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Lindsey Graham Won His Primary, But BRAVO TV Star Thomas Ravenel May Well Still Do Him Him
We've been writing about how the DSCC is missing their best opportunity of
2014 by not taking advantage of a peculiar situation in South Dakota where
there are 3 Republicans on the November ballot against populist Democrat
Rick Weiland. The Party Establishment has a garden variety corporate shill
in the race, Mike Rounds, and he's the official party designee, but 2 very
well-known Republicans, ex-U.S. Senator Larry Pressler, and state Senator
Gordon Howie, both running as Independents, feel strongly that Rounds is
unfit to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.
There's a similar... more »
Historical US Gold Reserves simply can't be consistent with the actual history of the closing the the London gold Pool in 1968 ( due to London and the US having a few months of gold left to meet French demands for gold ) and the closing of the US gold window in 1971 by President Nixon..... And as the historical data for US Gold Reserves do not indicate any measurable change in gold reserves since the early 1970's ( such as gold purchases to offset those massive deliveries of gold in the late 1960's ) , there simply cannot be physical gold in the US ( US Treasury or Federal Reserve ) that matches up with the so called official data..... Which explains why Germany's Government has given up on bring their gold home from the New York Federal Bank ! Austria will bay at the moon but back off as well..... what's gone is gone and it's not coming back !
How can the US Government ( US Treasury ) or the Federal Reserve have any
sizable physical gold left ? First the official malarkey .... Focus on
years starting 1968 - 1971.....
Historical U.S. Gold Reserves
*by Tim Iacono - The Mess that Greenspan Made*
Published : February 19th, 2013
Keywords : Bretton Woods | Gold | Gold Reserves | Gold Standard | Us Gold
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From the historical data in the World Gold Council’s archives comes the
chart below depicting the dramatic rise and fall of U.S. gold reserves
before and after World War II (note that the stair-step pattern prior to
1950... more »
New Axis of Evil ( Fear mongers ) Holder / Graham and Cheney on display ( June 26 , 2014 ) ....... Once again , don't doubt for a second that scaring the public and False Flag ops are anything but bipartisan operations ......
Speaking of Homegrown Terrorists: Tricky Dick Cheney Predicts a “massive
attack on the homeland”
Kimberly Paxton
www.TheDailySheeple.com
June 25th, 2014
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I don’t know about you, but when multiple politicians begin to warn us of
terrorist attacks, I get an itchy little feeling that the warning is dire
indeed…that something is definitely coming…but that the actual terrorists
are not the people they are warning us about.
Could the *real* homegrown terrorists please stand up?
First of all, Eric Holder launched hi... more »
Enenews Having Log In Problems
I tried to log in to discuss webcam observations given the strange
emissions today. I couldn't tell whether fog or steam was smothering the
site in strange eddies. This morning's pinkness did not look the least bit
natural as it was spiked with red.
I wasn't able to log in at that or any other thread.
Here is the discussion forum
http://enenews.com/forum-fukushima-webcam-discussion-thread-dec-26-1013-present
It always makes me a bit paranoid when Enenews login fails during a
suspected large emission event.
Hot enough for you? Summer blasts its way in -- and we've got it in cartoon form
New Yorker *cartoon editor Bob Mankoff adds a note of caution to this
vision of paradise conjured by Roz Chast: "Don’t try this at home unless
this is in your home." (Note: You should be able to enlarge tonight's
cartoon's a little -- like from 420 to 465 pixels wide -- by clicking on
them. You'll have to make this call for yourself.)*
*by Ken*
Sorry, this is just another of those days when the thought of any of the
things I could and perhaps should be writing about just makes me too crazy,
and it's a day when I felt obliged to take off from work even though that
meant making the ... more »
Sovereign shenanigans - June 26 , 2014 -- As Spain gets ready to shaft depositors ( NIRP Strikes: Spain To Create Tax On Bank Deposits - coming perhaps as soon as the month of July ? ) ........ Argentina about to hose bondholders in about a month's time or the end of July ( US court blocks Argentina debt payout US federal court decides not to let most recent installment of Argentina's debt payment through. ) !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-26/nirp-strikes-spain-create-tax-bank-deposits
NIRP Strikes: Spain To Create Tax On Bank Deposits
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It was a little over a year ago, just as the Cyprus deposit confiscation
aka "bail in" was taking place, when we asked, rhetorically, if "Spain is
preparing for its own deposit levy" when an announcement by Spain's Finance
Minister, Montoro, hinted at the imminent arrival of just that.
Specifically we said:
While Spain's economy minister Luis De Guindos procl... more »
Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9oZ5A548Ak
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Jets of streaming plasma expelled by the central black hole of a massive
spiral galaxy light up this composite image of Centaurus A. The jets
emanating from Cen A are over a million light years long.
*Click image for larger size.*
Exactly how the central black hole expels infalling matter is still
unknown. After clearing the galaxy, however, the jets inflate large radio
bubbles that likely glow for millions of years. If excited by a passing
front, radio bubbles can even light up again after a billion years. X-ray
light is depicted in the above composite image in blue, while microwav... more »
"Decisions..."
"Except for totally impulsive or psychotic behavior, every human
decision comes down to the choice between two alternatives."
- Jeff Duntemann
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, IV"
*"Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, IV"*
"You who let yourselves feel: enter the breathing
that is more than your own.
Let it brush your cheeks
as it divides and rejoins beside you.
Blessed ones, whole ones,
you where the heart begins:
You are the bow that shoots the arrows
and you are the target.
Fear not the pain.
Let its weight fall back into the earth;
for heavy are the mountains, heavy the seas.
The trees you planted in childhood have grown too heavy.
You cannot bring them along.
Give yourselves to the air, to what you cannot hold."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Chet Raymo, “Examination Of Conscience”
*“Examination Of Conscience”*
by Chet Raymo
“I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery”, a close
examination of the trade in human beings between the coast of West Africa
and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a sobering read, but
if there is one thing I came away with, it was this: We have an enormous
capacity to rationalize the most horrendous crimes.
Everyone involved in the slave trade- the European owners of the ships, the
masters of the trading companies, the ship captains and crews, the
plantation owners in the West Indies and the Chesapea... more »
"Tripping the Switch Fantastic"
*"Tripping the Switch Fantastic"*
By Julian Wash
"Dear Humans,
Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human
condition that can toggle between the worlds of internal and external
experience. This “switch” enables us to compare and contrast what we hold
to be true against the perceptions and opinions of others. This handy
switch is essential. It promotes growth and awareness by opening doors to
new ideas and possibilities while keeping us tethered to that familiar
landing space we call self. It also serves as a protection device that can
“switch off” stimuli... more »
Let's talk about St. Anthony, Minnesota's Rebekah Erler's letter to Obama and some advice for her...
*which she isn't going to like one little bit. Too bad.*
Today, Obama had lunch (and photo op) with Rebekah Erler of St. Anthony
Park, Minnesota, who wrote him a letter to complain about how hard her life
is. And by gosh, the "ribbon cutter" president is supposed to do something
about it.
*In her own words on video:*
"I was frustrated," Erler said. "I paid for my family's mortgage payment
and our child care payment all on the same day and was really frustrated at
how much it all cost."
That was the moment I really decided like, *"*Somebody has to say something
about this,"' Er... more »
Gold and Silver Report June 21 , 2014 --- Ed Steer's always excellent Saturday roundup of news / data and views on / or touching on gold , silver , platinum and palladium ........ Koos Jansen missive ( Hong Kong Is The Key In Global Gold Trade, For Now ) ..... Items of note from GATA !
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/russias-central-bank-buys-300000-ounce-of-gold-in-may
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
From a price perspective it was a pretty quiet trading day on Friday. Gold
got sold down to its low, such as it was, at 9:30 a.m. BST in London. The
rally from that point didn't do much---and the New York high tick came at
10:30 a.m. EDT. From there it got sold down five bucks and traded flat
into the 5:15 p.m. EDT electronic close.
The CME Group recorded the low and high ticks as $1,307.10 and $1,321.80 in
the August contract.
The gold price closed yesterday ... more »
in which i defend the suburbs against misconceptions (some thoughts on reading jane jacobs)
I'm reading *Dark Age Ahead*, Jane Jacobs' 2004 strong caution to North
American society. I'll blog about the book in general at a later date, but
wanted to share some thoughts that keep coming up as I'm reading.
This is the first time I'm reading Jacobs since living in a suburb, the
kind of area Jacobs reviled, rather than living in a dense urban
environment, the kind she revered. And now, when I read Jacobs' shorthand
descriptions of suburbs, I wonder if she truly understood them.
Two of the charges levelled against suburbs - and if you've read Jacobs or
anyone influenced by her, ... more »
Establishment Republicans May Be Winning The Primaries But The Tea Party Wing Controls The Argument
Louisiana teabagger Steve Scalise isn't the biggest win for the Ted Cruz
wing of the GOP
The reaction from ugly Republican racists to the embarrassing Tea Party
losses in Oklahoma and Mississippi Tuesday-- two of the most brainwashed
and extreme right-wing states in the U.S.-- was, to put it mildly,
ungracious. McDaniel, of course, is refusing to concede. Limbaugh was
screaming about Uncles Toms on the radio the next day and, as the National
Memo pointed out, Palin declared that the Mississippi election had been
tampered with, the results were illegitimate and that it is pointless fo... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Sacramento, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
History: “The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876”
*“The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876”*
by EyeWitness To History
“In late 1875, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defiantly left their
reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their
sacred lands in the Black Hills. They gathered in Montana with the great
warrior Sitting Bull to fight for their lands. The following spring, two
victories over the US Cavalry emboldened them to fight on in the summer of
1876.
To force the large Indian army back to the reservations, the Army
dispatched three columns to attack in coordinated fashion, one of which
contained Lt. Col... more »
David McGowan- Covert Ops behind the Hippie Dream
Thanks Henrik @ Red Ice Creations!
David McGowan was born and raised in Torrance, California, just twenty
miles south of Laurel Canyon. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in
psychology and has, since 1990, run a small business in the greater Los
Angeles area. He is also a lifelong music fan who still frequently keeps
his radio tuned to classic rock stations. McGowan’s previous books include
Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder, and Understanding the
F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion. We’ll discuss his
new book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Lau... more »
'Tory' Jeremy Paxman says 'Newsnight' is 'made by 13-year olds'
This is quite something (h/t Sue):
*Newsnight is 'made by 13-year-olds', says Jeremy Paxman*
The former host says his Conservative leanings made him a lone voice on the
show as the younger producers wanted to change the world.
So, Boris was being quite shrewd then in joking that Paxo was "the last
remaining one-nation Conservative in the BBC" on Jeremy's last edition of
*Newsnight*. [Actually, I remember Boris joking about Jeremy being a
Conservative in a *Newsnight *interview a year or two back too. Do you?]
The *Telegraph *article continues:
Speaking at the Chalke Valley History... more »
“Happy Custer Massacre Day!”
*“Happy Custer Massacre Day!”*
by James Bovard
“On this day in 1876, Gen. George Custer led his 7th Cavalry regiment to
their demise in Montana. The Battle of Little Big Horn was one of the
biggest defeats suffered by the U.S. Army in the war against the Indians.
It is only in recent years that proper attention has been paid to the role
of atrocities by Custer and other military leaders in stirring up the wrath
of oppressed Indians.
I visited the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument 45 years ago
during a cross-country trip as a 12-year-old boy to a Boy Scout Jamboree in
I... more »
NVIC Calls for Vaccine Policy & Law Reform To Protect Human and Civil Rights
posted 5/18/2014
*By Barbara Loe Fisher*
No matter who you are or where you live, it is difficult to be part of a
minority. It takes courage to follow your conscience. It takes courage to
stand up and speak out for what you know is right when you are being
targeted and sanctioned by those who claim it is their right to bully and
shun you for who you are or what you believe.
This is especially true for those speaking out and standing up for the
right to make informed, voluntary choices about using vaccines, a
pharmaceutical product that carries a risk of harm and failure that can be... more »
PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY
The idea that the Great Depression was finally brought to an end by the
onset of WWII has been a staple of history textbooks, documentaries and
various war propaganda for decades. This myth continues to be perpetuated
to the present day.The idea that war is good for the economy is, needless
to say, a fallacious argument which itself is based on incorrect economic
data.
NVIC Calls for Vaccine Policy & Law Reform To Protect Human and Civil Rights
Posted 5/18/2014
*by Barbara Loe Fisher*
No matter who you are or where you live, it is difficult to be part of a
minority. It takes courage to follow your conscience. It takes courage to
stand up and speak out for what you know is right when you are being
targeted and sanctioned by those who claim it is their right to bully and
shun you for who you are or what you believe.
This is especially true for those speaking out and standing up for the
right to make informed, voluntary choices about using vaccines, a
pharmaceutical product that carries a risk of harm and failure that can be ... more »
"Your Average Armadillo..."
“All of the available data show that the typical American citizen has about
as much interest in the life of the mind as does your average armadillo.”
- Morris Berman
◆
Apologies to armadillos for the comparison, but if it's true...
Northerntruthseeker Reaches 2 MILLION Hits!
When I started this blog some 6 years ago, I never ever thought I would see
the day that it received 2 million hits, let alone reach even 100,000…..
Today is definitely a red letter day for myself, and I do want to thank
everyone for making it possible…
So here's to 2 Million hits…. And hopefully a few million more….
Today also marks my son's graduation from High School…. He is a bright
young man with a very bright future.. And to top it off, he is very Jew
wise indeed… He knows who is responsible for the ruination of this planet,
and has for the longest time seen through their lies... more »
Kauilapele's Blog: “New internet law in effect in Brazil”
http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/bricspost-6-24-14-new-internet-law-in-effect-in-brazil/
*BRICSPost 6-24-14… “New internet law in effect in Brazil”*
Posted on 2014/06/26 by kauilapele
*Well, at least somebody’s out there trying to correct things.*
——————————————–
*New internet law in effect in Brazil*
The Brazilian government’s new legislation aimed at protecting internet
privacy and guaranteeing open access to the web came into effect on Monday
in a bid to tighten security after the espionage scandal exposed by former
US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
The ‘Marc... more »
Supplemental: What Lawrence O’Donnell said!
*THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014*
*It’s just that time of the cycle:* We’re glad to see that Lawrence
O’Donnell has recovered from the injuries he suffered in a taxicab accident.
This has been his first week back on the air. Last night, he offered an
intriguing framework concerning the pressing question of Hillary Clinton’s
wealth:
O’DONNELL (6/25/14): Joining me now is Nia-Malika Henderson, national
political reporter for the Washington Post, and Ezra Klein, editor in chief
of Vox.com and an MSNBC policy analyst.
Nia, as far as I can tell, *I personally am not aware of any interest in
ho... more »
"Obama Asks For $500 Million To Equip Syrian Rebels As The ISIS Juggernaut In Iraq Spreads"
*"Obama Asks For $500 Million To Equip Syrian Rebels*
* As The ISIS Juggernaut In Iraq Spreads"*
by Tyler Durden
"It is going from bad to worse for the Iraqi government, whose armed forces
according to at least one unconfirmed media report, have suffered major
losses. Perhaps confirming this, is the report from Reuters that overnight
ISIS continued it southern creep toward Baghdad, and has now reached a town
that is just an hour from Baghdad which is home to four natural gas fields
on Thursday, "another gain by Sunni insurgents who have swiftly taken large
areas to the north and wes... more »
“America's War in Iraq Was a Fool's Errand”
*“America's War in Iraq Was a Fool's Errand”*
by Bill Bonner
“We don't need to add our commentary to the huge body of opinion already
existing on the subject of Iraq. We all now know that the mission was a
fool's errand and that it wasn't accomplished anyway. We know, too, that it
cost trillions of dollars and got a lot of people killed. Nor do we need
reminding that it destabilized the Levant. (We never thought it was very
stable in the first place.) Still, we are looking on the bright side. The
glass may be half empty for the US empire... but it's filling up for its
enemies.
Ha... more »
ANTHROPOLOGY LESSONS: Sun gods affirmed!
*THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014*
*Part 4—Rucker serves Sawyer Inka:* Anthropologically speaking, it’s hard
not to think of the 15th-century Inka when we consider the way our young
“journalists” defer to their priests and their rulers.
In his heralded book, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before
Columbus, Charles Mann described the ancient folkways of the Inka. These
folkways live on, slightly disguised, in the work of young Yale grads like
Philip Rucker, who now writes for the Washington Post.
Anthropologically speaking, some things never change! Thupa Inka was the
son of the Pacha... more »
June 26: Well, let's start with the June 25 paper.....
....it doesn't take long to read, and has almost nothing worth reading in
it. Just two items really struck me.
One was a statement by Joe Biden in defence of Harper's seeming
indifference to the fate of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned for
- well - for being a journalist and doing his job. Harper, though PM of a
country of which this reporter is a citizen has shown no interest at all.
Biden's take on it is that this is a delicate issue, and that bullhorn
methods won't work in dealing with it. Oh? Harper believes in quiet
diplomacy?
This is the man who made enemies all o... more »
Untitled
*Sheriff, city still miles apart on plans for jail ~Jim Mustian, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Mayor Mitchmo: ‘New Orleans Robbed Of Its Fair Share’ ~The Hayride*
*Frenchmen St. businesses upset at lack of rules enforcement ~Eric Paulsen,
WWLTV *
*New hotels not likely in New Orleans near future*
*Premium Parking for Web ~Chris Boudy*
*The Spirit of City Park Photo Contest Winners*
Mike's Story Part 62 - Lessons from Los Angeles
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
*October 11, 2007 *
* On the plane to LA*
"See out there on the back of the wing?" Mike said. "Those are the
flaps and the helions. When the plane takes off, they're down. You have
more air passing over the plane than under it to increase lift on takeoff."
I had a flashback-by-proxy to a talk that must have once taken place
between Mike and his father. Only now Mike himself was Dad and I was little
Mike.
"See that jet of water?" A stream arced from the front of the wing.
"That's the [I missed the term.] I'm talking a lot because my thumb is
hurting... more »
Book Promotion
Oh, one more thing before I forget:
Over a month and a half ago, I was interviewed via email by
Florida-based thriller novelist and Twitter follower Marcia Meara.
Yesterday, the interview went live and, as these past two days have been
rather hectic at Casa de Pottersville, I'd neglected to tell you you can
find the interview here.
Part of the reason it was so hectic these past couple of days is
because I wanted to coordinate the interview with a book promo (or more
like a relaunch) I'm doing for all three of my books, *American Zen*, *The
Toy Cop* and the *Mi... more »
Indictable, summary or hybrid
R. v. D.M.E., 2014 ONCA 496:
The Categories of Offences
[29] It is well-known that the *Criminal Code* contains offences that
are
i. indictable;
ii. summary conviction;
iii. indictable or summary conviction.
Some offences are indictable only. Others are summary conviction only. The
third category, with which we are concerned here, consists of hybrid
offences that may be prosecuted by indictment or on summary conviction
depending upon the Crown's election of mode of proceeding.
[30] An offence is indictable if the enactment that creates it
provides that an alleged o... more »
"Being Jewish is not a matter of religion"
*"No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key
to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been
written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it
involves. . . Language and religion do not make a race--there is only one
thing which makes a race, and that is blood." - Benjamin Disraeli, Jewish
former Prime Minister of Great Britain*
Since the French Revolution, when Jews were granted citizenship in France
and eventually all of Western societies, Jews have been considered and
treated as a religious minority, rath... more »
Republicans Plan To Flip The Senate In November And Impeach Obama As Quickly As They Can After That
Looking for another reason to vote against Maine Republican Susan Collins?
A few days ago, Jonathan Capehart wrote in the *Washington Post* that
"President Obama will be impeached if the Democrats lose control of the
U.S. Senate." Keep in mind that due to the unwillingness of Nancy Pelosi to
replace that startlingly incompetent and venal Steve Israel as DCCC chair,
the Democrats won't only *not* win back the House; they will experience a
very painful net loss of seats.) Were Patty Murray still in charge of the
DSCC, I wouldn't sweat the chances of the Republicans winning that body.... more »
HOW DO WE REACH A PEACEFUL & SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
The peas are starting to bud in our back yard at the Addams-Melman House in
Bath, Maine. We named our house after WWI-era peace activist and social
worker Jane Addams who won the Nobel Peace Prize back in the day when you
really had to earn it.
The other half of our house name comes from Seymour Melman who was
professor of economics at Columbia University in New York. He is regarded
as the father of economic conversion and during the late 80's to early 90's
that issue of converting away from military production was driving the
peace movement as the Cold War came to an end and we... more »
Classroom Video Capture Project Proceeds With No Protocols for Security or Informed Consent
With Bill Gates's yesman, Dorsey Hopson, renewed for another term as
non-educator-in-charge of Shelby County Schools, the pressure is on to
expand the use of Microsoft's cloud-based technology to every aspect of
schooling, from administering high stakes tests to video capture of
children and teachers for teacher evaluation.
Hopson is urging mandatory use of cameras in the classroom, even though
there is no protocol in place and none planned to gain teacher or parent
permission for these intrusive and insecure video captures, which will be
uploaded to third party corporate servers w... more »
Turn Off Your Comcast HotSpot
*Turn Off Your Comcast HotSpot*
For more reasons than I can tell you - I hate Comcast.
They are - of course - a member of the American Legislative Exchange
Council ( ALEC ).
Unfortunately I have to use them
unless I am willing to accept 1.5 Mbps that CenturlyLink offers - my only
other option.
So - Comcast reigns supreme
Comcast screws their customers every day in every way - becausetheycan
And the FCC does nothing
This whole issue, the Comcast HotSpot, infuriates me.
I bought my own modem – so Comcast can’t make obscene profits off me to
“rent” their modem.
I bought my own modem... more »
Cavuto Completely Loses it on Michele Bachmann
There's something morbidly delightful about seeing right wingers
eating their own. It brings to mind snake cults like Set, with the snake
consuming itself with its tail in its mouth. or Paul Krendler being fed his
own brains by Hannibal Lecter. And, to paraphrase the inimitable Egberto
Willies, when you've lost Fox "News", you done lost middle 'Murrica.
Mind you, now, this is Neil Cavuto we're talking about here, not some
deer-in-the-headlights "liberal" wondering what the fuck he's doing on a
Fox sound stage. This isn't Shep Smith or Alan Colmes or *The Five*'s Bob
Beckel... more »
Corporate Education Reform: the "civil rights issue" up until it actually addresses civil rights issues like segregation
*"Children have a right and a need to have quality schools in their
neighborhood." — Francis Howell School District *
White school district sends black kids back to failed schools
The one upside to the article is that it clearly puts to lie the corporate
reformers' assertion that equitable funding isn't the issue. The
resegregation—and in many cases, the continuation of segregation—of schools
was the first step in creating these inequities that the neoliberal
corporate education reformers would later exploit through austerity and
privatization programs. This is why monsters like ... more »
Iraq’s Western Front Is Anbar Next To Fall?
Back in December 2013 Prime Minister Nouri al-Malik instigated the current
fighting in Iraq by making a poor political decision in Anbar. In the
middle of December the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) ambushed
the leadership of the Iraqi Army’s 7th Division and killed all the
commanding officers along the Anbar-Ninewa border. The premier announced a
security operation to clear the province of insurgents, which rallied most
of the country behind it. Maliki decided to take the opportunity to arrest
Parliamentarian Ahmed Alwani from the Iraqi Islamic Party who had been one... more »
Manila Flooding Torture
This afternoon, around 3:15pm, there was heavy rain for an hour in Makati,
then light rains for the next 20 minutes or so. Many parts of Metro Manila
experienced such downpour, also some surrounding provinces. Many streets
were flooded.
(photo from ANC24; descent from Skyway, going to Buendia intersection,
Makati)
Heaaaavvyy traffic followed in many areas of the metropolis, especially in
Buendia and Ayala Avenue in Makati. Productivity losses today is big; fuel
consumption by cars and buses is big. I think this unresolved flooding in
many Makati streets will affect the candidacy o... more »
Toyota FJ Zombie and Space Reptile Defense Vehile.
Attention Toyota I have a graphic novel if not a TV series in mind based
upon a Zombie resistant version of your FJ. A eccentric modify s this
vehicle to exist in a Zombie Apocalypse and then it happens. To make it
real it runs on ethanol. It has a snowplow of Tiatimum blades and
all the windows have sharp titanium screens like Israeli SUV.
The family is also been trained to handle swords. They join up with groups
of human survivors who are idiots and constantly defeated by Zombies
and they move on. However every group has a message to say about how not
to survive.
This model is ... more »
Full? BBC News - UK population grows by more than 400,000
' The ONS said the UK population had increased by about five million since
2001 and by more than 10 million since 1964.'
Full yet?
More non investigative reporting here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27972335
Can we not be sensible
Bee Colony Die off. This is serious stuff. This is going to cost the people
that eat billions if not eliminate all pollinated products like tomatoes.
So like global warming we have two sides. Man using pesticides or nature
using a mite. Science says pesticides, but we delay waiting on the mite to
kill our pollinated food.
Aboriginal title confers on the group that holds it the exclusive right to decide how the land is used and the right to benefit from those uses
*Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia*, 2014 SCC 44 is an extraordinarily
important decision. Critically it gives aboriginal groups the exclusive
power to decide on the use of lands forever.
The decision recognized a First Nation's title to a specific tract of land
-- with major implications for contentious energy projects like the
Northern Gateway pipeline. The decision will make it easier for First
Nations to establish title over lands that were regularly used for hunting,
fishing and other activities.
A legal summary of some of the decision follows:
The nature of Aborigin... more »
The Executive Order Hypocrisy of John Boehner
Finally free from having to constantly defend himself from an overthrow by
the back-stabbing little guttersnipe Eric Cantor, House Speaker John
Boehner is cranking up the election year outrage. Boehner is filing a
lawsuit against President Barack Obama's use of executive orders to bypass
a gaggle of paid off obstructionists hellbent at wrecking America. Braying
about Obama's circumventing of Congress in issuing the orders to
deliberately flout the quaint and antiquated system of checks and balances
that is pretty much extinct in the corrupt, lawyered-up and spied upon
modern polit... more »
"A final number for real US GDP growth in the first quarter of 2014 was just released. The number is not the 2.6% growth rate predicted by the know-nothing economists in January of this year. The number is a decline in GDP of -2.9 percent." "It is possible that the drop in first quarter real GDP is three times the official number." "The US economy cannot grow because corporations pushed by Wall Street have moved the US economy offshore." "An official decline of -2.9 percent in the first quarter implies a second quarter GDP decline. Two declines in a row is the definition of recession." -- Paul Craig Roberts
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*A New Recession and a New World Devoid of Washington’s Arrogance? — Paul
Craig Roberts*
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A New Recession and a New World Devoid of Washington’s Arrogance?
Paul Craig Roberts
June 25, 2014. A final number for real US GDP growth in the first quarter
of 2014 was released today. The number is not the 2.6% growth rate
predicted by the know-nothing economists in January of this year. The
num... more »
A3 Newsletter: Say NO to Another Supermax! (June 25, 2014)
The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is organizing a
national call-in day on Thursday, June 26 to stop the opening of another
Supermax prison. We encourage A3 supporters to join us by taking action
with NRCAT, whose call-in alert is featured below.
*Grassroots Leadership Honors Robert King*
This month, the board and staff of Grassroots Leadership, in North
Carolina, spent the evening with Robert King of the Angola 3. Grassroots
Leadership wrote afterwards: "We are so profoundly thankful for the
opportunity to sit with King as he shared his experience as a politi... more »
Trouble Brewing.
*Brandon Lee (-DECEASED-) and Paula Hutchence (-DECEASED-)*
*1993*
BBC Trust Impartiality Review: BBC coverage of Rural Areas in the UK
The latest BBC Trust's report into BBC impartiality is out today. Its
author is Heather Hancock, ex-civil servant and former chair of the BBC’s
rural affairs committee. You can read it in full here.
I suspect you won't be surprised to hear that the report finds that the
BBC's coverage is impartial, but there are concerns too.
Here are the main points:
*Positive findings*
*• Overall, the BBC’s coverage of rural areas in the UK is duly impartial.
There is no evidence of party political bias, and a wide range of views is
aired. *
*• In controversial stories, the BBC’s approach ... more »
Politically Inconvenient
Hypocrisy is at the heart of the Harper regime. That hypocrisy was on
display once again this week when John Baird -- the prime minister's
bullhorn -- declared that, in the case of Mohamed Fahmy, bullhorn diplomacy
wouldn't work.
Harper has been using his bullhorn against the tyranny of Vladimir Putin a
lot recently. But, when it comes to Egypt, he sees no tyranny at all. The
reason for his blind spot, Linda McQuaig writes, is Harper's unquestioning
support for Israel:
Harper has never cared about democracy in Egypt. On the contrary, democracy
there has been seen as a threat to ... more »
Steve Israel's Greatest Accomplishment Of 2014: The 2 Bluest Districts Without Democratic Candidates, Both In Florida
¿dónde está Steve?
We've made the case that Debbie Wasserman Schultz has, over the last
decade, moved-- at times openly and at times stealthily-- to offer political
protection to her old comrade, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Back in 2008, when
Wasserman Schultz was in charge of the DCCC's Red-to-Blue program and
publicly endorsing Ros-Lehtinen (and two other Miami-Dade Republicans)
against Democrats, Ileana's 18th CD had a PVI of R+4. Since they, Florida
has undergone some significant changes demographically (which we'll get to
in a moment) and also in terms of cartology. FL-18 was redrawn i... more »
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