Bear Creek Park (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A stitched panorama of downtown Portland, OR at night (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Union Station in Portland, Oregon, USA. Français : Union station, la gare desservie par Amtrak à Portland dans l'Oregon (États Unis). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)What's More Important To You-- Being A Progressive Or Being A Democratic Party Person?
NOT a Democrat I don't know much about Bill de Blasio, New York's new mayor, but most everyone tells me he's a progressive. In her excellent piece in yesterday's *Atlantic*, Molly Ball compared him to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, an ambitious, centrist corporate Democrat. Both are good on iconic social issues that define the parameters of what's a Democrat in New York, of course, but Ball reminds us that Cuomo thinks his career will be best served by cutting taxes and de Blasio understands why the rich have to pay their fair share. "You could hardly get a better illustration of th... more »
Oregon School District Hires 50 Security Guards at $35k a Day
Reports from Portland, Oregon: Portland is gearing up for a teacher strike. Susan Neilson, *The Oregonian.* Sam Wheeler of the *Mail Tribune*]Medford Oregon: *Long said the school district has hired about 50 security guards through Action Security Inc. of Medford and San Diego-based Off Duty Officers Inc. of San Diego — costing the district about $35,000 per day.* *"We have 24-hour security, because we want to make sure we protect our property and mischief doesn't happen," Long said.*
Deep Tweets
I just want your extra time and... your kiss AFRAID TO LOOK & be blinded by the awesome RT @pourmecoffee: Every Prince hairstyle since 1978, drawn by @gary_card pic.twitter.com/M04sic9HB2 — Liza Sabater (@blogdiva) February 9, 2014
Gail Collins probes into "Sunny John" Boehner's "thinking" on immigration -- and she has a quiz!
*"Well, we got a lot of things on our plate."* *-- "Sunny John" Boehner, quoted by Gail Collinsin her NYT column* "Boehner on Fantasy Island" *by Ken* We like to pop in occasional pop quizzes, and so, it seems, does NYT columnist Gail Collins. Her subject today is a gentleman who scarcely needs any introduction, a gentleman who, at least by the standards of the scurvy gang known as the House Republican caucus, which he nominally leads, isn't as hopeless in the matter of immigration reform and the American melting pot as one might assume. Or *wasn't *entirely hopeless, up until Thu... more »
Dave and Scottish Independence
Back in the noughties, there was a Stoke-on-Trent councillor who faced a very strong challenge from the BNP for his seat. The fascists threw the kitchen sink at it, and Labour countered by ensuring they went door-to-door. It was touch-and-go but in the end the BNP did not win and the incumbent clung on. The thing is, despite staring down the barrel, with the fash snapping at his heels our councillor* refused to go out and canvass for support*. I bring this up because Dave's approach to the Scottish referendum is almost exactly the same. Sure the No Campaign - Better Together - have... more »
Online Education Giant, Coursera, Blocks Access from Sanctioned Countries
A screenshot of an error message that appears when attempting to access the Coursera website from Iran, Syria, Cuba or Sudan. (Nina Curley / Wamda) “Since its inception, Coursera, the education company that offers massive open online courses (MOOCs) to 6.3 million users in 190 different countries, has committed publicly — and repeatedly — to delivering free education to all,” Forbes reporter
(Duke Befuddled (Or Just Money-Crazed?) Doesn't Report Spill for 24 Hours But They Own NC Now So It's OKAY!) Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill Pollutes River and Threatens Drinking Water
Not a real surprise in incredibly deregulated North Carolina. Thank you, Republicans! And Dimocrats. (Not to mention those eco-empaths at Duke Energy.) After all, why did you think it so important for the Koch/Pope-funded 'thugs to take over both houses by hook or crook(s) last election day? They will not be giving it back readily. (Take a look at the radically gerrymandered districts!) Duke
“Hawaii Now Uninhabitable Due To Fukushima Radiation”
*“Hawaii Now Uninhabitable Due To Fukushima Radiation”* By Zen Gardner “This is a “must listen” interview with Alfred Webre and Leuren Moret discussing how dangerous it is now to live in the Hawaiian Islands. Please listen to the whole interview.” - http://beforeitsnews.com/
Resolution prepared to suspend Tex Hall due to alleged oil field corruption
Resolution prepared to suspend Tex Hall due to alleged oil field corruption James Henrikson and his wife Sarah Creveling with Tex Hall. The identity of fourth person in the photo has been concealed since the fourth person is not under investigation. By Brenda Norrell Censored News NEW TOWN, North Dakota -- A resolution has been prepared for the suspension of Chairman Tex Hall of the Mandan,
Love Quest : Day 1 - Living in Agape
In April of 2013, the “final” Love Quest was completed. Agape was found and that was the whole point. Almost a year later, we are in much the same place. On some levels there is massive change, yet inside, maybe not so much. Yes, the world is taking on a different hue and what is clear now is that regardless of what it looks like to anyone else; it is only about you. As you look around, you see all your feelings reflected. These things are not mistakes; they are attributes of your inner beliefs reflected back for your consideration. You have reached a point in your awareness... more »
Ukraine updates February 8 , 2014 -- focus in financial issues.... Fitch downgrades Ukraine credit to CCC ..... Russia presses Ukraine on debt amid protests Russian finance minister pledges to give second tranche of $15bn bailout package, but wants gas debt paid first ...... US will give money to Ukraine if Kiev makes necessary reforms - Nuland
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/ukraine-currency-controls-political-crisis Fitch downgrades Ukraine's credit rating as currency controls are imposed Ratings agency fears steep and uncontrolled depreciation of the currency as central bank limits private transfers abroad of around $5,700 a month - Share41 - - - - inShare3 - Email - Reuters - - theguardian.com, Friday 7 February 2014 11.13 EST [image: Exchange rates in a subway in central Kiev, Ukraine] Exchange rates in a subway in central Kiev, Ukraine. Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/REUT... more »
The World Is Waking Up To The Murderous Butchering Communist Jewish Species!
Yes, there is a revolution going on right now in the Ukraine. The Ukrainian people are waking up and are wanting to take their country back from Jewish oppression... I, like others, have been watching all the conflicting reports coming over the Jew spew media, noting that of course this fraud media is promoting the idea that the Ukrainian people want to overthrow their "oppressive" government, without telling anyone the truth that the criminals in the fraud European Union and the United States want to see Ukraine forced into the clutches of the Rothschild led EU, and therefore see ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Keukenhof, The Netherlands. [photo via Earth Pictures]
Arizona Snowbowl protest photos: Today at DEW event
News as it happens from Censored News: Protest of Arizona Snowbowl, sewage water snow on sacred San Francisco Peaks, at today's DEW event in Flagstaff, Arizona. Thank you to Dawn Dyer for sharing photos with Censored News! Read more: Flagstaff police harass activists before Dew event: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/02/
Remembering friends: Dine' iconoclasts who ignited struggle
In the Chuskas/Photo Brenda Norrell Remembering friends: Dine' iconoclasts who ignited struggle By Brenda Norrell Censored News Today I'm remembering my friends on Navajoland, some of the forerunners of the modernday struggle to save the forests, land, water and air, from coal mining, uranium mining, clear-cut logging and corrupt politicians within and without. Some are still with us,
The Truth About The Criminal Bloodbath in Iraq Can't Be 'Countered' Indefinitely
The media cover-up has been a weapon in the crimes of western states since the first world war. But a reckoning is coming for those paid to keep the record straight *By John Pilger * [image: babt pilger] * A baby in a Baghdad hospital in July 2003. '**Half a million Iraqi infants died* * as a result of sanctions, according to Unicef.' Photograph: Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty Images* The BBC's Today programme is enjoying high ratings, and the Mail and Telegraph are, as usual, attacking the corporation as leftwing. Last month a single edition of the Radio 4 show was edited by the... more »
Should The Post Office Offer Banking Services?
You're probably aware that crooked multimillionaire Darrell Issa (R-CA)-- a car thief, street thug and arsonist-for-profit-- has been working on a plan to abolish the post office on behalf of his allies at for-profit delivery systems at FedEx and UPS. We are potentially just one election away where Republicans get the power to irreversibly shutter the American postal service. Senator Elizabeth Warren has come up with a proposal that would save the post office and provide basic, crucial banking services for millions of underserved families who have no checking or savings accounts.... more »
Locust
Early white settlers on the high plains of the western U.S. were always bummed out when colossal swarms of locusts dropped by for lunch. The sky would darken, and the land would be filled with the roaring buzz of millions of fluttering wings. Within an hour or so, everything was covered with them, including the settlers, who frantically tried to brush off the hundreds of hungry insects that were chewing apart their clothing. They were Rocky Mountain locusts, a North American species that lived west of the Mississippi — and the stars of Jeffrey Lockwood’s book, *Locust*. When swa... more »
Keeping Warm This Winter (II)
February 8, 2014 Last week, I told you about some things I’d done to bring my heating bill down this winter (and avoid a heart attack from opening future heating bills). Several readers noted things they had tried in the … Continue reading →
Constructive critique and what is actually harmful to children
I saw this circulate today through my circles on doling our better criticism. I like it. It applies to my discipline because I feel as if I am constantly scrutinized by individuals who do not know how to give critique without immediately establishing a dishonest, hostile, and overall unsatisfactory professional relationship. This part is most […]
The Emptying of Northern California Reservoirs
pyramid_lake.jpeg The Emptying of Northern California Reservoirs State and feds shipped massive amounts of water south during drought by Dan Bacher Photo of Pyramid Lake, now 96 percent of capacity and 102 percent of average, in Southern California. Photo by Gene Beley Censored News The dry bed of Folsom Lake has become an unlikely tourist attraction for
In One Month, Everyone In Iceland Will Own Cryptocurrency
*Our data indicates Bitcoin is already in the control of the US Treasury and The Bank of England. What's key to remember about cryptocurrency is that while they discourage inflation of the currency (through difficulty of mining new digital coins - and who audits that anyway?) they do not address the paradigm that the people are the value. The use of cryptocurrency does not address the issue of the hypothecation of the value of human beings and their assets without their knowledge that they are the value - the basis of the current slavery systems. These issues will remain even if t... more »
Inevitable things
What's the most inevitable thing in the world? Death? Taxes? Entropy? Marcus Brigstocke making a joke about* The Daily Mail*? Me using Marcus Brigstocke in a joke about crap Radio 4 comedians? No, there's something even more inevitable than any of these things...and it's something that was inevitable even before I knew it was inevitable. It begins with the likelihood, in light of the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vlad's Russia, that Radio 4's *Sunday* would do a feature related to the games tomorrow. (And the programme's website indeed confirms this will happen.) But that'... more »
Fukushima Updates February 6 , 2014 - Japan and US impacts discussed , Tepco slow motion destruction of Japan through its incompetence , constant lying and withholding data documented .....
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
Ex - SKF.... FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 #Fukushima I NPP: TEPCO Admits Error 7 Months Later, Says All-Beta from Observation Hole Along Embankment Was 10 Million Bq/L, Not 900K Bq/L *(UPDATE)* It may not just be about groundwater samples along the embankment.*All the high-density all-beta/strontium analyses done at Fukushima I NPP, including the analyses of all-beta/strontium in the RO (reverse osmosis) waste water, may be wrong*. Or TEPCO says they "cannot deny the possibility that the analyses were wrong." (from a tweet by @jaikoman who tweets just about every single TEPCO and NRA... more »
"All students are not equal; some are more profitable than others" --Parthenon Group
If you want to find some savvy teachers who are not afraid to speak out against their Broadie superintendent and corporate foundations that have bought Tennessee schools and the nation's schools at bargain basement prices, go to Knoxville. Here is special ed teacher, Robert Taylor, taking his five minutes at the Feb. 5 board meeting, and making it count. This is what free speech looks like--use it! And here is the link the powerpoint presentation by Parthenon Group's Robert Lytle in 2009. The quote in the title of this post is on page 13, which is below. Parthenon is a chie... more »
The Ugly, Cretinous Head of "Conservatism"
Pierre Poopleevair, ... if you've got nothing to hide you should have nothing to fear. But of course, your "Fucking With Elections Act," crafted and secret and rammed through with minimal oversight, is a disgusting effort at vote suppression, fraud promotion and corruption enabling. Chris Alexander, your immigration reform proposals are cynical, racist, totalitarian garbage. Call someone a "terrorist" and strip them of their citizenship? Even if they were born here? Then you call civil disobedience "terrorism" and Bob's your molesting uncle. What else could one have expected from ... more »
No child left unconnected?
No child left without basic resources Published in the Washington Post, Feb. 7. 2014 Before we worry about no child left unconnected to the Internet [“Broadband in schools gets FCC push,” news, Feb. 3], how about no child left unfed, no child without adequate health care and no child without easy access to a good library? The rate of child poverty in the United States is 23 percent, the second-highest of all economically advanced countries. Stephen Krashen, Los Angeles Major hat-tip: Susan Ohanian: "When congress passes No Child Left Unfed, No Child Without Health Care and No Child ... more »
GAY BRAZIL; DIVIDE AND RULE
*Homophobes are often sadistic gay Nazis.* *Sargento Isidório* is an evangelical pastor and a politician. In February 2014, Sargento Isidório filed a lawsuit against the Brazilian TV company Globo for showing two men kissing each other in a TV soap. *Sargento Isidório admits to having a homosexual past.* Is he yet another gay homophobe evangelical? *Gay kiss in soap opera Amor à Vida is landmark moment for Brazil* / *A Kiss Is Just A Kiss? Not If It's A Gay Kiss (On Brazilian TV) - Forbes* / Back in 2005, *The Observer *reported that a Brazilian soap was going to show a gay kiss... more »
MI6
Subject: <¸_,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸_ > <¸_,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸_> MI6 Drops their pants??? - THIS IS UNREAL <¸_,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸_> <¸_,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸_ > <¸_,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸_> Date: 1999/05/11 Author: Raymond Amundson This article appeared in the May 14, 1999 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. In case you have not heard, this is INCREDIBLE http://www.larouchepub.com/diana_mi6_2620.html [Now dead] The `*MI6* factor' in the murder of Princess Diana by Our Special Correspondent Recently, EIR was one of several news organizations that received an unsolicited e-mail transmission, identifying senio... more »
Through the fraying bandage of impartiality
As ever, there's some brilliant (and funny) writing about the BBC from former *Today *editor Rod Liddle over at the *Spectator* - and I couldn't agree more with his sentiments. On the tragic fall of Baroness Sally Morgan: Can someone please explain to me why the BBC newsreaders were not wearing black armbands last weekend when reporting the tragic story of Sally Morgan being given the boot from Ofsted? In all other manners the coverage was adequately respectful and the reporters, rightly, allowed their anguish to bleed through the fraying bandage of impartiality. Not enough, mind ... more »
Life Transactions, keep them lite
Life transpires so swimmingly so riven with current its a place e where to 'be an island is great but not nearly good enough some one always wants to invade and what's with that live me alone you fucking brutes but that's not the nature of humans we are like a wolf pack of opposable thumbs with a crow brain pumped through a lizard mother board with a failed memory Knowing what exists is not panacea nothing is certain and experts piss dust and ruin if you can find one that has not hitched his post to an intellectual flatulent. Over and over again the same stories are printed in the Newspa... more »
Why do we #optout?: Just fighting the good fight.
It is definitely getting close to testing season. My email and voice mail are flooded. Parents and concerned community members have questions about the opt out process. Opt out Facebook pages are buzzing with questions and of course continued stories of bullying from education professionals engaged in deception by telling interested opt outers that there […]
Yet another Jew caught red-handed manufacturing "anti-Semitism"
Most of you reading here are probably familiar with the many examples in which *Jews themselves* are caught red-handed spray painting "anti-Semitic" and anti-Israel graffiti, slogans, and symbols in public places in order to manufacture "anti-Semitism", perpetuating the Jews'"victimhood" and "persecuted people" status - a central aspect of Jewish identity. Once again, a Jewish student in New York was found guilty of spray painting "anti-Semitic" graffiti in public, as the *Jewish Telegraph Agency*recently reported: A Long Island yeshiva student was charged with repeatedly scrawling... more »
"Fukushima Update, 2/8/14"; A Comment
*"Fukushima Update, 2/8/14"* by Various Sources Kyodo, Feb. 7, 2014: "TEPCO to review “massive” radiation data due to improper measurement – [TEPCO] said Friday that it will review a “massive” amount of radiation data it has collected at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant because readings may be lower than actual figures due to improper measurement. “We are very sorry, but we found cases in which beta radiation readings turned out to be wrong when the radioactivity concentration of a sample was high,” TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono told a press conference. • Kyodo/J... more »
With Waxman Retiring, What Happens With One Of America's Foremost Liberal Congressional Districts?
This is how EMILY's List lost Wendy Greuel her last race. What garbage will they throw at Ted Lieu? In 2008, Obama scored 64% against McCain in what is now CA-33. Last cycle he did pretty well too-- 61-37% against Romney. The PVI of the Los Angeles district is a solid D+11 and not even a DCCC led by Steve Israel could lose a district that blue, right? Well, that's what we're here to discuss today. Israel's bumbling won CA-31, southeast of here, for a radical right Republican from Arkansas who runs around dressed as a Confederate Civil War general, Gary Miller. But that's "just" a D+5... more »
Something closeto a love poem
we do not have some kind of facebook love or any kind of electronic hook up to which those with weak chemistry subscribe I knew the second i saw your face you were the one for me lets just take that in context I was not in a southern state bordello I was not lookng at some fishbool of attractive brides on a site that as a prospective Republian canditate you needed to proscripe I was not like half of them gay I was just me and you were you and there was no external force working upon us to proscribe We fell in love in an instant and it was real we are now both 55 and that is a certified war... more »
Putin, Tchaikovsky, snowboarding and the BBC
Did you watch the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics? The BBC broadcast it live yesterday on BBC Two. Not BBC One, obviously, as all right-thinking types disapprove of these games being held in Putin's homophobic Russia, and the BBC is about as right-thinking an organisation as it's possible to get. BBC One wouldn't do for the Sochi Olympics. So, yes, the BBC gets the glory of broadcasting it - and to bask in any gold medals we might win - but they shove it all on BBC Two because it's a 'bad Olympics' (according to Stephen Fry, *The Guardian*, etc). Well, that's thei... more »
Bitcoin Plunges As Major Exchange Mt. Gox Halts All Withdrawals ( Is the amount of customer money frozen 38 million dollars , seems like that is the amount of unfilled withdrawals as of 2/4/14 ? ) - volume on the top three exchanges appears much higher than normal today ! BTC-e Pulls Support for Ruble As Russia Bans Bitcoin ....... LocalBitcoins.com Users Face Criminal Charges in Florida ...... Coinbase Moves to Calm Security Concerns Amid Theft Reports ......Following Mt. Gox Sell-Off, Cyprus Warns of Bitcoin’s Volatility ...... Bad news day for bitcoin !
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
With the ongoing mess with MT Gox , trust is going to be an issue moving forward - Say hello to regulation folks ! SecondMarket Takes First Step to Becoming a US Bitcoin Exchange Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) | Published on February 7, 2014 at 17:52 GMT | *Companies, Exchanges,Investors, News* inShare3 Share 80 [image: shutterstock_133956638] SecondMarket has taken its first step to becoming a US-based bitcoin exchange, the company’s founder and CEO Barry Silbert has suggested. Silbert took to Twitter today to announce that his alternative investment company is now buying bitcoins from i... more »
Cross examination
Cross examination is recognized as "being protected by ss. 7 and 11(d)" of the Charter. The right however is limited by the requirements of relevancy and materiality, with relevancy being the main criteria. Suggestions can be put to the witness as long as there is a "good faith" basis for the question. R v Lyttle 2004 SCC 4 1.
Are you aware of the 1982 Consent Decree?...
I admit to having only vaguely heard about this until Nox and Friendsbrought it to my attention. I suggest you start with this very easy to understand and well written article by Garnet92, who contributes to Nox and Friends. I know that posting something that requires a bit more focus on a Saturday is not the best idea. However, in my continuing efforts to declutter my house and my life, I've been trying to focus on one or two things at a time. Aimlessly clicking on article after article is turning my brain to mush and I suspect this is happening to others. Perhaps you could devo... more »
Why did they shut down the access lanes?
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2014* *Goofus and Gallant debate:* Ideally, people should try to avoid premature judgments when scandal culture breaks out. With that in mind, let’s examine an ongoing question: why were those access lanes in Fort Lee shut down last September? At present, that question hasn’t been answered. We’ll have to hope that ongoing investigations will be able to nail that point down. Some journalists don’t want to wait; they want their conclusions right now. Let’s compare two journalistic treatments from the past few days. On Thursday night’s All In, Chris Hayes and a ... more »
Judge shopping offensive
R. *v*. Regan, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 297, 2002 SCC 12: 60 This Court has adverted to the impropriety of trying to influence the outcome of a proceeding by trying to "select" the judge. Where it appeared that the Crown had abandoned a case before one judge to avoid an unfavourable ruling, and then reinstated charges at a new trial before a new judge, McLachlin J. was quick to point out the affront to the integrity of the system (*Scott*, *supra*, at pp. 1008-9): The concern with "judge-shopping" arises from the use of the stay to avoid the consequences ... more »
JIM WILLIE ON BANKSTER SUICIDES: BANKERS WERE TAKEN OUT TO PREVENT FOREX FRAUD WHISTLE-BLOWING!
*JIM WILLIE ON BANKSTER SUICIDES: BANKERS WERE TAKEN OUT TO PREVENT FOREX FRAUD WHISTLE-BLOWING!* FEBRUARY 7, 2014 BY THE DOC http://www.silverdoctors.com/jim-willie-on-bankster-suicides-bankers-were-taken-out-to-prevent-forex-fraud-whistle-blowing/ Fed whistle blowerYesterday we reported that Steve Quayle’s banker source “V” has informed him that the recent rash of banker “suicides” are part of a hit list that includes dozens of bankers including a supposed high level Citi executive. Today, none other than Jim Willie himself has provided SD readers with an exclusive report on ... more »
NOW WE ARE ALL GOING ON THE RESERVATIONS
Abby Martin features an exclusive interview with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges, concerning areas of extreme poverty that he refers to as 'sacrifice zones', as well as the reasons behind the collapse of complex societies. Part two here
Doug and Rob Ford, the morality police and patriotism.
Yes, you read that correctly. For three days in a row, the political horror show known as Doug and Rob Ford has been exploiting homophobia in all its multiple hate-mongering facets to further ingratiate themselves with their bigoted fans and followers. On Wednesday at the first mayoral candidates' forum of the 2014 Toronto municipal election, Mayor Mascot made a point of disclosing that his non-attendance at Toronto Pride is a personal and political boycott. “I’m not going to go to Pride Parade. I’ve never gone to a Pride Parade so I’m not going to change the way I am,” Ford said. ... more »
US tests B61 Atomic Bomb - fire later that night at Los Alamos labs
*US tests B61 Atomic Bomb - fire later that night at Los Alamos labs* Posted by D. at Removing the Shackles 2/8/2014 About two hours after I published the Transpicuous News for Feb 6, I received an email from a reader in Los Alamos, Stating that on Feb 5th "there was a fire Wednesday night at the site where they bury the lab's radio-active wastes (alarming enough in itself-but they own the town--which is full of cancer patients). " I sent that information through a few channels that I have to check things and sure enough I last night I received verification of these events. I ... more »
UKRAINE: THIS IS HOW THE US DOES IT
Washington Post reports today: On Thursday, a video was posted on YouTube in which Victoria Nuland, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe, disparagingly dismissed European Union efforts to mediate the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine by bluntly saying, “Fuck the E.U.” On Friday, Merkel, through press attache Christiane Wirtz, described the gaffe as “absolutely unacceptable,” and defended the efforts of Catherine Ashton, the E.U.’s foreign policy chief..... Nuland quickly apologized for the comments, with the United States pointing the finger Thursday at the Russians for recording and post... more »
Juan Maldacena's NYU colloquium on QM, GR
*Some hot promising yet divisive conjectures mentioned* Readers with 66 spare minutes are recommended to watch a colloquium that Juan Maldacena, an inaugural Milner Prize winner and the father of not only the AdS/CFT correspondence, gave at the New York University a week ago: He's introduced and the sound quality improves immediately afterwards. In fact, it seems like the participants at NYU didn't enjoy the same quality as the YouTube viewers like you. After some introduction to general relativity and quantum mechanics, Juan offered some jokes about the same criticism applied ... more »
Hanging On The Telephone was not a Blondie original...
The Nerves recorded it first, in 1976 Here's the somewhat better known Blondie version
How Vulnerable Is Steve Israel To Defeat In November?
You probably missed it, but a few days ago the *Washington Post* ran some hopeful polling numbers that show the corrupt dirt bag Steve Israel could be beaten. Although they neglected to update the new PVI-- even instead of D+2-- this is what they came up with: *Steve Israel, NY-03 (PVI, D+2)* *Generic Ballot* GOP: 43% Democrat: 42% *Steve Israel Job Approval* Approve: 37% Disapprove: 27% *Israel Reelect* Deserves re-election: 33% Someone else: 36% Israel's counterpart at the NRCC, Greg Walden (R-OR), was making threatening noises about targeting Israel the way they target eve... more »
Perpetually insolvent US Postal Service has a stroke of genius idea - become a payday loan shark , get in check cashing , run cyber currency Exchanges - in other words , become part of the shadow banking system and in short order become TBTF ! Considering the incompetence the US Postal Service has displayed delivering mail , who with trust them as a shadow banker ? And does anyone want their mail delivered by their payday loan provider ? And the idea of the US Postal Service being a US bitcoin Exchange surely would signal the impending doom of bitcoin !
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/06/bankers-balk-as-postal-service-floats-plan-for-payday-loans-digital-currency/ The perpetually-struggling U.S. Postal Service has bankers in a tizzy after floating a plan to branch into what it called "non-bank financial services" that somehow sound a lot like what lenders do. In a white paper distributed late last month, the Postal Service's inspector general discussed getting into an array of financial services as a means of keeping the money-losing mail operation afloat. Payday loans, check cashing and digital currency exchanges were among the p... more »
JAIL TIME COMING FOR DRONE PROTEST
*Hancock 17 Drone War Crimes Resisters' Verdict Is In* *All found guilty of disorderly conduct but acquitted of trespassing; Order of Protection **extended 2 years; Judge decides to send a message* On Friday, February 7, Town of DeWitt Court Judge David Gideon found twelve of the Hancock Drone War Crimes Resisters guilty of disorderly conduct, but acquitted them of trespassing. They had gone to Hancock Air National Guard Base near Syracuse, NY, on Oct. 25, 2012, to bring a Citizens War Crimes Indictment to the base and symbolically block the gates. Their nonviolent action had call... more »
Untitled
*Levee-board reformers worry that Bobbly Jindal is bringing politics back into process ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*~Last month, Jay Lapeyre, the leader of the nominating committee for the local flood authority, received a letterfrom Garret Graves, head of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s coastal office. It said two previous nominees from the committee were ineligible, and it asked that Lapeyre reconvene the panel and send more names up. One of those rejected is the authority’s president and supporter of its controversial lawsuit against oil and gas companies the governor opposes. The letter concluded:... more »
Engineered Drought Catastrophe, Target California
[image: GeoengineeringWatch.org] January 29, 2014 Most of the “the golden state” is now parched, baked and dried far beyond any historical precedent. Reservoirs are nearly empty, streams are drying up, and forests are dying by the day. Catastrophic fires will also continue to decimate California due to the engineered drought. Dane Wigington geoengineeringwatch.org Much of the state went through all of 2013 with no significant rain. Why? What will it take to wake people up to the “weather warfare” being waged on them? Geoengineering reduces overall global rainfall totals (though it... more »
Bitcoin: Problem, Reaction, Solution?
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Julie Beal A schism has been created in the activist world, with the appearance of the algorithm called Bitcoin. Its apparent genius means that we haven’t a chance of knowing how good Bitcoin is, because it’s clear that the person or people who created it had *expertise *in cryptography *AND*economics, along with a good working knowledge of network science, computer technology, maths, law, and commerce. In Davis's New Yorker article he describes the impenetrable nature of Nakamoto's code. Every time his computer security res... more »
La Quenelle- Dieudonne talks to the BBC
Thanks Gallier gallier2February 8, 2014 at 1:34 AM Hi Penny, BBC interviewed Dieudonné https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkrVNYfYwk you might be interested. I don't know the reporter but I'm certain that he's a kippa wearer, so loaded are his questions. Yup, gallier, loaded would be an understatement! Dieudonne handles the loaded questions very well and all common propaganda themes are at play Juset when you think the BBC can't get any lower-They hit a new low
Hold Clapper Accountable for any Terrorist Attack on U.S.
Under pressure for the illegal surveillance activities of the NSA, now fully blossoming to include what are the obvious uses of such programs including sexual blackmail the National Security State has resorted to the Bush strategy – fear mongering. The state media has dutifully been ratcheting up the full frontal assault on Americans over DNI James Clapper’s ominous testimony before a Senate committee that a Syrian group *“does have aspirations for attacks on the homeland”*. Never mind that this is the same James Clapper who lied to Congress over the extent of domestic spying on... more »
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*Yoghurt slashes diabetes risk: Daily pot can reduce chance of developing Type 2 by a quarter, claims researchers* *This is another correlational study but it seems better controlled than most so there may be something in it. Yoghurt is easy to digest so may ease strain on the pancreas* Eating a pot of yoghurt a day may help keep diabetes at bay, claim researchers. Regular consumption of yoghurt cut the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more than a quarter, according to a new study. Similar health benefits come from other low-fat fermented dairy foods, such as fromage frais... more »
War Watch February 8 , 2014 - Syria morphs ( US and Western meddling creating blowback or just the lie of the day ) ! Syria has become 'matter of homeland security,' DHS Secretary Johnson says -DHS and FBI continue to work to ID Al Qaeda linked groups in Syria - isn't Syria beyond the homeland ? Chechen commander for Al Nusrah Front reported killed in Aleppo ....... Suqour al Sham, ISIS agree to ceasefire .......... Regarding Afghanistan , US Senators demand say in Afghanistan Deal for US troops to remain ( Dems Markley and Manchin join GOP Senators Paul and Lee ) ....... Iraq death dealing continues , along with Maliki double dealing with the Kurds.....
Syria...... http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/197768-syria-has-become-matter-of-homeland-security?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Syria has become 'matter of homeland security,' DHS Secretary Johnson says By Rebecca Shabad Share on facebook16Share on twitter12Share on google_plusone_shareMore Sharing Services2Share on email 3 Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday that Syria has become an issue of homeland security for the United States. The new head of the Department of Homeland Security returned Thursday night after a two-day trip ... more »
The oldest subway in the world
A fascinating story... ' The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel holds theGuinness world record for "oldest subway tunnel," predating the Tremont Street subway in Boston from 1897, the 312-foot Beach Pneumatic Transit tunnel in Manhattan from 1869, and the first subway in the London Underground, which was built in 1863. "Trains actually passed through it, preceded by a man on horseback," wrote the Brooklyn Eagle in 1911' More here http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/2/5/5280920/tunnel-vision-bob-diamond-fights-for-the-atlantic-avenue-subway
How to Ban GMO food from your Neighbourhood
Act locally to thwart those that are trying to steamroll you globally. I don't know if GMO foods are safe. Based upon past experience, why should they be any different than other safe for humans scientific breakthroughs that turned out to be anything but. In the case of GMO foods never forget you are what you eat. If that does not mean be six sigma careful with what is called food, nothing is important. All the details from Stranger in a Strange Land.
ZEROHEDGE.COM:4th Financial Services Executive Found Dead; "From Self-Inflicted Nail-Gun Wounds"
*Suicide my ass... this was a warning by some very sick and afraid people... -AK* http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-07/4th-financial-services-executive-found-dead-self-inflicted-nail-gun-wounds 4th Financial Services Executive Found Dead; "From Self-Inflicted Nail-Gun Wounds" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/07/2014 17:02 -0500 - Real estate - SWIFT - Tribune The ugly rash of financial services executive suicides appears to have spread once again. Following the jumping deaths of 2 London bankers and a former-Fed economist in the ... more »
Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazak Eli
According to the BBC News website's *News from Elsewhere *section, The president of Kazakhstan has apparently suggested changing the country's name, saying the "stan" at the end puts off tourists and discourages investors. Now, personally, I can't for the life of me think why any self-respecting president of Kazakhstan *wouldn't* want to have his country's name associated with, say, Pakistan or Afghanistan. The suffix '-stan' surely brings nothing but happy connotations with it. If the EU changed its name to 'Europistan', *everyone* would want to stay inside it. (What's that, Nur... more »
A Mother’s Defense : by Guela Amir - Published in George Magazine, March 1997
*"How could he [JFK Jr.], of all people, do such a thing? * *Perhaps he needed a sensational piece?* *I would expect John Kennedy, who lost his father to an assassin's bullet when he was a mere child and grew up in the shadow of that horrible tragedy, to adopt a higher moral stand in his paper."* *Leah Rabin, March 1997* *George Magazine Article About Yitzhak Rabin's Murder* *Background* In March 1997, President Kennedy’s son, John, Jr., ran a controversial article in his magazine, *George*. The article was written by Guela Amir, mother of Yigal Amir, the man who assassinated Isr... more »
US tests B61 Atomic Bomb- fire later that night at labs
About two hours after I published the Transpicuous News for Feb 6, I received an email from a reader in Los Alamos, Stating that on Feb 5th "there was a fire Wednesday night at the site where they bury the lab's radio-active wastes (alarming enough in itself-but they own the town--which is full of cancer patients). " I sent that information through a few channels that I have to check things and sure enough I last night I received verification of these events. I am posting all the links below for the information that I have been looking into. http://www.1stheadlines.com/cgi-bi... more »
The SAS: Prince Philip's Manager of Terrorism
*This article appears in the October 13, 1995 issue of Executive Intelligence Review.* The SAS: Prince Philip's Manager of Terrorism by Joseph Brewda On the eve of the first of six scheduled French nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific atoll of Mururoa in September, *Greenpeace,* an offshoot of Prince Philip's *World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), *carried out a series of violent protests. A *Greenpeace* team somehow managed to penetrate the highly militarized nuclear test zone. French authorities revealed that the team was led by two highly trained retired professionals from th... more »
FREDDY PEATS IN GOA; CIA AND MOSSAD
*Freddy Peats* For 20 years, Dr Freddy Peats, of Anglo-German descent, ran a large children's home in Goa in India. He acted as a social worker with the Catholic church. He was viewed as being a popular philanthropist. He was a top member of the Lions Club. *FREDDY PEATS - Tehelka / The Independent / A Can Of Worms - Outlook / * PIE/PAN/NAMBLA Goa is a major centre of CIA and Mossad activity. *Goa - not a safe place.* A small boy who used to visit Peat's children's home told his father that Peats had injected something into his testicles. The father contacted the police. In ... more »
Hopi Prophecy Video
*December 1, 2009* http://www.newmexicopbs.org - Handed down from ancient times, the Hopi Prophesy delineates the path of peace, and harmony with nature. Where we have deviated from that path, the prophecy has correctly predicted the results. Which path lies before us? What does the future hold? Hear a message of tribal elders for our modern world. IMAGES: http://bit.ly/bzSbql OWN: http://bit.ly/duLXB0
Philippine Navy and Sangley Point
A friend in facebook, Dr. Aileen Baviera, an academic in UP and researcher on foreign policy and military affairs, rode a Philippine Navy chopper yesterday and took photos, posted in facebook. I have seen Sangley Point from a distance via commercial plane, but I have never been there. Nice photos. The skyscrapers of Manila-Makati-Pasay-Paranaque, seen from Sangley Point, Cavite. Not many battle ships anchored there that day. Maybe the other ships are in Mindanao, Palawan, and near the Spratlys, Scarborough/Masinloc areas. That long stretch is a runway, for the Air Force, I think... more »
Dieudonné on 'Newsnight'
When *Jihad Watch*'s Robert Spencer was banned from visiting the United Kingdom last year, *Newsnight *didn't dispatch a reporter to get his side of the story. When French 'comedian' Dieudonné M'bala M'bala was banned from visiting the United Kingdom this week, however, *Newsnight *swiftly dispatched its very own Steve Smith to interview him and we duly heard his side of the story. First we heard his lawyers' defence, as extracts from their letter to David Cameron were read out, also making his side of the argument. Having chosen to give Dieudonné a UK platform (in spite of our Ho... more »
The British Establishment … Paedophiles Everywhere
BY DAVID ICKE - Posted in: - Child Abuse The David Icke Newsletter, January 20th, 2013 THE BRITISH ESTABLISHMENT … … PAEDOPHILES EVERYWHERE British royal and political Establishment with its global significance peers over the cliff. Hello all … It is starting to get silly now and the arrest for questioning of major figures must take place in at least the next few weeks if the police investigation is to retain any public confidence. The evidence for a massive paedophile ring infesting the royal palaces, Downing Street and the Westminster Parliament is overwhelming and mounting ... more »
FocusTW: Ko/Lien Match for Taipei shaping up
*On the 159A between Shijhuo and Chiayi city.* The gov't news organ FocusTaiwan rounds up some stuff on the Ko-Lien match: Although neither major party has nominated a candidate, outspoken surgeon Ko Wen-je could very well represent the opposition in the election for Taipei mayor in late November and face Sean Lien, who would try to retain the Kuomintang's (KMT) hold on the city. When Lien was shot in the face on the eve of the previous municipal election four years ago, it was Ko who led a team of medical experts at National Taiwan University Hospital to operate on him. The Libe... more »
The Hidden Language of Vaccination
Source: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561
It's Saturday morning, the time when people come to my site looking for Helen Chamberlain material...
The original video I posted back in 2012, link at the bottom of this page, seems to have been disappeared so for all those people who only seem to visit this site on a Saturday morning looking for Helen Chamberlain... Helen Chamberlain has pokie problems Helen Chamberlain does her fire-eating act in a bikini My favourite - Helen Chamberlain destroys Stamford Bridge And here's the one that has disappeared... Soccer AM's Helen Chamberlain should have worn a bra and/or a less see-through top. Unless she wanted to appear like this... She has form, she even appeared in Penthouse!
Update on Common Core Status in the States: Part Two
On February 6, 2014, I posted my first of three installments regarding the state of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in statehouses nationwide– and even in the US Senate. Reaction to CCSS includes the Huckabee-promoted “rebranding” of the CCSS “product” as well as CCSS investigation, testing delay, and prohibition/voiding. Quite the spectrum of reaction. In the first […]
GOOGLE SUPPRESSION OF 9 11 TRUTH
*Only 17,495 views.* *Search Engine Manipulation. Google and YouTube Suppress Controversial 9/11 Truth?* By Elizabeth Woodworth, January 30, 2014 *9 11 WHISTLEBLOWERS* Robert Gates blew the whistle on CIA support for Moslem extremists. If 9 11 was an inside job, there would be lots of whistleblowers. And there ... HEROIN, 9 11 HIJACKERS, TURKISH ... *9 11 Planning* When did the planning for 9 11 take place? In the early 1950s, the United States began training “stay behind” networks in Europe. *9 11 : MONEY* On 9 11, Tony Blair's security boss, Sir David Manning, was flying o... more »
Musical Interlude: Alan Parsons Project, "Ammonia Avenue"
*Alan Parsons Project, "Ammonia Avenue"* Lyrics: "Is there no sign of light as we stand in the darkness, Watching the sun arise? Is there no sign of life as we gaze at the waters, Into the strangers eyes? And who are we to criticize or scorn the things that they do? For we shall seek and we shall find ammonia avenue... If we call for the proof and we question the answers, Only the doubt will grow. Are we blind to the truth or a sign to believe in? Only the wise will know... And word by word they handed down the light that shines today. And those who came at first to scoff, remained beh... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This colorful cosmic skyscape features a peculiar system of galaxies cataloged as Arp 227 some 100 million light-years distant. Swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, Arp 227 consists of the two galaxies prominent on the left; the curious shell galaxy NGC 474 and its blue, spiral-armed neighbor NGC 470. *Click image for larger size.* The faint, wide arcs or shells of NGC 474 could have been formed by a gravitational encounter with neighbor NGC 470. Alternately the shells could be caused by a merger with a smaller galaxy producing an effect analogous to ripples... more »
Chet Raymo, "The Death of Death?"
*"The Death of Death?"* by Chet Raymo "The last time I wrote about Ray Kurzweil, famed inventor and futurist, it was to review his 2002 book "The Age of Spiritual Machines". In that volume, Kurzweil predicted that by 2019 a $1,000 computer will match the processing power of the human brain. By 2029, people will have personal relationships with conscious machines, he said, and use them as companions, teachers, caretakers, and lovers. Now Kurzweil, in “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever”, predicts human physical immortality in 20 years. Genetic engineering and nanobot... more »
"I Wish You Enough"
"I Wish You Enough" by Bob Perks "I never really thought that I'd spend as much time in airports as I do. I don't know why. I always wanted to be famous and that would mean lots of travel. But I'm not famous, yet I do see more than my share of airports. I love them and I hate them. I love them because of the people I get to watch. But they are also the same reason why I hate airports. It all comes down to "hello" and "goodbye." I must have mentioned this a few times while writing my stories for you. I have great difficulties with saying goodbye. Even as I write this I am experienc... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Eight Ways to Spot Emotional Manipulation"
*"Eight Ways to Spot Emotional Manipulation"* by Laura Knight-Jadczyk *"1. There is no use in trying to be honest with an emotional manipulator.*You make a statement and it will be turned around. Example: I am really angry that you forgot my birthday. Response – “It makes me feel sad that you would think I would forget your birthday, I should have told you of the great personal stress I am facing at the moment – but you see I didn’t want to trouble you. You are right I should have put all this pain (don’t be surprised to see real tears at this point) aside and focused on your birthd... more »
"Hand In Hand..."
"Apathy and evil. The two work hand in hand. They are the same, really... Evil wills it. Apathy allows it. Evil hates the innocent and the defenseless most of all. Apathy doesn't care as long as it's not personally inconvenienced." - Jake Thoene, "Shaiton's Fire"• Yeah, God forbid anyone get's inconvenienced... - CP
Keating Meetup IMPORTANT and SOAS Taiwan film week
*Running into my students while out biking.* First Jerome Keating with important meetup news the 9th and 22nd. For the 9th (tomorrow) *Speaker:* Brock Freeman, who founded American Citizens for Taiwan. It may be good to hear about things going on on the other side of the pond, and also just get back togetherto catch up with each other after the lunar holidays. So, *Sunday meeting. 10 am. February 9th.* *Topic:*“How Fear and Loathing in America is Fertilizing Growing American Grassroots Support for Taiwan” Brock Freeman, Director, American Citizens for Taiwan; ACT educates Amer... more »
The Poet: Kuroda Saburo, "I Am Completely Different"
*"I Am Completely Different"* "I am completely different. Though I am wearing the same tie as yesterday, am as poor as yesterday, as good for nothing as yesterday, today I am completely different. Though I am wearing the same clothes, am as drunk as yesterday, living as clumsily as yesterday, nevertheless today I am completely different. Ah... I patiently close my eyes on all the grins and smirks, on all the twisted smiles and horse laughs- and glimpse then, inside me one beautiful white butterfly fluttering towards tomorrow." - Kuroda Saburo
Everything you need to know about the Sochi Olympics
*You see Sochi all the way over on the Caucasian (i.e., bad) side of the Black Sea. In the breakup of the former Soviet Union, Russia lost the choice parts of the Evil Empire's Black Sea frontage -- including Odessa and the Crimean peninsula (where Sebastopol and Yalta are) -- to Ukraine, so since then it has had to make do.* *by Ken* My first idea was to run the above post head and then leave this space blank -- ha-ha! I mean, you don't *need* to know *anything* about the Winter Olympics, do you? Then I would have added the assurance that, as with most things, this too would pass... more »
Deco Labels - Rob Ford and Doug Ford's Inherited Business Empire
Last year, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford raised quite a few eyebrows last year by declaring on the radio that the best gift to get a woman is money. *"Women love money. Give ‘em a couple thousand bucks and they are happy,"*he said on radio in December 2013. Councillor Doug Ford concurred with his brother. "Well, all my girls love money. So do men. Everyone loves money," Doug said with a laugh. The Ford brothers, who consistently like to portray themselves as "regular folks" and "working class" to voters, are actually worth millions from their company, *Deco Labels*, which they inherited fr... more »
Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion releases video on Gays in Sochi
The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion has released a video promoting LGBT rights with respect to Olympic athletes, a public condemnation of Russia's anti gay laws. Gay and lesbian rights have become centre stage at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics - largely because of Russia's new draconian communist era laws which have brought gay bashing back to the forefront of Russian politics. Russia's new laws include: *1. Prohibiting pro gay demonstrations in the streets, such as gay pride parades, public protests, etc.2. Anyone who shares / publicly promotes "homosexual propa... more »
American Leaders Laugh About Dead Veterans and Children
Subscribe to *The Realist Report on YouTube* *American political leaders of both parties are war mongering psychopaths. They do not care about you, your family, or the lives of innocent people. Watch as they laugh and make jokes about suffering and death.*
Today`s BC Liberals, Leadership and Decision Making Postponed Until Hell Freezes Over!
Today in Canada we have reached a crisis point, not only is democracy being assailed but our politicians have become serial liars, spinners and brainbdead, what will it take to wake up the electorate and more importantly what will it take for the mainstream media to grow balls.. Today Stephen Harper announced $1.3 billion dollars for First Nation`s schooling, there`s a catch, the funding won`t start until 2016, that would be 2016 after the 2015 federal election, Harper and the Con party will be history by then, the audacity of Stephen Treason to make that announcement of First Nat... more »
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