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The sane guy won
OK,
we can all breathe a little easier here in Canadaland and maybe
Americaland too. Imagine Romney to the south and together with our fetid
swamp of crazies? Not so much maybe of you're a resident of the horn of
Africa or parts of Asia, what with the drone wars and all. But then
again there too drone wars are probably easier to contend with than
full-on invasions - lesser evil at least. Brutal
European Union STILL wasting billions every year as auditors refuse to sign off accounts for 18th year in a row
- Court of Auditors refuses to give accounts a clean bill of
health...
again
- Checks revealed a farmer paid for 150 sheep which did not exist and
a
fruit laboratory which turned out to be a house
- Errors now account for 3.9 per cent of the 130billion euro budget
The number of errors in Brussels spending INCREASED last year, with
farmers
claiming for sheep which do not exist and a fruit laboratory which
turned
out to be a house.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228612/European-Union-STILL-wasting-billions-year-auditors-refuse-sign-accounts-18th-year-row.html
The incredible image that reveals how the Earth's oceans plunged the planet into a catastrophic big freeze
Findings show how the conditions in the Arctic can act as a 'primary
trigger' for climate change - relevant given the changes happening now
The planet's last major cold spell 13,000 years ago was caused by a
catastrophic deluge of frigid fresh water from north-west Canada into
the
Arctic ocean, a new study suggests.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2228714/New-model-shows-unprecedented-glacial-meltwaters-cooled-Earths-oceans-bring-big-freeze.html
Financial jobs in the City set to slump to its lowest in 20 years as banks continue to wield the axe
According to the Centre of Economics and Business Research the number of
jobs will have dropped from 350,00 to 250,000 since the financial crisis
meaning there are the fewest positions in the capital since 1993.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228980/Financial-jobs-City-set-slump-lowest-20-years-banks-continue-wield-axe.html
Santander scandal: £300,000 of your money is missing from vanishing passbook accounts
Santander, which now owns Bradford & Bingley and Alliance & Leicester as
well as Abbey, has no record of accounts that it claims have been closed
for six years or more.
*From £1,500 to £40,000 — gone without a trace*
- LINDA BOND, from Benfleet, Essex, says £25,000 has ‘simply
disappeared’ from an Abbey National saver passbook account, despite the
book showing that the account is in credit. She has fought a three-year
battle for the cash.
- JOHN NEWEY, 81, from Littlehampton, West Sussex, is chasing £1,513.64
deposited in an Abbey National Instant Saver account in... more »
Brussels takes aim at the Famous Five! Books portraying 'traditional' families could be barred
Books which portray ‘traditional’ images of mothers caring for their
children or fathers going out to work could be barred from schools under
proposals from Brussels.
An EU report claims that ‘gender stereotyping’ in schools influences the
perception of the way boys and girls should behave and damages women’s
career opportunities in the future.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2229022/Now-Brussels-takes-aim-Famous-Five-Books-portraying-traditional-families-barred.html
Back my demands to freeze the EU budget, Cameron tells Merkel: Auditors reject EU's flawed accounts for 18th year
Thousands of Brussels bureaucrats are to down pens tomorrow in protest at
David Cameron’s call for a freeze in the EU budget.
*Officials at the European Commission and European Council are expected to
walk out in protest at threats to end their automatic annual pay rises.*
*
* *Cameron:* ‘One of the things that’s so notable about the Commission
proposal is not only are they proposing a completely ludicrous 100billion
euro increase in the European budget, but they are also not proposing to
make any cuts to the central administrative costs.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-222... more »
Obama Wins!
I didn't think Obama could pull it off but he did it! I did vote for him.
Until yesterday I was going to vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian
Candidate. I am a registered Libertarian But I couldn't stomach the
thought of Romney winning, especially after the article I read by Gordon
Duff at Veteran's Today.
Well I guess I can post all those channelings about Obama winning now! I
wouldn't have put money on a bet who would win this election, I was sure it
was closer than it turned out. But then San Diego County is very
Republican, unlike the rest of California, so perhaps m... more »
Meanwhile, at Romney Campaign HQ in Boston...
"But...but, this wasn't the way it was supposed to end. Money is supposed
to buy *everything*," they all seem to be saying.
At the moment I write this, Donald Trump is openly calling for revolution
on Twitter, Karl Rove looks like the blubbery-lipped fat kid forced to eat
his own boogers on the playground and Mitt Romney is, as usual, acting like
a stiff, bloated, swollen, throbbing prick about to angrily spooge all over
the 47% and refusing to concede because he's momentarily ahead in Ohio
without realizing the President doesn't even *need* Ohio.
Homophobes are packing their bags ... more »
Hey! Poll Adjusters: Unskew This!
It was sort of sad watching conservatives play the same game we did in
2004. Poll aggregation + 1; bubblethought -15.
The Biggest Win of the Evening
The Republicans saw her as a terrible threat. She prevailed. This is
what progressivism looks like. Elizabeth Warren. There is hope.
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Welcome 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
Last week we focused on the holidays and Eco-friendly giving. While it may
seem a bit early to be thinking ab... more »
As The Votes Continue To Be Counted...
*Tonight's Biggest Loser: Steve Israel And His Pack Of Neutered Blue Dogs*
We'll get more into this is the coming days but every single Blue Dog
Israel recruited-- and wasted so much money on (money that could have gone
to help progressives win)-- has either lost or is losing tonight, as did
Blue Dog incumbents Ben Chandler (KY) and Larry Kissell (NC). It's like a
redux of the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010. When will the corrupt
Inside-the-Beltway Democratic Establishment learn that actual Democratic
voters don't want Blue Dogs and that Republicans have their own
reactionaries... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Twilight
“It's not twilight in America because Obama won. Obama
won because it was, sadly, already twilight in America… The
electorate of America now cares more about being cared for
than about having the freedom to care for themselves.”
- Michael Hurd, “It's Twilight in America”
*UPDATE*: Dians Hsieh posts the contrarian view:
“Don’t despair that so many Americans voted for Obama. Many of them voted
for him because of the issues on which he’s right (or better), such as
abortion rights, gay marriage, and immigration. So how about insisting on
changes for the better in the GOP,... more »
OBAMA NOW NOTHING-TO-LOSE PRESIDENT – WHAT NOW FOR IRAN?
Before the election the world endured edge of the seat tension as Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to ‘unilaterally attack’ Iran.
They were always going to be empty threats before the elections as Obama,
having everything to lose before the election, avoided dragging the
American people into another war for Israel by offering to support
Netanyahu. Yet, despite appearing to shun Netanyahu’s request for support,
we now know that in reality Obama, by allowing the fuel for war to be sold
to Israel two years ago when Netanyahu came close to ordering an attack,
actual... more »
Suck On It, FOX!
I don't believe I have ever enjoyed watching FOX News - until tonight.
When they declared Barack Obama elected it was as though each of them was
made to swallow broken glass. And I've been waiting so long to see those
degenerates swallow broken glass.
Tonight may spark a lot of introspection among the far Right. They had the
corporatist backing, they had the bigots and the racists and the fundies.
They started off the race spotted a handy hunk of the electorate.
To anyone named Koch or Coors or those who sail in their wake, Suck It.
Entergy Palisades plant leak contained radiation
Federal regulators say a recent steam leak inside an auxiliary building at
Entergy Corp.'s Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan
contained low levels of radiation.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says in a statement Tuesday that the leak
was contained to the building. The leak forced operators of the plant in
Van Buren County's Covert Township to remove it from service Sunday.
Repairs are planned. The NRC says it has no immediate safety concerns.
The NRC says the leak contained "very low levels of tritium" and will be
treated as radioactive liquid waste.
http://w... more »
Benjamin Netanyahu 'ready to press the button' on Iran
"I am of course ready to press the button if necessary," he told Israel's
Channel 2 in an investigation aired on Monday evening.
"As long as I am prime minister, Iran will not have the atomic bomb. If
there's no other way, Israel is ready to act."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9657827/Benjamin-Netanyahu-ready-to-press-the-button-on-Iran.html
Cameron attacks "ludicrous" EU budget before Merkel talks
Britain's David Cameron attacked "ludicrous" European Union budget plans on
Wednesday and played down hopes its leaders can reach a spending deal later
this month, stepping up the rhetoric before talks in London with Germany's
Angela Merkel.
The British prime minister has threatened to veto the EU's seven-year
budget, fuelling a perception among many in Europe that London is casting
itself adrift from the 27-nation union.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/07/eu-budget-merkel-cameron-idUSL5E8M6F9E20121107
Auditors see big problems with EU budget for 18th year in a row...and still they do nothing
OFFICIAL auditors yesterday reported major errors in EU spending last year,
amounting to billions of euros and strengthening the hands of politicians
in the UK who hope to freeze spending in the budget.
The European Court of Auditors said it had found irregularities affecting
four per cent of total spending during 2011, equivalent to around €5.2bn
(£4.17bn).
The biggest problems were in outlays on rural development, fisheries and
health, the court said in its annual report, which ran to more than 240
pages.
Most errors came from the “misapplication or misunderstanding” of the EU’s ... more »
Satire: "Obamas Return to White House as Romneys Return to 1954"
* "Obamas Return to White House as Romneys Return to 1954"*
Posted by Andy Borowitz
BOSTON (The Borowitz Report)— "America cast its historic vote today,
sending Barack and Michelle Obama back to the White House while sending
Mitt and Ann Romney back to 1954. The election meant the end of the road
for Mr. Romney, who had been actively seeking the Presidency for the past
sixty-five years. Addressing supporters at the Boston Convention Center,
Mr. Romney called his defeat tonight “bittersweet”: “On one hand, I lost
the election. But on the other hand, I’ll never have to show anyone ... more »
Is Greece's future in the eurozone in question?....Again
With the country stuck in its fifth successive year of recession, Greek
politicians must on Wednesday night vote on a fresh round of spending cuts
and tax hikes totalling 13.5bn euros ($17.3bn; £10.8bn) - the fourth such
package since the debt crisis started three years ago.
On Sunday there is a second vote to approve Greek Prime Minister Antonis
Samaras' proposed budget for 2013.
The austerity measures include a two-year increase in the retirement age
from the current average of 65, salary and pension cuts and another round
of tax increases.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-202... more »
British officials planning talks with Syrian armed groups
Downing Street says Britain is to begin talks with armed Syrian rebels in a
bid to unite the opposition to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
The announcement came as David Cameron arrived in Jordan on the latest
stage of his visit to the Middle East.
Mr Cameron will discuss the fighting in Syria with the King of Jordan and
meet refugees from the conflict.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20232491
Vote Rigging Video
This needs verification but it sure looks ugly. Were the Pennsylvania
electronic voting machines fixed? You decide.
Nuclear Warning Over Sellafield Waste Storage
Hazardous waste being stored in run-down buildings at Sellafield nuclear
plant is posing "intolerable risks to people and the environment", a
watchdog has warned.
For more than 50 years, the owners of the Cumbrian nuclear power station
have failed to plan how to dispose of radioactive waste, according to a
report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
The public spending watchdog said some of the older facilities have
"deteriorated so much that their contents pose significant risks to people
and the environment".
http://news.sky.com/story/1008019/sellafield-nuclear-waste-storage-warn... more »
meow meow: 43 Deaths Linked To legal high Drugs
More than 40 deaths have been linked to a group of now-banned legal highs
in 2010 - eight times as many as in the previous year.
The biggest increase related to meow meow, which caused five deaths in 2009
and 29 the following year, the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths
report says.
http://news.sky.com/story/1007993/legal-highs-43-deaths-linked-to-drugs
Helen Mann Found Dead At School
Police and paramedics were called to the school, near Stourport-on-Severn,
at 4.20pm.
West Mercia Police said: "Officers are investigating the death, which is
being treated as unexplained but is not believed to be suspicious.
http://news.sky.com/story/1007984/head-teacher-helen-mann-found-dead-at-school
Jimmy Savile 'Was Yorkshire Ripper Suspect'
Jimmy Savile was questioned by detectives investigating the Yorkshire
Ripper murders, a senior officer who worked on the inquiry has claimed.
Former West Yorkshire Police detective John Stainthorpe said the disgraced
presenter was a suspect in the notorious case more than 30 years ago.
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has jumped to the defence of Savile, who
he claims is innocent and befriended him during visits to Broadmoor high
security hospital.
http://news.sky.com/story/1007965/jimmy-savile-was-yorkshire-ripper-suspect
Lawrence Jones kills two colleagues before killing himself at Fresno Chicken Plant
A man who worked at a chicken processing plant has opened fire on
colleagues, killing two and wounding two others before taking his own life,
authorities said.
Police say they do not know what prompted the attack by Lawrence Jones, but
fellow employees said he did not appear to be himself when he arrived for
work at Apple Valley Farms in Fresno.
http://news.sky.com/story/1007901/fresno-chicken-plant-shootings-three-dead
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 6th November 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 23:16:32 UTC
Wednesday, November 07, 2012 at 08:16:32 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
33.078°N, 141.861°E
Depth
33.9 km (21.1 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
192 km (119 miles) E of Hachijo-jima, Japan
ROMNEY REJECTED!
By Capt. Fogg
Houston, the ego has landed
crash landed that is.
If 2012 was the end of an error, it was *Romney's* error and the*Republicans'
* error and although it won't be the end of their policy of taking us for
idiots in order to take us to the cleaners, at least we won't have to
listen to the nasty pastors predicting Antichrists and Apocalypses and the
rest of their superstitious idiocies for a few hours. We will get a rest
from scurrilous fake economists telling us how tax cuts make us rich and
pay our bills. We'll have a few minutes peace from being told that Obam... more »
To America
It's Fun. Elizabeth Warren triumphs. This could be America on the brink
of real change, redemption. Some Nights.
Indigenous Exposing REDD: The False Climate Solution
*Exposing REDD The False Climate Solution*
*The Mending News*
Posted at Censored News
Do you know about REDD? The Mending News checks in with IEN (Indigenous
Environmental Network) Executive Director, Tom Goldtooth, to get the
download on the real story of REDD, the deceptive climate 'solution'
proposed by the UN. It sounds good on paper "Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries" but the
reality is that REDD enforces the global colonization of mother earth and a
stolen future.
Give this poor country a break
This is the first time I've lived anywhere other than Canada, let alone in
a country with such a ferocious reputation for violence that my friends and
family are regularly checking in with concerned voices as to whether
everything’s fine down here.
Nothing to worry about, I tell them. And I mean that. Despite the endlessly
bleak news about Honduras and a truly formidable murder rate, this country
has in fact been a very pleasant place to live these past 10 months. The
place needs work, absolutely, but this seemingly global need to portray the
country as a random killing zone is bo... more »
"I Soon Found Out..."
"I soon found out you can't change the world.
The best you can do is to learn to live with it."
- Henry Miller
Musical Interlude: Enya, "Watermark"
Enya, "Watermark"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiFTXckh0zU&feature=fvwrel
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A favorite target for astronomers, big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331
is one of the brighter galaxies not found in Charles Messier's famous 18th
century catalog. About 50 million light-years distant in the northern
constellation Pegasus and similar in size to our own Milky Way Galaxy, NGC
7331 is often imaged as the foreground of a visual grouping that includes
an intriguing assortment of background galaxies some ten times farther
away.
*Click image for larger size.*
This striking image of the well-studied island universe and environs was
produced using data from the Calar ... more »
November 6, 2012 - The White Hats Statement
*Be assured that White Hats Report #48 is coming.*
But let us be clear: We will not be dictated to in service to anyone's self
interest. Our responsibility is to vigorously vet all information before
reporting it. We consider all intel to be "Dirty Intel" until it is vetted
by us. And we will not release "Dirty Intel" regardless of who pushes or
how hard they push. The White Hats are not in service to any individual or
their personal agenda. We are in service to all people and to the truth.
Either we say what's true or we say nothing. Responsibility comes at a
cost, not somebody's ... more »
The Work Starts on November 7
Make your celebrations brief. The work starts now to save our gains from
the guy we just elected. Work continues tomorrow—
to save Medicare and Social Security from Obama and the Wall Street
Democrats;
to boycott and kill high stakes standardized testing;
to stop the spread and to shut down corporate welfare charter schools;
to dump the Common Core testing delivery system;
to kill teacher evaluation based on test scores;
to save Title I from extinction;
to replace NEA and AFT leadership;
to find a non-Clinton democrat (small “d”) for 2016 to restore democratic
political lead... more »
North Korea's ambassador to UN threatens war on peninsula
http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=9999
Israel delivers "final warning" to Syria to cease overlights over the Golan, prepares military response
http://www.debka.com/article/22499/Israel-warns-Damascus-against-Syrian-Golan-overflights
Staying calm and trusting Nate Silver
Atlantic Wire has a good one. They're saying Obama won PA. I'm on the
twitter. You can see my tweets on the widget on the sidebar if you don't
follow me.
Pulled some tarot cards earlier in the evening. My cards were Temperance,
Four of Clubs, The Magician, The Hermit, and The Lovers. Make of that what
you will. It's a powerful spread.
So far looking like a good night to be a bleeding heart liberal. Thrilled
to see Obama take Michigan and Elizabeth Warren win in Mass. Don't know how
they call these states so early, but happy enough if they're right.
Meanwhile, a few nailbiters out... more »
November 6, 2012 - The White Hats Statement
*Be assured that White Hats Report #48 is coming.*
But let us be clear: We will not be dictated to in service to anyone's self
interest. Our responsibility is to vigorously vet all information before
reporting it. We consider all intel to be "Dirty Intel" until it is vetted
by us. And we will not release "Dirty Intel" regardless of who pushes or
how hard they push. The White Hats are not in service to any individual or
their personal agenda. We are in service to all people and to the truth.
Either we say what's true or we say nothing. Responsibility comes at a
cost, not somebody's ... more »
"I have been a harsh critic of Barack Obama . . . but on [every] matter of serious contention in this election, Mitt Romney is decidedly worse" (Robert Scheer)
Tom Toles in the *Washington Post* [click to enlarge]
*"I have been a harsh critic of Barack Obama for continuing that bipartisan
capitulation to Wall Street, but on this and every other matter of serious
contention in this election, Mitt Romney is decidedly worse."*
*-- Robert Scheer, in his Truthdig column* "Vote for the B-"
*by Ken*
As I wrote last Thursday, after work today I head straight the Samuel
Friedman Theatre on West 47th Street for Doug Hughes's Manhattan Theatre
Club-on-Broadway staging of Rebecca Lenkiewicz's adaptation of Ibsen's *Enemy
of the People*, carefully sch... more »
OK Government Scientists
I
know some of you. Your research extends beyond Canada's frontiers, and
has a direct bearing on the health and well-being of seven billion human
beings and the living, breathing Earth they inhabit.
Your skills and position as public servants mean you have a
responsibility make your research findings known.
If anything the fact that the Harper Regime issues gag orders and might
threaten the job
Paulo Coelho, “Choosing The Way We Will Depart”
*“Choosing The Way We Will Depart”*
by Paulo Coelho
"As you probably know, we are all going to die one day. As we become aware
of that, we should surrender to life with much more joy, making things we
always postpone, respecting the precious minutes that are passing by and
will never come back, disclosing and discovering horizons that can be
interesting or disappointing, but deserve at least a little bit of our
effort. It’s normal that we try to avoid death. It isn’t only normal, it’s
the healthiest attitude we can adopt. It is an aberration however to deny
it, as the awareness ... more »
EFN Asia 12: Day 1 of Conference 2012
Day 1 yesterday of the 2012 Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia conference
here at Crowne Plaza East Kowloon. It is sponsored by the Friedrich Naumann
Foundation for Freedom (FNF) and co-sponsored by the Lion Rock Institute
(LRI), Hong Kong’s first and only free market institute.
There were 100+ participants, mostly international (Asia, US, Canada,
Germany, Spain...). Many locals too, mostly friends of LRI.
Key speakers yesterday morning, from left: Wolf Zumpfort, Deputy Chairman,
FNF Board of Directors, Germany; Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Thai Prime
Minister, Rainer Adam, Regiona... more »
Election Night!
Well, it's Election Night! The returns are starting to come in...too early
to know anything for sure.
I'm watching CNN, and occasionally listening to CNN, while monitoring
twitter and finding good web pages. So far, I'll contribute one thing: I
like the HuffPo House page quite a bit. Easy to use, well-organized for
seeing trends.
Beyond that, I'll be tweeting for a while. I'll be posting something to PP
later, and probably write at least something here before the end of the
night. But feel free to use this as an open thread.
(Oh, and if you haven't told your voting story yet, ple... more »
FOX news website showing Obama 2012 election victory with 42,000,000 votes, versus Romney's 36,000,000 in latest of strange "premature" results releases
*Further info:*
We're currently investigating this situation. We've been able to see this
numbers through a refresh bug on the website, which are already showing the
final popular vote results despite most polls still being open. Will update
if we find more.
The Daily "Near You?"
Heart's Content, Newfoundland, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
What do people do all day?
A fascinating interactive graphic gives us a sort of glimpse into what
people do all day? And by “people,” I mean a representative sample of
Americans who were phoned up in 2008 and asked what they did the previous
day—and by “all day” I mean typical, run-of-the-mill common garden days.
Not, in other words, election days like this one.
Nonetheless, here’s a screen shot of the much, much better interactive
graphic over at the *New York Times. *
[image: image]
Go have a play.
[Hat tip Stats Chat]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to repub... more »
Chet Raymo, "Zoom 2"
*"Zoom 2" *
by Chet Raymo
"What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the
infinite,
with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts.”
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
"A distrust of "the other" seems bred in our bones. It is natural to see
ourselves as superior to those around us. A lion may be physically stronger
than a man, but a man can use his superior intellect and social skills to
devise tools and traps to outfox the lion. Or for that matter, outfox the
fox.
Even on the human rungs of the ladder we are- whoever we are- the top rung,
the ... more »
Why I Voted for Barack Obama Today
Amazing how the Simpsons is still pretty funny after 25 years… In the
interest of full disclosure, I thought I’d list the reasons why I voted the
way I did. I know conservative media regularly accuse professors of
politicizing the classroom, but an honest discussion of why one chooses the
way one did can
Continue reading
"Assumptions And Molehills, Trifling"
“Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things
to make- bombs for instance, or strawberry shortcake- if you make even the
tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble. Making
assumptions simply means believing things are a certain way with little or
no evidence that shows you are correct, and you can see how this can lead
to terrible trouble. For instance, one morning you might wake up and make
the assumption that your bed was in the same place that it always was, even
though you would have no real evidence that this was so. But when you got ... more »
Fort Hood shooting victims sue government, accused shooter
More news you won't see on the BBC or MSNBC as they work for an Obama
second term.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8A41KH20121105?irpc=932
Class and Political Values
In this interesting piece carried by the latest edition of *Progress
Magazine*, YouGov supremo Peter Kellner writes “New polling for Progress
shows that working-class attitudes are not what some in the Labour party
imagine them to be” and subsequently goes on to argue that social class
does not condition values, politics, and voting habits as it once did.
Anyone with a passing knowledge of recent work on the sociology of class,
or indeed the theoretical justification underpinning New Labourism and the
Third Way are likely to have encountered similar arguments at some point.
However... more »
London: Anonymous Vendetta March, Guy Fawks Day, November 5th
*I didn't check my Yahoo account yesterday, I was too busy with other
things. So I missed the live stream of this event. I didn't know I had
fans inside Anonymous. -AK*
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Hi AK
This is a live feed stream for the Anonymous vendetta march.Guy FAWKS nov
5 th. This guy supports you please show your viewers his work . Its a live
feed a bit choppy no website adverts or any nonsense just real time view of
what's happening .let your readers know the UK is doing its bit just like
yourself.
Chris.
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Interesting ‘Stuff’ front page
[image: Stuff]
The headline and portrait accompanies a bizarre hit piece on Rand by
Jennifer Burns, who claims Rand’s work “occupies a vaunted position in
modern Republican thought”—and today's US election therefore “should go
down as a referendum on the long conservative fascination with Ayn Rand.”
I can only say, “I wish!”
Jennifer Burns wrote a biography of Rand that eloquently demonstrates Oscar
Wilde’s dictum for such things: “*Formerly we used to canonise our heroes.
The modern method is to vulgarise them.”*
Her hit piece amounts to much the same.
[Hat tip Ashley C.]
Conte... more »
DAVID CAMERON’S HYPOCRISY
The UK *Daily Telegraph today has been quoting UK Prime Minister David
Cameron*, when talking about Syrian President Bashir al-Assad and the civil
war in Syria, as saying:
*I am very frustrated that we can't do more. This is an appalling slaughter
that is taking place in our world today - 40,000 lives lost already and you
can see, on your television screens, night after night, helicopters,
aeroplanes belonging to the Assad regime pounding his own country and
murdering his own people.*
Cameron was in Saudi Arabia, an Arab nation whose rulers are renowned for
abusing the human rights... more »
Obama vs Romney the mass debate
"C'mon America, how y'all like to freak? Do you honk the chest or pinch a
cheek?"
Obama Odds 91.4%? Silver Speaks, The Necessity of a Progressive Supreme Court, and Where We Remain Economically, Why, and What Must Happen To Pull US Out
Yay. Looks like Nate Silver had made it official before the voting even
gets going on Election Day. So, no worries about that touted change from
progressive government and Supreme Court monsters (more monsters - new
monsters!). Nate Silver: Obama’s Chance of Winning Now at 91.4% If Silver’s
right, Obama is headed for an electoral landslide Charles Johnson Nov 5,
2012 at 8:48 pm PST
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Did Romney Screw Over The Mormons Too?
I'm guessing everyone who reads *DWT* already voted. But, just in case... I
want to remind anyone who hasn't that Romney has still not come clean on
his taxes and that Bloomberg reported last week that he doesn't appear to
have paid *any* taxes between 1996 and 2009, using a loophole and the
Mormon Church to avoid paying his fair share-- or even any share at all.
The irony is that it looks like he's even managed to stiff the Mormons...
which explains why he has made it clear he would rather lose the
presidential race than do what every single other candidate-- from both
parties-- ... more »
Harper Gags EnviroCan Scientists to Keep Mum about Tar Sands Snowpack Contamination
Stephen Harper and his minions don't want you finding out that tar sands
contaminants are accumulating in snow in the vicinity of the bitumen mines.
Harper and his Fossil Fueler bosses always fall back on the same tactic -
what you don't know won't hurt *them.* And to make damned sure you don't
know about the tar sands snowpack contamination, Harper and his political
commissars in the PMO have slapped the gags tightly on Environment Canada
scientists, the people *you* pay for with your taxes. You might pick up
their salaries but they're not allowed to talk to you candidly about w... more »
'U.S. Per Person Debt Now 35 Percent Higher than that of Greece'
Weekly Standard
Daniel Halper
A chart from the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee shows that
"U.S. Per Person Debt [Is] Now 35 Percent Higher than that of Greece.
"According to estimates from the International Monetary Fund, America’s
total government debt will be $16.8 trillion by the end of the calendar
year, compared to $441 billion for Greece," the Republican side of the
Senate Budget Committee explains. "On a per person basis, that means U.S.
debt is $53,400 for every man, woman, and child, compared to $39,400 for
every man, woman, and child in Greece. The dispa... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Portals of Awakening now fully opened
*Portals of Awakening now fully opened*
by ÉirePort
Gaia planetary brightness has increased to highest levels since inception
of Ascension timeline. Portals of Awakening now fully opened. Shadow
worshippers may resist, but resistance is not possible at this time.
Planet-wide presence of Portals of Awakening assures planetary awakening.
Freedom of Movement occurs as awakenings unfold.
Sands of time dissolve. Wings of flight unfold for New Paradigm flight.
Pegasus wings expand and release Hue-manity from all restriction.
ÉirePort
November 6, 2012 at 20:14 | URL: http://wp.me/p2s... more »
"Campaign Promises"
*"Campaign Promises"*
By Global Macro Monitor
"In the closing days of the 1932 campaign, Franklin Roosevelt promised a
crowd in Pittsburgh that he’d balance the federal budget while cutting
“government operations” by 25 percent. Wisely, he attempted neither, but
four years later as he prepared for another campaign trip to western
Pennsylvania, he asked his speechwriter Sam Rosenman what he should say if
his earlier vow came up. “Deny you were ever in Pittsburgh,” Rosenman
replied."
- http://macromon.wordpress.com/
"Land of the (Less) Free"
*"Land of the (Less) Free"*
by Robert Bauman
"James Madison of Virginia, the fourth US President, one the Founding
Fathers and the leading proponent of the Bill of Rights, may have
anticipated better than anyone the processes that destroy liberty when he
said: "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom
of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by
violent and sudden usurpations."
The 2012 Economic Freedom of the World report was released recently by the
Cato Institute and Canada’s Fraser Institute. In just a few years, the ... more »
This US election “is about the clash of symbols”
Harry Binswanger reckons this US election is the most important since
the
Goldwater-Johnson election of 1964, which, “had Goldwater won, the
entire
course of world history would have been different… no *‘*War on
Poverty,*’*no Johnson-era expansion of government intervention, no
Vietnam War, and,
perhaps, no New Left.”
Not because the two candidates are as wildly different as Johnson and
Goldwater were--“the candidates, as men, are ciphers,” reckons
Binswanger.
“The election is about the clash of symbols.”
Obama symbolizes collectivism, and its psychological corollary and
breeding ... more »
For Tuesday I Walk to the Village
...and voted, and voted some more.
Not too bad today, actually. First of all: I just went over there now, at
2PM, and there seemed to be a steady stream of voters. I had to wait in
line behind only two people, but most or all of the eight machines were
being used, and there was the same sort of line when I was leaving. While I
was voting, a new voter signed in, and the election workers gave her a big
cheer. Which was sad for me; my oldest is voting for the first time this
fall, but she voted absentee (plus Texas delivered her ballot so slowly
that she's worried it won't get in on ti... more »
Politics: "This Way to the Slaughterhouse"
*"This Way to the Slaughterhouse"*
by Jeffrey Tucker
"Madison, Wis., was in lockdown mode last night, a day before the visit by
the president of the United States. It is Obama’s last stop before Election
Day. It just so happened that he and I were in town on the same day to
speak to students, faculty, and residents. My host, Young Americans for
Liberty organizer Joseph Diedrich, and I were leaving the restaurant above
the Museum of Contemporary Art and walking to a cigar bar on the other side
of the Capitol building to meet other student and faculty for late-evening
conversation... more »
Iggy Comes Clean, Redeems Self - a Bit
Michael
Ignatieff has a warning - parliamentary democracy is in big troubleand
may fall victim to today's authoritarian prime ministers.
“*I think something really bad has happened to parliamentary democracies
all over the world — not just in my country, Canada. What’s happened is
increasing power to the prime minister, increasing power to the
bureaucracy, and the legislature — parliament — is a kind of empty,
pointless debating chamber because it’s all stitched up in advance by
party
leaders,” Ignatieff said during a weekend panel discussion, aired by the
BBC during its annual Free ... more »
McALPINE, BROOME, PUGLIA, SCOTLAND
"Eccentric British developer Lord McAlpine had a dream - an urge to create
a whole new civilisation in Australia's North based around the town of
Broome in the remote north of Western Australia."
"LORD Alistair McAlpine called them stupid, the people who blew up the
house at West Green in Hampshire that he had handed back to the National
Trust the week before...
"He spends much of the year in Venice and Broome...
"In 1990 Margaret Thatcher led 3000 mourners in St Paul's Cathedral
to honour the life of Lord Alistair's father Lord Edwin McAlpine of Moffat.
"Father and son are des... more »
Obaaama To Voters: Forward, Sheep! Maintain Formation!
Obaaama - Alex Jones animation [*Source: Jpmsell*]
Free at Last!
Thank the Lord I'm free at last from political ads, junk mail, liberals
telling me I *have* to vote for Obama, war whoops from Scott Brown
supporters (After I voted, I actually heard them as I walked past them
today. One told a Warren supporter, "I hope you can live with yourself.")
and the rest of the election year detritus. If I never see the colors red,
white and blue again, it'll be much too fucking soon.
The polls will be closing in less than 5 hours and then we can finally
begin the healing process of tabulating Republican electoral fraud and
launching what will surely be hun... more »
How the Sunday Times set the stage!
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012*
*Jeff Zeleny’s final novels:* On Sunday, Jeff Zeleny wrote the front-page
report in the New York Times about the presidential election.
Sunday’s a big day in the news biz. Essentially, this was the New York
Times’ final framing of the White House race.
The report appeared at the top of the paper's front page. Below, you see
the picture Zeleny painted.
Your assignment, should you accept it:
No, it doesn’t matter that much. But given the Times’ famous liberal bias, which
candidate did Zeleny seem to maybe favor:
ZELENY (11/4/12): President Obama and Mitt ... more »
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取出的白色垃圾，让我们愈合在一起！
*American Scofflaw*
* 取出的白色垃圾！*
*并开始愈合！ *
US Polling update
Whilst the US electorate votes after being told how close the race is, this
article struck me as interesting:
'While every single poll on the planet predicts Democrats will enjoy a
turnout advantage of three to eleven points, the latest Rasmussen survey of
party affiliation taken throughout October shows that Republicans enjoy a
huge 5.8% Party ID advantage going into the 2012 election.
According to Twitter's invaluable NumbersMuncher, Rasmussen correctly
predicted 2008 would be a D+7 election and incorrectly predicted 2010 would
be D+3. (2010 was D+0, or even, so Rasmussen gave a... more »
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake OAXACA, MEXICO - 6th November 2012
Magnitude M 4.2
Region OAXACA, MEXICO
Date time 2012-11-06 17:32:21.2 UTC
Location 17.43 N ; 97.14 W
Depth 103 km
Distances 11 km SE Asunción, Mexico
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA - 6th November 2012
Magnitude M 4.3
Region KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA
Date time 2012-11-06 17:12:21.7 UTC
Location 7.20 S ; 129.83 E
Depth 123 km
Distances 340 km NE Los palos
Russian attack sub detected near East Coast
A Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine cruised within 200 miles of the
East Coast recently in the latest sign Russia is continuing to flex its
naval and aerial power against the United States, defense officials said.
The submarine was identified by its NATO designation as a Russian Seirra-2
class submarine believed to be based with Russia’s Northern Fleet. It was
the first time that class of Russian submarine had been detected near a
U.S. coast, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of
the sensitive nature of anti-submarine warfare efforts.
One defense offi... more »
Did Barack Obama lie?
I
know you'll be staggered, especially if you live in the UK where the
BBC's coverage of US politics is so favourable to Barack Obama that it
must
embarrass even them but it seems that Barack Obama might have lied.
USA Today reports that:
'On the eve of the presidential election CBS News program *60
Minutes*released a transcript of an interview with President Obama in
which he said
it was "too early to tell" whether the attack on the U.S. consulate in
Libya was an act of terrorism.
The statement appears to contradict Obama's claim in a second debate
with
GOP presidential candidate Mi... more »
THE ABUSED SPEAK OUT
*Sir Peter Morrison - at the heart of the Thatcher government.*
A former resident of the Bryn Estyn children's home has told Channel 4 News
that he saw Sir Peter Morrison at the notorious care home five times.
*Eyewitness 'saw Thatcher aide take boys to abuse'*
Morrison, who died in 1995, was Margaret Thatcher's parliamentary private
secretary.
(Lord Boothby was Winston Churchill's parliamentary private secretary; both
Boothby and Churchill were said to be involved sexually with young lads.)
The former resident said: "I saw him at Bryn Estyn, he turned up in a car,
boy went off i... more »
Election Judge Wears Obama Cap While Checking in Voters in Obama's Chicago Ward
"This photo, taken by a voter this morning at the Ward 4, Precinct 37
polling place (1212 South Plymouth Court, Chicago), shows an election judge
checking in voters while wearing an Obama hat," a source writes. "Chicago's
4th ward is home to President Barack Obama."
The voter who took the photo says: "Woman in front of me also given an
extra ballot."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/election-judge-wears-obama-cap-while-checking-voters-obamas-chicago-ward_661843.html
GOP - Poll watcher in Detroit threatened with gun, 911 call rejected
Tensions are high all over the country at the polls today. The Michigan
Republican Party is alleging that a poll watcher in Detroit on Tuesday
morning was threatened with a gun. According to the Michigan GOP the poll
watcher's 911 call was rejected. Below is a press release from Michigan
Republican Party spokesman Matt Frendeway:
This morning, a legally credentialed poll watcher was threatened and
intimidated while attempting to perform his legally allowed duties of
observing the election process at precinct polling location 289 in Detroit.
The poll watcher, a lawyer, was confronted... more »
Dead And Still Voting: Thousands of dead Californians remain eligible to vote
An NBC Bay Area Investigation has uncovered thousands of California voters
who remain on the voter rolls despite having died several years ago.
That discovery prompted several state and Bay Area election officials to
re-examine their records, after our investigation brought this issue to
light.
NBC Bay Area used the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File to
cross reference with the California state voter rolls using name, date of
birth, and similar zip codes to find matches. We found over 25,000
questionable names still on the state voter rolls.
http://www.nbcbayarea.c... more »
President of Society for Kindergarten Kalculus speaks out
Stop treating 3 year-olds like children
Sent to St. Louis-Post Dispatch, November 6, 2012
Pre-kindergarten testing (screening) is a step in the right direction: We
must “get children prepared to learn” as early as possible and get them
ready not just for kindergarten but also for pre-school (“Pre-kindergarten
screening step toward child's success,” Nov. 6).
The coordinator of the Parents as Teachers program points out that
3-year-olds should know five colors and be able to count to 10.
Let’s insist that this happens and also toughen up pre-school and make sure
it includes phonemic aw... more »
A little primer on REPUBLICANS.
Your basic *rule of thumb*: More Republicans in office, worse consequences
for America and Americans, except for the one or two percent at the very
top of the income brackets who thrive at the expense of all other citizens.
The Republican Party is batshit crazy, and if you don’t understand that,
then you have either been under a rock pulling a Rip van Winkle since 1970
or so, or you are so credulous, gullible and even stupid that nothing can
get through to you anyway, so stop reading and go do something else that is
more within your limited capabilities than attempting to read words... more »
US presidential election
The country to our immediate south has a different way of electing a
federal government leader aka president for a 4-year term.
This Youtube hints at the complexity of their voting ballots.
Nonetheless, it would appear that, just as the Cons attempted to influence
the voting outcome with the systematic targeting and suppression of non-CPC
supporters, the RAPEublicans under the tutelage of Karl Rove are also using
dirty tricks, such as giving people false information. Robocalling is but
one tactic.
Twice in the last few weeks, voters in Maricopa County, Arizona – Home of
Sherif... more »
Nadine Dorries Suspended Over I'm A Celebrity
Maverick MP Nadine Dorries has been suspended from the Conservative Party
after travelling to Australia to take part in TV's I'm A Celebrity… Get Me
Out Of Here.
The party announced that new chief whip Sir George Young has withdrawn the
whip from the Mid Bedfordshire MP and wants to see her as soon as she
returns to Westminster.
http://news.sky.com/story/1007888/nadine-dorries-suspended-over-im-a-celebrity
Bahrain arrests 4 over deadly bombings
Bahraini police have arrested four suspects in connection with a wave of
bombings that killed two Asian expatriates in the capital Manama, the
official BNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
The news agency did not elaborate on when or how the arrests were made.
"An investigation is under way to uncover the circumstances surrounding
these terrorist crimes and identify the rest of the criminals and arrest
them," BNA quoted public security chief Major-General Tariq al-Hassan as
saying.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jbuFWtrY77aFPAGzQNf5svLLh-Ag?docId=CNG.ef98f8ad603... more »
Audit 'seriously undermines credibility' of EU spending
British opposition to Brussels budget increases hardened on Tuesday after
the EU's auditor failed to give a clean bill of health to £89 billion of
spending "affected by material error".
The European Court of Auditors reported on Tuesday that controls over 86
per cent of the EU budget last year were only "partially effective", a
conclusion that has further polarised the battle over European Commission
demands for a sharp rise in spending.
Vitor Caldeira, the ECA's chairman, said that auditors had "found too many
cases of EU money not hitting the target or being used sub-optimally" a... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS - 6th November 2012
Magnitude mb 4.7
Region EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
Date time 2012-11-06 15:57:56.6 UTC
Location 45.70 N ; 153.99 E
Depth 33 km
Distances 717 km NE Nemuro
Will the polls be right?
THE US Presidential election polls have been fascinating me, especially the
way the headline figures are so often quoted without any analysis of the
figures or how the poll was taken. regardless of the result tonight take a
look at these links for some interesting polling background.
Here's Breitbart
'The last three polls Marquette has conducted of the presidential race have
had a sample of D+2-4. Their polls throughout the year have ranged D+2-6.
Their poll right before the June recall election of Scott Walker used a
sample of D+5 and accurately predicted the election results. The ... more »
UFO Flies Into Volcano
UFO (ET plasma device?) flies into Mexican volcano.
Iran to take part in talks on nuclear-free Middle East
Iran said on Tuesday it would go to a proposed international conference in
December on creating a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, but there was
little hope of progress even if the meeting goes ahead given deep-rooted
regional animosities.
Tehran has been embroiled in a long stand-off with world powers over
allegations, which it denies, that it is seeking to develop the means to
produce nuclear weapons.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/11/06/uk-iran-nuclear-meeting-idUKBRE8A50TY20121106
China's Security Ministry Suspected Slain Businessman, Neil Heywood, Was a Spy
China's external intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security,
suspected a British businessman of being a spy before his murder last year
at the hands of a senior politician's wife, according to people with close
ties to Chinese state security.
On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Heywood had regular
meetings with an operative of the British intelligence agency MI6. The
newspaper said he was an unpaid informant, providing information on the Bo
family’s private affairs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/world/asia/chinas-security-ministry-suspected-neil-heywoo... more »
Gunmen assassinate brother of Syrian parliament speaker
Gunmen killed the brother of Syria's parliament speaker as he drove to work
in Damascus on Tuesday, the state-run news agency reported, as the
international envoy for Syria warned the country could become another
Somalia.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/06/gunmen-assassinate-brother-of-syrian-parliament-speaker/
Armoured limos and prime ministerial security
The
justification for the Member for Calgary Southwest's choice of ride for
the Member's Imperial Excursion to India (does he know they've won
independence?) is a little cute. CBC is quoting the Mounties and experts
about the risk involved in sending VIPs to India that require limos and
and Suburbans and probably a fair number of brawny men in suits.
The deployment of RCMP resources are
Obama Poster Hanging in Florida Polling Station
A poster featuring President Obama that read "Change the Atmosphere" was
reported to be hanging on a wall at a Florida, polling station.
This photo was reportedly taken by a voter inside precinct 1321-1251 at
Jack L McLean Community Center in Tallahassee, FL:
http://mrctv.org/blog/obama-poster-hanging-florida-polling-station
No, Alan Grayson Is NOT Just Like Allen West
I think it was Saturday-- days are blurring together again-- but I passed a
TV that had MSNBC on. It must have been the *Inside-the-Beltway Convention
Wisdom For Morons Show*, which is in really heavy rotation lately, and they
had a couple of the worst pundit-hacks in the pundit-hack business on as
guests, spouting their gibberish. I think one was Dave Wasserman, and he is
the *Cook Report*'s most outspokenly foolish bobblehead-- at least on
Twitter-- and the other was a woman whose name I didn't catch (maybe
Jennifer). I was just putting on my shoes and socks so I wasn't paying
... more »
Cyber-Attack On Home Office Site: Man Arrested at his home in Stoke-on-Trent
A man has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack on the websites
of Home Secretary Theresa May and the Home Office, Scotland Yard has said.
The 41-year-old was held at his home in Stoke-on-Trent on suspicion of
encouraging a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on the sites.
He allegedly targeted the Home Office and Theresa May's constituency
websites and urged others to take part in the attack online.
http://news.sky.com/story/1007859/man-held-over-cyber-attack-on-home-office-site
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION - 6th November 2012
Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 15:47:13 UTC
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 07:47:13 AM at epicenter
Location
52.717°N, 133.062°W
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
Distances
255 km (158 miles) SW (227°) from Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION - 6th November 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 14:27:58 UTC
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 10:27:58 PM at epicenter
Location
10.412°N, 126.881°E
Depth
44.1 km (27.4 miles)
Region
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
Distances
143 km (89 miles) ESE (119°) from Guiuan, Samar, Philippines
Spade-toothed beaked whale: Researchers say they have proven never-seen whale still exists
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/06/researchers-say-have-proven-never-seen-whale-still-exists/?intcmp=obnetwork
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake BISMARCK SEA - 6th November 2012
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 14:20:36 UTC
Wednesday, November 07, 2012 at 12:20:36 AM at epicenter
Location
3.811°S, 148.726°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
BISMARCK SEA
Distances
258 km (160 miles) SE (141°) from Lorengau, Manus Island, PNG
KARL ROVE'S ELECTION-STEALING WEB EXPOSED AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB CONFERENCE!
*BLOGGER'S NOTE:* I MET CLIFF ARNEBECK AT THE NATIONAL ELECTION REFORM
CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE EARLY IN 2005, AND I FIRST MET JIM MARCH WHEN HE
WAS WORKING WITH JOHN BRAKEY IN TUCSON IN THAT TIME PERIOD. I MET JIM AND
JOHN AGAIN LAST WEEK AT A COURT HEARING WHEREIN JIM AND ELEVEN OTHER
CITIZENS REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES WERE
DEMANDING THE RIGHT TO AUDIT TODAY'S ELECTION IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA.
THOUGH NOT NOTED IN THE TEXT BELOW, JILL SIMPSON -- WHO YOU WILL MEET IN
THE VIDEO -- WAS A FORMER ROVE OPERATIVE. OTHERWISE APROPOS, I HAVE LONG
AGO ADDED TO... more »
Time and Timelines
** *
Photo by Ulric Collette http://goo.gl/A2sH4* *Note: Two terms appear in
this document that will be unfamiliar to most who visit this blog. These
terms are LM and SM. The footnotes explain briefly who they are, but for
simplicity you can think of LM = Service to Other beings, SM = Service to
Self Beings. Daniel will be providing an followup paper on ETs/EDs. *
*
*
*I asked GW Hardin to examine the science in this article and he thinks
its sound, he was astounded by what was revealed about time space and the
reciprocal system. There are also many details missing from the Al Bie... more »
2 dead, 8 wounded after shooting rampage at Fresno, California chicken plant
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/06/2-dead-8-wounded-after-shooting-rampage-at-california-chicken-plant/
Unjust enrichment rare in cases with equalization
Symmons v. Symmons, 2012 ONCA 747 has a useful passage on unjust enrichment
in equalization cases:
[21] The trial judge's finding that there was no unjust enrichment is
reasonable. We are not persuaded that we should interfere with it. Below,
we will briefly address the two grounds Mrs. Symmons puts forward for her
unjust enrichment claim, and explain why we find them unpersuasive. Before
doing so, it is worth noting that this court has recently held "in the vast
majority of cases, any unjust enrichment that arises as the result of a
marriage will be fully addressed through... more »
More GOP intimidation
These people actually believe they own the country and have the right to be
arbiters of who is allowed to vote. The court had to issue an injuction
against them:
County officials received a complaint shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday that
Republicans outside a polling location on Maple Street in Homestead were
stopping people outside the polls and asking for identification.
This is just in PA. I'm seeing reports of similar incidents all over the
country on the twitter. This is going to an ugly day and if Obama manages
to win against this concerted effort to steal the election, it's go... more »
GOP officials booted, Black Panthers return -- and Obama at polling site?
A Pennsylvania judge is issuing an order to reinstate Republican election
officials across Philadelphia who allegedly were ejected or refused entry
by on-site Democratic voting chief judges, GOP officials tell Fox News.
One Republican official claimed that "just under 70" Republican election
officials were blocked from Philadelphia polling sites Tuesday morning by
Democrats on site. One of them, the official claimed, "was shoved out of
the polling place."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/judge-issuing-order-to-reinstate-booted-philadelphia-election-officials/
Geoscientists identify trigger for Earth's last big freeze
With the US election on going it seems as if we are in a holding pattern
when it comes to the ME wars.
Today is the day for something different
Ok, so these scientists think they have a handle on what caused the last
big freeze...
What is not mentioned is what caused the warming prior to the thaw that
caused the freeze.
Can't blame that on the masses!
So, what warmed the planet? And could that same mechanism have been in play
at this time?
Or should I say, in the near past, because it looks as if the planet is
getting cooler, yet again.
*A new model of flood waters from melting of... more »
Evidence of Fraud in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election: A Reader
Global Research
Larry Chin
*As previously written, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and the Republicans have
ample opportunities to steal the 2012 presidential election.*
*
***
*The groundwork for such a scenario is in place. A privatized, hackable,
corrupted electronic American election system controlled by Republicans.
Rampant voter suppression and intimidation campaigns by Republican
operatives. A corporate media that continues to be biased towards
Romney/Ryan. A political climate tilted towards corporate power and the
escalation of war (Republicans offer the faster, more brutal agenda).*... more »
DECISIONS 2012: END OF "OUR" WORLD?
Truthout
http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/12568-decisions-2012-end-of-our-world
Ominous Signs of Romney/Ryan Election Coup
Global Research
Larry Chin
[image: elephant]
*As previously written, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and the Republicans have
ample opportunities to steal the 2012 presidential election.*
*
*
*The groundwork for such a scenario is in place. A privatized, hackable,
corrupted electronic American election system controlled by Republicans.
Rampant voter suppression and intimidation campaigns by Republican
operatives. A corporate media that continues to be biased towards
Romney/Ryan. A political climate tilted towards corporate power and the
escalation of war (Republicans offer the faster, more ... more »
Israelis on trial in Turkey over Gaza ship deaths
Turkey on Tuesday opened the trial in absentia of former Israeli military
commanders charged over the 2010 killings of nine Turks aboard a Gaza-bound
aid ship.
The proceedings against four of Israel's most senior retired commanders,
including the ex-head of the army, has been dismissed by Israel as a
politically motivated "show trial" and threatens to further strain already
fraught relations.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/06/us-turkey-israel-trial-idUSBRE8A50Z420121106
Canada to allow civil nuclear trade with India
Canadian firms will be able to export uranium and nuclear reactors to India
for the first time in almost four decades under an agreement between the
two nations, their prime ministers said, but more work is needed to
implement the deal.
Once implemented, the agreement will end a ban on nuclear cooperation
Canada imposed in 1976 after India secretly exploded its first nuclear bomb
in 1974, commonly called the "Smiling Buddha", using material from a
Canadian-built reactor in India.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/06/us-india-canada-idUSBRE8A50M520121106
Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and Europe prepare for war in Mali
Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and Europe have drawn up
preliminary plans to recapture northern Mali from al Qaeda-linked rebels,
African officials said on Tuesday.
A source with knowledge of the plan said it will involve a force of more
than 4,000 personnel, mostly from West African countries.
"Every military option will be used - ground and air," the source said,
asking not to be named.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/06/us-mali-crisis-idUSBRE8A50UO20121106
Obama-Romney: TRF poll
*Update:* About 1/3 of U.S. TRF readers voted for Obama and 3/5 of them
expected Obama to win. Only 1% of TRF readers voted for Obama but expected
Romney to win. Among the non-TRF readers, Romney slightly won the popular
vote but by the electoral votes, Obama safely defended his presidency.
This poll is very simple and unsurprising.
I want the U.S. readers – which make up 1/2 of the TRF visitors – to report
whom they voted for and whom they expect to win. Well, I only mean the U.S.
readers who are not crying of being tired of Bronko Báma and Mitt Romney yet
.
*Who did you vote ... more »
Bottom Line: Nuclear Power Plants Are Inherently Unsafe
Majia here: The following article is interesting because it makes a number
of implicit arguments that I am going to analyze here:
Kageyama, Yuri (2012, Nov 4) Inspector Authority Accepted Money. The
Arizona Republic, A4.
[Excerpted] (AP) "Four members of a Japanese government team that sets
atomic reactor safety standards received funding from utility companies or
nuclear manufacturers, raising questions about their neutrality in the wake
of last year's tsunami-triggered disaster. [end excerpt]
Majia here: One regulator, Prof. Akio Yamanoto, received $339,000 for
research over the... more »
Voting machine problems in PA
And so it begins:
The person who put this up is happy to allow anyone to check the validity
of his video. This happened on one machine in PA, but this is way to hide
machine glitches. A few hundred votes in every precinct would add up to a
lot. The only countermeasure is a massive turnout. Every vote matters. No
matter where you live.
Somewhat related. Ballot placement in a wealthy precinct in Ohio.
[via]
Also, the Cincinnati Enquirer posted phony early voting tallies on their
website. Claim it was a mistake. They were just testing a dummy template.
But the fake numbers are... more »
Brent Cross Jewellery Shop Raided by Axe-Wielding Bikers
Four people on three motorbikes - armed with axes and bats - have raided a
jewellers at a popular London shopping centre.
The suspects entered Brent Cross Shopping Centre shortly after 10.15am,
fleeing with "a quantity of watches and jewellery", according to police.
They drove away in the direction of Hendon Central and the motorbikes were
later found abandoned at a nearby golf course.
http://news.sky.com/story/1007724/brent-cross-jewellery-shop-targeted-in-raid
US ELECTION WINNER ANNOUNCED
You Get What You Vote For, Drones
Posted on November 4, 2012 by willyloman
*SUBROSA .....*
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*Today's Presidential Election* (What Really Happened)
Obama
8% (29 votes)
Romney
5% (20 votes)
Gary Johnson
15% (56 votes)
Jill Stein
4% (16 votes)
Virgil Goode
1% (2 votes)
Ron Paul (write in)
29% (108 votes)
Michael Rivero (write in)
2% (7 votes)
Someone else
2% (8 votes)
I don't vote, it just encourages the bastards!
33% (123 votes)
Total votes: 369
Ominous Signs of Romney/Ryan Election Coup
NATE SILVER: Obama’s Odds Have Surged To 92%
Nate Silver now predicts a 92.2 percent chance t... more »
MN 3CD - Pls DUMP ALEC Alum Erik Paulsen
*Please Vote AGAINST Erik Paulsen*
Paulsen is an Alum of the American Legislative Exchange Council.
*ERIK PAULSEN - ALEC ALUM IS*
*AGAINST WOMEN*
Last week, Rep. Erik Paulsen joined Michele Bachmann and 213 men who voted
against the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Voted *Against** - Equal Pay* for Equal Work
*AGAINST SENIORS*
Believes in Coupon Care not Medicare
Erik Paulsen has voted for the Ryan budget that ends the Medicare
*AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT*
Erik Paulsen recently voted in favor of the Transparency in Regulatory
Analysis of Impacts on the Nation A... more »
The question raised by those eight-hour lines!
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012*
*What we saw at the polling place:* We’ve just returned from voting.
On the way out, we said this to the people in line: “They give you a choice
of Obama or Romney.”
We got a nice little laugh. As you know, though, it’s in the delivery!
Who has more fun than people, as mother always asked. This brings us to the
serious question of six-hour lines in Florida.
On last night’s Hardball, Chris played tape of those ridiculous lines, then
played tape of Christine Todd Whitman. We weren’t sure just how to react to
what the ex-governor said:
MATTHEWS (11/5/12):... more »
Fun Find: Gluten Free Pasta and Pizza making course at Cucina Caldesi!
*Fun Find: Gluten Free Pasta and Pizza making course at Cucina Caldesi!*
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*
A few weeks ago I attended an amazing all day cooking class with Adriana
Rabionovich at Cucina Caldesi in Marylebone. The kitchen was amazing, the
people were friendly and the food was nothing less than delicious. The day
began at 10pm with an imidiate offer of coffee or tea and a prompt start.
Although my food intolerances can be a bit up and down at different times,
they had all the necessary ingredients to create a completely gluten free
and cow's milk free menu. With goats milk and manchego ready, and sep... more »
Screw the vote
As it always the case, whatever GOPers are obsessing about, it's because
they're doing it themselves. Saw on the twitter that Fox Spews is making a
big deal about some black guy opening doors at the polls for old white
ladies. Implication being Black Panther intimidation. Which is, of course,
a lie.
In real life it's the Tea Party cons planning on intimidating black voters.
An investigation has been requested:
"We have seen their list and it strongly suggests that the Pennsylvania
Republican Party is coordinating with the Pittsburgh Tea Party to target
African American voters fo... more »
Koch Boys, Gates, Waltons, and Wall Street Lined Up in Support of Charter Expansion in Georgia and Washington
A clip from the NYTimes today:
The Georgia initiative, as well as a ballot measure in Washington State
that would permit charters there for the first time, is being closely
watched across the country. In both states, the measures have attracted
financial support from national business leaders and advocacy groups.
In Washington, donors supporting the charter ballot initiative include Bill
and Melinda Gates; the parents of Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief
executive of Amazon; and Nicholas Hanauer, a prominent venture capitalist.
Alice Walton, the daughter of Walmart’s founder, Sam ... more »
I Want Everybody to VOTE!!!!
*I cried on the way to work today.*
I had voted before I left for work.
All along my 40 mile drive – the bridge brigades were out with their signs
both Republican and Democratic expressing their freedom of speech –
encouraging people to vote.
It didn’t matter which way they were encouraging people to vote – it was
about being able to vote.
Having the privilege and freedom TO VOTE – made me cry.
BTW: I cry during the Pledge of Allegiance and when singing the national
anthem.
Minnesota has an amendment on the ballot today – a Vote ID amendment –
initiated by ALEC and brought to Mi... more »
Why Does Ken Buesseler Refer to "Plants" as Opposed to "Plant"
In an article titled “Fishing For Answers off Fukushima” published in Science
Magazine in October 2012 Buesseler noted that “the nuclear power plants
continue to leak radioactive contamination into the ocean.”[i].
WHY plants?
Daiichi is one plant.
Is Daini or some other plant leaking as well?
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[i] Ken Buesseler. Fishing for Answers off Fukushima. Science
Magazine, 338 (2012, October 26), 480-482.
Debunking Nuke Propaganda: How Much Radiation From Sleeping Next to Your Mate?
How much radiation does sleeping next to someone give you?
Stock at Nuke Professional has analyzed the nuke propaganda
slogan:"Sleeping next to someone gives you a big radioactive dose."
Nuke promoters claim that sleeping next to someone gives you an annual dose
of 7.3 milliSieverts.
Stock did some real calculations, and came up with .001167 MilliSieverts
which truly is negligible. Definitely worth reading:
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-old-sleeping-next-to-someone-lie.html
Election Day
Southern Man's new voting venue is the high school cafeterea in the little
town north of The Land so this morning he grabbed his crib sheets on judges
and state questions and his new voter ID card and arrived at about 6:45 AM
to find himself second in line. By 7:00 there were about forty folks behind
him. Everyone (including the poll workers) knew each other but did
everything by the book; they opened right on time, required proper ID, and
Southern Man signed in and filled out his ballot (we mark them with a big
black felt-tip pen; no hanging chads in Southern State!) and fed it to... more »
Waiting is the hardest part
I've been a bit paralyzed these last few days. I'm not nervous in the same
way I was in 2008. Just feel like everything that can be said, has been
said a thousand times already. I'm turning it over to the universe. I've
implored the cosmos to give us what we need and I'm hoping it will be what
I want.
I'm too superstitious to make predictions. But this much I will predict, if
the GOP manages to steal the vote, or it comes down to the Roberts court
handing it to Willard, this time I won't be silent. I hope no one will.
In the meantime, think it's going to be a very long day. So her... more »
WHY I BELIEVE THAT KARL ROVE WILL ALLOW OBAMA TO BE REELECTED. BUT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING POST CAME TO MY ATTENTION I THOUGHT THAT I WAS ALONE IN BELIEVING THIS.
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http://www.electionintegrity.org/blogengine/post/2012/11/presidential-election-prediction.aspx
*Presidential Election Prediction*
by Steven Freeman
11/5/2012 2:01:00 PM
Hi all. Been sidelined by shoulder injury/surgery and a power outage all
last week (the two really don’t go well together) though I’d already
been
on the sidelines regarding EI and politics in general. I wrote a very
long
explanation for a past EI do... more »
Why I Voted for Barack Obama Today
Amazing how the Simpsons is still pretty funny after 25 years…
In the interest of full disclosure, I thought I’d list the reasons why I
voted the way I did. I know conservative media regularly accuse
professors
of politicizing the classroom, but an honest discussion of why one
chooses
the way one did can also be useful exercise of citizenship. (See
Dreznerfor an example of what I was thinking of.) So with that goal, not
demagoguery, in mind, here we go:
1. *The Tea Party Scares Me*
This is easily the most important reason for me. Regular readers of my
own
blog will know that I v... more »
You MUST VOTE - We have to Win, Without Ohio
The ALEC ALUM in Ohio (Kasich and Husted) are doing everything they can to
make ALEC founder, Paul Wyerich's wishes come true.
*YOU MUST VOTE!!!!!*
*We have to win this without ALEC Ohio - so we can prove it is not a fluke,*
From ThinkProgress
*Ohio Governor Admits His Administration’s Policy Could Delay Election
Results*
By Aviva Shen posted from ThinkProgress Election on Nov 5, 2012 at 2:00 pm
On CBS News Monday morning, Governor John Kasich (R-OH) was asked about
Ohio’s impending provisional ballot mess, which could delay election
results. By state law, Ohio’s provisional ballo... more »
A Test of the New Podcast Feed
One reason we decided to move to WordPress is superior podcast support. Of
course, there’s a learning curve involved. So this is a test run of the new
podcast feed. If it works, you should have the option of playing my
interview with Janice Bially Mattern directly from this post. That’s all,
folks.
Voting Stories
Another Plain Blog Election Day tradition: a voting stories thread. I'll
write up mine in my usual post after I vote. I'm sort of dreading it...our
polling place is the local elementary school, and I've heard that they've
had a major uglification project since the last time I was there.
Anyway, I love voting stories, and I'd love to hear yours. What's your
polling place? What kind of ballot did you have: touch screen? Paper? How
many different positions/questions did you have on your ballot? What was
the goofiest or most obscure office? How did you go about choosing
candidates in ... more »
MN Dems - To Win - You MUST VOTE
Obama
Klobuchar
Barnes,
Ellison,
Graves,
McCollum,
Nolan,
Obermueller,
Peterson,
or
Walz
Best – hold your nose – votes for MN Supreme Court Justices
Barkley or Anderson (they are both questionable)
Gildea
Stras
*Vote NO* on the marriage amendment
(hating gays is a lifestyle choice)
*Vote NO* on the Voter ID amendment
(both Arne Carlson and Mark Dayton want you to vote no)
Slowest professor from Princeton speaks out!
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012*
*Who is Professor Kruze:* We don’t think we’ve ever done two different
series at one time.
This week, we’re going to shatter that precedent; we're going to produce *
two* serials! That’s how fascinating—and sad—this new op-ed column is.
The piece was written by Professor Kruze, a youngish history professor from
the leafy groves of Princeton.
We liberals are going to mail Kruze's column around. We are going to be
thrilled to our souls by its powerful wisdom.
We liberals are going to mail it around. But the piece is just pure perfect
crap.
Professor Kruz... more »
Feeling Patriotic
(My standard Election Day post, edited to bring it up to date...)
I do love Election Day.
And it's a good one, lots of great stories. The Senate elections alone:
Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock. Scott Brown vs. Elizabeth Warren: both of
their stories are fascinating, no? So are those of Tammy Baldwin and Tommy
Thompson. Plus I'll finally have to, or won't have to, learn to spell Heidi
Heitkamp -- and I've been a fan of hers for a long, long, time. There's
also that neither ticket has an white Protestant, which is probably an
unappreciated story right there in plain sight. I'm sure t... more »
Tuesday Morning Linkage
US citizens who haven’t voted early should exercise axiological rationality
and cast their ballots. If you live in Maryland, please consider voting
“yes” on Question 6. John Sides takes umbrage at Michael Gerson’s attacks
on political science. If you squint hard enough at Gerson’s arguments then
his criticisms of qualitative-content analysis might make sense. Regardless,
Continue reading
Iowa Property Owner Joins Long Line of Owners with Damaged Trees
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 15 hours ago
By: Duane Craig
The Iowa plaintiff in a lawsuit against E.I.DuPont joins potentially
thousands across the country who are making claims against the company for
damages resulting from using one of the company’s products to control lawn
weeds, according to this article.
In this case, the property owner hired a lawn care firm to take care of his
lawn. That firm used DuPont’s Imprelis herbicide to control lawn weeds, but
besides killing weeds, the chemical also began killing the plaintiff’s
trees. Within two weeks, trees were browning and experiencing leaf curling
with one mature Red ... more »
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