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Christmas Notes 7: UP Lantern Parade 2012
* Notes: (1) This is my article today in the online magazine,
http://thelobbyist.biz/index.php/perspectives/less-government/item/137-up-lantern-parade
(2) Photos below are not part of the original article. First group of
photos I got from interaksyon.com, the second group from gma news.
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The University of the Philippines (UP) lantern parade is among the unique
annual festival held in the country. Participants are all colleges of the
UP Diliman campus, the major offices like the Office of the UP President,
the UP Concert Chorus, the nearby campuses like UP Manila and UP P... more »
THE "FISCAL CLIFF" IS POCKET CHANGE WHETHER OR NOT CONGRESS DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WHEREAS JUST FOUR "TO BIG TO FAIL" U.S. BANKS HAVE DERIVATIVE EXPOSURE EQUAL TO 3.3 TIMES THE *WORLD* GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. SHOULD THE AMERICAN POOR, STRUGGLING MIDDLE CLASS, AND ELDERLY HAVE TO FOREFIT THEIR SOCIAL SAFETY NET TO COVER ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF THESE IRRESPONSIBLE BANKS' GAMBLING DEBTS?
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*The Fiscal Cliff Is A Diversion: The Derivatives Tsunami and the Dollar
Bubble *
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December 17, 2012 | Original Here
The “fiscal cliff” is another hoax designed to shift the attention of
policymakers, the media, and the attentive public, if any, from huge
problems to small ones.
The fiscal cliff is automatic spending cuts and tax increases in order to
reduce the deficit by an insignificant amount over ten years if Congress
takes no action itself to cut spending and to raise taxes. In other words,
the “fiscal cliff” is ... more »
The great GM lies: A Tory minister insists GM crops 'are a good thing'. Really?
There is no doubt that it was a declaration of the Government’s colours on
genetically modified farming when Environment Secretary Owen Paterson
rounded on critics of GM technology as ‘humbugs’ last week, and insisted GM
food should be grown and sold widely in Britain.
During the course of his ringing endorsement, he managed to spark outrage
and alarm by claiming ‘there isn’t a single piece of meat being served [in
a typical London restaurant] where a bullock hasn’t eaten some GM feed’.
His belligerent intent was quite clear. The message he wanted to get across
was that GM crops are... more »
Even without Congress, Obama could act to restrict guns
Unburdened by re-election worries and empowered by law to act without
Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama could take action to improve
background checks on gun buyers, ban certain gun imports and bolster
oversight of dealers.
Prospects for gun control legislation intensified in the wake of the school
massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, as more pro-gun rights lawmakers said on
Monday they were open to the possibility while Obama and three cabinet
members met at the White House to discuss the subject.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/18/us-usa-shooting-obama-options-idUSBRE8BH04... more »
Truth Militia Radio with John Friend
I just finished the *ninth edition of Truth Militia Radio with John
Friend*.
My guest Charlie Giuliani and I discussed the recent black op school
shooting in Connecticut, Charlie's perspective of Christianity, ancient
history, and the historic role of organized Jewry in the various
political,
social, cultural, and intellectual "revolutions" throughout history. Be
sure to tune in to Charlie's daily show on *Oracle Broadcasting
Network*which airs from 8am-10am EST. You can download tonight's
program
*here* or subscribe to Truth Militia Radio via iTunes *here*. Thanks
for
tuning i... more »
Syrian rebels take control of Damascus Palestinian camp
Syrian rebels took full control of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on
Monday after fighting raged for days in the district on the southern edge
of President Bashar al-Assad's Damascus powerbase, rebel and Palestinian
sources said.
The battle had pitted rebels, backed by some Palestinians, against
Palestinian fighters of the pro-Assad Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC). Many PFLP-GC fighters defected to the
rebel side and their leader Ahmed Jibril left the camp two days ago, rebel
sources said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/18/us-sy... more »
NASA crashes two probes into a mountain on the moon
A pair of NASA moon-mapping probes smashed themselves into a lunar mountain
on Monday, ending a year-long mission that is shedding light on how the
solar system formed.
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft had been
flying around the moon, enabling scientists to make detailed gravity maps.
The probes sped up slightly as they encountered stronger gravity from
denser regions and slowed down as they flew over less-dense areas.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/18/us-space-moon-idUSBRE8BH01C20121218
Clinton gets accountability report on Benghazi attacks
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday received an official review of
the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya,
setting the stage for testimony on an incident that prompted a political
furor and sharp questions about security at U.S. diplomatic facilities
overseas.
The State Department said Clinton - who is convalescing after suffering a
concussion last week - received the report from the Accountability Review
Board formed to probe the attack which killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher
Stevens and three other Americans.
http://www.reuters.com/article/... more »
Norovirus outbreak shuts fifth Margate hospital ward
A total of 83 people have been affected by the winter vomiting bug at an
east Kent hospital.
Five wards at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in
Margate have now been closed to new admissions.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said 65 patients and 18
members of staff had norovirus.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-20762699
Mario Draghi has asserted the European Central Bank's ultimate power over all 6,000 eurozone banks
• Cameron: British EU exit is 'imaginable'
• Draghi says ECB's powers will extend to all eurozone banks
• Athens criticised for missing tax collection targets
• Banks still 'not fully prepared' for collapse
• Europe must 'work very hard' to maintain welfare system: Merkel
• Bank of Italy governor rejects need for ECB bail out
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9749598/Debt-Crisis-as-it-happened-December-17-2012.html
Human rights no defence for criminals and terrorists, says Grayling...Unless they live in the UK!
Chris Grayling says that an “absolutely clear balance between rights and
responsibilities” now needs to be set out in British law in the wake of
controversial European legal judgements.
In an article for today’s Daily Telegraph, the Justice Secretary indicates
he may call for Britain to leave the European Court of Human Rights if the
Tories win the next election.
The Commission on a Bill of Rights will today set out how a new Bill could
be introduced by Parliament which would set out the fundamental rights for
British citizens in a single piece of legislation. It will recommend such... more »
China cracking down on doomsday group
For members of a doomsday cult in China, the end may indeed be near.
Authorities have in recent weeks arrested more than 100 members of a fringe
Christian-inspired group known as Almighty God that is prophesying the
world will end Dec. 21, according to state media.
Members of the group had been distributing apocalyptic literature and
sending text messages throughout China when the government began detaining
them this month. On Dec. 8, police arrested 34 members in Fujian province,
which lies on China's southeastern coast. On Thursday, they arrested 37
members, including seven leader... more »
Ayez un mariage merveilleux!
France's Socialist government is planning to legalize gay marriage early
next year. Sunday there was a huge demonstration for equality at the Place
de la Bastille, over 100,000 people taking part. There were also
pro-equality rallies in Toulouse, Marseilles, Lyon and Nantes. Conservative
parties and religionists are opposing this as they do everywhere, and they
have also had their rallies, but the Socialists have a strong enough
majority to pass it. French religionists are carrying on that marriage
equality will open the doors to incest and polygamy, but they apparently
have no Bi... more »
Vulnerable Children 'Shipped Out And Abused'
Up to 3,000 vulnerable children are being failed by a care system that has
seen sex attackers placed with abuse victims and a third of children moved
100 miles from home, inspectors say.
A report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) has found that
children are "shipped" out of their home areas, leaving them to face
"extremely poor" futures.
Basic checks are not being made by children's services when placing these
"vulnerable and potentially dangerous" children into homes, HMIP warns.
http://news.sky.com/story/1026802/hmip-care-report-distressing-findings
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake OAXACA, MEXICO - 18th December 2012
Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 01:47:14 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 07:47:14 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
16.224°N, 95.615°W
Depth
49.7 km (30.9 miles)
Region
OAXACA, MEXICO
Distances
35 km (21 miles) SSW of Jalapa, Mexico
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake OAXACA, MEXICO - 18th December 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 01:38:28 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 07:38:28 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
16.417°N, 95.400°W
Depth
60.9 km (37.8 miles)
Region
OAXACA, MEXICO
Distances
11 km (6 miles) SE of Jalapa, Mexico
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake MYANMAR - 18th December 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 01:32:46 UTC
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 08:02:46 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
19.354°N, 95.784°E
Depth
41 km (25.5 miles)
Region
MYANMAR
Distances
57 km (35 miles) SW of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Creepy Illuminati Message in Batman Movie Hints at Sandy Hook School
The Illuminati are basically putting their messages on giant billboards
called blockbuster films. Are they psychopathic? Sick? Enlightened? What?
Why do they make references to occult sacrifice rituals in movies
beforehand? They did the same thing with *9/11*. Do they find enjoyment by
doing this? Do they want to wake people up and make them aware of what's
coming? If you have an answer, please let me know through email. Thanks.
Background: *The Dark Knight Rises Prophesied Sandy Hook Shooting*.
Alex Jones - Creepy Illuminati Message in Batman Movie Hints at Sandy Hook
School
NEA, AFT should be helping us resist, not comply with, the common core
My comment on: “NEA, AFT Partner To Build Common-Core Tools,” (Education
Week, Dec 17).
From the article:
The two national teachers' unions have won $11 million to build an online
warehouse of instructional tools for the Common Core State Standards.
Student Achievement Partners, whose founders led the writing of the
standards, is also a grantee. It will work with the American Federation of
Teachers and the National Education Association and their teachers to build
the tools and post them on Student Achievement Partners' website.
(For the rest:
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curricul... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago
in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots
which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large,
however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster.
*Click image for larger size. *
Many young stars from this cloud are visible in the above image from the
Hubble Space Telescope, along with what is left of the initial gas cloud.
Some stars were so massive they have already evolved and exploded in a
supernova. The brightest stars that are left emit li... more »
"Letting Go With Forgiveness"
*"Letting Go With Forgiveness"*
by The DailyOM
"Forgiveness is a very tender subject. It brings up lots of memories,
emotions and desire in most of us. I’m glad you’ve chosen to explore
forgiveness as a healing tool in your life, for it is a sacred journey.
Forgiveness is the most powerful medicine I’ve found to heal the human
heart.
*What is Forgiveness?* As I mentioned earlier, forgiveness truly is heart
medicine. It involves the healing experience of Divine contact. The Divine
has many names, including the Holy Spirit, the Divine Mother, Father God,
Great Spirit, Nature, ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Thanks for stopping by.
"Freedom..."
"We have to call it 'freedom': who'd want to die for 'a lesser tyranny?'"
~ Mignon McLaughlin, "The Neurotic's Notebook", 1960
Chet Raymo, “Civilization”
*“Civilization”*
by Chet Raymo
"I must have some rare genetic mutation. Why am I the only person in
America who doesn't want a gun? OK, maybe not the only one. But sometimes
it seems like it. Last week's New York Time Magazine had a one-page display
of "purse pistols," small, deadly handguns specifically designed to appeal
to the ladies. How about a cute little Taurus 738 TCP? It comes in pink and
black. Or a Charter Arms Cougar Undercover Lite, also in pink and black,
with a rubber grip to ease recoil, made to "complete your self-defense
wardrobe"? Or the Casull's Improvement F... more »
Japan's Shinzo Abe prepares to print money for the whole world
Japan’s incoming leader Shinzo Abe has vowed to ram through full-blown
reflation policies to pull his country out of slump and drive down the yen,
warning Japan's central bank not to defy the will of the people.
The profound shift in economic strategy by the world’s top creditor nation
could prove a powerful tonic for the global economy, with stimulus leaking
into bourses and bond markets - a variant of the "carry trade" earlier this
decade but potentially on a larger scale.
"We think this could be the beginning of a fresh reflation cycle for the
global system, combining with the U... more »
Firearms-Related Research
If you haven’t been over there yet, the folks at The Monkey Cage are
providing a slew of stuff on gun-control, gun-violence, and cognate
topics.* And, yes, this was mostly an excuse to re-post my armed bear photo
from Sun Moon Lake. *I’ve been critical in the past of The Monkey Cage for
over-claiming the definitiveness of social-science
Continue reading
Haitian Attorney Mario Joseph (Posted by Roger Annis)
Read this story online here:
http://canadahaitiaction.ca/content/ma%C3%AEtre-attorney-mario-joseph-honored-university-san-francisco
.
*Presentation by Nicole Phillips of the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters,
Honoris Causa, of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of San
Francisco, to Maître (Attorney) Mario Joseph on December 14,
2012. Phillips is assistant director for Haiti programs and adjunct
professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, and staff
attorney with the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH).*
This October, Amnesty International is... more »
Sanity Break
Tourism ad. But great work.
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sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores
of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums! Delenda est, baby.
Congrats! to The Uptake - Recognition, Well Deserved.
Many of you that were active in the Wisconsin demonstrations may have run
into the gang from The Uptake in Minneapolis. The covered almost every
minute of Madison. The Uptake is a nonprofit that does a fantastic job of
streaming/taping live news events you won’t see on MSM
Today on Common Dreams
Glenn Greenwald announced the establishment of a foundation to provide
funds to support independent journalism.
Published on Monday, December 17, 2012 by The Guardian
*New Press Freedom Group is Launched to Block US Government Attacks*
Nothing is more vital than enabling true transparency ... more »
Coldly Sadistic Passions
I knew we were in trouble the minute I read this *New York Times* headline:
*Newtown Shooting May Cool Washington’s Partisan Passions*
White House mouthpiece correspondent Jackie Calmes writes that the
slaughter of 20 first graders has a miraculous silver lining! It seems that
mass infanticide is magically greasing the skids of the Two-Man
American Catfood Team. Boehner and Obama may be coasting to the finish line*
in the Grand Bargain Olympics! They're putting the brakes on just in time
to avoid that terrible horrible plunge down the pretend Fiscal Cliff.
BobamaRama DingDongs
... more »
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
*"When asked in recent days how he wanted to be remembered, Dan said, very
simply, 'I represented the people of Hawaii and this nation honestly and to
the best of my ability. I think I did OK.' "*
-- from a statement issued today by Senator Inouye's staff
*by Ken*
This is a tough one, even though the senator was 88 (despite which he had
been talking seriously about running for a tenth term in 2016) and was
known to be seriously ill. According to the staff statement:
United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye, World War II veteran, Medal of
Honor recipient and Hawaii's senior Senator, ... more »
Fuksuhima and the Privatization of Risk: Introduction
Every morning I look at the Fukushima webcam and I wonder at what I am
seeing.
I see strange brownish-purplish colors in vertical shafts, auras of
blue-green, and ephemeral manifestations of red and orange.
I see strange, variable pixilation that seems to undulate at times.
I have no way of telling what I'm seeing - I lack the training and
education - but I know one thing for sure: emissions at Fukushima have not
ceased.
We are now closing in on two years, in March.
We know for near certain that ocean emissions continue unabated. See here
I admit I cannot decode the exact interpr... more »
What Would Diefenbaker Make of Steve Harper?
I was just writing a Conservative friend about the Nexen/Athabasca fiasco
when a terrible thought crossed my mind.
I imagined what it would be like if "The Chief" John Diefenbaker was alive
to witness Steve Harper's sell-out of Canadian resources and jobs to
China's Communist masters. What would old John make of what Harper has
done to his Conservative party? What would he have to say about Harper's
collaborator and fellow sell-out, Peter MacKay?
While he was still in Parliament, I managed to spend some time with Mr.
Diefenbaker in his office on various occasions discussing thi... more »
Russian Military Experts Say The US Patriot Missiles On The Syrian Border Are Actually Pointed At Iran
Business Insider
Sergel Stroken
Yelena Chernenko
[image: Iran Revolutionary Guards]Russia is categorically opposed to the
Turkey’s installation of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles along its border
with Syria. Most have assumed that the Moscow's opposition was driven by
its friendship with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
But Russian military experts tell Kommersant that Moscow is actually
concerned that the missiles will be used in military action against Iran.
In spite of the fact that the planned location of the missiles is
relatively far from the Iranian border, they co... more »
Constitutional Vote Polarizes Egypt
Egyptians are engaged in a lively and interesting debate about the
direction of their politics and the future of their country. You get a
glimpse of it in the video below.
Video: Constitutional Vote Polarizes Egypt. Source: The Real News.
Paranoid Paragould Arkansas
Stay on the main freeways when you drive through Arkansas.
Cause if you don’t – you may not like what you run into.
Or if your kid is thinking about going to
Arkansas State University Paragould,
Arkansas Northeastern College,
Black River Technical College, or
Crowley's Ridge College.
I’d think twice.
*Paragould Arkansas*
*The population was 26,113 at the 2010 U.S. Census*.
From Alternet
Paragould, Arkansas is set to create a new law enforcement unit to deal
with the increase in crime. The new unit will patrol on foot and may have
the power to “randomly ask residents for identi... more »
Ben Stein: "God Help Us" (Must-read)
I learned about the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school while we were
setting up at Fox News to tape Cavuto on Business. The news was so horrible
that we all felt as if we had lost our legs and could no longer stand. It
was such horrible news that it simply turned the world upside down.
It still is that kind of news, and it’s incredibly depressing about the
nature of humanity. And my wife and I pray all day for the souls of those
dear children and for the peace, if there ever will be peace, of their
families… and for the souls of the adults and the peace of those who knew
and l... more »
China rounds up members of doomsday cult with plans to slay "big red dragon" of the Communist Party
Police across China are rounding up members of a quasi-Christian doomsday
cult who have been preaching the end of the world and urging people to
launch a “decisive battle” to slay the “big red dragon” of the Communist
party.
Scores and perhaps hundreds of members of an outlawed cult known as the
Church of Almighty God have been detained throughout the country in recent
days as Beijing tries to stop believers taking drastic action on what they
believe to be the eve of the apocalypse, according to relatives of cult
members and state media reports.
The group, which preaches the second... more »
Oh look, it’s a new tax
Here’s what John Key and Bill English just dropped in your Christmas
stocking: a new tax.
3 cents a litre on your petrol every year for the next three years to
pay
for the govt’s asphalt machine—that’s 9c a litre* in total* by 2015 *on
top*of the petrol taxes they already fleece you for every time you go to
the
pump.* Plus increased road user charges for the next three years.**
Arseholes.
It’s been obvious to everyone with a calculator that unless it stops
spending so goddamned much its pledge to be in surplus by 2014/15 is as
likely as those “ongoing” and “substantial” tax cuts ... more »
An unregistered equitable interest can take priority over a lien registered by the Canada Revenue Agency against a taxpayer’s real property
See today's decision in *Trang v. Nguyen,* 2012 ONCA 885
Sandy Hook Massacre: "Honest Voices Begin To Appear (CT)"; A Comment
*"Honest Voices Begin To Appear (CT)"*
by Karl Denninger
“Day #3 dawns and the fear-mongers are still out demanding gun bans.
Howard Dean was on CNBS this morning screaming about it once again, while
others were talking about "technology solutions" (such as fingerprint
interlocks on firearms.) All are missing the point. The point is mental
illness. The second, and related, point is this: what has changed in the
last 30 years- and most-notably, in the last ten?
Mental illness is nothing new. Neither is homicide. Let's deal first with
homicide. About 17,000 people were murdered... more »
Matt's thoughts on the Connecticut shooting in regards to "gun control"
*Here are my thoughts regarding the killing of the 20 children, and the
general state of gun control, and what role guns played in that scenario:*
1. Adam Lanza seemed determined to kill no matter what. Be it a gun in his
hand, a knife, or any other implement, he was determined to kill that day
and would have. The onus of the murders rests on him (barring any
conspiratorial scenarios, which are still highly plausible).
2. The reason why those children and guardians died was not because of the
availability of guns, but their lack. Had even one teacher or staff or
guard there possesse... more »
The Economy: "Promises Will be Broken"
*"Promises Will be Broken"*
by Bill Bonner
"When wealth was easy to identify and easy to control — that is, when it
was mostly land — a few insiders could do a fairly good job of keeping it
for themselves. The feudal hierarchy gave everybody a place in the system,
with the insiders at the top of the heap. But come the industrial
revolution and suddenly wealth was accumulating outside the feudal
structure. Populations were growing too…and growing restless. The old
regime tried to tax this new money, but the new ‘bourgeoisie’ resisted. “No
taxation without representation,” was a p... more »
Tannerite
Newtown, CT.
The police department logged more than 50 gunfire complaints this year
through July, double the number for all of 2011, records show. Some of
the complaints raised another issue. Gun enthusiasts here, as elsewhere
in the country, have taken to loading their targets with an explosive
called Tannerite, which detonates when bullets strike it, sending shock
waves afield. A
The 12 beers of Christmas
2102 was the year of craft beer—the year when craft beer was everywhere. Even
in Lion Breweries’s portfolio.
So what was my own personal 12 beers of 2012—beers I noticed1—beers with a
summery tinge2—beers above and beyond my usual favourites3—beers I’ll be
making a special point to track down and consumer over the summer?
1. *Harrington’s ‘Rogue Hop’*
'An organic pilsener, this surprisingly hoppy pilsener is perfect for
summer. Seen about in a few shops now in surprisingly affordable slabs. And
if you’re visiting Christchurch, visit the brewery and load up some riggers... more »
Untitled
*The Silence Is Deafening ~Ignatious Jeff Reilly*
*I just read that for the second time is less than a year, SLABBED has, for
all purposes, been taken down by the actions of a foreign court for actions
that arise on US soil and fall under US law. It should scare the living day
lights out of any American citizen if these actions are allowed to stand. *
*Imagine a world where the media is censored by crooks ~Slabbed*
The Dark Knight Rises Prophesied Sandy Hook Shooting
Check out the article, *"Sandy Hook Reference In Batman: Dark Knight Rises
Movie,"* and blow up the following pictures.
PIC 1
PIC 2
The name of the school where the recent mass shooting took place is called
Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The hurricane in New York was called Sandy for a reason.
These are not coincidences. The filmmakers behind The Dark Knight Rises
deliberately had the actor point to "Sandy Hook" on the map. This is beyond
spooky and disturbing.
Also, at the 1:05:44 mark in the film, Bruce Wayne/Batman tells the Robin
character named Blake while in the car, *"Y... more »
China says stabber (who sliced 23 children) affected by 'doomsday rumors'
Officials
say a man who went into a school in central China and stabbed 23
children last week was "psychologically affected" by
doomsday predictions.
Min Yongjun is suspected of going into an elderly woman's house
Friday
morning and stabbing her with a kitchen knife. He then allegedly went to
a
nearby elementary school in Chenpeng village in Guangshan county and
injured the 23 children before being stopped by teachers and police.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_SCHOOL_STABBING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-17-00-23-27
*Added
thoughts:*
Lynsey str... more »
Diana Spencer was murdered - but don't tell anyone!
The Censors do not like the new film, 'Unlawful killing', which exposes the
Windsor Mafia for the murderers they are. The last post published on News
From Atlantis contained links to every segment of the film. The post was
up for a couple of days before Google took it down; citing Copyright
Infringement as the reason for this.
Now, it is always possible that the obscenely wealthy Mohamed Al Fayed does
not like free copies of his film circulating, although if his intention is
to expose the criminals who murdered his son, (and the wife of Charles
Windsor, who Dodi Al Fayed impregna... more »
Richard Todd: 'Highly dangerous' inmate jailed for violent robbery goes on the run after failing to return from day release
A 'highly dangerous' inmate was at the centre of a major police hunt
tonight after going on the run from prison.
Richard Todd, 25, failed to return to HMP Standford Hill after being
granted day release just over a month ago.
The inmate was five-and-a-half years into an indeterminate sentence for
robbery, taking without consent and burglary offences when he disappeared
from the prison in Eastchurch, Kent.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249593/Richard-Todd-Highly-dangerous-inmate-jailed-violent-robbery-goes-run.html
The De Facto Privatization of State Universities
Writing in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend, Scott Thurm took an
in-depth look at the University of Colorado, where I am a professor, as an
case study in how state governments are moving out of the business of
subsidizing university attendance for their residents.
Thurm writes:
For generations of Americans, public colleges and universities offered an
affordable option for earning a college degree. Now, cash-strapped states
across the country are cutting funding for colleges and directing scarce
resources to primary and secondary schooling, Medicaid and prisons. That is
s... more »
To Prevent Negative Thoughts Among Depressed Loners, Heroic Legislators Propose Radical Thought Control Legislation
*"*I want to mention, but only very briefly, a closely related aspect of
this awful business. Stories have already appeared depicting Adam Lanza
in
the terms typically employed in the wake of such tragedies: he was a
"loner," he was "painfully shy and awkward" (the *Daily Mail*); he was
generally weird, and he "seemed not to feel physical or psychological
pain
in the same way as classmates" (Yahoo News). And of course, the *New
York
Times* will never permit itself to be outdone on this score. The
*NYT*leads with the obviously terrifying and ominous fact that Lanza
"carried a
black ... more »
I Like It...
...when people I don't like adopt positions that I don't like. Less
cognitive dissonance!
So I was very glad to see Holy Joe Lieberman, on his way out the door, endorse
term limits (via Political Wire).
Holy Joe says that if we only had term limits, we would have more new
blood...but there's of course plenty of new blood in both Chambers of
Congress (I haven't double checked this one, but someone said on twitter
last week that once we hit January half of the Senate will be in their
first terms). But that's not all! He also claims that term limits will
reduce partisan polarization.... more »
Gunmen kidnap six Hyundai Heavy workers in Nigeria
Gunmen kidnapped four foreigners and two Nigerians working for South
Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries in southerly oil-producing Bayelsa state
on Monday, the police said.
Kidnapping is rife in Africa's top oil producer, making millions of dollars
a year for criminal gangs. It is common across the south, especially in the
Niger Delta oil region.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/us-nigeria-kidnap-hyundai-idUSBRE8BG14Y20121217
Mysticism, Internet fuel "Armageddon" fears
A few words by an American scholar, a crumbling Mexican monument and the
love of a good yarn were all it took to spawn the belief that the world
could end this week.
December 21 marks the end of an age in a 5,125 year-old Maya calendar, an
event that is variously interpreted as the end of days, the start of a new
era or just a good excuse for a party.
Thousands of New Age mystics, spiritual adventurers and canny businessmen
are converging on ancient ruins in southern Mexico and Guatemala to find
out what will happen.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/us-maya-calendar-idUSBR... more »
Greece's triangle of power
n late 2011 the Greek finance minister made an impassioned plea for help to
rescue his country from financial ruin.
"We need a national collective effort: all of us have to carry the burden
together," announced Evangelos Venizelos, who has since become leader of
the socialist party PASOK. "We need something that will be fair and
socially acceptable."
It was meant to be a call to arms; it ended up highlighting a key weakness
in Greece's attempts to reform.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/us-greece-media-idUSBRE8BG0CF20121217
Iran says it, world powers must end nuclear stalemate
Iran's foreign minister said on Monday a way must be found to end the
deadlock with major powers over the country's nuclear programme, an Iranian
news agency reported, but he offered no new initiative on how to achieve
this.
Ali Akbar Salehi's comments came ahead of an expected resumption of
diplomacy, perhaps next month, aimed at preventing the decade-old nuclear
dispute from degenerating into a Middle East war that could damage an
already fragile world economy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/us-iran-nuclear-idUSBRE8BG0DK20121217
Trouble flares at flag protests in Belfast
Trouble has broken out in Belfast and other towns as loyalists protest
against restrictions on flying the union flag on the city hall.
Police said they have come under attack on the lower Newtownards Road where
200 loyalists have congregated.
An officer has been injured in Sandy Row, near the city centre, where paint
bombs, fireworks and other missiles were thrown.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20763350
The Republican Extremist Most Likely To Lose In 2014: Gary Miller
I started visiting Morocco in 1969 and I've been there over a dozen times
since. At some point it can't just be about laying around Marrakesh,
Essaouira, Tangier and Fes. So some years ago I set out across the Atlas
Mountains south of Marrakesh and discovered Taroudant, which is kind of
what Marrakesh was like in the 1960s... before it became so cosmopolitan. I
loved it and kept going back. From there we'd set out for Tiznit and even
Sidi Ifni further south and east and then, eventually, for Ouarzazate,
Zagora south and west and even Mhamid right at the edge of the Sahara, the
la... more »
David Cameron: withdrawal from EU is imaginable
David Cameron has broken new ground on Europe by suggesting British
withdrawal from the EU is "imaginable", aligning himself with the fiercely
Eurosceptic Boris Johnson.
The prime minister stressed that he supported membership of a reformed EU,
though he said Britain was "in charge of our own destiny".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/17/david-cameron-withdrawal-eu-imaginable
Time to Face the Music - Only the Communists Can Keep Athabasca Afloat
"*Seriously, Does This Make My Ass Look Fat*?"Canadian Tar Sands
heavy-crude oil is uneconomical. The proof is that there's not enough
investment money coming in to keep the Athabasca house of cards from
collapsing. Joe Oliver says there's no shortage of private capital for
the bitumen pits. He's a liar. Even the *National Post* can't deny it.
The Tar Sands are dependent on Communist Chinese government life support.
*The oil sands are more “vulnerable than many would care to admit,” and are already
facing ‘exceptional circumstances’ under which the federal government has
sai... more »
Benjamin Fulford: The world will not end this Friday, December 21st 2012, but it almost did
*The earth is too important to end by the hands of the cabal. They had
their time, its now over. Some are still in denial of that and attempt to
retrain that control, and lash out at those who with brave courage have
exposed them. The energies now present prevent the cabal from reasserting
control through their lies, illusions and technologies. It is affecting
their very mental abilities, plans, and in many cases causing declining
health in those who persist in the old ways. Just look at them. They are
not well. How that turns out for the cabal is still in their choice, its
t... more »
F*&k Freedom.
In the wake of the Connecticut shootings and in light of the hints dropped
by Obama at the vigil for the victims, it seems we should be prepared for a
debate in the coming weeks and months between those who advocate greater
gun control to protect innocent lives and those who make a competing moral
Continue reading
Dispatch from Hong Kong: Asian Values?
This is a guest post by Jarrod Hayes. Jarrod is Assistant Professor in the
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. He received his PhD in Politics
and International Relations from the University of Southern California in
2009. From 2009 to 2010, he was the ConocoPhillips Assistant Professor of
International Relations at the University of Oklahoma, a
Continue reading
Another Brief Podcast Note
Podcast No. 16 will be available by midweek. I left the power cable for the
external hard drive on which all of my podcasting files are stored in my
office…. Doh!
Tory Growth and Infrastructure Farce
Politics, Lenin once wryly observed, is concentrated economics. You don't
need Hegel's *Logic* to realise the reverse can also be the case, that
economic decisions are driven by political considerations. And nowhere is
this more true than the treasury under the stewardship of George Gideon
Oliver Osborne. As Paul Richards observed a couple of weeks back, Gideon is
a chancellor who is political to his fingertips. He is not driven by the
national interest (however you define it) nor an amorphous desire to "help
people", it is - as it always is with the Tory party - about the exercisin... more »
Attorney Leaks Dash Cam Video of Police Shooting After DA Rules Shooting Justified
Reason.com
If you ever see a news story about a police shooting that the local
district attorney does not rule justified, please e-mail me. For now, the
story: Ernest Duenez was a parolee shot to death during a traffic stop a
year and a half ago. He was the passenger in a vehicle pulled over because
the “officer had knowledge that Duenez, a wanted parolee, was inside the
vehicle and considered armed and dangerous,” according to the *Modesto Bee*.
The district attorney ruled the police officer was justified in shooting
Duenez 13 times because the parolee brandished a knife at the ... more »
happy birthday, bradley manning
Today is the third birthday that courageous military whistleblower Bradley
Manning has spent in prison. By the time his court martial begins in March,
he will have been imprisoned almost three years, including a full year in
solitary confinement - an internationally recognized form of torture.
Bradley Manning helped people see the truth about the US occupation of
Iraq. And for that he is being persecuted.
Manning's lawyer, David Coombs, recently spoke publicly to a group of
supporters in Washington DC. Here's an excerpt from his speech:
When I'm in the courtroom, I stand up and look... more »
A change is gonna come
President Obama's speech in Newtown, CT last night is being called his
Gettysburg Address by quite a few of the very serious pundits.
It wasn't that earthshaking from my seat. In fact, it felt a bit too much
like a sermon to me in the beginning. For a while I thought he wouldn't
mention gun regulation at all. But then he went there:
I’ve been reflecting on this the last few days, and if we’re honest with
ourselves, the answer is no. We’re not doing enough. And we will have to
change.
Since I’ve been President, this is the fourth time we have come together to
comfort a grieving ... more »
The F-35, Should Canada Sit This One Out?
Maybe Canada should just give the F-35 a pass and wait for something a lot
better. Like the Aussies and US Navy we could opt for a proven, capable,
reliable, affordable alternative, like some new F-18s and sit by while
America's next-generation technology works through its considerable
teething problems. It even seems that the F-35 and its vaunted "5th
Generation Technology" may be on its way to a premature passing to make way
for 6th Generation warplanes.
*"...the U.S. military is laying plans for what it is calling a “sixth
generation” aircraft to replace the F-35 as early a... more »
Another Vatican Taliban FAIL
Finally. After more than fourteen fucking years, the Philippines is on the
road to the 20th century in reproductive health care.
Birth control is legal and widely available in the Philippines for people
who can afford it, particularly those living in cities. But condoms, birth
control pills and other methods can be difficult to find in rural areas,
and their cost puts them out of reach for the very poor.
. . .
The measure passed on Monday would stock government health centers,
including those in remote rural areas, with free or subsidized birth
control options for the poor. It would ... more »
Swimmer caught on camera RIDING a sperm whale off the Florida coast hours before the animal was found dead
Witnessed drifting off Pompano Beach by awestruck and concerned beachgoers
on Sunday, the distressed whale was described alive when first photographed
with at least one swimmer repeatedly climbing on top. The animal's exact
cause of death is not known but regardless wildlife officials say they are
not defending the swimmer's involvement. It is a federal offense to harass
a marine mammal.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249430/Swimmer-caught-camera-RIDING-sperm-whale-Florida-coast-hours-animal-dead.html
Judge Vladimir Trofimov and his family beheaded 'with machete' in medieval Ukraine massacre
A respected judge - and three members of his family - have been beheaded in
a medieval-style massacre in Ukraine.
The corpses were left at the scene but the heads of Judge Vladimir
Trofimov, his wife Irina, their son Sergei, and the son's partner, Marina
Zoueva, are all missing.
Police are uncertain what weapon was used - but say it could be a machete,
a sword or an axe.
The sinister attack on the family happened on Saturday, as the judge, his
59-year-old wife, 30-year-old son, and his 29-year-old partner, relaxed at
home in their apartment in the eastern city of Kharkiv.
http://ww... more »
Free Planet - what is the state?
image copyright © labaronesa*THE STATE*
it's a word that's bandied about by both
the Communists and the Capitalist
the Labour and the Conservatives
the Democrats and the Republicans
in the former, it's the state that rakes in the profits from the labour of
its people
in the latter, it's the private estate that rakes in the profits from the
labour of its people
THE STATE
as you'll see from the above
is concerned with only one thing - the shameless exploitation of the shamed
people in the name of *profit*.
Pure and simple: if we eradicate the need to make profit from our 'state', ... more »
Jingle Bells
The only time you’ll ever hear it on this blog—and possibly the fastest
you’ll ever see it performed…
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The Gun Problem
Round
about 1860 a monumental advance occured in firearms development. The
metal cartridge was invented. Until then a round of small-arms
ammunition consisted of a normally lead projectile, then some form of
wadding, and a flammable or explosive powder ignited by a spark produced
from a flint, burning cord, or percussion cap located on the outside of
the weapon. Cartridges of the day sometimes
Mick Philpott: Murder charges DROPPED against parents of six children killed in house fire... but they will face trial for manslaughter
The parents of six children who died when a fire ripped through their home
mouthed 'I love you' to each other today when their murder charges were
dropped.
Mick Philpott, 55, and his wife Mairead, 31, will now face a trial in
February next year charged with six counts of manslaughter.
Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight; Jessie, six,
and Jayden, five, died when fire tore through their house in Victory Road,
Allenton, Derby, at 4am on May 11.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249525/Philpott-Murder-charges-DROPPED-parents-children-killed-house-blaze-fac... more »
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 17th December 2012
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 22:52:23 UTC
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 08:52:23 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.766°N, 143.597°E
Depth
47.3 km (29.4 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
214 km (132 miles) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
The Horror of the Connecticut Shooting and the Tragedy of Unresolved Massacres
The Daily Bell
*These are the innocents of America's Dunblane — each smiling face a
heartbreaking plea for the nation to give up its guns. President Barack
Obama has declared he will use "whatever power" he has to prevent shootings
like Friday's rampage by Adam Lanza happening again. In a powerful speech
last night at an evening vigil in Newtown, Connecticut, he suggested he is
considering a radical move to ditch America's historic right to bear arms
in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre. Obama said: "Are we really prepared
to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage, ... more »
Military Escalation, Dangerous Crossroads: Russia-US Confrontation in Syria?
Global Research
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
[image: panetta]
*On December 14, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a Pentagon order to
deploy 400 US missile troops to Turkey. According to Washington, the
security of Turkey, NATO’s heavyweight, is threatened. US military
personnel will to be deployed to Turkey in the coming weeks to operate two
US Patriot missile batteries.*
According to the Pentagon’s spokesman, George Little:
“The United States has been supporting Turkey in its efforts to defend
itself,… [against Syria]
“I’m not going to go into precise locations at this time, h... more »
Cosmic Vision News 12-14-12
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They're Back For More
Knock, knock, knock. It's the Chinese again and they're back for more
Canadian energy resources, this time shale gas.
Oh I know it's barely a week since Harper supposedly promised the Nexen
takeover was a one-time thing, the last time the Beijing Communist
apparatus would get its grubby commie hands on our innocent, virginal
resources. But, hey, that's a week ago! Get over it. Nothing lasts
forever.
This time the *Chi-Coms* (for any Korean War vets out there) are pocketing
a 49.9% ownership slice of Encana's Duvernay shale project. And this time
the Chinese government is ... more »
Human Rights
Went to the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday. Up in the Institute for
Contemporary Culture room there's an exhibit documenting the human rights
crimes of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
A big part of the exhibit are the ID photos of new arrivals to the S-21
Prison. We read the bios of four of the images, which was possible because
they were among the few who could be identified. The Cambodian government
is trying to identify all the people in the photographs in an attempt to
undo the dehumanization of the Khmer Rouge's victims. A lot of the pictures
are of children, which this insane re... more »
Harper's Cabinet Barely Literate
*Pos' secretary? What in tarnation is that, Misser Harper?*
Just kidding. I'm sure they can all read and write at some level but
there's an interesting piece in *The Tyee* revealing how many Harper
ministers have no post-secondary education whatsoever. The names may
surprise you.
*Marjory Lebreton (leader of the government in the Senate)*
* **Gerry Ritz (agriculture)*
* **Denis Lebel (transport and infrastructure)*
* **Leona Aglukkaq (health)*
* **Peter Kent (environment)*
* **Gail Shea (national revenue)*
* **Julian Fantino (international cooperation)*
* **Bernard Valcourt (minist... more »
Foreign nerves limit Syria rebel arms, Assad's arsenals raided
Syrian rebel success in capturing government armories is rendering
increasingly irrelevant Western efforts to limit supplies from abroad and
avoid sophisticated arms reaching Islamist militants.
Western nations, particularly the United States, remain highly nervous of
weapons falling into the wrong hands, while even Saudi Arabia and Qatar -
by far the two most enthusiastic rebel backers - appear to have cut back
support in recent weeks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/us-syria-arms-idUSBRE8BG0FK20121217
NDP Never Passes Up a Chance to Show How Small-Minded It Can Be
Bank of Canada governor, Mark Carney, and Liberal finance critic, Scott
Brison, are personal friends.
Last summer Carney took a week of vacation time that he and his family
spent at Brison's Nova Scotia vacation home.
That was enough to send the Petty Party into a hissy fit, lodging an
official complaint with the BoC. The Bank had its general counsel perform
the requisite enquiry and he came up with nothing, zero, zilch with which
to fault Mr. Carney.
It's understandable, even if only for hygiene reasons, that some Dippers
don't attract friends but ordinary Canadians do and app... more »
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE - 17th December 2012
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 17:46:48 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:46:48 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
3.968°S, 104.037°W
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 miles)
Region
CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE
Distances
1491 km (926 miles) WSW of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE - 17th December 2012
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 17:41:36 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:41:36 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
4.107°S, 104.416°W
Depth
35.7 km (22.2 miles)
Region
CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE
Distances
1536 km (954 miles) WSW of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador
The Connecticut Elementary School Shooting: Is THIS The Real Reason For This Shooting? The LIBOR Scandal Link!
Ever since the shooting of 26 innocent people by a "crazed" autistic (!)
"shooter" last Friday, I have been troubled... Nothing about this shooting
makes any sense at all! The Jewish controlled media has been feeding us
nothing but lies, claiming it was done by a crazed "Lone Gunman" hooked on
SSRI drugs. I have long dismissed the criminals in the mainstream media
as outright liars, so I began my own search for the REAL reason for this
massacre, and I may have found one....
People have quickly forgotten that infamous "Batman" shooting in Aurora,
Colorado, earlier this year, and ... more »
Update: Armed SWAT Teams To Patrol Streets In Arkansas City
Editor's Note: I personally contacted the Mayor's office today to inquire
about the information contained in this article. I was directed to the
following statement issued yesterday. *Armed Patrol" Clarifications*
*Donna Anderson*
Infowars.com
December 17, 2012
Paragould, Arkansas Mayor Mike Gaskill and Police Chief Todd Stovall
announced at a December 14 Town Hall meeting that beginning in 2013 the
streets of their city were going to be patrolled by police officers bearing
SWAT gear and AR-15s. “If you’re out walking, we’re going to stop you, ask
why you’re out walking, and chec... more »
Canadian Pols "Naive" on China
*He Doesn't Need Your "Living Wage"*
Canadian pols like Steve Harper and BC's unelected, unelectable and
outgoing premier, Christy Clark, are "naive" in their dealings with China.
That assessment comes from a University of California economics professor,
Peter Navarro, who has studied how the Chinese operate world wide.
*Navarro didn't sugar coat his words about recent decisions by Canadian
politicians involving Chinese business, calling them "stupid."*
* *
*"I think that Canadians are a very trusting people and that makes them
naïve when it comes to someone like China," he said. *
... more »
Neocons Go After Hagel With An Outdated Smear Campaign
Here is more proof that Neocons are delusional and crazy. They think it's
still 2003 and that they can smear veterans like Chuck Hagel, who is said
to be the next Secretary of Defense.
Read: *‘We will make sure every American knows he is an anti-Semite’ —
anonymous neocon threat to Hagel.*
These Neocon Zionists have totally lost it. Their smear campaigns are
outdated and repulsive. They see everything through the prism of race and
ideology rather than logic and facts. If you criticize their policies and
views they call you an anti-Semite as if this term has any relevance in the
cur... more »
Untitled
*NOPD: Dat Dog employee shot after refusing to give robber cash ~Uptown
Messenger*
New BBC DG on the spot over bias
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*London, 17 December:* Lord Lawson (Conservative), Lord Donoughue (Labour)
and Baroness Nicholson (Liberal Democrat), three Trustees of the all-Party
and non-Party *Global Warming Policy Foun... more »
So Much for the 1st Amendment: Connecticut Police Will Prosecute Independant Journalist Whistleblowers
Never thought I'd live to hear US law enforcement say something like
this....
"EyeSee You and the Internet of Things: Watching You While You Shop"
*"EyeSee You and the Internet of Things:*
* Watching You While You Shop"*
By John W. Whitehead
“I believe there is something out there watching us.
Unfortunately, it’s the government.”
—Woody Allen
"Gifts have been bought. Presents wrapped. Now all that remains is the
giving and receiving. Oh, and the tracking, of course. Little did you know
that all the while you were searching out that perfect gift, you were
unknowingly leaving a trail for others—namely, the government and its
corporate cohorts—to follow.
Thanks to the wonders of technology, the indifference of the genera... more »
"Government, the New Debtors’ Prison"
* "Government, the New Debtors’ Prison"*
by Douglas French
"An old banking buddy of mine has been out of work for a full year. I met
up with him yesterday, and he told me the good news that he has finally
found work. It’s not enjoyable. But it pays better than sitting at home.
His time of unemployment had been doubly tough because his son was also out
of work at the same time. The proud father seemed happier that his son had
also found a job. “And since he works for a nonprofit, they will pay his
student loan,” he said. “What?” I said, not sure that I was hearing right.
“If you ... more »
Treaty Six First Nation says 'No' to Canada's laws violating Indigenous rights
GOVERNMENT
ENACTED LAWS WHICH HAVE NOT MET THE LEGAL DUTY TO CONSULT AND
ACCOMMODATE FIRST NATIONS WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED ON FIRST NATIONS
RESERVE AND TRADITIONAL LANDS
Press statement
Posted at Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
UPDATE IDLE NO MORE - Consulate General of Canada San Francisco - RALLY
IN SOLIDARITY WITH CANADIAN FIRST NATIONSTIME TO RALLY CALIFORNIA:
WHAT:
Yann Martel On The Illustrated Version Of Life Of Pi
YouTube video description [Channel - AllanGregg]:
Canada's Yann Martel shot to international fame with his novel "Life of
Pi". He won the prestigious Booker Prize and his novel went on to sell
six-million copies worldwide and a movie version was made with director Ang
Lee. Now Martel has come out with a special illustrated edition of "Life of
Pi". Originally aired February 2008.
Steve Israel Makes A Good Case For Why Lee Rogers Should Run Against Buck McKeon Again
McKeon thinks these are his constituents, not Latino voters
In 2012 DCCC Chairman Steve Israel gave a free pass to Boehner, Cantor,
McCarthy and all the senior Republican Party policy makers in Congress. The
only committee chairman the DCCC challenged, Dan Lungren, had no role in
policy whatsoever and chaired the housekeeping committee. But the really
powerful GOP leaders, whose Wall Street patrons just happen to also be
Steve Israel's Wall Street patrons... these guys were all benignly
neglected by the DCCC. And House Armed Services Committee chair Buck McKeon
was certainly one of t... more »
South Africa - Michael Tellinger - 200,000 year old Annunaki cities
many contemporary scientists think that Mitochondrial Eve, the human race's
genetic mother, hailed from 'somewhere in darkest Africa' spreading her
lineage up into Europe and then the rest of the world.
One thing they're less likely to consider is the giant race THE ANNUNAKI
visited earth 400,000 then 200,000 years ago and genetically modified early
man to do his bidding, basically digging for gold in the mines of south
Africa.
Michael Tellinger is back on Coast to Coast after a two year absence and
he's pulling no punches.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: the stones that ring like bel... more »
Victor Hess, Joseph Henry: anniversaries
Victor Franz Hess (24 June 1883 – 17 December 1964) was born to a royal
forester in Waldstein Castle, Styria (South Austria proper). He attended
various local schools and was interested in radiation.
His key work was done between 1911-1913. Hess wanted to show that, as
expected, the radiation we detect decreases with the altitude – because it
originates in the Earth and gets absorbed by the atmosphere. So he took
risky balloon trips to 5 kilometers and found out that instead, it was
getting stronger. Well, "cosmic rays", as Robert Millikan called them in
1925 when he verified Hess' ... more »
Asness on Buffett
Warren may be a great investor, but he really doesn't cut it as a policy
wonk.
Malcolm Levesconte 'May Have Killed Himself'
A pub landlord who vanished after £30,000 disappeared from a Christmas
thrift fund may have killed himself, police believe.
Malcolm Levesconte, 59, was last seen on December 9 at the Royal Oak pub in
Shrewton, near Salisbury.
Later that evening, he boarded a ferry at Portsmouth to St Malo in France
and police launched a missing persons inquiry.
It is understood that a suicide note has been found.
http://news.sky.com/story/1026577/pub-landlord-may-have-killed-himself
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 17th December 2012
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 13:13:09 UTC
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 11:13:09 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.721°N, 143.841°E
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
235 km (146 miles) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
Lockdown Alert Ends At Schools Near Massacre
Schools in Ridgefield, Connecticut, about 20 miles from the Newtown school
massacre scene, are no longer in lockdown after police said they had found
no dangerous activity.
Police said earlier they were investigating reports of a suspicious man who
may be armed in the town, and schools were in lockdown as a result.
"The police have given the all clear. After an extensive police search, no
dangerous activity was discovered," the town's public schools said in an
announcement on their website.
http://news.sky.com/story/1026615/lockdown-alert-ends-at-schools-near-massacre
Sask NDP Leadership Candidate - Erin Weir Calls For CPP Expansion And OAS Replacement
*"Now is not the time to enrich the Canada Pension Plan." *
Hon. Jim Flaherty
Minister of Finance - Canada
*(The guy who gave $114 Billion tax dollars to bail out Canada's Banks!!!)*
*Weir Calls for CPP Expansion and OAS Replacement**
With finance ministers meeting to discuss issues including the Canada
Pension Plan (CPP), Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir is
proposing to strengthen retirement security.
“The Government of Saskatchewan should join other provinces in pushing for
a significant expansion of CPP rather than dragging its feet,” said Weir.
“Expanding CPP is th... more »
The fuzzy face of climate change: Will polar bears survive the meltdown of the Arctic?
[image: Female polar bear and her two cubs near Churchill, Manitoba. Photo
by Travel Manitoba]
By Zac Unger
17 December 2012
On January 24, 2004, in the frigid moonscape of an Arctic winter, wildlife
biologist Steven Amstrup rode in a helicopter flying low over the ice.
Using an infrared heat detector, he hoped to find polar bears in their
dens. When the gun recorded a hit, Amstrup circled around for a closer
look. What confronted him was something he had never seen in 34 years of
research. The mouth of the den was open, and a smear of bright-red blood
stretched away for more tha... more »
Glenn Kessler debunks Reagan’s bogus old tale!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012*
*And it only took twenty-three years:* Almost every part of our public
discourse is built around false, bogus tales.
These bogus tales get memorized, then widely presented as fact. Depending
on who is behind the tales, the bogus tales will be widely accepted by the
mainstream press corps.
In Sunday’s Washington Post, Glenn Kessler debunked one of those hoary old
tales. And by our count, it only took twenty-three years!
As far as we know, Kessler did a good job in this piece—although he failed
to name the people who have been telling this hoary old tale i... more »
‘Peak farmland’ is here, global food crop area to fall: study
[image: Actual and potential land used for wheat production, India
1961–2010. The upper segment shows the hectares farmers would have tilled
to produce the actual harvest had yields stayed at the 1960 level. FAO
(2012) via Program for the Human Environment at the Rockefeller University
in New York]
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent; Editing by Alastair Macdonald
17 December 2012
OSLO (Reuters) – The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a
peak and an area more than twice the size of France can return to nature by
2060 due to rising yields and slower popula... more »
Untitled
*Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints not close on contract ~Greg Rosenthal*
*Cop Convictions Overturned in Henry Glover Case ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*9th Ward goat farmer’s gripe: butting heads with powers that be ~The Lens*
*CBS NEWS: Oil Still Leaking From BP Gulf Of Mexico Spill*
*Sinkhole prompts 6-month road study*
*Review: Bouligny Tavern ~Gambit*~Ian McNulty relaxes at a sumptuous spot
where you can keep the party rolling
* *
Guns and Strategy
I strongly recommend Jonathan Chait's largely pessimistic view (from the
point of view of those who want legislation) of the chances of getting
anything restricting guns in any way whatsoever through the House. And if
that's correct -- if conservative Republicans remain dead set against
anything at all -- then there's almost nothing Barack Obama can do about it
(see, too, David Frum's view, which points out the possibility that
presidential public leadership could easily polarize the debate and
therefore backfire).
That said: I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility that legis... more »
Where does the press corps get its facts!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012*
*Does Scott Pelley actually know that:* We’ve been struck by the maudlin
nature of much of the coverage of the most recent mass shooting.
To our ear, Alexandra Petri’s column was wondrously faux at the Post. But
so were large amounts of the coverage, as journalists took turns assuring
the nation that they’ve never been so upset.
This morning, on Way Too Early, even Mike Barnicle played that card. For
ourselves, we didn’t especially believe him. That said, if he wasn’t upset
before this, he too must be mentally ill.
The journalists want you to know how up... more »
Tomorrows World had a mobile telephone in 1979
'From the BBC Archive 'Tomorrow's World' collection:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/index.shtmlMichael Rodd makes a
call with an experimental cordless mobile phone. It's 1979 and time for the
telephone to go mobile. In this report from a longer programme, Michael
Rodd (pictured above) examines a British prototype for a cordless telephone
that allows the user to make calls from anywhere. Also included at the end
of this item is a rather nice out-take as Rodd also experiences the first
mobile wrong number.'
Fascinating, quite fascinating.
Kim Jong-un Beefs Up Security Amid Fear of Unrest: Reason why the rocket was fired so hurriedly in North Korea?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has apparently stationed around 100 armored
vehicles at his house, summer home and other facilities for fear of a
military coup or uprising, sources say.
Kim "is extremely nervous about the possibility of an emergency developing
inside North Korea," claimed an informed source.
According to the source, Kim recently ordered officials to "place top
priority" on his personal security and to keep his itinerary top secret. As
a result, the venues of events he attends are swarming with guards carrying
automatic rifles and hand grenades, while his personal pl... more »
Symbols of an Alien Sky - the movie
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 15 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/t7EAlTcZFwY
If you care to know about the Future, you'll need to understand (at least)
some of our Past. An exceptional movie about an exciting theme. Maybe all
we know is based on largely false assumptions...? Part II (10 minutes) you
can find here: http://youtu.be/I-46CJ5Pt7U
More details about Mars: http://youtu.be/2wOogk2LSSw. A lot to think
about...
John
Cowards and Morons
The Newtown shooting last Friday morning is virtually unique in
American history not only because it's, by far, the worst elementary school
shooting of all time but because the usual gun nuts have gone into hiding.
The Sandy Hook massacre apparently is proving to be the tipping point
that's going to force a meaningful debate on gun control, one in which our
president, who has never once uttered the words "gun" and "control" in the
same sentence, will be taking point. Even if the 2nd amendment and its
misinformed proponents have discovered "the better part of valor", that
doesn... more »
FOOLED ABOUT SCHOOLS: The latest scores!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012*
*Part 1—Keep gloom alive:* In late November, the New York Times published
an op-ed piece about our public schools.
The piece was written by Michael Brick, a former Times sports writer who
has become an overnight expert on education. As Brick started his piece, he
played a pair of familiar tunes:
BRICK (11/23/12): For the past three decades, one administration after
another has sought to fix America's troubled schools by making them compete
with one another. Mr. Obama has put up billions of dollars for his Race to
the Top program, a federal sweepstakes wh... more »
Sandy Hook: Gun Control or Psychiatric Med Control ?
Why has the media been using such an obviously outdated picture of the 20
year old Adam Lanza?
*A gun is an inanimate object*. It can do no harm unless wielded by a user
to cause harm or death. That is a fact. Everything else is spin. The spin
is thick and plentiful surrounding the Sandy Hook shootings And most of it
all focused on "gun control"
The Newtown school shootings have revived debate in the US media about gun
control - the same debate that raged, for a while, after previous
atrocities such as Columbine and Virginia Tech
While reinforcing the heartbreak of the killings... more »
Aaron Schock Got Caught
Aaron plans to burn this outfit as well
Aaron Schock, is a star inside the Republican House Caucus. He gained
notice for flaunting his six-pack abs on the cover of *Men's Health*magazine and
posing for a fashion shoot in *GQ* and they gave him a spot on House Ways
and Mean, a primo committee that makes campaign fundraising easy and even
put him on Kevin McCarthy's Whip Team as a Deputy Whip. He reminds many of
his colleagues of the once-popular and similarly well-dressed Mark Foley,
who was also closeted-back-home but fairly "out" in DC.
The dashing young closet case was just reelect... more »
I support the 2nd Amendment as Intended
*Here's your weapon*
* *
*Here's your ammo*
*Go for it buttwipes!!!!!!!!! *
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy
Birthday to Curtis Pride, 44.
A little good stuff:
1. The easiest way to get a Plain Blog link these days? Write a
pro-reform
Senate piece that opposes the current talking filibuster proposal.
Here'sthe Economist's M.S. Is it impossible for the talking filibuster
to work?
That's the wrong question; the right question is whether there's any
advantage in trying to do reform via the live filibuster, and the answer
to
that is almost certainly no.
2. I'm not going to link to individual posts, but the Monkey Cage has
been
running several pieces about guns, gun control, and other rel... more »
Elizabeth May
As 2012 draws to a close, Michael Harris reviews the state of all of
Canada's federal parties -- except the Bloc Quebecois. He has some
insightful comments about each. But I am particularly struck by what he
writes about Elizabeth May and The Green Party:
For now, the Green Party is Elizabeth May. Despite all the institutional
barricades erected in front of this prodigiously hard-working politician,
she tears the pant leg off the government on everything from the
environment to the Canada-as-resource-colony model promoted by our CEO-PM
himself. She runs the most intellectually al... more »
Negligent Storage Act - the Right Wing Gun Solution
One of the gun owners of America called into a local talk show this morning
and he rambled on about how "overall gun legislation" is the wrong way to
go.
He argued every point the show host brought up and kept coming back to his
solution for the firearm issue that we have in the USA. His ONLY solution.
Negligent Storage Act
Yep that is all we need.
Musta been the highlighted legislation sent out in the Gun Owners of
America or NRA newsletter that went out this past weekend or past month or
past year!!!
Where else would he have come up with crap like this?
What a bunch of gun-lovi... more »
Seriously? No shit Sherlock
Eating and drinking lots at xmas is to be expected, be aware that alcohol
can effect peoples judgement and behaviour http://t.co/k5u78Z1j -- Thames
Valley Police (@ThamesVP)
Damage component of the cause of action is not to be equated with the plaintiff’s ultimate financial loss
Andison v. Katz, 2012 MBCA 107 makes clear that a cause of action arises in negligent misrepresentation when the representation is acted on. This does not mean discoverability is met but rather the cause is complete: 27 Thus, it is clear that the damage component of the cause of action is not to be equated with the plaintiff's ultimate financial loss and also that the damage occurs when the would-be plaintiff acts on the negligent advice, rather than when the actual financial loss occurs. (See also *Central Trust Co. v. Rafuse*,**1986 CanLII 29 (SCC), [1986] 2 S.C.R. ... more
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