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BLOG OF THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2012 'TOPIA DYSTOPIA
ED.: Next time a utopian space cadet lands in your neighborhood, chat up about the details of the 'topian endgame. Be specific. You might could laugh 'till you cried real tears. If not, then you weren't listening.
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~ Feel the love? Not so much. ~
Q: What-all can you call a persecutive prosecution? A: The way of The Other Big O?
“The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people.
“The doctrine includes wiping out Israeli assets and Jewish people worldwide.
“Calling Israel a danger to Islam, the conservative website Alef, with ties to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the opportunity must not be lost to remove ‘this corrupting material. It is a ‘jurisprudential justification’ ’ to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm.’ ”
“Ayatollah: Kill all Jews, annihilate Israel, Iran lays out legal case for genocidal attack against 'cancerous tumor' ” By Reza Kahlili, wnd.com, February 6, 2012
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/ayatollah-kill-all-jews-annihilate-israel/
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~ 22 months from arrest to . . . well, kinda, mebbe . . . trial. How much of this terror by deferral and delay be laid to politics and how much to unprofessionalism? Dunno. ~
“An Army officer has ordered a court-martial for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
“Military District of Washington commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington on Friday referred all charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning to a general court-martial, the Army said in a statement.
“The referral means Manning will stand trial for allegedly giving more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents and classified combat video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks for publication.
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“A judge yet to be appointed will set the trial date.”
“US Army Orders Court-Martial for Bradley Manning in WikiLeaks case” by Christopher Santarelli, theblaze.com, February 4, 2012
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/army-orders-court-martial-for-bradley-manning-in-wikileaks-case/
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~ Be furious ~
“Roman Catholic leaders have furiously criticised President Barack Obama for approving new regulations that compel religious organisations to include morning-after pills and other contraceptives in employee health insurance coverage” By Jon Swaine, telegraph.uk.co, Feb 2012
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~ Be schmucked ~
A spokesman for the Army's Office of the Chief of Chaplains told CNSNews.com that the office sent an email out to senior chaplains around the world a week ago Friday asking that Archbishop Broglio's letter not be read during Mass last Sunday but only be mentioned during Mass and then handed out afterwards.
“Archbishop to U.S. Troops: Obamacare Reg ‘Is a Blow to a Freedom...for Which You Have Seen Your Buddies Fall in Battle’ ”By Terence P. Jeffrey, cnsnews.com, February 6, 2012
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~ Told ya. Schmucked if you do. ~
“Romney said last week that he supports regular increases in the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation, a position he took as a candidate for president in 2008.
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Indexing the minimum wage to inflation is a goal of many labor-backed groups and liberal Democrats, who say it would help millions of working people.
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[Said Steve Forbes] “’All it does is give the base another reason to be unenthusiastic about him.’ "
“Romney’s minimum wage proposal sparks conservative backlash — Steve Forbes: ‘He’s still very defensive about his own wealth’ ” By Zachary Roth, theticket.com, February 7, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ [Scroll way down]
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~ Just came across – irresistible ~ From Ed Steer’s Gold & Silver Daily, February 7, 2012
“The euro area
leadership has been making significant progress in recent days, moving from
collective self-delusion to the much less dangerous state of empty posturing.” -
John Dizard, Financial Times, Jan 27, 2012
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~ One neck, lotsa jackboots ~
“It may be reasonable for police officers to assume that someone weaving through lanes and driving erratically at 4 a.m. could be intoxicated. This is just what Nevada law enforcement assumed when they pulled over Adam Greene, forced him out of his vehicle when he wouldn’t move and beat him until his body would submit to allowing them to put on handcuffs.
“But Greene, of Henderson, Nev., wasn’t intoxicated. He was in diabetic shock, a condition that results from low blood sugar.
“The Las Vegas Review-Journal explains officers believed Greene to be resisting arrest, so they put their knees into his back to yank his arms upward, cracking one of his ribs in the process, and kicked him in the face. Officers from both the Henderson Police Department and Nevada Highway Patrol were present, although it is reported that state
troopers did not beat Greene. [Ed.: And why should they have assisted when the Henderson Police jackboots were gittinerdun real good?]
“The Review-Journal reports that Greene received a total settlement of $292,500 from the Henderson City Council and the state yesterday.
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“Greene’s lawsuit said officers then forced him to stand by a patrol car in handcuffs and blow into a Breathalyzer, despite being injured. Paramedics later arrived and treated him for low blood sugar.”
“Health Cops Beat Man ‘Resisting’ Arrest…Only to Find He’s in Diabetic Shock” by Liz Klimas, theblaze.com, February 8, 2012
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~ Wag the balls ~
~They’re thinkin’ that you’re thinkin’ that this is security . . . oh? Overkill . . . hmm . . how many folks can get murderoided with the same .308? . . . you wanna count the ways? Underkill . . . hmm . . when the bombe goes boombe, whassup with Mikey and his man-mangler in the skybox? ~
~ Better you should count on the hot dog vendor? ~
~ Stay home ~
“Some pictures have started to make their way around the internet today showing a sniper nest at Sunday’s Super Bowl. They feature a state-of-the-art rifle set up in a box high above the field. But now the question is: Are the pictures real? The answer: it seems that way.
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“Johnson is now reporting that the president of Alamo Four Star is saying the pictures are the ‘real deal.’ He got them from a member of the Indianapolis SWAT member.
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US Pictures Surface of a Sniper Nest at the Super Bowl — and They’re Apparently Real” by Jonathon M. Seidl, theblaze.com, February 8, 2012http://www.theblaze.com/stories/pictures-surface-of-a-sniper-nest-at-the-super-bowl-are-they-real/
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~ Hi. Ho.
This furshur’s the way to go
To he’p Isra’l be no mo’. ~
~ Green slick ~
“Amid mounting tensions over whether Israel will carry out a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program, the United States and Israel remain at odds over a fundamental question: whether Iran’s crucial nuclear facilities are about to become impregnable.
“President Obama tried to defuse arguments for military action in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
“U.S. and Israel Split on Speed of Iran Threat” By MARK LANDLER and DAVID E. SANGER, nytimes.com, February 8, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/middleeast/us-and-israel-split-over-how-to-deter-iran.html
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~ Cain’t put Humpty together again ~
~ Coherent problem; incoherent solution ~
“Will Greece comply with the Troika's diktats?
“Very quickly: some of you will have seen that Greece’s tax revenue from VAT collapsed by 18.7pc in January from a year earlier.
"Nobody can seriously blame tax evasion for this. It has happened because 60,000 small firms and family businesses have gone bankrupt since the summer.
“The VAT rate for food and drink rose from 13pc to 23pc in September to comply with EU-IMF Troika demands. The revenue effect has been overwhelmed by the contraction of the economy.
“Overall tax receipts fell 7pc year-on-year.
“This is a damning indictment of the EU-imposed strategy. Greece is chasing its tail. . .
“Let me just add that it makes little difference whether or not Lucas Papademos secures triparty agreement today – or soon – for a debt deal.
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“April is the inflexion point.”
“For Greece a tear, for Brussels a blush” By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, telegraph.co.uk, Last updated: February 8th, 2012
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~ Evil pervades. In sea from Hell, the housing cauldron roils on a ship’s deck. What turn of this ship’s wheel isn’t in the grip of godless gubmint? And what turn of this ship’s wheel isn’t running coast with an ohshore breeze? ~
~ Father Knows Best is so ‘40s-‘50s. Gubmint knows best – oh, so ’12 ~
~ This is not about markets. This is about acts – unscripted, with an unhappy ending. ~
The $25 billion settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses may result in a wave of home seizures, inflicting short-term pain on delinquent U.S. borrowers while making a long-term housing recovery more likely.
. . . Lenders slowed the pace of foreclosures as they negotiated with all 50 states for more than a year over allegations of faulty and fraudulent paperwork used to repossess homes. With yesterday’s agreement, banks are likely to resume property seizures.
“The best thing about the settlement, frankly, is that it will be done,” said Stan Humphries, chief economist for Seattle-based Zillow Inc. (Z), a provider of home-sales data. ‘The shadow of the settlement hung over the market for a year now.’
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“A surge of home seizures may drive down values, at least for a while, in a fragile market.
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“About 5 million homes have been lost to foreclosure in the U.S. since 2006, according to RealtyTrac.
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“ ‘The deal will help the residential market “at the margins, but little more,’ according to an analysis late last month by London-based Capital Economics of the impact of the settlement on housing.”
“Foreclosure Deal to Spur U.S. Home Seizures” By Prashant Gopal and John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg.com, Feb 10, 2012
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~ Class: Who’s afraid of what? Who’s afraid of whom? Do you see freaks of natural man? Do you see shadows of freaks of natural man? Do you see freaks of nature? Do you see freaks? ~
“Group Forces Congressional Hearing On Big Sis’ Twitter, Drudge Spying: Homeland Security is monitoring the web for anti-government sentiment and signs of social unrest” by Steve Watson, infowars.com, February 9, 2012
http://www.infowars.com/group-forces-congressional-hearing-on-big-sis-twitter-drudge-spying/
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~ Is a sick self-concept an American thingy? Just an American thingy? How about a national-concept, a national psyche? ~
“Israeli fans beg PM to hold off Iran attack over Madonna show: New Facebook group asks Prime Minister to postpone any plans to a strike of Iran's nuclear facilities until after the Queen of Pop's planned May 29 visit By Haaretz, Haaretz.com, February 10, 2012 Shvat 17, 5772
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~ Class: How many control issues due you reckon in this read? Please rank ‘em on a spectrum of means, opportunity, and intent ~
~ Let’s see if ’Fork gets it. He’s a terrorist because he has a watch? He has a mental disorder because he grieves for his country, his liberty? Oh, boy. ~
“Some diagnoses - for conditions like ‘oppositional defiant disorder’ and ‘apathy syndrome’ - risk devaluing the seriousness of mental illness and medicalising behaviors most people would consider normal or just mildly eccentric, the experts said.
At the other end of the spectrum, the new DSM, due out next year, could give medical diagnoses for serial rapists and sex abusers - under labels like ‘paraphilic coercive disorder’ - and may allow offenders to escape prison by providing what could be seen as an excuse for their behavior, they added.
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“Allen Frances, Emeritus professor at Duke University and chair of the committee that oversaw the previous DSM revision, said the proposed DSM-5 would ‘radically and recklessly expand the boundaries of psychiatry’ and result in the ‘medicalisation of normality, individual difference, and criminality.’
“As an unintended consequence, he said an emailed comment, many millions of people will get inappropriate diagnoses and treatments, and already scarce funds would be wasted on giving drugs to people who don't need them and may be harmed by them.
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“Whereas in previous editions, a person who had recently lost a loved one and was suffering low moods would be seen as experiencing a normal human reaction to bereavement, the new DSM criteria would ignore the death, look only at the symptoms, and class the person as having a depressive illness.”
“Shyness, grieving soon to be classified as mental illness” by Reuters, foxnews.com, February 09, 2012
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~ Imagine: A key of M or I ~
“A young Saudi journalist is facing calls for his execution after tweeting remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, and the kingdom's top clerics are demanding his trial after denouncing him as an ‘apostate.’
“On the occasion of the Muslim prophet's birthday last week, 23-year-old Hamza Kashgari tweeted: ‘I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you.’
“ ‘I will not pray for you,’ he added.
“The controversial tweet sparked a frenzy of responses -- some 30,000, according to an online service that tracks tweets in the Arab world.
“In one response, Abdullah, a lawyer, said that since Kashgari was "an adult... we should accept nothing but implementing the ruling according to Islamic law" or sharia.
“Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam, and is a crime punishable by death.
“Kashgari quickly apologised for his remarks, but the calls for his execution only multiplied.”
“Saudi faces death calls after prophet tweets” by Breitbart, Breitbart.com, Feb 9, 2012
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4436a6d41c14c4cc05defb81e2b6e08c.4f1&show_article=1
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~ OK: It’s you, baby, and a guy who’s out to get you. And all you’re thinkin’ is herbed carrots and night vision implications, and all he’s thinkin’ is ballistic coefficient, doping wind, range to target, bullet drop compensation downhill, and so forth. Have a nice day. ~
~ Flash: The perfectibility of man has been determined to begin at the White House steps. Just ask the almighty residents. ~
“Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services.
First lady Michelle Obama and Pentagon officials announced the effort Thursday during a visit to Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, where the military has been experimenting with ways to improve the quality and variety of foods served on base.
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“She stressed that it’s not just about giving members of the armed services a more svelte profile: There are big national security and budget implications.”
“Government Michelle Obama Targets Military Food: ‘Don’t Worry, You‘ll Be a Vegetable Guy Soon’ ” by Jonathon M. Seidl, theblaze.com, February 9, 2012
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