didn’t print enough money. Of whom, when she was appointed
as Vice PrintMaster, Gerard Jackson observed,
Janet Yellen is an inflationist first and foremost. She has made it
abundantly clear that all of her policy suggestions will be geared to
promoting an inflationary policy. Like all Keynes... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It looks like a lunar landscape but this remarkable photograph actually
shows our Milky Way and the planet Jupiter in all their glory - viewed from
a cave in America's Utah desert. The spiral galaxy, which cannot be seen
with the naked eye, was captured by photographer Wally Pacholka using a
35mm camera and 50mm lens on a tripod with a 30-second exposure - long
enough to collect the light but not to see the stars moving.
*Click image for larger size.*
Pacholka, 59, an architect from Long Beach, California, relied on the light
of a crescent moon to illuminate the subject and chose... more »
Mark Twain, “On The Damned Human Race”
*“On The Damned Human Race”*
* *by Mark Twain*
*
“I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals
(so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man.
I find the result humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my
allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower
Animals; since it now seems plain to me that the theory ought to be vacated
in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the
Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.
In proceeding toward this unpleasant conclusion I have n... more »
Shout Out to Sinead
I considered a doing post on the trillion tonne nonsense in IPCC, but I
decided instead to give a shout out to Sinead.
Enjoy!
Richard Tol wants something less Grammy-phied, I aim to please around here,
so here you go:
"Why Is There So Much Pain and Suffering?"
"Why Is There So Much Pain and Suffering?"
By Fred Pauser
"Mother Teresa said, “Suffering is a gift of God.” Well, it may be true
that suffering tends to build character, but it also sometimes builds
bitterness and criminals. In any case, we would naturally prefer to do
without it, especially the extreme forms of it.
We can derive much toward answering the question from a basic knowledge of
the evolution of life. Ernst Mayr succinctly summed up the process of
natural selection: “Natural selection is a two-step process: (1) variations
produced, and (2) variations sorted, with the... more »
"Why Are You Waiting?"
"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make,
who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?"
~ Stephen Levine
The Daily "Near You?"
Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"And They Pay For It..."
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed
themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they
lead.”
- James Baldwin,
“No Name in the Street” (1972)
Chet Raymo, “Beyond The Porch-light of Language”
* *
*“Beyond The Porch-light of Language”*
by Chet Raymo
“The title of this post is another phrase from the poet Pat Boran. It
struck me, I suppose, because of the way readers sometimes refer to this
blog as "the porch." (I forget who first suggested the image; was it you,
Theresa?) A lovely image, evoking friends in rocking chairs sipping ice tea
or gin-and-tonics on a drowsy summer night. Out there in the darkness
lightnin' bugs flash their sleepy semaphores. Somewhere afar off heat
lightnin' illuminates the horizon. Our language drifts into the dark. We
have words too for star... more »
"A Test..."
"Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished:
If you're alive, it isn't."
- Richard Bach, "Illusions"
"A Life of Learning: Earth School"
*"A Life of Learning: Earth School"*
by The DailyOm
"Earth school provides us with an education of the heart and the soul. Life
is the province of learning, and the wisdom we acquire throughout our lives
is the reward of existence. As we traverse the winding roads that lead from
birth to death, experience is our patient teacher. We exist, bound to human
bodies as we are, to evolve, enrolled by the universe in earth school, an
informal and individualized academy of living, being, and changing. Life’s
lessons can take many forms and present us with many challenges. There are
score... more »
Alan Waldman: ‘Dalziel and Pascoe’ is a Dramatic Yet Funny Yorkshire Cop Series
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
For 59 episodes, its humorously mismatched lead characters stopped a
wide range of dastardly doings.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / October 8, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland,
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Important New Video - Japan's Triple Meltdown: Tour Of Fukushima Daichii
It has been a while since I filed any new articles about the continuing
disaster at Fukushima Japan. Yes, this disaster is still going strong with
absolutely NO solution anywhere in sight. The three reactors that melted
down are still spewing out their deadly radiation into our atmosphere, and
TEPCO officials have had absolutely no choice but to dump contaminated
radioactive water used to try to keep the cores cool directly into the
Pacific Ocean. We are now seeing the result of the world's inexplicable
refusal to tackle this world wide life threatening situation with the
apparen... more »
The Bioregional State as "Constitution, Version Two:" Arguments Why a Federated Bioregionalism is Better than Secession (4 of 4)
In the midst of a planned national truckers strike next week with its own
political goals of DC shutdown, that will merge with the two other separate
ongoing independent shutdowns of the US federal government--by its two
gatekeeping, Wall Street parties of Democrats [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and
Republicans [1] [2] [3] [4]. Both Democrats and Republicans conduct
standing ovations for murder of panicked women with children and only have
minimal support from anyone and both didn't get in power except through
vote fraud and gerrymandering. So in this interesting hiatus, it's g... more »
One coach who’s had a big year
Geelong Cats coach Chris Scott once told a reporter he always tries to keep
his emotions to himself.
Hard to believe …
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Your moment of Zen
The last luna moth, somewhere in the south.
The Connecticut School False Flag Shooting: This Is Indeed Interesting - Sandy Hook "School" To Receive $50 MILLION To Rebuild (!)
I have hoped that by this time people everywhere would finally see the
Sandy Hook "massacre" for what it really was... A very poorly run false
flag operation that had NO shooter and most probably NO "victims"at all.
It was amazing that a true and thorough investigation into this "massacre"
has not taken place to this date, and from all indications will never
happen at all. It is also amazing that now we hear so very little about
the "victims" and even the "families" of this supposed "massacre".
Everything now points clearly that again this was a very poorly done false
flag opera... more »
The Intricate Plot That Is Common Core
If anyone tells you that Common Core (CCSS) is a “state-led” effort,
“developed by teachers,” that person is either misinformed or attempting to
deceive you. Morna McDermott of United Opt Out has mapped the organizations
behind CCSS. She presents discussion of their interwoven involvements in
this 9-minute youtube presentation. Once you view her work, you will no
longer […]
New Article From John Kaminski: Overcoming Our False History
I am back to my "normal" blogging routine... It really has been a strain
over the last few weeks juggling personal needs, my work, and other
issues. But I figured this was as good a time as ever to get back to what
I do best to unwind....
I came across the latest article from John Kaminski, who writes for the
Rebel News online network at www.therebel.org/news/kaminski, and I want to
share this amazing piece with everyone here at my own blog. It is
entitled: "Overcoming Our False History" and I have it right here for
everyone to view for themselves. I do have my usual thoughts and... more »
Alien Invasion?
I saw a “news” story asking the question, “Could Earth defend itself from
an ET invasion?”
Overlooking the fact that there would be no realistic reason for the aliens
to invade because everything they would want could be found elsewhere in
the Solar System, except, of course for our “Earth-like” environment and
the life found here, the answer to the question is, “NO!”
I remember one of the science fiction writers, I think Jerry Pournelle or
Larry Niven, but it might have been Harlan Ellison, say, “All they would
have to do is stand back and throw rocks at us.”
What that meant, sim... more »
Shutdown follies: Could we have a genu-wine crisis without Newt Gingrich contributing obfuscation and lies?
*Apparently when there's obfuscating and lying to be done, our Newt just
doesn't trust the upstart crop of right-wing obfuscators and liars to get
the job done.*
*"We decided to stick to our principles through a very contentious and
difficult period. Our attempt to balance the federal budget was distorted
in the news media as an effort to ruin family vacations, frustrate visitors
to the nation's capital and prevent government employees from going to
work."*
*-- Newt Gingrich, in* a 2011 Washington Post op-ed
*by Ken*
This is priceless. I guess former House Speaker Newt Gingrich th... more »
Nova Scotia election results
NDP screwed. Liberal majority, Cons official opposition and NDP in third
place. NDP leader Darrell Dexter may lose his own seat.
Ten questions for Nick Smith on his Special Housing Areas
While Nick Smith and Len Brown pretend their “dramatic” joint announcement
today that their “releasing” land on which to build 6000 houses is the
beginning of the answer to affordable housing in Auckland, the announcement
itself has less to it than meets the eye, and raises more real questions
than it does answers.
The announcement itself consists of a declaration of “10 Special Housing
Areas” and a map.
[image: image]
What makes the areas marked on the map so “special,” apparently, is this:
1. Building projects on land so designated can hope to gain consents in
six month... more »
smoother boondoggle?
JUST A SMOOTHER BOONDOGGLE?
Sent to Education Week, October 8, 2013
Three scholars have recommended testing students only every few years, and
using "higher-quality assessments that encourage more productive teaching"
rather than current multiple-choice tests. ("Fewer, Better Tests Can Boost
Student Achievement," October 9).
They note that these tests can be used without spending more money than we
are spending now on testing.
Phrased another way, they are saying that the new tests will cost just as
much as we are spending now, which is a lot, and that the cost will
continue to gr... more »
Where wills presumed to meet formal requirements.
*Yen Estate v. Chan*, 2013 BCCA 423 holds that in the absence of suspicious
circumstances or contrary evidence, the trial judge was entitled to rely on
the rebuttable presumptions that the execution of the will complied with
the requirements of s. 4 of the Wills Act and that the testator was aware
of and approved the contents of the will:
[14] The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the use of the presumption
by the trial judge. The Court adopted the interpretation of the Latin
maxim of the presumption from the reasons of Lord Justice Lindley in *Harris
v. Knight *(1890), 15 ... more »
Ann Barnhardt has a lot to say about what is going on...(a must listen)
*save this for cocktail hour (which should be starting about now on the
east coast.) *
How many of you have ever said, "It couldn't happen here?" Yeah, that's
right, I'm harkening back to the era of Hitler.
And how many of you think our police would not turn on us? Do you believe
that they wouldn't dredge up the excuse, "I was just following orders?"
Witness what's been going on the past few days - arresting Vietnam vets, terrorizing
seniors in Yellowstone Park, locking priests out of chapels and forbidding
them from celebrating Mass for military personnel, while protecting the ... more »
THE SEARCH FOR GOD EVENTUALLY LEADS TO LOVE
*The eye of God in outer space / *NASA photo taken by the Hubble Space
Telescope has been labeled the 'Eye of God' by frequent forwarders.
*God is NOT a particle, God is love, a loving plan in action ~ an
evolutionary process with which we all participate as co-creators. Only by
fully surrendering to love do we begin to realize our part in **a**universal loving plan: Allen L Roland
*
*We are put on earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of
love: William Blake***
*The external search for God is the ego's yearning for spiritual validity
but d... more »
"The Roots of the U.S. Government Shutdown"
* *
*"The Roots of the U.S. Government Shutdown" *
By STRATFOR
“In general, Stratfor deals with U.S. domestic politics only to the extent
that it affects international affairs. Certainly, this topic has been
argued and analyzed extensively. Nevertheless, the shutdown of the American
government is a topic that must be understood from our point of view,
because it raises the issue of whether the leading global power is involved
in a political crisis so profound that it is both losing its internal
cohesion and the capacity to govern. If that were so, it would mean the
United States ... more »
The best infographics don’t have to be complicated
Included in *Wired* magazine’s picks for the 13 best (American)
infographics for 2013 is this one, which is as simple as it is
self-explanatory.
Check out this one, too, a series of pie charts showing the evolution of
ten Impressionist artists, made with the help of a color extraction script
written in Python. [Hat tip Stats Chat]
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"Default Is Not About Creditworthiness"
* *
*"Default Is Not About Creditworthiness"*
by Karl Denninger
“I know, I know, you're going to object. But please read this through
first, then object if you wish in the comments. There is a lot of hot air
flying around the mainstream media on the subject of "default." First, what
the media is calling "default" isn't, as I've pointed out repeatedly. To
"default" on an obligation it must first be a legal obligation that you are
compelled (by contract or otherwise) to perform.
There are none of those in the context of political promises. Among
political promises, I remind you, a... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by
long
time pro-White activist and scholar John de Nugent. John and I will be
discussing the history of White Nationalism in American post-WWII.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Willis Carto and the American Far Right* by George Michael (see
*here*for C-SPAN video of George Michael discussing his book)
- *In a Near-Final Collapse, the Neo-Nazi National Alliance Ends
Membership* by Mark Potak, an unhinged anti-W... more »
A gaggle of the most reprehensible congress people arrested by Capitol police for blocking traffic in support of illegal immigrants...
*correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't these people elected and now being
paid to represent Americans?*
All the usual suspects:
Rep. Keith Ellis (D-MN), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ),
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Luis Gutierrez
(D-IL), Rep. Jan Schawkowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY)
Not one of these people did anything to protect WWII or Vietnam vets.
One thing they have in common is room temperature IQ's.
We're in big trouble people.
*From The Blaze:*
*Eight Members of Congress Arrested For Blocking Rush Hour Traffic D... more »
Understanding human tendencies
Maria Montessori was an educational genius—her pedagogical system beginning
with the recognition of human nature, and how the young brain develops. But
the fruits of her genius apply to more than just education.
She identified several (what she called) “human tendencies” that are
reflected in the Montessori classroom—describing them as ‘life forces’ or
‘natural guides’ which drive man towards activities aiding his needs for
survival, and fulfilment. Clearly, they have universal explanatory power
far wider than just the Montessori environment.
Her son Mario Montessori explained th... more »
Self-assembling Cubes
Applications in construction? Warehousing? Undersea habitats? Your kid's
messy room?
Quotes o' the Day
"This is something to keep in mind. Nobody wants children hurt. However,
this is the guy that put a group together to take down a Kenyan shopping
mall in an upper class neighborhood where those kids were tortured
before
they were killed. So if this guy’s next operation kills children of ours
or
kills innocent children in a neighboring country that happen to not be
Islamic extremists, did we make the right decision?" Fox's Brian
Kilmeadeon SEAL Team 6 aborting a mission for fear children would get
killed.
"About half of the 232 House Republicans were elected in the last two
elections... more »
In which I thank the Crackpot Caucus
Brian Beutler lays out the stakes and the end game of the shutdown/debt
limit insanity today and I realized we actually owe the Crackpot Caucus a
huge thank you. They're doing what ten years of solid lefty internet
activism and advocacy couldn't do. They're poised to destroy the GOP brand
for generations to come. Or least expose its true motives behind the weasel
worded rhetoric.
Of course, they still could come to their senses and avert the disaster but
for the moment it doesn't look likely. To which I can only say, "Please
proceed crackpots." And thanks for the help.
Obama takes to the bully pulpit
This is the president we've been waiting for since 2008. At his presser
today, President Obama called out the crazy cons in the Crackpot Caucus. No
more catering or cratering to the vandals in the GOP House of Dysfunction.
John Boehner is going to have to deal with his own damn crazies or take the
blame.
Read the transcript or watch the vid at the link. It was mostly a thing of
beauty. The only weak point was when Obama indicated a willingness to
accept a short term agreement. To which I say -- no mas. This time it's got
to be all or nothing. There's no other way to shut down the T... more »
The Top of My To-read Pile
I am a friend and fan of the University of Chicago's John List. (I had the
pleasure of working with John about a decade ago at the Council of Economic
Advisers.) So at the very top of my pile of books to read is John's
new one, with Uri Gneezy, called The Why Axis.
Economics for Real People: How Economies Grow And Why They Crash - Part Two
*Here’s what our friends at the Auckland Uni Economics Group are up to this
week. Why don’t you head along?*
Hi all,
A couple of weeks ago we looked at some of the ideas as to what economic
growth looks like, and some explanations as to how it occurs. Namely, we
explored and compared the growth models of some the key schools of economic
thought.
In this week’s seminar, we continue this discussion by looking at why
economies crash. i.e., the bust component of the 'boom/bust cycle' that is
said to be a natural process of mature economies.
We will explore why bubbles burst,... more »
John Cornyn Forced To Defend Ted Cruz's Lunacy… Fails Miserably. Will Republican Senate Candidates Be Crushed In 2014?
John Cornyn must have felt ambushed when mild-mannered centrist, Bob
Schieffer threw him onto the grill when he appeared on *Face the
Nation*Sunday. Schieffer just pounded him on the Republicans' whole
blackmail and
terrorism approach to governance.
Schieffer:The law has been passed. Why not keep the government running
and
then everybody can sit down and decide what they want to do about it.
Cornyn: Well there should be a negotiation, and this government would
still
be up and running in full if President… if Harry Reid had allowed
Democrats
to vote to eliminate the Congressional ... more »
Ikea Ships Easy-to-Build Refugee Shelters to Syria
Here is a positive news story about Syria.
*Video Title: Ikea Ships Easy-to-Build Refugee Shelters to Syria. Source:
GeoBeats News. Date Published: October 8, 2013. Description:*
Swedish furniture company Ikea is working with a branch of the United
Nations called the UNHCR to provide shelters for people in Syria.
They have designed a flatpack shelter that can be easily shipped to people
in need, and quickly built using the prefabricated materials.
Made of plastic panel walls that connect to a metal frame, the shelters can
house up to five people, and come equipped with solar pa... more »
The Phone Company that Said No to NSA
*The Phone Company that Said No to NSA*
US West CEO Released from Prison
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/10/07/the-phone-company-that-said-no-to-nsa/
By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall
*Former US West CEO Joseph Nacchio was released from prison last week after
completing a four year insider trading sentence. He still claims the NSA
framed him on the insider trading charges – after he refused to participate
in their illegal phone surveillance program in 2001. US West was the only
major telecommunication program that refused to spy on its customers.According to the Wall
Street Journal... more »
Elementary reporting
On the day that an OECD report highlighted the poor levels of numeracy and
literacy among English 16-24 year olds and observed that school leavers
today have lower levels of basic skills than their grandparents, it was
simultaneously heartening and disheartening to hear that someone from the
good old days of English numeracy and literacy has won this year's Nobel
Prize for Physics - namely Peter Higgs , the man who predicted the Higgs
Boson (finally shown to exist by CERN last year), the elementary particle,
popularly known as 'the God particle', which completes the periodic table ... more »
ain't nobody gonna save Canuck democracy!
Murray Dobbin gives us a terrifying overview of the 31-year "trade" deal
with China, in an essay entitled "Who Will Save Canadian Democracy?" I'll
skip ahead to the answer:
Who will save us from this repugnant, anti-democratic initiative? Probably
no one. The only player to come to the plate has been the tiny Hupacasath
First Nation of BC which challenged FIPA in federal court. Unfortunately
the judge not only found for the government, he assessed costs to the band
of over $100,000. They are appealing (donate here – deadline Sept 30)
the case. But ultimately it is the provinces ... more »
VETERANS ARRESTED IN NYC LAST NIGHT
Vietnam veteran (and member of Veterans for Peace) Mike Hastie from Oregon
makes the statement to police last night in New York City.
Nineteen military veterans and their allies were arrested at the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Plaza in the city for refusing to leave the park at the
10 pm closing time. October 7 date marked 12 years of invasion and
occupation of Afghanistan, and the arrestees were reading the names of the
dead from the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam, as well as from the
drone wars in Pakistan and other countries. The aims of the action,
organized by Veterans ... more »
Does this map from 1418 prove historian's controversial claim that the New World was discovered by the CHINESE 70 years before Columbus?
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*http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449265/Who-Discovered-America--Controversial-historian-Gavin-Menzies-claims-Chinese-reached-New-World-first.htm
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*Does this map from 1418 prove historian's controversial claim that the
New World was discovered by the CHINESE 70 years before Columbus?*
*
*
- Gavin Menzies, a British historian, claims Chiense Admiral Zheng He
set up colonies and sailed round South America before Columbus
- Menzies' new book, 'Who Discovered America?' also claims the
Chinese
have been sailing to the New World since 40,000 BC across the Pacific
... more »
MIRIAM CAREY - MK ULTRA
*Witness who works for Faith in Action, which may be a CIA front. Faith in
Action DC*
*
**According to the video above: *
Miriam Carey's child was pulled out of her car.
Miriam was *then* shot dead.
In the car police found a passport, foreign currency and an uncashed check
for about $1,800.
http://www.wjla.com/
*Miriam*
*
*
The security services were carrying out a drill at the time of this 3
October 2013 shooting.
"Capital Shield 2014 is a joint training exercise in the National Capital
Region that runs from Sept. 30 thru Oct. 3, 2013, and is hosted by the
Joint Force Headq... more »
NIF: laser-powered fusion creates more energy than it consumes
*Peaceful fusion may be just 49, and not 50, years away now*
This project has been discussed twice on this blog.
In May 2009, I mentioned that the National Ignition Facility in Livermore
near San Francisco (StreetView) was activated – Chu and Schwarzenegger
couldn't miss this opportunity for self-promotion.
In January 2010, it was projected – and we absorbed the information – that
the facility with 192 powerful lasers heating and pressing a piece of
hydrogen fuel should be able to produce more energy than what they invest.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the D Day apparently came yester... more »
The Economy: “Welcome to Zombieland”
* *
*“Welcome to Zombieland”*
by Bill Bonner
"The defining characteristic of a zombified system is the way it hands out
its rewards. In an honest economy people do their best. They work hard.
They take their chances. Some prevail because they are productive. Others
are just lucky. The chips fall where they may. But as zombies take over the
system, the chips fall where they are told to fall. Rather than to honest
and efficient producers, the rewards go to those who curry favors.
Elizabeth Fowler knows how it works. She labored at the left hand of
senator Max Baucus, drafting the c... more »
WWII in Seven Minutes
We've had 1,000 years of European history in three minutes, so why not cram
the Second World War into seven? The clip below follows the front lines
day-by-day and shows how close the Nazis came to tipping Europe forever
into the abyss.
ESPN: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
I could not keep a dry eye at the end of this story, wow, what a life!
Stories of love and courage just reduce me to tears... Very inspiring!
Mahalo Aaron for pointing this out! -Bill
PS: Haole, while often considered a racial invective these days, it
originated as a description of white europeans because they tended not to
breath deeply. Shallow breathing is common in the western world, its why
Yoga teachers teach people how to breathe, to increase Qi or Prana life
force. Its a habit we pick up from our parents.
Karen Doonan: Dancing in the Shadows…
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* *
* *Karen Doonan: Dancing in the Shadows…*
October 7, 2013
http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/karen-doonan-dancing-shadows%E2%80%A6
For many of you the last 24/48 hours in the human linear time context may
have seen much emotion arise and much confusion, anxiety and chaos unfold
around you or even within you. It can be extremely confusing to the human
psyche to FEEL the intense energies begin their work but “see” no immediate
change in what you perceive as your waking life experience. This may have
many of you seriously questioning what is happening for if you... more »
The NSA's Huge New Data Center Keeps Having Meltdowns And No One Knows Why
*
* *LOL!!! We know why! Its the change in energies! - Bill*
*
* *The NSA's Huge New Data Center Keeps Having Meltdowns And No One Knows
Why*
MICHAEL KELLEY OCT. 8, 2013, 8:36 AM 5,878 26
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-nsas-data-center-keeps-melting-down-2013-10
The National Security Agency's new $2 billion Utah data center* keeps
suffering from costly meltdowns and government officials are not sure of
the cause*, Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal reports.
*Since August 2012, there have been 10 electrical surges that have
prevented the NSA from using computers. One of... more »
Reading Ripley: Quick, look over there!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013*
*Norway becomes a distraction:* Amanda Ripley doesn’t seem to care a great
deal about our low-income kids.
They’re barely present in her new book, The Smartest Kids in the World.
Their special problems and circumstances are largely ignored.
The proposals she makes for our public schools seem suited to the needs of
middle-class kids. Middle-class kids are important, of course. But so are
low-income kids.
Right from the start of her ballyhooed book, Ripley seems eager to avoid
discussing the needs of low-income students. Consider her instant use of
Norway... more »
GLOBAL OIL PIPELINE POLITICS
This is very important to watch and understand....this is the epi-center of
and reason for most global conflict these days.
See this big picture clearly and you can figure out most other pieces to
the puzzle.
Democracy Now takes a good look at politics, money and the pursuit of oil,
from the series of pipelines originating in the oil-rich Caspian Sea to the
deposits in the Arctic Sea where Russia has charged 30 people with piracy
for a Greenpeace protest against drilling, to the vast reserves of the
Middle East that have fueled conflict for decades.
Three guests join for a round... more »
Electoral Effects of the Shutdown
How will the shutdown change 2014 election results?
There are basically two ways a national swing can happen in Congressional
races.
One is direct: voters shift from one party to the other. That one almost
always happens against an incumbent party, generally against the party of
the president. It's of course technically possible for it to go the other
way, but it's highly unlikely. And the shutdown is especially unlikely to
produce any such direct electoral action -- because even if voters really
do care, and even if swing voters blame Republicans, it's unlikely that
they're going ... more »
Work the boundaries and gray areas
Habits of urban, suburban, and, in my area, even rural people are: drive to
work (or the unemployment office), gas up the car, get groceries, maybe eat
out, come home, watch television, meanwhile going farther and farther into
debt. But suppose you lived close enough to your work to commute via feet,
bicycle or bus (or train), grew (much of) your groceries and foraged as
well, and allowed these activities to take up 'TV time'? Maybe a little
less debt?
If the neighbors will permit it (perhaps by letting them in on it), what
about grapes and kiwis on the back-lot fence? If the city... more »
Girlfriend is better
If I was to think of something
something that should be said
I could count on forces
forces that we should dread
To say that I was misinformed
or in the worst case
dead.
Yep thats the world I live in
and if you live in a better place
friend me right now
I will take my backbackpack
remove the explosives from my fridge
leave my glocks in the garbage
and sit my skinning knife on the edge
Cause thats were I am after all the killing
and knowing only terrorists are dead.
I dream and think far away
I want six weeks vacation
and fourteen months pay
Is there any chance I could live
this way in a w... more »
Billionaires-- An Existential Threat To Democracy
First of all, derailing Obamacare is NOT the only thing Republican
Teabaggers care about. Ted Cruz, in fact, has an entire vision for
America's future that Maureen Dowd set out to explain in Sunday's *NY Times*.
It may be a little dystopian but the low taxes crowd will love it
nonetheless. (And there are zombies.) Oh-- and speaking of the low taxes
crowd… good reporting from Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Mike McIntire in the *
Times* over the weekend on how the Kochs and a small handful of like-minded
anti-democracy billionaires planned out the federal budget crisis for some
time.
A cou... more »
An insders guide to the US shutdowon adn credit crisi
If you have not noticed because you are blissfully ignorant the US is the
modern version of the Roman empire with less virgin births. Now the grind
of funding is hitting home. Why drop a couple of trillion on the sands of
Iraq and Afghanistan with little return except all the excellent health
care the veterans receive at no cost.
I read the newspapers every day and today is a world I could never have
imagined following the wisdom of those pulp paper prognosticators.
Terrorism is a gift to the losers in most equations. The USA should spend
the GDP greater than most of the nations in... more »
Memewatch: Chris Matthews was very sure of himself!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013*
*Then, his guest came on:* Will we really go into “default” if we fail to
raise the debt limit?
Last week, Erin Burnett and Savannah Guthrie were unprepared to discuss
this point when Rand Paul presented them with the GOP’s standard position.
But they were hardly to first TV stars to be stumped by this presentation.
In mid-September, Hardball’s Chris Matthews got waylaid by the GOP's
standard pitch too! He interviewed Rep. Mo Brooks, a Republican congressman
from Alabama.
Should we refuse to raise the debt limit? Before he actually brought on his
guest, ... more »
Prescription heroin and a health minister who doesn’t believe in science
Or, when do politically driven policies cross a moral line
Health Minister Rona Ambrose has changed Health Canada rules to shut down a
Vancouver research project that would test the benefits and risks of
prescribing heroin to hardcore addicts.
Research in Canada and around the world has shown that prescription heroin
is an effective treatment option for a small group of addicts.
That’s not surprising. Some people face enormous difficulty moving away
from heroin addiction, and research has found methadone and other
substitutes are ineffective for them.
So the choice is simple. Pres... more »
CMS: second BEH boson near \(135\GeV\) gets an \(e^+e^-\) boost
The announcement of the Nobel prize for the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
(Weinberg just said that he was sorry that Guralnik, Hagen, and Kibble
couldn't share this prize; Migdal and Polyakov independently found the
mechanism while playing with trucks in a Soviet kindergarten: they were 19;
hat tip: John Preskill) doesn't mean that everything has been settled about
the God particle's sector. The boss of CMS, Joe Incandela, said that he
wasn't sorry that he didn't share the Nobel prize. His prize and his
colleagues' prize was the discovery itself.
This isn't *just* a proclamation to ... more »
Changing Faces - the politics of fraud
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/4hgA9j-4dB0 Link: http://youtu.be/3aHEd7yz6ds
*Well, here you have it*. Both videos appeared today on my screen. "RT"
tells the same story as "EurActiv" - the first in extremely clear words,
which everybody can understand. The second as well, but in a political
context, concealing (and by doing so: exposing) the incompetence of
political leadership to understand reality. These days most of the supposed
"ignorant citizens" understand what delusion and fraud are, what certain
banks do, some global corporations and industries. That our money is
nowhere 'safe' e... more »
GONNA STUDY WAR LOTS MORE: Ways to name-call The Other in clumps!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013*
*Part 2—Fascist pigs, Nazis, Confederates:* At Salon, the liberal world’s
intellectual culture is in a state of free fall.
Much of that fall involves The Hate. Then too, liberal readers are getting
massively doused with The Dumb.
Consider yesterday’s piece by Falguni Sheth, a professor of philosophy at
Hampshire College. But first, consider this:
In mid-September, the analysts spent the weekend sobbing after Sheth began
a piece with this absurd complaint about the undergraduates she is forced
to teach. The headline at Salon said this:
“Why our best stu... more »
What I was half thinking
You know when you have a thought that goes against the prevailing
zeitgeist? The slightly uncomfortable feeling you have when you find you’re
privately thinking the unthinkable? Well, I had such a thought, but I’m no
longer feeling guilty because I’ve found out I’m not alone. Also, my bad
thought wasn’t entirely private because I did test it out on Craig in an
e-mail to see if he recoiled in disgust. Yesterday we were musing by e-mail
over Mishal Husain’s debut on the Today programme. We agreed that she may
be considered good looking (by some) but she definitely has a harsh radio ... more »
EFN Asia 27: Escaping Middle Income Trap via Economic Freedom
Hong Kong, S. Korea, Taiwan and Singapore were able to escape a possible
middle income trap (MIT) by growing fast. Malaysia, China, Thailand, other
developing Asia seem to be trapped already. How to escape this trap?
The Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia conference on *Asia, Middle Income
Trap and Economic Freedom* will be held in two weeks, October 21-22, 2013,
in Bangkok, Thailand and I will be there. Today, I read three papers about
the subject.
The first paper is from the East Asia Forum, Developing Asia and the
middle-income trap dated August 5th, 2013 and written by Homi K... more »
EMHN 10: Forum on Asia's Ageing Societies, Bangkok
This coming October 23, 2013, or a day after the Economic Freedom Network
(EFN) Asia conference on October 21-22, same venue Plaza Athenee Bangkok,
the Emerging Markets Health Network (EMHN, http://emhn.org/) and the Global
Coalition on Aging (GCOA, http://www.globalcoalitiononaging.com/) will
jointly sponsor a small, half-day Policy Dialogue on “Free Market
Perspectives on the Challenge of Asia’s Aging Societies”.
The guest speaker will be Professor Anindya Mishra of India, who has
written on health care for the International Policy Network (IPN) in the
past. He will present a pap... more »
Lion Rock 9: Federalism, Decentralization and George Clinton
The Reading Club Salon 2013 of the Lion Rock Institute is fast approaching,
this coming October 19, 2013 to be held in Hong Kong. I will be there.
Among the readings of the participants to this theoretical roundtable
discussion are the Anti-Federalist Papers.
A paper I checked today is *Paper 14: Extent of Territory Under
Consol-idated Government Too Large to Preserve Liberty or Protect Property
*written by George Clinton (1739-1812), Vice President of the US
(1805-1812) and NY Governor (1801-1804), aka Cato. This was published
October 25, 1787.
Among the arguments made by G. Cli... more »
Longest Walk 4 in Greensburg, Kansas
Thank you to Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson (in photo three on right) for these photos for Censored News!
Truck photo Joni Taylor Tucker
Censored News
Updated Long Walk 4 schedule: Oct. 8 to 10: 16 miles east of Greensburg to Dodge City
Oct. 11 and 12: Dodge City to Garden City
Oct. 13 and 14: Garden City to Syracuse
Oct. 15 to 18: Syracuse to 50
Predicting Future Spin (GOP Default Deniers Ed.)
Here's the thing: there are a bunch of Republicans running around saying
that breaching the debt limit is no big deal, because...oh, I don't know,
it's all just nonsense. Here's one. Jamelle Bouie had a great line about
it, comparing them to the bomb-worshiping mutants in Beneath the Planet of
the Apes.
So my question: suppose that there is a debt limit breach, and it in fact
delivers a major economic shock.
My question is: will the GOP line be that it's Barack Obama's fault because
he forced the debt limit breach by not going along with totally reasonable
GOP requests, or that it'... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'World Wide Revolution'
WORLD
WIDE REVOLUTION
Posted on October 7, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Oct. 7, 2013. President Obama wants war to preserve his and US
credibility, which is based on keeping the US dollar as the world
currency.
In 1944 during WW2 the Bretton-Woods agreement made all global trade and
banking base its value on the US dollar. It was backed by our
Indigenous resources and funds, which was
Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical
Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical.
Marauding dangerous Vietnam vets wreaking havoc at public memorial successfully rounded up and arrested by NYPD...
*well, Thank God!!*
Seriously people, this is insane.
From The Blaze:
*Police Reportedly Arrest Veterans After They Refused to Leave Vietnam War
Memorial in NYC*
NYPD keeping us safe from dangerous vets
Remember when the Occupy pigs were allowed (to the tune of millions upon
millions of dollars) to rape, murder, and defecate in public for *months*?
And today a massive influx of illegal aliens will be descending on the
National Mall, closed to the *citizens* of this country, to protest not
being handed even more from the taxpayers of this country.
FEMEN Protest
Femen Protest
Just What is their Goal...Click here for FEMEN web page.
*FEMEN*
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Untitled
*Rosters change; Saints, Pats keep winning ~Mike Triplet*
*New Orleans a finalist to host 2018 Super Bowl*
Russia: Sochi Olympics 2014 and corruption
Last evening I watched a program on CBC on Sochi Olympics 2014. The
corruption in Russia is incredible.
*Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Jean-Claude Killy, *
*Chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission*
* for Sochi 2014, during a February summit. *
*(Alexei Druzhinin/RIA-Novosti/Associated Press )*
*Russian officials and businessmen have stolen billions of dollars during
the years of preparations for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, a prominent
Russian opposition figure claimed Thursday.
Boris Nemtsov, a former Russian deputy prime minister-turned-Kremlin
critic, a... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Bernie Williams, 65. Yes, 65; no, not that Bernie
Williams. This one was an OFer for the Phoenix Giants when I used to go see
them all the time.
Plenty of good stuff:
1. Mark Blumenthal and Ariel Edwards-Levy take a closer look at some of the shutdown
polling.
2. Matt Yglesias is right about Medicare Part D and ACA.
3. I largely agree with Chris Cillizza's myths about the House GOP. I
suspect he's right that the dozen or 20 or 30 or 60 or 80 radicals who have
put us where we are are a lot less coordinated than one might think from
some of the coverage. Good point... more »
The Natural Healing Power Of Oak Trees And Acorns by Patricia Bratianu, RN, Phd
*The Natural Healing Power Of Oak Trees And Acorns*
by Patricia Bratianu, RN, Phd
Natural News, 7 October 2013
America and the Northern Hemisphere are home to many varieties of oaks.
Oaks have been used for ceremony, food, medicine and building for as long
as humans have been around. In many traditions, the oak is revered as a
sacred tree.
Oaks were used as medicine and food for millennia. Many Native American
groups used oak to treat bleeding, tumors, swelling and dysentery. European
herbalists used oak as a diuretic and as an antidote to poison. Snuff made
from powdered roo... more »
Lisa Christensen gets the axe
Lisa Christensen was a straight shooter in an industry built on angles. She
brought cold hearted facts to emotional listeners. Lisa had a radio show
about car repair on Newstalk 1010. In a world occupied by first world
problems, after our spouse, children and pets, for most our cars supersede
our homes as our next love. Houses for the holli polli are a marriage of
convenience, we can never love them because of all the flaws they exhibit
daily. Rehabilitating a car is well within the reach of the majority. Lisa
was a dynamite relationship consular guiding us through our
anthropomor... more »
Argentina: Woman Claims Seeing UFO Over Rooftop
*Source: Diario La Región (Loreto, Argentina)
Date: 10.07.13*
*Argentina: Woman Claims Seeing UFO Over Rooftop*
“I know you won’t believe me, but what happened in the small hours
yesterday morning is true. I’m used to getting up around 4 o’clock in the
morning to collect water, because that’s the time it’s usually supplied
around here. Suddenly, I looked toward the roof of my home and saw it was
shaking. I called out to my husband, telling him there was an earthquake in
progress, and to wake up the children and bring them outside. When I took a
few steps further to see what was re... more »
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