In 2000, I was especially excited about defeating radical right freshman and impeachment manager, Jim Rogan in the district next door. I didn't know much about the Democratic state senator running against him, Adam Schiff, only that he was a Democrat. I was kind of naive about DC politics back then. The online grassroots model of fundraising Blue America uses hadn't been invented yet and I helped Schiff raise money the old fashioned way.

RT | May 27, 2013

North Korea’s apparent attempts to reduce tensions with its southern neighbor found no welcome in Seoul, which has slammed the North’s proposed negotiations and a “two-faced” invitation to commemorate a key 2000 peace conference.

Press TV – May 27, 2013

Former United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix says Britain should end its Trident nuclear weapons program as he does not see how the £100bn plan can help the country better protect itself.
The Swede told an audience of some 1,600 at the Hay literary festival that even the US is not pursuing such a “costly rearmament” and questioned whether Trident is “required to protect UK independence or UK pride”.

The Rios Montt trial set back a month and will now likely collapse, a sad day for international justice. But for neoconservatives, the decision is good news, because Reagan’s shady connections with Montt have been exposed (for the few willing to discover them). And yet some on the right are still trying to protect Montt and Reagan – here’s how you spin a genocide.

The Bilderberg Society is holding its annual meeting this June in Watford just north of London. The theme this year is Google which is the tip of the modern Surveillance State. The video below discusses an earlier meeting in 2005 which was followed by a select meeting at which it was decided that Monsanto genetic manipulation of plants and animals was to be followed by gene spicing of animals and then humans.

RT | May 27, 2013

Yara Abbas, a prominent female Syrian war reporter, was killed in the country’s west, Syrian officials confirmed. The country remains a dangerous place for journalists, especially as some rebel groups reportedly target them for assassination.

Puppet Pat might want to call Jerry Brown and get a lesson in being a governorCalifornia has no statewide Republicans in office. Many of the Democrats in the legislature are conservative corporate whores but at least the Republicans are relegated to the sidelines and can't even obstruct the smooth functioning of government any longer. In 2012, the Democrats won 2/3s majorities in each house of the legislature.

By Franklin Lamb | Al-Manar | May 27, 2013

Remarks to a Seminar Convened by The National Interest to Discuss an Article by Jacob Heilbrunn

Or Qussayr ? NATO merc terrorists snipers killed her as she reported from the town Syrian Army is taking back from NATO's rebels.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 064. This is my appearance on the Katherine Albrecht radio show, discussing net neutrality (Dec. 22, 2010). For more information, see my post Against Net Neutrality. Here is the link to the show page for this episode.

This past Thursday and Friday, President Obama delivered two speeches designed to outline his new thinking on national security and counter-terrorism. While much was made in the media of the president’s statements at the National Defense University and the US Naval Academy suggesting that the most active phase of US military action overseas was coming [...]

Having worked for years on the issues of drones and Guantanamo, I was delighted to get a pass (the source will remain anonymous) to attend President Obama’s speech at the National Defense University. I had read many press reports anticipating what the President might say. There was much talk about major policy shifts that would [...]

As I was beginning to write this, Washington was unfolding for its annual Memorial Day rituals. Like clockwork, the distant hum of motorcycles would soon herald another Rolling Thunder convocation. Rows of chairs would suddenly appear at monuments, road closures announced, tiny flags awaiting position at the nation’s largest graveyard for its war dead. Memorial [...]

About halfway through President Obama’s drone speech, I nearly threw in the towel and changed the channel back to HGTV. After all, why should I sit there and listen to out-and-out lies – and miss the latest episode of “Rehab Addict“? What set me off was the part starting with this line: “Journalists should not [...]

Per Frank Brodhead’s Iran War Weekly:

Most people who know who author and economist Umair Haque is, probably know him for his coverage of modern capitalism at the Harvard Business Review. But he's also a voracious twitter.

IN THIS ISSUE

Russian Information Agency Novosti
May 26, 2013
Estonia Completes Military Drills with NATO Allies
TALLINN: Estonia completed on Saturday large-scale military drills, which began on May 9 and involved some 5,000 military personnel, including from NATO allies, the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces said.

At least 14 people were killed and another 36 were wounded in attacks.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Henri Barbusse: Selections on war
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Henri Barbusse
From Light (1918)
Translated by Fitzwater Wray

It is Sunday, Memorial Day weekend in the formerly great United States of America, and time again for my weekly rant....I am a bit later than usual today in firing off this article... It has been a very hectic day here,and I have been busy taking care of family matters....But better late than never.... The first matter that needs to be cleared up is of course the recent False Flag (yes, it was indeed a false flag) "Beheading" murder done in the Woolwich suburb of London England.....

by KenForgive me if you've already gotten this breaking news -- and already booked your place on this not-to-be-missed excursion. I've been away from home and a little out of the loop. A day or two ago the <i>Washington Post</i>'s loopmaster, Al Kamen, reported:

In an article for the Guardian, John Pilger describes a "top secret" report by the World Health Organisation that says birth defects are appearing across Iraqi society at unprecedented "crisis levels" following the widespread use of depleted uranium and toxic heavy metals in the Anglo-American invasion and occupation.

By Mitchell Plitnick | LobeLog | May 25, 2013

Guantanamo (Joshua Nistas/US Army)

By Peter Hart| FAIR | May 25, 2013

President Barack Obama’s address yesterday on U.S. terror strategies got a lot of attention for supposedly charting a new course in America’s longest war. But some of the facts were mangled along the way.

The other day it was revealed that three stooges named Steve McKeon, Daniel McKeon & Joe McKeon opened up a new shoppe-- a war industries lobbying shop.

According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), Global Sea Level is rising at an alarming rate, threatening millions who live in coastal regions and islands around the world, thanks to the global-warming activities of human beings on planet Earth. To challenge these claims, we are joined by Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner, former Expert Reviewer for the IPCC, and erstwhile Head of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics at the University of Stockholm in Sweden, whose research into sea levels around the globe paints a very different picture.

According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), Global Sea Level is rising at an alarming rate, threatening millions who live in coastal regions and islands around the world, thanks to the global-warming activities of human beings on planet Earth. To challenge these claims, we are joined by Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner, former Expert Reviewer for the IPCC, and erstwhile Head of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics at the University of Stockholm in Sweden, whose research into sea levels around the globe paints a very different picture.

By Praful Bidwai | The News | May 25, 2013

The disconnect between nuclear power realities and the Indian establishment’s perceptions is complete. Nuclear power has been in worldwide decline for more than a decade. The number of operating reactors peaked in 2002 at 444, but has fallen to under 380. Their output peaked in 2004, and has since decreased annually by two percent or more.

By RUSSELL MOKHIBER | CounterPunch | May 24, 2013

In case you had any doubt that federal prosecutors favor corporations over individuals, check out Mythili Raman’s testimony before a House hearing this week.
Raman is the acting chief of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice.
She appeared before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee.

The early-career Colin Davis MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384: Overture (with concert ending)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Davis, cond.

Press TV – May 25, 2013

Officials in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine have placed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya couples in a gross violation of fundamental human rights and amid accusations of ethnic cleansing against the community.
Local authorities said on Saturday that the new measure will be exercised in the townships of Buthidaung and Maundaw, where about 95 percent of the population are Muslim.

No. And there's a few problems with that question.

Recorded live 5-16-13 with Osborne and Andre (NotesForRobots.com).

Topic:
Our discussion grows out of a video called Why Our Brains Get Addicted to the Internet (and How to Avoid It). We spend the live portion of the podcast evaluating our issues with and strategies for focusing while working online.

No. And there's a few problems with that question.

Recorded live 5-16-13 with Osborne and Andre (NotesForRobots.com).

Topic:
Our discussion grows out of a video called Why Our Brains Get Addicted to the Internet (and How to Avoid It). We spend the live portion of the podcast evaluating our issues with and strategies for focusing while working online.

No. And there's a few problems with that question.Recorded live 5-16-13 with Osborne and Andre (NotesForRobots.com).Topic:Our discussion grows out of a video called Why Our Brains Get Addicted to the Internet (and How to Avoid It).

Gilad Atzmon – Alto Sax
Zane Musa – Soprano and Tenor Sax
Mahesh Balasooriya – Keyboard
Tony Austin – Drums
Hamilton Price – Bass
Recorded at The Mint, Los Angeles, May 17, 2013
Gilad Atzmon website

Events are rapidly spinning out of control so I expect another False Flag event between now and the 4th of July. The bond market is worrisome as ten year bond interest rates are going up. I wrote of the 40 charts that mean nothing because everything is rigged. And the key to rigging markets is controlling interest rates. That and the wild swings in the values of currencies could doom the markets. This is a Banker Occupied Government and they know the people will riot and chase them out of town when the dollar crashes.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 063. I was a guest on the “Live and Let Live” radio show with Gary Johnson discussing IP (Nov. 14, 2010).

IMEMC & Agencies | May 26, 2013

Sunday May 26 2013; Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that a 7-year old child was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in the city.
The sources said that Bayan Kamel Shatat, 7, suffered moderate injuries and was moved to the Hebron governmental hospital.

Miss McConnell lays down with the GOP's 3 nihilist psychopathsA few days ago, television personality Bill Maher was musing about the idea of Texas teabagger Ted Cruz running for president.

Press TV – May 26, 2013

Tehran has criticized Secretary of State John Kerry and other US officials for their interfering remarks about Iran’s upcoming presidential election.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that according to the Algiers Accords, the United States has agreed not to meddle in Iran’s internal affairs.
The United States’ support of democracy is just a subterfuge and is all a show, he added.

Press TV – May 26, 2013

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to toughen the expense rules of the Senate of Canada following a scandal that led to the resignation of his chief of staff.
Harper also called for the prevention of any loops in the law on Tuesday morning before leaving for South America.

PressTVGlobalNews · May 25, 2013

The Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) has not pressed criminal charges against International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde after days of investigation into a corruption case, Press TV reports.
Lagarde walked out of the court after two days of court hearings looking into her involvement in fraud and misappropriation of public funds.

I have known John Friend now for several years now, and I have watched his work at his blog: "John Friend's Blog" at www.john-friend.net, grow by leaps and bounds over that time.... Recently however, I have watched as John has been associating more with the so called "Christian Identity" crowd who also can sometimes be labeled as "White Supremacists".... I had warned John before to be careful of these groups and his association with them.... He understands that we have our differences in opinions when it comes to what they stand for.

It has saddened me for years to see the massive failings in our so called "education" system... I have long said that today's schools are a fraud and that they fail miserably to teach children the basic fundamentals of "Reading, Writing, and Arithmatic" and instead teach only material that programs them to be nothing more than automatons or "cogs" for corporations..... Critical Thinking, which is essential for our future, is no longer being emphasized at all!I came across a most disturbing article today, that I knew had to be shared here with my own readers to view for themselves...

Jeremy Piven as Harry Selfridgeby KenIt was a little nerve-wracking approaching last week's double installment of Masterpiece Classic's Mr. Selfridge. For weeks I had been assuming that the week's episode would be the last, but this time, what with the scheduling of that double episode -- Episode 47 (or 47-48, if you count it as double) by my unofficial count -- the prospects seemed hopeful.