English: The USS Ronald Reagan in drydock before launching. Taken from http://www.reagan.navy.mil/ http://www.reagan.navy.mil/constructpages/images/construct009.jpg and uploaded to help illustrate bulbous bow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Photo of the USS Ronald Reagan returning from a deployment to San Diego Bay taken from a helicopter. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Updates On Syria [12.17]: Hezbollah Comes Under Attack, Kurds In Syria Agree To Form New Union Ahead of Geneva II, Jihadist Terrorist Groups Execute 80 Civilians Because Of Their Religion
*1. An excerpt from, "Car Bomb Hits Hezbollah Stronghold in East Lebanon"
AP, December 17:*
The National News Agency said in its report that the explosion occurred
about two kilometers (mile) away from a Hezbollah center on the road
between Sbouba and Wadi Abu Mousa. The car bomb was "intercepted" at a
Hezbollah checkpoint and exploded after members of the checkpoint fired on
it, the report said. It was unclear if the car detonated from the gunshots
or if the driver set off the explosion.
The NNN said there were multiple casualties and that ambulances were
rushing to the area, whi... more »
USA'S SICK SAILORS
In 2011, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan assisted with rescue
operations after the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.
At least 51 members of the crew of the USS Ronald Reagan have now developed
radiation-related illnesses.
It is thought that the ship's desalinization systems took in radioactive
water which the crew drank, cooked with and bathed-in.
*51 Sailors from USS Ronald Reagan Suffering Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia,
Brain Tumors After Participating in Fukushima Nuclear Rescue Efforts *
Charles Bonner, attorney representing sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan
said ... more »
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Tutorial: Thumbprint Ornament
Every year, I like to involve my daughter as much in the gift making
process as possible. It gives us something to do together and gifts always
seem to mean a little more when she is involved in making them. This year
we decided to take the Thumbprint Necklace from Rae Gun Ramblings and turn
it into a simple ornament. These ornaments were easy to pull together and
look even better in person.
You will need:
Clay
Parchment Paper
Plastic knife
disposable straw
Ribbon
Metal Stamps
Non-food rolling pin
Start by taking a small section of clay and warming it up it your hands.
Work with ... more »
For the Last Generation, the Range of Permissible Opinion with Respect to the Program - Which Most Americans Depend On for Nearly All of Their Income in Old Age - Ranged from Conservatives Who Wanted to Abolish Social Security Altogether, to Press-Anointed "Progressives" and Token Democrats Who Merely Wanted to Cut Social Security Benefits
Elizabeth Warren has changed the calculus of the much-feared Social
Security insoluable conundrum. Believe it or not, people are now actually
talking about increasing what Social Security pays out instead of
increasing what people must pay in to get less of a payout. Imagine! (Peak
behind the curtain, kiddies!) Dean Baker explains the whole situation even
better (at the end of this essay).
Will Utah Revert To Polygamy Again?
Religion is a weird thing and I'm not comfortable with government getting
involved in even recognizing it as legitimate. If people want to worship a
sky god or a rock or ancestors or whatever, they should be free to do
that-- unless they harm others and commit crimes. Mormonism is obviously
nonsense from start to finish but is it any more ridiculous and any more of
a hustler tradition than any other religion? Maybe.
Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Clark Waddoups, a right-wing Mormon freak
who George W. Bush appointed to the judiciary (and confirmed by the Senate
by unanimous co... more »
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Allen Young : Ralph Dungan, the 'Good Liberal'
Ralph Dungan in Chile, 1966. Photo from The Washington Post.
Discretion, valor,
and the 'good liberal'
In the most patronizing tone, Mr. Dungan said if we opposed U.S. policy, we should 'return to the U.S. and run for Congress.'
By Allen Young / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2013
The October obituary of Ralph Dungan, one of President John F. Kennedy’s top aides who later served as ambassador
Haitian Child-Slave Becomes Miracle
[image: (Photo by John Carroll--December, 2013)]
(Photo by John Carroll--December, 2013)
During the last two decades I have had the opportunity to meet hundreds of
people who have cared for Haitian Hearts children in their homes before and
after the children have had heart surgery. These host families from all
over the United States have been wonderful.
In 2003 Haitian Hearts brought six Haitian children on the same flight from
Port-au-Prince to the Tampa International Airport. All were sick and needed
heart surgery soon. Three of the children would be operated at All
Children’s... more »
The Mystics are Gathering in the Streets - Rumi by Duncan Mackintosh
[image: Whirling Dervishes mark 740th anniversary of the death of Mevlana]
* Source. *
*"Whirling Dervishes mark 740th anniversary of the death of Mevlana"* by
Oleksandr Rupeta, Demotix, December 16:
The 740th anniversary of the death of the Sufi mystic Mevlana Jalaladdin
Rumi was commemorated in Konya by the world renown dancers The Whirling
Dervishes.
*The 740th Wedding Night (Source: AnadoluJet Magazine)*:
Philosopher and Sufi mystic Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi’s 740th anniversary of
passing away to eternity will be commemorated with special Şeb-i Arus or
“The Wedding Day” activi... more »
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The 2013 Legislative Audit of Louisiana Voucher Schools
On December 11, 2013, Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) Daryl Purpera
released the 2013 Performance Audit of Louisiana’s voucher program. The
purpose of this audit is to inform legislators of the state of the
Louisiana voucher program as the legislators consider the actions they
might take regarding the voucher program in the upcoming legislative
session. I sure […]
To mention or not to mention Christmas. NOT.
I’ve minimized the presence of Christmas in my Kindergarten classroom. And
by minimize, I mean no presence. The school is all about it, likely because
it’s important to the local community. Probably no one Jewish within miles,
but I do wonder if there’re any Muslims in our school. Huh. In any event,
no Christmas parties, […]
Our sources for this story have been granted anonymity on account of they don't wanna be identified
*by Ken*
This is a story I've been waiting for for ages. I'm sure something like it
gets written periodically, and from it I've learned that since 2011 there
has been at least one whole book on the subject -- namely all those
anonymous sources in newspaper reporting, or more particularly the, er,
"explanations" that are now offered for the decision to grant anonymity.
The piece in question, by the Washington Post's Paul Farhi, is "Anonymous
sources are increasing in news stories, along with rather curious
explanations." It begins:
According to sources who didn't insist on anonymi... more »
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Your moment of Zen
Castle made of sand, Santa Cruz, California. [photo via]
New precedents for the surveillance state
Important opinion out of the federal courts today. Judge Richard Leon ruled
the NSA's metadata sweep of all the phones is unconstitutional, kicking
what little breath was left out of the body of the Fourth Amendment. Or as
the Hon. Judge Leon put it more formally:
[T]he question in this case can more properly be styled as follows: When do
present-day circumstances — the evolutions in the Government’s surveillance
capabilities, citizens’ phone habits, and the relationship between the NSA
and telecom companies — become so thoroughly unlike those considered by the
Supreme Court thirty... more »
NSA takes a legal smack down ! In a rare victory for constitutional freedoms, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, ruled NSA phone program likely unconstitutional........ Edward Snowden Asks for Amnesty After Court Rulings; White House Says No
Monday, December 16, 2013 2:21 PM
District Court Judge Rules NSA Phone Taps Likely Unconstitutional; 68 Page
Ruling Cites "Orwellian Technology" and Unreasonable Searches
In a rare victory for constitutional freedoms, U.S. District Court Judge Richard
Leon, ruled NSA phone program likely unconstitutional.
A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency program
which collects information on nearly all telephone calls made to, from or
within the United States is likely to be unconstitutional.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program appears to
r... more »
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Murray Rubinstein at SOAS on the state of Taiwan Studies
Talk on Reflections on the State of Taiwan Studies, SOAS, University of
London
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JOAN PEIRÓ BELIS
*JOAN PEIRÓ BELIS*
*The following brief biography was originally published at the website
of the CNT of Puerto Real in Spanish. The original Spanish version can be
found there under their 'Biografias' section.*
Joan Peiró, glass worker, anarcho-syndicalist intellectual, and
Minister of Industry during the second Spanish republic, was executed by
firing squad on July 24, 1942 at Paterna (Huerta Oeste, Valencia). He was
born on February 18 in the working class district of Sants in Barcelona. He
began work in a Barcelona glass factory at the age of 8 an d didn't learn
to re... more »
"U.N. Syria Report Inconclusive on Chemical Weapons" ??? Actually, No.
OK, back to Syria- chemical weapons and acrimonious UN meetings
The headline is from Wall Street Journal. It is the usual obfuscation spin
from the lying corporate war mongering, zionist media. Playing fast and
loose with the truth. *The report is anything but inconclusive*.
Obviously, I hold the opinion *there are a great many conclusions that can
be reached* *about just who used chemical weapons in Syria. And who was on
the receiving end.* We can all use our brains. That is what we have them
for All one has to do is read. And think. Keep in mind the Sy Hersh report
from last week ... more »
Hilarion - December 15, 2013
December 15-22, 2013
Beloved Ones,
As the solstice approaches and comes into effect, humanity is lifted higher
and higher in their energetic fields and each is being gifted with the
presence of the Angelic realms more pervasively than ever before. This is
enabling each individual to receive the grace of the Angelic realms which
assist in opening their hearts and souls to the higher frequencies of light
and of love. As each being receives a greater influx and download of Christ
energies into their own heart, a profound and subtle change takes effect in
their daily lives. This wi... more »
Black Men in Newark Get Drama Class in Prison
Black men in Newark are getting literature and drama classes in prison.
What are black boys in Newark getting in school?
Let's ask our new Senator and our Governor who thinks he is presidential
material if they know.
Here is some educational information for New Jersey's elected
representatives and their corporate privatizers and scam artists in New
Jersey. Since they are in the process of ruining and privatizing one of the
best public school systems in the nation with Common Core's gravy train
being pulled by Pearson, PARCC and Achieve, some of us are wondering when
you are going ... more »
The lead reporter for last night's pro-NSA '60 Minutes' episode was secretly negotiating a "99.44% done deal" to be hired as a senior intelligence official at the same time.
December 16, 2013
By Richard Johnson
Via:
http://12160.info/page/the-lead-reporter-for-last-night-s-pro-nsa-60-minutes-episode-was
*CBS newsman John Miller is negotiating his exit as a senior correspondent
to join his old friend Bill Bratton back at the Police Department, a
reliable source tells me.*
Miller has twice left the news business to serve under Bratton, first in
the NYPD and later during the veteran top cop’s stint as commissioner of
the Los Angeles Police Department.
In the past two years, Miller has been a prominent presence discussing
national security and crime on “CBS... more »
12 Academic Days of Christmas
The 12 days of Academic Christmas continues. It represents that ‘to do’
list we all struggle to finish before the holidays. Feel free to add
suggestions for the On the first day of Christmas my tenure-committe gave
to me….a request to sit on another committee. On the second day of
Christmas my email gave to
Continue reading
The State We Need by Michael Meacher
A strange calm has settled over the Labour Party. There are debates over
trade union influence, over what needs to be done to retain those poll
leads, but when it comes to the question of political economy there is
almost unanimity. From the left in the LRC to the right in Progress there
is an understanding that neoliberalism is done. That Britain was
dangerously exposed by the unfettered market New Labour assiduously
cultivated. And, lastly, to get things going again requires some new
thinking or, for Keynes fans, new *old* thinking. It is therefore a shame
that Michael Meacher's ... more »
Why Len Brown should stay on
The argument against Len Brown staying on as Mayor amounts to saying that
he has lost the respect of so many people, he is now unable to do his job.
On the second point at least, I don’t entirely disagree with that. I only
wish that it were as true.
Because from my point of view, given that Len Brown sees his job as pushing
Aucklanders around and building multi-billion-dollar monuments,* I do not
want Len Brown doing his job*.
So on that score, if it costs another $100,000 to keep Len disrespected,
that seems like money well spent.
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please con... more »
Longest Walk 4 will be at Sogorea Te Dec. 18, 2013
Longest Walk 4 on the final week to Alcatraz. Photo today by Bad Bear, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013
.
Photos and video by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson.
Sacred Sites Protection
Rights of Indigenous Tribes
P.O. Box 4081
Vallejo , CA 94590
sspandrit@gmail.com
By: Angel Heart
Public Relations Officer/SSP and RIT
Censored News
VALLEJO, CA. - Sacred Sites
Anyone Think The Supreme Court Will Revisit A Recent Ruling And Admit They Got It All Wrong?
I suspect Sammy Alito, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and
Anthony Kennedy don't read *The Nation*. That's a shame, because if they
did, they might not have made a grievous error last June when they struck
down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, the provision that enables Section
5 to require states with the worst history of voting discrimination to
preclear their voting changes with the Attorney General.
A longtime, slimy little right-wing operative, now known as Chief Justice
John Roberts, wrote at the time, “Nearly 50 years later, things have
changed dramatically... more »
JOHN MCCAIN VISITS UKRAINE
If you've wondered about the politics of some of the protesters in Ukraine
this video should help clear the picture. Right-wing militarist Sen. John
McCain (R-AZ) just went to Kiev to threaten Russia. While McCain and the
US are deeply interfering in the Ukraine situation they have the gall to
tell neighboring Russia to leave Ukraine alone. That would be like Russia
coming to our country and telling Canada and the US how they should relate
to one another. Arrogant nonsense.
There can be no doubt that the US is spoiling for a fight with Russia.
Very dangerous and stupid. Russ... more »
RONAN PARKE DEFINED
The young Britain's Got Talent finalist Ronan Parke is releasing a single
to raise awareness of bullying.
15-year-old Ronan Parke's song draws on his own experiences and will raise
money for charity, Kidscape.
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1. aangirfan: RONAN PARKE - NOT LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER
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2. aangirfan: RONAN PARKE ALBUM
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The Hazards Of Geocaching
Southern Man loves to geocache. In fact it's possible that he's a little
obsessive about it. So on a beautiful Sunday afternoon after church and
lunch with friends he headed for the lake to pick up a few caches; in
particular, one he'd looked for a few times and not found but some recent
log entries gave him hope that it was there and waiting for him.
Supposedly the cache was in a tree near this bridge.
Well, Southern Man followed the hints and climbed the tree and found
nothing and came back down and then while actually back on the ground
stepped on a root or something and twiste... more »
Wild Bill: "It's Just That Simple"...
*why yes, Bill - it is.*
Summed up in a tidy little one minute and 49 seconds - and we thank him.
#SurveillanceState: They're Hoping You're Not Paying Attention
The Obama Adminstration is trying to spin the story of the
#SurveillanceState, in the hope, as Scott Shackford says at 'Hit and Run,’
they can persuade the populace the problem is due to poor “messaging,” not
due to any actual legitimate concerns about the state’s indiscriminate
high-tech spying.
The latest assault on reason was “a 20-minute blowjob [that *60 Minutes*]
correspondent John Miller performed Sunday evening on Gen. Keith Alexander
and other National Security Agency leaders…”
[image: "Your campaign has the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are
you so popular?"]F... more »
Peter O'Toole 1932-2013
Peter O’Toole,Star of ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’Is Dead at 81
JEJU UPDATE
The Spirit of Gangjeong #1 from Regis Tremblay on Vimeo.
Done by Regis Tremblay from Maine. Regis has a son in the Army who served
a year in Afghanistan. Regis was very active in the Maine Occupy movement
making videos and widely publicizing their messages on public access TV
across the state.
He made the film The Ghosts of Jeju and recently has been touring the
country promoting the Gangjeong village struggle.
“I am a moron,” says tourism leader
[image: image]
The CEO of NZ’s Tourism Export Council, the trade association representing
the interests of the New Zealand inbound tourism industry, reckons the key
to job-hunting success lies in astrology.
Young folk looking for a new job should find out their potential employer’s
star sign, TECNZ CEO Lesley Immink (right) told YoungTEC members.
Then, if asked what their sign is, they should say the same as that person
because bosses employ people like themselves.
So not just idiocy, but dishonesty too.
In a previous job, she said, there were many Virgos and Leos, the
forme... more »
Video Lakota Bill Means AIM West 2013 Part II
Lakota
Bill Means speaking at AIM West 2013 in San Francisco, part II of four
video segments. Recorded by Brenda Norrell, Censored News.
Also watch Part
I: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/12/lakota-bill-means-aim-west-2013-part-1.html
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bill Means, Lakota, speaks on the importance of Indian
Treaties, and the history of International Indian
The Final Frontier, Goodbye Dad
(Please read the below post and you will understand why I reposted this
episode in my life..December 16th/2013)
*Written By grant G*
Anger, frustration, love, jealousy, followed by guilt, fear and finally
loneliness........
I left humor out for that is the one secret that Dad and I shared
exclusively, never cry, never tell, never show your weakness and when all
else fails make people laugh, today my laughter rolls down my cheeks in the
form of wet salty tears....
My postings have been down because of medical issues, trip after trip to
the big smoke where my humour and presence... more »
The analysts cheer their Uncle Drum!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013*
*Drum comes fighting back:* Thirty minutes ago, spirits picked up among the
analysts.
Their spirits brightened after Kevin Drum offered this new post. It
concerns M. Night Shyamalan’s rather peculiar recent statements concerning
American education and/or test scores.
For our previous post, click this.
Shyamalan’s factual statements are crazily wrong. In his new post, Drum
says he agrees, though not completely entirely. Here’s his basic framework:
“Shyamalan is exaggerating, and I sloppily let it pass because I wanted to
address what I thought was his ... more »
BC Liberals Murdered My Dad And Other Seniors At Burnaby General Hospital And Other B.C. Hospitals Over Politics And Trying To Avoid Bad Press
UPDATED AGAIN, December 16th/2013...
Vancouver Sun through recent FOI documents has learned the Fraser Health
officials and Government of British Columbia officials knew there was a
major C Difficile outbreak ongoing at Burnaby General Hospital, and rather
than posting warnings they allowed senior after senior patient and other
younger patients to continue to enter that hospital, seniors who grab
railings and walls for balance are the most vulnerable..
Documents show that the BC Liberal Government tries to squalch the
information..This political cowardice resulted in the needless... more »
SYMPATHY FOR THE EVANGELICAL
*Lisa Biron*
We have some sympathy for Lisa Biron, an American lawyer.
Lisa became an evangelical Christian
Lisa went to work for the anti-gay Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a
network of lawyers aligned with the Christian right.
In May 2013 Lisa was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
From the New Hamphsire Concord Monitor:
Lisa Biron "took a teenage girl to Canada, had her engage in sexual
activity and convinced her to let it be filmed..."
Other juveniles were subjected to Biron’s sexual activity and drug use.
Is Pat Robertson gay?
State representative Phillip Hinkle (Repub... more »
Rocketship Education, or Dud Missile?
From Alternet under the title *Charters Get Kids Cubicle Ready*:
*Rocketship charter schools are backed by some of the biggest names in the
tech world and claim high test scores. But the schools look a lot like
miniature call centers.*
*December 16, 2013 * |
From Silicon Valley, the Rocketship chain of charter schools is hoping to
expand across the country. It’s backed by some of the biggest names in the
tech world and claims high test scores.
Rocketship leaders brag that they think outside the box. Teachers, for
instance—who needs them? The company says it saves half a million do... more »
Federal Judge: NSA phone program likely unconstitutional
The NSA headquarters are pictured. | AP Photo
*Judge: NSA phone program likely unconstitutional*
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/national-security-agency-phones-judge-101203.html?hp=l2
*The ruling is the first significant legal setback for the NSA’s
surveillance program. *
By JOSH GERSTEIN | 12/16/13 1:36 PM EST
A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency program
which collects information on nearly all telephone calls made to, from or
within the United States is likely to be unconstitutional.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program app... more »
Untitled
*Koch Sucker oil group sues Louisiana AG over SLFPA-E wetlands lawsuit
~Kevin McGill, AP*
IN THE SNOW
We had a big storm yesterday that brought about a foot of snow. I spent
hours yesterday and today shoveling and raking off the roof. I enjoy being
outside, particularly while the storm is still in motion, in the wind and
swirling snow. For me it's a mystical experience and takes me back to my
young days in blizzards while living in South Dakota. Those were great
times for me in so many ways.
The storm ended just in time for the driveway to be plowed and we lit the
wood stove in our living room. Then just after it got dark key folks from
our recent BIW corporate subsidy campaign ... more »
KISSING THE NSA'S ASS
CBS TV's show '60 Minutes' used to break many important news stories. In
recent years they've taken the dive and increasingly have become apologists
for the corporate agenda. This particular show on the NSA runs cover for
the agency in order to put the American people at ease.
Of course the NSA is lying but what's new. They've fragmented the
surveillance state system in such a way that they can offer this kind of
"deny-ability about doing harm" and the corporate media has to let them
slide.
Such is the pervasiveness of the clamp down machine these days.
A Gentle Detox & Stress Reducer That You Can Do In Your Bathtub At Home
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561
*I have taken such baths many times with good results. There are other
oils you can use and this knowledge can be easily gotten with a little
research. This treatment would be good for a number of aliments. Perhaps
for those who have had chemo in the past or have taken drugs for many years
and have stopped. These poisons froms vaccines, prescription drugs
and chemicals in the environment can be stored in the body for many years.*
Holiday Pin Art
We introduced my 5-year-old to pin art this last week. You remember pin art
from elementary school, right? A simple project with really pretty results.
My 5-year-old was capable of doing it pretty much all by herself. She
enjoyed it and it kept her busy for quite a long time.
You will need:
construction paper
a coloring book page (in this case, we used holiday pages)
a pin with a head on it
tape
Rip your coloring page out of the book and tape it to the center of the
construction paper. We used mostly red and green paper for Christmas. Take
the pin and poke small holes all around ... more »
Johnny Rocket Roppongi
This is a burger joint that sits a little above the superhighway that
bisects Roppongi from the sky. Its something about Japan that I can not
take away. Even though its a burger joint that want more money from me and
you.
It tried the burger it was not fine, it was even worse considering that
from a twenty I would not be able to pay the smallest bar fine. But
something about Johnny Rocket an American Invention was sitting high above
Roppongi a area long remembered for other affections, makes me want to sit
there , coldly staring at
all the people who have no idea what it means to h... more »
Only one Rocket named Richard
The Rocket he ricochets in my brain like a oxy synapse gone wild, with a
half life of a lifetime. Fire on Ice this is my life. Not an easy thing to
do considering the dichotomy. (hey I spelled it write without spell check)
I could not get a red glare in my eyes without compromise. I tried the pipe
and I liked it. My eyes glows red and I was the Rocket brought up from the
dead.
Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner Jr., Chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary, demands that the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper be removed from his position and prosecuted for lying to Congress. Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, defends Clapper as a “direct and honest” person. In this matter, I stand with the Republican.
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Original Here Blogs / Ray McGovern's blog / Fire the Liar
*Fire the Liar*
*By Ray McGovern - Posted on 11 December 2013*
Obama Urged to Fire DNI Clapper
December 11, 2013
(Editor Note) Last March – before Edward Snowden revealed the NSA’s
sweeping collection of phone and other data – Director of National
Intelligence James Clapper said no such operation existed. Now, a group of
ex-national security officials urge President Obama to fire Clapper.
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJ... more »
UN's Syria "Aid" Appeal is Bid to Relieve Trapped Terrorists
*December 17, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - In August 2011, the Telegraph
reported in an article titled, "Libya crisis: Rebel leaders hoping to
starve Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte into submission," that:
Rebel leaders hope to starve Colonel Gaddafi's home town of Sirte into
submission, laying siege to his last remaining stronghold in an attempt to
avoid mass bloodshed, according to the man spearheading efforts for a
peaceful takeover.
Assisting them in the starvation of the 100,000 civilians who populated the
coastal city of Sirte was NATO who rained bombs down upon the besieged city
re... more »
Benjamin Fulford - Dec 16, 2013: Nuclear terror perpetrators in Japan to be included in ongoing Asian purge of cabal flunkies
Monday, December 16, 2013
*Benjamin Fulford - Dec 16, 2013: Nuclear terror perpetrators in Japan to
be included in ongoing Asian purge of cabal flunkies*
2011 nuclear terror perpetrators in Japan to be included in ongoing Asian
purge of cabal flunkies
The execution last week of North Korean number 2 Jang Song Thaek and the
arrest of former China security chief Zhou Yongkang mark the beginning of a
purge of cabal influence in Asia, according to Chinese and North Korean
sources. The purge has been long planned and will lead to the ouster of
over 20,000 people, according to a Chine... more »
How Many Senate Seats With The Republican Civil War Cost The GOP Next Year?
I wish I could remember where I read it-- because it was so funny-- but I
did come across an assertion that Mitch McConnell doesn't want to be Senate
Majority Leader if he has to preside over a bunch of Know Nothing
sociopaths that include Steve Stockman (R-TX), Joe Carr (TN), Milton Wolf
(KS), Richard Cash (R-SC), Paul Broun (R-GA), Erick Bennett (ME), Chris
McDaniel (MS). No need to mention Matt Bevin (KY), for obvious reasons. And
then there are GOP extremists in non-Republican-held seats that can't be
all that exciting to McConnell either-- Ron Maness in Louisiana, Greg
Branno... more »
Glitch Gloating? Good
I'm not sure whether it was in response to my earlier item or not, but
Andrew Sprung tweets:
So constructive to have all hands in a major political party poised to
highlight & gloat over every glitch in major new gov service.
Presumably he's being sarcastic, but you know what? It is constructive!
It's absolutely a good thing to have a major political party poised to
highlight every glitch in what government is up to. Not so much the
gloating, but that's not doing any harm. The highlighting is definitely a
good thing. One of the strong points of the two-party system is that it
leave... more »
Snow fell at the Sphinx in Egypt, for the first time in 112 years!
* On December 13th snow fell at the Sphinx in Egypt, for the first time in
112 years! *
"Cosmic Awareness" on the Nature of ISON...
*As with all channeled information use higher discernment as channelings
are sometimes mixed with the personal beliefs and views of the channeler...
I found this one of interest... -Bill*
*Excerpted piece with info about ISON from the PDF of a channeling of
"Cosmic Awareness" found HERE...*
...this Awareness is happy to announce that it can no longer be so, there
are many reporting on Ison and the peculiarities of Ison. That they who try
to squash will be unable to do so entirely. However, they will certainly
mislead and those who do not wish to search deeper, who have no inter... more »
Rachel Maddow is a nightmare!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013*
*Rachel Maddow is Fox:* By now, there can be little doubt. Rachel Maddow is
an official party-line, partisan hack.
She’ll fill your head full of stupid shazam. Last Friday night, the current
episode continued.
For our previous report, click here.
Good God! Once again, Maddow *opened her show* with a 17-minute segment
about Chris Christie and the traffic lanes leading onto the George
Washington Bridge.
She could have been discussing something that actually matters—the
interests of low-income children, let’s say.
Rachel Maddow doesn’t care about the in... more »
Peter O'Toole
Peter James O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an Irish actor.
He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and began working in the
theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old
Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his film debut in
1959.
He achieved stardom playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for
which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He received seven
further Oscar nominations – for Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye,
Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (... more »
On Measuring Changes in Income
To divert attention from the disastrous rollout of his health reform,
President Obama has decided to change the national conversation to discuss
increasing inequality. This phenomenon is not new--the trend started about
four decades ago--but it is real and important. In case you are a new
reader of this blog, you can find my personal views on the matter in this
paper.
This national conversation has generated renewed attention to the highly
influential Piketty-Saez data. It is worth pointing out, therefore, some
limitations of these data, which have been stressed by Cornell econom... more »
Murder Ruins Christmas for One Percenters
A guy gets shot to death at an upscale mall, and the ensuing investigation
is interfering with conspicuous consumption at the only emporium in Jersey
that caters to the obscenely wealthy. Oh the humanity.
This was the actual headline in today's *New York Times*:
*Fatal Carjacking Makes Christmas Shopping at US Mall a Nightmare*
*Police on Monday were seeking an armed pair of suspected carjackers who a
day earlier shot to death a man Christmas shopping with his wife at a
high-end New Jersey mall and then fled in the couple's luxury SUV,
prosecutors said.*
Never mind a lifetime ... more »
Decarbonization Updates
While I was working on *The Climate Fix* I published several peer reviewed
articles on climate policies of the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia. In
recent months I have updated these analyses and summarize the updates here.
(Note: for information and links to data sources, just click through to the
various analyses referenced below).
*United Kingdom*
In my 2009 paper (here, open access) on the emissions reduction targets
mandated by the UK Climate Change Act I wrote:
Given the magnitude of the challenge and the pace of action, it would not
be too strong a conclusion to suggest ... more »
'BIG MEAT' CONCENTRATION CAMPS
The evil 'big meat' corporations, which supply fast food firms and
supermarkets, run the equivalent of concentration camps.
On a typical pig farm, 10,000 pigs are crammed into tiny cages, shit is
piled three feet high, there are bleeding snouts and the cries of
broken-legged pigs.
Each pig spends four or five years in a tiny crate, is kept perpetually
pregnant, is made sick from breathing in its own waste and is fed food
packed with growth-promoting drugs, and garbage.
Sometimes the factory farm workers torture the pigs.
In factory farms, dairy cattle have teats leaking pus, ... more »
Nullification vs Article 5 Convention...
*important.*
*From Reaganite Republican:*
*Who's Next to Follow South Carolina's Lead on the FULL State Nullification
of Obamacare? (Yoo-hoo, Rick Perry...)*
*From Publius Huldah:*
*Fair warning: * This article is lengthy with many links. It is not an
easy read, but a very necessary read. *I happen to agree with this very
brilliant woman. *Also please access her many links on the sidebar. A
wealth of information.
*Mark Levin Refuted: Keep the Feds in Check with Nullification,
not Amendments!*
[...] The claims of the nullification deniers have been proven to be
false. To *... more »
Russia to dangle carrot of loan for Ukraine?
And perhaps lower gas prices?
While the west offers up destabilization.
*Irish Times*
A Kremlin aide made clear today that* Russia was ready to extend a credit
to Ukraine to help Kiev cope with its economic problems* and keep the
country in Moscow’s orbit.
Economic adviser Andrei Belousov said it was possible that a credit could
be agreed at talks tomorrow between Russian president Vladimir Putin and
Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, who has turned to Moscow for help
after spurning a free trade deal with the European Union last month.
“I do not rule out that, if there is a re... more »
Blame Obamacare/Disappearing Obamacare
Kevin Drum notes that everyone is blaming Obamacare for things that would
happen anyway, and that the incentive structure calls for this to continue,
for a while at least. Sam Baker had a longer, and also good, item about
this last week.
I'm gonna be churlish and say: Called it! Way back when I was a wee baby
blogger, and months before the ACA passed:
On health care, it's safe to predict (if the bill passes) that even though
few provisions will go into effect before the 2010 and 2012 election, Obama
and the Democrats will totally own health care, at least for
high-information GOP p... more »
Iraq Improves On World Bank Ranking Of Doing Business
For the last several years the World Bank has released its Doing Business
report on laws rules, and taxes that regulate business around the globe.
Iraq has done poorly on these reports since it has yet to shake off the
yoke of years of socialist state-run economic planning from the Saddam
years. As the United States Agency for International Development pointed
out, Baghdad gives lip service to loosening the role of the government over
the economy, while doing little in practice. Despite that Iraq did slightly
better in 2013 than 2012 according to the World Bank due to some less
c... more »
Trey Gowdy: Executive power overreach? President is abusing his power? ...
*starting the week off right.*
South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that the Obama
administration’s deliberate flouting of congressional law “has reached an
unprecedented level,” claiming the time is now ripe for Congress to take
the White House to court over executive overreach.
Untitled
*Sean Payton is (rightfully) pissed off ~Federico Ferrari, Who Dat Dish*
*Letter: With Oil & Gas Industry, state is subsidizing its own failure ~New
Orleans Advocate*
*In The Bagneris? ~Adrastos, Humid City*
*Louisiana Tech opens digital trenchless technology reference room
~Shreveport Times*
~The Trenchless Technology Center evolved from the Trenchless Excavation
Center at Louisiana Tech, established in 1989 by Tom Iseley, with a primary
focus on microtunneling and horizontal directional drilling. Expanding its
reach to other trenchless technologies, the structure and name was chan... more »
Special request...
I'm having some issues with my Mac since October, and its worse after
upgrading my Mac to OSX Mavericks (which seems to have a few bugs that are
not yet addressed). I need to revert my Mac to the prior release of OSX
Mountain Lion so that I can do videos and timely blogging, the Mac "finder"
app keeps crashing on me which is causing me no end of frustration. For
those of you with PCs its the equivalent of Windows Explorer that your
browse files with on the PC. I also really think my Mac was compromised
once I announced I was coming to Morocco...its not been working correctly
si... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Steven Bochco, 70.
I'm traveling and in meetings early this week, so posting may be sporadic,
but that's no excuse for skipping the good stuff:
1. I mostly blame the mainstream conservatives who make up the bulk of the
GOP conference for the shutdown; here's a perspective that puts Speaker
Boehner at fault. I disagree, but plausible!
2. Josh Huder on the future of the filibuster.
3. And Dan Drezner: Yankees, or North Korea?
The War on Christmas
Yes, it's that time of year again when the silly season gets even
sillier when right-thinking Christians impose on the rest of us how we
ought to be spending a pagan holiday. Such as the above gift idea for that
gun-clutching relative every family has and pretends to tolerate every
Christmas. And what better way to silence blasphemous liberal tongues
calling for background checks and national registries than to figuratively
shoot their tongues off with these semi-auto ice cubes? Imagine the looks
on your liberal relatives' faces when they look into their drinks and see
this ba... more »
The Same People
As finance ministers meet today, Jim Flaherty argues that our fragile
economy can't afford enhancing the Canada Pension Plan. It's the latest
version of an old argument -- the very argument that got us into our mess
in the first place. Paul Krugman writes that Flaherty's world view is at
the heart of the problem, Focusing on the United States, he writes:
Start with the numbers. On average, Americans remain a lot poorer today
than they were before the economic crisis. For the bottom 90 percent of
families, this impoverishment reflects both a shrinking economic pie and a
declining ... more »
FIVE KEYS AND ELEVEN SOLUTIONS: M. Night Shyamalan, educational expert!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013*
*Part 1—Flamboyantly wrong on his facts:* Film director M. Night Shyamalan
has been busy proving our various points.
Five years ago, Shyamalan decided to become an educational expert. In
September, he published a book with a lengthy title:
“I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker
Learned the Five Keys to Closing America’s Education Gap.”
Are there really five keys to “closing America’s education gap?” If so,
does Shyamalan know what they are?
We’ll consider those questions later this week. For today, consider some
things Sh... more »
Is Marijuana Legalization Now Part Of The Political Mainstream?
Over the weekend, David Freedlander did a story for the *Daily Beast* on The
New Politics of Pot: The 2014 Candidates Who Want to Legalize It. "Forget
decriminalization or medical marijuana," he wrote in way of introduction.
"Bolstered by state ballot victories, top-tier contenders in 2014 are
seeking full legalization, the drug’s highest-profile advocacy ever…
Advocates for marijuana legalization say the 2014 elections represent the
first time that serious, top-tier candidates for major state and federal
offices are advocating for full legalization of the drug.
The pro-pot cand... more »
Greece updates December 16 , 2013 - Lack Of Cash Flows Ends Greek Export "Miracle" ..... Health workers about to be placed in mobility scheme ......Greece close to deal with troika on EAS that would secure 1-bln-euro tranche ......... Report questions transparency of troika's use of financial consultants
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-16/lack-cash-flows-ends-greek-export-miracle
Lack Of Cash Flows Ends Greek Export "Miracle"
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- China
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- International Monetary Fund
- Markit
- World Trade
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While cash flows may be an anachronism in a time when the return of the dot
com bubble means only future corporate prospects of growth matter, and the
lower the actual profits or earnings the greater the upside stock potential
due to ridiculous future P... more »
Saudi involvement in 9/11 and the US cover up into the role that wealthy Saudi hardliners , Saudi diplomats and Intelligence Officers played in the high crimes ( helping not just financially but also logistically ) - slowly trickling to the surface with details and names of the Saudi Officials and Agents involved ! Fascinatingly , on the same date of this stunning report , we see a Saudi Prince blasting Obama as being indecisive - maybe he should all the Saudi taunt by being decisive about releasing the missing / redacted 28 pages of thee 9/11 Investigative report covering not just the role of the Saudis , but also the role of the US to cover for the Saudis . Maybe folk will ask why this has been allowed to not just happen , but still be covered up for all of these years ?
Two Congressmen claim secret report on 9/11 pins the blame on Saudi Arabia
POSTED AT 8:23 AM ON DECEMBER 16, 2013 BY ED MORRISSEY
What we *know* from the New York Post’s report on the claim from Democratic
Rep. Stephen Lynch and Republican Rep. Walter Jones is that two
administrations have kept 28 pages of a 2002 report on the 9/11 so highly
classified that they don’t contain redactions — just an ellipsis noting
their absence. Lynch and Jones claim that the report from Congress after
the attacks that left 3,000 Americans dead contain material that
“absolutely shocked” them — a... more »
Argentina: More on the "Giant Humanoid" Photograph
We are still awaiting an official analysis from Luis Burgos and the FAO
team on the nature of the alleged "Giant Humanoid" photograph taken on the
beaches of Necochea.
In the meantime, *Mundo Esotérico Paranormal* (
*http://www.mundoesotericoparanormal.com/fotografia-muestra-humanoide-gigante-argentina/*)
had the following to say on its 10 December 2013 post, translated below:
*Photograph Displays a Giant Humanoid*
*MEP - 10 December 2013*
*Last year, media reported on a surprising photograph that appeared to show
a transparent alien creature photographed by a police officer ... more »
Links n stuff
Todays factoid, from a discussion on Forumosa:
"I'm sure it is true of civil servants all over the world, but Taiwan may
be a special case. A quick Google search shows that the US fires 0.55% of
federal employees each year. Taiwan has about 320,000 civil servants
(including employees of state enterprises). If it fired at the rate the US
government does, you would expect to see 1,760 civil servants lose their
job each year. Taking a quick look at the 2012 statistics from the
"Commission on the Disciplinary Sanctions of Functionaries", it appears
that just 15 civil servants lost the... more »
Thailand: Ending the Regime's "Red Terror"
Breaking down the barriers of fear and intimidation.
*December 16, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The Bangkok Post reported today in
their article titled, "Reds surround Dem house, burn effigy," that:
About 100 red-shirt demonstrators rallied in Ubon Ratchathani province on
Sunday against the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee
(PDRC) movement.
Pichet Tabudda led the red shirts to block an outbound section of Chaeng
Sanit Road in front of former Democrat list-MP Vithoon Nambut's home in
Muang district.
The demonstrators blasted PDRC leaders, including former Democrat ... more »
A common mistake but surely the BBC should know better
This BBC article about 10 common Christmas card dilemmas makes a rather
stupid, albeit common, mistake. Number 2 dilemma runs thus:
*2. Round robin revival? *
The round robin letter - usually sent out with the Christmas cards - has
become something of a seasonal joke. "Darling Theo is doing frightfully
well in his eurhythmy lessons at Charterhouse - and little Imogen has gone
back to advising Ban Ki-moon at the UN." Simon Hoggart, Guardian columnist
and author of The Cat That Could Open the Fridge, a collection of round
robin letters, is not a fan. "Round robins are hopeless because ... more »
Can you spot any pattern?
This is a French language map of the countries in the world where the
penalty for homosexuality is death (marked in red), where it is a prison
sentence of over 10 years (marked in orange) or a prison sentence of less
than 10 years (marked in yellow). Can you spot any pattern?
Soldiers's Suicides: Too Little, Too Late
So retired general Rick Hillier is calling for action, a public inquiry, a
Royal Commission, something, into the recent spate of soldier suicides,
and, as well, he offers qualified criticism of the harpercons' Veterans
Charter:
The other area Hillier pointed to for improvement was the new Veterans
Charter, in particular the part of the charter that replaced a pension for
life or payment system with lump-sum awards and allowances.
"Many of us, certainly, almost all of us, agree that the charter is now
lacking," he said.
He said the system now does not provide ill and injured veterans... more »
Stephen Harper`s Relentless attack on Canadian Workers Exposed
As written here many times, Canada`s current advertised by the Federal
Government labour shortage in Canada is nothing but BS and a deliberate
attempt to drive down wages..
Read the shocking story here..courtesy *The Tyee...*
_________
*As Foreign Temp Program Rolls on, Oil Patch Workers Replaced*
* http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/16/Oil-Patch-Workers-Replaced/* *________*and
for good measure, a double shot of Stephen Harper hypocrisy..courtesy *The
Tyee* *______*http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2013/12/16/Harper-Mandela/
The Straight GoodsCheers Eyes Wide Open
State Legislators Propose Changing Constitution To Limit Federal Government by Tara Dodrill
State Legislators Propose Changing Constitution To Limit Federal Government
by Tara Dodrill
Off The Grid News, 14 December 2013
A movement to call a constitutional convention and tweak America’s founding
document in order to limit the federal government appears to be gaining
momentum among conservatives.
Approximately 100 legislators from a total of 32 states recently converged
at George Washington’s home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, to debate the
possibility of calling a convention of the states.
Article V of the US Constitution details the process state lawmakers could
utilize... more »
GAY CHRISTIAN HOMOPHOBES VERSUS GAYS
*One of the most beloved of Roman emperors, Trajan, who was also well known
for his homosexuality and fondness for young males. *
Before the Roman Empire became Christian, several of the Roman Emperors
were in same-sex marriages.
Timeline
In the year 390, the Christian emperors Valentinian II, Theodosius I and
Arcadius declared that homosexual sex was illegal and that those who
engaged in gay sex were to be burned alive in public.[22]
In the year 390, the Christians began burning homosexual boys in Rome.
Sin, sex and the very alien morality of the Romans
*Saint Bernardino of Sien... more »
Sony Xperia E2 Hadir di 2014
Sony
diberitakan akan segera merilis sebuah smartphone android baru yang
masih dalam varian Xperia E di tahun 2014 mendatang.
Nantinya smartphone yang akan beredar ke pasaran dengan nama Sony Xperia
E2 ini sudah menggunakan Android 4.4 KitKat sebagai OS dan akan
mendukung aktivitas penggunanya hingga jaringan 4G LTE.
Selain itu, berdasarkan lansiran tersebut, smartphone Xperia E2 ini juga
akan
Smartfren Andromax I2 dan Andromax G Resmi Meluncur
Smartfren
Andromax I2 dan Andromax G Resmi Meluncur. HP Android tersebut
diluncurkan untuk memenuhi harapan masyarakan akan HP android harga
terjangkau dengan spesifikasi yang mumpuni serta fitur-fitur terbaru.
Smartfren Andromax I2 adalah smartphone penerus dari generasi Andromax
New-I. Andromax I2 hadir dengan desain lebih tipis dengan ukuran 9,9 mm
dengan sistem operasi Android 4.1
PlayStation 4 Masuk Indonesia pada Januari 2014
Akhirnya
perangkat game terbaru PlayStation 4 dipastikan hadir di Indonesia pada
january 2014. Sony secara resmi sudah memulai penjualan perangkat ini
di Asia Tenggara, dengan salah satu negara sasarannya adalah Indonesia.
Kedatangan PlayStation 4 di Indonesia akan diresmikan pada Januari 2014
mendatang. Rilis ini sama dengan beberapa negara Asia Tenggara lainnya
seperti Thailand, Filipina, dan
Hasil Benchmark Xperia Z1 Mini
Hasil
Benchmark Xperia Z1 Mini terungkap di media. Hampir dapat dipastikan
versi mini dari Xperia Z1 bakal mengusung sebutan Xperia Z1s. Tidak
seperti versi mini dari hp android kelas atas lainnya yang hadir dengan
spesifikasi yang lebih rendah, Xperia Z1s menggunakan jeroan yang persis
dengan Xperia Z1.
Berdasarkan data resmi yang dimiliki oleh AnTuTu, Xpria Z1 tercatat
memiliki skor sebesar
Your moment of Zen
Aurora Borealis over Iceland. [NASA photo]
And that's that
Just as a coda to the BBC's Nelson Mandela coverage, here's some more
statistical evidence that the BBC went OTT with its coverage.
Comparing the number of BBC website articles that were published about
Margaret Thatcher over the ten days between her death and funeral (8-18
April 2013) with those published about Nelson Mandela over the ten days
between his death and funeral (5-15 December 2013) reveals:
*287 *News articles about Margaret Thatcher on the BBC website following
her death
*451 *News articles about Nelson Mandela on the BBC website following his
death
...which is* 57%... more »
Steve Israel And Paul Ryan-- Working Together To Screw Military Veterans
Israel and Ryan, bad for veterans, bad for America
Although the NRCC has a deal with Steve Israel not to back Republicans who
oppose his reelection efforts, Stephen Labate, a straight-shooting 25-year
Army officer now in the Army Reserve, is taking him on again. On Friday,
after the Ryan-Murray "compromise" passed in the House, Labate explained
how Israel-- and Paul Ryan, so, essentially, the corrupt transpartisan
Beltway Establishment-- betrayed military veterans to benefit their wealthy
campaign contributors who are part of the Military Industrial Complex.
"Yesterday," wrote Labate... more »
Peter Norman and the Black Power Salute
"They asked Norman if he believed in human rights. He said he did.
They asked him if he believed in God. Norman, who came from a Salvation
Army background, said he believed strongly in God.
We knew that what we were going to do was far greater than any athletic
feat.
He said, *'I'll stand with you'*."
Carlos said he expected to see fear in Norman's eyes.
He didn't; *"I saw love."*
15 PETER NORMAN
The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on
the motion of Dr Leigh— That this House:
(1) recognises the extraordinary athletic achievements of the ... more »
The Global Warming Hoax: The UN Global Warming Hoax Is Slowly Dying (To Me, Not Fast Enough!)
Up here, in central Canada (and yes, Toronto is not central Canada), the
temperatures this time of year have been absolutely unbearable... Right
now, we are experiencing temperatures that we usually do not get until
mid-January! Everywhere across the Canadian prairies, we have seen recent
record cold temperatures, with daily highs not getting anywhere above -20
degrees Celcius (That's -5 Fahrenheit for those still on the non-metric
scale). Overnight lows have plunged to the -35C mark (-30F) and wind chill
values have been in the -40C (-40F) range... People have noticed this
unseas... more »
Rush Limbaugh, the Half-Billion-Dollar Mouthpiece for 1% Rightwing Billionaires, Attacks The New Pope For Them (The 1%'s Pope?)
Rush Limbaugh has attacked women by calling them sluts & FemiNazis, he
attacks poor people, unions, people fighting for a living wage, muslims,
made fun of Michael J. Fox's disease, people without health care, and so
on. Can you guess who he works for based on that? (hint: super-rich white
guys and zionists)
But can something be the ULTIMATE that he could never top?
I think he finally did the ULTIMATE: he attack the new Pope! You can't get
any higher than the Pope:
*Pope Francis Rebukes "Marxist" Attack From Rush Limbaugh & Conservative
Media*
Rush Limbaugh's "dittoheads" think ... more »
“Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? I don’t think so.” UPDATED
That,
from Harper Industry Minister and Harper MP for Port Moody, James Moore
when questioned on the embarrassing levels of child poverty in British
Columbia.
The only words that don't fail me are, Fucking selfish ... greedy ...
scumbag. Typical bloody-minded right-wing puke. Charles Dickens wrote
books about people like James Moore.
UPDATE: Moore is now claiming he was taken out of context.
Congress and Federal Reserve continue to gun the pedal - and they won't stop until there is a buyer's strike by foreign buyers of US debt ... Peter Schiff takes the Budget Deal to task , while Russell Lamberti of the Ludwig von Mises Institute hashes notion of trashing the debt ceiling.... Affluenza defense gets one kid off a dui deaths of four " not one percenters " ? ? Heck that is nothing considering what the bankster" one tenth of one percenters " have gotten away with and will continue to get away with .... Affluenza on HGH AND Steroids !
Peter Schiff Bashes "Feeble And Fictitious" Budget Deal
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- 30 Year Treasury
- Bond
- Congressional Budget Office
- Gross Domestic Product
- Obamacare
- Peter Schiff
- Quantitative Easing
- ratings
- White House
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David Stockman's exclamation at the "betrayal" realized within the latest
so-called "festerng fiscal" budget deal is taken a step further withPeter
Schiff's head-shaking diatribe on Congress' *inability to show that it is
truly "capable of tack... more »
About Pearson, the Golden Goose State Standards, And Then Some
On December 13, 2013, Pearson, Inc., agreed to pay a $7.7 million
settlement for allegedly using its nonprofit, Pearson Charitable Foundation
(PCF), to assist its profit-making parent corporation in developing
educational materials– including software. In this post, I would like to
offer additional discussion of Pearson the For-Profit, Pearson the
Nonprofit, and some friends both […]
Neville Hodgkinson of the Sunday Times on the AIDS Crisis and Non-Existent HIV Test
In 2000, I attended the second of two hearings called by President Thabo
Mbeki of South Africa.
He set up an AIDS Advisory Panel after learning of problems and
uncertainties in AIDS science.
For his trouble, Mbeki suffered intense criticism from the South African
and indeed world media
At the International AIDS Conference in Durban, there were people with
placards saying,
*“One dissident, one bullet”. *
It was as though we were traitors in a war.
But how can you fight a war when you don’t know who or what the enemy is?
There is irrefutable evidence, for example, that TB, a mas... more »
Seriously now, is there any reason why Senator McCranky should be taken seriously about military matters -- or anything else?
*Is Young Johnny McCranky explaining to NY Senators Gillibrand and Schumer
about his superior background and experience?*
*"The strongest argument for Senator Gillibrand's approach [to curbing
sexual abuse in the military] is that the military's been saying the right
things for about thirty years on this, and the problem hasn't been fixed."*
*-- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by*The New Yorker*'s Evan Osnos*
*by Ken*
One of the many reasons I'm grateful for Paul Krugman's years of intrepid
op-ed service is his ongoing crusade against the concept of "seriousness"
as applied to alleg... more »
Bitcoin: What have you got?
*In this Guest Post, Paul Van Dinther invites your best arguments against
the new digital currency Bitcoins.*
At the moment I am tentatively *for *Bitcoins, but I am very keen to hear a
good argument *against**.* Here is my own take at present.
I have not yet heard what I consider a solid argument against Bitcoins. One
of the video bloggers I enjoy listening to is Peter Schiff. He appears a
man with great insights and I tend to agree with many of his views.
Recently however Peter and many others have taken to criticising Bitcoin,
offering a range of arguments against the new digit... more »
Updates On Syria [12.15]: New Victories By Saudi-US-British Backed Jihadists Spells Doom For FSA, Influential Shiite Cleric Issues Fatwa Saying "Fighting In Syria Is Legitimate," PYD Leader Salih Muslim Says Results of Geneva II Are Meangingless Without Recognition of Kurds
- * New Victories By Saudi-US-British Backed Jihadists Spells Doom For FSA
(Fictitious Syrian Army)*
*- Influential Shiite Cleric Issues Fatwa Saying "Fighting In Syria Is
Legitimate" *
*- PYD Leader Salih Muslim Says Results of Geneva II Are Meangingless
Without Recognition of Kurds*
*1. An excerpt from, "Rise of Islamic Front a disaster for Syria" Al
Monitor, December 15:*
The ascendance of the Islamic Front sends the Syrian opposition into
further, and now near complete, disarray. This column on Oct. 27 wrote that
the consequences of Saudi backing of Islamic armed groups was t... more »
Longest Walk 4 Sacramento today Dec. 15, 2013
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Thanks to Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson for
sharing photos of the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz today with
Censored News. The walkers five month journey culminates on Dec. 21 at
Alcatraz, with a Sovereignty Gathering at Oakland Friendship House on
Dec. 22.
Joe Oliver, Stephen Harper Oil Spill Response Fake Out
*Bitumen excluded from data for federal tanker study, documents reveal*
* The possible effects of a bitumen spill on Pacific waters were not
considered in the oil response preparedness report released last week by
the Harper government, the background data study reveals.....** The Genivar
study, however, does warn, that if the Enbridge Northern Gateway project
does go ahead, the spill risk from diluted bitumen carrying tankers in
Douglas Channel and along the north Pacific coast will jump from “low” or
“medium” to “very high.” If the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline goes
ahea... more »
12 Academic Days of Christmas
Instead of the Monday linkage I thought I would start the 12 days of
Academic Christmas. It represents that ‘to do’ list we all struggle to
finish before the holidays. We’ll start with the first two and I’ll add
another one each day- feel free to add suggestions! On the first day of
Christmas my
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*"Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century"*
François Mitterrand, then-minister of the Interior of France, 1957
*Clementine Churchill:* "General, you must not hate your friends more than
you hate your enemies"
*De Gaulle (in English):* "France has no friends, only interests."
Once again, French television screens are full of images of joyous Africans
welcoming French troops.
In January, the French military intervened in Mali to help liberate large
swaths of the country from *radical jihadists. *Now, for the second time
this year, France has sent tr... more »
Did Christie's Inability To Control Himself Just Queer His Chances To Run For President? Bridgegate
Last week I was stunned when I heard Rachel Maddow's first report on how
Chris Christie took revenge on a mayor for partisan differences by
essentially shutting down the traffic on the country's busiest bridge for a
few days. Turns out, it's the *world's* busiest bridge-- and Friday, Maddow
did a little update (above). The words "dangerous sociopath" come
immediately to mind. I wonder how many voters will see this as the ultimate
example of why a self-entitled bully like Christie must be kept as far away
from lethal power as possible. I sure hope so, because polls seem to show
he... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Same question, plus a bit more. What's the general consensus of neutral
experts going to be by, oh, the end of March on how the ACA is working?
Series of disasters? Surprisingly successful, given the fiasco in October?
Too soon to know? Or something else?
And what of Barack Obama's job in implementing the law. Presumably he'll
still be knocked for October, but among liberals, will it look not so bad
in retrospect? Sign of all that is wrong with his presidency? Demonstration
that he makes at least his share of mistakes, but is good at recovering
from them? Or something else?
Mobutu Sese Seko, Glenn Close and the AIDS Crisis
NOTE: The AIDS Crisis *began* in the Congo, in Kinshasa, around 1975.
It first affected the (hetrosexual) black urban upper and middle-classes of
the Congolese Civil Service, and is believed to have originated radiating
outwards from two brothels known to be frequented by government officials
and other elites as their primary or sole clientele.
AIDS in Africa is primarily a hetrosexual disease and intravenous drugs use
is incredibly rare.
The US Embassy in Kinshasa was the regional station for all of Southern
Africa - the illegal secret war in Angola was run from there, by Philip ... more »
Pope Francis
“There is nothing in the Exhortation that cannot be found in the social
Doctrine of the Church. I wasn’t speaking from a technical point of view,
what I was trying to do was to give a picture of what is going on. The only
specific quote I used was the one regarding the “trickle-down theories”
which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will
inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and social
inclusiveness in the world. The promise was that when the glass was full,
it would overflow, benefitting the poor. But what happens instead, is that
when the g... more »
TOP POLITICIAN; NAKED TEEN; ONE BILLION IN CASH
* Khadijah Azhari*
What links model Khdijah to a top politician?
*Top Moslem politician Luthfi, linked to illicit sex, money laundering and
huge bribes.*
Homophobic politicians who claim to be strong Christians or strong Moslems
are usually liars and crooks.
The scandal involving *Luthfi* began in January 2013.
This was when anti-corruption investigators raided a Jakarta hotel room and
found a man called *Ahmad* and a naked teenage student and 1 billion rupiah.
*Ahmad* is a personal aide to *Luthfi *Hasan Ishaaq
*Luthfi* Hasan Ishaaq was, until he was arrested, boss of Indonesia... more »
Who Needs the Debt Ceiling?
*Arguments about the U.S. debt ceiling refuse to go away. That’s a good
thing, say Russell Lamberti in this Guest Post. The singular brilliance of
the debt ceiling, he argues, is that it keeps reminding everyone that
there is a growing national debt that never seems to shrink. That is a
tremendous service to American citizens, and others, who live in the dark
regarding the borrowing machinations of their political overlords.*
US lawmakers reached a(nother) budget deal this week that will avert
sequester cuts and shutdowns. These fiscal “roadblocks” supposedly damaged
investor con... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
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