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Terrorist attacks soar, India among most affected nations: Study
The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the
decade since September 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with
Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected.
The number of annual deaths in attacks, however, peaked in 2007 -- the
height of the Iraq conflict -- and has been falling ever since. The survey
reported 7,473 fatalities in 2011, 25 percent down on 2007. That figure
included dead suicide bombers and other attackers
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Terrorist-attacks-soar-India-among-most-affected-nations-Study/articleshow/17476111.... more »
A Christmas wish for a better children's home
Celeste, a new arrival at Angelitos
I wanted to share the Christmas letter of the young Philadelphia woman who
is trying to start a better foster home/orphanage for the children in
Copan. My heart is with the kids at the current children's home, Angelitos
Felices, but my dreams are pinned on Emily Monroe, as her project would
definitely be the long-term solution to the endless problems at Angelitos.
Orphanages and foster homes are all run in different ways in Honduras -
from essentially private operations like Angelitos, which scratches up *
centavos* wherever it can to provide bas... more »
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake TAJIKISTAN - 4th December 2012
Magnitude
4.2
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 16:38:42 UTC
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 09:38:42 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.442°N, 72.201°E
Depth
204.7 km (127.2 miles)
Region
TAJIKISTAN
Distances
38 km (23 miles) ENE of Roshtqal'a, Tajikistan
Egypt: Clashes Outside Presidential Palace
Egyptian riot police have fired tear gas at thousands of protesters in the
streets outside the presidential palace.
President Mohamed Morsi reportedly left the building as the protesters -
who are demonstrating against sweeping new powers he granted himself and a
new constitution that was rushed through by his supporters - broke through
police lines.
The tear gas was fired after a number of people cut through barbed wire
erected a few hundred metres from the palace. The police then retreated
allowing the protesters to reach the palace walls.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020619/egypt-... more »
For FLA purposes a severance package is property on a date only if there is a fixes right to the severance on that date
Dembeck v. Wright, 2012 ONCA 852 holds:
[50] From these decisions it is clear that for a severance package to
be considered property at the date of separation, there must be a right or
entitlement to it at that date. As previously indicated, the *FLA*, in
defining property does not distinguish between date of marriage and date of
separation. It follows that, for a severance package to be considered
property as of either of the two dates that form the basis of any
equalization calculation, there must be a right or entitlement to it at
that date.
Nato Backs Patriot Missile Systems For Turkey
Nato has given the go ahead for Patriot surface-to-air missiles to be
deployed along Turkey's border with Syria, according to an official.
Turkey, which has strongly supported rebels fighting to overthrow President
Bashar al Assad, said it wanted the missile interceptor systems to counter
the threat of attacks from Syrian weapons, possibly carrying chemical
weapons.
Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was expected to confirm the
military alliance's support for the deployment in an announcement later on
Tuesday in Brussels.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020652/patriot-missile-... more »
Sandy Island tracked down to 1908 admiralty chart: Librarian locates earliest mention yet found of the island that wasn't
Fresh light has been shone on the mystery of Sandy Island after an
Australian librarian found the landmass that wasn't on a 1908 map.
The mysterious island sparked worldwide interest last month when a team
of
researchers who went on a hunt for it discovered nothing but waves when
they arrived.
A range of maps and charts, including Google Earth and others both
historical and modern, showed in the Coral Sea between Australia and New
Caledonia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2242767/Sandy-Island-tracked-1908-admiralty-chart-Librarian-locates-earliest-mention-island-was... more »
Hamas don't seem to leave much room for a two state solution in their 25th Anniversary logo
Not much room for Israel in that map of an Islamic Palestine on Hamas's
25th Anniversary logo.
Walter Jones, Justin Amash, Dave Schweikert And Tim Huelskamp Kicked Off Key Committees By Boehner For Being Too Independent
Boehner & Cantor targeting independent-minded Republicans
Late last month we looked at how pissed off the Republican grassroots was
about how Boehner manipulated the process of picking committee chairs to
come up with a bunch of obedient hacks. While the rest of the country was
making fun of the GOP for being unable to make room for a woman chair--
they eventually "awarded" Candice Miller the chair of the policy-free
Housekeeping Committee-- the far right was moaning that, other than
California neo-fascist Ed Royce, there are no hard-core rightists in the
chairs... although it's hard... more »
Iranian TV shows American drone it claims was shot down in Iranian airspace - but U.S. Navy says all its unmanned aircraft 'are accounted for'
The U.S. Navy today denied claims by Tehran that it had captured a U.S.
drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf.
The Iranian government announced earlier that it was in possession of a
ScanEagle drone and even showed an image on state TV which it claimed was
the downed craft.
But U.S. military chiefs quickly rebutted the reports, saying all its
unmanned aircraft in the region were 'fully accounted for'.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242845/U-S-Navy-shoots-claims-Iran-captured-ScanEagle-drone-Gulf.html
The 'scum villages' of Amsterdam: City plans to rehouse anti-social neighbours in caravans under constant police watch
Nuisance
neighbours in Amsterdam will be exiled from the city and rehoused
in 'scum villages' made up of caravans or containers under constant
police
supervision.
Holland's capital already has a special hit squad of municipal officials
to
identify the worst offenders for a compulsory six month course in how to
behave.
Social housing problem families or tenants who do not show an
improvement
or refuse to go to the special units face eviction and homelessness.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242683/Amsterdam-tables-plan-rehouse-anti-social-neighbours-scum-villages-constant-po... more »
East Germany's secret police sold citizens to western pharmaceutical companies to use as human guinea pigs in drug trials
Former
Communist East Germany secretly sold its citizens to western
pharmaceutical companies to use as human guinea pigs in drug trials.
Tens of thousands of sick people in the former German Democratic
Republic
were treated with medicines not approved in the West to see how
effective
they were.
Details of the top secret project have been unearthed in the files of
the
Stasi secret police in Berlin. The communist regime profited with
millions
in hard currency.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242825/East-Germanys-Stasi-secret-police-sold-citizens-western-pharmaceutical-compani... more »
Boris Johnson accuses Germany of taking over Greece
- London Mayor wants UK to withdraw from social chapter and fisheries
policy but remain in single market
- Puts pressure on David Cameron to go further in negotiations with
Brussels
- Also warns German Chancellor Angela Merkel has 'taken over' Greek
government
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242768/Boris-Johnson-calls-dramatic-cuts-Britains-ties-EU-accuses-Germany-taking-Greece.html
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BOLIVIA: "THIS IS A COP OF CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A COP OF CARBON TRADE"
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*BOLIVIA: "THIS IS A COP OF CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A COP OF CARBON TRADE" *
UNIDAD MADRE TIERRA Y AGUA / MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES ESTADO
PLURINACIONAL DE BOLIVIA
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*By Plurinational State of Bolivia*
*Censored News*
*http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com*
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*DOHA, Qatar -- December 4th -- ***The day of the COP inauguration, a
conference about CARBON TRADE took place facilitated by Nicholas Stern. The
event had the presence of ministers and other authorities of different
countries. Surprisingly the center of the discussion was how to allow
developed countries that are not ... more »
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C'mon, NR!
It's natural and normal that supporters of the majority party in the Senate
will move over time to oppose filibusters and other minority protections,
while supporters of the minority party will come to embrace those
procedural checks.
That opens everyone up to charges of hypocrisy, but I'm not concerned about
that; I like that it gives everyone a chance to argue both sides of the
issue, since both sides have a good deal of merit -- there's quite a bit to
the notion of using a simple majority vote as a decision rule, but there's
also quite a bit to the limits of majoritarianism.
Whi... more »
Why Spend a Fortune for a "Troubled" Anything?
In news reports it's common to see the adjective "troubled" used in
conjunction with F-35. It may, by common usage, become that warplane's new
name - the "troubled F-35."
The F-35 may fall short on speed, agility, payload, range and just about
everything else that marks a great warplane but it's plenty long on
troubles - engine troubles, systems troubles, design troubles and, oh yeah,
cost troubles.
Now PostMedia has gotten its hands on an internal document generated by
bureaucrats showing that the Harper government was kept fully abreast of
every step in the "troubled F-35 stea... more »
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((Bradley Manning No Longer Interesting or Dangerous?) How Newspaper of Record Refuses To Cover Most Important News Event of Neo-Nazi Century?
Further proof (where very little is needed) that the New York Times now is
anything but the paper of record. Blanking Bradley Manning: NYT and AP
Launch Operation Amnesia by Chris Floyd Friday, 30 November 2012 14:39 On
Thursday, Bradley Manning, one of the foremost prisoners of conscience in
the world today, testified in open court -- the first time his voice has
been heard since
Defending bilingual education (again) in the Dallas Morning News
Research supports bilingual education (Bilingual education is better than
immersion)
Published in the Dallas Morning News, December 1, 2012.
Re: L. Wooley, “An argument against increased school funding,” November 26
Contrary to Lynn Wooley’s statements, evidence for bilingual education is
strong.
Wooley says scores “shot up” in Oceanside after bilingual education was
dismantled in California in 1998. But scores for all students increased in
California between 1998 and 2000; gains for Oceanside's English learners
were similar to gains made in many districts that kept bilingual edu... more »
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Ki Suk Han argued with 'deranged' stranger before being 'pushed' to death on New York subway
Father-of-one Ki Suk Han was seen struggling to get back onto the platform
moments before he was hit by the R train as it pulled into Times Square
station. The fire department said that two people who witnessed the man's
gruesome death had to be treated for trauma.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242470/Man-killed-pushed-New-York-subway-train.html
Fast Food Workers Strike in New York
Labor journalist Sarah Jaffe went on *The Ed Show* to tell the tale of fast
food employees striking across New York City for the right to unionize.
Hopefully this is the beginning of a resurgent national labor movement.
Sadly resistance to the idea that people at the low end of the wage scale
deserve anything is deeply engrained in our culture. Earlier today Jaffe
tweeted, "I have never gotten worse trolls than when I write about low-wage
workers organizing. People really are invested in feeling better than them."
Jaffe spoke to Sam Seder yesterday on *The Majority Report*. Her bl... more »
Has the War on Terror failed? Number of terrorist attacks QUADRUPLE in decade after 9/11...West's anti-al Qaeda 'war on terror' may have made terrorism worse
The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the
decade since 9/11, according to a study launched today.
The Global Terrorist Index showed that in 2002 there were 982 separate
attacks. By 2011 that had risen to 4,564.
Researchers suggest the U.S. military interventions pursued as part of the
West's anti-al Qaeda 'war on terror' may have made terrorism worse.
It also said it was impossible to prove whether the policy made the U.S
homeland safer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242803/Has-War-Terror-failed-Number-terrorist-attacks-QUADRUPLE-decade-9... more »
Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and Poland to pull out of Eurovision because they’re so deep in debt
Four of Europe’s most cash-strapped countries are set to pull out of the
Eurovision song contest - in case they win and have to host the lavish
event the next year.
Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and Poland have all said they are ‘very unlikely’
to take part in the cheesy singing contest that has become a European
institution.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242869/Greece-Cyprus-Portugal-Poland-pull-Eurovision-theyre-deep-debt.html
Guest Blogger News
We have two exciting developments to report concerning guest bloggers at
the Duck. First, Adrienne LeBas’ From Protest to Parties: Party-Building
and Democratization in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2011) has been
awarded “Best Book in African Politics” at the 2012 African Studies
Association Annual Meeting by the African Politics Conference Group. Many
congratulations to Adrienne on
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9 11 : MONEY
*Video on the 9 11 money connection.*
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**1.* According to Daniel Hopsicker, Venice Florida airport has a long
history of being used as a training base for paramilitary operations by
federal authorities. ( Venice Airport Used for Covert Ops )
Venice Airport (Florida) was named during the questioning of Oliver North
concerning Iran Contra.
*Venice (Florida) is the teeny little place where Mohammed Atta and his
fellow 'hijackers' chose to learn to fly.*
Venice (Florida) has the building that was the national HQ of billionaire
Jackson Stephens's *Beverley Enterprises.*
According to w... more »
Niyousha Haki died from swine flu after paramedics refused to take her to hospital THREE times
A swine flu victim died from complications after paramedics refused three
times in one night to take her to hospital, an inquest has heard.
Niyousha Haki, 28, from Birmingham, was seen on three separate occasions
after concerned relatives dialled 999.
But despite having a 'grossly abnormal' temperature and a high respiration
and heart rate, they judged her symptoms to be ‘non-life threatening’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2242764/Woman-28-dies-swine-flu-paramedics-refused-to-hospital-THREE-times.html
What is Fracking Doing to Our Environment?
Below are two articles that explore two ways fracking is destroying our
environment. The first concerns the role of fracking in producing massive
sink holes that may contain dangerous waste. This first article also
addresses the role of fracking in producing earth quakes.
The second article examines how fracking can unearth natural radioisotopes
that pose significant health risks.
After excerpts from these two articles you will find a link to a new
article on how fracking chemicals end up in our FOOD supply!
Media Silence on Mass Sinkholes By Anthony Gucciardi, NaturalSociety 03
D... more »
Sea Levels Rising
Sea Levels Rising 60% Faster Than Expected By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress 30
November 12
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/14803-sea-levels-rising-60-faster-than-expected
[Excerpted] A new study, "Comparing climate projections to observations up
to 2011," confirms that climate change is happening as fast — and in some
cases faster — than climate models had projected. The news release explains:
*The rate of sea-level rise in the past decades is greater than projected
by the latest assessments of the IPCC, while global temperature increases
in good agreement with its bes... more »
40-Years of Peace Tossed in the Garbage
Apparently forty years of peace has been too much of a good thing for
Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel has enjoyed peace with its Arab neighbours
since 1973.
*Don’t blame yourself if you didn’t realize that the Middle East has
enjoyed four decades of peace. But that is precisely what has transpired
between Israel and Arab states since the Yom Kippur War of 1973. In its
first twenty-five years of independence, Israel was characterized by
multi-state war with intermittent bouts of unsuccessful diplomacy. Six Arab
armies invaded Israel in 1948; Israel fought four Arab armies in June 1967;
... more »
Tuesday Morning Linkage
Dan’s still ill so you’re stuck with me for Day Two. Here’s some links: Via
The Monkey Cage (I’m not stealing, I’m curating) comes this link to an
Inside Higher Ed article about the five-year humanities Ph.D.. Identity,
legacy, institutions, and Indiana basketball One of the things that grabs
me about IR scholarship is that
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Typhoon Bopha: 40 Dead In Philippines
More than 40 people have been killed in a powerful typhoon in the
Philippines, including soldiers and villagers who were in an army truck
that was washed away.
Typhoon Bopha, packing winds of up to 130mph, hit land on Mindanao island's
east coast at dawn on Tuesday.
At least 33 of the victims drowned in the town of New Bataan when torrents
of water dumped by the typhoon rampaged down a mountain.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020289/typhoon-bopha-40-dead-in-philippines
3.9 Magnitude Earthquake COLORADO - 4th December 2012
Magnitude
3.9
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 15:15:26 UTC
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 08:15:26 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.028°N, 104.918°W
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
COLORADO
Distances
40 km (24 miles) WSW of Trinidad, Colorado
UN vote tells Israel - Let in the nuclear inspectors
Largely going unnoticed..
*Tuesday 4 December 2012 *
UN tells Israel to let in nuclear inspectors
*The UN general assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling
on Israel to open its nuclear programme for inspection.** *The resolution,
approved by a vote of 174 to six with six abstentions, calls on Israel to
join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) "without further delay" and
open its nuclear facilities to inspection by the International Atomic
Energy Agency.
*Nations voting against Israel's compliance?*
*"US, Canada, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau"*
Ye... more »
Amsterdam to create 'scum villages'
Amsterdam is to create "Scum villages" where nuisance neighbours and
anti-social tenants will be exiled from the city and rehoused in caravans
or containers with "minimal services" under constant police supervision.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9719247/Amsterdam-to-create-scum-villages.html
UN calls on Israel to open nuclear facilities
Resolution urges Israel to sign non-proliferation treaty ‘without further
delay’.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-calls-on-israel-to-open-nuclear-facilities/
Off Label Drug Use Promotion by Pharma Reps Allowed by Courts
Majia here: I believe this ruling is a set back for public health. The
article uses Risperdal as an example of a drug that has been promoted
extensively for off-label use by pharmaceutical companies, especially for
children.I know about Risperdal because I've had several doctors push it for
management of my son's behavioral issues that stemmed from his Asperger's s
yndrome.I researched the drug and found that it was very dangerous. Within
1 year the average kid who is on Risperdal gains 20 pounds. It disrupts blood
sugar levels. A friend whose daughter was put on it for "anxiety" star... more »
The Babel of the Times op-ed page!
*TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012*
*The sources of our discontent:* David Brooks’ column today isn’t crazy. But
we did chuckle at this:
BROOKS (12/4/12): *So Republicans have to realize that they are going to
cave on tax rates.* The only question is what they get in return. What they
should demand is this: That the year 2013 will be spent putting together a
pro-growth tax and entitlement reform package that will put this country on
a sound financial footing through 2040.
*Republicans should go to the White House and say they are willing to see
top tax rates go up to 36 percent or 37 perce... more »
US, Israel, Turkey, Jordan primed to strike if Assad activates chemical weapons
*More here:*
http://www.debka.com/article/22583/US-Israel-Turkey-Jordan-primed-to-strike-if-Assad-activates-chemical-weapons
U.S. House committee leaders deny climate change while extreme weather devastates their states
[image: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is the chair of the Science Committee,
but he denies the overwhelming scientific consensus on man-made climate
change. thinkprogress.org]By Jackie Weidman and Whitney Allen
30 November 2012
On November 27th, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced the new and
returning House committee chairmen (and yes, they are all men). Some of
these congressmen will run committees with jurisdiction over federal
climate, energy, and environmental programs. This includes funding for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Clean Air Act, balancing the u... more »
Siberia pesticide dumps may prove a bigger hazard than nuclear waste
[image: Poorly stored chemicals are a pollution risk in the Tomsk oblast,
Siberia. Alexander Natruskin / Reuters]
By Marie Jégo
27 November 2012
(Guardian Weekly) – At Tegul'det (population 3,000), a village in the
south-east corner of Tomsk oblast, it takes a lot to upset the residents,
busy hunting, fishing and preening their vegetable patches, except during
the six long winter months, when their only distraction is cutting holes in
the ice on the river and fishing.
Nothing really bothers Alexei, a retired FSB (former KGB secret police)
major. Not even the mound of earth that... more »
Hawking radiation: pure and thermal mixed states are a micron away
I think that the recent paper by Raju and Papadodimas (arXiv) is the most
convincing and least confusing paper about the black hole information
available to the infalling observer that has been written on this planet so
far.
However, I also think that the initial sections with the precise formulae
for the bulk fields written in terms of the CFT variables – while being a
professional piece of work that shows that the authors have been heavily
trained in the AdS/CFT technology – are too long and tedious and may
discourage many readers from getting to the most conceptually important ... more »
Global Domination? Whoa Canada!
Mostly lame article from Boston Globe. Lots of cliches and stereotypes.
Whatever is easier for the masses?
There is a place on earth that most Americans never think about—a vast,
strange land where the days can be cold, but the people are friendly and
the health care is free. We remember this place exists only occasionally:
when we find out our favorite comedian was born there, or when someone we
know decides to move there for college. For the most part, though, it
hardly enters into our conception of the world. Canada is there, and it
isn’t.
But there is a new and unfamiliar wind ... more »
Where Comparisons Between the Movie "Lincoln" and Education Reform Go Haywire
I was at a meeting last evening where three panelists and a moderator had
some things to say on the subject of "Is Education for Democracy At Risk?"
It was sponsored by Citizens for Public Schools in Boston and held at the
Brookline Public Library. With such a topic on the agenda, I was eager to
see if there was any movement toward action in the "talk-and-compromise"
groups that participated, which included FairTest, the Brookline teachers'
union, SOS (remember them?), and the academic community, as represented by
an academic from teacher education who is also a former State Board ... more »
Ice Age is coming - soon...?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 3 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/S-eMtiTUD_g
I have easy talking... in my office with 8º Celsius at my Oregon Scientific
weather station. With a brasero at my feet I can keep it -very efficiently-
warm around myself. A brasero or 'calientapiés' is an efficient solution
for heating in Andalusia. Yet, the temperatures I measured in our village
in southern Spain have gone down gradually year on year since 1999. No
"global warming" here, but a clear local cooling. With minus 5 Celsius (-5)
about 09:00 CET I couldn't open the car doors today and yesterday. Unheard
of in Spain at the beginning of D... more »
Egypts Revolution - another surprising analysis from James Corbett
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 3 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/9lZOMJSJY60
Is the real 'Arabic revolution' starting as off now? Who or rather 'what' *
is* behind it? Where are we looking at and what is the part propaganda
plays? James Corbett has a few very surprising answers...
John
Washington State first in U.S. to plan for a more acidic ocean
[image: Aerial view of a cargo ship entering the Port of Seattle. Mount
Rainier is visible on the horizon. Corbis]
By Kieran Mulvaney
3 December 2012
Washington State has become the first in the nation to set out an action
plan for addressing ocean acidification. The plan follows publication of a
report by a Blue Ribbon Panel established by outgoing Governor Christine
Gregoire back in March.
Ocean acidification is a result of seawater absorbing approximately
one-third of the carbon dioxide that has been emitted by human activities
such as the burning of fossil fuels. That absor... more »
Climate talks deadlocked in Doha – ‘We are very far behind what science tells us we should be doing’
[image: Activists carry placards during a rally in Doha, Qatar, 1 December
2012. Poor countries want the rich world commit to a new funding package
from 2013 to help them cope with worsening drought, flood, storms and
rising seas less. Karim Jaafar / AFP]By Mariette le Roux
3 December 2012
(AFP) – UN climate talks on Monday entered their final week amid rows over
the Kyoto Protocol and funding for poorer countries, despite fresh warnings
of the peril from greenhouse gases.
After six days of wrangling, nearly 200 nations remained far apart on
issues vital for unlocking a global d... more »
BUDGET BABEL: What Obama proposed!
*TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012*
*Part 1—Our biggest newspapers explain:* Does anyone have the slightest
idea what Barack Obama proposed last week?
By “anyone,” we refer to American voters, not to budget specialists. We
even refer to voters who read our nation’s most famous newspapers.
Case in point: Suppose you subscribe to the Washington Post, a well-known
east coast newspaper.
This morning, your newspaper thudded on your front steps. At the top of the
front page, you saw this news report by Lori Montgomery.
At the start of her report, Montgomery describes a new budget proposal from... more »
Royalty and Reverence
If you're a republican like me, you're probably wondering how you will
escape the wall-to-wall coverage attending the next nine months of the
royal pregnancy. But as the BBC, party leaders, and royal well-wishers
raised a toast to Kate 'n' Wills last night, I started wondering how this
state of affairs came to be.
I can remember as a wee nipper my mum putting this up in the corner of my
bedroom and taking my brother and I to a street party round the corner to
celebrate the royal wedding. Happy days for royalty and their supporters.
But 10 years or so later the House of Windsor was... more »
Revolution is the only solution
Here's an article about global tax avoidance through tax havens:
The scale of the theft is staggering. Somewhere between $21 and $32
trillion is hidden behind the vast walls of tax haven secrecy. That’s the
equivalent of one third of all global annual income. Somewhere between 60
and 70% of all international trade flows through them so that profits can
be siphoned off untaxed.
The scale alone means tax havens have a material impact on levels of global
inequality and poverty. But more insidious is what they actively
facilitate. Tax havens are in the background of practically every ... more »
Can You Help to Find Sasha Vega? - Lost In The Bronx, NYC
*PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY NIECE BY RE-SHARING THIS POST*
*MISSING*
Name: Sasha Vega
Age: 13
Sex: Female
Race: Hispanic
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 165 Lbs
Missing Since: December 2, 2012
Missing From: Bronx, New York
Contact: Bronx Housing Authority Police @ (718) 292-6161
Or Contact: (917) 587-4833
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teachers are not the problem. charter rights are for everyone. repeal bill 115.
The attacks on teachers and other educational professionals, now cropping
up all over North America, are frightening. Teachers - whose work is so
important, who are so underpaid and undervalued, who routinely use their
own money and their own time to supplement underfunded classrooms - are
being blamed for budget deficits - deficits caused by a regressive tax
structure.
Teachers are not the problem. Teachers' *unions* are not the problem.
Teachers' unions:
- help set classroom conditions that are vital to childrens' education
- help educators enjoy a modicum of job security, so they... more »
eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource » An Open Letter to Jewish Campus Professionals and Educators
'Michael Walzer,... argues that "When Palestinian militants launch rocket
attacks from civilian areas, they are themselves responsible – and no one
else is – for the civilian deaths caused by Israeli counter fire. But …
Israeli soldiers are required to aim as precisely as they can at the
militants, to take risks in order to do that, and to call off
counterattacks that would kill large numbers of civilians … Still,
minimizing does not mean avoiding entirely: Civilians will suffer."
http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/an-open-letter-to-jewish-campus-professionals-and-educators
There is a country where hundreds of thousands of people live out their lives in prison camps
Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Kaechon #14, one of the world's harshest
labour camps. His parents were political prisoners, declared enemies of the
state for having committed minor offenses against the North Korean regime.
His mother was executed in front of him. Shin was routinely subjected to
torture and knew nothing of the outside world until his escape at the age
of 23. There are still around 200,000 other forced laborers currently
languishing under the regime of Kim Jong-un.
Where is the international outcry?
Where are the protests outside the North Korean embassy on Gunner... more »
Boehner Now Appears To Be Trying To Drive The Economy Off The GOP-Manufactured Fiscal Curb
I sure hope congressional Democrats are paying attention to Robert Reich's
little video above. Yesterday Boehner and his crew of sociopaths-- with
Republican Senator Bob Corker's ringing endorsement on *Meet the Press* for
"severe pain" for working families fresh in their minds-- presented
President Obama with their counterproposal to avoid their ginned-up,
Republican manufactured so-called "Fiscal Cliff." Short version: the
thoroughly rejected Ryan Budget meets the thoroughly rejected Romney tax
plan.
The Republicans are eager to increase the eligibility age for Medicare and
to... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE - 4th December 2012
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 09:26:15 UTC
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 06:26:15 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
32.772°S, 71.700°W
Depth
46.3 km (28.8 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Distances
30 km (18 miles) NNW of Valparaiso, Chile
Buyer Beware: The Negative Effects of Energy Drinks
Source:
http://www.bcliving.ca/health/why-you-should-beware-of-energy-drinksBuyer
Beware: The Negative Effects of Energy Drinksby Susan Patterson
Natural Society, 4 December 2012
Grocery and convenience stores are packed with brightly colored cans
sketched with attractive artwork promising an infusion of energy with zero
calories and no sugar. These drinks are particularly popular amongst
teenagers who are lured in by expert marketing tactics. In fact, statistics
indicate that between 30 to 50% of adolescents drink some form of energy
drink on a regular basis. The safety of t... more »
Pocan - ALEC - Great New Interview
When I saw this on the feeds yesterday I thought it would be a boring
rehash of old stuff from times past (which I see a lot of!! - need new
stuff out there).
This morning I actually opened up the link -
it's new stuff
and it is a really good read.
Ed Rampell, Rock Cellar Magazine,
“Politician Mark Pocan Goes Undercover to Expose Clandestine Corporate
Conspiracy!”
Read it
*>>>>HERE<<<<*
Please share this with folks who are just learning about ALEC
This is a great overview - good information in a confined amount of space.
The interview is focused and the reporting is spot on.
The Old Man In Ottawa
Stephen Harper claims that Conservative values are Canadian values. But, based
on recent polling data, Frank Graves concludes that Mr. Harper is trying to
stop a wave that is not moving in his direction:
When looking at values overall we are struck by their level of stability.
This is to be expected and welcomed; values constitute the moral charter
for societies and it would be a very bewildering and unstable world where
values were shifting rapidly. But within this placid world of normative
stability there are some conspicuous exceptions. All of the values which
are demonstrati... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jay-Z, 43.
Good stuff? Sure:
1. Dan Drezner translates a NYT article.
2. How the states are trying to undermine the ACA, and the likely
consequences, by Greg Anrig.
3. Josh Barro on the GOP fiscal cliff offer.
4. I think Nate Cohn is probably correct that Terry McAuliffe is extremely
vulnerable to a primary challenge, and generally not much of a candidate.
5. And how Barack Obama would find savings in Medicare, detailed by Sarah
Kliff.
Franco-German rift hampers plan for banking union
Germany and France publicly clashed on Tuesday over plans to put the
European Central Bank in charge of supervising banks, deepening a dispute
over the scope of the ECB's powers that threatens to undermine one of
Europe's boldest reforms.
With time running out to meet a pledge to complete the legal framework for
an EU-wide banking union by the end of the year, Germany's Finance Minister
Wolfgang Schaeuble told a meeting of EU finance ministers he said could not
support a plan that would give the ECB the final say on supervision.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-eu-bankin... more »
Swiss spy agency warns U.S., Britain about huge data leak
Secret information on counter-terrorism shared by foreign governments may
have been compromised by a massive data theft by a senior IT technician for
the NDB, Switzerland's intelligence service, European national security
sources said.
Intelligence agencies in the United States and Britain are among those who
were warned by Swiss authorities that their data could have been put in
jeopardy, said one of the sources, who asked for anonymity when discussing
sensitive information.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-usa-switzerland-datatheft-idUSBRE8B30ID20121204
Is Butter Bad for You? The Real Benefits of Real Butter by Elizabeth Renter
Source: http://pinterest.com/pin/387309636673538744/Is Butter Bad for
You? The Real Benefits of Real Butterby Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 4 December 2012
*Is butter bad for you? Sweet, salty butter has become a decadent treat for
many people, something that some have shunned for years for fear of the
vilified “saturated fat”. But now that the hype of margarine has been
sufficiently shattered, we can take a more honest look at butter. A look
that isn’t colored by the companies making margarine, one that might reveal
butter to actually be beneficial to our health. At least ... more »
Hamas's 25th anniversary logo doesn't leave much room for a two state solution in Middle East
http://twitter.com/AlqassamBrigade/status/275947404182835201/photo/1
Merkel warns: I am very cautious about saying the worst of the crisis is over
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned at a congress of her Christian
Democrats (CDU) on Tuesday against complacency in the euro crisis, saying
it was too early to declare the worst of the turmoil was over.
"I could take it easy and say the euro is saved," Merkel said in a speech
in the northern city of Hanover. "But I am very cautious about saying the
worst of the crisis is over."
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/uk-germany-merkel-euro-idUKBRE8B30F620121204
Untitled
*Vitt defends Brees, says Saints still have hope*
*I Renamed the Hornets ~Angry Who Dat*
*Hey, mister! Throw me some hyrdochlorofluorocarbons! ~Cathy Hughes, The
Lens*
~Verdi Gras, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a greener
Mardi Gras, is holding a conference this evening that will bring together
carnival krewes, local artists and environmental experts to brainstorm
about ways to reduce the carbon footprint of Mardi Gras.
*Advocate editorial omits $38M Corps maintenance costs for S&WB*
*Orleans Parish School Textbooks ~Gambit *
*Garden District shooting victim se... more »
'Israel sought Jordan's permission to bomb Syria'
Israel asked Jordan on a number of occasions for “permission” to bomb
Syrian chemical weapons sites, The Atlantic reported Monday, citing
intelligence sources in both countries.
According to the report, Amman turned down requests a number of times in
the past two months, saying “the time was not right.”
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=294441
Australia, Brazil summon Israeli ambassadors over settlement construction
Australia
and Brazil join other European countries in condemning Israel's
decision to expand Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and the West
Bank
and withhold tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/australia-brazil-summon-israeli-ambassadors-over-settlement-construction.premium-1.482367
Workers taken to hospital after chemical leak at Waterloo factory, Canada
Eight people were taken to hospital after a suspected formaldehyde gas leak
at a Waterloo auto parts factory Monday morning.
In all, 40 people were assessed by Waterloo Region paramedics outside of
Ultra Manufacturing, 640 Conrad Place.
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/847425--workers-taken-to-hospital-after-chemical-leak-at-waterloo-factory
US Navy: No Drones Missing After Iran Claim
The US Navy has denied Iran's claim that it has captured one of their
drones that was flying in the country's airspace and gathering intelligence
over Gulf waters.
The Iranian Fars news agency reported that the ScanEagle drone was captured
"in the last few days" by the naval unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps.
It offered no details on the location or how it had been seized.
Ali Fadavi, the Revolutionary Guards' naval commander, was quoted by state
TV as saying the unmanned aircraft was now in Iran's possession.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020329/us-navy-no-drones-missing... more »
Mary River project given green light
This was expected but still is huge:
Story
The federal government has given Baffinland’s Mary River Project the green
light to move ahead with its iron ore mine on north Baffin Island.
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation proposed the Mary River project, which
would be a massive open-pit mine about 160 kilometres south of Pond Inlet.
A press release from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
says the approval is based on the recommendation of the Nunavut Impact
Review Board.
The board’s executive director, Ryan Barry, says it’s a big day for the
territory.
"We do feel ... more »
Climate Cliff Nullifies Any US Fiscal Cliff
*Cost of Hurricane Sandy:*
Early estimates of the economic impact of Hurricane Sandy put the total
loss between $30 billion and $50 billion, making it one of the costliest
storms in U.S. history.
The one thing about it - is in this case - climate change - there will be
no discrimination.
The impact of climate change is neither regressive or progressive.
The ultimate impact of uncontrolled climate change is death - for everyone
- including the 1%.
Democracy Now! To Broadcast From COP18 Doha Climate Change Summit
Democracy Now! will broadcast live from the annual U.N. Climate Change ... more »
U.S. intensifies criticism of Israel on settlement plan
The United States on Monday ratcheted up criticism of Israel over plans to
expand Jewish settlement building on occupied land, urging it to reconsider
despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's refusal to back down.
The Obama administration's tougher-than-usual words for close ally Israel
came after five European governments summoned Israeli ambassadors in their
capitals to express concern over the new settlement projects. But
Washington stopped short of threatening any concrete measures against the
Jewish state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-palestinians-israel-usa-... more »
Europe's banking union ambitions under strain
Divisions over how European bank oversight will work threaten to undermine
one of Europe's boldest reforms as finance ministers finalize plans to put
the European Central Bank in charge of supervising all euro zone banks on
Tuesday.
While ministers agree that creating a banking union is a sound idea, they
cannot agree how best to structure it, how far to go in unifying banking
systems to share risk and how to prevent discrimination between euro and
non-euro countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-eu-banking-union-idUSBRE8B21HG20121204
Australia: RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE AS BUSHFIRE LOOMS
Authorities say the biggest threat to lives and homes from a bushfire,
burning near Bremer Bay on WA's South Coast, is likely to come tomorrow
morning.
That is when winds are expected to push the fire, which is three kilometres
north of the town, in its direction.
The Department of Environment and Conservation says if the blaze does break
its containment lines, firefighters will have no hope of defending
properties in the Port Henry subdivision.
Incident controller Greg Mair says the fire could move very quickly.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/15545265/residents-encouraged-to-... more »
Thought for the Day
"Having sex with your biographer is more fun than having sex with your
autobiographer”
David Petraeus, 2012
*Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.*
Its Enough to Disturb Your General Constitution
*December 2, 2012*
*By Brian K.*
The Truth, supported by stone cold evidence revealed in this interview is
enough to make even the folks down at *Ripley's Believe it or Not*, vomit.
Prior to my interview with Teri and Dennis, I was aware of the deception
and corruption committed by United States of America Corporation against
its own people, but not to the depth and degree that was revealed. So many
acts of treason at so many levels. Its difficult to fathom how those behind
the development of the system have gotten away with it for so long. The
most sickening part is that the... more »
A nice piece of time lapse photography
Video: Incredible Plane Landing Time Lapse
California photography and film professor Cy Kuckenbaker filmed 60
different planes which landed at San Diego international airport between
10.30am and 3pm and edited them all together into an amazing 25-second
time-lapse video, creating an amazing effect.
Does the Guardian own a map? Op-Ed falsely claims E-1 would cut West Bank in two | CiF Watch
CIF Watch have picked The Guardian up on a piece of misreporting that I
heard being repeated on the BBC yesterday as well. Do I have the energy to
raise a complaint with the BBC?
Student Protesters Push Back Against Ministry
*Taichungers: been to the gourd shop outside of Dongshi on Rte 8 (somewhere
in here)? Some lovely gourd art there.*
NewTalk reported on National Tsinghua University's attempt to rein in its
student protesters.
清大今天發出聲明，對於陳為廷昨天在立法院的不當行為「深感痛心」，也對蔣偉寧及社會大眾所造成的傷害致上最深的歉意。
National Tsing Hua University today issued a statement yesterday in the
Legislative Yuan, saying that it was "deeply saddened" by the inappropriate
behavior of [student leader] Chen Wei-ting and offering its deepest
apologies for the harm caused to [Minister of Education] Jiang Weining and
the community.
....
陳為廷稍早也... more »
Andrew Parsons Charged with the Murder of his 31-year-old wife
A man has been charged with murdering his American beauty therapist wife at
their home in Oxfordshire.
Andrew Parsons, 38, will appear at Oxford Magistrates Court, accused of
killing his wife Janee in Lucerne Avenue, Bicester.
Mrs Parsons, 31, was found by police after they were called to her detached
home on Saturday.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020362/andrew-parsons-charged-over-wifes-death
Reporting on Israel and Syria
From watching or listening to the BBC you would think that Israel was
conducting a genoicidal war on the Palestinians.
Here's some facts:
- The total number of Arabs killed by Israel since 1948, including in
three major wars (1948, 1967 & 1973) as well as the two Lebanese wars (1982
& 2006) amount to some 85,00 people.
- If you exclude these wars then the number killed is around 15,000.
- If you exclude the 1956 Sinai campaign and the ongoing war of
attrition betyween 1967 and 1970 then the total reduces to just around
7,000.
- The total number of Syrians ki... more »
Toulouse Gunman: 'Two Accomplices Held'
French police arrest two alleged accomplices in the Toulouse gunman
attacks, reports say.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020376/toulouse-gunman-two-accomplices-held
Back From Absence...
Thanks for your patience, folks, while I was away on personal business.
Posting will resume more or less normally, a lot to catch up on, so bear
with me. Commenting is restored. And don't give up, ever... - CP
Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel, “Don't Give Up”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dduZbDFCG_E
BBC news priorities
The 7pm BBC Radio 4 news bulletin is less than two minutes long and usually
covers just five or six major stories in expanded headline form. I have
noticed that this bite size news broadcast is often indicative of the
particular narratives that the BBC is trying to push on that day. This
bulletin quite often squeezes in an anti-Israel piece thus keeping up the
narrative that Israel is uniquely evil, especially in its treatment of the
Palestinians. I was interested yesterday to hear that the news of Israel's
Ambassador being summoned to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for a
dressin... more »
Iran 'Captures' US Drone In Its Airspace
Iran has "captured" a US drone gathering intelligence over Gulf waters
after it entered its airspace, state TV has reported.
The report quoted the Revolutionary Guard's navy chief General Ali Fadavi
on the "intruding" ScanEagle drone, but offered no precise details on the
location or how it had been seized by the Guards' naval unit.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020329/iran-captures-us-drone-in-its-airspace
Can physics blogs reach the general public?
The Higgs boson, apparently considered to be a musician or athlete of a
sort, was nominated as the *Time Magazine person of the year 2012*, among
39 other candidates:
Who Should Be TIME's Person of the Year 2012? (Higgs boson)
It's fun that particle physics has some impact on the mass culture;
everything else that will be said about the nomination is going to be
mostly negative.
Jeffrey Kluger wrote five sentences. Amusingly enough, Matt Strassler
wanted to correct all the flagrant mistakes in these five sentences so he
wrote something like a book (a somewhat angry book):
TIME f... more »
UK planning 'Cyber Reserve' defence force
The UK government is to set up a "Cyber Reserve" force to deal with
security threats posed by computer crime.
Run by the Ministry of Defence, it will allow the armed forces to "draw on
the wider talent and skills of the nation in the cyber field".
Internet-related business is estimated to be worth £82bn a year to the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20578691
Palestinians send letters to UN chief condemning Israeli settlements (AP)
While the world’s attention is turned to Gaza, the UN and Jerusalem-area
settlements, stealthier military maneuvers in the West Bank are pushing
Palestinians off their land. If the recent joint U.S.-Israel military
exercises actually took place in the Jordan Valley, then Washington is
complicit in torpedoing the two-state solution.
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/by-demolishing-homes-israel-is-demolishing-hope.premium-1.482058
MYSTERIOUS MILEY CYRUS
*Young Miley Cyrus.*
Miley Cyrus was baptized in a Southern Baptist church.[18]
She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring.[19]
Miley Cyrus went to work for Disney.
*Miley Cyrus. (Disney's Hannah Montana)*
*
*The Disney organisation is allegedly linked to the CIA's attempts to
produce 'sex kittens' through 'Monarch' brainwashing.
(CELIA IMRIE / SPROUSE TWINS )
An episode of Hannah Montana, entitled* Been There All Along*, and starring
Miley, "features a salute to military families ...Special messages from
military families ... air throughout the evening... more »
Page Flipping and Scanning at 250 ppm
If there was ever a device that was badly needed it is this toy. The mass
of books out there that need to be preserved electronically are a small tip
of the iceberg. What is way more important are medical records in
particular. We have not come close to establishing a system there because
of the legacy problem. This technology easily resolves that completely. An
office can simply bundle and likely staple bind a stack of material for a
given patient, run it through the device, do a quick confirmation check and
throw away the paper record there and then.
Every business has... more »
Kusshi
This is a straight off additional apparent sea serpent or related
creature that appears world wide if certain conditions are met and can be
expected once those conditions are met.
The creature is a creature of the deep that sets its egg clutches in boggy
ground near the shore line. It then waits around for them to hatch and
strengthen before they are taken back down to the sea.
The lakes need ready access to the sea and must be deep and generally cool
to cold. Actual access need not be that easy because the creature can cross
obstacles well enough.
Knowing that, I c... more »
BOSS Quasers
This is remarkable work that allows us to extend our mapping deep into the
past. What is interesting is that the information infers that the apparent
curve is not simply linear. Yet it is more indicative of an error in one or
more of the assumptions.
I actually have a lot to say on this topic that I will leave for another
time. I would need to go too deeply into the present state of the data and
its interpretation.
At least we now have a new source of helpful data.
And it is great beginning for information we thought we would never have.
*BOSS quasars unveil a new e... more »
The Son of Man has Returned
It is the Christmas Season and it is timely to share this item and my
comments with you.
There is good reason to suspect that the injection of Jesus in exactly
that particular time in History was a targeted intervention in Human
evolution that may have succeeded in its time and place but alternatively
would establish the necessary conditions for the spiritual transformation
of humanity.
The early death derailed the here and now but succeeded in seeding what we
now accept as the Christian ethos. Success in the here and now would have
overtaken the present political dispe... more »
Has-Maher-a!The Not-So-New Depths of Bill Maher's Delusion and Depravity
In
a recent interview with the Jewish Journal, unfunny comedian Bill Maher
has once again praised Israel for its restraint in only committing
rampant war crimes in Gaza rather than a full-scale nuclear genocide of a
civilian population.
Two-and-a-half years ago, I wrote a lengthy post about Maher's appalling
anti-Islam bigotry and staggering ignorance regarding the factual
history of his
Merkel leaves east Germany out in the cold
This fading industrial city, like many in Angela Merkel's former East
German home, is stony ground for the chancellor's message of European
integration and fertile soil for opponents trying to stop her winning a
third term next September.
More than two decades after unification, income and jobs in the five
eastern states, home to 15 percent of the population, still lag behind the
west and trillions of euros in transfers have not stemmed an exodus that
has left some areas looking like ghost towns.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-germany-east-idUSBRE8B307D20121204
Typhoon Bopha slams Philippines south, destroys homes, one dead
Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this
year, slammed into a southern island on Tuesday, destroying homes, cutting
power and forcing the cancellation of flights and ferry services, officials
said.
Bopha, with wind gusts of up to 195 kph (121 mph), made landfall at dawn,
uprooting trees, tearing off roofs, and toppling power and communication
lines.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE8B306420121204
Black 9/11: Money, Motive, Technology, and Plausible Deniability
New documentary about 9/11 and The Financial War Against You by 'those
we've voted into power to protect the people and assets of this planet' by
Alien Scientist.
*Special thanks to Michael C. Ruppert, Mark H. Gaffney, and Kevin Ryan for
their dedicated research in bringing this information out of the shadowy
black operations underworld from which it came. This video is a compilation
of evidence they have uncovered.* [source Alien Scientist]
I have never seen a 9/11 documentary that went into so much detail and
pointed the finger at SO MANY of the Corporate Heads of State & Comme... more »
Golden Dawn Offices Bombed in Greece, No Casualties
A bomb went off at the offices of a Greek ultra-right group near Athens
early on Tuesday causing damage but no casualties, a police source said.
The explosion occurred at the local offices of the Golden Dawn party in the
Athens suburb of Aspropyrgos. "It was a powerful blast that caused a lot of
damage," said a police official who declined to be named.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-greece-bomb-idUSBRE8B305Z20121204
Indian navy ready to deploy to tense South China Sea
India has declared itself ready to deploy naval vessels to the South China
Sea to protect its oil-exploration interests there, a potential new
escalation of tensions in a disputed area where fears of armed conflict
have been growing steadily.
India's naval chief made the statement on Monday just as Vietnam's state
oil and gas company, Petrovietnam, accused Chinese boats of sabotaging an
exploration operation by cutting a seismic cable being towed behind a
Vietnamese vessel.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-china-sea-idUSBRE8B303M20121204
Carbon Monoxide Leak At Finch Elementary School, Atlanta
Potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide in an Atlanta elementary
school sent 42 students and six adults to hospitals Monday amid the
evacuation of about 500 students, authorities said.
A teacher and a cafeteria worker were among patients treated after
firefighters responded to Finch Elementary School shortly after 8am,
Atlanta fire Captain Marian McDaniel said.
Firefighters were initially told that people were unconscious at the
school, but none were when fire crews arrived.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020058/carbon-monoxide-leak-at-elementary-school
Obama Warns Assad Against Chemical Warfare
Barack Obama has warned Syrian President Bashar Assad of the "consequences"
if he were to make the "tragic mistake" of using chemical weapons against
his own people.
The US President's remarks came as security officials said they had
detected activity at chemical weapons depots.
"I want to make it absolutely clear to Assad and those under his command,
the world is watching. The use of chemical weapons is and would be totally
unacceptable," he said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020193/syria-obama-warns-against-chemical-warfare
Police Injured In Belfast Union Flag Protest
Five police have been injured as loyalists rioted in Belfast city centre
after a controversial vote on the Union flag.
The violence spread to parts of east Belfast on Monday night where
loyalists who had earlier tried to smash their way into the grounds of City
Hall attacked a Catholic church.
A police spokeswoman said reinforcements had to be called in to deal with
hundreds of loyalists throwing missiles, including fireworks, bricks and
bottles.
Five police officers, including two women, were injured during the
disturbances.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020177/belfast-city-hall-pr... more »
Dutch Linesman Dies After Attack By Teenage Players
A football linesman beaten and kicked by teenage players during a youth
match has died.
Three players aged between 15 and 16 were arrested after Richard
Nieuwenhuizen collapsed at the Dutch club Nieuw Sloten in the town of
Almere on Sunday.
The 41-year-old, whose own son had been playing in the game, later died in
hospital. His team, Buitenboys, has not announced the exact cause of death.
http://news.sky.com/story/1020228/linesman-dies-after-attack-by-teenage-players
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL PERU - 4th December 2012
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 04:21:59 UTC
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 11:21:59 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
8.890°S, 74.399°W
Depth
149.9 km (93.1 miles)
Region
CENTRAL PERU
Distances
58 km (36 miles) SSE of Pucallpa, Peru
5.8 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN ALASKA - 4th December 2012
Magnitude
5.8
Date-Time
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 01:42:48 UTC
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 04:42:48 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
61.230°N, 150.720°W
Depth
53.2 km (33.1 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN ALASKA
Distances
26 km (16 miles) ENE (66°) from Beluga, AK
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE GUATEMALA - 3rd December 2012
Magnitude
5.5
Date-Time
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 23:58:36 UTC
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 05:58:36 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
14.220°N, 92.318°W
Depth
35.2 km (21.9 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
Distances
35 km (21 miles) SSW of Ocos, Guatemala
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE WEST COAST OF YEMEN - 3rd December 2012
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 23:56:05 UTC
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 02:56:05 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
14.959°N, 42.220°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
NEAR THE WEST COAST OF YEMEN
Distances
61 km (37 miles) SW of As Salif, Yemen
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake AEGEAN SEA - 3rd December 2012
Magnitude
4.2
Date-Time
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 21:40:18 UTC
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 11:40:18 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
39.624°N, 23.338°E
Depth
10.2 km (6.3 miles)
Region
AEGEAN SEA
Distances
27 km (16 miles) NE of Zagora, Greece
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 3rd December 2012
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, December 03, 2012 at 17:48:28 UTC
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at 02:48:28 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
43.082°N, 145.869°E
Depth
57.2 km (35.5 miles)
Region
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances
36 km (22 miles) SE of Nemuro, Japan
Everythinggate: Perfect storm lands Alberta premier in shark-infested waters!
As a perfect storm blows, Alison Redford’s strategic brain trust parries
Opposition attacks about the conduct of her government. The premier is in
the centre of the boat, wearing a cowboy hat. Actual Alberta politicians
may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Your blogger with Paul Martin;
queue-jumping inquiry chief John Vertes. As the political ... more »
ECONOMIST JAMES K GALBRAITH: THE FISCAL CLIFF IS A SCAM.
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* the**REALnews
Permalink*
November 30, 2012
*Why the Fiscal Cliff is a Scam *
James K. Galbraith: Is there a looming crisis of debt or deficits such that
sacrifices in general are necessary?
More at The Real News
December 2, 2012
*A Looming Crisis in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid? The "Fiscal
Cliff" is a Scam Pt2*
James Galbraith: It's been known since the 1950's that there would be more
demands on social security; If there was political will health care costs
c... more »
Mr Osborne Stand Up Against Tax Abusers
This week, George Osborne stands in front of the UK parliament and delivers
his Autumn Report. As the UK economy continues to ‘flat line’ some will say
this is his most important report. It is his opportunity to make a
tremendous bold moral statement on tax avoidance that will do much more for
UK moral and business than tweeking the odd penny on personal taxes and
duty. It will also send a clear message to those who avoid UK tax and play
EU registration games, that enough is enough. We may be split over Leverson
and the press solution but we are as one on the morals of some of the... more »
Charles Olson reads 'Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27 [withheld]' (Mar 1966)
Charles Olson was an American poet who lived from December 27, 1910 to
January 10, 1970. During WWII he was the Assistant Chief in the Foreign
Language Division of the Office of War Information.
Charles Olson reads 'Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27 [withheld]' (Mar
1966)
Sunday Globe Special: A Moment For Meditation
*I'll save mine for the end. *
"Study suggests meditation may help prevent PTSD" by Bryan Bender | Globe
Staff, December 02, 2012
The first-of-its-kind training is part of a *long-term study* to determine
whether regular *brief periods of silent, peaceful consciousness* can
improve troops’ performance.
*
**So they aren't really interested in peace of mind, they are interested in
more efficient soldiers. Ooooo-kay.*
Ultimately, researchers hope the *transcendental meditation* training might
be made available across all branches of the military to help *inoculate
troops against acu... more »
Bill Moyers Grapples With An American Religion Of Inequality
A couple of weeks ago, Bill Moyers gave a talk , The Religion of
Inequalityat the Union Theological Seminary in memory of Forrest Church.
You can--
and you should-- read the whole thing at the link in the last sentence.
Here are a few excerpts worth pondering this evening as our political
elites-- our ever so distant political elites-- decide how they're going
to
break the bad news to us. [The song above is by an Australian band we
signed to Reprise, Not Drowning, Waving, whose name is based on a poem
by
Stevie Smith, that is much beloved of Bill Moyers. Few in America ever
heard ... more »
Sunday Globe Specials: Fish Dinner
*Enjoy, readers! *
"Accountability lost in murky fish supply chain; Restaurants blame Boston
supplier for delivering wrong fish" by Beth Daley and Jenn Abelson |
Globe Staff, December 02, 2012
The $22.95 serving of cod brought to tables, and supplied by Boston-based
North Coast Seafoods, is not always the local product restaurant executives
say they pay for. DNA testing commissioned by the Globe this summer showed
it to be, on that occasion, Pacific cod, which is usually much cheaper —
and to many palates, not as tasty....
The pattern of problems at businesses that buy from Nort... more »
US Repeats Syrian Chemical Weapons "Warnings"
US repeats same tired, desperate accusations that the Syrian army is
preparing to use "chemical weapons."
*December 4, 2012* (LD) - Once again, the US has issued a warning against
Syria deploying "chemical weapons" citing "intelligence reports that the
Damascus government is preparing such munitions for possible use." No
evidence was provided, nor any reasonable explanation as to why the Syrian
government would deploy such weapons when, after over 2 years, the majority
of the Syrian people still stand behind the government while terrorist
forces flooding over Syria's borders have b... more »
When The Worlds of Politics And Entertainment Collide
People in the fields of entertainment and sports who play politics with
tragedy can influence public opinion about a controversial issue in ways
that public officials cannot.
The National Gun Confiscation League, formerly known as the National
Football League, is using tragedy to advance the anti-democratic agenda of
the rogue Obama regime.
Alex Jones speaks about Obama's sinister plan to seize the guns of American
dissidents and patriots.
Truth Militia Radio with John Friend
( I was employed at a 'halfway house' for paranoid schizophrenics at one point. I recall one fellow [with a rather scary record of having being housed with the criminally insane ] busily rereading Mein Kampf. When I was young, the newspapers were full of the search for escaped SS 'war criminals' like Adolph Eichmann to Brazil and Argentina [ which was incongruous with what we know of Operation Paperclip and their wholesale importation into the U.S.. ] while busily explaining how Werner von Braun and the Nazi rocket scientists were not such. So it is with a sense of 'deja vu' the idea of people being seemingly obsessed in a war in which my father lost so many fellow warriors is still discussed. Not that I haven't been personally puzzled by the Rudolph Hess episode, where his personal aide was put in Spandau prison for life including the duration of World War II - incommunicado - for daring to parachute into Britain on a peace mission from Hitler. Hitler had proclaimed he did not want war with Britain - loudly. We should remember PM Chamberlain believed him. )
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