Tuesday, March 06, 2018

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10:34 pm MST

Musical Interlude: Neil H, “The Remembering”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 minutes ago
Neil H, “The Remembering” - https://www.youtube.com/

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 minutes ago
“What makes this spiral galaxy so long? Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC 6872, also known as the Condor galaxy, is one of the most elongated barred spiral galaxies known. *Click image for larger size.* The galaxy's protracted shape likely results from its continuing collision with the smaller galaxy IC 4970, visible just above center. Of particular interest is NGC 6872's spiral arm on the upper left, as pictured here, which exhibits an unusually high amount of blue star forming regions. The light we see today left these colliding giants before the day... more »

"Be Kind..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 minutes ago
"Be kind, for everyone you know is fighting a hard battle." - Plato

Peg with Pen: Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test)

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 18 minutes ago
Peg with Pen: Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test): Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficien... more »

Free Download: Richard Bach, "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 minutes ago
"Once there lived a village of creatures along the bottom of a great crystal river. The current of the river swept silently over them all- young and old, rich and poor, good and evil, the current going its own way, knowing only its own crystal self. Each creature in its own manner clung tightly to the twigs and rocks of the river bottom, for clinging was their way of life, and resisting the current what each had learned from birth. But one creature said at last, "I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall l... more »

Did President Trump's Policy Force North Korea To The Negotiating Table?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 minutes ago
*Business Insider: **Kim Jong Un appears to have totally caved to Trump's pressure — but it could be a trap* * South Korea says North Korea appeared to make huge concessions to advance potential talks with the US. * It's possible Kim Jong Un caved in to President Donald Trump's pressure campaign, but it's also possible the move is a trick. * North Korea has entered into denuclearization talks with the US before, only to back out and cash in on warmed relations during the talks. South Korea's president's office reported on Tuesday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, said he was ... more »

Free Download: Richard Bach, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 24 minutes ago
“How much more there is now to living! Instead of our drab slogging forth and back to the fishing boats, there’s reason to life! We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free! We can learn to fly!” - Jonathan Livingston Seagull "This is a story for people who follow their dreams and make their own rules; a story that has inspired people for decades. For most seagulls, life consists simply of eating and surviving. Flying is just a means of finding food. However, Jonathan Livingston Seagull is no ordin... more »

"There Is A Family Of Us..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 27 minutes ago
"There is a family of us who have this yearning for a kind of excellence that we can manifest every day of our lives, a family who wants to believe we're not pawns, we're not victims on this planet, that knows we have the power within us here and now to change the world we see around us!" "The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof." - Richard Bach, "Illusions: The Adventures of A Reluctant Messiah" "If our friendship depends on things like space and time, then when... more »

"Manifest Your Potential"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 27 minutes ago
“Come find a purpose in life... what you are good at and learn how to become a master or expert at it. With 700+ pages, this site is full of ideas, insights, and tools to help individuals, life coaches, career counselors, and job coaches. You can go on a journey of self discovery to learn about what you were born to do, with a recipe for defining your life purpose and area of mastery and life purpose statement examples to help you be inspired. Or you can explore ideas about what makes you unique, and then how to turn those ideas into an awesome work portfolio and master resume. I ... more »

"Nonconformity and the Normalcy Bias"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 27 minutes ago
*"Nonconformity and the Normalcy Bias"* By Julian Wash "Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that surrenders to a curious state called “normal.” Normal is a cultivated space, fashioned from how we see ourselves and how we’d like others to see us. It’s a weighted measure, balancing self-appraisal against the opinions and judgment of others. It is a dynamic state, subject to change depending on which way society pulls the levers on public opinion and the laws that govern social order. But most of all, normal is an assumed state of cooperatio... more »

A Pleasant Surprise In Illinois' 6th Congressional District

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 34 minutes ago
Tony Sterbenc is a regular guy, a progressive in a Republican suburban Chicagoland district (IL-06). He grew up in a union-heavy working-class neighborhood, and told me he took Poli Sci simply because he cared about it, then settled into a white-collar corporate career and has just kept watching all his life. He wrote a guest post for us about how he sees the crowded IL-06 primary shaping up. In the last few years the district, which includes red-leaning parts of Cook, DuPage, McHenry, Kane and Lake counties, has started trending bluer and the Republican incumbent, Pete Roskam, i... more »

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions Against North Korea For Using The Chemical Warfare Agent VX To Assassinate The Half-Brother Of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Business Insider/Reuters:* *US slaps more sanctions against North Korea for the killing of Kim Jong Un's half-brother with VX chemical* * The US imposed an additional set of sanctions against North Korea. * The State Department said the sanctions were made after determining North Korea used the chemical warfare agent VX to assassinate the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia. * Secretary of State Rex Tillerson determined North Korea had "used chemical weapons in violation of international law or lethal chemical weapons against its own nationals." WASHINGTON ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by!

"Ideals..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny." - Carl Schurz

The Poet: J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Road"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"The Road"* "The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. The Road goes ever on and on Out from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, Let others follow it who can! Let them a journey new begin, But I at last with weary feet Will turn towards the lighted inn, My evening-rest and sleep to meet." - J.R.R. Tolkien

"The Future"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future." - Niels Bohr "The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra "Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus We could list things of concern and consideration, of course... the coming, and absolutely unavoidable, world economic collapse, and it's subsequent suffering and hardship; the fact of global warming and climate change; the loss of civil liberties and freedom, and the existence of a true pol... more »

AMI Smart Meter Abuse Ramps Up Around the USA

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich Daily, I receive requests for information, help and even stories documenting how utility customers, who refuse AMI Smart Meters, are being... more »

Has The Australian Government Gone Stark-raving Mad?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich Just when you think things can’t get any worse than they are regarding the suppression of human rights, denial of personal... more »

Israel Now Arming 7 Terrorist Groups In Syria, Report

Brandon Turbeville at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Brandon Turbeville Israel has long been known to provide support to terrorists operating in Syria ever since the crisis began in 2011. From providing... more »

In 2014, One In 10 U.S. Cell/Grid Towers Violated RF Radiation Rules; Telecom Companies, Elected Officials Determined To Add Millions More — This Is 5G

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By B.N. Frank On October 2. 2014, The Wall Street Journal published, “Cellphone Boom Spurs Antenna-Safety Worries.” If you aren’t a WSJ subscriber, you will... more »

Illuminati: Their Plan is Hell on Earth

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
SGTreport Published on Mar 6, 2018 We all know about the insidious, evil plan of UN Agenda 21, which has since renamed Agenda 2030. But according to Deborah Tavares from StopTheCrime.net, Agenda 2030 is just the tip of the iceberg. For those of us who survive the depopulation agenda to reduce the US population to 70 […]

US Propaganda Collapses in Syria, But Threats Remain. US Continues to Support ISIS and Al Qaeda in Violation of UN Resolution

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
US Propaganda Collapses in Syria, But Threats Remain. US Continues to Support ISIS and Al Qaeda in Violation of UN Resolution by Tony Cartalucci, https://www.globalresearch.ca/ Propaganda used by the United States and its partners amid its destructive campaign of regime change aimed at the Syrian government has collapsed. Western media platforms find themselves relying on increasingly absurd […]

Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Farmer on His Own Land in Gaza Strip

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Farmer on His Own Land in Gaza Strip by https://www.democracynow.org/ Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian farmer on his own land in the Gaza Strip, near the border with Israel on Saturday. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., hundreds of people gathered Sunday to protest the annual policy conference held by the American […]

Trade Wars Set To Go Nuclear: US Considering Broad Curbs On Chinese Imports

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Trade Wars Set To Go Nuclear: US Considering Broad Curbs On Chinese Imports by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ First thing this morning, when the market was surging and inexplicably rejoicing in the certainty that Trump would back down on tariffs, a nagging feeling that this was all wrong prompted us to ask “What If Trump Does Not […]

Syria War: What the Mainstream Media Isn’t Telling You about Eastern Ghouta

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Syria War: What the Mainstream Media Isn’t Telling You about Eastern Ghouta by https://www.rt.com/ As Syrian government forces battle Jaysh al-Islam to retake Eastern Ghouta, Western media outlets have totally ignored the atrocities of the insurgents, preferring to blame all the violence on the “regime.” – They’re at it again, howling about a town in Syria […]

Imminent Collapse of US Dollar & Other Major Currencies Will Push Gold to $10,000 – Bullion Analyst

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Imminent Collapse of US Dollar & Other Major Currencies Will Push Gold to $10,000 – Bullion Analyst by https://www.rt.com/ An ounce of gold will cost $10,000 as soon as global currencies crash and central banks have to appeal to a gold-backed monetary system, according to Byron King, editor of Jim Rickards’ Gold Speculator. – “If you […]

War Propaganda. U.S. Media Portrays Pyongyang as Assisting Damascus in Waging a Chemical Attack Against Syrian Civilians

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
War Propaganda. U.S. Media Portrays Pyongyang as Assisting Damascus in Waging a Chemical Attack against Syrian Civilians by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, https://www.globalresearch.ca/ While US sponsored Al Qaeda terrorists in Syria acting on behalf of US NATO are provided with money, weapons and training, Washington is now pointing its finger at North Korea’s role in supporting the government […]

Debate: What Countries Are the Most Affected by Trump’s Tariffs?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RT America Published on Mar 5, 2018 Republicans are figuring out how to get President Trump to reconsider tariffs on aluminum and steel. However, the president says he is not backing down. In a tweet, Trump said he won’t apply the tariffs to Canada and Mexico if the countries can come to a new agreement on […]

Kim Jong Un’s Surprise Announcement

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RT America Published on Mar 6, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed not to conduct any further missile launches or nuclear tests in exchange for a security guarantee from the United States and its allies. The announcement comes ahead of proposed talks between North and South Korean diplomats. RT America’s Manila Chan has […]

Ready for Peace? North Korea Prepared to Give Up Nukes If Provided with Security Guarantee

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RT Published on Mar 6, 2018 North Korea says there is no reason to further pursue nuclear weapons if it gets a security guarantee. Meanwhile inter-Korean ties may be on course for the better – with envoys from both countries meeting on Monday. end

International convoy completes East Ghouta aid delivery, evacuates civilians (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 hour ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 A.M.) – An international aid convoy successfully delivered 247 tonnes of food and medicine to the embattled Syrian region of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday. Spokesperson for the Russian Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in the Syrian Arab Republic Vladimir Zolotuhin described the operation as “successful” and said, “all vehicles of the humanitarian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Major breakthrough: Syrian Army, rebels open first crossing in Idlib

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 hour ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and rebel forces have agreed upon and opened a new crossing in the Idlib Governorate, a military source told Al-Masdar News on late Tuesday. According to the source, the crossing is located to the west of the Abu Dhuhour Military Airport and will be under […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syria-bound Russian landing ship sent to bolster SAA (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 hour ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 A.M.) – A Russian Navy Tapir-class LST (Tank Landing Ship) was seen crossing through the Dardanelles near Canakkale en route to Syria on Tuesday. The tank carrier, also known as an Alligator, is reportedly taking military vehicles and artillery to help the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in its military operations in the region. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Conspiracy Theorists Arrested After Harassing Sutherland Springs Pastor

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
The pair have spent months stalking families of victims and their communities in a failed attempt to prove the November 2017 mass shooting in Texas was a "false flag."

Study: Interactions between smoke and clouds have unexpected cooling effect

Hifast at Climate Collections - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Atomspheric physicists have found that the way wildfire smoke from Africa interacts with clouds over the Atlantic Ocean results in a net cooling effect, which is contrary to previous understanding and has implications for global climate models. A view from the window of a P-3 aircraft over the…

Russia and China Have Plans to Make Sure They Can Fight America (And Win)

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * “The security environment is becoming more complex with our adversaries’ determined pursuit of advanced technologies across multiple domains." The post-Cold War unipolar moment of American military dominance is over. Instead, the United State increasingly faces a multipolar world where peer-level competitors have military capability that increasing match Washington’s own. “The military environment has shifted from the existence of the United States as the single power able to dominate challengers and to deter aggression through conventional means to ... more »

America vs. China, Russia and Iran in Latin America: Who Wins?

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Latin America* “Countries with different interests and approaches, like China, Russia and Iran actively seek footholds in our hemisphere,” Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, told reporters on March 5. The Pentagon contends that South America is become the next battleground in this era of renewed great power competition. China, Russia and Iran are increasingly encroaching on South America, which has been part of Washington’s Western regional hegemony since the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. “Countries with different interests and approaches, ... more »

AFRICOM Commander Testifies Before U.S. House Committee

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of U.S. Africa Command, told the House Armed Services Committee that the Djiboutian government is deeply in debt to China, which seized the port of Doraleh last week. (Department of Defense photo) *U.S. Department Of Defense: **Africom Continues Efforts for Stable, Secure Continent* WASHINGTON, March 6, 2018 — U.S. Africa Command’s commander said today that his command will continue its strategy of “by, with and through” partner nations on the continent. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser spoke to the House Armed Services Committee about the inve...more »

U.S. Air Force Academy Symposium Presents Transgender Couple, Marxist, and Sex Guru As Models

William F. Jasper at rss - 2 hours ago
[image: us-air-force-academy-symposium-presents-transgender-couple-marxist-and-sex-guru-as-models] The recent U.S. Air Force Academy’s Character & Leadership Symposium, featuring a “military transgender couple,” Professor Cornel West, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer, shows the federal government is still deeply mired in the Obama “swamp” legacy.

Simple Way to Handle Stress and Anxiety as It’s Happening, and Science Proves It

Waking Times at Waking Times - 2 hours ago
Here's one simple technique that may help you handle stress and anxiety at the moment it's happening.

The Key to Healing Trauma

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 2 hours ago
*Christina Sarich* - Holding on to childhood trauma is a survival mechanism.

"Destiny Looms: Choose Your Way or It Drags You"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"Destiny Looms: Choose Your Way or It Drags You"* By Doug “Uncola” Lynn " Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant." – Seneca Posting articles online, especially for readers of high intelligence, can be quite a balancing act. In fact, with certain topics, it is like walking a tightrope while wearing ice-skates in a crosswind. At times, the tightrope represents the delicate balance between the cerebral hemispheres. According to Left-Brain Right-Brain Theory, the left-brained technicians incline towards logic, analysis, and objectivity, and the right-brained artisans are... more »

U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Outline To The U.S. Senate The Current Dangers To America

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*US Department Of Defense:* *Intel Chiefs Tell Senate Committee of Dangers to America* These are dangerous times, and the threat of war is greater now than at any time since the end of the Cold War, the director of national intelligence told the Senate Armed Services Committee today. Dan Coats and Army Maj. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr., the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, gave the committee their assessments of the threats facing America. “We have entered a period that can best be described as a race for technological superiority against our adversaries, who seek to so... more »

Day 23: Shut out of Taxation Committee meeting in Augusta

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
*Connie Jenkins (Orono) with her Wizard of Oz sign hoping for a miracle that the Democrats in the legislature would find the courage to stand up and deny corporate welfare to General Dynamics (GD)* *Mary Donnelly (Brunswick) handing out flyers in between the House and Senate chambers in the capital building* *Artist Russell Wray (Hancock) with an excellent sign* *Peter Robbins (Sedgwick) and Tom Whitney (South Paris) talk with a Republican legislator who has twice told me he was going to vote against the bill* *Around noon time one of our friends came up to me on the 3rd floor where ... more »

The Man Who Yells Outside My Window

Nichole Margarita Garcia at Diverse - 3 hours ago
It’s 4:38 a.m. One to three times a week, I am awakened by a man yelling outside my window. While my first reaction is to yell back, “Please be quiet!” I stop myself. This man of color, living with mental illness, has two things in common with my brother.

HBCUs’ Relevance in Diversifying the STEM Workforce

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
Global scientific competitiveness of the United States depends on the nation’s ability to sustain and grow the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. An important approach to this goal is ensuring that groups historically underrepresented (HU) in STEM fields play larger roles.

Selecting Commencement Speakers: A Political Minefield

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
In this hyper-polarized environment, students in the class of 2018 may find themselves without a commencement speaker who has strong views on political or social issues. Many administrators are struggling to identify orators who will be welcomed by the campus community without provoking protests.

Grand Canyon University Moves Back Toward Nonprofit Status

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
PHOENIX – Grand Canyon University says the Higher Learning Commission has approved its application to regain its nonprofit status. Officials for the Arizona school said Tuesday that the move will help return the university to its roots. Brian Mueller, the university’s president and CEO, says that nonprofit status will put the private Christian school on […]

Baltimore University Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
BALTIMORE — The University of Baltimore has settled a lawsuit alleging it discriminated against a pregnant employee. The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a release Monday that the university will pay $115,000 to Sarah Dechowitz and review its anti-discrimination policies. According to the federal complaint, a high-ranking official made comments that indicated Dechowitz’s pregnancy […]

College Student Arraigned in Parents’ Deaths

cmaadmin at Diverse - 3 hours ago
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — A 19-year-old student accused of killing his parents inside a Central Michigan University dorm room made his first court appearance Tuesday. James Eric Davis, Jr. was hospitalized but appeared in court via video for an arraignment hearing. Judge Paul Chamberlain set bond at $1.25 million cash surety. Bond originally was set […]

Pioneering Historian Mines Black Women’s History

Jamal Watson at Diverse - 3 hours ago
As a young professor at Purdue University in the early 1970s, Dr. Darlene Clark Hine was confronted with a challenge that would ultimately change her career trajectory and position her as one of the nation’s most prominent historians.

An excellent, thought-provoking article

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 3 hours ago
If you're willing to invest some time reading a long and in-depth article, click over to Robert S. McCain's blog and read "History, Race and Science". It's very worthwhile, and he cites sources that will give you further food for thought. *Highly* recommended. Peter

"Kill Climate Deniers;" The stupidly titled play is back

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 4 hours ago
Source: Griffin Theatre.Kill Climate Deniers What a stupid thing to call a play! Who, in their right mind would deny climate? What is climate? Encyclopedia Britannica defines climate: conditions of the atmosphere at a particular location over a long period of time; it is the long-term summation of the atmospheric elements (and their variations) that, over short time periods, constitute weather. These elements are solar radiation, temperature, humidity, precipitation (type, frequency, and amount), atmospheric pressure, and wind (speed and direction). OK, so I repeat: *Who, in the... more »

Walls and Wars – Overcoming the Instincts of Hive Consciousness

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 4 hours ago
*Ethan Smith* - So why do we continue to behave as ants?

Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic adviser, quits. Update!

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 4 hours ago
Courtesy of New York Times: *Gary D. Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, plans to resign, becoming the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the Trump administration, White House officials said on Tuesday. * *The officials insisted there was no single factor behind the departure of Mr. Cohn, who heads the National Economic Council. But his decision to leave came after he seemed poised to lose an internal struggle amid a Wild West-style process over Mr. Trump’s plan to impose large tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. * *“Gary has been my chief economic a... more »

5 Myths about Saudi Arabia's Nuclear Program

Henry Sokolski at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Henry Sokolski* *Security, Middle East* [image: Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman (2nd L) takes his seat to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and his delegation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia] Enabling Riyadh would only make the region’s nuclear landscape riskier. Much has been written about Saudi Arabia’s plans for nuclear power since the Trump administration announced last fall that it would conclude a civilian nuclear cooperative agreement with Riyadh. Almost all of this commentary suggests Washington must accommodate the kingdom... more »

Europe Wants American Support for a Common Security Policy

Gabriela Marin Thornton, Tobias Oder at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Gabriela Marin Thornton, Tobias Oder* *Security, Europe* [image: A Lithuanian basic training soldier stands ready to receive instruction from their drill sergeant during a training demonstration June 3, 2014, near Rukla, Lithuania] U.S. officials have voiced concern that the Permanent Structured Cooperation threatens NATO cohesiveness. The Treaty of Lisbon, which came into effect in 2009, introduced the “Permanent Structured Cooperation,” also known as PESCO, as a “specific CSDP flexibility mechanism,” for EU member states to increase their defense cooperation and mutual-securit... more »

What Will Trump's Tariffs Mean for America's Economy?

Patrick Mendis, Joey Wang at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Patrick Mendis, Joey Wang* *Economics, North America* [image: Trump holds a meeting on steel and aluminum tariffs at the White House in Washington] It's not clear that President Trump understands the consequences of acting on trade disputes unilaterally. In what the editorial board of the *Wall Street Journal* called it “the biggest policy blunder of his Presidency” as President Donald Trump announced that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum. The White House declaration, with China as one of the main targets, underscores the Trump adm... more »

What Happens When Yemen Collapses?

Gerald Feierstein at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Gerald Feierstein* *Security, Middle East* [image: Houthi militants take part in a parade held to mark 1000 days of the Saudi-led military intervention in the Yemeni conflict, in Sanaa, Yemen] Ending the fighting between the Hadi government and the Houthis will not bring an end to the Yemen crisis—but it's a start. Turmoil in Aden over the past few weeks has underlined the existential crisis confronting Yemen. The alliances that have been at the center of the three-year-old civil war—the Hadi government and its Saudi-led coalition of supporters versus the Houthi alliance with fo... more »

Moscow Lashes out against Stalin Film

Meagan Ford at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Meagan Ford* *Politics, Europe* [image: A Russian Communist Party supporter holds a placard depicting Soviet dictator Josef Stalin during a march to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day, in central Moscow] Banning "The Death of Stalin" reflects the current Russian government’s unwillingness to give an inch to Western powers when it can help it. On the eve of a presidential ballot widely expected to re-elect Russia’s president Vladimir Putin for a fourth term in office, Moscow is once more engaged in a battle with history. This time, it is Scottish writer and director Armando... more »

The Battle For The Damascus Suburb Of Ghouta -- News Updates March 6, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Reuters*: *Russia offers rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta* MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a proposal to let the insurgents surrender their last major stronghold near Damascus to President Bashar al-Assad, which fighters have so far rejected. The Russian defense ministry said rebels could leave with their families and personal weapons through a secure corridor out of eastern Ghouta, where Moscow-backed government forces have made rapid gains in a fierce assault. The Russian proposal... more »

FBI’s Cozy Arrangement With Geek Squad Employees Remains Shrouded In Secrecy

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 4 hours ago
While EFF pried few documents from FBI on relationship with Geek Squad, it mostly stonewalled on key issues that implicate constitutional rights. The post FBI’s Cozy Arrangement With Geek Squad Employees Remains Shrouded In Secrecy appeared first on Shadowproof.

Did a Little Girl Have a ‘Joker Smile’ Carved Into Her Face in South Africa?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
A gory image of a child who had been attacked by a dog was stolen and used by propagandists to spread fear about "white genocide" in South Africa.

What’s Fresh at McDonald’s? The Beef in Some Burgers

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
McDonald's said that it is serving Quarter Pounders with fresh beef rather than frozen patties at about a quarter of its U.S. restaurants.

Protectionism Always Fails... You Think Trumpy-The-Clown Will Be The Exception?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
As the midterms approach, it's becoming clearer and clearer that Trump's toxicity is going to sink a lot of ships, er, careers. As I mentioned earlier, if a weak candidate like Conor Lamb wins a week from today in PA-18, all hell will break loose inside the House Republican Caucus. More GOP incumbents-- including Paul Ryan-- will announce retirement plans and more and more GOP incumbents will start making it aggressively clear to their constituents that they will stand up to Trump. In fact, his ill-considered decision to snap his fingers and follow Wilbur Ross' insane suggestion t... more »

Released Satellite Images Signal Impending Israeli Strikes on Syria?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 4 hours ago
*haaretz* *I guess we’ll have to wait and see if this Fox News report is like “cocking a gun”* *Judging by historic precedent, the report Fox News aired Wednesday on the new Iranian military base in Syria is like cocking a gun: it’s the warning before the blast**.* *The same happened in December.* *A few weeks after the BBC reported based on “Western intelligence” sources, on a base for pro-Iranian Shiite in Syria, the base was bombed from the air.* Foreign media attributed the attack to Israel, though Israel as usual declined to comment. *The last week has brought more reports ... more »

X22 Report, “We Are Approaching The Point Where The Economic Illusion Is Going To Be Shattered”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
X22 Report, “We Are Approaching The Point Where The Economic Illusion Is Going To Be Shattered” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euay_ls235I Related followup report: X22 Report, “You Will Remember 11.11.18, It Will Not Be Forgotten, Boom” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbJE7EHCNps

Street Artist Erects Three Billboards Over Hollywood: “Oscar for Biggest Pedophile Goes To …”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 4 hours ago
Street Artist Erects Three Billboards Over Hollywood: “Oscar for Biggest Pedophile Goes To …” by Paul Bond, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ The conservative provocateur who calls himself Sabo took aim at Hollywood days before the Academy Awards. – With a nod to the Oscar-nominated Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, conservative street artist Sabo has hijacked three billboards in Hollywood to attack […]

Why the Oscars are like the Scientific Consensus

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 5 hours ago
Kimmel: We Make Films ‘To Upset Mike Pence.’ That’s True, And It’s An Important Admission. On Sunday evening, ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel dropped an absolute stinker of a performance — bland, flat, and politically correct. But he did drop one joke that landed: a joke targeting Vice President Mike Pence, but accidentally exposing … Continue reading "Why the Oscars are like the Scientific Consensus"

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 6, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets South Korea's head of national security in Pyongyang. Reuters / Yonhap *Arshad Mohammed & David Brunnstrom, Reuters*: *North Korea overture seen as tiny step on rocky, unpromising road* In floating the possibility of nuclear talks with the United States, North Korea took a first step on a road likely to be long, more arduous and just as prone to failure as past efforts. Former U.S. officials who have dealt with the North reacted with deep skepticism to Pyongyang’s offer, made public by South Korea, to hold talks with the United States on denu... more »

Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 5 hours ago
Slumbering cats.

MAINSTREAM JOURNALISTS WILL ACTUALLY BE SURPRISED WHEN TRUMP DENIES RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE AFTER THIS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 5 hours ago
I can't believe you people in the mainstream media are taking this even semi-seriously: President Trump on Tuesday made his most forceful comments to date about Russia’s campaign to disrupt U.S. elections... A low bar to clear. ... warning Moscow that his administration would counteract any attempts to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections. "Warning." That's hilarious. Though Trump has at times doubted that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election... Trump still doubts it -- or wants us to. At this point, I don't know what he actually believes. He may have been direc... more »

World News Briefs -- March 6, 2018 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*BBC:** Donald Trump cautious on N Korea nuclear disarmament talks* Donald Trump has reacted cautiously to news that North Korea is willing to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons if it did not feel threatened. The US president said "the statements coming out of South Korea and North Korea have been very positive", but also said it might be a "false hope". South Korea earlier said the subject was raised when its officials met the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, on Monday. Seoul said Mr Kim was also open to US talks, and would pause weapons testing. However previous talks with No... more »

The Jones Act is Needed Now More Than Ever

Dan Goure at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Dan Goure* *Security, * Almost one hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress sought to enhance the nation’s ability to provide and maintain a Navy by passing the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act. At the time, the motivating concerns were economic security and maintaining a viable shipbuilding industry and merchant marine in support of a strong Navy. The Jones Act places restrictions on what is called cabotage, the movement of goods between U.S. ports and on U.S. waterways. It mandates that only U.S. built and flagged vessels conduct this trade and that at leas... more »

Escort with close ties to Russian oligarch claims to have video evidence of Russian meddling in America's election.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 6 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Times: *A Belarusian escort with close ties to a powerful Russian oligarch said from behind bars in Bangkok on Monday that she had more than 16 hours of audio recordings that could help shed light on Russian meddling in United States elections. * *The escort, Anastasia Vashukevich, said she would hand over the recordings if the United States granted her asylum. She faces criminal charges and deportation to Belarus after coming under suspicion of working in Thailand without a visa at a sex-training seminar in the city of Pattaya. * *Ms. Vashukevich, who d... more »

Trump’s Proposed Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Alarm Some Republicans

Warren Mass at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: trumps-proposed-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum-alarm-some-republicans] President Trump announced that he is going to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, much to the consternation of House Speaker Paul Ryan and others in the GOP.

"How It Really Is Going To Be"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

Are Nestle and Coca-Cola Trying to Privatize a South American Aquifer?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Some fringe blogs in North America picked up a claim about the Guarani Aquifer that has already been debunked by Brazilian journalists.

U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Have Abandoned The War Against ISIS To Redeploy And Defend Afrin From Turkish Forces

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*US News and World Report/Reuters:* *Kurdish-Allied Arab Fighters Move to Syria's Afrin From IS Fronts* RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) - Kurdish-allied Syrian Arab militias are redeploying 1,700 fighters from fronts against Islamic State to the Afrin region to help fend off a Turkish offensive, they said on Tuesday. "We have taken out around 1,700 fighters ... to defend Afrin against terrorism," said Abu Omar al-Edilbi, the spokesman for the militias, which have been fighting in eastern Syria as part of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). After announcing the redeployment, he... more »

The Tories and Betrayal

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 7 hours ago
I regret to report the Tories are at it again. Ben Bradley having been forced to apologise for claiming Jeremy Corbyn was an agent of a Warsaw Pact signatory, the Tory rhetoric has moved on to the language of terrorism and betrayal. Not that they're accusing Corbyn of anything specific, mind. It's betrayal in the abstract. We have "respected" Tory cadre Tim Montgomerie going hard on non-existent terrorist sympathies supposedly harboured by the Labour leader. A case of physician, heal thyself if I ever saw one. Then yesterday, "Kaiser" Bill Cash asked Theresa May if she thought Labo... more »

Wolves Surround This Horse, But The Horse's Actions Leave The Wolves Questioning Everything

White Wolf at White Wolf - 7 hours ago
Fabrizio Giammatteo filmed a brave horse stand its ground against a pack of Italian wolves and its confidence in the situation probably saved its life. Instead of showing fear and running, the horse embraced the wolves' presence and showed them who's in charge. At one point the horse even rolls around in the snow, putting itself in a completely defenseless position. When asked what happened after the video ended, Fabrizio said "the horse just decided to go back eating some grass where he was before, leaving the poor wolves puzzled. After a few minutes the wolves decided to go away ... more »

Reactions To Yesterday's Talks Between North And South Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*BBC: **Donald Trump cautious on N Korea nuclear disarmament talks* Donald Trump has reacted cautiously to news that North Korea is willing to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons if it did not feel threatened. The US president said "the statements coming out of South Korea and North Korea have been very positive", but also said it might be a "false hope". South Korea earlier said the subject was raised when its officials met the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, on Monday. Seoul said Mr Kim was also open to US talks, and would pause weapons testing. In previous programmes to halt... more »

Korea's Leaders Will Meet In April. North Korea Will Stop Nuclear And Missile Talks If U.S. Enters Into Negotiating

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*BBC:* *Kim Jong-un to meet S Korea leader at April summit* The leaders of North and South Korea are due to meet at a summit of the two countries next month, Seoul's envoy has said after a rare trip to Pyongyang. N Korea's Kim Jong-un also said he was willing to talk to the US about getting rid of nuclear weapons, he said. There have been previous programmes to halt the North's nuclear ambitions, but it has failed to keep its promises. It will be the first meeting between the leaders of the two countries for more than a decade. The two men will meet on the heavily fortified borde... more »

Breaking: Syrian Army scores new advances all across east Damascus

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:06 P.M.) – Elite assault units of the Syrian Army have scored a series of advances across rebel-held areas of Damascus’ East Ghouta region, now setting themselves up to storm three militant stronghold towns at once. Over the last several hours, elite Syrian troops have seized the farmland areas around the rebel-controlled towns […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Entire regiment of Kurdish forces depart from Raqqa and Deir Ezzor for Afrin front

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:42 P.M.) – A huge contingent of Syrian Kurdish fighters have departed from their positions and bases in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor en-route to the mountainous countryside of Afrin to assist friendly forces currently battling it out with the Turkish Army and pro-Ankara militias. The withdrawal of some 1,700 Kurdish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Sri Lanka Joins The Muslim “Issues” Group

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 7 hours ago
Seems there is a simmering Muslim vs Buddhist riot / conflict in Sri Lanka, yet not showing up in the news... Continue reading →

Is Ping Ponging Around the Internet Driving Us Insane?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 7 hours ago
*not sure about you, but I'm hanging by a frayed thread.* *A*nd , no - I'm not looking at cat videos. Okay - listen up here. That title is just click bait. I'm not going insane and neither are you (unless, of course, you're spending hours looking at kitteh videos.) Yesterday's ping pong match took me to doing research on *Oswald Mosely*, who became leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) during the early 1930's. That led to reading up on the *BUF. * Somehow or another, because no one is really sure how this ping ponging thingy works, I spent some time reading about the ant... more »

Soy Boy Acosta Needs His Diaper Changed Again Please.

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 7 hours ago
CNN - The Most Trusted Name in News

It Begins: Seattle Cops Conduct Nazi-Style Gun Confiscations: No Laws Broken, No Charges, No Arrests

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 8 hours ago
[image: guns] Using a new law, Seattle police raided a man's home and confiscated his guns with zero due process for entirely legal behavior. The post It Begins: Seattle Cops Conduct Nazi-Style Gun Confiscations: No Laws Broken, No Charges, No Arrests appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Surprise! Study says some glaciers actually shrank during the last ice age

Hifast at Climate Collections - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice sheets expanded around the planet. That may hold true for most of Europe and North America, but new research from the University of Washington tells a different story in the high-altitude, desert climates…

Winter polar bear sea ice habitat by early March 2018 varied little from 2006 or 2017

Hifast at Climate Collections - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Here’s a polar bear habitat update for early March: some folks are wringing their hands over the relatively extent of ice this season but ice maps show that as far as polar bear habitat is concerned, conditions are not materially different this year from what they were in 2006 or 2017.…

Inclusion Riders Are A Good Idea In All Types Of Employment Agreements

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 8 hours ago
Frances McDormand made an impassioned plea during her Oscar speech for more diversity. She mentioned the term, "inclusion rider" at the end of her speech. So what is an inclusion rider, and can it be used in non-Hollywood employment agreements? The idea of the inclusion rider is that stars with lots of negotiating power can help those with little or now power by protecting them in the stars' contracts. So including things like equal pay for costars, diversity in cast and crew, and other clauses to protect coworkers can bring about change in Hollywood. But would it work in other emp... more »

Italy Dumps the Establishment

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 8 hours ago
As Germany seems to get out of Italian conditions (with the SPD membership approving the GrosseKoalition), Italy seems to slide into German conditions — no party or coalition appears to be possible, while the establishment parties took a beating. The Five Stars movement achieved a result beyond expectations, with 32.9 percent in the Chamber of Deputies and 31.97 percent in the Senate with about 90% of the vote counted. The Democratic Party is still the second largest party but collapsed to a historical low of 18.94 percent in the House and 19.29 percent in the Senate. The third la... more »

South Korea Delegation Meets with Kim Jong-un

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 8 hours ago
A South Korean delegation met Monday evening with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — the first meeting with leaders from the South since Kim Jong-un took power in 2011. Before the meeting with Kim, the head of the Seoul delegation, National Security Council chief Chung Eui-yong, told the press: "I will clearly deliver President Moon's intent to maintain the flow of inter-Korean dialogue and improving relations to obtain permanent peace and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. To this end, [we] plan to discuss ways to continue inter-Korean talks, as well as dialogue between the... more »

Watching Trump's name being chiseled off of a hotel in Panama may be the best thing you will see all day.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 8 hours ago
Trump name chiseled off the Trump International Hotel in Panama after weeks of tensions over control of the property. https://t.co/KQuDrUckyr pic.twitter.com/Ph6xlHgwBr — ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2018 Courtesy of ABC News: *More than a dozen police wearing bulletproof vests entered the lobby of the Trump International Hotel in Panama on Monday morning and evicted the Trump Organization’s staff, a move that comes after weeks of simmering tensions over control of the property.* *The Trump Organization manages the hotel in the 70-story tower overlooking the Punta Pacifica Peninsula... more »

These Are The Candidates Running Against Russian President Putin In This Month's Presidential Election

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*USA Today*: *These brave Russian candidates dare to run against President Putin* Russian President Vladimir Putin, soaring in popularity as he boasts of the country's international power, is all but assured to win re-election in this month's vote. The Kremlin already barred opposition leader Aleksei Navalny from this year's election, a move that gives Putin an added boost at the polls. Navalny called the election a farce in January He said, "It will feature only Putin and the candidates which he has personally selected.” Yet people dare to run against Putin — some serious, some ... more »

Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap... California

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*Progressive woman, Katie Porter, vs Dave Min, backed by the corrupt reactionay New Dems* Do you want to hear something funny? Last week I was talking with someone about Dave Min, a truly reprehensible New Dem, trying to claw his way into Congress by telling everyone he meets whatever he thinks they want to hear. He actually managed to use some really gross tactics to win the California Democratic Party endorsement just over a week ago. My DCCC contact told me the DCCC should back him now out of respect for the California Democratic Party. Min won their endorsement, which was disput...more »

‘Philandro feeds the children’ fund pays off district’s entire lunch debt

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 8 hours ago
In 2016, Philando Castile was killed in his car by a police officer. While his name might be polarizing, Castile was a school meals supervisor in a school in St. Paul, Minn. who loved his job, the kids, and also happened to be well known for paying for the lunches of kids who could not

Toxic vaccine ingredients: The devil is in the details

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 8 hours ago
By Deirdre Imus Toxins surround us in many forms, but those found in vaccines are of increasing concern among parents, and rightfully so. As the World Mercury Project continues to advocate for transparency and sound science in our nation’s vaccine program, it’s important to note that mercury, still found in some flu shots and other vaccines, isn’t

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 8 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Centers that do surgery outside the hospital are becoming more popular and taking on riskier cases — and it's having a deadly side effect Change Is Coming: China Is Accelerating Its Plan For A Military Base In Pakistan A Tiny Island Nation You've Never Heard Of Has Become A Global BattlegroundState of Emergency Declared in Flint Over Lead Levels in Children's BloodNestlé admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast EPA Considers Allowing Bee-Killing Pesticide to Be Sprayed on 165 Million Acres of U.S. Farmland SFPD Probes How Cop... more »

Idaho Fights to Nullify NDAA Indefinite Detention

TNA Video at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: alex-newman-idaho-fights-to-nullify-ndaa]VIDEO - In this video, The New American's Alex Newman highlights efforts by Idaho lawmakers to nullify an unconstitutional provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The provision in question, which purports to authorize the indefinite detainment of Americans by the U.S. military without due process or even criminal charges, has become a lightning rod for criticism by people across the political spectrum. A decent number of red, blue, and purple states have already used nullification to prohibit involvement by their s... more »

No Weapons Violations in First Six Months of Campus Carry at KU Lawrence

Bob Adelmann at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: no-weapons-violations-in-first-six-months-of-campus-carry-at-ku-lawrence] Only "the news that fits" is published by the mainstream media. This good news about the effects of reduced concealed-carry restrictions from KU obviously didn't qualify.

BREAKING: Unnamed star attains greatest success!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018Why the Times goes unchallenged:* On April 24, 2015, before Donald J. Trump even entered the race, the New York Times issued its latest peculiar attack on Candidate Hillary Clinton. The report began on the Times' front page, then consumed two full pages inside the paper. The scary report ran more than 4400 words. It discussed a scary uranium deal—a scary deal it seemed to blame on Hillary Clinton. The strange report had resulted from an extremely strange business partnership between the Times and Peter Schweizer, a rather unreliable conservative propaganda m... more »

The effect of wind direction on annual temperatures at Jurmalciems, Latvia

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 8 hours ago
By Paul Homewood https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/ It only takes a glance at the CET record to see that there was a sharp step up in temperatures in the late 1980s, since when they have remained essentially flat. Two other things stand out though: 1) Apart from two years, we have seen annual temperatures at similar […]

"The Law’s delay, the insolence of office” (Shakespeare/Hamlet)

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 9 hours ago
“The Law’s delay, the insolence of office” (Shakespeare/*Hamlet)* Written By Robin Mathews (March 2018) One of the most important legal cases in the history of Canada is presently *in shadows *as three B.C. Appeal Court justices weigh arguments in the Crown-appealed case (Jan. 15, 2018) against socially-challenged and recovering heroin addicts, John Nuttall and Amanda Korody. Put simply – they were charged as Islamic Terrorists intending death and destruction to innocents on July 1, 2013, at the grounds of the B.C. Legislature. T... more »

Pelagic boating tours offer opportunities for sighting blue-banded Brown Pelicans

Bird-Rescue at International Bird Rescue – Every Bird Matters - 9 hours ago
Editor’s Note: Thank you to our long-time Volunteer (and former employee), Suzie Kosina, for preparing this piece. When we release our rehabilitated patients, we often wish them “good luck” on their way back to life in the wild. While the superstitious might prefer “break a leg”, we know all too well the very real […]

Did Pope Francis Forgive 4,444 Pedophile Priests in Australia?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A recent fake news item sought to distort the results of an inquiry into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia.

Uneasy US-Mexico relationship will survive ambassador's resignation — but just barely

Pamela K. Starr, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Politics + Society – The Conversation9 hours ago
The admired US ambassador to Mexico is resigning, even as the two countries spat over trade, immigration and Trump's tweets. Can this critical diplomatic relationship survive yet another problem?

Trump's Foreign Policy: Who Benefits From Chaos?

Daniel McAdams at 9 hours ago
Why is President Trump's foreign policy so incomprehensible? He says he does not want to let the enemies know what he's doing, but often he does not do what he says. He said we should get out of Syria just a few days ago, but in today's press reporting he is apparently demanding a new plan to attack Syria. What gives? Watch today's Liberty Report:

Google Employees Are Outraged That The Company Is Working With The Pentagon To Equip Military Drones With AI

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Google is working with the Pentagon to equip military drones with people-tracking AI in secretive 'Project Maven' deal, report claims* * Google is working with the Department of Defense on secretive 'Project Maven' * Project Maven is tasked with equipping drones with artificial intelligence. * This would allow unmanned vehicles to detect and identify objects in war zones * Some Google employees are 'outraged' that the firm is working with the military to develop surveillance technologies, others say it raises ethical questions The Pentagon may have gained a new, hi... more »

U.S. Readies For Nuclear War Against China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Chinese soldiers stand guard in front of a model of a nuclear warhead in a nuclear lab in China's northwestern Qinghai province. Photo: Xinhua Bill Gertz, Asia Times: *US tailors forces to deter growing Chinese nuclear threat* The Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Review outlines a new 'tailored deterrence' policy that seeks to persuade Chinese leaders to avoid miscalculations – provocative action in the South China Sea, or hostile activity related to Taiwan or Japan – that could escalate into war. Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin unveiled several new nuclear weapons last week in a repla... more »

A New Way To Divert Surface-To-Air Missiles

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
An illustrative representation of ELL-8270 air defense system.. (photo credit: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES) *Jerusalem Post:* * Israel's IAI announces innovative aerial defense system* The ELL-8270 is a cheap, effective, "decoy" designed to protect aircraft from surface-to-air missiles. Israel Aerospace Industries has introduced an innovative electronic warfare system designed to protect a variety of aircraft against surface-to-air missiles. The ELL-8270, – which was developed by the ELTA division of IAI – utilizes a towed decoy as “bait” when an aircraft in flight is in danger ... more »

New Wood Carving - The Northern Flicker Family

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 10 hours ago
*"The Northern Flicker Family"* *Wood Carving/Mobile/Wind Chimes* Well, I finally finished my latest wood carving project..."The Northern Flicker Family". I've been working on this wood carving/mobile/wind chimes on and off for about four months now. The project evolved from being 3 indeterminate birds--to being Northern Flickers. This bird is common in the Pacific Northwest and likes to live in suburban areas where there are lots of insects...it's main diet is beetles. It can be heard in the early mornings...rat-tat-tat-ing loudly against the metal chimney on your roof. When ... more »

Russian Dossier Author Christopher Steele Returns With More Accusations Against President Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Jane Mayer, New Yorker*:* Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier* *How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump’s ties to Russia.* *Steele told friends that Trump supporters were using him as a “battering ram” to “take down the whole intelligence community.”* In January, after a long day at his London office, Christopher Steele, the former spy turned private investigator, was stepping off a commuter train in Farnham, where he lives, when one of his two phones rang. He’d been looking forward to dinner at home with his wife, and perhaps a glass of wine. It had ... more »

Sri Lanka Declares State Of Emergency As Buddhist Mobs Attack Muslim Communities

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Al Jazeera*: *Sri Lanka imposes state of emergency after communal riots* Nationwide state of emergency imposed to take 'stern action' following violence between Buddhist and Muslim groups. Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's government has imposed a nationwide state of emergency to "take stern action" against people instigating communal violence, according to a government spokesperson. The measure follows a local curfew that was imposed on Monday in the central city of Kandy, after days of unrest between religious communities, which was triggered by the death of MG Kumarasinghe, a B... more »

More Mao moves as China boosts its military spending

Geoff Heath-Taylor at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 10 hours ago
China’s defence spending is set to rise by 8.1% this year to 1.1 trillion yuan (£125 billion) according to a report to the National People’s Congress, as reported in the Times. The Prime Minister, Li Keqiang, told the 3,000 delegates present: “We will stick to the Chinese path in strengthening our armed forces, advance all […] The post More Mao moves as China boosts its military spending appeared first on UnHerd.

Ashbutt is "helping" us . . .

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 10 hours ago
. . . for various values of "helping". We're assembling a couple of storage cabinets, and he's finding the process fascinating. We don't necessarily appreciate the help, particularly when he gets underfoot at critical moments, but he seems to regard that as part of the fun! Just wait until I start hanging the shelves. I bought a couple extra, to make better use of the internal space, and I daresay he'll be trying to hop his way upward from shelf to shelf like a rock-climber. I've seen him do it before - and he's actually amazingly good at figuring out how to make progress. ... more »

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency amidst anti-Muslim riots

Brecht Jonkers at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (7:15 PM) – The government of Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency to be in effect across the nation on Tuesday, in order to “take stern action” against expanding communal violence. This was stated by an official government spokesperson. Conflict erupted in the Indian Ocean island state on Monday, when the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: US-backed Arab militia sends huge reinforcements from Raqqa to fight with Kurdish forces against Turkey in Afrin

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:19 P.M.) – The US-backed Free Syrian Army affiliate militia Jaysh al-Thuwar is sending major reinforcements from its basing near the city of Raqqa towards Afrin to assist allied Kurdish paramilitary units in their battle against the Turkish Army. According to reports from pro-Kurdish sources, the rebel faction is sending virtually all of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Syrian Army snatches long-standing militant stronghold in east Damascus with support of Russian airstrikes

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:25 P.M.) – On Monday afternoon, the Syrian Army took control of the town of Al-Muhammadiyah in Damascus’ East Ghouta region from Free Syrian Army affiliate militia Faylaq al-Rahman. The government operation to take the rebel stronghold was spearhead by assault units from the Syrian Army’s elite Tiger Force Division who in turn […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Cop on Trial After Video Showed Him Break Into Innocent Man’s Home, Taser, Beat Him in Bed

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 10 hours ago
[image: bed] A problem officer is on trial this week after he was seen on video breaking into an innocent Marine veteran's home, taser, beating, and falsely arresting him in his bed. The post Cop on Trial After Video Showed Him Break Into Innocent Man’s Home, Taser, Beat Him in Bed appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Things that DON'T go Bump in the Night.

LL at Virtual Mirage - 10 hours ago
There are some game cameras going in at the White Wolf Mine. There are some cat prints that look too big to be mountain lions (unless it's a very big lion) that might just be jaguar. There are also smaller prints and I can't tell the difference between a bobcat/lynx, a smaller lion and an ocelot. All three are known to be in the area. The holy grail is the jaguar. The photo (right) is of a jaguar living in the Tucson area. Understanding the difference in tracks is largely an issue of size - but a smaller female jaguar is roughly the same size as a mountain lion. I haven't seen wol... more »

Quote of the Day: On troublemakers

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 10 hours ago
*"A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill."*~ Robert Heinlein . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

BBC (Voice of Satan) goes full Monty against Russia...prior to Russian Election/World Cup

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 10 hours ago
*"[Common Sense/Logic about anything]* *...is a powerful narrative that isn't being heard* *in the British Media today"...George Galloway* Pity the poor sheeple...being whipsawed back and forth by the Main$tream Media--their millians of pathetic, tiny milquetoast brains being gathered together by Satan, mushed into one giant battering ram/sledgehammer and pounded against the Russian State 24/7. Ever since Putin delivered his State of the Union address last week...and particularly now with the Russian Election mere days away and the World Cup mere months away. The BBC is doing a ful... more »

DoD Blatantly Admits On Twitter It Works With Hollywood To Sell You War Propaganda

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By John Vibes This week, the Department of Defense sent out an interesting tweet where they openly admitted that they control how the US government... more »

Police Are Creating A National Surveillance Network Using COMTEC, Project Green Light And More

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By MassPrivateI Detroit officials have been using the Macomb County Communications and Technology Center (COMTEC) to spy on everyone since 2013. According to an article in...more »

Next Canadian Prime Minister Responds to Trump’s Steel Tariffs

ActivistPost at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Tim Moen How would a libertarian Prime Minister of Canada address the Trump Tariffs? This is what Tim Moen would say. Visit Libertarian.ca. Subcribe... more »

Russia Blamed For Anti-GMO Campaign and Pushing American Gun Rights

Aaron at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel After a myriad of talks blaming Russia for hacking the election without any proof that has since switched into influencing the election... more »

U.S. Once Again Discussing “Military Action” Against Syria Over Alleged Chemical Weapons

Brandon Turbeville at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Brandon Turbeville As the Syrian government rapidly gains ground against the terrorists in East Ghouta, the United States is once again considering military action... more »

Can California Survive a Middle-Class Exodus?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Daniel J. Mitchell One consequences of California’s anti-market ideology is that poor people are falling further and further behind. n 2016, here’s some of... more »

Forbes Includes List of Smartphones That Emit The Most Wireless (WiFi) Radiation — This Won’t Help Much When 5G Cell Towers Are Installed All Over The U.S.

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Forbes magazine contributor, Niall McCarthy, was not correct when he stated that there was no conclusive scientific research on the impact of... more »

I Told You So, Mildred

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 11 hours ago
By Paul Homewood There’s no escaping Josh! https://twitter.com/i/web/status/971054955141517312 Advertisements

Bristol Taxpayers Pay Cost Of Council’s Green Energy Delusion

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 11 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public https://labour.org.uk/manifesto/ As with much else, Labour’s answer to Britain’s energy problems is to nationalise. They have a big problem though. Four of the so called Big Six energy suppliers are foreign owned. RWE and E.ON are German owned, EDF is French, and Scottish Power is […]

Teacher Accused of Espousing White Nationalist Views Says It Was ‘Satire’

David Emery at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Suspended Florida middle school teacher Dayanna Volitich insists that the racially charged messages she posted under the pseudonym "Tiana Dalichov" were just a "hobby."

Scientists Are Getting Closer to a Pill That Can Mimic The Effects of Exercise

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
But it’s not for lazy people. Not everyone can exercise. People with muscle-wasting diseases and movement disorders, the frail, the very obese and post-surgical patients are among those who face a significant challenge when it comes to working out. This … Continue reading →

5 Photos That Show Just How Much The EPA Website Has Censored Climate Change

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Last year, on January 19th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began removing key references to climate change from its website. Now, over a year later, the information is still conspicuously missing. Thankfully, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) has … Continue reading →

Scientists Have Recreated Déjà Vu in The Lab, And It’s Less Spooky Than You’d Think

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Sorry, the Matrix isn’t broken. Most of us know it – that weird, sudden feeling of experiencing something not for the first time. It’s called déjà vu – French for “already seen” – and it’s an uncanny feeling. But according … Continue reading →

A Mysterious Anomaly Under Africa Is Radically Weakening Earth’s Magnetic Field

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
This could be precursor to Earth’s poles swapping places. Above our heads, something is not right. Earth’s magnetic field is in a state of dramatic weakening – and according to mind-boggling new research, this phenomenal disruption is part of a … Continue reading →

AAAAI: Penicillin Allergy Label Linked to MRSA, C. difficile

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Increase attributable to use of alternative antibiotics Patients with general practitioner-reported penicillin allergies had an increased risk for developing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections mediated by increased use of beta-lactam alternative antibiotics, researchers reported here. … Continue reading →

Muscle Wasting in RA Patients: Who’s at Risk, What’s the Best Treatment?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Men seem to be at greater risk for rheumatoid cachexia, and there’s some evidence to suggest testosterone therapy may have an impact. Several studies have found that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are prone to lean body mass deficits, which … Continue reading →

9 Health Benefits of Oranges Backed By Science

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
The orange is both a literal and symbolic embodiment of the sun, from whose light it is formed. As a whole food it irradiates us with a spectrum of healing properties, the most prominent of which some call “vitamin C … Continue reading →

Biologics in Pregnancy: Are They Safe?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Study shows no increased risk for preterm delivery or small for gestational age Exposure to biologic therapies among women with autoimmune diseases was not associated with increased risks of preterm delivery or having small for gestational age babies, a population-based … Continue reading →

People Don’t Actually Know Themselves Very Well

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Chances are, your coworkers are better at rating some parts of your personality than you are.When Donald Trump tweeted that he was a “very stable genius,” he was accused of lacking self-awareness by journalists and comedians. But the truth is … Continue reading →

Why Do Miscarriages Happen? 5 Miscarriage Myths We Need to Stop Believing

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Straight from a gynecologist. “I am so sorry,” I say. Then I wait. “You did nothing that caused this miscarriage and there is absolutely nothing you could have done differently.” I make sure that my patient not only hears … Continue reading →

Peru: Driver Records Video on Dashcam

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 11 hours ago
*Source: PLANETA UFO and www.24con.comDate: 03.05.2018* *Peru: Driver Records UFO On Dashcam* The video was uploaded by a user of the Facebook social network driving down a highway in Perú, using what appears to have been a dashcam. Strange apparitions are often recorded and the debate over whether there are real or fake begins to rage between believers and skeptics. This situation played itself out once more on Facebook when a subscriber decided to upload a video of what he claims to have witnessed. As it turns out, he was driving along a road in Perú and suddenly became awar...more »

The State Department has used NONE of the money that it was allocated to fight the Russian cyber attacks. Go ahead, act surprised.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 11 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Times: *As Russia’s virtual war against the United States continues unabated with the midterm elections approaching, the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or sow distrust in democracy. * *As a result, not one of the 23 analysts working in the department’s Global Engagement Center — which has been tasked with countering Moscow’s disinformation campaign — speaks Russian, and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer exp... more »

George Soros can be convicted of five counts of murder attempt in main file of my case alone, evidence tampering sheds light on his secret dealings in Greece, supports claim of Slovak PM that Soros is seeking to overthrow his government

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 11 hours ago
Delta15218 The link to prosecutor file Δ 15/218 that implicates George Soros and Alexis Tsipras in no less five murder attempts against me on account of my reports about his crimes on my blog, the three latest being organized by the apparatus of the state under Alexis Tsipras acting in a criminal manner. The establishment media […]

Jared Kushner did not disclose his loans from George Soros

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 11 hours ago
Chief of staff John Kelly, who recently downgraded Jared Kushner’s top security clearance, is reportedly wondering what exactly President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband do all day in the White House. http://www.newsweek.com/what-do-ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner-do-all-day-john-kelly-sick-their-831039 Kelly should read From Vox This week alone, the New York Times reported that Kushner’s family business got big loans from […]

International Women’s Day: political crisis as windows of opportunity

Maria Martin de Almagro at Duck of Minerva - 11 hours ago
As we prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, Spanish women are getting their banners, pickets and hashtags – #yoparo (#Istop) – ready for a feminist general strike. The strike’s motto is “If we stop, the world stops” and it calls for all women to stop all professional activities during the day, all […]

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