10:20 opm MDST
The following heavily biased video is precisely why America will soon self-destruct
*Thoughts: The Coming Crisis is not a fan of Obama, which is pretty obvious
by now. However, due to skewed political thinking in America, most would
say that because we are anti-Obama, we are pro-Romney. This is not the
case. However, such a black-and-white attitude prevails in America among
American citizens, and is why no matter who wins the coming election,
America's number is likely up. To illustrate this further, I'll now
highlight a number of highly erroneous assumptions this video makes, which
are listed as follows.*
*
**1. That the plane wasn't already crashing headlong int... more »
Ed Royce-- Hiding In The Shadows, Working For Wall Street Against Main Street
Ed Royce was first elected to Congress in 1992. Before that he was a
longtime student taking out deferments to avoid fighting in Vietnam and
then a corporate tax manager who worked at figuring out loopholes so his
clients wouldn't have to pay their fair share of taxes. One of the worst
extremists in California, Royce is a raving racist lunatic and bigot but is one
of the least known Members of Congress and certainly the least known of
anyone who's been in there so long. He operates in stealth for his masters,
the Wall Street banksters. He's perfectly positioned as a senior member o... more »
Israeli Lobbyist Confirms 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, While Israeli PM Draws Ridicule At The UN
The global 9/11 truth and justice movement was vindicated again when
Patrick Clawson, the Director of Research at the Washington Institute of
Near East Policy (WINEP), *publicly suggested** *that the United States and
Israel *stage a false flag provocation* in the Persian Gulf to justify U.S.
military action and switch the war against Iran to another gear.
For the full context of his remarks, watch the complete video titled, *"How
to Build U.S.-Israeli Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear
Breakout."*
Clawson's comments are hardly surprising. 9/11 truth-tellers have been
sa... more »
Israeli Lobbyist Confirms 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, While Israeli PM Draws Ridicule At The UN
The global 9/11 truth and justice movement was vindicated again when
Patrick Clawson, the Director of Research at the Washington Institute of
Near East Policy (WINEP), *publicly suggested** *that the United States and
Israel *stage a false flag provocation* in the Persian Gulf to justify U.S.
military action and switch the war against Iran to another gear. For the
full context of his remarks, watch the complete video titled, *"How to
Build U.S.-Israeli Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear Breakout."*
Clawson's comments are hardly surprising. 9/11 truth-tellers have been
say... more »
Progressives progress
A periodic reminder. Politics are temporary, but SCOTUS is virtually forever.
The coming term will probably include major decisions on affirmative action
in higher education admissions, same-sex marriage and a challenge to the
heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Those rulings could easily rival
the last term’s as the most consequential in recent memory…
On Oct. 10, the court will hear Fisher v. University of Texas, No. 11-345,
a major challenge to affirmative action in higher education. The case was
brought by Abigail Fisher, a white woman who says she was denied admission
to ... more »
Billionaires made from scratch? Hardly (The American Dream Myth)
Forbes touts its annual list of the 400 richest U.S. billionaires as
evidence “that the American dream is still very much alive,” claiming that
70 percent of them “made their fortunes entirely from scratch.” I noted
that in a post the other day, and questioned whether it was true.
Its not. The liberal group United for a Fair Economy has done the heavy
lifting on Forbes’s bootstrappers, and its report, “Born on Third Base,”
shows that the vast majority of the country’s plutocrats either inherited
their money or had significant help from family members. What’s surprising
is that this... more »
Chet Raymo, “In Place of Belief”
*“In Place of Belief”*
by Chet Raymo
“A lightning storm the other night, slipping down from Florida. For an
hour we sat on the terrace and watched the northern sky blaze with
pyrotechnics, the best we'd ever seen, almost continuous rivers of
electricity streaming between the clouds, clouds heaped like mountains and
lit from within. After some particularly sky-filling explosions we could
not resist applause. From horizon to horizon, from Andros to San Salvador
the streamers ran, trailing their rumbles of far-off thunder. So much
energy! Energy entirely beyond the human capacity t... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas
have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the
constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully
cataloged as NGC 7023 this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the
imagery of flowers. Still, this remarkable image shows off the Iris
Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the
Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star.
* Click image for larger size.*
The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue,
char... more »
Canadian Internet Provider Rogers Experiencing Major, Prolonged Outage [Update: It's Back!]
[image: rogers]
Canadian wireless and internet provider Rogers is currently experiencing a
widespread, continued outage of services on both its cellular and cable
home internet data networks, according to various user reports. Rogers is
the second-largest internet provider in Canada by subscriber count, and the
largest cellphone provider with somewhere around 10 million mobile
customers.
Reports of outages are coming in on Twitter from a variety of cities in
Southern Ontario, including Toronto, Waterloo and London, and some even
suggest that the outage may spread across the entire... more »
ROMNEY AND NETANYAHU FINALLY GET THE MESSAGE – NO WAR AGAINST IRAN THIS SIDE OF THE ELECTION
Mitt Romney has finally realised that the American electorate are not in
the slightest bit interested in going off to fight another war for Israel.
As a result of this belated epiphany Romney has back-pedalled on a strike
against Iran saying that ‘military action against Iran may not be
necessary’ – though, of course, the ‘military option is still on the
table’. The statement clearly is designed to placate those Republican
voters that are worried about going to war yet again.
Netanyahu too has also realised that he is going to get nowhere pushing for
war this side of the elections a... more »
New Orleans Back to Normal
*What, the Saints win a football game?*
"Weakening Isaac hovers over water-logged Louisiana" by Cain Burdeau and
Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press, August 31, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Inside the fortified levees that protected New Orleans, *bursts
of sunshine streamed through* the thick clouds, and *life began to return
to normal*. But beyond the city, people got their first good look at
Isaac’s damage: Hundreds of homes were underwater. Half the state was
without power. Thousands were staying at shelters.
And the damage may not be done....
At least two deaths were reported....
Dav... more »
"The Wonder Of Life..."
"We live in radical times surrounded by tasks that seem impossible. It has
become our collective fate to be alive in a time of great tragedies, to
live in a period of overwhelming disasters and to stand at the edge of
sweeping changes. The river of life is flooding before us, and a tide of
poisons affect the air we breathe and the waters we drink and even tarnish
the dreams of those who are young and as yet innocent. The snake-bitten
condition has already spread throughout the collective body.
However, it is in troubled times that it becomes most important to remember
that the wo... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Mindelo, Cape Verde. Thanks for stopping by.
Venus Over Notre Dame
Individual images taken of Venus in one year to create a full curve. The
summer solstice being at the top, winter solstice at the bottom, and
equinox where they lines cross. Infinity and beyond and Notre Dame.
http://pinterest.com/pin/277745501990660385/
Young Benjamin Netanyahu
This guy has been crazy all his life. His rigid sense of rightness,
demonstrated in the video below, is scary. He can't tolerate different
opinions and views. A classic case of an authoritarian personality.
I'm surprised that an intellectual nation like Israel elected this man who
only uses emotion and throws logic aside. Then again, not really. Germany,
the most intellectual nation in Europe, elected the demagogue Hitler. So
any country, no matter how civilized, can slip up mentally and become a
victim of emotion-based, fear-mongering rhetoric. America, Israel, England,
Germany, Ru... more »
Reach Out For Us And We Are There With You
*Reach out for us and we are there with you.*
As channeled by Ron Head
September 29, 2012 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
Our discussion today will begin by our asking once again for you to notice
the sharp upturn in energy this full moon is bringing. You may feel
distinct changes in your reactions to events around you. When you are
prompted to speak or act, please remember to combine your feelings of
unconditional love with your desire for change. The impulse to do
something may be new to you personally and unfamiliar. It is always best
to begin from one’s he... more »
Gaia Portal: Star Assignments are In Place…
*Star Assignments are In Place…*
September 29, 2012
Star assignments for next steps are in place. Tactical positions for Light
Beings have been outlined and those receptive are in full alignment.
Awaiting further instructions.
Star Code 48693
*Note: Please don't ask me what this means. I have no idea! -AK*
Alpine Snow Job
*Sure looking like this guy was a MI6 agent and the victim of an
intelligence agency hit squad based on the cover story and crap coverage.*
"After shooting in France, girl, 4, hid beneath dead kin" by Dan
Bilefsky | New York Times, September 07, 2012
PARIS — Apparently frozen in terror, a 4-year-old girl crouched silently
for eight hours beneath her dead mother and grandmother in the back of a
BMW on a forest road in the French Alps while just steps away investigators
hunted for clues, officials said Thursday.
The discovery of the girl, alive and unharmed, around midnight Wednesda... more »
Urban Gadabout: Walking the Newtown Creek Nature Walk with its designer, George Trakas
*A popular feature at the Newtown Creek Nature Walk is this long series of
steps along the park's Newtown Creek frontage. Visitors are free to relax
on the steps and look out on the Long Island City (Queens) shorefront
opposite, or to peek at the view to the left.*
*by Ken*
Some of life's sweetest rewards can't be planned; the most you can do is to
position yourself in the path of possibly happy surprises.
I had signed up for Jack Eichenbaum's Municipal Art Society tour today
(check out MAS tour listings here), "A Renaissance in Newtown Creek," even
though I had done what looked t... more »
she said let's discuss abortion. i told her to fuck off.
She said she'd pray for me. I said nothing.
She said let's discuss abortion. I told her to fuck off.
* * * *
Long ago, I blogged about receiving a holiday card with a proselytizing
message underlined in red. Wmtc readers had a good discussion around it,
with responses running the gamut.
The person who left that card for me recently resurfaced on my radar. But
she won't be appearing again. I want to share our exchange, to get it off
my chest, as well as to hear your reactions.
Former Co-worker and I worked together briefly, one day a week, several
years ago. She was a nice person ... more »
Progressive Music Classics. "Major Malfunction" by Keith LeBlanc
.
.
*By MARC MCDONALD*
Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics.
The tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger inspired many touching
speeches, books and works of art, which paid tribute to the lives of the
astronauts who died in that disaster in 1986.
But one work of art that took a different approach to the tragedy was *Major
Malfunction* by the great Keith LeBlanc, who has often been associated with
Britain's experimental/sound collage/dub label On-U Sound.
"Major Malfunction" was released not long after the Challenger tragedy. A
major theme of On-U Sound... more »
"The 'Self-Made' Hallucination of America's Rich"
*"The 'Self-Made' Hallucination of America's Rich"*
by Sam Pizzigati
"Let's cut Mitt Romney some slack. Not every off-the-cuff comment he made
at that now infamous, secretly taped $50,000-a-plate fundraiser in Boca
Raton reveals an utterly shocking personal failing. Take, for instance,
Mitt's remark that he has "inherited nothing." A variety of commentators
have jumped on Romney for that. They've pointed out that Mitt, the son of a
wealthy CEO, has enjoyed plenty of privilege — everything from an elite
private school education to a rolodex full of rich family friends he could
ta... more »
How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps
A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of
public education by saying, “In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, ‘History is becoming
more and more a race between education and catastrophe.’ I think he got it
right. Nothing is more important to the future of the United States and the
world than the breadth and effectiveness of education, especially of higher
education. I say especially higher education, but not because pre- school,
elementary, and secondary education are less important. Success at every
level of education obviously depends on what has gone before. ... more »
Connecticut Post Put in a Deep Freeze
*It is getting colder at nights now.*
"Settlement reported in freezing death" by Dave Collins | Associated
Press, July 26, 2012
The family of a Connecticut woman found frozen to death in 2009 has settled
a lawsuit against a former state lawmaker and a Cromwell tavern. A court
document obtained by The Associated Press shows Carol Jean Sinisgalli’s
family withdrew the lawsuit on Wednesday against former representative
James O’Rourke and O’Leary’s Digger McDuff’s Tavern. Terms of the
resolution were not disclosed. A lawyer for Sinisgalli’s family said they
are relieved the lawsuit i... more »
Secession! Lakota Sioux Nation Leaves The Union! (Again)
President Barack Obama has an unexpected foreign policy problem – in the
Western United States. The Lakota Sioux nation has seceded from the United
States, according to a story on the anti-American website La Voz de Aztlan.
“We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those
who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to
join us,” long-time Native American radical leader Russell Means said. The
move potentially impacts the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
Means has been a well-known Native American ... more »
Lindsay Perigo: Total Passion for the Total Kindle Book!
*Guest post by Sam Pierson*
[image: image]
Great news, punters: Lindsay Perigo's new book *The Total Passion for the
Total Height* is now available on Amazon for Kindle. Get it here!
[image: image]
This is the *first *collection of Perigo’s writing, on everything from
religion to politics to opera. Just as Perigo can light up the switchboard
on talkshow radio, this work will light up the mind of its reader because,
as Wimbledon finalist and friend Chris Lewis says in the Foreword, "he's
going to make you think."
Those who value thinking and an independent spirit will find a uniq... more »
The Poet: Joy Harjo,"A Map to the Next World"
*"A Map to the Next World"*
"In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map
for those who would climb through the hole in the sky.
My only tools were the desires of humans as they emerged from the killing
fields,
from the bedrooms and the kitchens.
For the soul is a wanderer with many hands and feet.
The map must be of sand and can't be read by ordinary light.
It must carry fire to the next tribal town, for renewal of spirit.
In the legend are instructions on the language of the land,
how it was we forgot to acknowledge the gift, as if we were not in it or of
it.
Take n... more »
Hunter S. Thompson, "Not Much Mental Distance..."
“A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing
his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford
to admit — no matter how often he's reminded of it — that every day of his
life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley... Very few toads in
this world are Prince Charmings in disguise. Most are simply toads... and
they are going to stay that way... Toads don't make laws or change any
basic structures, but one or two rooty insights can work powerful changes
in the way they get through life. A toad who believes he got a raw de... more »
Musical Interlude: Buffalo Springfield, "Stop Children, What's That Sound?"
Given the times and circumstances this is very appropriate...
Buffalo Springfield, "Stop Children, What's That Sound?"
"There's something happening here,
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware...
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound,
Everybody look what's going down...
There's battle lines being drawn,
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
Young people speaking their minds,
Getting so much resistance from behind.
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound,
Everybody look what's going down...
What a fie... more »
Party List 5: Why it is Wrong in Theory and Practice
The party list (PL) system in both theory and practice is wrong. In theory,
it is supposed to be a proportional representation system where smaller
political parties are given chance via mandatory percentage share in the
total seats in the parliament or Congress.
In the Philippines, that theory has been revised to represent the so-called
"marginalized sectors" of society. And in practice in the country, almost
all groups of opportunists mix up with well-meaning individuals to help
centrally plan and change the country, towards their own world view of
forced collectivism. Thus, we h... more »
Kopp's shameless self-promotion in the guise of a Kozol book review
*"Ms. Kopp's husband, Richard Barth, was an Edison executive before taking
over as CEO of KIPP's national foundation, where he has sought to decertify
its New York City unions." — Jesse James Alred*
[image: Separate is never equal: TFA, KIPP, and corporate charter schools
are the new Jim Crow.]One thing I'll concede to the corporate education
reformers is their uncanny ability to use anything as a sales pitch for
neoliberalism and profitability. Perhaps the most egregious example of this
was Arne "Katrina Schadenfreude" Duncan's racist pro-charter school
statement that the abject ... more »
Autism, ADHD, Adaptation and Randomization
I.
Some
time ago I wrote a piece noting how it seems autism is becoming a
useful "disorder" to have. (I used the quotes for a reason which I hope
becomes clear.) The post, "Autism: the next 'specialty' credential,"
tried
to create a kind of choral effect between an essay by Adam Philips on
the
cultural definitions (always changing) of "mental illness," and a
*Wired*article detailing the hiring practices of an "entrepreneur"
(someone with
money, or access to money, who can create little bubbles of reality in
which to try out new definitions), Thorkil Sonne; he finds the "autistic
h... more »
Former CNN Journalist Amber Lyon: Obama Is Criminalizing Journalism
"You're not a conspiracy theorist," Emmy award-winning journalist Amber
Lyon tells Alex Jones. This is what a real journalist looks like.
More quotes from the interview:
"I was forced out of CNN."
"This is really scary because the U.S. public is being misinformed by such
a powerful network."
"CNN should issue an apology to its viewers."
"As journalists we cannot pick and choose when or when not to tell the
truth. We always have to be truth-seekers and trying to expose the truth on
every level."
On her experience in reporting in Bahrain: "I felt like I had a leash
tightening a... more »
Mitt-Wit's Co-Chair on Bin Laden
From Think Progress Today:
Mitt Romney campaign co-chair and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu *accused
President Obama of waiting too long to order the raid that killed Osama bin
Laden*, in an interview with the New York Times that was published on
Saturday.
*Sununu said that Obama was “timid,”* could have gone after the terrorist
mastermind sooner, and attributed the successful operation to Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton:
The president is trying to take credit for following the strategy and the
tactics put into place by George W. Bush
*You mean this George W Bush????*
... more »
"Why You Should Prepare for Economic Catastrophe"; A Comment
*"Why You Should Prepare for Economic Catastrophe" *
by Gary North
"It is not often that readers get a clear-cut choice between two forecasts.
Most forecasts have wiggle room. Not the following.
1. The United States government will default.
2. The United States government will not default.
I hold the first position. John T. Harvey holds the second. He wrote a
piece for Forbes defending his position: "It Is Impossible For The US To
Default". I regard this as the most fundamental economic issue facing the
U.S. government. I regard it as the most fundamental economic issue f... more »
Another "honour" killing ...
Here are the undisputed facts of this killing, on record as the trial
unfolds.
A man killed his girlfriend by hitting her head with a hammer at least 11
times, then he took a knife and stabbed pages of religious text into her
body.
Court heard last week part of the passage stabbed in her body read “that
which is crooked cannot be made straight.” The crown alleges the accused
intended to kill her when he began bludgeoning her with a hammer following
an argument about marriage and abortion. The victim, who had missed her
period twice, told the accused she no longer wanted to get marr... more »
Was Paul Ryan The Biggest Mistake Mitt Romney Ever Made? Looks That Way
Such a bad idea
Mitt Romney isn't a *DWT* reader. If he had been, even for just the last 3
or 4 years, he would have known that his political life could have been
saved if he had mustered the courage and fortitude to stand up to Wall
Street's drummed up right-wing enthusiasm for Paul Ryan and resisted their
insistence that he chuck his gut feelings (Rob Portman) and pick Ryan.
Ryan-- even more than Romney's 47% blunder-- was the beginning for the end
for Campaign Mitt.
Ryan, thanks to the DCCC's consistent role in helping Wall Street protect
his fledgling career, has never had a ... more »
Netanyahu's Audience For Cartoon Bomb Graphic Is Dumb Sheeple, Not World Leaders
*Who takes Netanyahu seriously after his Wile E. Coyote moment at the UN?
People who still believe in the official version of the September 11
events. Related: Cartoon Logic: What Netanyahu's UN Speech And The Absurd
9/11 Myth Have In Common. *
*A collection of reactions to Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United
Nations on Thursday, September 27, 2012:*
"I complimented him on his address at the United Nations," Romney said. "I
suggested that his graphic was not up to the normal Boston Consulting Group
standards." Pausing, he added, "No, I didn't actually do that, but I was ... more »
Progressive Music Classics. "Major Malfunction" by Keith LeBlanc
.
.
*By MARC MCDONALD*
Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics.
The tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger inspired many touching
speeches, books and works of art, which paid tribute to the lives of the
astronauts who died in that disaster in 1986.
But one work of art that took a different approach to the tragedy was *Major
Malfunction* by the great Keith LeBlanc, who has often been associated with
Britain's experimental/sound collage/dub label On-U Sound.
"Major Malfunction" was released not long after the Challenger tragedy. A
major theme of On-U Sound... more »
"The 'Self-Made' Hallucination of America's Rich"
*"The 'Self-Made' Hallucination of America's Rich"*
by Sam Pizzigati
"Let's cut Mitt Romney some slack. Not every off-the-cuff comment he made
at that now infamous, secretly taped $50,000-a-plate fundraiser in Boca
Raton reveals an utterly shocking personal failing. Take, for instance,
Mitt's remark that he has "inherited nothing." A variety of commentators
have jumped on Romney for that. They've pointed out that Mitt, the son of a
wealthy CEO, has enjoyed plenty of privilege — everything from an elite
private school education to a rolodex full of rich family friends he could
ta... more »
How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps
A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of
public education by saying, “In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, ‘History is becoming
more and more a race between education and catastrophe.’ I think he got it
right. Nothing is more important to the future of the United States and the
world than the breadth and effectiveness of education, especially of higher
education. I say especially higher education, but not because pre- school,
elementary, and secondary education are less important. Success at every
level of education obviously depends on what has gone before. ... more »
Connecticut Post Put in a Deep Freeze
*It is getting colder at nights now.*
"Settlement reported in freezing death" by Dave Collins | Associated
Press, July 26, 2012
The family of a Connecticut woman found frozen to death in 2009 has settled
a lawsuit against a former state lawmaker and a Cromwell tavern. A court
document obtained by The Associated Press shows Carol Jean Sinisgalli’s
family withdrew the lawsuit on Wednesday against former representative
James O’Rourke and O’Leary’s Digger McDuff’s Tavern. Terms of the
resolution were not disclosed. A lawyer for Sinisgalli’s family said they
are relieved the lawsuit i... more »
Secession! Lakota Sioux Nation Leaves The Union! (Again)
President Barack Obama has an unexpected foreign policy problem – in the
Western United States. The Lakota Sioux nation has seceded from the United
States, according to a story on the anti-American website La Voz de Aztlan.
“We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those
who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to
join us,” long-time Native American radical leader Russell Means said. The
move potentially impacts the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
Means has been a well-known Native American ... more »
Lindsay Perigo: Total Passion for the Total Kindle Book!
*Guest post by Sam Pierson*
[image: image]
Great news, punters: Lindsay Perigo's new book *The Total Passion for the
Total Height* is now available on Amazon for Kindle. Get it here!
[image: image]
This is the *first *collection of Perigo’s writing, on everything from
religion to politics to opera. Just as Perigo can light up the switchboard
on talkshow radio, this work will light up the mind of its reader because,
as Wimbledon finalist and friend Chris Lewis says in the Foreword, "he's
going to make you think."
Those who value thinking and an independent spirit will find a uniq... more »
The Poet: Joy Harjo,"A Map to the Next World"
*"A Map to the Next World"*
"In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map
for those who would climb through the hole in the sky.
My only tools were the desires of humans as they emerged from the killing
fields,
from the bedrooms and the kitchens.
For the soul is a wanderer with many hands and feet.
The map must be of sand and can't be read by ordinary light.
It must carry fire to the next tribal town, for renewal of spirit.
In the legend are instructions on the language of the land,
how it was we forgot to acknowledge the gift, as if we were not in it or of
it.
Take n... more »
Hunter S. Thompson, "Not Much Mental Distance..."
“A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing
his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford
to admit — no matter how often he's reminded of it — that every day of his
life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley... Very few toads in
this world are Prince Charmings in disguise. Most are simply toads... and
they are going to stay that way... Toads don't make laws or change any
basic structures, but one or two rooty insights can work powerful changes
in the way they get through life. A toad who believes he got a raw de... more »
Musical Interlude: Buffalo Springfield, "Stop Children, What's That Sound?"
Given the times and circumstances this is very appropriate...
Buffalo Springfield, "Stop Children, What's That Sound?"
"There's something happening here,
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware...
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound,
Everybody look what's going down...
There's battle lines being drawn,
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
Young people speaking their minds,
Getting so much resistance from behind.
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound,
Everybody look what's going down...
What a fie... more »
Party List 5: Why it is Wrong in Theory and Practice
The party list (PL) system in both theory and practice is wrong. In theory,
it is supposed to be a proportional representation system where smaller
political parties are given chance via mandatory percentage share in the
total seats in the parliament or Congress.
In the Philippines, that theory has been revised to represent the so-called
"marginalized sectors" of society. And in practice in the country, almost
all groups of opportunists mix up with well-meaning individuals to help
centrally plan and change the country, towards their own world view of
forced collectivism. Thus, we h... more »
Kopp's shameless self-promotion in the guise of a Kozol book review
*"Ms. Kopp's husband, Richard Barth, was an Edison executive before taking
over as CEO of KIPP's national foundation, where he has sought to decertify
its New York City unions." — Jesse James Alred*
[image: Separate is never equal: TFA, KIPP, and corporate charter schools
are the new Jim Crow.]One thing I'll concede to the corporate education
reformers is their uncanny ability to use anything as a sales pitch for
neoliberalism and profitability. Perhaps the most egregious example of this
was Arne "Katrina Schadenfreude" Duncan's racist pro-charter school
statement that the abject ... more »
Autism, ADHD, Adaptation and Randomization
I.
Some
time ago I wrote a piece noting how it seems autism is becoming a
useful "disorder" to have. (I used the quotes for a reason which I hope
becomes clear.) The post, "Autism: the next 'specialty' credential,"
tried
to create a kind of choral effect between an essay by Adam Philips on
the
cultural definitions (always changing) of "mental illness," and a
*Wired*article detailing the hiring practices of an "entrepreneur"
(someone with
money, or access to money, who can create little bubbles of reality in
which to try out new definitions), Thorkil Sonne; he finds the "autistic
h... more »
Former CNN Journalist Amber Lyon: Obama Is Criminalizing Journalism
"You're not a conspiracy theorist," Emmy award-winning journalist Amber
Lyon tells Alex Jones. This is what a real journalist looks like.
More quotes from the interview:
"I was forced out of CNN."
"This is really scary because the U.S. public is being misinformed by such
a powerful network."
"CNN should issue an apology to its viewers."
"As journalists we cannot pick and choose when or when not to tell the
truth. We always have to be truth-seekers and trying to expose the truth on
every level."
On her experience in reporting in Bahrain: "I felt like I had a leash
tightening a... more »
Mitt-Wit's Co-Chair on Bin Laden
From Think Progress Today:
Mitt Romney campaign co-chair and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu *accused
President Obama of waiting too long to order the raid that killed Osama bin
Laden*, in an interview with the New York Times that was published on
Saturday.
*Sununu said that Obama was “timid,”* could have gone after the terrorist
mastermind sooner, and attributed the successful operation to Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton:
The president is trying to take credit for following the strategy and the
tactics put into place by George W. Bush
*You mean this George W Bush????*
... more »
"Why You Should Prepare for Economic Catastrophe"; A Comment
*"Why You Should Prepare for Economic Catastrophe" *
by Gary North
"It is not often that readers get a clear-cut choice between two forecasts.
Most forecasts have wiggle room. Not the following.
1. The United States government will default.
2. The United States government will not default.
I hold the first position. John T. Harvey holds the second. He wrote a
piece for Forbes defending his position: "It Is Impossible For The US To
Default". I regard this as the most fundamental economic issue facing the
U.S. government. I regard it as the most fundamental economic issue f... more »
Another "honour" killing ...
Here are the undisputed facts of this killing, on record as the trial
unfolds.
A man killed his girlfriend by hitting her head with a hammer at least 11
times, then he took a knife and stabbed pages of religious text into her
body.
Court heard last week part of the passage stabbed in her body read “that
which is crooked cannot be made straight.” The crown alleges the accused
intended to kill her when he began bludgeoning her with a hammer following
an argument about marriage and abortion. The victim, who had missed her
period twice, told the accused she no longer wanted to get marr... more »
Was Paul Ryan The Biggest Mistake Mitt Romney Ever Made? Looks That Way
Such a bad idea
Mitt Romney isn't a *DWT* reader. If he had been, even for just the last 3
or 4 years, he would have known that his political life could have been
saved if he had mustered the courage and fortitude to stand up to Wall
Street's drummed up right-wing enthusiasm for Paul Ryan and resisted their
insistence that he chuck his gut feelings (Rob Portman) and pick Ryan.
Ryan-- even more than Romney's 47% blunder-- was the beginning for the end
for Campaign Mitt.
Ryan, thanks to the DCCC's consistent role in helping Wall Street protect
his fledgling career, has never had a ... more »
Netanyahu's Audience For Cartoon Bomb Graphic Is Dumb Sheeple, Not World Leaders
*Who takes Netanyahu seriously after his Wile E. Coyote moment at the UN?
People who still believe in the official version of the September 11
events. Related: Cartoon Logic: What Netanyahu's UN Speech And The Absurd
9/11 Myth Have In Common. *
*A collection of reactions to Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United
Nations on Thursday, September 27, 2012:*
"I complimented him on his address at the United Nations," Romney said. "I
suggested that his graphic was not up to the normal Boston Consulting Group
standards." Pausing, he added, "No, I didn't actually do that, but I was ... more »
The public health implications of global warming
[image: A discarded asthma inhaler that has washed up on a beach. mikecogh
/ flickr]
By Sara Novak, Living / Health
15 September 2012
The far reaching implications of global warming are becoming clear, from
mass extinctions to underwater islands, monstrous storms and everywhere in
between, but what about the increasing effect on public health? It falls
under the radar, but in actuality, the siren is getting louder each year.
So much so in fact, that epidemiologist George Luber is spearheading the CDC’s
public health sphere on global climate change.
“That's because emerging scienc... more »
Guantanamo's last Western detainee returned to Canada
*(Reuters) - The youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the
Guantanamo military base, Omar Khadr, was sent to finish his sentence in
his native Canada on Saturday, the Canadian government said.
*
Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said that Khadr, who was a
15-year-old fighting in Afghanistan when captured in 2002, had been flown
from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a military base in Trenton, Ontario and
transferred to the province's Millhaven maximum-security prison.
Khadr's case has been controversial both in Canada and abroad given his age
when he was captured, the nature ... more »
Spain Flash Floods: Death Toll Rises To Ten
*At least ten people have been killed and hundreds evacuated from their
homes after flash floods swept through southern Spain.*
After months of drought, torrential rain has flooded streets and homes,
brought down a motorway bridge, and swept cars down roads that have been
turned into rivers.
The hardest hit areas are the Mediterranean provinces of Malaga in the
south and Murcia and Almeria in the southeast.
Regional officials said nine people have died and at least 600 people have
been moved from their homes.
Among the dead are a young boy and a girl who were found drowned in a ca... more »
Gore's investment firm: no green investments
Al Gore has repeatedly said that he was putting his money where his mouth is.
However, it was just revealed that in the real world, Al Gore is stealing
the money where almost every green criminal steals them, and he is putting
them where almost every rich person or investor puts them. Be sure that
these two places are very different from one another.
WND.com just published a very interesting text with the title:
Al Gore bails from green energy investment
Bill Gunderson, the president of Gunderson Capital Management, has looked
at the portfolio of Al Gore's investment management ... more »
Globe Gets Dewey-Eyed Over Occupy Anniversary
*They are what we call crocodile tears -- with insults. *
"Dwindling Boston Occupiers remain resolute; With Dewey Square camp gone,
planning for movement’s 1st anniversary isn’t easy" by Martine Powers |
Globe Staff, September 17, 2012
Nearly a year after the start of the *movement known for its defiance* *has
struggled* even if they *continue to raise hell* around Boston — or at
least try. They camped in front of the State House to protest MBTA fare
hikes, staged demonstrations in front of Bank of America, and last weekend
took a road trip to New York City for “S-17” — the annive... more »
Gareth Dane Cashmore Sentenced To Death In Indonesia
*A British man has been sentenced to death for smuggling crystal
methamphetamine into Indonesia, according to the Jakarta Post.*
Banten High Court, in Java, increased a lower court sentence of life in
jail for 33-year-old Gareth Dane Cashmore, saying it did not represent a
strong enough deterrent.
The Bangkok Post quoted presiding judge J. Nababan as saying: "Narcotics
are very dangerous substances that harm the people and the nation.
"They destroy the human resources that are one of the integral elements to
our national development."
Cashmore was arrested in September last year a... more »
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake BANDA SEA - 29th September 2012
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck BANDA SEA at a depth of 587.3 km
(364.9 miles), the quake hit at 16:25:41 UTC Saturday 29th September 2012
The epicenter was 224 km (139 miles) Northeast of Palue, Indonesia
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Long Walker Danny Wyatt passes to Spirit World
Long walkers mourn the passing of their good hearted friend Danny Wyatt,
Washoe from Gardnerville, Nevada. Danny was battling leukemia. During the
Long Walk 2 northern route, Danny made friends fast with his good
heartedness and laughter. Danny celebrated his 27th birthday in August.
Shown here with Edmund and Daniel seated to his left, Danny was a friend to
everyone, who also made the walkers happy by making fry bread for them.
Sincere condolescenses to his family and friends.
*Photo Danny Wyatt (seated lower right) by Sophie Adison. Sophie is our
Navajo friend from Utah, whose 1... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION - 29th September 2012
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION at
a depth of 82.3 km (51.1 miles), the quake hit at 16:13:30 UTC Saturday
29th September 2012
The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) NNE of Visokoi Island
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Greek police send crime victims to neo-Nazi 'protectors'
Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party is increasingly assuming the role of
law enforcement officers on the streets of the bankrupt country, with
mounting evidence that Athenians are being openly directed by police to
seek help from the neo-Nazi group, analysts, activists and lawyers say.
In return, a growing number of Greek crime victims have come to see the
party, whose symbol bears an uncanny resemblance to the swastika, as a
"protector".
One victim of crime, an eloquent US-trained civil servant, told the
Guardian of her family's shock at being referred to the party when her
mot... more »
Saturday Afternoon Video
Apologies about the lack of morning linkage today. Things were hectic and I
simply forgot.
Because it's Doctor Who season....
The mainstream press corps’ Standard Tales from Past Presidential Debates!
*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012*
*Anderson Cooper recites:* Wednesday evening, the Obama-Romney debates
begin.
For that reason, our pseudo-journalists are busy reciting their guild’s
Standard Tales from Past Presidential Debates.
Last evening, Anderson Cooper read almost all the standard scripts. Along
the way, he offered these nicely-twinned groaners
COOPER (9/28/12): Body language plays a part in the presidential debates. *In
1992, George H. W. Bush deliberately looks at his watch and he pays for it
when the audience and voters see it as disrespectful.*
Body language makes a diffe... more »
Radiation in US Going Up?
NukePro (who is anti-nuke) notes
Radiation going up slowly and quickly across the US
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/09/radiation-going-up-slowly-and-quickly.html
The last two Jews in Kabul fight like cat and dog
AFGHANISTAN has suffered more than its fair share of feuding, but few of
its vendettas have seemed quite so pointless to outsiders as that being
fought by the last two Jews in Kabul.
Yitzhak Levy, 60, and Zebolan Simanto, 41, live in the same courtyard on
the same city street. Each looks after his own synagogue, from which the
other is banned.
Apart from being Jewish, all that they have in common is their explosive
hatred for one another. Even living as Jews together under the Taliban did
not reconcile them. If anything, it only offered them new opportunities to
denounce, inform o... more »
The Downward Spiral Continues For Miami Crime Figure David Rivera (R-FL)
Great report on Miami-Dade's most crooked congressman, David Rivera (R-FL),
from Rachel Friday night. Great ending for her show. She mentions it but
never speculated on where exactly Rivera got those tens of thousands of
crisp hundred dollar bills in cash to stuff into envelopes? If that wasn't
cocaine trafficking money I'd eat my hat. Rivera has been mixed up with
organized crime since he was Deputy Dawg (and roommate in the notorious
Tallahassee party house) for Marco Rubio in their state legislature days.
You don't hear ole Marco coming to his old pal's aid much these days
thou... more »
What 1500 ping-pong balls can do....
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 11 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/4dRJ7fyH_nk
Just try it.... Any idea about some useful applications?
John
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake MINDORO, PHILIPPINES - 29th September 2012
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck MINDORO, PHILIPPINES at a depth of
186.1 km (115.6 miles), the quake hit at 14:12:04 UTC Saturday 29th
September 2012
The epicenter was 4 km (2.4 miles) Northeast of Hukay, Philippines
No Tsunami Warning Issued - No Reports of Damage or Injuries at this time
Water Under the California Bridge
*It's
Chinatown all over again.... *
"New water tunnel system announced
FRESNO — Governor Jerry Brown is set to reignite the state’s *water
war*s
when he announces plans this week to build a massive twin *tunnel
system*to carry water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to
farmland and
cities. Already the $23.7 billion proposal is facing heavy criticism.
Opponents say the tunnels will *suck more water from the already fragile
delta*, further harming its fisheries, increasing costs for water users
and
devastating the area’s agricultural-based economy."
"Calif., federal officia... more »
The Anaheim Aberration
*From what I read on the blogs these protests went on for weeks, and yet
all I received was a one-day wonder. What's more, the coverage is a
complete distortion.*
"Mom condemns violent protests in wake of Anaheim police shooting" by
Gillian Flaccus | Associated Press, July 26, 2012
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The mother of a *man who was shot* by *Anaheim police
officers* has condemned *violent protests against* the killing, saying
Wednesday she did not want them to become her son’s legacy....
*
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*Yeah, the protesters were violent, yup. *
*
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*I've noticed that the elitist corporate press ... more »
Nunavut, RCMP target unsafe gun storage after dozens of firearm incidents
Guns are a necessary tool in the North -- but as in the South they are
tools that need to be respected:
IQALUIT, Nunavut - RCMP and the Nunavut government are trying to change the
territory's culture around the safe storage of firearms in response to
dozens of gun incidents that have threatened police and civilians.
Hunting is part of life in the North, said Chief Supt. Steve McVarnock, but
too often hunters coming in off the land don't take immediate steps to
deactivate their guns.
"That's the type of mindset we want to start right from the get-go. When
you come back to the comm... more »
what's on the moon ?
...no,
there's nothing on the moon,
go back to sleep.
(moon rising)
Iranian troops now possibly in Lebanon and Syria, armed with Syrian chemical weapons
The sabotage of the Fordo uranium enrichment facility’s power lines on Aug.
17 gave Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu extra leeway to move his
original red line for Iran from late September 2012 – now – to the spring
or early summer of 2013. The disruption of the underground enrichment
plant's power supply caused several of the advanced IR-1 and IR-4
centrifuges producing the 20-percent grade uranium to burst into flames.
Work was temporarily halted and the accumulation of 240 kilos for Iran’s
first nuclear bomb slowed down by at least six months, debkafile’s
intelligence s... more »
A Pre-Post-Mortem on Romney’s Defeat
[image: 47-percent-e1348073613111]
It increasingly looks like Romney is gonna lose. Intratrade now puts that
likelihood at 75%. Now it’s my understanding from the American politics
subfield, in which I took exactly zero courses in grad school, that the
state of the economy is supposed to be the great determiner of American
elections. But somehow Romney can’t seem to win despite 8+% unemployment.
So I’ll take that as a methodological opening for wild speculation - namely
my own - masquerading as rigorous theory.
Given my masterful background in this field, which includes watching *M... more »
Concert of Asia in Crisis
The often maligned aspiration for a "Concert of Asia" appears to be even
more unlikely this year as Japan and China trade barbs at the UN and spray
water cannons at each other over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East
China Sea. Meanwhile in Southeast Asia, China has succeeded in fracturing
the unity of ASEAN ministers over disputed territorial claims in the South
China Sea. Even though these conflicts are unlikely to lead to war, the
disputes matter because they influence whether the region will become
increasingly bi-polar or whether an international institution/society will
be... more »
Chechen ex-militant: Georgia trained anti-Russian terrorists, then killed them in false flag op
Russia Today
A former Chechen militant has accused Georgia of training a network of
Islamic terrorists, claiming that a recent anti-terrorist mission on the
border with Russia was in fact a pseudo-operation targeting
Georgian-trained jihadists. Last month Georgia claimed its forces had
killed 11 militants who infiltrated the country through the Russian
republic of Dagestan in a special operation personally led by the Georgian
interior minister.
But Khizri Aldamov, who was an emissary of Chechen militants in Georgia for
18 years, before switching sides and returning to the fold o... more »
Romney Shrugged
By Capt. Fogg
One casual observation I suspect of having some merit is that people who
complain a lot about some failing in others are covering up something
similar in themselves. Perhaps those who make such a constant noise about
large numbers of our countrymen being freeloaders while covering themselves
in self-adulation would give weight to the conjecture. Are they really
getting a raw deal?
One certainly does hear more than enough fiction from the Republican
Party's candidates about welfare queens driving Cadillacs and the stifling
of initiative that comes from subsidized sch... more »
Blaming the Victims
Little more than a month before Election Day, Barack Obama today played yet
another off-key rendition of Ronald Reagan's Welfare Queen Concerto.
Crooning the tired old refrain of "Blame the Victims", he has feebly
serenaded the ignored and still-ongoing American housing crisis.
While Mitt Romney is a ham-handed plutocrat stupid enough to shrill his
hatred for the underclass in an unsecured fund-raiser, Barack Obama is more
deftly circumspect in his disdain for poor people. Instead of placing the
blame for the housing mess squarely where it belongs -- on the too big to
fail banks and... more »
Baekdusan: Volcano in N. Korea showing signs of activity, may have "catastrophic effects"
A volcano on the border of China and North Korea is showing signs of
increasing activity and could erupt in the next few decades, Chinese
researchers say.
A massive eruption of Baekdusan around 1,100 years ago spread ash and
volcanic gases for 30 miles and left a 3-mile-wide crater atop the volcano,
scientists said.
Three smaller eruptions have occurred since then, the most recent in 1903,
they said.
Seismic activity, ground deformation and gas emissions recorded in a period
of heightened activity from 2002 to 2006 suggests the magma chamber beneath
the volcano is growing.
This ... more »
In America, Journalists Are Considered Terrorists
Washington's Blog
[image: In America, Journalists Are Considered Terrorists]*Painting by
Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com.*
While Government Pretends America Values Freedom of the Press, Real
Journalists Are Treated As Terrorists
We’ve previously noted that American journalists are an endangered species
(click on the links for stunning details):
If they criticize those in power, they may be smeared by the government and targeted
for arrest (and see this).
Indeed, because the core things which reporters do could be considered
terrorism, in modern America, they could even targeted ... more »
Cyber Attack on US Banks is an Obvious False Flag
Eric Blair
Over a month ago we featured an article titled *The NWO Agenda Would Move
Forward with This One Simple Act*, which stated the one event that could
accomplish all of the agenda's goals in one shot would be "a false flag
cyber attack on Western banking institutions that they can pin on Iran."
Please watch this exact scenario unfold in this short ABC news clip from a
few days ago:
With President Obama ready to sign an executive order to control the
Internet in the name of cyber security, could it be more obvious that this
"cyber attack" is a total set up? Especially since ... more »
Untitled
*Corps of Engineers to charge taxpayers extra for flood control!*
*New Orleans Saints Look to Earn First Win of 2012 at Lambeau Field*
*NOPD, NOFD running large budget deficits*
*Plaquemines Parish pushes for assistance for flood victims*
Surreal: Clinton Pledges $45 Million in Aid to Al Qaeda in Syria
Land Destroyer
Tony Catalucci
US inundates terrorist legions with cash & support after regional embassy
attacks and death of own ambassador.
September 28, 2012 - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that
the US would be providing an additional $45 million in "non-lethal aid" to
the "opposition" in Syria, reported the Associated Press. The Western press
chose their words carefully, ensuring that the term "civilian opposition"
was repeatedly used to describe the armed terrorist forces attempting to
violently overthrow the Syrian government.
Image: Libyan Mahdi al-Harati... more »
Paper on Parade: The Diaoyutai Islands on Taiwan’s Official Maps: Pre- and Post-1971
*At this moment, for example, in 1984 (if it was 1984), Oceania was at war
with Eurasia and in alliance with Eastasia. In no public or private
utterance was it ever admitted that the three powers had at any time been
grouped along different lines. Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only
four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with
Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened
to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.
Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war
wi... more »
Cloud Of What Over Fukushima Plant?
Majia's Blog - 14 hours ago
I
captured this image from the Tepco webcam. I accidentally cut off the
date and time but I took the screen shot at about 1:00 9-28 as marked on
the Tepco webcam:
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src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAYcAAAD0CAIAAAD/vX3yAAAgAElEQVR4nOy9eYxkyXngR091N4czlEVpLh7TVfleRHxfHO9+ed93HVl3VVffx/QM5+KcHM6MVlgYXsBYy/AhyMJCa693bQNrrAADXtGUfAm0lqJWWmkpmZDk9epY65jhMTzEW6RMiu0/4r3IyMyqnh6KfyywEwg0srMyX74j4hffHe/44Ic+9OTf+bl//N/+4+f/9k9/+vNf//j/8b/+nb/7X/3ul2699uXv/smXfpD+ma/d+oM//pM///xXXvvKX7/2F989qX/ma7f+5LU3Pv0Hf/7Zr9+6zcfe7m/3t/sPq7/xzVuf+O0/+uef+r//zetf/Nf/72vDx/+eu/ez... more »
The Anaheim Aberration
*From what I read on the blogs these protests went on for weeks, and yet
all I received was a one-day wonder. What's more, the coverage is a
complete distortion.*
"Mom condemns violent protests in wake of Anaheim police shooting" by
Gillian Flaccus | Associated Press, July 26, 2012
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The mother of a *man who was shot* by *Anaheim police
officers* has condemned *violent protests against* the killing, saying
Wednesday she did not want them to become her son’s legacy....
*
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*Yeah, the protesters were violent, yup. *
*
*
*I've noticed that the elitist corporate press ... more »
New Yorker magazine editor says Netanyahu is 'arrogant and dangerous'
Haaretz
*David Remnick accuses the Prime Minister of endangering Israel and making
himself a factor in the U.S. elections.*
New Yorker magazine editor and Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Remnick
accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday of endangering
Israel, interfering in U.S. elections and aligning with Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a "neocon strategy" against U.S.
President Obama.
In a biting blog post in the magazine on Wednesday, Remnick accused
Netanyahu of doing more “than any other political figure to embolden and
elevate the reactiona... more »
Bibi’s Crazy UN Speech: Medievalist poses as champion of “modernity”
Sabbah
Justin Raimondo
It's no wonder the Israeli Foreign Ministry initially held back from
releasing a transcript of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the UN
General Assembly: Bibi's wackiness doesn't bear close scrutiny. Perhaps
"wacky" isn't quite the right word for his 40-minute peroration, during
which he pulled out a bomb "diagram" and a red marker to illustrate where
he would draw a "red line" defining the outer limits of Iran's nuclear
program. Cartoonish is more like it. The cartoonish quality of the bomb
drawing underscored the content and tone of the speech,... more »
We Are the 94 Per Cent
I'm
going to type this very sloooowly for the hard of thinking.
Chris Selley, in commenting on the soundly defeated anti-abortion
gambitthat was Woodworth's Wank, puts the number of Canadians who want
to outlaw
abortion in the 3-5% range.
I'll be more generous to the fetus fetishists and go with a poll
published
July 4 this year.
Six percent believe that abortion 'should not be permitted under any
circumstances'.
Which leaves 94% believing that abortion should be permitted under any
or
some circumstances.
Are we clear now?
Canada is pro-choice. Any attempt to outlaw or restrict... more »
Charlie Crist, Democrat?
Bringing the word "DINO" to new heights
Nothing personal but *The Hill* story on Charlie Crist raising campaign
funds for Patrick Murphy is what you'd have to call "shoddy reporting."
They assert that the fundraising is "the latest sign he's trying to
ingratiate himself with the state's Democrats ahead of a possible run for
governor in 2014." But they're missing an important piece of the puzzle.
Although Murphy, who's running against war criminal and Tea Party extremist
Allen West, bills himself a "Democrat," he's a lifelong Republican and not
only contributed money to Mitt Romney,... more »
Justin's Time
Justin Trudeau has concluded that it's now or never. He's probably right.
But we still need to know whether or not he's the right choice. Andrew
Coyne writes:
We have no idea what kind of leader he would make for the Liberal party. We
don’t know what his plans are to rebuild the party, or what direction he
would take it, or where he would concentrate its meagre resources. We have
a hint of his tenacity — winning the nomination and then the election in
Papineau, beating Senator Patrick Brazeau in a boxing match — but we don’t
know whether he has what it takes generally to be a le... more »
Round up: One Third of Taiwan firms in China Kaput?
*Taipei rush hour traffic insanity*.
China Post posts:
Taiwan's intelligence chief yesterday warned that *one in every three *Taiwanese
companies based in China are facing closure this year due to rapidly
decreasing profits, a media reports said.
*Another 30 percent of Taiwanese firms are also “struggling” in China*,
Tsai Der-sheng, head of the National Security Bureau, told a parliamentary
session without giving details, the United Evening News reported.
“There is both risk and opportunity to invest in China. However, we can not
deny the benefits of economic exchanges between T... more »
David Cameron hints at EU referendum after election.....He also Promised this during Last election
*David Cameron has given his clearest hint yet that he will back a
referendum on Britain's relationship with the EU if the Tories win the next
election.*
He said there will be opportunities for the British people to give "fresh
consent" to the UK's EU membership.
Closer economic ties between eurozone countries "will give us opportunities
for changing our relationship with Europe", he said.
However, he added he thought it was not in Britain's interest to leave the
EU.
The prime minister has faced calls to back an in/out referendum from his
own MPs, 81 of whom rebelled against the ... more »
What the Kids Did This Summer
*Well, we know they are not reading the Boston Globe -- which means they
are a heck of a lot smarter than me (although I must confess, I have hardly
read them this last week and month. I guess their is only so much insulting
elitist supremacism, Jewish war propaganda, and other agenda-pu$hing lies
one can take. I know you've seen it before, but working on a new format).*
"When teens can’t find jobs elsewhere, parents do the hiring" by Bella
English | Globe Staff, July 19, 2012
Will Boynton is 17, lives in Newburyport, and put in dozens of applications
for a summer job. He applied ... more »
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