Benjamin Netanyahu - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009 (Photo credit: World Economic Forum)
President George W. Bush stands with Mrs. Laura Bush and Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove on the South Lawn Monday, August 13, 2007, shortly after his longtime friend and senior advisor announced his resignation. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Karl Rove Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Karl Rove's Electronic Empire Of Fraud
Intercept at The Intercept - 13 minutes ago
Jim March
Jill Simpson
Jill Simpson and Jim March are election integrity researchers who have
traveled the country documenting the various elements of Rove's electronic
election fraud network, guided by Ms. Simpson's past as a volunteer GOP
operative directly under Karl Rove.
Jim March is a specialist in electronic voting systems and one of Bev
Harris' supporters at BlackBoxVoting.org.
Together they have produced the first “big picture” outline of what the
total election fraud network looks like, at least as connected to Karl Rove
(which is most of it).
They are particularly conc... more »
WAR ON THE GAZA STRIP: NETANYAHU LIES ABOUT WHO STARTED IT
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 19 minutes ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said in a statement that the
recent round of tit-for-tat violence between Palestinian fighters in the
Gaza Strip and Israel was ‘not started by the Israelis’.
This is a blatant lie.
This latest round of violence has escalated as a direct result of Israeli
provocation on Sunday, 21 October 2012, when the Israelis attempted a
targeted assassination of two Palestinians, Talat Jarbi and Mohammad
Maqawi, who were riding a motorbike near Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
Such actions by the Israelis are designed to deliberately provoke
Palestinian re... more »
Because Just One Todd Akin In The Senate GOP Circus Isn't Enough?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 25 minutes ago
The Republican War Against Women is gearing up in the final thrust towards
November. Let me just say from the outset that Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is
the worst incumbent Senate Democrat running for reelection and that Joe
Donnelly (Blue Dog-IN) is easily the worst House Democrat hoping to get
into the Senate. Both vote with the Republicans on crucial issues as a
matter of course. Both are cowardly, craven, corporate oriented... the
worst the Democratic Party has to offer. There's no circumstance I would
vote for either, regardless of how horrible their opponent was. And in both
ca... more »
Libyan Forces Now Control Restive Town, Officials Say
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
Officials in Libya said on Wednesday that government forces had taken
control of the western town of Bani Walid, after a deadly assault that
lasted almost a week and led to accusations that the country’s new
government was using indiscriminate force to punish a restive city.
At least 22 people were killed and hundreds were wounded as militias
nominally under the government’s control shelled Bani Walid
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/world/africa/libyan-forces-now-control-bani-walid-officials-say.html?_r=0
Hurricane Sandy Brings Heavy Flooding To Jamaica
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 38 minutes ago
Curfews were imposed on 80 communities in an attempt to prevent the looting
which has followed previous storms.
Residents reported widespread power outages, flooded streets and some
severely damaged homes.
http://news.sky.com/story/1002376/hurricane-sandy-brings-heavy-flooding-to-jamaica
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake BANDA SEA - 25th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 38 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 01:39:42 UTC
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 10:39:42 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
6.319°S, 130.430°E
Depth
142.8 km (88.7 miles)
Region
BANDA SEA
Distances
205 km (127 miles) NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA - 24th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 38 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 22:12:02 UTC
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 06:12:02 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
0.085°N, 123.564°E
Depth
137.3 km (85.3 miles)
Region
MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA
Distances
50 km (31 miles) SE of Bilungala, Indonesia
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake SALTA, ARGENTINA - 24th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 44 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 22:05:50 UTC
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 07:05:50 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
22.821°S, 63.751°W
Depth
523.1 km (325.1 miles)
Region
SALTA, ARGENTINA
Distances
25 km (15 miles) SSE of General Enrique Mosconi, Argentina
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 24th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 49 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 21:19:47 UTC
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 07:19:47 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.420°S, 151.861°E
Depth
47.7 km (29.6 miles)
Region
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
126 km (78 miles) SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Untitled
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 51 minutes ago
Saludos/Saludes:
Good news regarding Crystal Terriquez. We have found a lawyer who will
petition to set aside the guilty verdicts of the five of us who were found
guilty in May 2010 for trespassing against the state building in Tucson,
after Gov. Jan Brewer signed the anti-Ethnic Studies HB 2281. Specifically
and most urgent is Crystal’s situation as she has lost her job as a direct
result of that arrest, 2 1/2 years after the fact.
Crystal, second from left
She, like other young women in this community, truly is a heroic figure who
has stood up to the state in defense of Raza Stud... more »
Important Health News: Letter To An Unvaccinated Son
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
As I have stated in previous articles, the proof is now coming out loud and
clear that vaccines absolutely do not work. The fact is that in most
cases the chemicals in vaccines are proving to be much more dangerous and
deadly than the diseases that these vaccines are supposed to combat!
For this article, I want to present a very interesting article that comes
from the Intelhub website, at www.theintelhub.com, entitled: " Letter To An
Unvaccinated Son" for all of my readers to view right here. I have that
article right here for all of my readers to view right here, and of course
m... more »
About that Voting Machine Company Tied to Mitt Romney and Bain Capital…
Intercept at The Intercept - 1 hour ago
Global Research
Brad Friedman
[image: romney-phoenix_gi_top]Late last month, Gerry Bello and Bob Fitrakis
at FreePress.org broke the story of the Mitt Romney/Bain Capital investment
team involved in H.I.G. Capital which, in July of 2011, completed a
“strategic investment” to take over a fair share of the Austin-based
e-voting machine company Hart Intercivic.
“Several tanker trucks full of political ink have been spilled on Mitt
Romney’s tenure as a vulture capitalist at Bain Capital,” Bello and
Fitrakis wrote. “A more important story, however, is the fact that Bain
alumni, now ra... more »
Muslim, Jewish, And Western Leaders Attack Free Speech, Dissent Through The U.N.
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
What is political Islam? It is a prison for the soul and mind, *financed
and publicized* by the CIA, MI6, and other Western intelligence agencies.
What is Zionism? It is a totalitarian, terroristic, and racist political
movement that will be responsible for a holocaust* *of Palestinians and
Muslims in this century.
What is America? It is a slave and a tyrant at the same time, a deluded
empire.
What is Iran? It is a nation that only exists to fight, conquer, and be
conquered.
What is Saudi Arabia? It is a stupid and servile country that is literally
run by apes who belong to an ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within the
dusty arms of neighboring spiral galaxy Andromeda (M31), 2.5 million
light-years distant.
*Click image for larger size. *
Seen near the center of this gorgeous close-up of the southwestern extent
of Andromeda's disk, the bright, blue stars of NGC 206 indicate its youth.
Its youngest massive stars are less than 10 million years old. Much larger
than the clusters of young stars in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy known
as open or galactic clusters, NGC 206 spans about 4,000 light-years. That's
comparable in ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Deus Absconditus”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Deus Absconditus”*
by Chet Raymo
“OK, we live in a universe of 100 billion galaxies, at least, and that
fact- as facty as these things get- should smack us down when we start
spouting off about the meaning of it all. And don't overlook the facty fact
that we don’t even know what 96 percent of the universe is made of. Dark
matter. Dark energy. Dark glass (as in "through a"). All I have to do is
flip through any weekly issue of "Science" or "Nature" to be reminded of
what I don't know, a sea of ignorance so wide and so deep I’ll never swim
across, a glass so dark I’ll never see th... more »
"The Solitude Of Nature"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"The Solitude Of Nature" *
by Dzigar Kongtrul
"The solitude of nature sometimes brings a touch of melancholy or sadness
to the mind. Alone with the trees and wind and the birds, ants, and wild
animals, you naturally begin to reflect more deeply. As your view of what
is meaningful becomes more vast, your sense of melancholy deepens. You may
notice something ironic: sitting quietly alone, you may feel less isolated
from the world than you do when you're busily engaged in the hustle and
bustle of your everyday lives.
․
Some people feel a strong attraction to this unfamiliar f... more »
"An Old Farmer's Advice"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"An Old Farmer's Advice"
Author Unknown
"* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
* Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a ... more »
Despite bike and transit gains, 84 percent of Portland region's trips still by car: Metro study
Intercept at The Intercept - 2 hours ago
Oregon Live
Joeseph Rose
[image: Portland metro traffic study]
Despite significant investments in transit and bike systems, the overall
number of trips taken in automobiles in the Portland metro area has barely
decreased in the past two decades, according to a new transportation study.
Whether it's the daily work commute or a quick dash to the supermarket,
people choose to drive about 84 percent of the time, the Metro household
survey shows. That's a downward shift of just 3.6 percent since 1994, the
last time the regional government conducted a comprehensive survey of
household tr... more »
Drawn to the Flame
Wit's End - 2 hours ago
Doc came home...finally. A short trip to the doctor's office for a
diagnostic test, expected to reveal nothing serious, turned into a
three-week hospital saga. I literally felt the blood drain from my face
down to my neck when the surgeon said, "...his heart is 99% blocked and
it's a miracle he's not dead". I thought that was a turn of phrase, not a
physical phenomena!
Now it's time for him to take it easy and recuperate. I had no inkling of
how overwhelming "elder care" can be, to say nothing of the distinctly
unwelcome emotional roller coaster that ensues from proximity to a ... more »
The Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "What If?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"What If?" *
"What if you slept?
And what if,
In your sleep
You dreamed?
And what if,
In your dream,
You went to heaven
And there plucked
A strange and
Beautiful flower?
And what if,
When you awoke,
You had the flower
In your hand?
... Ah, what then?"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Monteagle, Tennessee, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Avoiding the Center: Hovering Around the Sun"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Avoiding the Center: Hovering Around the Sun"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Quiet time each day is so important, but many are so out of practice that
it’s almost unnerving to be in stillness. It’s funny to imagine our lives
as something we spend a lot of time avoiding, because it seems like that
would be impossible to do. Our lives consist of everything we engage in,
from showering to sleeping, but also a lot of busy work that distracts us
and keeps us from looking at our lives. Experiencing our life from the
inside means taking time each day to simply be alone and quiet in ... more »
"The Consequences of Fear"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"The Consequences of Fear"*
by May’s Closet
"* Worry is a mechanism of our psyche that prompts us to do something. The
prompting energy is fear – usually fear of some consequence. Because it is
fear, the person tends to avoid thinking about it. Thus worry tends to
perpetuate itself in a circular way – the fear causes non-action, and
non-action further causes worry.
* Anxiety is a fear whose object is nonspecific or vague, whereas worry is
about something specific and identified. Anxiety is the result of repeated
unprocessed fears that have accumulated in one’s subconscious. ... more »
"In the Zone of the Homeless"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"In the Zone of the Homeless"*
by Michael Doliner
"I am living in the middle of the produce district in Los Angeles. Every
morning trucks beeping and backing up wake me, especially the trucks
dragging away the full dumpster and sliding in the empty one. Nearby are
the toy, flower, and fabric districts. Also, spread among them, is what can
only be called the homelessness district. From Olympic over to Fifth
street, from Towne to Wall, large numbers of the homeless, their shopping
carts piled with whatnot, shuffle about or simply collapse on the street.
They are, apparently, comp... more »
Step right up and vote for that "transparent faker" Willard Inc. and the unknowable contents of his campaign Mystery Box
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Uh-uh, no peeking! You're not supposed to know what your next president is
hiding in his Mystery Box. That's the whole idea. The thing is, you don't
need to know.*
*"Everyone could see [Romney] was a faker and could accept that because he
was such a transparent faker. It's the polished faker who scares
politicians, master fakers like Bill Clinton and Lyndon Johnson."*
*-- Russell Baker, in his contribution to NYRB's
election symposium in the November 8 issue*
*"Here is the Romney strategy: since you don't like what you've got, vote
for what you haven't got. Whatever it is you have... more »
NATO Using Al Qaeda Rat Lines to Flood Syria With Foreign Terrorists
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 3 hours ago
2007-2008 US West Point reports reveal Al Qaeda network behind NATO's
so-called "freedom fighters." Extremists in Syria were behind Iraq War
foreign terrorist influx, not Syrian government.
*by Tony Cartalucci*
*October 25, 2012* - The discredited and now obscure, defected Syrian
ambassador Nawaf Fares, had claimed mid-summer of 2012 that the Syrian
government had been behind the influx of foreign terrorists that entered
Iraq during the later phases of the US-British occupation of Iraq. These
terrorists took part in campaigns of sectarian-driven violence that divided
and destroyed a... more »
TMZ Outs the Mormonstrosity
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 3 hours ago
Gossip shop, TMZ, says Mitch Romney may have lied under oath in a divorce
trial to help a buddy and screw that buddy's wife out of big bucks.
*Mitt Romney LIED under oath when he testified in the divorce of his good
friend and screwed the friend's wife out of a lot of money in the process
... so claims the ex-wife of Staples' founder Tom Stemberg.
Multiple sources connected with the divorce tell TMZ ... during Tom's uber
nasty divorce case with ex-wife Maureen, Mitt Romney gave a deposition and
testified during the trial that Staples was worth virtually nothing. Romney
testified tha... more »
Canada's Funeral Homes Have To Subsidize Many Veterans Funerals Because The Harper Gov't Won't
leftdog at Buckdog - 3 hours ago
*"The Harper Government is dedicated to supporting the brave men and women
in uniform who defend our country and help keep us safe."*
Conservative Party of Canada
*Oh .... really ?????*
* **Canadian funeral directors say they’re paying to bury war vets*
*OTTAWA — Canadian funeral directors say they’re routinely subsidizing the
burials of this country’s most impoverished war veterans because the
federal government pays so little for the service. Veterans Affairs Canada
provides eligible veterans with up to $3,600 for funeral services through
the Last Post Fund.*
*
**But that amount... more »
Don't Forget, It's Mine. You May, However, Borrow Freely
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 4 hours ago
I've coined a new word, *Mormonstrosity*, to refer to the
unfit-for-prime-time, Republican presidential candidate, Mitch Romney. My
creative instincts were piqued when I read of Romney's assertion that, "*Syria
is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's
the route for them to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon, which threatens, of course,
our ally, Israel*."
As this map published in HuffPo illustrates, the *Mormonstrosity* doesn't
have a freaking clue about the Middle East.
For starters, Saudi Arabia, lies directly between Iran and Syria. And
Iran's has ... more »
Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense shield proven ineffective as only 8 out of 80 missiles (10%) launched from Gaza were shot down during latest barrage, no match for Iranian missile forces should they be unleashed, a worrying development
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.ca/2011/10/rockets-fired-from-gaza-on-israels.html
*Matt's thoughts:*
As you can see by this clip (filmed in Gaza), the rockets being fired can
be unleashed rapidly and plentifully. There are currently tens of thousands
of these and similar projectiles currently aimed at Israel, rendering the
Iron Dome propaganda-tool mostly useless. This is very dangerous for
Israel, and will require a significant number of preemptive airstrikes on
missile stockpiles (as was successfully done during the last incursion into
Lebanon) and / or possibly a repeat of Operatio... more »
Russell Means Memorial Livestream
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
WATCH
NOW
http://www.littlewound.us/mustang_video/liveStream.html
The memorial will continue until midnight
Now on Pine Ridge: Remembering Russell, Warrior for the People
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Russell Means, warrior for the people, is being honored tonight on Pine
Ridge by his family, leaders of the American Indian Movement, friends
Noble Gas Plasma Engine to Revealed at Power-Gen Conference, Orlando Florida, Dec 11, 2012
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 4 hours ago
Noble Gas Plasma Engine to Revealed at Power-Gen Conference, Orlando
Florida, Dec 11, 2012 October 23, 2012
The Noble gas Engine will be revealed to the World on Dec. 11, 2012 at the Power-Gen
conference in Orlando Florida. Inteligentry, TPT, and Plasmerg will have 6
booths in the conference along with companies manufacturing the engine or
selling products using the Noble gas engine.
On display will be an engine running a generator/alternator. Since the
engine neither consumes fuel or expells waste, it* *can be run inside. It
has no intake or exhaust.* * The engine on display w... more »
HAS ISRAEL MODIFIED ITS OVERALL WAR SRATEGY WITH AN IMMINENT PLAN TO INVADE THE GAZA STRIP?
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 5 hours ago
The civil war in Syria and the subsequent realignment of alliances between
Iran and Hamas in the Gaza Strip may well have resulted in Israel
readjusting its strategic war plans.
Up until recently, Israel had planned on using its attack against Iran as
an opportunity to attack both Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza on
the pretext that such attacks would be necessary to pre-empt retaliatory
strikes from Hezbollah and Hamas against Israel. In March 2012, however,
Hamas announced that it would not support Iran if Israel attacked Iran.
This effectively changed Israel’s game plan... more »
Friday Baseball Post (Wednesday Evening Edition)
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours ago
For the fourth time in my life, and the fifth since they left New York, the
Giants win the pennant and advance to the World Series. Game one tonight,
but I figured I should write something first.
First up, the NLCS. I continue to be impressed with Bruce Bochy. Whether it
was leaving Barry Zito off the postseason roster and benching the Panda
back in 2010, or constantly reworking his postseason rotation and bullpen
this year, Bochy is the rare manager who doesn't seem to assign roles by
how famous a player is, how much money he makes or (given the ALCS this
year) what the press is sa... more »
BOOKS / Mike Davis : The Reds Under Romney's Bed
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
The
reds under Romney's bed
The image of the Red Cavalry going into battle with the Book of Mormon
in their saddlebags is quite a stretch; most of us, on the contrary,
would probably vote for Mormon 'socialism' as the ultimate oxymoron.
By Mike Davis / The Rag Blog / October 24, 2012
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, by John G. Turner (2012: Belknap Press,
Harvard Univ); Hardcover; 512 pp;
Rhymes with Morlock
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
Richard Mourdock, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate doesn't think
a pregnancy caused by rape is the final victory of a brutal rapist. He
tells us after much thought and prayer he's realized it is a gift from God.
Apparently he believes a woman should consider it a blessing to be forced
to carry this daily reminder of a vicious assault on her body to term, no
matter what the damage to her emotional health or her life plan. Because
it's his God's will that she do so. And Mr. Mourdock doesn't think health
plans should cover contraception at all. (I don't suppose I need to ment... more »
Autism Increase Real
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 5 hours ago
I just returned from the 2012 Plenary Session of the American Academy of
Optometry, held today in Phoenix, AZ.
Dr. Ricki Robinson and Dr. David G. Amaral spoke about autism during the
Plenary Session.
Dr. Amaral, Research Director for the fine M.I.N.D. Institute at U.C.
Davis, noted that the scientists he works and communicates with
increasingly believe that rising autism diagnoses are a function of a real
increase in cases, not simply changing diagnostic criteria.
More on this subject later this week....
DOZENS OF ROCKETS BARRAGE SOUTHERN ISRAEL as Israel military retreats from joint US-exercises to defend against attacks; Ceasefire with Gaza may take place at midnight
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-and-hamas-reportedly-agree-on-ceasefire/
TransCanada in Texas . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 5 hours ago
TRUTHOUT
is a fine site for concerned citizens, and Candice Bernd has an account
you should check out, "SLAPPed, Arrested, Deemed Eco-Terrorists:
TransCanada Blockaders Persevere". It seems that there are concerned
Americans, that don't want Stevie's Tar. Sure seems to have fallen in a
black hole as far as the news media are concerned, but I could be
mistaken.
The Midwestern leg of
ISRAEL LAUNCHES AIR STRIKES AGAINST SUDAN weapons plant confirmed to have been producing Iranian missiles, as well as providing possible launch sights against Middle Eastern targets, Sudan vows retaliation
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
http://www.debka.com/article/22469/The-bombed-Sudanese-factory-produced-Iranian-Shehab-missiles
ISRAEL LAUNCHESH AIR STRIKES AGAINST SUDAN weapons plant confirmed to have been producing Iranian missiles, as well as providing possible launch sights against Middle Eastern targets, Sudan vows retaliation
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
http://www.debka.com/article/22469/The-bombed-Sudanese-factory-produced-Iranian-Shehab-missiles
"The Billionaires' Pity Party"; A Comment
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"The Billionaires' Pity Party: *
*Richest People in History Can't Stop Whining About Oppression" *
by Paul Rosenberg
"America's billionaires are up in arms! Sure, they've made out like
bandits, while tens of millions of Americans are still suffering - out of
work, in bankruptcy, or owing more on their mortgages than their houses are
worth. Along with the rest of the 1 per cent, they've captured 93 per cent
of income gains in the US in the first year of lopsided economic recovery.
But that's not the point! The point is: They're the most oppressed people
in the history of the ... more »
No One Is Pulling Out Anywhere
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
One of the more foolish things I've seen lately is a trend of pundits
drawing conclusions about whether campaigns think they can win various
states, and therefore whether they have a chance to win, based on whether
they've abandoned a state or not.
This was probably never as true as all that. But everyone should know:
we're in a new world. The campaigns have plenty of resources. And,
meanwhile, there just aren't a lot of states which are going to be
competitive in a reasonably close race. At the moment, Pollster rates seven
states as toss-ups, another two as leaning to Obama, and th... more »
Clark Kent Defies Corporate Media, Quits Daily Planet
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours ago
Superman has had it with the corporate media. Faced with the takeover of
the *Daily Planet* by a conglomerate, Clark Kent has quit and may turn to
blogging instead.
"*Why am I the one sounding like a grizzled ink-stained wretch who believes
news should be about, I don't know, news?" says a disillusioned Kent,
according to a leaked panel from Wednesday's edition of the comic that
appeared on the Newsarama.com website.*
*New Superman writer Scott Lobdell told USA Today newspaper: "This is
really what happens when a 27-year-old guy is behind a desk and he has to
take instruction ... more »
Gulf Coast mother chains herself to Keystone XL tarsands gate
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
BREAKING:
Gulf Coast Oilfield Wife, Mother of 6, Cherri Foytlin Chains Self to
Keystone XL Pipeyard Gate
October 24, 2012
Reposted from Tarsands Blockade
www.tarsandsblockade.org
Cherri and Tar Sands Blockade stands in solidarity with the Defend Our
Coast actions today in British Columbia:
http://defendourcoast.ca/actions/
UPDATE 3:30PM – Cherri’s Bail is set
Shit Republicans Say - or Music to Rex Murphy's Ears?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
Mitt Romney endorses Republican Indiana senate candidate Richard
Mourdock. And Romney isn't budging even though Mourdock contends that
rape is no cause for abortion because, if the victim becomes pregnant,
that's god's will.
P.S. Be sure to get out to the UBC campus to catch Rex Murphy denounce
secularism.
Jonah Raskin : 'Uncle Tom' Vs. Simon Legree, 2012
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours ago
Uncle
Tom and Simon Legree. Image from Uncle Tom's Cabin Reconsidered.
Election 2012:
'Uncle Tom' Obama
Vs. 'Simon Legree' Romney
Ironically, on the eve of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation, modern-day Americans are once again in need
of emancipation and without an emancipator anywhere in sight.
By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 24, 2012
From the wilds of
ICELAND. No news from the Icelandic Revolution?
AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 7 hours ago
*This is not a new blog post, but one I haven't seen before on Iceland. -AK*
Reblogged from:
http://www.knowledgeoftoday.org/2012/05/iceland-news-icelandic-revolution.html
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
*ICELAND. No news from the Icelandic Revolution?*
No news from Iceland? Why? How come we hear everything that happens in
Egypt but no news about what's happening in Iceland:
In Iceland, the people has made the government resign, the primary banks
have been nationalized, it was decided to not pay the debt that these
created with Great Britain and Holland due to their bad financial politi... more »
Study Shows Studies Show Nothing [Updated]
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
*Guest post by Nick Hubble of **Money Morning Australia*
If you’ve ever wondered how a *study* can show something that just can’t be
true, or how *studies* can completely contradict each other, we’ve figured
it out. With a little help of course. After today’s post, I hope you never
believe another ‘study.’
Our heartfelt congratulations go out to a computer programme called
Mathgen. A mathematics journal provisionally accepted its study for
publication.
Wait, ‘its’ study?
Yes, that’s right. These days a computer programme can write an academic
paper about mathematics. Then get pu... more »
Can The GOP Destroy Democracy Itself? You Betcha
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
We used to talk a lot about Mike Lux's book, The Progressive Revolution--
How The Best In America Came To Be. Recently my friend Roland asked me if I
had ever heard of some author named Michael Lux and informed me that he had
just read an amazing book by him. Good for Roland! Everyone should read
Mike's book. It puts the history of our country into a kind of perspective
that emphasizes an eternal battle between the forces of reaction and the
defense of wealth and power, on the one hand, and the forces of
progressivism and community, on the other.
If you look at our country’s lon... more »
At Least His God Has a Sense of Humour
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
The Newfie Screech has descended on the University of British Columbia.
Noneother than T-Rex Murphy has crossed the country to deliver a 3-part
lecture at Regent College, UBC's evangelical graduate school.
Murphy will preach to the choir - three times, count'em three - about the
evils of secularists, how they're all in league with those
science-believing environmentalists and slaves to political correctness.
"*Regent College theologian John Stackhouse and Preston Manning, founder of
the Reform Party and the Alliance Party, will respond to Murphy, whose
confident opinions are featur... more »
#RoadTrip - And finally...
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
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Obama campaign Response to Trump: Romney bears ‘some responsibility’ for Trump stunt
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
President Barack Obama's campaign officials are shrugging off the "big"
announcement made by Donald Trump Wednesday that he would donate $5 million
to charity if Obama releases his college records and passport application
documents. But they think Mitt Romney should answer for Trump's actions.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-campaign-romney-bears-responsibility-trump-stunt-195558038--election.html
Sounds to me like Obama's Charity won't be getting $5 million afterall
Syrian rebels have acquired portable surface-to-air missiles including U.S.-made Stingers
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Like Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russia has laid most of the blame for
continuing violence on armed government foes it says are aided by
encouragement and arms from abroad.
Russia's military has learned "that militants fighting Syrian government
forces have portable missile launchers of various states, including
American-made Stingers," General Staff chief Nikolai Makarov said, Interfax
reported. "Who supplied them must still be determined."
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-says-syrian-rebels-have-shoulder-fired-missiles/470387.html
October PMIs suggest euro zone downturn deepening
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Euro zone businesses in October suffered their worst month since the bloc
emerged from its last recession more than three years ago, forcing them to
cut more jobs to reduce costs, surveys showed on Wednesday.
The downturn that began in smaller periphery countries is now gripping
Germany and France, dragging the euro zone as a whole deeper into the
quagmire.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/uk-october-pmi-idUKBRE89N0CK20121024
Sudan threatens retaliation over alleged Israeli air strike
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Minister warns that Khartoum 'reserves the right to strike back' after
blaming Israel for attack on Yarmouk arms complex
Sudan has warned that it has the right to retaliate after accusing Israel
of carrying out an air strike on an arms factory, causing a huge explosion
that killed two people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/24/sudan-threatens-retaliation-alleged-israeli-air-strike
Bank Of America Mortgage Fraud: Feds Sue For Over $1 Billion Alleging Multi-Year Scheme
AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 8 hours ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/bank-of-america-mortgage-fraud_n_2009791.html
Bank Of America Mortgage Fraud: Feds Sue For Over $1 Billion Alleging
Multi-Year Scheme
Posted: 10/24/2012 12:20 pm EDT Updated: 10/24/2012 2:07 pm EDT
Ben Hallman
Federal prosecutors sued Bank of America for $1 billion on Wednesday,
alleging that the bank's former Countrywide unit concocted a mortgage
scheme it called the "Hustle" in order to sell thousands of fraudulent and
otherwise defective mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"In order to increase the speed at which it originat... more »
Seneca And Stoicism
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
*Wikipedia*:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca; ca. 4 BC – AD 65) was
a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist,
of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to
emperor Nero. While he was later forced to commit suicide for alleged
complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, the last of the
Julio-Claudian emperors, he may have been innocent. His father was Seneca
the Elder and his elder brother was Gallio.
YouTube video description [Channel - Gottfried Leibniz]:
Peter Adamson on Seneca.
“Can Jury Slaves Say What’s True?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Can Jury Slaves Say What’s True?”*
by Douglas French
"Until last week, I had managed all of my adult life to avoid jury duty. As
a young adult in Topeka, Kan., I was never summoned. For my two decades
living in Las Vegas, I was able to call in a couple times declaring
economic hardship. Most of the time, I seemed to be off their radar screen.
I always suspected it was because I hadn’t registered to vote.
But finally in my new home in this small Southern town, the state got me.
There seemed to be no reasonable way out. Alabama finds its victims to
serve by choosing from driver’... more »
Middle East Is In Pure Chaos
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
*Source of photo*.
Remember 9/11. Repeat 9/11 Truth.* *That false flag activated all of this
craziness. USrael does not want stability in the Middle East. It wants
pure, total chaos. It wants global hegemony and mass death.
An excerpt from an article called, *"This Is Not a Revolution,"* by Hussein
Agha and Robert Malley:
"Alliances are topsy-turvy, defy logic, are unfamiliar and shifting.
Theocratic regimes back secularists; tyrannies promote democracy; the US
forms partnerships with Islamists; Islamists support Western military
intervention. Arab nationalists side with regi... more »
German Court Orders Parliament To Release UFO Reports
AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 8 hours ago
*
*
http://aliens.eresey.com/2012/08/14/german-court-orders-parliament-to-release-ufo-reports/
*
* *German Court Orders Parliament To Release UFO Reports*
The Document Also Contains Information As To Whether Or Not The German
Government Conducted Official UFO Investigations During The Cold War…
A German citizen has won his first battle in an effort to view a UFO report
created by the Scientific Service of the German Parliament (aka Bundestag).
After attempts by the Bundestag to block the document’s release, the Berlin
Administrative Court has ruled that the German citizen has the... more »
Unwelcome Truths from the American Rust Belt
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 8 hours ago
*Folk in and around the North Staffordshire area may be interested in this
event, due to take place on November 1st:*
I am writing to invite you to a public discussion on the future of
Stoke-on-Trent and its housing needs on Thursday 1st November 2012 at
6:30pm in the North Staffordshire Conference Centre, Hartshill Road,
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7NY.
Earlier this autumn, Len Gibbs, Director of the Epic Housing association in
Bentilee, went on a research trip around the American rust-belt cities of
Buffalo, Detroit and Pittsburgh. This will be his report back to The
Potteries on the ha... more »
"LEAP 20/20: GEAB N°68, Global Systemic Crisis"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"LEAP 20/20: GEAB N°68, Global Systemic Crisis:*
* Autumn 2012: Weeks Of Geopolitics Triggers"*
by LEAP 20/20
“For several months we have anticipated a major shock for the economy and
global political stability for Autumn 2012. We are maintaining this “Red
Alert” and will take stock mid-November 2012, at the same time as our
annual analysis of the 2013 “risk-countries”, and on the state of the world
at this time.
These last few weeks, as predicted by our team, the world geopolitical
situation has rapidly deteriorated: the Syrian conflict has become a
regional conflict in which... more »
Guilford Co. voters say ballot cast for Romney came up Obama on machine
Intercept at The Intercept - 8 hours ago
MyFox8
Scott Gustin
Brandon Jones
Charlie Glancy
GREENSBORO, N.C. –The presidential election is just around the corner and
voting issues have already become a problem in Guilford County.
On Monday, several voters complained that their electronic ballot machine
cast the wrong vote. All the complaints were made by people who voted at
the Bur-Mil Park polling location.
One of the voters, Sher Coromalis, says she cast her ballot for Governor
Mitt Romney, but every time she entered her vote the machine defaulted to
President Obama.
“I was so upset that this could happen,” said Cor... more »
Is David Sirota on Romney’s payroll?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012*
*God save Barack Obama:* As Election Day nears, the David Sirotas are doing
their best to get Mitt Romney elected.
For some liberals, the need to say that The Others are racist is a
moral/intellectual illness. In our view, Sirota is ill to the soul with
this particular illness.
We’ll speak to just one of Sirota’s five points from today’s column, which
is just spectacularly unintelligent. His points are designed to “prove” a
thesis which everyone knows to be true:
“Racism has not ceased to be a factor in politics.”
You can’t exactly *prove* that clai... more »
Terrance Nelson: Canada and US 'War on Children'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
Returning
from Iran, Terrance Nelson, former chief of Roseau River Ojibwe, speaks
out on the human rights violations of Canada and the US
The Crusader
By Terrance Nelson
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
October 24th 2012
First of all, thank you so much for your help. The impact of Iranian
people and especially Press T.V. helping to show the world the human
rights
Austin Reed Sigg Arrested for the Murder of Jessica Ridgeway
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
The teenager, Austin Reed Sigg, will also be charged in a previous attack
against a jogger, police say.
A suspect has been arrested in the abduction and killing of a 10-year-old
girl in suburban Denver.
Police in Westminster, Colorado, say they have a 17-year-old Austin Reed
Sigg in connection with the murder of Jessica Ridgeway, after getting a tip
that led them to a home on Tuesday night near the park where her body was
found.
http://news.sky.com/story/1002253/jessica-ridgeway-death-boy-17-arrested
US Ambassador Attack In Libya: Man Held
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Tunisia's government says it arrested one of its nationals following last
month's assault on the American consulate in Benghazi.
The suspect, 28-year-old Ali Harzi, was in custody in the capital Tunis,
said interior ministry spokesman Tarrouch Khaled, adding: "His case is in
the hands of justice."
http://news.sky.com/story/1002248/us-ambassador-attack-in-libya-man-held
Violence surges on Israel-Gaza frontier
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
JERUSALEM - Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza and
an Israeli air strike killed a militant in a surge of violence after the
Emir of Qatar embraced the enclave's Hamas leadership with a visit.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-israel-violence-idUSBRE89N09U20121024
"Millennium Bomber" given harsher 37-year prison term in Seattle
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
(Reuters) - Convicted "Millennium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam, whose 22-year
prison term was judged too lenient by a U.S. appeals court, was
re-sentenced on Wednesday to a harsher term of 37 years for a foiled plot
to set off explosives at Los Angeles International Airport.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-security-millennium-idUSBRE89N0L620121024
Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 24; Indiana reports third death: CDC
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Alan Waldman : NBC's Short-Lived 'Life' Is Smart, Quirky Cop Show
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Short-lived NBC cop show Life is smart, quirky, and gripping. Damian
Lewis is wonderful as the LAPD cop, falsely imprisoned for murder, who
pursues the real killer and conspirators.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / October 24, 2012
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may
Jubilee Jailbirds
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 9 hours ago
So, that 'vetting' of Queen's Jubilee nominees supposedly done by the Governor
General turns out to be not very rigorous.
Rideau Hall can vet nominees only against the “core eligibility criteria”
for the medal, a process that amounts to little more than checking for a
pulse and a passport.
Jailbird status -- past or present -- does not factor in.
OK, then.
We join our pal Canadian Cynic in encouraging an Opposition MP to do this.
If the Opps want to tweak a nose or two, someone should award a Diamond
Jubilee medal to Omar Khadr, and not reveal who did it.
— CC (@canadiancynic) Oc... more »
No Responsibility
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 9 hours ago
So, I'm almost finished *The Monster* by Michael W. Hudson. There's a part
in it where some state regulators are trying to shut down the predatory
lending scam. Wall Street poured out billions and billions of dollars to
predatory mortgage companies so that they can gouge people and Wall Street
can then "securitize" these shitty loans. The regulators are saying: Make
Wall Street liable for the fraud and theft of these lenders. These Wall
Street assholes are saying that this will create "uncertainty" and
unnecessary risk for them.
Supposedly it's beyond Wall Street's resources to do d... more »
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake CAYMAN ISLANDS REGION - 24th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
5.4
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 17:56:00 UTC
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 12:56:00 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
17.844°N, 81.690°W
Depth
32.7 km (20.3 miles)
Region
CAYMAN ISLANDS REGION
Distances
163 km (101 miles) SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands
Floyd Palmer Wanted in Church Shooting which has left a Man Dead
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
The suspect, identified as Floyd Palmer, a 52-year-old former church
maintenance worker who resigned in August, walked calmly into the service
at the World Changers Church International in College Park, Georgia, and
fired multiple shots, Fulton County Police Corporal Kay Lester said.
He remained at large, Lester said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-shooting-georgia-idUSBRE89N14420121024
U.S. sues Bank of America over "Hustle" mortgage fraud
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
The United States filed a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of
America Corp, accusing it of selling thousands of toxic home loans to
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that went into default and caused more than $1
billion of losses.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-bankofamerica-fraud-lawsuit-idUSBRE89N17120121024
What do big journalists worry about!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012 *
*Marcus’ rules of order:* The last time we looked in on Ruth Marcus, she
was refusing to tell Post readers about Romney’s budget proposal.
Today, she looks back on this year’s debates. In the process, she lets us
see what big major journalists actually worry about.
Some of Marcus’ observations do involve serious topics. She notes that the
fiscal cliff was never mentioned, in four debates with four different
moderators. She notes other topics which went unmentioned—gun control, gay
rights, Supreme Court nominations.
Of course, noting the topics which *... more »
UN calls for worldwide internet surveillance and data retention in the name of fighting terrorism
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 10 hours ago
Madison Ruppert, *Contributor*
The manufactured threat of terrorism has once again been used to push what
would otherwise be unthinkable. In this case, the United Nations is exploiting
the irrational fear of terrorism to justify international internet
surveillance.
In a new 148-page UN report released at a conference in Vienna entitled “The
Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes” the UN claimed that the lack of
an “internationally agreed framework for retention of data” is problematic
along with open wireless internet networks in public places.
The UN claims that terrorists... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Texas Cheerleaders for Jesus
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours ago
Kountze
High School cheerleaders with banner at football game. Image from
Atheist Camel.
Cheerleaders for Jesus:
Texas politicians jump
on religion bandwagon
Can cheerleaders who represent the Kountze Independent School District,
while acting in their official capacities as school cheerleaders,
promote their personal religious views?
By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / October 24, 2012
Donald Trump's October surprise
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
It's that The Donald is still batshit crazy. Oh wait. That's not a
surprise. We already knew that and I blame the media for his obvious lapse
into insanity and inanity. If they ignored his pathetic attention seeking,
he might be convinced to seek the professional mental health help he so
obviously needs.
After teasing it for the last couple of weeks, and amid a storm of media
speculation and rumor mongering about divorce decrees and cocaine use, it
turns out The Donald's big reveal is he thinks he's a character in a
Godfather movie and offered President Obama a deal "he can't refus... more »
SHARK mysteriously drops 'from the sky' onto California golf course FOUR miles from the coast
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
It wasn't raining cats and dogs at a California golf course on Monday - it
was raining sharks.
A live leopard shark was discovered thrashing about on the grass at around
4pm at the San Juan Hills golf club in San Juan Capistrano, which is four
miles from the coast.
The sea creature was spotted by a startled golf club marshall near the 12th
tee box, where a group of golfers had just been playing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222473/Live-SHARK-mysteriously-drops-California-golf-course.html
Moving it indoors
risa bear at A Way to Live - 11 hours ago
Yesterday a small tornado, apparently, touched down on the street where we
lived before moving here -- about eight miles away. That's a reminder that
many things we think can't happen can. Today, we had a longish area-wide
power outage -- just a bird in a substation, poor thing, but another
reminder. Our winter storms have come, and I and many others get to hunker
down, unlike our utility district's heroic line workers.
We have put up firewood, water, kerosene, gasoline and food, lucky us. But
some of that ability to save ahead came from a simplified routine. We build
our own fenc... more »
The Irish Sue the Banks
AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 11 hours ago
http://lightworker29501.com/2012/10/24/the-irish-sue-the-banks/
*The Irish Sue the Banks*
Posted on October 24, 2012
October 2012.
GOT DEBT ? GOT OPTIONS
During the last 2 years we, real ordinary people, have watched our country
come to its knees due to a gamble of the banks, the sell out of OUR
resources by our politicians and lies and ommitions about our place in the
world crises. The sense of hopelessness has brought hundreds to a very dark
place and with no hope they believe in sight many have taken their lives!
ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!
There are always Options. We have had enough... more »
Grounds for Divorce
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
Is Steve Harper trying to engineer the breakup of Canada? That might be
just what the prime ministerial bully boy accomplishes with his closet
trade deal with China.
The deal, that no decent Canadian, emphasis on *decent*, would ever accept
may be Harper's way to endow China with the leverage to coerce British
Columbia into surrendering on the Northern Gateway pipeline/supertanker
catastrophe in waiting. Out here it's already being called "economic
treason."
The deal apparently empowers China to sue anyone and everyone who impedes
their access to Athabasca bitumen. That, presu... more »
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA - 24th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 13:36:43 UTC
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 06:36:43 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
65.240°N, 134.216°W
Depth
5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region
NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
Distances
200 km (124 miles) NNE of Mayo, Canada
To Romney-Ryan We're All Muppets
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Gregg A. Smith, "the swing king," has a song Stayed So Long which
approaches a somewhat different, though not unrelated, kind of lust and
avarice that Gregg Smith deals with in his new book, Why I Left, about why
he left Goldman Sachs. (Watch the video above.) Basically, Smith grew
uncomfortable with the systemic efforts Wall Street was making to rip off
their clients. "Getting an unsophisticated client," he told Anderson Cooper
on *60 Minutes*, "was the golden prize. The quickest way to make money on
Wall Street is to take *the* most sophisticated product and try to sell it
to t... more »
Gloria Allred springs October surprise
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 11 hours ago
Until the court agrees to unseal the records, this falls under juicy gossip
only, but if it plays out it would be a bombshell. Because if Romney lied
under oath to help a friend screw over his wife during a bitter divorce,
that's a serious crime.
Mitt Romney LIED under oath when he testified in the divorce of his good
friend and screwed the friend's wife out of a lot of money in the process
... so claims the ex-wife of Staples' founder Tom Stemberg.
Multiple sources connected with the divorce tell TMZ ... during Tom's uber
nasty divorce case with ex-wife Maureen, Mitt Romney gave ... more »
ShriEEEk! Radical foreign lobby funds Canadian group
noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 11 hours ago
Oh. Wait.
This radical foreign "special interest" lobby?
*The Catholic Organization for Life and Family [...] was cofounded by the
Conference of Bishops and the world’s largest fraternal Catholic
organization, the U.S.-based Knights of Columbus, “to build a culture of
life and a civilization of love by promoting respect for human life and
dignity and the essential role of the family.” [...]**
**Although COLF is autonomous and they do their own publication, they still
rely on outside sources to survive and are co-funded largely by the
Conference of Bishops and the Knights of Colum... more »
Fracking Allowed Near Nuclear Plants?
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
Earthquake-Causing Fracking to Be Allowed within 500 FEET of Nuclear Plants
Posted on October 22, 2012 by WashingtonsBlog
Czech police uncovers a $20 million carbon credit fraud
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
*A day later, it also foils a $100 million solar fraud*
The most straightforward way to learn what's going on with carbon trading
in my country is... to read e-mails from a well-informed Malaysian American
at Harvard. ;-)
*The CZK 1,000 banknote was chosen as the World's Best New Banknote in 2008
by the Association of Currency Affairs.*
Willie Soon sent me this URL:
Police suspect two of carbon credit fraud worth CZK 378m (Prague Monitor)
------------------------------
News in Czech
One U.S. dollar is worth 19 Czech crowns (CZK) so the amount these two men
earned was nice, $20... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 11 hours ago
*Never kick a fresh turd on a hot da ~moosedenied*
*Sandy, Now A Hurricane, Sets Sights On Jamaica, Cuba ~WWNO*
Wednesday Afternoon Video
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago
Most of you have probably seen this, but why not? It is that kind of day.
That’s all, folks.
'Just trust us' - NSA to privacy advocates in court
Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours ago
Russia Today
[image: The logo of the National Security Agency.(AFP Photo / Paul J.
Richards)]
The US National Security Agency isn’t outright rejecting claims that
they’ve been conducting surveillance on everyone in the country, but they
want Americans to at least give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes
to their intensions.
The NSA was in court again this week to challenge a potential class action
lawsuit that aims to end the governmental agency’s electronic surveillance
program begun by President George W. Bush in the aftermath of the September
11, 2001 terrorist attacks;... more »
TRUMP TO OBAMA: "Release college, passport applications, I'll donate $5 million to charity of choice..."
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
*From Trump's Facebook page:*
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152199183675725&set=a.488852220724.393301.153080620724&type=1&theater
*Matt's
Thoughts:*
Weak. While I'm fairly certain this is just a tactic to shave a
few %
points off Obama's side in hopes of breaking the election
gridlock, I
suppose it will still be interesting to see how Obama responds to this.
Misfeasance in public office
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
*Pikangikum First Nation v. Nault,* 2012 ONCA 705 has a good summary of the
law related to the tort of misfeasance in a public office:
[54] In *Odhavji Estate v. Woodhouse*, 2003 SCC 69, [2003] 3 S.C.R.
263, at para. 23, Iacobucci J., writing for a unanimous Supreme Court
explained that the tort of misfeasance in public office has two elements:
(1) The defendant must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct in
his or her capacity as a public officer; and
(2) The defendant must have known that the conduct was unlawful and that it
was likely to harm the plaintiff.
[5... more »
Israel halts war games to deploy troops, resources in escalating Gaza sector
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
http://www.debka.com/article/22467/Israel-halts-war-games-to-deploy-troops-resources-in-escalating-Gaza-sector
Debate Questions
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
There's been a lot of talk about debate question topics -- the Wonkblog
gang yesterday did a nice item about the five most important issues not
raised in the debates (housing, Europe, climate, Fed/SCOTUS appointments,
campaign finance; I think the first four are good choices). I was wondering
in particular about climate, and started thinking about 1996: after the
failure of Bill Clinton's health care reform plan, did health care get as
little attention that year as climate did after the demise of cap-and-trade?
And...nope. Turns out that in the first presidential debate there was a
... more »
U.S. is Allied with and actively Supports Al-Qaeda
Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours ago
Iran Review
*Interview with: James F. Tracy
By: Kourosh Ziabari*
*
*
[image: 10-21-12a 023.JPG.jpg]
*American political commentator believes that the United States has been
constantly allied with Al-Qaeda and supported it militarily and financially.
*
*"Major media have recently had to acknowledge that US-NATO interests are
aligned with Al Qaeda in Syria, of course overlooking the fact that the US
and Sunni States also recruited and armed these soldiers of fortune. What
the Obama administration has sought to do with the alleged murder of Bin
Laden in May 2011 is to close the chapter on... more »
U.S. is Allied with and actively Supports Al-Qaeda
Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours ago
Iran Review
*Interview with: James F. Tracy
By: Kourosh Ziabari*
*
*
Professor James F. Tracy*American political commentator believes that the
United States has been constantly allied with Al-Qaeda and supported it
militarily and financially.*
*"Major media have recently had to acknowledge that US-NATO interests are
aligned with Al Qaeda in Syria, of course overlooking the fact that the US
and Sunni States also recruited and armed these soldiers of fortune. What
the Obama administration has sought to do with the alleged murder of Bin
Laden in May 2011 is to close the chapter on the o... more »
Legal Liability for Bad Scientific Forecasts in the United States
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 12 hours ago
The verdict in the lawsuit brought against scientists L'Aquila has prompted
much discussion and debate. Following the initial poor reporting of the
case and its context has followed some much better coverage. For instance,
the Chronicle of Higher Education, the New Scientist, David Ropeik writing
at Scientific American, and some colleagues of mine at Macquarie University
writing at The Conversation have all added valuable context and nuance to
this discussion.
Yet, some in the US scientific community, especially officials at AAAS and
AGU continue to wax hyperbolic on this issue. F... more »
Public interest and bail pending appeal
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
*R v Wilcox* 2012 BCCA 413 deals with bail pending appeal.
Section 679(3) of the *Criminal Code*, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, sets out the
factors to be considered on an application for bail on an appeal from
conviction. It provides:
679.(3) In the case of an appeal referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (c),
the judge of the court of appeal may order that the appellant be released
pending the determination of his appeal if the appellant establishes that
(a) the appeal or application for leave to appeal is not frivolous;
(b) he will surrender himself into custody in accordance with the te... more »
Arizona’s Maricopa County tells Spanish-speaking voters to vote two days late
Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours ago
Raw Story
David Edwards
At least two official documents created by the Maricopa County Recorder’s
Office misinformed Spanish-speaking voters in Arizona of the wrong election
day and activists worry that the error could suppress Latino voter turnout
on Nov. 6.
ABC’s Phoenix affiliate reported last week that a document distributed with
voter IDs told Spanish-speaking voters to vote on Nov. 8, but listed the
correct Nov. 6 election date in English. And then on Monday, bookmarks
distributed by the Recorder’s Office were discovered to have a similar
problem: an incorrect Nov. 8 ele... more »
Obama doubled the price of gas!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012*
*At the Times, Peters does it again:* Increasingly, the *dumbness* of our
political discourse is its defining feature.
No claim is so dumb that it can’t be advanced. Quite often, the New York
Times will be on the scene to push the claim along.
This morning, it happens again, thanks to Jeremy Peters and his editors.
Last week, Peters was busy letting us know what “some say” about past
debates. It may have been the dumbest report we’ve ever seen on this
low-IQ, evergreen topic.
This morning, Peters reports about some overwrought claims being made
agains... more »
German Parliament Denied Access To Inspect German Gold Reserves Due To ‘Lack Of Visiting Rooms’
Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours ago
Silver Doctors
German Federal auditors handed in a report slamming the Bundesbank for not
inspecting their foreign held gold reserves to verify their book value.* The
report says the gold bars “have never been physically checked by the
Bundesbank itself or other independent auditors regarding their
authenticity or weight.*” Instead, it relies on “written confirmations by
the storage sites.” The lion’s share of Germany’s gold reserves (nearly
3,400 tons estimated at $190 billion) are housed in vaults of the US
Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of France since the
p... more »
Are Bloggers an Endangered Species?
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 12 hours ago
David Freedlander of the Daily Beast posted an excellent article early this
morning that asked a very good question: Are progressive bloggers a dying
breed?
It was a subject on which I'd touched in one or two articles four years ago
when Barack Obama first got elected. Unlike other bloggers, I was looking
far beyond the next election cycle and offering an educated guess that
liberal blogging, once George W. Bush left office, would go into a slow but
steady rate of decline. In that respect, old W. was indeed a uniter rather
than a divider. He was able to unite progressives of all di... more »
All Quiet on the Teaching Front
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 13 hours ago
Just a sign that I'm alive. Doing my main spot of this term's teaching
these few weeks: Hume's moral philosophy of the *Treatise* for the B.A.
candidates and some extra lectures at the primary level ethics course to
fill in for a colleague struck by some acute health problems. In parallel,
I'm writing on a research report and a part of an article that needs to be
delivered about yesterday and doing the odd reading of, for instance, a new
Ph.D. thesis on the personal identity objection to advance directives in
health care, for which I'm on the examination committee. I have half a post... more »
You Tell Me What is True
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
Fukushima plutonium levels said no threat March 9 2012
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/03/09/Fukushima-plutonium-levels-said-no-threat/UPI-27121331336023/?rel=95671331704513
[excerpted] TOKYO, March 9 (UPI) -- "Plutonium levels at Japan's Fukushima
nuclear power plant aren't much higher than what is in the environment from
Cold War-era nuclear tests, researchers say...
Researchers examining the area within a roughly 20-mile radius of the
damaged plant found levels of radioactive plutonium were about double those
from residual fallout from U.S. and former Soviet Union above-grou... more »
Collapsing Standards of Living in the Predatory Oligarchy
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
I concur with Michael Hudson that the financial crisis facilitated the
greatest transfer of wealth to occur since the Great Depression
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10279
One way this transfer has occurred is through foreclosures on debt,
particularly in housing wherein citizens may have stored some wealth.
The foreclosure process centralizes equity. Banks and elite others can
leverage their capital to purchase assets that distressed owners can no
longer manage.
Banks and other elite interests have through government guarantees, loans,
and bailouts, been a... more »
Wall Street opens lower on Greek angst
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
Stocks opened lower on Friday after Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany,
as well as France, want Greece to stay in the euro zone but that Athens
must meet its commitments.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-markets-stocks-idUSBRE89L0A420121024
How did Bob Schieffer do Monday night!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012*
*The softball, the filibuster and the unrecognized groaner:* How did Bob
Schieffer do Monday night?
Right at the start, his evening began with a high, arcing softball for
Romney. This was his very first question:
SCHIEFFER (10/22/12): The first segment is the challenge of a changing
Middle East and the new face of terrorism. I'm going to put this into two
segments so you'll have two topic questions within this one segment on the
subject.
*The first question, and it concerns Libya. The controversy over what
happened there continues.* Four Americans ar... more »
PEDOPHILE RING IN PRIME MINISTER'S HOME?
Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
*Was there a paedophile ring in the Prime Minister's residence - No 10
Downing Street?*
*
*
*Member of Parliament Tom Watson demands probe*
On 24 October 2012, Tom Watson MP, speaking at Prime Minister's Questions,
said that a powerful pedophile network may have operated in the UK with
links to Parliament and Downing Street.
Mr Watson said: "The evidence file used to convict paedophile Peter
Righton, if it still exists, contains clear intelligence of a widespread
paedophile ring.
"One of its members boasts of a link to a senior aide of a former prime
minister, who says he could s... more »
The Colombian “War on Drugs”, A Family Affair
Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours ago
Global Research
Tom Burghardt
[image: Extractive Capitalism and the Divisions in the Latin American
Progressive Camp]Last month’s capture of Colombian drug lord Daniel “El
Loco” Barrera by Venezuelan police was hailed as a “victory” in the “War on
Drugs.”Barrera, accused of smuggling some 900 tons of cocaine into Europe
and the U.S. throughout his infamous career, was described by Colombian
President Juan Manuel Santos, who announced the arrest on national
television, as “the last of the great capos.”
But what of the “capo” who enjoyed high office, is wined and dined by U.S.
corp... more »
Australia’s Antarctic airstrip melts
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Airplanes on Airfield, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Researchers say
that global warming has caused the glacial ice on the runway to turn to
mush just four years after it was built for about £30 million. ALAMY]
By Jonathan Pearlman
24 October 2012
Sydney (The Telegraph) – Researchers said global warming has caused the
glacial ice on the runway to turn to mush just four years after it was
built for about £30 million. It was due to receive about 20 flights each
summer but only six have been able to land in the past two years.
The runway was supposed to service Australia's thr... more »
NCLB Waivers Allow Hostile Corporate Takeovers of Schools
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
Thanks to Stan Karp for this compilation:
*Lawmakers seek to end N.J. takeover of schools***
*The Record*
*Paterson would gain control of its public school system for the first time
in 21 years under legislation introduced by Democrats that also would limit
future state takeovers to five years, lawmakers announced Friday. "It's
time for the state to admit that the prolonged takeover of a local school
district is a failed experiment, and it's time to return the school
districts that have languished under state control back to the people in
those school districts," said state Sen. Ron... more »
WHO LOST TRACK OF THE MAINSTREAM PRESS: Two journalists turn on the press corps!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012*
*Part 1—One of the two sounds sincere:* Yesterday, two journalists turned
on the mainstream press corps, behaving like traitors to their class.
One of these journalists sounds sincere. To our ear, the other does not.
But first:
This morning, in the 5 o’clock hour, CNN started right in on Benghazi all
over again. Transcripts haven’t been posted yet. But the reporting was done
by Elise Labott, CNN’s tremendously awful “foreign affairs reporter.”
This morning, Labott has already posted a “CNN Wire.” For unknown reasons,
she misstated the time at which she... more »
South Africa hits another new record in rhino killings – Two rhino subspecies declared extinct
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: White rhinos in Namibia. White rhinos are the world's most
populous, but suffer massive poaching rates. Ikiwaner via mongabay.com]
By Jeremy Hance
18 October 2012
(mongabay.com) – Four hundred and fifty-five rhinos have been killed by
poachers in South Africa since the beginning of the year. The number
surpasses the record set last year (448) and proves that national efforts
to stem poaching have not yet made a dent in actual killings. The mass
killing has been spurred on by high demand for powdered rhino horn in
Vietnam and China. A traditional curative in Asia, rhino hor... more »
Wednesday Morning Linkage
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
Richard Weitz notes an intensification of PRC anti-missile defense
rhetoric. He points to the implications of robust BMD for China’s minimal
deterrence approach and for US-led containment. David Axe reports that John
Lehman has a financial stake in a larger navy. Bill French deflates the
Romney campaign’s claims of “American Weakness.” Over at Political Violence
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A Culture Of Fear
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
The Harper government came to power braying about government
accountability. To ensure that accountability, they established the
Parliamentary Budget Office and hired Kevin Page to keep tabs on government
spending.
Yet that very same government, Tim Harper writes in today's *Toronto Star*,has frustrated Mr. Page's attempts to do his job:
Page is preparing to take more than 60 government departments and deputy
ministers to court in a bid to force them to provide information on
government cuts, information to which he is entitled under the mandate
given him by the very government ... more »
Gregory Nathan Peterson found dead in remote Utah log cabin where he was accused of raping five women
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
- Gregory Nathan Peterson allegedly carried out the assaults after
meeting the women on Mormon dating websites
- Found with a gunshot wound to the head in upstairs bedroom of cabin by
bail bond agents
- He was out on bail on multiple charges of rape, assault and kidnapping
- Peterson had held Republican fundraisers at the cabin which were
attended by politicians including Senator Orrin Hatch, Governor Gary
Herbert, and congressional candidate Mia Love
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222297/Gregory-Nathan-Peterson-dead-Utah-log-cabin-accused-raping-5-... more »
Justin and Dante Robinson Arrested for the Murder of Autumn Pasquale
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Justin, 15, and Dante Robinson, 17, from Clayton, New Jersey, have been
charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, disposing of a body,
tampering with evidence and theft. Justin was also charged with luring.
Police believe the teens lured 12-year-old 'tomboy' Autumn Pasquale to
their home on Saturday night where they killed her. Justin invited her
over
under the pretense of trading bike parts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222414/Autumn-Pasquale-Teen-brothers-liked-Find-Autumn-Facebook-page-beat-strangled-bike-parts-dumped-body-recycling-bin.html
Credit card details 'stolen' from 63 Barnes and Noble stores in 9 States after PIN pads hacked
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Cracked: Hackers broke into the PIN pads, where customers swipe their
credit cards, and were able to steal financial details
The company warned customers to check for unauthorized transactions and to
change their personal identification numbers, or PINs. It didn't say how
many accounts may have been compromised.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222272/Credit-card-details-possibly-stolen-63-Barnes-Noble-stores-PIN-pads-hacked.html
Second self-immolation death in Tibet after man sets himself on fire outside Chinese government building
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Dorjee
Rinchen, 58, burned to death outside the Armed Forces department in
Labrang, occupied Tibet, in the second fatal self-immolation protest
this
week.
Security forces later clashed with mourners when they tried to bring his
body back to his village in Gansu province, northwestern China.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222340/Second-self-immolation-death-Tibet-man-sets-outside-Chinese-government-building.html
Tibetan man dies after setting himself on fire at monastery in protest against Chinese rule
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
The 50-year-old man, identified as Dhondup, set fire to himself at the
remote Labrang Monastery in the northwestern Gansu province in China, on
Monday. This is the seventh fatality this month as a result of pro-Tibet
protests against Chinese rule, the London-based rights group Free Tibet
said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2221784/Tibetan-monk-dies-setting-protest-Chinese-rule.html
WotW: View Newspapers Your Way - Digitally
Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 15 hours ago
I love newspapers. Always have. Maybe it's because my father read the
morning newspaper every day growing up. Maybe it's because I loved reading
comics as a kid and the sports section as a teenager. I was the editor in
chief of my junior high, high school and college newspapers because I loved
newspapers so much.
Unfortunately, newspapers are starting to go the way of the wagon. They
were great while they lasted, but they haven't kept up with the times.
While it's sad to see printed versions of newspapers disappear, it's also
their own fault. They didn't ride the technology wave, go... more »
Sue Thorn (D-WV) And The Case Against Out Of Touch Elites
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
I don't know if Chris Hayes has ever heard of David McKinely, the tool of
the coal barons who was elected to Congress in 2010 in the Tea Party
sweep-- let along Sue Thorn, the intrepid and courageous grassroots
activist who is taking on the insider DC Establishment in running against
him. As corrupted as your garden variety Republican, DCCC Chair Steve
Israel and his Blue Dog allies have actively campaigned against Sue. The
DCCC won't spend a dime on this very winnable race-- holding out to run
egregiously corrupt Mike Oliverio (head of West Virginia ALEC) in 2014--
while the corp... more »
Zynga will slash 170 jobs and close its UK studios after Facebook CEO reveals revenue from FarmVille maker dropped 20%.
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Zynga,
the maker of social media games like FarmVille and Texas HoldEm
Poker, said it will cut about 5 per cent of its full-time workforce and
phase out 13 older games.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222267/Zynga-slash-170-jobs-Facebook-CEO-reveals-revenue-FarmVille-maker-dropped-20-cent.html
Israel Bombarded After Militants Die In Gaza
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Israel has been hit with more than 60 missiles in 24 hours in a surge in
violence from the Gaza Strip.
Three militants from the armed wing of Hamas, which rules in Gaza, were
killed in an Israeli counter-attack
http://news.sky.com/story/1002043/israel-bombarded-after-militants-die-in-gaza
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Arthur Rhodes, one of my very favorites, 43.
World Series tonight; meanwhile, good stuff:
1. Keith Humphreys writes in defense of Arlen Specter, disputing my claims
to the contrary. He may be correct!
2. What may be going on in Ohio, from Nate Cohn.
3. Reporting on binders of women and Big Bird, by Amanda Hess.
4. Joshua Tucker on Intrade; see also a follow-up.
5. And for the last time, at least for this cycle, another edition of Ann
Friedman's brilliant debate wraps.
Euro zone business downturn deepens
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
Euro zone businesses in October suffered their worst month since the bloc
emerged from its last recession more than three years ago, forcing them to
cut more jobs to reduce costs.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-poll-oct-pmis-idUSBRE89N0D020121024
Ford is planning to close its Southampton factory
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
Ford is planning to close its Southampton factory, according to Sky sources.
An announcement by the US carmaker is expected on Wednesday.
The Swaythling factory, which has built Ford Transit vans since 1972,
employs around 500 people.
The news comes after Ford confirmed it would close its "under-utilised"
factory in Genk, Belgium, resulting in 4,300 job losses.
http://news.sky.com/story/1002072/sky-sources-ford-to-close-southampton-plant
Candida: uncertainties, strategies, victories
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 16 hours ago
*I have declared a victory in the war against the yeast and started a
normal diet.*
*As a result, the yeast cells have been downgraded from hostile eukaryotes
and wannabe animals to largely counterproductive oversized molecules.
Coming attacks by the microorganisms will be considered sporadic crimes
unless the foe manages to convince me to officially wage another war in the
future.*
In this text, I want to review my struggles against the intruders that were
intense in the most recent 50 days. Your humble correspondent will
appreciate if you reduce the amount of comment feedbac... more »
Harvard Conservatives
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 16 hours ago
No, it is not an oxymoron, but a new blog.
Nigel Farage - 'Bailouts' are a means for total subjugation of nation states
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
US blocks Russian proposal to UN on peaceful Bani Walid solution
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
Military lobby, police state, enemy maker: US 3d party debate wrap-up
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
European Parliament clashes with ministers on EU budget
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
There is a sharp divide between MEPs and governments over EU spending
The MEPs' plan includes a controversial call for EU "own resources" - that
is, to fund the EU from direct taxation, such as sales tax (VAT), instead
of the current system of national contributions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20040340
Sounds familiar?
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago
*A ladybug, just after dawn.*
The EU suggests small agreements first.... no FTA in the offing, of
course...
"We could begin with smaller agreements," said Frederic Laplanche, head of
the European Economic and Trade Office, when asked about the possibility of
a free trade agreement between Taiwan and the EU.
Smaller agreements could include an economic cooperation agreement or an
investment protection pact, Laplanche said on the sidelines of an EU-Taiwan
trade expo in Taipei.
* Before any talks on smaller agreements, however, Taiwan needs to remove
some trade barriers, such as th... more »
Sagging German economy sends euro lower
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
The euro fell and European shares pared early gains on Wednesday after
surprisingly weak data from regional powerhouse Germany offset signs that
China's economic slowdown had eased.
Activity in Germany's manufacturing and service sectors declined for a
sixth straight month in October as order books thinned, suggesting Europe's
largest economy has clearly stagnated in the second half of 2012.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-markets-global-idUSBRE88901C20121024
Get ready for euro zone break-up.....EU Would go to War before allowing a Break up
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
Corruption looms large over Ukraine election
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
Fighting corruption is a drum every party is beating ahead of an election
in the Ukraine next Sunday. But whatever the outcome, few expect an end to
a cancer which hits incomes, kills entrepreneurial spirit and deters
vitally needed foreign investment.
Sounds a bit like Europe
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-ukraine-election-idUSBRE89N0A420121024
AngloGold says to fire 12,000 South Africa strikers
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours ago
AngloGold Ashanti said on Wednesday it will fire about 12,000 wildcat
strikers after they ignored a deadline to return to work by noon (0500 ET).
They did not return...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-safrica-strikes-anglogold-idUSBRE89N0KT20121024
Syria's Assad agrees to holiday ceasefire: U.N. envoy ....But will the Rebels?
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Wednesday the Syrian
government had agreed to a ceasefire in the war with rebels during the
Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
It was also not clear whether the insurgents would commit to a truce. Rebel
sources had earlier told Reuters there was little point if it could not be
monitored or enforced.
Guess that answers my question...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE88J0X720121024
Pleadings to be read broadly on a motion to strike
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago
*Fox v PW Lorch & Associates Ltd, *2012 SKCA 93 is a useful source for the
principle that, on motions to strike, pleadings must be read broadly:
[10] Because of the possibility that a litigant may be denied their day in
court as a result of a successful motion to strike, the courts have
generally taken a generous reading of pleadings when faced with such an
application cognizant, nevertheless, that the claim must disclose a cause
of action. In *Tottrup v. Alberta (Minister of Environment)*, 2000 ABCA
121, 186 D.L.R. (4th) 226:
8 The principles governing an application to ... more »
Efforts to mislead, pressure voters intensify
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
Some voters are being told they can cast their ballot by phone. Others are
being pressured by their employer to vote Republican. Misleading and
intimidating tactics typically reserved for the final days before an
election are already in play.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-campaign-voters-idUSBRE89N07M20121024
"Millennium Bomber" faces re-sentencing in Seattle
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
(Reuters) - Convicted "Millennium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam, whose 22-year
prison term was judged too lenient by a U.S. appeals court, faces
re-sentencing on Wednesday for a foiled New Year's Eve 1999 plot to set off
explosives at Los Angeles International Airport.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-security-millennium-idUSBRE89N0L620121024
Argos Overhaul Could See 75 Stores Shut
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago
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