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Indigenous Empowerment: Activism of Lehman Brightman
United Native Americans Inc.
Presents:
Cultural Empowerment of Indigenous Activism
Featuring the Activism of Lehman L. Brightman
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Berkeley City College Auditorium
2050 Center St. Berkeley, CA 94704
To Inspire the Indigenous Community and
Benefit the 'Please Help Save Dr. Lehman L.
Rush Limbaugh is getting frustrated that rightwing media's "BENGHAZI CENTRAL" isn't breaking outside of the rightwing Republican media "BUBBLE"
*The so-called "liberal media" or "mainstream media" is actually "THE
REPUBLICAN MEDIA", take a look at who OWNS it and who is ON it: *
I actually joke with my friend, that when I turn on our local rightwing
radio channel WILK, the first words I always hear, no matter what show, is
"BENGHAZI". Yes, for TWO MONTHS now, rightwing media is trying to drum up
an anti-Obama/pro-Romney "BENGHAZI CRISIS" and outside of their rightwing
media bubble of Rush Limbaugh, FOX "news", your local rightwing radio
station like our WILK, etc...etc...it's - what's the word or term? -
PETERING OUT, DYIN... more »
Be The 5 Percent for Gary Johnson
Mark Daniels
Activist & Blogger
Global Political Awakening
Be The 5 Percent is an Arkansas based grassroots political organization
focused on an effort to gain ballot access for Libertarian Party candidates
in all 50 States.
A local activist and Gary Johnson supporter, Travis Foster, presented the
idea to his fellow Libertarian friends who recently gathered in Little
Rock, Arkansas for a Gary Johnson Sign Waving Event which was featured on
the front page of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
The website domain was purchased and designed within 24 hours and received
over 1000 unique hit... more »
Halloween Jailbirds
*Sigh*. One of the Jubilee Jailbirds has been arrested again.
Yes, Linda Gibbons is up to her one-trick-pony trick again. Outside an
abortion clinic, but according to the LieShite story, now with supporters.
Plural.
One of her supporters had a video camera, proof at the link.
Maybe Linda wanted to join her pal Mary Wagner, who is *still* in jail, to
show her what her little trinket looks like. Mary will get one too,
courtesy of one of Canada's fetus fetishizing MPs, Maurice Vellacott.
In Canada, we celebrate the Queen's Jubilee by giving commemorative medals
to convicted serial cl... more »
China, the Voracious Economic Giant, Steve the Supplicant
Given how fast Stephen Harper is working behind his veil of secrecy to sell
out Canada to China, this timely warning from *Der Spiegel:*
*"I love nature," says Huang Nubo, 56, a businessman with an estimated net
worth of at least $1 billion (€772 million). The founder and chairman of
the Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group, Huang discovered a market niche: He
builds resorts with an emphasis on sustainable design. His company benefits
from the new wanderlust and "green" consciousness of the affluent Chinese
upper and middle classes.*
*Huang has trouble understanding why his latest proj... more »
Green Party presidential candidate arrested at Tarsands Blockade in Texas
Green
Party presidential candidate arrested at Tarsands Blockade in Texas
www.tarsandsblockade.org
***UPDATE 10:30AM – In Winnsboro, Dr. Jill Stein has been arrested,
taken to Wood County Jail, and is awaiting processing. The freelance
reporter has been released from detainment without arrest or charge.
A statement from Dr. Jill Stein:
“I’m here to connect the dots between super storm
Noteable Omissions: Content Analysis of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal Coverage of Hurricane Affected Nuclear Plants
Majia here: The media often set the AGENDA for public discourse through
their coverage (or not) of important issues.
Hurricane Sandy posed a severe threat to nuclear plants located on the
east
coast due to flooding and power outages. Arnie Gunderson warned that a
spent fuel pool fire could occur at Oyster Creek nuclear plant
http://enenews.com/9pm-special-edition-exactly-happened-fukushima-going-njs-oyster-creek-except-reactor-refueling-gundersen-audio
see
also
http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2012/10/29/nuclear_plants_from_virginia_to_vermont
So, my question was, 'HOW DID THE MAIN... more »
Climate Change-- Much Scarier Than Halloween
No serious Climate Change action from this crew
Given the nature of conservatism, the political right will not wake up to
the realities of Climate Change until long after its possible to do
anything about it. Just as much as Fox News and Hate Talk Radio, the
greed-obsessed oil giants have helped create a dysfunctional version of
democracy. I voted for Obama in 2008, despite his mediocre record in the
Senate and his tendency to bend over backwards for the corporate criminals
and Wall Street hucksters who finance the entire Republican Party and most
of the Democratic Party-- the whole... more »
"I'VE BEEN BAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS"
*Savile (left)*
John was only aged ten when Mr BBC, the friend of Tony Blair and Israel,
sexually assaulted him.
The assault took place on the utterly corrupt island of Jersey.
*I was only 10 when Jimmy Savile assaulted me in a toilet.*
"John" was living at Jersey's notorious Haut de la Garenne children's home,
where children were reportedly tortured and murdered by top people.
John told how Sir Jimmy Savile regularly came to the home.
John broke down as he told how Savile moved him into a toilet and subjected
him to a sexual assault.
John sobbed as he said: "I was frightened and... more »
Untitled
*Levees.Org** founder Sandy Rosenthal will be a guest on Huffpost Live to
discuss Hurricane Sandy 2pm CST*
CMS proton-lead ridge: color glass condensate?
Two years ago, I reported the observation of surprising two-particle
correlations at the CMS in proton-proton collisions, something that was
previously observed at Brookhaven's RHIC in their 2005 gold-gold
collisions.
You know that the LHC sometimes collides lead nuclei against lead nuclei
instead of proton-proton pairs but a few weeks ago, it tried something
something new, the proton-lead (asymmetric) collisions. *Physics
World*tells us about a (not too) surprising result of this hybrid
crashing game:
Unexpected 'ridge' seen in CMS collision data again
I wrote it's not "too" sur... more »
Open Thread
The latest demotivational poster from Casa de la Puerco. Making some last
minute preparations for tonight's Halloweenery so posting here will be
light to nonexistent. However, if you're Jonesing for a good dose of
lib'ral outrage, hop on over and see today's post at Brilliant at Breakfast.
I've been sorta shouldering the load there while Jill Hussein has been
swamped with work and tending to a sick kittie.
So what are you dressing up as tonight? I hear Willard's going out as a
stock boy. I also hear that, instead of candy, Paul Ryan and his wife will
be handing out vouchers.
So, ... more »
Gary Johnson 2012: The Libertarian Revolution Will Not Be Televised
“The revolution will not be televised.”
This phrase accurately describes the libertarian movement, as it continues
to penetrate the American psyche in the forms of Ron Paul and Gary Johnson.
Every day, a growing segment of the population, which is young, educated,
and internet native, joins the ranks of the libertarians and their allies.
And every day, the regime which currently controls the United States —
those inner party officials, media mouthpieces, and corporate backers —
continue to lose legitimacy, support, and ultimately, control. Over the
next few years, these elements... more »
Not that Sandy is in any way a laughing matter, but even those that suffered damage might get a chuckle out of this.
I mean, you could have this in your yard....
It's a Great White, by the way, washed into a New Jersey suburban yard!!!!
AP: Your bias is showing
The lead paragraph of an AP story today:
CAIRO -- A suspected Israeli airstrike against a weapons factory in
Khartoum last week points to a possible escalation in a hidden front of the
rivalry between Israel and Iran: The arms pipeline through Sudan to
Islamists on Israel's borders.
So the airstrike, for which no explanation other than an Israeli attack has
ever been offered, and which even the article says that "consensus has
built among Israeli and Arab military analysts" that it was done by Israel,
is just "suspected." But the existence of an "arms pipeline through Sudan
to Isla... more »
What Can You Say?
The theme this week and for the foreseeable future is Canada's putrid
political culture. Today's morning heave came from the homepage of the
Toronto Star. If you don't know already, the Toronto Star is joining the
Globe & Mail by going behind a paywall. I have no intention of reading this
stupid article (not even for the shits n' giggles that are no doubt inside)
because to do so would be a waste of time. But it's an opinion piece by
Rosie DiManno, justifying the move, entitled: "DiManno: Star introduces
digital subscription because it costs big bucks to put out a decent paper."
The... more »
Dogs, Not Barking
Time for a campaign-oriented version of things that, surprisingly, haven't
happened:
1. Crazy GOP rally audiences. Oh, I'm sure there have been some, but it
hasn't as far as I know been a story, the way it was during fall 2008 and
during the Republican debates this year.
2. Minimum wage. Wasn't that going to be a thing? I mean, as an issue for
the Democrats. It sure hasn't been, certainly in the presidential race, and
as far as I know in Congressional elections either.
3. I think I've mentioned this before, but I think it's worth mentioning
again: where are all the citizen oppositi... more »
Hezbollah reportedly installs surveillance camera network along Israeli border, "in preparation for conflict"
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-installs-surveillance-camera-network-along-israeli-border/
Ignatius sets himself right on Benghazi!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012*
*Also: When Chris Hayes met Anne-Marie Slaughter:* As we told you in real
time, David Ignatius broke every rule in the book when he defended Susan
Rice’s statements concerning Benghazi.
Within the Village, Ignatius has surely been pounded hard since he
committed that outrageous act. And sure enough! In this morning’s
Washington Post, he skillfully rights the balance, with several early nods
to the genius of those at Fox.
Let’s be clear: There have always been perfectly valid questions about what
happened at Benghazi. Obama avoided one such question at ... more »
Aspartame is linked to leukemia and lymphoma in new landmark study on humans
Natural News
Ethan Evers
As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and
women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according
to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a
carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive,
long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than
other past studies which appeared to show no risk. And disturbingly, it may
also open the door for further similar findings on other cancers in future
studies.
The most thorough study yet on aspartame... more »
Down to the wire . . .
—
Elizabeth Warren, Democrat populist —
“The Republican vision is clear — ‘I got mine. The rest of you are on
your own.’ Republicans say they don’t believe in government. Sure, they
do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful
friends. After all, Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are
people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. “People have
One more time... Heat alone does not create storms. Storms are caused by a temperature differential, and severe storms are caused as much by upper atmosphere cooling as by surface warming.
*American Scofflaw*
The man is a moron. More to the point, he is not a scientist, he's just a
politician selling an agenda of carbon taxes and carbon credits, from which
he hopes to make millions.
The proof is seen on Jupiter, Saturn, and the other gas giants, which have
monster cyclonic storms larger than our entire planet, yet their
temperatures are hundreds of degrees below 0.
But then, Al Gore once claimed the temperature of the Earth's core was
"millions of degrees." It's actually about 5000 degrees C.
GM Slashes Jobs Amid Europe Car Downturn
General Motors has announced European job cuts amid the sales downturn in
the continental car market.
http://news.sky.com/story/1005159/gm-slashes-jobs-amid-europe-car-downturn
In darkened NYC, safety on the list of concerns
Faced with the prospect of days without power and swaths of the city
plunged into darkness at night, police brought in banks of lights and
boosted patrols to reassure victims of a monster storm that they won't be
victims of crime.
Some prominent galleries in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood hired private
security and apartment building superintendents suddenly became guards. In
Coney Island, about 100 police officers stood on corners or cruised in cars
to guard a strip of vandalized stores and a damaged bank, to the relief of
shaken residents.
http://news.yahoo.com/darkened-nyc-saf... more »
MT - To Show Outrage Against ALEC 11/6
Voters in Montana will express their outrage against ALEC legislators
corporatist leanings at the polls on November 6.
Editorials across Montana are asking citizens – Where is your outrage?
Montana wants to be at the front of the renewable energy movement and their
ALEC legislators will stop at nothing to make sure that the ALEC
fossil-fuel corporate profits sector members do not let that happen.
Montana also has a lot of public land that ALEC legislators want to turn
over to ALEC fossil fuel corporate profit sector members for mining,
drilling, exploration and fracking.
Montanans... more »
这些武装无人机在阿富汗，巴基斯坦，利比亚，也门一直在做，将是未来的空域对美国在不太遥远的将来。REPEAT: Will be coming to the airspace over the US in the not too distant future.
*American Scofflaw*
这些武装无人机在阿富汗，巴基斯坦，利比亚，也门一直在做，将是未来的空域对美国在不太遥远的将来。
What these armed drones have been doing in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya,
and Yemen, will be coming to the airspace over the US in the not too
distant future.
here are two types of lethal drones primarily now used by the US: the MQ-1B
Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper.[10] The Predator MQ-1B, first flown in
1994,[11] was designed “to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance information combined with a kill capability.”[12]
Equipped with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, the Predator MQ-1B was the world’... more »
Cyclone Nilam: India evacuates 5,000 on southern coast ahead of cyclone
At least 5,000 people were evacuated from India's southern coast Wednesday
as powerful Cyclone Nilam surged in, authorities said.
Evacuations were ordered in low-lying areas off the coast of Tamil Nadu
state, said Jatindranath Swain, the province's disaster management
commissioner.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/31/world/asia/india/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Australia pumps $1.83 billion into food bowl river
[image: Darling River at Wilcannia. Winding across 640 kilometers of
southeastern Australia’s landscape, the Murray-Darling river system often
struggles to sustain its environment and much of the country’s agriculture.
Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue]
Sydney, 26 October 2012 (AFP) – The government Friday pledged Aus$1.77
billion (US$1.83 billion) to pump more than 450 billion litres of water
into the ailing Murray-Darling River and help rejuvenate a crucial system
supplying Australia's food bowl.
The river and its basin stretches thousands of kilometres from Queensland
s... more »
War, Children: It’s Just a Welfare Check Away
4SS
Thomas L. Knapp
When pundits name-check “the welfare-warfare state,” we usually mean, and
are usually understood to mean, something along the lines of “bread and
circuses at home, military adventurism abroad.”
That’s as good a definition as any, I suppose, and certainly an accurate
description of today’s global political environment, but it fails to really
capture the nature of the post-WWII trend in US politics.
In America, the “welfare” and “warfare” aspects of the state have, over
that period, achieved a near-perfect merger. Rather than representing one
side of two mutually... more »
Afghanistan Helmand roadside bomb kills 10 civilians
A roadside bomb in the southern Afghan province of Helmand has killed at
least 10 civilians, officials say, most of them women and children.
A second roadside bomb in the same province killed another person.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20153542
Sudan rebels 'recruit children' from refugee camp
Sudanese rebels are using a refugee camp across the border in South Sudan
as recruitment grounds for troops including child soldiers, a senior US
official said Wednesday.
Anne Richard, US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population,
Refugees and Migration, said Washington had called on rebels fighting in
Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states to end militarisation of the
Yida refugee camp.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5joRe5DVTV97zosQxvrXg9NbSD2Pg?docId=CNG.9d9bb5d97241aa39684f8140764984ed.6d1
Perverse Politics
Mitt Romney's supporters are engaging in the same kind of perverse politics
which the Romney campaign has practiced. Two days ago, David Brooks
suggested that there was an upside to Romney's opportunism: If Americans
elect Romney, Brooks wrote, he will work with intransigent Republicans and
more reasonable Democrats.
Brooks is not the only one to make this argument. The Demoines Register has
based its endorsement of Romney on the same argument, as has the Orlando
Sentinel. Ezra Klein writes that these endorsements validate Mitch
McConnell and John Boehner's policy of unrestrained... more »
More strikes called in Greece after 2013 budget published as Greece Enters DEPRESSION
- *the budget predicts that government debt will hit 189.1% of gross
domestic product in 2013. The budget is forecast at 5.2% of GDP, compared
with the 4.2% predicted a month ago.*
- *The revisions mean that Greece no longer expects to post a surplus
excluding debt costs of 1.1% of GDP next year. It now only expects a
primary surplus of 0.4%.*
- *The budget also forecasts the Greek economy contracting by 4.5% in
2013, from 3.8% in the previous draft. That means that Greek GDP will have
slumped by 21.5% since 2008 by the end of next year. A true depressi... more »
Eurozone unemployment hits record level
Eurozone unemployment hit a record level in September in the latest sign
that the debt crisis is far from abating. Joblessness in the 17-country
bloc increased to 11.6 per cent in September compared with 11.5 per cent in
August
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d7b3dde6-2353-11e2-a66b-00144feabdc0.html
Euro zone weighs new Greek aid as numbers deteriorate
Euro zone finance ministers conferred on how to keep Greece afloat as
negotiations between Athens and its foreign lenders neared conclusion over
reforms the country must implement to receive fresh emergency loans.
Greece needs to push through spending cuts and tax measures worth 13.5
billion euros ($17.5 billion) as well as a raft of economic reforms to
appease EU and IMF lenders and secure bailout money to avoid bankruptcy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-eurozone-economy-idUSBRE89U0PV20121031
Rebels bring fight to pro-Assad Palestinians
Syrian rebels said they had formed a brigade of sympathetic Palestinians in
a Damascus district to fight armed Palestinians aligned with President
Bashar al-Assad.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-syria-crisis-palestinians-idUSBRE89U0H320121031
For years, scientists warned New York City of climate disaster
[image: The flooded entrance to the tunnel leading to the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Drive in Lower Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy, 30 October 2012.
For nearly a decade, scientists told city and state officials that New York
faces certain peril: rising sea levels, more frequent flooding, and extreme
weather patterns. Damon Winter / The New York Times]
By DAVID W. CHEN and MIREYA NAVARRO
30 October 2012
The warnings came, again and again.
For nearly a decade, scientists have told city and state officials that New
York faces certain peril: rising sea levels, more frequent flooding, an... more »
Superstorm Sandy: 'This Is A Wake-Up Call'
Superstorm Sandy is a "wake up call" that could lead to billion dollar
flood defences being created in New York City.
Three of New York's top 10 highest floods have occurred in the last two and
a half years, and the latest disaster has fuelled calls for major
investment in flood defences.
http://news.sky.com/story/1004900/superstorm-sandy-this-is-a-wake-up-call
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - 31st October 2012
Magnitude
4.2
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 13:00:14 UTC
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 05:00:14 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
41.792°N, 127.083°W
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances
230 km (142 miles) WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake FIJI REGION - 31st October 2012
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:35:13 UTC
Thursday, November 01, 2012 at 12:35:13 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
18.645°S, 177.530°W
Depth
315.9 km (196.3 miles)
Region
FIJI REGION
Distances
253 km (157 miles) NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
Tanzania police seize more than 200 elephant tusks – 30 elephants being slaughtered every day
[image: Poached Elephant Carcass in Tanzania 1984. This is a sad reminder
of the ivory trade's devastation on the elephant population in Africa. The
poachers cut out the tusks and left this carcass to rot. Jeff Shea]
By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Editing by James Macharia and Alistair Lyon
31 October 2012
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian police have seized more than 200
elephant tusks hidden in a coffin and in fertilizer bags, pointing to
rising poaching in the east African country, officials said on Wednesday.
"This is the biggest seizure of elephant tusks in Dar es Salaam in rec... more »
Hitachi Bids to Acquire British Nuclear Venture, RWE AG and E. On AG
Majia's Blog - 3 hours ago
The article is written by S. Williams (2012, October 29). Hitachi Set to
Win Bidding for British Nuclear Venture. The Wall Street Journal, p. B3
Paraphrasing: Hitachi has joined with Canadian SNC-Lavalin Group to bid for
RWE AG and E. ON AG.
The opposition is Toshiba, which currently owns Westinghouse Electric.
Excerpt: "The deal is also vital for the UK government, which has put
nuclear energy at the center of its energy policy"
"Analysts are skeptical of utilities' ambitious nuclear plans for the UK
and think it is likely that less than the planned 16 gigawatts of new
nuclear wi... more »
Climate change feeds superstorm triple whammy – ‘The terrifying truth is that America faces a future full of Frankenstorms’
[image: This image of Hurricane Sandy was acquired by the Visible Infrared
Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite at 2:42 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Time (06:42 Universal Time) on 28 October 2012. NASA Earth
Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon]
Contact: Shaye Wolf, (415) 385-5746, swolf@biologicaldiversity.org
30 October 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Center for Biological Diversity) – As America copes with the
destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, scientists with the Center for
Biological Diversity are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to use
the C... more »
Electronic Voting Machines Designed to “Steal Elections”
Global Research
Harvey Wasserman
[image: vote]
CICJ Books has just released *“Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The
Election Integrity Movement’s Rise and Nonstop Battle to Win Back the
People’s Vote, 2000-2008″* by Marta Steele.
*Marta Steele has done yeoman work for the election integrity movement. She
has plowed through more websites and blogs than one can even imagine. She
set out with the nearly impossible task of writing the definitive
historical narrative of the folly of electronic voting in the United States
between 1988 and 2008. More shockingly, she accomplished that tas... more »
RACE TO THE FINISH: Men in Orange!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012*
*Part 3—What the AP has reported:* The AP’s ongoing project about “racial
attitudes” got its start in 2008.
In 2009, five academics explained how the whole shebang got started. As we
noted yesterday, their report appeared in Public Opinion Quarterly.
As we noted yesterday, their explanation was transparent nonsense. This is
part of the eway it began:
PASEK ET AL (2009): *Long before election day 2008, long before the country
even knew who the major parties’ nominees for President would be,
forecasting models predicted a win by the Democratic Party's ca... more »
Graph of the Day: Water Storage at O. H. Ivie Reservoir in Texas, 1991-2012
[image: Water Storage at O. H. Ivie Reservoir in Texas, 1991-2012. Texas
Water Development Board with data from USGS, IBWC, and USACE]
Reservoir stage data are collected every day from USGS, IBWC, and USACE
websites. These data are preliminary and subject to revision. Reservoir
storage (in acre-feet) is derived from these stage data (elevation in feet
above mean sea level), by using the latest rating curve datasets available
to TWDB.
TWDB Reservoir Stage Summary
Technorati Tags: North America,freshwater depletion,drought,global warming,climate
change,agriculture,heat wave,crop fai... more »
Hours before Hurricane Sandy hit, activists protested climate inaction in Times Square
[image: Activists protest climate silence in New York City before Hurricane
Sandy makes landfall, 28 October 2012. 350.org]
By Jeremy Hance
30 October 2012
(mongabay.com) – On Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy roared towards the coast of
the Eastern U.S., activists took to the streets in New York City to
highlight the issue of climate change. Activists organized by 350.org
unfurled a huge parachute in Times Square with the words, "End Climate
Silence," a message meant to call attention to the fact that there has been
almost zero mention of climate change during the presidential campaign,... more »
All Hallows’ Eve Linkage
The impact (so far) of the Syrian civil war on Hizballah (via Andrew Exum).
UK conservatives want to export (further) austerity to the EU budget. Steve
Saideman’s take on the “future of Star Wars.” John Scalzi thinks Disney’s
acquisition of Lucasfilm is a good thing for the franchise. PTJ agrees.
Indeed, it seems as if everyone
Continue reading
WotW: A Healthier Halloween
Happy Halloween. In just a few short hours,you'll be out collecting
pillowcases full of candy as you bully your neighbors into giving you a
treat in exchange for not vandalizing their homes. What, never thought of
what Trick or Treat really means?
Perhaps you won't be out knocking the doors, but your kids will. And when
they come home they will have enough candy to keep them occupied for a
year. But it won't last that long. Chances are, if your kids are like most,
they will devour all the candy within a week or two.
Kids hyped up on sugar: It's a problem for parents and a teacher'... more »
WHO KILLED HOLLY AND JESSICA?
*Holly and Jessica*
On 17 August 2002, the bodies of two ten-year-old girls, Holly Wells and
Jessica Chapman, were found right next to an air force base.
"The series of murders in the South East of England during 2000-2002 had
five victims, namely Sarah Payne, Milly Dowler, Danielle Jones, and Holly
Wells and Jessica Chapman."
Sarah Payne in Cheshire - The Soham Murders...
Well protected pedophile rings at work?
BODY ON QUEEN'S ESTATE - SUSPECTS RELEASED.
Sunday 4 August 2002
Holly and Jessica spend the day playing together at *Holly's home in Soham*,
Cambridgeshire.
1704 - Th... more »
A President Romney Would Be Plotting To Sell Off Central Park To Real Estate Developers This Morning
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was all over TV Tuesday praising President
Obama for his hands-on engagement in leading the response to Sandy. Monday
we asked the question here whether or not Romney would handle the crisis
any different. There was a great response to the vision Stephen Goldstein
created in his book about a Romney/Ryan America, Atlas Drugged which deals
primarily with a press conference in the aftermath of a monster double
hurricane in Florida by a Romney character (President Ham Cooper) and a
Governor Rick Scott character (Cris Cott). Goldstein then takes us into t... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Dan Rather, 81. From when broadcast network anchors were
a big, big deal; and then, from when they weren't.
Some good stuff:
1. John Sides (with Lynn Vavreck) looks at undecided voters again; again,
their conclusion is basically that late-deciding voters shouldn't tip the
results very much, although this time they suggest undecideds might
slightly break for the president.
2. More on insider information from Henry Farrell.
3. Nate Silver, or mathematics, or something like that has been under
attack; it produced some useful posts (including the one above); here al... more »
The State of Neuroeconomics
An assessment of a new, promising field. (HT to MR).
Untitled
*Louisiana is already aiding storms victims in northeast U.S.*
*A Region Battered and Hurting*
*National Guard arrives to help Hoboken recover from Hurricane Sandy, city
says*
*Corps sends unwatering experts to New York for storm recovery*
*A Dutch Solution for New York's Storm Surge Woes?**~"As it happens, I
visited the Netherlands after Hurricane Katrina to look at how Dutch flood
control worked, and how its success might apply to New Orleans. After
crawling over New Orleans’ crappy levees and floodwalls, it was like
stepping from “Deadwood” into “Star Trek.”*
*Hurricane Sandy S... more »
UT Voters - To Tell ALEC - "GET OUT"
This summer in Utah:
Now during the elections Utah voters are saying
* “Get out of Utah” *
to ALEC.
Utah got to see first hand how ALEC
Keeps journalists out of their secret meetings
Lies to the public about ALEC intent
Lobbyists wine and dine state legislators in a posh hotel.
Utah voters have decided that legislators from the American Legislative
Exchange Council do not represent the people of Utah. The citizens of Utah
have decided that they don’t want Utah to become the next ALEC Arizona.
Projections show that Utah voters will kick ALEC legislators out of office
in the upcomi... more »
Why GOP Voters Don't Care If Romney Lies
*By MARC McDONALD*
*"Because people hate the truth, you know; they need a pack of lies."*
*---From Viva Dead Ponies by The Fatima Mansions, 1990.*
Mitt Romney is a brazen liar. But if Obama supporters think this is a
barrier to Romney's White House prospects, they are sadly mistaken.
The fact is, Americans love a liar in the White House. Well, maybe not all
Americans, but enough to count.
Americans would rather have a brazen liar like Ronald Reagan offering them
"feel-good" platitudes about "America standing tall" than the bitter
medicine of truth from the likes of a Jimmy Carter te... more »
Mexico: More on the Popocatepetl "Cylinder"
*Source: ABC.COM.PY
http://www.abc.com.py/ciencia/mexico-ovni-en-crater-de-montana-471502.html
Date: 10.31.12*
*Mexico: UFO in a Mountain Crater?*
MEXICO (ANSA News Agency) An alleged elongated object entered the crater of
the Popocatepetl Volcano, 65 kilometers distant from the Mexican capital,
causing astonishment and confusion among experts and the public alike.
On October 25 at 20:45 local time, a camera from the TELEVISA TV network
that monitors activity in the giant volcano captured the image and
immediately unleashed a firestorm of discussions. The object's measurem... more »
'Gene Hackman Slaps Homeless Man In Self-Defence'
Gene Hackman acted in self-defence when he slapped a homeless man who
became aggressive with the actor and his wife, police have said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1004993/hackman-slaps-homeless-man-in-self-defence
Quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant creates just 400 jobs
Battery maker A123 Systems vowed thousands of new jobs when it received a
nearly quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant in late 2009, but federal
job-tracking figures show only a few hundred positions were created before
the company joined a growing list of federally backed energy businesses
that ended in bankruptcy.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/29/hiring-stats-elusive-in-latest-energy-failure/
MSNBC Ridicules Romney for Collecting Food, Supplies for Sandy Victims
This
one is really hard to believe, even for the most biased so-called
"news network" in the nation.
MSNBC on Tuesday totally trashed Republican presidential nominee Mitt
Romney for collecting food and supplies at a storm relief rally in Ohio
to
be sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/10/30/msnbc-trashes-romney-collecting-food-and-supplies-sandy-victims#ixzz2Aoy9BldZ
FACEBOOK CENSORS NAVY SEALS TO PROTECT OBAMA ON BENGHAZI-GATE
Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations
Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the
forces being overrun in Benghazi.
The message was contained in a meme which demonstrated how Obama had relied
on the SEALS when he was ready to let them get Osama bin Laden, and how he
had turned around and denied them when they called for backup on Sept 11.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/30/Facebook-Censors-Navy-SEALS-To-Protect-Obama-on-Benghazi-Gate
FEMA, White House send storm victims to Internet for Help
When President Barack Obama urged Americans under siege from Hurricane
Sandy to stay inside and keep watch on ready.gov for the latest, he left
out something pretty important — where to turn if the electricity goes out.
Despite the heightened expectation of widespread power and cable television
failures, everyone from the president to local newscasters seem to expect
the public to rely entirely on the Internet and their TVs for vital news
and instructions.
None of the major cable or local news channels put emergency phone numbers
or key radio station frequencies on their screens. T... more »
Gaoping Great Lakes Controversy
[image: gaopinghu]
*Map of Gaoping Great Lakes Project (source). Google satellite image of area
.*
Marc Reisner's *Cadillac Desert* remains one of the great books on water
policy, and one of the things he notes in it is how water projects develop
a life of their own, with justifications and shapes shifting over time, but
with the drive to build the dam thing no matter how bad a dog it is never
dying. Are we seeing this in the Gaoping Great Lakes Project? The Taipei
Times reports on a protest:
Environmentalists and farmers from Pingtung County and Greater Kaohsiung
yesterday staged ... more »
Could the subway be shut down for 21 days? Bloomberg says just five but researchers predict worst-case scenario for New York transit system
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday that the subway service would
be shut down until Saturday or Sunday – a total closure of six to seven
days.
But a group of Columbia University researchers analysing the effects of a
smaller hurricane or tropical storm suggest that it would shut down the
subways for 21 days.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225570/Sandy-storm-update-New-York-City-subway-shut-3-weeks.html
Hoboken Mayor says 25k residents are trapped by flood waters filled with live wires and raw sewage as she begs the National Guard for help
Appearing on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show Tuesday, Hoboken mayor Dawn
Zimmer
estimated half of her city was underwater.
'They’re in their buildings and half of Hoboken is literally flooded and
under water,' Zimmer said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225602/Hoboken-Mayor-says-25k-residents-trapped-flood-waters-filled-live-wires-raw-sewage-begs-National-Guard-help.html
Before and after the storm: True scale of Sandy's devastation emerges as death toll hits FIFTY and damage set to top $50BN
he full scale of the destruction caused by the 'superstorm' is coming to
light, with row after row of Atlantic vacation homes on the horizon wiped
out (pictured) by the deadly force of surging waters and winds which
reached peaks of 95mph. Deaths were reported in New York, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Atlantic City's historic boardwalk is in
splinters, and this once-bustling New Jersey town is a devastated shadow of
its former self.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225112/Superstorm-Sandy-Death-toll-hits-FIFTY-damage-set-50BILLION.html
3.2 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - 31st October 2012
Magnitude
3.2
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 09:52:57 UTC
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 02:52:57 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.091°N, 121.506°W
Depth
9.4 km (5.8 miles)
Region
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances
8 km (5 miles) E (87°) from San Martin, CA
KMT Wants Stock Transaction Tax "postponed"
*There is nothing so permanent as a temporary emergency* -- Robert A.
Heinlein
The KMT moves to protect one of its most important constituencies, the
nation's wealthy non-taxpayers, by mooting a delay in the implementation of
the stock transaction tax.
Several legislators called on the government to postpone levying a capital
gains tax on stock transactions because the stock market continues to
remain sluggish. KMT legislator Sun Ta-chien (孫大千) proposed raising the
stock transaction tax from the current 0.3% to 0.35% and postponing the
effective date of the recently passed capital ... more »
South Korea activists send leaflets to North
Local residents trying to stop the move got into a minor scuffle with the
activists
Activists in South Korea have sent propaganda leaflets to the North, a week
after Pyongyang threatened military action over a similar launch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20119778
Silvio Berlusconi's threat to topple premier Mario Monti's provokes outcry
Silvio
Berlusconi's threat to topple premier Mario Monti's provokes outcry.
A threat by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to topple
premier Mario Monti's government provoked an outcry across the political
spectrum on Sunday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/silvio-berlusconi/9639080/Silvio-Berlusconis-threat-to-topple-premier-Mario-Montis-provokes-outcry.html
Sudan dismisses Israeli concerns on arms supplies
- *Khartoum says no foreign role in munitions factory*
- *Sudan accused Israel of bombing arms plant last week*
- *Iran warships to be open to public for a day -Sudan*
KHARTOUM, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Sudan dismissed as "misleading" Israeli
allegations it supplies arms to foes of the Jewish state and said there was
no foreign involvement in a munitions factory Khartoum says was bombed by
Israel.
http://af.reuters.com/article/sudanNews/idAFL5E8LUA9H20121030
Police fire tear gas as striking platinum miners protest
Police in Rustenberg, South Africa, clashed Tuesday with more than 1,000
striking miners who were barricading public roads near the Anglo American
Platinum mine.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters, and
sporadic scuffles continue, Capt. Dennis Adrio with the North West police
told CNN.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/30/world/africa/south-africa-miners/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Did You Get the Memo?
Recently when I got hit with a $22.50 surcharge for not paying my auto
excise taxes on time (I never got the original bill), I was so incensed I
fired off a letter to the tax collector's office giving them a piece of my
mind. Not content with this, when I cut them a check for the $22.50, I put
in the memo line, "Scam." Not very funny but then again it was more
important to me to let them know how I feel about paying surcharges for a
bill I never got and my paying the same rate every year while my car
depreciates in value. But this got me to thinking if other people have
written off-... more »
Shark seriously injures California surfer
A 25-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday when a shark
attacked him while he was surfing in Eureka, California, local authorities
said.
Other surfers pulled the injured man from the water, loaded him into a
pickup truck and rushed him to a hospital before the local beach patrol
could respond, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/30/us/california-shark-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Is Sandy a taste of things to come?
We should not be surprised. That's the view of many climate scientists as
they survey the destruction wrought by the superstorm that ravaged the
Northeast this week. The melting of Arctic ice, rising sea levels, the
warming atmosphere and changes to weather patterns are a potent combination
likely to produce storms and tidal surges of unprecedented intensity,
according to many experts.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/31/us/sandy-climate-change/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Pakistani radical wanted by U.S. offers aid to victims of Sandy
As residents of the U.S. Northeast grapple with the destruction wrought by
Superstorm Sandy, an offer of assistance has come from an unlikely quarter:
the leader of a radical Muslim group in Pakistan who has a $10 million
bounty on him from U.S. authorities.
"We offer our unconditional support and help for the victims" of the storm,
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, head of the Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, said in a
statement late Tuesday. "If U.S. government allows, we will send our
doctors, relief and rescue experts, food and medicine on humanitarian
grounds."
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/... more »
Was Sandy systemically caused by CO2?
Anthony Watts wrote down a nice table describing which folks believe or at
least pretend to believe that CO2 "caused" Hurricane Sandy and which people
don't. If I simplify it a little bit, activists, liars, and crackpots such
as Al Gore support the link while scientists don't. I am kind of pleased to
see that for the first time, most of the media seem to agree that the
people promoting the hurricane-CO2 link are hacks.
I was intrigued by a member of the former group, hardcore leftist activist
Mr George Lakoff, who wrote the following text for the Huffington Post:
Global Warming S... more »
Yemen LNG gas pipeline blown up again
A gas pipeline feeding Yemen's only liquefied natural gas (LNG) export
terminal was blown up again on Tuesday night, the operating company said on
Wednesday.
"Yemen LNG confirms the sabotage of the 38 inch gas pipeline that links the
block 18 to the Balhaf terminal on the Gulf of Aden," said the company, run
by France's Total. "The explosion occurred at 2200 on October 30, 2012 at
295 km north of Balhaf Liquefaction Plant."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-yemen-lng-idUSBRE89U08620121031
Barclays hit by fresh U.S. investigations
Barclays, already rocked by an interest rate rigging scandal, unveiled two
new U.S. regulatory investigations into the bank's financial probity on
Wednesday and said its profit was hit by charges for mis-selling insurance.
Following investigations in the UK over its dealings with Qatari investors,
Barclays said the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange
Commission were investigating whether its relationships with third parties
who help it win or retain business are compliant with the U.S. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-barclay... more »
Northeast tries to get back on its feet
Millions across the Northeast will attempt to resume their normal lives on
Wednesday as companies, markets and airports reopen despite grim
projections of power and mass transit outages around New York for several
more days.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-storm-sandy-hurricane-idUSBRE89N16J20121031
Living Standards: 'Decade Of Stagnation' Warning
A report warns that even with steady growth, many UK households will be no
better off in 2020 than they were in 2000.
http://news.sky.com/story/1004934/living-standards-decade-of-stagnation-warning
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA - 31st October 2012
Magnitude
4.9
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 06:53:56 UTC
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 01:53:56 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
2.048°S, 99.713°E
Depth
21.3 km (13.2 miles)
Region
KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
Distances
74 km (45 miles) SE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN - 31st October 2012
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 06:50:01 UTC
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 03:50:01 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
36.014°N, 139.837°E
Depth
46.9 km (29.1 miles)
Region
EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
6 km (3 miles) SW of Iwai, Japan
What The FUQ? - Frequently Unanswered Questions of the "Australian Government" - Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umVj5XQYAi8
Published on Oct 23, 2012 by Scott Bartle
Learn more at http://www.truth-now.net
Frequently Unanswered Questions of the "Australian Government" - a
Documentary questioning those claiming Government status as to whether they
really are Government.
Follow the process of importing a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette as the
Department of Transport blocks import,
to the Department of Environment getting in the way.
Finally, see what happens when "Customs" demands GST and Luxury Car Tax.
A must see for anyone dealing with "Government."
... more »
One Aim of Anti-Terror Narrative Is To Destroy Press Freedom
"Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as
assent. " - Miguel de Unamuno.
Infowars *reported yesterday* that an episode in Jesse Ventura's TruTv show
'Conspiracy Theory' that examined the waste and corruption of the TSA has
been pulled from the upcoming season.
It is a miracle that the show is allowed on the air. It is proof that
America is not a full-blown totalitarian police state. But it doesn't have
to be because the obedience of the majority of the American people has been
guaranteed with other strategies and tactics.
Institutions like the TS... more »
POOF and The Matrix
POOF wrote in his most recent posting:
We've hit the end of the wait so, of course we had bankers throwing
themselves on their swords from Switzerland, to Austria, even Denver Fed
boys. Arrested and locked up. One of the problems these clowns have is, *they
just can't grasp the technology of the matrix.* It's as alien as any ET
stuff, comparable to 'sentient' computers. Watch the movie again if you
don't get it. It's more real than you imagine, that's why these guys get
busted so quick.
POOF refers to the "Matrix" quite a bit. Its clear its not quite the evil
all encompassin... more »
EuroZone Reminder - who pays the price?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
In 1999 the German Christian conservatives (CDU) produced this "convincing"
advertising placard to win elections:
The text at the eve of the Euro introduction claimed:
*What cost us the euro?*
a) Should Germany pay for the debts of other countries?
*A very definite no!* The Maastrichter Treaty explicitly prohibits the
European Union or other EU partners to become liable for the debt of some
member state. The stability criteria of the Treaty and the Stability Pact
will ensure from the outset that the net debt is limited to below 3% of
gross domestic product. The eurozone Member State... more »
"Sandy" LIVE coverage - updated: The Aftermath 30.10
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/3djs-K-GVxM
Now the storm is over, we may take a look at some of the aftermath.
John
Historic "Frankenstorm" - will Sandy be that bad?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/7b21g-5YBLs
Stay safe !
John
HOT NEWS - 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Canada - tsunami warning
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link:
http://youtu.be/l3Vs9jxReMg - with seismologist's account. Link:
http://youtu.be/SEJYCDj15ow
· https://twitter.com/CANADAquakes
·
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/28/us-quake-canada-idUSBRE89R01D20121028
·
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/28/magnitude-77-earthquake-strikes-off-western-coast-canada-tsunami-warning-issued-862906834/
·
http://earthquake-report.com/2012/10/28/massive-earthquake-with-tsunami-warning-below-the-queen-charlotte-islands-british-columbia-canada/
And
let us keep an eye on *Sandy*, the tropical storm battering the US East
Coast today!
John
David Christian: BIG History - or: what one forgot to tell you told in 18 minutes.
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqc9zX04DXs&feature=share&list=PL663FD5CEA06348D8
David Christian's "Big History Project" still is in its infancy, offering a
quite different approach to the position of mankind in the Cosmos. Although
I disagree with certain claims made by Christian his viewpoints are of
interest for educators, teachers and everybody aware of the limited, messy
ideological basis of our thinking, thanks to the Internet and
e-communications rapidly shifting to a state of robust collective knowledge.
Will our children be a different species?
John
Grandpa's IPad...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/NU0jLFMRlBo
Have a delicious weekend... (Thanks Marian for the tip).
John
Free Online Viewing of the Documentary Film, The Future Of Food Until November 6, 2012
Free Online Viewing of the Documentary Film, The Future Of Food
by Deborah Coons Garcia
* Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia has made her documentary, the Future of
Food, available for free from now until Election Day in order to help us
raise the funds we need to reach TV and radio audiences across the
state. The film gives viewers a clear understanding of the complexities of
agricultural genetic engineering and the system of food production that has
developed because of this technology.*
*To view this film, please click on the link provided below:*
*http://www.thefutureoffood.com... more »
Disney bought Pixar buys Lucasarts - new Star Wars trilogy imminent
Disney, one of the six major corporations (who) own the mainstream
mediahas been really flashing its cash lately and now there's a promise
of a NEW
STAR WARS FILM, the seventh in the triple trilogy Lucas made in
cack-handed
order 4-6 then 1-3. This first new movie of the deal is due in 2015.
*The deal, which makes Mr. Lucas a major Disney shareholder, extends the
acquisition strategy that Disney CEO Robert Iger has pursued from the
beginning of his tenure, when he paid $7.4 billion for Pixar Animation
in
2006. In 2009 Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment, the comics giant
behind
"Th... more »
Dutchsinse Images of La Canada Mexico HAARP Vortices
When I saw these images captured by Dutchsinse I immediately thought of the
Rodin coil pattern discovered by Marko Rodin. We've seen arcs, squares,
circles, saw tooth patterns in HAARP echo returns that show up in weather
radar images, but the Rodin Coil pattern is a new HAARP configuration. A
shape that could be very potent. Below is an image from Marko
Rodin's lectures on the mathematics of the vortex which are available
online and on YouTube.
Richard Hoagland has spoken for sometime about the power of hyper
dimensional physics. Marko Rodin has given the world
the mathemat... more »
Fair or not, Opposition targets Katz donation(s) as symbol of Tory sleaze
Caesar repudiates Pompeia: “You’re outta here!” Below: Danielle Smith and
Alison Redford. The Wildrose Party strategy for defeating the Progressive
Conservative government of Premier Alison Redford when the next election
rolls around in 2016 is a variation of the right-wing party’s plan when it
came close to winning earlier this year: paint the PCs as ... more »
Discussing Tax Increment Financing on TV
I recently appeared on a local public access TV show, "Conversation with
Lee Presser," discussing tax increment financing and European Union subsidy
control regulations. It's a great format, just an almost 30-minute
discussion without interruption, which allowed me to explain the problems
with TIF as it has been used in Missouri in great detail. We also had a
shorter conversation about EU regulations to control investment incentives
and other subsidies, which covered the basics of transparency, maximum
subsidy rates that vary by how rich the region is, and the reduction in
those rat... more »
The Future of Cycling After Lance
This is my second trip around this block. It is obvious that cycling will
now have a long road back. Yet the same is true for all sports. Right now
we are still trying to cleanse the sports we have and at the same time the
concussion crisis is building up and must be resolved. There is a lot of
repair work to be done.
We also need to think through steroids in general and learn how to manage
the problem. As I posted before, steroids work in exactly one way that I am
aware of. They accelerate muscle recovery. If it can be done safely, this
may well be a good thing. Muscle... more »
Paw Paw Potential
This item came as a complete surprise to me. It must not like the local
biome I grew up in. It turns out that it is easy to work with and we just
have not. Perhaps this is because it is somewhat like a papaya. That too
offers initial difficulties in terms of convenient preservation and the
like. Yet as I learned a long time ago, we need to simply get serious about
it and accept some initial failure.
They apparently need to go skin black like a banana to achieve full
ripeness and I am sure that this is off putting to most. Yet is also
reminded just how much can be done w... more »
Triple Confirmation of Sasquatch DNA in Russia
This report had already popped up on the usual feeds, but I was startled
to find it up front and center on the main news feed of Google. This surely
means that all the publicity over the past year is now lowering media
barriers to these stories.
Rather importantly though, this is a major DNA disclosure. We have had the
equivalent in North America but done under the radar by nervous experts. It
is nice to know that some folks have recalled that they are scientists.
The results are exceptional and triple confirmed. You can not get any
better than that.
We clearly hav... more »
Syria Simmers
I do not see it that way. This is a civil war that will seek a truce when
it is clear to both parties that the other side will not submit and that
neither can be forced to submit. The government side has proven its mettle
and the rebels are proving their mettle.
A cease fire will allow for both parties to reorganize their political
presence. A negotiation can then focus on the reestablishment of civil
society and local security for both parties. A third party intervenor, even
if only diplomatic should be able to get the situation settled somewhat.
In the meantime there... more »
Scumney Is Worst Liar Ever To Win A Presidential Nomination
By Manifesto Joe
There have been many lies coming from Mitt Scumney's mouth during the
course of this presidential campaign, but he's come to a point at which
he's not the least bit artful about it.
The latest mendacity is in an ad in the battleground state of Ohio,
claiming that Jeep is outsourcing manufacturing jobs to China. (Recall that
this is from a man who has made a fortune off outsourcing union jobs to
places like that.) Scumney repeated this lie during a speech in Ohio, which
understandably upset many union members in Toledo. In that city, Jeep
actually plans to add 1,100... more »
Ex-FEMA director Michael Brown criticizes Obama for reacting too quickly to storm
Former FEMA director Michael Brown, who was heavily criticized for the
agency's failure to prepare for Hurricane Katrina, has criticized President
Obama for responding to Hurricane Sandy too early.
In an interview with Denver Westword, Brown said, "One thing [President
Obama's] gonna be asked is, why did he jump on [Hurricane Sandy] so quickly
and go back to D.C. so quickly when in ... Benghazi, he went to Las Vegas?
Why was this so quick? ... At some point, somebody's going to ask that
question."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/ex-fema-director-michael-brown-criticizes-obama-r... more »
Obama’s bad timing: President jokes about the songs on his iPod in pre-taped interview that airs as Superstorm Sandy batters East Coast
As Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast and disrupted the lives of
millions of Americans, radio listeners heard President Obama joke about
the
songs on his iPod.
The radio segment demonstrates the perils of pre-taped interviews.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225199/Sandy-Bad-timing-Obama-jokes-iPod-songs-pre-taped-interview-Superstorm-batters-East-Coast.html
Cyclist Sylvain Mollier was shot 7 Times, was he the true Target in Alps Massacre?
Cyclist Sylvain Mollier was originally written off as collateral damage in
the Alpine massacre. But new evidence seems to point to him being the key
to the mystery. It has emerged that he was shot seven times, more than any
of the other victims, who were each shot twice.
Mr Mollier was a manager at the Cezus factory near Ugine, owned by Areva,
the multi-national that specialises in the research and development of
nuclear power.
His job has given rise to speculation that he may have been involved in a
plot to supply nuclear material to Iran — with Mr Al-Hilli, as a
co-conspirator ... more »
Why Germany Wants to See its US Gold
For decades, almost half of Germany's gold has been stored deep below the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Now, with the euro crisis swirling,
German politicians are asking their central bankers to take stock of the
reserves. Some even say that the gold should be shipped home.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-politicians-demand-to-see-gold-in-us-federal-reserve-a-864068.html
*Why Germany Wants to See its US Gold*
By Sven Böll and Anne Seith
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann wanted to personally convince Peter
Gauweiler that the German gold was still where i... more »
100 City traders only knew they'd been axed when their security passes didn't work
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- Traders 'refused entry then sent into special room'
- Emotional staff joke UBS means 'U’ve Been Sacked'
- But thousands face axe as investment bank shrinks
Shocked investment bankers learnt they had lost their jobs yesterday – when
they were refused entry to their offices.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225169/British-banking-jobs-risk-UBS-announce-plans-cut-10-000-roles-worldwide.html
Britain and Ireland suspend aid to Uganda after £10m of funding ends up in Prime Minister’s account
- Up to £10 million of foreign aid was transferred to Patrick Amama
Mbabazi's private account
- The aid money was a joint gift from Ireland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden
- Britain has joined Ireland in suspending all aid payments to Uganda
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225443/Britain-Ireland-suspend-aid-Uganda-10m-funding-ends-Prime-Ministers-account.html
Over 120 people trapped on remote New York island after refusing to evacuate superstorm Sandy
At
least 120 people remain trapped on Fire Island with no power and
contaminated water after ignoring the mandatory order to evacuate in the
face of Hurricane Sandy.
While there are no reports of injuries from the narrow barrier island
off
the south shore of Long Island, 12 oceanfront houses were swept away as
the
superstorm tore a swathe through New York and the East Coast.
With rescuers unable to land because the island's marinas have been
destroyed...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-2225510/Over-120-people-trapped-remote-New-York-island-refusing-evacuate-superst... more »
Polish military prosecutors deny explosives found on jet wreckage
Polish prosecutors denied a newspaper report that investigators found
traces of explosives on the wreckage of the government jet that crashed in
Russia two years ago, killing Poland’s president Lech Kaczynski and 95
others.
Rzeczpospolita daily said on Tuesday that Polish investigators who examined
the remains of the plane in Russia found signs of TNT and nitroglycerine on
the wings and in the cabin, including on 30 seats.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/polish-military-prosecutors-deny-explosives-found-on-jet-wreckage/article4788919/
Twenty two groups call for EU ban on Israeli settler products
Twenty two religious groups and charities have called on the European Union
to ban products made by Israeli settlers in the occupied territories,
saying a boycott would undercut their economic reason for staying there.
The EU is Israel's biggest trading partner but imports 15 times more from
West Bank-based Israeli settlers than from Palestinians, a group of 22
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said on Tuesday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/uk-eu-middleeast-idUKBRE89T16020121030
EU draft budget leaves members divided
Battle lines hardened over the EU's next long-term budget as a plan to cut
more than €50bn of proposed spending was deemed too meek by the UK and its
allies - and rejected as too harsh by the European Commission.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0cb1b0ba-2262-11e2-8edf-00144feabdc0.html
New Italy law tackles rampant corruption
Italy passed an anti-corruption law on Tuesday, the latest move by the
government of Prime Minister Mario Monti to shed the country's image
tarnished by former leader Silvio Berlusconi.
Monti, who took office last November to replace the scandal-plagued
Berlusconi, made approval of the law a confidence motion in his
administration in order to speed its passage through both houses of
parliament.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/uk-italy-corruption-idUKBRE89T1MS20121030
Government report criticises growth strategy
Britain's growth strategy of tax cuts and deregulation will not provide a
fast track to economic prosperity and needs to be reassessed, according to
a government-commissioned review published on Wednesday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/uk-britain-heseltine-economy-idUKBRE89U03Y20121031
Protesters storm Libya congress after prime minister presents government
Protesters stormed Libya's national assembly on Tuesday, forcing the
cancellation of a vote on a proposed coalition government named by the
country's new prime minister just hours earlier.
Fewer than 100 people, made up of civilians and former rebel fighters,
charged into the meeting hall of the General National Congress as it voted
on Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's cabinet line-up, which was drawn from
liberal and Islamist parties.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-libya-government-protesters-idUSBRE89T1CA20121030
Greece gets key backing to pass reforms
An overwhelming majority of Greek Socialist lawmakers have agreed to vote
in favor of contested austerity reforms, party officials told Reuters,
sharply increasing the odds of securing parliamentary approval for the
measures.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-greece-austerity-idUSBRE89T1BI20121030
Sandy curtails nuclear plants, oldest under alert
Hurricane Sandy slowed or shut a half-dozen U.S. nuclear power plants,
while the nation's oldest facility declared a rare "alert" after the record
storm surge pushed flood waters high enough to endanger a key cooling
system.
Exelon Corp's 43-year-old Oyster Creek plant in New Jersey remains on
"alert" status, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said early
Tuesday. It is only the third time this year that the second-lowest of four
emergency action levels was triggered.
"Oyster Creek is still in an alert but may be getting out of it as long as
water levels continue to drop,... more »
Lower Manhattan faces four days without power
Residents of lower Manhattan faced up to four days without power on Tuesday
as Consolidated Edison, New York City's power provider, scrambled to repair
the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
Almost every street below Times Square in the city's Midtown district was
plunged into darkness on Monday night after an explosion at a Con Edison
power station on 14th Street threw the electricity provider's plans for
controlled shutdowns into disarray.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-storm-sandy-nypowercuts-idUSBRE89T1KK20121031
Millions struggle after massive storm
Millions of people in New York City and other hard-hit areas will spend
days or weeks recovering from a storm already seen as far more destructive
that Hurricane Irene, which slammed into the same region a year ago. One
disaster modeling company said Sandy may have caused up to $15 billion in
insured losses.
The storm killed 18 people in New York City, among 23 total in New York
state, while six died in New Jersey. Seven other states reported fatalities.
Some 8.2 million homes and businesses in several states were without
electricity as trees toppled by Sandy's fierce winds took do... more »
EU Budget: Cameron Faces Commons Showdown
Prime Minister David Cameron faces an embarrassing Commons defeat later
today when MPs debate the EU budget.
A rebellion is brewing on the Tory backbenches: eurosceptics want the
budget cut, while the PM plans to go no further than to demand a real-terms
freeze, an inflation-only rise of a little over 2% a year.
The budget will cover the period 2014 - 2020.
http://news.sky.com/story/1004869/eu-budget-cameron-faces-commons-showdown
Latest stories Sandy: Obama To Visit Storm-Hit US East Coast
President Barack Obama is due to visit New Jersey to survey some of the
widespread devastation caused by superstorm Sandy in eastern US and Canada.
With at least 50 people killed - most by falling trees - and millions
affected by the high winds, power cuts and flooding, Mr Obama cancelled
campaign appearances in key state Ohio to oversee the government response.
http://news.sky.com/story/1004900/sandy-obama-to-visit-storm-hit-us-east-coast
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA - 31st October 2012
Magnitude M 4.7
Region KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
Date time 2012-10-31 04:01:30.2 UTC
Location 7.53 S ; 126.57 E
Depth 297 km
Distances 104 km N Baucau, Indonesia
Regional Variation in the Explanatory Power of War and Reason
Many conversations about the empirical relevance of game-theoretic models
of war begin and end with Bueno de Mesquita and Lalman’s War and Reason.
That’s unfortunate, but it’s not exactly surprising. Most game-theoretic
studies of war do not include any empirical analysis, whereas War and
Reason offered a systematic analysis of European dyads. The standards by
which BdM and
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4.0 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL ALASKA - 31st October 2012
Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 02:57:43 UTC
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 06:57:43 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
62.045°N, 146.545°W
Depth
40.7 km (25.3 miles)
Region
CENTRAL ALASKA
Distances
6 km (4 miles) WSW (254°) from Mendeltna, AK
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake IRAN-PAKISTAN BORDER REGION - 31st October 2012
Magnitude ML 4.2
Region IRAN-PAKISTAN BORDER REGION
Date time 2012-10-31 02:23:27.0 UTC
Location 26.83 N ; 61.98 E
Depth 18 km
Distances 87 km SW Saravan
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN ALASKA - 30th October 2012
Magnitude
4.2
Date-Time
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 22:02:46 UTC
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 02:02:46 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
61.496°N, 150.723°W
Depth
67.4 km (41.9 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN ALASKA
Distances
10 km (6 miles) SW (229°) from Susitna, AK
Keenan speaks on Spire Law Suit
by American Kabuki
I received the above response from Ben Fulford in regards to some fact
checking I attempted do on this anonymous temporary "paste-board" hit and
run viral attack on Spire Law Group $43 Trillion Dollar Law Suit.
Paste-boards are temporary HTML sites that the documents eventually time
out and are deleted. This one has 90 days on it. Someone well experienced
in generating viral memes created this posting. Its not an amatuer.
http://pastehtml.com/view/cgi2dqpym.html The anonymous poster had his
twitter account suspended.
I also asked Spire Law Group for comme... more »
Bad Signs On The NWO Highway Of Death
For this article, I want to present one of the latest works from
"Horse237", who writes the excellent blog: "Video Rebel's Blog", at
www.vidrebel.wordpress.com, that is entitled: "Bad Signs On The NWO Highway
Of Death". It covers some very important issues affecting the planet
right now, especially the rapidly approaching world wide economic collapse,
and is a must read by everyone. I have that article right here, and of
course some of my own thoughts and comments to follow:
Bad Signs On The NWO Highway Of Death
Posted on October 27, 2012
In 2001 Epicyte Corporation isolated a p... more »
No matter what columnists with Leader-Post / Saskatoon Star Phoenix write ... the Sask Party is nervous about the NDP leadership race ...
*Hot on the heel's of their TV attack ad, the Saskatchewan Party is now
using the proceedings of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly to show how
nervous they are over issues being discussed in the NDP Leadership
Campaign. *
*
**Case in point is the logic challenging 'Member's Statement' delivered
today by Sask Party MLA & former cabinet minister, Daryl Hickie:*
*
**Mr. Hickie: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Saskatchewan's NDP [New Democratic
Party] leadership candidates have at least one thing in common: they refuse
to stand up for Saskatchewan. When asked by the media yesterday about ... more »
Protecting Women's Health Stands Above Politics
Women are not an interest group. There are two ways to look at it though.
The Democratic way (above) and the Republican way (below). "Yes, We Plan"
features Julianne Moore, Mary J. Blige and Q-Tip. We've *got* to keep
moving forward!
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Happy Halloween, Everyone ... and welcome back to Change The World
Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for
information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
Our last challenge was a long one but we definitely needed the time to ... more »
VIDEO Guarijio traditional song and dance Sonora, Mexico
Video by Professor Alejandro Aguilar Zeleny
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Guarijio music and dance at the Second Reunion of Spiritual Guides in
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Oct. 27, 2012Se escucha alegre la música
guarijío en el Segundo Encuentro de Guías Espirituales. la gente habló,
la gente escuchó, se hizo presente la memoria histórica, la persistencia
étnica, el
"Déjà Vu: Fascism on the Rise"
*"Déjà Vu: Fascism on the Rise"*
by Justin Raimondo
"As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both
instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged.
And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the
air- however slight- lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
- Justice William O. Douglas
"Here in America we have only just begun to feel the social and political
effects of the worldwide economic crisis: rising unemployment, a wave of
bankruptcies and foreclosures, and a general contractio... more »
Today....
I posted some comments and an essay this morning, but I will not be able to
post again until late tonight.
Please see Enenews, Washington's Blog, and ZeroHedge for updates on risks
to east coast nuclear plants impacted by Sandy
http://enenews.com/
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/
http://www.zerohedge.com/
Please note that I am experiencing many BROKEN LINKS this morning,
especially to news updates on nuclear plants on the US east coast.
Alexander Higgins blog, which monitors EPA radnet data, is down this
morning.
Stay alert if you are located near nuclear plants on the east coast... more »
Harry Targ : The Real Romney foreign policy
Will
the real Mitt Romney please stand up? Image from Foreign Policy.
Unleashing the military:
The real Romney foreign policy
Military spending would grow in a Romney administration, especially
because of ties to the neocons and a hawkish Congress which promotes
military spending district by district.
By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 30, 2012
After the outbreak of fighting on the
Slime Mold Found to Have Spatial Memory
The yellow slime mold leaves a thick mat of translucent slime (left on the
agar plate) behind it as it moves, ooze that it later avoids. Now
researchers have found the goo uses the gel trail as a kind of memory to
navigate. Photo courtesy: Audrey Dussutour
Even without a brain, a slime mold can essentially remember where it's
been, helping it navigate past complex obstacles, much like modern robots,
researchers say.
These findings reveal how ancient organisms could solve certain problems
well before complex brains evolved, scientists added.
Slime molds were once thought to be a k... more »
"Just What Suits Our Purpose..."
"No experience is a cause of success or failure.
We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences,
so-called trauma- but we make out of them just what suits our purposes."
- Alfred Adler
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Wouldn't it be nice if there actually was a band of technically savvy,
ideologically committed, intellectually honest students of the harsh
discipline of objectivity sporting Guy Fawkes masks and willing to play the
role of vigilante superheroes to wage a fierce, personal battle against war
criminals and treasonous banksters?
Unfortunately, it is probably the war criminals and treasonous banksters
behind these vague messages from Anonymous serving as the last ditch effort
to console an unknown percentage of those who know enough to be dangerous.
Let's be even more dangerous and a... more »
China raises stakes over disputed islands by telling Japanese ships to leave their own waters around the Senkaku islands
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7d97be3e-227e-11e2-8edf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2AoWIDIKP
Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtles Expel Urea Through Mouths
The Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) excretes urea, the
waste product of urine, from its mouth, scientists report Oct. 11, 2012, in
the Journal of Experimental Biology. Photo courtesy: Serene Lee
Soft-shelled turtles from China can essentially expel pee from their
mouths, researchers say.
This odd ability may have helped them invade salty environments,
researchers explained.
Scientists investigated the Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus
sinensis). These turtles are often found in brackish swamps and marshes.
Intriguingly, these reptiles submerge their heads i... more »
New York Governor, Mario Cuomo, Warns There Are More Sandys to Come
New York governor Mario Cuomo spent part of the day inspecting the subway
station being restored beneath Ground Zero that was heavily flooded in the
recent megastorm.
The clip doesn't seem to have made it to YouTube yet but, in the middle of
the interview, Cuomo surveys the damage to the not yet restored subway
station and warns that Sandy is just the start and that New York state
needs to prepare for more Sandys to come as similar storm events increase
in frequency and severity.
Meanwhile as Eastern Canada reels from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,
Steve Harper is busy in South ... more »
Syria - FSA destroyed an Armenian church and burned the Holy Bible in Aleppo
FSA terrorists have no respect for different people, beliefs, views,
cultures, and religions. They are the army of destruction, not liberation.
I find your lack of faith…disturbing
Full disclosure: I am incapable of being completely, or even mainly, a
detached observer or commentator when discussing either Star Wars or
Disney, having grown up largely surrounded by both enterprises in equal
measure. Anyone who walks into my office sees, hanging over my computer,
two posters: a 50th anniversary Fantasia one-sheet, and an Episode
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Does Federal R&D Drive Economic Growth?
Writing in the NYT earlier this week, Neal Lane, former science advisor to
President Bill Clinton had this to say:
If our country is to remain strong and prosperous and a land of rewarding
jobs, we need to understand this basic investment principle in America’s
future: no science, no growth.
Even discounting for hyperbole, does the formula "no science, no growth"
make sense? I have a new column up at The Breakthrough Institute on this
exact subject, and I argue that such arguments actually make little sense.
Here is how my column begins:
It is a claim that you hear often in ... more »
Cameron Slater takes over at the ‘Truth’
Checking my Google Reader for news I’d been told would be announced this
afternoon, the first thing I saw was a post headlined “Rough and Tumble Play”—which
I assumed *must *be the much-whispered announcement that Cameron Slater is
taking over the* Truth* newspaper.
It wasn’t, as it turns out. *That* was a post by Literacy NZ. *This *is the
post announcing Whale Oil is going mainstream.
Yes, ‘tis true Dear Readers. NZ’s favourite gonzo blogger is becoming the
editor of what was once NZ’s favourite gonzo newspaper. Which may or may
not mean surrounding himself with a truckload of... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The bubble of
expanding gas pictured below is the planetary nebula PK 164 +31.1, the
remnants of the atmosphere of a Sun-like star expelled as its supply of
fusion-able core hydrogen became depleted. Visible near the center of the
nebula is what remains of the core itself- a blue-hot white dwarf star.
This particularly photogenic planetary nebula shows intricate shells of gas
likely expelled at different times toward the end the star's demise, and
whose structure is not fully understood.
*Click image for larger size. *
This d... more »
The Poet: David Wagoner, "Getting There"
* "Getting There"*
"You take a final step and, look, suddenly
You're there. You've arrived
At the one place all your drudgery was aimed for:
This common ground
Where you stretch out, pressing your cheek to sandstone.
What did you want to be?
You'll remember soon.
You feel like tinder under a burning glass,
A luminous point of change.
The sky is pulsing against the cracked horizon,
Holding it firm till the arrival of stars
In time with your heartbeats.
Like wind etching rock, you've made a lasting impression
On the self you were,
By having come all this way through all this welter... more »
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