The Clearance of Wonsan Harbor map, a United Nations naval operation to clear sea mine fields off Wonsan, North Korea in 1950 during the korean War. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Korean youth on a Pyongyang street (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ukraine Demo (Photo credit: blu-news.org)Chris Huhne, climate change, toddler victims of the government's benefit reforms, Kim so-fat and Alex Salmond (not at all fat) & the EU
.....if you believe that 'climate sceptics' are no more deserving of either airtime or respect than flat-earthers, deniers of the germ theory of medicine, creationists or moon-landing 'debunkers', then you'll probably find this kind of blatant bias acceptable, maybe even right and proper.
report about people adversely hit by the government's benefit reforms.
The North Korean regime is pure evil
The BBC's blessed United Nations concurs, as of yesterday. It has compared North Korea to Nazi Germany. It has excoriated the North Korean regime's ongoing crimes against humanity.
Newsnight duly runs the UN flag up its pole and salutes - and who can really object to that, in this case?
Enough laughter, more action. Something must be done.
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opit19 February 2014 13:08
:) deniers of the germ theory of medicine, creationists or moon-landing 'debunkers' garner more of my sympathies theses days. At least they are thinking 'outside the box.' But the wrong people are constantly painted by projection regardless : refusing to submit to scientific method ( questioning ) sounds a lot like 'denial' to me. Not that things are that simple - as a bit of exploration would reveal.
http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/stephen-wilde-greenhouse-gases-and-the-ideal-gas-law/
But painting the North Korean government as cruel - doubtless authoritarian survivalists - neglects the history of interference with Korea : war, partition, genocide.
Korean War - PART 22, Bombing of North Korea, 6.25 전쟁 ...
This episode details the UN bombing campaign over North Korea and the results for the people on the ground. The majority of civillians killed in the Korean War were killed in North Korea by air attack.
youtube.com/watch?v=31wy85JcWPA A few years later
Vietnam Protesters Mark Anniversary of Border War with China ...
Vietnam war: Forty years after the end of the US bombing campaign. Forty years ago, ... The role of U.S. war veteran Merril E. Newman in the Korean war has made him a target in Pyongyang, where memories of the conflict are emphasized.
article.wn.com/view/2014/02/16/Vietnam_Protesters_Mark...
Which leads us to the U.N.'s selective outrage
UN report on North Korea targets both Pyongyang and Beijing ...
The UN report on human rights in North Korea released yesterday marks an acceleration of the US-led campaign to destabilise and ... Serbian Hitler" prior to the 1999 NATO bombing campaign that rained death and ... following the 1953 termination of the Korean War, ...
wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/18/kore-f18.html
Odd isn't it that NATO is not in the news over deaths in Iraq,Iran, and more.
http://justforeignpolicy.org/
1222 days ago, the U.N. introduced cholera into Haiti.
713,241 have since taken ill. *
8,695 have died. *
The U.N. has yet to apologize.
Tell the U.N. to take responsibility.
* Estimates based on data from the Haitian Health Ministry. For an explanation, click here.
That idea of projection being used to hide one's own sins is put to excellent utility.
http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/stephen-wilde-greenhouse-gases-and-the-ideal-gas-law/
But painting the North Korean government as cruel - doubtless authoritarian survivalists - neglects the history of interference with Korea : war, partition, genocide.
Korean War - PART 22, Bombing of North Korea, 6.25 전쟁 ...
This episode details the UN bombing campaign over North Korea and the results for the people on the ground. The majority of civillians killed in the Korean War were killed in North Korea by air attack.
youtube.com/watch?v=31wy85JcWPA A few years later
Vietnam Protesters Mark Anniversary of Border War with China ...
Vietnam war: Forty years after the end of the US bombing campaign. Forty years ago, ... The role of U.S. war veteran Merril E. Newman in the Korean war has made him a target in Pyongyang, where memories of the conflict are emphasized.
article.wn.com/view/2014/02/16/Vietnam_Protesters_Mark...
Which leads us to the U.N.'s selective outrage
UN report on North Korea targets both Pyongyang and Beijing ...
The UN report on human rights in North Korea released yesterday marks an acceleration of the US-led campaign to destabilise and ... Serbian Hitler" prior to the 1999 NATO bombing campaign that rained death and ... following the 1953 termination of the Korean War, ...
wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/18/kore-f18.html
Odd isn't it that NATO is not in the news over deaths in Iraq,Iran, and more.
http://justforeignpolicy.org/
1222 days ago, the U.N. introduced cholera into Haiti.
713,241 have since taken ill. *
8,695 have died. *
The U.N. has yet to apologize.
Tell the U.N. to take responsibility.
* Estimates based on data from the Haitian Health Ministry. For an explanation, click here.
That idea of projection being used to hide one's own sins is put to excellent utility.
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The US And Israel Behind Civil Unrest In The Ukraine (Why Am I Not Shocked?)
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Lame temporary natural wonder draws thousands of reality seekers
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#TOpoli Dipshit of the Day: @TrusteeSam Sotiropoulos, grubby little homophobe
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The Realist Report - Dr. Jim Fetzer: 9/11
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Jim Fetzer*, founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth. Dr. Fetzer and I will be discussing all aspects of 9/11. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *Sandy Hook: Free homes and "big bucks" incentives for leaders and players* - Dr. Jim Fetzer with Wolfgang Halbig - *September Clues: The Central Role of the News Media on 9/11* - *9/11 Attacks - 102 Minutes That Ch... more »
"American taxpayers have built an entire city in Virginia so that the Pentagon can practice occupying American cities and putting down protests by US citizens.""Lecturers in the training courses describe constitutionalists as 'domestic extremists'.""Does this make the President of the United States, whose oath of office is to defend the US Constitution against enemies domestic and foreign, a domestic extremist? Is the fear of arrest by Homeland Security as a domestic extremist the reason Obama refuses to defend the Constitution of the United States?" -- Paul Craig Roberts
------------------------------ *» Amerikan Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ February 18, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter *Amerikan Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face* *American sheeple stick heads in the sand, pretend to be ostriches* Paul Craig Roberts *Note: The Lorde story is likely a hoax, but it nevertheless captures the truth of the situation. * American taxpayers have built an entire city in Virginia so that th... more »
#edreform and #commoncore: All aboard Wisconsin’s Crazy Train
What a week and it’s only Wednesday morning. On Monday morning I went to a press conference held by Wisconsin Democrats from the state assembly to announce that they are introducing “accountability” legislation to counter Republican “accountability” legislation. At the conclusion of the press conference I simply pointed out that “accountability” is actually the problem […]
Musings On Iraq January 2014 Security Report For Iraq UPDATED
MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 2 hours ago
January 2014 was an especially bloody month in Iraq. Not only was there widespread violence in Anbar, but there were a huge number of deaths in Baghdad and Salahaddin as well. The latter appeared to be the only province that saw a decided increase in attacks since the uprising in Anbar started. There were also scattered attacks throughout the south, and low-level operations in Babil, Diyala, and Tamim. This month may set a precedent for what security could be like the rest of the year. Musings On Iraq has started its own security report. It is based upon tracking violence throug... more »
The Masters Of The Universe Have A Frat-- Meet Kappa Beta Phi
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UK Medical Records Sellout Delayed: NHS Realises It Needs to Inform People of their Rights
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Minimum Wage: Perfect example of how a leftie thinks - "I'll do a good job if I think you're paying me enough"...
*otherwise I'll be a slovenly employee with a bad attitude and dare you to do something about it.* *From: The Daily Caller:* *emphasis mine * ... Good studies show that a wage increase to $10.10 an hour, up from $7.25, would have no impact on employment, said Jason Furman, the chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisors. “Zero [job losses] is a perfectly reasonable estimate,” Furman said Feb. 18. *Instead, the wage increase will improve workers’ diligence and productivity,* he said, adding that “the [CBO] report very much does make the case for a policy that benefits m... more »
Israeli company actually built the Mojave mega solar project
Ivanpah Solar Project Mojave Desert American success stories? Israeli corporations slip through media radar with mega US contracts: Mojave mega solar project and Arizona border Apartheid By Brenda Norrell Censored News Original breaking news from Censored News The Mojave Desert mega solar project, touted as an American success story, was actually built by an Israeli company, using $1.6
Rachel Maddow keeps selling the product!
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INSPIRATION FROM INDIA
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Harper government asks for help rewriting Canada's prostitution laws
The Harper government wants to hear from the Canadian public about how to rewrite the nation's prostitution laws that were struck down by the Supreme Court late last year - why? Because they don't know how to write a new law to replace the old laws which were struck down, a new law which would not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and not be struck down immediately for violating the charter. In a December 20th 2013 ruling, the high court unanimously struck down laws against street soliciting, living on the avails of prostitution and keeping a brothel. Since then the Harper go... more »
High Strangeness: Not So Imaginary Beings?
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Erdös discrepancy conjecture proved for \(C=2\)
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Who knew our side has drones?
The Eco-drone Project Alexander Knight at Poor Man's Media in Toronto builds and operates drones on his own dime to film and monitor pipeline spills. This baby is operational but for a few extra components. He's looking for public donations to complete it and this is where you come in. Go! Besides, wouldn't you like to see Canadian Cynic back online again? .
“If the 1% Wants Class Warfare, Maybe It's Time to Start Fighting Back”
*“If the 1% Wants Class Warfare, Maybe It's Time to Start Fighting Back”* What Tom Perkins and Co don’t know can only make the rest of us stronger. by Ana Marie Cox “The first casualty of the class war won’t be the “economic extinction” of the super-rich; it will be the disappearance of the middle class. The White House administration official who proposed taking on “income inequality” as the dominant theme of Obama’s second term must have thought the move was at least halfway clever: I mean, try as the Right may to argue against the administration’s preferred mechanisms to undo inco... more »
Retain to Impede: When Reading Legislation Fails (Again)
Retain to Impede: When Reading Legislation Fails (Again). via Retain to Impede: When Reading Legislation Fails (Again).Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Common Core Voted Down Unanimously in Bradley County, TN
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“The Mobsters of Wall Street”
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"5 Signs America’s Super-Rich Are Going Off the Deep End"
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THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: An act of astounding misconduct!
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Three Poems: For Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin
Three Poems: For Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin. via Three Poems: For Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Ukraine: Hellish War-Zone In A European Capital
Earlier last December we looked at a tragic mess unfolding in slow motionin Ukraine. Back then there were already people demanding revolution, not reform. Simple look: the conservatives, backed by Russia, don't want anything to do with the EU. The more forward-looking Ukrainians want to break free of the Russian orbit and join the EU. The repressive and authoritarian government of the uber-corrupt Viktor Yanukovych is making the country so toxic in the minds of EU citizens that they forget about admitting Ukraine altogether. Even though it is the biggest country in Europe and even... more »
Hegemonic Conflict Watch: War Delusions
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His Fundamental Weakness
From now until the next election, the Harper Party will repeat the same meme -- Trudeau lacks experience. Never mind that Mr. Harper himself has very narrow life experience. Michael Harris writes: Stephen Harper was a university drop-out from suburbia who became an office boy in an oil company out west, and then a student again. Armed with his degree in Economics, Harper moved straight into politics as peach fuzz policy advisor to the newly minted and cash-short Reform Party. He got the job because he was smart and right-wing, but also because he was a cheap hire. And there, in di... more »
Ukraine Aflame- Another coup attempt?
*By all accounts the violence was abundant in Ukraine* *A round up:* A video of the 'peaceful protestors. The ones applauded by the governments in the US, Canada, EU etc. The NATO crowd.. You must watch this video *EU/NATO backed protestors set government building on fire* Anti-government protesters in Ternopil have set the building of the Interior Ministry's Ternopil Regional Department on fire. Ukrainian News learned this from a statement of the Interior Ministry. "The premises of the municipal police located on the first floor of the building, which borders on the building ... more »
White Specks of Radiation at Fukushima
Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago
NHK has a very interesting documentary (hat tip Enenews) on the contaminated water at the Daiichi site: Fukushima Daiichi's Hidden Crisis: http://vimeo.com/8559542 [Majia's summary] A robot was sent into one of the reactor's outer containment vessels and the water was found to be highly radioactive there, indicating cracks in all levels of containment. What is particularly relevant is NHK's description of the white flecks in the water as caused by radiation: <img alt="" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAKUAAAB3CAIAAADtvxepAAAgAElEQVR4nOy6d7Bk13nYOYIsyyUGAANgQM... more »
Women, Sacrificed
*The care-free days before graduation.* I took my favorite bike path yesterday and ascended the steep hill to a place where I like to get coffee and a light meal, and look out over the ridges at an altitude of 800 meters. It was hazy, so you won't get any pictures, but the restaurant's female staff gave me some time to reflect on something I see a lot of: the sacrificed daughter. There's a lot of romantic orientalization of the Chinese family and the Chinese family firm. Susan Greenhalgh's powerful paper De-Orientalizing the Chinese Family Firm discusses how the Chinese family fir... more »
ALEC 1995-State Sovereignty: The Next American Revolution
Really makes you wonder who was invited to this meeting AND if they are still on the path of destruction National Leadership Summit Three Days To plan the Next Revolution? The American Legislative Exchange Council - pure evil - creating a path of destruction for US politics since their first meeting. *ALEC legislators are delusional and * *must be removed from office * *- by your vote!* *#VoteNo2ALEC*
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*Air pollution is more harmful than SMOKING for pregnant women: Exhaust fumes could cause dangerously high blood pressure* *Epidemiological rubbish. Poverty not controlled for* Heavy intake of air pollutants from car exhausts could lead to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure disorders during pregnancy, according to a recent study Scientists at the University of Florida said the worst offending pollutants include two specific types of particulate matter; carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide. Sulphur dioxide is emitted from power plants and industries, while most car... more »
Camphor Press Launches with John Ross' You Don't Know China
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Don't Be "The Invisible Man"
Don't Be "The Invisible Man"
Jesse Helms on the Convening of ALEC Meeting #1
EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL TO MEET IN CHICAGO THIS MONTH HON. JESSE A. HELMS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday. August 2, 1974 Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, later this month a bipartisan group of conservative State legislators from across the country will meet in Chicago at a conference of the newly formed American Legislative Exchange Council- These legislators are uniting to try to reverse the trend toward greater and greater centralization of power in Washington. They will try to revitalize our Federal system by strengthe... more »
Real Purpose of NSA Programs: Targeting Dissent
*These programs were never about terrorism: they’re about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They’re about power.* *-Edward Snowden* When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia briefly let the mask slip during recent comments to University of Hawaii law students it was a rare moment of openness as to reveal the pathology of the leadership class here in *The Homeland*. During an exchange over a World War II era case involving Japanese Americans who were rounded up and placed in internment camps such as the infamous Manzanar Scalia stated that *“…you are ki... more »
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*New parish prison facility won't solve old jail issues ~Jim Mustian, New Orleans Advocate* *Lee Zurik Investigation: Senate pres. spends $253K on Saints, Tigers ~WVUE* *Frigid winter produces sticker shock on Entergy bills ~Meg Farris, WWLTV* *Companies operating at Napoleonville Dome to pay millions in taxes under protest ~David J. Mitchell, The Advocate * *Hardware store houses a culinary showroom for N.O. cooking fanatics ~Ian McNulty* *Horses, Hops & Cops saddle up to benefit the NOPD Mounted Division* [image: http://www.budweiser.com/clydesdales/photos-and-videos.html] *~I tot... more »
China Demands Japanese Explanation About "That Other Plutonium" ( Ah , someone is finally questioning Japan about its secret nuclear program ) - - If a country claims that it sticks by the three non-nuclear principles but at same time hoards far more nuclear materials than it needs, including a massive amount of weapon-grade plutonium, the world has good reason to ask why ...... If the Japanese government truly wants to play a constructive role for regional stability, it should honestly explain its reluctance to the world and return the stored nuclear materials as soon as possible. After all, Abe and his cabinet have already caused too much trouble to regional peace and stability.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-18/china-demands-japanese-explanation-about-other-plutonium China Demands Japanese Explanation About "That Other Plutonium" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/18/2014 21:32 -0500 - Barack Obama - China - India - Japan - President Obama - Uranium - White House inShare1 The world has grown tired of the inexorable rise in radiation levels and propaganda-talk surrounding nuclear issues in Japan from the government in the last few years since Fukushima changed the nation's future. ... more »
Solving 9-11, The Deception that Changed the World - Christopher Bollyn w/ Red Ice Creations
*RED ICE CREATIONS* February 12, 2014 Christopher Bollyn is an American investigative journalist now living in Sweden who has researched and written extensively about the events of September 11, 2001. He has spoken at 9-11 truth events across Europe and the United States. He recently flew to London to appear on a program with Ken O'Keefe about who is behind the 9-11 terrorism but was detained at Heathrow airport and forcibly returned to Sweden on the following day. Bollyn has researched different aspects of the 9-11 attacks and uncovered facts and evidence that challenge the offi... more »
Puerto Rico - rather than considering whether Puerto Rico is the US version of Greece , is the fact that complacent bond investors assume a bailout - make the better comparison one with Lehman Brothers ?
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-15/puerto-rico-%E2%80%93-america%E2%80%99s-version-greece Puerto Rico – America’s Version Of Greece? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/15/2014 18:00 -0500 - Bond - Cronyism - Detroit - Fitch - Florida - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - Gundlach - Jeff Gundlach - John Paulson - Puerto Rico - ratings - Ratings Agencies - Recession - Tax Revenue - Unemployment - Volatility inShare2 *Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog,* *T... more »
“Capital One: We're A Bank. FU, Peasant”
*“Capital One: We're A Bank. FU, Peasant”* by Karl Denninger “Jesus... Credit card issuer Capital One isn't shy about getting into customers' faces. The company recently sent a contract update to cardholders that makes clear it can drop by any time it pleases. The update specifies that "we may contact you in any manner we choose" and that such contacts can include calls, emails, texts, faxes or a "personal visit." A personal visit? Oh yes, they apparently go on to tell you that this "visit" could be to your office. Now that would be just dandy, right? Your card company shows up ... more »
The CBO Whiffs on the Minimum Wage
The Congressional Budget Office has just issued a report on the minimum wagethat is a real head-scratcher. Analyzing proposals to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 or $10.10 per hour, it concludes in the latter case that there would be 500,000 fewer jobs in the second half of 2016 than there would be under current law (100,000 fewer for $9.00/hr.). Predictably, conservatives have seized on this number as proof that the minimum wage is a "job killer." Even liberal media, such as Talking Points Memo in this paragraph's link, seem to think that number is a big problem, going on to say, "I... more »
CMS reports a slight higgsino excess: no exclusions possible
The CMS collaboration at the LHC has released two new papers today (so far). One of them reinterprets some results on long-lived charged particles in pMSSM. The other one is arguably more interesting: Search for electroweak production of higgsinos in channels with two Higgs bosons decaying to \(b\) quarks in \(pp\)-collisions at \(8\TeV\) It is based on \(19.3/{\rm fb}\) of the 2012 data. They wanted to exclude the higgsinos with masses between \(270\) and \(350\GeV\). However, the exclusions couldn't be derived due to a "slight excess" of the relevant events. This is a seemingly ex... more »
Static energetics find illumination and resuscitation via collective upshifting of base dynamic
*Static energetics find illumination and resuscitation via collective upshifting of base dynamic* by ÉirePort Static energetics find illumination and resuscitation via collective upshifting of base dynamic. Clearance sales initiated by Light Intenders removing unwanted anharmonics are proceeding and will finish in short order. Fragility of old paradigm systems makes itself known to many, even the not fully conscious. "New Gaia" preludes begin in earnest, as Cities of Light unveil. ÉirePort | February 19, 2014 at 9:39 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-P
Ungated Reviews Exchange on Michael Levi’s The Power Surge
International Politics Reviews is a new reviews journal bundled by Palgrave with International Politics. Michael J. Williams of Royal Holloway is the editor, and I’m an associate editor. I recently curated a recent roundtable exchange on Michael Levi’s book The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America’s Future with contributions by me, Jesse Jenkins, Continue reading
Wall St. In Drag: "Let them eat Cake!!"
I know it's not my usual sort of post, but this gave me a giggle. This is the sort of transparency that is really quite INlightening when you look at it. This is about the 4th article I've read in the past 48 hours where the .01% are whining that they are being picked on. No seriously! They are! We are just so mean to them, and they just don't "get it".... apparently. ... Much like Marie Antoinette upon learning that the peasants had no bread "Let them eat cake!" - Yesterday at 6:05 AM One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street S... more »
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A Song by Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird
*10 June 2012 * Xavier Rudd's new song 'Spirit Bird', off of his new album 'Spirit Bird' *Spirit bird Lyrics*: Give it time and wonder why do what we can laugh an we cry and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before. Culture fades with tears and grace leaving us stunned hollow with shame we have seen this all, seen this all before. Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new work, same spirit by side, joining hearts and hand and ancestral twine, ancestral twine. Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new work, same spirit by side, joining hearts and hand and ... more »
Comcast Should Be Broken Up (Not Allowed To Engulf Time Warner!) The Terrible Toll of Secrecy Revealed by The Intercept?
We know this. We've known this. So, who's okaying these terrible freedom-crushing decisions? And what's behind them? Last week’s big business news was the announcement that Comcast, a gigantic provider of cable TV and high-speed Internet service, has reached a deal to acquire Time Warner, which is merely huge. If regulators approve the deal, Comcast will be an overwhelmingly dominant
America's Hypocrisy in Condemning North Korea
*By MARC McDONALD* Lately, the U.S. (and the U.N.) have been spending a lot of time attacking North Korea's human rights record. I'm no fan of North Korea. But something about all this just doesn't pass the smell test for me. After all, it seems like we've been down this road before---although America's persistent collective amnesia prevents us from grasping this truth. In any case, in the aftermath of horrors like Gitmo, Abu Ghraib and Mahmudiyah, I'm not sure the U.S. has much moral authority left to lecture other nations about "human rights." (The fact that a lot of readers are ... more »
Pounding More Nails In The "Sandy Hook Was Real" Coffin: Some Sandy Hook Victim's Families Were Given Free Houses Before The Operation! (Payoff For Their Participation In The Fraud?)
I truly cannot understand how anyone with any intelligence cannot see the truth about the Sandy Hook operation, and how it was indeed a massive hoax... I and others were amazed that after Wolfgang Halbig did his very damning expose just a week ago in an American Free Press interview with Dave Gahary (my article here), there are still those who still cannot get it, and we can now assume that many of them are either controlled, bought off, or are actually that clueless..... I am continuing my expose about the truth about Sandy Hook and presenting any new evidence of the fraud when it ... more »
Yes, What Indeed DOES It Mean To Be A Democrat?
The DCCC video above, narrated by the great John Lewis, tries to associate all the great achievements accomplished by progressives with the broken down den of corruption and corporate prostitution that the Democratic Party has degenerated into. Steve Israel unveiled it at the caucus retreat last week. What an irony that the man touting the video-- Israel-- is most responsible for recruiting a new generation of reactionary and conservative corporate shills to populate the House Democratic caucus, in many cases, opportunistic Republicans switching parties or Democrats from the Repu... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Litter
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Is the heart and soul of our Galaxy located in Cassiopeia? Possibly not, but that is where two bright emission nebulas nicknamed Heart and Soul can be found. The Heart Nebula, officially dubbed IC 1805 and visible in the below view on the right, has a shape reminiscent of a classical heart symbol. Both nebulas shine brightly in the red light of energized hydrogen. *Click image for larger size.* Several young open clusters of stars populate the image and are visible above in blue, including the nebula centers. Light takes about 6,000 years to reach us from these nebulas, which togethe... more »
Untitled
* Why The Met Office Has Hung Its Chief Scientist Out To Dry* *But nobody seems to be asking the old fool how climate change could be causing Britain's wild weather when there has been no climate change for many years -- JR* Last week the Met Office and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology issued an admirable joint report on the floods and their possible connection to climate change, concluding that it is not possible to make such a link. ‘As yet’, it said, ‘there is no definitive answer on the possible contribution of climate change to the recent storminess, rainfall amounts and ... more »
Race To The Bottom Continues for Northland School Division
Since I haven't mentioned it in quite some time, I thought I'd touch base with an a former employer of mine to see how things were coming about. As school boards go, one can certainly do better than to send your child to Alberta's Northland School Division. As it turns out, not a lot has changed among the enlightened geniuses in the offices over in Peace River. If anything, things seem to have gotten worse for the inept Northland School Division. With luck these continual consultations and review processes will result in what the Minister of Education should have done in the first ... more »
World Leaders To Skip Geneva III & IV, And Will Wait To Attend Geneva V Instead
An excerpt from, *"Brahimi saves his energy for Geneva III"* by Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor, January 27, 2014: A senior Arab diplomat who followed the Geneva II conference in its first days said that the current impasse was evident from the outset, and that the way out was clear to the conference’s broker, Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi. *The diplomat, who left the Swiss city of Montreux two days after the conference opened on Jan. 22, told Al-Monitor that Brahimi was never deluded about the talks' prospects. Before the conference began, Brahimi had conducted many contacts with the S... more »
John Kane: 'Did I hear you say 10 percent of the U.S.’s energy resources are on Native lands?'
'Did I hear you say 10 percent of US's energy resources are on Native lands?' By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk Censored News Now wait a minute. Tell me, how do any resources on our lands get tallied up as a percentage of someone else's resources? Well, let me tell you how … First, it happens through blatant theft. That’s theft pulled off through fraud and extortion...with a little religion
China Sold Second-Largest Amount Ever Of US Treasurys In December: And Guess Who Comes To The Rescue ( Belgium ?? ) ? With foreign purchasers going on a buyers strike for US securities , wonder who steps into the breach ? Ah , that would be you --- "We Are From The Government And We Are Here To Offer You A No Risk, Guaranteed Return Investment Product"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-18/china-sells-second-largest-amount-us-treasurys-december-and-guess-who-comes-rescue China Sold Second-Largest Amount Ever Of US Treasurys In December: And Guess Who Comes To The Rescue [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/18/2014 20:15 -0500 - Belgium - China - Creditors - Japan - Treasury Department inShare48 While we will have more to say about the disastrous December TIC data shortly, which was released early today, and which showed a dramatic plunge in foreign purchases of US securiti... more »
The Global Warming Fraud: The Warming Nuts Will Not Quit - Now Claim (Non-Existent) Arctic "Thaw" Is Cooking The Planet (!)
With this winter being one of the coldest on record, I am still surprised that there are a few nuts out there that are still promoting the Global Warming fraud. It is shocking that some people are actually still gullible to believe the garbage spewing out of their mouths considering the fact that the planet is absolutely not heating at all, and in fact we are heading towards a long period of intense global cooling... But believe it or not, but the Global Warming lunatics will not quit, and I am shocked to present the following article that comes from the New Scientist website, at ... more »
Turning the wheel of days
Bees are in the crocuses and dandelions between the bucketfuls of hard rain. I'm trying hard not to get overexcited when I go out to the potting shed; it would be so easy to start potting up -- but there is still firewooding of the huge storm-broken branches, and pruning of the forty fruit trees, and pulling the beds back together that were leveled by the chickens and ducks, all of which, every year, I am supposed to do first. And I'm just not finding comfortable weather -- whine, whine, but at my age even a little exposure can be an issue. So it's out to the potting shed to cl... more »
Edward Snowden Action Figure
Only 99 dollars, but 86 would have been more appropriate.
Shepherd Bliss : Dancing with death at Death Cafés
Death can be a teacher, if one moves beyond denial into acceptance… A death awareness movement seems to be growing and taking various forms. By Shepherd Bliss | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 “I have an appointment with … finish reading Shepherd Bliss : Dancing with death at Death Cafés
The Upcoming War On Syria: American Hypocrisy At Its Worse - US Accuses Russia Of Contributing To Syrian Conflict (!)
I have been watching the alternative media news for the last while concerning the situation in Syria, and I am truly now believing that the damn criminal and psychotic state of Isra-Hell will get their American slave minions to attack that peaceful nation very soon... The so called "Geneva Peace Talks" were a farce to begin with, and were always destined to fail... The Jews want to see Syria destroyed to secure more of Israel's long sought dominance in the Middle East, and they made sure that their American slaves made the impossible demand that Bashar Al-Assad be removed from power... more »
Protecting the Rez: Protecting Mother Earth Campaign
Protecting the Rez: Protecting Mother Earth Campaign Resolutions ready made for communities By Matt Remle Last Real Indians http://lastrealindians.com/for-immediate-release-protecing-the-rez-protecting-mother-earth-campaign-by-matt-remle/ Mitakuyepi, my relatives, the on-going assaults against our lands, communities, waterways, aquifers, and traditional forms of subsistence is
A father's love
Budweiser only wishes they could come up with an ad this heartwarming.
So, just to be clear, the NSA is or is NOT "Peeping While You're Sleeping"?
LibertyManiacs.com *by Ken* I missed this story the last time around, in November, when our *Washington Post* "In the Loop" pal Al Kamen originally reported on the lawsuit filed by Public Citizen on behalf of a vendor who had dared to misappropriate its apparently sacred seal, and that of the Department of Homeland Security as well. The NSA, for some reason, did not appreciate the ceramic mug featuring its official seal with the words "Spying On You Since 1952." The agency also probably wouldn't have been ecstatic about a design with an altered version of the seal and the words: ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Boise, Idaho, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"What Is Reason?"
"What is reason? Knowledge informed by sympathy, intelligence in the arms of love." - Edward Abbey
Gold items of note February 18 , 2014 -- Hong Kong Gold and Silver Exchange To Launch 1,500 Tonne Depository in China ........ Standard Bank in prime position for Deutsche's gold fix seat, sources tell Reuters ........ WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BEAR STEARNS ? ....... It may be raining bankers for a reason, Leeb tells KWN ....... .
Jesse Cafe Americain...... 18 FEBRUARY 2014 Hong Kong Gold and Silver Exchange To Launch 1,500 Tonne Depository in China Just a fad. Nothing to see here, move along. Reuters Hong Kong gold exchange eyes 1,500-tonne warehouse in mainland China February 16, 2014 The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (CGSE), based in Hong Kong, *aims to launch a physical bullion trading exchange and a 1,500-tonne depository in mainland China within the next year,* its president said on Thursday. The century-old firm, which runs Hong Kong's only physical bullion trading exchange, is looking to ta... more »
Fukushima Updates - thread for the week beginning 2/16/14 - Tepco’s spokesman “I have distrust in Tepco itself for not announcing the wrong analysis for this long” ...... Tepco mis-analyzed 167 samples since 311/ Correct readings can be over 10 times much as wrong ones ....... Tepco aware of wrong analysis by 7/24/2013 / 2 days after they officially admitted contamination leaking to the sea ......
Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
2/17/14....... Leaked all β of “300m3 leakage accident” was also underestimated / INES level might be increased Posted by *Mochizuki* on February 17th, 2014 · 2 Comments Share on linkedinShare on deliciousShare on facebookShare on twitterMore Sharing Services Following up this article..* INES classification of Fukushima accident may increase from Level 7 + 3 due to the revelation of wrong analysis* [URL] The samples about 300m3 leakage accident was also mis-analyzed, according to Tepco. The spokesman stated in the press conference of 2/12/2014. They found the major leakage of highly... more »
"The Denial of Death"
*"The Denial of Death"* by Ernest Becker “The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man... the irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we shrink from being fully alive.""Yet, at the same time, as the Eastern sages also knew, man is a worm and food for worms. This is the paradox: ... more »
"The Purpose Of Life..."
“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy." I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” - Leo C. Rosten
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Remember Now”
2002, “Remember Now” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4qjI8VVzg Perhaps their finest work, certainly my favorite... sublime: “of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.” - CP
"One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society"
*"One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag:* * What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society"* By Kevin Roose "Recently, our nation’s financial chieftains have been feeling a little unloved. Venture capitalists are comparing the persecution of the rich to the plight of Jews at Kristallnacht, Wall Street titans are saying that they’re sick of being beaten up, and this week, a billionaire investor, Wilbur Ross, proclaimed that “the 1 percent is being picked on for political reasons.” Ross's statement seemed particularly odd, because two years ago, I met Ross at an event that ... more »
Libya Updates February 18 , 2014 -- Congress members given ultimatum to resign or “be arrested” ....... Zintan’s Qaqaa and Sawaiq brigades issue an ultimatum to its members to resign by 10 pm or be arrested. Members and staff are reported to have left the Congress building but there was no visible extra security in the road outside which remains open to traffic, unlike previous occasions when there have been threats to Congress...... Colorful past behind Libyan 'coup maker' ....... Additional items pertaining to security or lack thereof in forgotten Libya !
Political drama...... Congress members given ultimatum to resign or “be arrested” *By Ahmed Elumami.* *Tripoli, 18 February 2014*: There was confusion at the General National Congress this evening after it was announced on TV that Zintan’s Qaqaa and Sawaiq brigades had issued an ultimatum to its members to resign by 10 pm or be arrested. Members and staff are reported to have left the Congress building but there was no visible extra security in the road outside which remains open to traffic, unlike previous occasions when there have been threats to Congress. Zawia Congresswoman Nai... more »
Hollerado - So It Goes (Official Video)
Source: Hollerado.
Klamath River youths in Brazil joining Belo Dam fight
Photos Klamazon Delegation Article by Amazon Watch Reposted at Censored News Today a Northern California delegation of Indigenous youth and Klamath River protectors depart San Francisco International Airport, headed to Brazil's Xingu River Basin in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The group will meet with communities affected by the proposed Belo Monte dam project. Klamazon
Tuesday Linkage
Academica Prominent academic Stephen Hawking has weighed in on a public debate. Humanitarian Disarmament Chicago PhD Candidate John Stevenson writes in Slate about why ceasefires don’t protect civilians. Momentum last week towards a treaty abolishing nuclear weapons: Mexico leads charge. Anti-killer-robot campaigners on the new Robocop. Human Rights and Armed Conflict UNHCHR’s report on North Continue reading
Start the Week: The Prologue
Two or three week's ago *Is the BBC biased?*'s hidden microphones in BBC H.Q. caught the following discussion between a BBC producer (let's called her Katy - not her real name) and a BBC assistant producer (let's call him Julian - not his real name): *Katy*: Did you read Eamon Duffy's review of John Cornwell's latest book in the *Guardian? * *Julian*: Yes, of course. Cornwell *really* lays into the Catholic Church, doesn't he? Maybe we could get him onto *Start the Week*? He's bound to let rip against the Catholic Church. He really can't stand Catholic conservatives, can he? What ... more »
Would Republicans String Up The Koch Brothers If Oklahoma Disappears Into A Giant Sink Hole?
In the video above, the relationship between swarms of Oklahoma earthquakes and fracking, seems obvious. Koch brothers-protected fracking is starting to devastate a wide swathe of the middle of the country-- and Republicans are willfully oblivious to the dangers their ideological policy agenda is causing in red states like Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Kansas. Whether those stresses are natural or triggered by human activity is currently being studied. “You can't not ever connect an individual earthquake to an act of drilling or waste water injection. However, I think it's count... more »
Chris Huhne, climate change, toddler victims of the government's benefit reforms, Kim so-fat and Alex Salmond (not at all fat) & the EU
Despite my pledge to let it fester... Last night's *Newsnight*, presented by Radio 5 Live's Victoria Derbyshire, opened (as it ought to have done) with the subject of the *floods*. The introductory seconds of the programme, however, included a clip of disgraced Lib Dem ex-minister Chris Huhne denouncing right-wing 'climate sceptics' in the Tory Party (in his capacity as a *Newsnight *'talking head'.) [Chris Huhne was, you may remember, released only last year after being sent to prison for perverting the course of justice and, from the moment of his release, *Newsnight *has been ... more »
Rapidly eaten up by the machine!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014* *Watching Chris Hayes disappear:* The time has come to ask a question: Is Chris Hayes, the cable news host, on performance enhancing drugs? Hayes’ persona has been reinvented since he was moved to prime time. Early on, Hayes described this as the process of becoming a showman. This was the relevant Q-and-A. The interview with Salon appeared last June 25: SALON: *You have to think about ratings more?* MSNBC has had its challenges there lately. HAYES: *Yeah, ratings are the measurement of what you have to think about, which is producing entertaining tel... more »
Follow the money to understand education reform
Originally posted on Talking Union: by Deborah Meier Deborah Meier I’m returning to my roots! Marx occasionally had it right. Along with Horace Mann, John Dewey et al. This whole “new reform” movement in education is being fueled (the $$$$) by ordinary greed. Or second-hand greed—seeing a chance to destroy the political power of an…
Thorne Dreyer : Singer-songwriter Charlie Faye & friends pay musical tribute to Carole King & James Taylor on Rag Radio
Listen to the podcast of this highly entertaining hour that includes memorable performance by Charlie and musical crew. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 Singer-Songwriter Charlie Faye — and a lively group of musical … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : Singer-songwriter Charlie Faye & friends pay musical tribute to Carole King & James Taylor on Rag Radio
CBO on a Minimum-Wage Hike
From a new report: Once fully implemented in the second half of 2016, the $10.10 option would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers....The increased earnings for low-wage workers resulting from the higher minimum wage would total $31 billion, by CBO’s estimate. However, those earnings would not go only to low-income families, because many low-wage workers are not members of low-income families. Just 19 percent of the $31 billion would accrue to families with earnings below the poverty threshold, whereas 29 percent would accrue to families earning more than three times the... more »
Fukushima: “New TEPCO Report Shows Damage to Unit 3 Fuel Pool MUCH Worse Than That at Unit 4”
“New TEPCO Report Shows Damage to Unit 3 Fuel Pool MUCH Worse Than That at Unit 4” by WashingtonsBlog - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn-NuHMCB5o ◆ Finding current, accurate information is difficult due to the intentional stonewalling and obfuscation of TEPCO and the American and Japanese governments. The information below, though slightly dated, will provide at least starting points for your own research. Trust that conditions have *not* improved since then. - CP *Radiation Alerts: AZ, NV, CO, UT and ID* Thursday, 19 December 2013 10:17 December 19, 2013- (TRN http://www.TurnerRadi... more »
“Mass Surveillance Proves Pointless”
*“Mass Surveillance Proves Pointless”* by Steve Chapman “In times of war and national emergency, it’s sometimes necessary to sacrifice civil liberties to secure vital gains in public safety. In those cases, we may have to accept a loss of privacy or freedom rather than invite mass slaughter of Americans. The National Security Agency’s domestic phone records collection is not one of those. Never have so many Americans been brought under surveillance for such a meager payoff, actual or potential. Creating risks to privacy to save lives is one thing. Creating them to accomplish little... more »
Jonah Raskin : My Valentines Day
I had my best Valentine’s Day ever dancing in the streets of New York with about 60 beautiful women protesting violence against women. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 NEW YORK CITY — I didn’t … finish reading Jonah Raskin : My Valentines Day
Violence In Iraq Returning To 2004-2005 Period With Rebirth Of Insurgency
MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
January 2014 was another turning point in Iraq’s security situation. The events in Anbar marked the return of the non-Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) insurgency. ISIS already successfully rebuilt itself in 2013, proving capable of carrying out attacks throughout the country from the north to the south. Now many militant groups that have largely been dormant since the civil war years have announced their return. The result is that Iraq today is much like Iraq in 2004-2005 when the insurgency was just taking off for the first time. All the organizations that track deaths i... more »
Door Hop Galley - Q&A with Col. Anthony Shaffer
*And that's all she wrote...*
Arizona State Superintendent Campaigns for Private Schools
In 2011, SM posted on Arizona's John Huppenthal, who has come a long way since then.
Snowden leaks 'manhunt' for Wikileaks: 'Who owns the truth?'
Snowden leak: US and Britain's manhunt for Wikileaks viewers and Julian Assange By Brenda Norrell Censored News The latest leak from whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that the US and Britain carried out a "manhunt" for Julian Assange and tracked Wikileaks viewers computer IP addresses. With this manhunt and prosecution of whistleblowers ongoing, the question remains, "Who owns the
Lego Face Shirt and $25 Expressions Vinyl Giveaway
I was given the Heat Transfer Vinyl to create this shirt. All opinions and instructions are 100% my own. [image: Housewife Eclectic: Lego Face Shirt] Has Lego fever from the new Lego Movie hit your house? It has certainly hit ours. Legos are some of the most played with toys in our house. My daughter has spent the last year or so playing with the sets my husband played with as a child, but this year we decided to buy her some of her own, so my husband will stop stressing about her losing the pieces. Even 20 years later, he still loves his Legos. This fun, simple shirt will take you... more »
Interim, interlocutory, mandatory and permanent injunctions
1711811 Ontario Ltd. (AdLine) v. Buckley Insurance Brokers Ltd., 2014 ONCA 125: [49] Various types of injunctive relief have been sought or ordered in this proceeding: interim, interlocutory, mandatory and permanent. What do each of those terms mean and how do they differ from one another? [50] Let us first consider interim and interlocutory injunctions. While motions for pre-trial injunctive relief often term the relief that is sought as both interim and interlocutory, some distinctions can be drawn between the two. [51] A motion for an interim injunction c... more »
The Realist Report - Aryan Women
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Heks and Sinead of *AryanWomen.com*. Heks and Sinead host *Aryan Women on Renegade Broadcasting* every Sunday evening. We will be discussing a variety of subjects, including growing up in Jew-controlled America, college, male-female relations, and related matters. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *AryanWomen.com - Be proud of who you are* - *Organized Jewry: de... more »
Please… The Real Marianne Williamson IS Standing Up-- And Always Has Been
Are North Carolina's Moral Mondays too far away for you to really get what they're about? Hint: they're not about anything Wendy Greuel will ever understand. Marianne Williamson isn't a political careerist. And political careerists-- and political careerists-in-the-making-- resent her for it. Many snicker that she's "just" a spiritual teacher or a guru of some kind, a put-down among political careerists. And how dare she not be in one of the two corruption-dominated parties that think they have a God-given monopoly on power in America! The first time I was ever arrested was at th... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Assassination by technology: The context of America’s drone killings
Brandon Bryant, who spent six years as a drone sensor operator, has stepped forward out of guilt and concern about the killing of American citizens. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 This past week, … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : Assassination by technology: The context of America’s drone killings
Chris Matthews’ ridiculous present-day conduct!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014* *Last night’s opening segment:* Way back when, Chris Matthews’ appalling conduct almost got somebody killed. For details, see our previous post. During that era, two years of Matthews’ appalling conduct sent George W. Bush to the White House. People are dead all over the world because of the things Matthews did. Our “press culture” being a manifest fraud, nobody cared about this. Manifestly, the children care about making big scratch and becoming big famous TV stars. As a result, Matthews’ ridiculous conduct continues right up to the present. Conside... more »
In The Navy
Cribbed from the USS* Gunston Hall* Facebook page... That's Southern Daughter on the far right. Southern Man is very proud of her. Can you tell?
About Trolls
Boris over at The Galloping Beaver found a study that argues that internet trolls are psychotic fuckwads. That makes sense. I used to go to right-wing sites and argue with them. I'd argue pretty caustically sometimes (given what hateful, racist, war-monger shit-heads they were) but I'd never pretend I hadn't made a mistake when I'd made one. And I'd never return again and again to make mindless, ad hominem insults about the blogger. To do that, one would have to be a psychotic fuckwad. Like a genuine troll. Sorry I don't have anything more valuable to say.
Strangelet commission: Tommaso Dorigo wouldn't care if the Earth were eaten
*Physicists attacked for endangering the planet, for being less alarmist than the climate change cranks* Tommaso Dorigo of CMS discusses a new bizarre proposal to establish a U.S. commission that would evaluate the risks that the RHIC experiment will destroy our blue, not green planet: New U.S. Science Commission Should Look At Experiment’s Risk Of Destroying The Earth One of the two authors of the proposal in *International Business Times*above (a news outlet that is being cited by TRF positively in a vast majority of cases, but not this one!) is a law professor and the other one ... more »
The Analogy, Hyperbole Problem: “With explanation kind” (Tone, pt. 5)
The Analogy, Hyperbole Problem: “With explanation kind” (Tone, pt. 5). via The Analogy, Hyperbole Problem: “With explanation kind” (Tone, pt. 5).Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
GIVEN TO ME ON EARTH
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) *To those born later* I Truly I live in dark times! Frank speech is naïve. A smooth forehead Suggests insensitivity. The man who laughs Has simply not yet heard The terrible news. What kind of times are these, when To talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors? When the man over there calmly crossing the street Is already perhaps beyond the reach of his friends Who are in need? It’s true that I still earn my daily bread But, believe me, that’s only an accident. Nothing I do gives me the right to eat my fill. By ch... more »
THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: Recalling what Chris Matthews once did!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014* *Part 2—He almost got somebody killed:* As a matter of theory, journalists aren’t supposed to fall in love with accusers. In theory, journalists are supposed to be appropriately skeptical of the claims of accusers. That’s the theory you will encounter in eighth-grade civics texts. Often, though, those who play journalists on TV fall in love with accusers—though it all depends on who the accusers are accusing, and on what they’re accusing them of. Back in May 1999, one of our most prominent “cable news” pseudo-journalists almost got somebody killed. It... more »
It's Tuesday...
*what's going on?* Besides the worst stiff neck ache I've ever had. Clash Daily: *DING DONG: Capital One Reserves Right to Collect at Cardholders’ Home, Work * Hot Air: *Sebelius: Our Spanish-language web portal is mucho buena, you betcha* WZ: *White House On Stimulus Anniversary: “Thanks To The Actions of President Obama, The Economic Picture Today Is Much Brighter”…* iOwnTheWorld: *Obama Plays Water-Guzzling Desert Golf Courses Amid California Drought * Bunkerville: *Hillary Clinton, the FBI, and Travelgate – a lesson about her moral fiber * Conservative Hideout: *Warni... more »
Social Theory Reading List
This list is going to kill me. I've got a wee bit of catching up to do now I'm properly back in the sociological game, so I've made a list of works I need to thoroughly acquaint myself with. It's a monster with some proper beasties on it. Both volumes of Habermas's *Theory of Communicative Action*? Yup. Robert K Merton's *Social Theory and Social Structure*? He's there. It's not an exhaustive list by any means. After all, I would like to try and read every single one. And it's less than comprehensive because I might have read a great deal of a certain thinkers' outputs already. Like... more »
Ford's Theatre of the Macabre
Ford's Theater of the Macabre from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order.* *As for now, I'm in control here, in the White House."* *General Alexander Haig, March 30, 1981*
Educational Atrocities 101
If you thought the heinous practice of institutional child abuse ended when Charles Dickens exposed it in his novels, think again. Not only has it survived through the centuries, it's now enjoying something of a renaissance right here in the New Feudal States of America. You've heard of the nefarious School-to-Prison Pipeline. But how about that gateway intramural system preceding it, where jail cells within the schools have become almost as ubiquitous as classrooms? In educational Newspeak, they are euphemistically called "Scream Rooms." They are gulags within gulags. You might th... more »
Am I Being Targeted For Layoff Due To My Age?
An AOL Jobs reader asked me: I work for a large company in Ohio. There are 50 or so employees with my job title working at various locations in the area. The company has decided to eliminate all but 15 of those positions. I am 61 years old. The company first examined our work history, anyone with disciplinary actions were eliminated from the pool. We were informed some positions had been filled and yesterday "group interviews" were conducted. The union negotiated a severance package, one week pay for each year served, the company will continue to pay benefits for three months and t... more »
The White History We Ignore
From Alternet: *February 14, 2014 * | Schools across the country are adorned with posters of the 44 U.S. presidents and the years they served in office. U.S. history textbooks describe the accomplishments and challenges of the major presidential administrations—George Washington had the Revolutionary War, Abraham Lincoln the Civil War, Teddy Roosevelt the Spanish-American War, and so on. Children’s books put students on a first-name basis with the presidents, engaging readers with stories of their dogs in the Rose Garden or childhood escapades. Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Ins... more »
Targeting General Leslie
Andrew Cohen acknowledges at the beginning of his latest column that he is a friend of retired general Andrew Leslie: (A note: I have known Leslie, his wife and children for 10 years. We’re friends). That said, he then reviews the facts: As part of their severance, those who serve 20 years or more are offered a last move, at government expense, after they retire. Soldiers are asked to live in many places; the policy recognizes that the house you occupy at the end of your career may not be where you want to remain. Leslie served 35 years at home and abroad and moved 18 times. Wh... more »
Invoking Hitler Cantor Calls for Eternal War
With Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner now mortally wounded after once again throwing the so-called tea party caucus under the bus on the latest debt ceiling deal he will need to watch his back carefully as his ambitious underling Eric Cantor is readying the dagger. Eric Ivan Cantor, the pride of Virginia’s 7th congressional district is ready to pounce now having just delivered a major foreign policy address which coincides with a renewed push for an attack on Iran that is picking up steam. The P5+1 talks to relax economic sanctions in return for concessions from Tehra... more »
When Will The DSCC Wake Up To The Fact There's A Crucial, Winnable Race In South Dakota?
Rick and Rounds South Dakota isn't really a dependable red state. Sure, in presidential elections it is but the state has had a penchant for sending Democrats to the House and Senate in Washington. Two-thirds of the Senate contests since 1986 have been won by Democrats. This cycle, one of the best populists running anywhere, Rick Weiland, is running an independent campaign against GOP Establishment pick Mike Rounds-- if, as is likely, rounds survives all those Tea Party primary opponents. The DSCC, which had its heart set on former Blue Dog chair Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, hasn't ral... more »
All Purpose Healing Salve by The Paleo Mama
All Purpose Healing Salve The Paleo Mama, 21 January 2014 When you have little ones in the house, there seems to be an endless supply off boo-boos, rashes, bug bites, and itchy skin. I don’t like having a giant medicine cabinet. I like to keep things very simple, which is why I really love essential oils. I have, literally, traded my cluttered medicine cabinet with bottles and pills, over to a very minimalistic shelf with essential oils and some other holistic remedies. My goal in creating this recipe is to minimize your medicine cabinet and prove to you that, once again, nat... more »
Obama's Continuing War on Public Education
A must read by [image: Michael Brenner Headshot] Michael Brenner Become a fan Senior Fellow, the Center for Transatlantic Relations; Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
JP Morgan bank and financial employee death toll rises once again - third death ( the latest death involving a FX trader ) in just a matter of weeks ! A Banker Jumped To His Death From The Top Of JP Morgan Headquarters In Hong Kong ...... banking and financial personnel sudden death index rises to either 6 or 7 since late January depending on which events you choose to factor in !
Very interesting Kings World piece on the topic...... It may be raining bankers for a reason, Leeb tells KWN Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-02-18 18:58. Section: Daily Dispatches 1:57p ET Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Fund manager Stephen Leeb today tells King World News that the United States will do anything to preserve the dollar's role as the world reserve currency, a status that confers almost absolute power over the world financial system, and he thinks that the rain of bankers falling from great heights around the world may be connected to it: htt... more »
US Revisits Options on Syria- Seeking Ways to Pressure Syrian government
U.S. Revisits Options on Syria as Talks Stall- the Obama Administration Takes a Fresh Look at Expanding Training, No-Fly Zones *The Obama administration*, exasperated by stalled talks over Syria and seeking ways to pressure the regime and its Russian allies, plans to revisit options ranging from expanding efforts to train and equip moderate rebels to setting up no-fly zones, according to officials briefed on the deliberations. The move means the administration again will consider military, diplomatic and intelligence options that previously were presented to the White House but set... more »
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*Cervical cancer could be prevented with an HIV drug: Tablet kills the virus that causes the disease* *This was a very small trial in Africa so much more work will be needed to replicate the findings in the West. White and African reactions to drugs do sometimes differ* Cervical cancer could be prevented by a commonly-used HIV drug, scientists say. The medicine has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer. A husband and wife team from the University of Manchester treated women with lopinavir and found that it wiped out pre-cancerous ce... more »
Magnet Schools as a Tool to End Socioeconomic Segregation
The NYTimes has a piece on the modest resurgence of magnet schools, which are public schools of choice that highlight a portion of the curriculum that is attractive to certain children and parents. They are great alternatives to the corporate charter chains staffed with non-teachers and managed by non-educators. Unless a conscious effort to reduce segregation is included in their magnet planning, however, the same kinds of cognitive and socioeconomic apartheid can result. That is why school systems should view magnet schools as a way to offer parents choice, of course, but to pr... more »
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*Police: Cyclists attacked with baseball bats on Esplanade ~WWLTV* *Tulane offers $1M prize for answer to Dead Zone ecological mystery ~Casey Ferrand* *Why Taxpayers Will Bail Out the Rich When the Next Storm Hits ~Bill Dedman, NBC* *NOAA has predicted a 95 percent risk for flooding this year along the Mississippi River Basin. *
Movie Title Breakup
A couple breaks up with each other (via the use of 154 movie titles), sheer genius.
Bill Whittle: What's really going on in Russia during the Olympics...
*he has something to say. *
Now is the Hour to Listen WITHIN
This message swept through skype rooms and facebook yesterday like a tidal wave of light. When I read the original post that I saw in one of the skype rooms I immediately asked Pete, who'd posted it, if he had a link to the original words. I began searching to "verify" that the post was "authentic" and truly from the Hopi Elders. It wasn't until this morning when I read one link that was debunking this post as having not come from the Hopi Elders that I realized that it didn't matter. When we read something that resonates with us and withIN us, does it really matter where the ... more »
Emigration from America: new dirt in the U.S. tax system
*3,000 renounced their U.S. citizenship in 2013* I have filed 10 U.S. tax returns in my life. Well, in fact, it was 11 – including the "less than 180 days" at the beginning. Well before I began to be harassed by professional "discriminated" feminists, professional "discriminated" blacks, and similar atrocious scum sometime in 2005, I hated that experience. The tax returns had to be combined with almost annual exercises needed to get new visas, prolong them, get new stamps for them, and so on. As you know, it's not just about the federal tax returns. One must also file the tax return... more »
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*Mann and the Oxburgh Panel* The Mann libel case has been attracting increasing commentary, including from people outside the climate community. Integral to Mann’s litigation are representations that he was “investigated” by 6-9 investigations, all of which supposedly gave him “exonerations” on wide-ranging counts, including “scientific misconduct”, “fraud”, “academic fraud”, “data falsification”, “statistical manipulation”, “manipulation of data” and even supposed findings that his work was “properly conducted an fairly presented”. Mann also represented that these investigations we... more »
American Teens More & More Demand Organic Food
[image: Foto: TEENS ARE REJECTING GMOs & PESTICIDES! A whopping 39 percent of teens are choosing organic food options—exciting news for anyone concerned with the future health of our nation. The recently completed teen study by Piper Jaffray & Co. also found that 35 percent of teens are eating more organic food than a year ago. These findings are right on the money, according to Marci Zaroff, board member of both the Organic Trade Association and Teens Turning Green, a student-led advocacy group dedicated to promoting sustainability. READ: http://organicconnectmag.com/across-america... more »
Five questions about the Leslie moving expense furor
Former Canadian Forces lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie - and federal Liberal advisor and prospective star candidate - is being attacked by the Harper Conservatives for claiming $72,000 in retirement moving expenses under a policy that applies to RCMP officers and the military. The Intended Place of Residence policy covers retiring Mounties and military personnel for one last move after they retire. The idea is that if you end your career in Newfoundland, but want to move back to be closer to your grandkids in Saskatoon, the government will pick up the cost. It’s a reward for accepti... more »
Ted McLaughlin : Convicted felons and the right to vote
Eleven states don’t restore voting rights to ex-felons, but a substantial majority of Americans believe that they should. By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2014 Attorney General Eric Holder brought up an interesting topic the other … finish reading Ted McLaughlin : Convicted felons and the right to vote
Musical Interlude: 2002, “We Meet Again”
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