Scratches to Sketches
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Monday, 28 March 2016
Monsanto's Glyphosate Found in California Wines, Even Wines Made With Organic Grapes
Because wines are so long lived, we have a problem here ... What are short/long term effects of consumption?
http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/27/monsanto-glyphosate-wine/
http://ecowatch.com/2016/03/27/monsanto-glyphosate-wine/
Sunday, 27 March 2016
Saturday, 26 March 2016
Canadians Leading Battle vs. Wi-Fi Pollution - Fri., Mar. 25, 2016
Strong accusations ... That remain unanswered and troubling given the evidence of EMF effects ...
http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/6589/2016-03-25/canadians-leading-battle-vs-wi-fi-pollution.html
http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/6589/2016-03-25/canadians-leading-battle-vs-wi-fi-pollution.html
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Monday, 21 March 2016
Sunday, 20 March 2016
Lies, Damn Lies, and European Growth Statistics by Yanis Varoufakis - Project Syndicate
Lies, Damn Lies, and European Growth Statistics by Yanis Varoufakis - Project Syndicate
I added to comments because I don't believe serious economists even know or understand what inflation or deflation actually is or even have the capability of creating an index that actually measures 'real' inflation or real incomes, or real deflation.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-real-national-income-mirage-by-yanis-varoufakis-2016-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4bebadab58-Stiglitz_The_New_Generation_Gap_3_20_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-4bebadab58-93479177#comments
I added to comments because I don't believe serious economists even know or understand what inflation or deflation actually is or even have the capability of creating an index that actually measures 'real' inflation or real incomes, or real deflation.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-real-national-income-mirage-by-yanis-varoufakis-2016-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4bebadab58-Stiglitz_The_New_Generation_Gap_3_20_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-4bebadab58-93479177#comments
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Where does this end?
Friend writes from Alberta ...
I've never really experienced racism or overt hate speech. I'm white, it never happens.
However today, An elderly white morbidly obese gentleman approaches me at the gym today at the University of Calgary. He starts chatting me up and because I'm a nice guy I carry on with the conversation.
It quickly skewed into Trumpesque racist rhetoric. At first I thought he was joking. But the way he was trying to recruit me into his racist belief system was really impressive. I mean someone can have an opinion but there's a fine line between opinion and hate speech. It quickly went to hate speech and I mean the kind that Adolf Hitler liked to use.
Before I knew it, all of Canada's troubles are to be blamed on Muslims, specifically Arabs, Jews and native Canadians. And what went from an uncomfortable opinion to hate speech was striking.
I suspect he wanted me to empathize with him because I happen to be white.
So, a little bit flustered I didn't know how to respond until I realized that he was being absolutely hateful in his rhetoric.
I responded 'your opinions are stained with overt generalizations and really disgusting racist attitudes' I followed 'you are in the wrong place at the wrong time in the wrong century for that kind of belief system.' It is not welcome at the University of Calgary.
He huffed and puffed and I said to him 'You and I are the only white people in this gym' you were probably in the wrong place to be making such commentary.
So I wasn't sure if this is something you should complain about without proof. So I went to the guest services at Active Living at the University of Calgary and relayed my experience. They were fantastic, they took this very seriously and are investigating.
Anyway, a bit of a startling experience. I've never experienced racism but that was pretty ugly.
..
Friday, 18 March 2016
Republican Elite’s Reign of Disdain - The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/opinion/republican-elites-reign-of-disdain.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-3&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Sunday, 13 March 2016
The Fed caused 93% of the entire stock market's move since 2008: Analysis - Yahoo Finance
So that's where US debt was created out of nothing ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-fed-caused-93--of-the-entire-stock-market-s-move-since-2008--analysis-194426366.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-fed-caused-93--of-the-entire-stock-market-s-move-since-2008--analysis-194426366.html
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Friday, 11 March 2016
Everyone is a philosopher .... Interesting quote from "Karen Barad physicist: Was ist das Maß des Nichts? Unendlichkeit, Virtualität, Gerechtigkeit (dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken ... 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken) (German Edition)"
Hi - I'm reading "Karen Barad: Was ist das Maß des Nichts? Unendlichkeit, Virtualität, Gerechtigkeit
(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken ... 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken) (German Edition)" by Karen Barad and wanted to share this quote with you.
"When it comes to the quantum vacuum, as with all quantum phenomena, ontological indeterminacy (not epistemological uncertainty) is at the heart of (the) matter . . . and no matter. Indeed, is it not rather the very nature of existence that is at issue, or rather nonexistence, or rather the conditions of im/ possibilities for non/ existence?"
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(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken ... 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken) (German Edition)" by Karen Barad and wanted to share this quote with you.
"When it comes to the quantum vacuum, as with all quantum phenomena, ontological indeterminacy (not epistemological uncertainty) is at the heart of (the) matter . . . and no matter. Indeed, is it not rather the very nature of existence that is at issue, or rather nonexistence, or rather the conditions of im/ possibilities for non/ existence?"
Start reading it for free: http://amzn.to/1Lgyc5p
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Download Kindle for Android, iOS, PC, Mac and more
http://amzn.to/1WLoAkB
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Monday, 7 March 2016
This Donald Trump Rally Looks Like A Scene From Nazi Germany
Heil salute has same meaning of follow Trump ... he implies he is their saviour and loyalty serves the purpose of ridding the world of problems?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-right-hand-salute_us_56db50d8e4b03a405678e27a
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-right-hand-salute_us_56db50d8e4b03a405678e27a
Friday, 4 March 2016
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
GOP leaders, you must do everything in your power to stop Trump - The Washington Post
"Now it is faced with a front-runner who, in the interval between the two Priebus comments cited above, said of a protester, "I'd like to punch him in the face." This is a front-runner with no credible agenda and no suitable experience. He wants the United States to commit war crimes, including torture and the murder of innocent relatives of suspected terrorists. He admires Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and sees no difference between Mr. Putin's victims and people killed in the defense of the United States. He would round up and deport 11 million people, a forced movement on a scale not attempted since Stalin or perhaps Pol Pot. He has, during the course of his campaign, denigrated women, Jews, Muslims, Mexicans, people with disabilities and many more. He routinely trades in wild falsehoods and doubles down when his lies are exposed."
Let's be clear Trump's approach is becoming the Republican Party
Washington Post ... Robert Kagan February 25, 2016:
"Let's be clear: Trump is no fluke. Nor is he hijacking the Republican Party or the conservative movement, if there is such a thing. He is, rather, the party's creation, its Frankenstein's monster, brought to life by the party, fed by the party and now made strong enough to destroy its maker. Was it not the party's wild obstructionism — the repeated threats to shut down the government over policy and legislative disagreements, the persistent calls for nullification of Supreme Court decisions, the insistence that compromise was betrayal, the internal coups against party leaders who refused to join the general demolition — that taught Republican voters that government, institutions, political traditions, party leadership and even parties themselves were things to be overthrown, evaded, ignored, insulted, laughed at?"
Trump's power is created by an extreme that he then extends into the destruction of democracy in America ... Watch out ....?
Arthur
"Let's be clear: Trump is no fluke. Nor is he hijacking the Republican Party or the conservative movement, if there is such a thing. He is, rather, the party's creation, its Frankenstein's monster, brought to life by the party, fed by the party and now made strong enough to destroy its maker. Was it not the party's wild obstructionism — the repeated threats to shut down the government over policy and legislative disagreements, the persistent calls for nullification of Supreme Court decisions, the insistence that compromise was betrayal, the internal coups against party leaders who refused to join the general demolition — that taught Republican voters that government, institutions, political traditions, party leadership and even parties themselves were things to be overthrown, evaded, ignored, insulted, laughed at?"
Trump's power is created by an extreme that he then extends into the destruction of democracy in America ... Watch out ....?
Arthur
NYTimes: Trump's Il Duce Routine
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/opinion/donald-trumps-il-duce-routine.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Europe knows that democracies can collapse. It watches Trump with memories of when the sky darkened.
Europe knows that democracies can collapse. It watches Trump with memories of when the sky darkened.
NYTimes: Obama Sends Plan to Close Guantánamo to Congress
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/us/politics/obama-guantanamo-bay.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
The president has long worked to empty the prison in Cuba, which he calls a counterproductive symbol of American power.
The president has long worked to empty the prison in Cuba, which he calls a counterproductive symbol of American power.
REPUTED MOB LEADER AMONG 15 INDICTED ON RACKETEERING COUNTS - NYTimes.com
Trump had dealings with such concrete mobsters, not unlike those operating in Canada ..
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/22/nyregion/reputed-mob-leader-among-15-indicted-on-racketeering-counts.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/22/nyregion/reputed-mob-leader-among-15-indicted-on-racketeering-counts.html
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