Saturday, October 14, 2017

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RIGHT-WINGERS RESPOND TO HARVEY WEINSTEIN: MEN AREN'T THE PROBLEM, THEY'RE THE SOLUTION!

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 14 hours ago
Right-wingers have been following the Harvey Weinstein news and have concluded that the solution to sexual predation in Hollywood is ... men. RedState's Kimberly Ross writes: *In The Wake Of Weinstein, Masculinity Isn’t The Problem; It’s The Solution* ... Among the many roles a man has is that of protector. We have seen men fill this role countless times in society. Closer to home, we see it in the many good men who we have in each of our lives: fathers, brothers, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. ... Examples of true masculinity are either reinforced or shattered in childhood. ... more »

Comprehensive Beat Down of Global Temperate Data

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 14 hours ago
Sustainable Infrastructure: Climate Changes and Carbon Dioxide Temperatures Record ‘Unreliable’, ‘Arbitrarily Adjusted’, And Of ‘Poor Data Quality’ Temperature measurement stations have been installed at various locations across the globe. The number of temperature monitoring stations is decreasing and many areas across the globe do not have any temperature monitoring stations. Consequently, average surface temperature is an … Continue reading "Comprehensive Beat Down of Global Temperate Data"

Mirror selfie ahead of North Korean show trial on Monday. Reader of this blog, Tsipras has left Larisa to go to the USA, will meet Trump on Tuesday

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Alexis Tsipras has left Larisa airforce base to travel to the USA for a five day visit, scheduled to include speeches at Globalist forums such as the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Brookings Institute as well as meetings with Globalists like Rahm Emmanual . https://www.griechenland.net/nachrichten/politik/22481-tsipras-in-chicago-und-washington-%E2%80%93-erster-offizieller-besuch-in-den-usa http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1500167691 On Tuesday 17th, he is set to meet Donald Trump in […]

Athens lawyer involved in case against Defence Minister and energy company corruption cases shot dead

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
A prominent lawyer in Athens, who was also representing a media company against the Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, was shot dead in his office on Thursday evening. Let’s pause to think about the fact that this murder case will end up in the hands of crooked Larisa judge Alexander Oekonomou, now head of the Athens criminal court, […]

Did Kushner hide bribes funnelled to him by George Soros by omitting investment on official disclosure form which doubled in value?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Jared Kushner has been using a private email to conduct official business, and he may have been acting as a agent paid by George Soros, Peter Thiel, and other Globalists, it has emerged. Kushner hid his stake in a company, into which Soros and others Globalists poured 65 million dollars between March and July alone, according […]

Record number of postal votes in Austria’s elections on Sunday, result could be delayed until Thursday

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
More than 16% of the votes cast on Sunday in Austria’s federal elections will be postal votes, sparking fears of irregularities given the fact that postal votes have been the focus of past attempts to manipulate the result. A record 889,193 postal votes have been sent out. As a result, the announcement of the election […]

RED ALERT! US NAVY EBOLA RESEARCHER AT HEART OF NEW BLACK BLACK OUTBREAK IN MADAGASCAR

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Daniel Bausch, who was at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 in Sierra Leone as a professor at Tulane University , and a researcher at US bioweapons lab, the Naval Medical Research Unit, Peru, is positioning himself to be at the centre of the outbreak of black plague in Madagascar. Currently director of […]

Will Obama and Tillerson bump into Ebola Navy researcher Daniel Bausch at the Army Navy golf club?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
The Washingtonian reported Wednesday that Obama and Tillerson have both recently joined the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. Obama is not technically a new member—the country club lets presidents enjoy its facilities while they’re in office—but he forked over $75,000 to formally sign up in May. He golfed there as […]

Barack Obama and 57 States

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
During a 2008 campaign stop, Barack Obama supposedly said that he had visited "57 states," a reference to 57 Islamic states.

They’re All In It Together – Weinstein Paid for Bill Clinton’s Legal Fees During His Sex Abuse Scandal

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: weinstein]When Bill Clinton was facing his most public sex scandal, Harvey Weinstein came to his aid with donations to Clinton's legal fund.

5 Critical Stories Being Ignored While We All Watch Hollywood Implode

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: hollywood]As the Harvey Weinstein Hollywood sex scandal dominated the news cycle, there were several critical stories that slipped under the radar... more »

Court Says Cop Violated Constitution by Cuffing Tiny Child on Video, Watching Him Scream in Agony

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: children]A court finally found that the handcuffing of two children with disabilities was “an unconstitutional seizure and excessive force.”

Gunpowder

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
A BBC radio programme I particularly enjoy is Radio 3's *Free Thinking*. It's like a higher-quality version of Radio 4's *Start the Week*, and it's usually on for five nights a week. Its presenters are excellent and the range of topics is wide. It goes pleasingly deep too. And it's surprisingly broad-minded too on matters political. Catching up with the more promising-looking editions of last week's offerings I came across an interview with Ronan Bennett, the writer of a new, three-part, prime-time BBC One historical drama about the Gunpowder Plot. My ears pricked up as he talked... more »

We have to talk about Iran

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
*Times *lead story If British intelligence claimed that Russia had launched a cyber attack on the UK's parliament I suspect that it would be a lead story on the BBC, with much fulmination from studio guests. Today both the *Times* and the *Guardian *are reporting (after independently verifying the story) British intelligence's claims that Iran launched a cyber attack on the UK's parliament over the summer, hacking the emails of dozens of MPs (an event that was originally blamed on Russia), and yet - despite other media outlets also taking up the story - it looks as if the BBC is no... more »

The U.S. Shutdown Of The Visa Program With Turkey Is Causing Chaos For Turkish Travellers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
The United States Embassy in Ankara has been a flashpoint for a visa row with Turkey *AFP:* *Turks seeking US visas left reeling by diplomatic row* Turkish students, business executives and travel operators have been left reeling by the country's dispute with the United States that has led both to suspend visas. Last year, 313,654 Turks went to the US while 459,493 Americans came to Turkey, according to figures provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute. But the decision to charge a US consulate staffer with links to the American-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused of launc... more »

Weekend reads: Systemic fraud in China; science without journals; authorship rules decay

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
The week at Retraction Watch featured the retraction of a paper that had been called “anti-vaccine pseudoscience,” a retraction following threats of violance against an editor, and an editorial board member’s resignation over how a journal handled a case of plagiarism. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: “Now, a recent string of high-profile scandals over questionable […] The post Weekend reads: Systemic fraud in China; science without journals; authorship rules decay appeared first on Retraction Watch.

China Organizes Its Military To Fight Wars Offshore

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
China's President Xi Jinping is set to roll out a new command structure that will solidify his control of the country's armed forces. In this photo, a picture of Xi seen behind soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army marching during a training session for a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War Two, at a military base in Beijing, China on Aug 22, 2015. Reuters/Damir Sagolj *Forbes: **China's Military Reforms Will Strengthen Central Command, Ideal For Offshore Combat* China’s Communist Party congress that opens next week is supposed to touch ... more »

Is The Trump Travel Ban The Reason Why Chad Is Withdrawing Their Forces Fron Niger In The Fight Against Boko Haram?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Chad withdraws troops from fight against Boko Haram in Niger* NIAMEY/DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad has withdrawn hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger, where they were helping local forces fight Boko Haram Islamist militants, humanitarian sources and officials said. The pull-out over the past two weeks could weaken a region-wide struggle against the militants who have killed tens of thousands of people, forced many more to flee and triggered a humanitarian crisis. There was no immediate explanation or comment from defence officials in Chad. But the move came a month a... more »

The Scientific Paradigm Must Change

Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 15 hours ago
The backreaction site of physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has a post asking "Is the Inflationary Universe a Scientific Theory?" (and answering "no", which is notable in this era of scientific dogmatism in favor of the "consensus"). After reading the comments there, the following was my response: *All of this is in vain. JimV's comment above, containing the key word "evolved", applied unquestioningly to the material universe, is what needs light. The "big bang" itself is not a correct scientific theory, and the added hypothesis of "early inflation" merely hides that fact (it is a class... more »

WATCH: Cop Violently Assaults Twin Sisters as School Principal Tries to Stop Him

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: sisters]A New Jersey cop has been suspended after video showed him violently taking down two small high school students who were twin sisters.

‘I Wasn’t In a Girl Group, I Was in a Prostitution Ring’: Pop Super Star Exposes Hollywood Sex Slavery

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: hollywood]Platinum recording artist, and former member of the Pussycat Dolls, Kaya Jones, has just dropped a massive bombshell on the Hollywood sex slavery culture.

That's Professor Hillary Clinton if you please.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Daily News: *Hillary Clinton is testing the waters on a return to academia. * *The former U.S. Secretary of State and presidential nominee is in talks with Columbia University to take on a formal role at the Ivy League — and potentially house her archives there, multiple sources told the Daily News. * *One option under discussion is an esteemed “University Professor” role that would allow Clinton to lecture across a range of schools and departments without the requirement of a strict course load, one source said. * *A former law professor, Clinton could... more »

Maajid Nawaz and the 'what about the Jews' callers

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
I've just listened to the last twenty minutes or so of Maajid Nawaz's LBC programme http://www.lbc.co.uk/ this afternoon. Quite revealing the calls from Muslims whose reaction to the banning of sex segregation in schools was "what about the Jews". I'd say I was shocked but I've heard this sort of talk before. When Islam is criticised then some Muslims have an automatic "what about the Jews" reaction. The hatred that some Muslims have for Jews is visceral and obsessive.

‘Little Sister Alexa’ gets Big-Brotherly

Nigel Cameron at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 15 hours ago
The post ‘Little Sister Alexa’ gets Big-Brotherly appeared first on UnHerd.

Hillary Clinton defends her husband and calls Trump an "admitted sexual assaulter"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 15 hours ago
*and this is the person the "ladies who march" hold up as a supporter of women's rights?* While claiming to be disgusted about the behavior of Harvey Weinstein, she accuses Trump of being a sexual assaulter and defends her husband because "that was all in the past." And let's not forget a certain White House intern who we know *for a fact *was sweet talked into sex acts in the oval office by none other than her husband. And (irony alert) she "commends the women who are willing to step forward and tell their stories." That didn't work too well for women who told their stories a... more »

ISIS Training Camp Spotted In Syria Near The Israel Border

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Islamic State training camp (Channel 2 screenshot) *Times of Israel:* *TV report: Islamic State chiefs gather near Israel border, set up training camp* Having fled Iraq and northern Syria, several top commanders of terror group now in Golan Heights enclave, recruiting and running propaganda effort, says Israel's Channel 2. Several senior commanders from Islamic State who recently fled from Iraq and northern Syria are now based in southern Syria, just across the Golan Heights border with Israel, and are training hundreds of new recruits there, an Israeli television report said. Is... more »

Scores Of ISIS Fighters Are Surrendering In Raqqa

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Reuters*:* Islamic State faces imminent Raqqa defeat, Syrian YPG says* AIN ISSA, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State is on the verge of defeat in Syria’s Raqqa and the city may finally be cleared of the jihadists on Saturday or Sunday, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia told Reuters on Saturday. The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State said around 100 of the jihadist group’s fighters had surrendered in Raqqa in the last 24 hours and had been “removed from the city”, but it still expected difficult fighting “in the days ahead”. It did not say how they had been removed or where ... more »

Is Iran's Navy a Threat to America?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Middle East* Here is how Tehran could be a danger on the high seas. Iran’s naval forces are some of the smallest but most aggressive in the region. Decades of sanctions and embargoes have strangled the navy’s attempts to modernize, leaving a smaller than expected naval force whose most intimidating features are homebrewed frigates, coastal missile batteries and swarms of fast, lightly armed fast-attack craft. Despite their size, the strategic importance of the Persian Gulf and its proximity to a major portion of the world’s oil supply mean that Iran’s n... more »

America's Killer M1 Abrams Tank Now Has Its Own Shields

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* The Trophy system is coming to one of America's most lethal weapons of war. On September 28, 2017 the U.S. Army announced that it would equip the M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams tanks of one of its armored brigades with Israeli-built Trophy Active Protection Systems (APS). Or to put it in plain speech: some of America’s 70-ton main battle tanks will now have radar-guided robotic shotguns that can shoot down incoming missiles. The deployment of Trophy-equipped Abrams tanks was done as an “urgent operational order” to upgrade a specific unit. This unit... more »

America's Most Powerful Fighter Jet Ever Is Headed to Europe

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Russia, get ready. The United States Air Force’s elite 27th Fighter Squadron—part of the 1st Fighter Wing—has deployed to Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, with a detachment of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors. The stealthy fifth-generation fighters—which can cruise supersonically without using fuel-guzzling afterburners—are in Europe to train with locally based U.S. units and allied air forces as part of the Pentagon’s European Deterrence Initiative. The idea is reassure NATO allies and deter any potential Russian adventurism in Eastern Europe. “Wh... more »

Nationwide map of Syria – October 14, 2017

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
Click here to see a HD version of the map above. BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 P.M.) – The first half of October has made it clear that Deir Ezzor Governorate is the focus point for offensive military operations against ISIS by both pro-government and Kurdish-led forces. Whilst the Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitaries – backed-up […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Syrian Army begins new offensive on eastern Euphrates shore

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:25 P.M.) – Forces of the Syrian Arab Army on the eastern shore of the Euphrates River have begun a new push, assaulting two ISIS-occupied towns north of Deir Ezzor city. According to military sources, units of the Syrian Arab Army on the eastern bank of the Euphrates started an offensive this morning […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian warplane lands at Deir Ezzor airbase for first time in one year

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 P.M.) – A Syrian Arab Air Force fighter jet has landed at the Deir Ezzor military airport. The event marks the first time in one year that Syrian combat aviation has been able to land at the strategic airbase. Military sources have reported that a Syrian warplane landed at the Deir Ezzor […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army liberates ISIS capital city

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:21 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army has fully liberated the city of Al-Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor province which until a few hours ago had been the Islamic State’s de facto capital. According to military sources exclusive to Al-Masdar News, the Syrian Army achieved full control over all districts within the city of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Health Care... Who Needs It Anyway!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Yesterday, writing for the *Washington Post* James Hohmann made the case that the blundering moron has wrecked the American health-care system by immediately halting cost-sharing reductions for 7 million Americans and now owns the dire consequences. This is not “letting” Obamacare fail. Many nonpartisan experts believe that these active measures are likely to undermine the pillars of the 2010 law and hasten the collapse of the marketplaces. The Pottery Barn rule comes to mind: You break it, you own it. Yes, the plate you just shattered had some cracks in it. But if you dropped i... more »

nti-âge : le scénario du « miracle de Washington »

Ethical Technology - 16 hours ago
Et si les traitements contre le vieillissement arrivaient plus vite que prévu ? https://ieet.org/images/uploads/AIDS2b-1000x300.png

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 17 hours ago
*83% Of America’s Top High School Science Students Are The Children Of Immigrants* *Mostly Indians. Were any of them Muslims or Hispanics? They would have said if there were* What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America? Surprisingly, one of the most important things America would lose is the contributions made by their children. A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy found a remarkable 83% (33 of 40) of the finalists of the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants. The competition organized each year by the So... more »

Another Canary In The Coal Mine

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago
Everyone these days focuses on the middle class as the engine which drives the economy. However, Susan Delacourt writes, the shuttering of Sears stores across the country tells the story of what has happened to the Canadian middle class: Retail analysts have been warning for some time now that e-commerce is threatening the very nature of shopping. Those same analysts are saying, however, that you can’t draw a straight line between the rise of digital shopping and the downfall of the big stores like Sears or Zellers. “The bigger thing is the shrinking of the middle class,” Barry ... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 17 hours ago
*Australia: Surf Life Saving Queensland boss says swimmers not safe from crocodile attack* *A warning now amplified by the apparent death of an elderly lady at Port Douglas -- apparently the result of a croc attack.Since crocodiles were made protected under Greenie influence, their numbers have spiralled, with at least 100,000 of them in Australian waters now. So there is no sense in continuing protection across the board. I would argue that they be de-protected South of Daintree. That would still leave them a large safe habitat. Once an area had been cleared, some crocs w... more »

Syrian Arab Army now controls de-facto ISIS capital in Deir ez-Zor

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Syria is on the verge of the total liberation of Deir ez-Zor. More The post Syrian Arab Army now controls de-facto ISIS capital in Deir ez-Zor appeared first on The Duran.

BREAKING: US media claims Nikki Haley is author of Trump’s anti-Iran policies

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 17 hours ago
The claims give insight into Trump's apparent defiance of his most senior Cabinet officials, Rex Tillerson and James "Mad Dog" Mattis. More The post BREAKING: US media claims Nikki Haley is author of Trump’s anti-Iran policies appeared first on The Duran.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 17 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Las Vegas police now say there was no 6-minute gap between first shots, concert massacre Capital Hill's Personal Pharmacist Admits Alzheimer Drugs Are Being Delivered To Members Of Congress Swiss Flush $3 Million In Gold And Silver Down The Drain Every Year Vulture Investors Swarm To Houston As Flooded Homes Sell For 40 Cents On The Dollar Trump is falling apart, and nobody knows what to do about it China Launches Yuan-Ruble Payment System Trump Sends Second Aircraft Carrier To Korean Peninsula With 7,500 Marines Aboard CNN Loses Its Mind – Claims Russia Used ‘... more »

The F-14 Tomcat: The American Fighter Jet Iran Would Send to War (Against America)

TNI Staff at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, * And it has some big problems. If the United States goes to war with Iran following President Donald Trump’s decision not to certify Tehran’s compliance with a multi-national nuclear deal, the Pentagon will mostly be facing off against its own hardware. The Iranian military—38 years after the Islamic Revolution—still relies very heavily on American equipment. Perhaps the most prominent of these is the Grumman F-14A Tomcat, which was made famous by the movie Top Gun. Before the revolution, the Iranian Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, bought 80 of the variabl... more »

Why President Trump Has the Last Word on North Korea Policy

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The president calls the shots. President Donald Trump has clarified who has the last word in his administration’s policy towards North Korea. That last word belongs to the president—as if there was any doubt. The implication is that foreign leaders should focus on Trump’s words rather than statements from the U.S. State Department or the Pentagon. “I think I have a little bit different attitude on North Korea than other people might have,” Trump said during a press briefing at the White House on Oct. 11. “And I listen to everybody, but ultimately my... more »

An example of the Right Wing propaganda that Sinclair owned news stations are forced to broadcast daily.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Courtesy of Think Progress: *On an otherwise regular morning in mid-August, viewers in Providence, Rhode Island were treated to a segment called Behind the Headlines with Mark Hyman, which immediately followed the local weather report. * *“We have the greatest health care in the world,” Hyman says, despite the fact that some 27 million people in the U.S. do not have health insurance, and millions more are underinsured. * *“Did Obamacare make us healthier? No,” Hyman declares. “With Obamacare in place, more Americans are dying than ever before. Now this doesn’t mean Obamacare is ... more »

Simplifying life . . .

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
. . . according to Stephan Pastis and his "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip. Click the image to be taken to a larger version on the cartoon's Web page. Peter

Don't Ask. Don't Tell. Just Make Sure Profits Stay Well.

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
By Anne Dachel Re: Harvey Weinstein story According to a number of stories in the news, Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein spent over 3 decades groping and assaulting and paying off women, and no one knew what was going on until...

World Mercury Project on Mercury Laden Flu Vaccines

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
You want to do everything right for your child, and would never knowingly allow someone to inject a neurotoxin into your infant. Before getting a flu shot, you need to know this: MERCURY is a NEUROTOXIN. What You Need to...

The proxy-war against Iran is under way in Iraq and has just entered a new phase

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 19 hours ago
The US is afraid of fighting Iran on Iranian soil. Thus, the proxy war against Iran which has been fought in Iraq for over a decade, has just been intensified. More The post The proxy-war against Iran is under way in Iraq and has just entered a new phase appeared first on The Duran.

This is a cover that's guaranteed to give the conservatives a conniption fit.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
The Republicans and Right Wing media keep banging the drum about Harvey Weinstein while remaining seemingly oblivious to their own hypocrisy. Just get a load of what Tucker Carlson, who currently occupies the time slot made available after Bill O'Reilly was forced out of Fox News due to his own accusations of sexual harassment, tweeted the other day. Powerful ppl knew what Weinstein was doing & not only ignored it but actively took his side against his many victims #Tucker @FoxNews — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 13, 2017 I know right?

Climate change has done more good than harm. The same can’t be said of climate change policy

Tim Montgomerie at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 19 hours ago
The post Climate change has done more good than harm. The same can’t be said of climate change *policy* appeared first on UnHerd.

Hey Trump - Quit Fu+#ing with Iran

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 20 hours ago
The US decision to walk away from the Iran nuclear deal is stupid, provocative and highly dangerous. It is a fool's errand and was obviously directed by Israel which has undue influence on US decision making. I refer you to a piece by The Saker on this issue which you can find *here* The US government - if one can really call it that - is a frigging mess. There is no real foreign policy - only threats of war everywhere. Again I must ask - why would any person or government anywhere on this planet have even one tiny bit of trust and faith in Washington? The way this US imperial...more »

US Congress introduces bill to end sale of weapons to Saudis over intervention in Yemen

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
Citing human rights concerns, a bipartisan committee in the US House of Representatives has called for the US military to stop lending crucial support to the Saudi Arabian war in Yemen. The widely condemned Saudi intervention into the Yemeni Civil War has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, many of them […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Armed Forces down an Al-Qaeda drone in the Golan Heights

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The pro-government paramilitary group, Liwaa Suqour Al-Quneitra (Quneitra Hawks Brigade), downed a drone belonging to the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham rebel faction in the Golan Heights region of Al-Quneitra on Friday. According to the government paramilitary group, their fighters downed the HTS drone, Friday, when it was flying over […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army kills 7 Al-Qaeda fighters in northern Hama

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 a.m.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) struck back against the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham rebel faction in northern Hama, Friday, inflicting heavy damage on the jihadist group’s defenses near the town of Abu Dali. According to a military source in Hama, the Syrian Army shelled Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s positions for […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Updated map of Al-Mayadeen battle

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has made remarkable progress in the Islamic State (ISIS) capital of Al-Mayadeen recently, liberating a large part of the city that was previously occupied by the terrorist group. Led by the elite Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army managed to liberate the strategic Al-Rashadeh District […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russia’s Aerospace Forces kill over 30 terrorist ringleaders in Syria since early October

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
Russia’s Aerospace Forces have killed more than 30 terrorist ringleaders since the beginning of October, the chief of the Main Operations Department of Russia’s General Staff, Sergey Rudskoy, said. “Special attention was paid to destroying the heads of armed groups. Since early October, 31 of them have been killed,” the general said. According to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Geopolitical Observations

LL at Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
*Cholera in Yemen* "War is Hell" - W. T. Sherman According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the cholera epidemic in Yemen has become the largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease in modern history. The WHO has reported more than 815,000 suspected cases of the disease in Yemen and 2,156 deaths. It expects a million cases by the end of the year and at least 600,000 children likely to be affected. About 4,000 suspected cases are being reported daily, more than half of which are among children under 18. Children under five account for a quarter of all cases. WHO c... more »

Can you spot the cause of “global” warming?

Scottish-Sceptic at Scottish Sceptic - 21 hours ago
In a previous article I outlined the evidence showing that so called “global warming” that occurred after the global cooling scare in the 1970s and up to the pause around 2001 was far from global. This far from “global” warming … Continue reading →

The US-Turkish “Visa War” Is a Hybrid War Harbinger

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
The entire episode might serve as a prelude to the official, albeit long-expected, worsening of relations and maybe even potential sanctions.

France and Russia Compete In Attempts to Destroy Europe with Defective Nuclear Reactors; US Hell-Bent to Nuclear Auto-Destruct Too Thru a Combo of Ignorance and Malice

Nuclear regulators who are failing to do their jobs need to take notice of Japan: https://nuclear-news.net/2017/10/10/fukushima-district-court-finds-national-government-and-tepco-responsible Just because in most … Continue reading →

"How many times Muslims invaded Europe vs. Europeans invaded Muslim countries?"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
https://youtu.be/c7y2LRcf4kc Is history repeating itself? I've posted the full version of this video before but this information is worth repeating.

WEINSTEIN, TRUMP, HEATH - KOSHER NOSTRA

Anon at Aangirfan - 21 hours ago
... *A film from the Weinstein Company.* *Harvey Weinstein* has been accused of rape. *Donald Trump* has been accused of rape. *Edward Heath* has been accused of rape. Some FACTIONS have PROTECTED these individuals and some FACTIONS have ABANDONED these people. The right-wing Zionists have abandoned Harvey Weinstein. The right-wing Zionists still support Donald Trump. The right-wing Zionists eventually abandoned Edward Heath. *According to Ben Shapiro, Senior Editor-At-Large of Breitbart News:* "*Harvey Weinstein* produced and distributed *Miral*, an anti-Semitic diatribe str... more »

Harvard Study on Police Shootings and Race Offers Shocking Conclusion

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
The facts are always welcome simply because they prevent real errors in execution which can become catastrophically expensive. The mere fact that we do not like them is as nothing. The good news is that we have been fed a false hysterical narrative aimed at delegitimizing the police when this shows us that police training is holding up surprisingly well. We still want the problems to go away, but targeting the police is simply stupid by this measure. Otherwise i have plenty of issues in regards to trigger happy cops and the gross over arming of the police. All training need... more »

Fossils From Animals And Plants Are Not Necessary For Crude Oil And Natural Gas

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Soon enough we will no longer use oil at all except as a convenience, mostly to produce heat or as legacy installations. This work pretty well polices up the underlying reactions necessary to produce deep oil. It is surely real enough. Certainly the amount of oil in place inside the sediments is vast by any measure and those sediments are best looked at in terms of natural depletion. . . *Fossils From Animals And Plants Are Not Necessary For Crude Oil And Natural Gas, Swedish Researchers Find* *http://www.viewzone.com/abioticoilx.html* *What would happen if it were proven ... more »

Diet Soda’s Worst Fear Coming True: Massive Study links Aspartame to Major Problems

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
There is nothing more compelling than a huge sample because it becomes easy to winkle out secondary issues and correct for them, providing a high confidence in the conclusions. Add in similar results for sugar and the case for ending aspartame and sugar based beverages becomes compelling. Even more so when you understand that we have an excellent replacement available in the form of stevia based sweeteners in combination with glucose when energy is desired. The purported occasional off taste of Stevia is easily adjusted for with even a few grains of sugar.. The actual change... more »

Zealandia

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is not the only such sunken major landmass out there but may well be the largest. Actual subsidence here appears to be most of those 80 millions of years although i am inclined to think in terms of a gradual process in this locale. There is no nearby major event taking place to speed things up as with the mid Atlantic ridge where the northern half of the North American plate has been rebounding. Yet all these pieces of Gondwanaland have been pulling apart and that will induce local subsidence as it moves over an expanding crustal layer which brought about sub...more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*-by Noah* On its surface, today's meme is hilarious. Señor Trumpanzee has, indeed, now told us that he has spoken with the President Of The Virgin Islands. If one knew nothing about this country, that may even sound somewhat reassuring. But, much as I am tempted, I can't call this meme a bit of levity for the weekend. If the reality of having a crazy man in the White House wasn't so dangerous to the world... well, the fact that Señor Trumpanzee says he has spoken with "the President Of The Virgin Islands" when he himself is in fact "the President Of The Virgin Islands," would be ... more »

Goodbye James Harding

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
What is there to say about the imminent departure of James Harding as BBC Head of News? Well, I've got nothing to say, so I'll refer you on to News-watch's David Keighley who provides a short audit of Mr Harding's 'achievements'. Apparently the names most likely to replace him are all BBC insiders. They include: Jonathan Munro, Gavin Allen, Fran Unsworth, Jay Hunt, Peter Barron, Ian Katz and Amol Rajan.

Where’s the Charlie’s Angels of global health?

Jeremy Youde at Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago
Does the international community need a Charlie’s Angels of global health? You remember Charlie’s Angels. Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Jaclyn Smith were three detectives in Los Angeles who worked for a never-seen Charlie. Charlie would call the Angels whenever there was some sort of emergency, and they would go wherever in the world in […]

Penguins die in 'catastrophic' Antarctic breeding season per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
The BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41608722 that 'Penguins die in 'catastrophic' Antarctic breeding season' Global warming? Not cold enough? Not enough ice? 'All but two Adelie penguin chicks have starved to death in their east Antarctic colony, in a breeding season described as "catastrophic" by experts.' Global warming? Not cold enough? Not enough ice? 'It was caused by unusually high amounts of ice late in the season, meaning adults had to travel further for food.' Too much ice! How inconvenient for the BBC climate change brainwashing.

Priorities

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago
It is striking how some stories get dropped like stones, for whatever reason. The third story on the Sky News website this morning is an update on yesterday's story of the release of a Canadian/American family from captivity at the hands of Taliban allies in Afghanistan. On arriving in Toronto, the father has now claimed that the Islamist faction raped his wife and murdered his baby girl. The BBC News website, however, has no updates on this story, and yesterday's original BBC report is now only to be found low down on the Asia page. Curious. *Update*: The story is now on the BBC N... more »

Tony Abbott's GWPF Address: 9/10/2017 - "Daring to Doubt

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 23 hours ago
The 2017 Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) annual lecture delivered by the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott in London on the 9th October, 2017. Abbott points out the sheer futility of the billions of dollars being wasted on climate policies in Australia. "Palaeontology indicates that over millions of years there have been warmer periods and cooler periods that don’t correlate with carbon dioxide concentrations. The Jurassic warm period and the ice ages occurred without any human contribution at all. The medieval warm period when crops were grown in Greenland an... more »

Astravets-Belarus Nuclear Power Station Is an Economic “Bomb” Says Lithuanian Foreign Minister; Discusses Russian Zapad Military Exercises and More

By Charter97.org: “Linas Linkevičius: Astravets NPP Is an Economic “Bomb” 9.10.2017, 10:53 LINAS LINKEVIČIUS The Lithuanian Foreign Minister gave an … Continue reading →

Need another reason to help Puerto Rico? It's a key US economic and military asset

Lilian Bobea, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Bentley University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 23 hours ago
If humanitarian need can't move the Trump administration to save Puerto Rico, then perhaps American self-interest will: The island is a crucial part of the country's economic and military machinery.

“Lights Out”

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 1 day ago
The Carbon Sense Newsletter, October 2017. *To view or print the whole newsletter plus images click:* *http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lights-out.pdf* *By Viv Forbes (words) and Steve Hunter (illustrations)* For yonks they waged a war on coal And painted miners black; They threw explorers on the dole And shut the gates outback. The land was closed to oil and gas And nukes were always banned; While wind and sun got all the brass And uglified the land. Poles and turbines all in ranks Sprouted on the hills; The carbon credits pleased the banks And households got the bil... more »

Israeli Settlers Throw Stones at Palestinian Cars, Injuring 2 Children

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israeli Settlers Throw Stones at Palestinian Cars, Injuring 2 Children by https://www.maannews.com/ BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian children were injured in two separate incidents between Thursday night and Friday morning as Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian cars in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, according to official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency. – According […]

China Launches Yuan-Ruble Payment System. Gold Backed Currency Next?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
China Launches Yuan-Ruble Payment System. Gold Backed Currency Next? by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ The monetary regimes of China and Russia, two of the world’s most resource-rich nations, are drawing closer with every passing day. – In the latest push for convergence, China has established a payment versus payment (PVP) system for Chinese yuan and Russian ruble transactions in a […]

EU, Russia, China Rally Behind Iran Deal Ahead of Trump Speech

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
EU, Russia, China Rally Behind Iran Deal Ahead of Trump Speech by http://www.presstv.com/ The EU, Russia and China have called on the US to maintain its commitment to the Iranian nuclear deal, which President Donald Trump is expected to declare no longer in America’s interest. – “We believe this deal is important to ensuring the international nuclear nonproliferation […]

Israeli TV Shows Footage Of ISIS Training Camp On Israel’s Border (with Tacit Agreement from Israel)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israeli TV Shows Footage Of ISIS Training Camp On Israel’s Border by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Last November Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country “won’t allow Islamic State figures or other enemy actors, under the cover of the war in Syria, to set up next to our borders,” but it appears this has already happened, to the point that a […]

IAEA, World Leaders Confirm Iran Complying with Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 9, 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency has once more confirmed Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of countries. IAEA chief Yukiya Amano told a nuclear conference in the Italian capital Rome that Iran is following through on its commitments under the accord. The EU […]

Saudi Arabia, Israel to Push Congress to End JCPOA — Iran Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 13, 2017 Former US diplomat in Saudi Arabia, Michael Springmann believes the Saudi and Israeli regimes are seeking to pressure the US Congress to scrap the Iran nuclear deal. end

The Best Deal-Breaker: Trump De-Certifies Iran Agreement, Announces New Sanctions

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT America Published on Oct 13, 2017 US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear pact and asked Congress to establish new conditions on the deal. He also announced new sanctions against Tehran. end

Trump Just Made War With Iran And North Korea More Likely Than Ever, Retired Army General Says

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Trump Just Made War With Iran And North Korea More Likely Than Ever, Retired Army General Says by TOM O’CONNOR, http://www.newsweek.com/ The U.S. and Iran have both taken defensive measures to prepare for a potential conflict following President Donald Trump’s controversial decision Friday to not certify a landmark nuclear treaty between both countries and four other leading […]

Trump “Fabricates Alternate Facts” to Justify Going Back on Iran Deal – Professor

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
It appears Donald Trump has sold out to the Zionists ‘666’ agenda of war with Iran. – RT America Published on Oct 13, 2017 President Trump has decertified the Iran nuclear agreement and announced new sanctions on Tehran. Professor Michael Schwartz of Stony Brook State University joins RT America’s Manila Chan to discuss. end

‘Immediate Danger of War’ if US Quits Iran Nuclear Deal – German FM

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
‘Immediate Danger of War’ if US Quits Iran Nuclear Deal – German FM by https://www.rt.com/ There is “an immediate threat” of war in the region if the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal collapses due to a US decision to pull out, the German foreign minister warned. He said US conduct on the Iran issue would make […]

Trump Sends Second Aircraft Carrier To Korean Peninsula With 7,500 Sailors, Marines Aboard

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Trump Sends Second Aircraft Carrier To Korean Peninsula With 7,500 Sailors, Marines Aboard by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Just one week after uttering his now-infamous “this is the calm before the storm” statement to the press ahead of a dinner with military leaders, we now learn that President Trump has dispatched a second nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, filled […]

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Canadian ex-hostage says Haqqani network killed his infant daughter in captivity, raped his wife. https://t.co/9jgkMytaW0 — The Associated Press (@AP) October 14, 2017 Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle are free. Their mysterious story is raising new questions. https://t.co/r70kIkQ8HC — Small Wars Journal (@smallwars) October 14, 2017 California wildfires rage as record death toll climbs to 35 https://t.co/8wz45KOgTU — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 14, 2017 Happy 242nd birthday, @USNavy. Thank you for serving with honor, over honor, over all. #DrinkToTheFoam #242NavyBday 🎈... more »

Is Iran Targeting U.S. Soldiers With IEDs In Iraq?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Long War Journal*:* Iranian-linked bomb kills American solider in Iraq* A lethal bomb generally associated with Iran and its proxies has reemerged in Iraq after a six year hiatus, killing an American soldier. The Washington Post first reported that an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) was used in a roadside attack that occurred in Salah ad-Din province on Oct. 1. The commander of Operation Inherent Resolve Land Component confirmed during his briefing today that a steel EFP struck a US vehicle at a dip in the road along Route Tampa. The bombing occurred as the Islamic State’s ... more »

VIDEO: Philippine jets drop bombs on ISIS militants in downtown Marawi

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:45 A.M.) – On Friday, the Philippine Air Force launched dozens of fresh sorties over the embattled city of Marawi amid a wider bid to defeat Abu Sayyaf and Maute militants, two jihadist groups that have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State. Over four months since the ISIS-inspired insurgency began in the southern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A young woman poses with a rifle at the Weapons and Security 2017 expo in Kiev, Ukraine, on October 10, 2017. © Sputnik/ Stringer *WNU Editor*: The above picture s from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures (October 7-13)* (Sputnik).

The U.S. Is Preparing The Afghan Army To Launch A Major MIlitary Campaign Against The Taliban

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
US Army Gen. Joseph Votel, head of US Central Command, briefs the media at the Pentagon in Washington. Thomson Reuters *NBC:* War in Afghanistan: U.S.-Led Coalition Bombings Hit Seven-Year High The number of airstrikes carried out by the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan hit a seven-year high in September, according to the U.S. Air Forces Central Command. The U.S. and its NATO partners used 751 bombs against ISIS and Taliban targets during the period, according to a recently released report. This was a 50 percent jump from August. The highest one-month total for airstrikes was in... more »

What's Wrong With West Point?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone. Photo via Spenser Rapone/Twitter *Task & Purpose*: *West Point Chief Pushes Back On Criticism Amid ‘Commie Cadet’ Investigations* U.S. Military Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr. has an important message for active-duty service members and veterans outraged over the viral photos of a communist West Point graduate that circulated in September: Yes, we’re taking this seriously. In an Oct. 11 letter to the members of the USMA community, Caslen stated that 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone — the Afghanistan combat infantry veteran and West Point grad cap... more »

An In Depth Look At Chinese President Xi Jinping

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A young Xi Jinping *BBC: **The thoughts of Chairman Xi* *Xi Jinping is tightening his grip on power.* *How did one man come to embody China's destiny? * There aren’t many 21st Century leaders who lived in a cave and laboured as a farmer before clawing their way to power. Five decades ago, as the chaos of the Cultural Revolution engulfed Beijing, the 15-year-old Xi Jinping embarked on a harsh rural life amid the yellow canyons and mountains of inland China. The region where Xi farmed was a bastion of the Communists during the civil war. Yan’an came to call itself “the holy land o... more »

You Don't Still Have Kaspersky Software On Your Computer, Do You?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I'm an Apple guy. But, I swear, every time I get an automatic update notice I think about *1984* and Ed Snowden and wonder how easy it is for Big Brother to read everything on my computers. That said, you'd have to be out of your mind to have any Kaspersky software on your computer. Right? Staples seems to think so. This week they decided to pull Kaspersky software off their shelves. You can still buy their stuff on Amazon but Best Buy, Office Max and Office Depot also stopped selling it. The U.S. government has instructed all government agencies to find alternatives to Kaspersky... more »

Russian Gov’s Rosatom May Buy Up Belarus Nuclear Power Station Contractor Best Known For Dropping the Reactor Pressure Vessel

Comment: If Belarus can’t think of anything better to do with this region than to hand it over to Russia … Continue reading →

WE HAVE A "POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING" PRESIDENT AND IT'S HORRIBLE FOR AMERICA

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 1 day ago
Over at Politico, Michael Kruse writes about the profound influence self-help preacher Norman Vincent Peale had on Donald Trump's thinking: Trump and his father were Peale acolytes—the minister married Trump at the first of his three weddings—and Peale’s overarching philosophy has been a lodestar for Trump over the course of his decades of triumphs as well as the crises and chaos. “Stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding,” Peale urged his millions of followers. “Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade.” ... In 1983, shortly after the op... more »

Question of the Day: What is organic architecture?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*"Organic architecture is an architecture from within outwards — in which entity is the ideal. … Organic means, in a philosophic sense, entity. Where the whole is to the part and the part is to the whole. Where the nature of the materials, the nature of the purpose, the nature of the entire performance becomes a necessity and out of that comes what significance you can give the building as a creative artist."* ~ Frank Lloyd Wright, from his interview (above) with Hugh Downs Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

Musical Interlude: Greg Maroney, “Natures Fury”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Greg Maroney, “Natures Fury” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNyaru7JEwA

The Forgotten Reason Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Japan had been preparing for an all-out offensive in the Pacific for months. By the time the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, Japan had been preparing for an all-out offensive in the Pacific for months. Japan relied on imports of raw materials and natural resources to survive. Rubber, tin, iron, and especially oil had to be imported for Japanese industry to function. The same raw materials were also essential for the Japanese war machine. In 1894-1895, Japan defeated China in a short war and gained con... more »

The U.S. Marines Want a New Gun (and Bigger Isn't Always Better)

Task and Purpose, Matthew Moss at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Task and Purpose, Matthew Moss* *Security, Middle East* The USMC wants a more compact pistol. While the Marines have confirmed they will test the Army’s new handgun, the XM17, it seems they are actually eyeing a more compact pistol to send downrange. “We prefer our pistol be as compact as possible without loss of capability … after all, it’s a pistol,” Chief Warrant Officer 5 Christian Wade said recently in an interview with Marine Corps Times. “As soon as the U.S. Army is ready to sell them to us, we will begin this program.” This explains the Corps’ interest in the Army’s ne... more »

What a War between Iran and America Would Actually Look Like

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Middle East* And is regieme change possible? The Trump administration appears ready to decertify Iranian compliance with the the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), despite a lack of evidence of Iranian violations. For critics of the JCPOA, this represents a move in the right direction; the goal of U.S. policy should be the end of the Islamic Republic and the overthrow of the existing regime in Tehran. As long as this regime exists, no matter how constrained it is by bilateral and multilateral agreements, it will seek to undermine the stability... more »

Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Is Doomed

Zachary Keck at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, * The money just might not be there to upgrade it. Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the aging *Admiral Kuznetsov,* is in big trouble. This week, a Russian-language report in Interfax disclosed that Russia has cut in half funding for repairing and modernization its aircraft carrier. “Instead of [the] previously planned approximately 50 billion rubles [$867 million] for the work, it is planned to allocate about half of the previously announced amount,” Interfax reported, citing a source “familiar” with the situation. The same source said that the budgetar...more »

The True Danger of the North Korea Crisis: It Could Cost America Its Allies

Robert E Kelly at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Robert E Kelly* *Security, Asia* If Washington takes action without consulting its allies, the alliances themselves could fray. Tough North Korea rhetoric from the U.S. administration continues. Major South Korean media increasingly talk as if U.S. air strikes are likely, and the expert community seems increasingly resigned to them as well. Despite constant criticism of his incendiary language, President Donald Trump continues to suggest that major action against North Korea is imminent—most recently by suggesting that we are now in a period of ‘calm before the storm .’ I have ... more »

The Real Shift Has Nothing to Do With Politics

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Sergey Baranov* - Our tendency to externalize responsibility is destructive and must be re-adjusted towards ourselves. The post The Real Shift Has Nothing to Do With Politics appeared first on Waking Times.

Deuter, "Along the High Ridges"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Deuter, "Along the High Ridges" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLoiMTeKC08

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cass A) is a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the Cass A supernova, the death explosion of a massive star, first reached Earth just 330 years ago. The expanding debris cloud spans about 15 light-years in this composite X-ray/optical image, while the bright source near the center is a neutron star (inset illustration) the incredibly dense, collapsed remains of the stellar core. *Click image for larger size.* Still hot enough to emit X-rays, Cass A's neutron star is cooling. In fact, 10 years of observations with the orbiting Chandra X-r... more »

"Against All Odds..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"There's a little animal in all of us and maybe that's something to celebrate. Our animal instinct is what makes us seek comfort, warmth, a pack to run with. We may feel caged, we may feel trapped, but still as humans we can find ways to feel free. We are each other's keepers, we are the guardians of our own humanity and even though there's a beast inside all of us, what sets us apart from the animals is that we can think, feel, dream and love. And against all odds, against all instinct, we evolve." - "Grey's Anatomy"

Chet Raymo, “Into The Pool”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Into The Pool”* by Chet Raymo “Let's start with a bit of late-Victorian soft porn, “Hylas and the Nymphs”, painted in 1896 by the Pre-Raphaelite John William Waterhouse. Hylas is one of the Argonauts, sailing with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece. While the ship is stopped at an island, he goes in search of fresh water. As he stoops to fill his jug at a woodland spring he encounters a bevy of naiads, who fall madly in love with the heartbreakingly handsome youth. They invite him into the pool- and he is never heard from again. *Click image for larger size.* Did he find with tho... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Grass Valley, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

Yellowstone: More Quickly, not Sooner

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Arrgh. Three days ago, a New York Times article reported: Yellowstone’s last supereruption occurred 631,000 years ago. And it’s not the planet’s only buried supervolcano. Scientists suspect that a supereruption scars the planet every 100,000 years, causing many to ask when we can next expect such an explosive…

10 Atlantic hurricanes so far this season, but so were there in the past

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth about Hurricane Ophelia , which gained Category 1 hurricane status on Wednesday, [October] 11th. Ophelia becoming Cat1 means that 2017 became the first year in more than a century in which 10 Atlantic storms in a row reached hurricane strength. Here are…

Inconvenient: worms, clams, release as much greenhouse gas as 20,000 dairy cows

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From CARDIFF UNIVERSITY and the “inconvenient critters” department. Baltic clams and worms release as much greenhouse gas as 20,000 dairy cows New study shows that oceans with worms and clams enhance the release of methane into the atmosphere up to eight times more than oceans without them Scientists have…

Too Much Ice ? Not Enough Ice? Eco Alarm As Penguin Chicks Die

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? This story has been doing the rounds today. This is from the Guardian: A colony of about 40,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica has suffered a “catastrophic breeding event” – all but two chicks have died of starvation this year. It is…

Shock news: Melting ice in Greenland makes seawater a bit less salty

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From AARHUS UNIVERSITY and the obvious science with one datapoint department The melting ice makes the sea around Greenland less saline For the first time, ocean data from Northeast Greenland reveals the long-term impact of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. Greenland’s ice sheet melts and sends…

Reaction To President Trump's Decision To Not Certify The Iranian Nuclear Deal

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Al Jazeera:* *World leaders react to Donald Trump's speech on Iran* World leaders were quick to react to US President Donald Trump's decision to "decertify" an international deal on Iran's nuclear programme. The 2015 deal, reached between Iran and the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the European Union (EU), saw Tehran curtailing its nuclear programme in exchange for the easing of crippling economic sanctions. In a White House address on Friday, Trump struck a blow against the accord in defiance of other world powers, and despite the UN nuclear watchdog's repe... more »

He is SO stupid.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 1 day ago
Donald Trump IS the president of the Virgin Islands. Apparently Trump actually met with Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp., and because he knows NOTHING about ANYTHING thought that he was talking to the PRESIDENT of the Virgin Islands, while completely unaware that he in fact had that title. I don't know who is dumber, Donald Trump, or the people who voted for Donald Trump.

“Embracing Life-Affirming Death Awareness: How to Transform Yourself and Possibly Save Human Civilization”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Embracing Life-Affirming Death Awareness: * *How to Transform Yourself and Possibly Save Human Civilization”* By Fred Branfman “I never want to forget the prospect of death. Because, if I am ever able to block out those emotions, I will lose the sense of purpose and focus that cancer has given my own life." - Hamilton Jordan, "No Such Thing as a Bad Day" "My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The '80s were about acquiring. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. The country is ... more »

The Poet: B.J. Morbitzer, "To Believe"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* "To Believe"* "To believe is to know that every day is a new beginning, Is to trust that miracles happen, and dreams really do come true. To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds, To know the wonder of a stardust sky, and the wisdom of the man in the moon. To believe is to know the value of a nurturing heart, The innocence of a child’s eyes, and the beauty of an aging hand, for it is through their teachings we learn to love. To believe is to find the strength and courage that lies within us When it’s time to pick up the pieces and begin again. To believe is to know we ar... more »

How Badly Does The Florida Democratic Party Suck?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
A friend of mine who works for the DCCC, for the paycheck-- but feels like he's in enemy territory everyday and often calls me with Bozo-the-Clown stories-- told me that on Wednesday the imbeciles he works with were parading David Richardson around one of their Candidates Week functions like he was some kind of a prized poodle. He was the only one of the 7 candidates in the Democratic primary for the open blue seat in Miami (FL-27) that was invited to the DCCC festivities that ended today. Wassermann Schultz has kept FL-27 out-of-bounds for Democrats for a decade to give her longt... more »

Deadly Conflicts: More Than 260,000 Afghan Civilians Lost Homes After US Bombings

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Oct 13, 2017 Civilian casualties from air strikes in Afghanistan have increased by more than 50% compared to last year. Over 266,000 people have also been displaced since January, and are now living in makeshift shelters. RT talked to noted whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers detailing America’s real motives behind […]

Et tu, Pikachu? CNN Claims Russia Used Pokemon Go to Meddle in US Election

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Oct 13, 2017 The global gaming sensation Pokemon Go is now being hyped as a meddling tool for Moscow in the US election. RT discussed the claims, which originated on CNN, with attorney Jennifer Breedon. She says the allegations sound more than a little far-fetched. Anissa Naouai takes a closer look at the […]

Syria: Russian soldiers deliver urgent humanitarian aid in Kerbat Ash-Shabbat

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
Russian officers from the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria have delivered humanitarian aid to refugees in the town of Kerbat Ash-Shabbat, Rif Dimashq Governorate, on Friday. Alexei Sergeev, the Reconciliation centre’s official, said that Russian officers had provided up to 1,500 refugees from the city of Ar-Rastan which is under the so-called moderate opposition’s control […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Intense fighting breaks out between pro-gov’t and pro-Kurdish forces in northern Iraq

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 A.M.) – Intense fighting broke-out between pro-government Turkmen forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in the Tuz Kharmatu area, tonight, amid growing tensions between the KRG regime and Iraqi government. According to local reports, the Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd Al-Sha’abi) attacked the Peshmerga positions inside Tuz Kharmatu, resulting in a series of clashes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian airstrikes pave the way for Syrian troops to advance near Quraytayn – video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:50 A.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces have played an imperative role in the Syrian Arab Army’s resurgence in the Quraytayn area, carrying out nonstop airstrikes over the terrorist groups positions. Units of the Syrian Arab Army were able to retake several areas from the Islamic State as a result of these heavy […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russia: Funeral held for pilot Yuri Kopylov who died in Syria

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
A funeral was held for military pilot Yuri Kopylov in the Alley of Glory of the Comintern Cemetery in Voronezh, Friday. More than 300 people attended the ceremony, including the Kopylov’s colleagues, relatives and friends. According to the pilot’s guard captain Mikhail Ermolov, “he will be remembered as a versatile person who not only gave […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army liberates east Hama towns captured by ISIS last week

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a counter-attack against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) inside the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate, tonight, targeting the towns captured by the aforementioned terrorist group last week. Backed by their allies from the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the collection […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Latest map update of Deir Ezzor City battle

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army continued their advance inside Deir Ezzor City, Friday, liberating several areas in-and-around the provincial capital. Led by the 4th Mechanized Division and 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army managed to liberate the large village of Hatla, while also steadily pushing north towards Al-Husseiniyeh. Hatla village was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Holographic Plovers

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 1 day ago
A few weeks ago the farm was host to a pair of nesting plovers supervising four eggs like the ones depicted below. Nesting and nursing plovers also tend to defend its hatchlings rather vigorously. The plover family were all present, … Continue reading →

Tonight's Movie Is 'Storm Over the Nile' (1955)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
From *Wikipedia*: Storm Over the Nile is a 1955 film adaptation of the novel The Four Feathers, directed by Terence Young and Zoltan Korda. The film not only extensively used footage of the action scenes from the 1939 film version stretched into CinemaScope, but is a shot-for-shot, almost line-for-line remake of the earlier film, which was also directed by Korda. Several pieces of music by the original composer Miklos Rozsa were also utilised. It featured Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Mary Ure, Ian Carmichael, Michael Hordern and Christopher Lee.[2] The ... more »

First Vigil at BIW Today

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
After our orientation today the Maine Peace Walk gathered at Bath Iron Works (BIW) for a vigil during the afternoon shift change. We were able to hand out about 30 flyers to the workers as they were heading home. Tonight we had a wonderful dinner prepared by Morgana Warner Evans at the Addams-Melman House in Bath. We'll be back out at 6:00 am in front of BIW as the Saturday morning shift arrives at the shipyard. After breakfast we'll start our door-to-door flyering across the city of 10,000 people during the next three days. Find the full peace walk schedule *here *... more »

Musical interlude

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 1 day ago
Avicii - X You

And Lo, For The Gus Bus Shall Enter The Valley of Death

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 1 day ago
*Auburn vs. LSU * 2:30 PM CT - CBS The last time Auburn Univ. defeated LSU in Tiger Stadium Nick Saban was still two coaching gigs away from Alabama, I was a sixteen year old music student at the Conservatoire de Lyon and Bill Clinton was President of the United States. It was 1999. Some say the most exciting and memorable games ever played in the rich history of Tiger Stadium were played between Auburn and the LSU. Saturday Auburn and the "Gus Bus" once again enter Death Valley, this time ranked as the #10 team in the nation. But as any college football fan knows, when the ga... more »

Trump Decertifies Iran Deal, Rightly Throwing It to Congress

Steve Byas at rss - 1 day ago
[image: trump-decertifies-iran-deal-rightly-throwing-it-to-congress] The Iranian Nuclear Deal illustrates that few people in either the Congress or the White House either understand or even care about what the U.S. Constitution requires for foreign agreements.

X22 Report, “Russia And China Just Did Something That Will Be A Blow To The Dollar”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
X22 Report, “Russia And China Just Did Something That Will Be A Blow To The Dollar” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s6NR0O4cZY Related followup report: X22 Report, “What Is The Real Agenda Of Refusing To Recertify The Iran Deal” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygho-PKzd6s

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

Hannity always takes a knee for Twitler

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 1 day ago
From Newsweek: President Donald Trump is embroiled in a long-running verbal spat with NFL players over their kneeling during the national anthem to protest social injustice toward African-Americans. He has taken objection to their perceived disparagement of the star-and-striped flag, … Continue reading →

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