Sunday, February 16, 2014

16 Feb - Blogs I'm Following

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Wide Asleep on Unauthorized Disclosure

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 6 minutes ago
I had the pleasure of joining Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola, two truly amazing reporters, this week for a chat about Iran, Israel and all that fun stuff on the fifth episode of their new podcast, Unauthorized Disclosure. Your browser does not support this audio Rania Khalek is an independent journalist covering disadvantaged, marginalized and vulnerable communities. Her incredible

About those CON-veeenient leaks...

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 36 minutes ago
Imagine it said in Preston Manning's voice. CON-veeenient! It's the only way to observe the onslaught of leaks and planted items that glutted the mainstream media this week. If one were cynical, one might think that some were deliberately engineered to divert attention away from the MASSIVE Harper CPC attack on democracy — disingenuously called *Fair Reform Act* — by neutralizing and weakening the work Elections Canada does. Some have called it the Conservative Amnesty Act since it will retroactively exculpate any election fraud engineered by the CPC. Observe the 'who', the 'what... more »

Radioactive Snowstorm?

Majia's Blog - 36 minutes ago
Someone at Enenews asked for my interpretation of recent events at Daiichi after the webcam was obscured today by what looked like a radioactive snowstorm: <img alt="" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAVkAAAD2CAIAAADzrWMDAAAgAElEQVR4nOy813MsaXbgx1cpdhXkkkMO2dPmGrhC+arMrPSmHFAACuVNlq/03pUF7gWu9971bTM9PdNjuEMqdpczpBSrkDZWD4qQVqG3/Tc4zZjZZ+ohAfS9bUi+SQ+T8YuKRCITVZmV5/edc7689w/+8ffL75ffL79f/vEf/+D/6w/w++X3y++X/18sJy743e9+d/X4SFeVqedZpjHxHM+xZ9OJa1uubdmm4diWbRq2ZSqSdPnw0HVsz3Xms6lr265je6499dzZ1PMc29C16cSbeI7nOtOJN5tMLMNYzGamYbi2YxmmoZmu43mOZ6iGYzmu7S5mc13Vpt6EG49syzR1Xdf... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 16th, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
It is Sunday again, and time for my usual rant.. First I must inform everyone flat out that I am indeed a Cass Sunstein shill and that I am now going to spend my time spewing out Jewish propaganda, lies, and false psychological garbage, just to fill people's heads with disinformation.... And if you believe any of that, then I have a pyramid in Egypt to sell you... I am so sick of this absolutely ridiculous bunch of bull crap coming from certain individuals whom I used to admire in this so called "truth movement" that everyone who can think rationally is suddenly a victim of this Je... more »

How The Conservative Party Tried To Prevent The Red Maple Leaf From Being Canada's Flag - Feb 1965

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 hour ago
"From the Tory benches the prime minister (Pearson) was greeted by jeers and hoots and shouts of derision. 'Vote with pride', "All right," exclaimed Mr. Pearson, "they have turned it down with jeers and insults, but we will vote with pride." Shouts, screams, desk-banging - even obscene gestures - marked the final phase of the Conservative fight against the red Maple Leaf Flag. Introduced in senate today, and even with the last vote they declared that they would not quit and that the fight would go on in the senate, where a similar flag resolution was being introduced today. The e... more »

Part 5: Classroom Video Camera Project . . . Who Benefits? Who Loses?

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 hour ago
*Part 5: Classroom Video Camera Project . . . Who Benefits? Who Loses?* Jim Horn and Denise Wilburn Part 4 and links to previous posts Does anyone think that children’s educational data stored in third party corporate “cloud” computers are secure? No one in his right mind would answer yes to that one, and yet the U. S. Department of Education forced through changes to FERPA regulations in 2011 to allow student and teacher data to be collected, stored, and shared this way. Why? It has everything to do with how philanthrocapitalists like Bill Gates and the supporting cast of Silicon ... more »

The History of Political Correctness

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 hour ago
The following video, originally found at *DailyStormer.com*, is a *must watch* if you want to gain a deeper insight and understanding of what is wrong with our culture and society today. Take the time to watch this 22 minute video. *Organized Jewry: destroyers of Western civilization*

Bombshell from Italy ! Has Italy started cash confiscation protocol - and retroactive to February 1 , 2014 ? "Money Launderer Until Proven Innocent:" - Italy Imposes 20% Tax Withholding On All Inbound Money Transfers ....... And how long before this 20 percent withholding applies throughout the Eurozone in order to prevent Italy bank runs and monetary forum shopping to avoid Italy's confiscation scheme ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-16/money-launderer-until-proven-innocent-italy-imposes-20-tax-withholding-all-inbound-m "Money Launderer Until Proven Innocent:" - Italy Imposes 20% Tax Withholding On All Inbound Money Transfers [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/16/2014 11:40 -0500 - Eurozone - fixed - Google - Italy - New Normal - recovery - Tax Withholding inShare While the propaganda surrounding Europe's "recovery" has reached deafening levels, what is going on behind the scenes is quite the opposite, and in ... more »

Emerging market Updates - February 16 , 2014 ----- Two-Week Price Inflation in Argentina hits 30%, US Products Lead the Way; Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Earnings ....... Irony of the Day: Venezuela President Calls for "Protest March Against Fascism" ........ Turkish Parliament approves controversial bill tightening up government grip on judicial body

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:27 AM Two-Week Price Inflation in Argentina hits 30%, US Products Lead the Way; Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Earnings Price of many goods in Argentina soared in the past two weeks. US brands are at the forefront of the action. Via translation from *Lanacion*, In two weeks, Warehouse Prices Rose 30%, with mayonnaise, cookies, and coffee leading the way. Officially, prices are up 3%.3. In realty, prices are up 30%. *According to official data, the price of food and beverages was up 3.3%. A tour of various supermarkets in the city of Buenos Aires, found ... more »

Why does the schlub always get the pretty girl?

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 2 hours ago
At least this frog turns into a handsome princeI found an old Stephen King book in a hotel book exchange a couple weeks ago. I usually enjoy his books, but this one’s got a secondary plot line of a widower over 40 falling in love with an enchanting 19-year-old girl, and I just can’t bear that May-September thing even one more time. I mean, think about how many times you have read a book, seen a movie or watched a TV series in which some aspect of the plot involved a man who was either much older or much homelier (and often both) than the woman who loved him. If books and m... more »

The Curse of Oak Island on History

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 2 hours ago
History (formerly the History Channel where they once actually examined some history) just finished its run of documentaries titled *The Curse of Oak Island*. This is the Nova Scotia location where it is alleged that pirates… or Knights Templar ... or Roger Bacon ... or some unknown person or persons buried something of great value centuries ago. For those who don’t know, sometime in the late 18th century, three teenage boys exploring Oak Island found a place where it seemed something might be buried. They dug down, found a layer of wooden planks, tore them out and dug some more fi... more »

On Stanley Fischer

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 2 hours ago
Wellesley College's Joe Joyce reviews Stan's qualifications to be the Fed's Vice Chair.

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago

Man Responsible for Olympic Ring Mishap Found Dead in Sochi

LeDaro at LeDaro - 2 hours ago
It was a pure rumour. Mishap: Rumour:

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago
*Whistleblower asks state to investigate Sheriff Gusman's extra payments to Orleans deputies ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens*

Come to Sunny Gaza

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago
The other day I heard this FOOC. “why might our man visiting the Gaza Strip be considering going back there, with his family, for a holiday?” trails Kate Adie. The FOOC web page was entitled “Come to Sunny Gaza” “BBC man has a revelatory experience” i.e. BBC man finds out that Gaza is not actually an open-air prison. I don’t know much about Simon Cox, so after a perfunctory Google I’d say he’s standard BBC issue. I won’t go into pointless speculation about whether his intentions were honourable or not. Seeing the web article made me think about it more. What was wrong with it? I... more »

TPP Update - February 16 , 2014 -- Obama Pushes TPP Negotiations Despite Mounting Opposition at Home and Abroad ( Obama's corporate handlers really want this bad.. )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Obama Pushes TPP Negotiations Despite Mounting Opposition at Home and Abroad - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *EFF* February 16, 2014 House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi firmly announced her rejection of the “Fast Track” bill at an event on Wednesday, saying it was “out of the question.” Its passage has become increasingly tenuous since Senate Majority leader Harry Reid came out against it two weeks ago. Fast Track is a mechanism that em... more »

Why Occupy Bangkok is Working and Occupy Wall Street Didn't

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 3 hours ago
Power flows from institutions and those without them have no power. *February 14, 2014* (New Eastern Outlook - Tony Cartalucci) - Occupy Wall Street, ideologically speaking, could not have been any more universally appealing. It was the 99% against the 1% (or more accurately - the 99.9% vs. the 0.1%), with the realization that big money had taken over politics and society to the detriment of all, regardless of political affiliation. With such a broadly appealing message, how come the movement fizzled? *Image: Occupy Bangkok has exposed and hobbled the Wall Street-backed regime of Th... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Will Smith not surprised, but sad to leave New Orleans Saints ~BlackandGold.com* *Hopes for cutting judgeships in New Orleans to save money fade ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Advocate* *Hideous High-Rise Developer, Neighborhood Org Present Plans for Holy Cross School Site ~Stacy Coco, NOLA DEFENDER* *Researchers looking at sugarcane hybrid as possible biofuel ~WDSU*

Ukraine’s " opposition" keeps getting “ Zelyonka”

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 3 hours ago
*The one very clear message that we can take away from this is the so called 'opposition' is not supported by everyone. That is not everyone in the Ukraine is supportive of the western puppets or EU subversion.* *And we can have a chuckle! Or two?* *Victoria Nuland's pet "Yats' get Zelyonk'd* Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the chairman of Ukraine's opposition Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) faction, donned a crisp white shirt before traveling to Kharkiv on February 12 to visit jailed ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. That might have been a mistake. *As usual I am omitting the spin terms that fi... more »

Florida "Justice" Redux

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
A couple of questions to consider in the Jordan Davis murder by Michael Dunn: How does a jury convict of attempted murder charges (which it did) and fail to convict on murder charges (which it did not), when there is a dead body of the atttemptee in the room bleeding on the floor? If a black man in Florida, or anywhere else, shot with deadly force into a car filled of unarmed white boys, how many minutes would it take to deliberate his fate--if he were lucky enough to make it court?

Solicitor Client privilege applies during production orders

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
*R. v. A.B.*, 2014 NLCA 8: [34] Consequently, I conclude that it is the nature of the communications and the solicitor-client relationship that give rise to the need to protect a possible claim of solicitor-client privilege and not simply a particular physical location such as a lawyer's office. The Trial Division judge did not err in finding that solicitor-client privilege was engaged even though the orders were not directed at the respondent's law office but rather at the use of cellular telephone and landline phone equipment belonging to the respondent and her brother, a ... more »

Not Seeing The Other Half

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 5 hours ago
For some time now, Robert Reich writes, the United States has been devolving into a We and Them Society -- as in, *Why should we pay for them?*He sites several examples: The middle-class and wealthy citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, for example, are trying to secede from the school district they now share with poorer residents of town, and set up their own districtfunded by property taxes from their higher-valued homes. Similar efforts are underway in Memphis, Atlanta, and Dallas. Over the past two years, two wealthy suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, have left the count... more »

The Great Poli Sci Portfolio

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 5 hours ago
In the dustup produced by Nick Kristof, one of the basic misperceptions keeps being repeated–that the American Political Science Review is not influential or readable enough. The job of the APSR is not to be read by policy-makers but by political scientists. Really? Yes. Let me explain. The academic journals have their place in the Continue reading

#Edreform is Omni Consumer Products #robocop

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
I’m not too excited about the Robocop reboot. It seems like it lost the original’s wit, humor, and surprisingly serious commentary about a largely predicted dystopian future. All right, enough serious talk about a movie with a car called the 6000 SUX. Although, very close to what soon became a reality: the SUV. But in honor […]

Bitcoin Updates - February 16 , 2014 - Mt Gox bitcoin price has a massive intraday swing , yanked up to 540 and then crashing down to 224 around 8:02 AM EST ..... Mt Gox protest photos from Saturday February 15 , 2014- from Tokyo ..... NY Post calls bitcoin a ponzi scheme ......... Mt Gox raked in allegedly 1.9 million in trading fees from 2/4/14 through 2/15/14 ..... wonder how much still raked in for 2/16/14 ........ MIT tells NJ to back off its students threatened by legal action concerning Tidbit

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Mt Gox customers........ We want withdrawals! Two day chart of MT Gox - note where things stand this morning ! 248 as of 7:50 EST . 224 at 8:02 EST ..... price differential to Bitstamp approaching 400 ! [image: Creative Commons License] This chart is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Saturday February 15 , 2014 protest at MT Gox office..... Welcome to 21st-century Ponzi scheme: Bitcoin By Jonathon M. Trugman February 15, 2014 | 5:08pm Modal Trigger [image: Welcome to 21st-century Ponzi scheme: Bitcoin] Photo: Reu... more »

Palestinians deprive their own people of clean water for propaganda...and the world accepts it !

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
' the PA has built just one sewage plant over the past 15 years, despite a $500 million international donor fund available to them to build more. There are plans for building purification plants in several major Palestinian towns such as Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus, paid for by donor countries, but the Palestinians have decided that they don’t want to build in the Oslo defined Areas A and B under their control, but only in Area C (which is under full Israeli military, and administrative control). Israel has stringent regulations for these and similar projects in other parts of I... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 6 hours ago
*West Virginia chemical spill: We have enough information to manage the risk* In a prior post, I addressed the background related to the recent chemical spill that contaminated drinking water in West Virginia, and I highlighted why more regulation would not do much good. But we continue to hear that we need more regulation because we don’t have enough information about this chemical and thousands of others. Such claims divert our attention from the real issue: failure to properly implement the many emergency planning laws and programs on the books. In any case, the claim is wrong. ... more »

Excitable BBC commentators, Savile, and Russell Brand getting his comeuppance

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Talking on the Sunday papers, here's a selection of stories from today's newspapers (well, one of them) concerning the BBC. Call me biased and inconsistent, but if there's one bias I don't mind the BBC displaying it's a spot of restrained jingoism during sports competitions. The BBC has been getting complaints, however, that its jingoism has been anything but restrained. Martin Johnson at *The Sunday Times *(£) has an amusing article on the subject today: TELEVISION coverage of the Winter Olympics began with the BBC fielding complaints that the commentary team became overpatrio... more »

Big Infrastructure Projects, Metro Manila, 2014-2016

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 7 hours ago
Some big infrastructure projects in Metro Manila will start tomorrow, especially the extension of the skyway that will connect the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) to North Luzon Expressway (NLEX). Our house is not far from this project, so somehow we will be affected by the heavy traffic, but am not complaining. That map is from http://www.mymanila.net/. Copied from MMDA I think. Here are the details of those projects. I re-arranged the list starting with Makati, where I live :-) *Project* *Impacted Cities* *Impacted Streets* Buendia Underpass Makati City Buendia, Makati Avenue an... more »

Sunday headlines

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
I listened to the 7 o'clock news bulletin before *Sunday* after having looked at Sky News's invaluable gallery of the British newspaper front pages. I'll list what stories the BBC chose to report after outlining the stories featured by the UK papers today. The *Observer *led with 'Miliband's stark warning: climate change an issue of national security', 'Labour to set record for female MPs' and 'Midlands priest faces genocide probe'. The *Independent on Sunday *led with 'NHS chief orders urgent child death review'. The *Sunday People *led on the same story as the *Independent on... more »

The Satanic Mega Ritual of 9/11 - Flight numbers - Coptic new year's day.

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 9 hours ago
as I'm not really 'a believer' in either the 'good' or the 'evil' side of eastern or western Organised Religion, this Satanic Mega Ritual aspect of 9/11 aka World Trade Center Demolition Day 2001 has passed me by. Until now. This fascinating youtube presentation of the summarised contents of S.K. Bain's book 9/11 AS A MASS RITUAL is the weirdest and most convincingly-convoluted version of the 9/11 Event this blogger has ever heard. You The People are stupid-ised enough, cellular-ised enough, to get involved in Satanic Bullshit Societies like it's a positive act, and this might a... more »

Floods, Latin, Christians on the Left, mental illness in Pakistan, the north-south divide, euthanasia for children and marriage for gay vicars

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
It's that time of the week again. Doesn't it come round quickly? This morning's *Sunday *on Radio 4 began with the *flooding in Somerset*, as the BBC's delightfully-named reporter Sarah Swadling (oh please let her do a Nativity story in December!) went to speak to Rev Jane Twitty. Jane Twitty is in charge of several parishes in the area, including cut-off Muchelney, and described what the Church is doing there. The Church is doing a lot, providing prayer, practical support and a place of sanctuary, and - by the sounds of it - acting as Churches have always done, serving as the foc... more »

USA VERSUS SYRIA, EGYPT AND RUSSIA

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
Are the USA and France planning to attack Syria? *Russia: US and France planning military intervention in Syria *- middleeastmonitor.com/ "Russia may call an urgent UN Security Council meeting to 'stop the slide towards escalation in Syria'", Russian sources told Al-Mayadeen channel. "The source revealed that Russia had information that *Washington and Paris are currently putting a plan for military intervention in Syria to stop the advance of the Syrian army*... *Al-Sisi has just been to Russia.* "'Washington has been confused by Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Moscow, and all... more »

THE 'WAR' IN UKRAINE

Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago
*John McCain in Ukraine, December 2013 . Nazi leader Oleh Tyahnybok on his right.* Thierry Meyssan asks if Ukraine will be broken up, just like Yugoslavia. *www.voltairenet.org/article182188.html - **14 February 2014* *According to Thierry Meyssan:* *1. The USA is prepared to start a civil war in Ukraine, using its Nazi friends.* *2.* Back in 2004, the United States organized the 'Orange Revolution' which brought to power a mafia clan. This clan lost the 2010 presidential election. The 'corrupt' Viktor Yanukovych then became president. *3. *Currently there are protests agains... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 12 hours ago
*Scientists tricked into believing this lie* *'People who were daring to question it didn't get funded'* The climate-change movement is ultimately designed to thin the earth’s population, and the science behind the movement is deeply and deliberately flawed to further a political end, according to climatologist Dr. Tim Ball. In his new book, “The Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science,” Ball also lays out how he believes those perpetrating in this massive scientific fraud managed to keep the truth hidden from mainstream scientists and later intimidated most of them to keep them ... more »

Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 13 hours ago
Welcome to *Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man*! Zan Overall, also known as the *Wise Old Man*, is an activist, musician, comedian, and actor. Tonight, we will again be hearing two of the Wise Old Man's excellent songs, along with a comedic skit and an overview of Zan's recent activism on the UCLA college campus. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.

John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School Labor

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and his hand-selected, anti-public-school sidekick, State Education Superintendent John White, really want their so-termed “online education” dollar siphon, Course Choice, to be the major death drain that it was intended to be to Louisiana public education. In May 2013, the Louisiana Supreme Court declared use of Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) funding– […]

NO COWERING IN IRELAND

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago
Imprisoned peace activist Margaretta D'Arcy has reiterated her assertion that Shannon Airport's runway is being used improperly for the purposes of war, and has called on the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter to stop defending the indefensible military use of the airport. Speaking to John Lannon and Edward Horgan of Shannonwatch this Monday, she said that the State has a responsibility to ensure the proper use of the airport and to protect it against security threats. "The fact that Niall Farrell and I could walk out onto the runway at Shannon demonstrates that it is not secure." ... more »

KIPPCare Includes Child Doping Benefit

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
Since corporate school leader, Mike Feinberg, left his KIPP superintendent's duties in Houston for the full-time pursuit of national brand saturation, KIPP teachers report chaos at a number of the KIPP schools around Houston, with mass retentions, administrative meltdowns, faltering test scores, and en masse teacher resignations. What will it take to restore order? How about some meds? The KIPP marketing team may have come up with an answer with the new lucrative KIPP:Care, which promises to offer KIPPster treatment for everything from anxiety to zits. That will include testing, e... more »

Some Personal Reflections on Social Media and Tenure

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 17 hours ago
Editor’s note: this post first appeared on my personal blog. As some of you may know, I’m up for tenure this year, and it’s not going to work out. I don’t want to get into the details of anything that ought not be discussed in public, but I thought I’d share some quick thoughts that Continue reading

Global chess - Saudi Arabia: Preparing for Aggression ? US blind to barbs in Japan defense plan .......... The new US-Russia Cold War ....... Baghdad plays familiar al-Qaeda card

Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/02/11/will-the-saudis-unleash-a-conventional-and-terror-war-together/ Will the Saudis unleash a conventional and terror war together? Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services44 [image: Saudi tanks] Saudi Arabia: Preparing for Aggression ?*…by *<span class="author" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial in

Despite Excuses the Economy Still Sucks

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 19 hours ago
The state-corporate media continues to generate spin and excuses for the ongoing dismal state of the U.S. economy which despite the big Wall Street bailout has yet to generate a real economic recovery for those outside of the elitist enclaves and the Lower Manhattan state-subsidized gambling casinos. It has now been nearly six years since the pigs choked on their own greed triggering the implosions of Bear Stearns, AIG and Lehman Brothers and the subsequent drop in the stock markets that proved that modern finance capitalism as practiced in our rotting land of at one time plenty i... more »

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 19 hours ago
I was interviewed for EPIC’s Iraq Matters Podcast about the latest development’s in Iraq, Pres. Obama’s State of the Union and Iraq’s education system. I also talked with Louise Redvers for her article “Old fault lines, new flashpoints in Iraq’s Anbar” for IRIN about the current conflict in Anbar. Finally, I was interviewed by J. Dana Stuster for her piece in Foreign Policy “Iraq’s Abject Lessons for Mexico’s Self-Defense Forces” which compared Mexico’s attempt to use paramilitaries in its drug war to Iraq’s use of the Sons of Iraq.

Internet Trolls, "Dark Tetrad"

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 20 hours ago
Abstract to a just published psychology paper on internet troll personalities: In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing to a common construct underlying the measures.

Who is the true liquidity juggernaut ? China , of course......Key takeaways --- Total Chinese loan creation in January was CNY 1.32 trillion, or $218 billion. While January traditionally sees a pick up in loan creation (and demand), the 174% increase in bank loans from December was an unprecedented number, was above the CNY 1.1 trillion, and CNY 250 billion more than a year ago. More notably, this was the largest monthly bank loan injection since January 2010. The last time China scrambled to inject massive amounts of bank loans was in late 2008 and early 2009 when the world was ending, and it was China's money that stabilized the global financial system far more so than the Fed's whose QE 1 did not begin in earnest until March 2009....... The far broader monetary aggregate, Total Social Financing, which is the most encompassing calculation of credit and liquidity created in China in any one month, rose to CNY 2.58 trillion. This was more than double the December's $1.23 trillion, and beat last January's CNY 2.545 trillion. In fact, this month's broad liquidity creation was the largest monthly amount in China's history !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-15/chinas-liquidity-bubble-hits-record-china-banks-issue-50-more-loans-fed-and-boj-qe-c Spot The Real Liquidity Bubble [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/15/2014 16:01 -0500 - China - Japan - Liquidity Bubble - Monetary Policy - Reuters - Shadow Banking inShare Overnight the PBOC released the latest Chinese bank loan and liquidity data for the month of January. Those who have been following our recent series on Chinese liquidity measures will know that when it comes to the real margina... more »

NYT and Poli Sci Public Engagement

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago
The ISA mess is the gift that keeps on giving. Now Nicholas Kristof has written a piece in his NYT column that “addresses” the controversy. The problem is that the column is out of date. Not just in focusing on the ISA proposal that has been beaten back by the forces of reason (that would Continue reading

Gold medal ad

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
Haven't had time to watch the Olympics this year. Sorry to miss them but happy to have caught this ad. I was kind of meh about it until the end. The punch line is killer. [via]

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
The Wonder Tree - Klamath, California. [photo via Reg Saddler]

Rand

Paul Coker at News Spike - 21 hours ago
*It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: “Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?” * *The answer to that question is no.* *Sincerely,* *Eric H. Holder, Jr.*

Glittering incarnations of a great poetic tradition

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago
It's a peculiar thing, but whenever I read the inestimable Clive James I always hear his voice in my head as I'm reading. I don't consciously decide to hear his written pieces in my head in this way. It just seems to happen. See if the same happens to you too when you read his latest piece for the *Daily Telegraph*, from which this is a taster - and a very tasty taster at that: To my perhaps jaded eye, the Winter Olympics has been, since the opening ceremony, all downhill, especially when the skiers are not going downhill at all, but are slogging along the level snow for miles be... more »

Saudi Arabia to supply anti-aircraft missiles- US to pay 'rebel' salaries

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 21 hours ago
Saudis Agree to Provide Syrian Rebels With Mobile Antiaircraft Missiles*U.S. Also Giving Fighters Millions of Dollars for Salaries*Feb. 14, 2014 8:31 p.m. ET AMMAN, Jordan—Washington's Arab allies, disappointed with Syria peace talks, *have agreed* to provide rebels there with more sophisticated weaponry, including shoulder-fired missiles that can take down jets, according to Western and Arab diplomats and opposition figures. *Who have Washington's Arab allies agreed to this with?* *The answer is obvious in the statement- it is Washington. Therefore Saudi Arabia along with their Wa... more »

Turkish Parliament approves controversial bill tightening up government grip on judicial body - Fighting erupted overnight with fists flying in the air between ruling party and opposition lawmakers as the bill was debated in a marathon 20-hour session. Looks like Turkey political instability is set to explode on markets next week !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
Turkish Parliament approves controversial bill tightening up gov't grip on judicial body ANKARA - Agence France-Presse Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: Ali Ihsan Köktürk, lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), got a bloodied nose in the brawl, while ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) lawmaker Bayram Özçelik's finger was broken, Feb. 15. AA photo] Ali Ihsan Köktürk, lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), got a bloodied nose in the brawl, while ruling Justice and Development Party'... more »

Fear of Losing Control

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 21 hours ago
February 15, 2014 http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_piff_does_money_make_you_mean.html Over the last week or two, we’ve seen a rash of stupid, hubristic statements by some in the one percent about how they’re being unfairly persecuted, etc., etc., etc. Here’s a pretty good summary of these … Continue reading →

Newsnight: 10-14 February

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
For those of you who just couldn't face watching it, here's this week's run-through of the stories covered by BBC Two's not-very-widely-watched *Newsnight -* part of our ongoing project to see just what subjects they choose to cover over a long period of time. This is basically what you missed: Flooding, a gentle ride for Lord Smith of the EA, and a rough ride for Philip Hammond MP. Lots and lots of talk of climate change. Another plug for a Labour proposal. A spot of BBC naval-gazing over men-only panels on game shows. A report about rhinos I just couldn't face watching. A tribut... more »

War watch February 14 , 2014 - Al-Qaeda Overruns Another Iraqi Town, This Time North of Baghdad , on another day of sectarian death dealing ........... Afghan Peace Council Spokesman: US Main Cause of War in the Region ........ Russia says Syria aid draft groundwork for military action ....... 14 Escaped in al-Qaeda Attack on Yemen Prison 11 Killed in Attack on Sanaa Central Prison ....... Turkey - developments in the ongoing corruption and graft scandals , judicial crackdown and economic impacts .............Iran sanction relief could reach 20 billion .....

Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Iraq........ Al-Qaeda Overruns Another Iraqi Town, This Time North of BaghdadMayor: Attackers Control Overnight by Jason Ditz, February 13, 2014 Print This | Share This For the second time in as many months, a significant Iraqi town has fallen under the control of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). After the loss of Fallujah in the Anbar Province, this time the town of Sulaiman Pek, north of Baghdad, has fallen. Mayor Talib Mohammed discussed the fall of his town, whilst still trapped in a building, saying that AQI took over overnight, and he and other residents woke up to the mosque’s loudspe... more »

The Obama's celebrate income inequality...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 22 hours ago
*by showing us how the other half lives.* So where is he? He's at the exclusive Sunnylands Retreat in Rancho Mirage knocking a little white ball around a lush golf course because, after all, he needs to relax from all the fund raising, previous vacations, and speaking at elementary schools, doncha know. And Mooch? Since wowing us all with her 12K dress (presented here with no comment) at the recent state dinner for the French serial adulterer and vertically challenged Hollande, she needed a rest. So she and the first daughters are enjoying a few days of skiing in Aspen while... more »

Bear and foxes

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago

Left, left, left

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
After giving the anti-capitalist activists/ academics of Cardiff University something of a coshing, it's now something of a relief to turn back to today's *Dateline London *and reach familiar ground with - despite all of Justin Lewis's 'evidence' - the usual kind of *Dateline *panel. What? Four right-wingers, as per Cardiff Uni? No. Well, maybe three right-wingers? No. Two right-wingers then? No. One surely? No, no, no. So what would the Cardiff Uni researchers make of a BBC-chosen panel featuring one left-winger, pro-Labour Steve Richards of *The Independent; *a second left-wing... more »

Free Trade 33: ASEAN Economic Community 2016

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will materialize by December 31, 2015. Of course there are no business transactions on a new year, so AEC will start on January 1, 2016 or nearly two years from now. The original target of AEC was January 01, 2015 but since some country-members of ASEAN are "not yet ready" in some sectors, a one-year postponement was the compromise move. Last Thursday, February 13, I attended a forum on "In Sync: An Evaluation of the ASEAN 2015 Integration" at my alma mater, the UP School of Economics (UPSE), organized by my student organization then, the Economics... more »

@slekar supports this #commoncore close reading lesson: @sharemylesson

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Over the past four years I have met some great people involved in fighting education reform. It’s always awesome to get a surprise email from one of these activists that typically starts off with “I hope you remember me, we met….” Well I got one of those the other day from a brilliant teacher I […]

Defending the One Percent (Again)

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*. I expect this one will generate more than its share of irate letters.

Police State Update February 15 , 2014 -- US Army Trains for Martial Law In US , builds ‘Fake City’ in Virginia to Practice Military Occupation ......... Sandy Hook Lies Crash Down! Ex-State Trooper Exposes Cover-Up, Is Threatened ........ In an odd twist on free speech rights, a firm which makes automated license plate readers is suing Utah for a law intended to protect drivers’ privacy........ TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS REFUSE TO REGISTER GUNS UNDER NEW LAW

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Breaking: US Army Trains for Martial Law In US - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] Shock investigation: Pentagon accelerates plan to confiscate guns, prosecute US conservatives. *Infowars.com* February 15, 2014 [image: church-military-article] A mock small town Christian steeple sits among the martial law training infrastructure. The federal government has been in a big hurry to build a 300 acre city in just 2 years at an expense of $96 mi... more »

The Forgotten History of American Support for the Shah

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago
Anti-Shah graffiti in Tehran, Iran, 1979. This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, the popular uprising that successfully deposed the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah had ruled the country since September 1941, after Britain and the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Iran and forced the abdication of his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi. While myriad commentaries

@chalkbeatny dishes on Cuomo’s education contributors, but how about your own?

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
As Chalkbeat NY, a spry education journalism collective, gets cited in the Wall Street Journal for those in the education world funding Cuomo’s re-election campaign, maybe Chalkbeat should reconsider its own take. Easily accessible from its website, Chalkbeat does indeed take funding from a few, at minimum, key organizations that are currently undermining public education […]

Sochi Olympics preparation

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
Time-lapse animation. 2005-2014.

A PRIMER ON IRAN

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He received a dual Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Islamic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He wrote his dissertation on Max Weber's theory of charismatic authority with Philip Rieff (1922-2006), the most distinguished Freudian cultural critic of his time. Professor Dabashi has taught and delivered lectures in many North American, European, Arab, and Iranian universities. Professor D... more »

The Pivot to Asia: Some Tough Questions

Jeffrey Stacey at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
The so-called Pivot to Asia, or “rebalance” in official parlance, has been one of the Obama Administration’s signature strategic moves on the global chessboard. But for all the serious engagement of the Pacific Rim countries, the core of the pivot has always been about China and responding to its rise as a regional Continue reading

Your Daily Howler keeps getting results!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014* *Still coming, Matt Miller and Hawking:* Inexorably, your Daily Howler just keeps pounding out those results. To wit: Last night, Governor Christie wasn’t mentioned on the Maddow TV show. People! Not even once! Yesterday, there was no news about Governor Christie, or about Fort Lee. And, for the first time in weeks, Rachel Maddow didn’t *pretend* that she had important, exclusive breaking news to share which no one else has reported. Possibly concerning “Nicole,” whoever that turns out to be! Maddow didn’t fake it! Around the nation, astonished view... more »

HARVARD PROFESSOR EXPLAINS THE WEATHER

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
On 14 February 2114, Professor Martin L Weitzman, of Harvard University, explains the weather. *The world in 2114* He explains that geo-engineering the weather, which means changing the weather, is going to shape our future. *Aircraft spread particles to block out some of the suns rays. These are called chemtrails.* *According to Weitzman:* *1.* We geo-engineer the weather when we burn things like coal. *2. *Nature engineers the weather when a volcano throws out lots of dust. *After Tambora erupted in Indonesia 1815, we had The Year Without a Summer and Eighteen Hundred and F... more »

BBC News - UK storms: Two die as fierce storms continue

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The BBC seem fit to tell us in amongst the terrible news that: ' Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted: "My thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of the people killed in the storms last night."' So what! In fact I feel the words of the Anti Nowhere League's biggest hit coming to mind... More pro Labour brainwashing here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26200497 and all over the BBC.

The Charter School Takeover Cycle in Memphis Schools

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
The Gates business plan for Memphis schools requires public school closures and corporate charter start-ups to replace them. A dozen schools are on the hit list for the coming year, and the charter operators are lined up waiting for the buildings to become empty. Parents, however, are not nearly as uninformed as county officials who are doing the Gates dirty work believe. See video below: *How the Charterization Cycle Works* So here is how the charter school takeover cycle works. First, we need public schools isolated by years of neglect, segregation, and poverty--schools tha... more »

Mexico: Mysterious Object Over Yucatán

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Source: El Criterio and Planeta UFODate: 13 February 2014* *Mexico: Mysterious Object Over Yucatan* A putative UFO was recorded on video on 11 February 2014. The videographer adds that it was recorded at 22:00 hours on that day, adding: "I'm not saying it's a spaceship, but it is an unidentified flying object." The video - 1:30 minutes long - shows a light in the sky whose trajectory eliminates the likelihood of it being an airplane, as it comes and goes. The sighting took place at the Los Almedros II Park in Ciudad Caucel. The videographer's attention was drawn by the shining... more »

Dieudonné, Face to Face on Iranian TV: English

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
After you listen share a rational thought or two?

The biases of Professor Justin Lewis

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
If you want to get a handle on where the aforementioned Professor Justin Lewis of Cardiff University is coming from, here's a little light reading for your Saturday afternoon. If you felt that the BBC was biased against the Iraq War, then think again. Prof. Lewis's research (2003) found that the BBC was pro-war - as you can see from his *Guardian* article, *Biased broadcasting corporation: A survey of the main broadcasters' coverage of the invasion of Iraq shows the claim that the BBC was anti-war is the opposite of the truth*. If you felt in 2004 (just a year before the 7/7 bomb... more »

Argentina: Tucumán - Another Alleged UFO in the News

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Source: El Cívico (www.elcívico.com.ar)Date: 13 Feb 2014* *Argentina: Tucumán - Another Alleged UFO in the News* TUCUMAN - A strange object was seen in the skies over San Miguel de Tucumán, creating doubts as to whether it was a UFO. The images were recorded with a cellphone camera from the corner of Mate de Luna and Pellegrini avenues from the capital city of the "Jardín de la República" (*garden of the republic* - the name bestowed by president Domingo Sarmiento on the area when he encountered the subtropical cloud forest [*yungas*] of the Tucumán-Bolivia region - Ed). The... more »

Global protest watch February 13 , 2014 ........Venezuelan anti-government protests turn violent ....... Police use force to disperse coup trials protest in Turkish capital ....... The Tanks Are Rolling In Post-Devaluation Kazakhstan ........ Ukraine sees stances harden on both sides as the February 17 , 2014 deadlines to comply with the Government's amnesty law , as well as the protesters demand to release jailed protesters , loom .........

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Venezuela Accuses AFP Of "Manipulating" News Coverage; Shuts Down Colombian TV Station [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/13/2014 20:36 -0500 - France - Twitter - Twitter inShare Having described Venezuela as "absolutely calm" today - when it was anything but; the fact that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has the stones to accuse Agence France Press of "manipulating" news coverage is stunning. - **VENEZUELA ASKS INFO MINISTER TO TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST AFP NEWS* Furthermore, Maduro has *taken a TV station off-air that competed with ... more »

No Comparison

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
When Nelson Mandela died, Stephen Harper eulogised him as a “great moral leader…He left prison with his mind closed to any settling of scores and his heart open to those he had fought against. He demonstrated that the only path open to his nation was to reject the appeal of bitterness.” In Friday's *Globe and Mail*, Gerry Caplan used that standard to compare the present prime minister of Canada to the former president of South Africa. The comparison is enlightening: Mr. Mandela practised magnanimity. Harper proudly declares: “I couldn’t care less what my critics say.” Mr. Mandela... more »

Living and Learning in Perpetual Crisis

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Living and Learning in Perpetual Crisis* What do the fiscal cliff and Common Core (CC) have in common? For the answer consider this scenario: An arsonist sets a home on fire, and then risks his life fighting the blaze—but the house eventually succumbs to the flames. The media and the public praise the arsonist a […]

War Watch February 15 , 2014 -- Pentagon: We May Kill Freed Afghan Detainees Threatens to 'Hunt Down' Detainees If They Oppose Foreign Forces .......... Saudis Give Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Missiles Rebels Have Repeatedly Threatened Attacks on Civilian Airlines ....... Another day of sectarian death dealing in Iraq - PM Maliki plays Al Qaeda card with skill ..... Key al-Qaeda Members Escaped in Yemen Prison Break Five of Freed Were Awaiting Execution

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Afghanistan..... Pentagon: We May Kill Freed Afghan DetaineesThreatens to 'Hunt Down' Detainees If They Oppose Foreign Forces by Jason Ditz, February 14, 2014 Print This | Share This Lawfully released by the Afghan government on Thursday, 65 detainees who were held for years by the US military at Bagram could find themselves targets again at any time, officials say. While Rear Admiral John Kirby insisted the 65 “are not considered targets right now,” he also said that “every day we continue to go after enemies in Afghanistan” and that “nothing’s going to change about that.” Of the 65... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Where the Vile Things Are* [image: Where the Vile Things Are,"] * *Melissa "DJ Soul Sister" to Rule krewedelusion!*

No Excuses?: Giving Power a Pass

P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
No Excuses?: Giving Power a Pass* "After several decades of rigorous effort, it is fair to say that the majority of our attention in political science has been given to interstate war and civil war," explains Christian Davenport, adding: I would say that it would be interesting to count the number of articles over the last five years on terrorism and compare it to the number of articles on repression but regardless, I stand by the claim that most of our attention has been focused on those activities that challenge political authorities. Actually, it’s probably not even close. Why ... more »

Untitled

jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*Here we go again …* The cult of the vicitim is alive and well in the US. It’s been fostered by politicians and lawyers who are open to the idea that one’s problems, whatever they are, are the fault of someone else. And, given that doing so gives the pols more power (and the lawyers more money), the field is open for exploitation. Remember the tobacco settlement? Well guess who is next and why: "Lawyers are pitching state attorneys general in 16 states with a radical idea: make the food industry pay for soaring obesity-related health care costs. It’s a move straight fro... more »

Political Stuff: talks, Jason Hu, Bruce Jacobs

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*Someday it will be warm and sunny again....* J Michael Cole notes that the main gain from the "government to government" talks between the CCP of China and the KMT of Taiwan is the propaganda coup for Beijing. Nicely put. The ironic thing is while the world is atizzy at the "historic" talks between two parties that have been holding regular conversations for nearly two decades, the Taiwanese themselves are not at all excited, as Ralph Jennings documents in Christian Science Monitor. I was talking to some bike industry people in Taichung today. They pointed out that Taichung Bike ... more »

Celebratory Planet - Motivational Planet - Re-prioritised Planet

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 1 day ago
*image copyright Reuters 2014*...watching the Winter Olympics from Sochi RU I realised how, when directed through the right Creativity, Passion and Kinship motivators, "Celebration," is the KEY INGREDIENT to human happiness. I mean look at the faces of the Olympians on the winner's rostrum there, they're celebrating 'achievement' or 'personal success'. Most of the following examples of succecstacy(sic) i.e. joy at winning, are for issues involving personal gain; a step up the career ladder, a financial victory, a war won. What if those cheery happy *Olympians* weren't celebrating... more »

Argentina: A UFO Over Lake Musters?

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Source: Cronica (www.diariocronica.com.ar)Date: 13 Feb 2014* *Argentina: A UFO Over Lake Musters?* The current "urban drought" - a result of supply restrictions aimed at recovering reserves as well as accidental pipe leakage - leads us to pay closer attention to Lake Musters and examine any particularities concerning water volume, evaporation, flow and distribution through one of the country's most complex aqueduct systems. The beautiful lake and its surroundings have again become the focus of attention, but this time on account of a strange unidentified flying object. This al... more »

To boldly go...into the 'Independent' comments section

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
You don't have to be Captain Kirk or Mr Spock to experience what it's like to visit a parallel universe. I visited one only this morning. I was reading an article on the *Independent *website by the paper's media editor Ian Burrell, outlining the complaints of Prof. Justin Lewis of Cardiff University. Prof. Lewis is unhappy that a report from this university claiming to have proven that the BBC is biased *towards* the right has been ignored by the BBC. The report 'found' that the BBC is pro-Conservative, pro-Eurosceptic and pro-business. You can read my own sniffy take on that re... more »

ISRAELIS KIDNAP AND TORTURE CHILDREN

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*The Israeli army is made up of Sadistic Pedophiles* February 15-17, 2014 -- Snowden was not alone: *CIA faction behind Snowden*.

Big Pharma's Profits Over People & How to Hit Back

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
*February 15, 2014* (LocalOrg) - In Slashdot's "Big Pharma Presses US To Quash Cheap Drug Production In India," it states: "Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), are leaning on the United States government to discourage India from allowing the production and sale of affordable generic drugs to treat diseases such as cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. India is currently on the U.S. government's Priority Watch List — countries whose practices on protecting intellectual property Washington believes should be monitored closely. Last year Novartis lost a si... more »

'SPIES WORKING WITH NAZIS AND ISLAMISTS IN GERMANY'

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Sebastian Edathy* In Germany there is a case involving the secret services, Nazis and the *Azov Films* child abuse ring. In Germany, in 2013, Social Democrat *Sebastian Edathy* and his parliamentary panel investigated police and secret service activities in connection with a Nazi group. A neo-Nazi cell reportedly murdered Turks in Germany during a seven-year Gladio-style terrorism spree. Sebastian Edathy is now being linked to the Azov Films child pornography affair (Operation Spade in Canada). *German minister quits over child pornography inquiry 'leak'*. / SPD leaders knew a... more »

CSEC : Get Your Plouffe On!

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
CBC : CSEC exoneration a 'mockery of public accountability' "The CSEC watchdog, headed on a part-time basis by a semi-retired judge, Jean-Pierre Plouffe, concluded: “No CSEC activity was directed at Canadians or persons in Canada…that would be illegal.”Plouffe’s office says its investigation exonerating CSEC consisted almost entirely of talking to CSEC." Lux ex Umbra : Q: Why did CSEC spy on Canadian wi-fi? A: It's all good! .

“Plutocrats Despising the Poor: An American Tradition”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Plutocrats Despising the Poor: An American Tradition”* by Joseph A. Palermo “It's not surprising that greater numbers of Americans these days tell pollsters they believe corporate CEOs are grossly overpaid, or that they support an increase in the minimum wage, or agree with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to open an alternative banking systemthrough the U.S. Postal Service. Ever since Wall Street's giant mortgage bubble popped wreaking economic havoc with just about every working family in America people have rediscovered that the system is rigged against them. A... more »

NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*The Wisdom Of Near-Death Experiences by Dr Penny Sartori, Watkins Publishing* *According to PENNY SARTORI:* Researchers writing in the medical journal Critical Care Medicine kept in touch with the parents of a six-month-old boy who nearly died in hospital during a serious illness. Three years later, the child was told by his parents that his grandmother was dying. The child asked: was she going through the tunnel to meet God? *dailymail.co.uk* Tom, the four-year-old son of a British soldier called Gary, was seriously ill in hospital. It was 'touch and go', said Gary. A few ... more »

Al Jazeera in Black Hills: Lakotas fight Keystone tarsands pipeline

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2014/2/native-americansspeakoutagainstkeystonexlpipeline.html

Back To My Roots: NASA And Their FAKE Apollo Moon Missions - The Apollo Moon Landings By Marcus Allen

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
It is now just over 35 years since I was first told outright that all of NASA's Apollo manned moon missions were faked.... At that time, as a 19 year old bright yet brash University student who had at the time so much faith in the "system" and never doubted anything written in our "history" books as well as what was told by our governments and media, it was an eye opener and probably the turning point in my entire life.... It did not take me long after that original revelation to deduce that the entire Apollo program was fake, and that man could not land on the moon for a myriad of ... more »

Newest Article From Lasha Darkmoon: Will US Sponsored Terrorists Try To Sabotage The Sochi Olympics?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I am back... Again, I have been spending more and more time lately taking care of personal and family business, and concentrating on getting myself more physically fit.... The recent scare I had with a "heart condition" caused me to realize that my focus must be on my own health and fitness first and foremost.. Therefore at times, this blog has been put on the so called "back burner" and has not received the attention that I used to do in previous years... But like I have said, I am in this for the long haul, and honestly want to see the day that we are able to achieve victory over ... more »

('Thug Vote-Stealing Strategy for Next Elections Revealed) JPMorgan's Startling (Or NOT!) CIA Ties - 39-Year-Old VP Jumps/Thrown From/Or Just Has His Body Left On Roof of Skyscraper (Ms. Yellen, You're New, But It’s Time to Pay Attention to the Slowdown)

BREAKING: PBS To Return John Arnold’s $3.5 Million, Following Pando Exposé And it's not because he's embarrassed, friends. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ever wonder exactly where they were planning to steal the votes for the next election? Wonder no more. They don't make mistakes about elections. No matter how foolish the MSM makes most of them look on the TV snooze. Never take your eyes off the crooks.
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