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As Paul Rudd hosted his third Saturday Night Live this week, he picked up on a pattern: the musical guest always overshadows him. Perhaps that's because he's not a great host.
First came Beyonce, then Paul McCartney, and now poppy juggernaut One Direction. Rudd's opening monologue featured a showdown between this boy band and his "man band"--the "Anchorman" crew of Will Ferrell, David Koechner, and Steve Carrell. The nine of them sang --what else?-- "Afternoon Delight." The One Direction mania was slightly reworked in one of Rudd's best performances of the night as One Direction's #1 fan.
SNL opened this week with a "condensed" version of the "Sound of Music." The sketch was preceded by a smug promo of an introduction, noting the 18 million viewers who watched NBC's live production this week. Despite the self-congratulatory start, the skit was excellent. Kristen Wiig showed up to reprise her role as the strange girl from a Lawrence Welk sister act, but this time, she was cast as a freaky Von Trapp child. It was a perfectly weird delight.
One of the evening's best sketches was another character reprise: Taran Killam's bitchy 19th century critic slammed beloved Christmas classics, from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" to "It's a Wonderful Life."
Two other holiday-oriented bits featured Rudd in mid-life crisis mode as a slimmed down Santa ("one of the leanest meats is reindeer") and "White Christmas," which was pegged as "a Christmas movie for white people," following recent releases like "Best Man Holiday" and "Black Nativity." The sketch came across a bit awkwardly, especially given the fair accusations regarding SNL's diversity problem. Perhaps, the best way out is through, but concentrating on actually bringing in more diverse talent seems like a better task than joking about it.
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For many people forced from their homes, a voluntary return home in safety and dignity marks the successful end to the trauma. Of the other "durable solutions" that UNHCR seeks for refugees, only a minority have the opportunity to be resettled to third countries or to be locally integrated into their host societies. Over the years, UNHCR has managed numerous large-scale voluntary repatriation programmes that brought many millions of refugees home. In Afghanistan alone, some 5 million refugees have returned with UNHCR assistance since 2002. But UNHCR offices also assist with many small-scale - and even individual repatriations - of refugees and internally displaced people on a routine basis. Where necessary and possible, UNHCR offices in the receiving country also assist and monitor their reintegration to ensure the repatriation was a sustainable solution.


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Department of Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer said Tuesday that state auditors and analysts did not find anything to inquire about.
"We haven't sent any objections yet on the San Diego enforceable obligation payment schedule submitted Jan. 31," Palmer said.
But the city isn't free and clear to move forward with building parks, fire stations, affordable housing and even the first phase of what could be a downtown home for the San Diego Chargers. The state review is part of the winding down of about 400 redevelopment agencies statewide.
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Alyssa and her husband, David Bugliari, welcomed a son Milo Thomas Bugliari this morning. He weighed 7 lbs., and measured 19 inches long. We expect the actress to hit Twitter to give us some updates on Milo's first moments anytime now!
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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, Feb. 20, 2013) – In Papua New Guinea, two suspects, allegedly involved in the rape of a nurse working at Angau Hospital in East Taraka over the weekend, have been arrested.
Lae metropolitan commander, Superintendent Ivan Lakatani told Post-Courier that the first suspect surrendered himself to police and the second was picked up at East Taraka market after police were tipped off.
Mr. Lakatani said others involved in heinous crime will be picked up because the East Taraka community is fed up with such animalistic behavior.
He said police have mounted a surveillance of the whole East Taraka area and already have names of the suspects and it is a matter of time before they will be picked up. "My men mounted a surveillance of the area and the suspect gave himself up. Others will follow suit because we have the community helping us to identify who they are.
"The names of the suspects will not be released at this stage because they have not been interviewed and formally charged," he said.
He said once they are charged then police will release their names. It was reported that a man at East Taraka hid in his house the whole day and refused to leave the houses because he was really ashamed that one of his nephews was allegedly involved in the crime.
"I am so ashamed to leave my house and do what you are asking me to do," when he was asked by a friend to do him a favor. Meanwhile, a request by the staff at the hospital to stage a protest march into Lae Top Town to present a petition to Morobe governor, Kelly Naru, was refused by Mr. Lakatani.
Instead, Mr. Lakatani met with the staff at the Angau Hospital grounds and asked them to invite Governor Naru or his delegate to the hospital to receive the petition.
The staff agreed and will invited Governor Naru or his delegate to receive their petition today. Mr. Lakatani said police in Lae are short-staffed and opportunists may also grab the opportunity to disturb the peace and good order or unnecessarily affect business houses and properties, therefore he refused to permit the march.
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Dell Announces Ramp Up Of Taiwan Office – To Hire 100 Cloud Computing Professionals
Two weeks back I had written about how cloud computing has emerged as a viable career option (See: Should You Train To Be a Cloud Computing Professional? – Part 1 and Should You Train To Be a Cloud Computing Professional? – Part 2 ). Now, computing giant Dell has announced the expansion of its Taiwan Design Center, with the headcount slated to increase by 100 from the current 600 employees. This increase is in an effort to expand its cloud computing research capacity.
Dell has come a long way since founder Michael Dell put together computers in his University of Texas dorm in Austin. While it has been dominating the personal computing landscape for years now, it has recently decided to focus on what it believes to be a defining technology of the future – cloud computing. To that effect, it has invested big money in making its presence felt, initially through acquisitions (See: Dell's Deals in Cloud Computing and Dell's New Cloud Computing Buy).
In March earlier this year, Dell announced its intention to invest $1 billion throughout the year to deliver "leading solutions, services and cloud-based delivery options" to launch and sell cloud services, starting with email archiving and a hosted virtual desktop software. Over the next few months, it has made a concerted effort to promote Dell Virtualization Solutions and introduced a new line of eco-friendly servers specifically geared towards cloud computing (See: Energy Efficient Microservers from Dell for Cloud Computing Infrastructures).
To read about how Dell perceives cloud computing, read:
1. Virtualization: The Virtual Way to Real-World Benefits
2. Working on the Move with Virtualization Solutions
Dell had opened the Taiwan Design Center in September 2002 to develop notebooks and coordinate with local partners. According to Dell senior vice president for Enterprise Solutions Group, Brad Anderson, this new expansion will focus on offering cloud computing solutions tailored to different clients including servers and storage devices. According to Dell Taiwan President Terence Liao, "The demand (for cloud services) remains brisk and does not show any sign of a recession."
Taiwan is a nation that has been very encouraging of cloud computing, and this shows in the large number of big names setting up shop there. I had earlier written about how this may emerge as one of the major industries in the island-state (See: Cloud Computing: Taiwan's Next Trillion Dollar Industry). In fact, the entire continent of Asia presents myriad opportunities in this field, recognized by giants like Intel (See: Exploring the Intel Cloud Builder Community ) and mentioned in several articles of mine:
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Update - 4:00 PM - The SCPD has added the following information: Edward Rodriguez, 70, was last seen leaving his home at 10 a.m. and heading to Bruno's auto body, located at 101 5th Ave., Bay Shore. He was driving a 2008 blue Hyundai Santa Fe with New York license plate EDL2509.
Original Alert - Central Islip, NY - June 9, 2014 - Edward Rodriguez is a 70-year-old missing vulnerable adult with Alzheimer's disease from Central Islip and he may be in need of medical attention. He was last seen at 10:05 AM in the area of Carleton Avenue. Edward was driving a 2008 blue Hyundai Sante Fe with New York registration EDL2509. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue jacket, and brown shoes.
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Chatting with Michigan Author Kristina Riggle
Kristina Riggle was delightful yesterday afternoon, answering questions on KDL's Goodreads Discussion Board. The local author of five novels (including her latest, The Whole Golden World) talked about her novels, her writing process, and about submissions she reviews as a fiction editor for Literary Mama.
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I added a friends PC to my network to do some work on it with the internet. Now its on my network and would like to remove it. It show up on the view network computers.
Pull your NIC card and boot the computer. Then shut it down and reinstall the NIC. It will then be gone. You can disable it by clicking on the icon and choose disable.
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Botox Cosmetic
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Dysport & Xeomin
Although Botox was the first FDA approved neuromodulator in the USA, we now have Dysport and Xeomin, which are very similar products and have been used in other countries for some time. These drugs are pretty much used interchangeably although some patients prefer a certain brand. The method of injection, action and duration are basically the same.
Who performs the injections at our office?
In many offices, nurses, interns or other staff perform Botox injections. Dr. Niamtu personally performs 100% of all Botox treatments.
Dr. Niamtu's Experience & Qualifications
Dr. Niamtu is the largest solo injector of Botox Cosmetic in the State of Virginia. He is the only Diamond Level Botox Cosmetic provider in Richmond, Virginia which means he injects more Botox Cosmetic than any other doctor in any other specialty. A doctor must be in the top 1% of injectors in the country to qualify for the Diamond Level Award from Allergan.
Dr. Niamtu is shown with over 5,000 Botox vials he has injected since 1998
Dr. Niamtu is a Diamond Level Botox provider which is only the top 1% of doctors in the USA.
Dr. Niamtu is also one of the few Virginia members of the BOTOX® Cosmetic Physicians Training Network and National Training Center. As an official training center, Dr. Niamtu trains other doctors from all over the United States, has written several scientific articles on BOTOX® Cosmetic, as well as a textbook chapter and training manual.
BOTOX® Cosmetic Injection for facial wrinkles is one of the most effective treatments in the field of cosmetic surgery. Very few treatments produce such impressive results with no healing time required. BOTOX® Cosmetic is a muscle weakener that is derived from bacteria that have been purified for use in humans. BOTOX® Cosmetic is used to treat "frown lines" which are sometimes called "scowl lines" or "worry lines". These are the lines seen between the eyes and on the bridge of the nose. In addition, BOTOX® Cosmetic injections are used for "crow's feet" wrinkles and forehead wrinkles. BOTOX® Cosmetic also can be used for the bands that develop underneath the chin and extend to the neck. Botox Cosmetic is also used by Dr. Niamtu to treat migraine headaches, bruxism (tooth grinding) and some facial pain syndromes.
The injections are performed in the office with an ultra fine needle and the number of injections required varies with the degree of wrinkling. All injections are performed by Dr. Niamtu. Many patients receive BOTOX® Cosmetic injections on their lunch hour and return to work. Botox is truly a lunchtime procedure. The effects of BOTOX® Cosmetic begin between 24-72 hours and the effect lasts an average of 3 months. There is some evidence that after several repeated injections, the effects last longer. We frequently have our chemical peel, brow lift and laser patients use BOTOX® Cosmetic on their wrinkles several weeks before their surgery. This causes a smoothing of the areas to be treated with the peel or laser and requires less laser tissue removal. In addition, the muscles will be inactive and make healing easier and more comfortable.
Dr. Niamtu has been injecting Botox since 1996 and was featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch for his work with BOTOX® Cosmetic in 1998
Dr. Niamtu was also featured in Style Magazine in 2007 about the Botox Cosmetic experiencce
Dr. Niamtu has a personal relationship with Drs. Jean and Alistair Carruthers, the pioneers of BOTOX® Cosmetic for cosmetic use in humans. Dr. Niamtu and the Carruthers are involved in several ongoing projects. Dr. Niamtu was invited to speak at the Carruthers' international cosmetic surgery meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia in May of 2000 and has written chapters in their textbooks on two occasions.
Dr. Alastair (left), Dr. Niamtu (center) and Jean Carruthers (right), the pioneers of BOTOX® Cosmetic for cosmetic use in humans.
The above photo shows Dr. Andy Blitzer (right) who along with Dr. Bill Binder (left) both of whom did the much of the original research on Botox and Migraine Headaches. These colleagues of Dr. Niamtu are shown at the 2006 BOTOX® Instructors Conference (Allergan National Education Faculty) which gathers the international BOTOX® experts each year.
Click on the Mona Lisa icon on this page to view before and after pictures
Neuromodulators (Botox, Dysport, Xeomin) for Frown Lines
Neuromodulators (Botox, Dysport, Xeomin) for forehead wrinkles
Neuromodulators (Botox, Dysport, Xeomin) for Crow's Feet Wrinkles
If this picture looks familliar, it is Dr. Niamtu squinting before and 2 weeks after 30 units of Xeomin
Botox for Vertical Lines ("smoker's lines")
BOTOX® Cosmetic can make a difference with "lipstick lines" Very small amounts of BOTOX® Cosmetic are injected in the lips and can decrease some of the wrinkling seen in this region. Although BOTOX® Cosmetic can improve these lines, alternate procedures such as Restylane injection or laser resurfacing can make a more dramatic difference.
Botox for "Bunny Lines"
"Bunny lines" describe the wrinkles that some patients have on the side of their nose when smiling. This images show patients before and after BOTOX® Cosmetic injection for "bunny lines".
Botox for the Lower Eyelid
BOTOX® Cosmetic can be used to improve muscle bulges in the lower eyelid. This patient complained of bulges on the lower eyelid when he smiles or squints. The BOTOX® Cosmetic decreased the size of these muscle budges.
Botox for the Jaw Muscles (Masseter Muscles)
BOTOX® Cosmetic to slim the face: Some patients have very active jaw muscles that give their face a very square shape. These are called the masseter muscles and are the main muscles used for chewing and biting. Injecting BOTOX® Cosmetic in these muscles can reduce their size and give a square face a much more tapered or oval appearance.
In addition, many patients grind their teeth and this also can cause increase in the size of the masseter muscle as well as pain, tenderness and TMJ problems. Dr. Niamtu uses BOTOX® Cosmetic to assist in the treatment of migraine headaches, TMJ/TMD disorders, tooth grinding/clenching, and facial pain. The video below shows Dr. Niamtu injecting the temporalis muscles for a patient with facial pain from clenching and TMJ/TMD.
Botox to Improve Downturned Mouth Corners
BOTOX® can also be injected in the muscles that turn down the corner of the mouth. By weakening these muscles it is possible to turn up the corner of the mouth. Dr. Niamtu frequently uses this technique with filler injection for lip enhancement and wrinkles.
The video below shows Dr. Niamtu injecting Botox in the corners of the mouth. The same treatment can also be done with Dysport or Xeomin
Botox for Chin Dimples (Mentalis Muscle)
The mentalis muscle is located on the front of the chin and in some patients produces wrinkles and dimpling during talking, smiling and eating. Several small Botox or Dysport injections are very effective in smoothing the dimples.
Botox for Neck Bands
Aging causes bands in the neck. Although facelift and necklift is the most effective treatment, these bands can be temporarily improved with Botox or Dysport injections.
The following video shows Dr. Niamtu injecting the platysma bands with Botox Cosmetic.
Botox for Brow Lifting
Botox or Dysport can be used to produce a small amount of brow lift. Despite what some doctors claim, Botox will not lift the brow as dramatically as a surgical brow lift. It can, however, produced a noticeable lifting of the brows. By relaxing the muscles that pull the brow down, the brow lifting muscles are unopposed and produce a lifting effect.
The video below shows Dr. Niamtu explaining and performing a "Botox Browlift".
Botox for Mentalis Muscle
Some patients have skin dimpling when they talk or smile and injecting a small amount of Botox into the chin will eliminate this. The patient below is shown before and 1 week after injection.
Botox for Gummy Smile
Botox, Dysport or Xeomin can be used to decrease the lip movement to lessen a gummy smile. Some patients show excessive amount of teeth or gum when at rest or especially smiling. These patients usually have an increased downward growth of their upper jaw called vertical maxillary excess. The permanent treatment for this is to have an Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon move the upper jaw upwards to shorten the jaw which results in less tooth and gum show. This may not be practical for all patients and a quick and easy treatment is using neuromodulators in the smiling muscles to decrease their activity. The patient shown below had a single injection of Botox on each side of the nostril. She is shown before and 2 weeks after injection. The effect lasts about 3months.
Botox for Uneven Smile from Nerve Injury
Some patients have crooked smiles from birth or nerve injuries. By using Botox, Dysport or Xeomin to treat the active side, the smile can be improved. The patient below is shown before and 5 days after injection of 5 units of Botox to the right depressor anguli oris muscle.
Botox/Dysport/Xeomin, Brow Position & Apparent Eyelid Skin
Read Dr. Niamtu's dr-niamtus entry "Doctor: Botox made my eyelids droop"
This picture of Dr. Niamtu illustrates the situation described below. With the brow raised (top picture) they eyelids appear to have less skin, but with the brows totally relaxed, the skin excess is much more noticeable. This same situation can occur in patients with excess eyelid skin that receive Botox or Dysport.
When the forehead is treated with Botox/Dysport/Xeomin it can, in some cases, affect the ability to raise the eyebrows. For some patients this is a good thing as it limits forehead wrinkles. For other patients it is a problem. Many female patients subconsciously raise their eyebrows most of their waking hours. If they have excess eyelid skin from the normal aging process, raising the brows gives the appearance of less skin. If the patient cannot raise their brows as much after a Botox/Dysport treatment, the patient may look like they have increased eyelid skin. In reality, they have no more eyelid skin than before the injections, the skin is more noticeable because the brow does not raise as much. Although this is relatively uncommon, it can occur, especially in females from the mid 40's and older. Initially, this effect may seem profound, especially when attempting to apply eye makeup but this feeling generally wears off in several weeks. If you do not understand the possibility of this occurring, please discuss it with Dr. Niamtu before your treatment.
For patients that may be susceptible to this situation, the Botox/Dysport is injected primarily in the center of the forehead so the patient can maintain their normal brow elevation.
The following video shows Dr. Niamtu injecting Botox Cosmetic for the improvement of a "gummy smile" and chin dimpling.
Dr. Niamtu on CBS discussing bogus Botox
Dr. Niamtu has published a 1,000 page comprehensive textbook on cosmetic facial surgery which includes a large chapter on his Botox and Dysport techniques. Few surgeons receive the honor to publish such a text with a major medical publisher like Elsevier.
Dr. Niamtu and Botox/Dysport Education
Dr. Niamtu is very involved in publishing and teaching Botox and Dysport techniques to other doctors. The following are some of the articles Dr. Niamtu has published on Botox and other neuromodulators.
- Niamtu J. Neurotoxin waste from drawing product through the vial stopper.J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2014 Jun;7(6):33-7.
Niamtu J. Facial rejuvenation using neurotoxins and injectable fillers. Gen Dent. 2013 Nov-Dec;61(7):38-46.
- Niamtu J. Neurotoxins (in) Cosmetic facial surgery, St. Louis, 2011, Mosby Elsevier
- Niamtu J. Injectable Fillers (in) Cosmetic facial surgery, St. Louis, 2011, Mosby Elsevier
- Niamtu, J Neurotoxin Treatment: it ain't what it used to be Cosmet Dermatol 2010;23(8):346-47
- Niamtu, J Cosmetic Surgery In: Andersson L, Kahnberg KE, Pogres MA (eds) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 1149-1172
- Niamtu J. Complications in fillers and botox. In:Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. Ed Niamtu J. Philadelphia, Elsevier 2009 Feb;21(1):13-21
- Niamtu, J Minimally Invasive Options in Cosmetic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery AAOMS Surgical Update 2008;21:1-7
- Niamtu J. Botox injections for gummy smiles. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2008 Jun;133(6):782-3; author reply 783-4.
- Niamtu, J Botox and TMD Treatment Cosmet Dermatol 2008;21(6):328
- Niamtu J. More on Botox treatment. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2005 Jun;127(6):645-6.
- Niamtu J. The Cosmetic Use of Botox in Maxillofacial Surgery Selected Readings in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2004, Volume 12, Number 2, April. Pg1-22
- Niamtu J. Botulinum Toxin A: A review of 1,085 Oral and Maxillofacial Patient Treatments J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61:317-324, 2003
- Niamtu, J Cosmetic oral and maxillofacial surgery: the frame for cosmetic dentistry. Dent Today. 2001 Apr;20(4):88-91.
- Niamtu, J Cosmetic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dentistry (United Kingdom) Vol 2 (17) September, 2001 Pg 22-26
- Niamtu, J The use of botulinum toxin in cosmetic facial surgery (In) Cosmetic Facial Surgery Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 2000, Nov;12(4):596-612
- Niamtu, J Cosmetic Surgery Options in Oral and Maxillofacial J Am Dent Assoc. 2000 Jun;131(6):756-64.
- Niamtu, J Cosmetic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Virginia Dental Journal Volume 77, Number 2 April 2000
- Niamtu, J Aesthetic Uses of Botulinum Toxin A Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1999 Oct;57(10):1228-33
- Niamtu, J "Botox Treatment of Facial wrinkles" Part I Practical Reviews in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery May 1998
- Niamtu, J "Botox Treatment of Facial wrinkles" Part II Practical Reviews in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery June 1998
Dr. Niamtu has taught Botox/Dysport techniques in Australia, Canada, South Africa, Romania, Italy and Hawaii as well as all over the USA.


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How to Tie a Constrictor Knot
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The constrictor is an extension of a clove hitch. Its usage is similar to a clove hitch, except that the knot is considered to be more permanent. As its name suggests, this knot has the ability to tighten itself around an object and does not become loose.
1Tie a clove hitch.
2Tuck the working end under the rope in the clove hitch as shown.
3Finish up. You have a constrictor; just pull tight both ends and the knot will be firmly in place.
Alternate Method
The constrictor knot can also be quickly tied around the end of an object without using the end of the rope.
1Make wide loop in the rope.
2Twist the lower side of the loop down over the top of the knot to form two loops.
3Slide the object though the loops.
4Finish up. You have a constrictor; just pull tight both ends and the knot will be firmly in place.
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- The kind of rope you use affects the constricting ability of the knot. If you are a tying the knot to a hard object, use a rope that stretches to get the constricting effect.
- There is a good chance you may not be able to undo this knot, so be prepared to cut the rope if you need to remove it.
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Guest Post: The Global Economy - It's All About Increasing Leverage
Submitted by Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds
The Global Economy - It's All About Increasing Leverage
If the global State/finance Empire can't increase systemic leverage, it will implode.
If we look at the global economy with unclouded eyes, we reach this conclusion: "This whole thing is about leverage." If leverage doesn't increase, the system implodes. But since collateral is disappearing from the global economy like sand castles in a rising tide, and disposable income has stagnated, there is no foundation for more leverage.
As a result, the State/finance cartel has only one choice: increase leverage by whatever means are left. There are only two:
1. Allow banks to claim phantom assets as capital/reserves
2. Lower interest rates so stagnant income can leverage ever greater quantities of debt
The State/finance Empire and its army of academic toadies (economists) must cloak this reliance on leverage from the citizenry, lest they grasp the precariousness of the entire financial system. As the economic Establishment is discredited by reality (that their sputtering reflation policies have come at an unbearable cost is now undeniable), their attempts to discredit their critics become increasingly comic: only PhD economists in the employ of the Empire are qualified to comment on the Empire's policies, etc.
Most discussions of leverage focus on the role of capital or reserves as the basis for leverage. This is the basis of the fractional reserve banking system: $1 in capital (cash, reserves) can be leveraged into $15 of debt.
The easiest way to "grow" is to increase leverage so more money/debt can be created. If a bank was constrained to only loaning the cash it held in deposits, that would severely limit the amount of money available in the system for purchasing villas in Spain, BMW autos manufactured in Germany, etc.
If we magically enable 25-to-1 leverage, then every euro supports 25 euros in debt (mortgages, auto loans, etc.)
The danger is obvious: if 1 of the 25 euros of debt goes bad, the lender has zero reserve. If 2 euros of debt go bad, the lender is insolvent.
The only way to "save" an over-leveraged system is to increase leverage and lower interest rates. If we claim phantom assets as real and increase leverage from 25-to-1 to 50-to-1, we have enabled a doubling of loans. All that wondferful new money will flow into the economy as spending, fueling "growth."
This explains why the State/finance Empire in Europe keeps lowering reserve requirements for its insolvent banks. If the reserve requirement is 10%, then you need 100 million euros on deposit in cash to support 1 billion euros in loans. If you lower the reserve requirement to 1 euro, then the contents of a child's piggy bank supports 1 billion euros in debt.
The other game is to claim phantom assets have market values that justify their substitution of cash. Let's say a bank owns a villa in Spain since the mortgage went bust. The market value of the villa is 100,000 euros and the bank's mortgage was 300,000 euros. If the bank sold the villa, it would have to absorb a 200,000 euro loss.
Yikes. Absorbing losses that exceed the net increase in reserves from profits would lead to the lender's insolvency being recognized. The "work-around" is to keep the villa on the books at 500,000 euros. Not only does the 200,000 euro loss go away, the bank now has 200,000 in capital to leverage into more debt. (500,000 in assets minus 300,000 in mortgage leaves 200,000 in phantom assets/capital.)
Any loan is fundamentally a claim on future income. Interest and principal will be paid out of future income.
They key to keeping the leverage-based system afloat is to lower interest rates. Let's say a household has $10,000 in disposable income to spend on housing. If mortgage interest rates are 15% (as they were in 1981), the household can only leverage that income into a $50,000 mortgage. that's all the debt that can be prudently leveraged from the $10,000 in income.
That inhibits "growth," so let's drop the rate to 1%. Presto-magico, the household now "qualifies" for a $500,000 mortgage. Wasn't that easy?
You see the problem here: once rates fall to near-zero, the leverage-income-into-more-debt machine runs off the cliff. Just in case you missed this chart from yesterday's entry Election Year 2012: two Landslides in the Making?, notice that the incomes of 90% of American households has gone nowhere for the past 40 years.
Unsurprisingly, the bottom 90% leveraged their stagnant incomes into mountains of debt to compensate for their declining purchasing power. The Federal Reserve (a key player in the global State/finance Empire) has been publicly fretting over the dreaded "debt divide," which is Orwellian econo-speak for the bottom 90% running out of leverage. Like Wiley E. Coyote, the bottom 90% has run off the cliff and is now in looking down at the air beneath them. (This chart shows the bottom 95% is in trouble.)
The same reliance on leverage has occurred in China, Japan, Europe and the U.S. The entire global economy's "growth" was based on increasing leverage. That machine has soared off the cliff, and now the Empire's global army of toadies is desperately attempting to mask this reality by substituting phantom assets for actual capital.
They can't do anything about lowering interest rates, though; that mechanism has already been maxed out as rates approach zero.
Longtime correspondent Harun I. recently described the leverage endgame in this deeply insightful commentary:
Much has been made over the Fed's efforts to "stimulate", however, IMHO the Fed's efforts are more concerned with preventing the sudden death of the monetary and banking systems. With private sector balance sheets hobbled, some entity must step in and create enough debt so that debts can be paid and, therefore, maintain the illusion that there is money (debt) in the system. At first this must seem contradictory. Remember there is no collateral, there is no asset. Therefore, the debt, which people will claim as an asset (at par (to what?)), is in reality an illusion.
It must be understood that leverage is such that even if there were no defaults, just normal everyday retirement of debt occurring at a rate faster than debt creation would cause the complete monetary base to disappear in short order. With $600 trillion or more in derivatives alone, that must be settled in the reserve currency with a monetary base of $2 trillion, there is 300,000 to 1 leverage. The fact is, leverage must continue to increase exponentially to avoid sudden death. Phase and jitter cannot be tolerated.
The idea of stimulating the economy at this point poses certain problems. One of my neighbors, a family of six, noted that their food bill had increased 50%. This presents the choices of consume less or save less. Cutting back on food is usually not the first thing people will resort to. So, as costs rise, they are consuming less, which is the opposite of stimulative.
Further, this creates trends that will likely be insurmountable in the future. The amount saved by this generation and the returns they must achieve to reach the goal of an independent retirement become more negatively skewed with each passing month of currency/labor debasement (notice I did not use the term "stagflation"). If there was no price inflation there would be no problem but prices are rising relative to wages, meaning dollars/labor is losing value, which, regardless of definitions, has the same effect as inflation.
Since time can not be manipulated, people must save more (which the Fed is fighting) or they must receive higher returns, which usually means assuming greater risk. Frankly, the situation works out that this generation would need the performance of the top money managers today to achieve a non-subsidized retirement.
Having allowed themselves to be misled about the true nature of housing as an investment, and with most throwing their money in some vehicle resembling a 401K while hoping for something good to happen, Boomers will have their challenges but the next generation, saddled with significant student loan debt and the debts of the previous generation, also facing, "The End of Work" will be even more challenged to retire with any semblance of simple dignity.
Of course, I don't think it gets this far. As I have stated, the system is now terminal. It is only a matter of time before, even without any defaults, the two factors of amplitude and frequency overwhelm system capacity in terms of money printing. I differentiate because productive capacity, which is the only reason for an exchange medium (the existence of money), has already been overwhelmed by the exponential phenomenon. Money now exists for the sake of itself, which is to say that it is worthless. As Einstein pointed out, "reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
Thank you, Harun. After four long years of protecting vested interests at the expense of everyone else and playing "stimulus and backstop" games, the State/finance Empire's Wily E. Coyote moment is finally approaching. Maybe they manage a few more extend-and-pretend mind-tricks (because we all want to believe the magic trick is real) and push the reckoning into 2013; we'll just have to see how long Wiley E. Coyote can run in mid-air.
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Austrian economists warned about debt bubbles and how you can't recover from them easily. Thank Clinton for putting the debt bubble in place.
It's not just Clinton. Society at large bought a scam and sailed off the cliff all holding hands.
Here's a stat for you: a five percentile net worther ($1.2 million) has enough saved to spin off less than the median family income ($47K) from that savings. It tells me the top 5 percentile is totally hosed. I infer that others are hosed as well.
You're absolutely right: it's always society's fault.
After all, I was the one responsible for taking David Rockefeller's call to appoint Paul Volcker at the Fed.
Yes, I signed that Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
Lordy yes, I was the guy behind the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Truly, it was me, not JPMorgan Chase's Blyth Masters who devised that dastardly Credit Default Swap.
And yes, it was really and truly me who signed that Executive Order #12615 to authorize the creation of the Office of Privatization, not President Reagan as some may have been led to believe.
I, and I alone am responsible for the World Domination Society's coming into existence!
I hope that's enough faux culpability for you, Lackey Thomas?
Hey dumbass your ignorance is showing, those puppets you vote for have the same master
Thanx, my brother gorillaonyourback.
Sheer Insanity
You can't support the Fascisti and not expect Fascism!
We have to categorically state that there is no qualitative difference between FoxFiction, CNN, NPR and Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! --- none will ever address the real issues --- it's always political theater!
We still have to battle on voting rights because those who fought for it once, allowed themselves to either be overshadowed by the Fascisti, or to now support them.
Please don't mention to us the name of Andrew Young, who once took bribes from the BCCI, and worked for them as a consultant, and is now a member of the lobbyist group for the international super-rich, the Bretton Woods Committee (brettonwoods.org).
Please don't mention to us the names of Rep. Conyers or Charlie Rangel; we recall meeting with them many, many years ago, when the Black Congressional Caucus was bribed (received heavy donations) to create and successfully lobby for the passage of the legislation which removed defense-related jobs from the prohibition list --- thereby allowing them to be offshored with the affiliated tax breaks for shipping those jobs out of the country, along with a chunk of the GDP.
In the present, the disingenuous Joe Biden, just prior to a national tour for campaign contributions, goes public with a positive pronouncement for Gay marriage, thus "causing" President Obama to do likewise --- and their contributions rose considerably as a result.
Simpleton Gaytards are ecstatic --- ignoring the fascist record of the Obama administration on due process, habeas corpus, and their Gestapo raids for preemptive arrests of activists.
Ignoring the Obama administration's financial support in the overthrow of the democratically-elected Honduran government; ignoring their tacit support for the Saudi military incursion into Bahrain to shoot the protesters there; ignoring the abomination of the Obama administration's war on whistleblowers and obscene use of the Espionage Act in the subversion of democracy.
Support the Fascisti, and you have fascism!
Today Wall Street presents the electorate with the usual fascisti choices: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, assuring the continuation of the fascistic march to neoserfdom oblivion.
Only the most ignorant, the most simpleton, the most morally lazy, would embrace either of those depraved characters!
Highly paid propaganda specialists proclaim that America has made much progress as the latest Wall Street stooge in the presidency is only half-white instead of all-white, much like one retail brand claims to smell better than its competitor.
Negative! It stinks to those of us who refuse to support the Fascisti!
All politics have been reduced to one part branding giveaways to Wall Street (cap-and-trade for the oil companies and banks) as a positive for the public welfare or the environment, with the other side attacking it for nonsensical reasons (not the obvious and truthful ones).
Wall Street will now enjoy their second-tier bailout in the guise of a health insurance bill which ensures a one-half trillion dollar money flow --- but does nothing to increase access nor decrease costs, with the staged legal battle to ensure the Supreme Court's decision to set the legal precedent for the privatization of taxation.
Vile cretins, claiming to be democrats and progressives, seek donations for ever more giveaways to Wall Street!
Democracy has long been lost --- the Fascisti have long since won.
The treason of the people is moot.
I noticed that several months ago a bunch of accounts which had lain dormant for about a year became active. This could be one...
Goobermint bot-troll or not, it warms my cockles to see ZHr's routinely slapping down their partisan twaddle!
wile e coyote has balloons filled with vaporized dreams of the former middle class.
"If the global State/finance Empire can't increase systemic leverage, it will implode."
The statement above is the perfect explanation for chemical addiction as well. Either you increase (leverage) the amount of drug intake to maintain equilibrium or you implode and withdraw.........or die depending upon how far along the addiction curve you are.
And those who are not the actual addict, such as family, friends, co-workers etc are also directly affected by the addict's behavior and in so many ways seen and unseen have become co-dependent.
There are no innocent bystanders when it comes to addiction, only co-dependent survivors. The same can be said for fiat currencies and the impulse to inflate and debase.
On the subject of leverage, Michael Pento was recently on KWN where he described what he thought was coming:
1) BASEL eliminates capital reserve requirements for holding sovereign debt
2) Bernanke cuts the interest rate on excess reserves (~$1.5T) from 25bp to 0
3) Banks, now incentivized to do something with excess reserves, through fractional reserve lending, make loans to sovereigns (~$15T)
This seems like a fairly likely possibility based on historical reactions to the running out of available assets to leverage problem. However it's worth pointing out that every time an asset is added to what can be considered reserves, there is a diminishing return as far as the length of time 'stable' growth can be expected as the need for new assets to maintain the ponzi increases exponentially. So what do they do next year?
emperor has no clothes but lots of bath bubbles all over his naked skin; blown by the Fed and other PHDs in economics of debt serfdom. Just wait for the wind to write its own tale on exposing that imperial tail, when it starts to blow those bubbles away. Tornado country on the horizon!
Basel III will do both #1 and #2 by elimination of reserve requirements for holding sovereign paper and thereby increasing excess reserves from 1.4 trillion "magically" (fractionally) to $15 trillion. Get ready for unlimited government spending around the globe. The inflationary results will be staggering.
Why not simply tell the truth which is, the capital and resource mis-allocation and mal-investment continues. Nothing changes until the bad debt is cleared, and real consequences for bad behavior returns AT ALL LEVELS.
Until then, hold/watch your physical assets closely, especially those that generate revenue.
ZIRP and NIRP have killled the free market as there is always a very real cost for capital creation (no matter what some fucknut nobel prize winner tells you).
Most of us are not rich enough to follow Casey to South America.
What are WE going to do about all this?
Damn it feels to be one who gets to feed off the Ponzi Scheme that is the world's debt-based monetary system, where debt can be created/issued in infinite amounts at zero cost by the fractional reserve central banks (at behest of their owners), and people and businesses must use this monetary system (taking on debt to conduct commerce and basic transactions) by force of law, and the debt that was created and issued at zero cost to they who make "the loan" can be used to seize real assets having inherent value.
Why doesn't everyone see that the global economic system based on fractional reserve banking and zero cost basis "money"/debt creation using full fiat notes, is the fundamental essence of a Ponzi?
LEVERAGE simply allows the harvesting to happen on an accelerated basis and at more frequent intervals (i.e. ramps up the boom-bust cycles).
The 7 easy steps to controlling the world without doing any honest physical or mental labor (let's call it- oh, I don't know -The Red Shield Method):
- Buy off/bribe/blackmail/extort/destroy any lawmaker/politician/military officer who poses a risk of thwarting your plans. For those who doubt the feasability of this, or its relevance to current times, please refer to your course materials and the historical record regarding the events surrounding the meetings held by dominant global banking interests on Jekyll Island, off the Georgia Coast, in 1910. *Very important first step.
- Create fiat from thin air at zero cost basis, using nothing more than a literal stroke of a key, that's backed by nothing of inherent value, that has nation-state enforced legal recognition (due to that which is stated in #1 above), and in fact, is a monopoly currency with no legally recognized alternative in the payment of debt, both public and private.
- Circulate such fiat via "loaning it out" (which is an oxymoron amongst oxymorons), charging interest upon it, and dramatically increase the volume of fiat/debt created in step 2 by many, many multiples, via the use of leverage (whether by allowing the mule banks to have articicially low capital requirements, or purposefully not regulating credit derivatives, or via a plethora of other mechanisms).
- Successfully get nations (war is a fantastic motivator to borrow), business entities and individuals (the need for food, energy, health care, security, etc. are great motivators) to borrow said worthless fiat that was conjured from thin air, and pay interest, pledging their real, inherently valuable assets in exchange for said worthless fiat (i.e. meaning that their real, inherently valuable assets can be taken if the conditions that make it impossible for them to repay the worthless fiat are [intentionally] induced).
- Set the rate of interest payable on the loans of fiat that was conjured from thin air, solely at their discretion (don't be Krugman-level disingenuous and proclaim anything remotely close to 'free market mechanisms' set these rates, especially at a time when the Bernank has just purchased [using fiat-debt conjured from thin air, so no skin of the Fed's nose] a massive chunk, roughly equaly to 60%+ of U.S. deficit spending- i.e. monetization- of U.S. Treasury Notes for about a 28 month period).
- Supply more of such fiat, or withdraw fiat, to/from the system, at their discretion, bringing about inflation or deflation.
- During times of large scale loan defaults, on the repayment of the fiat that they conjured from thin air, backed by nothing of inherent value, seize the most valuable assets that exist on the planet, many of which mankind depends on for its very survival.
Here is this week's homework assignment for any college student (or anyone else, for that matter) who was victimized as a result of the Bernank's recent public propoganda tour, which was done for the alleged purpose of casting light on the operations of the Non-Federal Reserve-less Bank, wherein Bernank played the role of a contortionist, but really merely attempted to create an illusion, where he tried to convince as many in the audience that he squeezed through the eye of a needle:
Write an essay answering these 3 questions:
- What is money?
- How is money created?
- Can money be destroyed, and if so, how?
You may use any references, materials or sources of information you wish, including, but not limited to, MODERN MONEY MECHANICS (I don't want to be accused of being biased against or in any manner unfair to the esteemed Federal Reserve 'Bank').
You forgot one step - the first one actually: "Encourage the gutting of manufacturing through outsourcing with the help of (unilateral) free trade treaties to push wealth creation below current level of consumption. That will create incentive for politicians to falsify the economy with fiat. Instead of having to bribe politicians you will be doing them a favor with your ponzi scheme because it keeps them in power."
To be fair, I would call your point something that happened much later in the equation - we see the first emergences of the steps listed above in the 1300's and this becoming the major pattern of finance by the 1600's. During those times the financial elite extracted raw resources from poor nations but manufactured finished good in there developed home countries generally - due to a combination of higher costs associated with transport of value added goods, lower relative labor costs at home then today, and a national loyalty among the elite of the day that has mostly diminished - at the time an English businessman would prefer to do most of his business with other elite Englishmen at home, or at least with elites from other Anglo-Saxon nations, whereas today the elite from around the globe have more in common and alliance to each other then their countrymen of lesser means. The exporting of manufacturing has only emerged in force in the last several decades, instead of the last several centuries - before this time we saw a transfer of wealth from poor nations to rich expecially the elite, now it's from all other classes at home and everywhere to the elite.
To be fair, I would call your point something that happened much later in the equation - we see the first emergences of the steps listed above in the 1300's and this becoming the major pattern of finance by the 1600's. During those times the financial elite extracted raw resources from poor nations but manufactured finished good in there developed home countries generally - due to a combination of higher costs associated with transport of value added goods, lower relative labor costs at home then today, and a national loyalty among the elite of the day that has mostly diminished - at the time an English businessman would prefer to do most of his business with other elite Englishmen at home, or at least with elites from other Anglo-Saxon nations, whereas today the elite from around the globe have more in common and alliance to each other then their countrymen of lesser means. The exporting of manufacturing has only emerged in force in the last several decades, instead of the last several centuries - before this time we saw a transfer of wealth from poor nations to rich expecially the elite, now it's from all other classes at home and everywhere to the elite.
When the markets no longer serve the state, the markets will be ended. Prepare accordingly.
Hey MDB, it's all the libertarians's fault is it?
time for some new schoolhouse rock
deflation flation whats your function? fucking up lives annnd entire nations..
As I said many years ago:
We just past the inflation fase and are in the deflation fase now. For people who have doubts about the first inflation fase scroll trough this post http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=194775.0
'Inflation=Money Printing' – No it's not! Cause it can be off-sett by toxic derivative black holes and there is the other factor of 'Money Velocity'. But not everywhere around the globe you have these black hole pitts and there it is inflation is (and has) pop(ped) up like in China and India.
Altough I have to admit that 'Money devaluation' is felt like inflation in many countries. But that doesn't matter cause for the people this results in Inflation also on the mainstream way of signalling inflation trough higher prices in a country.
It's worth noting that Steve Keen has identified the acceleration of debt as the driver of growth. Increasing debt seems to be necessary to keep us from imploding, accelerarting debt is needed to create "growth". This is all so totally perverse! The tumor is now bigger than the patient.


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On the Origin of Conspiracy Theories By Means of Natural Stupidity
Happy 9/11 anniversary everyone! This year is going to be extra special because we have ten fingers and we've set up our numerical system based on that arbitrary amount. The news media is going to capitalize on this hard: Fox News has a special on it about how George W. Bush killed Osama bin Laden on September 12 with only night-vision goggles and a sword. MSNBC has one about how we antagonized the Muslim world by locking up "suspected terrorists" indefinitely without charges and invading a few Middle Eastern countries. And the most outrageous of the tragedy opportunists are planning a march in Manhattan to mark the 10 year anniversary of everyone's favorite act of mass murder.
Well, there's no way we at The BEAST are going to pass on this moneymaking opportunity, so here are some ways in which everyone's favorite paranoid conspiracy nuts are like a different group of paranoid conspiracy nuts. Enjoy!
Science via internet petitions
There are a lot of petitions on the internet tubes. It's rare that they accomplish anything, but usually they at least have a clear purpose. And then you've got groups like the Discovery Institute and Patriots Question 9/11.
Back in 2001 the Discovery Institute released a statement titled A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism. It was signed by over 700 scientists (as of 2007) who claimed to be "skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life."
Patriots Question 9/11 has also been compiling signatures, except each person who signs is supposed to write their own statement. This might be more democratic, but it also kind of defeats the purpose of having a petition in the first place. Everyone's signing their name to different positions. So we're talking about a spectrum of beliefs ranging from the somewhat reasonable, "I have significant criticism of the 9/11 Commission Report," all the way over to collecting-your-piss-in-jars insane, "There were no planes, those were holographs." They've only appeared to have gathered around 3500 signatures worldwide. On the internet.
The first problem with this approach is that you can't successfully promote a scientific hypothesis by collecting signatures. You win these kinds of arguments by using evidence. And while it's worthwhile to note when there's an overwhelming consensus of relevant experts on a matter, these internet petitions use the widest possible definition of "scientist" or "engineer" conceivable. Are you a college freshman who happened to check off Engineering as a major on your admissions paperwork? Great! You qualify as an expert and your crackpot opinions about how George W. Bush done did that there 9/11 and a magical being created itself and then created all life on Earth somehow matters, according to the morons at Patriots Question 9/11 and the DI.
Even if the petition gatherers limited themselves to the relevant experts and emphasized the point that their petitions do not qualify as evidence, they would still fail. According to Denis Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers in their book Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins, the 700 signatures gathered by the DI only represents 0.023% of scientists in the world. That means that 99.977% of scientists either have no problem with "Darwinism" or are too embarrassed to associate themselves with the clowns at the Discovery Institute.
Science via Mystery-mongering
Another logical fallacy both groups enjoy using is the appeal to ignorance. Here is how the retarded man-child Ann Coulter reiterates the same creationist PRATT she read in one of Michael Behe's books:
It is a mathematical impossibility, for example, that all 30 to 40 parts of the cell's flagellum — forget the 200 parts of the cilium! — could all arise at once by random mutation.
Once you get past the lie (i.e. that it really is mathematically impossible for the bacterial flagellum to evolve), we're left with a standard God of the Gaps argument: If scientists can't demonstrate exactly how it evolved, it must have been created. If evolutionary theory fails, then creationist beliefs win by default. It's a shame that it never seems to work the other way around; that whenever creationist arguments fail, evolution is automatically vindicated.
But what makes this an even worse argument is the fact that empirical experiments have shown how the flagellum and the cilium (!) evolved. As I understand it, what gives these structures the illusion of design is something called interlocking complexity. Interlocking complexity means that you have several components of a structure, each of which appear to be useless on its own relative to the function of the overall structure. But — and this is the important part creationists can't seem to comprehend — each of the components had a function on its own which was completely divorced from what it would do as a part of a greater whole.
Ken Miller made this point in a much better way than I could in his expert testimony at the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case. The creationist Michael Behe used a mousetrap as an analogy for his beliefs about the irreducible complexity of the bacterial flagellum, claiming that each part of a mousetrap would be useless on its own and therefore the mousetrap must have been designed by an intelligent agent. Miller pointed out several uses for each part of a mousetrap, including by using a partial mousetrap as a clip for his tie during the proceedings. Even in the world of metaphor the creationists' arguments end up turning on themselves.
But now I've strayed far from the original point, which was that demonstrating that we don't know something, even if done successfully, can't possibly prove anything beyond the fact that we don't know something. It shouldn't need to be said, but apparently it does. You can't go directly from "I don't know X" to "I can explain X with Y theory," unless you have some evidence to support Y.
My favorite way the appeal to ignorance is used in 9/11 Troofer lore has to do with WTC Building 7 (nevar forget!). Truthers love to point out that the BBC reported its collapse 20 minutes before it actually happened. Even worse, the BBC report in question actually shows the building in the background standing upright and totally not collapsed. So how did the BBC know it was going to happen?
Again, troofers don't seem to know. It's a mystery! But obviously the conspiracy must have told the BBC that this was all part of the plan, because, well, whatever. It's not like they could have discovered the building collapsed without being involved in the conspiracy.
And like the flagellum and cillia, this is yet another supposed mystery conspiracy nuts are trying to exploit which isn't really much of a mystery at all. Even in the Alex Jones article linked to above, a hint is given as to how things actually went down:
As we have documented before, firefighters, police and first responders were all told to get back from the building because it was about to be brought down.
If you change the last three words to "collapse," you get a perfect explanation for the BBC's blunder in this one sentence. There was already significant damage to Building 7. The word of its probable collapse was making the rounds. Chaos and confusion ruled the day. Add in an overzealous BBC news team playing the odds poorly and you get a seemingly prophetic news report.
I know, it's so sinister, isn't it?
Whether you're talking about our genes or our politics, nobody likes the idea of being subject to random forces. We like to be a part of a narrative. It's comforting to think that we're part of a deity's plan. It's also kind of comforting to think that evil plans are afoot, and we're part of a team of underdogs who will thwart them. As Michael Shermer likes to point out, we are "story-telling animals." But the reality of our situation isn't dependent on those desires and sometimes not knowing something just means that we don't know.
You don't have to be racist to be a creationist or a truther, but it can't hurt
A few years back I went to the Answers in Genesis Creationist "Museum" in Petersburg, Kentucky. We kind of rushed through the actual exhibits because we had other priorities, but I do recall looking over this one, which PZ Myers later elaborated upon:
So Babel refers to the famous Tower of Babel story from Genesis where God got butthurt by a giant phallic tower so he divided humanity by language and, apparently, race. Hilariously enough, Ham plans on building a replica of the tower next to his fake museum. And this graphic is supposed to explain the origin of real-life human races based on that mythology.
If you click to embiggen the image above, you'll see that the "Descendants of Ham" end up in Africa. Ham is one of Noah's sons who, in Genesis 9, saw his father drunk and naked and so he dealt with the resultant trauma by cursing his own son. I'm sure it all made perfect sense in those days.
The idea that Ham's descendants were then cursed, where they then traveled to Africa has been used to justify all kinds of awful treatment of those of African descent, including slavery. It was especially common in the 18th and 19th centuries, and remains so among the Mormons. To be fair, Ken Ham and AiG claim to oppose racism. But they still can't bring themselves to denounce the myths which supported it so strongly for so many centuries.
The racism you can sometimes find in the 9/11 "truth" movement focuses more on Teh J00z. I'd really rather not link to it, but if you do a Google search for "9/11 truth Jews," one of the results you'll get on the first page is a YouTube video series called "Lies from the Jews in the 9/11 Truth Movement." Apparently that refers to the supposed disinformation agents among the Troofers — government agents paid to spread lies about what Troofers believe with the intention of discrediting them. That's a brand of anti-Semitic paranoia that goes beyond even the beliefs about 9/11 being a "Zionist plot" of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion variety.
In that same Google search you'll find on the front page a blogspot website which in my opinion is just too detailed to be a Poe, despite the 4chan-ish title, "Jews did 9/11." It repeats all kinds of hateful lies about how Jews working in the WTC buildings were warned not to come to work and were then seen driving around in a van with decals on it celebrating the attacks. One of the articles is a McCarthyite list called "Jews in High Places," as if being Jewish were like being a convicted child molester or something.
I could easily go on, but you get the picture. And this isn't to say that every single person who shares these weird beliefs about the origin of species and 9/11 also need to have weird beliefs about race. But when you open the floodgates of irrationality, there's not much to stop one from accepting all of that garbage.
Phony 'peer reviewed' journals
One of the easiest and most effective way of demonstrating the failures of both 9/11 conspiracy theories and evolution denialism is to point out that neither group seems willing to submit their "research" to peer review in a serious publication the way every real scientist does. Here is how U.S. District Court Judge William R. Overton described this tendency among creationists in the decision for McLean v Arkansas Board of Education (emphasis mine):
The scientific community consists of individuals and groups, nationally and internationally, who work independently in such varied fields as biology, paleontology, geology, and astronomy. Their work is published and subject to review and testing by their peers. The journals for publication are both numerous and varied. There is, however, not one recognized scientific journal which has published an article espousing the creation science theory described in Section 4(a). Some of the State's witnesses suggested that the scientific community was "close-minded" on the subject of creationism and that explained the lack of acceptance of the creation science arguments. Yet no witness produced a scientific article for which publication has been refused. Perhaps some members of the scientific community are resistant to new ideas. It is, however, inconceivable that such a loose knit group of independent thinkers in all the varied fields of science could, or would, so effectively censor new scientific thought.
Notice the Judge doesn't say that the submitted papers to relevant journals have been rejected for good reasons, or that creationists have simply failed to respond to the reasons for which their studies were rejected. Creationists just hadn't been turning in any studies at all, presumably because they just assume that the peer reviewers really are as close-minded as they themselves are. And not only have they not been turning in their homework, they expect to get an A+ for the assignment. And if they don't get it, well, they'll go to court to try to make sure they do.
As you might guess based on the above quote, the creationists lost the McLean case. And they keep on losing, just like truthers keep losing in the court of public opinion. Since both groups are scared to death of scrutiny and claim to believe that the scientific community is conspiring against them, they make their own fake peer reviewed journals.
The reason I'm calling these "peer reviewed journals" fake is because both of them are devoted to covering research which comes to a certain conclusion, instead of covering research within a certain field. The creationist one even says as much in the subtitle: "Building the creation model." It's not "Discovering the creation model" or "Studying the creation model." They have to build the creation model on the pages of their little newsletters because the only thing you find in nature is the evolution model.
Just Lying
When ignorance, petitions, and racism fail to convince people of your weird beliefs, you can always just lie to try to make your point. My favorite creationist lie is an extreme example of quote-mining. Here is a selection from On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin creationists love to cite:
"To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree."
Wow, so Darwin thought the eye couldn't have evolved… Sounds pretty amazing, right? And it's right there in his most famous book. If that's all you know of what Darwin thought about the evolution of the eye, it should be pretty telling. Those evolutionists must be pretty stupid to read that in their science book and still believe in evolution.
You might think something like that unless you read what immediately follows:
Yet reason tells me, that if numerous gradations from a perfect and complex eye to one very imperfect and simple, each grade being useful to its possessor, can be shown to exist; if further, the eye does vary ever so slightly, and the variations be inherited, which is certainly the case; and if any variation or modification in the organ be ever useful to an animal under changing conditions of life, then the difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, though insuperable by our imagination, can hardly be considered real. How a nerve comes to be sensitive to light, hardly concerns us more than how life itself first originated; but I may remark that several facts make me suspect that any sensitive nerve may be rendered sensitive to light, and likewise to those coarser vibrations of the air which produce sound.
As you can see, the earlier Darwin quote was taken out of its context. Darwin was originally commenting on the superficial appearance of absurdity in his claim that all complex organs evolved from simpler ones. I have this pet peeve – and religious people seem most guilty of this – claiming that a quote they don't happen to like was taken "out of context." Whenever you hear that claim being made, you should ask the person making it what context they are talking about. Because 99 times out of 100, you'll find that they don't even know what it means to take a quote out of context. It's just a kneejerk reaction. Go ahead – tell your religious friend about your favorite cruel and inhumane passage from the Bible or the Koran and ask them what they think about it, and chances are they'll claim it's taken out of context. And yet many will have no problem with actually taking Darwin out of context.
My favorite 9/11 Troofer lie is that 7 of the 9/11 hijackers are still alive. The BBC actually reported this on September 23, 2001. It really would be a serious blow to the "official story" if it were actually true. I remember hearing about it and having suspicions of my own.
But if you read to the end of the article, you'll find a link to an editorial retraction of this story. The BBC cites "confusion" as the reason for their initial error and they denounce the conspiracy theories surrounding their report.
"The confusion over names and identities we reported back in 2001 may have arisen because these were common Arabic and Islamic names."
Back when I was silly enough to argue with these people on internet forums, this issue was brought up. The person I was discussing it with said that the BBC's later response was a "mainstream media opinion blog," while her citation – the same one which linked to the correction – was objective reportage. So according to this Troofer, the BBC was totally credible when they were reporting something she happened to like, but suddenly became a part of the world gubbamint's conspiracy machine of false flag terrorist oppression when they changed their position due to gathering more evidence. And when they say the hijackers were alive, that's a fact; but when they say they're dead, that's just their opinion.
And that wasn't an isolated incident. When I was searching for those citations, the first result on the Google Machine was for the popular Troofer website WhatReallyHappened.com, which repeats the exact same lie about 7 of the hijackers being alive without any information on the relevant updates from the BBC.
Everyone makes mistakes. Just twice in this very article we've got two big mistakes from a news organization as esteemed as the BBC. It happens. But when it does, the right thing to do, the adult thing to do, is to admit it and change your mind accordingly. That's why people mock creationists and Troofers. They'd rather break than bend. They care more about coming to a conclusion which matches their ideology than one which matches the evidence. So if you're a member of one of these groups and resent being lumped in with the other, you should remember that you did it to yourself.


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This is one of the short fiction practices we did for class last spring. It's simply about a married woman who self-doubts and creates poor assumptions about her husband.
I don't know why I keep exploring themes of marriage and trust. Nevertheless, happy reading.
Here's where they can get out of the city, where they can hide in the rustles of the trees – distance away from the hustle and bustle, and furthest from the screeching silence between them, two bodies resting on the same bed.
Every evening it would take a long commute just for him to give a dry peck on her cheek, no hugs. She, however, would pretend it was all the same as it has been three years ago – ever since they've vowed their "I do"s and reminisce the feel of his lips cushioning on her cheek, and she would turn pink. They would go to rest, with her wrapped in his arms.
Now, the distant memory plays like an old movie in her head.
She got out of the bed. He even brought a suitcase to this escapade. Escape from where? She thought it was the crowded streets, the honking cars, the giant skyscrapers, and all that they've agreed with each other in the first place.
No, we're not on a dry spell, she tells herself, like she does everyday. Not until she saw something blue, a tiny baby blue cotton panty sandwiched in-between his endless manila folders. She swallowed hard. Her gulp was probably ringing in his ears, as he suddenly stopped snoring.
All through the night she wept. Her body oceans apart from his arms. She watched him silently, he was breathing in and breathing out again, loud like a filthy pig. He must have drifted away into his dreams once more, must be involving the mistress of that thong.
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