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Alarm in Tehran and Moscow over Bushehr nuclear reactor’s near-explosion in mid-October
http://www.debka.com/article/22577/Alarm-in-Tehran-and-Moscow-over-Bushehr-nuclear-reactor%E2%80%99s-near-explosion-in-mid-October
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*Added thoughts:*
Is Israel willing to kill millions of Iranians and other people, as well
as
risk the health of their own citizens based on a paranoid hunch for
which
there is no evidence? Is this what God would want one group of people to
do
to another? And lastly, why on Earth would any sane Christian support
such
behavior? Didn't Jesus teach us peace? One wonders if people need to
return
to their scriptures and refresh themselves, for today's behavi... more »
Double-decker bus hits overpass at Miami Airport at least 1 Dead
Officials say a bus has hit an overpass at Miami International Airport,
killing at least one person and leaving more than two-dozen injured,
including three critically. Though the identity of the victim was not
revealed, photos of the accident indicated that she is a woman, according
to The Miami Herald.
Airport spokesman Greg Chin said the bus, which was a cruise or tour bus,
hit the overpass going into the airport's arrivals section on Saturday
morning. The bus was going about 20 mph when it clipped the roof entrance.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241438/BREAKING-NEWS-... more »
Ola Cassadore Davis passes to Spirit World
Ola Cassadore Davis
Photo by Robin Silver*OLA CASSADORE DAVIS 1924-2012*
Censored News
SAN CARLOS, Ariz. -- Ola Cassadore Davis 89, passed into the spirit world
November 25, 2012. Survived by her husband, Michael, one sister, two sons,
four daughters and 14 grandchildren. Ola was truly one of the great
warriors of our time fighting for the rights of her Apache Nation to
protect Mt. Graham and for the defense of all Indigenous Peoples'sacred
places. She traveled in America and in Europe to confront threats to her
native sovereignty, taking her message to the United Nations and to the ... more »
BENGHAZI BANANAS: Helderman on wheels!
*SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012*
*Sixth grade meets the Post:* On the front page of the Washington Post,
Rosalind Helderman pens a loving portrait of Kelly Ayotte, Saint McCain’s
new third amigo.
Kelly Ayotte is the best! That said, we were puzzled by this pronouncement:
HELDERMAN (12/1/12): Ayotte’s partnership with McCain and Graham on
Benghazi began shortly after the attack, *which is now understood to have
been an al-Qaeda effort to kill Americans.* Ambassador J. Christopher
Stephens and three others died in the attack.
Say what? The Benghazi attack “is now understood to have been ... more »
BENGHAZI BANANAS: When Liasson spoke!
*SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012*
*The truth turned upside down:* Do we have a banana republic press corps?
Actually, yes—we pretty much do. Ongoing complaints about Susan Rice have
made this abundantly clear.
Regarding Rice, this new post at Media Matters refreshed us about what Mara
Liasson said.
Alas! We were watching Special Report on October 10 when Liasson, on loan
from NPR, offered a jaw-dropping groaner.
Liasson’s presentation simply reeked of rotting bananas. As she spoke, she
recited a script which had been standard at Fox for several weeks at that
point:
LIASSON (10/10/... more »
No shit Sherlock
Human Rights Watch: Egyptian Constitution is Flawed http://t.co/QOPXeHOSvia @upi -- Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah)
Burn more gas for Jesus
By Capt. Fogg
It's hard to believe these people actually exist and harder to believe
they've managed to worm their way into positions of respect and influence
in America -- but that's the kind of country we are, babbling about the
bible, scrawling godblather on the walls, rolling on the floor making
gargling noises, respecting and electing people who can't stop using God's
names as toilet paper while shilling for the oil cartel.
Take the American Family Association, which in the right wing tradition has
named itself innocuously with insidious intent; wrapping itself in God,
Gospel... more »
Saturday Morning Linkage
A weak “contrarian” post from Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on Tom Rick’s
appearance on Fox News. Watch Daveed flail further in comments. Defence
Talk: Pakistan test fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile and hackers
target IAEA. More on the latter from Jeffrey Lewis. Vitalist metaphors for
the PhD thesis. Terranova: two posts — on virtual currencies (and the
‘real world’) and virtual economies.
Continue reading
Heading to the hills and a model finca
Margarita and family drying coffee in the new secadora
We headed up into the hills this week, to beautiful, rainy forests and a
family farm doing everything right. OCDIH, the organization I’m helping
with communications, wanted a case study to present to funders.
So we went to meet Rosa Margarita Escalón España. (We, because I recruited
Jody, knowing my Spanish would not allow a good interview.)
Which meant 90 minutes on a bus. Then 45 minutes in a truck with Alex and
Alexis, the OCDIH ag tech guys who guiding us. After a stop for breakfast
in a woman’s tidy kitchen, we pushed up muddy... more »
Untitled
*Judge rules voucher funding is unconstitutional*
*S&WB re-states need for big jump in water rates *
*Plaquemines Parish citrus farmers prepare for Orange Fest*
*Drought-Parched Mississippi River Is Halting Barges*
*Artist, writer Neal Adams draws up love for fans at Wizard World New
Orleans Comic Con*
Europe's 'lost generation': Unemployment reaches record high with 19 million people out of work across 17 countries
European unemployment has reached a record high - with almost 19 million
out of work across the 17 countries that use the euro.
More than 10 per cent of people living in the Eurozone are now unemployed
with those under 25 struggling the most to find jobs.
Experts said the prospect of a 'lost generation' of young people now looks
like an 'alarming possibility'.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240999/Eurozone-unemployment-reaches-new-record-high-25-hardest-hit.html
Who's Got Georgia On Their Mind?
How about that for a nice Hobson's choice?
Yesterday even quintessential corporate whore and reactionary dinosaur Roy
Blunt (R-MO) admits he may have no choice but to vote to increase taxes on
the very rich (the GOP's financial base). Yeah, Blunt told a KTRS Missouri
radio audience he's considering raising the marginal tax rates on the rich
as part of the Obama-Boehner Grand Bargain-- as long as it's "balanced"
with *lots* of pain and suffering for working families. John Thune (R-SD),
a non-Mormon version of Romney with presidential ambitions, is on the same
page.
Blunt isn't up f... more »
John Thompson Jailed at Last
A
vile paedophile who blamed a girl of seven for seducing him was finally
locked up yesterday - weeks after a judge let him walk free.
John Thompson escaped a prison sentence in July despite pleading guilty
to
sexually assaulting his victim.
Incredibly, he accused the schoolgirl of pinning him down on a bed after
‘flirting’ with him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241125/Paedophile-said-seven-year-old-girl-seduced-finally-jailed-weeks-judge-set-free.html
Welfare state has ballooned to over 12 times its original size, figures reveal as Chancellor prepares benefits freeze
The
cost of the Welfare State has risen 12-fold in real terms since its
introduction, figures reveal today – as George Osborne prepares to
unveil a
benefits freeze.
Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions to mark the
70th
anniversary of William Beveridge’s landmark report on welfare, show the
cost of the modern system dwarfs that of his original vision.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241203/Welfare-state-ballooned-12-times-original-size-figures-reveal-Chancellor-prepares-benefits-freeze.html
The shattering of Europe: It's not just Scotland, almost every major European nation faces breakaway movements. History tells us the result could be bloodshed, chaos and suffering
The year is 2022, and in the gilded splendour of his Brussels headquarters,
the EU President is facing a tricky dilemma.
Pressure is building on him to finalise his latest budget — yet the
problems seem intractable. With so many small new nations scrabbling for
funds, agreement seems impossible.
Catalonia, for example, is demanding deep cuts in EU administrative
expenses, while the Scots are calling for higher welfare subsidies. The new
states of Lombardy and Tuscany are at loggerheads, the Corsicans are still
in the doghouse after their government’s latest corruption scandal, and t... more »
At least 32 killed as plane hits houses in Congo
A cargo plane crashed into houses near Brazzaville Maya-Maya airport while
attempting to land in a thunderstorm on Friday, killing at least 32 people,
a Congolese Red Cross official said on Saturday.
"We have already pulled 32 bodies from the crash site, but there could be
more victims," the official said, asking not to be named. The official said
the dead included six crew members.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/us-congo-republic-crash-idUSBRE8B006720121201
Merkel reaffirms German support for Israel after U.N. vote
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reassured Israel of her country's support
on Saturday, two days after Berlin disappointed the Jewish state by
abstaining in a U.N. vote on the Palestinians' status.
Germany, which will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and many
of his ministers next week, abstained in Thursday's vote in the U.N.
General Assembly which provided de facto recognition of a sovereign
Palestinian state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/us-germany-israel-merkel-idUSBRE8B007B20121201
North Korea Uncovers Ancient Unicorn Lair
If the trusted Korean Central News Agency of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea say it, it must be true:
*Lair of King Tongmyong's Unicorn Reconfirmed in DPRK*
Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- Archaeologists of the History Institute of
the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of the
unicorn rode by King Tongmyong, founder of the Koguryo Kingdom (B.C.
277-A.D. 668).
The lair is located 200 meters from the Yongmyong Temple in Moran Hill in
Pyongyang City. A rectangular rock carved with words "Unicorn Lair" stands
in front of the lair. The carved wo... more »
The New Newspeak
NDP environment critic Meghan Leslie understands how indebted the Harper
government is to George Orwell. Rather than reading *1984* as a warning
against tyranny, the Harperites have adopted the novel as a how to manual.
Their messaging is thoroughly imbued with the principles of Newspeak. Those
principles are particularly apparent when it comes to environmental policy.
Leslie invites her readers to consider Harperian definitions for the
following terms:
In the Conservative world, “responsible” means expedited. Gut environmental
assessment laws, exempt pipeline projects from the S... more »
Islamists rally behind Mursi as Egypt's rifts widen
Islamist crowds demonstrated in Cairo on Saturday in support of President
Mohamed Mursi, who is racing through a constitution to try to defuse
opposition fury over his newly expanded powers.
Many thousands assembled outside Cairo University, waving Egyptian flags
and green Islamist emblems to show their backing for the president and the
constitution he is promoting.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/us-egypt-idUSBRE8B004X20121201
12 Home Remedies for Coughs
Home Remedies for Coughs
Common Sense Homesteading, 29 November 2012
*When cold and flu season hits, it’s nice to have an assortment of home
remedies for coughs on hand to sooth sore throats. We’ve tried just about
all of these at one point or another, depending on who’s coughing and what
type of cough they have. I hope you find them useful as well.*
Home Remedy for Coughs #1 – Honey and CinnamonPour some honey in a small
container ( I used an 8 ounce mason jar) and mix in some cinnamon to
taste. Take one spoonful as needed to quiet cough. * **Both cinnamon and
honey are anti... more »
Yahoo! Court Battle: Firm Told To Pay $2.7bn
Yahoo! has been ordered to pay $2.7bn (£1.7bn) by a Mexican court for
breach of contract involving a yellow pages listings service.
The US firm said it believed the claims were without merit and would
vigorously pursue all appeals.
The civil case was brought by Worldwide Directories and Ideas Interactivas
against Yahoo! and Yahoo! De Mexico.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019185/yahoo-court-battle-firm-told-to-pay-2-7bn
Chinese Home In Middle Of Road Is Torn Down
The five-storey building was bulldozed on Saturday after the pair finally
accepted compensation of 260,000 yuan (£25,000), officials said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019176/chinese-home-in-middle-of-road-is-torn-down
Wyoming: 'Bow And Arrow' Attacker Kills Two
A man reportedly armed with bow and arrow has killed a woman, a male
teacher and then himself in front of horrified students at a community
college in Wyoming.
The suspect and the teacher were found dead on Friday at a science building
on the Casper College campus, in Casper, which was locked down for two
hours.
The body of another victim was found around two miles away from the college.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019205/wyoming-bow-and-arrow-attacker-kills-two
Crocodile Attacks Boy Swimming In Australia, 12 year old boy missing
Australian police are searching for a 12-year-old boy who is believed to
have been attacked by a crocodile and dragged out to sea.
The boy was swimming with a group of people at Port Bradshaw, in the
Northern Territory, when he was attacked.
"Initial reports suggest adults within in the group tried to save the boy
by spearing the animal, but the crocodile dragged the child out to deeper
water," police Superintendent Michael White said in a statement.
Two weeks ago a seven-year-old girl was feared killed by a crocodile at a
waterhole about 340km (210 miles) east of the city of Darwin... more »
Andrew Lancel charged with historic child sex offences
Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel will appear in court later
this month to face five counts of indecent assault on a child under 16.
Merseyside Police said the 42-year-old had been charged under his real name
- Andrew Watkinson.
He was charged under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019115/former-corrie-star-faces-child-sex-charges
Wind-Blown Plastic Bags and Balloons Threaten Desert Wildlife
Trash made up of balloons and plastic bags can prove hazardous to desert
wildlife. Photo courtesy: Erin Zylstra
Ocean garbage patches get a lot of attention, but a lot of trash is blowing
across some of the most treasured and remote parts of America's desert
wilderness, according to a new study out of the University of Arizona.
Biologist Erin Zylstra mapped and added up all the wind-dispersed plastic
trash bags and latex balloons in two protected parts of the Saguaro
National Park in Arizona. She was surprised to discover that these
particular kinds of very mobile trash outnumbered... more »
Here's an anniversary that the BBC and others have
'Nov. 29, 1947 was the day the UN General Assembly passed the plan to
recommend the partition the British Mandate of Palestine into a Jewish
state and an Arab state. The Jews accepted the plan. The Arabs -- both
local and regional - rejected it. The local Arabs who 25 years later became
known as "Palestinians," responded to the passage of UNGA resolution 181 by
launching a terror war against the Jews. Their war was commanded by Iraqi
and Lebanese terror masters and supported by the British military and its
Arab Legion from Transjordan.
...
On November 28, 1941 the religious and ... more »
Scary Julia Roberts?
Well this dog is scared of her anyway!
EU Food Safety Agency: Please Stop Performing GMO Research by Anthony Gucciardi
Source: http://corporateeurope.org/agribusiness#
EU Food Safety Agency: Please Stop Performing GMO Researchby Anthony
Gucciardi
Natural Society, 30 November 2012
After it came out that Monsanto’s genetically modified maize crop was
linked to tumors and organ damage in rats, the EU food safety agency
immediately went up in arms in an attempt to find a chink in the armor
of
the *scientific research* – as expected. After all, *WikiLeaks has
revealed*that Monsanto literally has enough political pull to have major
United
States politicians threaten ‘military-style’ trade wars aga... more »
Why the President is Not So Keen on Just Limiting Deductions
From the White House blog. Bottom line: If you apply a $25,000 deduction
cap only to households with income above $250K, phase in the cap gradually
as income rises above $250K, and exclude charitible giving from the cap,
you increase revenue by only $450 billion over ten years.
Was there a massive fraud in the 2012 US Presidential Election?
Bev Harris on Infowars think so.
Thanks to Theo Spark for the video spot.
did modern man INVENT light?
"Is 'light' merely a product of our bi-focal genetic make-up?"
What the hell is this question, surely light is a real phenomenon? It's
been proven to exist as either a wave or particle? Hasn't it?
Well, I'm not so sure about that, Tonto.
Think about it, each eye gets a FLAT IMAGE from the ourside world. Each of
these flat images is passed to the opposite side of the brain (there's
still no convincing explanation of why we're wired this way). The image is
then 'compared' somehow to give us the 'illusion of depth'.
We're bifocal and we're taught, "Therefore 'light' travels in straigh... more »
Jim Vieira - Stone Builders, Mound Builders and the Giants of Ancient America
Jim Vieira's research over the last 20 years has led him down a bizarre
road of intrigue and mystery surrounding the races and built structures of
Ancient America.
*Vieira has compiled thousands of accounts of giant skeleton reports from
the New York Times, Smithsonian Ethnology Reports, American Antiquarian,
Scientific American as well as town and county histories to make the case
that the history of our past has not only been deliberately covered up, but
is vastly different then what we are told.*
Just wait for the audience's emotional reaction at 07:03... and watch for
the act... more »
Obama warns of 'Scrooge' Christmas
After touring a Pennsylvania toy factory that's churning out would-be
holiday gifts, President Barack Obama warned Friday of a "Scrooge"
Christmas if Congress does not pass legislation extending tax cuts for 98%
of Americans.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/30/politics/fiscal-cliff/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Land emerges from sea as Nordic nations rise
A Stone Age camp that used to be by the shore is now 200 km (125 miles)
from the Baltic Sea. Sheep graze on what was the seabed in the 15th
century. And Sweden's port of Lulea risks getting too shallow for ships.
In contrast to worries from the Maldives to Manhattan of storm surges and
higher ocean levels caused by climate change, the entire northern part of
the Nordic region is rising and, as a result, the Baltic Sea is receding.
"In a way we're lucky," said Lena Bengten, environmental strategist at the
Lulea Municipality in Sweden, pointing to damage from Superstorm Sandy that
kil... more »
Enrico Fermi started nuclear era 70 years ago
An unusually well written article appeared in the financial section of the
Czech Press Agency's server. Here's the translation into Lumo English.
*Chicago/Prague – Exactly seven decades ago, on December 2nd, 1942, the
mankind found itself on the threshold of the nuclear era. A team led by
Italian physicist Enrico Fermi managed to ignite a controlled nuclear
reaction for the first time in the history. The experiment opened doors
towards the usage of the mysterious energy from the cores of atoms which is
able to both kill and help.*
Although Fermi belonged among the key minds o... more »
Palestinian dies after Israeli troops fire at Gaza border
One of six Palestinians shot and wounded by Israeli troops on Friday while
protesting at the Gaza Strip boundary fence died on Saturday, hospital
officials said.
The fortified fence and a 300-metre-deep zone on the Palestinian side - on
which Israel has regularly fired since 2009 with the declared aim of
keeping gunmen and infiltrators away from the border - have been a testing
ground for the November 21 truce that ended an eight-day surge in Gaza
fighting.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/us-palestinians-israel-violence-idUSBRE8B004T20121201
U.S. judge refuses to order anti-Muslim film off YouTube
An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that
stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world
lost on Friday her second legal bid to force the video off YouTube.
Denying a request by actress Cindy Lee Garcia for a court order requiring
the popular online video site to remove the crudely made 13-minute clip, a
federal judge found she was unlikely to prevail on her claims of copyright
infringement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/us-protests-lawsuit-idUSBRE8B003W20121201
Egyptians protest after draft constitution raced through
Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested against President Mohamed Mursi on
Friday after an Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new
constitution in a bid to end a crisis over the Islamist leader's newly
expanded powers.
"The people want to bring down the regime," they chanted in Tahrir Square,
echoing the chants that rang out in the same place less than two years ago
and brought down Hosni Mubarak.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/us-egypt-president-idUSBRE8AM0DO20121201
Does Israel want Peace?
Palestinians say the two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is at
death's door after Israel announced it is reviving plans to build on
occupied land in a controversial area of East Jerusalem.
The US government is also criticising Israel for the move.
"This administration - like previous administrations - has been very clear
with Israel that these activities set back the cause of a negotiated
peace," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Washington.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019077/west-bank-settlement-plan-blow-to-peace-hopes
Gang Pose As Cops In Gold Bullion Heist
Thieves dressed in jackets emblazoned with the word "police" boarded a
fishing boat and stole 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.5m (£7m),
officials on the Caribbean island of Curacao have said.
The boat's captain was hit on the head in the early-morning assault before
the thieves made off with the gold in three cars, police spokesman Reggie
Huggins said.
Authorities believe there were at least six men involved in the heist. No
arrests have been made.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019107/gold-bullion-heist-from-boat-in-curacao
North Korea: Researchers Find 'Unicorn Lair'
The world is stunned by the totalitarian state's declaration that experts
have found the spot where an ancient king kept unicorn.
North Korea has raised eyebrows around the world by announcing that
researchers have proved the existence of the unicorn.
The official state news agency says archaeologists "reconfirmed" the
existence of a "unicorn lair" in Pyongyang, once used by an ancient Korean
king.
The Korean Central News Agency reports that archaeologists made the
extraordinary discovery when they spotted a rectangular rock carved with
the words "unicorn lair" 200m from the city's... more »
Florida's Shoot-To-Kill Order On Crocodile
Florida wildlife officials have issued a rare shoot-to-kill order in the
hunt for a young and potentially dangerous Nile crocodile on the loose near
Miami.
The Nile crocodile, which hails from Africa, can jump higher, run faster
and grow to nearly 20 feet in length, several feet larger than its American
cousin, and has a "nastier" temperament.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019098/floridas-shoot-to-kill-order-on-crocodile
North Korea Unveils New Rocket Launch Plan
North Korea says it is to launch a long-range rocket later this month.
The launch, planned for between between December 10 and December 22, will
heighten already strained tensions with South Korea ahead of its
presidential election on December 19.
North Korea tried in April to launch a long-range rocket but it broke apart
shortly after lift off.
http://news.sky.com/story/1019171/north-korea-unveils-new-rocket-launch-plan
MORSI TO BE REPLACED?
*President Morsi of Egypt, who has warm links to the USA, has spoken to
Time magazine:*
Time's interview with morsi
"I (would wake up) to Good Morning America every day, Barbara Walters and
her great programs.
"And of course,Walter Cronkite…
"I don’t like people in my country to say, 'The United States is against
us'...
"President Obama has been very helpful, very helpful (on Gaza).
"And I can say really that his deeds coincide with his intentions. We’ve
been talking together about the cease-fire...
The CIA operative,Gamal Abdel Nasser
The CIA put the following people into ... more »
5.9 Magnitude Earthquake ALASKA PENINSULA - 1st December 2012
Magnitude
5.9
Date-Time
Saturday, December 01, 2012 at 08:00:58 UTC
Friday, November 30, 2012 at 11:00:58 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
58.425°N, 154.123°W
Depth
83.9 km (52.1 miles)
Region
ALASKA PENINSULA
Distances
82 km (51 miles) WNW (300°) from Aleneva, AK
Drug Price Control 31: Cancer Drugs and CWF
Among the members of the DOH Advisory Council (AC) on the Implementation of
RA 9502 (Cheaper Medicines Law of 2008), and in our civil society health
network Coalition for Health Advocacy and Transparency (CHAT), there is
only one NGO leader who persists on lobbying for continued drug price
control, the leader and founder of the Cancer Warriors Foundation (CWF),
James Auste.
I can understand James' main concern, to save the lives of more and more
children with cancer, and it is a noble goal. I myself have two young kids,
aged only 6+ and 2+ years old. If anyone of them will get sick,... more »
Fat-Free Econ 32: GDP Growth, Stockmarket and Rule of Law
This is my article yesterday in TV5's news portal,
http://www.interaksyon.com/business/49318/fat-free-economics--fearless-forecast-up-to-7-percent-growth-for-philippine-economy-in-4q
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The
Philippines’ high third-quarter growth in its gross domestic product
(GDP) is good news. In the six major economies within Asean, the
Philippines with 7.1 percent trumped Indonesia, which grew 6.2 percent;
Malaysia, 5.2 percent; Vietnam, 4.7 percent; Thailand, 3 percent; and
Singapore, 0.3 percent.
The question is, will this be sustained at least over the short run?
Before
answering this,... more »
ANONYMOUS = CIA
*CIA masks.*
The CIA-run global hacking network Anonymous has said that it will shut
down Syrian government websites around the world.
On 29 December 2012, Syria was plunged into communication darkness when the
CIA hit Internet connectivity.
Land lines and mobile phones networks were also disrupted.
The Syrian government said "terrorists" had attacked Internet lines.
Anonymous declares Internet war on Syria
Syria's Internet Outage & the Future of Information Warfare
*December 1, 2012* (LD) - It's not that Syria's government didn't prepare
for war. They perhaps, simply prepared for the wrong kind of war.
This week when sweeping outages in Syria's communication networks were
reported, the Western media immediately accused the Syrian government of
being behind the move. However, it should be noted that NATO-backed
terrorists operating inside of Syria have been openly given advanced
communication equipment (also here and here) by Western nations, including
the United States, allowing militants to create their own, independent
communication networks... more »
Bronze Age Ax Heads Adulterated
Let us understand something here. The axe head was Bronze Age money.
Thus cutting the value of the axe head with lead is a perfectly good way to
rip off your customer. It would not get past the pros, but obviously good
enough to swindle a local chief. Since this stuff was hoarded as a reserve
of wealth, it would not likely be used to cut anything.
That may even explain why it was abandoned, although it would be simple to
remelt and separate out the copper. As likely, the victim got wise and
lacked the skill to deal with it.
There is no other legitimate reason for t... more »
UFO Traffic Increase
One aspect of the UFO phenomenon that has gone unremarked is the steady
increase in traffic. The ships are well stealthed but the nature of such
technology is that it will fail up close. Thus a lack of significant
sightings from a century ago is unsurprising.
The problem is that the UFO became well known in the Fifties and the
population has not been shy in coming forward.
What has been reported is two types of traffic. The most common one has
been small research vessels holding a small crew of at most several
individuals. Some appear to literally be on sight seeing ja... more »
Sauron Named Big as T.Rex
We do keep adding to our inventory of known dinosaurs. Considering the
real speciation existing today among birds and the time duration of
dinosaur dominance, I suspect that we have only begun.
This is another T.Rex like meat eating land shark that everyone loves to
be extinct. Of course, we may still have an example or two hiding out in
remnants of the Sahul.
We know little of their life way so cannot comment well on likely
populations. They seem to get caught in flash floods rather often. There
may have been very specific reasons for that behavior such as stalking... more »
Persistence or Extinction Calculated
The key to conservation is to ensure local populations have access to
occasional migration. In that way, patches or refugia will naturally
support each other. This is the inherent weakness in the agricultural
environment were habitat is artificially chopped up often cut off.
The simple expedient of ensuring a waterway centered natural refugia would
easily obviate this concern even through urban areas.
Mother Nature does most of this anyway and it behooves us to intelligently
assist. There are plenty of waterways in which trees have been stripped and
recovery thwarted more by neg... more »
WE HATE ADVERTS
The people in the advertising world tend to have no morals?
Online ads "pop up without warning, distract attention and clog
computers...
"Around 9% of all online page views now come from browsers armed with
ad-blocking software..."
"You cannot annoy someone into liking you," says Norm Johnston of
Mindshare, a media-buying agency.
*Clicked off*
This is an anti-smoking advert.
As an anti-smoking advert it fails.
It associates smoking with sex, and could lead to increased sales of
tobacco.
Maybe that was someone's intention?
*French in uproar over oral sex anti-smoking post... more »
BoyFistGirlSuck - Severin + Philbin - Erotic Horror For The Certifiably Insane
"I wouldn't buy this book if I were you." - The Publisher.
This is not Carpenteresque horror with sex thrown in. This is Erotic Horror
for the Certifiably Insane. We're not being cute here. Seriously.
This is raw, uncompromising eye-rape that even porn search engines wouldn't
advertize when it was first published in 2004, and was banned by a certain
online Payment Processor.
Re-released for the first time in nearly a decade, in ebook and paperback
(soon), Alex Severin & Mike Philbin (formerly known as Hertzan Chimera,)
bring you the quintessential Erotic Horror short story collection... more »
Beyond The Phantom Of Terror: Five Real Ways America Is Under Attack
*1. Economic Warfare: Big Banks, Imaginary Cliffs, And Genocidal Austerity.*
America's economic life has been deliberately brought to a halt by the
psychopathic international oligarchy that controls the Federal Reserve,
corporate America, and the U.S. political system. The systematic
destruction of the American economy began in the 1970s and it continues to
accelerate. There is no question that the deindustrialization of America
was preventable. But since the globalists in Washington abandoned America
and its people, they saw to it that America's core industries were
destroyed.
The... more »
It's Too Late to Whine Now
One day after leading the charge to block the UN General Assembly from
granting upgraded recognition to the Palestinian Authority, the United
States is supposedly condemning Israel for retaliating by authorizing a
further 3,000 settler homes to be built upon Palestinian lands in the
occupied West Bank.
You dumb humps. You shot your bolt yesterday. Israel got what it wanted
out of you and Harper so Netanyahu has nothing to lose from turning on
Palestine today. And there's sweet Fanny Adams you can do about it.
Maybe you feel like Bibi's bitch. Well you should, for that's preci... more »
Pe' Sla Returns to Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation)
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By Chase Iron Eyes
Last Real Indians*Incredible effort raises $9 million to purchase land*
*Article by Brenda Norrell*
*Photo copyright Chase IronEyes*
*Censored News*
http//www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
**
The Great Sioux Nation today celebrated the reacquisition of Pe’ Sla,
sacred land in the Black Hills. Chase IronEyes, Lakota, initiated the
effort to reclaim the land online at Last Real Indians.
IronEyes said today, “From the bottom of my heart and spirit I know the
world is a better place because of the Pe’Sla campaign. Lastrealindians,
Inc. has contributed over $900,000 towar... more »
Sunday Classics preview: "Between us, everything is finished" (Carmen)
*Olga Borodina and Marcelo Álvarez as Carmen and José (Act II)*
*by Ken*
We've been working our way up to the final meeting of the free-spirited
(but also doom-ridden) gypsy Carmen and her onetime soldier lover Don José.
This week we get there.
We've got a lot of performances of chunks of this surprisingly compact
climactic scene coming up, but I want to highlight in particular two
statements that define the state of stalemate Carmen and José have reached
by the start of Act IV of Bizet's *Carmen*.
*FIRST HERE THEY ARE IN ENGLISH (OF A SORT) --*
which, as we'll see in a moment,... more »
Seneca Grandma Edna's Broomstick Revolution
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*A BROOMSTICK REVOLUTION**Hawk Elder Teachings for a New Age*
*www.BroomstickRevolution.com *
*“T**his book** **is dedicated to all the Peoples of our Mother the Earth.*
*I send it out like an arrow of love from my heart to YOUR hearts!*
*It’s FILLED with Instruction**s** **and Secrets **for those who
understand’m!***
*But always remember, *****
*Creation itself** **is the biggest Secret of all!*****
** **
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*“WE NEED CHANGES** in this world,***
*really big **BIG** changes.*****
** **
*I’m prayin’ they’ll be peaceable changes,***
*not violent and bloody ones.*****
** **
*I’d like to ... more »
Hijacked By A Foreign Power, America Crumbles Into Ruin!
I have been extremely busy the last few days with personal and family
matters. As I have said many times, it is very hard to juggle doing this
blog, and take care of important matters at the same time. As I stated in
my audio interview this morning with Charles Giuliani, I do access the
internet and take a close look at important articles every chance I get!
I came across a great article that was forwarded to myself from John
Kaminski, (www.resist.com), and I want to share it here with all of my own
readers. It is entitled: "Hijacked By A Foreign Power, America Crumbles
Into Rui... more »
Gulf Feudal Lords Are Scared That America And Iran Will Make A Deal
*You want war? Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.*
An excerpt from an article called, *"US, Islamists and Arab Gulf states,"*by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla:
"Fourthly, from the Arab Gulf states’ perspective, two issues are at stake:
How fast the US deserted old allies and how fast it now rolls the red
carpet out to Islamists. The folks at this end are asking what the US is
really up to and would it do the same with the visibly emboldened Gulf
Islamists? More worryingly, decision makers in various Gulf capitals are
asking, would the US also trade allies if it ever ... more »
Aung San Suu Kyi Silent Over Rohingya Violence, but Decries Crackdown on Anti-Chinese Protest
Nobel laureate's double standards toe line of pro-Western "pivot" toward
Asia and the recolonization of Myanmar.
*December 1, 2012 *(AltThaiNet) - In its article, "Suu Kyi demands apology
for mine violence," Bangkok Post reported that:
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has demanded an apology for monks hurt
in a violent police crackdown at a Chinese copper mine protest, after she
held talks with the two sides.
The "monks," of course, form the foundation of Suu Kyi's so-called
"pro-democracy" movement, as well as the leading front carrying out
genocidal violence against Myanmar's ... more »
Up against the culture
You haven't really tested your inner fortitude until you've done a few
Honduran meetings. I mean, we're talking a serious endurance test.
Fresh from a three-day retreat for the non-profit I work for in Copan
Ruinas, I'm newly reminded of the Honduran capacity to just hang in there
at meetings and presentations that just go on and on.
I even think the people here like it that way. I can't tell you the number
of meetings I've been to here at which the fourth or fifth straight hour
rolls around and things seem to be finally wrapping up, and just as I
presume every participant is as twit... more »
While congressional R's guffaw over the president's first "fiscal cliff" proposal, John Aravosis suggests: "Cut YOUR OWN benefits"
*
**"The idea that President Obama might actually want to enact his campaign
promises – tax hikes on the rich, modest Medicare cuts, investments in
infrastructure – is apparently considered a joke to the party that has
shown virtually no flexibility in the last four years. . . .
"[O]nce the laughter dies down, they will have to come to the table with a
responsible offer of their own, rather than simply declaring a stalemate,
as Speaker John Boehner did today, because he didn’t like the president’s
opening bid. If they continue to refuse to do so, the public won’t find it
very funn... more »
NukeFree: Nuke's Power Collapse
Nov 29, 2012
Nuke Power's Collapse Gets Ever More Dangerous
[Excerpted] In the wake of this fall's election, the disintegration of
America's rust bucket reactor fleet is fast approaching critical mass.
Unless our No Nukes movement can get the worst of them shut soon, Barack
Obama may be very lucky to get through his second term without a major
reactor disaster.
All 104 licensed US reactors were designed before 1975---a third of a
century ago. All but one went on line in the 1980s or earlier.
...San Onofre Units Two and Three (Unit One died in 1996, but remains
radioactive), near... more »
Obama The Great Deceiver: Cynthia McKinney
In the interview with Alex Jones, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
mentioned an article by Glen Ford called, *"What Obama Has Wrought,"* about
how Obaaama is the more effective evil. Listen to Ford's interview on the
Majority Report with Sam Seder: *Glen Ford: Obama, a More Effective Evil?*
Gay Gunman Hated Chick-fil-A Sandwich
"Man criticized Christian group before allegedly shooting their security
guard" by ERIC TUCKER and PETE Yost | Associated Press, August 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — A man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard at
the headquarters of a Christian lobbying group on Wednesday made a negative
reference about the organization’s work before opening fire, a law
enforcement official said.
Police said the man entered the front lobby of the Family Research Council
in Washington around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, began arguing with a security
guard, and then shot him in the arm. The gunman wa... more »
Kansan Crazies
"Police say Kansas family feared children’s ‘demons’" by MARIA SUDEKUM |
Associated Press, August 15, 2012
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A child whose brother and sister were found *bound and
blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot* in Kansas told an investigator that
the family believed her younger siblings and their Illinois home was *possessed
by demons*, a police officer testified Tuesday.
The children were discovered tied up, with duct tape over their eyes,
outside the store in Lawrence in June. Their parents, 44-year-old Deborah
Gomez and 52-year-old Adolfo Gomez Jr., are charged with two c... more »
Corbett Report - Middle East Update
*December 1, 2012* (Corbett Report)
*Published on Nov 30, 2012***
SHOW NOTES AND MP3: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=6273
Corbett Report Radio #262
Nile Bowie of NileBowie.blogspot.com joins us tonight to go over some news
headlines from across the Middle East, including the UN General Assembly
vote on Palestinian statehood, western double standards in the “Arab
Spring” and the American-ization of Saudi Arabia. We also talk about the
recent 9/11 conference in Kuala Lumpur and Nile’s upcoming trip to China
and North Korea.
WORKS CITED
- Nile Bowie’s blog
- War on S... more »
Alex Jones: "We Are In Trouble, We Are Repeating History"
"There's none so blind as they that won't see." - Jonathan Swift [30
November 1667 – 19 October 1745].
Read: *"Bradley Manning: a tale of liberty lost in America"* by Glenn
Greenwald.
"When will America and the rest of the world wake the hell up? We are in
trouble. We are repeating history." - Alex Jones.
Multi-million Gold Heist From Curacao Boat
*Not sure if the above video is the same boat, but its got me wondering...
-AK*
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http://goo.gl/ygBx8
*Multi-million gold heist from Curacao boat*
By By KAREN ATTIAH, Associated Press – 10 minutes ago
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Armed men dressed as police boarded a fishing
boat Friday in Curacao and stole about 70 gold bars worth an estimated
$11.5 million, police in the southern Caribbean island said.
The boat's captain was struck in the head in the early-morning assault
before the thieves made off with the gold in three cars, police spokesman
Reggie Huggins said. Aut... more »
Top General Contradicts Boss, Airshow MacKay
Military bullshitter-in-chief, Elmer's backward boy, Peter MacKay, got taken
to the woodshed by his own, newly-minted Chief of Defence Staff Tom Lawson.
In question was MacKay's outlandish claim that only the "fifth generation
F-35" could meet Canada's needs.
For starters, the whole "fifth generation" schtick is the product of
manufacturer Lockheed's PR/Marketing department. It's a contrivance but
one with obvious appeal to MacKay.
"*Fourth and fifth generation is not a very helpful way of looking at that
aircraft*," Lawson told reporters in a scrum after his testimony. Oopsie, ... more »
Merry, Merry Terrorism? Gordon Duff Says A Nuclear 9/11 In America Is Possible
*Laugh at death*.
*Read:*
*"Nuclear Christmas, false flag in America to blame on Iran"* by Gordon
Duff (editor of Veterans Today).
*For background, read:*
*"AIPAC, Decapitators Inside US Government: Intelligence Analyst," *by
Duff.
*President Obama: Beware of All Insider Threats To The Nation.*
*The Next Inside Job: A Nuclear 9/11*.
I will try to write an article about this topic tonight or tomorrow.
Muslim Motel Hosted Jews
"Hotelier loses discrimination suit:" ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 17, 2012
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A Muslim hotel owner *discriminated against a Jewish
group* during a Southern California poolside charity event by ordering
removal of banners and ousting them from the pool and spa, a jury decided
in awarding *$1.2 million statutory damages*.
The suit was filed by *Friends of the Israel Defense Forces*, whose members
had gathered two years ago at the ocean-view Hotel Shangri-LA, owned by
Tehmina Adaya, a Muslim of Pakistani descent.
In her testimony, Adaya denied an allegation she had ord... more »
Globe Gets the Last Word
*On this front-page book promotion.*
"Self-written obituaries give many the last word" by Beth Teitell | Globe
Staff, August 17, 2012
Self-written obituaries generally run in newspapers as paid death notices,
while traditional obits are written by newspaper reporters. But with the
growing popularity of online obituary sites such as Legacy.com, which
publishes mainly paid death notices, the self-written obit has an
ever-larger potential audience....
Students taking White’s $120 course do writing and memory-recall exercises
and learn how to edit and polish. But without a doubt the ... more »
Lack of Global Warming Blamed on Heat Hiding Oceans
Editor's Note: They ignore the laws of thermodynamics and just assume the
heat is stored somewhere. Heat dissipates.
"Missing" global heat may hide in deep oceans [image: A fisherman carries
a fish near Chitthu Island at Ngwesaung Beach February 14, 2010.
REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun](Reuters) - The mystery of Earth's missing heat may
have been solved: it could lurk deep in oceans, temporarily masking the
climate-warming effects of greenhouse gas emissions, researchers reported
on Sunday.
Climate scientists have long wondered where this so-called missing heat was
going, especially ove... more »
This Weekend - Moyers to Rebroadcast US of ALEC
Just announced this afternoon 11/30/12
This weekend, Moyers & Company will rebroadcast our episode “United States
of ALEC.”
Have a TV
Educate others on ALEC
Fidn the channel and time near you -
>>>>HERE<<<<
Just enter your zip code and follow the prompts!!!
If You Chose Sarah Palin as Your Running Mate, You Can Never Pass Judgment on Anyone Else's Qualifications
Grumpy old man John McCain is at it - again. He's objecting to Obama's
nominee for Secretary of State, Susan Rice, contending she's not qualified
for the job.
This is the same geezer who thought Sarah Palin was a dandy choice for Vice
President.
Shut up, John, just shut up. STFU.
Friday Baseball Post
I've been behind on these, too, and have some stuff to get through before I
turn to the HOF ballot, which I'll do in December sometime.
But first: Brian Sabean.
Steve Rubio did a re-evaluation post after the World Series; see also Bryan
Murphy's apology. I'll start by quoting Steven:
I know Sabean has had the last laugh, and to his credit, he never gloats,
although inside he must love being right, in the midst of so much criticism
from the lunatic fringe. Every general manager has good and bad points. In
Sabean’s case, his bad points were so obvious, and so aggravating, that
they o... more »
The Real News: Why the Fiscal Cliff is a Scam
*The Fiscal Cliff: A Scare Tactic, Not An Accurate Representation of
Reality.*
YouTube video description [Channel - The Real News]:
James K. Galbraith: Is there a looming crisis of debt or deficits such that
sacrifices in general are necessary?
Also, see: *"The Destruction of America: Brought to You By JP Morgan Chase."
*
Northerntruthseeker On Truth Hertz Radio, November 30th, 2012
Yes, I was on Charles Giuliani's Truth Hertz Radio Show on the Oracle
Broadcasting Network, this morning, at 7am CST..... I have the link to
that show for everyone to listen to right here:
http://mp3.oraclebroadcasting.com/Truth_Hertz/Truth_Hertz.2012-11-30_16k.mp3
I hope that everyone listens to this great broadcast. Charles and I
covered a wide range of subjects, and you will not be disappointed...Take
the time to listen, and feel free to comment...
More to come
NTS
European Rescue Mechanism Loses AAA Rating | ZeroHedge
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-30/european-rescue-mechanism-loses-aaa-rating
Hmmm, and who will rescue the rescue mechanism?
OPEN CLIMATE LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: Current scientific knowledge does not substantiate Ban Ki-Moon assertions on weather and climate, say 125-plus scientists.
*Financial Post*
* *
*Policy actions that aim to reduce CO2 emissions are unlikely to influence
future climate. Policies need to focus on preparation for, and adaptation
to, all dangerous climatic events, however caused*
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Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General, United NationsFirst Avenue and
East 44th Street, New York, New York, U.S.A.November 29, 2012 Mr.
Secretary-General:
On November 9 this year you told the General Assembly: “Extreme weather due
to climate change is the new normal … Our ... more »
Syria Offline: Who benefits? Friends of Muslim Brotherhood meet in Japan
*UPDATED-SCROLL DOWN: /DAMASCUS ONLINE-SYRIA ONLINE*
First, Syria offline???
Would the Syrian government undertake this action?
Would NATO and it’s ilk undertake this action?
Who was the most to gain?
Who has the most to lose?
What other factors are at play?
As of this moment, I can’t see the gain to the Syrian government in denying
internet and cell phone access to it’s people. I can, however, see the
benefit accruing to the NATO brigade, particularly, if a NATO attack is on
the horizon.
Quoting from *CNN* and the *NYT's*
A few points to consider before reading from the msm articles... more »
President Obama calls the GOP's fiscal bluff
Judging by my progressive friends, I guess I'm supposed to be all cynical
about the fiscal dip soap opera but call me Pollyanna, I find President
Obama's latest move encouraging. He laid down very clear, substantial
demands on what he wants out of the deal. That includes raising the top 2%
tax rates, extending UI benefits, the payroll holiday and about $50bn in
direct stimulus spending. Even better, he's insisting the debt ceiling be
dealt with now instead of being held in abeyance to be used for future GOP
hostage taking.
This left the Republicans sputtering in outraged disbelief... more »
Anwar al-Awlaki Was A Pentagon Socialite, Not A Terror Mastermind
*Anwar al-Awlaki: A Pentagon Socialite, An Undercover U.S. Agent, A
Global Terrorist Recruiter.*
The Pentagon is not interested in fighting and stopping international
terrorism. It knows the terrorist threat is fake and exaggerated to create
the appearance in the public mind that America is under attack from Islamic
terrorist groups.
Most Pentagon generals are too busy wining and dining to be doing any
fighting. Who are they going to fight in the comical war on terror? A
fellow co-worker and socialite like *Anwar al-Awlaki who rubbed shoulders
with generals at a dinner party at... more »
Who Voted Against Palestine? A Bunch of Oddballs.
Here's a map showing the countries that voted against the vote to grant
Palestine non-member, observer state status. *Res Ipsa Loquitor, *the
thing speaks for itself*.*
It's what the Max Fisher of the *Washington Post* calls an "oddball
coalition."
You've got Israel, of course. Ditto the United States and, shamefully,
Canada. Add in the Czech Republic and Panama. Round out the gaggle of
oddballs with Nauru, Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.
"*So what does all of this mean? From the Israeli and American view, that
the international coalition is so small does not au... more »
Israeli Strategy Sinking The DCCC Again?
At least Rahm didn't get in the way of winning candidates
The penultimate-- and quite logical-- conclusion to the DCCC's failed Steve
Israel strategy would be for them to try to beat independent-minded North
Carolina Republican Walter Jones from the right, with some kind of Blue Dog
corporate whore, a southern version of Israel himself. (In the 2011-12
session Jones voted more frequently for progressive initiatives than 3
North Carolina Blue Dogs, Larry Kissell, Heath Shuler and Mike McIntyre--
and Shuler was forced to retire, Kissell was defeated 54-46% and McIntyre
scraped by with ... more »
HOW TO SHAKE OFF THE AWARENIVORES - PART 2
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28e2Y4uJFg* *
* *
* ***http://www.freetheearthlings.com/*
*
* *HOW TO SHAKE OFF THE AWARENIVORES *
*(by Waves Forest) Part Two: TENSEGRITY TOOLKIT*
In part one of this report we presented some evidence in support of a
wild-sounding hypothesis: the artificial retardation of human progress and
cooperation is induced by inorganic nonphysical parasites that “cultivate”
humans as sources of self-importance-flavored awareness energy, which they
consume. This predation occurs at the level of reality where we consist
entirely of fields of energy. ... more »
Good faith and proper motive important considerations in exclusion of improperly obtained evidence
*R. v. Aucoin,* 2012 SCC 66 holds an otherwise unlawful search did not lead
to exclusion of evidence in large part because the officer acted in good
faith and not for an imporper motive.
A search will be reasonable if it is authorized by law, if the law itself
is reasonable and if the manner in which the search was carried out is
reasonable. Because the pat‑down search was a prelude to securing A in the
cruiser, the question that arises is whether detaining A in this manner was
reasonably necessary in the totality of the circumstances. The question is
not whether the officer had the... more »
Lessons from Katrina
The Shock Doctrine Comes to New Jersey Schools
Just waiting for Arne Duncan to say Hurricane Sandy was the "best thing
that happened to the education system" in New Jersey. While the power is
out, entire school districts have literally crumbled the poorest are again
being left behind, many homeless now and in already underfunded public
schools. Christie and Cerf have a plan to use theirr "power sparingly."
They will come to save the day because too many schools are failing. No
mention of the actual architects of this failure, the government and
corporate driven education reformers.... more »
MAKOW, RENSE, ICKE
*Henry Makow*
We like most of the stuff on Jeff Rense, Henry Makow, David Icke, Mike
Rivero, Alex Jones....
It is only 'natural' that people sometimes disagree with each other and
call each other names.
None of us is perfect.
*Makow fell out with Icke and here is their e-mail exchange:*
*Makow to Icke: *
David
Rense kicked me off his site for posting an article you linked to, and now
you're cutting me off for exposing Rense as a fraud? Just look at the
evidence.
http://www.henrymakow.com/the_jeff_rense_collection_arti.html
People have a right to know who David Icke is.
*I... more »
Bill Maher makes sense
What I find so ironic is that after World War II, everybody said, 'I don't
understand the Jews. How could they have just gone to their slaughter like
that?' OK, and then when they fight back: 'I don't understand the Jews. Why
can't they just go to their slaughter?' It's like, 'You know what? We did
that once. It's not gonna happen again. You're just gonna have to get used
to the fact that Jews now defend themselves -- and by the way, defend
themselves better. I mean, this is a country, after all, that is surrounded
by far greater numbers than their own [and] they are like two gener... more »
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky Presents 9/11 Revisited: Seeking the Truth
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Yet more pretention
*Know Her is to Love Her, To*
I’ve chewed up the title of this song to crowbar it under K. It’s likely
we’ll want another song entered under T.
It’s important to remember it’s not generally possible to disentangle what
was unintentional, what as casual and what was deliberate in The Beatles
phenomenon. The Beatles sang girl group songs. Sometimes the lyrics were
gender altered, as is here. Sometimes they were not, and you’d have Ringo
hollering away about boys. The Beatles sang girl group songs, especially
ones with three part harmonies, because they liked them, and you could
lea... more »
U.K. floods to cost insurers as much as $800 million, PwC says
[image: Heavy rains have swept through England and Wales in the past week,
causing about 940 homes to flood in the southwest and northeast of England
and Wales since 21 November 2012, according to the U.K.’s Environment
Agency. The damage caused by the recent weather brings the overall flood
insurance bill for 2012 to 1 billion pounds, the most since 2007. Matt
Cardy / Getty Images]
By Kevin Crowley
27 November 2012
(Bloomberg) – Flooding in the U.K. over the past week will cost insurers as
much as 500 million pounds ($800 million), making this year the most
expensive for water d... more »
Andover Acid Trip
*C'mon, it'll be fun.... *
"Woman in Andover woods calls police for help, saying boyfriend bit her" by
Melissa M. Werthmann | Globe Correspondent, August 10, 2012
A woman called for help while lost in dense woods early Thursday, telling
Andover police that her boyfriend attacked her after the two had taken
drugs.
Amanda Norcia, 20, of Everett used her cellphone to call police at 3:15
a.m. and reported that she was disoriented from taking LSD and that her
boyfriend had bitten her face, said Lieutenant Commander James Hashem....
Officers found Brendan Gibson, 24, of North And... more »
Homeless Man Died in Somerville Jail Cell
"Prisoner advocates are raising questions about the death of a 52-year-old
homeless man who died in police custody in Somerville early Monday morning
after spending the weekend locked up at the police station."
A Special Education Post For Bostonians
*Sorry it took so long.... *
"Boston special education cuts found to be wrongful" by James Vaznis |
Globe Staff, August 10, 2012
In a ruling that could* cost the Boston public schools* about *$2 million*,
a state arbitrator has determined that the School Committee *wrongfully
laid off* about four dozen clerical workers, potentially contributing to a
backlog of late reviews of special education plans for thousands of
students.
The clerks play a pivotal role in those reviews — entering data into the
computer system, scheduling meetings, and performing other tasks that free
time up... more »
Tensions Between Japan and China: Nuclear "Cold" War Rising
There have been a series of articles recently about flaring tensions
between Japan and China.The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that
"Japan's Spat with China Takes Big Toll on Tourism." Nov 28, 2012 p. A16The
article explains that tourism in October of 2012 was down 33.1% from
October 2011. It still remains unclear to me whether Japan's drop in
tourism stems from would-be tourists' concerns about exposure to Fukushima
radiation or whether the drop derives primarily from the rising tensions in
the region over access to resources. One thing is clear, however, and that
is the ... more »
Fernando Rivera and GOP collaborators arrested in Bolivia
Jacob Ostreicher remains in jail in Bolivia, after having been used
unwittingly as a pawn of the GOP in America - as I posted on 8 August at
this site. Secret talks failed, as the GOP did not know how to deal with
the situation, got scared after talk about this leading to Mitt Romney, and
eventually lost interest in Jacob's case; they also knew by about
mid-September that they were going to lose the elections, and Jacob was no
longer needed. So he got left to the dishonest folks in Bolivia who did not
mind making a bigger diplomatic mess of it than it was - and the formerly
unnamed ... more »
Guess Who I Am
“They’re not in the leadership position or policy making. They are just
called upon and paid for each hit. They are invaluable assets to any kind
of organized crime syndicate.”
*
**My guess was contract agents for the CIA. *
*
**(For answer go here) *
*
**Oh, sorry, FBI. *
Boot Camp Graduation Day 1
In which Southern Man and the family meet and greet Teen Daughter The
Elder, who will graduate to become a Sailor in the US Navy.
We were up for breakfast at six and caught the shuttle bus to the base at
seven, arriving a little before eight. We were early enough that the lines
weren't yet too long and it only took about twenty minutes or so to get
through security and work our way to the Parade Deck. And of the twelve
hundred or so recruits graduating that day, guess which one was on duty at
the front door?
That's right - the *very first recruit we saw* was SA (Seaman Apprentice)... more »
Africa for Norway
This video from Africa for Norway provides a humorous way to think about
foreign aid: I suppose there is a good chance readers have already seen the
video — more than 1.5 million people have viewed it on youtube.
MIT Needs Viagra
*They are well-endowed but financially flaccid. *
"MIT, Cornell to reduce financial aid; Cite drain on endowments" by Janet
Lorin | Bloomberg News, August 10, 2012
NEW YORK — Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are
*scaling back financial assistance* to students, adding to the burden of
families already coping with *climbing college costs*....
Students are being *asked to pay more even* as college endowments show *double-digit
growth* as they recover from the 2008 financial crisis....
*
**I would certainly understand if you kids are wondering if there is ev... more »
Does the Bigfoot exist?
You must have noticed that two days ago, news sources were hyping a claim
of Melba Ketchum, a Texan veterinarian, that she has sequenced the DNA
taken from Mr Bigfoot Sasquatch Jr.
After a 5-year-long research, her DNA team in Nacogdoches has allegedly
determined that he exists and he is the son of an American woman (because
the mitochondrial DNA inherited from the mother matches homo sapiens
sapiens) and her hairy male primate partner whose ancestors split from "us"
(apologies to TRF readers who are Sasquatch Americans whom I don't count
right now) about 15,000 years ago (because t... more »
Top Five Most Popular Posts for November
The most read posts of the month were:
1. *Is there Bias on BBC Question Time?*
2. *Class and Political Values*
3. *UKIP's Foster Care "Scandal"*
4. *Thoughts on the Media and Child Abuse*
5. *10 Years of Harry's Place*
The undisputed winner, of course, was the BBC Question Time post. I lost
count of the retweets by sundry Twitter celebs this nugget got. It was
carried by the *New Statesman's* website, received a plug in the
*Graun's*G2, and I was subject to a searching "expose" by the nutty
Biased BBC blog.
Proof, as if it were needed, that the hard right have a difficult time
hand... more »
ABUSE; ICELAND; SMALLPOX; MONEY; AL DURRAH; GENITAL MUTILATION; UKIP
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*Asleep in Bangladesh. By martien van asseldonk (None of the photos are
related to the text)*
*
*"I can see that Kevin is a grandfather - apparently a doting one - of five
boys. He seems to be a respected member of his community and has recently
retired as a special needs teacher.
"His wife has stayed with him and beams out of family snapshots alongside
her husband, children and grandchildren.
"Theirs is no longer a nuclear family that will implode if I tell my story,
but a whole dynasty."
*I was abused at 11 by my best friend's father but still don't dare ex... more »
Assange to RT: Entire nations intercepted online, key turned to totalitarian rule
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says all the necessary physical
infrastructure for absolute totalitarianism through the internet is ready.
He told RT that the question now is whether the turnkey process that
already started will go all the way.
http://rt.com/news/assange-internet-control-totalitarian-943/
Global Warming Hits Texas Longhorns
Those shitkickers in Texas may bellow that global warming is a hoax but
tell that to their cattle. The U.S. "national herd," that peaked in 1975
at 132-million head of cattle (when the U.S. population was just
215-million), dropped to 91-million head this year (population now at
315-million) and is still in decline.
As *BBC News* reports, the herd of the future will also be smaller and
thinner.
*The US has been suffering a desperate drought that has affected around 80
% of the agricultural land across the country. It has been so severe that
in certain parts, farmers have been ... more »
TorForge Releases Video Promoting A Memory of Light
The book levitates January 8, 2013. I could not be more excited. The video
is spoiler free.
Podcast No. 14: Interview with Michael J. Tierney
The fourteenth Duck of Minerva podcast features Michael J. Tierney. The
bulk of the interview focuses on the TRIP survey and the state of the field
of International Relations. From his webpage: Professor Tierney received a
B.A. from William and Mary in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of
California at San Diego in 2003. He teaches courses
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And This Is Our "Ally"?
The U.N. acts to overwhelmingly upgrade the status of the Palestinian
state. Israel retaliates by stealing more Palestinian lands in the West
Bank, enough to sever the West Bank itself. This is what we call our
"ally"?
*"Israel has authorised the construction of 3,000 more housing units in
occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Israeli officials.*
*"It is also speeding up the processing of 1,000 planning permissions.*
*"The Palestinian Authority has said it will not return to peace talks
without a freeze in settlement building.*
*"The decision comes a day afte... more »
Cairo's Tahrir Square fills with anti-Morsi protesters
Tens of thousands of protesters opposed to Egypt's president and the
sweeping new powers he assumed last week are in Cairo's Tahrir Square,
hours after a new constitution was hastily approved.
The Islamist-dominated constituent assembly finished voting on the draft in
the early hours on Friday.
The draft will now be sent to Mr Morsi, who is expected to call a
referendum.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20558185
Israel approves building of 3000 units in J'lem, W. Bank
Inner cabinet approves building of housing units in W. Bank, J'lem and
advances plans to build in area E1, connecting J'lem and Ma’aleh Adumim, in
response to Palestinian UN move; PA: Israel destroying 2-state solution.
Israel approved the construction of 3,000 new housing units in Jerusalem
and in the West Bank on Friday in response to the UN approving the
Palestinian UN bid for non-member observer state status, government
officials stated.
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=294118
Farage: Ukip is now Britain's third party
The leader of Ukip, Nigel Farage, has claimed that his party has now
displaced the Liberal Democrats as the "third force" in British politics
after it performed strongly in three byelections.
In the party's strongest showing in a Westminster byelection, Ukip secured
21.79% of the vote in Rotherham, claiming second place behind Labour, which
won with 46.25%. The Lib Dems trailed in eighth place on 2.11%.
Labour scored a hat-trick of comfortable victories in the three byelections
held in its safe seats of Rotherham, Middlesbrough and Croydon North.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2... more »
Leveson: Where does it leave the internet?
With only a few pages of the Leveson Inquiry devoted to internet
regulation, was Lord Justice Leveson right to avoid the issue?
Amid Lord Justice Leveson's 2,000 page report into the culture, practice
and ethics of the press were around a dozen pages dealing with the internet.
After describing the internet as an "ethical vacuum", some have questioned
the wisdom of bringing more regulation to the press and not the wider
internet, although any publisher could sign up to the new
legislation-backed self regulator that he envisages.
Lord Justice Leveson has also been criticised for his ... more »
Confession rule and voluntariness
R. v. M.D., 2012 ONCA 841 deals with the confession rule and voluntariness:
The Voluntariness Issue
[39] The confessions rule is concerned with voluntariness, broadly
defined: *R. v. Oickle*, 2000 SCC 38, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 3, at para. 32. The
application of the confessions rule is contextual, requiring a trial judge
to take into account all relevant circumstances in order to determine
whether the prosecution has established the voluntariness of the confession
beyond a reasonable doubt:*Oickle*, at paras. 47, 68, and 71.
[40] Recording police interviews of persons suspected ... more »
Russian 'Supergrass' Death: Toxicology Tests
Police are carrying out toxicology tests on the body of a Russian
businessman who was providing evidence about alleged money laundering after
he was found dead outside his home in Surrey.
Alexander Perepilichny, 44, was helping Swiss authorities investigate a
$230m (£144m) money laundering scheme in Russia when he suddenly collapsed
in Weybridge, on November 10.
More than two weeks later, the cause of his death has still not been
established and it is still being treated as "unexplained".
http://news.sky.com/story/1018961/russian-supergrass-death-toxicology-tests
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Grand Bargain-- Not All That Grand, Not For America's Working Families
Baucus, eager to sell out working families, faces the voters in 2014. Will
he have a primary?
Progressives inside the Beltway veal pen want so badly to believe Obama and
the Democrats won't sell out working families as part of the Grand Bargain
that they're buying into the bullshit as Glenn Greenwald predicted they
would in his step-by-step look at how progressives would be outmaneuvered
once again.
Labor and progressive leaders came away from a private meeting with White
House officials Tuesday encouraged as well, according to an attendee who
spoke with the *Washington Post*’s Gr... more »
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*Drew Brees: ''It definitely hurts''*
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Atop the front page, the Times gets it right!
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012*
*Your Howler keeps getting results:* Right at the top of today’s front
page, the New York Times gets it right!
In a report which is *long* overdue, Appelbaum and Gebeloff report about
the way tax burdens have fallen in recent decades. Even better, they adopt
a very important framework—they note the way we misinformed rubes may
misunderstand such key points:
APPELBAUM AND GEBELOFF (1/30/12): Alan Hicks divides long days between the
insurance business he started in the late 1970s and the barbecue restaurant
he opened with his sons three years ago. *He earn... more »
Those Romney Internal Polls
The New Republic's Noam Scheiber has (some of) Mitt Romney's internal
polling from the last weekend of the campaign, and has discussed it with
Romney pollster Neil Newhouse.
It's worth a few comments.
First, as Andrew Rudalevige notes, these polls do not justify the type of
confidence that Team Romney was reported to have on election day. Romney is
close, and closer than the polling averages had it -- but he's still
losing. This set of numbers really doesn't inspire a lot more hope than the
public polling did; both leave open a real possibility that Romney could
win if it turns out... more »
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Saints' Vilma, Smith attend Williams hearing
The World Stage
Canada's
response to most of the world voting for the Palenstians and not
clapping when ol' JB climbed into the pulpit to preach?
Hissy fit.
IDIOCRACY BENGHAZI STYLE: Great and good!
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012*
*The liberal world’s darling child speaks:* How does the idiocracy thrive?
Guild members let it persist. They kiss the asses of major colleagues,
insuring that their own keisters will get kissed in return.
They defer to powerful players like Dowd. Criticism of such major powers
simply isn’t allowed.
Consider what the liberal world’s darling child said Wednesday night. The
analysts retched and ran for the door when they saw her say it:
MADDOW (11/28/12): Earlier this afternoon, *the great and good Andrea
Mitchell* did some digging on this. She asked Sena... more »
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The Highway of Death
A short film about the atrocities that took place along the road from
Mutlaa, Kuwait to Basra. Iraq on February 26th & 27th, 1991.
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German foreign minister tells Berlin to boost embassy security
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged the mayor of Berlin on
Friday to tighten security at foreign embassies in the city, a day after 30
protesters stormed the grounds of the Iranian mission and pelted the
building with stones.
Westerwelle asked mayor Klaus Wowereit in a letter to act swiftly to remedy
security shortcomings, citing 13 occasions over the past two years when
embassies, including those of Libya and Nigeria, were attacked or occupied.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/30/us-germany-embassies-security-idUSBRE8AT0UP20121130
Euros Strongly Back Assisted Suicide Laws
A poll of 12-European countries conducted for the Swiss Medical Lawyers
Association found very strong majorities in all but one country in support
of legalizing assisted suicide.
*In almost all the 12 countries polled, three-quarters or more of those
responding to questions posed by the Swiss Medical Lawyers Association
(SMLA) said people should be able to decide when and how they die.***
*Two-thirds to three-quarters of them said they could imagine opting for
assisted suicide themselves if they suffered from an incurable illness,
serious disability or uncontrollable pain.*
**
*Ger... more »
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