English: South Georgia in Antarctic waters with its myriads of pinguins. Deutsch: Südgeorgien im antarktischen Ozean mit seiner grossen Pinguin-'Bevölkerung'. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Satellite image of central South Georgia: Harker Glacier, Cumberland Bay, Thatcher Peninsula, Allardyce Range, Mount Paget. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Map of South Georgia Island (Settlements) published by the author Apcbg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Whaling station on Grytviken, South Georgia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Belfast Protests: Four Police Officers Injured
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 minute ago
Four police officers have been injured during disorder in East Belfast this
afternoon.
Police used water cannons during sectarian clashes between loyalists and
republicans in the Castlereagh Street area.
Trouble flared after a city centre demonstration against the council's
decision to limit the number of days the Union flag is flown from City Hall.
http://news.sky.com/story/1037204/belfast-protests-four-police-officers-injured
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 minute ago
Magnitude M 4.8
Region OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Date time 2013-01-12 16:41:19.5 UTC
Location 3.46 N ; 93.08 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 340 km SW Banda aceh, Indonesia
Ask The Leveretts Anything: A Rift Between The Ayatollah and Ahmadinejad?
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 minutes ago
Source: *The Dish*.
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 minutes ago
Magnitude ML 4.2
Region OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE
Date time 2013-01-12 15:57:16.0 UTC
Location 18.77 S ; 70.69 W
Depth 36 km
Distances 52 km SW Arica, Chile
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 minutes ago
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 14:32:38 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:32:38 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
53.114°S, 46.971°W
Depth
14.5 km (9.0 miles)
Region
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Distances
702 km (436 miles) W of Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake KURIL ISLANDS - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 minutes ago
Magnitude
5.3
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 13:37:23 UTC
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 12:37:23 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
47.400°N, 153.439°E
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles)
Region
KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
377 km (234 miles) ESE of Vostok, Russia
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake TAIWAN REGION - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 minutes ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 12:34:16 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 08:34:16 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
23.984°N, 122.345°E
Depth
28 km (17.4 miles)
Region
TAIWAN REGION
Distances
74 km (45 miles) E of Hualian, Taiwan
France holds emergency war meeting over operations in Mali and Somalia after significant defeats and set backs
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 21 minutes ago
French special forces failed early Saturday, Jan. 12, to rescue a hostage
from the hands of the Qaeda-linked Somali Shabaab, while a second French
air and commando force continued operations in support of the Mali
government‘s drive to arrest an Islamist advance.
In Paris, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian denied a connection between
the two French counter-terror operations taking place in the last 48 hours
in East and West Africa – both against wings of al Qaeda. He reported a
French soldier was killed in Somalia, another was missing and the fate of
the hostage held for three y... more »
Fun at the Topsfield Fair
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 minutes ago
Vendor at Topsfield Fair charged with rape
*She didn't want his sausage.*
Wild Bill: The domestic enemies are here...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 25 minutes ago
*five red flags. *
Do not disturb
Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 35 minutes ago
Watching
footage of Chief Theresa Spence yesterday, as she spoke on Victoria
Island, I found myself pondering a few things. A few years ago I had
some medical issues that meant I couldn't eat. The solution partly
involved a couple of weeks of subsisting on an intravenous dextrose
solution (sugar water) and five different courses of antibiotics, and
sometimes morphine. I lost a substantial amount
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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 35 minutes ago
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DAYS OF THE COIN: Kevin Drum on two forms of default!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 42 minutes ago
*SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013*
*Are we liberals making our case:* Yesterday, Kevin Drum offered these
thoughts about one part of our own award-winning post.
Our post concerned the impending debt limit and that highly unusual
platinum coin. Once again, we asked the question we have asked all week:
Are we liberals successfully making our case concerning that approaching
debt limit? Do we know how to talk pork to the people?
In his post, Drum explains the difference between two types of “default.”
We think that was very valuable—but in some ways, we’re even less clear on
this whole mat... more »
On Being Sane In Insane Places (Must-read)
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 51 minutes ago
How do we know precisely what constitutes “normality” or mental illness?
Conventional wisdom suggests that specially trained professionals have the
ability to make reasonably accurate diagnoses. In this research, however,
David Rosenhan provides evidence to challenge this assumption. What is --
or is not -- “normal” may have much to do with the labels that are applied
to people in particular settings.
If sanity and insanity exist, how shall we know them?
The question is neither capricious nor itself insane. However much we may
be personally convinced that we can tell the normal fro... more »
US Has 330,000 Drug Offenders in Prison, Spends More On Drug War Than Cost to End World Hunger
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 52 minutes ago
CLN Editor’s Commentary: Shocking statistics released in the Bureau of
Justice report discussed below reveal that the U.S. incarcerates 330,000
drug offenders, though this does, thankfully, represent a slight decline of
.09% since the previous year. According to the VERA Institute for Justice,
the national standardized average per-inmate annual cost of incarceration
is $31,286. This represents an annual cost to US taxpayers of
$10,324,380,000 per year, or about $103 billion over a decade. According to
The Wall Street Journal, if you add in drug-related spending on police and
the cou... more »
EMHN 4: Free Trade, TPP and Public Health Protection
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 54 minutes ago
Our new global health network, Emerging Markets Health Network (EMHN) has a
new website, http://www.emhn.org/. We are composed of independent and
private think tanks in emerging Asian countries that believe in greater
role for market competition in the provision of healthcare for the people,
rich and poor alike.
Last month, EMHN Executive Director and a good friend, Philip Stevens,
wrote an article published in WSJ Asia. Philip argued that free trade --
freedom to trade by producers from different countries and freedom to
choose by consumers from different countries -- is consisten... more »
Shaking Up the Middle East
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago
Steak ’n Shake opening in Mideast
*
**Time to go vegan. *
Porn...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
*doesn't always have to be a problem.*
H/T to my Facebook friend: Jeep
Found at the Bottom of the Charles River
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago
"Missing student found in Charles River; Was bound with chains, weighted
with cinder block" by Brian Ballou | Globe Staff, October 09, 2012
A *man found dead* in the Charles River Tuesday morning near the Boston
University Bridge has been identified as graduate student Jonathan Dailey,
who had been missing for a week, the Suffolk district attorney’s office
said.
“The facts and circumstances surrounding Mr. Dailey’s death remain under
investigation by State Police detectives assigned to the Suffolk DA’s
office,” Jake Wark, a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel F. Conley,
sai... more »
Boston Cops Get Horne
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 hour ago
"Dorchester man charged with assault Boston police officers" by Brian
Ballou | Globe Staff, September 14, 2012
A Dorchester man who had recently finished serving a prison sentence for
assaulting a Boston police officer allegedly tried to grab an officer’s
handgun during a fierce fight early Friday morning that left the officer
with serious injuries, including a torn ear.
“My concern is that this man who has been recently released from state
prison and has given no respite, he has hit the ground running with
criminal activity,” said Dorchester District Court Judge Franco Gobour... more »
Saturday Morning Linkage
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
French troops took on an active combat role in Mali yesterday. Mark Leon
Goldberg provides a short overview. After long delays, western African
troops are reported to be headed for the country as well. There are
interesting resonances here with Barak Mendelsohn’s Combating Jihadism. In
Syria, a jihadist group overran a government airbase. David Collier on
Continue reading
Untitled
Disaster MapNet at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago
*Man accused of threatening Letten once served time in daughter’s death*
*City of New Orleans wants out of NOPD consent decree ~Tom Gogola, The Lens*
*Landrieu: "City cannot afford a multi-million dollar police consent decree
and at the same time a multi-million dollar prison consent decree this
year" ~Charles Maldonado, Gambit *
*Jindal proposes Byzantine plan to abolish income taxes*
*State tries to find source of chemical odors*
*Money will help Hurricane Isaac victims*
*Mardi Gras landmark becomes New Orleans' latest film, event studio *
*Dat Dog GM lucky to be alive after Dece... more »
Hegemonic Warfare Watch: Magical Thinking Phase
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 2 hours ago
*One way to get a bike clean: wash it down at one of the ubiquitous
self-service car washes.*
The LA Times reports that Japanese and Chinese warplanes played footsie
over the Senkakus.
Chinese and Japanese fighter planes tailed each other over a disputed
cluster of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, raising alarm that a
miscalculation could set off an armed confrontation.
Chinese military authorities ordered two J-10 fighter planes to perform
what China called “verification and monitoring” on Friday after a Chinese
transport plane was tailed by Japanese F-15 fighter jets. ... more »
Zeman vs Schwarzenberg
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 hours ago
The voting in the first direct Czech presidential elections ended 150
minutes ago but because 99% of voting districts have already been counted,
it's clear who will continue to the second round in two weeks.
*Zeman (left) is officially a left-wing candidate, Schwarzenberg (right) is
officially a right-wing candidate. But given the political correctness of
the latter and incorrectness of the former and many other things, this
labeling is arguably inadequate.*
Jan Fischer, a statistician, a former technocratic prime minister, and a
genuine former communist from the 1980s, who has be... more »
Crown must take aboriginal status into account when considering filing notice mandating mandatory minim sentence in impaired driving matters
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
R v Anderson 2013 NLCA 2 holds
ruling that the Crown breached s. 7 of the Charter in failing to take the
offender's aboriginal status into account when filing notice mandating a
minimum prison term. This case has broad application to all aboriginal
offenders facing minimum prison terms for over 80, impaired driving &
refusal.
Harper's Word
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 2 hours ago
A new day is dawning, the media conglomerates tell us this morning. We
are
told how, during yesterday's meeting with some -- but not all -- of the
chiefs, the prime minister vowed to focus on aboriginal issues. Andrew
Coynetells us that Shawn Atleo has been "courageous to meet with Harper
as his
constituency revolts." And yet -- after attending last night's meeting
with
the Governor-General -- Theresa Spence has decided to continue her
hunger
strike. Somebody's missing something.
As Michael Harris wrote last week:
Surely the press, steeped in the tradition of standing up against i... more »
help defend whistleblowers who defend animals: marineland suing former employees who went public on animal abuse
laura k at wmtc - 2 hours ago
Company abuses animals/the environment/labour.
Employee comes forward to make the abuse public.
Company tries to silence employee.
It's an old story, and it repeats itself again and again, in many different
contexts. You've seen it dramatized in movies like Silkwood and Erin
Brockovich. It's what Bradley Manning is going through on a grand scale.
Whistleblowers risk their jobs, and in some cases their lives, to stand up
for others. Often, without whistleblowers, we would never know the truth.
That's why we have an obligation to stand up for whistleblowers.
If you live in Ontario a... more »
Your Friendly Government Inflation Monitor
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago
*Yeah,
he's out there looking out for you, America*:
"A government agent, on the prowl for inflation" by Megan Woolhouse |
Globe Staff, October 09, 2012
When* rising food, gasoline, and other prices* *undermine purchasing
power*and pinch household budgets, it can affect consumers’ views of
their
economic well-being.
Overall *inflation is low*, but it remains at the forefront of economic
debate *as the Fed pumps more stimulus into the economy* in the hope of
accelerating growth and quickly lowering unemployment.
*
**I don't know where inflation is low, but it is not around here an... more »
France Commits Troops To Mali
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
I'm guessing most Americans scratched their heads quizzically when Mitt
Romney brought Mali up during the foreign policy debate with President
Obama. Mali has a storied history-- think Timbuktu-- and their gold helped
fund the Renaissance and their music led directly to the blues. I spent almost
a month there in 2008, mostly in Bamako, Timbuktu, Dogon country, Djenne
and Mopti. More recently, the country has been devasted by a civil war and
other African countries and the UN have been talking about coming to the
Malians rescue... and talking and talking and talking. This week,
ap... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 12:16:00 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 10:16:00 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.260°N, 144.767°E
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
331 km (205 miles) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE COAST OF OREGON - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:19:51 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 03:19:51 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
43.631°N, 127.382°W
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region
OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
Distances
247 km (153 miles) WNW of Bandon, Oregon
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake VANUATU - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 10:22:07 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 09:22:07 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
18.878°S, 169.210°E
Depth
212.6 km (132.1 miles)
Region
VANUATU
Distances
74 km (45 miles) N of Isangel, Vanuatu
The Cuba Files - An Interview with Orestes Girbau
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 4 hours ago
*The Cuba Files – An Interview with Orestes Girbau*
*By Debora Goldstern, Crónica Subterránea
http://cronicasubterranea.blogspot.com.ar*
This interview brings to a close the cycle of reports for the year 2009,
published throughout the year in Crónica Subterránea, where
little-heard-from voices found a place at our site, and which will continue
next year, God willing. In this instance, readers of our blog will gain
firsthand knowledge of the state of Ufology in Cuba, guided by one of its
foremost exponents, Orestes Girbau Collado, who has been performing the
task with gr... more »
The Cuba Files – An Interview with Orestes Girbau
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 5 hours ago
*The Cuba Files – An Interview with Orestes Girbau*
*By Debora Goldstern, Crónica Subterránea*
*http://cronicasubterranea.blogspot.com.ar
This interview brings to a close the cycle of reports for the year 2009,
published throughout the year in Crónica Subterránea, where
little-heard-from voices found a place at our site, and which will continue
next year, God willing. In this instance, readers of our blog will gain
firsthand knowledge of the state of Ufology in Cuba, guided by one of its
foremost exponents, Orestes Girbau Collado, who has been performing the
task with gr... more »
GMO Soy Repeatedly Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality, Birth Defects by Lisa Garber
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
GMO Soy Repeatedly Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality, Birth Defects
by Lisa Garber
Natural Society, 12 January 2012
*The genetically modified crop soybean grown on 91 percent of US soybean
fields is repeatedly attributed to devastating reproductive and birth
defects in animal studies. Nevertheless, the powers that be—in both the
private and public spheres—continue to allow Americans to shovel GMO soy
onto their dinner tables.*
**
Rats Fed GMO Soy Experience Reproductive Difficulties, Hairy MouthsRussian
biologist Alexey V. Surov and his team fed three generations of hamsters
... more »
BBC faces huge payout over Jimmy Savile: Victims 'hold bosses to blame' for creating monster who abused EIGHTEEN girls under ten and dying child at Great Ormond Street
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
Many of his 214 known offences were on BBC premises and he even attacked
a
girl during the last edition of Top of the Pops in 2006. The paedophile
also preyed on young people at a hospice and 13 hospitals, including a
terminally ill child at Great Ormond Street. The victim, aged 11 or 12,
told relatives before dying that Savile had touched them
inappropriately.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261077/Jimmy-Savile-scandal-Report-reveals-raped-34-women-girls-sexually-assaulted-450.html
2,000 Year-Old Treasure Discovered in Black Sea Fortress
Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 6 hours ago
Among the discoveries from the hoards were gold rings with carved
gemstones. They've been buried for nearly 2,000 years and a coin has
apparently become stuck to this piece. Photo courtesy Russian-Ukrainian
Archaeological Artezian Expedition via Yahoo!News
Residents of a town under siege by the Roman army about 2,000 years ago
buried two hoards of treasure in the town's citadel — treasure recently
excavated by archaeologists.
More than 200 coins, mainly bronze, were found along with "various items of
gold, silver and bronze jewelry and glass vessels" inside an ancient
fortress wit... more »
Ed Miliband's solar swindle: Cost of green subsidies will add £1 billion to family household bills
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Ed Miliband’s controversial scheme to encourage homeowners to install solar
panels and wind turbines is set to cost families an extra £1billion in
higher bills, figures reveal.
Subsidies for solar panels rose 14-fold last year as individuals and
businesses piled into the scheme, criticised as being a licence to print
money.
The payments, funded by a levy on electricity bills, jumped from
£9.2million in 2010/11 to £128.3million in 2011/12, according to figures
compiled by energy regulator Ofgem.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261055/Ed-Milibands-solar-swindle-Cost-green-s... more »
SATURDAY ESSAY: He's taken millions from dictators and cosied up to warlords, but is 'Teflon Tony' really plotting an alliance with a super-rich financier?
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
When Tony Blair visited Beijing a few weeks ago to open a prestigious
conference on philanthropy, he showed he had lost none of the evangelical
fervour that once dazzled British voters.
Giving an impassioned sermon to an A-list audience on the crucial role of
compassion, the former Prime Minister spoke of how societies should be
measured not just by what people do for themselves, but by what they do for
others.
‘The best philanthropy is about changing the world,’ he proclaimed.
‘Flourishing philanthropy is an essential part of a flourishing society.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new... more »
1,000 Britons a day hit by Indian call centre swindle: Police believe fraudsters have made £10million from UK victims
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Up to 60,000 Britons have been the victims of a multi-million-pound
Indian
call centre and internet fraud, the Mail can reveal.
Investigators believe the sheer number taken in by the loans scam makes
it
one of the biggest frauds ever carried out in the UK from overseas.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261142/1-000-Britons-day-hit-Indian-centre-swindle-Police-believe-fraudsters-10million-UK-victims.html
Spanish police say seized items intended for Iran nuclear program
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Madrid (CNN) -- It was not a routine traffic stop.
At a toll road booth in northern Spain on Friday, Spanish police swooped in
to inspect a trailer truck and seized what they said was material destined
for Iran's nuclear program, an Interior Ministry statement said.
Two people were arrested.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/11/world/europe/spain-iran-material-seized/?hpt=wo_c2
Haiti quake: Why isn't aid money going to Haitians?
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Three years on from Haiti's devastating earthquake, the country's UN
special envoy has revealed little official aid money has gone to the
country's government and organisations. Why is the funding bypassing
Haitians?
After the Earth shook beneath Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince in the late
afternoon of 12 January 2010, the epic scale of the destruction soon became
clear.
Many of the country's poorly-constructed buildings had simply
disintegrated, leaving 200,000 people dead and more than two million
without homes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20949624
Israel orders eviction of Palestinian outpost in E1 area
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Israel has ordered the leaders of the Bab al-Shams Palestinian outpost,
erected Friday in the disputed E1 area, near Ma'aleh Adumim, to immediately
evict the premises.
A group of 200 Palestinians, backed by foreign activists, created the
outpost, whose name means "Gate of the Sun," in the early hours of Friday
morning.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4331460,00.html
Angry Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury dead
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Shiite families refusing to bury their dead after twin bombings in
Pakistan's troubled southwestern city of Quetta vowed to continue their
sit-in protest Saturday until the army takes over security.
Hundreds of protesters have gathered on the main road near the snooker hall
that was the scene of Thursday's twin suicide attacks, alongside more than
60 coffins carrying the victims' shrouded bodies, senior administration
official Hashim Ghilzai told AFP.
The refusal to bury the bodies is an extreme position in Islamic society
where the dead are normally buried the same or next day, but... more »
Death toll from SW China landslide rises to 46
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
ZHENXIONG, Yunnan, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a landslide that
hit a mountainous region in southwest China's Yunnan Province Friday rose
to 46 as bodies of the last two missing were found Saturday morning,
rescuers said.
The landslide hit the Zhaojiagou area of Gaopo Village, Zhenxiong County
around 8:20 a.m. Friday. Zhenxiong is some 550 km northeast of the
provincial capital, Kunming.
Forty-six residents -- 27 adults and 19 children -- were buried in the
landslide, according to the local civil affairs bureau.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-01/12/c_13209... more »
U.S., Russia talks on Syria end without breakthrough as rebels seize strategic air base
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, shows a
damaged Syrian air force helicopter at Taftanaz air base, Friday Jan. 11,
2013.
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi and senior envoys from Russia and
the United States called for a political solution to end the Syria conflict
on Friday but reached no breakthrough.
Brahimi urged world powers to "create an opening" diplomatically to help
stem the bloodshed and alleviate the Syrian people's suffering. He said
that he would brief the UN Security Council later this month on his latest
consultations.
http://... more »
U.S. warns on Java software as security concerns escalate
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable
Oracle Corp's Java software, amplifying security experts' prior warnings to
hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses that use it to surf the
Web.
Hackers have figured out how to exploit Java to install malicious software
enabling them to commit crimes ranging from identity theft to making an
infected computer part of an ad-hoc network of computers that can be used
to attack websites.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/11/us-java-security-idUSBRE90A0S320130111
Protesters in orange jumpsuits, hoods demand Obama close Guantanamo
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
No clear path for Obama to act alone on U.S. debt cap: experts
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The White House would be taking a risk if it tries to make a constitutional
end-run around Congress' authority to raise the debt ceiling, legal experts
said.
The "public debt" clause of the 14th Amendment is being cited by a number
of lawmakers as giving President Barack Obama a legal way to issue debt and
pay bills, working around the debt ceiling and avoiding default.
The 14th Amendment is best known for extending civil rights protections in
the wake of the Civil War. The amendment's fourth section was designed to
guarantee Union debt incurred during the war, including compensatio... more »
French hostage Denis Allex killed in raid in Somalia: France defense ministry
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Denis Allex, a French soldier held hostage in Somalia since 2009, was
killed during a raid on Friday night by French troops trying to rescue him,
the French defense ministry said on Saturday.
Two other French soldiers and 17 Somalian fighters were killed in the
fighting, the ministry said in a statement.
"Faced with the instransigence of the terrorists, who refused to negotiate
for three and half years and who were holding Denis Allex in inhumane
conditions, an operation was planned and carried out," said the ministry.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/12/us-somalia-france-host... more »
Flu hits epidemic level: CDC
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Influenza has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States,
with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused by pneumonia and the flu, the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
The early start and fast spread of flu this season - especially after
2011-2012's very mild outbreak - has overwhelmed doctors' offices and
hospitals, forcing some patients to wait through the night to be seen in
emergency departments.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/11/us-usa-flu-idUSBRE9080WD20130111
Canada, Newfoundland: Blizzard wallops Newfoundland, St. John's buried under 48 cm of snow Read it on Global News: Blizzard wallops Newfoundland, St. John' s buried under 48 cm of snow
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
ST. JOHN'S - It could be days before Newfoundland's capital city is
unearthed after a brutal winter storm that brought St. John's to a virtual
standstill, knocked out power across the island and shut down its busiest
airport.
Schools and government offices were closed Friday in St. John's, which was
among the areas hit hardest. The airport recorded wind gusts of more than
100 kilometres an hour and 48 centimetres of snow before it changed to
freezing drizzle in the afternoon.
Snow continued to fall in the northwest Avalon Peninsula after it turned to
rain in St. John's, but Environ... more »
Hundreds of thousands of dead fish reported on Masonboro Island, North Carolina
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Image: (Source: Michele Walker, NCDENR)
Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have been reported this week at
Masonboro Island by state environmental officials, according to a
spokesperson for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Environmental officials explain that the fish, Atlantic menhaden, which
travel in very large groups, took a wrong turn, up Loosins Creek.
In under an hour, the area caused dissolved oxygen levels in the water to
drop to close to zero, which ended up killing them.
http://www.wect.com/story/20566054/thousands-of-dead-fish-reported-on-masonb... more »
Australia: 26 dengue fever cases in four Cairns suburbs
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
DENGUE fever has spread to two more suburbs, taking the number of victims
to 25 and forcing authorities to put the entire city on alert.
Parramatta Park and Manoora yesterday joined Whitfield and Mt Sheridan as
outbreak areas, raising fears that residents who contracted the
mosquito-transmitted virus during the 2008-09 outbreak could be at risk of
being infected again.
Queensland Health is conducting tests to determine the source of the latest
type-1 dengue cases.
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2013/01/12/238360_local-news.html
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake PAPUA, INDONESIA - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 09:15:13 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 06:15:13 PM at epicenter
Location
2.073°S, 138.859°E
Depth
44.3 km (27.5 miles)
Region
PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances
211 km (131 miles) WNW (284°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Texas House Explosion Hurts At Least Three
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
At least three people, including two firefighters, have been hurt in what
may have been a natural gas explosion that destroyed a home and scattered
rubble throughout a North Texas neighbourhood.
Investigators are looking into what caused the blast on Friday afternoon in
the town of Lewisville, 20 miles northwest of Dallas.
http://news.sky.com/story/1037006/texas-house-explosion-hurts-at-least-three
Death Star Proposal Shot Down By White House
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The White House has rejected a petition signed by thousands of people
calling for a Death Star to be built.
Started by a John D, from Colorado, the petition demanded that work should
begin on the project within the next four years.
He claimed having a moon-sized space station and inter-stellar weapon from
the Star Wars film series would strengthen national security and create
jobs.
http://news.sky.com/story/1037059/death-star-proposal-rejected-by-white-house
Jerome Isaac Jailed for 50 years For Burning Woman Alive In Lift
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
A handyman who burned a 73-year-old woman to death in a Brooklyn lift has
been sentenced to a minimum of 50 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Jerome Isaac, 48, was sentenced for killing Deloris
Gillespie inside her Brooklyn apartment building in December 2011.
http://news.sky.com/story/1037017/man-gets-life-for-burning-woman-alive-in-lift
Anastasia Voykina Death: Boyfriend Felipe Lopes Charged With Murder
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
The boyfriend of a 23-year-old Russian woman who was found dead in her flat
has been charged with her murder, police have said.
Felipe Lopes, 27, was arrested on the street in the Farnborough area of
Bromley on Wednesday morning after police discovered the body of Anastasia
Voykina in a house in Streatham at around 2am on Monday.
A post-mortem examination found she died as a result of multiple fractures
to the face, head and neck.
http://news.sky.com/story/1037021/russian-womans-boyfriend-charged-with-murder
Mali: French Air Strikes Drive Back Militants
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Mali's army has driven back Islamist rebels from a strategic central town
after France intervened with air strikes to stop militants controlling the
country's desert north from advancing.
French President Francois Hollande took action in the West African country
at the request of interim President Dioncounda Traore who has declared a
state of emergency.
Western governments expressed alarm on Thursday after an al Qaeda-linked
rebel alliance captured the town of Konna, a gateway towards the capital
Bamako 600km (375 miles) south.
http://news.sky.com/story/1037037/mali-french-air-str... more »
Belfast Clashes: Police Hurt As Bombs Hurled
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Four police officers have been injured after more than 30 petrol bombs as
well as other missiles were hurled at them in another night of Union flag
demonstrations in Northern Ireland.
The most serious disorder was witnessed in Carrickfergus and the Rathcoole
area of Newtownabbey, both on the northern outskirts of Belfast.
A bus was also set on fire during the disorder. Police deployed water
cannon in an attempt to restore calm.
Two people were arrested, police said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1036999/northern-ireland-clashes-four-officers-injured
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude ML 4.3
Region SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA
Date time 2013-01-12 08:55:02.0 UTC
Location 31.72 S ; 68.04 W
Depth 242 km
Distances 51 km SE San juan, Argentina
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 05:42:14 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 01:42:14 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
19.677°N, 64.442°W
Depth
33 km (20.5 miles)
Region
VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
Distances
106 km (66 miles) N (353°) from Settlement, Anegada, British Virgin Islands
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake WESTERN IRAN - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Magnitude
5.4
Date-Time
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 03:25:05 UTC
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 06:55:05 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
31.847°N, 50.960°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
WESTERN IRAN
Distances
115 km (72 miles) SW (216°) from Esfahan, Iran
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake FIJI REGION - 12th January 2013
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Magnitude M 4.8
Region FIJI REGION
Date time 2013-01-12 01:10:46.3 UTC
Location 20.82 S ; 178.09 W
Depth 588 km
Distances 300 km W Nuku'alofa
Hacker Machines and the Galactic Federation of Dreamers
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 8 hours ago
Graham Ellis's wondrous creationlast night I spent a good hour, pre-sleep
preparing my sleeping mind to get MILITARY with the contextual demand I
intended to make, having tried and tried and tried before, "What
dream planet is this?"
It's a pre-sleep quest I've invested quite a lot of pre-sleep meditation
in; to no effect.
Every time I wake up in the middle of the night, having noted some new
dream or some recurring theme or a new player within the dream, I've
'remembered' that I forgot to ask, "What dream planet is this?"
And nothing much changed last night, woke up, argh, forgot ... more »
SAVILE STILL PROTECTED BY THE SPOOKS
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
*Sir Jimmy Savile in Israel in 1975. *
Who knew, or did not know, the real Sir Jimmy Savile?
The spooks knew.
Staff at the BBC, including reporters, newsreaders and presenters, were all
vetted by MI5. MI5 vetted Savile.
"*The Prince of Wales*, the *BBC director general*... celebrities ... ...
know the real Savile ... as they paid lavish tribute to a 'unique'
personality...
"... did former *Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher* who used to invite the
former DJ to watch television with her family at Chequers and who agreed
his 1990 knighthood.
"And ....... did *Pope John Paul II* wh... more »
Fracking Abundance Questioned
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours ago
This is not pleasant reading. Shale production has been capital driven and
plenty of smoke has obscured economic reality.
I have been in and around oil industry finance for decades. So let us make
it all simple. All the capital costs are up front. After that a successful
well pays back quickly and then on to produce a decent living for years at
a modest percentage of the original production.
The only important question to answer is just how many months of
production is required to achieve payback. We can live with two to three
years on conventional wells.
In the presen... more »
Great Plains dust Storms Awake
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours ago
Our practices are substantially better but the necessary conditions
happen to be upon us. Most likely we have an additional five years to
suffer through before the climatic cycle turns over and provides enough
water. We should still avoid severe dust bowl conditions.
In time engineering and the Eden machine (Google this blog) can change it
all, but we may be a century away. I would still like to see the buffalo
commons restored on the waste lands were growing is either impossible or
inadvisable.
Otherwise, this will be followed by another sixty years of good growing
c... more »
Galactan and Biofuels
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours ago
I suppose that the idea here is to increase the yield of galactan in order
to produce a viable feedstock for high quality fuel. Since the model is
some species of mustard, using canola can not be far behind. It would be
convenient to covert a ton of canola waste into a couple hundred pounds of
fuel feedstock.
Otherwise, I think that this is a long shot for the advertised benefits
and more pure research.
Then again, converting plant waste into useful feed-stocks is high on the
research agenda anyway. It allows us to jump past the oil industry with
superior green credentia... more »
Resolving Bronze Age Atlantic Surface Temperature Anomoly
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 9 hours ago
This is a revisit to an important problem. Sea bed work has shown us that
during the Bronze Age or between 4000 BC through 1000BC, that the Northern
Atlantic surface waters were two degrees warmer. My conjecture, albeit
unsatisfactory was that the Sahara and the Middle East had remained
vegetated during most of this and retained more warmth that somehow fed
back to the ocean.
We have recently come to understand that the 1159BC geological event was
vastly more important than I had ever suspected. Land masses the size of
Ireland, France, Britain and Japan associated with th... more »
SIR ALAN LASCELLES
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Bottom left - Alan Lascelles, who became private secretary to King George
VI and Queen Elizabeth II. It was the bisexual Prince of Wales (who later
became the Duke of Windsor) who first made Alan Lascelles a private
secretary.*
Aged 11, Alan Lascelles, a relation of the Earls of Harewood, was attending
a school called Durnford House.
He wrote to his sister:
"There are forty-four boys here... and there are no Jews which is a great
blessing...
"Mr Pellatt (the owner of the school)... whacks you for anything...
"Mrs Pellatt... kisses all the boys before going to bed...
(It was Mrs... more »
THE DISCLOSURE
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
THE DISCLOSURE... ABSOLUTE CURRENT PRESENT MOMENT IS VISIBLE NOW.
Yes. You asked for answers regarding so many things, including St.
Germaine's Trust, NESARA, The Prosperity Packages, the Global Collateral
Accounts and before you unconsciously choose to live with limits or to live
without limits...Pay conscious attention to the answers to all all your
questions...Pay energy of attention to the release of truth, and the whole
truth, for nothing but the absolute truth. Absolute truth is visible by
conscious free will choice to breath and bring forth all data
transparen... more »
SALUSA: We are therefore careful to ensure that our allies keep everything above board and within your legal system.
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
SaLuSa, January 11, 2013
Naturally, some people are still unsure of the reason why the 21st.
December was a relatively quiet affair, but we would emphasize that as a
civilization you took a great step forward. What is now important is that
you continue to focus on all that you wish to be manifested, and you will
see it gradually take place. Now that you have left the lower energies
behind it will be easier to achieve results, as you will no longer be
impeded or held back. Progress as we measure it is the level to which you
can raise your consciousness, and it did not reach the ... more »
'all-right thinking people'
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
'At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is
assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. …
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with
surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never
given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the highbrow
periodicals.'
Hard to argue with? That was George Orwell in "The Freedom of the Press"
More in Toby Young's Telegraph article from yesterday.
Plotinus on Evil
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 11 hours ago
*Check this out*.
YouTube video description [Channel - Gottfried Leibniz]:
Peter Adamson discussion Plotinus's philosophy on the conception of evil.
Friday Baseball Post
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago
So no one got in, at least not on the writers' ballot.
I don't know...given what I expected, I'd say it wasn't bad at all. Jack
Morris failed to move up; he may have a surge next year, but then again
it's just as likely that extra publicity won't help him. The thing about
Morris is that this isn't a "traditional stats" vs. "sabermetric stats"
thing. *Any* careful look at the stats may hurt him. His case really is
that weak.
The worst thing that happened was that Bernie Williams (clearly below my
line) and Kenny Lofton (close call) both fell off the ballot -- but in
Lofton's case it... more »
Sunday Classics goes on hiatus
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*The "Moonlight Interlude" from Richard Strauss's last opera, Capriccio, is
played here by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the composer's
friend Clemens Krauss, who happened also to be the librettist of the opera.
It's from a complete Munich broadcast performance of Capriccio from 1953.*
*by Ken*
As TV savants know, this is not usually a good thing, when a program goes
-- or more properly *is sent* -- on hiatus, a domain from which only the
select few spectacles return, except perhaps for the run-off of previously
unaired by already-paid-for episodes during times when ... more »
IRAN: SO WHERE’S THE BOMB?
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 12 hours ago
A few months ago, panic struck neoconservatives, right-wing Zionists, and
especially Benjamin Netanyahu, were telling the world that in a few months
time Iran will have a bomb which they will then use against Israel unless
the US and the rest of the world attacked Iran right away.
Despite the rhetoric, there were no takers. The West and Obama kind of sort
of agreed that Iran needed to be watched carefully but didn’t think
attacking Iran just yet would be a very good idea on account of the
upcoming US presidential elections. Netanyahu jumped up and down and made
childish empty threat... more »
Obama Signs Bill Giving Him Armed Protection For Life (While simultaneously launching effort to disarm the American people)
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Despite launching a gun control agenda that threatens to disarm the
American people, President Obama has signed a bill that would afford him
armed Secret Service protection for life.
“The legislation, crafted by Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina,
rolls back a mid-1990s law that imposed a 10-year limit on Secret Service
protection for former presidents. Bush would have been the first former
commander in chief affected,” reports Yahoo News.
The new bill, which will cost American taxpayers millions of dollars, is a
re-instatement of a 1965 law which will see presidents prote... more »
I know people who tout "animal rights"...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*that don't even like animals.*
Dopes!
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
“How do clusters of galaxies form and evolve? To help find out,
astronomers continue to study the second closest cluster of galaxies to
Earth: the Fornax cluster, named for the southern constellation toward
which most of its galaxies can be found. Although almost 20 times more
distant than our neighboring Andromeda galaxy, Fornax is only about 10
percent further that the better known and more populated Virgo cluster of
galaxies.
*Click image for larger size.*
Fornax has a well-defined central region that contains many galaxies, but
is still evolving. It has other galaxy groupin... more »
U.S. Lags Peers in Life Expectancy
Intercept at The Intercept - 14 hours ago
Wall Street Journal
Louise Radnofsky
Americans die younger and have more illnesses and accidents on average than
people in other high-income countries—even wealthier, insured,
college-educated Americans, a report said Wednesday.
The study by the federally sponsored National Research Council and
Institute of Medicine found the U.S. near the bottom of 17 affluent
countries for life expectancy, with high rates of obesity and diabetes,
heart disease, chronic lung disease and arthritis, as well as infant
mortality, injuries, homicides, teen pregnancy, drug deaths and sexually
transmitt... more »
Photos 'Idle No More' Jan. 11, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
Anchorage, rallying for Idle No More today and for their way of life in the Arctic
Winnipeg today
Above Ottawa CBC News: Earlier, some protesters
attempted to block the door to the Langevin building where the meeting
was being held. Chiefs from Manitoba spread tobacco on the steps to
"protect" their people, and several dozen women linked arms to try to stop people from entering.
Poll Results: 1 in 4 Never Expects to be Able to Afford to Retire
Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 14 hours ago
Thanks to everyone who answered the poll on when you have or expect to be
able to retire. The biggest takeaway is that 1 in 4 never expect to be able
to retire.
Full results:
Retire before 65: 20%
At 65: 20%
At 70: 20%
At 75: 4%
Over 75: 8%
Never: 25%
(Total does not equal 100 due to rounding.)
This underscores just how dire our retirement crisis will be. As I
explained in my last post, the decline in defined benefit pensions from 38%
of private sector workers in 1980 to 20% in 2008 means that Generation X
will be particularly vulnerable to poverty in retirement, yet Republicans
w... more »
And if there happened to be an extra one of those $1 trillion platinum coins lying around, you could stick it in my account
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*from TPM*
*"Republicans go wild at this analogy, but it's unavoidable. This is
exactly like someone walking into a crowded room, announcing that he has a
bomb strapped to his chest, and threatening to set that bomb off unless his
demands are met."*
*-- Paul Krugman, in his NYT column* Coins Against Crazies
*by Ken*
"Mint that coin!" exclaims Paul Krugman at the end of his NYT column today,
"Coins Against Crazies." so I guess that means we need to get up to speed
on the subject.
Oh, probably you've already doped out this platinum-coin business --
trillion dollars the limit, or ma... more »
Is that a trillion dollar coin in your pocket...
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 15 hours ago
I've read more about the platinum coin than any underpaid observer should
endure. Here's what I think right now. The platinum coin is serious. It is
real. The platinum coin has been virtually minted on the internets. The
platinum coin exists in the public imagination just as surely as if it was
a real weight in the hand. It would be folly for Obama to publicly endorse
it as an option. He doesn't have to *show* it.
Boehner is useless. McConnell is hamstrung. Harry Reid should put a clean
debt limit bill on the floor that raises the ceiling -- as necessary -- *to
honor the financial... more »
Thanks Obama: Millions noticing paychecks lighter today, due to payroll tax hike
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
Gabriella Hoffman’s paycheck is a little lighter today, thanks to a payroll
tax increase that is forcing millions of Americans to make the kind of
tough budget cuts their representatives in Washington lawmakers seem
unwilling to tackle.
Hoffman, a 21-year-old Virginian who works at a nonprofit, estimates her
paycheck will be roughly $30 less this biweekly pay period, or about $780
annually, thanks to the end of a two-year cut on payroll taxes, which fund
Social Security. The tax has risen back up to 6.2 percent from 4.2 percent,
costing someone making $50,000 annually about $1,000 p... more »
I Was a Paid Internet Shill: How Shadowy Groups Manipulate Internet Opinion and Debate
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
CLN Editor’s Note: The type of propaganda strategy described in the article
below occurs across a wide range of topics and is employed by various
corporate, political, and governmental groups to promote a variety of
agendas. It is called astroturfing, and it is far more common than most
would imagine. This post is not about Israel. It is simply an illustration
of the mechanics of how online debate is manipulated.
For more information on this important topic, see:
- Alcyone @CLN
I Was a Paid Internet Shill
By Ex-Shill, Above Top Secret
I am writing here to come out of the closet as ... more »
Untitled
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
CLN Editor’s Note: The type of propaganda strategy described in the article
below occurs across a wide range of topics and is employed by various
corporate, political, and governmental groups to promote a variety of
agendas. It is called astroturfing, and it is far more common than most
would imagine. This post is not about Israel. It is simply an illustration
of the mechanics of how online debate is manipulated.
For more information on this important topic, see:
- Alcyone @CLN
I Was a Paid Internet Shill
By Ex-Shill, Above Top Secret
I am writing here to come out of the closet as ... more »
what i'm reading, children's book edition: # 3: a war resister story of sorts
laura k at wmtc - 15 hours ago
In this children's book review, I look at a book about military war
resistance and analyze its lessons and conclusions.
*Shot at Dawn* deals with many unpleasant realities of war - including some
shameful episodes in Canada's past - with open eyes and without sugar
coating. Ultimately, the author pulls his punch, forcing a conclusion that
is palatable to mainstream sensibilities. At the same time, though, the
book insists on difficult questions without clear-cut answers. So while it
doesn't square with my own views, neither does it satisfy pro-military or
nationalist propaganda. I ... more »
A Good Time For This Post
Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago
In art as in life, timing is everything.... more »
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