EDL protest, Nottingham, Dec 5th 2009 (Photo credit: rubberdreamfeet)
English: Kharanaq old city, Iran. Ελληνικά: Παλιά πόλη Καρανάκ, Ιράν. Français : La vieille ville de Kharanaq, en Iran. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran (Edited version) Français : Place Naghsh-e Jahan. À gauche, la Mosquée du Sheikh Lutfallah (Masjid-i Sadr), au fond la Mosquée du Shah, à droite, le Palais d'Ali Qapu (la Haute Porte). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 14 years exile on February 1, 1979. He is helped off the plane by one of the Air France pilots. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)9:56 am MST
NATO oil tanker goes up in flames after Afghan Taliban ambush... but instead of running away, locals grab as many petrol cans as they can carry and siphon off fuel
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 minutes ago
The tanker was ambushed on Saturday as it passed through Doshi district in
Baghlan province, in the north of the country. A group of gunmen opened
fire on the vehicle until it burst into flame and had to be abandoned.
Although the attackers have not been formally identified, locals apparently
said that they were Taliban militants who had targeted the tanker in an
effort to disrupt NATO's ongoing efforts to reconstruct the country's
infrastructure while cracking down on terrorist attacks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248591/Afghans-line-siphon-fuel-oil-tanker-blown-Taliba... more »
WITH REGARD TO THE SO-CALLED "FISCAL CLIFF," VIRTUALLY ALL ELECTED REPUBLICANS AND MOST ELECTED DEMOCRATS ARE EITHER TOTALLY IGNORANT ECONOMICS OR WILLFULLY DISHONEST IN CLAIMING THAT AUSTERITY IS THE ONLY WAY TO "SAVE" THE ECONOMY. HERE PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, PERHAPS THE ONLY HONEST REPUBLICAN ECONOMIST OF TRUE STATURE, EXPLAINS IN GREAT DETAIL WHY CUTBACKS IN THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET WOULD BE A SURE-FIRE WAY TO *DEEPEN* THE PRESENT FINANCIAL CRISIS AND WOULD *INCREASE* PUBLIC DEBT. THIS IS WORTH READING AT LEAST TWICE.
éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 8 minutes ago
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*Our Collapsing Economy and Currency *
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December 1, 2012 | Original Here
Is the “fiscal cliff” real or just another hoax? The answer is that the
fiscal cliff is real, but it is a result, not a cause. The hoax is the way
the fiscal cliff is being used.
The fiscal cliff is the result of the inability to close the federal budget
deficit. The budget deficit cannot be closed because large numbers of US
middle class jobs and the GDP and tax base associated with them have been
moved offshore, thus reducing federal revenues. The ... more »
Information and heat
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 minutes ago
When they're rather young, children learn about hot and cold things. They
learn to say "heiss" when their tongue gets burned a little bit and "brrr"
when they're freezing. Much like our ancestors, the Monkey Americans,
little kids learn that they may heat objects up by fire; and they may cool
them down in the refrigerator if they have one.
In ancient Greece about 2,000 years ago, Philo of Byzantium and Hero of
Alexandria constructed the first thermometers when they observed that
materials generally expand when the temperature is higher. People would
eventually learn that the feeli... more »
Iran hysteria a cover for Israeli bomb - ex-Iranian diplomat
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes ago
*‘Israel’s nuclear bomb has nothing to do with Iran’
*
RT: Is Israel’s plausible nuclear stockpile a threat to Iran?
HM: I really do believe that neither Israel is an existential threat to
Iran nor Iran is an existential threat to Israel. We’ve just had the Global
Zero Summit [nuclear non-proliferation] conference. I told the conference
that even today Israelis are always using the Iran issue to justify their
nuclear bomb, saying that Iran is an existential threat for Israel. But in
fact it is Israel that produced a nuclear bomb before the Islamic
revolution [in Iran] when the Shah ... more »
Syrian jets strike rebels around Damascus
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes ago
Syrian warplanes bombed insurgents east of Damascus on Saturday and
government forces pounded a town to the southwest, activists said, in a
month-long and so far fruitless campaign to dislodge rebels around the
capital.
Jets bombarded the Beit Sahm district on the road leading to the
international airport and the army fired rockets at several rebel
strongholds around Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad's bastion through 21
months of an increasingly bloody uprising.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/15/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8AJ1FK20121215
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 13:03:27 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 07:03:27 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
13.204°N, 89.857°W
Depth
74.4 km (46.2 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances
43 km (26 miles) S of Acajutla, El Salvador
Trolling the Connecticut Shootings
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 21 minutes ago
Tragic events like yesterday's school shooting bring out the best in
people. Teachers and pupils have been praised for timely actions that saved
many dozens of lives from Adam Lanza's rampage. But, unfortunately, tragedy
can also bring out a sense of brazen self-righteousness by those who
believe they have a stake in the fall out. I wrote yesterday how the smoke
that normally clouds America's gun control debates gets thicker in the
immediate aftermath of yet another entirely preventable mass shooting. And
sadly, so it has proven.
Scant hours after news of the shooting broke, Bryan... more »
Tears For Right Wing Fear
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 23 minutes ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari)
When the President of the United States of America cries on national
TV, that's a pretty good sign the nation is not having a good day.
And just in case the "Neener Neener"-Obama Can Do No Right faction of
the nation tries to make hay out of this, the president's tears yesterday
were not John Boehner crocodile tears but those of a fellow parent who'd
been devastated by the news of, by far, the worst elementary school
shooting in all of American history. And that's how we ought to present
this: Not, as the *New York Ti... more »
Obama's Fried Fish
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 29 minutes ago
Anxious folks in Washington and Colorado may have gotten an early Christmas
gift from their president.
When it comes to simple possession and recreational use of marijuana in
their states, Obama says he has "bigger fish to fry."
Obama told Babs Walters, "*It would not make sense for us to see a top
priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined
it's legal."i*
Hardly a home run but it's "safe on third." Attorney General Eric Holder
has said he'll announce a new policy on state laws very soon.
* *
There has been some speculation that federal laws against... more »
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE COAST OF EL SALVADOR - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 40 minutes ago
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 12:43:29 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 06:43:29 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
12.134°N, 88.700°W
Depth
34.6 km (21.5 miles)
Region
OFF THE COAST OF EL SALVADOR
Distances
128 km (79 miles) S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador
Why No Competition?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 51 minutes ago
Lockheed Martin has a number of F-35s built and flying. Surely it's got
more than enough to get a few up to the Cold Lake air base to strut their
stuff against the competition.
Let's see how they do in dogfighting, in ground support, in the interceptor
role. Let's see how they stack up on range, payload, speed, climb and
turn rate, reliability and survivability. Let's see how they handle
defensive and offensive roles or missions that can turn from one into the
other quite unexpectedly. How are they on sortie generation, that is how
many missions can you get out of them in a... more »
What does a map of Tasmania look like? Slightly NSFW
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 57 minutes ago
Answer 1:
Answer 2:
Amanda Palmer and The Young Punx - "Map of Tasmania" 8ft. Records
'They don’t play the song on the radio
They don’t show the tits on the video
They don’t know that we are the media
They don’t know that we start the mania
Your Eyes don’t want to see what I’m making you
Your ass is off its seat and I’m shaking you
Walking down the street I’m the lady – ah -
Showing off my map of Tasmania
Soft and sweet and shaped like a triangle
Some girls want no shape and they shave it all
That’s so whack, it hurts with the stubble
Walking ’round and look like an eight-year-old
So... more »
Self-represented litigant discovers the truth about the "justice system"
Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 58 minutes ago
My
name is Denis Rancourt. I am self-represented in a $1 million
defamation lawsuit against me. The lawsuit is described HERE. And many
of the legal documents are posted HERE.
The lawsuit has been on-going since the Statement of Claim was filed on
June 23, 2011. I filed my Statement of Defence on July 22, 2011.
Since that time, some twenty four (24) motions (or mini-trials) have
been filed in
NATO Turns Up Heat in Syria Psy-War
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 hour ago
NATO tells tales of recently launched "Scud missiles" to retroactively
justify Patriot missile deployment months in the making.
*December 15, 2012 *(LD) - In a recent bid to psychologically break
Syria's government and military leadership, producing long sought-after
defections, US-led NATO has decided to place Patriot missile systems along
the Turkish-Syrian border. The announcement was made as far back as
November with * *NATO Source Alliance News Blog reporting:
"Turkey plans to officially request NATO deploy a Patriot missile defense
system in its territories as a security ... more »
US-Iranian nuclear talks fail, Iran has plutonium for 24 Nagasaki-type bombs (assuming they're building them, that is)
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
The secret, one-on-one nuclear negotiations President Barack Obama launched
with Iran have run into a blank wall. A senior Iranian team member, Mostafa
Dolatyar, said Friday, Dec. 14 in New Delhi that the diplomatic process for
solving the nuclear issue with Iran was in effect going nowhere, because
the demand that Tehran halt its 20-percent enrichment of uranium “doesn’t
make sense.”
He went on to say: “They [the world powers] have made certain connections
with purely technical issues and something purely political. In so far as
this is the mentality and this is the approach from 5... more »
Why Let the Air Force Decide What We Want?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
It's up to Parliament to tell the Air Force what Canada needs from the
RCAF, not the other way around. What the Air Force wants and what the
country needs are not one and the same. That's especially true for
today's "Americanized" military that may be losing sight of the limits of
its role in democratic government.
The military's guidance is invaluable but rarely infallible. Don't forget
how the Big Cod hooked prime minister Martin into approving the combat gig
in Kandahar. In recent decades Canada's military has shown itself to be
less than - oh, what's the word - honest in... more »
New milestone for China: Probe snaps close-ups of asteroid Toutatis
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
China's official news agency is reporting that the country's Chang'e 2
deep-space probe made an amazing flyby of the asteroid Toutatis this week,
snapping a series of pictures as it passed just 2 miles away. The
achievement signals China's entry into yet another exclusive space club.
Only four of the world's space efforts have managed close encounters with
asteroids: NASA (with NEAR Shoemaker and Dawn, for example), the European
Space Agency (with Rosetta), Japan (with Hayabusa) — and now China with
Toutatis.
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/15/15919205-new-milestone-for-... more »
A panda walks into a bar ...
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago
... interrupting a heated argument between two customers.
The bartender turns to the panda and says, "Hey, just the guy we needed!
Tell Ollie and Neville here... are you a bear or some kind of raccoon?"
The panda ponders this for a moment and replies, "Hmmn. You know, not
everything is black and white like that."
Misapprehension of evidence
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago
*Habib v. Mucaj*, 2012 ONCA 880 deals with setting aside a default based
order and considers misapprehension of evidence:
[4] It is well settled that a misapprehension of evidence may
involve a failure to take into account an item or items of evidence
relevant to a material issue, or it may have to do with a mistake about the
substance of the evidence. A misapprehension of evidence may also reflect
a failure to give proper effect to evidence: *R. v. Mahmood*, 2011 ONCA
693, at para. 46.
The Normalization of Tragedy
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 hour ago
Will the massacre of 20 schoolchildren in Connecticut go down in history as
the tipping point when a nation finally regained its sanity and just said
no to the gun culture and the politicians who enable it?
It's too soon to tell about our rulers and their incestuous bedmates in the
mass media. After all, when Gabby Giffords was shot, predictions were that
the shooting of a congressperson would finally knock some sense into some
thick congressional skulls. It did not. But it does appear that
regular people are now speaking out with an outrage, indignation and
anguish that we have her... more »
Nothing Convinces Quite Like a Taste of the Lash
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
The onset of extreme weather events is rapidly culling the ranks of climate
change skeptics. Megastorms, droughts, heat waves and floods are
prevailing as science never could, especially in the home of denialism, the
United States.
*A poll released on Friday by the Associated Press-GfK found rising concern
about climate change among Americans in general, with 80% citing it as a
serious problem for the US, up from 73% in 2009. Belief and worry about
climate change were rising faster still among people who do tend not to
trust scientists on the environment.*
*Some of the doubters ... more »
More on Coercive Contraception
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 hour ago
More details on genocide by coercive contraception.
The documentary on the situation of Ethiopian women in Israel aired last
week and is causing a bit of a stir.
Israeli and Jewish aid officials are denying an Israeli TV report alleging
that Ethiopian immigrant women have been coerced into taking contraceptive
shots.
The aid group is the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).
In the report, a woman identified as S. said she was told at the Jewish aid
compound in Gondar, Ethiopia, “If you don’t get the shot, we won’t give you
a ticket.”
She recalled, “I didn’t want to... more »
You are to Blame for New Town.
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
From Think Progress
Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, issued a
statement this evening attributing the massacre to gun regulations, arguing
that had weapons been permitted on school grounds, the murders could have
been avoided:
“Gun control supporters have the blood of little children on their
hands. Federal and state laws combined to insure that no teacher, no
administrator, no adult had a gun at the Newtown school where the children
were murdered. This tragedy underscores the urgency of getting rid of gun
bans in school zones. The only thing accomplish... more »
Mrs. Obama, please tell me a story!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2012*
*A photo that’s well worth viewing:* Page A2 of this morning’s Washington
Post is topped by a photo that’s well worth viewing.
The photo was worth the price of the paper—and then some. To view the
photo, just click here—though in truth, the photo is better in black and
white, the way it appears in the hard-copy Post.
Regarding that photo:
Jordyn Akuoko is 5—or so it says in the caption which appears in our
hard-copy Post. Mrs. Obama encountered her “during an annual event at the
Children’s National Medical Center in Washington,” the caption reports.
... more »
Wage Stagnation with Numbers
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 2 hours ago
*Cricket, 7 am*
Huang Tien-lin published an excellent commentary in the Taipei Times on the
problem of wage stagnation in Taiwan...lots of juicy numbers.
The first point is that, whereas Taiwanese manufacturers did 12.24 percent
of their manufacturing overseas in 1999, that figure grew to 46.23 percent
by 2007, with 90.9 percent of offshore production done in China. By last
year, the figure had climbed to 50.52 percent, with 92.7 percent of
production abroad concentrated in China. After Taiwan’s first handover of
government power from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to the Dem... more »
Oil Barons Hockey
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 2 hours ago
I was able to take in a hockey game last night after what seemed like an
eternity. Sadly, even though the team had a stellar season last year I was
never able to make it out to a game. I did my best to catch a playoff game
but tickets were hard to come by and I knew my chances were about as good
as the NDP taking every Alberta seat in a federal election. Yeah, not going
to happen any time soon. Anyhow, the Oil Barons are in re-build mode after
last season's success, having lost a number of veterans. That, plus a few
sorely missed veterans out on the disabled list. It wasn't their be... more »
Bob Corker (R-TN) vs The American People
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
Every poll you read has the America people saying they want a "balanced
approach" to solving the problems caused by our political elites' inability
to function in the best interests of the country (something they're calling
the "Fiscal Cliff" in an attempt to terrorize low-info voters). People want
to see the rich start paying their fair share of taxes and they want to see
cutbacks on wasteful spending. They do NOT want to see cutbacks in benefits
for seniors and the most vulnerable Americans (which is basically the only
chip Boehner and Ryan have brought to the party). Yesterday ... more »
Blast from the Past: The Universal Gazetteer of 1807
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago
From The Universal Gazetteer** of 1807 by John Walker. The typhoon of 1782
actually became well-known in Europe and was widely held to have devastated
the island, with some sources claiming it had wiped out the population.
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To round it off!
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 3 hours ago
*Yellow Submarine*
The best Beatles film, the one true masterpiece, and they weren't in it.
The Beatles were immortalised in cartoon in 1965 for American TV, the show
took the band's public personas, established by the film A Hard Day's
Night, and made them even broader. The film Yellow Submarine was somewhat
of a correction. The new, pepper-fied personas were the Far-Out one (check
out John's opening, chemical transformation), the Debonair One, the
Mystical One (it's all in the mind) and the Downbeat One...
OK so Ringo didn't change that much. It's worth noting that John first
r... more »
Fix Your Digestion Problems: 5 Best and Worst Foods for Digestion by Lisa Garber
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 3 hours ago
Source of picture:
http://youqueen.com/life/health/5-health-benefits-of-sauerkraut/Fix Your
Digestion Problems: 5 Best and Worst Foods for Digestionby Lisa Garber
Natural Society, 16 December 2012
*So much depends upon the human gut. It is after all the organ that
determines if—and how—what we eat fuels the other organs. That’s why we
need it to be in optimal health and fix any digestion problems now rather
than later.*
**
*Some sources* swear by whole grains for gut health. According to *Mark’s
Daily Apple*, however, the American College of Gastroenterology Functional
Gastroin... more »
Sometimes There Are No Words
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
But the American columnist E.J. Dionne has found some that adequately
describe the situation:
We have had enough. American politics is plagued by timidity and paralyzed
by opportunism whenever we even consider talking action to curb gun
violence. No other developed country in the world has these massacres on
such a regular basis. In no comparable nation do citizens have such easy
access to guns. On no public question other than gun violence are those who
demand solutions after an ungodly episode accused of “politicizing tragedy.”
And, of course, there are those on the other side... more »
rtod: children in pakistan are as important as children in connecticut
laura k at wmtc - 3 hours ago
We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each
time I learn the news, I react not as a president, but as anybody else
would as a parent. And that was especially true today.
I know there's not a parent in America who doesn't feel the same
overwhelming grief that I do. The majority of those who died today were
children — beautiful, little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.
They had their entire lives ahead of them — birthdays, graduations,
weddings, kids of their own.
-- President Barack Obama, after a man opened fire in a Connecticut school,
ki... more »
Bad Taste Post
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 3 hours ago
It's in bad taste, but my own visceral responses to the mass-shooting of
elementary school kids in the USA yesterday have included the following:
That the USA has to have a serious discussion with itself about the nature
of a peculiarly US sickness that produces such a disproportionate amount of
this stuff.
That the horror, the trauma, the tears, the grief, the vigils, the
solidarity, the humanity, is also felt by non-US Americans all over the
world, including those emotions felt by non US-Americans in the aftermath
of mass slaughters carried out by the US government.
That Barack O... more »
Democracy Now! After Clinton rebuff, actor Peter Coyote pushes for Peltier clemency
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
After Rebuff by Clinton, Actor Peter Coyote Joins New Push to Sway Obama on Leonard Peltier Clemency
Read transcript http://www.democracynow.org/2012/12/13/after_rebuff_by_clinton_actor_peter
Kim Jong-un chosen as Time readers' Person of the Year with 5.6m votes
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
The US magazine was quick to clarify that the vote did not make Kim the
official Time magazine Person of the Year. That person is chosen by the
magazine's editors and is set to be revealed next week.
However the unofficial poll allowed readers around the world to weigh in,
via the internet, on the people or things they believe have influenced
global events the most in 2012.
Mohammed Morsi, the president of Egypt, received the most "no way" votes in
the poll.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9743230/Kim-Jong-un-chosen-as-Time-readers-Person-of-the-Year-with-... more »
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake NORTH OF ANGUILLA, LEEWARD ISLANDS - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11:02:12 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 07:02:12 AM at epicenter
Location
19.534°N, 62.941°W
Depth
23.2 km (14.4 miles)
Region
NORTH OF ANGUILLA, LEEWARD ISLANDS
Distances
145 km (90 miles) N of Stoney Ground, Anguilla
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 10:55:25 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 08:55:25 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.602°N, 143.746°E
Depth
35.4 km (22.0 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
233 km (144 miles) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
T'was The Night Before Christmas - By @Hossylass
noreply@blogger.com (BenefitScroungingScum) at Broken of Britain - 5 hours ago
Seismic Fears: UK govt allows super-polluting fracking technology
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
2nd Worst Massacre in US history: Dozens killed, most victims aged 5-10
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Dawn Hochsprung Killed as she tried to help her pupils when the shooting started
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
A headteacher and a school psychologist went to the aid of their pupils
after hearing gunshots at a Connecticut school, according to reports.
Dawn Hochsprung and therapist Diane Day were in a meeting at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown on Friday morning when the gunman, thought to
be the son of a teacher at the school, began shooting at around 9.30am.
The pair leaped out of their seats after hearing gunshots and ran to see
what was going on, according to Ms Day.
http://news.sky.com/story/1025785/newtown-principal-dawn-hochsprung-among-dead
Looking like a Bond villain, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un puffs on a cigarette as he oversees the rocket launch that has terrified the world....This looks like another job for 007
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees the country's latest satellite
rocket from a phone in his office while North Koreans gather en masse in
the capital of Pyongyang today (inset) to celebrate. In South Korea
analysts pull the battered missile shell out of the sea so military
inspectors can analyse how advanced the technology inside is. It is eight
months since Kim Jong Un was left humiliated after a rocket launch ended in
failure. The launch's success, 14 years after North Korea's first attempt,
shows more than a little of the gambling spirit in the third Kim to rule
North Kor... more »
Susan rice claims Hillary Clinton was 'too tired' to discuss Benghazi after Libya killings in departing snipe
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Discussing
her decision to withdraw herself from contention as Secretary of
State, Susan Rice said pointedly that she only spoke publicly about
Benghazi her boss Hillary Clinton had 'declined' to do so.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248187/Was-Hillary-Clinton-really-tired-discuss-Benghazi-Sunday-talk-shows-Susan-Rice-says-agreed-appear-boss-declined-so.html
U.S. to send missiles and 400 troops to Turkey to protect against potential Syrian attack
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to
Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from
potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a deployment order en route to Turkey
from Afghanistan calling for 400 U.S. soldiers to operate two batteries of
Patriots at undisclosed locations in Turkey, Pentagon press secretary
George Little told reporters flying with Panetta.
Germany and the Netherlands have already agreed to provide two batteries of
the U.S.-built defense systems and send u... more »
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake JUJUY, ARGENTINA - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 08:53:35 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:53:35 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
23.976°S, 66.817°W
Depth
204.9 km (127.3 miles)
Region
JUJUY, ARGENTINA
Distances
57 km (35 miles) WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
Obama's top Sandy relief official says 'it may not make sense to rebuild' some areas leveled by superstorm
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Housing and urban development secretary Shaun Donovan said in a news
conference Thursday that while many communities will be rebuilt with
additional safety precautions, he said that a ‘very small share’ of homes
‘may not make sense to rebuild at all.’
When the massive storm struck on October 29, it destroyed thousands of
homes and cost billions of dollars in damage.
Donovan, who is running the long-term relief effort following the storm,
said Thursday that it didn’t make sense for certain areas destroyed by
Sandy to rebuild.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248475/Controv... more »
Rudi Dekkers who unwittingly trained 9/11 hijackers is accused of trafficking cocaine and heroin
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The 56-year-old man who unwittingly provided flight training for the
hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center on 9/11 is now facing
charges for trafficking cocaine and heroin.
Rudi Dekkers, once the owner of the Florida flight school that trained
hijackers Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi, was arrested on Dec. 2 by
Homeland Security agents after he was caught with a rolling suitcase full
of cocaine and heroin, the Houston Chronicle reported.. The hijackers were
Dekkers' students from July 1 until Dec. 24, 2000.
Dekkers was recently brought to the attention of an unde... more »
Gunman 'shoots woman dead and then kills himself' in the lobby of the Excalibur hotel and casino on the Vegas Strip
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
A gunman is believed to have shot dead a female victim before he turned the
gun on himself in the lobby of the Excalibur hotel and casino on the Las
Vegas Strip on Friday night.
Police said a male victim died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The
shooting occurred near the hotel's front desk shortly before 8:30pm.
The women injured in the shooting was transported to a local hospital and
was listed in critical condition. She later died from her injuries.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248512/Gunman-shoots-woman-dead-kills-lobby-Excalibur-hotel-casino-Vegas-Strip.html
Grace McDonnell and Ana Marquez-Greene, both aged just six Killed in Sandy Hook School Massacre
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The two youngest named victims of the Newtown school massacre so far are
two six year-old girls, Grace McDonnell and Ana Marquez-Greene.
Marquez-Greene and her older brother had attended Linden Christian School
nearby, before moving with their parents to Newtown in July and enrolling
at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the fall.
Both she and her brother were inside the school when the shooter opened
fire, Sun News in Canada reports.
Marquez-Greene's father is Canadian jazz musician Jimmy Greene.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248493/Connecticut-School-shooting-victim-Grace-M... more »
Russian hackers will launch blitzkrieg cyber-attacks on U.S. banks next spring, security experts warn
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Victims: This map shows the locations of victims of the Project Blitzkrieg
pilot campaign whose infected computers are reporting back to Romanian
Control servers, according to McAfee Global Threat Intelligence
Experts have warned that hackers' plans to launch massive cyber-attacks on
U.S. financial institutions are not just a possibility but a 'credible
threat'.
According to a report released by internet security firm McAfee, the
impending attack on banks - dubbed 'Project Blitzkrieg' - could result in
millions of dollars of losses.
'McAfee Labs believes that Project Blitzkrieg i... more »
EU deal 'is first step towards joining Euro Army': Leaders agreed plans for greater defence corporation at Brussels summit
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
David Cameron was accused yesterday of signing Britain up to a blueprint
for a Euro Army.
European leaders agreed plans for greater defence co-operation at a summit
in Brussels that will force Britain to consult fellow EU nations over
defence planning, with defence chiefs having to co-ordinate capabilities
and procurement.
The plans appear to duplicate the role of the Nato alliance, which Tories
have traditionally credited with sole responsibility for European defence.
The communique issued at the end of the summit also featured calls for a
co-ordinated policy to boost development ... more »
Reardon Emanuel stabbed cannabis dealer to death less than two hours after starting community service......
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Reardon
Emanuel, 20, was jailed for 25 years today after stabbing his
cannabis dealer O'Neil Irwin to death just hours after complete unpaid
community service work.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248339/Killer-stabbed-cannabis-dealer-death-hours-starting-community-service-jailed-23-years.html
*Despite
the high rate of re-offending, Ministers still want to see fewer
locked up and give Criminals community service instead.*
I Choose Love - A Song by Shawn Gallaway
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago
Lyrics:
I can see laughter, or I can see tears
I see a choice, love or fear
What do you choose?
I can see peace, or I can see war
I can see sunshine, or I can see a storm
What do you choose?
*Chorus:*
Now I choose to live with freedom flying
From my heart where the light keeps shining
I choose to feel the whole world crying
For the strength that we can rise above
I choose love!
I choose love!
I can see sharing, or I can see greed
I can see caring or poverty
What do you choose?
I can see gardens, or I can see bombs
I can see life or death
Coming on strong
What do you choose?
*Chorus:*... more »
• Heavy science, math, technology focus in education: A good idea?
skrashen at Schools Matter - 8 hours ago
Posted in Dallas Morning News, Dec. 13, 2012:
http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/index.php?s=Krashen&submit=Search
Re: “Science, math are paving the way – Schools chief using model to set
district on positive course” (Dec 10).
The announcement that the “Lancaster superintendent is shaping his district
to be a science, math model,” with a focus on science, technology,
engineering and math from pre-K to grade 12, is based on the assumption
that this kind of focus will prepare students better for the workplace.
Maybe, maybe not.
According to research done by Rutgers Professor ... more »
Ryan Lanza Wrongly named as the killer when his ID was reportedly found at the scene
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Image: Ryan Lanza has not been named as a suspect but was taken away in
handcuffs
Ryan Lanza was working at his desk at the Ernst and Young when he saw CNN
reporting that he had killed 30 people at an elementary school in
Connecticut.
It was the moment a stunned Ryan realized what his brother, Adam, might
have done.
Lanza told his boss that: 'I need to go.' Then he walked out from Times
Square office of the tax real-estate group, according to a co-worker who
spoke to MailOnline on condition of anonymity.
Thirty minutes later, New York cops stormed in the office.
Between leaving... more »
Police dispute report that alleged Connecticut gunman's brother found dead
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
New Jersey police disputed a report on Friday that a brother of the
suspected Connecticut school gunman was found dead in a home in Hoboken,
New Jersey.
CNN had reported that authorities searched the New Jersey home following
the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut by a
heavily armed gunman who opened fire on school children and staff.
Police Captain James Fitzsimmons said no dead body connected to the
shooting had been found in Hoboken.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/14/us-usa-shooting-connecticut-brother-idUSBRE8BD18520121214
Zero Dark Thirty: blatant "Global War on Terror" propaganda
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 8 hours ago
Talk about blatantly obvious, shameless propaganda...
They clearly think we are a bunch of brain-dead, totally clueless,
apathetic children, willing to believe anything presented to us on a
television or movie screen, no matter how absurd or ridiculous. Sadly,
many of us in America today, and around the world, are exactly that:
completely gullible sheep unable or unwilling to think critically about
matters of any significance.
Jewish political blogger and journalist Glenn Greenwald, writing in *The
Guardian*, succinctly summed up the main propagandistic feature of the soon
to b... more »
Grand Canyon No 70,000,000 Years Old
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
If you become conversant with Geology, you soon learn to treat all age
suggestions as tentative at best. You have to be always ready for outright
reconsideration. This is particularly true when it comes to understanding
physically reshaped rock. There is a reason that you can artificially age
an artifact by treating it to accelerated weathering.
Let me give you a great example. The Sphinx experienced intense
weathering. It has been suggested that this means we have to go back
several thousands of years. Let me propose something else. It was built
inside a thousand years o... more »
Heart Health Eating
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
I will not say that this is applied common sense and has been practiced
for years as it has been, but it still needs statistical testing to
understand its effects.
The real take home is that you should never wait to switch out burgers and
cakes for nuts and cabbage and all that. We are all victims of the terrible
habits we pick up young and carry into our years.
I have personally survived a major Heart Attack for seven years and it
meant giving up any excess of the usual culprits. I have discovered a that
one mouthful portion of a cake at a birthday is quite sufficient fo... more »
Greenland Ice Loss up Five Fold in Two Decades
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
So what has really changed? The data has been adjusted better this time
around? Antarctica is presently at maximum ice extent or pulse.
Of course the Northern hemisphere remains half a degree warmer and this
allows a blanket loss of ice. Could someone explain just what part of
Greenland is presently losing more ice than snow is adding and the reverse?
How far has this boundary retreated?
Historically, these warm periods usually are good for a couple of decades
at least before they reverse. Since it has become clear that CO2 is not a
driver, it remains to the historical... more »
Union Taming in Michigan
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
The union movement is properly about a century old. It arose as a natural
response to predatory management. It evolved into an enterprise led by
predatory union bosses. The first brought about a generally leveled playing
field allowing fair protection for labor. The second began to destroy
wealth an d the jobs themselves. Back to work legislation restores the
balance of power to a large degree. Yet it is still a long way from
satisfactory.
Superior dispensations have been arrived at in other places and worse ones
as well.
What is lacking is a natural agency able to speak... more »
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
5.2
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 07:33:14 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:33:14 PM at epicenter
Location
4.924°S, 153.378°E
Depth
58.2 km (36.2 miles)
Region
NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
154 km (96 miles) ESE (121°) from Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
'Europe isn't à la carte' – Hollande sounds warning to dent Cameron hopes for repatriation of powers
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
David
Cameron's drive to win a "new settlement" for Britain in Europe
suffered an immediate setback yesterday when France said the EU would
not
allow the UK to renegotiate its membership terms.
After Mr Cameron told fellow EU leaders Britain would demand a new deal
in
return for allowing euro members to forge closer union, he was slapped
down
by the Socialist President of France François Hollande, who declared
that
Europe was "for life".
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/europe-isnt--la-carte--hollande-sounds-warning-to-dent-cameron-hopes-for-repatriation-of-powers-841840... more »
Little sense of urgency among European leaders
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Do EU leaders think they have the debt saga beaten? No. But pressure for
urgent action to tackle the malaise is easing as some of the heat comes out
of the crisis.
Thus we had the spectacle of European Council president Herman Van Rompuy
presenting a long-term plan for the euro zone to the leaders on Thursday
night, core strands of which they promptly shelved.
Never mind that it was the leaders themselves who asked for the blueprint
in the first place. The summit conclusions noted that Van Rompuy had
produced a specific, time-bound road map towards “genuine” economic and
monetary u... more »
Syria: Cameron secures EU pledge to review arms embargo
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
David Cameron has pressured the European Union into taking all measures to
support Syria's opposition, including the arming of rebels early next year,
after he warned that "inaction and indifference are not options".
The British Prime Minister told other European leaders at a Brussels summit
on Friday morning that the EU could no longer stand by as Bashar al-Assad's
regime stepped up its war against the Syrian people.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9745519/Syria-Cameron-secures-EU-pledge-to-review-arms-embargo.html
Fracking bosses 'left in dark' over cause of earth tremors near Blackpool
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Pressure is mounting on the company leading Britain’s shale gas rush after
it emerged that senior executives did not know that its fracking had
triggered earth tremors near Blackpool.
Environmental campaigners said the revelation showed that Cuadrilla
Resources could not be trusted to expand drilling across Britain and MPs
said that it raised further questions about the company’s safety record.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article3632301.ece
NATO says Syrian Scuds hit "near" Turkey
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
NATO accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of firing Scud
missiles that landed near to the Turkish border, in explaining why it was
sending anti-missile batteries and troops to the bloc's frontier.
The Syrian government, which finds itself under attack from rebels in the
capital Damascus and by a diplomatic alliance of Arab and Western powers,
denies firing such long-range, Soviet-built rockets and had no immediate
comment on the latest charge.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/14/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8AJ1FK20121214
Egyptians vote on Islamist-backed constitution
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Egyptians are voting on a proposed constitution that has polarized their
nation, with President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters backing
the charter, while liberals, moderate Muslims and Christians oppose it.
More than 26 million voters are scheduled to cast their ballots Saturday,
while another 25 million will vote next week.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/15/egypt-vote-constitution-morsi/1771009/
Connecticut school massacre: Search for answers begins
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Residents of the small Connecticut community of Newtown were reeling on
Saturday from one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, as police
sought answers about what drove a 20-year-old gunman to slaughter 20
children at an elementary school.
The attacker, identified by law enforcement sources as Adam Lanza, who once
attended Newtown High School, opened fire on Friday morning at Sandy Hook
Elementary School, which serves children aged 5 to 10. He ultimately killed
at least 27 people, including himself.
Police said another adult was found dead at a related crime scene in the
to... more »
Indonesia Identifies New Strain of Bird Flu
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Almost half of those who have died from avian flu have been in Indonesia.
And, although it might seem as though bird flu has gone unnoticed, a new
virulent strain has been found on the Indonesian island of Java.
In recent weeks, more than 300,000 ducks have died on the densely populated
island of Java.
The government has since confirmed the deaths were caused by a new and
highly pathogenic strain of H5N1, or bird flu.
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/12/13/2012121300367.html
Indonesia reports ninth human 'bird flu' death of 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
A 4-year-old West Java boy is the latest case of human H5N1 avian influenza
detected in 2012, according to a FluTrackers report Dec. 14.
According to the timeline from the Indonesian Ministry of Health, the boy
is a resident of Kampung Nagreg, Gorowong Village, District Parung Panjang,
Bogor regency, West Java.
The child exhibited symptoms of fever on Nov. 20, 2012, and on Dec. 1, 2012
the case was moved to Pustu. On Dec. 4, 2012 there was no change in the
condition of the case when seen by a private doctor. On the morning of Dec.
5, 2012 the case went to a health centre and in the... more »
Tornado rips off roofs in Otago, New Zealand
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Two houses lost their roofs after a small twister struck in Cromwell.
Police said roofing iron and tiles were torn off two houses in the Central
Otago town when the mini-tornado formed about 3pm today.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8082140/Wind-rips-off-roofs-in-Otago
Mayan apocalypse: panic spreads as December 21 nears
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year "Long
Count" Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials has been
reported in China and Russia, along with an explosion in sales of survival
shelters in America. In France believers were preparing to converge on a
mountain where they believe aliens will rescue them.
The precise manner of Armageddon remains vague, ranging from a catastrophic
celestial collision between Earth and the mythical planet Nibiru, also
known as Planet X, a disastrous crash with a comet, or the annihilation of
civilisation by a gian... more »
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:46:15 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 02:46:15 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
36.797°N, 141.128°E
Depth
45.3 km (28.1 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
33 km (20 miles) E of Kitaibaraki, Japan
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude Mw 6.0
Region NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
Date time 2012-12-15 04:49:32.0 UTC
Location 52.34 N ; 174.17 E
Depth 40 km
Distances 44 km (27 miles) SSW of Shemya Island, Alaska
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
5.2
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 04:27:02 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 01:27:02 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.349°N, 141.287°E
Depth
57.8 km (35.9 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
29 km (18 miles) ESE of Namie, Japan
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 02:53:19 UTC
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 08:53:19 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
13.095°N, 89.851°W
Depth
66 km (41.0 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances
54 km (33 miles) S of Acajutla, El Salvador
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake FLORES REGION, INDONESIA - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 01:03:36 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 09:03:36 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
8.624°S, 120.417°E
Depth
126.4 km (78.5 miles)
Region
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
Distances
4 km (2 miles) W of Wasogolo, Indonesia
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA - 15th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.2
Date-Time
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 00:40:42 UTC
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 03:40:42 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
55.492°N, 163.590°W
Depth
170.3 km (105.8 miles)
Region
UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
Distances
64 km (39 miles) WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake BANDA SEA - 14th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 22:37:24 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 07:37:24 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
6.229°S, 130.182°E
Depth
133.9 km (83.2 miles)
Region
BANDA SEA
Distances
227 km (141 miles) NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
4.1 Magnitude Earthquake CRETE, GREECE - 14th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.1
Date-Time
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 22:00:40 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 12:00:40 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
34.320°N, 23.992°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
CRETE, GREECE
Distances
105 km (65 miles) SSE of Palaiochora, Greece
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 14th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 20:37:19 UTC
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:37:19 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
38.626°N, 142.335°E
Depth
53.9 km (33.5 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
72 km (44 miles) SE of Ofunato, Japan
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 14th December 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 19:18:57 UTC
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 01:18:57 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
13.012°N, 89.983°W
Depth
69 km (42.9 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances
66 km (41 miles) SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador
Norovirus Cruise: Second Ship Is Hit By Bug
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
A second cruise ship has been struck by a winter vomiting bug after
passengers of a luxury liner described their festive trip of a lifetime as
"a living nightmare".
P&O has issued a statement saying there are 10 current cases of the
highly-contagious norovirus on the Azura, which has been on an 11-night
tour of Iberia.
More than 3,000 people are on board and the ship is due to dock at
Southampton tomorrow.
http://news.sky.com/story/1025425/norovirus-cruise-second-ship-is-hit-by-bug
Adam Lanza Was Honours Student, Motive for Massacre unclear
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
The man suspected of killing 20 children and seven adults during a shooting
rampage in Connecticut was an honours student who lived at home with his
mother.
Adam Lanza killed his mother Nancy at their home before driving her car to
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown armed with at least two handguns
and a rifle.
The 20-year-old then carried out his massacre before taking his own life,
according to law enforcement officials.
http://news.sky.com/story/1025790/newtown-shooting-gunman-was-honours-student
British Columbia Company Says It's Crafting Cloak Of Invisibility
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 10 hours ago
B.C. company says it's crafting cloak of invisibility
Global News: Thursday, December 13, 2012 7:00 PM
Imagine if you could just wrap a piece of fabric around you – and you
became invisible.
It may sound like something out of a Harry Potter movie, but a Maple Ridge,
B.C. company is hoping to make this idea a reality.
Hyperstealth Biotechnology is in the midst of manufacturing a material
using light-bending technology, branded "Quantum Stealth."
"This is something they could actually fold up in their pocket, and bring
it out when they need it. Or they could actually make it into t... more »
Manhunt For A Ghost: Zero Dark Thirty Is An Illuminati Film
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
*Easy there, tiger, you do know Osama Bin Laden is not actually hiding in
that building, don't you?*
"*Zero Dark Thirty* represents a new genre of embedded filmmaking that is
the problematic offspring of the worrisome endeavor known as embedded
journalism.* . .*An already problematic practice—giving special access to
vetted journalists—is now deployed for the larger goal of creating
cinematic myths that are favorable to the sponsoring entity (in the case of
*Zero Dark Thirty*, the CIA). If the access that Boal and Bigelow received
was in addition to access that nonfiction writers... more »
Delicious for Chanukah?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot at Walmart.
I suppose the BBC's Jeremy Bowen would use this as proof that Jews don't
observe the religious rules and so it's fine to hold a Twitter Q&A on the
Middle East on Rosh Hashonah.
Time to move on from old Alberta Health Services expense claims? Not just yet, thanks, says Allaudin Merali
david at Alberta Diary - 10 hours ago
Will the wheels fall off the Alberta Health Services case for not paying
severance to former CFO Allaudin Merali? At any rate, it sounds as if Mr.
Merali, in blurry photograph below, hasn’t given up the fight. Former
Alberta Health Services Chief Financial Officer Allaudin Merali today
issued a stout defence of the propriety of ... more »
Korea's Growing Addiction Problem
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Korea is becoming a society of addicts who are hooked on alcohol, gambling,
online games or drugs, a group of experts warns.
Addiction Forum, which consists experts who treat people with dependencies,
on Tuesday said there are 1.55 million alcoholics in Korea, 2.2 million
gambling addicts, 2.33 million Internet addicts and 100,000 drug addicts,
making up a total of 6.18 million people with dependencies.
That adds up to one in eight. The figures were compiled by analyzing
research data from studies by universities and government agencies.
According to the World Health Organization, t... more »
Matt's Connecticut Shooting Questions
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
These are some questions I've been mulling over and that I can't seem to
answer. Perhaps others can enter into the discussion and provide
information we don't yet have (if it's in the form of a link, please email
to us so we can post it).
Questions are as follows:
*1. Who was Adam Lanza? *Just like James Holmes, he had no Internet
presence despite being a very young man, no Facebook, no anything. He just
"appeared".
*2. What was Adam's mental state?* His brother says he was autistic, and
even on medication. His classmates said he was quiet, yet did very well in
school in a normal ... more »
Adam Lanza: A Gunman, Recalled as Intelligent and Shy, Who Left Few Footprints in Life
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
He carried a black briefcase to his 10th-grade honors English class, and
sat near the door so he could readily slip in and out. When called upon, he
was intelligent, but nervous and fidgety, spitting his words out, as if
having to speak up were painful.
Pale, tall and scrawny, Adam Lanza walked through high school in Newtown,
Conn., with his hands glued to his sides, the pens in the pocket of his
short-sleeve, button-down shirts among the few things that his classmates
recalled about him.
He did all he could to avoid attention, it seemed.
Until Friday.
The authorities said Mr. L... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Three "K"s -- remembering three conductors who were great artists
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
*The gossamer "Ballet of the Sylphs" from Berlioz's Damnation de Faust is
played by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik in this
1950 EMI recording, from a four-CD Kubelik "Portrait," one of the treasures
that came out of my nearly 17-pound Berkshire Record Outlet carton this
week.*
*by Ken*
I'd been good for so long. Oh sure, I usually scanned the new classical
overstock and cut-out listings on the Berkshire Record Outlet website most
every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and sure, I dumped stuff in my
shopping cart. But that didn't commit me to anything, and ... more »
Extreme UFO Activity, Pennsylvania, Parts 2/3, 11-29-12, Hovering by Level Green or Trafford woods (Mind-boggling)
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
*Here is a short, stabilized clip of one of the craft "pretending" to be a
plane. That's right, pretending. It looks identical to a giant US military
aircraft upon visual inspection, but hovers at tower-tree level, floats
like a helicopter, is completely silent, doesn't show up on any FAA flight
records, and uses safety lighting systems that mimic, but do not follow
standard regulations. Essentially, whatever it is, it's pretending to be a
human plane visually just enough to avoid detection by a common observer.
The only other explanation is that the US has suddenly made all its ma... more »
UBS Bankers Face Criminal Charges Over LIBOR
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 12 hours ago
surprise By Trippography on Flickr
*UBS Is Nearing A Deal With Authorities Over LIBOR, And Wall Street Hasn't
Seen Anything Like It In Over A Decade*
Linette Lopez | Dec. 14, 2012, 8:31 AM | 1,494 | 3
The most salient criticism for the way maleficence at banks is handled —
from the financial crisis to money laundering at HSBC — it's that bank's
never face criminal charges.
The New York Times reports that this may change as early as next Monday.
Sources close to the matter say that UBS is nearing a deal with
authorities, and that *it may include criminal charges as well as abo... more »
The Awesome Glenn Greenwald Critically Breaks Down "The CIA's Film"
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
*Zero Dark Thirty is the greatest product of the sick marriage between the
CIA and Hollywood. *
Should Zero Dark Thirty get an Oscar for Best Picture? Obaaama got a Nobel
Prize for no reason, so why not?
Hollywood is pro-war now that a Democrat is in office. They want to kill
Syrians and Libyans and Pakistanis, and blow the whole place up because
they are so "humanitarian."
Michael Moore or any Hollywood leftist is not going to stand up on the
Hollywood stage and declare Obaaama to be a warmonger for taking the nation
to war. Times have changed. Blowing up people and lying... more »
Important Video Exposes The Truth About Talmudic Pedophilia And Incest!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 12 hours ago
Several articles ago, I brought forward some very revolting and disgusting
news about how there is a push for the legalization of both Child
Pornography and Pedophilia. As a father, I could not believe that we, as a
civilized society, would ever allow such evils to ever be made legal. But
the information presented showed that the criminals are pushing hard for
this disgusting practice to be legalized, and to further disintegrate the
morality of our very society.
Since that article was published in this blog, I have received a multitude
of comments and emails. In one email, I was ... more »
"What Can We Know? What Are We All?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"What can we know? 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
Connecticut School Shooting: This Will Only Lead To Another Push For Gun Control In America!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours ago
I am as shocked as everyone in learning the facts that are now coming out
about this senseless shooting of some 27 innocent people at an Elementary
School in Newtown, Connecticut. It does appear now that as truthful
information finally emerges, this was done by a "Lone Gunman" named Adam
Lanza, who was said to be both autistic and on SSRI prescription
anti-depressant drugs. It is another tragedy for a nation that has just
gotten over the mass shooting in Colorado earlier this year.
I have been looking for some of the best articles about this tragedy over
the Internet, and not the... more »
Connecticut
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
The killings in Connecticut affected me deeply. And considering it I
realize why.
First, I am friends with a colleague who was directly affected. Her grief
and that of her family is real.
Second, I dealt with a young man who failed but (seemed?) tried to do
something similar. And this young man was very ordinary. Just a typical
young man who had access to high powered weapons and who one day started
shooting people. One died but many more could have.
Was he evil incarnate? Was this original sin or some possession by a
demon? Was this ordinary young man in fact somehow extra... more »
Musical Interlude: Pet Shop Boys, “Numb”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Pet Shop Boys, “Numb”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPRQyx7aU4
Right to work . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours ago
RIGHT
TO WORK got its start in Texas in the early 1940's. It's the malignant
creation of a particularly odious American, Vance Muse. According to
Mark Ames at Not Safe For Work Corporation, in an article "You Hate
"Right To Work" Laws More Than You Know. Here's Why", Vance Muse was
quite a piece of work. Click on the link to get a fascinating
explanation of the rise of the fascist Right in
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting...
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
King's College Choir, Samuel Barber - “Agnus Dei”, “Adagio For Strings”
A cappella, human voices only...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWgjwTc3PUw
I don't have the words, folks, I just don't... only tears... - CP
MI RTWFL = corporate servitude
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
*From Common Dreams*
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*Michigan’s New 'Corporate Servitude Law' Takes Away Worker Rights*
*by George Lakoff *
*Michigan** has just passed a corporate servitude law. It is designed to
take away many of the worker rights that unions have conferred throughout
their history: The right to a living wage. The right to equal pay for
women. The right to deferred payments in the form of pensions. The right to
negotiate workplace standards and working conditions. The right to overtime
pay.*
*From this conservative perspective, businessmen should have the liberty to
run their busi... more »
Did Obama wipe away fake tears over the killing of dozens of children in Connecticut?
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
His staged homage to the young victims rings especially hollow considering
the fact the Obama administration shipped weapons to murderous drug cartels
in Mexico under the Justice Department’s Fast & Furious operation and he
has authorized the CIA to uses its killer drones to slaughter innocents in
Pakistan.
The cartel war bankrolled by transnational banks has so far resulted in
60,000 deaths with more than 10,000 people missing.
In 2011, it was reported that nearly 170 children were killed in Obama’s
illegal drone war in Pakistan. From June 2004 to mid-September 2012, drone
strik... more »
TLC orders 'Best Funeral Ever' reality show
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
TLC is ready to put the “fun” back into funeral.
The network has ordered a special/backdoor pilot, Best Funeral Ever, that
goes behind-the-scenes of a unconventional funeral parlor.
At the Golden Gate Funeral Home, Dallas-based funeral director John
Beckwith, Jr.works with the families to create a central theme for a
memorial and then throws a wild party.
Examples include a Christmas-inspired funeral complete with reindeer, elves
and snow, and a singer known for his famous rib sauce jingle remembered at
a BBQ-themed funeral — including live pigs, praise dancers, and a BBQ sauce
fo... more »
Thank God the subject of gun craziness was so thoroughly aired in the recent presidential and congressional elections
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*"I think that day will come, but today's not that day, especially as we
are awaiting more information about the situation."*
*-- White House press secretary Jay Carney, about "that
day" -- when a gun-control discussion may come*
*"If now is not the time to have a serious discussion about gun control and
the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our society, I don’t know when is.
How many more Columbines and Newtowns must we live through? I am
challenging President Obama, the Congress, and the American public to act
on our outrage and, finally, do something about this."*
*-- NY Rep. Jer... more »
Teabagger True Character Revealed
2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
*When faced with* adversity your *true character* is revealed.
True Character
The content of these diaries at Daily Kos will make you madder than you’ve
been all day
But the truth hurts sometimes.
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and
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