Strombolian-style eruption of Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador (Photo credit: Wikipedia)10:31 pm MST
The Syrian-Turkish Border Is A Flashpoint For WWIII
At the moment, there is a low-level conflict on the Syrian-Turkish border.
There have been *clashes throughout the past year*, often times stoked by
the FSA, the foreign-backed Jihadist insurgency that is fighting Assad.
But if the United States government has anything to say about it this
conflict will get much larger. Washington has *deployed Patriot missiles
and soldiers to the Turkish border* to send a message to Syria* *that it is
serious about its threat to overthrow its regime.
There are many regional flashpoints in the Middle East, but military
experts believe that the Syri... more »
Pennsylvania nuclear power plant: Unexpected shutdown reported
An energy company says it’s trying to figure out why a central Pennsylvania
nuclear power plant reactor shut down unexpectedly.
PPL Corp says Unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear facility near Berwick shut
down early Sunday morning. The company says the reactor is safe and stable.
In a statement, Allentown-based PPL says the shutdown occurred during
routine testing of a valve on the unit’s main turbine system.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/unexpected-shutdown-reported-at-us-nuclear-plant/article4208906.ece
Daytime UFO filmed over Orlando Florida: Dec 15, 2012
Daytime UFO over Orlando, Florida 15 December 2012 *by justa4t*
Ecuador declares orange alert near Tungurahua volcano
ECUADOR has issued an orange alert - the second-highest warning level - for
towns near the Tungurahua volcano, as its level of activity rose, civil
defence officials say.
The area of the warning covers the adjacent provinces of Tungurahua and
Chimborazo, according to the national civil defence agency.
Greater activity has been building since Wednesday, along with a slight
increase in gas emissions from the 5029-metre volcano, located about 135km
south of the capital Quito, the Geophysical Institute said.
http://www.news.com.au/world/ecuador-declares-volcano-alert/story-fndir2ev-122... more »
Mayan 'death and rebirth' date marks the perfect time to tackle planet's crisis
At 12 minutes past noon last Wednesday, 12.12.12, 12 minutes of wintry
stillness was broken by the low chime of a gong. The crowd gathered around
the Chalice Well beneath Glastonbury Tor linked hands, looked skywards,
then touched the earth. A multitude of others did the same across the world
– only this place, as everyone knows, is rather special.
For many people, these days between last Wednesday, 12 December, and the
winter solstice on 21 December next Friday constitute a portal of some
kind, based upon a convergence of predictions in ancient calendars, notably
that of the Maya i... more »
Emerging Europe: Goal challenged
For
the countries of central and eastern Europe, the unassailable momentum
of integration with Europe’s west has been a double-edged sword. For
much
of the past decade, the wealth gap between west and east has narrowed as
inflows of cheap capital helped power economic growth in the former
communist countries.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c652df60-4514-11e2-838f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct#axzz2FHbtzBdg
5.6 Magnitude Earthquake KURIL ISLANDS - 17th December 2012
Magnitude
5.6
Date-Time
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 00:28:55 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 11:28:55 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
49.749°N, 155.952°E
Depth
38.9 km (24.2 miles)
Region
KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
102 km (63 miles) S of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake VALPARAISO, CHILE - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 22:46:11 UTC
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 07:46:11 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
33.762°S, 71.433°W
Depth
54.9 km (34.1 miles)
Region
VALPARAISO, CHILE
Distances
20 km (12 miles) WSW of Melipilla, Chile
Dangerous Music: Sugar Man, Beatles and Buffy Sainte Marie
Sugar
Man, Sixto Rodriquez
How music cracked open the world: Searching for Sugar Man, How the
Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, and the music of Buffy Sainte Marie
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Searching for Sugar Man, and How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, tell
the same story, in very different ways. Both films tell how music,
forbidden and censored music,
Quote of the day: On the reaction to a shooting
*“’Tough cases make bad law,’ it is often said. I suggest
a corollary: extreme events make bad legislation.”*
- Gene Callahan, “A*** L****, the Perfect Cypher upon Whom We Can Project
Our Agendas”
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4.4 Magnitude Earthquake PAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 21:50:29 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 07:50:29 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
18.206°N, 146.843°E
Depth
53.6 km (33.3 miles)
Region
PAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Distances
113 km (70 miles) E of Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands
Who Says Obama's Policies Are Considered Republican? Anyone With A Brain-- Including President Barack H. Obama
If you've followed this blog with any regularity over the past few years,
you've probably noticed an uncomfortable disdain for Barack Obama-- going
back to right after he was elected to the Senate and picked Joe Lieberman
as his mentor, and continuing right up to the current attempts to work with
Boehner to balance the budget on the backs on the elderly and the middle
class. The wealthy and powerful have continued to do extraordinarily well
under Obama... regular working families, much less so. And, as Dan Rather
told a somewhat stunned Rachel Maddow Thursday night (watch the video... more »
Robotic arm: Paralyzed woman's thoughts
*According to US study, unrivalled control of a robotic arm has been
achieved using a paralysed woman's thoughts.*Jan, who is 53 and paralyzed
from the neck down, was able to deftly pick up, move and place a range of
objects in a manner similar to a normal arm. Brain implants were used to
manage the robotic arm and Jan was diagnosed with spinocerebellar
degeneration 13 years ago and progressively lost control of her body. She
is now incapable to move her arms.
The pulses of electricity in the brain are then translated into commands to
move the arm, which bends at the elbow, wris... more »
567 Grams: Avicenna's Floating Man Argument And The Newtown Massacre
Abraham Lincoln believed in life after death, *possessed psychic abilities*,
and famously dreamed about his own demise shortly before it happened. He is
not alone. Philosophers, mystics, poets, and prophets all speak about the
eternal life of the soul and the existence of a world beyond this one.
Read this excerpt from Tai Carmen's article, *"The Human Soul and The
Floating Man"*:
"The 11th century Persian philosopher Avicenna devised The Floating Man thought
experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantiality of
the soul: he directed readers to imagine themselv... more »
Right Wingers Tweeting Bigotry During NewTown Vigil
I won't repeat any of what is in the diary here.
On Daily Kos tonight.
It's really disgusting.
BUT - Please read the whole thing
There are two really good points made by the diarist.
>>>>HERE<<<<<
You have not begun to see all that is in store for you.
*
*
*You have not begun to see all that is in store for you. *
As channeled by Ron Head
December 16, 2012 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
Before we begin today, let us tell all who are suffering because of their
connection to your loss of so many dear little ones they are here with us
and they are well cared for. We offer our comfort to all who ask. We
understand your pain and wish you peace in your knowing of their return
home.
Let us now begin by pointing out to you, although we know it is totally
unnecessary, that only five days remain in your current ‘... more »
Costa Rica Bans Sport Hunting
Pumas are among Costa Rica's most treasured species. Photo courtesy: Raul
Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images
Good for you, Costa Rica!! Costa Rica has became the first Latin American
country to ban hunting as a sport, after an unanimous and final vote from
Congress.
Lawmakers had provisionally approved a reform to its Wildlife Conservation
law back in October. With a population of 4.5 million people, Costa Rica is
one of the world's most biodiverse nations.
The central American country is already known for its environmental
mindset, with 25% of its land protected as national parks or reser... more »
Secret Libor Transcripts Expose Trader Rate-Manipulation
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*
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-13/rigged-libor-with-police-nearby-shows-flaw-of-light-touch.html
*
* *Secret Libor Transcripts Expose Trader Rate-Manipulation*
By Liam Vaughan and Gavin Finch
December 13, 2012 11:01 AM EST
Every morning, from his desk by the bathroom at the far end of Royal Bank
of Scotland Group Plc’s trading floor overlooking London’s Liverpool Street
station, Paul White punched a series of numbers into his computer.
White, who joined RBS in 1984, was one of the employees responsible for the
firm’s submissions to the London interbank offered rate, or... more »
The International Banking Cartel/Cabal
The Federal Reserve Cartel: Part I: The Eight Families:
by Dean Henderson
*(Excerpted from Chapter 19: The Eight Families: Big Oil & Their Bankers
in the Persian Gulf… Part one of a five-part series)*
The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup
and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal
Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco and Chevron Texaco); in tandem with Deutsche Bank,
BNP, Barclays and other European old money behemoths. But their monopoly
over the global economy does not end at the edge of the oil patch.
According to company ... more »
Did You Know That...
Kleenex-brand tissues started out as thin, gauzelike paper called
Cellucotton that Kimberly-Clark produced as liners for GIs' gas masks
during World War 1. When the war ended, the company used the surplus to
make "Kleenex Kerchiefs", which it heavily promoted as "the Sanitary Cold
Cream Remover". Women all over the country scrambled to buy the handy
things. Until then, they'd used washcloths and towels to take off their
makeup. But they soon began writing to the company with a complaint: Their
husbands and children were forever snatching the Kerchiefs to blow their
noses! The folks... more »
Jewish Controlled Hollywood Playing People As Suckers Again: Newest Crap Movie, "Zero Dark Thirty" Is Blatant "Global War On Terror" Propaganda!
While being laid up today, I actually turned on the "Talmudvision" to watch
a bit of sports news, and to catch up on what has been happening with the
NHL hockey lockout (Yes, this is, or was, the only professional sport I
actually enjoy watching). I saw a commercial that I found revolting and
disgusting. It was for a new Jewish Hollywood created piece of crap movie
to be released in January, called "Zero Dark Thirty". I could not believe
the blatant lies and pure propaganda I was seeing... It was almost as bad
as the other piece of crap laugher of a movie released recently called... more »
Supersizing Secrecy (And Downsizing Democracy)? What We Must Really Love (Not To Mention Admire)
From my mentor Tom Engelhardt at the TomDispatch we learn who really won
all those "contested" elections. And it wasn't us. Not by a long shot. And
when you next think of where money is to be made in this country . . . . .
. . The first thing they might notice is that the Intelligence Community of
2012 with 17 official outfits has, by the simplest of calculations, almost
doubled. The real
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, December 16th, 2012
I have been suffering today from what appears to be Influenza like
symptoms... My son caught it from someone at his school (It is sad that in
today's economy, working parents send sick kids to school!), and he
suffered from it earlier this week. I was crossing my fingers that I would
not get it, but I guess my luck ran out. Hopefully this will not last
long, and I should be back to my normal self in a few days..I figure that
with the fever subsided enough for the moment, I will try to fire off my
weekly rant...
Yes, I am still very pissed off by what I see with this latest shootin... more »
"Llet us celebrate the falling bodies . . . as a demonstration of our fealty, our bondage, to the great god Gun" (Garry Wills)
*"I have often thought that we should raise a statue of [Charlton] Heston
at each of the many sites of multiple murders around our land. We would
soon have armies of statues, whole droves of Heston acolytes standing
sentry at the shrines of Moloch dotting the landscape."*
*"That horror cannot be blamed just on one unhinged person. It was the
sacrifice we as a culture made, and continually make, to our demonic god.
We guarantee that crazed man after crazed man will have a flood of killing
power readily supplied him."*
*-- Garry Wills, in a NYRB blogpost,* "Our Moloch"
*Moloch*Fro... more »
Daily Links, Monday, Dec 17, 2012
*In Tianzhong train station, an express awaits.*
Time for another edition of weekly links......
*BLOGS*:
- The Suhua Highway and rail line not rail line are closed, probably for
about three weeks. Travel to Hualien is now a major pain. If New Years puts
you in Hualien, you might want to reconsider.
- Ben on the SET TV mess, in which a popular host leaves the show over
allegations management censored pro-Taiwan commentary.
- Ben also comments on Robert Ross' remarks on F-16s.
- Way cool: WWII Japanese pillboxes in the Taichung/Taiwan. Great,
useful post.
*... more »
Oh, the weather outside's not frightful (and by the pool's delightful)
Copan Christmas elves
I was sitting by the pool today, sipping a *cerveza*and thinking about what
a very different Christmas I’ll be having this year.
This is my first Christmas ever outside of Canada. I’m not the type to
make too big a deal out of Christmas, but I did have a few rituals around
the season. The absence of those rituals this year is making me newly aware
of the ones I’m missing and the ones I never did take much of a shine to.
Cold weather, for instance. Maybe I dreamed of a white Christmas a few
times as a kid, but that desire pretty much went away once I started to ... more »
Malevolent Maples Destined for Oblivion
Wit's End - 4 hours ago
For most of my life, I had always thought of the world as a splendid,
benevolent, and resilient place. I remember when I was young going out to
the lawn with an iron tool. It had a turned, grooved wooden handle, and at
the end of the long spike, rusty under chipped paint, was a sharp forked
tip. My job was to gouge out the stubborn deep taproots of the shiny,
noisily yellow dandelions...before they turned into sparkly floating
snowflakes that made wishes come true. If there were chemical herbicides
available back then, we couldn't afford to buy any - but there was plenty
of tim... more »
Why Strong Science Assessors Matter
In my latest Bridges column I connect Hurricane Sandy to Mad Cow disease
through the repeatedly-learned lesson that effective use of science in
decision making depends upon having strong institutions. Here is how it
starts:
Last month in Berlin, I participated in the 10th anniversary conference of
the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – the Bundesinstitut für
Risikobewertung (BfR). The BfR is one of a number of European organizations
that Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, executive director of the European Food
Safety Authority (EFSA), characterized at the conference as "the... more »
What do you call two penguins on Baffin Island?
*
Lost! REALLY lost
*
Time for the blame game
I saw Jake Tapper get into a brief argument this morning on the twitter
about the media buying into the "violent video games are the problem" trope
the anti-regulation gun crowd always uses to deflect blame. Jake said
something like it should be a valid part of the discussion. Fine. Let's
discuss that trivial contribution -- again.
But Big Media never seems to want to discuss their own potential causation
of these brutal crimes. I know for the people on the ground being there is
not a choice. I understand the need to feed the 24/7 beast but the
competition for a "scoop," (which las... more »
The Patience of Unconditionality!
*
*
*This is from my friend Henry Hasse.*
* Henry is suffering from cancer. What a light he is!*
* This is long, please read it all by pressing on the "READ MORE" link.*
* -AK*
*Oh, the Patience of Unconditionality!*
By Henry Hasse
Preface
There always seems to be a better way
to write what one has learned of “unconditional.”
Of this I know, for I have labored long and hard
to bring this ode to you.
Perhaps you can improve it some,
and add to it some thoughts – or take away.
Go to! Make it your own to think about and share.
I make no claim to say these... more »
Will the catalyst be Japan?
Which country has the biggest government debt-t0-GDP ratio in the world?
Which country went into recession two decades ago, and has never really
emerged?
Which country’s leader has signalled he intends to print money, QE to
infinity, to monetise that debt?
The answer to all of these questions is not Greece, Spain or Italy. Nor is
it the U.S.
It’s Japan.
With interest rates at zero and government debt more than double its GDP—and
rising—and an aging population who have virtually denuded their savings in
patriotically buying govt bonds, it has little hope of ever reducing that
de... more »
CSOs and State 16: The Integrity Initiative
Government is force and coercion. It is an institution created by men and
women mainly to protect themselves, their families and friends, their
properties, from bullies among the population. It was a good "social
contract" where people surrender a portion of their individual freedom to
the government, like the "freedom to revenge" and physically attack those
who committed physical aggression against them and their properties.
Government and its courts, justice and police system is supposed to do that
job, to penalize those who disrespect other people's right to peaceful
living.
But... more »
US pulls war fleet from Syrian water, returning home in surprising about-face
Shortly before the deployment of two American Patriot missiles manned by
400 US servicemen for defending Turkey against Syria was announced
Thursday, Dec. 13, Washington quietly recalled from Syrian waters the USS
Eisenhower aircraft carrier and its strike group and the USS Iwo Jima
Amphibious Ready group and the 2,000 Marines on their decks.
This US fleet, now on its way to home base, stayed opposite the Syrian
coast from the third week of November ready to take part in direct US
intervention in the Syrian conflict.
Now that the American warships are gone, Russia’s Black Sea Flee... more »
Dying Days of a Corrupt Government(How are you?)
It`s been a while hasn`t it, I mean since we last talked, how are you,
how`s life, everything is well?...and don`t answer me with "*great,
couldn`t be better"* isn`t that response standard fare, how many of us too
stick to scripted answers rather than bleed your soul....
It`s not easy coming here, and it`s not easy answering "*great, couldn`t be
better"* when you want to scream, want to cry want just to be held and
comforted, weather`s getting cold, not ice cold but west coast damp, like
the rain too, it soothes, being comfortably baked by summer`s warm friendly
orange visitor or... more »
An Insane Age: When Patriotism Attracts The Charge of Insanity
Public Intelligence: *The Department of Homeland Security’s New HQ is an
Abandoned Insane Asylum*.
An excerpt from, *"Attainted: The Life and Afterlife of Ezra Pound in
Italy,"* by Luciano Mangiafico.
Defense counsel Cornell, who had first met Pound on November 20, had an
easy time with his insanity defense. The four psychiatrists had come back
to the judge with a unanimous report calling Pound delusional. The
prosecutor, Isaiah Matlack, next moved for a public “insanity hearing”
before a jury. The hearing was held on February 13, 1946, and the jury
heard from Dr. Winfred Overh... more »
* Government Allowed 9/11 | Interview with Sibel Edmonds
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“The Christmas Truce of 1914”
*“The Christmas Truce of 1914”*
by Simon Rees
“You are standing up to your knees in the slime of a waterlogged trench.
It is the evening of 24 December 1914 and you are on the dreaded Western
Front. Stooped over, you wade across to the firing step and take over the
watch. Having exchanged pleasantries, your bleary-eyed and mud-spattered
colleague shuffles off towards his dug out. Despite the horrors and the
hardships, your morale is high and you believe that in the New Year the
nation's army march towards a glorious victory.
But for now you stamp your feet in a vain attempt t... more »
"Thoughts On Evil And Human Nature"
*"Thoughts On Evil And Human Nature" *
by W. Christopher Epler
"Carl Sagan, author and astrophysicist from Cornell, used to wonder if
atomic weaponry would be the nemesis of most "advanced species". A flight
of fancy of sorts since whales and elephants are certainly advanced species
but don't feel the need for technology (and should we patronize them for
this since they aren't rapidly destroying the planet?). Is it possible that
much of science and technology are actually synonyms of self destructive
stupidity? A kind of short sighted greed, perhaps.
In any event, what has now... more »
POOF for DEC 16: Have a Very Merry Christmas
Greetings and Salutations,
It's clear the gag order they put down when they got everything positioned
is being held. I do know they were busting a hump this week to get the rest
done. The pres doesn't need to be in the WH for everything to proceed,
where ever airforce 1 is, so's the WH. We have our original constitutional
treasury back and they did something with the fed, in other words, the
'setup' is done for a wonderful xmas. The mystery of the 'moment' lies in
this silence. Be good and be ready because Santa's coming to town.
Be at Peace and step into your glorious future. T... more »
Pro Gun Senators Avoiding the Press
*Politics*
*All 31 Pro-Gun Senators Refused Invitations To Appear On ‘Meet The Press’*
By Aviva Shen on Dec 16, 2012 at 11:09 am
Read It
>>>HERE<<<
Very short – with a tweet from Meet the Press
*Guess they wanted to stay home and hug their kids. *
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That article is reiterated on The Hill
*Pro-gun rights lawmakers keep low profile after shootings*
By Alexander Bolton - 12/16/12 02:45 PM ET
Bob Schieffer, the host of CBS’s “Face the Nation”, marveled Sunday that he
could not find Republicans or centrist Democrats to even discuss gun
control ... more »
Manly P. Hall - Turn off the TV
"They put an off button on the TV for a reason. Turn it off . . . I really
don't watch much TV." -- President George W. Bush, C-SPAN interview,
January 2005. Wise words. Did the "W" stand for wise?
Manly P. Hall - Turn off the TV
Portland Mall Shooter Stopped by CCW holder, Media lies by omission
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Quoting on Auckland…
Phil McDermott on “A Flawed Case? Auckland’s City Rail Link Project”
“One of the reasons as I understood it for creating a single Auckland
Council was to reduce wasting money on uneconomic and unwarranted projects.
Well, this obsession with the CRL simply demonstrates how a bigger council
can make even bigger mistakes…”
I have still yet to hear a cogent reason for creating a super-sized
bureaucracy in Auckland.
I don’t think one ever existed.
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Karl Denninger, “CT School Shootings; Facts Before Hype”; A Comment
*“CT School Shootings; Facts Before Hype”*
by Karl Denninger
“You have to live in a hole not to know that a deranged young man shot up a
school Friday morning. In the aftermath there are the predictable calls for
bans on all guns, bans on most guns, and bans on, well, anyone other than
you and your hired goons (aka Mayor Bloomberg) having a gun.
Hysteria does not produce good results. Indeed, evil men often wait for
conveniently-timed hysteria to do unspeakably ugly and evil things under
cover of public demand that they conveniently exploit. There are hundreds
if not thousands o... more »
D-FOX: Please contact us if you can read this
To D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at
thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
I don't usually subscribe to conspiracy theories, but...
Politico
reports that:
'The State Department said Saturday that Secretary of State
Hillary Clintonfainted and suffered a concussion, but did not specify
when that happened
or the circumstances surrounding the incident.
She will not testify this week before House and Senate committees about
the
Sept. 11 attacks on Benghazi as scheduled, congressional sources
said.'
Hmm, convenient?
If you like conspiracy theories then Politics & Finance have a
doozy ...
Obama's gun control record illustrates a consistent failure to act
bit.ly/U34mnk
There has been no shortage of sorrow-filled words from Barack Obama
following each of the tragic mass killings that have afflicted his
presidency.
Obama described the wounding of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and deaths
of six other people, including a young girl, in Tucson, Arizona, last year
as a "tragedy for our entire country" and called for a "national dialogue"
on how Americans treat each other.
He struck much the same theme in July following the killing of 12 people at
a Colorado cinema. A month later, Obama called for "soul searching" on how
to reduce viol... more »
Patrick Cockburn: There Is A "False And Propagandistic Account of Events In Syria"
An excerpt from Patrick Cockburn's article, *"Syria: The descent into Holy
War"*:
This misperception of the reality on the ground in Syria is fuelled in part
by propaganda, but more especially by inaccurate and misleading reporting
by the media where bias towards the rebels and against the government is
unsurpassed since the height of the Cold War. Exaggerated notions are given
of rebel strength and popularity. The Syrian government is partially
responsible for this. By excluding all but a few foreign journalists, the
regime has created a vacuum of information that is naturally fil... more »
Why Didn't The Democrats Pass Gun Control Legislation When They Took Over Congress?
Bad news for the NRA: Baca, Bloomberg, McLeod
74% of NRA members say there should be background checks before anyone is
able to buy a gun. But the Republican congressional leadership sent out
their most junior-- and only female-- member, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
to tell the media that the GOP will stop any attempts to pass any kind of
meaningful gun control legislation. As we saw Friday, the NRA has almost
every single House Republican on their payroll. And they pay off enough
Blue Dogs and New Dems so that the efforts to derail legislation appears
"bipartisan."
"We need to fi... more »
Mike Adams - Do guns kill people? Pistol, shotgun, assault rifle put to the test
Tyrants always have a plan and a vision. First they confiscate the guns
then they confiscate and kill the humans.
*America's tyrants are in love with China's tyrants* because they control
their slaves 100 percent. They treat humans like cattle over there. In
America people are still free because they are armed and they can protect
themselves from the oligarchical radicals in power who have used government
coercion to steal the public's money (bank bailouts) and now want to use
government power to kill dissidents and freedom fighters who are seeking
justice.
The monstrous government... more »
Attorney General Secretly Granted Gov. Ability to Develop and Store Dossiers on Innocent Americans
In a secret government agreement granted without approval or debate from
lawmakers, the U.S. attorney general recently gave the National
Counterterrorism Center sweeping new powers to store dossiers on U.S.
citizens, even if they are not suspected of a crime, according to a news
report.
Earlier this year, Attorney General Eric Holder granted the center the
ability to copy entire government databases holding information on flight
records, casino-employee lists, the names of Americans hosting
foreign-exchange students and other data, and to store it for up to five
years, even withou... more »
As Shooting Story Unfolds, Media Struggle With Facts
The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting
challenged television journalists’ ability to do much more than lend, or
impose, their presence on the scene.
Pressed with the awful urgency of the story, TV, along with other media,
fell prey to reporting “facts” that were often in conflict or wrong.
How many people were killed? Which Lanza brother was the shooter: Adam or
Ryan? Was their mother, who was among the slain, a teacher at the school?
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/12/15/as-shooting-story-unfolds-media-struggle-with-facts/
*Not just the Media, confl... more »
Armed man help stop Oregon mall shooting...
Nick Meli is emotionally drained. The 22-year-old was at Clackamas Town
Center with a friend and her baby when a masked man opened fire.
"I heard three shots and turned and looked at Casey and said, 'are you
serious?,'" he said.
The friend and baby hit the floor. Meli, who has a concealed carry permit,
positioned himself behind a pillar.
"He was working on his rifle," said Meli. "He kept pulling the charging
handle and hitting the side."
http://www.kgw.com/news/Clackamas-man-armed-confronts-mall-shooter-183593571.html
Assault Rifle Ban Proposed After Newtown Massacre
A leading US Democrat has said she will seek a ban on the sale of assault
weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips after 26 people were shot dead
in a school in Connecticut.
Senator Dianne Feinstein of California told NBC's "Meet the Press"
programme: "I'm going to introduce in the Senate, and the same bill will be
introduced in the House, a bill to ban assault weapons."
http://news.sky.com/story/1026271/us-shooting-democrat-plans-assault-weapon-ban
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall May Want To Pay Attention To British Security Intelligence Report On Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei
*Chinese Telecom giant could be cyber-security risk to Britain - PM may
blacklist Huawei if report declares it a threat:*
*
**"Britain could face a damaging multibillion-pound trade war with China
and see the roll-out of economically vital 4G mobile internet services
derailed if an intelligence report, due to land on David Cameron's desk
within the next two weeks, finds that the UK operations of the Chinese
communications giant Huawei represents a threat to the UK's cyber-security.
[...] *
*Concerns over the potential for state cyber-espionage involving Huawei has
recently seen ... more »
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake TARAPACA, CHILE - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.9
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 20:39:24 UTC
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 05:39:24 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
19.813°S, 69.510°W
Depth
108.5 km (67.4 miles)
Region
TARAPACA, CHILE
Distances
80 km (49 miles) NE of Iquique, Chile
Civilization and Insanity
Are we living in an insanity epidemic? Yes indeed, we certainly are,
according to *The Invisible Plague* by Dr. Edwin Fuller Torrey and Judy
Miller. This book provides an illuminating history of insanity, focusing
on the last three centuries in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, and the
United States. “Insanity” here refers to two conditions, schizophrenia,
and bipolar disorder (manic-depressive). Today, “psychosis” is the proper
term for describing insanity and lunacy, but the authors preferred to use
history’s word, insanity.
The objective of this book was to convince us that... more »
David Wilcock: Top Russian TV Station Exposes Financial Tyranny [PICS, VIDEO!]
http://divinecosmos.com/start-here/davids-blog/1097-russiantv
*Top Russian TV Station Exposes Financial Tyranny [PICS, VIDEO!]*
Written by David Wilcock
Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:55
On December 4, 2012, one of Russia's top TV networks contacted us -- to do
the world's first-ever full exposure of our Financial Tyranny investigation
in mainstream media!
This show will air just hours after we have made this post -- and we hope
to get a copy of it.
*BLOWING IT WIDE OPEN*
The significance of what REN-TV is about to do cannot be undermined.
REN-TV is one of the top television netwo... more »
Demand for the immediate and unconditional release of Associate Prof. Masaki Shimoji
SIGN HERE PLEASE http://keepcivicactivity.jimdo.com/english/
Demand for the immediate and unconditional release of Associate Prof.
Masaki Shimoji
15 Dec. 2012
On Sunday morning of 9 December 2012, the Osaka prefectural police arrested
and charged Masaki Shimoji, Associate Professor of Economy at Hannan
University, for three alleged offences, violation of the ‘railway services
act’; forcible obstruction of business; and unlawfull trespass.
We believe arrest of Shimoji is unlawful and he should be released
immediately. We fear that this is a crude attempt to intimidate those
citize... more »
Corexit Increased by 52X Toxicity of Gulf Oil Spill
By Georgia Institute of Technology, Newswise 05 December 12
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/14875-gulf-of-mexico-clean-up-makes-2010-spill-52-times-more-toxic
[Excerpted] If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of
Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster,
the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made
it even worse - 52-times more toxic. That's according to new research from
the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de
Aguascalientes (UAA), Mexico.
The study fou... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
In your view, what's the biggest obstacle to gun control? Is it the power
of the NRA; the Republican Party; Democratic Party politicians who are
overly scared of the NRA; the preferences of the American people; the
political system in general; or some other obstacle?
Attorney General Secretly Granted Gov. Ability to Develop and Store Dossiers on Innocent Americans
Wired
Kim Zetter
In a secret government agreement granted without approval or debate from
lawmakers, the U.S. attorney general recently gave the National
Counterterrorism Center sweeping new powers to store dossiers on U.S.
citizens, even if they are not suspected of a crime, according to a news
report.
Earlier this year, Attorney General Eric Holder granted the center the
ability to copy entire government databases holding information on flight
records, casino-employee lists, the names of Americans hosting
foreign-exchange students and other data, and to store it for up to fiv... more »
Another person that fooled Penn & Teller
Like last night's post this is someone who fooled Penn & Teller
Why? And how? [update 3
*WHY? *
THAT’S THE FIRST question everyone asked after another idiot committed
suicide by massacre, shooting twenty-six adults and youngsters in cold
blood in a school in Connecticut before—well, who the hell cares what
happened to him after that. Twenty-six human beings died, and something
non-human.
Why did he do it? Why do any of these random shooters do it? An email doing
the rounds attributed* to Morgan Freeman (the modern American “voice of
God”) has one answer:
This may sound cynical, but here's why.
It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and
... more »
Adam Lanza Shooting: This Mass Murderer Might Have Been Motivated by Drugs, Not by Guns
Just a month ago PRWeb described drug induced violence as "medicine's best
kept secret."
And the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHRI) is
calling for a federal investigation on its web page which links no less
than 14 mass killings to the use of psychiatric drugs such as Prozac and
Paxil.
It is time our society look at our growing epidemic of addiction to
pharmaceutical drugs and the role those drugs may play in the epidemic of
mass killings. We must demand investigations be transparent regarding the
use of psychiatric drugs by these killers. This is not a tim... more »
Adam Lanza's family 'a mystery'
While school friends recalled facets of Adam's personality, the family was
basically not well known to many neighbours, like relative newcomers the
Strocchia family.
“They are a mystery. Nobody knows about them. A lot of the people in this
neighborhood know each other. It was very hard to find that I didn't know
them and nobody on the block knew them,” said Len Strocchia, 46, who has
lived on the same street as the Lanzas for six years.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/killer-adam-lanzas-family-a-mystery/story-e6frg6so-1226537747441
Sunday Question for Conservatives
What should the conservative position on guns be?
Narrative culture
“Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories.
Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic
cultural voice -- and warns that if we grow up hearing only a single story
about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding"
Excellent Presentation on Global Warming/Climate Change
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DEMCAD: Conn School Shooting! Israel Land Grab? U.S. Framing Syria! Libor Rigging!
Gotta love common sense.
The TV pundits suck. Internet pundits rock.
DEMCAD: Conn School Shooting! Israel Land Grab? U.S. Framing Syria! Libor
Rigging!
Alex Jones: Left Now Calling For The Killing Of Gun Owners!
Ignorance is very dangerous. It is worse than evil.
Mystery Man in Woods Handcuffed by Newtown Police: Solved?
*Questions still unanswered:*
1. If he found his daughter, why didn't he emerge with her?
2. Why was he reported being "in the woods" and wearing "camo"?
3. The media's original story, now forgotten, was that there were two
shooters, and that one of the shooters was "a father of one of the
children". Is that still relevant?
The mystery continues...
Nancy Lanza Not a Teacher at Sandy Hook?
One
of the biggest questions remains what connection shooter Adam Lanza had
with Sandy Hook Elementary School, and if his mother, Nancy Lanza even
taught there. It was initially reported that she was a substitute
kindergarten teacher there.
‘No one has heard of her,’ former board member Lillian Bittman told the
Wall Street Journal. ‘Teachers don’t know her.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248898/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-Shooting-remains-complex-investigation.html#ixzz2FF4PWh2f
Newtown Catholic church EVACUATED after Threat during noon mass
The Catholic church located in the center of the town devastated by
Friday's school shooting has been evacuated after a report of a threat. The
nature of the threat is not yet known, but multiple reports say that people
inside the church for the noon Sunday mass have been evacuated from the
building. A heavily armed SWAT team was seen entering St Rose, as well as a
religious education center next door, with their guns out. The church has
been a source of solace for many in the small town still coming to grips
with Friday's tragedy.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249056/Ne... more »
Dont Drink ALEC Member Booze This Holiday Season
*ALEC CORPORATE BOARD MEMBERS*
*ALTRIA* - Owner of St Michelle Wineries - Brands Include:
Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine
Indian Wells Wines
Ethos Reserve Wines
Chateau Ste. Michelle enjoys winemaking partnerships
with two of the world’s most distinguished vintners.
Col Solare is an alliance with Tuscany’s Piero Antinori and
Eroica Riesling is a partnership with the Mosel’s Ernst Loosen.
Sponsors of the ALEC meeting November 2012
.
*DIAGEO*
Here are some of the brands in the Diageo portfolio
*Brandy/Cognac*
Brandy-Bertrams VO
Cognac-Hennessy
*Gin*
Gordon's Gin -
Tanqueray
*Liqueurs*
B... more »
Now the EU puts laws in Place which could Bankrupt the Perfume Industry
Luxury
perfume brands fear the European Union's new laws against allergens
could severely curb or ban natural ingredients used in vintage
best-sellers
and put some perfume makers out of business.
But Brussels' proposed legislation — a draft will be unveiled early next
year — is also causing a stir for another reason. It sheds light on the
best-kept secret in the £20billion trade: many big brands have been
tweaking their formulas for years.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249006/Luxury-perfume-brands-warn-20bn-industry-faces-ruin-EU-proposes-ban-natural-ingredients-cause-all... more »
The U.S. and Israel have made a Joke of the United Nations Security Council
Global Research
Glenn Greenwald
Kourosh Ziabari
[image: UN]*Glenn Greenwald is a prominent American journalist, author,
lawyer and blogger. His writings and articles have appeared on several
newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, the Los Angeles
Times, The American Conservative, The National Interest and In These Times.
Greenwald has received different awards including the first Izzy Award for
independent journalism in 2009, and the 2010 Online Journalism Award for
Best Commentary.*
*Until a few months ago, he was a columnist and blogger for Salon.com, but
he left ... more »
Nancy Lanza a Prepper?
The mother of Newtown school massacre gunman Adam Lanza was a survivalist
who was stockpiling food because she thought the world economy was on the
verge of collapse.
Nancy Lanza began hoarding such items because she feared that the financial
crisis was going to bring about the end of civilized society.
She reportedly became 'obsessed' with guns and taught Adam how to shoot,
but on Friday he turned on her and blasted the woman to death while she
laid in her own bed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248983/Connecticut-school-shooting-Adam-Lanzas-survivalist-mother-obsessed-g... more »
How about some nonsense re Raza Studies for b-fast?
"Insididious
Latino studies being revived at Tucson schools"by *Doug
MacEachern, columnist* - Dec. 15, 2012 04:12 PM
The Arizona Republic | azcentral.com
Read more:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/20121215insidious-latino-studies-being-revived-tucson-schools.html#ixzz2FEx5es7d
After the nonsense, go to:
http://signon.org/sign/superintendent-huppenthal
Please Dont Use ALEC Member UPS
The sponsors of the ALEC meeting held two weeks ago.
List is getting skimpier -
Can't wait until it's only one or none.
"15 Signs That Show The Economy Is In Serious Trouble"
*"15 Signs That Show The Economy Is In Serious Trouble"*
by Michael Snyder
“How can the mainstream media claim that the U.S. economy is “improving”
when it is painfully obvious to anyone with a brain that the middle class
is being absolutely eviscerated? According to numbers that were just
released, the number of Americans on food stamps rose by more than 600,000
in a single month to an all-time record high of 47.7 million. Youth
unemployment in the U.S. is at a post-World War II high and large companies
have announced the elimination of more than 100,000 jobs since Barack Obama... more »
Von. I. Meyer Arrested With 47 Guns following School Threat, Indiana
A northern Indiana man who allegedly threatened to "kill as many people as
he could" at an elementary school near his home was arrested by officers
who later found 47 guns and ammunition hidden throughout his home.
Von. I. Meyer, 60, of Cedar Lake, was arrested Saturday after prosecutors
filed formal charges of felony intimidation, domestic battery and resisting
law enforcement against him. He was being held Sunday without bond at the
Lake County Jail, pending an initial hearing on the charges, police said in
a statement.
Cedar Lake Police officers were called to Meyer's home early ... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF PANAMA - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 16:49:05 UTC
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 11:49:05 AM at epicenter
Location
5.905°N, 78.025°W
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
SOUTH OF PANAMA
Distances
156 km (97 miles) W (278°) from Quibdo, Colombia
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 16:10:09 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 02:10:09 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
6.631°S, 154.893°E
Depth
91.1 km (56.6 miles)
Region
BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
74 km (45 miles) WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
Maybe the second best Big Bang Theory scene ever
Yes the ball pit scene is probably the best but this had me laughing as
well, it's the basketball one - on - one between Sheldon and Barry Kripke
"I wan out of woom"
Sunday Classics: Remembering Rafael Kubelik, Josef Krips, and Rudolf Kempe
*BEDRICH SMETANA: The Bartered Bride:
Overture; Polka; Furiant; Dance of the Comedians*
*Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, cond. EMI, recorded 1951*
*by Ken*
With no particular rhyme or reason, as I explained in Friday night's preview,
we're hearing snatches of treasures I found in an embarrassingly large
order I just received from that indispensable repository of (mostly but by
no means only) classical cut-out and overstock CDs and DVDs, the Berkshire
Record Outlet. These particular snatches spotlight three "K" conductors I'm
especially fond of their solidly grounded musicia... more »
The New Defense Bill May Give Veteran's Affairs Right To Deny Vets Gun Ownership
Business Insider
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[image: guns]
Courtesy of Maine State Police
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS!!!*
Now that I have your attention…
The new Defense Bill, which has a fight going due to the desire of a few
politicians to, get this, protect Veterans’ rights by amending the bill.
The Department of Veterans Affairs, in all its glorious wisdom, believes in
having the right to place the names of Veterans who are said to be of a
certain mental state into the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System. This prevents anyone whose name is in the database from purchasing
a firearm anywhere that condu... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 12.14.12"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 12.14.12"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"The Fed made it official, this week, with continuation of money printing
to infinity. The Federal Reserve is now engaged in $85 billion a month in
pure QE. It is continuing to buy the sour mortgaged-backed securities at a
rate of $40 billion a month from the big banks, and it is now directly
buying $45 billion a month of U.S. government debt. The Fed says it is to
spur employment, but my sources say it’s propping up the banks and the
government at the expense of the dollar. The so-called “Fiscal Cliff” of
tax i... more »
Abu Qatada pockets £500000 in UK legal as WE continue to Pay!!, so that he can continue to fight his deportation
Terror suspect Abu Qatada has received more than £500,000 in legal aid from
the UK to help him fight the government’s attempts to have him deported.
The Legal Services Commission (LSC), which deals with legal aid in England
and Wales, confirmed it had paid out £515,778 by December 5 – with the
total expected to rise further.
Labour MP Valerie Vaz obtained the figure in a written parliamentary answer
by justice minister Jeremy Wright.
http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/16/abu-qatada-pockets-500000-in-uk-legal-aid-to-fight-his-deportation-3318601/
Outrage Over Children Killed in Cold Blood
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5.3 Magnitude Earthquake ROTA REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
5.3
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 15:52:01 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 01:52:01 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
14.190°N, 146.788°E
Depth
24.4 km (15.2 miles)
Region
ROTA REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Distances
143 km (88 miles) SE of JP Tinian Town pre-WW2, Northern Mariana Islands
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake SUMBAWA REGION, INDONESIA - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 13:12:28 UTC
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 09:12:28 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
8.395°S, 117.743°E
Depth
45.1 km (28.0 miles)
Region
SUMBAWA REGION, INDONESIA
Distances
23 km (14 miles) NNE of Labuhankuris, Indonesia
Vancouver Region Bracing for Storm Surge, King Tides and Flooding.
The next couple of days pose a serious flooding threat to the Lower
Mainland, particularly Vancouver's low-lying suburbs.
*Sunday and Monday are expected to see the strongest of the seasonal "king
tides", with levels over 5 metres above low tide.**
But Oceanographer Scott Tinis says a storm surge will bring that several
feet higher.**
"Places such as Boundary Bay are particularly susceptible to not only the
raising sea levels but the wind waves. So low-lying areas, especially near
river deltas , may see some localized flooding." **
Tinis says the last time we saw ocean levels this hig... more »
Chemtrails, Aerosol Geoengineering and Bioengineering: A Massive Biological Experiment of Unknown Purpose
Global Research
Prof. James F. Tracy
*The ultimate solution is a multiplication of leverage by citizens to the
point where it simply cannot be denied”. -*Clifford Carnicom
[image: chemtrails]The materials disbursed in stratospheric aerosol
geoengineering operations contain a combination of ionizable metallic
salts, filaments, gel-type materials, and crystals. These are the
longstanding and deeply interrogated observations of independent
environmental research scientist Clifford Carnicom given on a December 10
conference call organized by GlobalSkywatch.com director Russ Tanner.
Du... more »
Michael Bennison Wanted after Stabbing his Girlfriend in York
Police hunting an "extremely dangerous" man wanted on suspicion of trying
to murder his girlfriend have issued an urgent warning to the public.
Michael Bennison, 28, is suspected of stabbing his 27-year-old girlfriend
with a bladed item in York on Friday afternoon.
North Yorkshire Police have urged Bennison to hand himself in and warned
members of the public not to approach him.
http://news.sky.com/story/1026165/york-stabbing-police-hunting-michael-bennison
Geezers vs Youngsters
Back when I was in graduate school and preparing to write my dissertation,
I learned that the first thing you did to prepare was make a search of the
literature… well, the second thing, after you have figured out what you
wanted to research. You looked to see what others had done before you, if
someone had already accomplished what you wanted to, and how you might
improve on both your idea and what had gone before.
Apparently in UFO research, this is not the case.
I don’t know how many times we must revisit cases that seem to have been
solved, that seem to have nothing to do with ... more »
Taxes: Depardieu, Delon escape Hollande
Today, the Japanese voters ended a ludicrous 3-year-long experiment with
the left-wing politicians at the top that began in 2009, after decades of
right-wing governments that were able to rebuild Japan after the loss in
the world war and bring its economy to the #2 spot.
Shinzo Abe of the LDP will return to the chair of the prime minister; the
DPJ socialists have lost approximately 3/4 of their seats gained in 2009.
The voters realized that the leftists emit lots of big words and promises
but they're just dirty lies. Of course, the leftists faced some event they
couldn't quite have ... more »
MI Did Not Add Conceal/Carry into Classrooms
Yes, even I make mistakes.
Every once in awhile even I have to go back and re-look at something I
posted
Sometimes I post things without researching them assuming that the source I
got it from was correct. Most of the time they are. This time it was
wrong.
*When the right-wing starts using something I posted as a meme.*
*I KNEW WHAT I POSTED HAS to BE WRONG - OR WAS A RIGHT WING TALKING POINT
MEANT TO MISLEAD..*
I realized that while watching TV and surfing the web.
BUT – it is interesting that no one is retracting their stories on this.
Why?
Because it serves the right-wing gun ... more »
It's Coming Up on Christmas...
*I'm so hard to handle *
*I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
I wish I had a river I could skate away on.*
-Joni Mitchell, "River"
Far be it for me to indulge in self pity.
No doubt my various anonymous critics, especially a certain stalker
who shall remain nameless and whom I'd long ago chosen to ignore, someone
who'd named himself after the alter ego of a cartoon character from *King
of the Hill*, would laugh at that then rush off a comment that anyone else
with two neurons to rub together would know will be neithe... more »
Large, Old Trees Dying Rapidly
Global Decline in Large Old Trees David B. Lindenmayer1, William F. Laurance
2, Jerry F. Franklin3
Science 7 December 2012: Vol. 338 no. 6112 pp. 1305-1306 DOI: 10.1126/science.1231070
[abstract] Large old trees are among the biggest organisms on Earth. They
are keystone structures in forests, woodlands, savannas, agricultural
landscapes, and urban areas, playing unique ecological roles not provided
by younger, smaller trees. However, populations of large old trees are
rapidly declining in many parts of the world, with serious implications for
ecosystem integrity and biodive... more »
Israel Matzav: 'Palestinian' reaction to Newtown, Connecticut massacre
Another pro Palestinian shows his feelings...
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2012/12/palestinian-reaction-to-newtown.html
IPCC's Self-Indictment
The leaking of the latest IPCC report, not yet officially finished, is the
"talk of the climate blogs" now. The following is my response, in a comment
on the notrickszone site, where incidentally the following figure was
presented with faulty citation:
*These self-admissions by the IPCC should be understood, by honest people,
as an admission of guilt, and an admission that their science is a failure.
They should not be granted any authority or respect from this point; they
have indicted themselves at this late date, only in order to escape the
noose and retain their authority, and... more »
Body slamming piglets to death humane, pork experts say (WARNING: with graphic video)
Pork industry experts say most of what is seen in a hidden camera
investigation at a Manitoba hog farm is widely accepted practice.
The video, filmed by an investigator working with the group Mercy for
Animals Canada, shows what the group calls “extreme cruelty,” including
piglets being slammed down onto the floor by staff.
But the Animal Care Review Panel, made up of a University of Manitoba
animal sciences professor, an Ontario Veterinary College professor and a
research scientist, says that’s a humane way to euthanize piglets.
The panel, formed by the Center for Food Integrity, ... more »
Freedom of the Press, Freedom From the Press
Western mass media have long been deservedly criticized for having an "if
it bleeds, it leads" attitude to news. At one point sensationalism was
seen as the sizzle that sold the steak, genuine information. It was an old
carny trick from ages past. But that reflected a past in which the media
was primarily concerned with selling its wares to the public. Since then
things have changed.
The news biz has changed today. There are fewer owners. More news
outlets are being concentrated in fewer hands. Merger and acquisition
folks know that concentrated ownership means greater ... more »
The Epigenetic Key . . .
HOW
HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR arises has been a mystery. According to an article
by George Dvorsky in io9, "Scientists claim that homosexuality is not
genetic — but it arises in the womb", as the endocrine system copes with
operational life. Fascinating, click on the link to find out more.
A team of international researchers has completed a study that suggests
we will probably never find a ‘gay gene
NRA Proofs Ads at ALEC Meetings
From the McHenry County Blog
“Controversial” could be used to describe the 2002 campaign gubernatorial
radio ad about my Personal Protection proposal. *It was modeled off an NRA
TV ad I saw in 1992 Traverse City at an American Legislative Exchange
Council convention*.
It featured a woman calling 911 saying, “Someone’s breaking into my home.”
The 911 operator asks typical questions as the woman shouts, “He’s in the
house.”
She hangs up the phone and the listener hears her running upstairs.
He goes into her bedroom, slams the door and pushes some furniture in front
of it.
She ca... more »
What If The Peasants All Start Talking Like This?
In Washington the Social Security narrative has been captured by the
political classes and stood directly on its head, the better to tear it to
shreds. So powerfully has this been done that even the word "entitlement"
has been transformed to mean not something deserved but something somehow
undeserved, a handout, an unfair demand by the grubby "takers" on the
unappreciated "makers."
Rarely do you find retorts like that of sociologist/author James Petras who
sets the record straight.
*The “entitlement” rhetoric claims that the lifetime contributions are
insufficient and that severa... more »
Chief Spence's Hunger Strike
Chief Spence of Attawapiskat must be on Day Seven of her hunger-strike in
the shadow of Parliament Hill.
The AFN is seeking to have Harper meet with regional and tribal council
chiefs from across the country. Aside from a meeting between a handful of
chiefs and Harper in his Langevin Block office and informal chats during a
day of speeches, there was no direct discussions between the prime minister
and First Nations leaders during last January’s Crown-First Nations
gathering.
Spence, who is living in a teepee on Victoria Island in the shadow of
Parliament Hill during her hunger s... more »
Chief Spence's Hunger-Strke
Chief Spence of Attawapiskat must be on Day Seven of her hunger-strike in
the shadow of Parliament Hill.
The AFN is seeking to have Harper meet with regional and tribal council
chiefs from across the country. Aside from a meeting between a handful of
chiefs and Harper in his Langevin Block office and informal chats during a
day of speeches, there was no direct discussions between the prime minister
and First Nations leaders during last January’s Crown-First Nations
gathering.
Spence, who is living in a teepee on Victoria Island in the shadow of
Parliament Hill during her hunger ... more »
Lurking in the Window
Funny that when a redpoll, a grosbeak or even a magpie is in the tree, the
cat goes ballistic and is right there at the window.
But when this guy shows up, she's no where to be seen.
Wasserman Schultz Still Has Her Knives Out For Annette Taddeo (And All Progressives)
Who remembers when Debbie Wasserman Schultz, then just the lowly head of
the DCCC's Red to Blue program, moved in to torpedo the candidacy of
progressive Democrat Annette Taddeo (and two other Democrats) on behalf of
her Republican pals, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the notoriously corrupt
Diaz-Balart brothers (who, like Debbie, are subsidiaries of the Fanjul
sugar empire)? She's a much bigger shot now; Obama appointed her head of
the DNC... and Pelosi allowed her to jump over dozens of more worthy
Democrats for a clear path to the speakership in a few years. (Her dream,
like her mento... more »
Evidence Suggests Now Is The Time For Pension Reform
Martin Regg Cohn writes that federal bureaucrats have presented Finance
Minister Jim Flaherty with a plan to shore up the faltering Canadian
pension system. Private pensions have been decimated by the Neo
Conservative Revolution. Cohn writes:
The world of pensions is collapsing around us. Traditional
“defined-benefit” pensions that reliably promise to pay a fixed amount in
future — really the only payments worthy of the name “pension” — are being
phased out in the private sector. The registered savings and pooled plans
offered up as alternatives are merely Potemkin pensions — glo... more »
Free Chen Shui-bian? Foreigners, Think about it
[image: Pingtung_69]
*K-town by night.*
China Post editorial today puts its finger on a problem:
He wants to found a new political party to succeed an aging former
President Lee Teng-hui as godfather of the Taiwan Independence Movement.
Mr. Graft had his son Chen Chih-chung, a first-term Kaohsiung municipal
councilman summarily disqualified for involvement in his father's money
laundering, broach the news that a new party will come into being at a time
“favored by Heaven and benefited by Earth.” This is to be achieved by a
unity of purpose among his “One Country on Each Side Allianc... more »
Ordering ambiguities and renormalization ambiguities
Greta asked:
I have been told that \[
[\hat x^2,\hat p^2]=2i\hbar (\hat x\hat p+\hat p\hat x)
\] illustrates *ordering ambiguity*.
What does that mean?
I tried googling but to no avail.
Thank you.
*LM:* The ordering ambiguity is the statement – or the "problem" – that for
a classical function \(f(x,p)\), or a function of analogous phase space
variables, there may exist multiple operators \(\hat f(\hat x,\hat p)\)
that represent it i.e. that have the right form in the \(\hbar\to 0\)
limit. In particular, the quantum Hamiltonian isn't uniquely determined by
the classical limit.... more »
Elder of Ziyon: Palestinian Arabs - killing their own kids to win a propaganda war
'Think about it from the Palestinian Arab leaderships' perspective. If
Israel gives them free treatment, they win. If the children die because
Israeli hospitals cannot afford to provide free care for them, they simply
publicize this and they win even more.
The only losers are the Palestinian Arab people - and they are just cannon
fodder anyway, if you are Mahmoud Abbas or Khaled Meshal. '
Read whole story here -
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/palestinian-arabs-killing-their-own.html
Timely: The best arguments for and against gun control. Debate here.
Best argument for gun control
Best Argument Against Gun Control
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4.8 Magnitude Earthquake ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 11:46:27 UTC
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 08:46:27 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
24.776°S, 70.158°W
Depth
39.2 km (24.4 miles)
Region
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Distances
76 km (47 miles) NNE of Taltal, Chile
Merkel rips German opposition for blocking tax cuts
Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized the centre-left opposition for blocking
her government's efforts to cut income taxes by 6 billion euros, telling a
German newspaper those parties will have to explain that to voters in next
year's election.
Merkel, seeking a third term in September, also found fault with Social
Democrats (SPD) and Greens in a newspaper interview for thwarting a deal
with Switzerland to tax assets stashed by Germans in Swiss banks although
without revealing their names.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/16/us-germany-politics-merkel-idUSBRE8BF05720121216
Syrian fighter jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus: activists
Syrian fighter jets fired at least two rockets at the Palestinian Yarmouk
camp in Damascus on Sunday, for the first time since the revolt against
President Bashar al-Assad erupted last year, activists in the capital said.
They said dozens of people were killed when at least one rocket hit a
mosque in the camp sheltering refugees who fled the violence in nearby
suburbs of Damascus.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/16/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8AJ1FK20121216
A True Story Of Forgiveness
*Forgiveness*
*A true story from ‘The Art of Forgiveness’ chapter in Jack Kornfield’s
book Bringing Home the Dharma:*
One 14-year old boy in the (juvenile offenders) program had shot and killed
an innocent teenager to prove himself to his gang. At the trial, the
victim’s mother sat impassively silent until the end, when the youth was
convicted of the killing. After the verdict was announced, she stood up
slowly and stared directly at him and said, “I’m going to kill you.” Then
the youth was taken away to serve several years in the juvenile facility.
After the... more »
Fashion Island mall shooting send shoppers into panic as gunman fires 50 rounds, California
Police have taken a 42-year-old man into custody after more than 50 shots
were fired at a Southern California shopping mall, forcing mass panic and a
full lock down.
According to Newport Beach police, multiple shots were fired in the area of
a Macy's department store at the Fashion Island mall Saturday around 4:30pm
in the upscale affluent coastal community.
Police arrested Sarinana Gurrola on suspicion of assault with a deadly
weapon, said Kathy Lowe, a spokeswoman for the Newport Beach Police
Department.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248893/Fashion-Island-Mall-Calif... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA - 16th December 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 10:23:42 UTC
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 04:23:42 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
10.525°N, 86.158°W
Depth
44.4 km (27.6 miles)
Region
OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA
Distances
56 km (34 miles) W of Sardinal, Costa Rica
Sammie Eaglebear Chavez arrested for 'plotting to bomb and shoot students at a Oklahoma high school' on SAME DAY as Connecticut massacre
A student from Oklahoma is in custody on charges of plotting to bomb and
shoot students at the Bartlesville High School auditorium on the same day
that more than two dozen people were shot and killed at an elementary
school in Connecticut.
Police arrested 18-year-old Sammie Eaglebear Chavez at about 4:30 a.m.
Friday after learning of the alleged plot Thursday, the Associated Press
reported.
An arrest affidavit says Chavez tried to convince other students to help
him lure students into the auditorium, where he planned to chain the doors
shut and start shooting.
http://www.dailyma... more »
Newtown Shooting remains a complex investigation as authorities sort out conflicting reports of Newtown gunman's relationship to school - and if his mother was a teacher there
There are certain unmitigated facts – that a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday morning, and that as a direct consequence, 27 people in the small town of Newtown, Connecticut are dead. But as the investigation into the shooting goes on, many aspects of it remain complex. Perhaps the biggest question lingering on people’s minds across the nation is why the shooting happened – something that may never be answered in a satisfactory manner. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248898/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-Shooting-remains-complex-investigation.htmlRelated articles
Explosive eruption reported at Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano(theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com)
Ecuador declares volcano alert at second-highest warning level(spearide.wordpress.com)
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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: The Volcano Discovery Report For December 14 - Batu Tara, Paluweh, Tobachik, Askja, Popocatépetl, Fuego, Tungurahua, White Island, Reventador, Sakurajima, Tongariro, and Ruapehu! ~ The CELESTIAL Convergence(thesurvivalplaceblog.com)
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