10:27 pm MDST
Gilberto Valle's Wife Contacted the FBI
The allegations came to light recently when he separated from his wife,
according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter. She
contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation about "questionable porn" on
his computer.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203897404578079263587790222.html
Court Documents
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/nypdcomplain102512.pdf
Bo Xilai stripped of last official title
Chinese authorities have stripped disgraced former leader Bo Xilai of his
legislative membership, his last official title, paving the way for
criminal prosecution of a once rising political star whose spectacular fall
has thrown the ruling Communist Party into its biggest crisis in decades.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/25/world/asia/china-politics-bo/?hpt=ias_c1
56 die in Burma violence, 2000 homes burnt
AT least 56 people have been killed and thousands of homes have been
torched in a wave of communal violence in western Burma.
"Twenty-five men and 31 women have been killed in four townships and 2000
houses were burnt," Rakhine state spokesman Win Myaing said on Friday.
The deaths follow an outbreak of violence between Buddhist ethnic Rakhine
and Rohingya Muslims in the troubled state.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/die-in-burma-violence-2000-homes-burnt/story-e6frf7k6-1226503956458
Hurricane Sandy kills 21 in Caribbean, takes aim at US
Hurricane Sandy pounded the Bahamas after claiming 21 lives in the
Caribbean, including 11 people killed in eastern Cuba.
The hurricane -- now a category two storm -- has wreaked havoc in Jamaica,
Cuba, the Bahamas and Haiti, downing power lines, damaging hundreds of
homes and ruining crops.
Forecasters warn that the massive hurricane now could merge with North
American weather systems and could morph into a powerful hybrid that US
media have dubbed a "Frankenstorm."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gqk07rKdXNPCElEuQvEJhqie5SoA?docId=CNG.95b4f075bc8c2064773d6fc650... more »
Major Banks, Governmental Officials and Their Comrade Capitalists Targets of Spire Law Group, LLP's Racketeering and Money Laundering Lawsuit Seeking Return of $43 Trillion to the United States Treasury
PRESS RELEASE
Oct. 25, 2012, 2:09 p.m. EDT
Major Banks, Governmental Officials and Their Comrade Capitalists Targets
of Spire Law Group, LLP's Racketeering and Money Laundering Lawsuit Seeking
Return of $43 Trillion to the United States Treasury
NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Spire Law Group,
LLP's national home owners' lawsuit, pending in the venue where the
"Banksters" control their $43 trillion racketeering scheme (New York) -
known as the largest money laundering and racketeering lawsuit in United
States History and identifying $43 trillion ($43,... more »
Hurricane Sandy takes aim at U.S.
Hurricane Sandy grew into a major potential threat to the east coast of the
United States after hammering Cuba's second-largest city and taking aim at
the Bahamas, U.S. forecasters said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/us-storm-sandy-hurricane-idUSBRE89N16J20121025
Grindr Comes To Politics... Florida First, Of Course
(click)My friend Irwing is a real looker-- looker like in head-turner.
Everybody loves Irwing, regardless of gender. But whenever he's in my car
there's this constant buzzing coming out of his pocket. The other day I
asked him what it was and he pulled out his iPhone and showed me the
popular gay hook-up application Grindr. I'm sure if I was born 30 years
later I would be all over it too-- although I noticed scholarly author
Daniel Mendelsohn enthusing over it in an *Out* featurette this week-- and
he's around my age. And now it looks like at least two of Florida's less
savory corp... more »
Two children stabbed to death in NYC apartment, nanny arrested
A mother returned home to her luxury New York City apartment on Thursday to
find two of her young children stabbed to death in the bathtub, and the
family's nanny was arrested as the suspect in the killings, police said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/26/us-usa-stabbing-newyork-idUSBRE89O1Q920121026
Nicholas Monckford 'Assassinated' In Brussels...2 WEEKS AGO!! NEWS BLACKOUT LIFTED....What else is Brussels Banning the Press from Reporting?
A British businessman was shot dead in Belgium as he left a restaurant with
his wife, the lifting of a news blackout reveals.
A British oil executive - named by Sky sources as Nicholas Monckford - has
been shot dead in Brussels.
The killing took place on October 14 but Belgian investigators had imposed
a news blackout on the death.
A foreign office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British
national in Brussels on 14 Oct and we are providing consular assistance."
Police said the businessman was shot four times as he left an Italian
restaurant in Neder-over-Heembeek, a ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Braided, serpentine filaments of glowing gas suggest this nebula's
popular name, The Medusa Nebula. Also known as Abell 21, this Medusa is an
old planetary nebula some 1,500 light-years away in the constellation
Gemini. Like its mythological namesake, the nebula is associated with a
dramatic transformation.
*Click image for larger size. *
The planetary nebula phase represents a final stage in the evolution of
low mass stars like the sun, as they transform themselves from red giants
to hot white dwarf stars and in the process shrug off their outer layers.
Ultraviolet radiation fr... more »
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA - 26th October 2012
Magnitude mb 4.5
Region SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
Date time 2012-10-26 01:52:59.5 UTC
Location 40.03 N ; 75.78 E
Depth 1 km
Distance 63 km NW Kashi, China
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 26th October 2012
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 00:33:13 UTC
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 09:33:13 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
41.046°N, 142.272°E
Depth
59.8 km (37.2 miles)
Region
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances
86 km (53 miles) ENE of Misawa, Japan
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake ITALY - 25th October 2012
Magnitude
5.3
Date-Time
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 23:05:26 UTC
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 01:05:26 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
39.855°N, 16.044°E
Depth
3.8 km (2.4 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN ITALY
Distances
5 km (3 miles) W of Morano Calabro, Italy
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION - 25th October 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 22:58:19 UTC
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 06:58:19 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
11.214°N, 126.100°E
Depth
45.1 km (28.0 miles)
Region
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
Distances
42 km (26 miles) NE of Sulangan, Philippines
4.1 Magnitude Earthquake POLAND - 25th October 2012
Magnitude M 4.1
Region POLAND
Date time 2012-10-25 22:45:17.0 UTC
Location 51.49 N ; 16.02 E
Depth 2 km
Distance 2 km SW Polkowice, Poland
Crop Circle Windmill Hill, nr Avebury Trusloe, Wiltshire. Reported 14th October, 2012
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2012/windmillhill3/windmillhill2012c.html
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE - 25th October 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 22:33:49 UTC
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 06:33:49 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
50.133°S, 113.885°E
Depth
9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Region
SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE
Distances
1707 km (1060 miles) S of Grasmere, Australia
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHERN PERU - 25th October 2012
Magnitude
5.4
Date-Time
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 20:49:33 UTC
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 03:49:33 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.905°S, 76.116°W
Depth
8 km (5.0 miles)
Region
NORTHERN PERU
Distances
4 km (2 miles) WSW of Yurimaguas, Peru
Beer O’Clock: ?
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Yes, it’s nearly that time. And since I’ll be heading off to Pukekohe to
see Counties knock over Otago in the only game of rugby this weekend … I
have no idea what I’ll be drinking.
But hopefully it will taste like victory!
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From Darkness Into Light
Wit's End - 1 hour ago
For my birthday-in-exile, my friends Peter and Catarina went to Wit's End
to send me pictures of the poor lonely pets I have abandoned while I stay
on Cape Cod with my parents. They captured their idiosyncratic
personalities with irreproachably clever perfection.
CoCo is conspicuously irate, with whiskers curled in haughty opprobrium.
River is mournfully censorious.
Simon is wistfully perplexed, while Bird, who was generously described by
my friends as "overly agile" was actually being his usual psychotic self,
racing madly around and no doubt shrieking excitedly.
To call it piercin... more »
Bolivia enacts Law of Mother Earth and GMO ban
Pachamama
Law enacted and GMO ban in Bolivia!
Reposted from
http://www.eldeber.com.bo/nota.php?id=121015233320
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
President Evo Morales enacted the Law of Mother Earth and Integral
Development to Live Well. Morales issued the Law of Mother Earth in an
emotional ceremony at the Palacio Quemado.
The Law of Mother Earth and Integral Development to
Bani Walid People Refused Right of Return - Stranded in a Valley
You can thank Obama, aka the Bullshiter in Chief, and the "humanitarian"
interventionists in the West and the Arab Gulf dictatorships for this
tragedy. They're worse than Gaddafi was. They are the real terrorists and
real dictators.
Sources for videos: Morris.
"The Question To Ask Is..."
"Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better
place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make
it better?" To that there is an answer."
- Leo Buscaglia
"What is 'Occam's Razor?'''
"What is 'Occam's Razor?'''
by Wikipedia
“Occam's razor, also Ockham's razor, is a principle attributed to
14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar, William of Ockham. The
principle states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few
assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the
observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory. The
principle is often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae ("law of
parsimony", "law of economy", or "law of succinctness"): entia non sunt
multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, roughly ... more »
Countering the Corporate-Insurgency
A guide to how the war for control is waged upon us, and how to fight back.
*by Tony Cartalucci*
*October 26, 2012* - The terms insurgency and counterinsurgency can quickly
become confusing in a politically motivated context. However, generally
speaking, an insurgency seeks to overthrow an established institution or
political order, while a counterinsurgency seeks to maintain that order.
In the United States, and around much of the world where the nation-state
still prevails, the established order is one of national sovereignty based
on constitutions and charters produced by each re... more »
California endangers Indigenous Peoples with carbon trading scam
Indigenous
leaders rejecting California REDD hold governor responsible for their
safety
Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
As California lawmakers prepare to launch the state’s cap and trade
program as part of its Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB32, indigenous
leaders traveled to Sacramento to urge officials not to include an
"Zeno's Paradoxes"
*"Zeno's Paradoxes"*
by Joe Kissell
"Do you ever have one of those days when you just can’t seem to get
yourself moving? Or maybe, no matter how hard you try to get caught up, you
always seem to lag behind? I have those kinds of days all the time—and so,
apparently, did ancient Greek philosophers. One of them, Zeno of Elea,
devised an ingenious set of philosophical statements that amount to “proof”
that motion is impossible, despite all evidence to the contrary. These
statements are known as Zeno’s Paradoxes (or sometimes, collectively, as
Zeno’s Paradox), and they continue to v... more »
Robert Fulghum, "Are There Any Questions?"
"Are There Any Questions?"
by Robert Fulghum
"Are there any questions?" An offer that comes at the end of college
lectures and long meetings. Said when an audience is not only overdosed
with information, but when there is no time left anyhow. At times like that
you sure do have questions. Like, "Can we leave now?" and "What the hell
was this meeting for?" and "Where can I get a drink?"
The gesture is supposed to indicate openness on the part of the speaker, I
suppose, but if in fact you do ask a question, both the speaker and the
audience will give you drop-dead looks. And some... more »
"A Message From The Stone Age"
"These hands were painted on the walls of a cave in Rio Pinturas,
Argentina. The hand forms were created by pressing all or part of the hand
against the surface, after having applied paint or clay.
Despite its clear bodily form, this sign is a surprisingly rare sign,
found at just under 7 per cent of the French sites studied. Its earliest
know appearance is at Chauvet, from where it seems to have spread out in
all directions. By 13,000 years ago it had fallen out of use. Hand symbols
also feature at sites in Australia and Burma."
- http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/messages-from-... more »
Spring is here!
After scouring the whole North Island for signs of it over the last week, I
can confirm that Spring is now here!
And despite the many doubters, I can report it* is* possible to celebrate
Spring in Auckland. *With trees!*
To celebrate Auckland’s Spring, Patrick Reynolds has tracked down and
photographed his favourite city trees. Like this one:
[image: image]*Photograph by Patrick Reynolds*
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By the way, it is perfectly legal to photograph police (but it may not prudent)
The RCMP don't like being photographed.
This sounds familiar - RCMP who don't want to be photographed or subject to
review. So they demand a photograph be deleted and if it is not the arrest
the photographer and claim he or she was causing a disturbance.
It sounds like a second rate Costa Gavras film.
http://bit.ly/RmyHeb
A B.C. teen who aspires to be a journalist says his rights were violated
when he was set upon by security guards and then arrested by police after
photographing an incident at Metrotown shopping mall in Burnaby, B.C.
Jakub Markiewicz , 16, said he was in the... more »
Trump is Dumb
I loved when Letterman invites Trump to join him and two members of the
band after the show for some of the old el diablo at the end of the clip.
The Daily "Near You?"
Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Cleveland Rocks
My friends who live there tell me this city really does rock. Feeling it in Jake
Tapper's photo of this rousing welcome for Obama. No Eloi vibe here as I
see at Romney rallies.
I see an ethnically mixed group of enthusiastic and engaged people. *This*is my America.
[Other original content at the Detroit News.]
Chet Raymo, “The Sacred Depths of Nature”
*“The Sacred Depths of Nature”*
by Chet Raymo
“NASA has released the latest and deepest look into space ever, revealing
galaxies as they were 13.2 billion years ago, only 500 million years after
the big bang. You will remember the Hubble Deep Field and the Ultra Deep
Field. This new compilation of all the previous data is called the XDF, the
Extreme Deep Field. Do this. Go to the Hubble XDF web site, download the
highest resolution version and fill your screen with it. And while you're
there, look at the little video below showing the tiny part of the sky
imaged by the XDF. I see ... more »
I've lined up the safest company I could think of for Election Night: Henrik Ibsen
*Ibsen's battling Stockmann brothers:* *It's entirely possible that Richard
Thomas (right) as Mayor Peter S -- seen here with Boyd Gaines as Dr. Thomas
S -- indeed "does everything but twirl his mustache as the bogeyman" in
what Bloomberg's Jeremy Gerard describes as "Doug Hughes’s clipped
vaudeville of a production" of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People now on
Broadway. But I'd still rather be there on Election Night than chained to
the TV and the computer.*
*by Ken*
So the ticket is bought, and can't be exchanged or refunded. But I think I
got this one right.
For some time now the ... more »
ALEC - Stunning Loss Projected in North Dakota
The Ph-ALEC Poll of America (phollowing the real dicks in the 2012
election) is projecting a stunning loss for the American Legislative
Exchange Council in North Dakota.
Past and present include:
John
Andrist
Rocklin
Bateman
Wesley R
Belter
Rick
Berg
Spencer
Berry
LeRoy G
Berstein
Randy G
Boehning
Bill
Bowman
Rex
Byerly
Alan H.
Carlson
Jack
Dalrymple
Jeff
Delzer
Dick
Dever
John
Dorso
James
Dotzenrod
Tom D
Freier
Bette
Grande
Partick R
Hatlestad
Craig
Headland
Brenda
Heller
Jim
Kasper
Rae E
Kelsch
Jerry
Klein
Lawrence R
Klemin
Kim
Koppelman
Karen
Krebsbach
Judy
Lee
Scott
Louser
Lisa ... more »
Ben Swann Asks Obama: 'How Do You Justify A Kill List?'
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Countering the Corporate-Insurgency
A guide to how the war for control is waged upon us, and how to fight back.
*by Tony Cartalucci*
*October 26, 2012* - The terms insurgency and counterinsurgency can quickly
become confusing in a politically motivated context. However, generally
speaking, an insurgency seeks to overthrow an established institution or
political order, while a counterinsurgency seeks to maintain a particular
establishment.
In the United States, and around much of the world where the nation-state
still prevails, the established order is one of national sovereignty based
on constitutions and charters pr... more »
Explaining How NPR Sets Straight All Those Silly People Who Thought Unemployment Was the Country's Biggest Problem
Friends, I hope you remember how much I admire Dean Baker. And I admit I
only listen to public radio's music programs now. NPR was perverted by the
mandated change in management during the early Bush/Cheney years (yeah, I
know, the Clinton years were no picnic either when we were feted with the
ideas of starving those undeserving guttersnipes on welfare - the pigs!). I
adore this guy and
Texas threatens to arrest International Election Observers, claims they have no right to be there
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/264121-texas-sparks-international-row-with-election-observers
New York Braces for Frankenstorm
New York City is now squarely in the crosshairs of Hurricane Sandy. The
NOAA has updated its hurricane track to predict Sandy may slam into the Big
Apple on Tuesday morning.
*The unique nature of the storm is its scariest aspect. From the National
Weather Service :*
*THE HIGH DEGREE OF BLOCKING FROM EASTERN NORTH AMERICA ACROSS THE ENTIRE
ATLANTIC BASIN IS EXPECTED TO ALLOW THIS UNUSUAL MERGER TO TAKE PLACE, AND
ONCE THE COMBINED GYRE MATERIALIZES, IT SHOULD SETTLE BACK TOWARD THE
INTERIOR NORTHEAST THROUGH HALLOWEEN, INVITING PERHAPS A GHOULISH NICKNAME
FOR THE CYCLONE ALONG TH... more »
31 Days of Photo Props: Chalkboards
*Have you entered the photo canvas giveaway yet?*
One of my absolute favorite props is a chalkboard. You can make a
chalkboard say anything you want it to and so it personalizes a shoot to
the maximum. My favorite way to use a chalkboard is to fill it with a list
of the subjects favorite things at that age. So many times as parents we
forget the little things. This helps us remember.
Here are some of the ways you can use a chalkboard in your shoot.
Newborns- Lay them on a large chalkboard and list their weight, length and
time of birth on the chalkboard.
Children- List their... more »
"What Is the 'Avoidance of Suffering'?"
"What Is the 'Avoidance of Suffering'?"
by Carolyn Baker
"There is no coming to consciousness without pain."
- Carl Jung
"In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Sigmund Freud
cultivated a very dark perception of humanity as he assessed the baser
instincts largely repressed in the human unconscious. His pupil, who became
the famous Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, acknowledged the dark side of
humanity which drove Freud to utter despair but unlike Freud, Jung came to
believe that the dark side was a necessary ally in transforming human
consciousness. He spent decad... more »
Neuropsychology: "The Battle of the Brain"
"The Battle of the Brain"
by Iain McGilchrist
"Why is the brain divided? If it is about making connections, why has
evolution so carefully preserved the segregation of its hemispheres? Almost
every function once thought to be the province of one or other
hemisphere—language, imagery, reason, emotion—is served by both
hemispheres, not one. There is nonetheless a highly significant difference
in how the two hemispheres work, giving rise to two wholly distinct takes
on the world. Normally we synthesize them without being aware that we are
doing so. But one of the two hemispheres ca... more »
America Is Too Generous With Israel's Extremist Government
"It seems to me that it’s pretty hard to imagine us going into Iraq without
the strong lobbying efforts from AIPAC [American Israeli Public Affairs
Committee] and the neocons, who think they know what’s good for Israel more
than Israel knows. The invisible elephant in the room on this issue is the
Israeli factor. People don’t like to talk about it." - General Odom, from
the article, *"General Condemnation,"* by George Kenney, In These Times,
March 8, 2006.
The only way there can be peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians,
and Muslims in general, is a fundamental change in ... more »
A Paul Ryan Halloween
Might as well get them used to the system New World Order while they're
young...
[cartoon via]
Raw food is not real food
A diet consisting only of raw, uncooked food is one of many fad diets
currently fashionable, one purporting to be healthy.
Sadly, for my many friends partaking of the fad,
eating a raw food diet is a recipe for disaster if you’re trying to boost
your … brainpower. That’s because humans would have to spend more than 9
hours a day eating to get enough energy from unprocessed raw food alone to
support our large brains.
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N0, it really wasn’t about a YouTube video
Can we now get over the nonsense perpetrated by the media and the Obama
Administration that the attack on the Benghazi Embassy, and the murder and
desecration of Ambassador Chris Stevens, were the result of a random
protest against an ill-made YouTube video?
Can we get over Vice President Biden’s assertion that the reason the Obama
Administration spent weeks falsely blaming it on the video was "Because
that was exactly what we were told by the intelligence community" ?
Because a flood of State Department emails released by Reuters makes clear
that
within two hours of the attack,... more »
There Was No Quorum In The Creating The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and The Income Tax Reforms Act
http://nesaranews.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/the-government-has-now-conceded.html
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW CONCEDED THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE OF THE INVALIDITY
OF TITLE 18!!
The foundation argument made is based on "no Constitutional" passage due to
a lack of a quorum. *There was no quorum in the creating the Federal
Reserve act of 1913 either and the Income Tax Reforms Act, created the IRS,
was never ratified. * The following is the crack in the dam of the US
corporation. This argument is valid in many other areas of
unconstitutionality.
THE GOVERNMEN... more »
Calgacus, "They Make A Desert..."
"You have not tasted servitude. There is no land beyond us and even the
sea is no safe refuge when we are threatened by the Roman fleet... We are
the last people on earth, and the last to be free: our very remoteness in a
land known only to rumor has protected us up till this day. Today the
furthest bounds of Britain lie open—and everything unknown is given an
inflated worth. But now there is no people beyond us, nothing but tides and
rocks and, more deadly than these, the Romans.
․
It is no use trying to escape their arrogance by submission or good
behavior. They have pillaged t... more »
Ricky Jones: Diabetic in car crash suffering sugar drop tazed by police officer
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/10/24/diabetic-cleburne-teen-hit-with-taser-after-crash/
"A Failed Formula For Worldwide War"
*"A Failed Formula For Worldwide War"*
How the Empire Changed Its Face, But Not Its Nature
By Nick Turse
"They looked like a gang of geriatric giants. Clad in smart casual attire -
dress shirts, sweaters, and jeans - and incongruous blue hospital booties,
they strode around “the world,” stopping to stroke their chins and ponder
this or that potential crisis. Among them was General Martin Dempsey, the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a button-down shirt and jeans,
without a medal or a ribbon in sight, his arms crossed, his gaze fixed. He
had one foot planted firmly in Rus... more »
All that's missing is the flight suit
Adding a bit to the Morlock theme of yesterday's post, this photo looks to
me like the Eloi lining up to submit to their Morlock master.
[photo via Zeke Miller]
This was taken at a Romney rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where Mr. Romnesia
told the crowd: "I'm optimistic, not just about winning. We are going to
win, by the way."
Of course the latest polls aren't exactly agreeing with that optimism but
the internets tell me it hasn't stopped the Romnesia campaign from
"unskewing" (read that as lying to themselves and their supporters) the
unfavorable numbers and inventing their own fa... more »
About those 'peaceful' anti-choice protesters. . .
Now that the MSM has twigged to the Jubilee Jailbirds, some sensible stuff
is appearing. Here's Colby Cosh calling BS on the 'civil disobedience'
claim by serial convicted clinic harasser and bully, Mary Wagner.
Because, you know, going where you're not wanted, upsetting people, and
getting into a 'tussle' is totally like Martin Luther King or Gandhi or
Jesus or something.
Look what just happened yesterday in Oregon.
Tolhurst, who gave his address as a motel, had been protesting by himself
since June outside the health center. He came and went on a bicycle, with
his signs in a duff... more »
Will Voters Choose Less Generational Income Mobility?
The other night I was watching an episode of the History Channel's
fascinating--albeit extremely elitist-oriented-- series, *The Men Who Built
America*. I tuned in just when they were talking about one of the most
abhorrent of America's avaricious robber barons (widely acknowledged the
most hated man in America), Henry Frick-- kind of a David Koch/Mitt Romney
of his day-- who was vilified for an utter lack of morality. Founder of the
notorious South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania,
Frick demanded the earthen damn holding back Lake Conemaugh be structurally... more »
Chris Floyd, "Welcome to the Age of Hell"
*"Welcome to the Age of Hell:
Entrenching Murder as the American Way"*
by Chris Floyd
"The Washington Post has just laid out, in horrifying, soul-slaughtering
detail, the Obama Administration's ongoing effort to expand, entrench and
"codify" the practice of murder and terrorism by the United States
government. The avowed, deliberate intent of these sinister machinations is
to embed the use of death squads and drone terror attacks into the policy
apparatus of future administrations, so that the killing of human beings
outside all pretense of legal process will go on, year after ... more »
Catholic Church expels Bishop Williamson. Questioning 'The Holocaust' Will Not Be Tolerated
.
*
*
*See the report about the expulsion of Bishop Williamson from the SSPX. The
last voice of important and essential truth within the Catholic Church has
now been silenced.*
*Williamson says there were no human gas chambers in the German camps. That
this is true is now provable beyond the tiniest doubt. The honourable
Bishop has been trying to blow the whistle to Catholics, Christians and the
world at large about the greatest lie afflicting mankind. *
*
*
*Behind the great shield that this lie has created hides the 'international
Jewish banking cartel and its Orthodox and Masonic... more »
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake COQUIMBO, CHILE - 25th October 2012
Magnitude mb 4.8
Region COQUIMBO, CHILE
Date time 2012-10-25 19:25:41.0 UTC
Location 29.55 S ; 71.06 W
Depth 70 km
Distance 43 km NE La serena, Chile
Radioactive Substance Found in Santa Monica, California
Fire crews have blocked off the parking lot outside Albertson's grocery
store in Santa Monica while a hazardous materials team investigates a
low-level radioactive substance which was found inside a trash bin close by.
http://www.atvn.org/news/2012/10/radioactive-substance-found-santa-monica
Heard Island volcano starts to Erupt, Australia
Heard Island is a tiny speck of Australian territory near Antarctica
NASA says there are "signs of an eruption on Heard Island"
There is no one there, except for the penguins
RELAX. Stay calm. Everything's almost certainly going to be OK. Unless
you're a penguin. If you're a penguin, it may just pay to panic like hell.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/penguin-panic-is-this-aussie-volcano-exploding/story-e6frg8rf-1226503216407
GAIA PORTAL: Gaia Upgrade Nears Completion
Gaia Upgrade Nears Completion
by ÉirePort
Galactic imprints are being overlaid and interwoven into upgraded Gaia
grids. Connections to Galactic communications channels is implemented. Gaia
communicates directly with Higher Galactic Command centers.
Gaia upgrade nears completion. Sufficient for next steps to commence.
Gaia appearance includes iridescent star image. Gaia now embodies Star
Citizenship.
ÉirePort | October 25, 2012 at 19:11
UK Growth or 'triple dip'?
The Q3 figure is so strong that it will lead to a downward rebound in Q4.
The words 'triple dip' are now being bandied around.
There is also the interpretation that the London Olympics skewed the
figures, along with an extra public holiday. (I seem to remember last
year's extra public holiday was thought to have depressed output.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20090626
Catch of the Day
Ed Kilgore reads a dispatch from ace Nevada reporter Jon Ralston about why
Mitt Romney is actively contesting Nevada, and concludes:
So Ralston asks a simple question and comes up with a bunch of possible
answers: maybe it’s about internal polls, or maybe it’s about downballot
races, or maybe it’s a thank-you note to Sheldon Adelson or maybe it’s just
because they have the money so why not spend it?
Truth be told, most campaigns are rolling balls of madness just beneath the
surface.
Yup, and a terribly important insight. This is actually why I put so much
emphasis on the likelihood... more »
Discovery Channel – Militia Rising – Watchmen of America
http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/apocalypses-anyone-discovery-channel-militia-rising-watchmen-of-america/
Apocalypse(s) Anyone?…
*”Discovery Channel – Militia Rising – Watchmen of America”*
Posted on 2012/10/24
From Removing the Shackles: Now I’m not one to pay much attention to
military and militia and all that, but since listening to the Drake, I
realized that there is an intent behind the militia beyond anything
“military”, and that they may serve as community groups prepared to help
out in emergencies.
But the reason I post this, is that this program airs ... more »
UFAA - LIVE Event NYC October 27, 2012 Noon (EDT)
Sick of Obama and Romney? Breakout from two party captivity. Join Dr.
Webster Tarpley, Dr. Randy Short, Cindy Sheehan, Eric Draitser and more,
this Saturday for UFAA's inaugural meeting, New York City. Or watch it LIVE
online.
*AgainstAusterity.org*
Current time in NYC:
Sick of Obama and Romney? Break out of two party captivity. Join the
inaugural meeting of the United Front Against Austerity (UFAA) LIVE this
Saturday, October 27, 2012 beginning at noon (New York time). If you are in
the New York City area and would like to attend, please RSVP here.
The event will be held at INN ... more »
MYSTERIOUS DEREK LAUD
*Derek Laud allegedly caused an accident while driving on the wrong side of
the road in East Hampton in 1996. Laud a London lobbyist and fund-raiser
for Prime Minister John Major was charged with driving while intoxicated,
failure to keep right and driving without a license. *Ex-Thatcher Aide Sued
- New York Daily News...
Derek Laud (born in Chelsea in London) is a former British political
adviser...
(Derek Laud - Wikipedia..)
Laud is a long standing family friend of Samantha Cameron's family and a
personal friend of *David Cameron *and attended their wedding at Ginge, in
Oxford... more »
Miko Peled's Speech About Israel And Palestine [June 2012]
Source: Mondoweiss - *"Peled: The only way forward is ‘transformation’ of a
racist apartheid state into a democracy."*
Gardasil Fingerprints Found in Post-Mortem Samples
Norma Erickson, *President*
*SaneVax*
For the first time in history, a biologically plausible mechanism of action
has been discovered linking a vaccine to a serious adverse event. Gardasil
has left behind its genetic fingerprint in post-mortem central nervous
system samples of two girls who took this vaccine.
Two teenage girls from opposite ends of the world – both dead before their
time have two additional things in common. They both took Gardasil to try
and prevent cervical cancer and fragments of the HPV-16-L1 antigen used in
Gardasil have been found in blood vessels within t... more »
Did Ed Balls lie on the BBC in 2011?
Judge for yourself, first an interview with Andrew Neil for the BBC's Daily
Politics
And then with Adam Boulton on Sky
I leave you to draw your own conclusions as to the veracity of Ed Balls's
line of argument but just look at Ed Balls' staring eyes in the last part
of the Sky video; is Ed 'Blinky' Balls trying desperately not to blink?
Writing of Ed Balls's relationship with the truth reminded me of a piece I
wrote in 2011. Here's a long extract that you might find interesting (*where
did I find the time to write such long pieces as recently as 2011?*):
'... the documents publis... more »
Top Survival Items At The Supermarket Besides Food
*Activist Post*
Previously we have written about the best survival foods found at your
local grocery store. But food is not the only thing in supermarkets that
can be useful for surviving potential crises. In fact, since large
supermarkets have a huge selection besides food, they can provide most
survival essentials outside of tools and weapons.
Here are just some of the important survival items to buy in bulk while
grocery shopping. Please add any items we missed into the comment section
below.
*First Aid Kit:* Most grocery stores these days will have pre-made first
aid kits... more »
Jay D. Jurie : 'Weimar Moment' or Chicken Little?
"Pillars
of Society." Painting by militantly anti-Nazi German Dadaist George
Grosz, 1926, during the Weimar Republic. Image from Alpha History.
It can't happen here:
A 'Weimar moment' or Chicken Little?
Whether or not the U.S. is at a 'Weimar moment,' those who are concerned
about such a possibility should not be accused of needlessly worrying
that "the sky is falling."
By Jay D. Jurie / The
RAG RADIO / Thorne Webb Dreyer : 'Texas Jewboy' Kinky Friedman Mulls Second Run for Governor's Mansion
Kinky
Friedman in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, October
19, 2012. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
The Kinkster talks music and politics
and second run for Texas governor
By Thorne Webb Dreyer / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2012
Noted Texas Singer-songwriter, mystery writer, and social satirist Kinky
Friedman of “Texas Jewboys” fame -- and a
The Evil Face of the Republican Party
From *AlterNet -*
* *
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake PAPUA, INDONESIA - 25th October 2012
Magnitude M 4.9
Region PAPUA, INDONESIA
Date time 2012-10-25 18:57:07.1 UTC
Location 3.74 S ; 140.39 E
Depth 10 km
Distance 125 km S Aberpura, Indonesia
5.7 Magnitude Earthquake FIJI REGION - 25th October 2012
Magnitude mb 5.7
Region FIJI REGION
Date time 2012-10-25 18:40:30.0 UTC
Location 19.92 S ; 178.04 W
Depth 473 km
Distances 323 km NW Nuku'alofa
The End of the Road for Mitch Romney?
A Massachusetts court has unsealed the transcripts of a 20-year old divorce
case between the CEO of Staples and his wife that could spell the end of
Mitch Romney's chances to become America's next president.
*AlterNet* has the transcripts and is poring over them right now.
At issue is whether Romney lied to the court about the value of the
husband's shares in Staples. It's alleged that Romney gave evidence under
oath to mislead the court into finding the shares were worth far less than
their actual value. Then after the wife had been left high and dry,
Romney and his Staples bud... more »
Ecuador seeks Julian Assange hospital assurances
Ecuador says it has sought assurances that Julian Assange would not be
arrested if he was taken from its embassy in London to hospital, saying it
is "very concerned" over his health.
Foreign minister Ricardo Patino said the Wikileaks founder's health "was
beginning to be jeopardised".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20088972
Russia wants answers on NATO post-2014 Afghan mission
Russia wants to know more about the scale and scope of NATO's post-2014
mission in Afghanistan before deciding whether to keep cooperating with the
Western alliance, an envoy for President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/uk-russia-afghanistan-nato-idUKBRE89O18820121025
Sudan: a front for Israel's proxy war on Sinai jihadis?
If Israel bombed a Sudanese munitions factory, as Khartoum alleges, the
raid was part of its widening proxy war against Islamist militants in
neighbouring Egypt which the Jewish state is reluctant to confront directly.
A huge explosion ripped through the factory near the Sudanese capital
Khartoum on Tuesday, killing two people, with Sudan swiftly accusing Israel
of sending four military planes to take out the complex.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/uk-sudan-planes-israel-idUKBRE89O1DJ20121025
Bashar al-Assad agrees to ceasefire, but rebels have other Plans as they advance in Aleppo
Syria's government and rebel leaders have agreed a ceasefire, but its
chances of success were already put in doubt by a series of opposition
victories in the northern city of Aleppo.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9634345/Syria-Bashar-al-Assad-agrees-to-ceasefire-but-rebels-advance-in-Aleppo.html
Hurricane Sandy: The collision of a hurricane and arctic blast over the East Coast may be worse than 1991's "Perfect Storm."
Government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of a major weather mess,
now saying there's a 90 percent chance that the East will get steady
gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and maybe snow starting Sunday and
stretching past Halloween on Wednesday.
Meteorologists say it is likely to cause $1 billion in damages.
http://news.yahoo.com/noaa-east-beware-coming-frankenstorm-171317994.html
Senate Roundup: Every Seat Matters
The important thing to remember about Senate elections is that every single
one counts. It's not like the House, where for the next two years it
doesn't matter all that much whether the Republicans have a 15 seat or 25
seat or 35 seat advantage...it matters some, but not all that much. Party
"control" -- majority, that is -- simply overwhelms everything else.
That's not true in the Senate. Sure, it matters quite a bit which party is
in the majority. But the size of the majority matters, and the identity of
individual Senators matters far more than the identity of individual
Members ... more »
Extremely Important Must See Documentary: IsraHELL On Earth!
I have long been a supporter of the proud people of occupied Palestine in
their fight against the oppression of the occupation by the criminal state
of Israel. It is truly sad to see how these people are denied their
rights to their own land by a group of criminal invaders that want the
entire region for themselves and will carry out acts of mass murder and
genocide to achieve their sick goal.
For this article, I want to present one of the best documentaries that I
have seen in quite a while that tells the truth about how the Palestinians
have truly suffered under the Israeli occ... more »
Meningitis outbreak spreads to 18 states with South Carolina case
The South Carolina patient was one of 11 new cases of meningitis reported
in the last 24 hours, bringing the national total to 323, according to the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death toll from the
outbreak was unchanged at 24, according to CDC figures. Most received
steroid injections for back pain.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/us-usa-health-meningitis-idUSBRE89M08V20121025
Quest for the Perfect Apple Cider
I was pleased to see this item. It was an obvious step but one is always
grateful to discover others have come along to the same conclusion.
From first settlement and Johnny Appleseed, every pioneer planted apples.
Most were likely wild or so close as to not matter. This melange of trees
found a home in every fence row as the fields were established. Orchards
were created to generally produce home brew as the most of the apples
themselves were inedible. If edible they were put in storage for the winter.
The result is that any local grower can produce a interesting and... more »
Gilberto Valle conspired with an unnamed partner in 'Kidnap And Cannibal Plot'
"The allegations in the complaint really need no description from us,” FBI
acting assistant director Mary Galligan said. “They speak for themselves".
The FBI first learned of Valle's plan last month when he discussed it on
emails and instant messages from his home computer, according to police
documents.
A search of his computer allegedly revealed files kept on at least 100
women, all including their names and pictures, and often containing
personal details such as their addresses.
Valle is believed to have used law enforcement databases to gather his list
of potential victims.
h... more »
A Canadian Tests America's Citizens United Decision
Meet Canadian businessman, V. Prem Watsa. He's the founder, CEO, Chairman
and 45% shareholder of Fairfax Financial, a Canadian insurance and
investment management company. Fairfax, in turn, owns a Connecticut
reinsurance company, OdysseyRe, where Watsa is also Chairman of the Board.
OdysseyRe recently donated $1-million to Restore Our Future, a SuperPac
supporting Mitch Romney. The U.S. Supreme Court's controversial decision
in *Citizens United* seems to make this sort of donation just dandy.
Except the U.S. also has a law prohibiting any foreign national from
directly or i... more »
Patrick Moran forced to resign from father's campaign after being caught on video endorsing voter fraud
Patrick
Moran, the son of Virginian Democratic congressman Jim Moran, has
resigned as a field director for his father's campaign after a video
showed
him discussing plans to cast fraudulent ballots.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223031/Democratic-congressmans-son-forced-resign-fathers-campaign-caught-video-endorsing-voter-fraud.html
FBI to investigate fake polling letters aimed at intimidating Florida voters after Republican Party Chairman receives one in the mail
The fake polling letters raise questions about the voter's citizenship
and
appear to intend to intimidate people
The FBI is joining an investigation into bogus letters sent to many
Florida
residents, including the Republican Party of Florida chairman, that
raise
questions about their eligibility to vote.
The FBI will focus on letters received by voters in 18 counties in
central
and southwest Florida.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222935/FBI-investigate-fake-polling-letters-aimed-intimidating-Florida-voters-Republican-Party-Chairman-receives-mail.html
Appeal rights from arbitration awards may be varied by contract
*Patton-Casse v. Casse*, 2012 ONCA 709 is a source for the principle that
the rights of appeal from arbitrations can be varied by prior agreement:
[9] The appeal judge correctly identified that the appeal was one of
mixed fact and law and that the rights of appeal in the arbitration
agreement were unlimited. That is, while the *Arbitration Act*, 1991, S.O.
1991, c. 17, significantly limits the appeals of arbitration awards, it
does permit the parties to contract out of this limitation by specifically
agreeing to more wide-ranging appeal rights. This is what happened he... more »
Smoking Pot is Really Bad for You Except When It's Good
Blame UCLA professor Don Tashkin for the confusion. Tashkin, a professor
of pulmonology at the David Geffin School of Medicine, has been "the guy"
on the perils of pot smoking for decades.
*He was the lead investigator on studies dating back to the 1970s that
identified the compounds in marijuana smoke that are toxic. It was Tashkin
who published photomicrographs showing that marijuana smoke damages cells
lining the upper airways. It was the Tashkin lab reporting that benzpyrene
-- a component of tobacco smoke that plays a role in most lung cancers --
is especially prevalent in... more »
Blood is Their Argument: The Real Campaign Trail
Empire Burlesque
Chris Floyd
Drone victim in North Waziristan"...for how can they charitably dispose of
any thing, when blood is their argument?" -- Shakespeare, Henry V
Even as the presidential candidates meet in ersatz agon to spew their
self-serving lies and scripted zingers in a "debate" on foreign policy, the
real campaign -- the campaign of blood and bone, of death and terror, being
waged in Pakistan by the American government -- goes on it all its horror.
This week, the Mail on Sunday -- one of Britain's most conservative
newspapers -- published a story outlining, in horri... more »
Austin Reed Sigg CONFESSES to murder of Jessica Ridgeway as he comes face-to-face with her family in court
Austin Reed Sigg, 17, from Colorado, made his first court appearance
today
in the death of Jessica and an assault on a 22-year-old female runner in
May. Authorities saying they have overwhelming DNA evidence against Sigg
and revealed some was found on the ten-year-old's back pack. Sigg kept
his
head bowed for much of the time, talking with his attorney but otherwise
saying very little.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223148/Death-obsessed-teen-confesses-murder-Jessica-Ridgeway-appearing-court-distraught-family-break-down.html
Twitter Spy's: Secret Service asks Twitter users to spy on each other by reporting threatening tweets
The Secret Service is encouraging web users to spy on their Twitter feeds
and report any messages which appear 'concerning'.
The appeal seems to be timed to coincide with the election campaign, when
an increasing number of political partisans tweet threatening messages to
candidates they oppose.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223183/Secret-Service-asks-Twitter-users-spy-reporting-threatening-tweets.html
Felicia Garcia Suicide: Bullied teen jumps to her death in front of train after being tormented by school bullies
- Felicia Garcia, 15, leaped to her death around 3.15pm yesterday at
the
Huguenot Staten Island Railway station in Staten Island, New York
- Distraught friends said the teen, who lived in foster care, had
long
been tormented by school bullies, particularly football players
- She had written of her depression on social media and uploaded a
disturbing image of herself on Monday seemingly with her mouth sewn
shut
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223133/Felicia-Garcia-suicide-Bullied-teen-jumps-death-train-schoolmates-look-horror-just-days-harrowing-tweet.html
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake KYUSHU, JAPAN - 25th October 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 16:54:16 UTC
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 01:54:16 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
31.943°N, 131.661°E
Depth
41.7 km (25.9 miles)
Region
KYUSHU, JAPAN
Distances
22 km (13 miles) E of Miyazaki-shi, Japan
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake POTOSI, BOLIVIA - 25th October 2012
Magnitude ML 4.0
Region POTOSI, BOLIVIA
Date time 2012-10-25 16:01:08.0 UTC
Location 21.51 S ; 67.16 W
Depth 262 km
Distances 122 km S Uyuni, Bolivia
选举的前两天，影片将在电视上播出，提醒所有美国总统奥巴马得到了奥萨马·本·拉登。
*American
Scofflaw*
* 假DEAD拉丹的画廊*
*
当然，他没有这样做。奥巴马是在华盛顿DC，而巴基斯坦军队袭击了房子。一位邻居说，他们认为这可能是本·拉登在那里居住和奥巴马派出海豹突击队抢“乌萨
马”的宣传。除非，当然，这不是本·拉登（实际上是死于自然原因在2001年年底）。海豹突击队的时候，得到的消息了命令，他们没有真正的奥萨马·本·
链，一个字都泄露出去，而不是承认一个令人尴尬的错误，他们抓获的男子身体被倾倒入海洋和整个乱舞的伪造的照片发布到网络上，说服大家，是的，它是真正的
乌萨马·本·邦·拉登。
*
* 而对于我们的英语同志*
Of course, he didn't. Obama was in Washington DC while Pakistani forces
attacked the house. Then a neighbor said they thought it might be Bin
Laden
living in there and Obama sent in the SEALs to grab "Osama" for the
publicity. Except, of course, it wasn't Bin Laden (who actually died in
late 2001 of natural... more »
Caracol's Industrial Park...Not so Risky (Posted by Roger Annis-CHAN)
*SAE-E's "risky" play in Haiti (Caracol Industrial Park)*
By CEPR, October 23, 2012
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/relief-and-reconstruction-watch/sae-as-risky-play-in-haiti
As both Clintons and a coterie of celebrities and foreign investors flew
into northern Haiti yesterday, some took the opportunity to praise Sae-A,
the giant Korean garment manufacturer that opened a factory in the new
Caracol industrial park. Hillary Clinton, for one, told reporters: "And I
too want to thank Sae-A, because Sae-A took a decision that was something
of a risk, never having worked in Haiti be... more »
Today's Chuckles from the Times-Colonist
Big story in this morning's *Times-Colonist* headlined "Severed head found
in Edmonton alley; link to body probed." Apparently the Edmonton police
are trying to figure out if there's any possible connection between the
head recovered from a dumpster and a headless body found around the same
time in a ditch. Must probe...
And a Montreal bureaucrat is roundly scolded for saying it wasn't his job
to report corruption he witnessed at City Hall. This same guy, retired
city engineer Gilles Surprenant had earlier admitted pocketing $600,000
from rigged contracts. Surprenant excused... more »
Two Years of Cholera...Posted by Roger Annis (CHAN)
*Two years after the outbreak of cholera in Haiti, access to clean water
and sanitation is desperately needed*
*Oct. 22, 2012, Washington, D.C.* – On the second anniversary of the
outbreak of the cholera epidemic in **Haiti**, human rights groups,
faith-based organizations, policy institutes, and humanitarian
organizations renew their call for the United Nations and**U.S.** government
to help ****Haiti**** install the clean water and sanitation infrastructure
necessary to control the ongoing epidemic.****
The cholera epidemic in **Haiti** has received less **U.S.** attention
durin... more »
We’ll always have Benghazi!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012*
*Or at least until Election Day on Anderson Cooper’s show:* Anderson Cooper
was at it again last night, worrying over Benghazi. At least until Election
Day, we will always have Benghazi on Anderson Cooper’s show.
That said, has Cooper ever read the transcripts of what Susan Rice actually
said? Early in last night’s program, Bush Homeland Security hack Fran
Townsend offered a rather inaccurate paraphrase.
Anderson Cooper let it go, as he always does:
COOPER (10/24/12): Fran, what do you make of this e-mail that was sent to a
number of State Department ... more »
Partners in Health e-Advertisement Regarding Cholera
The numbers are staggering, John.
Since the epidemic began in Haiti two years ago, cholera has sickened more
than 600,000 people and killed more than 7,500. Last year, Haiti logged
more cases than all the rest of the world combined, according to the World
Health Organization.
This year the epidemic is on track to be among the world's worst again,
with nearly 77,000 cases and 550 deaths, according to the Haitian Ministry
of Health. We're continuing to see cases rise and fall with seasonal rains.
Hurricane Sandy, which passed by Haiti last night, brought downpours that
have swelled ... more »
French interior minister accused of clearing out tramps and gypsies in stylish part of Paris 'so his wife can go shopping in peace'
Manuel Valls, 50, reportedly told officers to show 'zero tolerance' in
evicting homeless people from around the Place de la Bastille near his
home
in Paris. According to satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné, Mr Valls
ordered the clean-up at the request of his glamorous wife, Anne Gravoin,
after she allegedly complained to him of being accosted by a drunken
down-and-out on a trip to Franprix supermarket.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222968/French-interior-minister-accused-clearing-tramps-gypsies-wife-shopping-peace.html
Ms Yanhong Class of Unspeakable cruelty! - China
Ms Yanhong's class in Wenling, Zhejiang Province, show children with
buckets on their heads, with their mouths taped shut and headfirst in
bins.
Another shows a shelf in the classroom littered with empty beer bottles.
The teacher exposed her own appalling behaviour by sending the shocking
image to a friend, prompting a storm of criticism after it was posted
online.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223120/Unspeakable-cruelty-Picture-emerges-Chinese-teacher-holding-screaming-pupil-ground-EARS.html
Germany: Refugees set up camp near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
Asylum seekers settled right in front of to the Brandenburg Gate to protest
against the conditions for refugees and asylum seekers in Germany
NYPD Officer Gilberto Valle Arrested after he 'planned to kidnap women then rape, kill, cook and eat them'
- Gilbert Valle 'created list of up to 100 victims with a picture of
each'
- He 'used law enforcement databases to carry out surveillance on them'
- He 'outlined his plans to cook women in emails to a co-conspirator'
- Valle, who has been with department for six years, in court on Thursday
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223138/New-York-City-police-officer-busted-failed-plot-kidnap-women-cook-eat-them.html
Another Look at Bernstein
Readers committed to a reenactment of the 1917 Russian Revolution might
want to look away now, for this is a post that will have Trots and
Stalinists recoiling in horror.
It is 113 years since a famous (or notorious, depending on how you look at
things) book rolled off the presses of the German workers' movement. The
author's name is still enough to bring a derisive snort forth from many a
Leninist nostril. He is the original renegade, the high priest of ex-left
degenerates everywhere: Eduard Bernstein.
Bernstein is castigated by many a would-be revolutionary for suggesting
that ... more »
How Republicans care about women
This about covers it:
[Jon Richards cartoon]
David Cameron accepts free iPad from Apple despite saying he was not happy about global firms avoiding tax
Official details of gifts given to the Prime Minister show the iPad was
kept for 'official use' but he declined sportswear given by former Tory
chancellor Lord Lamont.
In the Commons, Labour MP Margaret Hodge, chairman of the Public
Accounts
Committee, said: ‘Apple, Google, Facebook, eBay and Starbucks have
between
them avoided nearly £900 million of tax. .... and the rest
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223135/David-Cameron-accepts-free-iPad-Apple-despite-saying-happy-global-firms-avoiding-tax.html
President Obama on Leno
Caught Obama on Jay Leno last night, which is the only reason I didn't keep
clicking. POTUS looked very relaxed and he was funny. This, via the man of
many modifiers, Doug J, was definitely the best moment of the interview.
The Problem with 2C. We Won't Believe It Until We Break It.
The goal is to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above
pre-industrial levels. Go beyond that, we're told, and we risk triggering
natural feedback mechanisms, essentially runaway global warming.
So why haven't we reached an effective, international consensus on meeting
the 2C limit? A new study shows that negotiators believe the 2C target is
just too uncertain.
We don't have conclusive proof that 2C triggers tipping points and so we
simply won't accept it... until it's too late. We're all Easter
Islanders now.
Presenting their results in the Proceedings of the National... more »
Europe must keep its spending 'under control', Britain warns Herman van Rompuy
The Prime Minister has threatened to veto any long-term spending increase
above inflation - effectively a real-terms spending freeze for the EU
budget.
And Downing Street has dismissed a separate inflation-busting rise in EU
spending approved by MEPs as ‘completely unacceptable’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223142/Europe-spending-control-Britain-warns-Herman-van-Rompuy.html
Why Sue Thorn? For Starters, She's A Far Better Candidate Than Almost Anyone Being Pushed By The DCCC
Do you want REAL change in Washington?
Yesterday early voting started in West Virginia. Here are all the early
voting locations in the first district, the northern third of the state.
There's not much of an Obama campaign in West Virginia. Obama who won 43%
of the vote there against McCain, will probably wind up in the 30's this
time around. And while Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and Senator Joe Manchin
are both putative Democrats coasting to victory, both are extremely
conservative and both are shameless corporate whores in the pocket of the
mine owners, only barely distinguishable fro... more »
Wait a Minute! I Thought Buddhists Were Pacifists.
Turns out that Buddhists are quite ready to drop the gloves when it comes
to Muslims muscling in on their turf.
Riots have been sweeping western Burma lately. A few deaths have resulted
in the latest unrest, Muslim and Buddhist, and a thousand homes are said to
have been burned. Four months ago, 90-were killed and 3,000 homes
destroyed.
When the culture no longer serves you well, change it
One of the workshops at the Conference on Honduras last week was on
cultural differences, a subject I have much interest in now that I live
here. It gave me lots to think about, including if there are times when a
country really ought to consider whether certain aspects of its culture are
hindering progress.
That probably sounds like a very colonial thing to say. History is littered
with countries scarred by invasive cultures that arrived uninvited and
proceeded to try to change everything.
I´m not endorsing that practice. But surely there´s no harm in a population
checking in with... more »
"headless" ladybug discovered in Montana
A newly discovered ladybug is seen in this undated handout photo courtesy
of Montana State University. The insect tucks its head into its throat,
making it not only a new species but an entirely new genus.
Just two specimens of the tan, pinhead-sized ladybugs, also known as
ladybird beetles, have ever been collected, a male in Montana and a female
in Idaho, scientists said.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/rare-headless-ladybug-discovered-montana-034448267.html
U.S. downplayed effect of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on whales, emails reveal
[image: A dead sperm whale floating in the Gulf of Mexico, seen from the
deck of NOAA ship Pisces on 15 June 2010. This was the first confirmed
sighting of a dead whale since the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in
April that year. NOAA via guardian.co.uk]
By Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent, www.guardian.co.uk
24 October 2012
The images from the summer of 2010 were undoubtedly gruesome: the carcass
of a young sperm whale, decayed and partially eaten by sharks, sighted at
sea south of the *Deepwater Horizon* oil well.
It was the first confirmed sighting of a dead... more »
Keeping it classy, Mr President: Obama describes Romney as 'a bulls***ter'
The extraordinary comment - most American newspapers decline even to print
such a word - came at the end of an interview with 'Rolling Stone' in which
Obama was asked possibly the softest softball question ever lobbed at him.
As he left the Oval Office, Eric Bates, executive editor of 'Rolling
Stone', told Obama that he had asked his six-year-old if there was anything
she wanted him to say to the president and she had responded: 'Tell him:
You can do it.'
According to Bates, Obama grinned and said: 'You know, kids have good
instincts. They look at the other guy and say, "Well, that... more »
China To Resume Nuclear Power Plant Projects
China to resume nuclear power plant projects
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20121025_03.html
[Excerpted] China is ending a freeze on nuclear power projects, triggered
by last year's Fukushima disaster... The Chinese cabinet approved the new
safety rules, and mid- and long-term plans to build new nuclear plants on
Wednesday....
Donald Trump Offers $5 Million To Charity Of Obama's Choice - Stephen Colbert Counter Offers Trump $1 Million To ........
*Donald Trump Offers Obama $5 Million Dollar Challenge * *Stephen Colbert
Counter Offers Trump $1M *
Canadian Democracy Officially a Fraud
I am, at present, reeling from skimming this article - "Conservative MP Ted
Opitz to keep his Etobicoke-Centre, Supreme Court rules".
Here's how it works folks. We have elections, see? And they're
first-past-the-post, meaning that all a candidate has to do is get the
largest bloc of votes in the riding to win. That means that if a candidate
has only 30% of the votes and the other 70% of the electors hate that
candidate but divided their votes between other parties, that candidate
gets to represent them all.
In such a context, it is highly important that we at least ensure that at
l... more »
Texas attorney general threatens to arrest monitors observing US election
Guardian
Chris McGreat
*State attorney general calls international group's plan to watch for
fairness at the polls 'legally irrelevant in the United States'*
*
*
[image: early voting election]The Organisation for Security and Cooperation
in Europe has monitored
several previous elections in the US.The Texas attorney general, Greg
Abbott, has threatened to arrest international election monitors invited by
liberal groups to observe the conduct of next month's presidential vote in
states accused of attempting to disenfranchise minorities.
Abbott has written to the Organisation for Se... more »
Will this Setback the Future of Altnerative Energy in the U.S.?
Drill, baby, drill. We've heard of America's natural gas bounty realized
by extensive fracking. Overlooked, however, is the success of fracking in
U.S. oil production. The Associated Press reports the United States may
soon become the world's top oil producer.
*U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon
overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer.*
*Driven by high prices and new drilling methods, U.S. production of crude
and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent this year to an
average of 10.9 million barrels per day. This ... more »
A Vote For Plutocracy
In a split decision, the Supreme Court today upheld Ted Opitz' win in
Etobicoke Centre. The court reinstated 59 of the 79 votes that Justice
Thomas Lederer threw out, reasoning that the only invalid votes were
"instances where there was no voter's signature on the registration
certificate. The signature is supposed to be the voter's statutory
declaration that he or she is over 18 and a Canadian citizen."
Chief Justice Beverley McLaughlin was in the minority, who would have
discarded 65 of the 79 ballots. The majority on the court held that the
discrepancies were merely clerical e... more »
Syria: A Truce, US Stinger for the Mercs, Regime change Lebanon
and more. Always more*. *
*For a change the post is interspersed with more serene pictures.*
War is tough to cover day after day.
*Don't miss the first post, on psychopaths and our society *
*A change of heart for the NATO nations? Or a change of tactics?*
“United Nations Security Council has called on the Syrian government and
rebel groups to accept a four-day truce proposal. “
“ In a statement adopted unanimously on October 24, the 15-nation council
called on all sides to work toward a “sustainable cessation of all
violence.”
A unanimous adoption of acceptance of this four day c... more »
US deploys troops to Turkey amid Syria unrest: US General
PressTV
[image: Lieutenant General Mark Phillip Hertling]
Lieutenant General Mark Phillip Hertling
The commanding general of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) says the Pentagon
has recently sent a number of American soldiers to Turkey in a bid to
assist Ankara in handling the spillover of the Syrian crisis.
"We have had a relatively few number of US Army Europe personnel in Turkey
recently," Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper quoted Lieutenant General Mark
Phillip Hertling as saying.
The general added, "Some of that has been sharing intelligence."
Hertling noted that Turkey is concerned abou... more »
Amnesty International: EU Anti-Austerity Police 'Too Heavy Handed'....They must be mistaken!, don't they Know we have been Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
The human rights group has urged European Union governments to protect the
right to peaceful protest during the eurozone crisis.
It said people rallying against government spending cuts, tax rises and job
losses in countries hit by the crisis had sometimes been seriously injured
by police or had had medical treatment withheld.
"People demonstrating peacefully in EU countries have been beaten, kicked,
shot at and wounded with rubber bullets and sprayed with tear gas," Amnesty
said.
*The world cried out against such actions in the middle east, but nothing
is being said when it happe... more »
Suspected Pirates' Gun Battle With Nato Boat
A Nato patrol team exchanges fire with a suspected pirate vessel in a
shipping lane off the coast of Somalia.
The HNLMS Rotterdam was carrying out routine patrols when it spotted a
fishing vessel close to the Somali shoreline.
Because the boats are often used as "mother ships" for pirate crews, a
boarding team was sent out to inspect it.
However the Dutch sailors were fired on from the shoreline, and by people
on board the vessel.
http://news.sky.com/story/1002691/suspected-pirates-gun-battle-with-nato-boat
The Impoverishing States of America
Hard times for the working man, indeed. We're familiar with statistics
showing working class wages have stagnated, even declined somewhat, since
Reagan waved his wand across the U.S. but it seems the figures we've been
given are actually pretty rosey.
*This finding of stagnant wages is unsettling, but also quite misleading.
For one thing, this statistic includes only men who have jobs. In 1970, 94
percent of prime-age men worked, but by 2010, that number was only 81
percent. The decline in employment has been accompanied by increases in
incarceration rates, higher rates of enrollme... more »
gandhi
"If you are a minority of one
the truth is the truth."
the movie
Jimmy Savile Described as one of the most prolific sex attackers ever by the Police......So are they going to start arrested the evil Sick people that Covered for Him?
Image: BBC director general George Entwistle has apologised for Savile's
abuse
He said that the weight of evidence against the late DJ was overwhelming
and added: "We have to believe what they are saying because they are all
saying the same thing independently."
The officer said Savile was "undoubtedly" one of the most prolific sex
offenders of recent history.
http://news.sky.com/story/1002696/police-reveal-scale-of-saviles-alleged-abuse
Jimmy Savile Described as one of the most prolific sex attackers ever by the Police......So are they going to start arrested the evil Sick people that Covered for Him?
Image: BBC director general George Entwistle has apologised for Savile's
abuse
He said that the weight of evidence against the late DJ was overwhelming
and added: "We have to believe what they are saying because they are all
saying the same thing independently."
The officer said Savile was "undoubtedly" one of the most prolific sex
offenders of recent history.
http://news.sky.com/story/1002696/police-reveal-scale-of-saviles-alleged-abuse
WEINSTEIN'S BIN LADEN FILM CAST ROMNEY AS VILLAIN
The New York Times reveals today--in a classic buried lede--that Harvey
Weinstein's film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, set to air on the
National Geographic Channel two days before the election, originally
included a scene showing Gov. Mitt Romney "appearing to oppose the raid," a
complete fabrication of history.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/24/Weinstein-s-Bin-Laden-Film-Had-Romney-as-Villain
Joe Klein's sociopathic defense of drone killings of children
Guardian
Glenn Greenwald
[image: us drones pakistan]
*Reflecting the Obama legacy and US culture, the Time columnist says: "the
bottom line is: 'whose 4-year-olds get killed?'"*
On MSNBC's Morning Joe program this morning, which focused onMonday's night
presidential debate, the former right-wing Congressman and current host Joe
Scarborough voiced an eloquent and impassioned critique of President
Obama's ongoing killing of innocent people in the Muslim world using drones.
In response, Time Magazine's Joe Klein, a stalwart Obama supporter, offered
one of the most nakedly sociopathic... more »
Colin Powell Endorses Obama
Former Bush secretary of state and former chairman of the US joint chiefs
of staff, Colin Powell, is endorsing Barack Obama for a second term as
president.
Powell said Obama is on the right track in winding down the Afghan war and
fighting terrorism.
**
*Powell criticized Romney's foreign policy as inconsistent and questioned
the former Massachusetts governor's ability to tackle the deficit and
looming defense cuts.*
*
"I'm not quite sure which Governor Romney we'd be getting with respect to
foreign policy," Powell said, calling Romney's foreign policy "a moving
target."
As for th... more »
Executive Order 13233 Barack Obama
Executive Order 13233 Barack Obama completely revoked it by Executive Order
13489 on
January 21, 2009 (his first day as president)
Why was it so urgent that on his first day as president, he found it
necessary to sign an Executive Order concerning *presidential "documentary
materials?"*
Obama essentially restored the wording of Executive Order 12667, by
repeating most of the text of that order with minor changes. One notable
change is that vice presidential records are explicitly covered by his new
order.
The Times pretends to discuss that plan!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012*
*At long last, Romney’s (well-hidden) proposal:* With twelve days left in
the campaign, the New York Times pretends to discuss the Romney tax
proposal!
As part of this Potemkin newspaper’s ongoing undisguised comedy series,
Annie Lowrey’s worthless report is hidden on page A4.
Too funny! It wasn’t even allowed to appear inside the Election or National
sections! Readers might have spotted it there!
But anxious editors need have felt no alarm. If readers do stumble across
this report, they will learn nothing especially troubling about this absurd
tax pro... more »
Psychology of the Cultivated Society- Mike Cross
Psychopaths. World Leaders. Politics. The manipulation of society.
Being aware of the forces that are used to shape society and mold the
masses into sick psychopathic mindless, unthinking, base* ( Having or
showing a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency) *individuals
will help avoid the destruction of humans and ensure a healthy human
society.
Good interview. Worth a listen, so do take the time and leave some
constructive thoughts
*
**Relevant links*Psychopathy
Hare Psychopathy Checklist
Psychopaths Run The World
Are Psychopaths “Brain Damaged”?
Hand-Wringing in Liberal Land
How's this for leverage: nervous liberals are operating under the theory
that they can wait until Obama is safely re-esconced in the West Wing
before convincing him to protect the New Deal. According to *The Hill*, a
coalition of so-called progressives will be launching a campaign
"immediately after Election Day to pressure Obama and Senate Democrats not
to endorse any deal that cuts Medicare and/or Social Security benefits."
They are so fearful of their Leader co-mingling them with the maligned
purists of the "professional left" that most of them won't even reveal
their own identit... more »
UK spies implicated in CIA war crimes in Pakistan
Examiner
Robert Tilford
[image: Girl injured in CIA drone strike in Pakistan.]
The High Court in Britain has been told that the UK intelligence officials
could be “encouraging or assisting murder” and the commission of war crimes by
providing assistance for then Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone
strikes in Pakistani tribal areas.
The report confirms the fact that these CIA drone strikes are illegal under international
law and constitutes a “war crime.”
War crimes are serious violations of the laws applicable in armed conflict
(also known as international humanitarian law) giving... more »
Obama the Muslim: Ploy to Cover-up Years of US-Al Qaeda Support''
October 24, 2012 - Neo-Conservative Frank Gaffney thinks you are stupid.
After plotting for the better part of a decade, arming Al Qaeda across the
Arab World in a documented conspiracy to use the notorious terror group as
a proxy against Lebanon, Syria, and Iran, Gaffney and his colleagues are
attempting to jettison responsibility and all the blunders that have come
with the plot, on US President Barack Obama. President Obama for his part,
faithfully and knowingly carried out this strategy, "heeding" signed
letters sent to him from Gaffney's warmongering circle, imploring him to
no... more »
Summary of majority decision in Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj, 2012 SCC
* Per *Deschamps, Abella, *Rothstein *and *Moldaver*JJ.:
W asks this Court to disqualify the votes of several Canadian citizens on
account of administrative mistakes, notwithstanding evidence that those
citizens were entitled to vote. The invitation to do so should be
declined. There is no allegation in this case of any fraud or wrongdoing.
In accordance with s. 3 of the *Canadian* *Charter of
Rights and Freedoms *and a plain reading of s. 6 of the Act, there are only
three fundamental prerequisites to the right to vote (or "entitlement" to... more »
Did Mendacious Mitt Help His Buddy Cheat on His Alimony? (w/updates)
Mitt Romney and sacks of fertilizer. What's the difference? The sacks of
shit behind him don't lie.
(Tip o' the tinfoil hat to Mrs. JP for the heads-up. Who loves ya, baby?)
As I write this, noted liberal attorney Gloria Allred and her client are
at Norfolk Probate and Family Court in Canton, Massachusetts. Her client
is Maureen Sullivan Stemberg. So why is that so important?
It's important because Allred is uniting with the *Boston Globe* on a
motion to impound the now-sealed court records of the Stembergs' *War of
the Roses*-type divorce in 1991. The story was broken by the muc... more »
Untitled
*New Orleans leads U.S. in AIDS cases*
*D.A. Cannizzaro to oppose concealed weapon amendment*
*Chris Rose: World Series*
*Sandy hits Cuba as category two hurricane*
*School music programs, marching bands staging post-Katrina comeback~TheLens
*
*Mirliton Festival Gets Country Club Kickoff ~NOLA DEFENDER**
*
Thursday Morning Linkage
Michael Krepon argues that Asian nuclear competition takes place under
different rules than did the US-Soviet rivalry. The security situation in
Darfour is “deteriorating” according to a UN official. Aimée Fox-Godden on
“organizational forgetfulness” in the WW1-era British military. The
National Security Archive is in the process of releasing critical documents
pertaining to the Cuban
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America’s Pacific Zone of War
The United States has successfully installed two America-compliant leaders
as the heads of government of Australia and New Zealand, Washington’s two
most important Asia-Pacific regional allies. Both leaders, Australian Prime
Minister Julia Gillard and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, rose
rapidly within their respective parties, a sure sign that they had outside
support, likely from the Central Intelligence Agency, which has
historically meddled in the domestic affairs of Australia and New Zealand…
http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2012/10/23/america-pacific-zone-of-war.html
Hybrid of Sandy, winter storm threatens East Coast: Monster storm has meteorologists spooked
Though still projecting several days ahead of Halloween week, the computer
models are spooking meteorologists. Government scientists said Wednesday
the storm has a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast and
mid-Atlantic.
http://news.yahoo.com/hybrid-sandy-winter-storm-threatens-east-coast-064040714.html
Could The Central Bank Vaults Be Empty?
Is it possible that the vaults of the world’s central banks, believed to be
stacked with gold bullion, are really empty? Is all the gold actually there?
Something about the numbers doesn’t seem to add up.
The U.K. has led the pack, up 362%, followed by the United States, which is
up 223% — even before QE III. China is printing money as well, up 151%
during the period, the European Central Bank, 146%, and Japan, 83%.
That’s a lot of money-printing.
http://etfdailynews.com/2012/10/09/could-the-central-bank-vaults-be-empty-gld-iau-slv-ugl/
WHO LOST TRACK OF THE MAINSTREAM PRESS: Perestroika!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012*
*Part 2—MacGillis spills:* Perestroika!
It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. In the wake of Monday’s debate,
several journalists told the truth about the way the mainstream press
functions!
This is almost never done.
Good lord! In the Washington Post, Dana Milbank described the way the
children establish their “narratives”—their Standard Official Journalistic
Group Tales, the stories they'll all be telling:
MILBANK (10/23/12): *Trending on Twitter: Groupthink*
Walk into the “filing center” at a presidential debate and you’ll see
hundreds of reporter... more »
China knows that gold is rigged
A cable from the U.S. embassy in Beijing on April 28, 2009 , brought to
light by wikileaks, stated the following in this regard: "According to
China's National Foreign Exchanges Administration China's gold reserves
have recently increased. The U.S. and Europe have always suppressed the
rising price of gold. They intend to weaken gold's function as an
international reserve currency. They don't want to see other countries
turning to gold reserves instead of the U.S. dollar or euro. Therefore,
suppressing the price of gold is very beneficial for the U.S. in
maintaining the U.S. dollar... more »
Crimes against Humanity: Iraq’s Mass Graves
Global Research
Dirk Adriaensens
* US Occupation authorities: guilty. They created, trained and armed the
National Police and controlled the Ministry of Interior, responsible for
death squad policies.
* Maliki government: guilty. They acted as local US stooges. They carried
out the US counterinsurgency strategy, protected the kidnappers and
prevented an investigation.
* UN Human Rights Bodies: guilty by negligence. They refused to nominate a
special Human Rights rapporteur for Iraq. They refused toinvestigate
thiscrime against humanity.
On 22 October 2012, Shafaq, an Iraqi News A... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA - 25th October 2012
Magnitude mb 4.6
Region OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
Date time 2012-10-25 11:46:31.5 UTC
Location 51.60 N ; 159.55 E
Depth 50 km
Distance 169 km S Petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy, Russia
Hurricane Sandy latest: Florida braced for Category Two storm
Forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center said tropical storm
conditions are possible along the south-eastern Florida coast, the Upper
Keys and Florida Bay by tomorrow.
A tropical storm watch is in effect for the area.
The Center said the storm hit Cuba with sustained winds of 114 mph.Two
people have been reported dead in Jamaica and Haiti.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2222993/Hurricane-Sandy-latest-Florida-braced-Category-Two-storm.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Rejection
In an effort to add to the discussion on the “living academic,” let me give
hat-tip to an often hidden part of the profession: rejection. I’ve had a
little over a dozen things accepted so far as an assistant professor. I
prominently display these successes on my CV. Hidden way in some dark
place in
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Have The White House, The State Department and Barack Obama lied to us?
Glenn Beck believes so...
Listen especially to the questions Glenn Beck asks from 7:07 to 8:13 and
ask yourself why these sorts of questions are not being asked by any
mainstream news channel or even the BBC? Are the unbiased media so set on
helping Barack Obama be reelected that even a pretense of unbiased
reporting is beyond them?
Harold Ford And Rahm Emanuel On Chris Hayes' Show? Probably Not In This Lifetime
Who's ready for Sunday TV?
I'll guess most *DWT* readers don't sit around with bated breath hoping
that John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Joe Lieberman or Harold Ford shows up on
their favorite Sunday morning talking heads show. *Meet the Press* used to
be a big deal-- thirty or forty years ago. Since then it's gone seriously
downhill and that downhill trend has accelerated markedly in the last
decade, *Meet The Press*' McCain Decade. It's completely unwatchable now
and Martha Roundtree and Lawrence Spivak would probably slit their wrists
if they were to see it today. Or change the chan... more »
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