Harper government legalizing marijuana farms

That is something coming from the conservative government – especially Harper regime.

 The Conservative government is launching a $1.3-billion free market in

medical marijuana this Tuesday, eventually providing an expected 450,000

Canadians with quality weed. (Pawel Dwulit/Canadian Press)

Read CBC story here.

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John Baird in his Santa's lap

"I am concerned that there is a little bit too much enthusiasm as a result of the different tone. And what we hope is, the world won't take the pressure off the regime (Iran) to make the substantive changes that are needed."

"The stakes are so high, we have to stay focused on what actions they take," Baird said.

I believe that Iran must not develop nuclear weapons. But by the same token Israel must hand over its nuclear and chemical weapons to U.N. to be destroyed. U.S. must demand the same from Israel what it is demanding from Syria and Iran. No double standards and hypocrisy.

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Vatican: Jesus was the original tweeter

Jack Dorsey, step aside -- you may be Twitter's first registered user (and hey, founder), but in the eyes of the Vatican, Jesus Christ is the original tweeter.

“Christ used tweets before everyone else, with elementary phrases made up of fewer than 45 characters like 'Love one another,'" said Vatican cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi to a group of Italian newspaper editors Wednesday. "A bit like in television today, he delivered a message through a story or a symbol."

There you go. Jesus knew modern social media more than 2000 years ago. You must read his tweets to live a good and happy life and life hereafter.

Read more about Jesus tweeting here.

Update: Some tweets from Jesus that you must pay attention to. Otherwise you're doomed. -:)

Jesus: Convert, for the kingdom of heaven is near! (Mt 4:17)

Jesus: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind. Love your neighbour as yourself (Mt 22:37,39)

Jesus: Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, to God what is God's (Mt 22:21)

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Beauty of the Nature

Sometimes I try to forget the troubles of the world and enjoy nature on my long hikes. Here are some pictures I put together in a video format and added some music for calming effect.

I did not take these pictures but they convey the beauty of

the nature quite well. Some pictures have artistic touch to them.

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John Baird does not trust Iran

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Canada remains 'skeptical' of Iran despite

a historic telephone call between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President

 Hassan Rouhani on Friday. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

He only loves Israel. What about Israel’s over 200 nuclear warheads? Israel used chemical weapons on Palestinians and Lebanese yet Baird only trusts Israel. Iranian President said categorically that his country is not interested in developing nuclear weapons.


"I am concerned that there is a little bit too much enthusiasm as a result of the different tone. And what we hope is, the world won't take the pressure off the regime (Iran) to make the substantive changes that are needed."

"The stakes are so high, we have to stay focused on what actions they take," Baird said.

What a fucking hypocrite.

Read more CBC News here

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U.N. International Panel on climate change

"The Panel says we are hurtling toward the day when climate change could be irreversible with catastrophic consequences, they say. This group is now 95% sure that humans are responsible, and it's only going to get worse if we don't take drastic measures."

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What deniers have to say about that? These deniers, corporationists, Repugs and others of the ilk are sleep-walking through life. It is time to wake-up and pay attention to these scientists. Catastrophe is around the corner.

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Flowers: Amazing animation

Enjoy!

Source: Photobucket

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Money Can't Buy Happiness

Ask Wild” Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey. He is a lotto winner. He wants his life back.

Willie Seeley poses for a photo outside his home in Manahawkin, N.J., on Sept. 20, with the

new GMC pick-up truck he bought with winnings from a Powerball jackpot he shared in August.

“Wild” Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey, has one piece of advice for the winner of last week’s $400 million Powerball pot in South Carolina: Run. “Just disappear,” he said, speaking from hard-won experience. “Get lost while you still can.”

Read more here.

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Dean Del Mastro: Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and now Dean Del Mastro

Del Mastro the Dean of them all. Step aside Duffy and Pamela the Maestro himself is here.

"Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro has quit the party's caucus after he and a campaign staffer were charged with intentionally breaking campaign rules during the 2008 federal election, he said in a statement Thursday.

Elections Canada alleges Del Mastro, who represents the Ontario riding of Peterborough in the House of Commons, intentionally overspent his 2008 campaign limit and tried to cover it up by reporting a $21,000 expense as $1,575."

Read more at CBC News here.

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Conservative Party of Canada: New Logo

Oil shall drip all over North America, China and elsewhere.

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Senator Ted Cruz gone crazy

He is one of those tea-baggers. He spoke for 23 hours in the U.S senate to block Obamacare. Amongst developed world U.S has about the worst healthcare system. The Obamacare gives some hope although it failed to legislate public healthcare. But this Crazy Cruz wants no changes. Even his own Republican colleagues are opposed to his craziness. What a jackass!!

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Stephen Harper missing again at UN General Assembly

Although Harper was in New York during opening of the United Nations but he will not be speaking to UN General Assembly. His highness has no time for the UN.

He was on his potty break as usual. All previous Prime Ministers - Mulroney, Chretien and Martin spoke at UN General Assembly. Shame.

“In fact, questioning Harper's views of the UN is becoming as much a regular event as the prime minister's streak of missing its annual opening session, even though he's been in New York at the same time for the last two years.

Academics, retired diplomats and the opposition parties insist he's making a huge mistake by, at best, ignoring the UN, or at worst, denigrating its role and importance in a world increasingly fractured by civil war, terrorism and inequality.” CBC

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Stephen Harper gives cold shoulder to Ban Ki-Moon on Climate Change (repost)

I did this picture in May 2010. There has been change for the worse. Now that Harper has majority he has become full time salesman for oil companies, Tar Sands, Crude-oil pipeline etc.

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Bashar Al- Assad will now follow international norms

Power addiction is dangerous as it could turn some of the powerful into a mass-murderer. It is hard to understand this aspect of human nature. Assad is up there with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Cartoonist: Matt Bors

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at the United Nations

Below is an excerpt. In his full speech he pointed out, among other issues, that war in Afghanistan and Iraq caused destruction and instability - not peace and stability. He stated that the turbulence in the Middle East will not help the world or 'super- powers'. He also talked about the plight of the Palestinians and brutality of Israel.

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"The speech wasn’t an unqualified embrace of the west. Rouhani condemned what he said was the “persistence of a Cold War mentality” and the “bipolar division of the world into a superior us and an inferior others.” He denounced the use of drone strikes in the Middle East and called the U.N. sanctions against his country “violent—pure and simple,” adding they “cause belligerence, war-mongering and human suffering.”

Read more NBC News here.


Full speech:

 

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Hungry? Have a bowl of fresh worms/bugs or cook them and then enjoy

"A team of students from McGill University has proposed insect-infused flour as a possible solution to the global food crisis."

Looks delicious. Dig in.:)

 

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Stephen Harper missing?

Not to worry! He was found somewhere in the Northwest Territories.

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Stephen Harper: Exit

I did this picture on September 2008 . He was giving a speech standing near an exit. I added "Now" and animation. I am still waiting. It is about time for him to take that exit. All the other signs are there - low poll ratings, Senate scandal, Robocalls .....

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Gun Lobby: An armpit which stinks - a killer stink

Matt Bors: Political cartoonist for Medium. Author of Life Begins At Incorporation

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Stephen Harper having fun with his friends

Stephen Harper pro-rogued the Parliament for a reason. He needed more time to have fun with his friends.

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Pakistan: Attack on Christians

George W. Bush spread 'democracy' in Afghanistan. Now Obama is spreading 'democracy' in Afghanistan. Some of that 'democracy' has spilled over into Pakistan. Violence has become norm in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now Taliban are targeting Christians. Christians are already poor and underprivileged in Pakistan/India. And now their lives are in danger.

There are about 70,000 Christians in the city of

Peshawar, capital of deeply conservative Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa province

"But some of the violence against Christians is organised and directly related to American-led war in Afghanistan, so has an expressly political motive.

Months after the US-led coalition attacked Afghanistan in late 2001, a grenade attack on a chapel inside a Christian mission hospital Taxila city killed four people."

Read more on the story here BBC News.

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Stephen Harper: Parliament Pro-rogued

I did the following picture in January 2010. He won 2011 elections and pro-rogueing has become the norm. I thought I will post this picture again as it conveys Stephen Harper's modus operandi quite well.

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Fracking in New Brunswick: The scientist who recommended fracking in NB is a fake scientist

Louis LaPierre of Dieppe, N.B., is invested as Member

to the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston,

November 2012. Louis LaPierre has admitted he falsely

claimed to have a doctorate in environmental science.

(CP/Fred Chartrand)

Fracking in New Brunswick is quite controversial. However, the scientist Louis LaPierre, who gave "go to" for fracking in NB, turned out to be a fake scientist. He is known now the "go to" scientist.

"Surprising revelations over the credentials of academic Louis LaPierre

For decades, a prominent New Brunswick academic, was the "go to" scientist hired by governments to review some of this country's biggest and often controversial environmental issues:

Fracking in New Brunswick, low-level flying in Labrador, The Sydney Tar Ponds, The bridge to PEI and recently an open pit copper mine in Northern Ontario."

Louis LaPierre, now 71, also taught biology at the Université de Moncton for 31 years."

Read more here.

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Our World and violence

Yesterday I was looking at the headlines from around the world. It looks there is violence and killings everywhere. What kind of world we live in? We are supposed to have progressed but it looks centuries ago lot fewer people could be killed when bow and arrow, and swords were the major weapons.
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Armed siege at Kenya shopping mall enters second day; 59 dead

Gunmen stormed a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners in a brazen midday attack .  

 

By Alastair Jamieson, Patrick Garrity and Simon Moya-Smith, NBC News

An armed hostage siege at a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners in Nairobi, Kenya, entered its second day Sunday - with officials saying the death toll had reached 59. American citizens, including a 26-year-old San Diego woman, were among at least 150 wounded in Saturday’s attack. Several foreigners, including a Canadian diplomat, were among the dead.  NBC News


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 Shooting of 13 at park puts Chicago back in the spotlight Chicago Tribune-7 hours ago At least 16 bullets were fired into Cornell Square Park around 10:15 p.m. on ... Though gun violence has long plagued the city's impoverished ... About 60 police officers converged on the park and crime lab investigators combed the scene. ... The images again captured the world's attention as international ... Christian Science Monitor   

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Police: 39 people confirmed dead in hostage standoff at Nairobi ... CNN-14 minutes ago "The Mujahideen entered #WestgateMall today at around noon and are still ... A security agent told CNN's Lillian Leposo at the scene that the violence was a terrorist attack. .... "This is a scene of crime, let police do their job." ... his own Formula One car, getting in the cockpit and driving it to the world title. San Francisco Chronicle

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Reports of Violence in Sri Lanka Ahead of Elections New York Times-Sep 20, 2013 JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — The thugs first appeared around 11:20 on ... to investigate potential war crimes even as a string of shocking videos that ... US, allies target Hezbollah financing, ties in Africa    

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Ya Libnan-1 hour ago A resource-rich but poorly policed part of the world, which already sees al ... West Africa has for a century or more been home to Lebanese communities built around trade. ... U.S. investigations led to a 2011 criminal case in New York ... of violence targeting the interests of Israel, the United States and other ...
Aaron Alexis: police piece together picture of man 'as normal as you ...

The Guardian-Sep 20, 2013

Soon, around 20 armed officers were in or near the building, ... Alexis has been described as a heavy-drinking, sometimes violent figure, ...

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Mike Duffy: Minimum punishment

He should walk in front of the Parliament with a sign: "I am a thief I stole money from the taxpayers."

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With love from Mars

Mars Rover found an interesting shape on the Mars' surface. It is a heart shape.

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Bashar Al-Assad, Russia and Chemical Weapons

Aid to Putin said that if Assad does not co-operate to handover chemical weapons then Russia may kick Assad's butts.

"Russia could abandon support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it learnt that he was not committed to handing over control of his chemical weapons arsenal, the chief of staff for President Vladimir Putin suggested on Saturday." Sergei Ivanov, chief of staff of the Presidential Administration.

Read more here.

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Man produces beer in his guts

It is an interesting story. An unusual illness. Drunk without drinking.

Having a beer gut took on a new meaning

for a Texas man studied by U.S. researchers,

who found that his overgrowth of yeast in his body

was making him drunk because he was brewing

beer from within. (Rick Rycroft/Associated Press

"The man was found to have a blood alcohol level of .37, five times the legal limit in Texas. Medical staff assumed he was inebriated, but the man insisted he hadn’t had one drop of alcohol all day. They were also told he had spent the past five years with bouts of intoxication that didn’t involve drinking booze."

Read more here.

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Stephen Harper: Will he fade away by 2015

All the scandals: Senate, robocalls, secretive government, all that pro-roguing.... Has his time come and come 2015 he will lose elections and Cons will choose a new leader? Or he may resign before that.

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Mexico: Flood devastation continues

In Acapulco the tourist-heaven has turned into a hell.

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"In the Pacific resort of Acapulco, roads have become raging torrents, stranding some 40,000 tourists, including hundreds of Americans.

Mexican authorities scrambled to launch an air lift to evacuate tens of thousands of tourists stranded amid floods in the resort of Acapulco and deliver relief supplies following a pair of deadly storms.

Looters have added to the misery, wading through waist-deep water to raid abandoned stores, even as the floods wash away bridges and trigger landslides."

Read more here.

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Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China's Jiangxi province

Thousands of people are taking part in the 2013 International Camping Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China's Jiangxi province.

The event, which began on September 14, has attracted more than 15,000 campers from all over the world, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Reuters

 

I like pictures. An interesting festival. 



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Rob Ford working in his office

Maybe he smoked too much weed.

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Eagle: Bird's Eye View

Literally! Camera on a eagle.

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Stephen Harper having fun with his friends

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Colorado: More floods

WATER DAMAGE: Water flowed past a damaged home in Salina, Colo., Tuesday, after heavy flooding in the state. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera/Associated Press)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: Iran has no plans to build nuclear weapons

Ann Curry of NBC interviewed Hassan Rouhani.

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“We have never pursued or sought a nuclear bomb, and we are not going to do so,” he said. “We solely are looking for peaceful nuclear technology.”


Asked whether he thought Obama looked weak when he backed off the air-strike threat, Rouhani replied, “We consider war a weakness. Any government or administration that decides to wage a war, we consider a weakness. And any government that decides on peace, we look on it with respect to peace.”

Rouhani described Israel as "an occupier and usurper government" that "does injustice to the people of the region, and has brought instability to the region, with its warmongering policies."   He added Israel "shouldn't allow itself to give speeches about a democratically and freely elected government."

Read more about the interview and his views here and video where he talks about Israel.    

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Ottawa: Doubledecker bus and train collision

TRANSIT ACCIDENT: An official photographed the scene of an accident involving a bus and a train in Ottawa Wednesday. Six people died and at least 11 others were critically injured after a VIA Rail passenger train and an Ottawa city transit bus collided, local authorities said. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)

There are allegations that the driver of the bus was careless. Very sad. It made international news. Media tends to pick up  the tragic stories like these quite fast. It was reported on CNN and NBC.

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Nepal: Colourful religious rituals

GIRLS’ WORSHIP: Nepalese girls wore traditional attire as they waited for a worship ceremony for girls meant to offer protection from evil and good luck in the future in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday. (Narendra Shrestha/European Pressphoto Agency

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Mexico: Severe weather is an international phenomanon in 2013

Floods in Mexico have established new records.


"Zipline rescues from Mexico floods
Hundreds of local and foreign tourists have arrived in Mexico City, after the country's military sent a plane to transport them out of the resort city of Acapulco where they were stranded after some of the most damaging storms in decades. ITV’s Lewis Vaughan Jones reports."

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Stephen Harper: Love affair with America

He should do the right thing and move to U.S. Maybe George W. will provide him accommodation. And they both can have fun at Dubya's ranch.

After all he called Canada in 1997: "Welfare state in the worst sense." Stephen Harper

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Fukuchiyama, Japan: Flooding

A residential area in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, flooded because of Typhoon Man-yi. - Kyodo News via AP

It looks Japan is not getting much break lately. Too many natural disasters.

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Pauline Marois: Her proposed Charter of Hate-Values

It is already having an impact as a Muslim woman was harassed on  a city bus by a bigoted moron.

Also a mosque in Saguenay was attacked and disfigured.

"A substance that appears to be pig's blood was sprayed on the front of the mosque Saturday, and a letter containing hate comments was also left at the scene. An identical letter was left at the local Radio-Canada building."

Muslims don't eat pork, pig's blood on a Mosque is a degrading and a serious insult.

Quebec separatists not only want separation from Canada, but also want to break ties from civilized society. The next victims probably will be Jews and other minorities - attacks on Sikh temples and Jewish synagogues.

It does not look that Pauline Marois's 'Charter of Hate-Values' will pass in the Quebec legislature, but it is already doing a lot of damage as a proposed bill. Where is Pauline Marois from? From the planet Loony where lunatics live? She sure is a very ignorant and treacherous person.

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Stephen Harper and friends

Stooge meets stooges.

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Perteguhan- Indonesia: Fury of the Nature

"A volcano in western Indonesia erupted for the second time this week, forcing some villagers who were just returning home to flee Mount Sinabung again, according to the Associated Press."

A mother holds her child in the village of Perteguhan as Mount Sinabung spews ash and hot lava. (Roni Bintang/Reuters)WSJ

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Nancy Pelosi and Bashar Al-Assad Entente (video)

Originally I did this post in June, 2010. How circumstances change! In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was a friend of the U.S. in the 1980s and then he was hanged later on after the 2003 U.S. Invasion. Bashar Al-Assad of Syria was a friend of the U.S. in 2007 and now the U.S. will like to hang him it seems. Moral of the story: It is dangerous to be a friend of the U.S.
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Nancy Pelosi did visit Syria in April 2007 and had congenial meeting with Bashar Al-Assad of Syria. Original post here. Al-Assad sings Habibi to Pelosi. ;)

I googled Habibi and it means “baby or my love”



April 4, 2007 post is quite popular.

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Stephen Harper's Gas Problem

Harper flip-flopped and he was cornered.



His role on 'Corner Gas'.

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Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, , having fun

He is a 'jolly-good' fellow. Enjoy. ;)

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NASA's Voyager 1 is sending spooky noises

Are these noises from aliens? Not yet.;) Stay tuned.

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New Jersey: First Superstorm Sandy and now Boardwalk Fire

New Jersey is having real bad luck. First Superstorm Sandy and now Boardwalk Fire.

A firefighter runs in front of flames at Kohr's Frozen Custard in Seaside Park, N.J., on Thursday --Courtesy Justin Auciello / Jersey Shore Hurricane News

Read the full story here.

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Heavy rains and flooding is an international phenomena - picture of the day

Here is a picture from Russia.

SHORING UP: A man walked near sandbags that were piled up Sunday in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, to protect the area from flooding. (Bobulev Sergey/ITAR-TASS/Zuma Press)WSJ

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John Kerry: After concluding a deal with Russia over Syria, he headed for Israel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel's Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister's

office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Kerry on Sunday sent a strong

warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real' if it does not carry out

an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons.

 (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

It looks the deal between the U.S and Russia regarding Syrian chemical weapons needs Israeli blessings. John Kerry, Secretary of State, headed straight for Israel on Sept 15, 2013 to meet with Netanyahu. It appears that Israel has the final say.

Netanyahu sought assurances that all the chemical weapons in Syria must be secured and destroyed. But what about Israel's stockpile of chemical and nuclear weapons? Is there not disconcerting duplicity and hypocrisy when it comes to Israel? It is good that any strike on Syria is averted for now, but it was important for the U.S to seek Israel's approval.

As long as this kind of U.S. policy  continues, the prospects of peace in the Middle-East are grim.

Update: Here is a video of the meeting between John Kerry and Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Mayor Rob Ford shows his dance moves

Rob Ford, Senator Mike Duffy and Senator Pamela Wallin have something in common. They're all good at contortion moves and dancing. The Canadian public is at awe at the expertise of these three public figures.

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2013 Ig Nobel Prize winners

An example of the Prize is:

"Psychology Prize, which went to a French-led research team confirming in 2012 that people who think they are drunk also think they are attractive."

Masanori Niimi of Japan and his colleague Xiangyuan Jin, dressed as a mouse,

received the 2013 Ig Nobel Medicine Prize for 'assessing the effect of listening

to opera, on heart transplant patients who are mice.' (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

I believe Stephen Harper and Barack Obama deserve it too. Harper's excellent play of Pro-rogue and Obama for his moving and unstable red-line with regard to Syria.

There are a lot more proud recipients. Click here to read more.

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Pamela Wallin's attempt at contortion

She may not be the expert yet but she is trying hard.

“Although I fundamentally disagree with the methodology used in arriving at that figure, particularly since the amount was calculated using newly created rules to examine past expenses, I do not want to burden the people of Canada and, in particular the people of Saskatchewan, by engaging in a protracted legal debate about the matter”.

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Tokyo: The site of 2020 Olympics

It is a concrete jungle. That is why I never liked to live in a big city. I like to visit big cities only - including New York, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto etc.

CHOSEN FOR 2020: An aerial photo showed Tokyo on Thursday. The city was selected earlier this week as the site of the 2020 Olympics. (Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)WSJ

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Syrian Crisis: Barack Obama and Valdimir Putin

Have Russia and U.S. reached the definitive deal on Syria? Time will tell. In the meantime the killings in Syria continue. I hope that this brutality will end soon.

Putin gets the medal 

 

"US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met to work on Moscow’s disarmament proposal. However, Washington remains sceptical and Mr Kerry has said US military action is still possible to punish Mr Assad for a poison gas attack in rebel territory last month."

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Germans and their fascination with nudity

The shy Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel may not like to tell you but even she enjoys it. NBC News gets to the bottom of Germany's love affair  with nudity.

"Lately, however, nudism has been getting some additional exposure with the circulation of a photo purporting to show a young Angela Merkel and a couple of friends out for waterside stroll in the buff."

I once stumbled upon a nude beach somewhere in Quebec. I kept my swimsuit on but the scenery was not so bad.:)

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Obama meets Putin - Redline

I thought I will add a little animation.

Cartoon by MIKE PETERS

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Obama meets Putin

by Mike Peters

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Stephen Harper getting ready for October opening of Parliament

Before the Parliament opens Harper wants to master contortionism. He needed time that is why he went for pro-rogue.

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Hiduism and Rituals

All religion have strange rituals which turn me off of organized religions. In the past I have posted about Judaism and Christianity. Here is an interesting ritual of a Hindu devotee.

SUBMERGED: A Hindu devotee carried an idol of the Hindu god Ganesha on the fifth day of the festival Ganesh Chaturthi, in Mumbai on Friday. Hindu devotees bring home idols of Lord Ganesha in order to invoke his blessings for wisdom and prosperity. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)WSJ

It is colourful.

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Vladimir Putin: ‘American Exceptionalism’

Putin objected to the ‘American Exceptionalism’ in an Op-ed in The New York Times. He is wrong. ‘American Exceptionalism’ does exist.

“My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this. I carefully studied his address to the nation on Tuesday. And I would rather disagree with a case he made on American exceptionalism, stating that the United States’ policy is “what makes America different. It’s what makes us exceptional.” It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.” Putin

1. Americans own more guns per capita than any other Western Nation.
2.  Every year 10 to 12 thousand Americans are killed through violence and mostly by gunshots.
3.  There is more poverty in U.S than any other developed nation.
4. Sex trade is rampant. Young girls are bought and forced into prostitution. Most of these girls are Asians.
5.  Discrimination based on culture, religion and race is rampant.
6.  America has used more weapons of mass destruction than any other nation on earth including atomic bombs and lethal gas weapons.
7.  America has the worst healthcare system in the whole developed world.
8.  Freedom of speech which allows KKK spread hate against blacks and other minorities. Violence carried out against minorities
9. Screwed-up decision-making at Federal level. If President wants a legislation (such as healthcare reform) Congress will stand in the way. And vice-versa given the president’s veto power.
10. The top 1 percent of U.S. earners collected 19.3 percent of household income in 2012, their largest share in Internal Revenue Service figures going back a century. Last year (2012), the incomes of the top 1 percent rose 19.6 percent compared with a 1 percent increase for the remaining 99 percent.

The list is long and one can go on. So Mr. Putin you are dead wrong.

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Jeff Wagner, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mayoral Candidate:"WAKE THE F**K UP!": T.V. ad

Eat your heart out Anthony Weiner! Jeff Wagner did not hide behind a cellphone.:)

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U.S and Russia reach a deal on Syria

"The United States and Russia struck a deal Saturday under which Syria will allow its stockpile of chemical weapons to be removed or destroyed by next year — easing a crisis over a threatened American military attack."

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"The Russian foreign minister called it an agreement “based on consensus and compromise and professionalism.” France welcomed it as an “important step forward.” Kerry and his British and French counterparts will talk about the deal’s implementation over lunch Monday in Paris."  
  I believe it is a good compromise and another war in the Middle East will be avoided. However, it leaves Assad in power and I don't know how that will play out. Will opposition to Assad in Syria buy this deal? Will it stop civil war and killings? 100,000 Syrian died prior to the use of chemical weapons. Will that slaughter stop or continue? That is not clear.

Read more here.

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Back-bending contortionist who’s made the Guinness World Records 2014

Watch and be amazed.

(Euronews.com)

Update: A friend pointed out that all politicians can pass or break that record -contortionist.

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U.S. Colorado: Floods

I never heard of such an erratic weather that we are experiencing this year. Floods all over North America. In Maritimes, Canada, some of the coastal communities are dealing with floods and damage caused by these floods. Many U.S. communities are dealing with excessive floods. Colorado is hit quite hard this year and three deaths have been reported so far.

CUT OFF: A flash flood destroyed a bridge near a home in Golden, Colo., Thursday. Flooding in Colorado left three people dead, prompted hundreds to be evacuated, caused building collapses and stranded cars, officials said. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)WSJ

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"The governor of Colorado on Friday ordered the National Guard into a town outside Boulder in hopes of evacuating hundreds of people feared stranded by record floods that were ravaging the state for a third day.

Gov. John Hickenlooper said it had to be “the largest storm that I can imagine in the state’s history.” Read more here

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Voyager I : Will we communicate with aliens someday?

"Tonight NASA confirmed that after 36 years in space "Voyager I" has left the solar system as we know it. That’s farther than any manmade object has gone before, into interstellar space about 11 and a half billion miles away. NASA says just in case it runs into intelligent life it is carrying a gold-plated record with photos and songs from back on planet earth."

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The latest news is that Voyager 1 has not quite left the solar system yet. Read details here.

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Stephen Harper is enjoying his Pro-rogue with his buddies

Harper wants to be a ruler and enjoy his life. Hopefully Canadians will remember his ways in 2015.

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U.S. Presidential elections 2016

An aspirant for the president of U.S. has declared his candidacy. He is both white and black. So you don't have to worry about the colour of the candidate. He is very friendly and he will protect you.

A clip from AGT

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Will Pauline Marois allow the headgear, in Quebec, in the following picture?

OVERHEAD VIEW: Teachers gathered Wednesday in Bilbao, Spain, at the University of Deusto, a Spanish Jesuit university, for an opening ceremony for the academic year. (Alfredo Aldai/European Pressphoto Agency) WSJ

But of course these are Catholic teachers.

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Modern Warfare: Interesting Picture

This in fact is true. But I believe the cost of planes and bombs has gone much higher now.

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