May 2013
35 posts
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EU to ban olive oil jugs from restaurants →
The European Union is to ban olive oil jugs and dipping bowls from restaurant tables in a move described by one of Britain’s top cooks as authoritarian and damaging to artisanal food makers.
WTF? Can’t even wrap my head around this one.
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“The French holistic, psycho-social approach also allows for considering...”
– Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D.
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“White Cloud superintendent Barry Seabrook said Thursday allowing the pictures to...”
– My brain. Hurts.
Michigan Father Killed in Marijuana Child Removal... →
thefreelioness:
A prosecutor in northern Michigan has cleared the police officer who shot and killed a Grayling man as police and Child Protective Services (CPS) employees attempted to seize his three-year-old. The attempted removal of the minor child came after a police officer who came to the scene on a call earlier that same day reported that he smelled marijuana and reported the incident to...
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“Chalk. The gateway art supply.”
– Yep, the crackdown on drawing on sidewalks is underway.
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Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down Dwolla... →
Told folks that Bitcoin was next, and of course Dwolla is an anti-bank, ie, outside the Federal Reserve settlement system. The regime will defend itself to the bitter end.
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Undermining Pell How Colleges Compete for Wealthy... →
Pretty much required reading to understand the college money game.
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Under the black flag of al-Qaeda, the Syrian city... →
The black flag of al-Qaeda flies high over Raqqa’s main square in front of the smart new governor’s palace, its former occupant last seen in their prison. Their fighters, clad also in black, patrol the streets, or set up positions behind sandbags.
What a complete, Medieval mess.
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Outrage at Syrian rebel shown 'eating soldier's... →
Only religious fanaticism produces such madness. Humans must evolve beyond such bloody mysticism and leave religion behind. Oh, and these are the people Washington wants to arm.
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Washington & Wall Street: Ben Bernanke's Global... →
A nice flyby of the current situation, and some further background by me in the comments.
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Montana's Medical Marijuana Industry Goes Down →
I take no pleasure in noting that I predicted after the election that the feds would crack down on nascent state and local moves to decriminalize pot. The War on Drugs is an entrenched part of the War Lobby. It is bipartisan, strong, and must be destroyed for the republic to survive.
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Bomb-sniffing dog bites woman at Atlanta airport →
Channel 2 Action News has learned federal authorities and Atlanta police are investigating why a drug- and bomb-sniffing dog seriously bit a woman waiting in the baggage claim area last Thursday.
This is some Grade-A seriously fucked up shit. An instrument of the federal government went seriously off the rails — its operator was evidently powerless to stop it — and all we get in...
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“The sumptuous, vulgar Gatsby estate, overflowing with gangsters, movie stars,...”
– Rex Reed, he did not like it.
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U.S. requires group to remove 3-D gun instructions... →
The U.S. State Department said Thursday it had heard enough from Defense Distributed, the non-profit group at the center of a 3-D gun printing controversy.
Attention Techno Utopians — and I won’t name names, but you know who you are, telling us the future is “too fast” for government to catch — the federal regime will always resist disruption of its power base. It...
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“The number of people on SSDI now exceeds the entire population of Greece. Anyone...”
– The Burning Platform
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Under 15? No Caffeine for You. →
Let’s be clear, unless you were issued a passport as a child, almost no one in America can prove their DOB with a government-issued picture ID before the age of 15. Ipso facto, when the FDA muses on limiting childhood “access” to caffeine that means age-restrictions are part of the mix, and age-restrictions can only be enforced at 15 and up.
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Bombino →
Amazed that more people don’t compare this guy to Tom Verlaine in that his notes come at you sideways.
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“The U.S. government’s attack against Megaupload bears all the hallmarks of a...”
– White paper by Kim Dotcom lawyers Robert Amsterdam and Ira P. Rothken making the case that the rule of law is broken in America.
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Wow. This certainly is of a time and place.
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RIP Cedric Brooks
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“Key to the Littoral Combat Ship’s success is fulfilling its planned capability...”
– Leaked report concludes the new $440m. per Navy ship cannot do its job.
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“Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, was arrested and charged with sexual battery...”
– Wrong!
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“According to March 2001 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) data,...”
– Benefit costs were also about twice as high for union workers compared to non-union, according to the BLS. If you want to know where all the money is going, look no further.
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An Annual Look at the Housing Affordability... →
The flip side of the Fed artificially pumping up housing values — marginally productive workers cannot afford housing.
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Still Waiting On Open Data →
Amazing that all units of government have not yet achieved this standard. Then again, maybe not.
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Left boils as Obama floats major change to... →
Bwah-ah-hah-hah. Of course you have to jack up the minimum “contribution” to Medicare for those seniors with any money — you just did the same thing with the non-Medicare universe of health insurance. Cost-shifting from the sick to the healthy is what socialized medicine is all about.
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Computer Crime Law Goes to the Casino →
Exploit a glitch, go to jail. Scary stuff.
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Fed Open to Expanding QE as It Counters Talk of... →
Facing the risk of a fourth straight summertime slowdown, Federal Reserve officials raised the prospect of increasing the monthly pace of bond buying above $85 billion to guard against any slump in growth or employment.
Run for your lives.
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CEO Pay 1,795-to-1 Multiple of Wages Skirts U.S.... →
I am of two minds on this topic. One, I understand that many of the backers of mandatory disclosure of CEO pay want to cap executive pay — and that is a horrorshow. But two, if you are ashamed of what you pay your CEO, what else do you have to hide from the investing public? Crazed CEO pay is an obvious marker for a weak, inattentive board.
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Why does the new Megadeth track sound like...
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Obama Said to Choose Watt to Lead Fannie Mae... →
Cue Housing Bubble 2.0. Book it. Done. You have been warned.
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U.S. Considers Expanding Support for Syrian Rebels... →
Oh fucking Christ. No one is that stupid.
April 2013
47 posts
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U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet... →
When the Justice Department immunizes AT&T and other telcos participating in cyber snooping, you might want to call it what it is — fascism.
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“Alessandro Rossi, who runs another pizzeria in Rome, is also surprised that...”
– What, you mean that worker productivity and not “austerity” explains a big chunk of Eurozone unemployment? Unpossible.
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9/11/13: A CALL FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND... →
As I predicted after the November election, the sackcloth and ashes crowd is moving into full repentance mode. Next up, flagellants roaming the land.
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Because tomorrow is International Jazz Day —...
City Of Philadelphia Advises Residents On What To... →
moralanarchism:
During last weeks events in Boston, residents were told to â shelter in place,â which raises the question, would you know what to do if a similar order was issued in Philadelphia?
First Boston and now they are already preparing Philadelphia Guess we know which city is next to see what martial law looks like. The police state is testing us to see how we will react to...
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Dove’s Fake New 'Real Beauty' Ads →
Turn out to be real misleading.
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“Value, surplus and wealth can only be created by increasing productivity. If an...”
– Good stuff from Charles Hugh-Smith cutting through all the “austerity” crap.
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“Fisker Automotive Inc., the troubled electric-car maker, missed its first...”
– Shocker.
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Sorry, but I love this.
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Ricin-letter Plot Update →
Weird. The FBI went to the guy’s house who the guy they arrested says did the deed. And? The feds better bail on this before it gets worse. Also, check the detailed reporting on the hearing. This is what newspapers used to do.
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Whole Foods hit me with this yesterday. Now I hit...
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FBI: No ricin found in home of Mississippi suspect →
Steven Hatfill, MK. II? The FBI has a big problem. Already.
