Tuesday, August 08, 2017

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English: TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2009) Seabees drill for water to take advantage of geo-thermal technology to warm the water supply at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Jeremiah Handeland/Released) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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English: TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2009) An array of solar panels supplies energy for necessities at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Jeremiah Handeland/Released) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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The Plight of the Purple Martin

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 1 minute ago
*Mated Pair of Purple Martins - * *Photo in Museum at Ladysmith Marina Museum* Having been offline for a few days, readers will note that I am trying to catch up with a backlock of posts. This one is about the environment as I have observed it during this sailing trip to the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. During our time on the open waters I haven't seen much sign of wildlife. We have seen about a dozen harbor seals and a few small herring pods jumping just above the waves in an effort to escape what must be a larger predator beneath. We saw one small dolphin and we hear... more »

Is College Education Worth It?

Walter E. Williams at rss - 11 minutes ago
[image: is-college-education-worth-it] College is not for everyone. There is absolutely no shame in a youngster's graduating from high school and learning a trade.

Russian President Putin On Vacation (Full Raw Video)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 18 minutes ago
*WNU Editor*: This is why I have a chalet in the Laurentians of Quebec, Canada .... the view reminds me of Siberia. The only thing that surprised me about the above video are the flies .... or more to the point .... the absence of them. Mind you it is August .... flies are not a problem .... but May/June .... wow .... if you want to be eaten alive, that is the time to go to Siberia, or to the Laurentians for that matter.

Even a Blind Man Can Tell when he's Walking in the Sun

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 21 minutes ago
OFF TOPIC: Vale Glen Campbell Music Legend Glen Campbell Passes Away At Age 81

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 43 minutes ago
*Air Assault* Marines board a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter before participating in air assault training during Integrated Training Exercise 5-17 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 29, 2017. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher A. Mendoza *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Marines Board Helicopters for Air Assault Training* (US Department of Defense).

Something is brewing in west Aleppo as Syrian Army reinforcements enter area

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 A.M.) – A large convoy consisting of military personnel from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and National Defense Forces (NDF) arrived in western Aleppo, Tuesday, a military source told Al-Masdar News last night. The reinforcements were split up and sent to two different axes in west Aleppo: one group went to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iranian drone buzzes US Navy jet in Persian Gulf – Pentagon

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
A US Navy fighter attempting to land on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf had to maneuver to dodge an Iranian drone, which came within 100 feet (31 meters), US officials said. The F/A-18E Super Hornet jet was on the landing approach when an Iranian drone approached, said unnamed US defense officials. The drone, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army at the doorsteps of ISIL’s last stronghold in SE Raqqa

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:50 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been rapidly advancing in the southeastern countryside of the Al-Raqqa Governorate recently, liberating dozens of villages that were once occupied by the so-called Islamic State (ISIL). On Tuesday, the Syrian Arab Army continued to dominate the southeastern countryside of Al-Raqqa, taking control of Numaysiyah, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Large prisoner exchange between Syrian Army, Jaysh Al-Islam in East Ghouta

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:25 A.M.) – A large prisoner exchange took place between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Jaysh Al-Islam (Army of Islam) on Tuesday, a local source told Al-Masdar News. According to the source, the Syrian Arab Army free three Jaysh Al-Islam fighters in exchange for six soldiers that were held captive by the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syria: Mural painted in honour of late RT journalist Al-Khatib

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 A.M.) – Friends and colleagues of late RT correspondent Khaled Al-Khatib honoured his memory in front of a mural, in Salamyyah Park, on Tuesday. Director of the Khatwa voluntary team, where Al-Khatib worked, said, “We wanted to dedicate a mural for his soul so that we will remember him here in Salamyyah… his […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Al-Qaeda group releases footage of their snipers targeting the Syrian Army in Aleppo

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Al-Qaeda faction, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham, released footage on Tuesday showing their snipers targeting Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers in southern Aleppo. Despite the de-escalation zone in some parts of northern Syria, HTS continues to attack Syrian Army positions in the Aleppo Governorate. These attacks by HTS have prompted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

EU-funded Libyan Coast Guard threatens migrant rescue ship with shots: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 A.M.) – Footage, captured on Tuesday, shows the Libyan Coast Guard shooting into the air, close to a boat operated by Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms. The images were provided by Proactiva Open Arms, who maintain that they were 13 miles (20.9 km) from the Libyan coast at the time. Proactiva Open Arms […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian choppers harass ISIL terrorists as Syrian troops advance in east Homs

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 56 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:15 A.M.) – The Russian Air Force has played a crucial role in the Islamic State’s (ISIL) demise in Syria, thanks in large part to their constant attacks on the terrorist group’s positions across the country. As a result of the Russian Air Force’s relentless harassment of the Islamic State, the Syrian military […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

The Captain Speaks

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 1 hour ago
*The Captain Speaks* *Limerence Captain (again) freezes* *when asked about '70's South Seas Adventure* As per usual "Old Salty" the Limerence Sea Captain, demurs when asked to recollect memories about his sailing trip to the South Seas and Australia/New Zealand in the '70's in a farrow cement '36 foot sailboat he and two buddies built themselves on a shoestring budget. One of his partners in this outlandish escapade, Trevor, is actually writing a book about the adventure. Last I heard it is being called "The Adventures of Natural Hy". "Natural Hy" was the name the three 20 someth... more »

This Is What Happens When A Plane Violates U.S. Presidential Airspace

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*WNU Editor:* The problem that I have with this video is that if it is a jet that is entering restricted airspace .... and not a Cessna .... will the F-16s have enough time to conduct an intercept. To me .... this is cutting it really close.

Weather-related Natural Disasters: Should we be concerned about a reversion to the mean?

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: by Risk Frontiers July 31, 2017 Professor Roger Pielke Jr (University of Colorado Boulder) Roger is a long-term Research Fellow of Risk Frontiers and recently it was our pleasure to be able to host him, once again, in Sydney. During this visit, we were rewarded with an insightful seminar…

The Effects of the Bray Climate and Solar Cycle

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: By Andy May Javier has posted three new essays on the Bray climate and solar cycle on Judith Curry’s web site. Part A is here, part B is here and Part C is here. In these posts, he lays out the evidence, in some detail, for the climate…

The Rainmakers

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach For more than a decade now I’ve been saying something without getting much agreement, which was: “When you cut down the trees, you cut down the clouds”. I based my saying on my own experience, first growing up in a ponderosa pine and…

Gamechanger: DC Appeals Court Denies EPA Climate Rules

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: A major clarification came today from the DC Court of Appeals ordering EPA (and thus the Executive Branch Bureaucracy) to defer to Congress regarding regulation of substances claimed to cause climate change. While the issue and arguments are somewhat obscure, the clarity of the ruling is welcome. Basically, the EPA…

July USA – 1936, 1934 and 1901 (tied with 2012) Are Still the Hottest in USA

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: July USA – 1936, 1934 and 1901 (tied with 2012) Are Still the Hottest (Maximum) in USA. 2017 is 15th.

Who Likes Seeing Multimillionaires Hoist On Their Own Petards-- A Whole Gated Community Of Them?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
CA-12 is made up of the city of San Francisco and the congressmember is Nancy Pelosi. With a D+34 PVI, it's one of the bluest districts in the country. Hillary beat Trump 86.2% to 8.7%.The district is about 44% white, 31% Asian, 15% Latino and 6% African-American. It has the 37th highest median income of the 435 congressional districts-- $77,577. I used to live there. I can't recall having met any Republicans while I was there, although there were conservative Democrats who played the traditional Republican role. Dianne Feinstein was one of them. And she lived on the richest stree... more »

North Korea's #2 Top Official Cuts His Trip Short To Iran As The Crisis Between The U.S. And North Korea Intensifies

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani meets with North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam in 2013. *NK*: *North Korean delegation wraps up Iran visit* Trip included opening of new embassy and meetings with foreign representatives: KCNA A delegation that included two high ranking members of the North Korean government departed from Iran on Monday following a four-day diplomatic visit, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday. Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, led a North Korean delegation to Tehran on Aug... more »

North Korea Responds To Trump Threat, Says It Is “Seriously Considering” Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike On Guam

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Will the Synagogue of Satan ignite their Satanic WW3? North Korea Responds To Trump Threat, Says It Is “Seriously Considering” Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike On Guam by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com Challenge accepted. If Trump thought that his bluff would be sufficient to finally shut up North Korea, and put an end to Kim’s provocative behavior, well… […]

Palestine: Apartheid, Stolen Lives and Land, History Erased, United Nations Deaf Mute

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Palestine: Apartheid, Stolen Lives and Land, History Erased, United Nations Deaf Mute by Felicity Arbuthnot, http://www.globalresearch.ca/ The Washington Post reports that: “All 100 U.S. Senators signed a letter Thursday asking U.N. Secretary General António Guterres to address what the lawmakers call entrenched bias against Israel at the world body.” – The letter: “… uses strong language to insist that the […]

Bombshell: Intelligence Agency Caught McMaster Briefing Soros On White House Takeover

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 8, 2017 Globalist puppet McMaster has been exposed as a direct conduit of information straight to Nazi-Collaborator George Soros himself. end

Washington Braces For Aftermath Of Trump Coup

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 8, 2017 President Trump Knows that to continue on the straight path in the fight against authoritarianism he must keep one eye ahead of him and one eye on the Truth. end

Powerful Editorial: Pat Buchanan Asks What Will Happen After The Coup

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 8, 2017 Pat Buchanan offers powerful insight as to what will likely happen in the event that evil Globalist forces are successful in their coup against Trump and attack on the American people. end

Whistleblower: Google Censoring Anti-PC Search Results

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 8, 2017 Paul Joseph Watson and Alex Jones join forces to expose how Google’s new censorship campaign has waged war against conservatives, Christians, and Libertarians. end

EUROPE ON THE EDGE: Macron to Spark EU Rupture as He Cracks Down on Cheap Eastern Workers

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
EUROPE ON THE EDGE: Macron to Spark EU Rupture as He Cracks Down on Cheap Eastern Workers by ALIX CULBERTSON, http://www.express.co.uk/ EMMANUEL Macron is fuelling a major east-west split in the European Union as he pushes for rules to protect French workers from “unfair” labour competition from eastern states. – The flailing French president has pledged to […]

China Threatens “Small Scale Military Operation” To Remove India From Bhutan Border

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
China Threatens “Small Scale Military Operation” To Remove India From Bhutan Border by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com In the latest escalation between two nuclear powers, China has turned the war threat amplifier up to ’11’ by threatening India (in an article published a Chinese state-controlled newspaper) that it could conduct a “small-scale military operation” to expel […]

War is Good Money, War is Good Business – Former Marine

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 8, 2017 Former US Marine Corps Captain Matthew Hoh, who resigned his State Department job in opposition to the Afghan war, tells RT why the war in Afghanistan will never end. end

US Deploying A-10 Thunderbolts, Airmen to Estonia, Russia’s Border

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
US Deploying A-10 Thunderbolts, Airmen to Estonia, Russia’s Border by Jason Ditz, http://news.antiwar.com/ US European Command has announced today that they are deploying a number of A-10 Thunderbolts, along with a crew of 270 Air Force personnel,into the tiny Baltic nation of Estonia, a move they say is meant to “assure” allies. – Air Force personnel say the […]

The Beckoning of Nuclear War

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
The Beckoning of Nuclear War by Paul Craig Roberts, http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ The admirable and honorable truth-teller John Pilger warns us that nuclear war is closer than we think. – The 1957 book, On The Beach, introduced awareness that war in the nuclear age is terminable for life on earth. This realization explains President John F. Kennedy’s […]

Russia Responds to New US Sanctions by Dumping the Dollar

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Russia Responds to New US Sanctions by Dumping the Dollar by Anti-Media Team, http://theantimedia.org/ (ANTIMEDIA) — Following new sanctions against Russia that President Donald Trump signed into law last week, Moscow responded Monday by announcing Russia will speed up work on reducing the country’s dependence on Western payment systems and the U.S. dollar in general, according to Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency. – “We will of […]

US Has No Right to Fly Over Syria – Antiwar Activist

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 8, 2017 It is outrageous that Washington does not recognize the Syrian government, and has turned Syria into a zone of escalating conflict with Russia, founder of the Institute for Public Accuracy Norman Solomon tells RT. end

Germany Expels Asylum Seekers to Greece, Month Ahead of General Election

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 8, 2017 Germany continues to send asylum-seekers back just before general election. It’s returning nearly 400 newcomers under EU rules which dictate where immigrants should be processed. end

A Brief History of Fake News

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Published on Aug 7, 2017 TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=23653 end

Gold-Backed Scholarship Helps Students Cope with Runaway Tuition Inflation

Activist Post at Activist Post - 2 hours ago
By Activist Post A major national precious metals dealer has just opened its gold-backed scholarship fund for 2017 applicants. Funds will be awarded to students... more »

Kissinger Fears ISIS Defeat Will Lead To “Iranian Radical Empire;” Russia Rejecting Atlanticist World Order

Brandon Turbeville at Activist Post - 2 hours ago
By Brandon Turbeville Henry Kissinger has never been one to mince words when it comes to his desire to engage in genocide, the destruction of... more »

U.S. Troops On The Ground In Yemen, Bombing Missions For Strategic Alliance

Brandon Turbeville at Activist Post - 2 hours ago
By Brandon Turbeville Quietly, the United States has managed to turn its war on Yemen from a “leading from behind with a lot of technical... more »

How Goldman Sachs And Bain Capital Destroyed The Learning Company And Got Off Scot-Free

Aaron at Activist Post - 2 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel As this writer previously wrote, the new book The Chickenshit Club by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger remakes the DOJ into a bunch of “Chickenshit”... more »

"Too Often..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” - Leo Buscaglia

The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"What We Want" * "What we want is never simple. We move among the things we thought we wanted: a face, a room, an open book and these things bear our names- now they want us. But what we want appears in dreams, wearing disguises. We fall past, holding out our arms and in the morning our arms ache. We don't remember the dream, but the dream remembers us. It is there all day as an animal is there under the table, as the stars are there even in full sun." ~ Linda Pastan, "Carnival Evening"

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

“Escaping The Madhouse”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*“Escaping The Madhouse”* by Jeff Thomas "In the late 17th century, we British decided that, as a humanitarian effort and public service, we’d collect up all the people from the towns and countryside who were bonkers and confine them in institutions, so that society could be protected from them. As so often proves the case, the idea of a collective solution to an individual problem is doomed to failure from the start. There are many problems with madhouses. First, they need funding and, of course, the entity that receives the funding is likely to prefer skimming off whatever they... more »

"I Can Accept Failure..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago

“Graphic Anatomy of a Stock Market Crash: 1929 Stock Market Crash, Dot-Com, and Great Recession”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*“Graphic Anatomy of a Stock Market Crash: * *1929 Stock Market Crash, Dot-Com, and Great Recession”* by Knave Dave “The 1929 stock market crash became the benchmark to which all other market crashes have been compared. The following graphs of the crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed, the dot-com crash, and the stock market crash during the Great Recession show several interesting similarities in the anatomy of the world’s greatest financial train wrecks. They also show some surprises that run against the way many people think of these most infamous of crashes.” Ple... more »

Transparency and the Wisdom of ... Us

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 2 hours ago
Crowd-sourced crime solving.... Geez can anyone explain why I wasn't a consultant on this upcoming new show - Wisdom of the Crowd? (Though for sure, I'm looking forward to it.) Second question: why do so many previews give away almost the whole story? I hope this one will be as good as Person of Interest was... only with an important difference. I hope that its core message is one that we actually need. A confidence-building notion that we -- all of us working together in the open -- are potentially very powerful. Speaking of New Era crime solving... how about.. *==* *“Pre-Crime... more »

North Korea Threatens Missile Strikes Against U.S. Installations On Guam

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
*Reuters:* *North Korea says considering strike on Guam after Trump warns of 'fire and fury'* SEOUL/BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it is considering plans for a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met with "fire and fury". The sharp increase in tensions rattled global financial markets and prompted warnings from U.S. officials and analysts not to engage in rhetorical slanging matches with North Korea. Pyongyang said it was "carefully e... more »

Savannah River Nuclear Site “Active Shooter” Exercise Yields Important Lessons Learned – 16 Years After 9/11; Over 60 Years After Opening

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 2 hours ago
Over 60 years after opening and 16 years after 9/11 Savannah River Site still needs to learn basic security lessons! … Continue reading →

Who In Venezuela Still Supports The Venezuelan Government?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Demonstrators clash with riot police while ralling against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas. REUTERS/Christian Veron *The Guardian:* *Chávez loyalists hold firm amid chaos in Venezuela: 'We are doing things right'* In 1992, Ruben Ávila helped lead the Venezuelan revolutionary’s coup attempt. In a rare interview he defends Nicolás Maduro and the course Chávez set Ruben Ávila – an idealist raised on Marxist theory and stern military discipline – proudly followed the call of army paratrooper Hugo Chávez when he launched a coup d’etat in 1992 to try to oust... more »

Did Russian Scientists Discover a ‘Cure’ for Homosexuality?

David Emery at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Online reports of the discovery by Russian medical researchers of a "cure" or "vaccine" for homosexuality are fake news.

Did a New Jersey Town Forbid Residents From Criticizing Islam?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
As part of a lawsuit settlement, residents are barred from discussing Muslims or Islam at a planning commission meeting.

Here’s why it may be possible to prosecute journalists who solicited Russiagate leaks

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 3 hours ago
There may be grounds to bring a prosecution on the grounds that soliciting the leaks where an incitement to commit law-breaking, defeating the traditional defences available to the press under the First Amendment and the public interest defence. The post Here’s why it may be possible to prosecute journalists who solicited Russiagate leaks appeared first on The Duran.

National HBCU Pre-Law Summit Aimed At Producing More Black Law School Applicants

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
Hundreds of students are expected to assemble in Greensboro, North Carolina, next month for the nation’s only Pre-Law Summit for students and graduates of historically Black colleges and universities.

Rhode Island Joins Free Community College Movement

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
The national “college promise” movement took another step forward last week when Rhode Island announced that it would make two years of community college free for state residents.

New Report Trains a Spotlight On Chief Diversity Officers

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
First-time chief diversity officers should seek clarity of purpose, anticipate major change, avoid thinking of themselves as a “messiah” and be prepared to be regarded as “the diversity expert."

New Application Tool is Revolutionizing College Admissions

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
Jewel White, who recently completed two years at Thomas Nelson Community College, looked to ZeeMee—a collegiate application aid tool—to strengthen her resume. She said that the extra link she gave to Virginia Tech provided personal information that admissions counselors couldn’t find in the average college application

Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 3 hours ago
Cuddle-seeking cats.

Judge Rejects Arguments Of CIA Torture Architects, Allows Lawsuit To Go To Trial

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 4 hours ago
A federal judge allowed a lawsuit against CIA contractors implicated in the torture program to proceed to trial in Spokane, Washington, on September 5. The post Judge Rejects Arguments Of CIA Torture Architects, Allows Lawsuit To Go To Trial appeared first on Shadowproof.

Morano debunks climate report on Fox

Marc Morano at CFACT - 4 hours ago
"We are in an era of unusually low extreme weather. So, as CO2 has risen, our weather has gotten less extreme."

Researcher: EPA clean air rule based on fabricated data

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 4 hours ago
One of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) longest and most successful air pollution standards is based on a taxpayer-funded study plagued by “data fabrication and falsification,” according to a veteran toxicologist.

Everything You Need to Know: A Dead North Korean Submarine Almost Started a War

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* In 1996, a Dead North Korean Spy Submarine (Armed with Commandos) Nearly Started a War. *The failure to detect the spy submarine led to a shakeup of the Republic of Korea military, with twenty officers disciplined and two general relieved of their posts. In 2011, the South Korean military even staged a military exercise recreating the circumstances of the incident, in order to test whether it could respond more effectively.* Since the end of World War II, the United States has routinely employed ships and aircraft on spying and observation mi... more »

Statement on a Comprehensive Policy to Constrain Iran

A TNI Exclusive at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*A TNI Exclusive* *Security, Middle East* [image: Iranian-made Emad missile is displayed during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran.] “Reports indicate that President Donald Trump may refuse to certify Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA in October, which could lead to restoring sanctions against Iran that were suspended in 2015 in accordance with the agreement." The international agreement with Iran continues to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. No American national security objective would be served by withdrawing from it as lo... more »

The U.S. Military's Strength Is Being Wasted on Pointless Wars

Daniel L. Davis at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Middle East* [image: A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment scans the horizon at the start of a nine-hour night patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Flickr / U.S. Central Command] The U.S. military has become engaged in permanent combat operations in dozens of countries around the world—none of which enhance America’s national security. Since its creation in 1775, the purpose of the U.S. Armed Forces has been to defend the nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Now, however, the U.S. military, in the vast m... more »

The FAA Could Follow the EPA in Overreaching Its Authority

John-Michael Seibler, Jason Snead at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*John-Michael Seibler, Jason Snead* *Security, Americas* [image: A firefighters drone is pictured during a drone workshop in Berlin, Germany June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke] The consequences of full federal preemption in low-altitude airspace would be immediate and significant. Even as conservatives cheer the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to rescind its overreaching “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, another expansion of the administrative state is taking shape. Call it the “Airspace of the United States” rule. As we wrote last year, the Federal Av... more »

The Rift between Qatar and the GCC Could Threaten Trump's Foreign Policy

Sigurd Neubauer at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sigurd Neubauer* *Security, Middle East* [image: (Front R-L) Jordan's King Abdullah II, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, U.S. President Donald Trump, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani pose for a photo during Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst] The United States should not pick sides in the conflict, but instead bring the parties to the negotiating table. Shortly after President Donald Trump delivered his historic address to the U.S.-A... more »

Hezbollah and the Simplistic School of Counterterrorism

Paul R. Pillar at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Paul R. Pillar* *Lebanon Terrorism, Middle East* Last month President Trump made a joint appearance at the White House with a visiting head of government, during which Trump spoke of the visitor’s country being “on the front lines in the fight against” an organization that is part of that same country’s governing coalition. The visitor was Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and the organization was Hezbollah. Members of Hezbollah are ministers in Hariri’s cabinet. Hezbollah has the fourth largest bloc of seats among the two dozen parties that are represented in Lebanon’s par... more »

The DNC: Crawling From The Wreckage

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Many say Obama's first appointment after being elected was his worst appointment ever. That would be Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff and I couldn't argue against the characterization. But, keep in mind that it was Obama who also appointed Debbie Wasserman Schultz to chair the DNC. Wassermann Schultz had tried-- really hard bribes flying-- for the DCCC chair and Pelosi snubbed her by picking the equally worthless Steve Israel for the job. Wasserman Schultz's self-pitying caterwauling was so loud and unceasing that Obama gave her the DNC job just to shut her up. What, after all, cou... more »

Musical Interlude: Greg Maroney, “Natures Fury”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Greg Maroney, “Natures Fury” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNyaru7JEwA

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

X22 Report, “Russia Says It's Ready To Cut Their Dependence On The US Dollar”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
X22 Report, “Russia Says It's Ready To Cut Their Dependence On The US Dollar” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1E6W5-rvxE *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “Behind The Scenes, Plans Are Being Formulated” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8XAJN_0R5M

PYONGYANG: North Korea threatens to “envelope Guam with fire”

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 5 hours ago
The war of words continues to escalate. The post PYONGYANG: North Korea threatens to “envelope Guam with fire” appeared first on The Duran.

Syrian FM calls Kurdish Rojava elections a ‘joke’

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 A.M.) – Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, Faysal Mikdad, told the BBC in an interview on Sunday that Syria will never allow any part of the country to be partition or separate from the government. “[The elections] will be a joke. Syria will never ever allow any part of its territory to be […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Video footage of the Syrian Army capturing new sites near Jordanian border

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:15 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their field operations in the southeastern countryside of the Al-Suweida Governorate this week, capturing several new points from the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Led by the 5th Corps, the Syrian Arab Army carried out an operation this week that led to the capture of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Are sex offender registries reinforcing inequality?

Trevor Hoppe, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 5 hours ago
Grounds of Hand Up Ministries in Oklahoma City houses sex offenders. AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Public sex offender registries are at the forefront of what I’ve described in my research as a “war on sex.” Offenders convicted of sex crimes are now singled out for surveillance and restrictions far more punitive than those who commit other types of crime. More than 800,000 Americans are now registered sex offenders. Tracking them has created a booming surveillance industry. In my work on sex offender registries, I have found that black men in the U.S. were registered at rates twice that of... more »

Trump and Obama have one surprising thing in common – the words they use

Robert Ralston, Ph.D. student, University of Minnesota at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 5 hours ago
Six months have passed since Donald Trump entered the Oval Office. His administration remains deeply understaffed. His legislative agenda is stymied. He has been active in issuing executive orders, but many are toothless, others are only in the early stages of undoing Obama policies and some are tied up in the courts. So far, Trump’s leadership has mostly been defined by his rhetoric. And his rhetoric, the conventional wisdom holds, could not be more different from his predecessor’s. Barack Obama was, as president, eloquent. His language was sophisticated. He spoke in measured ... more »

Did Congress Vote to Allow Horses to Be Slaughtered for Food?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The House Appropriations Committee ended a USDA ban on funding for inspections of horse slaughterhouses.

Unbelievable.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 5 hours ago
Even BEFORE President Obama took office Sarah Palin was using her rallies to incite racist attacks against him, call into question his citizenship, and label him a friend to terrorists. After his election Palin turned attacks against President Obama into a lucrative career, and she was by no means alone in that. In fact it could be argued that Donald Trump's entire political career was based on the Right Wing support he earned from his outlandish claims that Barack Obama was not born in this country, and therefore not a legitimate president. The anger toward Donald Trump is anger ... more »

Does Crayola Recycle Markers for Free?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Facebook rumors about Crayola's marker recycling program were largely accurate, but the program is open only to schools in the U.S. (and parts of Canada).

Glen Campbell, Superstar Entertainer of 1960s and ’70s, Dies

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Campbell's family said the singer died Tuesday morning in Nashville.

Mohawk Nation News 'Lonely Boy'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
Read article at Mohawk Nation News http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2017/08/08/lonely-boy/

New Video Visualises Climate Fraud In 35 Seconds

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 5 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public We have come across the fraudsters at Yale 360 before, for instance when they ran their utterly subservient interview a few years ago with Katharine Hayhoe here. It seems they don’t give up. Here they present a new video which purportedly shows how global temperatures […]

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 8, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Stratfor:* *Will Venezuela's Military Turn on the President?* * By itself, the theft of arms from Fort Paramacay won't be the downfall of the Venezuelan government. * The incident does indicate, however, that parts of the military could be turning against Maduro. * The possibility of a coup isn't the only threat to the government. Steady military defiance could weaken it against the opposition and complicate its efforts to rewrite the constitution. * But the Maduro government won't go down without a bitter fight. Something big happened at Venezuela's Fort Paramacay military base e... more »

Smart is smart, and dumb is dumb, and never the twain shall meet

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 6 hours ago
From Newsweek: Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal has been one of Trump’s sternest critics, and in typical style, the president has responded with attacks of his own. Reacting to Blumenthal’s allegations of collusion between the Trump camp and Russia, President Trump … Continue reading →

Black Hills Unity Concert Sept 8 -- 10, 2017

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago

Mississippi College President Retiring After 15 Years

cmaadmin at Diverse - 6 hours ago
CLINTON, Miss. — Mississippi College’s president plans to retire in May. Dr. Lee Royce said in a statement that he announced his plans to trustees Monday, later sending a message to faculty, staff and students. Royce has led Mississippi College, a 5,200-student Baptist institution since 2002. Earlier, he was president of Anderson University in South […]

Virginia Union University Announces New President

cmaadmin at Diverse - 6 hours ago
Virginia Union University named Dr. Hakim J. Lucas as its 13th president in an announcement Tuesday afternoon. “Throughout the search process, Dr. Lucas impressed the committee with his clear vision for liberal arts education and creating an enhanced student experience,” said W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of VUU’s Board of Trustees, in a news release. “He […]

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster Exposed as Globalist Puppet for Billionaire George Soros

Jay Syrmopoulos at The Free Thought Project - 6 hours ago
[image: soros]Stunning news out of Israel has revealed that National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is working as an inside operative for globalist billionaire George Soros.

Duterte calls for DIALOGUE with North Korea

The Duran at The Duran - 6 hours ago
President Rodrigo Duterte's position is in line with that of Russia and China, calling for dialogue and de-escalation of conflict. The post Duterte calls for DIALOGUE with North Korea appeared first on The Duran.

Proof Surfaces Insurance Co Pays Massive Bonuses to Doctors for Vaccinating Babies

Waking Times at Waking Times - 6 hours ago
*Alex Pietrowski* - The BCBS doctor incentives booklet shows exorbitant payouts to doctors for vaccinating babies under age of 2. The post Proof Surfaces Insurance Co Pays Massive Bonuses to Doctors for Vaccinating Babies appeared first on Waking Times.

U.S. Boots in Yemen As Globalist-Saudi Coalition Destroys It

Alex Newman at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: u-s-boots-in-yemen-as-globalist-saudi-coalition-destroys-it] As the Saudi regime and its allies continue laying waste to the impoverished nation of Yemen using mostly American weapons, U.S. boots are now reportedly on the ground to assist in the destruction as part of the global terror war. Millions of Yemeni civilians have been displaced and suffering amid what analysts are describing as among the greatest humanitarian crises currently afflicting the planet — disease, starvation, and violence are running rampant. With the U.S. government now getting sucked even deeper into ... more »

Miami-Dade Ends Sanctuary City Policies and Gains Federal Funding

Warren Mass at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: miami-dade-ends-sanctuary-city-policies-and-gains-federal-funding] Having ended its sanctuary city policy last January, Miami-Dade County was informed by the Justice Department that is eligible to receive $481,347 in federal funding.

Were New York Police Denied Service at a Brooklyn Donut Shop?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
A Dunkin' Donuts worker reportedly refused service to two plainclothes NYPD officers, but the store said they were not in a line.

WHOSE IDEA WAS "FIRE AND FURY"?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 7 hours ago
I'm sure this is fine: President Trump threatened on Tuesday to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea if it endangers the United States as tensions with the isolated nuclear-armed state grow into perhaps the most serious foreign policy challenge yet in his young administration. “North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,” Mr. Trump told reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening beyond a normal state and as I said they will be met with fire and fury and f... more »

I Now Know…

Cara Elizabeth Ramsey at Liz – Day By Day - 7 hours ago
As an older trans woman, who fought with herself for decades before finally being able to throw off the internalized transphobia and even misogyny that frightened me from embracing myself, there are consequences to having waited so long to transition. I now know there will never be a happily ever after. I now know I […]

Language and Gender (And Sex)

Cara Elizabeth Ramsey at Liz – Day By Day - 7 hours ago
Our thinking is shaped by the language in which we think. Many ancient Middle Eastern cultures identified 3, 4, 5, and in one case even 6 genders. And their languages had support for these concepts. Did that make their entire civilization wrong? Hardly. Cis is from Latin and means “on the same side” whereas trans […]

Churchill polar bear reports to 6 August show fewer problems than last two years

Hifast at Climate Collections - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Churchill, Manitoba Polar Bear Alert Program problem bear reports for weeks 3 (24 July – 30 July 2017) and 4 (31 July – 6 August 2017) show much less activity and fewer problems in this Western Hudson Bay location than were reported for the last two years (2016 and 2015) at…

World News Briefs -- August 8, 2017 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Politico:* *Trump warns North Korea: Threats will be met with 'fire and fury'* Trump's comments come after news outlets report that North Korea has created a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside missiles. President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday against its continued saber rattling, vowing to retaliate with fire and fury never before seen. “North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,” Trump told reporters Tuesday afternoon from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is staying as the White House undergoes renovations for mu... more »

No, Donald Trump has NOT made the economy better.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 7 hours ago
Courtesy of WaPo: *Kayleigh McEnany, who used to be a Trump propagandist on CNN before becoming one on the Pravda-esque Trump TV, thinks the fact that we've added more than 1 million jobs since Trump took office shows that he has “clearly steered the economy back in the right direction.” * *What she forgot to mention, though, is that this is slightly worse than things were at the end of President Barack Obama's term. That's right: The economy added an average of 181,000 jobs a month in Obama's last six months in office compared to an average of 179,000 a month in President Trump's... more »

PKK/YPG Ask US to Hinder Syrian Arab Army Advances On Syrian Territory

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
*Anyone who has read here for the past three years or longer, knows with certainty, I do not find this request a surprise or a shock. The YPG/PKK, always misrepresented and grossly so, as "Syrian Kurds", wants the US led "coalition", which is approximately 95 percent the US doing the bombing & ethnic cleansing of real Syrians, to block the SAA from taking back territory from ISIS because the "Syrian Kurds" can't get there fast enough to have ISIS hand it over to them!* *This situation was mentioned in a previous post:* Who Will Take Deir Ezzor From ISIS? Who Always "Wins" Against ... more »

Quaternionic rotation

Johannes van Leunen at Science 2.0 - Physical Sciences - 7 hours ago
The complex phase of a quaternion becomes apparent when a (complex) plane is put through its real axis and its imaginary part. In multiplication, quaternions do not commute. Thus, in general* a b / a* *≠**b*. read more

Gamechanger: DC Appeals Court Denies EPA Climate Rules

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 7 hours ago
A major clarification came today from the DC Court of Appeals ordering EPA (and thus the Executive Branch Bureaucracy) to defer to Congress regarding regulation of substances claimed to cause climate change. While the issue and arguments are somewhat obscure, the clarity of the ruling is welcome. Basically, the EPA under Obama attempted to use […]

Rightly Managing the Municipal Right of Way?

Content Multimedia - 8 hours ago
By Bill Peacock When local governments in Texas decide to play gatekeeper for citizens’ private property by charging over $500 million in fees on the right of way, we the people bear the unnecessary cost.

More News On The Growing Unrest In Venezuela

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*New York Times:* *As Maduro’s Venezuela Rips Apart, So Does His Military* Fugitive Venezuelan soldiers have declared a rebellion against “the murderous tyranny” of the president. Dissident officers have fled the country, seeking asylum. Grenades have been fired at the Supreme Court and, this weekend, assailants under the command of a mutinous captain attacked an army base, making off with weapons. As Venezuela reels from a crippling economic crisis and deadly street protests, the military has often served as the guarantor of President Nicolás Maduro’s continued power over the cou... more »

Reports of Hungary’s Slide into ‘Dictatorship’ Have Been Exaggerated

Danielle Ryan at - 8 hours ago
[image: undefined] Is Hungary sliding into tyranny and dictatorship? According to headlines which have painted a rather grim picture of Hungary’s present and future under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the answer is a resounding yes. Hungary is “held hostage” by “tyrant” Orban who is returning the country to “totalitarianism,” claims The New Statesman. The International Business Times worries about Hungary’s “dark path toward dictatorship”. The EU struggles to contain “dictator” Orban, says the Sydney Morning Herald. Orban is Europe’s “enemy within,” warns the Financial Times. He is “... more »

DCCC Has A Litmus Test For Its Candidates-- They Don't Want Medicare-For-All Backers

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
When I was a kid my father owned a small clothing store in Bed-Stuy, which was part of the Assembly district Shirley Chisholm represented. I used to work there frequently. Soon after I wen t off to college Chisholm was elected Brooklyn's first-ever African-America congressmember (as well as the first black woman ever elected to Congress in the U.S.)... talk about a pioneer and a game-changer. When she was first elected, the white men who ran Congress decided to demean her by appointing her to the Agriculture Committee. We're they in for a shock when she worked with farm state Repu... more »

North Korea Is a Threat to America, but Not an Existential One

Robert E Kelly at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Robert E Kelly* *Security, Asia* [image: Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017. KCNA via Reuters/File Photo] Large numbers of civilian casualties and the loss of several American cities would be horrific, but not existential. Late last month, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats called North Korea’s nuclear weapons program a “potential existential threat to the United States.” Coats hedges a bit by throwing in the modifier “potentially,”... more »

Beware a Second Korean War

Donald Manzullo at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Donald Manzullo* *Security, Asia* [image: Image: North Korean leader Kim Jung Un guides the test fire of a tactical rocket in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang August 15, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA] There is no way we could be sure that preventive actions would not set off a second Korean War. These are difficult times on the Korean Peninsula. With North Korea’s second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and newfound ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside an ICBM, Kim Jong-un and t... more »

Accused Burglar Doesn’t Flush Toilet, Leaves DNA for Police

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Ventura, California investigators say a suspect who stopped for a mid-burglary bathroom break left DNA evidence in the toilet that led to his arrest.

Russia’s Power Machines company to BOOST exports

Anna Lutskova at The Duran - 8 hours ago
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com ST. PETERSBURG, (Sputnik) – Russia’s Power Machines engineering company plans to consistently increase the exports share … The post Russia’s Power Machines company to BOOST exports appeared first on The Duran.

Putin: Russia & Abkhazia agree to enhance security cooperation in Caucasus

Anna Lutskova at The Duran - 8 hours ago
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com PITSUNDA (Abkhazia), (Sputnik) – Russia and Abkhazia will develop closer security cooperation in the Caucasian region, … The post Putin: Russia & Abkhazia agree to enhance security cooperation in Caucasus appeared first on The Duran.

BREAKING: Russia’s Gerasimov & US Dunford discuss anti-terrorism efforts in Syria, Iraq

Anna Lutskova at The Duran - 8 hours ago
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the … The post BREAKING: Russia’s Gerasimov & US Dunford discuss anti-terrorism efforts in Syria, Iraq appeared first on The Duran.

CONFIRMED: US backs down on Philippines air strikes

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 8 hours ago
This fully corroborates the Philippine version of events. The post CONFIRMED: US backs down on Philippines air strikes appeared first on The Duran.

BREAKING: Trump promises “fire & fury” for North Korea

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 8 hours ago
This is the most strongly worded threat to North Korea by any US President in history. The post BREAKING: Trump promises “fire & fury” for North Korea appeared first on The Duran.

Putin: Russia will continue guaranteeing Abkhazia’s security, independence

Anna Lutskova at The Duran - 8 hours ago
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com PITSUNDA (Abkhazia), (Sputnik) – Russia intends to continue guaranteeing the security and independence of Abkhazia, Russian … The post Putin: Russia will continue guaranteeing Abkhazia’s security, independence appeared first on The Duran.

Dana Loesch’s NRA Ad Attacking New York Times Understates Its Dishonesty

Bob Adelmann at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: dana-loesch-s-nra-ad-attacking-new-york-times-understates-its-dishonesty] Dana Loesch, the conservative radio talk-show host and spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association (NRA), voiced the anger of many citizens that the mainstream media, specifically the *New York Times*, has moved from reporting the news to faking the news to promote its own agenda.

Things to do for the Supremacist parade in Virginia

Brother Jonah at Not My Tribe - 9 hours ago
take pictures of the license plates. The cops already are doing that. Maybe steal their list. Maybe steal is the wrong term as we paid for it in the first damn place. Get a subscription to a information site, like spokeo. Trace their tags. Give all the addresses to criminals, doesn’t much matter which races, […]

Rep. Walter Jones’ Tireless Effort to End the Afghanistan War

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
[image: undefined] United States House of Representatives Member Walter Jones (R-NC) has for years ardently advocated terminating US involvement in the Afghanistan War. Jones’ efforts in this regard include his legislation introduced in the House, letters to US presidents and congressional leaders, interviews, and House floor speeches. What often most surprises people is that this prominent proponent of ending the war represents a district with a population largely composed of current and retired US military members and their families. In such a district, people may suppose that ad... more »

War Drums Beating: North Korea Tops The List

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
Last weekend's UN Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for testing missiles opens the door to a US pre-emptive strike on the country. Russia and China foolishly went along with the US and voted for more sanctions thinking that it would open the door to diplomacy. It won't. That's the last thing Washington's warhawks want and Russia and China should have learned as much from their complicity in Libya's destruction with their vote in favor of UNSC 1973 in 2011. War coming? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:

Rep. Walter Jones’ Tireless Effort to End the Afghanistan War

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
[image: undefined] United States House of Representatives Member Walter Jones (R-NC) has for years ardently advocated terminating US involvement in the Afghanistan War. Jones’ efforts in this regard include his legislation introduced in the House, letters to US presidents and congressional leaders, interviews, and House floor speeches. What often most surprises people is that this prominent proponent of ending the war represents a district with a population largely composed of current and retired US military members and their families. In such a district, people may suppose that ad... more »

War Drums Beating: North Korea Tops The List

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
Last weekend's UN Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for testing missiles opens the door to a US pre-emptive strike on the country. Russia and China foolishly went along with the US and voted for more sanctions thinking that it would open the door to diplomacy. It won't. That's the last thing Washington's warhawks want and Russia and China should have learned as much from their complicity in Libya's destruction with their vote in favor of UNSC 1973 in 2011. War coming? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:

Rep. Walter Jones’ Tireless Effort to End the Afghanistan War

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
[image: undefined] United States House of Representatives Member Walter Jones (R-NC) has for years ardently advocated terminating US involvement in the Afghanistan War. Jones’ efforts in this regard include his legislation introduced in the House, letters to US presidents and congressional leaders, interviews, and House floor speeches. What often most surprises people is that this prominent proponent of ending the war represents a district with a population largely composed of current and retired US military members and their families. In such a district, people may suppose that ad... more »

War Drums Beating: North Korea Tops The List

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
Last weekend's UN Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for testing missiles opens the door to a US pre-emptive strike on the country. Russia and China foolishly went along with the US and voted for more sanctions thinking that it would open the door to diplomacy. It won't. That's the last thing Washington's warhawks want and Russia and China should have learned as much from their complicity in Libya's destruction with their vote in favor of UNSC 1973 in 2011. War coming? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:

Rep. Walter Jones’ Tireless Effort to End the Afghanistan War

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
[image: undefined] United States House of Representatives Member Walter Jones (R-NC) has for years ardently advocated terminating US involvement in the Afghanistan War. Jones’ efforts in this regard include his legislation introduced in the House, letters to US presidents and congressional leaders, interviews, and House floor speeches. What often most surprises people is that this prominent proponent of ending the war represents a district with a population largely composed of current and retired US military members and their families. In such a district, people may suppose that ad... more »

War Drums Beating: North Korea Tops The List

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 9 hours ago
Last weekend's UN Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for testing missiles opens the door to a US pre-emptive strike on the country. Russia and China foolishly went along with the US and voted for more sanctions thinking that it would open the door to diplomacy. It won't. That's the last thing Washington's warhawks want and Russia and China should have learned as much from their complicity in Libya's destruction with their vote in favor of UNSC 1973 in 2011. War coming? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:

Kenyans Go To The Polls Today To Elect A Presdient

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*New York Times: **Kenyan Presidential Election Is Peaceful; Violence Feared Over Results* KISUMU, Kenya — Millions of Kenyans went to the polls on Tuesday to vote for a new president, the culmination of a campaign dominated by concerns about the potential for vote-rigging and fears that the country will be plunged into violence once the winner is announced. The election was carried out peacefully and there were few technical glitches compared to the previous poll, in 2013, when voting machines were afflicted by widespread malfunctions. An election in 2007, widely believed to hav... more »

AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION: Water Gathering and Toxic Tour Aug.18-20, 2017

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
WATER GATHERING AND TOXIC TOUR 2017 Aug.18-20AAMJIWNAANG FIRST NATION1972 Virgil Avenue, Sarnia, Ontario N7T 8E5You are cordially invited to bring your friends and family to the 2017 Water Gathering & Toxic Tour!Everyone is welcome to join in at our annual Water Gathering and Toxic Tour at Aamjiwnaang First Nation's Maawn Doosh Gumig (Place of Gathering). This event is a free educational

Interior Dept official blows whistle on Trump threat to Alaskan villages

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
Meet the Senior Federal Official Blowing the Whistle on Trump's Suppression of Climate Science Democracy Now! Is the Trump administration trying to silence government scientists from working or talking about climate change? According to news reports, as many as 50 senior Interior Department officials have been reassigned since Ryan Zinke became head of the department. We speak with

Socialite Daughter of Ballet Dancers Charged with Burglary

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Police say 21-year-old Talicia Martins and a friend broke into The Smoothie Shack, Francine Bistro and Camden Cone, taking more than $1,000.

Bomb Disposal Team Arrives After Brussels Police Fire at Car

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Brussels police say they opened fire on a vehicle after a high-speed chase in the suburb of Molenbeek; a driver told officers there were explosives inside.

Did Actor Chris Pratt Say He Likes Hunting Because He Enjoys Killing Animals?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
A quote attributed to Pratt about the joys of hunting is almost completely fabricated.

Here’s what Rodrigo Duterte can do to avoid a CIA coup against his Presidency

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 10 hours ago
Shocking claims have surfaced from the Philippine far-left saying that the CIA plans to use members of the Philippine armed forces to overthrow the elected President Rodrigo Duterte. Here is what Duterte can do to avoid such a disaster. The post Here’s what Rodrigo Duterte can do to avoid a CIA coup against his Presidency appeared first on The Duran.

Iranian Drone Flies Within 100 Ft. Of A U.S Navy F/A-18E Over The USS Carrier Nimitz In The Persian Gulf

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
An F/A-18E Super Hornet had to perform an evasive maneuver to avoid colliding with an Iranian drone Tuesday. (MC3 Paul Kelly/Navy) *CNN*: *First on CNN: Iranian drone forces US jet to take evasive action* (CNN)An Iranian drone came within 100 feet of a US Navy F/A-18 attempting to land on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, according to two US defense officials with knowledge of the incident. The officials said the drone forced the US aircraft to take evasive action. The "QOM-1" drone came within 100 feet below the aircraft and 200 feet to the side of th... more »

US Intelligence agents say that North Korea has developed ability to put miniaturized nuclear warhead in missile. Update!

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 10 hours ago
Courtesy of WaPo: *North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment. * *The new analysis completed last month by the Defense Intelligence Agency comes on the heels of another intelligence assessment that sharply raises the official estimate for the total number of bombs in the communist country’s atomic arsenal. The U.S. calculated last month that up to 60 nuclear weapons are n... more »

Lucy Wyatt - Indo-European cuckoos - Ukrainian horse people are our ancestors

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 10 hours ago
this is kinda interesting from a perspective I've never considered before... that Cities were RAIDED by a far-travelling group of Ukrainians known as the Indo-Europeans. Rather than 'bringing civilisation to the farming world' they DESTROYED all that they came across including the original aboriginal race who inhabited Briton. Wyatt (who suggests that AlChemy was the study of the stars through Astral Projection under the influence of psychedelics, also) suggests that THE EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS THEMSELVES were the real City Shamans of that era of pre-Indo-European invasion. *FURTHER... more »

Tomasky says something that isn't quite right!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017The history of our tribe:* If memory serves, we met Michael Tomasky just once, years ago. We're strongly inclined to like Tomasky. For reasons we can't quite define, Tomasky's our kind of guy. In a new piece at the Daily Beast, Tomasky argues against a certain type of liberal purity as Democrats start casting about for their next White House contender. On balance, we agree with the views he expresses, though it's hardly bearable to see this topic being raised at this early point. We *will* complain about one minor point. Along the way, Tomasky says what's... more »

South African President Zuma Survives A No-Confidence Vote

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*CNN*: *South Africa's President Zuma survives attempt to oust him* Cape Town, South Africa (CNN)South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has survived an attempt to oust him in the country's National Assembly. A motion of no-confidence in Zuma was defeated by 198 votes to 177. Even though the ballot was held in secret, the opposition was not able to persuade enough members of Zuma's ruling African National Congress to side with them. Members of the ANC sang in celebration even before the result was formally announced. As head of the party that led South Africa out of apart... more »

U.S. Intelligence: North Korea Has Successfully Miniaturised A Nuclear Warhead That Can Be Put On A Missile

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Washington Post:* *North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, US analysts say* North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment. The new analysis completed last month by the Defense Intelligence Agency comes on the heels of another intelligence assessment that sharply raises the official estimate for the total number of bombs in the communist country’s atomic arsenal... more »

The Morning Run

LL at Virtual Mirage - 10 hours ago
Cross-Posted to the *Diavel Made Me Do It* blog: *Log Item:* Santa Rosa Plateau Tenaja Falls My daughter, Emilie, reminded me that I promised to take her on a motorcycle ride up through the Santa Rosa Plateau (back side of Camp Pendleton, CA), and to breakfast. The Santa Rosa Plateau is a really nice area full of orchards, vineyards, estates and some ecological preserves with hiking trails. We weren't hiking today, we were biking on the Diavel. Emilie It's a delightful ride and we spent three hours riding down roads covered over with canopies of trees (tree tunnels), and through win... more »

What Will Barack Obama Day in Illinois Celebrate?

Steve Byas at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: what-will-barack-obama-day-in-illinois-celebrate] For Americans who believe in limited government, liberty, and fidelity to the Constitution, it is difficult to imagine what there could be about the presidency of Barack Obama to celebrate, but Illinois plans to try.

Mainstream Media Just Admitted Biotech Company Has Exclusive Patents on GMO Cannabis

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: cannabis]What was once fake news is now a reality as biotech group admits it has an 'exclusive' government license to patent and study GMO cannabis.

DON'T INCINERATE YOURSELF ON THIS MIKE PENCE HOT TAKE

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 11 hours ago
At *GQ,* Jason Zengerle tries to imagine a Mike Pence presidency -- and doesn't get very far. The bulk of Zengerle's speculation concerns the sort of inside baseball you'd expect from a former Politico writer: Consensus holds that Pence would want to surround himself with new staff—particularly Republican heavyweights, aides and operatives of the stature and pedigree that Trump wasn’t able to lure to the White House. Dan Scavino, Trump’s former golf caddie who now serves as the White House director of social media and an assistant to the president, would almost certainly be bounced.... more »

Did Donald Trump Predict the ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory in a 2011 Interview?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Although Trump did mention the word "Pizzagate", he was referring to a non-controversy over a lunch meeting with Sarah Palin, not the pedophile ring conspiracy theory.

A Brief History of Fake News

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Corbett Report Extras Military deception is an ancient and time-honored art. Throughout recorded history, military commanders have attempted to spread false news and seed... more »

New Graphene Electronic Tattoo for Tracking Internet of Things and Biometric IDs

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Nicholas West New biometric tracking methods seem to be rolled out by the day for policing, travel, banking, medical applications, and beyond. February of... more »

U.S. Sanctions Bill Adds More Targets To The List; U.S. Set To Sanction Itself Into Isolation

Brandon Turbeville at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Brandon Turbeville With the new U.S. sanctions bill having been passed by a united Congress and signed by a President allegedly opposed to it,... more »

AMI Smart Meter Politics: Can Pennsylvania Pass Into Law An Opt-Out Bill Just Introduced?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich The good people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have been deprived of their U.S. and State Constitutional rights regarding the forced... more »

Google And YouTube Target “Conspiracy Theories” in New Quality Control Update

Aaron at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel Google continues to make George Orwell’s book 1984 a reality by censoring free speech and free flow of information. On July 27,... more »

White House Considering Employing Private Contractors To Fight The War In Afghanistan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*USA Today*: *Trump White House weighs unprecedented plan to privatize much of the war in Afghanistan* The White House is actively considering a bold plan to turn over a big chunk of the U.S. war in Afghanistan to private contractors in an effort to turn the tide in a stalemated war, according to the former head of a security firm pushing the project. Under the proposal, 5,500 private contractors, primarily former Special Operations troops, would advise Afghan combat forces. The plan also includes a 90-plane private air force that would provide air support in the nearly 16-year-o... more »

The Economy: “First Currency War, Now Trade War...”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*Click image for larger size.* *“First Currency War, Now Trade War...”* by Jim Rickards “A popular thesis since the 1930s is that a natural progression exists from currency wars to trade wars to shooting wars. Both history and analysis support this thesis. Currency wars do not exist all the time; they arise under certain conditions and persist until there is either systemic reform or systemic collapse. The conditions that give rise to currency wars are too much debt and too little growth. In those circumstances, countries try to steal growth from trading partners by cheapening thei... more »

Decoding Climate News

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 12 hours ago
Definition of “Fake News”: When reporters state their own opinions instead of bearing witness to observed events. Journalism professor David Blackall provides a professional context for investigative reporting I’ve been doing on this blog, along with other bloggers interested in science and climate change/global warming. His peer reviewed paper is Environmental Reporting in a Post […]

Decoding Climate News

Hifast at Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: Definition of “Fake News”: When reporters state their own opinions instead of bearing witness to observed events. Journalism professor David Blackall provides a professional context for investigative reporting I’ve been doing on this blog, along with other bloggers interested in science and climate change/global warming. His peer reviewed paper is…

Warm is stable – Cold is change

Hifast at Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest Post by Wim Röst Introduction Today ‘warm’ is strongly connected with ‘climate change’, if not with ‘dangerous climate change’. In the minds of people ‘cold’ should be more stable. But, paleo data show that it is ‘cold’ that is unstable. While ‘warm’ always shows a high stability…

‘Dodgy’ greenhouse gas data threatens Paris accord

Hifast at Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From The BBC By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent From the section Science & Environment Image copyright JUNGFRAUJOCH Image caption The air monitoring station at Jungfraujoch, in Switzerland, has detected the Italian emissions for nine years Potent, climate warming gases are being emitted into the atmosphere but are not…

Peter Hitchens: The REAL villain behind your surging electricity bill 

Hifast at Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: From part of Peter Hitchens Mail on Sunday Blog I feel sorry for British Gas, attacked for raising the price of electricity. I still find it confusing a gas company sells electricity, but the facts are quite simple. British Gas and the other power companies are raising charges because…

China Is Ready For War

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
DF-5B ICBM *Graham Allison, L.A. Times:* *China's ready for war ― against the U.S. if necessary* o mark the 90th birthday of the People’s Liberation Army on Aug. 1, China’s President Xi Jinping went to the Inner Mongolian steppe to the site where Genghis Khan began his conquest of Eurasia. There, at Zhurihe, he was welcomed by an impressive display of China’s martial might: a parade of Chinese troops, tanks, helicopters, aircraft and missiles. But the main course was a massive war game demonstrating the state of China‘s preparation to “fight and win” future military conflicts. Fo... more »

North Korean Foreign Minister: Nuclear Weapons Aimed Only At The U.S.

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Nikkei Asian Review:* *North Korea says nuclear arms aimed only at US* *Pyongyang 'will not negotiate' on weapons, despite toughening of sanctions.* MANILA -- North Korea's foreign minister said Monday that its nuclear arms were aimed only at the U.S., not the rest of the world, and accused America of being the "origin of crisis." In his speech at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum on Monday, Ri Yong Ho made clear that Pyongyang would not negotiate over its nuclear and ballistic missiles. He said the country would not stop strengthening its nuclear arms, a... more »

World News Briefs -- August 8, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*DW:* *Kenya votes in divisive election* The last ballots have been cast in the close race between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his longtime rival Raila Odinga. Opinion polls ahead of election day showed no clear favorite to lead Kenya. Polls have closed following Tuesday's general election in Kenya. Final results are expected on Wednesday at the earliest, but election officials have up to a week to declare the outcome. The divisive election pitted President Uhuru Kenyatta against veteran opposition leader and longtime rival Raila Odinga. The candidates need a simple majority to... more »

BWorld 143, Coal power and economic development

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 12 hours ago
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on July 12, 2017. Cheaper and stable energy means cheaper production costs for the industrial, agricultural, and services sectors of the economy. Cheaper energy also results in increased convenience for consumers too as many activities now are impossible without stable electricity supply. In the modern history of Asian economies’ rapid growth, the use of coal power is an important contributor for their economic expansion. These numbers show three important things: (1) Countries that have high and fast coal consumption are also those that e... more »

Voters-- Even Republican Voters-- Are Growing Sick Of Trump's Lies

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Yesterday, as all days, the Lazy Boy President, was up early watching TV and tweeting delusions and obsessions with his self-image and his reactions. What had set Señor Trumpanzee off in his Jersey gold resort? He wasn't working if course-- he doesn't know what work is-- he was watching CNN, which had just had Senator Blumenthal on to talk about Putin-Gate. And, remember, while Blumenthal was an actual U.S. marine fighting Vietnam, Trump was a serial draft dodger who had played dress up soldier at a military academy for incorrigible juvenile delinquents from wealthy families. At 7... more »

Study in contrast: The West’s indifference to Mikheil Saakashvili; concern for Alexey Navalny

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The West's contrasting response: indifference when Saakashvili is stripped by Ukraine of his citizenship to prevent him standing in elections; sympathy for Navalny in Russia despite his fraud convictions. The post Study in contrast: The West’s indifference to Mikheil Saakashvili; concern for Alexey Navalny appeared first on The Duran.

An inside look at how The New York Times gets government employees to leak info about Trump

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The anatomy of a Washington DC leak. The post An inside look at how The New York Times gets government employees to leak info about Trump appeared first on The Duran.

Hannity is preparing legal action against Obama and his “unmasking” enterprise

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Sean Hannity has hired four of the countries best attorneys. The post Hannity is preparing legal action against Obama and his “unmasking” enterprise appeared first on The Duran.

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