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JFK50: Lemnitzer Did It
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 minute ago
In marking the recent passing of our brother and friend John Judge, we lost
the last of the first generation of researchers who didn't say "The CIA did
it";
John Judge ALWAYS said, and always maintained, with the goods to back it
up, "The Joint Chiefs of Staff did it", and he was, and is, absolutely
right...
CIA ran the cover-up; the evidence everyone THINKS is there directly
implicating CIA in the actual really **isn't** there, when you really look
at it objectively; but the ONI is all over Oswald and his associates like a
rash.
Prior to 1967, no-one had even thought to blame ... more »
In America today goon thug cops taser, pepper spray, and call for a backup SWAT team to beat innocent persons senseless ...or even murder the person. "The right of cops to beat and murder the citizens who pay their salaries is now a perk of the job." -- Paul Craig Roberts
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 13 minutes ago
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*Call the Cops at Your Peril — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Call the Cops at Your Peril
Paul Craig Roberts
“Live free or die” is the motto of the state of New Hampshire. I hope the
residents are
prepared to die, because living free is not what they do. NH is merely a
cog within the
Amerikan Stasi State, but I am referring to what goes on within NH itself,
not the police state existence imposed by ... more »
Careful wording
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 hour ago
Here's how BBC international development correspondent Mark Doyle *could* (and
in my view *should*) have reported the news this morning on Radio 4's *Today
*programme:
"Nigeria would be pleased to have Israel’s globally acknowledged
anti-terrorism expertise deployed to support its ongoing operations,”
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan told Israeli prime minister Benjamin
Netanyahu as he accepted Israel's offer of assistance in helping to track
down and rescue the more than 200 school girls kidnapped by the Muslim
terrorist organisation Boko Haram last month. Mr Netanyahu expre... more »
Syria Calling - The Obama Administration’s chance to engage in a Middle East peace - by Seymour M. Hersh APRIL 6, 2009
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
SYRIA CALLING : The Obama Administration’s chance to engage in a Middle
East peace.
by Seymour M. Hersh
APRIL 6, 2009
When the Israelis’ controversial twenty-two-day military campaign in Gaza
ended, on January 18th, it also seemed to end the promising peace talks
between Israel and Syria. The two countries had been engaged for almost a
year in negotiations through intermediaries in Istanbul. Many complicated
technical matters had been resolved, and there were agreements in principle
on the normalization of diplomatic relations. The consensus, as an
amb... more »
5 Ways to Treat Ear Infections at Home and a Colloidal Silver Giveaway
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 hour ago
There is nothing more frustrating as a parent than to have your child wake
up screaming in the middle of the night with ear pain. Since the pressure
in the ear builds up more when your child is laying down, often times the
middle of the night is the first indication that you have that there is an
ear infection. I hate the helpless feeling I have when my child is
screaming at 3 AM and I don't know what to do for her. After a lot of
research and some trial, these are the things I have found that I can do at
home to treat an ear infection.
1. Garlic Mullein Oil. Just a few drops in th... more »
Did you hear the one about some wild and crazy students at Harvard having a Satanic black mass?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*or are you still recovering from the Sam the Ram homo-kiss?*
The event hosted by the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club will
feature a performance by *The Satanic Temple*. According to their website,
the religious organization's mission is “to encourage benevolence and
empathy among all people.” source
Check out this excerpt from the latest statement from Harvard (they seem to
be offering up statements like popcorn at the movies.) Emphasis mine.
We do not agree with the student group’s decision to stage an event that is
so deeply disturbing and offensive to many in the Harvard... more »
The nature of the American discourse!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014*
*Paul Krugman, Benghazi and you:* Right as increasingly heavy rain, Paul
Krugman closes today’s column like this:
KRUGMAN (5/12/14): *[T]he coming firestorm over new power-plant regulations
won’t be a genuine debate—just as there isn’t a genuine debate about
climate science.* Instead, the airwaves will be filled with conspiracy
theories and wild claims about costs, all of which should be ignored.
Climate policy may finally be getting somewhere; let’s not let crazy
climate economics get in the way.
It’s very hard to doubt the highlighted statement.
In fact, ... more »
Rand Paul Makes The Case For Liberals And Libertarians Opposing Extra-Judicial Killings Of Americans
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
As James Franco said, "It's what the people want."
On Saturday Jodie Evans, a cofounder of CodePink: Women for Peace, went to
David Barron’s house and gave him this letter. She asked if he really
believed it was ok to order the death of a US citizen without due process.
He slammed the door on her. Does that mean he does believe it so didn’t
want to answer her question? Jodie didn't figure in Tim Phelps' *L.A. Times*story this morning, Liberal
Groups Urge Senate To Block Obama Judicial Nominees or Rand Paul's *NY
Times* OpEd that supports the same position.
Phelps wrote that "prominen... more »
Davis City Council candidates Q&A
Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 3 hours ago
Two questions for the 2014 Davis City Council candidates:
*1. The City’s unit labor costs* have been growing faster than the City’s
revenues have been growing for many years. Do you believe that is
sustainable?*
*2. If you think the growing unit cost of labor is unsustainable, what
reforms, if any, to the City’s labor contracts would you suggest the next
City Council pursue to make these costs sustainable?*
__________________
Daniel Parrella:
1. No, whenever you have costs increasing faster than revenues that
is inherently unsustainable. The growing employer's share of Ca... more »
May 12: Time for a change of focus?:
Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 3 hours ago
There's nothing much in the TandT today. But, then, there never is. And
what's there is not very useful.
But one can say that only so many times. That's why, some months ago, I
began writing about the news as much as about it's quality in the Irving
press. It may be time to add a new element - how we think about the news -
because we, all of us, have peculiarities and inconsistencies in how we
think.
For example, 200 school girls were kidnapped in Nigeria. Now, there's lots
of talk of sending in troops to save them.
Our side killed hundreds of thousands of school girls in Vietnam, ... more »
Antisemitism on Twitter - It's @_fuck_israel_ again
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
I've blogged about @_fuck_israel_ before and the anti-Semitic views that he
freely espouses. He stepped over a line last week, here's some examples.
First some general anti-Semitic insults:
Secondly some general threats aimed at all Jews:
Thirdly a direct threat aimed at @Adelirose
Finally a direct threat aimed at me
If you notice @_fuck_israel_ has abandoned any pretence of not being
anti-Semitic and has changed his Twitter handle to fuck-jews. Why does
Twitter allow such blatant anti-Semitism and threats against Jewish users
of Twitter to be made?
The Need For a Boring Revolution
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 4 hours ago
To save civilization, achieve ecological sanity and balance, drastically
reduce the possibility of war, and eliminate social inequality, we need a
revolution. The capitalist status-quo is leading us to disaster. Again, we
need a revolution and nothing less than a revolution.
But what about "the sheeple"? Happily piling into the cars to drive out to
the multi-plex for the latest Hollywood blockbuster of mindlessness?
Blithely slumbering in their hammocks while their mutual funds invest in
pharmaceutical companies ripping-off millions and mining firms engaging in
ecocide and murder?... more »
Mike's Story Part 19 - Suspicion
Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 4 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
*Several colleagues in Ashland had become increasingly annoyed by the
latest developments at FTW. They felt that writing the Burning Bridge
article was in itself an act of burning the bridge home; if Mike came back,
particularly so soon, FTW's credibility would be trashed.*
*Now that he'd relinquished his role as CEO, Mike could best serve the
website, they maintained, by acting as its Latin American correspondent.*
* Among their complaints was the appearance of alleged "compelling
evidence" that Mike himself had been the one to wield the sledgehammer on
the... more »
Reporting Bethlehem and the BBC
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
The BBC love a good Bethlehem story, anything involving Israel and
restrictions on the travel of Palestinians from Bethlehem rates a headline.
Around Christmas the BBC wouldn't be the same without a story about the
Christians in Bethlehem suffering some imaginary deprivation at the hands
of the Israelis. However when it's Palestinian Muslims attacking a
Christian church the BBC is oddly silent.
A Bethlehem Greek Orthodox Church (St. George’s Church – Khadar – near Beit
Jala) was attacked by Muslims during its annual St. George’s Day services
on May 6. … Some local Muslims either tri... more »
Kumpulan Foto Mobil Honda Accord Jadul Jadi Keren
irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 4 hours ago
Kumpulan
Foto Mobil Honda Accord Jadul Jadi Keren - Honda accord merupakan salah
eka mobil produksi honda yang sampai saat ini masih banyak difungsikan
orang, sampai masih melimpahnya umat yang mencari mobil keluaran honda
ini. Mobil yang dibuat berkisar tahun 90an ini memang memiliki harga
yang dikatakan cukup murah yaitu seharga 17 juta hingga 25 juta, yang
menjadikan mobil honda itu
Beberapa Pemeriksaan Kesehatan Wajib Sebelum Hamil
irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 4 hours ago
Beberapa
Pemeriksaan Kesehatan Wajib Sebelum Hamil | pemeriksaan kesehatan lebih
baik dilakukan 6 bulan sebeum terjadinya pembuahan/kehamilan, oleh
karena itu apabila anda berencana unutk dapat langsung hamil setelah
menikah maka anda perlu memeriksa kesehatan anda sebelum pernikahan
berlangsung, pemeriksaan kesehatan sangat penting dilakukan untuk
memeriksa kesehatan calon ibu dan juga ayah
Solving Tuscaloosa: We’ll be here all week!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014*
*But what are we trying to solve:* All week long, we’ll be trying to solve
Tuscaloosa.
We refer to the problems in the Tuscaloosa City schools, problems explored
by Nikole Hannah-Jones in a 10,000-word report for ProPublica.
Hannah-Jones’ fascinating report appears in The Atlantic. All week long,
we’ll be trying to solve the problems she uncovered.
This is our second week on this topic. For last Friday’s post, just click
here.
All week long, we’ll be trying to solve Tuscaloosa. That said:
Before we can solve Tuscaloosa, we have to define what its problems ... more »
Physics Overflow is live
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 5 hours ago
*Off-topic, breaking news:* Jester believes that there are rumors
suggesting that Planck refutes BICEP2 and many experimenters, including
those in the BICEP Collaboration, are admitting that the B-modes came from
the dust. I won't say what I guess about these claims.
Some of you may know Physics Stack Exchange where people may ask and answer
physics-related questions. But you may often have the feeling that no one
is trying to keep the quality of the traffic sufficiently high. Thanks to
Dilaton, Dimension10 etc., a new very promising competition has emerged.
It's called Physics Ov... more »
QEG: Official update from Jamie- May 10th
D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 5 hours ago
This is the latest update from Jamie about the QEG in Aouchtam Morocco.
.... People need to remember that this is a product in DEVELOPMENT. All of
this was made very clear during the open sourcing and the lead up to all
the information being opened to the public.
....... I would also like to add a note that so far that I've seen, out of
the over 600 people that donated money to develop the QEG, no one has
demanded their money back. All the people trying to throw rotting fruit at
Hope and Val and Jamie over the "donations" and the money questions aren't
even the ones that donated m... more »
WHERE DID PRIVILEGE COME FROM: Three letters!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014*
*Part 1—Readers grope pachyderm:* All of a sudden, “privilege” is extremely
hot.
Example:
In this morning’s New York Times, three letters discuss the paper’s May 3
news report about Princeton freshman Tal Fortgang, who wrote a murky piece
in a campus mag concerning the subject.
Fortgang’s famous piece was murky enough on its own. This morning’s letters
recall the three blind men who famously groped the elephant.
Famously, the three men emerged with completely different ideas about what
sort of critter was being groped. This morning’s letters seem to be
dis... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Execution problems spring up in Louisiana ~Michelle Mollhollon, The
Advocate*
*Grant would fund study of rail service expansion *
*Torres, Khodr partner to buy Board of Trade building ~Greg LaRose, N.O.
City Business*
*Remembering the World's Fair, 30 years late ~Bill Capo, WWLTV *
*Tangier Island, VA is a step back in time, but with a very hazy future
~Ian C. Bates, Aljazzera*
*Recipe: Breaux Bridge Crawfish Bisque with Cornbread Stuffed Shell
~Danielle Dietze, WWOZ*
Bonnie Watson Coleman-- A Fierce, Proven Independent Voice For New Jersey
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Bonnie with Alan Grayson
As you probably know, Blue America has recently endorsed progressive state
legislator Bonnie Watson Coleman to succeed Rush Holt in New Jersey’s 12th
congressional district. We've joined with the PCCC, the Women’s Campaign
Fund, PDA, progressive leaders like Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva, as
well as New Jersey Democratic officials throughout the state because we all
know we have a tenacious and proven fighter in Bonnie-- the kind of leader
that Washington DC needs.
After being urged to get to know her by Barbara Buono, I spent some time
with Bonnie and her... more »
Important Video By Anthony Lawson: What Does It Mean To Be A Friend Of Israel?
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 7 hours ago
I spent most of yesterday, Mother's Day, with my mother and of course with
my "better half".... I have said many times that family does come first,
and it does push this blog and my writings here to the sidelines.... I have
some catching up to do on what has been happening around our world, and I
figure I would get down to it.....
I came across a very important video the other day that I wanted to share
with my readers here... It is the latest work by a great writer and video
producer, Anthony Lawson, and is entitled: "What Does It Mean To Be A
Friend Of Israel?" and definitely take... more »
Some Links:
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 7 hours ago
*Nantou city, our nei di (*內地)*.*
*Daily Links*:
- *EXCELLENT*: Thinking Taiwan with a piece that relates to my post
below, on cleavage that divides generations.
- More bad economic news: FEPZ draft bills opens market to over 800
Chinese ag products. Stupid beyond belief.
- SCMP: Taiwan's handling of murder case raises questions of
cross-strait cooperation
- For comparison: the poverty of South Korean elderly. They lived and
worked in a period when Korea was poorer than Taiwan.
- International boat show scores cash.
- For every Terry Gou blithering abo... more »
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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 7 hours ago
*COMPANY BANS HOMESCHOOLED WORKERS*
*'Discriminatory practice reflects a narrow-minded and statist view of
education'*
An Indiana-based company has decided not to hire any homeschool graduates,
withdrawing a job offer from one candidate after discovering he was home
educated, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association.
That’s despite the fact that assessments and evaluations for homeschool
students routinely run higher than for public-school students.
HSLDA spokesman Michael Donnelly said NiSource, an energy-distribution
company, informed HSLDA it would not hire homes... more »
Argentina: CE-3 Policeman Given Mandatory Retirement in La Pampa
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 7 hours ago
*SOURCE: Planeta UFO and Realidad OVNIDATE: 15 May 2013*
*Argentina: CE-3 Policeman Given Mandatory Retirement in La Pampa*
The case involves Luis Sergio Pucheta, a law enforcement officer who was
allegedly pursued by two extraterrestrials. He was found 20 kilometers away
from the place he disappeared from. The police officer who insisted back in
2006 that “red-eyed beings” had chased him and given him commands, has
entered mandatory retirement. Since that time, he was deeply traumatized
and was never able to return to work. He has now been given retirement.
According to Resolut... more »
Darrell Hamamoto- Weaponized Political Correctness and more
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
You may think this interview controversial? Or not? If you do that is very
good! It should give some food for thought. I know it did for myself. I
listened 3 times, so I could fully understand this man's views and
conclusions- Though he still seems to be processing his own discoveries.
Again, the subject of technology and it's use is broached. And the
weaponized political correctness.... brought to mind the bashing of Russia,
around the time of the Olympics, with the big rainbow club!
Thanks to Henrick @ Red Ice Creations for conducting this excellent
interview- wish I could hear t... more »
My Readers Change The World! ObamaCare COBRA Gap Fixed
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 7 hours ago
I wrote a few weeks ago about The Little-Known ObamaCare COBRA Catch-22. I
thought this issue was so important that I asked AOL Jobs readers for help.
I asked you to sign a petition I started to alert the President to this
issue. I asked you to tell the President to close the gap. And you came
through.
Not only did you sign the petition, but some of you took action to help.
Members of the National Employment Lawyers association contacted the
Department of Labor to ask for a fix. Forbes found out about this issue and wrote
a piece about it. And it worked.
Read my article at AOL Jobs... more »
Smart phones, stupid people and anti-social media
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
Often I mention technology. The use and abuse of it. Our enslavement to it.
The way it dominates our lives.
I do think technology has a place, obviously. But, we must be mindful of
the role it plays in our lives and what effects it has on us.Yes, I use the
blog as a social medium. But, I do not live my life around it.
Social media is used here at the blog, to challenge the perceptions
presented to us by those we allow to lead us.
I also notice how social media is used to manipulate so many unwitting
people- particularly the 25 and under crowd, so that the powers that
shouldn't be ca... more »
Things To Come
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 8 hours ago
The Ontario election is a preview of coming attractions. Tim Harper writes:
It may appear Stephen Harper is being dragged into the Ontario election
campaign by responding to goading by Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne.
But Harper was on full combat footing when it came to Wynne’s
made-in-Ontario pension plan even before NDP Leader Andrea Horwath forced
this campaign on provincial voters.
It is an issue on which Harper had to engage. And one on which he is all
too eager to engage.
The cornerstone of Harper's philosophy is you're on your own. He believes
that it should be Canadians i... more »
Cattle Mutilations: Strange find in General Acha Gives Rise to Mystery (Argentina)
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 8 hours ago
*Source: Planeta UFO, TN Noticias and La Gente (photo credit: TN
Noticias)Date: 11 May 2014*
*Cattle Mutilations: Strange find in General Acha Gives Rise to Mystery
(Argentina)*
**** Dead animal found on farm, missing tongue and part of jaw ****
The images are very strange and no veterinary surgeon has voiced an opinion
as of yet, but concern among residents of General Acha manifested itself a
posting to the citizen journalism portal of TN.com.ar.
Photographs published in *TN y la Gente* show a dead bovine with
unexplained injuries. Descriptions explain that the animal is missin... more »
Idiocracy Lives as Media Lies Americans Into More War
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 9 hours ago
It is a sign of these sick and bizarre times in which the Obama regime and
the state-corporate media continue to peddle their lies that according to a
poll conducted by political scientists that "The less Americans know about
Ukraine’s location, the more they want U.S. to intervene" - you just can't
make stuff like this up. CNN, the missing airplane network seemed to bear
this out when during coverage of the East Ukraine referendum on Sunday one
of their fancy graphic maps erroneously showed the location of Ukraine in
Pakistan. Such a silly blunder would normally result in ridicul... more »
Ukraine Updates - Referendum results in both Donetsk and Lugansk show landslide support for self - determination - do we next see moves by both Regions for annexation to Russia ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
Itar Tass
14:41 World
49 people killed in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region from start of standoff
14:36 World
Geneva principles should be put into practice - Russia's Foreign Ministry
14:25 World
Ukraine crisis to be resolved ‘on basis of law and order’ - Chinese FM
13:14 World
Ukraine situation posing possible threat to global economy, IMF head says
WorldMoscow respects will expressed by population of Donetsk and Luhansk
regions of Ukraine
Kremlin also denounced the use of force “including the use of heavy
armament against civilians, which lead to casualties”
http://rt.co... more »
China’s Cruise Missiles: Flying Fast Under the Public’s Radar
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 9 hours ago
[image: Houbei class fast attack craft firing YJ-83 anti ship missile]The
People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) numerous, increasingly advanced cruise
missiles have attracted far less attention than its ballistic missiles—yet
their impact on regional security, deterrence, and potential military
operations may be similar in magnitude.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has limited itself severely in both the type and
quantity of its own anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs). It is therefore
simply amazing that such a formidable set of weapons has generated so
little open source analysis; indeed that... more »
Maybe we could have an @OntarioPCParty online butthurt form, just to save time | #onpoli
Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 9 hours ago
Well, I guess when you're reduced to using whiny 21-year-olds for staff, this
is what you get.
Not only lashing out at others for their own fuckups, but doubling down on
the stupidity and ignorance. I know, easy targets, but hey, if they're
going to leave the evidence there for anyone to come along and use ...
Teabagger Timmy's been having a rough week, evidently. Getting called out
on his bad math was just for starters. Then this.
For those who don't remember the Harris horror show, a reminder. Walkerton.
Ipperwash. Dudley George. War on organized labour. Kicking
social-assis... more »
Songs to ban from the BBC? - NSFW - Warning songs include the 'n' word, quite a lot in some cases
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
The BBC have just let a rather elderly local radio DJ go for having the
temerity to play 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On' a song that includes the (as
it is now almost compulsory to say) 'n' word. This comes soon after they
censured Jeremy Clarkson for maybe or maybe not muttering that same word
under his breath during a recital of 'Eenie Meenie, Minee Mo'. However I
note that at the BBC not all their output is as regularly policed for the
'n' word. There are numerous repetitions of the 'n' word in Pulp Fiction
which I think the BBC has broadcast but also in many songs, some of which I
... more »
Taurus Systems to open Seoul office this week
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 11 hours ago
[image: F-15 Eagle Taurus launch]Taurus Systems said Sunday that it will
open an office in Seoul on Tuesday ― the company’s first outside Germany.
The joint German-Swedish venture is the manufacturer of the Taurus KEPD 350
long-range cruise missile that will be loaded on the Korean Air Force's
F-15Ks.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the nation's arms
procurement agency, signed a deal to purchase the air-to-surface stand-off
missiles in November.
Read more
Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA by E.G Valliantos
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago
Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA
Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon
pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your
entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.
These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic
substances dumped into the environment every day, not just in the US but
around the world. They seep into our water supply, are carried thousands of
miles by wind and rain from the site of application, remain potent long
after they a... more »
Iran Leader: We Should Mass Produce More Missiles
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 12 hours ago
[image: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]Iran's Supreme Leader
described as "stupid and idiotic" Western expectations for his country to
curb its missile development, striking a defiant tone ahead of a fresh
round of nuclear talks.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iran's Revolutionary Guards to mass
produce missiles and said the nuclear negotiations were not the place to
discuss Tehran's defense program or to solve the problem of sanctions
damaging the Iranian economy.
"They expect us to limit our missile program while they constantly threaten
Iran with military action,... more »
INS Vikramaditya awaits induction
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 12 hours ago
[image: INS Vikramaditya]Country's biggest warship, INS Vikramaditya, is
still awaiting its formal induction into the Indian Navy after five months
of its arrival into Indian waters.
According to top government officials, impressed with its maritime
capabilities, the outgoing prime minister, Manmohan Singh, had expressed
his desire to spend a day on board the 44,500-tonne aircraft carrier
procured from Russia.
Sing along with the defence minister AK Antony was scheduled to dedicate
the warship to the nation in the last week of March in a mega ceremony.
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(Chile Sends Deceptive Expert To Export Privatization But Monica Makes the Save) NeoLib/Con Social Security Lies Accrete and Accelerate (Samantha's Powers Exposed) A Quite Considerable Proportion of the Paying-Attention Public Adopts a Posture of Resistance in the Face of Official Narratives Suggesting an Important Passage in the Late-Afternoon Hours of America in its (Long) Phase of Imperial Pretension
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 12 hours ago
Media propagandists are well recompensed by the Koch Brothers and their
ilk. It's good for them that the Republicans won the last two elections,
isn't it? Notice how the rapacious always know where to move to (and spread
their newly-defined "red tide"). Especially after their own "revolutionary"
movements fail at home. If you consider the forces of greedy, self-serving
darkness arrayed
$8M Unmanned Research Submarine Goes 'Missing' in New Zealand Coast
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 12 hours ago
[image: Nereur HROV]A remote-controlled research submarine that costs a
whopping $8 million has gone missing off the coast of New Zealand.
The Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus was lost at 9,990 meters (6.2
miles) depth during its dive to the Kermadec Trench, according to the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
Situated 75 miles off the coast of New Zealand, the Kermadec Trench is the
fifth-deepest trench in the world.
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 12 hours ago
*An amusing piece of dogmatism from "Climate Science Watch"*
*It defends the Obama "report" in even more extreme terms than the report
itself. The editor of the site appears to be Rick Piltz, who is a
journalist with no scientific qualifications -- so his naivety and the
failure to mention a single scientific fact about the climate in the
article he prints can perhaps be understood. Interesting that the actual
author of the article is anonymous. Perhaps he too is a blithering
ignoramus like Rick.The article makes large claims about what "the science"
shows but the author has ... more »
NATO ponders Russia's future challenge
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 12 hours ago
[image: E-3C Sentry]Russia’s ongoing confrontation with the West has
ignited debate inside and outside the U.S.-led NATO alliance about what its
responsibilities are, and how much of its time and effort should be spent
to prepare for and if necessary counter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
military ambitions.
Ian Lesser, senior director for foreign and security policy at the German
Marshall Fund of the United States, said NATO must remain mindful of other
modern security challenges, including cyberterrorism, threats to energy
supplies and armed Islamic extremism.
But he predicte... more »
Glitch In Air Traffic Control System Caused By Computer Memory Shortage, U-2 Spy Plane
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 12 hours ago
A common design problem in the U.S. air traffic control system made it
possible for a U-2 spy plane to spark a computer glitch that recently
grounded or delayed hundreds of Los Angeles area flights, according to an
inside account and security experts.
In theory, the same vulnerability could have been used by an attacker in a
deliberate shut-down, the experts said, though two people familiar with the
incident said it would be difficult to replicate the exact conditions.
The error blanked out a broad swath of the southwestern United States, from
the West Coast to western Arizona and... more »
Iran says it has built copy of captured American drone, will take it on test flight
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 12 hours ago
[image: RQ-170 UAS]Iran says it has “succeeded” in copying an American
drone it captured in 2011 and will soon take the replicated aircraft on a
test flight.
State television in Iran broadcasted images Sunday apparently showing a
replicated US RQ-170 Sentinel drone alongside the original one, according
to the AFP.
"Our engineers succeeded in breaking the drone's secrets and copying them,”
an officer in the footage reportedly said. “It will soon take a test
flight."
Read more
I Can't Stop Watching This Frigate Pound Through Rough Seas
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 12 hours ago
[image: Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate]
There's something incredibly hypnotic about this Danish Iver
Huitfeldt-class frigate bounding through some moderate waves. Up, and down.
Up, and down. Splashy splash splash.
"Splashy splash splash" is, I believe, the technical term for what is
happening here.
Read more
Whatever Israel does is always wrong
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
Israelly Cool had an insightful post on this subject recently:
We have to admit it, the other side is bloody clever. Look at this headline
and byline from Reuters:
*Israeli forces demolish West Bank mosque as peace talks deadline passes*
BY ALI SAWAFTA
KHIRBET AL-TAWEEL, West Bank Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:16am EDT
Genius stuff. It’s not until paragraph six that we get some balance:
The Israeli army said in a statement that eight structures, including a
“mosque in use”, were demolished because they had been built illegally
inside a dangerous live-fire military training zone.
So lets get ... more »
Your Risk For Being Diagnosed With Cancer Is Increasing
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
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Source:
*Raw For Beauty*
Tablet Advan Vandroid T3B Harga dan Spesifikasi Terbaru 2014
irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 13 hours ago
Tablet
Advan Vandroid T3B Harga dan Spesifikasi Terbaru 2014 - Rasakan
pengalaman luar natural menggunakan Advan Vandroid T3B, dimana salah esa
tablet advan ini mempunyai kinerja yang sangat luar biasa akan tetapi
cuma dibandrol dengan harga yang murah. Tablet ini mungkin bisa menjadi
pilihan yang benar bagi sampean yang mempunyai dana terbatas, maupun
anda ingin memiliki sebuah tablet yang
The How To Know If You're Buying GMO Free Seeds List
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
[image: Foto: How do we know if the seeds we buy for our garden are GMO
free? We check the Council for Responsible Genetics listing to make sure
the seed company has taken the GMO free "Safe Seed Pledge". While the CRG
does not require testing for cross contamination, some seed companies, like
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, do test for GMO contamination. Also be
sure that you don't order "treated" seeds. Treated seeds are coated with
fungicides or pesticides and should be avoided. What's your favorite seed
company? We'd like to know! Tell us what you're planting in your garden
t... more »
Donetsk, Luhansk referendums have firmer democratic foundations than any EU-wide polls so far
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
As recently as yesterday, I was unsure whether the referendums in the
Donetsk Region and the Luhansk Region would end up as the same landslide
vote against the new Kiev regime as the referendum in Crimea. The ethnic
Russians are stronger in Crimea, and so on. However, yesterday, I realized
that the question was different in Donetsk and Luhansk. The voters were
asked
Do you support the Act of State Self-rule of the Donetsk/Luhansk People's
Republic?
Note that there has been no vote on the annexation by Russia yet; the
grassroots or the new local politicians may be preparing the refe... more »
The Bar Results Are In and..........
Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 15 hours ago
Kory passed! He got his results on Friday at around 300 PM. Awesome news.
I am taking him to be sworn in tomorrow in Wayne County. He will be doing
hearings the next day! Yay! I am bringing my camera, so hopefully I have
pics from that event soon.
Had dinner with Rebecca and Lesley at Howe's Bayou in Ferndale this week.
It was super nice to see both of them and my soup was awesome. Salad was
good as well. Drive to Oakland County was annoying in rush hour traffic,
as usual. Glad I never have to do that drive again.
Friday night, I had an awesome dinner at Crave in Dearborn... more »
Mother's Day (or, in some cases, Mothers' Day)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*by Ken*
"So let’s hear it," says New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff in this
week's e-newsletter/blogpost, "for mothers of all types and all stripes
--biological, surrogate, adoptive, single, small, tall, medium-sized,
tiger, helicopter. And, hey, if you've got two, that's fine by us, too."
And he offers us "a bouquet of mothering cartoons, because we care."
To one of these cartoons Bob adds the note: "If you’ve got complaints about
Mom, please show some restraint, because, remember, it could have been
worse." It occurs to me that it may not be entirely obvious which one it is.... more »
Meet & Greet (#MtaGt) - May - Urban Naturale
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 16 hours ago
Welcome
to Meet & Greet, a regular series designed to grow our green
community.
[image: A monthly link-up party for green blogs on Reduce Footprints]
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rules:*
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2. Visit at leas... more » “8 of the Worst Right-Wing Wackos This Week: War on Science Edition”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“8 of the Worst Right-Wing Wackos This Week: War on Science Edition”*
'Actions to curb human-influenced climate change are part of a socialist
agenda'... and more.
By Janet Allon
“*1. CNN’s S.E. Cupp to Bill Nye: You science guys are bullying us. *Remember
when we all used to agree that science and knowledge were good things? When
scholarship was respected? When we looked to educated people to do research
and inform us what was actually going on with the world? It wasn’t that
long ago.
This week, after the White House released a report on just how devastating
climate change alr... more »
Has Western civilization reached rock bottom?
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 18 hours ago
How much lower can Western civilization go? From *The Independent*:
Eurovision is over and this year’s queen has been crowned: Conchita Wurst,
Austria’s drag act who has been attacked by transphobic and homophobic
slurs for weeks, has won the song contest with her ballad “Rise Like a
Phoenix”.
Despite a barrage of offensive slurs against the 25-year-old performer, *Ms
Wurst was the overwhelmingly popular choice in the competition with 290
points last night*.
Ms Wurst, who was branded a “pervert” by a Russian politician Vitaly
Milonov before the final, was named the winner after onl... more »
Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard Reviews My Book
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago
I first read of Georgia State University Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard in
connection to his work on the Gates funding of the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS). In my search of Gates’ CCSS spending, I examined spending
specific to the keyword “Common Core” with one addition (Fordham
Institute). The total Gates CCSS spending from my search was $173.5
million. Hassard broadened […]
Satanic Crimes Against Humanity in Syria: Witness Testimonies from the Adra Massacres
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
Decapitated heads on sticks, mass graves, executions of teenagers; these
are just some of the crimes against humanity that have been committed by
President Obama's beloved "Syrian rebels" in Syria. Watch the documentary
below to hear the stories as told by the family members and relatives of
the victims as well as by eyewitnesses.
Video Title: Satanic Crimes Against Humanity in Syria: Witness Testimonies
from the Adra Massacres. Source: GlobalResearchTV. Date Published: May 11,
2014. Description:
The Adra Massacre was committed by the US-supported insurgents inside Syria
on the day... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 18 hours ago
Wisteria tunnel Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu, Japan. [via Landscape
Architects]
When the Cows Come Marching In
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
The New Hot 5, an American-based trad jazz band plays for a herd of cows in
Autrans, France.
Why?
A fair question.
[Hat tip Yvette W.]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Most Chicagoans Think Rahm Emanuel Is Unfit To Serve Another Term. Surprised?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
If you read *DWT* with any regularity, you already know that not all the
worst villains in American politics are Republicans. And even worse than
bungling junior crooks like Steve Israel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Joe
Crowley, is the slimy gonif the three of them emulate and aspire to
replicate. Yes, our old friend Rahm Emanuel! I must admit I wasn't
disappointed to read in yesterday's Chicago *Sun-Times* that the slimy
little Emanuel is staring well-earned reelection defeat right in the face.
About 20% of Chicago votes think he's doing a better job as mayor than
Richard Daley ... more »
Colonizers are Modernizers
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 19 hours ago
An anthropologist acquaintance points out:
Double standards of animal abuse for indigenous peoples and majority
peoples. When the Bunun indigenous people have a pig catching contest, the
state forbids it, labeling it as animal abuse. When the Han Taiwanese
fatten up pigs beyond belief for temple sacrifices, they call it culture
and promote it.
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Deep tweets
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 19 hours ago
Posted without comment except to say, on sale now for only $57.99.
Best #Benghazi swag yet! RT @60th_Street: CAN'T BREATHHEEE SEND OXYGENNN!!
http://t.co/Erezzyh1SN
— edroso (@edroso) May 11, 2014
A Liveable City? But You Can’t Drink to That.
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
For a city to be liveable1 you have to be able to go out and have a drink.
For a city to be “the show that never stops,”2 you might need to respect
the showplaces that don’t actually stop.
Sadly, this council is having none of that.
If you can’t get out to the bars and bottle stores when council says you
can, then new council rules3 say you can’t. Hard to disagree with
Hospitality Association Auckland president Kevin Schwass, who says the
changes would be a massive step backwards for the city.
"They are trying to close us down. The 3am closing in the CBD and Newton
and Ponsonby... more »
A Valuable Research Tool: The “Way Back Machine”
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 20 hours ago
In exposing corporate reformers at their game, I have found that
information sometimes “conveniently” disappears from websites once such
information is publicized in a less-than-complimentary blog post. There is
a way to view web pages that have been removed or otherwise altered: The
“Way Back Machine”: https://archive.org/web/web.php The “Way Back Machine”
is a search engine […]
The Contrast that isn't
D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 20 hours ago
I have talked many times before about the "contrast" that we have watched
and experienced over the past eons. The contrast of so called "light" and
"dark" is the experience of separation and duality that we chose to
experience to expand our experience of ONE.
There has been much discussion about this perception of contrast, and the
perception of the difference between "light" and "dark", or "good" and
"bad" in a huge amount of books, articles, radio shows and interviews, and
channeled messages. We have talked about "good guys" and "bad guys", "good
military" and "bad military",... more »
paris, day four
laura k at wmtc - 20 hours ago
We had quite a big day today! Most of it was completely wonderful.
I woke up kicking myself that I forgot to take pictures of R and Connie and
me. I had the camera with me precisely for that reason and never even
thought of it. And by the way, R emailed from the Eurostar. They very
nearly didn't let her on the train, but she did prevail.
Connie and I didn't set our alarm this morning and slept until 8:40, which
is like noon for non-morning people. We had one last breakfast at Au
Tramway, but since today is Sunday, the bistro was well stocked with
locals. There were young families an... more »
A Mercenary's World: Blackwater & Al-Qaeda Are On The Same Team In Ukraine - #BringBackOurTerrorists
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
*Fresh from killing Syrian Christians in Syria, President Obama's Al-Qaeda
terrorist mercenaries are now being deployed to Ukraine alongside
Blackwater to kill Eastern Orthodox Christians. And yet the group's
founder, Erik Prince, claims to be a Christian. These mercenaries and
murderers, whether they claim to be Muslim or Christian, in reality have no
faith, no country, and no conscience.*
Blackwater and Al-Qaeda *are on the same team in Ukraine*. These lawless
terrorist mercenaries will create chaos but they do not have the power to
do much else. They will massacre many civilian... more »
ALEC - Exercising 1st Amendment Right = Communism
2old2care at Because I Can - 21 hours ago
Saw this tweet today - can't go unreported
And @alec_states sends a fundraising email on last week's #StandUpToALECactions in KC.
#moleg #ksleg pic.twitter.com/8h4hLyS7ZP
— Sean Nicholson (@ssnich) May 9, 2014
*Let's take a up-close look at that!*
An ALEC fund raising letter written after the Kansas City protest - by ALEC
Executive Director, Ron Scheberle
Note picture of KC protesters at the top of the letter.
*Peaceful protesters*
The left has openly attacked America's founding principles during the
"fundamental transformation" of our great country.
Huh? What the hell does that ... more »
A Little Spring Bonanza
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 21 hours ago
Prodded by milder temperatures and a touch of cabin fever, I grabbed the
binoculars and headed out for a walk along a pretty familiar route I take.
It takes me to a number of good birding areas....urban, boreal forest and
some marsh lands....a good mix to see a variety of birds. I wasn't
disappointed. It was a bit wet underfoot and the weather couldn't decide
if it wanted to be sunny or rainy but I managed to set a new personal
record for number of species spotted in a single outing, including 3 I
hadn't see in some time and a first sighting.
Funny enough I did leave the house thi... more »
Surplus! [updated]
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
Yes, it’s time to say something nice about the Key Government and its
Minister of Finance. And, no, it isn’t April Fools Day.
This Budget Day, this week, if we take him at his word, Finance Minister
Bill English expects to unveil the promise of a small surplus – wafer thin,
and next year rather than, but still a surplus nonetheless. (We hope.)
So let it be known that after five years in office, the Minister of Finance
has finally balanced the damn budget. Or is about to.
The job of balancing the damn budget was bother harder and easier than you
might expect. Harder, because the... more »
Ukraine In a Low Level Civil War - Joaquin SOUND ONLY
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 hours ago
Video Title: Ukraine In a Low Level Civil War - Joaquin SOUND ONLY. Source:
108morris108. Date Published: May 11, 2014.
Zapatistas Marcos 'Pain and Rage'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Zapatistas school in La Realidad
Pain and Rage
Zapatista Army for National Liberation
Mexico.
May 8, 2014
By Subcomandante Marcos
Translations in Spanish, Italian, French and German:
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2014/05/10/pain-and-rage/
To the Compañeras and Compañeros of the Sixth:
Compas:
To tell you the truth, the communiqué was all ready. It was succinct, clear,
In Definition of Irony Neocons Bring "Democracy" to Ukraine
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 22 hours ago
The crusading, regime-changing neoconservatives and the bad-ass US
imperialist war machine have now succeeded in bringing "democracy" to
Ukraine, only not in the way that they intended. Today's referendum in East
Ukraine to split from the US backed neo-Nazi and fascist infested unelected
government in Kiev will likely be a resounding triumph for those who refuse
to be crushed under the jackboot of US-EU-NATO forced austerity - good for
them. Despite the saturation propaganda that has been pumped out in The
Homeland portraying the federalists of Russian ethnicity as "rebels",
"terr... more »
Jean Trounstine : Mother’s Day in prison
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 22 hours ago
Many wonderful articles appeared about mothers in prison as we celebrated
this Mother’s Day. By Jean Trounstine | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2014 Nancy
Mullane, on the blog she co-founded, The Life of the Law, interviewed
Veronica Martinez … finish reading Jean Trounstine :
Mother’s Day in prison
Ghost of Sunday Classics: Why the heck are Mary Martin and John Raitt singing "There's No Business Like Show Business"?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
*A cheery thought from Roz Chast in the May 12 New Yorker*
*IRVING BERLIN: Annie, Get Your Gun: Overture and "There's No Business Like
Show Business" (plus "They Say It's Wonderful")*
*Mary Martin (Annie Oakley), John Raitt (Frank Butler), 1957 NBC TV Cast
ensemble. Capitol-EMI*
There lived a king, as I've been told,
In the wonder-working days of old,
When hearts were twice as good as gold,
And twenty times as mellow.
Good temper triumphed in his face,
And in his heart he found a place
For all the erring human race
And every wretched fellow.
*-- the Grand Inquisitor, in Act II of The ... more »
A Potted History of Ukraine's Russian-speaking Minority
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago
As part of *Is the BBC biased?*'s mission to inform, educate and entertain
I thought I might transcribe the contribution of Anna Reid, ex-*Economist *writer
and author of 'Borderland', to this morning's edition of *Broadcasting
House.*
Why? Because I found it very interesting and illuminating. (She didn't hide
her own biases either, which is good.)
*Ethnic Russians* make up 8 million thereabouts out of Ukraine's total
population of 46 million and they are concentrated in three areas - Donetsk
in the east, next door to Russia; Crimea, down in the south; and Odessa to
the west, nex... more »
Alan Waldman : ‘Hamish Macbeth’ is a very charming small-town Scottish comedy starring the incomparable Robert Carlyle
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Suspense, comedy, drama, and delightful locations mix in this Caledonian TV
gem. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2014 [In his weekly column,
Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that
readers … finish reading Alan Waldman :
‘Hamish Macbeth’ is a very charming small-town Scottish comedy starring the
incomparable Robert Carlyle
A Visit to Dartmouth
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
I will be talking at a public event, along with Jared Bernstein, at
Dartmouth on Monday. If you are in the area and want to attend,
information is available here.
UFO Crash in Pennsylvania
KRandle at A Different Perspective - 1 day ago
As I was looking at a case in the Project Blue Book files, I found a two
page letter stuffed between that case and the one that followed. It was
labeled as “Information Only,” which meant that the Air Force didn’t
investigate it but had retained the information in their files. This was
not an uncommon practice for them. Nearly every month there were cases
labeled that way. But since it suggested there had been some sort of crash
recovery, and because I didn’t find it listed on any of the various web
sites that report such things, I thought it interesting enough to mention
here.
Ac... more »
Omission unconscionable
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
WTF?
W The unconscionable F is going on?
In its efforts to be impartial the BBC has decided its reports must avoid
material that constitutes a ‘value judgement’. To this end it advises
against using the word ‘terrorism” or describing anyone, even terrorists,
as ‘terrorists’.
The guidelines do however, allow the use of this word and its variations in
reported speech. I.e., if someone uses it, and the BBC needs to include a
verbatim quote from that someone in an article or report, they are to let
it lie, i.e., not remove it, change it or fiddle with it at all.
Therefore it was ... more »
Michelle Obama Pushes Latest Con Job for US Military Intervention
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
In yet another angle to sell the American public on more militarism for fun
and profit the pitch is being made for the JSOC hit squads and SEAL teams
to be scrambled to rescue a few hundred kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria.
The girls, destined for a living hell of humiliation and sexual
exploitation were abducted by Islamic militant group Boko Haram back in
April and it is of course incumbent on Team America World Police to
intervene. This could be a feel good story along the lines of Ronald
Reagan's 1983 invasion of global military powerhouse Grenada that came on
the heels of tha... more »
Eurovision
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
*"When worst come to Wurst, my peoples come first..."*
Eurovision 2014: Ten Reasons Why Austrian Drag Queen Conchita Wurst Must Win
By David Sim - May 9, 2014
1. It will upset the Russians.
2. It will upset homophobes in Eastern Europe.
3. It would upset Austrian right-wing politicians like Heinz-Christian
Strache, FPO leader.
Yes.
Because upsetting people for no good reason is certainly what we should
have as our goal in life.
It's a part of the European ideal. But think of the children.
10% of those will see that and think - "I'm gay - when I grow up, I want to
upset people ... more »
HI-01: Meet The Conservative Who's On The Verge Of Winning In A Deep-Blue District
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Bad news for progressives/bad news for Hawai'i
The Hawai`i legislature has passed two major laws within the last year:
approving marriage equality and increasing the minimum wage to $10.10.
Both of the achievements were produced by progressives in the
Democratic-dominated legislature-- and over the objections of State Senate
President Donna Kim.
One might think Kim would be cowering in light of these defeats. But she’s
actually bucking for a promotion, as the frontrunner for the open seat in
Hawai`i’s First Congressional District-- a solid-Democratic district that
gave Barack Obama ... more »
Is 'The Week in Westminster' biased?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
There's been an amusing exchange about Radio 4's *The Week at Westminster *at
*Biased BBC* this weekend, which I thought I'd reproduce here:
Thoughtful says:
May 10, 2014 at 11:30 am
An unbelievable piece on radio 4 where the left wing New Statesman hack
Helen Lewis is allowed to front a program talking about the Tory appeal to
BME voters.
The amazing comment that ‘when the last wave of migrants arrived here in
the 1960s and worked hard, settled down and integrated ! Integrated ??? So
if that’s true why is there a need for multiculturalism to be invented?
Then it’s on to an explana... more »
Reaping the Whirlwind
*C* at The Web (Untangled) - 1 day ago
By The Ozarker
[Reposted from The Conflicted Doomer]
May 10, 2014
This will be a short post this week as I have spent most of the day looking
at videos and pictures from the terrible Trade Union Building fire that
took so many lives in Odessa, Ukraine, over a week ago.
I do not know the people in those pictures and videos, but they are
horrifying. There was video of people in a crowd in front of the burning
building lobbing more fire bombs into the building, chanting and shouting
over and over; video of a man coming to an upper window of the building,
only to be shot or shot at ... more »
Hashtag Histrionics
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
Michelle Obama, self-anointed mom-in-chief and ambassador of feel-good
neoliberalism, has used the occasion of the star-studded #BringBackOurGirls Twitterblitz
to implicitly scold a nation full of youthful American slackers. Because
what's Mothers Day for, if not for the infliction of guilt?
From her White House address:
The (kidnapped Nigerian) girls themselves also knew full well the dangers
they might encounter. Their school had recently been closed due to
terrorist threats…but these girls still insisted on returning to take their
exams. They were so determined to move to the... more »
Malaysia Airline Flight 370 Mystery - May 10 , 2014 -- " Official Version " doesn't make sense ? Takeaway -- Even before the black-box search turned up empty, observers had begun to raise doubts about whether searchers were looking in the right place. Authorities have treated the conclusion that the plane crashed in the ocean west of Australia as definitive, owing to a much-vaunted mathematical analysis of satellite signals sent by the plane. But scientists and engineers outside of the investigation have been working to verify that analysis, and many say that it just doesn’t hold up........ Whether you believe everything that Sarah Baic has said regarding Flight 370 and her boyfriend Phillip Wood ( passenger on flight 370 ) . she apparently has received threats and has had break ins since flight 370 disappeared and she became a vocal opponent of the official version of events ........ BEIJING: The next of kin of the passengers and crew of Flight MH370 have formed Voice370, short for MH370 Victims Families and Crew Association. In an open letter signed by family members from China, Malaysia, the United States, New Zealand and India, it urged the Malaysian Government to release the raw Inmarsat data so that “it can be subject to broader analysis by relevant experts”. “The Inmarsat satellite data is the only lead we have and is key in identifying MH370’s flight path after the plane vanished from civilian radar screens on March 8.
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Malaysia Chronicle......
Saturday, 10 May 2014 18:05WHY THE NEED FOR SECRECY? Already, excuses made
to shield MH370 panel for not releasing raw data to independent experts
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Malaysia Air Flight 370 disappeared from screens two months ago yesterday.
What happened to it is as much o... more »
Black Whole Dynamics: The Foundation of our Fractal-Holographic Universe
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/05/09/black-whole-dynamics-foundation-fractal-holographic-universe/
*Black Whole Dynamics: The Foundation of our Fractal-Holographic Universe*
May 9, 2014 | By WakingTimes | 2 Replies
Sombrero spiral galaxy from NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Brandon West, Contributor
Waking Times
If I had to explain Nassim Haramein’s work and try to describe his
Holofractographic Universe Theory (HFU) to a person who had never heard of
it before, or who was questioning it’s validity, I would begin with the
scaling law for organiz... more »
Thinking Moms Call To Action: Call The EPA To Recall Roundup May 12 - 16, 2014
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
[image: Moms Across Americas foto.]
*MAY 12- 16TH - 2 CALLS, LOCAL AND NATIONAL FOR 5 DAYS BY THOUSANDS OF MOMS
AND SUPPORTERS WILL LET THE EPA KNOW THEY MUST RECALL ROUNDUP NOW!*
*Source:*
*The Thinking Moms Revolution Facebook*
Tal Fortgang can no longer carry a film!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014*
*Freshman star’s billing bumped down:* Tal Fortgang can no longer carry a
film, or so they now think at Salon.
The demonic college freshman headlined eight separate pieces this week. Just
see our previous post.
It looked like “Tal” was box office gold. Rumors flew that he would change
his name to *Tab* Fortgang.
The youngster’s privilege was running hog wild. But just like that, on
Saturday afternoon, his billing was bumped way down:
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014 12:30 PM EDT
What “Neighbors” and “Chef” can teach us about white male privilege
Seth Rogen and Jon Fav... more »
KIPP Pre-Ks With 8-9 Hour Days
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
KIPP's segregated charter reform schools are widely known for their 10 hour
days, plus 2 hours of homework each night. With tons of federal cash soon
up for grabs for those who promise to replace the effect of poverty with
cultural and character sterilization programs, KIPP has plans to take the
lead in the 3-4 year old market.
KIPP would like to start with kids before age 3, but there is no money
provided for that. Yet. Instead, for now they must settle to begin their
cultish interventions where the federal money trail begins, and to move it
forward, so that by the time childre... more »
Plain English ain’t what it used to be! (Again, for weekend wonksters)
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014*
*Our first pass at Godel’s theorem:* In her 2005 book, Incompleteness: The
Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel, Professor Goldstein states a fairly
standard view concerning Godel’s role in twentieth century thought.
(For yesterday's post on this topic, click here.)
“His work was, in its own way, as revolutionary as Einstein’s,” she writes
on page 21 of her book, which is intended for non-specialists. Godel’s work
should “be grouped along the small set of the last century’s most radical
and rigorous discoveries, all with consequences seeming to spill far beyond
th... more »
On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag. via On Foma and
Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS:
Becoming Radical
OUTRAGE GROWS IN SOUTH KOREA OVER FERRY TRAGEDY
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*Yesterday in Ansan, South Korea, the hometown of the most of the Sewol
Ferry tragedy victims. People are very angry with the government and the
mainstream media.* Why are Sewol families so angry with the media?Some
media coverage of the tragic ferry sinking has been inaccurate and
reporters’ behavior has at times been insensitiveThe reason grief-stricken
family members of victims in the Sewol ferry sinking headed for the Blue
House [house of President Park Geun-hye] on May 9, carrying portraits of
their children, was remarks by KBS newsroom chief Kim Si-gon that triggered
an explos... more »
CALLING ON THE FCC TO KEEP INTERNET FREE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
FCC Can’t Handle All The Phone Calls They Are Getting. Call Them!Keep
making telephone calls to the FCC and demanding net neutrality. The FCC is
reporting they cannot handle the volume of telephone calls. So, keep
calling. Call them often. Let them hear from you and tell everyone you
know to do the same.
Call the FCC at 202-418-1000 or 888-225-5322.
You can also write them at openinternet@fcc.gov to express your outrage
about the threat to net neutrality.
Our demands:
1. Reclassify the Internet as a common carrier so it can be regulated in
the public interest.
2. Put net neutr... more »
PLAN TO DESTABILIZE AND WIDEN CONFLICT
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Ukraine plunges into complete chaos-perfect timing to ship missiles to
Kiev? America war hawks, including John McCain think so.
Aisha North – An update And A Powerful Confirmation – 11 May 2014
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*www.aishanorth.wordpress.com*
*Aisha North – An update And A Powerful Confirmation – 11 May 2014*
Dear friends!
Like many of you, I have receiving so much information lately. Some of it
during mediation, but most of it has been in the form of articles, books or
films that I have “stumbled across” or that others have found and have been
guided to share with me. Much of this information is about the
communication between our physical bodies, our consciousness and these
“invisible energies”, and a recurring theme also seems to be scientific
discoveries being made now that can con... more »
Humankind requests alignment with The One, and this request has been acknowledged and accepted
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Humankind requests alignment with The One, and this request has been
acknowledged and accepted*
by ÉirePort
Humankind requests alignment with The One, and this request has been
acknowledged and accepted.
Accession to proceedings which follow conjoins elemental of Gaia with
Essence of Humanity.
Evolutionary pathways are terminated. *(I have no idea what this sentence
means -AK)*
ÉirePort | May 11, 2014 at 7:40 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL:
http://wp.me/p2tSAX-1E
Five hours of self pity?
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
I had another reason for not watching the Eurovision interminable bore
competition last night, not that I would have watched it anyway - that is
because I was watching the third and final episode of Generation War, and
more particularly, Martha Kearney’s post series debriefing.
I thought James Delingpole more or less nailed it in his review “Generation
War does something very un-German - bottles it”.
Even the trailer required total suspension of disbelief, something various
critics have pointed out, viz; the opening scene, set in 1941, in which the
childhood friends are joined in th... more »
The principle of the matter
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Did you spot how Chris Mason, standing in for Eurovisionophile Paddy
O'Connell on this morning's *Broadcasting House, *introduced LBC presenter
Julia Hartley-Brewer with a clip where Bob Crow challenged her over her
political views, but then introduced Lord Robert Winston as being a
scientist with a lot of words after his name, and plenty before?
The latter is certainly the case, as Robert Winston's full title is 'The
Right Honourable Professor The Lord Winston, FMedSci FRSA FRCP FRCOG FIBiol
FREng(Hon)'
What Chris Mason (a BBC political correspondent) *didn't* mention is that
Lo... more »
Fact of seeking lawful result not an appropriate basis for another disposition
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
As every competent lawyer knows, overreaching in submissions runs the risk
that the decision maker will not only ignore the submissions but will be
inclined to the other side. Asking for a reasonable, but favourable, result
is the best approach. That said, in Landrus (Re), 2014 ONCA 371 the mere
fact lawful submissions were made was expressly held against the person
making the submissions. That was held to be an error:
[14] After rejecting the hybrid disposition sought by the hospital,
the Board said the following:
It remains to be seen whether or not Mr. Landrus will particip... more »
For Mother’s Day, embrace the complications
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
It’s hard for me not to be slightly cynical on special days like this
because they’re largely capitalist confections created by skilled
marketers. Take a look at how far we’ve come from the original connotations
of “Mother’s Day,” from the Zinn History Project. What began as a call to
action, now we eat brunch and exchange […]
NEWSWEEK: Israel Spying In The U.S. Hushed Up
Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 1 day ago
Ummm...if you're a fan of this blog, you know I've been telling you this
for YEARS. Now, for those of you who only believe "mainstream news":
*NEWSWEEK: Israel’s Aggressive Spying in the U.S. Mostly Hushed Up*
Too bad mainstream "news" stops short of telling you the WHOLE story:
*FOX NEWS BANNED 4-PART INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF ISRAEL CONNECTION TO 911*
(this was reported just after 911, and then scrubbed/banned by FOX "news")
*Now here's the BEST investigative reporter (I've been telling you THAT for
years, too): Christopher Bollyn -*
Israel is stealing our trade and tech secrets... more »
VOTING IN EAST UKRAINE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Despite the fact that Obama and the western media calls these folks
"separatists" what they are actually voting for today is one of two things:
1) Greater autonomy for eastern Ukraine but still remaining a part of
Ukraine. Under this plan they would continue their historic trade and
cultural relations with neighboring Russia.
2) No change from the present situation
How many media sources will even bother to tell us that bit of truth?
“My problem is not Ukraine, it is the authorities in Kiev,” said Anton
Karpov, a 31-year-old coal mine worker.
“It’s good to live in Ukraine, but t... more »
FL ALECers - Spreading Evil Across USA
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
I figured it was about time to maybe give Florida a little love.
After all ...
Stand Your Ground - License to Kill passed in Florida first before it went
to an ALEC meeting for mass distribution.
Making welfare recipients pee in a cup - passed in Florida first before it
went to an ALEC meeting for mass distribution.
The least we can do is vote Florida ALECers out of office
- so they can't take these crappy Florida laws to an ALEC meeting!
* #VoteNo2ALEC*
*How do people get on an ALEC list?*
That question comes up all the time. The most common are:
They serve on ALEC task force... more »
Voting Brisk in Eastern Ukraine - Updated
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*Brisk- means of course very well attended- high levels of participation*
*VOA *
Eastern Ukrainians began voting early Sunday in a referendum on secession -
with most voters saying they were* voting for a break because of the
military campaign by Kyiv *against Pro-Russian separatists. Other voters
cited *an expectation for a better life if their region* is annexed by
Russia.
So the people are coming out to vote for independence for two reasons- the
attacks launched against them by Kiev and hopes for a better life
Voting was brisk this morning at polling stations in the Donetsk and ... more »
Untitled
jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 1 day ago
*'We need more tiger-parents to push pupils': Expert says British are
falling behind East Asian children because parents think ability is
inherited rather than result of hard work*
*Top IQ kids will do well in any system. But effort can make a difference
in the middle IQ range*
British teenagers are falling behind those in high-performing East Asian
countries because too many parents in the UK believe that ability is
inherited rather than the result of hard work, an expert warned yesterday.
Sir Michael Barber, chief education adviser to publishing giant Pearson,
suggested that hi... more »
The Meaning of Conchita Wurst
Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 1 day ago
Eurovision is merely the continuation of politics by other, musical means.
Usually, the popular perception is of nepotistic voting, of kindred nation
supporting kindred nation. Witness Greece and Cyprus, the Scandinavian
countries, and so on. Another persistent trope is to read the blunt force
trauma of geopolitics into the granting of points. Everyone east of the
Vistula, for example, habitually votes Russia because Papa Putin will turn
off the gas otherwise. Or so the argument goes. But last night something
different happened. The blocs of old melted as gender and sexual politics ... more »
Mike's Story Part 18 - Decision
Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 1 day ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
*Looking back, one purpose the Venezuela interlude served** in Mike’s life
was that of expiation.** Any potential friendship threatened with the most
guileless of questions, “What brings you here?” He couldn’t answer
truthfully, that he was seeking political asylum (which on the phone, we
referred to as “the ‘a’ word.”) When the reporter from the US newspaper
interviewed him for seven hours, Mike acknowledged only that he was
requesting permanent residency. Thus he was forced into solitary
confinement with its attendant pastime, contemplating the sins that ... more »
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