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New in Syria Comment
Who Gassed Khan Sheikhoun? The Investigation Begins
by Aron Lund On June 29, the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons, OPCW, published its final report on events in the
Syrian city of Khan Sheikhoun on April 4, 2017. As you’ll recall,
President Donald Trump struck a Syrian air base a few days later in
retaliation for what the United States and allied nations, as well as
the Syrian opposition, say was an attack by President Bashar a
New in The Duck of Minerva
On Race, Nationalism and “White Pride” in America
This is a guest post (begun as a set of hasty scribbles on Facebook in
the wake of Charlottesville) by Sean Parson , Assistant Professor in the
Departments of Politics and International Affairs and the MA program in
Sustainable Communities at Northern Arizona University. He is the
author o f Cooking up a Revolution: Food Not Bombs, Anarchist Homeless
Activism and the Politics of Space (forthcomin
Calling New Ducks
As the fall semester approaches, we’re looking for a few good Ducks.
We’d like to bring on a new slate of guest Duck bloggers to continue to
bring IR-related insights to bear on important real world problems, to
explore important debates in the academy, and to do some professional
introspection. We’re especially keen on having gender balance and
increasing representation of voices from beyond Nor
A Drinking Person’s Guide, Day 186
A guest post by Layna Mosley, Professor of Political Science at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (with contributions from
John Granville Peterson Cluverius, Mark Copelovitch, Roger Halchin,
Andrew Herring, Jordy Lobe, Julia Lynch, W.K. Winecoff). Financial
markets continue to take the Trump presidency in stride, but the last
six months have been tough. Political scientists worry th
The Transgender Ban and Politics of Exclusion
The following is a guest post from Jennifer Spindel and Robert Ralston ,
Ph.D. Candidates in Political Science at the University of Minnesota.
On 26 July 2017, Donald Trump announced, via Twitter , that the US
Government would “not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve
in any capacity in the US military.” [1] Notably, the tweets were sent
exactly 69 years after President Harry Truman i
Two legs or One. It has nothing to do with planets- just pants.
Sometimes when we look for a rallying call to join us as humans around a
common cause or to show us our equal vulnerability, we say these trite
sayings like “ Common-sense says that all men put their pants on one leg
at a time.” This is supposed to reassure us that we are all equal in
the most “animalistic” of ways (because you know, animals wear pants).
Here is the problem and the reality though
New in The High-fat Hep C Diet
Low fat dairy recommendations for children completely lack an evidence base, to put it mildly
"There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into
babies." — Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Radio broadcast (March 21,
1943) After reading about the Toddler Paradox on the Care Factor
Critical blog, I wondered what evidence was cited in New Zealand to
support recommendations for low fat milk, lean meat, and so on in the
diets of children. These recommendations were revised
New in The Straight Goods
Canada's Not So Soft Racist Underbelly
Written by Grant G Hard to imagine there were any "good" Alt-Right
participants in Charlottesville, yes the rally was in part was over a
Robert E Lee statue coming down but anyone attending that event for that
one line item, once Neo-Nazis, Klu Klux Klan and white Supremacists
show up and you decide to stay and participate.... Nazis want racial
purity, millions they deemed inferior were eradicate
Michael Smyth and Postmedia....Actually, Shitty Smitty and Corporate Pom Pom Girls
Written by Grant G Michael Smyth...he's not a writer, he's a childmind,
.....the only one(s) giving Gordon Wilson the time of day is Keith
Baldrey and especially Michael Smyth(shitty Smitty).... Why....because
Postmedia is desperate to tarnish John Horgan.... The problem for
Balderdash and bit writer Shitty Smitty is.....BC Public, including BC
Liberal voters, they know Gordon Wilson is a public
Petronas' Pacific Northwest LNG Proposal....The Real Story Minus Postmedia's Fake Narrative
Written by Grant G Yesterday after Petronas divulged they were
canceling their ill-fated LNG project Keith Baldrey started spinning
like a top, spinning like a BC Liberal shill.... Keith Baldrey claimed
the change in government caused Petronas to bail on their project...
CKNW/Global audio vault...listen to July 25th...just after 7:30 pm
news(about 7:33 mark) http://globalnews.ca/pages/audio-vault
What a Beautiful Orange Day....John Horgan Edition
Written by Grant G Worms, squirms and the usual suspects, aided and
abetted by you know who...PostMedia, oh boy, look at the neon, flashing
strobes, look at the not so shiny baubles Postmedia presents as news, my
gawd, how can Postmedia editors and editorial boards, living on a round
earth(?) publish such blatant politically infused
propaganda.....articles that appear to be written by either the
New in thwap's schoolyard
CounterPunch Needs To Get a Grip When It Comes to Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin Johnstone is an online blogger with a journalism degree. She's
mainly concerned with the Defeat-o-crats' and the MSM's attempt to
gin-up conflict with Russia, and potentially start a nuclear war. She
was a Bernie Sanders supporter. (Supporting from afar since she's
Australian.) She has, occasionally, advocated sharing some stories from
right-wingers that are critical of the MSM. (I, for i
Canadian Racism
I've worked with at least three people in three different places who
were quite vocal about how they hated Blacks. Back in the 1970's I
remember an inordinate hatred of South Asians amongst some WASPY-type
friends and acquaintances. (To hear them tell it, "Pakis" were the
dirtiest, sleaziest people who ever existed.) Among fellow white people,
French Canadians and Maritimers were derided as peopl
Humanity Is Too Stupid To Survive - Part Infinity
Further evidence that humanity is just too stupid to survive: All the
people simultaneously shitting in their pants about con-man Trump's
blustering buffoonery with North Korea while also saying we should have
voted for Hillary Clinton. You remember Hillary Clinton don't you? The
psychopath who wanted to shoot Russian fighter-jets out of the Syrian
skies? So, please, tell me, ... if you're one of
Optimism vs Pessimism
"I'm not a pessimist! I'm a realist!" Yeah, right. No. I'm a pessimist.
I am more likely to see defeat and failure than situations warrant. In
doing image searches for this post, I'm thinking that pessimists are
definitely a minority. Which makes sense, since the human race would
have died-out long ago if everybody was like me. Probably related, I
also have a fair degree of self-hatred. (I'm also
Liberal & Loving Its Last Comment
I had three comments to process. Two from Opit. One from LALI. I
clicked the box above all the comments to publish them all
simultaneously last night. Went to reply this morning. Only Opit's
comments were there. LALI wrote something about the Alma (?) drawings
and NDP policy towards Israel-Palestine. I don't know what the Alma
drawings are. If Niki Ashton wins the leadership, NDP policy will chan
We're Heading For a Crack-Up
The "Health Care" bill passed by the Repug troglodytes in Congress
didn't really phase me. The public outcry against this abomination was
so strong that i was certain that even a Repug-dominated Senate would
realize its toxicity and come up with something less obviously vile and
that in reconciliation, reality would produce something similar to the
status-quo. The status-quo was horrid by the way
New in Vaccine Awakening
If You Vaccinate, Ask 8!
8/15/2017
By Barbara Loe Fisher Vaccines are pharmaceutical products that come
with risks that can be greater for some people. 1 2 No vaccine is safe
for everyone. 3 4 If you choose to vaccinate, ask 8 questions before you
do: 5 Number One: Am I sick right now? Getting vaccinated while sick
could increase risks for a vaccine reaction or lower vaccine
effectiveness. 6 Number Two: Have I had a bad r
New in Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis
US threats to North Korea linked to bankruptcy negotiations and global reboot
Notice to readers, due to time differences, this weeks’ report will
appear by Monday evening North American East Coast time. World events
have been stuck in a holding pattern this summer but a major paradigm
shift is possible this fall if we make it happen. The holding pattern is
as follows: The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CORPORATION, which defaulted
on its debt payments on May 1st of this year, ha
Systems failure in the West and how to solve it
Notice to readers Due to my annual holiday the next two reports will be
prewritten unless extraordinary events cause me to interrupt my holiday
to cover them By now it is obvious to anyone who is actually using
their brain that something is profoundly wrong with the leadership and
government systems in the West. This is especially true of the United
States where real living standards have been de
The road to Rome leads through Mecca and Jerusalem
The rogue states of Saudi Arabia and Israel are under massive attack
from a Russian, Chinese, Pentagon and Iranian alliance and will have no
choice but to surrender. It is only a question now of when, not if. When
these rogue regimes surrender, their leadership is going to be forced
to expose who gives them their orders and they will point to Rome and
the black sun worshippers at the P2 freemason
Revolution to spread to Israel Japan and Middle East this autumn
Notice to readers since I am on my holiday this report was written in
advance. The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States
was a major step towards defeating the Khazarian mafia worldwide.
However, the Trump presidency still represents an attempt to reform the
old system rather than a true revolution. Trump has been keeping the
United State of America Corporation afloat mainly
Link to recent Benjamin Fulford interview
http://themindunleashed.com/2017/07/former-mainstream-media-journalist-blows-whistle-911-fukushima.html
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
A
Not Very Rosy Picture (LIBOR BS Finally Smells Rank - Fanny/Freddie
Rank Too - Privatized Profits/Socialized Losses) N. Korea/Guam Terrified
of Crazed Leader & Intel Folk (Leak from DNC, NOT Hack) US Media
Has to Keep Lying? (Dems Better Deal Spells Disaster) Bigger Systemic
Risk Now Than 2008 (Glorifying Wasting the Earth's Bounty: Elites
Rejoice) Trumponomics (NeoCon Lies & Monsanto Truth Revealed)
Anne
Jones became so afraid to drink the water that came out of her well she
installed a water purification system. A blue plastic jug, filled to
the brim with purified water, sits on her kitchen counter. . . . Jones’
home in Banks County, about 75 miles northeast of Atlanta, sits on the
edge of the county landfill. Since 2015, trucks from North and South
Carolina have filled it with at
New in What Is Sustainable
Sea of Slaughter
Farley Mowat (1921–2014) was a famous Canadian nature writer, a
fire-breathing critic of modernity’s war on wildness. He spent much of
his life close to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic, and was an
avid outdoorsman. By 1975, he and his wife were becoming acutely aware
of the sharp decline of wildlife during their own lifetimes. Mowat
chatted with 90-year olds who confirmed his suspicions
New in Wide Asleep in America
Citations Needed, Episode 06: The Media’s Default Setting of White Supremacy
(Artwork
pictured by @/yesitsalex___) On Episode 6 of Citations Needed, Adam and
I explore how the media both consciously and subconsciously works to
smear black victims, protect the police, and works overtime to
ameliorate the sensibilities of white media consumers. The white
supremacist regime at work in the media can be broken down into three
main narrative devices: The use of language
MSNBC's Joy Reid Fails History and Geography
MSNBC's
Joy Reid “Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy
justice can have.” - James Baldwin Seemingly apropos of nothing but
shameless Red-baiting weirdness, MSNBC host Joy Reid tweeted today about
two of Donald Trump's three wives hailing from Eastern European
countries. "Donald Trump married one American (his second wife) and two
women from what used to be Soviet
Citations Needed, Episode 05: The Great American Socialist Whitewash
Fred
Hampton On Episode 5 of Citations Needed, Adam and I explore the
history of the media erasing socialists of color from the history books
and present day discourse––a tactic that serves to both commodity and
water-down black radicalism and pawn off leftwing politics as a uniquely
white or middle class enterprise. Our guests this week are Robert
Greene II and Roqayah Chamseddine.
The Return of the Media's Zombie Narrative About Iran's Nuclear Program
Democracy
may die in darkness, but the Washington Post continues to murder truth
when it comes to the Iranian nuclear program. In an August 2, 2017
article about a recent bill, passed nearly unanimously in Congress and
begrudgingly signed into law, that pointlessly imposes more sanctions on
Russia and two other countries that don't toe the American line, the
Washington Post described the
Citations Needed, Episode 04: The Root of All Evil
A
recent New York Times presents a Manichean worldview wherein the United
States’ invasion of Iraq was noble and just, while Iran’s relationship
with its neighbor is nefarious and dangerous. The article was written by
Baghdad bureau chief Tim Arango (picture above, right). Episode 4 of
Citations Needed, my new media criticism podcast co-hosted by Adam
Johnson, is out. This week, we talk
Citations Needed, Episode 03: The Rise of Superpredator 2.0
"The
press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make the criminal
look like he's a the victim and make the victim look like he's the
criminal... If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating
the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing
the oppressing." - Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Episode 3 of the new media criticism
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what i'm reading: maximum security book club
I have an abiding interest in prison librarianship, and try to learn
about it wherever I can. Whenever the OLA Superconference features a
session on prison libraries, I attend. I'm always pleased to see how
popular and well attended these sessions are. Perhaps that should not
surprise. In a sense, prison libraries epitomize librarian values -- the
inherent value of reading, the power of self-educ
join the ndp and vote for niki ashton: deadline august 17
The deadline to join the NDP and vote for Niki Ashton is August 17 .
Last night I saw something that shocked me, and today I did something
I've never done before: I joined a political party. And I did it so I
can cast my vote for Niki Ashton for leader of the federal NDP. * * * * I
worked on Saturday, and was very busy, with zero time to check
headlines or social media. After work, I was watching
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #24
I
have a TIHATL double-header today, plus a bonus round. A customer asked
for something by Omar Tyree. We had only one copy of one title, and
that was in a different branch. I asked if I could get her something
with a similar vibe, and she was up for it. Turns out she has read all
of Tyree's work -- she loves it and wanted to re-read. So yes, more
authors like that would be good. I had never heard
in which old photos make me think things
I've
been scanning some old photos -- some of Allan and me through the
years, others with my siblings and various ages -- and have been posting
them on Facebook. This experience has led to two insights. The thoughts
themselves aren't new, but this walk on memory lane has recalled and
reinforced them. Insight number one: my self-image was extremely
distorted throughout my life. I thought I was fat
what i'm reading: city on fire
I finished City on Fire , Garth Risk Hallberg's astonishing debut
novel, a few days ago, but stories from the book are still playing in
mind. I initially didn't want to commit to reading a 900-page tome, but
as I savoured the last scene, I was sorry to put it down. City on Fire
brings you to 1976-77 New York City, the summer of The Blackout, when
the City famously went dark and gave way to riotin
an open letter to loblaws: greed is not good -- especially not for public relations
Loblaw
Companies Limited 1 President's Choice Circle Brampton, Ontario, L6Y
5S5 Attention: LCL Customer Relations Centre Dear Loblaw Ltd.: I am a
Loblaw customer and I was extremely disappointed at recent public
statements made by Loblaw CEO Galen Weston, Jr., regarding the proposed
raise of the minimum wage in Ontario. Mr. Weston claimed that the
proposed wage hikes will result in higher prices a
New in WWF - Latest News
Belize moratorium on offshore oil activity landmark step forward for marine conservation
Belmopan, Belize, 18 August 2017– The Belize government's decision
today to introduce critical legislation to establish a permanent
moratorium on offshore oil activity in and around the Belize Barrier
Reef has been welcomed by WWF, Oceana and other members of the Belize
Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage as a landmark step forward for
the World Heritage site and marine conservation globally.
WWF deeply concerned over imminent certification of Mexican tuna fishery
Gland, Switzerland, 5 August 2017 – WWF has expressed its deep concern
at the likely Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the
Northeastern Tropical Pacific tuna dolphin-set purse seine fishery. WWF
had previously objected to this certification proposal due to its belief
that impacts of the fishery on depleted dolphin populations have not
been sufficiently examined and addressed, ther
Snaring crisis devastating Asia's wildlife, jeopardizing decades of tiger conservation efforts
29 July 2017 – On Global Tiger Day today, WWF is urging tiger-range
governments to strengthen anti-poaching efforts and crack down on a
severe wildlife snaring crisis that is threatening wildlife across Asia,
especially the world's remaining wild tigers, which number only around
3,900. Easy to make from widely available material such as bicycle cable
wires and quick to set up, wire snares are dea
EU Court of Justice orders Poland to halt logging in Bialowieza Forest
Warsaw, Poland – In response to the Court of Justice of the European
Union's decision to halt logging in Bialowieza Forest, Dariusz
Gatlowski, Biodiversity Specialist at WWF-Poland, said: "This decision
is great news for Bialowieza and the communities that depend on this
remarkable forest. By ordering Poland to halt logging, the Court has
recognized that these activities are causing serious and i
New in Is the BBC biased?
Are we done with Sarah Champion?
When “ former race tsar” Trevor Phillips spoke out “On abuse it's time
to call a spade a spade” it caused a mere ripple. Did his words carry
less weight that Sarah Champion’s? What about Trevor Kavanagh? The
backlash from his “Islamophobic” piece in the Sun mainly concerned his
‘extremely poor choice of words’. His critics felt “The Muslim Problem”
sounded a little too much like “The Jewish Quest
Regrets
Goodness me. What is going on? I s this the end of the story Or just the beginning ? Discuss
Open Thread
This isn't how I remember Tom and Jerry: Tom and Jerry in Real life!
pic.twitter.com/PhLslRkGCY — Nature is Amazing 🌴 (@AMAZlNGNATURE)
August 13, 2017 In the meantime, please post any thoughts about BBC bias
below as usual.
Charlottesville (a confused or a coherent post?)
I read a tweet last night: Well yes. Here's something I saw cited at
B-BBC : I assumed the B-BBC link would take me to a blog-post by someone
like the ever-righteous Katty Kay or the ever-sarcastic Anthony Zurcher
- BBC journalists who appear to have carte blanche to be as opinionated
as they like (for some reason) despite that whole 'BBC impartiality'
thing - but no, the link took me to a bog-st
Another update
Here's an update on a sad story you may remember from last year... In
the months following the EU referendum a Polish man in Harlow, Arkadiusz
Jozwik, was killed during an altercation with local youths. It was a
big story at the time and there was frenzied speculation in certain
quarters that it was a 'hate crime' provoked by the Brexit vote. BBC
One's main news bulletins, featuring reporter Dani
The real reason (Update)
Following on from a post yesterday , it looks as if one Andrew doesn't necessarily believe the other Andrew :
New in A Different Perspective
Arthur Exon and the Investigative Teams
As happens all too often, as I’m searching for something else, I
stumble onto a document that helps explain information I had found in
the past. Brigadier General Arthur Exon, who was the Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base commander, a position similar to that of a mayor, told me
during an interview on May 19, 1990, that he was responsible for
dispatching aircraft to carry investigators to important
Rich Reynolds Has "Mini" Stroke
As many of you know, on Sunday nights, I am tuned into Game of Thrones
on HBO. I communicate with Rich Reynolds about the program and we
discuss, via email, our thoughts on each week's episode. On Saturday
night I had emailed him that there were 27 hours before the next
installment and he noted that he had his popcorn ready. After the
"Spoils of War" episode that saw the deployment of one of the
John Ventre, Racism and the Mission to Civilize
( Blogger’s Note : Before anyone misinterprets this post, I am not
defending John Ventre’s racist rant, only his right to make it. That is a
real but sometimes overlooked distinction. If we begin to limit free
speech by labeling it as “hate speech,” and deny a person the right to
make a racist rant, how long will it be before someone else decides that
he or she doesn’t think we should be talking
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Don Schmitt
Don Schmitt. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle This week I noted that the
show has been on the air for a year. I spoke with Don Schmitt. We
covered the Roswell festival and how it had evolved into more of a
circus than a symposium on what had happened in Roswell so long ago. The
city sees it as a way of attracting tourists and the International UFO
Museum and Research Center thinks of it as more of
Jim Marrs December 5, 1943 - August 2, 2017
Jim Marrs at the podium. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle For those of
you who haven't heard, Jim Marrs had died. He was famous for his book,
Alien Agenda and his book on the Kennedy assassination, Crossfire . That
book became the basis for Oliver Stone's movie, JFK. Personally, I
meant Marrs only twice and both times at UFO symposium or conferences.
We disagree on several cases such as the UFO cr
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
In keeping with the tradition that no good deed goes unpublished, and
as a way of explaining how I was dragged into this nasty fight over the
reality of the Billy Meier contact claims, I thought a note of
explanation was warranted. In the words of Robert E. Lee, I didn’t want
this fight but the fight is here. I had criticized MUFON for the choice
of speakers at the recent symposium thinking that
New in A Very Public Sociologist
On Labour's "Sexist" Industrial Strategy
When Jess Phillips speaks it rarely ends well. On this occasion,
seemingly determined to ruffle as many feathers as possible, she is
reported as saying that "left-wing men are the absolute worst" when it
comes to sexism, and that Labour's industrial strategy is sexist.
Challenged on this by Caroline Molloy , she said she really meant lefty
men are merely the more annoying than the sexists of the
The Stupidity of Jeremy Hunt
Do you know what I can't stand about Jeremy Hunt? That NHS pin.
Everywhere he goes it's there, pretending he cares when we know he'd
like nothing better than to see the back end of the NHS . Do you know
what else I can't stand about him? The egregious stupidity, which he
also wears like that blasted badge. And it just so happens he's been
showing it off today. You may have seen him get into a Twi
Fascism and Economic Anxiety
What's the liberal hot take on last weekend's white supremacist march
in Charlottesville, North Virginia? According to Twitter, and never
missing an opportunity to be smug, it definitely, definitely was not
about "economic anxiety". Here are some typical examples . They think
they're being clever funny ironic, of burnishing woke creds while
caricaturing and mocking those annoying people who insis
The Faces of Fascism
Look at the state of these. Young white American men. Young white
American men with burners on a fascist march in Charlottesville. You
might have heard a wee bit about it. This led to clashes, the murder of a
comrade protesting against these pricks, and a huge political fall out
thanks to Trump's trouble condemning the violence of white supremacists
and Theresa May's inability to criticise him. I
Rallies Work
I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. Rallies in politics
matter, and you needn't take my word for it any more as Alia Middleton
at the LSE has crunched the numbers . She found that where Theresa May
set down during the election campaign, her visits had little appreciable
effect on the outcome in those seats. When Jeremy Corbyn rolled into
town for one of his rallies, the party vote sha
Five Reasons Why a New Centre Party is a Stupid Idea
It's truly silly season if talk of a new centre party is abroad yet
again . James Chapman, ex- Daily Mail and former office boss in David
Davis's Department for Exiting the European Union sparked off the latest
chittery-chattery in a series of pointed posts on yours and mine's
favourite social media outlet. He said Boris Johnson should be banged up
for his moronic £350m/week pledge to fund the NH
New in Adrienne's Corner
Joel Pollack of Breitbart: "At Breitbart our mission remains the same. "...
unfortunately, as smart and well spoken as Mr Pollack is, he still
finds it necessary (5:07) to "disavow" himself of any type of support
for neo-Nazis, KKK, and white supremacists. Just stop it. Why are we
being forced to "disavow" ourselves of anything the left doesn't like?
And we have to do it over and over. It's the same as apologizing for
breathing. You don't win wars by apologizing to your
Barcelona...
let's light a candle, hold hands, and sing "All We Need is Love." And
then we can spend some time wondering what motivated the attackers,
declare Islam a religion of peace, and bring in more "refugees." Because
that's worked so well in the past. And when we're through with the
tears, thoughts, and prayers we can go tear down a few Confederate
statues that are creating an unsafe atmosphere for unt
Elvis Presley: January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977...
RIP Elvis 40 Years Today While I prefer some of his numbers from his
Comeback Special in 1968, I found this to be more appropriate for the
events unfolding now. When I moved to Texas in the early 60's and
attended my first musical event the band played Dixie and everyone stood
up. I was completely dumbfounded and had no inkling of why they stood
up. I stood up after being prodded by my new friend
Black run, economically depressed, criminal infested Baltimore sneakily removes four Confederate statues in the dark of night...
which improved the lives of the people of Baltimore - how? Baltimore
Mayor Catherine Pugh said crews began removing the city's Confederate
monuments late Tuesday and finished around 5.30am on Wednesday. 'It's
done,' Pugh told the Baltimore Sun. 'They needed to come down. My
concern is for the safety and security of our people. We moved as
quickly as we could.' source Safety and security of our pe
Durham, NC: Let's pull down a statue commemorating 500K Americans...
like a bunch of monkeys allowed out of their circus cages. This is
disgraceful and nauseating to watch. A crowd of protesters gathered
outside the old Durham County courthouse on Main Street Monday evening
in opposition to a Confederate monument in front of the government
building. Around 7:10pm a woman climbed the statue using a ladder and
attached a rope around the statue. Moments later, The cr
Trump: "To anyone who acted criminally in this weekends racist violence - you will be held fully accountable"...
"We will defend and protect the sacred rights of all Americans" A bit
of Monday inspiration brought to you by Nanea Hoffman of Sweatpants and
Coffee - and we thank her. Also thanks to The Deplorable EtoculusDei who
posted it in the wonderful MOTUS A.D. combox whose today's post I Don’t
Think Diversity Means What You Think It Means is well worth a read.
Some great deals at Amazon in Arts, Crafts,
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & Views.....August 20 , 2017.....Quick Hits For
Saturday -1) Global Markets : Doug Noland's Weekly Missive And Survey Of
Hot Button Topics For Markets & Key News ; Bonds & Stocks
Highlights For The Week That Was ; Additional Items Of Note. 2) Spain
Terror Attack Updates - Confusion Whether ISIS Cell Dismantled Or
Whether Hunt To Round Up Additional Dead-Enders Is Continuing. 3)
Finland - Stabbing Incident Now Considered Terror Attack Based On New
Information Obtained ,18 Year Old Suspect In Police Custody , Additional
Non Hysterical Information On The Attack. 4) US Politics : Free Speech
Rally & Counter-Protest In Boston Today ; Confederate Statute
Controversy Continues ; Swampland Items ; Partisan Politics Cowbells
& Whistles ; Additional Items Updated As Warranted. 5) Syria Updates
For Saturday - SAA And Allies Continue To Press ISIS. 6) Gulf Rift
Updates - Items To Consider From Both Points Of View. 7) Russia Hit By
Random Stabbings Today , ISIS Allegedly…
Markets Overview.... fred walton @fredwalton216 44s 45 seconds ago
fred walton Retweeted fred walton "Crisis Of Confidence" missive from
Doug Noland-focus on China , fears Central Bankers losing their touch
& of course concerns re : Trump. fred walton added, fred walton
@fredwalton216 Credit Bubble Bulletin : Weekly Commentary: Crisis of
Confidence http:// creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2017
Economic
News , Data & Views...August 19 , 2017...Quick Hits For Friday -1)
Markets : US - Stocks End Lower On Friday - But Off The Lows , Oil Has
Strong Day While Gold Slightly Lower , US Treasuries Yields Initially
Dropped On Terror Concerns But Seemed To Move Higher With Bannon
Departure , Additional Items Of Interest. 2) US Politics : Steve Bannon ,
Julia Hahn , George Safaris Out ; Carl Icahn Ceases Acting As Special
Adviser To President On Regulatory Reform ; Updates Related To Russia
Probes ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Finland - Turku Attack Today -
Several People Stabbed In Downtown Turku , Finland. 4) Spain Attack
Updates & Great Thread From Rukmini Callmachi. 5) Odds & Ends -
Global !
Markets..... US..... ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago ForexLive
Americas FX news wrap: Bannon bounced, dollar bounces http://
bit.ly/2vQoiC3 MarketWatch Verified account @MarketWatch 2h 2 hours
ago U.S. stocks close lower, post second straight weekly loss http://
on.mktw.net/2ieB8ae zerohedge @zerohedge 2h 2 hours ago 'Bannon
Bounce' Fails To Correct 'Cohn Crash' As Nasdaq Drops For 4th S
Economic
News , Data And Views.....August 17 , 2017.....1) Markets : Asia -
Light Economic Calendar For Friday , Market Moving News & Data ; US
US Stocks Hammered Today On Trump & Spain Terror Attack Concerns ,
Gold Moves Higher On Flight To Safety Concerns , Treasury Yields Also
Fall On Heightened Anxieties , Additional Items Of Note ; Europe - Major
Indexes End Red Today But Watch Out For Friday Really Being A Show
Stopper , Financial Items Of Note To Consider. 2) Spain - Updates On
Today's Terror Attack - Out Of Respect For The Victims , No Gory Photos
Or Videos. 3) US Politics - Swampland News , Charlottesville Aftermath /
Backlash / Reverberations Continues , North Korea Situation. 4)
Venezuela - Major Banks Cutting Exposure To Venezuela Due To Political
Cris , Oil Industry Getting Squeezed , Maduro Crackdown On Opponents
Continues Even As UK Mulls Suspending Arms Sales , Additional Items Of
Note. 5) Syria Updates. 6) Libya News Of Note - Domestic Economy &
Political Fronts.
Markets...... Asia...... ForexLive @ForexLive 56m 56 minutes ago
Economic data due from Asia today (this is a very short post) Ankit
Panda Verified account @nktpnd 26m 26 minutes ago Onodera hints at
Aegis-ashore/THAAD procurement implicitly in remarks at today's US-JP
2+2 presser. Intel Crab @IntelCrab 34m 34 minutes ago #ROK defense
minister to attend a meeting with SecDef #Mattis in #DC
Economic
News , Data & Views.....August 16 , 2017.....Quick Hits For
Wednesday -1) Europe - Europe's Major Stock Indexes Finish Higher For
The Third Straight Session , Peripheral Debt Catches Bid Today In Part
Due To ECB Head Draghi's Signaling No New Policy Message At Kansas Fed's
Jackson Hole Soiree , GDP Data From Italy And Netherlands ; US -Tedious
& Worn Out , Barely Green Performance For US Stock Indexes , FOMC
Meeting Minutes Released - Key Headlines , DOE Crude Oil Inventories
Show Larger Draw Than Expected - Oil Price Still Heads Lower , US
Housing Starts & Permits Miss Expectations , Additional Items Of
Note ; Asia- Economic Calendar , Market Moving News & Data. 2) US
Politics : Business Leaders Depart Trump's Advisory Councils - Both Of
Which He Disbands Today After Latest Wave Of Resignations ; Healthcare
Updates , US-North Korea Situation ; Additional Items Of Note. 4) UK -
Domestic Politics As Well As UK-EU Talks Related Items. 5) Odds &
Ends - Iraq , Libya , Gulf…
Markets..... Europe.... ForexLive @ForexLive 4h 4 hours ago European
stocks up for the third day this week Holger Zschaepitz
@Schuldensuehner 9h 9 hours ago Investors willing to pay #Portugal more
& more for the privilege of holding their money. Lisbon sold 1y
paper at record low yield of -0.29%. Holger Zschaepitz
@Schuldensuehner 11h 11 hours ago #Italy bonds rally as #ECB 's Draghi
will n
Economic
News , Data & Views....August 15 , 2017....Quick Hits For Tuesday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Wednesday , Market Moving
Data And News , North Korea Situation Seems To Be Back Burned For Today ;
US - A Day As Dreary As The Weather - Stocks Mixed But Largely
Unchanged , Gold Off A Tad , Treasury Yields Higher , US Crude Up A
Smidgeon. Blah .2) US Politics : "The Presser" ; Infrastructure Items ;
Healthcare Updates ; Swampland News. 3) UK News For Tuesday - Primary
focus On UK-EU Talks And Related Issues. 4) Greece Updates For Tuesday.
4) MENA RoundUp - Libya , Syria , Iraq , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Gulf Rift
In Focus.6) Odds & Ends !
Markets.... ForexLive @ForexLive 44m 44 minutes ago Economic data due
from Asia today - a light calendar LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 2h 2 hours
ago US Total Net TIC Flows (USD) Jun: 7.7B (prev R 54.7B) -Net Long-Term
TIC Flows (USD) Jun: 34.4B (prev 91.9B) US..... ForexLive @ForexLive
51m 51 minutes ago Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Strong retail sales
send to dollar higher ForexLive @Forex
Economic
News , Data& Views -- August 14 , 2017-- Quick Hits for Monday -1)
Markets: Asia - Economic Calendar For Monday , Market Moving News &
Data , North Korea Situation Evolving As Moves Made By North Korea
Military Forces May Be Linked To A New Land Or Sea Test ; US - Stocks
Have A Big Monday As Allegedly Tensions Lessened Regulating The North
Korea Situation , Not Surprisingly Both Gold And Oil In The Red Today
& Treasury Yields Move A Tad Higher. 2) US Politics : Venezuela -
Trump Bombastic Statement Concerning Possible Military Action Against
Venezuela Jumped Upon By Maduro Today - Who Orders Assembly To
Investigate Opposition For Allegedly Supporting Trump's Military Action
Statement ; Political Developments On North Korea Today ; Trade War May
Be Jumping Off With China As Trump Signs Memo To Investigate China Over
IP Policies ; NAFTA In Focus ; Aftermath From Virginia Continues To Roil
US Politics , Trump Offers Unambiguous Rebuke of Nazis / KKK &
White Nationals ;
Markets..... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago Economic
data due from Asia today - RBA meeting minutes ForexLive @ForexLive
35m 35 minutes ago AUD traders - RBA minutes due today, preview. David
Scutt Verified account @Scutty 33m 33 minutes ago David Scutt
Retweeted BI AUS Markets Futures continued to slide overnight #ausbiz
David Scutt added, BI AUS Markets @BIAUSMarkets Iron ore
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'Hate Crimes Target Native Americans in Nevada and U.S. Bordertowns' by John Redhouse, Dineh
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groups Censored News series 'Racism in America' By John Redhouse, Dineh
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and early 1980s, I was honored to meet many great Native Nevadan leaders
who were fighting for their tribal sovereignty, treaty, land, water,
and human rights. One of
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Wounded
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one of the principal chiefs when the Oglala settled the Pine Ridge
Reservation. I come from a long line of traditional family and Treaty
people and was given a good upbringing. In 1887, when the
Lakota Tony Black Feather: 'American flag represents racist nation' on the Stronghold 2002
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in 2002 -- as he spoke out about the American flag, racism, the Black
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Quanah Parker Brightman -- Police Harassment in Pinole California
Quanah
Parker Brightman -- Police Harassment in Pinole California Quanah
Parker Brightman, Lakota and son of Lehman Brightman, founder of United
Native Americans, describes the harassment and false identification of
him, and his friends, by police in Pinole,Calif. Across America, this
type of out of control police action, illegal search and seizure,
targeting of activists, and
Dineh Louise Benally "Racist Hillary, Goldwater and Relocation"
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Laser SETI Funded
The SETI Institute’s Laser SETI campaign made it past the finish line.
Many thanks to the many Centauri Dreams readers who helped to make this
happen. All sky, all the time SETI should produce astrophysical
discoveries we haven’t imagined, and of course we’ll keep hoping for
that intriguing transient that turns out to point to extraterrestrial
intelligence. Exciting times ahead!
Tuning Up RV: A Test Case at Tau Ceti
The new work on Tau Ceti, which analyzes radial velocity data showing
four planets there, looks to be a step forward in this workhouse method
for planetary detection. With radial velocity, we’re analyzing tiny
variations in the movement of a star as it is affected by the planets
around it. These are tiny signals, and the new Tau Ceti paper discusses
working with variations as low as 30 centimeter
Laser SETI in Context
I’ve been thinking about SETI all weekend, not only because I’m pulling
material together for the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop in
October, but also because I’ve been keeping an eye on the Laser SETI
campaign now running on Indiegogo. With five days to go, Laser SETI is
four-fifths of the way to its goal. When I think about the effort in the
context of SETI’s history, its significance be
Is the Term ‘Habitable Zone’ Viable?
I’m not much for changing the meaning of words. True, languages always
change, some at a faster clip than others (contrast Elizabethan English
with today’s, though modern Icelandic is structurally very similar to
the Old Norse of the sagas). But I love words and prefer to let
linguistic variety evolve rather than be decreed. Even so, I get what
Elizabeth Tasker is doing when she makes the case fo
TRAPPIST-1: The Importance of Age
If life can arise around red dwarf stars, you would think TRAPPIST-1
would be the place to look. Home to seven planets, this ultracool M8V
dwarf star about 40 light years away in Aquarius has been around for a
long time. The age range in a new study on the matter goes from 5.4
billion years up to almost ten billion years. And we have more than one
habitable zone planet to look at. Adam Burgasser
A Tidally Locked ‘Earth’?
Whether or not life can emerge on the planets of red dwarf stars
remains an unknown, though upcoming technologies should help us learn
more through the study of planetary atmospheres. Tidal locking always
comes up in such discussions, an issue I always thought to be fairly
recent, but now I learn that it has quite a pedigree. In a new paper
from Rory Barnes, I learn that astronomers in the late 1
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