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Beware of Youth Entrepreneurs (YE) Right Wing Indoctrination System
If the Education Writers Association ever gives an award for REAL education
reporting, this piece at Huffington Post by Christie Wilkie and Joy
Resmovits has to be the winner!
Wilkie and Resmovits do a terrific job exposing the Bircher-inspired and
Koch funded Youth Entrepreneurs (YE) indoctrination system that is worming
its way into public school curriculum around the country. This is a *must
read* and a *must share*. Here is a clip:
YE's course materials reflect some of the initial thinking by the Koch
associates charged with designing the course. In late 2009, the Koch group
... more »
Police must facilitate access to counsel promptly on detention
R. *v.* Taylor, 2014 SCC 50:
[24] The duty to inform a detained person of his
or her right to counsel arises "immediately" upon arrest or detention (
*Suberu*, at paras. 41-42), and the duty to facilitate access to a lawyer,
in turn, arises immediately upon the detainee's request to speak to
counsel. The arresting officer is therefore under a constitutional
obligation to facilitate the requested access to a lawyer at the first
reasonably available opportunity. The burden is on the Crown to show that
a given delay was reasonable in the circumstances (*R. v... more »
John Boehner vs Justin Amash-- This Time A Fight To The Death
Back last November we asked if Boehner would be able to defeat
independent-minded Republican Justin Amash in a primary. Despite the tea
party wing brutally taking out Boehner's main henchman, Eric Cantor, the
Chamber of Commerce wing of the GOP is still aiming to assert complete
dominance over the Michigan Republican Party-- and Amash is absolutely
their top target.
The Establishment Republicans recruited multimillionaire self-funders to
bury libertarian and tea Party Republicans across Michigan. Their pathetic
Senante candidate, Terri Lynn Land, has already put $1,700,000 of her ... more »
Depraved Policy
http://www.ctpost.com/
Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza this week -- a move that is loudly supported
by the Harper government. And it illustrates, Linda McQuaig writes, the
moral disconnect at the heart of Harper's policy towards Israel:
Certain minimal standards are expected of a national leader in what is
known as the ‘civilized world’.
One of those standards would seem to be that, when massive numbers of
defenceless civilians are being killed, a national leader should call for
the killing to *stop*... more »
Staten Island Gentle Giant, Eric Garner, Killed by NYPD (Video)
Image Source: The Daily News Arkansas Police Accountability Project
New York City police officers killed a man Thursday after he broke up a
fight between two other men. The cops suspected him of selling untaxed
cigarettes, so they will likely claim that the violent escalation and
killing of this man, who has been described by family and friends as a
"gentle giant' was justified.
The New York Daily News obtained exclusive video of the incident, which
shows Staten Island man Eric Garner, 43, begging officers to let him breathe
as he lies on the ground helpless.
Now, his fami... more »
Untitled
*What does FFUC stand for?*
Fossil Free UC is a group that wants UC to divest its endowment fund of
fossil fuel investments. Ophir Bruck from the group sent me this article to
explain his group’s thinking. The author explains that fossil fuel
investments aren’t really money makers in the long haul, so there’s no real
sacrifice from staying out of that market.
Nice try, but the real reason that students are pushing UC to divest in
fossil fuels is apparent: UC is an easy target. UC will not fight back. The
worst thing that could happen to these activists is that administrators
will ... more »
Iraq Updates (July 19 , 2014 ) - Iraq Army suffers major defeat at Tikrit ( as per various media accounts ) ...... After victory in parts of Syria and Iraq - ISIS begins the transition to governing its new territories ...... Tweets of the morning to consider .....
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/18/4243140/islamic-state-overwhelms-iraqi.html
IRBIL, Iraq -- Islamic State gunmen overran a former U.S. military base
early Friday and killed or captured hundreds of Iraqi government troops
who’d been trying to retake Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, the worst
military reversal Iraqi troops have suffered since the Islamist forces
captured nearly half the country last month.
The defeat brought to an end a three-week campaign by the government in
Baghdad to recapture Tikrit, which fell to the Islamic State on June 11.
Military spokesmen earlier t... more »
US Foreign Policy Overview ( July 14 , 2014 ) - Shambolic foreign policy isn't merely the Regional debacles of the Middle East / MENA , but also consider the damage to German relations as well as those with France by way of various foreign policy and US Intel misadventures ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
Zero Hedge ......
US Foreign Policy In Shambles: Global Crises Worst Since 1970 As Obama Golfs
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/14/2014 08:02 -0400
- ABC News
- Afghanistan
- Bob Corker
- Capital Markets
- China
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- John McCain
- Middle East
- None
- Obama Administration
- Ukraine
- White House
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If one were so inclined, one could imagine that the relentless barrage of
domestic scandals plaguing Obama have been orchestrated with a simple
reason:... more »
Bye, bye 'Newsnight'
Incidentally, if you're a regular *Is the BBC biased? *reader and were
wondering where the weekly *Newsnight* reviews had gone, well, they have
been discontinued.
With over six months of data gathered, that's more than enough data to form
the basis of a study of bias at *Newsnight* - and answer the question that
started the ball rolling at the start of 2014: 'Is Newsnight biased?'.
That analysis will take some time but will be published in due course.
I can now *not* watch *Newsnight* again. Like Jeremy Paxman.
And now for something completely different...
When the BBC iPlayer starts working again (it seems to have been down for a
couple of hours now), you might like to listen to a delightful Radio 4
mini-series that's been running all week called *A Guide to Garden
Wildlife. *It was presented by Brett Westwood and featured naturalist Phil
Gates. (As it's radio we don't know if they kept their clothes on....oh,
sorry, that 'naturalist' not 'naturist'.)
Hedgehogs, song thrushes, pond skaters, etc, all put in an appearance. As
did woodlice.
Fascinating creatures, woodlice - crustaceans, related to crabs, lobsters
and prawns. (Huge F... more »
So, Be At Peace.......by M.N. Hopkins
*So, be at peace and know deep within yourselves that you are in truth
already free.*
Though...
There was an amusing exchange on this morning's *Dateline London.*
Guest presenter Maxine Mawhinney made a surprising use of the word "though"
in her question to Janet Daley, suggesting an anti-Eurosceptic bias on her
part.
That didn't pass Janet Daley's notice:
*Maxine Mawhinney*: The big news here, of course, was David Cameron
extensively re-shuffling his cabinet this week. Now, some say he now has
his dream team for next May's general election. Others though say the
line-up is now more Eurosceptic and may herald another step on the road for
Britain to withdraw from the Europe... more »
More debate on 'Dateline'
For the second week running *Dateline London *broke from its left-liberal
consensual stupor and gave us a proper debate, complete with lively
disagreements.
If this continues we'll have to call it 'The Dateline Spring'.
The Russian guest, Voice of Russia's Dmitry Linnik, put the Putin line of
defence in the wake of the horrific shooting down of a Malaysian airliner
over Ukraine. It didn't convince me, and it certainly didn't convince any
of the other guests either. A very lively argument with Janet Daley and
Saul Zadka ensued which opened up a wide range of perspectives on the
g... more »
Doug Martin Guest on the War Report on Public Education Radio Show
By Doug Martin
I will be spending an hour with BATS member Dr. James Avington Miller Jr.
this Sunday, July 20, on his radio show, the War Report on Public
Education, speaking about my book *Hoosier School Heist* which focuses on
the corporate-theocratic school movement in Indiana and across the
country.
The show starts at 2 pm Pacific California Time. If you are listening in
Indiana, the show starts at 5 pm.
(photo by Teresa Wiley: LEFT TO RIGHT--Workers Voice radio show host Randy
Obenchain, AFL-CIO Indiana vice president and Democratic candidate Chuck
Sosbe (hidden behind ... more »
Researcher on downed plane 'special friend, special man'
In this October 2008 photo provided by AMC Amsterdam on
Friday, July 18, 2014, former president of the International AIDS
Society Joep Lange is seen. A large number of world-renowned
AIDS researchers and activists heading to an international AIDS
conference in Australia were on board a Malaysian jetliner that
was shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday, as news of their
deaths sparked an outpouring of grief across the global scientific
community. Among them was Joep Lange, a well-known researcher
from the Netherlands (AP Photo/Peter Lowie/AMC)
http://www.wral.com/duke-profess... more »
Harper's Stand With Israel Fundraiser
www.conservative.ca - Donate Now
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Gardasil: Conversion Disorder? I Don’t Think So! by Tamara Toussaint-Brown
[image: Haleigh and Gardasil]
Gardasil: Conversion disorder? I don’t think so!
by Tamara Toussaint-Brown
Loveland Colorado
Haleigh’s story starts out like many others. She was always involved in
some kind of sports: gymnastics, dance, cross country, track/field, flag
football, basketball, softball, plus just doing outdoor activities bike
riding, long boarding, hanging out with friends etc… The family was always
involved and enjoyed watching her at any of her events. She was very
happy, though she was always shy and quiet in her classes (her teachers
always told us how much the... more »
Corporate "Inversions" Shift the Tax Burden to Us
Corporate "inversions" are back in the news again, as multinational
corporations try every "creative" way they can to get out of paying their
fair share of taxes for being located in the United States. With
inversions, the idea is to pretend to be a foreign company even though it
is physically located and the majority of its shareholders are in the U.S.
"What's that?" you say. At its base, what happens with an inversion is that
a U.S. corporation claims that its head office is really in Ireland, the
Cayman Islands, Jersey, etc. Originally, all you had to do was say that
your headqua... more »
NUSQN 725 Successfully launches first Mk 54 torpedo
[image: MH-60R 'Romeo']In only seven months of operating the MH-60R ‘Romeo’
Maritime Combat Helicopter, NUSQN 725 has achieved successful Mk 54 torpedo
firings during the current deployment to the Atlantic Undersea Test and
Evaluation Centre (AUTEC).
In a Royal Australian Navy first, a total of three Mk 54 torpedos were
employed against dynamic targets provided by United States Navy staff at
the AUTEC range.
NUSQN 725 aircrews were required to utilise all available MH-60R sensors to
localise, track, and correctly classify these targets prior to being given
approval for the weapon ... more »
Vietnam debuts 2 locally-made missile warships
[image: Molniya class corvette]The Vietnam People’s Navy on Thursday
conducted a flag raising ceremony for two fast-attack missile ships of
Molniya class, the first of its kind to have been built locally in Vietnam.
The ceremony to debut the new vessels, HQ377 and HQ378, was held at the
military port of Naval Zone 2 in southern Dong Nai Province.
The ships were earlier handed over by the Ministry of Defense to Brigade
167 of Naval Zone 2.
Read more
New RAF Typhoons to carry Storm Shadow missiles
[image: Eurofighter carrying Storm shadow missile]New Typhoon fighters to
be flown by Britain's Royal Air Force will carry Storm Shadow missiles
following an agreement between a NATO agency and Eurofighter.
The Storm Shadow, made by MBDA, is a long-range air-to-surface weapon for
use against targets such as bridges, airfields, harbors.
The missiles were previously been deployed on Eurofighter's Tornado GR4
aircraft during operations over Iraq and Libya.
Read more
Helicopters return to HMS Ocean after refit
[image: Lynx & Sea King line-up]Helicopters have returned to HMS Ocean as
flying operations resumed on the ship for the first time after a
multi-million pound refit in Devonport Dockyard.
The ship landed Sea King and Lynx helicopters on board off the South Coast
for the first time in more than two years. The flying is part of the ship’s
sea trials period in which it proves it is capable of resuming the main
operational role of operating helicopters to deliver Royal Marines to the
heart of the action by air and sea.
This week the ship’s aviation facilities are being put through their... more »
No Pain, No Gain: Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Still Looks Like A Winner
The 2014 Farnborough International Airshow probably isn’t going to be
remembered fondly at Pratt & Whitney, the aircraft-engine unit of
industrial powerhouse United Technologies.
America’s newest fighter aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II, was a no-show due
to a last-minute problem with its Pratt & Whitney engine. So was
Bombardier’s flagship CSeries commercial jet, which encountered its own
problems with a new Pratt engine in May.
Published reports during the airshow indicated that both issues were
relatively minor — the kind of setbacks to be expected when cutting-edge
innovation... more »
10 DRDO Projects Delayed
[image: Astra Air-to-air missile]Ten major projects of the Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO), including its combat plane and missile
programmes, are delayed, Union Minister of Defence Arun Jaitley informed
the Lok Sabha on Friday. However, he assured that corrective steps to
address the issue was being taken.
Replying to various questions, Jaitley also mentioned that 19 fighter
aircraft and 11 helicopters of the Armed Forces had crashed in the last
three years claiming the lives of 24 military personnel.
Besides the Air Force’s Light Combat Aircraft, other delayed... more »
U.S. scrambles to determine who fired Russian-made missile at jet
[image: BUK-M1 (SA-11 Gadfly)]Satellite images show a plume of smoke left
by the ground-to-air missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight 17.
Infrared sensors recorded the moment when the airliner exploded.
As U.S. analysts sift through fragments of intelligence to try to pin down
who fired the missile and why, and where it came from, they are running
into difficult questions.
The U.S. assessment, outlined by Ambassador Samantha Power at the U.N.
Security Council on Friday, is that the airliner was "likely downed by a
surface-to-air missile, an SA-11, operated from a separat... more »
Saab Outlines New MPA and AEW Developments
[image: Saab+2000+ERIEYE+AEW&C]Saab has been steadily building its airborne
ISR portfolio and hopes to secure its first deal in the maritime
surveillance/patrol market in the near future.
Saab has two offerings in this sector: the Saab 340 MSA (maritime
surveillance aircraft), for which the company has produced a demonstrator
that was on show at Farnborough; and the larger and more capable Swordfish.
Saab has been keeping the UK aware of its developments in this field,
although any formal requirement for a UK maritime patrol aircraft is not
expected until after a strategic defense... more »
Carrier test with extra EA-18G jets went well - U.S. Navy
[image: EA-18G Growler]The U.S. Navy said it was pleased with the results
of a test that put three extra Boeing Co EA-18G electronic attack jets on
the deck of an aircraft carrier in late May and early June, an exercise
that could underpin future orders of the jets.
"The exercise went very well. We gained a deeper understanding of the
incredible value of the EA-18G Growler and how to best employ its
capability, and increased capacity, from the flight deck of our aircraft
carrier," said Commander Jeannie Groeneveld, spokeswoman for the U.S.
Pacific Fleet's naval air force.
Groenevel... more »
Defense bill includes $3.43 billion for destroyer work at Bath Iron Works
[image: USS Zumwalt]The defense subcommittee of the U.S. Senate
Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed the 2015 defense spending bill,
which includes full funding of nearly $3.43 billion for the DDG-51 and
DDG-1000 destroyer construction programs at Bath Iron Works.
The bill, which goes to the full committee, includes $2.67 billion for
procurement and $134 million for advance procurement of the DDG-51 program,
and $622 million for procurement and research and development of the
DDG-1000, according to the office of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member
of the subcommittee.
The ... more »
Iran won't slow down on ballistic missiles
[image: Persian Gulf ballistic missile]Pentagon report shows the Islamic
Republic is still a gathering threat.
With time for nuclear diplomacy between Iran and the P5+1 nations (the
U.S., UK, Russia, China, France and Germany) running out, and with the
White House scrambling to cobble together some sort of deal with Tehran,
it's perhaps not surprising that Pentagon's latest annual assessment of
Iran's military capabilities has so far garnered little attention, either
within the Washington Beltway or outside it.
The study, submitted to the U.S. Congress earlier this year (with an
un... more »
Chinese spy ship off Hawaii keeps track of RIMPAC
[image: Dongdiao class AGI]At the same time China was invited into Pearl
Harbor to participate in Rim of the Pacific exercises for the first time,
it also has had a spy ship parked off Hawaii, U.S. Pacific Fleet confirmed
Friday.
The People's Liberation Army Navy auxiliary general intelligence ship has
been operating within the United States 200 nautical mile exclusive
economic zone around Hawaii, but not within the 12-nautical-mile
territorial seas, said Capt. Darryn James, spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet
at Pearl Harbor.
This year's RIMPAC naval exercise, the 24th in the series ... more »
Germany sells nuclear-capable submarine to Israel
[image: Dolphin class SSK]Germany's security council approved the sale of
Tanin submarines to Israel; they were received by Tel Aviv secretly last
month.
According to the German news agency DPA, the board also approves the sale
of parts for the development of two submarines to Colombia, as well as
spare parts, especially for helicopters, according to letters written sent
by German Deputy Chancellor and Minister for Economy and Energy Sigmar
Gabriel to a parliamentary committee.
The Tanin submarine, the largest submarine built in Germany, can be used to
launch a nuclear attack, cost... more »
Musical Interlude: B Tribe, “Suave Suave”
B Tribe, “Suave Suave”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMZkCY7wA70
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust
cloud by chance has assumed this recognizable shape. Fittingly named the
Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the
vast Orion cloud complex.
*Click image for larger size.*
About five light-years "tall", the dark cloud is cataloged as Barnard 33
and is visible only because its obscuring dust is silhouetted against the
glowing red emission nebula IC 434. Stars are forming within the dark
cloud. Contrasting blue reflection nebula NGC 2023, surrounding a hot,
young star, is at the lo... more »
CRESST defects from "dark matter is seen" coalition
A year or two years ago, several experiments were claiming the existence of
rather similar signals of an apparent dark matter particle lighter than
\(10\GeV\). The experimental groups were split almost evenly, to the "Dark
Matter Is Seen" allies and the "Dark Matter Is Not Seen" axis.
LUX in South Dakota has totally changed the game 9 months ago and with its
precise observations of nothing, it obliterated all the competing
experiments that had claimed a signal. Those humiliated "Dark Matter Was
Seen" experiments included DAMA, CDMS-Silicon, CoGeNT, and also... CRESST.
It didn't beco... more »
Elaine Stritch (1925-2014), part 2
*We'll hear Elaine singing "The Ladies Who Lunch" when Stephen Sondheim and
George Furth's **Company** was new, but I thought it would be nice to hear
and see again this September 1998 performance, which we first looked at in
December 2010. (It's from the Carnegie Hall cavalcade-of-stars concert My
Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies.)*
*by Ken*
I know it seems like an odd thing to say, but in the first part of my
remembrance of Elaine Stritch, earlier today, I wrote with singular lack of
grace:
It was quite a career, Elaine Stritch's. . . . Still, one thing you can say
about t... more »
Chet Raymo, “Cosmic View”
*“Cosmic View”*
by Chet Raymo
“When writing about Philip and Phylis Morrison's “Powers of Ten” the other
day I found I had made the following notation in the flyleaf, perhaps a
dozen or more years ago:
*Britannica*
*32 volumes*
*1000 pages per vol*
*1200 words per page*
*5 letters/wd*
*=200 million letters*
So, 200 million letters in the 32 volume set of the Encyclopedia
Britannica. Why was I making that estimate? I can think of several
possibilities. Perhaps…
*1.* I was making a comparison with the number of nucleotide pairs in the
human DNA; that is, the number of steps - ATTGCC... more »
METRO | Melanie Scruggs : Charges of ‘environmental racism’ in Houston
Houston’s Office of Sustainability is squirming over accusations raised by
a recent article in ‘Grist’ and by local environmentalists. By Melanie
Scruggs | The Rag Blog | July 18, 2014 HOUSTON — Brentin Mock’s recent
article for Grist covering the … finish reading *METRO* | Melanie Scruggs :
Charges of ‘environmental racism’ in Houston
Bombshell! Air Traffic Controller who was in Kiev said it was Ukrainian Military who shot down MH17 - Military Jets shadowing it
Bombshell! An air traffic controller who was there yesterday in Kiev said
it was the Ukrainian Military who shot down the plane and they were all
taken off their duties immediately afterwards. Fighter jets had been
shadowing plane. Previous articles: U.S. only country blaming Russia for
MH17 Ukrainian Air Traffic Control routed MH 17 through War Zone and had
them fly lower than they
U.S. is the Only Country Blaming Russia for MH17. Other Countries saying "Unclear Who shot it down" Ukraine Confiscated all Air Traffic Control Conversations with MH17
Besides the fact that the Ukraine Air Traffic Control had MH17 go through
the war zone and fly lower than Malaysia Airlines wanted. It seems, per
Zerohedge, Ukrainian Security Service has confiscated all of the Air
Traffic Control recordings of conversations with MH17. It appears Russia
does not have the black boxes after all either. U.S. is the only one that
has been blaming Russia
Ukraine Air Traffic Control routed MH17 through War Zone - not normal route and had them fly lower than they requested
MH17 7/17/14 route in Red, through War Zone. Different from previous
routes Update - Kiev Air Traffic Controller says it was Ukrainian Military
who shot down the plane. The Ukraine Air Traffic Control was in complete
charge of Malaysia flight MH17. They had them fly a route directly through
the war zone and out of the way than their normal flight and they had them
fly lower than they
"Are We Living In A 'Matrix'-like Superhologram?"
*"Are We Living In A 'Matrix'-like Superhologram?"*
by David Talbot
"In 1982 a remarkable event took place. At the University of Paris a
research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may turn out to
be one of the most important experiments of the 20th century. You did not
hear about it on the evening news. In fact, unless you are in the habit of
reading scientific journals you probably have never even heard Aspect's
name, though there are some who believe his discovery may change the face
of science. Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances
subato... more »
"This Moment..."
"We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand...
and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late."
- Marie Beyon Ray
MH17: World Sees Tragedy, US Sees "Game Changer"
*Image: The US claims sophisticated anti-air missiles like this Buk
systemis responsible for the downing of MH17. No evidence has been
providedto confirm or deny this. Other possibilities are air-launched
missiles firedby a fighter jet, or even sabotage. **July 19, 2014* (Tony
Cartalucci - NEO) - United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha
Power made a series of baseless, contradictory accusations aimed at
politically exploiting the tragic loss of Malaysia Boeing 777 flight MH17
with nearly 300 civilians on board.
Power asserted that the most likely culprits behind t... more »
Elizabeth Warren: This woman is dangerous....
*wake up America.*
She is coming and she is evil.
Rebel Leader Says Many of the Dead Bodies in MH17 Weren’t “Fresh”
Melissa Melton
Sorry to be so grotesque, but there aren’t a lot of other ways to say it.
The Associated Press article floating around the mainstream media in source
after source (surely before it gets buried forever) is simply titled, “Rebel
Leader Gives Bizarre Account of Plane Crash”.
How bizarre, exactly?
A top pro-Russia rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a bizarre
version of events surrounding the Malaysian jetliner crash — *suggesting
many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off.*
The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday quoted Ig... more »
World of Resistance Report: Financial Institutions Fear Global Revolution
Andrew Gavin Marshall
Originally posted at Occupy.com
[image: o-bankers-underpaid-facebook]
*In Part 1 of the WoR Report, I examined Zbigniew Brzezinski’s warnings to
elites around the world of the “global political awakening” of humanity.
In Part 2, I looked at the relationship between inequality and social
instability, and in Part 3 I examined the World Economic Forum’s warnings
of growing inequality and the “lost generation” of youth who pose the
greatest threat to oligarchic interests around the world. In this fourth
installment in the series, we turn to reports from top banks... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Wasilla, Alaska, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Singing To The Deer"
*"Singing To The Deer"*
by Patricia Monaghan
“At solstice, the woods were bright in a snowy way, the sky pearl gray
above the stately maples and gnarled burr oaks. An Alaskan marooned in the
urban Midwest, it took me years to find this nearby patch of relatively
undisturbed land where I can sense the power of wildness. Now I go there
often, watching the seasons unfold their changeful unchanging patterns in
the increasingly familiar forest. I especially like to walk among the
sleeping trees in the half-lit silence of winter dawns. The trail I follow
winds and twists, new patches of ... more »
Paulo Coelho, “I’d Rather Be In Hell”
*“I’d Rather Be In Hell”*
by Paulo Coelho
"As soon as he died, Juan found himself in a gorgeous place, surrounded by
all the comfort and beauty he had dreamed of. A fellow dressed in white
approached him and said, “You have the right to have whatever you want; any
food, pleasure or amusement.” Charmed, Juan did everything he dreamed of
doing during his life. After many years of pleasures, he sought the fellow
in white and asked, “I have already experienced everything I wanted. Now I
need to work in order to feel useful.”
“I am sorry,” said the fellow in white, “but that is the only... more »
"Have You Also Learned..."
"Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such
thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the
source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in
the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists
for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future."
~ Herman Hesse, "Siddhartha"
"Opening to Understanding: Willingness to Feel"
*"Opening to Understanding: Willingness to Feel"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
When we are resisting something based on a limited understanding, we must
then open ourselves to willingness. There are times when we may find
ourselves struggling or even fighting with our thoughts and emotions. We
may feel that something must be done in a certain way or not at all, or
there may be some other situation that feels absolutely black and white.
But life is not this way—it’s the way we are looking at our experiences
that is causing the turmoil within us. When we become aware that the
strug... more »
Dyatlov Pass incident
Dyatlov Pass Incident
russian yeti: the killer lives
Elaine Stritch (1925-2014), part 1
*by Ken*
In one of the tributes to Elaine Stritch I glanced through, Colleen
Donaghy, the character she and the *30 Rock* team created, was described as
"cantankerous." Um, yes, I suppose. But this is sort of like describing
Genghis Khan as "outgoing." The Entertainment Weekly people who put up the
above too-shredded collage of Colleen moments, got it better: "On the show,
Stritch turned Jack Donaghy's (Alec Baldwin's) mother into a force of
nature, emphasizing her irascible nature and ability to induce a heady
amount of Irish-Catholic guilt."
Here's the start of the NYT obit by ... more »
China financial daisy chain unraveling ( bit by bit ) ? June 18 , 2014 ---- Chinese Commodity Contagion Leads To First Letter Of Credit Settlement Failure , Second Chinese Bond Default On Deck .......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-18/chinese-commodity-contagion-leads-first-letter-credit-settlement-failure
Chinese Commodity Contagion Leads To First Letter Of Credit Settlement
Failure
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/18/2014 17:44 -0400
- B+
- Black Swan
- China
- Copper
- Counterparties
- default
- Duration Mismatch
- ETC
- Fail
- Lehman
- notional value
- Reality
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At the heart of the China Commodity Financing Deals (CCFD) is the ability
to leverage a letter of credit on the ba... more »
Israel's brutal Gaza Invasion as all attention is turned to the MH-17 false flag
Info I had saved this morning, but, am just getting around to now.
Apologies.
False flag- for those who do not know?
*False flag* (or *black flag*) describes covert military or paramilitary
operations designed to deceive in such a way that the operations appear as
though they are being carried out by entities, groups or nations other than
those who actually planned and executed them
*If you are at all unfamiliar with the MH-17 saga???**Start here:Breaking!
Malaysian Passenger Plane crashed (shotdown) in Eastern Ukraine*
*Next stop: MH-17: An exercise in foregone conclusions?*
The... more »
“20 Signs The Epic Drought In The Western United States Is Starting To Become Apocalyptic”
*“20 Signs The Epic Drought In The Western *
*United States Is Starting To Become Apocalyptic”*
By Michael Snyder
“When scientists start using phrases such as "the worst drought" and "as
bad as you can imagine" to describe what is going on in the western half of
the country, you know that things are bad. Thanks to an epic drought that
never seems to end, we are witnessing the beginning of a water crisis that
most people never even dreamed was possible in this day and age. The state
of California is getting ready to ban people from watering their lawns and
washing their cars, but if ... more »
Jumping from Malaysian Airlines
Malaysian airlines raising a stink in our minds
not really in anyone responsible
but it is not unkind
How one carrier can be so defined
I do not believe in the cosmic possibilities
so mark my religion as declined
Airlines do not just disappear
Airlines do not get shot down
at cruise altitude over a Crimea
there is more than incompetence
and plotting to these stories
events we can not even imagine
are being formed
while we sit on the front porch
and worry
Sure we are all worried today
worry is a bead we live
no need for something on our wrist
with which to play
God knows we have had s... more »
On the "Obsession" with Israel and Palestine
I think James Bloodsworth has been unfair locating the opposition to
Israel's bombing and invasion of Gaza in the matrix of revolutionary
identity politics. Yes, in the fractured universe of British radicalism the
Israel/Palestine conflict is an occasion for position-taking, and, as with
nearly all positions assumed, be it war in the Middle East, the attitude to
Labour, or whether capitalism has been restored in China, they are a locus
for identity work. However, it is a mistake to say this *determines*
opposition to Israel. Their "obsession" derives neither from freaks of
characte... more »
Wide awake
"*If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this*." --
Dogen.
After a week in the 90s, it's become difficult for me to realize I can once
again work outside all day. But it's nice enough out. I could go. But my
habit now is to hide indoors at midday. Often I take a nap.
When you're over 65, you watch the thermometer more, and also the cloud
cover. If it's over 86F (30C) out, and clear, with a hot wind, rural folks
my age know they may do poorly at work with what's left of their "large
muscle groups" in the direct sunshine. It's why we were, in former times,
so oft... more »
Satire: “Boehner Drops Obama Lawsuit; Says It Would Mean Doing Something”
*“Boehner Drops Obama Lawsuit; *
*Says It Would Mean Doing Something”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
dropped his plans to sue President Obama on Friday, explaining to
reporters, “I realized it would mean doing something.” In a brief
appearance before the press, Speaker Boehner talked about his gradual
realization that “filing a lawsuit requires effort and, yes, work. I came
to the conclusion that while suing the President would be the best thing
for the American people, it would also require that I do something,” he
said, st... more »
“Happy Birthday Paper Money: 353 Years Of Wanton Destruction”
*“Happy Birthday Paper Money: 353 Years Of Wanton Destruction”*
by Simon Black
“If you ever find yourself vacationing in the western Pacific, I highly
recommend swinging by Yap Island, home of one of the most bizarre forms of
money in history. Over a thousand years ago, natives would mine enormous
chunks of limestone and carve them into gigantic circular discs. I’m
talking REALLY big… a typical disc would be 5 to 10 feet in diameter, over
a foot thick, and weigh several tons.
They called them ‘Rai Stones’, and they were actually used as currency.
Curiously, an indiviaul rai would b... more »
Who Shot Down MH17?
I have been thinking aboot it. Did the Rebels have the resources to pull
off such a kill? That is a big question. This was a highly technical
co-ordinated effort using some big machines.
Sure its possible the Rebs saw a horse in the sky and just shot. This would
be the most plausible explanation. However doubt is certain that they had
the gun, ammo or expertise to pull of such a shot.
Maybe I am naive and watch to much 24. However we have been told American
spy satellites saw some of this action in real time. I believe the USA
knows exactly what happened. So why do they not just... more »
Supplemental: The sounds of silence!
*FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2014*
*You do not criticize Dowd:* Maureen Dowd wrote a column last Sunday
trashing Chelsea Clinton. As she went on, she trashed Hillary Clinton too.
Dowd’s invective level was high. Her information level was low. In large
part, the column was defined by the information Dowd chose to suppress.
Dowd has been like this forever. In 2008, she even got trashed by the
Times’ public editor for “the relentless nature of her gender-laden assault
on [Candidate] Clinton—in 28 of 44 columns since Jan. 1.”
Maureen Dowd hates All Things Clinton. But when Media Matters pushed ba... more »
Ted Cruz Moves In To Demagogue On A New Crisis: The Children At The Border
If you want to understand why there's a crisis of refugee children at the
southern border, you're probably not a Republican-- and you're surely not
Texas reactionary and would-be-presidente Ted Cruz. But reading about the horrific
U.S. policy agenda in Guatemala is probably a good place to start. You may
even come to the conclusion we actually do owe these people a little
compassion. Yes, *owe*.
Yesterday, Greg Sargent explained to *Washington Post* readers why the
refugee crisis is an argument *for* immigration reform, not an argument
against it, as racist and nativist reactionar... more »
OMG
When is Dr. Dawg ever going to fucking learn??? He writes a great post
about Israel's slaughtering of Palestinians, and then, he allows those two
scum-bags, K-Z and Marky Mark to pollute it. I stopped reading so who
knows? Maybe that Old Peter (or whatever the fuck his name is) contributes.
Promulgation of limited energetic structures of all types is now ended
*Promulgation of limited energetic structures of all types is now ended*
by ÉirePort
Promulgation of limited energetic structures of all types is now ended.
Higher Sentience has awakened within hu-manity, which now allows only
Gaia-and-Hue-manity-Heart centereds to propagate.
Fortifications of fragile infant Light energetics in individual hu-beings
and Hue-Beings continues.
Envelopment of shadow promulgators and shadow propagators in cocoons of
Light proceeds, prior to transport across dimensional realms, where soul
classes may resume.
Processing of Hue-Beings continues until co... more »
The Myth of Russian Aggression
"Let us re-examine our attitude toward the Soviet Union. It is discouraging
to think that their leaders may actually believe what their propagandists
write. It is discouraging to read a recent authoritative Soviet text on
Military Strategy and find, on page after page, wholly baseless and
incredible claims - - such as the allegation that
" American imperialist circles are preparing to unleash different types of
wars…that there is a very real threat of a preventive war being unleashed
by American imperialists against the Soviet Union…(and that) the political
aims of the American... more »
Ronald Reagan and the Occult
*Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California (at Midnight) on January
2nd 1967 by California Supreme Court Associate Justice Marshall F. McComb
and Reverend Wilbur Wong Yan Choy, Chaplain of California State Senate.*
*Ronald Reagan had an interest in lucky numbers and newspaper horoscopes.
Less known is that a certain scholar of occult philosophy had a lifelong
influence on the 40th president of the United States. *
*Mitch Horowitz,*
*editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin and the author of "Occult America: The
Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation," reveals the detail... more »
Israel in Gaza: What’s the Plan?
(Photo by Oliver Weiken—EPA) What’s the Israeli plan with all of this?
According to the Israeli Defense Forces statement, “The IDF’s objective as
defined by the Israeli government (in the ground offensive) is to establish
a reality in which Israeli residents can live in safety and security
without continuous indiscriminate terror, while striking a significant
Continue reading
German firm tries to help stop the car bombs in Iraq | Business Brief
Amidst all the carnage and destruction in Iraq and elsewhere, it's
important not to lose sight of the good that humans are capable of.
Below is a good news story to cap off a week full of bad news.
German firm tries to help stop the car bombs in Iraq | Business Brief.
Source: DW (English). Date Published: July 18. Description:
In country's like Iraq the rule of even the most basic civil law is shaky.
But as the country struggles to rebuild a civil society and fight off an
insurgency, one German company has been given the contract to produce car
license plates there.
A ZIONIST GENERAL'S SON SHATTERS THE MYTHS
*The U.S. condoned war zone of Gaza with omnipresent Israeli watchtower *
*The myth of Israel's right to Palestine as well as their illegal and
brutal U.S. supported Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has
finally been exposed and shattered by a Zionist Generals' son, Miko Peled ~
who reveals in his book that Israel's rabid Zionists are very similar to
America's rabid neo-conservatives and that the only hope for the region
depends on a bottom up American public outcry for human rights and
democracy to replace the current Israel Garrison state of subjugation an... more »
TALK IN CAMBRIDGE
Just discovered this video from a talk I gave in Cambridge, MA during a
mid-April conference on US 'pivot' to Asia-Pacific. My job was to talk
about creating solidarity with those in the Pacific region who are working
so hard to stop the expansion of US military bases on their lands.
As Bad As Things Are For Mike Duffy ... They Look Even Worse For Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper, without public consultation or election, hand picked and
anointed Mike Duffy to be a Canadian Senator. No matter what Mike Duffy did
.. Stephen Harper committed the undemocratic actions that set this whole
sorry mess in play.
He should bear considerable responsibility.
'Mike Duffy's defence could put Harper on hot seat' - Kady O'Malley, CBC
News
Eighteen killed Friday before dawn in Israeli ground invasion of Gaza
It is a heart-breaking situation and too many atrocities. It is about time
that rest of the world takes notice and do something to stop this massacre.
Read more here
MH17 - If You Made it Up, Nobody Would Believe You
*KAL-007 : Bond Air*
(Except That You Always Do, and They Do...)
Untitled
*Value of N.O. firefighters’ pension fund assets fell 41 percent last year
~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Advocate*
*Short-Term Rental Stakeholders All Agree On One Thing: Current Law
Inadequate ~WWNO*
*Students, Teachers and Citizens Deserve Better on Common Core Stalemate
~CABL*
*Boeing signs $2.8 billion contract to build rocket at Michoud ~WWL *
*Fishermen and Retailers Go High-Tech For Authentic Gulf Seafood ~Janaya
Williams *
*Several more states to offer duck stamps online ~AP via Bradenton Herald*
*Kermit Ruffins with Jam in the Van ~WWOZ*
FALSE FLAG STINGS ABOUND
*THE NEWBURGH STING*
A STARTLING EXPOSE OF A CONTROVERSIAL FBI UNDERCOVER OPERATION, DEBUTS JULY
21 ON HBO
On May 20, 2009, four men from the impoverished and largely
African-American city of Newburgh, NY, were apprehended for an alleged
terror plot. They had no history of violence or terrorist ties, but had
been drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated
scheme to bomb Jewish synagogues in Riverdale, a wealthy neighborhood in
New York City and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes.
Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a SWAT tea... more »
Wild Bill: Using children to violate the laws of America! Obama must be held accountable...
*what side is Obama on?*
"Americans, prepare to protect yourselves."
It's All Over Now - Johnny Winter, NBC Pulls Egyptian Correspondent After Playing with Bombed Children (Pilger On Israel, Ukraine and Truth)
R.I.P. Johnny. I remember him for the 'gutsiest, fluid guitar you ever
heard,' but at its best, there's a beautifully articulated flamboyance to
his music. Faster and flashier than his blues god contemporary Eric
Clapton, Winter's musicianship — a hyperactive, high-octane intensity was
his great blues innovation — had the electric flair of someone who was
determined to take charge of how he
ARISTOTLE’S ERROR: Morning Joe moves the jihad along!
*FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2014*
*Interlude—A look at post-rational practice:* Aristotle is said to have
said that we, the so-called human beings, are the rational animal.
We’d call that a gross overstatement. How “rational” does the work of our
nation’s “press corps” generally seem?
Were we observing the work of the rational animal when we watched the tapes
from yesterday’s Morning Joe? In this early six-minute segment, Mika and
Joe and the rest of the panel gasped about the vast sum Hillary Clinton was
paid for her speech at The University at Buffalo last year.
They worked from the banne... more »
An Update on the Continued Constriction of Roemer’s and White’s 2014-15 Assessment Corner
So much has transpired in the situation regarding the state of Louisiana
education for 2014-15. For those attempting to keep up with the situation,
let me briefly summarize: On June 18, 2014, Governor Bobby Jindal declared
that he wanted Louisiana out of both the Partnership for Assessment of
College and Careers (PARCC) consortium (the now-nonprofit […]
Understanding Why the TURN Cancer Has to Be Cut Out of NEA and AFT
With a concerted effort among AFT and NEA misleadership shills to make TURN
appear be a kinder and gentler form of corporate union takeover, it’s
important to “replay the tape” in order to understand the history that has
been made and the history that is being made. There are some who pretend
to believe that […]
Malaysian Plane Crash: Lies and Sinister Political Agenda by the West
*Alexander Clackson, Global Research*
*Almost immediately after the news began to spread that a Malaysian
Airlines plane was apparently shot down over Ukraine, Western media and
politicians blamed Russia for the event, claiming that Russian President
Vladimir Putin should be directly responsible, despite complete lack of
concrete evidence about who is to blame. This event is being used by the
United States and its Western allies to further isolate Russia, after they
failed to achieve this objective by provoking Russia in Ukraine.*
*Unjustified blame on Russia*
While Putin took the... more »
Understanding Why the TURN Cancer Has to Be Cut Out of AFT and NEA
Posted at @theChalkace July 18, 2014
With a concerted effort among AFT and NEA misleadership shills to make TURN
appear be a kinder and gentler form of corporate union takeover, it's
important to "replay the tape" in order to understand the history that has
been made and the history that is being made. There are some who pretend
to believe that TURN cannot be all bad if they invite Karen Lewis, Deb
Meier, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Diane Ravitch to speak at their
conclaves. When we examine the continuing practices and policies of TURN,
however, it becomes oh so obvious that these ... more »
MEETING WITH SEN. KING
* Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) *
Our local Bath-based group called the Midcoast Citizens for Sustainable
Economies met with Maine's Sen. Angus King this morning at a church in
Brunswick for 45 minutes. We went to talk about the need to diversify
Maine's current dependence on military production. Seven of us (including
past and current Bath Iron Works employees) urged him to help bring to
Maine some funds from the Pentagon's Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA)
that is available to communities to help plan for diversification and/or
conversion of their local military installation o... more »
O, Free Press, Where Art Thou?
O, Free Press, Where Art Thou?. via O, Free Press, Where Art Thou?.Filed
under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Wow....Que susto
The creator of these devices never went to formal school, yet ended working
in the then TOP SECRET star wars project for RONALD REAGAN....DIRECTED
ENERGY WEAPONS
The video below is self explenatory... PROOF EXRA FOOTAGE
Seed Newsvine
GOOD ACTION IN SEATTLE
Stop the Israeli war machine action in Seattle, Washington. Notice at the
end they walk through stores.
New Information Provides New Questions About Malaysian Flight
Brandon Turbeville
Only yesterday, I wrote an article entitled “6 Reasons To Question The
Official Story Of The Malaysian Flight Over Ukraine” where, as the title
suggests, I briefly discussed a number of reasons the story presented by
Western media outlets blaming Ukrainian separatists and even the Russian
government for shooting down the plane were both contradictory and dubious.
Now, on the day after the crash of the flight, more information has emerged
regarding the details surrounding what actually brought the flight down.
Yet, as is typical in international incidents, the W... more »
Will New York Crooked Politician Jeffrey Klein Be Hoist On His Own Petard?
When the Watergate scandal started unfolding, the Nixon White House plan of
action was to keep responsibility and accountability as far from Nixon as
possible. G. Gordon Liddy was certifiably insane and was never going talk
and even relished the idea of being tortured so he would be able to stand
up to it. The rest of the hands-on-crew were offered immense sums of money
to accept jail sentences which they were assured would be dealt with
through executive clemency after "a short time" while their families were
well taken care of and and with good jobs waiting for them after prison.... more »
Because it's Friday - Terri Hatcher nude - NSFW - A Friday Rule 5 post
This is from a film called Heaven's Prisoners.
Here's a couple of stills to peruse...
Constructive trusts
306440 Ontario Ltd. v. 782127 Ontario Ltd. (Alrange Container Services),
2014 ONCA 548:
[23] In Canada, constructive trusts belong to the law of remedies.
If a plaintiff successfully establishes a restitutionary claim, often but
not always, on the basis of unjust enrichment, the judge may, in the
exercise of his or her discretion, grant a constructive trust over
specified property if the judge concludes that a monetary award does not
properly address the plaintiff's legitimate remedial needs in the
particular circumstances: *Peter v. Beblow*, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980, at pp.
98... more »
Drugs Never Cure Disease - Daniel H. Kress, M.D.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561
Can The Release Of GMO Mosquitos Incease The Dengle Fever Emergency In Brazil?
Dengue Fever Emergency announced in Brazil, in a region where GM Mosquito
Trials are being conducted. Oxitec, the creator of the GM mosquitos, has
claimed these mosquitos reduce Dengue Fever by reducing mosquito
populations. During the eval...uation of the commercial application for the
release of the GM mosquito, a CTNBio member had presented a report with
information questioning the impact of the GM mosquitoes on the incidence of
Dengue and warning that in some circumstances the releases could make the
disease worse, even if the number of wild Aedes aegypti mosquitoes was
reduce... more »
WELCOME ABOARD - FRANCE!!
Some fine Rock 'n Roll for your week-end?
STRAY CATS LIVE AT MONTREUX 1981 @ youtube
THE BEST three piece band I know of
and re-discovered after too many wasted years
not lisening to them....
The cello? Now that's a bass-line. What an artist who
plays that. They all really are in a class of their own.
If you see how lean and energetic we were in '81- then
juxtapose with any live Sublime video...well,
the starkness in showing what an opiated; obese; obtuse;
society we're living in;
blows my mind.
Would it be impolite to say "check your *girth*
people!!" Oh well. It's done.... more »
Costs Of Iraq’s Kurds Moving Into The Disputed Territories
Since the June 2014 fall of Mosul many articles have been written that the
Kurds are the winner of the on-going conflict. For instance on June 15 Time
published “The Only Winners in Iraq’s Chaos; the Kurds,” June 16 the
Financial Times had “Iraq’s Kurds look the biggest winners in militants’
push,” June 19 the Associated Press printed “Kurds win land and oil in
Iraq’s chaos but face new challenges,” and July 16 the Guardian ran “Revisiting
Kurdistan: ‘If there is a success story in Iraq, it’s here,’” They usually
talk about how the Kurds have finally been able to seize the dispute... more »
When " Itbah al Yahud!” (“Death to the Jews!”) is the cry, what should Jews do?
http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2014/7/17/self-defense-is-no-offense#.U8k7A_ldV5N=
Bond Air is Go : The Malaysian Airline Disaster(s) and The Memes of a Myth
Malaysian Airline Disaster(s) - The Memes of a Myth from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*"There's going to be a bomb on a passenger jet. *
*British and American governments know about it but rather than expose the
source of their information they're going to let it happen. *
*The plane will blow up. Coventry all over again. "*
*"Neat, don't you think? You've been stumbling around the fringes of this
one for ages. *
*Or were you too bored to notice the pattern..?"*
*"You are right in thinking that he under the British government. You would
also be right in a sense if you said that ... more »
Woodpile Report: Ol' Remus Has a Few Words for You: "There's a tsunami arriving"......
reprinted with permission from *The Woodpile Report* with a H/T to Doug
Ross at *Larwyn's Linx* - and we thank them both.
*Are we there yet? *
Imagine everything familiar collapsing like an accordion in the time
between your morning coffee and your first midday yawn. It may happen just
that way. In fact, it's difficult to see how it can happen any other way.
Back in 2001, the Argentine economy all but collapsed. In a matter of days,
the country went from mild recession to full-blown economic crisis. The
currency went into free-fall. Police were out in the streets shooting
prote... more »
Dear assorted Ukrainian and Russian machomen,
I
hope the loss of MH17 and her passengers puts your pathetic and utterly
unjustifiable little war in perspective and causes you to end it.
-----------
Commentary. I think it is likely that either the Russians supplied the
rebels with advanced surface to air missile systems (SAM), or the rebels
acquired them from actions against the Ukraine military. I think it is
possible but unlikely that
Friday Nerd Blogging: Force for Change
A depressing series of news days lately. What can make us feel good? Jon
Stewart? Stephen Colbert? Star Wars? How about all three? Yet another
reason to regret leaving San Diego–where the Force for Change ends at
Comic-Con. May the force ever be in your odds!
12 Summer Cupcakes
Nothing says summer like a fun cupcake. Here are 12 fabulous summer
cupcakes to make this summer!
Crawling Crab Cupcakes by Celebrations.
Bonfire Cupcakes by Crissy's Crafts.
Octopus Cupcakes from Parents.
Teddy at the Beach Cupcakes by Betty Crocker.
Beach Cupcakes from A Pumpkin and A Princess.
Day At The Beach Cupcakes by The Decorated Cookie.
Corn on the Cob Cupcakes by Hostess with the Mostess.
Burgers and Hot Dog Cupcakes by Spoonful.
Lemonade Cupcakes from The Celebration Shoppe.
Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes from Six Sisters' Stuff.
Shark Cupcakes from Martha Stewart.
Snow Cone ... more »
More questions than answers in Siberian Airlines jet explosion - October 6 2001
More questions than answers in Siberian Airlines jet explosion - World
Socialist Web Site
The cause of the destruction Thursday of a Siberian Airlines passenger jet
with 78 people aboard remains shrouded in uncertainty, with Russian
investigators conceding at least three possible explanations for the
mid-air explosion: a terrorist attack, a mechanical catastrophe, or the
accidental launch of *a surface-to-air missile from Ukraine.*
*The plane was carrying Israeli passengers, mainly immigrants from Russia,
from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk,
wh... more »
This is an excellent article on an event of global importance that has probably not been mentioned in the US "mainstream media," having the motto "All the news fit to print ...if permited by Washington." The only problem with this article is a large number of imaginative terminologies, which I translate as follows: Washington consensus = "international financial system"; vengeful Empire of Chaos = US foreign policy; the epitome of financial speculation = American vulture funds; Masters of the Universe = US financial speculation, vulture funds and hegemony; casino capitalism speculation "model" = US capitalism; Panopticon = armor and weapons; neoliberalism = leading to global totalitarianism; hegemonic Masters of the Universe gang = US and its European vassals
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*OpEdNews Op Eds 7/15/2014 at 23:27:06*
BRICS against Washington consensus *By Pepe Escobar (about the author)*
Permalink
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Headlined to H3 7/15/14*
opednews.com
Cross-posted from Asia Times
BRICS establish $100 Billion Development Bank
to cut out Western dominance (image by YouTube)The headline news is that
this Tuesday in Fortaleza, northeast Brazil, the BRICS group of emerging
powers (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) fights the (Neoliberal)
Worl... more »
There Goes The Neighborhood
Midsummer, and leaves are wilting...despite plentiful rain, and moderate
temperatures. Some are singed on the edges; others are speckled with
necrotic spots, many are turning limp and yellow and falling off. Stories
of trees toppling are appearing with monotonous regularity in the news,
including the derailment of the "Ninja" ride at Magic Mountain in
California where riders had to fbe rescued by helicopter due to branches
falling on the track. Wit's End readers know I love the poetic justice in
photos like this one from July 9 in Hersey, PA, that show trees smashing
cars - espec... more »
Harper's Perfect Storm
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca
Now that the RCMP has thrown the book at Mike Duffy, Stephen Harper finds
himself at the centre of a perfect storm. It's a storm entirely of his own
making. And, at last, Andrew Coyne writes, we will get some answers:
The biggest question to be answered remains: why? Not only why did Mr.
Wright make the payment — which, remember, was not to “the taxpayer” but to
Mr. Duffy, in secret and on condition that he remain silent about it — but
why were so many other senior people in and ... more »
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Another Realm”
Kevin Kern, “Another Realm”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2JtNQublQ
So beautiful, it deserves a reprise...
America’s Real Homegrown Extremists
James F. Tracy
Eric Holder wants to convey his all-consuming concern over “lone wolf
homegrown violent extremists” who have “domestic concerns”. On July 13
Holder remarked on ABC’s *This Week* that such bogeys keep him “up late at
night” as he and his cohorts attempt “to monitor them, anticipate what it
is that they are going to do.”[1]
The Attorney General’s hand wringing is compounded by the Southern Poverty
Law Center’s most recent “research” report. The document seeks to inform
“law enforcement about the increasingly hostile anti-government movement”
the SPLC claims “has grow... more »
Florida Democrats Beware: Val Demings Is Your Queen of Hearts
Last we ran into Steve Israel-Debbie Wasserman Schultz creation Val
Demings, she had just lost a congressional race against weak Republican
incumbent Daniel Webster in a much touted race. Although the DCCC and its
allies made sure she had far more money than Webster, he beat her 52-48%,
even beating her in Orange County. She spent $1,932,580 to Webster's
$1,498,872 but outside big money groups spent another $4.6 million on her
behalf (against $1.2 million GOP groups spent on Webster). She lost anyway,
a weak, inauthentic, incoherent candidate with no ability to come up with a
c... more »
New Guardian Interview with Edward Snowden
*The Guardian*
Snowden says technologies in Orwell's 1984 are 'quaint'. "Nowadays we
actually buy cell phones that are the equivalant to a network microphone
that we carry around in our pockets voluntarily." Also, Snowden reveals
that NSA workers routinely pass around nude or intimate photos.
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*LaserSaber*
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Hi End Car Audio
Compared to a home system all car audio is way overpriced. Of course the
sound envelope of a car is a huge challenge. A great comparison here. Not
to beat up on BOSE, but consistently I read its not the first choice. Haven
grown up with just AM single speaker system I would gladly accept it on any
car.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE GIVE $3 BILLION A YEAR TO IN ISRAEL
Tel Rumeida is a small Palestinian neighborhood deep in the West Bank city
of Hebron. Palestinian families live directly next to these Israeli
occupation settlers and are often virtual prisoners in their homes, subject
to the settlers' violent attacks and destruction of property.
These are the people that US taxpayers are supporting with the $3 billion
we give to Israel each year to build their separation wall and arm their
military to push Palestinians off their lands.
SAVING A CHILD
Amid scenes of destruction and death caused by Ukrainian airstrike on
residential buildings in the city of Snezhnoe in the breakaway Donetsk
People's Republic, a 7-year-old child has been miraculously saved from
beneath a multi-ton pile of debris.
UK Gov't Reshuffle, Mass Arrests....660 arrested so far...
*Short list of URLs of changes occurring in the UK. Some of this is pretty
seedy so I've kept this in abbreviated form. So far the child abuse
arrest don't seem to include any politicians or royals, perhaps that data
is in the missing 114 files or they get arrested after they resign? More
is undoubtably coming out soon in all this... -AK*
*Cabinet reshuffle: William Hague stands down as Foreign Secretary
following Ken Clarke's departure as minister without porfolio*
*"In what was dubbed the “cull of the men in suits”, several ministers were
sacked or stood down to make way for... more »
MH-17: An exercise in foregone conclusions?
Readers here will notice that I use the term "narrative creation" in
relation to main stream media news items that feel as if they are being
used to point us in a specific direction. Or to get us to accept an
impending finale.
Think of narrative creation in this way. We have characters (players) and
we have events (happenings), that will converge in such a way that the
conclusion we are supposed to draw is the conclusion that we have been
prepped for prior to the final act taking place.
This past week we have been treated to a narrative that has informed us
all that the anti-fasci... more »
What Does It Mean Now That My Employer Has A Religion?
Or, Crazy Stuff The Supreme Court Did While I Was On Vacation
So there I am in California, land of actual employee rights, when I see the
Supremes ruled on a case involving Hobby Lobby. As I'm reading the
opinion, I'm thinking maybe I just have vacation brain. I can't be reading
this right. Then I look to see what Justice Ginsberg said in the dissent
and I realized I wasn't misreading the opinion. Here's what she said about
it:
In a decision of startling breadth, the Court holds that commercial
enterprises, including corporations, along with partnerships and sole
proprietorships, ... more »
Malaysia Flight 17 Update July 18 2014 - ( how ironic we see Malaysia Airlines in the midst of another air tragedy ) - Denials and accusations fly but it's much too early to truly understand who is responsible for this tragedy ......
Tweets......
Retweeted by Edward Harrison
*The Independent* @Independent 2h
The same family that lost two members on flight MH370 have lost two more on
MH17 http://ind.pn/1rw0H1b pic.twitter.com/kNR1o8hY5H
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*Al Arabiya English* @AlArabiya_Eng 34m
#*Lavrov* says Moscow does not plan to take MH17 "black box" from
pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine http://
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/
2014/07/18/Malaysia-Airlines-changes-route-after-MH17-crash-.html …
Retweeted by ConflictReporter
*The Interpreter* @Interp... more »
Busted! Kiev's Video Implicating Russia Posted to Youtube Before Plane Was Shot Down
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OPEN AIR PRISON
Gaza has been described as the world's largest open air prison. Israel's
blockade of the Gaza Strip has had catastrophic results for average
Palestinians living there. We look at the the unforgiving realities they
face everyday.
Establishment Begins Building the Case Against Putin
You have to give it to the extremists that run the US government war
machine these days, they are predictable to a fault. The morning after the
apparent shootdown of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine (once
again, why was a commercial airliner routed over a war zone?) the
warmongers are out with a vengeance in building their ongoing case against
Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Putin's grave offenses have been (1)
presiding over a government that dared to save NSA whistleblower Edward
Snowden from a US torture chamber (2) intervening to stop what would have
been a devas... more »
NBC Pulls Reporter From Gaza For Reporting Truth
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“The Idea of America”
*“The Idea of America”*
by Bill Bonner
“Our attention today is on neither the Old World nor the New one - but the
ever-changing, never-fully-explored idea of America. “Proud to be an
American” says one bumper sticker. “One nation - indivisible,” says
another. America was, of course, founded on the opposite principle…the idea
that people were free to separate themselves from a parent government
whenever they felt they had come of age. But no fraud, no matter how
stupendous, is so obvious as to be detected by the average American. That
is America’s great strength…or its most serious ... more »
Q & A with the U.S. Navy on Lockheed Martin Hellfire missiles for Littoral Combat Ships
[image: Hellfire Longbow from LCS-1]The United States Navy announced in
April in this year that it had selected Lockheed Martin’s Longbow Hellfire
AGM-114L for the surface-to-surface missile for early increments and
testing for the surface warfare (SuW) mission package for the Littoral
Combat Ship (LCS).
Navy Recognition recently contacted the U.S. Navy to learn more about this
new capability for both types of LCSs.
The Longbow Hellfire AGM-114L is a fire-and-forget missile that locks on
targets before or after launch. It has been used in Operation Enduring
Freedom and Operation I... more »
Mexican Navy takes delivery of first of four Beechcraft King Air 350ER aircraft
[image: SEMAR King Air]Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron
Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced today at the Farnborough
International Airshow that it has delivered the first of four Beechcraft
King Air 350ER aircraft ordered by the Mexican Navy SecretarÃa de Marina
(SEMAR).
In addition to the aircraft, Beechcraft will support SEMAR with
on-the-ground service, support and training through its Global Mission
Support organization.King Air
Rear Admiral Jose Marie Macedo, Director General of Naval Aviation
Operations, visited company headquarters in Wichita, Ka... more »
Kiev Deploys Battalions of Buk Air Defense Systems Near Donetsk – Russian Defense Ministry
[image: BUK-M1 missile system (SA-11 Gadfly)]Ukrainian battalions of 27
Buk-M1 missile systems able to hit targets across the entire altitude range
have been deployed near the city of Donetsk, the Russian Defense Ministry
said in a statement Friday.
“According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, battalions of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces operating air defense systems such as Buk-M1 are deployed near the
accident site [of the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane].
These systems can detect air targets within the range of up to 160
kilometers and hit them across the entire altitude range with... more »
Very impressive but I hope no pilot takes off that steeply when I am on the plane
Boeing Preps the 787-9 Dreamliner for Farnborough:
http://youtu.be/GZRKm6PG918
So why become a teacher?
Armstrong and Miller have some common reasons...
Think on these as the long summer holidays, for children and teachers,
start.
P.1HH Hammerhead Programme reaches New Milestone: Autonomous Flight Modes Successfully Validated
[image: Piaggio Aero P.1HH HammerHead]Piaggio Aero, together with
Finmeccanica - Selex ES are pleased to announce the latest developments in
the flight campaign of the Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) P.1HH
HammerHead DEMO aircraft that has validated and fine tuned its advanced
control laws, including augmented modes, flight envelope protection and
automatic flight, plus the automatic management of the ground run both in
takeoff and landing.
Safety critical phases, such as take-off and landing when using the GCS and
Datalink systems in manual flight, have been explored and brought... more »
KDB Darussalam & KDB Darulaman Fires Her First Exocet MM40 Block II Surface to Surface Missile
[image: Exocet launch]KDB Darussalam & KDB Darulaman has proved her
fighting capability by firing her missile system for the first time.
Darussalam class patrol vessel, KDB Darussalam and KDB Darulaman have
successfully conducted its first exocet mm40 block ii surface to surface
missile firing in the pacific missile range facility (PMRF), 80 nautical
miles north of Kaua’i Island.
Both RBN ships are currently participating in its first multi-national
exercise rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) which is hosted by the United States
third fleet in Hawaii for a month long.
Read more
Peraves - solar powered monotracer - any time soon?
me, I'm a big fan of aerodynamic design, I'm a big fan of using the sun to
power tech, I'm a big fan of the all-electric version of Peraves monotracer
... what I was wondering is, "Will Peraves ever bring out a Solar Powered
version of their e-tracer, covered in these lovely light-weight solar
discs?"
I realise Peraves could come back with the 'it recharges in less than two
hours' argument, but a solar-powered monotracer is worth bringing up, no?
Pentagon: F-15 pullout from Europe may be on hold
[image: F-15C Eagle]The Pentagon may delay the planned withdrawal of U.S.
Air Force F-15C fighter jets from Europe, and possibly increase aircraft
rotations to the continent, as part of an effort to reassure allies and
boost assistance to the region in the wake of Russia’s recent aggression in
Ukraine, officials told members of Congress Wednesday.
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Pentagon leaders
were pressed to provide more details about the White House’s “Europe
Reassurance Initiative,” a $1 billion funding plan announced by the White
House in June.
The su... more »
Japan approves first weapons transfer after arms ban relaxed
[image: Patriot PAC-2]The Abe Cabinet on July 17 gave the green light for
sales of missile parts to the United States, the first approval since the
government eased Japan’s long-standing ban on weapons exports in April.
Cabinet ministers at a National Security Council meeting approved the
export of a sensor part for use in surface-to-air Patriot Advanced
Capability-2 (PAC-2) missiles.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., which has a contract with PAC-2 missile
producer Raytheon Co., is manufacturing the sensor part.
Read more
Russia Likely to Sell Iskander-E Missiles To China And Belarus
[image: Iskander-E]Russia is ready to export Iskander-E short range
ballistic missile and is likely to sell it to China, during the exhibition
of weapons and military equipment held in Minsk, Belarus. Voice of Russia
reported today.
Vasily Kashin from the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and
Technologies told the Voice of Russia that Russia is currently discussing
the sale of S-400 surface to air missile with China and Belarus. Russia is
likely to sell Iskander-E together with S-400 to both nations if the deals
are successful.
Iskander-E is designed to replace SS-21 S... more »
Airbus Revs Up for A400M Production
[image: Airbus A400M Atlas]Airbus Defense and Space is preparing for a
massive increase in production of A400M strategic and tactical military
airlifter. Two A400M’s were delivered to the French military last year and
one was sent to Turkey. This year the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence
is poised to receive the first of 22 ordered A400Ms in September, Airbus
officials told Military.com.
“This is the most advanced transport aircraft in the world. We will deliver
11 aircraft this year and 20 next year. By the end of 2015, we expect to be
producing new A400Ms at a rate of 2.1 air... more »
BAE’s ‘invisible’ jet makes second successful test flight
[image: Taranis UAS]A ‘INVISIBLE’ unmanned fighter jet has carried out its
second successful test flight, it has been announced.
Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, has been worked on by BAE
staff at it’s Lancashire bases in Samlesbury and Warton.
During the latest tests, it flew in a fully ‘stealthy’ configuration,
making it virtually invisible to radar.
Read more
South Korea military chiefs endorse $8.2 billion development plan for home-built fighters
[image: KFX-E]South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff endorsed a plan on Friday
for the country to design its own mid-level fighter jet, which a state
think tank estimated will cost up to 8.5 trillion won ($8.24 billion) to
develop.
Dubbed the KF-X program, the fighter jet is expected to be built by the
country's sole jet builder, Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI), after
being co-developed with Lockheed Martin Corp, two people with direct
knowledge of the matter said.
The Joint Chiefs said in a statement that they had endorsed a twin-engine
fighter jet to be developed for delivery s... more »
B-2 stealth bomber, at age 25, to get major upgrades from Air Force
[image: B-2 Spirit]The most intimidating aircraft in the world is 25 years
old this week and is about to become even more advanced.
The nation's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers, the pride of Whiteman Air Force
Base in Missouri, is poised to get nearly $10 billion in upgrades over the
next several years to ensure it remains the most fearsome attack platform
in the U.S arsenal.
The bat-winged aircraft first took to the sky on July 17, 1989.
Read more
Senate panel OKs funding for AWACS planes at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma
[image: E-3A Sentry]A Senate committee on Thursday approved funding for all
of the AWACS planes currently at Tinker Air Force Base, virtually assuring
that the current complement of command-and-control aircraft will survive
another year.
Now, both the House and Senate spending bills for the Department of Defense
protect all 27 planes stationed at Tinker and used by active duty and
reserve units.
The Defense Department had proposed saving money by retiring seven of the
planes and eliminating the reserve unit’s role.
Read more
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Fateful Errors, Fatal Decisions
[image: BUK-M1 (SA-17 Gadfly)]It’s looking increasingly likely that
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-controlled eastern
Ukraine Thursday by a Russian-built Buk missile, killing all 298 people on
board. While that’s yet unconfirmed, U.S. officials, reviewing satellite
data and other intelligence, believe a missile downed the airplane, and
that pro-Russian separatists inside Ukraine are the most likely to have
fired the killer shot.
We have seen this horror movie before.
It began with a Soviet warplane shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007
on September 1, 1983... more »
UK's Maritime Patrol Aircraft Fall Short
[image: Nimrod]Two high-profile sea searches have exposed a shortfall in
Britain's maritime patrol capabilities, raising hopes at rival planemakers
Airbus and Boeing that they could soon be fighting over a multi-billion
dollar contract.
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, missing since March, and the
hunt for four British yachtsmen lost in the Atlantic Ocean in May, has
brought home to the British government the need to invest in maritime
patrol aircraft, sources close to the matter say.
Since scrapping its former program - the delayed and over-budget BAE
Systems Nimrod ... more »
Successful first float for HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier
The largest warship ever built in the UK has been successfully floated out
of the Rosyth dock in which she was assembled for the first time.
The 65,000-tonne Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was
formally named by the Queen earlier this month in a ceremony at the Fife
yard, where she was assembled and fitted out.
In an operation that started earlier this week, the dry dock was flooded
for the first time to allow the vessel to float.
Read more
Submarine chaser 'Hai'an' decommissioned
[image: Submarine chaser ''Hai'an'']The retirement ceremony for the Chinese
submarine chaser "Hai'an" (hull number 650) was held at a naval port in
Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province, on the morning of July 16, 2014,
marking that the "Hai'an" ship, which has been in service for 33 years, is
now officially decommissioned.
The "Hai'an" ship is the last one of its class in a maritime garrison under
the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy
(PLAN) to retire.
As new-type frigates successively commissioned to the maritime garrison,
the equipment of the ... more »
Putin denies Russia to reopen Soviet-era spy post in Cuba
[image: Vladimir Putin & Raul Castro]Russian President Vladimir Putin on
Thursday denied reports that Russia plans to reopen a Soviet-era base in
Cuba from which it once spied on the United States.
A Russian security source said on Wednesday that Russia had reached a
provisional agreement with Cuba to reopen the Lourdes listening post, which
Putin closed in 2001. The source repeated the contents of a report that
first appeared in the Russian daily Kommersant.
But speaking from Brasilia, the latest stop on a Latin American tour and
site of a summit of BRICS emerging market leaders, P... more »
Philippines Military Goes on Shopping Spree
[image: A Call to Arms Dealers]Dozens of global defense companies showed
off their latest weaponry on Thursday at the first major defense exhibition
in 15 years in the Philippines, which is aiming to revamp its military amid
territorial disputes with China.
The Southeast Asia country has several open tenders for defense equipment,
most of them relatively small. Manila aims to spend $1.8 billion on new
equipment by 2017—a big increase over previous years but still modest by
regional standards. Manufacturers are keen to win those early contracts,
which they see as entry points to more... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.18.14”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.18.14”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“Only three stories in the Weekly News Wrap-Up, but they all have something
in common. They all will have cascading effects that will go on for some
time to come. First up, the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over
Eastern Ukraine. Nearly 300 people are dead; and of that total, nearly two
dozen are reportedly U.S. citizens. Everybody is pointing the finger at
the other side. The Ukrainians say it’s Russia’s fault. The Pro-Russian
separatists say it’s Ukraine’s fault, and so does Russia. No matter whose
fault... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VzYAPBVJc
"Who Are We? Maybe Not Who You Think"
"Who Are We? Maybe Not Who You Think"
by Robert Lanza, MD
"Who in the world am I?" asked Alice (in Wonderland). "Ah, that's the great
puzzle!" The question may make you wonder about taking time to ponder such
philosophical babble. The answer is usually defined by what you can
control. A reply might be, "I can wiggle my toes but I can't move the legs
of the table." The dividing line between self and nonself is taken to be
the skin. This is reinforced every day of our lives - every time you fill
out a form: I am ___ (your name here). It's such an integral part of our
lives that the q... more »
Submarine boom in East Asia as China modernizes navy
[image: Type 041 Yuan-class SSK]A submarine arms race has recently been
triggered by China's naval modernization program, according to Michael
Raska, a researcher from the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies of
the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore's Nanyang
Technological University, in his article written for the Tokyo-based
Diplomat on July 14.
"Notwithstanding weaknesses and limitations in capabilities integration,
China's PLA Navy (PLAN) is gradually transforming into a regional [blue
water] defensive–and offensive–type navy with extended so-called... more »
A Homemade Flea Powder Recipe For Your Pets
[image: Foto: Homemade Flea Powder - Kills & Repels Ticks & Fleas
http://www.selfsufficiencymagazine.com/homemade-flea-powder/]
*Homemade Flea Powder Recipe:* Ingredients:
1 cup *Food Grade* Diatomaceous Earth
1/2 cup Neem Powder (find HERE)
1/2 cup Yarrow Powder (find HERE)
20 Drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil *Leave out the essential oil if using
for cats.
*Directions:*Mix all ingredients together and put in a shaker top
container. I used a mason jar with a shaker top lid (I got my mason jar
shaker top lid at Christmas Tree Shop, but you could make your own by
drilling holes in ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“An asterism is just a recognized pattern of stars that is not one the 88
official constellations. For example, one of the most famous (and largest)
asterisms is the Big Dipper within the constellation Ursa Major. But this
pretty chain of stars, visible with binoculars towards the long-necked
constellation of Camelopardalis, is also a recognized asterism.
*Click image for larger size.*
Known as Kemble's Cascade, it contains about 20 stars nearly in a row,
stretching over five times the width of a full moon. Tumbling from the
upper right to lower left in the picture, Kemble's Cascade ... more »
Paulo Coelho, "A Man Lying On The Ground"
* "A Man Lying On The Ground"*
by Paulo Coelho
"On 1st July, at 13:05 hrs., there was a man aged about fifty lying on the
promenade in Copacabana. I passed him with a glance and went on my way
towards a stall where I always drink fresh coconut water. Being from Rio,
I’ve passed hundreds (thousands?) of men, women and children lying on the
ground. As someone who travels, I’ve seen the same scene in practically all
the countries I’ve been to – from Sweden to Romania. I’ve seen people lying
in the street in all seasons of the year: in the biting winter of Madrid,
New York or Paris, wh... more »
Albert Einstein, "The World As I See It"
*"The World As I See It"*
by Albert Einstein
"Einstein, at his home in Princeton, New Jersey: "How strange is the lot of
us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he
knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper
reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -
first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness
is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose
destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I
remind myself that my inner and o... more »
What is wrong with these pictures? Malaysia Airlines MH-17 crash site compared to United 93 crash site in Shanksville.
Shanksville site Ukraine site UPDATE 7/18/14: Ukraine was in charge of
MH17 - had them go through war zone, different route than normal and had
them fly lower than they requested. I just want to point out the obvious.
Psychology: "How the Brain Stops Time"
"How the Brain Stops Time"
by Jeff Wise
"One of the strangest side-effects of intense fear is time dilation, the
apparent slowing-down of time. It's a common trope in movies and TV shows,
like the memorable scene from "The Matrix" in which time slows down so
dramatically that bullets fired at the hero seem to move at a walking pace.
In real life, our perceptions aren't keyed up quite that dramatically, but
survivors of life-and-death situations often report that things seem to
take longer to happen, objects fall more slowly, and they're capable of
complex thoughts in what would nor... more »
"All About The Folly..."
"Archimedes said, "Give me a fulcrum and I will move the Earth"; but there
isn't one. It is like betting on the future of the human race - I might
wish to lay a bet that the human race would destroy itself by the year
3000, but there is nowhere to place the bet. On the contrary, I am involved
in the world and must try to see that it does not blow itself to pieces. I
once had a terrible argument with Margaret Mead. She was holding forth one
evening on the absolute horror of the atomic bomb, and how everybody should
spring into action and abolish it, but she was getting so furious abo... more »
Chet Raymo, “Charybdis”
*“Charybdis”*
by Chet Raymo
"To my mind, there is no more spiritually fulfilling experience than lying
on one's back under a crystal clear late-summer sky unpolluted by
artificial light and seeing the Milky Way arching across the dome of night
from Sagittarius in the south to Cassiopeia in the north. Those of you who
live in the southern hemisphere will have a different perspective,
including a loftier view of the brilliant luminosity near the galactic
center in Sagittarius, but you know what I mean. One has a sense of falling
into infinity, of becoming a born-again child of cosmic ... more »
Untitled
*Global Warming Reaches New Records*
*If you look up the Japanese records concerned, you find that the exciting
temperature concerned is in fact only three tenths of one degree Celsius
above the 30 year average. Such a tiny rise would excite only a Warmist
and if real, could easily be just a natural fluctuation And since the
temperature concerned is for June only, the rise could well be cancelled
out over the rest of the year. Attaching any weight to just one month is
cherrypicking*
Scientific evidence about the rising of average global temperatures seems
to be piling up.
Ac... more »
Inequality 19: Notes and Quotes on Globalization and Inequality
Reposting here some notes and quotes on the subject which I posted in the
facebook group, Government and Taxes, Liberty and Responsibility last month.
A good chart from Cato last May 3, 2014. Globalization eradicates poverty,
posted by Daniel Castro.
Actually, the term "globalization eradicates poverty" may be wrong. Poverty
may never be eradicated as there are many factors that contribute to it,
including personal irresponsibility and laziness. A better term would be
"globalization reduces poverty" and inequality among countries. Free trade
can lead to factor price ... more »
House Republicans And Blue Dogs Defeat Minimum Wage Increase
Yesterday the House passed the Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act 228-295, generally along party lines. All but 4
(completely random) Republicans voted for it and all but 6 Democrats-- Blue
Dogs and New Dems from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- voted
against it. No biggie. More interesting, though, was an amendment Alan
Grayson brought up.
Grayson has been more successful at putting together ad hoc coalitions to
pass legislation than anyone else in Congress. This one, however was a
bridge too far. He couldn't get a single Republican to sign... more »
(No Security Against NSA Spies - Especially Sexually Compromising Pictures and 2nd Malaysia Air Crash) Incinerating Iraq Armageddon (Except for the Oil Region)
You've got to feel sorry (or at least some empathy) for anyone who expects
any of the western "democracies" to stick up for . . . oh well, the value
of maintaining even the illusion of democracy, I guess. Not in the
power/money politics world of today anyway. BREAKING: he NSA whistleblower,
Edward Snowden, has urged lawyers, journalists, doctors, accountants,
priests and others with a
On the ground in Gaza: Four children die in Israeli strike on beach [Video]
On the ground in Gaza: Four children die in Israeli strike on beach.
Source: Middle East Eye. Date Published: July 17, 2014. Description:
Four boys, aged between nine and 11, were killed on a Gaza City beach when
the Israeli army struck with artillery fire on 16 July. On the same day, an
attack in Khan Yunis killed a 4 year old girl, a 6 year old boy, a 23 year
old man and a 70 year old woman in the 9th day of Operation Protective Edge.
Reporter: Shams Odeh
Voiceover: Arwa AB Ibrahim
Quotes from grieving female family members of the four children who were
killed on the beach: "We ar... more »
All Governance in Libya Remains Contested
An excerpt from, *"New York Times Report: CIA-Backed Militias Linked to
Benghazi, Libya Attack"* by Patrick Martin, December 30, 2013:
A lengthy front-page report in Sunday’s *New York Times* provides
additional confirmation that the attack on a US facility in Benghazi, Libya
in September 2012 was the outcome of the Obama administration’s use of
Islamic fundamentalist terrorists in its war against the Libyan regime of
Muammar Gaddafi.
The *Times* article, based on dozens of interviews in Benghazi, asserts
that the attack that killed four Americans, including US Ambassador
Christop... more »
BRITISH PSYCHIATRY: FROM EUGENICS TO ASSASSINATION
*BRITISH PSYCHIATRY: FROM EUGENICS TO ASSASSINATION*
By Anton Chaitkin, Executive Intelligence Review, V21 #40, [30 July 2002]
A behavior control research project was begun in the 1950s, coordinated by
the British psychological warfare unit called the Tavistock Institute, with
the Scottish Rite Masons, the Central Intelligence Agency, and other
British, U.S., Canadian, and United Nations agencies. The project became
famous in the 1970s under a CIA code name, “MK-Ultra.” Its notoriety for
brainwashing by drugs, hypnosis, electroshock, and other tortures caused
many books to b... more »
Gaza: The Hunger Games
*People are shocked and amazed that Israelis are cheering and dancing on
hilltops as their government pounds Gaza with bombs. They seem to be
forgetting, or don't know, that Israeli spies cheered and danced on the day
of 9/11 on the streets of New York City! Cheering and dancing in response
to the killing of innocent civilians is what they do.*
*Excerpts from, "Gaza: The Hunger Games" by Omar Ghraieb, March 31, 2014: *
Little did the millions who watched “The Hunger Games” film series know
that a similar reality actually exists, it's not a fictional realm that the
creator came up w... more »
LET FREEDOM RAIN HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
Dear Jymn;
I was sad and surprised when I came over and saw you'd left.
You were and are my first on-line hero. Since around the time Garth saw the
light and crossed the floor.
You have it all, Jymn. The slicing, dicing, blunt sardonicism that, come to
think of it, most of my heroes have.
Probably why I swear so much, yeah- I'll put that on you guys!
You made me realize that I'm a DirtyFuckingHippy! for which I'll always be
grateful- it's the one group I DO belong to and feel comfortable with...I
raised one, too...
Fuck Ya, Cartman!! I have a picture of him by me- Im' out for the l... more »
Vacation daze....
Off to hit the mountains for a couple of days. No blogging until Monday.
Enjoy a few links to tide you over the weekend.
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*Daily Links*: - Peter Chow at Thinking-Taiwan on Taiwan and the TPP
- The always beautiful Synapticism with traces of Japanese rule.
- US Media coverage of the Sunflowers: A brownout
- KMT's rejected candidate in Keelung vows to continue campaign.
Lessee... KMT rejects Huang, has no replacement, Huang continues, collects
all KMT votes, serves KMT. Is this whole thing a set up to create distance
between Huang and KMT???
- My Sev... more »
Musical Interlude: Seal, “Crazy”
Seal, “Crazy”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A-hqZf7xQs
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