Portland Oregon from the east. By User:Fcb981 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Map showing the West Bank and Gaza Strip in relation to central Israel (situation of 2007) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)SaLuSa, August 27, 2012
Mike Quinsey - SaLuSa, August 27, 2012 SaLuSa, August 27, 2012 Some people ask what shall they do when they have to make decisions that will take them beyond the 21st. December. The answer will always be to follow your intuition, as whatever you do it will not affect your Ascension. What is however important is to settle any differences you have with friends and relations. It can be done if you accept the need to start the New Age with a clean slate, and realize that some old relationships will end and new ones begin. There will be more partnerships rather than marriages, as ... more »
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*Isaac picks up speed, heads for Louisiana* ~Hat Tweet~ @*Editilla* From my friend, engineer H.J. Bosworth.Why send out maps like this one everytime a storm in the gulf? WTF???? http://twitpic.com/aob7y2 ~Hat Tweet~ *Jim Loznicka WJHG* @*jimwxgator* Larger swells from #*Isaac* are impacting Walton and Okaloosa Co., FL beaches. They are *Red Flag*. Bay County remains *Yellow Flag* today ~Hat Tweet~ *@**Editilla** @Amtrak* #*CityofNewOrleans* is SOLD OUT tomorrow Tuesday. Amtrak didn't supply enough trains for adequate evacuation. That Will Not Do. x-(
Portland, Oregon to spend $5 million to poison its residents with toxic fluoride
Natural News Ethan Huff Portland Commissioner Nick Fish plays the "for the children" card to justify the chemical dumbing down of the population for the protection of teeth enamel. Politicians supporting fluoridation refuse to allow its citizens to vote on the initiative.One of the last remaining urban bastions of fluoride-free water, the city of Portland, Oregon, is about to join the ranks of most other U.S. cities in forcibly medicating its residents with a drug that has been scientifically shown to impede proper brain development, lower IQ, damage thyroid function, and even cause c... more »
Israel and Jordan deny Western pro-Palestinian activists access to West Bank to deliver aid
Image credit: Kounosu Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* According to multiple reports, both Israel and Jordan have denied entry to a group of pro-Palestinian activists from the United States and Europe who were attempting to deliver aid to students in the West Bank. This action coming from Israel, while hardly surprising, is quite troubling. Keep in mind that Israel has repeatedly stated that the only acceptable method of bringing humanitarian aid into the Occupied Palestinian Territories is by land, thus supposedly justifying their blockade on Gaza. All attempts to break this blocka... more »
Tweety Drinks the Potion Instead of the Koolaid
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Remember that Sylvester the cat cartoon where Tweety drinks the Jekyll and Hyde potion and turns into a huge, hideous monster? I think someone slipped something like that into his drink at the Elephant Bar in Tampa on *Morning Joe* because he just eviscerated a certain little French bulldog/human hybrid who goes by the name of Reince... Rinsed Penis about Romney and the GOP using the race card. It was over a minute and a half before Rinsed Penis could get a word in edgewise and then every time he opened his... more »
7 Reasons to Consider Off-the-Grid Independent Living
image source *Activist Post* Going off grid should not be a spontaneous decision; it can be exceedingly difficult, costly, and fraught with unexpected problems if one has not done the proper research, nor acquired the requisite skills. This article will not be about *how* to go off the grid, but rather *why* one should strongly consider doing whatever it takes learn all they can about this option as soon as possible. Once the mental commitment has been made, it helps to begin talking to others of like mind who might consider a joint venture to create an independent set-up free fro... more »
The Biotech Goliath Roars: Monsanto’s Gang Dumps $25 Million into NO on 37 Campaign to Label GMOs
Organic Consumers Yesterday it was revealed that the biotech industry and Big Ag have already dumped $25 million - $4.2 million from chemical and seed giant Monsanto alone - into the campaign to defeat Proposition 37 in California, the November 6 citizens ballot initiative that will require genetically engineered foods to be labeled and put an end to the deceptive industry practice of marketing GMO-tainted foods as “natural” or “all natural.” The California Secretary of State just released the latest Who’s Who of donors to the NO on 37 and YES on 37 campaigns. Topping the list of ... more »
The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology
The Guardian Naomi Wolf Tom Cruise as John Anderton in the futuristic film Minority Report, where the advertisements use recognition technology to call out to the shoppers. A software engineer in my Facebook community wrote recently about his outrage that when he visited Disneyland, and went on a ride, the theme park offered him the photo of himself and his girlfriend to buy – with his credit card information already linked to it. He noted that he had never entered his name or information into anything at the theme park, or indicated that he wanted a photo, or alerted the humans at ... more »
U.S. sends aircraft carrier back to Gulf to face Iran, Syria
Reuters Daniel Fineren (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy is cutting short home leave for the crew of one of its aircraft carriers and sending them back to the Middle East next week to counter any threat from Iran, according to the official Navy News Service. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told sailors aboard the USS Stennis in their home port of Seattle on Wednesday they were needed back in the Middle East soon, after approving calls from the U.S. Central Command for Stennis to return to the region. "Obviously, Iran is one of those threats," the U.S. military news service quoted Panett... more »
Image of the Day: Nighttime satellite view of forest fires in the U.S. West, 17 August 2012
[image: On 17 August 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi-NPP acquired this image of wildfires blazing in the western United States. The brightest fires are white; smoke is light gray. This image shows three of the largest fires burning in Idaho. NASA image by Jesse Allen, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data] Caption by Adam Voiland 20 August 2012 For more than a decade, scientists have used data from instruments on NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites to map the locations of wildfires. Now researchers have another tool for observing fires around the world. The ... more »
Invasive brittle star species hits Atlantic Ocean, threatens coral reefs
[image: a. the disks of O. mirabilis (~2 mm diameter for ophiuroids in the figure) and the arms (~5 times as long) contrast with the host species b. Leptogorgia punicea, c. Gorgonia ventalina, and d. Mycale angulosa. Images a, b, d photographed at São Paulo by Migotta; c at St. vincent by Haberman. Hendler, et al., 2012] Los Angeles California, 20 August 2012 (SPX) – *Coral Reefs, the Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies*, has published online a studyco-written by Dr. Gordon Hendler of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) about an invasive species... more »
Obama’s Geopolitical China ‘Pivot’: The Pentagon Targets China
Global Research F. William Engdhal Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the nominal end of the Cold War some twenty years back, rather than reducing the size of its mammoth defense spending, the US Congress and all US Presidents have enormously expanded spending for new weapons systems, increased permanent military bases around the world and expansion of NATO not only to former Warsaw Pact countries on Russia’s immediate periphery; it also has expanded NATO and US military presence deep into Asia on the perimeters of China through its conduct of the Afghan war and related camp... more »
Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act appeals to be granted rarely
Timminco Limited (Re), 2012 ONCA 552 is a helpful source for the law that CCRA appeals will be granted only sparingly: [2] In the CCAA context, leave to appeal is to be granted sparingly and only where there are serious and arguable grounds that are of real and significant interest to the parties. In determining whether leave ought to be granted, this Court is required to consider the following four-part inquiry: · whether the point on the proposed appeal is of significance to the practice; · whether the point is of significance to the action; · whe... more »
U.S. Army Corps rejects 180 miles of California levees as ineligible for flood repairs
[image: Dozens of miles of levees slicing through urban Stockton and rural east San Joaquin County are no longer eligible for federal rehabilitation dollars should a flood occur, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will formally announce today. The ineligible levees are on Bear Creek, Calaveras River, and the Boggs Tract. Kory Hansen / The Record]By Alex Breitler, Record Staff Writer 23 August 2012 Dozens of miles of levees slicing through urban Stockton and rural east San Joaquin County are no longer eligible for federal rehabilitation dollars should a flood occur, the U.S. Army Co... more »
God of Tolerance Seeks Vengeance as APSA Short Courses Cancelled
THE CANARD "All the fake news that's fit to print." --New Orleans The god of tolerance struck down with fury yesterday, unleashing a mighty hurricane headed for New Orleans that forced the American Political Science Association to cancel the first day of its annual conference. The organization had thumbed its nose at the god, choosing to convene their enormous meeting in a city that is in a state that discriminates against gays and lesbians by refusing them the right to marriage. Now it appears they will suffer the consequences. With its short courses shelved, a year’s worth of kn... more »
Wildfire rages unchecked in Alaska as blankets of black smoke shrouds Fairbanks area
[image: In this Wednesday, 22 August 2012 photo, smoke from the Dry Creek Fire spreads through the sky after it rekindled from a June 23 lightning strike in Fairbanks, Alaska. The fire, 25 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska, was mapped by a surveillance flight Wednesday. At 28,251 acres, the fire has doubled in size since Sunday. Sam Harrel / AP Photo / Fairbanks Daily News-Miner] By Michael Walsh, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 26 August 2012 (New York Daily News) – Ignited by lightning strikes two months ago, a massive fire rages in Alaska and shrouds the surrounding area beneath a dark bl... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
- Heather Hurlburt parses the RNC foreign-policy platform: "Politico found what seems to be a close-to-final draft on the RNC's website. The national security section, titled "American Exceptionalism" is here.Below I have gone through and blogged some of the more mendacious and ridiculous content. But what's the short take: the Middle East, Israel and Iran sections are more reasonable than an observer of recent rhetoric from the Romney camp might expect. The adults -- who know they might have to govern, and that better policy options are exceedingly hard to come... more »
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*Isaac sets sights on landfall near Louisiana Gulf coast ~Advocate* *Isaac still tracking toward New Orleans, storm expected to strengthen ~WWL* *New Orleans residents feel better prepared for Isaac ~Shreveport Times* *Hurricane Isaac Will Test the New Orleans Levees ~Forbes* *Amtrak: No trains in La. Tuesday, Wednesday ~WVUE*
Three previously healthy Queenslanders dead from flu this month
VIDEO: Grim warning
THREE previously fit and healthy Queenslanders have died in as many weeks after falling ill with the flu. Devoted mum-of-four Katrina Day, who had a type of influenza A, is the latest person to lose her life to the virus in what has been described as Australia's worst influenza season since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. The 38-year-old died in the Prince Charles Hospital late Sunday night after a five-week battle. A 16-year-old boy and a man in his 50s have also died in the hospital in ... more »
THREE previously fit and healthy Queenslanders have died in as many weeks after falling ill with the flu. Devoted mum-of-four Katrina Day, who had a type of influenza A, is the latest person to lose her life to the virus in what has been described as Australia's worst influenza season since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. The 38-year-old died in the Prince Charles Hospital late Sunday night after a five-week battle. A 16-year-old boy and a man in his 50s have also died in the hospital in ... more »
Ohio reports 98 human cases of H3N2v influenza (Swine Flu)
* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday that with the addition of 52 new human cases of H3N2v influenza, the total number of cases seen nationwide since July is 276.* Of that total, more than one-third of the cases are in Ohio. According to an Ohio Department of Health (ODH) news release Friday, the number of human cases of this strain of swine flu stands at 98. The counties of Butler, Champaign and Gallia account for the most confirmed cases with 17, 15 and 11 reported respectively. Ohio health officials say the confirmed cases of H3N2v are in people ... more »
Debating Delusion
The longer I follow the ravings of fetus fetishists, the more I'm convinced their photos should illustrate the encyclopedia entry for magical thinking. They want to believe something so badly they can twist *anything* to their purpose. Today's example: over at Big Blue Batshittery, SHE links to this profile of the guy who thinks violated vaginas produce spermicide. http://www.bigbluewave.ca/2012/08/the-toronto-star-profiles-pro-life-hero.html Here is the entire post. I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Jack Willke two years ago at a pro-life conference. One of the things that he s... more »
Nigeria Floods Kill 19
* Lafia, Katsina, Minna, Yola — Floods wreaked havoc in several states in the North at the weekend, killing at least 15 people in Adamawa State and another four in Niger State.* Hundreds of homes and farmlands were destroyed in floods in Katsina State, while roadways and bridges were submerged in Nasarawa State. The Adamawa flood affected 36 villages in 13 local government areas and was partly caused by the release of excess water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon, emergency authorities said. A local diver said apart from the 15 people who died, as many others were declared missing. ... more »
Russia Says One Dead After Anthrax Outbreak in Siberia
* An anthrax outbreak in a Siberian village left one person dead and 10 others hospitalized as the Russian government declared a state of emergency in the area in a bid to prevent an epidemic. * There were at least two other confirmed cases of anthrax infection in the village of Druzhba in the Altai region, state- run Rossiya 24 television reported, citing unidentified officials. The death was reported in a statement today by the Moscow-based Emergency Situations Ministry, which didn’t say whether it was caused by anthrax. Roads around the village have been closed off, Yevgenia Belik... more »
Iran might let diplomats visit suspected nuclear site
*(Reuters) - Iran indicated on Monday it might allow diplomats visiting Tehran for this week's Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit to inspect the Parchin military base, which U.N. nuclear experts say may have been used for nuclear-related explosives tests. * When asked about the possibility, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh said: "Such a visit is not customary in such meetings ... However at the discretion of authorities, Iran would be ready for such a visit," the Iranian government-linked news agency Young Journalists Club reported. The tentative offer was made jus... more »
North Korea readies military over U.S. drills
Aug. 27 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un calls for his military to be prepared to retaliate as the U.S. and South Korea press on with defence exercises. Jessica Gray reports
Judicial discretion and appellate review
*Aliant Inc. v. Ellph.com Solutions Inc*., 2012 NSCA 89 deals with security for costs. In so doing the Court undertook an extensive examination of the exercise of judicial discretion and its intersection with the boundaries of appellate review. An analytical framework was provided to explain how, during the decision-making process, the judge is performing several functions with the result that certain aspects of the judge’s decision will attract different standards of review on appeal: [26] Justice Moir’s order was discretionary, interlocutory, and had no terminat... more »
How Are People In Other Countries Looking At Our Election?
If it's real, the video above, of Romney bragging to some fatcats about buying a huge sweat shop in China, was shot at a private $50,000 a plate fundraiser at the mansion of one of his billionaire supporters. Unlike Todd Akin who blabbed the truth publicly about what the GOP has turned into, Romney thought he could safely let his hair down in this private setting. I wonder if he was cracking more of his racist birther "jokes" there too. I'm sure Romney wasn't thinking about what impact it might have if people in China were to see it (nor in Freeport, Illinois). Interestingly, thoug... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Sarah Chalke, 36. I watch all (or most, anyway) medical sitcoms, but no medical dramas. This probably indicates something profoundly unhealthy about me, I suppose. To the good stuff: 1. Party networks in action: David Karol reads a Politico profile of Paul Ryan. 2. Eric Patashnik on trust funds and double-counting. 3. John Sides on how the conventions will affect WH 2012. 4. "Rising health care costs are an economic, not a budget, problem." Exactly. Rebecca Theiss backs it with a chart. 5. And Anna Clark looks at the reporting -- good and bad -- on Mitt Romney... more »
The New Political Science Game
As the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association may face cancellation due to Hurricane Isaac, there is only one thing to do: wildly speculate how APSAHungerGames would play out in 2012.* Spawned on twitter by @whinecough, an ABD (all but dissertation) on the job market, the idea is that in a hurricane-swept New Orleans, the APSA convention-goers must compete to survive. ** We honestly hope that all folks make it to and from New Orleans with the smallest amount of tribulations as we violate the classic comedic equation of pain plus time = funny.* The best line o... more »
Hurricane warnings issued for Gulf Coast on Katrina anniversary
* As Tropical Storm Isaac grazed the Florida Keys with less force than was feared, hurricane warnings have been issued for the Gulf Coast from Central Louisiana to the Florida panhandle with Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana declaring state of emergencies ahead of the storm's landfall.* Isaac is expected to strengthen to a weak Category 2 or Category 1 hurricane before making landfall along the Gulf Coast by Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane warnings were issued from east of Morgan City, La. -- which includes New Orleans -- to D... more »
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION - 27th August 2012
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION at a depth of 45.4 km (28.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:05:23 UTC Monday 27th August 2012 The epicenter was 149 km (92 miles) South from Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Jewish boys arrested for firebomb attack in West Bank
*Israeli police have arrested three young Jewish settlers suspected of attacking a Palestinian vehicle in the West Bank earlier this month. * The three, aged 12 to 13 allegedly threw a firebomb injuring six people, four of them from the same family including two children. The youngsters have been remanded in custody. Source
Kate Braun : Celebrate the Blue Moon with Sea Water
Image from Fast and Flurrious. Moon Musings: Full Moon/Blue Moon (August 31, 2012) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / August 27, 2012 "If they say the moon is blue / We must believe that it is true" -- 1500’s proverb Lady Moon is in Pisces, a Mutable Feminine Water sign, for this Full Moon, and the day, Friday, Frigga’s day, is adding to the abounding feminine energies. The second
Libya's promised reconstruction bonanza fails to materialise
* Regatta is a large gated compound set aside for foreign business executives on the coast west of Tripoli. Most of its homes lie empty, many ransacked by militias, and sand blown in from the seafront forms little dunes on its roads. It wasn't meant to be like this.* It is now a year since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship, which triggered seemingly endless predictions by the likes of UK defence secretary Philip Hammond that British executives would be "packing their suitcases" to share in a reconstruction bonanza. Yet Regatta stubbornly refuses to become anything but a gho... more »
Pesticide Becomes Florida Community's Pest
Joe Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 10 hours ago
By: Duane Craig As DeLand, Fla. recently learned, there is no escaping the consequences of trying to control the environment, and the living things within it. Comfortable residents, some with golf course views and many with country club memberships in the Country Club Estates community now know one of the true costs of striving for a bug-free environment. The pesticide, dieldrin, has been found in nearly 50 percent of the wells tested, driving 118 homeowners to ask to be connected to city water. Meanwhile, 80 homes are in the process of being connected, and the property values in ... more »
war resisters campaign rebooted: resisters at risk: please donate if you can
After a period of calm in the cases of U.S. Iraq War resisters, things are quickly coming to a head. War resister Kimberly Rivera and her family will receive a decision in their case in a few days and they face imminent deportation to the United States. Another war resister has been told to complete all of the submissions for his case by September 20 and to expect a decision shortly afterwards. Many other resisters are awaiting decisions on Humanitarian & Compassionate applications or spousal sponsorships. It appears that these decisions will now start coming in quickly. The War... more »
US arms sales shoot to record levels
Another RMB100 Billion "Ghost Town"?
Recently, the city government of Kaifeng in Henan province presented a restoration project costing over 100 billion Yuan. The project plans to transform its old town into a 20-square-kilometer tourism zone. This is to restore the historical outlook of "Bianjing" city, the capital of Northern Song Dynasty. For the past two years, foreign media have reported that many Chinese cities where buildings are newly developed are seldom used so that they look like "ghost towns". Similarly, Kaifeng's project has been speculated to produce the next "ghost town". Another unrealistic project of city b... more »
Nation Revisited: a site worth visiting
The international global plantation grows stronger by the day. There are many voices shouting in warning about what is happening around the world, and about what is yet to come. We are not short of questions regarding what is to be done to avert the coming tragedy. Sadly, we are short of answers. An interesting site which has only recently sprung forth onto the internet is Bill Baillies' Nation Revisited. A harsh critic of 'conspiracy theorists', Bill Baillie has a view of our plight which does not see Jews responsible for our every woe. Indeed, he points to the fact that of t... more »
Israeli vets confess to ‘no mercy’ abuse of Palestinian ‘terrorist’ kids
Israeli veterans have spoken out, describing a degrading culture of abuse and harassment of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza. A report containing 30 veterans’ testimonies details numerous cases of violence committed by Israeli soldiers. The report was released to world media on Saturday by Breaking the Silence, an organization made up of Israeli army veterans formed in 2004. They compiled more than 850 accounts from current and former Israeli soldiers describing abuses they committed or witnessed. The investigation seeks to serve as “a witness to the ongoing decline of... more »
‘Pussy Riot trial not about freedom of speech’
* The hype about the Pussy Riot trial has a lot to do with western attitudes towards Russia, says Italian journalist Enza Ferreri. A Western prejudice against Russia is unquestionable, she argues.* Ferreri told RT that the West still buys into a stereotype that there is no freedom of speech in Russia, when in fact it is more democratic than many of its western counterparts and the Pussy Riot verdict proves it. “This verdict represents the views of ordinary Russians and the majority of Russians more than similar trials represent views of ordinary westerners,” she said. The West has ... more »
Three injured as bomb goes off in Southern Russia
* What is thought to be a home-made explosive device went off in Ingushetia’s capital of Nazran around 12:30pm Moscow time on Monday. Local police report one of the three injured is in a critical condition.* Three men aged from 25-28 sustained shrapnel wounds. One of them is in extremely serious condition, with doctors fighting for his life. The blast took place near Nazran’s central market. The force of the explosive device was reportedly equivalent to two kilograms of TNT. The bomb was planted by the entrance to the grocery store which, according to Itar-Tass, sells alcohol. Amb... more »
Obama Calls Money Shortage 'Critical'
* In a fundraising email to perspective donors, President Obama says, "This is critical." Obama explains that he is being outspent in states likes Iowa by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. * Here's the entire email: Daniel -- When I'm out there talking to voters, we talk about what we've done, what we plan to do over the next four years, and why the other guys have dangerous plans to go back to the policies that failed America for almost a decade. But there is another question that keeps coming up, and you need to know about it: "Why do I see so many more ads for the ... more »
‘Operation Free Assange’: Anonymous take down Interpol website
* Hactivist group Anonymous claims to have taken down the websites of Interpol and a British police force as part of a campaign calling for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.* Several Twitter accounts associated with the loose-knit Anonymous collective have announced that the website of International Criminal Police Organization was taken down. The site was unavailable as of 9:18 pm GMT on Sunday but resumed functioning soon after. The hackers also claim to have taken down the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a UK police unit responsible for operat... more »
Britain and US plan a Syrian revolution from an innocuous office block in Istanbul
*An underground network of Syrian opposition activists is receiving training and supplies of vital equipment from a combined American and British effort to forge an effective alternative to the Damascus regime.* Dozens of dissidents have been ferried out of Syria to be vetted for foreign backing. Recipients of the aid are given satellite communications and computers so that they can act as a local "hub" linking local activists and the outside world. The training takes place in an Istanbul district where handsome apartment blocks line the steep slopes and rooftop terraces boast views... more »
Assad vows Syria will defeat 'foreign conspiracy
President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that Syria would defeat what he described as a foreign plot being waged against the country, according to the official SANA news agency. "The Syrian people will not allow this conspiracy to achieve its objectives" and will defeat it "at any price," Assad said. "What is happening now is not only directed at Syria but the whole region. Because Syria is the cornerstone, foreign powers are targeting it so their conspiracy succeeds across the entire region." Assad has long characterising the brutal 17-month conflict as a fight against foreign "t... more »
Is eye scan technology future of airport security?
* Will the airport of the future be able to verify the identity of passengers with a quick eye scan?* Aoptix Technologies Inc., a Campbell-based high-tech company, has developed iris scan technology the company hopes can be used by the Transportation Security Administration to verify passenger identification in a matter of seconds. To market, sell and develop such technology, Aoptix announced last week it had acquired $42 million in additional funding from investors, bringing the total amount it has raised to $123 million since it launched in 2000. Aoptix’s scanning technology is a... more »
Scientists Successfully ‘Hack’ Brain To Obtain Private Data
* BERKELEY, Calif. (CBS Seattle) – It sounds like something out of the movie “Johnny Mnemonic,” but scientists have successfully been able to “hack” a brain with a device that’s easily available on the open market.* Researchers from the University of California and University of Oxford in Geneva figured out a way to pluck sensitive information from a person’s head, such as PIN numbers and bank information. The scientists took an off-the-shelf Emotiv brain-computer interface, a device that costs around $299, which allows users to interact with their computers by thought. The scienti... more »
Two U.S. Troops Killed by Rogue Afghan Soldier
* KABUL (Reuters) - A rogue Afghan soldier shot dead two U.S. troops in east Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led coalition said, the latest in a series of insider killings that have strained trust between the allies ahead of a 2014 pullout by foreign combat troops.* The deaths in Laghman province brought to 12 the number of foreign soldiers killed this month, prompting NATO to increase security against insider attacks, including requiring soldiers to carry loaded weapons at all times on base. They also come a week after U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey visited Kab... more »
After Afghanistan War, a New Great Game Kicks Off in Central Asia'
* Since 9/11, America’s priority in Central Asia has been to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. But as the United States and NATO pull out, there is a new danger: that the West could become entangled in regional rivalries, local strongman politics and competition with Russia and China.* Central Asian governments have sought for years to manipulate foreign powers’ interest in the region for their own benefit. In the summer of 2005, the United States military was evicted from its facility at Karshi-Khanabad in Uzbekistan after American officials criticized the Uzbek government’s slaug... more »
''The NAM Summit, Iran and Syria: A Coup Against the West?''
* The upcoming summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will be held in Tehran from August 26 to 31, 2012. The NAM and its summit are mostly ignored in the Atlanticist world of the United States and NATO, but this year’s gathering has gotten the attention of the Atlanticists and their press. The reason is that the NAM summit’s venue has upset the political establishment in Washington, DC.* The US government has gotten its feathers ruffled and even gone out of its way to berate NAM leaders for gathering in Iran. US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland – the spouse of neo-con ... more »
Artist Moving Forward
Started five years ago, artist Michael Newberry signed off last week on his latest painting, Man Moving Forward. Watch it change and develop over those years: Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
''Suez Canal chairman: US requested to strike Iranian weapons ship''
*The Egyptian Navy refused a US request to strike an Iranian ship loaded with weapons that was on its way to Syria through the Suez Canal, Lieutenant General Mohab Mamish, Suez Canal Authority chairman, said Saturday.* In an interview with private satellite Channel Al-Hayat, Mamish also confirmed that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces had objected to the presence of US ships at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal during the 25 January revolution. The former SCAF member said that he is primarily responsible for the management of the Suez Canal. All the decisions concerning... more »
US court overturns coal pollution ruling
* A US appeals court overturned a key Obama administration rule to reduce harmful emissions from coal-fired power plants on Tuesday.* The Columbia district circuit appeals court said in a 2-1 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency had exceeded its mandate with the rule, which was to limit sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in 28 mostly eastern states and Texas. The court sent the cross-state air pollution rule for revision, telling the agency to administer its existing clean air interstate rule – the Bush-era regulation that it was updating – i... more »
"Fukushima’s Nuclear Casualties"
*"Fukushima’s Nuclear Casualties"* by Joseph Mangano "It’s been nearly 18 months since the disastrous nuclear meltdown at Fukushima. There have been many reports on the huge amounts of radioactivity escaping into the air and water, unusually high levels in air, water, and soil – along with atypically high levels of toxic chemicals in food – that actually “passed” government inspection and wasn’t banned like some other food. Conspicuously absent are reports on effects of radiation exposure on the health of the Japanese people. Have any health officials publicly announced post-... more »
Arctic sea ice levels to reach record low within days
* Arctic sea ice is set to reach its lowest ever recorded extent as early as this weekend, in "dramatic changes" signalling that man-made global warming is having a major impact on the polar region. * With the melt happening at an unprecedented rate of more than 100,000 sq km a day, and at least a week of further melt expected before ice begins to reform ahead of the northern winter, satellites are expected to confirm the record – currently set in 2007 – within days. "Unless something really unusual happens we will see the record broken in the next few days. It might happen this week... more »
Schools in Fukushima town reopen after 1 1/2 years
* HIRONO, Fukushima -- Public elementary and junior high schools here reopened Aug. 27, a year and a half after the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant and the town fell under the government-designated emergency evacuation preparation zone.* The town held a joint reopening ceremony at Hirono Elementary School in a bid to encourage former town residents to come home nearly one year after the town's evacuation zone designation was lifted. Attending the ceremony were kindergartners and students and their p... more »
Typhoon Bolaven heads for Koreas
Tokyo (CNN) -- Okinawa emerged relatively unscathed on Monday from a ferocious typhoon that churned across the Japanese island before heading toward the Korean Peninsula. Typhoon Bolaven had maximum sustained winds near its center of 185 kilometers per hour (115 mph) when it hit Okinawa on Sunday night, according to the Hong Kong Observatory, which monitors storms in the region. That wind strength put Bolaven in the "super typhoon" category. And with a cloud field of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), it is 20 times larger than Okinawa's length. But the island, which is situated in ... more »
Samsung shares tumble on ruling
*(CNN) -- The share price of Samsung Electronics dropped nearly 7.5% in trading Monday as investors had their first opportunity to react to the more than $1 billion decision against the Korean electronics giant by a California jury for infringing on Apple patents.* Samsung dropped 6.3% at the open of South Korea's Kospi index and finished the day down 7.45%, after dropping as much as 7.7%. The tumble erased about $12 billion from the company's market value Monday. Samsung is planning to appeal Friday's decision of a U.S. federal jury which awarded Apple $1.05 billion for copying t... more »
"Fukushima’s Fish Are Soaked In Record Levels of Radiation"
*"Fukushima’s Fish Are Soaked In Record Levels of Radiation"* by Mario Aguilar "During last year's nuclear disaster, the deadly radiation inside Fukushima 1 became one with the surrounding environment contaminating everything. Things aren't getting any better. Record quantities of the deadly radioactive isotope cesium-137 have just been discovered in the fisheries around Fukushima. We've known about the untold and nearly inconceivable quantities of cesium-137 released into the surrounding ecosystem for over a year. But these numbers reported by the AFP are still shocking:... more »
Chinese demonstrators rally against Japan
Aug. 26 - Chanting 'down with Japanese Imperialism' Chinese protesters called on their government to reassert its claim to the disputed Diaoyu islands.
"Say Goodbye to Social Security"
*"Say Goodbye to Social Security"* by Rob Urie "In a New York Times editorial (link) written in 1993 the late economist John Kenneth Galbraith made a point that seems to have been lost on subsequent generations—many in the economic elite benefit from the destitution of others. Even more to the point, activist government could put the unemployed back to work tomorrow, but at a cost to the elite. By tying economic policies long known to work to competing economic interests, Dr. Galbraith explained the current conundrum. Economies in the West aren’t working because a small econo... more »
Turkish police use water cannons, tear gas on Kurds
Aug. 26 - Kurdish protesters hurled fireworks and stones at Turkish police who responded with tear gas and water cannons. Deborah Gembara reports
Syrian rebels say shoot down helicopter
Aug. 27 - Syrian rebel forces shoot down helicopter over Damascus, they say, as clashes heat upEurope drawn back to its first problem: Greece....That's what happens if you ignore the Problem by throwing Money at it
* (Reuters) - The euro zone debt crisis was born in Greece. Nearly three years and two bailouts on, Europe must decide whether to give the country yet more help or cut it loose.* For all its complexities, Greece's problems essentially come down to three simple questions: Can the country return to growth? How big are its debts? And will the first ever be enough to pay off the second? Put like that, one might wonder why policymakers have found a solution so elusive. But as ever, the devil is in the detail, and in Greece's case the details are devilishly difficult. That is why ongoing... more »
West Papua resistance losing fight for freedom
* Resistance leaders in the restive Indonesian region of West Papua say they are losing their struggle for independence as authorities step up a decades-long campaign of abuse and intimidation. * After almost 50 years of Indonesian rule, the reins of control are being pulled tighter than ever, with human rights groups saying the frequency and ferocity of abuse is on the rise. There are even claims that an elite counter-terrorism unit, one that has been funded and trained by Australia, is operating in West Papua where it is accused of targeting and killing independence leaders. The A... more »
Spain: Activists attempt to raid Estremadura supermarket
* (ANSAmed) - MADRID, AUGUST 24 - About 50 protesters tried to expropriate basic foods from a Carrefour supermarket in Merida (Estremadura) in protest against the government's social spending cuts, Estremadura government delegation sources said on Friday.* The protesters, from the Estremadura Minimum Wage Platform and unemployed citizens' groups led by Estremadura Izquierda Unida (United Left) MP Victor Casco, entered the supermarket around 11 this morning. They filled their carts with oil, rice, pasta, milk, and legumes and attempted to leave without paying, to the traditional left... more »
"The United States In 2012: A Status Update For The Country"
*"The United States In 2012: * *A Status Update For The Country"* By Christopher S. Rugaber "We're heavier in pounds and hotter by degrees than Americans of old. We're starting to snub our noses at distant suburbs after generations of burbs in our blood. Our roads and bridges are kind of a mess. There are many more poor, and that's almost sure to get worse. The oddly American obsession with picking up and moving on — "this spectacle of so many lucky men restless in the midst of abundance," as Alexis de Tocqueville noted nearly 200 years ago — has given way to the un-American... more »
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 27th August 2012
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR at a depth of 20.1 km (12.5 miles), the quake hit at 09:05:00 UTC Monday 27th August 2012 The epicenter was 133 km (82 miles) South from Usulután, Usulután, El Salvador No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA - 27th August 2012
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA at a depth of 151.2 km (94 miles), the quake hit at 09:01:23 UTC Monday 27th August 2012 The epicenter was 32 km (19 miles) SSE of Parapat, Indonesia No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Serious Vision Problems and Eye Disease Climbing Rapidly in U.S.
Elizabeth Renter It seems as if illness and disease are always in the news, and that degenerative conditions are always rising in the United States. And recent news reflects that eye disease is no different, with serious vision problems rising steadily in the U.S. Is this increase able to be reversed through diet, or is it simply something we must live with? *The Scary Rise in Vision Problems and Eye-Disease* A new report from the organization Prevent Blindness America says that numerous eye disorders are climbing at alarming rates—many of them with effects including blindness. ... more »
Sixty Quakes Strike So Cal in 16 hours
James Smith, *Contributor* Since 9:30 PM PDT, there have been sixty earthquakes in the Brawley, CA region, near the Mexican border. The depths have been less than 20km below the surface and of modest magnitude. Does this foretell a major event? Quite possibly. However, the best gauge of any future event would be a continuing of the events, or a spread along the San Andreas fault.*MAG UTC DATE-TIME Lat Long Depth Location* 3.4 8/26/2012 20:20 33.026 -115.543 11.9 5 km ( 3 mi) N of Brawley, CA 2.4 8/26/2012 20:19 33.007 -115.523 14.9 4 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Brawley, CA 3.5 ... more »
Ron Paul Speech in Tampa "We Are The Future"
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New American Dream: I Want To Be a Crony
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A Prophecy by Leon Shenandoah, Tadadaho Of The Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy
Source of Picture: http://www.earthmothercrying.org/LeonShenandoah.htm *It is prophesied in our Instructions that the end of the world will be near when the trees start dying from the tops down. That's what the maples are doing today. Our Instructions say the time will come when there will be no corn, when nothing will grow in the garden, when the water will be unfit to drink. * *We were instructed to carry a love for one another and to show great respect for all beings of the earth. In our ways, spiritual consciousness is the highest form of politics. We must live in harmony... more »
Blog update
Posting will hopefully return to normal tomorrow. There's a lot I have missed out on and I may try and catch-up with a few articles on Tuesday and Wednsday.
German journalists in China ask Angela Merkel for help
BEIJING: German journalists working in China on Sunday called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to urge Beijing to improve reporting conditions when she arrives for talks in the Chinese capital this week. Merkel will hold talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a two-day visit which begins on Thursday -- her second trip to Beijing this year. The journalists have written a letter to the German chancellor calling on her to discuss their 'deteriorating situation'. They complained Chinese authorities had been 'willfully obstructing their work by threatening to not renew working visas, i... more »
OUR TERRORISTS; MOSLEMS WORKING FOR OUR SPOOKS
*John Cantlie* One of the anti-Assad terrorists in Syria is a British born doctor who works at a London hospital. "The AK-47-wielding doctor is part of an extremist gang that held veteran war photographer John Cantlie and a fellow western journalist hostage for a week." John Cantlie was shot in the arm when he tried to escape. Cantlie was later treated by the terrorist doctor, who was using a UK National Health Service medical kit. The doctor, aged 28, intends to return to his senior post in a South London hospital when he leaves Syria. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2... more »
Typhoon Bolaven heads to S Korea after lashing Okinawa
* A powerful typhoon is heading towards South Korea after lashing the Japanese island of Okinawa, causing power cuts and paralysing transport.* Typhoon Bolaven was 300km (186 miles) north of Naha, Okinawa at 11:00 am local time (02:00 GMT), Japanese media reported. In Seoul, President Lee Myung-bak has called for thorough preparations. Classes have been cancelled, evacuation orders issued, and a main port and ferry routes are closed, reports said. Meteorologists in South Korea are expecting the typhoon to make landfall at the southern Jeju Island in the early hours on Tuesday, movin... more »
Taliban behead 17 at Afghan party 'with music and dancing'
* KANDAHAR — Taliban Islamist insurgents beheaded 17 civilians, including two women, who were holding a party with music in a southern Afghanistan village, officials said Monday.* "I can confirm that this is the work of the Taliban," the Helmand provincial governor's spokesman Daud Ahmadi told AFP, referring to the hardliners notorious during their rule for public executions and the suppression of music and parties. "Two women and 15 men were beheaded. They were partying with music in an area under the control of the Taliban," he said. Nematullah Khan, the Musa Qala district chief ... more »
Rebels 'Shoot Down' Syrian Army Helicopter
* Rebel fighters have shot down a Syrian army helicopter over Damascus, according to local residents, as the opposition claimed more than 300 people had been massacred in a town southwest of the capital.* Footage posted on the internet showing the burning helicopter falling from the sky and state TV acknowledged that a military helicopter had come down in the Qaboon neighbourhood. Amer al Sadeq from the Syrian Revolution Union said the helicopter had been hovering over the eastern part of the city before it was downed. "We could hear, as the helicopter was flying over, many fire sho... more »
California residents baffled by mysterious thunder-like sounds they've been hearing for YEARS
A California county's residents are severely stumped over the origin of a mysterious series of loud, floor-rattling booms that have been shaking their eardrums - and homes - several time a week for years now. 'I thought it was thunder,' one El Dorado County resident reportedly said, while another postulated, 'It’s definitely not thunder; too consistent. I thought it was just mining.' The mysterious noises will reach residents in a series of sounds. “Boom, boom, boom, boom just like that,” Lorren Gonzales, who lives near Pleasant Valley, reportedly said. 'You can feel it in the gr... more »
R Lee Ermey FIRED from Geico commercials for anti-Obama political views
* R Lee Ermey, who played the iconic drill sergeant in 'Full Metal Jacket,' claims he was fired by Geico for his vocal opposition to the Obama Administration. * 'Gunny,' a retired US Marine, starred in a single commercial for the insurance company in 2010 in which he hilariously demonstrated why a former drill instructor makes a terrible psychiatrist. Not long after the ad debuted, he was forced to apologize after saying President Barack Obama was bringing America to it's knees and 'imposing socialism' during a Toys 4 Tots fundraiser that was broadcast live in the Chicago area. '... more »
Lake Tahoe plane crash, 5 Killed
* A small, single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport on Lake Tahoe's south shore, killing the five people on board who were celebrating a birthday.* The single-engine plane burst into flames upon impact late Saturday night in a wooded area near South Lake Tahoe, California, El Dorado County sheriff's Lt. Pete Van Arnum said. The crash started a one-acre fire that took more than 90 minutes to put out, he said. The aircraft is registered to Francisco J. Delamora, of Fresno, California, who is owner of Jdm Transport Inc., a trucking company, said Jose Lopez, a ... more »
Ron Paul turns down chance to speak at Republican National Convention after REFUSING to back Romney
* Texas congressman and libertarian firebrand Ron Paul turned down a speaking slot in the upcoming Republican National Convention after GOP leaders had demanded that he fully endorse Mitt Romney.* In an interview with the New York Times, Paul, a long-time vocal critic of the Republican Party, said that he declined to take part in the high-profile event set to begin in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday after being unable to meet the organizers’ conditions. The 77-year-old congressman said that convention planners offered him a chance to speak only if he delivered an address pre-approved by ... more »
Prometheus - THE REAL FIFIELD transformation
forget that cheesy zombie-Fifield who made it theatrical cut of Ridley Scott's Alien-prequel film, Prometheus was supposed to include THIS super-giger-ized Fifield. Apparently, FIFIELD ATTACKS (2:01) will be in the EXTRAS ... Boo! Re-Cut this film already and put ALL THE GOOD STUFF back in.
2016: Obama's America: Anti-Obama documentary challenges Hollywood blockbusters with $6.2million weekly taking
Love him or hate him, you don't know him ** * * **
Jason Wilson armed with full-sized MACHETE arrested outside Republican National Convention
* A man has been arrested for being armed with a machete while protesting near the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday.* Authorities said at around 2:15pm, officers spotted 31-year-old Jason Wilson with a machete strapped to his leg. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said deputies ordered Wilson to stop, but he kept walking along East Washington Street. When deputies caught up to him, police say he said told them he did not have to stop and that he was allowed to carry whatever he wanted. However, weapons are prohibited in areas police have designated ... more »
Camden Police Disbanded: Deadliest city in America plans to disband its ENTIRE police force and fire 270 cops over budget crunch
* Camden, New Jersey, the deadliest place in America, is disbanding its entire police force and firing 270 cops in an effort to deal with a massive budget crunch.* The Camden Police Department will be replaced with a force run by the county, which supporters say will cost significantly less and allow more officers on the streets. Some citizens worry, though that the new officers, many of them from the county police force, won't be prepared for the tough, violent work of patrolling a dense urban city. The police union says the force, which will not be unionized, is simply a union-... more »
Dinosaur footprints discovered outside NASA's Maryland flight center
* In their constant bid to break new ground, it's rare for NASA's news to include any mention of dinosaurs. * But that’s exactly what happened this week after a massive footprint of a lumbering, armoured dinosaur called a nodosaur was discovered at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. More than a hundred million years before scientists at NASA's Maryland-based centre were working on exploring the universe, it appears that the site was home to herbivore dinosaurs. The incredible discovery was made all the more exciting after a second track - overlapping with the first - was unearthed... more »
"Fukushima’s Fish Are Soaked In Record Levels of Radiation
*"Fukushima’s Fish Are Soaked In Record Levels of Radiation"* by Mario Aguilar "During last year's nuclear disaster, the deadly radiation inside Fukushima 1 became one with the surrounding environment contaminating everything. Things aren't getting any better. Record quantities of the deadly radioactive isotope cesium-137 have just been discovered in the fisheries around Fukushima. We've known about the untold and nearly inconceivable quantities of cesium-137 released into the surrounding ecosystem for over a year. But these numbers reported by the AFP are still shocking:... more »
Toxic Pesticides and the Flight of The Bumblebee: Are We Poisoning Our Future? by Colin Todhunter
Toxic Pesticides and the Flight of The Bumblebee: Are We Poisoning Our Future? by Colin Todhunter Global Research Canada, 26 August 2012 *Have you heard the buzz lately? Billions of bumblebees have been dying off, and, as a result, the entire global food chain may be in danger. Along with other insects, such as moths and hoverflies, bees pollinate around a third of the crops grown worldwide.* The humble bee is a much under-appreciated creature. In fact, life as we know it depends on it. Bees pollinate wild plants and agricultural crops, including some 90 per cent of the wo... more »
California Earthquake Swarm: More than ONE HUNDRED earthquakes hit California as 'swarm' rattles southern tip of state
* Hundreds of small to moderate earthquakes rattled Southern California on Sunday, shaking an area from rural Imperial County to the San Diego coast and north into the Coachella Valley.* The largest quake, magnitude 5.3, struck at 12:31 p.m. about three miles north-northwest of the small Imperial County farming town of Brawley, according to Paul Caruso, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed minutes later by a magnitude-4.9 quake. The first quake had a magnitude of 3.9 and hit at 10:02 a.m. It was followed by a smaller quake about 90 seconds later in the same... more »
Louisiana Ordered to Evacuate as Hurricane Isaac prepares to hit Gulf Coast seven years to the day since Katrina struck
* Tens of thousands of Louisiana residents have been ordered to evacuate as Tropical Storm Isaac picks up strength in the Gulf of Mexico - and it may strike seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the same area.* More than 50,000 residents of the St. Charles Parish in southeast Louisiana have been told to leave ahead of Isaac, which is currently churning in the Gulf. Earlier in the day, Gov Bobby Jindal had also suggested that anyone in low-lying parts of the state's coastal parishes evacuate. A hurricane warning has been issued for parts of the state east of Morg... more »
Now European Court of Human Rights Allows Convicted Terrorists in the UK a Chance to have their Convictions overturned
* Two Al Qaeda terrorists who plotted to kill thousands of innocent people in bomb attacks in Britain are attempting to have their convictions quashed on human rights grounds.* Extremists Salahuddin Amin and Rangzieb Ahmed, both British citizens, claim their trials were unfair because UK spies knew some of the information used against them was obtained during their torture by Pakistani security services. Their argument has previously been rejected by the UK courts. Now the pair have been given a green light to put their case to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch bid... more »
Brutal massacre near Damascus...Rebels Blame Assad's troops while the Government Blame Rebels for the Horrific Slaughter
* President Assad’s troops were yesterday accused of a massacre on a new scale to anything seen before in the conflict in Syria.* More than 300 bodies, including those of women and children, were found in houses and basement shelters. Many were the victim of execution-style killings, claim opposition activists. Forces loyal to the tyrannical leader had been fighting fierce battles with rebels in the town of Darayya, close to the capital Damascus. Several videos put on the internet showed rows of bloodied bodies wrapped in sheets. Read More
US Battens Down As Isaac Hits Florida Coast
* Tropical storm Isaac is lashing the Florida Keys as three American states declare states of emergency while they brace for the sprawling storm.* Parts of the US Gulf Coast are in preparation mode on fears Isaac will strengthen into a dangerous hurricane by the time it makes landfall there. The storm also remains on course to strike land on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. After passing the Florida Keys, Isaac is expected it to turn northwest and strike as a Category 2 hurricane somewhere between New Orleans and the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday. A Category 2 hurrica... more »
“Economic Collapse, We Still Don’t Get It”
*“Economic Collapse, We Still Don’t Get It”* By Andy Sutton "As the world collectively muddles through 2012, it is has become increasingly apparent that we still don’t get it. Even after the collapse of 2008 and the completely fabricated and bogus ‘recovery’ that the lapdog presscorps still insists is ongoing, plus the various financial and economic ‘accidents’ that have happened along the way since, such as MFGlobal and PFGBest, plus the annexing of entire countries by the banking syndicate (Greece and Italy for starters), we still don’t get it. We are Rome. Obsessed with brea... more »
HARRY AND OTHER ROYALS
* **A bum note.* http://www.newser.com/story/152855/harry-upset-with-royal-self.html *George* Prince George, Duke of Kent, son of George V, liked thin blond boys, reportedly. He had a relationship with a black, female singer. He was arrested for homosexual activity at least once, but quickly released. He was addicted to morphine and cocaine. He was reportedly blackmailed by a male prostitute. George died in a mysterious plane crash at the age of 39. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/138989#ixzz24jDgKk6j *Albert.* http://www.prisonplanet.com/archives_un_prostituti... more »
El Salvador Earthquake Triggers Small Tsunami
* A 7.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of El Salvador created a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has confirmed. * "Sea level readings confirm that a tsunami was generated," it said in a bulletin. A warning that a potentially destructive tsunami could hit Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico was cancelled soon after. David Walsh, an oceanographer with the Pacific Tsunami Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, said a swell of 20cm had been registered off Acajutla, El Salvador. The quake struck 74 miles south of Usulutan department in the sout... more »
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 27th August 2012
Photos: White Clay Women's March against Genocide
*Photos by Native Impact. Published with permission at Censored News. Thank you!* Lakota and Deep Green Resistance march in White Clay, Nebraska, today, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Read and watch videos about the pepper spray, lockdown and arrests at Censored News: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/08/white-clay-protest-pepper-spray-and.html
Starchild DNA Paper been Prepared For Peer Review
The DNA work on the Starchild Skull is now been prepared for peer reviewed publication. This is described as an abstract but is much of the paper itself. Let me make it simple. The Skull is Alien to Earth as we understand our DNA code. It may possibly have been derived from Earth Stock through genetic manipulation but I suspect that might be impossible. We do not know enough yet to make such a determination. The individual lived long enough on Earth to establish a relationship and to wear its teeth. Possibly for several years. The advanced skull suggests the ap... more »
Former Model Defeats Breast Cancer with Diet
We continue to get more individual reports supporting the efficiency of imposing an alkaline regimen in order to defeat cancer. A recent posting of mine revealed a direct approach using maple sugar and baking soda to force the issue. The indirect approach is typically vegan. This is the first such report that begins with a person who does not start with any conventional treatment at all. It turns out to be highly successful and the patient was obviously aggressive in maxing out the vitamin C. That may not have been necessary, yet it will certainly be beneficial. Wha... more »
Mychal Massie on the Obamas
The tragedy of the Obama Presidency is that he and yes, his wife has been given a pass all their lives. Even his 'autobiography' is most certainly ghost written and we have little idea what his writing even looks like in that case. He is the affirmative action president. His academic career was channeled into the liberal arts Leninist tradition that is despised by everyone else before, then and since. I will not say that the intellectual demands of that world are low. There are smart folks everywhere. It is simply that if you begin with unexamined assumptions known a... more »
Mosasaur Sightings off New Zealand
We have already come to the same conclusion. That there exists some giant reptiles in the form of sea serpents at least out there still making a living. Firstly, they have no natural enemies, do not breathe air, so that they rarely surface at all, and whenever they hear an engine, do the obvious and dive deep. Even better, it appears that they likely live in the deep below the warmer surface layer were they ate most comfortable. This suggests that they come to surface as part of their reproductive cycle. Most likely to enter a fresh water refuge hosting adjacent swamps... more »
The Pursuit of Assange Is an Assault on Freedom by John Pilger
Source: http://nesaranews.blogspot.se/2012/08/a-transcript-of-julian-assanges-19th.html The Pursuit of Assange Is an Assault on Freedom by John Pilger, AntiWar.com 26 August 2012 The British government's threat to invade the Ecuadorean embassy in London and seize Julian Assange is of historic significance. David Cameron, the former PR man to a television industry huckster and arms salesman to sheikdoms, is well placed to dishonor international conventions that have protected Britons in places of upheaval. Just as Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq led directly to the acts of te... more »
Beyond Paranoia: The Ridicule Style In American Politics
*Kings are paranoid for a good reason.* "And then the conspiracy theorists who come along later have to piece everything together with the Zapruder film and the footage of the Grassy Knoll and so forth, which enables us then to begin to perceive that based on piecing these images together there most likely was a conspiracy. So it's either that or we see this the way the Warren Commission wanted us to see it, in which case we would have Lee Harvey Oswald as a lone gunman, which would then fit the assassination within the pre-existing celebrity myth of the death of the celebrity b... more »
Peak cheap oil is an incontrovertible fact
If the looming global oil crunch has been postponed for another decade or two as widely alleged, this is far from obvious in today’s commodity markets. Brent crude jumped to $115 a barrel last week. Petrol costs in Germany and across much of Europe are now at record levels in local currencies. Diesel is above the political pain threshold of $4 a gallon in the US, hence reports circulating last week that the International Energy Agency (IEA) is preparing to release strategic reserves. Barclays Capital expects a “monster” effect this quarter as the crude market tightens by 2.4m bar... more »
US Drought So Severe It Can Be Seen From Space
Photo courtesy: NASA (Public Domain) If Corn Flakes is your breakfast cereal of choice - you may want to learn to embrace oatmeal or bran flakes or.... In fact, anything and everything that uses corn in any way, shape or form will rocket in price. Some of the more common uses of corn are: * Food products -- Cereals, snack foods, salad dressings, soft drink sweeteners, chewing gum, peanut butter, hominy grits, taco shells and other flour products, specialty corn including white corn, blue corn and popcorn . * Animal feeds -- Distiller's dried grain, gluten feed and meal, high-oil f... more »
Restaurants Grows Its Own Green on Rooftop
Photo courtesy: Growing Your Greens/Video screen capture Rooftop gardens are becoming a more common sight nowadays; and, the trend seems to show no sign of diminishing. The truth is that rooftop gardens may become a necessary agricultural alternative if we expect to be able to feed the world's population in years to come. As more and more people are forced to move out of the cities and into surrounding fertile areas, the less agricultural land is left. With the population increasing and viable agricultural land diminishing, feeding our burgeoning population will require creativity a... more »
Britain and US plan a Syrian revolution from an innocuous office block in Istanbul
An underground network of Syrian opposition activists is receiving training and supplies of vital equipment from a combined American and British effort to forge an effective alternative to the Damascus regime. Dozens of dissidents have been ferried out of Syria to be vetted for foreign backing. Recipients of the aid are given satellite communications and computers so that they can act as a local "hub" linking local activists and the outside world. The training takes place in an Istanbul district where handsome apartment blocks line the steep slopes and rooftop terraces boast views... more »
Scientists Successfully ‘Hack’ Brain To Obtain Private Data
It sounds like something out of the movie “Johnny Mnemonic,” but scientists have successfully been able to “hack” a brain with a device that’s easily available on the open market. Researchers from the University of California and University of Oxford in Geneva figured out a way to pluck sensitive information from a person’s head, such as PIN numbers and bank information. The scientists took an off-the-shelf Emotiv brain-computer interface, a device that costs around $299, which allows users to interact with their computers by thought. The scientists then sat their subjects in fron... more »
Find Rebel terrorist NHS doctor: MI6 lead hunt for Syrian Rebel on sabbatical from London hospital who held British journalist captive in Syria
* Intelligence services were last night trying to trace an NHS doctor who was part of a terror cell that kidnapped and shot a British photographer in Syria.* The AK-47-wielding medic is part of an extremist gang that held veteran war photographer John Cantlie and a fellow western journalist hostage for a week. A heavily bearded Islamic fanatic, he told his prisoners he had taken a sabbatical from his NHS job to wage a ‘holy war’ in Syria. He also told them that he was planning to return to his senior post in a South London A&E department. Last night the General Medical Council sai... more »
White Clay Protest: Pepper spray and arrests
August 26, 2012 | DGR News Service Women’s March and Day of Peace Turns Violent– Protesters Arrested ** ** *By Jessica Garraway / Deep Green Resistance Great Plains* *Photos by Deep Green Resistance* *More photos:* http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2012/08/photos-white-clay-womens-march-against.html Women of the Oglala Lakota nation along with activists from Deep Green Resistance, AIM Grassroots, Un-Occupy Albuquerque, Occupy Lincoln, and Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center took part in a march from Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge into White Clay to protest against the predatory li... more »
Brussels bureaucrats have ruled that UK gardeners who sprinkle coffee grounds around their cabbages to kill slugs are breaking the law.
Slashing the public sector? It's a myth: Osborne's made only 6% of his promised cuts, warns think-tank
* George Osborne’s claims that he is slashing public spending are exposed as a myth today.* The Chancellor has made just a fraction of his promised cuts to the bloated state sector, says a hard-hitting report. It also warns that Mr Osborne will fail to hit his target of eliminating the structural deficit within five years. Despite repeated Government claims to be cutting public expenditure, the study by the Centre for Policy Studies found that the Coalition has made just 6 per cent of its planned cuts to current expenditure for this Parliament. The report by the centre-right think... more »
Greece hoping for calmer EU waters after Samaras tour
* ATHENS — Greece voiced hope Sunday that a charm offensive around Europe by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will halt a barrage of criticism as it labours to put delayed reforms on track and restore its credibility*. Samaras met in succession with key EU leaders German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker to stress that his government intended to honour its commitments to EU and IMF creditors. "I'd like to believe that the meetings enabled us to slowly reverse a climate that existed against our homeland," the prime mini... more »
Attacks on Shrines Rattle Libya
* Libya's newly elected congress held an emergency session on Sunday about the destruction over the weekend of two of the country's most revered Sufi shrines by suspected religious extremists, who some lawmakers allege may have undertaken their actions in collusion with security officials. * The brazen attacks in two cities underscore the shaky nature of the emerging democracy in Libya, where elected officials have little sway over security forces. The destruction has raised fears that conservative religious groups—whose candidates were soundly beaten in the country's July election—m... more »
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake MOLUCCA SEA - 27th August 2012
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the MOLUCCA SEA at a depth of 82.3 km (51.1 miles), the quake hit at 03:47:18 UTC Monday 27th August 2012 The epicenter was 170 km (106 miles) NNW from Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Taiwan Maintains Sea Warning as Typhoon Tembin Returns
Taiwan maintained a sea warning as Typhoon Tembin reapproached after already passing through, the Central Weather Bureau said on its website today. Tembin was centered 430 kilometers west-southwest of Taiwan’s southern tip at 11:00 p.m. local time today, heading east and shifting to east-northeast at 6 kilometers to 12 kilometers per hour, it said. Meteorology officials lifted a land warning yesterday. Agricultural damage in Taiwan from Tembin exceeded NT$168 million as of 10 a.m. today, the Council of Agriculture said on its website. Source
Venezuela struggles with refinery blaze after deadly blast
* PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan firefighters struggled on Sunday to put out a blaze at the country's biggest refinery sparked by an explosion that killed 41 people in one of the global oil industry's deadliest accidents. * Officials at the 645,000 barrel-per-day Amuay refinery are trying to stop the fire still raging at two storage tanks from spreading to other nearby fuel storage facilities. That would delay Amuay's restart beyond the current estimate of two days. The incident may support world fuel prices, which are already expected to rise with crude oil as tropical... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: Do you have an Eco-friendly blog or site? Do you occasionally write about the environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're invited to link up. Here are the rules: 1. If you have a green-living blog and/or write about the environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below to list your site. 2. If you only occasionally write about green living, please use tags such as "green", "Eco", "Environment", etc. and then link to that collection... more »
The Party Of Rape
This afternoon, Noah gave us a frightening look into the Republican mindset where rape is the ultimate manifestation of tyranny. While he was working on his piece, retiring Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, one of the last pro-Choice Republicans left in the Senate, was working on her own OpEd for yesterday's *Washington Post*: How the GOP Can Mend Its Image Among Women. It's sad and dishonest and is premised on demonizing poor, pathetic Todd Akin, while drawing some laughable false distinction between him and virtual doppelgänger Paul Ryan or, for that matter, the man with no core what... more »
Mumps cases in north-east England quadruple
* Reports of mumps have more than quadrupled in the north-east of England compared to the same time last year, latest figures show.* The Health Protection Agency said 133 cases were diagnosed between April and June compared with 32 in the same period in 2011. The agency said the number of cases nationally had doubled from 468 to 930. It warned teenagers and young adults who have not had two doses of MMR vaccine are particularly vulnerable. Regional head of immunisation Julia Waller said: "While most people recover from mumps within a week, it can still be a very unpleasant disease. ... more »
How NASA plans to reach deep space
* (Sen) - Human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit has been brought into focus this weekend following the death of Neil Armstrong, the first human to step foot on the Moon. It is 40 years since a man last walked on the lunar surface and today no government or enterprise operates the technology that can follow in the footsteps of the Apollo astronauts. * However, much exploration of space beyond orbiting stations is planned in the coming years, from private companies seeking to land robots on the Moon and asteroids to China aiming for a manned lunar landing. As for NASA, it has been g... more »
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Pray for the destruction of Iran (Wait, what? You mean Israel holds the SAME fanatcism as Iran? ...and the media actually dares to report such a truth?)
Revered rabbi Ovadiah Yosef implored God to “wipe out and destroy” Iran and Hezbollah during his weekly sermon on Saturday night. This is the second time in a row in which Rabbi Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas movement, has spoken about the threat of Iran’s nuclear program during his post-Sabbath Torah lesson. It follows a briefing he was given by National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror on the Iranian issue 10 days ago, which was seen as part of an effort from the Prime Minister’s Office to obtain the rabbi’s support for the government’s position on the matter. Speaking o... more »
German Official Opposes European Debt Purchases
* FRANKFURT — The president of the German central bank said in an interview published Sunday that he remained staunchly opposed to government bond purchases by the European Central Bank, a position that could make it more difficult to deploy a weapon many economists believe is essential to saving the euro.* But in a sign that the mood in Germany could be shifting, Chancellor Angela Merkel adopted a more dovish tone during a separate interview. She told members of her governing coalition to stop talking about Greece leaving the euro. “We are in a decisive phase in the battle against... more »
US issued hurricane warning for Gulf coast as Issac approaches
*The U.S. National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane warning for the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.* Isaac is still a tropical storm with 100 kilometer winds moving past the Florida Keys and heading into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s forecast to intensify to a Category 2 hurricane by the time it reaches the northern Gulf coast by early Wednesday. It coincides with the 7th anniversary of hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans in 2005, killing nearly 2,000 people and causing billions of dollars of damage. Source
Police Hunt For 'Lion On Loose' In Essex
*Police have warned residents to stay indoors after a lion was reportedly spotted in fields in Essex.* The large cat, believed to be a lion, was seen in fields off Earls Hall Drive in St Oysth, near Clacton, Essex, just before 7pm yesterday, police said. Officers from Essex Police have been working with experts from Colchester Zoo who believe the reports to be genuine after being shown a photograph from a member of the public. However, police said the big cat had not escaped from the zoo, as all its animals had been accounted for. There have been rumours that it may have escaped f... more »
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE - 27th August 2012
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE at a depth of 57.1 km (35.5 miles), the quake hit at 00:39:53 UTC Monday 27th August 2012 The epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) East from Antofagasta, Chile No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - 26th August 2012
magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA at a depth of 12.2 km (7.6 miles), the quake hit at 23:33:25 UTC Sunday 26th August 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4.3 miles) North from Brawley, California No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Moral panic ‘du jour’: drugged driving [updated]
Today’s “moral panic” is drugged driving, on the back of stories like this one in the *Tabloid Herald *titled “Tests reveal most crash drivers had taken drugs,” to which there is a whole lot less than meets the eye. First, the sample size is just 453--being the number of crashed drivers for whom the Ministry of Transport had blood samples. One presumes, but is not told, that a blood sample is generally only taken if the police on the scene consider it possible the drivers involved *were* under the influence of something more than just euphoria. Meaning many crashed drivers (i.e., ... more »
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake HALMAHERA, INDONESIA - 26th August 2012
magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck HALMAHERA, INDONESIA at a depth of 44.6 km (27.7 miles), the quake hit at 23:06:13 UTC Sunday 26th August 2012 The epicenter was 141 km (87 miles) Northeast of Tobelo, Indonesia No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
TOBIN, A NEOCON PROPAGANDIST, TURNS TO DOWNRIGHT LIES TO DEMONISE IRAN
There’s a fine line between propaganda and downright lying – neoconservative *Commentary* propagandist Jonathan Tobin has crossed that line. In an article today in *Commentary* Tobin wrote: *The latest report being prepared by the International Atomic Energy Agency about Iran appears to be a sobering retort to those who have spent the summer trying to claim that Israel’s warnings about the need to act should be ignored. The report, which has not yet been released but whose contents have been leaked, says that Iran has installed hundreds of new centrifuges in recent months and is de... more »
Todays Extremist Free Market Philosophies Could Be Deadly
Have you ever wondered – What??? Huh???? Why??? When listening to the radical – religious right? Have you ever wondered – What??? Huh???? Why??? When listening to the radical –right talk about the economy? Recently I read an article from 2010 NYT that was an eye opener - some interesting “revelations” in it. The topic of the article was the battle of religious fundamentalist zealots and their battle in Texas to rewrite textbooks and history. Here are some snips – some that I thought might pique your interest. “But Christianity has had a deep impact on our system. The men who wrote ... more »
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