World View Conversations 5.30.2014

Dr. Kevin McDonald  Dr. Tom Sunic  & Rodney Martin  Look at the May 13 announcement and survey by the ADL declaring “1 in 4 people are anti-Semitic”, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2627382/Intl-survey-says-anti-Semitic-attitudes-pervasive.html  The survey, genuine or disingenuous? This is well worth a listen. Thanks for the heads up WR.

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Word of the Day: Affable

af·fa·ble

adjective \ˈa-fə-bəl\

: friendly and easy to talk to

Full Definition of AFFABLE

1:  being pleasant and at ease in talking to others <an affable host>

2:  characterized by ease and friendliness <an affable manner>

— af·fa·bil·i·ty noun

— af·fa·bly adverb

Examples of AFFABLE

1. a lively, affable young fellow
2. <as the show’s affable host, she keeps the freewheeling gabfest from getting out of hand>
3. Bertie’s a bright, affable fellow, but every little success he has feels cheapened in comparison with his dad’s overpowering accomplishments. —Lev Grossman, Time, 7 Feb. 2005

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Hot Peppers Prevent The Number One Cause of Death

Capsaicinoids found in cayenne pepper, jalapenos, habaneros and other chili peppers already have an established treatment role in creams to address joint and arthritis pain. They also promote fat burning, increase metabolism and even kill cancer cells. Scientists have now reported the latest evidence that chili peppers are a heart-healthy food with potential to protect against the No. 1 cause of death in the developed world. 

Past research suggested that spicing food with chilies can lower blood pressure in people with that condition, reduce blood cholesterol and ease the tendency for dangerous blood clots to form.

Researchers in Korea recently published evidence that suggests the mechanisms behind why capsaicin may aid weight loss.

Spicing up your daily diet with some red pepper can also curb appetite, especially for those who don't normally eat the popular spice, according to research from Purdue University.

The component that gives jalapeno peppers their heat may also kill prostate cancer cells. More here.

“Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother”

 Martin van Creveld, a former professor of military history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a world-leading writer on military matters, has made many enemies with his seemingly outrageous views.
But actually he does a great service by sharing his thoughts about what ‘mad dog’ Israeli might do next.
In a September 2003 interview in Elsevier (the Dutch weekly) Van Creveld said: “We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force…. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under.” Story here.

The End of Women?

With the current debate over equalization of paychecks straight across the board at national, state, and provincial, legislatures fail to see the ramifications of these "fair-paycheck" or "equal rights" acts they are proposing.

Here is how a single man in Canada feels equalization of men and women has effected his life, and the current culture.

"The CBC released a documentary in 2011 called “The End of Men.” The premise of the documentary was to illustrate the point that women make up over 50% in the workforce, as well as in University enrollment.
However, after watching this government sponsored male attack piece I came away with a different idea. Could what we are seeing be not the end of men. But rather, the end of women?"

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The Common Sense Show 5.21.2014

All Politicians should piss you off. You are being raked over the coals. Listen to the Junkyard Dog rail on everyone in DC. No-one is immune.

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Mentellect Radio 5.29.2014

 IS SODOMY NOW BEING MADE THE NEW NATIONAL PASTIME SPORT IN AMERICA? WHY AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? WHEN DID THIS START? WHAT IS THE AGENDA? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THE FUTURE OF PEOPLE ON EARTH?

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Kale the nutrient dense superfood

Sometimes you just want a little something. A snack. Or something fancy before a dinner party so you can show off your ingenious culinary skills. Then there are the times your kids come home from school or soccer practice absolutely famished and you want something yummy and healthy to offer them.

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Word of the Day: Euphoria

eu·pho·ria

noun \yü-ˈfȯr-ē-ə\

: a feeling of great happiness and excitement

Full Definition of EUPHORIA

:  a feeling of well-being or elation

— eu·phor·ic adjective

— eu·phor·i·cal·ly adverb

Examples of EUPHORIA

1. The initial euphoria following their victory in the election has now subsided.
2. The drug produces intense feelings of euphoria.

Origin of EUPHORIA

New Latin, from Greek, from euphoros healthy, from eu- + pherein to bear — more at bear

First Known Use: circa 1751

Related to EUPHORIA

Synonyms

cloud nine, elatedness, elation, ecstasy, exhilaration, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport

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Word of the Day: Truth

truth

noun \ˈtrüth\

the truth : the real facts about something : the things that are true
: the quality or state of being true

: a statement or idea that is true or accepted as true

plural truths

Full Definition of TRUTH

1a archaic :  fidelity, constancy

 b :  sincerity in action, character, and utterance

2a (1) :  the state of being the case :  fact (2) :  the body of real things, events, and facts :  actuality (3) often capitalized :  a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality

 b :  a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true <truths of thermodynamics>

 c :  the body of true statements and propositions 

 

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 In defining TRUTH one must explore their understanding of true as well:

true

adjective \ˈtrü\

: agreeing with the facts : not false
: real or genuine

: having all the expected or necessary qualities of a specifed type of person or thing

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Obama’s foreign policy speech angers progressives

And the hits just keep coming...
In a speech rife with incongruities and contradictions, President Obama set out his vision and defense of U.S. foreign policy on Wednesday at the West Point Military Academy in New York.
In the speech, Obama announced that he believes “in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being” and spoke repeatedly about “American leadership” and “American strength.”
Progressives and foreign policy experts on the left, however, were quick to criticize the president’s speech from various angles via their Twitter accounts with many noting that for all his grand rhetoric on the nation’s special place in the world, the United States under his leadership has done little to inspire and much to undermine such a role. From assaults on human rights and the flouting of international law to serves its own interests, many critics charge, the United States continues to export militarism while undermining efforts to create a more just and peaceful world.

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The Founding Fathers Guaranteed Freedom of the Press … Even For Bloggers

Freedom of the Press Geared Towards Protecting Critics of Government Corruption … Not Government Apologists

Excerpt: Senator Dianne Feinstein argued for an amendment that would have restricted the shield to salaried journalists. “Should this privilege apply to anyone, to a seventeen year-old who drops out of high school, buys a website for five dollars and starts a blog? Or should it apply to journalists, to reporters, who have bona fide credentials?” 
Once again that certain element is at the forefront of every attempt to undermine this country. 

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Autism and Ionizing Radiation

Diagnoses of autism are increasing and more researchers are concluding that environmental causes are contributing in significant ways to the rising diagnoses. Environmental injuries that are suspected to play a role in autism include DNA damage, primarily in the form of de novo mutations, epigenetic changes in how genes encode proteins, and endocrine system disturbances. The environmental culprits potentially responsible for these injuries are varied. This mini-essay seeks to redress a limitation in the autism research on environmental insults by exploring the potential role of radioisotopes, such as strontium and radiocesium, in contributing to rising rates of autism. 
Many have suspected since the onset of the atomic age that there would be a price to pay. Very interesting article here.

 

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Word of the Day: Sarcasm

sar·casm

noun \ˈsär-ˌka-zəm\

: the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny

Full Definition of SARCASM

1:  a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain

2a :  a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual

b :  the use or language of sarcasm

Examples of SARCASM

1. a voice full of sarcasm
2. <I know you’re not happy, but there’s no need to resort to petty sarcasms to make your point.>

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Historic Speech of A. Hitler to the world

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The Common Sense Show 5.14.2013

 The Junk Yard Dog takes the jews to the woodshed about Rabbi's performing Metzitzah B'Peh. The process has the mohel place his mouth directly on the circumcision wound to draw blood away from the cut.
It sounded like WhiteSea called in @ 15 minutes haha. RJ

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The Blood Rally 5.27.2014

 Siegfried gets on the air to discuss the planned future of the United States, Jewish cultural rituals, technological and cultural effects upon the minds of the young, and much more
This was a great podcast. 
I think Siegs gf calls in@ the 47 minute mark. RJ

 


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Mentellect radio 5,26,2014

 HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO IS FROM EARTH  & WHO IS AN ALIEN WITHIN THE BLACK RACE? ARE ALL BLACK PEOPLE THE SAME? WHY ARE SOME BLACK PEOPLE FROM EARTH AND SOME ALIENS? ARE OTHER RACES ALIENS ON EARTH? WHERE ARE THE ALIEN RACE OF BLACK PEOPLE GOING IN THE FUTURE?
 I don't know where Nuben is learning all this stuff. But it is interesting to hear his point of view. RJ

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***Correction*** King Obama's full speech in Belgium

The speech clip previously posted was edited. This is the speech in it's entirety. Obama's words remain chilling @ approximately 2 minutes in ...

"We meet here at a moment of testing for Europe and the United States. And for the INTERNATIONAL ORDER that we have worked for generations to build."

He speaks of individuals, nations,and NATO, but continuously addresses the continent of Europe not the nations as separate, recognized countries. 

Why boycotting Israel is so important and necessary

“DePaul students don’t want their tuition dollars invested in weapons manufacturers who supply the Israeli government, army and prison services”  The Palestinians have been robbed of everything, including their freedom. Why should they be asked to make more “concessions” to the thief?  That is why Boycotting Israel is so important and necessary

 

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Word of the Day: Discern

dis·cern

verb \di-ˈsərn, -ˈzərn\

Definition of DISCERN

transitive verb

1a :  to detect with the eyes <discerned a figure approaching through the fog>

 b :  to detect with senses other than vision <discerned a strange odor>

2:  to recognize or identify as separate and distinct :  discriminate <discern right from wrong>

3:  to come to know or recognize mentally <unable to discern his motives>

intransitive verb

:  to see or understand the difference

 

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World King Obama ????

"...and for The International Order that we have worked for generations to build. Ordinary men and women are too small minded to govern their own affairs. The order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an ALL POWERFUL SOVEREIGN." Obama 2014

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Word of the Day: Objective

ob·jec·tive

adjective \əb-ˈjek-tiv, äb-\

: based on facts rather than feelings or opinions : not influenced by feelings
philosophy : existing outside of the mind : existing in the real world

grammar : relating to nouns, noun phrases, or pronouns that are the objects of verbs or prepositions

Examples of OBJECTIVE

1. We need someone outside the company to give us an objective analysis.
2. <an objective assessment based solely upon the results of the experiment>
3. For no matter how objective Server tries to appear in detailing the highs and lows of her 67 years—the three marriages, the numerous affairs, the binges, the nightlong cruising of low-life byways and bordellos, the mainly poor movies she was in—he cannot really hide his essential fondness for her. —Peter Bogdanovich, New York Times Book Review, 23 Apr. 2006
4. I’m not going to read the history about it while I’m alive because I don’t trust short-term history. Most historians wouldn’t have voted for me, so I don’t think they can write an objective history. —George W. Bush, quoted in Time, 6 Sept. 2004
5. “I’m not really a Hollywood person,” said Mr. [Clint] Eastwood, who lives mostly in Carmel. “Not that I don’t like L.A., but I’m just a Northern California guy. And it’s very hard to be objective about what you’re doing in a town that’s all consumed by the entertainment business.” —Bernard Weinraub,New York Times, 6 Aug. 1992

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Human Weakness Part 1

 The average person believes human beings to be the smartest, most advanced and capable creatures on the planet. I do not think this is so. Humans may have more capabilities, although we also have multitudes more weaknesses. It is these weaknesses that I will focus on here. 

I hope everyone enjoys the writing skills of this man. He has a way of conveying his thoughts and makes me really think.  Thank you Doyle.

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Even Iran Knows How To Fix The Corrupt Banker Problem

Having watched Tim Geithner's disgusting defense of the tax-payer-backed re-inflation of a corrupt and knowingly devastating banking system on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, and watching the US fine (no jail time for anyone) a Swiss bank which admits its guilt over billions of fraud yet allow them to remain a prime dealer of US Treasuries; we thought the following story from a '3rd world banking system' would open a few eyes in the US this weekend as 'we remember'. As AP reports, a billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, was executed Saturday, state television reported. More here.

5 food additives even grosser than ‘pink slime’

As meat prices soar, so-called pink slime — a processed meat byproduct that’s sprayed with ammonia (the beef industry prefers the term “lean finely textured beef”) — is making a comeback , according to The Wall Street Journal. And while that surely grosses people out, it’s far from the only disgusting food additive your family is probably gobbling up in mass quantities. Here are five shocking things found in common foods. More here.

Plausible Denial aka The Cancer Of Leadership

No matter the headline, no matter the scandal, no matter how few or how many might be involved, one thing will become crystal clear: nobody that should have known – will have known.
There was a time when this art form of creating circumstances as to protect people of influence had its place and was used sparingly and tactfully. However, as of today both the frequency along with how and where it is used has gone from “useful ruse” to a downright childish alibi. No one seems to be accountable today. And I mean nobody!
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DePaul University students vote for Israel divestment

Despite vicious, intense campaigning against it by Israel and its lobby groups in the US, the Israel divestment referendum wins majority vote among DePaul University students! Student coalition DePaul Divest declares victory in campaign calling for student support to divest from corporations that profit off of human rights abuses against Palestinians. DePaul is among the largest private universities in the US, and arguably the largest Catholic university there.

 

 

DePAUL DIVEST DECLARES VICTORY IN STUDENT CAMPAIGN

CHICAGO – Following two months of campaigning at DePaul University, student coalition DePaul Divest declares victory in a campaign to divest from corporations that profit off of human rights violations perpetrated against Palestinians via the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine.
While a majority of divestment campaigns have been carried out through student government resolutions, DePaul Divest opted to pose the question of divestment to the entire DePaul student body through a Student Government Association (SGA) referendum this week.
With a majority of 1,575 votes in favor and 1,333 against, it is clear that Palestinian human rights, the rights of minorities within Israel and ethical investment are issues that concern the DePaul student body. 
Much more about the nasty Pro Israel lobbyist's dirty tactics to derail the vote here.

Word of the Day: Myopic

 my·op·ic

[mahy-op-ik, -oh-pik] 

adjective
 

1. Ophthalmology . pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.

2. unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.

3. lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.
 

Origin:
1790–1800; myop(ia) + -ic

 

Related forms

my·op·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·my·op·ic, adjective

non·my·op·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·my·op·ic, adjective

 

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Kombucha Health Benefits

Have you heard of Kombucha, the beverage the ancient Chinese called the “Immortal Health Elixir?” It’s been around for more than 2,000 years and has a rich anecdotal history of health benefits like preventing and fighting cancer, arthritis, and other degenerative diseases.


In the first half of the 20th century, extensive scientific research was done on Kombucha’s health benefits in Russia and Germany, mostly because of a push to find a cure for rising cancer rates.




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Word of the Day: Pantheism

pan·the·ism

noun \ˈpan(t)-thē-ˌi-zəm\

 

Definition of PANTHEISM

1:  a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe

2:  the worship of all gods of different creeds, cults, or peoples indifferently; also :  toleration of worship of all gods (as at certain periods of the Roman empire)

— pan·the·ist noun

— pan·the·is·tic also pan·the·is·ti·cal adjective

— pan·the·is·ti·cal·ly adverb

Origin of PANTHEISM

French panthéisme, from panthéiste pantheist, from English pantheist, from pan- + Greek theos god 

 

First Known Use: 1732

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CNN’s "Yellow Journalism" Rating Hits All-Time High

Written by Craig McKee

Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:32

As Jake Tapper’s “The Lead” Dips to New Low with “Coverage” of AE911Truth’s 9/11 Museum Brochure  It looked just like an infomercial, but with a lot more frowning. In an example of Orwellian newspeak, the CNN show The Lead with Jake Tapper took on Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth over its decision to distribute information pamphlets outside the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero in New York City. The pamphlets mimic the design of the "official" ones, but instead of the official story, they contain key scientific forensic evidence indicating that the three World Trade Center towers were brought down with explosives and incendiaries. Unlike the official version, the photo on the cover of the AE pamphlet shows the Twin Towers and Building 7. The Tapper report is a hysterical compendium of all the empty slogans and anti-conspiracy-theory talking points that make up the mainstream media's continuing attack on the 9/11 Truth Movement. It didn't take more than a couple of seconds into the report to see how Tapper was going to play the story. More here.

Russia Will Not Give Up Fighters for Human Rights – Putin on Snowden

ST. PETERSBURG, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – The US is to blame for whistleblower Edward Snowden ending up in Moscow, but Russia is not the type of country that hands over fighters for human rights, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
“Snowden arrived at our transit zone and later it was explained that no one wanted him … And they [the Americans] scared everyone, and he ended up in our transit zone. What were we supposed to do? Russia is not the type of country that gives up fighters for human rights,” Putin said during the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
“Why did the Americans scare the whole world? If they can force planes down with presidents on board, then they could have forced down anything with Mr. Snowden on board anywhere,” he said. More here.

Secret Weapon? Conspiracy Theories Abound as US Military Closes HAARP

 

The HAARP antenna array near Gakona, Alaska.
Credit: Michael Kleiman, US Air Force                                      The U.S. Air Force has notified Congress that it intends to shut down HAARP, a controversial Alaska-based research facility that studies an energetic and active region of the upper atmosphere.
Conspiracy theorists are abuzz about the news, given that HAARP (short for High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) has long been the center of wild speculation that the program is designed to control the weather — or worse. In 2010, Venezuelan leader Huge Chavez claimed that HAARP or a program like it triggered the Haiti earthquake.
For the record, the Haitian quake of 2010 was caused by the slippage of a previously unmapped fault along the border of the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates. More here.
  

The FCC Thinks We're All Idiots

Just a few days ago, the FCC voted in favor of a pretty uniformly terrible proposal to allow internet fast lanes. And throughout the 99-page proposition, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler makes one thing painfully apparent: The FCC thinks we're all a bunch of goddamn idiots.

Not only do they think we won't read...

Wheeler insists that the proposal itself is just a platform for "asking important and specific questions, and opening the discussion to all Americans." It's not. Instead, the fact sheet almost entirely consists of tentative conclusions. In other words these are the rules the FCC wants to adopt. That much is plain right in the text. Story here.

Word of the Day: Swindle

swin·dle

verb \ˈswin-d^əl\

: to take money or property from (someone) by using lies or tricks

swin·dled   swin·dling

Full Definition of SWINDLE

intransitive verb

:  to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit

transitive verb

:  to take money or property from by fraud or deceit

— swin·dler noun

Examples of SWINDLE

1. <hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds>

Origin of SWINDLE

back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler giddy person, from schwindeln to be dizzy, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to diminish, vanish; akin to Old English swindan to vanish

First Known Use: circa 1782

Related to SWINDLE

Synonyms

beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, fleece, thimblerig, victimize

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Natural Allergy Remedies

 Members of the sniffling, sneezing and itching allergy demographic typically rely on numerous drugs and sprays for relief — often with mixed results. Many pharmaceutical treatments relieve sneezing and itching, but do little to treat congestion, and vice versa.
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Mr P on PeakPorn

The best thing about the worst time of your life 

is that you get to see 

the true colors of everyone you cared for.

Live Free or Die in any Number of Ways.

It was a different world then. The darkness was active but also concealed in many ways. That is not the case anymore. The darkness is now on Main Street, brimming with evil, cloaked and camouflaged in every manner of perversity which have become the norm. All of the moral strictures that maintained a semblance of civilization are gone. They have no meaning unless you are poor. They have all been replaced by a single caution; “don't get caught.' However if you have the right connections and influence then that doesn't matter either.
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What The Hell Is Wrong With America?

What The Hell Is Wrong With America. Liberalism Makes You Insane,Common Core Should Be Banned, Drill For Oil In AMERICA, Abortion Makes You Cold Damit...

NPR & Everyone Else - Please Stop Lying To Us...

“Extreme” Levels of Roundup Detected in Food—Are You Eating This Toxic Contaminant?

In 2009, a French court found Monsanto guilty of lying; falsely advertising its Roundup herbicide as “biodegradable,” “environmentally friendly” and claiming it “left the soil clean.”
We’re now starting to understand just how false such statements are. For example, last summer, a groundbreaking study revealed a previously unknown mechanism of harm from glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.
The research showed that glyphosate residues, found in most processed foods in the Western diet courtesy of GE sugar beets, corn, and soy, “enhance the damaging effects of other food-borne chemical residues and toxins in the environment to disrupt normal body functions and induce disease.”
More recently, a Norwegian study published in Food Technology found that genetically engineered (GE) soy contains high levels of glyphosate, along with a poorer nutritional profile, leading the researchers to question its quality and safety.
Evidence also suggests glyphosate may be a key player in Argentina’s growing health problems, where birth defects and cancer rates have skyrocketed among GE corn and soya farming communities. Story here.

Russia and China seal historic $400bn gas deal

After 10 years of negotiations, Russia's Gazprom and China's CNPC have finally signed a historic gas deal which will provide the world's fastest growing economy with the natural gas it needs to keep pace for the next 30 years.
The total value of the contract is $400 billion, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller said. However, the price of gas stipulated in the document remains a "commercial secret."
Assuming the overall price of the contract includes only the cost of supplies of Russian gas, then the $400 billion price tag means China will pay about $350 per 1,000 cubic meters. Delivery price for the contract will be tied to market oil prices, Putin said from Shanghai on Tuesday. Story here.

Christopher Bollyn: Why 9-11 Truth is the Only Option

Defense Department Refuses to Tell Senate Which Groups We’re At War With

Senate: Which Groups Are We At War With? Admin: That’s Classified

The Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing today on renewing the Authorization for the Use of Force (AUMF) in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Senators repeatedly asked representatives from the Department of Defense which groups we are at war with.  And the DOD refused to answer.
As the ACLU’s deputy legal director and director of the ACLU’s Center for Democracy (Jameel Jaffer) tweets:

Senate: Which groups are we at war with? Admin: That’s classified. http://t.co/olW6B6Wy35
— Jameel Jaffer (@JameelJaffer) May 21, 2014

In response, people tweeted how Orwellian this is:

@JameelJaffer @trevortimm Either Oceania or Eastasia, I think.
— Steven Bellovin (@SteveBellovin) May 21, 2014

@JameelJaffer @ggreenwald “We have always been at war with [classified].”
— Jay Schiavone (@jaytingle) May 21, 2014

“@JameelJaffer: Senate: Which groups are we at war with? Admin: That’s classified…” Prob b/c we supportAl Qaeda even as we ‘fight’ them.
— Anthony Bisotti (@drbisotti) May 21, 2014

@JameelJaffer don’t ask who, or why. It’s your job to Clap Louder!
— Patrick Brennan (@pmbrennan) May 21, 2014

And noted that normal Americans may not be immune:
@JameelJaffer @Popehat easy list: US Veterans, Teachers, Police, Firefighters, Gun owners, Capitalists, Casual Pot users…..

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'You should all be ashamed of yourselves': Sister of dead 9/11 responder slams museum officials for hosting cocktail party

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum hosted a black-tie, invite-only affair Tuesday night. Among the swanky attendants were former Mayor Bloomberg and Condé Nast honchos. Family members of Sept. 11, 2001, victims are appalled anyone would celebrate on sacred ground.

Anger seeped from her fingertips after learning that a bunch of VIPs partied and sipped fine wine on the sacred grounds of the 9/11 Museum, where her brother’s remains are buried.
“You enjoy dinner & drinks on top of my brothers grave last night douchebags?” tweeted Robert Shay Jr.’s sister.
Shay, 27, of Staten Island, was a husband, a father and a bond broker for Cantor Fitzgerald.
His outraged sister blasted Condé Nast, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum for the sickening black-tie shindig meant to recognize supporters and donors.
“You should all be ashamed of yourselves,” the sister posted.
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Oregon counties ban cultivation of GMO crops

Despite the flood of corporate money poured into two small Oregon counties, local residents voted on Tuesday to ban genetically engineered crops from being planted within their borders.
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Mentellect Radio 5.21.2014

WHAT DOES TOTALLY OBEDIENCE TO GOD REALLY MEAN? IS IT OBEDIENCE TO AN UNSEEN FORCE? IS IT OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS OF THE BIBLE OR QURAN? DID MAN CREATE THE LAWS TO BE OBEDIENT? WHAT WILL TOTAL OBEDIENCE BRING TO A PERSON?

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Things highly creative people do differently

   They people-watch.

Observant by nature and curious about the lives of others, creative types often love to people-watch -- and they may generate some of their best ideas from it.  "[Marcel] Proust spent almost his whole life people-watching, and he wrote down his observations, and it eventually came out in his books," says Kaufman. "For a lot of writers, people-watching is very important ... They're keen observers of human nature."

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Word of the Day: Disingenuous

dis·in·gen·u·ous

adjective \ˌdis-in-ˈjen-yə-wəs, -yü-əs-\

: not truly honest or sincere : giving the false appearance of being honest or sincere

Full Definition of DISINGENUOUS

:  lacking in candor; also :  giving a false appearance of simple frankness :  calculating

— dis·in·gen·u·ous·ly adverb

— dis·in·gen·u·ous·ness noun

Examples of DISINGENUOUS

1. Her recent expressions of concern are self-serving and disingenuous.
2. “It’s had nine murders since 1937—about the same as you would get in many small towns.“ This was correct, but a wee disingenuous. The AT [Appalachian Trail] had no murders in its first thirty-six years and nine in the past twenty-two. —Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods, 1999
3. … and he egged Badger on, asking a disingenuous question about the antivivisection rally in Cleveland, and as Badger took the thought up and chewed it over, the Doctor made as if to excuse himself. —T. Coraghessan Boyle, The Road to Wellville, 1993

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Pass Me the Twinkies and the AK47: Mainstream Media Lost in a ‘D-Generation’

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   For around 20 years but especially for the last 10 years, and intensifying all the time, sales of “traditional print media” have declined in the western countries. The pat explanation is an Internet which churns with carbon copy models of “traditional media”, both newspaper clones, and magazine clones, but this is at best a half of the explanation for the probably certain disappearance of the “great newspapers”.

This other half of the explanation concerns dumbing-down, lying, trivialization and idiotized fantasy and entertainment-oriented coverage replacing the former copy – and even the propaganda – that buyers of print media got. Much the same happened to broadcast media through the same time period, eating into audience and viewer scores and shredding the credibility of former “reference programmes’ like the Eight o’Clock News shows broadcast both on private and state TV stations. Television is well on its way (if it’s not already there) to becoming another Lost Media, just like the print media.
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Your beliefs don't make 

you a better person. 

Your behavior does.

New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile

Recent studies by psychologists and social scientists in the US and UK suggest that contrary to mainstream media stereotypes, those labeled “conspiracy theorists” appear to be saner than those who accept the official versions of contested events. More here.

Unlawful killing of two Palestinian teens outside Ofer

Video footage obtained by a human rights group Monday showed the chilling shooting deaths of two Palestinian children by Israeli occupation forces last Thursday.
Israeli soldiers shot dead teenagers Mohammed Odeh Abu al-Thaher and Nadim Siyam Nawara during a protest coinciding with the 66th anniversary of the Nakba outside Israel’s Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Israel had claimed it fired rubber bullets during the May 15 protest to disperse the protesters.
But footage released by the Defence for Children International (DCI) captured from a security camera at a nearby house shows the youths, believed to be aged 16 and 17, being shot dead as they calmly walked.

 

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US House awards Gold Medal for war criminal Shimon Peres

The US House of Representatives on Monday voted to give the Congressional Gold Medal to Israel’s outgoing president, Shimon Peres.
The bill which authorizes the creation of the gold medal and its award to Peres, HR 2939,  is co-sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA). It touts Peres’ “pivotal role in forging the strong and unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel” and states that “by presenting the Congressional Gold Medal … Congress proclaims its unbreakable bond with Israel and reaffirms its continual support for Israel.”
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Word of the Day: Visceral

Visceral

Visceral [vis·cer·al] adj. 1. Instinctual: proceeding from instinct rather than from reasoned thinking or intellect. “A visceral business decision.” 2. Emotional: characterized by or showing crude or elemental emotions.

vis·cer·al

adjective \ˈvi-sə-rəl, ˈvis-rəl\

: coming from strong emotions and not from logic or reason

medical : of or relating to the viscera

Full Definition of VISCERAL

1:  felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body :  deep <a visceral conviction>

2:  not intellectual :  instinctive, unreasoning <visceral drives>

3:  dealing with crude or elemental emotions :  earthy <a visceral novel>

4:  of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera :  splanchnic <visceral organs>

— vis·cer·al·ly adverb

Examples of VISCERAL

1. Her visceral reaction was to curse at the other driver.
2. In 1972 he began an address at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, “Let me start off by saying this is not quite an honor, my being here. I haven’t had too much regard for the Chamber of Commerce in my years in Boston. When the Celtics won 11 championships in 13 years, it was ignored in their own town.” Arnold Jacob Auerbach, though paradoxical and highly idiosyncratic, was foremost a direct and visceral man. —Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated, 6 Nov. 2006

 
First Known Use of VISCERAL

1575

 

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The Unstable Drunk 5.20.2014

Mike returns and explains why he sold out. He is highly sensitive about name calling and cannot handle it when people call him fat. @ 3:33 he tells everyone to go "straight to hell".

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Mentellect Radio 5.19.2014

WERE RELIGIONS STARTED TO ENSLAVE WOMEN & MEN?

WERE RELIGIONS STARTED TO ENSLAVE WOMEN & MEN? WHO CREATED THEM? WHY DID BLACK PEOPLE FOLLOW THEM? WHAT IS THERE INFLUENCE? WILL THEY CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE?

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