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Lakota Presidents at Rosebud Spirit Camp Resisting Tarsands Pipeline
Photos by Anthony Bordeaux Jr., posted with permission at Censored News,
thank you!
Now at Rosebud Spirit Camp resisting tarsands pipeline: Rosebud Sioux
Tribal President Cyril Scott and Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan
Brewer and Council Representative Gabe Medicine Eagle on Saturday, March
29, 2014.
Musings On Iraq In The News
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The Iraqi paper Sotaliraqreprinted my story on the new United Nations
figures on poverty in Iraq. I was also cited in this article on the
National Review's Nick Lowry by FAIR.
Chills, Thrills, Skills & Shills
Another day, another scam. As they say in the trade, grifters gotta grift.
In his blog today, Paul Krugman thoroughly debunked yet another "blame the
victim" canard being spread far and wide by the disinforming punditocracy.
The latest bunk is the claim that a dreaded *Skills* *Shortage* is causing
the unrelenting scourge of chronic unemployment. It's an idea that
apparently is taking the place of the deficit hawk austerity doctrine. And,
says Krugman, it's such a stupid idea that even some honest conservatives
are scoffing at it:
This is very much a zombie doctrine — that is, a do... more »
Malaysia Airline Flight 370 Mystery continues Day 21 - March 28 , 2014 News of the Day ..... After a couple days of bad weather , the search resumes to track alleged debris sightings observed on satellites from Thailand , France and Japan ..... An overview of the technology at issue ...... Blame game trial balloon in the absence of hard facts , blame the pilot ? Credible leads or just flailing in the dark and searching for mere ocean trash / debris ? Is this proof that flight MH370 was downed by a 'blow torch' fire in its cockpit? British lawyers claim missing jet suffered same fate as another Boeing 777 three years ago ....... Morning items from The Guardian Live blog and doubts regarding debris being credible leads rather than just more confusion and misleading items.......
Catharsis Ours - 44 minutes ago
28 March 2014| last updated at 06:40PM
MH370 Lost in Indian Ocean: Hishammuddin's statement : Day 21
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BBC News - Gordon Brown: Create Pakistan child marriage-free zones
The BBC manage to report the news that 'Former prime minister Gordon Brown
has announced that "child marriage-free zones" are to be set up in
Pakistan.' without mentioning why there is child marriage in Pakistan.
For a moment I thought that the BBC had mentioned Islam but that was only
in the name of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
More biased BBC reporting here
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-26801597 and indeed all over the BBC.
Why PM's Security Costs Have Doubled
So nobody does this.
Source.
The cost of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s RCMP personal security team has
more than doubled since he took office, according to records obtained by
the Ottawa Citizen.
RCMP numbers, obtained by the Citizen under access to information
legislation, show the annual operating budget of the Prime Minister
Protection Detail (PMPD) has increased 122 per cent between 2006 and 2014 —
to almost $20 million annually.
There is a mightily growing number of Canadians who would love to "snatch
him bald-headed."
I'm one.
With Mike Rogers Quitting Congress, Wouldn't It Be Great To Get Rid Of The Other Surveillance State Shill On The Intelligence Committee? Meet Challenger Paul Rundquist
You may have learned this month, as I did, that Surveillance State shill
"Dutch" Ruppersberger of Maryland has an energetic young primary opponent,
Paul Rundquist. MD-02, most of which is part of Baltimore County (with
pieces of Anne Arundel, Howard and Hartford), is solidly blue, with a PVI
of D+10. Whoever wins the primary can expect to go to Congress-- and
Ruppersberger doesn't usually get primaried.
A former intel analyst, Rundquist seeks to put the issue of government
surveillance and intelligence oversight to a vote in the primary and ride
the issues into Congress. He is a d... more »
GERM Does Not Work, and NCLB's Effects Are Clear
A slide on effects of Global Education Reform Movement from Pasi Sahlberg's
presentation at UOO, going on now in Denver:
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*Deja Vu-Dat™: How Katrina Helped Create a UK Saints Fan ~Saints Tailgate*
*Editilla gonna go get porked up knowhatimsayin*
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Report inspires horrible work!
*SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014*
*We’ll start with Walsh’s reaction:* Randy Mastro’s report about Fort Lee
has its strong points and its weak points.
(For today, we aren’t considering the part of the report which concerns
events in Hoboken.)
On the positive side, the report includes apparent new information about
the events which preceded Fort Lee.
On the down side, the report never really confronts the possibility that
Bridget Kelly and David Wildstein may have received a go-ahead for the lane
closings from some higher source within the Christie administration.
Other criticisms have ... more »
The Crystal Methodist, the BBC and the Daily Mail
Tuesday's* Newsnight* was the edition which featured Jeremy Paxman's 17
minute-long interview with the disgraced former Co-operative Bank boss,
Paul Flowers.
Taken together with Laura Kuennsberg's introductory report and her closing
chat with Jeremy Paxman, that night's *Newsnight* gave over just under half
an hour to this story - a considerable amount of time to give over to one
man's self-justification.
The former Methodist minister clearly doesn't go a bundle on the
old-fashioned idea that you should, "Love your enemies, do good to those
who hate you, bless those that curse yo... more »
Climate change is having impact across the globe
Residents walk across the frozen Songhua River in front of smoke stacks at
Jiamusi,
in China's northeast Heilongjiang province Sunday Dec. 4, 2005.
(AP Photo/Greg Baker) | ASSOCIATED PRESS
*This story first appeared on The Guardian and is reproduced here as part
of the Climate Desk collaboration.Climate change has already left its mark
"on all continents and across the oceans", damaging food crops, spreading
disease, and melting glaciers, according to the leaked text of a
blockbuster UN climate science report due out on Monday.* Read more here.
BC Liberal Minister Dave Byng Claims British Columbia Will Require 700,000 Workers For LNG By 2016
Sometimes I just can`t help but laugh my face off, these BC Liberals are
really going all in on both propaganda and lying on this LNG thingy..
According to British Columbia`s immigration minister, he stated at
a Government arranged bafflegabfest in Vancouver yesterday that BC will
need 1 million workers by 2020,, these 1 million jobs, according to the
minister will be in the northern part of British Columbia, these fictional
jobs will peak between 2016 and 2018 and most of the jobs, according to
this BC Liberal spindocter will be related to LNG......
This minister also said these... more »
RIP Noel Sheppard
*From NewsBusters:*
Our Noel Sheppard passed away yesterday (Friday) morning at about 5:00 AM.
Say a prayer for the soul of a man we'll all miss professionally, and many,
many of us will miss personally as well. Noel was not just a force of
nature, he was a very good man.
How quickly this all happened. Just two months ago, Noel wrote about
suddenly getting cancer at 53 called "Cancer's Ray of Hope." Nine days ago,
he wrote us and said he was interested in writing about his "progress" --
and he put "progress" in quotes. We were all wishing for better news, and
really couldn't imagin... more »
Delta Airline Employees Honor the Military...
*"All gave some. Some gave all."*
via *Carol / Christian Soldier* - and we thank her.
According to Carol: "Just found out that American Airlines honors our BEST
too."
*US Forces killed in Afghanistan:*
2001 - 2008 7 years 630
2009 - 2013 5 years 1671
Imposters at the ISA?
Long ago, Dan Drezner posted about the imposter syndrome. The basic idea
is that many folks feel as if they will be found out, that there are other
folks out there that are smarter, more informed and that one is just
getting away with being less than that until eventually getting found out.
That piece
Continue reading
Recent #optout episodes of @thechalkface
As testing season is upon us, we’ve got a couple of recent, special
episodes on the subject of opting out or refusing state testing. In the few
years we’ve been covering this issue, this is the first time, at least to
my knowledge that, one, massive opt outs are occurring, two, they’re being
covered extensively, […]
From Bridgegate to Bridgetgate
*"My million dollar lawyers said I was innocent because... hormones! Now
someone make me a sammich!"*
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
If the mainstream media was worth the biomechanical electricity
required to hit a button on a remote control, it would've long ago pointed
out the screamingly obvious fact that a sitting chief executive does not
have the final say over his guilt or innocence in a scandal by hiring a
million dollar-a-pop white shoe law firm. That's up to legislative ethics
committees and, if necessary, courts of law.
Or, as NBC's own w... more »
ANY WHERE, ANY TIME
This ground breaking film tells the stories of seven women who live
alongside US military bases in Texas, Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, Guam, the
Philippines, South Korea, and Okinawa (Japan). They take us into their
homes, walk us through their neighborhoods, and introduce us to their
communities. We see how military operations and bloated military budgets
have affected their lives as we listen to their experiences and take in
their surroundings.
When seagulls follow the trawler...
A famous French philosopher once said, 'When seagulls follow the trawler,
it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.'
Well, we here at *Is the BBC biased? *have been following *Newsnight *for
much the same reason, though we're after bias rather than sardines (though
I for one wouldn't object to coming across the odd sardine or two in the
process.)
Has *Newsnight *thrown lots of sardines into the sea this week?
The following posts will take it day by day. (They will come in dribs and
drabs, as it's lovely and sunny outside).
*Monday's edition* featured a disc... more »
College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System
College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System. via
College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System.Filed
under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Who Do Republican Congressmembers Hate More, Patients Or Doctors?
In 2011, the *Washington Post's* Wonkblog brought some clarity to the
much-used term, "doc-fix." They made it sound so easy.
Ever since Medicare was created in 1965, the federal government has
struggled to decide how much to pay Medicare doctors for their services.
Democrats and Republicans alike have drawn up complex formulas with wonky
names to set reimbursement levels. The Medicare Economic Index was the
formula of choice in the 1970s. That was ousted in the 1990s by the Volume
Performance Standard.
In 1997, Congress created a new formula called the Sustainable Growth Rate,
... more »
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*'Organic food does not cut women's cancer risk' - study*
*The usual finding*
Eating pesticide-free organic food does nothing to reduce a woman's risk of
developing cancer, according to a study.
Researchers instead found that there was a small increased risk of breast
cancer seen in consumers who opted for organic produce.
They asked 600,000 women aged 50 or over whether they ate organic food and
monitored their health for nine years.
In total, around 50,000 of the women developed one of 16 of the most common
cancers during the study period.
A comparison between 180 women who nev... more »
CREATING FALSE PRETEXT FOR WAR ON SYRIA
The Turkish government is red-faced after a leak on YouTube revealed a
daring plot to justify invading neighboring Syria. An anonymous source
posted audio of a secret meeting between top Turkish officials - discussing
a false flag operation that would appear as a Syrian attack. It's not the
first time Ankara has tried to rally NATO against Syria. RT's Marina
Portnaya has a collection of Turkish attempts to spark a full-blown war
with its neighbor, with the backing of the Alliance.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is implicated in the leaked audio.
Foreign Minister Davutoglu says... more »
NUKES IN SCOTLAND IN RETURN FOR CURRENCY UNION
*Glasgow, on a bad day.*
The Guardian quoted *a UK government minister* on 28 march 2014 as saying
that a currency union would eventually be agreed during lengthy
negotiations if Scottish voters supported independence.
The minister, believed to be* VINCE CABLE*, said: "Of course there would be
a currency union.
"There would be a highly complex set of negotiations after a yes vote, with
many moving pieces.
*"The UK wants to keep Trident nuclear weapons at Faslane and the Scottish
government wants a currency union - you can see the outlines of a deal."*
*Faslane, next to Scotland... more »
Collective Psychosis
The Harper government, Andrew Coyne writes, is far from normal:
In normal times, under a normal government, the Fair Elections Act would
have been withdrawn by now, or at least be in serious trouble. The past few
weeks have seen the bill denounced as a threat to democracy by the chief
electoral officer, the former chief electoral officer, several provincial
elections officials, academic experts domestic and foreign, and newspaper
editorials across the country.
Thursday they were joined by Harry Neufeld, the former chief electoral
officer of British Columbia and the author of an i... more »
“How to Quiet the Mind”
*“How to Quiet the Mind”*
From “How to Quiet the Mind On-Line Course”
by Gina Lake, The DailyOM
“The following is an excerpt from the "How to Quiet the Mind" on-line
course. If you would like to take the entire course, click here."
"The mind is a wonderful tool for thinking, but it has a dark side. There
is an aspect of the mind that is not useful but pretends to be useful,
which is called the egoic mind. It is the aspect of our mind that chats
with us as we move about our day. It is the "voice in our head," as Eckhart
Tolle calls it. Much of the time, this voice seems like our own ... more »
Leaders In The Future Will Be True Leaders by M.N. Hopkins
Joana Reyes
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JoanaReyes/posts?cfem=1
*Leaders in the future will be true leaders with the gifts and talents
necessary to lead Mankind back to Itself. *
*No longer will Mankind be driven by lies and empty words, but by those of
true inspiration and direction. *
*No longer driven by fear, but directed by loving kindness which will be an
outward expression of an inward hearts-light.*
M.N. Hopkins
Give Thanks To Organic Farmers Worldwide
THANK A NON-GMO FARMER. National Agriculture Day was March 25th and
launches what is traditionally a week-long appreciation of the American
farmer.
Jim Gerritsen, Maine organic farmer and President of the Organic Seed
Growers and Trade Ass...ociation (OSGATA), was at the forefront of the GMO
battle when OSGATA went up against Monsanto in the Supreme Court in an
attempt to protect organic and non-GMO farmers from future litigation by
the agrichemical industry.
*Jim's farm website: **http://www.woodprairie.com/*
Wood Prairie Farm FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/woodprairiefarm
... more »
'Newsnight': 24-28 March
Time again for this week's list of stories covered by *Newsnight* (plus
details of those interviewed). What does it tell us (if anything) about BBC
bias?
*Monday 24/3*
1. *Missing Malaysian airliner*. Interview with David Mearns of Water
Recoveries & Stephen Trimble of *Flight International.*
2. *Maajid Nawaz - What's life like for Muslims who go outside the
mainstream?*: "We'll ask if this kind of portrayal is fair to Islam?"
Interview with Maajid Nawaz, community activist Mo Ansar & Mehdi Hasan of *Huffington
Post UK.*
3. *Russia-Ukraine*. Interview with Anne Applebaum, *Washin... more »
PEDOPHILE RINGS; TOP SCHOOLS; PRISONS; CHILDREN'S HOMES
*George Osborne, with Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei. George Osborne*
There is a paedophile scandal at UK government minister George Osborne's
old school, Colet Court/St Paul's.
The scandal involves Alan Doggett, the former choir master at Colet Court,
the junior section of St Paul's school, in Barnes in London.
*Conducted by Alan Doggett, 1969.*
Doggett was a member of the pedophile Information Exchange (PIE).
Doggett was a close friend of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Doggett resigned from Colet Court in 1968 but went on to teach boys at
another London private school before workin... more »
How Jill Schneider Healed Cervical Cancer Naturally Nearly 40 Years Ago! - An Interview by Chris Wark
How Jill healed cervical cancer naturally nearly 40 years ago!
Chris Beat Cancer Blog,
Here’s Interview #2 from the Annie Appleseed survivor couch!
Actually this was the first interview I shot, but it’s #2 to you.
Ok that doesn’t sound good…
It’s the second one I’m posting on the blog.
Anyway, Jill Schneider healed her malignant cervical cancer naturally in
1975 without any conventional treatment.
Hello?
Mic check.
Can you hear me out there?
She healed naturally almost *FORTY YEARS AGO.*
Jill is a riot. She’s fun, funny and full of life. I am so glad to have met
her.
And... more »
Nate Silver, Roger Pielke, and journalism ethics
Nate Silver is a statistician who has analyzed baseball and elections. I
don't know him but it seems that some other people do. At any rate, he
started a new expensive online news server FiveThirtyEight.com (the number
is 538). Some mostly left-wing pundits have criticized the new server and
made its childhood a rocky experience.
The first study he happened to publish on that server was one by Dr Roger
Pielke Jr, a "climate lukewarmer" [in the middle between skeptics and
alarmists] who does research into damages caused by meteorological
phenomena:
Disasters Cost More Than Ever — Bu... more »
Saudi Arabia And Pakistan Are Paying A Political Price For Leading The Talibanization of Syria
*This photo is from a protest in Pakistan against US attacks on Syria that
was held last September. Since then, Pakistan's government has provided
weapons and training to the foreign terrorists in Syria who are kidnapping
innocent people and massacring peaceful villagers because of their
religious beliefs, or lack thereof, and their ethnicity.*
The governments in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are controlled by the dumbest,
and most short-sighted leaders in the Middle East. Naturally, they won't
survive much longer. Their policy of supporting international Jihadist
terrorism and religio... more »
Musical Interlude: Logos, “Cheminement”
Logos, “Cheminement”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuXP8aVWHU
Musical Interlude: Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M
"The Decline of Critical Thinking"
*"The Decline of Critical Thinking"*
by Lawrence Davidson
"In 2008 Rick Shenkman, the Editor-in-Chief of the History News Network,
published a book entitled "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about
the American Voter" (Basic Books). In it he demonstrated, among other
things, that most Americans were: (1) ignorant about major international
events, (2) knew little about how their own government runs and who runs
it, (3) were nonetheless willing to accept government positions and
policies even though a moderate amount of critical thought suggested they
were bad for the country... more »
"A Gathering of the Tribe"
"A Gathering of the Tribe"
by Charles Eisenstein
"Once upon a time a great tribe of people lived in a world far away from
ours. Whether far away in space, or in time, or even outside of time, we do
not know. They lived in a state of enchantment and joy that few of us today
dare to believe could exist, except in those exceptional peak experiences
when we glimpse the true potential of life and mind.
One day the shaman of the tribe called a meeting. They gathered around him,
and he spoke very solemnly. "My friends," he said, "there is a world that
needs our help. It is called Earth,... more »
"Something You Already Know..."
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine
and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to
your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody
is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how
hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and
keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what
you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be
willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where
yo... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“In this evocative night skyscape a starry band of the Milky Way climbs
over Yosemite Valley, Sierra Nevada Range, planet Earth.
*Click image for larger size. *
Jupiter is the brightest celestial beacon on the wintry scene, though.
Standing nearly opposite the Sun in the constellation Taurus, the wandering
planet joins yellowish Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster. Below, Orion
always comes up sideways over a fence of mountains. And from there the twin
stars of Gemini rise just across the Milky Way. As this peaceful winter
night began, they followed Auriga the charioteer, its alph... more »
Free Download: Viktor E. Frankl,"Man's Search for Meaning"
*"Man's Search for Meaning"*
by Viktor E. Frankl
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most
influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins
with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's
imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and
his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of
the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell," describes the
psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his
experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believ... more »
Kahlil Gibran,"Beyond My Solitude"
*"Beyond My Solitude"*
"Beyond my solitude is another solitude, and to him who dwells therein my
aloneness is a crowded market-place and my silence a confusion of sounds.
Too young am I and too restless to seek that above-solitude. The voices of
yonder valley still hold my ears and its shadows bar my way and I cannot go.
Beyond these hills is a grove of enchantment and to him who dwells
therein my peace is but a whirlwind and my enchantment an illusion.
Too young am I and too riotous to seek that sacred grove. The taste of
blood is clinging
in my mouth, and the bow and the arrows of m... more »
The Poet: Kuroda Saburo,"I Am Completely Different"
*"I Am Completely Different"*
"I am completely different.
Though I am wearing the same tie as yesterday,
am as poor as yesterday,
as good for nothing as yesterday,
today
I am completely different.
Though I am wearing the same clothes,
am as drunk as yesterday,
living as clumsily as yesterday, nevertheless
today
I am completely different.
Ah...
I patiently close my eyes
on all the grins and smirks,
on all the twisted smiles and horse laughs-
and glimpse then, inside me
one beautiful white butterfly
fluttering towards tomorrow."
- Kuroda Saburo
The Daily "Near You?"
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Sometimes..."
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Standing Up When It’s Too Late"
*"Standing Up When It’s Too Late"*
By JR Nyquist
"This article is a comparison between America and another great empire
faced with rot in high office and a decline of the state—Rome. The writer,
JR Nyquist, artfully points out it’s not the big events that sink an empire
but many seemingly little ones. You could call what is happening to the
U.S. “death by a thousand cuts.” Except in this story, people are not
really aware how deep the cuts are and exactly who is doing the cutting. I
loved this piece, and I hope you do as well." - Greg Hunter
•••
"There is a letter by Marcus Tullius ... more »
NATO Wages Desperate Last Battle in Northern Syria
[image: 353163]*March 29, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The small
northwestern Syrian town of Kassab, located directly on the Syrian-Turkish
border, has turned into a pivotal battleground between Syrian security
forces and armed militants backed by the Turkish military. The clashes
grabbed headlines last Sunday when Turkey shot down a Syrian warplane
conducting airstrikes along the border as the militants crossed over into
Syrian territory.
While the Turkish government maintains the Syrian plane entered Turkish
airspace, it came down in Syrian territory with its pilot having saf... more »
Rosebud Lakotas Shielding the People Spiritual Camp Protecting from Tarsands Pipeline
March 28, 2014 Photo by Paula Antoine posted with permission at Censored News.
Shielding the People Spiritual Camp begins tomorrow, March 29, 2014, on Rosebud, in the Ideal, South Dakota community.
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Press Release 5 by Gary Dorr
Read previous statement: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/03/oyate-setting-up-camp-on-elbow-of-kxl.html
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Another thing about the Big Stink in NJ -- how 'bout the governor's sweetie pie David Samson?
*NJ Fats with his No. 1 and No. 2 guys at the Port Authority, Chairman
David Samson (center) and Deputy Exec Director David Baroni (right)*
*by Ken*
In the state of blown-mindedness in which I cobbled my earlier post, I
never got around to one of my favorite characters in this little farce of
government rape, pillage, and plunder: now-former Port Authority of NY and
NJ Chairman David Samson, whose resignation was announced today by his Big
Stinking patron, Guv Kris "The Athlete" KrispyKreme.
This account comes from the *Washington Post*'s Jaime Fuller (links onsite):
New Jersey G... more »
China, Iran, USA Among World Leaders In Executions
* The most uncivilized nations based on number of executions: USA, Saudi
Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and China. Honourable mentions: Israhell, Egypt.*
"The number of executions worldwide rose 15 percent in 2013, according to
an Amnesty International report, with the United States up with Iran, Iraq
and Saudi Arabia as the countries executing the most people.
But one country stood out from the rest. In fact, Amnesty argued, China
appeared to have executed more people than the rest of the world put
together in 2013." - *Adam Taylor, The Washington Post (aka The CIA Post),
March 27, 2014. *
... more »
Katherine Duran Shares More of Her Story
I’m the mom who was “suspended” from my son’s elementary school. They can
lie all they want about me, but this is about my child. When they crossed
the line at firs,t I gave them the benefit of the doubt because just as
stated in the letter my son handed out, we love or teachers […]
China moving forward with efforts to make yuan a reserve currency - March 28 , 2014 .....Germany’s Bundesbank and the People’s Bank of China agreed to cooperate in the clearing and settling of payments in renminbi, paving the way for Frankfurt to corner a share of the offshore market....... The Bank of England and People’s Bank of China plan to sign an agreement next week to enable the clearing and settlement of yuan transactions in London as the U.K. seeks to become an offshore hub for trading the currency.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-28/china-germany-sign-yuan-settlement-pact-and-obama-heads-saudi-arabia
China & Germany Sign Yuan-Settlement Pact And Obama Heads To Saudi Arabia
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2014 22:04 -0400
- Bank of England
- Barack Obama
- Bond
- Central Banks
- China
- Daimler
- Germany
- Global Economy
- Iran
- New York Times
- Obama Administration
- Renminbi
- Saudi Arabia
- Volkswagen
- Wall Street Journal
- Yuan
inShare
*Submitted by Mike Kr... more »
Dave Zirin : SPORT | The Northwestern University Football Union and the NCAA’s death spiral
The NCAA is now in a fight for its life. Its power emanates solely from its
position as a cartel. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | March 28, 2014 “Pigs
get fat, hogs get slaughtered…” – Mark Cuban … finish reading Dave Zirin :
*SPORT* | The Northwestern University Football Union and the NCAA’s death
spiral
Barack Obama and Dalton McGuinty
It was a big day for both of those assholes yesterday.
Barack Obama, trying to square the circle of his total hypocrisy on the
Ukraine Crisis, said that the invasion of Iraq was different because the
USA didn't conquer and they left the Iraqis a free people.
Well, sorry. Sadly no. You went in there to privatize Iraq's oil. And you
turned the country into a complete hell-hole. You took an authoritarian
dictatorship with torture chambers and rape-rooms and fear, and you turned
it into an inferno of rape, torture, dictatorship, sectarian conflict,
civil war and one-million dead million... more »
NELSON REPORT: David Brown on Hsiao Bi-khim's letter
DPP legislator Hsiao Bi-khim wrote a letter to the Nelson Report, this is a
response from David Brown at SAIS at Johns Hopkins. Brown is on the Board
of AIT and is a former foreign service officer. His political sympathies
will be obvious from the tone of the letter and the direction of its
numerous errors and omissions.
*+++++++++++++++*
LOYAL READER COMMENTARY ON BI-KHIM/DPP LETTER in last night's
Report....Asia expert and SAIS scholar Dave Brown offers some helpful
perspective, followed by a note from the hard-working team at TECRO here in
DC:
Chris,
Thanks for sharing Bi-Khim... more »
Is NJ's Guv Kris "The Athlete" KrispyKreme for real? (He's gonna pay back all that money for his "investigation," right?)
*NY Daily News caption*: *"In an exclusive interview, Diane Sawyer speaks
with Gov. Chris Christie at his New Jersey home. Christie blames Bridgegate
on his former aides." Doesn't Governor KrispyKreme look nice for his public
whitewashing?*
*"Not only do Christie's guys clear Christie, he goes on with Diane Sawyer
on Thursday night and clears himself all over again. Say this for him: This
time Christie gets out in front of his own story, before we find out the
results of investigations being conducted by the New Jersey state
legislature and Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for th... more »
Hey Toronto, need a hobby? Join a Meetup or Facebook group!
Toronto has literally hundreds of different Meetup.com and Facebook groups
that meet regularly to explore whatever topics or hobbies they find
interesting.
Thus regardless of your interests, there are lots of hobbies out there for
Torontonians (or any other city dweller) for you to try and learn more
about.
Take for example
*The Toronto Poetry Club* operates a Meetup group, a Facebook page, and a
poetry website. The poetry club has poetry circle readings and anyone who
is a Toronto poet (or even non Toronto residents) can join in.
The Toronto Poetry Club on Meetup.com
The Toront... more »
Stealing Words at the University of Toronto
By Ai Lung Nguyen
I plagiarized this article about plagiarism. Just kidding, I only partly
plagiarized it. I plagiarized *part of the title.*
Not the whole title. Just part of it. Technically just the word "Words" is
still the same, along with the concept that words have been stolen.
Everything else is original. Except the statistics, which I found.
Call it the beauty of the internet. Plagiarism is so easy now that you can
steal the title of someone else's work, change the title in some way, and
claim it as your own witty way of writing an idea.
It is a bit like taking a song like ... more »
Obama in Riyadh. $1.5 billion dollar Saudi “gift” to Pakistan?
What to make of all this? *Obama mending fences in Riyadh?*
The Saudi-American bilateral relationship has been seriously strained in
the past three years by tensions underlying the Arab *Awakening*, *(what
happened to the spring?)* and President Barack Obama has serious
fence-mending ahead of him when he meets with King Abdullah in Riyadh in
March. The relationship is not broken and both sides still need each other.
*Did the spring lead to a long hot summer of discontent? *
*Arab Spring and the Winter in Bilateral Relations*
But* the Arab spring severely damaged America’s ties to ... more »
Current Greece Bailout Scheme as of March 28 , 2014 - As a general statement , Greece will get just enough money to payoff the latest round of debt to the EFSF and IMF - then will be allowed to wander aimlessly in its Zombie state until the next loan disbursement come due - then it will get just enough to pay that debt off as well.......of course we are soon to reach the end of the line under the current rescue scheme in place for Greece ( end of Q4 2014 ) ...... Which makes the Greece Supreme Court decision ostensibly ruling against bank confiscations quite interesting - assuming the decision is actually allowed to stand .....Meanwhile , the current Greek Government has high confidence regarding its latest reform bill ( greek citizens corn-holed by legislation ) , we shall see if this high confidence is warranted by the end of the weekend..... meanwhile greek auxiliary pensions take a big whack ( thanks Troika and current Greek Government ) .....Greek bill gives rescue fund legal cover for bank capital boosts ( banksters always get taken care of .. ) ..... Just another day in Troikaville -- h/ts Keep Talkin Greece , Zero Hedge , The Slog , Ekathimerini !
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/greek-bailout-update-is-everything-normal-or-not/
GREEK BAILOUT UPDATE: Is everything normal or not?
BY JOHN WARD MARCH 28, 2014 ANGELA MERKEL EC DELAYS GREEK DEFAULT EVANGELOS
VENIZELOS FUDGE FUDGE FUDGE OVER GREEK DEBT
*NO*
There seemed to be some confusion last night as to the point I was making
about the* new tranche of money* being paid to Greece. I’m not surprised,
because virtually none of scheduled numbers or dates released previously by
the Troika tally with what happened yesterday. Bur officially, it seems to
me like this:
1. Greece wi... more »
War watch March 27 , 2014 -- Syria - Report: Al-Qaeda Has Long-Term Plans for Westerners in Syria Pakistan Jihadists Sent to Train Westerners for Attacks Elsewhere , Latakia battles in focus with border areas near Lebanon quieter ...... Turkey -- A leaked voice recording purportedly of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan organizing the dissemination of video footage of former main opposition Republic People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal's adultery has provoked widespread criticism, including from Baykal, who made a statement on Wednesday calling on “Erdoğan and the state to provide an explanation” concerning the leaked audio , Twitter War continues and Erdogan seeking distraction on tomb of Suleyman Sah in Syria ? Iraq violence ahead of elections continues as pollin places hit !
Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Syria.......
Report: Al-Qaeda Has Long-Term Plans for Westerners in SyriaPakistan
Jihadists Sent to Train Westerners for Attacks Elsewhere
by Jason Ditz, March 26, 2014
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New reports are claiming al-Qaeda’s senior leadership is behind the recent
deployment of seasoned jihadists from Pakistan into Syria, and they are
part of “long-term plans” that have little to do with Syria itself.
The focus rather is on something else Syria’s civil war has attracted,
Western fighters. Jihad-minded fighters with EU or American passports but
not much experience have been flock... more »
Liar and Blowhard Mike Rogers a Perfect Fit for Talk Radio
Living in The Homeland of the post September 11, 2001 - the day when
everything changed - era I can honestly say that very little really
surprises me anymore. This is especially so when it comes to the plumbing
of new depths by a now rotten to the last seed of the core and completely
irredeemable political system. That was until this morning when I heard the
news that uber fascist House Intelligence Committee overlord Mike Rogers
was stepping down at the end of his current term. This deprived the Eighth
Congressional District of the state of Michigan of yet another chance to
stic... more »
Creekside Reveals Conservative Calculation Competence
H/T - Creekside
March Madness Run Amok? (Or Just Oligarch Madness?) The Koches Can't Help Themselves (Poisoned by $$$$$$$) So It's A Death Match
More proof that not only do we have (and have had for a very long time) an
oligarchy in solid control of the U.S., but that to place the proper type
of frosting on their cake, they display absolutely no conscience (or much
of a sense of morally questionable choices) as they throw around the money
that they illegally extracted from the lower classes on shiny trinkets.
Hell (fresh Hell!), they
20 first century boom box
Pyle Street Blaster.
1000 Watts, four hour play time on rechargeable battery and links with your
phone using near field communication. Its two feet long and weighs in about
10 kilo. Blow me away! Its only $250.
Quarter One Local By-Election Results 2014
Party
Number of candidates
Total vote
%
+/- Q4
Average/
contest
+/- Q4
+/- Seats
Conservative
43
18,344
28.6%
+8.3%
427
+78
-5
Labour
37
20,005
31.2%
-3.3%
541
-136
0
LibDem
32
6,459
10.1%
-0.9%
202
-45
+3
UKIP
31
8,583
13.4%
+0.5%
277
+20
+1
SNP*
3
2,524
3.9%
-1.9%
841
-186
0
Plaid Cymru**
2
1,169
1.8%
-0.5%
585
+330
0
Green
14
1,495
2.3%
+1.5%
107
+15
0
BNP
0
-0.3%
-70
0
TUSC
3
348
0.5%
+0.0%
116
+72
0
Independent***
15... more »
Local Council By-Elections March 2014
Party
Number of candidates
Total vote
%
+/-
Jan
Average/
contest
+/-
Jan
+/- Seats
Conservative
25
10,511
29.8%
+0.5%
420
-27
-1
Labour
23
10,231
29%
-6.3%
445
-361
0
LibDem
18
4,119
11.7%
+3.0%
229
+29
+1
UKIP
20
5,514
15.6%
+7.5%
276
-1
0
SNP*
1
1,334
3.8%
+3.8%
1,334
+1,334
0
Plaid Cymru**
0
-8.5%
0
Green
9
873
2.5%
+0.4%
97
-48
0
BNP
0
0
TUSC
0
-2.2%
0
Independent***
9
1,761
5%
+0.1%
196
-27
... more »
LETTER TO EDITOR
*The Navy's new expensive and provocative Zumwalt class destroyer at Bath
Iron Works in Maine gets 'christened' on April 12*
*My letter to the editor was printed in our local Times Record newspaper
today.*
Dear Editor:
On April 12 there will be a ‘christening’ of the Navy’s new ‘stealthy’
Zumwalt destroyer at BIW. Veterans for Peace, PeaceWorks and other groups
around Maine will hold a rally just across from where the public will
assemble for the Navy show.
The Navy has to put on the good face for this one, largely because they did
not want the expensive Zumwalt anyway; it was go... more »
Wood and Silverware? Uh, Pass.
Remember this heartbreaking picture of Zen-like loneliness, this empty
chair without even the company of Clint Eastwood yelling at it? I sure do.
That was taken way back in April 2009 when I moved into my present
apartment. That was during that mercifully brief period of time when I
lived alone, before Popeye and Mrs. JP moved in, back when I could still
leave the toilet seat up 24/7, which at the time was the highlight of my
life and the best part of being a single 50 year-old guy (Well, that and
endlessly standing in front of the fridge in my skivvies in the early part
of t... more »
With Mike Rogers Retiring, The Right Democrat Should Be Able To Win MI-08
Good riddance to corrupt McCarthyite stooge Mike Rogers (left)
For whatever reason, Steve Israel has a policy at the DCCC-- Thou Shalt Not
Contest Elelections Against Senior Republican Policy Makers. No matter how
vulnerable the districts, Israel has not allowed the DCCC to go after any
committee chairs last cycle or this cycle. One of the worst of the
Republican malefactors in a winnable district, Mike Rogers, announced he
would be retiring from Congress today. The head of the Intelligence
Committee, Rogers, a personally corrupt individual, has been a total shill
for the forces of t... more »
The Growth of Pass-Through Entities
Over the past few decades, there has been an amazing shift in how
businesses are taxed. See the figure below, which is from CBO. Businesses
are more and more taxed as pass-through entities, where the income shows up
on personal tax returns rather than on corporate returns. (Here is an
article discussing how the mutual giant Fidelity recently switched from one
form to the other.)
This phenomenon complicates the interpretation of tax return data. For
example, when one looks at the growth of the 1 percent, or the 0.1 percent,
in the Piketty-Saez data, that growth is likely exaggera... more »
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM
You take the high road
and I will take the high road too
maybe we'll get to where
we are going together
They'll take the low road
they take it every time
we know their story now
the suffering helps us to remember
Yes it seems like our boat is sinking
no end in sight
our 'leader' flies the world
spreading dark moments
and defending even darker times
but we keep rowing
and singing the rowing song
life is but a dream
dreams sometimes come true
I often feel
connected to the circle
sitting around the council fire
hearing about the past storms
and the coming storm
fire, deception, forked ... more »
President of Hobby Lobby speaks out...
* about why they're taking a stand against the government.*
From the Heritage Foundation:
The Heritage Foundation awarded its Salvatori Prize to the Green and Hahn
families for defending religious liberty. Steve Green, president of Hobby
Lobby, explains why he's taking a stand.
Kylie Mnogue - Sexercize - A Friday Night Rule 5 Post
Kylie turning it on but not as much as in the (in)famous Agent Provocateur
advert...
Don't say I don't spoil you on a Friday...
Untitled
*Coastal Master Plan would create jobs, revenue ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans
Advocate*
*Koch Bros lobbyist Bobbly Jindal offers legislation to protect oil and gas
industry from legacy lawsuits*
*Shrimp harvest dips but prices climb ~WWLTV*
*Saturday: Inaugural Big Easy Footwork competition at Treme Center ~Big Red
Cotton, Gambit*
"I misdirected myself"
More about the complaint I mentioned in an earlier post. See the Editorial
Standards Findings here
*“44 years to the day since the guns fell silent in the Six Day war between
Israel **and its Arab enemies. And it sometimes seems that the consequences
of that **conflict have made the news on an almost daily basis ever since.
“ *
So began the introduction to a piece on the Today programme (radio 4, 10th
June 2011) “on the 44th anniversary of the end of the Six Day War.” It
continued thus:
*“At the end of the fighting Israel had conquered so much Arab territory it
was **three times ... more »
Defamation in the Internet Age: The Trial
Were my ears burning yesterday?
Frankly, no.
But a comment by Marky Mark on an old blogpost alerted me.
First, the old blogpost, User Pay, from June 2012. The stage was being set
for an examination of defamation in the Internet age.
My point then was that no matter who *won*, everyone who participates in
discussion forums, blogs, comment threads, and now, I suppose, Twitter and
Facebook too, had a stake in the matter.
And that its resolution was going to cost a bomb.
A lively discussion ensued and some strong positions were taken.
Now, finally, the issue is before a court and bl... more »
Government Health Care
Southern Man had a question and, reluctantly, dialed the appropriate 24/7
toll-free number to ask it. The conversation went like this...
Computer voice: Thank you for calling [big government office]. You can say
[list of options].
Southern Man: Representative.
Computer Voice: You'd like to speak to someone. Is that correct?
Southern Man: Yes.
Computer Voice: Great, I'll get someone for you...
...brief pause...
Computer Voice: We're experiencing high call volume at this time. If you
like, we can call you back in...
...brief pause...
Computer Voice: ...sixteen hours and forty-fiv... more »
'CIA ASSET' STOLTENBERG TO RUN NATO
*Jens Stoltenberg.*
*On 28 March 2014, Norway's former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was
named as the new NATO chief*
*What makes us think that Stoltenberg could be a CIA asset?*
*1.* He is the son of a former defence and foreign minister.
*2. *Early on, just like Tony Blair, he presented himself as a leftist.
*3.* He joined Norway's Labour Party and pushed for it to join NATO.
*Norway joined NATO in suppressing reports of civilian Afghan deaths*
*4.* He backed NATO's military campaigns in Afghanistan and Libya.
*5.* He was a strong supporter of the Lockheed Martin Corp *Joint S... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Truth and Reconciliation'
TRUTH
and RECONCILIATION
Posted on March 28, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
Please distribute and post.
MNN. Mar. 28, 2014. Hearings into sexual abuse and killings of our
children in government death camps called residential schools are
ending. The Ongwehonwe need the international community of sovereign
nations to assist us in bringing to justice the ‘crown’ criminals
exposed by the “Truth
Christie report is an oversold dud!
*FRIDAY,
MARCH 28, 2014*
*Pundit reaction is worse:* On the one hand, the Christie report turned
out
to be a bit of an oversold dud.
On Wednesday night, Governor Christie was asked how the report could be
any
good, since several important figures had refused to be interviewed.
In reply, Christie said this:
CHRISTIE (3/26/14): *You don’t just come to conclusions from
interviews.*There’s lots and lots of documents that involve all those
people which have
been part of the public record and will be becoming a part of the public
record going forward. And you can discern a lot from that.... more »
Brazil Aims to Ban Round-Up
Brail Seeks Ban on Monsanto Herbicide Due to Alarming Toxicity Risks. By
John Deike
EcoWatch / News Analysis. Friday 28 March 2014
http://www.nationofchange.org/brazil-seeks-ban-monsanto-herbicide-due-alarming-toxicity-risks-1396016617
...Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor has asked the country’s justice
department to suspend the use of glyphosate, which is the active ingredient
in Monsanto’s Roundup—the world’s top-selling herbicide.
In addition, the prosecutor has also targeted another herbicide known as
2,4-D and the active ingredients methyl parathion, lactofem, phorate,
car... more »
NAFTA is 20
I was thrilled this week when Guy Cecil and Michael Bennet got on board and
gave the Shenna Bellows campaign the DSCC's big thumbs up. Hopefully, that
will be the beginning of the end for fake moderate Susan Collins in Maine.
So, RIGHT ON GUY CECIL and RIGHT ON Michael Bennet. I will refrain from any
gratuitously nasty statements about the two of them for at least… well, I
hope forever. Next up: South Dakota prairie populist Rick Weiland. I know
that may be a tough one for Guy and Mike to swallow but they need to get
over the ego trip and do it for the Democrats and, more importan... more »
An Insider reveals the Experience on a Natural Farm where they used GMO corn and round up
A friend of mine (Sage) worked on a 'Natural Farm' for a year. She has
left it for various reasons and wrote an article about it for me to
publish. This is her information about how GMO seeds and round up were used
on a Natural farm and how they get away with it and still charge the
Organic prices. For those who want to understand the Truth and What to ask
about and look for, when you are
PUSH BACK ON OBAMA'S IRAQ STORY
On a planned presidential trip to the E.U. headquarters, it was supposed to
be all handshakes and photo ops about a new trade deal. But instead,
President Obama, in his speech before the E.U., took to defending the
United States' decision to invade Iraq.
Proprietary estoppel may be used to create a life interest in land
*Clarke v. Johnson*, 2014 ONCA 237 clarifies the law on proprietary
estoppel and holds it may be used to create a life interest in land:
[52] A summary of the principles governing proprietary estoppel
based on the modern approach include the following:
- proprietary estoppel may form the basis of a cause of action;
- it is not essential that the five probanda be satisfied;
- rather, three elements must be established:
(i) the owner of the land induces, encourages or allows the claimant to
believe that he has or will enjoy some right or benefit over the property;
(ii) ... more »
A court officer was shot in the Brampton courthouse. The courthouse is on lockdown.
Apparently the shooter has been shot and killed. Not clear whether
situation related to the ongoing terrorist trial in Brampton. Normally
Courthouse violence stems from family law matters which are also held in
Brampton.
MALAYSIA, AUSTRALIA, UKRAINE, MEDIA...
*Why was the Malaysian MH370 Flight Not Detected by the Diego Garcia US
Naval and Intelligence Base? *By Adrian Salbuchi, March 26, 2014
*Once again, Australia is stealing its Indigenous children.* By John Pilger,
March 27,
NATO’s Plans for False Flag Attack on Turkey? By Tony Cartalucci, March 28,
2014
Staged Impoverishment of the Ukrainian Population. Ukraine Parliament
passes Austerity Bill Required by IMF. By Russia Today, March 28, 2014
*US Sanctions on Russia are Indirect Sanctions on the EU*. By Prof Michel
Chossudovsky, March 27, 2014
IMF “Shock Treatment” for Ukraine: ... more »
The Conversation: Relaxing zero tolerance in schools could be Obama’s boldest civil rights reform
Relaxing zero tolerance in schools could be Obama’s boldest civil rights
reform Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Reclaiming “No Excuses”: A Reader
Reclaiming “No Excuses”: A Reader. via Reclaiming “No Excuses”: A
Reader.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Maylasian Pilot says " The media should not publish speculation"
Pilot accuses Malaysia of hiding MH370 facts
Sydney Morning Herald
LINDSAY MURDOCH
Last updated 13:40 28/03/2014
A senior Air Asia pilot has been suspended for suggesting in a Facebook
post Malaysian authorities have been "hiding facts" about the disappearance
of MH370. "The supposed debris...isn't even confirmed to be from the plane
yet! Show us the proof and then tell us MH370 has crashed," wrote the pilot
from the Kuala Lumpur-based airline. "Till then stop hiding the facts! It's
obvious even to a blind man that there are tons of info the government
definite... more »
Too Little Faith in People, Tax Policy Edition
Paul Krugman responds to my post about a recent column of his. He is
correct that not all economists agree that low capital taxation is
desirable; he appropriately cites Diamond and Saez, who are on
the high-capital-tax side of this debate. FYI, here is another recent paper,
written in part as a response to Diamond and Saez, which finds that optimal
rates of capital taxation, while positive, are quite low.
But that is not really the issue. If Paul had said "reasonable economists
disagree, here are the arguments, and here is why I tend to favor one side
rather than the other" I woul... more »
TEACH THE JOURNALISTS WELL: Real teachers and children inside our real schools!
*FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014*
*Part 4—Unknown to our ed reporters:* How well do our education reporters
understand our American schools?
To us, it often seems that they don’t understand our schools well.
We see this when they fly to Finland to repeat standard stories about
Finland’s greatness, failing to see the way that nation’s challenges fail
to mirror our own.
We see this when they recite the standard story about our alleged
decline—when they refuse to report the way our NAEP scores have been
rising.
We see this when the Washington Post doesn’t seem to know how to access the
Dis... more »
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