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Free Speech for Fascists?
Quick thoughts: Should people we disagree with have free speech and
other rights? More precisely: Should fascists have freedom of speech and
freedom of assembly and the right to hold their views and not be fired
for them? Some will argue that leftists would be chumps to stand up for
the free speech rights of fascists. First of all, they wouldn't do so
for us. (With the right-wing's perpetual amaz
Ezra Levant Had Always Been an Idiot
So, it appears that third-rate huckster/shitty lawyer/anti-Arab,
anti-Roma racist/obnoxious asswipe Ezra Levant has been done-in by his
own stupidity and sleaze. Conservative Party politicians (who had done
so much to fill his coffers, both recently with his hate-site "The
Rebel" and formerly with his attempt at a "FoxNews North" called the
"Sun News Network") are disavowing him like the proverbi
CounterPunch Needs To Get a Grip When It Comes to Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin Johnstone is an online blogger with a journalism degree. She's
mainly concerned with the Defeat-o-crats' and the MSM's attempt to
gin-up conflict with Russia, and potentially start a nuclear war. She
was a Bernie Sanders supporter. (Supporting from afar since she's
Australian.) She has, occasionally, advocated sharing some stories from
right-wingers that are critical of the MSM. (I, for i
Canadian Racism
I've worked with at least three people in three different places who
were quite vocal about how they hated Blacks. Back in the 1970's I
remember an inordinate hatred of South Asians amongst some WASPY-type
friends and acquaintances. (To hear them tell it, "Pakis" were the
dirtiest, sleaziest people who ever existed.) Among fellow white people,
French Canadians and Maritimers were derided as peopl
Humanity Is Too Stupid To Survive - Part Infinity
Further evidence that humanity is just too stupid to survive: All the
people simultaneously shitting in their pants about con-man Trump's
blustering buffoonery with North Korea while also saying we should have
voted for Hillary Clinton. You remember Hillary Clinton don't you? The
psychopath who wanted to shoot Russian fighter-jets out of the Syrian
skies? So, please, tell me, ... if you're one of
Optimism vs Pessimism
"I'm not a pessimist! I'm a realist!" Yeah, right. No. I'm a pessimist.
I am more likely to see defeat and failure than situations warrant. In
doing image searches for this post, I'm thinking that pessimists are
definitely a minority. Which makes sense, since the human race would
have died-out long ago if everybody was like me. Probably related, I
also have a fair degree of self-hatred. (I'm also
New in Vaccine Awakening
If You Vaccinate, Ask 8!
8/15/2017
By Barbara Loe Fisher Vaccines are pharmaceutical products that come
with risks that can be greater for some people. 1 2 No vaccine is safe
for everyone. 3 4 If you choose to vaccinate, ask 8 questions before you
do: 5 Number One: Am I sick right now? Getting vaccinated while sick
could increase risks for a vaccine reaction or lower vaccine
effectiveness. 6 Number Two: Have I had a bad r
New in Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis
High level weirdness in US as Khazarian control matrix crumbles
People who are aware are noticing very weird stuff going on with the
world information grid -especially inside the Anglo Saxon world- as
contradictions and bizarre events multiply. These are all signs of a
collapsing power matrix; the sort of thing seen around the time of the
fall of the USSR. The first thing to note about last week in particular
is that the US was hit for the first time since 20
US threats to North Korea linked to bankruptcy negotiations and global reboot
Notice to readers, due to time differences, this weeks’ report will
appear by Monday evening North American East Coast time. World events
have been stuck in a holding pattern this summer but a major paradigm
shift is possible this fall if we make it happen. The holding pattern is
as follows: The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CORPORATION, which defaulted
on its debt payments on May 1st of this year, ha
Systems failure in the West and how to solve it
Notice to readers Due to my annual holiday the next two reports will be
prewritten unless extraordinary events cause me to interrupt my holiday
to cover them By now it is obvious to anyone who is actually using
their brain that something is profoundly wrong with the leadership and
government systems in the West. This is especially true of the United
States where real living standards have been de
US military cracking down on hooligans for hire in US
The recent staged demonstrations and violent incidents carried out by
paid hooligans in places like Charlottesville have prompted a crack-down
on Khazarian mafia agents who are paying for these incidents, Pentagon
sources say. The US is now, beyond any doubt, run by a temporary
military regime which intends to clean up the Khazarian gangster
corruption that has destroyed the United States. Once t
Revolution to spread to Israel Japan and Middle East this autumn
Notice to readers since I am on my holiday this report was written in
advance. The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States
was a major step towards defeating the Khazarian mafia worldwide.
However, the Trump presidency still represents an attempt to reform the
old system rather than a true revolution. Trump has been keeping the
United State of America Corporation afloat mainly
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
A
Not Very Rosy Picture (LIBOR BS Finally Smells Rank - Fanny/Freddie
Rank Too - Privatized Profits/Socialized Losses) N. Korea/Guam Terrified
of Crazed Leader & Intel Folk (Leak from DNC, NOT Hack) US Media
Has to Keep Lying? (Dems Better Deal Spells Disaster) Bigger Systemic
Risk Now Than 2008 (Glorifying Wasting the Earth's Bounty: Elites
Rejoice) Trumponomics (NeoCon Lies & Monsanto Truth Revealed)
Anne
Jones became so afraid to drink the water that came out of her well she
installed a water purification system. A blue plastic jug, filled to
the brim with purified water, sits on her kitchen counter. . . . Jones’
home in Banks County, about 75 miles northeast of Atlanta, sits on the
edge of the county landfill. Since 2015, trucks from North and South
Carolina have filled it with at
New in What Is Sustainable
Sustainability Primer
I was recently interviewed via email by a group of ecologists in
France. I’m sharing it with English-speaking folks because it provides
an easy map for learning, a basic introduction to environmental history
and ecological sustainability. My blog now contains reviews of 170+
sustainability-related books, and dozens of essays — stuff that would
take more than a month to read. Over the years, a num
New in Wide Asleep in America
Citations Needed, Episode 06: The Media’s Default Setting of White Supremacy
(Artwork
pictured by @/yesitsalex___) On Episode 6 of Citations Needed, Adam and
I explore how the media both consciously and subconsciously works to
smear black victims, protect the police, and works overtime to
ameliorate the sensibilities of white media consumers. The white
supremacist regime at work in the media can be broken down into three
main narrative devices: The use of language
Citations Needed, Episode 05: The Great American Socialist Whitewash
Fred
Hampton On Episode 5 of Citations Needed, Adam and I explore the
history of the media erasing socialists of color from the history books
and present day discourse––a tactic that serves to both commodity and
water-down black radicalism and pawn off leftwing politics as a uniquely
white or middle class enterprise. Our guests this week are Robert
Greene II and Roqayah Chamseddine.
The Return of the Media's Zombie Narrative About Iran's Nuclear Program
Democracy
may die in darkness, but the Washington Post continues to murder truth
when it comes to the Iranian nuclear program. In an August 2, 2017
article about a recent bill, passed nearly unanimously in Congress and
begrudgingly signed into law, that pointlessly imposes more sanctions on
Russia and two other countries that don't toe the American line, the
Washington Post described the
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what i'm reading: maximum security book club
I have an abiding interest in prison librarianship, and try to learn
about it wherever I can. Whenever the OLA Superconference features a
session on prison libraries, I attend. I'm always pleased to see how
popular and well attended these sessions are. Perhaps that should not
surprise. In a sense, prison libraries epitomize librarian values -- the
inherent value of reading, the power of self-educ
join the ndp and vote for niki ashton: deadline august 17
The deadline to join the NDP and vote for Niki Ashton is August 17 .
Last night I saw something that shocked me, and today I did something
I've never done before: I joined a political party. And I did it so I
can cast my vote for Niki Ashton for leader of the federal NDP. * * * * I
worked on Saturday, and was very busy, with zero time to check
headlines or social media. After work, I was watching
in which old photos make me think things
I've
been scanning some old photos -- some of Allan and me through the
years, others with my siblings and various ages -- and have been posting
them on Facebook. This experience has led to two insights. The thoughts
themselves aren't new, but this walk on memory lane has recalled and
reinforced them. Insight number one: my self-image was extremely
distorted throughout my life. I thought I was fat
what i'm reading: city on fire
I finished City on Fire , Garth Risk Hallberg's astonishing debut
novel, a few days ago, but stories from the book are still playing in
mind. I initially didn't want to commit to reading a 900-page tome, but
as I savoured the last scene, I was sorry to put it down. City on Fire
brings you to 1976-77 New York City, the summer of The Blackout, when
the City famously went dark and gave way to riotin
an open letter to loblaws: greed is not good -- especially not for public relations
Loblaw
Companies Limited 1 President's Choice Circle Brampton, Ontario, L6Y
5S5 Attention: LCL Customer Relations Centre Dear Loblaw Ltd.: I am a
Loblaw customer and I was extremely disappointed at recent public
statements made by Loblaw CEO Galen Weston, Jr., regarding the proposed
raise of the minimum wage in Ontario. Mr. Weston claimed that the
proposed wage hikes will result in higher prices a
New in WWF - Latest News
Nepal leads the way in snow leopard conservation at global summit
Bishkek, 23 August 2017 - Nepal has made conservation history by
becoming the first country to launch its climate-smart snow leopard
landscape management plan, leading the way in safeguarding the species
and its habitat. Nepal's conservation plan launched today ahead of the
International Snow Leopard Summit and Ecosystem Forum in Kyrgyzstan,
addresses key current and emerging threats to snow leop
Global leaders head critical summit to save the snow leopard and its habitat, on which hundreds of millions depend
International Snow Leopard Summit and Ecosystem Forum, 23- 25 August,
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan : World leaders will begin critical talks over the
future of the snow leopard and its habitat; the headwaters for rivers on
which hundreds of millions directly depend as a source of freshwater.
WWF urges snow leopard range countries * , which include political
powerhouses China, Russia and India, to bolster p
Belize moratorium on offshore oil activity landmark step forward for marine conservation
Belmopan, Belize, 18 August 2017– The Belize government's decision
today to introduce critical legislation to establish a permanent
moratorium on offshore oil activity in and around the Belize Barrier
Reef has been welcomed by WWF, Oceana and other members of the Belize
Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage as a landmark step forward for
the World Heritage site and marine conservation globally.
WWF deeply concerned over imminent certification of Mexican tuna fishery
Gland, Switzerland, 5 August 2017 – WWF has expressed its deep concern
at the likely Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the
Northeastern Tropical Pacific tuna dolphin-set purse seine fishery. WWF
had previously objected to this certification proposal due to its belief
that impacts of the fishery on depleted dolphin populations have not
been sufficiently examined and addressed, ther
New in Is the BBC biased?
Has Andrew Norfolk exposed another scandal?
Andrew Norfolk, The Times The Times has a disturbing report today by
Andrew Norfolk about Tower Hamlets council placing a five-year-old white
Christian girl in the care of two Muslim households in London. The girl
apparently became "very distressed" because in one of the households
they "don't speak English", removed her necklace which had a Christian
cross on it, suggested she learn Arabic, refu
Further thoughts and an update
Following my earlier piece, Craig has reminded me that Amina Lone, like
the majority of her co-religionists, is "actively pro-Palestinian" on
Twitter. Quelle surprise, as they say. No matter how outspoken a
moderate Muslima may be in going public with her criticism of regressive
cultural practices, she will still oppose Israel and Zionism. You can
take the misogyny out of a moderate but you can’t
"inside bush she dey poopoo"
BBC Pidgin New BBC service just launched.
Another update
Here's an update on a sad story you may remember from last year... In
the months following the EU referendum a Polish man in Harlow, Arkadiusz
Jozwik, was killed during an altercation with local youths. It was a
big story at the time and there was frenzied speculation in certain
quarters that it was a 'hate crime' provoked by the Brexit vote. BBC
One's main news bulletins, featuring reporter Dani
Regrets
Goodness me. What is going on? I s this the end of the story Or just the beginning ? Discuss
The real reason (Update)
Following on from a post yesterday , it looks as if one Andrew doesn't necessarily believe the other Andrew :
New in A Different Perspective
Jim Marrs December 5, 1943 - August 2, 2017
Jim Marrs at the podium. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle For those of
you who haven't heard, Jim Marrs had died. He was famous for his book,
Alien Agenda and his book on the Kennedy assassination, Crossfire . That
book became the basis for Oliver Stone's movie, JFK. Personally, I
meant Marrs only twice and both times at UFO symposium or conferences.
We disagree on several cases such as the UFO cr
Arthur Exon and the Investigative Teams
As happens all too often, as I’m searching for something else, I
stumble onto a document that helps explain information I had found in
the past. Brigadier General Arthur Exon, who was the Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base commander, a position similar to that of a mayor, told me
during an interview on May 19, 1990, that he was responsible for
dispatching aircraft to carry investigators to important
Rich Reynolds Has "Mini" Stroke
As many of you know, on Sunday nights, I am tuned into Game of Thrones
on HBO. I communicate with Rich Reynolds about the program and we
discuss, via email, our thoughts on each week's episode. On Saturday
night I had emailed him that there were 27 hours before the next
installment and he noted that he had his popcorn ready. After the
"Spoils of War" episode that saw the deployment of one of the
John Ventre, Racism and the Mission to Civilize
( Blogger’s Note : Before anyone misinterprets this post, I am not
defending John Ventre’s racist rant, only his right to make it. That is a
real but sometimes overlooked distinction. If we begin to limit free
speech by labeling it as “hate speech,” and deny a person the right to
make a racist rant, how long will it be before someone else decides that
he or she doesn’t think we should be talking
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Don Schmitt
Don Schmitt. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle This week I noted that the
show has been on the air for a year. I spoke with Don Schmitt. We
covered the Roswell festival and how it had evolved into more of a
circus than a symposium on what had happened in Roswell so long ago. The
city sees it as a way of attracting tourists and the International UFO
Museum and Research Center thinks of it as more of
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
In keeping with the tradition that no good deed goes unpublished, and
as a way of explaining how I was dragged into this nasty fight over the
reality of the Billy Meier contact claims, I thought a note of
explanation was warranted. In the words of Robert E. Lee, I didn’t want
this fight but the fight is here. I had criticized MUFON for the choice
of speakers at the recent symposium thinking that
New in A Very Public Sociologist
Time to Renew Scottish Labour
Few things typify the volatility of British politics more than what has
happened in Scotland during these last three years. It's dizzying. The
summer of 2014 signified the seeming eclipse of Scottish Labour as the
nationalist tide came in and annexed its activist base and a goodly
chunk of the party's voters to the SNP. Then came the 2015 general
election and what Nicola Sturgeon calls the Westmi
The Third Way after Corbynism
When Blairites write about the future, they cannot help but hark back
to the past. This is what mars the contribution of Ed Jones in the
latest Progress . For someone who argues that "centrists" still haven't
come to terms with Jeremy Corbyn and Corbynism (true), he too has a
difficult time getting to grips with it. After getting bludgeoned with
links to previous forays on this topic, regular rea
Friendships with the Enemy
It's good to see a new Labour MP making waves for the right reasons for
a change. As readers well know, Laura Pidcock has raised a few
establishment eyebrows since taking her seat in the House. Her maiden
speech called out the clubby atmosphere and alienating pomp of the
Commons, and rightly so. It's an affront to democracy . And this week
she has earned the self-same elite's opprobrium for sayin
Parliamentary Cretinism
According to Engels , parliamentary cretinism "is an incurable disease,
an ailment whose unfortunate victims are permeated by the lofty
conviction that the whole world, its history and its future are directed
and determined by a majority of votes of just that very representative
institution that has the honour of having them in the capacity of its
members". In his writings on fascism in Austria ,
El Mukuka Feat. Kayla Jacobs - Bottle Of Loneliness (Filatov & Karas Remix)
Feel like having a break from blogging tonight so, um, I'm going to
have a break from blogging tonight. As you know, such occasions are
usually marked by a music video presentation. This evening is no
different.
The Stupidity of Jeremy Hunt
Do you know what I can't stand about Jeremy Hunt? That NHS pin.
Everywhere he goes it's there, pretending he cares when we know he'd
like nothing better than to see the back end of the NHS . Do you know
what else I can't stand about him? The egregious stupidity, which he
also wears like that blasted badge. And it just so happens he's been
showing it off today. You may have seen him get into a Twi
New in Adrienne's Corner
Should Houston have been evacuated?...
No. I'm tired of reading stupid stories about the mayor of Houston not
ordering evacuation and somehow the flooding is all his fault - except
when it's Trump's fault for pulling out of the Paris Accords. I get it.
He's black. He's a Democrat. That doesn't give people license to be
stupid. The population of Houston proper is 2.6 million people. If you
add in the surrounding towns you're probably l
Houston...
I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around what's going on in my
former home. Even River Oaks is flooded. Just about every location I
lived in while in Houston is under water. It's going to take a long time
and a ton of money to fix the mess. Ironically, I've been spending all
day moving sprinklers because we're so dry here in North Idaho. Please
pray for the people of Texas. Buffalo Bayou Pa
Mike Rowe eviscerates "smug" snowflake who calls him a "White Nationalist"...
we can all learn from Mike. What I really like about this is Mike is
responding rather than reacting. It sounds like reacting and responding
are the same thing, but they're not. From Psychology Today : A reaction
is instant. It’s driven by the beliefs, biases, and prejudices of the
unconscious mind. When you say or do something “without thinking,”
that’s the unconscious mind running the show. A r
Senator John McCain doesn't know when to STFU...
did you know he was the only Republican member of the Keating Five ?
Good going, John. STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
PARDON OF JOE ARPAIO Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
released the following statement today on President Trump’s pardon of
former Sheriff Joe Arpaio: “No one is above the law and the individuals
entrusted with the privilege of being sworn
Does overseas "voluntourism" cause more harm than good?...
probably. It seems to be a big fad now to spend thousands of dollars,
not including air fare, with charity tourism companies to do nothing of
more import than making the tourist feel arrogantly good about
themselves. Older ladies and teens doing a "gap" year are the most
likely to indulge in this type of self-ego stroking. Subsidiarity is the
organizing principle that matters ought to be handled
Trump supporters are happy people...
filthy loser commie libtard protesters - not so much. The contrast is
striking. Right Side Broadcasting started their live feed from Trump's
Phoenix rally yesterday many hours before the start of the event. They
wandered about and interviewed Trump supporters who were waiting in line
to enter the arena. Some of these people had been there since early in
the morning. By afternoon the temperature w
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & Views.....August 27 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Sunday
-1) Hurricane Harvey : Updates Including Catastrophic Flooding In
Houston , SE Texas Seeing Massive Rainfall And Rivers & Bayous
Expected To Reach Record Flooding ; SW Louisiana Also In The Crosshairs
Of Harvey Massive Rainfall & Tornados Also A Big risk. 2) US
Politics - Key Stories To Consider For Sunday. 3) Europe In Focus : UK
Brexit & Migration Related Items ; Spain - A Grieving Nation
Recovers From Terror Tragedy But Divisions Apparent In Catalonia ;
Greece - Political & Domestic News ; Germany - Election , Refugee
& Business Related Items Lead News. 4) Odds & Ends - Global
Items For Sunday.
Hurricane Harvey..... Houston... NHC Atlantic Ops Verified account
@NHC_Atlantic 5m 5 minutes ago Catastrophic and life-threatening
flooding in the Houston metropolitan area is expected to worsen. #
Harvey http://www. wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/metwatch/metwa
tch_mpd_multi.php?md=0742&yr=2017 … Christine Rapp @christinefrapp
6m 6 minutes ago Out of the hundred traffic cams in # houston ,
majority show
Economic
News , Data & Views......August 26 , 2017......Quick Hits For
Saturday -1) Hurricane Harvey : Harvey Has weakened From A Cat 4 Storm
At Landfall , Down To A Cat 1 Storm - But This Is Going To Be A Long
Drawn Out Affair And The Danger Is Far From Over. 2) Global Markets
Overview - Doug Noland's Weekly Missive & Items Touching On Global
Markets. 3) US Political Round Up - Seb Gorka Fired By White House ,
Mueller Probe Updates Involving Manafort & Flynn , POTUS Signs
Transgender Ban Order , North Korea Still Acting Out - Fires 3 More
Missiles Last Might , Sheriff Arpaio Pardoned By Potus , Additional
Items Of Note. 4) Europe In Focus - News From Germany , Italy , France
& Greece. 5) UK Political Round Up For Saturday. 6) Odds & Ends
To Consider !
Hurricane Harvey...... fred walton @fredwalton216 11m 11 minutes ago
fred walton Retweeted CBS News Early images from Lockport , showing
damage from direct hit... fred walton added, 0:55 CBS News Verified
account @CBSNews Early images of damage are coming in from Rockport,
Texas which was directly in the path of Hurricane Harvey http://
cbsn.ws/2wx3jaj NHC Atlantic Ops Verified account @NHC_A
August
25 , 2016 - Hurricane Harvey Update At 6:30am - Short And Sweet -
Current Advisories & Key Information From Past 12 hours. Read And
Act Accordingly. Heed Calls For Evacuation. God Speed !
Hurricane Harvey.... Charles Stricklin @cstricklin 6m 6 minutes ago
So it seems I'm in for 8"-10" of rain this afternoon as a result of
Hurricane Harvey ... in Austin! 200 miles inland! NHC Atlantic Ops
Verified account @NHC_Atlantic 31m 31 minutes ago 4am CDT Key Messages
for Hurricane # Harvey . Preparations along the Texas coast should be
rushed to completion. NHC Atlantic Ops Verified a
Economic
News , Data & News.....August 24 , 2017.... Quick Hits For Thursday
Afternoon -1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar , Market Moving News
& Data ; US - Sluggish Day As Hurricane Harvey & Friday Big
Jackson Hole Speeches Loom ; Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Politics -
Swampland Games Including Budget Monopoly / Build The Wall Bingo / Gov't
Shutdown Twister ; Foreign Policy Items For Today ; Additional Items To
Consider. 3) Odds & Ends : Iraq In Focus - Tal Afar Campaign
Proceeding Quite Well ; Syria Battlefront Updates ; Gulf Rift
Developments - Qatar Seems To Be Hanging In There , All Things
Considered !
Markets.... Asia.... fred walton @fredwalton216 3m 3 minutes ago fred
walton Retweeted ForexLive What's on tap.... fred walton added,
ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today - Japan CPI day!
http:// news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-japan-cpi-day-20170824 … US..... fred walton
@fredwalton216 2m 2 minutes ago fred walton Retweeted ForexLive Sluggish
summer
Economic
News , Data & Views.....August 24 , 2017....Quick Hits For Thursday
Morning : 1) Markets : Economic Data For Thursday Morning ; Currency
Items To Consider ; News Of Note Touching Markets Today. 2) US Politics :
Tensions Between Trump & GOP , As Well As Removal Threats ,
Presenting Unique Form Of Gridlock ; Generals Will Be In Focus Regarding
Afghanistan Moving Forward As Their Plan Is Approved ; Swampland
Political News To Ponder ; Probes & Controversies ; Additional Items
Of Note. 3) Turkey - Tensions Between Ankara & Kurdistan Over
Referendum Coming To The Forefront Along With Threats Of War From
Turkish side. 4) Odds & Ends.
Markets .... LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 1m 1 minute ago UK Index of
Services (M/M) Jun: 0.40% (est 0.20%; prev R 0.30%) -Index of Services
3M/3M Jun: 0.50% (est 0.50%; prev R 0.30%) LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 53s
53 seconds ago UK Exports (Q/Q) Q2 P: 0.70% (est 1.00%; prev -0.70%)
-Imports (Q/Q) Q2 P: 0.70% (est 0.50%; prev 1.70%) LiveSquawk
@LiveSquawk 1m 1 minute ago UK GDP (Q/Q) Q2 P: 0.30% (est
Economic
News , Data & Views.....August 23 , 2017.....Quick Hits For
Wednesday Evening - 1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Thursday ,
Market Moving Data & News To Consider ; US - Shutdown Fears Send US
Stock Indexes Lower Today , But What Was Bad For Equities - Turns Out
Good For US Treasury Bonds , US Crude & Gold , US Data To Consider -
Manufacturing & Service Economy Data , New Homes Sales , EIA
Inventory Data Plus Gulf Storm Looming. 2) Rotterdam Terror Attack
Foiled After Spanish Police Provide A Timely "Heads Up". 3) US Politics -
Swampland News , Foreign Policy & Things That Make You Go "Hmm". 4)
Odds & Ends - Global Items To Consider Today.
Markets..... Asia.... fred walton @fredwalton216 29s 30 seconds ago
fred walton Retweeted ForexLive On the limb for the lizard from Asia....
fred walton added, ForexLive @ForexLive The economic calendar due in
Asia today (Jackson Hole eve) http:// news.forexlive.com/!/the-economic
-calendar-due-in-asia-today-20170823 … China.org.cn Verified account
@chinaorgcn 4h 4 hours ago China to roll ove
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HOUSTON Pleas for Rescue Monday
.
HOUSTON PLEAS FOR RESCUE 10:45 am Monday, Aug. 28, 2017Censored News
209 places people need to be rescued in Houston:
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. . 10:20 a.m. Houston time Monday . 10:20 a.m. Houston time . MORE
PLEAS FOR RESCUE LATE SUNDAY
HOUSTON -- 'Need Rescue, Water Rising' Sunday
MONDAY:
PLEAS FOR RESCUE:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2017/08/houston-pleas-for-rescue-monday.html
Below: Sunday, 911 clogged, thousands need rescue as night falls and
water rises, after Hurricane Harvey in Houston. . Update 10 pm Sunday
Live on Twitter Sunday evening, people beg for rescue. Update 8 pm. .
Trump functions as game show host, while U.S. collapses
By
Brenda Norrell Censored News As a Category 4 Hurricane hit the Texas
coast Friday night, Trump pardoned a racist criminal, Joe Arpaio, and
Trump banned transgendered persons from the military. While Trump was
home relaxing and tweeting -- those 'fake' news reporters and first
responders were on the Texas coast risking their lives and facing a
hurricane. Trump's decision to hold a rally
Mohawk Nation News 'Trained Liars'
Read article at Mohawk Nation News http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2017/08/26/trained-liars/
Sober Indian Dangerous Indian: Wioweya Najin Win on freeing your mind through sobriety to fight for clear decolonized thinking
(To
view Censored News on phone, select 'view web version' at bottom) Owe
Aku leader speaks of a mind free of manipulation that creates an
"Indian" who dares to stand up for the rights of the people & Earth
Mohawk Nation News 'Scouts of America'
Read at Mohawk Nation News http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2017/08/24/scouts-of-america/
New in Centauri Dreams
Venus Automaton Design Recalls Mechanical Computers
I don’t usually talk about spacecraft close to our own Sun, but
exceptions invariably arise. Centauri Dreams took a close look at the
Parker Solar Probe back in June, because its operations close to the Sun
(within about 10 solar radii) have implications for how we might build
the kind of spacecraft that can perform ‘sundiver’ maneuvers,
approaching the Sun before deploying a solar sail for maxim
‘Diamond Sky’: Remembering The Cosmic Connection
Looking at recent headlines about ‘diamond rain’ on Neptune provoked a
few thoughts about headline writers, though the image is certainly
striking, but then I recalled that Carl Sagan used to enjoy pulling out
the stops with language as much as anyone. Listen, for example, to the
beginning of his 1973 title The Cosmic Connection : There is a place
with four suns in the sky — red, white, blue and
New Findings on Brown Dwarf Atmospheres
I often think of brown dwarfs in terms of the planets that might form
around them, and the question of whether even these small ‘failed stars’
may be capable of sustaining life. Have a look, for example, at Luhman
16AB, two brown dwarfs in the Sun’s immediate neighborhood. There are
some indications of a planet here which, if it were ever confirmed,
would make it the second closest known exoplane
Getting Ready for TVIW 2017
I’ve spent part of each day recently working on a short presentation
I’ll be giving at the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, coming up
in early October. I like this year’s motto — “Step by Step: Building a
Ladder to the Stars” — because it picks up on a theme I’ve cited here
before, the maxim by Lao Tzu that “You accomplish the great task by a
series of small acts.” Despite its regional nam
Deep View of Antares
Red supergiants are stars more massive than 9 times the mass of the
Sun, a late stage of stellar evolution in which the stars’ atmospheres
become expansive, while lowering in density. Antares, the brightest star
in the constellation Scorpius, is about 12 times as massive as the Sun,
but its diameter is 700 times larger. Its mass was once thought to be
15 times that of the Sun, with three solar ma
Go Voyager
It’s worth thinking about why Voyager 1 and 2, now coming up on their
40th year of operation, are still sending back data. After all, mission
longevity becomes increasingly important as we anticipate missions well
outside the Solar System, and the Voyagers are giving us a glimpse of
what can be done even with 1970’s technology. We owe much of their
staying power to their encounters with Jupiter,
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
Time for a changeup? UCP Caucus’s money troubles are funny and ironic, but not enough to win an election for the NDP
PHOTOS: NDP Health Minister Sarah Hoffman. Is she the best person to
hold Alberta’s finance portfolio as Alberta’s 2019 election edges
nearer? Below: Finance Minister Joe Ceci and Jason Kenney, the
conservative politician most likely to lead the United Conservative
Party into the next provincial election. The pecuniary difficulties
faced by the new United Conservative […] The post Time for a chan
The Treasure by Alberta author Suzanne Lamontagne leads Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended Aug. 20, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. The Treasure – Suzanne Lamontagne* 2. Daimonion –
J.P. Jackson* 3. The Alice Network – Kate […] The post The Treasure by
Alberta author Suzanne Lamontagne leads Audreys
Jim Dinning 6.0: how Jason Kenney is repeating the same failed Tory strategy, and expecting different results
PHOTOS: Singer k.d. lang (handout photo, via CBC). Below: Jim Dinning
1.0 and Jim Dinning 6.0. Is it just me, or is it mildly surprising that
Jason Kenney turned down k.d. lang’s offer of free tickets to Calgary
Pride on Sept. 3 and 4? Mr. Kenney, of course, is the former Ottawa
insider, Harper Government […] The post Jim Dinning 6.0: how Jason
Kenney is repeating the same failed Tory strategy, a
Hard to believe it’s been 6 years: Looking back to 2011, and Election Eve 2008, with happy memories of Layton, Jack
PHOTOS: NDP Leader Jack Layton, looking fragile and using a crutch, in
Edmonton in April 2011. Below: Mr. Layton that day, again, and some of
the mourners in front of the Alberta Legislature on Aug. 24, 2011. Don’t
mourn! Organize! — Joe Hill, Swedish-American union organizer As
happens each year at this time, I’m […] The post Hard to believe it’s
been 6 years: Looking back to 2011, and Election
Breakup on the right? Naw, Canadian conservative politicians’ long romance with the Rebel isn’t over
PHOTOS: Wildrose-UCP MLA Drew Barnes, who still stands with and by
Rebel Media, at a protest on the steps of the Alberta Legislature in
Edmonton in December 2015. Below: Federal Conservative leader Andrew
Scheer (Photo: Marcos Oliveira, Wikimedia Commons), UCP leadership
candidates Jason Kenney and Brian Jean, and Alberta NDP House Leader
Brian Mason. With […] The post Breakup on the right? Naw,
Len Bracko, 74, was St. Albert MLA, city councilor, schoolteacher and respected community builder
PHOTOS: Len Bracko in his days as a St. Albert councillor at the site
of the city’s wetland park on the east shore of Big Lake. Below: Mr.
Bracko helping to build homes for people in need abroad, and being
congratulated for his victory in the 1993 provincial election by PC
minister Dick Fowler, the […] The post Len Bracko, 74, was St. Albert
MLA, city councilor, schoolteacher and respected commun
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Star Citizen - Gamescom 2017 - pre-3.0 alpha footage is not encouraging
oh dear... well, they did it, they released (at least visually
demonstrated) the dying duck that is Star Citizen's pre-3.0 release.
It's full of bugs. And don't get me wrong, I've demo'd early software at
E3, namely Ghostmaster from Empire Games, so I know dev's never easy.
But this Gamescom demo seems loads buggier than last year's excellent
demo . And it looks like there's STILL no door-based g
Electric Universe - axial tilt families - whatever happened to Neptune?
the image above shows the axial tilt angles of the planets in the
(current) arrangement of the Solar System, from Mercury out to Pluto.
The EU or Electric Universe contends that brown-dwarf star proto-Saturn
brought with it Mars and Earth and plasmatically spawned Venus as it
entered the Solar System some 10-12,000 years ago. But EU-theory doesn't
mention Neptune... it's only three more degrees o
Electric Universe -- Cookie-cutter world-building Robert Yeahright -- increased gravity during Saturn-Sun transition....
in 2000, Neal Adams came out with this Expanding Earth claim, and I
loved it. With its regions of mid-Atlantic crustal expansion, it gave
(me) convincing evidence that 'the Earth got too heavy to support
Dinosaurs' and that's why they went extinct. However, there's a problem -
TIME. It would take 'too long' for Adams-like i.e. millennia-long
non-source, Earth expansion to have an effect. And we a
Electric Universe - Alex Mott - Rethinking Egypt
in
this most convincing and least melodramatic delivery of the evidence of
Egypt's technological glory years, Alex Mott puts it in plain and
simple terms, "Ancient high-tech granite-cities visited by some terrible
global/galactic cataclysm," to which we have then to look to ancient
texts for narrative substantiation. And there's much there to explore...
Brown-dwarf proto-Saturn was described as TH
Electric Universe - David Talbott - Remembering the End of the World redux
if
you haven't seen David Talbott's poignant and revelatory exploration of
the Mythological Foundation of the contemporary Electric Universe
concept already, here's your chance to correct that omission:
Electric Universe - Peter Mungo Jupp - Electric Transmutation
PART ONE: instantaneous water to calcium carbonate transformation...
that's what happened around these ancient fossilized lifeforms,
according to Peter Mungo Jupp in this two-part investigation. Jupp's is a
plasmoid-positive re-appraissal of the whole 'fossilization' process,
as seen through the filter of the Electric Universe. PART TWO:
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