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Why Ted Cruz Is Even Scarier Than Donald Trump
By MARC McDONALDI've always thought Bill Maher is one of the most astute observers of U.S. politics and society. But recently, he said something that I have to strongly disagree with: that, as bad a GOP nominee as Ted Cruz would be, he'd actually be preferable to Donald Trump. I suppose it's a moot point, as Hillary Clinton would likely defeat either candidate. But if I had to choose, I'd take Tru
Our Grade for Overrated Music Critic Robert Christgau: a D-Minus
By MARC McDONALDTo me, the best music critics have always been the ones who simply stick to writing about the music and not calling attention to themselves. For example, off the top of my head, I don't think I can name a single critic for my favorite music magazine, Britain's excellent The Wire. But the reviews in that publication are some of the best around. They're informative, in-depth, well-re
How to Debate a Wingnut: Cenk Uygur Slices & Dices Ann Coulter
..By MARC McDONALDOne thing that has long been a pet peeve of mine is when I watch a Progressive get stomped on by a Conservative in a debate. More often than not, the latter happens not because the Conservative has the facts on his side.Rather, it's that Conservatives appear to do well in debates because they simply spew an endless assortment of lies, often in a loud voice. If you repeat this for
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Ted Cruz Drops Out Of Presidential Race The Same Day Trump Says Accuses Cruz' Father Associated With Lee Harvey Oswald
Remember when Ted Cruz said he was going to fight Donald Trump "ALL THE WAY TO THE END"? Yep, that was just yesterday. But TODAY, Donald Trump mentions that Ted Cruz' father was pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald around the time of the JFK assassination, and Ted Cruz IMMEDIATELY drops out of the race. You don't have to put two and two together here. THEN couple it with the fact of doing the
Panama Papers Limited Hangout Controlled Leak, Wikileaks: IMF Purposely Tanked Greece's Economy, & the REAL Unemployment Rate In The U.S.
PANAMA PAPERSGoing after the billionaires now: What are the Panama Papers? A guide to history's biggest data leakThe leak is being managed by the grandly but laughably named “International Consortium of Investigative Journalists”, which is funded and organised entirely by the USA’s Center for Public Integrity. Their funders includeFord FoundationCarnegie EndowmentRockefeller Family FundW K Kellogg
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The Fucking Liberal Government of Canada Better Get Their Act Together FAST On Your Cannabis Reform Promise Cause This Is Bullshit!
Trudeau and the Liberals better start reeling in Canada's uneducated Police forces AND provincial Crown Prosecutors ... this is Bullshit you lying Liberals!!! CBC
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Revisiting 'Argo', Hollywood's CIA-Supported Propaganda Fable
Through his dogged pursuit of declassified government documents, VICE News reporter Jason Leopold has revealed that the CIA was directly involved in the production of Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning, propaganda fairy tale Argo. Argo, along with other productions like an episode of Bravo's Top Chef , the USA Network series Covert Affairs; and CIA-related documentaries on the History Channel and
Location Location Location: The Unintended Symbolism of the White House Haft-Sîn
White House Nowruz, 2015 (Photo: The White House) This week, Michelle Obama hosted the second annual White House Nowruz, a celebration of the Iranian New Year. Though a relatively apolitical affair, the placement of the reception's traditional haft-sîn, however, should have raised some eyebrows. Nowruz, which literally means "new day" in Farsi, is an ancient festival of new beginnings,
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Dear friends, I came across this article last Thursday and the stock market continued its fall on Friday. What's going on? Well the market dropped greatly in January and only recovered in February because the big companies were buying back their own stocks. The only reason I can think of was to convince "mom and pop" that it is safe to invest again, whereupon the big companies could then buy back their stocks during a momentary drop and later sell them at higher prices thanks to "mom and pop's" investments. But the truth of the matter is that the U.S. government has been lying about the prosperity of the country. They claim that there is only 5% unemployment and that all who want jobs have found one. Big lie! Actually there is 23% unemployment. Moreover, about 50% of American "moms and pops" have no money to spare whatsoever. Playing the stock markets is out of the question for them. Ironically, the big corporations have bitten the government's lies hook, line, and sinker. So dear…
This Indicator Is Still Flashing A Bear Market Warning The NYSE just released the margin debt numbers for March and, considering the rally in stocks we’ve seen, it wasn’t much of an uptick. In fact, the nominal level of margin debt remains well below its 12-month average.The 12-month rate of change, which is pretty tightly correlated with stocks’ same rate of change, is also still negative.Now thi
Here below I have stacked three of Paul Craig Roberts' recent blog posts, all on the theme of how the U.S. is driving Europe do the U.S.'s will at the expence of their freedom, wealth, and safety. I strongly suggest that you click on the link provided in the first one. It's a real eye opener!
Washington Is Forcing Its European Vassals To Accept 2nd Wave of Immigrants April 23, 2016 | Original Here | If you wish to receive his newsletter via email go to Original and sign up at bottom. Washington Is Forcing Its European Vassals To Accept 2nd Wave of ImmigrantsThe Obama Regime forced the EU to accept millions of refugees from Washington’s failed wars in the Middle East and Africa. Now the
Paul Craig Roberts is just one year younger than me and we both took 4-year degrees from technical universities, mine from Carnegie Tech, his from Georgia Tech. We both took 6 years to get our PhDs, mine in Physics from Brown University, his in Economics from the University of Virginia ...after spending his last year in Oxford. After being a post doc I became a midlevel government employee at the Naval Research Laboratory and Washington, DC, whereas he began as a member of Congressional Staff (also DC) and rose to Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan. At the time I scoffed at Reagan as being a movie actor rather than what it takes to be President of the USA. However, PCR has made the point that Reagan may be the only American President ever to stop a war, rather than start one. And PCR, being an academic had many university appointments and took part in many high-level think tanks, where he met face-to-face all of the neocons that are today pushing for an…
How The American Neoconservatives Destroyed Mankind’s Hopes For Peace — Paul Craig Roberts April 18, 2016 | Original Here | If you wish to receive his newsletter via email go to Original and sign up at bottom.How The American Neoconservatives Destroyed Mankind’s Hopes For PeacePaul Craig RobertsWhen Ronald Reagan turned his back on the neoconservatives, fired them, and had some of them prosecute
For the last couple of years I have been listening to investment advisor's advice (rarely followed) and what they make of the economy (a few think it OK, but most of those whom I perceive to be the best and brightests forsee a major market crash with grave consequences to both the rich and poor). A few strong indications of this can be found in my previous pair of blog re-posts. Here below I am re-posting an article by Bill Bonner, a very rich and very savvy Republican who nevertheless has genuine sympathy for the working poor. Here he tells us all the best way to save our nesteggs and our cash before our banks crash ...which they certainly will.
Original here: http://bonnerandpartners.com/our-favorite-way-to-own-gold/ BALTIMORE – We live in a world of sin and sorrow, infected by a fraudulent democracy, Facebook, and a corrupt money system.Wheezing, weak, and weary from the exertion of trying to appear “normal,” the economy staggers on. Last week, we gained some insight into the ailment. Something in the diagnosis has puzzled us for years
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Disobedience
Leap Manifesto a little vague for you? Here ya go..."We have to roll back corporate capture of our governments if we want to try and fix problems that conflict directly with their industry bottom line.""There's nothing radical about anything we're talking about. If you are willing to get up in the morning and make your fortune by altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere .
The Travelling TPP Roadshow
Brian Innes, president of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) and tireless retweeter of all things canola, suggests canola growers have a TPP friend in Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland because her dad is a canola grower. In a 2012 column in The Atlantic, she mentioned her dad's canola and wheat farm is "seven times the size of Central Park".In his column in the Hill Times a cou
This week in Real Change™
TRADE : Trade minister Chrystia Freeland ‘comfortable’ with decision to approve Saudi arms deal“I’m supportive and I’m comfortable with the decision of our government,” she said.HEALTH : Pharmacare vetoed as costly"Pharmacare is too costly and will not be introduced in this Parliament, says Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott.""Canada is the only country in the world with a medicare s
A Decade of Military Exports to Saudi Arabia 2003-2013
Appalled at both the size of the new military contract with Saudi Arabia and the Libs ham-fisted defence of it, Canadians have been pretty focussed on those weaponized LAVs. Yet we have been supplying the Kingdom with Item 2-10 - aircraft, drones, and components "specially designed or modified for military use" - continuously since 2004 when a $900K start-up contract was followed up in 2
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C225: Dead as a Doornail
Yesterday, private member's bill C225, or the Exploiting Grief to Attack Abortion Rights bill, got its first hour of debate in Parliament.I live-tweeted it, sort of.After sponsor Cathay Wagantall blathered on about how carefully her bill was written to ensure it had zero zip nada effect on abortion -- choking up theatrically in the process -- Bill (The Liar) Blair, former top cop in Toronto and no
C225, or Exploting Grief to Attack Abortion Rights Bill
Double-plus good fetus freak MP Cathay Wagantall's private member's bill C225, or The Exploiting Grief to Attack Abortion Rights Bill has its first hour of debate on May 2. Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), which opposes the bill, is calling on similar right-minded people to send letters to our MPs asking them to oppose it too. Here's a sample letter to cut and paste from. There are many
MOAR Silent No More
Found on the Saskatchewan Pro Life website (bold mine):Canada Silent No More needs Testimonies.URGENT: We are collecting testimony declarations from women who have been hurt or damaged physically, emotionally or who got breast cancer, cervical damage, had a subsequent pre-term birth, infertility, suffered depression, turned to alcohol and drugs, had suicidal thoughts or attempts etc? We want to he
The Death Throes of Pro-Life
Desperate fetus freaks are changing tactics for this year's Futility Fest on the HIll, aka March For Lies. Campaign Life Coalition has paved the way for every organization fighting for the unborn to take part in this year’s National March for Life May 12.“We’ve done something very deliberate this year,” said Campaign Life Ottawa lobbyist Johanne Brownrigg. “We have decided to present a unified voi
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Hierarchy in the Forest
Christopher Boehm is a professor of anthropology and director of the Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of California. He has read hundreds of anthropological studies on a variety of human societies. He also spent time with Goodall at Gombe National Park, observing the behavior of wild chimpanzees. These experiences inspired him to speculate on our evolutionary journey, and to atte
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PRESS RELEASE: SUNDAY MAY 1, 2016 EVENTWHAT: 3RD ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO 5K SOBRIETY RUN/WALK & HEALTHY FOOD FESTIVALWH...
PRESS RELEASE: SUNDAY MAY 1, 2016 EVENTWHAT: 3RD ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO 5K SOBRIETY RUN/WALK & HEALTHY FOOD FESTIVALWHERE: John Valenzuela Youth Center 1550 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713WHEN: MAY 1, 2016 Run/Walk: 8amHealthy B-fast : 9:amWHO: UA-Mexican American Studies, UA-MEChA & Calpolli Teoxicalli.WHY: To promote healthy living as opposed to alcoholism and the desecration of a historic da
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Smoke in Thickwood
While there wasn't much visible smoke in my neighbourhood this morning, there certainly was by the time I got home from work this evening. We are experiencing a bit of heat wave here with the mercury in the upper 20's but fortunately, there wasn't much wind. I've seen some pretty dramatic photos of the fire online but it does appear that things are improving from what I've seen.Wolverine Drive n
A Dramatic Start to the Fire Season
If you've followed the news today, you've likely heard about the forest fires threatening Fort McMurray. In order to assure friends and family I thought I'd do up a post here to reassure people. First off, I can say that I am perfectly safe. The fire that occurred in town was actually the closer of the two fires to my house (perhaps 4 to 5 kilometres away) but that fire is now under control.
Set No Limits
Back in the fall of 2001 I left a teaching position in the Northwest Territories to begin teaching grade 6 in a small fly-in community in northern Manitoba. Northern Canada was still very much an alien place to me back then and I'm sure I appeared very much to be an alien to the young charges for whom I found myself responsible. To say it was a difficult year would be an understatement. I devel
Conspiracy Afoot
If I wasn't such a logical thinker (or at least I like to fancy myself as one) I might be forgiven for thinking there was a conspiracy afoot. The washer, my bookshelf (or lack thereof, to be more accurate) and even the provincial government seemed to be in cahoots regarding my overtime. (Honestly, I'm NOT a government conspiracy nut... a self-professed political geek, yes but a surly anti-govern
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Saudi Arabia Threatens To Crash The Dollar If Congress Exposes Their Role In 9/11 Attacks
Image Credit By Jay Syrmopoulos A bombshell report by the New York Times has revealed that Saudi Arabia, the third largest holder of U.S. Treasury bills in the world behind China and Japan, has warned the Obama administration and Congress that they will begin liquidating their U.S. assets if Congress passes a bill allowing for the Saudi government to be held responsible for their role in th
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INEXPLICATA-THE JOURNAL OF HISPANIC UFOLOGY6 unread articles // actions
Peru: Alleged UFO Recorded Over Peasant Community
Source: www.diariocorreo.pe (Peru)Date: 04.13.2016Peru: Alleged UFO Recorded Over Peasant CommunityText: Juan Sequeiros, Photos: Raul PumaEarly this morning, common tenants of the locality of Pucyura in Vilcabamba (Cusco, Peru) saw a UFO. Reporter Raul Puma managed to record it on video, claiming nothing like this has ever been seen before in the area."I managed to record it at approximately
Thoughts on the October 1974 Fighter-UFO Events
Thoughts on the October 1974 Fighter-UFO EventsBy Scott CorralesLike many readers of Inexplicata, I had not read of the unusual events involving Lt. Van Deer and Capt. Isern until I translated them yesterday. Our thanks to Silvia Pérez Simondini for making this information available to the UFO community.Reports involving pilots – whether civilian or military – and aerial anomalies have always been
Argentina: Pilots vs. UFOs – Rosario, Santa Fe, October 1974
Source: VISION OVNI and Planeta UFODate: 04.08.2016Argentina: Pilots vs. UFOs – Rosario, Santa Fe, October 1974By Silvia Pérez SimondiniThe First Accident – 23 October 1974 – Lt. Van DeerTwo accidents, which remained unexplained to this day, took place on two different days during the month of October 1974, during test flights commemorating the 26th Aeronautics and Space Week.On Wednesday the 23rd
Chile: Pilots Discuss UFO Sightings at FIDAE
Source: Publimetro and PLANETA UFOhttp://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/pilotos-relataron-en-fidae-impactantes-testimonios-de-avistamientos-de-ovnis/xIQpdd!K2kyT3m6pUL0E/Date: April 5, 2016Chile: Pilots Discuss UFO Sightings at FIDAEThe eyewitness accounts formed part of a seminar organized by the Comité de Estudios de Fenomenos Aereos Anomalos (CEFAA) of the Chilean Air Force during the internati
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New York Times article: In the Mountains of Bolivia, by Michael Benanav
Below is a New York Times article on Bolivia, perhaps the best every published in that paper on Bolivia, we look forward to more like this. It is by Michael Benanav, published on 23 March 2016, titled "In the Mountains of Bolivia: Encounters with Magic." With a face as creased as a walnut shell and a smile as gleeful as it was toothless, 98-year-old Augustina Lamagril welcomed us into
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Iteration++
That is the first time in this series that I've gone from correlation to causation. And even though I've known for thirty years that debt is the problem, the move still bothers me. Because while it's obvious to me that debt is the problem, it's apparently not obvious to most people.That is the first time in this series that I've gone from correlation to causation. Even though I've known for thirty
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Breakthrough in Kansas-Missouri Border War
Via @goodjobsfirst, we learned Friday that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback had made a major response to Missouri's proposed jobs truce in the Kansas City region.As regular readers may recall, studies have shown that more than $200 million has been spent moving jobs back and forth across the state border in the Missouri and Kansas counties surrounding Kansas City. This is to create 0 new jobs. Despit
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USA Support of Israel
Recently, the Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu, stated that the occupied Syrian Golan Height is part of Israel. This occupation is violating the UN resolution as well as international law.Since its creation, the US government has supported the Israeli aggression.Few days ago the NYT stated that President Obama’s administration has constantly supported Israel by, more than any other American pr
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