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Severe Establishment Disruption Among New York's Grubby Ruling Elite?
The DCCC usually makes mediocre ads-- or worse. They hire over-paid,
overly-cautious consultants who only care about one thing: the next job
they can get. The video above, however… that's a decent ad. And the DCCC
started running it today-- part of a $950,000 investment in anti-Grimm
broadcast ads on Staten Island and the parts of south Brooklyn that are
part of NY-11 (Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach,
Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, right up to the border of Midwood). I grew
exactly 2 blocks from the far corner of Grimm's district-- Avenue P and
East 15th Street-- an... more »
Labor's Last Day? (And One Ring To Rule Them All - Greed Rules - Pay Attention!: Who the Education Reformers Really Are) Profit Triumphs! (War on Jobs Corps.) Billionaires Educate US - Who Would Want To Be A Good Teacher, Anyway? (France Falls To Faux F(l)ops)
Some last thoughts on what may be the U.S.'s last seriously observed Labor
Day (and I do mean last): Labor Day 2014 (Progressive Eruptions) Thank A
Union (Mike the Mad Biologist) You might want to read what this union
supporter thought about workers, by the way. It's Labor Day, Bitches!!!
(Steve Simels at Power Pop) Neil Young goes all solidarity on our asses,
and good for him. . . . I was
Untitled
*Eating meat is causing 'dangerous climate change', claim scientists*
*Malthus lives again. Some historically unsophisticated prophecy from the
University of Cambridge's department of ENGINEERING (!) below. Just off
the top of my head let me point out three large factors that they overlook:
1). If we do get the warming they foresee, vast areas of Canada and Siberia
(Siberia is 50% larger than CONUS and also covers a range of latitudes)
could be opened to grain production -- and grain is an important feed for
both animals and humans. If the Japanese can grow rice in icy Hokk... more »
Leading Keynesian Economist Uses The “D” Word
*Guest post by Hunter Lewis*
[image: Keynes graffiti cc]
Most Keynesian economists do not want to admit that America and elsewhere
is in another depression. They find the word painful.
They find it painful because it contradicts the idea that Keynesian
economic ideas have ended depressions forever. It also contradicts the idea
that the massive and continuing Keynesian stimulus applied by world
governments since 2008 has worked. For this and other reasons, euphemisms
such as the Great Recession have been embraced not only by Keynesian
economists, but by their allies in government ... more »
"Get Your Socks Today!" (You mean to save a lousy 35 bucks you'd pass up these Limited-Edition George H.W.Bush Socks?)
*No, they 're not Bert Cooper's sock rejects, they're . . . well, see for
yourself. The design is sure, er, *distinctive*. Get yours now at gop.com.*
*by Ken*
Who says the Republican Party isn't a Party of Ideas? I believe the "makers
not takers" at GOP Central have crafted their message for 2015 and beyond.
*And there's more good news: "For a limited time, a group of donors will
match every dollar you contribute to the RNC. Donate and double your impact
today."*
Yes, the electoral walls will come tumbling down as Republicans at all
levels in all 50 states begin chanting this new... more »
Did Israel nuke America on 9/11?
Or did they just nanothermite us?[image: false-flag-Nuke-attack-on-Amercia1][image:
false-flag-Nuke-attack-on-Amercia1]*Check out my radio debates on these
topics, including the August 23rd show with AE911Truth board member Wayne
Coste and aeronautics expert Dennis Cimino, and my April 28th slugfest with
Jim Fetzer.]*
Veterans Today Editors Gordon Duff and James Fetzer say “yes - they nuked
us.” The political implications of proving this thesis would be hard to
overestimate. It would mean America has not only been fighting the wrong
enemy, but has actually been laying waste to the ... more »
Afghanistan's Unity Government Agreement Has Collapsed
*Afghan Talks On Unity Government Collapse; Crisis Deepens -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Talks on a power-sharing deal between Afghanistan's rival
presidential candidates have collapsed, a top leader said on Monday,
rekindling fears of ethnic unrest over disputed election results.
Under the terms of a deal brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry,
the runner-up in the vote was to name a "chief executive" in a national
unity government conceived to keep the lid on political tensions.
Abdullah Abdullah was runner-up in the official election results. Mohammad
Mohaqeq, one of Abdullah... more »
The Truth About Israel's Nuclear Weapons: Just Released Documents Reveals How The United States AGREED To Israel Gaining Nuclear Weapons In The 1960's
We are constantly watching our so called "elected" officials always skirt
around and absolutely refuse to answer the question about the psychotic
state of Israel's nuclear weapons…. It has been absolutely ridiculous to
watch the criminal US President himself always ignore any questions
concerning Israel's nuclear weapons program and shows clearly that he and
the entire US Government have been purposely using an ambiguous approach to
Israel's massive nuclear weapons stockpile. It is a fact that Israel does
indeed possess a massive arsenal of some 300+ nuclear weapons and has had
th... more »
Gates Grant to “Further Hardwire the Common Core Curriculum” ??
One way to ensure permanence in the field of electronics is to “hardwire”–
which means to “permanently connect.” In electronics, “hardwiring” refers
to circuitry. For billionaire public education purchaser Bill Gates,
circuitry and mass education, it’s all the same. Bill Gates has already
likened the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to circuitry, with the
moronic […]
President Obama Prepares To Head To Europe To Reassure Allies On U.S. Committment
U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference on the second day of
the NATO Summit in Chicago (Jim Young/Courtesy Reuters).
*From Syria To Ukraine, Crises Fill The Obama-NATO Agenda -- McClatchy News*
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama heads to Europe next week, looking to
assure nervous allies of the United States’ commitment to the region, as
NATO prepares to beef up forces amid fears that Russia will step up its
provocations beyond Ukraine.
Obama arrives in Estonia late Tuesday, where he’ll meet with the presidents
of the three Baltic states, along with U.S. and Estonian... more »
EU Nanny State to Ban Toasters, Kettles & Hair Dryers!
*Paul Joseph Watson*
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Free Online EMF Summit Begins September 2nd
Electromagnetic Killing Fields / image source *Activist Post *
Join thousands for a free online EMF Summit *starting tomorrow *and
continuing every Tuesdayuntil December. Each week is a new video interview,
which begins Sept. 2nd with *Dirty Electricity: How We Can Co-exist With
This Powerful Technology and Its Inherent Dangers* by Dr. Samuel Milham the
physician-epidemiologist who first alerted the world about electromagnetic
exposure in various careers and the link to human disease.
Josh del Sol, producer and director of *Take Back Your Power*, will be on
the interview panel ... more »
If ISIS Is A Bomb, Israel Is The Bombmaker!
I am deeply troubled these days by the Jew spew media going absolutely nuts
with all these reports about ISIS and its phoney threat to America…. We
find all the usual Jewish talking heads on all the mainstream media crapola
talmudvision networks screaming that this fraud "ISIS" is the greatest
threat to America, just like the previous "Al Qaeda" was the greatest
threat to America as well… It does appear with the 13th anniversary of the
Israeli Mossad attack on America on September 11th, 2001, that these
monsters are again using their latest booga booga phoney terrorist group to
scar... more »
NATO To Create A Rapid-Response Force For Eastern Europe
*NATO to Create a Rapid-Response Force for Eastern Europe, Officials Say --
New York Times*
WASHINGTON — As Ukrainian leaders warned on Monday of “a great war” with
Russia, NATO leaders meeting in Wales this week were expected to endorse
their most concrete response yet to increased Russian military intervention
in Ukraine: establishing a rapid-reaction force capable of deploying
quickly to Eastern Europe, officials of the alliance said.
The new force of some 4,000 troops, capable of moving on 48 hours’ notice,
will be supported with logistics and equipment pre-positioned in Easte... more »
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, “The Way of the World”
Justin Hayward, “The Way of the World”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1QUrpqOAXY
I was vectored to this by Paul Craig Roberts. It makes sense to me...
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*How Can You Tell Whether Russia has Invaded Ukraine? *
*By Dmitry Orlov *
September 01, 2014 "ICH" - Last Thursday the Ukrainian government, echoed
by NATO spokesmen, declared that the the Russian military is now operating
within Ukraine's borders. Well, maybe it is and maybe it isn't; what do you
know? They said the same thing before, most recently on August 13, and then
on August 17, each time with either no evidence or fake evidence. But let's
give them the benefit of the doubt.
You be the judge. I p... more »
NATO Is At Odds On How To Counter Russia's Intervention In Ukraine
Free to read: Nato allies at odds over response to Russian aggression
http://t.co/Q54sdlBL1l pic.twitter.com/0l6SmE4xKv
— Financial Times (@FT) September 1, 2014
*Nato Allies At Odds Over Response To Russian Aggression -- Financial Times*
In late March, Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, made a plea to Nato:
put 10,000 troops in Poland, permanently, he asked.
But to the consternation of many in Poland and the Baltics, Angela Merkel,
the German chancellor, last week slapped down any notion of Nato boots in a
long-term positioning on eastern European soil during a visit to Latv... more »
Ukraine Refuses Russia's Call For A Cease-Fire With Rebels
*Russia Calls For Cease-Fire With Rebels, But Ukraine Vows To Keep Up The
Fight -- Washington Post*
MOSCOW — Russian officials pressed Ukraine on Monday to declare a
cease-fire with separatists, but Ukrainians say they are locked in a war
not just against the rebels but also against Russia — on behalf of Europe.
“A great war has come, the likes of which Europe has not seen since the
Second World War,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey said on his
Facebook page Monday, adding that the fight must go on to “show that
Ukrainians are not going to give up.”
Lost territory, tra... more »
3 Videos On The Political Crisis In Pakistan
Protesters in Pakistan Seize State TV. Source: Wall Street Journal. Date
Published: September 1, 2014.
Pakistan government considers decisive action against protesters. Source:
Reuters. Date Published: September 1, 2014.
Pakistan threatens crackdown on protesters | Journal. Source: DW. Date
Published: September 1, 2014.
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The 16th century Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his crew had
plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation
of planet Earth. As a result, two fuzzy cloud-like objects easily visible
to southern hemisphere skygazers are known as the Clouds of Magellan, now
understood to be satellite galaxies of our much larger, spiral Milky Way
galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
About 160,000 light-years distant in the constellation Dorado, the Large
Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen here in a remarkably deep, colorful
composite image, starlight from the ce... more »
"The Tune..."
"Life calls the tune, we dance."
- John Galsworthy, “Five Tales”
Chet Raymo, “Making Peace”
*“Making Peace”*
by Chet Raymo
"An issue of “Science” (May 18, 2012) was devoted to human conflict. If I
can summarize 60 pages of discussion: It's US versus THEM. It seems our
long evolutionary history has favored group solidarity. Empathy and
cooperation within the group; distrust and aggression toward those outside.
The first groups were those of kin, tribes, and then ethnicity. As
societies grew, groups identified themselves in more complex ways. Some
researches would suggest that religions evolved as group adhesives.
WE are moral, beautiful, enlightened, favored by God. THEY a... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
North Vernon, Indiana, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
what i'm reading: indian horse by richard wagamese, a must-read, especially for canadians
*Indian Horse*, by Richard Wagamese, is a hauntingly beautiful novel about
an Ojibway boy's journey into manhood. It was the Readers' Choice winner of
the 2013 Canada Reads, CBC Radio's book promotion program. But if you're
like me and don't listen to the radio, you may have missed it. Don't miss
it. *Indian Horse* should be widely read - by everyone, but especially by
Canadians.
In a slim, spare volume, drawing vivid pictures with very few words,
Wagamese brings you into the Ojibway family. They are struggling to hold
onto their culture - and indeed, to keep their family physicall... more »
"The Pig Farmer"
*"The Pig Farmer"*
by John Robbins
"One day in Iowa I met a particular gentleman—and I use that term,
gentleman, frankly, only because I am trying to be polite, for that is
certainly not how I saw him at the time. He owned and ran what he called a
“pork production facility.” I, on the other hand, would have called it a
pig Auschwitz. The conditions were brutal. The pigs were confined in cages
that were barely larger than their own bodies, with the cages stacked on
top of each other in tiers, three high. The sides and the bottoms of the
cages were steel slats, so that excrement from... more »
"Contradictions..."
"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a
contradiction,
check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong."
- Ayn Rand
“No Escape from Existential Reality”
*“No Escape from Existential Reality”*
by Sartre
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
- Philip K. Dick
"Finally agreement! No one can dispute the reality that we all will die.
Since most choose to block out this fate or find it discomforting to
consider, the roots of denial are sown. Refusal to confront the one great
similarity that all humans share, is a trait that has greatly affected our
political and social lives. Life is to be lived, no doubt. But how you live
it greatly depends upon how you treat the final ending.
Death, freedom, existentia... more »
Quote of the day: Happy birthday Maria Montessori
I’m a couple of days late, but never too late to pay tribute to this
heroine. Anoop Verma chose this quote to do the job:
In her essay “The Comprachicos,” Ayn Rand lauded the Montessori Method as
exactly what children needed to develop properly.
“The purposeful, disciplined use of his intelligence is the highest
achievement possible to man: it is that which makes him human.” “[the best
development of intelligence is what] Dr. Montessori had in mind…when she
wrote the following about her method: ‘The didactic material, in fact, does
not offer to the child the ‘content’ of the ... more »
"You Better Decide..."
“A wise man once said you can have anything in life, if you sacrifice
everything else for it.
What he meant is, nothing comes without a price.
So before you go into battle you better decide how much you're willing to
lose."
- "Grey's Anatomy"
LAND GRABS AND NEOCON DELUSIONS
Neoconservative propagandist and Israeli apologist, Jonathan Tobin writing
in *Commentary* yesterday, attempted to justify Israel’s latest grab of
some 400 hectares of West Bank land. Tobin attempts justify the grab by
saying that the land in question is ‘state land’ adjacent to one of
Israel’s earliest settlements in the West Bank which was built after the
1967 war. He argues that in the event of Palestine being given statehood,
the land and the settlement would become a part of Israel under an
arrangement whereby Israel accede some other lands to Palestine in exchange.
There’s a n... more »
"Centered and Safe: Keeping Your Energy Strong"
*"Centered and Safe: Keeping Your Energy Strong"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Keeping our energy strong and pure throughout the day is vital to somebody
that is sensitive. Being a sensitive person in this world can sometimes
feel very draining due to the fact that we are very receptive to the energy
of the people and environment around us. Still, we want to be part of
situations that involve small or large groups of people, and we would like
to do it without becoming overwhelmed or exhausted. With a few simple
strategies we can entertain at home and socialize in the world withou... more »
Ukraine Warns Of An Escalating Conflict
*Ukraine Warns Of Europe’s Worst Conflict Since World War II -- Bloomberg*
Ukraine warned of an escalating conflict in its easternmost regions as a
rebel leader said talks this week may include negotiations for a truce.
The country’s military will take on Russia’s “full-scale invasion,” Defense
Minister Valeriy Geletey said on Facebook today, a shift away from the
government’s earlier communication that focused on an offensive against
insurgents. Ukraine “must urgently build up defenses against Russia,” which
is seeking “to advance to other areas in Ukraine,” Geletey said.
Ukrain... more »
No sympathy for murder
Astonishingly, the media commentary about the man who slaughtered two
people in Ashburton in cold blood is sympathetic … *to the murderer*. “Suspect
had returned to die,” says a puff piece by the ODT, for example.
Pity he didn’t do it quietly. I agree with Lindsay Mitchell.
I have no sympathy for him. He lost his mother while still at college. So
he should know what it feels like. Yet he has probably robbed children of a
mother; partners, sisters and brothers, parents, friends of someone who
added enormous value and meaning to their lives. Someone who was everything
to them….
... more »
A Tale of Two Students
This is a guest post from Loy Gross, upstate New York parent and advocate.
Proponents of Common Core State Standards and the New York tests
associated with them try to convince us they are necessary. They say the
standards make students college and career ready, and the New York tests
provide an accurate measure […]
Russia's Military Led Bloc May Deploy 'Pecekeepers' To Ukraine
Military servicemen during the Interaction 2014 military drill for the
Collective Rapid Reaction Force of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, at the Spassk Training Center near the city of Karaganda,
Kazakhstan. (RIA Novosti / Sergey Kuznecov)
*Russia-Led Military Bloc Ready To Send Peacekeepers To Ukraine -- RT*
The head of the CSTO says its peacekeepers are ready for any operations,
including in Ukraine, but their deployment requires the go-ahead from
leaders of all member-countries.
"Deployment of the CSTO peacekeeping force can be ordered only by the
Collective Securi... more »
Is Russia's Version Of The U.S. Navy SEALS Fighting In Ukraine?
*Russia’s Version Of The Navy SEALs May Be Fighting In Ukraine -- Business
Insider/Bellingcat*
The Instagram account of a Russian special forces operative reveals that
members of the elite Alpha Group took part in military operations in
Ukraine.
Ilya Gorelyh, who has been highly decorated for his service in special
operations, has suggested that he and his colleagues took part in the
fighting against Ukrainian forces.
On the 21st of July, Gorelyh posted a photograph of his car driving through
the border crossing at Nehoteevka with the comment “we are already close,
fucking Bander... more »
Ukraine Army In ‘Very Difficult State’ (Video)
From *PBS Newshour*: Overnight there was a rare moment of cooperation
between Russia and Ukraine as 9 Russian soldiers were swapped for 63
Ukrainian soldiers at the border. But, the crisis continues as officials
said Sunday a Ukraine Navy vessel came under fire from pro-Russian rebels
on shore. James Marson of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan
via Skype from Mariupol, Ukraine with the latest.
*My Comment: *A sober assessment on what is happening on the ground in
Ukraine.
Smart green failure
[image: _NOrman]I know nobody’s talking about them, but Russel Norman is
still talking about “a smart, green economy” as if that were an actual
*thing.*
The Green Party's plan for an innovative economy includes … $1 billion of
new government funding over three years for research and development to
kick-start a transformational shift in how our economy creates wealth.
What sort of transformational shift? One less “reliant on exporting
commodities like milk powder, which is rapidly destroying our rivers and
lakes, and leaving our economy increasingly vulnerable to the
fortunes of o... more »
Why this September 11th could be a Major Date for an " Other Event " ... Connecting dots and speculation as to what plans may be affot !
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
What is an " Other Event " ? Probably like the definition of obscenity and
to paraphrase SC Justice Potter Stewart " We know one when we see one " !
9/11 is obvious - but also consider the Boston bombings , the Newtown
School shootings , Benghazi death of Ambassador Stevens , Malaysia Flights
370 and 17, the Flash Crash ...... these are seminal events that shape the
thinking and reactions of the public , direct public policy and Executive
Branch / Congressional Actions , serve to herd sheeple who don't delve
deeply and rapidly become part of the history or mythology of Cult... more »
The Purpose of Art
What leads us humans
to record
somethig we thought'
or seen
or have written down
or at the bottom
of everything
sang about
hUMANAS so self aware
are grasping at straws
to prove ourselves
we are little more
than monkeys
and and all our grand
things
will disappear
and the tourists
of the future
will look UPON
a beach five meters
higher than it would be
seen today
they will find
scrapes of aluminum
and not be able
to figure out
that process alone
confined by their times
to a bronze blast zone
Horny tech Kickstart
I
f a man
not be horny
honestly
this is a technology
that can measured
to see how close
the patient is to
dead.
Death Panels would salivate for this data
"How It Really, Tragically, Is"
"Humanity will destroy itself, body and soul,
before it will learn a simple lesson."
- Dave Wells
“The Blueprint for World War III: ‘This War Will Be Utterly Devastating’”
*“The Blueprint for World War III: *
*‘This War Will Be Utterly Devastating’”*
by Dave Hodges
*SHTFplan Editor’s Note: *”A lot has happened in the last 72 hours. By all
indications the east and west are once again positioning for a face off
that may well result in the next global conflict. Last time this happened
over 60 million people across the planet were dead before it was all said
and done. This time around humanity has weapons at its disposal that are so
capable of widespread destruction that we could literally be facing the
annihilation of the majority of the human race. Make... more »
Ukrainian Military Ship Sunk By Artillery Fire From Pro-Russian Separatists
*Ukrainian Patrol Ship Sunk By Artillery Fire -- IHS Jane's 360 *
A Ukrainian patrol ship has been sunk in the Azov Sea after coming under
artillery fire, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (DPSU) announced
on 1 September.
Two Ukrainian Coast Guard vessels based in Mariupol had been patrolling
three miles off the Ukrainian coast near Bezimenne when they came under
shore-based artillery fire on 31 August, the DPSU said.
*Read more* ....
*More News On Pro-Russian Separatists Attacking A Ukrainian Military Ship
With Artillery Fire*
Ukraine Launches Rescue Operation After Ship... more »
I like the fine stuff
I have fifty years of fine
and have no wish to decline.
So as I exist where can i comprise/
No never on sound
that is sacrosanct
our as the man knows
the last place we can hook
all these hippies
I have been an audiophile since
I was nineteen
and I bought my first serious system
I had lived through live
with a Sanyo component product
that in retrospect deserved a
heck of a lot more respect
My uncle bought it for me
and I suspect the origin of the species
was not playing on the 8 track,
So it is well established I like my sound
and vision
but that is falling and I do not care so much
peo... more »
“The Economics of Perpetual War”
*“The Economics of Perpetual War”*
By Matt McCaffrey
"We've always been at war with Eastasia."
George Orwell, “1984”
“The 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I seems like an ideal
opportunity to spread a message of peace and economic cooperation; sadly,
2014 has so far been a year of new and renewed conflict far more than one
of reconciliation. By now, talk of the horrors of war is nothing new.
Everyone knows about the total destruction war brings; in fact, we’ve known
for millennia. As Lew Rockwell points out, “just about everyone makes the
perfunctory nod to the trag... more »
Loving On Empty
Last week Rickie Lee Jones was in Orlando helping Alan Grayson turn out the
voters in front of his 75% primary victory on Tuesday. A fews weeks before Peter
Case did two concerts for Grayson supporters in the Bay Area. And Grayson
isn't the only Democrat turning to musicians to help turn out young voters.
Our friends at HeadCount are doing voter registration drives with, among
others, Jason Mraz, Spoon, Wilco and the Black Keys.
With young voters more apathetic about voting and government than ever,
several organizations are trying to woo the “selfie generation” to the
polls this... more »
Russian President Putin Outlines His Terms For A Ceasefire Agreement In Eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Klimentyev
*Putin's "Statehood" Gambit Raises Stakes In East Ukraine -- Reuters*
Shift in Kremlin language steps up pressure on Kiev
* Ambiguous 'statehood' comment played down by spokesman
* Use of term 'New Russia' becoming more frequent
* Putin keeps Kiev, West guessing over ultimate aim
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A shift in President Vladimir Putin's language
on the conflict in eastern Ukraine reflects a transformation in the
situation on the battlefield and sounds a warning to Kiev to negotiate
sooner rather than later.
... more »
The Economy: “When?”
*“When?”*
by Bill Holter
“I have had many people tell me they agree with my thought process on
events, but don’t understand “why” or “how” the financial system has held
together. Why of course is the easy part, no one wants to see the system
come apart at the seams, especially the ones running the casino and
benefitting the most from it? I think the better question is “when.” I am
constantly asked when I think we will see a systemic cascade and my
standard answer is “it should have been two (or more) years ago as the
question has not been “if” but when for at least that long. Actu... more »
THE TRUE PURPOSE OF NATO
Stop the War's John Rees on why Nato -- on the coat tails of the United
States -- is such a threat to peace and how we can mobilise to stop the
relentless drive for more war in Ukraine, the Middle East and beyond.
Hope springs eternal
Talking of DB, one of his many catches at *Biased BBC *was the persistently
biased BBC tweeter, Jane Bradley.
Jane was a BBC London producer back then, tweeting things like "the
brilliant John Pilger" and "Cannot believe Chomsky, Pilger, Assange are
speaking in Trafalgar Sq and I'm too sodding hungover to go. From my sofa,
I urge you all to GO".
Now a Senior Broadcast Journalist for the BBC, working on *Panorama *(among
other things), she remains highly active on Twitter.
This is something she tweeted tonight:
#Panorama excl: HomeOffice researcher "booked on diversity course" aft... more »
A Fascinating Answer - Question Session On Ukraine Between BBC Observer John Sweeney And Russian President Putin
*My Comment*: The body language. The look in his eyes. This video is a must
see just for that.
The Spectrum of Misogyny
Consider three separate, seemingly unconnected incidents that have risen to
media prominence recently.
1. The horrifying, systematic attacks on white girls by gangs of Pakistani
paedophiles in Rotherham.
2. The abuse meted out to Zoe Quinn, a US video game developer and author
of *Depression Quest.*
3. The theft of naked photos from the social media accounts of prominent
Hollywood stars, including A-listers like Jennifer Lawrence and Kirsten
Dunst, and posting them online for all the world to see.
What drives a man to hack a woman's social media presence and repost
details abou... more »
“6 Unhinged Right-Wing Moments This Week: Fox's Comical Beyoncé Freakout”
*“6 Unhinged Right-Wing Moments This Week: *
*Fox's Comical Beyoncé Freakout”*
By Janet Allon
“*1. Bill O’Reilly’s 'Achey breaky heart' about Beyoncé videos. *Young
women of America, please stop watching Beyoncé videos. It breaks Bill
O’Reilly’s heart for some strange reason he has yet to coherently explain.
The good folks at Fox News were mightily confused this week after viewing
the pop diva’s performance at the Video Music Awards in which she appeared
in front of a huge screen with the word “FEMINIST.” But here's the thing:
she seemed to have forgotten her pants. Her pants! How c... more »
When ALECers Retire - There is Still Danger
*Two hundred plus *(200+) ALEC incumbents are not running for re-election
in 2014
This may sound like good news
– but –
IT IS NOT
Just because they resigned this year – does not mean they have left
politics.
Some are running for higher office
And HAVE TO BE DEFEATED
Some are running for Supreme Court, District Court or Justice of the Peace
And HAVE TO BE DEFEATED
AND WORSE
Some are running for city and county offices
To help the extremist, pro-corporate, we want right to work implemented at
the local level - American Legislative Exchange Council expand their newest
evil... more »
Russian President Putin Warns Of Nuclear War
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.(RIA Novosti / Alexey Druzhinin)
*Putin Threatens Nuclear War Over Ukraine -- Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast*
Raising the spectre of nuclear war over Ukraine, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is
playing a new, and dangerous, game.
On Friday, as Russian Federation tanks and troops poured across the border
into eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin talked about his country’s most
destructive weaponry. “I want to remind you that Russia is one of the most
powerful nuclear nations,” he said. “This is a reality, not just words.”
Russia, he told listeners, is “strengtheni... more »
Russian President Putin: 'If I Want To I Can Take Kiev In A Fortnight'
Warning: Mr Putin (right) made a bellicose statement to the European
Commission President, Jose Manual Barroso (left), telling him that his
armed forces could 'take Kiev in a fortnight'. The pair are pictured here
on August 20
*'If I Want To I Can Take Kiev In A Fortnight': Putin's Threat To Europe
Revealed By EU Boss As Ukraine Loses Control Of Key Airport -- Daily Mail*
* Putin made an incendiary remark to the European Commission President
* He said that his forces could march to the Ukrainian capital in two weeks
* Two seamen are missing after a rebel artillery attack on a patrol... more »
Alan Waldman : Britain’s ‘Bad Girls’ is a gripping, gritty gals-hehind–bars series
Strong English cast and writers make this popular prison series compelling
television. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | September 1, 2014 [In his
weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV
series that readers … finish reading Alan Waldman :
Britain’s ‘Bad Girls’ is a gripping, gritty gals-hehind–bars series
Oops
Oh Dear. It’s done it again. (oops) Israel has gone and created another
obstacle to advocacy.
Expropriating 4 sq km of ‘Palestinian’ land in the occupied West Bank might
look like a good idea to some Israelis who (quite understandably) fear that
Israel is not much further forward that it was more than 2000 deaths ago,
but it’s not very helpful to anyone who taken on the seemingly un-winnable
task of trying to defend Israel against accusations of ‘not wanting peace’.
However justified it might look to lawyers and pro-Israel legal eagles who
are willing to delve deeply into the legit... more »
NSA: There’s a Spy in my Soup!
Janet Phelan
Okay, we now know that our phone calls are being monitored. Snowden has
made it clear that none of our electronically conveyed communications are
secure from NSA snooping. But to find that they are now listening to our
potato chips?
As revealed recently in an article in MIT News, technology has been
developed which would allow our relentlessly nosy government to pick up
voice prints from a bag of potato chips, a glass of water, a window or
potted plant.
This is how it works:
The tiny vibration of objects as a result of a nearby conversation can now
be picked up ... more »
Moffat Accredits the Memes: Appendix 1 - Like, Totally Metal, dude...
*Okay, just to deal with this separately, quickly - is he doing that on
purpose...?*
*Almost certainly not, but you have to wonder why it seems to keep
happening, because it keeps randomly emerging from screen-grabs I have
taken so far from episodes 1 & 2.*
*Must still be a Malcolm Tucker thing...*
It's *probably *worth noting, and getting on the record and out of the way
early on, that (contrary to popular misinformation), the "Devil Sign",
Metal Horns, Hook 'em Horns or Corna gesture is, and always has been, and
still *is* (in Europe, at any rate) a tranditional, folk *prote... more »
Abbas at Doha: PA will give Israel authority of West Bank if border talks fail
*Haaretz-*
You read that headline correctly! Abbas will *punish *Israel by giving them
control of the West Bank.
That'll fix Israel and the US right up! Yup. Don't mess around with Abbas.
He's a tough negotiator!
You have to read this article. Seriously.
*Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly told Israel that if
negotiations with the United States about establishing a Palestinian state
within the 1967 lines fail, he will transfer responsibility of West Bank
lands to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. *
The report emerged Monday in the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar, citin... more »
Why Israel is a journalist’s utopia
I'd like to recommend a thoughtful post by former BBC Middle East
correspondent Richard Miron, entitled *Looking Back at Gaza *(first
published on his blog Foreign Daze.)
Here's a (fairly hefty) extract from it:
During the recent Gaza conflict the Israeli authorities facilitated the
movement of international journalists in and out of the territory. This
allowed high-profile reporters and presenters to come and go during the
conflict and for news organizations to rotate their staff during the
hostilities. (This contrasted with the Israeli decision to close off Gaza
to foreign rep... more »
The practice of lesson plan review
Beginning my second year back in the classroom, I am once again becoming
aware of the obligatory lesson plan review by administration. I have no
problem with this in theory, but I am curious as to the overall value of
this practice. In many cases, schools are staffed by a lot of people who
teach […]
Durham Schools Cutting Ties with Teach for America
A day to celebrate! From the Herald-Sun:
Aug. 30, 2014 @ 05:51 PM
Gregory Childress
DURHAM —
The Durham school district will honor its current contract with Teach For
America, but the national teacher training program’s future with Durham
Public Schools is up in the air.
The school board voted 6-1 last week to honor its commitment to TFA
teachers, including five hired to work for DPS this school year, but to not
pursue any new relationships with the program beyond the 2015-16 school
year.
That’s when the five TFA teachers hired for this school year will complete
their service ... more »
The Self-Driving Car is Going to End in Disaster
Joshua Krause
On the surface, self driving cars sounds like a godsend. You could sit back
and relax during your commutes, safe in the knowledge that your
computer-driven vehicle will get you to your destination safe and sound.
“Safe” being the keyword here, because these vehicles will supposedly be
safer than any human driver. The computer will never experience road rage
or fatigue, and will have lightning fast reflexes. So far, Google’s test
vehicles have driven over 700,000 thousand miles without incident.
However, we don’t really know how safe or effective they’ll be until
ordi... more »
ISIS is America’s New Terror Brand
*Endless Propaganda Fuels “War on Terror”*
Image Credit: Vice News James F. Tracy
In the wake of World War I, erstwhile propagandist and political scientist
Harold Lasswell famously defined propaganda as “the management of
collective attitudes” and the “control over opinion” through “the
manipulation of significant symbols.”[1]
The extent to which this tradition is enthusiastically upheld in the West
and the United States in particular is remarkable. The American public is
consistently propagandized by its government and corporate news media on
the most vital of contemporary iss... more »
NATO’s Options in Ukraine
Tony Cartalucci
After provoking what is increasingly a devastating and expanding conflict
in Ukraine, NATO appears to be out of options as its proxy regime loses its
grip on both its military campaign against its own population in eastern
Ukraine, as well as political control in the capital of Kiev itself.
However, despite the turn of events, with NATO apparently rudderless, those
seeking to undo and reserve the damage the West has created in Eastern
Europe must not become complacent.
NATO still possesses several options with which it can respond to its
deteriorating proxy regim... more »
How Happy Is YOUR Labor Day?
Last week, prostrating himself before the Koch brothers and other
right-wing billionaire campaign financiers, Mitch McConnell swore that if
they helped the GOP take over the Senate-- and reelect him in Kentucky-- he
would guarantee that there would never be a vote taken on raising the
mimimim wage. Happy Labor Day… as the rest of the civilized world enjoys
nice long vacation, regular pay raises, healthcare, pensions, maternity
leave and benefits most American workers no longer even dream of.
Yesterday, the *Lexington Herald-Leader* released a poll showing that most
Kentuckians dis... more »
Labor’s Demise Is America’s Demise
*"Today the US has the most unequally distributed income and wealth of all
developed economies and one of the worst in the entire world"*
*Paul Craig Roberts*
Anthony Freda Illustration Labor Day is a holiday that has outlived its
time. Like Christmas, Labor Day has become a time-out period. As Christmas
has become a shopping spree, Labor Day has become the last summer holiday.
The holiday originated in 1887 to celebrate the contribution made by
American workers to the strength and prosperity of the United States. The
first Monday in September was chosen by President Grover Cl... more »
Teachers' dispute down to public pressure and first to fold
You can tune out all the rhetoric from both sides in the teachers’ dispute
at this point.
It has come down to a simple question - who will fold first.
The government hopes the BCTF will accept a negotiated deal, to avoid - or
reduce - the risk of legal challenges. Given its losing record in the
courts, that’s understandable.
The union would rather be legislated back if an acceptable deal can’t be
reached, for the same reason. (The union leadership, after taking members
out in a costly, ineffective strike strategy, also doesn’t really want to
try and explain why the result was a medio... more »
Co-opting the Co-opted
I am going to give you some data. For many of you, most of this data won't
mean much, but for some of you, this data will illuminate a lot of pieces
of "the puzzle". I am not giving names, but will give details.
In December 2010 a certain person was "picked up" (kidnapped) from his home
and flown to Switzerland. This person is one of only two people with
access to the Global Collateral Accounts (which I have mentioned a few
times before). He was "asked" to activate "old" accounts that were
dormant, and then was flown to Virginia (cough cough cough Langley cough
cough). Whe... more »
The Bloody Origin Of Labor Day and The Real Maguire
*Most people know Labor Day as an extra day off of work. Fewer know the
holiday comes from a time when the government was offing workers**.*
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/01/labor-day-2014_n_5738262.html
*The Real Maguire - Who Actually Invented Labor Day?*
It's clear that the first Labor Day celebration was held on Tuesday,
September 5, 1882, and organized by the Central Labor Union, an early trade
union organization operating in the greater New York City area in the
1880s. By the early 1890s, more than 20 states had adopted the holiday. On
June ... more »
The Voters?
Where
to begin.
The Globe is reporting Harper is resisting a NATO-wide call to increase
defence spending to two per cent of GDP. He says it's our fault
apparently because us voters wouldn't support such an increase in
defence spending. Maybe so, but concern about what the voters think has
never really stopped him from doing anything before. [Hmm, I wonder if
the F-35 is actually now too
Why John J. Mearsheimer is Wrong on Ukraine
When I arrived as an incoming graduate student at Ohio State University, I
was labeled a realist since I studied extensively under John J. Mearsheimer
at the University of Chicago. And despite the fact that I find such
labeling exercises rather silly (plus, my advisor at both Chicago and OSU
was actually Alex Wendt), there
Continue reading
The Plight Of Iraq’s Yazidis In Ninewa Province Interview With Christine van den Toorn
The Islamic State’s recent attack upon the Sinjar area of Ninewa province
has brought world attention to the plight of Iraq’s Yazidis. Insurgents
have targeted the small religious group for years, but after Sinjar was
taken there were mass executions and kidnappings of more than 1,000 women
by the Islamists. The situation was made worse by unfulfilled promises by
local Kurdish officials to protect the community. To help explain the
situation is Christine van den Toorn who runs The Primary Source a
Sulaymaniya based research group, and who is also reporting for Iraq Oil
Report and t... more »
Dark connections - Keenan working for the Cabal, not for the people.
- by GrandeLander (Aug 31, 2014).
Keenan, guilty of Lèse-majesté? Evidence caught on tape. Why is Keenan
spreading lies about Thailand's royalties and getting away with it? The
answers will shock you. The following is a reader's reply to Neil Keenan
unsubstantiated, false accusations about Thailand.
Egbert Sousé
AUGUST 29, 2014 AT 7:21 PM
Double check with regards to the passing of Thai Queen Sirikit, as she just
celebrated her 82nd birthday on 12 August, 2014. According to Thai law, you
can be subject to imprisonment — even if you are a non-Thai citizen or
non-resident regardles... more »
Last Day in a Fog
I'll post other things after I re-learn how to think. Maybe Tuesday will be
my last day in the fog.
Starting tomorrow: The Houses of Journalist County!
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2014Award-winning series begins:* Starting tomorrow,
we’ll be presenting our long-awaited, award-winning series, The Houses of
Journalist County.
We’ll start where all journalism starts—on the cover of Parade magazine.
Our award-winning work will appear at this site. For a high-ranking
preview, click here.
Adult university students are entrapped unpaid workers, captured and broken by institutional schooling
By
Denis G. Rancourt
Adult university students are entrapped unpaid managerial-labourers,
intellectual slave-workers in forced indoctrination camps.
The institutionally imposed "study" is unpaid forced labour done by
adults and minors.
By virtue of entirely blocking a person's freedom of inquiry, and
freedom to thus self-define within the unpartitioned community,
schooling and university
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*Rapid erosion of Louisiana coast only expected to accelerate ~Bob
Marshall, Al Shaw *
*US judge blocks enforcement of new La abortion law ~AP, via WWLTV *
*Report: City should sell World Trade Center site ~Tania Dall *
Dear PTA,
Dear ___________________ (Insert District/School PTA President’s name),
Please accept my donation of $_____ to our school Parent Teacher
Association. I/We truly appreciate the dedication and time that our local
PTA devotes to enhancing the educational and social opportunities for our
children and their school. I/We are choosing to donate money to our
school’s PTA as […]
Links + Ma the Irritator + Bonus Ebola Paranoia = Something for everyone
*I love my Tokina 100 mm macro*.
No blogging today, just too damn busy, but I thought I'd leave you with
some links and this unhappy conjecture: lessee... Ebola in Africa...
thousands of Chinese workers and investors in Africa... tens of thousands
of Taiwanese in China... how long before that circle is closed and we see
Ebola here? "Oh, I have pretty serious case of the flu, I think I'll return
to Taiwan and have it treated."
The Ma Administration's policy of irritating the US continues with its
ongoing exhibition of the ROC's mad claims to the South China Sea. It's a
constant rem... more »
Moffat Acredits the Memes: Part II - Dalek Counterinsurgency Warfare
*"Counterinsurgency was stylish, and exciting - and it suited JFK's needs
perfectly."*
*- PBS' Explanation for the Vietnam War.*
"This was the metastasis of the cancer, the shift of the Venetian Party
from the Adriatic to the banks of the Thames, and this has been the main
project of the world oligarchy during the past five centuries.
*The Venetian Party, wherever it is, believes in epistemological warfare. *
*The Venetian Party knows that ideas are more powerful weapons than guns,
fleets, and bombs.* In order to secure acceptance for their imperial ideas,
the Venetian Party see... more »
CDC Whistleblower Revealed
US CDC Caused Thousands of US Black Children to Develop Autism & Hid the
Data – CDC Whistleblower Named
Posted on August 24, 2014 by ChildHealthSafety
Start the video at 5 minutes in to see the key admissions, confirmations
and identity of the senior CDC scientist and whistleblower who revealed the
information about the misconduct by this US government agency:
*Source:*
*Child Health Safety*
[image: CDC]
Labour Day 2014
http://www.cp24.com
Just what is the state of Labour on this Labour Day? If you were to use
Harper government policy a a yardstick, the answer would be "not very
good." After all, this is a government which ends strikes before they
begin, and which has vastly expanded the Temporary Foreign Workers Program
in the wake of the Great Recession.
But even Harper supporter Tasha Kheiriddin acknowledges that the majority
of Canadians support unions:
What does the public think about unions? A study conducted in late 2013 by
Ha... more »
Editor's Note.
I live in Canada ... and today is a big national holiday. The girlfriend
wants to do a family thing this morning and afternoon .... so alas ....
blogging will return later this afternoon.
Is A Prairie Populist Building A Big November Surprise While The DSCC Wastes Its Time In Dixie?
If the Democrats lose the Senate majority in November it will be because
Harry Reid and DSCC chair Michael Bennet decided to concede South Dakota
without a fight. So far Establishment Republican Mike Rounds has spent
$2,941,991 on the race to win the seat being abandoned by Democrat Tim
Johnson, while populist Democrat Rick Weiland has only raised $1,094,098 in
total and spent $650,325. The DSCC has put all its eggs in the baskets of
much more conservative Democrats than Weiland-- and much more
Republican-Leaning states than South Dakota, like Michelle Nunn in Georgia
and Alison ... more »
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*OH: Pols say schools should be anti-suicide propagandists*
A bill is being proposed in Ohio that would require community colleges and
universities to have suicide prevention programs on and off campus.
The proposal calls for access to mental health programs and crisis
intervention, such as a hotline. Colleges would need plans for telling
students about prevention activities and communicating with students, staff
and parents after the loss of a student to suicide.
The Board of Regents and the state Department of Mental Health and
Addiction Services would post free materials online... more »
Labour accused of turning blind eye to abuse: Three senior figures say 'politically correct brigade' ignored warnings for fear of inflaming community tensions via Mail Online
'Ann Cryer, Simon Danczuk and Denis MacShane launch attack on Tony Blair
They claim his administration turned a blind eye to abuses by Asian gangs
Committee will ask whether social cohesion was put before investigations
Three Labour figures have accused Tony Blair's government of turning a
blind eye to child abuse and terrorism in the Muslim community – for fear
of inflaming community tensions.
Former MP Ann Cryer said the 'politically correct brigade' predominant on
the left dismissed her warnings after she exposed a sex-abuse scandal
involving Asian men in her constituency.
Roc... more »
John Judge and the Pentagon Wall of Tears
*John Judge was a rather heavy man.*
*The Pentagon Attack*
*and American Airlines Flight 77*
by John Judge
researcher and founder for 9/11 CitizensWatch
21 February 2004
On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was at home in Washington, DC, about
half a mile from the Pentagon, in Anacostia. I had been called by a friend
to inform me of the first plane hitting the WTC tower in New York City. He
sits on a transportation board for the county in Fairfax, Virginia, which
includes Dulles Airport. He was immediately alarmed because he knew that no
commercial flights come close to... more »
Leviathans of Space: Massive Unknown Craft
*Leviathans of Space: Massive Unknown Craft*
By Scott Corrales © 2014
We were assured by space writers and science fiction authors that the
vastness of interstellar space could only be crossed by mammoth space
vehicles – “generation ships”, in the parlance of some spinners of space
yarns – crewed by generations of space travelers hoping to reach their
destination centuries hence. The concept was ripe for speculation. What if
the children of the children of the first crew became a series of
stratified societies aboard their vehicle, and had forgotten the purpose of
their mission? ... more »
Largest Study to Date: Transgender Hormone Treatment Safe
Largest Study to Date: Transgender Hormone Treatment Safe
Cross-sex hormone treatment of transgender adults leads to very few
long-term side effects, according to the authors of the largest study to
date to examine this issue.
More than 2000 patients from 15 US and European centers participated in the
retrospective study, called Comorbidity and Side Effects of Cross-Sex
Hormone Treatment in Transsexual Subjects, and nearly 1600 received at
least 1 year of follow-up, the authors reported.
"Our results are very reassuring," principal investigator Henk Asscheman,
MD, PhD, who heads HAJA... more »
Fukushima debacle Updates ( September 1 , 2014 ) ---- #Fukushima I NPP Progress Report on Ice Plug in Reactor 2 Trench: Time for Plan C (and Diaper Polymer May Be Back...) Energy News items regarding Fukushima.....
Ex SKF.....
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014
#Fukushima I NPP Progress Report on Ice Plug in Reactor 2 Trench: Time for
Plan C (and Diaper Polymer May Be Back...)
*Plan A*, if you recall, was to freeze the highly contaminated water at the
head of the trench right outside the Reactor 2 turbine building (Shaft A,
on the northeast corner of the turbine building) to create an ice plug by
placing several freezing pipes in the trench. Why is a plug needed? Because
TEPCO wants to drain the highly contaminated water from the trench.
*What TEPCO did not say was the existence of many obstacles at th... more »
Iraq / Syria Regional War Updates ( September 1 , 2014 ) --ISIS adaptation makes air strikes more complicated and less useful.......... Even as fighting in Iraq morphs due to the US air strikes , the battles in Syria rage on and Lebanon seems likely to be drawn into the conflict ......
Anti War.....
US Air War Complicated as ISIS Blends in With LocalsISIS Targets 'More
Discreet' Now
by Jason Ditz, August 31, 2014
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The US war in Iraq continues to get more complex as easily foreseeable
situations emerge and the Pentagon has no answers for them. The latest
problem is that ISIS targets, which were mostly conspicuous at the start of
the war, are starting to blend in with the local population.
Since ISIS got its start as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), it was pretty obvious
that they were experienced in insurgent-style tactics in addition to the
recent da... more »
Minnesotan man builds the world's first 3D printed concrete castle in his own backyard,designing a kit that can print two-story houses
*From:*
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140826-minnesotan-world-first-3d-printed-concrete-castle-in-his-own-backyard.html
*Minnesotan man builds the world's first 3D printed concrete castle in his
own backyard, designing a kit that can print two-story houses*
Aug. 26, 2014 | By Alec
In Minnesota, contractor Andrey Rudenko is currently working on a project
of gargantuan proportions that seems to be stretching and exploring the
limits of 3D printing technology. Using a printer that was substantially
modified and expanded, he has printed a concrete castle in his own
backyard. And at ... more »
Five Most Popular Posts for August
The most read this month were:
1. When Genocide Is Permissible
2. Critiquing Doctor Who: Deep Breath
3. On Bombing ISIS
4. The Social Significance of Ian Botham's Penis
5. How Not to Write About Rotherham
August's most-featured-in-the-news tops the page view tally for this month,
followed not too far behind by the Doctor's return to our screens in Peter
Capaldi's skin. Does having an openly Scottish Doctor indicate a
clandestine contribution by BBC Wales to the Better Together campaign?
Yes it's been a busy month on the blog, the most buzzing it's been since
December 2013 no less. A... more »
Production of vacuum cleaners above 1600 watts banned in the EU
In November 2013, I reminded everyone that the EU had an incredibly
irresponsible plan to simply ban all vacuum cleaners above 1600 watts of
the input power.
(The equivalent figure that Americans would use is 110 times smaller
because the voltage is 110 volts and in amps, so 1600 watts is equivalent
to 14.55 amps.)
Today, on the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the ban
came to force. I didn't want to believe that it would ever become valid but
it really has. Czech media say that it's still OK to sell them and the
retailers have huge inventories, indeed. Some Weste... more »
Divide & Conquer - The Age Old Game Continues
Source:
*https://plus.google.com/u/0/108767350436427277961/posts*
*Note: *Now we have elections in Europé . Another manifestation of this
principal.
HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE - August 31, 2014
*HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE*
by Marlene Swetlishoff
August 31-September 7, 2014
Beloved Ones,
As you move through each day, stay centered within your sacred heart space
and send love and blessings to all that is around you. Practice this until
it is an innate part of your constant experience. You are beings of light
and love and this is the reason you are here during these turbulent times.
Your calming and loving presence is much needed and you each have the
capacity to create calm and peace within the sphere of your influence. This
sphere is much larger than you can imagine, De... more »
Gardasil Changed My Whole Life Living In Denmark by Anika Hjorth
Hjorth FamilyGardasil changed my whole Life
By Anika Hjorth
Fredericia, Denmark
I am the mother of three children, ages 1, 8 and 9. In addition to taking
care of my home and family, I work as the sales coordinator for a local
newspaper. I enjoy family outings and holidays. I used to run 20km at a
time to stay physically fit. Gardasil changed all of this.
The quadrivalent HPV vaccine, Gardasil, was approved for use in Denmark in
2006. I had read a little on the internet about it, but did not find any
reason why I should not take the vaccine. On many sites, Gardasil was
look... more »
Le Gardasil a changé toute ma vie par Anika Hjorth
Hjorth Famille
*Le Gardasil a changé toute ma vie*
par Anika Hjorth,
Initiative Citoyenne, 15 août 2014
Je suis la maman de 3 enfants de 1, 8 et 9 ans. Outre le soin de la maison
et l’éducation des enfants, je travaille en tant que coordinatrice de
ventes pour un journal local. J’adore les sorties en famille et les
vacances. J’avais l’habitude de courir régulièrement 20 km pour rester en
parfaite forme physique. Le Gardasil a tout bouleversé.
Le vaccin quadrivalant contre le HPV, le Gardasil a été approuvé pour
utilisation au Danemark en 2006. J’avais un peu lu sur i... more »
China issues first airworthiness certificate for V750
China's unmanned helicopter, the V750, will receive an airworthiness
certificate from Civil Aviation Administration next month. It will be the
first such certificate issued by the country to a drone.
It is the country’s largest drone.
"It symbolizes that the drone has entered the market, and become part of
the authorities’ management system," Prof.Gao Yuanyang with Beijing Univ.
of Aeronautics said.
Read more
Chinese reconnaissance and strike drone conducts test flight
[image: Rainbow NO.4 UAV]China's reconnaissance and strike drone Rainbow
NO.4 has conducted a test flight and completed simulation target practice,
marking a major step forward for China's unmanned technology.
Rainbow NO.4 embarked on its maiden test flight straight from rolling out
of the factory.
"The test flight was very successful today. During acceleration and
deceleration, the drone kept taxing on a central line on the runway. It's
well positioned to carry out the subsequent missions," Li Pingkun, head of
Rainbow No.4 Project, said.
Read more
Israel Military Shoots Down Unmanned Aircraft Over Golan
Quneitra, Syria
The Israeli military said it shot down an unmanned aircraft above the
Israeli-held section of the Golan Heights, a plateau that’s become more
volatile with Syrian rebels’ gains and confrontations with United Nations
peacekeepers.
Hours before a Patriot missile brought down the aircraft, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that his country was ready to combat
threats to its security on all fronts, including the Golan.
At Israel’s first cabinet meeting since an Aug. 26 truce ending 50 days of
Gaza Strip fighting, the prime minister said he hoped “the qui... more »
Naomi Wolf Schools War Propagandist on Needing Evidence and Congress to Go To War
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Australia to join multinational airlift against Islamic State in Iraq
Australia will join a multinational effort to help Kurdish fighters against
the barbaric Islamic State terrorists in Iraq, flying plane loads of arms
and munitions into the strife-torn nation.
Tony Abbott has announced today that RAAF C-130 Hercules and C-17
Globemaster aircraft will join aircraft from other nations including
Canada, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States to help
repel the jihadist extremists.
The Prime Minister said today the “United States Government has requested
that Australia help to transport stores of military equipment, including
arms and ... more »
Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding poised to honor John Warner
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[image: USS John Warner (SSN-785)]Newport News Shipbuilding will christen
the Navy's newest submarine Saturday in a ceremony that will more than mark
a construction milestone. It will celebrate the legacy of retired U.S. Sen.
John Warner, one of Virginia's most venerated leaders.
Warner insists that others are more deserving of having a warship named in
their honor. He said as much when President George W. Bush called to
deliver the big news more than five years ago.
When the phone rang that day, Virginia's senior senator had just climbed
out of a swimming pool. He was in Florida wi... more »
Inequality 20: The Top 50 Richest Filipinos
Forbes has released the 50 richest families in the Philippines. This should
be for 2014, or 2013. I copy-paste the list here. Please note that this is
for the entire family, not just by one person or the patriarch.
The top 5: Sy and family owns SM Prime Holdings, SM malls, and Banco de
Oro, the country’s largest bank in assets.
L. Tan owns Philippine Airlines, and the fifth largest lender, Philippine
National Bank
Razon owns International Container Terminal Services Inc, (ICTSI) that has
port operations across Asia, the US, Middle East and Europe. Also owns
Solaire Resort & Casino,... more »
IDF's Newest Submarine to Set Sail for Israel
[image: INS Tanin]Israel’s newest Dolphin II-class submarine is poised to
set sail from Germany, where it was constructed. The vessel, named the INS
Tanin (pronounced ta-NEEN), is one of three submarines being constructed
for the Israeli Navy by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in Kiel, Germany.
The Tanin is the largest underwater craft being built in Germany since the
end of World War II and are considered among the most effective in the
world.
Named for the biblical sea creature, alternately translated as crocodile,
snake or dragon, the Tanin and its sister ships, the Rahav and a
yet-... more »
What is the Jewish Caucus in the CA state legislature all about?
*The San Diego Jewish Journal* recently published a rather revealing
article about the Jewish Caucus, formed at the beginning of this year, in
the California state legislature. The article begins:
The California state legislature’s first ethnic caucus was *the Black
Caucus* which formed in 1967. A handful of years later, in 1973, *the
Latino Caucus* formed. It wasn’t again until 2001 that California received
another ethnic caucus, this time for legislators of *Asian and Pacific
Islander descent*. Only a year later, *the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Caucus* was created. *Th... more »
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*Warmists invent magic ice*
*It melts and gets thicker at the same time, apparently. There are lots of
findings that antarctic ice is increasing -- e.g. here -- but the galoots
below say it has been increasingly melting*
Sea levels around Antarctica have been rising a third faster than the
global average, a clear sign of high meltwater runoff from the continent's
icesheet, scientists said on Sunday.
Satellite data from 1992 to 2011 found the sea surface around Antarctica's
coast rose by around eight centimetres (3.2 inches) in total compared to a
rise of six cm for the average of... more »
Swing Set Giveaway!
Today I have teamed up with some awesome bloggers to bring you a fantastic
giveaway for a SWING SET! Awesome, right?! Enter below!
*Welcome to the Little Tikes Tree House Swing Set Giveaway Event!*[image:
LittleTikesSwingSetGiveaway]We have come together with our hosts Everything
Mommyhood and Mom To Bed by 8 to offer our readers a Tree House Swing Set
giveaway from Little Tikes. Special thanks to our co-hosts Budget Earth and Bayou
City Mamas. *INSERT YOUR OWN WORDS HERE* A backyard “tree” house with swing
set that includes a climbing wall, sliding board and more! Kids can climb
to... more »
NATO's Options in Ukraine
*September 1, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - After provoking what is
increasingly a devastating and expanding conflict in Ukraine, NATO appears
to be out of options as its proxy regime loses its grip on both its
military campaign against its own population in eastern Ukraine, as well as
political control in the capital of Kiev itself. However, despite the turn
of events, with NATO apparently rudderless, those seeking to undo and
reserve the damage the West has created in Eastern Europe must not become
complacent.
NATO still possesses several options with which it can respond to it... more »
It's always harmful to attach negative adjectives to quantum mechanics
Sabine Hossenfelder attended a global summit dedicated to the question
whether it's right for science writers to present quantum mechanics as
spooky, strange, and weird. Imagine how much fuel would be saved if the
participants could have stayed home and responded with the right answer
which is
No.
There is really no room for long yet intelligent debates and diatribes.
Quantum mechanics was surprising to the physicists and is still surprising
to the beginners who are learning it today. But as Giotis mentioned in the
first comment under Sabine's blog post, it is not really surprisin... more »
Defending Apartheid: Then in South Africa, Now in Palestine
Just
like another Israel,
by enemies surrounded, lost in the veld,
but for another Canaan elected,
led forward by God's plan.
- Reverend J.D. du Toit, Potgieter's Trek (1909)
This past May, in a relatively banal column touting the necessity of an
impossible "two-state solution" in the context of what he deemed to be
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's "specious comparison" of a
potential
Somalia's Intelligence HQ Attacked By Islamist Rebels
A Somali government soldier holds his fighting position against suspected
militants during an attack at the Jilacow underground cell inside a
national security compound in Mogadishu August 31, 2014.
Credit: REUTERS/Feisal Omar
*Islamist Rebels Attack Intelligence Site In Somalia, 12 Killed -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Islamist rebels blew up a car bomb and gunmen attacked a
national intelligence site in Somalia's capital where suspected militants
are held, in an assault on Sunday that left at least 12 people dead.
Three soldiers and two civilians were killed along with seven militants,
... more »
The #1 reason for #dirtypolitics: the barrenness of the "centre-right"
The #DirtyPolitics saga saw the commentariat almost immediately begin
comparing John Key to their favourite modern-day bogeyman, Richard Nixon.
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On the face of it, the link looks seriously overblown. Howard Hunt and
Gordon Liddy led a shambolic dirty tricks team directly overseen by Nixon’s
Attorney General that ran a series of lurid operations including luring
political opponents with prostitutes, attempts to destroy political party
conventions, and carrying out break-ins of journalists and political
opponents.
Cameron Slater runs a blog.
If the... more »
Islamist Fighters Have Taken Over The Abandoned U.S. Embassy In Libya
*Islamist Militia 'Seize' U.S. Embassy Compound In Libya And Post Video
Online Of Triumphant Gunmen Leaping Into The POOL While Giving Tours Around
The Evacuated Residents Quarters -- Daily Mail*
* Footage reportedly taken inside the compound shows men gathered around
the embassy villa's swimming pool, with some even jumping in
* An official claims the compound is being 'safeguarded' and was not
'ransacked'
* The compound has been unoccupied since July 26 when U.S. diplomats
evacuated to neighboring Tunisia under a U.S. military escort
* It comes near the two-year anniversary of th... more »
EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI
I have written a couple of posts of late regarding the results of Education
Next’s 2014 public opinion survey, especially as concerns EdNext’s and its
editor-in-chief Paul Peterson’s attempts to sell the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) to a public that is only half aware of CCSS– and with the
half who are aware increasingly rejecting those […]
Douglas Carswell Leaves The Conservative Party For The Much More Right-Wing UKIP
Unless you're a Brit, you've probably never heard of Douglas Carswell,
until last week, the Conservative Member of Parliament from Clacton a
generally well-off, retirement seaside area in Essex, just northwest of
London. Carswell, who often passes himself off as a libertarian, was on the
extreme fringe of the Conservative Party, switched to the neo-Nazi UKIP
last Thursday (August 28) and resigned from Parliament, triggering a
by-election in which he will face off against a Labour candidate, Tim Young
and an as yet unnamed Conservative candidate. If Carswell wins, he'll be
the fir... more »
Happy Labor Day!
Have a safe and happy Labor Day folks, and thanks for stopping by!
Assad Is Deluded To Think That Washington Will Align Itself With His Regime In The Name of Fighting ISIS
*Washington will not sacrifice its proxy army ISIS for anybody, especially
not Assad. From the U.S. perspective that would be a waste of a useful
tool. The terrorist group's ability to promote Washington's aims in the
region via unconventional means have proven to be very effective so far.*
*1. An excerpt from, "Syria sees Islamist threat bringing detente with
West, but not soon" by Tom Perry, Reuters, August 21, 2014: *
There is no sign of any shift in Washington, whose policy is built on Assad
leaving power and last year came close to bombing Syria after accusing him
of using che... more »
Energy Econ 25: Coal Use and GDP Expansion, Is There a Correlation?
* This is my article in thelobbyist.biz last Friday.
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Energy is development. The more energy and electricity that an economy can
provide for its citizens and private enterprises at low price and stable
supply, the bigger is the growth and development potential of the economy.
There is growing public interest for renewable energy like solar and wind
and this is fine. But when there is also corresponding high opposition to
coal, petroleum and even natural gas, then public policy is distorted, like
more taxation of conventional sources, royalties for Malampaya natural gas.
W... more »
Happy Labor Day? (No, Not Really . . . Not At All In Fact) The USA Con Was A Very Long One - And Deep - One of the Greatest Causes of the Ever-Widening Income Gap: A Bridge Straight to the 19th Century (Without Social Security or Security of Any Type)
Contributions for this blog's operation are always welcomed. Thank you, in
advance. When I read any of Thomas Frank's books and essays I always marvel
that his subject has also been mine for the last 30 years. And he's
organized the arguments mathematically to back them up. If you stopped
watching Jim Cramer and the rest of CNBC's money/politics shills long ago,
it was probably because you
What creates wealth
Why are some countries rich and some countries poor?
Is it access to natural resources? Is it tax policy? A motivated work
force? These are important, but not determinative. The answer is
deceptively simple - it's what's in our heads: knowledge.
Thus, the surest way to promote economic growth is to cultivate an
environment that encourages the spread of knowledge.
Such an environment requires freedom, and intellectual property rights --
which is why the freest and most legally objective societies are the most
prosperous. In five minutes, economist George Gilder explains why.
... more »
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE
My favorite blog, The Vineyard of the Saker, got a ton of comments today
from people after he posted a piece about how corrupt and weak EU
politicians are. Some of the comments were priceless so I thought I'd
share a few here. Most of them don't give names so I will just put what
they wrote below. It's encouraging to see such political sophistication
out there. What we need now is a unified anti-corporate strategy across
the globe. A good start would be a global weekend of protest against NATO.
- Merkel, Obama, Poroshenko et. al. are dangerous - but as individuals
th... more »
Lee County Board Member, Mary Fischer, Wants to Change Her Vote at 8:30 AM Tuesday Morning
Clip from News-Press.com:
Opt-out may be a thing of the past.
Lee County School Board member Mary Fischer said Friday afternoon that she
changed her mind about the benefits of opting out, calling for the board to
rescind the motion at a special school board meeting.
Fischer, who served as the tiebreaker at Wednesday's 3-2 vote, called for
the meeting to discuss repealing the sweeping decision. The meeting will be
held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Lee County Education Center.
The school board often needs four votes, known as a "super majority," to
rescind a decision. But district ... more »
The Roswell Rock
So now we have the Roswell Rock. What is it? Just a rock found in New
Mexico with some sort of crop circle design on it that some think is beyond
our capability to make. There seem to be no tool marks found under
microscopic examination, it seems to have some strange magnetic properties
and it was found within twenty-five miles of the site that is alleged to
have contained the alien bodies.
It now takes it place with all those other things that have been identified
with Roswell such as the Mexican Roswell, the British Roswell, the Chinese
Roswell, the Russian Ros… well, you get th... more »
Fairness
You hear it all the time.
That’s fair /that’s not fair.
Life’s fair / life’s not fair / life’s good, but not fair at all.
So WTF does “fairness” actually mean, why is there so much confusion about
it, and why is there so much politics that takes advantage of this
confusion?
Philosopher Stephen Hicks analyses fairness, politics, ethics … and tennis.
*Fairness* is a key concept of ethics but if you ask three philosophers
what it means, you will get four different answers. Many of our ongoing
public policy debates turn on competing conceptions of what is and is not
fair.
- *In... more »
Update: "Is this why we hate the gummint?" -- the sequel
*Again, pay no attention to the "NO BICYCLE RIDING IN SUBWAY TUNNEL" sign.
After all, no bicycle riders did in the time the sign was up. It's gone
now.*
*by Ken*
I just wanted to provide a quick update on the situation ("Closed for
repairs that aren't being made: Is this why we hate the gummint?," December
10) at the entrance to the three-block-long pedestrian tunnel that links my
stretch of upper Broadway (roughly at what would be 190th Street) to the
IRT 191st Street station of the no. 1 train to the east, which lies far
below St. Nicholas Avenue -- it's the deepest station in t... more »
"The Invitation"
*"The Invitation"*
"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you
ache for,
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk
looking
like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know
if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened
by
life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further
pain!
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mi... more »
EXCELLENT SHORT FILM ON FERGUSON
Fault Lines traveled to Ferguson to witness the demonstrations and the
subsequent heavy-handed police reaction - and to find out how Brown's
killing sparked something bigger, exposing tensions that have been bubbling
beneath the surface for years.
"humility is the foundation of all learning"
My grandmother had always referred to the universe as the Great Mystery.
"What does it mean?" I asked her once.
"It means all things."
"I don't understand."
She took my hand and sat me down on a rock at the water's edge. "We need
mystery," she said, "Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with
awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility,
grandson, is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek to unravel
this. We honour it by letting it be that way forever."
Richard Wagamese, *Indian Horse* (2013)
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the
result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments.
The filaments are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less
mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than
expected from a free explosion.
*Click image for larger size.*
The above image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is presented in three
colors chosen for scientific interest. The Crab Nebula spans about 10
light-years. In the nebula's very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as
massive as the... more »
"The Essential Thing..."
"The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
- Pierre de Courbertin
Chet Raymo, “The Universe Becomes Conscious of Itself”
*“The Universe Becomes Conscious of Itself” *
by Chet Raymo
"By now most of us will have seen this spectacular photograph of a dusty
star-birthing region of the Carina Nebula, celebrating the 20th anniversary
of the Hubble Space Telescope. I offer a slightly different cropping from
what you may have seen in the media or on APOD. Please click the image to
see it it all of its glory.
Let me add some context. The image shows an area of the sky that you could
cover with the intersection of two crossed sewing pins held at arms length.
Think about that for a minute. Hold two imaginary cr... more »
"Why Are You Here?"
* "Why Are You Here?"*
by Robert Lanza, M.D."Why do you happen to be alive on this lush little planet with its warm sun
and coconut trees? And at just the right time in the history of the
universe? The surface of the molten earth has cooled, but it's not too
cold. And it's not too hot; the sun hasn't expanded enough to melt the
Earth's surface with its searing gas yet. Even setting aside the issue of
being here and now, the probability of random physical laws and events
leading to this point is less than 1 out of 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000... more »
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