Tuesday, April 08, 2014

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Over Demanding Market Affects Fisheries More than Climate Change

Work performed at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Sciences (CICIMAR) from the IPN, indicates that in the last five years there have been no “spectacular” changes attributable to climate change, what has affected the fishing resources more is the over demanding market.
“Globally, a great part of the fishing resources is being exploited to its maximum capacity, several have overpass its regeneration capacities and are overexploited”
Climate changes were identified in the mid 70’s and late 80’s that affected the fishing of sardine and shrimp in the Mexican Pacific Ocean, possibly attributable to El Niño. In the particular case of the shrimp, it effects are related to an input of water from the continent; for example, when there’s a good raining season, there will be an increase in the crustacean production, which is reduced when it doesn’t rain.

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Yesterday at 6:24pm ·

$SPREAD THE WORD!!! How do you feel about the Harper conservative government having the power to strip any born Canadian citizen of their citizenship? http://bit.ly/1eaS0iX Bill C-24 "would also give Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government unprecedented authority to strip Canadians — including thousands born in this country — of their citizenship." -Toronto Star They've already been equating environmental activism, peaceful protesting and signing petitions with terrorism for years. http://bit.ly/1cp3dg4 Stephen Harper's Surveillance State Equates Protest to Terrorism />http://huff.to/140571H "As a new report on documents released under the Freedom of Information Act highlights, under the mandate of the Harper Administration, law enforcement and intelligence agencies are increasingly blurring the line between genuine fundamentalists and average citizens -- people whose “terrorist activities” include organising petitions, attending protests, and generally expressing dissension. Moreover, the report emphasises the fact that agencies such as CSEC and CSIS now view activist activities such as blocking access to roads and buildings as “forms of assault,” while media stunts like the unfurling of banners, non-violent sit-ins, and peaceful marches are now deemed “threats” or “attacks.” Aboriginal rights advocates, unions, anti-capital factions, countercultural institutions, alternative media outlets, and with increasing fervour, environmental organisations -- they all get lumped together under the category of “terrorists” in order justify the widespread monitoring, detaining, and at times imprisoning of Canadian citizens expressing dissent." Are you opposed to fracking? Big Oil/The Harper government labels you a terrorist http://bit.ly/1eaPgTs Harper government spies on and harasses citizens who peacefully question... http://bit.ly/1cpaRHy As leader of the opposition, Stephen Harper was clear on the vital role of dissent in a democracy: “When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid dissent is frankly when it’s rapidly losing its moral authority to govern.” ..Rather than engaging with citizens or organizations who disagree with their policies, Mr. Harper’s government has sought to attack, even criminalize them. http://bit.ly/NCa1il - The Globe and Mail FEEL SAFER NOW?$

SPREAD THE WORD!!! How do you feel about the Harper conservative government having the power to strip any born Canadian citizen of their citizenship? http://bit.ly/1eaS0iX

Bill C-24 "would also give Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government unprecedented authority to strip Canadians — including thousands born in this country — of their citizenship." -Toronto Star
They've already been equating environmental activism, peaceful protesting and signing petitions with terrorism for years. http://bit.ly/1cp3dg4
Stephen Harper's Surveillance State Equates Protest to Terrorism >http://huff.to/140571H
"As a new report on documents released under the Freedom of Information Act highlights, under the mandate of the Harper Administration, law enforcement and intelligence agencies are increasingly blurring the line between genuine fundamentalists and average citizens -- people whose “terrorist activities” include organising petitions, attending protests, and generally expressing dissension.
Moreover, the report emphasises the fact that agencies such as CSEC and CSIS now view activist activities such as blocking access to roads and buildings as “forms of assault,” while media stunts like the unfurling of banners, non-violent sit-ins, and peaceful marches are now deemed “threats” or “attacks.”
Aboriginal rights advocates, unions, anti-capital factions, countercultural institutions, alternative media outlets, and with increasing fervour, environmental organisations -- they all get lumped together under the category of “terrorists” in order justify the widespread monitoring, detaining, and at times imprisoning of Canadian citizens expressing dissent."
Are you opposed to fracking? Big Oil/The Harper government labels you a terrorist http://bit.ly/1eaPgTs
Harper government spies on and harasses citizens who peacefully question... http://bit.ly/1cpaRHy
As leader of the opposition, Stephen Harper was clear on the vital role of dissent in a democracy: “When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid dissent is frankly when it’s rapidly losing its moral authority to govern.” ..Rather than engaging with citizens or organizations who disagree with their policies, Mr. Harper’s government has sought to attack, even criminalize them. http://bit.ly/NCa1il - The Globe and Mail
FEEL SAFER NOW?

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6 hrs ·

Must read for all Canadians - Pages 134 to 137 of @robyndoolittle's book Crazy Town:
Canada one of the more secretive countries in world!

Being Classically Liberal

10 hrs ·

Not just America, but everywhere else. One could be forgiven for thinking that this is directly related to the dumbing down of education curriculum....

The less Americans know about Ukraine’s location, the more they want U.S. to intervene

84% of Americans are unable to locate Ukraine on a world map; those that can't are more likely to support military intervention.

Washington Post

Elephant Journal's photo.

7 hrs ·

its Ukraine puppet that wants war not Russia, USA ,NATO, CANADA and EU run by Israel. want war. Its all about controlling port,gas and USA and EU not having to pay their debt bonds. .

"Approximately 70,000 Russians marched against war with Ukraine in Moscow today." (photo: i.imgur.com)

Cultures of Resistance's photo.

10 hrs ·

Remember when Reagan met with the Taliban to plan how to help them out? One of those Cold War facts they tend to leave out of history class..

AboveTopSecret.com's photo.

April 6 at 4:53pm ·

Elites Win Another Round: Court Strikes Down Donation Limits
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1005846/pg1

“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness. These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human beings, they ought not to be adjusted.” – Aldous Huxley – Brave New World Revisited

Former World Bank Senior Counsel Karen Hudes Says “Second Species” Controls Human Civilization

notalent • 6 days ago

Hmmm....something fishy here. If you're looking for the "alien" stuff, it's from the Red Ice Radio interview, not the RT. Odd that someone comes forth as a "whistleblower" and then makes the "conspiracy" media rounds like Red Ice and as someone said, Project Camelot.
To go from talking about the Libor scandal and World Bank malfeasance to making wild, unsubstantiated claims about hominid/human hybrids based only on second hand accounts is incredibly irresponsible. It smacks of being a useful idiot/disinfo agent. When the Red Ice interviewer (who makes interesting programs) asks her about this, she gives a rambling gambit about 4th century economic collapse, alien abduction/Mkultra, Eric Snowden (sic), and the vatican.
If i were Counterintelligence, working at the behest of global banking I would definitely muddy the waters with the 'crazy alien stuff'. They have a track record of doing so, (Mirage Men). It is also likely, as those who spend time on fringe topics know, that intelligence operatives (wittingly or not) are used to infiltrate any kind of conspiracy based/ dissident media.

Jonas Planck notalent • 6 days ago

Textbook tactics. I noticed that shortly after 9/11, the most publicly visible conspiracy theorists almost always threw in some hogwash about reptilians from Zeta Reticuli (everyone knows Reticulans are peaceful symbiotic lichens... they aren't even spacefaring!) and how global warming is actually their attempts at terraforming Earth to be more suitable for their species. That's ONE way to distract people away from the idea that their government might be shady!

Paul Hellyer Ufos - Video Results

Occupy London's photo.

April 6 at 6:58pm ·

350.org's photo.

7 hrs ·

78 tons of which landed in Lake Michigan thanks to BP.

Photographer Daniel Grossman took this photo flying over the tar sands just yesterday. And it's just the beginning -- see the rest of his stunning photos here: http://desmog.ca/2014/04/07/look-these-incredible-photos-by-pulitzer-center-journalists-flying-over-oilsands

This is the kind of honest journalism that needs to be shared. This is the true face of the tar sands.

350.org's photo.

15 hrs ·

$4 states have released data showing that fracking leads to groundwater contamination -- a fact that the oil industry continues to try to cover up. But now it's official. This is news we need to SHARE -- so they can't keep dodging the truth. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/01/05/some-states-confirm-water-pollution-from-drilling/4328859/$

4 states have released data showing that fracking leads to groundwater contamination -- a fact that the oil industry continues to try to cover up.
But now it's official. This is news we need to SHARE -- so they can't keep dodging the truth.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/01/05/some-states-confirm-water-pollution-from-drilling/4328859/

Winston Weeks's photo.

4 hrs ·

welcome to the policed world. where the politicians we pay can kill you

ACLU: Community Police Armed with the Weapons and Tactics of War - http://bit.ly/1oGqndb

Heartland Institute's photo.

April 6 at 8:00pm ·

kenny's sideshow

Excerpts from "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge"
by Carlos Castaneda

As I was getting ready to leave, I decided to ask him once more about the enemies of a man of knowledge. I argued that I could not return for some time, and it would be a good idea to write down what he had to say and then think about it while I was away. He hesitated for a while, but then began to talk.

"When a man starts to learn, he is never clear about his objectives. His purpose is faulty; his intent is vague. He hopes for rewards that will never materialize, for he knows nothing of the hardships of learning. "He slowly begins to learn... bit by bit at first, then in big chunks. And his thoughts soon clash. What he learns is never what he pictured, or imagined, and so he begins to be afraid. Learning is never what one expects. Every step of learning is a new task, and the fear the man is experiencing begins to mount mercilessly, unyieldingly. His purpose becomes a battlefield.

"And thus he has tumbled upon the first of his natural enemies: Fear!

A terrible enemy... treacherous, and difficult to overcome. It remains concealed at every turn of the way, prowling... waiting. And if the man, terrified in its presence, runs away, his enemy will have put an end to his quest."
"What will happen to the man if he runs away in fear?"
"Nothing happens to him except that he will never learn. He will never become a man of knowledge. He will perhaps be a bully or a harmless, scared man; at any rate, he will be a defeated man. His first enemy will have put an end to his cravings."
"And what can he do to overcome fear?"
"The answer is very simple. He must not run away. He must defy his fear, and in spite of it he must take the next step in learning, and the next, and the next. He must be fully afraid, and yet he must not stop. That is the rule! And a moment will come when his first enemy retreats. The man begins to feel sure of himself. His intent becomes stronger. Learning is no longer a terrifying task. "When this joyful moment comes, the man can say without hesitation that he has defeated his first natural enemy."

The $1 Trillion Dollar Sanctions Curbing EU "problem"- Pepe Escobar

The regime changers in Kiev are already mired in a vicious catfight. [1] And even Ukraine’s acting Prime Minister Arseniy Petrovych “Yats” Yatsenyuk has identified the gloomy times ahead, stressing that the signature of the economic part of the association agreement between Ukraine and the EU has been postponed – so there will be no “negative consequences” for industrialized eastern Ukraine.
Translation: he knows this will be the kiss of death for Ukrainian industry, on top of it coupled with an imminent structural adjustment by the International Monetary Fund linked to the EU (maybe) bailing out a bankrupt Ukraine.
Asia Times Online’s Spengler coined a formulation: “A specter is haunting Europe, and that is the specter of a Russian-Chinese alliance at the expense of Europe.”

There have been rumbles in Brussels by some poodles about canceling the South Stream pipeline – pumping Russian gas underneath the Black Sea (and bypassing Ukraine) to Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Austria.
The Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister, Dragomir Stoynev, said no way. Same for the Czech Republic, because it badly needs Russian investment, and Hungary, which recently signed a nuclear energy deal with Moscow.
The only other possibility for the EU would be Caspian gas, from Azerbaijan – following on the trail of the Zbig Brzezinski-negotiated Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, which was conceived expressly to bypass both Russia and Iran.
As if the EU would have the will, the speed and funds to spend billions of dollars to build yet another pipeline virtually tomorrow, and assuming Azerbaijan had enough supply capacity (it doesn’t; other actors, like Kazakhstan or ultra-unreliable Turkmenistan, which prefers to sell its gas to China, would have to be part of the picture).
Well, nobody ever lost money betting on the cluelessness of Brussels eurocrats.

South Stream and other energy projects will create a lot of jobs and investment in many of the most troubled EU nations. Extra sanctions?
No less than 91% of Poland’s energy, and 86% of Hungary’s, come from Russia. Over 20% of the foreign lending of French banks is to Russian companies. No less than 68 Russian companies trade at the London Stock Exchange.

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Did you know your conventional corn, corn byproducts and processed foods were now legally a pesticide and no longer categorized as a food? Designed to rip open the stomachs of bugs, guess what it's doing to us?
READ the EPA pesticide registration for GMO Bt Toxic pesticide producing corn that kills insects when they bite into it: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/pips/smartstax-factsheet.pdf

Where's Kellogg's? IN THE PESTICIDE AISLE, WHERE IT BELONGS! We tested Froot Loops and found that 100% of the corn in Froot Loops is Roundup Ready Bt toxic pesticide producing GMO corn that is registered with and regulated by the EPA. it has its own pesticide registration number, just like all of the other pesticides on the shelf at Home Depot. But because the EPA has no jurisdiction over food labeling, you won't find that information on a box of Froot Loops, a can of Kellogg's Pringles, or a box of Kellogg's Kashi Dark Chocolate Coconut Bars. Kellogg's doesn't want you to know it's Roundup drenched GMO. The company is pushing for voluntary labeling, which means NO LABELING. Join the Boycott Kellogg’s GMOs campaign and help us change our broken food system. When Kellogg's is forced to remove GMOs, other companies will be at a competitive disadvantage and they will surely follow. BOYCOTT Kellogg's until they remove GMOs from ALL Kellogg's products and get Non GMO Project Verification to prove it.