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For those of you not in your first rodeo with Thinking Aboot let me be
clear.
I am not Jewish.
I have no family member going back generation that I know of who is Jewish.
I have been punished as a taxpayer by Jewish Lawyers seeking reparations
for things that happened before my time and for the majority of citizens
who survived WW2.
The Jews have unjustly taken land from the people of Palestine. (but who
has not done the same sometime?)
I think Jews work together to better themselves without regard to how this
will hurt the competition.
Its hard to b
What National Group Is Funding the Pro-Common Core Lawsuit in Louisiana?
On July 29, 2014, the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education (BESE) voted 6 to 4 to become plaintiffs in the pro-Common Core
(CCSS) lawsuit whose plaintiffs include nine individuals and the charter
management company, Choice Foundation. (Click here for Choice Foundation’s
home page. However, the information on their schools has not been updated
[…]
IS THE U.S. GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES AGAINST THE GAZAN PEOPLE?
The hypocrisy of the US knows no bounds. On the one hand they tell the
world they are demanding the Israelis put a halt to the carnage they are
wreaking in the Gaza Strip and, on the other hand are resupplying the
Israelis with the wherewithal to continue their carnage.
The US knows full well that the weapons and fuel they are supplying to the
Israelis is for the purpose of continuing to wage war against civilians.
They have no excuse. The US are fully aware that Israel are committing war
crimes yet the US continues to supply weapons which they know the Israelis
are more than likely... more »
Report: President Obama's Defense Strategy Is ‘Dangerously’ Underfunded To Counter Future Threats
The Pentagon is funding social science research to model risks of "social
contagions" that could damage US strategic interests. Photograph: Jason
Reed/REUTERS
*Defense Panel: Obama Administration Defense Strategy ‘Dangerously’
Underfunded -- Washington Free Beacon*
*Chinese, Russian aggression cited by defense experts*
The Obama administration’s four-year defense strategy lacks funding needed
for fulfilling global military missions and the U.S. military faces “high
risk” in the world unless changes are made, according to a bipartisan
report by a congressionally backed panel of def... more »
Boehner Immigration Nonsense Falls Apart On The House Floor-- He Should Resign
This afternoon House Republicans decided to follow Ted Cruz, Steve King and
Michele Bachmann down the racist rabbit hole and defeated their own leaders
who were trying to pass a border supplemental bill that was terrible-- but
not terrible enough for the extremists. The bill deports people, but not
enough people for enough Republicans to back it. And even with scumbag Blue
Dogs like Henry Cuellar pledging to help Boehner pass his bill, it wasn't
enough. So, the Republican do-nothing Congress, is taking the month off so
they can go back to their districts and tell the same lies Luke... more »
MH370/MH17 : Israel's Spare Malaysian 777
"Why has this plane, a former Malaysia Airlines plane exactly like the
missing MH370, been kept in Israel by GA Telesis, a supposedly
Florida-based company? This photo is from an Israeli planespotter forum
that identifies the plane as GA Telesis N105GT at Tel Aviv airport on
December 2, 2013."
- See more at:
http://www.bollyn.com/why-does-israel-have/#sthash.wz3565wQ.dpuf
GA Telesis only has one plane in its fleet, a Boeing 777 with a
registration number N105GT. Why did GA Telesis give the plane a new
registration number if it was scheduled for dismantling?
- See more at:
ht... more »
Iraq's Shiite Militias Are Running Amok In Iraq
Iraqi security forces arrest suspected militants of the al Qaeda-linked
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, during clashes in Jurf al-Sakhar,
40 miles from the capital city of Baghdad, Feb. 15. Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani
*Iraqi Shi'ite Militias Use Hit Lists To Pick Off Foes: Police -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite militias have drawn up hit lists of suspected
Sunni insurgents to be kidnapped, executed and hung in public, security and
police officials said, raising the stakes in a sectarian war tearing the
country apart.
The militias became a vital line of defense for the ... more »
Fundamentalist Terrorist Leader Says The UN Should Shut The Fuck Up About Gaza
Video of Ayatollah Lindsey Graham's fatwa against the UN. Graham is a
leading voice in the Judaic Republic of the United States.
Tony Abbott calls for Gaza ceasefire and two-state solution – video
Tony Abbott calls for Gaza ceasefire and two-state solution – video.
Not Equal: Gaza in Over 1,000 Frames
"There's a tendency in most Gaza reporting to treat both sides as tough,
equally-matched adversaries. Israel must stand up to those evil, deadly
Hamas terrorists before the nation is overrun, eek! But if the measure of
success in this conflict is the combatants-to-civilians body count ratio
(and it is), then Hamas is winning handily. You can read more on my site at
MarkFiore.com"
*Mark Fiore's latest animation is a harrowing visual portrayal of the
Palestinian death toll in Gaza as compared with Israeli casualties incurred
since the beginning of the hostilities this summer. Read... more »
Will The U.S. Be Able To Face The Rise And Challenge Of The Islamic State?
*The Islamic State’s Challenge To The United States -- David Ignatius,
Washington Post*
Warnings from U.S. officials about the terrorist Islamic State that has
established a haven in Iraq and Syria sound ominously like the intelligence
alerts that preceded al-Qaeda’s attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
Richard Ledgett, the deputy director of the National Security Agency, said
at the Aspen Security Forum last week that the “most worrisome” threat he’s
tracking are the thousands of foreign fighters training with the Islamic
State. Lisa Monaco, the White House counterterrorism adviser, said at... more »
Jon Stewart on America’s Favorite Way to Promote Peace in the Middle East
truthdig
If you guessed supplying Middle Eastern countries with money and weapons
(that then get “regifted”), you’re spot-on. “The Daily Show” host points
out how many U.S. tax dollars and arms each country in the region received,
highlighting what a moronic way this is to help the area stabilize.
Meanwhile, Jon Stewart implies that everyone who went to his bar mitzvah
is barraging him with criticism due to his questioning Israel’s strikes on
Gaza. Read more
*The Daily Show*
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show
Video Archive
*You... more »
ISRAEL IS JUST SO DAMN THOUGHTFUL
*Running Orders *
by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
They call us now.
Before they drop the bombs.
The phone rings
and someone who knows my first name
calls and says in perfect Arabic
“This is David.”
And in my stupor of sonic booms and glass shattering symphonies
still smashing around in my head
I think "Do I know any Davids in Gaza?"
They call us now to say
Run.
You have 58 seconds from the end of this message.
Your house is next.
They think of it as some kind of war time courtesy.
It doesn’t matter that
there is nowhere to run to.
It means nothing that the borders are closed
and your papers are ... more »
MORE EXTERMINATION TALK
Donbass means eastern Ukraine where the Russian speaking people (the
certain "category of people" he refers to) live who are now under attack
from the US-NATO backed Kiev regime.
Listen to this from one of the voices who calls for extermination of those
in eastern Ukraine. Just like we see with the Israeli genocide of people
in Gaza (fully supported by the US), it's the same game in Ukraine.
Picture on the wall reads fascism folks.
When he says Donbass should be used as a "resource" he is talking about
plans for corporate fracking, Monsanto GMO planting, the coal deposits
there,... more »
U.S. Congress Sees Photos That Documents Mass Torture And Murder In Assad's Syrian Prisons
foreignaffairs.house.gov
*Syrian Defector: Assad Poised To Torture And Murder 150,000 More -- Josh
Rogin, Daily Beast*
Congress was shocked Thursday when a Syrian defector recounted how he
documented Assad’s killing of over 11,000 innocents. But that’s only the
tip of the iceberg, according to ‘Caesar.’
The regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad is holding 150,000 civilians
in custody, all of whom are at risk of being tortured or killed by the
state, the Syrian defector known as “Caesar” told Congress Thursday.
According to a senior State Department official, his department in... more »
Libya Disintegrating Into A Failed State As Benghazi 'Falls To al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels'
*The armed groups that took the city belong to a group called Shura Council
of Benghazi Revolutionaries [Reuters]*
Benghazi 'Falls To al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels' -- Al Jazeera
Factions including Ansar al-Sharia say they have taken over Libyan city
after defeating forces of renegade general.
Armed groups claimed to have taken control of Libya's second largest city,
Benghazi, after defeating units loyal to a renegade general, taking over
their barracks and seizing tanks, rockets and hundreds of boxes of
ammunition.
The main police headquarters was on Thursday still smouldering after it ... more »
Culture Watch: Are selfie-maniacs propelling a sharp rise in homelessness among black cats?
*"Many pet owners apparently complained when dropping the cats off at the
shelter that they didn't show up well in pictures, and prospective owners
at the shelter requested to meet cats that were any color other than
black."*
*by Ken*
Another fine and alarming Culture Watch catch from Claire Hannum at The
Frisky, who previously turned us on to those creepy cat-shaped marshmallows
and the possibly creepier still toasters that produce toast-selfies. Now
it's an apparent trend in the U.K. concerning what constitutes an adoptable
pet.
It appears that black cats are increasingly going... more »
"Scorched Earth": How Israel Converted 40% Of Gaza Into A Wasteland Of Rubble
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-31/scorched-earth-how-israel-converted-40-gaza-wasteland-rubble
"Scorched Earth": How Israel Converted 40% Of Gaza Into A Wasteland Of
Rubble
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/31/2014 19:44 -0400
Moments ago, after weeks of relentless humiliation for John Kerry, Israel
and Hamas agreed to yet another 72 hour ceasefire - one which if the
previous "ceasefires" are any indication, will be broken within hours if
not minutes. Regardless, Kerry, who cobbled this agreement after much "hard
work" alongside the UN's Ban Ki-moon, was ecstatic: "We urge al... more »
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 31, 2014
*Israel Tells Hamas: You Can Keep Your Rockets -- Eli Lake & Josh Rogin,
Daily Beast*
Israel's prime minister accuses them of being as bad as al Qaeda, but he
isn’t trying to run the group out of Gaza. There’s a good reason why.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his military will not
stop until it dismantles a labyrinth of tunnels often burrowed under
private homes and even beneath Gaza’s mosques. But Netanyahu has not called
for destroying the organization that built those tunnels: Hamas—and he
won’t, multiple Israeli officials told The Daily Beast. Which raises ... more »
Russia And Germany Allegedly Working On Secret "Gas For Land" Deal
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-31/molotov-ribbentrop-20-russia-and-germany-allegedly-working-secret-gas-land-deal
*Russia And Germany Allegedly Working On Secret "Gas For Land" Deal*
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/31/2014 14:50 -0400
While many were amused by this photo of Putin and Merkel during the world
cup final showing Europe's two most important leaders siding side by side,
some were more curious by just what the two were scheming:
Thanks to the Independent, we may know the answer, and it is a doozy,
because according to some it is nothing shy of a sequel to the ... more »
EVIDENCE POINTING TOWARD KIEV SHOOTDOWN
More evidence pointing toward Ukraine planes shooting down Malaysian
airliner.... OCSE monitor Michael Bociurkiw mentions bullet holes in #MH17,
not able to find any missile so far.
I think it is obvious who benefited from the false flag story that Russia
or the Ukraine self-defense forces shot this plane down. The US has never
looked back from demonizing Putin for this crime. No wonder the US backed
Kiev regime has been shelling the downed plane debris field in recent days
- trying to destroy the evidence and keep inspectors away - all the while
blaming it on Moscow.
Can you ... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: So I found this stuff on the internet …
*It’s Friday, and you know what that means … *
So David Cunliffe’s Labour wants to boost teenage and Maori unemployment,
make it harder to employ new-starts, and harder to make money from any
employees. That would be the effect of their “wages and work” policy
announced Wednesday.
*Labour promises $2 boost in minimum wage* – NZ HERALD
“But I am still left wondering what the IP stands for and how it proposes
to effect change if its candidates are elected.”
*Eye Candy, Window Dressing and Deep Pockets.* – Pablo, KIWIPOLITICO
“If one of the the points of a public broadcaster is to p... more »
The Evils of An Ethno-Supremacist Totalitarian Fascist State; Why The World Should Forgive Israelis Who Are The Most Propagandized People In Human History
"A poll this week for Israel’s Channel 10 news, conducted by the Sarid
Institute, *found that 87 percent of Jewish Israelis support continuing the
Gaza operation*. A survey by the Israel Democracy Institute *found that 95
percent of Israeli Jews think the operation in Gaza is just*, and 4 of 5
oppose a unilateral withdrawal. *Just 4 percent said the Israeli military
has used excessive force.*" - William Booth and Ruth Eglash, *"Israelis
support Netanyahu and Gaza war, despite rising deaths on both sides,"* The
Washington Post, July 29, 2014.
Totalitarianism did not die with the ex... more »
Amicus not substitute for defence counsel
R. v. Al-Enzi, 2014 ONCA 569:
[81] The traditional role of *amicus* was to assist the court,
typically by making submissions on points of law. Only indirectly did the
traditional *amicus* assist a party. The trial judge, however, did not
appoint *amicus* in a traditional role. He appointed Powell in an expanded
role more akin to the role of defence counsel. That expanded role fits
uncomfortably with the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in *Ontario
v. Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario*, 2013 SCC 43, [2013] 3 S.C.R.
3, at paras. 49-56. However, this trial took ... more »
"Markets In Turmoil" Russell 2000 Plunges Most In Over 2 Years, Dow Down For 2014
*"Markets In Turmoil" Russell 2000 Plunges Most In Over 2 Years, Dow Down
For 2014*
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/31/2014 16:05 -0400
The deer is back...
Stocks finally snapped and caught down to high-yield credit's warnings. The
worst day for the Dow in 6 months, smashing through its 50- and 100-day
moving-average. The Russell 2000 was worst on the day to end July down over
6% - its worst month since May 2012. The S&P's had almost its worst day in
6 months. Trannies dropped 3.4% on the week - the worst in 11 months.
Stocks closed at the day's lows.
Full article with charts... more »
RIR- Max Igan- Zionist Terrorism in Gaza
I would love to listen to the second hour! NO can do, however, the first
is available for us all and it's worth the 57 minutes.* With thanks to
Henrik @ RIR !*
In this program we discuss Zionist terrorism in Gaza and the current
bombing campaign and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. We’ll talk about the
lies pushed by the Zionist controlled mainstream on this issue and the
double standards of Israel’s policies. Max also talks about his visit to
the Gaza Strip and the many kind Palestinians he met there. He tells us how
he entered in to the checkpoint ridden area using one of the m... more »
House Bill Proposes Puerto Rico Bankruptcy; S&P Downgrades PREPA Utility
http://blogs.barrons.com/incomeinvesting/2014/07/31/house-bill-proposes-puerto-rico-bankruptcy-sp-downgrades-prepa-utility/
July 31, 2014, 4:58 P.M. ET
*House Bill Proposes Puerto Rico Bankruptcy; S&P Downgrades PREPA Utility*
By Michael Aneiro
Puerto Rico’s nonvoting congressional delegate today introduced legislation
in the U.S. House of Representatives that *would allow Puerto Rico’s
government-owned corporations to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection,
the same type of municipal bankruptcy protection Detroit sought last year. *The
move comes a month after the commonwealth p... more »
World News Briefs -- July 31, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*Israel, Hamas Agree On 72-Hour Humanitarian Gaza Ceasefire -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Israel and Islamist militant group Hamas have agreed to a
72-hour ceasefire in their conflict in the Gaza Strip starting on Friday,
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
said on Thursday.
The ceasefire will begin at 8 a.m. local time (1.00 a.m. EDT) on Aug. 1,
they said in a joint statement. The statement said "forces on the ground
will remain in place" during the truce, implying that Israeli ground forces
will not withdraw.
U.N. Middle East envoy Robert Serry h... more »
BREAKING: Kaohsiung horror, gas main explosion kills 22, 292 injured UPDATE X 7
FocusTaiwan now saying it is petrochemical piping. Ben from Letters from
Taiwan and I are jointly wondering how long before Chen Chu gets blamed by
KMT. Politics has no bottom when it comes to cynical exploitation.
Apple Daily report in Chinese 22 dead, 270 injured.
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/local/20140801/443864/
Apple Daily images
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/local/20140801/443894
RT.com with dashcam video
http://rt.com/news/177108-taiwan-gas-explosion-multiple/
*UPDATES*:
1. Aftermath video
2. CCTV cam capture of moment of explosion
... more »
WARNINGS DO NOT ABSOLVE WAR CRIMES
The Israelis have been in the habit of calling some Palestinian families to
warn them that their homes are about to be bombed. Most of these homes are
owned by civilians, most of whom have no connection to Hamas or any other
political or militant organisation.
Deliberately bombing civilians is a war crime but, by warning the civilian
occupiers that their homes are about to be destroyed, the Israelis believe
that it somehow absolves them of any crime. Furthermore, not only do the
Israelis think that it absolves them of crimes, but it also provides them
with an opportunity to then ac... more »
Top CIA Nazi Brennan Cops to Spying on Senate Staffers
CIA Director John Brennan fessed up today over his agency spying on staff
members of a key Senate committee. Mr. Brennan's admission comes months
after an ugly dust-up with Senate Intelligence Committee boss Dianne
Feinstein (DiFi) over allegations that the CIA had hacked into the
computers of staff investigating agency *interrogation and detention* programs
or in layman's terms: *torture programs*. DiFi went absolutely ballistic
at the time, going to the extraordinary lengths of denouncing the CIA's
tactics on the Senate floor. Brennan, being the career spook that he is did
what... more »
Chappaquidick
Inside Story - Chappaquidick (1994) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"An investigation of the accident on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts,
in July 1969, when Senator Edward Kennedy's car plunged off a bridge and
Kennedy's companion, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. The film was made in 1994,
for the 25th anniversary of the event."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mzs4c
Contains the first / only on-camera interviews with some of the other
Boiler Room Girls who knew Mary Jo.
They have never spoken on the record about the incident before, or since.
Note, the mention of Ted's CHAUFFEUR driv... more »
Technology: “'BadBIOS': "And Now, You're Really Hosed"
*"And Now, You're Really Hosed"*
by Karl Denninger
"This isn't good at all...* When creators of the state-sponsored Stuxnet
worm used a USB stick to infect air-gapped computers inside Iran's heavily
fortified Natanz nuclear facility, trust in the ubiquitous storage medium
suffered a devastating blow. Now, white-hat hackers have devised a feat
even more seminal- an exploit that transforms keyboards, Web cams, and
other types of USB-connected devices into highly programmable attack
platforms that can't be detected by today's defenses.
This just plain sucks. What they've done here is... more »
Please Recycle. I Do.
Sorry I haven't been posting of late, guys. It's not as if I'm not
aware of what's going on in the Ukraine and Palestine and, the biggest news
of all, Lebron's return to Cleveland and Jon Lester's trade to Oakland. But
this revision of *Tatterdemalion*'s still kicking my ass and I still have
more than 30,000 words to excise before I can even think of resubmitting it
to that agency that'd asked for it last March. If it's any consolation, I
haven't invested much time this summer on Twitter, either. These are some
of my more noteworthy tweets from the last three weeks.
Fortunately... more »
The Golden Dollar: A Recipe for an Economic Boom
*Guest post by Peter Ferrara, introduced by **Laissez Faire Today*
Sometimes the best solution is to do nothing. But when you have the eyes of
the world watching your every move, expecting you to save the day, that
might be the hardest decision you can make.
Thankfully, you might never be in a position like this. But for government
and Federal Reserve officials, they find themselves in this predicament
quite often. Don't bother offering them any sympathy. Most of the time,
they got themselves into this mess.
Why am I bringing this up? Well, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen stayed true... more »
CIA Director Admits That Officers Penetrated Senate Intelligence Computers
*CIA Director John Brennan Apologizes For Search Of Senate Computers --
Washington Post*
CIA employees improperly searched computers used by Senate investigators
involved in a multi-year probe of the agency’s use of harsh interrogation
measures on terrorism suspects, according to the findings of an internal
agency probe that prompted CIA Director John O. Brennan to apologize to
lawmakers this week.
The embarrassing admission by the agency stems from a dispute that erupted
in public earlier this year when the CIA and the committee traded
accusations of illicit spying and security ... more »
BREAKING NEWS: Israel and Hamas Have Agreed To An Unconditional 72-Hour Ceasefire To Begin On Friday Morning
Israeli armoured personnel carriers outside the central Gaza Strip. July
31, 2014. Photo by Reuters
*New Gaza Humanitarian Truce 'Agreed By Israel And Hamas' -- BBC*
*Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian
ceasefire in Gaza from 08:00 (05:00 GMT) on Friday, the US and UN say.*
Since Israel began its offensive in Gaza on 8 July, 1,422 Palestinians have
been killed, most of them civilians, according to Gaza's health ministry.
Fifty-six Israeli soldiers and two civilians have also died.
Israel says its operation in Gaza is designed to defend its populati... more »
NATO Unprepared To Face A Russian Invasion
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference at NATO
Headquarters in Brussels, April 1, 2014. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Reuters
*Nato 'Unprepared' For Possible Russia Attack -- SKY News*
*Nato troops should maintain a presence in "vulnerable" member states to
counter possible threats from Russia, says a UK report.*
Nato is badly prepared for a potential attack by Russia on a member state,
a parliamentary report has warned.
An influential group of MPs says that the recent conflict in Ukraine has
revealed "serious deficiencies" in Nato's preparedness to counter thre... more »
This is Why No One Trusts Gov't, CIA Apologizes After Denying Torture Hack
Anthony Freda Art Eric Blair
When will the American people learn that the government is filled with
liars? The good news is that in the information age denial of facts is
becoming much more difficult.
Today, the head of the CIA John Brennan apologized for hacking into US
Senate computers to cover-up torture investigations, a charge he mockingly
dismissed earlier this year.
Using very political language the CIA admitted their officers "acted
improperly" and "inconsistent with the common understanding" of sharing
classified data, and Brennan was forced to apologize to leaders of ... more »
Member of FBI-Raided School Funds Todd Rokita AFTER the Raid
by Doug Martin
I mention Todd Rokita, the Indiana US congressman from the 4th district, in
my book *Hoosier School Heist*because of his role with the Muslim Gulen
charter schools recently raided by the FBI (*see more on this at the end of
this article*).
Since Rokita is up for election this year, I decided to peek into his
campaign funding ("peek" because I merely touch the surface with what is
below).
Unsurprisingly, Rokita and Tony Bennett have a lot in common. Rokita is
tight with the main players who have turned our schools over to privatizers
in Indiana.
First off, in 2010... more »
Concerns About the Focus on “Grit” in School Improvement
My approach was to focus on my students’ strengths. To do so, it could be
said that I needed to “get inside the mind(s)” of my students. To help my
students master a legitimate college prep curriculum, I would prefer to say
that I needed to listen to my students. In my experience, if teachers […]
Identity Politics Rearing Its Ugly Head Again-- In Hawaii, Michigan And California
This week, EMILY's List dropped a last minute $17,441 into an independent
expenditure for the extremely conservative candidate they're supporting in
Honolulu, Donna Mercado Kim. Many elderly ladies who remember when EMILY's
List was founded by Ellen Malcolm 30 years ago don't realize EMILY's List
has swung from being a basically progressive organization to being one of
the most conservative and untrustworthy elements in the Democratic
coalition. "We don't care about anything except electing pro-choice women
to office," they use as their excuse for backing absolutely horrible
conse... more »
Mr Big
R. *v. *Hart, 2014 SCC 52:
The Mr. Big technique is a Canadian invention.
Although a version of the technique appears to have been used more than a
century ago, its modern use began in the 1990s and by 2008, it had been
used by police across Canada more than 350 times. The technique, used only
in cases involving serious unsolved crimes, has secured confessions and
convictions in hundreds of cases. The confessions wrought by the technique
are often detailed and confirmed by other evidence.
However, the Mr. Big technique comes at a price. ... more »
Indiscriminate Slaughter of Innocent Men, Women and Children? Check.
Good lord, but the heights of our society's moral depravity and hypocrisy!
The Canadian weekly news magazine "Maclean's" cover for this week was a
picture of Vladimer Putin and the bold headline: "Getting Away With
Murder," in reference to the Malaysian airliner shot down over eastern
Ukraine. In the first place, I'm leaning towards the notion that a
Ukrainian fighter-jet shot that plane down. In the second place, the USA
never even apologized when their own USS Vincennes acknowledged shooting
down that Iranian airbus. They gave the captain a fucking medal! In the
third place, ... a... more »
Christy Clark Fatigue and The Streaking Diversion
*Written by Grant G*
Boy oh boy, how does one get around Vancouver city and the burbs when there
are road closures and diversions everywhere, all caused by a myriad of
Bollywood movie productions, ...just kidding, $20 million dollars flushed
down the toilet on a Bollywood award show, political pandering and vote
buying on the taxpayer`s dime...
"*In my heart I am Filipino*"... *......."I would rather by a MILF than a
cougar*"..."*LNG, a $trillion dollar once in a lifetime opportunity"....*
Christy photo-op vote buyer say anything but the truth Clark,........We
don`t care about... more »
'Pretty Disturbing': 37 Minutes of State Department Dodging Questions about Gaza
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf condemned the deadly shelling of a
United Nations school in Gaza on Wednesday. She called for a "full and
prompt" investigation into the incident, but declined to immediately place
the blame on Israel.
Artillery shells hit the UN school crowded with refugees, while Israeli
airstrikes hit a group of rescue workers and onlookers who had rushed to
the scene of a previous attack in a busy shopping area - Read more
Related article:
‘World stands disgraced’: 20 killed in Israeli UN school shelling
*You can visit our Gaza article archive here.... more »
Doc McStuffins Costume Felt Doctor Bag
The costume my daughter is wearing in this post was provided by Anytime
Costumes, the project and tutorial are my own.
We love Doc McStuffins in our house. My daughter loves Disney's Adorable
Doctor and I love that the show is something I don't mind listening to in
the background while I work. My daughter has been working hard this summer
to earn points that she can exchange for small things. Instead of
exchanging them for anything she has been saving them all summer because
she wanted a Doc McStuffins Costume. She finally earned enough this last
week and has been wearing the cos... more »
Thursday Linkage: The Future of Israel edition
In the wake of the latest Gaza military intervention by the Israeli
government, the liberal Jewish diaspora appears to be coalescing quite
significantly around the view that, as awful as Hamas’ rockets and ideology
are, the current Israeli government’s actions in Gaza are immoral and
unwise. I start with a link to celebrated Israeli writer David Grossman and
Continue reading
Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- July 31, 2014
*Ukraine Premier Stays On, Envoys Agree On Crash Site Route -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament rejected Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk's
resignation on Thursday and finally passed legislation he said was needed
to finance an army offensive against a separatist rebellion in the east and
avert a national default on its debts.
The assembly's about-turn on laws it refused to back a week earlier offers
relief to Kiev's Western backers, who had feared Ukraine was sliding deeper
into political chaos and might renege on an international bailout as it
heads into an election peri... more »
A Photo Gallery From Two Photographers On Opposite Sides Of The Israel - Hamas War
A Palestinian firefighter participates in efforts to put out a fire in a
van, which witnesses said was hit in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City
July 31, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
*Inside Gaza and Israel: Two Photographers, One War -- Time*
*As the death toll rises in the war between Israel and Hamas, TIME LightBox
profiles two photographers who have spent weeks covering the opposing
sides: Andrew Katz interviewed Oliver Weiken of European Pressphoto Agency
and Olivier Laurent spoke with Getty Images’ Andrew Burton.*
The main border crossing between Israel and Gaza is a... more »
Anonymous Has Taken Down Mossad's Website
*Anonymous 'Take Down Mossad Website' Over Gaza Conflict -- Newsweek*
The hacktivist group Anonymous have claimed responsibility for disabling a
series of Israeli government websites, including that of its national
intelligence agency, Mossad, as a show of solidarity for the Palestinian
cause in Gaza.
Global access to mossad.gov.il ceased at 00:40 GMT this morning, Russia
Today reported. However, a Twitter account associated with the Anonymous
hashtag called @AnonymousGlobo reported the Mossad site as “down” much
earlier, at 09:50 GMT on 27 July.
The website was still offline at ... more »
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: Refers To Israel As A “Festering Zionist Tumor”
Iran's President Hassan Rohani speaks during an event hosted by the Council
on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York September 26, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Keith Bedford
*Rouhani: ‘This Festering Zionist Tumor Has Opened Once Again’ --
Washington Free Beacon*
*Iranian president adopts violent rhetoric towards Israel*
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at Israel in vitriolic terms on
Wednesday, referring to Israel as a “festering Zionist tumor.”
Rouhani, who has been championed by Western media as a moderate reformer
who could change Iran’s extremist ways, appear... more »
Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- July 31, 2014
*Is Israel Planning To Widen Its Gaza Offensive? An Extra 16,000 Reservists
Are Called Up As Aerial Bombardments Continue -- Daily Mail*
* Decision to call-up extra troops comes amid stalled efforts to end the war
* Offensive in Gaza has already claimed the lives of at least 1,360
Palestinians
* Yesterday alone total of 116 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers were
killed
* Israel continued offensive this morning, hitting a mosque next to UN
school
* Egyptian efforts to broker ceasefire between Israel and Hamas have stalled
Israel is to call up an additional 16,000 military reser... more »
Supplemental: It just keeps coming at the Post!
*THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014*
*Who the heck is Alexander Becker:* It just keeps coming from the
Washington Post.
Granted, the piece in question only appears at the paper’s “Post Politics”
blog. It hasn’t appeared in the hard-copy paper.
Nor do we have any idea who Alexander Becker, the author of the piece, is.
He seems to be new to journalism, and to the Post, in the past few months.
In fact, he seems to be new to the world, based upon Google and Nexis
searches. Unless he’s the guy from Siena.
That said, Becker’s piece is being pimped on the front page of the Post’s
site. It’s the lat... more »
Makeout Sessions at the Highest Levels
Two weeks after the Obama Justice Department announced that it wouldn't
bother investigating the CIA for allegedly hacking into the computers of
Senate staffers investigating CIA torture, the CIA has come clean about
hacking into the computers of Senate staffers.
In case that verbiage is too obfuscatory for you, let the CIA, via McClatchy
Newspapers, come clean in its own cogent way:
Findings of the investigation by the CIA Inspector General’s Office
“include a judgment that some CIA employees acted in a manner inconsistent
with the common understanding reached between SSCI (Senate... more »
World News Briefs -- July 31, 2014
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay attends a news
conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva,
Switzerland, Dec. 2, 2013.
*UN: Israel, Hamas May Be Guilty of War Crimes -- Voice of America*
GENEVA — The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, says the
targeting of civilian infrastructure or the use of civilian structures for
military purposes violate international humanitarian law and international
human rights law. She warns both Israel and Hamas may be guilty of war
crimes in breaching these humanitarian principles. U.N. figure... more »
I HEAR IT COMING
On Facebook today you can see the signs that many activists are feeling
that it is hopeless to take on the military machine and stop carnage like
in Gaza. They care deeply and are outraged, but like me they have no easy
answers.
It's going to take a mind shift for most Americans to step out and demand
an end to the utter madness being perpetrated by our government which is
run by corporations. Classic fascism...or call it feudalism. We've all
been there before.
First they came
for the communists
but I was not a commie
so no big deal
Then they came
for the Palestinians
I wa... more »
The Shootdown of Long "Missing" Flight Malaysian Flight MH370 Over Ukraine: Buried Evidence Proves Fighter Escort Shoot Down Of MH17/370
Yes, that Malaysian flight MH17 that was blown out of the sky over Ukraine
earlier this month was ABSOLUTELY that long missing Malaysian flight
MH370... There can be absolutely no doubt in anyone's minds once they take
the time to look over all the evidence and do some comparisons of the
wreckage of the crashed "MH17" flight to the long "missing" MH370
aircraft. Jim Stone over at his website, "Jim Stone Freelance
Journalist" at www.jimstonefreelance.com has been all over this attempted
false flag attack from the very beginning, and I do again recommend that
everyone take a time t... more »
Is Europe’s breadbasket up for grabs? The Plunder of Ukraine.
*Ukraine's Plunder- Readers here knew this was coming. How many in Ukraine
were truly aware of the costs of western style 'democracy'- Vast wealth for
the tiny elite psycopaths and vast impoverishment for the masses.*
*Minimal background on this topic: *
** Ukraine: Cargill acquires stake in UkrLand Farming/food control = people
control*
*The New Great Game: Why the Ukraine matters to so many other nations**
Battle for Ukraine*
NEW YORK, Jul 30 2014 (IPS) - Amidst an exodus of some 100,000 people from
the conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, ongoing fighting in the urban
strongholds of... more »
Untitled
*Saints DE Akiem Hicks Powers His Way to “Superstar” Status ~Barry
Hirstius, WhoDat Dish**~In 2013, Hicks had a “breakout” season. He tallied
56 total tackles, which was fifth among defensive tackles in the NFL last
season — along with 4½ sacks, good for third on the Saints behind fellow DE
Cam Jordan and OLB Junior Galette. Hicks was the benefactor in an increase
of playing time, and he took full advantage: often “blowing up” plays in
the opponent’s offensive backfield. Hicks used that raw power to become the
15th overall rated DE in the League (according to Pro Football Focus), and... more »
Elizabeth Warren: "The Time For Free-Loading Is Over"
Just a week ago we warned about how conservatives were eager to prevent
progressives to end a tax loophole that allows corporations to do
"inversions" that allow them to pay no taxes. Yesterday, the Senate failed
to break a Republican filibuster lead by Wisconsin corporate whore Ron
Johnson. Breaking the filibuster requires 60 votes and the Democrats only
mustered 54, so it failed 54-42, all but one Republican joining the
filibuster this time.
Elizabeth Warren was up on the floor of the Senate (as you can see in the
video above), denouncing the corporations that are taking advant... more »
Thought experiment on teacher evaluation and high-stakes
This from a Twitter convo a few minutes ago. High-stakes obviously creates
a culture of cheating on assessments. Broad evidence for that. Good, bad,
or indifferent, teachers learn to play this unfair game to their advantage.
Call it cheating, or not. Call it survival. Nevertheless, teachers do reap
the rewards of an unfair system, while […]
July 31: Thoughts of childhood....
I grew up in the North End of Montreal, not far from where Little Italy
was, and where the community's church still serves. Mafia leader Rizutto
recently put it in the news when his funeral was held there. Just to the
east of it was the Syrian district.My school friends were largely Italians
and Syrians. I remember them well, especially the Syrians.
There was Junior Aboud, a quiet kid who still lives in the north end flat
he was born in. The Ayoub boys were great friends of mine. So was "Zarbie"
Zarbatani, the son on the Bishop of the Syrian Orthodox church. (The
Bishop's 'palace' ... more »
The Economy: "How America's Working Stiffs Got Stiffed"
*"How America's Working Stiffs Got Stiffed" *
by Bill Bonner
"Amazing how much difference a few years make. We first visited China in
the 1980s. It was an appalling dump. Few cars. Few roads. Almost no decent
restaurants or hotels. Now in Beijing you see large black luxury
automobiles everywhere... and modern highways crisscrossing in front of
huge hotels and apartment buildings. The Chinese have made real progress!
Thank You, Deng Xiaoping!
Nobody had any money in China in the 1980s. In contrast, today you lose
control of your car in downtown Beijing and you are bound to run over ... more »
Ebola - What You're Not Being Told
There is something very, very important that the corporate media and
public health officials are not telling you regarding the Ebola outbreak in
west Africa. Read More
If you want to learn more about Ebola I highly recommend that you read The
Hot Zone by Richard Preston.
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Portuguese Regulator Bans Short-Selling After Banco Espirito Santo Unveils Massive $5 Billion Loss
Portuguese Regulator Bans Short-Selling After Banco Espirito Santo Unveils
Massive $5 Billion Loss
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/30/2014 16:46 -0400
Having waited until after the US equity markets closed, Portugal's troubled
Banco Espirito Santo unveiled an enormous EUR 3.577 Billion loss - that is
15 times larger than the loss the bank suffered a year earlier. The data -
to end-June, before the crisis really got going - already shows notable
deposit flight, a 73.1% plunge in banking income, and a EUR 3 billion
collapse in repoable assets (i.e. liquidity). On the heels of this... more »
Fat Free Econ 55: The President's 5th SONA and Market-Oriented Reforms
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com.
-----------
Overall, the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) was good. More
statesman-like, less combative. He mentioned several liberal and free
market-leaning policies, which is good and consistent with his party
affiliation. But there was also an overall hangover belief that government
can do and will do almost everything for the people.
Some liberal and free market reforms that the President mentioned in his
address are the following:
1. More airline competition as a result of ICAO, European Union (EU) and US
Federal... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 31, 2014
*NATO Unprepared For Potential Attack by Russia, Although Risk Is Low –
Report -- RIA Novosti*
MOSCOW, July 31 (RIA Novosti) - NATO is not prepared to deal with a
military threat from Russia, although the risk of attack is very low,
according to the cross-party Defense Committee of UK lawmakers report.
"The risk of attack by Russia on a NATO Member State, whilst still small,
is significant…NATO has been too complacent about the threat from Russia,
and it is not well-prepared," Rory Stewart, chair of the cross-party
Defense Committee said in a report.
The report suggests that the ... more »
Budget Restraints On Kurdish Peshmerga Making It Difficult To Secure Iraq’s Disputed Territories
The Kurdish Peshmerga are in a tense standoff with the Islamic State across
northern Iraq. When the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) collapsed after the
fall of Mosul the Peshmerga moved into the disputed territories that had
been abandoned by the police and army. One such place was Jalawla in
Diyala, which locals had complained about for years as being an insurgent
hotbed. The Kurdish forces have tried to clear the area, but they have been
constrained by budget problems.
The Peshmerga have tried to secure Jalawla but have not been able to
because of budgetary constraints (*NY Times*)... more »
Search for the truth on sex work
So many untruths are being bandied about as the Tories try to railroad
uncertain Canadians into accepting new prostitution laws that will
criminalize even more of the industry.
I know from my own circle of friends - at least the ones who aren't sex
workers themselves - that it's almost like people are frightened to rethink
what they think they know about the sex industry. Yet there is so much
exceptional research out there that challenges this fuzzy belief that to be
a sex worker is to be a helpless, trafficked victim dragged into the
business by a man who will beat you if you... more »
Canada-Israel Solidarity Rally
Yesterday while this carnage was going on, Chris Gunness from UNRWA, *the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency, *was breaking down in tears on live
TV after 19 were killed and 125 wounded in the latest attack on a UN school
in Gaza, which the UN accused Israel of carrying out after being warned 17
times that civilians were seeking shelter there ...
Gunness : "UNRWA is overwhelmed in #Gaza - we have reached breaking point,
our staff are being killed, our shelters overflowing. Where will it end?"
Note : Canada once provided 10% of UNRWA's budget. Now, according to
UNRWA's list o... more »
The Ebola Virus Outbreak In West Africa: Has The US Secretly Developed A Weaponized Version Of Ebola?
With most of the world's attention still focused in on Ukraine with the
obvious false flag attempt by the criminals in both the US and Ukraine to
get a nice little war started against Russia, and of course the insane
lunatic asylum known as Israel's attempt to massacre the Palestinians in
Gaza, there has been little attention on the growing crisis in West
Africa. That crisis is of course the rapid epidemic of a new form of
Ebola that is spreading from Sierra Leone, Guinea, and into Nigeria as I
type this report....
What concerns me about this new form of Ebola is not only its fero... more »
Argentina Default Imminent as Talks Collapse
http://online.wsj.com/articles/argentina-bonds-rise-to-multiyear-highs-on-prospect-of-deal-1406728458
*Argentina Default Imminent as Talks Collapse*
Setback Sends Argentine Shares Down in After-Hours Trading
By NICOLE HONG, TAOS TURNER and MATT DAY CONNECT
Updated July 31, 2014 3:45 a.m. ET
Argentina faces default Wednesday for the second time in 13 years if it
doesn't meet a deadline to make payments to a small group of bondholders.
WSJ's Matthew Cowley explains Argentina's dispute with these creditors and
the long-standing battle that stems from the country's default in 2001.
(Pho... more »
The needed role of intellectuals in the resistance to stop the Israel genocide
Dieudonné
M'bala M'bala
By Denis G. Rancourt
What do Norman Finkelstein, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, and George Galloway
have in common?
All three are Western intellectuals (true intellectuals, not service
intellectuals [1]) who attack the Israel Lobby with the viciousness
necessary to be effective. And all three have been subjected to
significant establishment backlash for their dissidence,
Bank ‘glitch’ leaves thousands without wages across Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/bank-glitch-leaves-thousands-without-wages-across-ireland-1.1883670
Bank ‘glitch’ leaves thousands without wages across Ireland
*Bank apologies for error affecting public and private sector workers*
Rachel Flaherty
First published:
Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 10:27
Thousands of people, working in both the public and private sector, have
not been paid their wages today.
Teachers, nurses, gardaÃ, and also people working for private companies and
civil servant pensioners have reported receiving payslips but no payments.
It is understood that ... more »
Pork Barrel 13: Executive-Legislative Honeymoon and Presidential-Parliamentary Forms
This is my article today in thelobbyist.biz.
---------
Last Monday, before President Aquino delivered his State of the Nation
Address (SONA) 2014, I noted that facebook was peppered with so many
anti-government, anti-PNoy posts and complaints. Was it good? Maybe yes,
maybe no. But one thing is sure: Government is force and coercion. No
matter how much we complain about the government or a particular
administration, we are forced, coerced and arm-twisted to contribute to its
annual funding via taxes, fees, fines and mandatory social contributions.
Next time, people should NOT suppor... more »
Does electron's magnetic field look like that of a bar magnet?
*Yes. It's just the laymen's whole way of thinking about it that is wrong.*
Brian Bi asked a question on the Physics Stack Exchange,
What does the magnetic field of the (quantum-mechanical) electron look like?
He seems annoyed by the idea that "quantum spinning electrons" have dipole
magnetic fields because the magnetic field of a magnetic dipole looks like
this:
It's a nice, classical picture of the magnetic field. On the other hand,
the spin \(\vec J={\mathbf S}\) of an electron (the arrow above a letter or
the bold face represent three-dimensional vectors) is a bizarre quantum ... more »
Republicans - Its all About Them
A little under 100 days until the midterm elections and what do we know?
The Republicans have made it clear – it’s all about them - they will not
compromise on anything – it’s their way or the highway - to hell with
anyone else.
The Republicans have made it clear – it’s all about them - they support the
wealthy and tax cuts for the wealthy and to hell with everyone else.
The Republicans have made it clear – it’s all about them - they will
continue to block anything that is not on “their agenda” - to hell with
everyone else.
The Republicans have made it clear – it’s all about them - th... more »
“DESTINED TO GET HORRIBLE COVERAGE:” Brzezinski acknowledges being shallow!
*THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014*
*Interlude—Two things they’re permitted to say:* When the press corps
pretends to discuss its own conduct, ranking pundits are permitted to make
at least two different claims:
They’re permitted to say that they try to create competitive White House
elections. Beyond that, they’re allowed to chuckle about how silly and
shallow they are.
Last week, on two Morning Joe programs, Mark Halperin made some rather
unpleasant claims about the press corps’ long-standing treatment of Bill
and Hillary Clinton.
According to Halperin, Hillary Clinton “is destined is ge... more »
Blaming Boomers for Social Security Crisis is a Crock!
Every time I hear a news report that Social Security is in grave danger and
we have to make drastic changes to retirement benefits – I want to scream. Every
time they talk about drastic changes it is always about retirement benefits
needing change – I want to scream. Yesterday CNBC suggested Boomers were
going to bankrupt Social Security and I WANT TO SCREAM!
To a topic people don’t like to talk about.
BOOMERS ARE GOING TO DIE!
Got it? Do you understand that?
Does it make sense to you?
Pay attention here – this is really important when talking about “aged
benefits” and Social ... more »
U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Two North Korean Shipping Companies
*U.S. Blacklists North Korea Shipping Firms Over Arms Shipments -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday blacklisted two North Korean
shipping firms that it said tried to conceal arms shipments from Cuba to
North Korea, following a similar move by the United Nations.
The ship, Chong Chon Gang, was discovered last July near the Panama Canal
hiding a large amount of arms, including two MiG-21 jet fighters under
200,000 bags of sugar, which the United States said showed a clear attempt
to circumvent U.N. and U.S. sanctions against North Korea.
North Korea is under an ar... more »
The Maltese Double Cross
The Maltese Double Cross - Lockerbie (1994) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"The local police force, Dumfries and Galloway, they were most concerned at
the SWARMS of Americans, fiddling with bodies, and shall we say tampering
with those things that the police were carefully checking themselves.
I'm not pretending that they said they were from the FBI or the CIA - they
were just Americans, who seemed to have arrived extremely quickly, on the
secne..."
- Tam Dalyell MP
The Maltese Double Cross – Lockerbie discusses evidence and witnesses that
would eventually figure at the Pan Am Fl... more »
40 Questions
The BBC has recently dispatched so many reporters to Gaza that I’ve lost
count. So far we’ve had Jeremy Bowen, Yolande Knell, Lyse Doucet, Ian
Pannell, Chris Morris, Paul Adams, Martin Patience, Jon Donnison John
Simpson; in Israel Orla Geurin Bethany Bell and James Reynolds. I’m sure
there are more and sorry if I’ve forgotten you. What’s happened to Kevin
Connolly?
We’ve seen analyses and comment by James Robbins, Frank Gardner, Stephen
Sacker, Andrew Roy, adversarial interviews by Emily Maitless, Kirsty Wark,
Robert Peston, the Today team, the World At One team, the News 24 tea... more »
The Israeli Genocide Of Gaza Continues: US Condemns Shelling Of UN School In Gaza, But Restocks Israel's Ammunition! (Shows American Hypocrisy At Its Worse!)
It has indeed been shocking to myself to read the reports that came out
yesterday where the criminal and psychotic Israelis had the gall to bomb a
UN School in Gaza that was loaded with refugees. I have been troubled by
this report and have been asking the same question that everyone should be
asking: WHY IS THIS NOT A WAR CRIME? And why in the hell has the UN not
stepped forward and demanded Israel immediately stop their attacks on
civilians? But again as I stated before, the UN is nothing but a tool
for American/Israeli interests and therefore will do nothing to stop the
blo... more »
Internationalists Are Pushing The World Towards Globally Engineered Economic Warfare
Brandon Smith
Over a year ago I published an essay entitled 'The Linchpin Lie: How
Global Collapse Will Be Sold To The Masses'. This essay addressed efforts
by the ever malicious Rand Corporation to create a false narrative
surrounding the possibility of global collapse. Linchpin Theory, as it was
named by it's originator and Rand Corp. employee, John Casti, is I believe
the very future of propaganda.
Every engineered crisis needs a clever cover story, and in Linchpin
Theory, we are told that all human catastrophe is a mere natural product of
the “overcomplexity” within variou... more »
Is Russia And Germany Holding Secret Talks To End The Ukraine Crisis?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin
*Land For Gas: Merkel And Putin Discussed Secret Deal Could End Ukraine
Crisis -- The Independent*
Merkel and Putin negotiate to trade Crimea’s sovereignty for guarantees on
energy security and trade
Germany and Russia have been working on a secret plan to broker a peaceful
solution to end international tensions over the Ukraine.
The Independent can reveal that the peace plan, being worked on by both
Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin, hinges on two main ambitions: stabilising
the borders of Ukraine and providing ... more »
Kiev Deploys WMDs Against Eastern Ukraine
Ulson Gunnar
Ukraine’s Kiev-based regime has deployed OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missiles
also known as SS-21 “Scarabs,” against the people of eastern Ukraine. The
missiles measure 6.4 meters in length and carry warheads of up to 454 kg,
making them without a doubt a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). Their use
was revealed by a CNN report released just as US President Barack Obama
announced that the US and EU would be issuing more sanctions against
Russia.
CNN revealed that, “there were reports that Ukraine’s government in the
past 48 hours used short-range ballistic missiles agai... more »
Knowing How To Launch A BUK Missile Is Apparently Not That Hard
Russian 9K37 BUK air defense system in 2010. WIKIMEDIA Commons
*Need To Learn To Launch A BUK Missile Quick? Look Online. -- Robert
Beckhusen, Reuters*
No one has admitted responsibility for firing the sophisticated missile
that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing 298 people over
Ukraine on July 17. But untrained rebels could probably have done it with a
little practice. There are even instructions online, making it possible for
nearly anyone who comes into possession of one of these systems — anywhere
in the world — to use it.
Washington and Kiev both blame Russian-... more »
Record Label Lawsuit Against Vimeo Threatens Free Speech Online
*Activist Post*
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of advocacy groups
have asked a federal appeals court to block record labels' attempt to
thwart federal law in *Capitol v. Vimeo*—a case that could jeopardize free
speech and innovation and the sites that host both.
In this lawsuit, the record labels sued online video site Vimeo, alleging
that dozens of sound recordings were infringed in videos posted on the
site. A ruling from a district court judge earlier this year found Vimeo
could be responsible for copyright infringement, and in doing so imposed
new, i... more »
"Man-made biological leaf" could provide oxygen for space travel
*Vimeo*
RCA graduate Julian Melchiorri says the synthetic biological leaf he
developed, which absorbs water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen just
like a plant, could enable long-distance space travel.
See more here.
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The Big Blackout: Why I’m Going Low-Tech to Prep for an EMP
Daisy Luther
This might be stating the obvious, but in the event of an EMP, things will
not be the same, no matter how great your generator is.
Aaron Dykes of Truthstream Media wrote an excellent article about the
extreme likelihood of a catastrophic event that could take out our power
grid:
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer is warning investors – and more
broadly, lawmakers and leaders – about the potential destructive power of
an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, which could be triggered by solar events
or artificially, via blasts in the atmosphere.
According to Singer,... more »
Bill Whittle: A Brief History of Mental Illness...
* powerful.*
In this searing and personal Firewall, Bill Whittle talks about his Brief
History of Mental Illness, how he managed to avoid going Full Progressive,
the famous author who helped bring him back to sanity, and asks the
fundamental question: "What if I'm wrong?"
THIS IS PURE EVIL
They finally made me cry
today
this video
shows
two ambulances
driving up
to rescue wounded
Palestinians
they get shelled
this is pure evil
it is demonic
and was done
on purpose
Israel has the
Palestinians
inside a fishbowl
and is picking
them off at will
it's pure evil
The Obama team
plays good cop
bad cop
makes statements
calling for ceasefire
then sends Israel
more ammunition
that is pure evil
but they get
away with it
because we here
in the US let them
and that is pure evil
COURAGEOUS RESISTANCE IN ISRAEL
Israel is calling up sixteen thousand additional reserve troops as its
assault goes on. But, there are 51 IDF soldiers who are making a stand and
refusing to take part in any more destruction.
12 Examples of Hamas Firing Rockets from Civilian Areas
12 Examples of Hamas Firing Rockets from Civilian Areas
http://youtu.be/IUrDAEgisXM
Yet still the anti Israel brigade will deny that Hamas are doing any such
thing
Retirement Is For The Rich
http://lewisbarton.com
There used to be a social contract in this country. One of the clauses in
that unwritten document was,"if you work hard all your life, you can retire
in comfort." But neo-conservatives have shredded that contract. Linda
McQuaig writes:
The notion of retirement security in exchange for a lifetime of hard work —
a central element in the implicit social contract between capital and
labour in the postwar years — has been effectively tossed aside, as
corporations have become more in... more »
WHERE'S BONO??
What say you, to Israeli Settlement Aparthied, Mr. BONO?
If one more person says...
'it's a complex, grey issue"...
I would suggest a vigorous shake o' the head,
check o' the heart to detect life,
and realize - IT'S NOT!!
It is very clear. Historically documented.
And NOT A FUCKING FOOTBALL/HOCKEY GAME
where da men-folk of da world line-up wit' der pick
and DAMN THE TORPEDOES!!
Fuck you all - who JUSTIFY; RATIONLIZE; EXCUSE;
and 'look the other way' while INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
the world over are GENOCIDALLY SLAUGHTERED.
FUCKING BASTARDS, you are. See? That clear enough, f... more »
Is Russia's Violation Of The INF Treaty A Military Threat?
President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF
Treaty in the East Room of the White House. 12/8/87. Reagan Library
*Does Russian Treaty Violation Pose Military Threat? -- Voice of America*
The United States upped the diplomatic pressure this week by saying Russia
has violated provisions of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty -
or INF - a treaty considered to be the cornerstone of the U.S.-Russian
nuclear disarmament structure.
This is a serious accusation, analysts say, and one that has roots dating
back to the close of the Cold War.
The INF treat... more »
British Prime Minister, David Cameron: We Won’t Start World War Three Over Ukraine
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)
*Cameron: We Won’t Start World War Three Over Ukraine -- RT*
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has said Britain was not going
to "launch a European war or send the fleet to the Black Sea" over the
Ukraine crisis, applying economic pressure instead.
Mr. Cameron, was addressing a Q&A session with staff at the headquarters of
United Utilities in Warrington when he said that the West had to stand up
to Russia.
The Prime Minister alluded to the lessons the UK learnt dealing with
Germany’s aggression in Europe be... more »
No Labels-- Further Stinking Up The Sewer That DC Already Was Without Them
Yesterday we looked at how Steve Israel's "bipartisan" conservative group,
the Center Aisle Caucus, so dear to the heart of Establishment imbeciles
like David Broder, destroyed any chance the Democrats had to retake the
House (in 2012 and again this year). So brilliant of Pelosi to appoint a
bipartisan with his chains to so many vulnerable Republicans to head the
post that should be the *most* partisan in the Democratic conference!
Previously, we talked about Big Business shills Patrick Murphy and Kyrsten
Sinema working with teabaggers to undermine Democratic values in Congress
... more »
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*Is Common Core on the ropes?*
Opponents of rigid and controversial Common Core education standards just
may be winning the battle. That pending victory is something Reason has
pointed out in the past, as we've urged that libertarians should cheer for
such an outcome, and work instead for expanded flexibility in education,
and more consideration for the diversity of the kids on the receiving end
of educrat ambitions.
It's impassioned moms who are defeating Common Core, suggests Stephanie
Simon at Politico, overwhelming "sedate videos" and "talking points."
Honestly, though, Common... more »
As The Israel - Hamas War Continues To Rage, The U.S. Resupplies Israel With Munitions
An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires towards the Gaza Strip July 28,
2014. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)
*U.S. Resupplies Israel With Munitions As Gaza Offensive Rages -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - The United States has allowed Israel, waging an offensive in
the Gaza Strip, to tap a local U.S. arms stockpile in the past week to
resupply it with grenades and mortar rounds, a U.S. defense official said
on Thursday.
The munitions were located inside Israel as part of a program managed by
the U.S. military and called War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-I),
which stores munitions locally for U.S... more »
What Israel is doing.
One of the cliched phrases that has worked its way into the psyche of
anti-Israel zealots (it’s a favourite of Baroness Tonge) as well as many at
the BBC (Sarah Montague likes it a lot) is “What Israel is doing”.
It’s the shorthand for, well, whatever you like.
The implications contained in those four little words range from the
well-worn “disproportionate response”, through ethnic cleansing, apartheid,
siege on Gaza, war crimes, baby-killing and genocide, all the way to a
final destination; committing a holocaust on the Palestinian people.
All those incendiary, hyperbolic accusation... more »
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*Sheriff Marlin Gusman: The Deadbeat Dad of New Orleans ~Disenfranchised
Citizen*
*Feds: Drilling for oil in Louisiana's wetlands may be a dumb idea ~Stuart
Smith*
*Is Fracking To Blame For Increase In Quakes In Oklahoma? ~NPR*
*Tainted Legacy: Legislature's fixes create obstacles to oil and gas
cleanup ~David Hammer and Mike Perlstein *
*Flood control delays worry Mandeville residents ~Faimon A. Roberts III,
The Advocate*
*Circle Food Store Fighting To Serve WIC Customers ~Eileen Fleming, WWNO*
*Water purification company unveils 80,000-square-foot facility near
Mandeville ~Bob ... more »
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Of all the criticisms of corporate education reforms, one that gets short
shrift is the concept of “care.” Emphasis on testing, accountability, high
stakes, and competition don’t sound caring. The ethic of care seems to be
lacking. We should instead emphasize the “whole child.” There is an
abundance of information and skills and dispositions that […]
9/11 - We Attack the Myth Where it Stands
Good for you, Paramount Pictures.
Hunt The Beast - Give Him no quarter.
@andreperryedu tells us to stop blaming black parents
An important article from the Washington Post. Clearly, there is widespread
belief that black parents don’t value education. The default opinion has
become “it’s the parents” — not the governance, the curriculum, the
instruction, the policy, nor the lack of resources — that create problems
in urban schools. That’s wrong. Everyday actions continuously contradict
the […]
Libya Falls (Again) - French, US, Germany, Japan, Phillipines All Evacuate Embassies in Tripoli
*This is the legacy of "The Responsibility to Protect".*
*British Ambassador Michael Aaron **"Rumour control: a small group of
British Nationals still here and the embassy is still open!"*
"The Last Whale"
"As I rocked in the moonlight,
And reefed the sail.
It'll happen to you
Also without fail,
If it happens to me.
Sang the world's last whale."
- Pete Seeger
“North America: Massive Numbers of Sea Creatures Dying Along the West Coast”
*“North America: Massive Numbers of Sea *
*Creatures Dying Along the West Coast”*
by Michael Synder
“Never before have we seen so much death along the west coast of North
America. Massive numbers of sea stars, bluefin tuna, sardines, anchovies,
herring, oysters, salmon, marine mammals and marine birds are dying, and
experts are puzzled. We are being told that we could even see "local
extinctions" of some of these sea creatures. So are all of these deaths
related? If so, what in the world could be causing this to happen? What has
changed so dramatically that it would cause massive nu... more »
UN official admits that Hamas are using UN buildings as shields
That's John Ging of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
of the United Nations confirming that Hamas and other terrorist groups in
Gaza fire their rockets into Israel from near UN buildings, using them as
shelter.
Let's see if the BBC or Channel 4 report this admission.... Of course I
know they won't, it's not as though they are unbiased news reporting
organisations.
Who's John Ging?
John Ging (born 1965) is an Irish national and former officer in the Irish
Army who served as head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
(UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip from 200... more »
Come Back To Your Good Senses by M.N. Hopkins
[image: stick_figure_no_backdoor_deals_sign1]
*We say today that there is far too much fear now upon your planet. This
fear spawns odd behavior. That which was rational is less available.
Fantasy and cruel images are demanded by Man. It is a loss of good sense
that drives the current paradigms.*
*Yes, a lack of vision as well as a lack of willingness to forge ahead and
prepare others for the coming days of tribulation. This is due to the vast
lack of leadership, the total lack of real solutions and the mass hysteria
that passes for reality when in fact, humankind has lost all conne... more »
Need to learn to launch a BUK missile quick? Look online.
[image: BUK-M1]No one has admitted responsibility for firing the
sophisticated missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17,
killing 298 people over Ukraine on July 17. But untrained rebels could
probably have done it with a little practice. There are even instructions
online, making it possible for nearly anyone who comes into possession of
one of these systems — anywhere in the world — to use it.
Washington and Kiev both blame Russian-backed separatists from the
self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic for attacking the plane with a
9k37 BUK missile system. These rebels ... more »
Royal Australian Air Force scores direct hit with JSOW C
[image: JSOW-C]The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) successfully tested a
Raytheon Company Joint Standoff Weapon C (JSOW C) against a hardened wall
target at the RAAF Woomera Test Range.
Launched from an F/A-18F Super Hornet at an operationally representative
stand-off range and altitude of 25,000 feet, the JSOW C scored a direct hit.
The RAAF test marked the third successful employment of JSOW C this year
against one of the most challenging target sets. Previously, two JSOW C
air-to-ground weapons also destroyed simulated cave targets in U.S. Navy
flight tests at the China Lake f... more »
To Defile The Earth Is To Defile Ourselves by M.N. Hopkins
Taken by Morten Ross on July 4, 2014 @ Sandbukta, south of Oslo, Norway.
*For to defile the Earth, is to defile yourselves, since you are part of
the Earth's body. This tendency toward self-destruction will change in time
and Mankind will again make an honest effort to protect and cherish the
Earth and see to it's restored health and vitality.*
M.N. Hopkins
Russia: US claims on nuclear missiles treaty unfounded, we have questions too
[image: Mk-41 VLS]Moscow has slammed Washington’s allegations that Russia
breached the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, calling the claims
unsubstantiated. It added Russia also has complaints about the US’s
fulfillment of their obligations under the treaty.
US claims that Russia violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
(INF Treaty) are “just as unsubstantiated as everything that has recently
been heard by Moscow coming from Washington, including other issues. There
is absolutely no evidence provided to support [these allegations],”
Russia’s Foreign Ministry sai... more »
F-35B passes wet runway and crosswind tests
[image: F-35B Lightning II]The Lockheed Martin F-35B has completed wet
runway and crosswind testing, which comprised 37 missions over a 41 day
period using aircraft BF-4.
“This testing is absolutely critical to 2B flight software fleet release
and the Marine Corps’ [initial operating capability],” says J.D. McFarlan,
Lockheed Martin's vice president for F-35 Test & Verification.
“Collectively, the results support clearing the 20 knot crosswind envelope
for conventional take off & landings, short take offs, and short landings ,
with ideal handling quality ratings and meaningful impro... more »
On Japanese Rearmament
*July 31, 2014* (James Corbett - Ryan Dawson)
Lakeland fighter-jet company seeks state funds for expansion
[image: L-159 Alca]The world’s largest collection of tactical air support
fighter jets is stored inside a 100,000-square-foot hangar across from the
flight line at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.
There are eight U.S.-built Douglas A-4K Skyhawks, nine Italian-made
Aermacchi MB-339CB fighters and five Aero L-39 Albatross fighters. The
hangar is also home to 28 Mikoyan MiG 21s, purchased from Poland, in
various parts, waiting to be rebuilt.
It is a unique aerial armada that, among other missions, helps U.S. and
allied combat pilots learn how to dogfight. And the company is about to a... more »
Analyst: F-35C to Cost $337 Million Apiece in FY15
[image: F-35C Lightning II]A longtime defense analyst and critic of the
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program says taxpayers next year will pay between
$148 million and $337 million per jet, depending on the model.
Winslow Wheeler, a staff member at the Project On Government Oversight who
has worked on national-security issues for the Senate and the Government
Accountability Office, detailed his cost estimates for the Lockheed Martin
Corp.-made fifth-generation stealth fighter in a recent article on
Medium.com.
Wheeler puts the per-plane production price tag at $148 million for the Air... more »
Royal Australian Navy MH-60R 'Romeo' helicopter fires AGM-114 Hellfire missile for the 1st time
The Royal Australian Navy’s newest maritime combat helicopter, the MH-60R
Seahawk ‘Romeo’, has successfully fired its first ‘Hellfire’ missile in the
United States.
The AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missile was fired by Navy’s 725
Squadron from aircraft currently deployed to the United States Navy’s
Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Centre off the Florida coast.
Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer, said the Seahawk
Romeo’s cutting edge mission systems provided a formidable naval platform.
Read more
Several Russian Tu-95MS bombers fly over Arctic
[image: Tu-95MS Bear H]Several Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers escorted
by MiG-31 interceptor planes flew over the Arctic on Wednesday, the press
service of the Eastern Military District said.
Its spokesperson, Colonel Alexander Gordeyev told ITAR-TASS that the
interceptor planes had been provided by the Pacific Fleet’s air base in
Kamchatka.
“In 2014, the intensity of Air Force flights in the Arctic increased
several-fold,” he said, adding that MiG-31, Su-24, Su-27, antisubmarine
Il-38 and Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-26 helicopter crews were not only patrolling,
providing air support and s... more »
VVIP chopper deal: No change in ground situation in India, defence ministry says
[image: AW 101 VVIP helicopter]The defence ministry on Wednesday said there
is "no change in the ground situation here" as far as the VVIP helicopter
case is concerned, even as it sought details from the Indian embassy in
Rome about the "exact developments" in Italian court proceedings.
"We cancelled the contract, got back our money and have agreed for
arbitration. There is no change in all this. We have, however, asked for a
report from our embassy, through its lawyer, about the purported shelving
of legal proceedings against Finmeccanica," said a MoD official.
The call on whethe... more »
Russia Can Build Own Mistral Warships, Rogozin Says
[image: RFS Vladivostok]Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on Wednesday
said that the latest U.S. sanctions demonstrate fear on the part of
Russia's adversaries, and that Russia can build its own Mistral warships if
France fails to deliver the two vessels.
On Tuesday, the U.S. announced a new round of sanctions that target, among
other things, Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation, an industry
conglomerate that controls Russia's network of shipbuilding enterprises.
The sanctions, which are aimed at punishing Russia over its alleged
involvement in the Ukraine crisis, freeze any... more »
Should America Keep Its Aging Nuclear Missiles?
[image: Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile]Sixty feet beneath
western Nebraska, Lt. Raj Bansal sits in front of an ancient-looking
computer console used to monitor 10 nuclear missiles.
Everything in this command bunker feels outdated, including the tiny
toilet. It's working today, but like a lot of equipment down here, it
doesn't always. Bansal points to a drain under the command post.
"At some point, sewage has flooded this bottom area," he says. "It smells
awful."
Read more
Plan to buy submarines from Japan ‘driven by politics’, says Defence analyst
[image: Soryu class SSK]“OPTION J” — a codename for plans to buy submarines
from Japan — was the “worst-kept secret” at the Adelaide Defence and
Industry conference this week, a senior Defence analyst says.
Mark Thomson is from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, which
advises the Government on Defence decisions and has two members on the
six-person expert panel developing the Government White Paper.
On Wednesday, Mr Thomson said he shared the fear of many that Option J —
which could deprive South Australia of thousands of jobs and billions of
dollars — was “being driven at t... more »
GMO Farm Fields Poisoning The Water In Midwestern Rivers
[image: Foto: A new U.S. Geological Study found that midwest rivers in the
heart of the nations GMO corn & soy fields are persistently contaminated
with neonicotinoid insecticides. While neonicotinoid use has increased
throughout the country, the Midwest in particular has seen a dramatic
increase over the last decade. The use of clothianidin, one of the
chemicals studied, on corn in Iowa alone has approximately doubled in just
two years, from 2011 and 2013. Neonicotinoids are chemically similar to
nicotine and are pesticides that are toxic to a broad range of insect
pests. They are ... more »
Amazon Deliver A PR Bomb To Hachette?
The problem with any open confrontation is that often things that were
really said in public have a habit of rising to the surface and becoming
public. Public Relations people then try to put them back into the box, or
rationalise the issues, but often the damage is done, or the public’s
perception has changed. Propaganda is a powerful tool when communicated
effectively.
Today’s standoff between Amazon and Hachette is becoming increasingly
visible to the public. Some would say that the majority of book buyers are
more concerned about getting the right price and service for themsel... more »
West Isolating Itself with Sanctions Against Russia
*July 30, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Citing the downing of Malaysia
Airlines flight MH17 as impetus, US President Barack Obama announced
stronger sanctions against Russia leveled by both the US and EU. This comes
after previous sanctions implemented before the downing of MH17 failed to
garner support across Europe, leaving the US measures politically and
economically impotent. In the wake of American sanctions, pundits,
politicians, and corporate-lobbyists decried Europe's desire to continue
doing business with Russia, claiming US sanctions alone would only hurt US
corporation... more »
KMT Splits?
*Yep, there was still one larva on the leaf where I had first seen them.
They had turned into this.*
*BREAKING*: DPP Sec-Gen again summonsed by Special Prosecutors. Still named
as "related person/ 關係人" not defendant or suspect. Thus technically no
right to lawyer.
KMT Caucus Whip resigns over Control Yuan vote, scribes the Taipei Times.
An interesting signal of what's going on inside the KMT...
Lin and the KMT caucus blamed outgoing Control Yuan President Wang
Chien-shien (王建煊) for the “surprising outcome” on Tuesday night, after it
became clear that KMT lawmakers had failed to vo... more »
Unitarity and analyticity say: gravity is the weakest force
In 2006, Arkani-Hamed, Motl, Nicolis, and Vafa presented evidence that gravity
is the weakest force, a claim that would often be called the "weak gravity
conjecture" (WCG) later. Yes, the swampland on Figure 1, so different from
the peaceful Czech landscape, is some territory between Poland, Ukraine,
and Belarus. ;-) It means that for any non-gravitational force, imagine the
electrostatic or magnetostatic forces, there have to exist light enough
particle species that are sufficiently charged so that their mutual
non-gravitational forces exceed the gravitational ones.
Be sure that th... more »
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*Fun! With kidney stones!*
AS soon as I had put up yesterday my demolition of the idiotic Warmist use
of the latest kidney stone study, I tweeted a short summary of it, with
link. Marc Morano retweeted my tweet, as he often does. And that
generated further tweets.
One tweeter (Dennis Krupski @Dkrupski) tweeted that, instead of saying I
had demolished the kidney stone claims, I should have said that I
*pulverized* the claims. That was rather witty. Lithotripsy is the first
line of defence against kidney stones and pulverizing the stones is what
lithotripsy hopefully does.
B... more »
The Israeli Defense Forces Are Now Targeting Gaza's Infrastructure
*Israel’s Operation in Gaza Spreads Beyond Just Tunnels -- Time*
*The Israeli Defense Forces now have Gaza's infrastructure in their sights*
Israeli officials have said in the past week that their main goal in the
war against Hamas in Gaza is to destroy as many of what it calls “terror
tunnels,” the underground passages built by the militant group that have
repeatedly been used to infiltrate Israel. But following a day in which
Hamas militants managed to kill 10 Israeli soldiers, Israel responded
Tuesday with massive air strikes that seemed aimed at both major
infrastructure as w... more »
Criminal character of the sanctions
For more than a decade or so, I have known that most of the EU-level
officials are crappy politicians – and crappy human beings, for that matter
– but I wouldn't have believed that they would go towards something as
insane as a trade war against Russia.
Russia will undoubtedly retaliate but it doesn't even have to.
The point is that trade wars and sanctions always automatically affect both
sides. There is a sense in which it is obvious that the overall damages are
exactly the same on both sides. Well, one side may have a bigger trouble to
replace the "forbidden" business partner wi... more »
Why Are Arab Leaders Silent On The Ongoing Israel - Hamas War
Palestinians gather near the minaret of a mosque that police said was
destroyed by an Israeli Air strike in Gaza City July 30, 2014. Credit:
REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
*Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent -- New York
Times*
CAIRO — Battling Palestinian militants in Gaza two years ago, Israel found
itself pressed from all sides by unfriendly Arab neighbors to end the
fighting.
Not this time.
After the military ouster of the Islamist government in Cairo last year,
Egypt has led a new coalition of Arab states — including Jordan, Saudi
Arabia and the United A... more »
A Look At The Russian Oligarchs Are Now Being Targeted By Sanctions
*EU Blacklists Russian Oligarchs to Pressure Putin -- Bloomberg *
Assets of Russian oligarchs Arkady Rotenberg and Yury Kovalchuk were frozen
by the European Union in its effort to pressure President Vladimir Putin to
stop supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Rotenberg, who helps control SMP Bank and InvestCapitalBank OAO, and
Kovalchuk, the biggest shareholder in OAO Bank Rossiya, were among eight
people that the EU added yesterday to its blacklist of individuals and
organizations being punished for the Ukrainian unrest. Three entities --
Russian National Commercial Bank, weapon... more »
IN TOUCH WITH HUMANITY
UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East) Christopher Gunness breaks down in tears on live TV after attack
on UN school in Gaza
Another Couple Of "Sarah Palins Of The South"-- Tough Love/Soft Hate
With right-wing congressman Bill Cassidy running for Mary Landrieu's Senate
seat, his Baton Rouge-based House district looks very attractive to an
awful lot of candidates. It's a grotesquely gerrymandered (i.e.,
ethnically-cleansed) deep red district with a PVI of R+21. Obama won 31%
there against McCain and 32% against Romney. In 2012 the Democrats didn't
even bother putting up a candidate against Cassidy. There are 18
Republicans in the open primary *but* an inordinate amount of coverage has
been about the campaign of former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards.
The video above, th... more »
Argentina Declared To Be In Default After Failing To Reach A Debt Agreement
*Argentina Declared In Default By S&P As Talks Fail -- Bloomberg*
Standard & Poor’s declared Argentina in default after the government missed
a deadline for paying interest on $13 billion of restructured bonds.
The South American country failed to get the $539 million payment to
bondholders after a U.S. judge ruled that the money couldn’t be distributed
unless a group of hedge funds holding defaulted debt also got paid.
Argentina, in default for the second time in 13 years, has about $200
billion in foreign-currency debt, including $30 billion of restructured
bonds, according to S... more »
Israel Has Captured 100 Top Hamas Operatives Since The Start Of This War
On July 23, 2014 Israeli soldiers guard Palestinians captured during a
military offensive in the Gaza Strip in this photo obtained by Reuters from
the Israeli news website Walla. REUTERS/Walla News
*Captured Hamas Operative Reveals Paragliding Attack Plan -- Times of
Israel*
Terrorist confesses he trained in Malaysia to conduct raids on Israeli
civilians from the air; 100 Hamas men captured to date.
A highly trained Hamas operative captured by the IDF during the ongoing
military campaign in the Gaza Strip told investigators that he had prepared
to carry out a terror attack against... more »
HAS NETANYAHU GONE BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN?
Whenever Israel has chosen to use aggression to intimidate its neighbours
in the West Bank, Lebanon or, as it is doing today, in the Gaza Strip, it
has always left itself wriggle room to back off when public opinion and,
more importantly, US and Western support seemed to be running against them.
It has done this by progressively escalating their assaults on their
enemies by pretending to be the victim when their enemies retaliate. That
way they can always tell the world via their well-oiled global propaganda
machine that they are merely responding to attacks being made against them
... more »
canadians for foreskins
anal sex exists spreads due to lack of foreskins, circumcision is making us
Gay and or perverts NTTAWWT
" exclusive interview with porn star who had to cut to stay in the anal
game"
pleasure deprived citizens more likely to vote conservative, might be a
correlation to foreskin removal , just saying
temporary weakness arms and wrists linked to masturbation with no
foreskin. Scientist searching if this is widespread amongst practitioners
or just restricted to those cut off.
Moneyball analysis of NHL players says circumcised players have not shot.
Montreal Canadians suing doctor wh... more »
Here Are Three Ways That The Islamic State In Iraq And the Violence In Gaza Could Endanger US National Security.
A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL
flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. Credit:
Reuters/Stringer
*Three Ways Middle East Fighting Threatens US National Security -- Anna
Mulrine, CSM*
As fighting in the Middle East continues this week – from Israel to Iraq –
some senior US military officials are acknowledging that they are
pessimistic about the prospect for peace in the region. “Is there going to
be peace in the Middle East?” Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, head of the Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA), asked himself alo... more »
Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now”
Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIno6Yu3rLE
"A Look to the Heavens"
“NGC 253 is not only one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, it is
also one of the dustiest. Discovered in 1783 by Caroline Herschel in the
constellation of Sculptor, NGC 253 lies only about ten million light-years
distant.
*Click image for larger size.*
NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the
nearest group to our own Local Group of Galaxies. The dense dark dust
accompanies a high star formation rate, giving NGC 253 the designation of
starburst galaxy. Visible in the above photograph is the active central
nucleus, also known to be a bright source o... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Defeat"
*"Defeat"*
by Paulo Coelho
"Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the
cold? The tree says to the leaf: ‘That’s the cycle of life. You may think
you’re going to die, but you live on in me. It’s thanks to you that I’m
alive, because I can breathe. It’s also thanks to you that I have felt
loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is
in my sap, we are one thing.’
Does a man who spent years preparing to climb the highest mountain in the
world feel defeated on reaching that mountain and discovering that nature
has cloaked th... more »
"Why We Don’t Remember: The Gift of This Journey"
*"Why We Don’t Remember: The Gift of This Journey"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
․
"If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the
body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are
one."
- Kahlil Gibran
"There is a gift in not remember who we are when we are born into this
lifetime; the gift is the journey. Many of us wonder why we do not remember
who we were before we were born. We wonder what it was like to be a soul
without a body and what it will be like to be one again. Many of us have a
strange sense that we do remember, as if we... more »
"My Purpose..."
“The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars...”
~ from “Ulysses,” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Daily "Near You?"
Anacortes, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, "ICBW IDTS"
*"ICBW IDTS"*
by Chet Raymo
"Which means, according to text messagers, "It could be worse (but) I don't
think so." It seems a Finn has published a 332-page novel written entirely
in text messaging abbreviations. Leave it to the Finns, who essentially
invented mobile phone culture.
Well, that's one novel I will never read. At my age, I might as well try to
learn Finnish as the language of TXT MSG. I've had a mobile (as they call
them in Europe) for three years now, and I've yet to have an incoming call.
Not surprising, since no one has my number, and even if they did the phone
is ne... more »
The Poet: Jeanne Lohmann, "Questions Before Dark"
*"Questions Before Dark"*
"Day ends, and before sleep
when the sky dies down,
consider your altered state:
has this day changed you?
Are the corners sharper or rounded off?
Did you live with death?
Make decisions that quieted?
Find one clear word that fit?
At the sun's midpoint did you notice a pitch of absence,
bewilderment that invites the possible?
What did you learn from things you dropped
and picked up and dropped again?
Did you set a straw parallel to the river,
let the flow carry you downstream?"
- Jeanne Lohmann,
"The Light of Invisible Bodies"
"The Life You Have Left..."
“The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it.
Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.”
~ Leo Babauta
The Israeli Genocide Of Gaza Continues: At Least ONE Nation On Planet Earth Has It Right In Calling Israel Exactly What It Is, A Terrorist State!
Yes, the assault and genocide of the Palestinian people locked up in the
largest open air concentration camp on Earth, also known as the Gaza Strip,
continues…. We have watched in disgust as the majority of nations on this
planet continue to absolutely kiss Jew ass by constantly harping the lies
that this act of cold blooded murder is due to the criminally insane state
of Israel's "right to defend itself"…. We however know the real truth that
this massive assault is indeed Israel's "final solution" to the Palestinian
problem in Gaza, which is to wipe out the entire population!
I hav... more »
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