Anyone with half a braincell knew this was going on. Once Dutch sociologist Diederik Stapel had been exposed as a fraud, the flood gates opened. As was the case in the Soviet era with 'scientific Marxism-Leninism', in the war against reality any tactic is ethically legitimate. What stands out? Generalizations are evil, unless it is to indict the opponent: scientically proven, Conservatives are stupid. What else? The premises hardly have any relation at all with Conservatism. it's Conservatism according to Leftist narrative: it's a caricature! From there onwards it's garbage in/garbage out. Probably there's a lot more wrong with this particular 'research'. You parse it yourself for a bit -
Live Science: "Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice"
Feb. 2, 2012
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Ethics of Capitalism: are markets amoral?
At one time entrepreneurs used to be gentlemen with a code of ethics. Not any longer. The psychology of over regulation may be to blame for one. Faced with a plethora of rules and bureaucracy the average human being tends to turn the question on its head: it's no longer, what's not allowed, but what can we get away with. The law becomes the root of unethical logic. There are other causes evidently, but this is intriguing.
On the other hand, whoever had anything to do with markets, knows the self-sustaining and self-perpetuating mechanism is the essence of morality: virtues are: investment, patience, and profit; vices are: intemperance and greed -
FXStreet: "The markets are showing remarkable patience"
(...) Markets don’t care about the source of the money. Money is fungible—it’s all the same. Trading professionals also don’t care (much) about Keynesian economics or other ideological debates pertaining to competitiveness and sustainability. You can seldom make money betting on the ideas of dead old white men, but you can make money betting on how other traders will perceive conditions. So far, conditions are okay, day to day, and the long run is made up of a series of short runs. At this point, lousy conditions about Greece and sovereigns in general are built into the general expectations world-view. This prolonged drama—two years and 16 summits and counting—is now the new normal. (...) >>>
Feb. 2, 2012
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On the other hand, whoever had anything to do with markets, knows the self-sustaining and self-perpetuating mechanism is the essence of morality: virtues are: investment, patience, and profit; vices are: intemperance and greed -
FXStreet: "The markets are showing remarkable patience"
(...) Markets don’t care about the source of the money. Money is fungible—it’s all the same. Trading professionals also don’t care (much) about Keynesian economics or other ideological debates pertaining to competitiveness and sustainability. You can seldom make money betting on the ideas of dead old white men, but you can make money betting on how other traders will perceive conditions. So far, conditions are okay, day to day, and the long run is made up of a series of short runs. At this point, lousy conditions about Greece and sovereigns in general are built into the general expectations world-view. This prolonged drama—two years and 16 summits and counting—is now the new normal. (...) >>>
Feb. 2, 2012
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Building the state of Europe: #EU economic summit Jan. 30, 2012
So here's the damage of the 30 Jan. EU summit:
25 of 27 EU countries will sign up to the FisCom. The UK and the Czech Republic (some didn't lose time in getting vindictive) (Czechs to scrutinise EU treaty, cracks widen in govt) have opted out.
PSI talks still ongoing Greece was hardly on the agenda, but the EMS and the FisCom were.
FisCom will enforce countries to not have a bigger debt ratio than 60% of GDP and to fix their budget balance. It will come into force from 1/1/2013 and include the EU Court of Justice to impose penalties of 0.1% to countries to fail into 3% GDP debt ratio. Countries that do not ratify won't have access to the bailout fund.
The EMS will come info force on June 1 this year. The permanent bailout fund will not be increased from 500 billion euros.
Also some leftovers were found in old budgets to fund the EU social-economic aspirations i.e. "creation of national jobs plans" (PDF official statement).
Jan. 31, 2012
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Who is the EU's Fuhrerine...?
Czech Republic Refuses To Join EU Fiscom
Dear readers, we have a Statement by the Members of the European Council, but you need a strong stomach to digest the central planning lingo: sustainable, green jobs, persistent and broad based, financial stability and fiscal consolidation, providing guidance on Member States' economic and employment policies (nanny knows best, as if we're all idiots who can't vote in our own governments). "Each Member State will set out in its National Reform Programme the concrete measures it will take to address these issues ("National Job Plans"); implementation will be subject to enhanced monitoring in the framework of the European semester." This is it, people, we are all euro-socialists now!
Merkel: "I believe that we are having a discussion that we shouldn't be having". Germany backtracks on EU commissioner to Athens
Telegraph live blogging at 13.13 We mentioned earlier on (12.20) that our man in Brussels, Bruno Waterfield, had a copy of that leaked EU draft treaty. Here's the full document, should you want to plough through it.
MERKEL SAYS EU WON'T HAVE 'THOROUGH' DISCUSSION OF GREECE
The Guardian - The prospect of Ireland being forced out of the eurozone by the new fiscal treaty has reared up this morning. European Affairs minister Lucinda Creighton told state radio this morning that Ireland's legal establishment is still considering whether to hold a referendum on the new treaty. The Attorney General is expected to give his verdict in a couple of weeks.
FXStreet - The Greek debt crisis talks may derail the summit plan as the final agreement between the Greek Government and the bondholders is not yet at the preferred rate of an average of 3.5% as it had been stipulated. The bondholders have agreed to a 3.6% coupon down from 4.2% average that had requested earlier.
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT BONDS 10YR 16.95%
EU Fiscal Pact Draft: Pact To Enter Into Force When 12 Sign It; Countries Must Ratify Pact By March 2012
EU22 billion of euro zone bonds sales this week. Off to a good start. #Italy sells 2022 bonds at 6.08% VS 6.98% on Dec. 29
#Moody's: Very Difficult For #Spain To Reach This Year's Deficit Target; Spain's Worsening Growth Prospects Complicate Fiscal Consolidation
Private investors treated like dirt in the EZ. Yeah, that will help, haircuts, state real estate Ponzi schemes and all. But wait, Paul Achleitner - Goldman Sachs alumni - has a plan!
Jan. 30, 2012
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25 of 27 EU countries will sign up to the FisCom. The UK and the Czech Republic (some didn't lose time in getting vindictive) (Czechs to scrutinise EU treaty, cracks widen in govt) have opted out.
PSI talks still ongoing Greece was hardly on the agenda, but the EMS and the FisCom were.
FisCom will enforce countries to not have a bigger debt ratio than 60% of GDP and to fix their budget balance. It will come into force from 1/1/2013 and include the EU Court of Justice to impose penalties of 0.1% to countries to fail into 3% GDP debt ratio. Countries that do not ratify won't have access to the bailout fund.
The EMS will come info force on June 1 this year. The permanent bailout fund will not be increased from 500 billion euros.
Also some leftovers were found in old budgets to fund the EU social-economic aspirations i.e. "creation of national jobs plans" (PDF official statement).
Jan. 31, 2012
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Who is the EU's Fuhrerine...?
The Slog: "REVEALED: Angela Merkel – Rigid serial conformist...and ruthless career technocrat"Sarkozy: #Greece Austerity Can Only Be Implemented By Greek National Govt
Czech Republic Refuses To Join EU Fiscom
Dear readers, we have a Statement by the Members of the European Council, but you need a strong stomach to digest the central planning lingo: sustainable, green jobs, persistent and broad based, financial stability and fiscal consolidation, providing guidance on Member States' economic and employment policies (nanny knows best, as if we're all idiots who can't vote in our own governments). "Each Member State will set out in its National Reform Programme the concrete measures it will take to address these issues ("National Job Plans"); implementation will be subject to enhanced monitoring in the framework of the European semester." This is it, people, we are all euro-socialists now!
Merkel: "I believe that we are having a discussion that we shouldn't be having". Germany backtracks on EU commissioner to Athens
Telegraph live blogging at 13.13 We mentioned earlier on (12.20) that our man in Brussels, Bruno Waterfield, had a copy of that leaked EU draft treaty. Here's the full document, should you want to plough through it.
MERKEL SAYS EU WON'T HAVE 'THOROUGH' DISCUSSION OF GREECE
The Guardian - The prospect of Ireland being forced out of the eurozone by the new fiscal treaty has reared up this morning. European Affairs minister Lucinda Creighton told state radio this morning that Ireland's legal establishment is still considering whether to hold a referendum on the new treaty. The Attorney General is expected to give his verdict in a couple of weeks.
FXStreet - The Greek debt crisis talks may derail the summit plan as the final agreement between the Greek Government and the bondholders is not yet at the preferred rate of an average of 3.5% as it had been stipulated. The bondholders have agreed to a 3.6% coupon down from 4.2% average that had requested earlier.
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT BONDS 10YR 16.95%
EU Fiscal Pact Draft: Pact To Enter Into Force When 12 Sign It; Countries Must Ratify Pact By March 2012
EU22 billion of euro zone bonds sales this week. Off to a good start. #Italy sells 2022 bonds at 6.08% VS 6.98% on Dec. 29
#Moody's: Very Difficult For #Spain To Reach This Year's Deficit Target; Spain's Worsening Growth Prospects Complicate Fiscal Consolidation
Private investors treated like dirt in the EZ. Yeah, that will help, haircuts, state real estate Ponzi schemes and all. But wait, Paul Achleitner - Goldman Sachs alumni - has a plan!
Jan. 30, 2012
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Transnat'l Progressivism: Davos: FU Capitalism!
While the real avant guarde is looking ahead what what to do after the onset of the bankruptcy of globalization (entry Jan. 26), the degenerated elite is breaking up its annual confab at Davos. Jeffrey Folks is looking back -
Jan. 30, 2012
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A new global paradigm -
If we can keep it together or not with the collapse of the monetary system and deliberately triggered revolutions that have destabilized the entire Middle East, this author is predicting the time of Cumbaya, #NWO, globalization, interconnectivity and interdependence, is over. Indeed, everything is in place for a new global paradigm -
Foreign Policy: "The End of the Win-Win World", by Gideon Rachman
I have spent my working life writing about international politics from the vantage points of the Economist and now the Financial Times. Surrounded by people who tracked markets and business, it has always felt natural for me to see international economics and international politics as deeply intertwined.
In my book Zero-Sum Future, written in 2009, I attempted to predict how the global economic crisis would change international politics. As the rather bleak title implied, I argued that relations between the major powers were likely to become increasingly tense and conflict-ridden. In a worsening economic climate, it would be harder for the big economies to see their relationships as mutually beneficial -- as a win-win. Instead, they would increasingly judge their relationships in zero-sum terms. What was good for China would be seen as bad for America. What was good for Germany would be bad for Italy, Spain, and Greece. (...) >>>
Jan. 26, 2012
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Globalists descend on Davos #NWO -
CanadaFreePress: "Capitalism is the Problem—Who Knew?", Daren Jonescu
The perfectly named World Economic Forum—that is, an organization dedicated to the creation of a world economic system—is meeting in Davos again to discuss the problems of the day, and to propose solutions. Although the official problem-solving has not yet begun, a hint as to the direction of said solutions can be found in the definition of the main problem to be solved, offered by the group’s leader: the “out-dated and crumbling” economic system, capitalism. Surprise!
Among the problem-solvers in attendance: the dean of the China European International Business School, a joint project of the Chinese communist and European socialist governments; the President of the European Central Bank, formerly the head of the Bank of Italy; the Treasury Secretary to America’s first openly redistributionist President; and Tunisia’s new Islamist prime minister, who recently stood with a Hamas Party deputy and called for the “liberation of Jerusalem.” Who better to reform the world’s economy? (...) >>>
Jan. 24, 2012
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Jan. 30, 2012
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A new global paradigm -
If we can keep it together or not with the collapse of the monetary system and deliberately triggered revolutions that have destabilized the entire Middle East, this author is predicting the time of Cumbaya, #NWO, globalization, interconnectivity and interdependence, is over. Indeed, everything is in place for a new global paradigm -
Foreign Policy: "The End of the Win-Win World", by Gideon Rachman
I have spent my working life writing about international politics from the vantage points of the Economist and now the Financial Times. Surrounded by people who tracked markets and business, it has always felt natural for me to see international economics and international politics as deeply intertwined.
In my book Zero-Sum Future, written in 2009, I attempted to predict how the global economic crisis would change international politics. As the rather bleak title implied, I argued that relations between the major powers were likely to become increasingly tense and conflict-ridden. In a worsening economic climate, it would be harder for the big economies to see their relationships as mutually beneficial -- as a win-win. Instead, they would increasingly judge their relationships in zero-sum terms. What was good for China would be seen as bad for America. What was good for Germany would be bad for Italy, Spain, and Greece. (...) >>>
Jan. 26, 2012
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Globalists descend on Davos #NWO -
CanadaFreePress: "Capitalism is the Problem—Who Knew?", Daren Jonescu
The perfectly named World Economic Forum—that is, an organization dedicated to the creation of a world economic system—is meeting in Davos again to discuss the problems of the day, and to propose solutions. Although the official problem-solving has not yet begun, a hint as to the direction of said solutions can be found in the definition of the main problem to be solved, offered by the group’s leader: the “out-dated and crumbling” economic system, capitalism. Surprise!
Among the problem-solvers in attendance: the dean of the China European International Business School, a joint project of the Chinese communist and European socialist governments; the President of the European Central Bank, formerly the head of the Bank of Italy; the Treasury Secretary to America’s first openly redistributionist President; and Tunisia’s new Islamist prime minister, who recently stood with a Hamas Party deputy and called for the “liberation of Jerusalem.” Who better to reform the world’s economy? (...) >>>
Jan. 24, 2012
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Greenism: computer modelling: where's the consensus?
WSJ: "No Need to Panic About Global Warming - There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to 'decarbonize' the world's economy"
Editor's Note: The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article:
A candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about "global warming." Candidates should understand that the oft-repeated claim that nearly all scientists demand that something dramatic be done to stop global warming is not true. In fact, a large and growing number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed. (...) >>>
Jan. 27, 2012
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Editor's Note: The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article:
A candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about "global warming." Candidates should understand that the oft-repeated claim that nearly all scientists demand that something dramatic be done to stop global warming is not true. In fact, a large and growing number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed. (...) >>>
Jan. 27, 2012
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Middle East Project: the new divide
The pieces are starting to fall together. Here's how it looks like: USA+NATO+Qatar+Saudi (Sunnis incl. Muslim Brotherhood)) x Iran+Syria (Shia)+Russia. Here's how the Arab Spring came together. Gideon Rachman in "The End of the Win-Win World" foresees an end to globalization and the happy Cumbaya of the #NWO. He may well be right: all the signs for a new paradigm are in place -
RT: "Arab spring: 'Western-backed exported Islamist revolution’"
The string of uprisings in the Arab world boils down to Saudi Arabia and Qatar using money and influence to hijack public dissent and bring Sunni Islamists to power, says John R. Bradley, British author and expert on the Middle East. He argues that the turbulence that saw several governments overthrown in 2011 came from sectarian divide among Muslims, which the West played on, to support its own allies. (...) >>>
Jan. 26, 2012
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RT: "Arab spring: 'Western-backed exported Islamist revolution’"
The string of uprisings in the Arab world boils down to Saudi Arabia and Qatar using money and influence to hijack public dissent and bring Sunni Islamists to power, says John R. Bradley, British author and expert on the Middle East. He argues that the turbulence that saw several governments overthrown in 2011 came from sectarian divide among Muslims, which the West played on, to support its own allies. (...) >>>
Jan. 26, 2012
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Money & Economy: scare tactics and how to prepare
Why Are George Soros, The IMF And The World Bank Purposely Trying To Scare The Living Daylights Out Of Us?, asks The Economic Collapse. To mature the minds for more bail outs and Cas$h. When you get rattled enough, get ready to prep and become a survivalist -
CNSNews has the Obama QE inflation update: Price of Gas UP 83% | Ground Beef UP 24% | Bacon UP 22%
For updates on the Euro SNAFU, read up on Building the State of Europe -
Jan. 25, 2012
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CNSNews has the Obama QE inflation update: Price of Gas UP 83% | Ground Beef UP 24% | Bacon UP 22%
For updates on the Euro SNAFU, read up on Building the State of Europe -
Jan. 25, 2012
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Socialist Utopia Redux: Argentina's serial collapse
"War with Argentina might save the United Kingdom and see Scots abandon independence move", opines @PurpleLine - Indeed. More tinder added to the global powderkeg. Argentina's socialists meanwhile have no learning curve to speak of, as is usual with the Left. The narrative without a doubt: socialism proper has NEVER been tried LOL -
Zerohedge: "Another Consequence Of Economic Decline"
Nearly 10-years ago to the day, the government of Argentina collapsed. Beset by weighty deficit spending and a completely unrealistic currency peg to the US dollar, Argentina became the poster child for the golden rule of economics: ‘that which is unsustainable will not be sustained.’ It’s reversion to the mean. (...) At this point, it’s all just tough talk and petty annoyances. But here’s the thing– there are four billion barrels of oil estimated to be within the Falklands’ territorial waters. Given the utter insanity with which Fernandez governs her country and the desperation in the Argentine economy, one cannot rule out the possibility of her trying to grab Las Malvinas by force. After all, military conflict is the ultimate social distraction.
I’ve often written that economics drives everything. A solid, vibrant, competitive economy lifts an entire nation into prosperity, while deteriorating fundamentals and a socialist agenda create inflation, unemployment, and social turmoil. War is just another one of those consequences. And given the vast deterioration in the global economy coupled with deeply-seeded conflicts around the world, the Falklands is just one of many that we may have to look forward to in 2012. >>>
Jan. 10, 2012
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Zerohedge: "Another Consequence Of Economic Decline"
Nearly 10-years ago to the day, the government of Argentina collapsed. Beset by weighty deficit spending and a completely unrealistic currency peg to the US dollar, Argentina became the poster child for the golden rule of economics: ‘that which is unsustainable will not be sustained.’ It’s reversion to the mean. (...) At this point, it’s all just tough talk and petty annoyances. But here’s the thing– there are four billion barrels of oil estimated to be within the Falklands’ territorial waters. Given the utter insanity with which Fernandez governs her country and the desperation in the Argentine economy, one cannot rule out the possibility of her trying to grab Las Malvinas by force. After all, military conflict is the ultimate social distraction.
I’ve often written that economics drives everything. A solid, vibrant, competitive economy lifts an entire nation into prosperity, while deteriorating fundamentals and a socialist agenda create inflation, unemployment, and social turmoil. War is just another one of those consequences. And given the vast deterioration in the global economy coupled with deeply-seeded conflicts around the world, the Falklands is just one of many that we may have to look forward to in 2012. >>>
Jan. 10, 2012
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Freedom isn't Free!: Obama downgrades military
The Guardian: "Barack Obama sets out plans for leaner military in historic strategy shift"
President says armed forces will move away from large-scale ground warfare and focus more on China in wake of budget cuts (...) >>>
Jan. 6, 2012
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President says armed forces will move away from large-scale ground warfare and focus more on China in wake of budget cuts (...) >>>
Jan. 6, 2012
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Iraq: Obama's historical enormity
WaPo: "Obama’s worst error", by Jennifer Rubin
President Obama missed the boat on tax reform. He put politics above entitlement reform. He worsened already-tense relations with Israel. But the worst error, in large part because it was both avoidable and is not irreversible, was to pull all troops out of Iraq. (...) >>>
Dec. 25, 2011
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President Obama missed the boat on tax reform. He put politics above entitlement reform. He worsened already-tense relations with Israel. But the worst error, in large part because it was both avoidable and is not irreversible, was to pull all troops out of Iraq. (...) >>>
Dec. 25, 2011
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Persian Power Play: did we just attack Iran?
Mail Online: "US missiles 'hit Iranian village'"
Two American missiles struck a village in south-west Iran early today. The news was given in a report by the country's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). IRNA had said yesterday that three people were injured when an earlier US missile struck an oil depot in Abadan. The state-run news agency also said British and American jets had entered Iranian airspace several times. The two rockets hit Manyuhi village near the border with Iraq's Al-Faw Peninsula, an Iranian military commander told IRNA. He gave no details of casualties or damage.(...) >>>
Dec. 22, 2011
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Two American missiles struck a village in south-west Iran early today. The news was given in a report by the country's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). IRNA had said yesterday that three people were injured when an earlier US missile struck an oil depot in Abadan. The state-run news agency also said British and American jets had entered Iranian airspace several times. The two rockets hit Manyuhi village near the border with Iraq's Al-Faw Peninsula, an Iranian military commander told IRNA. He gave no details of casualties or damage.(...) >>>
Dec. 22, 2011
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Political Correctness: merry solistice
This year's harvest of madness and preventive bowing to offended minorities -
OCR: "Mark Steyn: Even Christians taking Christ out of Christmas"
Dec. 17, 2011
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OCR: "Mark Steyn: Even Christians taking Christ out of Christmas"
Dec. 17, 2011
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
The Pomo Presidency: Obama, the appeaser
Con Underground: "Breaking: We were right, Obama GAVE Iran the Drone!"
A couple of days ago Conunderground.com was the first to point out that the circumstances surrounding the “crash” of the top secret RQ170 Sentinel drone simply didn’t add up. And we were right! The story continues to develop and it doesn’t look good! (...) >>>
Dec. 11, 2011
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A couple of days ago Conunderground.com was the first to point out that the circumstances surrounding the “crash” of the top secret RQ170 Sentinel drone simply didn’t add up. And we were right! The story continues to develop and it doesn’t look good! (...) >>>
Dec. 11, 2011
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Ruled by the Mob: make way for the wicked witch of the West
GatewayPundit: "Pelosi: Dirt On Newt to Come"
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters this weekend that she plans on releasing dirt on Newt Gingrich… “When the time is right.” The Hill reported: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is holding back some information on Republican Newt Gingrich that could detract from his presidential campaign, according to a report published Monday.
“One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich,” Pelosi told Talking Points Memo. “When the time is right. … I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff.” (...) >>>
Dec. 6, 2011
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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters this weekend that she plans on releasing dirt on Newt Gingrich… “When the time is right.” The Hill reported: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is holding back some information on Republican Newt Gingrich that could detract from his presidential campaign, according to a report published Monday.
“One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich,” Pelosi told Talking Points Memo. “When the time is right. … I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff.” (...) >>>
Dec. 6, 2011
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Rumbling Russia: danger zone
On the day Putin has his booing election loss "Medvedev ‘drops a bomb’ on missile defense"- Russia’s 'squeezed middle’ is disenchanted with Mr Putin, as his election humiliation shows – even his allies are getting nervous about his plans -
Russia Today: "Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party suffers poll blow"
Dec. 5, 2011
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Russia Today: "Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party suffers poll blow"
Dec. 5, 2011
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
The Levant's Intricate Intrigues: the sunni-shia divide
Telepraph: "Syria: fall of Bashar al-Assad 'will bring war to Middle East, warns Iraq" ...
and "Here Are The Next Steps In The Escalating Middle East"
Dec.4, 2011
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"Arab Spring" 5.0 -
AsiaTimes: "The shadow war in Syria", by Pepe Escobar - FEATURE
Target Syria - the strategic prize that outstrips Libya. The stage is set. The stakes couldn't be higher. Libya 2.0 equals Syria? It's more like Libya 2.0 remix. With the same R2P (''responsibility to protect'') rationale - starring civilians bombed into ''democracy''. But with no UN Security Council resolution (Russia and China will veto it). Instead, Turkey shines, fanning the flames of civil war.
US Secretary of State Hillary ''we came, we saw, he died'' Clinton set the scene on Indonesian TV a few weeks ago, when she prophesied there would be ''a civil war'' in Syria, with a well financed and ''well-armed opposition'' crammed with army deserters. (...) >>>
Dec. 2, 2011
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and "Here Are The Next Steps In The Escalating Middle East"
Dec.4, 2011
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"Arab Spring" 5.0 -
Target Syria - the strategic prize that outstrips Libya. The stage is set. The stakes couldn't be higher. Libya 2.0 equals Syria? It's more like Libya 2.0 remix. With the same R2P (''responsibility to protect'') rationale - starring civilians bombed into ''democracy''. But with no UN Security Council resolution (Russia and China will veto it). Instead, Turkey shines, fanning the flames of civil war.
US Secretary of State Hillary ''we came, we saw, he died'' Clinton set the scene on Indonesian TV a few weeks ago, when she prophesied there would be ''a civil war'' in Syria, with a well financed and ''well-armed opposition'' crammed with army deserters. (...) >>>
Dec. 2, 2011
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Life Ethics: a monster virus
Mail Online: "'Anthrax isn't scary at all compared to this': Man-made flu virus with potential to wipe out many millions if it ever escaped is created in research lab"
A group of scientists is pushing to publish research about how they created a man-made flu virus that could potentially wipe out civilisation. The deadly virus is a genetically tweaked version of the H5N1 bird flu strain, but is far more infectious and could pass easily between millions of people at a time. The research has caused a storm of controversy and divided scientists, with some saying it should never have been carried out. The current strain of H5N1 has only killed 500 people and is not contagious enough to cause a global pandemic. But their are fears the modified virus is so dangerous it could be used for bio-warfare, if it falls into the wrong hands. (...) >>>
Dec. 4, 2011
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A group of scientists is pushing to publish research about how they created a man-made flu virus that could potentially wipe out civilisation. The deadly virus is a genetically tweaked version of the H5N1 bird flu strain, but is far more infectious and could pass easily between millions of people at a time. The research has caused a storm of controversy and divided scientists, with some saying it should never have been carried out. The current strain of H5N1 has only killed 500 people and is not contagious enough to cause a global pandemic. But their are fears the modified virus is so dangerous it could be used for bio-warfare, if it falls into the wrong hands. (...) >>>
Dec. 4, 2011
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Press from Hell: the emulation of the ChiComs
The Left has somehow come to the conclusion that the autocratic commie republic of China is something to emulate. They never, ever learn, do they. Two items (or three actually), one from a latter day wannabe Walter Duranty and another from the hand of SEIU's Andy Stern: "China's Superior Economic Model: The free-market fundamentalist economic model is being thrown onto the trash heap of history". Stern by the way was partly indoctrinated at the infamous Marxist Alinsky training center, the Midwest Academy -
WaPoOpinions: "A response to Eugene Robinson on China", by Jennifer Rubin
My colleague Eugene Robinson is in China and wrote a column Wednesday that reads a little like Walter Duranty in the USSR. He says this is his first visit to the country but then plunges into an attack on those who take issue with China’s trade and human rights policies, calling such critics’ arguments “wrong” and imploring us simply to “cheer” China’s progress.
His first bit of “evidence”that China isn’t so different from the good old U.S.A? He’s in a really nice hotel. “My hotel is in the chic, yuppified Chaoyang District, just up the street from an Apple store, a Starbucks, a Calvin Klein boutique and just about every luxury retailer you could possibly name. An hour’s drive away, at the visitors center for the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, the first restaurant you see is a Subway. High-status automobile brands in China include not just Porsche, Audi and Mercedes, but also Buick.” Umm, so??
He concedes that doesn’t justify China’s unfair trading practices. But then what’s the point of raising it? He says, “But when you walk the streets of Beijing, you see a huge, rapidly growing consumer society that in many ways looks much like our own. I know this is an oversimplification.” Actually, it’s horrible, tragically wrong. (...) >>>
Dec, 1, 2011
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WaPoOpinions: "A response to Eugene Robinson on China", by Jennifer Rubin
My colleague Eugene Robinson is in China and wrote a column Wednesday that reads a little like Walter Duranty in the USSR. He says this is his first visit to the country but then plunges into an attack on those who take issue with China’s trade and human rights policies, calling such critics’ arguments “wrong” and imploring us simply to “cheer” China’s progress.
His first bit of “evidence”that China isn’t so different from the good old U.S.A? He’s in a really nice hotel. “My hotel is in the chic, yuppified Chaoyang District, just up the street from an Apple store, a Starbucks, a Calvin Klein boutique and just about every luxury retailer you could possibly name. An hour’s drive away, at the visitors center for the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, the first restaurant you see is a Subway. High-status automobile brands in China include not just Porsche, Audi and Mercedes, but also Buick.” Umm, so??
He concedes that doesn’t justify China’s unfair trading practices. But then what’s the point of raising it? He says, “But when you walk the streets of Beijing, you see a huge, rapidly growing consumer society that in many ways looks much like our own. I know this is an oversimplification.” Actually, it’s horrible, tragically wrong. (...) >>>
Dec, 1, 2011
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
China Chill: the hidden nukes
DailyMail: "China's nuclear arsenal could be up to FORTY times bigger than thought, three-year study of secret documents reveals"
China's nuclear arsenal may be many times larger than estimates suggest, a group of students have claimed after three years of painstaking researching through restricted documents. Led by a former top Pentagon official, the students at Georgetown University, in Washington DC, have scrutinised satellite imagery, translated Chinese military documents and filtered through thousands of online files. The focus of their extensive research has been the thousands of miles of underground tunnels dug by the Second Artillery Corps to hide China's missile arsenal. (...) >>>
Nov. 30, 2011
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China's nuclear arsenal may be many times larger than estimates suggest, a group of students have claimed after three years of painstaking researching through restricted documents. Led by a former top Pentagon official, the students at Georgetown University, in Washington DC, have scrutinised satellite imagery, translated Chinese military documents and filtered through thousands of online files. The focus of their extensive research has been the thousands of miles of underground tunnels dug by the Second Artillery Corps to hide China's missile arsenal. (...) >>>
Nov. 30, 2011
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Dialectics: Hegel's rat wheel
Gold Werewolf: "Likely, the most important thing you will ever read"
Georg Hegel is probably the most important man that most have never heard of. Hegel’s theory of argument and persuasion absolutely pervades the entire way issues are viewed in the instant media driven 21st century. I have borrowed an excellent synopsis of Hegel’s methods from Niki Raapana and Nordica Friedrich.
In 1847 the London Communist League (Karl Marx and Frederick Engels) used Hegel's theory of the dialectic to back up their economic theory of communism. Now, in the 21st century, Hegelian-Marxist thinking affects our entire social and political structure. The Hegelian dialectic is the framework for guiding our thoughts and actions into conflicts that lead us to a predetermined solution. If we do not understand how the Hegelian dialectic shapes our perceptions of the world, then we do not know how we are helping to implement the vision.When we remain locked into dialectical thinking, we cannot see out of the box. (...) >>>
Nov. 29, 2011
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Georg Hegel is probably the most important man that most have never heard of. Hegel’s theory of argument and persuasion absolutely pervades the entire way issues are viewed in the instant media driven 21st century. I have borrowed an excellent synopsis of Hegel’s methods from Niki Raapana and Nordica Friedrich.
In 1847 the London Communist League (Karl Marx and Frederick Engels) used Hegel's theory of the dialectic to back up their economic theory of communism. Now, in the 21st century, Hegelian-Marxist thinking affects our entire social and political structure. The Hegelian dialectic is the framework for guiding our thoughts and actions into conflicts that lead us to a predetermined solution. If we do not understand how the Hegelian dialectic shapes our perceptions of the world, then we do not know how we are helping to implement the vision.When we remain locked into dialectical thinking, we cannot see out of the box. (...) >>>
Nov. 29, 2011
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Americana: politically incorrect guide to Thanksgiving
Julie Borowski explains that the generally told story about Thanksgiving leaves out many important facts, and that there was no huge feast, i.e. Thanksgiving, until the Pilgrims dumped their commie ways for a private property society. In other words, though few realize it, Thanksgiving is a celebration of the plenty delivered because the Pilgrims began to respect individual freedom and private property. (...) >>>
Nov. 23, 2011
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Nuclear Proliferation: the Iran-Syria-Pakistan axis
Update: "UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears - British officials consider contingency options to back up a possible US action as fears mount over Tehran's capability". More here. Too bad Cameroon and the Obama are like boys playing war games in a china shop -
In Israel rumor has it an attack on Iran is imminent. Even The Guardian is running the latest UN report: "Iran's nuclear activity under scrutiny as evidence of weapons threat emerges - Atomic agency report uncovers Iranian nuclear experiments experts claim could only be used for development of warhead" -
Breitbart: "AP Exclusive: New signs of Syria-Pakistan nuke tie"
U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms. The buildings in northwest Syria closely match the design of a uranium enrichment plant provided to Libya when Moammar Gadhafi was trying to build nuclear weapons under Khan's guidance, officials told The Associated Press. The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency also has obtained correspondence between Khan and a Syrian government official, Muhidin Issa, who proposed scientific cooperation and a visit to Khan's laboratories following Pakistan's successful nuclear test in 1998. (...) >>>
Nov. 2, 2011
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In Israel rumor has it an attack on Iran is imminent. Even The Guardian is running the latest UN report: "Iran's nuclear activity under scrutiny as evidence of weapons threat emerges - Atomic agency report uncovers Iranian nuclear experiments experts claim could only be used for development of warhead" -
Breitbart: "AP Exclusive: New signs of Syria-Pakistan nuke tie"
U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms. The buildings in northwest Syria closely match the design of a uranium enrichment plant provided to Libya when Moammar Gadhafi was trying to build nuclear weapons under Khan's guidance, officials told The Associated Press. The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency also has obtained correspondence between Khan and a Syrian government official, Muhidin Issa, who proposed scientific cooperation and a visit to Khan's laboratories following Pakistan's successful nuclear test in 1998. (...) >>>
Nov. 2, 2011
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Rules for the Right: Rick Perry and the Aga Khan
WND: "Rick Perry's dangerous Muslim compromise"
(...) cause for deep concern is an apparently close relationship Perry has fostered over the years with a Muslim leader know as "His Highness" Prince Shah Karim Al-Husayni, the Aga Khan IV. Al-Husayni is the spiritual leader of the Shiite sect of Nizari Ismaili Muslims. Nizaris, a group with roughly 18 million adherents, believe that Al-Husayni is both the physical and spiritual descendant of Islam's prophet, Muhammad. Nizaris refer to Al-Husayni with such grandiose titles as the Imām-I-Zaman (Imam of the Age) and "the Face of Allah." (...) According to the Austin American-Statesman, Perry met Al-Husayni while vacationing with his family in Paris in 2000. In 2002, at a dinner in Houston hosted by Al-Husayni, Perry spoke glowingly of his new friend. Since this time, Perry has continued to attend various Nizari Ismaili Muslim events and by several accounts has become a close friend of Al-Husayni and the Nizari Muslim community. (...) >>>
Oct. 26, 2011
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(...) cause for deep concern is an apparently close relationship Perry has fostered over the years with a Muslim leader know as "His Highness" Prince Shah Karim Al-Husayni, the Aga Khan IV. Al-Husayni is the spiritual leader of the Shiite sect of Nizari Ismaili Muslims. Nizaris, a group with roughly 18 million adherents, believe that Al-Husayni is both the physical and spiritual descendant of Islam's prophet, Muhammad. Nizaris refer to Al-Husayni with such grandiose titles as the Imām-I-Zaman (Imam of the Age) and "the Face of Allah." (...) According to the Austin American-Statesman, Perry met Al-Husayni while vacationing with his family in Paris in 2000. In 2002, at a dinner in Houston hosted by Al-Husayni, Perry spoke glowingly of his new friend. Since this time, Perry has continued to attend various Nizari Ismaili Muslim events and by several accounts has become a close friend of Al-Husayni and the Nizari Muslim community. (...) >>>
Oct. 26, 2011
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Out of Africa: troops to Africa, Obama sends a letter
This may be the worst idea since Vietnam - the Obama sends the Speaker a letter that he's sent 100 service personnel to the hell of Africa (Uganda, South Sudan, DRC, and the Central Afr. Rep.) (WTF is Odinga?) *hm* to take the leader of the LRA "off the battlefield" -
Big Peace: "Uganda, LRA, And The ‘Christian’ Lie"
Joseph Kony, the monstrous leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, a group possibly more despicable than Hitler’s nazis, has apparently been targeted by the Obama administration. News broke on October 14th that 100 US troops were being sent to track Kony down. The meme that is being floated in the liberal media is that Kony is a radical Christian protestant. Obama’s apparatchiks might attempt to advance that meme as much as possible for political advantage against the Christian right. There’s a small problem with it. It’s a lie. (...) >>>
Oct. 17, 2011
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Big Peace: "Uganda, LRA, And The ‘Christian’ Lie"
Joseph Kony, the monstrous leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, a group possibly more despicable than Hitler’s nazis, has apparently been targeted by the Obama administration. News broke on October 14th that 100 US troops were being sent to track Kony down. The meme that is being floated in the liberal media is that Kony is a radical Christian protestant. Obama’s apparatchiks might attempt to advance that meme as much as possible for political advantage against the Christian right. There’s a small problem with it. It’s a lie. (...) >>>
Oct. 17, 2011
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Socialist Causes Explained: the uncle Tom complex
You have to be liberal first -
NYDailyNews: "Why the left fears Herman Cain: Surging candidate threatens allegiance between blacks and Dems"
Though he's been a GOP candidate for President for months, it wasn't until he won the Florida straw poll last month and performed adeptly at the Fox News/Google debate in Orlando that Herman Cain caught the eye of millions and started surging in most polls. And just this week, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showed him leading the GOP pack.
One can see why. He espouses a Reagan-esque likeability, he isn't stiff or staid and his story of personal success through hard work and determination is enormously inspiring. (...) That is, unless you're on the left. Yes, the man who compares himself to black walnut ice cream is giving liberals a brain freeze.(...) >>>
Oct. 15, 2011
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NYDailyNews: "Why the left fears Herman Cain: Surging candidate threatens allegiance between blacks and Dems"
Though he's been a GOP candidate for President for months, it wasn't until he won the Florida straw poll last month and performed adeptly at the Fox News/Google debate in Orlando that Herman Cain caught the eye of millions and started surging in most polls. And just this week, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showed him leading the GOP pack.
One can see why. He espouses a Reagan-esque likeability, he isn't stiff or staid and his story of personal success through hard work and determination is enormously inspiring. (...) That is, unless you're on the left. Yes, the man who compares himself to black walnut ice cream is giving liberals a brain freeze.(...) >>>
Oct. 15, 2011
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Church & Theology: the evil of false pomo equivalence
Snapshots: "Another Example of the WCC’s Double Standard"
One of the most troubling aspects about the witness offered by the World Council of Churches about life in the Middle East is the double standard it uses to assess the actions of Israel and its neighbors. It has become axiomatic that when the WCC feels it necessary to condemn Israel, it speaks loudly and unequivocally about the terrible things done by the Jewish state. There is no confusion about what the WCC is trying to say. By way of comparison, when one of Israel’s neighbors does something obviously wrong, the WCC descends into pious incomprehensibility that leaves readers wondering exactly who did what to who? This phenomenon is highlighted in two posts the WCC’s Twitter feed. (...) >>>
Oct. 12, 2011
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One of the most troubling aspects about the witness offered by the World Council of Churches about life in the Middle East is the double standard it uses to assess the actions of Israel and its neighbors. It has become axiomatic that when the WCC feels it necessary to condemn Israel, it speaks loudly and unequivocally about the terrible things done by the Jewish state. There is no confusion about what the WCC is trying to say. By way of comparison, when one of Israel’s neighbors does something obviously wrong, the WCC descends into pious incomprehensibility that leaves readers wondering exactly who did what to who? This phenomenon is highlighted in two posts the WCC’s Twitter feed. (...) >>>
Oct. 12, 2011
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
On the Record: when's the next revolution?
BBC News: "Supercomputer predicts revolution"
Feeding a supercomputer with news stories could help predict major world events, according to US research. A study, based on millions of articles, charted deteriorating national sentiment ahead of the recent revolutions in Libya and Egypt. While the analysis was carried out retrospectively, scientists say the same processes could be used to anticipate upcoming conflict. The system also picked up early clues about Osama Bin Laden's location. (...) >>>
Sept. 29, 2011
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Feeding a supercomputer with news stories could help predict major world events, according to US research. A study, based on millions of articles, charted deteriorating national sentiment ahead of the recent revolutions in Libya and Egypt. While the analysis was carried out retrospectively, scientists say the same processes could be used to anticipate upcoming conflict. The system also picked up early clues about Osama Bin Laden's location. (...) >>>
Sept. 29, 2011
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Obama's Radical Connections:
Who's Harrison J.Bounel? -
Before it's News: “The Wormhole” by Peggy Knutson
I’ve been in a funk lately. Some people seem to think I’m merely a figment of a social media site. Some people think I’m just a joke. Let me be clear, I am neither a figment nor a joke. My name is Harrison J. Bounel and I share the Social Security Number of one of the most powerful men in the world, whom I shall refer to only as “The Other One”. I am, however, a mystery, an enigma, a ghost. Who is the man behind this mask? Who am I and where did I come from? What are my secrets? Those are the things I deliberately obfuscate. I will, however, tell you the truth. I promise I will. But let me warn you, I lie. But not every word is a lie. It will be like walking through a minefield. Or like catching a butterfly without crushing it. Or like herding cats. All at the same time. This is the Truth. The world is made up of two kinds of people. The people who are real and who are powerful. And the people who aren’t. (...) >>>
Sept. 27, 2011
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Before it's News: “The Wormhole” by Peggy Knutson
I’ve been in a funk lately. Some people seem to think I’m merely a figment of a social media site. Some people think I’m just a joke. Let me be clear, I am neither a figment nor a joke. My name is Harrison J. Bounel and I share the Social Security Number of one of the most powerful men in the world, whom I shall refer to only as “The Other One”. I am, however, a mystery, an enigma, a ghost. Who is the man behind this mask? Who am I and where did I come from? What are my secrets? Those are the things I deliberately obfuscate. I will, however, tell you the truth. I promise I will. But let me warn you, I lie. But not every word is a lie. It will be like walking through a minefield. Or like catching a butterfly without crushing it. Or like herding cats. All at the same time. This is the Truth. The world is made up of two kinds of people. The people who are real and who are powerful. And the people who aren’t. (...) >>>
Sept. 27, 2011
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
"The Dystopia of Paradise": positivist epistemology worked out
Spurred on by Pope Benedict's assault on relativism and positivism (read his full address to the Bundestag) it was time to sort through the various theories of epistemology available. One piece of postmodern fallacy might easily be mistaken for another, like Skepticism, Nominalism and Pragmatism, which all share the same fallacious root: thought creates reality -
Aristotle: "Experience is the source of knowledge, logic the structure".
Empiricism: Empiricism is a theory of knowledge that asserts that knowledge comes only or primarily via sensory experience. One of several views of epistemology, the study of human knowledge (...) empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory perception, in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or traditions.
But now for the subjectivist theory:
Positivism: Positivism is defined as "the view that all true knowledge is scientific," and that all things are ultimately measurable. Positivism is closely related to reductionism, in that both involve the view that "entities of one kind... are reducible to entities of another," such as societies to configurations of individuals, or mental events to neural phenomena. It also involves the contention that "processes are reducible to physiological, physical or chemical events," and even that "social processes are reducible to relationships between and actions of individuals," or that "biological organisms are reducible to physical systems."
But positivism is rooted in irrationality and is a fallacy that denies objectivity, morality and follows the subjective 'thought creates reality' 'logic'. It is also nominalist (words are labels without reference in reality).
Ayn Rand cracks it: Logical Positivism declares that “reality,” “identity,” “existence,” “mind” are meaningless terms, that man can be certain of nothing but the sensory perceptions of the immediate moment . . . it declares that the meaning of the proposition: “Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo” is your walk to the library where you read it in a book.
And
"Ever since Kant divorced reason from reality, his intellectual descendants have been diligently widening the breach. In the name of reason, Pragmatism established a range-of-the-moment view as an enlightened perspective on life, context-dropping as a rule of epistemology, expediency as a principle of morality, and collective subjectivism as a substitute for metaphysics. Logical Positivism carried it farther and, in the name of reason, elevated the immemorial psycho-epistemology of shyster-lawyers to the status of a scientific epistemological system—by proclaiming that knowledge consists of linguistic manipulations."
Also
"As a defense against the Witch-doctory of Hegel, who claimed universal omniscience, the scientist was offered the combined neo-mystic Witch-doctory and Attila-ism of the Logical Positivists. They assured him that such concepts as metaphysics or existence or reality or thing or matter or mind are meaningless—let the mystics care whether they exist or not, a scientist does not have to know it; the task of theoretical science is the manipulation of symbols, and scientists are the special elite whose symbols have the magic power of making reality conform to their will (“matter is that which fits mathematical equations”). Knowledge, they said, consists, not of facts, but of words, words unrelated to objects, words of an arbitrary social convention, as an irreducible primary; thus knowledge is merely a matter of manipulating language. The job of scientists, they said, is not the study of reality, but the creation of arbitrary constructs by means of arbitrary sounds, and any construct is as valid as another, since the criterion of validity is only “convenience” and the definition of science is “that which the scientists do.” But this omnipotent power, surpassing the dreams of ancient numerologists or of medieval alchemists, was granted to the scientist by philosophical Attila-ism on two conditions: a. that he never claim certainty for his knowledge, since certainty is unknown to man, and that he claim, instead, “percentages of probability,” not troubling himself with such questions as how one calculates percentages of the unknowable; b. that he claim as absolute knowledge the proposition that all values lie outside the sphere of science, that reason is impotent to deal with morality, that moral values are a matter of subjective choice, dictated by one’s feelings, not one’s mind."
Which brings us back to core Aristotle:
Objectivism: Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears (in other words: thought does not create reality. It exists outside, and independent of us. Never confuse the metaphysical and the man-made).
"Reason (the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man’s senses) is man’s only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival. Objectivism holds that reality exists independent of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception, that one can attain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive logic."
"Objectivism makes morality objective: Ethics is an objective, metaphysical necessity of man’s survival. . . .The standard of value of the Objectivist ethics—the standard by which one judges what is good or evil—is man’s life, or: that which is required for man’s survival qua man. Since reason is man’s basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates, opposes or destroys it is the evil. Since everything man needs has to be discovered by his own mind and produced by his own effort, the two essentials of the method of survival proper to a rational being are: thinking and productive work."
September 25, 2011
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Aristotle: "Experience is the source of knowledge, logic the structure".
Empiricism: Empiricism is a theory of knowledge that asserts that knowledge comes only or primarily via sensory experience. One of several views of epistemology, the study of human knowledge (...) empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory perception, in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or traditions.
But now for the subjectivist theory:
Positivism: Positivism is defined as "the view that all true knowledge is scientific," and that all things are ultimately measurable. Positivism is closely related to reductionism, in that both involve the view that "entities of one kind... are reducible to entities of another," such as societies to configurations of individuals, or mental events to neural phenomena. It also involves the contention that "processes are reducible to physiological, physical or chemical events," and even that "social processes are reducible to relationships between and actions of individuals," or that "biological organisms are reducible to physical systems."
But positivism is rooted in irrationality and is a fallacy that denies objectivity, morality and follows the subjective 'thought creates reality' 'logic'. It is also nominalist (words are labels without reference in reality).
Ayn Rand cracks it: Logical Positivism declares that “reality,” “identity,” “existence,” “mind” are meaningless terms, that man can be certain of nothing but the sensory perceptions of the immediate moment . . . it declares that the meaning of the proposition: “Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo” is your walk to the library where you read it in a book.
And
"Ever since Kant divorced reason from reality, his intellectual descendants have been diligently widening the breach. In the name of reason, Pragmatism established a range-of-the-moment view as an enlightened perspective on life, context-dropping as a rule of epistemology, expediency as a principle of morality, and collective subjectivism as a substitute for metaphysics. Logical Positivism carried it farther and, in the name of reason, elevated the immemorial psycho-epistemology of shyster-lawyers to the status of a scientific epistemological system—by proclaiming that knowledge consists of linguistic manipulations."
Also
"As a defense against the Witch-doctory of Hegel, who claimed universal omniscience, the scientist was offered the combined neo-mystic Witch-doctory and Attila-ism of the Logical Positivists. They assured him that such concepts as metaphysics or existence or reality or thing or matter or mind are meaningless—let the mystics care whether they exist or not, a scientist does not have to know it; the task of theoretical science is the manipulation of symbols, and scientists are the special elite whose symbols have the magic power of making reality conform to their will (“matter is that which fits mathematical equations”). Knowledge, they said, consists, not of facts, but of words, words unrelated to objects, words of an arbitrary social convention, as an irreducible primary; thus knowledge is merely a matter of manipulating language. The job of scientists, they said, is not the study of reality, but the creation of arbitrary constructs by means of arbitrary sounds, and any construct is as valid as another, since the criterion of validity is only “convenience” and the definition of science is “that which the scientists do.” But this omnipotent power, surpassing the dreams of ancient numerologists or of medieval alchemists, was granted to the scientist by philosophical Attila-ism on two conditions: a. that he never claim certainty for his knowledge, since certainty is unknown to man, and that he claim, instead, “percentages of probability,” not troubling himself with such questions as how one calculates percentages of the unknowable; b. that he claim as absolute knowledge the proposition that all values lie outside the sphere of science, that reason is impotent to deal with morality, that moral values are a matter of subjective choice, dictated by one’s feelings, not one’s mind."
Which brings us back to core Aristotle:
Objectivism: Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears (in other words: thought does not create reality. It exists outside, and independent of us. Never confuse the metaphysical and the man-made).
"Reason (the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man’s senses) is man’s only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival. Objectivism holds that reality exists independent of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception, that one can attain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive logic."
"Objectivism makes morality objective: Ethics is an objective, metaphysical necessity of man’s survival. . . .The standard of value of the Objectivist ethics—the standard by which one judges what is good or evil—is man’s life, or: that which is required for man’s survival qua man. Since reason is man’s basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates, opposes or destroys it is the evil. Since everything man needs has to be discovered by his own mind and produced by his own effort, the two essentials of the method of survival proper to a rational being are: thinking and productive work."
September 25, 2011
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Justice, Pomo Style: giving justice its proper place
Justice isn't social justice or eco justice as leftist postmodernists have us believe. It's morality, the moral compass, which they prefer we think does not exist: the difference between right and wrong, truth from lie, true or false, good en evil -
Catholic Herald: "Full text: Pope’s address to the Bundestag"
(...) Allow me to begin my reflections on the foundations of law [Recht] with a brief story from sacred Scripture. In the First Book of the Kings, it is recounted that God invited the young King Solomon, on his accession to the throne, to make a request. What will the young ruler ask for at this important moment? Success – wealth – long life – destruction of his enemies? He chooses none of these things. Instead, he asks for a listening heart so that he may govern God’s people, and discern between good and evil (cf. 1 Kg 3:9). (...) Read it all >>>
Sept. 24, 2011
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Catholic Herald: "Full text: Pope’s address to the Bundestag"
(...) Allow me to begin my reflections on the foundations of law [Recht] with a brief story from sacred Scripture. In the First Book of the Kings, it is recounted that God invited the young King Solomon, on his accession to the throne, to make a request. What will the young ruler ask for at this important moment? Success – wealth – long life – destruction of his enemies? He chooses none of these things. Instead, he asks for a listening heart so that he may govern God’s people, and discern between good and evil (cf. 1 Kg 3:9). (...) Read it all >>>
Sept. 24, 2011
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
TeaParty Album: the secret agenda
Hannan makes a correct observation. The Ruling Party prefers to deal with the Tea Party as an authoritarian mob. But there's another effect: the Overton Window. It lands the far Left somewhere in the mainstream -
AdamSmith.org: "The Tea Party tendency"
In his speech at the Liberal Democrat Party conference yesterday, energy secretary Chris Huhne declared: “we need no Tea Party tendency in Britain”. My view is completely different – I would argue that a Tea Party tendency is precisely what Britain needs. But let’s be clear about terms. As Daniel Hannan wrote on his blog yesterday:
Sept. 21, 2011
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AdamSmith.org: "The Tea Party tendency"
In his speech at the Liberal Democrat Party conference yesterday, energy secretary Chris Huhne declared: “we need no Tea Party tendency in Britain”. My view is completely different – I would argue that a Tea Party tendency is precisely what Britain needs. But let’s be clear about terms. As Daniel Hannan wrote on his blog yesterday:
The Tea Party, perhaps more than any other contemporary movement, brings out the 'Yeah, but what they're really saying…' tendency. The 'tea' stands for 'Taxed Enough Already' but, if you relied on the BBC and the Guardian for your information, you might not know it. Many Lefties pretend – or perhaps have genuinely convinced themselves – that the Tea Party is clandestinely protesting against immigration or abortion or the fact of having a mixed race president; anything, in fact, other than what it actually says it's against, viz big government. The existence of a popular and spontaneous anti-tax movement has unsettled the Establishment. They'd much rather deal with a stupid and authoritarian Right than with a libertarian one. Hence the almost desperate insistence that the Tea Partiers have some secret agenda… (...) >>>
Sept. 21, 2011
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"The Jihad Project": the world under sharia, what it would look like
Islam is a religion with a very political agenda. The ultimate goal of Islam is to rule the world. But what kind of government an Islamic state would have?
It certainly won’t be democratic. Islam is not compatible with democracy. Amir Taheri, an Iranian born author/journalist in a debate on Islam and democracy argued that in fact the word democracy does not exist in any of the languages spoken by Muslims. “To understand a civilization,” Taheri said, “it is important to understand its vocabulary. If it was not on their tongues it is likely that it was not on their minds either.”
Democracy implies equality. (...) >>>
Sept. 21, 2011
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Turkey Trot: war drums and a bubble ready to burst
Erdogan's sabre rattling over Gaza and Cyprus gas exploration may have something to do with an imploding economy -
YNet: "Turkey’s economic lie"
Some refer to him as “the Middle East’s new sultan in a neo-Ottoman empire” – yet the truth about Erdogan’s kingdom is utterly different. We are not facing an economic power, but rather, a state whose credit bubble will be bursting any moment now and bringing down its economy.
The budget deficit of the collapsing Greece compared to its GDP stands at some 10%, and the world is alarmed. At the same time, Turkey’s deficit is at 9.5%, yet some members of the financial media describe the Turkish economy as a success story (for comparison’s sake, Israel’s deficit stands at some 3% and is expected to decline to 2% this year.) (...) >>>
Sept. 19, 2011
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YNet: "Turkey’s economic lie"
Some refer to him as “the Middle East’s new sultan in a neo-Ottoman empire” – yet the truth about Erdogan’s kingdom is utterly different. We are not facing an economic power, but rather, a state whose credit bubble will be bursting any moment now and bringing down its economy.
The budget deficit of the collapsing Greece compared to its GDP stands at some 10%, and the world is alarmed. At the same time, Turkey’s deficit is at 9.5%, yet some members of the financial media describe the Turkish economy as a success story (for comparison’s sake, Israel’s deficit stands at some 3% and is expected to decline to 2% this year.) (...) >>>
Sept. 19, 2011
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Flotilla Tactic: Turkey picking a war, GR, CY, IL pull together
DebkaFile: "Israeli-Greek defense pact invoked versus Turkish naval and air movements"
Israel and Greece have invoked the mutual defense pact they signed secretly only 12 days ago in the light of heavy Turkish sea and air movements in the eastern Mediterranean. DEBKAfile's sources report that this was decided in a long nocturnal phone conversation Wednesday night Sept. 14 between the Israeli and Greek prime ministers, Binyamin Netanyahu and George Papandreou, and at Israel's expanded cabinet of eight, which was called into session over the Turkish threat to its off-shore oil and gas rigs. (...) >>>
Sept. 15,2011
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Israel and Greece have invoked the mutual defense pact they signed secretly only 12 days ago in the light of heavy Turkish sea and air movements in the eastern Mediterranean. DEBKAfile's sources report that this was decided in a long nocturnal phone conversation Wednesday night Sept. 14 between the Israeli and Greek prime ministers, Binyamin Netanyahu and George Papandreou, and at Israel's expanded cabinet of eight, which was called into session over the Turkish threat to its off-shore oil and gas rigs. (...) >>>
Sept. 15,2011
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The Finer Points of Warfare: verdict on #DigiNotar hack
EFF: "A Post Mortem on the Iranian DigiNotar Attack"
More facts have recently come to light about the compromise of the DigiNotar Certificate Authority, which appears to have enabled Iranian hackers to launch successful man-in-the-middle attacks against hundreds of thousands of Internet users inside and outside of Iran. (...) EFF has been worried about structural flaws and systematic insecurity in the CA ecosystem for some time now, and our SSL Observatory project has been studying and documenting these problems. Sadly, they have now been demonstrated in a more pointed way. (...)
The problem we face with Certificate Authorities is not just that there are particular vulnerabilites in any one CA. Rather, the massive structural crisis is that, as the SSL Observatory has shown, there are many hundreds of certificate authorities and an attacker only needs to break into one of those order to start issuing fraudulent certificates. Furthermore, these CAs appear to exist within around fifty countries' jurisdictions. Any one of these countries could conceivably compel a CA to create fraudulent certificates for purposes of espionage or for spying on that country's citizens. The DigiNotar hack has merely underlined how fragile the certificate authority system really is. Anyone who values the privacy and security of their communications and financial transactions online should take steps to protect themselves.
Statements have appeared strongly suggesting that the DigiNotar attacker is the same person who attacked Comodo earlier this year. The Tor Project has published extensive updates on the scope of the attack, including the list of the 531 fraudulent certificates issued by DigiNotar. This list shows that the attacker was prepared to facilitate spying against many major Internet sites. The attacker claims to be an individual Iranian who has chosen to help the government monitor individuals' communications. Additionally, he claims to have compromised four additional as-yet-unspecified certificate authorities. If true, the Iranian government may still have the power to forge new certificates in the name of these other authorities. (...) >>>
Sept. 15, 2011
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Updates on the cyber war mullahs dated Aug. 30 -
Tweeps can follow @cinnamon_carter and @hkashfi -
F-Secure: "DigiNotar Hacked by Black.Spook and Iranian Hackers"
(...) DigiNotar's portal has been hacked. Somebody claiming to be an Iranian Hacker has gained access. This would look like a smoking gun. Obviously this has to be connected somehow to the rogue certificate. But if you keep looking, you'll find this page from https://www.diginotar.nl/Portals/0/owned.txt: (...)
Another Iranian hacker group? If you keep digging deeper, you'll find that although these web defacements are still live right now, they are not new. Much worse: they were done years ago. (...) >>>
Sept. 10, 2011
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Update Sept. 5: Intel is now trickling through as to the extent of the hacking of Dutch Internet certificate authority DigiNotar, most probably by Iran. A Kaspersky Lab Expert has a break down of most of the important takeaways from this incident:
Pomoland: "DigiNotarGate! Islamofascists Stole Dutch SSNs. So What?"
Dutch Internet safety certificate authority DigiNotar has been hacked by Iran. Entirely. Not just the commercial department, but also the 'hermetically separated' section that provides safety certs for the Dutch govt. DigiNotar has foreign companies and governmental agencies as its clients too. It will take some time to figure out the total damage involved. This is the conclusion of forensic ICT company, Fox-IT (govt statement (PDF)). DigiNotar, the Home Office, Logius (SSN management agency) and GovCERT have maintained until last night that Iran's islamohackers have not been able to get to the state certs. But in an unusual midnight presser the Home Secretary has admitted that the govt certs have been compromized as well. (...) >>>
Sept. 4, 2011
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The problem we face with Certificate Authorities is not just that there are particular vulnerabilites in any one CA. Rather, the massive structural crisis is that, as the SSL Observatory has shown, there are many hundreds of certificate authorities and an attacker only needs to break into one of those order to start issuing fraudulent certificates. Furthermore, these CAs appear to exist within around fifty countries' jurisdictions. Any one of these countries could conceivably compel a CA to create fraudulent certificates for purposes of espionage or for spying on that country's citizens. The DigiNotar hack has merely underlined how fragile the certificate authority system really is. Anyone who values the privacy and security of their communications and financial transactions online should take steps to protect themselves.
Statements have appeared strongly suggesting that the DigiNotar attacker is the same person who attacked Comodo earlier this year. The Tor Project has published extensive updates on the scope of the attack, including the list of the 531 fraudulent certificates issued by DigiNotar. This list shows that the attacker was prepared to facilitate spying against many major Internet sites. The attacker claims to be an individual Iranian who has chosen to help the government monitor individuals' communications. Additionally, he claims to have compromised four additional as-yet-unspecified certificate authorities. If true, the Iranian government may still have the power to forge new certificates in the name of these other authorities. (...) >>>
Sept. 15, 2011
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Updates on the cyber war mullahs dated Aug. 30 -
Tweeps can follow @cinnamon_carter and @hkashfi -
F-Secure: "DigiNotar Hacked by Black.Spook and Iranian Hackers"
(...) DigiNotar's portal has been hacked. Somebody claiming to be an Iranian Hacker has gained access. This would look like a smoking gun. Obviously this has to be connected somehow to the rogue certificate. But if you keep looking, you'll find this page from https://www.diginotar.nl/Portals/0/owned.txt: (...)
Another Iranian hacker group? If you keep digging deeper, you'll find that although these web defacements are still live right now, they are not new. Much worse: they were done years ago. (...) >>>
Sept. 10, 2011
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Update Sept. 5: Intel is now trickling through as to the extent of the hacking of Dutch Internet certificate authority DigiNotar, most probably by Iran. A Kaspersky Lab Expert has a break down of most of the important takeaways from this incident:
The damage sustained to the Dutch (government) IT infrastructure is quite significant. A lot of services are no longer available. Effectively, communications have been disrupted. Because of this one could make an argument the attack is an act of cyberwar.
Stuxnet had a huge impact. However, there didn't seem to be a sense of urgency to put cyberwar and cybersecurity on most of the political agendas. This incident will clearly put cybersecurity and cyberwar on the political agenda.The Dutch govt meanwhile is playing it down, telling corporations, go ahead, please file your tax declaration!
Pomoland: "DigiNotarGate! Islamofascists Stole Dutch SSNs. So What?"
Dutch Internet safety certificate authority DigiNotar has been hacked by Iran. Entirely. Not just the commercial department, but also the 'hermetically separated' section that provides safety certs for the Dutch govt. DigiNotar has foreign companies and governmental agencies as its clients too. It will take some time to figure out the total damage involved. This is the conclusion of forensic ICT company, Fox-IT (govt statement (PDF)). DigiNotar, the Home Office, Logius (SSN management agency) and GovCERT have maintained until last night that Iran's islamohackers have not been able to get to the state certs. But in an unusual midnight presser the Home Secretary has admitted that the govt certs have been compromized as well. (...) >>>
Sept. 4, 2011
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Communist Crimes on Trial: control by humiliation
Jamie Glazov's epic interview with Theodore Dalrymple -
FrontPage: "Our Culture, What’s Left Of It"
(...) FP: You mention that your dad was a communist. Tell us about his world view and how this affected your family and your own intellectual journey.
Dalrymple: My father was a communist though he was also a businessman. Our house was full of communist literature from the 1930s and 40s, and I remember such authors as Plekhanov and Maurice Hindus and Edgar Snow. It was always clear that my father's concern for humanity was not always matched by his concern for men, to put it mildly, for whom (as individuals) he often expressed contempt. He found it difficult to enter an equal relationship with anyone, and preferred to play Stalin to their Molotov. We had The Short Course in the house, incidentally, and one of my favourite books (which I used to leaf through as a child) was a vast picture book of the Soviet Union in 1947. (...) >>>
Sept. 10, 2011
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The Cold War's 9/11 -
CFP: "Castro and Che’s Foiled (and Forgotten) 9/11"
“I’m proud of the path of Osama bin Laden,” gushed Ilich Ramírez Sánchez from a French prison in 2002. Ramirez was also known during the 1970’s as “Carlos the Jackal,” and “The World’s Most Wanted Terrorist.” In 1967 Ramirez-Sanchez was an eager recruit into Cuba’s “guerrilla” (terror) training camps started by Che Guevara in 1959. “Bin Laden has followed a trail I myself blazed,” he continued during an interview with the London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat. “I followed news of the September 11 attacks on the United States non-stop from the beginning. I can’t describe that wonderful feeling of relief!” “We will bring the war to the imperialist enemies’ very home,” raved Carlos the Jackal’s idol and spiritual mentor (Che Guevara) in his Message to the Tri-Continental Conference in 1966, “to his places of work and recreation.
The imperialist enemy must feel like a hunted animal wherever he moves. Thus we’ll destroy him! These hyenas are fit only for extermination. We must keep our hatred (against the U.S.) alive and fan it to paroxysm!” Fortunately, on Nov. 17 1962, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI foiled the “war” Castro and Che had planned for us “hyenas,” in some of our favorite “places of recreation.” On Saturday morning, November 17th, 1962, FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. took on “all the trappings of a military command post,” according to historian William Breuer. As well it might have. The night before an intelligence puzzle had finally come together. The resulting picture staggered the FBI men. (...) >>>
May 7, 2011
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FrontPage: "Our Culture, What’s Left Of It"
(...) FP: You mention that your dad was a communist. Tell us about his world view and how this affected your family and your own intellectual journey.
Dalrymple: My father was a communist though he was also a businessman. Our house was full of communist literature from the 1930s and 40s, and I remember such authors as Plekhanov and Maurice Hindus and Edgar Snow. It was always clear that my father's concern for humanity was not always matched by his concern for men, to put it mildly, for whom (as individuals) he often expressed contempt. He found it difficult to enter an equal relationship with anyone, and preferred to play Stalin to their Molotov. We had The Short Course in the house, incidentally, and one of my favourite books (which I used to leaf through as a child) was a vast picture book of the Soviet Union in 1947. (...) >>>
Sept. 10, 2011
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The Cold War's 9/11 -
“I’m proud of the path of Osama bin Laden,” gushed Ilich Ramírez Sánchez from a French prison in 2002. Ramirez was also known during the 1970’s as “Carlos the Jackal,” and “The World’s Most Wanted Terrorist.” In 1967 Ramirez-Sanchez was an eager recruit into Cuba’s “guerrilla” (terror) training camps started by Che Guevara in 1959. “Bin Laden has followed a trail I myself blazed,” he continued during an interview with the London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat. “I followed news of the September 11 attacks on the United States non-stop from the beginning. I can’t describe that wonderful feeling of relief!” “We will bring the war to the imperialist enemies’ very home,” raved Carlos the Jackal’s idol and spiritual mentor (Che Guevara) in his Message to the Tri-Continental Conference in 1966, “to his places of work and recreation.
The imperialist enemy must feel like a hunted animal wherever he moves. Thus we’ll destroy him! These hyenas are fit only for extermination. We must keep our hatred (against the U.S.) alive and fan it to paroxysm!” Fortunately, on Nov. 17 1962, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI foiled the “war” Castro and Che had planned for us “hyenas,” in some of our favorite “places of recreation.” On Saturday morning, November 17th, 1962, FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. took on “all the trappings of a military command post,” according to historian William Breuer. As well it might have. The night before an intelligence puzzle had finally come together. The resulting picture staggered the FBI men. (...) >>>
May 7, 2011
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Stop Islamization of America: a practical guide of the resistance
Atlas Shrugs: "THE BATTLEPLAN HITS BOOKSTORES TODAY!"
You know what's at stake. We both do. That is why I wrote this essential primer for patriots. You must read this book. Go to SIOAbook.com Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance
The book is out! This must-have book is the how-to guide on how to fight the islamization of your town, your city, your country. This is a guide to protecting our country. (...) >>>
Sept. 6, 2011
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- Get your Autographed Copy Here
- Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance
You know what's at stake. We both do. That is why I wrote this essential primer for patriots. You must read this book. Go to SIOAbook.com Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance
The book is out! This must-have book is the how-to guide on how to fight the islamization of your town, your city, your country. This is a guide to protecting our country. (...) >>>
Sept. 6, 2011
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Assault of the New Storm Troopers: fascism in London
Double bill -
MailOnline: "The moment EDL bus is attacked by dozens of Asian men after it broke down following protest meeting in East London"
YouTube: "UAF - Celebrating Violence Against Women in Tower Hamlets" (video)
UPDATE: The woman had her jaw fractured by the UAFs, but is now back from the hospital. She had been dragged out from a back-door and beaten to the ground - Apparently the bus-driver not only drove the wrong route, but oppened the emergency door aswell - ALL prior coaches went another route. (...) >>>
Sept. 5, 2011
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Through the looking glass -
Big Government: "Why Is the New York Times Shilling for Far-Left Terrorists While Smearing the Patriot Who Exposed Them?", by Matthew Vadum
As a wave of left-wing violence threatens to engulf the nation, why is the progressive New York Times running an ugly campaign of character assassination against a real-life American hero who saved lives and helped to safeguard the nation’s sacred democratic process?
Could it be because the newspaper is sympathetic to the goals of the thuggish community organizers and union goons intimidating state legislatures across America and wants to help advance the liberal-left narrative? (...) >>>
Feb. 27, 2011
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It was going so well...
Spiegel: "Crisis Fuels Rise in Left-Wing Extremist Violence"
Following the 2007 protests at the G-8 meeting in Heiligendamm, the number of attacks by leftist extremists has risen dramatically in Germany. The government is increasing its focus on the autonomists, but authorities know little about a new generation that is torching cars, and worse, in its fight.
The man is a member of Berlin's left-wing radical autonomist movement, and he's engaged in a struggle against the system. If a few things have to go up in flames as part of that struggle, it doesn't usually bother him too much. But there are limits -- and the deaths of three people recently in Greece, employees at a bank where someone threw a firebomb, have left him contemplating them.
"I never imagined something like this," the man says. He's come to a cafe at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin's diverse Kreuzberg district to talk about left-wing militancy in Germany. In his mid-twenties, he's wearing a baseball cap and a t-shirt bearing the logo of the Zapatistas, Mexico's left-wing guerrilla movement. He gives no name, revealing only that he was involved in organizing the May 1 protest in Berlin and that he belongs to an anti-fascist group. He begins to talk about Greece. The revolutionary resistance there seemed to have entered a promising phase, with unions and autonomists united on the streets. It was going so well, he says. And now this. (...) >>>
May 20, 2010
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Pointing fingers -
Townhall: "Liberal Violence: Five Names You Should Know", by John Hawkins
(...) liberals in the media who are forever baffled by events that the average person has grasped since he was a child, these killers tend to break down into three groups. If they're devout Muslims and are connected to terrorists, then they must have killed for some reason OTHER than their religion. If they're conservative murderers, then they must have killed because of Glenn Beck, talk radio, the Tea Party movement, or whoever the hot conservative villain of the moment is and they're obviously part of a wider trend. On the other hand, if they're liberal, well then, at best the killer in question must be some random wacko who should immediately be forgotten. At worst, liberals try to paint leftward leaning killers as conservatives. (...)
This is actually quite ironic given that openly violent groups have been tolerated, if not embraced by the Left. ELF, ALF, the Black Panthers, G8 rioters, the black bloc at anti-war rallies, and even the Weathermen are looked upon favorably by liberals. (...) Still, it's not enough to simply point out that liberals wink at leftist groups that engage in violence. When the next nutjob kills someone -- and regrettably, there will always be a next time -- conservatives need examples to point towards when the MSM tries to once again convince the public that only right-wing wackos do that sort of thing. Here are a few worthy examples to throw back at them when they try it. (...) >>>
May 3, 2010
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Update on Broken bones for a Palin pin -
Human Events: "UPDATE: Beaten Jindal Staffer Says Protesters are the Perpetrators", by Connie Hair
The mother of one of the victims of a brutal beating in New Orleans outside of a Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) event has confirmed in a new interview that the two victims assaulted outside of the high-dollar GOP fundraiser believe their attackers were part of the crowd of protesters outside the event. Allee Bautsch, 25, a top fundraiser for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and her boyfriend, Joe Brown, 29, were verbally assailed as they left the event, followed to their car then savagely beaten.
Bautsch’s leg was “stomped” by her assailants causing breaks in four places that required surgery, a steel rod and seven screws to reconstruct. Brown suffered a broken jaw and nose, a brain concussion and black eye. (...) The main group planning the protest according to their fliers was The Iron Rail Collective, a New Orleans-based anarchist group in the vein of those who make news in America and worldwide as they trash and burn cities whenever and wherever world leaders meet.
(Other reported protesters at the SRLC event included a group of University of New Orleans "UNO" professors and local Democrat groups.) Their signs at the GOP event protest included the capital “A” with a circle, an anarchist gang-style symbol, and such gems as, “Capitalist f***s,” “Tax the Rich,” “JINDAL, tell your rich friends to GO HOME,” and “Ruling class robbers” to name a few. Select protesters attempted to hide their identity by tying scarves or bandanas around their heads to cover the lower half of their faces right below the eyes. (...) >>>
Apr 19, 2010
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Update: jury still out on Palin pin -
Free Republic: "Report: Attack on Jindal Aide and Boyfriend Politically Motivated (Beaten for wearing Palin buttons)"
Allee Bautsch, chief campaign fundraiser for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and her boyfriend Joe Brown, were savagely beaten Friday night in New Orleans after leaving a Republican party fundraising dinner by a group of thugs who reportedly targeted the couple because they were wearing Sarah Palin pins. Bautch's leg was broken and Brown incurred a broken jaw and nose as well as a concussion. (...) >>>
Apr 13, 2010
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Eric Cantor denounces the agitation, as his Richmond campaign office was shot at -
WaPo: "Eric Cantor accuses Democrats of 'fanning flames' on member threats"
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) angrily lashed out at Democratic leaders for their handling of reported threats against members of Congress Thursday, accusing them of "dangerously fanning the flames" by blaming the GOP and confiding that he has also been the recipient of threats.
Concerns about security for members of Congress burst into the spotlight this week after several lawmakers reported death threats or incidents of vandalism directed at them and their offices because of their support for the health-care overhaul legislation. Some Democrats have suggested that Republicans may have encouraged such behavior by acting rowdily during the weekend House debate on the reform bill. (...)
"I've received threats since I assumed elected office, not only because of my position but also because I'm Jewish. I've never blamed anyone in this body for that, period. Any suggestion that a leader in this body would incite threats or acts against other members is akin to saying that I would endanger myself, my wife or my children. Just recently I have been directly threatened. A bullet was shot through the window of my campaign office in Richmond this week, and I've received threatening e-mails. But I will not release them, because I believe such actions will only encourage more to be sent," he said. (...) >>>
Mar 25, 2010
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Ann on "positive space" (wtf?)
Human Events: "Oh, Canada!", by Ann Coulter
Since arriving in Canada I've been accused of thought crimes, threatened with criminal prosecution for speeches I hadn't yet given and denounced on the floor of the Parliament (which was nice because that one was on my "bucket list").
Posters advertising my speech have been officially banned, while posters denouncing me are plastered all over the University of Ottawa campus. Elected officials have been prohibited from attending my speeches. Also, the local clothing stores are fresh out of brown shirts. Welcome to Canada! (...) >>>
Mar 25, 2010
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Another cute acronym -
The Seattle Times: "2 radio towers in Washington state toppled"
Two radio station towers near Seattle that have generated intense local opposition were toppled early Friday in an act of sabotage that bore the initials of the radical Earth Liberation Front. An e-mail from the North American ELF Press Office, which has represented the shadowy group in the past, says the towers for KRKO-AM were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. Authorities say a banner that bore the initials of the ELF was left at the scene. (...) >>>
Sep 5, 2009
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Update on Aug. 12, 2009
Thoughts.com: "Obama, Acorn and SEIU in charge??"
(...) After you watch them, please get as many black people as you know to watch them (...) >>>
The Health Care Reform debate (the SEIU is an ACORN tentacle) and other issues:
Team Obama called out their goon squad this week to beat down the anti-Obamacare protesters at a local town hall event in St. Louis. Team Obama wants to silence those who dare stand against his takeover of the health care industry. (...) Today there will be a peaceful protest and press conference at the SEIU goon squad headquarters in St. Louis at noon. Address: >>>
Aug. 8, 2009
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Wikipedia: "Black bloc"
A black bloc refers to a tactic, developed in the 1980s by anti-nuclear activist autonomists, whereby participants attended protests and marches wearing black clothing, ski masks and motorcycle helmets with padding, steel-toed boots and often carrying their own shields and truncheons.[1] The clothing is used to avoid being identified by authorities, and to theoretically appear as one large mass, promote solidarity, and create a clear revolutionary presence. (...) >>>
May 19, 2009
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Mail Online: "Fifty years for 'urban terrorists': Animals rights fanatics jailed for campaign of intimidation"
A judge branded seven animal rights extremists 'urban terrorists' yesterday as he jailed them for a total of 50 years for a ruthless campaign of intimidation. Mr Justice Butterfield said the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty activists made life a 'living hell' for thousands of men, women and children by subjecting them to a 'relentless, sustained and merciless persecution'. He also called for the law to be changed to allow tougher sentences for blackmailers, after warning the ringleaders of the network were likely to return to extremism once they were freed. (...) >>>
Jan 22, 2009
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JIDF: "Starbucks in London's East End FIREBOMBED"
Harry's Place has a story up which isn't getting much coverage. Apparently terrorism is happening now for online "glory" while it is barely being covered elsewhere. Here are some excerpts:
"Early this morning, thugs smashed their way into the coffee shop as the manager hid inside the office. As he watched on the security monitor in the office, they daubed racist graffiti and finally lobbed a molotov-cocktail through the plate-glass window. Luckily he managed to make it to the fire-escape and raise the alarm. Fire-fighters managed to stop the flames spreading to the adjacent buildings." "...At Indymedia, it is being flagged up as a triumph of "peace activism" ("Smashing the Israeli war machine - Starbucks, Whitechapel firebombed " is the headline)." "...Depressingly, the news that a shop in London was firebombed and daubed with antisemitic graffiti seems only to have been reported in the local press - and of course, crowed about at Indymedia." (...) >>>
Jan 15, 2009
Of cource, these are no longer isolated cases, but for the December 2008 goings-on in Greece we must refer you to that particular page.
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MailOnline: "The moment EDL bus is attacked by dozens of Asian men after it broke down following protest meeting in East London"
YouTube: "UAF - Celebrating Violence Against Women in Tower Hamlets" (video)
UPDATE: The woman had her jaw fractured by the UAFs, but is now back from the hospital. She had been dragged out from a back-door and beaten to the ground - Apparently the bus-driver not only drove the wrong route, but oppened the emergency door aswell - ALL prior coaches went another route. (...) >>>
Sept. 5, 2011
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Through the looking glass -
Big Government: "Why Is the New York Times Shilling for Far-Left Terrorists While Smearing the Patriot Who Exposed Them?", by Matthew Vadum
As a wave of left-wing violence threatens to engulf the nation, why is the progressive New York Times running an ugly campaign of character assassination against a real-life American hero who saved lives and helped to safeguard the nation’s sacred democratic process?
Could it be because the newspaper is sympathetic to the goals of the thuggish community organizers and union goons intimidating state legislatures across America and wants to help advance the liberal-left narrative? (...) >>>
Feb. 27, 2011
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It was going so well...
Spiegel: "Crisis Fuels Rise in Left-Wing Extremist Violence"
Following the 2007 protests at the G-8 meeting in Heiligendamm, the number of attacks by leftist extremists has risen dramatically in Germany. The government is increasing its focus on the autonomists, but authorities know little about a new generation that is torching cars, and worse, in its fight.
The man is a member of Berlin's left-wing radical autonomist movement, and he's engaged in a struggle against the system. If a few things have to go up in flames as part of that struggle, it doesn't usually bother him too much. But there are limits -- and the deaths of three people recently in Greece, employees at a bank where someone threw a firebomb, have left him contemplating them.
"I never imagined something like this," the man says. He's come to a cafe at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin's diverse Kreuzberg district to talk about left-wing militancy in Germany. In his mid-twenties, he's wearing a baseball cap and a t-shirt bearing the logo of the Zapatistas, Mexico's left-wing guerrilla movement. He gives no name, revealing only that he was involved in organizing the May 1 protest in Berlin and that he belongs to an anti-fascist group. He begins to talk about Greece. The revolutionary resistance there seemed to have entered a promising phase, with unions and autonomists united on the streets. It was going so well, he says. And now this. (...) >>>
May 20, 2010
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Pointing fingers -
Townhall: "Liberal Violence: Five Names You Should Know", by John Hawkins
(...) liberals in the media who are forever baffled by events that the average person has grasped since he was a child, these killers tend to break down into three groups. If they're devout Muslims and are connected to terrorists, then they must have killed for some reason OTHER than their religion. If they're conservative murderers, then they must have killed because of Glenn Beck, talk radio, the Tea Party movement, or whoever the hot conservative villain of the moment is and they're obviously part of a wider trend. On the other hand, if they're liberal, well then, at best the killer in question must be some random wacko who should immediately be forgotten. At worst, liberals try to paint leftward leaning killers as conservatives. (...)
This is actually quite ironic given that openly violent groups have been tolerated, if not embraced by the Left. ELF, ALF, the Black Panthers, G8 rioters, the black bloc at anti-war rallies, and even the Weathermen are looked upon favorably by liberals. (...) Still, it's not enough to simply point out that liberals wink at leftist groups that engage in violence. When the next nutjob kills someone -- and regrettably, there will always be a next time -- conservatives need examples to point towards when the MSM tries to once again convince the public that only right-wing wackos do that sort of thing. Here are a few worthy examples to throw back at them when they try it. (...) >>>
May 3, 2010
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Update on Broken bones for a Palin pin -
The mother of one of the victims of a brutal beating in New Orleans outside of a Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) event has confirmed in a new interview that the two victims assaulted outside of the high-dollar GOP fundraiser believe their attackers were part of the crowd of protesters outside the event. Allee Bautsch, 25, a top fundraiser for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and her boyfriend, Joe Brown, 29, were verbally assailed as they left the event, followed to their car then savagely beaten.
Bautsch’s leg was “stomped” by her assailants causing breaks in four places that required surgery, a steel rod and seven screws to reconstruct. Brown suffered a broken jaw and nose, a brain concussion and black eye. (...) The main group planning the protest according to their fliers was The Iron Rail Collective, a New Orleans-based anarchist group in the vein of those who make news in America and worldwide as they trash and burn cities whenever and wherever world leaders meet.
(Other reported protesters at the SRLC event included a group of University of New Orleans "UNO" professors and local Democrat groups.) Their signs at the GOP event protest included the capital “A” with a circle, an anarchist gang-style symbol, and such gems as, “Capitalist f***s,” “Tax the Rich,” “JINDAL, tell your rich friends to GO HOME,” and “Ruling class robbers” to name a few. Select protesters attempted to hide their identity by tying scarves or bandanas around their heads to cover the lower half of their faces right below the eyes. (...) >>>
Apr 19, 2010
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Update: jury still out on Palin pin -
Free Republic: "Report: Attack on Jindal Aide and Boyfriend Politically Motivated (Beaten for wearing Palin buttons)"
Allee Bautsch, chief campaign fundraiser for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and her boyfriend Joe Brown, were savagely beaten Friday night in New Orleans after leaving a Republican party fundraising dinner by a group of thugs who reportedly targeted the couple because they were wearing Sarah Palin pins. Bautch's leg was broken and Brown incurred a broken jaw and nose as well as a concussion. (...) >>>
Apr 13, 2010
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Eric Cantor denounces the agitation, as his Richmond campaign office was shot at -
WaPo: "Eric Cantor accuses Democrats of 'fanning flames' on member threats"
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) angrily lashed out at Democratic leaders for their handling of reported threats against members of Congress Thursday, accusing them of "dangerously fanning the flames" by blaming the GOP and confiding that he has also been the recipient of threats.
Concerns about security for members of Congress burst into the spotlight this week after several lawmakers reported death threats or incidents of vandalism directed at them and their offices because of their support for the health-care overhaul legislation. Some Democrats have suggested that Republicans may have encouraged such behavior by acting rowdily during the weekend House debate on the reform bill. (...)
"I've received threats since I assumed elected office, not only because of my position but also because I'm Jewish. I've never blamed anyone in this body for that, period. Any suggestion that a leader in this body would incite threats or acts against other members is akin to saying that I would endanger myself, my wife or my children. Just recently I have been directly threatened. A bullet was shot through the window of my campaign office in Richmond this week, and I've received threatening e-mails. But I will not release them, because I believe such actions will only encourage more to be sent," he said. (...) >>>
Mar 25, 2010
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Ann on "positive space" (wtf?)
Human Events: "Oh, Canada!", by Ann Coulter
Since arriving in Canada I've been accused of thought crimes, threatened with criminal prosecution for speeches I hadn't yet given and denounced on the floor of the Parliament (which was nice because that one was on my "bucket list").
Posters advertising my speech have been officially banned, while posters denouncing me are plastered all over the University of Ottawa campus. Elected officials have been prohibited from attending my speeches. Also, the local clothing stores are fresh out of brown shirts. Welcome to Canada! (...) >>>
Mar 25, 2010
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Another cute acronym -
The Seattle Times: "2 radio towers in Washington state toppled"
Two radio station towers near Seattle that have generated intense local opposition were toppled early Friday in an act of sabotage that bore the initials of the radical Earth Liberation Front. An e-mail from the North American ELF Press Office, which has represented the shadowy group in the past, says the towers for KRKO-AM were torn down because of health and environmental concerns. Authorities say a banner that bore the initials of the ELF was left at the scene. (...) >>>
Sep 5, 2009
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Update on Aug. 12, 2009
Thoughts.com: "Obama, Acorn and SEIU in charge??"
(...) After you watch them, please get as many black people as you know to watch them (...) >>>
The Health Care Reform debate (the SEIU is an ACORN tentacle) and other issues:
Team Obama called out their goon squad this week to beat down the anti-Obamacare protesters at a local town hall event in St. Louis. Team Obama wants to silence those who dare stand against his takeover of the health care industry. (...) Today there will be a peaceful protest and press conference at the SEIU goon squad headquarters in St. Louis at noon. Address: >>>
Aug. 8, 2009
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Wikipedia: "Black bloc"
A black bloc refers to a tactic, developed in the 1980s by anti-nuclear activist autonomists, whereby participants attended protests and marches wearing black clothing, ski masks and motorcycle helmets with padding, steel-toed boots and often carrying their own shields and truncheons.[1] The clothing is used to avoid being identified by authorities, and to theoretically appear as one large mass, promote solidarity, and create a clear revolutionary presence. (...) >>>
May 19, 2009
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Mail Online: "Fifty years for 'urban terrorists': Animals rights fanatics jailed for campaign of intimidation"
A judge branded seven animal rights extremists 'urban terrorists' yesterday as he jailed them for a total of 50 years for a ruthless campaign of intimidation. Mr Justice Butterfield said the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty activists made life a 'living hell' for thousands of men, women and children by subjecting them to a 'relentless, sustained and merciless persecution'. He also called for the law to be changed to allow tougher sentences for blackmailers, after warning the ringleaders of the network were likely to return to extremism once they were freed. (...) >>>
Jan 22, 2009
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JIDF: "Starbucks in London's East End FIREBOMBED"
Harry's Place has a story up which isn't getting much coverage. Apparently terrorism is happening now for online "glory" while it is barely being covered elsewhere. Here are some excerpts:
"Early this morning, thugs smashed their way into the coffee shop as the manager hid inside the office. As he watched on the security monitor in the office, they daubed racist graffiti and finally lobbed a molotov-cocktail through the plate-glass window. Luckily he managed to make it to the fire-escape and raise the alarm. Fire-fighters managed to stop the flames spreading to the adjacent buildings." "...At Indymedia, it is being flagged up as a triumph of "peace activism" ("Smashing the Israeli war machine - Starbucks, Whitechapel firebombed " is the headline)." "...Depressingly, the news that a shop in London was firebombed and daubed with antisemitic graffiti seems only to have been reported in the local press - and of course, crowed about at Indymedia." (...) >>>
Jan 15, 2009
Of cource, these are no longer isolated cases, but for the December 2008 goings-on in Greece we must refer you to that particular page.
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To archive >>>
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Smoke and Mirrors: fascism=Fabian socialism
Forbes: "Obama, Hitler, And Exploding The Biggest Lie In History", by Bill Flax
Numerous commentators have raised alarming comparisons between America’s recent economic foibles and Argentina’s fall “from breadbasket to basket case.” The U.S. pursues a similar path with her economy increasingly ensnared under the growing nexus of government control. Resources are redistributed for vote-buying welfare schemes, patronage style earmarks, and graft by unelected bureaucrats, quid pro quo with unions, issue groups and legions of lobbyists.
In Argentina, everyone acknowledges that fascism, state capitalism, corporatism – whatever – reflects very leftwing ideology. Eva Peron remains a liberal icon. President Obama’s Fabian policies (Keynesian economics) promise similar ends. His proposed infrastructure bank is just the latest gyration of corporatism. Why then are fascists consistently portrayed as conservatives?
In the Thirties, intellectuals smitten by progressivism considered limited, constitutional governance anachronistic. The Great Depression had apparently proven capitalism defunct. The remaining choice had narrowed between communism and fascism. Hitler was about an inch to the right of Stalin. Western intellectuals infatuated with Marxism thus associated fascism with the Right. (...) >>>
Sept. 4, 2011
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Numerous commentators have raised alarming comparisons between America’s recent economic foibles and Argentina’s fall “from breadbasket to basket case.” The U.S. pursues a similar path with her economy increasingly ensnared under the growing nexus of government control. Resources are redistributed for vote-buying welfare schemes, patronage style earmarks, and graft by unelected bureaucrats, quid pro quo with unions, issue groups and legions of lobbyists.
In Argentina, everyone acknowledges that fascism, state capitalism, corporatism – whatever – reflects very leftwing ideology. Eva Peron remains a liberal icon. President Obama’s Fabian policies (Keynesian economics) promise similar ends. His proposed infrastructure bank is just the latest gyration of corporatism. Why then are fascists consistently portrayed as conservatives?
In the Thirties, intellectuals smitten by progressivism considered limited, constitutional governance anachronistic. The Great Depression had apparently proven capitalism defunct. The remaining choice had narrowed between communism and fascism. Hitler was about an inch to the right of Stalin. Western intellectuals infatuated with Marxism thus associated fascism with the Right. (...) >>>
Sept. 4, 2011
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The Political Pathology Asylum: Muslim Denial Psycho Explained
pOmoLanD: "OUCH! Psycho Explaining Muslim Denial"
In Judeo-Christian guilt culture we attach a lot of value to truth, sincerety and individual rights. The feeling of guilt is allowing us to live in accordance with our own morality and the dominant ethics system. But in the Arabic-Islamic shame culture it's more important how others see you. In this culture honor must be preserved and shame must be averted at all cost. You have basically carte blanche to do whatever evil comes to mind, as long as no one finds out about it (the hypocs!). Just consistently deny everything! (...) >>>
July 10, 2011
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In Judeo-Christian guilt culture we attach a lot of value to truth, sincerety and individual rights. The feeling of guilt is allowing us to live in accordance with our own morality and the dominant ethics system. But in the Arabic-Islamic shame culture it's more important how others see you. In this culture honor must be preserved and shame must be averted at all cost. You have basically carte blanche to do whatever evil comes to mind, as long as no one finds out about it (the hypocs!). Just consistently deny everything! (...) >>>
July 10, 2011
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Antisemitism: Council of Churches joins Islamo-Socialist Nexus
YNet: "The churches against Israel"
(...) The World Council of Churches, an ecumenical Christian body based in Genève and boasting 590 million worshippers, just ended a four-day conference in the Greek city of Volos. Not a single word of criticism was uttered there against the Islamists who are persecuting Arabs who believe Jesus.
Lutherans arrived to Volos from the United States, Catholics and Protestants from Bethlehem and Nazareth, Orthodox Christians from Greece and Russia, lecturers from Beirut and Copts from Egypt. The conference declared the Jewish State "a sin" and "occupying power," accused Israelis of "dehumanizing" the Palestinians, theologically dismantled the "choseness" of the Jewish people and called for "resistance" as a Christian duty. (...) >>>
6 juni 2011
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(...) The World Council of Churches, an ecumenical Christian body based in Genève and boasting 590 million worshippers, just ended a four-day conference in the Greek city of Volos. Not a single word of criticism was uttered there against the Islamists who are persecuting Arabs who believe Jesus.
Lutherans arrived to Volos from the United States, Catholics and Protestants from Bethlehem and Nazareth, Orthodox Christians from Greece and Russia, lecturers from Beirut and Copts from Egypt. The conference declared the Jewish State "a sin" and "occupying power," accused Israelis of "dehumanizing" the Palestinians, theologically dismantled the "choseness" of the Jewish people and called for "resistance" as a Christian duty. (...) >>>
6 juni 2011
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Balkan Caliphate: infiltration in Greece
World Press: "Radical Islam Passing through Greece", by Ioannis Michaletos
In a broad sense, Greece, due to a mixture of its geographical placement, history and business links, is considered a gateway for the Islamic element in close proximity to the European Union and the Balkans, and over the past 10 years it has become one of the main transit territories for Islamic-originating illegal immigration to Europe. (...) In 2007 a rocket launch attack with an RPG against the American Embassy in Athens was carried out by the Greek group Revolutionary Struggle, which stated in its proclamation note support for Hezbollah in Lebanon. In 2009 the Greek weekly To Proto Thema reported that Greek leftist terrorists seem to have been trained in Lebanon in paramilitary camps operated by Islamists.(...) >>>
July 5, 2011
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In a broad sense, Greece, due to a mixture of its geographical placement, history and business links, is considered a gateway for the Islamic element in close proximity to the European Union and the Balkans, and over the past 10 years it has become one of the main transit territories for Islamic-originating illegal immigration to Europe. (...) In 2007 a rocket launch attack with an RPG against the American Embassy in Athens was carried out by the Greek group Revolutionary Struggle, which stated in its proclamation note support for Hezbollah in Lebanon. In 2009 the Greek weekly To Proto Thema reported that Greek leftist terrorists seem to have been trained in Lebanon in paramilitary camps operated by Islamists.(...) >>>
July 5, 2011
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
In Defense of Liberty: Wilders' nemesis turns to the UN
The Amsterdam Court acquitted Geert Wilders last week of all charges. Since then we've had this piece of news -
pOmoLanD: "ShocK! Wilders' Plaintiffs To Appeal ... @ the UNHRC!"
Now that Wilders has been acquitted of all charges of hate spread, group insult and differentation, the plaintiffs are showing their hidden agenda. We learn from the Leftist 365/24/7 Wilders Bash Blog, Joop @2525 (pica) they will be appealing against the verdict in a formal complaint lodged at the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. (...) >>>
June 29, 2011
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pOmoLanD: "ShocK! Wilders' Plaintiffs To Appeal ... @ the UNHRC!"
Now that Wilders has been acquitted of all charges of hate spread, group insult and differentation, the plaintiffs are showing their hidden agenda. We learn from the Leftist 365/24/7 Wilders Bash Blog, Joop @2525 (pica) they will be appealing against the verdict in a formal complaint lodged at the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. (...) >>>
June 29, 2011
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Stop the Obama Constitutional Crisis: proof of fraud
This is the first of three articles on the criminal complaint that scanner-expert Doug Vogt filed last week with the FBI.
An international expert on scanners and document-imaging software filed a 22-page criminal complaint with the FBI, charging that the long-form birth certificate released by the White House is criminally fraudulent.
"What the Obama administration released is a PDF image that they are trying to pass off as a Certificate of Live Birth Long Form printed on green security paper by the Hawaiian Health Department," Doug Vogt writes, "but this form is a created forgery." (...) >>>
June 1, 2011
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Serbia in the Dock: R2P and the New World Order
Tags: Mladic, Srebrenica, Bosnia, R2P, U.N., Ghadaffi, Lybia, Arab Spring, NATO, sovereignty, New World Order, Treaty of Westphalia, autonomy, Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Yugoslavia, ICTY, Samantha Power, International Crsis Group, George Soros, Serbia
Paragraphs pertaining to Bosnia and Srebrenica extracted here -
Infowars: "Ratko Mladic Arrest: the Uses and Hypocrisy of U.N. “Genocide”", by Eric Pottenger and Jeff Friesen
The meaning behind the media response is clear: the arrest last Thursday of the so-called “Butcher of Bosnia,” General Ratko Mladic, is being deliberately used as a well-timed propaganda weapon in the ongoing war by globalists against the national sovereignty of countries around the world. A survey of the mainstream media accounts of the arrest reveal that the specific details of the crimes attributed to Mladic have been cast aside completely. Perhaps the same will be said of his forthcoming trial in the Hague–only time will tell. The real judgment against Mladic, however, will be formed in the court of public opinion. And it is in this venue where indictments–usually hypocritical–and slogans–usually trite–function as evidence. It is here where language and imagery is used to conjure up the worst genocidal massacres in world history. There is a craft at work here. For the audience to be effectively persuaded, emotion must take the place of reason. (...) >>>
June 2, 2011
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Paragraphs pertaining to Bosnia and Srebrenica extracted here -
The meaning behind the media response is clear: the arrest last Thursday of the so-called “Butcher of Bosnia,” General Ratko Mladic, is being deliberately used as a well-timed propaganda weapon in the ongoing war by globalists against the national sovereignty of countries around the world. A survey of the mainstream media accounts of the arrest reveal that the specific details of the crimes attributed to Mladic have been cast aside completely. Perhaps the same will be said of his forthcoming trial in the Hague–only time will tell. The real judgment against Mladic, however, will be formed in the court of public opinion. And it is in this venue where indictments–usually hypocritical–and slogans–usually trite–function as evidence. It is here where language and imagery is used to conjure up the worst genocidal massacres in world history. There is a craft at work here. For the audience to be effectively persuaded, emotion must take the place of reason. (...) >>>
June 2, 2011
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
pOmo rAVagES: get this memo!
Pomo trickerie: Make up a rule with an eye to what would confirm that rule, and find that confirmation in odd places (chocolate laxative) where the sober reader had not ever thought of in connection to larger events in life. LOLOL
May 25, 2011
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May 25, 2011
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Pakistan's Double Bubble: oops! NATO/Pak tiffie
Someone who was at Tora Bora asserted these tiffies are happening all the time. It is said these are 'rogue elements in the Pakistan army' -
As John Kerry is despatched to smooth feathers ...
NYT: "Pakistan and NATO Forces Exchange Fire"
Pakistani ground troops opened fire on two NATO helicopters that crossed into Pakistan’s airspace from Afghanistan early Tuesday morning, the Pakistani Army said in a statement. In the firefight that followed, two Pakistani soldiers were wounded, it said. The clash provided another irritant to the already sour relationship between the United States and Pakistan in the wake of the May 2 Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden at a compound deep inside Pakistan, heightening American mistrust of Pakistan and inflaming Pakistani sensitivities over sovereignty.
The exchange of fire on Tuesday took place at Admi Kot Post in the North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, an area that American officials have long regarded as a haven used by militants to attack coalition forces inside Afghanistan. NATO officials said they were looking into the incident, and could not immediately confirm whether the helicopters had indeed entered Pakistan’s airspace. Pakistani military officials said the NATO helicopters came about 400 yards into Pakistani territory. (...) >>>
May 17, 2011
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As John Kerry is despatched to smooth feathers ...
NYT: "Pakistan and NATO Forces Exchange Fire"
Pakistani ground troops opened fire on two NATO helicopters that crossed into Pakistan’s airspace from Afghanistan early Tuesday morning, the Pakistani Army said in a statement. In the firefight that followed, two Pakistani soldiers were wounded, it said. The clash provided another irritant to the already sour relationship between the United States and Pakistan in the wake of the May 2 Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden at a compound deep inside Pakistan, heightening American mistrust of Pakistan and inflaming Pakistani sensitivities over sovereignty.
The exchange of fire on Tuesday took place at Admi Kot Post in the North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, an area that American officials have long regarded as a haven used by militants to attack coalition forces inside Afghanistan. NATO officials said they were looking into the incident, and could not immediately confirm whether the helicopters had indeed entered Pakistan’s airspace. Pakistani military officials said the NATO helicopters came about 400 yards into Pakistani territory. (...) >>>
May 17, 2011
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