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Hyperlink: Internal link, link to another spot in the same post
Suppose you are writing a long post and you want to link from a particular spot A to another spot B in the same post/webpage. The way to do this is (you will have to use the HTML mode of the post editor): At A, write the code some words to describe spot B The at B, if there is a title, write the code
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The way to create an internal link (link to a different spot within the same post/webpage)#TrumpSoPoor
Nick Confessore and Rachel Shorey must have mortified notorious braggart and cheapskate Donald J. Trump Monday night with their piece about his broken, broke and tattered presidential campaign-- "the worst financial and organizational disadvantage of any major party nominee in recent history, placing both his candidacy and his party in political peril." I wonder if Paul Ryan has picked out the outfits he plans to wear at the convention in Cleveland. Trump began June with just $1.3 million in cash on hand, a figure more typical for a campaign for the House of Representatives than ... more »
Goodbye Lego
My beloved Lego has been traded to Washington for two second round picks. I am falling apart. I know I must change my avatar it will just take some time.
Zapatistas 'The Hour of the Police 4 From the Cat-Dog’s spoiler notebook'
Photo source The Hour of the Police 4 From the Cat-Dog’s spoiler notebook June 2016 Enlace Zapatista http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2016/06/24/the-hour-of-the-police-4-from-the-cat-dogs-spoiler-notebook/ Here’s the doubt: what would be the most appropriate comparison for that sad and mediocre overseer who aspires to be a policeman? Aurelio Donald Nuño Trump? Aurelio Ramsay Nuño
"Berxit" Begins
No, that isn't a typo. I'll be writing more about Brexit (a/k/a "The Failed Neoliberal Project Comes Home to Roost") in a later post. This is about a different exodus. Bernie Sanders made "Berxit" all but official this morning, telling MSNBC that he'll definitely be voting for Hillary Clinton this November. But be heartened, Bernie-or-Busters. Just as it will take Prime Minister David Cameron a little while longer to finally skulk off in abject defeat, so too will Berxit be a gradual process. Just as Cameron doesn't want to upset the Market God by bolting from Number 10 too precip... more »
It's Hardly News That Trump's A Congenital Liar-- Can He Actually United The Country Behind Hillary?
Trumpy the clown, a make-believe billionaire who has been routinely wow-ing imbeciles with make-believe diamond cufflinks for years, has been routinely lying his way through life and is now turning the Republican Party into his own personal Mendacity Machine. (Trumpy told Charlie Sheen the wedding gift cuff links were diamonds and platinum made by Harry Winston. They turned out to be worthless junk-- cheap pewter and bad zirconias stamped "Trump," like all the cuff-links he's given his closest friends and associates. Republicans with any sense of integrity whatsoever, are refusing ... more »
Major Director To Make Movie About Franz Jaegaestetter, Who Refused to Serve the Nazis and Was Killed For It
[image: Franz Jaegerstaetter - 900] Highly regarded filmmaker Terence Malick has announced the subject of his next movie: Franz Jaegerstaetter, the Austrian peasant who for several years openly refused to serve the Nazis and was eventually arrested and then executed. Announced in Germany, where the... more »
Bill Gates Filthy Wealth, Bolivian Chickens, and Victimized Schoolkids
*NOTE: By now, I suppose this is old news. I tried to publish it in more general venues--reaching beyond our rather narrow education audience. Of course general audiences just don't give a damn about our plight. But I regard myself as a unique commentator on this particular issue. . . . I have, after all, actually laid hands on a Bolivian chicken.* *by Susan Ohanian * Buckets of money give Bill Gates the singular notion that he knows what it means to stand in other peoples' shoes. In his June 7 blog, Gates pronounced, “It's pretty clear to me that just about anyone who's living in ... more »
4 Pieces of the Orlando Shooting Narrative that Don’t Add Up
*Isaac Davis* - In the absence of complete truth, forfeiting liberty for security is unconscionable.
NAMA Mourns the Loss of Jim Boyd
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, Multiple Award Winner, & Colville Tribal Chairman, Jim Boyd Passes Away New York, NY - It is with great sorrow and profound sadness that the Native American Music Awards (NAMA) shares the announcement from The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation on the passing
Economic News , Data & Views .... June 24 , 2016..... Quick Hits - 1. Markets : June 24, 2016 AKA "Black Swan Friday" ; Not Surprisingly - A Notable Day For The VIX ; Austria Loses Last AAA Rating , Yet UK Retains Its Top Ratings ; Bloodbath For The Banks Today. 2 Brexit Highlights ( Much More At Twitter T.L. ) 3. Spanish Election On Deck. 4. Odds & Ends. )
Markets..... As Wichita Falls , So Falls Wichita ......... *Charlie Bilello, CMT* @MktOutperform 3h 3 hours ago June 24, 2016 will forever be known as "Black Swan Friday"... *fred walton* @fredwalton216 1h 1 hour ago fred walton Retweeted zerohedge Surveying the bloody battlefield... fred walton added, *zerohedge* @zerohedge Brexistential Bloodbath http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-2 4/brexistential-bloodbath … *Charlie Bilello, CMT* @MktOutperform 59m 59 minutes ago Volatility Index up 49% today, the 5th largest 1-day spike in history. ... more »
California Can’t Pay for Its $500 Million Global Warming Plan
[image: electric cars - 900] California regulators have a massive plan to get more electric cars on the road, limit emissions from trucks and replace old school buses. The problem is they don't have the money to pay for their $500 million scheme, according to... more »
The Man Who Broke Britain
One man is responsible for today's fiasco, and that is the Prime Minister. Or, thankfully, the soon-to-be-ex-Prime Minister. Dave joins Neville Chamberlain and Anthony Eden - coincidentally Tories too - in the hall of notorious failures. For his political vanity, for narrow party advantage over a hard right insurgency that began petering out before he conceded them the EU referendum, Dave has inflicted incalculable damage on the British economy, on the politics of this country, and goes into retirement trailing a bitter legacy of division and hopelessness. Well done that man. Well ... more »
French Revolution: Mass Protests Overwhelm Police In France
Months of protests in France involving hundreds of thousands of citizens staging the biggest revolution in 200 years, has completely overwhelmed the country’s police force. French police have begged the government to listen to the protestors, arguing that they are ill-equipped to deal with the on-going uprising. Theantimedia.org reports: Months of mass demonstrations and violence linked to the Euro 2016 football tournament have left French police begging for mercy. A heated combination of protests against controversial changes to France’s employment laws and outbreaks of violence b...more »
BREXIT YES VOTE! Yawn.....
By American Kabuki Which is better? Brussel's Xenophobes or the UK ones? I mean really what did the EU and David Cameron think would happen with all those covert North African and Middle Eastern proxy wars they were financing? People want a safe place to live, even if it means your own back yard! I don't blame people leaving Syria or Libya for going north... I'd do the same thing! Yawn... This changes nothing except for the British penchant for rifling through luggage at Heathrow...and that never really stopped even with the EU. The curious spinoff from this event, will be... more »
Spectator Blog: Pope Francis says most marriages today are ‘invalid’...
American Kabuki preface: *There is more going on here than this author is aware of. I dislike the word "disclosure" as it means "no closure" but perhaps we can call it "**a c**onfession" of what is indeed true! All marriage contracts are null and unenforceable. Jeez... guess means people will have to be with people they love, rather than in chains to someone that drives them up the wall?* *All contracts with undisclosed terms and parties and hidden implied consent are null and void and have been since December 2012. And that includes so called pre-birth "soul contracts" and "ka... more »
Creating a False Crisis in Order to Privatize the VA Health Care System
I went to the Veterans Administration (VA) health clinic at Togus, Maine earlier this week to meet with a doctor in preparation for an upcoming test. I've been in the VA health care system for a couple years now and must say the treatment I have received has been excellent. I've noted recently an avalanche of bad coverage for the VA in the mainstream media and have come to the conclusion that it is an orchestrated campaign in order to create the momentum to privatize the VA. The corporate health insurance companies would love to get their hands on the money that is spent on the V... more »
The Whole ‘Gay Revenge’ Orlando Narrative Might Be Falling Apart
[image: LGBT event - 900] The gay revenge narrative of Omar Mateen's terrorist attack in Orlando has effectively obscured his several explicit pledges to ISIS laced throughout the rampage in several calls to 911. The only trouble is the narrative is likely a complete fiction, according to... more »
UN: Brexit Means We Have to ‘Recalibrate’ Our Global Warming Plans
[image: Paris Deal - 900] The U.K.'s Thursday referendum on European Union membership means that the United Nation's global warming plans need to be rewritten, according to the executive secretary of the Paris global warming deal. The referendum, often called Brexit, significantly changes the agreement, which assumed Britain... more »
Proof The European Union Was Hitler’s Idea
The European Union, the free market and the single currency were all plans originally dreamt up by high ranking Nazis, including Hitler himself. A new book entitled, ‘The EU: The Truth About The Fourth Reich – How Hitler Won The Second World War‘, suggests Germany is the only country that benefits from a European Union, which authors Daniel J Beddowes and Falvio Cipollini claim was planned by the Nazis originally. In 1936, Hitler told the Reichstag: ‘It is not very intelligent to imagine that in such a cramped house like that of Europe, a community of peoples can maintain different... more »
McDonald’s To Close More Restaurants As Fast-food Chain Crashes
McDonald’s have confirmed that they are closing 500 further chains around the world amid a a staggering drop in sales at the fast-food giant. McDonald’s spokeswoman Becca Hary confirmed the closures just days after the company withdrew its branches from the Middle East and three Latin American countries. “It’s important to note that while we will have a net reduction in restaurants [in the US], the impact is minimal in comparison to the 14,000 restaurants we operate across the US. We consistently review our restaurant portfolio and make strategic decisions to better position our bu... more »
Bernie Sanders Says He Will Not Endorse Clinton
Bernie Sanders has vowed to take his fight to the Democratic Convention, saying he has no plans to endorse Hillary Clinton when the nomination is still up for grabs. Contrary to false media reports that suggests Sanders cannot contest the Democratic convention, Hillary Clinton has less than 2,383 pledged delegates, meaning that Sanders does have a chance to contest the convention and win the nomination. Huffingtonpost.com reports: Thus, Bernie Sanders has recently confirmed his desire to continue, as stated by Time: Bernie Sanders Vows to Continue ‘Political Revolution’ in New York ...more »
Europe Unveils EU Army Following Brexit
Europe has unveiled its plans to create an EU army following Thursday’s Brexit vote, which has seen the UK vote to leave the European Union. A plan detailing the framework to formally create a European Union army had been kept hidden from the public until the UK had made its decision. Now, the Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy has finally unveiled its plans for form a European military. Infowars.com reports: While the plan clearly lays the framework for a European Union army, details will not be released publicly until the day after the Brexit vote so as not to inflame ... more »
Auschwitz Prisoner Says His Story Was A Lie
A 91-year-old man who claimed for years that he was a former holocaust survivor and prisoner at Auschwitz has admitted he made the story up. Joseph Hirt from Pennsylvania had toured the U.S. lecturing schools and colleges about his experience at Auschwitz. However, a Hirt recently admitted in a letter to the LNP newspaper on Wednesday that his stories were a lie and that he never set foot in the Nazi death camp. Foxnews.com reports: “I am writing today to apologize publicly for harm caused to anyone because of my inserting myself into the descriptions of life in Auschwitz,” Hirt wr... more »
Texas Permanently Bans Sharia Law
Texas has passed a law which will permanently ban any type of Sharia law from being imposted in the Lone Star State. Senator Donna Campbell passed the bill that will ensure that no laws from foreign courts will be adopted by Texas civil court judges. Shoebat.com reports: “It’s just to provide some belt and suspenders to make sure that, with judicial discretion, we don’t trump Texas law, American law, with a foreign law regarding family law,” Campbell said. Muslim groups say the bill is a ‘solution looking for problem, and claim that the bill has its genesis in an anti Muslim demons... more »
What Hitler thinks of Brexit...
*about time he chimed in.* Compliments of my friend, McNorman - and we thank her. It's raining, so the only thing to do is head to Costco, eat samples, peruse the books, and try out the new Costco credit card. They kicked American Express to the curb (thank you, Costco) and now the Costco credit card is Citi bank. I don't really like any credit card companies, but I use it at Costco (only) for the rewards. I am so well trained in thriftiness that to spend more because it's going on a credit card is no longer a danger. Twice I had to dig us out of credit card debt. That will nev... more »
BREXIT - Eyes Wide Shut, Continued.....
*BREXIT - UK votes to LEAVE EU* Not too long ago I wrote about the BREXIT Referendum...and compared the EU culture to the strange goings on of the elite as revealed by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in his classic movie "Eyes Wide Shut". No one, least of all moi, would pretend to know all the complexities behind the formation and now threatened dissolution of the European Union. We all have our suspicions. I believe that the globalist banksters were behind the EU project. This was so they could, as Paul Craig Roberts so eloquently puts it in this Press TV interview, "Loot the smaller m... more »
For Good Or Ill
Britain is out. Yesterday was momentous and there is no telling what the consequences will be. But, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, yesterday had everything to do with what he calls, "the misery of bigness:" Years ago, the great Austrian economist Leopold Kohr argued that overwhelming evidence from science, culture and biology all pointed to one unending truth: things improve with an unending process of division. The breakdown ensured that nothing ever got too big for its own britches or too unmanageable or unaccountable. Small things simply worked best. Kohr pegged part of the problem ... more »
Wikileaks: Brexit Will Free Julian Assanage
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he may soon be freed from his four-year-long exile in a London embassy following Thursday’s Brexit vote. Assange says the UK’s decision to leave the European Union has the unintended side-effect of voiding the European Arrest Warrant (EAQ) issued by Sweden. Rt.com reports: Assange is wanted for questioning over his alleged involvement in a 2010 sexual assault, a charge he has repeatedly denied. #Brexit means the scrapping of the European Arrest Warrant used as the excuse to detain Assange without charge in the UK for 5.5 years — WikiLeaks (@wik... more »
“So… Brexit It Is”
*“So… Brexit It Is”* Global Elites Sob Quietly in the Corner by Laissez Faire Today "This is, of course, great news. In an overly-centralized world, any decentralization of power is a marvelous thing and a sight for sore eyes. We’re especially digging the headlines in our newsfeed this morning: Brexit Vote: A Pie in the Face to the Global Elites; The Brexit Vote is a New Milestone in the Global War on the Elites; America’s arrogant elites should take Brexit as a warning. The Brexit truly is the shot heard ‘round the world. As you know, our current form of “globalism,” the biggest c... more »
The Economy: "Lights Out Stories Making The Rounds On Huge Losses"; Updates As Available
*"Lights Out Stories Making The Rounds On Huge Losses"* by Charlie McElligott *"Quick Update: "Correlations Go To One" On Brexit Napalm: *Pockets of risk are notably higher off the initial "shock" levels seen last night (i.e. GBP trading back to 1.388 last from 1.323 low/JPY to 103.1 last from 99.0 low/FTSE from -8.7 to now just -5.1%/SPX at worst -120 handles to 1999, now 2032 last), as tactical market participants front-run expected liquidity injections and interventions from CB's to either dip buy for a trade, or sell into. Nonetheless, the psychological damage overnight is... more »
“Brexit & The Fourth Turning”
*“Brexit & The Fourth Turning”* by Jim Quinn "I took a long walk on the boardwalk with my wife and mother last night, after a long day of packing, doctor appointments, travel, unpacking, food shopping and buying enough liquor to get me through the next week. I was confident the oligarchs had the Brexit vote rigged in their favor. I went to bed exhausted at 10:00. I wake up this morning to global pandemonium. I just wanted to ride my bike on the boardwalk in peace, but Noooo. First it was raining, so I have to wait for the showers to end. Then I flip on the radio and hear about stoc... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 6/24/2016"
* "Weekly News Wrap-Up 6/24/2016"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The mainstream media (MSM) calls their latest unfair coverage of Presidential GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump “fact checking.” In reality, it’s a way for the MSM to hide the fact it is unobjective, totally unfair, and only out to destroy Trump in favor of the candidate and party they’re in the tank for, Democrat Hillary Clinton. The only candidate the MSM is “fact checking” is Trump. Meanwhile, every week, there is a new angle to the Clinton private server scandal, or her so-called charity, the Clinton Founda... more »
The Economy: "CRITICAL ALERT! Brexit Causes World Stock Markets To FREEFALL"; Updates As Available
Gregory Mannarino, "CRITICAL ALERT! Brexit Causes World Stock Markets To FREEFALL" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFWjHFkXu_A ◆ "Stock Markets in Asia are plunging as astonished investors, totally blind-sided by how out-of-touch their Brokers were on this subject, are pulling money out in droves. In Tokyo, the Nikkei is presently down 1200 points and Trading was temporarily HALTED to give traders time to reconsider what they were doing. Futures are also plunging, with the German DAX futures down 900 points and in the USA, the Dow futures are down 700+ points. The S&P 500 dropped ... more »
Musical Interlude: Loreena McKennitt, “Caravanserai”
Loreena McKennitt, “Caravanserai” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8PcPk1hPJQ
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A Full Moon sets as the Solstice Sun rises in this June 20 dawn skyscape. Captured from a nearby peak in central California, planet Earth, the scene looks across the summit of Mount Hamilton and Lick Observatory domes on a calendar date that marks an astronomical change of seasons and hemispherical extremes of daylight hours. *Click image for larger size.* Earth's shadow stretches toward the Santa Cruz Mountains on the western horizon. Just above the atmospheric grey shadowband is a more colorful anti-twilight arch, a band of reddened, backscattered sunlight also known as the Belt ...more »
Chet Raymo, "Free As A Bird"
*"Free As A Bird"* by Chet Raymo "All afternoon I have been watching a pair of hummingbirds play about our porch. They live somewhere nearby, though I haven't found their nest. They are attracted to our hummingbird feeder, which we keep full of sugar water. What perfect little machines they are! No other bird can perform their tricks of flight - flying backwards, hovering in place. Zip. Zip. From perch to perch in a blur of iridescence. If you want a symbol of freedom, the hummingbird is it. Exuberant. Unpredictable. A streak of pure fun. It is the speed, of course, that gives the ... more »
"America– the Most Frightened Nation on Earth"
*"America– the Most Frightened Nation on Earth"* by Finian Cunningham "What happens to people living in a society where everyone in power is lying, stealing, cheating and killing, and in our hearts we all know this, but the consequences of facing all these lies are so monstrous, we keep on hoping that maybe the corporate government administration and media are on the level with us this time. Americans remind me of survivors of domestic abuse. This is always the hope that this is the very, very, very last time one's ribs get re-broken again." - Inga Muscio "America is exceptional al... more »
Free Download: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search For Meaning"
*"Man's Search For Meaning"* by Viktor Frankl “In attempting this psychological presentation and a psychopathological explanation of the typical characteristics of a concentration camp inmate, I may give the impression that the human being is completely and unavoidably influenced by his surroundings. (In this case the surroundings being the unique structure of camp life, which forced the prisoner to conform his conduct to a certain set pattern.) But what about human liberty? Is there no spiritual freedom in regard to behavior and reaction to any given surroundings? Is that theory ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. Thanks for stopping by!
"Southern California Time Bomb: The Ground Surrounding The San Andreas Fault Is ‘Rising And Sinking’"
*"Southern California Time Bomb: * *The Ground Surrounding The San Andreas Fault Is ‘Rising And Sinking’"* By Michael Snyder "If you reside on the west coast, you are living on borrowed time. As you will see below, stress has been building up along the San Andreas fault for more than a century, and scientists tell us that southern California is way overdue for a major earthquake. When that stress is finally released, the U.S. Geological Survey says that we could be looking at hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. If you follow my work regularly, then you already know that there... more »
Who will take Charlie Rangel's place representing NY's 13th CD?
*Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and the Rev. MartinLuther King Jr. back in -- well, a very long time ago* *"All politics is local."* *-- former House Speaker Tip O'Neill (D-MA)* *by Ken* It was, I think, a couple of weeks into the new year when the calendar arrived in my mailbox -- a really nice 2016 wall calendar produced by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, "Commemorating the Year of 'The Endless Winter.' " So nice that it made me wish I actually *use* a wall calendar. It was from my congressman, and I didn't remember ever receiving such a thing from him before, in all the ye... more »
2nd Navy Officer Fired Over Iran’s Detention of 10 Sailors
[image: Donegan - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Navy has fired a second commander in connection with the 10 American sailors who wandered into Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf in January and were captured and held by Iran for about 15... more »
First U.S. Airstrikes Hit Afghan Taliban After Obama’s Decision to Expand U.S. Military Involvement
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military has launched its first airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama’s decision earlier this month to expand America’s involvement against the insurgents, two U.S. officials said Friday. The two officials... more »
Planned Parenthood Tweets Opposition to ‘Tearing Apart Families’
[image: Planned Parenthood] Planned Parenthood's political action committee ironically condemned the Supreme Court's 4-4 split on President Obama's immigration executive order Thursday in a tweet saying the mega abortion provider opposes "tearing apart families." The Supreme Court tie has the effect of upholding a lower... more »
Got a bug for a differant advent
*I * s, aam willing to play\ its got to have some serious sail; just saying
20 Dead in West Virginia Floods; Focus on Search and Rescue
[image: WV floods - 900] CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- As a deluge swamped southeast West Virginia -- a disaster that killed at least 20 people -- Ronnie Scott’s wife called him and told him their house was filling up with water. She fled to the... more »
Must be Yin and Yang day....
Today must be Yin and Yang day....
Doctor Who Nails using a Cricut
A couple weeks ago, my mom got me hooked on gel nail polish. It goes on so easy and it wears so well. I have never really spent much time doing my nails, but I love this polish so much that I have been painting my nails and my little ones nails a lot over the last few weeks. I love nail stamping and cute designs but I have always wished that I could customize my nails to my favorite things. I decided to try and cut out tiny designs with my Cricut and it was fantastic! To make these nail decals, head over to the Explore site and select the great big blue, Create a New Project but... more »
I love you
Thats why I reluctannty write a love poem because i was not built to be\ sensitive I am all Nordic cold like ice but you made me melt so I can say like an alien what it means to live in contact witth with with despite the SETI failers your automatic world where we went from first gear to ekkknine blowing RPM with a single glaaaace\\ It helped my diagoastics to realize yo*u werer * *not j*ust beautiful but a woman that woujld last Love to love you baby OLove foreverer Lucky man a song a could sing louder tha
Italy, France, Denmark & Netherlands Call For EU Referendums
In the wake of Britain’s historic decision to leave the European Union, politicians across Europe are calling for their own EU referendums Concerns have been raised that the European Union is on the verge of collapse The Express reports: Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star movement has now officially called for a referendum on whether to keep the Euro. Buoyed by big gains in local elections, Luigi Di Maio, a vice president of the lower house of parliament, said: “We want a consultative referendum on the Euro. “The Euro as it is today does not work. We either have alternative currencie... more »
Brexit
Is it beautiful like a mushroom cloud or ugly like a snake eatitng a tale we will not know forever but its a sign that co operation is on the wane and the world will soon be in a big war I for one would die for Brexit if I knew it was real and not a neo con hachet job on democracy with full Orwellian features Like Churchill the mass murdering war crimal said, it may not be perfedt buit what is better s[e[pee;;;omg part of the art
Editor's Note
A small confession .... the Brexit vote has overwhelmed my life today. Separate from this blog I provide a consulting service to some private clients in China and in Russia on global trends and how these trends will impact their economies. It is one of the many reasons why I do this blog .... it is a way for me to keep track of the global wars and political conflicts .... and I then use this information/intel to advise my clients on what will be the economic impacts. In regards to Brexit .... I personally believed that Britain was going to vote to remain in the EU .... but a month a... more »
Greenland's Exit From The EU In 1985 Provides A Warning On How Hard Negotiations Will Be For Britain To Leave The EU
*Politico:* *Greenland’s exit warning to Britain* If the last EU divorce is anything to go by, the UK is in for a tough time after a Brexit vote. A narrow referendum victory in favor of leaving the EU followed by years of tough negotiations with officials in Brussels, who are perplexed anyone would want to quit the bloc. That’s the situation the U.K. could face after Thursday — and it’s also what happened to Greenland. In 1982, the largest island in the world voted to leave the Union, but it took until 1985 until negotiations were completed, following more than 100 meetings with ... more »
Will The United Kingdom Now Split Up?
*Reuters*: *New Scotland independence referendum 'highly likely': Sturgeon* A second Scottish independence referendum is "highly likely", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday, raising the prospect that the United Kingdom could tear itself apart after voting to leave the European Union. Scotland, a nation of five million people, voted decisively to stay in the EU by 62 to 38 percent in a referendum on Thursday, putting it at odds with the United Kingdom as a whole, which voted 52-48 in favor of an exit from the EU, or Brexit. "As things stand, Scotland faces the prospect ... more »
The Islamic State Celebrates Britain's Brexit Vote. Calls For Terror Attacks To Paralyze Europe
ISIS is delighted at the decision to leave the UK *Mirror*:* ISIS calls for attacks in Berlin and Brussels to 'paralyse' Europe in wake of Brexit chaos* A jihadi Telegram channel expressed joy for the economic impact and fracturing of the EU following the British referendum Islamic State has expressed its delight for the expected negative economic impact on the United Kingdom and the European Union following the British referendum - and called for attacks in Berlin and Brussels to “paralyse” Europe. A jihadi Telegram - an encrypted messaging service popular with militants - prais... more »
Who Will Be Next To Leave The EU?
*Daily Mail:* *Who will be NEXIT? The Swexits, Czexits and Frexits that could follow Britain out of the EU... and the aftershocks hitting continent* * Eurosceptic parties across continent will now demand their own OUT poll * Voters in Sweden and Denmark are anti-EU and may demand referendum * Czech prime minister has already warned Brexit could trigger a 'Czexit' * Far Right in France will capitalise on Brexit to make gains in 2017 election * Extremist politicians in Netherlands say Dutch should have their say Eurosceptic parties across the continent are intensifying demands for thei... more »
More EU Reaction To Britain's Brexit Vote
Dawn breaks behind the Houses of Parliament and the statue of Winston Churchill in Westminster, London, Britain June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth *Daily Mail:** FINALLY they start to listen! EU requires 'profound change' admits Hollande in the wake of stunning Brexit vote as Merkel and other European leaders express their dismay * * European Council leader Donald Tusk Warns against 'hysterical reactions' * French President Francois Hollande says vote 'puts the EU in difficulties' * Angela Merkel described her 'great regret' at the UK's decision to leave * Newspapers across Europ... more »
An arrogant centralized EU is no longer sustainable
The English voters' (not so much Scottish voters') decision to leave the European Union has certain implications for the United Kingdom that has preserved its independence, sovereignty, and democracy in this way. I think that even the consequences for the U.K. are being overestimated – I do think that the departure from the EU is a smaller change than e.g. Slovakia's departure from Czechoslovakia because the latter was a real country while the EU is not. The EU began to influence many aspects of the Europeans' lives but it is still deciding about a few percent of the GDP only etc. (... more »
Jeremy Corbyn Faces No Confidence Motion Following Brexit Vote
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party is facing a no confidence vote over his handling of the European Union (EU) referendum campaign. He has been accused of not doing enough in favor of the Remain campaign. In Thursdays historic referendum, British citizens voted to leave the EU, a bloc that the United Kingdom joined more than 40 years ago. Two senior Labour politicians submitted a motion of no confidence in his leadership, which could be voted on by MPs as early as Monday. Press TV reports: Labour MPs Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey on Friday tabled a motion of no conf...more »
Brexit blues bring hope for a new milliumm
Yess Yess Yes Yes Yes please doo ddodo dodo doo people get readyu cause chaos is the new youe and thats a good thing generally if the humands in the confl;ict are ready to fight back, back back attacck It taks a mind to see the future and where yuou will lie when the truith is told and history is all written and as we klnow knobody looks back cause that would be alll self deafeating for the empourer of I want it now while I am young
Pope in Armenia Denounces Twisted, Planned ‘Genocide’
[image: Pope Francis Armenia - 900] YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) -- Pope Francis denounced what he called the ideologically twisted and planned “genocide” of Armenians by Ottoman-era Turks a century ago as he arrived in Armenia on Friday for a deeply symbolic weekend visit to mark the... more »
Saudi Warplanes Bomb Allied Forces In Yemen By Mistake
Saudi aircraft have reportedly bombed Riyadh-sponsored militiamen loyal to resigned Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf. Scores of mercenaries were killed or and injured Press TV reports: Informed sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Saudi warplanes struck a four-vehicle convoy of the mercenaries on Friday as it was travelling along a road in the Sadba district of the province, located approximately 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of the capital Sana’a, Arabic-language al-Masirah satellite television network reported. The ...more »
BREAKING: No fish today!
*FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016This just in:* We'll have no fish today!
Brexit: The Second Battle of Britain
[image: German EU Bomber over London - 900] You are not very likely to knowingly meet someone who strongly supports the European Union -- unless you happen to work at an elite college/ major investment firm; go to meetings of "mainline" Protestant churches or Catholic bishops; or regularly... more »
The Orlando shooting, an update
The Daily Wire http://www.dailywire.com/news/6921/fbi-finds-no-evidence-orlando-jihadist-was-gay-ben-shapiro has an interesting piece of news that the BBC will do their best not to report. 'In news sure to make Attorney General Loretta Lynch shudder, the FBI has now announced that it has found no support for the proposition that the Orlando jihadist, Omar Mateen, was gay or had gay lovers. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, reports emerged that the jihadist had hung out at the Pulse nightclub he subsequently shot up; some Pulse regulars said they had seen the jihadist the... more »
Nigel Farage Says Spending £350 Million On NHS Is A “Mistake”
Britain voted to leave the EU on Thursday based on promises by Leave campaigners that the £350 million destined for the coffers of the EU each week could be better spent on the NHS. UKIP leader Nigel Farage now says that he can’t guarantee the money would be spent on the NHS. Voters across Britain saw slogans on campaign buses leading up to the EU referendum saying: “We send the EU £350 million a week, let’s fund our NHS instead.” “Let’s take control back. Vote Leave.” Nigel Farage admitted on ITV’s Good Morning Britain show on Friday that the promise to fund the national health ser... more »
Turkish Man Given Suspended Sentence For Depicting Erdoğan As Gollum
The man who depicted Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the Lord of the Rings character Gollum has been convicted of insulting the Turkish president and handed a suspended jail sentence on Thursday. A Turkish court sentenced Rifat Çetin to a year in prison, suspended for five years. The court also stripped Cetin of his parental custody rights according to Turkish media reports Çetin will be put behind bars for a year should he commit a similar ‘crime’ within five years. RT reports: In 2014, Cetin posted three photographs of Erdogan and not-so-great looking “small and slimy” creature on Faceboo... more »
Enviros Claim Brexit Will Be ‘Catastrophic’ for Nature
[image: Brexit2 - 900] Environmentalists are freaking out that Britain voted in favor of leaving the European Union on Thursday -- something activists claim will be "catastrophic" for the environment. British environmentalists took to Twitter to vent their fears about leaving the EU after the "Brexit" vote. Activists have... more »
(This Is News Reporting?) Indentured Studentitude (Obama/Wall Street Push Passage of TPP During Lame Duck Session) Obama's TPP/TTIP Trade Deals His Lasting Legacy? ($31 Trillion Lost in 2008 Dwarfed Today) Not Islam at All? (Bezos Hopes Sanders Gone) Brexit Yet? (D.C.'s Expensive Global Grandeur Footprint Threatened by Trump)
For days or weeks on end, a single place - call it Newtown, San Bernardino, or Orlando (one school, one gathering of government workers, one club) - is the center of our universe. The rest of the world? Not so much. However significant the 24/7 event may be, it blots out just about everything else and so plays havoc with our sense of what’s important and what isn’t. It also ensures that
The EU Referendum - an interesting point
All day I have been hearing the BBC call the referendum split as whilst England and Wales voted for Leave, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted for Remain. The BBC have also been explaining how London also voted Remain and Nicola Sturgeon said that she would ally with Sadiq Khan in negotiations. I looked at the BBC's own results front page which splits the vote by UK constituent country and saw this... Do you note that whilst the BBC's analysis is correct there is something else of note here. The two nations that voted Leave had a higher turnout than the two nations that voted Remain... more »
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We’re so inundated with story ideas and projects, we need some extra help! Specifically, we’re looking for a part-time editor who can be available during specific hours when we need an extra pair of hands. During that time, you would review tips and write up breaking stories if they arise, as well as edit guest […] The post Join our team: Retraction Watch needs a part-time editor appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Bernie On The Campaign Trail Today-- For Eric Kingson In Syracuse
Long before DFA, MoveOn or the nurses' national union came to their courageous decisions to support Bernie over Hillary, Blue America had made it's first-ever presidential election. No one's ever been good enough before but, we'd followed Bernie career in the House and Senate closely and on the day he announced-- we endorsed him, not as a lesser of two or more evils but as a genuinely great candidate we would have liked to see become president, despite how very, very long that shot was. Nonetheless, 1,557 Blue America members gave $57,889.60 (plus thousands more in monthly recurri... more »
House Dems Torn Over Dems Fundraising Off Gun Protest
[image: Democrat sit in - 900] House Democrats are torn over some of the members of their party, including leadership, fundraising off of their gun-control protest on the House floor -- a move Republicans slammed for politicizing an act of terror for political gain. The Democratic Congressional... more »
Obama Says US Respects United Kingdom’s Decision to Leave EU
[image: Obama1 - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday said the European Union and the United Kingdom will remain “indispensable partners” of the U.S., as he tried to reassure Britons that the storied special relationship between Washington and London can withstand... more »
Russia Reacts To The Brexit Vote
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this week. Officially, Moscow presented a sober facade. From other precincts, however, came eruptions of undisguised glee. Credit Pool photo by Alexey Nikolsky *Moscow Times:* *Russia Reacts to Brexit Referendum* According to official results released Friday, 52 percent of British voters voted for the U.K. to leave the European Union — the so-called Brexit. Here is how Russia has reacted to the historical referendum. Alexei Pushkov, head of the State Duma's foreign affairs committee, said EU countries will be against carrying out any ... more »
Hillary Clinton Comments On The Brexit Vote
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *WSJ*: *After ‘Brexit’ Vote, Hillary Clinton Reaffirms U.S. Ties to Britain, Europe* Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in a statement Friday that she respects the U.K.’s vote to leave the EU and that the first task for the U.S. must be to assure that the resulting economic uncertainty does not hurt Americans. She also reaffirmed this country’s “steadfast commitment” to its “special relationship” with both Britain and Europe. The former secretary of state also subtly pushed back against suggestions that underlying hostil... more »
Donald Trump Is In The U.K.. Blames President Obama And Hillary Clinton For Brexit
*Daily Mail*:* Donald Trump blasts Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and blames them for Britain leaving the European Union - 'they are always wrong on everything'* * Trump traveled to his Turnberry, Ayrshire golf course on day Britain votes to leave European Union * Republican White house candidate blames Barack Obama for Britain leaving saying president's intervention tipped the vote * One protester breached security to throw golf balls painted with swastikas at his feet but was then wrestled away by security Donald Trump has dramatically blamed President Barack Obama and Hillary... more »
White House Reaction To The Brexit Vote
*Daily Mail*: *White House in crisis talks as Britain DEFIES Obama to quit European Union and plunge world markets into shock* * White House was quiet on Friday morning as Britain spectacularly decided to leave the European Union * The president, on the West Coast for a summit and fundraising events, will be updated 'as the situation warrants' the White House said * It offered no declaration of policy as the pound plunged and the stock market crashed abroad * Vice President Joe Biden was in Ireland, receiving an honorary doctorate, he said in his speech, 'I must say we had looked fo... more »
British Prime Minister David Cameron To Step Down By October
*BBC*: *Brexit: David Cameron to quit after UK votes to leave EU* Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, he said "fresh leadership" was needed. The PM had urged the country to vote Remain but was defeated by 52% to 48% despite London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backing staying in. UKIP leader Nigel Farage hailed it as the UK's "independence day", while Boris Johnson said the result would not mean "pulling up the drawbridge". Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was "... more »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Reacts To The Brexit Vote
Angela Merkel says Britain's decision to leave the EU is a "blow" to Europe (AFP Photo/John Macdougall) *AFP:* Merkel warns EU against kneejerk reaction to Brexit Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday warned EU member states against drawing hasty conclusions about Britain's decision to quit the bloc, as that risked further splitting Europe. "We take note of the British people's decision with regret. There is no doubt that this is a blow to Europe and to the European unification process," she said. But "what the consequences of this would be... would depend on wh... more »
Veep - An unnecessary moment
I love the US comedy series Veep, it's brilliantly written, well acted and contains satire of the highest order. So I was a little shocked to hear this line from Series 5, Episode 3 - about 23 minutes in: Charliie Baird Jnr: "We just heard a lovely story about the Queen of England." Selina Myers (Veep): "Well she's a f***ing c***" (expletive asterisked to save Google from censoring) I have Tweeted Chris Addison, the current series's director and supervising producer, to ask if he's proud of this unnecessarily offensive line but so far he has not deigned to respond, maybe he's upse... more »
Argentina: Researcher Proposed UFO Tourism for Salta Province
*Source: PLANETA UFO and El Intransigente (Argentina)http://www.elintransigente.com/salta/turismo/2016/6/22/zuleta-propuso-promover-turismo-ovni-provincia-389517.htmlDate: 06.22.2016* *Argentina: Researcher Proposed UFO Tourism for Salta Province* SALTA (Newsroom) - Antonio Zuleta, a researcher of unidentified flying objects, proposed the rather intriguing notion of promoting "UFO tourism". The native of Cachi is also in the process of shooting a movie on alien life. Zuleta says that seeing objects of this sort in the Valle Chalchaquí area is quite common, and that records exist... more »
Reality Programming and the Truth of American Politics
*Frank Giokas* - “Reality” in 2016 has become a land of pure illusion while truth is the lost.
5 Strategies to Help You Get Out of a Rut
*Sofia Adamson* - By changing just a few habits and your outlook, you can easily turn your life around.
Supreme Court holds tribunal finding is entitled to deference
British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal) *v.* Fraser Health Authority, 2016 SCC 25: The standard of review applicable to a tribunal's original decision requires curial deference, absent a finding of fact or law that is patently unreasonable. Because a court must defer where there is evidence capable of supporting a finding of fact, patent unreasonableness is not established where the reviewing court considers the evidence merely to be insufficient. Of the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Nunavut
Trump vs. trump: Does the candidate affect the use of trump cards in Bridge?
Did that headline make sense? It isn’t really supposed to – it’s a sum-up of a recent satirical paper by Columbia statistician Andrew Gelman and Jonathan Falk of NERA Economic Consulting, entitled “NO TRUMP!: A statistical exercise in priming.” The paper – which they are presenting today during the International Conference on Machine Learning in New York City – estimates […] The post Trump vs. trump: Does the candidate affect the use of trump cards in Bridge? appeared first on Retraction Watch.
What to do After the Referendum
A re-blog from my comrade Lawrence Shaw. Sound advice. Lawrence's Survival Guide for all in despair at the rise of English and Welsh fascism and the politics of hate and division. 1) Join the Labour Party. But don't just join and pay your money. Get involved. Go to meetings. Campaign. Stand for election. Work for the greater good politically. Win people gradually to a positive set of ideas. You don't have to 100% agree with Corbyn or Kendall or Blair or Brown or any particular Labour politician. Just that you support democratic socialist ideas for the greater good of all rather th... more »
Brexit
One of the themes running through Thinkingaboot is that this keep going until they stop. The EU has stopped as we know it today. Bigger is not better. so called good Economic reasons fail the test of humanity. I really cant decide if this is a win or a loss for the sheeple. Certainly a weak EU is nice for the Neo Cons. On the other hand the mind numbing bureaucracy of the EU needed a kick in the ass. Hopefully the EU now reforms itself into a leaner more responsive institution. Also on the birght side Scotland and Northern Ireland will soon be free of the English yoke.
Brexit Hottake
We will have much, much time to ponder and study what happened yesterday… whether it was the weather that made the difference in London, why Cameron was such an idiot, and on and on. I have a few quick reactions guided by and due to my faith in confirmation bias! While I am kind of […]
World Stocks In Freefall Following Britain’s Exit From EU
Following the historic referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU), stock markets and the British pound nosedived within minutes of markets opening on Friday. The British vote to leave the 28-nation bloc sent sterling pound plunging to its lowest in more than thirty years. Press TV reports: The pound sank a staggering 10.1 percent at one point on Friday. British stocks plunged nearly eight percent, and the German index has plummeted 10 percent. The Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Lloyds all lost close to a quarter of their market value. The banking stocks... more »
Congratulations To The People Of The United Kingdom! Brexit Vote Is Successful, And The UK May Finally Say Good Riddance To The Fraudulent European Union!
I did get on line late last night after a harrowing day of work and other activities... And of course at the time the Jew spew media was reporting that the Brexit vote was "too close to call", which was indeed absolutely bullshit... The real facts are that the people of the United Kingdom were indeed voting OVERWHELMINGLY to leave the fraudulent European Union, and the criminals involved in the voting fix could not do their work in switching the votes fast enough..... Yes, in spite of the criminal efforts to destroy or "fix" the vote, the people of the United Kingdom have indeed spo... more »
Britain Exits: Cameron Resigns
* G&M* Britain has voted to leave the European Union after a bitter campaign that led to a stunning roller-coaster ride as results poured in Thursday. The British pound was hammered on Asian markets, falling to its lowest level in decades. *Prime Minister David Cameron, who called the in-or-out referendum to deliver on a re-election promise, resigned only hours after the results became official.* *“I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination,”* Cameron told reporters on Friday outside his Downing Street office.... more »
Sanders Says He’ll Vote for Clinton, But No Endorsement Yet
[image: Dem 2016 Sanders_perr__1466773493_71.164.139.145] LOUIS (AP) -- Bernie Sanders said Friday he will vote for Hillary Clinton for president, stopping short of a full endorsement of his Democratic presidential rival more than a week after the final primary contests. The Vermont senator said in... more »
Federal Lab Forced To Close After ‘Disturbing’ Data Manipulation
[image: Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, speaks against passage of continued funding of the Arkansas' compromise Medicaid expansion plan in the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. The House failed to pass the plan.] Nearly two decades and $108 million worth of "disturbing" data manipulation with "serious and far ranging" effects forced a federal lab to close, a congressman revealed Thursday. The inorganic section of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Energy Geochemistry Laboratory in... more »
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*From* *Jenna Orkin* STUNNER: BREXIT WINS, UK VOTES TO LEAVE EU A merger creating the largest healthcare company in the US would raise insurance prices Supreme Court rules you cannot arrest a drunk driving suspect for refusing to take a blood test Robots To Pay "Social Security" Under EU Tax Proposal Meanwhile In London, A Stunning Scene Emerges Why The Just Released YouGov Poll May Have Sealed The Outcome Of The UK Referendum Who Is The "European Movement" And Why The Answer May Change How You Vote On "Brexit" "One memorandum, dated July 26, 1950, gives instructions for a cam... more »
In the Bittersweet Days of Summer Solstice
Clouds to the West, on the Road Home Chuska and Tsaile Mountains Photo by Brenda Norrell, Navajo Nation, Crystal, New Mexico By Brenda Norrell Censored News The past few days have been bittersweet. We are sad to share with you the passing of Jim Boyd, Colville, who will be remembered for his kindness and his award-winning music. From the south, we hear of the deaths of the teachers and
Mohawk Nation News 'Hydro's Big Sissors'
HYDRO’S BIG SCISSORS Posted on June 23, 2016 Mohawk Nation News English/French French translation by Christine Prat Please post & distribute. MNN. June 23, 2016. I came home from South Dakota after visiting with relatives. My hydro was off because I owed $1,100. Hydro Quebec has raised the cost so high that many of us can’t pay it. It covers overcharged heat from last winter. I did my
Julian Assange Says WikiLeaks Has ‘A Very Big Year’ Ahead
Despite still being stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the whistleblower website has a “very big year” ahead. Addressing people via videostream at an event held in New York City to mark the fourth anniversary of his detention, Assange said there will be more revelations expected to rattle US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. Press TV reports: “It’s going to be a very big year for WikiLeaks,” Assange said, calling on the audience to “get ready to gather around” in order “to protect our ability to be publishing.” “It will be very neces... more »
Boeing Sale to Iran ‘Puts Money Before American Lives,’ Lawmaker Warns
[image: In this photo taken on Feb. 7, 2016, A Mahan Air passenger plane takes off from Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran. Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air "expressing the airline's intent" to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and America since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran.] Rep. Peter Roskam Thursday criticized Boeing for "putting their financial interest first and foremost before American security" after the company announced the sale of $25 billion worth of commercial aircraft to Iran. The Ill... more »
Russia To Deploy New Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missiles To Kaliningrad
Russia is planning to station advanced nuclear-capable ballistic missiles deep inside Europe in response to the U.S. backed missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. The Iskander short range ballistic missile (NATO designation SS-26 Stone) is to be deployed to the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad that sits between Poland and Lithuania. Vast swathes of Europe could come under the range of the nuclear-capable Iskander. The Daily Express reports: Crimea, which was annexed from the Ukraine in 2014, could also host a second Iskander missile base, Russian defence sources claim. Russi... more »
Police Kill Masked Gunman At German Cinema
A masked gunman who stormed a movie theater in Germany on Thursday afternoon has been shot dead by police. The man armed with a rifle entered the Kinopolis movie theater in the small town of Viernheim in southwest Germany and started taking people hostage. The Christian Science Monitor reports: The armed man entered the Kinopolis movie theater in the town of Viernheim in the early afternoon and apparently fired a gun. The man held several hostages, police spokeswoman Christiane Kobus said, but she didn’t have a precise number. Officers “successively entered the cinema and were able ... more »
Referendum - impetuous observations.
For once I’m going to go against my own better judgement and make some impetuous observations. I didn’t *stay up* all night, but I did peep a couple of times. Or three. I think the pollsters have a lot to answer for, as well as the media. Will we never learn to ignore them? The certainty that Remain would prevail undoubtedly encouraged some extra Leave votes from the *uncertains* or the *undecideds,* whose Leave votes were in fact intended as protest votes. All the guests in Victoria Derbyshire’s Manchester studio this morning looked crestfallen, even the Leave voters. I think everyo... more »
Do publishers add value? Maybe little, suggests preprint study of preprints
Academic publishers argue they add value to manuscripts by coordinating the peer-review process and editing manuscripts — but a new preliminary study suggests otherwise. The study — which is yet to be peer reviewed — found that papers published in traditional journals don’t change much from their preprint versions, suggesting publishers aren’t having as much of an influence […] The post Do publishers add value? Maybe little, suggests preprint study of preprints appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Rule Britannia - A Tribute To The Those With The Good Sense To Leave The EU
*Bravo and Congrats Brits* *Well done!!!*
Clinton’s State Dept. Calendar Missing Scores of Entries
[image: DEM 2016-Clinton-Cale_perr__1466769064_71.164.139.145] WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Associated Press review of the official calendar Hillary Clinton kept as secretary of state identified at least 75 meetings with longtime political donors, Clinton Foundation contributors and corporate and other outside interests that were not recorded... more »
Turkey Boycotts Pizza After Euro 2016 Exit
Turkish restaurants are suspending their pizza orders after Italy lost to Ireland ending Turkey’s hopes of reaching the final 16 in the European football championship games in France. On Tuesday Turkey beat the Czech Republic 2-0 hoping to be among the four best third-place finishers to advance to the last 16 stage. Italy was defeated by a late Irish goal on Wednesday that helped them advance to the knockout stage as one of the top four third-place squads from Group E. NEWS.am reports: In particular, the selling of Italian pizzas has suspended for the past two days at Emirgan Cafe r... more »
Why The Far Right's Brexit Win Makes Sense
European stock markets crashed this morning after the surprisingly strong 51.9-48.1% vote in the U.K. for that country to leave the European Union. The pound sank an astounding 10%-- to its lowest levels since 1985, from as high as $1.50 to $1.33. Gold shot up 5%. As the BBC explained to Brexit voters who might not understand what that means, "a weaker pound buys fewer dollars or other foreign currencies, which makes it more expensive to buy products from abroad." The pound was off 7% against the Euro and the Euro itself tumbled against the dollar (3.3% down, it's biggest one day ... more »
Trump Arrives in Scotland, Hails British Exit from EU
[image: Trump EU_perr__1466767125_71.164.139.145] AYRSHIRE, Scotland (AP) -- Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, visiting Scotland the day after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, hailed the move, saying voters “took back their country.” Trump, whose own campaign shares some of the... more »
Immigration Deadlock Shows How Obama’s Overreach Led to Losing Battles with the Supreme Court
[image: President Barack Obama speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington,Thursday, June 23, 2016, on the Supreme Court decision on immigration. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- By deadlocking on President Barack Obama’s immigration program, the Supreme Court not only scuttled a policy the White House hoped would be a cornerstone of the president’s legacy -- it added another chapter to Obama’s turbul... more »
Senators Reach Deal on GMO Labeling
[image: food labels] WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators have a bipartisan deal to require labeling of genetically modified ingredients nationally, a week before a labeling law in Vermont goes into effect. The deal announced Thursday by the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate... more »
Speaker Paul Ryan Promises Simpler Tax Code
[image: House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. smiles during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan is promising a simpler tax code with lower rates for both families and businesses as he unveils the sixth and last installment of his “Better Way” campaign agenda for House Republicans. But the... more »
Britain Votes to Leave EU: Cameron to Resign; Markets Rocked
[image: Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, celebrates and poses for photographers as he leaves a "Leave.EU" organization party for the British European Union membership referendum in London, Friday, June 24, 2016. On Thursday, Britain voted in a national referendum on whether to stay inside the EU.] LONDON (AP) -- Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling the government Friday, sending global markets plunging and shattering the stability of a project in continental unity designed half a century ago to... more »
Two notes on Taiwan Laws.... from friends
*Early morning city.* A friend of mine whose car was stolen a while back reports on the resolution of the case: The case of our stolen car has been resolved. The gang had stolen 13 cars. The police traced the vehicles and busted the chop shop then went to investigate. Throughout the case it turned out the vehicles had all been transferred to the ownership of a woman whose identity information was stolen from a travel agency (the gang "found" the "lost" ID and NHI card). In the end, the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Why do other countries send their Taiwanese crooks to... more »
Trump on Brexit...
From Donald Trump's Facebook page: *Statement Regarding British Referendum on E.U. MembershipThe people of the United Kingdom have exercised the sacred right of all free peoples. They have declared their independence from the European Union, and have voted to reassert control over their own politics, borders and economy. A Trump Administration pledges to strengthen our ties with a free and independent Britain, deepening our bonds in commerce, culture and mutual defense. The whole world is more peaceful and stable when our two countries – and our two peoples – are united togethe... more »
David Cameron Resigns After Voters Back Brexit
David Cameron has announced his resignation after Leave secures a dramatic victory by 52 per cent to 48 per cent The British Prime Minister made his emotional announcement after the historic EU referendum delivered clear backing for Brexit. He said he cannot be the ‘captain’ who steers the UK to new future outside the Brussels club The Mail Online reports: Bank of England governor Mark Carney moved to reassure panicking markets this morning after the Pound nose-dived to its lowest level against the US dollar for 31 years, and the FTSE slumped by 8 per cent. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeo... more »
Europe's largest stock markets
The BBC are headlining the falls in the UK FTSE but what strikes me from this recent snapshot is that: 1. the DAX is down more than the FTSE 100 and the All Share 2. the CAC 40 is down more than all the FTSE indexes/indices 3. The Bel 20 is down more than all bar the FTSE 250 4. the IBEX is down more than an of the FTSE indexes/indices Maybe the EU stock markets are reflecting not only their inherent weakness but also that the remaining EU countries will have to pay more to make up for the loss of the UK's subscriptions.
The collapsing Pound - some perspective
The BBC are screaming about the collapsing Pound. Here's some perspective: The Pound closed against the dollar on the 28th February this year at 1.3863. It now stands at 1.3792 That's a fall of just over half of one percent - 0.512% in fact. I don't remember the BBC calling this a disaster in February, why now?
Brexit - Why?
I went to sleep last night thinking that Project Fear had worked, hell earlier in the day even I had started to have doubts about which way to vote. At 10pm last night I heard the poll forecasts of 52:48 for Remain and that the pound was hitting $1.50. This just seemed odd, the mood of the country didn't seem to be towards Remain, but maybe Project Fear had worked, after all even I had nearly cracked. However it felt wrong, so I tweeted... I slept and awoke at 4ish thinking that being a gracious loser was important and that at least Sterling was up so holidays would be a little c... more »
The National Endowment for Democracy: Not National and Not for Democracy
*June 24, 2016* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Using a front to hide illegal or immoral activities has been a feature of human criminality since the beginning of human civilization itself. Facades, both ideological and economical, have helped criminal enterprises conceal the true nature of their activities for centuries. In ages past, organized religion would often take systems of legitimate philosophy and spirituality, and transform them into a means of organizing the masses for the benefit of an elite few, often those heading empires, kingdoms, or nation-states. More recently, patrio... more »
China Airlines Strike Begins!
*The mountains from the 3.* *UPDATE*: SETV livestream Thursday night the strike against China Airlines by its overworked, underpaid flight attendants began. New Bloom asks the question on everyone's lips: is this a historic moment for Taiwanese labor? As news of the street occupation spread, Taiwanese youth activists made their presence increasingly felt. *The size of the street occupation was comparable to—and probably larger than—the Ministry of Education occupation in August 2015*. Usual suspects of Taiwanese activism made their appearance, including New Power Party politician ... more »
Editor's Note
I need to sleep. Blogging will return when later this morning.
Expect More EU Referendums
*WNU Editor*: From the French .... *Our turn for a referendum, says French far right FN* (Reuters). From the Dutch .... *Dutch anti-immigration leader Wilders calls for Dutch referendum on EU membership* (Reuters). Will there be more referendums .... I doubt it. European politicians are in shock right now .... the last thing that they will want right now is to have a referendum on staying in the EU.
With The Brexit Referendum Results Now In, The British Pound Is Experiencing A Historic Collapse.
*WNU Editor: *The money markets expected a 'Remain" victory .... they were wrong. As of now, the British pound has collapsed by 10%. The link that monitors the value of the British pound *is here.* Expect an announcement any minute now from the Bank of England Chairman. I also expect a collapse in the stock market ... do not be surprised if trading is suspended. *Update:* The world stock markets are going to have a rough day .... *Brexit Infects Global Markets as Unprecedented Moves Accumulate (*Bloomberg). *Update: *Black Friday panic as world markets plunge after Britain votes t... more »
Britain Votes To Leave The EU. 52% Leave. 48% Remain
*WNU Editor*: This is huge. The polls were wrong. The markets were wrong. The news media was wrong. The pundits were wrong. Even UKIP's Farage believed that they were going to lose. And while the margin appears to be a difference of 4% .... it is a mandate for Britain to leave the EU. This is going to send shock waves .... in the U.K., in Europe, the world, financial markets, politicians who are running for office, Scottish independence, the U.S. Presidential campaign .... no one is going to be untouched by this. This is also a warning to political establishments and globalists tha... more »
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June 23: Dum-dee-dum, no news today.
This post, sent to me from a reader, is the only one I have read on the European Union that makes sense. It is, like the trade treaties we're signing, an effort made by the wealthy, largely in the U.S., to override democracy, and to put themselves in charge. It's a part of the revolution against nations and against democracy that I have mentioned many times. (This is a long item; but stay with it.) https://professorwerner.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/eu-basics-your-guide-to-the-uk-referendum-on-eu-membership/ ___________________________________________________________________________ ... more »
Military Photo of the Day: Celebrating the Army’s Birthday With Vets in Philly
[image: Soldier and Veteran] A soldier celebrates the U.S. Army’s 241st ?birthday with veterans in Philadelphia on June 13, 2016. Thank you to all of our nation’s soldiers and veterans for stepping forward to defend our freedom!
Thim and myself in The National Interest: It's Not Time to Start Worrying About Taiwan
[image: DSC02405] Michal Thim and I with "It's not time to start worrying about Taiwan" Good policy making benefits from factually up-to-date, open-source analysis taking place in a public space and conducted by policy specialists, journalists, and scholars. This kind of analysis is even more critical when its subject is Taiwan, a country of pivotal importance for U.S. interests in East and Southeast Asia. Yet, more often than not, Taiwan-related analysis is based on outdated narratives and incomplete understandings that offer only misleading policy implications. __________________... more »
Central banks should intervene, push markets towards pre-Brexit levels
British voters have chosen to exit the European Union, 52-to-48 or so, which is the ethically correct decision. For example, the Klaus Institute praises Britain as a heroic essential country of Europe that decided to challenge the megalomaniac European plans for the third time – Napoleon, Hitler, Juncker ;-) and that created a wonderful opportunity for the Old Continent. However, the apparent costs are so intense that – I admit – I would have voted Bremain if I were a Briton yesterday. PM David Cameron, the boss of the "Stay" camp, announced resignation later in the morning, saying ... more »
Ed Ruppelt's Anti-UFO Crash Statement
As many of you know, my book *Roswell in the 21st Century* is out in a few weeks. Captain Ed RuppeltWhile reviewing the case files, documentation, witness interviews, the hundreds of video and audio tapes, and books and magazine articles, I had my eyes open for something new in the way of documentation. While I didn’t find any that mentioned Roswell specifically, I did find a few that referred to UFO crashes. Although some of those such as the Twining Letter and the Air Intelligence Report are covered in the book, I have made another discovery which is not to say I am alone on this ... more »
Mohawk Publisher's Electricity Cut Off
Emergency Alert! June 23, 2016 Kahentinetha, publisher of Mohawk Nation News, is sitting in the dark tonight. Her electricity has been cut off. Mohawk grandmother Kahentinetha has shared generously with readers and never asked for anything, even when border agents induced her heart attack. Please do not send donations by way of PayPal to MNN. Paypal has seized MNN's donations ($150) and sent
Free Condoms — What Could Go Wrong?
[image: High School Hallway, Students, Public Education] Remember when the left passionately insisted that public schools distribute free condoms to students on the bizarre theory that they were going to have sex anyway and we might as well make it safe? Well, the results are in, and... more »
Hillaryism
[image: Hillary Clinton5 - 900] “I believe in an America always moving toward the future.” -- Hillary Clinton, June 21 WASHINGTON -- This was not the most important line in Clinton’s Ohio economic policy speech, only the most amazing. Surely there cannot be a more vacuous, meaningless... more »
Men at Work … or Not
[image: Couch Potato, Laziness, Young Man Watching Television and Eating Popcorn] We’ve heard a great deal this campaign year about the plight of the working class. The left tells a story about the middle class being destroyed by predatory millionaires and billionaires who are soaking up 99 percent of the “income... more »
Eyewitness: El Chupacabras
We also have stories with wings as well. If we presume that the wings are tightly folded against the back we may almost keep them. More critically it eliminates actual tracks. The killing of the dog resembles a giant sloth attack and not blood sucking. There also may be serious differences between male and female. The lack of a significant tail needs to be noted as well. I see no comment on tracks in any of this and that is what should be observed in these circumstances. Yet we are getting much more data here and the hairless aspect has made any identification more difficult.... more »
Liberal journalist goes to Southern Border to see if Trump is Right
Don't tell me that the SOB has a winning plank that wins the Hispanic vote. He may well have. All the party needs to do is now advertise an army of respected Hispanics calling for that border wall and explaining why. What a total misread by the press on this topic. Just how many Israelis, both Jewish or Arab actually oppose their wall? It simply works way too well. Perhaps Canada needs to demand that the USA also build a wall as well because the USA is failing to stem illegal immigration and this makes Canada vulnerable as well. This is an unexpected surprise. *Liberal j... more »
Capitalism Doesn’t Care about Women, but It Does Liberate Them
As this piece makes clear, capitalism provides choices for the least free and that has translated into massive scial change benefiting both men and women. We have real doubts regarding the efficiency of extant pathways but no doubt regarding the end product of completely liberated individuals all contributing to the whole. This has been the real direct benefit of the steady growth of free enterprise and capitalism.. *Capitalism Doesn’t Care about Women, but It Does Liberate Them * *The Advent of the Modern Housewife * - *B.K. Marcus * *Tuesday, June 07, 2016* * https:/... more »
Triangular UFO Filmed Over the Moon?
[image: Secureteam10 is a research team that breaks the 'boundaries of underground reporting, bringing exposure of the alien phenomenon and those trying to hide it back to the masses,' according to its Twitter account] Not really. A fly is the best likely explanation for the shape. If you observe the video you will note that the background is not stable at all and likely reflects pixel processing. That same effect should show up with the object and it does not. I have no doubt that careful work will merely confirm exactly that. It is also going much too fast of course. It is s... more »
Here's why Human Women Probably Struggled to have Babies with Neanderthal Men
*[image: Neanderthal]* This is actually important as it polices up a clear mechanism for the Neandethal genome to be subsumed into the more populaous human genome. It is also an unexpected development that resolves obvious questions regarding the Neanderthals such as where are they? Lack of male offspring nicely selects for female dominant characteristics and allows human male dominant male characteristics which covers all the evidence rather well. Now i am certain that Europeans all have significant Neanderthal aspects preserved through the women. Try red hair at the least. ... more »
US Bid to Grow Human Organs for Transplant Inside Pigs
This is early work and a long way from a viable protocol. Yet we are doing something promising. I suspect other artificial methods will win. However growing a human organ in a pig is appealing as it means not creating unnatural incubators. Still a good start. . *US bid to grow human organs for transplant inside pigs* *By Fergus WalshMedical correspondent* *6 June 2016 * *Image captionThis pregnant sow is carrying human-pig chimera embryos* *Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.* *They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos... more »
The Donald & The La Raza Judge
The whole gang up smells of an attempt by political operators to use the judiciary to cause political trouble. Worse we have a judicial system that is hardly untainted by politics generally. That is made quite plain in the item below. I do not know what the back story happens to be on the Trump university but it had a six year run that ended six years ago. It was a limited company and we presume that it ultimately lost money. However several similar businesses exist today all using the same business model. Certainly Donald Trump put a lot of personal effort into... more »
Beijing’s Real Blueprint in the South China Sea With George Freidman
I was wondering what the Chinese were thinking. It did not make a lot of sense except as propaganda for internal consumption. I do think that a better strategy is to establish a global agency to establish and manage Ocean ownership and common laws for all countries. It is not just navigation rights that need to be dealt with. In the meantime saber rattling has only got what the Chinese were trying to change. Every island is now a staunch American ally. It appears to be completely counter productive. Also the end of the age of oil is looming. Oil and resources will soon b... more »
Human DNA is a Biological Internet
This is important. this is the first confirmation of my conjecture that memory is linked to the point in time that it is created. wormholes make this plausible. DNA holding memories is also a helpful step and using sound modification an excellent technique. My simple conjecture was that memory is a link in time. Otherwise a vast amount of chemistry would be engaged and that seems to be stupidly inefficient. I always knew that the reality would be much richer, but just proving the central point would be an excellent start. Here we get the reality and it is wonderful. This i... more »
A Wise Sage Reveals the Practical Truth About Your Third Eye
This is a nice piece and clarifies our relationship to meditation. It cleans up our vision. When i was presented with the inner sun i saw an egg shell break open and fly away. Then i was looking into non harmful solar radiation. This was no joke and was clearly sun like. I forced my self to stare into it and it did not harm.. Perhaps i was seeing the inner sun of the Earth which will not radiate much atomic radiation. It was still a wow moment and physically impossible to generate with brain chemistry. *A Wise Sage Reveals the Practical Truth About Your Third Eye* *http:/... more »
Why Do Scientists Dismiss Cold Fusion?
i never thought that LENR was ever dead, because i was well aware that research migrated offshore and that the original lab results were successfully replicated by many with plenty of experimental challenges. Not particularly productive though but was clearly a giant hint. That scientists continue to ignore it is merely continuing proof that most scientist prove out to be fools if such can be defined as ignoring inconvenient data. Do that in the financial business and you will suffer serious pain. I think that we must expect and demand more from our scientists or better sti... more »
Muhammad Ali Risked It All When He Opposed The Vietnam War
We get to say goodbye to Mohammad Ali, a truly great boxer but as this item makes so clear, a remarkably clear headed advocate for opposition to Vietnam. When he started there really was no anti war movement except the old die hards from wars past. He really bit the bullet on this one and could have backed off at anytime. As a then fan, i was disappointed that he was forced from the game he wonderfully dominated. A fond memory was my sitting at the kitchen table listening to his final Sonny Liston fight on CBC Radio. I was seriously excited and during the three... more »
Editor's Note
I am watching the EU referendum results. Blogging will return later this evening.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 23, 2016
*Erin Banco, IBTimes*:* ISIS In Iraq: Why The Iraqi Military Has Taken So Long To Defeat Islamic State Group In Fallujah* It’s been two years, but the battle for Fallujah is not over. After Iraqi security forces announced victory there last weekend, the U.S. said that only a third of the city, situated in Iraq's western Anbar province, had been cleared of Islamic State group militants. The main obstacle for a clean win is money — or a lack of it. The years of combat have taken their toll on the U.S.-backed coalition fighting the terrorist group, also known as ISIS. And at a cost o... more »
World News Briefs -- June 23, 2016
*Reuters:* *Polls point to UK staying in EU, Leave campaigner pessimistic* Voting closed in Britain's bitterly fought referendum on whether to quit the European Union on Thursday, with a prominent Leave campaigner saying he expected to lose and early surveys suggesting voters had chosen to remain in the bloc. Nigel Farage, head of the UK Independence Party and a leading voice in favour of leaving the EU, told Sky News he did not expect to be on the winning side. "It's been an extraordinary referendum campaign, turnout looks to be exceptionally high and looks like Remain will edge... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 23, 2016
*Bloomberg*: *Kim: North Korea Capable of Missile 'Attack' on U.S. Military in Pacific* * Pyongyang says missiles can strike ‘Americans in the Pacific’ * Launch comes on day of informal six-nation dialogue in Beijing North Korea said it successfully launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of hitting U.S. military operations in the Pacific, prompting the U.S. to call on the United Nations Security Council to take action on the isolated nation. Wednesday’s test was watched by leader Kim Jong Un and "successfully conducted without giving any slightest effect to the s... more »
Gaming in the Ancient World
As I've been thinking about a fantasy game with domain management and/or generational play, for some reason I've also been thinking about time periods before the typical medieval-inspired settings - from Westeros to Greyhawk to Middle Earth. I've begun reading Susan Wise Bauer's *The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome*. Mind you the pace is slow, between grad school, work, family, and prepping for superhero adventures (next game - an invasion from spaaace!!!) What I've been finding in the earliest period is a much smaller and more person... more »
The Florida Senate Race Shouldn't Be About Little Marco vs Little Patrick
Lucky I didn't throw away any of my Marco Rubio art. Little Marco knows he can't get a good job in the real world so he's flip-flopped on his promises to move away from the taxpayers' trough get out of politics. Did anyone ever seriously think he wouldn't run again after Trump drove him out of the presidential primary with his tale between his legs? Little Marco... Schumer's and Reid's (and, more importantly, Wall Street's) hand-picked candidate to go up against Rubio-- and lose-- is Patrick Murphy, who has ducked every single debate in his miserable career. That's right, the in... more »
DNC Sued By Up To 2 Million Sanders Donors In Class Action Lawsuit
Hundreds of Bernie Sanders donors have launched a massive class action lawsuit against the DNC alleging fraud and collusion with the Hillary Clinton campaign, in a move designed to fundamentally change the way the DNC exists and conducts business, and thousands more people have requested paperwork to sign on as plaintiffs in the past 48 hours. Beck & Lee Trial Lawyers, a civil litigation firm based in Miami, Florida, is announcing the filing of a class action lawsuit against the DNC early next week, and anyone who donated to the DNC after Bernie Sanders entered the race for the Demo... more »
sui generis
look it up thats me no boasting just realization So can I light a fire with this?
Father Cures MMR Vaccine Injured Son’s Autism
A father has posted a video online documenting the rapid progress made by his MMR vaccine injured son while undertaking chelation therapy to remove heavy metals from his body, showing that children diagnosed with autism can recover and lose their diagnoses in very short periods of time. Scott Shoemaker posted the video titled ‘The First Year in the Life of a Rapidly Recovered Child With Autism‘ that shows his son Joshua, aged 3 years and 2 months, in a regressed autistic state after a round of mercury containing vaccines and the MMR. Joshua lost all eye contact and his vocabulary – h... more »
In Trump Meeting With Evangelical Leaders, Participants Looked for Policy Details, but Received Simple Statements. Is That Enough?
[image: In this June 18, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Las Vegas. Trump has forced out his hard-charging campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, in a dramatic shakeup designed to calm panicked Republican leaders and reverse one of the most tumultuous stretches of Trump's unconventional White House bid.] Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” -- Revelation 4:8b On Tuesday, I sat in a ballroom with 1,000 of my closest Evangelical friends,... more »
$it-Down $tunt
It's an election year, and the Democrats need a new fundraising peg. So what better way to represent their constituents than to abandon their soft leather chairs for a soft thick carpet in a camera-ready show of solidarity against all the poor slobs being swept up willy-nilly in the Homeland Security surveillance dragnet? We have to keep guns out of the hands of those "potential" terrorists, dontcha know. They're guilty until proven innocent. To hear the mainstream media tell it, this pseudo-strike by a bunch of liberal millionaires in the House of Representatives is a courageous ac... more »
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Bill: The E-Petition
In December last year, Canada's government acknowledged the power of the Intertoobz and started allowing e-petitions. They need to be sponsored by an MP and if they get 500 signatures, can be tabled in Parliament. Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada yesterday initiated an e-petition against Bill C225 (full text of bill), "An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a preborn child while committing an offence)," with its glurgy nickname, "Cassie and Molly's Law." Or as we call it: the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (WISC) bill. English version French version PD... more »
Shifting Under the Gavel: Obergefell After One Year
[image: White_House_gay marriage_same sex marriage] Last June five Justices of the Supreme Court ruled that no state of the Union could define marriage as a man-woman institution. This nullified the law of most states, and the individual votes of 50 million Americans, not to mention thousands... more »
Sanders Says His Revolution Is ‘Just Getting Started’
[image: Bernie Sanders speaks at his A Future To Believe In San Francisco GOTV Concert at Crissy Field San Francisco on June 6, 2016 in San Francisco, California.] NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernie Sanders told a roaring crowd of supporters Thursday that his campaign is “just getting started” fighting economic inequality, changing the Democratic Party and bolstering Democrats running for Congress. Speaking to a packed hall in Manhattan,... more »
Don’t Try to ‘Church Up’ Donald Trump
[image: Donald Trump speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.] In the otherwise forgettable 2001 movie Joe Dirt -- the Orlando Sentinel, rather amusingly, compared it to "choking to death on popcorn" in a review -- the title character, played by David Spade in a mullet, pulls up to his new... more »
Time for Trump to Put Up or Shut Up
[image: Donald Trump speaking at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.] Donald Trump should put his money where his mouth is. The real estate mogul says he’s worth “in excess” of $10 billion. I think he’s lying, as does pretty much every expert and financial journalist who has looked into the... more »
Chaos Everywhere-- And One Conservative Intellectual Blames A Century Of Reform
Jonathan Rauch's portrait of a dystopian America four years from now, includes complete government gridlock, multiple government shutdowns, 3 unfilled Supreme Court seats, a third Speaker after Ryan's resignation, a default, market collapse and economic downtown, utter governmental chaos and a President Hillary relieved to be ending her single term. The presidential field is shaping up to be Kanye West vs the especially repulsive *Duck Dynasty* guy, recently elected governor of Louisiana by refusing to ever trim his beard. The lesson from 2016 was that Trump, Cruz and Bernie all d... more »
Climate Tricks 54, Forcing the linkage between climate change and dengue
A friend from UP, Oggie Arcenas, wrote this discussion note at the UPSE website. In his concluding notes, he wrote, *"La Niña phenomenon is positively (and significantly) associated with dengue cases. La Niña, as widely known, is “cooling” of surface water temperature, inducing an abnormal cycle and intensity of dryness and wetness in different parts of the world. Although La Niña does happen naturally, its increasing frequency is attributed to general global warming."* Some brief comments here. 1. *"La Niña, as widely known, is “cooling” of surface water temperature"* Vague. L... more »
Brexit debate and the EU bureaucracy
As of this writing (almost 11 pm in Manila), UK voters are deciding in a referendum whether their country should remain or exit the European Union (EU). I did not follow closely the Brexit vs Remain debate, but since my advocacy is less government (local, national or regional/international/multilateral), my leaning will be towards the Brexit. Am not a UK voter anyway, just expressing a short opinion about the issue. Meanwhile, two articles I read today from capx.co further cement my leaning towards the Brexit. Copy-pasting only a few paragraphs. Nice one from Matt Ridley especiall... more »
Untitled
*Amid controversy, Boston Latin headmaster resigns* *She showed insufficient hysteria about one or two instances of pupils making derogatory comments to black students. As it is an academically selective school it has few blacks compared to the community and that has always rankled some. So great hysteria was required* The headmaster of Boston Latin School, who had been fending off calls for her termination for months amid a federal probe into racially charged incidents at the school, announced Tuesday she is resigning after nine years leading the city’s top exam school. Lynne ...more »
Organization Seeks to Run Third Party Candidate for Unsatisfied Voters
[image: Former Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico speaking at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Johnson, a Libertarian candidate, had a town hall event with CNN this week with his running mate.] Many Americans are unsatisfied with the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the United States' 45th president. The organization Better For America was launched June 14 with just such Americans in mind and is planning running an independent candidate for...more »
THE COLLECTED LIES OF DONALD TRUMP / THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
*There is a reason that Donald Trump cannot be taken seriously ~ he continually blatantly fabricates and expects you to believe his self-serving assertions and lies. Many leading Republicans don't take Trump seriously but instead are guilty of wishful thinking regarding his self-proclamations and political ambitions. Perhaps we must seriously consider that Trump is in reality the perfect foil for Hillary Clinton ~ a Manchurian candidate or false flag candidate meant to serve as a constant political distraction with the purpose of coalescing public anger and disenfranchisem... more »
EU v liberty: It’s all about the law
*Why doeds the Brexit result matter to Britons? Because, says Andrew Bates in this Guest Post, the form of law imposed upon Europeans is vastly different to the common law that grew up in Britain. And that is the difference that makes the difference…* ------------------------------ For me, every political issue comes down to this question: "what does this do to advance the liberty of the human individual?" For me, liberty is the key. It's the safeguard of the principle that every individual is an end in himself and may not be treated as the means to another's (or many others')... more »
Brexit Supporters Fear Voter Fraud In Pencil Only Election
Brexit supporters in the UK have claimed that ballot papers could be fraudulently tampered with in Thursday’s EU referendum due to the fact that voting booths insist on using only pencils. Numerous voters took to Twitter to express their outrage that polling stations were turning people away who brought along their own pens to ensure voter fraud did not take place. Infowars.com reports: Reports are already coming in that voters are being told they can’t use their own pens and must use a pencil to vote, although the Electoral Reform Society has said that voters can bring their own p... more »
Enormous Movement Along San Andreas Fault Reported
Scientists have reported large scale movement along the San Andreas Fault system in California, sparking fears of a mega Earthquake in the coming weeks. According to a Yahoo News report, scientists have detected lots of unusual movement along the fault line, with surrounding areas of land rising and sinking in a dramatic manner. The study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found that parts of California surrounding the San Andreas Fault are symbiotically, if slowly, rising and sinking. This is the first time hard evidence has been given that ‘the Big One’ may be about to hit... more »
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