Saturday, September 02, 2017

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11:31 pm MDT

China Sees New World Order With Oil Benchmark Backed By Gold

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
* Definitely an interesting read:* *Nikkei* DENPASAR, Indonesia --* China is expected shortly to launch a crude oil futures contract priced in yuan and convertible into gold *in what analysts say could be a game-changer for the industry. *The contract could become the most important Asia-based crude oil benchmark, given that China is the world's biggest oil importer.* Crude oil is usually priced in relation to Brent or West Texas Intermediate futures, both denominated in U.S. dollars. *China's move will allow exporters such as Russia and Iran to circumvent U.S. sanctions by tradin... more »

Pen Hadow Hurrying South

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 13 hours ago
By Paul Homewood http://www.arcticmission.com/follow-arctic-mission/ Strange goings on onboard Pen Hadow’s little expedition. You may recall what he said when he announced on Aug 30th they were turning back south: A meeting of the four skippers was held led by Erik de Jong, with Pen Hadow present, and it was agreed further […]

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Stable Since 2007

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 13 hours ago
By Paul Homewood http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover_30y.uk.php Contrary to popular myth, summer sea ice extent in the Arctic is not in a death spiral. As the above DMI graph shows, August extent has been remarkably stable since 2007. Back in March, the “experts” were telling us that the record low extent last winter would inevitably lead to lower […]

Two Decades of Temperature Data from Australia – Not Fit for Purpose

Hifast at Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood An important post from Jennifer Marohasy: Australia is a large continent in the Southern Hemisphere. The temperatures measured and recorded by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology contribute to the calculation of global averages. These values, of course, suggest catastrophic human-caused global warming.…

Pen Hadow Hurrying South

Hifast at Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? http://www.arcticmission.com/follow-arctic-mission/ ? ? Strange goings on onboard Pen Hadow’s little expedition. You may recall what he said when he announced on Aug 30th they were turning back south: A meeting of the four skippers was held led by Erik de…

"No High Level of Toxic Chemical" from Arkema Plant

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
The Arkema chemical plant burns and the EPA says "no high level of toxic chemical": Abigail Hauslohner, Todd C. Frankel, AND Joel Achenbach (2017, September 2).Crippled water system, chemical plant blaze, vivid examples of Harvey’s cascading effect. MSN, http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crippled-water-system-chemical-plant-blaze-vivid-examples-of-harvey%e2%80%99s-cascading-effects/ar-AAr4JEh?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SK216DHP Friday afternoon, chemicals in another of the trailers caught fire. The heat from the blaze then ignited the chemicals in an adjacent trailer. The two trailers burned ... more »

Politicians Who Used the Confederate Flag

LL at Virtual Mirage - 13 hours ago
none with President Trump? wow

The British Navy Will Lose Its Anti-Ship Missile Capability In 2018 Until Around 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
HMS Montrose fires a Harpoon missile - capable of destroying a target 80 miles away. Royal Navy *UKDJ:* *British frigate fleet to lack anti-ship missiles until ‘around 2030’* *Royal Navy ships will lose anti-ship missile capability in 2018 when the Harpoon missile is withdrawn with a replacement not due until ‘around 2030’.* While the Royal Navy will still have an anti-ship capability via the submarine fleet and embarked helicopters, this will still be a significant capability gap and even then, no Royal Navy helicopters will have anti-ship missile capabilities until 2020. As we... more »

Venezuela Is Trying To Restructure Its Massive Debts

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Empty cases and shelves in a grocery store in Cumaná, Venezuela, last year. Credit Meridith Kohut for The New York Times *Zero Hedge*: *Venezuela Headed For "Messiest Debt-Restructuring In History" Thanks To US Sanctions* After being effectively shut out from global financial markets – a situation that was made more precarious by US sanctions prohibiting purchases of Venezuelan debt (unless you’re buying them off Goldman Sachs, should the bank’s asset-management arm desire to liquidate its $3 billion “hunger bond” position) – Venezuela is drawing ever-nearer to what the Financial ... more »

Is Big Pharma Into Fraudulent Ads Especially Regarding Vaccines?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich Big Pharma and the medical profession are taking a lot of ‘heat’ for the opioid epidemic, and rightfully so! Opioids were... more »

Michigan 'Shut Down Line 5' live feed Sept. 2, 2017

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
Live now! Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 MICHIGAN -- live feed via Paul DeMain's Indian Country TV: http://www.indiancountrynews.com/index.php/tv/indian-country-tv-com/14444-shut-down-line-5-labor-day-protests-notice-of-live-broadcast

Migrant Crisis: Albanian Gangs Sneaking into Britain on Ferries from Spain

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
One line from this report http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/31/albanian-gangs-sneakingbritain-ferries-spain/ struck me as something that you wouldn't hear on the BBC. '... one of the migrants interviewed by the newspaper boasted: "I will try until I get through. Nothing will stop me. It is good money in Britain."' Straight from the horse's mouth but not of any interest to the BBC.

"VentuSky Offers Real-Time Weather Conditions on a Beautiful, Interactive Live Map"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"VentuSky Offers Real-Time Weather Conditions * *on a Beautiful, Interactive Live Map" * by Alan Henry "There’s no shortage of weather sites and webapps around the web that will show you weather conditions now or predicted ones in the future, but VentuSky is brand new, looks great, and shows you current conditions on a live, always-updating map that you can drag around, click on, or just search to explore. The name itself, VentuSky, is a combination of two words. The first is the Latin word, Ventus, means wind, and the second is the English word, Sky. If you’re used to using a ser... more »

Should A Stranded ISIS Convoy In The Middle Of The Syrian Desert Be Bombed Or Permitted To Go To ISIS Controlled Territory?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
A convoy of buses prepare to evacuate "Islamic State" militants and their families from Qara *New York Times*:* Stranded ISIS Convoy Symbolizes Militants’ Stalled Campaign* BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Islamic State militant, his AK-47 cradled between his legs, crouched next to the driver in the front of the bus, near a placard in the windshield that read B-9, which stood for bus No. 9 out of 17. The flash of a camera in the early dawn light showed him to be smiling broadly. How his fortunes have fallen since the photo was taken on Monday, when it looked like the convoy of buses carrying... more »

Weekend reads: Publishing too much?; CRISPR doubts; Pharma in predatory journals

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
The week at Retraction Watch featured the retraction of a paper from Yale on ketamine and depression, a retraction for Carlo Croce, and a discussion of when a citation may not be enough. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: A researcher published 77 papers in a year. Should that be a red flag? (Soumya Chatterjee, The News […] The post Weekend reads: Publishing too much?; CRISPR doubts; Pharma in predatory journals appeared first on Retraction Watch.

It appears that both Russian politicians and Fox News viewers are turning on Donald Trump.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Politician on #Russia's state TV: US doesn't have an adequate President, just an elderly, barely competent, nervously weary, fussy showman. pic.twitter.com/4NFEF3NXa1 — Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 1, 2017 You may remember that after the election Trump's approval numbers in Russia were in the 70's. Not any more. This statement by the Russian politician inspired this follow up question from the host. #Russia's state TV host pours more gas on the fire, saying: "So why did we elect such a President? Audience claps.https://t.co/SE8PZkkxup — Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) S... more »

Saturday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 15 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Stefan Stern writes that our current corporate culture needs to be changed in ways going far beyond reining in excessive executive compensation: Wage inequality is also a symbol of something more fundamentally wrong in the business world. Too many corporations are competing to achieve the wrong results in the wrong way, led astray by perverse incentives that produce bad outcomes. And the excessive rewards for those at the top are a prize for the people who play this game best. ... This text was a compromise and a (weary) triumph of drafti... more »

Dwyer’s Argument Against The “Objective Standard of Value”

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
Dale Lugenbehl’s article, “The Argument for an Objective Standard of Value,” was published in March 1974 issue (Volume 55, Issue 2) of *The Personalist*. In this article, Lugenbehl is making a case for the Objectivist theory of value, in face of claims from Robert Nozick and a few other philosophers that this theory is not sound. The same issue of *The Personalist* has William Dwyer’s article, “The Argument Against an ‘Objective Standard of Value’,” which as the title suggests is a response to Lugenbehl’s article. I think Dwyer has raised some valid concerns about the soundness o... more »

New Cuban 'Sonic Attacks' Against U.S. Diplomats Being Reported

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Washington Post:** State Department reports new instance of American diplomats harmed in Cuba* American diplomats suffered symptoms from a sonic “incident” in Cuba last month, the State Department said Friday, adding to the mystery of how Americans serving there have been diagnosed with hearing loss, traumatic brain injury and other ailments. The August incident, which the State Department would not further describe, came months after the first symptoms were reported. The earlier incidents came to light only in August, and at that time officials indicated that whatever had cause... more »

An Analysis On An Afghan Taliban Ambush

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Bill Roggio, Long War Journal:* *Anatomy of a Taliban Ambush* In a recently released propaganda video, the Taliban provided extensive footage of an ambush on an Afghan logistics convoy in the eastern province of Wardak. The daylight ambush destroyed multiple Afghan vehicles, and despite the fact that US helicopters were nearby, the Taliban do not appear to have been targeted during the fighting. The video, which is titled ‘Caravan of Heroes 13’ and was published on August 28, was produced by Manba al Jihad Studio, the media arm of the Haqqani Network, the Taliban subgroup that is... more »

Is The Trump Honeymoon Over?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Jacob Heilbrunn and Daniel McCarthy, National Interest*: *Trump's Honeymoon is Over* Jacob Heilbrunn and Daniel McCarthy discuss Donald Trump’s poll numbers, Afghanistan and more. There’s a slow burn smoldering in Donald Trump’s White House, as, one after the other, high-profile advisors depart and cabinet secretaries increasingly give voice to their discontent. Will it turn into an inferno? Last Friday, just a week after Steve Bannon’s exit from the administration, it was Sebastian Gorka’s turn. Over the weekend, the floods swamping Houston and Trump’s pardon of Jim Arpaio—the ... more »

Electric Universe - Mars - Maven

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 15 hours ago
*marineris, yes I know... :)* seriously, this post has *NOTHING TO DO* with the NASA project MAVEN and everything to do with 'what might have actually happened' (electrically) to the planet Mars, no more than 13,000 years ago as the proto-Saturnian system entered the Solar System...

Could America's F-22, F-35, and B-2 Stealth Aircraft Crush North Korea in a War?

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* And stop Kim from launching a nuclear counter attack? That is the question. In the event a war were to break out on the Korean peninsula, American airpower would play a key role. Initially, the burden would likely fall to the Pentagon’s fleet of stealth aircraft including the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. The U.S. Navy, too, would likely have to play a role using its surface warships and submarines to launch waves of Tomahawk cruise missiles to target North Korean air ... more »

It Pays To Have A Plan

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Hurricane Harvey has laid bare the truth about Houston. Doug Saunders writes : It is one of the most racially segregated cities in the United States: Its north, east and south are at least 90 per cent non-white, while its centre and west are mostly white. These non-white neighbourhoods are home to 81 per cent of the city's open drainage ditches, 78 per cent of closed landfills, 84 per cent of carcinogen emitters and 88 per cent of hazardous waste sites, as well as 94 per cent of its worst schools. In January, the federal department of Housing and Urban Development found Houston in ... more »

Will Trump Kill The DACA Program? That's Entirely Up To Paul Ryan

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*White power without the white sheets and hoods* With Trumpanzee determined to throw a bone to the most racist and xenophobic segment of his base by killing the very popular DACA program, congressional Republicans in swing districts and districts with big Hispanic populations started to panic. If you've looked at right-wing and extremist media in the last couple of days, you've probably noticed a new *bête noire*: Colorado Republican Mike Coffman. His district is both swingy-- Hillary beat Trumpanzee there 50.2% to 41.3%-- and loaded with activated Hispanic voters. (CO-06's populati... more »

Two Decades of Temperature Data from Australia – Not Fit for Purpose

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood An important post from Jennifer Marohasy: Australia is a large continent in the Southern Hemisphere. The temperatures measured and recorded by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology contribute to the calculation of global averages. These values, of course, suggest catastrophic human-caused global warming. Two decades ago the Bureau replaced most of the manually-read […]

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*What Does a College Degree Get You?* by George N Romey *Mr Romey is right. A college degree is a bad move for most people these days and a VERY bad move if you have to go into debt to get it. Even if you have a kindly father who pays your fees it is not necessarily a good move. It means that you are out of the workforce for four years when you could have been earning money.The obvious alternative is taking a trade apprenticeship. Plumbers and electricians are an aristocracy of labour and are usually among the high earners. But what say you are either clumsy or a... more »

Musical Interlude: Simon & Garfunkel, "The Sound of Silence" (Original Version,1964)

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
Simon & Garfunkel, "The Sound of Silence" (Original Version from 1964) "This is the original version from the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM" in 1964. Just Simon's guitar and the vocals. After "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM" flopped, they split up. The famous version was released in 1966 when, without either of their knowledge, electric guitars and drums were added. That version of 'The Sound of Silence' became very popular, reaching #1 on the charts in America on New Years Day, 1966. Because of this, Simon and Garfunkel teamed up again and created three more studio albums, one of which w... more »

"Category 6? If Hurricane Irma Becomes The Strongest Hurricane In History, It Could Wipe Entire Cities Off The Map"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"Category 6? If Hurricane Irma Becomes The Strongest * *Hurricane In History, It Could Wipe Entire Cities Off The Map"* by Michael Snyder "Meteorologists have been shocked at how rapidly Hurricane Irma has been strengthening, and they are already warning that if it hits the United States as a high level category 5 storm the devastation would be absolutely unprecedented. Of course we are already dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and many experts are already telling us that the economic damage done by that storm will easily surpass any other disaster in all of U.S. hist... more »

"Hurricane Harvey Aftermath: 100,000 Homes Destroyed, A Million Vehicles Ruined, And 430,000 People Living in Sheltered Accommodation"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"Hurricane Harvey Aftermath: 100,000 Homes Destroyed, * *A Million Vehicles Ruined, * *And **430,000 People Living in Sheltered Accommodation**"* by Michael Snyder "It is now being estimated that the total amount of economic damage caused by Hurricane Harvey will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 190 billion dollars. (Multiply that by 5... - CP) It is a disaster unlike anything that we have ever seen before in all of U.S. history, and federal officials are already admitting that they are literally going to be dealing with the aftermath of this storm for “years.” At this point, mor... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Sales of powerful vacuum cleaners banned in EU* *This is total nonsense, a re-run of the dishwasher fiasco. "Ecological" dishwashers just did not clean well so it became common to wash every load twice -- thus INCREASING electricity use. It will be the same here. When I switched from a 1,000 watt cleaner to a 2,000 watt one, everything was easier and quicker. I now don't have to go over and over pesky patches. The "savings" on electricity under the new rules will be entirely delusory. The weaker cleaners will have to be used for quite a bit longer, thus using more electr... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 17 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin THE BLOCKCHAIN IN BANKING REPORT: The future of blockchain solutions and technologies The beginning of 'a big new field of medicine': A medical breakthrough that hacks genes to fight cancer just got approved The up side to GMO FBI, Homeland Security warn of more 'antifa' attacks - POLITICO "Confidential documents call the anarchists that seek to counter white supremacists ‘domestic terrorists.’" Irma Turning Into Monster Hurricane: "Highest Windspeed Forecasts I've Ever Seen" GOP senators: Comey drafted statement clearing Clinton before her interview Yosemite Rai... more »

Much like the Trump White House the RNC is shedding staff at an amazing rate as well.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Courtesy of Politico: *Sara Armstrong, the top staffer at the Republican National Committee, is departing, according to three people familiar with the move — the latest in a string of exits from the committee. * *Armstrong, the RNC's chief of staff, is exiting to take a senior-level job at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She had been serving in the chief of staff role since early this year after helping to oversee President Donald Trump's inauguration planning.* *Armstrong is the sixth staffer to leave the RNC in just over a month. That includes a handful of aides in the committee’... more »

The U.S. Eighth Air Force Smashed Hitler's Army—and Helped Establish American Air Dominance

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The destructive power of the Eighth Air Force steadily grew during the bombing campaign against Nazi Germany. General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces, was a man both driven and under great pressure in the spring and early summer of 1942. He wanted his bombers and fighters in the air as soon as possible, operating from airfields in Great Britain and joining the hard-pressed Royal Air Force in its offensive against Nazi Germany. He had promised British Prime Minister Winston Churchill action by July 4. The j... more »

Russia Says Its MiG-41 Fighter Will Fly in Outer Space

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* Russia's future MiG-41 fighter will be quite a machine. It won't just fly at supersonic speeds, but hypersonic as well. Even better, it won't even operate on Earth. The MiG-41 will fly in outer space, according to Russian media, which has been breathlessly extolling the virtues of an aircraft that hasn't been seen and won't take flight for years. Perhaps the only thing that's clear—or as clear as can be with Russian defense procurement—is that Moscow wants a successor to the aging MiG-31. The MiG-31—NATO code name Foxhound—is a Mach 3, high-alti... more »

These Lethal U.S. Anti Tank Missiles Are Showing up in ISIS Arsenals

Task and Purpose, Jared Keller at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, Middle East* American weapons are showing up in the wrong hands. With the heart of ISIS’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Mosul in ruins and Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Baghdad to assess the U.S.-led campaign against the terror group, Iraqi security forces are working overtime to expunge more than 2,000 militants from the strategically crucial city of Tal Afar. The offensive could signal “the end of ISIS’s military presence” in the country’s northern region, according to a spokesman for the U.S. coalition, but the ISF and their... more »

Everything You Need to Know: Japan's Missile Defenses

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* Just in case North Korea attacks. The August 29 overflight of Japan by a North Korean missile highlighted Tokyo’s number one post–Cold War security dilemma: how to defend against ballistic missiles. Two of Japan’s neighbors and potential adversaries, China and North Korea, field large numbers of conventional and nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, and would likely use them liberally in a conflict. As a result, Japan has fielded the most sophisticated ballistic missile defense system outside of the United States. Japan first became aware of the bal... more »

Les révolutions biotech : 4 / Un été à suspens pour la technologie miracle CRISPR-Cas9

Ethical Technology - 18 hours ago
Mutations incontrôlées suite aux thérapies géniques, découverte d’une protéine virale pour y remédier… Replonger au coeur de l’aventure CRISPR-Cas9. https://ieet.org/images/Capture-d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran-2017-08-09-a%CC%80-22.09_.39-1000x300_.png

"50 Female Privileges"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
https://youtu.be/_ucR-1NodAs Because men aren't treated equally by society, here are 50 Female Privileges.

This is the eclipse we all deserve.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
I am not an astrophysicist, but I predict that this eclipse is definitely on its way.

Remembering Autism Advocate Nancy Cale

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
Photo: Nancy Herndon Cale (right) - January 5, 1944- August 11, 2017 Shown with Unlocking Autism co-founder Shelley Hendrix Note: Thank you to our friends at ARI for this touching tribute to a leader in our community. She was a...

Houthi, Republican Guard forces kill scores of Saudi-led fighters around Yemen

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:55 A.M.) – The Houthi and Yemeni Republican Guard forces carried out several attacks across Yemen, Friday, killing and wounding scores of Saudi-led fighters. Launching attacks in the Ta’iz, Asir, Lahj, Al-Dalea, and Al-Jawf governorates, the Houthi and Republican Guard forces scored several direct hits on the Saudi-led Hadi loyalists and UAE-backed Southern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL unwilling to give-up last positions in central Syria, counter-attack launched

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:35 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) mounted a counter-assault against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in central Syria last night after losing much of the area in-and-around ‘Uqayribat. ISIL terrorists began the assault by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at twilight, forcing the military to retreat from a small part of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi forces prepare to attack ISIL’s last urban bastion

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
Iraqi government and paramilitary forces announced Friday plans to launch an assault to retake Hawija, the last ISIL group’s urban bastion in the country, a day after recapturing Tal Afar. Iraqi forces have now forced ISIL terrorist group out of all its Iraqi territories except the town of Hawija, 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Watch the Russian Air Force eliminate ISIL terrorists in central Syria

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense released footage on Saturday morning of their air force destroying several Islamic State (ISIL) sites near the strategic town of ‘Uqayribat in east Hama. As seen from the footage above, the Russian Air Force was specifically targeting the Islamic State’s positions in the central region […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Quick Reactions (Weekend Sermonette)

LL at Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
Clock Tower at Lambeth PalaceThe LSP Manse - I felt compelled to post a picture of LSP's headquarters back in Jolly old England. This is the Weekend Sermonette edition of Virtual Mirage and the band of heathen readers need some religion at least once a week. When LSP returns to the UK to take charge, this is where he'll be living. The date of the return of Archbishop LSP is still not firmed up but the triumphal entrance into the palace is only a matter of time. Hillary Clinton could speed the process along... *The Blaze* - Glenn Beck left Fox News six years ago to forge his own ... more »

Islamist Preacher Who Called for Destruction of Britain Coming to Parliament per Guido Fawkes

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Guido Fawkes reports https://order-order.com/2017/09/01/islamist-preacher-who-called-for-destruction-of-britain-coming-to-parliament/ on someone who is coming to Parliament to meet MPs: '... a notorious Islamist hate preacher who called for Britain to be "destroyed" is due to meet MPs in parliament this month. Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, a former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and current Imam of the city's Al-Aqsa Mosque, will visit Britain as part of a delegation organised by pro-Palestinian group EuroPal. Provided he isn't stopped at Heathrow… Sabri stated in a 2001 radio sermon: "Allah,... more »

Putin Issues Emergency Warning To The World: We Are On The Brink Of A New Korean War

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 1, 2017 Vladimir Putin has officially made a statement regarding the ICBM tests conducted by North Korea, and he has made it clear that Russia will work to avoid any potential conflict in the region. end

Hard Pressed: Swedish Media Label Government Critics as ‘Threat to Democracy’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
RT Published on Sep 1, 2017 Sweden is usually considered a beacon of media freedom worldwide. However, growing numbers of disturbing cases are coming out which appear to put that reputation in doubt. For example, top Swedish newspaper Expressen has been exposing citizens who criticize the government on the internet and challenging them face-to-face. The […]

Zapad 14-20 September 2017: Massive Russian Military Exercise in the Baltics

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
No let up in the Satanic WW3 preparations before the arrival of the Satan and fallen angels. – Zapad September 2017: Massive Russian Military Exercise in the Baltics by MICHAEL KOFMAN, https://warontherocks.com/ WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING ZAPAD 2017 Don’t be surprised if in the coming days you increasingly hear the word Zapad echoing across media […]

UN Chief: Israel’s Settlement Activity in Occupied Territories Illegal Under International Law

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
PressTV News Videos Published on Aug 29, 2017 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he believes Israel’s settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian lands is illegal in international law. “In 2001, Dr. Ariella Oppenheim, of Hebrew University, a biologist, published the first extensive study of DNA and the origin of the Jews. Her research found that […]

BOMBSHELL: United Nations Admits Latest Outbreak of Polio in Syria was Caused by Polio Vaccines

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
BOMBSHELL: United Nations Admits Latest Outbreak of Polio in Syria was Caused by Polio Vaccines by Vicki Batts, http://www.naturalnews.com/ (Natural News) In war-torn Syria, there’s little doubt that the conflict has taken a toll on health. Now, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that their attempt at using vaccines to “protect” children against polio has backfire […]

SHOCK ALIEN NEWS: Signals Detected from Distant Dwarf Galaxy Stun Observers

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
“Aliens” = Fallen Angels and the Nephilim. SHOCK ALIEN NEWS: Signals Detected from Distant Dwarf Galaxy Stun Observers by SEAN MARTIN, http://www.express.co.uk/ ALIEN hunters are on high alert after a group of astronomers detected 15 strange signals coming from a small cluster of stars. – Researchers working on Breakthrough Listen – a major project which is scanning […]

Rickards: Here’s How to Crack the Code on Gold — It Won’t Be A Parabolic Rise But $10,000 Gold Is Coming

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Rickards: Here’s How to Crack the Code on Gold — It Won’t Be A Parabolic Rise But $10,000 Gold Is Coming by CRAIG WILSON, https://dailyreckoning.com/ Jim Rickards joined Kitco News and Daniela Cambone to discuss the latest news and analysis from gold markets, geopolitics and even bitcoin. The Wall Street veteran took on the bigger picture facing […]

The US is Governed by the Wall Street/CIA/Endless War Party Which Never Loses Power Regardless of How People Vote

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
The US is Governed by the Wall Street/CIA/Endless War Party Which Never Loses Power Regardless of How People Vote by Neil Clark, https://www.rt.com/ Last eight months prove United States a bonafide regime The only surprising thing about Donald Trump’s recent U-turn on Afghanistan is that anyone should be surprised by it. Elected to the Oval Office as a […]

Trump Is Defeated, ‘The Swamp Has Won’! – Former US Diplomat

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
RT America Published on Aug 31, 2017 Amid larger problems in his administration, President Donald Trump appears to have “thrown in the towel” as far as Afghanistan goes. Trump has “no strategy” in Afghanistan, according to former US diplomat Jim Jatras, who joins RT America’s Manila Chan to argue that Trump has doubled down on […]

Midnight Meme Of The Day

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*-by Noah* Illegal border crossings have been decreasing steadily since the 2008 recession. Having reached a peak (measured by apprehension rates) in the year 2000, they are now at a 17 year low. President Obama's massive deportations and Señor Trumpanzee's far less humane policies have both played a role in discouraging people from crossing our Southwestern border into America. In fact, by the last few years of the Obama administration, more of the undocumented were leaving, one way or the other, than coming. So, with that in mind, why should we pay to erect a wall that is unnec... more »

'Chicago Phantom' Makes an Appearance at Lollapalooza

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
The chicago flap continues and surely it is deliberate by this point. It is observed that the eyes are glowing powerfully and that is biologically impossible. At the same time it leaped vertically on a ten foot wingspan. Again not biologically plausible. All this points to a man with a gravity belt who uses the wings for some thrust and for maneuver as an eagle can. That also explains the whole scenario itself. It is all done at night to avoid it been obvious. Thus we have a training scenario been conducted in order to understand public response. They otherwi... more »

Hundreds Of Giant Mysterious Tunnels Discovered In Brazil

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
This is more like it. After reading for years about tunnels we are now actually looking at some. If we assume a generally circular cross section when built, then the odd elliptical shape represents rock been squeezed. In the event the pop corning technology allowed ample scope in terms of shape. The idea that these were made by large creatures is nonsense. Everything i see here support pop corning rock. It also supports a huge tribe of such workers as well and that is also indicated in the traditions as such. It is also clear that the Bronze Age moved them about ... more »

Atlanta’s leaders are right! Don’t erase the Old South’s history.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
[image: Atlanta’s leaders are right! Don’t erase the Old South’s history.] It is sad to see the present desecration of history now taking place led as usual by the ignorati.More to the point we need globally a complete reform in the teaching of acceptable histories. The majority needs to be a people's history. There is so much useful detail and from that detail come natural sustainable respect.i know that a band of medieval Saxons tramped into the mountains of Slovakia shortly after the mongols came through and wiped out the local populations. Their village Neuhau (literally... more »

NASA confirms: Sea levels have been FALLING across the planet for two years … media SILENT

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
I suppose that must not be important of course? The climate absurdity marches on although i must say that many are attempting now to wiggle off the bandwagon of stupidity. I do think that it is possible for the Greenland ice cap to be fully removed. Yet it is also highly unlikely without human intervention. It is just that adding real warmth to the Arctic might be interesting while adding some height to the sea level. Yet it will be a push too far in practice and completely unnecessary.. . . *NASA confirms: Sea levels have been FALLING across the planet for two y... more »

Racist Twitter Trolls Pose as Houston Looters

David Emery at Snopes.com - 23 hours ago
Amidst devastating flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, fake Twitter accounts were used sow fear and racial hatred.

Russia's Military Exercises Are Destroying It's Infrastructure (i.e. The Roads)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Sputnik *War Is Boring*:* Military Exercises Are Tearing Up Russia’s Infrastructure* When 500+ armored vehicles hit the road, watch out Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin has been racing to bolster the Russian military’s fighting abilities with frequent, large-scale exercises near his country’s western borders. But one recent story from Glavny, which covers western Russia, indicates that the exercises are taking a toll on infrastructure and local governments which are swarmed by armored vehicles. In recent days, 574 vehicles of the crack 74th Guards Air Assault Division set off at night... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
EXCLUSIVE: Here's the fire in back of about to-be-closed DC Russia trade rep building. @janawinter on the scene. pic.twitter.com/oKoKX2OIBv — Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 1, 2017 U.S. to search Russian consulate in San Francisco, says Moscow https://t.co/xIttMwkFNE — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 2, 2017 #UPDATE US-backed Syria force says seizes Raqa Old City from IS https://t.co/gp0C0xSBWL pic.twitter.com/oNz1oJmUMi — AFP news agency (@AFP) September 1, 2017 A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. pic.twitter.com/w6mMIInC... more »

NASA scientists seek to improve sea ice predictions

Hifast at Climate Collections - 23 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. Many melt ponds on sea ice north of Greenland, as seen during an Operation IceBridge flight on July 24, 2017. CREDIT Credits: NASA/Nathan Kurtz Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is in a downward spiral, with summer minimum extents about 40 percent…

Too Good To Not Quote

Willis Eschenbach at Skating Under The Ice - 23 hours ago
Here’s a Letter to the Editor regarding some African students attending Oxford in England. They have been demanding that the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College be taken down on the grounds that Rhodes was a racist … which he was … Dear Scrotty Students, Cecil Rhodes’s generous bequest has contributed greatly to the comfort…

Hezbollah, ISIL to exchange prisoners near Deir Ezzor border

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 A.M.) – Representatives from the Islamic State (ISIL) and Hezbollah are set to meet in the Hamimah area near the Deir Ezzor Governorate border this morning, as they both agreed to release prisoners as part of the Qalamoun ceasefire deal two weeks ago. According to a military source in Damascus, the exchange […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army overwhelms militants with sophisticated missiles in east Damascus

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:10 A.M.) – The Islamist rebels of Faylaq Al-Rahman did not get much sleep in the eastern suburbs of Damascus last night, thanks in large part to the barrage of missiles fired by the Syrian military in Jobar and ‘Ayn Tarma. Using surface-to-surface missiles, the Syrian Arab Army’s 42nd Brigade of the 4th […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

U.S. Will Be Conducting Regular Naval Patrols In The South China Sea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer transits the East Sea during Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 March 8, 2016. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Craig Z. Rodarte/Handout via Reuters *Washington Examiner:* *US Navy to conduct regular naval patrols in South China Sea* The Pentagon is now scheduling naval patrols in the South China Sea in order to establish a more prominent presence in the region as relations between the U.S. and China become more tense. This naval patrol schedule is unprecedented and departs from standard military operations in the area during the l... more »

Is the Red Cross Charging Victims of Hurricane Harvey for Disaster Relief Services?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Rumors that the Red Cross is charging victims of Hurricane Harvey conflate past controversies with current events.

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Smoke rises during clashes between joint forces of Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces against the Daesh militants in Tal Afar, Iraq, on August 26, 2017. © REUTERS/ THAIER AL-SUDANI *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from the following photo-gallery .... This Week in Pictures (Sputnik).

X22 Report, “Russia & BRICS Go After Excessive Domination Of Reserve Currencies”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
X22 Report, “Russia & BRICS Go After Excessive Domination Of Reserve Currencies” -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7MfMETyDA *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “Putin Warns The World Of A Major Event That Might Unfold” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-YdHtqajY

"Why We're Doomed..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Why We're Doomed..."* by Charles Hugh Smith "The point is the present system cannot endure. Despite all the happy talk about "recovery" and higher growth, wages have gone nowhere since 2000 - and for the bottom 20% of workers, they've gone nowhere since the 1970s. Gross domestic product (GDP) has risen smartly since 2000, but the share of GDP going to wages and salaries has plummeted: this is simply an extension of a 47-year downtrend. Last month I posted one reason "Why We're Doomed: Our Economy's Toxic Inequality" (August 16, 2017). The second half of why we're doomed is stag... more »

Socialism – Opiate of the Masses

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Jon Rappoport* - The lingo of Leftist socialism has come to the fore. The post Socialism – Opiate of the Masses appeared first on Waking Times.

South Texas Nuclear – Is It Really Watertight? If The Dam Fails Can They Shut The Doors Quickly Enough?

August 31st NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS … Continue reading →

Texas Waters Run Brown After Hurricane Harvey; South Texas Nuclear Dam Still Holding as of August 31st

From NASA: “On August 31, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of … Continue reading →

Vietnam Protests Chinese Military Exercises In The South China Sea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Reuters:** Vietnam protests at Chinese military drill in South China Sea* HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Thursday opposed what it said was a Chinese announcement of military exercises in the disputed South China Sea, amid rising tension between the neighboring countries. Vietnam did not give any details of when it said the announcement was made or when any drill would take place. China's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of business hours and it was not immediately clear which drills the Vietnamese statement was referring to. *Read more*... more »

The Battle For Stalingrad Began 75 Years Ago

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Ian Johnson, War On The Rocks:* *The Motherland Calls: The Battle of Stalingrad, 75 Years Later* The most famous battle of World War II began a few days over three quarters of a century ago. More than four million combatants fought in the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad between the Nazi and Soviet armies. Almost half – over 1.8 million people – became casualties. More Soviet soldiers died in this five-month contest than Americans died in the entire war. But months later, on February 2, 1943, when the Germans trapped in the city surrendered, it was clear that the momentum on the... more »

The Mafia Wants Their Guy, Now Out Of Prison, Back In Congress. Will Staten Island Voters Take Mikey Suits Back?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Former Mafia thug Michael,"Mikey Suits" Grimm got off very easy. He was given a sweet plea deal in return for resigning from Congress and for agreeing to not embarrass anyone in the FBI. So now he's out of prison after less than a year and already attacking former Staten Island D.A. and current NY-11 Dan Donovan from the right. In an interview, he told NY1 that he's thinking about primarying Donovan and trying to regain his old seat. "I haven't personally made a decision yet, but, honestly, I'm looking at it." He told the NY1 audience that he thinks Donovan isn't "doing well at al... more »

Students Forced to “Apologize” for Being White & Christian

Alex Newman at rss - 1 day ago
[image: students-forced-to-apologize-for-being-white-christian] Amid a public uproar at a North Carolina school board meeting over far-left “equity training” for government-school teachers, allegations were made by furious parents that a teacher forced white and Christian students to stand up in class and apologize for their “privilege.”

UN Showcases Lessons to Brainwash Children

Alex Newman at rss - 1 day ago
[image: un-showcases-lessons-to-brainwash-children] The United Nations, often ridiculed as the dictators club, has just released lessons to help indoctrinate people around the world into accepting the UN's so-called “Agenda 2030,” also known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. While the propaganda targets humanity as a whole, the UN acknowledges that it is specifically aimed at youth.

A New Hen for the Fox House

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 1 day ago
From SALON: During her very first day at Fox News, former contributor for TheBlaze (and current Obamacare beneficiary) Tomi Lahren inadvertently suggested that she and the network are persistent in covering the Hillary Clinton email non-scandal perhaps cynical reasons. During an appearance on Sean Hannity’s show … Continue reading →

California Supreme Court Rules Against Police Collection of License Plate Data

Derrick Broze at Activist Post - 1 day ago
By Derrick Broze Privacy and civil liberties advocates won a small victory this week as the California Supreme Court ruled that license plate data secretly... more »

Was Hurricane Harvey Artificially Intensified by Geoengineering Programs?

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Terence Newton* - They have been weaponizing hurricanes since 1947. The post Was Hurricane Harvey Artificially Intensified by Geoengineering Programs? appeared first on Waking Times.

This Is How Japan Might Respond to a North Korean Missile Attack

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* This means war. This week’s overflight of Japan by a North Korean missile was a major escalation of Pyongyang’s missile strategy. Although not unprecedented, the overflight of the northern island of Hokkaido was a clear sign that North Korea did not expect Tokyo to actually do anything in response. If Japan wanted to mount a more muscular response, what options would it have? Japan is an avowedly pacifist country, with a military—actually a Self Defense Force—that is generally incapable of taking action against North Korea. The Self Defense Force... more »

Will Israel's New Stealth Jets Be Armed with Nuclear Weapons?

Zachary Keck at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Middle East* This could be a game-changer. By the end of this year, Israel is expected to become the second country after the United States to declare Initial Operational Capability for its F-35s. Already, Tel Aviv has taken possession of five of the multirole fighters, and following an agreement late last month to buy an additional seventeen planes, will ultimately purchase fifty planes. All fifty F-35s are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2024. Israeli officials typically describe the F-35s purpose as ensuring the country’s continued air super... more »

Here Is How Rommel Became One of Nazi Germany's Greatest Generals

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Before becoming known as the Desert Fox, General Irwin Rommel proved his prowess on European battlefields. The appointment of Erwin Rommel as commander of the 7th Panzer Division in February 1940 seems, in the light of his many triumphs in France and North Africa, an unremarkable and perfectly natural choice. At the time, however, nothing could have been further from the truth. For the invasion of France, code-named Fall Gelb (Plan Yellow), Germany had assembled roughly 135 divisions, but only 10 of these were panzer divisions. Rommel ... more »

America vs. Russia: When Will Hypersonic Weapons Change the Way We Wage War?

Leonid Nersisyan at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Leonid Nersisyan* *Security, * The ramifications could be huge. In previous articles, we examined the capabilities of the entire range of existing strategic nuclear weapons, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ballistic-missile submarines and strategic bombers. We have also assessed the capabilities of existing and prospective missile-defense systems in Russia and the United States. There is another promising technology that can affect the future strategic balance: hypersonic weapons. In fact, any weapon can be considered hypersonic that can achieve a velocit... more »

Russian President Putin: Whoever Develops Artificial Intelligence First Will Rule The World

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin (RT photo / Semyon Khorunzhy) *WNU Editor*: For more on Putin's remarks go here .... *Putin: Leader in artificial intelligence will rule world *(Houston Chronicle/AP). What's my take .... about 20 years ago I read a commentary by Bill Gates where he predicted that the first company that develops artificial will also be a company that will be worth multi-trillions of dollars. Both Bill Gates and Russian President Putin are right .... AI will revolutionise the world, and to the first one to accomplish such an incredible feat will go the spoils.

Scientist Confirms: Harvey Caused A “1-In-1,000-Year Flood”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Scientist Confirms: Harvey Caused A “1-In-1,000-Year Flood” by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Scientists have confirmed what one renowned weather forecaster has suspected for days: Hurricane Harvey was a “1-in-1,000-year flood.” – That’s according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin’s Space Science and Engineering Center, who claim there is nothing in the historical record that rivals the devastation resulting […]

Flashback 2010: Weather Warfare & Earthquake Weapon — Chavez: US Weapon Test Caused Haiti Earthquake

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Someone is employing weather weapons to cause the massive hurricane Harvey and now IRMA. Who wants America destroyed and merged into the Luciferian New World Order, World Government led by the Anti-Christ? end

Syrian de-escalation zones pose no danger to Israel’s security: Russian FM

De-escalation zones established in Syria do not violate Israel’s interest and do not threaten its security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday, speaking to the students and teachers of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). “I wouldn’t say that this decision was some kind of a step towards ignoring Israel’s security […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

First scenes of the Syrian Army inside ISIL’s last stronghold in central Syria

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF), steamrolled through the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) defenses on Friday to enter the terrorist group’s last stronghold in central Syria. Video footage of the Syrian Arab Army entering ‘Uqayribat was released by the elite ISIS Hunters on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Should North Korea Fear The U.S. Air Force's F-35?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets (foreground) and South Korean air Force's F-15K fly over South Korea during a joint military drill, South Korea on August 31, 2017. Republic of Korea Air Force/Yonhap/via REUTERS *Todd Crowell, Asia Times: **The aircraft Kim Jong-un fears most. Or ought to.* *America’s newest fighter-bomber, the F-35, is coming to Asia in increasing numbers just as military tensions between North Korea and the US escalate* America’s newest fighter-bomber, the F-35, is coming to Asia in increasing numbers just as tensions between North Korea and the United States... more »

The Far Right Has Plans To Kill The Progressive Movement By Neutering The Union Movement

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Just as we prepare for the Labor Day weekend, *Guardian* reporter Ed Pilkington exposes a plot by a right-wing alliance to "defund and defang" the American union movement. That's hardly new but after years of whittling down the union movement, the conservatives see an opportunity for a knock out blow. The methods have been successfully tested in several states, including former labor bastions like Wisconsin. "Rightwing activists across the US have launched a nationwide campaign to undermine progressive politicians by depriving them of a major source of support and funding-- public... more »

Understanding Mr. Big's Domination Program

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
I first heard Thomas Barnett (then an instructor at the Naval War College) do a version of this talk called Pentagon's New Map around 2002. I watched the three-hour version on CSPAN one evening. He was on that occasion introduced as the "strategy guy" for George W. Bush's Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld. Barnett's arrogant presentation was ultimately about how the US's job under corporate globalization would be "security export". We won't have jobs in the USA anymore because corporations have gone looking for cheaper labor. So we will build weapons and wage war for declining ... more »

Does a Video Show Two Men Looting a Cash Register During Tropical Storm Harvey?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
A now-viral video of unknown origin shows two men standing in water taking cash from a register.

Did CNN Stage a Hurricane Harvey Rescue Video?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Conspiracy theorists accused the news network of faking a dramatic live rescue video during Hurricane Harvey.

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