Thursday, April 13, 2017

13 April - Blogs I'm Following 2

11:35 pm MDT

Ken Loach issues a stark warning about the corporate media and the local elections

James Wright at The Canary - 11 hours ago
Ken Loach has issued a stark warning about the corporate media and the local elections. In an interview with The Independent, the award-winning film director said that mainstream media outlets aim “to destroy the Labour Party in the local elections”. MPs and the media The director of I, Daniel Blake said the media and politicians […] The post Ken Loach issues a stark warning about the corporate media and the local elections appeared first on The Canary.

Data on Sending 150,000 Chinese Troops to North Korea Border ‘Fabrication’ – Beijing

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 12 hours ago
In war, truth is the first casualty. The official Chinese statement may be correct ie. they are not denying the deployment of troops to the North Korean border, just the 150,000 figure. It may turn out to be less or alot more than 150,000. No military will reveal their deployment of forces truthfully in a […]

Another retraction for student who confessed to cooking data

Victoria Stern at Retraction Watch - 12 hours ago
A journal has retracted another paper by a graduate student formerly based at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, after she spontaneously confessed to fabricating data. As we reported in April 2016, principal investigator Florence Marlow alerted the institution’s Office of Research Integrity and two journals about Meredyth Forbes’s admission, prompting an investigation into […] The post Another retraction for student who confessed to cooking data appeared first on Retraction Watch.

President Trump, with respect, start ruthlessly purging the US general officer corps

Michael Scheuer at 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] President Trump: Last time we discussed your refusal to abide by the Constitution’s hard-and-fast war-making provision, a decision that merits — as it did for most of your post-1945 predecessors — impeachment proceedings. Waging war in the manner you did in Syria is the work of an absolute monarch or a dictator, not that of a popularly elected president of this republic. Today, we must discuss a topic that has been covered in this space on multiple occasions; namely, the need for you to immediately purge — via forced retirement — scores of your general officers. ... more »

Paul Craig Roberts: "The reckless and irresponsible war talk in the US government and presstitute media and among NATO and Washington’s vassals must stop immediately. Life is in the balance." "Putin has shown amazing patience with Washington’s lies and provocations, but he cannot risk Russia by trusting Washington, whom no one can trust. Not the American people, not the Russian people, not any people."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
------------------------------ *Is That Armageddon Over The Horizon?* April 12 2017 Is That Armageddon Over The Horizon? Paul Craig Roberts The insouciance of the Western world is extraordinary. It is not only Americans who permit themselves to be brainwashed by CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the New York Times and Washington Post, but also their counterparts in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan, who rely on the war propaganda machine that poses as a media. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39573526 The Western “leaders,” that is, the puppets on the end of the strings pulled... more »

Newly Released FBI Interview Claims FBI Contacted Boston Bombers BEFORE Attack

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: boston]New details from Boston Bomber interview with the FBI reveal he'd been contacted by agents. His mother has long contended the FBI were handling their son.

‘Al-Qaeda is On Our Side in Syria’ — Email Shows Clinton Knew US Worked With Terrorists

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
A bombshell email from WikiLeaks shows that while Clinton was Secretary of State, she knew the US was supporting and working with Al-Qaeda in Syria.

Another Intelligence Group Makes the Case: Assad's Responsibility Is Not Proved

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*The Great Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in which an imaginary native American asks the white population of England to "Come over and help us" (source). Imaginary natives have been asking that of us ever since, to their less-than-imaginary misfortunes.* *by Gaius Publius* *"Widen the discussion beyond those advisers clearly bent on war"* —Advice given to George W. Bush on the eve of the Iraq war. He didn't take it. The quotation above is a shortened version of something written by a group called Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) in their first memo to P... more »

Let them Eat..."...The Most Beautiful Piece of Chocolate Cake That You've Ever Seen...."

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*“**We had finished dinner, we’re now having dessert**,” Trump began. “**And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen and President Xi was enjoying it.**”* In a recent post, I speculated that Donald Trump's foreign policy flip/flop/ decision-making "skills" regarding the "sucker punch" false flag attack on Syria [thus threatening WWIII with Russia] had rendered the United States as "*Non Compos Mentis*" or "incapable" as the Russians would (and have) said. Some readers may have thought I was rushing to judgment. After viewing the above video, howeve... more »

Syria's President Bashar-al Assad: Chemical Attack Is ‘100 Percent Fabrication’

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*BBC*: *Syria chemical attack 'fabricated' - Assad* Syria's President Bashar-al Assad says reports of a chemical attack by his forces were "100% fabrication". In an exclusive video interview with Agence France-Presse, he said "there was no order to make any attack". More than 80 people were killed in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun on 4 April, and hundreds suffered symptoms consistent with a nerve agent. Witnesses said they saw warplanes attack the town but Russia says a rebel depot of chemical munitions was hit. Shocking footage showed victims - many of them children - c... more »

U.S. Air Strike In Syria Accidentally Kills 18 Allied Fighters

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*New York Times*: *18 Syrian Fighters Allied With U.S. Are Killed in Coalition Airstrike* WASHINGTON — An airstrike by the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State killed 18 Syrian fighters allied with the United States, the military said on Thursday. The strike, on Tuesday in Tabqah, Syria, was the third time in a month that American-led airstrikes may have killed civilians or allies, and it comes even as the Pentagon is investigating two previous airstrikes that killed or wounded scores of civilians in a mosque complex in Syria and in a building in the west of Mosul, I... more »

Yet another member of Donald Trump's campaign has registered as a foreign agent.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 12 hours ago
Courtesy of AP: *President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman is registering as a foreign agent. * *Paul Manafort's spokesman says he was in talks with the government about registering before the 2016 election and is now "taking appropriate steps" in response to "formal guidance" from the government. * *The spokesman says Manafort's lobbying work was not conducted on behalf of the Russian government and began before Manafort started working with the Trump campaign. * *It's unclear whether Trump was aware that Manafort was in talks with the government about registering before... more »

New column day

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Here, expanding on this post about New Brunswick's failed attempt to become a corporate tax haven - and why Brad Wall's attempt at a similar scheme for Saskatchewan is similarly doomed. For further reading... - Again, the outline of Shawn Graham's scheme to win over corporations as a tax haven is found in Daniel McHardle's report. And CBC reported on the eventual demand from the New Brunswick Business Council to reverse the cuts (which, like Wall's, seem to have been purely the product of government ideology rather than any meaningful analysis or consultation). - Statistics Canada ha... more »

World News Briefs -- April 13, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people cheering during an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj *Reuters*: *China warns against force as North Korea prepares celebration* Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for Chinese protection. With a U.S. aircraft carrier group steaming to the area and tension rising, South Korea said it believe... more »

Trump-Tillerson Concerned that Assad is “Bad”; “Unreliable” for Russia; Tillerson Dumps US Press Corps to Meet with Putin; Russian Foreign Minister Insults Journalist

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
In the Kremlin it is springtime… there’s bromance in the air so they say… (Parody adaptation of Tina Turner’s “Foreign … Continue reading →

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 13, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*The Guardian:* *North Korea preparing for nuclear test, satellite images suggest* *North’s Punggye-ri site appears to be ready for what would be the country’s sixth nuclear test since 2006* North Korea appears to be preparing to conduct a nuclear test in a show of defiance towards Donald Trump, who has not ruled out military action to pressure the regime into abandoning its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes. The US-based monitoring group 38 North said on Thursday that the satellite images from the North’s Punggye-ri site showed it was “primed and ready” for what ... more »

Happy Easter Weekend 2017

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
*Wishing all who visit my blog this weekend a pleasant and peaceful Good Friday and a Happy Easter 2017.*

Trump on Syria attack: ‘We had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you have ever seen’

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald J. Trump, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, right, are helped by Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Babot, center, as they cut a cake at The Salute To Our Armed Services Inaugural Ball Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. Baltimore pastry chef Duff Goldman pointed out on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, that the cake was an exact copy of one he made for former President Barack Obama's second inaugural in 2013. A Washington pastry chef told The Washington Post she made the cake for Trump and that a client had ask... more »

BREAKING: Assad speaks to BBC. Chemical attack “100% fabrication.” US working “hand and glove” with ISIS

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: Assad BBC] Assad tells the BBC that the Idlib province chemical attack Is "100% fabrication". The post BREAKING: Assad speaks to BBC. Chemical attack “100% fabrication.” US working “hand and glove” with ISIS appeared first on The Duran.

Lavrov: US-Russia military hotline in Syria still suspended

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: lavrov press conference] Contrary to media claims Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not say during his press conference with US Secretary of State Tillerson that the hotline between the US and Russian militaries in Syria is no longer suspended. On the contrary he confirmed it remains suspended pending US assurances that the US military will henceforth only attack Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The post Lavrov: US-Russia military hotline in Syria still suspended appeared first on The Duran.

NEW VIDEO: Syria’s attacked Shayrat airbase back in action

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: NEW VIDEO: Syria’s attacked Shayrat airbase back in action] Further evidence that America's war crime was a materially ineffective one. The post NEW VIDEO: Syria’s attacked Shayrat airbase back in action appeared first on The Duran.

Video list of top 10 countries that would be impossible to invade (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: Video list of top 10 countries that would be impossible to invade (Video)] This is the list of top 10 countries that would be impossible to invade. The post Video list of top 10 countries that would be impossible to invade (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

“Warmongering jack off” Howard Dean rails against Tulsi Gabbard for wanting peace in Syria (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: “Warmongering jack off” Howard Dean rails against Tulsi Gabbard for wanting peace in Syria (Video)] Howard Dean's disgusting smears of Tulsi Gabbard who is calling for peace in Syria. The post “Warmongering jack off” Howard Dean rails against Tulsi Gabbard for wanting peace in Syria (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

“Is That Armageddon Over The Horizon?”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*“Is That Armageddon Over The Horizon?”* by Paul Craig Roberts "The insouciance of the Western world is extraordinary. It is not only Americans who permit themselves to be brainwashed by CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the New York Times and Washington Post, but also their counterparts in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan, who rely on the war propaganda machine that poses as a media. The Western “leaders,” that is, the puppets on the end of the strings pulled by the powerful private interest groups and the Deep State, are just as insouciant. Trump and his counterparts in the American Empire m... more »

European Court Of Human Rights: Russia Failed To Protect Beslan Victims

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*The Guardian*:* Russia could have done more to prevent Beslan school siege, court finds* European court of human rights says security at school was not increased despite prior warning of attack Russian authorities failed to take sufficient steps to stop the 2004 Beslan school siege in North Ossetia in which more than 330 people were killed, the European court of human rights has ruled. The court said Russian authorities had received information that a terror attack was being planned and security at the school was not increased sufficiently. Chechen militants stormed the schoo... more »

Should the United States Stop Cooperating With the OECD?

Veronique de Rugy at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: should-the-united-states-stop-cooperating-with-the-oecd] How would you feel if I told you that we taxpayers are spending millions of dollars every year to fund an army of bureaucrats who advocate higher taxes and bigger government around the globe? That's exactly what the United States does when it sends its contribution to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

WATCH: Cop Stomps Handcuffed Man’s Face Into the Street – This is Why People are Mad

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: handcuffed]Two videos from two different departments in only a few days, have surfaced showing cops stomp the heads of handcuffed men.

Here Are Some Key Demographic Facts About Today’s U.S. Military

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*PEW Research*: *6 facts about the U.S. military and its changing demographics* As the size of the active-duty U.S. military has edged downward, its demographic makeup has changed, largely in ways that reflect trends in the broader society. There were 1,340,533 active-duty troops in 2015 (including those serving in the U.S. Coast Guard). This marks the smallest active-duty force since 2001, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). In addition, the share of Americans serving in the active-duty military has declined marginall... more »

RED ALERT! MCMASTER COMPLICIT IN LAX EBOLA PROTECTION MEASURES THAT PUT US SOLDIERS AT RISK IN LIBERIA IN 2014, WAS HEAD OF TRADOC, ISSUING FLAWED PANDEMIC GUIDELINES TO COMMANDERS ALONG WITH CDC AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
The National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster in July 2014 was appointed the head of a training body that is in charge of drawing up pandemic guidelines for commanders, just two months before US soldiers deployed to Liberia to fight Ebola with inadequate training and protective gear, putting them at risk of becoming sick. McMaster […]

Alastair Campbell’s latest vanity project has gone down like a cup of cold sick [VIDEO]

Kerry-anne Mendoza at The Canary - 14 hours ago
Former Tony Blair spin-doctor Alastair Campbell has a new project, as Editor-at-large for The New European. It’s a Blairite newspaper, like The Guardian, except with more quinoa. But the new venture has already managed a major gaffe which has invited widespread criticism. The gaffe The New European is vigorously pro-Remain. But some of the paper’s pro-Remain readers were […] The post Alastair Campbell’s latest vanity project has gone down like a cup of cold sick [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

We found these vintage adverts and they are creepy as hell [IMAGES]

Kerry-anne Mendoza at The Canary - 14 hours ago
The world of corporate advertising can be a grim place, as Pepsi found out recently with the Kendall Jenner disaster. But if we go back in time, we find things were even murkier. Enriched Bread Why is this child looking maniacally at her mother spreading blood and guts on a slice of bread? Pears’ Soap The […] The post We found these vintage adverts and they are creepy as hell [IMAGES] appeared first on The Canary.

THE WAY WE LOOK: When we seem to sneer!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017Part 3—We explain things to Those People:* E. J. Dionne starts his new column with a familiar but sensible claim about Donald J. Trump. In the world of Donald J. Trump, it's never Donald Trump's fault: DIONNE (4/13/17): President Trump rose to power on a combination of meanness, incoherence and falsehoods. His strategy depended almost entirely on playing off the unpopularity and weaknesses of others. Every aspect of his approach has blown up on him since he took office, but *as is always the case with Trump, he will not take any personal responsibility fo... more »

Three figures in blood pressure paper were manipulated, says journal

Alison McCook at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
A pharmacology journal has retracted a 2011 paper after concluding images in three figures had been manipulated. According to the British Journal of Pharmacology, four of the five authors claim they played no role in the manipulation. There is no comment from the remaining author, first author Ian Morecroft, a research associate at the University of […] The post Three figures in blood pressure paper were manipulated, says journal appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Scores of ISIL terrorists killed in Syrian Army attack in Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out a vicious series of attacks in the Deir Ezzor Governorate on Thursday, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) in-and-around the pronvincial capital. Units from the Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard led the way on Thursday, striking the Islamic State militants at the Al-Huwiqah, Al-Arfi, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ABD, SDG’yi ”yanlışlıkla” vurdu: 18 ölü

Eren Dalkesen at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
ABD öncülük ettiği koalisyonun, geçtiğimiz salı günü yanlışlıkla Suriye Demokratik Güçleri’ni vurduğu ve 18 üyesinin öldürüldüğü açıklandı. Olayı bugün doğrulayan Pentagon, Tabka yakınlarında bulunan bir grup Suriye Demokratik Güçleri savaşçısının kaza sonucu vurulduğunu ve 18 kişinin öldüğünü açıkladı. ABD destekli ve büyük kısmını YPG’nin oluşturduğu Suriye Demokratik Güçleri, Rakka’nın batısında IŞİD ile çatışmalara devam ediyor. Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

OPCW declines to comment on its probe into Syria chemical weapons incident

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
(TASS) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has neither confirmed nor denied information about sending experts to Turkey to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. “On the Reuters story I have to answer what we answered many times before: The OPCW cannot and will not release information about an […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Ataque aéreo de EE.UU. causa la muerte por error de 18 combatientes aliados en el norte de Siria

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Aviones de EE.UU. han atacado por error a un grupo de combatientes de las Fuerzas Democráticas de Siria (FDS o SDF por sus siglas en inglés) en el oeste de la gobernación de Raqqa, según han inforado hoy activistas locales. El error ha costado la vida de 18 militantes de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias cerca de la […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Caferi: Kimyasal ve nükleer silahları Suriye değil, ABD kullandı

Eren Dalkesen at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Suriye’nin BM Daimi Temsilcisi Beşşar el Caferi önceki gün BM Genel Kurulu’nda gerçekleştirdiği konuşmada; Suriye’nin herhangi bir yerde, herhangi bir koşulda ve herhangi bir şekilde kimyasal silah kullanımını şiddetle kınadığını yinelerken, bu yönde Suriye ordusu ve hükümetine yapılan suçlamaların uydurulmuş ve çarpıtılmış iddialardan ibaret olduğunun altını çizdi. BM Genel Kurulu’nun, Suriye’yi suçlayan karar tasarısını […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

EEUU niega haber bombardeado un depósito químico en Deir Ezzor

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
El portavoz de la coalición liderada por Estados Unidos, el coronel John Dorrian, ha negado que bombardearan un depósito de productos químicos del Estado Islámico en la gobernación de Deir Ezzor, tras la acusación emitida esta mañana por el Alto Mayor del Ejérciro sirio. “La afirmación es errónea e incorrecta y probablemente intencional,” ha dicho […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US airstrike mistakenly kills 18 allied fighters in northern Syria

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 P.M.) – A U.S. airstrike mistakenly struck a group of fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the western countryside of the Al-Raqqa Governorate, local activists reported on Thursday. The mistake ended up costing the lives of 18 military personnel from the Syrian Democratic Forces near the strategic town of Tabaqa […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

İkrime’deki okulda bir katliam daha yapmaya hazırlanan terörist yakalandı!

Eren Dalkesen at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Suriye’nin Humus bölgesinde yer alan İkrime’de yeni bir katliam kıl payı önlendi.Bugün öğle saatlerinde canlı bomba saldırısı için hazırlanan bir kadın, güvenlik görevlileri tarafından etkisiz hale getirildi. Bölgedeki kaynaklara göre, 2014 yılında radikal dinci teröristler tarafından bombalı saldırının yapıldığı ve 41 ilkokul öğrencisi ile birçok sivilin hayatını kaybettiği okul çevresinde yeni bir katliam son […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Assad: Ejército sirio se deshizo de todo el armamento químico

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
El presidente de Siria, Bashar al-Assad, ha declarado hoy que el Ejército sirio se deshizo de todas sus armas químicas antes del presunto ataque en Jan Sheijun el pasado martes, ha informado la agencia de noticias AFP esta tarde. Además de negar la existencia de armas químicas en el arsenal del Ejército sirio, el presidente Assad […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian military gave up all of their chemical weapons: Assad

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 P.M.) – Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad stated during an interview with the AFP News Agency on Thursday that the Syrian military gave up all of their chemical weapons prior to the alleged attack in Khan Sheikhoun last Tuesday. In addition to denying the existence of chemical weapons in the Syrian military’s arsenal, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US denies Syrian claim of targeting chemical depot in Deir Ezor

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:35 P.M.) – Spokesman of the US-led coalition, Colonel John Dorrian, denied a claim made by the Syrian government that coalition airstrikes bombed a chemical depot for the Islamic State in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. “The Syrian claim is incorrect and likely intentional misinformation,” Colonel Dorrian told Reuters. In a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Минобороны САР: Американские самолёты разбомбили склад химоружия ИГ в Дейр-эз-Зоре, есть жертвы среди населения

Ivan Yakovlev at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Американская коалиция нанесла авиаудары по позициям террористической группировки “Исламское государство” в окрестностях города Дейр-эз-Зор, уничтожив склад химических боеприпасов террористов, в результате чего погибли десятки человек – как боевиков, так и гражданских лиц. Об этом в своём официальном заявлении сообщило Министерство обороны САР. “Вчера в промежутке между 17:30 и 17:50, бомбардировщики так называемой анти-игиловской коалиции нанесли […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army continue to advance south of Palmyra: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues with its operation on recapturing strategic hills and farms south of Palmyra, Saturday. Footage captured some of the battles, with missiles appear to be hitting ground targets. Recently, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies seized the Al-Abtar Mountains in southern Palmyra, putting them […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

الأسد : الهجوم الكيميائي على خان شيخون مفبرك

Shady Azar at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
أكد الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد أن “الهجوم الكيميائي” على مدينة خان شيخون في شمال غرب البلاد، “مفبرك” تماماً بهدف استخدامه “ذريعة” لتبرير الضربة الأميركية على قاعدة جوية للجيش. وقال الأسد في أول مقابلة بعد الهجوم الكيميائي على مدينة خان شيخون والضربة الأميركية “بالنسبة لنا الأمر مفبرك مئة في المئة … انطباعنا هو ان الغرب والولايات المتحدة بشكل […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

موسكو تدعو لتشكيل فريق خبراء للتحقق  من مزاعم الكيماوي في خان شيخون

Shady Azar at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
دعا وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرغي لافروف إلى تشكيل فريق خبراء متخصصين للتحقيق في مزاعم استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية في خان شيخون بريف إدلب يضم خبراء من روسيا الاتحادية. وقال لافروف خلال مؤتمر صحفي مع نظيره البنغلاديشي فى موسكو اليوم: “اتفقنا مع وزير الخارجية الأمريكي ريكس تيلرسون أمس حول إجراء تحقيق مفصل ودقيق بالتعاون مع الأمم المتحدة […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

В начальной школе сирийского Хомса предотвращён теракт

Ivan Yakovlev at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
В четверг в квартале Акрама сирийского города Хомс была задержана женщина, пытавшаяся установить рядом со зданием местной начальной школы несколько самодельных взрывных устройств (СВУ). Об этом во второй половине дня сообщил источник в сирийских правоохранительных органаз. Женщина была замечена за установкой СВУ близ школы, вскоре после чего появившиеся на месте правоохранители задержали её. Сотрудникам силовых […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS, rebel forces clash in southern Syria

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:45) – A jihadi group affiliated with the Islamic State has thwarted an attempt by rebel force to advance in the northwestern countryside of Daraa. Khalid Ibn al-Waleed Army – an ultraconservative group linked to ISIS – claimed that 7 rebels were killed, 9 others injured in the failed offensive on the villages […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Female bomber attempts to blow up children’s school in Homs

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – A woman attempted to place explosives near a local children’s school in the Akrama Neighborhood of Homs on Thursday, a Syrian security source reported this afternoon. The woman was seen placing bombs alongside the school in Akrama before she was apprehended by Syrian security personnel. The Syrian security personnel managed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Mosul Campaign Day 178, Apr 12, 2017

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
The Golden Division remains the most active unit in west Mosul. They were still fightingin Abar and Tank in the center of the front. The police restarted their assault upon the Old City and received reinforcementsfrom the Interior Ministry. The attack on the Old City stalled several weeks ago leading to a change in strategy with the Golden Division pushing up the middle to try to surround the district, while the police held down the Islamic State. The Golden Division have not joined the fight in the Old City yet so it is unclear whether that operation has really renewed or not. U... more »

The Last Palm Sunday in Syria?

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
On Palm Sunday, Syrian President Assad visited a Christian church to mark the beginning of Holy Week, a most important time on the Christian calendar. Though not himself a Christian, Assad, for all his faults, has maintained Syria as a multi-confessional, secular state, where Christians and other religious minorities can worship freely. As RPI's Daniel McAdams tells RT in the below interview, if the Trump Administration has its way and Assad is overthrown, it will likely be the last Palm Sunday for Christians in Syria. McAdams also comments on the Lavrov/Tillerson meeting in Moscow ... more »

The Last Palm Sunday in Syria?

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
On Palm Sunday, Syrian President Assad visited a Christian church to mark the beginning of Holy Week, a most important time on the Christian calendar. Though not himself a Christian, Assad, for all his faults, has maintained Syria as a multi-confessional, secular state, where Christians and other religious minorities can worship freely. As RPI's Daniel McAdams tells RT in the below interview, if the Trump Administration has its way and Assad is overthrown, it will likely be the last Palm Sunday for Christians in Syria. McAdams also comments on the Lavrov/Tillerson meeting in Moscow ... more »

The Last Palm Sunday in Syria?

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
On Palm Sunday, Syrian President Assad visited a Christian church to mark the beginning of Holy Week, a most important time on the Christian calendar. Though not himself a Christian, Assad, for all his faults, has maintained Syria as a multi-confessional, secular state, where Christians and other religious minorities can worship freely. As RPI's Daniel McAdams tells RT in the below interview, if the Trump Administration has its way and Assad is overthrown, it will likely be the last Palm Sunday for Christians in Syria. McAdams also comments on the Lavrov/Tillerson meeting in Moscow ... more »

The Last Palm Sunday in Syria?

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
On Palm Sunday, Syrian President Assad visited a Christian church to mark the beginning of Holy Week, a most important time on the Christian calendar. Though not himself a Christian, Assad, for all his faults, has maintained Syria as a multi-confessional, secular state, where Christians and other religious minorities can worship freely. As RPI's Daniel McAdams tells RT in the below interview, if the Trump Administration has its way and Assad is overthrown, it will likely be the last Palm Sunday for Christians in Syria. McAdams also comments on the Lavrov/Tillerson meeting in Moscow ... more »

Bashir al-Assad claims that gas attack was "100 percent fabrication."

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
I'm sorry, what gas attack?Courtesy of The Independent: *Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reiterated that his government had nothing to do with the chemical gas incident in a rebel-held village last week that killed more than 80 people. * *Allegations that his forces had deliberately poisoned civilians were ''100 per cent fabrication'', the president said on Thursday, adding that the Syrian government gave up its chemical weapons stocks as part of a 2013 agreement. * * "Our impression is that the West, mainly the United States, is hand-in-glove with the terrorists. They fabr... more »

US SEAL Team 6 Is Training In South Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons *Daily Mail*:* Navy SEAL team responsible for killing Osama bin Laden 'is training alongside troops in South Korea preparing to "incapacitate" Kim Jong-un* * USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern port of Busan, in South Korea, to join the annual joint military exercise * South Korea military source says heightened presence is part of plan to decapitate North Korean leadership * Pyongyang has long condemned the annual joint drills - called Foal Eagle - between South Korea and the US * Tensions have escalated with missile launches from N... more »

Desperately Seeking Squealers

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours ago
The premier think tank of the Democratic Party is asking that the public supply it with damaging information on Donald Trump's associates, and associates of his associates of his associates. Apparently losing patience with the slow investigation into *RussiaGate* by America's 17 official interconnected police and spy agencies, as well as the slugs of Congress, the Center for American Progress (CAP) blasted out its anxious email this week to all the aspiring amateur snitches of Joe McCarthy's America: Uncovering the Truth About Trump and Russia Russia’s interference in the 2016 pre... more »

False analogies and stupid comparisons

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
A bit late with this, sorry. Let’s take a quick look at Sean Spicer’s infamous blunder. He said something like “even Hitler didn’t sink to using chemical weapons” . Well, who hasn’t stopped themselves just before saying something stupid? Out it came. Too late. Instead of retracting it immediately he dug himself deeper into the pit by adding “against his own people.” At first the media decided to focus on the lowest-hanging howler: “Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons”. Somehow or other, clutching wildly for a superlative to convey the extent of the Syrian leader’s malevolence Hit... more »

Insanity Reigns

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 15 hours ago
I think that humanity shares dangerous collective psychoses and that sometimes these psychoses result in genocidal violence. I've posted on this observation before, citing an excerpt from William Butler Yeat's (1865-1939), "The Second Coming" Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. The poem has relevance... more »

Donald Trump Channels Hillary Clinton While Attacking Syria

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
Yes, he did. I understand the Trump supporters are angry and betrayed. Now it's time for all the cry baby, Hillary supporters to dry their eyes and wipe those snotty noses. *You got your Hillary after all.* * Trump channeled Hillary so implicitly he even hit airfields per her, just hours earlier, suggestion!* “In her first interview since her stunning presidential election defeat by Republican rival Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for the United States to bomb Syrian air fields” The strike on Syria was amazingly effective in neutering both the Trump and Hillary s... more »

More Details Emerge On How Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Ex-Navy SEAL stands by claim he alone killed Osama bin Laden and reveals special forces team had to put the terrorists face 'back together' so they could ID him after he shot him THREE times in the head* * Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill details the night he took down Osama bin Laden in a new memoir, 'The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Bin Laden' * O'Neill maintains that he was solely responsible for the al-Qaeda leader's death in 2011, and put two bullets in his head for 'insurance' * Bin Laden used his youngest wife as a human shield before he was killed Th... more »

Rescued baby hippo and kudu are recovering and getting strong thanks to friendship

White Wolf at White Wolf - 16 hours ago
Two orphaned baby animals have formed their own little family to support each other. Baby hippopotamus Humpty and little antelope Sala spend much of the day together at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust field headquarters in Kaluku, Kenya. Humpty was rescued in December from a drying pond where she had become bogged down. The team watched her for a couple of days to determine that she was an orphan, before rescuing her to stop her from dying. At the headquarters, which does not primarily serve as an animal orphanage, the baby hippo guzzles five bottles of milk formula every day.... more »

US CENTCOM CONFIRMS: US airstrike “accidentally” kills 18 Kurdish rebels in Syria

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 16 hours ago
[image: US airstrike] Pentagon: US-led coalition airstrike mistakenly killed 18 Syrian rebels on April 11. The post US CENTCOM CONFIRMS: US airstrike “accidentally” kills 18 Kurdish rebels in Syria appeared first on The Duran.

NYT just comes out and says it: US should partner with “territorial ISIS” to overthrow Assad

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 16 hours ago
[image: nyt Friedman] New York Times asks, "Why should our [US] goal right now be to defeat the Islamic State in Syria? The post NYT just comes out and says it: US should partner with “territorial ISIS” to overthrow Assad appeared first on The Duran.

Russia ready to shoot down US aircraft and missiles in Syria. The US military knows it.

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 16 hours ago
[image: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, visits the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, Saturday, June 18, 2016. Russia's defense minister visited Syria on Saturday to meet the country's leader and inspect the Russian air base there, a high-profile trip intended to underline Moscow's role in the region. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service pool photo via AP)] Russia has repeatedly warned it will shoot down US aircraft and missiles in Syria if its troops are threatened. The US has always heeded these warnings. The post Russia ready to shoot down US aircraft ... more »

Why the tech community should join the Bureau Local

Charles Boutaud at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 16 hours ago
Charles Boutaud explains how the tech world can transform what depleted local newsrooms can do, in ways they could otherwise not afford.

Second Thing To Know About Climate Change–Nat Geographic

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood They fail to explain why global temperatures fell between 1940 and 1980, at the same time as CO2 emissions were rising rapidly. They also forget to mention the role that the great ocean cycles played in 20thC warming. The post 1940 cool down coincided with the shift of […]

Seven things to know about climate change–National Geographic

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Cheshire Red http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/04/seven-things-to-know-about-climate-change/ National Geographic has long lost any scientific credibility on climate change issues. It’s new project, “Seven things to know about climate change”, does nothing to restore it. In fact, as their graph clearly shows, temperatures have been steadily rising the 19thC, long […]

President Trump: NATO Is No Longer Obsolete

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Washington Post:* *Trump on NATO: ‘I said it was obsolete. It’s no longer obsolete.’* President Trump on Wednesday pledged his full support to NATO, reaffirming the United States' commitment to the alliance and saying he no longer considers it “obsolete,” a sharp reversal from his rhetoric on the campaign trail and during his first weeks in office. On a day when Trump dramatically changed his stance on several policy positions, his statement about NATO stood out given his consistent criticism of the military alliance and its importance to U.S. allies. For more than a year, Tru... more »

The Education Secretary just fell apart on the BBC over her grammar school plans [VIDEO]

Steve Topple at The Canary - 16 hours ago
On Thursday 13 April Education Secretary Justine Greening was a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Today. She was quizzed over the government’s plans for grammar schools to “help ordinary working families”. But one question left Greening floundering. And for someone advocating grammar schools, there was a distinct lack of grammar in her response. Yeah, but… […] The post The Education Secretary just fell apart on the BBC over her grammar school plans [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

Syria Is Now Claiming That A US-led Airstrike 'Killed Hundreds' in The Eastern Part Of The Country

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Syrian army says U.S.-led air strike on Wednesday hit IS poison gas depot, killing hundreds* The Syrian army said that an air strike late on Wednesday by the U.S.-led coalition hit poison gas supplies belonging to Islamic State, releasing a toxic substance that killed "hundreds including many civilians." The incident in the eastern Deir al-Zor province proved that Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked militants "possess chemical weapons", a statement by the army flashed on Thursday by Syrian state TV said. The report could not immediately be independently verified. *Read ... more »

UN Refugee Agency Warns Of Mass Starvation In 3 African Countries And Yemen (Updated)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Washington Post:** Starving to death* *Wars in four countries have left 20 million people on the brink* Our world produces enough food to feed all its inhabitants. When one region is suffering severe hunger, global humanitarian institutions, though often cash-strapped, are theoretically capable of transporting food and averting catastrophe. But this year, South Sudan slipped into famine, and Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen are each on the verge of their own. Famine now threatens 20 million people — more than at any time since World War II. As defined by the United Nations, famine o... more »

Critics Slam Prosecution of Man Who Tried to Save Girl from Gov't

Alex Newman at rss - 16 hours ago
[image: critics-slam-prosecution-of-man-who-tried-to-save-girl-from-gov-t] The U.S. Justice Department is facing growing criticism over an ongoing, Obama-era prosecution — or persecution, as some critics have put it — of a political activist accused of shutting down a hospital's website. His goal was to bring attention to what he and others across America viewed as a grave injustice. The alleged crime has been described by critics of the prosecution as “civil disobedience” tantamount to “digital vandalism” — all for what the critics viewed as a very worthy cause: saving a girl from ... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*Bias Response Teams: campus censorship at its most sinister* US colleges now want students to snitch on their peers and professors When you criticise the parlous state of free speech on campus these days, you’re often called hysterical. Disinviting speakers, banning microaggressions and clamping down on culturally appropriative parties is small fry, say the campus censors. ‘We’re not tyrants – go and criticise Turkey.’ This is just a ploy, of course – an attempt to shift the spotlight and avoid having to justify the not only censorious but patently unhinged behaviour of campus of... more »

No, The Republicans Are NOT A Governing Party... And Trump Has Made The Situation Untenable

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
This week, the *Conservative Review* editors ranked the top 25 conservatives in Congress and-- the bottom 25, a list they call the 25 Top RINOs. Their 10 most conservative picks all have scores between 92 and 100. Everybody gets an A: *•* Mark Meadows (R-NC) *•* Mike Lee (R-UT) *•* Thomas Massie (R-KY) *•* Justin Amash (R-MI) *•* Ted Cruz (R-TX) *•* Jim Jordan (R-OH) *•* Dave Brat (R-VA) *•* Rand Paul (R-KY) *•* Louie Gohmert (R-TX) *•* Jeff Duncan (R-SC) Trump has, literally, gotten into fights with *most* of them and almost all on policy questions he doesn't have any comprehensio... more »

I'M SO OLD I REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS GOING TO COOPERATE WITH DEMOCRATS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
Trump to congressional Democrats: The beatings will continue until morale improves. Nearly three weeks after Republican infighting sank an overhaul of the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump dug back into the battle on Wednesday, threatening to withhold payments to insurers to force Democrats to the negotiating table. In an interview in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said he was still considering what to do about the payments approved by his Democratic predecessor, President Barack Obama, which some Republicans contend are unconstitutional. Their abrupt disappearance could trig... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*A new shriek from an old shrieker* *Prof. Lowe has long been a critic of Australia and a proclaimer of climate doom but has shown no prophetic skill. An amusing thing about him is that he was taken in by the Chief Seattle hoax, a speech really written by Ted Perry for a film script. That shows you how careful he is with checking the facts. He is a pseudo-scientist. His statement that opening one more coal mine will “effectively guarantee the frying of the planet” shows you how loony he is* UNLESS the Australian government fully embraces renewable energy and moves to decarbon... more »

BESLAN; CIA; CHILD ABUSE

Anon at Aangirfan - 16 hours ago
The massacre of children at the school in* Beslan was reportedly done by the CIA.* There is a suggestion that Azov Films may have exploited survivors of the Beslan school siege. AZOV FILMS AND THE CIA / VLADIK AND THE CIA The CIA's *Graham E. Fuller*, the uncle of the alleged Boston bombers, helped design the CIA policy of recruiting Moslems and using them to weaken Russia. "Fuller described the CIA strategy in the Caucasus in the early 1990s: 'The policy of guiding the evolution of Islam and of helping them against our adversaries worked marvelously well in Afghanistan agains... more »

The Easter messages popping up in Marks and Spencer are going to infuriate The Daily Mail [IMAGES]

Emily Apple at The Canary - 17 hours ago
Easter messages have started appearing in Marks & Spencer (M&S) outlets across the country. They call on M&S to #StopFundingHate, by ceasing to place adverts in The Daily Mail. Leaflets Organised by Global Justice Now, the small leaflets carry a real Daily Mail headline: This tidal wave of migrants could be the biggest threat to Europe since the war. And […] The post The Easter messages popping up in Marks and Spencer are going to infuriate The Daily Mail [IMAGES] appeared first on The Canary.

Most people missed the blunder in Theresa May’s Brexit Plan video. The people of Bristol didn’t [VIDEO]

Kerry-anne Mendoza at The Canary - 17 hours ago
Theresa May’s glossy Brexit Plan video opens with a view of a picturesque street in Bristol. The only problem is, that area of the city voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU. And the gaffe has drawn sharp criticism from locals and political leaders in Bristol for misrepresenting the city. The gaffe The opening scenes of […] The post Most people missed the blunder in Theresa May’s Brexit Plan video. The people of Bristol didn’t [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

North Korea's Pukguksong-2 Missile - A Gamechanger

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 17 hours ago
The recent test of North Korea's Pukguksong-2 or PGS-2 missile was a significant step in North Korea's (DPRK) missile armaments program. The PGS-2, a land-based, solid propellant missile is a game-changer when it comes to survivability in war time as we will see in this posting which looks at North Korea’s missile program as a whole, focusing on the game-changing test in February 2017. Let's open by looking at North Korea's current ballistic missile inventory from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, excluding the PGS-2 which is still in its testing phase: Hereis a... more »

An Idea That Can Reshape The World

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago
Our devotion to infinite growth has put the future of the planet in peril. And, our leaders -- incapable of breaking away from that paradigm -- are dumbfounded. George Monbiot writes: The most they tend to offer is more economic growth: the fairy dust supposed to make all the bad stuff disappear. Never mind that it drives ecological destruction; that it has failed to relieve structural unemployment or soaring inequality; that, in some recent years, almost all the increment in incomes has been harvested by the top 1%. As values, principles and moral purpose are lost, the promise o... more »

Just like the Secretary of Education, the new head of the EPA is demanding additional security.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Okay was that a gunshot? Did anybody else hear a gunshot? I need some more damn security.Courtesy of Quartz: *The administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, historically, has had some measure of government-funded personal security detail. Agents routinely picked Gina McCarthy from the airport, for example, or accompanied her on site visits during her time as EPA administrator from July 2013 to Jan 2017. But Scott Pruitt, the new EPA chief, wishes to be guarded 24/7. * *While the draft budget for the EPA obtained by the Washington Post this month shows massive cuts to... more »

X22 Report: "The Trap That Was Set For The Deep State Is About To Be Sprung"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
X22 Report: "The Trap That Was Set For The Deep State Is About To Be Sprung" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bMzFzM79fw

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 17 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Kim Jong-Un 'orders IMMEDIATE EVACUATION of Pyongyang' Putin: "Idlib Was A "False Flag" Attack And We Have Learned That More Are Coming" Whatever Trump said to China about North Korea, it seems like it worked US Deploys "Nuclear Sniffer" Plane To Japan As North Korea Tensions Come To A Boil Turbines Ten Times More Powerful than Conventional video. Records reveal $1.2 million in secret payments from a pro-Russian political party to Paul Manafort's consulting firm A deal to evacuate 4 besieged Syrian towns is beginning with a prisoner exchange Skype's billionai... more »

US coalition air strikes hit ISIS chemical weapons depot–‘hundreds killed’

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
[image: chem weapons 2] Hundreds have reportedly been killed. The post US coalition air strikes hit ISIS chemical weapons depot–‘hundreds killed’ appeared first on The Duran.

Should it be easier to remove a US President from office?

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
[image: Arnold] It can be done in many states, why not at a federal level? The post Should it be easier to remove a US President from office? appeared first on The Duran.

Sceptical of sceptics?

Scottish-Sceptic at Scottish Sceptic - 18 hours ago
When I first decided I had to campaign on climate, I knew that the subject had been corrupted – I knew that if this evil dogma was not controlled it would literally destroy western civilisation – and coming from “within … Continue reading →

PROOF MY COMPUTER HACKED TO BLOCK CRITICISM OF DAVID PETRAEUS’ PROTEGE AND NEW NSC ADVISOR H R MCMASTER

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
A screenshot below proving I have just been blocked from posting a picture of H R McMaster in his cavalry hat. The German in the box with the yellow alert triangle says “Zugriff auf C Users Jane Buergermeister…verweigert” or “Access to (my own screenshot and document) refused.” I had to take a screenshot of the screenshot to be […]

Trump to dispatch “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning” McMaster to Afghanistan for troop build up, bypasses James Mattis and local commander. BEING BLOCKED FROM POSTING PIC OF MCMASTER

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Donald Trump will dispatch National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan bypassing the Pentagon and the four star general in Kabul to assess whether more military personnel are needed there, it has emerged. http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/hr-mcmaster-afghanistan-donald-trump McMaster gave a garbled and unhinged interview with Fox News on Sunday following Trump’s missile strike which nearly sparked WW3. In […]

TRUMP HINTS HE COULD TRY TO FIRE FBI DIRECTOR AS RUSSIA PROBE HEATS UP

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Donald Trump nearly started three world wars this weekend apparently to divert from probes into his ties with Russia, especially I imagine, any FBI probe into his Deutsche Bank and Cyprus Bank loans and bank transfers. Trump has now hinted he could try to fire FBI Director James Comey in a sign of how desperate he […]

Private passage connected Carter Page’s office and Trump Tower, Page somehow linked to secret server pinged by Alfa Bank and Spectrum Health

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
From the Palmer Report It can be confirmed from Carter Page’s own Global Energy Capital website that his office is located at 590 Madison Avenue in Manhattan (link). Further, the workspace listing site Regus.com confirms that 590 Madison Avenue has a “connecting walkway to Trump Tower” (link). And this New York Times article has […]

More surreal than “Dr Strangelove”: Trump’s own account of telling the Chinese Prez over chocolate cake how he had just nearly started WW3, says Xi Jinping “paused for 10 seconds and then he asked the interpreter to please say it again.”

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Donald Trump’s own description of how he told the Chinese President Xi Jinping over dinner that he had just nearly started nuclear World War Three with Russia in a Fox Business interview with Maria Bartiromo is far more surreal than anything in “Dr Strangelove”. Excerpts from the transcript of the interview… Trump: I was sitting […]

INFOWARS CALLS OUT TRUMP FOR NEARLY STARTING THREE WORLD WARS OVER WEEKEND

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Even Infowars, Donald Trump’s most sycophantic supporters, have called him out for nearly three world wars in three different countries, escalating tensions with Russia and Iran, China and North Korea. Lee Ann Mcadoo reminds Trump that nearly starting World War 3, World War 4 and World War 5 over the weekend is not what his […]

Google searches for WW3 hit highest ever peak

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Google searches for the term “World War 3” have hit the highest ever level as a result of the Trump administration’s escalation in Syria and North Korea. Google Trends illustrates how the number of searches for the term in recent days dwarfs the last peak in November 2015. Related search queries include “Syria war,” “Trump […]

50 BIPARTISAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DEMAND TRUMP GET APPROVAL FOR MILITARY ACTION

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
More than 50 bipartisan lawmakers have demanded President Donald Trump seek approval from Congress before expanding U.S. military action in another Middle East theater, Yemen, where the US forces are planning a confrontation with Yemen rebels backed by Russia and Iran. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-12/lawmakers-demand-trump-pump-brakes-military-action-yemen From their letter As U.S. Representatives, we take seriously the right and responsibility […]

PROOF MY COMPUTER HACKED TO BLOCK CRITICISM OF DAVID PETRAEUS’ PROTEGE AND NEW NSC ADVISOR H R MCMASTER

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
A screenshot below proving I have just been blocked from posting a picture of H R McMaster in his cavalry hat. The German in the box with the yellow alert triangle says “Zugriff auf C Users Jane Buergermeister…verweigert” or “Access to (my own screenshot and document) refused.” I had to take a screenshot of the screenshot to be […]

Belfast International Airport Solar Farm Saves £100K–And Guess Who Pays?

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 18 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Hugh Sharman sent me this story from EDIE, who describe themselves as the market-leading information resource driving sustainability in business for nearly 20 years. The 4.84MWp Crookedstone facility, located a third of a mile from the airport’s terminal building, is also set to save 2,100 tonnes of carbon emissions each […]

BREAKING || Civilians killed as US jets bomb ISIS chemical depot in Deir Ezzor: Syrian MoD

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:30 P.M.) – The US-coalition Air Force has conducted airstrikes against ISIS positions in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, targeting a chemical depot for the terror group which resulted in the death of hundreds of militants as well as civilian, the Syrian Ministry of Defense said in an official statement. “Yesterday between […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ÚLTIMO MOMENTO | Coalición de EE.UU. ataca depósito de armas químicas: cientos de muertos

Al-Masdar News at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
El Alto Mando del Ejército sirio ha emitido un comunicando informando que la coalición encabezada por Estados Unidos atacó un depósito de almacenamiento de armas químicas del Estado Islámico en Deir Ezzor. Los ataques de la coalición liderada por Estados Unidos han causado la muerte de cientos de personas, incluyendo civiles, según el Mayor General. El […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

El presidente del Líbano, suspende las sesiones parlamentarias por un mes

Mariam Fakih Sen at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
El presidente libanés, Michel Aoun, ha suspendido todas las sesiones parlamentarias durante un mes, como estipula el artículo 59 de la Constitución del país. “Me comprometí en mi discurso de juramento a trabajar en rectificar la representación política del pueblo libanés sobre la base del pacto nacional” dijo el presidente Aoun este miércoles en una […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Jihadist rebel commander killed in northern Hama

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The commander of Jaysh Al-Nasr, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) affiliate, was reportedly killed inside the town of Halfaya in northern Hama on Wednesday. Khaled Al-Mohammad, 27, was reportedly killed by the Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces during a brief battle at the large town of Halfaya, Al-Masdar’s Yusha Yuseef […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Operations resume at Shayrat airbase after US missile strike: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Air force resumed operations this, after restoration works were carried out in Al-Shayrat Airbase. Though the runway of the base was not damaged by any of 59 Tomahawk missiles launched by US forces, six MiG-23 aircrafts, as well as a radar station and some other building were ruined. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Fuerza Aérea de Rusia desata el infierno para al-Qaeda en el norte de Siria

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
Larga noche para los yihadistas del norte de Siria mientras la Fuerza Aérea de Rusia ha llevado a cabo una serie de ataques aéreos sobre sus posiciones en las provincias de Idlib y Alepo. Los batallones aéreos rusos despegaron de Hmaymim, en el suroeste de Latakia, el miércoles por la noche y volaron hacia la zona de Jisr […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

[Graphic 18+] ISIL corpses litter battlefield after rebels, Jordanian military attack near Iraqi border

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – Islamic State (ISIL) corpses littered the battlefield near the Tanf Border-Crossing into Iraq’s Al-Anbar Governorate on Monday after the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Jordanian military carried out a powerful assault against the terrorist group. The photos above were all taken by the Free Syrian Army’s official media wing; they […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

WikiLeaks | Asesor de Clinton: ‘Al-Qaeda está de nuestro lado’

Al-Masdar News at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
El ex asesor político de Hillary Clinton dijo a la candidata presidencial que al-Qaeda está del lado de Estados Unidos en Siria, reveló ayer Wikileaks. “AQ está de nuestro lado en Siria”, dijo el ex asesor de política, Jake Sullivan, a Hillary Clinton, en un correo electrónico fechado el 12 de febrero de 2012. Mientras que […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US general has “no doubt” Assad is responsible for chemical weapons attack: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – US Defence Secretary James Mattis said that “there is no doubt” the Syrian government conducted a chemical attack near Idlib last week, speaking during a press conference in Washington D.C, Tuesday. Mattis said that he had “personally reviewed the intelligence” that claimed that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible, and “determined […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army gears up for important operation to liberate ISIL’s stronghold in southeast Homs

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is gearing up for an important operation to liberate the key town of Khunayfis from the Islamic State (ISIL) terror organization. Over the course of 48 hours, the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Legion, alongside Hezbollah and the National Defense Forces (NDF), has liberated more than […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Watch Russia’s Zakharova slam “fake news” reports on Syrian chemical weapons

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented on presupposed reports that Russia had advanced knowledge about an “impending Syrian chemical attack” during a Moscow press briefing, Monday, saying “some western media outlets refuse to stop promoting fake news.” She was referring to “an alert sent out by the Associated Press […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Trump to dispatch “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning” McMaster to Afghanistan for troop build up, bypasses James Mattis and local commander. BEING BLOCKED FROM POSTING PIC OF MCMASTER

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 19 hours ago
Donald Trump will dispatch National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan bypassing the Pentagon and the four star general in Kabul to assess whether more military personnel are needed there, it has emerged. http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/hr-mcmaster-afghanistan-donald-trump McMaster gave a garbled and unhinged interview with Fox News on Sunday following Trump’s missile strike which nearly sparked WW3. In […]

Paul Offit, Every Child By Two and the Black Hole Swallowing Our Children

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By John Stone "Children have an enormous capacity to respond safely to challenges to the immune system from vaccines," says Dr. Offit. "A baby's body is bombarded with immunologic challenges - from bacteria in food to the dust they breathe....

Fewer Than a Third of Autistic Teens Can Drive

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
From Science World Report. Striking statistic for some, not so surprising for Age of Autism readers. Only as few as... means fewer than 33% of teens with autism have a drivers license. A license means independence. It's a hug step...

You Matter! Your Choices Make A Difference

Ethical Technology - 19 hours ago
IEET Fellow Jamais Cascio spoke to Singularity 1 on 1 on a wide variety of topics such as: his personal story of becoming “an easily distracted generalist;” his undergraduate and graduate training in history, anthropology and political science; his views on the singularity community in general and the technological singularity and Singularity University in particular; his criticism that creators of new technology rarely consider the ethical and political implications of their inventions; what he means by saying “if I can’t dance, I don’t want to be a part of the singularity;” the ... more »

While touring affordable housing in Miami, HUD Secretary Ben Carson gets stuck in elevator for 15 minutes.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
Courtesy of CBS Miami: *In a situation that may be emblematic of things to come, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson got stuck in an elevator during a touring of affordable housing in Miami. * *Carson was with Heat legend Alonzo Mourning at the Courtside Family Apartments, at 1699 NW 4th Avenue, when his elevator car came to a grinding halt. The HUD secretary was stuck inside for about 15 minutes until Miami firefighters got him out.* So I guess the housing is affordable, but you have to pay extra for a working elevator? TO be fair this kind of... more »

TRUMP HINTS HE COULD TRY TO FIRE FBI DIRECTOR AS RUSSIA PROBE HEATS UP

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 19 hours ago
Donald Trump nearly started three world wars this weekend apparently to divert from probes into his ties with Russia, especially I imagine, any FBI probe into his Deutsche Bank and Cyprus Bank loans and bank transfers. Trump has now hinted he could try to fire FBI Director James Comey in a sign of how desperate he […]

Private passage connected Carter Page’s office and Trump Tower, Page somehow linked to secret server pinged by Alfa Bank and Spectrum Health

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 19 hours ago
From the Palmer Report It can be confirmed from Carter Page’s own Global Energy Capital website that his office is located at 590 Madison Avenue in Manhattan (link). Further, the workspace listing site Regus.com confirms that 590 Madison Avenue has a “connecting walkway to Trump Tower” (link). And this New York Times article has […]

Latest Interview

Joachim Hagopian at American Empire Exposed - 20 hours ago
Here's an interview I did last night where I felt somewhat ambushed by some Denver radio talk show host. He and his producer told me that he was a supposed "fan," having been reading all my articles over the last couple years. But then throughout the near hour long interview, I felt I was in a debating contest with a condescending oppositional jerk from the enemy camp. At one point he called me a malcontent (or some similar pejorative term) and a "conspiracy theorist," as every duped fool's favorite way of dismissing anyone who disagrees with the official line of lies by labeling m... more »

More surreal than “Dr Strangelove”: Trump’s own account of telling the Chinese Prez over chocolate cake how he had just nearly started WW3, says Xi Jinping “paused for 10 seconds and then he asked the interpreter to please say it again.”

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 20 hours ago
Donald Trump’s own description of how he told the Chinese President Xi Jinping over dinner that he had just nearly started nuclear World War Three with Russia in a Fox Business interview with Maria Bartiromo is far more surreal than anything in “Dr Strangelove”. Trump: I was sitting at the table. We had finished dinner. […]

INFOWARS CALLS OUT TRUMP FOR NEARLY STARTING THREE WORLD WARS OVER WEEKEND

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 20 hours ago
Even Infowars, Donald Trump’s most sycophantic supporters, have called him out for nearly three world wars in three different countries, escalating tensions with Russia and Iran, China and North Korea. Lee Ann Mcadoo reminds Trump that nearly starting World War 3, World War 4 and World War 5 over the weekend is not what his […]

Google searches for WW3 hit highest ever peak

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 20 hours ago
Google searches for the term “World War 3” have hit the highest ever level as a result of the Trump administration’s escalation in Syria and North Korea. Google Trends illustrates how the number of searches for the term in recent days dwarfs the last peak in November 2015. Related search queries include “Syria war,” “Trump […]

50 BIPARTISAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DEMAND TRUMP GET APPROVAL FOR MILITARY ACTION

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 20 hours ago
More than 50 bipartisan lawmakers have demanded President Donald Trump seek approval from Congress before expanding U.S. military action in another Middle East theater, Yemen, where the US forces are planning a confrontation with Yemen rebels backed by Russia and Iran. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-12/lawmakers-demand-trump-pump-brakes-military-action-yemen From their letter As U.S. Representatives, we take seriously the right and responsibility […]

Doctors Thoughout Time Have Made Fortunes....A Quotation from Dr. R.D. Laing

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*"Doctors have throughout time made fortunes on killing their patients with their cures. The difference in psychiatry is that it is the death of the soul."* Dr. R.D. Laing, M.D. *R.D. Laing* (October 7, 1927 – August 23, 1989), was a British Psychoanalyst, Social Phenomenologist, Radical Psychiatrist, and Existential Philosopher. He is often associated with the anti-psychiatry movement although, like many of his contemporaries also critical of psychiatry, he himself rejected this label. He made a significant contribution to the ethics of psychology.

Notes for a White Kid in University:An Introduction to the Blindingly Obvious

Fred Reed at 21 hours ago
If you are a white student in college, you doubtless hear daily that white people are evil, the principal cause of everything wrong with the world. Whiteness is bad, white people are bad. We are to blame for everything. If … Continue reading →

"Don’t Despair"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"Don’t Despair"* by Mandy X "Life can certainly get on top of us all at times. I know I get days when I feel like nothing is going right and everything is awful. That’s normal and it’s a horrid place to be. The trick is to give yourself a time limit. Self pity and wallowing is fine, even necessary, but after 2-3 days it’s time to take hold of your wayward thoughts and focus on climbing back out of that depressed hole you have dug for yourself. Yep, sometimes life sucks and it can truly feel as if you are completely alone in what you are going through but you can take solace in the... more »

The Poet: Robert Frost, "Acquainted with The Night", Read by Oliver Álain Christie

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"Acquainted with The Night"* "I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly height, One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one ac... more »

Jim Willie on The Strength in Silver and China’s Bitch (JP Morgan)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Jim Willie on The Strength in Silver and China’s Bitch (JP Morgan) by Chuck Ochelli, https://ochelli.com/ 04/07/2017 Friday – Jim Willie on The Strength in Silver and China’s Bitch (JP Morgan). GoldenJackass.com is where you can find Jim Willie who doesn’t give a damn about plastic Dollars, but does explain how a gold-backed currency basket of […]

BREAKING: China Puts Troops on Nationwide High Alert Over North Korea

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
BREAKING: China Puts Troops on Nationwide High Alert Over North Korea by Paul Joseph Watson | http://www.Infowars.com China has put its military on “nationwide alert” while ordering 25,000 more troops to prepare to be sent to the North Korean border as tensions build. – Citing the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, a nongovernmental organization […]

China Tells Military to be Ready to ‘Move’ to North Korea Border

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Who do the Chinese fear the most? Not North Korea but USA. The Chinese have now created the pretext they need to deploy troops (ie. invasion) in North Korea. China is seriously concern with an American invasion force in North Korea. – China Tells Military to be Ready to ‘Move’ to North Korea Border by Elizabeth […]

Israeli Settler Runs Over, Kills Palestinian Child in West Bank

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Israeli Settler Runs Over, Kills Palestinian Child in West Bank by http://www.presstv.com/ An Israeli settler has run over and killed a six-year-old Palestinian girl on a road leading to an illegal settlement in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. – Local Palestinian sources identified the victim as Lama Marwan Mousa, adding that she […]

China Warns North Korea Amid Massive Troop Build Up On Border

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Published on Apr 12, 2017 China is done playing games with America and have turned their attention to North Korea, issuing a dire warning as troops mass on the border. end

Trump Ignores Evidence That Saudi Arabia Launched Chemical Attack In Syria

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Published on Apr 12, 2017 Lee Ann McAdoo and Rob Dew watch President Trump’s press conference about NATO, and reveal information suggesting that the Syrian chemical attack was a false flag carried out by Saudi Arabia. end

Tucker Carlson: News Coverage Has Never Been Faker

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Published on Apr 7, 2017 Tucker blasts report that claimed white supremacists were among the critics of Trump’s airstrike on Syria – when the opposite should have been true. Much of today’s news is rooted in ideology #Tucker end

#Pedogate: Human trafficking and pedophilia a silent epidemic, cops and politicians involved

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
As i have already posted, pedophilia drives the one unique natural conspiracy that is driven to engage real power whatever the cost. That is how they have kept things suppressed for years if not centuries. somehow they are social enough to be able to actually find each other and then conspire to source victims. All this implies high level involvement simply because it has been going on for so long. The right guys or gals for that matter, get the all important promotions and as time progresses the key positions are all seeded, not with talent so much as truly d... more »

Why Your Grandparents Would “Plant by the Signs”

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
[image: aaaaaaGarden] Well maybe but i simply do not see the why of it. Your best sign happens to be sprouting early weeds which inform regarding soil temperatures. Then prep you soil and plant away. The same surely holds true in the tropics for the rainy season. All growing is affected by rain and temperature. Variations there will alter harvest timing as well. And that completely depends of fruit quality. Can you imagine timing a corn harvest to a calendar date? That is a terrible idea. Again seed maturity and moisture content all matter to within a couple of days even... more »

Why Has Trust in Media Collapsed? Look at Actions of WSJ, Yahoo, Business Insider and Slate.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
It has become completely obvious that somewhere some how that a government body is operating a smoke machine to provide cover for a multitude of government operations likely to attract public censure. A distribution list of compliant journalists exist and they run the content. Most of this is simply falsified news typically run counter to a similar real news story in order to derail the baying of the hounds. The whole Russian narrative reaching back years appears to be a favorite ploy of the CIA in particular. There may still be a legitimate Russian story to... more »

Vaccination Rethink

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This report does an excellent job. By now it had become obvious that the whole vaccination protocol has been grossly over applied and economically gamed. Original validation of the protocol came for only several well known and extensively distributed disease. Thus a a palette of childhood diseases actually almost disappeared. That alternatives that were plausible were then never followed up on as that appeared unnecessary. The historic success of vaccination, however controversial in spots paved the way for the present onslaught of multiple synthetic vaccines whose utility ... more »

North Korea and Syria: Two entirely different but equally dangerous scenarios

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 22 hours ago
[image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech at the 9th Congress of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 29, 2016. KCNA/ via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT.] Syria is a free country led by a moderate President, fighting... more »

North Korean Nuclear Weapons Test, etc.

LL at Virtual Mirage - 23 hours ago
The imagery analysts at 38 North published an imagery analysis update entitled, “*North Korea's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Primed and Ready*.” The images are copyrighted and I'd prefer that you look at their website than to copy their photos here. In a nutshell: 38 North reported that satellite imagery detected vehicles and people at the North Portal, in the main administrative area and around the command center. They judged that the water flow being pumped from the North Portal has decreased and the spoil pile remains unchanged. The site remains active and physical preparations ... more »

Russian Air Force unleashes hell on jihadist rebels in northern Syria

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – It was a long night for the jihadist rebels in northern Syria on Wednesday, as the Russian Air Force launched a flurry of airstrikes across the Idlib and Aleppo governorates. Russian air battalions took off from the Hmaymim Airfields in southwest Latakia on Wednesday night, making their way to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Lebanese President suspends parliament meetings for one month

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 A.M.) – Lebanese President, General Michel ‘Aoun, has suspended all parliamentary sessions for one month, as stipulated in Article 59 of the country’s constitution. “I pledged in my oath speech to work on rectifying the political representation of the Lebanese people on the basis of the national Pact,” President Aoun said in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Free Syrian Army offensive in southwest Daraa stalls

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – The Free Syrian Army’s Southern Front forces launched a new offensive in the southwestern countryside of Dara’a on Tuesday, targeting the Yarmouk area near the Jordanian border. The main objective of this offensive by the Southern Front forces is to eliminate the last presence of Islamic State (ISIL) militants in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Three Jordanians sentenced to prison for terror-related charges

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
(7:30 A.M.) – Jordan’s State Security Court (SSC) on Wednesday, handed a 15-year imprisonment with hard laobur to three terrorists after they were convicted of plotting to carry out terror attacks in the Kingdom. The General Intelligence Department managed to foil their plot to carry out a terrorist attack last July. The terrorists planned to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL claims over 20 US, Kurdish soldiers killed in east Al-Raqqa

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – More than 20 U.S. and Kurdish soldiers were killed in the eastern countryside of Al-Raqqa, following a suicide bombing by the Islamic State (ISIS) forces near the Al-Qadisiyah Farms, the terrorist group’s official media wing reported on Wednesday. According to Al-‘Amaq Agency, an Islamic State suicide bomber targeted a U.S. Coalition […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russia supports Syrian Government request to allow OPCW to investigate chemical attack

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
(TASS) Russia supports Damascus’ request filed with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that it should deploy a representative international mission with balanced staff whose conclusions could be trusted, Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department on arms control, told TASS on Wednesday. “Damascus showed utmost openness and cooperability,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

“Al-Qaeda is on our side in Syria”: Clinton adviser

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – Hillary Clinton’s former policy adviser told the presidential candidate that Al-Qaeda is on the side of the United States in Syria, Wikileaks revealed on Wednesday. “AQ is on our side in Syria,” former policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, told Hillary Clinton in an email dated February 12th, 2012. While Hillary Clinton […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Tweet For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Kremlin critic Navalny calls for Russia-wide protests on June 12 https://t.co/mY2dmnOCrH pic.twitter.com/ZwBqtcadAS — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 12, 2017

Is This The New World Order?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday. PHOTO: CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS *Gerald F. Seib, WSJ*: *Trump and Xi: Tensions Turn to Friendship* President talks of ‘great chemistry’ with China’s president in Journal interview President Donald Trump was expansive on Wednesday about his relationship with a world leader he has gotten to know since taking office. “We have a very good relationship,” he said in a Wall Street Journal interview in the Oval Office. “We have a great chemistry together. We like each other. I lik... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
The Pantsir-S1 short range missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system is involved in the integrated training on fire control and management of the Far Eastern Military District's Fifth Army at Sergeyevsky base in Primorye Territory. © SPUTNIK/ VITALIY ANKOV

North Korea Preparing For Another Nuclear Test

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*New York Times*:* North Korea May Be Preparing Its 6th Nuclear Test* New satellite images suggest that North Korea might soon conduct another underground detonation in its effort to learn how to make nuclear arms — its sixth explosive test in a decade and perhaps its most powerful yet. North Korea’s nuclear tests have grown steadily more destructive, and the country continues to pursue its longtime goal of putting a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental missile capable of reaching targets around the globe. The United States recently ordered an aircraft carrier and other warships ... more »

Did the News Media Report the Criminal History of the Wrong David Dao?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
We found no evidence that reports of Dao's past misidentified the doctor removed from the United flight, but anger over the decision to publish the information is tangible.

Is the Supreme Court acting less like a court?

Michael A. Livermore, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia at Science + Technology – The Conversation - 1 day ago
Have the Supreme Court's rulings changed over time? UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA As the pinnacle of the judicial branch, the U.S. Supreme Court is necessarily involved in some of the highest-profile, most controversial and most political cases across the country. And it is one of the most widely respected government institutions in the country. Some of its reputation may be because the justices are not seen as mere “politicians in robes.” Research also tells us people respect the Supreme Court in part because it shares traditions and pageantry with the larger judicial system – such as judg... more »

Venezuela has lost its democratic facade

Laura Gamboa, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Utah State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
Although the Venezuelan government has become increasingly authoritarian since the early 2000s, last week was the first time it openly attacked democracy. On March 29, the Venezuelan Supreme Court, controlled by the executive branch, took over the functions of the National Assembly. Although this is not the first time the Venezuelan government tried to expand its control over other institutions, unlike previous power grabs, so far, this decision has worked against President Nicolás Maduro’s administration and could potentially ignite regime change. Eroding democracy For the past... more »

Long Walk 5: Wounded Knee, Allen and Porcupine Photos by Bad Bear

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
. Photos by Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear Sampson April 12, 2017 Oglala Sioux Nation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota Bad Bear said, "A prayer and a ceremony at the Knee today to remember the massacre. Then we went to Allen, South Dakota. A walk through the community and candlelight vigil for Jeff Lynn Curry Jr. shot 117 times by

"Keep Hope Alive..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

Is Trump Enlisting in The War Party? Gas Attack in Syria ‘Has the Marks of a False-Flag Operation’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Is Trump Enlisting in The War Party? by PATRICK J. BUCHANAN, http://www.wnd.com/ Pat Buchanan: Gas attack in Syria ‘has the marks of a false-flag operation’ By firing off five dozen Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield, our “America First” president may have plunged us into another Middle East war his countrymen do not want to fight. Thus […]

US Missile Strike on Syria ‘a Violation of International Law’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Apr 12, 2017 Almost a week after President Donald Trump launched nearly 60 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase, little attention has been paid to the legality of the strikes. Questions remain as to what legal framework Trump used to justify the attack. Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Marjorie Cohn tells RT […]

US Report on Idlib Attack ‘Misinterprets Evidence’, Politically Motivated – Professor

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Apr 12, 2017 The White House released a declassified intelligence brief on Tuesday in an effort to bolster their allegations that Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered the April 4 chemical attack in Idlib province which killed dozens and drew global condemnation. But Theodore Postol, professor of national security policy at Massachusetts Institute of […]

Gregory Mannarino: FedRes Deliberately Created Bubbles to Save Itself

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Apr 11, 2017 Analyst/trader Gregory Mannarino says, “The Federal Reserve has re-inflated a housing bubble. So now, those ‘toxic assets,’ those mortgage-backed securities are worth something. Now, they are going to sell these at a profit. The profit should going to the poor people who were kicked out of their houses and lost […]

With Less Than A Week To Go, Republicans Are Turning Their Big Guns Towards Georgia Now

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Last night James Thompson, a progressive Democrat ignored-- as progressive Democrats tend to be-- by the DCCC and the rest of the corrupted Democratic DC Establishment, came close to winning a congressional seat in a beet red Kansas district. Had the DCCC helped fund Thompson's race, he would likely have won-- as he did in Sedgwick County, the biggest county in the district. Many Democratic activists are excited because-- with no establishment help at all-- Thompson closed the gap since November from Trump's 27 point win over Hillary to just 7 points. A 20-point turn-around natio... more »

Please Support Kickstarter Campaign for US release of A3 film 'Cruel and Unusual'

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 1 day ago
To donate and help to spread the word, please visit the Kickstarter page directly. Featured below is the information from the campaign's website. *'Cruel and Unusual' – The Angola 3 story, US Cinema Release* *Help get the Angola 3's story into cinemas to support their campaign against long-term solitary confinement & qualify for the Oscars* *THE GOAL* Cinema release in NY and LA to bring 'Cruel and Unusual' - the story of the Angola 3 - to the big screen and qualify for Academy Award consideration. *THE FILM* 'Cruel and Unusual' is the story of three men who have spent longer ... more »

Number Of Google Searches For 'World War 3' Is Hitting Historic Highs

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Searches for 'World War 3' have hit their highest point since Google records began in 2004 after Trump bombed the Assad regime and moved an 'armada' toward North Korea *Daily Mail:* *Number of Google searches for 'World War 3' hits its highest ever level following Trump's military escalation in Syria and North Korea* * Google trends show people are preoccupied with thoughts of conflict * Searches for 'World War 3' have hit record-breaking levels, data reveals * 'Trump war' and 'Syria war' both hit records, while 'nuclear war' is spiking * Comes after cruise missile strikes in Syria a... more »

White House Claims on Syria Chemical Attack ‘Obviously False’ – Prof. Theodor Postol of MIT

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Apr 12, 2017 Earlier the US released a declassified intelligence brief accusing Syrian President Assad of ordering and organizing the chemical attack on civilians in the rebel-held town in the Idlib province. At the same time, the report ‘contains absolutely no evidence’ to prove this, says Theodore Postol, Professor in Massachusetts Institute of […]

Intelligence and Military Sources Who Warned About Weapons Lies Before Iraq War Now Say that Assad Did NOT Launch Chemical Weapon Attack

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Intelligence and Military Sources Who Warned About Weapons Lies Before Iraq War Now Say that Assad Did NOT Launch Chemical Weapon Attack by WashingtonsBlog Former U.N weapons inspector Scott Ritter warned before the start of the Iraq war that claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction were false. Sunday, Ritter wrote that current claims […]

U.S. Forces Entering Syria From Jordanian Border?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
U.S. Forces Entering Syria From Jordanian Border by Brandon Turbeville, http://www.activistpost.com/ Reports coming in from Lebanon and Syria are indicating that the United States is not done with its direct assault on Syria even as the al-Sha’aryat airbase that was targeted by American Tomahawk missiles is back up and running. – As independent journalist, Sarah Abdallah, […]

US Seeking Sanctions to Drag Europe into War with Russia

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
US Seeking Sanctions to Drag Europe into War with Russia by http://presstv.ir/ Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized countries have ignored calls by Britain and the United States for imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Syria. The call for fresh sanctions was triggered by last week’s chemical incident in Khan Shaykhun in […]

All Out War, Confrontation with Russia? The U.S. is Pushing Towards a “Non-Peaceful Solution” of the Syrian Conflict

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
All Out War, Confrontation with Russia? The U.S. is Pushing Towards a “Non-Peaceful Solution” of the Syrian Conflict by South Front, http://www.globalresearch.ca/ Last week, the US Navy launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Ash Sha’irat military airfield operated by the Syrian Air Force near the city of Homs. The launch followed a large-scale media campaign aimed at […]

A War to Reset the Global Financial Order is About to be Unleashed. Russia Creates Alternative to SWIFT Banking Payment System

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
A War to Reset the Global Financial Order is about to be Unleashed. Russia Creates Alternative to SWIFT Banking Payment System by http://macedoniaonline.eu/ The grand order of things could be undergoing some major overhauls. To put it more bluntly, a war to reset the global financial order is about to be unleashed. – Preparations inside Russia […]

Catherine Austin Fitts: US Dollar & US Empire Maintained by Corruption

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Apr 11, 2017 During this 35+ minute interview Jason asks Catherine about the corruption trying to sabotage President Trump’s administration and his ability to get anything done. Catherine talks about the pervasive corruption at all levels of government “from sea to shining sea” and how it keeps the status quo going. – Jason […]

“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”* *Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: * “Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them… But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.” *Buliwyf, and others:* “Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters, and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginn... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*2002, "Remember Now"* - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4qjI8VVzg

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