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Journey Towards Allah
Reviewed by Sajjad Shaukat Renowned poet Alexander writes, “What oft
was thought, but ne’er so well express’d…Expression is the Dress of
Thought.” In this respect, in his book, “Journey Towards Allah”, which
is in fact a travelogue, Dr. Asif Mahmood Jah, while performing his own
Hajj rituals, expresses his personal experiences and those of other …
The post Journey Towards Allah appeared first on
State Terrorists are Still Rational Actors
By Sajjad Shaukat State Terrorists are Still Rational Actors-The
broadly-accepted distinction between governmental and anti-governmental
terrorism has been blurred in the ongoing different war which continues
between the US-led state actors and the non-state actors, popularly
called the Islamic militants or terrorists. We need a realistic approach
to determine the question of rational and irratio
Modi’s Extremist Policies Continue
By Sajjad Shaukat Modi’s extremist policies continue—Since the leader
of the ruling party BJP Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India, he
has been implementing extremist policies against religious minorities,
especially the Muslims and Pakistan. Under Modi’s rule, various
developments like unprecedented rise of Hindu extremism, persecution of
minorities even of lower cast-Hindus, forced conv
National Action Plan & Madaris Reforms
By Sajjad Shaukat The National Action Plan (NAP) is essential part of
Pakistan’s war against terrorism, as it has co-relationship with the
military operation Zarb-i-Azb against the militants, including other
related-issues like Madaris (Religious seminaries) which need
registration and reforms. In this regard, a high level security meeting
was held at the GHQ, presided by the … The post National
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We shall deplore them on the beaches....
by Ugh I don't know, I keep seeing the NYTimes home page "% chance of
winning the election" graphic ticking up for Trump. A few weeks ago it
was a 91% chance that Hillary would win, now it's down to 74% at last
look, and recent polls show Trump tied! I keep thinking at some point
there will be klaxons and air raid sirens and emergencies declared and
bunkers prepared and panic in the str
Seeking a better word for privilege
by Doctor Science Last week the elder Child of Science and I were at
Worldcon , about which I will have lots more to say later. Anyway, while
I was there I had a very good conversation with a gracious gentleman of
the Old School of SFF Fandom (Print Fanzine Division). One of his
points of dismay with Fandom These Days is that many people (such as
myself) don't use our legal names, so he doesn't k
Timor mortis conturbat me - Weekend Open Thread
by wj Earlier this week, my wife's BFF passed away. (They've been
friends for 3 decades plus. Since long before "BFF" appeared in the
language.) He was only a few weeks older than she is, and it's been
traumatic. Giving rise to these musings. For most of us, the first time
we lose someone we know is when our grandparents die -- maybe when we
are children; maybe when we are in our 20s. B
Summer's end book round-up
by Doctor Science Between preparing for, going to, and recovering from
Worldcon, it's been a while since I wrote about what I've been reading.
This round-up covers several weeks, and includes novels by Genevieve
Cogman, Laura Anne Gilman, Jo Walton, N.K. Jemisin, and Mary Robinette
Kowal. huh. I didn't plan to read only books by woman, it just happened.
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman.
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Bayersanto? Monbayer? Yikes.
There have been ups and downs in the romance between Bayer and
Monsanto, but this week they publicly announced their engagement.
Monsanto has accepted a $66 billion offer from Bayer, heralding another
mega merger between pesticide and biotech corporations. This has already
been a big year for consolidation in the agricultural sector, with
Dow-DuPont and Syngenta-ChemChina deals well underway. If
44 years later, pesticide-free soap
Well that took awhile. In early September, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) released a list of products they will no longer
allow in soaps. On that list was the pesticide triclosan — which was
identified as a chemical of concern in 1972. Yep, 44 years. Here's what I
wrote back in 2011 when FDA set the process in motion that resulted in
this month's announcement: FDA first flagged concerns a
Way to bee, Minnesota!
Last Friday, a small crowd gathered in the agriculture building at the
Minnesota State Fair. Beekeepers, entomologists, reporters, farmers and
pollinator advocates circled around a small podium, waiting for
Commissioner of Agriculture Dave Frederickson and Governor Mark Dayton
to speak. The crowd wasn't disappointed. In a short press conference,
Frederickson and Gov. Dayton announced new rules to
Safe mosquito control, for Zika & beyond
PAN stands in solidarity with families that have been impacted by
microcephaly and other serious health impacts of the Zika virus.
Unfortunately, the primary response to the outbreaks to date has been
widespread spraying with pesticides to control mosquito populations.
Decades of vector management around the world show that this approach is
not only often ineffective, it can also compound the ris
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Four Positions in Financial Ethics open at my University
A quick repost of this splendid opportunity for any early carreer
philosophy/ethics/economics student or academic with an interest in the
ethics and philosophy of finance and economic systems. 4 positions
(research fellow, postdoc and PhD's) and a chance to work with my former
PhD student, now stellar researcher in his own right, Joakim Sandberg .
Joakim has landed a bunch of grants to suppot his
Substantially updated blogroll
Just a quick note that I have finally gotten around to updating the
Philosophical Comment blogroll, that is the list of linked blogs
promoted on this page further down in the left hand side margin. I have
basically taken off all old blogs that either has closed down since I
listed them some years back, or that when I checked had not posted
anything for a year or more. In addition the URLs for som
Consensus statement on conscientious objection in healthcare
Just a very brief pointer to this post at the Oxford Practical Ethics
blog, showcasing a consensus statement on how states and health systems
should handle the phenomenon of healthcare staff conscientiously
objecting to practices included in medical practice that comes out of
the symposium on this very topic that I related in a recent post . ***
Philosophical Comment Blog: Christian Munthe, Profe
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More States Pass Domestic Violence Victim Workplace Protection
Domestic violence victims have enough problems without also having to
deal with coworkers stigmatizing them and possibly getting fired. The
trend is for states to protect sexual violence from workplace
discrimination. Most recently, five states enacted paid sick leave laws
that include requiring paid leave for domestic violence victims. Those
states are Vermont , California, Connecticut, and Mass
Dear HR: Stop Telling Employees They Can't Apply For FMLA Until They Use Their Vacation
For about the dozenth time this year, I heard another sob story about
an employee who absolutely qualified for FMLA leave, yet was told by HR
that they couldn't apply until they used up their vacation or PTO time.
This is wrong on so many levels, and it screws both the employee and the
employer. So stop it. Seriously. Stop it. It screws up the employee
because their boss assumes they're taking unp
Is Retaliation Illegal? Sometimes
Lots of people approach me every week and say they feel they were
retaliated against. I usually have to ask, "Retaliation for what?" I
think there's a basic misunderstanding of what retaliation is, and when
it's illegal. The first part of the problem is understanding retaliation
itself. Webster's defines retaliation as: To do something bad to
someone who has hurt you or treated you badl
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Liwa Sayf al-Haq Assad Allah al-Ghalib: A Republican Guard Militia in Sayyida Zainab
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Liwa Sayf al-Haq Assad Allah
al-Ghalib. With a balance flanked by two Syrian flags, the bottom of the
emblem features the legendary Dhu al-Fiqar sword of Imam Ali, with the
inscription: “There is no hero but Ali and no sword but the Dhu
al-Fiqar.” The Sayyida Zainab area in Damascus- home to the Sayyida
Zainab shrine- serves as a primary base for many Shi’i mil
Lens on Syria, by Daniel Demeter
Back in January 2015, I introduced the readers of Syria Comment to my
website, Syria Photo Guide , where I have documented the historic and
cultural sites of the country. I also posted a small collection of my
photography of Syria taken between 2006 and 2009. Since that time, I
have been privileged to work with Just World Books to publish Lens on
Syria , a photography book to be released this upc
“Turkey’s Syria Intervention,” by Joshua Landis
Turkey’s Syria Intervention By Joshua Landis August 28, 2016 I answer
questions asked me by a Turkish journalist. Has Turkey established a No
Fly Zone over the Azaz-Jarablus pocket? Turkey has established a No Kurd
Zone over the Jarablus pocket, not a NFZ. The US has control of air.
When it leaves, Russia will resume control over the airspace, not
Turkey. This is undoubtedly why Russia and the Sy
The Druze in the Syrian Conflict – By Talal El Atrache
The Druze in the Syrian Conflict By Talal El Atrache* @ TalalElAtrache
For Syria Comment – Sept 5, 2016 Five years after the beginning of the
Syrian conflict, the Druze show no signs of joining the rebellion. Even
calls made by the Saudi-financed opposition, asking the Druze to rise up
against the Syrian army, have fallen on deaf ears. Israel’s two-fold
psychological campaign – consisting of supp
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Undirected Evolution: The False Religious Dogma Strangling True Science
The wuwt site has a post on news of research suggesting that "a
Mercury-sized planet" collided with Earth relatively soon after the
Earth was first formed, and this supposedly accounts for the amount of
carbon in and on the Earth. My response: Both this post and most of the
comments following it (the uncritical ones) are all incompetent,
dogmatic speculation (i.e., speculation within th
My Bio, As I See It
I received (from one Scott Brooks) a request for my full "bio"
(biographical information), so I wrote the following, for anyone who is
interested (one caveat: this is not definitive, just what came to me
just now): We live in a time of general incompetence, in science and in
society, which seems to have come upon us suddenly, yet which has had a
long buildup. I'm afraid academic titles
Dr. Roy Spencer and the Myth of a Valid Global Climate Science
The Dr. Roy Spencer site has a post, about an experiment to show a
cold object can warm a hotter object (by interposing a cool object
between the hotter object and a much colder object). My response: "Now,
this experiment does not prove that gases can do what the cardboard has
done....It only answers the 2nd Law violation claims some have made
against a cool object (here, the cardboard sheet
Democratic Party Authorities Are Acting Criminally to Suppress the Truth About Climate
The wuwt site has a post on "blowback" to the execrable effort by
Democratic state attorneys general (AGs) and other Democrats in the
Obama administration to make criminals out of "climate skeptics". My
response: You should all send a harsh letter to your local newspapers
(and yes, to your congressional representatives, but the media are the
main thing), and include the graph
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Glucokinase mutations, diabetic complications, and cardiovascular disease
This is a very interesting study that was posted by Richard Lehman on
his BMJ blog a few years ago. It contains much food for thought. People
with this mis-sense mutation in the gene that encodes glucokinase (GCK),
part of the pancreatic beta cell glucose sensor, basically have their
sugar thermostat, their glucostat, set too high. They don't produce
insulin in response to blood glucose in the pre
Evidence of cardiovascular benefits of LCHF diets, despite no change or increase in LDL, from drug trials
A recent meta-analysis of low-carb diets and cardiovascular risk
factors found, predictably, that low carb diets decrease triglycerides
(TG), increase HDL, and - significantly, on average, but not
consistently, and only by a small amount - elevate LDL. The authors
argued that this was not evidence of cardiovascular safety.
"Low-carbohydrate diets increase LDL-cholesterol, and thereby indicate
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British Columbia's Reflection, Wild Salmon
Written by Grant G Salmon, wild British Columbia, ......Chinook, also
known as Spring salmon, or Blackmouth...Cohoe, also known as Blueback,
sometimes called Silvers...There's also Sockeye Salmon, Pink Salmon, Dog
Salmon, Chum Salmon, Steelhead Salmon...... Dr. Alexandra Morton....in
my eyes she is a Saint, an angel, a wild salmon scientist who's lifelong
goal is to save our salmon from extinctio
Justin Trudeau, Christy Clark, We Are Idiot!
Flowery words, gentle tone, grandiose optimistic future visions opined
by Justin Trudeau.... But on the ground policy, regulation, captured
regulators and cowtowing to industrial giants continue as if Stephen
Harper was still running the show.... I had such great expectations for
Justin Trudeau, he talked of a "new relationship" with First Nations,
Justin talked of "regulatory refo
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Jason Kenney
So, Jason Kenney had the luxury afforded by a six-figure income, to
ponder at his leisure about a move to Alberta provincial politics.
Ostensibly he was going to "unite the right" against the upstart Alberta
NDP government of Rachael Notley. Only things haven't turned out that
way. Jason Kenney is a Catholic social conservative whose views are,
perhaps informed by his being (perhaps) a
harper Retires
stephen harper recorded a video of himself announcing his retirement
from politics and posted it on social media. No questions. No having to
face other humans. All tightly controlled. It was consistent with the
overall pattern of cowardice that marked his career. harper did not like
having to face other human beings. he liked to utter brazen lies and
ignore questions. Whenever things got to hot h
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CDC Wants to Expand Power to Eliminate Measles What You Need To Know and Do Now
Published 9/13/2016 By Barbara Loe Fisher To activate and view
hyperlinked references, please click here once and then click any
superscripted number below to access a hyperlinked reference, or scroll
down to the bottom of the article to view all hyperlinked references. I
remember the day in 2007, when I was standing in front of a Maryland
country courthouse videotaping interviews with mothers and
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Labor Day 2016
Happy Labor Day! As uusal, I'll include some videos. (They're repeats,
but good.) Let's kick it off with Billy Bragg: Here's Robert Reich from
2013, about celebrating labor on Labor Day: This one's funny but not
safe for work. The YouTube poster explains that "This was a PSA that the
voice-over person decided to record an "alternate" version of for fun."
Over at Lawyers, Guns &
Assessing Hearts and Minds
The old adage to avoid discussing politics and religion remains a wise
social decision in plenty of situations. However, such discussions have
to be held somewhere. (Alas, honest, intelligent discussion is fairly
rare on the Sunday political shows – the good guests tend to be badly
outnumbered by hacks and dolts.) The art of discussion, listening and
persuasion isn't dead in politics, and blogs
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Escritura en la pared
A 16 August article in El Deber -
http://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/vagabundo-boliviano-apoya-trump.html -
captured the graffiti art work of a homeless Bolivian who is writing
that in Iran, there are no free elections, and that he is supporting
Donald Trump in the US elections. He is not the only Bolivian to support
Trump, and far from being the only Latin American. Thousands of
Bolivians in the s
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(Toxic Soap Opera) Wells Fargo Ups Wachovia Drug-Dealing Ante (The Real
Unemployment Rate?) NCAA Says "NO" NC - Thanks Duke Power! (Fooled
Again? Don't Get) Generous To a Fault - To Our Betters/Owners? (Witch
Hunt! But Which Witch?) Leprechauned Attack
Wells Fargo ups the Wachovia drug-dealing ante? You can't make this
stuff up. And if you do, you can't do it better than they do. Max and
Stacy fill us in on the dirty details. [KR966] Keiser Report: US
Elections Toxic Soap Opera September 13, 2016 by Stacy Herbert We
discuss the "basket of deplorables" and the fistful of dollars that is
the toxic soap opera called US Elections 2016 in
Can Hillary Lead (Or Just Give Orders)? American Horror Story (U.S.
Financial House of Horrors Since Glass-Steagall Repeal) 9/11 Revisited
(Kissinger's Walking Dead Corpses) Wall Street Bailout Redux (Wells
Fargo Cheats)
“9/11 Intercepted” Observe the timing of “terrorist” events today, e.g.
Orlando, Paris, Brussels, Nice and countless others. The
problem-reaction-solution pattern to achieve their goals necessitates
this. A pattern reveals itself. When France or the U.S. needs to bomb or
invade in order to shore up ISIS terrorists in Syria, a Muslim
“terrorist” incident occurs on the home front, and the
Day of No Labor (Hillaryville: Protesting Podestas' Kingdom of the
Unjust?) Professional Conspiracy Theorists (Trump's Friends) 9/11
Evidence Officially Destroyed
Oh, Day of Labor. Oh. "The ShadowStats Alternate Unemployment Rate for
August 2016 is 23.0%" "Record 94,708,000 Americans Not in Labor Force;
Participation Rate Drops in May" We're celebrating what, exactly? Oh,
Labor Day... Dean Baker chimes in: . . . the employment rate for
prime-age workers (ages 25-54) is still down by 2.5 percentage points
from its pre-Recession peak, and
(NDAA Fascism Triumphs - (Tragedy of Trumpism) Trump Is Not the
Phenomena: Not Living in a Functioning Democracy and Betraying Lower
Class Interests Is) The Dark Dynamics of the Deep State (Poisoned Air
for All) Regime Change in Libya Mirrors Iraq: Both Efforts Led to Failed
States and Destabilized Region (Corporate Media Vs. Reality)
Bet these bonuses were mentioned in Hillary's Wall Street speeches?
Wouldn't wanna get in the way of that gravy train! Taxpayers Subsidize
Billions in Wall Street Bonuses: Report02 September 16 According to the
study, 20 U.S. banks paid more than US$2 billion in bonuses to their top
five executives over the past four years. U.S. taxpayers have been
subsidizing more than US$2 billion in
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Are We Smart Enough
Primatologist Frans de Waal has made a career out of pounding his
head against the rugged wall of human exceptionalism — the belief that
humans are the only species that is conscious, self-aware, rational,
cooperative, goal-oriented, empathetic, and so on. This wall of
calcified grandiosity has resisted change for a long time, and has
inspired an abusive relationship with the rest of the family
The Call of Distant Mammoths
I’ve long been interested in the megafauna extinctions of
Pleistocene North America. A number of books endorse Paul Martin’s
“Pleistocene Overkill Hypothesis,” which asserts that the early humans
on the continent were “super predators” who launched a blitzkrieg of
overhunting. Hunting began in northwest Canada, and spread south and
east like a wild fire. Within 2,000 years, at least 33 genera (
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Deeply Dystopian
Based on a free excerpt captioned "A quick rundown of the ecocidal
empires that came before us", I purchased the electronic version of
"Extinction: A Radical History" by Ashley Dawson. Upon reading the
entire book I was not surprised, having been forewarned, to see the
typical finger pointing at capitalism - but it was more disappointing
than usual since the author, who is a s
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labour day readers' advisory: books and movies that celebrate labour
I spoke to a customer yesterday who was visiting from Denmark. He
described himself as a trade-unionist, and he came to the library,
looking for me, to learn about our strike! He also said he had read a
book he loved, and was looking for more like it. He described the book:
"by a Canadian author, takes place in Toronto, about the struggles of
workers building a viaduct". It is some measu
in which i test a bit of conventional wisdom and find out is in false: the mystery of roman tuna salad
I've noticed that ideas that I used to blog about, I am now posting on
Facebook instead -- a combination of laziness and time pressure. I'm
going to try to get the ideas here, first. Conventional wisdom has it
that preparing food at home is less expensive than buying prepared food.
I'm not talking about frozen or processed food, but freshly prepared
food from a store like Whole Foods, or increasi
happy labour day
How have labour unions benefitted our society? Union activism brought
us: Weekends! Literally. There used to be an expression: "Don't come to
work on Sunday, don't come to work on Monday." Meaning, if you took one
day off, you were fired. Vacations - any vacation Paid vacations The
8-hour work day An end to child labour, so every child could have an
education Rest breaks Equal pay for e
thank you, colin kaepernick!
Another awesome athlete protest that I have no time to write about. I
can only thank Colin Kaepernick for his courage. Joy of Sox speaks for
me: To Mookie Betts (And Others): The Right To Protest Has Nothing To Do
With The Military .
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Missing a Wonderful Artist and Friend Michael 'Freestylee' Thompson | Graphic Art News
Missing a Wonderful Artist and Friend Michael 'Freestylee' Thompson | Graphic Art News
I met Michael Thompson aka Freestylee, Artist Without Borders online. I saw one of his posters of a veiled woman with e...
I met Michael Thompson aka Freestylee, Artist Without Borders online. I
saw one of his posters of a veiled woman with exposed lips and one that
made direct eye contact with the viewer. I found it at the time of
Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill in The Gulf of Mexico. Another
showed an iconic image of Marilyn Monroe black oil running down her face
and onto a sexy satin dress. A major theme in
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Declining ice pressures Arctic wildlife
The Arctic's summer sea ice may already have hit a near-record low
extent, putting pressure on the region's wildlife. According to figures
from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre , the ice hit a low of
just over four million square kilometres on September 11th, well below
the average. Although ice extent now appears to be edging back up, the
official low has not yet been called. The low occ
Drying Doñana in danger of losing World Heritage status
Europe's historic Doñana National Park could be added to UNESCO's List
of World Heritage in Danger unless immediate action is taken against
multiple threats to the wetland, according to a new analysis by WWF.
Doñana faces the prospect of drying out completely after years of poor
management and water over extraction. The World Heritage site, located
in southern Spain, supports the regional economy
Viet Nam must tackle illegal rhino horn trade or face sanctions under CITES
With the rhino poaching crisis showing no signs of abating, Viet Nam
must crack down on its rampant illegal rhino horn trade or face
sanctions, WWF said ahead of a critically important wildlife trade
conference next week in South Africa. As the world's largest market for
illegal rhino horn, Viet Nam's failure to shut down illegal markets,
disrupt the trafficking networks and prosecute the traffic
The B Team welcomes WWF International's President Yolanda Kakabadse
The B Team have announced that Yolanda Kakabadse, President of WWF
International will join co-founders Richard Branson, Jochen Zeitz, and
21 other global leaders from business and civil society in their
collective effort to redefine the role of business as a force for
social, environmental and economic benefit. The announcement comes as
the The B Team begins to place a greater emphasis on the con
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Spesifikasi Daihatsu Sigra Harga Terbaru 2016
Spesifikasi Daihatsu Sigra Harga Terbaru 2016 | Mobil daihatsu sigra
merupakan salah satu tipe mobil keluarga murah yg diproduksi oleh
daihatsu motos, mobil daihatsu ini merupakan salah satu tipe terbaru
dari mobil daihatsu yg dapat anda miliki sebagai mobil keluarga anda.
Meskipun mobil daihatsu sigra ini memiliki harga yg termasuk murah,
namun spesifikasi daihatsu sigra sendiri tergolong
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X-Zone Broadcast Network - Ben Moss/Tony Angiola (Zamora Sighting)
This week’s show concerned the Socorro, New Mexico UFO landing and
occupant sighting of April 24, 1964. My guests were Ben Moss and Tony
Angiola of MUFON Virginia and their website can be found at
www.mufonva.com . The interview can be found here:
https://youtu.be/xd5ToD13dlE True Symbol What was interesting in this
interview, or what caught my attention was the discussion of the symbol
that Lonn
MUFON's Top 100 UFO Books
MUFON, or some members of MUFON, have come up with a list of what they
think of as the one hundred top books about UFOs published over the
last seventy years or so. There are some things wrong with that list
that I thought I would mention, which is, of course, my opinion of what
is wrong. You can see their list here:
http://micropublishingmedia.info/mufonbooks/list-mufon-top-100-books-of-all-time
The Shaver Fiction = Carrion’s Latest Proof?
(Blogger's Note: Brad Sparks did what I had planned to do which was
provide some information suggesting that Carrion's theory was not built
on a solid foundation. He has been on this psy-op explanation for the
1947 UFO wave for a long time. This new aspect, published recently has
some flaws, as Brad points out. Brad's analysis follows.) James
Carrion's latest blog posting claims he now finally ha
"Truth," MJ-12 and Fatal Flaws
When I put up that short article about Truth and MJ-12, it seemed,
according to my private correspondence, that the superscript and
proportional spacing of the memos about George W. Bush and his Air Guard
service had become the main issue. Those flaws were not the only things
found. There were others, each, in and of itself not particularly
egregious, but in the aggregate, suggest that the docume
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Saturday Interview: Tim Johnston
Tim Johnston is a Labour Party activist from London who, today,
launches Heavy Metal Politics , just in time for the party conference
season. You can follow his blog on Twitter here and Tim himself
@timjohnston_89 . You've made your mind up about the Labour leadership
and are backing Jeremy Corbyn. Was this an easy decision to make? It
was. Jeremy has stood by his values his entire political life
Bye Dave
Asked why he wanted to be Prime Minister, Dave reportedly replied it
was because "I thought I'd be rather good at it". Well, I have some
news. He turned out to not be very good at all. And as he draws a
curtain on a political career that hadn't even begun when this century
started, it's time to reflect and take stock. 100 years from now Dave
will be remembered only for one thing, and th
Theresa May and the Boundary Review
And just like that my constituency disappears. Wrapping like a
skeewiff cummerbund around the svelte middle of the Potteries,
Stoke-on-Trent Central stretches from a hint of countryside up Stockton
Brook way, and snugly grips Baddeley Green, Abbey Hulton, and Bentilee.
It takes in Hanley which, confusingly for outsiders, is Stoke's city
centre (not Stoke town itself), and scoops downwards to embr
Post-Truth, Bullshit, and the Mandela Effect
Remember popular crooner Gene Pitney? He had a string of hits in the
60s and 70s, and would probably be best remembered by us 80s kids for
his memorable number one with Marc Almond in 1989. Subsequent to that,
he spent a lot of his time on the road, gigging about and serving his
loyal fan base. He was found in a Cardiff hotel room in 2006 after
succumbing to a heart attack. It may be over 10 year
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Does Hillary have subcortical vascular dementia?...
maybe. It was weeks ago when a so-called "leaked" doctor report on
Hillary Clinton was thoroughly disdained and seemly debunked. Since
then, it's pretty much dropped off the radar. For me, that's a red flag
that there may be more to the report than originally thought. Chief
among the debunkers was FactCheck.org with a lengthy post on August 16
repeating that Hillary, according to her do
Is Hillary Clinton going to be forced to end her run for president?...
I think so. Just about everyone has seen the damning video of Hillary
being dragged into her van after collapsing at the 9/11 memorial
yesterday. And yet, if you wander over to Huff and Puff, you can read
comment after comment saying there is nothing wrong with her. It was the
heat, menopause, a touch of pneumonia, or her busy schedule that caused
her to "stumble." Reading comments like
Full Trump Rally in Canton, Ohio 9/14/2016...
one of his best ever. “It used to be cars were made in Flint, and you
couldn’t drink the water in Mexico,” Trump stated. “Now, the cars are
made in Mexico and you can’t drink the water in Flint.” A few people
showed up Trump starts at 15:12
Trump Sets Attendance Record at XFINITY Arena in Everett, WA...
I watched his rally last evening after a very long and difficult day,
and felt better - and I thank him. Over 10K happy and enthusiastic
people attended. His speech was excellent. It has been reported that
Trump will meet with Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto today in
Mexico City before giving his speech on immigration. Odumbo is golfing.
Hillary is taking a nap. Tim Kaine is having a full p
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Stratospherics are transcended as Galactic Intervention accelerates by ÉirePort
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September Changes In Progress...
Changes are happening here. It looks highly likely we will have a new
guest here, one that I have not worked with before in person but have
known online for quite a while. I'll will be giving up my room to ease
the transition and moving to the guest house, which is a little more
rustic but no more so than what I had in the alps. Its the right thing
to do in this circumstance. I believe this is a
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More dreams about Sphere's appearing.
Andromedan ships over Houston earlier this year, photo courtesy of
Shawn By American Kabuki Had these dreams a few days ago... had so much
energy coming through I didn't get to sleep until about 4 AM, then had a
series of dreams... There are a number of dreams people are having
about breaking news just ahead... [8/20/16, 7:21:00 AM] Terran: OMG! I
had a dream I met One of Thor's friends he had on
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Economic News , Data & Views ...... Saturday September 17 , 2016
...... Quick Hits - 1. Markets : Doug Noland Weekly Credit Bubble
Bulletin ; European Bank Updates - Deutsche Bank & Monte dei Paschi
di Siena In Focus ; Currencies In Focus - Mexico's Peso & Philippine
Peso In Focus ; Market Oview - H/T Holger Zschaepitz. 2. Greece In
Focus - Creditor Talks , Greek Politics , Economic Items , Odds &
Ends. 3. MENA Watch - Libya & Syria In Focus
Markets.... fred walton @ fredwalton216 7s 8 seconds ago Credit
Bubble Bulletin: Weekly Commentary: Reversals http://
creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2016/09/weekly
-commentary-reversals.html?spref=tw … Best over view of the week that
was plus initial essay ! (((SoberLook))) @ SoberLook 14h 14 hours ago
Ashburn, VA Chart: Deutsche Bank shares - (((SoberLook))) @ SoberLook
14h 14 hours ago
Economic News , Data & Views..... September 5, 2016..... Quick hits
For Labor Day ( US ) 1. Germany Update - After Action Review Regarding
State Election In Meckleburg - Vorpommern ( State Election Rebuke Of CDU
) , Merkel Still Stands Ground Of Controversial Refugee/Immigration
Policies Despite Crushing Rebuke. 2. Crude Oil In Focus - Build Up To
Looming OPEC Meeting With Rumor & Speculations Rampant. 3. Libya
Updates - State of Play On Battlefield & Political Pricesses. 4.
Statements From BoJ's Kuroda- "Postcards From The Edge.) 5. Odds &
Ends.
Germany..... fred walton @ fredwalton216 1m 1 minute ago fred walton
Retweeted Holger Zschaepitz CDU didn't fare well with M-V , let's see
how Berlin Election goes... fred walton added, Holger Zschaepitz @
Schuldensuehner #Germany 's Merkel seen defying populists to keep calm
and carry on for 2017. http:// bloom.bg/2cfNpVQ fred walton @
fredwalton216 2m 2 minutes ago fred walton Retweeted Hol
Economic News , Data & Views.......September 2 , 2016 ..... Quick
Hits. 1. Non Farm Payroll Report , US Data Splash , Markets & Market
Moving News. 2. Around The Horn In Europe - Italy , Greece , Germany ,
Spain , Denmark , Finland , French , ECB In Focus. 3.Libya In Focus -
Politics De Jour ( GNA Gov't Formation Efforts , East Gov't & LNA ,
International Politics ) . 4.Syria In Focus - Northern Syria State Of
Play ,Turkey-ISIS Impacting Syria War , Kurdish Questions Complicate
Syria War. 5. Turkey In Focus - Syria War , Europe Relations , Purge
Updates. 6. US Presidential Race News For Friday. 7. Odds & Ends.
Non Farm Payroll Report , US Data Splash , Markets ! ! zerohedge @
zerohedge 18m 18 minutes ago Worst US Macro Slump In 6 Months Sparks
Stock, Bond, Silver Buying Spree http://www.
zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-0
2/worst-us-macro-slump-6-months-sparks-stock-bond-silver-buying-spree …
MarketWatch @ MarketWatch 15m 15 minutes ago U.S. stocks end higher
after payroll report http:// on.mktw.net/2cm7
Economic News & Views ......September 4 , 2016...... Sunday Items -
1. Germany Related News For Today : Important Federal State Election In
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ( To Be Updated As Appropriate During The Day ) A
Point Of Focus Today ; Merkel & Erdogan Talk At G-20 Meetings ;
Interior Minister Floats Idea Of Returning Migrants To Greece ; Missing
Refugees In Germany ; Major Protests Against Erdogan & Turkey By
Kurds In Germany ; Merkel Still Maintains Visa Free Travel For Turks
Tied To Turkey Meeting All 72 Conditions Of The EU. 2. Greece Items For
Today : First EuroGroup Meeting Of The Fall Set For September 9th -
Greece At Head Of The Agenda ; Economic Items To Consider Touching On
Greece ; Creditor Talk Related Matters ; Additional Items To Consider.
3. Libya In Focus : Sirte Battle Against Isis Continues ; Gov't
Formation Process Continues To Drag On ; NOC West Head Sanalli Comments
On PFG Exaggeration Of Direct Oil Income ; Refugee Related Matters ;
Additional Items Of Note.
Germany...... fred walton @ fredwalton216 2h 2 hours ago fred walton
Retweeted The Local Germany CDU faces backlash Sunday, AfD expects
major gains - a year after Merkel opened the borders to refugees. fred
walton added, The Local Germany @ TheLocalGermany Merkel's party braced
for punishment in key regional election http://
thelocal.de/page/view/merk els-party-faces-voters-anger … fred walton
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