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Impacts of China’s hydropower boom
by Judith Curry China is engaged in a push to build hydroelectric dams on a scale unprecedented in human history. While being touted for producing lower-emission electricity, these massive dam projects are wreaking havoc on river systems across China and … Continue reading →
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If Palmerston and Russell Had Insisted on Attacking Lincoln in 1863, Result Might Have Been World War of Russia, US, Prussia, Italy, China, India, Mexico vs UK, France, Confederacy, Spain, Austria, Ottoman Empire — And the Likely Extinction of Colonialism
Webster G. Tarpley on INN World Report Radio INN World Report with Tom Kiely November 9, 2013 [download INN audio]
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Shin Bet Arrests Palestinian Journalist Returning from Egypt
By Richard Silverstein | Tikun Olam | November 9, 2013
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McConnell Accuses DeMint's Right Wing Super PAC Of Illegal Coordination With The Democrats
That's the ad the Senate Conservatives Fund is spending tens of thousands of dollars running all over Kentucky television a year out from the Republican primary pitting Mitch McConnell against Tea Party activist Matt Bevin. And McConnell is furious-- and flipping out. In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan caught his anger at the Tea Party idiots pretty well.
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15 Palestinians have died since the resumption of negotiations
Palestine Information Center – 09/11/2013
AL-KHALIL — A statistics report prepared by Quds Press International news agency showed that fifteen Palestinians died since the resumption of the negotiations, three months ago.
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Kerry Opposes Draft Plan on Iran in Geneva – Source
RIA Novosti | November 9, 2013
GENEVA – US State Secretary John Kerry opposed a draft deal on Iran’s nuclear program during high-profile talks in Geneva, a source at the negotiations told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
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What’s Your View on Bitcoin? – Questions For Corbett #011
As James prepares to deliver a keynote address to an open source conference in France this month, he takes some time out of his schedule to answer some of the questions that have come in for #QFC. Topics include the depopulation agenda, localization, Japan’s “sexless” youth, Gladio B, anarchy and the environment, and the insurance on the Twin Towers.
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Arafat Poisoned, India To Mars, Fukushima Cleanup – New World Next Week
Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
Story #1: Swiss Study Shows Polonium Found In Arafat’s Bones
http://ur1.ca/fzwb3
Swiss Scientists Confirm Polonium Poisoning Caused Arafat’s Death
http://ur1.ca/fzwb4
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A Letter From America Concerning Worldwide Debt Cancellation
I have taken the liberty to respond in the form of an open letter to your group discussion of how we should guarantee economic rights so no future government can ever again use either Austerity measures or personal or governmental bankruptcy to take away basic economic freedoms like food, housing and utilities. I once proved mathematically that Austerity measures cannot work in the sense of getting us out of debt. What they do is transfer wealth from us to the banks. I have a link to that article in the references below.
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KOL095 | Interview with Daniel Rothschild on Children’s Rights, Aggression, Contract Theory, Self-Ownership, Voluntary Slavery, and More
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 095. This was my appearance on Daniel Rothschild’s youtube channel on Nov. 8, 2013; we discussed a variety of topics, getting really into the nitty-gritty of a lot of aspects of libertarian legal theory. Links to related material below: How We Come To Own Ourselves, Mises Daily (Sep. 7, 2006) (Mises.org blog discussion; audio […]
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KOL094 | Liberty Talk 004: Cody Wilson on 3D Printing, the Liberator (3D gun), Dark Wallet, Intellectual Property, and Control of Information by the State
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 094. This is the audio for episode 004 of Liberty Talk, a weekly Google hangout-based podcast with Jeffrey Tucker and me (Google Plus page; Youtube Channel). [Update: for more on whether bitcoin is ownable property, see this Facebook thread. And see: Tokyo court says bitcoins are not ownable. See also: “in the […]
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Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity Prodded
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM , Nov. 7 2013 (IPS) – As Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and nuclear talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program continue, a unique international conference, “A Middle East without Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)”, was held in Jerusalem. The topic is taboo because Israel maintains a veil of “studied ambiguity” on its alleged nuclear […]
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Saudi Arabia and Israel Try To Derail Nuclear Negotiations With Iran by Terrorism
Ever since Hassan Rouhani was elected Iran’s President on 14 June 2013 and promised that he will lead a government of "hope and prudence," the United States’ most important allies in the Middle East – Saudi Arabia and Israel – and their lobbies here have been doing their best to prevent any agreement between Iran […]
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Sunday Classics preview: Brahms in snorting-and-grunting mode
[A][B][C]"I'd like to hear you yourself play the scherzo, with its driving power and energy (I can hear you snorting and grunting in it!). No one else would succeed in playing it as I imagine it: agitated without rushing, legato, yet inwardly restless and propulsive."-- from a letter to Brahms by pianist Elisabeth von Herzogenberg,who had been playing the composer's new piano-and-cello sonataby KenThe music is the third movement of Brahms's Second Cello Sonata in F, Op.
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24 Killed, 84 Wounded in Iraq Bombings Targeting Worshippers, Shoppers
At least 24 Iraqis were killed and 84 more were wounded.
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Would you be comfortable telling your boss that you're uncomfortable fetching his lunch?
"I would hope if they felt uncomfortable doing it, they would tell me. And if they did feel uncomfortable, then that would be okay. You know, they wouldn't have to do that."-- Steven Calvery, director of the PentagonForce Protection Agency (PFPA)by KenYou've worked for bosses, right? So let's look at a hypothetical case.
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Open thread weekend
by Judith Curry It’s your turn to introduce topics for discussion.Filed under: Open thread
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Podcast 048 : Interview : Dr. Michael J. Behe : Intelligent Design
This week, we are joined by Dr. Michael J. Behe, professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, for an in-depth (and sometimes slightly technical) interview on the theory of Intelligent Design (ID). Author of two iconic books on ID - Darwin's Black Box, and The Edge of Evolution - Dr. Behe explains how his research into the complexity of biological systems at the molecular level led him to question the adequacy of the Darwinian paradigm, and why he now believes that the data point towards Intelligent Design.
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Podcast 048 : Interview : Dr. Michael J. Behe : Intelligent Design
This week, we are joined by Dr. Michael J. Behe, professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, for an in-depth (and sometimes slightly technical) interview on the theory of Intelligent Design (ID). Author of two iconic books on ID - Darwin's Black Box, and The Edge of Evolution - Dr. Behe explains how his research into the complexity of biological systems at the molecular level led him to question the adequacy of the Darwinian paradigm, and why he now believes that the data point towards Intelligent Design.
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Deja Vu ? Training Mujahadeen in Pakistan?
Gladius Saudi Arabia’s Shadow War (Not Saudi Arabia’s alone. Same as Afghanistan wasn't just a Saudi shadow war)US/Saudi Arabia train Mujahadeen in Pakistan: History Repeats!Of course Foreign Policy is touting "blowback" regarding 9/11.In line with the officially sanctioned cover story/ conspiracy theory to obfuscate the reality of an actual state sponsored act of terrorism.
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The Withering of Big Pharma?
By Martha Rosenberg | Dissident Voice | November 7, 2013
It used to be when a drug company settled illegal marketing charges that millions took its drugs under false pretenses, the news would be released on a Friday afternoon when no one would notice. That was then. Now almost all the drug companies have joined the Off label/Kickback club and the public doesn’t seem to notice or care.
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Data retention means you are on the record, like it or not
By Fiona de Londras, Durham University | November 6, 2013
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Progressive Champions Like Eloise Reyes Stand Up To Bigots
The new 31st congressional district, which runs south of L.A. from Upland and Rancho Cucamonga out to San Bernardino, Colton, Loma Linda and Redlands, was carved out of Democratic-leaning areas that were once represented by Jerry Lewis, David Dreier and Joe Baca, 3 conservatives who are no longer in Congress. It's the bluest district anywhere in America with a Republican congressman. And that congressman, Gary Miller, isn't just a standard, garden variety Republican; he's a far right ideologue and has been for his entire sordid career.
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7,500 drones in U.S. airspace within 5 years, FAA Predicts
The chief of the Federal Aviation Administration predicted Thursday that U.S. airspace could be crowded with as many as 7,500 commercial drones within the next five years, as he unveiled a long-awaited regulatory blueprint that seeks to protect Americans’ privacy while requiring testing for law enforcement and private companies seeking to operate unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Practice-relevant climate adaptation science
by Judith Curry Informing the extensive preparations needed to manage climate risks, avoid damages, and realize emerging opportunities is a grand challenge for climate change science. Hell and High Water: Practice Relevant Adaptation Science R.H. Moss and 27 coauthors Abstract. U.S. … Continue reading →
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UNESCO rescinds US and Israel’s voting rights
Al-Akhbar | November 8, 2013
UNESCO has suspended the voting rights of Israel and the United States, two years after they stopped paying dues to the UN’s cultural arm in protest over its granting full membership to the Palestinians, a UNESCO source told Reuters.
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Road map for a decease plan
By Trish Schuh | Tehran Times | April 28, 2005
TEHRAN — Yasser Arafat’s removal was a triumph for Israel. It fulfilled demands for the election of anti-Intifada Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and his associates who “work well with Israel and America,” and whose commitment to disarm the Palestinians will enable Israeli land theft for settlements to continue without resistance or reprisal from undefended Palestinians. Israel achieved Arafat’s demise: “The obstacle to peace(s of land?) will be eradicated forever.”
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Why Netanyahu Is So Enraged by a Deal with Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry’s last minute decision to make a surprise visit to Geneva, Switzerland, where negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran are rapidly progressing, led to an enormous amount of speculation that a first-step deal was imminent and may even be signed today.
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Rockefeller Medicine: Keeping you sick and poor.
Can you imagine how it pleases me to see James Corbett address Rockefeller and his creation of our modern medical dis-ease , not cure, system?It pleases me very much! One of his references is a book, well worth reading. I know, because I have read it, and it is a must read book. Seriously: A must read! Wanna understand just how much absolute manipulation for the sake of profit, not health, is behind the creation of our so called 'modern medicine'???Read this book.
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Public Relations (Spin Doctors) Deliberately Deceived Public About Global Warming and Climate Change
By Dr. Tim Ball | Watts Up With That | November 6, 2013
“Half the work done in the world is to make things appear what they are not.” E.R. Beadle.
In a 2003 speech Michael Crichton, graduate of Harvard Medical School and author of State of fear, said,
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Can Pelosi Outmaneuver Boehner On ENDA?
Thursday there were 3 roll calls in the Senate on ending employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. Short version: it passed and now faces a hostile reception from House Republican leadership. The slightly longer version:The first bill up was an amendment by Pennsylvania conservative Pat Toomey allowing employers to use "religion" as an excuse to discriminate.
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245: The Trivium (Part Three) - Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric
This is part three of a series about the Trivium Method for self-teaching. Gene Odening will accompany us through the next three episodes.
Covered today:
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245: The Trivium (Part Three) - Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric
This is part three of a series about the Trivium Method for self-teaching. Gene Odening will accompany us through the next three episodes.Covered today:Grammar Review (4:50-16:20)-parts of speech-the Golf analogy of wisdomLogic Review(16:20-29:35)-the term dialectic-induction and deduction-the syllogismRhetoric Introduction (29:35-38:30)-compassionate communication-self esteem-the best way to learn is to teach?The three types of discourse: (38:30-46:47)-deliberative (political), -judicial (forensic), -ceremonial (epideictic).
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245: The Trivium (Part Three) - Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric
This is part three of a series about the Trivium Method for self-teaching. Gene Odening will accompany us through the next three episodes.
Covered today:
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The NSA/US/NATO/Cyber Command are not simply passively spying
Voice of Russia
November 8, 2013
The NSA/US/NATO/Cyber Command are not simply passively spying – Rick Rozoff
John Robles
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Pentagon Continues Tightening Asian NATO Ties
U.S. Department of Defense
November 7, 2013
Locklear: U.S. Focuses on Strengthening Asia-Pacific Alliances
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON: Declaring the United States’ five alliances in the Asia-Pacific region “as strong and as confident as they have been in history,” the U.S. Pacific Command chief said efforts are underway to bolster the relationships he called vital to the U.S. rebalance to the region. -
Lion Feuchtwanger: There is no greater crime than an unnecessary war
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Lion Feuchtwanger: War to make the world safe for democracy
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Iranian channels targeted 66 times in 3 years: IRIB
Press TV – November 7, 2013
The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) says Iranian channels have been taken off air from 27 satellites 66 times over the past three years by those claiming to be the advocates of freedom of speech.
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Breaking the Game
Is democracy just civil war, only with ballots instead of bullets? Like chess, or football, politics is a stand-in for war, designed to ritualize conflict so as to prevent bloodshed. As long as everyone abides by the rules, and accepts the restrictions of the system, that is all fine and good. Once someone decides to […]
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Drone Strike Served CIA Revenge, Blocked Pakistan’s Strategy
After a drone strike had reportedly killed Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud Nov. 1, the spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council declared that, if true, it would be “a serious loss” for the terrorist organization. That reaction accurately reflected the Central Intelligence Agency’s argument for the strike. But the back story of the episode […]
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Killing Arafat
The investigation into the death of Yaser Arafat took a giant step forward the other day when Al Jazeera posted the report of a team of Swiss doctors that pretty conclusively shows he was poisoned. The big news, however, is that this was no ordinary poisoning: the agent was polonium-210, the same radioactive substance that […]
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The Cost of War American-Style
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Back in the distant year 2003, my novel about a world I had inhabited for decades, The Last Days of Publishing, came out. In its last pages, three superannuated book editors huddled in a coffee shop in Manhattan, dreaming about DIY publishing. A decade later – for me – fiction has […]
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