10:38pm MST
Come On A Little Musical Trip With Me
I was a drug taker when I was a kid. College is one big drug-haze. I smoked
weed every day and did most everything else whenever I could get my hands
on it. Acid was special though. I didn't just drop acid willy nilly. Acid
was always a very special experience for me, every single trip, something
between 30 and 50 in all. And music was always a very important component
of every acid trip I ever took-- and beyond just the Airplane, Dead and The
Byrds. I certainly nearly wore out my copy of *The Classical Music of
Pakistan* by the Ali Brothers, the most accomplished of the qawwali,
... more »
Islamist Militia Fighters Attack Oil Ports In Libya Using Speedboats
Black smoke billows out of a storage oil tank in Libya (Reuters Photo)
*22 Libya Soldiers Slain After Speedboat Attack On Oil Ports -- i24 News*
*Country's oil production dropped to less than half since clashes with
Islamists erupted two weeks ago*
Islamists killed at least 22 soldiers Thursday after a surprise attack in
which they used speedboats in a failed bid to seize some of Libya's main
oil terminals, officials said.
The fighting in the oil-rich region came as pro-government forces lost
ground to Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, where
jihadists beheaded six... more »
Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “Dream Ten”
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “Dream Ten”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ7eSn_9uT0&feature=related
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It's easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed
mosaic image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147 (S147). Also cataloged
as Sh2-240, it covers nearly 3 degrees or 6 full moons on the sky. That's
about 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of
3,000 light-years.
* Click image for larger size.*
Anchoring the frame at the right, bright star Elnath (Beta Tauri) is seen
towards the boundary of the constellations Taurus and Auriga, almost
exactly opposite the galactic center in planet Earth's sky. This sharp
composite includes image dat... more »
The Poet: David Whyte, "Sweet Darkness"
*"Sweet Darkness"*
"When your eyes are tired the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.
There you can be sure you are not beyond love.
The dark will be your womb tonight.
The night will give you a horizon further than you can see.
You must learn one thing: the world was made to be free in.
Give up all the other worlds except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness
to learn anything or anyone that does not bring yo... more »
Chet Raymo, “Finding It Where You Are”
*“Finding It Where You Are”*
by Chet Raymo
“Yes, I've been to Walden. Been there several times, in fact. With
students. We sat on the earth at the site of the cabin and read from the
book. And the wind stirred the pines, and the hickories, and the oaks, and
rippled the pond that shone like silver in the early morning sun. And then,
to honor the spirit of the man we came to visit, we sat silently, as if on
the stoop of his cabin with friends, knowing that any words, even his own,
intruded on the haunting beauty of the place itself.
Walden Pond
Mary Oliver has a poem called "Going To... more »
"11 Things Everyone Needs You to Know"
*"11 Things Everyone Needs You to Know"*
by Marc
"A silhouette of a human being stands before you. Perhaps an old friend.
Perhaps a neighbor. Perhaps a perfect stranger, like me. Here are 11
things we all need you to keep in mind…
* 1.* *You never really know how much the people around you are hurting.* You
could be standing next to someone who is completely broken inside and you
wouldn’t even know it. So never deprive someone of hope; it might be all
they have. And remember that there are two ways to spread light in this
world: You can either be a flame of hope, or a mirror tha... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
Thanks for stopping by.
"Give Some Back..."
"Pain, or damage, don't end the world- or despair or f***in' beatings.
The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in
store.
Stand it like a man- and give some back."
- “Al Swearengen”,
Ian McShane's character in “Deadwood”
Election 10: Comelec Critics and Commissioner Luie Guia
Today, Commission on Elections (Comelec) new Commissioner Luie Guia, a
friend from undergrad days in UP Diliman some three decades ago, posted in
his fb wall this message below. I am reposting this with his permission. I
also added two of his photos posted in his wall.
*To all my co-workers in Comelec.*
*I am relatively new in the Commission on Elections and I was told that
criticisms are part of the job. I have been trying to understand this
situation especially as I have been associated with many of those who have
recently been attacking Comelec on this single issue of election
... more »
"The Future"
"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."
- Niels Bohr
"The future ain't what it used to be."
Yogi Berra
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to,
with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
We could list things of concern and consideration, of course... the coming,
and absolutely unavoidable, world economic collapse, and it's subsequent
suffering and hardship; the fact of global warming and climate change; the
loss of civil liberties and freedom, and the existence of a true pol... more »
"The Present"
*Deputy Wendell:* "It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff?"
*Sheriff Bell:* "If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here."
- "No Country For Old Men"
The Temptations, “Ball of Confusion”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9poCAuYT-s
“History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We
want to live in
the present and the only history that’s worth a tinker’s damn is the
history we make today.”
- Henry Ford
"Our time is brief, and it will pass no matter what we do. So let us
have purpose in spending it. Let us spend it so that our time matters to
each of us,
and matte... more »
Sunday Classics (holiday edition): It's "The Nutcracker" -- the whole deal! (One more time!)
*With the "Nutcracker Suite" sequence of Disney's Fantasia now unavailable,
I thought to kick off we'd just look at this little teaser from Helgi
Tómasson's San Francisco Ballet staging.*
*by Ken*
[*To repeat, this is a second "encore presentation" of 2011's
complete-Nutcracker post (the first since since all the way back in 2012!),
which I thought came out pretty darned well. As I wrote in 2012, you
probably think it's a huge labor-saver just running a post "rerun," and
perhaps I thought so too, but it didn't work out that way.*]
The plan is pretty simple. As promised in last nig... more »
Another Top Islamic State Leader Killed By Coalition Airstrikes
*ISIS Governor Of Mosul Killed In Coalition Airstrikes -- CNN*
(CNN) -- The latest ISIS-appointed governor of Mosul was killed in
coalition airstrikes on Thursday, according to Iraqi police.
Hassan Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri, also known as Abu Taluut, was killed 18
miles south of Mosul in the village of Qayyara, according to Maj. Gen.
Watheq Al-Hamdani, a senior regional Iraqi police commander who is leading
the government's efforts to retake Mosul from ISIS.
Jabouri is the second ISIS-appointed governor of Mosul killed by airstrikes
and had been in office for less than 25 days.
Ear... more »
U.S Stockpiling Massive Quantities Of Military Equipment In Kuwait To Fight The Islamic State In Iraq
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
*U.S. Stockpiling Fighting Vehicles Near Iraq Ahead of Anti-ISIS Offensive
-- US News and World Report*
Military equipment in Afghanistan is being detoured to battle different and
deadly extremists.
Since June, the U.S. military has been slowly stockpiling massive amounts
of its gear coming out of Afghanistan at a depot in Kuwait adjacent to a
bustling commercial port, in preparation for ultimately shipping it across
the border into Iraq for an allied offensive against the Islamic State
group.
The facility's warehouses and large asphalt ... more »
Canada`s Parliament, or a Banana Republic Country Club, No Difference, Democracy is Dead in either House Today
*Written by Robin Mathews*
A CHRISTMAS DAY PROPOSAL TO SAVE THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA, CANADIAN
DEMOCRACY, AND THE CANADIAN PEOPLE FROM THE CALCULATED, FOUL, AND MALICIOUS
ACTIONS PRESENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN THERE TO EFFECT A COUP D’ETAT AND TO
ERECT A FASCIST DICTATORSHIP IN CANADA.
A major Opposition Party with Independent Members of Parliament and/or
Members of The Senate; or the Opposition Parties and Independent Members of
Parliament and/or Members of The Senate; or a body of Members of Parliament
and/or The Senate – self-selected without Party approval; or Members of
eithe... more »
The Growing Crisis Of Female Veterans Battling PTSD From Sexual Trauma
*Female Veterans Battling PTSD From Sexual Trauma Fight For Redress --
Washington Post*
Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment
and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds
they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual trauma in
the military. The veterans and their advocates call it “the second battle”
— with a bureaucracy they say is stuck in the past.
Judy Atwood-Bell was just a 19-year-old Army private when she says she was
locked inside a barracks room at Fort Devens in Massachusetts, forced to
the ... more »
Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Adapted for our troubled times
Our
six-part Christmas Special. Starring Cameron, Clegg, Thatcher, Osborne,
and Duncan Smith, with cameos by the Great British Public...
Come back for Episode 2, published tomorrow
"The Past"
“The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it,
or to escape
what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better
to it.”
- Wendell Berry
“You have to know the past to understand the present.”
- Dr. Carl Sagan
“Stop thinking about the past, and don't worry too much about whats going
to happen in the future. Your presence is a present, so live for today, and
appreciate everyone and everything you have. Stop thinking about what you
don't have, what you wish you had, who walked out of your life, and
whatever else that falls in that cat... more »
UFO: Mothership Leaves Sun Causing Solar Explosion
http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2014/12/mothership-leaves-sun-causing-solar.html
*Mothership Leaves Sun Causing Solar Explosion*
Dec 24, 2014
UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 24, 2014
Location of sighting: Earths Sun
Source: http://helioviewer.org/
Was looking at the Helioviewer online and noticed this giant triangle UFO
leaving our sun. It exit caused a massive solar explosion. I say in the
video that the UFO is moon size, but in the lower left corner is the earths
size...which is smaller than this mothership. I have a cold so sorry about
my voice. SCW
Posted by ... more »
Aisha North: A message from Mother
https://aishanorth.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/a-message-from-mother-5/
*A message from Mother*
as channeled by Aisha North
December 23, 2014
Beloved ones, I have returned to give you another message from the very
core of your being, the part that is also a part of me, the feminine divine
spark, the one that sits at the very centre of All of creation. For it is
time to rejoice dear ones, as what was torn asunder is once more complete,
and what was once ripped away has been restored to full glory. For you are
no longer divided, WE are no longer divided, and so, this time I come with
... more »
THE JOURNEY OF A PHOTON
http://suzanneliephd.blogspot.com/2014/12/looking-back-to-move-forward-2006.html
NOW onto our Look Back to Move Forward for the year of: 2006
*THE JOURNEY OF A PHOTON*
by Suzanne Lie Ph.D.
*Integrating the Spirit into Matter*
You are a photon, a beam of Multidimensional Light. You have been traveling
through the Universe, with your previous stop being the Pleiades. You have
come to assist the Earthlings in their awakening and seek a human who will
allow your entrance through its Crown Chakra. Yes, there appears to be a
human who is ready to open their Third Eye. Perhaps you can ... more »
Heavenletter #5142 Comradeship with the Great Spiritual Ones
* Heavenletter #5142 Comradeship with the Great Spiritual Ones*
December 23, 2014
God said:
Greater magnificence is appearing because of eyes that can see and ears
that can listen, most of all because of hearts synchronized to the tune of
My heart.
You are going to have more and more revelations, ordinary and extraordinary
at the same time. I do not speak of complicated here. Simple is better, do
you agree? Of course, you agree with Me. As a matter of fact, when
something new reaches you, it is invariably simple. That’s what an insight
is. When you have it, it is simple. When y... more »
(Cop Lovers?) The Real Crimes (Guess Who Refuses to Remain Silent about the Immorality of Government Denying Healthcare Insurance to 300,000 to 500,000 of North Carolina’s Working Poor) Oil Crash Coming Amid Lies of More Robust Economy?
I've just spent most of Christmas day listening to Live from Daryl's House.
This rocks. "Bring it on home. Come on down to myyyy house!" Smokey! Joe
Walsh, Todd Rundgren! Allen Stone? Great sounds. Which does not undermine
the seriousness of this next Christmas message: This Christmas, homeless
data is changing in shocking ways: Fewer people on streets, but a record
for homeless kids
American Octogenarians, Feinstein and Grassley, Demand A New War On Drugs... In Afghanistan
I was in Afghanistan twice, both times for extended stays, the first being
in 1969. Over the years, I've written a few disparate posts about it on my
travel blog but 45 years later, I'm still processing the Afghan experience
and trying to make some sense out of it. I always recall that my initial
thought was that I wasn't just driving my VW van across space-- Europe,
Turkey, Iran and into Afghanistan-- but across time as well. There was
always a distinct feeling that it wasn't 1969; it was more like 969. And I
was back again in 1971... although it still seemed like 969.
After Ira... more »
A Pottersville Christmas
It all started after dinner with my kids last night with a visit to
the new home of my former Chilean neighbor (the ex-Pinochet henchman who
loves to sing karaoke). They have a six year-old yellow Lab named Max who's
a sweetheart, as all yellow Labs are. This is Max attacking his
Flintstone-sized rawhide chew, just one item in a stocking I packed with
goodies.
Max again. He had that thing halfway chewed down by the time we left a
few hours later.
Mrs. JP opening one of her presents. It could've been HST or Dennis
Lehane or something having to do with the Romanovs.... more »
Arne Duncan In My Mother’s Back Yard?
My mother has two great interests: Plants and animals. If she visits
someone’s house, she is likely to peruse the grounds and ask for a clipping
of any number of plants in order to take each clipping home, root it, and
grow her own plant. As to animals, in addition to the standard number of […]
Six Habits of Highly Empathic People
*Roman Krznaric* - Empathy is not just a way to extend the boundaries of
your moral universe. According to new research, it’s a habit we can
cultivate to improve the quality of our own lives...
The post Six Habits of Highly Empathic People appeared first on Waking Times
.
Blessed Christmas...
*Now may the Godof hope fillyou with all joy and peacein believing, sothat
you will aboundin hope by the powerof the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13*
We Can Stop War
100 years ago - Amid the darkness of World War I came an isolated but
beautiful moment where peace, faith, hope and humanity overcame the bonds
of war, and, even if for a night and a day, peace became possible.
Business 360 20: Trade and Development in Asia
* This is my article for the business magazine published monthly in
Kathmandu, Nepal.
----------
Asia is home not only to the most populous nations around the world like
China, India and Indonesia, but also to the fast-growing economies, big
and small. Opening up to global trade is among the most useful policies
that governments of these more fortunate economies have undertaken.
Below is a short summary of the human resources – producers and consumers,
sellers and buyers, entrepreneurs and workers – of selected Asian
economies. For brevity purpose, only the big population (above 2... more »
MQ-8C Fire Scout Helicopter Drone Makes Its First Flight From US Navy Destroyer USS Jason Dunham
*Helicopter Drone Makes First Flight from Navy Destroyer -- Defense Tech*
A helicopter drone developed by Northrop Grumman Corp. has made its first
flight from a U.S. Navy destroyer, the company announced.
The MQ-8C Fire Scout on Dec. 16 completed 22 autonomous takeoffs and
landings aboard the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109),
off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, according to a Dec. 23 release from the
Falls Church, Virginia-based defense contractor.
“This is the first sea-based flight of the MQ-8C and the first time an
unmanned helicopter has operated from a de... more »
Yemen's Senior Intelligence Officer Has Been Abducted
Shi'ite Houthi rebels man a checkpoint in Sanaa Dec. 11, 2014. The Houthis
are an armed Shiite faction whose fighters had swept down from the north
and stunningly captured Sanaa from the army about a month earlier.
Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
*Gunmen Abduct Senior Intelligence Official In Yemen -- Business
Standard/IANS*
Gunmen kidnapped a senior Yemeni intelligence officer in the capital
Thursday, a security officer told Xinhua.
About 20 gunmen raided the house of Maj. Gen. Yehya al-Marani, the head of
political security bureau for domestic affairs, at dawn, and then took him
to... more »
Alan Grayson's Very Special Christmas Present For His LGBT Constituents
Members of Congress have no executive authority-- not in DC and not in
their own districts or states. But that has never stopped Alan Grayson.
Right after he was elected to the House he went on a crusade against the
foreclosure-industrial complex cheating Central Florida homeowners out of
their homes. Since working closely with the chief justice of the Orange and
Osceola counties judiciary, foreclosure were cut in half for Grayson's
constituents-- a lot more than most congressmen every accomplish for the
people they represent.
Well, he's done it again. After the U.S. Supreme refus... more »
These Are The Deadliest Weapons In The Hands Of The Islamic State
A T-72 main battle tank captured by Islamic State fighters. (Internet photo)
*Global Times Lists Islamic State's Nine Deadliest Weapons -- Want China
Times*
After the first confrontation between US ground forces and Islamic State
(ISIS) militants in Iraq's western Anbar province, China's Global Times
says the terrorist organization has nine weapons systems that American
soldiers will likely face on the battlefield.
Most of the arms that Islamic State possesses were captured from the Iraqi
security forces in previous battles. It has dozens of Russian-made T-72
main battle tanks pur... more »
Higher Self Message - The Solstice Fires of Ascension: A Message for the Masters
http://aprilsairings.blogspot.com/2014/12/hs-message-solstice-fires-of-ascension.html
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
HS Message - The Solstice Fires of Ascension: A Message for the Masters
by April Bender
The flood gates are open, an explosion of light dances it's way in, the
unified heartbeat of Prime Creator pulses forth.
Anchored pillars of light ignite and blaze forth colossal fires of
shimmering crystalline energy, casting aglow all vessels/portals which have
been painstakingly prepared. They now stand awash in brilliant crystalline
fires of divine truth and divine potential... more »
Brian Leiter's Christmas Present: Threatening Colleagues with Defamation Suit for Signing "The September Statement" and Carrie Ichikawa-Jenkins with Exposure of Intimate Health Details
Remember *The September Statement* from earlier this year, signed by 648
academic philosophers in North America and elsewhere against Chicago
philosopher and law professor Brian Leiter's unacceptable treatment of his
UBC colleague Carrie Ichikawa-Jenkins, ending in Leiter's statement of
resignation from the institutional ranking operation he had founded and
coordinated up till then, the *Philosophical Gourmet Report*? If not, a
recapture of some of the essential of this sad and disgraceful story is here
(start at the bottom to get the adequate chronology). This detailed
chronologic... more »
Christmas, 2014
In honour of the season, I will be getting blotto today. Go fuck yourselves
with anal beads and plenty of lube!
Untitled
*Student Debt and Default Explode While U.S. Department of Education
Fiddles*
A new report from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector
General (OIG) examined what steps it had taken from fiscal years 2011
through 2014 to improve student debt and loan repayment rates.
In a nutshell, a big fat nothing—and taxpayers will be stuck paying off
tens of billions in bad loans as a result. According to the OIG:
The Department’s outstanding student loan debt portfolio more than doubled
in the last 6 years, from $516 billion at the end of FY 2007 to $1.04
trillion at the end ... more »
Iraq / Syria Regional War - December 19 , 2014 - Focus on Iraq / Syria / Lebanon / Turkey / Iran Political and Battlefield related items ..... Media and journalists in the cross-hairs once again ( Iraq / Syria / Turkey ) ..... Notice the correlations !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Links...
*1,000 Paratroopers Will Go to Iraq in Late January*
*Pentagon Claims ISIS War Cost $1 Billion So Far*
*US Sending 100s More Ground Troops to Iraq*
*ISIS Retakes Iraqi City of Baiji, Troops Flee to Oil Refinery*
*US Backed Talks Between Clerics and ISIS in Effort to Save Hostage*
Sinjar Operation Continues; 142 Killed Across Iraq
Silence of the Sheikhs Puts US Iraq Strategy in Doubt
Iraq Wins One-Year Reprieve on Gulf War Reparations Due to Crisis
Amid Iraq War, Basra Autonomy Bid Gaining Greater Support
Iraq PM Drops Lawsuits Against Journalists
Tweets......
*VICE News*... more »
Untitled
*Legal Opinion That ‘EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional’ Means More
Than You Think*
It’s a dead certainty that the Left will denounce Harvard constitutional
law professor Lawrence Tribe for accepting a retainer from coal giant
Peabody Energy to write an analysis concluding that “the EPA acts as though
it has the legislative authority to re-engineer the nation’s electric
generating system and power grid. It does not.”
It’s more certain that Tribe had concluded that before Peabody came
knocking at his door with buckets of money. It’s even more certain that the
EPA was not t... more »
Merry Christmas 2014
Most mornings, I turn on the TV in the play room across from my bedroom in
order to listen to it as I get ready for my day. (I don’t keep a TV in my
bedroom. Just never think about watching TV in bed.) I usually begin with
about half an hour of soothing instrumental […]
Free Planet - Christmas Message - reality is what we make it
FREE PLANET CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: were we to ALL DECIDE that 'this is a Free
Planet' wouldn't that be OUR REALITY?
It's real easy to want something so badly that it just happens. Right?
That's how our world works.
I mean,
1) if we can convince ourselves of 'god'
2) if we can convince ourselves of 'santa'
3) if we can convince ourselves of 'for-profit corporate war world'
Surely, we can convince ourselves that we need to 'protect this limited
resource' from egomaniacal over-exploitation and mass-slavery to the
working week.
We need something called THE LIVING WEEK - where we all e... more »
If Joseph and Mary tried to reach Bethlehem today...
Every year people start articles with the line 'If Joseph and Mary tried
to
reach Bethlehem today...' What follows is usually some article full of
lies and at best half truths that is designed to raise the hatred of
Israel
and thus Jews.
This year The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/12/22/if-joseph-and-mary-tried-to-reach-bethlehem-today-they-might-get-murdered-by-palestinian-terrorists/
fisked one such article rather well. Have a read and keep it on file for
next year...
Merry Christmas to all my friends
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Massive Dinosaur Boneyard Gives Up its Secrets
[image: Massive dinosaur boneyard gives up its secrets]
It is good to see the mixed nature of these huge herds been confirmed so
powerfully in their sudden death. I suspect that the Therapods acted as
the lions and simply followed these herds as they grazed. It is still a
dramatic picture caught for an instant of time.
The size of this bone-yard is huge and we are getting multiple specimens
which is often as important as any single specimen. Here we can make
educated guesses regarding relative species densities even with some level
comfort.
Alberta has become a treasure ho... more »
Are We Close to Discovering Planet X?
Well maybe. I do think that the core solar systam was formed by the
Jupiter engine which accumulated mass until it could expel as large body. Each
time this happens, the orbits are readjusted.
Far out, i am way more doubtful and we are looking to see a planet acquired
instead. This makes sense simply because any such planet had almost enough
momentum to simply pass through. That leaves us an orbit that could be
flattened out while leaving it a long way out. Yet this must have
happened a very long time ago.
At least we are now getting hints and it will still need dec... more »
Human Eye Can See 'Invisible' Infrared Light
Recall the clear spectral blue color we observed with our recent dark
matter experiment. This is very much within the spectral windows we use.
Yet we do not readily detect dark matter itself because dark matter absorbs
all this. It is only when we load the system that it begins to shed light
as occurs in that 1000 watt bulb at 50,000 volts.
We now clearly understand why a spirit body must be almost invisible, yet
potentially see-able. Do remember that Dark Matter uses the scalability of
electrons which makes the line itself rather narrow and pretty specific.
The rest of the b... more »
Beyond the Five Senses: The Powers Latent in Humankind
Of course all these latent powers are difficult to identify and evaluate.
Yet they are physically real enough. What has been lacking is a clear
explanation that allows predictive experimentation. That we are now
working toward here in this blog.
As stated earlier, we are trying to correctly integrate our visual
perception with our pineal gland perception of the deep blue part of the
spectrum. This will likely be a shock for most folks as it will be a bolt
from the blue (pun intended)
Other senses are likely just as plausible but likely less critical.
.
* Beyond the Five ... more »
Report: The Islamic State Has Launched Chemical Attacks On The Iraqi City Of Hit
*ISIL Launches Chlorine Gas Strikes In Iraq’s Anbar Province -- Press TV*
ISIL Takfiri militants have launched chlorine gas strikes on a sub-district
in the city of Hit in the troubled western province of al-Anbar, an Iraqi
security source says.
The ISIL militants attacked the Baghdadi district with mortar shells loaded
with chlorine gas, the unnamed sources said on Wednesday.
According to the source, the district has come under siege and heavy
shelling by the ISIL terrorists.
The situation has already left people, mostly children in the area, in dire
need of food supplies.
*Rea... more »
Picture Of The Day
Santa Claus and service members bow their heads in prayer during the Joint
Forces Command – United Assistance holiday tree lighting event on Barclay
Training Center in Monrovia, Liberia, Dec. 18, 2014. U.S. Army photo by
Spc. Rashene Mincy
Private U.S. Contractors Are Returning To Iraq
A U.S. soldier performs a radio check during a patrol in Mosul, 390 km (240
miles) north of Baghdad (Reuters/Saad Shalash)
*As U.S. Troops Return To Iraq, More Private Contractors Follow -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private
contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's growing effort to
beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government, a
senior U.S. official said.
How many contractors will deploy to Iraq - beyond the roughly 1,800 now
working there for the U.S. State Department - will depend in part, t... more »
Only In Red America-- My Husband's Not Gay
Utah, a virtual theocracy inside America, came into focus a bit here at
*DWT*... for no particular reason. This evening, let's round out the
coverage by noting that the Beehive state is one of the most closeted
locales anywhere in the country. But that doesn't mean there aren't gays-- not
by a longshot. It just means the public parks, public toilets and parking
lots are where gay men wind up having sex-- just like it was in the rest of
America in the 1950s and '60s. All those guys hanging around Memory Grove
Park (in the shadow of the Temple), Oxbow Park, Jordan Park, Harmony Park... more »
MH17 - Facts are starting to support Greencrow's theory voiced back in July 2014
From WHATREALLYHAPPENED.COM
This story suggests that the Ukrainian pilot, Captain Voloshin, shot down
MH17 via mis-identification with a real target. So, with the eastern
Ukrainians lacking any real air force, what target was Captain Voloshin
searching for that would look like a Boeing passenger jet? As it happens,
Russian President Vladimir Putin was flying through the same area on that
very day, returning home from a six day visit to Cuba and South America.
Putin's Presidential jet, not as grand as Air Force One, is based on the
Ilyushin 96. The IL-96 is a passenger jet, and is ... more »
U.S. Senate Report: Afghanistan Is At Risk Of Becoming A Narco-State
*Senators: Without US Aid, Afghanistan Turns Into Narco-State -- The Hill*
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a
bipartisan report Tuesday that aims to fight the Afghanistan drug trade.
“The Afghan drug trade funds the Taliban, fuels corruption and creates
major public health challenges,” Feinstein said Tuesday. “Afghanistan could
become a narco-state without an effective, comprehensive and coordinated
counternarcotics strategy, coupled with unprecedented levels of
international cooperation.
“If we don’t act, Afghanistan’s drug trade could under... more »
Santa drinks reindeer piss!
"Unfortunately, as I write this on Christmas Eve, I know whatever you
infidels out there are quaffing is probably a lot nastier than reindeer
piss…"
Full story:
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/12/24/reindeerpiss/
Analysis: U.S. Troops Will Remian In Afghanistan Beyond 2016
U.S. Marines prepare to board a plane at the end of operations for U.S.
Marines and British combat troops in Helmand, October 26, 2014.
REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
*Prediction: Obama Will Decide To Keep U.S. Troops In Afghanistan Beyond
2016 -- Michael O'Hanlon, Reuters*
In 2015, I predict that President Barack Obama will rethink his plan to
have all operational U.S. combat forces out of Afghanistan by the end of
2016.
That goal was announced in spring 2014. It fit in the context of Obama’s
longstanding goals, laid out in his 2012 reelection campaign, to end both
the Iraq and Afghanista... more »
Sunday Classics (holiday edition) preview: For the first time since 2012, we bring back the legendary DWT gala "Nutcracker ('The Whole Deal')"
*You'd want to think twice before bidding on this record. The ABC Command
label tells you it's one of the inferior later pressings; you want an
original gold-label issue. (Note: Unfortunately, last year's
preview-opening video clip of the Nutcracker Suite segment of Walt Disney's
Fantasia has disappeared -- not entirely surprisingly, I guess. To be
honest, I don't like it much anyway.)*
*by Ken*
As far back as the mind recalls, Sunday Classics has celebrated the holiday
musically at last in part with music from Tchaikovsky's ballets, and last
year I went whole hog and offered a com... more »
Is Saudi Arabia And The U.S. Colluding To Collapse The Price Of Oil?
*Did The Saudis And The US Collude In Dropping Oil Prices? -- Andrew Topf,
OilPrice.com*
The oil price drop that has dominated the headlines in recent weeks has
been framed almost exclusively in terms of oil market economics, with most
media outlets blaming Saudi Arabia, through its OPEC Trojan horse, for
driving down the price, thus causing serious damage to the world's major
oil exporters – most notably Russia.
While the market explanation is partially true, it is simplistic, and fails
to address key geopolitical pressure points in the Middle East.
Oilprice.com looked beyond th... more »
Venezuela Is On The Brink Of Economic Collapse And Bankruptcy
*Sliding Oil Prices Leave Socialist Venezuela On Brink Of Financial
Collapse -- Washington Times*
President Nicolas Maduro under international pressure for jailing
opposition figures
The ongoing plunge in global oil prices is pushing Venezuela toward
economic collapse just as President Nicolas Maduro — the hand-picked
successor to the late socialist Hugo Chavez — faces mounting international
criticism for jailing opposition figures after months of street protests.
Where Chavez once drew praise from the world’s leftist elite for using the
high price of crude oil during the 2000s t... more »
Merry Christmas
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)*
*WNU Editor: *A small confession. Christmas is my favorite time of the
year. And even though I am Russian Orthodox (we will be celebrating on
January 7, 2015) .... I always make a point of enjoying both dates (Do you
blame me?). Blogging will be light for the next few days .... but when I
have time and everyone else in my home is off busy doing something else
.... I will be parking my butt in front of my computer to take a look at
what is happening around the world at that moment .... and to post news
stories that deserve our attention.
So .... Merry ... more »
Christmas 2014
Dear friends and readers of this blog,
Merry Christmas. The holiday season is a good time to relax, step back from
our normal busy schedules and have reunion with our families and clans,
friends and former schoolmates and officemates, meeting new friends,
On my part, my family took a bus/roll on roll off (RORO) trip to several
islands of the country and the two girls enjoyed two great beaches so far.
Last Sunday, we went to White Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
province. This used to be a very famous destination for those who want
white sand beach. But I think people now ha... more »
UK & Ireland Winter 2014/15 Update
*UK & Ireland Winter 2014/15 Update*
Real time satellite images from over the past few months have clearly
indicated a growing and colossal area of much colder than average surface
temperatures in the middle of the Gulf Stream/Atlantic (Please see image
below).
This is of quite some significance as the Gulf Stream effectively acts as a
heat machine for our shores, in particular, during our winter months. An
example of this could be a location such as Newfoundland, who is on a
similar latitude to the ourselves, but don't inherit the influence of the
Gulf Stream. They, therefore, exp... more »
Peace on Earth
*Holiday Salutations to everyone...*
*Believe it or not, this is almost always the most difficult post to make,
every year. For so many years running now*.* Wanting always to express to
everyone here how much I appreciate them stopping by. Reading. Commenting.
Leaving links. Offering insights. *
*I wish everyone of you all the best. Love. Laughter. Family. Good Health. *
*PS: Barring anything earth shattering happening, I am going to take a
couple of days off, so no new posts. It is a much needed break, but, I
left a bunch of posts to read and I will respond to comments :)*
Ro... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 24, 2014
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
*Did ISIS Shoot Down A Fighter Jet? -- Jamie Dettmer & Christopher Dickey,
Daily Beast*
The Islamic State, or ISIS, claims it has shot down a Jordanian fighter jet
and captured its pilot. Will this undermine the kingdom’s bedrock role as
an ally in the war?
Islamic militants scored a significant propaganda coup today, displaying
the captured pilot of a Jordanian warplane they claimed to have shot down
over northern Syria with a shoulder-fired missile. The Jordanian F-16 is
the first plane flying with the U.S.-led coalition to be lost in t... more »
World News Briefs -- December 24, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*Several Nations Tighten Christmas Security -- Voice of America*
Security forces are on high alert in several countries this Christmas
because of concern that radical Muslim groups could attack churches or
Christian communities.
In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, security
officials said they had deployed 80,000 police officers and 65,000 military
personnel across the country to deter any acts of violence against
Christian targets.
Indonesian Chief of Police General Sutarman, who uses only one name, said
he hoped Christmas and New Year celebrations would be... more »
Christianity Is Being Wiped Out In The Middle East
Residents walk near a damaged church June 8 in Qusair, Syria, on their way
to inspect their houses and collect their belongings. (CNS/Reuters/Rami
Bleibel)
*Christianity Forced From Its Middle East Birthplace -- The Australian/The
Times*
SAMIR’S children still remember their last Christmas in Maaloula, before
Islamist militants overran the ancient Syrian Christian town.
“They remember the snow,” Samir says, rubbing his thumb over the tiny
crucifix tattoo imprinted on his hand, as he waits for handouts at a
refugee centre in Beirut. He knows, however, that it is only a matter of
t... more »
Report: Islamic State Has Converted Christian Churches Into Torture Chambers
A woman walks inside a damaged church in Maaloula. The Christian town was
attacked last spring by extremist forces. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
*ISIS Is Turning Christian Churches Into Torture Chambers Where It Forces
Believers To Convert To Islam… And Funding Its Terror Mission By Selling
Stripped Artifacts To Western Collectors -- Daily Mail*
* Christian churches are reportedly being turned into torture chambers
* Artifacts worth millions have been stolen and sold to western collectors
* Experts say the fanatics goal is to 'wipe out' Christianity
Islamic State militants are turning Chri... more »
Crackpot Utopia: The Year in Republican Crazy, Part 6
*• And now a word about South Carolina• Pat Robertson and his magic
asteroid• I'll have a pack of Twizzlers and an IUD to go, please*
*Eight-year-old South Carolinian Olivia McConnell (see No. 1, Exhibit B)
thinks she's so-o-o smart just 'cause she's smarter than the whole of her
state's GOP. Okay, she's only eight, so she doesn't realize that this isn't
all that remarkable a feat.*
*Crackpot Utopia:* *A dream world as envisioned by republicans; a
manifestation or expression of the deranged, warped alternate universe
inhabited by republicans, at least in their minds. See also: Ba... more »
U.S. Military: Jordanian F-16 Fighter Jet Was Not Shot Down By The Islamic State
*Jordan Plane Not Shot Down By Islamic State, Says US -- BBC*
*The Jordanian plane that crashed in Syria was not shot down by Islamic
State (IS) militants, the US says.*
The plane was lost in IS territory on Wednesday morning, and the pilot has
been captured.
IS militants said that they shot down the plane with a heat-seeking
missile. However, the US says "evidence clearly indicates" that this is not
true.
Jordan is one of four Arab states in a US-led coalition that has launched
air strikes on IS targets in Syria.
*Read more* ....
*More News On U.S. Military Reports That The Jo... more »
Round up: MH-17, Syria,Turkey, Falling oil prices- what's next? The Fed & that bogus Sony hack!!
My trusty lasso and I had rounded a bunch of news stories, over the week,
safely corralling them but not getting them into the barn. Consider this
post the metaphoric* barn.*
*MH17 *
* Witness registered truthful by lie detector- May be taken in to
protective custody*
The investigators used a polygraph during the interview, which showed no
evidence of the witness lying, he added.
*“The facts were reported by the witness clearly and with no
inconsistencies. The investigators lean towards considering them truthful.
A polygraph examination confirmed them too,”* the official said. ... more »
Russia Tells France To Deliver The Mistral Warship Or Give Back The Money
The two Mistral-class helicopter carriers Sevastopol (L) and Vladivostok
are seen at the STX Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard site in
Saint-Nazaire, western France, on Dec. 23, 2014. Stephane Mahe / Reuters
*Mistral Delivered Or Money Back, Russia Tells France In Warship Deal
Standoff -- ITAR-TASS*
*Everything is stipulated in the deal, including terms of delivery, penalty
sanctions, procedures of how we can ask for a refund, Russia's deputy
defense chief Anatoly Antonov says.*
MOSCOW, December 24. /TASS/. Russia's deputy defense chief has demanded
that France honours its ob... more »
October Surprise 1973 - Silent Coup
Coming Soon : October Surprise 1973 - Go Quietly... Or Else...
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
Haig/Nixon: Nixon Doesn't Care About Ellsberg
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
Haig is *lying* through his teeth.
Silent Coup : The Removal of a President from Spike EP on Vimeo.
In a controversial new book on the Nixon resignation,* Silent Coup: The
Removal of a President*, the authors said that White House aide John Dean
was responsible for the cover-up of the 1973 Watergate break-in, that
General Alexander Haig was attempting to unseat President Nixon, and that
General Haig was also “Deep Throat.”
... more »
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