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Rumsfeld (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Colbert Now Accepts Science of Climate Change, But 'Problem is Too Big to Cure, Just Give Up'
... John Farnham said on 2/1/2013 @ 8:31 am PT...
"Rightwing's denial of climate science"
I don't think it is possible to more bluntly state that the 'Denier' epithet has to do with politics - not science. If you wanted to note actual science, then you would know that science considers a range of possibilities and conditions rather than a "go - no go" meme. Nor would a model with real world application ignore background conditions.
Have some decent articles to criticize.
http://www.wnd.com/files/2012/08/moncktonCO2.pdf
http://science.nasa.gov/...a/2013/08jan_sunclimate/
http://muller.lbl.gov/pa.../history_of_climate.html
VIDEO: Sen Dan Coats: These are "disqualifying position[s] for any secretary of defense" http://bit.ly/Ymoj9d
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Jani Achren
Asahi: US gov’t considered “immediately evacuating” all citizens living in Japan, including entire military http://enenews.com/asahi-govt-considered-immediately-evacuating-all-citizens-living-japan-including-entire-military …#Fukushima
MAGNA BSP of Israel : The world's best choice for setting up a Radiation Terror at NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS! http://bit.ly/AbFJb3 #fukushima
Radioactive material in sludge at 16 prefectures http://bit.ly/luWjS5 #Fukushima city: at 447,000 becquerels per kilogram RT
working like crazy setting up the NY #Fukushima symposium on March 11and 12, promises to be a magnificanthttp://affair.helencaldicottfoundation.org
Extremely important article. PROMETHEUS TRAP (1): U.S. frustrated with Japan's initial response to #Fukushimahttp://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201301280006 …
#Fukushima “Continually,radioactive elements are being flushed into the Pacific” http://tmi.me/Htx4H |@vallie rt@leora1987
Connie Handscomb
Giant Japanese #Wind Farm To Replace #Fukushima Power Planthttp://ow.ly/h7XhF | @Dogmanblue #energy #nuclear | @DSchvejda
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Japanese children is being eaten up by #Radiation & Worldwide#Nuclear Syndicate since 311. #Occupy #Japan #Fukushima #IAEA#ICRP #WHO #UN
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Costs in trust litigation
*Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v. United Steelworkers*, 2013 SCC 6 is a complex and lengthy decision dealing with pensions. In the course of the decision the Court considered an award of costs from a trust – comments which may have relevance broadly to estates and other similar circumstances: [250] The decision whether to award costs from the pension fund remains a discretionary matter. In *Nolan*, Rothstein J. surveyed the various factors that courts have taken into account when deciding whether to award a litigant its costs out of a pension trust. The fi... more »
The Filibuster and Hagel
This is getting interesting. The reporters on the scene -- Dave Weigel today, Josh Rogin yesterday, and others -- believe a filibuster is unlikely in the Chuck Hagel nomination; they believe that if a simple majority support Hagel, he'll be confirmed. By this standard, Hagel is pretty safe; not a single Democrat has announced opposition, there's one Republican (Thad Cochran) supporting him, and so Hagel only needs to hold all but six of the unannounced Democrats. Barring anything new happening, that appears pretty much certain. Indeed, the reporting has been that way from the begin... more »
Liberal Leadership Watch
In our role as pro-choice watchdogs of Canadian politics, we bring you two endorsements for Marc Garneau. .@marcgarneau So Karygiannis campaignlifecoalition.com/index.php?p=Fe… and McKay campaignlifecoalition.com/index.php?p=Fe… supported #M312 - Why #antiChoice MPs on yr #lpcldr team? — deBeauxOs(@deBeauxOs1) January 30, 2013 We're sure Marc is a nice guy and all, but what the heck do two anti-choice Liberals know about him that would lead to their support? Just askin'.
Mess at the Mouth of the Mississippi
*Not to worry, Americans, government has got it all cleaned up.... * * *Race to keep Mississippi open ‘‘Rumors of a river closure have been greatly exaggerated,’’ Mike Petersen, an Army Corps spokesman in St. Louis, told the Associated Press on Thursday. * **Related: **Mississippi Post Runs Dry** * *That's the AmeriKan media for you, but now we have a different problem:* "Barge hits Mississippi bridge and leaks oil" Associated Press, January 28, 2013 VICKSBURG, Miss. — A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of *oil* hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg on Sunday, spilling light crude into the... more »
Teacher accused of making sixth-graders write on sandpaper until their fingers bled, world also ceases turning
A teacher at a public middle school in Florida has rubbed parents and school officials the wrong way with her highly unorthodox teaching methods. The teacher, Anna Garrett, is on paid leave and under investigation because she allegedly used sandpaper to punish students who misspelled words during a spelling lesson, reports St. Petersburg CBS affiliate WTSP. The alleged incident occurred on Jan. 23 in class in a sixth-grade class at Burns Middle School in Brandon, Fla., a rapidly growing Tampa area suburb. Students and parents complained that Garrett forced the students to write prev... more »
Boston Can Finally Breathe a Sigh of Relief
*Better take a deep breath first.* "Asthma reduced in Boston public housing; Officials cite effort to wipe out vermin" by Kay Lazar | Globe Staff, January 01, 2013 Getting the vermin out of Boston’s public housing may have improved living conditions in more ways than one: With the move has come a sharp drop in asthma symptoms among residents. Boston health officials say new city data indicate that asthma incidences have dropped nearly by half since 2005. That is when the housing authority teamed up with the Boston Public Health Commission to reduce the number of roaches and rode... more »
How Would You Like Yourself, Roasted, Toasted, Fried or Grilled?
*"And to Monsieur Harper, I Can Only Say This"* Oh so conservative head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Legard, says the world is staring down the double barrels of climate change and resource scarcity. She just couldn't get much more blunt and to the point in her comments at the World Economic Forum, Davos. *"...the most startling statements came from the heads of those bastions of economic orthodoxy: the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF and ...more »
SEC Nominee Mary Jo White Unfit
One has to wonder about the suitability of a candidate when *The Wall Street Journal *describes her thus in "A Market Cop Image May Be Challenged" by S. Patterson and J. Holzer 1/31/2013 C13: [Excerpt] "Mary Jo White, Pres. Barack Obama's pick to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, has argued against pursuing corporations in criminal courts and pushed, on behalf of corporate clients, for rules that could discourage whistleblowers from coming forward...." ...Ms. White at times has said prosecutors should rarely if ever indict corporations for criminal wrongdoing. Rather, th... more »
Life immitating art
2013 in Porchester, England 1973 Jamaica - James Bond's Live and Let Die
"Think..."
"Think of the thing you have, that if you lost it, nothing else would console you, and then try not to lose it." - Robert Brault
Climate scientists biased toward overly cautious estimates: ‘Erring on the side of least drama’
[image: Sea level measured by satellite altimeter (red with linear trend line; AVISO data from (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) and reconstructed from tide gauges (orange, monthly data from Church and White, 2011). Tide gauge data were aligned to give the same mean during 1993–2010 as the altimeter data. The scenarios of the IPCC are again shown in blue (third assessment) and green (fourth assessment); the former published starting in the 1990 and the latter from 2000. Graphic: skepticalscience.com] By dana1981 30 January 2013 A paper recently published in *Global Environm... more »
Shock Claim: “The New Litmus Test Of Leadership In The Military Is If They Will Fire On US Citizens Or Not”
*"Shock Claim: The New Litmus Test Of Leadership In* * The Military Is If They Will Fire On US Citizens Or Not”* by Mac Slavo “Had the following comments been made on a fringe corner of the internet most would dismiss them as outright conjecture. However, what you are about to read comes from one of the world’s foremost philanthropists, Jim Garrow, who has spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money to help over 35,000 Chinese baby girls from near certain death under China’s one-child-per-couple policy. He was one of the 206 nominees for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, whic... more »
A one-stop shop for water worries: Aqueduct’s global water risk mapping tool – ‘For us, water is a strategic issue’
[image: Aqueduct's global water risk mapping tool. Graphic: aqueduct.wri.org] By RACHEL NUWER 30 January 2013 (The New York Times) – Water, or the lack thereof, is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. As temperatures rise and droughts become more frequent, the threat of dwindling water resources worries not just environmentalists and governments but companies and their investors, too. Nearly every industrial sector, from food and beverages to mining to pharmaceuticals, depends on water for its operations. Figuring out which places are likely to be hit hardest can ... more »
Salt-Loving Microbes Turn Lake Pink
An aerial shot shows the causeway that divides the northern and southern parts of the Great Salt Lake. The rosy color of the northern waters is the result of the pigmented, salt-loving microbes. Photo courtesy: Courtesy of Great Salt Lake Institute via ouramazingplanet.com So much salt is dissolved in the northern part of Utah's Great Salt Lake that its edges can become encrusted with crystals that sparkle against a treeless landscape and vast sky. The salt concentration of the water hovers near saturation, reaching nearly 10 times the salinity, or salt content, of the oceans. The... more »
Amateur Statistics and Pro Grandstanding
Fetus fetishist and amateur statistician Patricia Maloney has been fooling around with StatsCan's CANSIM tables since at least last October when she found, well, *something*. She wasn't sure what exactly but it sounded exciting. CANSIM tables are kind of fun if a bit intimidating to the uninitiated or hard-of-thinking. Here's the one she was playing with. You can add and remove data and then add, subtract, and come to odd conclusions. Like 491 aborted fetuses were born 'alive'. (Doncha love the smell of paradoxes in the morning?) After a couple of months of harassing public offi... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 2/1/13"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 2/1/13"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The Middle East and North Africa are hot and getting hotter in terms of war and conflict. Pick a country from Mali to Egypt or Yemen to Syria; there are wars and rumors of war. Israel jet fighters attacked a convoy in Syria this week. Israel says it was missiles to be used against Israel. Both Syria and Iran say they will retaliate. The U.N. says it is “gravely concerned” about the escalation of violence. Russia, which is backing the Assad Regime in Syria, calls the situation “unacceptable.” Meanwhile, the... more »
Still Burning For the Boston Globe
Man held, is called suspect in 24 fires * **I'm sorry I had to snuff that out along with all the other fire stories.* "Man allegedly doused girls with gas" by Brian Ballou | Globe Staff, January 10, 2013 PEMBROKE — A *hearing- and speech-impaired man with a history of mental illness* was in court Thursday to answer charges of assault to murder after allegedly dousing his girlfriend’s two daughters with gasoline and attempting to ignite a propane tank inside their home. * **The first thought is, of course, was he on some type of pharmaceutical. * “He really could have blown up not ... more »
Israel's strike on Syria: Practice runs for Iran and target softening
Let’s talk about the attack undertaken by Israel on Syria. What exactly happened is unclear*. Did Israel strike once or twice?* Having given this quite a lot of thought over the past day, based on the many news stories in the main stream *I do think Israel made two hits.* But, I do not believe for a moment there was any convoy of anti-aircraft missiles being delivered to Lebanon from Syria. That aspect seems farfetched. It seems to work best as a cover story. There are even conflicting reports on who really struck the alleged convoy. *Syrian Rebels 'Steal' Credit from Israel for Attack*... more »
"IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family"
*"IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family"* By Matt Cover "In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year. Under Obamacare, Americans will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the IRS. The IRS's assumption that the cheapest plan for a family will cost $20,000 per year is found in examples the IRS gives to help people understand how to calculate the penalty they will need to pay the govern... more »
January 2013 may be worst Beijing smog ever recorded – New Delhi air pollution exceeds even Beijing’s
[image: A thick blanket of smog over New Delhi on Thursday morning, 31 January 2013. Photo: Manish Swarup / Associated Press] By HEATHER TIMMONS 31 January 2013 NEW DELHI (The New York Times) – Beijing’s air pollution has reached such toxic levels recently that the Chinese government is finally acknowledging the problem – and acting on it. But in New Delhi on Thursday, air pollution levels far exceeded those in Beijing, only without any government acknowledgement or action. It is not the first time pollution in India’s capital has outpaced that in China. The level of tiny par... more »
Evaluation of Gates Research on Teacher Effectiveness
From the NEPC Policy Center: Reference Publication: Review of Two Culminating Reports from the MET Project *Gates Foundation’s MET Study Fails to Solve the Teacher Evaluation Challenge* *Contact:* William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net Jesse Rothstein, (510) 643-8561, rothstein@berkeley.eduZ Jamie Horwitz, (202) 549-4921, jhdcpr@starpower.net URL for this press release: *http://tinyurl.com/a9yrxtv* BOULDER, CO (January 31, 2013) – A review by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) of a newly released and long-awaited study on teacher evaluation strongly questions t... more »
Heritage Event: Shoring Up the U.S.-Taiwan Partnership
An impressive list with some of my favorite Taiwan-related people. *+++++++++++++++* Heritage Foundation Event: Shoring Up the U.S.-Taiwan Partnership ~ Co-hosted by Taiwan Benevolent Association of America ~ Please join us for a discussion of the future of the U.S.-Taiwan partnership and how to strengthen it both on the economic side and political, security side. On the political side, this may entail anything from support for Taiwan’s democracy to removing unnecessary diplomatic barriers to providing Taiwan the military wherewithal and political support it needs. On the economi... more »
must-watch video: how canadian women won abortion rights and what we must do to keep them
The Harper anti-choice brigade is back in the news, this time taking aim at a different abortion controversy to try to chip away at our fundamental rights. Wladyslaw Lizon - sadly, the MP for my own riding - is holding forth against later-term procedures. (You may remember Lizon's name through his memorable Islamophobia, which caused Jason Kenney to forbid the wearing of niqabs during citizenship ceremonies.) When it comes to later-term abortions, don't be fooled. The overwhelming majority of abortion procedures in Canada are performed in the first trimester of pregnancy. In the ti... more »
A Time For Sublime Madness
Chris Hedges believes that we face a dark future. What awaits us is an era of upheaval: The planet we have assaulted will convulse with fury. The senseless greed of limitless capitalist expansion will implode the global economy. The decimation of civil liberties, carried out in the name of fighting terror, will shackle us to an interconnected security and surveillance state that stretches from Moscow to Istanbul to New York. There is every reason to despair. But, he writes, what has saved us in the past is our power to imagine a better future: It was the human imagination that...more »
Have The Republicans Finally Managed To Tank Economic Growth?
Tuesday we looked at how David Cameron's Conservative government has used an Austerity agenda to steer the U.K. into a crippling triple-dip recession. The next day the Commerce Department surprised everyone by projecting that this nation's GDP shrank by 0.1 percent in the last quarter of 2012. The White House blamed the obstructionist Republicans for pushing the same Austerity agenda that has crippled the British economy-- not to mention the economies of Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland and Portugal, all of which have cut back on government spending in the face of economic slowdowns.... more »
16 Ways to Avoid Colds and Flu
***Source of picture and text at the botton of the page: ** http://www.macssgroup.com.au/news_preventingcoldsandfluintheworkplace.html* 16 Ways to Avoid Flu and Colds this Holiday Season & Through the Winter Months Agriculture Society, 6 December 2011 Winter is here, and if you get sick a lot this time of year, there are many natural ways you can improve your body’s ability to stay healthy – especially with the foods you eat and lifestyle you maintain. Many people believe that hand-washing is one of the best ways to keep illnesses away. In the last two decades we’ve seen a huge i...more »
Friday Night Lights
*Making *lu wei* eggs at a factory in Gangshan.* WantWant goes after student who got Chomsky to pose with anti-media monopoly image. Chomsky and another academic contacted have clearly said they did not know that the words "China's black hand" were included in the sign. The student appears to have misled them. Great work, now it appears WantWant has a genuine grievance. Perhaps the student can supply the documentation? Because at this point it appears that not only has the student invalidated Chomsky's action, she's also made it that much harder for the anti-media monopoly campaign... more »
You can CON some of the people...
The federal government's public health and safety programs that Harper and his Reformatory thugs have been ravaging since he came to power, have been deeply cut. Remember how Agriculture Minister Ritz made jokes about listeriosis deaths? Which may explain why this toxic coffee-maker, a cheap copy of an Italian product, is being recalled 6 years after being released on the Canadian market. Note that it's the Bialotti Coffee Maker (and not the Bialetti brand) that puts lead into your cup of espresso. The knock-offs are manufactured by National Aero-Technology - Hangzhou... more »
Read Stuff, You Should (And a little Housekeeping)
Happy Birthday to Big Boi, 38. Okay, I've been doing these links posts as a daily thing for a year now; Terry Jones, now 71, got the first birthday greetings; if I keep doing this, I'm going to try not to repeat, although I won't promise, since I'm very capable of forgetting and don't want to spend too much time looking it up. More importantly, I suppose I need to decide whether to keep doing these as daily hits. They do seem to spark some discussions, which is good; I just don't really know whether anyone cares about links posts these days. And of course there is some opportunity... more »
ALEC Promotes the Hypocritic Oath
I found this very disgusting when I read it. It 1997 – Bonnie Sue Cooper – then President of ALEC wrote Government, as the servant of the people, should seek to make its highest priority to follow the first rule of the Hippocratic oath: First, do no harm . Unfortunately, as long as there are those who are psychologically compelled to seek the power of government coercion to force their will, values and whimsies on the American people, there will continue to be violations of the "do no harm" rule . Since ALEC's inception they have been bashing our government. Hmph! LIke ALEC thi... more »
Yep - Koch Foundation Still Funding ALEC
Well – the truth came out yesterday The Kochs are still funding the American Legislative Exchange Council - anyway Charles is. No – I’m not talking Koch Industries which makes massive donations to ALEC as A private sector member Through meeting sponsorship fees And paying extra fees for seats on task forces so they can write and pass legislation I’m talking money from the Koch 501c3 foundations. This information is really hard to come by and was released today by the Center for Public Integrity. The Charles Lambe Foundation The bad news is that the Kochs are reproducing w... more »
China: Truck carrying fireworks explodes, kills 26 people and destroys motorway
The huge blast destroyed an 80-metre stretch of highway outside the city of Sanmenxia in Henan province, and was powerful enough to shatter windows of a nearby truck stop. Emergency crews closed the highway at the accident site, said China National Radio, which reported the death toll of 26. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271775/Giant-firework-explosion-kills-26-destroys-motorway-China.html
Fears for hundreds of birds on south coast as 'palm oil fell off passing ship' reacted with sea water create 'super-glue'
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said more than 100 distressed birds, mostly guillemots, (left) were discovered at Lyme Bay in Dorset. Some have been so badly injured they have died (inset right). There are fears that hundreds more could be affected in the next few days. The RSPCA (bottom right) has helped in the operation to help clean the glue-like substance off the birds. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271691/South-coast-seabirds-sticky-ordeal-Hundreds-wash-coast-covered-palm-oil-fell-passing-ship.html
Iran threatens to retaliate after Israel bombs 'Russian weapons convoy' in Syria
Syria and Iran today threatened to retaliate after Israel launched an air strike near Damascus. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, says Damascus has 'the option and the surprise to retaliate'. He said he cannot predict when the retaliation will be, saying it is up to relevant authorities to prepare for it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271125/Iran-threatens-retaliate-Israel-bombs-Russian-weapons-convoy-Syria.html
Lorraine Bloice who called special needs pupils 'beasts' and 'little s****' can carry on teaching
A teacher who called her pupils 'beasts' and referred to a child with special needs as 'a f****** little s***' will still be able to work as a teacher, an education panel has ruled. Lorraine Bloice, 32, was found guilty of inappropriate behaviour when teaching at a special needs school in Aberdeen, but will still be allowed to teach. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271523/Special-education-teacher-Lorraine-Bloice-called-pupils-beasts-ruled-FIT-educate.html
Barclays under investigation over claims it lent Qatar £6bn to buy its own shares and avoid a Government bailout at height of 2008 financial crisis
Barclays has been accused of lending billions to Qatar just so the Arab state would plough it back in again to help avoid an embarrassing government bailout, it emerged today. The deal is alleged to have been set up in 2008, at the height of the banking crisis, and is being probed by the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Services Authority. According to reports more than £6billion was lent to Qatar Holding, part of the rich country's huge investment fund, which then bought shares in Barclays to help them avoid becoming part-nationalised like Lloyds Bank and the Royal Bank of ... more »
Untitled
*Flooding lawsuit planned against Corps of Engineers ~Sioux City Journal* *Lack of information in Superdome after Katrina increased fears: Letter* ~Hat Tweet @LeveesOrg *~Foremost, it's important that readers know that most of the deaths in New Orleans were due to a shoddy levee system that failed to withstand a Category 3 storm. It was the flooding, not Katrina that caused so much death and destruction. * *From the Federal Flood of New Orleans 8/29/05 (miss-labeled as Katrina) to Kaepernick Part I* *Super Bowl XLVII: Steve Gleason remains the spirit of New Orleans ~Washington Pos... more »
Kevin Michael McGeever he was held and tortured for EIGHT MONTHS and had ‘thief’ carved into his forehead
The businessman found on Tuesday after being missing for eight months has told gardaí he was kidnapped and tortured by Russian gangsters. Kevin Michael McGeever had the word ‘thief’ carved into his forehead and he said he had been kept in a darkened container because he owed money to both Russian gangsters and the IRA. The property developer found wandering barefoot on a remote country road was being protected by armed gardaí in hospital last night. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271786/Kevin-McGeever-claims-held-EIGHT-MONTHS-thief-carved-forehead.html
Israeli silence on Syria is strategic
Military secrets are not readily divulged anywhere. But in Israel the blanket silence that envelops officials after an event like Wednesday's mysterious air strike on Syria reflects a deeper strategy involving both deterrence and outreach. Beyond customary concern to safeguard spies and tactics for a government currently engaged in a graver confrontation with Iran, Israelis see such reticence as allowing their foes to save face and thus reduce the risk of reprisal and escalation. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-israel-security-silence-idUSBRE9100BU20130201
Turkey: 'Deadly' Bombing Outside US Embassy, 2 Killed
Two security guards have reportedly been killed after a suicide bomb attack at an entrance to the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The bomber tried to enter the building and then blew himself up, Sky sources suggested. http://news.sky.com/story/1046168/turkey-deadly-bombing-outside-us-embassy
Royal Hoax Call DJs Will Not Face Charges
The Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge will not be prosecuted. No charges will be brought against Mel Greig and Michael Christian over the hoax, the Crown Prosecution Service said. http://news.sky.com/story/1046193/royal-hoax-call-djs-will-not-face-charges
CHEMICAL WEAPON ATTACK - DAILY MAIL
It is possible that the documents are fakes. *Britam*-*Fakes* | chartophylakeion tou polemou *apxwn*.*blogspot*.com/*2013/01*/*britam*-*fakes*.*html* - Translate this page The following is from the David Icke site: *Why has this massive story of global importance been removed from the Daily Mail Website?* Friday, 01 February 2013 10:55 This image of the article was captured by Dr Manjir Samanta-Laughton who read the story and thought that it may well disappear given the content. She was right. This was the original Daily Mail link for the article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news... more »
If I Were The Mossad, And Wanted To False-Flag The Super Bowl To Blame Iran...
I have focused much attention over the last while on the fracturing infighting in our efforts against the Jewish criminals out to enslave our planet... It is now time to concentrate on other happenings around the world... We have seen over the last few days reports coming out first about a possible Israeli operation in Iran itself against one of its nuclear facilities. There have been reports of an explosion at said facility, and I am waiting for further reports before posting an article about it here... It would make sense that the Israelis would indeed attack an Iranian facility... more »
Suicide bomb kills 19 outside mosques in Pakistan northwest
A suicide bomber killed 19 people and wounded 45 on Friday in a crowded market outside two mosques from separate Muslim sects in Pakistan's restive northwestern town of Hangu, police and officials said. The attack occurred in a tight lane that houses both a Shi'ite and a Sunni Muslim mosque. Some officials said the anti-Taliban Sunni Supreme Council often holds its meetings in the Sunni mosque, which was the possible target. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-pakistan-mosque-idUSBRE9100ER20130201
Blast at U.S. embassy in Turkey kills at least one
An explosion at a side entrance to the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara killed at least one person on Friday in what some Turkish media said may have been an attack by a suicide bomber. A Reuters witness saw one wounded person being lifted into an ambulance as police cordoned off the area following the explosion, which sent smoke and debris flying into the street. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-turkey-usa-explosion-idUSBRE9100I620130201
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 4.4 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 10:55:26 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 07:55:26 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 38.496°N, 142.344°E Depth 50.7 km (31.5 miles) Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Distances 83 km (51 miles) SE of Ofunato, Japan
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 10:39:46 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 10:39:46 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 26.560°S, 178.987°W Depth 368.1 km (228.7 miles) Region SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS Distances 318 km (197 miles) NNW of Raoul Island, New Zealand
thwap the Online "Activist"
For reasons that will be a big secret for now, the old thwapster thinks he's going to take an indefinite break from online "activism" I can't see wasting my time bloviating on the inter-toobz about how this or that atrocity is a shitty atrocity. The phone lines are open though. You're free to submit your own suggestions as to how we might be able to actually change the general abysmal course of Canadian politics in actual meat-space. In the meantime: See here and here.
Turkey: 'Explosion' Outside US Embassy
Several people have been hurt after an explosion in front of the US embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara, reports say. http://news.sky.com/story/1046168/turkey-explosion-outside-us-embassy
The man who Ken Livingstone called "one of the most authoritative Muslim scholars in the world today" who "has done most to combat socially regressive interpretations of Islam on issues like women's rights and relations with other religions"
Here's Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi speaking recently So Ken, what do you think about Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi's stand on apostacy? Do you still think that Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi is "one of the most authoritative Muslim scholars in the world today" who "has done most to combat socially regressive interpretations of Islam on issues like women's rights and relations with other religions"? In case you think that maybe Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has hardened his views recently and maybe after Ken spoke, here's the same Qaradawi from 2006 And here's Ken Livingstonespeaking at a Stonewa... more »
Erick Erickson, the One Man Rapture
You have to admit, it's a pretty good time to be a liberal these days, even if the Oval Office will be occupied for the next four years by the same moderate right winger who cozies up to Wall Street psychopaths and kills innocent people with drone strikes. It was almost worth seeing Obama decisively win re-election last November just to see the collective reaction of right wing crackers who can't understand how a black man could get elected President even once let alone twice. Once again as with late 2008, we'd seen gun sales (and gun violence) escalating, renewed calls to... more »
Article Over At Pragmatic Witness: Understanding Whitewraithe, My Perspective...
Just the other day, I completed an article that I posted over at Pragmatic Witness (www.pragmaticwitness.com) that I had in the works for the last week ... It is in response to all those whom I used to support in this fight who have suddenly turned on Whitewraithe (and myself). The message in that article is an important message to those who want to fracture our efforts. Therefore, I have decided to re-post that article right here for my own readers to view for themselves.. It is entitled: "Understanding Whitewraithe, My Perspective...", and gives my sincere perspective on what ma... more »
Caleb Moore Dies in Hospital Following horror crash in front of thousands of fans at Winter X-Games in Aspen
Caleb Moore, an innovative freestyle snowmobile rider who was hurt in a horrific crash at the Winter X Games in Colorado, died on Thursday morning. He was 25. Moore had been at a hospital in Grand Junction since last week's crash in Aspen. Family spokeswoman Chelsea Lawson confirmed his death. His family said in a statement: 'He will be truly missed and never forgotten.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271467/Caleb-Moore-Star-snowmobile-rider-dies-horror-crash-thousands-fans-X-Games-Aspen.html
Detroit interstate : At least four dead and 20 injured in multi-car pileup
At least four people are dead and 20 injured after snow squalls, high winds and slippery roads led to a chain-reaction of crashes on a mile-long stretch of an interstate in Detroit on Thursday. Three children are among the fatalities after poor visibility conditions on Interstate 75 on the southwest side of the city preceded the mass of crashes this morning, said Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw. The children are believed to have been traveling in the same vehicle together while the adult fatality is said to have been further ahead, according to Shaw. http://www.dailymail.co... more »
William Hunzicker Arrested: FBI use robot to detonate explosives in booby-trapped California home where cops found cache of weapons... as well as suspect's emaciated 82-year-old MOTHER
William Hunzicker, 46, was arrested at his Riverside, California, home on charges of elder abuse, as well as possession of a silencer. Investigators say the explosives are potentially very dangerous and could bring charges. Neighbors describe Hunzicker as a bizarre man who frequently rattled his quiet community with explosions at 2am. Officers searched his house when a neighbor called police on Wednesday morning when she saw him shooting a rifle in his front yard http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271386/Fire-hole--Authorities-detonate-explosives-backyard-booby-trapped-home-po... more »
Edwin 'Kevin' De Boer charged with drugging and raping woman in his 'second attack' in just three years
A former fraternity president has been charged with drugging and raping a woman in his second sex assault charge in just three years. Prosecutors say Edwin 'Kevin' De Boer, 26, spiked a woman's drink with a sedative during a date last November before taking her back to his apartment in Federal Way, Washington and having his way with her. Three years ago in 2009 De Boer was similarly accused of raping a woman at a University of Washington fraternity house where he was president, a charge he struck a plea deal with to spare him from registering as a sex offender. http://www.dailym... more »
Endangered baby seal found with a fishing SPEAR lodged in its head on Hawaiian island
An endangered baby monk seal was found injured near the Hawaiian island of Oahu with a spear embedded in its head. Board of Land and Natural Resources Chairman William Aila said Wednesday that the department was investigating whether someone intentionally or accidentally speared the animal. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that state conservation officials helped remove the spear from the one-year-old female seal on Rabbit Island Tuesday. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271620/Endangered-baby-seal-fishing-SPEAR-lodged-head-Hawaiian-island.html
Mark Hasse Death: Manhunt for gunmen as county prosecutor in Aryan Brotherhood investigation is shot dead in courtroom parking lot
A Texas prosecutor who was heavily involved in the investigation of members of the Aryan Brotherhood has been shot dead today as he walked from his car to his county courtroom office. Officials have confirmed the victim was Kaufman County assistant district attorney Mark Hasse (inset). According to police, the 57-year-old was assaulted and shot multiple times by at least one gunman. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271450/Mark-Hasse-shooting-Manhunt-gunmen-county-prosecutor-involved-Aryan-Brotherhood-investigation-shot-dead-courtroom-parking-lot.html
Great white shark named Mary Lee is spotted swimming off the coast of Long Island after a brief visit to Florida
It seems Mary Lee's winter vacation in the sunny South is over. The 3,500-pound great white shark headed north after spending weeks off the Southeast coast. Mary Lee, one of only two great whites ever tagged in the North Atlantic, got as far south as Jacksonville Beach, Fla., several weeks ago. But in recent days, she's made a bee line north. On Thursday, she was off Long Island, N.Y. Researchers can't really say they are surprised because the habits of the great white are such a mystery. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271731/Great-white-shark-named-Mary-Lee-spotted-swimmin... more »
Five Most Popular Posts for January
The five most read posts of the month were: 1. Natalija Belova and The Sun's Benefit Lies 2. SWP, Rape, and Revolutionary Justice 3. Where Now for the SWP? 4. SWP: Life on the Revolutionary Treadmill 5. Top 100 Independent Tweeting Bloggers *The Sun's* dodgy demonisation of a not-entirely-plausible single mum living a "life or riley" on social security saw my busiest-ever day as the post went viral. By the time the clock struck midnight on the 20th, some 12,000 page views had surged through the blog. If that didn't kick the cobwebs away, nothing will. But January has really been SWP... more »
Steven Robbins on the run after being mistakenly released from custody in Chicago instead of returned to Indiana where he is due to serve another 16 years
Police are hunting for a convicted murderer after he was mistakenly released from custody in Chicago, where he was sent to face a drug charge while serving a 60-year prison sentence in Indiana. Indiana Department of Corrections officials said Steven L. Robbins, 44, was sent to Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday to face a drug charge. The charge was dropped, 'but for reasons yet unknown, the offender was released by Illinois authorities without being held for return,' the department said in a news release. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271715/Convicted-murderer-run-mis... more »
Chelsea Welch Fired for posting rude customers receipt online
St Louis waitress Chelsea Welch was fired from her job at Applebee's two days after she posted a handwritten note from an annoyed customer on the popular site Reddit.com. Next to the line indicating that an 18 per cent tip had been automatically added to the bill, the customer, Pastor Alois Bell, pictured right, crossed out the tip total, replaced it with a 'zero' and wrote: 'I give God 10 percent, why do you get 18?' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271659/Chelsea-Welch-Applebees-waitress-FIRED-Pastor-Alois-Bell-objects-18-cent-tip.html
Russian rocket carrying U.S. satellite plunges into Pacific Ocean 40 seconds after launch
The launch of a Russian rocket carrying an American communications satellite ended in disaster today after it plunged into the sea 40 seconds after blast-off. Grainy footage of the launch being streamed online was cut shortly after 6.56am GMT when the space-bound vessel got into trouble. The Swiss-based Sea Launch company sent up their Zenit-3SL rocket from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean on Friday. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271724/BREAKING-NEWS-Russian-rocket-carrying-U-S-satellite-plunges-Pacific-Ocean-shortly-launch.html
Child held hostage for third day after Alabama shooting: police
A standoff stretched into a third day on Thursday with an Alabama man accused of fatally shooting a school bus driver and then taking a young boy hostage in an underground bunker equipped with electricity and food. Law enforcement authorities remained tight-lipped about the delicate situation playing out in Midland City, a small town in the southeast corner of Alabama. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/31/us-usa-alabama-shooting-idUSBRE90U16L20130131
Benghazi threatens "another revolution" in Libya
As night fell over Benghazi, a familiar sound echoed across the eastern Libyan city - an explosion, and then gunfire. A bomb had just been thrown at a police car on patrol, injuring an officer. It was the latest of many attacks on local security forces. Two months before, the man whose job it was to ensure Benghazi was safe, the police chief, was shot dead outside his home. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-libya-benghazi-idUSBRE91002N20130201
Israel refuses to appear before UN human rights review
As Israeli representatives were due to stand before the council in Geneva answering its concerns over Israel's human rights record on Tuesday, foreign ministry officials were instead issued media statements confirming the unprecedented boycott of the council's Universal Periodic Review. "Israel is the only country in the world not allowed to not even be a candidate for a seat in [the UNHRC], a body that allowed Gaddafi's Libya to preside over it and counts Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Cuba among its members. Is this fair?" justified Yigal Palmor, spokesman for Israel's foreign minister. ... more »
Sidcup restaurant fire forces 21 to flee
People living in flats above a restaurant in south-east London were forced to leave their homes when fire engulfed the building. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 21 people had left the premises in St James Way, Sidcup, before they arrived at 04:30 GMT. Eight fire engines were sent to the scene and crews took about two hours to bring the blaze under control. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21289789
'Don't take Iran threats of retaliation for Syria lightly'
Israel should not take Iranian threats to retaliate for the alleged Israeli strike on a military convoy in Syria lightly, a former IDF intelligence officer told Army Radio on Friday. "The Iranians and Hezbollah know how to orchestrate a response. If not in the area, they have shown that they can operate abroad as well," Col. (res.) Yossi Deskel said. http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=301768
Argentina pulls out of Falklands talks
Hector Timerman has refused to meet representatives of the Falkland Islands government, which Argentina does not recognise as legitimate. The islanders were expected to tell Mr Timerman that Buenos Aires should respect islanders' rights and leave them in peace. Mr Timerman had initially asked for a one-to-one meeting with Mr Hague. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9841388/Argentina-pulls-out-of-Falklands-talks.html
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake KURIL ISLANDS - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 07:39:46 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 06:39:46 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 48.285°N, 154.697°E Depth 36 km (22.4 miles) Region KURIL ISLANDS Distances 286 km (177 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 4.5 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 06:32:36 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 12:32:36 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 47.480°N, 81.106°E Depth 16.2 km (10.1 miles) Region EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN Distances 58 km (36 miles) NW of Urzhar, Kazakhstan
US Government and the Muslim Brotherhood
On January 28, 2013 the Egyptian newspaper ‘al watan’ reported ‘Khayrat el Shater, deputy director of the Muslim Brotherhood, met with the American ambassador, Ann Paterson.’ El Shater was seeking US support for president Morsi. Since 2007, according to the Egyptian press, US government officials have been meeting with some members of the Muslim Brotherhood organization. The Muslim Brothers spokesman denied such meetings. The puzzling question to Egyptians is why did the US ambassador meet with Khayrat el Shater who is not an elected figure? Having thoroughly studied and followed US... more »
The one hundred and seventy fourth weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award
This week's award is presented to The Guardian for this breaking news: 'France could join list of eurozone casualties in a fresh crisis - New figures lay bare growing disparity with Germany as jobless rate hits 15-year high and consumer spending stagnant' Really? I've been saying this was the case for months now. France in economic crisis - "No shit, Sherlock"
999 Calls Tweeted By West Midlands Police
Police will today be live tweeting details of 999 calls made by the public - after a barrage of bizarre requests to the emergency line. West Midlands Police is staging a 24-hour tweetathon to show the array of calls it receives - from the life-threatening to the "ridiculous". The tweetathon - which can be followed here - has been prompted by a string of bizarre 999 calls made by members of the public. http://news.sky.com/story/1045985/999-calls-tweeted-by-west-midlands-police
France bans light at night
François Hollande became many French conservative women's most favorite socialist politician of all time. Not only his government attacked the Islamists in Mali but they have also decided to expel some radical imams from France. Well, the second event is a positive one and I am somewhat less enthusiastic about the first one because the situation in Mali is mostly incomprehensible to me and I am not an instant fanatical supporter of anyone who just happens not to be a Muslim. And the 75% tax for the rich in France is just insane and it will be harmful to the country, too. *Prague a... more »
A proposal
I took a drive up to Los Angeles the other day to visit a good friend, Zan Overall, and had some time to think and reflect on all the developments in the "truth movement" lately. Zan and I discussed the future of this "movement", the issues that seem to be dividing those of us in it, and what we can do to effectively and pragmatically make some sort of progress in our struggle against the forces of the Jew World Order. First of all, just in the past two months or so, we've seen countless disputes and outright hostility between the different factions making up this "movement". And I... more »
Whitebark Pine a Potential Cultivar
This tree needs to be domesticated. Hybridization could also help to prepare a cultivar able to prosper in the boreal forest. We have already identified a couple of other such likely plants but a tree quite able to supplant the wild tree cover and that is also highly productive of ripe seed cones is an ideal option. The apparent potential productivity also looks promising and they should be easy to harvest. The competition from the birds and squirrels can be partially suppressed by an active population of martens and fishers and their cousins. One has to get in to do the ... more »
Journal Nature Supports Keystone Pipeline
It is totally unexpected for Nature magazine to weigh in on this debate, but it is certainly welcomed. For the past decades, the environmental movement has been allowed free rein to engage in scientific fraud to further their often paid agendas. It has thus become appropriate for leading science voices to step up and use their credibility to counter this behavior far sooner than has been the case. The worst example has been the so called climate debate in which a select group were able to demonize honest dissent. It is high time for the leading voices of science to pree... more »
High-temperature Superconductors (HTS) Change the Game
Our HTS cables are presently getting twenty percent of possible. Change that up and reduce costs in half and we have our new grid. These look to be achievable. It has taken twenty five years from original discovery and there is another decade here at least. A reminder of just how long it take to make nature work out. Of course, we have been tracking a range of developing technologies and this is no surprise. Yet I am still impatient. As posted before, this is a pending industrial revolution. *High-temperature superconductors change the game* *By Arthur L. Robinson... more »
Fog Cloth Waters Desert
This is important. It gives us a cheap and easy way to precipitate humidity at night and then drive it directly into a downward sloping collector tube after sunrise to feed a buried porous earthen pot to hold the water for a day or more. The canvas does not need to be tied against the wind either which implies scant maintenance. As I have already posted, watering the desert is about extending the zone of one hundred percent humidity inland step by step and that entails supporting and protecting the full hydrological cycle. It may need to be established at tidewater with m...more »
HSBC - your dna will be your data
I can't work out whether banking mega-corp HSBC's *the future is full of opportunity* advert (photographed at London Gatwick Airport) is hinting at this: *DNA is an extremely robust way to store data, as evidenced by the information extracted from woolly mammoth bones, which date back tens of thousands of years. It is also incredibly small, dense and does not need any power for storage, so shipping and keeping it is easy, according to Nick Goldman from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton.* [source TECHWORLD] where that data might not necessarily be yours,... more »
Is Premier Alison Redford’s bitter fight with the docs about money, or control?
Who’s in change here? Progressive Conservative MLAs get ready to supervise the work of an Alberta Health Services medical team while Alberta voters look on. Health officials, physicians and electors may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: AMA President Dr. Michael Giuffre; a space invader Is the increasingly bitter fight between Alberta’s government and the ... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Alignment of Hue-manity Higher Templates with incoming Cosmic waves…
*Alignment of Hue-manity Higher Templates with incoming Cosmic waves…* 31 JAN 2013 Alignment of Hue-manity Higher Templates with incoming Cosmic waves presents Higher Choices to individual Hue-persons in “Hue-person-recognizable” forms. These Cosmic-wave-aligned Higher Templates are incoming to assist each human to choices to transform into Hue-man. Simplicity programs being transmitted enable recognition for most. Those with CBS (“Complicated Brain Syndrome”) will not receive, and require additional transmutation prior to reception. Pain is not required, but CBSs will likel... more »
Business Bureaucracy 7: Penalizing Small Businesses
Last January 10 this year, a friend and a young entrepreneur, Lemuel Goltiao, posted this note in his facebook wall. He gave me permission to blog these things. *WTF higher business tax assessment for this year! I REALLY FEEL THE GOVERNMENT'S ADDED VALUE TO MY BUSINESS! RAMDAM NA RAMDAM ANG KAUNLARAN! 7% GDP GROWTH!* *7% GDP GROWTH AT THE COST OF 20% HIGHER BUSINESS TAX! RAMDAM NA RAMDAM ANG KAUNLARAN!* I commented that LGUs are often worse than the national government in business bureaucracy. That is why I am no fan of decentralization really. It should be degovernmentization. ... more »
PRIVATE CLUBS
*Photo: Tony Anderson/Getty Images. **Private Clubs: New York Post * In New York, private membership clubs like the Core Club, Soho House and Norwood are doing well. Harvey Weinstein is a member of the Core Club, which is entered through an unmarked door on East 55th Street and Madison Avenue. The club costs $50,000 to join and then $15,000 annually. Harvard Club. Business Insider The Century Association (above) is located in New York at 43rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues Its members have included Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mayor Bloomberg, Tina Brown, Brooke Astor, Henry... more »
Last Will and Testament of Ferdinand Marcos of The Philippines
Last Will and Testament of Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippinesby
Javiera y Los Imposibles – "Eyes Without a Face"
A cover by a Chilean band of one's of Billy Idol's more intimate, evocative songs (which takes its name from a French horror film).
The State of Black America: Security Guard vs Low Lives
*Matt's thoughts:* If blacks ever wonder why they're looked down upon, here's clear as day evidence why. What? They're not all like that? No kidding? All of them may not be like that, but enough of them are. And the ones who are not aren't doing enough to help the community get back on track. Why aren't all black men pushing out drug dealers from public places? How many of those in these videos actually tried to help or make the situation better? Praise goes out to the only real black man among them, the security guard:
6.2 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 6.2 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 05:36:41 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 04:36:41 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 11.134°S, 165.480°E Depth 7.1 km (4.4 miles) Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS Distances 59 km (36 miles) SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
U.S. piles pressure on Cameron to stay in EU: Vice-President to give fresh warnings in Downing Street visit
The US is to warn David Cameron not to pull out of the EU, as new polling shows the Prime Minister received minimal benefit from his offer of an in/out referendum. Vice-President Joe Biden will fire a fresh shot across Mr Cameron’s bows when he visits Downing Street on Tuesday – following talks with French and German leaders. A senior adviser to Mr Biden said: ‘With respect to Prime Minister Cameron’s speech, we obviously support his comments about the important role of the UK in the EU.’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271638/U-S-piles-pressure-Cameron-stay-EU-Vice-Presi... more »
UK: Divorce cases could be settled under Sharia and religious courts after landmark High Court ruling over Jewish couple's dispute
Divorce cases could be settled by Sharia and religious courts after a landmark High Court ruling. The settlement of a young Jewish couple was approved under the rabbinical court of Beth Din, which is said to be the first time that an English family judge has sent a divorce dispute to a religious court. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271682/Divorce-cases-settled-Sharia-religious-courts-landmark-High-Court-ruling.html
We're proud to help firms make billions by avoiding tax, top accountants tell MPs
Britain's biggest accounting firms yesterday said they were ‘proud’ of making billions helping companies avoid UK tax. In ‘shocking’ evidence to MPs, bosses told how they regularly advised wealthy corporate clients to use offshore havens and legal loopholes to minimise UK tax payments. They admitted to having more than 200 offices in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands or Switzerland. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271633/Were-proud-help-firms-make-billions-avoiding-tax-accountants-tell-MPs.html
Pakistan polio vaccination policeman shot dead by gunmen
A policeman providing security for a polio vaccination team in Pakistan has been killed by gunmen near the north-western town of Swabi, officials say. The killing is the latest in a spate of deadly attacks against vaccination workers in the country. In December at least eight people engaged in polio vaccinations were shot dead in Karachi and the north-west. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21244016
Syria opposition says talks must focus on Assad departure
The opposition Syrian National Coalition said on Thursday that any talks on the country's political future must be about the departure of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. A day after SNC chief Moaz al-Khatib expressed openness to discussion with members of the regime, the political commission issued a statement reaffirming the group's charter that "any negotiation or dialogue must be about the departure of the regime and its pillars." http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Africa/Syria-opposition-says-talks-must-focus-on-Assad-departure/Article1-1004824.aspx
US calls Iran's plan to upgrade uranium work 'provocative step'
The White House said on Thursday that Iran's installation of advanced uranium enrichment machines would be a "provocative step" in further violation of United Nations resolutions against Tehran's nuclear program. Iran, in a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency earlier this month, said it would use the new centrifuges - a model called IR2m - at a unit in the Natanz plant where Iran is enriching uranium to a fissile concentration of up to five percent, according to an IAEA communication to member states seen by Reuters. http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/u-s-calls-ir... more »
Egypt factions seek talks, opposition call for protests
Rival factions Thursday condemned violence which has killed dozens of people in a week of unrest in Egypt, and pledged support for a national dialogue, as the opposition called fresh rallies set for Friday. Top Islamic scholar Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayyeb chaired talks between liberal opposition heads, Islamists, youth groups, independents and church members at the headquarters of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h4IXLaYmxBd6E1NxcG-24oU7JKSg?docId=CNG.3ef9f5fd7e964311f17db090f7f7b624.f1
Cameron Shows Grit in North Africa, but Stirs Concerns About New Entanglements
Prime Minister David Cameron emerged Thursday from hurried visits to two North African capitals boasting a sheaf of commitments to new partnerships in the fields of defense, counterterrorism, intelligence-sharing and military training, including for special forces. He also won plaudits for courage. In Algiers on Wednesday, he became the first British prime minister to visit since Winston Churchill wallowed in warm Mediterranean dips during stopovers to and from Egypt in World War II. Postwar British leaders shunned Algeria through its bloody war against the colonial French and, afte... more »
U.S. skeptical about Argentina-Iran "truth commission"
The United States on Thursday voiced doubt that Argentina and Iran's planned "truth commission" would bring to justice those responsible for the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center. Argentine courts have said Iran was behind the attack on the Jewish center, which killed 85 people. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-argentina-iran-usa-idUSBRE91006H20130201
Mohawk Nation News 'The Grudge'
MNN: THE GRUDGE Posted on February 1, 2013 Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com Herr Harper, the crime is genocide! THE GRUDGE MNN. Jan. 31, 2013. We remember that Canadians elected megalomaniac Stephen Harper as CEO of the Corporation of Canada. His two main goals for the shareholders are to get rid of the landowners, the Indigenous
Unknown substance leaking from Deepwater Horizon site
More than a month after BP and the Coast Guard finished a subsea operation to inspect the Deepwater Horizon site for oil leaks, no source has been found. Also, BP and the Coast Guard have not publicly identified a mystery white, milky substance observed seeping from the wreckage. But they say it's not oil and it's not harmful. Recurring oil sheens have been spotted in recent months around the Deepwater Horizon site. Several missions to inspect the sunken Deepwater Horizon platform, riser pipe, wellhead, relief wells and containment domes found no oil leaks. However, the Coast Guard ... more »
Thousands of dead fish an 'unbelievable' mystery, Australia
Thousands of fish have mysteriously washed up on the shores of Burrinjuck Dam, north-west of Canberra. Liz Richardson from Good Hope Tourist Resort told The Yass Tribune the amount of dead fish was "unbelievable". "Every type of fish," she said. "Lots of baby fish, lots of small cod." http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/thousands-of-dead-fish-an-unbelievable-mystery-20130201-2dolk.html
Large landslide collapses 35 houses in SW China
A large-scale landslide has collapsed 35 residential houses in mountainous Zhenxiong county in southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said Thursday. Starting Monday, the gradually deteriorating landslide has affected the life of 712 villagers in Zhongtun township, according to the Zhenxiong county government. The landslide also damaged 928 houses in the county. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8116897.html
Mount Lokon volcano erupts in Indonesia
Mount. Lokon in North Sulawesi of the central part of Indonesia erupted on Thursday, spewing ash by up to 800 meters to the sky, head of National Volcanology Agency Surono said here. The volcano first erupted at 06:56 local time Thursday (2256 GMT Wednesday), releasing ash up to over 800 meters high and the second one at 10:44 local time (0244 GMT), but the height of the ash could not be monitored as it was covered by cloud, Surono said. "We do not issue an evacuation zone, as the frequent of quake and its strength has been weakening," he told Xinhua over phone. http://news.xinhua... more »
Nine people killed as freak hailstorm rains massive boulders down on Indian villages
Hailstones the size of boulders have rained down on villages in southern India. At least nine people were killed when the violent weather hit several villages in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The hailstorm which lasted for almost 20 minutes, destroyed crops, houses and live stock, causing devastating financial implications for residents. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271147/Nine-people-killed-freak-hailstorm-rains-massive-boulders-Indian-villages.html
Fireworks Truck Explodes Killing 26 In China
At least 26 people have been killed after a truck carrying fireworks exploded causing a bridge to collapse in China. China National Radio says the explosion in Henan province completely destroyed a highway bridge high above the ground. It said many trucks fell off the bridge after the explosion. http://news.sky.com/story/1045997/fireworks-truck-explodes-killing-26-in-china
Pemex Oil Company HQ Blast Kills 14
Fourteen people are dead and 80 injured after an explosion at the headquarters of Mexican oil company Pemex. Injured workers were seen being evacuated after the blast at the state-owned firm blew out windows and damaged three floors of the tower in Mexico City's commercial centre. There are reports that as many as 30 people could be trapped in the debris from the explosion, which occurred in the basement of an administrative building next to the iconic, 52-storey skyscraper. http://news.sky.com/story/1045967/mexico-pemex-oil-company-hq-blast-kills-14
Frithjof Schuon On The Eye of The Heart
*"The Eye of the Heart: Metaphysics, Cosmology, Spiritual Life." *
Vegan Recipe - Lacto-fermented garlic dill pickles!
*If you've followed me for any length of time, then you know that I believe that eating meatless meals is one of the easiest ways to live green. That's because the amount of natural resources involved with producing food and the cost in fossil fuels to process, transport and cook it, are less for plant-based foods versus animal-based foods. So, eating meatless meals is good for the earth!* * * *Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Jayedee of Life in the Lost World. I've been following Jayedee for a long time. Her blog is a wonderful mix of posts ... giveaways, reviews and ...more »
R.J. Rushdoony-- Alive And Well In Montana! Meet Freak Of The Week, State Rep Jerry O'Neill
Rushdoony and O'Neill-- crackpots Every now and then, Montana hard right Republican politician Jerry O'Neill pops his head out of the dumpster he lives in to demand something quaint-- like getting paid in gold and silver for his services or having state legislatures elect senators again, rather than ordinary Americans. O'Neill lives in the tiny hamlet of Columbia Falls (which has 966 families, 96.27% of whom are white; there are a few Native Americans and a Black person too) and people there must like him. They keep voting for him. That might change now that he's introduced a bill in... more »
5.9 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 5.9 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 02:17:27 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 12:17:27 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 6.951°S, 147.667°E Depth 34.8 km (21.6 miles) Region EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Distances 44 km (27 miles) SSW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 4.9 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 01:49:14 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 12:49:14 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 10.983°S, 165.446°E Depth 34.8 km (21.6 miles) Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS Distances 50 km (31 miles) SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 4.8 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 00:42:59 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 11:42:59 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 11.056°S, 165.481°E Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles) Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS Distances 54 km (33 miles) SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 1st February 2013
Magnitude 5.1 Date-Time Friday, February 01, 2013 at 00:18:08 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 11:18:08 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 11.034°S, 165.334°E Depth 10.7 km (6.6 miles) Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS Distances 64 km (39 miles) WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 31st January 2013
Magnitude 4.6 Date-Time Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 23:57:00 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 10:57:00 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 10.990°S, 165.478°E Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS Distances 49 km (30 miles) SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
Protest Destruction of Peaks! Stop Snowbowl! Idle No More!
Protest Destruction of the Peaks! Stop Snowbowl! Idle No More! Join us February 1-9, 2013In Flagstaff, Arizona The multimillionaire owners of Arizona Snowbowl are preparing to celebrate "75 years" of ecological destruction and cultural genocide. We plan on being there to insure that we honor 500 years of resistance! We have NEVER been idle. In 1983, after decades of persistent community
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION - 31st January 2013
Magnitude 4.4 Date-Time Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 20:31:01 UTC Friday, February 01, 2013 at 02:31:01 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 14.375°N, 92.854°E Depth 27.2 km (16.9 miles) Region ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION Distances 295 km (183 miles) N of Bamboo Flat, India
Burning My Boston Globes
*I'm just tired of **sifting** through the unread piles, folks, and I needed to do something to keep warm.* "Massachusetts plan to burn waste is opposed; State disputed on safeguards for environment" by Beth Daley | Globe Staff, December 31, 2012 A state plan to *loosen a nearly quarter-century moratorium* on *new waste incinerators* is renewing a *long-simmering trash war* in Massachusetts over how to deal with the *vast amounts of garbage* that residents and businesses generate each day. * **Everything is framed in terms of a war in my war paper (sigh). * * **As for vast amounts ... more »
A Final Salute to the Boston Globe
*Flying the surrender flag up now... * "More towns designing flags to join State House display" by Noah Bierman | Globe Staff, January 02, 2013 Peru is part of a trend, as once flagless towns in the Commonwealth adopt flags, after a bit of coaxing from constituents and state lawmakers, who say a flag is a way to instill community pride and to remind the rest of the world that their municipalities matter. Towns, of course, don’t need flags. Unlike countries that wage battles or race to the moon, or states that christen dams and tunnels, many communities have been content with humb... more »
VIDEO International Treaty to Protect Sacred Lands Signing 2013
Published on Jan 31, 2013 Signing Ceremony - January 25, 2013 Ihanktonwan Homelands, Yankton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects Supported by Yankton Sioux Tribe, The Black Hills Treaty Council, The Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association, Yinka Dene Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network, West Coast
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, "Land of Make-Believe"
Moody Blues, "Land of Make-Believe" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E32Nvlb8p98 • For the Dreamers, still believing and hoping for a better world, may you never stop dreaming... - CP
Roger Baker : Can TxDOT Avoid Financial Disaster? / 2
Is a change of direction in order? Image from Cypress Creek Mirror. Agency in denial: Can TxDOT avoid financial disaster? / 2 By Roger Baker / The Rag BlogFebruary 1, 2013"Denial isn't just a river in Egypt." -- Mark Twain Second of a two-part series. A glaring example of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) denial of financial reality is that they view their roads in a way that
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The delightful Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars in the constellation Musca, The Fly. The dusty cosmic cloud is seen against rich starfields just south of the prominent Coalsack Nebula and the Southern Cross. Stretching for about 3 degrees across this scene the Dark Doodad seems punctuated at its southern tip (lower left) by globular star cluster NGC 4372. *Click image for larger size.* Of course NGC 4372 roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy, a background object some 20,000 light-years away and only by chance along our lin... more »
Chet Raymo, “Stretching The Imagination”
*“Stretching The Imagination”* by Chet Raymo *“Professor, that stuff you spoke of in class this morning- about the beginning of the universe..."* Yes? *"Well, you know how you said that the universe began 14 billion years ago as an infinitely small point...?"* Yes, that appears to be the case. An explosion from a point of infinite energy. Space and time expanding from nothing. Matter coalescing from cooling radiation. Stars, galaxies... *"To tell the truth, I'm having a hard time believing it. I mean, the idea that everything that exists today, the billions and bill... more »
Must-Read Posts Today
If you want to understand what we're up against in resisting the Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan plans, you must read Ray Grigg's expose on Harperin the *Common Sense Canadian. *The bastard we have as a prime minister is plainly diabolical and ready, willing and able to inflict harm on Canada and the world. Richard at *Canadian Trends *shows how corporatism and petro-politics are playing hell with Alberta's economy and its provincial budget. Much of what he writes could apply to your province too. Also read Richard's take on why Alberta's petro-economy is a ship that has sail... more »
The "30 Rock" finale: The New Yorker's Emily Nussbaum says she'll miss the show ("quotable to a nearly psychotic degree") "like a stalker misses her stalkee"
*by Ken* By the time this post posts, new episodes of *30 Rock* will be a thing of the past, at least on the East Coast -- I guess in the Mountain and Pacific time zones the one-hour finale will still be upcoming. I've got the finale happening in real time as I write, though I can't say I'm really watching it, since I'm, you know, writing this post. (I'm trusting the DVR to do its thing, though it has been increasingly independent-minded over the last year or two. Well, there's always "On Demand.") As it happens, *The New Yorker*'s TV critic, Emily Nussbaum, is watching now too, ... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Progressive Economist Robert Pollin, Author of 'Back to Full Employment'
Economist Robert Pollin. Image from Unionocity. Rag Radio podcast: Economist Robert Pollin discusss his new book, 'Back to Full Employment' By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2013 Progressive economist, activist, and author Robert Pollin was Thorne Dreyer's guest Friday, January 25, 2013, on Rag Radio, a syndicated radio show produced at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas. The
Poll Closing is Imminent
If you’ve got a ballott — i.e., an email with a survey link — and you haven’t voted for the OAIS blogging awards, time is running out. Don’t let your vote be the difference between elimination and survival for your favorite blog.
What Chuck Hagel Knows
Obama's Republican nominee for Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, is getting mauled in his confirmation hearings by his former colleagues like Ol' Grumpy (John McCain). Obama has praised Hagel as a Vietnam combat veteran today's soldiers can follow. Hagel was an outspoken critic of Bush's war on Iraq (although he reluctantly voted for it initially) and he plans to steer America clear of entanglement in the Sahara. His views have rubbed former colleagues like Senator "Bomb, bomb, bomb; bomb, bomb Iran" McCain the wrong way. In 1968, while McCain was being held in a North Vietnamese... more »
Broun (GA - Nutcase) Wants A Promotion
GOP Rep. Paul Broun is informing donors that he will enter Georgia’s open-seat Senate race, with an official announcement expected shortly. Broun appears likely to become the first Republican to enter the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss Hope Georgia says - Hell No! Oh, myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Last week, Congressman Paul Broun (R-Lunatic, GA) pronounced evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang theory, “lies straight from the pit of hell”. In his speech, Broun claimed that as a legislator he takes direction from the Bible: And what I’ve come to learn is that it’s th... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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“Incestuous Amplification, Economics Edition”
*“Incestuous Amplification, Economics Edition”* by Paul Krugman "It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we *know* that ain't so." - Will Rogers “Back during the early days of the Iraq debacle, I learned that the military has a term for how highly dubious ideas become not just accepted, but viewed as certainties. “Incestuous amplification” happen when a closed group of people repeat the same things to each other – and when accepting the group’s preconceptions itself becomes a necessary ticket to being in the in-group. A fundamentally flawed notion – say... more »
Minnesota US House Races - May Get Some PAC Help
Minnesota - lookie - lookie Hopefully Jim Graves will run again and they send some love his way. Hopefully we can get that loonie in the 6th District to go home and cuddle up to Marcus - permanently. Gotta find someone in the second that the PAC can put their money behind. House Majority PAC, the super PAC formed in the 2012 cycle to support Democratic House candidates, has rolled out its first round of Republican incumbent targets for the 2014 cycle. They are: Rep. Michele Bachmann – Minnesota’s 6th Rep. Mike Coffman – Colorado’s 6th Rep. Gary G. Miller –... more »
Explosion Hits State Oil Company Building In Mexico City, 14 dead
What appears to be a significant explosion has rocked the Pemex tower in Mexico City. Television images are showing smoke billowing from the glass high rise in the Mexican capital. Pemex, the state-owned oil company, tweeted that an explosion happened in the administrative building next to the oil giant's headquarters and that injuries have been reported. The towers, Pemex said, have been evacuated. El Universal, one of Mexico's biggest newspapers, is reporting that at least 30 are injured. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/31/170790603/explosion-hits-state-oil-company-... more »
Today in Sarah Palin News
By now you probably know that Sarah Palin's 3-year gig at *FOX News** *is over. Seems she's now been consigned to *GlennBeckistan*. But luminaries like Palin don't "just fade away" like old generals. No, their passing is the subject of much observation and reflection. For example, *AlterNet* did a retrospective on Palin's *FOX* gig that tallied everything she said on air and divided that into her million dollar annual salary. The result? Sarah earned $15.85 a word. It didn't make any difference whether they were wacky, goofy or bore only the faintest resemblance to the En... more »
Climate Change: “Humans Have Already Set In Motion 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise”
* “Humans Have Already Set In Motion 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise”* by Chris Mooney “Last week, a much discussed new paper in the journal "Nature" seemed to suggest to some that we needn't worry too much about the melting of Greenland, the mile-thick mass of ice at the top of the globe. The research found that the Greenland ice sheet seems to have survived a previous warm period in Earth's history - the Eemian period, some 126,000 years ago - without vanishing (although it did melt considerably). But Ohio State glaciologist Jason Box isn't buying it. At Monday's Climate Desk Live b... more »
North Korea holds emergency war lectures across country in "preparation for conflict with South"
North Korea has convened nationwide emergency lectures to follow-up on yesterday’s military readiness posture change. Lecturers reportedly told assembled citizens that President-elect Park Geun Hye is preparing to go to war with North Korea so they must be ready to defend the nation in response. A source from Hyesan in Yangkang Province told Daily NK today, “Lectures were convened shortly after the declaration of ‘preparation for combat mobilization.’ He said that the alliance of imperialists including the UN are sanctioning us to try and crush socialism in the only such country le... more »
Israel threatens Syria with more airstrikes
An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks of attacking Syria are worth taking when compared to the dangers of allowing sophisticated weapons to reach Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon. With Syrian President Bashar Assad's grip on power weakening, Israeli officials fear he could soon lose control over his substantial arsenal of chemical and advanced weapons, which could slip into the hands of Hezbollah or other hostile groups. These concerns, combined with Hezbollah's... more »
ALEC - Yes Massah, yes massah
Folks – if you don’t read this one closely – you’re gonna miss the nasty bits by the American Legislation Exchange Council. . I’m not going to bold it to make it easy for you. It’s a game of “Find the ALEC Nasty Bits" Yep folks – this is from the November 2011 ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Meeting in Snottsdale AZ. *NOTE 2011* AT December 11that 3:25 p.m. MODEL LEGISLATION: Amendments to the Product Liability Act Victor Schwartz, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon; Civil Justice Task Force Co-Chair Original Product Liability Act Summary: The Model Product Liability Act (... more »
Loretta Lacy: Useless police officers cite same woman four times in a matter of hours for speeding, no insurance, marajuana, yet let her go each time
The 49-year-old woman who received no fewer than four speeding tickets last week after flying down on I-90 as fast as 112 mph has been identified. Loretta Lacy, of Sioux Falls, S.D., was heading to Racine, Wis. and trying to make it in time for her granddaughter’s formal dance that evening. Lacy was first stopped in Martin County at 2:25 p.m. after authorities received multiple complaints of her speeding, and weaving in and out of traffic. She was ticketed for speeding (she passed the trooper at 112 mph), no insurance and possession of marijuana. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/0... more »
Israel Attacks Syria: And Syria Does Nothing But Complain To The UN?
The curtain is being pulled back. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Europe, the United States, and now Israel are waging an aggressive and illegal war against the people of Syria. There was never an armed revolution in Syria. There was popular discontent and signs of peaceful revolt but that's true of any country. The "Free Syrian Army" are drugged up mercenaries and Jihadist terrorists who attack ethnic and religious minorities, loot and burn down homes, and basically wreck shit up. Syria makes formal complaint at UN over 'Israeli' attack. Source: Euronews. Syrians Defiant Over Israel... more »
Cookies
At both work and church the Girl Scout dads are in full cookies selling mode... The original. Oh, so delicious. $3.50 per box. The generic imitation. Oh, so equally delicious. $1.34 per package. What's a Southern Man to do? Why, use the online Wal-Mart product locator, find a store with fudge mints, and stock up. Can't beat a plate of thin mints and a glass of cold milk!
Thursday Afternoon Linkage: Zero Dark Thirty Catch up
Given the growing debate surrounding “Zero Dark Thirty”, it is now mandatory to have a strong opinion on the movie. In addition to the excellent posts on this blog, including “Zero Dark Thirty” Debate Needs and Interrogation and “Zero Dark Thirty”: Touchstone Par Exemplar by Jeffrey Stacey the internet is awash with excellent commentary on Continue reading
The Mental Illness of Canada's Parliament
Anyone who believes that selling the world's most carbon-intensive petroleum is a good thing must embrace certain irrational beliefs or suffer the pangs of cognitive dissonance. They must have some ability to disconnect the impacts of bitumen from the climate change that is already setting in around the world. Would any of our parliamentary bitumen boosters say that accelerating and worsening climate change impacts is a good thing? Would any of them be so bold even as to say it's a worthwhile result to achieve? Would they claim that Canada is entitled to do that if only because ... more »
The Real News: Major Cuts Needed to 1.2 Trillion Dollar National Security Budget
Source - The Real News: Lawrence Wilkerson: Pressure from arms manufactures and politicians protecting jobs make it difficult to have a rational approach to US military budget.
Sylvia Stolz - Reply to Holocaust Denial Accusations
*Sylvia Stolz, my hero*
Because He Has Intellect, And You Don't, Senator
A senator asked incoming Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel why the Iranian foreign ministry supported his nomination, and during his questioning he *repeated the lie* that Iran said it wants to "wipe Israel off the map." My god, no wonder Obama wants to act like a dictator. There are fucking morons below him. This level of ignorance is dangerous.
It Starts ... Harper And The Conservatives Get Back At Aboriginal And First Nations People For Acting Up ....
* Stephen Harper pledged more dialogue and respect for Aboriginal and First Nations people when he met with Chiefs as part of the Idle No More protests. But what's this? .... Mere days later, the Federal government began the shut down of the comprehensive Information Portal for Federal government programs and services for **Aboriginal and First Nations! Just to add 'insult to injury', the Harper Conservatives are relegating information services to the dust bin.* * **See what happens if you dare challenge Mr. Harper and the Right wing party that supports and maintains his government.... more »
Blogger's Note: As I cruise the (mostly liberal) internet news and opinion sites, I seem to be finding more and more unworkable solutions proposed to solve non-existant, unimportant, or insoluable-due-to-partisan-bickering problems. To get a grip on the REAL problems facing We the American People, I keep returning to the columns of (Republican) economist Paul Craig Roberts. Today's message is really scary, but it seems far better to know what's afoot than to bury our heads in the sand.
------------------------------ *In Amerika Law No Longer Exists: the extermination of truth — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ January 31, 2013 | Original Here In the 21st century Americans have experienced an extraordinary collapse in the rule of law and in their constitutional protections. Today American citizens, once a free people protected by law, can be assassinated and detained in prison indefinitely without any evidence being presented to a court of their guilt, and they can be sentenced to prison on the basis of secret testimony by anonymous witnesses ... more »
Ed Markey Has To Fight Off Two Anti-Choice Conservatives-- Stephen Lynch & Scott Brown
John Kerry gets to cap his career off as Secretary of State. Huzzah! I like the sound of "Elizabeth Warren, senior Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts," but... but by taking Kerry out of the Senate, Democrats now face the task of holding a seat. Scott Brown, Wall Street's favorite politician, is likely to run again, which means it won't be a cakewalk. The almost universal favorite for the Democratic nomination, with endorsements from the DSCC and from Kerry, is progressive champion Ed Markey, the dean of the Massachusetts delegation, who has a stupendous record in the House, no... more »
#IDLENOMORE J-11 2013 EARTH REVOLUTION by TA'KAIYA BLANEY - YouTube
#IDLENOMORE J-11 2013 EARTH REVOLUTION by TA'KAIYA BLANEY - YouTube January 11th at City Hall, Coast Salish territory (Vancouver, B.C) :) Video by: Damien Bouchard -
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Snowmobiler Caleb Moore dies a week after crash
CNN is reporting sad news out of Aspen, Colo. Snowmobiler Caleb Moore died Thursday, a week after a crash that has raised new safety concerns about the X Games. He was 25 years old. ... Moore, a freestyle snowmobiler, was attempting a backflip at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, when he couldn't rotate his machine enough to land properly. The skis dug into the lip of the slope, bringing the 450-pound snowmobile crashing down on him. The vehicle slammed into Moore's head and chest. What X Games athletes do is incredible. And incredibly dangerous. And as they push the envel... more »
Time Has Run Out
"Time cutting 500 from its staff" Associated Press, January 31, 2013 NEW YORK — Time Inc., the magazine unit of Time Warner Inc., says it is cutting 6 percent of its global staff of 8,000, or about 500 people. The cuts began Wednesday and will affect domestic and international workers. In a memo to staff, Time chief executive Laura Lang said the company *must become more nimble*, and operate on multiple platforms. She said operating more efficiently will create room for critical investments and new initiatives. The unit publishes magazines such as Fortune, InStyle, People, Real Simp... more »
Migrants are sending £335BILLION to their struggling families back home... more than three times the world's total aid budget
The amount of remittance money topped £335billion last year as more people than ever choose to live abroad, according to figures from the World Bank. It has sparked debate whether this so-called remittance money could be a viable alternative to relying on help from other governments. Britain's shadow minister for international development, Rushanara Ali, who was born in Bangladesh, believes the UK government should try to harness migrant money to complement aid spending. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271320/How-migrants-sending-335BILLION-struggling-families-home--times-w... more »
Burger King admit it has been selling Whoppers containing horsemeat
Burger King has tonight admitted that it has been selling burgers and Whoppers containing horsemeat despite two weeks of denials. The fast food chain, which has more than 500 UK outlets, had earlier given a series of ‘absolute assurances’ that its products were not involved. However, new tests have revealed these guarantees were incorrect in a revelation that threatens to destroy the trust of customers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271440/BREAKING-NEWS-Burger-King-admit-selling-beef-burgers-Whoppers-containing-horsemeat.html
Young people full of promise and hope!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013 * *One dead, the others ignored:* Nicholas Kristof wrote a type of good news column today. Kristof discussed our national high school chess champion team. This is the way he started: KRISTOF (1/31/13): You see America and its education system in all their glorious, exhilarating, crushing, infuriating contradictions in our national high school chess champion team. Chess tends to be the domain of privileged schools whose star players have had their own personal chess coaches since elementary school. *Yet the national champion team comes from a high-povert... more »
It's Always the Same Even for the F-35
History is rich with accounts of novel weaponry breakthroughs that changed the battlefield forever, failed miserably, or fell somewhere in between. Regardless of the outcome it seems that, whenever the next big thing comes along, somebody will inevitably take a long bet on it working. The promise routinely seems far greater than the result but we instinctively go for it because we just want so much for it to work. History also teaches us that we rarely, if ever, get it right the first time out. We go into these things with assumptions gilded with perceptions of our own omnipote... more »
Going With Their Strength
I'm mostly over a Greg's place today, but I'll do a quick post here based on a twitter exchange...it's in reference to Ted Cruz's questioning of Chuck Hagel today, which featured a bunch of dubious Hagel quotes. So I said: "GOP takeaway from 2012 seems to have been: wow, we need more campaigns built around out-of-context quotes" To which Matt Yglesias had the sensible reply: "It’s a kind of hammer/nail issue, right? They’re really good at drawing attention to out of context quotes." Yeah, that's just about right. I suppose I can also do the "elsewhere" stuff here, since it's relev... more »
French intervention in Mali Where have the jihadists gone?
WHEN French soldiers blazed into the northern city of Gao on January 26th, they won the decisive victory of a three-week-old campaign to dislodge jihadists. But only when they paraded through the mud-built streets of the mystical town of Timbuktu two days later did the triumph feel real. Rebels in remote Kidal, their last redoubt, may still hold some sway but reportedly want to negotiate. France is keen to present the intervention as a joint effort with African forces, yet its soldiers did not wait around for Nigerians, Senegalese, Ivorians and various others to arrive. Some 2,900 ... more »
Could Egypt fall apart?
The renewed bloodshed and defiant protests in Egypt prompts a provocative question: Could Egypt really collapse? Just two years into a revolution that ignited during the Arab Spring, Egypt's defense minister warned this week the raging conflict "may lead to the collapse of the state and threaten the future of our coming generations." On Wednesday, analysts described that statement as overreaching, but none dismissed the severity of the country's problems. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/31/world/meast/egypt-collapse-analysis/?hpt=hp_t3
Spanish prime minister Rajoy accused of hiding secret income
Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy's government was rocked by a major corruption scandal on Thursday after the publication of documents that allegedly showed him receiving €250,000 that had been hidden from tax authorities. Rajoy denied the allegations after El País published extracts from what it said were secret accounts for his People's party (PP). But opponents called for his resignation and ordinary Spaniards asked whether those now imposing spending cuts and tax rises in the middle of a painful recession had previously indulged in, or tolerated, systematic tax avoidance. El... more »
White House warns Syria over 'weapons to Hezbollah'
The White House has warned Syria not to transfer weapons to Hezbollah in neighbouring Lebanon. The warning came amid contradictory claims of an Israeli strike in Syria. Syria says Israeli war planes bombed a military research centre north-west of Damascus, but the US and others say lorries carrying weapons bound for Lebanon were hit. Israel has maintained silence about the incident, but Syria has made a formal complaint to the UN. Damascus says it reserves the right to defend itself, while its allies Russia and Iran have strongly denounced the attack. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/wo... more »
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