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DISCLOSURE: Ending The TRUTH EMBARGO
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http://nesaranews.blogspot.ca/2013/01/breaking-news-very-urgent-please-share.html
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
( BREAKING NEWS)) Very Urgent Please Share Widely
*Ending The TRUTH EMBARGO*
01/15/13
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2013
Los Angeles, CA - CHD2 Productions will hold a media event at the Sundance
Film Festival in Park City, Utah to launch a major event/documentary
project. At the press conference *Apollo14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell*,
the sixth person to walk on the Moon, will be introduced as the
international spokesperson for the Citiz... more »
America's flu epidemic: TWENTY children killed as death toll hits highest level since 2004
Flu
has already killed 20 children in America this winter in the worst
death toll since the government began keeping track in 2004, it was
revealed today.
The deaths include a 6-year-old girl in Maine, a 15-year Michigan
student
who loved robotics, and six-foot-four Texas high school senior Max
Schwolert, who grew sick in Wisconsin while visiting his grandparents
for
the holidays.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263210/America-flu-epidemic-TWENTY-children-including-6-year-olds-healthy-high-school-athlete-killed.html
"Paradigm Shift For The Healthcare Expense Monster"
*"Paradigm Shift For The Healthcare Expense Monster"*
by Wolf Richter
"A sadly familiar theme in the US—the growing ranks of the working poor—was
fleshed out by the report, “Low-Income Working Families: The Growing
Economic Gap.” But it did something else: it added graphic details to the
conundrum of US healthcare spending. While it ballooned to $2.7 trillion,
17.9% of GDP, or $8,680 per capita, households have lowered their share.
And so have businesses. What gives?
Despite improvements in the unemployment rate, *32.1% of all working
households “may not have enough money ... more »
The hunt for Red October: The astonishing hacking ring that has infiltrated over 1,000 high level government computers around the world
A major cyber-attack that has been stealing information from high level
government computers around the world since 2007 has been discovered.
Kaspersky Labs, which made the discovery, said in addition to diplomatic
and governmental agencies of various countries across the world, Red
October also targeted research institutions, energy and nuclear groups, and
trade and aerospace targets.
The firm even said the malware was used to infiltrate smartphones of
government workers to electronically steal information.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2263322/Operation-Red-Octob... more »
World's strongest man-made whirlwind attract record crowds
A German car museum has visitors flocking to an unlikely attraction
within
its walls - the world’s strongest man-made tornado.
The Mercedes-Benz museum’s state-of-the-art fire safety system was
created
to effectively dispel smoke in case of a fire, but has tourists lined up
to
watch it go.
The ‘indoor storm’ is created by 144 jet motors which align the walls up
to
the ceiling, 112ft above the central atrium.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263436/The-tornado-thats-causing-real-indoor-storm-Worlds-strongest-man-whirlwind-attract-record-crowds--just-safety-device.html
Mawks & Hawks
Everybody knows that the Republicans are phony deficit hawks, pretending to
care about spending only when they are out of power. (see: two unfunded
wars, unpaid-for Medicare prescription drug benefit.) They hilariously
paint President Obama as a big-spending socialist leading us down the road
to financial ruin, even as he accurately points out that he has actually slowed
down the rate of government growth.
But despite the fact that only about 15% of Americans point to The Deficit
as their primary worry (most sane people declaring that the real national
emergency is unemployment) Oba... more »
SANDY HOOK: CIA MONARCH BRAINWASHING
*Hockleys and a butterfly.*
Dylan Hockley's mum wrote: "I wanted a smallish, multi-coloured butterfly
at the base of my back."
*Sunday mornings*
The Butterfly is the key symbol in CIA Monarch Brainwashing.
Note the Butterfly, the CIA Monarch Brainwashing symbol, used in the above
Sandy Hook TV interview.
'Over the Rainbow' is the key song used in CIA Monarch Brainwashing.
Sandy Hook kids have now made a record of the song.
The song was played at Dylan Hockley's funeral.
Website for this image
*sandy hook - dylan hockley - butterfly, wizard of oz, purple - Aangirfan*
A Warning Straight from the Horse's Mouth. We're In For a High-Carbon Fossil Fuel Future
If you were counting on "peak oil" to curb our fossil fuel addiction,
forget it. BP CEO Bob Dudley says the peak oil theory is "increasingly
groundless."
It's not that we aren't running out of the relatively clean, conventional
crude oil. We are. It's that we're finding ever new and larger sources
of unconventional crude oil, the dirtiest stuff.
*Bob Dudley's remarks came as the company published a study predicting oil
production will increase substantially, and that unconventional and
high-carbon oil will make up all of the increase in global oil supply to
the end of this de... more »
What is Germany scared of? Bundesbank to retrieve $200bn of gold reserves from central banks in Paris and New York
Germany is set to retrieve its gold reserves held abroad, in a move critics
fear could trigger a contagion of mistrust among the world’s central banks.
The country’s Bundesbank is set to repatriate a large hoard from its
holding in New York and all of its bullion from Paris, the German newspaper
Handelsblatt has reported.
Germany's Bundesbank owns nearly 3,400 tonnes of gold – only the US has a
bigger reserve.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2263254/Bundesbank-retrieve-200bn-gold-Paris-New-York.html
EU clamps down on credit ratings agencies
Credit rating agencies will have to be more transparent about how they
assess a country’s sovereign debt under changes agreed by MEPs on Wednesday.
The changes will force agencies to indicate when they publish assessments,
publishing ratings only after close of business and at least an hour before
EU trading desks open.
http://www.euronews.com/2013/01/16/eu-clamps-down-on-credit-ratings-agencies/
Merkel Says Mali Mission Protects Europe, Sends Transport Planes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that security in northern Africa is
also Europe’s security after her government offered two transport aircraft
to assist the military operation combating insurgents in Mali.
The two Transall transport planes will fly African troops from the Economic
Community of West African States to the Malian capital Bamako as French
ground forces start operations to repel insurgents controlling northern
Mali, Merkel told reporters today in Berlin.
“Germany views security in the region also as a part of its own security,”
Merkel said after meeting with Ivory C... more »
White House petitions will now require 100000 signatures before response
The White House has quadrupled the number of signatures required to receive
an official response to petitions submitted on its We the People website,
after a surge in its popularity.
The Obama administration will now only be required to respond when a
petition gathers 100,000 signatures, up from the previous 25,000.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/16/white-house-petitions-100000-signatures
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 16:24:44 UTC
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 09:24:44 AM at epicenter
Location
35.901°S, 102.839°W
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND
Distances
2623 km (1630 miles) W (270°) from Valdivia, Chile
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 15:52:49 UTC
Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 01:52:49 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
36.268°N, 142.881°E
Depth
10.4 km (6.5 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
193 km (119 miles) ENE of Hasaki, Japan
Rail Blockades underway across Canada Jan. 16, 2013
Manitoba blockade has shut down regional rail traffic: CN
Also see BC Rail Blockade Gitwangak Warriors CN Rail Blockade Today, Jan. 16, 2013
National News |
16. Jan, 2013
by APTN National News
APTN National News
A Manitoba rail blockade has shut down regional rail traffic, according to a spokesman for CN.
An APTN National News crew, including
Read the Executive Actions...
*and plan on ignoring them.*
*Here is a list of the 23 Executive Actions* President Obama signed today
to impose further restrictions on the 2nd Amendment with my comments:
*Today, the President is announcing that he and the administration will:*
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make
relevant data available to the federal background check system. *What
"relevant" information? Your medical records perhaps? *
2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent sta... more »
Congressional Republicans Have A Philosophy Of Governance: Unyielding Opposition To EVERYTHING
The video above is part of a *Frontline* political exposé that aired on PBS
last night. It documents a meeting that happened in Washington 4 years
ago-- a meeting to undermine smooth governance in this country and put
party above country in every single instance for the next four years. The
stated purpose for undermining the economy and the government back then was
to defeat Obama in 2012. Since Obama's very substantial reelection in
November-- and the concurrent Democratic gains in the Senate and House--
Republican obstructionists have only redoubled their efforts in blocking
... more »
Los tortolitos andan en las nubes de tanto amor
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Russian mobster 'Grandpa Khasan' shot dead in Moscow
One of Russia's top crime bosses has been murdered in Moscow in a war
between two mobs over lucrative construction projects, including ones for
the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
A sniper fired seven shots at Aslan Usoyan near a restaurant, the third
attack on him since the late 1990s.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-mobster-grandpa-khasan-shot-dead-in-moscow-8454410.html
Syrian Terro....Rebels set off Coordinated car bombs kill 24 in northwest Syria
Three car bombs exploded within minutes of each other in northwest Syria on
Wednesday, killing at least two dozen people in a coordinated assault on
government positions, a monitoring group said.
Fighting has spread throughout much of Syria and upended civilian life in
many areas as rebels have pushed to uproot President Bashar al-Assad's
better-equipped forces and tip the balance of the 22-month-old conflict.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/uk-syria-crisis-idUKBRE90E0VF20130116
'Briton killed' and '40 BP workers held hostage' in Algeria attack
Algeria's official APS news agency cited provincial officials for news of
the death, which came after an early morning attack by Islamists.
The militants say they are holding seven Americans and an unspecified
number of British, Japanese and French amongst other nationalities, a
spokesman is cited as saying by two Mauritanian news agencies - Agence
Nouakchott information et Sahara Medias. A security source quoted by
Algeria's El Watan newspaper quoted the same figure.
"A second person, a British national, died in the terrorist attack carried
out early on Wednesday morning in Tiganto... more »
Obama's possible election dig against Netanyahu could backfire
President Obama's possible attempt to pay back Israeli Prime Minister Bibi
Netanyahu for praising his rival during the last election could be
backfiring.
Obama, who was reportedly peeved by Netanyahu’s perceived endorsement of
Mitt Romney leading up to November’s election, was recently quoted saying,
“Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.”
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/16/obama-election-dig-against-netanyahu-could-backfire/
City heavyweights back Cameron to demand an in/out referendum on membership of the EU
Senior City allies of George Osborne will tomorrow dramatically back David
Cameron’s pledge to stage a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU.
In what is thought to be the start of a concerted campaign, MailOnline has
learned that a group of leading business heavyweights will use a letter to
a newspaper to demand voters are able to make an ‘informed decision’ about
whether to sever ties with Brussels.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263441/City-heavyweights-Cameron-demand-referendum-membership-EU.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Q Day 3: Massachusetts Romney?
Another anonymous commenter asks:
What do you think would have been the result of the 2012 presidential
election if Romney had campaigned on his record?
* Said that he did his job of creating wealth for stock holders at Bain
even though people lost jobs and that he would do his job of president to
get more people working.
* Stood behind Romneycare.
* I think he was for cap-and-trade before running for president.
* Proposed tax policies that actually added up.
It's an important question because it has a clear, certain answer: that
Romney could not have been nominated by the 2012 Republ... more »
Lindo regalo para el día del amor y la amistad
[image: Lindo regalo para el dia del amor, chocolates y rosas.]
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America's Eastern Seaboard Now a Sitting Duck
The outgoing director of the U.S. Geological Survey says Hurricane Sandy
demonstrated that cities along America's eastern seaboard are now sitting
ducks.
*Marcia McNutt, who last week announced her resignation as director of the
US Geological Survey, told a conference that Sandy had left coastal
communities dangerously exposed to future storms of any size.*
*"Superstorm Sandy was a threshold for the north-east and we have already
crossed it," McNutt told the National Council for Science and the
Environment conference in Washington. "For the next storm, not even a super
storm, even ... more »
Obama signed 23 executive actions
The president said he would announce 23 executive actions today, but said
they are not a substitute for action in Congress. He said he is calling on
federal lawmakers to pass several proposals "right away", including
universal background checks for anyone trying to buy a gun.
Right now, some 40% of US gun purchases are done without background checks.
As part of his $500m (£311m) plan, Mr Obama also called on Congress to
restore the expired ban on military-style assault weapons and to enact a
10-bullet limit on high-capacity ammunition magazines.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038974/... more »
Pareja de enamorados mirando el cielo estrellado
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Cupido trabajando el 14 de febrero
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While You're Blowing Out Your Candles, Blow Me, Too
By Cyril Blubberpuss, Esq.
So, the proprietor of this liberal sewer of a blog turns 54 at 9:50
tonight. When you blow out the candles on the cake bought with food stamps,
blow me, while you're at it.
Instead of exploiting another meaningless birthday for the purposes of
begging his dwindling readership for more income redistribution, your
latter-day George Bailey decided to give me the mic and let me have my say.
I remember when I turned 54. I had just made my first billion when I
cashed in my stock in an adult video wholesaler that specialized in gay
porn and ho... more »
Gitwangak Warriors CN Rail Blockade Today, Jan. 16, 2013
Photo Rail Blockade Aamjiwnaang First Nation
Gitwangak Warriors regarding the CN Rail Blockade
by Dini Ze Toghestiy on Wednesday
Press statement
Posted at Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Gitwangak, BC – The Gitxsan of Gitwangak announce that there
will be a CN Rail Blockade happening on January 16, 2013, between the
times of 10:00 am and 6:00 pm.
As Idle No More moves
It's Hard to See Any Other Way Forward
We are going to have to accept substantially higher costs for liquid-carbon
fuel. There are some uses, such as aviation, that just don't suit
alternative energy options, at least not those available today.
Why should petroleum-based fuels cost two, three, four times what they do
today? Two reasons: we need to price fossil carbon realistically to
reflect the true environmental costs it imposes and we need to use that
revenue to support non-fossil fuels.
There are new technologies that enable us to use surface carbon assets
instead of fossil carbon to produce the gasoline and oil ... more »
Corazón de rosas para el día del amor y la amistad
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Angelitos bebés entre las nubes del cielo
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Fuel Rods Blasted in 2011, Cancers and Disease in 2013
April 5, 2011 U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant By
JAMES GLANZ and WILLIAM J. BROAD The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/world/asia/06nuclear.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
[Excerpted] United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis
in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide
array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that in some
cases are expected to increase as a result of the very measures being taken
to keep the plant stable, according to a confidential assessment prepared
by th... more »
The Surveillance State Update
Op-Ed Columnist Invasion of the Data Snatchers y Bill Keller January
13,
2013 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/opinion/keller-invasion-of-the-data-snatchers.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130114&_r=0[Excerpted]
Last month Julia Angwin of The Wall Street Journal disclosed that
Attorney
General Eric Holder had authorized the National Counterterrorism Center
to
copy and examine pretty much any information the government has
collected
about you.
In the past, the agency couldn’t store information about ordinary
Americans
unless they were suspects in or party to ... more »
The Economy: "Bernanke Playing With Fire"
*"Bernanke Playing With Fire"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Boston University Economics Professor Laurence Kotlikoff is worried about
America’s dire financial situation. Dr. Kotlikoff says, “The situation is
getting worse and worse and worse. We are running a massive six decade
Ponzi scheme, and it’s coming to a real threatening point.” Dr.Kotlikoff
calculates the real government deficit is enormous and it’s growing
exponentially. “It’s *$222 trillion*. Last year it was $211 trillion. We
grew the deficit by $11 trillion in one year,” charges Dr. Kotlikoff. He
also says, “We... more »
How the South Kept Slavery Alive for Generations After the Civil War
Slavery, we were taught, was ended in America by Abraham Lincoln and the
Civil War. Southern blacks continued to suffer persecution of almost any
sort for decades afterwards but at least they were free.
Apparently not. Apparently slavery was very much alive and well in the
southern States right up until WWII. America's National Archives and the
archives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
are said to hold thousands of letters and official documents attesting to
many decades of slavery in the post-Civil War south.
*As dumbfounding as the story to... more »
Amor entre la arena y las olas del mar azul
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Drum versus dumb: Why can’t Barry socialize out in the Wind Rivers more!
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013*
*Maureen Dowd, definition of dumb:* All week long, we’ve asked you to
notice a difference in culture—a difference in *intellectual* culture.
On the one hand, we have Kevin Drum’s recent report about lead abatement
and violent crime. It’s a very serious look at some very serious topics.
Yesterday, Drum continued to add to the piece, offering links to the
various updates he has penned in recent weeks. Later, he offered a post
about lead and high school graduation rates, in which he says the following:
“When I was doing research for my lead article, I stay... more »
Q Day 2: Major Change Coming?
Ron E. asks:
What do you think the prospects are for major changes to our Constitutional
system? For instance term limits for (Supreme Court) judges, abolition of
the electoral college, an Amendment to overturn Citizens United and allow
campaign finance legislation, the ERA, etc.? You don't have to comment on
each of these individual items, but I'm interested in if you think there is
any possibility of changes at least as radical as these taking place
anytime soon.
Thanks to partisan polarization, it's very, very difficult to see any
changes by Constitutional amendment happening an... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA - 16th January 2013
Magnitude M 4.6
Region NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Date time 2013-01-16 14:14:18.6 UTC
Location 2.49 S ; 139.40 E
Depth 87 km
Distances 132 km W Aberpura, Indonesia
Bird flu hits 4 places in Pokhara, Nepal
Belongings being removed from a Cowseghari‚ Pokhara based chicken farm
owned by a cooperative after the confirmation of Bird Flu (H5N1)
Bird flu (H5N1) has been confirmed at least four places in Pokhara, the
sub-metropolitan city on Tuesday.
All the chicken, used materials in the farms of all four places have been
destroyed during this evening after the Bird Flu confirmation.
Regional Director at the Western Regional Animal Health Directorate Dr.
Bamsi Sharma said that the officials from the directorate culled over 2200
chickens, destroyed their wastes, grains and medicines from... more »
Collapse of 8-story apartment building in Egypt's port city of Alexandria kills 22 people
An eight-story apartment building collapsed Wednesday in the Egyptian city
of Alexandria, killing at least 22 people in the second deadly accident to
hit the country in as many days.
The MENA state news agency said 11 people were also injured and that rescue
teams were searching for survivors under the rubble. Military police from a
nearby naval base had cordoned off the area to help the rescue operation.
The collapse came a day after 19 police conscripts were killed when the
last car of the train they were riding in jumped the tracks and smashed
into another train just outside Cai... more »
Quantum physics doesn't depend on definitions of observers
Lots of people who are trying to understand quantum mechanics but who don't
really want to listen constantly ask the same question:
What is an observer really?
This question is usually encapsulated in the linguistic mud that is
equivalent to the following monologue:
I'm sick and tired of explanations of quantum mechanics because they never
tell me who is an observer and who isn't. Now, I am the savior of physics
who will ask you and you will finally tell me and everyone else what are
the ultimate, exact, well-defined criteria that determine who is an
observer and who isn't, when th... more »
European car market plunges to lowest since 1995
Demand for new cars in recession-bound Europe fell to a 17-year low in
2012, leaving mass market manufacturers little hope for this year as they
try to cut costly excess factory capacity and aggressive discounting dents
their margins.
Registrations data released on Wednesday also showed the biggest annual
drop since a 16.9 percent downturn in 1993, highlighting the crisis for
automakers in Europe. Consumers are fretting over austerity measures, job
security and rising living costs, and those who want to buy new cars are
struggling to secure credit.
http://www.reuters.com/article/20... more »
Six bombers attack Afghan spy agency, kill two
Six suicide bombers launched a coordinated attack on Afghanistan's spy
agency in Kabul on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding 30, Afghan
officials said.
The attack started at around noon (0730 GMT) when a suicide attacker
detonated a large car bomb near a gate of one of the National Directorate
of Security's (NDS) buildings, the Kabul police chief's office said in a
statement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-afghanistan-blast-idUSBRE90F0D620130116
Somali Islamists say French hostage sentenced to death
Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Wednesday they had sentenced a
French agent to death after a failed attempt by French armed forces to
rescue him at the weekend.
It was unclear whether the rebels were saying they had already killed Denis
Allex, held hostage in Somalia since 2009. France said it had heard nothing
since the military raid to alter its belief that he was killed during the
rescue operation.
Al Shabaab said in a statement their decision to kill Allex was unanimous
and followed three years of what it called "exhaustive attempts at
negotiations" over his release... more »
Islamists attack Algerian gas field, kill, kidnap foreigners
Islamist militants attacked a gas production field in southern Algeria on
Wednesday, kidnapping at least nine foreigners and killing two people
including a French national during a dawn raid, local and company officials
said.
The raid, claimed by an al Qaeda affiliate, came after Islamists had vowed
to retaliate for France's military intervention in Mali, where its forces
have been in action against al Qaeda-linked militants since last week.
The attack also raised fears that the French action could prompt further
Islamist revenge attacks on Western targets in Africa, where al Qaeda ... more »
UK Government commissions study advocating mind control
*Indoctrination. Submission. Capitulation.*
That is what the UK government is going for.
However, they dressed it in religious regalia to increase acceptance and
prevent recognition that this study is a potential threat to your human
freedom
I caught this story yesterday, and it compliments the previous post so
nicely I just knew it had to be dragged into the light.
*“Spiritual but not religious are more like to have mental illness and
health issues”*
“A *scholarly study *out of Britain has concluded that people who say
they’re spiritual but not religious (SBNRs) are significant... more »
France in Mali fights the unfinished Libyan War
Matt's thoughts:
Most important point in all of this? A significant number of fighters, if
not the majority of them, are the Taureg, an ethnic group treated like crap
by France and now Mali (much like the Algerians and others) that have
joined into this fray for independence. If I were to venture a guess,
there's probably next to know "Islamic terrorists" at all, although, it
provides a good opportunity for Western/Israeli propagandists to strut
their stuff.
Brilliant citizens' video: Fighting judges and lawyers harming and exploiting families
This movement is occurring in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Here is the video:
And here is an association trying to help with these citizens' struggles in Ontario:
Ontario Civil Liberies Association for Self-Represented Litigants
And here are the Facebook groups:
Sarnia Group: CFFLR
OCLA Group
Pete Barnes Killed when his Helicopter hit a Crane in London
The helicopter pilot who was killed when his helicopter hit a crane in
central London has been named as Pete Barnes.
The helicopter smashed into a crane on St George Wharf Tower, in Vauxhall,
amid heavy fog.
It cartwheeled out of the sky, smashed into two cars as it hit the ground
and exploded into flames.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038710/helicopter-crash-in-vauxhall-pilot-named
Study Highlights California Groundwater Contaminants
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 3 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
Groundwater from the southern California desert has higher-than-average
levels of naturally occurring contaminants, according to this story from
the Desert Sun newspaper.
A recently released study from the U.S. Geological survey found
contaminants in 42 percent of aquifers from the Coachella Valley, which is
roughly 100 miles west of Los Angeles. The study found high levels of
arsenic, boron, fluoride, molybdenum and strontium—all of which have been
linked to adverse health impacts by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The study did not evaluate samples from wate... more »
Australia town virtually blown off the map after a freak storm – ‘I’ve never been in anything like it before, it was very scary’
[image: A freak storm wrought damage in the small Western Australia town of
Karlgarin, 15 January 2013. AAP]
16 January 2013 (AAP) – The tiny West Australian town of Karlgarin has been
virtually blown off the map after a freak storm blasted through it.
The State Emergency Service (SES) and Volunteer Emergency Service (VES)
volunteers said they were working to help people in the Wheatbelt town
after destructive storms caused damage to up to 12 buildings in the small
community last night.
Authorities said the storm front hit the town about 5pm (WST), bringing
heavy rain and stron... more »
Null Results
Chris Blattman links to a paper (PDF) that finds no relationship between
oil production and violence. He comments: Regardless what you believe,
however, there’s a striking shortage of null results papers published in
top journals, even when later papers overturn the results. I’m more and
more sickened by the lack of interest in null results.
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The year ahead in the Eurozone: lower risks, same problems
[image: A journalist compares the new 5 euro note with an old one (top)
during a ceremony with Draghi, President of the European Central Bank
(ECB), in Frankfurt]
By Nouriel Roubini
14 January 2013
Financial conditions in the eurozone have significantly improved since the
summer, when eurozone risks peaked because of German policymakers’ open
consideration of a Greek exit, and the sovereign spreads of Italy and Spain
reached new heights. The day before European Central Bank President Mario
Draghi’s famous speech in London in which he announced that the ECB would
do “whatever ... more »
Now Blockbuster Collapses
DVD rental chain Blockbuster has called in administrators - becoming the
third major retailer to collapse this year - Sky's City Editor has revealed.
Mark Kleinman said Deloitte was in the process of being appointed
administrators for the company, which has 528 stores across the UK, and
employs 4,190 people.
Deloitte's Lee Manning said Blockbuster faced increasing competition from
internet rivals and the shift to online streaming of movies and games.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038898/retail-crisis-now-blockbuster-collapses
PEDDLING RHEE: What the NAEP scores actually say!
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013*
*Part 3—The Post’s idea of progress:* Last weekend, the Washington Post was
engaged in its favorite task.
The Post was peddling Rhee.
On Sunday, a 2100-word front-page profile introduced the world, for the ten
millionth time, to its new “education celebrity.” Meanwhile, an editorial
and a separate opinion piece told the world, for the ten millionth time,
about the progress Michelle Rhee achieved in just three years as head of
DC’s public schools.
(For part 2 in this award-winning series, see THE DAILY HOWLER, 1/15/13.)
As usual, the Post was peddli... more »
Black soot impact on global warming worse than thought: study
[image: Soot emissions from sources such as this brick kiln in Karkhla,
Pakistan, absorb sunlight and contribute directly to global warming. J.
Stanmeyer / VII / Corbis]
16 January 2013 (Sydney Morning Herald) – Black carbon, the soot produced
by burning fossil fuels and biomass, is a more potent atmospheric pollutant
than previously thought, according to a four-year international study
released on Tuesday.
Emitted by diesel engines, brick kilns and wood-fired cookstoves, black
carbon is second only to carbon dioxide as the most powerful climate
pollutant, according to the study ... more »
Untitled
*Jindal's tax-less, revenue-negative budget proposal discussed at panel ~
Advocate*
*Proposal to eliminate income tax has lawmakers looking at new revenue
sources ~WWLTV*
*Voucher program can continue in Tangipahoa ~WDSU *
*Today's must-read: io9 profiles Zack Kopplin ~Charles Maldonado, Gambit*
*New Orleans not hindered by low water ~American Shipper *
*Is Drew Brees rooting for hated Falcons to get to New Orleans? ~CBS Sports*
*White House petition to issue an executive order forcing NFL Commissioner
Roger Godhell to return the New Orleans Saints 2nd Round Draft Pick*
*Kromer To ... more »
Idle No More-Gulf Coast
Sunday, January 20, 2013
11:00am until 3:00pm in CST
Pavilion #1, City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
We, the Indigenous peoples of the Gulf Coast, call upon all people to join
us in honoring Indigenous sovereignty and the protection of air, land and
water in solidarity and support of the grass roots movement, Idle No More.
In honor and recognition of Chief Theresa Spence and the Attawapiskat
people, Idle No More – Gulf Coast invites you to attend an event set to be
held on January 20, in City Park's Pavillion number one, New Orleans,
Louisiana, at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Grand Cail... more »
Q Day 1: The 2016 Nomination Process
An anonymous commenter asks:
Do you foresee any meaningful rules changes occurring for the 2016
primaries and what impact on the nomination process do you think they would
have?
I doubt that anything significant will happen with the formal rules.
Republicans, I suspect, will follow up on tightening the link between votes
and delegates, making them a bit more like the Democrats in that regard;
this part of the process has always been a bit murky to me, so I don't want
to predict much about how successful the change will be. And it's not
likely to matter a whole lot to nomination out... more »
Wednesday Morning Linkage
In the spirit of last night’s post, two blogs worth reading: Empirical
Legal Studies and The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale. Here’s Carolyn
Shapiro at the former talking about two posts by Dan Kahan at the latter.
Every once in a while I attempt to goad PTJ by sending him links to pieces
that are (1) thoughtful but
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WotW: Show Off Your Best Self with Vizify
Here on Wednesdays on the Web, we've shown you some neat ways to show off.
When it comes to resumes, there is CVMaker. And if you want to brag about
your Facebook usage, you can use Wolfram Alpha's data processing power.
Today, I'm going to share with you a site that's a cross between a
real-life resume and a social media resume. Are you ready for it? It's
called Vizify.
As you might guess from the name, it's a visual representation of yourself.
But unlike other resume websites, like LinkedIn, this doesn't require you
to input any new information. All you have to do is link up you... more »
China Getting Ready for War - A Bluff?
A few days ago, Japanese aircraft,
above the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands airspace,
confronted China's military aircraft for the first time.
It was as if a Sino-Japanese War
could break out at any moment.
China's General Staff Headquarters issued
"2013 military training instructions".
This requested the military and armed forces to
strengthen combat thoughts and good combat preparation.
Last year, Xi Jinping not only promised to enhance the
entire military situation but also revise awards payouts.
A combat bonus can be of several hundred million dollars.
But outsiders say that the Chinese Com... more »
Is the Harper government funding christian missionaries abroad?
According to this reportage in La Presse, more and more CIDA funds are
being directed towards christian groups and projects that have a mandate to
proselytize. Few have solid experiences with humanitarian aid projects as
well regarded as Kairos; most have no international credibility.
*While reducing financial support to many international cooperation
agencies, the Harper government is now providing more subsidies to
religious NGOs, especially those that have a mission to spread the faith.*
*
* *This is what emerges from research conducted by François Audet, Director
of the Canadian ... more »
Is "Too Big To Jail" A Sacred Concept In America... Even With A Democrat In The White House?
The story of Henry Frick, one of the worst monsters of American capitalism,
should have ended the idea of "too big to jail" in 1889. But he got off
scott free and... it didn't-- nor have any of the other outrages against
society done so. This week, after the latest HSBC fiasco, George Miller
(D-CA) and a group of other progressives are giving it a try again. They
blasted the Justice Department’s decision to “defer prosecution” of bank
officials as symptomatic of an unacceptable lack of accountability for
large financial institutions.
“We believe that the Department of Justice ow... more »
The "IF" That Divides Us
We watch in children with pathetic interest, the degree in which they
possess recuperative force. When they are hurt by us, or by each other, or
go to the bottom of the class, or miss the annual prizes, or are beaten in
the game, — if they lose heart, and remember the mischance in their chamber
at home, they have a serious check. But if they have the buoyancy and
resistance that preoccupies them with new interest in the new moment, — the
wounds cicatrize, and the fibre is the tougher for the hurt.
Emerson, "Power," in *The Conduct of Life*.
A Fifteen Year Reign?
Yesterday, Lawrence Martin floated a depressing thought: We may have to
live with Stephen Harper for a long, long time:
With still plenty of time in his current term, Mr. Harper will join the
group of long-time tenants and it’s even possible he will one day make the
15-year club. Opposition party members will quietly tell you that without
amalgamation or a co-operation deal of some kind among progressive parties,
the chances of unseating the Conservatives are small. Reducing them to a
minority is well possible, they feel, but not throwing them out.
Harper, most certainly, has bee... more »
BP Gas Site Hit By 'Kidnap Terror': possible Revenge motive for French military action in Mali
At least eight foreigners, including an Irishman, have been kidnapped from
a gas facility part-operated by BP in Algeria.
The Foreign Office confirmed a "terrorist" incident was ongoing soon after
BP said it had reported a "security incident" to the UK authorities.
But the company was yet to confirm a link to reports that Islamist
militants, said to be connected to al Qaeda, had seized a number of people
in an attack that had a possible revenge motive for French military action
in Mali.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038832/bp-gas-site-hit-by-kidnap-terror
Taiwan's legislature stirs from its torpor, slashes budget, and other links
*Several of my future dinners in a farm outside of Houli.*
Enjoy some delicious links...
- A Koxinga Shrine with a Difference
- Yes, just what we need in the current era of stagnating economic
growth: austerity in the form of slashed budgets. The legislature yesterday
decided to whack 1.9% of the budget away.
- Oz on the Yonghoshan Reservoir in Miaoli
- Wild at Heart: Taroko People vs Asia Cement.
- New agreement reduces fees for Pinoy workers in Taiwan by 85%
- Under the Radar news from AsiaEye
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! An... more »
10 Holistic Cold & Flu Remedies by Roxanne
*
Holisitic Cold & Flu Remedies
***
by Roxanne
The Holistic Mama, 10 December 2012
*1. Garlic Tea *
Garlic* **tea* might not sound that tasty but I assure you it’s not that
bad and it is definitely worth it. Garlic has been found to have
antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activity which is very helpful
when trying to fight something off. Eating a whole clove of garlic would
also help but its not easy to eat on its own. You can, however, puree it
into dishes like hummus to make it easier to eat. Garlic *tea* offers the
same benefits and the warming effect of the tea help... more »
Pigeon Cages
Look around you. They are everywhere, atop buildings, next to homes, in the
back of fields. Pigeon cages, housing valuable racing animals. Check out this
old piece on pigeon racing to see why they are so important. Click on read
more to continue.
Freshly painted in rural areas...
...hiding in urban areas where you'd least expect them.
This giant green castle is probably the successor to the rusty cage at the
right.
Tucked away behind bushes.
Prize pigeons locked up safely.
I'm always amazed by their size. A three story building is not at all
unusual.
Fenghsing Road outside o... more »
Question Day
Wow, it hasn't been question day around here for ages. Today should be a
good day for it, I think (among other things, I have to run over to the
airport...the eldest daughter, after a very nice gap semester, is setting
off for college. Yikes!).
Anyway: it's on. Leave your questions in comments below, or email them, or
via twitter, and I'll get to as many as I can. Whatever you have:
filibuster, the new Congress, the next round of presidential elections, the
HOF vote, anything. Apologies in advance if I don't get to yours -- and
while I don't always get to it, I try at the end of the... more »
Anthem, foreigners, and PC: Czech edition
There is some sense in which I personally like Karl Schwarzenberg, the
75-year-old prince who will become Václav Klaus' successor as the Czech
president if he beats Miloš Zeman next Saturday.
I think that he's been doing good things throughout much of his life, he
isn't really obsessed with harming or restricting other people, I have no
problems with his links to the late ex-president Havel that he managed to
build, I like some of the residual aristocratic manners he still displays,
and I acknowledge that he has inherited some good things (in my opinion)
from the Czech character. Ma... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Albert Pujols, 33. He's so good that he was able to do
something that only the Panda and a couple of other guys could do.
And just a little good stuff:
1. Barack Obama doesn't take questions from the press corps very often.
Donovan Slack has the story, with numbers from Martha Kumar.
2. Really good reporting and analysis from David S. Bernstein (yeah, I
know, but I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true) on field-clearing and the
Massachusetts Democrats.
3. An nice slideshow explaining filibusters, from Newsbound. I wish they
would put less emphasis on "silent," and a... more »
Universe - is it alive??!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 6 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/2LKtiR3Y3SE
Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? Familiar questions?
Let me add one: what are we doing here? Ever arrived to this opinion: how *
narcissistic* the gods from Churches must be to need us to praise and
worship *their* Creation. As if we were the only living creatures in this
Universe of course. Like ancient gods who were preoccupied 24/7 with the
fate of this planet. But isn't there in fact *one God*, one
incomprehensible metaphysical Force that shaped invisible fields of waves
and particles into a holographic virtualization or a... more »
has Blogger stopped Free Planet embed'ing youtube videos?
Look down at any (of the many) embed'd youtube videos here on Free Planet
and you'll see that NONE OF THEM ARE WORKING as they should be. I've
checked other blogspot blogs just to be sure and their embed'd youtube
videos are working.
I'll update this post when service is resumed but until then, I gotta opt
for "Free Planet Under Attack."
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS REGION - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 11:23:02 UTC
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 09:23:02 PM at epicenter
Location
9.679°S, 155.048°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS REGION
Distances
264 km (164 miles) ESE (105°) from Kulumadau, Woodlark Island, PNG
James Edward Satterfield Arrested for writing letter to judge's wife threatening to kill, cook and eat her children
A 58-year-old man is facing terrorism charges after sending a threatening
letter to a superior court judge's wife saying that he would kill the
couple's children and eat them.
James Edward Satterfield, 58, also made the chilling claim that he would
'cook them first to make them more palatable' according to the Cobb County,
Georgia arrest warrant that was issued.
The letter, sent on December 20th to the home of Judge Reuben Green,
states: 'Please give a copy of this letter to the police so that when you
are slaughtered the public will know who were really responsible.'
http://www.d... more »
BP Admits Security Incident Amid Kidnap Claim
BP is setting up a helpline for relatives following reports five Japanese
nationals and a French citizen were kidnapped from a facility part-operated
by the company in Algeria.
The oil firm said it had reported a "security incident" to the UK
authorities but was yet to confirm a link to reports that Islamist
militants had seized six people.
In its statement BP said: "We can confirm that there has been a security
incident this morning at the In Amenas gas field in the eastern central
region of Algeria.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038832/bp-admits-security-incident-amid-kidnap-claim
Fort Bragg: Army will stop 'shooting, stabbing, and blowing up goats to train military medics' following new legislation
Thousands of goats who were used to train Army medics will now be
spared,
thanks to legislation that was passed at the beginning of 2013.
Goats at Fort Bragg were routinely shot, stabbed, and blown up to
simulate
injuries soldiers could receive in combat situations, according to
animals
rights’ activists.
As many as 3,600 goats were used in the program last year, government
documents show.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263114/Fort-Bragg-stop-using-goats-training-Army-medics--saving-300-goats-MONTH-shot-stabbed-blown-up.html
'Lance Armstrong should be sitting in front of a judge, not Oprah': Anger of former assistant whose life was 'made hell' by the disgraced champion
The former assistant who was once Armstrong's right-hand man today damns
the disgraced cyclist as a ‘calculating individual’ who should be in jail -
not sitting down with Oprah Winfrey.
Mike Anderson was so close to Armstrong he was dubbed 'husband number two'
by the star's then wife. But the friendship imploded when Mr Anderson
claimed he discovered Armstrong's drug-stash in a bathroom cabinet and
evidence that he was avoiding random drug tests.
Speaking to MailOnline Mr Anderson said: ‘I have a pretty solid
understanding of who Lance Armstrong is. He is a very calculating
individ... more »
3.6 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL CALIFORNIA - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
3.6
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 11:25:40 UTC
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 03:25:40 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
35.488°N, 118.284°W
Depth
5 km (3.1 miles)
Region
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances
18 km (11 miles) SSE (165°) from Weldon, CA
Europe: Tory MPs Demand Return Of Powers
*EU FACT: Members of the European Commission and other Brussels EU
officials are “immune from legal proceedings in respect of acts performed
by them in their official capacity, including their words spoken or
written.” Moreover, they “continue to enjoy this immunity after they have
ceased to hold office.” (Chapter V, article 11; Chapter VII, article 19).*
Tory MPs will today demand that David Cameron seizes back powers from
Brussels, warning "the status quo is no longer an option".
A report called Manifesto for Change backed by Foreign Secretary William
Hague calls for a "new and d... more »
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake REYKJANES RIDGE - 16th January 2013
Magnitude M 4.2
Region REYKJANES RIDGE
Date time 2013-01-16 09:53:03.0 UTC
Location 60.99 N ; 28.09 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 464 km SW Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA - 16th January 2013
Magnitude mb 4.2
Region SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
Date time 2013-01-16 06:47:10.1 UTC
Location 41.92 N ; 82.48 E
Depth 1 km
Distances 43 km NW Kuche, China
Panic as gunman opens fire in St. Louis business school shooting one man in the chest before turning the gun on himself
A part-time student strode into the office of a longtime administrator at a
downtown St. Louis business school Tuesday and shot the man in the chest,
creating panic in the school before turning the gun on himself, police said.
Both men were in surgery Tuesday afternoon at Saint Louis University
Hospital. Police Chief Sam Dotson said he was optimistic both would
survive, but a hospital spokesman declined to discuss their conditions.
Police did not identify either man, but Dotson said the administrator was a
longtime employee in his late 40s.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2... more »
Monotracer goes futuristic in Total Recall
that's a picture of it, in the recent remake of TOTAL RECALL (based on
Philip K Dick's We Can Remember It For You Wholesale). What am I talking
about? The Monotracer from Swiss cockpit-bike-maker Peraves.
The big crime about this film wasn't The Fall coring through the earth's
plasma centre on its daily commute, nor the bland action-based storyline
that just drummed along at a tedious pace for one and a half hours, nor the
flat acting skills displayed by core participants Farrell and
the Beckinsale/Beal twins.
Though the "two weeks," fat woman customs scene and the triple-breasted... more »
helicopter hits crane on new tower beside Thames and plunges into rush-hour traffic - Two dead - including pilot - and 11 injured
The helicopter - which left Gatwick Airport, Sussex, at 7:36am and was
heading to Elstree, Hertfordshire, to collect an executive - was using the
route of the River Thames and hit a crane at the top of the tower near
Vauxhall Bridge in Vauxhall, central London, at 8am. The helicopter, which
hit the under-construction St George Wharf Tower, was reported to have been
carrying a pilot but no passengers. The aircraft struck the ground just 20
yards from Vauxhall station, which is a major commuting hub in the capital.
Eleven people were injured - one critically - and two people died,
in... more »
Syrian army on offensive in Aleppo after university blast
Syrian armed forces launched a renewed offensive in the northern city of
Aleppo on Wednesday, state media said, a day after 87 people were killed in
explosions at the city's university.
The state news agency SANA said the military had killed dozens of
"terrorists" - a term Damascus uses for rebels trying to overthrow
President Bashar al-Assad - in the new fighting.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE90E0V820130116
Six bombers attack spy agency in Kabul, kill two
Six suicide bombers launched a coordinated attack on Afghanistan's spy
agency in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least two and wounding 22 others,
Afghan officials said.
The attack started at around noon (0730 GMT) when the first assailant
detonated a large car bomb near the entrance to the National Directorate of
Security (NDS), the Kabul police chief's office said in a statement.
Five others strapped with explosives and driving a minivan were shot dead
as they tried to enter the NDS compound, it said.
Two NDS guards were killed by the first bomber and 22 others wounded,
security a... more »
French, Malian troops encircle Islamist rebels in central Mali
French ground troops and Malian army forces encircled Islamist fighters in
the central Malian town of Diabaly on Wednesday, military sources said, as
France prepared to launch its first ground assault on the rebels.
France, which has warned that Islamists' seizure of Mali's desert north
last year represented a threat to the security of the West, moved a column
of armored vehicles on Tuesday into position at the nearby town of Niono,
some 300 km (190 miles) from the dusty riverside capital Bamako.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-mali-rebels-idUSBRE90D0FX20130116
London Helicopter Crash: Witnesses Talk Of Shock
Michael Krumstets and his flatmate were walking to work when "out of the
blue, this happened".
He told Sky News: "We saw the helicopter hitting the crane at the top of
the building and there was a loud crack, and then the helicopter started
spinning out of control and incredibly towards us ... I mean directly
towards us.
"We ran to the side of the road and it then crashed into the road just feet
away from us and my flatmate fell over and I had to grab him but it was
just awful.
"You see a helicopter hurtling out the sky towards you ... it's the last
thing you expect on your way t... more »
helicopter smashes into a crane in central London, 2 Killed
Two people have been killed as a helicopter smashed into a crane in central
London, crashing into two cars as it hit the ground.
Witnesses said the aircraft cartwheeled out of the sky after hitting the
crane on St George Wharf Tower, in Vauxhall, amid heavy fog.
It then exploded into flames.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038710/two-die-as-helicopter-hits-crane-in-vauxhall
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHERN PERU - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 07:04:15 UTC
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 02:04:15 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.795°S, 76.876°W
Depth
26.7 km (16.6 miles)
Region
NORTHERN PERU
Distances
29 km (18 miles) NNE of Moyobamba, Peru
Agri Econ 7: On Rice Price Stabilization
Agriculture is among the sectors with heavy government intervention and
subsidy. In some European countries like France, the number of government
agri-related bureaucrats could be as many if not plentier, than their
farmers.
During the Federation of ASEAN Economic Associations (FAEA) conference last
November 28-29, 2012 held at the PICC, Manila, one of the panel discussions
was on agriculture and food security. I did not attend that panel because I
went to the panel on Competition policy. Nonetheless, I have some of the
presentations in USB during the conference.
One of the paper... more »
US Court Awards Multi-Million Dollar Payouts To Two More US Children With Vaccine Caused Autism
US Court Awards Multi-Million Dollar Payouts To Two More US Children With
Vaccine Caused Autism
Child Health Safety, 14 January 2013
This breaking news is reported by award winning journalist David Kirby, who
in 2008 broke the Hannah Poling story.
The two new cases are reported here: * **Vaccine Court Awards Millions to
Two Children With Autism* David Kirby Huffington Post 14th January 2013.
The children in the successful new cases are Ryan Mojabi aged 10 from
Northern California and Emily Moller.
Hannah Poling developed an autistic condition after receiving 9 vaccines in
one d... more »
Clock: doom arrives in five minutes
*...but the sky has already been falling too many times for any credibility
to have survived...*
You may hear from Fox News and other journalists that the doomsday clock
will show 23:55, five minutes before the midnight, as the time indicating
the "imminent destruction of humans" for the whole year of 2013 (unless an
urgent modification is needed).
We are told that the timing – one that has been said many times before –
was calculated and announced by "scientists". When you read a few more
paragraphs, you will realize that it's some article written in the Bulletin
of Atomic Scienti... more »
COLONEL SIR VICTOR BARKER; FASCISTS
*Barker.*
Sir Victor Barker worked for the British fascist group called the *National
Fascisti*.
Barker lived at the group's London headquarters, working as the secretary
for the group's leader Henry Rippon Seymour.
Barker trained fascist teenage boys in boxing and fencing.
Barker became one of the most dedicated defenders of the fascists and often
took command of operations.
"We had many rows with the Reds," said Barker
Barker was involved in rowdy behaviour with the lads in Hyde park.
*Barker*
One of his neighbours said: "We all looked upon him as... the best type of
Army o... more »
Disaster Relief a Disaster With Ellen Brown
Ellen is right on this. In fact it is always better to localize
governmental functionality and decision making as much as possible and
disaster management in particular.
Once again we are suffering from the curse of the King. Central power
deludes itself into thinking that only one person is able to make decisions
and naturally dis-empowers everyone else with bureaucratic
arteriosclerosis.
It took me a long time to understand that central banking itself is now
stuck the same way. Its power needs to be handed down just as deep as is
possible and even beyond. Surprise me ... more »
Toyota and Audi Testing self Driving Protocols
We are not there yet but the competition is clearly heating up as the
majors pile on. The first obvious stage is to have an effective system that
the driver simply monitors in a hands off position. This may be possible
largely even now. Such a transitional will then be natural and quick as
confidence also rises.
The majority of driving is repetitive and just removing that particular
load will popularize its acceptance.
From that point, it should take less than a decade to see it all go
driver-less to everyone's safety and ease.
From then on mankind will be simply cat... more »
Black Hole Burp
The problem that I have with this interpretation is that it is been
observed simultaneously across thousands of light years at least. This is
either absurd or plausibly, these galaxies are vastly closer to us than we
had ever imagined. Recall that our measurement protocol is dependent on one
rather iffy assumption that has been producing a number of uncomfortable
inferences over the years.
For the record, my own work explains the Red shift as an artifact of the
age of the universe itself and unrelated to galactic velocity which is in
fact generally modest and over the whole... more »
Aging Outright Reversed for First Time
The present reality regarding telomere therapies is one of surprising
outright success with zero side effects. All the reported cautions are
completely untested and speculative. It is rubbish until shown otherwise by
appropriate science.
Now we have a stunning age reversal in a nicely prepared animal model.
This powerfully indicates that we are way closer to outright success than
anyone ever imagined. This surely deserves a high five.
In the meantime individuals are out self testing the protocol at serious
expense and with little reporting underway. I would like to see mo... more »
Sheldan Nidle’s Update for the Galactic Federation of Light and Spiritual Hierarchy
*Sheldan Nidle’s Update for the Galactic Federation of Light and Spiritual
Hierarchy*
*A new Age of Light will dawn and the time of the sacred prophets of the
Creator will again be seen. Every one of you is a potential prophet and a
deliverer of Good News! You are to form a society based upon your great
Light, which is to shine in glory and multifarious service to the Creator.*
13 Chicchan, 13 Chicchan, 9 Eb
Dratzo! We return! Your world continues to move forward toward the day
chosen by Heaven for manifesting your new reality. Our Agarthan family
informs us that their part in... more »
Hactivist, Internet innovator Aaron Swartz commits suicide
*
* Aaron Swartz *Hactivist, Internet innovator Aaron Swartz commits suicide*
Juan Carlos Perez
@JuanCPerezIDG Jan 12, 2013 4:47 PM
*Aaron Swartz, the brilliant Internet pioneer, passionate political
activist and computer programming prodigy, committed suicide on Friday as
he faced hacking-related charges that could have landed him in jail for
decades, according to published reports.*
Swartz, who was 26, killed himself in his New York City apartment,
according to The Tech, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
newspaper that first reported his passing on Saturday.
Swartz p... more »
The snowball squad: We'll ARREST you if you throw one, police warn children
You're picking your way carefully along an icy pavement when suddenly –
thwack! – a snowball thrown by an unseen hand hits you on the back of the
head.
As you stop to dry off, you look round for the pesky little brat who threw
it, but there’s no one to be seen.
Irritating, of course, but hardly a matter for the police ... unless, that
is, you live in County Durham.
The force there provoked derision yesterday after threatening to arrest
children found throwing snowballs at cars or bystanders.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2262876/Police-Facebook-warn-youngsters-throw-snowb... more »
President Assad and his family 'are now living on a warship guarded by the Russians off Syrian coast'
Syrian president Bashar Assad and his family are living on a warship
guarded by the Russian navy, according to reports.
The embattled dictator is said to have moved with his family and a select
band of aides to the warship off Syria's coast.
The move, which is said to have come about after the president lost
confidence in his own security detail, sees Assad travel by helicopter to
Damascus to attend meetings in his presidential palace.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263110/President-Assad-family-living-warship-guarded-Russians-Syrian-coast.html
Police recruits to be paid less than trainee McDonald's manager after reforms see starting salary cut by £4,000
Police reacted with anger yesterday after their starting salary was slashed
to below that of a trainee manager at McDonald's.
Theresa May backed a package of controversial reforms which will see new
recruits earn a minimum of £19,000-a-year – a cut of £4,000.
The Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, said the
cut was 'ill-conceived and fails to reflect the dangers and demands
inherent in the job'.
There was also widespread anger on social media sites used by officers. One
wrote on Twitter: 'McDonalds starting salary £21.5k…'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art... more »
Sunni Lawmaker in Iraq Is Killed in a Suicide Bombing
An Iraqi Parliament member who was also the leader of a local council of
the Awakening movement, an American-backed group of Sunni militias that
switched sides to fight against Al Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in a suicide
bomb attack in Anbar Province on Tuesday, security and government officials
said.
The lawmaker, Efan al-Essawi, who owned a construction company, had gone to
inspect a road that it was building to connect Falluja with the main
highway in Anbar, a trade route that leads west to Syria and Jordan. The
region has been embroiled in strife since last month, when protests, l... more »
Delhi gang-rape protests to intensify today
The ongoing protests demanding stringent punishment for the culprits
involved in the gang-rape of the 23-year-old student that had waned over
the past couple of weeks are expected to regain momentum on Wednesday as it
marks one month since the ghastly crime took place. Several groups
including students, activists and informal groups which have been active on
social media in mobilising campaign seeking justice for the gang-rape
victim have called for a large-scale peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar and
different other parts of the Capital.
Medical students, residents and nurses of Va... more »
Israeli troops kill teenager near West Bank barrier
Israeli
soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager Tuesday near
Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank, Palestinians said, in the
latest of several fatal shootings in recent days near fences in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The shooting at Budrus, west of Ramallah, occurred when a group of high
school students, out walking after first-semester final exams,
approached
the fence that runs outside the village, according to reports from the
scene.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-troops-kill-teen-near-west-bank-barrier-palestinians-say/2013/01/15/65... more »
Aaron Swartz's 'killed by the government': Father Robert Swartz
"He was killed by the government, and MIT betrayed all of its basic
principles," Robert Swartz said at the memorial service in the Chicago
suburb of Highland Park, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Swartz, 26, was found dead in his New York apartment on Friday. He was
facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after being indicted in Boston
in 2011 for allegedly gaining access to academic articles from a computer
archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The charges carried a
maximum penalty of decades in prison.
Robert Swartz said his son was "hounded by the governm... more »
White House fury over Morsi description of Israelis as ‘blood-sucking descendants of apes and pigs’
The White House last night denounced remarks made by Egypt’s Islamist
President in which he described Israelis as “descendants of apes and pigs”.
Footage of President Morsi’s video interview with the Lebanon-based Al-Quds
channel was recorded in September 2010, but it has only just emerged — on
the eve of a visit by a high-ranking American delegation to Cairo.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3658597.ece
Leaked cable claims ‘compelling’ evidence of chemical weapons in Syria
There is “compelling” evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons
against rebels in the city of Homs last month, according to a State
Department cable leaked to US media.
Foreign Policy, an online magazine, reported that the leaked cable, signed
by Scott Kilner, the US Consul General in Turkey, said there was evidence
that President Assad’s military had used poison gas during fighting on
December 23.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3659004.ece
Syria's UN Ambassador Condemns Aleppo Terrorist Attack
Syria's ambassador to the United Nations has condemned as a "cowardly
terrorist act" an attack at a university in Syria's biggest city, Aleppo.
Bashar Ja'afari said the explosions at Aleppo University on January 15
killed 82 students and wounded 162 more.
http://www.rferl.org/content/syria-aleppo-attack/24825050.html
Europe: Conservative group demands return of powers to UK
A group of Conservative backbench MPs is to publish a report later calling
for a substantial return of powers to the UK from the European Union.
Fresh Start, which says it is backed by more than 100 Tory MPs, wants the
UK to remain in the union, but with "significant revisions" to treaties.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has backed the report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21037590
France launches ground offensive in Mali
French army tanks are heading from the Malian capital Bamako under the
cover of darkness towards the north of the country, to target areas
currently in the hands of militant islamists.
It is the first time ground troops have been deployed in the six-day
operation.
French air strikes against militant strongholds in the north began last
Friday and are continuing.
http://www.euronews.com/2013/01/16/france-launches-ground-offensive-in-mali/
Mali's Islamist groups united by war threat
A powerful southern offensive by Islamists in Mali last week, halted only
by French air strikes, showed that a loose alliance of rebels from al
Qaeda's North African wing and local groups has been united by the threat
of foreign intervention.
When the coalition of Islamists swept across northern Mali last year,
massacring army troops and carving up the vast desert zone, ties between Al
Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and local groups Ansar Dine and MUJWA
had looked opportunistic, and regional mediators believed they could prize
them apart.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01... more »
World Bank cuts outlook, recovery frustrates
A frustratingly slow economic recovery in developed nations is holding back
the global economy, the World Bank said on Tuesday, as it sharply cut its
outlook for world growth in 2013.
The World Bank forecast that global gross domestic product will inch up 2.4
percent this year, from 2.3 percent in 2012. In its last forecast in June,
the bank projected global growth would reach 3.0 percent in 2013.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-worldbank-global-idUSBRE90E17G20130116
U.S. pushing for North Korean sanctions at U.N.
The United States is pushing hard for tough sanctions against North Korea,
one of its top envoys for Asia said on Wednesday, although diplomats at the
United Nations said it appeared unlikely that the North's ally, China,
would support them.
Washington, along with South Korea, Japan and European Union states, want
to punish North Korea for its December rocket launch with a United Nations
Security Council resolution and tougher sanctions against Pyongyang.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-korea-north-sanctions-idUSBRE90F08Z20130116
Syrian Rebels Bomb University as exams begin, killing at least 83 and wounding Dozens More
Syrian security personnel and civilians gather at the site where two
explosions rocked the University of Aleppo in Syria's second largest city,
January 15, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/George Ourfalian
Each side in the 22-month-old conflict blamed the other for Tuesday's
blasts at the University of Aleppo, located in a government-held area of
Syria's most populous city.
Some activists in Aleppo said a government attack caused the explosions,
while state television accused "terrorists" - a term they often use to
describe the rebels - of firing two rockets at the school. A rebel fighter
sa... more »
South Carolina: Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up On Pawleys Island
Thousands of dead fish washed up on the beach at the south end of Pawleys
Island Tuesday afternoon.
The fish are menhaden, and the SC Department of Natural Resources have been
notified of the incident.
http://www.wltx.com/news/article/216791/2/Thousands-of-Dead-Fish-Wash-Up-On-Pawleys-Island-
Hydrocarbon leak prompts Cormorant A evacuation (North Sea, [Cormorant Alpha Oil Platform])
A major evacuation of workers is under way from Taqa Bratani’s Cormorant
Alpha platform in the UK northern North Sea following a leak involving oil
and gas, Upstream can reveal.
Hydrocarbons were detected in one of the platform’s concrete legs at 4.15pm
UK time on Monday.
It is understood that the main release of hydrocarbons into the platform
leg involves crude oil but that associated gas from that crude has
activated gas detector alarms.
The volumes of oil and gas involved are not yet known as the situation is
understood to be ongoing.
http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article13... more »
Second Bullhead City resident tests positive for hepatitis
A second Bullhead City resident has confirmed they have tested positive
with hepatitis C after allegedly contracting the infectious disease
following a procedure performed by Dr. Terrance Kwiatkowski with the Ear &
Sinus Center of the Southwest.
The 43-year-old man said he received not one but two letters informing him
that he may have been exposed to the disease following the improper
sterilization of an endoscopy instrument used to treat his deviated septum.
The patient, who was treated by Dr. Kwiotkowski over a period of three
months beginning in January 2012, received the letter... more »
Newtown: Obama To Unveil Gun Proposals
President Barack Obama will unveil "a package of concrete proposals" to
curb gun violence, the White House has said.
Vice President Joe Biden, who Mr Obama directed to lead a panel tasked with
creating the proposals, will join the president at the White House on
Wednesday morning to announce the measures.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038520/newtown-obama-to-unveil-gun-proposals
Two people are killed and three injured after gunmen open fire at colleges in Kentucky and Missouri.
Two people have been shot dead at a community college in eastern Kentucky
as a gunman injured himself and an administrator at another college in
Missouri.
Authorities said a teenager was also wounded during the shooting in the car
park at Hazard Community & Technical College in Kentucky.
Conor Duff, the college's evening coordinator, said the shootings took
place around 4.30pm at the campus 90 miles south east of Lexington.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038587/two-dead-after-separate-college-shootings
'NRA Shooting Video' Game Branded Outrageous
The National Rifle Association has provoked controversy after apparently
releasing a shooting video game aimed at children as young as four.
Critics say the sale of the iPhone and iPad app, NRA: Practice Range, weeks
after the Sandy Hook school massacre is insensitive.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038594/nra-shooting-video-game-branded-outrageous
John McTiernan Facing Jail For Lying To FBI
Director John McTiernan, second left, with the cast of The Thomas Crown
Affair
The director of Die Hard and Predator faces a year in jail after losing his
bid to have the US Supreme Court review a guilty plea and prison sentence
for perjury and lying to the FBI.
John McTiernan, who also directed The Hunt For Red October, could now start
his prison sentence after months of appeals.
Prosecutors accused the 62-year-old of lying about hiring former private
investigator Anthony Pellicano, who represented many Hollywood stars, to
wiretap a film producer.
http://news.sky.com/story/10386... more »
New York Enacts Nation's Toughest Gun Controls
The New York state legislature has passed the toughest gun control law in
the US and the first since the Newtown school shooting.
The bill calls for a tougher assault weapons ban and provisions to try to
keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill who make threats.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who pushed hard for the legislation, signed the bill
within an hour of it being passed by the state assembly.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038599/new-york-enacts-nations-toughest-gun-controls
Honduras: British Tourist 'Shot Dead By Robbers'.... for his Camera
A British tourist has been shot dead in an apparent mugging in Honduras.
The man was taking photos in San Pedro Sula, the Central American nation's
second city, when he was attacked by two armed men, police said.
Deputy Police Chief Leonel Sauceda said: "It looks like he put up a fight
when they stole his camera, so they shot him."
http://news.sky.com/story/1038664/honduras-british-tourist-shot-dead-by-robbers
Horsemeat In Beef Burgers: Tesco Removes Product
Tesco, along with a number of other supermarkets, has removed certain
brands of frozen beefburgers from its shelves after they were found to
contain horsemeat.
A study examining the authenticity of a number of beefburger, beef meal and
salami products available from retail outlets in Ireland found that
horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% of the content in one sample of
Tesco Everyday Value Beef Burgers.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038575/horsemeat-in-burgers-tesco-removes-product
Dreamliners Grounded After Emergency Landing
Two Japanese airlines have grounded all of their Boeing 787 Dreamliners
after a sixth problem in less than two weeks.
All Nippon Airlines (ANA) announced it was grounding all 17 of its 787s
after one was forced to make an emergency landing in west Japan on
Wednesday.
Japan Air Lines Co Ltd (JAL) said it would also suspend all Dreamliner
flights scheduled to leave Japan on Wednesday over safety concerns.
http://news.sky.com/story/1038642/boeing-dreamliners-grounded-by-japan-airlines
3.2 Magnitude Earthquake OKLAHOMA - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
3.2
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 06:26:35 UTC
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 12:26:35 AM at epicenter
Location
35.623°N, 97.368°W
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
OKLAHOMA
Distances
6 km (4 miles) SW (219°) from Arcadia, OK
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake ALAMAGAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
5.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 02:38:24 UTC
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 12:38:24 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
17.432°N, 145.988°E
Depth
124 km (77.1 miles)
Region
ALAMAGAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Distances
81 km (51 miles) SSE (163°) from Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands
after New York takes action, President Obama to announce national gunlaw changes following Sandy Hook massacre
"Never let a good crisis go to waste," allegedly attributed to Rahm
Emanuel, ex-White House Chief of Staff.
The following video contains information about EMERGENCY PLANNING during
the atrocious events of July 7th 2005 London bombings information,
September 11th 2001 WTC demolitions and the Dec 14th 2012 Sandy Hook school
massacre.
After New York takes action against the sale of 'assault weapons',
President Obama to announce national gunlaw changes following Sandy Hook
massacre.
GUN CONTROL QUESTION, MIKE:
*are you for/against these gun control legislations re: the Free Planet
... more »
Misleading with statistics: the Fraser Institute on health care and ‘value for money’
This just in! The latest mainstream media news straight from the Vancouver
studios of the Fraser Institute, complete with no fact checking! No sooner
noted than illuminated – yesterday morning mainstream media was credulously
reporting another “Fraser Factoid,” this one a report by the far-right
political lobby group purporting to show Albertans get poor value ... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN PERU - 16th January 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 00:07:44 UTC
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 07:07:44 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
15.047°S, 70.686°W
Depth
74.4 km (46.2 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN PERU
Distances
21 km (13 miles) SSW of Ayaviri, Peru
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU - 15th January 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 22:34:49 UTC
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 05:34:49 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.760°S, 80.845°W
Depth
37.1 km (23.1 miles)
Region
NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU
Distances
22 km (13 miles) S of Sechura, Peru
The Poet: Wendell Berry, "A Warning To My Readers"
*"A Warning To My Readers"*
by Wendell Berry
"Do not think me gentle
because I speak in praise
of gentleness, or elegant
because I honor the grace
that keeps this world. I am
a man crude as any,
gross of speech, intolerant,
stubborn, angry, full
of fits and furies. That I
may have spoken well
at times, is not natural.
A wonder is what it is."
David Ulansey: The Principle Feature of Shamanism
David Ulansey is a "Visiting Professor of Religious Studies at U.C.
Berkeley, and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at the California
Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco," and, "a scholar of the
history of religions, comparative religion, and cultural history (Ph.D.,
Princeton Univ.)." [*Source*].
He is the author of *"The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and
Salvation in the Ancient World."* I am several chapters into the book and
it is fascinating. Read some of his work *here*.
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: rodcmp]:
In this excerpt... more »
New Colours Added to Weather Chart to Display Australia's Heat Wave
Image courtesy: Australia's Bureau of Meteorology/Public Domain
It's official, 2012 was a record year for heat in the US, and 2013 is
already turning out to be historic for Australia, a country that is used to
extreme heat, but nothing quite like what they're getting now. A "dome of
heat" has settled over the country and caused record-breaking temperatures;
so much so that the Australian Bureau of Meteorology actually had to add a
new color to its weather maps to show the hottest parts of the country
(it's purple, as you can see above). This extends the range up to 54
degrees celsi... more »
The unsmart ones
That
would be the NRA dragging the president's kids into their little
tantrum. It isn't like there life is going to get any easier from here
on, but really!
Drought Gives Rise to New Crime
The round hay bales used on larger farms. Photo courtesy: Flickr/CC BY 2.0
Economics 101 says that, all else being equal, when the supply of something
goes down, the price should go up. That's exactly what has been happening
with hay in drought and wildfire-afflicted areas of the United States. In
fact, many aren't ready to fork out the extra cash, or they simply can't
locate a seller, because there's been a big resurgence of hay bale thefts.
"Sheriffs in rural counties in Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas say
the spike in hay thefts is part of a broader rise in agricultural c... more »
Citizens File Articles of Impeachment Against Obama
When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is
their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide
new Guards for their future security.”
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
There can no longer be any doubt – the forces of tyranny are running wild
across our once great Republic. The time has come for all good men and
women to rally to the aid of their country. We have now entered a historic
crossroads that will decide the destiny of the United States. Ar... more »
A Tale Of Two House Republicans-- Justin Amash And Lynn Westmoreland... And The Asshole Factor
Boehner has something in his eye-- Justin Amash
With Ron Paul no longer in Congress, libertarian Justin Amash (R-MI) now
has a voting record second only to New Yorker Chris Gibson as the most
consistently at odds with the House Republican leadership of anyone in the
GOP caucus. Presumably that's why Boehner, Cantor and Ryan kicked him off
the Budget Committee-- rather than the stated reason. (Boehner lapdog Lynn
Westmoreland, always in a fierce contest with Gohmert for the title of
"Dumbest Member of Congress," has told anyone who would listen that Amash
was kicked off the committee ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Welcome back to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Have you missed our
weekly challenges as much as I have? I'm happy to be back and even happier
to see you!
Yesterday's POST included the changes we'll be making this year and we
started things off with our first poll. If you haven't yet voted and
commented, please do ... I'd love to know your thoughts on the subject.
Ready to challenge yourself? Let's jump right in! If this is your first
visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the
challenges we've taken on so far.
The new year seems to beg us to sort th... more »
IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Speaking of Consciousness
Image
from TZA's photostream / Flickr.
Speaking of consciousness
The cardinal sin of philosophy, committed all too often, is to use terms
that are ambiguous.
By Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog / January 15, 2013
The philosophy club is currently studying Philosophy of Mind, a topic
fraught with ambiguity. People use terms such as “mind,”
“consciousness,” “awareness,” “experience,” and so forth as
Musical Interlude: Enya, “Only Time”
Enya, “Only Time”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6g2BoHQGwk
Musical Interlude: Enya, Full Album: "The Best Of Enya"
Enya, Full album: "The Best Of Enya"
Orinoco Flow 0:00
Caribbean Blue 4:32
Book Of Days 8:30
Anywhere Is 11:29
Only If... 15:16
The Celts 18:38
China Roses 21:38
Shepherd Moons 26:22
Ebudae 30:03
Storms In Africa 32:02
Watermark 36:16
Paint The Sky With Stars 38:44
Marble Halls 43:00
On My Way Home 46:58
The Memory Of Trees 50:38
Boadicea 54:58
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtQ2vMxOl0
Athabasca Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam Statement Jan. 15, 2013
Press Statement From Chief Allan Adam regarding Highway 63 Roadblocks
January 15, 2013 – Fort McMurray, AB – In the wake
of Idle No More and the AFN’s calls for blockades, peaceful protests and
a stall of the Canadian economy Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca
Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) has made waves with talk of potential long
term blockades in Northern Alberta.
“At this
HuffPost Live: Going To Tehran
Source: *HuffPost Live*. Description:
"Iran is the most serious U.S. foreign policy challenge. The policy
approach is consistently unproductive. So how can the U.S. begin to appeal
to its long time enemy?"
Link: *Leveretts Discuss Going to Tehran on HuffPost Live*.
Obama Will Use Children as Props for Gun Control Announcement
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"Bipartisan" House GOP says: Can you really put a price on the defense of ignorance, bigotry, and hatred?
*Why, it's the all-Republican "bipartisan" majority of the
House's "Bipartisan" Legal Advisory Group ("B"LAG)!*
*"In a statement this week, House Democrats said the agreement was reached
in secret and they weren't aware of it until late Monday."*
*-- Chris Johnson, **reporting for the *Washington Blade* on the*
*House GOP's secret doubling of the budget for defending DOMA*
*by Ken*
In October I wrote a post asking, "Does anyone believe the now-spent $1.5M
is all 'Sunny John' Boehner will ram through for the defense of DOMA
ignorance and hatred?"
The $1.5M, you'll recall, was authori... more »
ALEC - You Do NOT Find This - at an NCSL Meeting
I just forced myself to listen to a 10 minute presentation on a radio
program sponsored by the extremist right-wing free-market radio station
from the John Locke Foundation in North Carolina.
They were talking about ALEC. In fact they were whining about how the
American Legislative Exchange Council is being picked on by the left
-whining, whining, whining. They spent ten minutes trying to get the
listener to believe that ALEC is just like NCSL. I get so sick of that
argument.
While I was listening to it I thought of this quote from a PR Watch articlethat was released today (my em... more »
Berlusconi: Libya's "Revolution" is a FAKE!
*"We Came, We Saw, He Died."* - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The same could not be said about Osama Bin Laden's departure. In that
case, U.S. solders bravely went to Afghanistan, saw, and at the last minute
were pulled back and prevented from killing Bin Laden in 2001 by their
superiors in D.C. He later died of natural causes, hardly the spectacular
ending to his life that is portrayed in "Zero Dark Thirty." There is zero
truth in that film.
Bin Laden's image as a menacing dragon who has the ability to escape the
reach of the United States was central in the selling... more »
Another Virtue of Blogsphere Engagement?
PM’s latest post, “Nobody cares about foreign policy” (note to self: we
need a style manual to resolve whether, for example, post titles should be
capitalized), was prompted by a proseminar we both attended on Monday. At
this proseminar, the always-interesting and invariably thoughtful Elizabeth
Saunders presented part of her book project: a paper entitled
Continue reading
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our
own Milky Way. About 50 million light-years distant in the northern
constellation Pegasus, NGC 7331 was recognized early on as a spiral nebula
and is actually one of the brighter galaxies not included in Charles
Messier's famous 18th century catalog.
* Click image for larger size.*
Since the galaxy's disk is inclined to our line-of-sight, long telescopic
exposures often result in an image that evokes a strong sense of depth. The
effect is further enhanced in this sharp image by galaxies that lie beyond
th... more »
American Lives Shorter and Less Healthy
U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health. The
National Academies Press Authors:
Steven H. Woolf and Laudan Aron, Editors; Panel on Understanding
Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries; Committee on
Population; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education;
National Research Council; Board on Population Health and Public Health
Practice; Institute of Medicine
[excerpted from the overview] The United States is among the wealthiest
nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life
expectancy and surv... more »
Jon Stewart battles a bit with Paul Krugman!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013*
*The key thing Jon Stewart knew:* Oof.
By light years, Paul Krugman has been the most valuable player in upper end
journalism over the past dozen years.
That said, we have increasingly felt that his political judgments aren’t
always as crisp as his understanding of policy. And uh-oh:
Last night, Jon Stewart had a bit of fun at Krugman’s expense. We think the
tape is worth watching. Click here.
A bit of background:
Last week, Stewart was mocking that trillion dollar coin before it rolled
under that million pound couch. Krugman voiced his annoyance, even ... more »
Chet Raymo, “One Last Reflection About ‘The Middle Ground’"
*“One Last Reflection About ‘The Middle Ground’"*
by Chet Raymo
"I have been reading again Karl Iagnemma's collection of stories “On the
Nature of Human Romantic Attraction.” At the time my paperback edition was
published (2004), Iagnemma was a research scientist in mechanical
engineering at MIT. The stories in the collection all involve scientists of
one sort or another trying to negotiate the bewildering no-man's land
between the analytic and the romantic.
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“You've got to live a little, take a little,
And let your poor heart break a little...”
Is there a middle ground betwe... more »
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