Monday, September 25, 2017

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Puerto Rico Facing A Humanitarian Crisis

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 minutes ago
*New York Times*: *In Battered Puerto Rico, Governor Warns of a Humanitarian Crisis* SAN JUAN, P.R. — Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló of Puerto Rico said on Monday that the island was on the brink of a “humanitarian crisis” nearly a week after Hurricane Maria knocked out its power and most of its water, and left residents waiting in excruciating lines for fuel. He called on Congress to prevent a deepening disaster. Stressing that Puerto Rico, a United States territory, deserved the same treatment as other hurricane-ravaged states, the governor urged Republican leaders and the federal go... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, “A Year And A Day”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 minutes ago
2002, “A Year And A Day” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL7b_avTk38

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 minutes ago
"What created this gigantic hole? The vast emission nebula N44 in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud has a large, 250 light-year hole and astronomers are trying to figure out why. *Click image for larger size.* One possibility is particle winds expelled by massive stars in the bubble's interior that are pushing out the glowing gas. This answer was found to be inconsistent with measured wind velocities, however. Another possibility is that the expanding shells of old supernovas have sculpted the unusual space cavern. An unexpected clue of hot X-ray emitting gas was rece... more »

"Never Despair"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 minutes ago
"Never Despair" by Sam Smith "Empires and cultures are not permanent and while thinking about the possibility that ours is collapsing may seem a dismal exercise it is far less so than enduring the frustrations, failures, damage and human casualties involved in constantly butting up against reality like a boozer who insists he is not drunk attempting to drive home. Peter Ustinov in 'Romanoff and Juliet' says at one point: "I'm an optimist: I know how bad the world is. You're a pessimist: you're always finding out." Or as GK Chesterton put it, "We must learn to love life without ever... more »

"The Best Method..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 minutes ago
*Click image for larger size.* "When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane." - Hermann Hesse • Click image for larger size, which you may then fill in and frame if you're so inclined, as I did... - CP

"Fighting the Cowardice of Cynicism"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 minutes ago
*"Fighting the Cowardice of Cynicism"* by Maria Popova “There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing,” Maya Angelou wrote in contemplating courage in the face of evil. In the decades since, cynicism has become a cultural currency as deadly as blood diamonds, as vacant of integrity and long-term payoff as Enron. Over the years, I have written about, spoken about, and even given a commencement address about the perilous laziness of cynicism and the ever-swelling urgency of not only resisting it but a... more »

Spain’s Attorney General Hints That The Catalan President May Be Arrested For Promoting Sunday's Independence Vote

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 34 minutes ago
*The Guardian:* *Spain’s attorney general refuses to rule out arrest of Catalan president* Carles Puigdemont could face action, says attorney general, as Catalonia prepares to defy Madrid by holding independence vote Spain’s attorney general has refused to rule out the possibility of arresting the Catalan president, as the region’s pro-sovereignty government prepares to defy Madrid by holding an independence referendum on Sunday. José Manuel Maza said that Carles Puigdemont could face action for disobedience, breaching public duties and misuse of public funds for proceeding with ... more »

Enough is Enough! Stop hyping Harvey and Irma!

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: ? Dr. Neil Frank, former Director National Hurricane Center Over the past several weeks numerous articles suggest Harvey and Irma were the result of global warming. The concept is a warmer earth will generate stronger and wetter hurricanes. A number of people have said Irma was the most…

Pilot Killed When Eurofighter Jet Plunges Into Sea At Italian Air Show

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*The Telegraph*:* Eurofighter pilot attempting loop-the-loop in front of his parents and girlfriend dies after crashing into sea* This is the terrible moment that a fighter pilot lost his life after crashing his Eurofighter into the sea during an air show off the coast of Italy. Capt Gabriele Orlandi, 36, was attempting to perform a loop-the-loop in his 85million euro Eurofighter Typhoon when he apparently misjudged the manoeuvre and smashed into the water, a few hundred yards from the coast. The Italian air force pilot was performing the stunt in front of a large crowd that incl...more »

Secret Service: Drones And Other High-Tech Weapons Are A Grave Threat To President Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Swarms of nano drones (smaller than the ones pictured) could soon be implemented to boost intelligence in US military warfare. iStock *Washington Examiner: **'Swarm attack' from armed drones pose 'grave threat' to Trump* The Secret Service is facing a "grave" threat to President Trump from a new wave of high-tech weapons including armed drones, plastic guns made on 3-D printers and even sophisticated IEDs, according to a new alert issued by a former agent. "This threat is grave," Dan Bongino told Secrets. The author of a new book on the Secret Service that calls for a seismic chan... more »

A Real Time Look Back Into DIY San Francisco Punk Rock

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
I have a vague recollection that this happened. The first part of this video above was a TV show I apparently taped with KTVU icons Ann Fraser and Ross McGowan in the early 80s in San Francisco about the punk rock scene. Someone sent it to me Friday. (And, no, that was not John Amato shouting "Howie" when I came out on the set. This was decades before we ever met. Does sound like him though.) It looks like they put makeup on me. Eventually I stopped allowing that when I went on TV but this early in my show biz career. Here's a picture of me from back in those days-- without the m... more »

We Need More of This

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 hour ago
I love this video. We don't have to let the corporate elite divide us....we can reach out and listen to one another. We don't have to agree on everything but there is no shame in listening to each other. If you really believe in peace and love then listening is a must. Don't follow those who say we can't have dialogue. Congrats to those Trump supporters who shared their stage with BLM. That took courage and good will. We need more of this kind of politics today - more than ever. Bruce

US Coalition denies leading units through ISIS-held territory in Deir Ezzor

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
US special forces have been providing fluid movement of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) units through the positions of the Islamic State, the Russian Defense Ministry wrote on Facebook on Sunday. The US-led coalition denied that their special forces are leading Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) units through the the Islamic State’s (ISIS) territory in Deir […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Video footage of Syrian missile striking possible aircraft over west Damascus

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 A.M.) – At 2:00 A.M. (Damascus Time) tonight, the Syrian Air Defense fired a surface-to-air missile from the Mezzeh Airport in west Damascus towards a possible unmanned aircraft (UAV) near the Golan Heights border. Video footage of this missile strike was released by Damascus Now News; it shows the moment of impact […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian military downs possible aircraft in rural Damascus

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:55 A.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Air Defense fired a surface-to-air missile above the Mezzeh Military Airport, striking an unknown target in the night sky. According to Al-Masdar’s Ibrahim Joudeh in Damascus, a powerful explosion was seen over the night-sky in the nation’s capital after a surface-to-air missile struck the target. While […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Do ‘Sonic Weapons’ Adequately Explain ‘Health Attacks’ on Diplomats in Cuba?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
Inaudible sonic weapons are an unlikely cause of the mysterious symptoms suffered by American and Canadian diplomats in Cuba.

The Daily "Near You?"

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

"As Far As We Can Go..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
“The development of our cerebral cortex has been the greatest achievement of the evolutionary processes. Big deal. While allowing us the thrills of intellect or the pangs of self-consciousness, it is all too often overruled by our inner, instinctive brain - the one that tells us to react, not reflect, to run, rather than ruminate. Maybe we have gone as far as we can go and the next advance, whatever that may be, will be made by beings we create ourselves, using our own technology. Life forms we can design and program not to be ultimately governed and constricted by the rules of sur... more »

X22 Report, “Russia Is Now Calling On The US To Leave Syria”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
X22 Report, “Russia Is Now Calling On The US To Leave Syria” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHRXTSQwtw *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “The Economic Mirage That The Central Bank Created Is Disappearing” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FolcYvfJKbg

"On Your Own Terms..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to- because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centered. What you are pursuing is meaning- a meaningful life... There are times when it will go so wrong that you will be barely alive, and times when you realize that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms." - Jeanette Winterson

Did a State Democratic Party Logo Once Feature the Slogan ‘White Supremacy’?

David Emery at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
Until 1966, the official logo of the Alabama Democratic Party featured a crowing rooster and a banner reading "White Supremacy."

Is It Illegal in Florida to Power Your Home With Solar After a Storm Because of Lobbying?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
For safety reasons, solar panels generally go offline after a crisis downs the power grid — unless homeowners have purchased additional equipment.

Did the Iowa Hawkeyes Build a Children’s Hospital Next to Their Stadium?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
A Facebook post gets some facts right about a popular tradition by the University of Iowa's football team.

How to Grow the Middle Class

AV at The Verma Report - 3 hours ago
Politicians are always talking about growing the middle class. But what policies can actually accomplish that goal? Watch this short economics video to find out.

Was a Navy Reservist Discharged for Protesting the National Anthem?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Renewed interest in protests during the national anthem led to inaccurate and outdated stories about Janaye Ervin's departure from the military.

NFL Teams Stayed in Locker Rooms For Anthem Until 2009—Then DoD Began “Paying for Patriotism”

Activist Post at Activist Post - 4 hours ago
By Jay Syrmopoulos President Trump’s condemnation of NFL players who choose to kneel, rather than stand for the national anthem, reignited a national debate that... more »

Idaho Initiative Helps Admit 20,000 Students to College

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Board of Education has announced that more than 20,000 high school students have been admitted to Idaho’s public colleges and universities. According to the board, this is the third year students with qualifying grades and test scores have automatically been admitted to Boise State University, University of Idaho, Idaho […]

Handling of Sexual Violence Examined at Hampton U., William and Mary

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
HAMPTON, Va. — Federal officials are investigating the handling of campus sexual violence at Hampton University and the College of William and Mary. The Daily Press reports that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating under Title IX, which protects against discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. It was not […]

Washington State President Declines to Punish College Republicans

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
PULLMAN, Wash. — The president of Washington State University is declining to withdraw official recognition and support for the WSU College Republicans group. President Kirk Schulz says all registered student organizations must adhere to university policies to remain in good standing. Last week, a dozen Democratic state legislators from Western Washington sent Schulz a letter […]

Regents Detail Secret Harreld Meetings During U. of Iowa Search

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A majority of University of Iowa governing board members have described under oath how they secretly recruited Bruce Harreld weeks before hiring the businessman as president, circumventing the Iowa Open Meetings Law, court records show. Five of nine members of the Board of Regents met Harreld — a former IBM executive […]

Report: University of Kansas Women Faculty Still Minority

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A recent report says women faculty are still in the minority at the University of Kansas, where they’re also twice as likely to resign from their posts as male colleagues. The Lawrence Journal-World says university economics professor Donna Ginther headed the committee tasked with investigating and identifying potential gender inequities among students, […]

Racism, Bullying Best Defeated by a Team

andre perry at Diverse - 4 hours ago
Current controversial exchanges between President Trump and those protesting against police brutality and social inequality drives home the point that Black athletes can teach us about more than just sports.

U.S. Appeals Court Agrees That University of Cincinnati Can’t Suspend Student Accused of Sexual Assault

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
A federal appeals court panel Monday upheld blocking a university's suspension of a male student who argues he was completely denied his right to confront a female student accusing him of sexual assault.

ETS Survey Aimed at Diversifying Teaching Field

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
ETS also has partnered with three Tribal Colleges to go even deeper than the survey, conducting phone interviews and site visits to further explore the challenges that schools face in admitting and retaining minority, specifically Native American, teacher candidates.

Chancellor Salgado Focuses on Mission and Efficiency

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
Juan Salgado was tapped by Mayor Rahm Emanuel earlier this year to become chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago after having served 16 years as CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino, a community-based not-for-profit located in Chicago’s Lower West Side neighborhood.

Batch Of Good Candidates Running For The Open Albuquerque Congressional Seat

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Michelle Lujan Grisham was been a dull backbencher in Congress since she was elected to the Albuquerque seat (NM-01) in 2012. The district includes almost all of Albuquerque and almost all of Bernalillo County, as well all of rural Torrance county and small bits of Sandoval, Santa Fe and Valencia counties. The district in nearly half Hispanic and has turned safely blue. Obama beat McCain there 60-39% and then beat Romney 55-40%. Hillary beat Señor Trumpanzee 51.6% to 35.1%. Last year's primary was very close but Bernie edged Hillary because of his one point lead in Albuquerque. Lu... more »

"Syria - U.S. CentCom Declares War On Russia"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"Syria - U.S. CentCom Declares War On Russia"* by Moon of Alabama "Yesterday three high ranking Russian officers were killed in an "ISIS attack" in eastern-Syrian. It is likely that they were killed by U.S. special forces or insurgents under U.S. special forces control. The incident will be understood as a declaration of war. The U.S. Central Command in the Middle East wants the oil fields in east-Syria under control of its proxy forces to set up and control a U.S. aligned Kurdish mini-state in the area. The Syrian government, allied with Russia, needs the revenues of the oil field... more »

North Korean Foreign Minister says Trump has declared war on his country. Well gee, that's helpful.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 4 hours ago
Courtesy of NBC News: *North Korea's foreign minister said Monday that President Donald Trump has "declared war" on his country and that Kim Jong Un's regime would consider shooting down American bombers. * *"Since the U.S. declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down the U.S. bombers even when they are not yet inside the airspace border of our country," Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in New York.* *"Last weekend, Trump claimed that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and he declared a war ... more »

New Study Provides Further Evidence of Low IQ in Children Due to Fluoride Exposure

Derrick Broze at Activist Post - 5 hours ago
By Derrick Broze A new study has found that prenatal exposure to fluoride may contribute to lower IQ in children, the latest in a number... more »

Ron Paul on Trump, Anarchism & the AltRight

Activist Post at Activist Post - 5 hours ago
By The Conscious Resistance On September 23, 2017, Derrick Broze interviewed former Congressman Ron Paul at the Nexus Earth conference in Aspen, Colorado. Subscribe

The U.S. Navy Wanted the Ultimate Weapon: Nuclear Bombing Battleships

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * And many more ideas to take the Battleship concept up a notch. In the early 1980s, four *Iowa**-class fast battleships* originally built during World War II—*Iowa*, *Missouri*, *New Jersey* and *Wisconsin—*were taken out of mothballs and returned to active duty. Nearly 900 feet long and displacing close to 60,000 tons, the battlewagons could fire a nine-gun broadside sending 18 tons of steel and explosives hurtling towards their targets. The battleships were modernized to include cruise missiles, ship-killing missiles and Phalanx point-defense guns.... more »

The Problem with 'the Best of Intentions' Foreign Policy

Robert D. Kaplan at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Robert D. Kaplan* *Politics, North America* [image: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier with Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan and Afghan National Army commandos with the 3rd Company, 3rd Special Operations Kandak move toward a compound during a clearance operation in Bahlozi, Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan] The tragedy of American foreign policy is seen when the intention to improve human rights leads to war and chaos. The nineteenth-century Germans focused so much on philosophy partly in order not to compete with the protean genius of G... more »

German Politics Is Giving Rise to a New Tide of Populism

Doug Bandow at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Doug Bandow* *Politics, Europe* Europe’s most populous and prosperous nation is starting to look slightly less stable. German Chancellor Angela Merkel won an overwhelming victory yesterday and is destined to serve a fourth term as Germany’s head of government. However, her victory looks Pyrrhic, as the two traditional ruling parties continue to hemorrhage voters. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union combination (they are sister parties, with the latter running only in Bavaria) had its worst result since the Federal Republic of Germany’s first poll in 1949... more »

Forget Venezuela, Russia Is Looking to Nicaragua

W. Alejandro Sanchez at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*W. Alejandro Sanchez* *Security, Latin America* [image: A serviceman fires from a T-72 tank, operated by a crew from Nicaragua, during the Tank Biathlon competition, part of the International Army Games 2016, at a range in the settlement of Alabino outside Moscow, Russia] Nicaragua is proving to be a more reliable, and stable, partner than Venezuela. As the crisis in Venezuela continues, certain states that have supported the Maduro government may be looking for more stable partners. For the Russian Federation, its new crown jewel in the Western Hemisphere, nowadays at least, i... more »

Could North Korea Really Shoot Down a U.S. F-15 or B-1 Bomber?

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* Could Kim really carryout his threats? North Korea considers and a recent Twitter comment from President Donald Trump to effectively be a declaration of war against Pyongyang. As such, the Kim regime says that it will retaliate—potentially even engaging U.S. Air Force bombers flying around the Korean peninsula over international waters. “The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country,” North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in New York. “Since the United States declared war on our ... more »

A Chinese Take On The North Korean Crisis

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge reopens: A sign with the Korean and Chinese flags is displayed near the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, the biggest border crossing between Korea and China. [AFP] *Liu Zhen, SCMP:* *What if worst comes to worst with North Korea? China ‘must be ready’ for war on the peninsula* Beijing should consider talks with other countries to prepare for possible fallout in the region, analyst says Beijing needs to come up with backup plans – either on its own or with Washington and Seoul – in case the crisis on the Korean peninsula escalates into conflict, a leadin... more »

Donald Trump vs. NFL: A story of unnecessary roughness

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 5 hours ago
Donald Trump is saying people should be fired for exercising their freedom of speech. Hillary Clinton supporters used to say the same thing about conservatives. More The post Donald Trump vs. NFL: A story of unnecessary roughness appeared first on The Duran.

Energy shortfall in eastern Australia could be three times worse than forecast

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 5 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Patsy Lacey From the Guardian: Australia’s eastern states face an energy shortfall three times higher than forecast, with gas supply predicted to fall well short of what is needed unless action is taken, potentially meaning further export controls. The Australian Energy Market Operator has reported […]

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 25, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Daniel Lewis, National Interest:* *Kurdistan Independence: An Island of Stability or Source of New Conflict?* *And why America could be in a lose-lose position.* Today, millions of people living in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) area of Iraq will go to the polls to vote on an independence referendum. Will the vote help usher in stability for the region or fuel yet more disruption and violence, possibly even a new war? Either is possible, yet neither is set in stone. To support Kurdish independence would potentially pit the Trump administration against NATO ally Turkey, ... more »

Media Matters’ Goofball Argument that the Drudge Report is a Russian Propaganda Pipeline

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] Media Matters published an article Wednesday with the provocative title “How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda.” The explanation offered in the article for the title’s grand claim, however, would be convincing only to someone who has no familiarity with what the Drudge Report, founded and edited by Matt Drudge, is. Here is the argument made in the article for how the Drudge Report is a Russian propaganda pipeline: Drudge has for years used his site as a web traffic pipeline for Russian propaganda sites, directing his massive audience to near... more »

Media Matters’ Goofball Argument that the Drudge Report is a Russian Propaganda Pipeline

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] Media Matters published an article Wednesday with the provocative title “How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda.” The explanation offered in the article for the title’s grand claim, however, would be convincing only to someone who has no familiarity with what the Drudge Report, founded and edited by Matt Drudge, is. Here is the argument made in the article for how the Drudge Report is a Russian propaganda pipeline: Drudge has for years used his site as a web traffic pipeline for Russian propaganda sites, directing his massive audience to near... more »

Media Matters’ Goofball Argument that the Drudge Report is a Russian Propaganda Pipeline

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] Media Matters published an article Wednesday with the provocative title “How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda.” The explanation offered in the article for the title’s grand claim, however, would be convincing only to someone who has no familiarity with what the Drudge Report, founded and edited by Matt Drudge, is. Here is the argument made in the article for how the Drudge Report is a Russian propaganda pipeline: Drudge has for years used his site as a web traffic pipeline for Russian propaganda sites, directing his massive audience to near... more »

Media Matters’ Goofball Argument that the Drudge Report is a Russian Propaganda Pipeline

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] Media Matters published an article Wednesday with the provocative title “How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda.” The explanation offered in the article for the title’s grand claim, however, would be convincing only to someone who has no familiarity with what the Drudge Report, founded and edited by Matt Drudge, is. Here is the argument made in the article for how the Drudge Report is a Russian propaganda pipeline: Drudge has for years used his site as a web traffic pipeline for Russian propaganda sites, directing his massive audience to near... more »

Iran Hardliners Are Lining Up Behind The Bolton Plan to Leave the Deal

Curt Mills at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Curt Mills* *Politics, North America* [image: Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy testifies in front of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee about DP World's takeover of the operations of U.S. ports on Capitol Hill in Washington] Frank Gaffney, the controversial counterterrorism analyst, and forty-four others have now endorsed a plan, written by John Bolton at the urging of Steve Bannon, to withdraw from the Iran Deal. Frank Gaffney, the controversial former Reagan official and counterterrorism analyst, has waded into the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, on Fri... more »

North Korea Says US "Declared War"

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago
Michelle Nichols & Christine Kim "North Korea says U.S. 'declared war,' warns it could shoot down U.S. bombers." Sep 25, 2107, Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/north-korea-says-u-s-declared-war-warns-it-could-shoot-down-u-s-bombers-idUSKCN1C026A NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s foreign minister said on Monday President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space. Ri Yong Ho said a Twitter message by Trump o... more »

In pictures: ISIS kid carries out suicide bombing on Syrian Army outpost in Deir Ezzor

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:20 A.M.) – ISIS has seemingly reached new levels of desperation in Deir Ezzor after photos by Amaq Agency reveal it has begun to deploy its so-called ‘Caliphate Cubs’ in blatant suicide operations against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). For instance, another car ISIS bombing, conducted by an adolescent and presumably indoctrinated boy, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

UN: Saudi Arabian FM condemns Qatar as terrorist ‘haven’

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 A.M.) – Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel al-Jubeir, condemned Qatar for “providing a safe haven to those who have violated the law”, during his speech for the 72nd Session of the UNGA in New York on Saturday. Talking about the Qatar crisis, the foreign minister said “Doha’s practises of providing financial […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iran displays Russian-made S-300 missile system for first time on Iran-Iraq war anniversary

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Revolutionary Guard showcased its Russian-made S-300 air defence system publicly for the first time on Tehran’s Baharestan square, Monday, as part of annual Defense Week, marking the 37th anniversary of the 1980s Iran-Iraq War. The S-300 air defence system was delivered to Iran last year, marking the first time […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Graphic photos: Al-Qaeda slaughtered by the Syrian Army amid failed Aleppo offensive

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:20 P.M.) – A brand new jihadist offensive in western Aleppo took a disastrous turn for Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) on Monday around noon after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) managed to hold its ground and fully repel the HTS assault on the buffer town of Bashkuwyi, considered a gateway into the provincial […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

First scenes from liberated northwest Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 P.M.) – Syrian Army troops completely liberated the entire western bank of the Euphrates river, north of Deir ez-Zor, Sunday after making gains against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) in the al-Raqqa area. According to reports, SAA soldiers gained control over the strategic city of Ma’adan, located on the western […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

In pictures: Houthi forces foil big offensive by Saudi Army in northern Yemen

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:15 P.M.) – The Saudi Army and their Yemeni allies launched a big offensive in northern Yemen, Sunday, targeting the Houthi Forces’ positions in the vast Midi Desert. Despite the air supremacy and technologically advanced weapons, the Saudi-led forces were unable to make any gains in the Midi Desert. According to Houthi media […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: US troops train Syrian rebels to use TOW missiles against Syrian Army tanks

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:15 P.M.) – Footage has emerged from the Al-Tanf border region of southeastern Homs depicting US military advisors training Syrian rebel militants on how to use American-produced guided TOW anti-tank missiles. Although Al-Masdar News was unable to verify when the video below was recorded, the footage was nevertheless released by Jaish Maghawir Tahwra […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

In pictures: ISIS snipers take out Syrian Army troops in south Damascus

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:50 P.M.) – Islamic State sharpshooters in the Yarmouk Camp have systematically begun to target the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) perimeter around the predominately Palestinian residential area in southern Damascus. A string of images released by Amaq Agency on Monday showed ISIS militants shooting SAA troops as they manned checkpoints, outposts and were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Over 70% of voters cast ballots in Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence vote

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
About 73 percent of eligible voters have already cast their ballots in an independence referendum, currently being held in Iraqi Kurdistan, local media reported Monday. The polling stations opened earlier in the day not only in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan but also in the disputed areas officially controlled by Baghdad. According to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS shows off advanced anti-aircraft weaponry in English-spoken propaganda video

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:50 P.M.) – In a brand new edition of ISIS’ so-called ‘Inside the Khalifah’ series, a huge anti-aircraft gun is put on display for the camera. The video, filmed at an undisclosed yet visibly bombed out location, shows an English-speaking fighter from Singapore encouraging Islamic State supporters around the world while another militant […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Real Locker-room Talk

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 6 hours ago
The title of this article from The Atlantic is titled Masculinity Done Well and Poorly: In a shirtless locker-room interview yesterday, Miami Dolphins safety Michael Thomas was asked about Trump’s “son-of-a-bitch” condemnation of players protesting state violence. Thomas first shot back a … Continue reading →

Susan Collins pulls a John McCain and kills the most recent Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 7 hours ago
Breaking: Susan Collins is a NO. Her statement: pic.twitter.com/QKgv8wrsde — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 25, 2017 I am no Nostradamus or anything but I knew that neither Collins nor Murkowski were going to sign on to this bill. In fact this came out earlier today concerning Lisa's vote. Friend saw @lisamurkowski at farmer's mkt in Anchorage this Sat. Asked re ACA. She looked him in the eye & said "I will not be bought off." — Ben Wikler (@benwikler) September 25, 2017 This is where I would typically say that this thing is now dead for good, and we can all relax. But th... more »

While NFL Kneels, Cop Investigated for Calling BLM “Terrorists”

Selwyn Duke at rss - 7 hours ago
[image: while-nfl-kneels-cop-investigated-for-calling-blm-terrorists] While unpatriotic NFL Anthem protests are tolerated, a St. Louis cop is being investigated — for calling Black Lives Matter “domestic terrorists” and the “Klan with a tan” in a Facebook post.

Villanueva: The Truly Brave NFL Player

Steve Byas at rss - 7 hours ago
[image: villanueva-the-truly-brave-nfl-player] The media like to anoint those who follow the crowd as "courageous," but Alejandro Villanueva of the Pittsburgh Steelers is perhaps the bravest man in the entire controversy about protests during the National Anthem.

German election’s message to Greece: looks like Grexit is coming

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 7 hours ago
Election result calls into question prospect of future Greek bailouts paving way for Grexit More The post German election’s message to Greece: looks like Grexit is coming appeared first on The Duran.

Venezuela’s FM compares Trump to Joseph McCarthy, Richard Nixon AND Barack Obama in hard hitting speech

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 7 hours ago
Venezuela was one of the states which Donald Trump directly threatened during his address to the UN General Assembly. More The post Venezuela’s FM compares Trump to Joseph McCarthy, Richard Nixon AND Barack Obama in hard hitting speech appeared first on The Duran.

Is Healthcare.gov Scheduled for Maintenance During Obamacare Enrollment?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
News reports correctly describe the facts surrounding scheduled "Obamacare" web site downtime during November and December 2017.

World News Briefs -- September 25, 2017 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Reuters:* *North Korea says U.S. 'declared war,' warns it could shoot down U.S. bombers* NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s foreign minister said on Monday President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space. Ri Yong Ho said a Twitter message by Trump on Saturday in which the president warned that the minister and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “won’t be around much longer” if they acted on their threats amounted to a declaration of ... more »

10 Good Things about Winston Peters [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
Since everyone anywhere near political power this month is falling over themselves to say nice things about Winston, the fellow they each hope will become their closest friend for the next three years (hope is so often in vain), I thought I’d pull an old post out of the archives to remind you that the old fellow isn’t all bad. There are at least Ten Good Things about him to cheer. Sure, his immigration grandstanding gives him headlines, hatred and polling increases, showing you can never underestimate the market for bare-faced, scaremongering xenophobia. And it’s somwhat ludicrou... more »

WHEN COPS KILL UNARMED BLACK PEOPLE, RUSH LIMBAUGH IS THE REAL VICTIM

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 7 hours ago
Ladies and gentlemen, if you have tears, prepare to shed them now, because Rush Limbaugh told us on his radio show today that he's very sad: I want to share with you first the way all of this affected me, because in many ways I think that I am fairly typical. I am smack-dab in the middle of the targeted marketing the NFL does to acquire and hold an audience, right smack-dab in the middle of it. And I have to tell you, I was so sad Sunday morning when all of this started falling out. ... I was personally saddened. I did not watch the National Football League yesterday, and it was the... more »

NFL Teams Stayed in Locker Rooms For Anthem Until 2009—Then DoD Began ‘Paying for Patriotism’

Jay Syrmopoulos at The Free Thought Project - 7 hours ago
[image: patriotism]For decades, NFL teams sat in the locker room during the anthem. Only in 2009 and after did teams start showing up and get paid for their patriotism.

Help Puerto Rico

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
Donald Trump spent the weekend further pitting American against American over the issue of football players taking a knee during the national anthem as they used their First Amendment right to express concern about police brutality. Is it possible that Trump used the NFL controversy in order to distract attention away from the massive hurricane damage in Puerto Rico? Two reasons come to mind why Trump would do this - first, he does not want us to talk about the present effects of growing storms as oceans warm due to human impacts on the environment. Climate change is real and Tru... more »

Ten days after the election President Obama warned Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook's extensive involvement.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 7 hours ago
Hey you little shit, you just helped to send a White Nationalist to the White House.Courtesy of WaPo: *Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company’s social network played a key role in the U.S. election, President Barack Obama pulled the youthful tech billionaire aside and delivered what he hoped would be a wake-up call. * *For months leading up to the vote, Obama and his top aides quietly agonized over how to respond to Russia’s brazen intervention on behalf of the Donald Trump campaign without making matt... more »

Swallowing Spiders and UFOs

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 7 hours ago
You’re probably wondering what swallowing spiders in your sleep has to do with UFOs and the answer, simply, is “Nothing.” A really ugly spider, much to big to swallow. It is the research behind attempting to learn where this “fact” originated that is of importance here. Tyler Adkisson of Newsy, decided to learn where this idea originated because, apparently, he found it improbable that people swallow spiders in their sleep. He noted that there were only a few ways that it could happen, such as the spider using its silk to parachute into a sleeping person’s mouth, but a biochemist in ... more »

The 5 of Most Deadly Guns of Modern War

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Real killers. *The rifle uses a unique 5.8-millimeter round developed by China and not used outside of its borders. The justification for the round is a bit of a mystery. It seemingly does not provide any significant improvement over existing NATO and Russian cartridges, both of which have seen extensive research and development and the development of a wide variety of subrounds. One possible explanation for the Chinese round is that it makes the QBZ-95 unable to accept externally sourced ammunition.* Modern warfare has seen breathtaking advances in... more »

They're Ba-a-ack

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 8 hours ago
I was just emailing a friend of mine who used to work with this right wing intellectual hairball at Masada/King Solomon or whatever the fuck they're calling themselves this week and he'd asked me if Chadwick had been trolling and stalking me again or still. I responded I hadn't any evidence of that since when he did so from Tel Aviv, he'd successfully cloaked whatever IP address he was using. But as a postscript, I added that I fully expected him back, that I could sense him winding up and that, as always, he'd return like a case of herpes simplex. That was on September 23rd. ... more »

Syria - US CentCom Declares War On Russia

Moon of Alabama at 8 hours ago
[image: undefined] *bigger* Yesterday three high ranking Russian officers were killed in an "ISIS attack" in eastern-Syrian. It is likely that they were killed by US special forces or insurgents under US special forces control. The incident will be understood as a declaration of war. The US Central Command in the Middle East wants the oil fields in east-Syria under control of its proxy forces to set up and control a US aligned Kurdish mini-state in the area. The Syrian government, allied with Russia, needs the revenues of the oil fields to rebuild the country. Last week the Russian... more »

Trump Vs The NFL - The Right To Protest

Ron Paul at 8 hours ago
Do NFL players have the "right" to protest against the national anthem on the playing field? Should Trump's demand that anyone who does not stand should be fired? What about the owners? And what about the millions the Defense Department sent the NFL to militarize the sporting events? Our take in today's Liberty Report:

Could The Kurdish Independence Referendum Cause A Civil War Or Worse?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick, The Warzone/The Drive*: *How the Kurdish Independence Referendum Could Spark a Civil War or Worse* *The vote on whether Iraqi Kurdistan should be independent will have far reaching impacts no matter the outcome.* Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has finished voting on a controversial referendum that could potentially lead to a new independent country. It is a goal that Kurds around the world have long pushed for, but it potentially touch off a broader conflict involving Iran, Turkey, and Syria, as well as test loyalties and allegiances between the Kurds a... more »

Forget The Spin: Offshore Wind Costs Are Not Falling

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 8 hours ago
By Paul Homewood A new analysis by Gordon Hughes and John Constable casts doubts on the latest apparent drop in offshore wind costs : Spin put on the government’s recently announced strike prices to three large offshore wind farms has misled many into thinking that the costs of offshore wind are […]

A Team-By-Team Guide To NFL Players Who Protested National Anthem In Week 3

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 8 hours ago
In the NFL's third week, players responded to Trump's comments against those who kneel during the national anthem to protest injustice and systemic racism. The post A Team-By-Team Guide To NFL Players Who Protested National Anthem In Week 3 appeared first on Shadowproof.

What Keeps Drug Prices So High In America-- A Bipartisan Culture Of Corruption In DC

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*I wonder if anyone from the DCCC or DSCC will try to figure out the implications* A new poll CBS released this morning shows that only 20% of respondents said they approved of the latest Republican legislation aimed at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. Probably in response to badmouthing of Medicare-For-All by Blue Dogs and New Dems-- conservative senators Chris Murphy (CT) and Tammy Duckworth (IL), both former House New Dems, have been publicly negative in recent days-- Our Revolution president Nina Turner said yesterday that "Anyone who does not believe Medicare-Fo... more »

Joint Development—The Only Path to Peace in Korea

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 8 hours ago
EIR *By Mike Billington* It was true in the 1990s, as it was in 2002-2005, and is even more emphatically true today: only by engaging North Korea in a process of large scale regional infrastructure development can the threat of war be averted — perhaps global thermonuclear war. When the Soviet Union fell in 1991, Lyndon and Helga LaRouche called for a New Silk Road, from Pusan to Rotterdam, as the necessary basis for ending the danger of global war, uniting East and West through the joint construction of multiple development corridors. The continuing isolation of North Korea was ... more »

Maxine Phillips : BOOKS | ‘Johnny Appleseed: Green Spirit of the Frontier’

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 8 hours ago
Paul Buhle and Noah Van Sciver’s graphic history tells a tale very relevant to our time. By Maxine Phillips | The Rag Blog | September 25, 2017 [Johnny Appleseed: Green Spirit of the Frontier, a graphic history written by Paul … finish reading Maxine Phillips : *BOOKS* | ‘Johnny Appleseed: Green Spirit of the Frontier’

A breakthrough in videos teaching sound climate science

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 8 hours ago
The thrust of each video is that the climate models are wrong and we need to understand why. WATCH NOW

What Has Been The Middle East's Reaction To The Referendum In Iraqi Kurdistan?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Daily News (Egypt):* *Regional threats mount as Kurdistan holds referendum* Iraq, Turkey aim at preventing Kurdistan’s oil exports Thousands of Kurds casted their votes on Monday in a referendum aimed at separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Iraq. According to the Kurdistan government, there were 12,000 polling stations, including in disputed areas. In a press conference Monday, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani said, “The referendum is not a threat to Turkey or any neighbouring countries, and it is a peaceful and democratic process.” But in light of previous int... more »

Bernard Henri Levy Hard Sells the Kurds(Referendum) & Syrian Updates

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
*The Kurdish people- however you wish to believe they exist as a unified people- has little to do with reality. They've never been unified and are notorious for infighting. Nor have they ever had a state- I’ve actually seen misleading information other places implying the Kurds did have a state and it was divided up among Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey- This was NEVER the case.* *"They’ve never had a permanent state.... but first results are due tomorrow from Kurdistan's indyref"* * INITIAL results from an independence referendum in the Kurdistan region of Iraq should be known tom... more »

Who is Nina Jankowicz!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017Inquiring minds wanted to know:* Who the heck is Nina Jankowicz? Inquiring minds were asking today. They were reacting to her op-ed column in the New York Times, in which she pondered the success of Russia's "information war." At one point, Jankowicz wondered why so many people believed the disinformation and "fake news" which emerged from Russian sources last year. We thought this part of her discussion had a remarkably clueless feel: JANKOWICZ (9/25/17): What no one seems to care to discuss is the people who are targets of Russian disinformation, why ... more »

84% of PFI Projects Started Under Labour per Guido Fawkes

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
Guido Fawkes https://order-order.com/2017/09/25/84-of-pfi-projects-started-under-labour/ has some Sky sourced figures that backup what I posted recently about the BBC trying to hide which UK government pushed PFI. 'Sky's Ed Conway has this helpful graph showing 604 PFI projects started under Labour, compared to 112 under the Tories.' That's 84% Labour and 16% Conservative: you might wonder why, other than promoting the Labour Party, the BBC would seek to obscure the facts

Will North Korea Sell Its Know-How On How To Build Nuclear Bombs?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Kim Jong-un, center, before a nuclear test at an undisclosed location, according to the North’s state-run news agency. Credit KCNA *Daniel Salisbury, The Conversation:* *Will North Korea Sell Its Nuclear Technology?* *North Korea is more than willing to breach sanctions to earn cash.* Earlier this month CIA Director Mike Pompeo suggested “the North Koreans have a long history of being proliferators and sharing their knowledge, their technology, their capacities around the world.” My research has shown that North Korea is more than willing to breach sanctions to earn cash. *A chec... more »

Using Truth to Fight Globalist Lies About The John Birch Society

Alex Newman at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: using-truth-to-fight-globalist-lies-about-the-john-birch-society] The John Birch Society has been enduring rampant smears of late, being called anti-Semitic and a white nationalist group. But the truth is far different — and always has been.

Trump Proclaims New Travel Ban, Adds Three New Countries, Including North Korea

Warren Mass at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: trump-proclaims-new-travel-ban-adds-three-new-countries-including-north-korea] On September 24, just hours before his previous travel ban was set to expire, President Trump signed a proclamation limiting the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States from eight countries.

No Anthem Protests for NASCAR

Steve Byas at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: no-anthem-protests-for-nascar] NASCAR owners, unlike the NFL, are not going to allow disrespect for the flag or country at their events.

NFL Hysteria a Reminder of How the Elite Have Controlled Men for Thousands of Years

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 9 hours ago
*Isaac Davis* - We're not supposed to pay attention to the misdeeds of the state. The post NFL Hysteria a Reminder of How the Elite Have Controlled Men for Thousands of Years appeared first on Waking Times.

Inactivism

Willis Eschenbach at Skating Under The Ice - 9 hours ago
I gotta confess, I enjoy watching sports of all kinds. I like to see people doing things that even they might not think are possible. And as a result, I’ve been saddened by the recent controversy with football players refusing to stand for the National Anthem. It started with Colin Kaepernick, shown below, and has…

Call of the wild: Stunning images capture couple's extraordinary bond with wolves

White Wolf at White Wolf - 9 hours ago
Most people run from wolves but one brave couple spent six years of their lives living with the feared creatures in an effort to better understand their way of life. Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived in a tent within the world's largest wolf enclosure in a bid to observe and document the behaviour of the wild animals. The married couple lived without electricity or running water and braved temperatures of -40 Farenheit as they spent six years living in the 25 acre enclosure on the edge of Idaho's Sawtooth wilderness. And as these intimate images show, Jim, 69 and Jamie, 50, formed an in... more »

Did an American Actor Take Part in a London Bomb Attack ‘Hoax’?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A bizarre false flag conspiracy theory falsely links an actor from NBC's 'The Office' to the Parsons Green terrorist attack.

Aaron Rodgers Photographed Holding ‘Stand For the Flag, Kneel for the Cross’ T-Shirt?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A photograph purportedly showing Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers holding a "Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross" shirt is fake.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago

The U.S. Navy's Nuclear Submarines Could Be Made Obsolete

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Thanks to one new piece of tech. *On a more human level, it would be interesting to go back in time to World Wars I and II, where a constant refrain of the sailors and airmen who hunted subs was the sheer tedium of the search. Hour after hour after hour of scanning the oceans, in the hope that a needle in the haystack would reveal itself as a sonar contact or a tiny periscope peeking above the surface. If nothing else, farming out sub-hunting to the robots will make chasing subs a bit less dull.* Submarines can run—but they can't hide—from drones. T... more »

North Korea's Foreign Minister Is Accusing The U.S. Of 'Declaring War'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*BBC*: *North Korea accuses US of declaring war* North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country. Ri Yong-ho told reporters in New York that North Korea reserved the right to shoot down US bombers. This applied even when they were not in North Korean airspace, the minister added. The world "should clearly remember" it was the US that first declared war, Mr Ri said. The two sides have been engaged in an increasingly angry war of words. Despite weeks of tension, experts have played down the risk of direct conflict between the tw... more »

Puerto Rico is in near devastation since being hit by Hurricane Maria, but here is the president fighting with the NFL again.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 10 hours ago
So proud of NASCAR and its supporters and fans. They won't put up with disrespecting our Country or our Flag - they said it loud and clear! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2017 Many people booed the players who kneeled yesterday (which was a small percentage of total). These are fans who demand respect for our Flag! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2017 The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2017 T... more »

Another New Paper Dismantles The CO2 Greenhouse Effect ‘Thought Experiment’

As these three atmospheric scientists conclude, the 288 K – 255 K = 33 K equation underlying the theoretical greenhouse effect “lacks adequate physical meaning as do any contributions from optically active gaseous components calculated thereby“. Source: Another New Paper Dismantles The CO2 Greenhouse Effect ‘Thought Experiment’ Advertisements

Strongly Recommended Video/Article, Especially Relevant Today

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
This is an intriguing window into the logic of "civil defense" in a period of mass insanity: Phil Edwards (2017, September 22). The rise and fall of the American fallout shelter. Vox https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/9/22/16344842/fallout-shelter-video What happened to this piece of Cold War arcana? And would it have worked? I wouldn't want to survive a nuclear war, even in the best equipped fallout shelter, because I would not want to die underground knowing the earth's surface life had been poisoned, with no hope for humanity returning to sustaining eco-systems. Bioaccumulation ... more »

Non-Lethal? Police Tasers Have Killed Over 1,000—Many of Whom Were Mentally Ill

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 10 hours ago
[image: tasers]An investigation found that over 1,000 people have been killed by police tasers since 2000, and many targets are individuals with mental health disorders.

Breaking: Syrian Army crosses Euphrates River, liberates new town in Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) crossed the Euphrates River from the recently liberated areas of northwest Deir Ezzor and seized a new town along the eastern bank of this waterway. Under the cover of Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Arab Army was able to cross the Euphrates with little-to-no […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian military police recall being surrounded by Syrian militants in Idlib: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 P.M.) – The Russian military police in Idlib recalled on Monday being surrounded and repelling an attack by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group on 19th September. “We did not have any equipment. Tanks, a fighting vehicle and armoured cars rode toward us. There were only 15 people among us,” a Russian military […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS claims two Russian officers killed in Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:10 P.M.) – The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) alleged on Monday that two Russian officers were killed in the eastern part of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. According to the terrorist group’s official media wing, Al-‘Amaq, the Islamic State forces killed two Russian soldiers at the town of Mazloum, which is located along the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army begins important offensive to liberate last ISIS stronghold in east Homs

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) kicked off their imperative offensive to liberate the T-2 Pumping Station along the Deir Ezzor-Homs border this afternoon. Backed by heavy airstrikes from the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Legion stormed the western outskirts of the T-2 Pumping Station, resulting in a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Latest field update of central Syria battle: map

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has liberated a large chunk of the Islamic State’s (ISIL) last pocket in central Syria, putting them within in range of clearing the entire region once and for all. Led by the 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army scored a big advance in the Jubb […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian general in Syria killed due to US hypocrisy – Moscow

Brecht Jonkers at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:30 PM) – The death of Russian Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov is the fault of the hypocritical attitude displayed by the United States in the campaign against ISIS in Syria, according to Moscow. This was said in an official statement by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday. “The death of the Russian commander […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iran closes airspace to all flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Iran has closed its airspace to all flights to and from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq at the request of the country’s federal government, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says. “At the request of the central government of Iraq, all flights from Iran to Sulaymaniyah and Erbil airports as well as all flights […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Political Earthquake in Germany: The End of Establishment Politics

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 11 hours ago
Video of DjpB6yqpjU4 Helga LaRouche has characterized the election results in Germany as a "political earthquake" in the same vein as Brexit and the U.S. presidential election, with the dramatic losses by the leading German establishment parties and the gain by the Alternative Für Deutschland, a dangerous right-wing party with clearly racist elements, but the beneficiary of the anti-establishment protest votes by German citizens who have become ever more marginalized and impoverished by neoliberal economic policies. As Lyndon LaRouche warned, we have indeed reached the end of conv... more »

Did Leland Melvin Pen an Open Letter to Donald Trump?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
An open letter to President Trump addressing his comments about football players truly originated with astronaut and former NFL player Leland Melvin.

It's not just the the swamp - it's our fault, too, for sending the wrong people there

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 11 hours ago
I note, with mingled approval and annoyance, this article in the Orlando Sentinel. It was first published in 1984. One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of 238 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country. I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Bank because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank. ... more »

‘Declare Martial Law..Start Killing These A**hats!’ Cop’s Facebook Makes Chilling Post

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: facebook]A cop is under scrutiny after allegedly making chilling comments on Facebook regarding the implementation of martial law and the murder of protesters.

Prayer Request for 30 SEALs Killed in Afghanistan

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A request for prayers for the families of 30 U.S. military personnel who died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan is several years old.

Tennessee Church Shooter Subdued by “Gentle Giant” Sheepdog

Bob Adelmann at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: tennessee-church-shooter-subdued-by-gentle-giant-sheepdog] Robert Engle, a church usher, was the "sheepdog" for the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch,Tennessee, willingly protecting others from harm.

Maybe States Should Revisit Subsidies to NFL & NBA Teams

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 12 hours ago
It was only a matter of time before the NFL going political would ensure blowback, and the league office should have damn well recognized that. The NFL has major exposure to its business model in the event Congress ever revisits its antitrust exemption, and the league makes millions, if not billions, thanks to tax breaks and sweetheart deals from state and local governments on publicly-funded facilities it enjoys. When it allows its idiot twenty-something players, freshly marinated from social justice warrior academies disguised as sociology, criminal justice, African-American Stu... more »

Tsipras to make sudden visit to Mount Athos on Wednesday

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 12 hours ago
A Google translation of a report about Alexis Tsipras’ odd visit to Mount Athos on Wednesday below. Make sure, Alexis, I get a good out of court settlement and very soon from those rogues parading as clergy. http://www.vimaorthodoxias.gr/politika/alexis-tsipras-einai-o-ellinas-prothypourgos-thriskos/ My case underlines the way the Orthodox Church is the harbour for organized crime in Greece. Most of its Bishops […]

More indications the Austrian Presidential election was stolen. Bizarre hacking of my blog points to Soros and Tsipras as likely culprits

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 12 hours ago
The mystery of the Austrian presidential result in December 2016 deepens as more evidence emerges that the official result is a fraud. A screenshot showing the Euronews video of the Ministery of Interior website at 17 01, just after polls closed. It shows a litlle over half the total votes had been counted at circa […]

BREAKING REAL FU*KING NEWS! AMERICAN EVERYMAN SAYS WHY TRUMP IS FLAPPING AROUND LIKE A KILLDEER!

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*Battle Ground for WWIII?* *Syrian Oil Map* I am unable to upload the YouTube video on American Everyman website. "for some reason". This is a *must watch* video continuing on with what I was saying yesterday. In yesterday's post, I said *that all of Trump's flapping around like a killdeer in a parking lot...was to distract from the CIA "nest" full of eggs.* The "eggs" are the US troops embedded along with ISIS in northern Syria. These are *illegal mercenary fighters for the CIA who have already killed one Lieutenant- General of the Russian military* who are LEGALLY FIGHTING I... more »

Food Truck Giving Free Food to Hurricane Workers, Kicked Out of Town for Not Having a Permit

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Matt Agorist Green Cove Springs, FL — After Irma devastated Florida, most restaurants and stores were shut down in certain areas. Green Cove Springs was... more »

Because Police Broke the Law, a 77yo Man Will Likely Die in Prison for Growing Cannabis

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Jay Syrmopoulos In a case that clearly highlights the manner in which police break the law to target, arrest and convict citizens with impunity,... more »

You Can Only Choose One: Cheap Oil or a Weak Dollar

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Charles Hugh Smith When the price of oil rises to the point of pain, just remember the handy-dandy discount mechanism: a much stronger US... more »

New Maine Law Prohibits Any State Gun Registry

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By T.J. Martinell A law prohibiting any type of state firearms registry is now in effect in Maine. The law will not only protect the privacy of... more »

Cleveland Browns Forced to Issue Refunds to 90 Percent of Season Ticket Holders?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A "satirical" web site published fabricated a claim that the Browns and other NFL teams had been forced to issue refunds due to the national anthem controversy.

Is Syrian President Assad Here To Stay?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Mr. Assad, center, greeting worshipers at a mosque in Qarat, Syria, this month. He increasingly seems likely to rule for years to come, albeit over a greatly reduced country. Credit Syrian Arab News Agency *New York Times:* *Syrian War Drags On, but Assad's Future Looks as Secure as Ever* BEIRUT, Lebanon — Although Syria’s bloody six-year war is far from over, one result is already becoming clear: President Bashar al-Assad looks as though he is here to stay. On the battlefield, no one remains who is willing and able to topple him. The rebel forces are waning, and President Trump ... more »

Getting Rid of Equifax

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Negligent data-breach victim Equifax ironically warning its corporate customers that their data could be breached* *by Gaius Publius* The massive data breach suffered by Equifax, one of the nation's three credit data reporting agencies, caused by what looks for all the world like negligence (see below), has gotten everyone's attention, including the other two credit agencies. Experian is running commercials as we speak offering to help. But concerns about protecting financial data deal with only half the story. Why do companies like Equifax, TransUnion and Experian exist to begin... more »

WHERE THE DEPLORABLES ARE: Survey says!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017Part 5—By tribal law, survey says Only One Thing:* Why do people answer survey questions the way they do? More specifically, why did people answer that *one* survey question in that "deplorable" manner? We refer to the question shown below, a question from last year's General Social Survey: *Question from the General Social Survey:* "On the average African-Americans have worse jobs, income, and housing than white people. Do you think these differences are because most African-Americans just don't have the motivation or will power to pull themselves up ou... more »

How to End the Korea Crisis

Ron Paul at 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] The descent of US/North Korea “crisis” to the level of schoolyard taunts should be remembered as one of the most bizarre, dangerous, and disgraceful chapters in US foreign policy history. President Trump, who holds the lives of millions of Koreans and Americans in his hands, has taken to calling the North Korean dictator “rocket man on a suicide mission.” Why? To goad him into launching some sort of action to provoke an American response? Maybe the US president is not even going to wait for that. We remember from the Tonkin Gulf false flag that the provocation do... more »

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