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Concerns about day workers
Some background: A few weeks ago, a letter was published in the Malibu
Surfside News about a Thanksgiving dinner for day workers who use the
Malibu Labor Exchange. About 300 people showed up.
The next week, a letter appeared in the Surfside News accusing the
organizers of the dinner of aiding and abetting “criminal misconduct.
Illegal aliens break our laws by virtue of their presence here. When they
work, they break more laws, to say nothing of committing identity theft
with forged and stolen documents.” He called the organizers “a political
cancer” and said that “This group of nit... more »
Sandy Hook massacre: Official story spins out of control -- Puppet Masters -- Sott.net
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If we stamp out ambiguity, Bob Mankoff wonders (while setting fire to his own straw man), is there room left for humor?
*by Ken*
I've started reading it, and have every expectation, or at least hope.
of
someday finishing it, or anyways reading more of it, but as *New
Yorker*cartoon editor Bob Mankoff explains in his newsletter-blogpost
this week, "ÇA
ÜŠLÁ," in this week's issue Joshua Foer has a piece, "Utopian for
Beginners,"
about a language called Ithkuil, which was "created from scratch" (as
Bob
puts it) by amateur linguish John Quijada.
I've read far enough to know that to the considerable puzzlement of Mr.
Quijada, interest in Ithkuil is off the charts in Russia and other parts
of
the former S... more »
The Great Terence McKenna: Final Thoughts On 2012
"John Hazard: We have 14 years until this event, measured on the
calendar—and a really common, ordinary way to describe the times that we're
living in is that they're very, very chaotic, filled with acts of
unspeakable evil, um, and at the same time there's this sort buzz and
thrust of optimism: everything from a guy like Peter Swartz talking about
the long wave, the big booming economy, breakthroughs in educational levels
and qualities of life but it's definitely a dynamic where you've got
extremes of good and evil in that way. Would you talk a little bit about
the relationship ... more »
World will not Going to be End: NASA
*Dec. 21, 2012, is the threatening day in everyone’s mind, but the thing is
it won't be the end of the world as we know; however, it will be another
winter solstice.* Dissimilar to some of the common beliefs out there, the
claims behind the end of the world quickly unravel when pinned down to the
2012 timeline. But NASA gives correct answer to everyone thoughts. The
world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for
more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists universal know of no
threat connected with 2012. Nibiru and other stories about naughty plan... more »
The Ayatollah-In-Chief: Obama Plays Role of Wise Priest In Aftermath of Sandy Hook False Flag
*Read: 5 Reasons Why The White House Is A Faith-Based Institution.*
"All the world’s religions — so many of them represented here today —
start with a simple question: Why are we here? What gives our life
meaning? What gives our acts purpose? We know our time on this Earth is
fleeting. We know that we will each have our share of pleasure and pain;
that even after we chase after some earthly goal, whether it’s wealth or
power or fame, or just simple comfort, we will, in some fashion, fall short
of what we had hoped. We know that no matter how good our intentions, we
will ... more »
Shiprock: Navajos Flash Mob Round Dance 'Idle No More'
IDLE
NO MORE: Flash Mob Round Dance - Shiprock, NM
'Idle No More' flash mob dance in Edmonton, Canada
by Denette Chee-Chief and Shiela Chee-Chief
Friday, December 21, 2012
6:00 pm
Nizhoni Park (at da river bridge)
Navajo Nation 110 percent supports IDLE NO MORE. Come on down to
Shiprock to show your support for our Canadian brothers and sisters!
Nizhoni Park is located next to
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Why is this nebula so complex? When a star like our Sun is dying, it will
cast off its outer layers, usually into a simple overall shape. Sometimes
this shape is a sphere, sometimes a double lobe, and sometimes a ring or a
helix. In the case of planetary nebula NGC 5189, however, no such simple
structure has emerged. To help find out why, the Earth-orbiting Hubble
Space Telescope recently observed NGC 5189 in great detail.
*Click image for larger size. *
Previous findings indicated the existence of multiple epochs of material
outflow, including a recent one that created a bright... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, "It"
*"It"*
by Chet Raymo
"A Howard Nemerov poem might be twelve pages long or twelve words long. He
was equally adept at the epic and the aphorism. He could be serious or fun.
Sometimes both at the same time. Consider the following poem, called "A
Life," which I quote in its entirety. (How does "fair use" apply to
something so short?)
"Innocence?
In a sense.
In no sense!
Was that *it?*
Was *that* it?
*Was* that it?
That was it."
Now I hear my spouse's voice whispering in my ear: *What's all this musing
about death lately? Why all this late-life pessimi... more »
The Poet: Arlene Gay Levine, "The Road"
*"The Road"*
"Here is the road: the light
comes and goes then returns again.
Be gentle with your fellow travelers
as they move through the world of stone and stars
whirling with you yet every one alone.
The road waits.
Do not ask questions but when it invites you
to dance at daybreak, say yes.
Each step is the journey; a single note the song."
~ Arlene Gay Levine
SO, WHO’S APPEASING WHO IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
Neocons are often apt to use the analogy of Chamberlain’s appeasement of
Hitler prior to World War Two to highlight the so-called danger they think
the West puts itself in when trying to avoid a confrontation between the
West and Iran. But, at the end of the day, the reality is that it is the
neocons that are trying, in a somewhat perverse sense and twist to the
notion of appeasement, appease the Zionists of Israel inasmuch that it’s
the Israelis and their neocon supporters who want to attack Iran – just as
Hitler and the Nazis wanted to attack East Europe.
Prior to the Second World... more »
Alan Grayson Explains Why He Opposes A Conservative Plan To Unravel Social Security That Starts With A Chained CPI
Betrayal
Voting on the rule to permit a vote on Boehner's cynical Plan B gave some
clues to how the real vote would come down. It passed 219-197, every
Democrat voting NO and 13 Republicans joining them: Justin Amash (MI), Paul
Broun (GA), Trent Franks (AZ), Louie Gohmert (TX), Andy Harris (MD), Tim
Huelskamp (KS), Walter Jones (NC), Jim Jordan (OH), Jeff Landry (LA),
Thomas Massie (KY), Ron Paul (TX), Mean Jean Schmidt (OH) and Joe Walsh
(IL). Unless more 11 Republicans were to join the revolt-- and the
Democrats held 100% united, Plan B will pass the House and instantly die,
as th... more »
Tyranny of Talking Heads: The Establishment Media Declares War On Quiet Introverts
All the evidence points to the reality that the tragic mass shooting in
Newtown was a black op and magic ritual, which begs the question: Why is
the patsy being described as quiet, lonely, shy, and depressed? Is there a
reason?
What is it about these personality characteristics and psychological traits
that the establishment hates? Do the talking heads in the media have
something against quiet and shy people? Why hype these characteristics of
the patsy?
Do they want to demonize quiet youth? Do they want every young person to be
a crazy party animal?
Maybe I'm exaggerating, but I t... more »
UK Protests Gun Ban - Who will ban guns next?
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Gerard van der Ree on The Hydrogen Sonata: “Learning From Utopia”
General Warning: this is emphatically not a spoiler-free Forum! Hence all
of the text all of the contributions will be safely below the fold, and
only the identifying information for the author of the contribution will be
here for even causal browsers to see. Gerard van der Ree is Assistant
Professor at University College Utrecht.
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Syria: Putin Talks, Israeli reporters in Syria, Benghazi and more
Syria: Always on my mind. What has been happening?
*Vladimir Putin call for non-military solution for Syria*
*Video available at link above* Reminds listeners of the mess in Benghazi,
Libya. Including the death of an “Ambassador” More on Benghazi shortly
Russia's President Putin says he is concerned that the push to unseat
Syrian President Bashar Assad could plunge the country even deeper into
violence.
Speaking during his annual news conference, Mr Putin said mistakes from
Libya should not be repeated in Syria.
He stressed that Russia was not interested in the survival of Assad's... more »
Thanks, NRA Cowards, For The Connecticut Bloodbath
*BY MARC McDONALD*
[image: victimssandyhook]
Thanks, NRA, for fighting any meaningful regulations that could help keep
guns out of the hands of the violent and mentally ill. Thanks to you, guns
can be bought in America as easily as a loaf of bread.
We also appreciate your work on ferociously opposing the Brady Bill (which
Ronald Reagan, by the way, supported). Rest assured, though, despite your
crazy, paranoid fantasies, NO meaningful action will be taken on guns in
the aftermath of this latest horrible bloodbath.
Thanks to you, dozens, if not hundreds of more children will be brut... more »
Roswell Dome of Silence
It has long been clear that a craft did crash and that bodies were
recovered. Now that the last key witnesses have effectively left us, it is
noteworthy that a number have provided confirmation. The quality is such
here that it goes beyond plausible denial and they are deathbed reports.
I do not expect to see any more. This does provide full credence to
additional reports in which the bodies were observed by a privileged few.
It is also far too easy to speculate on what took place thereafter, but my
first guess is that not much in terms of science itself. Way more
plaus... more »
"Batchwiper": New computer virus hitting Iran could be more potent than it looks
A new apparently simple computer virus targeting Iran may be more potent
than it appears, according to an Israeli security expert.
The Iranian Maher computer security center said earlier this week it had
identified a new malware that creates files on desktop and laptop Windows
computers that completely wipe out the data on disk drives.
The malware is “simple in design,” the Iranian group said, but it is
“efficient and can wipe disk partitions and user profile directories
without being recognized by anti-virus software,” and thus constitutes a
major threat to computers in Iran.
The ... more »
Mother of 'I Am Bomb, Jihad' T-Shirt Boy Appears in French Court - Israel National News
Followers of the religion of peace in action again...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/wap/Item.aspx?type=0&item=163353
False Flag Fiscal Cliff: Time to Call Their Bluff (End of the World As We Understand It?)
So, they've almost been totally exposed for the craven "leaders" they are.
Almost. Considering this "fiscal cliff" event as a false flag operation by
the wealthy against the rest of us puts it into very clear perspective. And
with so many easy solutions (taxpayer-enriching solutions, that is) to
choose from. Funny how the wealthy never mention any of these, isn't it?
You gotta just love that
The Two Dumbest Animals In The Human Kingdom
The two dumbest animals in the human kingdom are Christian Zionists and
Sunni Jihadist terrorists.
In a *recent interview on Tunisian TV*, a Jihadist from Tunisia said he
regrets fighting in Syria and that he and his pals were treated like cannon
fodder by his commanders in a cause without righteousness.
The problem is they listened to their imams. And Christian Zionists have
the same problem. They've been brainwashed by mega church preachers and
fake Christian broadcasters.
The Big Republican Menu of Fear: It's What's for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
*They long to bathe in fear forever and ever, don't they?
For Republicans, it's "so much to fear, so little time."*
*by Noah*
Reality can be a scary place for anyone, but if you have chosen to be a
Republican, you have chosen a lifestyle that comes with its own bonus
fears. Are you addicted to fear? If you are a Republican, fear is the only
time you look ahead. If you are a Republican, it's bad enough that you live
in a world --
* where your child might learn about sex sometime before their 25th birthday
* where so many people eat "strange" food and don't look "like you"
* where s... more »
Western Marxism
Western Marxism (both the train of thought called Western Marxism and
Marxism in the West) is cultural. The eponymous founder of Marxism
concentrated most of his effort on a critique of political economy. He
showed that capitalism not only leads to cyclical crisis but that these
cyclical crises over time lead to an existential one. In the Communist
Manifesto this existential crises is described as having one of two
results, either revolutionary reconstitution or common ruin. He showed that
there is a class capable of positively resolving this crisis.
Despite many valiant attempts ... more »
The end is in sight - at least for 2012
Parque Central decked out for Christmas and the
end of the Mayan calendar*Feliz Navidad a todos *as the festive season
closes in. And if the world must end, may it be as sunny and as pleasant as
it is right now in Copan.
We'll be out at the Copan Ruinas archaeological site tomorrow night with
the rest of the crowds just in case there's something to this
end-of-the-world business. Might as well have ringside seats.
But I'm counting on the experts and the Mayan people to be right about the
whole thing being a trumped-up myth. We're leaving on Saturday for two
weeks of enjoying the Cari... more »
“Going After Guns: 'You Can't Have Police State And Armed Population'”
*“Going After Guns:*
* 'You Can't Have Police State And Armed Population'”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
"I have known for a long time that US news is agenda-driven. Tonight
(December 18) I was made aware of the extent to which agenda-driven US news
drives the news of the rest of the world. For reasons unbeknownst to me,
Russia Today Moscow requested a live TV interview via Skype about the
Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings that killed 20 young children and
several adults. I was interested to know what was Moscow’s interest in the
shootings, and I agreed to the interview.
I wa... more »
"The One Percent's Titanic Self-Delusion"
*"The One Percent's Titanic Self-Delusion"*
By Terrance Heath
"Last summer I compared the GOP to a mutinous first-mate on the Titanic,
steering the economy into an iceberg in hopes of taking over when the
captain goes with the ship, while forgetting that they’re “in the same
boat.” If our economy was the RMS Titanic, Republicans would be like an
ambitious first mate, so eager to seize power from the captain that he
steers the ship of state into an iceberg, thinking he’ll take over when the
captain goes down with the ship. Republicans have forgotten- or no longer
care- they’re on... more »
Grim stuff...
The obvious first thing to say is no one at this stage can say whether Ian
Watkins, lead singer of the Lostprophets is guilty or innocent. It wouldn’t
be right. Nevertheless given the current awareness of the extent of sexual
abuse and exploitation in public life it is no surprise a rock musician has
been caught up.
Long ago I used to work in significant regional live music venue. Part of
the rota there meant there were nights working in the cloakroom, which in
this particular venue adjoined the dressing rooms. Musicians would often
come and go in the background. Sometimes people w... more »
How to eliminate the deficit and live happily every after
I didn't play the fiscal cliff game myself because, hate numbers. But I bet
it's fun if you like this sort of calculating:
Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out a path forward
using this calculator. First, identify which aspects of the fiscal cliff’s
tax increases and spending cuts you would allow to go forward, and which
you would cancel. Then, pair it with other deficit-reduction policies you
want to enact to start bringing deficits down even without the pain of an
immediate austerity crisis. Then, add in any stimulus measures you might
want to cushion the bl... more »
Guns in Israel
Balloon Juice from Forbes.
Israel’s gun control laws are the opposite
of America’s, say Israeli officials. “Only those who have a license can
bear arms and not everyone can get a license,” the head of the firearms
licensing department told the Jerusalem Post. To qualify for a license,
Israelis must be at least age 21, pass a physical and psychological
examination, undergo a background
UFO lovers and mystics await Maya new era
As pockets of anxiety crop up ahead of the day billed as the Maya
apocalypse, a motley crew of New Age thrill-seekers, mystics and tourists
have gathered at ancient holy sites in Mexico hoping to witness the birth
of a new era.
In the Maya Long Calendar, December 21 marks the end of the 13th bak'tun,
an epoch lasting roughly 400 years.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-maya-calendar-idUSBRE8BJ16320121220
Troops gone, U.S. increasingly sidelined in Iraq
When a group of Americans and their heavily armed guards arrived at the
Turkish embassy for a party in September, Iraqi police outside blocked
their path.
Unless they surrendered the weapons held by their security detail in
accordance with embassy policy, the Iraqis said, the delegation of U.S.
diplomats would not be allowed in.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-iraq-usa-idUSBRE8BJ0JN20121220
Republicans push own "fiscal cliff" plan; talks frozen
Republicans in the Congress pushed ahead on Thursday with a "fiscal cliff"
plan that stands no chance of becoming law as time runs short to reach a
deal with President Barack Obama to avert a Washington-induced economic
recession.
House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" to limit
income-tax increases to the wealthiest sliver of the population appeared
likely to pass the House on Thursday evening after it narrowly cleared a
procedural hurdle in the afternoon.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-usa-fiscal-idUSBRE8A80WV20121220
Indiana legalizes shooting cops for unlawful intrusion (Something the news back in July failed to let us know about)
Hold onto your holsters, folks: shooting a cop dead is now legal in the
state of Indiana.
Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republican, has authorized changes to a 2006
legislation that legalizes the use of deadly force on a public servant —
including an officer of the law — in cases of “unlawful intrusion.”
Proponents of both the Second and Fourth Amendments — those that allow for
the ownership of firearms and the security against unlawful searches,
respectively — are celebrating the update by saying it ensures that
residents are protected from authorities that abuse the powers of the badg... more »
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake TONGA - 20th December 2012
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 19:38:46 UTC
Friday, December 21, 2012 at 09:38:46 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
20.773°S, 174.089°W
Depth
45.1 km (28.0 miles)
Region
TONGA
Distances
108 km (67 miles) NE of `Ohonua, Tonga
Female US cop caught on tape giving two women body cavity search during routine traffic stop... and 'using the SAME gloves on both'
Daily Mail
- Angel Dobbs, 38, and niece Ashley Dobbs, 24, were pulled over on State
Highway 161 near Irving, Texas
- Trooper searched car for marijuana before requesting invasive cavity
search
- Older woman claims search by trooper Kellie Helleson irritated an anal
cyst she was suffering causing 'severe pain and discomfort'
- Also suing the Texas Department of Public Safety for failing to act on
previous complaints about 'violating' searches
Two Texas women are suing after state troopers subjected them to a
humiliating and invasive 'roadside body cavity sea... more »
"Evil" declareth he, the gunlobbyist
This
is quite amazing. Most of the attention naturally seems focussed on the
vapours inducing fact that Piers Morgan factually called Larry Pratt a
"stupid man". But pay attention at the 7:30 mark where Morgan calls the
Newtown mass murderer Adam Lanza "derranged" and Pratt interjects and
corrects him by judging Lanza an "evil son" then goes on to justify
himself by saying that "if you believe
"PEDOPHILE RINGS IN CONNECTICUT..."
Dan Lynch remembers Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook school in *Connecticut.*
Lynch says he remembers watching a sex-education movie, and Lanza saying he
was about to throw up and needed to leave the room.
Was Lanza nervous because he was being sexually abused?
Classmate remembers Adam Lanza attending Sandy Hook
In *Connecticut*, Linda Wiegand reportedly came up against a "Satanic cult
of pedophiles consisting of judges, attorneys, social workers and ... her
ex-husband, Tom Wilkinson, who now has custody of the children."
An article by Kris Millegan, dated 1 November 2001 and entitled THE... more »
Communist Chinese Government Calls For Americans to be Disarmed
The Communist Chinese government, via its state-run media front Xinhua, has
called for Americans to be disarmed, arguing that the Sandy Hook school
massacre demands “no delay for U.S. gun control.”
Xinhua is virtually the press agency for the Communist Chinese government.
The organization, “is subordinate to the State Council and reports to the
Communist Party of China’s Propaganda and Public Information Departments.”
In other words, Xinhua represents the pinnacle of Chinese state-run media.
Whatever is printed in its editorial pages represents the opinion of the
ruling Communist P... more »
Somalia: 55 Refugees Drown In Boat Tragedy
Fifty-five people are dead or presumed drowned after an overcrowded refugee
boat capsized off the Somali coast.
Five survivors said that the boat capsized just 15 minutes into its journey
from the port of Bosasso in northern Somalia, tipping all those on board
into the sea.
The youngest victim was a boy less than four years old.
http://news.sky.com/story/1028313/somalia-55-refugees-drown-in-boat-tragedy
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 20th December 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 15:31:15 UTC
Friday, December 21, 2012 at 12:31:15 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.087°N, 141.147°E
Depth
58.6 km (36.4 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
24 km (14 miles) E of Iwaki, Japan
Alien skull found in the state of Sonora, Mexico
See also:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/19/alien-skulls-deformed-craniums-mexican-cemetery-_n_2328404.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
Wearing a Niqab
As a child I remember a class of women who always covered their hair, were
deeply devout and whose dress and deportment set them apart from the rest
of society.
Nuns.
Despite their unusual dress and their life of devotion they participated
fully in Canadian life - indeed, some of them were my teachers as a child
and they deal with the broader culture on a daily basis.
While the number of nuns in Canada has dramatically fallen since I was a
child there is no question that they are fully accepted as part of Canadian
society. It is inconceivable that anyone would consider a nun les... more »
Jack A. Smith : What's Behind America's Gun Violence?
Image
from Black Youth Project.
Remember the children...
What's behind America's gun violence?
In recent decades -- despite the fact that last year there were over
11,000 murders by firearms in the U.S. and another 20,000 gun deaths
from accidents and suicide -- the great majority of American politicians
have been too gutless to fight for tougher laws.
By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog /
3.1 Magnitude Earthquake WESTERN MONTANA - 20th December 2012
Magnitude
3.1
Date-Time
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 15:06:19 UTC
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 08:06:19 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
48.206°N, 115.850°W
Depth
1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region
WESTERN MONTANA
Distances
18 km (12 miles) NNE (26°) from Heron, MT
Chris Brown on The Hydrogen Sonata: “A Triumphant Return to Form”
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of the text all of the contributions will be safely below the fold, and
only the identifying information for the author of the contribution will be
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International Relations at the London School
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A Holiday Photo Booth
I love pictures. It always seems to me that no party is complete without a
photo booth. We usually do photo booths with silly hats and costumes, but
with my four-year-old's birthday being so close to Christmas, this year we
decided to do a Christmas themed one.
With Christmas and the four-tiered birthday cake my little begged me to
make, I wanted the photo booth to be as simple as possible. I went to the
dollar store and a variety of Christmas hats, they had a great selection of
Santa hats and some reindeer antlers. The cute elf hats were one I had on
hand in my prop box, but I t... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SALTA, ARGENTINA - 20th December 2012
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 15:00:18 UTC
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 12:00:18 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
22.805°S, 63.706°W
Depth
525.2 km (326.4 miles)
Region
SALTA, ARGENTINA
Distances
25 km (15 miles) SSE of General Enrique Mosconi, Argentina
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA - 20th December 2012
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 13:38:05 UTC
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 10:38:05 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
7.103°S, 129.238°E
Depth
162.1 km (100.7 miles)
Region
KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA
Distances
247 km (153 miles) WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake RAJASTHAN, INDIA - 20th December 2012
Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 13:00:42 UTC
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 06:30:42 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
26.726°N, 76.303°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
RAJASTHAN, INDIA
Distances
17 km (10 miles) S of Dausa, India
3.1 Magnitude Earthquake WESTERN MONTANA - 20th December 2012
Magnitude
3.1
Date-Time
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 12:57:16 UTC
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 05:57:16 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
48.257°N, 115.901°W
Depth
1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region
WESTERN MONTANA
Distances
23 km (14 miles) N (11°) from Heron, MT
Sadist in Chief
Poor Barack. He is all upset because the Slaughter of the Innocents has
failed to achieve its disaster capitalism purpose -- inspiring his fellow
politicians to bargain away the social safety net just when the national
attention is conveniently focused on marathon funeral processions in
Connecticut. Those selfish Republicans have disobeyed a cardinal rule of
the Shock Doctrine, which is that you never let a good crisis go to
waste.The optimal time to pounce and ram through programs that hurt
people is when people are already hurting too much to notice or care.
Barack Obama actual... more »
It always happens with Maddow, part 1 and then part 2!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012*
*Demise of a national treasure:* We tend to think that Rachel Maddow is a
bit on the dishonest side.
Which is strange. Because yesterday, Alex “Kid” Pareene called her a
national treasure! He did this at Salon.
There’s nothing new about that, of course. On December 4, David Atkins also
called Maddow a national treasure. Three weeks earlier, dude called Chris
Hayes the same thing!
For ourselves, we can’t think of anyone we would call a national treasure.
To our ear, the phrase is so monumentally hackneyed that it’s hard to
imagine using it.
That said... more »
Massive Psy-op? Obama Can Ban Guns By Himself – And He Will
The Daily Bell
*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. – Reute... more »
talking radical: a history of canada through the eyes of activists
This the third of the four talks I attended semi-recently. Other recent
talks: noah richler, u.s. war resisters, and the militarization of canadian
culture, and from greece to chicago to toronto, workers fighting back
against austerity.
* * * *
Scott Neigh, who writes the blog A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land, has
published a pair of books that "enter Canadian history-from-below through
the words of long-time activists." You can learn more about these books and
who is featured in them at Scott's Talking Radical website.
I attended a book-launch event for Neigh's books because my f... more »
Incompetent Climate Science Defenders
The incompetent climate debate shows no sign of improving, with climate
scientists and their defenders showing total disdain for "deniers" like me.
The following is my response to David Whitehouse, whose latest article, on
the climaterealists site, pretends to make short work of those who most
disdain the "consensus":
*"Let's get one thing over quickly. ..." You have just lost all credibility
with that paragraph. It should have been absolutely clear, to any competent
physical scientist, for two years now (ever since my Venus/Earth
temperatures comparison, which is definitive), that ... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Interviews with Author John H. Slate & Singer-Songwriter Barbara K
Author-archivist
John H. Slate on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the studios of
KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcasts:
Lost Austin author John H. Slate
and singer-songwriter/activist Barbara K
By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / December 20, 2012
Dalas City Archivist John H. Slate, the author of Lost Austin, was our
guest on Rag Radio, Friday,
No, Boehner Isn't Nuts
Speaker John Boehner is getting pretty bad reviews pretty much everywhere
for his gambit of submitting a Plan B for a House vote, with Plan B made up
of a set of tax policies which can't possibly become law. Democrats and
some centrist types are upset with him because Plan B meant walking away
from budget talks with the president just as they were apparently getting
close to a deal. Conservatives, meanwhile, are against Plan B because it involves
voting for what they consider a tax increase, with rates going up for a
tiny group of highest-income filers (up compared with where they ar... more »
RT uncovers plans for US False Flag against IRAN
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'V For Vendetta' Airs In China, Stunning TV Viewers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/v-for-vendetta-china-tv_n_2335144.html
*'V For Vendetta' Airs In China, Stunning TV Viewers*
AP | By By LOUISE WATT Posted: 12/20/2012 1:26 am EST | Updated:
12/20/2012 4:55 am EST
BEIJING (AP) — Television audiences across China watched an anarchist
antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to
rule themselves. Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of "V for
Vendetta's" famous line: "People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people."
The airing of the m... more »
Sex is Better Thursday Afternoon Linkages
Here’s your daily roundup of sex/gender links. First, NPR has reported that
sexual assaults have spiked at military academies (a 23% increase with
continued evidence that victims are resisting litigation). Yikes. A
well-known anti-gay Ugandan (the land of the new and terrible
anti-homosexuality bill) pastor used vegetables to graphically demonstrate
his interpretation of gay sex
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Scandal Alert: Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment
The Atlantic
Conor Friedersdorf
*Meet the prominent legislators who think it's okay to throw Americans in
jail forever without charges or trial. *
[image: gitmo full r.jpg]
Reuters
What everyone must understand is that American politics doesn't work the
way you'd think it would. Most people *presume* that government officials
would never willfully withhold penicillin from men with syphilis just to
see what would happen if the disease went untreated. It *seems* unlikely
that officers would coerce enlisted men into exposing themselves to
debilitating nerve gas. Few *expected* that Pr... more »
The Connecticut Elementary School Shooting: Calling Bullshit On The Sandy Hook Hoax!
The more I look at this Sandy Hook shooting, the more I have come to
realize that it is nothing but a massive con job by the criminals in the US
Government and the Jewish controlled media. ALL of the so called "facts"
presented by both officials and the liars in the media have now been shown
to be complete and utter bull crap! We are not even sure now if there are
even "victims" from this shooting, because the so called "Police" are not
allowing any thorough investigation, and there is talk about all the
caskets for the upcoming funeral will be "closed". Closed caskets are an
o... more »
Manhood
What Michael Kimmel says:
In the coming weeks, we’ll learn more about Adam Lanza, his motives,
his particular madness. We’ll hear how he “snapped” or that he was
seriously mentally ill. We’ll try to explain it by setting him apart, by
distancing him from the rest of us.
And we’ll continue to miss the point. Not only are those children at
Sandy Hook Elementary School our children. Adam
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Cloture Votes Do Not Equal Filibusters
I don't really agree with filibuster abolitionist Tim Noah about the
solution to the dysfunctional Senate, but I need to correct him anyway when he
makes his case weaker than it is. Noah:
The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg recently calculated that during the past
three years Republicans achieved "very nearly *one filibuster for every
single goddam day the Senate is in session*" [italics and impiety his,
though I endorse both]. Meanwhile, I've calculated that during the current
Congress the Senate's ratio of cloture votes (roughly speaking,
filibusters) to bills passed doubled.
Loo... more »
Hawaii Looking For Senatorial Seniority... Fast
Hanabusa beat Case in the 2010 House special election
Politicians from Hawaii understand how congressional seniority works and
the state plays up to it. When Daniel Inouye died last week he was the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the longest serving member of the
Senate, first elected in 1963. Before that he was a Congressman since
Hawaii achieved statehood (1959). At the time of his death his seniority
had landed him the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, a post
that served Hawaii very , very well. It's likely that Gov. Neil Abercrombie
will be eager to choose a r... more »
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Why is NOAA Acting Like it has Something to Hide?
NOAA -- the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and parent
agency to the cooperative institute where I am a Fellow here at the
University of Colorado -- is acting like an agency with something to hide.
Last week I described the problematic nature of the so-called 'hurricane
deductible" and how it placed NOAA, and its National Hurricane Center in
particular, in a very difficult situation. Specifically, the NHC's
preliminary (and not yet final) characterization of the meteorological
characteristics of Sandy at landfall implicated tens of billions of dollars
in winners a... more »
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When Beijing Comes Calling
The people of Morococha situated on a Peruvian hill called Toromocho aren't
much to speak of. Morococha is a shanty town for its 5,000 inhabitants or
at least it was until Chinalco, the Aluminum Corporation of China, got a
35-year deal to mine the hell out of their mountain.
Chinalco, a "SOE" or state owned enterprise of the Communist Chinese
government, figures it can get $50-billion worth of copper, silver and
molybdenum out of Toromocho but the people of Morococha have to scram.
*Despite a huge effort by the Chinese to build a new town six miles down
the road, locals are sceptic... more »
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The End of A Different Perspective
As you all know, tomorrow the world ends. I don't know if it will come in a
collision with an invisible, undetected planet that will smash the Earth
into dust, in a Cosmic Ray Burst that will strip the Ozone from the
atmosphere allowing the sun to kill us slowly with radiation, in a swarm of
meteors and asteroids, or if the Earth will respond with volcanoes,
earthquakes and storms that will kill billions... the power grids will be
down and the Internet gone. With that, this blog will fade away like
everything else...
Or, if the world does not end tomorrow, well, then, we'll all be ... more »
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Can someone who wears niqab for religious reasons can be required to remove it while testifying? It depends
R v NS 2012 SCC 72 deals with the issue of a witness covering the face for
religious reasons. A summary follows:
The issue is when, if ever, a witness who wears a niqab for religious
reasons can be required to remove it while testifying. Two sets of *
Charter *rights are potentially engaged — the witness's freedom of religion
and the accused's fair trial rights, including the right to make full
answer and defence. An extreme approach that would always require the
witness to remove her niqab while testifying, or one that would never do
so, is untenable. The answer lies in a just ... more »
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America's War on Basra and Fallujah Grinds On
And you thought America's war on Iraq was over.
Remember Basra? Remember Fallujah? They were two Iraqi cities that
endured extensive fighting when American and Coalition forces moved in.
The guns fell silent years ago but the casualties continue to mount only
now, instead of shrapnel wounds, the killers are cancers and birth defects
and the finger is being pointed at the Americans love for "DU" or depleted
uranium munitions.
US Tanks Rolling Into Fallujah
*Though they are small, the graves are crowded so tightly together that
they are almost on top of one another. They look as if... more »
Victoria Soto and Wendy Kopp!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012*
*As enabled by Charlie Rose:* Victoria Soto, 27, was a first-grade teacher
at Sandy Hook Elementary.
This morning, Joseph Berger describes her funeral in the New York Times. The
whole piece is well worth reading:
BERGER (12/20/12): *Remembering the Passion of a Teacher Who Died
Protecting Students*
[...]
*Ms. Soto’s aunt, Debbie Cronk, a teacher who was her professional
inspiration, remembered how exuberant Ms. Soto was when she called five
years ago to say she had secured a job at Sandy Hook Elementary.* But Ms.
Cronk also remembered her mischievou... more »
Gun Facts, Myths, and Information
Download the full info-pack, with charts and so on, here.
A few samples from the download which should peak your interest.
*Myth: Assault weapons are a serious problem in the U.S.*
Fact: In 1994, before the Federal “assault weapons ban,” you were eleven
(11) times more likely to be beaten to death than to be killed by an
“assault weapon.”
*Myth: Guns are not a good deterrent to crime*
Fact: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every
day. Often the gun is never fired and no blood (including the criminal’s)
is shed.
*Myth: Private ownership of guns is not effe... more »
Thousands expected at Ottawa protest Friday Dec. 21, 2012
Mohawks march on Montreal Bridge
http://www.globalnews.ca/idle+no+more+protest+on+mercier+bridge+in+montreal+to+draw+attention+to+bill+c-45/6442776204/story.html
Thousands expected at Ottawa protest
News release
Posted at Censored News
http//www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
First Nations people and their supporters are uniting under the banner Idle No More against the federal government’s
Minister Attacked, Robbed In Philadelphia, Center City
Philadelphia police are looking for a man who robbed and attacked a
minister Wednesday in broad daylight.
The attack happened at about 3:30 p.m. near 11th and Walnut Streets in
Center City.
Investigators say the thief used pepper spray on the victim and then stole
a money clip containing $125. The suspect then ran away on foot.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact the authorities.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/12/19/minister-attacked-robbed-in-center-city/
FAKERY AT SANDY HOOK
Jack Rosen, a psychologist, heard what he thought was shots being fired by
a hunter in the woods.
Jack Rosen then had four little girls and two little boys staying in his
home for a few hours.
These small children had escaped from the 'Sandy Hook shootings'.
"The two boys described seeing their teacher being shot," according to
Rosen.
Sandy-Hook-shooting-The-moment-neighbor-surviving-graders
Are you suspicious?
*The first victims of the shooter were Moslems.*
*What Professor George J. Stein wrote in his 1995 essay "Information
Warfare":*
*"Today, the techniques of combining ... more »
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A Christmas present: a Forum on Iain M. Banks’ new novel
Iain M. Banks, an especial favorite author of mine and someone on whom I‘ve
written before, published a new novel earlier this Fall: The Hydrogen
Sonata, the latest installment in his ongoing series of novels about The
Culture, a post-scarcity pan-human civilization largely controlled by
hyper-advanced artificial intelligences called Minds. I invited four other
scholars
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The story of how you will be assassinated by the Federal Government. Factual and Verifiable.
David Andrew Christenson
David Andrew Christenson
Everything that I state is documented, factual and verifiable (see
www.persimmonpublishingus.com and Federal and State Court records). I have
never been charged with a crime (See the docket). Look at what they did to
me for writing and doing research, for being a Federal Whistleblower. The
Federal Government murdered Coast Guard Commander William Goetzee for being
a Federal Whistleblower on the BP Oil Spill.
The following should provide clear and concise evidence that the Federal
Government is the enemy and that all Americans shoul... more »
Does stephen harper want Chief Theresa Spence to die???
She is on DAY TEN of a hunger-strike to try to get that racist
piece-of-shit to agree to a substantive meeting between Native leaders the
Crown's representative and himself.
Does the asshole want to see her suffer permanent organ damage? To die???
I wouldn't be surprised if the turd has some delusions of grandeur,
thinking that he's the goddamned prime minister and he won't have his hand
forced by some publicity-seeking hunger-striker. This wouldn't surprise me
because harper is an idiot who has no genuine idea about what his policies
of racist imperialism really mean. The fool has ... more »
FOOLED ABOUT SCHOOLS: Black kids beat Finland!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012*
*Part 4—Disaggregation and more:* American students did surprisingly well
on last year’s international tests.
That is especially true in reading, where American fourth-graders, the only
grade tested, pretty much kicked the ass of the world. See THE DAILY
HOWLER, 12/19/12.
Why was this performance “surprising?” Let us count two ways:
In part, the performance may seem surprising because so much effort has
been made, in recent years, to denigrate American teachers, students and
schools. Everybody knows this script—and this script was extended in last
we... more »
In Mexico, New Agers say end of Mayan calendar will herald 'cosmic dawn,' not end of world
The celebration of the cosmic dawn began with a fumbling of the sacred fire
meant to honour Friday's end of the Mayan long count calendar.
Gabriel Lemus, the white-haired guardian of the flame, burned his finger on
the kindling and later somebody knocked a burning log out of the ceremonial
brazier onto the wooden stage, before he quickly scooped it up.
Still, the white-clad Lemus, like about 1,000 other shamans, seers,
stargazers, crystal enthusiasts, yogis, sufis and swamis in a Merida
convention centre about an hour and a half from the Mayan ruins at Chichen
Itza, was convinced th... more »
China airs "V for Vendetta" on national television in shocking move away from censorship
Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel
against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule
themselves. Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of "V for
Vendetta's" famous line: "People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people."
The airing of the movie Friday night on China Central Television stunned
viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship.
"V for Vendetta" never appeared in Chinese theaters, but it is unclear
whether it was ever banned. An article on the Communist Par... more »
Hampshire village Evacuation As Flood Alerts Spread
Residents of a Hampshire village have been urged to evacuate their homes as
heavy rainfall continues to spread across the UK - with more than 270 flood
alerts and warnings in place.
The Environment Agency (EA) said a severe flood warning for Wallington
prompted the need for an evacuation notice.
http://news.sky.com/story/1028153/village-evacuation-as-flood-alerts-spread
Marco Rubio on Hannity: The $16 Trillion U.S. Debt is the "real fiscal cliff"...(video 12/19)
*Hannity: "The Republicans must make the moral case against generational
theft."*
*
**Rubio: "Raising taxes doesn't solve anything."*
Qi Makes Smartphones Even Smarter
How many times have you been out on the road and found that your phone was
running short of battery life? It’s a problem we have all encountered and
apart from always charging your phone, there are two obvious remedies,
suppliers investing in better battery technology, or providing portable top
up solutions.
Toyota is leading the way to make charging more available and easier whilst
on the move. Next year they will introduce Qi (not the Stephen Fry game
show) pronounced ‘chee’. Qi works via magnetic induction that transmits
energy over a magnetic field and was used on the, no forg... more »
How Nuclear Energy in Japan Got Linked to National Security
In 1955 Japan passed its Atomic Energy Basic Law, which allowed peaceful
development of nuclear energy in a nation that had suffered two atomic bomb
attacks. Public acceptance of nuclear power in Japan was remarkable given
the time period.
After World War II, Japan’s citizens were not enthralled with nuclear.
Irradiation of Japanese fishermen in the Bikini Atoll in 1954 solidified
strong anti-nuclear sentiments. However, one man played a vital role in
shaping a strategic shift toward nuclear and the U.S. He also shaped
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, which is now back in pow... more »
UN leaders to condemn Palestinians for incitement to terrorism | CiF Watch
United Nations do something useful, I am in shock...
http://cifwatch.com/2012/12/20/un-leaders-to-condemn-palestinians-for-incitement-to-terrorism/
The four European members of the United Nations security council are
drawing up a strong joint condemnation of recent Palestinian acts of
terrorist incitement amid growing international censure.
The unusual statement, expected this week from the UK, France, Germany and
Portugal, follows blunt criticism from the US of official PA radio broadcast
of songs explicitly encouraging
Palestinians to engage in deadly suicide bombings against Isr... more »
NCC to stand firm against WantWant Media Maw?
*Pandemonium in the cafeteria today as dozens of groups competed in the
annual gingerbread house building contest on campus.*
The Taipei Times reports:
National Communications Commission (NCC) Chairman Howard Shyr (石世豪)
yesterday said the commission’s ruling on Want Want China Times Group’s
purchase of cable TV services owned by China Network Systems (CNS) remain
unchanged and that the transaction would not take effect until the group
fulfilled each and every requirement issued by the commission.
....
The preconditions include that group chairman Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明) and his
famil... more »
Untitled
*Louisiana delegates mostly oppose president’s budget compromise*
*New $1.1 billion hurricane levee proposed for New Orleans East Land Bridge*
*La. fails to clear disaster preparedness checklist*
*Potential strike would shut down ports across East, Gulf coasts *
*La. hospice cuts worse than previously announced*
*Ian McNulty on the New Orleans restaurant scene in 2012: a boom year
~Gambit*
*"Liquid Land" film explores New Orleans' improvisational jazz scene,
post-Katrina ~Allison Fensterstock *
Some Thoughts on the Korean Election: Left Blew a Good Chance to Win
This pic is from the TV election coverage on the Korean version of CNN.
That would be the two main candidates (the liberal Moon Jae-In on the left,
and conservative Park Geun-Hye, who won, on the right) as dancing
electronic cartoon avatars. Yes, they do look like boogying Nintendo Miis,
and yes, they are the
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The Un-COLA Nuts
I don't feel sorry for liberals now any more than I did four years
ago. It wasn't as if they weren't warned
They should've known what they were getting during the campaign trail
when Obama joined virtually every American politician since Truman by
pledging support for Israel at a video conference with AIPAC in which he
tried to out-Lieberman Lieberman while paying barely more than lip service
to Palestine that, in the balance, has less of a right to exist than Israel
that kills people all over the Middle East with impunity because Hamas
kills less people all over the Middl... more »
Calling bullshit on the Sandy Hook hoax!
At this point, it is safe to say that the official narrative of the Sandy
Hook school shooting is fraudulent, and a major coverup and PSYOP is
underway. On Monday, the *Huffington Post* reported that the Connecticut
State Police have "indefinitely seized" all crime scenes connected to the
shooting, namely the Sandy Hook Elementary School and the Newton, CT home
of the Lazna's. How convenient for the perps and PSYOP experts.
Connecticut State Police announced Monday they will be *holding all crimes
scenes connected to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for the
foreseeable f... more »
Author-selected contents of the article: "US news is agenda-driven. As the media simply goes along with the official story and does not investigate, it is impossible to know what really happened. People just accept the official story. Children lost their lives, families lost their children, and the tragedy is being used to disarm Americans faced with a police state growing in power and menace."
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*Agenda Driven News*
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December 19, 2012 | *Original Here*
I have known for a long time that US news is agenda-driven. Tonight
(December 18) I was made aware of the extent to which agenda-driven US news
drives the news of the rest of the world.
For reasons unbeknownst to me, Russia Today Moscow requested a live TV
interview via Skype about the Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings that
killed 20 young children and several adults. I was interested to know what
was Moscow’s interest in the shootings, and I agreed to the int... more »
Scandal Alert: Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment
CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
*Meet the prominent legislators who think it's okay to throw Americans in
jail forever without charges or trial. *
[image: gitmo full r.jpg]
Reuters
What everyone must understand is that American politics doesn't work the
way you'd think it would. Most people *presume* that government officials
would never willfully withhold penicillinfrom men with syphilis just to see
what would happen if the disease went untreated. It *seems*unlikely that
officers would coerce enlisted men into exposing themselves to debilitating
nerve gas. Few *expected* that President Oba... more »
Ho-ho-ho! Peace on earth, good will toward . . . BARF!!!
*
* *"People turning St. Patrick's Day into a drunken festival is one thing.
Now, Christmas is a time for drunks to ruin another holiday."*
*-- Steve Belida, co-chairman of the Hell's Kitchen
50th-51st Street Block Association*
*by Ken*
Ho-ho-ho!
Talk about leading a sheltered life, about being way, way out of it. For a
couple of years now I've been dimly aware of a phenomenon during the
holiday season: of people, more specifically youngish people, wandering the
sidewalks of Manhattan dressed as Santa (sort of), traveling in packs, and
in a state of jollity that transcends that tra... more »
Wow and I thought Chris Patten was arrogant, he's got nothing on Piers Morgan
Great interviewing style Piers...
Piers Morgan on his CNN show 'interviewing' Larry Pratt, the Executive
Director of Gun Owners of America, calling him "an unbelievably stupid man"
who's "dangerous," - Thank heavens Piers Morgan is no longer on British TV,
I hope CNN see sense soon.
$180 Million Spent And We're Right Back To Square One
I apologize ahead of time if you're reading this and are unfamiliar with
the layout of Fort McMurray but for anyone who's ever been stuck in
traffic during the morning commute I'm sure you will be able to relate.
Back in early November, the 7th if I recall correctly, the Confederation
overpass linking highway 63 to the Timberlea subdivision. It was actually
slated to open October 16 but the date was pushed back due to construction
delays. In hindsight, they probably should have just kept it closed.
Traffic flow on 63 northbound seemed pure ambrosia when just the Thickwood
overp... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Aubrey Huff, 36.
A bit of good stuff:
1. A DC Statehood bill is introduced. I'm sort of thinking it won't quite
pass this year...Mike DeBonis is not amused.
2. Brian Beutler on Plan B, which he sees as a Boehner misfire. Could be.
3. Dan Drezner isn't particularly upset about the Kagans.
4. And what's up with TSA, by Amy Zegart.
The War On Wages Continues
On the subject of rotating teacher strikes in Ontario, Tom Walkom offers a
little historical perspective:
When Bob Rae’s New Democratic Party government overrode collective
agreements in 1993, many private sector unions — including the Steelworkers
and my union, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers — broke with
their public sector counterparts to support the NDP regime.
The essence of their argument would be familiar today: private sector
workers had already suffered from what was, at the time, the biggest
recession since the 1930s; therefore, public sector workers had ... more »
Why did the Gingerbread man go to see the doctor?
Because he felt crummy!
Hess Concerned about "Commercialization of Tragedy"?
Staunch and relentless advocate for free market reform—enamored with terms
such as "innovative"—Rick Hess at his *EdWeek* blog has offered a concern
about coverage and reactions to the horror at Sandy Hook Elementary:
"But I've also been disheartened, once again, by the commercialization of
tragedy. I've been appalled by news coverage that quickly bleeds from
respectful to rapacious, as reporters and cable bookers find ever more
angles to keep the story alive. I'm horrified by advocates and education
pundits who seize upon Newtown as a 'hook' to place an op-ed or push their
favorite... more »
The World Will Not End Tomorrow by M.N.Hopkins
The Morning Dream. http://www.deviantart.com/#/d5kw70y
*The world will not end tomorrow.*
*Ask me how I know?*
*Because Love yet lives in our world of Man.*
*As long as Love lives.*
*Life will continue.*
*As long as Light lives.*
*The darkness is kept at bay.*
*Fear not.*
*For tomorrow, comes with the dawn.*
*M.N. Hopkins*
Gangsters, collect 'em while they're hot!
Taichung AmCham alerted me to this tale of gangsters raiding the local post
office (here and here). Earlier this week at the Fengyuan Post Office here
in the Kingdom of Chung, people started lining up as early as 3 AM
according to media reports to purchase the Year of the Snake stamp sets.
However, just as the Post Office was about to open to eager collectors, a
group of 70 lads clad identically in black pushed their way to the head of
the line and started threatening postal workers and intimidating innocent
stamp collectors. Women with children were almost knocked down, according
t... more »
Sandy Hook: Multiple Shooters and audio
The media is clearly doing damage control regarding the Sandy Hook
shootings:
When the incident began there were numerous media *reports (take note that
is more then one report)* of multiple shooters at the school.The media is
using the 'confusion' meme. Frankly, I do not buy it.
There is no reason to assume anyone, let alone more then one individual,
would be "confused" about seeing two shooters.
*From Here*
Authorities expected to encounter a second shooter as they converged on the
building, according to a recording of a 911 tape that was independently
verified by Hearst Connecti... more »
Fear keeps Egypt's Christians away from polls
A campaign of intimidation by Islamists left most Christians in this
southern Egyptian province too afraid to participate in last week's
referendum on an Islamist-drafted constitution they deeply oppose,
residents say. The disenfranchisement is hiking Christians' worries over
their future under empowered Muslim conservatives.
Around a week before the vote, some 50,000 Islamists marched through the
provincial capital, Assiut, chanting that Egypt will be "Islamic, Islamic,
despite the Christians." At their head rode several bearded men on
horseback with swords in scabbards on their hi... more »
NASA denies world's end as queries skyrocket
If there's one US government body really looking forward to December 22,
it's NASA. The space agency said it had been flooded with calls and emails
from people asking about the purported end of the world - which, as the
doomsday myth goes, is apparently set to take place on December 21.
The myth may have originated with the Mayan calendar, but in the age of the
internet and social media it proliferated online, raising questions and
concerns among people around the world who turned to NASA for answers.
An agency spokesman, Dwayne Brown, said NASA usually received about 90
calls or em... more »
Free Music?
The music industry continues to grapple with streaming and new subscription
models and is generally shrinking and what is a volatile market. The
pirates are still here, but so are a growing number of services whose
legitimacy is often hard to determine. Free music and file sharing can be
traced back to Napster and those that followed such as Kazaa and The Pirate
Bay. Free music is not going away and making sense of where we will end up
and balance the market is often hard to determine.
This week we were introduced to a new Android app ‘Music Download Pro’. It
looked and behaved... more »
Torrential rain leaves south-west England flooded
Several people have been rescued from their vehicles and trains have been
cancelled after torrential rain.
Trains between Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall and between Bournemouth and
Brockenhurst in Hampshire are affected.
The Cornish villages of Polbathic, Altarnun, St Keverne, Gunwalloe, Gorran
Haven and Mevagissey are also flooded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20786462
Israeli attacks on journalists in Gaza 'violated the laws of war'...So why is nothing being done about it?
Four Israeli attacks on journalists and media facilities in Gaza during the
November 2012 conflict violated the laws of war by targeting civilians and
civilian objects, says a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). It has made a
detailed investigation into the incidents.
In the attacks, two Palestinian cameramen were killed, at least 10 media
workers were wounded and four media offices were badly damaged. A
two-year-old boy was killed in one shelling.
HRW says it found no evidence to support the contention by the Israeli
government that each of the four attacks was on a legitimate mili... more »
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stalled US budget talks send shares lower, BoJ eases
World shares held near 17-month highs on Thursday, ending a week-long
rally, while oil fell as the latest setback in talks to avert a U.S. fiscal
crisis kept buyers away.
In the currency market, the Bank of Japan's widely expected decision to
ease policy for a third time in four months encouraged traders who had sold
the yen ahead of the move to take profits, sending the dollar and euro up.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/markets-global-idUSL5E8NK30Q20121220
China Knife Attacks: Pupils Taught To Combat Threat
Chinese schools are teaching young students how to fight off knife-wielding
attackers following a string of stabbings aimed at children.
Twenty-seven people have been killed and more than 80 injured since March
in a spate of knife attacks that have alarmed the public.
The most recent school attack, on Friday, saw Min Yongjun stab and slash 22
students at a primary school in the central Chinese province of Henan.
http://news.sky.com/story/1027992/knife-attacks-pupils-taught-to-combat-threat
Eagle Prank Video: Students Admit Trickery
Three students from Canada have admitted creating a fake video that appears
to show an eagle snatching a child.
In the first 24 hours it was online, the clip of the eagle swooping and
lifting the toddler off the ground was watched more than five million times.
But a university in Montreal has since confirmed the video was made as part
of a 3D animation course and that both the eagle and the child are fake.
http://news.sky.com/story/1028056/eagle-prank-video-students-admit-trickery
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 20th December 2012
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