{"id":524,"date":"2010-06-04T21:05:48","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T05:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=524"},"modified":"2010-06-04T21:05:48","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T05:05:48","slug":"rouge-forum-update-d-day-will-oceans-of-oil-mean-rivers-of-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-update-d-day-will-oceans-of-oil-mean-rivers-of-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Update: D-Day! Will Oceans of Oil Mean Rivers of Blood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Remember the Rouge Forum Conference&#8211;August 2 to August 5!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rougeforumconference.org\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">rougeforumconference.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nNever Forget: June 6th 1944 D-Day! <\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WW II : RARE COLOR FILM : D-DAY : JUNE 5TH 1944\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lvZCDfhoNxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Death-to-the-Fascist-Scum-Russian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-525\" title=\"Death to the Fascist Scum Russian\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Death-to-the-Fascist-Scum-Russian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Death-to-the-Fascist-Scum-Russian.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Death-to-the-Fascist-Scum-Russian-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay No Attention to that! On June 5th 1956 Elvis Introduced Hound Dog on the Uncle Miltie Comedy Hour:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X5JALwwaASg\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X5JALwwaASg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Little Red Schoolhouse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/littlered-rosa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-528\" title=\"littlered-rosa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/littlered-rosa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/littlered-rosa.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/littlered-rosa-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEA and AFT Spent Millions on the Demagogue Obama and Electoral Work: Is the Education Bailout Dead?<\/strong> \u201cJanet Bass of the American Federation of Teachers says that despite these obstacles, the unions plan to keep up the pressure for passage. \u201cWe will fight for it as long as we can,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s not dead.\u201d She\u2019s right that there\u2019s a chance the proposal could be revived next week, but betting money as Congress prepared to leave town for the Memorial Day weekend was that there just aren\u2019t the votes to move it forward.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/blogs\/the-gaggle\/2010\/05\/28\/teacher-pink-slips-may-be-latest-proof-of-anti-spending-pressure.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.newsweek.com\/blogs\/the-gaggle\/2010\/05\/28\/teacher-pink-slips-may-be-latest-proof-of-anti-spending-pressure.html<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDrop-Out States Lead Flight From RaTT Shell Game: <\/strong>\u201cAbout two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the Race to the Top program, but at least nine others with more than 7 million children are opting out of trying a second time.<br \/>\nFor them, a chance at hundreds of millions of dollars wasn&#8217;t enough to overcome the opposition of teachers unions, the wariness of state leaders to pass laws to suit the program and fears of giving up too much local control.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.detnews.com\/article\/20100531\/SCHOOLS\/5310372\/Some-states-walk-away-from-Race-to-the-Top-millions\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.detnews.com\/article\/20100531\/SCHOOLS\/5310372\/Some-states-walk-away-from-Race-to-the-Top-millions<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nMasquerading as News, Press Attacks Teacher Benefits: <\/strong>\u201cThe days of teachers contributing nothing toward health care, however, may be waning. For the first time, teachers in Utica and Grosse Pointe will make monthly payments toward health care under contracts approved this spring. Livonia&#8217;s teachers agreed last year to make monthly health care payments and take furlough days. &#8220;If we didn&#8217;t accept those concessions, there would&#8217;ve been a huge cut in the educational programs for our students,&#8221; said Kenewell, head of Utica&#8217;s teachers union. &#8220;And if we protect programs for the students, we protect jobs. They&#8217;ve already cut some programs.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.detnews.com\/article\/20100602\/SCHOOLS\/6020368\/1409\/Teachers--generous-benefits-under-fire\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.detnews.com\/article\/20100602\/SCHOOLS\/6020368\/1409\/Teachers&#8211;generous-benefits-under-fire<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHow To Fix Detroit Schools? Get Rid of 2\/3 of the Students: <\/strong>\u201cRobert Bobb, Detroit schools emergency financial manager, said the 76,000 student Detroit district can only support 26,000 students unless it makes deep cuts in operating and long-term costs such as retirement and health care for employees.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20100603\/NEWS01\/100603032\/1322\/Bobb-DPS-can-only-support-26000-students\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.freep.com\/article\/20100603\/NEWS01\/100603032\/1322\/Bobb-DPS-can-only-support-26000-students<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken Saltman on the \u201cPortfolio Approach\u201d in Urban Schools:<\/strong> \u201cThis perspective considers public schools to be comparable to private enterprise, with competition a key element to success. Just<br \/>\nas businesses that cannot turn sufficient profit, schools that cannot produce test scores higher than competitors\u2019 must be \u201callowed\u201d to \u201cgo out of business.\u201d The appeal of the portfolio district strategy is that it appears to offer an approach sufficiently radical to address longstanding and intractable problems in public schools\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatlakescenter.org\/docs\/Policy_Briefs\/Saltman_PortfolioDistricts_EXEC_SUM.pdf\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.greatlakescenter.org\/docs\/Policy_Briefs\/Saltman_PortfolioDistricts_EXEC_SUM.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSecret Regimented Standards for Imperialist War Education Revealed: <\/strong>\u201cRandi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lily Eskelsen, the vice president of the National Education Association, were also on hand to endorse the standards, with Ms. Weingarten calling the the AFT an \u201cunabashed supporter.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2010\/06\/02\/33common.h29.html?tkn=UQWFrHWKjg5dnhPth%2FMx7tZ6FLExXJkEeOxa&#038;cmp=clp-edweek\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2010\/06\/02\/33common.h29.html?tkn=UQWFrHWKjg5dnhPth%2FMx7tZ6FLExXJkEeOxa&#038;cmp=clp-edweek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed Mcelroy, the last AFT President to file a report for an entire year (Weingarten files in Dec 2010) reported an income of $390,426. <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDennis Van Roekel, ($424,091 in 2009) NEA Boss, Backs Common Core Standards:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corestandards.org\/voices-of-support\/watch\/3\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.corestandards.org\/voices-of-support\/watch\/3<\/a>? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEA Hack Lily Eskelsen ($365,738 in 2009) on Regimented National Standards: <\/strong>&#8220;We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation&#8217;s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive, content-rich and complete education. These standards have the potential to support teachers in achieving NEA&#8217;s purpose of preparing students preparing students to &#8216;thrive in a democratic society and a diverse, changing world as knowledgeable, creative and engaged citizens and lifelong learners.'&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSchools as Huge Markets Where Stealing is Commonplace:<\/strong> \u201cAccording to the grand jury, about 75 percent of the San Diego district schools that were audited misused ASB funds for curricular and administrative purposes and for the benefit of faculty.\u201d\u00a0 Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdnn.com\/sandiego\/2010-06-02\/education\/grand-jury-san-diego-schools-misused-funds#ixzz0pkxoQzUM\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sdnn.com\/sandiego\/2010-06-02\/education\/grand-jury-san-diego-schools-misused-funds#ixzz0pkxoQzUM<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBloomberg Moves to Block NYC Teachers\u2019 Wages:<\/strong> \u201cThis was not an ideal decision and it certainly does not solve all our budget issues,\u201d Mr. Bloomberg said in a statement, which was released after he notified Michael Mulgrew, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, about his decision. \u201cIn our conversation this morning, Michael Mulgrew and I agreed that we would go together to Albany and Washington to press our case to restore more education funding.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Bloomberg Moves to Block Teachers\u2019 Raises\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcityroom.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F02%2Fmayor-eliminates-teacher-raises-to-save-jobs%2F#?secret=rconUtQpd6\" data-secret=\"rconUtQpd6\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCSU Stanislaus to Pay Twit $75,000 for Babble (no pole dance?): <\/strong>\u201cFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will receive $75,000 to speak at Cal State Stanislaus next month, an event that has become steeped in controversy and brought the small Turlock campus worldwide attention. Much of the scrutiny has centered on the former governor&#8217;s speaking fee, which the university has refused to disclose. The fact that Palin has received up to $100,000 for other recent appearances had stoked furious speculation and the kind of cloak-and-dagger intrigue worthy of a novel.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/may\/28\/local\/la-me-calstate-palin-20100528\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">articles.latimes.com\/2010\/may\/28\/local\/la-me-calstate-palin-20100528<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWalmart Education\u2013Cradle to Grave:<\/strong> \u201cWal-Mart estimates that about 50 percent of its employees in the United States have a high school diploma or the equivalent but have not earned a college degree. With the average full-time employee being paid $11.75 an hour, it was unclear how many of them will be able to take advantage of the new program. With the work credits and tuition discount, an associate\u2019s degree for a Wal-Mart or Sam\u2019s Club cashier would cost about $11,700 and a bachelor\u2019s degree about $24,000.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Wal-Mart to Offer Its Workers a College Program\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2Fbusiness%2F04walmart.html#?secret=nxCaWwYDT6\" data-secret=\"nxCaWwYDT6\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nThe Secret Whole Language Project in San Ysidro High: <\/strong>\u201cNow high schoolers such as Delgado at the top levels read the Diary of Anne Frank and talk about genocide. The idea was to challenge students sooner with tougher but still accessible readings that also sparked their interest &#8212; something that can be vexing with teens whose English is thin. Even finding books that are easy enough for English learners but interesting to teenagers is a challenge.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/education\/article_3265779e-6ec1-11df-95c9-001cc4c03286.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.voiceofsandiego.org\/education\/article_3265779e-6ec1-11df-95c9-001cc4c03286.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nVirtual Charter Schools Rule!<\/strong> \u201cNationally, there are an estimated 200,000 full-time virtual charter school students, said Susan Patrick, chief executive of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Public Financing Supports Growth of Online Charter Schools\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2Fus%2F04bccharter.html#?secret=ReqpAnODEg\" data-secret=\"ReqpAnODEg\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNice Job, PhD, Now Play Online Poker to Live: <\/strong>\u201cThe number of full-time faculty members at universities was around 51% in 2007, down from 78% in 1970, said Jack Schuster, a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate University. That leaves many doctoral degree candidates stuck with adjunct work, which can pay as little as $2,000 a semester.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-phd-blues-20100604,0,6349908.story\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-phd-blues-20100604,0,6349908.story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nWe Say Fightback: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PR-Student-Strike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-530\" title=\"paro general xa47\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PR-Student-Strike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PR-Student-Strike.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/PR-Student-Strike-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>Puerto Rico General Strike Still Strong<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 4th US Student Movement Plans October 7 General Strike:<\/strong> &#8220;MORE THAN 100 activists from across California gathered in Los Angeles April 24 to debate next steps for the fight against the devastating cutbacks facing public education. The main achievements of the conference were to set a date and location for the next statewide mass action\u2013October 7\u2013and for the next anti-cuts conference, which will happen October 16 at San Francisco State University. The other key outcome was the first steps toward the formation of an ad hoc volunteer coordinating committee to plan for the fall conference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ucsc_rally4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-531\" title=\"ucsc_rally4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ucsc_rally4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ucsc_rally4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ucsc_rally4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ucsc_rally4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>UC Santa Cruz Strike (above)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Perpetual War Front: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/rivers-of-blood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-543\" title=\"rivers-of-blood\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/rivers-of-blood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/rivers-of-blood.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/rivers-of-blood-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN Virtual Map on War Casualties of Iraq and Afghanistan:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/SPECIALS\/war.casualties\/index.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">edition.cnn.com\/SPECIALS\/war.casualties\/index.html<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nGerman Prezzie Resigns, Spoke Truth About Imperialism: <\/strong>\u201cHe said in that broadcast that, for a country with Germany&#8217;s dependency on exports, military deployments could be &#8220;necessary &#8230; in order to defend our interests, for example free trade routes.&#8221; That was taken by many as relating to Germany&#8217;s unpopular mission in Afghanistan, although his office later said that he was referring to anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia. Germans are often uneasy about deployments abroad, given the country&#8217;s militaristic past, and the mission in Afghanistan makes many particularly uncomfortable.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/detnews.com\/article\/20100531\/NATION\/5310365\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">detnews.com\/article\/20100531\/NATION\/5310365<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCorrupt Warlord and Puppet\u00a0 Karzai Speaks\u2013Taliban Attack:<\/strong> \u201cStanding before the country\u2019s power brokers and tribal elite Wednesday morning, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was about 10 minutes into his nationally televised appeal for peace when the Taliban responded with a rocket that slammed into a nearby hillside. Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2010\/06\/02\/95177\/taliban-attack-afghan-peace-conference.html#ixzz0pl2wbcdw\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.mcclatchydc.com\/2010\/06\/02\/95177\/taliban-attack-afghan-peace-conference.html#ixzz0pl2wbcdw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Essay: What Was Afghanistan Before&#8230;?<\/strong> \u201cA half-century ago, Afghan women pursued careers in medicine; men and women mingled casually at movie theaters and university campuses in Kabul; factories in the suburbs churned out textiles and other goods. There was a tradition of law and order, and a government capable of undertaking large national infrastructure projects, like building hydropower stations and roads, albeit with outside help. Ordinary people had a sense of hope, a belief that education could open opportunities for all, a conviction that a bright future lay ahead. All that has been destroyed by three decades of war, but it was real.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2010\/05\/27\/once_upon_a_time_in_afghanistan?page=full\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2010\/05\/27\/once_upon_a_time_in_afghanistan?page=full<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Solidarity Forever Front: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Former NEA Boss Reg Weaver Brags About NEA Support for the demagogue, Obama:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"At DNC: Interview with Reg Weaver\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXfg0oXVB08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What did Weaver Get For This? $686,949 (strangely, about $264,000 more than any other NEA boss, past or present&#8211;NEA Refuses to Respond to Inquiries About Weavers Fat Raise): <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richgibson.com\/neaSALARY.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">richgibson.com\/neaSALARY.html<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPittsburgh AFT Overturns Election of Dissidents:<\/strong> \u201cDissent within the once tightly controlled large city locals of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has been breaking out across the USA as the attacks on public schools \u2014 and teacher unions \u2014 in the nation&#8217;s 20 largest cities escalate with the nationwide implementation of the &#8220;Chicago Plan&#8221; of union busting, teacher bashing and privatization under the direction of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Last week, dissidents in the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, once one of the strongest locals in the AFT, elected four candidates to union office \u2014 only to be told that two of them really wouldn&#8217;t be working at the union.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.substancenews.net\/articles.php?page=1437&#038;section=Article\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.substancenews.net\/articles.php?page=1437&#038;section=Article<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nTurncoat Mandella Regime Creates Potemkin Soccer:<\/strong> \u201cradical Sowetan columnist Andile Mngxitama said all Fifa is giving Africa is a month-long feel-good episode which will do little, long-term, to change perceptions or economic realities. &#8220;The World Cup is a colonial playground for the rich and for a few wannabes in the so-called South African elite,&#8221; he argued. &#8220;Whereas in the past we were conquered, the South African government has simply invited the colonisers this time.&#8221; He claims that the \u00a34bn spent by the government on infrastructure development in the nine host cities should have been used to create sustainable jobs in industry.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/world-cup\/the-ugly-truth-about-the-beautiful-game-1989953.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/world-cup\/the-ugly-truth-about-the-beautiful-game-1989953.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mandella-Gold-Over-People.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-532\" title=\"Mandella Gold Over People\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mandella-Gold-Over-People.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mandella-Gold-Over-People.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Mandella-Gold-Over-People-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mandella Prefers Gold Over the People He Betrays<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat Should be Done With Quislings<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vel-OeI_bgk&#038;feature=related\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vel-OeI_bgk&#038;feature=related<\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nQuisling Meets Hitler 1942:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AGBHZf7Ge1I&#038;feature=related\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AGBHZf7Ge1I&#038;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nQuisling Zombie Movie<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quisling\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NHSw6pKISeQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIn Max Brooks&#8217;s novel World War Z, &#8220;quisling&#8221; refers to a human that had broken down psychologically due to the presence of zombies<\/strong> (often referred as Z-Shock) and thus begun acting like a zombie. These humans attack other humans mindlessly but are still attacked by normal zombies who can tell the difference. Despite numerous attempts by government-funded doctors, the psychological trauma of a quisling is too far gone for any chance of success of rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Oops There Goes the Economy<\/strong><\/span> (Use steal lunch money)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Steal-Lunch-Money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-533\" title=\"Steal Lunch Money\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Steal-Lunch-Money.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Steal-Lunch-Money.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Steal-Lunch-Money-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><strong>Yes, they Will Steal Your Kid&#8217;s Lunch Money<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Massive Constant Unemployment: <\/strong>\u201cemployers added 431,000 jobs and the jobless rate fell to 9.7 percent from 9.9 percent in April. But the underlying numbers showed that almost all of the job growth came from the 411,000 workers hired by the federal government to help with the Census. Most of those jobs will disappear in a few months. By contrast, the private sector created 41,000, far short of expectations of 150,000 to 180,000 jobs<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Job Data Casts Pall Over Economic Recovery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F05%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2F05jobs.html#?secret=hHO8SKNbVc\" data-secret=\"hHO8SKNbVc\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Massive Constant Racist Unemployment<\/strong> (UCBerkley Labor Ctr): \u201cThe unemployment rate for Blacks was 15.5% last month.\u201d(May).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Obamagogue Dithers While Unemployment Booms: <\/strong>\u201cToday, the unemployment rate is kissing 10 percent. Global financial markets are sending us a message that the excess demand for high-quality financial assets is growing again. Yet, unlike 1983, there is no sense of urgency in Washington.\u201d\u00a0 most of America appears to have deeply internalized the belief that labor lacks, and perhaps more important, ought not to have any bargaining power. This is a wonderful state of affairs for the managerial elite and investors. Having labor share in productivity gains was no impediment to growth; indeed, the record from the end of World War II through the mid-1970s versus the last two decades would suggest the reverse.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hMEtCYzmMa\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2010\/06\/why-is-washington-fiddling-with-unemployment-high.html\">Why is Washington Dithering with Unemployment High?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Why is Washington Dithering with Unemployment High?&#8221; &#8212; naked capitalism\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2010\/06\/why-is-washington-fiddling-with-unemployment-high.html\/embed#?secret=q4CyKFmqsJ#?secret=hMEtCYzmMa\" data-secret=\"hMEtCYzmMa\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nDetroit to Bulldoze Thousands of Homes (But who will pay people to move\u2013and where?):<br \/>\n\u201cLarge chunks of neighbourhoods would be razed and converted to parks, urban farms or simply abandoned. As an opening bid, Mr Bing has vowed to demolish 3,000 homes this year, and a further 7,000 over the following three years. Some are speculating that up to 40,000 homes could eventually go.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2010\/05\/29-2\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2010\/05\/29-2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Coup: Five Million Ways to Kill A CEO:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Coup - 5 Million Ways to Kill a C.E.O.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RQthFDpYCys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Emerging Fascism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Russia Today on Israeli Attack on Ship: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZenysNLAfc8\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZenysNLAfc8<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nOn Board Video of Israeli Attack:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSFwyWyVo74&#038;NR=1\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSFwyWyVo74&#038;NR=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Detroit Cops Murdered Aiyana:<\/strong> \u201cThe Wayne County Medical Examiner&#8217;s office changed the death certificate of Aiyana Stanley-Jones after an autopsy conducted on behalf of the family showed she was struck in top of the head and not the neck, officials said. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger said Aiyana was struck by a police bullet through the top of her head and said Detroit police &#8220;hid&#8221; this fact.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.detnews.com\/article\/20100601\/METRO01\/6010374\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.detnews.com\/article\/20100601\/METRO01\/6010374<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nSpy vs Spy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/clapper_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-541\" title=\"clapper_002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/clapper_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/clapper_002.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/clapper_002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/clapper_002-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>Clapper (no kidding)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nObamagogue Names New Boss for CIA Goon Squads:<\/strong> &#8220;If confirmed by the Senate, General Clapper will be the fourth official since 2005 to oversee the nation\u2019s 16 intelligence agencies, a job created in the aftermath of the Iraq intelligence failures. Some intelligence officials have portrayed the job as a bureaucratic nightmare. Essentially, it involves coordinating some very powerful intelligence chiefs, including the C.I.A. director, who have bigger budgets, their own power bases and access to administration officials and members of Congress.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/05\/us\/politics\/05intel.html?hp\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/05\/us\/politics\/05intel.html?hp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Heavens Weep<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/obama-yes-no-present.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-534\" title=\"obama-yes-no-present\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/obama-yes-no-present.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/obama-yes-no-present.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/obama-yes-no-present-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><strong><\/p>\n<p>BP and US Goons Drive Press Off Gulf Spill Story: <\/strong>\u201cMedia organizations say they are being allowed only limited access to areas impacted by the Gulf oil spill through restrictions on plane and boat traffic that are making it difficult to document the worst spill in U.S. history. The Associated Press, CBS and others have reported coverage problems because of the restrictions, which officials say are needed to protect wildlife and ensure safe air traffic..access to the spill &#8220;is slowly being strangled off.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/rs\/2010\/0529\/media-coverage-oil-spill-strangled-off\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">rawstory.com\/rs\/2010\/0529\/media-coverage-oil-spill-strangled-off\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The End of the World:<\/strong> \u201cIn previous spills, oil rose to the surface and was dealt with there, but due to the use of dispersants, as well as the weight of this particular crude oil and the pressure created by the depth of the leak, much of the oil has stayed submerged in clouds of tiny particles. At least 800,000 gallons of dispersants were sprayed at escaping oil in a frantic attempt to keep it offshore, but it now seems this preventative measure has created a worse disaster. The chemicals helped to keep the oil submerged and are toxic to marine life, resulting in unprecedented underwater damage to organisms in the Gulf. Once these harmful substances enter the food chain, almost nothing will escape their effect\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/oil-spill-creates-huge-undersea-dead-zones-1987039.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/oil-spill-creates-huge-undersea-dead-zones-1987039.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Rebels Against Obmagogue\u2019s Lies:<\/strong> \u201cObama Rained Out..\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/la-naw-obama-memorial-20100601,0,7178954.story?track=rss&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/news\/la-naw-obama-memorial-20100601,0,7178954.story?track=rss&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNOLA Animated Map Tracks BP\/Obamagogue Oil War on the Gulf: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/gulf-oil-spill\/index.ssf\/2010\/05\/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nola.com\/news\/gulf-oil-spill\/index.ssf\/2010\/05\/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nBP\/Obamagogue Oil War Hits Pensacola Beaches ( Floridians are Armed)<\/strong>: \u201cTar balls and oil have finally invaded Northwest Florida&#8217;s pristine coastline, turning Pensacola and Navarre beaches into a spectacle of media frenzy and locals&#8217; &#8220;last swim&#8221; trips to the beach.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnj.com\/article\/20100604\/NEWS01\/100604004\/Oil-spill-Tar-balls-found-but-beaches-still-open\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.pnj.com\/article\/20100604\/NEWS01\/100604004\/Oil-spill-Tar-balls-found-but-beaches-still-open<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hey Look! Magic! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stranger Danger!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pope Benedict Kisses Chloe Ellen Lyga\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vC0B-odcxvE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nMystics\u2019 Paramours Ask Chance to Do \u2018Em Properly:<\/strong> \u201cDozens of Italian women who have had relationships with Roman Catholic priests or lay monks have endorsed an open letter to the pope that calls for the abolition of the celibacy rule. The letter, thought by one signatory to be unprecedented, argues that a priest &#8220;needs to live with his fellow human beings, experience feelings, love and be loved&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/may\/27\/italian-priests-mistresses-letter-pope\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/may\/27\/italian-priests-mistresses-letter-pope<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPapacy Investigates Self: <\/strong>\u201c\u201cIt is hard to have any faith whatsoever that top Catholic officials can dramatically improve how the Irish church deals with child sex abuse and cover up cases,\u201d said Barbara Dorris, outreach director of SNAP: the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. \u201cWhat\u2019s needed is for secular authorities to step up and reign in the nearly limitless power of bishops and reform archaic, predator-friendly laws that enable bishops to ignore or conceal child sex crimes.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/01\/world\/europe\/01vatican.html?hp\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/01\/world\/europe\/01vatican.html?hp<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBelgian Rapists Continue Coverup: <\/strong>\u201cBut the commission\u2019s rocky first decade starkly illustrates how the success or failure of such an undertaking rests on the commitment of all sides to a thorough process. The commission\u2019s former president has recently complained in the Belgian media that priests and their superiors often refused to cooperate with inquiries back then&#8230;<br \/>\nthe dam broke when the bishop of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe, announced that he would step down on April 23 because he had molested a boy.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Belgium\u2019s Catholic Church Struggles to Regain Trust\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2Fworld%2Feurope%2F04church.html#?secret=UzxojMBETi\" data-secret=\"UzxojMBETi\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Weekly Infuriator: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst thing in the History of the World:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1MoIJ2Bw9nw\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1MoIJ2Bw9nw<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nEvil Ratifies Evil:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20100603\/SPORTS02\/100603021\/1321\/MLB-wont-overturn-umpires-blown-call\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.freep.com\/article\/20100603\/SPORTS02\/100603021\/1321\/MLB-wont-overturn-umpires-blown-call<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TARP Eyewash Won\u2019t Buy The Rest of Us Off!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/gallery?Site=C4&#038;Date=20100603&#038;Category=SPORTS02&#038;ArtNo=6030804&#038;Ref=PH&#038;Profile=1321\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.freep.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/gallery?Site=C4&#038;Date=20100603&#038;Category=SPORTS02&#038;ArtNo=6030804&#038;Ref=PH&#038;Profile=1321<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nThe Only Solution to the Myriad Problems of Out Time:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blowup Classic Montage\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnTmlsAG_T4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Classics:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNathaniel Mayer: I Want Love and Affection, Not the House of Correction:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nathaniel Mayer : &quot;I Want Love &amp; Affection (Not the House of Correction) , 1966\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9pKouFHNvp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks to Faith, Adam and Gina (bon voyage) Wayne, Donna, TC, Steve, Ricky, Alan, Chris, Sherry, Marc, Kelly, Johnny T, BigM, Stanley, Kathy K, Crystal, John, Weird Eric, Tony, Bill and Billy, Kerry, Emily, The Susans, Joe, Hal, Stephen, Geri, Peter M, Doug, and Bernard. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good luck to us, every one.<\/p>\n<p>r<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Rouge Forum Conference&#8211;August 2 to August 5! <a href=\"http:\/\/rougeforumconference.org\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">rougeforumconference.org\/<\/a> Never Forget: June 6th 1944 D-Day! Pay No Attention to that! On June 5th 1956 Elvis Introduced Hound Dog on the Uncle Miltie Comedy Hour: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X5JALwwaASg\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X5JALwwaASg<\/a> Little Red Schoolhouse NEA and AFT Spent Millions on the Demagogue Obama and Electoral Work: Is the Education Bailout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}