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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank past outside Debaltseve, eastern
Ukraine, where fierce fighting has been going on. Photograph: Reuters
*The Guardian:* *Ukraine: draft dodgers face jail as Kiev struggles to find
new fighters*
*Journalist Ruslan Kotsaba, arrested after refusing to fight in video
addressed to Petro Poroshenko, is among many weary of conflict that has
killed 5,000*
*Previous Post*: Ukraine's Anti-War And Anti-Draft Movement Is Growing
*WNU Editor*: This Guardian post confirms what my friends in Ukraine are
telling me .... it is the Western part .... the region wh.
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NYT's David Carr on the Future of Journalism
RIP David Carr.
*Title: NYT's David Carr on the Future of Journalism. Source: bu. Date
Published: March 6, 2014. Description:*
"New York Times" columnist David Carr and Bloomberg Media chairman Andrew
Lack discuss how technology is making media more interesting, not less.
Carr is the inaugural Andrew R. Lack Professor at Boston University's
College of Communication.
Amnesty International USA Responds to Re-Indictment of Albert Woodfox
*Following the news of Albert Woodfox being re-indicted, Amnesty
International issued the following statement, reprinted below:*
In response to today’s announcement of the indictment of Albert Woodfox,
Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins issued the
following statement:
“Attorney General Caldwell has made it clear that he is hell-bent on
keeping Albert Woodfox behind bars—despite the fact that his conviction has
been overturned three times, and an appeals court has affirmed that
decision. He should stop pursuing a campaign of vengeance by trying to
re-indi... more »
Islamic State Has Seized The Western Iraqi Town Of al-Baghdadi. Nearby Air Base With 320 U.S. Marines Threatened. Unconfirmed Reports Say That Iraq Has Lost Contact With The Base
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
*Reuters: **Islamic State fighters seize parts of western Iraqi town:
officials*
*(Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of large
parts of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base
where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said.Al-Baghdadi,
about 85 km (50 miles) northwest of Ramadi in Anbar province, has been
besieged for months by the radical Sunni Islamist militants who captured
vast swathes of northern and western Iraq last year.Militants attacked
al-Baghdadi from two dir... more »
Russia Has Lost Its Early-Warning System For Detecting An Incoming Nuclear Missile Strike
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) visits the Voronezh-DM a radar
warning system station in Kaliningrad November, 2011 (AFP/Ria-Novosti,
Mikhail Klimentyev)
*Business Insider*: *Russia has lost its ability to detect incoming nuclear
missiles from space*
*Russia just lost its early-warning system for detecting ballistic missiles
because of delays in the launch of its new "Tundra" advanced early-warning
system.According to Russia's Kommersant newspaper, the system was due to
replace ageing satellites launched as part of the Oko programme that had
already exceeded their expe... more »
U.S. 71, EU 6
No, it's not a sports score. It's the number of $100 million incentive
packages offered in each place beginning in 2010. This is based on my first
paper to use the September 2014 update of Good Jobs First's Megadeals
database (you can download the entire update in spreadsheet form).
I've said before that U.S. investment incentive use is totally out of
control. The new paper confirms this beyond my worst nightmares. Think
about it: The United States and the European Union have comparably large
economies, yet U.S. state and local governments have put together an
average of 14 $100 mil... more »
Failing to provide necessities of life
R. v. S.J., 2015 ONCA 97:
[47] The offence of failing to provide necessaries of life first
appeared in 1892 in the first *Criminal Code*. English 19th century
legislation dealing with the protection of servants, apprentices, and
inmates of penal and other institutions was the likely origin of s. 215: *R.
v. Peterson* (2005), 34 C.R. (6th) 120, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused,
[2005] S.C.C.A. No. 539 (Ont. C.A.), at para. 65 (Borins J.A. dissenting on
sentence). Although the language has changed somewhat since 1892, the core
of the legislation remains the same: where a pe... more »
Ukraine To Get $40-Billion In Emergency Funding
*Linda Kinstler, Quartz*: *Ukraine is heading for a total economic collapse*
*When IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde announced Ukraine’s new,
$17.5 billion bailout package Thursday morning, she suggested it would be a
“turning point for Ukraine,” which stands to receive $40 billion in relief
funding from various sources over the next four years. “This new four-year
arrangement would support immediate economic stabilization in Ukraine as
well as a set of bold policy reforms aimed at restoring robust growth over
the medium term and improving living standards for the Ukrainian p... more »
Embracing The Darkness Of Our Own History: Trumbo
Chances are, unless you're a student of Hollywood film history, if you've
heard of Dalton Trumbo at all, it's because *Breaking Bad* star Bryan
Cranston is playing him in the upcoming biopic *Trumbo*, which was shot
last year in New Orleans and is scheduled to come out later this year.
(John Goodman, Helen Mirren and Louis C.K. also star in the film.) An old
friend of mine is involved in the making of the movie, and he's been
telling me about Dalton Trumbo's story for a year. I can't wait to see it!
Trumbo, who died in 1976, was a screenwriter and novelist (*Johnny Got His
Gun*) ... more »
New PPP Poll Shows Democratic Base Lukewarm to Clinton
*"Shine Bright, Jamie Dimon" — written and performed by Lauren Windsor *
*by Gaius Publius*
I haven't seen this very widely reported, so I'll take it on here. This is
a Warren story, a Clinton story, and a "What are we gonna do?" story.
*The Warren part* of the story is clear and clean. According to Politico, a
group of people who are clearly Not Ready For Hillary have commissioned a
poll by the highly respected firm PPP to find out just how vulnerable
Hillary Clinton is. What's the Warren part? Politico wants us to know that
the group commissioned the poll because, among other rea... more »
Will The Ukraine War Intensify From Now Till The Start Of The Ceasefire On February 15?
Defending, and expanding, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's
Republic.(Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)
*Quartz:* *Ukraine’s ceasefire gives separatists two days “to conquer as
much territory as they can”*
*More than 12 hours into talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia,
France, and Germany, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko emerged to tell
reporters that there was “no good news yet” on a deal to end the fighting
in eastern Ukraine.*
*WNU Editor*: I doubt that the war is going to escalate right now for the
purpose of seizing territory .... the momentum is to hold back and s... more »
Ukraine War News Updates -- February 12, 2015
*The Guardian:* *Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels scramble for ground
after ceasefire*
*Kiev claims Russia is building up military hardware as it tries to regain
control of border following Minsk ceasefire agreement*
*Ukraine War News Updates -- February 12, 2015*
Ukraine says rebels strengthened by tanks, missiles from Russia -- Reuters
Tanks Cross Border from Russia as New Ceasefire Is Signed -- Defense
One/The Atlantic
Ukrainian army: Debaltseve and Mariupol areas key target of militants'
strikes -- Kyiv Post
Fighting continues despite Ukraine truce agreement -- Al Jazeera... more »
Speaking to the 'Non-Choir'
The UK arms industry's Annual Dinner took place on 3rd February 2015 at the
London Hilton on Park Lane. The £246-a-head banquet was attended by arms
industry executives and more than 40 MPs.
This industry, which profits from selling arms to repressive regimes and
conflict zones including Saudi Arabia, Israel and Bahrain, is supported and
subsidised by the UK government.
Activists from Campaign Against Arms Trade were there to greet the arriving
arms dealers and deliver an impromptu speech asking them to reconsider
their choice of career.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On The Ukraine Peace Agreement
*Dennis Lynch, IBTimes*:* Ukraine Ceasefire Agreement: Who Came Out On Top
In Minsk?*
*A 17-hour negotiating marathon in Minsk, Belarus, among Russian,
Ukrainian, German and French leaders over the crisis in Ukraine ended
Thursday morning with both Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists giving
concessions to end fighting in the east of the country. Doubt over how long
the new Minsk agreement will last, including its ceasefire set to go into
effect on Sunday, are widespread.*
*Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On The Ukraine Peace Agreement*
Ukraine ceasefire: Who wins, who lo... more »
History: "The Cathars: 'Kill Them All, God Will Know His Own.'"
*"The Cathars:*
*'Kill Them All, God Will Know His Own.'"*
by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
“'Kill them all, God will know His own.' A chronicler reported that Arnold
Amaury, the monk who led the Albigensian Crusade, uttered this catchphrase
outside the city of Beziers on July 22, 1209. His crusaders had asked him
how to tell the Catholic believers from the Cathar Heretics. Arnold's
instructions were followed, and the entire population of Beziers - some
20,000 men, women and children - were indiscriminately murdered.
No one really knows if Arnold really said what was reported, but what is
k... more »
"The Sky Is Blue Even on a Cloudy Day: Blue Skies"
*"The Sky Is Blue Even on a Cloudy Day: Blue Skies"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Darker days are just as much a part of life as are the days graced with
sunshine. When we refer to a “beautiful day,” we are often describing a day
that is sunny, clear, and without a cloud in sight to mar a sky that is a
brilliantly perfect blue. We find ourselves bouncing along, light in
spirit, free from worries, and enjoying the moment. That is, until the
clouds begin to form. The sky may turn grey, and a fog may roll in. Puffs
of white take on whimsical, darker shades, and our beautiful day dis... more »
Leaked HSBC documents name thousands dodging hundreds of millions in tax by using private Swiss accounts
KJ
needs it all explained to him by Fee...
SOURCE DAILY MAIL: HSBC arm 'helped clients evade taxes' as thousands of
clients including celebrities and sports stars hold secret Swiss
accountsThe Swiss arm of HSBC, Britain's biggest bank helped wealthy
clients such as sports stars, celebrities and politicians evade huge
amounts of tax, according to an investigation by journalists. The
Guardian
Ukraine Peace Agreement -- News Roundup (Updated)
*Wall Street Journal:* *Five Things to Know About the Ukraine Truce Deal*
*An all-night summit between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and
France sealed a fresh agreement Thursday for a cease-fire between Ukraine
and Moscow-backed militants. The deal was signed by representatives of
Ukraine, Russia, the militants and the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe. The hours of negotiating delivered mixed results for
Russia, Ukraine and the rebels, and officials conceded it was unlikely to
be a final resolution to the monthslong conflict.*
*Ukraine Peace Agreemen... more »
Enigma, “Metamorphosis”
Enigma, “Metamorphosis”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ0PFrWavYU
"A Look to the Heavens"
“To see a vista like this takes patience, hiking, and a camera. Patience
was needed in searching out just the right place and waiting for just the
right time. A short hike was needed to reach this rugged perch above a
secluded cove in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California, USA. And a
camera was needed for the long exposure required to bring out the faint
light from stars and nebulae in the background Milky Way galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
Moonlight and a brief artificial flash illuminated the hidden beach and
inlet behind nearby trees in the above composite image ta... more »
"The Limits Of Our Sight..."
"Life is eternal and love is immortal; And death is only a horizon,
And a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight."
- Rossiter W. Raymond
Chet Raymo, “We Are The Consciousness of the Universe”
*“We Are The Consciousness of the Universe”*
by Chet Raymo
"The leaves are raked and bagged. The grass is mowed for the last time. The
geraniums smile weak goodbyes. Now, as if by some law of compensation, the
curtain opens on the sky. The great starless spaces of autumn fall like a
black velvet drape into the west. The show opens. The sky begins.
As the Sun sinks beneath the horizon, the Pleiades rise in the east,
heralding the arrival of the spectacular winter stars. Aldebaran, the red
eye of the Bull. Sirius, the Dog Star. Rigel and Betelgeuse in Orion.
Castor and Pollux, the T... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Maisuru, Karnataka, India. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Wonder Of Life..."
"We live in radical times surrounded by tasks that seem impossible. It has
become our collective fate to be alive in a time of great tragedies, to
live in a period of overwhelming disasters and to stand at the edge of
sweeping changes. The river of life is flooding before us, and a tide of
poisons affect the air we breathe and the waters we drink and even tarnish
the dreams of those who are young and as yet innocent. The snake-bitten
condition has already spread throughout the collective body.
However, it is in troubled times that it becomes most important to remember
that the wond... more »
The Poet: Maya Angelou, “I’ve Learned...”
*“I’ve Learned...”*
"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today,
life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she
handles these
three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents,
you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a
"life."
I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
I've learned that you s... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 12, 2015
*Adam Chandler, The Atlantic*:* A New and Unimproved Ceasefire*
*An all-night peace summit yielded an agreement to de-escalate the violence
in eastern Ukraine even as tanks were spotted crossing into the country
from Russia overnight. *
*Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 12, 2015*
US effort to train Syrian rebels ramps up: Can Pentagon avoid past follies?
-- Anna Mulrine
The Kurds need weapons, now -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Arab nations united in fury against Isis but divided on strategy -- Kareem
Shaheen in Beirut and Ian Black, The Guardian
How to ban... more »
How to create a bust
Back in the day, a quip that used to be popular was this:
Q: How do you make a small business?
A: You give a large business to Hugh Fletcher and wait ten years.
We might try a quip along similar lines that has much wider implications:
Q: How do you get an economy-wide bust?
A: You give an economy to a central banker and tell him (or her) to fix it.
You might notice that this quip is not funny. That’s because it isn’t
funny. Not funny at all. Not for anyone, except perhaps for those first in
line for the central bankers’ money.
Of course, post-2009 when the central bankers were s... more »
Honest Trailers: Avatar
Honest trailers are a way to take revenge on human drek. Like this honest
trailer about* Avatar*1, the film whose hype brought 3D back into fashion
(and yet it would have been so much better in zero-D).2
1. For which the hat tip must go to CIP’s Alex Epstein.
2. Kudos to Bernard Darnton for the quip. When he gets round to writing
them, they’re always good.
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
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*Follow me, chicken! I'm full of corn!*
World News Briefs -- February 12, 2015 (Evening Edition)
*Reuters:* *Thousands flee Niger town after Boko Haram attacks*
*Thousands of civilians fled their homes in the southeastern Niger town of
Diffa this week, officials said on Thursday, following waves of
cross-border raids and suicide bombings by Nigerian militant group Boko
Haram.Attacks in Niger are deepening a humanitarian crisis in the remote
border zone. The area, struggling to feed some 150,000 people who have run
to escape violence in northern Nigeria, has seen around 7,000 arrive this
week in Zinder, Niger's second biggest town some 450 km (280 miles) west of
Diffa. *
*M... more »
Booby J and the other GOP guvs may do artful "political theater," but that's not the same thing as artful governing
*Breakfast with Booby:* *Even sitting down, as Governor Booby was here at
the* Christian Science Monitor*'s breakfast on Monday, it's easy to slip on
political banana peels.*
*"Some of the [Republican] party’s most promising candidates are governors
or former governors running on their executive experience. But their
experience isn’t always a good advertisement for the limited-government
policies they promote."*
*-- Dana Milbank, in his Tuesday *Washington Post
*column,* "Bobby Jindal's unpleasant record"
*by Ken*
Poor Booby Jindal! When he came to national attention, it was as, no... more »
Quote of the morning: Artistic theft is “a subtle form of violence”
“RF: "Theft is never innocent" … *Interviewer:* But notions of theft depend
on
notions of property. *RF:* What is theft? … Examine the intent, would be my
first
approach. We may or may not know what is ours, but we have a pretty good
idea of what is not. … [Reasonable, decent people] may or may not agree
with a
declared position - "theft" or "violation" – but we will honour the
position because
the alternative is … non-consensual & therefore a subtle form of violence.”
- King Crimson founder Robert Fripp on artistic theft and audience taping
of live shows
Content is copyright ... more »
Understanding and Dealing with the Negative Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation to Health and Children
*Film - *Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe gives a summary of the dangers of
exposing our children, and all future generations, to wireless devices like
cell phones, laptops and other gadgets that emit electromagnetic radiation.
The post Understanding and Dealing with the Negative Effects of
Electromagnetic Radiation to Health and Children appeared first on Waking
Times.
Chomsky on Ukraine & Iraq
Noam Chomsky interviewed by TV Channel4 host Jon Snow about Ukraine and
ISIS.
A New Leadership At The Pentagon
*Philip Ewing, Politico*: *The Pentagon's new whiz kids*
*“It’s a dream team of wonkiness, and I am thrilled," says Sen. Claire
McCaskill.*
*For decades, Defense Department policy wonks have sought to run the
Pentagon more efficiently, especially in the acquisition of budget-busting
hardware. But their efforts haven’t always been supported by colleagues
from the political or military brass.*
*WNU Editor*: They have their work cut out for them. Sequestration is going
to hit the Pentagon budget again .... and finding the monies necessary to
fund the Pentagon and determining what pr... more »
Sens la pluie comme un ete anglais
Another day, another death. At the age of 55. Steve Strange, lead singer of
Visage.
Another fond start-of-my-teenage-years memory begins to fade to grey.
To quote Marine the Pen (on backing vocals)...Devenir gris, Devenir gris.
Ash Carter Confirmed As U.S. Defense Secretary
Ashton Carter was confirmed Thursday as the new secretary of the Defense
Department. Photo: Reuters
*Bloomberg*: *Senate Confirms Ashton Carter as Obama's Fourth Pentagon
Chief*
*The Senate voted to confirm Ashton Carter as the 25th U.S. secretary of
defense, giving President Barack Obama his fourth Pentagon chief in six
years at a time of turmoil from Iraq to Ukraine.*
*Carter, 60, a physicist and veteran Pentagon official, was approved,
93-5, on Thursday in a show of support from both political parties. The
smooth confirmation contrasted with the fight over his predecessor,
d... more »
Why is everyone concerned about Brian Williams when the FCC is trying to take over the internet?...
*- or something.*
I do not purport to understand exactly what net neutrality is all about. I
operate on a "need to know" basis when it comes to all things tech. If
something comes up that I "need to know", I do my best to inform myself.
I've read numerous pros and cons on net neutrality and on the surface, it
seems benign. Therein, dear friends, is the danger. The people touting
net neutrality are telling me how great this will be for me. It's brings
to mind "if you like your plan", and we know how well that turned out.
I don't trust the "man" in the White House. He is a ... more »
Supplemental: Back when Nicholas Kristof was different!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015 Sanctimonious blowhard, heal thyself:* We’re
so old that we can remember when Nicholas Kristof was different.
In today’s column, he’s at it again. He drops his first B-bomb on Alabama
as early as paragraph 3!
At one time, he wasn’t like this. We’re so old that we can remember when
Nicholas Kristof might start a column like this:
KRISTOF (4/24/04): I've argued often that gay marriage should be legal and
that conservative Christians should show a tad more divine love for
homosexuals.
But there's a corollary. *If liberals demand that the Christian right... more »
Specially-commissioned (BBC) letters from Europe
Following on from Sue's post...
Radio 4's short *Letters from Europe* series is described as being a series
of essays from "a range" of European writers, "specially commissioned" in
the light of the killings in Paris and the Pegida demonstrations in
Germany.
That Radio 4 (*pace *Sue) specially commissioned Julia Franck (above) as
its 'Jewish voice', and that she turned out to be both pro-mass immigration
and utterly dismissive of concerns about Islamisation, surely tells us
something about the way of thinking prevalent at BBC Radio 4.
Similarly suggestive of the prevailing BBC ... more »
Iraq's Shia Militias vs. the Islamic State (Video Report On The Front Lines)
*VICE News*: *The Battle for Iraq: Shia Militias vs. the Islamic State*
*Last summer, the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
swept from Syria into northern Iraq, routing Iraqi security forces and
seizing the city of Mosul. Soon afterward, the group declared the
establishment of a dubious "caliphate" in the area it controls and
rebranded itself the Islamic State. With Iraq's army weakened and radical
militants advancing on Baghdad, the country's Iran-backed Shia militias —
which have their own history of sectarian abuses — fought back, halting the
Islamic St... more »
A Farewell to Paul Breeze
I am very sorry to hear that Paul Breeze, a City Independent councillor for
Northwood and Central Forest Park ward in Stoke-on-Trent, passed away
suddenly yesterday. What can you say about Paul? He wasn't a labour
movement man as such, despite a past affiliation with the Socialist Party
of Great Britain, but he did care deeply about the community in which he
lived and always did his best by them.
I didn't know Paul particularly well. A couple of conversations here and
there, a hearty hello whenever we bumped into each other down the local
Tesco. But I certainly knew *of* him - he w... more »
Islamic State Claims To Have Captured An Israeli Arab Mossad Spy
An Islamic State publication released on February 12, 2015, claims Muhammad
Said Ismail Musallam is a Mossad informant from Jerusalem.
*Times Of Israel:* *Islamic State claims it captured Mossad spy in Syria*
*Propaganda magazine says East Jerusalemite, 19, confessed to being an
Israeli informant; family denies he worked for Mossad*
*WNU Editor:* There are too many contradictions in this story .... but I
doubt that the Islamic State cares. In their minds they have a spy, and as
we all know .... they do not treat their prisoners well.
*More News On The Islamic State Claiming That Th... more »
Satire: “Republican Voters Responding to Walker’s Opposition to Knowledge”
*“Republican Voters Responding to Walker’s Opposition to Knowledge”*
by Andy Borowitz
LONDON (The Borowitz Report) - “Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is steadily
rising to the top of the 2016 Republican Presidential field because voters
are connecting with his “strong and consistent opposition to knowledge,” an
aide to Walker said on Thursday. While Republican candidates of the past,
such as Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, have capitalized on G.O.P.
voters’ hostility toward verifiable facts, the aide said, “Compared to
Scott, those two look like rookies.”
Walker has burnished his... more »
United Nations To Target The Sources Of Revenue That Fund The Islamic State
United Nations Security Council
*Bloomberg:* *UN Targets Islamic State Revenue From Oil, Artifacts, Ransom*
*The United Nations Security Council adopted a binding resolution
threatening economic and diplomatic sanctions against countries and
individuals that help Islamic State and other terrorist groups profit from
trading oil, antiquities or hostages.The resolution requires governments to
ensure that they aren’t engaged in direct or indirect trade with Islamic
State and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups such as the al-Nusra Front in Syria.
It was adopted on Thursday with support from a... more »
North Korea Goes Slogan Crazy
*Vice News*:* North Korea Trumpets ‘Socialist Fairyland’ with 300
Directives to the Masses*
*If the slogans are true, North Korea not only wants to reconcile with
South Korea, but aims to be a "socialist fairyland" where mushrooms flower
in abundance and children are instructed to "play sports games in an
offensive way, the way the anti-Japanese guerrillas did!"*
*On Thursday, the Hermit Kingdom's official mouthpiece, KCNA, printed two
broadsheets worth of over 300 slogans — each ending with an exclamation
mark — to honor 70 years under the Worker's Party rule since North Korea's ... more »
A Portrait Of North Korea's Enigmatic And Unpredictable Dictator Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspects production of new touch-screen
mobile phones. CNN
*Mark Bowden, Variety:* *Understanding Kim Jong Un, The World’s Most
Enigmatic and Unpredictable Dictator*
*Everyone knows that North Korea’s leader is a bloodthirsty madman and
buffoon—or is he really? Mark Bowden digs into the hard facts for an
unusual portrait. *
*WNU Editor:* An interesting analysis on Kim Jong Un .... a definite must
read for those who are North Korean watchers.
Obama's Force Authorization is a Blank Check for War Worldwide
Peace Through War - Freda Art By Ron Paul
The president is requesting Congress to pass an authorization for the use
of military force (AUMF) resolution against ISIS. Congress has not issued a
similar resolution since 2002, when President Bush was given the authority
to wage war against Iraq. The purpose of this resolution is to give
official authority to the president to do the things that he has already
been doing for the past six years. Seems strange but this is typical for
Washington. President Obama’s claim is that he does not need this
authority. He claims, as have all othe... more »
Guess What Happened The Last Time The U.S. Dollar Skyrocketed In Value Like This?
Michael Snyder
Over the past decade, there has been only one other time when the value of
the U.S. dollar has increased by so much in such a short period of time.
That was in mid-2008 – just before the greatest financial crash since the
Great Depression.
A surging U.S. dollar also greatly contributed to the Latin American debt
crisis of the early 1980s and the Asian financial crisis of 1997. Today,
the globe is more interconnected than ever. Most global trade is conducted
in U.S. dollars, and much of the borrowing done by emerging markets all
over the planet is denominated in ... more »
Feb. 12: It's tough.....
...to write a blog about a newspaper whose front page story - continued
inside for a total of almost a full page - is that local restaurants will
be packed on Valentine's Day. Who would have guessed? Then, on p. 6 for
Wednesday, they publish a photo of an armed robber, asking people to phone
in if they recognize him. He is so covered in bulky clothes that even his
eyes don't show.
Section A of Thursday really wets its pants with the front page story that
the aging rock group AC/DC is coming to town. And tickets will be only
$109.50 plus fees. That's good for two, solid pages of st... more »
Another Banker Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
SM Gibson
A JPMorgan Chase & Co. employee and his wife were discovered dead in their
home on Friday in an apparent murder-suicide.
Iran Pars Tabacchi, who went by Denise, was found dead on February 6th
from strangulation and a single stab wound to the chest. Iran’s
husband, 27-year-old Michael Tabacchi died of a self-inflicted stab wound
to the chest, according to authorities.
New Jersey officials believe that Michael murdered his wife around 11pm
Friday night before killing himself. No motive has been determined at this
time.
Officials are not aware of the couple having any fin... more »
"The Fourth Turning: The Shadow Of Crisis Has Not Passed - Part 2"
*"The Fourth Turning: The Shadow Of Crisis Has Not Passed - Part 2"*
*"Debt, Civic Decay & Global Disorder"*
by James Quinn
"In Part One of this article I laid the groundwork of the Fourth Turning
generational theory. I refuted President Obama’s claim that the shadow of
crisis has passed. The shadow grows ever larger and will engulf the world
in darkness in the coming years. The Crisis will be fueled by the worsening
debt, civic decay and global disorder. I will address these issues in this
article.
*Debt, Civic Decay & Global Disorder: *The core elements propelling this
Crisis – d... more »
Can Strong Women Stop the Civil War in Ukraine?
By Russia Insider
Ukraine military commanders are going to different regions around the
country to draft men and women so Kiev can send them to fight their fellow
countrymen in the East. A woman from Zaporozhia Region brilliantly takes
down the reasons given for the war and the draft. The sentiment of the
crowd is clear, they don't want war and they resent the lies being told to
them.
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Our Economic House of Cards
Dave Kranzler and Paul Craig Roberts
As John Williams (shadowstats.com) has observed, the payroll jobs reports
no longer make any logical or statistical sense. Ask yourself, do you
believe that retailers responded to the very disappointing Christmas season
by rushing out in January to hire 46,000 more retail clerks?
Perhaps those 46,000 retail jobs is the BLS telling us that they have to
come up with new jobs to report whether or not there are any.
As we have reported on a number of occasions, whenever the price of gold in
the futures market starts to rise, massive uncovered sh... more »
Business of Global Warming Fraud
James Hall
The Global Warming establishment is NOT a real business. All the tentacles
that suck up public money to finance crony collectivism are based upon
government subsidies and artificially higher consumer prices. The absurd
lunacy that economic growth and productive jobs can be created with the
underlying premise of the “so called” industrial model is based upon lies,
deceit and cooked data. It clearly demonstrates the disingenuous nature of
the zealots that benefit from the fraud.
Dishonest scientists living off government grants, career bureaucrats
counting the days t... more »
Why Democrats Are Wary About Obama's Proposed AUMF
Tuesday I blundered into putting on MSNBC before Chris Hayes' show started
and the ghost of yesteryear political journalism was barking away happily.
Appropriately enough, Chris Matthews' guest was Alabama racist throwback Mo
Brooks who was eager to get on TV and accuse President Obama of being-- at
best-- weak and, at worst, a traitor. Brooks and Matthews are from another
generation, a generation where brain growth ceased many decades ago. Both
were positively salivating at the thought of "extermination."
"Personally," said Brooks, "I think this needs to be the standard-- America... more »
The Latest Minsk Agreement - Salvation or Sellout?
*NOTE:* How the BBC (Biggest and Best Calumny) puts a photo on their cover
page of Putin facing away from the camera...his arm outstretched
(menacingly?) to Poroshenko and there is even a Hitleresque mustache drawn
on his face. And these are the guys who sheltered pedophile/necrophile
Jimmy Saville for years...and *reported that World Trade Center 7 collapsed
20 minutes before it did!*
*Putin Today in Belarus Explaining Agreement*
The ink isn't even dry on the new Minsk Agreement and already the cheap
seats are squabbling among themselves (ourselves :) about its meaning and potent... more »
States Move to Shield Themselves from Federal Gun Control Enforcement
Paul Lawrance
Both state legislatures in Arizona and Montana this week have passed bills
that would shield themselves from any federal gun control measures that
could be pressed upon the states in the future.
Both Senate Bill 1330 (SB1330), which passed in Arizona, and House Bill 203
(HB203) passing in Montana would prohibit state agencies and employees from
enforcing federal gun control that restricts ownership of a personal
firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition.
“This is a powerful first step against the gun control establishment,”
Scott Landreth of the pro Second Amendment ... more »
Sexual Warfare
In the following video, produced by the excellent *LifePsyop YouTube
channel*, Dr. E. Michael Jones breaks down the history of sexual liberation
and the systematic promotion of licentious behavior in the Western world
via the mass media and pornography industry.
Being Health Conscious Makes You The New "Conspiracy Theorist"!!
Bernie Suarez
Remember when the fictitious notion of "conspiracy theorist" was supposed
to represent the lone wolf weird lunatic in a dark basement? Believe it or
not, this stereotype character never actually existed. That's right, the
basement lunatic conspiracy theorist was a fictional character invented by
government, media and Hollywood (*X-Files*).
The propaganda began at least a century ago, accelerated after the creation
of the CIA and became more pronounced targeting American people after the
JFK assassination as described in CIA document 1035-960. Specifically the
techni... more »
What investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson told me about vaccines
Jon Rappoport
“The complete failure of this year’s flu vaccine, even by conventional
standards, is a major scandal at the CDC. To distract the press and public,
we now have a fake epidemic of measles, and pressure to take the vaccine,
take all vaccines all the time. This is called a psyop. Psyops build fake
realities.” (*The Underground*, Jon Rappoport)
As my readers know, I’ve written many articles about vaccines, covering:
mandatory shots; the pseudoscience of vaccination; severe adverse effects;
poisons in shots; disastrous vaccination campaigns, and so on.
This article is a... more »
所有欺騙的母親
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/climategate.php#axzz3RYLSFz00
和
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/allwarsarebankerwars.php#axzz3RYLSFz00
Federal Bill Announced to Eliminate All Vaccine Exemptions for Head Start
Dees Illustration Heather Callaghan
Vaccine Liberation Army reports:
Senator Barbara Boxer (D) and Representative Anna Eshoo (D-Palo Alto), have
proposed federal legislation that would for the first time impose Federal,
as opposed to State, vaccine mandates to attend an educational program. The
legislators’ bill entitled A Head Start on Vaccinations Act would require
all children enrolled in Head Start to get all of the vaccinations
recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
according to the CDC’s timetable. There would be no exemptions for
religious or... more »
The New Security Threat To Iraq’s Capital Baghdad
Baghdad remains the most violence province in Iraq. During the summer while
the insurgents launched their offensive most attacks shifted to Anbar,
Ninewa, and Salahaddin. Since then Baghdad has returned as the main target
for the militant. By attacking the capital insurgents are hoping to
undermine the government and stoke sectarian tensions just like they did in
the 2000s. The threat faced by Baghdad has changed however from 2014 to the
new year. Before the capital was repeatedly hit by waves of car bombs
(vehicle borne improvised explosive devices). Now there are hardly any
VBIE... more »
Feds Unveil New Surveillance Tool Developed by DARPA that Could Kill the ‘Dark Web’
Cassius Methyl
The scarcely reported on agency of government, DARPA, affiliated with the
Pentagon and the Department of Defense, just might be the most dangerous
apparatus of the US Military; especially when it comes to the safety of the
American people and activists. The acronym of course stands for *Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency.*
It is from this agency that some of the most advanced weapons of war come.
The list of technologies they developed is long; they engineered killer
robotic dogs, remotely controlled weapons of war such as drones, and other
technologies not ... more »
Great Britain Creates a Cyber Brigade to Manipulate Public Opinion
Vladimir Platov
With each passing day Great Britain is losing its reputation as a proud
international power since becoming widely recognized for what it is – an
obedient servant of Washington that is losing credibility at a record pace.
Therefore, British authorities have been seeking ways to “achieve
greatness.” At the same time, they realize perfectly well, given the
deepening economic and social crisis in the United Kingdom, it could hardly
aspire to achieve success in the reconstruction of its image as a great
industrial power, a champion of naval warfare or a flourishing cult... more »
U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Wants A Slower Withdrawal
U.S. General John Campbell, commander of NATO-led International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF), salutes during the change of mission ceremony in
Kabul, December 28, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Omar Sobhani
*Bloomberg: **U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Backs Slowing U.S. Withdrawal*
*The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said he’s recommending alternatives
to President Barack Obama’s timetable for withdrawing the remaining
American troops there. *
*WNU Editor*:If the situation and trends were positive .... U.S. Army
General John Campbell would be singing a different story. But the fact is... more »
98% Vaccinated Involved in Whooping Cough Outbreak
*Experimental Vaccines*
It takes some deciphering of the pro-vaccine propaganda, but the truth is
there in the numbers. Kenny Valenzuela explains...
*Research links posted below:*
Medical Experts Concerned About Whooping Cough Outbreaks: Vaccine May Be
Losing Potency
87% Vaccinated Involved In Whooping Cough Outbreak
California whooping cough outbreak reveals limitation of vaccine
New York Measles Outbreak 90% Vaccinated
Whooping Cough Outbreak in Elk Grove Indicates Ineffectiveness of Vaccine
91% Fully Vaccinated Involved in Pertussis Outbreak
Pertussis Whooping Cough Vaccine ... more »
Why We Need To Stop The AUMF Immediately!
By Luke Rudkowski
In this video Luke Rudkowski breaks down the latest emotional propaganda to
justify Obama's war authority request. We mention the latest revelations
with Kayla Mueller and the Chapel Hill school shooting since they're being
used to underline the alleged "terror" threat.
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You Can’t Create More Savings by Printing More Money
*Guest post by Frank Shostak*
Savings has nothing to do with money. For instance, if a baker produces ten
loaves of bread and consumes one loaf, his savings is nine loaves of bread.
In other words, the “savings” in this case is the baker’s real income (his
production of bread) minus the amount of bread that the baker consumed. The
baker’s savings now permits him to secure other goods and services.
For instance, the baker can now exchange his saved bread for a pair of
shoes with a shoemaker. Observe that the baker’s savings is his real means
of payments — he pays for the shoes with... more »
Klaus reviews his and his family's life in communism
Two hours ago, "Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation" posted a
20-minute interview with the Czech ex-president Václav Klaus.
He offers his memories about communism and his life in that era. His
parents were grateful to the Soviet Union for the liberation. At the end of
his high school studies, he began to understand the political aspects of
the real world. And in the 1960s, he was literally supposed to become a
scholarly expert in the non-Marxist systems.
After the Warsaw Pact occupation in 1968, he could still spend a semester
at Cornell – his wife was in Amsterdam at the ... more »
U.S. Marines Destroyed Their Weapons Before Leaving Yemen (Not Surrendering Them As Originally Reported)
*Hot Air: Report*: *State Department ordered U.S. Marines to disarm during
Yemen embassy evacuation*
So claims Megyn Kelly in the clip below, citing a defense source. Question:
Did State issue that order because it wanted to, or because it felt it had
to?
* Houthi rebels took all U.S. Embassy vehicles parked at the Yemeni
capital’s airport and wouldn’t let departing U.S. Marines take their
weapons with them, a top Sanaa airport official said about the latest
evidence of unrest in an Arab nation long seen as key in America’s fight
against terrorists…*
*WNU Editor:* I suspect that... more »
CIA And Pentagon Forced To Scale Back Operations In Yemen
*Washington Post:* *CIA scales back presence and operations in Yemen, home
of potent al-Qaeda affiliate*
*The closure of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen has forced the CIA to
significantly scale back its counterterrorism presence in the country,
according to current and former U.S. officials, who said the evacuation
represents a major setback in operations against al-Qaeda’s most dangerous
affiliate.*
*WNU Editor:* The Pentagon is still optimistic that the war against Al
Qaeda will continue .... *Pentagon Asserts U.S. Can Still Fight Terrorists
in Yemen As Marines Disarm* (Breitbart) .... more »
U.N. Warns Of Yemen Civil War After Al Qaeda Fighters Seize Army Base
*Reuters*:* Al Qaeda fighters seize Yemen army base, U.N. warns of civil
war*
** Militants say launched suicide attack, captured troops* Residents fear
Shit'ite militia counter-attack* US, Britain, France close embassies after
Houthi takeover (Adds U.N., local official comment)*
*WNU Editor*: The country is falling apart .... and while a part of me
hopes that the different factions in Yemen will be able to reconcile their
differences .... I am not optimistic.
*More News On The U.N. Warning Of A Yemen Civil War After Al Qaeda Fighters
Successfully Seized A Yemen Army Base*
UN... more »
"Angry Mom from GTA" get's it wrong. Really wrong! ID the logical fallacies
*Read all the way to the end- as I “unpack”(using angry mom language) all
the problems with this rant*.
So called Angry Mom from GTA ... is angry at the wrong party
I couldn’t help but notice the so called Angry Mom rant allegedly from the
GTA. That is Greater Toronto Area, for those unfamiliar with Canadian
vernacular
*Seriously, this 'news' couldn’t be missed no matter how hard I tried to
avoid it!*
And that readers, was the* very first problem* that jumped out at me
regarding this so called face book rant-* It was absolutely everywhere*.
Covered everywhere. Every website.
All ma... more »
The Economy: "The Strange Case of the Disappearing Debt"
*"The Strange Case of the Disappearing Debt"*
by Bill Bonner
São Paolo, Brazil - “Every day, we think we see more clearly where this is
going. And every day, we are staggered by it. Our mind boggles. Our knees
buckle. We hold our breath and reach for a caipirinha: For the first time
ever, central banks are printing more money than governments can use.
That’s right. After central bank buying, net government debt sales will be
NEGATIVE.
Yes, governments will still run deficits. Yes, they still will borrow
trillions of dollars. But after central banks finish buying their debt this
y... more »
THE FOG OF BRIAN’S VARIOUS SONGS: The possible source of a widespread disease!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015Part 4—Following the money:* We’re willing to
give the press corps credit. They’ve finally found the miscreant they
misidentified, long ago, as Candidate Gore.
Just as they always suspected, a persistent, rather strange dissembler was
right there in their midst! But it wasn’t Candidate Gore, whose “lies” they
had to invent.
It seems that the persistent dissembler may have been NBC’s Brian Williams!
Williams seems to have told a long succession of whoppers down through the
years, in the psychologically puzzling way he and his colleagues spent two
years ... more »
On Jon Stewart Leaving the Daily Show
I like the Jon Stewart I see on the television. He seems like a very
intelligent, witty man with a social conscience and a fair amount of
courage. I've had a couple of problems with some of his work. And he did
let the network walk back his having called Harry Truman a war criminal for
dropping two atomic bombs and thereby killing 250,000 people (mostly
civilians). But the occasionally inappropriate humour is unavoidable when
you're doing a nightly comedy program about current events. And it's not as
if Jon Stewart caving-in to pressure helped Harry Truman escape justice or
preven... more »
World News Briefs -- February 12, 2015
*CNN:* *Ukraine ceasefire deal reached after marathon Minsk talks*
*Marathon peace talks aimed at ending the bloody crisis in eastern Ukraine
concluded Thursday in a breakthrough: A ceasefire that's due to start
Sunday and an agreement for both sides to pull back heavy weapons.If the
ceasefire holds -- which is far from certain -- it could end a 10-month
conflict that has claimed more than 5,000 lives, many of them civilians,
and plunged East-West relations to their lowest point since the end of the
Cold War.*
*MIDDLE EAST*
U.S.-led forces launch 12 air strikes* in Iraq, three ... more »
This event may yet save us from nuclear war. Nevertheless..."The US president, Barack Obama, has faced rising calls at home to send military aid to Ukraine." Why and by whom the rising calls? Answers: Because the U.S. government in now controlled by neocons determined to start a nuclear war with Russia, and their claim that Russia has attacked Ukraine has been a blatent lie promolgated by the despicable "mainstream media." The slogan of the New York Times used to be "All the News That's Fit to Print." Now it might be "All the Faux News the Neocons want the American Public to Believe." Three cheers for Merkel, Hollande, and Putin!
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Ukraine ceasefire deal agreed at Minsk talks
Ceasefire will come into force on Sunday, but Hollande and Merkel say much
work still to be done after marathon overnight
negotiations.
Original Here
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, says fighting will end at midnight
on 15 February and that both the Ukrainian government and separatist rebels
will withdraw heavy weapons from the front line
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have reached a ceasefire
deal a... more »
Confirmation of testimony rather than corroboration of same
Language matters a great deal in law. Words are sometimes seen as having
almost magical powers -- and one word, corroboration, has a troubled
history.
But that does not mean that it is a bad idea to look for facts that confirm
the evidence of a witness -- but in so doing a judge should avoid using the
word corroboration
*R. v. Mackenzie*, 2015 ONCA 93:
Apart from his use of the term “corroboration”, which is best relegated to
the dustbin of legal history, we agree with his conclusion that
confirmation was desirable.
Indigenous Knowledge on Trial: Defending and Defining Mexican-American Studies
Thursday, 12 February 2015 00:00By Roberto Rodriguez, Truthout | Op-Ed
*The legal fight over Mexican-American studies in Tucson, Arizona, schools
is a culture war, waged by proponents of education rooted in Greco-Roman
values and Western civilization against supporters of ethnic studies and
MAS, which is anchored by an Indigenous-maíz-based ethos.*
By all rights, the plaintiffs in the Mexican-American studies (MAS) trial,
known as*Arce v. Huppenthal*, argued on January 12, should prevail. This
trumped-up controversy belongs more in the 15th century, before an
inquisition, as opposed... more »
14 Amazing Egg Roll Recipes
My mom makes the most amazing egg rolls. Seriously, she does. If my mom
ever wants us to come visit, all she has to do is offer to make my husband
egg rolls and he hops right in the car. They are hands down one of my
husband's favorite foods, no one else's egg rolls even come close.
After tasting the deliciousness that is my mom's egg rolls my husband
started a quest to make as many different types of egg rolls as possible.
To date he has created more than 10 different types, 6 are below, along
with some delicious egg rolls from other bloggers.
BBQ Taquitos- Egg Roll Style on Ho... more »
Eve Adams
I do not know here age precisely but she is for sure in MILF territory.
This is a smoking hot MP. You can have your perdiclections and fantasy
about Rona Ambrose. Eve Adams has a porn star name, a face and a body to go
with it and a crazy predilection.
Fuck I love my crazy beautiful members of Parlimant no matter what party
they\
pretend to represent.
Eve Adams has all the optics, but her fellow members have all the hyporcisy.
Face it citzens Parliament has a non heat factor, and she is just what we
need to make the public pay attention.
Shaky Ceasefire Declared
I've been reading this morning about the Minsk-2 negotiations on the civil
war inside Ukraine. A deal has been partially agreed upon - emphasis on
the word partial. What is most interesting is that Washington was excluded
from the negotiations - it's a simple admission that the US has been a
major instigator of this whole mess and the more they are kept out of the
negotiations the better.
The primary aspect of the deal calls for a ceasefire to begin at midnight
of February 15 and a pull back of heavy artillery from both sides. (The
last time a ceasefire was agreed upon at Minsk... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 12, 2015
Soldiers stand at attention during the training for the military parade of
the 60th National Day celebration, Beijing, September 7, 2009. [Xinhua]
Bloomberg: *China’s Rising Military Not Ready to Win Wars, U.S. Report Says*
*China’s military isn’t ready to win wars despite spending heavily to
modernize, according to a report commissioned by a U.S. congressional
committee.The People’s Liberation Army suffers from “potentially serious
weaknesses” that could limit its ability to conduct the operations required
to fight and win future conflicts, the report by Rand Corp. a Santa Monica... more »
Rip-off News round-up. Our pick of the last week's media (Thu 12th February)
Supermarket watchdog
investigates Tesco’s dodgy fees that cripple its suppliers
Christine Tacon, the groceries code adjudicator, said she
had a reasonable suspicion that Tesco had breached the code. Likely violations,
involving many suppliers and large sums of money, include:
penalties imposed when Tesco claimed items were missing
from deliveries
charging more than an item cost when a
Who is the California Charter Schools Association?
[image: Who is the California Charter Schools Association?]
Who is the California Charter Schools Association? Founded by nativist
Steve Poizner. Revenues of over $2.23-Million. Walmart fortune heir Carrie
Walton Penner on their Board of Directors. Director Jed Wallace stuffing
his pockets with over $.335-Million in "compensation." With those dark
secrets and massive revenues to protect, it's no wonder they are attacking
sitting school board members.
Who is @CALcharters? Founded by nativist Steve Poizner. Revenues:
$2.23-Million. Walmart heir on BOD. #LAUSD #NPIC pic.twitter.com/E... more »
Paranoia, Inc.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. There is danger lurking in every corner of every
home in every neighborhood in every town in every one of the 50 states.
But take heart, patriots. Besides life, liberty, and the Second Amendment,
each and every one of us has a unique biological weapon with which to
protect ourselves and our loved ones. And that is our follicles. Whenever
those little hairs stand at attention on the back of our necks, we can rest
assured that terrorists cannot be far away.
To hammer that message home, FBI Director James Comey traveled to the great
freedom state of Missis... more »
Can you sell enouph suckers through your internet illteligece disccrace
At one time thugs
no matter what their
majisty
would have to hide
in Sherwood forest
Now days every one
is Robin Hood
what a brilliant
disguise
New British Cyber Brigade Aims at Manipulating Public
*February 12, 2015 *(Vladimir Platov - NEO) - With each passing day Great
Britain is losing its reputation as a proud international power since
becoming widely recognized for what it is – an obedient servant of
Washington that is losing credibility at a record pace. Therefore, British
authorities have been seeking ways to “achieve greatness.” At the same
time, they realize perfectly well, given the deepening economic and social
crisis in the United Kingdom, it could hardly aspire to achieve success in
the reconstruction of its image as a great industrial power, a champion of
naval ... more »
Global Military Spending To Fall In 2015. Will Rise In Asia And The Middle East
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)*
*Wall Street Journal:* *Global Military Spending Set to Fall in 2015*
*Research Predicts Defense Spending Will Resume Decline After Growth in
2014*
*LONDON—Global military spending could fall again this year after an uptick
in 2014, as tepid growth forecasts and low oil prices prompt countries to
curtail defense budgets, a leading British research organization said
Wednesday.Spending on defense rose 1.7% last year in real terms after three
years of decline, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said
Wednesday in London. More money spent ... more »
The US Proxy War In Ukraine: Ceasefire Agreement To Take Effect February 15th... Watch As The US And Their Regime In Kiev Tries To Destroy This Ceasefire! (Updated!)
One piece of good news today, and that is the group that has been meeting
in Minsk, Belarus, these last few days has reached an agreement for a
"ceasefire" in the civil war in Ukraine....
This is some good news for a change, and I want to present the following
report from the Telegraph online news service out of the United Kingdom, at
www.telegraph.co.uk, that gives the context and details of the full
agreement that has just been signed off in Minsk... Here is that article,
and I have my own thoughts and comments to follow:
Minsk agreement on Ukraine crisis: text in full
Read a tr... more »
Caught In His Own Web
http://pixgood.com/
The plan was to ensnare the opposition in an economic web from which they
could not escape. Instead, Stephen Harper finds that his economic strategy
has come a cropper. Scott Clark and Peter Devries write:
It didn’t have to be this way. Prime Minister Harper had an opportunity a
year ago to set his government up to sail through any pre-election downturn
in the economy while smelling like a rose.
He blew it. Here’s how:
Eliminating the deficit by 2015-16 was never based on any economic logic.
It was always a ... more »
The NHL trade deadline
Butch Goring, the hockey playing grandson of Herman Goring changed the
hockey universe. That statement was false on so many levels that it tells
the truth.
Hockey used to be a pro sport like curling but with raised brooms.
I worship the legends. Maurice Richard in my heart is the greatest hockey
player ever. Nowdays if we move to statsitical anayslis I wonder where he
might lie.
The reason that modern wanna be legends can not reach the level of past
heros is simple. Global competion, world class training, and brown pop
reluctance.
I played in the beer leagues and anyone who playe... more »
Looking Back to the February 2014 "Maidan"
A German TV investigation disproved the West's claim that former Ukrainian
President Yanukovych was responsible for killing of dozens of Ukrainian
protesters in February 2014 during the "Maidan" that toppled the elected
government in that country. This act was one of the primary justifications
for the US-NATO directed coup d'etat.
Greek Debts Talks Are Stalemated
*BBC:* *Greece bailout talks: No agreement in Brussels*
*Greek and eurozone officials have failed to reach an agreement over
Greece's debt crisis, though both sides said there was still hope for a
deal.Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said seven hours of talks in
Brussels had been "constructive".But they ended without a joint statement
to outline procedural steps ahead of further talks next Monday.*
*WNU Editor: *Greece does not want to respect its past agreements .... but
they want more money .... this may make sense in Greece, but to those who
are owed money and are n... more »
Images From The Strike That Changed Britain Forever
British singer/songwriter Billy Bragg with a song recorded to raise funds
for Liverpool dockers. But the images are from the 84/85 UK miners' strike.
Baffling things and conundrums
A couple of weeks ago Beyond Belief (Radio 4) tackled antisemitism. In the
chair, Ernie Rea.
Ed Kessler and Dr. Yaakov Wise were there to speak as ‘Jews’, and for some
reason best known to the BBC, Mo Ansar had been invited to represent ‘the
Muslims’, doing his utmost to shoehorn 'Islamophobia' into the picture at
any and every opportunity.
Islamophobia
I’ll summarise (my impression) as follows:
"Did you, know, Muslims are the new Jews, and wherever you find
antisemitism, Islamophobia is lurking nearby? (Well you do now) Also,
antisemitism doesn’t emanate primarily from the Musl... more »
Expert Evidence
*Moore v. Getahun*, 2015 ONCA 55;
[33] Expert evidence is a significant and controversial feature of
modern civil litigation. It constitutes an exception to the rule that
witnesses may only testify as to facts, not opinions, and that it is the
exclusive prerogative of the trier of fact to draw inferences from proven
facts. The expert evidence exception operates where specialized knowledge
is required to determine the implications of the bare facts and where the
trier of fact is not competent to draw the necessary inferences unaided: R.
v. Mohan, 1994 CanLII 80 (SCC), [1994]... more »
U.S. Congress Raises Concerns On President Obama's Request For A Military Force Resolution Against The Islamic State
Daily Mail: *Obama insists military force resolution is 'not...another
ground war' as he calls on Congress to give him new authority to fight ISIS*
* The White House wants Congress to authorize the Pentagon to fight the
militants without 'an enduring offensive combat' role
* President Obama's request for authorization for the use of force would
expire after three years but could be renewed
* The resolution makes no mention of ground troops but leaves the door open
for them in the future by being purposefully vague
* Obama stressed in a televised statement this afternoon that the
re... more »
The TRUTH About The US Proxy War In Ukraine: Ukrainian Citizens Speak Against The War (Video)
I am really sick and tired of the false rhetoric being pushed out by the
LIARS at the Jew spew media outlets these days.... I actually spent about
20 minutes just the other night listening to the Canadian "national" news
before my mind melted and I turned off the Talmudvision in disgust... All
the reports coming over the Canadian so called news was that the so called
"war" in Ukraine was against Russian supported and armed (!) Rebels who
were fighting an "illegal" (!) war against the Ukrainian government... The
news reports kept up the false bias by claiming that the fight was agains... more »
Monsanto On The Menu: Science, Power And GMOs
RINF, The 4th Media, Countercurrents 12/2/2015
On Twitter this week, someone asked the question “Why do people doubt
science?” Accompanying the tweet was a link to an article in National
Geographic that implied people who are suspicious of vaccines, genetically
modified organisms (GMOs), climate change, fluoridated water and various
other phenomena are confused, adhere to conspiracy theories, are motivated
by ideology or are misinformed as a result of access to the ‘University of
Google.’ The remedy, according what is said in the article, is for us all
to rely on scientific evidenc... more »
Leaders Agree To A Ukraine Ceasefire -- A News Roundup
*The Guardian: * *Ukraine ceasefire deal agreed at Minsk talks*
*Ceasefire will come into force on Sunday, but Hollande and Merkel say much
work still to be done after marathon overnight negotiationsThe leaders of
Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have reached a ceasefire deal after 17
hours of talks in Minsk, Belarus, on the Ukrainian conflict.The ceasefire
will come into force on Sunday as part of a deal that also involves the
withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line.*
*WNU Editor:* I am personally not optimistic that this deal will last. This
agreement is similar t... more »
The First Amendment – The Real Patriot Act
*Ethan 'Indigo' Smith* - Law is meant to protect the inalienable rights of
people. But the Patriot Act acts. It does not protect human rights.
The post The First Amendment – The Real Patriot Act appeared first on Waking
Times.
The Prince of Darkness Meets His World Elite
*V. Susan Ferguson* - Hovering over the city, the Prince of Darkness sat in
his black helicopter.
The post The Prince of Darkness Meets His World Elite appeared first on Waking
Times.
The Number One Cause of Health, The Number One Cause of Disease
*Michael Forrester* - As a society the center of our interest related to
the human body is on disease care.
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When Does a Series of Coincidences Become a Pattern?
I currently know three people with cancer. Two of those cancers started as
breast cancer within the last year, although one evolved into nonHodkins
Lymphoma. My third friend with cancer also has nonHodgkins Lymphoma and is
not doing well at all, although s/he is only in his twenties.
All three of these people had an unexpected toxic reaction to chemotherapy
within the last 2 weeks. They are all located in Arizona and southern
California.
NonHodgkin Lymphoma is a cancer linked to environmental causes, including
Chernobyl, as illustrated in this New York Times piece about a likely
C... more »
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*Education Reform as Envisioned by Bobby Jindal*
Some Republican presidential hopefuls are singing songs that are music to
conservative ears. The latest comes from Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana,
who along with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has released a research paper entitled
“America Next.” The Republican pair promote major reforms to undo the
government education catastrophe.
Jindal outlined his three-pronged reform plan beginning with an exquisitely
apt analogy: “Would you trade your brand-new car for an Edsel? Or your
iPhone for an antiquated mainframe computer the size of your liv... more »
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*Vilifying realist science – and scientists*
*Ultra-rich Green groups attack climate scientists who question “manmade
climate chaos” claims*
Paul Driessen
Things are not going well for Climate Chaos, Inc. The Environmental
Protection Agency is implementing its carbon dioxide regulations, and
President Obama wants to make more Alaska oil and gas prospects off limits.
But elsewhere the climate alarm industry is under siege – and rightfully so.
Shortly after Mr. Obama warned him of imminent climate doom, Prime Minister
Modi announced that India would double coal produ... more »
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
*Video - *This eye-opening video shows why monetary incentives may not
always work. What drives people to do better? Watch this and find out.
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Times.
Full Text of Minsk- Poroshenko says No Agreement on Autonomy etc.,
*UPDATE # 2- *
I took the updates out of order because FT had the full text of the Minsk
Agreement
[image: Left to right: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian
President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel , French
President Francois Hollande, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
gather, prior to their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015.
Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany are gathering for crucial
talks in the hope of negotiating an end fighting between Russia-backed
separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine. (AP Ph... more »
Europe Overview - February 12 , 2015 - Greece Fallout After Euro Group ( Division w/i Syriza ? ) .... Ukraine situation - Verbal Agreement at Minsk ? Sweden Cuts Deposit and Repo Rate Into Negative Territory and announces Its Own QE Program ! Much More .....
Tweets.......
Evening....
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#*EU*’s Juncker: A Great Deal Needs To Be Done On #*Greece* Before Monday
-- BBG
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*zerohedge*
Greek Gambit Succeeds As Germany Said To Ease Bailout Terms
With tax receipts tumbling and ELA fundin... more »
The Watchman Waketh But in Vain...
*" We in this country, in this generation, are --- by destiny rather than
choice --- the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore,
that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise
our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time
and for all time the ancient vision of "peace on earth, good will toward
men." That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must
always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago, "except the Lord
keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." "*
Prison Break Kaoshiung & ROC Politics
Wow. The prison break story in Kaoshiung by Bamboo Union gang members has
turned out to be quite an interesting political tale. It ended with their
mass suicide. But new details are emerging that are quite suggestive. As
the Apple Daily reports, the dead bodies were deliberately arranged in the
shape of an ROC blossom. The Taipei Times reported on the basics:
Authorities were continuing negotiation efforts last night with the six
prisoners, reportedly led by Cheng Li-te (鄭立德), a member of the Bamboo
Union (竹聯幫) triad imprisoned for murder, who were holding warden Chen
Shih-chih (陳世... more »
The Construction-Industrial State Eats Taiwan: Commonwealth on Housing Prices
*Caught these two fighting several years ago in Gukeng.*
Commonwealth once again scores with a very good piece on how the
legislature nuked reforms that protected consumers and instead chose to
keep housing prices to stay high and help developers make money:
In December 2011, with the presidential election drawing near, the
presidential candidates from both the Kuomintang (KMT) and Democratic
Progressive Party (DPP) strongly supported the quick passage of five laws
equated with "housing justice," including the registration of actual real
estate transaction prices.* The Executive Yu... more »
Russia has lost its ability to detect incoming nuclear missiles from space
[image: Soyuz TMA-15M]Russia just lost its early-warning system for
detecting ballistic missiles because of delays in the launch of its new
"Tundra" advanced early-warning system.
According to Russia's Kommersant newspaper, the system was due to replace
ageing satellites launched as part of the Oko programme that had already
exceeded their expected life span of five to seven years.
The system had been beset by technical problems, and in January this year
the last two satellites, which were operational for only a few hours each
day, finally went offline.
Read more
Ban on pork in Islington’s primary schools - Education - London 24
This report worries me
http://www.london24.com/news/education/ban_on_pork_in_islington_s_primary_schools_1_3952909
Here it is:
' The Great British banger is off the menu for Islington children as pork
has been banned in all the borough's primary schools.
Islington Council has been criticised by the pork industry for refusing to
dish up chops, sausages and bacon to youngsters, although the meat is
served in secondary schools.
Despite pork being a cheap meat, the council claims it is too expensive to
serve because the authority has to monitor what every child eats in case
those who... more »
Nicaragua to buy Russian warplanes to fight drug trafficking
[image: MiG-29M2 Fulcrum]Nicaragua plans to buy a batch of warplanes,
including Russian MiG-29 fighter aircraft, to fight drug trafficking in
coastal areas, Nicaraguan army spokesman General Adolfo Zepeda said on
Tuesday.
The general said fighter jets would be "used only for defense purposes, not
for air strikes," as Nicaragua was not going "to create any military threat
for its neighbours in the region".
The International Court of Justice in The Hague passed a decision in 2012,
awarding Nicaragua 75,000 square kilometers in the Caribbean that used to
be Colombia’s.
Read more
North Korea Unveils New Stealth Ship-Destroyer
[image: New North Korean Stealth Ship-Destroyer]North Korea has revealed an
official photograph of its new stealth ship-destroyer, a cross between a
hovercraft and a catamaran, in a clear warning to its neighbors and the
United States that the reclusive nation has the power to launch first
strike attacks on other vessels without warning.
The air-cushioned ships possess a faceted hull, which makes them difficult
to detect on radar, while allowing the ship-destroyer to glide efficiently
across the waves.
Though details of the craft’s construction are scarce, the stealth vessel
is 13... more »
Ship-killing missile aces third flight test
[image: Long Range Anti-Ship Missile]A new ship-killing missile
demonstrated its prowess during a Feb. 4 flight test.
The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile was released from an Air Force B-1B bomber
and navigated a series of low-altitude waypoints, while detecting and
avoiding an object in its flight pattern.
"We are very pleased with how LRASM performed today, and we are looking
forward to continuing integration efforts on the Air Force B-1, followed by
our Navy F/A-18, over the next few years," Navy Capt. Jaime Engdahl, the
LRASM Deployment Office's Navy program manager, said in a Feb.... more »
Prithvi, AAD Interceptor Missiles Slated for Tests
[image: Prithvi missile]After the change of guard and controversial
decision to remove Agni-IV project director, preparations are afoot at the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to test fire the
Prithvi and Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missiles.
A reliable source said, user trial of Army version of Prithvi weapon system
is slated on February 21 while a developmental trial of endo-atmospheric
(hitting the target inside the atmosphere) AAD interceptor missile is
likely to be conducted in the first week of March.
“The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Ar... more »
A-10s headed back to Spangdahlem for 6-month rotation
The Air Force will deploy 12 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and about 300
airmen from the States to Spangdahlem Air Base for six months, a move
intended to bolster regional security as fighting continues to escalate in
eastern Ukraine, the service announced Tuesday.
The close-air support Warthogs — which the Air Force has been pushing to
retire from the fleet — are expected to arrive at Spangdahlem by the end of
the week, said Capt. Sybil Taunton, spokeswoman for U.S. Air Forces in
Europe–Air Forces Africa.
The European deployment is part of a so-called theater security package in
... more »
Boeing offers good Super Hornet deal to M’sia
[image: F/A-18F Super Hornet]The Boeing Company has a distinct advantage
over its competitors in offering its Super Hornet jet fighter deal to
Malaysia as the aircraft represents an “extremely affordable” offering over
the long-term.
The global aircraft manufacturer also stands ready to assist Malaysia in
dealing with funding challenges in acquiring the high-endurance fighter
jet, more so, due to financial constraints brought on by the global
economic slowdown.
“No aircraft in this competition will come close to the affordability that
the Super Hornet brings,” Howard M Berry, Boein... more »
Russian fighter aircraft crashes near Volgograd as Moscow suspends operation of all Su-24 models
[image: Su-24M2 Fencer]A Russian fighter jet Su-24 crashed near Volgograd
prompting Moscow to suspend operations of all aircraft of the same model,
as the fate of the pilots remains unknown.
The tactical bomber crashed about 7km away from the runway in Russia's
southern city of Volgograd near the Marinovka airport.
An investigation has been initiated into the incident as Moscow has ordered
that all the twin-engine frontline bomber be grounded.
Read more
Export restrictions limit Predator potential
[image: MQ-9 Reaper]Following requested purchases of General Atomics
Aeronautical Systems Predator/Reaper-series unmanned air vehicles by France
and the Netherlands in recent weeks, the USA’s backing of an export licence
for India but a rejection for Jordan have raised questions over how much
potential the UAVs really have outside of NATO.
Later this year, General Atomics is expected to take an MQ-9 Reaper out of
storage to deliver to the French air force, Flightglobal understands.
On 5 February, the US Air Force announced a plan to award the company $3.8
million to return the airc... more »
IAI Completes Test-Flights Of Multi-Sensor Electro-Optical Payload For Drones
[image: M-19HD]Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) innovative M-19HD payload
has successfully completed all airborne test-flights on manned and unmanned
platforms.
Local and international customers have shown interest in the novel
electro-optical payload and advanced negotiations are underway.
The M-19HD is a true High-Definition, compact, multispectral, multi-sensor,
single line-replacement unit (LRU) payload (simultaneously incorporating up
to 7 sensors).
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This Is Russia’s Unmanned Armed Combat Robot Fleet
Whether it is or not connected to what's currently going on in Ukraine, one
thing is certain, neither of the parties involved will stop from pushing
the weaponry development forward.
And since the unmanned vehicles are the new trend, Russia is also planning
to build its own fleet of remote-controlled ground robots that will be used
in mine clearing missions.
We’re looking at unmanned tracked robots with a weapon station on top that
are currently being tested in the ex soviet country and that will
eventually be used by their Strategic Missile Forces.
Read more
First prying plane to be handed over to IAF in June
[image: Embraer EMB-145I]The Indian Air Force (IAF) will receive the first
Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) system - Prying Plane -- by June
this year.
Dr K Tamilmani, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Director-General (Aero), said that the second aircraft will be handed over
to the IAF in September for user evaluation trials. He said the third
aircraft will be arriving in Indian by July this year.
The AEW&C systems are built on a modified Embraer EMB-145I aircraft from
Brazil. The two aircraft had extensively undergone flight trials in air
bases in Benga... more »
Hope for new RAF patrol planes to replace Moray nimrods
[image: Nimro(a)d]Fresh hopes have been raised that the UK Government is
planning to finally replace the scrapped fleet of Moray-based Nimrod
aircraft.
Defence Minister Mark Francois has confirmed that a scheme which maintains
the training of staff formerly based at RAF Kinloss has been extended.
Military chiefs have repeatedly been accused of leaving a major capability
gap by axing the Nimrod MRA4 contract in 2010.
Read more
Fukushima fallout suit: 'Sailors were marinating in radioactive particles'
[image: USS Ronald Reagan Washdown]There is a group of sailors and Marines,
some from right here in the Northwest, who consider themselves warriors,
wounded in a battle they didn't realize they were fighting against an enemy
that's both terrifying and invisible: radiation.
It happened in 2011, right after Japan's devastating earthquake and
tsunami. Now that group is suing over debilitating and even fatal diseases
that may not show up for years.
In March and April of that year, the front line for the US Navy's 7th Fleet
was the coast of Japan. When the 9.0 earthquake struck, followed... more »
The Enigma of Rudolf Hess and his Controllers
*General Karl Haushofer and Rudolf Hess, c.1920*
According to the American military attaché at the London embassy, who
claimed to have spoken with Hess after the latter arrived in England, the
Deputy Fuhrer supposedly confessed to a British psychiatrist sent to
examine him that the Nazis were on the verge of obliterating the Jews
*(Louis Kilzer, Churchill's deception. The Dark Secret that Destroyed
Germany (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), pp. 60-2). *
Moreover, author Alfred Smith relates that on *May 13, 1941*, only three
days after Hess landed, Churchill sent a memo to hi... more »
INS Viraat to be decommissioned in 2016
[image: INS Viraat (R22)]The Navy is learnt to have taken the call to
retire the decrepit warhorse INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier that has had
a service life of 56 years as on date — first as HMS Hermes in the Royal
British Navy and in its present avatar since 1987.
Viraat — which saw action in the Falklands War and remained for well over a
decade the sole aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean region following the
decommissioning of the first Indian carrier INS Vikrant in 1997 — is slated
to have a grand farewell at the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam
in February 2016.
... more »
Proof That the Human Body is a Projection of Consciousness
All writers tackling the problem of consciousness make the same natural
error. They think consciousness is ephemeral and by inferance less
information dense than our physical bodies when it is quite the reverse.
To hold the same amount of information in the physical, our physical bodies
would need to be the size of Earth.
Thus it becvomes obvious that our consciousness or spirit body operates the
machinery of our physical bodies. This is a pretty serious leap in
perception. It thus makes perfectly good sense that our spirit body is
able to effectively produce miracles in te... more »
Scientists give Graphene one more Quality – Magnetism
[image: A diagram of the magnetized graphene (Image: Shi Lab, UC Riverside)]
I think we are running out of tricks to add. Graphene has certainly proven
amenable to all types of clever manipulation.
Graphene is now working its way into our industrial supply chain and will
ultimately be everywhere. It is just too useful. The only comparable
needing the same type of engineering input is the lowly transistor which is
now also everywhere. In time we will fabricate those directly onto a
graphene skin as well.
How about a graphene layer embedded onto our skull bone? This wil... more »
Something Really, Really Terrible Is About to Happen to Our Coral
Continuing warm conditions are producing an accelerated cycle of Ei Nino
like conditions which has the impact of producing bleached corals. This
is obviously not happy news. There is some evidence that those
temperatures have slipped somewhat but not enough yet. That will take a
temperature crash which i suspect is more likely than say an additional
half degree lift.
We will likely see an abrupt reversal in the Antarctic first. Again this
all conforms to a slowly moving circumpolar cycle in the primary current
that extends through forty years at least and possibly through a... more »
Genetic Memory: How We Know Things We Never Learned
This is really all about a failure to communicate. Our consciousness has
all this innate capacity but then must instruct the physical mind to
process this information and express it in terms of our language tools. It
has nothing to do with genetics at all and it more a matter of physical
flaws and simple luck or a whack to the head.
From observation those who do luck out are often otherwise incapacitated in
life in many ways. They need to be able to park these abilities and focus
on mastering life skills. It is not necessary a blessing although it would
be for an already matu... more »
Government to support Dagdiesel Factory
[image: Dmitry Rogozin]Russian Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin
supervising the military industry promised Dagdiesel financial support from
the government to realize its modernization process.
Dagdiesel, as he said, was one of the largest military enterprises,
specializing in production of torpedoes for submarines.
The enterprise is on the edge of bankruptcy in the light of the events in
Ukraine because it can no longer cooperate with the country, RIA Novosti
reports.
Read more
Scrap-or-sink question on Sindhurakshak
[image: sindhurakshak salvage]The Admiralty has a new problem with the INS
Sindhurakshak submarine that torpedoed itself and sank in the naval
dockyard in Mumbai on August 14, 2013, killing 18 of its crew. The sinking
was the Indian navy's biggest peacetime loss of a potent platform.
Technically, the Sindhurakshak is yet to be de-commissioned and is still
counted among the 14-submarine fleet of the navy's "silent arm". But the
Admiralty knows the Sindhurakshak will never sail or dive on its own again.
The sub was salvaged from the waters by a US-based firm that was contracted
for ab... more »
Welfarism 31: More CCT and Subsidy Programs Won't Solve Self-inflicted Povertye
More welfare and subsidy programs for the poor, are they really needed?
Let us count the existing ones, at least the major subsidy programs:
1. Books and education for the poor, via DepEd, CHED, TESDA, LGUs.
2. Medicines and healthcare for the poor, via DOH, PhilHealth, LGUs,
UP-PGH, PCSO/PAGCOR health vouchers, WHO/USAID/WB/ADB foreign aid in health.
3. Housing and relocation for the poor, via NHA, PagIBIG, NHMFC, LGUs, etc.
4. Land redistribution and irrigation for the poor, via DAR, NIA, DPWH,
LGUs, etc.
5. Tractors, credit, seeds for the poor, via DA, LGUs, etc.
6. Rural roads and b... more »
Fool Geithner (USAID-CIA-Crony Ukraine/U.S.'s Foreign-Policy Grand Bargain As It Goes Over Edge) House of Cards Redux
Geithner embarrasses self again (by opening mouth). As usual. Timothy
Geithner’s penchant for speaking about things he does not care enough about
to get right has led to him uttering many of the most cringe-worthy phrases
about the economic crisis. The latest example is in David Axelrod’s new
book about the Obama administration’s response to the financial crisis.
This column was prompted
Gregory Mannarino, “Millennial's WAKE UP! Because It's Your Blood, Your Lives, On The Line.”
“Despite the stock market at near all time record highs, the United States
is flatlining. Where is the proof?
• In the year 2000 the population of the United States was 281,421,906 and
there was 153,318,690 in the workforce.
• Today, 2015, the population of the United States is 320,316,180 and there
is 148,281,731 people in the workforce.
• In the year 2000 the national debt was under six trillion dollars, today
it is more than THREE TIMES THAT at over 18 trillion dollars.
• Today over 53 million Americans are receiving food stamps and more than
85 million are on Medicaid.
The sad ... more »
US Army Europe Commander: U.S. Will Send 600 Paratroopers To Ukraine To Train Troops
U.S. Army Europe commander Ben Hodges speaks as Polish general Boguslaw
Samol stands during news conference during a visit to the Multinational
Corps Northeast, NATO base at Szczecin in north-west Poland February 11,
2015. Credit: Reuters/Cezary Aszkielowicz/Agencja Gazeta
*Reuters*: *U.S. army to train Ukrainians in March: commander U.S. army
Europe*
*(Reuters) - U.S. Army Europe commander Ben Hodges said on Wednesday the
U.S. army will provide training to Ukrainian troops battling Russian-backed
separatists in the country's east.*
*WNU Editor:* News of direct U.S. military invol... more »
The Putin - Poroshenko Handshake
*Business Insider*: *Here's Putin rubbing his hands together after
addressing Ukraine's president at peace talks*
*Ukrainian President Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart reluctantly
shook hands before sitting together with Germany’s Merkel and France’s
Hollande to broker a deal on Ukraine in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday.*
*WNU Editor:* The above video clip is priceless. I can spend hours just
analyzing everything about it.
Pakistani Defense Minister talks tough on Taliban and warns India against any aggressive move
*Pakistan is unfriendly towards India and Afghanistan, and it doesn't hide
its support for Jihadist terrorists anymore. It is proud of poking their
eyes, thinking it is so tough and mighty. But it will complain all day long
when the two team up and direct their combined fury towards it. It is
insecure yet overconfident, recklessly giving terrorist groups protection.
It is a destabilizing state that is running around in circles with no
vision for building peace in its own country and in its region. Relying on
nuclear weapons, foreign aid, and Saudi-financed Jihad for defence is
stup... more »
Ukraine Peace Talks Still Continuing
#Minsk talks could last for another 5 or 6 hours – Poroshenko admin dep.
head LIVE UPDATES http://t.co/HvUWtkhSe7 pic.twitter.com/D7UAQn4rai
— RT (@RT_com) February 12, 2015
*WNU Editor*: The Telegraph has just stopped their live updates, but RT is
still providing live coverage.
*'Normandy 4' Ukraine peace talks in Minsk LIVE UPDATES *-- RT
*Ukraine crisis: Minsk peace talks - as it happened *-- The Telegraph
RT has a live camera at the conference center. That link* is here*.
I was once in a trade delegation where we had to negotiate with a Chinese
group on a business deal ... th... more »
State Dept: U.S. Not 'Being Run Out of Town' Despite Abandoning 3rd US Embassy in Middle East
*WNU Editor:* Three and counting ....
Calling all Wellington liberty lovers
Here’s message for all Wellington liberty lovers. Yes, yes, I *know* it’s
addressed as a message for *students.* But if you’re in Wellington and
you’re not a student, then just throw money …
Hi All
I'm sending this message to you because I believe you may be interested
in the Students for Liberty movement (SFL), and potentially supporting it
here in New Zealand.
The reason I'm writing to you is to alert you of several facts.
Firstly, we've just created our own Wellington group. Wellington Students
for Liberty, which is part of the our regional group, Australia and New
Ze... more »
Musical Interlude: Merlins Magic, “Heart Of Reiki”
Merlins Magic, “Heart Of Reiki”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_Q-HLjqhE
U.S. Marines Surender Their Weapons To The Rebels In Yemen
*CNN:* *Official: Houthis take U.S. vehicles, weapons in Yemen*
*Sanaa, Yemen (CNN)Houthi rebels took all U.S. Embassy vehicles parked at
the Yemeni capital's airport and wouldn't let departing U.S. Marines take
their weapons with them, a top Sanaa airport official said about the latest
evidence of unrest in an Arab nation long seen as key in America's fight
against terrorists.*
*WNU Editor*: For a U.S. Marine this must be humiliating. Reports are also
coming out that the U.S. embassy has been looted .... if true .... expect
even more disturbing images to be released soon.
Cancer Diaries III
When I checked out of Glendale Memorial Hospital, they set me up with a
home care nursing service. A physical therapist comes twice a week and a
nurse comes twice a week. My first impression was that it was, at least
partially, a Medicare scam. However, the physical therapist is helping me
rebuild muscle and regain my balance after two weeks of basically laying on
a hospital bed, so I'm finding some real value there. I suppose I was put
off when the first representative of the company came by and asked me to
sign a bunch of papers without telling me what they were offering. In fact... more »
The Plains of San Agustin Crash Revisited
Since it has been brought up here in the last couple of days, and since we
might have beaten the Roswell Slides issue to death, at least for the time
being, I thought we might look at the Plains of San Agustin crash scenario
once again. Remember, to disagree with me doesn’t make you a liar, just
someone with a different opinion. When you don’t bother with searching all
aspects of an event, then you become an advocate for that event. I have
looked into this case for a long time, and given everything that I have
found, I simply cannot shoe horn it into a July 1947 time frame.
You mig... more »
Doubts Are Being Raised On The Effectiveness Of The Chinese Military
Photo: World Affairs Board
*Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat:* *Is the Chinese Military Weaker Than We
Think?*
*A new report highlights the unpreparedness of the Chinese military for
modern conflict.Today, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review
Commission (USCC) published an assessment on the weaknesses of the China’s
People’s Liberation Army (PLA). While the report, compiled by the RAND
National Security Research Division (NSRD), points out that “the PLA’s
capabilities have improved dramatically,” it also notes “potentially
serious weaknesses” that could “limit [the PLA's] ... more »
Quote of the afternoon: Is a heavy concentration of industry destructive to human life?
"If it were true that a heavy concentration of industry is destructive to
human
life, one would find life expectancy declining in the more advanced
countries. But
it has been rising steadily… Anyone over 30 years of age today, give a
silent
'Thank you' to the nearest, grimiest, sootiest smokestacks you can find."
- Ayn Rand, from her article “The Anti-Industrial Revolution”
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Newtimes Energy LTD. Enters BC`s LNG GAME, Proposing a 100 percent foreign built Floating facility
Another LNG entrant has arrived on British Columbia`s shoreline...
NewTimes Energy LTD has filed for an export license to ship LNG from
British Columbia..
This particular project has no need to acquire a big land site for their
proposal.
The company only needs a natural gas line from northeast British Columbia
to the coast..
Why you ask this company does not require land?
This project won`t require anything from British Columbia except the
natural gas to liquefy..
This facility will be built in South Korea and be barged to British
Columbia where it will then be hooked up to a... more »
Russia Has Developed A New Tank
Experimental tank "Object 640" "Black Eagle" is probably 2010 (
http://www.militaryphotos.net ).
*Samuel Bendett, The Compass/Real Clear World*: *Russia Rolls Out Some New
Military Hardware*
*Russia's drive to modernize its military is in full swing, and the country
appears ready to equip its armed forces with the latest and most modern
mechanized platforms. The first batch of Armata battle platforms - vehicles
specifically geared to face modern military challenges - is expected to
arrive this month. The new tank will make an appearance in the May 9
military parade that marks the ... more »
Goodbye Curly Top
Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American
film and television actress, singer, dancer and public servant, most famous
as Hollywood's number one box-office star from 1935 through 1938. As an
adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, serving as United States
Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol
of the United States.
Temple began her film career in 1932 at the age of three. In 1934, she
found international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed
specifically for her talents. She received a special Juve... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 11, 2015
*Noah Feldman, Bloomberg: **First Weapons, Then What for Ukraine?*
*Should the U.S. arm Ukraine for its fight against Russian President
Vladimir Putin? Before you say “Duh,” consider this: Arms shipments alone
are almost never enough to enable a smaller, weaker actor to defeat a
big-time power. If the U.S. commits itself to sending arms to Ukraine, it’s
signing up for more than military aid. When Ukraine needs more help,
America’s credibility will be on the line -- and pressure will be great to
escalate even to the point of air support.*
*Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- ... more »
Feb. 11: It's insane
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chapel-hill-shooting-three-young-muslims-gunned-down-in-north-carolina-at-their-family-home-10037734.html?utm_source=indynewsletter&utm_medium=email11022015
Take
a look at the site above. Look at those young people who were
murdered. They're Muslims. You can tell from the evil you see in
their
faces, can't you?
Who murdered them? Forget the lout (who isn't a Muslim) with the
gun. Ask
what made the lout with that gun. It was our news media and our
politicians with their endless creation of hatred and fear.
That's what
made him. Editor... more »
Dollars and pieces of eight
[image: Why Is The Dollar Sign A Letter S?]
Ever wondered why we use the dollar in New Zealand, instead of the pound,
and where the name and the “dollar” symbol come from? Read on, and be ready
the next time that question comes at you in the pub.
The name comes from one part of the world, Czechoslovakia, and the symbol
from another, Spain and the New World – and our adoption of both in New
Zealand was the decision in the end of one Robert David Muldoon, who drove
NZ’s changeover from pound to dollar.
We could have had a crown, a double crown, a doubloon, a fern, a royal, a
tūī, a... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The striking spiral galaxy M104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile
featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against
an extensive bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad brimmed
hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting the more popular moniker, The
Sombrero Galaxy.
*Click image for very large size.*
Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based Subaru data have been reprocessed
with amateur color image data to create this sharp view of the well-known
galaxy. The processing results in a natural color appearance and preserves
details often ... more »
“Bloom Where You Are Planted: Now Is the Time”
*“Bloom Where You Are Planted: Now Is the Time”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“The time to blossom is now, not sometime in the future when you believe
the stars will be aligned for you. Having a vision for our future that
differs from our current circumstances can be inspiring and exciting, but
it can also keep us from fully committing to our present placement. We may
become aware that this is happening when we notice our thoughts about the
future distracting us from our participation in the moment. We may find
upon searching our hearts that we are waiting for some future time or ... more »
Seymour: A libertarian, but not as we know it?
I’m not sure that ACT’ David Seymour would describe himself as a
libertarian, but in this challenge over his refusal to support a voluntary
euthanasia bill, he seems distinctly uncomfortable about being called a
“social liberal.”
Seymour’s challenger Mark Hubbard claims this is just a further desertion
of ACT’s claimed classical liberal position. And perhaps Jason Brennan’s “Neoclassical
Liberal” would be the more accurate description anyway of someone whose maiden
speech promotes “maximising” individual freedom primarily on the grounds of
“efficiency” in delivering wealth for an... more »
World News Briefs -- February 11, 2015 (Evening Edition)
*Reuters*: *Obama asks Congress to authorize U.S. war on Islamic State*
*(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday sent Congress his
long-awaited formal request to authorize military force against Islamic
State, meeting swift resistance from Republicans as well as his fellow
Democrats wary of another war in the Middle East.*
*MIDDLE EAST*
Obama asks fresh war powers, *says IS group 'going to lose'*.
Obama says special forces could target IS leaders.
Syrian government troops *advancing south of Damascus*. Syrian army,
Hezbollah advance in campaign *against rebels in sou... more »
Chet Raymo, “Examination Of Conscience”
*“Examination Of Conscience”*
by Chet Raymo
“I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery”, a close
examination of the trade in human beings between the coast of West Africa
and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a sobering read, but
if there is one thing I came away with, it was this: We have an enormous
capacity to rationalize the most horrendous crimes.
Everyone involved in the slave trade- the European owners of the ships, the
masters of the trading companies, the ship captains and crews, the
plantation owners in the West Indies and the Chesapea... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
San Luis Obispo, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Hope..."
"Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity
to surmount them."
- Jerome Groopman
The Poet: Maya Angelou, "When Great Trees Fall"
*"When Great Trees Fall"*
"When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down in tall grasses,
and even elephants lumber after safety.
When great trees fall in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid,
promised walks never taken.
Great souls die and our reality,
bound to them, takes leave of us.
Our souls, dependent upon their... more »
"The Wisdom Of James Baldwin"
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed
themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they
lead.”
“Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known
it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at
such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will
now bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or dreamed that one
possessed. Yet, it is only when a man is able, without bitterness or
self-pity, to surrender a dream he has long cherished or a privilege he has ... more »
Senile Traitor and War Criminal to Endorse Jeb Bush?
*Henry K*: *Remember the last time he picked our next president?*
*by Noah*
The *New York Observer*, a Manhattan-based weekly newspaper, is reporting
that Henry Kissinger will be throwing his weight behind the candidacy of
Bush Crime Family member Jeb Bush by endorsing his candidacy for president
tomorrow at a fund-raiser being held by Bush's interestingly named "Right
to Rise PAC." It's a move that should forever be known as the political
equivalent of syphilis endorsing gonorrhea.
Bush, whose real name is John Ellis Bush (the name "Jeb" should be
considered a bit of marketing or... more »
This Ukrainian Politician Tries To 'Straddle' Both Sides
Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk (right) and Russian President
Vladimir Putin in Kyiv on July 27
*David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times*: *Friend of Putin Assumes Role of
Negotiator in Ukrainian Conflict*
*KIEV, Ukraine — Viktor V. Medvedchuk often turns up in places where only
buddies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia get to go, like the V.I.P.
section at a Formula One championship in Sochi, Russia, in October. He sat
just a few feet from Mr. Putin next to the actor Steven Seagal, another pal
of the Kremlin leader.Mr. Medvedchuk’s close ties to Mr. Putin are no
secr... more »
Supplemental: The fuller extent of what Rand Paul said!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015Should this have been reported:* Here at THE
HOWLER, we won’t be voting for Rand Paul.
That said, we also wouldn’t vote for some of the recent journalism
concerning Senator Paul. With that in mind, we’ll show you some of the
things he recently said about vaccines.
First, let’s look at what Nicholas Kristof wrote at the start of Sunday’s
column. He gave a rather standard account of what Paul had said.
Headline included:
KRISTOF (2/8/15): *The Dangers of Vaccine Denial*
In a few backward parts of the world, extremists resist universal childhood
vaccin... more »
Transpicuous News Midweek Report, February 11, 2015
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