11:34pm MDST
Labour's nepotismocracy
' We've got son of Blair, son of Straw, son of Prescott, son of Dromey.
When you take out the Red Princes, you'll find that 80% of their candidates
are union sponsored. They bought the candidates, they bought the policies,
they bought the leader, we must never let them near the country."'
Guido Fawkes has the story
http://order-order.com/2014/07/02/red-princes-gets-box-office-treatment/
Yesterday, Paul Craig Roberts posted a partial translation of President Putin's July 1 address to the Russian diplomatic corps. Today, he published a complete English translation of Putin's entire speech as re-posted below. Those of you preferring the shorter version, which I posted this morning, need only to scroll down.
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*Full Text of Putin’s Address to the Russian Diplomatic Corps*
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Below is President Putin’s complete address to the Russian diplomatic
corps. It reveals Putin to be a person well aware of the threats that US
unilateralism poses to the entire world. Washington’s belief that the US is
exceptional and indispensable results in dictatorial behavior toward other
countries and the overriding of th... more »
Ole Ole Ole Ole Ticos
We went to Dominical on Sunday to meet up with Jesse and Diana and watch
the game. They live about 15 minutes from there, but used to live there
and they love hanging at the beach there. WE went to a restaurant/bar
called Tortilla Flats. While there, met some other people as well. I
think almost the entire place was Americans, which was kinda strange.
It took about an hour and 20 minutes to get there and we were early so we
grabbed a table and ordered from chips and guac while we waited. Once we
got there, we ordered lunch. I had mahi tacos and Kurt had a grilled
cheese an... more »
Isn't Higgs a sneutrino dressed as a man?
Carla Biggio wrote a serious paper about a question that is so playful and
ambitious that it may look silly to most particle physicists:
Is the standard model scalar the first discovered SUSY particle?
Supersymmetry predicts the doubling of the spectrum of all particles. Each
fermion has a bosonic superpartner and vice versa. The traditional lore is
that all the "old" particles that have to exist even without SUSY have been
seen, while exactly the new particles predicted by SUSY (the superpartners)
haven't been seen.
But isn't it possible that we have already seen a superpartner? Ca... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier
17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation
Sagittarius. At that distance, this degree wide field of view spans almost
100 light-years, courtesy of ESO's new VLT Survey Telescope and OmegaCAM.
The sharp, false color image includes both optical and infrared data,
following faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds against a
backdrop of central Milky Way stars.
*Click image for larger size.*
Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17's
stock of co... more »
Paul LePage Denies He Talked With Domestic Terrorists About Executing Or Hanging Democratic Legislative Leaders
There's supposed to be this huge chasm in the Maine Republican Party
between the business-oriented moderates and the far right extremists (with
another split in their for the Ron Paul libertarian branch). The moderates
have been the home base for respectable political leaders like Senators
Margaret Chase Smith, Bill Cohen, Olympia Snowe. Interestingly enough,
Susan Collins has always attempted to glom onto that faction while
maintaining strong ties to the extremists. You don't find many media
reports of it this cycle, but Olympia Snowe sure isn't out on the hustings
asking her su... more »
"High Flight"
*“High Flight”*
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew -
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high... more »
Free Download: George Orwell, "Animal Farm"
"Animal Farm"
by George Orwell
Biographical note: "George Orwell, 1903-1950, was the pen name used by
British author and journalist Eric Arthur Blair. During most of his
professional life time Orwell was best known for his journalism, both in
the British press and in books such as "Homage to Catalonia," describing
his activities during the Spanish Civil War, and "Down and Out in Paris and
London," describing a period of poverty in these cities. Orwell is best
remembered today for two of his novels, "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen
Eighty-Four."
Description: Power corrupts, but absolute... more »
"The Journey..."
"Happiness is a journey, not a destination. For a long time it seemed to me
that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some
obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished
business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on
me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see
there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every
moment you have and remember that time waits for no one."
~ Souza
The Poet: Walt Whitman, "Miracles"
"Miracles"
"Why, who makes much of a miracle?
As to me I know of nothing else but miracles,
Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan,
Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky,
Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge
of the water,
Or stand under trees in the woods,
Or talk by day with anyone I love, or sleep in the bed
at night with anyone I love,
Or sit at the table at dinner with the rest,
Or look at strangers opposite me riding in the car,
Or watch honeybees busy around the hive
of a summer forenoon,
Or animals feeding in the fields,
Or birds, or the wond... more »
Chet Raymo, “Morning Stars”
*“Morning Stars”*
by Chet Raymo
“For some years this William Blake watercolor hung in my living room, blown
up photographically to enormous size (that was back in my darkroom days).
An illustration from The Book of Job: "When the morning stars sang
together..." The original watercolor is small, not a lot larger than what
you will get if you click on the image here...
*Click image for larger size.*
That's Job and his family at the bottom, enclosed by the thickest clouds,
representing the flesh. Under the Lord's left arm is the Moon goddess
Diana, the heart or feeling, delicately hol... more »
"Just Once..."
"But because truly being here is so much; because everything here
apparently needs us, this fleeting world, which in some strange way keeps
calling to us. Us, the most fleeting of all. Once for each thing. Just
once; no more. And we too, just once. And never again. But to have been
this once, completely, even if only once: to have been at one with the
earth, seems beyond undoing."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
The Daily "Near You?"
Cheras, Selangor, Malaysia. Thanks for stopping by.
"Stop Stress From Killing You"
*"Stop Stress From Killing You"*
by Elizabeth Walling
"What is stress? Physiologically, stress could be considered any event that
triggers a marked response by the adrenal glands. In basic terms, this
response is the release of cortisol. It's the body's natural reaction to
any stressor. For occasional stressors, cortisol can provide a burst of
benefits like increased energy, heightened reflexes and a higher threshold
for pain. However, when stress is chronic, as it often is in modern
society, cortisol levels can remain unnaturally high and lead to damaging
effects, which include:
... more »
“Persistence: Why It's Sometimes Better To Walk Away”
*“Persistence: *
*Why It's Sometimes Better To Walk Away”*
By Art Markman
“When Pope Benedict XVI announced he was resigning his decision shocked the
world, because popes don't usually step down. And that got me thinking
about the decision to walk away from things you have committed to in the
past.
We live in a culture that promotes persistence. Phrases like “Winners never
quit, and quitters never win” dominate our public discussion. So, is that
true? Should you really continue to pour effort into situations, even when
they seem hopeless? Should you stay in a relationship, just bec... more »
"Parental Fears: Breaking Family Ties that Bind"
*"Parental Fears: Breaking Family Ties that Bind"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"So often we come into this world carrying the fear of our parents as it is
passed down to us and lived through us. When we really examine our fears
about something, we sometimes notice that the fear we have is not based on
our own experience. Often, if we trace our fear back to its source, we find
that one of our parents may have handed it down to us. For example, your
mother or father may have had an intense fear of lack of money, stemming
from their own life experiences. If that fear was not resolve... more »
HEADING RECKLESSLY TO FISCAL CRISIS
John just leaves out one important group in this excellent piece and that
is the majority of Democrats who support the war spending over and over
again along with the Republicans.
The Dems though also support most of the social spending initiatives but
know that the programs can't be properly funded because so much money is
given to the Pentagon each year.
There's good in the world, Hay bien en el mundo
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SHELLING AND RECEIVING IN EASTERN UKRAINE
Ukrainian military "high-precision warfare" shelling of the cities and
towns in the east ....directed by US-NATO.
Civilians are being killed in large numbers on the receiving end of the
Kiev regime's offensive against their own citizens. Their crime? They
want to be able to speak their native Russian language, elect their own
mayors and governors (that are currently appointed by the Kiev oligarchs)
and had the temerity to hold a public referendum indicating as much. They
also oppose the growing Nazi influence inside the Kiev government and
military forces. Because of all th... more »
ISRAELI EXTREMIST NUTJOBS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK
The recent kidnapping and killings of three Israeli youths in the West Bank
has really brought out the Israeli extremists in all their rampant glory.
David Rubin, a former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, is calling for the
destruction of both Hamas and Fatah and without taking too much care about
who are fighters and who are civilians. This lunatic wants to see the
complete destruction of both Palestinian organisations.
And now gangs of Israeli Jews are hunting down Israeli Arabs in the streets
just as the Nazis did to Jews in the 1930s.
And here’s another Israeli extremist nutjob baying ... more »
“Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?”
*“Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?”*
By Amanda Marcotte
“Spouting off about stuff you know nothing about is traditionally
considered unwise. But as the Republican war on science intensifies,
ignorance has started to become not only less of a handicap, but a point of
pride. In the face of expertise and facts, being belligerently ignorant—and
offended that anyone dare suggest ignorance is less desirable than
knowledge—has become the go-to position for many conservative politicians
and pundits. Sadly, it’s a strategy that’s working, making it harder every
day for libe... more »
Bill Whittle: Losing the Peace in Iraq
*it's Vietnam all over again.*
From YouTube:
History is written by the victors. But it doesn't take a lot of digging to
reveal that the history of Vietnam -- written by the American Left -- is
not the story of America losing the Vietnam War. America WON the Vietnam
War. What America lost was the Vietnam PEACE. In his latest hard-hitting
Firewall, Bill Whittle shows how that happened and how the exact same thing
is happening in Iraq, as the Left once again tries to pull defeat from the
jaws of victory.
*Today I waited on a man wearing this:*
*May God bless him...*
Afghanistan Updates ( July 2 , 2014 ) The Election faces delay amidst fraud allegations ...... Meanwhile the Taliban continues to cause mayhem...
Al Jazeera.....
Afghan soldiers die in Kabul suicide bombing
Taliban claims responsibility for attack on bus in Afghan capital that left
11 people dead and 13 others wounded.
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The Taliban claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack in Kabul via a
spokesman [AFP]
A Taliban suicide bomber has struck a bus carrying Afghan military
personnel in Kabul killing at least 11 people, officials say.
The blast on Wednesda... more »
Outstanding Hump Day Humor...
*from:*
*Reaganite Republican*
RR makes my hubby happy - and we thank him!
Rumi, "The Guest House"
"The Guest House"
"This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond."
~ Rumi
"A Little Parenthesis In Eternity..."
"We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust,
swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity.
Life is eternal.
We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other,
to meet, to love, to share.
This is a precious moment.
It is a little parenthesis in eternity."
Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist"
"Asking The Wrong Questions..."
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions,
they don't have to worry about the answers."
- Thomas Pynchon
White, BESE “Special Counsel” Subject to Attorney General Approval
If I learned anything from the July 01, 2014 BESE meeting, it is that
Louisiana State Superintendent John White has latched onto the
word clarity. Not that he offers any. Just that he spewed the word numerous
times in the meeting. What is “clear” is that White is situating a
lawsuit against Governor Bobby Jindal. To do […]
So, freeloading House GOP junketeers really do have some sense of . . . well, not shame exactly, but something sort of related
*House Ethics Committee Chair Michael Conaway (R-TX) -- a fine ethicist who
grasps the evil of "duplicative paperwork"*
*"These kinds of backroom deals and changing of the rules in the middle of
the night is exactly why Congress has a lower approval rating than
cockroaches and traffic jams."*
*-- Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA)*
*by Ken*
We've gotten so used to thinking of the rampaging hordes of right-wing
political scumbagger as "shameless," as truly beyond any sense of human
decency, that it's almost comforting to find the need to pull back just a
tad. It seems the boys—and they are ... more »
Airey Naeve
*How the INLA killed Airey NeaveBy Paddy McGuffin (Derry News)*
*"Paddy McGuffin"*
paddy, (n)
1. Shortened name for Patrick.
2. Inoffensive name for an Irishman.
3. Offensive name for an Irishman.
4. A tantrum or 'wobbler'.
*McGuffin*
*Line breaks: *McGuf¦fin
*Pronunciation: */məˈgʌfɪn /
(also MacGuffin)
*NOUN*
*An object or device in a film or a book which serves merely as a trigger
for the plot:*
*"the McGuffin in this intriguing comedy is an unpublished novel by a young
writer killed in the war"*
*Origin*
1930s: a Scottish surname, coined in this sense by the English fi... more »
World UFO Day
World UFO Day is an awareness day for people to gather together and watch
the skies for unidentified flying objects. The day is celebrated by some on
June 24, and others on July 2.
June 24 is the date that aviator Kenneth Arnold reported what is generally
considered to be the first unidentified flying object sighting in the
United States, while July 2 commemorates the supposed UFO crash in the 1947 Roswell
UFO Incident.
The stated goal of the July 2 celebration is to raise awareness of "the
undoubted existence of UFOs" and to encourage governments to declassify
their files on UFO... more »
Swine flu modified to be incurable ? ( July 2 , 2014 ) What could go wrong ? Takeaway - A controversial flu researcher has modified the flu virus responsible for the 2009 pandemic to allow it evade the human immune system. His lab’s previous works include recreating the Spanish flu and making a deadly bird flu strain highly transmittable....... And with the chaos and havoc caused by the immigration debacle perpetrated along border states , what if this virus somehow became released among these illegal entrants into the US ?
‘Humdinger’: Swine flu virus which killed half-million modified to
'incurable'
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A controversial flu researcher has modified the flu virus responsible for
the 2009 pandemic to allow it evade the human immune system. His lab’s
previous works include recreating the Spanish flu and making a deadly bird
flu strain highly transmittable.
The yet-to-be-published research by Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka a... more »
Paul Manly - Not your NDP's candidate
Not your NDP CandidateDear Mid Islanders, Friends and Supporters
"I would like to thank you all for your support and encouragement for my
bid for the nomination to be the NDP candidate for the new federal riding
of Nanaimo-Ladysmith. It is with regret that I write to tell you that the
federal NDP has refused to allow me to stand as a candidate.
The local riding executive approved my candidacy for the nomination but the
NDP National Director, Ann McGrath, has not approved me and the federal NDP
executive will not let me stand as a candidate."
That would be this Ann McGrath, three m... more »
Germany joining the Bloc led by Russia ( and of course China ) ? July 2 , 2014 -- The signs indicate that may be the case !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-02/emerging-german-russian-axis
The Emerging German-Russian Axis
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- China
- Eastern Europe
- European Union
- France
- Germany
- Middle East
- None
- Vladimir Putin
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*Submitted by Charles Gave via Gavekal Dragonomics,*
This weekend has seen the European Union do a stitch-up deal so that
arch-federalist Jean-Claude Juncker became Commission president. To be
honest, who gets to play eurocrat in chief is of no great interes... more »
“Global Economic Crisis Is Accelerating - 18 Signs”
*“Global Economic Crisis Is Accelerating - 18 Signs”*
by Michael Snyder, TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com
“A lot of people that I talk to these days want to know "when things are
going to start happening". Well, there are certainly some perilous times on
the horizon, but all you have to do is open up your eyes and look to see
the global economic crisis unfolding. As you will see below, even central
bankers are issuing frightening warnings about "dangerous new asset
bubbles" and even the World Bank is declaring that "now is the time to
prepare" for the next crisis. Most Americans tend to ... more »
Why the Mainstream Fails to Understand Recessions
*Guest post by Hal Snarr*
In a 2010 *Bloomberg Television* interview, former Federal Reserve chairman
Alan Greenspan said, “The general notion the Fed was propagator of the
bubble by monetary policy does not hold up to the evidence. ... Everybody
missed it — academia, the Federal Reserve, all regulators.”
*Everybody* missed it? Not according to Axel Leijonhufvud. In 2008 he wrote,
“Operating an interest-targeting regime keying on the CPI, the Fed was
lured into keeping interest rates far too low far too long. The result was
inflation of asset prices combined with a general deteri... more »
Just Like Torture: NSA Spying is Legal
Just like the crushing of a child's testicles can be interpreted to be
"legal" within the context of the dictatorial power of the unitary
executive as former Bush-Cheney lawyer John Yoo once infamously declared but
now all of that NSA mass surveillance and data-mining is "legal" now too.
In a resounding endorsement of the unconstitutional abuses of the American
Stasi the "independent" Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board -
which happens to reside within the executive branch and was formed in 2004
after 9/11 or 'the day when everything changed' has issued a report that is ... more »
(Capitalist Fauxism: Everyone Will Run for President in the Future As This Will Provide the Only Guaranteed Income for Non-Rich) Pretty Pictures Denoting Ugly Political Reality (Art Speaks To Our Failed Political Experiment) Change the Rules To Benefit US?
Businesses do not give to politicians for charity. No matter what Bill
Gates says. Food for thought. As the slide continues. You don't have to
want to replace capitalism entirely, but "crony capitalism" will test your
restraint. I've always enjoyed looking at pretty economic charts, haven't
you? They tell us so much about the value of beauty in our and past times,
and the art that depicts
ON THE HOME FRONT
- I made this pesto yesterday with some garlic scapes from our garden
and from the garden of a local farmer friend. I mixed in olive oil,
walnuts and some lemon juice as well. Very good and quite spicy. Got to
do something with the stuff coming our of the garden so this made good
sense.
- Mary Beth (home with a rare mid-week day off) trimmed my hair and
beard today - it's been hotter than normal this week and I needed some
relief. If this heat continues I just might shave the whole beard off. I
can grow it back next fall.
- The sky is turning... more »
Lost Underground City Of The Grand Canyon -
Here is the problem. This story was published in 1909. What was discovered,
is a set of conforming evidence to my presently developed understanding of
the Atlantean Bronze Age tool kit which included the following:
1 Blow torch mining only recently rediscovered, confirmed on Mayan glyths
and actually evidensed by ample Bronze Age mines.
2 advanced copper metalkurgy including effective hardened metal.
3 The building of large underground refugia to secrete populations.
My point is none of this was known then except through native mythology
which omitted the copper aspect. Today i have... more »
K2 Deficiency Linked to Wrinkles
*It goes without saying that wrinkling is associated with aging and is an
indicator of cellular aging as **well. Thus it is hardly good news. Now we
have evidence that this effect is driven by a deficiency of the K2 vitamin
in the diet. That leads directly to obvious food based therapies and we can
be sure that supplements will soon follow.*
*Natto is a little hard to take, but alternatives will not be hard find.
Fermented soy can likely be blended with kimchee or raw sauerkraut and this
happens to be my breakfast of choice these days alongside a poached kipper
and a piece of bl... more »
Peptide Discovery Tackles Biofilms
This discovery is obviously important and is a major step in engineering
removal protocols clearly superior to what we have been doing.
I also suspect that this will lead to formulations aimed at protecting
teeth. This will be additionally welcome.
As it is our blood stream holds up to two pounds of alien biology been
managed by our immune system. We have already understood that this
biological loading is not our friend and that the Beck protocol can
systemically eliminate this problem. These peptides can surely speed the
process and even successfully finish the task.
A New P... more »
Romania with George Friedman
Russian aggression, subtle as it is is still a trigger point that permits
equally subtle counter movement that can totally negate and ultimately the
post imperial world for Russia. Establishing what can effectively be an
American Carrier Task force is an obvious gambit and we are seeing steady
movement now to do so.
This sets up a visible shield to provide air support for local land forces
including those of an evolving Ukrainian polity. Out of this evolves a
natural Danubian confederation under the European Union to powerfully
secure NATO's Southern Flank. Simply put, Russian ... more »
An Open Letter from the New DGS
Greetings, PhD Class of 2019. Welcome. We are excited for your arrival
on campus later this summer. As you enjoy your summer, I thought I’d take
this opportunity to write you with some advice for your next adventure. My
comments are just based on my personal experiences but I thought maybe they
would be of
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Call For Proposals on “The Future of Global Security (Studies)”
Last Spring the International Studies Association approved a new ISA
journal, the Journal of Global Security Studies. I am normally pretty
sanguine about new journals in the discipline but in this case I feel
genuine excitement. Why? Because JOGSS is not just another outlet for
scholarship but is actively positioning itself institutionally to cultivate
much-needed
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Why Does No One Name The Names When It Comes To Congressional Corruption?
Republicans got rid of their head of corrupt practices; the Democrats
haven't
Someone-- or a few someones-- must be responsible for the rules change that
allows Members of Congress to take bribes in the form of lobbyist-sponsored
travel without reporting it on financial disclosure forms. I read about the
"rules change" and how "it happened" and how it has "occurred behind closed
doors." But nowhere does it say *who* was behind those closed doors. All of
the reporting sounded very passive… like it was something that happened,
not like it was something John Boehner or his crooked Rules... more »
Supplemental: The jihad keeps rolling along!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014*
*Hillary Clinton's speaking fee and the sick society:* Once the press corps
invents a theme, the corps’ “rock makers”—just click here—have always been
extremely skilled at advancing that theme along.
Case in point: We were struck by a letter in today’s Washington Post. It’s
the only letter on the topic of Hillary Clinton’s wealth.
On line, the letter appears above all other letters. Headline included,
this is what it says:
*Just like CEOs, Hillary Clinton’s compensation is too high*
The article “Clinton’s fee for speech paid by a private fund, UCLA says” ... more »
If you can read this....
Then consider yourself lucky. Some can't.
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The (UK) government is promoting filters to prevent chil... more »
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: Thirteen Days
*Philip Zelikow - Sorry, no, that's meant to be Robert Macnamarra*
*"Strauss believed it was for politicians to assert powerful and inspiring
myths that everyone could believe in. *
*They might not be true - but they were necessary illusions. *
*One of these was religion; the other was the myth of the nation."*
*Ernest May*
*May 2000: Future Authors of 9/11 Report Produce John F. Kennedy Book
Riddled with Errors *
An eminent historian finds serious flaws in a historical treatise about
former President John F. Kennedy. The book, *The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the
White House During t... more »
Maudsley Hospital and Eugenic Psychiatry
*" Paranoid schizophrenic Tennyson Obih who was sectioned twice before
being released into care in the community went "off the radar" of the
health services and murdered a policeman in broad daylight. "*
Primarily because the British Oligarchy, centred around patronage of and by
the monarchy cares far more about the welfare of animals than it does about
human life - the First and Second Opium Wars respectively killed in excess
of 70,000 Chinese directly, and only 69 East India Company Troops, with
deaths over the next century caused by the collapse of Chinese Society due
to Opium S... more »
Let's Light a Firecracker Under Neoliberalism's Butt
Nothing like using the Fourth of July weekend to deflect our attention from
the latest round of secret negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership,
eh?
The culprits of the corporate coup will be converging in the Canadian
capitol tomorrow. And you, dear readers, are cordially invited to write
them a friendly note, hopefully disengaging them from both their comfort
zone and their buffer zone. The public policy group Open Media International
is collecting signatures and remarks for the delectation of the plutocrats.
So may the pitchforks start jabbing inside their heads as they mul... more »
Untitled
*Which Intensity Model Should You Trust for Tropical Storm Arthur? ~Dr.
Jeff Masters, Weather Underground*
*This Crash-Proof Drone Can Fly Through Forests and Disaster Wreckage
~Motherboard*
My Children, and Their Teachers, are Guilty
The following is a guest post from New Mexico parent, Wendy Small. Let me
start by telling you that my children are guilty. Guilty of being born to
middle class–not wealthy–parents, guilty of having special needs, guilty of
being the kind of poor test takers who falsely convict their teachers of
being bad at their […]
No Security
No Security from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"Assassinations don't just happen, they are allowed to happen..."
Icke invokes Fletcher Prouty
Merlyn Rees - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
*"That relates to Kincora, which I know nothing about..."*
*"I'm not that interested in Kincora..."*
*-Merlyn Rees*
Kincora and the Wilson Coup - Merlyn Rees Doesn't Know Anything (and
Doesn't Want to Know...)
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*He's wrong - the Privy Council is in fact 799 years old...*
“*Lord Louis Mountbatten* had the nickname “*Dickie*” …and for good reason.
Philip’s uncle Dickie was the last viceroy in India where he was a known
paedophile who sexually exploited young working class Indian peasant boys”.
Mountbatten is also linked to the paedophile ring who abused boys li... more »
Steve Russell : Stopping an American jihad
It comes down to what Colin Powell used to call ‘the Pottery Barn theory.’
We will own what we break and we don’t want to own the Sunni and Shi’a
argument. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | July … finish reading Steve
Russell :
Stopping an American jihad
Rolf Harris, Freemasonry and the Police
*"He's Australian and famous...? It has to be either Michael Hutchence or
Rolf Harris..."*
*The Late Paula Yates fails to deduce the identity of Dannii Minogue's
latest beau...*
*The Big Breakfast, 1993*
*Sir Elton John, Rolf Harris MBE, OBE, CBE, and Friend.*
*Trouble Brewing...Rolf Harris, MBE, OBE, CBE.*
Ukraine presses offensive with US support etc.,
*As mentioned in yesterday’s post*- The Ceasefire that wasn’t- Fascist Kiev
continues it’s ethnic cleansing
*“Putin and the Europeans could not convince Poroshenko that peace does not
come through war- Because Poroshenko takes his advice from war mongers”*
*And the biggest global war monger is of course, the US.*
UKRAINIAN troops backed by tanks and fighter-bombers have pressed on with a
renewed offensive against pro-Kremlin insurgents that has drawn Russian
ire, but also vital US support.
Poroshenko's order to relaunch the eastern campaign was met with a
deafening silence in Europ... more »
Savile, Freemasonry and the Police
*Savile (and Friends) make a donation to their favourite charity: The
Police Benevolent Fund.*
*And Two Tickets to the Secret Policemen's Ball; one for me, one for The
Widow's Son.*
*"The review also examined reports that up to eight officers attended the
infamous "Friday Morning Clubs" at Savile's flat in Leeds – but insisted
this did not protect the disgraced entertainer from prosecution.*
*The report said: "No evidence has been found to conclude that there was
any impropriety or misconduct in relation to the Friday Morning Club.*
*"All of those people spoken to who had knowledg... more »
Kissinger: Even Worse Than Cheney
Constantin Costa-Gavras' 1982 film, *Missing*, had some pretty big stars--
including Jack Lemmon, Charles Cioffi and Sissy Spacek-- and won some
pretty big awards-- including the Palme d'Or at Cannes for best male actor
and the Academy Award for best writing-- and had a hugely acclaimed score
by Vangelis, but there's a good chance you never saw it-- nor read the Tom
Hauser book it was based on, *The Execution of Charles Horman: An American
Sacrifice*. That's because Henry Kissinger didn't want anyone to see that
film or read that book. He got it banned. Really… in America. [It was... more »
Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients
GSK and it's filthy production facility in Canada kept on providing flu
vaccine for human beings in Canada and the US.-Salmonella with your flu
vaccine, Canada?
What other *dirt *has been dished up by GSK in recent years?
Found an older interesting news article- Our drugs don't work on most people
You will notice that hasn't stopped GSK from manufacturing acknowledged
useless drugs at a great profit.
Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),
said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive
drugs actually derived any benefi... more »
Here Paul Craig Roberts has excerpted some of the remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Russia's ambassadors on July 1, 2014. Notably, there was no mention of these remarks on BBC online news, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, or the New York Times. The Washington Post did mention that Putin had condemned the renewed violence in Ukraine at that meeting, but the importance of these remarks was not explained by the Post’s report. Thus, Americans who get their news strictly from the complicit "mainstream media" are not informed that their government is deliberately increasing the probability that they may someday die from weapons of mass destruction, totally ignorant of the reason why.
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*Guest Column by Vladimir Putin*
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IMPORTANT: Guest Column by Vladimir Putin
THE WEST IS TURNING THE PLANET INTO A GLOBAL BARRACKS–Vladimir Putin,
President of Russia
*The remarks below are excerpted from President Putin’s meeting with
Russia’s ambassadors on July 1, 2014. *
Putin damns Washington’s puppet president of Ukraine, an usurped position
resulting from the overthrow of a democra... more »
Refusal to dismiss or stay action for lack of jurisdiction is a final order
Hopkins v. Kay, 2014 ONCA 514:
[9] In my view, the refusal to dismiss or stay the action based on
lack of jurisdiction was a final order. See *Manos Foods International Inc.
v. Coca-Cola Ltd*., [1999] O.J. No. 3623 (C.A.), and *Abbott et al. v.
Collins et al.* (2002), 62 O.R. (3d) 99 (C.A.). Where, as here, the effect
of the order is that the action is going to proceed in the Superior Court,
the consequence is that the defendant is precluded from continuing to
dispute the court's jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action. The
order therefore is final on the jurisdi... more »
No fingers
It’s a bugger when you get discredited by your own side. If the murder of
the Palestinian teenager does turn out to be a revenge attack by some
vigilante maniac, it is a shame for so many reasons.
First because it’s the murder of a young boy. Next because it sabotages the
moral high ground that was just about the only hope for the salvation of
Israel’s reputation in the eyes of the rest of the world. A small hope, but
nevertheless a glimmer.
Not that their reputation is Israel’s top priority. I imagine making the
Hamas afraid to repeat the incident is consideration number one.
Alrea... more »
Adapt or Die
I told you that I loved you and we both
Knew it was true
Love is so chemical
and in the days of eating
Genetically modified foods
this will no longer be true
It will all be about appearance
and how many pest you can afford
to not break through
Like the movie said
and the truth was is was true
Plastics will make our future people
and they will last
when friends are not true
We love our concrete Gods
and our chemical certiantiy
but the human gemome
is way more complicated
and the gold rush investors
make a blaspheme.
No body cares about no nobody
is in no way human
we can make a fortune ... more »
The Angelitos Felices gang gets a great new home
A miracle happened yesterday in our old town of Copan Ruinas: The 13
remaining children at Angelitos Felices orphanage were relocated to a much
better organized, resourced and caring facility, Casita Copan.
It's a dream come true for Emily Monroe, the young Pennsylvanian who
has worked so hard to realize this dream. She met the children of Angelitos
in 2010 and was so disturbed by the conditions that they lived in, she set
out to open a new children's home using a model that ultimately strives to
place children back into their families and support the whole family.
She wa... more »
Alienating People
I have been accused of being cynical. My condemnations of the left's
incompetence is based on cynicism. Personally, I have always thought that a
cynic is someone who sees ulterior motives behind other people's actions,
or who acts dishonestly, not believing in the task that he or she is
undertaking, believing that it will fail.
Here's the dictionary definition of "cynicism":
1. distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic
of a cynic.
2. showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's
actions, especially by actions that exploit the... more »
Update: Facebook Experiments Lacked Support in User Agreement and May Have Included Minors
I posted yesterday about the ethical and possibly legal ramifications of
the already infamous emotional manipulation experiment where researchers
tweaked Facebook user feeds and studied ensuing user behaviour. The post
yesterday gave links to a number of useful accounts and analyses, but I did
also mention my own doubt that the research, including the subsequent
publication of the findings, was covered by the Facebook user agreement.
Today, Kashmir Hill at *Forbes* reveals that this is exactly what was the
case. Not only did the user agreement not include "research", however,
appar... more »
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Rick Maltes has posted an Index to the 2010 Nuclear Green posts.
The Index on this page appear to directly link to the post. Other Nuclear
Green posts are can be found through Google searches or the Nuclear Green
Archive. In many cases post are found at the Energy Collective, and a few
even further afield online. Here is the Index:
Further Jacobson objections to Consideration of Nuclear Power: Safety and
Uranium
Jacobson: Beyond Cherry Picking
IEA projected price for nuclear, fossil fuel and renewable generated
electricity
Mark Z. Jacobson’s Proliferation of errors.
*Dec 2010*
Was... more »
The slow death of the CBC
The CBC is not at fault it is the people who will abandon network TV. Some
day many people will wake and understand that just because its on TV does
not mean its important.
There was a time when the news informed you. This is no longer true, the
news is now used to indoctrinated and manipulate you. The primary mission
of the CBC should be to dissect the news with professional non biased
analysis and tell Canada what is good for us.
Canada is a sanctuary country when it comes to climate change. We may get
to much water at times but we will not dry out.
The CBC should put our best mi... more »
ANTHROPOLOGISTS WITHIN: A portrait of nimble, self-seeking connivers on the greasy pole of advancement!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014*
*Part 3—Anthropologist Hastings speaks:* Diane Sawyer started the theme.
Erin Burnett merely pimped it.
Reportedly, Sawyer is paid $20 million per year, with a net worth of $80
million.
Reportedly, Burnett is paid $2 million per year. In 2012, she married her
dream boat, a Citibank money man.
Her reported net worth is $12 million. In fairness, she's just 37.
The theme these deviants started and pimped? Hillary Clinton has too much
money!
The Clintons' net worth is said to be $100 million. To the oleaginous
Sawyer, that was too much! Hillary Clinton ma... more »
Fred Klonsky is correct about the #NEARA14
Says the retired teacher on his website: Yesterday NEA Board of Director
from Illinois, Jim Grimes, told us that the leadership would present two
New Business Items (NBIs) to the delegates. One addresses the issue of
the use and misuse of standardized testing. The other one will call on
local and state affiliates […]
I Pedge Alliance To The Universe
[image: Foto]
*Source:*
*https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561*
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*Group Files Suit to End Campus Speech Codes*
FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, filed four
lawsuits today against universities with restrictive speech codes on
campus. The universities named in the suits are Ohio University, Chicago
State University, Iowa State University, and Citrus College (Calif.).
“Unconstitutional campus speech codes have been a national scandal for
decades. But today, 25 years after the first of the modern generation of
speech codes was defeated in court, 58% of public campuses still hold onto
shockingly illiberal codes,” said FIRE Pres... more »
Glitter Elsa Shirt
I was given the Heat Transfer Vinyl to create this shirt. All opinions and
instructions are my own.
Frozen fever is still alive and well in our house. Not a day goes by that
someone doesn't belt out Let It Go and my 5-year-old's Elsa and Anna dolls
are pretty much a fixture, while the Hans doll ends up in a makeshift
prison.
From the second we saw the movie, my daughter has been asking for an Elsa
shirt and not just any Elsa shirt, a sparkly one. Glitter heat transfer was
the perfect medium for this shirt, it made everything really easy to pull
together and kept it looking so good... more »
Mike's Story Part 67 - Political Opportunity or Dog Park?
By Jenna Orkin
*February 3 2008*
* He calls. I wish him Happy Birthday which is no doubt the reason for
the call. On my own initiative, I wouldn’t have observed the occasion,
even with an email. I’ve done my bit for him when he needed it. Any more
would be sycophantic.*
* “I’m single-handedly upholding the American economy,” he chuckles,
referring to his buying spree for his new apartment, which included an HD
TV for which his LAPD friend served as consultant.*
* The statement for our joint account confirms this. But he’s
exhilarated to be home and is providing background ... more »
Because Cheney Has Gone Unpunished For His Crimes, Someone Else In His Position Will Do Even Worse In The Future
Yesterday everyone was hating on poor little Belgium. It was over that
ballgame in Brazil. I'm not in the Ann Coulter camp or anything, but I just
don't get any more excited about soccer than I do about baseball or
football or bad mitten. And Belgium… well, I have to admit, was always
fly-over country for me when I lived in Amsterdam and visited Paris as
frequently as possible-- except I drove. When I did visit Belgium in more
recent years, I came to appreciate that the food was pretty amazing-- my
faves in Brussels being Comme Chez Soi, L'Épicerie, and Les Brasseries
Georges-- bu... more »
Inequality Is Not Inevitable
http://www.scriptonitedaily.com
Milton Friedman and his disciples worked very hard to transform economics
from a social science into a natural science -- which, they claimed, obeys
certain ironclad rules. One economist who refused to buy that piffle is
Joseph Stiglitz. In last Friday's *New York Times* he wrote:
If it is not the inexorable laws of economics that have led to America’s
great divide, what is it? The straightforward answer: our policies and our
politics. People get tired of hearing about Scandinavian... more »
Oh Canada? B'nai Brith Canada promotes anti-Gentilism
*As advertised in the National Post (shouldn't be a surprise) Robert Fisk
@ The Independent *
*h/t NTS @NorthernTruthseeker **for bringing this to my attention-*
Not long ago, I was handed the most outrageous, vile, dishonest and
slanderous calumny uttered against the people of Canada. It was contained
in a full-page advertisement in the National Post (founder, Conrad Black),
a newspaper handed out – free, I’m happy to say – on my Air France flight
out of Toronto. Here is the headline: “Almost 4 million Canadians are
afflicted by this disease.”
Beneath this title is a half-page,... more »
Rule of Law 23: RoL Index 2014 by the World Justice Project
The World Justice Project (WJP) released its *Rule of Law Index 2014*. Nine
factors were considered in constructing the RoL index:
1. Constraints on government powers
2. Absence of corruption
3. Open government
4. Fundamental rights
5. Order and security
6. Regulatory enforcement
7. Civil justice
8. Criminal justice and
9. Informal justice.
Here is the result. I marked the East Asian economies.
On page four, they explained the FOUR UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE OF
LAW:
The WJP uses a working definition of the rule of law based on four
universal principles, derived from in... more »
Join Me at the Rise Above The Mark Kokomo Show, July 17th
By Doug Martin
I will be in Kokomo on the Rise Above the Mark after-movie panel on July 17
at the South Branch of the Kokomo library. I will be signing copies of *Hoosier
School Heist* from 4:30 to 5:30pm. Here is the press release. Please
share this far and wide and follow me on twitter:
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 1, 2014*
*RISE ABOVE THE MARK**, DOCUMENTARY FILM DETAILING THE ATTACK ON INDIANA'S
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMING TO KOKOMO*
*After-Movie Panel Discussion to Include Workers Voice Show Radio Host,
Hoosier School Heist Author, Indiana Democratic House Candidate, ISTA Rep., ... more »
Musical Interlude: Diane Arkenstone, "The Secret Garden"
Diane Arkenstone, "The Secret Garden"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrtr6SVTdXE
Obama's schedule for Wednesday, July 2, 2014, vs my schedule...
*from Keith Koffler at White House Dossier - and we thank him.*
*Noon ||* Meets with economists for lunch; Old Family Dining Room
*4:05 pm ||* Meets with Secretary of Treasury Lew
*4:50 pm ||* Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
That's it? For that amount of "work" we the taxpayers of this country pay
him 400K per year plus all his perks? For starters, he needs to pay it all
back, which amounts to about 2 million bucks at this point. He has done
nothing, absolutely nothing, to earn it. On the contrary, he has tried to
run this country into the ground (he will not succeed), an... more »
Why Monsanto Will Never Rule the Food World by John W. Roulac
Why Monsanto Will Never Rule the Food World
*The Three-Prong Movement That’s Stopping the Beast in Its Tracks*
by John W. Roulac
The issue of how we grow and process our food, while it’s always been
important, is now a hot topic both at the kitchen table and on Wall Street.
From the recent scandal about a chemical used in yoga mats being found in
Subway bread to the rising awareness of GMOs and demands to label their
presence in foods, the public is fast awakening to the need for safe,
whole, natural nourishment.
In early May 2014, the stock price of Whole ... more »
$500 Cash Giveaway
Who doesn't need a little more summer cash for a fun vacation? I have come
together with some awesome bloggers and small business to bring you this
incredible giveaway!
Welcome to the $500 Fun in the Sun Cash Giveaway!
We have joined forces with an amazing group of bloggers to bring you this
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*Open Worldwide.*
*Ends at 11:59pm ET on Ju... more »
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*Breaking EPA’s climate science secrecy barriers*
*FOIA request seeks hidden data and analyses that agency claims back up its
climate rulings*
Paul Driessen and Lawrence Kogan
Can you imagine telling the IRS you don’t need to complete all their forms
or provide records to back up your claim for a tax refund? Or saying your
company’s assurances that its medical products are safe and effective
should satisfy the FDA? Especially if some of your data don’t actually
support your claims – or you “can’t find” key data, research and other
records, because your hard drive conveniently cras... more »
Roemer, White, and BESE Majority Positioning to Sue Jindal
On July 01, 2014, I attended the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education (BESE) Special Board Meeting initiated by three
members: Lottie Beebe, Carolyn Hill, and Jane Smith. These three members
wanted a primary focus of the meeting to include discussion of a plan for
Louisiana’s school districts for the 2014-15 school year given Louisiana […]
Bagels And Cream Cheese And A Million Of His Own Dollars Won't Win Sean Eldridge A Seat In Congress
Chris, Nancy, Sean
Poor Sean Eldridge! Well, not really… he's very rich. He married Chris
Hughes, the former Harvard roommate of Mark Zuckerberg and the ultimate
example of being in the right place at the right time. When he left
Facebook he became started MyBarackObama.com and was lauded as The Kid Who
Made Obama President; How Facebook Cofounder Chris Hughes Unleashed
Barack's Base-- and Changed Politics and Marketing Forever. How do you top
that? He married Sean and they started hunting for some congressional seat
Sean could run in (skipping last cycle and picking NY-19 this time;... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Ban single use items
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"One of the most identifiable nebulae in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula in
Orion, is part of a large, dark, molecular cloud. Also known as Barnard 33,
the unusual shape was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late
1800s. The red glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the
nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis.
The darkness of the Horsehead is caused mostly by thick dust, although the
lower part of the Horsehead's neck casts a shadow to the left. Streams of
gas leaving the nebula are funneled by a strong magnetic field. Bright
spots in the H... more »
Eckhart Tolle, “The Power of Now” (Excerpt)
*“The Power of Now” (Excerpt)*
by Eckhart Tolle
• "Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace?
Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace
does not.
• Is it not possible to attract only positive conditions into our life? If
our attitude and our thinking are always positive, we would manifest only
positive events and situations, wouldn't we?
Do you truly know what is positive and what is negative? Do you have the
total picture? There have been many people for whom limitation, failure,
loss, illness, or pain in whatever form turned out to b... more »
"Despair and Survival"
*"Despair and Survival"*
by Sam Smith
"Ever since I read Thoreau in high school and adopted as my own his
declaration that he would rather sit alone on a pumpkin than be crowded on
a velvet stool, I have made the pursuit of individual freedom a part of my
daily business. I follow it like others follow football. I know the game,
the players, and the rules. And one of the most important things I have
discovered is how few people are able to help you much. The psychiatrist
with his elegant degree, the minister with an eye on the vestry's budget,
the philosophy professor just short of ... more »
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