NYC Teachers, Mugged ..HELP!! Did You See?

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Friday April 10, 2015 · 6:01 AM PDT

2015/04/10 · 06:01

The New York Times has a reporter ( Patrick McGeehan) who has shown more concern for the pension funds of New York City's public sector workers and demonstrated a profoundly better understanding of the rape of those funds than the leader of the NYC teachers union.

Mr. Michael Mulgrew leader of the NYC teachers union has looked over the ten year performance of his members fund and found it to be "performing well". Mulgrew notes that some of the fees charged for overseeing the pension fund are "ridiculous"... and they need to be addressed if those managers are to keep their posts. Keep their posts?

Digest and hold those thoughts, if you will; the phrases "performing well" and expecting improved performance from the Wall Street agents who managethose funds.

Let's read McGeehan's article ...and meet again below the fold..

http://www.nytimes.com/...

and contemplate my "agents" performance...and whose agents actually deserve those big bucks.

http://www.otpp.com/...

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The 10 year performance of the NYC teachers Union versus their neighbours in Ontario can be attributed to

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The 10 year performance of the NYC teachers Union versus their neighbours in Ontario can be attributed to

very clever Ontario investors

0 votes

poor Wall Street investors

0 votes

a perfectly human lack of oversight

1 vote

a terrible scam run on NYC's public sector

2 votes

market forces, ya know?

1 vote

Reflections:In the aftermath of Eichenwald's op ed

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Wednesday September 12, 2012 · 4:55 AM PDT

2012/09/12 · 04:55

Kurt Eichenwald's op-ed at the New York Times and his subsequent appearances on CNN and MSNBC serve as a reminder, welcome or not, of an elephant that remains in the room even after being acknowledged and discussed in public.

The consensus view of how the events of 9/11 came to be are generally and politically filed under ... "failure of intelligence" i.e ... a failure of those in the intelligence community.

If someone, if something has to "carry the can" into the pages of History for the slaughter in New York City it will have to be CIA, NSA, FBI, "firewalls", political overseers...

It would make sense to me that guilty or not.. the "intel community" would have reason to fight back, to rectify, to squirm if duty implies that they will wear the sackcloth with resignation.

What Eichenwald has reminded us of, what we need to rethink is that the conspiracy that brought about 9/11 was penetrated. It was compromised.

Somebody, or a number of somebodies, knew, saw, found out, reported, got cited and finally got included in presidential security briefings.

So ....

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I am entitled to know, as citizen and taxpayer

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I am entitled to know, as citizen and taxpayer

the content of pre 9/11 PDBs

4 votes

the sources of intel in pre 9/11 PDB's

0 votes

both of the above

39 votes

An Open Letter to the Editor: Atlanta Jewish Times - Assassination of Obama Speculation

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Saturday January 21, 2012 · 9:40 AM PST

2012/01/21 · 09:40

According to wikipedia, one Andrew Adler has been the owner/publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times for a few years now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...

According to the wikipedia entry :In January 2012, :

Mr. Adler had to apologize for an editorial suggesting that the State of Israel assassinate President Obama as a way to deal with a nuclear-armed Iran

I think you have to read Mr Adler's article to see if that description is adequate or accurate. I find his scenario of "three options" a bit bizarre, but sure enough ... option 3 is for Mr Netanyahu to

give the go ahead to US based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel.

The article and its impact are examined here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...

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Ms Whitney, editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times, ought to

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Ms Whitney, editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times, ought to

resign outright

109 votes

apologize and tough it out

3 votes

find a "3rd Option" of her own

7 votes

see below for my option 4

5 votes

Speculative Friday Note:

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Friday November 04, 2011 · 11:54 PM PDT

2011/11/04 · 23:54

For the sake of gamesmanship... you have to name which two of the leading candidates for the GOP Presidential nomination ... are the two most likely to be intelligence agency assets.

That's right. If two of the "pack" are operatives... which two?

To make things more fun, we must exclude Tim Pawlenty.. who frankly had to have been a front-runner.

You could argue 1) Romney and 2) anyone ............ and we'd see your point.

But that's way to obvious.

Cain and Perry?

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Sunday August 28, 2011 · 11:15 PM PDT

2011/08/28 · 23:15

I awaited the National Geographic Television event... "George W Bush: the 9/11 Interview" with some academic interest. (Aired Sunday August 28, 8 pm in most time zones)

It was interesting trying to deduce what question W was answering at any given moment because the "interview" is missing an interviewer. The answers are missing questions. That may be seen as a "stylistic" device. One might see it as the next caveat after the "no oath, no transcript, Cheney present" caveats of his last great interview on the topic.

However Democrats and Americans at large have been through a long and hard 10 years, and much energy has been spent since 2002 untangling the conflation that Republicans and many media figures made between the events of 9/11 and Hussein's regime in Iraq.

So how did NATGEO follow up its first showing of "George W Bush: the 9/11 Interview" ? What would make an appropriate topic to go to as the last image of 9/11 carnage and emotional tumult fade from the screen?

"Inside Saddem Hussein's Reign of Terror".

Really?

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Thursday June 23, 2011 · 4:48 AM PDT

2011/06/23 · 04:48

Mr. sputtering, frothing and infinitely rude Chris Matthews please...PLEASE!!!!.... ask your network to pull that F*%$ing promo spot where you dare the GOP to put forward "one" just "one" spokesperson/candidate who would admit that Barack Obama is just as American as the rest of "us".

Not only has Jon John Huntsman wonderfully addressed that question in his opening remarks.. it was already apparent some of the GOP hopefuls .. were not playing the "suspicious" Kenya card.

Most mainstream GOP candidates are not going to play that card. The most pernicious of the batch may let their lackies flirt with the issue. But "birthers" will not be the focus of a GOP campaign on any national level.

Sooo?

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Friday March 11, 2011 · 11:19 PM PST

2011/03/11 · 23:19

I have a soft spot for idealists.

I suspect most people whose political views are shaped by their morality as opposed to immediate self-interest have that same soft spot.

I never doubted for one minute that the apotheosis of Barack Obama was beautifully and carefully constructed by skilled political operatives. I assumed that they recognized that Obama was "the real thing" much like the young operatives attracted to the fictional President Bartlett on The West Wing.

I expected that Obama would make deals and compromises on policies that would anger and perplex me, and surely he did, but I could comfort myself that in some grand scheme version of 3 Dimensional Chess, Obama was losing a piece to gain the board.

Not tonight.

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Obama's response to today's question on Bradley Manning was:

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Obama's response to today's question on Bradley Manning was:

judicious, informed and fair

2 votes

uninformed and flawed

6 votes

fully informed and deplorable

28 votes

informed and defensible

2 votes

something else.. I'll explain below

1 vote

The History Channel Redeems Itself, Changes Course!

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Saturday September 11, 2010 · 1:29 AM PDT

2010/09/11 · 01:29

As the humble owner of a post-graduate degree in History and a handful of additional credits earned by a love of the field, as a teacher of History for 29 years, I have bemoaned, regretted and been outraged by the abuse of the word History by a commercial television channel.
The task of the History Channel is to connect a group of viewers to a group of advertisers. This could be achieved by delivering a select audience of serious readers and ponderers of academic History to a narrowly aimed group of advertisers.
Or, it could be achieved by delivering a broader based audience of fans of the "drama of History" with biographical and incident based stories that are legitimately riveting.

Consider the 3rd Option!

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The History Channels defence of the "official" 9/11 conspiracy theory is

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The History Channels defence of the "official" 9/11 conspiracy theory is

typical of their dedication to historical clarity and perspective

8 votes

an anomoly. Normally they just broadcast preposterous and stupid shit.

22 votes

an indication that 9/11 needs to be re-investigated by a non-partisan academic panel

27 votes

Thank Heavens for Coincidences!

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Thursday June 03, 2010 · 3:20 AM PDT

2010/06/03 · 03:20

One might think, when blogging in one's PJ's, at 3 am, three tokes into the wind that weird shit in the world is somehow connected.

Remember the good old days when missing blondes, missing wives, runaway finacees were the staple of Cable tv news channels, local tv news broadcasts and even invading network evening national newscasts?

Remember when that bad old Jon Stewart starting calling them out for being less that journalistically responsible?

Well hold on to your hats!

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June is young and needs

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June is young and needs

more Jon Benet - John Mark Karr

0 votes

more Joran van der Sloot

0 votes

Sumarai pron stars

0 votes

Nancy Grace impressions

1 vote

Greta von Sustern Scientology outreach to Sarah Palin

0 votes

a feel good hit of the summer

2 votes

a sovereign United States of America

3 votes

Facts, Vigilance, Media: The Arrest of Shahzad. WTF!!

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Friday May 07, 2010 · 2:33 AM PDT

2010/05/07 · 02:33

I am generally pleased when the axiom " you are entitled to your own opinions, but you can't invoke your own facts" is played like a trump card in a heated debate.

It refreshes the mind, like a hit on the reset button, and makes paramount a very serious question. Your opinion may very well be flying into the headwinds of the revealed facts. At which point the educated western mind says.. speculative and/or untenable.

My mind has been nagged since the Times Square Bombing attempt first appeared. Within 24 hours I had digested narrative "facts" that were, at the very least, incongruent and more plainly, contradictory.

Tonight's episode of Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" addressed the failure of the media to get out a coherent narrative of Faisal Shahzad. And that, as is the function of the Daily Show, reminded me that I am not alone in getting queasy when "national security terror events" unfold. Are you comfy?

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Faisal Shahzad's arrest was clearly

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Faisal Shahzad's arrest was clearly

before boarding

0 votes

after boarding but at gate

1 vote

after return to gate from take off lane

4 votes

singly before boarding

0 votes

with others before boarding

0 votes

singly after boarding

3 votes

after boarding with others

2 votes

singly, after return to the gate from take off lane

2 votes

with others after return to gate

1 vote

relayed by reporters

0 votes

relayed by journalists

0 votes

confirmed by some officials

0 votes

confirmed by some other officials

2 votes

explained by competent and trained to research professionals

0 votes

explained to me well enough if I was a 1970's Soviet

15 votes

Your Next Door Neighbour Saw That..Eww!! Kewl Update

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Wednesday March 24, 2010 · 2:25 AM PDT

2010/03/24 · 02:25

As an ex-pat Canuck in California, a US resident, but hanging on to Canadian citizenship until Jesus returns to establish the Kingdom of Heaven, or the end of medical practices for dividends, I hereby declare, as an alien in your midst, that you might just care to see the view in the mirror.

Let's say the neighbours mirror over the fireplace also captures what's going on in YOUR backyard.

Normally the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's ( CBC ) national news is delivered by Peter Mansbridge. Not last night. Peter was being wooed by NBC years ago to counter Jennings at ABC, but the reigning Canadian anchor surrendered his seat to keep Mansbridge on CBC.

(Hmmm. Imagine 9/11 with Jennings on ABC and Mansbridge on NBC. It nearly happened.)

Share your neighbours view for a few moments?

http://www.cbc.ca/...

When loaded up... do what you wish, but this diary addresses 6:30 thru 12:00, HCR, East Jerusalem, Passport fraud, Coultergeist in Canada.

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Tuesday March 16, 2010 · 2:47 AM PDT

2010/03/16 · 02:47

I have tried to express my heartfelt disappointment tonight a few times and have scrapped each attempt.

And yet I cannot put it to bed. I think I can say it best in a series of points. Each attempt at essay style discourse gets weighted down in elaborations.

Givens: I very much like and admire Barack Obama. I prefer Democrats in control of both houses and the White House. I am personally to the left of all that. I think President Bernie Sanders and a Social Democratic Party of the USA would be heartily re-elected if tried once.

I tried the questionnaires during the nomination race, like you did. Apparently Kucinich and Edwards were my closest match. Dodd (?) Obama and Clinton were close behind.

So sadly I jump below the fold.

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Your Next Door Neighbour Saw That..Eww!! Kewl Update

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