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Name the most interesting thing that floated past your house this week?Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at 3:43 PM
Once again, I apologize for the hiatus. To say things have been busy would be a gross understatement though.
This weather has just blown me away, not to mention the load of material it gives me for my job.
Since the last week of January, we've had 2 confirmed tornadoes touch down within 15 miles (and several more within about 40), a major ice storm, a minor ice storm that couldn't have had worse timing if it had been intentional, a mild snowstorm and now the 'Flood of 2008.'
Prior to yesterday afternoon I had it in my mind that a full inch or two was a LOT of rain. Since then my mind has changed. With estimates ranging from 2" to our south and as much as 13" of rainfall to our north I have gained a new respect for Mother Nature.
I'm young and obviously I haven't seen it all, but I've never seen this many significant weather events one after another hit the same small corner of the state.
Since I share my stories in the paper every day I thought maybe some of you would share your more interesting (or amusing) storm-related stories from this year or any others for that matter.
One of my favorites involves my mother. We used to live in the hills off of AB Hwy. out north east of Bloomfield and every day it would snow or ice getting out was an interesting experience.
I remember one morning in particular when my father, as most of us men do, was convinced we could still get out and go to work/school.
As we rounded that first corner our old 1985 Ford pickup partially slid into the ditch beside the road. About half of the truck was still on the road.
Mom, furious because she had told dad we needed to stay home, gets out of the truck and storms off up the hill to go home.
Well, she made it about 10 steps up the hill before she slipped. She slid upside down and on her back all of the way under the truck, gaining speed the whole way, and then all of the way down the hill. She had to be sliding at 35 mph or more.
At the bottom of the hill was another curve that she was clearly going to miss. As she reached the bottom she hit the embankment and was sent into a somersault that would have impressed the Olympic Gymnastics team.
Fortunately, the only thing she broke in the accident was her pride.
It was scary for a minute, but once we realized she was ok we appreciated just how funny it was.
How about you?
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Well Corey, I must say you've been missed.
Now as far as the funniest story...well...that would have to be when I was younger.
We had went to Rolla to visit my mom. There was an overnight snow/ice storm. We left, and stopped about 30 miles away in a little town named Salem. We pulled through McDonald's drive-thru, and got about half way through, and dad's big old Chevy van starting sliding backwards. Instead of giving it gas or turning the wheel, he just let it go. We slid backwards into a ditch that was about 6 inches deep. He had us kids get out and put everything we could possibly find under those tires to get them to grab traction. Now usually my dad is an intelligent man, but that day he was determined that if he could get out of that ditch, he could climb the hill to the drive-thru and order and be done with it. We tried kitty litter, gravel, dirt, sticks, etc. Nothing worked. He finally had to break down and call AAA...and they pulled us out. It doesn't seem to be too comical in words...but being there was the funniest thing ever!
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Wed, Mar 19, 2008, at 6:52 PM
Corey Noles' response:Corey, this is Madeline. I don't know if this counts as "funny...": It wasn't at the time, but, since this is my day off, I had a dr app't in Cape at 8:55 this morning -- I thought, "I'll cancel," but my fellow goat friend Emma called and told me that Highway 25 was open all the way -- so I made a snap judgment and kept the app't. Sure enough, the highway was open, even through Delta, even though the flood waters were lapping right up to the edge of the highway. I kept thinking, "This is stupid! I should turn around & go home" - but I didn't.
Well, when I tried to come home after the appointment, I discovered that water was over the road at Dutchtown. Okay, I'll go through Benton, I thought... Called my son at Kelso, only to find out that the road to Benton was closed... I knew the road from Oran to Advance would be closed, so I headed for Sikeston, only to hear that Highway 25 between Aquilla and 00 was closed...
The upshot of it was -- There was no way to get in or out of Advance! That town was cut off from the rest of the world!! I sat at a gas station in Sikeston and tried to decide which floodwater would go down first. I figured that Dutchtown was probably doomed.....so I headed for Dexter to go up 25 to 91 and then hit the back roads to Tillman.
Decided take a photo of the water over the road first....and that's when I discovered the water had gone down and the way was clear to Advance.
I got home at four o'clock from an 8:55 a.m. appointment...and I used up a half tank of gas circling around Southeast Missouri.
Back in 1964, when I was teaching at Bell City, I remember flooding like this, cutting off travel between Delta and B.C., but it was never over Highway 25.
You took some good water rescue pictures this week, Corey!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Mar 22, 2008, at 7:58 AM
Corey Noles' response:Thank you, GL. That was really amazing to watch happen.
I have a similiar story about living out there off AB since we were neighbors I know exactly which hill and curve you are talking about! The big ice storm back in (was it 91 or 92?) yeah I was out of school for 1 day after all the rest of the kids went back so I begged Mom to take me so we did, knowing if we try the "big" hill on the other side it would be so much worse we went the small curvy hill, same one you were talking about, well lets just say we hit the telephone pole, luckily not even a dent in the truck, but we walked back up the hill with Mom hollering and a cussing the whole way telling me I was staying home until the bus could come get me! Needless to say I was out a week after the rest of the kids went back!! But it was beautiful out there, I still go out there every year on mother's day to visit my moms grave, being that she was buried on the property out there. (thats the only time I can bring myself out there, I clean up the gravesite and plant flowers or a tree or whatever) I sure do miss it out there!!
-- Posted by 2megirl on Wed, Mar 26, 2008, at 12:56 PM
Corey Noles' response:So do I. Since our old housed burned in 1998 I haven't spent much time out there. I sure had a lot of good times growing up on that hill.
Wonderful stories. As an obviously older person than Corey, I have seen several times of flooding. An remember back in the early 70's when on the east side of Bernie we used a jonboat to get between my aunt's house and our grandparents because the water was about 3 feet deep. Ice storms in the winter of 78-79, snow that drifted 5 feet in the winter or 84-85. That's the beauty of southeast Missouri, if you don't like the weather today, hang out... in a couple days something different will come along. I no longer live in SEMO, but it will always be home. My three grown daughters still live in the Poplar Bluff area and my parents still live in Bernie. I love keeping up with home folk reading the papers online and the blogs. Thanks for the memories!
-- Posted by SKDellinger on Tue, Apr 1, 2008, at 11:00 AM
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On February 21, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed the first-ever State Department Global Business Conference in Washington, D.C.
In her remarks, Secretary Clinton said, "I have made 'Jobs Diplomacy' a priority mission at the State Department, with a clear goal: Just as our companies are ready to out-work, out-innovate, and out-compete their rivals, so we intend to be the most effective diplomatic champions for prosperity and growth."
The conference brought together senior officials from U.S. business support organizations from over 100 countries; U.S. private sector executives focused on international business; and senior U.S. Government leaders from the White House, the Departments of State, Commerce, Treasury and Energy, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Building on the President's agenda to accelerate America's economic renewal, the conference will highlight how the U.S. Government can promote U.S. businesses abroad, increase U.S. exports, attract new investment to the United States, and create American jobs. Learn more about the event here.
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PJ F. in Florida writes:
I always thought you would make a good president. Nice new do.
W.W. writes:
no way out unless society changes values morals and leaders for the next 100 - 150 years - today just to pay bills and break even every week a middle man in a middle city in a middle town needs to make around 2000 dollar a month- somewhere in the western world there are robbing bilderberg government taxing people shadow on pubblic soil - and a nation was born out of a tea tax
W.W. writes:
U.S. is committed to a global economic system that is open, free, transparent and fair how are u going to be romoving what is not like that today and how?
Katalin K. in Hungary writes:
The problem is that American businesses that grew so big, work themselves and not for America. They just let America down. That's why America fell behind.
Katalin K. in Hungary writes:
I don't know why are failed business leaders selected to be high ranking officials in the government. Some CEOs of big banks like AIG are nominated as chairman of economic sectors of government for gambling with the hard earned income of US citizens.
Pete in the U.S.A. writes:
So you want more jobs?
Cut taxes!
Eliminate Cabinet Agencies!
Close overseas military bases!
America has way too much government, and government jobs are the worst drain on society.
Just look at the millions of dollars blown away by politicians in travel around the world, worthless meetings, useless conferences, all of the purposes of making more speeches about "tighting our belts", or perhaps the nooses around our necks.
Most of the money spent on government should have stayed in the hands of those who earned it so they can hire others to build better businesses. When bureaucrats grab those assets, we get only more waste and more wars.
The only jobs governments can create are government jobs. The product of government is more government. Oddly, this provides an exception to the economic law of supply and demand because in theory, the price of government should decrease as the supply increases. In reality, the price of government increases as the supply increases.
Today, the price of government is at an historic peak -- so high that even the entire tax revenue of the U.S. cannot pay for it all.
In the corporate world, you would all be fired.
W.W. writes:
The price of Honesty :
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good
On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Is Assad there cos of God ? Is Iran there cos of God ? Is Islam there cos of God?
plenty of enemies a lot of people to feed


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BENAC: Hernandez should be judged on crime, not on race or upbringing
The recent arrest of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in connection with the slaying of 27-year old Odin Lloyd has sent something of a shock through the sports world, the football world and the world of Patriot fanship.
The Patriots have built up something of a legacy over the last several years, with Tom Brady leading the Pats to three Super Bowls in 2001, 2003 and 2004. Players on the team, as well as fans, preach about the "Patriot Way," which is a sensibility that all Patriot players are said to possess.
Hernandez has been ejected from that club, in spite of his 175 career receptions, 1,956 receiving yards and his 18 touchdown receptions in a professional career from 2010-2012. He was one of the most promising young tight ends in the business and now he is simply a prison number and an unemployed ex-Patriot.
A swirling array of opinions are erupting following both his release from the Patriots and his incarceration. Many are saying the Patriots have abandoned their prodigal son when he needed them most, before he was proved guilty of any crime.
Others are saying the Patriots should have "vetted" Hernandez before acquiring him, taking into account his "rough" up bringing and previous incidents of violence that occurred in college. They should have anticipated some violence issues from a man they now label as "dangerous" and blame the Patriots for his crime.
Still another group, those of the Twitter Teenie Bopper Tweezer Heads (my own term) are calling for his release on the grounds of "sexiness."
The first two groups raise important issues while the third are beneath even the most base consideration.
The people who make the first argument point out the way Baltimore handled the Ray Lewis murder incident in 2000. Lewis was allegedly involved in a stabbing murder in a case that saw him cop a plea to testify against his alleged accomplices.
During this time, Baltimore did not release Lewis, but stuck by him as a player and as a person. The next year, Baltimore won Super Bowl XXXV and Lewis was named the MVP.
Patriots fans who feel that Hernandez has been abandoned by his team much too quickly could point to that case as an example of what New England should have done with Hernandez.
However, I feel this approach leaves out a few vital points of the Lewis case. The blood of the murder victims was allegedly found in Lewis' car. The white suit he was allegedly wearing that night was never seen again.
Let's not forget that Lewis was never charged with murder as he copped a plea against others to avoid going to trial. I'm not saying that this makes him a guilty man, but copping a plea and being found innocent are two very different things.
But if you ignore the moral and ethical implications of the situation, yes, the Ravens benefited from sticking with Lewis through his murder trial ordeal and were rewarded with a Super Bowl.
However, the naysayers have a point in observing that Hernandez's past violent behavior should have served as a warning that he would be a potential problem element in the finely tuned Patriots machine.
After all, Hernandez had already been involved in a bar fight in his college days, a fight that had been observed by (groan) Tim Tebow, a former college teammate of Hernandez.
And then there are all those tattoos up and down his arms that some pundits have pointed out could have (gasp) gangland associations! Did the Patriots really hire a member of a gang?
No, of course not. Hernandez is not in a gang. Even the police officer in charge of the investigation says he could care less about the tattoos and any alleged connection they may have with criminal elements.
Besides, I find all this mealy mouthed meandering and finger pointing and speculations about Hernandez's "rough" past to be, at best, nothing more than the smug speculations of those who point their fingers in hindsight and at worst, classist and racist rage.
I always balk at the argument that somebody who comes from the inner city, has tattoos and listens to rap music is automatically a "dangerous" person. Yes, there is a culture of violence prevalent in both inner city life and in many aspects of rap culture. And gang members often get tattoos that signify their gang affiliation.
However, any judge would, and should, throw out that kind of information as purely circumstantial. After all, Hernandez grew up in Bristol, Conn., a rather small city that doesn't exactly feature a lot of violence. It was even on Money Magazine's "100 Best Places to Live" list.
No, a lot of the speculation on Hernandez's apparently "rough upbringing" comes primarily from the assumption that comes from looking at his tattooed arms and hearing his last name. Hernandez is a name that could arise from a variety of latino backgrounds and Aaron Hernandez himself comes from a Puerto Rican lineage.
As a result, many people make a lot of assumptions about him based on his perceived class and race which don't sit comfortably with the 21st century.
I won't argue that Hernandez has had a violent past or that he may have done some questionable things. That's inarguable. I won't even argue that Hernandez seems to have had something to do with Lloyd's death. He seems locked dead to rights. I also won't argue that there aren't a lot of facts and evidence locked away until the trial can attempt to unearth the truth.
But what can't be argued is that three people are dead, including two more homicide victims that may potentially be linked to Hernandez. One man may have had something to do with all three. This is something that all the Hernandez defenders have to understand before chucking blame at the Patriots.
However, those attacking Hernandez before his guilt has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, need to understand the facts and evidence of the case more fully before throwing him in front of the bus for an accident of birth.


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I have to admit - when I first looked at the title of this thread; I thought "Who is Byron Will"...
1.25 CB Eli Apple-DB-tOSU
2.58 SS Vonn Bell-DB tOSU
3.89 DT Javon Hargrave-SC State
4.123 DE-Matt Judon-Grand Valley State
6.220 RB-Tyler Erwin-San Jose State
7.229 WR Geronimo Allison-Ilinois
7.246 QB-Cody Kessler-USC
When they asked Byron if he can win a SuperBowl after Ben went down, Byron looked cool as a cucumber. He's not Ben, but we all know that including him. He'll make plays. He's a pro. He knows the standard is the standard.
I'm with Tomlin. The standard is the SuperBowl. Byron's the next man up and he can take us there if need be.
There's less pressure on Byron than any of these other QBs. He'll be fine. He'll do his job. I believe in him.
Our run game is not independent of our passing game. It was the need to defend Ben that let Redman, Dwyer, et al. excel.
I'd expect the box to be loaded against us on just about every play, until Lefty/Batch show they can hit our guys downfield. If we can't, then we will have one mighty tired D.
We got our "6-PACK" - time to work on a CASE!
With 8 or 9 in the box, that leaves 2-3 guys to cover Wally, Manny, and Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeath. I'll gladly take that and I bet the Steelers will too.
In fact, I would be surprised if Haley doesn't let Byron pass more on 1st downs to try to make it easier and avoid 3rd and longs.


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Carriage House/Petri's parent company purchase completed
It's a done deal – ConAgra Foods Inc. now owns Ralcorp Holdings Inc., the parent company of the Carriage House facilities in Dunkirk and Fredonia as well as Petri's in Silver Creek. The deal was made official Jan. 29 when Ralcorp stockholders approved the acquisition for $90 in cash per share.
ConAgra will now have some 36,000 employees and $18 billion in annual sales, according to a company release. The transaction also positions ConAgra Foods as the largest private brand packaged food business in North America, with approximately $4.5 billion in combined annual private brand sales.
How that all plays out in the future of the Fredonia facility remains to be seen. The Dunkirk plant is already scheduled to be reduced to a skeleton crew. Employees were notified Jan. 3 under the state's Worker's Adjustment and Retraining Notification that the Dunkirk plant was being closed due to economic reasons. The WARN notice was updated Jan. 7 to say the closing was due to the sale of the company.
The notification listed a closing date of April 5 with all layoffs coming within 14 days with some 133 employees affected. Many of the Carriage House employees are represented by Chapter 26, National Conference Firemen & Oilers District of Local 32 BJ/SEIU.
A bigger concern for those local Carriage House employees who will still have jobs may be the expansion plans for a Carriage House facility in Buckner, Ky.; the project has grown.
According to a story in the Louisville Business First, the 200,000 square foot expansion for the Carriage House facility in Buckner is turning out to be something much larger. The story reports the Buckner Carriage House broke ground on a 558,600 square foot warehouse and distribution center in the fourth quarter of 2012.
In the story, Deanna Epperly Karem, executive director of the Oldham County Chamber & Economic Development Agency, said Carriage House has completed about 80 percent of the exterior of a 90,000 square-foot peanut butter production facility on the company's Buckner property.
In its filing with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, the company said its original investment plans for the Buckner project would consist of $64 million in new equipment, $13.7 million in new construction and building improvements and $19.1 million in other startup costs. In its filing with KEDFA the company said its proposed 225 proposed would have an average hourly wage of $22.97.
Neighbors of the expansion met recently with Oldham County officials to air more concerns, something they have done previously. According to one local in a televised report, they don't mind the expansion, but they don't want to hear, see or smell it and want an enforceable deal in writing to address their concerns.
Tom Dickerson is the president of the SEIU local and was asked to comment on what was next.
"They said that they would be here Feb. 14 to talk to the employees and anything that was done prior to them taking over will be done, like the closing of the Talcott Street plant," he replied. "So everything is going to stay in place. I told the people to have their questions ready."
Dickerson added he is hopeful a meeting between local and state officials and the company can be arranged.
A call to the Fredonia Carriage House was referred to a Ralcorp official. A call to that number was not returned.
Carriage House was not the only local company to feel the hit as Petri's in Silver Creek got a knockout blow as its more than 250 employees received notice Jan. 3 that the plant will be closing entirely. The WARN notice for Petri's states layoffs will begin April 4 or within 14 days of that date and will continue until the plant closing is completed. The sale of the company was listed as the reason for the closing. Petri's employees are not represented by a union.
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Warm weather doesn't just mean spring flowers and sunny weekends - it also means that ticks are more common. These pests pose a threat to humans and their animal companions, so it's best to practice extra caution when spending time outside with your dog or cat, according to Mississippi's Sun Herald.
Ticks are blood-sucking parasites, and they can be carriers of serious diseases. Because ticks can latch on for several days without being noticed, they often have ample time to pass illnesses such as Lyme disease to their host.
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NASA's Jenn Gustetic on What it Means to be an Entrepreneur
NASA executive Jenn Gustetic says that true entrepreneurs are driven by a desire to create something that will make a difference.
"An entrepreneur has a burning passion for a particular purpose and has the willingness to work themselves to death," Gustetic said during a recent forum at SOC.
"In intrapreneurship there are similar attributes where you have to believe in the project to be able to pitch it," she said. "But you also have to believe you have the skills in socialization and negotiation to be able to get something going from the inside."
Gustestic shared her insight at SOC's Dec. 5 DC Startup Forum, hosted by WAMU 88.5, the new MA program in Media Entrepreneurship and SOC's J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Gustetic was third in the speaker series aimed at budding intrapreneurs – those creating products inside an established company – and startup entrepreneurs.
Gustetic's job is to advise NASA's chief technologist about prize programs that encourage people outside of NASA to solve problems – anything from software development to creating new algorithms. Sometimes outcomes include developing new aircraft, or supplies for NASA's astronauts, such as special gloves to use during space repair. Private companies and individuals compete to win money and recognition, and sometimes to connect with NASA long term.
Working with NASA gives Gustetic an opportunity to work alongside engineers as well as help open up the channels that can carry an idea to fruition.
"I chose to work for the federal government because of the ability to make huge ripple effects," she told those gathered in Wechsler Theater.
"In government sometimes it feels like you are trying to move an elephant, but even moving that elephant an inch can make a huge difference," Gustetic said.
As an innovator and proponent of young people turning passions into careers, Gustetic shared her insight on how to make people listen to ideas and how to make those ideas turn into concrete results. In addition to being driven, she said it is important to finish what you started.
"You need to know your audience, know your stuff, and prepare to get what you asked for," Gustetic said during the conversation moderated by Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab.
Gustetic suggested every entrepreneur should create a bold, online brand that has substance beyond the exterior. She reminded students and others in the audience that as important as it is to maintain a social and online presence, it is just as important to maintain a "record of doing" in the field. Developing relationships and trust with the people you are pitching an idea to is more important than a singular focus on money, she said.
Gustetic has been noticed for her work. In 2010, she was awarded one of DC's top "Power 30 Under 30" spots by the Apex Society, an international young professionals club.
Her aspirations were clear much earlier in life.
"Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be an astronaut. Both my grandfathers were engineers and they would help me with my math after 7th grade when my parents no longer understood the math I was doing," she recalled.
Now, Gustetic values the opportunity to share her experience and insight with future innovators, especially women.
"Student outreach and encouraging education for science and technology careers is one area that NASA really cares about," she says. "From a personal perspective, it is important to me to encourage women to be interested in the field. It's important to highlight women role models in the field, and I think it's an honor to be able to share my experiences with aspiring students."


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Happy St. Patrick's Day! This week I have a final project and final project papers due, but I still wanted to do a green mani to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I just picked-up Zoya's Bevin at Whole Foods a few days ago. It's a pretty sage green crème from Zoya's spring True Collection. In some of the pictures I took of the bottle it looks similar to the walls in my living room, but in real life Bevin is a bluish-green and my walls are a yellowish-green.
Did you do a special mani or pedi for the holiday? What are your favorite green polishes?
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The Tri-Lakes Center for Independent Living would like to thank everyone who braved the bitter cold to attend our open house on Thursday, Jan. 24. It was a pleasure to meet so many individuals from the local community!
We would also like to thank the following local businesses for generously donating door prizes for our event: Kinney Drugs, Coakley High Peaks Ace Hardware, Grand Union, Post Office Pharmacy and Nori's Village Market.
Nathan Cox
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Each year the planting of annuals on the porch is an exciting activity that helps create a more pleasant atmosphere. Typically I choose fast growing annuals that quickly grow into a lush and vibrant balustrade garden. I tend to choose annuals for their foliar interest because the sun light doesn't hit this spot until late afternoon and flower production would be minimal.
This year I wanted to change things up a bit. I am experimenting with lower growing annuals and various spillers for added texture. Also, I have under planted the boxes with impatients as the sun is too intense for them, but with a bit of cover they will be a bit happier spending the summer in this spot.
The chosen plants for the balustrade are heliotrope 'fragrant delight,' gomphrena 'buddy purple,' sweet potato vine 'sweet caroline purple,' lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea,' bacopa, and impatients.
Heliotrope 'Fragrant Delight'
Heliotrope is a highly fragrant annual that can grow up to thirty inches tall and heavily perfume its surroundings. For me the scent of this plant reminds me of lily of the valley and a gourmet pastry shop.
Gomphrena 'Buddy Purple'
This particular annual is vibrant and a great filler.
Diamond Frost
One of the three trailers I have planted this year. This will grow all season long and provide a nice contract to the other larger leaved plants.
Sweet Potato Vine 'Sweet Caroline Purple.'
As common as potato vines are, they are by far the best of the trailing plants. This variety of potato vine has a more interesting leaf shape and seems to get bushy and full, but not so big it takes over other plants.
Standard White Bacopa
I haven't tried this annual, but I wanted a spilling flower show for some added interest. Petit petunias would have been a better choice, but they need all day sun to show their true potential.
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
One of my favorite perennial used here will create a dramatic effect and is most superb. This variety is the golden form of lysimachia and another way to add foliar interest. If you plan on planting lysimachia in planters and pots, you can dig them out and over winter them in the ground to reuse them the following season. As the root system grows mature, you will have a more vigorous plant that quickly fills out and it's free.
Here are the newly planted flower boxes on the balustrade. The combination is still quiet and serene, but with a bit more personality than my typical plant choices.
Now that the plants are settled in for the summer, it's a good idea to keep them watered and fed for the best show they can provide. Check out my potting plants glossary for instructions on filling and planting container gardens. I do want to add a bit more information on what I do to keep potted gardens growing well all season.
Choose larger starts for your pots as they will fill in sooner so they can be enjoyed earlier in our short growing season. Feed them initially with a good fertilizer that I have explained in the potting glossary and also a gentle liquid feed once a week. Only the potted plants get an additional feed because I try to fill pots with as many plants I can fit into them leaving very little room for the roots to expand. By feeding them with a good liquid feed such as fish emulsion or a mineral based one you are able to keep their growth constant.
Watering potted plants deeply will ensure good growth and overall happy plants. Just to say how much water my balustrade garden needs depends on the plants used. If I planted my typical coleus and potato vines the boxes would require nearly a gallon of water per box a day once the boxes explode with fullness. So remember to keep containers deeply watered especially in hot weather and enjoy the show.


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U.S. Navy Taps Raytheon to Develop New Airborne Jammer
Raytheon has edged out several competitors for the opportunity to develop a new U.S. Navy airborne system to jam enemy radar and communications. But it may be too early for Raytheon to celebrate, as the losing bidders have not ruled out a protest, and long-term funding remains uncertain.
(Boeing EA-18G Growler. Photo, courtesy of Raytheon.)
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on July 8 awarded Raytheon a $279.4 million, 22-month technology development (TD) contract for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ), which is designed to replace the aging ALQ-99 jammer aboard the land- and carrier-based Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic-attack aircraft.
The Pentagon said it expects NGJ to provide "enhanced agility and precision" against advanced threats, greater interoperability with other forces, and "expanded broadband capability for greater threat coverage." To meet those expectations, Raytheon said it drew on both its weapon system integration experience and its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar technology.
"The Raytheon team worked diligently to put forth an innovative, next-generation solution that meets current customer requirements and potential future needs," Raytheon spokeswoman Theresa Huerta said. "We look forward to beginning work on this landmark program."
But it is unclear whether the contract award will go unchallenged. Asked whether BAE Systems, one of the losing bidders, will file a protest, company spokesman Paul Roberts said "the BAE Systems-led team is disappointed and we are currently considering all of our options."
The other unsuccessful bidder, a Northrop Grumman-ITT Exelis team, issued a joint statement saying it remains confident that it offered "the lowest risk and technically superior solution. We look forward to the Navy's de-brief to understand why our offering was not selected." That debrief could occur as early as this week.
Another question mark for the program is funding. David Rockwell, a senior analyst at the Teal Group, believes the Navy could decide to keep using the ALQ-99 jammer for the foreseeable future instead of procuring the new system.
"Unlike the U.S. Air Force, which is stuck with ancient electronic-attack systems, NGJ is a want-to-have, not a must-have, for the Navy," Rockwell told Avionics. "With or without sequestration, don't expect NGJ production this decade, and don't count on it for next decade either."
Before the TD contract award, BAE Systems, ITT Exelis, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon all participated in a 33-month technology maturation phase that developed several key technologies for NGJ. ITT Exelis and Northrop Grumman announced last November that they would team for the TD competition.
The Navy said the TD phase will transition mature components into "testable subsystems" and develop a preliminary design for the overall jamming system. The full system will be tested in a subsequent engineering and manufacturing phase, which will last 4 1/2 years. The program's goal is to start fielding the new jammer in fiscal year 2020.
Raytheon said its Space and Airborne Systems business, based in McKinney, Texas, will lead its TD work with collaboration from Raytheon facilities in El Segundo, Calif.; Forest, Miss.; Dallas; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Largo, Fla.; and Andover, Mass.
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Beyond The Box: A Modern Home in Brussels
Three decades ago, California-based sculptor and product designer Richard Frinier began creating outdoor furniture-first as an in-house designer for Brown Jordan and later for such firms as Century Furniture, Dedon, and Sunbrella. As Americans embraced the concept of indoor- outdoor living, Frinier's sky's-the-limit designs-weatherproof canopied sofas, rain-resistant upholstery, futuristic outdoor pods-often served as the catalyst. "When I started out there wasn't much more than patio chairs," Frinier says. "But today there's no difference between outdoors and indoors."
· I was a sculptor and a furniture designer when I saw a chaise longue by Brown Jordan on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Magazine. It was an epiphany. It looked like art or garden sculpture. You could see every element of the framework. I knew right then that this was what I wanted to do.
· The outdoors was never considered an extension of the indoors, as it is today. Homeowners have now embraced the concept of bringing indoor style and comfort to the outside, and taking the casual ambience of outdoor living inside the home.
· People want to transform their backyards into destinations--places where they can get away every day, rather than wait for a vacation. It's a matter of just walking through the sliding glass doors.
· Today's outdoor spaces incorporate gardens, kitchens, dining areas, gathering spaces, pools, entertainment areas, garden rooms, and conservatories. Poolhouses and cabanas have evolved from places to change to relaxing retreats.
· There are so many new products that can furnish an outdoor space. To name just a few: water-resistant televisions and sound systems, solar lighting, and low-voltage and wireless electronics.
· In choosing outdoor furniture, consider architectural perspective. If you have a large property, scale becomes important, so that the furniture is not dwarfed by the architecture of the home. In a garden, you might want something that blends in and doesn't make a big statement. Or you might want the furniture to become a focal point.
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Schopenhauer wrote:Take, for example, the mole, that unwearied worker. To dig with all its might with its enormous shovel claws is the occupation of its whole life; constant night surrounds it; its embryo eyes only make it avoid the light. It alone is truly an animal nocturnum; not cats, owls, and bats, who see by night. But what, now, does it attain by this life, full of trouble and devoid of pleasure ? Food and the begetting of its kind ; thus only the means of carrying on and beginning anew the same doleful course in new individuals. In such examples it becomes clear that there is no proportion between the cares and troubles of life and the results or gain of it. The consciousness of the world of perception gives a certain appearance of objective worth of existence to the life of those animals which can see, although in their case this consciousness is entirely subjective and limited to the influence of motives upon them. But the blind mole, with its perfect organisation and ceaseless activity, limited to the alternation of insect larvae and hunger, makes the disproportion of the means to the end apparent. In this respect the consideration of the animal world left to itself in lands uninhabited by men is also specially instructive. A beautiful picture of this, and of the suffering which nature prepares for herself without the interference of man, is given by Humboldt in his "Ansichten der Natur " (second edition, p. 30 et seq.) ; nor does he neglect to cast a glance (p. 44) at the analogous suffering of the human race, always and everywhere at variance with itself. Yet in the simple and easily surveyed life of the brutes the emptiness and vanity of the struggle of the whole phenomenon is more easily grasped. The variety of the organisations, the ingenuity of the means, whereby each is adapted to its element and its prey contrasts here distinctly with the want of any lasting final aim ; instead of which there presents itself only momentary comfort, fleeting pleasure conditioned by wants, much and long suffering, constant strife, bellum omnium, each one both a hunter and hunted, pressure, want, need, and anxiety, shrieking and howling ; and this goes on in secula seculorum, or till once again the crust of the planet breaks. Yunghalm relates that he saw in Java a plain far as the eye could reach entirely covered with skeletons, and took it for a battlefield; they were, however, merely the skeletons of large turtles, five feet long and three feet broad, and the same height, which come this way out of the sea in order to lay their eggs, and are then attacked by wild dogs (Canis rutilans), who with their united strength lay them on their backs, strip off their lower armour, that is, the small shell of the stomach, and so devour them alive. But often then a tiger pounces upon the dogs. Now all this misery repeats itself thousands and thousands of times, year out, year in. For this, then, these turtles are born. For whose guilt must they suffer this torment ? Where fore the whole scene of horror ? To this the only answer is : it is thus that the will to live objectifies itself.
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This morning, Secretary Clinton met with Uruguayan President-elect Jose Mujica. Secretary Clinton said, "I am honored to be here on behalf of President Obama and the United States of America. We join you in celebrating the strength of Uruguayan democracy and the progress that your country has made and we know will continue to make in the future."
The Secretary continued, "I wish to not only congratulate the president-elect and the new government, but to applaud the way in which the government is unifying and bringing together even opposition parties to work on behalf of the people of Uruguay. Indeed, Uruguayans are rightly proud of their leaders and their democracy and this peaceful and orderly transition of power brought about by an election. Indeed, your country, President-elect Mujica, is a model for many others not only in our hemisphere but throughout the world.
"I thank Uruguay for the peacekeepers that you send in large numbers compared to your population. I commend you for the leadership role you are playing as the chair of the Friends of Haiti group. And as you and I discussed, sir, we will be working with you in partnership on behalf of education, science and technology, business, trade, and investment.
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Patrick in Maryland writes:
How's Everyone doing this Monday..:)
I see Hillary is out of the country again.
I hope everything is going well on her latest
adventure..:). I have to say, she has alot
more energy than i do. I get jet lag after a
short 8 hour plane ride...:)
The meetings she had with the Presidents of
Uruguay and the Women Legislators at the Legislative Palace .Seem to have a positive
theme, or atmosphere about our countries
working together more in the near future.
..See ..Ya.. :)
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I don't know why it is that it seems inevitably constant that conflicts with no clear military winner come back to haunt the parties involved, and the Argentine/UK dust-up over the Faulklands is but the most recent example of this pattern of probability noted.
Ok, my solution is simple...share the wealth.
BP (or whoever the UK contracts) extracts the oil, and builds a refinery in Argentina, so both governments may create jobs and profit economicly.
Hopefully funding ecological restoration projects out of this as a very "intended concequence" of reinvestment capability and partnership.
That way I think the soveregnity of both can save face.
So as to not provoke mutual resentment, or their public's.
I'll leave it at this, because the details are in the hands of others, if they choose that path.
The other leads them nowhere quickly.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Dear to Secretary Hillary Clinton.(Sec?, more)
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With the intervention which is active the expression where the confrontation which is politic is active is accurate is not but, thinks that is similar. Thinks that "a mole"
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Flavius in Virginia writes:
Please define victory conditions for either side in Falklands War which would settle the issue once and for all.
It seems to me that the Brits pretty much won that one. Argentines invade, get kicked out, sue for peace.
The only way the Argentines would have given up their claims to the Malvinas would have been the destruction of Argentina. This is a national issue for Argentina. It is in their constitution for heaven's sake. Oil brings things to a head rather more quickly than sheep, but they did it in the eighties for sheep without knowing whether there was oil there or not.
Moreover, the Argentines don't give a whit about what the residents of the Falklands/Malvinas think. The Argentines give a legal argument on the web. Last I heard, however, Falklanders are near 100% pro British.
The only way this gets resolved for Argentina is for the Falklands to become the Malvinas. Or if Argentina ceases to exist.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Go back in time as far as you wish and look through the history, the Faulklands has been problematic for all who've laid claim to it. It wasn't for sheep the military junta invaded, but to bolster popular opinion through nationalism. Nothing like a good little war to distract from their failings. In the end it didn't save them politically.
So after the Brits surrendered and then caused the Argentinians to do the same, I say there were no clear "military winners" because a lot of folks died for political stupidity and it is redily apparent that the sheep have inherited as is often the way with the meek, if you know what I mean. I think the folks that live there now might just agree.
Who owns what is not the definition of victory, but whether the peace is kept well may be the definition you seek. Then there's the simple solution I proposed which might secure that peace, once and for all. That is if they actually find oil from the exploratory drilling that's being done.
Best to find agreement between the parties before they find any oil I think.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Uruguayan congratulates President-elect Jose Mujica elections. The argument evades and thinks the thing which will be the possibility of doing a many work with mutual cooperation.
Thank you.
Flavius in Virginia writes:
You have evaded the question. You stated:
"I don't know why it is that it seems inevitably constant that conflicts with no clear military winner come back to haunt the parties involved, and the Argentine/UK dust-up over the Faulklands is but the most recent example of this pattern of probability noted."
Please define "clear military victory" in the case of the last Falklands war. Clear. Military. Victory. For either side.
I know why Argentina went to war the last time, Thank you for reexplaining it to me.
This thing about the British "surrendering" suggests that you think they shouldn't have stopped until they got to Buenos Aires, much as you have said about the first Gulf War. Am I wrong?
Would you have stood with MacArthur in Korea and Patton in Germany? We "certainly" could have avoided all the ugliness of the past sixty five years if we had just gone "all the way" as they both suggested.
How I long for an emperor...
Flavius in Virginia writes:
Eric, I appreciate your reply to my last post regarding the function of Dipnote. I didn't see it until today due to SNOWMAGEDDON, or as some called it, SNOWTORIUS B.I.G. There was a lot of Dipnote that went under the bridge during that time, so our discussion got lost in the blizzard. I had to go digging to find it, much as I had to dig for the car, the mailbox, and that Saturday paper that got delivered just before three inches an hour.
This does not mean, however, that I'm going to go easy on you from here on out. Nor you I, or so I hope. :)
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Flavius,
I tend to choose my words well for a reason.
"victory" for whom? politicians, or people?
Perhaps you misunderstood that "victory" may be defined as a lasting peace for all intents and purposes.
So long as militaries are not beating the snot out of each other, that may be defined as a "victory" for the people of both nations, eh?
The pattern I've noted may hold true in many cases of conflict.
Maybe it's just human nature that is to blame.
As for "evading the question" I rather think I posed a very important one arising from observation, the answer to which may be essential to conflict resolution in general.
I pose "no complaint without solution".
(chuckle) Try the CTBT thread, there's a party in the making, and you're invited.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
"This thing about the British "surrendering" suggests that you think they shouldn't have stopped until they got to Buenos Aires, much as you have said about the first Gulf War. Am I wrong?"
It is dangerous to assume what I think, Flavius (chuckle).
In a word...no that is not what I was talking about.
The blow-by-blow account of the conflict will explain the truth of my statement.
"So after the Brits surrendered and then caused the Argentinians to do the same, I say there were no clear "military winners" because a lot of folks died for political stupidity and it is redily apparent that the sheep have inherited as is often the way with the meek, if you know what I mean."
Palgye in South Korea writes:
sorry, Uruguay and Korean-Girl(Is a parole condition and waits a justice)
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About the Author: Suzanne Nossel serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
Just hours ago, the UN Human Rights Council created the first-ever Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association to provide a new level of attention these fundamental freedoms currently lack.
Support for the resolution, which the United States led, came from more than 60 co-sponsoring countries from every region.
President Obama and Secretary Clinton have made freedom of association a U.S. foreign policy priority. In a speech at the Community of Democracies in July, the Secretary decried the crackdown underway on the work of non-governmental organizations and human rights defenders that find themselves targeted by governments that prefer not to hear the messages these brave activists and advocates deliver. As the Secretary said, "the United Nations Human Rights Council needs to do more to protect civil society. Freedom of association is the only freedom defined in the United Nations declaration of human rights that does not enjoy specific attention from the UN human rights machinery."
We hope this resolution will strengthen the hands of civil society activists worldwide, too many of whom are subject to increasing levels of government restrictions and repression. In championing this issue at the Human Rights Council, we brought together a wide coalition of countries to stand up on behalf of ordinary citizens seeking to meet, consult, organize and bring change to their countries.
We worked with a core group of supporters on this resolution, including Czech Republic, Indonesia, Lithuania, the Maldives, Mexico and Nigeria, demonstrating the power of cross-regional partnerships to tackle tough issues.
The resolution passed by consensus, winning the backing of many countries that have not always stood up for these fundamental rights. We hope the resolution becomes an impetus for countries the world over to strengthen protection for these core freedoms, and that it empowers individuals to assert their rights.
In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week, the President called civil society the "the conscience of our communities," stating that "the arc of human progress has been shaped by individuals with the freedom to assemble and by organizations outside of government that insisted upon democratic change."
We applaud the UNHRC's decision to address this issue, and will continue our leading efforts to expand respect for this important right for civil society and individuals all over the world.
Ron in New York writes:
Civil Society groups are often at the forward edge on policy issues...this makes them a threat to the ruling regime...Assembly; by definition, equals threat...So...Freedom is the goal...Once acheived; the Assembly will be held by a government with integrity.
Michael A. in Washington DC writes:
Good news for democrats - at last. Check out Democracy Digest's take too; "http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/moral-and-strategic-victory-in-def..."
Megan A. H. in Washington DC writes:
Are we there yet?
"We hope this resolution will strengthen the hands of civil society
activists worldwide, too many of whom are subject to increasing levels
of government restrictions and repression.†I think this is a commendable action in taking a closer step to
evening the fair dissemination of information, opinions, and association in all countries. In the US we are adept and have readily available access to news, information, and means of communication. But, what about the countries who do not? How will this apply to countries where racial, social, and economical prejudice is creating barriers in the communication? It would be interesting to see how the leveraging of technology can help the social trust grow in these countries, and allow for broader and quicker dissemination of news and information. Hopefully, this will promote more communication, coalitions, and advocacy for people around the world. A thriving civil society usually coincides with people being more active in establishing priorities for their countries, and hopefully increasing their quality of life.


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Protest NATO/G8 Summit - May 2012 - Chicago
Private global finance and affiliated corporate powers have acquired undemocratic control over our common Earth, over peoples, and governments because the world has given private bankers special power to create money out of thin air by writing 'deposit' in their ledgers and 'loan' in government currencies.
Bankers have used that power to change laws at every level of government, and internationally, to give them more power.
It's undemocratic.
Everyone needs to talk about this fundamental inequality.
"rabble.ca is a public, independent, progressive news and information source. In defining itself as "progressive," rabble.ca embraces a pro-human rights, pro-feminist, anti-racist, queer-positive, anti-imperialist and pro-labour stance, and as such encourages discussions which develop and expand progressive thought."- Babble Policy.
I don't see the words 'left-wing' here. Rebecca West is wrong when she said "this is a left-wing site",
True but most progressives are left of center and all the moderators here are leftists. I usually leave the moderators to their own business and try to stay out of commenting about them as such, however this one time I will... As you (should) know possession is 9/10s of the law. As such leftist like M Spector get way more leeway when it comes to stretching the rules for insults and such. That is why he gets warning after warning (and he does) and others (rightfully so in some cases) get banned after only one or two warnings. He would have to really run amuck, much more than you would, to get banned here. Is it fair, perhaps not, but like most everything else in life it's just the way it is.
I just picture everyone here as Muppet characters; M Specter is Oscar.
As for this post a good friend of mine is a City of Chicago firefighter... I'll be seeing him soon and I'll get his perspective on what is going on this week when I meet him. Should be interesting.
apologies and change of behaviour by M.Spector and moderators, and other babblers who allow unjustice here, is necessary.
On the CBC radio news I heard that G8 leaders were still debating whether stimulus was needed, along with austerity, and couldn't believe that, given "the leaders of 11 international organizations- including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization issued a joint statement warning about the social and economic risks of austerity programs"p.5 CCPA Alternative Federal Budget, March 2012.
Spending for social programs, jobs, and environmental care, reducing climate change and preventing depression, along with other measures are important and necessary.
CBC is reporting (5pm) that Barack Obama and the new French PM say 'some form of growth has to happen', however CBC reports 'austerity was needed to deal with debt'.
According to Randall Wray, in the Modern Money Theory Primer www.neweconomicperspectives.org:
Governments which issue their own fiat currency, as the governments of the EU do collectively through the European Central Bank, as Canada does, as the US and many other states do, have no contraint in issuing currency.
In fact the more Euros or Canadian dollars etc. issued by governments, the more the private sector, including households, and businesses, and the public sector- lower tier governments, benefit. Jobs are created, important public services and environmentally-protective services are retained. Austerity is destructive, altogether, particularly in a recession, which is now a depression in some places. Austerity only cuts government services to privatize them, to add to private bankers' already grossly disproportionate profit.
Furthermore, banks themselves have power to create government fiat currency, so their whining with nonsense about a 'crisis' that would occur if some of their outstanding loans defaulted is total nonsense.
There is no 'Eurozone crisis': There is no 'debt crisis'. The ECB can continue issuing needed currency, in any event. So can Harper, Obama, and other governments creating currency.
That settled,
G8 leaders and everyone else ought to move on to the critical issues of our times: Reduce climate change, stop NATO and other militarism, introduce a financial transactions tax, democratize banking, remove inequality, etc.
The world has spent enough energy catering to greedy, whining, fraudulent bankers. Let's move on with positive work to be done.
Chicago Cops Start Preemptive Arrests on Eve of NATO Summit
Live Fire and EMS Radio Traffic for Chicago's NATO Summit
lots of good street action on the livestream link. Some police covering badges, as in TO G20
Thanks NDPP.
URBAN POLICE STATE ENVIRONMENT: Chicago Militarized for NATO Detailed Report from Chicago
Restrictions also include an outer perimeter extending 10 - 30 miles around Chicago. All aircraft violating flight restrictions will be intercepted. The advisory states:
"The United States Government may use deadly force against the airborne aircraft, if it is determined that the aircraft poses an imminent security threat."
"Be advised that noncompliance with the published may result in the use of force."
Violators face criminal penalties. For three days, no-fly zone enforcement extends from Lake County, IN to Lake County, IL. It includes Cook and DePage Counties as well as portions of Lake Michigan.
O'Hare and Midway Airports are affected. So are small suburban ones. Around a dozen overall face restrictions. When Obama arrives, he'll be well protected downtown. So will other heads of state and their entourages.
What no NORAD stand-downs for maximum chaos? he he That's right this isn't any funny bizness as per 9/11/01. All of the lead warmongers are in town for 4 o'clock tea and to talk war, and so there must be security up the wazoo.
Anti Nato Protester Abused by Chicago Police
"An anti-NATO protester says the Chicago police have abused him and his civil rights after he was arrested in a controversial raid on the activist's house.."
Life in Occupied Chicago - by Stephen Lendman
"More on a city under siege.."
NATO Reality Check: Protesters in Chicago Can Fatally Fracture NATO - by Michael Skinner
"Canadian officials in NATO, formerly perceived as diplomatic, multilateral bridge-builders, are now recognized within NATO as North American badgers who berate their European counterparts for not following lockstep behind the United States. The fractures between the NATO member states are points wehre peace actvists can pressure their respective governments to reject warfare and disassemble the institutions of war including NATO. NATO is mortally susceptible to peace activists prying its interstate fractures open.."
'NATO Medium Of Control By One-Percenters' (and vid)
"Public outrage grows during the NATO Summit in Chicago, US over the military alliance's involvment in bloody conflicts, deaths, destructions and immunity to face war crimes, on top of the financial costs it inflicts on member states' tax payers.."
Canada out of NATO! Down with NATO Now!
European Missile Shield Up and Running - NATO (and vid)
"The European missile shield is up and running, says NATO Secretary General Fogh Rasmussen, who announced its 'interim' capability' to shoot down incoming missiles. Earlier Russia voiced strong concern over the issue. NATO continues to insist that the shield is not aimed at Russia..."
Fresh Anti-NATO Protests to Resume in Chicago (and vid)
"Fresh anti-NATO demonstrations are to be held in the US city of Chicago at 0330 GMT one day after police clashed with protesters, Press TV reports..."
see #65 for live feeds
[edited, from an initial, tired, angry, 'No.']
Ongoing attacks of civilians demand immediate prioritized attention and remedy.
Beyond that, rabble/babble, sponsors and participants have to be clear in rejecting praise of Lenin's attacks on civilians, because it undermines all the good work for peace and justice that rabble/babble and affiliates do. The site, sponsors, and participants are seen by the world as hypocrites, so your message isn't taken seriously by the majority of the public. Because the work of rabble isn't taken seriously then, nor the work of sponsors and their linked groups, which represent to a large degree the advocates for change towards peace and justice in Canada and elsewhere, those efforts are set back. Repeatedly. It's another reason why goals aren't being achieved.
In effect, rabble/babble, its participants, sponsors and affiliates, babbling merrily on without clarifying the distinction between Lenin's words and behaviour, are acquiescing with an effective tool of the financiers and war-mongers- denial of historic war crimes, resulting in marginalization of current movements for change, which is exactly what the current financiers and war-mongers want.
@ Leigh: with this as with other historical subjects people don't always agree with one about such things. Sometimes there's nothing can be done...
Three NATO Activists Charged With Terror Plot After Posting Video of Police Harrasment (and vid)
"Three activists in Chicago for the NATO Summit protests - Bryan Church, Jarred Chase, Brent Betterly - are being charged with a major terrorist plot and 'material support for terrorism', after they posted a video of police threatening the three with violence during the NATO summit.."
Kucinich: 'NATO Talks A Sham': War in Afghanistan Is Not Ending'
"Today, NATO leaders are meeting in Chicago to discuss the future of Afghanistan. The talks are being billed as discussions of plans to end the war. The war in Afghanistan is not ending. These talks are simply financing the next phase of the war.."
US-Pakistan tensions deepen as Obama snubs Zardari at Nato summit
Obama expresses frustration with Pakistan over its refusal to open up Nato supply routes in protest over US drone attacks
Obama expresses frustration with Pakistan over its refusal to open up Nato supply routes in protest over US drone attacks
I'm very sad, and angry, about ongoing NATO aggression, in the US and elsewhere, and ongoing refusal of babblers (M.Spector and Robo) to continue babbling away without one word of a disclaimer or apology for Lenin's massacres of civilians.
No mention of Black '47, either. And nary a peep about the massacres and ethnic cleansings at Drogheda and Wexford in 1649? Tsk tsk.
-if an individual or group is referencing the name of an individual responsible for mass murder, yet also actively promoting that mass murderer's ideas, the distinction between words and behaviour ought to be clearly made.
Malalai Joya said in her video linked above that we ought to protest NATO's continuing criminal behaviour and occupations in poor countries.
Dennis Kucinich, in the link above, says, "NATO is a cost-sharing organization that finances aggressive military action. By hiding behind the claim that the organization provides for "common defense,' NATO allows us to wage wars of choice under the guise of international peacekeeping. The most recent example was the unconstitutional war in Libya where NATO, operating under a United Nations mandate to protect civilians, instead backed one side in a civil war and pursued a policy of regime change." and,
"NATO continues to circumvent the authority of the United Nations and to provoke other nations."
Kucinich says NATO was founded as a counterbalance to the Soviet Union, which no longer exists; NATO is an anachronism and should be dismantled.
I agree with these statements. Babblers and groups who continue to praise, or silently accept praise of, one of the mass murderers of the Soviet Union without clearly rejecting that person's behaviour, fall into a trap of justifying NATOs ongoing existence.
SlumberJack said he often critiqued Soviet mass murderers, and Hitler, and wasn't 'rounded up for questioning here' like i am. Why? Because I also ask that everyone help in critique when Lenin or Hitler is praised, and that those who praise some of the ideas of Lenin clearly reject his mass murdering actions?
Thomas Ponniah said that Social Forum organizers work to ensure those directly affected speak to issues, and I agree, however those directly affected aren't always present when statements needing critique are made. Malalai Joya, quoting Martin Luther King, said that 'there are times when silence becomes betrayal'.
Yes, I think anyone found supporting the installation of a Leninist style red terror regime here in Canada would have a lot of explaining to do...notwithstanding the fact that the something quite similar to the white terror has been running amuck in and out of the Western controlled hemispheres for many generations, and continues to do so. Other than that I fail to see any correlations between Canadian style social democrats and Leninism, leaving me somewhat baffled as to what exactly people need to start apologizing for.
ETA: Also, anyone on a mission to out modern day Leninists and have them apologize would do well to begin their campaign here:
you're not listening.
whether people self-identify to be social democrats, socialists, communists, anarchists, progressives, Occupy movement activists, or whatever, if they are present when someone or group is praising a mass murderer without stating disagreement with behaviour, they ought to critique unqualified praise and request clarification.
Well, I still don't understand. What do any of those affiliations have to do with Leninism...or Stalinism...or Nazism etc. Is that the same thing as saying all Muslims ought to denounce and critique extreme acts carried out by a fanatic insurgent, as if by inference there is a collective guilt that needs addressing? How about requiring all Jews everywhere to apologize for and critique Israeli occupation? How about requiring all progressive organizations comprising a public demostration to collectively apologize to the general Canadian public if someone throws a brick through a window?
if anyone is present when fanatic violent acts, occupations, and brick-throwing are praised or occur, those behaviours ought to be critiqued.
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The G8 and NATO, including Harper, need to be critiqued for failing to provide for the human rights of civilians.
Human rights include our rights to social services.
It's interesting that Harper gave over a hundred billion dollars to banks a couple years ago, yet hasn't created sufficient money to support our human rights and a clean environment.
"three of Canada's biggest banks, Scotiabank, Bank of Montreal and CIBC, received estimated peak support that at some point was equal or greater than the value of the company itself. That is to say that at some point during the financial crisis, it would have cost less money for the Canadian and U.S. governments to have bought every single share in these companies rather than providing them with support." (www.progressive-economics.ca, MacDonald,April30.)
G8 leaders ought to create money, spend, to support UN General Assembly-led peacekeeping where necessary, rather than aggression, support conflict resolution rather than war-mongering, to support humanitarian aid, at home and elsewhere, for public housing, healthcare, education, water, local food, welfare, full employment, equality, other human rights, green public energy, taxes on carbon emissions, financial transaction taxes, proportional representation, transformed trade, and other laws to care for humans and our common planet.
Leigh try to get into this millennium some time soon please. The crimes of assholes from 50 and 60 years ago are historic. By the way when was the last time you spoke out against King Charles and Marie Antoinette and the Romanov's. I presume that you go into all the MSM sites and talk about the genocide and ethnic cleansing of FN's and the slave trade every time someone talks about America's founding fathers. [that was sarcasm]
Please post some of your thoughts on the violence of America and NATO in the last decade. Get with the times and stop beating that worn out Cold War drum. This is a thread about protests in 2012 against NATO, the military imperialist project that spends over 70% of the world's arms budget.
you aren't listening either and I'm not going to repeat myself.
I read at babble once that people could read elsewhere, even at rabble, and comment here even though there's space under each article.
to keep thoughts together,
beyond M.Spector's (and others') errors, in the last comment under the recent article by Seth Klein on 'de/growth', Spector said that if people didn't control or own 'capital', by which I guess s/he means 'means of production', then problems result.
In Canada, we do own the currently-used means of production of money/ fiat currency, the Bank of Canada. The federal government also has a Constitutional right to spend currency directly, without using the Bank of Canada, and with fiat currency it's not like there have to be gold bars in storage anywhere.
Would it cause problems if private banks also have a legal right to create government currency through the (commercial) Bank Act?
If fiat currency can be created by the federal government to meet people's and earth's needs, and if we pressure them to create that money, I guess it shouldn't matter if private banks also have the power to create fiat currency, as long as they don't lobby to stop the federal government from creating money at zero interest or spending directly. Apparently the usual argument of 'inflation' doesn't apply when there is so much unemployment.
The only 'test', to see if it is necessary to advocate for curtailing the power of private banks to create government currency, is to see if banks continue to abuse their power; if banks and their officials continue to talk about a 'requirement' for government cuts, or if banks begin to lobby for financial transactions taxes, separation of finance/insurance/real estate, and publicly support extensive government creation of money in this recession/depression.
NATO has acted, perhaps unwittingly, as the arm of private bankers' - in Libya for example, someone at babble gave evidence that one of the first demands of 'demonstrators' was to privatize Libya's central bank. That's not the first thing demonstrators usually demand, suggesting those with interests in private banking may have been involved.
NATO has also been most vicious in areas where substantial fossil fuel reserves exist, or where water is limited and therefore a tool of power, or where other valuable resources exist, along with transportation routes for those resources, and where people strongly resist private banker/corporate rule; ie) where the usual corporate media or economic pressure have been unsuccessful in 'convincing' people to accept foreign or banker/corporate occupation.
NATO In Chicago: Thousands Protest War Criminals Summit
"The summit was indeed a War Criminals Summit. Thousands of people gathered in Chicago, from all over, to protest these war criminals. And on the other side, for weeks leading up to the summit, and then as the meeting got underway, the state's forces of repression kicked into high gear.."
while the site may have some useful ideas,
I don't think the issue is fundamentally about 'Jihad vs. McCrusade', rather its the inequality of the 1 and 99 percenters. I don't agree with Jihadists, neither do most Muslims nor anyone else. [edited] However that movement is currently a desperate response to occupation by powers imposed by the 1 percent, murder of innocent civilians cannot be justified or used as a means to an end.
I also don't agree that the 'science of evolution' and 'creation' need to be opposed, though the belief that the planet was formed ten thousand years ago is way off- from carbon dated fossil evidence. People could believe in a 'creator' and also believe the creator used the science of evolution to create- in fact many, if not most believers do. Indigenous peoples believe in a Creator (see link from Council of Canadians Great Lakes campaign, citing the First Nations of Ontario declaration.)
I'm still looking at other elements at the revcom site..
the site's Declaration on Women includes important critique, however, again, not all people in religions agree with interpretations of scripture subordinating women, in fact most don't.
i don't have time at present to read all the material in this or other of the site's statements, i'll see a bit more..