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Did you hear this on the U.S. "mainstream media"? I didn't think so. Their moto: All the news the government wants them to print.
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Bolivia declares Israel ‘terrorist state’, scraps visa exemption agreement Published
time: July 30, 2014 21:58
Edited time: July 31, 2014 02:19
Bolivia has declared Israel to be a “terrorist state” and renounced a visa
exemption agreement with the country in protest over the ongoing Israeli
military offense in Gaza which already killed more than 1,300 dead and left
over 7,000 wounded.
LIVE UPDATES: Israel launches ground incursion in Gaza Strip
Canceling the 1972 agreement which allowed Israelis to travel freely to
Bolivia *“means, in other word... more »
"We Killed Some Little Folks" Future Title of Barack Obama's Memoirs
*Slayer of children, conqueror of infants, the great Barack Obama! His
government of death knows no distinction between young and old, male and
female, enemy combatant and civilian, infidel or muslim. *
An excerpt from, *"Greenwald: NSA Docs Show ‘Israeli Action In Gaza Has US
Fingerprints All Over It’"* by Jon Queally, MintPress News, August 4, 2014:
A new analysis of the intelligence and military relationship between the
U.S. and Israeli governments—bolstered by new top secret NSA documents
leaked by Edward Snowden—exposes the deep complicity of American foreign
policy when it c... more »
The Case Of A Plane Landing On A Highway In Kenya Ended Up Revealing How U.S. Forces Are Transported In Africa
*Plane That Landed On African Highway Carrying U.S. Troops Gets Dismantled
-- Washington Post*
When a cargo plane landed on a Ugandan highway last month carrying U.S.
troops, it grabbed attention and shed light on the low-key way in which
American forces travel through Africa to carry out missions. But there’s
more to the story: The aircraft will be dismantled, likely because it can’t
fly from the same location again.
A news video of the plane — a CASA-212 aircraft, as the website Medium
pointed out — shows it surrounded by Ugandan civilians after it made an
emergency landing Jul... more »
How The Crisis In Ukraine Is Shaping How Strategists Study War
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting at the
Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, July 30, 2014. Credit:
Reuters/Alexei Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
*What Ukraine Means For How We Study War -- Joshua Rovner, Washington Post*
Last week Marc Lynch wrote a thoughtful commentary on the future of
political science after Gaza. He noted that while the ongoing violence
seems very familiar, it actually suggests a number of new questions for
political scientists who focus on the Arab-Israeli dispute. These include
everything from the limits of transnational ... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Atmospheres”
Deuter, “Atmospheres”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li3UthG-7kM
"Your Silence..."
“Your silence will not protect you.”
- Audre Lorde
Billboard improvement
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No U.S. - Russia Nuclear Defense For Real-Life ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid Threats
*U.S.—Russia Tensions Nuke Plans For Real-Life ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid
Defense -- Asawin Suebsaeng, Daily Beast*
The U.S. Energy Department, apparently, is being forced to close its eyes.
Rising tensions between the United States and Russia, stemming from the
latter’s recent aggressions, have upended the Obama administration’s
ambitious Russia “reset”—and with it, the once-promising U.S.-Russian plans
to destroy killer asteroids with nuclear bombs.
On Sunday, The New York Times ran a story detailing how the Ukraine crisis
has stalled an accord that promised “one of the most expansiv... more »
In A Rebuke To It's Neighbors And The U.S., China Says It Can Build What It Wants In The South China Sea
Image from The Economist
*China Says Can Build What It Wants On South China Sea Isles -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - China can build whatever it wants on its islands in the South
China Sea, a senior Chinese official said on Monday, rejecting proposals
ahead of a key regional meeting to freeze any activity that may raise
tensions in disputed waters there.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers this week hold security talks with
counterparts, including those from the United States and China, in Myanmar,
with escalating tensions over maritime disputes in Asia likely to be a
major issue.
The Phi... more »
The Ebola Epidemic Is 'Picking Up Speed' In Africa
*Ebola Death Toll Rises To 887 As Spread Of Disease Picks Up Speed -- L.A.
Times*
The deadly Ebola virus sweeping through West Africa continues to
accelerate, according to numbers released Monday by the World Health
Organization.
The virus has now claimed at least 887 lives, the WHO reported, with 163
new cases and 61 deaths in just two days.
The latest update indicates the disease is picking up speed, with the
number of new infections surging by 33% over the last three-day report
ending July 27, and three new cases reported in Nigeria, the latest country
to be hit by the diseas... more »
As Soon As People With Guns Start Talking About Extermination, You Know There's A Serious Problem
Gun nuts will be in ecstasy when they read about civil unrest in western
China's Xinjiang Province. The freedom fighters only had knives, axes and
swords and were slaughtered by the governmental oppressors with automatic
rifles. Many local Muslims want their own country but virtually all local
Muslims don't want Beijing interfering with their faith. So they butchered
35 Han Chinese civilians with their knives and swords and then killed two
Muslim Uighurs who collaborate with the Chinese as well as a prominent
pro-government imam at a major mosque in the old Silk Road city of Kashg... more »
Do you cook at home ... or eat out?
[image: Cooking at home is Eco-friendly]*Cooking at home is Eco-friendly!*When
we cook at home, we can control all aspects of a meal. We determine
everything from the type of pots and pans we use, to the ingredients we
buy, to the amount we prepare.
Eating out, on the other hand, is a bit harder on the environment.
Restaurants use a lot of energy, waste ingredients, and don't always use
local, whole foods in their recipes.
So I'm wondering ... how many times, in a week, do you cook at home?
Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading
questionnaire tool.... more »
Untitled
METRO | Alice Embree reports on a moving memorial for the victims of the UT
Tower shootings.
911
this is an orange
solving the mystery of wtc7
zero: an investigation of 9/11
Disease Expert Warns That Terrorists Could Make A 'Dirty Bomb' Containing Ebola
*Terrorists Could Use Ebola To Create Dirty Bomb To Kill Large Numbers In
The UK, Says Cambridge University Disease Expert -- Daily Mail*
* Dr Peter Walsh says group such as Al Qaeda could use virus to create bomb
* Biological anthropologist says risk of Ebola reaching UK is small
* 'Bigger risk' is that terrorists manage to harness virus, says expert
* Bomb could cause 'large number' of horrific deaths
The deadly Ebola virus could be used by terrorists to create a dirty bomb
capable of killing large numbers of people in the UK, a Cambridge
University disease expert has warned.
As fe... more »
The Islamic State Is Focusing On Saudi Arabia
*ISIL Targets Saudi Intelligence -- Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon*
Officials: ‘Crowd-sourced’ assassination campaign aimed at destabilizing
Saudi Arabia
The ultra-violent al Qaeda offshoot group Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has targeted Saudi Arabian intelligence officers for
a campaign of assassination as part of plans by the group to expand
activities inside the oil-rich kingdom.
A Twitter campaign by ISIL terrorists was launched Friday that sought
information on Saudi intelligence officers. It followed a fatal knife
attack against a Saudi police off... more »
The Continuing Israeli Genocide Of Gaza: Exposing Israeli Lies - How A "Kidnapped" Soldier Ilustrates Israeli Deception!
Today, the reports coming out of Gaza seem to be going from bad to
horrific... It seems that as I have already stated as fact is coming
true... The insane and very criminal Israelis are out to exterminate the
entire population locked up in what is truly the world's largest open air
concentration camp. There should be absolutely no doubt in anyone's minds
any more that this has always been the purpose of this Israeli operation
against innocent and mostly helpless human beings..
Every single lie that the Israelis have used to this date that they have
used as their "excuse" to attack... more »
The Rise Of The Islamic State Is Unprecedented In The History Of Extremist Organizations
*Islamic State ‘Now Controls Resources And Territory Unmatched In History
Of Extremist Organizations’ -- Terrence McCoy, Washington Post*
It’s a pattern of territorial expansion that has now become familiar. After
the Islamic State captured Sinjar on Sunday, came the executions. Then
arrived the orders to convert or die, the flash of the movement’s black
flag, the fleeing of thousands — and, finally, the jubilant and chilling
images on social media.
One showed a destroyed Shiite shrine, which had long sat in the ancient
city of Sinjar in northwestern Iraq. Another depicted the exe... more »
Machinery of the day: Waterview spoil
Here’s the latest video showing the construction of the Waterview tunnel,
this time highlighting the removal of spoil from the tunnel face. An almost
wholly mechanised process, at the rate of one trailer truck load every ten
minutes.
It reminded me of the observation that capital goods – machines and the
like – all that good stuff that Thomas Piketty and his crowd think are
unnecessary and irrelevant to production – are in fact tools by which human
effort is vastly leveraged,, making work like this possible. (Not just more
roundabout production, but production that wouldn’t be pos... more »
(Mary's Mosaic?) Who Rules Washington? (The Rise to Power of the National Security State )
Speaking of good books for a long weekend's indulgent read, I recommend
Peter (son of CIA head Wistar, who was probably involved) Janney's detailed
explication of what happened before and after the murders of JFK and his
very good friend - and college chum of Janney's Mother at Vassar - Mary
(ex-wife of CIA very-scary-guy Cord) Meyer. The storyline also exposes
(among many other subjects) much
Israel Is Turning Gaza To Ashes; ISIS Terrorists Threaten To Turn Iraq Into A Wasteland Like Afghanistan; The Authors of These Disasters Are On The CIA's Payroll
"So, as I terrorize Gotham Gaza, I will feed its people hope to poison
their souls. I will let them believe they can survive so that you can watch
them clambering over each other to stay in the sun. You can watch me
torture an entire city and when you have truly understood the depth of your
failure, we will fulfill Ra's al Ghul's Zionism's destiny... We will
destroy Gotham Gaza and then, when it is done and Gotham Gaza is...*ashes*...
then you have my permission to die." - Israel to Palestinian leaders. *Source
of quote: The Dark Knight Rises (2012, Warner Bros. Pictures).*
An exce... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This shock wave plows through space at over 500,000 kilometers per hour.
Moving toward to bottom of this beautifully detailed color composite, the
thin, braided filaments are actually long ripples in a sheet of glowing gas
seen almost edge on. Cataloged as NGC 2736, its narrow appearance suggests
its popular name, the Pencil Nebula.
*Click image for larger size.*
About 5 light-years long and a mere 800 light-years away, the Pencil Nebula
is only a small part of the Vela supernova remnant. The Vela remnant itself
is around 100 light-years in diameter and is the expanding debris cloud... more »
"The Wonder Of Life"
"We live in radical times surrounded by tasks that seem impossible. It has
become our collective fate to be alive in a time of great tragedies, to
live in a period of overwhelming disasters and to stand at the edge of
sweeping changes. The river of life is flooding before us, and a tide of
poisons affect the air we breathe and the waters we drink and even tarnish
the dreams of those who are young and as yet innocent. The snake-bitten
condition has already spread throughout the collective body.
However, it is in troubled times that it becomes most important to remember
that the wond... more »
"One Big Road..."
“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you're riding through the
ruts,
don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy.
Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!”
- Bob Marley
"Reality..."
“He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be
able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.”
- Anwar Sadat
•
"Reality is certainty or authenticity which gives a support to our argument
on any matter. Reality can also be defined as the one that the majority of
the people have agreed upon. But for argument sake, we may also say that
facts are different from reality. “Reality is that which when you stop
believing in it, does not go away” said Philip K Dick. But it also seems
that reality depends upon the perspective with which we view them. ... more »
The Poet: Joy Harjo, "Eagle Poem"
*"Eagle Poem" *
"To pray you open your whole self
To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon
To one whole voice that is you.
And know there is more
That you can't see, can't hear
Can't know except in moments
Steadily growing, and in languages
That aren't always sound but other
Circles of motion.
Like eagle that Sunday morning
Over Salt River. Circles in blue sky
In wind, swept our hearts clean
With sacred wings.
We see you, see ourselves and know
That we must take the utmost care
And kindness in all things.
Breathe in, knowing we are made of
All this, and breathe, knowing
We are truly blessed bec... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Boise, Idaho, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Paulo Coelho, “Choosing The Way We Will Depart”
*“Choosing The Way We Will Depart”*
by Paulo Coelho
"As you probably know, we are all going to die one day. As we become aware
of that, we should surrender to life with much more joy, making things we
always postpone, respecting the precious minutes that are passing by and
will never come back, disclosing and discovering horizons that can be
interesting or disappointing, but deserve at least a little bit of our
effort. It’s normal that we try to avoid death. It isn’t only normal, it’s
the healthiest attitude we can adopt. It is an aberration however to deny
it, as the awareness of ... more »
Jus Ex Bello in Gaza
The New York Times recently reported that unidentified Israeli officials
claimed that Israel is looking to unilaterally end the conflict with Hamas
in Gaza. After more than 1800 Palestinian casualties in three weeks of
fighting, international pressure to cease hostilities appears to be
working. However, this strategy of the “silent treatment,” rather than a
negotiated settlement
Continue reading
"I Soon Found Out..."
"I soon found out you can't change the world.
The best you can do is to learn to live with it."
- Henry Miller
“Living With the Contradictions"
*“Living With the Contradictions: A Human Potential Visionary*
* Talks About Our Infinite Potential and How We Also Block Progress”*
By Charles Eisenstein
"Last week I sat down for a telephone conversation with Joseph Chilton
Pearce, an author who has had a big influence not only on my work, but on
the way I have raised my children. He alerted me early on to the damage
that hospital birthing, day care, television, and modern schooling do to
the developing brain. A World War Two veteran, he could be considered one
of the elders of the human potential movement, although he brings to it... more »
Chet Raymo, "Why Not?"
*"Why Not?"*
by Chet Raymo
"A reader named Liz asked: "If we are all one and made out of the same
material- then the things that we make are made out of the same material.
But they are not animate. Why not?" At first glance, this might seem like a
naive question, one that we all know the answer to. On reflection, it turns
out to be terribly profound. Or should I have said, "wonderfully profound"?
Yes, everything, animate and inanimate, is made of the same stuff - the 92
naturally-occurring elements - but all of the animate things we know about
are made mainly of carbon compounds - ... more »
Monsanto Paid Female Bloggers to Attend Panel
Heather Callaghan
Writers are often barraged with email invites to attend conferences to
become better writers with promises that, in time, their efforts will
produce a lucrative income. There are niche writing workshops as well, such
as "food blogging." The hitch, of course, is that one must pay for tickets
to enter said workshop.
In a notable flipside, however, Monsanto recently paid female bloggers $150
if they attended "an intimate and interactive panel." The goal here not
being a way to a successful writing career, but rather an incentivized way
to shape public opinion.
The... more »
The Dog that Did not Bark: American Airlines Flight 587 - by Webster G.Tarpley
The Dog That Did Not Bark - American Airlines Flight 587 from Spike EP on
Vimeo.
*The Dog that Did not Bark*
"Two months after 9/11, American Airlines Flight 587 -- an Airbus 300-600
-- left John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to the Dominican
Republic. Less than three minutes after takeoff, the aircraft crashed in a
blazing inferno in the heart of a Queens neighborhood. All 265 people
aboard perished. According to the NTSB, the tail fin and rudder of the
plane sheared off as it accelerated. *This was the second deadliest crash
in U.S. history, but it also "was the fi... more »
DHS Funded Report: Sovereign Citizens Greatest Threat To U.S.
Brandon Turbeville
Back in April, 2014, I wrote an article entitled “FBI Visiting Gun Shops To
Investigate ‘People Talking About Big Government,” where I reported the
fact that FBI Counterterrorism agents were visiting South Carolina gun
shops in order to gain information regarding potentially “suspicious”
customers. These “suspicious” people were not those suspected of Muslim
extremism but Americans who were concerned with big government.
The agent who approached the gun shop discussed in my article was actually
quoted as saying “If you see some Middle Eastern guy come in. You d... more »
Would Elizabeth Green Approve of A Book I Might Write on the Art and Craft of Journalism?
Somehow I doubt it, especially since I am not a journalist, haven't studied
or practiced journalism, and know almost nothing about the origins,
history, theoretical base, or conceptual understanding and shared knowledge
of the craft and art of journalistic writing.
I hope Elizabeth will forgive me, then, for being skeptical about her
finally-published Columbia journalism research paper on pedagogy and
teaching, the "meat" of which was published in the New York Times Magazine
over four years ago.
I read a sampling of Elizabeth's "new" book at Amacon, and it is clear that
Elizabeth'... more »
The Truth is Rising About Global Destabilization
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*Sign a remembrance card on the BradyCampaign to Prevent Gun Violence
website*
*"I come before you today as not just another pretty face, but out of sheer
talent."*
*-- Jim Brady, to a press corps aware that First Lady-to-beNancy Reagan had
wanted a Ken doll as press secretary*
*"Neurosurgeon Arthur I. Kobrine later recalled telling the president's
personal physician about Mr. Brady: 'It's a terrible injury. I don't think
he has a chance. I don't think he's going to make it, but I think we should
try.' "*
*-- from Jon Thurber's Washington Post obituary*
*"The bullies have suc... more »
9/11 and Global Terrorism - A Dialogue with Jacques Derrida
*"Derrida is the kind of philosopher that gives bullshit a bad name"*
*Foucault*
"In the winter of 1989, during Bush’s first hundred days in office,
*Fukuyama* delivered a lecture to the Olin Foundation which was later
published in *The National Interest*quarterly under the title of “The End
of History?” Imperial administrator *Fukuyama* had studied under the
reactionary elitist *Allan Bloom, *and was conversant with the French
neo-enlightenment semiotic (or semi-idiotic) school of *Derrida, Foucault,
and Roland Barthes,* whose zero degree of writing *Fukuyama* may have been
striv... more »
Faux outrage by the US and President Obama regarding Gaza ( August 4 , 2014 ) --- US, UN Outraged as Israel Strikes Another Gaza School ..... All the while US cash , weapons and surveillance involved in the same attacks ! Snowden outs Obama's charade !
Just a masquerade folks........
Russia Today......
Obama's 'helplessness' an act: Snowden reveals scale of US aid to Israel
Published time: August 04, 2014 07:37
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Iraq Update ( July 18 , 2014 ) Latest news on the ongoing sectarian war , news from Kurdistan , items on the political front ......
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Vineyard of the Saker......
July 18th Iraq SITREP by Mindfriedo
Iraq SITREP 18th July: Who wants to live forever ?
Quote of the day, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib on being hit by the (Muawiya’s)
assassin’s sword when in prayer: Today Ali is successful/has succeeded!
18th July: Abdul Raqib Amin, 26, a Daash fighter killed near Ramadi by
Security Forces is believed to be one of the three British Nationals who
appeared in a recruitment video last month
18th July: State of The Law Coalition (Maliki’s Party within the National
Alliance) states that others cannot expect a party that polled ... more »
Sunset of US Hegemony and the rule of King Dollar -- ( August 4 , 2014 ) Lead Articles --- India Slams US Global Hegemony By Scuttling Global Trade Deal, Puts Future Of WTO In Doubt ; De-Dollarization Continues: Russian Oligarchs Shift Cash To Hong Kong Dollars On Sanctions Concerns ....... additional items to consider !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-04/de-dollarization-continues-russian-oligarchs-shift-cash-hong-kong-dollars-sanctions-
De-Dollarization Continues: Russian Oligarchs Shift Cash To Hong Kong
Dollars On Sanctions Concerns
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- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Currency Peg
- Hong Kong
inShare
Last week we noted the very significant activity by the Hong Kong Monetary
Authority as it bought USDollars in size to support its peg. It appears we
have found at least one smoking gun fo... more »
Israel And Hamas Agree To A 72-Hour Ceasefire
Israeli soldiers arrive at a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip
August 4, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Nir Elias
*Officials: Israel, Palestinian Factions Accept 72-Hour Cease-Fire In Gaza
-- CNN*
Gaza City (CNN) -- Will it, or won't it, hold?
That's the question following word late Monday that Israel and Palestinian
factions, including Hamas, agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire
proposed by Egypt.
Even as both sides agreed to the cease-fire, scheduled to begin Tuesday
morning, both sides appeared suspicious of one another.
"The onus is on Hamas," Israeli government spok... more »
Illinois' next governor may make Romney look like a saint
Does the name Bruce Rauner ring a bell? No, me neither. It turns out he's
the Republican nominee for governor in Illinois, which under normal
circumstances would mean he's a nobody. But he's been leading incumbent
Democrat Pat Quinn in polls all summer, and could actually end up as the
state's next governor.
This is a problem, because he is even more out of touch with the middle
class than Mitt Romney (Rauner is a private equity near-billionaire) whose
idea of transparency is to release the first two pages of his 1040 tax
return for 2010-12, and nothing else. Romney at least release... more »
World War One ... historical stupidity that seemed like a good idea at the time
*I see that the Canadians are being brainwashed into thinking that World
War One was a great and glorious moment in Canadian history. You are being
told that Canadian soldiers died for Canada's 'freedom' during the First
World War ... to 'protect and preserve our nation'. Nonsense!!!*
*Any one with even a fleeting knowledge of history will struggle with this
interpretation of the pointless, meaningless conflict known as 'the First
World War'.*
*Stop any citizen on the street and ask them what the reason for the First
World War was ... and see if they know. Essentially, three Royal... more »
Call For Genocide Adds to Israel's Mounting Public Relations Problem
It's not like Israel has enough of a public relations problem with the
mounting "collateral damage" from Operation Protective Edge but when
moronic bloggers are openly calling for genocide it doesn't help the cause.
In a deranged screed that was published by The Times of Israel and then
rapidly removed after mounting outrage triggered by the ill-advised posting
by Yochanan Gordon. The piece also appeared on The Five Towns Jewish Times,
a Long Island based newspaper and website founded by his father. Both
rapidly sites issued apologies for the piece and should hang their heads in
... more »
Arabs not supporting Hamas?
Elan Journo observes that Arab regimes in the past “would pounce to vilify
Israel’s efforts at defending itself from Palestinian aggression, but
curiously, many have been quiet amid the Gaza war.”
Why so?
One explanation, sketched in this *New York Times* piece, is that the Arab
states view the Islamists of Hamas (whose patron is Iran) as a major
problem, a higher priority than their (unwarranted) enmity toward Israel.
If so, that implies these regimes understand the Islamist threat better
than many in the West.
An exception of course is , pointed out by the *Washington Times*, ... more »
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 4, 2014
*Why Are So Many Civilians Dying In Hamas-Israel War? -- Ashley Fantz, CNN*
(CNN) -- Images from the conflict between Israel and Hamas depict apparent
civilians, innocent people caught in the middle. Often, the dead are
children.
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza stands at more than 1,800, with nearly
10,000 wounded, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday. More than 300 children
have died, the ministry has reported, as the United Nations repeatedly
raises concerns about the high number of deaths in Gaza.
On the Israeli side, 64 Israeli soldiers and three civilians have died
since fi... more »
Ebola
FTR 4 Excerpted from the One Step Beyond show of 8/18/96, this broadcast
highlights the possible use of genetically-engineered micro-organisms for
the purposes of biological warfare and genocide. Beginning with the
research of Doctors Garth and Nancy Nicolson, the program discusses an
(apparently) genetically mutated mycoplasma that figures prominently in the
mysterious "Gulf War Syndrome". This micro-organism has had a gene from the
HIV spliced into its genome, making it much more destructive. Most of the
segment focuses on the remarkable recent book Emerging Viruses - AIDS and
E... more »
"Refugee camps" in Kurdish/Iraq- Kurds request No-fly Buffer Zone & Armed US Assist
*I am having a bit of deja vu. Deja vu, as in this seems somewhat
familiar...........*
*Turkey plans refugee camps, in Kurdish held territory, in Iraq.*
The deja vu, for myself, and perhaps for long time readers here comes from
the fact that *Turkey built "refugee camps" *at it's border with Syria but
those camps were only maybe a tiny bit for refugees and *mostly for NATO
backed Islamist fighters to destroy Syria.*
Since some in Turkey have already embedded themselves with the Kurds, there
is no need to build "refugee camps" for NATO backed fighters in Turkey.The
Kurds are very... more »
World News Briefs -- August 4, 2014 (Evening Edition)
Palestinians dig through the rubble of a building searching for bodies
after what police said was an Israeli air strike at Shati (Beach) refugee
camp in Gaza City August 4, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
*Israel And Hamas Agree To A 72 Hour Ceasefire -- BBC*
Israel and Palestinian groups including Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour
humanitarian truce in Gaza, officials and Egyptian mediators say.
The ceasefire will start at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Tuesday.
On Monday Israel held its own seven-hour "humanitarian window" in Gaza but
then resumed its military operations.
H... more »
The Medicine Man - Ebola, Project Coast and the Depopulation of Africa
Larry Ford was a regular at those gatherings, and the technology he handed
over that day, Bouwer chortled, could prove invaluable: a sampler of
virulent, designer strains of cholera, anthrax, botulism, plague, and
malaria, as well as a bacteria he claimed had been mutated to be *“pigment
specific.” “Kaffer-killing germs,” *Bouwer confided, using the derogatory
Afrikaans term for blacks. *“Dr. Ford has done my country a great service.”*
Anthrax War - Project Coast, Dr. David Kelly and the Ethnic Weapons Program
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
The Assassination of Dr. David Kelly of MI6 ... more »
Who writes this shit?
Reading the commentariat slagging off the shouting match Joyce v Robertson
on this weekend’s *The Nation* – the interview show that’s only shown at
the time when most decent people are either in bed being hungover, or at
least not spending their Sunday morning in front of a bloody television –
I headed over to the website to enjoy the blood sport, and stayed to lament
the idiocy.
The blood sport was ill described, purportedly a debate about “the wealth
of the nation” – Joyce and Robertson going “head-to-head on their parties'
prescriptions for prosperity.” It wasn’t that at all; ... more »
Iraq’s Religious Minorities Are Being Slaughtered By The Islamic State
*Iraq’s Religious Minorities Are Being Slaughtered And ISIS Just Captured
The Last Town Giving Them Shelter -- Andrew Slater, Daily Beast*
ISIS just captured the Iraqi town of Sinjar in the first major defeat of
Kurdish forces. Religious groups that had taken refuge there are in
imminent danger of being massacred.
In a major defeat for Kurdish forces the Iraqi town of Sinjar was captured
Sunday by the group known as ISIS, now calling itself the Islamic State.
This is the Kurds first major loss to ISIS and a catastrophe for the
religious minorities who had taken refuge in the area ... more »
After Fleeing Advancing Islamic State Forces Humiliated Kurdish Leaders Have Ordered Their Forces To launch A Counter-Offensive
Photograph: Guardian
*Humiliated Kurdish Leaders Order Counter-Strike Against Advancing Islamic
State Fighters -- The Telegraph*
Questions asked about Kurdish Peshmerga troops after extremist militants
execute lightening strike and send thousands fleeing for their lives.
Kurdish leaders ordered a major counter-offensive against Islamic State
fighters in northern Iraq yesterday after being humiliated by a lightning
Jihadist surge into their supposedly “safe” areas.
Tens of thousands of members of the region’s patchwork of minority groups
were said to be in flight in the deserts an... more »
Never A Good Sign: "My Men Are Brave And Honourable; Their Cause Is Holy"
Kaiser Wilhelm II allowed zeppelins to bomb Liège in Belgium in August,
1914, right at the beginning of WW I and soon the zeppelins were dropping
bombs on Paris as well, even damaging Notre Dame Cathedral. Willy was ok
with bombing English military installations and docks but forbade targeting
London in the fear that a bomb might hoot one of his royal relatives but by
1915 he was already being ignored by the military and they began a terror
bombing of London. Watch the video from documentary sources above. In all,
Britain suffered 1,413 civilian deaths and 3,409 injuries from the ... more »
The Economy: “Middle Class? What Middle Class?”
*“Middle Class? What Middle Class?”*
by Bill Bonner
“We have reached the age where we have to resist the urge to give unwanted
advice to younger people. Just this morning, a young woman was crossing the
street: "Hey, none of my business, but that's a dangerous place to cross.
The cars whip around the corner here... and they can't see you because of
the scaffolding." "Thanks," came the polite brush-off.
And now we are about to give you, dear reader, some advice. Not a stock
tip. Not a trade. Nope... This is advice about crossing the street, circa
2014. And this advice could be wort... more »
Why the Great War Was Not Stopped
A century on and the establishment are still soft-soaping it. So no Dave,
no. Britain didn't declare war against Germany for the sake of poor little
Belgium, the rights of small nations or for the defence of neutrality.
Those then groaning under the weight of our empire might have had a thing
or two to say about these matters after all. These were the good reasons.
The real reasons, which *did not* make war an inevitability, was acting to
prevent French and Belgian channel ports from becoming German naval bases,
and putting the Wilhelmine upstart back into its box. Cold, hard intere... more »
Iraq's Sunni Militants Are Seizing The Country's Major Dams
*Iraq’s Biggest Dam at Risk as Militants Battle for Control -- Bloomberg*
Kurdish security forces clashed with a breakaway al-Qaeda group that’s
trying to extend its conquests in northern Iraq by seizing the country’s
largest dam.
Fighting is raging near the Mosul dam, and it is a “no man’s land,” Sheikh
Ahmed Al-Simmari, a resident of the nearby city of Rabia’ah, said in a
phone interview. The Kurds have bolstered their forces around the area and
are preparing a counteroffensive to retake the Rabia’ah border post with
Syria and nearby towns, he said.
*Read more* ....
*More New... more »
Covert chemical warfare: 100,000 deaths a year
image source Jon Rappoport
Medical News Today reports that, in 2011, there was a modest uptick in the
number of prescriptions written in the US.
The increase brought the total to: 4.02 billion.
Yes, in 2011, doctors wrote 4.02 billion prescriptions for drugs in
America.
That’s an average of roughly 13 prescriptions for each man, woman, and
child.
That’s about one new prescription every month for every American.
The Medical News Today article concluded, “…the industry should be
heartened by the growth of the number of prescriptions and spending.” Yes,
I’m sure the drug in... more »
Defining Away Economic Failure
Anthony Freda Art
Paul Craig Roberts
Last week’s government guesstimate that second quarter 2014 real GDP growth
will be 4% seems nonsensical on its face. There is no evidence of increases
in real median family incomes or real consumer credit that would lift the
economy from a first quarter decline to 4% growth in the second quarter.
Middle class store closings (Sears, Macy’s, J.C. Penney) have spread into
the Dollar stores used by those with lower incomes. Family Dollar, a chain
in the process of closing hundreds of stores is being bought by Dollar
Tree, the only one of the th... more »
Doctor: ‘There’s Not Enough PANIC and Customers to Make an Ebola Vaccine’ — Oh Really?
Melissa Melton
A short two-minute video Bloomberg News uploaded to YouTube attempts to
explain why the world doesn’t already have a widely available Ebola vaccine.
(Trusting the ingredients of such a thing and whether or not you would
personally take it is another matter entirely, but hold on a second.)
What’s fascinating about this clip is what Dr. Ben Neuman, University of
Reading, says towards the end.
Neuman explains that because viruses easily mutate, “It’s not just one drug
we need for Ebola. We need a cocktail of drugs and perhaps a nice vaccine
that could be used.”
Hm.... more »
Luke Rudkowski Interviews David Icke About Consciousness
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In this video Luke Rudkowski meets David Icke on the Isle of Wight to
continue their conversation from last year about consciousnesses and
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Rumours
We've had a bit of a readership spike today, specifically for the post
called Jeremy Bowen's Gaza notebook: "I saw no evidence of Hamas using
Palestinians as human shields", which quoted the BBC's Middle East Editor
saying just that in a *New Statesman* article.
This great interest has been generated by a rumour on social media:
BBC removed Jeremy Bowen from #Gaza for saying he had not seen any evidence
of #Hamas using civilians as humanshields pic.twitter.com/ynoKwQtbXG
— Raajje News (@raajjenews) August 3, 2014
Soon the likes of Lauren Booth and Tariq Ramadan were tweeting their ... more »
Lyse, damned lies and dodgy statistics.
I bear Lyse Doucet no ill-will. I don’t feel any animosity towards her at
all. At one time I found her accent intriguing, and many years ago I
listened to a middle-of-the-night broadcast on radio 4, probably BBC World
service, about her background and Canadian origins and thought it was
fascinating.
Of course, since she’s been beating the anti-Israel trail, it is hard not
to find yourself disliking her. I mean when she slunk over to the side of
the street where the sun don’t shine, you had to wonder what went wrong.
Somewhere, somehow she lost sight of the investigate/inquire/ques... more »
Quote of the Day: Education Policy
"Today, education reformers increasingly view our children as fodder for
the engines
of economic productivity. Leaders of global corporations, education
"experts," and
political leaders, having lost sight of the true ends of education, promote
uniformity
of curricula across the nation, validated by high-stakes testing. The time
has long
passed for us to recognize that these would-be emperors of the mind … wear
no clothes."
- Lenore Ealy, "Is Education Policy Economic Policy"
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ih... more »
METRO | Alice Embree : A moving memorial for the victims of the UT Tower shootings
Whitman survivor Claire Wilson James said, ‘It was so important to me that
a student group organized this event, and that a younger generation is
carrying these stories forward.’ By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 4,
2014 … finish reading *METRO* | Alice Embree : A moving memorial for the
victims of the UT Tower shootings
When is Ebola not Ebola? ... When it walks off an airplane
As I pressed the "publish" button on yesterdays Ebola article, I knew that
there were several more facts and pieces of information to bring to the
public's attention. Here is part II of
The Ebola Outbreak: The "Pandemic" that isn't.The more news articles I
read, the more blatant the lies and deception become. The main stream
media seems to of been caught in their tracks with their "Ebola is an
airborne (aerosol) virus" lies and are now quickly backtracking and setting
the record straight on that fact. The Associated Press released this
article on 5 things you need to know about t... more »
Who can rescue the Labour Party?
A wise man, not David Miliband who looks shocked that the BBC would allow
such an attack on their allies
http://youtu.be/zhi-totcVVE
Profiteers on the Move in MA to Expand Charters in 2016
From Lisa Guisbond at CPS:
Charter proponents may have been shocked to be handed a rare legislative
defeat, but they are not sitting back on the heels of their designer shoes.
The State House News Service reported this week that charter advocates "are
already eyeing the 2016 ballot" and "reaching out to supporters in the
business and education communities, as well as potential donors, to line up
the backing necessary to mount a ballot campaign."
The report also heralded the arrival in Boston of a new pro-charter school
player, called "Families for Excellent Schools," led by a Brookl... more »
TRUTH of Smoking and Tobacco benefits. Tobacco treats Ebola, has many medicinal properties and Good Health Properties
The Truth of tobacco and smoking. It is beneficial and it is a treatment
for Ebola. It is not beneficial to smoke commercial bought cigarettes as
they contain over 3000 additives with many of those being carcinogenic.
Smoking store bought cigarettes will cause someone to have cancer. But
smoking natural pure tobacco is something all together different and can be
very good for you health
U.S. Sent Youths From Latin America To Cuba To Stir A Revolt
*AP: Obama Administration Program Secretly Sent Young Latin Americans To
Cuba To Gin Up Rebellion -- CBS*
WASHINGTON — An Obama administration program secretly dispatched young
Latin Americans to Cuba using the cover of health and civic programs to
provoke political change, a clandestine operation that put those foreigners
in danger even after a U.S. contractor was hauled away to a Cuban jail.
Beginning as early as October 2009, a project overseen by the U.S. Agency
for International Development sent Venezuelan, Costa Rican and Peruvian
young people to Cuba in hopes of ginning up r... more »
Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 4, 2014
*Ukraine Crisis: Army 'Heading For Victory' - Defence Minister -- BBC*
Ukraine's defence minister has said his forces are gaining ground
significantly against rebels in the country's east.
Valeriy Heletey told the BBC there would be victory "very soon".
He blamed the rebels for the difficulties faced by international experts in
getting access to the MH17 crash site.
His remarks came as civilians in the east prepare for a siege as government
forces close in on the rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Residents are stockpiling food and supplies and are sleeping in basements,
w... more »
Lebanese Army Continue To Battle Syrian Rebels Who Have Crossed The Border From Syria
*Lebanon's Military Battles Islamists on Syrian Border -- Voice of America*
Lebanese troops are battling Islamic militants near the Syrian border in a
third day of fierce clashes - the worst spillover of violence since Syria's
civil war broke out three years ago.
Lebanon's army reported Monday that at least 16 of its soldiers have been
killed in the fighting that erupted in the town of Arsal, while another 22
are missing. It said that advancing soldiers have found the bodies of 50
militants.
Hundreds of Lebanese civilians and Syrian refugees crammed into cars and
pickup trucks du... more »
The Secret to Amazing Clam Chowder
There is a restaurant where my dad grew up in Oregon that is known for
their clam chowder. Every summer when we would drive up to visit my
grandpa, we would stop for clam chowder. I was convinced there was nothing
in the world more disgusting and I refused to eat anything but crackers
every time we went. One summer, after watching my parents struggle to get
my to try just one bite, my grandpa took a new approach. He offered me $5
to try the soup, one bite turned into bowl after bowl and I have never
looked back. After trying clam chowder at just about every place I have
been that... more »
Hamas Video 'Shows-Off' Their Ghoul Sniper Rifle In Action (And With A '2km Range')
*Hamas Militant Video Shows Ghoul Sniper With '2km Range' -- The Telegraph*
A video released by Hamas, which cannot be independently verified, shows a
huge sniper which militants claim was made in Gaza
Hamas' armed wing has released footage of a home grown sniper rifle,
nicknamed Ghoul, which it is using to target Israeli soldiers.
The footage, which cannot be independently verified, shows what Hamas
claims is a 14.5mm caliber sniper rifle, with 2 km (1.2 mile) range. The
average range of a typical sniper rifle is just under 900 yards (800
metres).
A militant posing next to the ... more »
Campbell Brown Clip from Colbert Show
Campbell Brown has been named by George Schmidt to the Ann Coulter Chair of
Right Wing Punditry. Congrats, Campbell.
Below is George's commentary from *Substance News*.
George N. Schmidt - August 04, 2014
From one point of view, you could say that Campbell Brown just got a
promotion. From an obscure "reporter" at CNN, she has been elevated to what
Substance will call the "Ann Coulter Chair of Right Wing Punditry" in
American media. (See below for another version of this, based on 20th
Century history). One way or the other, four years after "Waiting for
Superman" and four years a... more »
Robert Reich And Stanley Chang Want To Solve One Of The Big Problems Endemic To Growing Inequality
The debate above on the topic: The Rich Are Taxed Enough-- Robert Reich and
Mark Zandi vs Glenn Hubbard and Arthur Laffer-- took place in 2012. At its
core, the question came down to whether or not the richest are paying their
fair share in taxes. (Spoiler: the audience vote showed a gargantuan win
for Reich and Zandi over the two clueless corporate stooges Hubbard and
Laffer.)
Over the weekend, Reich did an interesting post, Work and Worth that almost
anyone who finds himself in a high-paid job contemplates at one time or
another. His assertion-- that "what someone is paid ha... more »
Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- August 4, 2014
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)*
*Netanyahu: Gaza Campaign Continues Until Calm Restored -- Voice of America*
Israel will not stop its military campaign in Gaza until long-term calm is
restored, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, at the end of a
seven-hour humanitarian lull in fighting.
“The campaign in Gaza is continuing. This operation will only end when
quiet and security is established for the citizens of Israel for a
prolonged period," he said on a visit to the army's southern command.
Also Monday, in what appeared to be backlash against Israel’s offensive
against Ga... more »
The Kitchen Sink was Exposed
When I was five or six years old
I first became aware
there is a world and I
somehow are a part of it
My question then
and now is how do I join
will I be a participant
a sailor or a Capetian
a member of the Columbus tradition
as an astronaut,
or as a servant
even an incredibly elevated one
The man realizing that
basically told you
get back to factory
because for you astronomy
is a column in the
paper on Sunday
your fate is in the stars
Fate that is spelled
Sheeple, come on people
be alive
There is no magic force
that guided you to merry
the cheerleader at 23
and give your fortune ... more »
Stop killing people
The
talk of two-state solutions, displacement, borders, violent Zionism,
violent resistance, bombed schools, shelters, houses, kibbutzim, the
opinions of various persons both thoughtful and blinkered is maybe just a
little teeny tiny bit ahead of the game. The current war on Gaza, for
that's what it is, highlights the baseline condition for any peace:
Stop killing people.
Stop killing people.
Noam Chomsky - Information Clearing House - OUTRAGE
as ICH or Information Clearing House states in its front-page editorial,
"You ain't gonna hear this on CNN," and look who authored this
*Gaza-holocaust* article titled...
*OutrageBy Noam ChomskyAugust 03, 2014 "ICH" - Almost every day brings news
of awful crimes, but some are so heinous, so horrendous and malicious, that
they dwarf all else. One of those rare events took place on July 17, when
Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down in Eastern Ukraine, killing 298
people.*
*The Guardian of Virtue in the White House denounced it as an “outrage of
unspeakable proportions,” whic... more »
World News Briefs -- August 4, 2014
Israeli soldiers walk past tanks at a staging area near the border with
Gaza Strip August 4, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Nir Elias
*Israel 'To Pursue Campaign' As Truce Ends -- BBC*
*Israel's prime minister has vowed the campaign in Gaza will continue
"until quiet and security are returned to the citizens of Israel".*
Benjamin Netanyahu issued the statement after Israel's seven-hour
"humanitarian window" for parts of Gaza closed.
The truce slowed violence in Gaza, although Palestinians said Israel broke
it by hitting a house in Gaza City.
Two attacks on Israelis were reported in Jerusal... more »
Im Feeling Intolerant Again
Last month I wrote a little screed about why I thought somebody's comment
was infuriatingly stupid. I called the piece: "Why I'm So Intolerant." (It
turns out that the guy who made the comment has said intelligent things on
other matters and that part of what he was saying was correct. It also
remains the case that a LOT of what he said in the comment was plain
stupid.)
I use the word "intolerant" because there is something about my writing
style that makes me appear intolerant of difference of opinion and even
broadly contemptuous of the intelligence of anyone who disagrees with me... more »
ODE TO A DEAD PALESTINIAN CHILD
*Palestinian Child killed by U.S. made Israeli Navy missile on Gaza beach*
*"If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It
is normal; we have taken their country." - **David Ben-Gurion** (Polish
born Israeli Statesman and Prime Minister (1948-53, 1955-63). *
*Ode to a dead Palestinian child*
*Yesterday you were playing with your cousins **on this sandy Gaza beach.*
*You were playing soccer and you had just scored **a goal with your
makeshift cloth beach ball.*
*You knew there was danger on the beach but you could **not resist the
beach and the cool oc... more »
Congressman Massie: ‘Anger, Frustration, Embarrassment’ When Redacted Portion of 9/11 Report Is Released
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY)
As reported by Joshua Cook:
Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie said that U.S. citizens
should have to right to read the 28 redacted pages from a report
investigating the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Appearing on The Glenn Beck Program, he said there will be “anger,
frustration, and embarrassment when these 28 pages finally come out.”
Despite those negative emotions, Massie is fighting for the document’s
release.
As reported previously on Benswann.com, Massie, Walter Jones (R-NC) and
Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) are sponsoring ... more »
James Heckman’s Research Argues Against Test-Driven Accountability
The Myth of Achievement Tests, by James Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and
Tim Kautz is more than a meticulous work of social science. It also is an
objective, but hard-hitting, analysis of the testing that has driven school
reform, and a warning about the unintended harm done by ill-conceived
policies. One of the best things […]
Netanyahu's Big Lie
http://stopthewall.org/
History is full of ugly ironies. Among the ugliest is the Netanyahu
government's use of the Big Lie to justify what is happening in Gaza. Chris
Hedges writes that, while covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
I saw small boys baited and killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza refugee
camp of Khan Younis. The soldiers swore at the boys in Arabic over the
loudspeakers of their armored jeep. The boys, about 10 years old, then
threw stones at an Israeli vehicle and the soldier... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 4, 2014
Image from VOX
*Analysis: Israel Underestimates Hamas' Asymmetrical Tactics -- Barbara
Opall-Rome, Defense News*
*Tunnels Support Attrition War By Far Inferior, Mini Force*
TEL AVIV — Amid mounting casualties and mutual recriminations over the
sixth failed ceasefire in their ongoing war, Israel and Hamas continued
late last week to battle on parallel fronts: under the sands of Gaza and in
the court of public opinion.
It’s a battle of competing narratives — a protracted race for the public
support and perceived victory needed to deter the other side from the next
round of fighting... more »
ON THE RUN FROM FASCIST KIEV'S WAR
A total of 438 soldiers, including 164 Ukrainian border guards have been
allowed to cross into Russia on Sunday night after they requested
sanctuary.
Previously hundreds of Kiev's soldiers have crossed into Russia - not
wanting to kill their own citizens in the civil conflict being encouraged,
funded, and directed by the US-NATO war machine.
Vineyard of the Saker writes today:
There is also information that among those who did not surrender there are
Polish mercenaries, which essentially explains the stubbornness of the
resistance (a serious international scandal is possible).
Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, “Vision Quest”
Medwyn Goodall, “Vision Quest”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnOSAIJ1lc
We’re All Criminals and Outlaws in the Eyes of the American Police State
By John W. Whitehead
“Never in the civilised world have so many been locked up for so
little.”—“Rough Justice in America,” *The Economist*
Why are we seeing such an uptick in Americans being arrested for such
absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised,
collecting rainwater and snow runoff on their own property, growing
vegetables in their yard, and holding Bible studies in their living room?
Mind you, we’re not talking tickets or fines or even warnings being issued
to these so-called “lawbreakers.” We’re talking felony charges, handcuffs,
police c... more »
Depraved Diplomacy
Just when you thought the official depravity couldn't get any worse, it
gets mind-numbingly worse:
*WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Obama administration program secretly dispatched
young Latin Americans to Cuba using the cover of health and civic programs
to provoke political change, a clandestine operation that put those
foreigners in danger even after a U.S. contractor was hauled away to a
Cuban jail.*
*Beginning as early as October 2009, a project overseen by the U.S. Agency
for International Development sent Venezuelan, Costa Rican and Peruvian
young people to Cuba in hopes of ginning ... more »
Stay inside, hide under the bed and play video games
*Because life is just too dangerous to live!*
By Capt. Fogg
Really, this is the safest time to live in the United states there has ever
been and I'm guessing that's true of the civilized, "first-world" in
general. Your kids are more likely to grow up big and strong and to live
longer than you do just as you're likely to live twice as long as folks did
a hundred or so years ago, but you'd never know it to listen and to read
and to feel the mood of America.
Have you seen the recent car commercials where the distracted young mother
with child in the back seat ( kids can't ride in the... more »
The Holy Land Is Crying Out
Free the Holy Land Five!
This is a track from David Rovics album, Meanwhile In Afghanistan, which
can be downloaded for free or by donation here:
davidrovics.com/meanwhile-in-afga…tan/new-album.php
The Holy Land Five are still in U.S. prison for feeding helpless
Palestinians. David Rovics sings about them: I love this song, David Rovics!
"The Holy Land is crying out, leaving little room for doubt; from ruined
homes, the kids ask you--what in the world will you do?" ~Cynthia McKinney
*You can visit our Gaza article archive here. *
*Poll: Does the United States' support of ... more »
Untitled
*Saints Monday Brief ~Ramon Antonio Vargas *
*Fire out at Diamond Green Diesel plant in Norco *
*Community Panel Wants Local Jobs From New Airport Terminal Project ~Eileen
Fleming, WWNO*
*Bayou Corne Waiting to start anew ~David J. Mitchell, The Advocate*
*Waters closed for over 4 years reopen to commercial, recreational fishing
~WVUE*
*BP files appeal of settlement to U.S. Supreme Court ~David Hammer, WWL*
The spin about the 438 deserted Ukrainian troops
Lots of dramatic and worrisome events keep on taking place in Ukraine.
A million of users saw the monologue by Bogdan Butkevich, a pro-Kiev
journalist and a self-described musician, who said (months ago) that people
like him knew what the Ukrainian national interests were and 1.5 million
people in the Donetsk region (probably referring to all the ethnic
Russians) were "useless people" who needed to be killed. "Gentlemen" like
this one define the contemporary political mainstream in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, four days ago, the Donetsk People's Republic's minister of
defense, Igor Strelkov,... more »
Are Russia's Oligarchs Putting Pressure On Putin Because Of Sanctions?
Gennady Timchenko (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Fedorenko)
*‘No Compromise’: Big Business Won’t Pressure Putin Over Sanctions -- RT*
The big Russian businesses hurt by Western sanctions against Russia won’t
even think about putting pressure on President Putin, because the interests
of the state are at stake in the conflict, says a reputed presidential
‘inner circle’ figure.
“This is out of the question,” Gennady Timchenko, who is one of the few
Russian businessmen personally targeted by the US-championed sanctions,
told ITAR-TASS.
“In any situation Putin is guided by the interests of Russ... more »
Russia Begins New Military Exercises Near The Border With Ukraine
*Russia Staging Military Exercises Near Ukraine: Interfax -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Russia announced new military exercises involving bombers and
fighter jets on Monday in a show of strength near the border with Ukraine.
An air force spokesman was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying more
than 100 planes and helicopters would take part in the manoeuvres from
Monday until Friday in its central and western districts.
The spokesman, Igor Klimov, said the exercises were the first in a series
to improve coordination in the military and made no mention of Ukraine,
where pro-Russian re... more »
August interlude: Postcard from Maine!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2014*
*Service a bit interruptus:* We've been whisked away by overnight train to
sojourn with family from distant parts here in the southernmost part of
Maine.
With apologies, this is a special event. Making their first-ever North
American appearances:
A 7-month-old great nephew, live and direct from Dublin (with his parents).
Also, and a bit more magically, given relations between the two countries:
The 16-year-old daughter of our niece's husband, live and direct from
Havana!
Also present, but old hat: Two great nieces, ages 2 and 8!
(They've embedded thems... more »
Kerith Strano Taylor Wants To Work For Us-- And There's No Doubt She Would Do A Better Job Than Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
As you probably know, Alan Grayson, a congressman who never sells out or
bargains away the legitimate rights of working families, has been the most
successful Member of Congress in terms of bringing both parties together in
moving sensible, bipartisan legislation. Friday I spoke with a progressive
candidate in a pretty red Pennsylvania district, Kerith Strano Taylor and
her approach to working across party lines reminded me of the way Grayson
does it. She won the Democratic primary for PA-05, a district currently
represented by a garden variety, lockstep backbencher with no influen... more »
Hundreds Of Ukrainian Troops Have Deserted Their Posts And Defected To Russia
*Over 400 Ukrainian Troops Cross Into Russia For Refuge -- RT*
More than 400 Ukrainian troops have been allowed to cross into Russia after
requesting sanctuary. It’s the largest, but not the first, case of
desertion into Russia by Ukrainian soldiers involved in Kiev’s military
crackdown in the east of the country.
According to the Rostov Region’s border guard spokesman Vasily Malaev, a
total of 438 soldiers, including 164 Ukrainian border guards, have been
allowed into Russia on Sunday night.
One of the Ukrainians was seriously injured on his arrival in Russia. He
was taken to th... more »
A Look At Hamas's Top Political Leader And The Man Who Heads Hamas’s Military Wing
*CNN Exclusive: Inside The Mind Of Hamas' Political Leader -- Holly Yan,
Steve Almasy, and Ali Younes, CNN*
Doha, Qatar (CNN) -- As fighting rages between Israel and Hamas militants
in Gaza, Hamas' political leader, who lives in Qatar, sat down with CNN for
an exclusive interview.
Khaled Meshaal, a 58-year-old former teacher, has had the role since 2004,
after Hamas' then-leader, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, was killed in an Israeli
airstrike.
Meshaal is known as Hamas' external deal-maker, raising money from
supporters in the region.
He spoke with CNN's Nic Robertson. Here are highl... more »
Untitled
*To keep grads solvent, take middleman out of student loans*
The mounting student debt crisis could cause serious economic damage to the
United States. Rising college costs and declining financial aid at both
state and federal levels have significantly contributed to the problem. A
good deal of responsibility, however, belongs to the financial institutions
that service federal student loans, according to a new report.
Millions of students use loans underwritten by the Treasury Department and
granted by the Department of Education to help make college a reality. Once
the loan is app... more »
Tangle-Free Cord Organization
“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with
Pollinate Media Group® and Sharpie, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #SharpieBTS
http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV”
I swear every house has one. You know what I am talking about, that crazy
box or drawer that is a tangled mess full of cords. Every time you need to
look for a cord you grumble under your breath because you are going to have
to go through that entire mess to find the right one. Even if you find the
cord easily, the next step is trying to get it untangled from all of the
other crazy cords in the p... more »
Gaza attack: 'We were striking a legitimate target' - video
*Israel spokesman Mark Regev says an airstrike on a school in Gaza, which
killed ten people, was targeted by Hamas terrorists and his government is
investigating why civilians died.*
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Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society Over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 Bn/Yr
By Juan Cole
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*This post originally ran on Juan Cole’s Web page.*
The ill-considered and remarkably brutal Gaza war likely will give further
impetus to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement by Western civil
society to pressure Israel on its illegal actions toward the Palestinians.
A thoroughgoing such European set of sanctions could cost Israel as much as
$5 bn a year and more. Roughly a third of Israeli trade is with Europe,
and the EU is Israel’s largest single trading partner.
Unite, the largest British trade union, has now resolved to campaign f... more »
Musical Interlude: Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”
Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”
- https://www.youtube.com/
"What Is Right and What Is Wrong..."
“Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong,
which course is patriotic and which isn’t. You cannot shirk this and be a
man.
To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and inexcusable
traitor,
both to yourself and to your country, let them label you as they may.”
– Mark Twain
Obama's jibber jabber on Russia and the debunking of same ......
Moon debunks Obama jibber jabber on Russia .....
August 03, 2014
Obama's Russia Policies Are Based On Ignorance, Illusions
Obama's Russia policies are based on ignorance and driven by illusions:
President Barack Obama dismissed Russia as a nation that "*doesn't make
anything*" and said in an interview with the Economist magazine that the
West needs to be "pretty firm" with China as Beijing pushes to expand its
role in the world economy.
...
*"Immigrants aren't rushing to Moscow* in search of opportunity. The* life
expectancy of the Russian male is around 60 years* old. The *populatio... more »
Eat This Obama: Will Russia Ban McDonalds?
Despite months of sanctions applied by the Obama regime and it's EU
lapdogs against Russia over the alleged arming of rebels fighting the US
puppet government in Kiev, the bear is biting back. In a symbolic shot
after last week's latest round of idiotic economic warfare waged by Barry
and the boys, the Putin regime is retaliating by going after the iconic
American 800 pound gorilla of fast food that is McDonalds. In a Bloomberg
piece from last week entitled "Russia Eyes Banning U.S. Chicken And Some
European Fruit" it was stated that in addition to American poultry imports
that t... more »
Republicans Circle Wagons to Defend Torture
Most defenders of torture, which is prohibited under the Geneva Conventions are
Republicans. This is sad as well as indicative of a deep, self-destructive
streak that is going to continue to cost them elections at the national
level. The time has never been more right for a serious alternative to to
the ongoing wars, mass-surveillance, trampling of the Constitution and
redistributing wealth into the military-security industrial complex. This
is why so many are terrified of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's increasing
popularity within the party. He at least seems to represent a clean ... more »
Thoughts on how Ukraine might have shot down MH 17 !
Saker offers his thoughts on MH 17....
Just the baseless hypothesis of an uninformed amateur, nothing more
First, a disclaimer: I am not a pilot nor an air traffic controller, and I
never served with air defense units. I did spend some time with an
airforce, but my role was one of electronic intercept analysis. So what
follows are just the musings of an uninformed amateur. *Caveat emptor*.
What I will try to do here is present a possible scenario which takes into
account the basic facts established so far. Here goes:
The plan was for the Ukies to shoot down the MH17 using a to... more »
US slowly unfolding nuclear disaster ( August 4 , 2014 ) -- Lab Director: Expect radiation spikes coming from US nuclear facility — Gov’t pays for more air monitors to see impact on populated areas — DOE warns of ‘ignitability’ of 368 containers at site; “Significant fire risk” — Top Official: Material at WIPP “just disintegrated… got very hot, very quickly” ........
http://enenews.com/lab-director-radiation-spikes-expected-nuclear-facility-govt-pays-air-monitors-impact-populated-areas-doe-ignitability-368-containers-wipp-underground-significant-fire-risk-top-official-mater
Dept.
of Energy – Carlsbad, NM Field Office (pdf), July 30, 2014: The
purpose of this letter is to provide you [New Mexico Environmental
Dept.]
written notice that the Department of Energy [is] provisionally applying
EPA Hazardous Waste Number (code) D001** for the characteristic of
ignitability to some nitrate salt bearing waste containers that have
been
disposed at the WIPP f... more »
Daniel in the lion's den
The Today programme announced (several times) that “another strike” had
been made by “Israel” on a UN school.
The strike they were referring to was the one that happened yesterday and
was, yesterday, thoroughly reported and documented on the air. Reported,
condemned, explained, condemned.
Was it a tiny bit misleading to keep announcing it as “another” strike,
leaving the impression that there has now been an additional strike? Was it
‘another’ example of the BBC’s mischief-making? Never mind that for now.
Let’s call it disputed territory.
Jon Donnison’s report had also been shown... more »
Status Quo & A Broader Vision - A Guest Post by Michael Brine
[image: courage-be-yourself]
Status Quo & Broader Vision.
This article is designed to have us take a deeper look at the world in
which we have been raised. To assist us in taking a more objective look at
what is happening in the world around us and in which we are inexorably
involved.
By gaining a broader vision we can collectively affect the outcome which
for this writer, given our present course, is not too uplifting! We have
the power to create change. Will we be able to rise to this challenge? Here
then is the challenge facing us, but not only us, but all life, human and
the... more »
"No Bravery"
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — "Israel withdrew most of its ground troops
from the Gaza Strip on Sunday in an apparent winding down of the nearly
month long operation against Hamas that has left more than *1,800
Palestinians* and more than 60 Israelis dead. Even as Israel said it was
close to completing its mission, heavy fighting raged in parts of Gaza,
with at least 10 people killed in what U.N. and Palestinian officials said
was an Israeli airstrike near a U.N. shelter. The United States lashed out
at Israel, saying it was "appalled" by the "disgraceful" attack.”
- http://www.huffi... more »
Ridge Racer Type 4 for the PlayStation
It's not news that the fifth generation of consoles left a legacy of some
truly ugly games. Something like the first iteration of *Tomb Raider* on
the PlayStation or Sega Saturn looks rank by today's standards. Back then
it was very well-received and appreciated as a technical achievement, but
no one ever thought the game was pretty. Such is the lot of the three
dimensional games that appeared on said systems and its contemporary, the
Nintendo 64. They were to 3D what the old Atari 2600 was to two dimensional
gaming. Great to play, grim to look at.
Granted there were a few that lo... more »
Doctor: ‘There’s Not Enough PANIC and Customers to Make an Ebola Vaccine’ — Oh Really?
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/doctor-theres-not-enough-panic-and-customers-to-make-an-ebola-vaccine-oh-really_082014
Doctor: ‘There’s Not Enough PANIC and Customers to Make an Ebola Vaccine’ —
Oh Really?
Melissa Melton
The Daily Sheeple
August 3rd, 2014
A short two-minute video Bloomberg News uploaded to YouTube attempts to
explain why the world doesn’t already have a widely available Ebola vaccine.
(Trusting the ingredients of such a thing and whether or not you would
personally take it is another matter entirely, but hold on a second.)
What’s fascinating about this clip is wha... more »
“You Only Need To Be A Human To Stand With Gaza”
*“You Only Need To Be A Human To Stand With Gaza”*
by Abby Zimet
“The mind reels. Another atrocity in Gaza: Israel just hit its sixth U.N.
school sheltering displaced Palestinians, this time in Rafah, killing at
least 10 in what U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called "a moral outrage
and a criminal act." There have been so many, too many to bear. Again, the
only succor comes from the courage of those bearing witness: Among them, UN
spokesman Chris Gunness, who broke down sobbing on air; Naomi Wolf, ceaselessly
reporting, and now adding poems of grief and peace; other journalists ... more »
"Apathy And Evil..."
"Apathy and evil. The two work hand in hand. They are the same, really...
Evil wills it. Apathy allows it. Evil hates the innocent and the
defenseless most of all. Apathy doesn't care as long as it's not personally
inconvenienced."
- Jake Thoene, “Shaiton's Fire”
Two Pallywood duds in one day! - Thomas Wictor
When watching the BBC or Channel 4 coverage of the Israel Hamas conflict,
you really shouldn't believe everything they say.
Read this http://www.thomaswictor.com/two-pallywood-duds/ for some
excellent examples.
Nato to strengthen military exercises after Russia 'aggression'
[image: NATO flag]Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the
transatlantic military alliance will draw up new defence plans following
Russia's "aggression" in Ukraine.
In an interview with French regional newspaper Midi Libre, published Sunday
(4 August), he said that “Russia's aggression was a warning and created a
new security situation in Europe.”
"We will strengthen military exercises and prepare new defence plans," he
said, reports AFP.
Read more
Engine rejig to cut Su-30 burnouts
[image: Su-30MKI Flanker]IAF’s frontline fighter jet Sukhoi-30MKI will be
modified under new specifications laid down by its Russian manufacturers to
fix mid-air engine trouble in its fleet.
The move comes after the IAF faced an unusually high number of mid-air
engine failures over the past two years (January 2102 onwards) and asked
the Russians to rectify the problem in the fighter jet. The Tribune had
highlighted this in its July 21 report.
The IAF has a fleet of 200 Sukhoi aircraft and another 72 are on their way
from Moscow.
Read more
Rs 30,000 crore India-France missile development plan in troubled waters
[image: Akash SAM]India-France proposed joint venture expected to be worth
around Rs 30,000 crore to develop short range air defence missiles seems to
have run into rough weather as Indian Air Force feels that its requirements
could be met by indigenous Akash surface-to-air missile weapon system.
The proposed joint venture is planned between DRDO and the French missile
manufacturer MBDA under which they were planning to produce short-range
surface-to-air missile (SR-SAM) systems for the Indian Air Force for the
Maitri programme.
The Akash air defence missile system has already been ... more »
BrahMos missile can be exported to Southeast Asian, Latin American nations
[image: BrahMos supersonic cruise missile]In line with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's vision to export defence hardware, supersonic cruise
missile manufacturer BrahMos Aerospace has said that South-East Asian and
Latin American countries have shown interest in acquiring the 290-km range
weapon system and it is possible to export the missile to certain friendly
nations.
"Several South-East-Asian and Latin American countries want the BrahMos,
expressed interest in it, particularly for the naval and coastal defence
versions. A definite list of such countries already exists. We are
pr... more »
Why Israel Is Not Trying To Destroy Hamas
Smoke: The aftermath of a reported Israeli air strike today in Rafah, which
has been pummeled by the military for days in the escalating Gaza conflict
*Senior IDF Official: We Could've Taken Down Hamas In 10 Days -- YNet News*
Army says Hamas was left in power so that one organization could be held
accountable for terrorist attacks coming from Gaza.
The IDF did not take over the Gaza Strip or worked to completely destroy
Hamas in order to leave an organization in power that would have to answer
for terrorism in the Strip, a senior IDF source said on Sunday.
"There's an Israeli int... more »
Speculation - conspiracy - is this a WAR WORLD or a FREE PLANET?
if War World vs Free Planet were a football game, the scores would be:
Free Planet 2 – War World 2
and by that I mean, two of the Free Planet novels and two of the War World
novels have been written, edited and published by Chimericana Books. Each
book is between 66,000 and 88,000 words, so if these trilogies were to
published as one fat paperback each be a whopping 700-page 200,000+ words
paperback, which is a nice thought.
Here are the scores on the doors so far, converted into relevant Amazon
links, click the title below if you're keen on sampling the madness.
*FREE PLANET*
-... more »
Ukrainian fighter jet downed by eastern insurgents
[image: Su-25 wreckage]The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)
said Sunday they confirmed shooting down a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet.
The jet was found between the towns of Yenakiyevo and Makiivka in Donetsk
Region, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted spokesman of the DPR as saying,
adding that the search for the pilot is ongoing.
The Su-25 was allegedly shot down on Saturday, but the militia could not
confirm it until they found the downed plane.
Read more
Pakistan diverted US aid to fight India: Ronald Neumann, Ex-envoy
[image: P-3C Orion]Pakistan diverted most of the military aid it received
from the US for counter-terror to fight against India, a former American
ambassador to Afghanistan has alleged Ronald Neumann, former US envoy to
Kabul's remarks came while testifying before a Congressional Committee.
He said that most of the military aid to Pakistan never went to
counterinsurgency and it went to buying equipment to fight India, post
9/11.
Pakistan had received $20.7 billion worth of US assistance over the past
decade, about two-thirds of it was military aid.
Read more
INS Sindhurakshak CO likely to face court martial
[image: INS Sindhurakshak]The commanding officer of INS Sindhurakshak is
likely to be tried by a court martial for alleged lapses that led to the
sinking of the Russian-made Kilo-class submarine last year with 18
personnel onboard.
A navy source said the warship’s captain would face disciplinary action for
fatal lapses in safety that led to the sinking of the 2,300-tonne
fully-armed boat at a Mumbai harbour on August 14, 2013, barely seven
months after it had undergone a Rs. 815-crore upgrade in Russia.
The punishment could range from loss of seniority, retirement benefits and
even... more »
Royal Navy Ship HMS Enterprise to 'Evacuate Britons from Libya'
[image: HMS Enterprise (H88)]The Royal Navy is preparing to help British
citizens leave Libya as continued fighting and gunfire at Tripoli's airport
kills 22.
The Libyan interim government said "heavily armed groups" have shelled
"civilian targets", putting thousands of citizens in danger and displacing
hundreds of families.
The Foreign Office has advised British people to leave the country
immediately and is temporarily closing its embassy in Tripoli.
Read more
U.S. Continues Testing Surveillance Aircraft in Singapore
[image: P-8A Poseidon]A U.S. surveillance plane is joining Singapore’s
military in exercises as the navy tests the aircraft’s capabilities after
the Pentagon found it ineffective at some tasks.
The P-8A Poseidon, a Boeing Co. 737-800 modified with radar and sensors, is
conducting anti-submarine and surface warfare sorties as part of the CARAT
Singapore maneuvers that end Aug. 8, according to mission commander
Lieutenant Commander Colette Lazenka.
The aircraft, still in its testing phase, is faster and has more advanced
systems than the Lockheed Martin Corp. P-3 Orion, Lazenka said. ... more »
Untitled
*Trade, the Precautionary Principle, and Post-Modern Regulatory Process:
Regulatory Convergence in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership*
Abstract:
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (“TTIP”) has been hailed
as an opportunity for the world’s two largest consumer markets to expand
inter-regional trade, investment and jobs, and to secure greater regulatory
convergence that could considerably reduce costly and market-distorting
extra-territorial non-tariff regulatory trade barriers. This opportunity
notwithstanding, Europe’s precautionary principle (“... more »
“5 Most Demented Right-Wing Moments This Week”
*“5 Most Demented Right-Wing Moments This Week”*
By Janet Allon
*“1. Peggy Noonan says the problem with the world is Obama 'dropping his
g's."* Peggy Noonan is quite possibly going off the deep end. Her worries
about our country's divisions have driven her there, apparently. The
conservative columnist and former Reagan speech writer talked about those
worries in her column in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, in which for some
bizarre reason, she made reference to the president’s grammar and posture.
“He shouldn’t be at campaign-type rallies where he speaks only to the base,
he shoul... more »
Haitian Hearts Mid-Year Report--2014
John A Carroll shared a link.
39 minutes ago
Haitian Hearts Mid-Year Report--2014
blogs.pjstar.com
As of today (August 3, 2014) we have had 12 Haitian patients accepted or
operated. All have been heart surgeries. Mitchena (above) is on the list
for heart surgery later this year. (Mitchena...
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We Belong To Earth - A Guest Post by Niti Joshi
Source:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NitiJoshi/posts
"Now We Must Look..."
“Now we must look upon each other as brothers and sisters. Only by joining
together in a Spiritual Peace with love in our hearts for the Great Spirit
and Mother Earth shall we be saved... If you have a way to spread the
truth... Tell what you know to be true. Should we succeed, we will realize
our mistakes of the past and return to the true path- living in harmony as
brothers and sisters, sharing our Mother, the Earth, with all living
creatures. In this way we could bring about a new world. A world which
would be led by the Great Spirit... and our Mother will provide plenty and
hap... more »
Terrorist Armies Now Fight Smarter And Are Far More Deadlier
Masked Hamas supporters take part in a protest against against the Israeli
offensive on Gaza strip, in the West Bank city of Nablus July 31, 2014.
(Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)
*Terrorist Armies Fight Smarter And Deadlier Than Ever -- Robert H. Scales
and Douglas Ollivant, Washington Post*
Military transformations can be hard to detect. They generally occur over
decades, sometimes over generations. Soldiers are usually the first to
recognize them, but for the perceptive, the signs of a sea change
developing on today’s battlefields are there. Look carefully at media
images of ground f... more »
President Obama: 'Russia Doesn't Make Anything'
President Obama in the Oval Office. Pete Souza
*Obama: 'Russia Doesn't Make Anything,' West Must Be Firm With China --
Reuters *
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama dismissed Russia as a nation that
"doesn't make anything" and said in an interview with the Economist
magazine that the West needs to be "pretty firm" with China as Beijing
pushes to expand its role in the world economy.
Obama has tried to focus U.S. foreign policy on Asia, a response to China's
economic and military might. But for months, that "pivot" has been
overshadowed by a flurry of international crises, includi... more »
UN: "Nothing Is More Shameful Than Attacking Sleeping Children" . . . Except When Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama Does It
*Barack Obama: Go Fuck Yourself. Rot In Hell Scumbag*
*"List of children killed by drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen"*
DronesWatch.org, January 20, 2013:
*Compiled from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports*
*PAKISTAN*
Name | Age | Gender
Noor Aziz | 8 | male
Abdul Wasit | 17 | male
Noor Syed | 8 | male
Wajid Noor | 9 | male
Syed Wali Shah | 7 | male
Ayeesha | 3 | female
Qari Alamzeb | 14| male
Shoaib | 8 | male
Hayatullah KhaMohammad | 16 | male
Tariq Aziz | 16 | male
Sanaullah Jan | 17 | male
Maezol Khan | 8 | female
.
.
.
.
*YEMEN*
Afrah Ali Mohammed Nasser | 9 | female
Z... more »
Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, “Invocation, Part 3”
Medwyn Goodall, “Invocation, Part 3”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilsk2vkEWmA
Musical Interlude: Vangelis, “Hymn”
Vangelis, “Hymn”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB7fnZ-AQNE
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also
known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with
around 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular
cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet Earth, it lies about
13,000 light-years away and can be spotted naked-eye near the Small
Magellanic Cloud (SMC) in the constellation of the Toucan.
*Click image for larger size.*
Of course, the SMC is some 210,000 light-years distant, a satellite galaxy
of our Milky Way and not physically close to 47 Tuc. Stars on the outski... more »
ISRAELI HARD RIGHT EXPOSE ZIONISMS TRUE AIMS FOR GAZA
I have for these last ten years on this blog been writing that the ultimate
goal of right-wing Zionism has always been the creation of a Greater Israel
that would ultimately incorporate the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, the Golan
Heights and even south Lebanon up to the Litani River if they thought they
could get away with it. I have written over the years that it has never
been the intention of Israel to allow any form of Palestinian state to
exist. Talks about a ‘two state solution’ and ‘Palestinian sovereignty’
have only ever been conducted by Israel in order to appease the West,
pa... more »
The Universe
“If you frequently give yourself permission to doodle, wander, and be
totally unproductive, and you actually relish such interludes, I can
guarantee that your genius, creativity, and productivity will increase
exponentially. I've seen it happen a billion times. Operative words, were
"frequently," "permission," and "relish"; does not work with "stingily,"
"regret," and "guilt."
“Through the roof,”
The Universe
“Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!”
www.tut.com
"Things..."
"Eyes blinded by the fog of Things
cannot see Truth.
Ears deafened by the din of Things
cannot hear Truth.
Brains bewildered by the whirl of Things
cannot think Truth.
Hearts deadened by the weight of Things
cannot feel Truth.
Throats choked by the dust of Things
cannot speak Truth."
- Harald Bell Wright, “The Uncrowned King”
Transcript of Campbell Brown’s Interview with Stephen Colbert
On August 1, 2014, blogger Jersey Jazzman published an insightful
post regarding former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown’s appearance on the
Colbert Report on July 31, 2014, as she discussed her intention to abolish
teacher job protections “for the children” first in new York and then in
other states nationwide. I know, I know. On August 2, […]
"The Answer..."
"Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world - few really ask. On
the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have
already shaped in their own minds - justifications, confirmations, forms of
consolation without which they can't go on. To really ask is to open the
door to a whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the
questioner."
- Anne Rice, “The Vampire Lestat”
"How to Protect Your Energy"
*"How to Protect Your Energy"*
By Judith Orloff MD
“As you go through the intuitive healing process you need to know: each of
us has our own special power. We carry it within; it waits to be awakened.
Call it your inner self, your spirit, or light–however conceived, you must
meet and come to know your core-essence. The source of all intuition, it is
your fiercest ally and advocate against danger. By connecting with this
part of yourself you’ll mount confidence, feel safer in the world. Then
whatever or whoever crosses your path–even the devil incarnate–will be no
match for your res... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Catania, Sicilia, Italy. Thanks for stopping by.
Paulo Coelho, “The Imperfect Attracts Us”
*“The Imperfect Attracts Us”*
by Paulo Coelho
"Beauty exists not in sameness but in difference. Who could imagine a
giraffe without its long neck or a cactus without its spines? The
irregularity of the mountain peaks that surround us is what makes them so
imposing. If we tried to make them all the same, they would no longer
command our respect.
It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us. When we look at a
cedar tree, we don’t think: ‘The branches should be all the same length.’
We think: ‘How strong it is.’ When we see a snake, we never say: ‘He is
crawling along the grou... more »
Chet Raymo, “A Wildly Seething Power”
*“A Wildly Seething Power”*
by Chet Raymo
"I read Kierkegaard's “Fear and Trembling” at about the same age as
Kierkegaard was when he wrote it- thirty. The young philosopher was
wrestling with his demons, including the death of his father, a sternly
religious man who demanded absolute obedience from his son. He had jilted
the woman he loved, a self-inflicted wound that perhaps not even he
understood. He was torn, in my opinion, between the demands of faith and
reason. Like many before him, he turned to the story of Abraham and Isaac
as a way of understanding his own endangered fait... more »
"What We Know..."
"It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble,
it's what we *know* that ain't so."
- Will Rogers
“The Myth of Human Progress”
*“The Myth of Human Progress”*
by Chris Hedges
“Clive Hamilton in his "Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth
About Climate Change" describes a dark relief that comes from accepting
that "catastrophic climate change is virtually certain." This obliteration
of "false hopes," he says, requires an intellectual knowledge and an
emotional knowledge. The first is attainable. The second, because it means
that those we love, including our children, are almost certainly doomed to
insecurity, misery and suffering within a few decades, if not a few years,
is much harder to acquire. To... more »
Afghanistan's Presidential Recount Has Been Suspended Again
Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, left, and
Ashraf Ghani announce an audit plan in Kabul on July 12, 2014.
*Afghan Recount Delayed Again -- Voice of America*
Afghan officials have again suspended the auditing of votes from the
country's runoff presidential election.
They said Saturday the count was delayed because presidential candidate
Abdullah Abdullah has not yet agreed on how ballots will be determined to
be valid or invalid.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke separately by telephone Friday
with Abdullah and rival candidate Ashraf Ghani to of... more »
The First World War Started 100 Years Ago Today
*French, German Presidents Mark World War I Anniversary -- Voice of America*
PARIS — French and German presidents evoked the bloody lessons of World War
I and hailed the emergence of a largely peaceful Europe Sunday, as they
marked the centenary of Germany's declaration of war on France.
French President Francois Hollande and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck
met in France's eastern Alsace region to lay the first stone of a memorial
for French and German soldiers killed during what is called the Great War.
Their meeting took place in Vieil Armand - known in German as
Hartmannsw... more »
An Analysis Of The Islamic State's Military Strategy In It's War Against Baghdad
*Islamic State Builds Forces, Targets For Baghdad Bomb Attacks --
Washington Times*
The al Qaeda offshoot terrorizing Iraq is in the process of consolidating
territorial gains and increasing the target list in Baghdad, a U.S.
official and defense analysts say.
But at this point, the Islamic State army of Sunni extremists does not have
the capacity to take Baghdad, where a huge Shiite population and stiffer
Iraqi forces defend the capital.
“[The Islamic State] is solidifying its control in Sunni areas of Iraq and
Syria,” said a U.S. intelligence official. “They attack or entrench ... more »
A Summary On The State Of The Syrian Army As ISIS Advances
Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad carry their weapons as
they gather in the town of Safira November 1, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/George
Ourfalian
*Assessing The State Of The Syrian Army As ISIS Advances -- ABC News*
The Syrian army said it had retaken the Shaar gas field near Palmyra – one
of the country's largest – from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The battle and its heavy losses raised questions about the army's state of
preparedness against the Sunni militant group; fueled by spoils from its
June offensive in Iraq, ISIS has marched steadily across east... more »
Who Wants Congress Pushing Us Into A War With Russian Over Ukraine?
McCain, Ayotte, Graham want to spend billions to provoke a war with Russia
over Ukraine
Marcy Kaptur should be home demanding answers about why her constituents can't
drink the water that comes out of their taps. (They can't brush their teeth
or shower with it either and they can't let their pets drink it. There's
cylindrospermopsin in what used to be their drinking water and, according
to the EPA "the primary toxic effect of this toxin is irreversible damage
to the liver." Oh, and it causes cancer in mice.) Last week, Kaptur was
busy in Washington introducing legislation with Republ... more »
ISIS The Start of World War III? David Icke with Luke Rudkowski
In this video Luke Rudkowski talks to David Icke about his predictions with
ISIS and the possible start of WWIII. David breaks down many esoteric
historical writings and the current political situation that can lead to
bringing in other countries to war.
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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Tonkin Gulf: The event that changed my life forever
I was a fly on the wall. I was a member of the staff of the operational
command under whose authority the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy
would enter the history books. By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver | The …
finish reading Thomas McKelvey Cleaver :
Tonkin Gulf: The event that changed my
life forever
Misleading Public Over Exec Bonuses? (UltraRich, UltraPowerful) Should There Be a V.I.P. Room for Elections? (If Senate Dems Won’t Vote for You, Why Should You Vote for Them?)
Tired of having your pension invested in something with a good chance of
making returns you can depend on being there when you retire? If you
haven't felt like your government is trying to enfantilize (or at least
hide the facts of life from) you yet, get ready. David Sirota does the
honors: Govt Letter Declares Desire to "Minimize Attention" Around Wall St
Salaries (From David Sirota,
Renzo Piano: “the only place where it all comes together is the mind…”
[image: Interview - Renzo Piano]
I really like this observation by architect Renzo Piano, on how the
computer should remain a servant, not a master.
*Paul Clemence: I look around your office and models are everywhere! From
miniatures of entire buildings to blown-up structural details. Considering
the integration of 3-D modelling software in architectural practice over
the last decade, are models still essential to the preliminary design
process? **Renzo Piano*: Doing one of these rough models is the same as
sketching. The model is three-dimensional version of a sketch. With the
... more »
Gaza Death Toll Approaching 1,900
Rescue workers search for victims as Palestinians gather around the
wreckage of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air
strike that killed at least nine members from the al-Ghol family, in Rafah
in the southern Gaza Strip August 3, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
*Death Toll From Israel's Gaza Attacks Rises To 1830 -- World Bulletin*
At least 71 Palestinians were killed and 150 others injured on Sunday in
Israeli attacks on different parts of the blockaded Gaza Strip, according
to a Palestinian health official.
"This brings to 1830 the total number of Pales... more »
Israel Announces 7-Hour Humanitarian Cease-Fire
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (R), Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, and
IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz meet in Tel Aviv. Photo: ARIEL HERMONI /
DEFENSE MINISTRY
*Israel: Temporary Cease-Fire Starts Tomorrow -- CNN*
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel has agreed to a 7-hour humanitarian cease-fire,
according to the Israel Defense Forces, but a spokesman for Hamas says it's
a no go.
The cease-fire is expected to start at 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET)
Monday, the IDF said in a statement. It would not apply to the areas in
which Israeli soldiers are currently operating.
"The IDF will respo... more »
Iran's Elite Guards Are Now Waging War Against The Islamic State In Iraq
Smoke rises during clashes between Iraqi security forces and militants of
the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) in Ramadi, July 26, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Osama Al-dulaimi
*Iran's Elite Guards Fighting In Iraq To Push Back Islamic State -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - In early July, hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of
Kamal Shirkhani in Lavasan, a small town northeast of the Iranian capital
Tehran. The crowd carried the coffin past posters which showed Shirkhani in
the green uniform of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and... more »
Dept of Ag Shuts Down Cell of Potential “Agri-Terrorists”: Seed Libraries Outlawed in Pennsylvania
Daisy Luther
It looks like Michigan is not the only state with a Department of
Agriculture that is adamant about the best interests of their citizens.
Residents in Pennsylvania can now breathe a little bit easier since an
illegal enterprise has been shut down.
The Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Mechanicsburg was participating in
an activity that put the entire ecosystem of the state at risk.
In an astonishing act of hubris, they were running a seed library, right
there amongst the books, in the very facility where small children go to
have stories read to them.
I’m not maki... more »
New Tracking Tech Designed to Thwart the Next Edward Snowden
image source Jason Erickson
Whether one calls the revelations of Edward Snowden legitimate
whistleblowing or treason, the technology to potentially thwart future
security breaches has been rolled out in an unlikely place: Estonia.
After a wave of cyber attacks in 2007, Estonia began focusing on data
integrity and is now leading the world toward big data governance.
Simultaneously, Estonia is laying claim as the first country to implement a
national digital identity system, proving that all forms of tracking are
being taken seriously:
Secure, authenticated identity is the birthr... more »
Maybe Jamie Whyte was wrong
Was Jamie Whyte right to compare the legal inequality of Maori today with
the aristocrats of pre-Revolutionary France? Probably not. The more
accurate analogy might be to compare the tribal leaders and their
hangers-on to those aristocrats, busily eating cake while those they
supposedly represent are getting their crumbs, if at all.
An even more accurate analogy might be to compare this Browntable of today
with the nineteenth-century version of the British House of Lords – an
unelected body with entry based solely on hereditary privilege having veto
power over the parliament of t... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On responsibility for aggression
"He who initiates physical force is morally responsible for the destructive
consequences of the retaliatory force he thereby necessitates. So says the
law of causality.
"This principle is as clear in a warzone in the Middle East as it is on the
streets of Miami. If a thug grabs a woman and tries to shove her into a
van, and the woman pulls a gun from her purse and shoots at the thug,
thereby killing an innocent bystander behind him, who is morally
responsible for the bystander’s death? Every thinking adult knows the
answer.
"Of course, the kind and extent of retaliatory force war... more »
Irish Senator Drops Some Powerful Truth About the Tragedy in Gaza
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5 Questions About the Ebola Scare
Aaron Dykes & Melissa Melton
Now that the Ebola situation has hit the 24/7 mainstream media zoo, serious
questions are being raised as to why now.
After all, people were dying of Ebola in the hundreds in West Africa before
this week. Aid workers and doctors were getting infected before. These
things are not new, but the sudden media focus raises lots of questions.
To start…
*Why are they shipping Ebola-infected patients onto American soil for the
first time?*
As many have pointed out, this move seems particularly…ill-advised. The
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... more »
Is drug use among right-wingers perhaps even heavier than we've been imagining?
*Yes, it's our old pal Rep. Steve "Nuttier Than Any Fruitcake" King (R-IA)!
The Fruitcake Man opened his giant yap, so you know there must be trouble.*
*by Ken*
The craziness is out there, and it's getting crazier. A few simple
click-through's on Daily Kos's "Recommended" list brought me this daily
sampling. Do I need to add that this almost random sampling could be
multiplied by thousands?
*THE HOUSE GOP'S NEW GO-TO GUY ON*
*IMMIGRATION? GOD'S REP. STEVE KING!*
Daily Kos's Hunter notes ("Republican who crafted House border policy says
our nation's borders were established by God... more »
Kurdish Security Forces Have Been Routed By Islamic State Fighters. Extremists Have Taken Control Of Iraq's Largest Hydroelectric Dam. 200,000 Civilians Have Already Fled The Onslaught
*Extremists Seize 3 More Towns in Iraq After Routing Kurdish Forces -- New
York Times*
BAGHDAD — Sunni extremists seized control of three towns in northern Iraq
on Sunday after fierce battles with Kurdish security forces, sending
thousands of people fleeing to the nearby mountains and threatening the
country’s largest dam.
In the darkness of Sunday morning, the Sunni fighters swept in to take one
of the towns, Sinjar, and set about their method of conquest, which is as
familiar as it is brutal: They destroyed a Shiite shrine, executed
resisters, overran local security forces and ... more »
Pro-Russian Rebels Boast That They 'Shot Down' A Ukrainian Spy Drone
*Boastful Pro-Russian Rebels Parade Around Ukrainian Spy Drone 'Shot Down'
In A Field 15 Miles From MH17 Crash Site -- Daily Mail*
* Footage of aircraft in east Ukraine released by Donetsk Peoples' Republic
* Rebels posted photo making peace sign and declaring themselves heroes
* Site near city of Shakhtars'k 15 miles from where jet fatally crashed
* AFP quoted Ukrainian military alleging a spy drone was shot down with
similar 'missile' to system it claims was used against MH17
* But internet users scorned claim - as the craft appeared remarkably intact
* And footage by rebels in rebel... more »
Alan Waldman : New Zealand’s ‘Outrageous Fortune’ is an extremely clever comedy-drama TV series
An adorable cast creates a West Auckland criminal family struggling to go
straight after its leader is imprisoned. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog |
July 22, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his
favorite … finish reading Alan Waldman :
New Zealand’s ‘Outrageous Fortune’ is an extremely clever comedy-drama TV
series
CARTOON OF THE DAY: On U.S. foreign policy successes
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Jon Voight on the luvvies’s denunciation of Israel
Actor Jon Voight penned this Open Letter to the “dozens of Spanish film
stars, directors, musicians and writers, led by Oscar winners Penelope
Cruz, Javier Bardem and Pedro Almodovar,” who denounced Israel's actions in
Gaza in an Open Letter of their own.
[image: image]My name is Jon Voight and I am more than angry, I am
heartsick that people like Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem could incite
anti-Semitism all over the world and are oblivious to the damage they have
caused.
They are obviously ignorant of the whole story of Israel’s birth, when in
1948 the Jewish people were offer... more »
Israeli Ambassador To America Equates Hamas With ISIS And Al-Qaeda
*Hamas has more political credibility than Barack Obama and Benjamin
Netanyahu.*
Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to Washington, went onto NBC this
morning and equated Hamas with ISIS. This is a familiar talking point. We
often hear that "Hamas is like Al-Qaeda."
We know the creation of Al-Qaeda can be credited to the CIA, Mossad, MI6,
and Saudi Arabia, so the Israeli ambassador is putting his own government
on public trial when he resorts to this stupid talking point to defend the
indiscriminate killing of women and children in Gaza. If he were truthful
he would be saying Hama... more »
"NOBODY BELIEVES YOU ANY MORE"
Senator David Norris is a political and human rights activist in Dublin,
Ireland and speaks about Israel's Gaza crimes.
"The Jewish State Solution" comes to Canada
West Bank settler Moshe Feiglin is a deputy speaker in Israel's Knesset and
head of the largest faction within Netanyahu's Likud party. Today,
actually, he is acting speaker.
Three months ago on May 6, Feiglin was in Toronto for a speaking event put
on by the Jewish Defence League (JDL) and the Toronto Zionist Council :
*An Evening with MK Moshe Feiglin : "The Jewish State Solution".*
Feiglin doesn't use the word Palestine as he contends Palestine does not
exist.
Shorter Feiglin : revoke the Oslo Accords, conquer Gaza, expel as many
Arabs as possible, repopulate the area with... more »
Sparring regarding Vote audit continues ( August 4 , 2014 ) .... Abdullah rejoins Afghan vote audit ; Afghan vote audit delayed over disagreement Candidate Abdullah's objection to criteria to address alleged fraud claims in June run-off election stalls process.
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/pakistanafghanistan/294257/abdullah-rejoins-afghan-vote-audit
Abdullah rejoins Afghan vote audit
August 04, 2014 - 12:50:08 am
Afghan election commission workers unseal a box containing ballot papers
for an audit of the presidential run-off vote, at a counting centre in
Kabul, yesterday.
KABUL: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has agreed to rejoin
an audit of the votes, the United Nations said yesterday, after tense
negotiations to rescue the election amid a prolonged dispute over fraud.
The country’s first democratic transfer of powe... more »
The pendulum of the Arab Spring has swung in Israel’s favor......."
The pendulum of the Arab Spring has swung in Israel's favour. That is not
a coincidence. That is long term planning
Ok, so much for my enforced break. After a lovely day in wine country.....
I am back! Continuing on with the situation in the ME.
*Hope you all listened to that Max Igan interview?*
During the first hour of the interview Max says something along the line of
the Arab Spring changing the scenery for Israel.* RIR- Max Igan- Zionist
Terrorism in Gaza*
Can't recall the exact wording, but, it was something like it appears the
Arab Spring™ had to take place before Israel co... more »
In Flanders fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
When the US spys on Nations , don't be shocked other Nations return the favor ! Israel wiretapped Kerry’s calls during peace talks – report
Russia Today.....
Israel wiretapped Kerry’s calls during peace talks – report
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Israeli agents were eavesdropping on US Secretary of State John Kerry as he
was mediating last year’s futile Middle East peace talks, German magazine
Der Spiegel has revealed.
Kerry made reviving diplomatic ties between Israel and the Palestinian
Authority after a three-year fr... more »
Ukrainian Soldiers Reveal What Life is Like On The Battlefield In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian army tanks move past a checkpoint as they patrol the area near
eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve August 3, 2014. Credit:
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
*Ukraine’s Frontline Troops, Surrounded By Enemies -- Washington Post*
KIEV, Ukraine — The calls home from the front line are very brief, often
just two words conveying all that really matters.
“I’m alive,” Marina Bershadskaya’s little brother, Sergey, tells her. Then
he hangs up to pass the communal cellphone to one of his fellow
paratroopers in the 79th Airborne Brigade deployed to Ukraine’s border with
Russia.
It has be... more »
Ukraine situation through prism of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17 - EVIDENCE IS NOW CONCLUSIVE: 2 UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT SU-25 FIGHTER-JETS DID SHOOT DOWN THAT MALAYSIAN AIRLINER. NO “BUK” MISSILE GROUND-SHOT WAS INVOLVED........
EVIDENCE IS NOW CONCLUSIVE: 2 UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT SU-25 FIGHTER-JETS DID
SHOOT DOWN THAT MALAYSIAN AIRLINER. NO “BUK” MISSILE GROUND-SHOT WAS
INVOLVED.
August 3, 2014
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SOURCE: ERIC ZUESSE
Preface by Washington’s Blog: The New York Times, Washington Post, Financial
Times,Bloomberg, Sydney Morning Herald, International Business Times and
many other news sources have reported that the numerous holes in the
wreckage of Malaysian airlines flight 17 are shrapnel from missiles fired
from the ground in Ukraine.
Reader-comments to my July 31st article, “First Examinatio... more »
Ebola in the US ? Reflections on August 3 , 2014 ....... Pondering the " What if " question - that being - What if Ebola is already here ? That makes the very recent August 1 , 2014 Executive Order from President Obama very interesting by way of timing and circumstance ......
http://www.blacklistednews.com/U.S._Government_Seeking_to_Test_Ebola_Vaccine_on_Humans/37005/0/38/38/Y/M.html
REUTERS REPORTS:
The U.S. government will begin testing on people an experimental Ebola
vaccine as early as September, after seeing positive results from tests on
primates, according to media reports on Thursday.
The National Institutes of Health’s infectious disease unit is working with
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to put the vaccine into trial as
quickly as possible, according to CNN and USA Today. The director of that
unit could not be reached for comment.
... more »
Florida Group Gets Message Out About Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
A central Florida based activist group, St. Pete for Peacehas taken the
initiative to circumvent a corrupt and biased media in order to spread
awareness about the ongoing Israeli ethnic cleansing operation in Gaza.
Despite the long-term consequences of the unconditional backing of the
right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the
unspeakable truth that their tax money is being used to finance the murders
of unarmed civilians (including children) Americans are ill-served by a
media and political class that has a vested interest in maintaining a
particul... more »
Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 3, 2014
Ukrainian servicemen, who are members of an artillery section, gather near
a cannon being fired during a military operation against pro-Russian
separatists near Pervomaisk, Luhansk region, Aug. 2, 2014.
*Deadly Clashes in Ukraine Continue -- Voice of America*
Deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists
continued Sunday as investigators searched the site of a plane crash for a
third day.
Reuters news agency reports nine people were killed around the cities of
Lukansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
On Saturday, international investigators recovered the rema... more »
Israel Hamas War News Updates -- August 3, 2014
*Shelling Near U.N. Shelter Draws Strong Condemnation From U.N., U.S. --
CNN*
Jerusalem (CNN) -- The United States and the United Nations used the
strongest language yet in condemning the latest strike on a U.N.-run
shelter in Gaza, with Washington calling the attack "disgraceful."
At least nine people at the school, which was being used as a shelter for
about 3,000 people, were killed in the shelling.
The Israel Defense Forces said that it targeted three Palestinian Islamic
Jihad members riding a motorcycle in the vicinity of the school.
The IDF said it is reviewing the conseque... more »
Lyse Doucet on 'Feedback'
Following on from Sue's post and as part of *Is the BBC biased?*'s public
service remit, here's a full transcription of this week's *Feedback *
coverage of the BBC's Israel-Gaza coverage.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet spells out the BBC's position, revealing a good deal
about the BBC mindset in the process.
Please see what you make of it.
**********
*Roger Bolton*: First, the story that continues to dominate our inbox - the
BBC's coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Last week, you may remember, we interviewed Phil Pegum, the producer of
Radio 4's *The Moral Maze, *about what some list... more »
Sexualization of children
*Sexualization of children by the International Criminal jew Mafia*
Fukushima Debacle Updates - August 3 , 2014 -- Focus on plant developments and contamination impacts in Japan and US H/T from Energy Blog and Fukushima Diary !
Energy News ......
12:05 PM EST on August 3rd, 2014 | 49 comments
Gov’t Report: Over 1,750 navy sailors suffer from ‘ill-defined conditions’
after exposure to Fukushima radiation while aboard USS Reagan —
‘Significant increases’ in male infertility and child birth complications —
Dozens have thyroid disorders, many spontaneous abortions — Veteran:
‘Extreme measures’ used to cover this up (AUDIO)
06:42 PM EST on July 31st, 2014 | 177 comments
Tokyo Professor: Surges in airborne radioactive releases have gone on for
years at Fukushima — Exceeded 25,000 times normal level — Radiation alar... more »
If You Let Criminals Off Lightly, You Guarantee One Thing: More Crime
The end of last week saw a lot of outrage on the left. It was primarily
directed towards the House Republican racism and xenophobia on display
Thursday and Friday. Even left-wing rags like the *NY Times* and *Wall
Street Journal* were outraged. There was less left-wing outrage directed
towards President Obama's horrifying defense of CIA criminal John Brennan,
a defense that will dog Obama's legacy for all time. Obama's premise was
that some fine folks illegally tortured some other people and then lied
about it and now… well, what's past is past; let's move on. Sound familiar?
Eli... more »
'This madness must stop' - inside the hospitals of Gaza
'This madness must stop' - inside the hospitals of Gaza. Source: Channel 4
News. Date Published: August 3, 2014. Description:
Paul Mason meets some of the victims of the latest shelling in Gaza,
including a two-year-old child, as the outside of a UN school in Rafah is
hit. The UN says the strike is a 'criminal act' and 'the madness must stop'.
Amb. Rajendra Abhyankar talks on "Civil Wars in Syria and Iraq, ISIS and the ‘Caliphate’"
*"West Asia and the Region: Defining India's Role"* edited by Rajendra M.
Abhyankar (2009).
Book description (*Source: Amazon*):
Comprised of essays by a host of leading scholars, this comprehensive
volume examines the issues that will most influence India’s development of
a policy approach towards the states of West Asia. India’s relations with
this region have historically been based on geographical proximity and
cultural and religious affinity, but the significant role West Asia will
play in fulfilling India’s burgeoning energy, trade, and economic needs is
indisputable. Recen... more »
Wild Bill: Biden on voter ID law is "an evil self-serving lie by a devious sinister man"...(This is a must see video)
*well that sums it up nicely.*
What does Bill see when he meets a Democrat?
Probably about the same thing you see.
All the democrats I know (few and far between in North Idaho, but rampant
in my family) are vile vicious sociopaths who hate religion of any kind,
never met a baby in the womb they didn't want to kill, think everyone but
them is a stupid racist woman-hating gun-slinging wacko. Oh - and they
lie. They lie about everything. They take personal vendetta to a level
that any normal person would find almost impossible to imagine. Other than
that, they're fine.
My advice?... more »
GAZA PROTEST IN BATH
We had 19 folks join us in Bath, Maine today at noon... we stood on corners
for an hour and then walked through the downtown shopping district in a
solemn procession..... going to do it again next Sunday at noon as well.
We had very good response from local citizens and tourists...... being on
the street helps the public feel that they are not alone in thinking that
Israel's attack on Gaza is shameful and a war crime.
how a reinvented dutch library set new attendance records and why is this still controversial?
This is a library! (Image found here.)This article about the incredible
Nieuwe Bibliotheek (New Library) in the Netherlands got me thinking about
the current state of libraries - and library staff and library customers -
and people's attitudes towards *change*.
Facing declining visitors and uncertainty about what to do about it,
library administrators in the new town of Almere in the Netherlands did
something extraordinary. They redesigned their libraries based on the
changing needs and desires of library users and, in 2010, opened the Nieuwe
Bibliotheek (New Library), a thriving co... more »
Nicaragua: ‘Netanyahu Appears To Be Possessed By The Devil’, Bolivia: ‘Israel A Terrorist State’
*The Pontiac Tribune*
Last night more than 100 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli
military offensive on Gaza. This brings the death toll on the Palestinian
side to a shocking 1,600+ since July 8th, the majority of which have been
innocent civilians caught in the middle of war zone.
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. They do not support Hamas, nor Israel…
They’re just guilty of wanting to live peacefully in their own homes.
The Israeli military has lost the lives of 60 soldiers during their ground
invasion into Gaza. Only two civilian have died. Yup, one of the largest
and... more »
Nicaragua: ‘Netanyahu Appears To Be Possessed By The Devil’, Bolivia: ‘Israel A Terrorist State’
*Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Last night more than 100 Palestinians were
killed during an Israeli military offensive on Gaza. This brings the death
toll on the Palestinian side to a shocking 1,600+ since July 8th , the
majority of which have been innocent...*
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The one where Ed Miliband makes a prat of himself
With nothing much going on in the world at the moment, I think I can safely
sneak in another frivolous post in anticipation of another delightful week.
It has to be said that my own jokes at 'Is' this past week have been little
better than Marcus Brigstocke's.
[Exhibit A, this joke from last Wednesday: "Q. What do you get if you cross
Jon Donnison with a camel? A. A biased reporter'".
[Can you believe I actually received a tweet from Jeremy Bowen complaining,
in less than 140 characters, that *he* should have been the punchline of
that joke. So much for BBC collegiality, eh?].
... more »
Here is irrefutable evidence that Malaysian Airline MH17 was not shot down by an anti-aicraft rocket from the ground but rather by a pair of Ukrainian fighter planes seen tailing it. The most likely reason for this wanton mass murder was mistaking this flight for the one nearby carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now who on earth is the terrorist who ordered this heinous hit job? Hmm... Maybe the sanctions slapped on Russia for allegedly downing this plane should now be transferred to Washington's stooges in Kiev.
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Revelations of German Pilot: Shocking Analysis of the “Shooting Down” of
Malaysian MH17. “Aircraft Was Not Hit by a Missile”
By Peter Haisenko
Region: Russia and FSU
Global Research, July 30,
2014 Theme: US NATO War
Agenda
anderweltonline.com
In-depth Report: UKRAINE REPORT
[image: Malaysia MH17]
* Zur deutschen Version bitte hier anklicken *
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*The tragedy of Ma... more »
U.S. Government Can't Stop LYING: It Looks Like MH17 Was Shot Down With Bullets From Fighter Planes, NOT A Missile From The Ground
How do you know when the U.S. government and their puppet mainstream media
is LYING? WHEN THEIR LIPS ARE MOVING!!!
There are MANY closeup pictures surfacing of the MH-17 cockpit riddled with
bullets:
See these excellent posts for all the pictures:
*Evidence Is Now Conclusive: 2 Ukrainian Government SU-25 Fighter-Jets Did
Shoot Down that Malaysian Airliner. No “Buk” Missile Ground-Shot Was
Involved.*
*Germans Say MH17 Shot Down by Ukie Migs. Shocking Analysis of the
‘Shooting Down’ of Malaysian MH17*
*On July 30th, a German pilot headlined at anderweltonline, "Shocking
Analysis ... more »
Untitled
*Building boom changes New Orleans cityscape ~Jed Horn, New Orleans
Advocate *
*The Rapid Rise of Terron Armstead ~Barry Hirstius, WhoDat Dish*
*Junior Galette's relentless film study, work habits pay dividends ~Ramon
Antonio Vargas*
*Saintsational Saintsations will unveil swimsuit calendar at New Orleans
gala on Monday! *
Time for the truth
Colonel Richard Kemp has knowingly taken a big risk. He’s probably already
surrendered a good deal of credibility by speaking out in the way he does.
He might also be sacrificing much of the well-earned respect and veneration
normally afforded, by general consensus, to those in a similarly
distinguished position as he is. (30-year career in the British Army commanding front-line troops in
fighting terrorism and insurgency in hotspots including Iraq, the Balkans,
South Asia and Northern Ireland, Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan
in 2003. From 2002 - 2006 and headed the inte... more »
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