Tuesday, September 05, 2017

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Fearful Cop Mistakes Reporter’s Camera for a Gun—Opens Fire, Shoots the Innocent Man

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: camera]A reporter for a local newspaper is recovering in a hospital after a fearful trigger happy deputy opened fire on him for holding a camera.

Citations Needed, News Brief: Harvey, Climate Change and Snitch Reporters

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 13 hours ago
On this Citations Needed News Brief, we discuss the media's fear of covering Harvey in the context of race, class, and the manifest threat of climate change. We are joined by Katherine Krueger of Splinter News to talk about journalist narcs and the criminalization of survival. *****

In case you missed it: Complete announcement - Jeff Sessions on DACA ...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*and the riots will start in 3, 2, 1.* I'm predicting Los Angeles first, San Diego second, and Portland, OR third. Obama to speak out? Who cares. Unconstitutional is unconstitutional. *Attorney General Sessions:* Ending the previous administration’s disrespect for the legislative process is an important first step. All immigration policies should serve the interest of the people of the United States, lawful immigrant and native born alike… We are people of compassion and we are people of law. There is nothing compassionate about the failure to enforce immigration law. Enforcing th... more »

America Is Still A Slave Nation: Massive Abolitionist Gathering Held In Washington, D.C.

Brian Sonenstein & Jared Ware at Shadowproof - 13 hours ago
As white nationalists in Charlottesville and Boston provoked large, and at times, violent demonstrations, what may have been the largest gathering of abolitionists in the nation’s history took place in Washington, D.C. The Millions For Prisoners Human Rights March was the first march on Washington in opposition to prison slavery The post America Is Still A Slave Nation: Massive Abolitionist Gathering Held In Washington, D.C. appeared first on Shadowproof.

SNAPSHOTS FROM THE FAIL: Philosopher visits NPR!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2017Part 2—Gods call discussion a fail:* According to several Olympian gods to whom we've granted anonymity because they haven't been authorized to discuss our unraveling veil of tears, the most revealing event in "human" history occurred on an NPR radio program last Wednesday morning, August 30, 2017, in the heart of New York City. The gods referred to The Brian Lehrer Show, a daily program on Gotham's WNYC. The program is branded as high end. That's where the comedy starts. Our interest in last Wednesday's radio show began in the New York Times of Thursday... more »

Amid legal battle, psych journal issuing caution about torture paper

Victoria Stern at Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
A psychology journal plans to issue an editor’s note about a controversial paper exploring what the author called “the biggest scandal to hit” the American Psychological Association (APA) in years. The note cautions readers that the subject of the paper, published in the SAGE journal Teaching of Psychology, is part of a pending lawsuit, and […] The post Amid legal battle, psych journal issuing caution about torture paper appeared first on Retraction Watch.

9/11 Anniversary

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 13 hours ago

Challenges of justice reform

Content Multimedia - 13 hours ago
By Elain Ellerbe

Is Trump Really Going To Terminate NAFTA?

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
Pres. Trump will terminate NAFTA, thus executing one of his main campaign promises, if he doesn’t get a better renegotiated deal like he wanted. The post Is Trump Really Going To Terminate NAFTA? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

World News Briefs -- September 5, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*ABC News:* *North Korea warns 'more gift packages' are on the way as Donald Trump arms Japan, South Korea* Amid international uproar over North Korea's biggest nuclear weapons test to date, one of Pyongyang's top diplomats has said they are ready to send "more gift packages" to the United States. Han Tae Song, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, was addressing the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament two days after his country detonated its sixth nuclear test explosion. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Syria war: *Army breaks IS siege of Deir al-Zour.* Tw... more »

BRICS considering construction of high-speed Eurasian railway

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 13 hours ago
The issue which will be discussed during the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia seeks to pool the strength of the BRICS with the ambition of One Belt--One Road. More The post BRICS considering construction of high-speed Eurasian railway appeared first on The Duran.

US let its citizens die rather than accept Cuban aid

Shane Quinn at The Duran - 13 hours ago
Hurricane Harvey brings to mind the devastation of predecessors like Katrina, whose death toll would have been reduced had the Bush administration accepted Cuban doctors. More The post US let its citizens die rather than accept Cuban aid appeared first on The Duran.

Anti-gun Researcher Frightened by How Many Guns Americans Own

Bob Adelmann at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: anti-gun-researcher-frightened-by-how-many-guns-americans-own] The virulently anti-gun group The Trace sent an e-mail blast to its members last week, alerting them to what it said was the danger of an overly and unnecessarily armed American citizenry, but it fa underestimated how many guns there are in America.

LIVE: Jeff Sessions on DACA

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
*9/5 8:01 PDT*

Arguing Over The Upcoming Hawija Operation

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Preparations are just beginning for the liberation of Hawija in southern Kirkuk, but the Kurds are arguing with the Iraqi forces over the plans and who can participate. Various Iraqi officials have been saying that Hawija will start very soon. The latest was Hashd spokesman Ahmed al-Asadi. Forces are being organized by the Joint Operations command into a Hawija We Are Coming command. Reinforcements are being sent to the area, with the latest being Federal Police units. Depending upon which forces are used this could take a few weeks to a month to complete. The problem is over who... more »

This Day In Iraqi History – Sep 5

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
1965 Imam Khomeini arrived in Najaf from Turkey spending next 13 years there 1990 Saddam called for overthrowing Saudi and Egyptian govts for their opposition to Kuwait invasion 1993 Ahmad al-Samarraie became premier of Iraq 2002 Blair officials met over draft of WMD dossier Said Iraq had capability to produce WMD Not sure it had made any 2002 Blair officials discussed WMD dossier Said Iraq had nuclear program but couldn't make weapon with sanctions 2002 Powell called CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Franks saying he was worried not enough troops plan... more »

New Austrian consul in Athens is corrupt, told to email Austrian FoMin directly after he is forced to admit he has lied brazenly about a proper review

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Christoph Reitinger, the new consul for Austria in Athens, seems to have been the administrative attache at the heart of a corruption affair in Kiev, the Ukraine. http://derstandard.at/3248603/Ex-Botschafter-in-Kiew-bestreitet-Vorwuerfe-vor-Gericht So it is not surprising that during a conversation with him this morning, he lied to me about giving my case to a police attache, contradicted himself several […]

Google, Trump, and the Arrogance of Power

Robert Reich - 14 hours ago
Google’s search engine runs two-thirds of all searches in the United States and 90 percent in... more »

North Korea Just Showed the World Its True Colors

Wallace C. Gregson at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Wallace C. Gregson* *Security, Asia* [image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program] America must respond with a robust “whole of government” effort. *“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”—**Maya Angelou* Maybe now we will finally realize who North Korea is. Over the decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union we repeatedly assured ourselves and others that negotiations, agreements, economic cooperation, sanctions, threats and international scolding could reform, or at least restrain, North Korea. Each st... more »

North Korea's Latest Nuclear Test Is Its Most Important—Here's Why

Rod Lyon at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Rod Lyon* *Security, Asia* It’s possible, but not certain, that the test featured a genuine thermonuclear device. North Korea’s sixth nuclear test is easily its most impressive. The fifth—in September last year—involved the detonation of a device similar in yield to the bomb the Americans dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. The latest test features a substantially larger yield. Seismic signals are an imperfect indicator, but estimates currently range from about 70 kilotons all the way up to about 500 kilotons. It’s possible, but not certain, that the test featured a genuine thermonuc... more »

The U.S. Marine Corps Will Soon Have These Deadly New Helicopters

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter will be easier to fly and safer for the marines being carried into battle. The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky division a contract to start producing the U.S. Marine Corps’ new CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters. The company will produce two of the massive rotary-wing aircraft under a so-called “Lot 1” Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) fixed price contract worth $304 million. “I am proud of what the team has negotiated to bring this remarkable and unrivaled helicopter one step ... more »

The Excuse is Immigration, But Federal Checkpoints Violate Everyone’s Rights

Activist Post at Activist Post - 14 hours ago
Op-Ed by Joe Jarvis Federal agents set up shop in New Hampshire last week. They ran a constitutionally illegal checkpoint, violating the Fourth Amendment rights... more »

A Pregnant Moment

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
The agreements which are now being reached at the Sept. 3-5 BRICS summit in Xiamen, China, which are tied into the immediately subsequent Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, will do much to shape the future history of humanity for the remainder of this century. The BRICS itself, as China's President Xi Jinping pointed out there, is a totally new feature of world politics—it is not an alliance, but a partnership, in behalf of the mutual interests of the partners as well as the non-partners. And although its members are all developing countries, it is now r... more »

We’re Still Fighting, More Than 150 Years After Appomattox

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Did 620,000 die in a noble quest to save the union? Or was the “War Between the States” fought to limit federal power, with slavery playing a lesser part?

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 5, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Reuters:* *South Korea seeks bigger warheads, North Korean ICBM reportedly on the move* SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat after it conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test two days ago. South Korean officials believe more weapons tests by the reclusive state are possible, despite international outrage over Sunday’s nuclear test and calls for more sanctions against it. South Korea’s Asia Business Daily, citing an unidentifie... more »

David Ray Griffin on how Bush and Cheney ruined America and the world

Kevin Barrett at truthjihad.com blog - 14 hours ago
*David Ray Griffin on how Bush and Cheney ruined America and the world - and why God exists but Gawd does not * *Show link https://www.patreon.com/posts/14209515* Only 1 week left….get your LIVE STREAM ticket to watch the 9/11 Truth Film Festival ONLINE—BOTH KEVIN BARRETT AND TONY HALL WILL BE SPEAKING *http://noliesradio.org/filmfestival* Another interesting 9/11 anniversary event: Newsbud 9/11 Webinar Info Page “Titans of Truth”: https://www.newsbud.com/newsbud-event-first-annual-911-activist-summit-titans-of-truth/ Newsbud 9/11 Webinar YouTube Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/... more »

Bell Pottinger "incited racial hatred" in South Africa

Melanie Newman at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 14 hours ago
Is it "curtains" for PR firm Bell Pottinger after it "incited racial hatred" in South Africa?

If Donald Trump goes after the Dreamers, Barack Obama may go after him.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Don't make me come back here. Courtesy of Politico: *Former President Barack Obama plans to speak out if President Donald Trump declares his intention to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to a person close to Obama. * *Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that in six months, he will terminate the Obama-era DACA initiative, which grants two-year work permits to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and stayed out of trouble. POLITICO first reported the news. * *Obama’s current plan is to post a statement on Facebook and link to ... more »

Hospital Bans Cops from Contact With Nurses After Tyrannical Arrest Caught on Video

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
While there is no guarantee that the Utah cop responsible for arresting a nurse will be charged, the hospital wasted no time in changing its policies.

Driving Forces

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s a new paper published in Nature Scientific Reports called “Identification of the driving forces of climate change using the longest instrumental temperature record”, by Geli Wang et al, hereinafter Wang2017. By “the longest instrumental temperature record” they mean the Central England Temperature, commonly…

September Outlook Arctic Ice

Originally posted on Science Matters: 2017: August Report from Sea Ice Prediction Network For the August Report there were 37 contributions with the median Outlook value for September 2017 Arctic sea ice extent of 4.5 million square kilometers with quartiles of 4.2 and 4.8 million square kilometers (See Figure 1 in the Overview section, below).…

Roger Pielke Jr.: “The Hurricane Lull Couldn’t Last”

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest post by David Middleton Common sense from Roger Pielke Jr… COMMENTARY The Hurricane Lull Couldn’t Last The U.S. hadn’t been hit by a Category 3 or stronger storm since Katrina in 2005. We were overdue. By Roger Pielke Jr. Aug. 31, 2017 7:09 p.m. ET Activists, journalists…

Correlation of Accumulated Cyclone Energy and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillations

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest essay by Michel de Rougemont Various sources, scientists publishing their opinion in the media, claim that Tropical Storm Harvey, recently landed in Texas, is one more signal of the influence of global warming on such catastrophic events. These claims are based on model calculations. Let’s examine the…

CET Summer Trends

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Further to my earlier post on CET daily summer temperatures, I have been asked to plot the lowest daily max as well as the highest. ? First, to recap, is the graph of top temperatures: ? ? There is quite a…

Irma Strengthens to a Cat 5 Storm as it Nears Caribbean

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
Hurricane Irma grew into a powerful Category 4 storm on 4 September 2017.

How the CIA Secretly Collects Biometric Data

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 15 hours ago
[image: how-the-cia-secretly-collects-biometric-data] The CIA is employing several tools to collect biometric data, text messages, and real-time video from computers.

Is North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site At Risk Of Imploding

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*South China Morning Post*: *North Korea’s nuclear test site at risk of imploding, Chinese scientist says* If mountain under which last five bombs were ‘almost certainly’ detonated crumbles, radiation would leak across region, expert warns. The single mountain under which North Korea most likely conducted its five most recent nuclear bomb tests, including the latest and most powerful on Sunday, could be at risk of collapsing, a Chinese scientist said. By measuring and analysing the shock waves caused by the blasts, and picked up by quake stations in China and neighbouring countri... more »

Gaza siege robbing children of their education

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
The number of students enrolling in Gaza schools has significantly declined from the percentage of which enrolled in the previous years. Gaza which has in recent history had much success in education – despite the 11 year ongoing seige – carrying a higher literacy rating than the United States of America. For its success in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEOS: Russian cruise missiles obliterate ISIS positions in Deir Ezzor

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 P.M.) – Several hours ago, as the siege on Deir Ezzor was just being lifted by Syrian troops on the ground, the Russian naval grouping which operates in Syrian waters fired several Kalibr cruise missile at ISIS positions near the city. The Russian warship which delivered the strike was the Admiral Essen, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army begins second phase of Deir Ezzor offensive

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – Not long after lifting the siege on the Deir Ezzor Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shifted their attention south towards the strategic military airport. Led by the Tiger Forces and elements of the 17th Division, the Syrian Arab Army kicked off the second phase of their Deir Ezzor offensive […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iranian soldier killed fighting ISIS in east Hama

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – Amid ongoing battles between pro-government forces and encircled ISIS militants in eastern Hama Governorate, a Iranian paramilitary fighter has been killed. The soldier has been identified as Mohammedreza Shibani of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Word of Shibani’s death was spread on social media indicating that he was killed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

First scenes from the Syrian Army’s lifting of the Deir Ezzor siege

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:15 P.M.) – The Syrian TV crew was embedded with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), today, to capture footage of their soldiers lifting the siege on the Deir Ezzor Governorate. The footage released by Syrian TV this afternoon shows the first moments the Syrian Arab Army broke-through the Islamic State’s (ISIL) defenses and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Next phase of the Syrian Army’s Deir Ezzor offensive – the military airport

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:50 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) lifted the 28 month long siege on the Deir Ezzor Governorate this afternoon, following a two month long battle with the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) in eastern Syria. While this is no doubt a remarkable achievement for the Syrian Army, it is only a small […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army lifts the siege on Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the first tank from the Syrian Arab Army’s 17th Division reached the 137th Brigade Base in besieged Deir Ezzor, a source told Al-Masdar News. The Syrian Arab Army was able to break-through the Islamic State’s defenses this afternoon after a fierce battle that lasted for several hours. As […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army launches new operation to reach Deir Ezzor from southeast Homs

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:35 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army’s 1st Division and their allies launched a major operation from the Al-Dulayat area of southeast Homs to reach the Deir Ezzor Governorate. Backed by Iraqi paramilitaries, Hezbollah, and Liwaa Fatemiyoun, the Syrian Arab Army began their operation by liberating approximately 17 km of territory […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Impoverished heart surgeon to lead new Syrian ‘national opposition army’ of 40+ rebel groups

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – According to pro-opposition media, it appears that some forty (40) plus militant groups operating across Syria will merge to form a unified national army. The commander-in-chief of this assortment of various Gulf-backed mercenary groups in Syria will be a zero-income heart surgeon by the name of Jawad Abo Hatab who […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Drone footage captures apocalyptic scenes from war-torn Raqqa

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – Exclusive drone footage of the embattled northern city of Raqqa was released on Monday, as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued their fight against militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL). The drone flew over the west of the city in late August as the SDF’s military campaign against […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

“Scientifically misleading errors” prompt authors to withdraw paper

Andrew P. Han at Retraction Watch - 16 hours ago
A group of authors have withdrawn a paper after revealing a litany of issues to the journal that published it. Among those issues were “scientifically misleading errors,” “insufficient” validation, and a disagreement between the researchers on whether it should have been published at all. “Optimal DNA structure of reverse-hairpin beacons for label-free and positive surface […] The post “Scientifically misleading errors” prompt authors to withdraw paper appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Finland ready to welcome ISIS jihadists with social benefits and apartments

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Providing apartments and cash to ISIS fighters. More The post Finland ready to welcome ISIS jihadists with social benefits and apartments appeared first on The Duran.

North Korean delegation arrives in Russia, to be joined shortly by South Korean President

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
The Eastern Economic Forum is a unique meeting which will be attended by delegations from Russia, China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and North Korea. More The post North Korean delegation arrives in Russia, to be joined shortly by South Korean President appeared first on The Duran.

Putin warns US against delivering lethal arms to Ukraine

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Lethal weapons to Ukraine will serve to worsen the situation. More The post Putin warns US against delivering lethal arms to Ukraine appeared first on The Duran.

Vladimir Putin blasts US establishment for a “lack of political culture”

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Vladimir Putin addresses the illegal US searches of Russian embassies. More The post Vladimir Putin blasts US establishment for a “lack of political culture” appeared first on The Duran.

Not Getting All Shook Up

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Donald Trump keeps threatening to tear up NAFTA. Tom Walkom writes that there's no need to panic. In fact, Trump may be doing us a favour: We know that Canada and the U.S. are already at daggers drawn over a provision in the current deal that gives each member state a limited right to challenge one another’s trade practices before an independent tribunal. Trump wants the provision scrapped altogether while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he won’t sign a deal without it. The two countries also disagree vigorously over U.S. Buy America policies as well as Trump’s insistence t... more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin Issue A Joint Communique On North Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin visit an exhibition of the cultural heritage of China in Xiamen, China September 3, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS *Reuters*: *Xi, Putin agree to 'appropriately deal' with N.Korea nuclear test: Xinhua* BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Sunday to “appropriately deal with” the latest nuclear test by North Korea, state news agency Xinhua said. “The two leaders agreed to stick to the goal of denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula and keep... more »

Russian President Putin Wants UN Peacekeepers In Eastern Ukraine. Warns The U.S. To Not Ship Weapons To Ukraine

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Xiamen, China September 5, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS *Times Live/AFP*: *Putin backs sending force to protect Ukraine monitors* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday supported the idea of deploying an international force to eastern Ukraine to help protect monitors observing the conflict. "I consider the presence of peacekeepers -- one could call them not peacekeepers, but people who ensure the safety of the OSCE mission -- ... more »

There's Going To Be Trump-Incited Violence In New York Today

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
There's going to be violence in New York today when DREAMers and their allies in New York stage an aggressive protest at Trump Tower and the police try to stop them. Tragic! There were some GOP congressmen who are demanding that Paul Ryan, as Speaker, stop playing politics with this issue and allow a vote to enshrine DACA in law. But that's exactly what other Republicans fear. The leader of the racist faction of the House Republicans, Iowa xenophobe Steve King tweeted yesterday that it would be "Republican suicide" if Trump followed through on a report that he was planning to end ... more »

"Category 6", 9/05/2017, Morning

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"Category 6", 9/05/2017, Morning* There's a very interesting, and informative, Comments section below the main article. Refresh the page often for latest comments regarding Hurricane Irma. *Hurricane Irma Tropical Cyclone Update* NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017 745 AM AST Tue Sep 05 2017 HURRICANE IRMA BECOMES A CATEGORY 5 ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE "NOAA and Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft data indicate Hurricane Irma has intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum winds of 17... more »

Bilderberg on Steroids – Meet The Secret CIA-Funded Group Behind The ‘War on Terror’

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: bilderberg]A foreign policy think tank more secretive than Bilderberg has included both instrumental architects of the "War of Terror" and accusations of CIA funding.

D'SOUZA TIRESOMELY WORKS THE REFS AGAIN

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
Thank you again, Yastreblyansky and Crank, for some great posts while I was away. Some big news broke over the weekend, but first I want to talk about this ridiculous AP story: *Conservative publisher wants nothing more to do with Times* A company that publishes books by Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Ann Coulter and other conservative authors says it wants nothing to do anymore with The New York Times and its best-seller list. Regnery Publishing said on Monday it will no longer recognize the Times’ accounting of book sales, meaning its writers can no longer claim to be “New York Ti... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*Evergreen State Faces $2.1 MILLION Budget Crisis After Radical Students Go Berserk* The Evergreen State College is facing a $2.1 million budget shortfall and a five percent plunge in enrollment in the wake of this spring’s continuous stream of high-profile protests led largely by radical black students. Officials at the taxpayer-funded campus in Olympia, Washington broke the bad news to the school community in an Aug. 28 memo obtained by The College Fix. Student registration for the fall quarter at Evergreen State has decreased from 3,922 students to 3,713 students. Critically, ... more »

Russia vs. NATO: Who Would Win in a War?

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Would it go nuclear? *One of the limited options cited in the study could include taking huge amounts of time to mobilize and deploy a massive counterattack force which would likely result in a drawn-out, deadly battle. Another possibility would be to threaten a nuclear option, a scenario which seems unlikely if not completely unrealistic in light of the U.S. strategy to decrease nuclear arsenals and discourage the prospect of using nuclear weapons, the study finds. * Current tensions between Russia and NATO are leading many to carefully assess this... more »

Tuesday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 16 hours ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Ed Finn discusses how corporate giants exert far more influence than we generally know - or should be willing to accept. And Joseph Schwartz and Bhaskar Sunkara comment on the difficulty in achieving durable social-democratic policies while economic power is concentrated in the corporate elite. - Thomas Walkom notes that Donald Trump's distaste for NAFTA may ultimately serve Canada well in ensuring we don't rely so heavily on the U.S. And Adrian Morrow reports on Canada's current push for an end to U.S. anti-labour laws such as "right to w... more »

Russian President Putin Holds A Wide-Ranging News Conference In China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*New York Times*: *Donald Trump ‘Not My Bride,’ Vladimir Putin Says* MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin seemed to be in top form during a news conference in China on Tuesday, answering a question about President Trump by saying the American leader is “not my bride, and I am not his groom.” While the comment could be interpreted as a subtle jab by a macho Mr. Putin against an equally macho counterpart, the Russian president offered it as an explanation of why he could not comment on domestic American politics. It came in response to a question about whether the Russian leader take... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Climate Change Is Driving These Cute Mountain Critters Out of Their Homes* *More dubious climate "science". Let me dissect it. If global warming is affecting animal populations in the Lake Tahoe region, the temperatures in the Lake Tahoe region should also be warming. But are they? The propagandists below are on top of that. They point out that mean summer temperatures have risen at the Tahoe City weather station over the last 100 years. But the mean temperature includes cooler periods of the day and night so doesn't tell us much about events distressful to the pi... more »

The Genesis of a Divided Korea

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 17 hours ago
With the Trump Administration regularly sabre-rattling against North Korea, it is a good time to take a look at a brief history of the Korean Peninsula and how its geopolitical history was largely framed by foreign powers, most particularly the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of the Second World War. As you may or may not be aware, the war over the Korean Peninsula began on June 25, 1950 and ended on July 27, 1953 when the two adversaries signed an armistice which divided the peninsula near the 38th parallel. The war, the first of the new Cold War era, actually had... more »

Partition - right or wrong

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
'Last month the BBC reported that in 1947 India became independent and all the violence was our fault because we partitioned it between the Muslim and non-Muslim populations. This month the BBC is reporting that in 1948 Burma became independent and all the violence is our fault because we didn't partition it between the Muslim and non-Muslim populations. To the BBC the only common factor seems to be the British involvement – unless you include the fact that where ever you go the Muslim are always the victims of all this inexplicable violence. ' Copied from a comment at biased BBC ... more »

Georgia teacher makes students wearing MAGA shirts leave class, compares them to Swastika.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Courtesy of Atlanta Journal Constitution: *A Cherokee County high school teacher is facing criticism on social media after she told students they couldn’t wear shirts with the “Make America Great Again” slogan, the school district said Sunday in an emailed statement. * *The River Ridge High School math teacher on Thursday erroneously told two students their shirts with campaign slogans were not permitted in class, Cherokee County Schools spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby said. * *“Her actions were wrong, as the ‘Make America Great Again’ shirts worn by the students are not a violation... more »

Cop Mistakes Wrong Man For Suspect, Runs Him Down With His Cruiser

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 17 hours ago
[image: cruiser]A man, who had harmed no one, was violently run down by an officer driving his police cruiser because that officer mistook him for a suspect.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Faces International Condemnation On Her Silence Over Her Country's Treatment Of The Rohingya

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
*Reuters: **Myanmar's Suu Kyi under pressure as almost 125,000 Rohingya flee violence* SHAMLAPUR, Bangladesh/DHAKA (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to halt violence against Rohingya Muslims after nearly 125,000 of them fled to Bangladesh. Reuters reporters saw hundreds of exhausted Rohingyas arriving on boats near the village of Shamlapur in Bangladesh near the Myanmar border. The village, facing the Bay of Bengal, appears to have become the newest receivin... more »

"Hurricane Irma Projected To Reach Category 5 And Hit The East Coast – Panic Prepping Begins In Florida"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*"Hurricane Irma Projected To Reach Category 5 And Hit The East Coast – * *Panic Prepping Begins In Florida"* by Michael Snyder "On Monday, Hurricane Irma strengthened into a category 4 hurricane, and some meteorologists are projecting that it will eventually become a category 5 storm before it eventually makes landfall in the United States. And since a “category 6” has not been created yet, category 5 is as high as the scale goes at the moment. Over the past couple of days, the track of the storm has shifted “a lot further to the west”, and at this point it appears that Miami is th... more »

Hate speech or how to silence the voice of the Internet

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
*Guest blog by Pavel C. about his shocking encounter with an anti-hate-speech sect* *The full name of the author, with his engineering degree, may be found in the original Czech text* *What is being prepared behind our backs?* A few days ago, a screenshot [see above] landed among my messages. It came from Nyx, a discussion server. The user nicknamed ZUZKAOU (Ms Zuzana Ouhrabková, from NGO named PostBellum) is trying to find volunteers. Volunteers who will help the NGO InIustitia. The help will include the mass writing of criminal complaints because they're running out of their ca... more »

Britain faces huge costs to avoid power shortages with electric car plan

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood I mentioned a recent Wood Mackenzie report into the implications for our power supply from electric cars. It now has started to get some media traction, for instance from the Independent and the following report from Reuters, which widens the debate: LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must plough billions of pounds into […]

Marine Species Thriving Around The UK

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Mark Tinsley https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/image8.png Yesterday I highlighted the Guardian report that all of our fish were swimming north to get away from our overheated seas. Yet last year a partnership of over fifty nature conservation organisations published the “State of Nature 2016 Report”, to provide simple […]

CET Summer Trends

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Further to my earlier post on CET daily summer temperatures, I have been asked to plot the lowest daily max as well as the highest. First, to recap, is the graph of top temperatures: There is quite a contrast between that and the one of lowest temperatures: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cet_info_mean.html […]

On the two Koreas

LL at Virtual Mirage - 18 hours ago
*The Republic of Korea (ROK)* - South Korea The Obama Administration crafted a number of very bad trade deals (from a US perspective). Foreign governments were happy with them, and who can blame them? One currently under discussion is KORUS, a bilateral deal with the US and South Korea. A USTR fact sheet released with the statement said the U.S. trade deficit in goods with South Korea had more than doubled from $13.2 billion in 2011 -- the year before the pact took effect -- to $27.6 billion in 2016. It noted that the bilateral auto deficit made up about 90% of that deficit. KORUS ... more »

The Rape of The Mind: The Paradox of Education and Technology

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 18 hours ago
Joost A. M. MeerlooIn his classic work on brainwashing *The Rape of The Mind*, Joost A. M. Meerloo says that modern education turns students into better followers and worse thinkers, and makes them susceptible to totalitarian ideologies. In chapter 16,“Education For Discipline or Higher Morale,” Meerloo says: *The paradox of universal literacy is that it may create a race of men and women who have become (just because of this new intellectual approach to life) much more receptive to the indoctrination of their teachers or leaders. Do we need conditioned adepts or freethinking stude... more »

Investigadores de Campo Unidos (ICOU)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 18 hours ago
*Investigadores de Campo Unidos* (*ICOU* - *United Field Researchers*) announces its new "Videos" section on their web page located at https://icouinvestigadoresdecampoovniunidos.blogspot.com.ar Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean

BREAKING: Syrian Arab Army has broken siege on Deir-ez-Zor -Syrian General

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
This is a hugely important strategic and symbolic victory for Syria. More The post BREAKING: Syrian Arab Army has broken siege on Deir-ez-Zor -Syrian General appeared first on The Duran.

Russian cruise missiles POUND ISIS target in Deir ez-Zor

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Russia's game-changing military technology and the strength of Syrian Tiger Forces are rapidly destroying ISIS defensive lines. More The post Russian cruise missiles POUND ISIS target in Deir ez-Zor appeared first on The Duran.

UPDATED- Deir ez Zor: Seige Broken!

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 18 hours ago
*I've been updating as news comes out- * *UPDATE # 3* * -Deir ez Zor, Syria and Iraq:* * IHS Janes* - *The Iraqi military announced on 27 August that it had ousted the Islamic State from Tal Afar in Ninawa province* following a rapid eight-day offensive and it declared the whole of Ninawa liberated following the recapture of the nearby town of Ayadiya on 31 August. - Amid an ongoing US-backed militant offensive targeting the group's de facto capital Raqqa in Syria, the capture of Islamic State territory in Homs governorate by pro-government forces in August i... more »

Mark Blaxill: My Hanging Offense

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By Mark Blaxill September 5, 2017 On May 8, The Boston Herald published an editorial calling for my execution. They didn’t know much about me, but had heard about an event in Minneapolis at which I spoke. I learned subsequently...

Bar owner has all of his employees quit after they learn he donated to David Duke's senate campaign.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
David Duke wearing his party clothes. Courtesy of CBS Minnesota: *A Minneapolis bar owner who donated money to the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, is going to have to find new employees. * *Workers at Club Jager say they’re all quitting after Thursday night’s shift. About half the staff quit earlier this week when news broke that DeRoma donated $500 to David Duke’s senate campaign.* *De Roma told WCCO his donation was “basically free speech.” He also called the controversy blown up beyond what it should be.* Yeah why can't a guy donate money to a former KKK leader's sena... more »

Myanmar: Gasoline and Fire, Not Good vs. Evil

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 19 hours ago
*September 5, 2017 *(Tony Cartalucci - LD) - The unfolding crisis in Southeast Asia's state of Myanmar has confounded many geopolitical analysts due to its complex history and the intentionally deceptive and now contradictory coverage provided by the Western media. The current government of Myanmar is headed by Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD). It has ascended into power after a decades-long struggle against the nation's military who ruled the nation for decades. *Aung San Suu Kyi is a Creation and Proxy of US and European Interests * Suu Kyi and her NLD... more »

Baby owl becomes internet sensation with 'infectious' giant yawn

White Wolf at White Wolf - 20 hours ago
Hilarious footage shows the tiny creature perched on a gravestone and turning its head to look at the camera to reveal an almighty yawn before pulling a face more akin to someone recovering from a ‘heavy session’ rather than a baby bird. The little owl [this is the breed] has captivated hearts of social media users after Gerald’s footage was shared by BBC Springwatch, sending the sleepy animal viral with more than 400,000 views. In fact, his yawn is prompting hundreds of yawns from anyone who views the footage. Dad-of-three Gerald, from Rotherham, said: “Everyone who watches it sa... more »

KIM JONG-UN MIND CONTROLLED CIA ASSET

Anon at Aangirfan - 20 hours ago
The above video suggests that Kim Jong-Un has been mind-controlled by the CIA. The purpose of Kim Jong-Un is (1) to help the US Empire to *weaken the economies of South Korea, Japan and China*, and (2) to *help the US military-industrial-complex*. ~~~ Aangirfan: KIM JONG-UN; SEX; DEATH aanirfan.blogspot.com/2017/08/kim-jong-un-sex-death.html 1. Aug 11, 2017 - Kim Jong-Un and his elite friends are said to have a Pleasure Squad made up of kids as young as 13. Inside North Korea's secret sex parties Aangirfan: NORTH KOREA FALSE FLAG aanirfan.blogspot.com/2017/08/north-korea-f... more »

Breaking: Russian Navy fires several cruise missiles towards Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) – The Russian naval ship, Admiral Essen, fired several Kalibr cruise missiles towards the Islamic State’s (ISIL) positions in the western countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. The cruise missiles provided support to the advancing Syrian Army units that are attempting to lift the siege […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS militants on strategic mountain near Deir Ezzor get smashed by Syrian Army artillery

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out a brutal artillery bombardment against Islamic State militants on the ISIS-held Thardeh Mountain to the south of Deir Ezzor city with rockets and shells yesterday. With the securing of the Majbal (asphalt mines) area yesterday, the SAA’s elite Tiger Forces de facto established […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army seizes new points along Jordanian border

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:55 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their offensives in the southeastern countryside of Damascus, targeting the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) last positions along the Jordanian-Damascus border. Backed by Hashd Al-Sha’abi (Iraqi paramilitary), the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Legion attacked garrisons 171 and 172 in southeastern Damascus this morning. The Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Turkish Army suffers heavy casualties after attack by all-female Kurdish unit

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:50 A.M.) – Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed over the past 24 hours due to actions by the PKK’s (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) guerrilla army, a statement by the group read. On Monday afternoon, an all-female PKK platoon launched a hit-and-run attack on a Turkish military outpost at the Petrut hill in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army just 2500 meters away from lifting siege on Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is rapidly advancing at the western outskirts of Deir Ezzor, liberating several meters of territory near the 137th Artillery Brigade Base. Led by elements of the 17th Division and 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army has liberated more than 500 meters of territory this morning, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Huge assault begins in east Damascus as Syrian Army troops rain missiles on enemy positions

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) began a massive assault in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, tonight, targeting the defenses of Faylaq Al-Rahman in Jobar’s Al-‘Arab Neighborhood. Using a more than 15 surface-to-surface missiles, the Syrian Arab Army’s 42nd Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division unleashed a powerful attack on Faylaq […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Egypt finalizes deal with Russia for first nuclear plant

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
Russian media say Egypt has finalized a deal to build a nuclear power plant with funding from Moscow after nearly two years of negotiations. The reports Monday came after Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China, where they were attending a summit. The nuclear plant will be built in Dabaa, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Deir ez-Zor rejoices as SAA dismantles IS siege: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
Residents of Deir ez-Zor expressed their joy on Monday following news that the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) siege of the city was close to breaking. Children as well as their parents took to the streets, waving Syrian flags and chanting slogans in support of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and President Bashar al-Assad. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BRICS SUMMIT: Xi-Modi meeting falls flat and accomplishes little

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 20 hours ago
No tangible commitments were made during the most anticipated bilateral meeting between BRICS leaders. More The post BRICS SUMMIT: Xi-Modi meeting falls flat and accomplishes little appeared first on The Duran.

Putin BLASTS the US approach to North Korea and diplomacy with Russia–warns against “planetary catastrophe” (VIDEO)

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Vladimir Putin said that it is hard to work with the United States as members of the political class confuse Austria for Australia. More The post Putin BLASTS the US approach to North Korea and diplomacy with Russia–warns against “planetary catastrophe” (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.

VOLKER PILGRIM - HITLER'S SEX LIFE

Anon at Aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*Hitler had two personalities?* The bestselling psychologist-author Volker Elis *Pilgrim* has written *"Hitler 1 and Hitler 2. The Sexual No-Man's-Land".* Pilgrim uses archival material to paint Hitler as a pervert who was sexually turned on by violence. Pilgrim writes: "The speciality of serial killing ... is the slow, sophisticated, extremely cruel taking of life. "That is exactly what Hitler practised ..." Pilgrim is descended from Prussian aristocrats. *Hitler found Eva interesting.* Hitler's maid, Pauline Kohler, wrote that "Hitler is not strongly sexed." According to some... more »

Untitled

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 20 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Hurricane Harvey floods toxic waste sites — and the EPA is missing in action "Appeasement Will Not Work": Trump Responds To North Korea's 6th Nuclear Test De-Dollarization Accelerates: China Readies Yuan-Priced Crude Oil Benchmark Backed By Gold Red Cross Admits It Doesn't Know How Hurricane Harvey Donation Money Is Spent Everyone's living up to their reputation: EPA, Red Cross... If you don't know about the history of the latter, check out how Haiti feels about them; or some of those who remember receiving bucket and mop in response to 9/11; or those who are a... more »

Black Man Conducts Dress-Up Experiment to Prove ‘Racism.’ Does the Opposite…

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
No surprise here. The first rule of successful dressage is to meet the audience's expectations. If you instead dress to express attitude then expect that in return. Worse is that racial slurs happens to be the easy way to express a negative response. Thus dressing with attitude actually solicits racism where it did not really exist. Again this chap surprised himself by been suddenly respected. What a nice thought. I personally dress as if ready to walk into a meeting i will control, even if no such meeting is happening or remotely planned. It is often the planned meeting i dres... more »

The Cancer Killing Ratio…How 100:1 of Vitamin C and K3 Is Changing The Way We Fight Cancer!

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
[image: Vitamin C] *. * The take home here is that taking the CK3 intravenously ahead of chemo sharply improves outcomes. It is also noteworthy that you really need both in that 100:1 ratio. Such a protocol should not be resisted either by the medical profession. It should support all chemo protocols. At the very least it should act to suppress cancer progress regardless of treatment or lack there off. Thus is think adding that vitamin K to your mega dose of vitamin C and lysine is indicated. . *The Cancer Killing Ratio…How 100:1 of Vitamin C and K3 Is Changing T... more »

NASA does the math and introduces the Thirteenth Zodiac sign.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
That is convenient. No one understands this but we actually should have thirteen months and surely did back in antediluvian times before the Pleistocene Nonconformity of 12950 BP. Let me explain. It appears that a natural week is seven days and that a natural month is four weeks. at least we are very happy with this arrangement and it is likely nicely integrated to our biology. Now our year is 365.25 days in length or more than close enough. It turns out that 13 natural months of 28 days works out to 364 days. That allows us to establish a one day feast day at say the solar so... more »

Get Lost in Mega-Tunnels Dug by South American Megafauna

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
More of the article on the tunnels. I simply do not see a creature building them and we are not in soil here. Having soil then turn into stone does not happen naturally without serious alteration. And no digging animal is also going to neatly remove 4000 tons of spoil without producing a spoil heap. So let us see those spoil heaps. If human the material was used to provide road beds. You get my point. Am animal simply makes a mound unless he is hiding the entrance and that for only one end. The pile is on the other end. Add in that we actually know a lot about the gian... more »

Navajo Nations first solar project now producing electricity for 13,000 homes

White Wolf at White Wolf - 21 hours ago
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, which owns the solar plant, touted the project as a major clean energy advancement on a reservation long known for fossil fuel development. A giant array of solar panels near the famed sandstone buttes of Monument Valley has begun producing electricity for the Navajo Nation at a time when the tribe is bracing for the loss of hundreds of jobs from the impending closure of a nearby coal-fired power plant. The Kayenta Solar Facility is the first utility-scale solar project on the Navajo Nation, producing enough electricity to power about 13,000 Nav... more »

Japan Prepares For The Worst

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is reaching out to South Korea and the U.S. for cooperation in the event of an evacuation or shelter-in-place scenario. *Nikkei Asian Review:* *North Korea threat prompts Japan evacuation preparations* *Tokyo mulls how to bring thousands of South Korea-based nationals to safety.* TOKYO -- As tensions on the Korean Peninsula reach new heights with Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, Japan is planning for a possible mass evacuation of the nearly 60,000 Japanese citizens currently living in or visiting South Korea. "There is a possibili... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*-by Noah*

MYSTERIOUS ESTHER RANTZEN

Anon at Aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Dame Esther Rantzen (the daughter of Flora Leverson) and her friend Sir Jimmy Savile, who reportedly supplied children to the elite while being close friends with Israel.* *Anonymous asks: "The Coleman Experience blog was shut down at the behest of Esther Rantzen?"* Some months ago, the BBC's *Esther Rantzen* attacked Google for refusing to remove statements calling her a child abuser and a child killer. According to The Sun newspaper: *Esther Rantzen slammed Google* - *8th January 2017* "An anonymous website branded her a satanic child abuser who had buried dead babies in her g... more »

Getting Ready For Hurricane Irma

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*AccuWeather:* *Hurricane Irma to track toward US; Residents of East and Gulf coasts urged to prepare now* As Major Hurricane Irma churns across the northern Caribbean and towards the United States, residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert. Irma will blast the northern Caribbean with flooding rain, damaging winds and rough surf this week, bringing life-threatening conditions to the islands. A similar scenario could play out somewhere along the Gulf or East coasts this weekend or next week, depending on where Irma tracks. Residents are urged to pr... more »

"So Deep, It's Sunk?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*"So Deep, It's Sunk?"* If you strike the king but do not kill him, by definition your position is weak. by Robert Gore "There has never have been a deeper deep state than the Soviet Union’s. It controlled everything: the military, intelligence, the judicial system, the rest of the government, the press, and the economy. It operated in shadows and darkness; there was no loyal opposition or media to shine the occasional light. Yet at 7:32 p.m., December 26, 1991, the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin and replaced with the Russian flag. The Soviet of the Republics of the Supre... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
#Irma has become a category 4 hurricane. Preparations within the warning area should be rushed to completion. https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/40N9AjuXCo — NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) September 4, 2017 South Korea’s military conducts ballistic missile drill in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test. https://t.co/vzZXEyyN0A pic.twitter.com/zf88YVbOLu — ABC News (@ABC) September 4, 2017 UN accuses Burundi of crimes against humanity https://t.co/i4Llk4EkYM by pic.twitter.com/ALpY4ir7KV — AFP news agency (@AFP) September 4, 2017 The music has died for Venezuela v... more »

American Jackboot Diplomacy

Finian Cunningham at - 1 day ago
[image: undefined] The latest extraordinary roughshod violation of Russian diplomatic rights by the American authorities shows that the US doesn’t want to restore normal bilateral relations. Indeed, it has now resorted publicly to jackboot diplomacy. The rapid ordering of Russia to vacate three of its diplomatic properties – in a matter of hours – amid reported threats from the American authorities that they would smash down entrance doors if the orders were not complied with, shows a reckless disregard for Russia’s sovereign rights. Not just Russia’s sovereign rights, but the righ... more »

Hezbollah, Syrian gov’t ruined Lebanon’s historic victory: Kataeb Party

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:05 A.M.) – The Lebanese Army’s ‘historic’ victory was ruined by the Hezbollah-Syrian government deal to transport Da’esh to Deir Ezzor, the Kata’eb Party leader Sami Gemayel stated on Monday. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), “in this context, the Party (Kata’eb) statement denounced the Lebanese authority’s failure to adopt the necessary […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Video footage of the Syrian Army liberating an important town near Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and allied units continued pushing towards Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL)-held Deir ez-Zor, Monday. Damascus-aligned forces also reportedly liberated the strategic town of Kabawjib in western Deir Ezzor Governorate, Monday. Government units were seen engaged in combat close to Kabawjib and within around 15 kilometres (9.32 miles) of Kabawjib that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

School principal and brother butchered in Khan Sheikhoun for being pro-Assad

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:05 A.M.) – A school principal and her brother were brutally murdered in the southern Idlib Governorate city of Khan Sheikhoun recently for being pro-Assad, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Monday. “Resentment piles up among the people of Khan Shaykhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib against the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian warplanes perform over 80 sorties to back Syrian army’s Deir Ezzor offensive

Over 80 sorties were performed by Russian warplanes to back the Syrian government troops’ offensive towards the city of Deir ez-Zor, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday, adding that more than 70 terrorists had been killed. “In order to provide air support to the government troops’ offensive towards Deir ez-Zor, Russian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Over 400 civilians returned to Aleppo on Sunday: Russian MoD

The Russian Defense Ministry reports that more than 400 civilians returned to their houses in Syria’s Aleppo. More than 400 civilians returned to their homes in the Syrian province of Aleppo on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday. “Over 400 civilians returned to their houses in different settlements of Aleppo province on September 3, 2017,” the statement said. The statement specified […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Formosa Plastics Point Comfort Texas Flaring Toxic Chemicals To Air; Dumped Plastic Pellets; PVC To Waterway

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Google Map with US Government-MODIS Fire Data superimposed. Taiwan’s: “Formosa owns and operates a chemical manufacturing facility in Point Comfort, … Continue reading →

Clearest Images Yet Have Emerged Of Area 51

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail:* *Clearest images yet have emerged of Area 51, the sinister army base that has been at the center of alien conspiracy theories for decades* * Some believe that Area 51, located in the Nevada desert, is used to store UFOs and live alien captives * So YouTube channel UFO Seekers decided to get some video and photos of the area using high-tech cameras * But as the area is restricted by the Army, they had to climb an 8,000-foot-high mountain 25 miles away * They then used a telescopic lens from Tikaboo Peak to capture images of the base and its buildings * The video shows ... more »

BREAKING: North Korea Move Deadly Missile to US-Side West Coast as World War 3 Fears Spike

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Satanic methods are: subtlety and deception! – Revelation 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 13:14 And he deceives those[e] who dwell on the […]

Israeli Colonists Place Tents, Mobile Homes, On Palestinian Lands Near Nablus

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israeli Colonists Place Tents, Mobile Homes, On Palestinian Lands Near Nablus by http://imemc.org/ A group of illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Monday, privately-owned Palestinian lands in Jaloud village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and installed mobile homes and a tent, in an area just a few meters away from a new under-construction colony. […]

Russia Slams Washington’s Decision to Close Its Diplomatic Facilities in US

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV News Videos Published on Sep 4, 2017 Russia has strongly condemned Washington’s decision to close and inspect Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States. end

North Korea Threat To US Will Be Met With “Massive Military Response”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 3, 2017 **Defense secretary says president briefed on all military options https://www.infowars.com/mattis-massi… The US defence secretary warned North Korea that any threat to the US or its allies would be met with a “massive military response” on Sunday, as the Trump administration scrambled to respond to Pyongyang’s claim it […]

Breaking: FBI Admits To Conducting Fake Investigation Against Hillary Clinton

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 3, 2017 Alex Jones covers video by Fox & Friends talking about Judicial Watch on the fake Comey Investigation of Hillary Clinton. end

Your Pension, IRA, 401K – They’re All At Risk! | Lynette Zang

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
FinanceAndLiberty.com Published on Sep 3, 2017 Lynette Zang explains why your assets could be at risk of falling into a financial black hole. She says, “If you don’t hold it, you don’t own it.” end

Earthquake Swarm Near Yellowstone Continues to Rattle Idaho

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
“You pee in my backyard, I pee on Yellowstone?” DAHBOO77 Published on Sep 4, 2017 The swarming of earthquakes continue in Idaho. The area around Soda Springs has seen a series of quakes after a mid level Earthquake struck the region. The most recent swarm of quakes to the northwest of Yellowstone Has Stopped. We will […]

Trump Steals Food from Black Kid 

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Mark Dice Published on Sep 4, 2017 President Trump visits the flood survivors in Houston, as seen through the eyes of CNN. end

No Radiation Detected Outside North Korea After Nuclear Test, Say China, Japan

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Was the hydrogen nuclear bomb test just another massive hoax by the Illuminati? The earthquakes could be triggered by HAARP. – No Radiation Detected Outside North Korea After Nuclear Test, Say China, Japan by http://www.scmp.com/frontpage/international Pyongyang claims to have tested a more powerful hydrogen nuclear bomb on Sunday – China and Japan said on Monday they […]

Trump Threatens North Korea with Nuclear Weapons

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Trump is a type ‘A’ personality, an Alpha male leader of the pack. Such characters need to assert their dominance and leadership as the alpha leader. They will not usually back down in the face of a fight and tend to thrive on conflict. They usually have relationship issues with another Alpha male character, who […]

‘Enough is Enough’: Kim Jong-un Begging for War, US Patience Not Unlimited – US Envoy to UN

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Sep 4, 2017 US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that it was time for the Security Council to impose “the strongest possible measures” on North Korea over its six and largest nuclear test conducted on Sunday, because “enough is enough.” – Psalm 140:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV) Prayer for […]

Trump Bumbling Into Unnecessary War With North Korea

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RonPaulLibertyReport Published on Sep 4, 2017 The war hawks surrounding President Trump – and the president himself – are determined to start a war with North Korea that will take millions of lives. It is an entirely trumped up war based on the usual war propaganda. Trump threatens a trade blockade with China. Guess what […]

‘All Options Are On The Table’: Trump Hints Strike on North Korea Possible, Set to Meet with Generals

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Sep 4, 2017 Washington says it will use any means necessary to defend itself after the most powerful North Korean nuclear test to date. The White House says that could potentially include using its own nuclear capabilities. end

Eleven Strategic Missile Regiments to Hold Large-Scale Drills Across Russia

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Eleven Strategic Missile Regiments to Hold Large-Scale Drills Across Russia by http://tass.com/ About 400 large vehicles will be involved in the exercise MOSCOW, September 4. /TASS/. Eleven regiments armed with mobile ground-launched strategic missiles Topol, Topol-M and Yars are taking part in an exercise in various regions of Russia stretching from the Tver to Irkutsk regions, […]

Things Too Tense: Moscow Protests ‘Illegal Search’ of Russian Consulate in US — “A Clear Act of Aggression”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Sep 2, 2017 Russia has summoned the deputy-chief of the US diplomatic mission in the country to express anger at the American security service’s intention, to search a Russian consulate. Moscow has described it as a clear act of aggression. Former US diplomats RT talked to, believe the plan to search the consulate […]

Should Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear?

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 1 day ago
[image: should-japan-and-south-korea-go-nuclear] By setting off a 100-kiloton bomb, after firing a missile over Japan, Kim Jong Un has gotten the world's attention. What else does he want? Almost surely not war with America.

Should You Open Windows During a Hurricane?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Storm lore holds that you should open a window slightly during a hurricane to equalize the inner pressure of a house with the outside lower pressure accompanying the hurricane.

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*(Click on Image to Enlarge) * The Man is engulfed in flames as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Burning Man Festival* (Reuters).

Will North Korea Share Its Nuclear Secrets With Iran?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A ballistic missile is launched and tested in an undisclosed location, Iran, March 9, 2016. Mahmood Hosseini, Reuters *Washington Free Beacon*: *North Korea Nuclear Progress Puts Iran on Renewed Pathway to Bomb* *Iranian, North Korean leaders meet after hydrogen bomb test, testing U.S. resolve* U.S. officials are closely monitoring an ongoing meeting between senior North Korean and Iranian officials that comes on the heels of a nuclear test by Pyongyang, according to senior Trump administration officials and other sources who expressed concern that North Korea is helping to put th... more »

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