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Arms Race Update - Russian Lasers in Space
The Americans spent about 16-years trying to perfect an aerial laser system
capable of taking down income ballistic missiles. Russia is now pursuing
what it calls space laser counter-measures.
The Russians are after a more modest target. Instead of a laser missile
shield, their initial effort is, "*making inoperable adversary space
vehicles’ sensors and optical electronic systems by directed laser beam
impulse."*
That seems to indicate that the Russians want to target American
communications, command & control and spy orbital systems.* *Instead of
blowing them up with anti-s... more »
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*Drew Brees to Donate $1M for Sandy Relief*
Global BC and Christy Clark, BC Liberal Flagship Station
Shocking, Democracy destroying propaganda at its finest...What the Hell is
going on around here..Have businesses lost their morality, this story
exposes the silent propaganda campaign the BC Liberal Government is
engaging, along with its willing partners..
Not only is this corrupt Christy Clark Government spending $15 million
dollars on a partisan phony Jobs plan, designed to look like and piggy-back
on the $50 million dollar Federal action plan partisan ads....Christy Clark
apparently didn`t learn a lesson when she authorized spending $7 million
PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS dollars on HST... more »
Spain may offer residency to foreigners buying homes
Spain is considering offering rich investors from countries such as Russia
and China the right to settle in return for them buying up property in the
stagnant housing sector.
Spain has more than a million empty homes across the country and is setting
up a bad bank to clean up toxic assets from a housing bubble which burst in
2008.
Foreigners could be offered a residency permit if they buy a property worth
160,000 euros ($200,000) or more, the country's commerce secretary said on
Monday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-spain-houses-idUSBRE8AI0S120121119
BaBar directly measures time reversal violation
*Microscopic processes involving particles proceed differently if forced to
go backwards*
*One of them is Babar the Elephant. Don't ask me which one – I would guess
it's the daddy. Instead, I can offer you Peter F.'s elephant who can paint
an elephant with a flower.*
Physical Review Letters just published a paper
Observation of Time Reversal Violation in the B0 Meson System (arXiv, July
2012)
by the BaBar collaboration at Stanford's SLAC that directly proves the
violation of T, or the time-reversal symmetry. Even though the result isn't
new anymore, the publication was an op... more »
Rioters attack ethnic Somalis in Kenyan capital
Kenyan police fired tear gas to disperse rioters who attacked ethnic
Somalis in the Nairobi district known as "Little Mogadishu" on Monday,
hurling rocks and smashing windows after a weekend bomb attack there killed
nine people.
The violence coincided with the start of voter registration for a general
election in March, adding to security concerns ahead of the first national
polls since 2007 when a dispute over the results fuelled ethnic slaughter
that killed more than 1,200 people and forced some 300,000 from their homes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-kenya-riots-idU... more »
Fiscal cliff could push jobless rate over 10 percent: Fitch
The "fiscal cliff" could trigger a second recession in the country's
economy and push U.S. unemployment above 10 percent, ratings agency Fitch
said on Monday.
Fitch said it did not expect Congress to allow the tax and spending cuts,
which have been dubbed the "fiscal cliff", to fall into place given their
"far-reaching effects."
The fiscal cliff would "dramatically affect demand" for transportation
assets, Fitch said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-usa-cliff-fitch-idUSBRE8AI0RO20121119
Man Has Been Dying Because Of Germs For Centuries-- But Now We Have Ways To Prevent Death And Sickness
Low wage workers at the Poland Springs Bottling Plant in Maine, which is
owned by Nestlé, are so angry with the way the company treats them that
they're doing pretty disgusting things to pollute the water-- not that
Nestlé gives a damn. Nestlé settled a law suit accusing it of using water
under a former trash and refuse dump, and below an illegal disposal site
where human sewage was sprayed as fertilizer for many years. Nestlé paid
$10 million in the settlement but continues to sell the same Maine water
under the Poland Spring name.
I started traveling in the Third World when I wa... more »
It's Israel's fault for responding to attack
It seems that the world is pretty much decided that Israel is to blame for
what is happening in Gaza, as it's Israel's fault for responding to attack.
Here's a cartoon that nicely illustrates the logical flaw in this argument.
Global BC and Christy Clark, BC Liberal Flagship Station
Shocking, Democracy destroying propaganda at its finest...What the Hell is
going on around here..Have businesses lost their morality, this story
exposes the silent propaganda campaign the BC Liberal Government is
engaging, along with its willing partners..
Not only is this corrupt Christy Clark Government spending $15 million
dollars on a partisan phony Jobs plan, designed to look like and piggy-back
on the $50 million dollar Federal action plan partisan ads....Christy Clark
apparently didn`t learn a lesson when she authorized spending $7 million
PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS dollars on HST s... more »
Hermoso paisaje del desierto
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5.2 Magnitude Earthquake MYANMAR - 19th November 2012
Magnitude M 5.2
Region MYANMAR
Date time 2012-11-19 17:25:52.0 UTC
Location 22.97 N ; 95.94 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 51 km NE Shwebo, Myanmar
Blue Dogs Now New Dems? (Back to PARTY Time!), How Fake Fiscal Cliff Arose, and GOP Refuses To Take Off Blinders
If members of Congress (ex-Blue Dogs/New Dems and all Repubs) can depend on
the bad memories of most Americans, then they will be able to sell
balancing the tax-cuts-for-the-rich/multi-wars business-terrifying budget
deficit on the backs of the lower classes. And it's the "both sides do the
same thing" argument all over again. Yay them! See how non-stop media
repetition wins every time? (
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Iran reaches milestone at key nuclear plant
Iran is on the cusp of being able to triple output of nuclear material
that, if further treated, could be used in the core of a bomb, a new UN
atomic agency report showed.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) quarterly update said that
fitting out of the Fordo plant was now "complete" -- despite extreme
sanctions pressure.
Fordo, which Iran only told the IAEA about in 2009, began in 2011 to enrich
uranium to purities of 20 percent, a process that lies at the heart of the
international community's concerns.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gnwiLhmjSJidVIa... more »
Germany expects Turkish request for NATO missiles soon
Germany said it expected Turkey to formally request that NATO missiles be
placed on its border with Syria soon, but stepped back from an earlier
statement that the move was expected on Monday.
"The most important thing is not whether an official request comes today or
in the coming days," German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere told a news
conference on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union defence
ministers in Brussels.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/syria-crisis-turkey-nato-idUSL5E8MJHFR20121119
Smile-a-while: Is Karen DeYoung an actual human?
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012*
*Puzzling life-form types it up for the Post:* Yesterday morning, Lindsey
Graham made an odd statement on Meet the Press.
Basically, it was a minor point. We assumed it was just a misstatement—but
it did seem rather odd:
GREGORY (11/18/12): Why did the office of the Director of National
Intelligence on September 28 issue a statement in which they—effectively
bolstering the very remarks that Susan Rice made on this program and
others, that there was a spontaneous element to this and there was
contradictory information? Was she not working off the same ta... more »
Forget the Fiscal Cliff: Why Obama Is in Asia
It might seem strange that newly re-elected President Barack Obama has
chosen this moment to jet off to Asia. After all, he’s left a mess of
problems back home. The White House is in the midst of tense negotiations
with Republican Congressmen over a budget compromise to avoid the looming
“fiscal cliff.” The nation is still smarting from a long and divisive
election. And even in the realm of foreign policy, Asia doesn’t seem to be
the priority right now, with a conflict escalating between Israel and Hamas
in Gaza.
Obama isn’t even visiting Japan or South Korea, historically America’... more »
Catch of the Day
To Nate Cohn, who previewed the vote counting and reminded us before the
election (as Andrew Sprung reminds us today) that Barack Obama would gain
considerable ground on Mitt Romney after election day -- a lot after
election day.
The Cook Report's David Wasserman has been keeping tabs on the current vote
totals, and finds today that Obama's lead is up to 3.1% nationally, and
still rising. That's up from 2.3% the morning after election day; I'm not
sure what it was when the networks closed up shop on election night. That's
a pretty large swing! It seems pretty likely that Obama's lea... more »
Jackson Browne headlines concert to free Leonard Peltier
*By B1027*
http://b1027.com/jackson-browne-headlines-concert-to-free-leonard-peltier/
Jackson Browne is headlining a concert to publicize the plight of Leonard
Peltier. The show, called Bring Leonard Peltier Home, will take place
December 14th at New York’s Beacon Theater. It will be hosted by Pete
Seeger and Harry Belefonte, and feature a set by Bruce Cockburn.
Peltier has been serving two life terms in prison for the shooting of two
FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1975,
but his supporters have long proclaimed his innocence.
Free Planet - I love you, you pay me RENT.
there was a song, in the 1980's by the gay band The Pet Shop Boys that went
something like this, "I love you, you pay my RENT."
Now, while that song might have been about RENT BOYS i.e. young men who get
fucked in the ass for cash, there's still something to be learned about
this 'trade in human subjugation'.
BTW I'm talking, still, about RENT:
*1a. Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at
specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property
of another.
1b. A similar payment made for the use of a facility, equipment, or service
pro... more »
Best interests of the child includes preserving loving parental relationship
Children's Aid Society of Toronto v. G.S., 2012 ONCA 783 holds that, in a
child protection matter, it is important to the best interests of the child
to preserve the relationship the child has with a loving parent:
[28] In this case, the child's emotional needs in connection with his
relationship with the appellant (s. 37(3)1), the importance of the child's
development of a positive relationship with the appellant (s. 37(3)5), the
child's relationships and emotional ties to the appellant (s. 37(3)6) and
the risk of harm to the child if he were kept away from his father (s.
37(3)11)... more »
Comet cuts further 735 jobs
The insolvent electrical chain Comet is cutting hundreds more jobs, its
administrators have said.
Deloitte said there would be a further 735 redundancies at its head office,
central functions and across its home delivery network.
This is in addition to 330 redundancies already announced. The business had
employed 6,611 people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20394546
Silvio Berlusconi Aide Spinelli Held Hostage
Silvio Berlusconi's accountant was taken hostage by armed intruders who
demanded a 35m euro (£28m) ransom from the former Italian prime minister,
police have revealed.
Three Italians and three Albanians have been arrested and accused of taking
Giuseppe Spinelli, 71, one of Berlusconi's closest allies and friends, and
his wife Anna hostage last month.
Three intruders forced their way into Mr Spinelli's apartment on October 15
and ordered him to call Berlusconi for a ransom in the early hours of the
following morning, police said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1013418/silvio-berlusconi-a... more »
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE O'HIGGINS, CHILE - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
5.2
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 16:45:50 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 01:45:50 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
33.941°S, 72.187°W
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
Distances
65 km (40 miles) SW of San Antonio, Chile
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN PERU - 19th November 2012
Magnitude M 4.5
Region SOUTHERN PERU
Date time 2012-11-19 16:34:26.0 UTC
Location 17.90 S ; 70.67 W
Depth 55 km
Distances 46 km W Tacna, Peru
Shadow banking grows to $67 trillion industry, regulators say
[image: The shadow banking industry has grown to about $67 trillion, $6
trillion bigger than previously thought, leading global regulators to seek
more oversight of financial transactions that fall outside traditional
oversight. Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg]
By Ben Moshinsky and Jim Brunsden
18 November 2012
(Bloomberg) – The shadow banking industry has grown to about $67 trillion,
$6 trillion bigger than previously thought, leading global regulators to
seek more oversight of financial transactions that fall outside traditional
oversight.
The size of the shadow banking system, whic... more »
Hermoso colibri entre las flores
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4.4 Magnitude Earthquake KYRGYZSTAN - 19th November 2012
Magnitude mb 4.4
Region KYRGYZSTAN
Date time 2012-11-19 15:28:35.8 UTC
Location 40.81 N ; 74.10 E
Depth 1 km
Distances 68 km E Özgön, Kyrgyzstan
ISRAEL ATTEMPTING TO CHOKE OFF ELECTRICITY AND COMMUNICATIONS OUT OF GAZA TO STEM REPORTING
*
More info:*
As a part of the blockade, Israel controls the flow of electricity and
communications in and out of Gaza. Following the bombing of Gazan media
facilities yesterday, Internet communications and power supplies have now
become sporadic throughout the strip. The CC will continue to strive to get
you information that no one else is reporting through a myriad of alternate
resources.
*Are you in Israel? Do you have information about Gaza that needs sharing?
Be sure to email us with your information and links so that we can get the
full story out.*
Why Americans Won't Embrace Palestine
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari Goldstein.)
If one were to listen to long-discredited and worthless MSM organs such as
the *NY Times*, the "conflict" between Israel and Palestine in Gaza is an
evenly-matched battle of wills, if not armaments, with either claiming an
equivalent moral superiority. What the *Times *and the entire American
mainstream media fail to recognize is the full scope of the David vs
Goliath fight. In this case, David is now Palestine and he stands no chance
of winning this latest round of hostilities without some military,
paramilitary and... more »
Israel Again Attacks Gaza
Once again Israelis attack Gaza with overwhelming military force. U.S.
supplied F-16 warplanes have carried out at least 950 airstrikes on the
densely populated (141 square miles/1.7 million people) Gaza Strip. It's
like deja vu all over again—it's Operation Cast Lead, it's 2006, it's the
same old story told again, but it has a new name: Operation Pillar of
Defense.
Here's how it goes: Israelis create their own pretexts by constantly
bullying the Palestinians until some Gazans, being human, strike back. The
propaganda machine springs into action "Gaza attacks innocent civilians ... more »
Spain suspends home evictions for most needy after suicides
[image: Members of the Stop Evictions movement enter the home of Gisela
Bajo (unseen) as they wait for the judicial commission to evict her from
her home in Valencia, 15 November 2012. Bajo, mother of a 13-year-old
daughter, is unemployed and has no income. Spain's main political parties
started negotiations about eviction law reform on Monday after a
homeowner's suicide provoked public fury and accusations that politicians
and banks are complicit in de facto 'murder'. The signs read, 'Stop
evictions'. Heino Kalis / REUTERS]
By Sonya Dowsett
15 November 2012
MADRID (Reuters) – Sp... more »
Hermoso paisaje de una puesta de sol
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3.2 Magnitude Earthquake PORTLAND URBAN AREA, OREGON - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
3.2
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 14:15:09 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 06:15:09 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
45.649°N, 122.764°W
Depth
19 km (11.8 miles)
Region
PORTLAND URBAN AREA, OREGON
Distances
7 km (5 miles) SW (231°) from Lake Shore, WA
Iranian arms ship carries fresh, improved Fajar supplies for Gaza
http://www.debka.com/article/22541/Iranian-arms-ship-carries-fresh-improved-Fajar-supplies-for-Gaza
China condemns Israel’s ‘over-use of force causing deaths and injuries amongst innocent ordinary people’
*More info:*
http://www.timesofisrael.com/international-pressure-for-ceasefire-grows-as-palestinian-death-toll-rises/
Piano con una hermosa rosa roja
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Cutting through IDF propaganda: Tanks caught on film lining up to fire haphazardly into Gaza
*Commentary:*
You'll remember that IDF spokespeople go on and on and on about "conducting
only precision strikes against 'terrorist targets'". However, there are
multiple reports, and now footage, of Israel simply firing haphazardly Gaza
using artillery pieces and tanks. Little difference exists between rockets
fired one way and artillery shells (that actually do far more damage)
firing in the opposite direction. One wonders where MSM objectivity has
gone in during this conflict.
The BBC - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
The BBC is institutionally anti-Israel, of that there is little doubt.
Israel is the only Jewish state in the world (albeit one that is over 25%
Muslim in population), so does that make the BBC institutionally
anti-Semitic? I am not sure about this but it is pretty clear that to the
BBC a good Jew is one who doesn't fight back when attacked. The Jews who
died in the holocaust were victims of terror and the BBC support them in
their deaths, Jews who fight back against Islamist terror aren't looked
upon so favourably by the BBC.
In 1942 it seems that the BBC attitude was rather simila... more »
A horrible performance by Schieffer!
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012*
*He just can’t quit John McCain:* Yesterday morning, Bob Schieffer’s
performance on Face the Nation was just this side of insane.
It’s been a long time since the mainstream press signed up for a GOP lynch
mob this way. (It was quite routine in the Clinton-Gore years.) But good
God!
Schieffer just can’t quit John McCain! Yesterday, this was his first
question to the GOP’s angriest man:
SCHIEFFER (11/19/12): Let’s talk a little bit about Libya. You were talking
a lot about that. You and the president really kind of had a little set-to
last week over the s... more »
As coasts rebuild and U.S. pays, repeatedly, the critics ask why
[image: Over the years, many Dauphin Island homes have been elevated, as
required by the modern building code, and they can now survive a moderate
storm surge. But Hurricane Isaac did do some damage in August 2012,
including to the staircase of this home. G.M. Andrews / Press-Register via
Associated Press]
By JUSTIN GILLIS and FELICITY BARRINGER
18 November 2012
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (The New York Times) – Even in the off season, the
pastel beach houses lining a skinny strip of sand here are a testament to
the good life.
They are also a monument to the generosity of the feder... more »
Snowman Candy Cane
Every year at Christmas, I find myself needing lots of little gifts.
Something cute, but not very expensive for the members of my daughter's
preschool class or something similar. My mom has been dressing up candy
canes for years and it is a cherished memory that I love passing down to my
daughter. These cute little snowman are easy to make and very affordable.
You will need:
White Felt
Red Felt
Black Felt
Scissors
Felt or similar type of glue
Black Seed Beads
Needle and Black Thread
Tiny Red Pom-Poms (optional)
Red Sequins
I don't have a pattern for this little guy, I always just fr... more »
Africa for Norway
Check out their website. H/T@Bill_Easterly
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jodie Foster, 50.
And a bit of good stuff:
1. More on districting, incumbency, and bias, from Eric McGhee. Big point
remains the same: the GOP edge this time was in part incumbency, in part
gerrymanders, and in part a natural advantage in the House for Republicans.
2. Good point from David Kamin on why cutting discretionary spending seems
so easy.
3. Dylan Matthews explains the Mark Begich Social Security bill.
4. And Amanda Terkel looks at legislative ideas to fix the mechanics of
elections.
A Monkey Proves Inequity in the Workplace and Life
I don't tweet or FB
(wish there was another way to communicate with some of the friends I have
made out there.)
But I do lurk in those places looking for stories.
Found this one this morning and it is too good not to share.
It is about fairness and perceived equity.
They talk about equity in the work place
- but equity does not exist in corporate America, never has, never will
- Real life is he/she who kisses butt the most gets the most
(unless you are lucky enough to work in a union shop).
- and management is so damn dumb - they think we don't notice.
It's 2 1/2 minutes and i... more »
a good-news, bad-news update: buddha, the brockways, and iraq war resisters in canada
Last month, I took a little road trip with a few friends from the War
Resisters Support Campaign, to welcome a new baby and meet a new dog.
This nice little visit would be unremarkable - if it weren't completely
incredible. We visited the Brockway family.
Not that long ago, no one from the Campaign had met Jeremy Brockway. An
Iraq War veteran, Jeremy suffered from severe anxiety, depression, and
PTSD. He was unable to leave his room. He rarely shared a meal with his
family or spent any time with his children. (More background: here and here
.)
After hearing Ashlea Brockway speak in ... more »
Memphis Plans Big Cuts to Pay for Corporate Reform Schools
Someone reading the Memphis Commercial-Appeal on the corporate plan for
privatizing Memphis Schools would hardly know there is a 212 million dollar
problem in the plan, itself. Stories about Memphis being among the top ten
American cities to be overrun by the corporate reform school scammers make
it to Page 1, while stories about the impending shuttering of public
schools to pay for the $212 million deficit between over the next five
years is not mentioned at all.
Also awaiting the families of custodians and bus drivers are plans to
privatize these services. Holiday Greetings fro... more »
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*Drew Brees: ''We're on our way''*
*Morning Rush: Drew Brees, Saints catching fire and pose threat to rest of
NFC*
*Week 11, Saints at Raiders: Can't You Hear Me Knocking?*
*Dalai Lama Coming to New Orleans*
*Sheriffs, prison operators keep control of phones*
*Fifteen senators urge that Mississippi River channel be maintained*
Read more here:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/18/3921496/15-senators-urge-action-on-mississippi.html#storylink=cpy
*Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection system tax *
***Panama Canal expansion could be boon for state ~Will Sentell *
DOWD AND DOWDINPANTZ: Misogynistic illogic gone wild!
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012*
*Part 2—What Maureen Dowd said:* What’s the word for Bob Schieffer’s
performance on yesterday’s Face the Nation?
Speaking with his beloved Saint McCain, Schieffer may have set a world
record for servile distortion of fact. But first, let’s consider the column
by Maureen Dowd which appeared in yesterday’s New York Times.
Dowd’s column helped set the horizon within which Schieffer worked. For
decades, her work has helped define the boundaries of mainstream mandarin
chic.
Yesterday, Dowd reeked of her famous old loathing of liberal women. Her
column spille... more »
The Blue Dogs Are A Spent Force... Until You See How They've Ditched The White Sheets And Hoods And Morphed Into The New Dems
Kind & Crowley-- the bad news bears, if you're a working American
One of the reasons why it was so important that Nancy Pelosi decided to
stay on as House Minority Leader was because what is building up behind her
to take over the House Democratic Caucus. The threat of the Blue Dogs is
dead-- at least for now-- but the Blue Dogs have morphed into the New Dems,
a corporately-financed coalition of Big Business shills within the
Democratic Party. Although almost all the detritus left over from the Blue
Dogs has joined the New Dems, the New Dems aren't "as bad" as the Blue Dogs
were. Wel... more »
Gaza Media Centre Shaken By Blast at least 1 killed
A large explosion has shaken a building in central Gaza being used by
foreign media including Sky News.
One person is reported by the AFP news agency to have been killed in the
attack.
More follows...
http://news.sky.com/story/1013477/gaza-media-centre-shaken-by-blast
David Cameron says European Union must stop 'picking the pockets' of its citizens......So why isn't he doing anything to stop them picking Our pockets?
David
Cameron has challenged the European Union to stop “picking the
pockets” of the public today after launching a diplomatic drive to win
the
support of other EU leaders for a freeze in spending by Brussels.
With three days to go to an EU summit to settle its 2014-20 budget,
Downing
Street disclosed the Prime Minister had “hit the phones” in an effort to
find allies in what threaten to be tortuous and acrimonious
negotiations.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-says-european-union-must-stop-picking-the-pockets-of-its-citizens-8328968.html
TARPLEY ON PETRAEUS
*Webster Tarpley writes:*
*Coup and counter-coup in Washington*
"A cabal of generals evidently believed it could secure the White House for
Mitt Romney by staging the Benghazi incident ... to bring down Obama...
"The Obama administration, and its establishment controllers, appear to be
ousting a number of intelligence and military officials who took part in
illegal operations to replace Obama with Romney...
"The outgoing US military cabal favors the extension of colonial wars, like
those in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as an attack on Iran...
"The Romney backers were made up o... more »
Israeli aircraft strike crowded Gaza areas, civilian death toll climbs
*A Palestinian man kisses the hand of a dead relative in the morgue of
Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. *
CTV- Israeli aircraft strike crowded Gaza areas, civilian death toll
climbs
Thought I had better get this one up before the headline changes? Or the
entire story changes?
Or it simply disappears. The article has an adequate amount of factual
reporting, despite the western media perception management.
*Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip *on
Monday,*driving up the civilian death toll and in one case devastating
several
homes belonging... more »
Twinkie Nostagia
The demise of the Twinkie, Paul Krugman writes, has unleashed a wave of
nostalgia for the 1950's -- a world many conservatives think of as a
Golden Age. But, Krugman writes, the economic policies of the '50's were a
lot different than the conservative prescriptions for our time:
Yet in the 1950s incomes in the top bracket faced a marginal tax rate of
91, that’s right, 91 percent, while taxes on corporate profits were twice
as large, relative to national income, as in recent years. The best
estimates suggest that circa 1960 the top 0.01 percent of Americans paid an
effective fe... more »
Saskatchewan has "Premier" Questions about ALEC
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Canadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Canada should have seen this one coming.
Evidently the Premier and his staff are or wanna be ALEC-ers.
No. 11
VOTES and PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN
SECOND SESSION – TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
NOTICE OF WRITTEN QUESTIONS
The following questions were given notice on day no. 9 and are to be
answered by day no. 14:
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Mr. McCall, to ask the government the following Question No. 84:
To the Premier: (1) Which commercial airline did the Premier and his staff
m... more »
Why The GOP Occupied Texas
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
It only takes one crook/moron to ruin the reputation of an entire state.
Yes --I am referring to George W. Bush though he is but one crook among
many GOP crooks who 'stole' Texas back in the early 80s. The GOP plans
ahead.
I tire of the 'fashionable' but baseless attacks on an entire state when
for some 100 years, Texas had been liberal, often progressive. Now --there
are some 'conservatives' among Democrats even today. But Texas Democrats
were often liberal, progressive, activist and out-spoken. A Texas
liberal/progressive --J. Frank Dobie... more »
"I'm not anti-Semitic, I am anti-Zionist"
"I'm not anti-Semitic, I am anti-Zionist" - That's the line I see all the
time on Twitter and hear in the media. Well you tolerant people, here's
what Dr Martin Luther King had to say on the matter:
"When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking
anti-Semitism!"
Here's what I wrote about this almost exactly a year ago and here's the
Huffington Post today. I raely agree with the Huffington Post, but in this
instance they are correct.
Here's another Martin Luther King quote via that Huffington Post artcile:
"Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all... more »
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
4.2
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 12:45:08 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 11:45:08 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
10.737°S, 165.225°E
Depth
46.3 km (28.8 miles)
Region
SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Distances
67 km (41 miles) W of Lata, Solomon Islands
U.S. embassy in Greece warns of rise in ‘unprovoked’ violent attacks on foreigners as neo-Nazi group grows
The United States is warning its citizens travelling in Greece about the
recent wave of violent attacks on those who look like “foreign migrants”
amid the rise of a neo-Nazi party in the economically beleaguered country.
“The U.S. Embassy informs U.S. citizens that the ‘Threats To Safety and
Security’ section of the Greece country specific information page has been
updated to inform U.S. citizens of a rise in unprovoked harassment and
violent attacks against persons who, because of their complexion, are
perceived to be foreign migrants,” an updated note on the U.S. embassy in
Athen... more »
Alabama town blames FEMA for slow aid after tornado...
Main Street in this old mill town looks about the same as it did the day
after tornadoes killed about 250 people across Alabama a year and a half
ago: Battered red bricks and broken glass litter the pavement, and the
buildings still standing are rickety and roofless.
The entire one-block downtown, still deemed unsafe, remains sealed off by a
chain-link fence. City officials blame the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, saying the money to demolish skeletons of the old buildings is
mired in miles of red tape.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ALABAMA_TORNADOES_DEMOLITION_DE... more »
Detroit Could Go Bankrupt Before End Of Year
''Detroit’s financial condition is rapidly deteriorating, and City Hall
could run out of cash in December, an official told a state oversight board
Monday.
City program management director William Andrews made the assessment at a
meeting of the Financial Advisory Board, a city-state panel overseeing
Detroit’s finances under its fiscal stability agreement with the state.
Detroit’s cash-flow crisis is “more challenging than it’s ever been and
more challenged than we reported last month,” Andrews said.''
http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/9339
Weekly Find: Gina's, Tisno, Croatia!
*Weekly Find: Gina's, Tisno, Croatia!*
This summer in July I went with the amazing Mr. DJ Konvex, Evan the Great,
Sassy Sinead and the lovely Wah Wah 45's to Tisno, Croatia for the
Soundwave music festival. I have been to Croatia before and remember it for
the lovely scenery, nice people, and quite cheap prices. It's a really cool
country because each city can look totally different. You have the pebble
beaches with amazing green mountains in Dubrovnik, and then the most
beautiful sand beaches and clear blue ocean in Split. Tisno, which is a
very small town close to Split was covere... more »
U.S., Afghans Negotiating Over Troop Presence Beyond 2014
''The United States may be looking to keep 20,000 U.S. troops in
Afghanistan beyond the 2014 timeline for withdrawal, as negotiations began
in Kabul Thursday over the continued presence of American forces. A number
of thorny issues, including immunity from prosecution for U.S. military
personnel, are among the current obstacles to a new agreement over the
number and role of U.S. forces after the removal of most foreign combat
troops over the next two years.''
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/13673-us-afghan-negotiating-over-troop-presence-beyond-2014#.UKaSnIoJ-JI... more »
Protests across Europe against austerity.....shhh! this is not supposed to make the News
'In Slovenia, an estimated 30,000 people took to the streets to denounce
government cutbacks. The country has been badly hit by the global crisis.
Public sector wages have been slashed in an attempt by the administration
to avoid asking for a bailout.Conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa said
the reforms were necessary.
In Prague, some 10,000 people attended a demonstration calling for the
resignation of Prime Minister Petr Necas’ centre-right coalition government
following changes in the social welfare system. The measures have been met
by fierce criticism.''
http://www.euronews... more »
IS THIS REAL REASON FOR CIA CHIEF’S RESIGNATION?
The speculation surrounding the sudden resignation of the CIA chief,
General David Petraeus,
is focusing in large part on his role in an alleged cover up of the attacks
against the U.S. mission in Benghazi this past September.
Perhaps being overlooked is the CIA’s possible role in purportedly using
the Benghazi mission to coordinate U.S. aid to opposition insurgent groups
acting in Syria amid information those same insurgents consist in
significant part of jihadists, including groups openly acting under the
al-Qaida umbrella.
One week before he was slated to testify before Congress ... more »
Apologies to Recent Commentors
I don't get that many comments so it's a sign that I'm particularly busy
that I haven't replied to all of them. My apologies.
Despite Global Opposition, United States Votes to Continue Cuban Embargo
In a near unanimous vote at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday,
the vast majority of the world voted to put an end the U.S. economic
embargo against Cuba. Aside from the moral argument, the driving principles
behind the vote to end the embargo were those regarding the sovereign
equality of states, non-intervention in internal affairs, and the freedom
of international trade and navigation. In total, 188 countries voted in
favor of the resolution, with the U.S., Israel, and Palau voting against
it, and the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia
abstaining.... more »
Mount Ruapehu: Eruption fears rise at New Zealand's 'Mount Doom'
A New Zealand volcano that featured as Mount Doom in "The Lord of the
Rings" movies is in danger of erupting as pressure builds in a subterranean
vent, officials said on Monday.
The Department of Conservation (DOC) warned hikers to avoid the summit of
Mount Ruapehu, saying that temperature readings by scientists indicated
there was an increased risk of eruption at New Zealand's largest active
volcano.
"The current situation can't continue, Ruapehu is so active that the
temperatures have been going up and down a lot," DOC volcanic risk manager
Harry Keys told Radio New Zealand.
htt... more »
Bloomberg extends gas rationing through Thanksgiving holiday as motorists prepare for travel chaos
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is extending the gas rationing system in New York
City through the Thanksgiving holiday, which could make this historically
difficult travel week more complicated than usual.
Bloomberg said that with 30 percent of stations still closed and a major
travel week coming up, the extension would make sure there aren't the long
lines that brought about the system in the first place.
'The odd-even license plate system has worked well and helped to reduce
wait times and lines at the pump,' Bloomberg said, adding he wanted to
'ensure we do not risk going back to the e... more »
EU plotting secret budget deal without UK David Davies calls for referendum
Brussels is plotting to secure a budget deal without Britain, it emerged
today as pressure increased on David Cameron to block inflation-busting
spending increases.
The Prime Minister today insisted insisted Brussels had to stop 'picking
the pockets' of the public amid reports that EU officials and diplomats are
in talks on the legal and financial viability of agreeing a new seven-year
budget amongst the 26 member states excluding the UK.
Ahead of crunch talks this week, Tory minister Ken Clarke today signalled
that Mr Cameron’s demand for a real-terms freeze in the vast budget was ... more »
More children die in latest Israeli airstrike as charity warns hundreds of thousands of youngsters face food and water shortages in Gaza
Two children have been killed and several injured in the latest Israeli
airstrike as a charity warns hundreds of thousands of youngsters trapped in
Gaza face prolonged power cuts and depleting supplies of food and water.
Save the Children has called for an immediate end to the conflict between
Israel and Gaza as fears grow that the situation will have a devastating
affect on children who make up nearly half the 1.7 million population of
the Gaza Strip.
Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted around 80 sites
overnight as airstrikes continued to hit the enclave during the ... more »
Lord McAlpine set to sue ITV for up to £500,000 (and there should be TEN THOUSAND Twitter users trembling in their boots)
The Tory peer's legal team is looking for 'substantially more' than the
£185,000 damages already agreed with the BBC. The corporation's botched
investigation, which erroneously linked Lord McAlpine (bottom left) to
sexual abuse at a north Wales children's home, led to Phillip Schofield
surfing the internet for names and then confronting David Cameron with them
on This Morning (pictured above). Meanwhile the growing number of potential
defendants facing libel action includes Sally Bercow and Alan Davies (both
below left and right), making it the largest case in British legal history.... more »
Prisoners' vote: MPs to decide on European ruling
The government is set to offer MPs three options over the issue of giving
prisoners the right to vote at British elections.
The prime minister and many MPs are against anyone being allowed to vote
behind bars, but the UK has been warned this blanket ban is in breach of
international law.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20393680
UK sees possible deal on EU budget - PM spokeswoman...Doesn't Sound to Promising for the UK Tax Payers
Britain believes a deal can be reached on the European Union budget, a
spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday, ahead of
crunch talks in Brussels this month.
"We're in negotiations in the run up to the (European) Council. We think we
can agree a deal," Cameron's spokeswoman told reporters, adding that the
prime minister had been "hitting the phones" to talk to other EU leaders in
recent days.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/uk-britain-europe-budget-idUKBRE8AI0EZ20121119
*Im sure Cameron will dress it up nicely with a huge red bow to make it
look good, b... more »
Hamas meeting Egypt officials to discuss Gaza truce
Gaza death toll reached 95; rocket barrage strikes south; Iron Dome
intercepts rockets above Ashkelon and Sderot; more than 540 rockets have
fallen inside Israel since last Wednesday, all but 35 of them in open
areas, while Iron Dome systems have intercepted nearly 320 rockets; IDF
attacked at least 80 targets overnight.
Operation Pillar of Defense entered its sixth day on Monday with relative
quiet on the Israeli side and a night of attacks in the Gaza Strip. The IDF
said it struck 80 targets in the coastal territory overnight, and that at
least 14 Palestinians were killed. Accordi... more »
Weidmann wants strong German voice in Europe bank union
Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann called on Monday for Germany to have a
strong voice in Europe's planned banking union, adding that the European
Central Bank's new banking supervisory role must be clearly separated from
its monetary policy mandate.
Weidmann, who sits on the ECB's Governing Council, also said that banks
should limit their exposure to government debt by backing up their
sovereign debt holdings with sufficient capital and by introducing a cap
for how much money a bank can lend to a state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-europe-bankunion-weidmann-idUSBRE8AI0C... more »
Congo rebels advance to outskirts of Goma
Rebels in Congo, who U.N. experts say are backed by neighboring Rwanda,
reached the outskirts of the eastern city of Goma on Sunday after pushing
back government troops, despite U.N. peacekeepers firing back from
helicopter gunships.
The rebels, known as M23, are led by mutinying soldiers who rose up eight
months ago, accusing the Democratic Republic of Congo's government of
failing to respect a 2009 peace agreement to integrate insurgents from a
previous rebellion into the army.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-congo-democratic-fighting-idUSBRE8AI0CH20121119
Pressure mounts for truce as Israel pounds Gaza
Israel bombed dozens of suspected militant sites in the Hamas-ruled Gaza
Strip on Monday and Palestinians kept up their cross-border rocket fire as
international pressure for a truce intensified.
Twelve Palestinian civilians and four fighters were killed in the air
strikes, bringing the Gaza death toll since fighting began on Wednesday to
90, more than half of them non-combatants, local officials said. Three
Israeli civilians have been killed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-palestinians-israel-hamas-idUSBRE8AD0WP20121119
New York To Demolish More Homes After Sandy
Hundreds more New York City homes, deemed to be safety hazards following
superstorm Sandy, are to be razed in a vast operation.
Some 200 homes in the boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island that
were hardest hit will be demolished in the coming weeks or months.
"We've never had this scale before," the director of the city's buildings
department, Robert LiMandri, said in an interview with the New York Times.
http://news.sky.com/story/1013315/new-york-to-demolish-more-homes-after-sandy
Five Chinese Street Children Found Dead In Bin
The bodies of five street children have been found inside a bin in
southwest China after they climbed inside it to escape the cold, according
to state media.
The boys, who were aged about 10, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after
apparently burning charcoal inside the container to keep warm.
A refuse collector discovered the bodies in the city of Bijie in Guizhou
province. The overnight low temperature in the mountainous city was 6C.
http://news.sky.com/story/1013231/china-five-street-children-found-dead-in-bin
South African Found Guilty Of Dewani Murder
A judge finds South African Xolile Mngeni guilty of the murder of Anni
Dewani while on her honeymoon in November 2010.
Judge Robert Henney told the High Court in Cape Town: "I'm satisfied that
the accused has committed the crime of murder."
In his ruling, the judge dismissed claims by Mngeni's lawyer that his
client had been set up for the killing. He found Mngeni guilty of murder
and robbery, but acquitted him of kidnapping charges.
Prosecutors said Mngeni was hired to carry out the killing, which was made
to look like a car hijacking in Cape Town's impoverished Gugulethu township... more »
Pictures Tell the Story: Aftermath of Hamas Rocket Attack Compared to Israeli Airstrike
As Israel and Hamas exchange “attacks” the world continues it’s debate over
who the real aggressors actually are.
For their part, the Israeli government has hired literally thousands of
paid trolls to spam social media and comment sections with pro Zionist
rhetoric.
A photo posted to Facebook this morning paints a clear picture as to who is
being hit the hardest and what the hardline Israeli governments
self-defense looks like.
When you add the fact that a permanent truce was actually being negotiated
before the strike that killed Hamas commander Ahmed Jabari, the true
aggressor ... more »
RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT WORLD-FIRST FIRE TORNADO
The world's first confirmed case of a fire tornado has been documented by
Canberra researchers, using evidence collected from the devastating 2003
Canberra bushfires.
Researchers have long speculated about the ability of a fire to produce a
tornado, but until now they have not been able to scientifically prove it.
The study involved collecting a vast quantity of evidence from the Canberra
bushfires and has been published in the scientific journal Natural Hazards.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/15418741/researchers-document-world-first-fire-tornado/
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN - 19th November 2012
Magnitude mb 4.9
Region CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN
Date time 2012-11-19 10:41:17.3 UTC
Location 42.90 N ; 71.55 E
Depth 1 km
Distances 12 km SE Mikhaylovka, Kazakhstan
Daily Links, Monday, Nov 19th, 2012
*I purchased a Meike FC-100 LED ring flash from EachShot.com ($29.99, they
take Paypal). The instructions are in hilarious Chinglish, mostly
incomprehensible, but the thing works ok. For shots more than a meter away
it is probably too weak, but for closeup macro work under half a meter,
like this shot, it seems to do fine. You can see the reflection of the
flash in the water droplets.*
What's shining on the blogs this week?
*BLOGS*:
- Local, not foreign, cyclist dies of hypothermia in race. The second
death this year. Race organizers, time to think seriously about how races ... more »
Livestream for AIM West Coast Conference 2012
*Livestream for the AIM West Coast Conference *
*Nov. 19-21, 2012*
The theme for this year’s Conference is the “Forty Year Retrospective of
the Trail of Broken Treaties, a Review of the Twenty Point Position of
1972, and Indian Manifesto” and how it aligns with the 2007 United Nations
“Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples." Conference attendees
will be encouraged to explore how these historic documents can serve as
guides to prioritize, address and implement issues we are facing today The
theme for this year’s Conference is the “Forty Year Retrospective of the
Trail of B... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 11:02:50 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 09:02:50 PM at epicenter
Location
5.771°S, 151.636°E
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
183 km (114 miles) SSW (199°) from Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
5.2
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:55:08 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 08:55:08 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.873°S, 151.645°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
169 km (105 miles) ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:15:54 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 08:15:54 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.907°S, 151.707°E
Depth
12.8 km (8.0 miles)
Region
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
178 km (110 miles) ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:09:46 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 05:09:46 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
9.538°S, 108.243°E
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 miles)
Region
SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
Distances
191 km (118 miles) S of Sukamenak, Indonesia
5.8 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
5.8
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 09:44:34 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 07:44:34 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.734°S, 151.606°E
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
163 km (101 miles) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake GUERRERO, MEXICO - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 08:51:45 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 02:51:45 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
17.814°N, 101.297°W
Depth
30.6 km (19.0 miles)
Region
GUERRERO, MEXICO
Distances
25 km (15 miles) NNE of El Coacoyul, Mexico
It's all about Zionism not Judaism - really? Language is NSFW
This took place at the 'pro-Palestinian demonstration in San Francisco on
16 November 2012.
Why on earth would anyone think that some/many pro-Palestinian
demonstrators are anti-Semitic?
Oh I don't know, maybe it's the yelling of "Fuck you Jew, Fuck you Jew".
Israelly Cool has more video of such delightful demonstrators including the
chant of "Zionist scum, you're time has come"
World Bank abuses AGW lies to grow its bureaucracy
Jim Yong Kim is a Korean-American physician and a former president of
Dartmouth College who was recently named the president of the World Bank
after Barack Obama nominated him half a year ago.
Let me confess that I simply can't stand similar superficial careerist
assholes. In an apparent effort to strengthen my strongly held sentiment,
this man quickly transformed the World Bank into a hardcore fortress
defending the climate change propaganda. The organization just published a
booklet
Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4 °C warmer world must be avoided (executive
summary, full, media)
Th... more »
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE GUATEMALA - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 08:15:38 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 02:15:38 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
13.910°N, 91.605°W
Depth
35.1 km (21.8 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
Distances
46 km (28 miles) SW of Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala
Gaza Conflict: Rockets 'Hit Israeli Town'
Image: Gaza Conflict
Three rockets have hit the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon, according to
Sky sources - amid calls for a ceasefire as Israel's bombardment of Gaza
continued overnight.
The Israel Defence Forces said a school in the town had been hit.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is on his way to the region to appeal for
an end to the violence. He is expected to meet Egyptian President Mohamed
Morsi before visiting Israel and Gaza.
http://news.sky.com/story/1013248/gaza-conflict-rockets-hit-israeli-town
Monday Morning Gaza-Related Linkage
I’m at the end of a rather long trip to London, which is why I haven’t been
able to process or upload either Duck of Minerva or NBN podcasts yet.
Nevertheless, I’ve got some good stuff coming on both fronts. So stay
tuned. Today’s linkage focuses on Gaza. Al-Jazera reports that 92
Palestinians have now been killed
Continue reading
CHILD-Abuse - Can We Not Complement Our Children & Not-Harm Them? - A Guest Post by Jyothis Chrystallis Orthonis
~ * CHILD-Abuse - can we not Complement our Children & not-Harm them? * ~The
Pressence's Blog, 14 November 2012
This is a QUERY to Hue'Man hearts and souls...
On a very Soulful/Heartful Conscious Choice that is in our very Capability
and Capacity to do so on Planet Earth as a Planetarian, each-ONE...
CHILD ABUSE is purposeful / deliberate / intentful HARM... and how does
PURPOSE arise as unconscious Choice, when we are Conscious BE-ings as
Hue'Mans?
Why are originally designed to be HARMLESS BE-ings, going on about HARMING
deliberately? an INNER-QUEST I invoke within...(owing t... more »
3 Stops on America's Asian Tour of Shame
America's new Asian allies: Dictator-for-life Hun Sen of Cambodia,
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and her genocidal "Saffron monks," and the
despotic hereditary Shinawatra regime of Thailand.
*November 19, 2012 *(AltThaiNews) - US President Barack Obama is embarking
on what the Western media is calling a "historic trip." In reality he is
coddling dictators and human rights abusers of the highest caliber, even
while waging proxy-war against Syria based on alleged "human rights"
concerns.
*1. Thailand*: President Obama and US Secretary Hillary Clinton first
arrived in Bangkok, Thailand i... more »
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN - 19th November 2012
Magnitude mb 4.3
Region HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
Date time 2012-11-19 07:31:23.3 UTC
Location 36.77 N ; 71.26 E
Depth 221 km
Distances 27 km W Eškašem, Afghanistan
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 19th November 2012
Magnitude mb 4.3
Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Date time 2012-11-19 01:37:34.0 UTC
Location 42.75 N ; 144.08 E
Depth 105 km
Distances 35 km SW Kushiro, Japan
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 19th November 2012
Magnitude mb 4.4
Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Date time 2012-11-19 01:07:55.0 UTC
Location 42.99 N ; 145.98 E
Depth 72 km
Distances 50 km SE Nemuro, Japan
Anonymous leaks personal information of 5,000 Israeli officials
Internet hacktivist group Anonymous has declared cyberwar on Israel,
posting personal data of five thousand Israeli officials online.
The group used their Anonpaste.me site to address a message to the Israeli
government before linking to the page with names, ID numbers and personal
emails of 5,000 officials.
http://rt.com/news/anonymous-israel-officials-leaked-002/
Finite SUSY GUT theories
Heinemeyer, Mondragon, and Zoupanos discuss an interesting subset of
supersymmetric grand unified theories, the so-called FUTs:
Finite Theories after the discovery of a Higgs-like boson at the LHC
These theories are finite – i.e. cancelling all UV divergences – to all
orders in perturbation theories. One may guarantee that supersymmetric
grand unified theories are finite to all orders if he cancels the
beta-functions for gauge couplings and anomalous dimensions of the Yukawa
couplings up to one-loop and/or two-loop level; and if he also relates the
Yukawa couplings with the gauge co... more »
Obama Supporters 'Not Responsible Enough To Own A Firearm,' AZ Gun Store's Sign Declares
It was reported over the weekend that the owner of a gun store in Arizona
is telling Pres. Obama's supporters he doesn't want their business.
Cope Reynolds, the owner of Southwest Shooting Authority, a gun store
located in Pinetop, Arizona, took out a full page ad in a local newspaper
that read: "If you voted for Barack Obama your business is not welcome."
The New York Daily News reports that Mr. Reynolds also posted a sign on the
store's front door:
"If you voted for Obama, please turn around and leave! You have proven you
are not responsible enough to own a firearm."
http://cnsne... more »
The BBC correct their 'error' but don't apologise
Further to this post re the BBC's regular inability to show Egypt on maps
of Gaza's neighbours, I have finally received a response from the BBC.
NewsOnline Complaints
19:34 (13 hours ago)
to me
Dear Mr MaybeaGoat
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We have fixed the map on this
story to show Egypt.
Kind regards
Middle East desk
BBC News website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/handle.shtml
I wonder how long it will be before I have to point out this same 'error'
again?
Here's the new map...
Much more accurate than the old o... more »
While New Jersey Residents Suffer, Governor Christie Goes on Saturday Night Live
Tens of thousands of New Jersey residents are without power. Many have lost
homes and everything else that they have. Some don’t have enough to eat and
others are struggling to stay warm.
This is not the time for a responsible leader to go do his self-promoting
shtick on Saturday Night Live. But Christie seems so tone deaf that he puts
his self-promotion ahead of anything else.
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/while-new-jersey-residents-suffer-governor-christie-goes-on-saturday-night-live/
For Mrs NotaSheep who had never heard this song before
Gary Numan and The Tubeway Army - "Are Friends Electric".
This is the Old Grey Whistle Test version, not the single. I feel the
performance is better than the Top Of The Pops one, although the song is
not as pure.
Mrs NotaSheep only knew "Cars", now she feels educated!
Farm Match.Com Breaks Local Food Barriers Worldwide
New Website Breaks Local Food Barriers
Food Freedom News, 15 November 2012
No matter where you live, work or travel in the world, food entrepreneur,
Max Kane wants to help you eat local.
His brainchild, *FarmMatch.com*, is a free, easy to use, map-based, food
search and food matching site which launched September 11, 2012. Within 30
days of going live, the website quickly exploded into dozens of countries
and now hosts thousands of users on six different continents.
FarmMatch.com was co-designed by Kane’s partner, David King and his
development team at Amagisoft, a Chicago based ... more »
Gaza Conflict: Ban Ki-moon Calls For Ceasefire
The UN Secretary General has called for an immediate ceasefire as Israel's
bombardment of Gaza continued overnight.
Ban Ki-moon is on his way to the region to personally appeal for an end to
the violence. He is expected to meet Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
before visiting both Israel and Gaza.
Israel's airstrikes have continued overnight in response to rockets
launched from Gaza.
Pictures from Gaza City in the early hours of Monday showed buildings in
flames and thick, black plumes of smoke rising into the air.
http://news.sky.com/story/1013248/gaza-conflict-ban-ki-moon-calls-... more »
Syrian opposition gets French envoy
A new coalition of Syrian dissidents opposed to President Bashar al-Assad
will have an ambassador in France, the French president said Saturday.
The announcement is a boost for the coalition, which seeks to unite the
opposition against the Syrian government under a single vision.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/17/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Hamas demands end of Gaza siege as violence soars
Hamas wants an end to Israel's long blockade of Gaza and raids on the
territory in any cease-fire that might put a stop to five days of weaponry
plummeting from the sky, a top Palestinian official said Sunday.
Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that has ruled Gaza since 2007, said
an Israeli airstrike killed a family of 10 on Sunday. Israel, meanwhile,
said Hamas had fired nearly 150 rockets into Israel in a single day, and
that the strike was aimed at killing one of the leaders of the militant
group's rocket corps -- but Israel was unsure whether he was among the dead.
It was th... more »
Turkey has not yet requested NATO missiles: Dutch minister
The Netherlands has not received a formal request to send Patriot missiles
to NATO ally Turkey to help defend the country's border with Syria, the
Dutch Defence Minister said on Monday.
"We did not receive a formal request yet," Defence Minister Jeanine
Hennis-Plasschaert told reporters in Brussels. "We are waiting for a formal
request."
Turkey has said it has intensified talks with NATO allies on how to shore
up security on its 900-km (560-mile) frontier with Syria after mortar
rounds fired from Syria landed inside its territory.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-syria-... more »
Brussels will keep on doing as they Please
Workers protesting austerity on the streets of southern Europe weren't to
know it, but earlier this month there was also a strike at the heart of the
European Union - by bureaucrats fighting possible cuts.
For an increasing number of Europeans, cuts in Brussels are what is needed.
The European capital has told member states to reduce spending, but as
millions in Spain, Portugal and Greece feel the pain in pay, pensions, and
social services, people are looking to the centre and finding what looks
like fat.
Britain has led the way. Newspapers there have for decades carped at cosy
'eu... more »
Israel pounds Gaza as rocket fire wanes; talks in Egypt - Death Toll Gaza 85 - Israel 3
Israel bombed dozens of suspected guerrilla sites in the Hamas-ruled Gaza
Strip on Monday and Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave dropped off as
international efforts to broker a truce intensified.
Ten civilians and two field commanders from the Islamic Jihad faction were
killed and at least 30 other Palestinians were hurt in the new air strikes,
hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from six days of clashes
in Gaza to 85.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-palestinians-israel-hamas-idUSBRE8AD0WP20121119
Food MythBusters -- Food Heroes: The Nelson Family
24 October 2012
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Watch dairy farmers, the Nelson's reflect on their transition from
conventional to sustainable and the impact it had on their health and
well-being. From their family to yours, well wishes!
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Food MythBusters -- Food Hero: Kristin Carbone
24 October 2012
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At Radix Farm, Kristin strives to make small-scale farming a sustainable,
viable and profitable business that treats the ecosystem, the customers,
and growers with care and respect. She grows healthy and high quality
produce using organic practices, and by planting a bio-diverse farmscape,
nurturing the soil, and giving individual attention to the crops. Kristin
enjoys sharing her pa... more »
HIV Vaccine Success in Human Trial
Step by step, the HIV problem is been beaten into submission. Now we have
what appears to be a useful vaccine that can obviously slash infection
rates for those most at risk. All this produces a decreasing pool of
infectious sources which lowers the infection rate in a virtuous cycle.
Today it is not outright cured, but it is managed and that generally means
it is safely managed. If the risk of infection can be reduced to negligible
then the prospects of eventual extinction soon becomes plausible.
The Aids Pandemic was the NASA moon shot for biological research and we... more »
Baking Soda Gaining Medical Interest
The fundamental problem with the medical profession is that they are not
trained in chemistry to any sensible degree and they are not scientists.
This is a bad combination because applied medicine uses chemistry in a
trial and error protocol with limited monitoring.
The second problem is that modern research must be done as soon as
possible on a palette of core natural chemicals such as baking soda, a
variety of vinegars, complex sugars such as black strap molasses, other
common acids and bases and a full range of salts.
They all have safe usage levels and are all hand... more »
Chinese Prehistory
For starters, you could not make this up to conform with modern knowledge
unless you had access to modern knowledge.
After saying that, the time lines conform exactly to the time lines of the
European Bronze Age and the Atlantean Age that hit its stride around 2400
BC as a Global phenomenon and was abruptly ended around 1159 BC.
On top of all that, the story of the first emperor is a repetition of the
Noah story in which a craft descends onto Mt Ararat. In this case we have a
wife who also is part of the story and an apparent lifespan of around 300
years at least. Th... more »
Great Barrier Reef Collapse Triggered by Farm Run Off
Plenty of folks have tried to link problems on the Great Barrier Reef to
global warming which ran pretty thin. Now we get an explanation that
certainly works very well and is much more convincing.
Nutrient run off is a huge problem of the last century and will continue
for some time yet. However adoption of the biochar protocol will in time
end the problem completely. So while it is a present problem it is also a
problem that will end.
At the same time I do expect to see farming generally adopt organic
methods and that will also eliminate excess nutrient run off.
... more »
Granit missiled Pentagon and Nuked WTC 1, 2 and 7 whistleblower Dmitri Khalezov's Urgent Address
Granit missiled Pentagon and Nuke Demolished WTC 1, 2 and 7 whistleblower
Dmitri Khalezov seemed to have 'fallen off the face of the planet'
somewhere in Spring of 2011, after his friend (god of war) Viktor Bout was
tried in America following his extradition from Thailand, but now he's back
and he's concerned for his life.
The above recording is split into 5 parts, *click after part one ends*. 1.
Good news. 2. Bad news. 3. Updated Dimitri Khalezov's contact details and
websites. 4. "Ground Zero" in dictionaries (first half). 5. "Ground Zero"
in dictionaries (second half).
ISRAELI SPIES ARE EVERYWHERE
*All the world hates Israel.* David Dees Illustration / Prothink.org
Israel murders people, all around the world, including German scientists.
*Hinter der Fichte: Israel: Ein Volk im Griff der Militärdiktatur -Translate
this page /
Operation Damocles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia*
In the 1960s, there were a number of German scientists in Egypt, helping
President Nasser build up Egypt's defences.
Israel targeted these scientists, in 'Operation Damocles'.
The main tactics employed by Israel against the scientists were letter bombsand abductions.
[6][7]
Their families were thre... more »
Latest Calgary poll results – perhaps aided by party’s sophisticated moves – show Green Wave developing
Calgary Centre Greens get ready to surf the Green Wave, expected
momentarily. Actual Green Party supporters may not be exactly as
illustrated. Below: Chris Turner, Joan Crockatt and Naheed Nenshi. The
latest poll of residents of the Calgary Centre riding shows a Green Wave
developing among opponents of the Conservative Party in the Nov. 26 ... more »
We hold you in our hearts with appreciation for your strength and determination.
We hold you in our hearts with appreciation for your strength and
determination.
As channeled by Ron Head
November 18, 2012 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
We see that today we have a curious mix of personal energies to discuss
with you. Many of you are experiencing what could only be called a lull or
pause. Others are wondering where all this negativity has come from
suddenly. Some few are still feeling as if they are running full speed
uphill. It is all the same circumstance with varying symptoms, my friends.
Would you like a metaphor that would explain ho... more »
Israeli leaders re-examine Gaza ground operation under strong Obama pressure
http://www.debka.com/article/22539/Israeli-leaders-re-examine-Gaza-ground-operation-under-strong-Obama-pressure
*More info:*
The CC reported that the beginning of ground operations may have begun in
Gaza, but just like previous reports, it was readiness followed by a
general halt. This has been going on for days, mostly for political
reasons, illustrated by the article above.
Heavily armed police comb Tuscon for gunman who shot officer in the head
Sgt Robert Carpenter, pictured, was standing with other officers near a
Tucson, Arizona, home following a report of a break-in when, just before
dawn on Sunday, he was shot. He underwent surgery and was able to speak
afterward. The suspect who shot him, remains on the loose.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235023/Sgt-Robert-Carpenter-Officer-survives-shot-head-cops-manhunt-suspect.html
Bloomberg feeds Sandy victims the same high-calorie food he's banned in New York City
New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has campaigned to ban food and drinks
loaded with salt, fat and sugar in the city but he has no problems
feeding
it to Sandy victims.
According to reports, the MREs - meals ready to eat - are loaded with
more
salt and fat than a McDonalds Big Mac and a 21-ounce Coke.
'I was told that folks shouldn’t eat these for more than two days
straight,' said one person handing out the meals.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234890/New-York-Mayor-Bloomberg-feeds-Superstorm-Sandy-victims-artery-clogging-food-hes-campaigned-ban-city.html
Sergeant Nightingale Jailed after Serving his Country, whilst we allow criminals and terrorists free on our Street
Mother-of-two Sally Nightingale wants the Prime Minister to give her five
minutes of his time in return for the 17 years of service her husband
Danny, inset left, has given to the Army. Mrs Nightingale, pictured outside
the military prison where Danny is being held, she writes: 'My husband is a
good man, a loving father and a loyal servant to his country. He should not
be locked away behind bars.' Sergeant Nightingale, 37, a Special Forces
sniper who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was sentenced to 18 months
in military detention after admitting owning a 9mm Glock pistol.
http:... more »
Israeli ambassasdor in US deletes tweet after saying that they would be willing to sit down with Hamas over missile attacks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234979/Israeli-ambassador-deletes-tweet-saying-willing-sit-Hamas-missile-attacks.html
The Israeli ambassador Michael Oren is now blaming staffers for mistakenly
posting a tweet saying that the government was willing to meet with Hamas
in an effort to stop the ongoing missile attacks.
WATCH THE VIDEO, THEY ONLY TWEETED WHAT HE HAD SAID ON AIR
Four bosses of 'unprofitable' Starbucks get £50m reward
Four bosses at Starbucks have walked away with £50million in pay despite
the coffee chain having paid no corporation tax in Britain over the past
three years, it has been reported.
Documents filed on the firm’s website show the quartet managed to receive
handsome fees over the past three years as well as owning shares worth a
combined £563.7million.
While Starbucks has been trading healthily in recent times, it has managed
to post a profit from its UK business only once in 15 years, according to
reports.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234974/Four-bosses-unprofitable-Starb... more »
The Party's Over For The Tea Party Because They Couldn't Come Up With Any Solutions-- And We Need Viable Solutions, Not A Failed Austerity Agenda
Not every Member of Congress can be Alan Grayson. That used to make me so
frustrated. Then Anthony Weiner tried... but he was Anthony Weiner, not
Alan Grayson-- and what a disaster that turned out to be! Alan isn't
looking for a platform that's popular... he embodies that platform with his
entire being-- the way Raul Grijalva does, the way Judy Chu does, the way
Barbara Lee does, the way Jerry Nadler does... the way, I'm afraid. Anthony
Weiner just never really did. Authenticity still means something in
politics.
A few days ago Eliot Spitzer had Alan Grayson on his TV show, *View... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
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Do you have an Eco-friendly blog or site? Do you occasionally write about
the environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
1. If you have a green-living blog, site and/or write about the
environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below to list
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Qatada intends to sue UK for £10m.........When is it time to stop his bloody benefits and stick him on a plane?
Abu Qatada has told his family that he plans to sue the British government
for £10million for ‘unlawful detention’.
The hate preacher has said he wants compensation for his ‘extended
mistreatment’ after a judge released him from jail last week and blocked
his deportation to Jordan to face terror charges.
Qatada was awarded a far smaller payout from the European Court of Human
Rights three years ago after judges ruled he had been unfairly detained in
Belmarsh high security jail without trial.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234924/Qatada-intends-sue-10million-says-family-Ha... more »
Bangladesh slum fire kills 11
A fire swept through a shantytown in Bangladesh's capital on Sunday,
killing at least 11 people, police and officials said. All the dead were
children and women.
Authorities said the blaze burned some 700 closely packed thatched houses
to the ground at Hazaribagh area of Dhaka, rendering several thousand poor
people homeless.
Mizanur Rahman, a deputy director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence,
said that they had recovered the bodies of six women and five children so
far.
Many of the injured who suffered severe burn injuries were taken public and
private hospitals.
http://edit... more »
Empty Shops Rate Sets 'Alarm Bells Ringing'
One in 10 shops in UK high streets and shopping centres were empty in
October - the worst figure since the British Retail Consortium's nationwide
survey began in July 2011.
As retailers continue to battle against stagnating sales and rising costs,
the new figures showed last month's town centre vacancy rate at 11.3%.
A fifth of store units are currently empty in Northern Ireland, while the
rate for Wales is 15.1% and for the North & Yorkshire region the rate is
14.6%. Greater London had 7.6% of its units lying empty.
http://news.sky.com/story/1013208/empty-shops-rate-sets-alarm-bell... more »
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS - 19th November 2012
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 04:09:27 UTC
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 03:09:27 AM at epicenter
Location
59.348°S, 18.310°W
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 miles)
Region
EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
Distances
468 km (291 miles) E (98°) from Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands
Israel Faces “Unprecedented” Cyber Attack over Gaza - min.
Israel had to repel millions of cyber attacks on government websites since
the start of its operation in Gaza, Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper said
citing an Israeli minister.
"This is an unprecedented attack," said Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz,
who is also charged with overseeing internet security.
He added that Israel had "deflected 44 million cyber attacks on government
websites."
http://en.ria.ru/world/20121119/177576471.html
Israel blasts Gaza police building on sixth day of conflict
An Israeli air strike levelled a police headquarters in Gaza City as the
conflict between Israel and the enclave's Hamas rulers entered a sixth day.
The strike, which which hit just after 2:00am on Monday local time,
completely destroyed the Abbas police HQ building, the second biggest
police facility in Gaza City, according to the AFP news agency.
It came after the bloodiest day yet in the conflict, with 29 Palestinians
reported killed on Sunday as Israel continued its attacks on Gaza.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-19/israel-gaza-conflict-day-six/4379648
Syria rebels say seized military base near Turkey border
Syrian rebels said they captured a large special forces base on a main road
between the city of Aleppo and the Turkish border on Sunday.
No independent verification of the rebels' statement was immediately
available.
Video footage showed rebels inside the 18 sq km (7 square mile) facility in
Orum al-Sughra among tanks and artillery they had seized. At least 18
troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were taken prisoner, opposition
campaigners said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/19/us-syria-crisis-compound-idUSBRE8AH0J520121119
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE GUATEMALA - 18th November 2012
Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 22:12:52 UTC
Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 04:12:52 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
14.202°N, 92.398°W
Depth
37.5 km (23.3 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
Distances
40 km (24 miles) SSW of Ocos, Guatemala
We bail them out....So that they can go to Mars!
THREE skint countries that could bring down the eurozone are blowing
£338million on a trip to MARS.
Basket-case Italy will shell out a staggering £278million on the project.
Riot-hit Spain — teetering on the edge of financial ruin — has earmarked
£58.3million. And bailed-out Portugal — second only to Greece as the “sick
man of Europe” — is spending £2.1million on the trip.
All three are members of the 19-nation European Space Agency — the EU’s
answer to Nasa — which has “budgeted” £850million for the mission to send a
rocket to the Red Planet by 2016. Spain and Portugal have also jo... more »
Brazil Indigenous file UN human rights complaint
ENGLISH: Human Rights Complaint Document submitted by the National
Indigenous Peoples Organization from Brazil (APIB) to the United Nations
OHCHR
Munduruku protest against dam (Photo © Rebecca Sommer)
*(Document submitted by Uilton Tuxá (APIB) to the OHCHR in** **Geneva, 13
November 2012)*
* Translated into English by EARTH PEOPLES.* Click here to read the original
in Portuguese
*By Earth Peoples*
http://earthpeoples.org/blog/?p=2866
We are highly concerned about the worsening situation in our country and
the increasing violations on our fundamental collective human rights as a
pe... more »
Manipulation of Radiation Readings in Fukushima, and the US(?)
Paul Langley is discussing Greenpeace's findings on manipulation of
municipal radiation detectors in Fukushima City. Langley offers his
analysis as well. I recommend reading the entire post on "False Hope"
http://nuclearhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/false-hope-radiation-monitoring-in-the-fukushima-area-greenpeace/
Here is an excerpt of work by Greenpeace that Langley quotes:
[Excerpted from Greenpeace] Between October 16 and 19, Greenpeace checked
40 monitoring posts throughout Fukushima city. For 75% of them, the
radiation readings close to the posts were lower than readings for... more »
Dr. Jim Fetzer: What Happened to JFK and Why It Matters Today
*An extensive, thorough and detailed explanation of what happened to JFK,
how it was covered up, who was responsible and how it changed the course of
American history. Presented on 22 November 2011, the occasion of the 48th
observance of the death of our 35th President at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison under the sponsorship of the Sifting and Winnowing Club.
The speaker, Jim Fetzer, a former Marine Corps officer and McKnight
Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth, has chaired or
co-chaired four national conferences on JFK and edited three books on the
subjec... more »
Aleut Internment Camps: The untold US atrocity
*The horrible and untold story of Aleuts forced into US internment camps is
told in 'Aleut Story' now on public television stations*
**
*By Brenda Norrell*
*Censored News*
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
The horrible and untold story of Aleuts who were forcibly taken from their
homes in Alaska and placed in US internment camps during World War II, is
told in the Aleut Story.
Aleut survivor Harriet Hope, interned at Burnett Inlet Duration Camp, "The
story was never told. It was purposely held secret."
The film, showing this week on public television, reveals the ever-present
d... more »
Is it possible that Crap Christianity -- based on ignorance and savagery -- is finally on the defensive?
*"Millions of American evangelicals are absolutely shocked by not just the
presidential election, but by the entire avalanche of results that came
in," , said in an interview. "It's not that our message -- we think
abortion is wrong, we think same-sex marriage is wrong -- didn't get out.
It did get out.
"It's that the entire moral landscape has changed. An increasingly
secularized America understands our positions, and has rejected them."*
*-- R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary (in Louisville, KY)*
*by Ken*
I've been nursing this story for ... more »
Sask. NDP Leadership Debates Kickoff In Regina
*Here's some MSM coverage of the first NDP Leadership Candidates debate
last night in Regina ...*
"REGINA – *The first all-candidate debate in Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership
race took place in Regina last night. It was a packed house at the Ramada
Inn with over 450 people present for the first of 14 debates. Twelve
regional forums are also scheduled in 11 communities across Saskatchewan.
Leadership candidates Cam Broten, Ryan Meili, Erin Weir and Trent
Wotherspoon shared their visions for the future of the party at the debate..
*.........(more).
Leadership candidates Cam Broten, ... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, November 18th, 2012
Yes, it is time for my weekly rant, and today I am supremely pissed off....
We are watching a massive slaughter of innocent civilians in the open air
prison camp called the Gaza Strip by the psychotic and murderous nation of
Israel, and few are standing up agaisnt this act of mass genocide.
It troubles me to watch the media here in Canada flat out lie about what is
happening in Palestine right now. The local newspaper for example has
almost no reporting of the murder of hundreds of innocent women and
children by the Israels. Instead the headlines are filled with reports and
pictur... more »
From Hiroshima To Gaza: The Demon of History And The Divinity of "The Others"
"No, the demons are not banished; that is a difficult task that still lies
ahead. Now that the angel of history has abandoned the Germans, the demons
will seek a new victim. And that won't be difficult. Every man who loses
his shadow, every nation that falls into self-righteousness, is their
prey.... We should not forget that exactly the same fatal tendency to
collectivization is present in the victorious nations as in the Germans,
that they can just as suddenly become a victim of the demonic powers." -
Carl Jung: The Postwar Psychic Problems of the Germans (1945).
There are war... more »
Gaza ghastliness . . .
SAD
IRONY: children who were abused have a propensity to become abusers,
and thus the misery proceeds into the future. Similarly, the survivors
of the Holocaust have been working over the poor Palestinians in Gaza.
The Israelis have been mendacious, to say the least, and today's web
allows spin creation that's never been seen before.
The Iron Dome defense system firesto intercept incoming
Paisaje del edén - Lugares increíbles de nuestra tierra
[image: Paisaje fascinante con río, arena y arboles de colores]
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And for every first-home buyer, a pony [updated]
Undaunted by the fact that with land and building regulations as they are
it is now impossible to produce house and land packages for less than
$300,000, this month’s Labour leader announced over the weekend his
intention for the government to “invest” $1.5 billion producing 100,000
house and land packages under $300,000—two-thirds of those in Auckland.
This programme will eventually be self-financed by selling something called
Home Ownership Bonds, says the nice Mr Shearer, with interest paid out of
the returns made by on-selling these house and and land packages.
But if they ar... more »
Mamá leopardo y su hermoso bebé - Animales salvajes
[image: Leopardos en su habitat natural mama e hijo]
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Lagos naturales en las praderas - Lakes and nature
[image: Lagos de agua azul naturales en las praderas]
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Perros salvajes de Africa - Animales un poco extraños
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