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Ukraine Ceasefire Is Crumbling As Fighting Flares Throughtout The Region
*Ceasefire Is Crumbling As Fighting Flares In Ukraine -- Independent.ie*
War 'is not over yet' says rebel chief after sniper and shell attacks
"The war is not over yet," Igor Plotniskiy, the newly- elected head of the
self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic said in video statement televised
and posted on the LPR website. The LPR wants "maximal integration with
Russia," he said.
Ukraine said yesterday its forces killed the rebels at Donetsk Airport in
the biggest separatist loss since a September 5 truce. Russia sent tanks
and military vehicles across the border into rebel areas,... more »
Can Bernie Sanders Do An End Run Around Anti-Democracy Conservatives-- With A New National Holiday On Election Day?
Over the years there have been attempts to move election day to the
weekends so that people who work for a living can actually vote without a
lot of extra hassle. Louise Slaughter penned one last year. "Having
Election Day on a Tuesday," she said at the time, "is an outdated
requirement that simply does not comport with the schedules of modern
Americans. Instituting weekend voting would make it easier and more
convenient for Americans to exercise their right to vote, and would help
reduce lines at the polls and increase voter turnout." Although many
Republicans said they liked the... more »
U.S. Launch Air Strikes To Kill Islamic State Leaders. Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘Critically Wounded'
*Warplanes Hit Convoy Near Mosul In Attempt To Kill ISIS Leaders -- CNN*
CNN) -- U.S. warplanes attacked a convoy near Mosul in Iraq this weekend in
an attempt to kill ISIS leaders, said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command.
Col. Patrick Ryder, in a statement Saturday, said he could not confirm that
top ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was in the convoy.
Ryder issued that information in response to news reports indicating the
ISIS leader may have died or been injured.
"I can confirm that coalition aircraft did conduct a series of airstrikes
yesterday evening in Iraq against what w... more »
Ottawa Parliament Hill False Flag Shooting: Canada's False Flag Terror - Fingerprints Of US Involvement! (Imagine My Shock!)
I had honestly by this point wanted to steer away from the ridiculous
Ottawa false flag shooting of last month that was DEFINITELY a false flag
operation that was set up from the get go…. The criminal Harper regime in
Ottawa has long needed such a "terrorist" attack to take place somewhere in
Canada just so it can get the Canadian people to "rally" behind their
fraudulent war on 'ISIS', while at the same time get some draconian
legislation passed that would inhibit the freedoms of the Canadian people….
The timing of that fraud "terrorist" attack could not have been more
perfect for ... more »
Jesuitry and Masonry by Helena P. Blavatsky
News Spike - 1 hour ago
*CHAPTER 8*
"Christian and Catholic sons may accuse their fathers of the crime of
heresy . . . although they may know that their parents will be burnt with
fire and put to death for it. . . . And not only may they refuse them food, *if
they attempt to turn them from the Catholic faith, *BUT THEY MAY ALSO
JUSTLY KILL THEM." *-- Jesuit Precept *(*F*. *S*TEPHEN *F*AGUNDEZ, in*Proecepta
Decalogi. *Lugduni, 1640).
"*Most Wise. -- *What hour is it?
"*Respect. K. S. Warden. -- *It is the first hour of the day, the time when
the veil of the temple was rent asunder, when darkness and const... more »
towards a cruelty-free face: switching to products not tested on animals
I've begun changing my personal care products to cruelty-free: natural
products from companies that are better for the environment and don't test
on animals. I'm not sure how far I'll be able to go, but I've begun the
process.
After a lifetime of using conventional products, I was moved to think more
about this by a few different sources.
When I worked in the children's library, I often saw a book about animal
cruelty. It was not the one I wrote about here, about dogs, but a book in a
series called "Tough Issue," similar to the kind of series I used to
contribute to. This "tough i... more »
Why Very Few Real Dems Voted for Obama's NeoLib Dims (Such Large-Scale Public Theft With No Solid Policies To Pay Back Taxpayers) Jeb and George Bush: Our Fracking Mentors/Investors
There is very little I (and almost everyone I know) despise more than being
confronted constantly with the smug faces of the smarmy banksters like
Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Bankfein and their warm friendship with President
Obama (not even getting into the smug Bush dog faces involved in every type
of taxpayer scam). Very few real Dems voted for the Dims that were running
(and running in) this last
Tommy Magliozzi provides shocking evidence about the progress and happiness of mankind
*Tommy (with Ray on his right, at MIT, June 4, 1999) explains that once the
boys finally got down to thinking about their commencement speech, they
determined through close study of other commencement speeches that one
thing they seemed to have in common was that they all had a beginning, a
middle, and an end -- providing them with not just inspiration and a
guideline but a challenge.*
*by Ken*
I was horrified to discover earlier today that the MIT video of their 1999
commencement which I had plunked atop my Tuesday remembrance of the latem
great Tom Magliozzi -- either Click or C... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This sharp Hubble Space Telescope view looks deep into NGC 6752. Some
13,000 light-years away toward the southern constellation Pavo, the
globular star cluster roams the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Over 10
billion years old, NGC 6752 holds over 100 thousand stars in a sphere about
100 light-years in diameter, but the Hubble image frame spans the central
10 or so light-years and resolves stars near the dense cluster core.
*Click image for larger size.*
In fact the frame includes some of the cluster's blue straggler stars,
stars which appear to be too young and massive to exist in a... more »
Rumi, "The Trap Is Hidden..."
“The pleasures of this world are delightful from a distance before the
actual test.
From a distance they appear to be refreshing water,
but when you approach them, you find they are a mirage.
The world’s bait is visible, but the trap is hidden...”
- Rumi,
"Jewels of Remembrance," Mathnawi VI, 316-317; 321
Paulo Coelho, "The Law of Jante"
"The Law of Jante"
by Paulo Coelho
"'The Law of Jante?' Of course I had never heard of this, so he explained
what it was. I continued on my journey and discovered it is hard to find
anyone in any of the Scandinavian countries who does not know this law.
Although the law exists since the beginning of civilization, it was only
officially declared in 1933 by writer Aksel Sandemose in the novel “A
Refugee Goes Beyond Limits.”
The sad truth is that the Law of Jante is a rule applied in every country
in the world, despite the fact that Brazilians say that “this only happens
here,” and t... more »
Free Download: Jiddu Krishnamurti, “The Book of Life”
"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.
That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is
why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for
all that is life."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freely download “The Book of Life” by Jiddu Krishnamurti, here:
- http://keychests.com/item.php?v=ucpoaaqjnwg
"The Eternal Silence Of Infinite Spaces..."
"The eternal silence of infinite spaces frightens me. Why now rather than
then? Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and
time have been ascribed to me? We travel in a vast sphere, always drifting
in the uncertain, pulled from one side to another. Whenever we find a fixed
point to attach and to fasten ourselves, it shifts and leaves us; and if we
follow it, it eludes our grasp, slips past us, and vanishes for ever.
Nothing stays for us. This is our natural condition, most contrary to our
inclination; we burn with desires to find solid ground and an ultima... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Thanks for stopping by.
"Shedding Light on Ourselves: Parts that Don’t Want to Heal"
*"Shedding Light on Ourselves: **Parts that Don’t Want to Heal"*
by The DailyOm
"When we choose that which is not best for us, there can be a deep seated
part of us that does not want to heal. In almost every case, we know what
is best for us in our lives, from the relationships we create to the food
we eat. Still, somewhat mysteriously, it is often difficult to make the
right choices for ourselves. We find ourselves hanging out with someone who
leaves us feeling drained or choosing to eat fast food over a salad. We go
through phases where we stop doing yoga or taking vitamins, even... more »
William Shakespeare, "The Excellent Foppery..."
"This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in
fortune (often the surfeits of our own behaviour) we make guilty of our
disasters the sun, the moon, and stars: as if we were villains on
necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treacherous
by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced
obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine
thrusting on. An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish
disposition on the charge of a star!"
- William Shakespeare, “King Lear”
The Poet: Robert Bly, "Things to Think"
*"Things to Think"*
"Think in ways you've never thought before.
If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message
Larger than anything you've ever heard,
Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats.
Think that someone may bring a bear to your door,
Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose
Has risen out of the lake, and he's carrying on his antlers
A child of your own whom you've never seen.
When someone knocks on the door,
Think that he's about
To give you something large: tell you you're forgiven,
Or that it's not necessary to work all the time,
Or that it's been decided that if ... more »
Turn up the volume
sure this is the eay way
but if you want meaingful
change it has to happen
with soft sounds of inclusion
amd most importanlty
a realistic plan
we can not change the world overnight
but please please
give us a fortnight
Chinese Domestic Natural Gas Fracking Boom, Direct From Ground To Pipeline(One by One British Columbia Is Losing LNG Customers)
- *China's shale gas ramp-up may surprise the skeptics. Beijing wants
drillers to grow output from a standing start to a third of current U.S.
levels – around 270 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually – by 2020. That’s a
stretch. But on plausible assumptions, the People's Republic could get
there within a decade. New discoveries and further joint ventures with the
likes of Texas-based FTS International would help.*
*The development of vast domestic shale resources has taken on fresh
urgency as China attempts to shift power generation away from
smog-producing coal towards cleaner-burn... more »
Sit rap
Sitrap is my friend
it can gather anywhere
but most of all
it keeps me from jail
with all my ex friends.
Yes be aware
and the bad men
will not put you in
jail for just being
rare.
Post Malthus Interigation
How desensitised am I
that I could care
less about the little
ice worms
squirming about
and sometimes
a goal from a shit
tell me why these
creatures should
be something upon
which I will place
concern
or even better
attention
The world as I know
it has blown up
and its not just
me
Its not just age
no its fundamentally
different
and
now for me Nihilism
is the key
Build your skyscrapers
in the sky
sell the aerial
rights to the Chinese
make me live
like an extra
from Bladerunner
fire me
if I sneeze.
To what all end to you push
this stuff
this revolution
of uneasy
well if you want ... more »
Failure to launch
FaILURE to launch
failure to launch
failure to make the launch
failure to find
a place to hide
when the launch blew up
failire to lanch as a face
identified
failure to launch
in a universere
filled with stars
never seeing the pull
of the great dipper.
Alan Moore - My Mate Steve Moore (no relation)
Alan Moore - My mate Steve Moore (no relation) and Endymion
from Breaking Convention on Vimeo.
October Gallery, London, 26th October 2010.
Comic book legend (usually writer, but is fast becoming superhero in his
own right), psychogeographer, novelist, yarn spinner, Olympic standard
imaginator (ok so that’s not a real word) and “one of the world's most
inept LSD dealers” (according to Wickedpedia, so can’t be true) – came
along to the gallery to perorate profoundly about something spectacular.
This lecture was part of a series held at the October Gallery on the last
Tuesday of eac... more »
Out of the Sauge machine we got Lou Reed
Makes one believe in fate on a Sunday Morning.
Where do you want to diredt your rage?
We got an app for that renders it into a managelble joke. Call me parionid
I think the man runs all the protest web sites to cool us down. FUCK YOU
MAN.
I will never forgive him,
Red Box - Lean On Me
I can't remember the last time I heard a song I had completely forgotten.
But it happened to me yesterday just as my wig was getting cut. I loved
this song when it came out. Loved it so much that it disappeared down the
memory hole for 29 years. Here it is in case it slips my mind again ...
Why Is Pakistan Such A Mess? - Ahmed Rashid
Afghanistan and Pakistan seem to be miles apart in their cultural and
political development. *Afghanistan's new first lady is a Christian
Lebanese-American* who is out front about her support for women's rights,
birth control, internally displaced refugees, and other progressive issues,
while in Pakistan two Christians were recently *burned to death by an
extremist Muslim mob*.
From a cultural standpoint, the two countries are going in opposite
directions. Afghanistan is becoming more and more tolerant, *as it was in
the past*, before the ignorant Saudi, American, and Pakistani gove... more »
Delusions of Grandeur
November 8, 2014 The Republicans took control of both houses of Congress
here in the US midterm elections this last week – to Republican cries of
joy and Democratic moans of despair across the country. President Obama
ordered 1500 more … Continue reading →
Steve Leads
Yes, yes I do
we need some king of
burgermisters to keep us
intact
but over thousands
of years the capaitalist system
has been fantastically intact
no one is going to attack
a hot dog stand
that has absored
four hundred year
an todays gmo
and some how
remaind intact
If this was an
action movie
the dead would
be resurected
with a soy adiditive
My people and they are few
and right to have that opinion
for we now live in a world
where even the biggest
scientifict exeri,mpte
would be branded untrue.
So as we hop between the
campfires realisezint
the uS MIitary
was more windshield
that in any e... more »
Traitors, enemy agents raise millions for foreign terrorist army occupying Palestine
A group of some of the wealthiest and most influential people in America,
consisting of both traitorous American citizens and hostile, subversive
agents and partisans of the Jewish state of Israel, recently raised
millions of dollars for the terrorist army of the Zionist regime occupying
Palestine. At a gala in Los Angeles, California, over $30 million was
raised for the Israel Defense Forces, a foreign military organization
widely known to engage in and commit acts of false flag terrorism,
indiscriminate bombing of civilian and civil infrastructure, torture, and
other barbaric, hor... more »
Observations from the Future
*Video - *Here's an interesting and quite humurous take of how today might
be viewed from the future.
The post Observations from the Future appeared first on Waking Times.
Guest Post By Michael Bart-- An Immutable Law Of Physics
*Michael is one of my oldest friends. He and I went to college together,
spent time in Amsterdam, Finland and San Francisco and, in recent years,
have been sharing vacation rentals in places from Bali to Tuscany. He
shared some ideas this morning about the midterm elections, from the
perspective of someone who isn't as all-consumed by politics as the regular
**DWT** team.*
*Moment of (Political) Inertiaby Michael Bart*
The 2014 midterm election results are in, and America has become even more
unbalanced than it’d been Monday. It reminds me of an essay I began a year
ago after not... more »
Before the Six-Day War - by Alexandre Solzhenitsyn
*"Elie Wiesel is such a ridiculous character. In private Elie Wiesel is the
subject of much ridicule. The expression “There’s no business like
Shoah-business” is literally coined for him. So it’s not as if I’m the
first one to call the emperor naked, but in public — yes.*
*He’s turned it into a business, where he casts himself as a person who’s
doing all this from anguish and pain and personal sacrifice, while he has
made a fortune out of it."*
*Norman Finkelstein*
*"Sir Martin Gilbert is Winston Churchill's official biographer, and a
leading historian of the modern world.*
*In 1... more »
Pay no attention to the liar in the cupboard
Nothing
demonstrates cowardice in a politician as much as attempting to sneak
things, which should be completely public, past the citizenry in a
clandestine fashion intended to hide the truth.
Boris laid the groundwork here.
Why is the coward bearing the title "prime minister" so hell-bent on
sole-sourcing the F-35? BECAUSE HE'S MADE A DEAL HE HASN'T TOLD YOU
ABOUT. He's hiding something - he
F-35iness
Aviation
Week is reporting that it has evidence showing Canada has asked for a
switcheroo with four formerly US-bound production F-35s so that Canada
would receive these airframes next year.
Four isn't anywhere near the total figure of 65 that was in play before
the Conservatives were embarrassed into rebooting the fighter
procurement process so that it was in line with Canadian legal
Did The Man bury Zero Theorem?
Without any further explanation I would say yes. Zero Theorem alone sounds
communist. In reality its a film by Monty Python dynamo Terry Gilliam. He
has made masterpieces like Time Bandits and Twelve Monkeys. Zero Theorem
is his latest attempt to explain to the people that when it comes right
down to it, no matter who you are your fucked. The only true happiness
exists in evolution, if you can not grab the sun like a beachball and
control the sunset, your doomed to a life of mediocrity and death.
Terry Gilliam like me believes all religions no matter what great case they
give for... more »
Cartoonified War Propaganda
The heck with those quietly murderous Navy Seals getting all the glory,
when it's the demented *Marine Penguins* who have the real guts in the
gruesome national spectacle that we call Perpetual War.
In the simpering guise of a Veterans Day public service announcement, first
lady Michelle Obama has bared her toned arms to arm an adorably
psychopathic quartet of Hollywood penguins with her official White House
(top secret, just like CIA torture) marching orders: *Get out there* and
stealthily gin up the patriotism and pity for the returning troops!
According to the slickly produced re... more »
Musical Interlude: Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue”
Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-_2G7MMgc
Nov. 8, maybe 9
For a start, take a look at Al Jazeera. It's easily available on the web,
has a very wide range of news, a very wide range of opinions, and in all
categories is far superior to Canadian Press and Associated Press, and all
the others in our daily diet. It's worth regular reading.
And if you are suspicious because it's an ay-rab paper, and so can't
possibly have the great minds like the Irving press does, note that its
reporters and commentators are from all over the world - including Canada.
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And, as we approach Re... more »
If the Man With No Name was a woman...
I’m fascinated by my new boss, the *presidenta* of Femuprocan.
She’s a hard-core *campesina* and *colectivista,*of an era that would
have known the revolutionary years of Nicaragua’s Sandinista movement.
Whenever I see her, she’s standing off to one side of the group, cigarette
in hand, observing the scene with an impenetrable gaze. Cue the theme song
from “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
She intimidated me when I met her on my first day of work this past
Monday, me in my summer dress and sandals with my hair up, her in what I
now think of her uniform: jeans; long-sl... more »
The Costs of Irredentism
In For Kin or Country, the basic idea is to explain a set of policies that
is always expensive. When one tries to take the territory of another
country, there tends to be a response. While folks dismissed Obama’s line
about Putin’s moves having a cost, it turns out that he was right. These
costs
Continue reading
Chet Raymo, “Mr. Fix-It: The Handyman’s Way of Living (and Dying), Chapter 21”
*“Mr. Fix-It: The Handyman’s Way of Living (and Dying), Chapter 21”*
by Chet Raymo
“I have now lived fourteen years longer than my father, and well past the
age when his own father died. A century ago, the average male lifetime in
the United States was 45 years. Today it’s in the late-70s—and rising.
Never before in history have so many of us had the expectation of a ripe
old age. The average lifetime won’t rise forever, of course, at least not
without some genetic jiggering. There are biological clocks ticking in
every cell of our bodies. Our cells are fated one-by-one to die, each... more »
Yemen Updates ( November 8-9 , 2014 ) Lead item - Houthis reject new Yemen Cabinet , demand reshuffle ....... various items of note on fluid situation in Yemen.
Tweets......
*Al Arabiya English* @AlArabiya_Eng 5m5 minutes ago
Houthis reject new Yemen cabinet, demand reshuffle http://ara.tv/2vkr5
Al Arabiya English
[image: View this content on Al Arabiya English's website]
U.N. sanctions Yemen's Saleh, two rebel leaders
By Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and two senior Houthi rebels
were blacklisted on Friday
View on web
The Intercept and 11 others follow
*Stratfor* @Stratfor 10m10 minutes ago
The General People's Congress dismissed *Yemen*'s pres from party
leadership Nov 8, the party said, @... more »
The World's First Digital Trigger For Firearms
*Wave Of The Future: A Digital-Electronic Trigger -- Guns.com*
Creative Digital in collaboration with Michael’s Machines developed an
electro-mechanical firearm trigger that can control the rate of fire for a
semi-auto and automatic weapon.
The system is controlled through the use of a solenoid directed by a
computer processors, explained Mike Otte, of Michael’s Machines. The
computer processor connects to multiple sensors to instruct the solenoid on
a rate of fire or to disengage automatic fire if needed.
Read more ....
*Update:* Get Ready for Electro-Mechanical Triggers -- Wash... more »
Gold / Silver and PM November 8 , 2014 report - Tweets linking to Ed Steer's Saturday report ( excellent ) , great commentaries from Jesse's Americain Cafe ) and fantastic GATA items of note !
Tweets......
*fred walton* @fredwalton216 7s8 seconds ago
@EdSteerGSD:JPMorgan et al painted key reversals to the upside in all of
them http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gr
eenspan-gold-is-currency.-no-fiat-currency-including-the-dollar-can-match-it/
…
*Sufiy* @Sufiy 3h3 hours ago
*Jesse*'*s* *Café* *Américain*: Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Short
Squeez... http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2014/11/gold-d
aily-and-silver-weekly-charts_7.html?spref=tw …
*Sufiy* @Sufiy 3h3 hours ago
*Jesse*'*s* *Café* *Américain*: A Tale of Two Markets: Gold Market... more »
Maintain Healthy Teeth and Gums with This Simple Ayurvedic Technique
*Video - *Two respected doctors discuss why oil pulling is so beneficial to
the teeth and gums, as well as throat and sinuses.
The post Maintain Healthy Teeth and Gums with This Simple Ayurvedic
Technique appeared first on Waking Times.
China Prepares For President Obama's Visit
China's president, Xi Jinping, and Barack Obama are due to meet again at in
Beijing this month
*To China, Shift In Obama’s Political Fortunes Eclipses U.S. Economic Gains
-- New York Times*
WASHINGTON — The last time President Obama went to China, five years ago,
he was a political supernova from a nation with a depleted, debt-ridden
economy. When he returns to Beijing on Monday, he will be a political
casualty from a country with a resurgent economy.
White House officials hope the later distinction will outweigh the earlier
one when Mr. Obama meets with President Xi Jinping befo... more »
A joke
Overhead on BBC Radio Localshire:
As the organiser for my local BBC radio Bonfire Night display, I've been
asked to make sure to include the Muslim community. I'm pretty sure they
will enjoy the explosions anyway but, just to make sure, we are building
the bonfire in the shape of a mosque.
Factoids
A few factoids from this morning's *Today, *courtesy of the chief constable
of Essex Police, Stephen Kavanagh:
- 30 billion pieces of content are placed onto the internet each month
- In one minute over 100 hours of video footage are placed online
- In one minute a third of a million tweets are sent out into the world
Just thought I'd share those with you and make it 30 billion pieces of
content +1 this hour. No video and no tweets though, alas.
A New Phase In The Republican Party's Koch-Funded War Against Science
Passing of the flame: Broun to Buck
Boehner and Cantor had a good laugh when they stocked the House Science
Committee with a pack of wild anti-science yahoos like Paul "straight from
the pit of hell" Broun (R-GA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Steve Stockman
(R-TX), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX), Mo
Brooks (R-AL), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), et al. Right after the Republicans
rolled up big victories in both houses of Congress. Frank Bruni opined in
the *NY Times*, that science was in for an even rougher time for the next
couple of years. Climate change may be... more »
Why The Emergence Of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Is A Threat To The West
*Putin Signs Secret Pact To Crush NATO -- Zero Hedge*
*Submitted by Marin Katusa via Casey Research,*
Back on September 11 and 12, there was a summit meeting in a city that
involved an organization that most Americans have never heard of.
Mainstream media coverage was all but nonexistent.
The place was Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, a country few Westerners
could correctly place on a map.
But you can bet your last ruble that Vladimir Putin knows exactly where
Tajikistan is. Because the group that met there is the Russian president’s
baby. It’s the Shanghai Cooperation Organ... more »
Poking the Trillium: CPC Grant Rescinded!
Last week DJ! reported on public funds from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
(OTF) being given to a religious anti-abortion group, specifically the
Lambton Crisis Pregnancy Centre.
I also wrote to OTF and tweaked them on Twitter. And got this quick
response.
@fernhilldammit Thanks for this. As a public funder, we don't condone
discriminatory practices. Getting info. We'll get back to you tmw.
— Ontario Trillium Fdn (@ONTrillium) October 30, 2014
A further response on Twitter directed me to OTF's website where one can
download a PDF called Policy Suite, dated October 30, 2014 (!). I... more »
A valiant whistle blower exposes banksters' criminality, resulting in what might have seemed to be a very large fine. However, a significant part of the fine was legally deducted from corporate taxes ...and NO PERP WENT TO JAIL. Indeed, for his part in the crimes, Jamie Dimon was later awarded a 74% increase in salary! N.B. You may like to watch the interviews with Alayne Fleischmann and Matt Taibbi on Democracy Now (link below).
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/7/matt_taibbi_and_bank_whistleblower_on
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The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
Chase whistle-blower Alayne Fleischmann risked it
all. Photo: Andrew Querner
Meet the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American
history to keep from talking
*By Matt Taibbi *| November 6, 2014
She tried to stay quiet, she really did. But after eight years of keeping a
heavy secret, the day came when Alayne Fleischmann couldn't take it
... more »
Musings On Iraq In The News
My article on government corruption denying aid to Iraq’s displaced was
republished in Al Mada and Sotaliraq. My interview with ex-Sahwa leader Abu
Abed was reprinted in Business Insider, along with my piece on the Islamic
State's executions of members of the Albu Nimr tribe in Anbar. I was cited
in "Iraq's Existential Crisis: Sectarianism Is Just Part Of the Problem" by
Maha Yahya for Carnegie's Middle East Center, and in "iraq's tribes not
united on extremists" by Mustafa Habib in Niqash.
It's Saturday, my tabs are full...
*and I have to go to work later so I'm just going to throw it all out
there. *
Here's what caught my eye this week:
This was the best put together article on the recent decision on same-sex
"marriage" from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. It's
longish by blog standards, but I think it is important to read so as to
give you proper ammunition for discussions with those who think Bob and
Burt should be able to get married because, after all, they love each
other. You're not going to get far by quoting the Bible.
*Fed Appeals Court: No Constitutional Right to Same-S... more »
Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Warns That The World Is 'On The Brink Of A New Cold War'
The West should lift its economic sanctions against Russia and consider the
remarks that Russian President Vladimir Putin made at a meeting of the
Valdai Discussion Club, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said
Saturday. © RIA Novosti. Ramil Sitdikov
*Mikhail Gorbachev Warns Of ‘New Cold War’ Over Ukraine -- The Guardian*
Former Soviet Union leader says tensions between US and Russia should be
kept under control
Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that tensions between the US and Russia over
Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new cold war.
The former leader of the Soviet... more »
New Earth Media PRESS RELEASE: War Crimes Drama in Washington, DC Courtroom
REPOSTED FROM:
http://www.newearth.media/press-release-war-crimes-drama-in-washington-dc-courtroom/
*PRESS RELEASE: War Crimes Drama in Washington, DC Courtroom*
By Santi
7 November 2014
*Rod Class DC Gun Case Exposes the War Powers Act of 1917*
Sacha Stone, London, England, founder of New Earth Nation, interviewed Rod
Class about his DC Court Case three days before he was arrested in a
bizarre series of circumstances October 28, 2014. This case has shined a
focused spotlite on the level of Corruption going on in the Courtrooms of
America.
The Rod Class DC Gun Case, 1:13-cr-0... more »
A balanced world map: more than cute arts?
Frank Jacobs blogging for Big Think posted (and Sean Carroll reposted) a
fascinating distorted map of the world drawn by Gaicomo Faiella:
What's so fascinating about it, Carroll asks? If you want to think
yourself, please don't open the rest of this blog post, and/or don't read
anything beneath the ads.
In fact, I can tell you that the map contains infinitely many coincidences
or fine-tunings relatively to a generic set of continents you could draw
according to the same template. Don't you still know what is special? Try
to think harder and really don't read anything below the ... more »
The One Network welcomes MIP Peru !!
I am looking forward to listening and watching Dave's new radio show on the
One Network!!
http://xi4.com/2014/11/08/mip-peru-merge-one-network-new-radio-tv-show/
MIP Peru. Merge with The One Network. This is the New Radio TV show.
*MISSION I”M POSSIBLE ANNOUNCE A NEW RADIO TV SHOW .*
[image: MIP Peru on The One Network First Show to be Saturday 15th November
2014 at 4PM Peru or 5 PM EST and weekly Following.]
Click on the link to go to MIP Peru on The One Network, First Show to be
Saturday 15th November 2014 at 4PM Peru or 5 PM EST and weekly Following at
that same time .
*MIP PERU w... more »
Google Wants to Store Your Genome
Further to thumbprints......
*thud*
Google glasses that can record your every move, and now they wanna track
your genomes? ..... I would read the fine print very carefully. I suspect
you'll find some interesting things in their "Terms and Conditions".....
... Just sayin'
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532266/google-wants-to-store-your-genome/
Google Wants to Store Your Genome
For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud.
- By Antonio Regalado on November 6, 2014
Why It MattersGenome data on millions of people would lead to new medical
disc... more »
Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
THIS is the main stream media giving the world transparency.... or at
least, a piece of transparency that many people haven't SEEN or
understood. Matt Taibbi has been covering a certain angles of the
financial collapse for a while, and though his information is incomplete,
it gives an excellent starting point for those who are looking for answers
as to "why", and explains some of the background that the regular new
networks have been glossing over.
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
Read more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-wi... more »
U.S. And Russia Talk Ukraine, Syria, And Iran
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov. (Nicholas Kamm/Reuters)
*U.S. And Russia Talk Ukraine, Iran -- Washington Post*
BEIJING – Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that the United
States and Russia will keep talking about the deteriorating situation in
eastern Ukraine, though he made clear that Washington does not accept
Moscow’s denial of involvement arming pro-Russian rebels.
“Suffice it to say that we do have some disagreements about some of the
facts on the ground with respect to Ukraine,” Kerry said following a
meeting with... more »
RTs, #Tags not endorsements
A whole week has gone by without us doing a post about Jon Donnison. (Yes,
I know. Can it really be that long?)
His misdeeds on Twitter are fast approaching a scandal but that doesn't
seem to stop the Sydney-based BBC correspondent from pouring out a daily
diet of tweets and re-tweets about Israel and the Palestinians. Nearly all
of the ones about Israel are from an unsympathetic perspective. I can't
recall a single one that's unambiguously positive about Israel. *If* he
could just bring himself to tweet or re-tweet good news about Israel as
well as bad things it wouldn't be quite... more »
ISIS Deserter: Syrian Jihadists Spend As Much Time Killing Each Other As They Do The Enemy
Almouthanna said ISIS regularly executed innocent women and children
following a battle, file picture
*ISIS Deserter Reveals How Syrian Jihadists Spend As Much Time Killing Each
Other As They Do The Enemy… And A British Recruit Stood Out As He Joked
About Cutting Off Heads From His First Day -- Daily Mail *
* Abu Almouthanna joined ISIS as they had better weapons and paid cash
* At a terror training camp he met a Briton who laughed about beheading
* After 14 months of fighting for ISIS he fled as they kept murdering
civilians
* He said ISIS also kept fighting other Jihadis and not ... more »
Riding through the 2014 election sign madness
Well! After weeks of not riding and nursing painful hip flexor back to a
modicum of health, I decided to test it by riding the easy 120 km flat
route to the Chiayi HSR with Merican Teacher. This route goes through
Changhua City, Xihu, Pitou, Xiluo, Huwei, Tuku, and Xingang, a tour of
flyover country. Along the way I snapped about a thousand photos of the
latest election posters. Now that numbers have been assigned to the
candidates, signs have exploded across the landscape. Click on READ MORE to
see more (image intensive)...
All along the route candidates were holding meetings and... more »
Russia Focus ( November 8 - 9 , 2014 ) Ukraine situation / state of play updates ( gas wars on hold until March 2015 and Europe gets its gas for the Winter ) , Russia makes moves with China and to withstand sanctions regime.....
Zero Hedge.....
Russia Nears Completion Of Second "Holy Grail" Gas Deal With China
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/07/2014 18:29 -0500
- BRICs
- Central Banks
- China
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Germany
- Japan
- Natural Gas
- Reserve Currency
- SWIFT
- Ukraine
inShare20
Six months ago, something few had expected would take place in 2014, or
even in the coming years, happened: under Western pressure and out of a
desire to diversify away from an increasingly hostile European market, Russia
signed the so-ca... more »
Iran's Nuclear Stockpile Is Growing
A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, 1,200 km (746 miles)
south of Tehran, August 21, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi
*Iran's Uranium Stockpile Grows Before Deadline For Nuclear Deal -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas has grown by 8
percent to nearly 8.4 tonnes in about two months, U.N. atomic inspectors
say, an amount world powers probably will want to see cut under any nuclear
deal with Tehran.
The International Atomic Energy Agency issued a confidential report on Iran
to IAEA member states on Friday, less than three weeks be... more »
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: No Link Between Iran Talks, Other Middle East Issues
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he speaks to the media
during a news conference on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Summit at the China National Convention Centre (CNCC) in
Beijing November 8, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee
*Kerry Says No Link Between Iran Talks, Other Middle East Issues -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that there
was no link between talks on Iran's nuclear program and other issues in the
Middle East.
The United States has already rejected a proposal floated by Iranian
official... more »
The Daily Mail
"Oh...my...God...the Daily Mail!"
Are they wrong though?
For their part, the BBC and Left-wing media continue to discount facts
about migration they consider inconvenient.
The Corporation ignored a powerful article by former Labour Home Secretary
David Blunkett in the Mail defending Mr Fallon, in which he said those who
claim a large influx of migrants does not create problems are living in a
‘fantasy land’.
Then, on Wednesday, the BBC gave blanket coverage to a deeply questionable
report by University College London that claimed EU workers had contributed
£20billion to the publ... more »
Iraq / Syria Regional War Updates ( November 8 -9 , 2014 ) - Nusra aggression against " moderates in Syria continues .... US gearing up to send troops to Anbar as " advisers " .... Is the US negotiating with Iran on ISIS as well as nuclear talks ?
Anti War.....
Nusra Front Seizes More Villages From Moderate Syria RebelsPro-US Rebels
Abandon Villages in Face of Offensive
by Jason Ditz, November 07, 2014
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The US attacks on Syrian al-Qaeda faction Jabhat al-Nusra distanced them
from their former allies in the Syrian moderate rebellion, and those rebels
are now paying the price in lost territory, as Nusra treats them as US
proxies for the sake of retaliation.
Nusra forces seized four villages in Idlib Province today, allbelonging to
pro-US moderate factions, and also seized the town of Minnig in Aleppo
Prov... more »
Can Anyone Really Be Surprised That Cuomo's Man Jeffrey Klein Sold Out The New York Senate Democrats... Again?
Andrew Cuomo, Jeffrey Klein-- same, same
Blue America didn't get involved with all that many state legislative races
this cycle. But one we did work on was in the Bronx, for a reformer and
former New York Attorney General, Oliver Koppell, who ran against an
extremely corrupt fake Democrat from the Republican wing of the Democratic
Party, state Senator Jeffrey Klein. The New York State Senate had been
under Republican control for decades until 2008, when a majority of
Democrats were elected. However, because small factions of conservative
state senators elected as Democrats have split... more »
Open Thread
Mrs. JP and I are running off now to attend a book sale so this may be
it for today. Be good, play nice and opine on whatever you wish.
Cowardly harper's Kinks
Is it possible that harper was so emotionally moved by his ordeal of hiding
in the closet during the stand-off on Parliament Hill that he introduced
cowering in the closet into the BDSM role-playing at 10 Sussex Drive? But
then he got too much into the mindset he was in during the stand-off that
he evacuated his bowels and made a horrible mess thus bringing an end to
this new scenario?
I'm just asking here.
British Police Foil Islamist Terror Plot To Kill Queen Elizabeth
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth walks past soldiers from the Royal Regiment of
Scotland, during the Ceremony Of The Keys at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh,
Scotland. (Reuters)
*British Police Foil Islamic Terror Suspects' Alleged Plot To Kill Queen Of
England: report -- New York Daily News*
Four Islamic terror suspects had allegedly hatched a murderous plan to stab
the 88-year-old Queen Elizabeth, according to The Sun.
An alleged plot to kill the Queen of England was foiled by British police,
it was reported Friday.
Four Islamic terror suspects had hatched a murderous plan to stab the
88... more »
Becoming Our Burden
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/
As EKOS reports that the Harperites are making political hay from the fear
of terrorism, Paul Adams argues that there is a good case to be made for
doing almost nothing about it:
It’s never going to be easy to catch lone-wolf terrorists before they
strike. None of what the government is suggesting now seems likely to
change that. And the expanded police and intelligence state we erected
after September 11 already seems capable of catching and convicting the
mostly low-grade terrorist conspiracies springing ... more »
Fellow U.S. Navy SEALs Are Calling Rob O'Neill A LIAR After Claiming He Is The One Who Killed Osama Bin Laden
*Photo: *Ready for combat: Rob O'Neill on duty. He spent 16 years in the
Navy after gorwing up in Butte, Montana, and rose to become one of the
most-decorated SEALs ever, with 400 combat operations under his belt
*EXCLUSIVE - SEALS AT WAR: Fellow Warriors Brand Rob O'Neill A LIAR After
He Claims He Was The Shooter Who Fired Three Bullets Into Bin Laden's Head
-- Daily Mail*
* MailOnline revealed that O'Neill is 'The Shooter' and the man who will be
interviewed next week publicly discussing the death of bin Laden
* His account says that he rushed into bin Laden's room and shot him i... more »
Kate Adie throws fireworks at Israel
Before listening to reports about Israel on *From Our Own Correspondent *I
will admit to sometimes experiencing a tightening feeling in my stomach. I
had that feeling this morning on hearing that today's *FOOC *was leading
with a piece prompted by the recent troubles in Jerusalem.
I expected the worst and got it from Kate Adie's introduction:
These have been days of mounting tension in Jerusalem, most of it connected
with the Temple Mount or Haram esh-Sharif, a site sacred to Muslims, Jews
and Christians alike. Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel earlier in
the week after po... more »
The Meaning of Namaste: Many Translations, One Universal Intention
*Stephanie Lucas* - The literal translation of this greeting varies with
each language; however, they are all pretty much saying the same thing...
The post The Meaning of Namaste: Many Translations, One Universal Intention
appeared first on Waking Times.
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*Could ADHD be triggered by mothers being exposed to air pollution while
pregnant? *
*It is saddening that I have to say so but the study described below is
typical epidemiological crap. They concluded what they wanted to conclude
and damn the data. The focus of the study was Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAH) in the atmosphere and in food. So what did the results
show? "Maternal and cord adducts were not significantly correlated with
prenatally air monitored PAH, ETS, or dietary PAH." In other words those
villainous PAHs had no effects that could be detected in the blood ... more »
Argentina: Incidentes en la Costa Atlántica
*INCIDENTES EN LA COSTA ATLANTICAOBSERVACIONES OVNI EN NECOCHEA y QUEQUEN*
*- FILMACION DE UN OVNI EN NECOCHEA- LANCHAS PESQUERAS PROTAGONIZAN
FENOMENO LUMINICO EN EL MAR- TESTIMONIOS DESDE LA COSTA- INCIDENTES DE
SIMILARES CARACTERISTICAS EN LA MISMA ZONA*
*Investigación: GUILLERMO DANIEL GIMENEZE-Mail: gdgneco@yahoo.com*
*EVIDENCIA FILMICA DEL FENOMENONECOCHEA - ENERO DE 2000*
La ciudad de Necochea, en la costa atlántica argentina presentaba el pasado
mes de enero sus hoteles en su gran mayoría colmados todos por la
asistencia de miles de turistas que acuden a és... more »
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*Student Suspended for Slicing Apple During Healthy Snacks Presentation*
Da'von Shaw, a Bedford, Ohio high school student, brought apples and
raisins to school for a "healthy eating" presentation he was giving to his
speech class. He took out a knife to slice an apple, and I'm sure you can
all guess what happened next:
“When I took out the knife the teacher then told me that I couldn't use it,
so I didn't hesitate I just gave it to her,” said Da'von.
He continued with his other classes, but late in the day was suspended for
five days. The suspension letter charged him with having ... more »
Aisha North: A short update on the energies, November 5, 2014
A short update on the energies
November 5, 2014
by Aisha North
By now, many of you have already become quite adept at floating in these
very new waters, and with this proficiency also comes a confidence that
will help not just you, but so many in your vicinity as well. Let us
explain. *For you are the forerunners in every sense of the word, and now,
as you have dared to go where no man has gone before you, you have entered
virgin territory with the totality of your being, and as such, you have
also made that old well of ancient knowledge available to all those who
dare to go and ... more »
Memphis Students and Parents Demand Green Dot Stay Out of Their School
The Great School Awakening continues in Memphis, where parents, students,
and teachers of Raleigh-Egypt High School rallied Friday to demand that the
corporate predators from Green Dot Schools stay clear of school property
and the property of other local schools on the ASD hit list for next year.
A clip:
As 20 students held signs telling the charter school assigned to take over
Raleigh-Egypt High to “Go Home!!” and “Go Away,” community leaders staged a
press conference to push for an alternative: iZone school status.
iZone schools — short for Innovation Zone — are turnaround school... more »
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare
Chase whistle-blower Alayne Fleischmann risked it all.
Photo credit: Andrew Querner
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-witness-20141106
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare
*Meet the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American
history to keep from talking*
BY MATT TAIBBI | NOVEMBER 6, 2014
She tried to stay quiet, she really did. But after eight years of keeping a
heavy secret, the day came when Alayne Fleischmann couldn’t take it anymore.
“It was like watching an old lady get mugged on the street,” she says. “I
t... more »
Anti-missile system for airliners passes testing
An autonomous system that protects aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles is
to be installed on Israeli civilian aircraft.
The system from Elbit Systems Electro-Optic is called Flight Guard and uses
thermal imaging and laser-fiber technology, which creates high-intensity
laser beams, according to an announcement by the Israeli Air Force and
Elbit Systems.
"Flight Guard is installed on the lower part of the aircraft and contains
four sensors that enable detection, identification, tracking and,
ultimately, disruption of the flight path of a missile fired in the
direction of the fligh... more »
Chinese air force to train with Thai pilots
[image: JAS-39 Gripen]The Thai and Chinese air forces will hold their first
joint training session for pilots later this month, paving the way for a
full military exercise between the forces in future.
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Thursday the two sides have been
working on the plan for some time. The proposal was finally approved by
Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan during Gen Prawit's visit to China
at the end of last month.
China will send four pilots to be trained in Thailand, while Thailand will
send four pilots to be trained in China. They will use each other'... more »
Wisdom after the event
There's a surprising amount of agreement among people on both the Right and
the Left that George Osborne is attempting to pull a confidence trick over
the EU's £1.7bn demand:
*Dan Hannan, Conservativ*e: "The EU sticks us with a bill. Ministers double
it, apply the rebate, return to the original figure and claim victory.
We're meant to cheer?"
*Nigel Farage, UKIP*: "Osborne trying to spin his way out of disaster. UK
still paying full £1.7bn, his credibility is about to nose dive".
*Ed Balls, Labour*: "By counting the rebate Britain was due anyway, they
are desperately trying to cl... more »
Lux Leaks in Canada
I thought we'd have a look at a few of the 35 Canadian corps mentioned by
the *International Consortium of Investigative Journalists* in their
Luxembourg foreign tax fiddling leaks but first ...
On Monday, Minister of National Revenue Kerry-Lynne Findlay proclaimed in
the House:
"One of our government's key areas of concern is the issue of international
tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance."
By Wednesday, courtesy of CBC, NDP Megan Leslie shot back :
"An international investigation has revealed a Canadian crown corporation
uses phony Luxembourg shell companies to avoid paying... more »
October Surprise 2016 : The New Face(s) of The Enemy
The New Face(s) of The Enemy : Tarpley Reveals Prospective Ruling Class
Manchurian Candidates for 2016
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*Wall Street's Manchurian Candidates Then and Now and the Franklin Cover-Up
*
*Jimmy Carter / Reubin Askew*, 1976;
*Barack Obama / Deval Patrick*, 2008
*Ben Sasse / Tom Cotton,* 2016 ?
Or *Mia Love*...?
*"Beware Outsider Non-Politicians with Elitist Resumes"*
http://tarpley.net/wall-street-manchurian-candidates-beware-outsider-non-politicians-with-elitist-resumes/
*That's What He Said**Barack Obama Sounds Just Like Deval Patrick.*
*Is That Good ... more »
Shell Game : The History of the Peak Oil Scam in Graphs
*The price data graphed above are in nominal terms, meaning they are in
"dollars-of-the-day" and have not been adjusted for inflation. *
1.OPEC begins to assert power; raises tax rate & posted prices 2.OPEC
begins nationalization process; raises prices in response to falling US
dollar.
3.Negotiations for gradual transfer of ownership of western assets in OPEC
countries
4.Oil embargo begins (October 19-20, 1973)
5.OPEC freezes posted prices; US begins mandatory oil allocation
6.Oil embargo ends (March 18, 1974)
7.Saudis increase tax rates and royalties
8.US crude oil entit... more »
Ebola Updates - November 8 , 2014 ( great daily note from Ebola Deeply - 11/7/14 ) - Focus on Africa and vaccines , US fears abating ....
Tweets....
*pdjmoo* @pdjmoo 3m3 minutes ago
*Ebola* surging in Sierra Leone amid lack of treatment centers: U.N http://
ow.ly/DZWoM RT @Reuters #*EBOLA* #Africa #SierraLeone
Reuters Top News
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Ebola surging in Sierra Leone amid lack of treatment centers: U.N
The number of Ebola cases is surging in Sierra Leone due to a lack of
treatment centers, the United Nations said, while scarcity of food may also
be forcing some people to leave quarantined areas,
View on web
*Stefano Zannini* @StefZannini 2h2 hours ago
#*Ebola* Figu... more »
Kenyan Doctors Find Anti-Fertility Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine
Featured Image American Spirit / Shutterstock.com
http://brownpelicanla.com/issue/brown-pelican-la/article/lifesitenews-a-mass-sterilization-exercise-kenyan-doctors-find-anti-fertility-agent-in-un-tetanus-vaccine1
*LifeSiteNews:
‘A Mass Sterilization Exercise’: Kenyan Doctors Find
Anti-Fertility Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine*
Fri, Nov 07, 2014
By Steve Weatherbe, LifeSiteNews, Nov 6, 2014
*...Kenya Catholic Doctors Association stated, “This proved right our
worst
fears; that this WHO campaign is not about eradicating neonatal tetanus
but
a well-coordinated forceful population control ... more »
US Air Force awards Raytheon contract for Griffin missiles
[image: ВGM-176B Griffin B]Raytheon Company has been awarded a not to
exceed $85.5 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
contract for Griffin missiles and support. The first increment of the
contract was funded at $32.5 million and orders are expected for missiles
and engineering services over the life of the contract.
Raytheon will deliver Griffin A and B Block II/III missiles as well as test
and support equipment under firm-fixed-price contract line item number
along with engineering support under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract line
item number.
Work will be per... more »
Republican Victory And John McCain Is Good News For The A-10 Thunderbolt, Bad News For The F-35
[image: A-10 Thunderbolt II]One of the consequences of the Republican win
in this week's midterm elections is that the A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, a
warplane that had been on the chopping block due to budget cuts but is
popular with U.S. troops, will probably survive for a few more years.
That's because the plane has powerful friends among the Senate's new
Republican majority.
But that creates a battle for resources with the Air Force's newest, and
most expensive project, the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Read more
Indonesia mulls replacing F-5 fighter jets
[image: F-5 Tiger II]The Indonesian military is now weighing advanced
fighter jets to replace the F-5 E/F Tiger II light attack planes which have
been in service with its air forces in the last three decades.
Three fighter jets originally produced in Russia, Sweden and the United
States have been shortlisted to replace the Indonesian 14th Squadron based
in Madiun, East Java. They were Sukhoi Su-35, JAS-39 Gripen and F-16 Block
52+.
"It's yet to be decided. We have considered Gripen besides Su- 35 and F-16
planes. We also considered political aspect to decide, " Indonesian
Military ... more »
Former Bodyguard To Kin Jong Il Talks About His Experiences With The Former North Korean Leader
*North Korean Defector: 'I Was Kim Jong Il's Bodyguard' -- CNN*
Seoul (CNN) -- Head butting stacked tiles, smashing a slab of granite on
your chest with a mallet, breaking light bulbs with one finger. All vital
qualifications if you want a job protecting the elite of North Korea.
Propaganda footage from North Korean TV shows a staggering array of
physical feats, using taekwondo and other martial arts. Visually impressive
-- although it's not certain how the skills would keep an armed assassin at
bay.
Lee Young-guk was bodyguard to the late Kim Jong Il for 10 years until just
befo... more »
Graphs at a glance: Governor of the Bank of England said the housing boom is the greatest threat to the UK recovery. So what are we doing about it?
Does
the UK Housing Boom really exist? It's common knowledge that London
house prices have ballooned, but is the rest of the UK bubbling up too?
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show this is actually
not the case. Since the banker induced economic crisis of 2008 London
house prices have rocketed by 40%. UK house prices too have grown by a
not insignificant 12%. However this
Pentagon briefing suggests Canada about to buy at least four F-35 jets
[image: F-35A Lightning II]A leaked, classified, high-level Pentagon
briefing – dated Oct. 27 – by the top U.S. Air Force general heading the
F-35 program to the secretary of the Air Force reveals Ottawa wants four
F-35s next year and confirms the Harper government must deliver a signed
“letter of intent” by “mid-November” to secure the deal.
Canadian military and ex-military sources familiar with pro-F-35 lobbying
inside the Canadian military confirmed they were aware of the government’s
back-channel efforts to secure four of the warplanes as soon as possible
and use them to anc... more »
Turkish drone, Bayraktar II, to be delivered to the Army in two months
Bayraktar II, a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), whose software and
infrastructure systems were developed by Turkish engineers, has
successfully gone through flight tests and is scheduled to be delivered to
the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) by the end of the year.
Bayraktar is expected to make a major contribution to the TSK, particularly
in operations in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia with its capacity to
fly silently.
Bayraktar, which was developed by a partnership of two privately owned
Turkish companies, has been able to reach an altitude of 27,030 feet and
fly for... more »
Israeli Air Force receives its fifth M-346 jet
The Israeli Air Force received its fifth Italian M-346 jet this week. The
Air Force will use these planes – called "Lavi" in the IAF – for the
training of pilots. The aircrafts are manufactured by Alenia Aermacchi, an
Italin firm.
The first of these jets arrived in the Hatzerim Air Force Base in July, but
up to now they were only flown by trainers in the military school of
aviation. In two months pilots in their last stage of pilot school will
begin training in the new jets.
"It’s the most comfortable jet for training I have ever seen," an officer
involved with bringing the jet to... more »
India gifts second patrol ship to Seychelles – 'PS Constant' has the youngest Seychellois commanding officer
[image: PS Constant]A new maritime patrol vessel gifted to Seychelles by
the Indian government has today joined the archipelago’s Coast Guard’ fleet.
The 46 metre long and 7.5 metre wide vessel is the second fast attack ship
given to the Indian Ocean island nation by India after ‘PS Topaz’ in 2005.
The handing over ceremony was held this morning at the Seychelles Coast
Guard base at Ile du Port-overlooking port Victoria where the Seychelles
President James Michel who is also the commander-in-chief of the
archipelago's Defence Forces unveiled the plaque revealing the name of the
new ... more »
US food supply contamination fears fears ( November 8 , 2014 ) - Fukushima radiation contamination in food products apparently a concern in the US as far back as 2012 ( screenings for US political conventions ) - this occurred een as Government officially downplayed contamination risk !
http://enenews.com/emergency-govt-network-radiation-testing-food-supply-democrat-republican-conventions-after-fukushima-obama-inauguration-seafood-meat-fruits-vegetables-milk-water-all-checked-radiological-contami
New
York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center, Aug. 2012 (emphasis
added): The Wadsworth Center, which has *already tested milk samples in
preparation for the upcoming national political conventions*, has now
been *asked
to test additional samples* of other foods from the sites during the
conventions. In August and September, during the conventions… labs will
test... more »
Fire Breaks Out Aboard 'Unlucky' Russian Anti-Submarine Ship
A fire broke out aboard an “unlucky” Russian anti-submarine ship that was
moored for repairs in the docks of Sevastopol, a news report said.
The fire aboard the Kerch warship was “localized” within an hour and nobody
was injured in the incident Tuesday, a navy spokesperson said, Interfax
reported.
The Kerch had suffered a series of mishaps during its decades in service,
the report said, adding that the ship had an “unlucky” reputation among
Black Sea Fleet sailors.
Read more
Virtual reality helps to build Royal Navy ships
Workers on the ship design team at BAE Systems in Portsmouth have started
using a 3D graphics system which allows people to walk through a
computer-generated version of a warship before it has even been built.
It means engineers can spot design flaws and safety issues long before the
steel is cut, potentially preventing costly design changes later on.
The system can also be used by sailors and safety inspectors to give their
input on the design of a warship.
Read more
Navy Christens Littoral Combat Ship Montgomery
[image: Independence class LCS]The Navy will christen littoral combat ship
(LCS) Montgomery Nov. 8 during a ceremony at the Austal USA shipyard in
Mobile, Alabama.
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard, will deliver the
principal address at the ceremony. Mary Sessions, wife of U.S. Senator Jeff
Sessions (Alabama), will serve as the ship's sponsor. The ceremony will be
highlighted by Sessions breaking a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow
to formally christen the ship, which is a time-honored Navy tradition.
The selection of Montgomery honors the capital city of Ala... more »
DCNS hopes to expand footprint in India
[image: Scorpene class SSK]At the Nantes-Indret Centre of French Shipyard
DCNS, where naval propulsion and energy generation systems for conventional
and nuclear submarines are developed and tested, four neatly-packed cooling
systems are kept for delivery to Mazagon Dock for fitment on the Indian
Scorpenes under construction.
Alongside, there’s a bigger refrigerant, still being put together, meant
for the latest of U.K.’s Astute class of nuclear attack submarines (SSN).
Nearby is a completed system for the French Navy’s new-generation Barracuda
SSNs.
The Indian Scorpenes are on sch... more »
The Georgetown Set
*James *and* Cicely Angleton *associated with a group of people who lived
in Georgetown. They were mainly journalists, CIA officers and government
officials. This included *Mary Pinchot Meyer, Cord Meyer, Anne Truitt,
James Truitt, Frank Wisner, Thomas Braden, Richard Bissell, Desmond
FitzGerald, Wistar Janney, Joseph Alsop, Tracy Barnes, Philip Graham,
Katharine Graham, David Bruce, Ben Bradlee, Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee,
Clark Clifford, Walt Rostow, Eugene Rostow, Chip Bohlen *and* Paul Nitze.*
Nina Burleigh, the author of A Very Private Woman (1998) has pointed out: *"The
you... more »
The Way Frozen Bank Accounts are used by the West
Gaddafi was just a bit overboard in the wardrobe department
*What isn't stated in this article is how many trillions in derivatives can
be created from the "frozen money"... and its money they likely won't have
to release for quite a while... -AK*
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/06/neo-how-are-frozen-bank-accounts-used-by-the-west/
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
Posted by Jim W. Dean
*NEO – How are Frozen bank accounts used by the West?*
*The Way Frozen Bank Accounts are used by the West*
… by Sofia Pale, … with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow
________
*[ Editor... more »
Nine Remedies To Get Rid Of A Nasty Cold by Omved
[image: natural cold remedies]
Get rid of the nasty cold
*9 remedies to get you well!*
Omved Blog
Common cold is an ailment that can affect us any time of the year. Not only
is it a draining experience but the blocked passages can be quite painful!
We've listed 9 remedies that can help you get rid of the cold naturally.
Bookmark this post so that you can head to a speedy recover the next time
you feel a bout of flu or cough coming on.
*Remedy #1 - Keep yourself hydrated*
You need to drink lots of fluids to get rid of the congestion. Opt for
water at room temperature or orange ... more »
A Photo Gallery Of The Beautiful Landscapes Which Were Once The Scene Of Some Of World War One's Bloodiest Fighting
* (Click on Image to Enlarge)*
The Lochnagar crater on the 1916 Somme battlefields in France is the
largest man-made mine crater created in the First World War on the Western
Front. It was created by a mine laid by the British Army's 179th Tunnelling
Company Royal Engineers underneath a German strongpoint called.The mine was
exploded at the launch of the British offensive against the German lines on
July 1, 1916
*Still Bearing The Scars Of War, The Beautiful Landscapes Which Were Once
The Scene Of Some Of World War One's Bloodiest Fighting -- Daily Mail*
* Atmospheric shots were ta... more »
Australian jobs promise as Sweden’s Saab Group bids for Navy’s $20 billion plus submarine project
[image: Gotland class SSK]Swedish defence giant Saab Group has launched an
audacious bid to build the Australian navy’s future submarine.
In a move that could mean thousands of jobs for South Australia and other
states, industry sources have told News Corp Australia that Saab Group has
presented a three-pronged strategy to secure the $20 billion plus Federal
Government contract.
It includes a lower price than its competitors and a smooth flow of
Japanese submarine technology from the Soryu Class boat, because Sweden is
a partner in the Japanese project.
Read more
Right Thinking - The Wisdom Of Rudolf Steiner
[image: Saturday Right Thinking 1]
*Source:Notes Along The Path Blog*
More Memes of the 9/11 Myth
*"The components of the mythological event have to be established in the
psyche of the masses beforehand..." **- Tarpley*
*By Barry Chamish :October 7, 2001 - PRACTISING FOR THE WTC/PENTAGON BLASTS
IN ISRAEL Operations as complicated and risky as the WTC/Pentagon
attacks could not possibly have gone ahead without practise exercises.
There are good reasons to suspect that Israel was chosen as the venue for
at least two dry runs and that its government, under pressure, covered up
both incidents. Consider two such exercises which preceded... more »
OPEC's Weaker Members Are Feeling The Pinch As Oil Prices Continue To Plunge
*OPEC’s Weak Links Feeling Pain --Fuel Fix*
Here’s why the U.S. shale upstarts just might win a confrontation with
Saudi Arabia as oil sinks: While the Arab nation is as flush with cash as
ever, the finances of some fellow OPEC members are deteriorating quickly.
Venezuela, for example, has burned through billions of dollars, leaving its
foreign reserves near a decade-low, to stave off default. In Nigeria,
officials are struggling to stem a selloff in the currency that has left it
at a record low.
Those financial strains have Venezuela calling for action to prevent
further declines ... more »
Sweeping things under the carpet
Here's where the BBC's bias tends to show itself most strongly: when
downplaying the threat from Islamism.
Stories which they seem to fear might harm relations with the 'Muslim
community' tend to be far more cautiously reported (under-reported or
diluted) by the BBC than by most other British media organisations.
Take this morning for example.
Contrast the news priorities of the ITV, Sky and BBC news website. Both ITV
and Sky are leading with the alleged Remembrance Day terror plot. Not so
the BBC, which is leading with EU-related trouble for the Tories.
Here are their respective... more »
U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel Has An Approval Rating Just 26 Percent Among National Security Workers And Soldiers
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets with U.S. Secretary of State John
F. Kerry, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and South Korean
Defense Minister Han Min-koo (all not pictured) at the U.S. State
Department in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2014. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force
Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
*Hagel Approval Rating Just 26 Percent Among National Security Workers,
Troops -- Defense One*
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has just a 26 percent approval rating among
individuals currently serving within the national security community,
according to findings from a new sur... more »
Nima's public lecture at Perimeter
Nima Arkani-Hamed is the world's leading particle phenomenologist, at least
among those under 45 years and my wonderful ex-colleague (and co-author).
He's been mentioned in many contexts on this blog. More recently, he became
a highly mathematically sophisticated theorist, too. That's why we would
read about the twistor minirevolution that culminated with things like the
amplituhedron, too.
But a day ago, he gave a popular lecture at the Perimeter Institute in
Waterloo, Canada. Because it's a popular lecture, it spends more time with
things that other people have discovered, and n... more »
Stephen Philip Cohen On India And Pakistan
*"Shooting for a Century: The India-Pakistan Conundrum" (2013) by Stephen
Philip Cohen.*
*Amazon Description for "Shooting for a Century":*
The rivalry between India and Pakistan has proven to be one of the world's
most intractable international conflicts, ever since 1947 when the British
botched their departure from the South Asian subcontinent. And the enmity
is likely to continue for another thirty-five years, reaching the century
mark. This has critical implications for both countries and the rest of the
world. Renowned South Asia expert Stephen P. Cohen explains why he expects... more »
US Not Confirming Ukraine Reports Of A Russian Tank Column Crossing The Border
*US Not Confirming Russian Incursion -- SKY News*
The United States says it can't confirm reports of a new Russian military
incursion in eastern Ukraine despite claims by the Kiev government.
A Ukrainian military spokesman said on Friday that a column of 32 tanks, 16
howitzer artillery and 30 truckloads of troops crossed into the
separatist-controlled Lugansk region.
US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki admits Russian battle tanks,
armoured vehicles and cargo trucks had been seen on Thursday at a rail yard
about 25 kilometres from the border.
She said the United States did n... more »
TV Watch: Come on, February -- "Better Call Saul" is getting closer! (And Mike Ehrmantraut lives!)
*Updated, with the actual clip embedded*
*Latest tidings from the Better Call Saul set in Albuquerque*
*by Ken*
Be still, my heart! I know the above picture is crap [UPDATE: *all fixed!
see the explanation below* -- Ed.], but yes, that really is our very own
Saul Goodman -- or rather, I gather, some yokel named Jimmy McGill. And *Better
Call Saul* is apparently on target for a February rollout. And the 2:27
tease is authentically worth the trouble for anyone who's looking forward
to the series as much as I am. It's got a slew of in-front-of-the-camera as
well as behind-the-camera ... more »
Here Are The 18 Things That Navy SEALs Always Have When They Go On A Mission
*Here Are 18 Things Navy SEALs Never Leave Home Without -- Business Insider*
The Navy SEAL who claims to have shot Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden
on May 2, 2011 and is speaking with Fox News later this week has revealed
his identity to The Washington Post.
Robert O’Neill reportedly earned 52 commendations over 16 years in the
Navy. He was involved in the 2009 raid on the Mearsk Alabama, the event
that inspired the film “Captain Philips.” And he now says he was one of the
SEALs who shot the most wanted terrorist alive.
The SEALs have some of the highest-pressure jobs in the ent... more »
What Might Alien Life Forms Look Like?
*Video - * Our ideas about what alien life forms might look like could be
wrong afterall.
The post What Might Alien Life Forms Look Like? appeared first on Waking
Times.
Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill Explains The Hardest Part Of Being A Navy SEAL
Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill.
*The Man Who Says He Shot Bin Laden Explains The Hardest Part Of Being A
Navy SEAL -- Armin Rosen, Business Insider*
The Navy SEAL who is claiming to have killed Osama Bin Laden during a Fox
News documentary later this week has allegedly been identified.
Numerous news outlets have reported the Fox interviewee is former SEAL
Robert O'Neill, a 16-year Navy veteran with a decorated service record that
includes two Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, and 52 overall commendations.
*Read more* ....
*My Comment*: Saying goodbye with the understanding that it... more »
Iraq / Syria Regional War Updates ( November 6 , 2014 ) - ISIS going to go on a " Hard Money " standard ? More US troops off to Iraq - heading into harms way in Anbar ? Al Nusra and ISIS working closer together - will islamist hardliners weed out " moderates ? Tribal battles increase in Anbar - schisms increasing , where might his take things ? Additional items of note to consider ......
Tweets......
*Al-Monitor* @AlMonitor · 38m38 minutes ago
#Syria official: negotiations with US blocked by Saudi Arabia http://
almon.co/29lv
*Al-Monitor* @AlMonitor · 2h2 hours ago
Following #ISIS advance, Jabhat al-Nusra has also moved to #Turkey's border
http://almon.co/29ld @fehimtastekin #Syria
Al-Monitor
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Jabhat al-Nusra deflates hopes of Assad opponents
Following the Islamic State's advance, Jabhat al-Nusra has also moved to
the Turkish border, routing moderate rebels and dashing the hopes of “train
and equip” propone... more »
Should The U.S. Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Make Money From His Death?
*Is Rob O’Neill Going To Make Money From Bin Laden’s Death? I Really Do
Hope So - Because A Lot Of People Have Made Money Out Of HIM -- Piers
Morgan, Daily Mail*
A year ago, I hosted a launch party in New York for my new book.
At one stage, a CNN colleague introduced me to a tall, burly, red-headed
guy in his mid 30s wearing a navy blue suit and open neck shirt.
‘Meet Rick,’ she said. ‘He’s just left the Navy after 16 years.
He had a vice-like handshake and notably steely eyes.
‘Oh really, well thank you for your service.’
My colleague laughed. ‘You’d be a lot more grateful if yo... more »
A kitchen garden is its own revolution
*Control food and you control the people.* -- Henry Kissinger*Grow it, pick
it and eat it fresh*. -- Risa Bear
To the extent possible, provide for yourself those things certain people
would try to force you to buy from their cronies.
Our problem is not teacher quality: Our problem is poverty.
Sent to Time Ideas (Nov. 7).
Re: How to ditch the common core and teach kids real skills (Time Ideas,
Nov 5, 2014)
Marty Nemko suggests that we need "dream-team" teachers because American
students' performance on international tests is so bad. A substantial
amount of research shows, however, that when we control for the impact of
poverty, American test scores are at the top of the world. Our overall
scores are unspectacular because there is so much child poverty in US, now
25%. High-scoing countries have much lower levels of child poverty.
Our problem is not teacher quality: ... more »
The End of the Affair? Nah.
After hearing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s histrionic and foot stomping comments
calling public education “a monopoly” and calling for competition and
teacher sanctions, it appeared that NYSUT, the AFT, and Governor Cuomo may
have had a falling out. Or did they? To be fair, it was always a secret,
clandestine affair that caused union members to […]
"We have a huge problem: People do not think the recovery has affected them" (Democratic pollster Celinda Lake)
*"We have a huge problem: People do not think the recovery has affected
them, and this is particularly true of blue collar white voters. What is
the Democratic economic platform for guaranteeing a chance at prosperity
for everyone? Voters can’t articulate it. In the absence of that, you vote
for change."Our number one imperative for 2016 is to articulate a clear
economic vision to get this country going again."*
*-- Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, to washingtonpost.com'sGreg Sargent,
in* "What really went wrong for Democrats"
*"Obama had a historic opportunity to be the next F... more »
How An American Prison Camp In Iraq Became The Focal Point For The Emergence Of The Islamic State
*How The Islamic State Evolved In An American Prison -- Terrence McCoy,
Washington Post*
In March 2009, in a wind-swept sliver of Iraq, a sense of uncertainty
befell the southern town of Garma, home to one of the Iraq war’s most
notorious prisons. The sprawling Camp Bucca detention center, which had
detained some of the war’s most radical extremists along the Kuwait border,
had just freed hundreds of inmates. Families rejoiced, anxiously awaiting
their sons, brothers and fathers who had been lost to Bucca for years. But
a local official fretted.
“These men weren’t planting flower... more »
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, "Above the Clouds"
Kevin Kern, "Above the Clouds"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJCU1eMWUOo
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This wide, sharp telescopic view reveals galaxies scattered beyond the
stars and faint dust nebulae of the Milky Way at the northern boundary of
the high-flying constellation Pegasus. Prominent at the upper right is NGC
7331. A mere 50 million light-years away, the large spiral is one of the
brighter galaxies not included in Charles Messier's famous 18th century
catalog.
*Click image for larger size.*
The disturbed looking group of galaxies at the lower left is well-known as
Stephan's Quintet. About 300 million light-years distant, the quintet
dramatically illustrates a multiple ga... more »
"The Choices You've Made..."
“If you’d like to know what your choices have been, look at yourself
and the life you have lived. What you see is the choices you’ve made.”
- Dr. Shad Helmstetter
"Just Once..."
"But because truly being here is so much; because everything here
apparently needs us, this fleeting world, which in some strange way keeps
calling to us. Us, the most fleeting of all. Once for each thing. Just
once; no more. And we too, just once. And never again. But to have been
this once, completely, even if only once: to have been at one with the
earth, seems beyond undoing."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
"Experiences We Don’t Understand: Hidden Gems"
*"Experiences We Don’t Understand: Hidden Gems"*
by The DailyOm
"All of the events in our lives lead to other events, they are all
connected. Sometimes we have an experience that we don’t understand, but if
we look deeply, or wait long enough, a reason for that experience will
usually reveal itself. All the events in our lives lead to other events,
and all that we have manifested in this present moment is the result of
past events and experiences. We cannot easily tease apart the many threads
that have been woven together to create our current reality. Experiences
that don’t make s... more »
1400 Dead Going On 4000: The Blood Soaked FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup Built with Slave Labor
I'm brought up with football – that is what North Americans call "soccer" –
and I continue to enjoy watching games occasionally. In particular – as
most fans of the sport – I immensely enjoy the World Cup play offs, taking
place every forth year and assembling the very best players in a context
packed with emotion and challenge. In sports, this event has almost the
status and grandiosity of the Olympics – and, alas, is headed by an almost
as obviously corrupt organisation, FIFA (read this and this) whose
executive committee members and higher officers I'm sure all enjoy all
sorts o... more »
"The Most Precious Resource..."
"My favorite things in life don't cost any money.
It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."
- Steve Jobs
Post # 27,000: The Daily "Near You?"
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"We Can't Pretend..."
"The early bird catches the worm; a stitch in time saves nine. He who
hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we haven't been told. We've all heard
the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us
about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to ‘seize the day'. Still
sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes.
We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility
under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore, until we finally understand
for ourselves like Benjamin Franklin meant. That knowing is better than
wonder... more »
Tonight's Movie Is 'All Quiet On The Western Front' (1979)
*From YouTube:* A remake of the WW I classic war film to deter future wars.
Starring Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, and Donald Pleasance
Chet Raymo, "What Does It All Mean?"
*"What Does It All Mean?"*
by Chet Raymo
"A good friend tells me via e-mail that she is reading Leo Tolstoy's "Anna
Karenina." I read the book for a second time two years ago, in the new
translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. It's one of those
novels I had to read twice - once in middle age (I would not have had the
patience in youth) and once in settled maturity. In middle age, it was all
about Anna, and passion, and doubt. In old age - for me at least - it's
about Levin, settled, happily married, enjoying as much intellectual peace
as might be possible in this bi... more »
Nov. 7: Miscellania
This is not one of the regular blogs. It's one I've started just out of
frustration at the lying and corruption that characterizes so much of our
news media. I have a little list of items to demonstrate that.
First, MacLean's is Canada's largest news magazine. It can afford to hire
the cream of the crop as its editors and writers. So go to Google to check
out Maclean's Magazine, July 24. You will find there an article on Putin by
Michael Petrous, who is a sort of pit bull of the lying world that
journalism has become. (Yes. I know he has a doctorate from Oxford U. Don't
fall that th... more »
MAJESTIC FOUND !
A document labeled with the Majestic tag has been found. It has a proper
provenance, which means the origin of the document can be traced by anyone
who wishes to do so and there is no doubt it is authentic.
The first page, which was classified as Top Secret is entitled, “Report by
the Joint Logistic Plans Committee the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Joint
Logistic Plan for ‘Majestic.’”
There are some interesting things on that page. It identifies the problem,
saying, “1. Pursuant to the decision by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on J.C.S.
1844/126, to prepare the Joint Logistic Plan in suppor... more »
"In The Solitary Mind and Soul..."
"The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one
solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and
soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and
ultimately won or lost."
- M. Scott Peck
“Cheyenne Autumn and Beyond”
*“Cheyenne Autumn and Beyond”*
by Christy Rodgers
“Autumn in the US is oddly bookmarked by the two holidays that celebrate
the origins of European settler colonialism in the Americas: Columbus’
landfall on October 10, and that mythological encounter of multicultural
good will, the first successful harvest of the Plymouth Colony on the
fourth Thursday in November.
For those who would reflect on a fuller meaning of that history stripped of
the hagiography of the victors, this period is a good one in which to be
reading Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’ new book, “An Indigenous Peoples’ History o... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 7, 2014
*The Day The Wall Came Down -- Fred Kaplan, Slate*
*Why the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the world we know today.*
On a Sunday afternoon 25 ago, as a Boston Globe reporter, I strolled
through the rubble of what had been the Berlin Wall, wondering how I might
explain to a younger person, 25 years hence, that there ever was a
12-foot-high wall in this space dividing one of the world’s most vibrant
cities and binding together one of the world’s most sclerotic empires.
And now here we are, about to commemorate the golden anniversary of Nov. 9,
1989, when the wall came crashing down,... more »
Socialist Appeal's Scottish Turn
Earth shattering events have earth shattering consequences. The
consequences of the Scottish referendum have been seismic. Labour north of
the border is a bruised sack of bones and skin, punch drunk by a collapsing
membership and a fed up electorate. Meanwhile, the nationalist parties -
the SNP, but also the Greens and the Scottish Socialist Party - are riding
high on the many hundreds of thousands drawn into politics for the first
time. Things will never be the same again.
Nor will it be for one of Britain's most dogmatic Trotskyist groups. The
group known after its dull and drea... more »
Christy Clark and Rich Coleman Are Attempting to Hoodwimk $billions of Dollars From British Columbia Taxpayer`s Pockets
Christy Clark and the BC Liberal`s LNG fantasy is turning into an exercise
in financial stupidity..
The Vancouver Sun ran a short little story about the LNG Canada proposal
for Kitimat, their headline is bold..
"Proposed Kitimat LNG Project Will Cost Up To $40 Billion Dollars:Company"
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Proposed+Kitimat+project+will+cost+billion+company/10363249/story.html
As reported in an earlier post the mainframes and modules for this plant
will be built in S. Korea and or Japan....
These energy giants are wanting to and expecting to write off the entire
bui... more »
Topsoil and Civilization
Outside the entrance of the glorious Hall of Western History are the marble
lions, colorful banners, and huge stone columns. Step inside, and the
popular exhibits include ancient Egypt, classical Greece, the Roman Empire,
the Renaissance, Gutenberg, Magellan, Columbus, Galileo, and so on. If we
cut a hole in the fence, and sneak around to the rear of the building, we
find the dumpsters, derelicts, mangy dogs, and environmental history.
The Darwin of environmental history was George Perkins Marsh, who published *Man
and Nature* in 1864 (free download). Few educated people today ha... more »
US NOT Confirming Claimed Russian Incursion as Kiev says 200 Rebels Killed
*Following up on two previous posts- *
*Earlier today** Kiev: Laying Siege to the Separatist East*
*From Tuesday November 4/14:** Ukraine: Poroshenko breaks Minsk ceasefire-
Moving troops- Revoking autonomy laws...*
Kiev claimed a Russian invasion was taking place..... I had some serious
doubts as to the validity of the aforementioned claims*. For one simple
reason. The claim seemed completely unsubstantiated.*
*So, it comes as no surprise that the US is NOT CONFIRMING Kiev's incursion
claims*
*The United States says it can't confirm reports of a new Russian military
incursion in ... more »
World News Briefs -- November 7, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*Obama Authorizes Up To 1,500 More Military Personnel To Deploy To Iraq --
Wall Street Journal*
President Asks Congress for $5.6 Billion to Fight Islamic State Militants
President Barack Obama authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 additional
troops to Iraq and is asking Congress for $5.6 billion, as the U.S. looks
to ramp up the fight against Islamic State militants.
The military personnel will serve “in a noncombat role to train, advise and
assist Iraqi security forces, including Kurdish forces,” White House
spokesman Josh Earnest said.
They will be authorized to operate at f... more »
Hey AFT and NEA! Stop Trying to Buy Useless Politicians
If the public numbers are right, the AFT and NEA spent $75 million on the
election this year that got them nothing.
There was the Corbett takedown in Pennsylvania, but the loss by Corbett was
a foregone conclusion years ago. And Torlakson won in California, but
that's not a whole lot of return on a $75 million investment.
Both unions are like flailing, dying monsters, choking on their own
corruption and ineptitude. Neither has relevance to advancing the teaching
profession, for protecting teachers and children from corporate predators,
or for using their hundreds of millions of d... more »
More evidence of activists in the 'Question Time' audience
The left-wing Twitterati think they've found their Amy Rutland.
Amy Rutland, you may recall, was the well-connected Labour Party activist
who posed as an ordinary member of the public on *Question Time *in March
2013 and launched a nasty attack on UKIP during the programme. For some
people that provided further evidence that the *Question Time *audience is
rigged in favour of the Left.
She was rumbled because she boasted about her appearance on Twitter and her
party's opponents noticed and kicked up a storm.
Something similar appears to have happened this week, except that it's... more »
"How It Really Is"
"The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the
velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on
their door. That's the only difference."
- Ralph Nader
Don't be fooled, folks, or dismayed that "your" party lost these elections.
It's all a dog-and-pony show to give you the comforting, and totally false,
illusion that you matter, that we matter, that We the People are in control
of this government, and our destiny. We are not, and do NOT. Abraham
Lincoln said, "Government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not peri... more »
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