The publisher of Environmental Research Letters today took the bizarre position that expecting consistency between models and observations is an “error”.
The publisher stated that the rejected Bengtsson manuscript (which, as I understand it) had discussed the important problem of the discrepancy between models and observations had “contained errors”.

And a bit of inadvertent truth from John Kerry!I will get to that at the end of the post , first, the failed state status of Ukraine.I define a failed state as: one that fails it's citizens. Which makes most of our home countries failed states.

 Tacitus: 'The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.'

jamesMay 15, 2014 at 11:22 AM

Civil Georgia
May 15, 2014
Rasmussen: ‘Georgia’s Progress Should Be Reflected at NATO Summit Appropriately’
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“The current crisis started, the seeds for the current crisis were sown in 2008 in April during the NATO Summit in Bucharest, when NATO leaders stated in a declaration that Georgia and Ukraine will be in NATO,” Lavrov said.

Civil Georgia
May 15, 2014
Rasmussen: ‘Georgia’s Progress Should Be Reflected at NATO Summit Appropriately’
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“The current crisis started, the seeds for the current crisis were sown in 2008 in April during the NATO Summit in Bucharest, when NATO leaders stated in a declaration that Georgia and Ukraine will be in NATO,” Lavrov said.

RIA Novosti
May 16, 2014
NATO to Conduct Steadfast Javelin Military Exercise in Estonia This Month
TALLINN: NATO’s Steadfast Javelin cooperative military exercise is set to get underway later this month in Estonia, the chief of staff of the country’s Defense Forces said.

RIA Novosti
May 16, 2014
NATO to Conduct Steadfast Javelin Military Exercise in Estonia This Month
TALLINN: NATO’s Steadfast Javelin cooperative military exercise is set to get underway later this month in Estonia, the chief of staff of the country’s Defense Forces said.

I wondered why Steve Israel and his corrupt operatives at the DCCC didn't jump all over the story about Republican crooks Michael Grimm and Aaron Schock illegally trading maxed out donors to circumvent campaign finance regulations.

RT
May 15, 2014
Nulandistan update
Video
A political disaster planned and funded by Washington is entering a new and even Orwellian stage. What is Victoria Nuland’s impact on the Ukrainian crisis? Is there a peaceful resolution of the crisis? And what is on Nuland’s mind?

RT
May 15, 2014
Nulandistan update
Video
A political disaster planned and funded by Washington is entering a new and even Orwellian stage. What is Victoria Nuland’s impact on the Ukrainian crisis? Is there a peaceful resolution of the crisis? And what is on Nuland’s mind?

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Russian writers on war
Alexander Herzen: Selections on the military and war
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Alexander Herzen
From My Past and Thoughts
Translated by Constance Garnett

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Russian writers on war
Alexander Herzen: Selections on the military and war
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Alexander Herzen
From My Past and Thoughts
Translated by Constance Garnett

Mujica has refused to live at the Presidential Palace or have a motorcade. He lives in a one-bedroom house on his wife's farm and drives a 1987 Volkswagen. "There have been years when I would have been happy just to have a mattress," said Mujica, referring to his time in prison. He donates over 90 percent of his $12,000/month salary to charity so he makes the same as the average citizen in Uruguay. When called "the poorest president in the world," Mujica says he is not poor. "A poor person is not someone who has little but one who needs infinitely more, and more and more.

Aid and Comfort to the Enemy

Aid and Comfort to the Enemy

The U.S. mainstream media portrays the Ukraine crisis as a case of Russian “imperialism,” but the reality is that Moscow has been reacting to aggressive moves by Washington to expand NATO to Russia’s border in violation of a post-Cold War pledge, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
The post How NATO Jabs Russia on Ukraine appeared first on BSNEWS.

Press TV – May 16, 2014

Argentina has vowed to appeal a decision by a federal court that rejected an agreement between the Latin American country and Iran over a joint probe into a bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.
On Thursday, an Argentinean federal court struck down a 2013 agreement between the South American country and Iran to jointly investigate deadly attacks on a Jewish center in Argentina in 1994.

Press TV – May 16, 2014

Argentina has vowed to appeal a decision by a federal court that rejected an agreement between the Latin American country and Iran over a joint probe into a bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.
On Thursday, an Argentinean federal court struck down a 2013 agreement between the South American country and Iran to jointly investigate deadly attacks on a Jewish center in Argentina in 1994.

Al-Akhbar | May 16, 2014

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Friday that world powers must deny “terrorist” Iran any possibility of developing a nuclear weapon as the search for a deal intensifies.

Al-Akhbar | May 16, 2014

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Friday that world powers must deny “terrorist” Iran any possibility of developing a nuclear weapon as the search for a deal intensifies.

Image: Homs has suffered devastation, but residents vow to rebuild.May 16, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The city of Homs has finally been retaken by the Syrian Arab Army. The scenes of devastation left behind by nearly 3 years of fighting are surreal, but residents - who have begun returning in small numbers - vow to rebuild the city.

Glenn Greenwald’s new book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State, is many things: an account of his relationship with Snowden, an indictment of political leaders who have used the pretext of "terrorism" to mask their unlimited power-lust, a technical analysis (complete with illustrations culled from the National Security […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov used Wednesday’s interview with Bloomberg News to address the overriding issue regarding the future of Ukraine, at least from Moscow’s perspective. Speaking in fluent English, he said Russia would be “categorically against” Ukraine joining NATO. Lavrov said he welcomed the interviewer’s question regarding whether Ukraine can be part of NATO, […]

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Amid the horrific headlines about the fanatical Islamist sect Boko Haram that should make Nigerians cringe, here’s a line from a recent Guardian article that should make Americans do the same, as the U.S. military continues its “pivot” to Africa: “[U.S.] defense officials are looking to Washington’s alliance with Yemen, with […]

Last summer, after the in-FBI-custody shooting of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of the elder Boston bomber, the Bureau told the same story they have been telling since 1993 – this was justified. Furthermore, documents acquired by The New York Times last June showed that there were more than 150 FBI shootings by agents in the […]

As diplomats began drafting a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and Western sanctions in Vienna Tuesday, US officials were poised to demand a drastic cut in Iran’s enrichment capabilities that is widely expected to deadlock the negotiations. Iran is almost certain to reject the basic concept that it should reduce the number of […]

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:

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 126. This is my Mises University 2011 lecture, Intellectual Property and Economic Development (July 27, 2011), perhaps one of my better talks on IP and liberty. The original PowerPoint slides are here. Streaming audio, video, and a googledocs version of the slides are below. An unedited, raw transcript is also appended […]

I really do hate sometimes being proven right, but again I want to present evidence for everyone to see for themselves that this Nigerian "Abducted Schoolgirl" crisis is indeed a massive fraud...

The other day, we mentioned that the two conservative Dems in the Inland Empire congressional race (CA-31), Joe Baca and Pete Aguilar, are slugging it out over which one is worse on the environment. They're both really awful. Aguilar, a former bank lobbyist for the failed Arrowhead Savings and Loan, is the picture of sleazy insider corruption and his entire career has been predicated on his eagerness to cozy up with the Chamber of Commerce Republicans who control the Redlands area.

Scores were reported killed during Anbar operations that are seen as precursors to a full assault on militants in Falluja. The numbers given are reported by Iraqi officials and cannot be independently confirmed. If the government figures are accurate, at least 210 people were killed and 120 were wounded. Well over half the dead were militants. Bombers also attacked a courthouse in Baghdad, but they were unable to penetrate the building.

NYT caption: "Dean Baquet addressing the Times staff in the newsroom Wednesday afternoon after he was named as the new executive editor."by KenAre you wondering why Jill Abramson was summarily fired after three years as the top editor of the New York Times?

“Israeli society now acknowledges the Nakba. But there is much more to be done,” Jeries said. “Israeli Jews don’t yet want to take responsibility for it: to fix historical injustices and take back the refugees. It is going to be a long process.”

By Jonathan Cook 

Stone Cold Justice” about the brutal practices used by the Israeli, military occupation, forces against Palestinian children. The program was aired several times on national Australian TV in February, 2014. It will never see the light of day in the controlled, American media. So, after watching this, bypass the US ” lame stream” media and recommend it to a friend.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 14, 2014
NATO Chief To Visit Romania
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is due to visit alliance member Romania on May 15-16.
NATO said in a press statement released on May 14 that Rasmussen is due to hold talks in Bucharest with President Traian Basescu, Prime Minister Victor Viorel Ponta, and other senior Romanian officials.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 14, 2014
NATO Chief To Visit Romania
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is due to visit alliance member Romania on May 15-16.
NATO said in a press statement released on May 14 that Rasmussen is due to hold talks in Bucharest with President Traian Basescu, Prime Minister Victor Viorel Ponta, and other senior Romanian officials.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
May 16, 2014
Director General of the International Military Staff visited Pakistan for staff talks

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
May 16, 2014
Director General of the International Military Staff visited Pakistan for staff talks

Stop Nato
May 15, 2014
Eastern Partnership: The West’s Trojan Horse and Battering Ram In Former Soviet Space
Rick Rozoff
Рик Розофф рассказал о “троянском коне” Запада на землях бывшего СССР

Stop Nato
May 15, 2014
Eastern Partnership: The West’s Trojan Horse and Battering Ram In Former Soviet Space
Rick Rozoff
Рик Розофф рассказал о “троянском коне” Запада на землях бывшего СССР

By Gareth Porter | IPS | May 15, 2014

As diplomats began drafting a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and Western sanctions in Vienna on Tuesday, U.S. officials were poised to demand a drastic cut in Iran’s enrichment capabilities that is widely expected to deadlock the negotiations.

By Gareth Porter | IPS | May 15, 2014

As diplomats began drafting a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and Western sanctions in Vienna on Tuesday, U.S. officials were poised to demand a drastic cut in Iran’s enrichment capabilities that is widely expected to deadlock the negotiations.

FCC chair and ex-super-lobbyist Tom Wheeler says he is preserving open internet, despite many obvious contradictions and million-plus emails….Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and earn $15 for the PBC Podcast!
–FCC votes 3-2 to move forward with changes to Net Neutrality
–FCC chair Wheeler spent time talking with protesters at Occupy FCC
–John Kuhn, author of Fear & Learning in America, says standardized testing and big data don’t accurately rate our schools

The noble, beating heart of science is no more. Peer pressure, conformity, orthodoxy - these remain.

Beltway pundits tend to get their opinions from their friends in the political parties and, for the most part, those opinions tend to be worthless. In the video above from her show on Tuesday, Rachel Maddow amuses herself at the expense of all the conventional wisdom that showed Southern Democrats having virtually no chance against an onslaught of top Republican recruits.

“…In the name of beleaguered Palestinians and the Syrians or any other people that Israel is determined to dominate or crash, as well as for the sake of your own humanity… in the upcoming European Parliamentary elections, do not vote for a friend of Israel,” Lawson said in a video posted on Intifada Palestine website.

By John LaForge | CounterPunch | May 15, 2014

The US Army has awarded General Dynamics a $12 million contract to deconstruct and dispose of 78,000 depleted uranium anti-tank shells. The Pentagon’s May 6 announcement calls for “demilitarization” of the aging shells, as newer depleted uranium rounds are added to the US arsenal.

By John LaForge | CounterPunch | May 15, 2014

The US Army has awarded General Dynamics a $12 million contract to deconstruct and dispose of 78,000 depleted uranium anti-tank shells. The Pentagon’s May 6 announcement calls for “demilitarization” of the aging shells, as newer depleted uranium rounds are added to the US arsenal.