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A few key microbes are on the verge of becoming key players in B.C.'s mining industry.
Engineering professor Sue Baldwin has spent much of the past 15 years farming various combinations of anaerobic bacteria that have the ability to consume or remove heavy metals from mine tailings.
Tailings are ground up rock and chemical pollutants left over from the extraction of metals from ore.
Baldwin has her toes in the water of several important cleanup projects, including the Teck Resources smelter near Trail, the Imperial Metals Mount Polley Mine, and analysis of the selenium-contaminated run-off from coal mine waste in the Elk Valley.
Imperial Metals has been operating a 450-litre-a-minute anaerobic biological reactor at Mount Polley since 2009, according to project engineer Luke Moger. The researchers are working to find the optimal environment and combination of microbes in which sulphate-reducing bacteria mitigate acid mine drainage and metal pollution by consuming sulfates in the tailings pond and water that has come in contact with waste rock. This creates sulphides that react with metals in the water to form harmless solids.
The project, now in its second three-year phase, is a partnership between Imperial Metals, Baldwin's lab at the University of B.C., and Genome BC, which directs funding to research on the application of genomics in sectors such as health care, forestry and mining, including some of Baldwin's work.
Genomics — the analysis of the complete genetic blueprint of living things — makes it possible to identify individual bacteria or combinations of bacteria that have desirable characteristics, such as the ability to remove metals held in solution.
The problem has been figuring out how to get bacteria to do this on an industrial scale and do it consistently, according to Baldwin.
"Over time, the microbial community in these bioreactors can shift from a favourable group of microbes to different microbes that do not contribute to treatment effectiveness or may have undesirable consequences," said Baldwin in an email interview. "As we design and operate these bioreactors, we can use genomics to track the microbial community and use this information, together with other geochemical and physical information, to diagnose problems and adjust the operating conditions if needed."
Seepage water from smelter waste at Trail contained a complex mix of arsenic, zinc, sulphate and other trace metals, but the bioreactor was successful at removing the contaminants and rendered the water harmless to aquatic life, she said.
Teck has a multi-faceted water quality research program and several studies on the use biological processes to maintain water quality have shown promise, said spokesman Chris Stannell.
"Bacterial action has long been known to work in these sorts of roles, the trick is to get it into a scalable form," said Steve Robertson, vice-president of corporate affairs for Imperial. "They work very slowly for the volume of water that we are dealing with, so the challenge is to make the bacteria as productive as possible."
The payoff for creating a passive, self-sustaining biological system to purify water contaminated by extraction and processing is quite substantial. Mitigation and remediation require significant capital investment and operating funds, Robertson said. Water treatment may be required for decades after a mine closes, powered and manned at the company's expense.
Snapshot of a system
Judy Isaac-Renton and Patrick Tang of the BC Centre for Disease Control are developing tools that will take genetic snapshots of thousands of bacteria, viruses and protozoa in both healthy and compromised watersheds in B.C.
Their project, supported by Genome Canada and Genome BC, essentially takes all the creatures in a water sample, blends them together and analyses the trillions of pieces of genetic information — the meta-genome — looking for the signals that are representative of a healthy ecological system or indications of disruption due to pollution.
"We look for genetic signatures for certain organisms and for signatures that are indicative of certain micro-organism function," said Tang.
The team, along with environmental microbiologist Natalie Prystajecky, is creating detection and analysis tools that can be used to assess water quality and detect and trace pollution by building a database of metagenomic fingerprints from healthy and polluted watersheds.
Tools developed for drinking protection are likely in the future to find commercial applications, charting changes in the quality of water in agricultural and industrial settings.
Certain microbe populations may thrive or crash due to subtle changes in the presence of nitrogen from farms or selenium in the water near coal mines.
"We need to be looking for who is there and who is not there," said Isaac-Renton. "They are sentinels."
Current assessment tools are based on growing bacterial cultures to detect the presence of potentially harmful microbes. But those tests are slow and only detect the presence of a tiny fraction of the life present in a drop of water, said Prystajecky.
"When a water sample is collected, it's transported to a lab and then we wait 18 to 48 hours for that organism to grow," said Prystajecky. "We are looking for (genetic signals) that are better markers of water quality ... and we want to find approaches that are faster."
Meta-genomic watershed analysis could be a valuable tool for mining companies, said Gabe Kalmar, vice-president of sector development for Genome BC.
"By knowing what is there, mining companies have an opportunity to adjust their extraction methods and to know whether they are having an effect on the environment," said Kalmar. "It could affect anything from changing how they do the extraction, how they do filtration and control what comes out of that process and how they store effluent."
The object of the exercise is to describe the environment as precisely as possible so you can put it back to normal at the end of the mine's life.
Without a comprehensive plan to put things right when the economic life of the mine is over, a mining company can't even break ground in B.C.
Taseko Mines found out the hard way when its proposed New Prosperity gold and copper mine was turned down for a second time after an environmental review panel concluded the local environment could be irreparably harmed by waste rocks and tailings. The company is now locked in a legal struggle to keep the project alive.
Bacterial mining
Genomics is also driving exciting advances in extraction, the process of removing tiny amounts of valuable metal from large amounts of rock.
State-of-the-art mining still usually involves moving millions of cubic metres of earth and rock, removing millions more cubic metres of ore, grinding it into a powder and then using a variety of chemical processes to coax the valuable metal from a complex blend of minerals and potentially dangerous impurities.
Mining is an $8.3-billion, 30,000-job industry with serious esthetic challenges.
"The mining industry has to become more selective in how they extract material and more efficient," said John Thompson, a director of Genome BC and president of the Canada Mining Innovation Council. "That involves a whole host of things from the way they mine through to the way they process and bacteria offer one way to be more selective."
Bacteria have the potential to extract metals from much lower grade ore or extract metal more completely, potentially without the toxic chemicals necessary in many widely used extraction processes.
"Getting more metal out of less rock is a good thing economically, but also a good thing for decreasing environmental impacts and the footprint of mines," said Thompson. "In an ideal world we would be able to leach and extract metals directly, in place, underground, without actually moving the rocks around."
"Genomics could be a clever little piece of that larger puzzle," he said.
Uranium is routinely extracted from the earth in a solution of sulphuric acid or ammonium carbonate that is injected through pipes into the underground ore body and then sucked out and processed. Such in situ mining solutions are also being employed for other metals such as copper and genomics could help identify bacteria suited to this technique or help create engineered purpose-built bacteria, Thompson said.
Chilean biomining firm Bio-Sigma — a collaboration between the world's largest copper mining company Codelco and Nippon Metals and Mining — is using bacteria to extract copper from relatively low-grade ores with vastly lower greenhouse gas emmisions and water requirements than conventional processes.
Biomining has the potential to dramatically reduce the amount of toxic effluent produced by the extraction process and it may allow the company to process lower grade ores than ever before, said Kalmar.
"BioSigma is the poster child for how this could work," he said. "If everything could fall into place, our goal would be to have something like that here in B.C."
Made in B.C. solutions
Scott Dunbar, a mining engineering professor at the University of B.C., is attempting to create biological copper extraction tools for complex ores using bacteriophage — viruses that affect bacteria.
When metals are present in ore in several different chemical forms, recovering just the metals in the form you want is a challenge. But some phage have the ability to selectively bind to particular types of minerals such as chalcopyrite, a desirable form of copper ore.
With research partners at the Centre for Blood Research and the department of biochemistry and molecular biology, Dunbar is identifying which of about two billion different phage display useful binding peptides. By exposing the entire phage library to a mineral of interest, they can identify the ones that bind most readily and wash the rest away. Researchers then let the phage infect a benign form of E. coli bacteria, so they can multiply. Repeating the process amplifies the trait like a form of selective breeding.
The resulting phage army can bind to its favourite mineral in a solution and change its electrical conductivity or cause the particles to stick together, which opens the door to new and more efficient methods of concentrating and precipitating metal into a solid from a solution.
Dunbar also has the idea to engineer colonies of bacteria to display sticky peptides that bind selectively with minerals and then flowing ore slurries over "a bacterial lawn."
"This is all beer talk at the moment, but it could work," he said. "The genomic contribution will be to alter the genetic machinery of the bacteria to cause it to display the peptide on its surface."


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After a modest first half of the year, equity markets around the globe soared in the third quarter, pulling far ahead of those in the U.S. This was despite record high crude oil prices, terrorist bombings in Britain, and the continuing war in Iraq.
With few exceptions, overseas stocks delivered extraordinary gains, particularly the emerging markets of Latin America and Eastern Europe, putting year-to-date performance solidly in the black. For the quarter, the average international stock fund/ETF gained 12.3%, while the S&P 500 rose 3.5%. Virtually all foreign equity funds posted gains during the quarter.
Jeff Knight, portfolio leader of Putnam's Global Asset Allocation Funds, says the strength in foreign markets provides further evidence of the progress of global economic rebalancing. "There has been a pronounced decoupling of foreign equity markets from the U.S. market, which showed particular vigor during the third quarter," he notes. "The shift in the balance of global economic activity, from a world whose growth was dominated by the U.S. economy to one whose growth is more balanced, is becoming more visible, and better understood by investors."
To illustrate the increased attraction to foreign stocks, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) reported that in the month of August, U.S. funds that invest primarily overseas had inflows of about $8.2 billion in August — almost double that of July — versus an outflow of $1.9 billion for funds that invest in U.S. stocks.
Latin America: Commodities Are King
Mutual funds and ETFs investing in Latin America, driven primarily by robust global demand for energy and commodities, topped the charts. The MSCI EM Latin America index has risen 41.1% year-to-date, including a 29.5% burst in the third quarter alone. The region's two largest equity markets, Brazil and Mexico, climbed 36.2% and 21.8%, respectively, in the third quarter. Both markets recently reached all time highs, as did exchanges in Argentina, up 49.4% during the quarter, and Chile, up 17.0%. Smaller markets like Peru (+29.2%) and Colombia (+26.0%) also delivered handsome gains.
Brazil dazzled in the quarter, despite high interest rates and a bribery scandal that embarrassed the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Bovespa index has been buoyed by high oil prices, modest inflation, a strengthening economy, strong iron and steel exports, and surging commodity sales to China. Brazil's currency, the real, also recently touched a four-year high as foreign cash pours into the nation's equity exchanges. Mexico, also enriched by high oil prices, is enjoying a climate of improving corporate earnings, economic stability, decreasing long-term interest rates and low inflation. Aside from its powerful energy sector, Mexico's telecommunications, agriculture, services, and banking companies have also delivered strong gains.
One dramatic exception to an otherwise robust scenario in South America is oil-rich Venezuela — down 11.6% in the third quarter — as controversial president Hugo Chavez appears to be gradually moving the country towards more socialist economic policies.
Though Latin markets are extremely strong now, investors should consider that as emerging markets they are not very diversified, and remain vulnerable to high volatility and political instability.
Asia: Japan Awakens from Long Hibernation
The vast Asian markets — comprised of both developed and emerging economies — also pushed upward in the third quarter on the back of greater-than-expected GDP growth, healthier consumer spending, and the return to prominence of its mightiest member, Japan, which appears to have thrown off a decade-plus long economic malaise.
The Japanese equity markets — awash in a record quantity of foreign investors' cash and emboldened by the resounding election victory of reform-minded Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — just reached a four-year high. Banking reforms, corporate streamlining, burgeoning business confidence, growing private consumption, high domestic demand, and a possible end to deflation are contributing to bubbling optimism over the prospects for the world's second largest economy. The MSCI Japan index is up 11.0% year-to-date, including an 18.7% bounce in the third quarter alone.
With evidence that deflation is diminishing, Japan's finance ministers have started to openly discuss the end of their zero interest rate policy, Knight notes. "The end of deflation would be a positive for Japanese stocks, and a negative development for bonds; and market reactions underscore this point," he said.
Many believe Koizumi's victory means reforms in Japan are taking hold at both the corporate and political level, and expect to see a positive impact at the macro-level. However, with nearly a 100%-dependence on imported oil, Japan is especially susceptible to rising energy prices. While Japanese corporations are highly energy-efficient, expensive crude presents danger for Japan's export business to the U.S.
Also during the quarter, South Korea's Kospi index soared to an all-time high as economic growth accelerated, and domestic demand recovered. MSCI's South Korea index rose 33.8% year-to-date, including a 21.9% climb in the third quarter.
India, potentially Asia's most powerful market in the future, saw its equity markets rise to an all-time high as well, flush with unprecedented inflows of foreign investors' cash and solid export growth. India's economy is expected to grow 7% to 8% this year, making it one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
One of the few Asian indices to fall, Taiwan (down 6.4% in the third quarter), suffered from losses incurred by its technology industry, notably its dominant semiconductor sector.
Europe: East Waxes, West Wanes
In sharp contrast to the frenetic gains of the emerging markets, Western Europe has slogged along with relatively modest, unimpressive gains. While labor reforms and economic restructuring measures move apace, equity returns on the continent have been sluggish. Emblematic of Europe's problems is its largest economy, Germany, where an inconclusive election has led to a stalemate that may result in a coalition government. Unemployment is at record levels (5 million), and business confidence remains tepid, hurting consumer spending and economic growth.
The scenario in the newer, more vibrant economies of Eastern Europe is far brighter. EU convergent plays like Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland are forecasting GDP growth of more than 4%. MSCI's EM Eastern Europe Index has gained 45.9% year-to-date, including an astounding 37.2% surge in the third quarter alone. In the near term, "the major drivers of Eastern Europe appear to be the liquidity in those markets, and investors' attraction to higher growth and still lower valuations of Eastern European stocks," says the value team at Hansberger Global Investors, an investment manager based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Russia also continues to roll — and it's due almost entirely to the energy/commodity industry which dominates that county's economy. With high oil prices, immense natural resources and political stability under the presidency of Vladimir Putin, Russia's markets will likely remain robust.
A Question of Valuation
Another concern for investors may lie in valuations, particularly among the surging emerging markets. However, a closer look shows that valuation in many of these economies remains attractive. For example, according to data* from S&P/Citigroup Global Equity Indices, Brazilian stocks are trading at a 12-month trailing P/E of only 9.3; Mexico is at 9.0; and Russia, 9.4. However, certain other emerging markets may be due for a correction — e.g., Colombia is trading at 19.4; Egypt, 27.7; and India, 17.8. As a whole, emerging market equities are trading at a trailing P/E of about 13.0.
In general, equities in the developed markets are more richly valued than their emerging markets counterparts. But even in the developed world, there are pockets of attractive pricing. For example, Belgium trades at only 11.7; Hungary, 12.1; Norway, 11.9; and South Korea, 12.4. By comparison, the U.S. stock market trades at 21.2.
"The emerging markets offer the best combination of attractive valuation and leverage to global rebalancing," notes Knight. "This is not simply a result of commodity price strength, though this helps for markets like Mexico, Russia, and Brazil. It's also a result of spreading prosperity across the emerging world driven by a robust global economy and low risk aversion among investors.
*S&P/Citigroup data as of July 29, 2005
International Equity Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds
|Best Performers
Third-Quarter 2005 Returns (%)
|Worst Performers
Third-Quarter 2005 Returns (%)
|ProFunds:Ultra Japan/Inv (UJPIX)
|iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (EWT)
|ING Russia Fund/A (LETRX)
|Eaton Vance Greater China Growth/B (EMCGX)
|iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fd (EWZ)
|iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund (EWN)
|Third Millennium Russia Fund (TMRFX)
|AllianceBernstein Greater China 97/B (GCHBX)
|US Global Accolade Fds:Eastern European Fund (EUROX)
|Dreyfus Premier Greater China Fund/C (DPCCX)
|Best Performers
YTD 2005 Returns (%)
|Worst Performers
YTD 2005 Returns (%)
|ING Russia Fund/A (LETRX)
|iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (EWT)
|T Rowe Price Latin America Fund (PRLAX)
|Seligman International Growth/B (SHBIX)
|T Rowe Price Emerging Europe & Mediterranean (TREMX)
|Hartford International Capital Appreciation/B (HNCBX)
|iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fd (EWZ)
|Hartford HLS Intl Capital Apprec/IB (HBICX)
|Third Millennium Russia Fund (TMRFX)
|Gartmore China Opportunities/A (GOPAX)
SOURCE: Standard & Poor's. Total returns are in U.S. dollars and include reinvested dividends.
Contact Bob Keane with questions or comments at: [email protected].

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Unions, Workers, and Wages at the Peak of the American Labor Movement
NBER Working Paper No. 23516
We study a novel dataset compiled from archival records, which includes information on men's wages, union status, educational attainment, work history, and other background variables for several cities circa 1950. Such data are extremely rare for the early post-war period when U.S. unions were at their peak. After describing patterns of selection into unions, we measure the union wage premium using unconditional quantile methods. The wage premium was larger at the bottom of the income distribution than at the middle or higher, larger for African Americans than for whites, and larger for those with low levels of education. Counterfactuals are consistent with the view that unions substantially narrowed urban wage inequality at mid-century.
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Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w23516
Published: Brantly Callaway & William J. Collins, 2017. "Unions, Workers, and Wages at the Peak of the American Labor Movement," Explorations in Economic History, . citation courtesy of
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*Disclosure: I received a copy of Undone: A Story of Making Peace With an Unexpected Life from Zondervan for review purposes. No other compensation was received.*
I love the beach. I love the feel of digging my toes in the sand. The sound of the waves calms my spirit. The rhythmic crashing on the shore restores my balance.
Notice I said I love the beach?
I don't particularly like getting in the ocean. The water is cold. It leaves my skin feeling funny from the salt. I can't see what is lurking under the water. It's rough and constantly moving.
Michele Cushatt reminds us in her book, Undone, that if we stay on the beach, we will miss the ocean. Even though the ocean can be dangerous and uncontrollable, it is also a place of adventure and thrill. Speaking for myself, when I do get in the ocean, I have memories of laughter and fun as we play in the surf and jump with the waves.
But we have to choose to dive in. We have to trust that the Ultimate Lifeguard is watching over us and will keep our heads above water when we tire of swimming in the deep.
Life is very similar. When I choose to dive in over my head, I am taking a dive of faith. It is rarely easy, but it is rewarding.
I found encouragement throughout Undone. Michele's style of writing is captivating. It's as if she were having a conversation with me. My life is not a mirror of hers, but her story resonated with me on so many levels.
There's no step-by-step advice in this book on how to live, no sure-fire tips for making it through the day. But there is transparency and authenticity. In her memoir, Michele tells her story of making peace with an unexpected life.
We see the mess caused by life and how a perfectionist learns to accept the beauty in the chaos.
Those who know me well know how much that last sentence could easily have been said by me—a perfectionist struggling to make sense of the chaos.
Throughout Michele's story of life unraveling and coming "undone," she was reminded over and over of one simple truth and statement of love from our Heavenly Father,
Nothing will be able to separate you from me. Nothing!
This statement sank deep in my soul as I read Michele's story. I didn't just see Michele's struggles to make peace with an imperfect life. I replayed mine as well. I saw the times I felt undone. I saw the redemptive hand of God as He allowed some circumstances in my life that prepared me for future challenges and allowed me to be the personal connection for someone else. I remember the feeling of Him drawing me closer to Him during those times.
Have you or a loved one experienced one of the following?
- fear, anxiety, or depression
- major medical diagnosis
- divorce, remarriage, or blending families
- foster or adopted children
- substance abuse
- parenting challenges
You can probably relate to at least one of these, maybe even several. Have they ever caused you to feel undone and not sure if you want to dive into the ocean of life again? Then this book was written for you.
Take the plunge.
Dive deep.
Experience the thrill God has waiting for you. He will be there watching over you, ready to take your hand when you need it.


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A few weeks ago, I returned from the annual Three Principles Global Conference. It was my second time at the conference, and, as always with these kinds of events, it was a great experience for me.
It was a time to connect and network with some very close friends and colleagues and I had the chance to listen to some inspired talks about how this understanding really has the potential to be of massive benefit to humanity in it's search for peace.
It was a truly inspiring four days of bliss, presence, and sharing with amazing people.
And then I got home!
Thrust into the depths of quite a challenging situation, which meant I had to cut my trip short, along with the normal realities and responsibilities of my life, I hit the ground running with a bit of a bump.
For the next two weeks, I found myself feeling very flat, even depressed and slightly anxious.
It was not an unfamiliar experience to me, in any way. But equally I noticed it really didn't look like it was a problem.
Now that may sound surprising to you. Not so long ago, it would have sounded odd to me too. After all, we live in a culture that very much treats depression and other low moods as problems to be eradicated.
But the way I see it these days, this may not actually be helpful. In fact, doing this might actually serve to make our suffering even worse.
For so much of my life I searched for a solution to a feeling. How do I get myself to feel better when I am depressed? How do I overcome my anxiety and panic? How do I stop myself being angry at my kids? All were examples of where I looked for that magic bullet.
I learned NLP, meditation, yoga, breathing techniques, and engaged in all kinds of therapies. It was hard hard work keeping track of all the stuff that I thought I had to do to manage my emotions, and truth be told, I don't think I ever really succeeded in any meaningful way.
In fact, I remember one day beginning to see the futility of what I was doing when I was an attendee at a personal development seminar. One of the core teachings was that it was important to ensure that we were in a 'peak' state. We were taught techniques for being in this high energy state, and at one point I really used to believe in them.
Then one day I was at one of these events meeting some of the teachers who were going to work with us. I went up to a few of them over the course of the day and simply asked them how they were:
"OUTSTANDING" came the answer back.
It took me aback and for the most part seemed relatively fake. In fact, one of the people I spoke to seemed so annoyed as they said this that it was soon after that my wife and I left that workshop – never to attend a similar event again.
You see, it is human for us to try and fake ourselves to being a certain way. Lord knows I had done what this guy had done many times. I probably do sometimes still if I think about it. We do it because on some level we think our lives are somehow going to be better – either emotionally or in terms of our performance at what we find ourselves doing. But it isn't necessary. And nor can it ever really work.
Let me explain.
Years ago, when I first started to run trainings I used to get horribly nervous. As in palms sweaty, run to the toilet, blind panic scared! Often, I was barely able to eat during those training days.
Many times I found myself at one of these training events feeling the anxiety and nervousness come to the fore. I immediately went through my library of control techniques and started doing visualisations and breathing techniques to try and fake myself into being in a better place.
Sometimes it seemed to work, but often it seemed like it didn't.
Invariably on those days when I was trying to manage my feelings, I was a pretty bad trainer. Why? Well how present do you think I was to the people in front of me? How much do you think I was really engaging with them?
Truth be told I was living in my head – getting lost in a sea of fearful thinking and tools and techniques to the point that I really wasn't present at all to those dear souls. The feedback I got often reflected that.
After I had my "personal development insight", I started to show up to my trainings a bit differently. I realised that since I was able to see how annoyed that trainer was at that event, despite his efforts to appear otherwise, the same was probably true of me.
So it occurred to me – why bother even trying to hide my anxiety from the delegates at the workshop, since not only would they likely know about my nervousness, it also didn't seem to make me a better trainer when I tried to control the feelings anyway.
So I resolved that if I felt nervous when I went into the training room, I was just going to tell everyone and be upfront about it, and maybe even share what I had seen at that personal development training event.
But a funny thing happened. Realising that there was no point trying to hide my anxiety and being resigned to the fact that I might as well share it with the people I was going to teach, actually took a lot of pressure off. I actually found myself at peace with myself – even though I was still nervous!
Moreover, since I was much more accepting of the nervousness I felt, because it seemed pointless to try and do anything about it, that day was the first day that I didn't feel on the edge of panic and like I had to run to the bathroom!
On top of that, my head was clearer. Yes the anxiety feeling was still there, but it seemed to pass much quicker. On top of that so much space had been freed up because I was no longer trying to keep track of which technique I was going to use to keep myself in a 'peak state'!
The result? Well, I was a much better trainer. Far more present to the group that I was working with. Far more creative too. In fact I remember that day feeling much more free about the topics I was covering, and was actually surprising myself with the creativity that seemed to be available to me. It was beyond anything I had experienced in a training room before, and the feedback from the delegates reflected it.
What I learned from that experience, was the idea that there was a state I had to be in to be at my 'peak' was an illusion! Creativity and the ability to be present with people were just natural when I was seeing clearly that the whole range of my emotions were truly valid. You see – that same intelligence that beats your heart or digests your food without your intervention? Well, it's responsible for bringing you new insight and creativity too. It's always working and it's always visible, when we aren't busying our minds with all our ideas of how we think we should be.
You see the real problem with any emotion that we have labelled as 'low', is that we think that having those emotions is a problem!
But these emotions are normal and very human. There isn't a human on earth who doesn't experience them. Freedom does not lie in eliminating them. On the contrary, since our emotions are a reflection of our moment to moment thinking, and not our circumstances, any additional expectations that we should be feeling anything other than what we are simply serves to stir up that noisy thinking in our head. It exacerbates the uncomfortable feeling and creates additional suffering.
I would offer that not seeing this truth is potentially why people can end up being treated for depression for literally years and years. They get trapped in a cycle of fighting thoughts in their mind that are essentially beyond their control, and that keeps their minds and the thoughts that are creating that feeling locked in place.
From what I can see, no matter what, the sunshine of our wellbeing is always there. It's just that sometimes there's a lot of cloudy thinking blocking us from seeing it. Those thoughts aren't telling us anything about how well we are doing in life. They are just noise and have no inherent meaning, and we are typically lousy predictors of knowing how quickly that noise will clear. But it is it's nature to do so. When we know this, and that our mood is naturally going to fluctuate, then there's not so much need to do anything about it anymore. We can be at peace. This leaves us free to simply get on with life, unrestricted by the illusion that our moods are somehow stopping us from being okay, and from doing what we have to do. It also means our minds our much more likely to settle, and our moods and experience are much more free and easy to change and flow.
With love,
john x
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Married Americans spend more than those in any other marital status category, across age groups. Americans who have never married spend significantly less, particularly for those younger than 50, suggesting that if the marriage rate increases, overall spending in the U.S. may increase and benefit the U.S. economy.
Married Americans report a daily spending average of $102, followed by $98 among those who are living in domestic partnerships, $74 by divorced Americans, $67 by those who are single and never married, and $62 by those who are widowed. As shown in the accompanying graph, across all age groups, those who are married spend more than those of other marital statuses.


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Marcel, the young star cook from Germany, is the winner of the last edition of the famous cooking competition Top Chef.
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Smartphones And Social Media – The Everyday Life Of Today's Connected Consumer [INFOGRAPHIC]
What's the first thing you do in the morning?
Well, if you're of a certain age, chances are that you reach for your phone. Cisco surveyed 3,600 college students and workers aged 18-30 across 18 countries and discovered that nine out of ten respondents check their smartphones for updates in email, texts and social media sites, often before they get out of bed.
And this continues throughout the day. 85 percent of women and 63 percent of men compulsively check their smartphones for text, emails or social media updates, and more than 40 percent of respondents would go through a "withdrawal" effect and "would feel anxious, like part of me was missing," if they couldn't check their smartphones constantly.
And it's not just the Gen-Y members who are addicted – 40 percent of IT professionals said that they check their smartphones at least every 10 minutes.
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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
Piers Morgan interviews Gordon Brown on "Piers Morgan Tonight," and the former British Prime Minister talks about Osama bin Laden, England's relationship with America and whether he misses being in power. But he also discusses the IMF – and the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal. "It's a personal tragedy," said Brown. "Dominique Strauss-Kahn was steering the IMF through what you might call the difficult post-crisis period."
Watch his full interview – and Piers' interview with former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf – tonight at 9pmET/PT.
Was the IMF BOSS framed??
Is this a joke... about Britain saving the world's economy... with their banks.... you MUST be joking! I thought the banks in England were in dire straits.....
The soundest banking sysem in the world – for years now – Canada.....
What is it with people trying to say we had no right to "go into" Pakistan and kill Bin Laden? What? Are they crazy? This man killed 3000 people and "invaded" our country to do it! Why are people so stupid? Why didn't they get Bin Laden? They knew he was there! I am so tired of listening to all these excuses and accusations! Pakistan! DO SOMETHING!!!!
I am already tired of Pierced Morgan his coverage of the Royal wedding was like listening to a bad Gosip columnist.
What is the fascination with him?
He is anoying
@Louiza: It's very easy to sit a millions of miles away and comment on this. Do you know the backlash this has had on normal Pakistani citizens? People are scared to go out for groceries and send their children to school for fear of a bomb going off. And all this for what? Just because the US "invaded" Pakistan. This is just an eye for an eye situation. So much for being pioneers for human rights when a single act by the US has taken so many lives.
This is a situation of "an eye for an eye for an eye."
Peris, I don't like the way you interrupt your guest while they are speaking. I think you might want to wait until they finish their statements. Good luck.
the woman in the straus khan case must also investigated.
Definitely framed a 62 years old suffering from apnea sleeping disorder accused of forcing a 32 years old ...
It is a joke ...to believe it
Wham bam thank you, maam, my questions are asnwreed!


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Shazahn Padamsee at the One Spring Summer 2013
22 Feb 2013 – stylemeindia.com
Shazahn Padamsee at Design One Spring Summer 2013 Sneak Preview
Kristina Akheeva, Zarine Khan, Shazahn Padamsee & Vidya Malvade were all seen at the One Spring Summer 2013 sneak preview.
Kristina Akheeva, Zarine Khan and Vidya Maldave all chose western style long dresses whilst Shazahn Padamsee opted to keep it cultural in a beautiful blue suit with a pink and gold rose design.
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It sounds like something is up with your specification (or certainly DapperDox's parser has hit something unexpected). Can you upload or link to the relevant log section?


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"A hell of a campaign" says John Moran
Although two sitting Fine Gael councillors were re-elected, they also lost two seats with James Daly losing out, and Fianna Fail's Paschal McEvoy taking retiring Fine Gael Cllr Deegan's seat in Stradbally.
Cllrs Tom Mulhall and John Moran did manage to hold onto their seats. Cllr Mulhall said that he had enjoyed a good campaign ahead of the elections.
"I rang doorbells and always went door to door. The main issues I encountered were the financial pressure people are under, and the elderly incurring extra costs with their pension. They were also local council issues. I've been working hard over the last five years. I've spent a lot of time and effort on community work. I'm very happy with the support from all the local boxes".
Cllr Moran said that although he had some "nasty" encounters on the campaign trail, overall people were welcoming.
"It's been a hell of a campaign. I've had ten weeks on the road and visited over 3,500 houses. Most people were very nice and very good to me. I only had four that were anyway nasty. I had one house upset with the abortion issue and they had a full bucket and sprayed me with holy water. Putting in water metres into estates when we were campaigning didn't help, and the new carbon tax hurt us a lot. Senior citizens losing cards wasn't helpful for us. I don't think our masters care too much about people on the ground."
James Daly said that national issues played a part in him losing his seat.
"I am disappointed. It was a shock initially but I've come to terms with it. It's not personal, it's a reflection of the party I represent and how unpopular they are. I had the best campaign ever but it just didn't work. Austerity is a constant issue on doorsteps and the changing of boundaries split the vote. I was losing votes in my own area and it was hard to gain them back. Most people had issues with the Government. It's tough losing but I had a good stretch in politics. I did enjoy representing peoples' interests at local level," he said.


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David Bowie entrance cracks me up.
Related: Bowie and Mercury without music.
All kinds of hilarious that.
Alt suggestion for post title: 'Ageless White Duke and Leathery Exhibitionist Pensioner have dance-off'.
That was filmed just across the Glass Bridge from my flat. (I lived on the Isle of Dogs, unfortunately long before it was hip.) I remember those klieg lights shining for hours. Couldn't hear the music then, either. I watched it on TV during Live Aid like everyone else.
It becomes an interlude in a Hal Hartley film…
I had no idea these types of tapes even existed. They completely change my appreciation for the music. [Link is to music-less Beatles; thank god no copyright claim has been registered.]
This is the happiest thing I've watched today ---- thanks!
This is really good works
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Henry VIII's personal divorce plea
Henry VIII's personal divorce plea is a letter signed by Henry VIII to Cardinal Benedetto de Accolti, the Bishop of Ravenna. It was written by Henry in an attempt to advance his plans to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boleyn.
This historically important letter is is considered a crucial document in the King's battle to divorce his first wife.
Henry VIII became Prince of Wales following the death of his older brother Arthur, Prince of Wales.
A special dispensation from Pope Julius II was needed to allow Henry to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon.
However, Catherine failed to provide Henry with a surviving male heir and by 1529 she was considered too old to have any more children.
Due to Henry VIII's greatest desire to produce a male heir, he decided to try and annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn, in the hope that she could provide him with a son.
However, Catherine was not so keen on this idea and refused Henry's suggestion that she retire quietly to a nunnery. Therefore Henry VIII set his hopes of an annulment upon an appeal to Pope Clement VII, as the Pope was the only person authorised to annul a marriage at that time.
The Pope was, at that time, a prisoner of Catherine's nephew, The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, following the Sack of Rome in 1527, and this prevented him from annulling the marriage.
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As Henry was unable to contact the Pope, he wrote a letter to Cardinal Benedetto de Accolti, the Bishop of Ravenna.
In the letter, Henry sent a recommendation for his envoy, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire (and curiously the father of Anne Boleyn) to be sent to represent him in discussions with Emperor Charles V.
Under pressure from Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, The Pope's inability to grant Henry VIII's request for an annulment meant that Henry had to find another way to end his marriage. Eventually, Henry, although theologically a doctrinal Catholic, took the position of Supreme Head of the Church of England to ensure the annulment of his marriage.
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|February 18th, 2014
Coach Strategies: Nick Saban: "Total-Control, Detail-Oriented, Evaluation-to-Graduation system"
If we, as a movement, or as individuals, want to succeed, we need to look at how winners do it, find the right model, and follow it.
From Sports Illustrated (August 2012):
Pat Buchanan says rising movement are intolerant. Same with successful people in every sector: they don't tolerate mistakes. They don't leave things to chance. They don't walk around drooling "everything happens for a reason" because they are passive losers who can't figure out why nothing they do ever turns out right. They take responsibility and they insist and ensure that things are done correctly. Those not on the same page are gotten rid of. This creates confidence and buy-ins among the indians, and soon enough success for the program. This example's in football but it could just as well be in business, in politics, or in (anything).
The right process...the right system...the money to make it work...the right people...all of a sudden you might have something.
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|February 19th, 2014
Holorep survivor
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With difficulty.
US WN needs to learn the concept of inner and outer circles.
Foundations with a publicly acceptable outer circle, and which can accept tax free/tax deductible donations are the start.
Within those, one can then channel support to the inner circle, and work on the real cause.
Written material is essential, but for mass appeal videos are needed. A video of a few minutes, like a news show, can reach thousands. I read somewhere that 10 % of people read newspapers and magazines and books, which seems accurate.
That's why we struggle to reach the masses.
Football is well financed, players well paid and government supported, its leaders can do and say as they please, the players have little say, coaches have immense power.
US WN is the opposite.
American football would become White if it removed the protection its players wear, and they dressed as rugby players do.
Once a few blacks had been thrown onto the ground and scraped along the dirt, blacks would run away.
For Whites on the other hand, it's a rush of note sliding along the ground grinding your opponent into the dirt and putting the boot in as you do so.
The worse it hurts, the more determined you are to stay in the game and hit back.
Most WN starts with trade unions, and the men in them love playing sports, the rougher the better.
Most European nationalism recruits its core from the soccer ultras, hard core sports fans, particularly at international games, when national feelings run high.
It also needs unemployed hooligans as the street fighters, and these are found at soccer events.Most of the young soccer fans are fathers or their sons have fathers in the trade unions, and trades. Poor, hardworking men are the core supporters of nationalism, but they are unable to lead.
When they find an intellectual who can work alongside them, then they are unstoppable.
Whilst the leadership of the EDL in the UK were fakes, their followers were not. Within months, the message had recruited thousands and thousands. The leaders have now destroyed the EDL, but the message lives on, and spreads. In time, it will find genuine organisers.
It will be the same in the US. A focus on the issues and message relevant to Whites in the US today, not other countries decades ago, and WN in the US will take off.
The insistence that WN is only true WN if it worships other parties from other countries in other times is a major factor in its irrelevance for most Whites, especially poor ones, who make up the bulk of WN, as they have the most to win from government change.
If US WN focused more on mass appeal via sports, and better, more normal music, instead of mostly untalented screaming, and on the issues unemployed Whites face, it would go far.
It's mostly an intellectual exercise at present, necessary in the early stages.
Unplanned action, without forethought, means nothing.
Actions planned within wider strategy make changes happen.
Secede. Control taxbases/municipalities. Use boycotts, divestment, sanctions, strikes.
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|February 19th, 2014
Frank Carroll, ice skater coach
"There's a difference between being a coach and being a teacher," Carroll told me in December. "Teaching involves being able to on-pass knowledge about how to do a skill; how to teach someone to use their body to do a jump, or use their feet to create speed, or how to make a spin go faster. A coach is somebody who can prepare people for competition and give them a philosophy about how to be champions, how to deal with the disappointments and the triumphs, how to budget their time. And a coach teaches them the philosophy of being a competitor."
This involves a little roleplaying. From the first day Carroll begins working with a skater, he emphasizes the importance of carrying oneself like a champion. That's how WN should act.
"I tell the student to pretend I am a very mean, cranky, nasty judge, and that I want to see them go on the ice and warm up as they would at a competition. Not their jumping, not their spinning, but their stroking and skating," he said, referring to the brief group warm-up sessions skaters are allowed before taking the ice in competition. "I tell them, 'I want you to convince me, by the way you step on the ice and the way you move around, that you're the very best skater in this group.' Then I'll let them loose, and I'll see what their idea of impressing people is."
In this world, you get taken as seriously as you take yourself, generally. As has been said, you teach other people how to treat you by what you allow. WN has allowed too much. It has been too tolerant. This is one reason it has not gained respect. It's not the main reason - that would be enemy suppression/attacks, which are continual - see the enemy equating;mixing National Socialism with Satanism and pedophilia in the new popular HBO show "True Detective" - but it is a minor one.
Be a serious man, or woman. If white nationalism is something more than entertainment, then what does that imply on one's part? How does it change how one lives and behaves?
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|February 19th, 2014
No video will be truly "mass" unless it goes out over cable tv, unblocked. Which is tantamount to having taken power already. Some youtube videos no matter how popular aren't on that level, although that is one good distribution. Just don't overrate its effect.
The masses follow the strong lead, they don't need to be persuaded the white cause is right, they already marry white and move white. And mostly even live white. But it's not ideological tot hem, as it is to us. It needs to be made ideological through effective leadership, which it is the business of our enemy to prevent forming, and he has been good at that so far. One of his cleverest strategies is to create imitation white leaders who claim the 'west is committing suicide,' as opposed to be murdered, or that 'whites are doing it to themselves,' rather than having it done to them.
The key is to focus on what-who is preventing our kind from organizing and getting what it wants. Organizing has never been a difficulty for any white people. Therefore, it is some external force preventing us from doing it today. We know what that force is. Pretending it doesn't exist, as many so-called WN do, doesn't make that power go away or reduce the need to confront it head on.
|February 19th, 2014
"If you see your coach getting emotionally worked up, it just gives his students the opportunity to be the same way," said Mauro Bruni, one of Carroll's former skaters. "He'll never get wrapped up in the emotion. He never raises his voice. He's very businesslike on the ice, and I found that different from other coaches I'd worked with in the past. He's calm, straight to the point. There's no bullshit."
"If my eyes would start to well up because I was having a bad day, he'd say, 'I don't want to see any tears today,'" recalled Fratianne. "I never crossed Frank or pushed back against Frank; if I ever got angry, it was mostly at myself."
"I don't want to hear, you're emotionally upset. I don't want to hear, this didn't go right. I don't want whining. I want training," Carroll said. "The only way to have success is through preparation and, yes, I understand you're nervous, but I don't care. Neither do the judges care. No one cares. What they want to see you do is get through this program from the start to the finish very, very well."
|February 19th, 2014
Diversity = White Genocide
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Most of what the enemy (Jews and anti-white whites) does depends on public opinion and that is shaped by the media. When a white nationalist needs help or is in trouble he can count on the police, courts, juries, academics, businesses, and the man on the street to be biased against him. That bias is constantly reinforced by the controlled media.
To fight back white nationalists need to produce their own media and begin shaping public opinion. This is a long term plan, though maybe not as long term as we'd expect. The Jews were fighting an uphill battle turning whites against themselves. Our message is much easier to sell if we can reach whites with it.
To accomplish this whites have to control their own media from production to distribution. Behind the scenes we need writers, camera men, directors, lighting and sound technicians. In front of the cameras we need spokesmen and spokeswomen, pundits and experts, comedians, talk show hosts and eventually actors and actresses for pro-white scripted programming. Way behind the scenes we need administrators and programmers to keep the video and audio streaming servers online.
The Fox Network programs just nineteen hours a week. They have distribution that we never will (until we win) with broadcast stations in every big market. But our media can reach most whites in the US with internet streaming. Nineteen hours of programming every week can be achieved by starting with one day and expanding over time. That's how Fox did it.
Applying Saban's ideas to this recruiting the right people and holding them to high standards is the key. Everyone involved above an intern must be a loyal, honest, intelligent, hard working white man or woman. And even interns have to behave themselves.
Quality television (in the technical sense) doesn't happen by chance. Influential programming requires even more planning and craftsmanship. This doesn't require the army of people employed in Hollywood film production or big four network news broadcast, but it does require the essential technical personnel and propaganda writers to know what they're doing.
One element of quality television is the man or woman in front of the camera. Are they well dressed? Are they the correct type of person for their intended role? Are they playing the part of a Jay Leno, Dan Rather, Rush Limbaugh or Angelina Jolie? Are they dressed appropriately for that role?
You can be sure that when you watch a network newscast, talk show or news magazine program all of these things have been carefully considered, and if they've been overlooked (in the case of elderly, unattractive Jewish reporters who won't retire, yes, 60 Minutes, I'm looking at you) the production people are well aware of the problem.
Another element of quality television is basic, sound and vision. Is the sound clear? Is there background noise? Is it mixed so you can easily hear and understand everyone? Is the image in focus? Are camera movements fluid? Is the editing smooth, always showing what needs to be seen and hiding what needs to be hidden? Are flesh tones natural? Does the set's color scheme clash with the performers wardrobe? Does some of this seem petty, like something a real he-man shouldn't concern himself with? The Jews don't think so. They were meticulous in crafting the media weapons that have brought us to the brink of extinction.
Pay attention to how they did it. Thanks to the media equivalent of Moore's Law now we can do it too.
|February 20th, 2014
The best we can do for now is use the internet. This is what Golden Dawn does in Greece. It's good enough to get them 20% of the vote, by some polls. They complain daily, though, about extreme hatred toward and bias against their party in the medai. Even when they're an established, successful party with at least ten percent of the nation behind them, they are either treated unfairly in or frozen out of the televised media.
It's fine to say we should control distribution, but that's only possible on the internet. There's not even any conceivable way to get into cable tv, and that's where the big numbers are.
The circumstances in my view dictate that a ju-jitsu approach is best. We use the opponent's weight against him. He has his agenda, but we can take his stories - the stuff most people are talking about, because it's what they see - and give them our spin. And then add side dishes that are purely our own stuff.
What's effective with smart, driven people is the jew Jon Stewart approach at COMEDY Central - mocking. White nationalists are perfectly position to do that, given what the mainstream controlled media are hiding. But do we have the talent and the perseverance, let alone the funding?
|February 21st, 2014
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But that would take serious financial backing, you'd have to offer full time employment and pay the going rate, adjusted for the regional cost of living.
You'd have to keep some alternate candidates for all the key positions waiting in the wings (maybe employing them in a lesser capacity) for the inevitable walkouts when the Jews went after the technical staff. Ideally you'd have white nationalists in every technical position, but even they might capitulate under pressure.
You're right, a white nationalist comedy/commentary show along the lines of Jon Stewart's is exactly what we need. Much better than white nationalist weather reports. If the right host can be found.
|February 27th, 2014
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The Jews shabbos goy frontmen running the US politically and its corporations since WW 2 have been WW 2 and Vietnam vets, who have to justify WW 2 and Vietnam, Serbia etc by opposing nationalism, but their days in power are almost over as they are at retirement age.
Also, the USSR and Eastern Europe, as well as their many client states, had immense resources to pour into the US and Western Europe to back up the Jews, that's gone.
It also needs resources. My point is don't try to create foundations identifiable for such purposes.
Call them foundations for sports development, health, civil rights, better governance, anti-abortion, better city services, workers rights, create many, with single purposes, that don't ripple the surface, and that the public will buy into, and use them for such purposes, which benefit Whites.
The inner agenda is that they provide offices, furniture, computers, and resources and salaries etc. that can then or later be used for other purposes as well.
That's what most NGO's do, and how political parties run locally, people use their work and NGO and own resources most of the time.
The 80/20 rule always applies.
The 80 percent that accomplishes 20 percent of the real goal is what the public sees
The 20 percent that accomplishes 80 percent of the real goal, is unseen.
Many NGO's and parties and governments fail because their members are incompetent, and incompetence and inexperience in running groups and activities is a major reason WN fails as well.
Start simple, like Pierce did, with a monthly/weekly article, then develop that later into videos as is being done with Pierces work on Youtube.
The former National Alliance members have had no leadership or direction. They are all there, waiting and wishing someone would take the lead.
You can provide that.
Look to the US founding fathers, and the federalist papers, who took on the greatest empire in history, broke free and then created the freest, most developed, richest and most powerful empire ever. They had committees of correspondence, we have websites, blogs, youtube etc.
A government falls when the police will not back it, as we saw across the USSR, and have just seen in Ukraine.
The military are irrelevant politically inside a country.
Its always the police and intelligence agencies who keep the government in place.
Armies can put their own into power, but can only keep them there by becoming the police.
The intelligence capabilities and kill ratios of police and their paramilitary groups dwarf those of the military.
Look to the founders of the state you live in.
Who even knows the names of the founders of the various states?
The US states are each countries, held together in an empire.
Power starts with paradigms and perceptions.
When the paradigm that the US is a single country is broken, and people realise they already live in dozens of countries held inside an empire, and that they don't need to bear the cost of the failed countries in the US, then things will change.
When the WN movement begins to refer to and think of the states as countries, that paradigm will begin to take hold.
Maybe we should start the trend here.
Countries I've lived in have withstood military style attacks for decades unharmed, but fallen within months or a couple years when the attacks turned to focus on their economy.
The USSR fell as Russia ran out of money to maintain internal control, and its member states realised that by just not paying their contributions to Russia, they could bring it all down, and keep their money for themselves.
The federales are the same.
As more US countries collapse due to non-Whites and Jews, the federales have to take more and more money from solvent countries to give to them. As solvent countries see themselves going bankrupt to finance failed countries like California , they will resent it. People only rise when they are hungry and have no money, then like cattle they mill around making noise and breaking things till someone leads them, then they all stampede together over all obstacles.
The English have not ruled England for over a 1000 years.
First conquered and ruled by Viking descended Normans since 1066, then ruled by Dutch and German kings, Queen Elizabeth is a descendant of William the Conqueror, to this day.
For over a 1000 years, the English have been virtual slaves, robbed by kings and aristocracies, forced into their mines and factories, massacred when trying to break free, transported to Australia and other colonies as slaves in chains, pressganged into the navies, forced into the fyrd and then armies under pain of death. Most European violence is pent up frustration from the sheer misery of life in Europe under its rulers. Why do you think so many left for the colonies, preferring to start life over with nothing in often barbarous lands, just to get away?
Europe's wars have been fought by European dynasties, not countries or peoples.
Europe's countries were created out of their lands, and those of their supporters in the various aristocracies, forcing together hundreds of small nations into the "countries" we see today.
The people had no say.
Both world wars against Germany were declared and fought by the German monarchs who rule Britain to this day.
Their House is centred in Germany to this day at Coburg.
German monarchs of Britain created and ruled the greatest Empire on earth for 300 years, and were the driving force behind founding the US colonies in the first place.
The US backed by France fought its war of Independence and of 1812 against the German King George III of Britain who could barely speak English, and who was in a global war with 5 European countries at the time.
Britain made more money from it's sugar plantations in the Caribbean than all of the US, that's why it sent such a small force, compared to the immense forces it sent to fight the other European countries.
Hitler could not grasp the British empire was the greatest German ruled Empire in history.
When Wilhelm of Prussia then Hitler confiscated those monarchs own personal lands, and attacked their cousins who ruled various European countries, then Britain's German monarchs declared war on Prussia and NS Germany.
George V who waged WW 1 and George VI who waged WW 2, s is Queen Elizabeth, are of the house of Saxe Coburg Gotha.
George V was married to Mary of Teck, neither appreciated their lands being taken by upstart Prussian kinglets, nor their cousins kingdom in Belgium being attacked.
Hitler confiscated the lands of George VI in Germany, and allied with the USSR, who had killed the Tsarina of Russia, George's first cousin.
George V, Kaiser Wilhelm 2 and Tsarina Alexandra were first cousins, and related to the kings of Denmark, Greece, Norway, Romania, Spain.
Wilhelm and Hitler appeared to think Britain's monarch's would sit back and do nothing as their lands were confiscated, and family attacked.
They had absolute power in the USSR and Eastern Europe. No longer.
The Jews could use the US military to crush any other power on earth. No longer.
Empires only last as long as they expand and can destroy their enemies, and provide plunder for their troops.
When they can't, those troops turn on them and rip them apart, their enemies pour in looking for vengeance.
Prince Phillip is actually Phillipos, prince of Greece and Denmark, born on Corfu.
His uncle was King Constantine of Greece. Phillip and his family were expelled from Greece when the King was overthrown.
Maybe he wants Greece back.
US politics is conducted with flags and bands and armies on the battlefield.
British politics is conducted with bribes, down at the Club.
There is a big difference today. Europe's monarchs and aristocracy whilst the remainder are immensely wealthy and powerful, mostly died out in WW1, the balance in and after WW 2.The USSR no longer exists, the British empire is shrunken and weak, the US is no longer a superpower except militarily, but even there it has gone bankrupt.
There are no superpowers left capable of projecting their power across the world sustainably, there is an immense gap and vaccuum in the world's power structures.
I expect the US to follow a similar route to the USSR and Eastern Europe, mostly just fall apart, with some horrific violence and mini wars in the majority non-white areas and bordering states, but mostly peaceful.
Also, with modern technology and science the various countries in the US are self sufficient in most areas in need.
Streams are created out of little raindrops, post by post, action by action
In Ukraine, we've just seen the police turn their backs on the government, and just by their going home, as in the USSR, the government of the day fled.
The key is to build an opposition a broad front, as many different groups as possible, and then a small core, a culture stratum or thin layer as Yockey spoke of.
Whilst the leadership of the EDL in the UK were fakes,
The leaders have now destroyed the EDL
What I've said about the EDL since 2010 on the UK forum, which applies just as well to other groups.
Secede. Control taxbases/municipalities. Use boycotts, divestment, sanctions, strikes.
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|April 11th, 2014
Jose Mourinho
But even his defensive ideology isn't the crux of Mourinho's belief system. The only thing Mourinho believes in is winning. That sounds obvious, but it's really not. For him, defense is the best way to ensure results. If you don't concede a goal, you're always one score away from victory. It's the distinction Johan Cruyff picked up on when he bashed Mourinho in an interview ahead of this Champions League second leg:
[Mourinho] lost the dressing room at Real Madrid and it's possible the same thing is going to happen at Chelsea. The problem is simply that Mourinho always focuses squarely on the result. Everything else is secondary, even all the top players he has running around for him.
That's the fundamental tension in Mourinho's career: Is he so exalted because he really knows how to win, or does he win because he's gone to places with the best players? And can his style last when, come credit-divvying time, he will usually praise his own genius instead of those world-class players?
Since you can't easily point to one aspect of Mourinho teams that make them inimitably his—besides their propensity to win, which borders on tautology—he is uniquely susceptible to these criticisms. Even when Guardiola's teams lost, that they always went down tiki-taka-or-bust, an almost noble sacrifice to the manager's chosen religion. When the same United team that coasted to the title last season under Ferguson struggles so mightily the year he retires, we imagine all kinds of magic tricks the Scottish wizard must have been using to hide the limits of his squad. When Mourinho loses, you start to wonder whether there actually is anything deeper to the man than results.
But right before that criticism really starts to hit home with Mourinho, he turns around and starts winning again. After a successful-to-everyone-but-the-insatiable-Roman-Abramovich run with Chelsea the first go-round, doubts crept up as to whether his shock Champions League win with Porto really was a fluke. In response, Mourinho moved to Inter and reeled off Serie A's first treble, winning the league, the Italian Cup, and the Champions League. At Madrid, when it looked like Mourinho would never overcome the Best, Most Beautifulest Soccer Team Of All Time, he won La Liga with the highest-ever point total.
When Chelsea started this season shakily, and Mourinho made it clear to everyone that he didn't rate their two-time player of the year Juan Mata, the whispers about his management began anew. Then Chelsea took advantage of a couple Man City and Arsenal slip-ups to sit atop the league for much of the latter half of the season, bolstering his credentials almost as soon as they were questioned.
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