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The land of the sunburnt country finds that the rapid uptake of solar
is a headache, disrupting the grid, adding variability, making
management more complicated. Read right through. The head of the AEMO
gives an upbeat talk, but the ominous message is that solar panels are
flooding in, there are lots of problems, and not only are baseload
generators leaving the market, but there may come a day wh
Pilot
project at northern Alaska lake is one of many aiming to slow climate
change with geoengineering, and raising concerns about unintended
consequences
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It's official: Uranus smells like farts. This is a real conclusion that
real scientists came to. The planet, often the butt of jokes, has an
atmosphere that smells like rotting eggs because its clouds are composed
of hydrogen sulfide. SEE ALSO: NASA's TESS planet-finder satellite just
rode a Falcon 9 to space A study published on Monday in Nature
Astronomy suggests the presence of the stinky gas
Google's big Gmail update is finally here. Today the company unveiled
one of the biggest Gmail updates in recent memory, adding a slew of new
productivity and security features to the service's desktop and mobile
apps. SEE ALSO: Google's plan to fix texting on Android is really about
the death of SMS Among the new features: a new "confidential mode" that
aims to, well, help keep messages confiden
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Contrary to denials, lobbyist tied to EPA
chief Scott Pruitt condo deal did lobby the agency; Former NYC Mayor
Michael Bloomberg donates $4.5 million to help U.S. keep Paris Climate
Agreement promise; Court reinstates fines for automakers that violate
fuel economy standards; PLUS: The twentieth anniversary of Dr. Michael
E. Mann's famous Hockey Stick Graph... All that and
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Getty/Jason Davis During the early morning hours last Sunday, a
29-year-old white man named Travis Reinking allegedly used an AR-15
rifle to kill four people and injure two others at a Waffle House
restaurant in Nashville. Reinking is reportedly a member of the
Sovereign Citizens, a right-wing extremist movement that is heavily
influenced by white supremacist political ideology. It is likely not
Parents will seek to remove toddler from hospital, saying he has been
breathing unassisted Alfie Evans, the severely ill toddler whose life
support machine was switched off on Monday, could immediately be flown
to a children’s hospital in Rome for treatment if a last-ditch appeal
succeeds, a solicitor involved in the case has said. The child’s parents
were granted an emergency hearing before a hi
Andy
Borowitz jokes that the Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos has promised a
free copy of the “pee tape” to Prime members when it becomes available.
By Heart is a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time
favorite passages in literature. See entries from Colum McCann, George
Saunders, Emma Donoghue, Michael Chabon, and more. Doug McLean When I
was her student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the novelist Marilynne
Robinson told our class it was almost unthinkable for women of her
generation to become writers. Society afforded wom
Guardian investigation reveals $64bn fund includes investments in
companies involved in bribery and major environmental damage The United
Nations is facing calls for a full review of its staff pension fund
after the Guardian uncovered that it has around a billion dollars
invested in companies whose activities are or have been incompatible
with core UN principles and programmes. Established in 194
Russian
air defenses have intercepted and destroyed several aerial targets
heading towards the country's Khmeimim airbase in Syria late on Tuesday,
a military spokesman said. "After the fall of dark, the means of
airspace control at the Russian Khmeimim base detected small-sized
aerial targets of unknown origin in the distance from the airfield," the
airbase spokesman said. "All of the targets wer
Professional
biologist and amateur mathematician Aubrey de Grey has partially solved
the Hadwiger-Nelson problem, which has vexed mathematicians since 1950.
He has published a paper describing the solution on the arXiv preprint
server.
Findings
from two new studies show dark chocolate consumption reduces stress and
inflammation, while improving memory, immunity and mood.
Late last year Australian sex toy maker Geeky Sex Toys gave us serious
pause. At the time it was producing sex toys based off Star Wars ,
including a seriously optimistic rendition of Yoda’s verdant dong , and
there was no clear reason why the company wasn’t saddled with so many
cease and desists from Disney as to leave a dildo-shaped crater in the
Australian landscape. Now it’s getting naughty w
Ornithologists have classified the Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise as
its own species after recognizing differences in two similar-looking
kinds of the birds. For years, people mistook the Vogelkop superb
bird-of-paradise for the wider spread and closely related Superb
Bird-of-Paradise. “After you see what the Vogelkop form looks like and
acts like in the wild, there’s little room for doubt that
Google is adding new features to Gmail, including a snooze button, and soon, the ability for messages to self-destruct.
Deep-diving
whales and other marine mammals can get the bends—the same painful and
potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba
divers who surface too quickly. A new study offers a hypothesis of how
marine mammals generally avoid getting the bends and how they can
succumb under stressful conditions.
Constance Wu and newcomer Henry Golding talked with Ellen about being
part of the groundbreaking film, which features an all-Asian cast for
the first time in 25 years. From: TheEllenShow
This is the story of four people: ODNEY, RAJNI, ALUKI and MUFEEDA. Four
lives, four journeys that led them in a search for freedom. Together
they decide to live on the fringe of society and to finally find a place
where they can do things their way. FESTIVALS Off-Courts Trouville -
Trouville, France 2016 SPASM, Montreal, Canada, 2016 Festival
International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie - Moncto
Indie rockers Parquet Courts took to the stage to perform Ellen's latest favorite song, 'Wide Awake.' From: TheEllenShow
Ramon lives with his parents, although he is away most of the week
working as a truck driver. These are long and lonely trips until he
meets a very special companion that changes everything. Cucli tells a
story about love and companionship after death and its transformative
effect. How through memories, the supernatural can find its way into our
mundane lives. cucli-film.com DIRECTOR: Xavier Marr
Previously, scientists believed that zooplankton could only affect the
water in their own size range. But a new study demonstrates, as a group,
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In
December we shared how we’re expanding our work to remove content that
violates our policies. Today, we’re providing an update and giving you
additional insight into our work, including the release of the first
YouTube Community Guidelines Enforcement Report. Providing More
Information We are taking an important first step by releasing a
quarterly report on how we’re enforcing our Community Gui
The Corbett Report
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mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode335-lq.mp3"][/audio] When
you hear the word "order" do you automatically think of government? What
if I were to tell you there’s an entirely different conception of
societal order, one that doesn’t revolve around hierarchy but in fact
specifically refutes it? Well there is, and it’s called “spontaneous
order.”
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In this week's edition of the Social Media Alternatives series we
discuss BitChute.com with Ray Vahey.
When you hear the word "order" do you automatically think of
government? What if I were to tell you there’s an entirely different
conception of societal order, one that doesn’t revolve around hierarchy
but in fact specifically refutes it? Well there is, and it’s called
“spontaneous order.”
[audio
mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode334-lq.mp3"][/audio] On
April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered a passionate speech at
Riverside Church in New York staking out his opposition to the war in
Vietnam. One year later to the day, he was assassinated. Now, 50 years
after that fateful day, the truth about the assassination of Dr. King
can finally be told.
James fact checks Newsbud's recent "Syria Under Siege" video and comes to some unfortunate conclusions.
No
sooner has the idea of a US withdrawal from Syria been floated than
Assad launched a chemical weapons attack on the suburbs of Damascus...or
so we are being asked to believe. But this is not the first time we
have been lied to about chemical weapons claims. What is the evidence
about this situation, and what are the latest developments with regard
to the international response? Corbett Report m
The EnvironmentaList
Goldman
Prize winner Francia Márquez’s has been involved in a long struggle to
protect the Ovejas River and her Afro-Colombian community
Yes, we need to let our kids muck around in the mud, but we also need to somehow allow nature to seep inside them
Extent and severity of 'mass mortality' event documented in report has shocked scientists
Can captive breeding and community-based conservation save this great raptor?
At least 10,000 trees are believed to have been felled in the ancient forest since 2016
The Rules of Exposition
From
How inequalities of wealth matter for consumption by Nick Bunker: A
person would only change his or her consumption patterns if his or her
lifetime income changed, but wouldn’t change his or her spending much if
he or she experienced a temporary increase or decrease in spending.
First reaction: The sentence seems to be about gender politeness. Second
reaction: I'm not reading another sentence
A Different Perspective
Once again, going through older material looking for nothing specific, I
have stumbled over something that might be of some significance. It all
began when, scanning a document created by the Air Force that listed 49
UFO organizations in the United States that investigated UFOs, I
spotted Karl Pflock’s name. He was listed as the director of something
called the National Committee for Karl Pflock
I was going through old files with an eye to weeding out the nonsense,
the useless, the outdated and the duplications. As I was doing that, I
turned over a newsletter from December 1996 and on the back found a note
that I hadn’t seen before. It explained that I hadn’t been invited to
participate in the Roswell 1997 celebration because I had libeled
someone. My first reaction was that is a strange
Almost from the moment that Kenneth Arnold’s “flying saucer” (yes, I
know he was describing the motion and not the shape) hit the newspapers,
this field has been plagued with fakers, liars, charlatans and hoaxers.
They have made up their experiences, their expertise, their military
service and they have been believed by millions, even when exposed for
the frauds they are. Which is, of course, one
Art Bell, the creator and original host of Coast-to-Coast died on April
13, in Pahrump, Nevada. He was 72. There isn’t much information
available at this time. The announcement was made by the Nye County
sheriff’s office You can watch it here:
https://www.facebook.com/nyecountysheriff/videos/1084985051644669/ Bell
had been retired for a number of years, first leaving Coast-to-Coast but
later retu
Several months ago, I had been watching a series about the search for
giants, meaning, I suppose, a race of extra-large humans. I saw some
newspaper articles from decades ago suggesting that an extraordinary
tall man had lived and died in a small town. The doctor suggested he
was, maybe nine feet, maybe eight feet tall. The point is that there
seemed to be some evidence for the existence of this
For years, decades really, there has been this idea that Project Moon
Dust began with the creation of the 4602 nd Air Intelligence Squadron
(AISS) in early 1953. Ed Ruppelt, one time chief of Project Blue Book,
had complained to his superiors after the massive UFO sighting wave of
the summer 1952, that he needed help in the investigations. He was
surprised when it was suggested, and later put int
A Way to Live
1. On the truth that life hurts. 1.1. I don't know much (though I have
been told a great deal, all my life) about past lives or an afterlife,
but I'm pretty sure I'm living a life now, and, given that I was a tree
planter amid the mountains of the Pacific Northwest for ten years, I can
assure you there is physical pain. What we know as psychological pain
or mental anguish is also physical pain. 1
Activist Teacher
Where
good will provides cover for predatory population enslavement by Denis
Rancourt, PhD This article was first published on Dissident Voice
(LINK). A society of socially engineered individuals who cannot identify
their own anthropological dissonance is a depraved society. Its
depravity is further established by its managers who do not experience
profound discomfort in the face of
By
Denis Rancourt, PhD This article was first published on Dissident Voice
(LINK). The Quebec medical tribunal will decide if
psychiatrist-for-hire Louis Morissette was allowed to provide a hatchet
job based on hearsay. The review committee of the medical tribunal of
Quebec will decide within 90 days whether or not anyone anywhere, such
as a political party or institution or individual in
Amused Cynicism
The April 9, 7:30 pm event with Robert King and Albert Woodfox in Los
Angeles at the Mark Taper Auditorium - Central Library will be streamed
live for those who can not attend in person. Robert and Albert are also
be speaking in Los Angeles at an April 7 event hosted by The Main , and
moderated by artist and longtime A3 supporter Rigo 23.
A3 Newsletter, March 28, 2018: Where Common Ground Began --Help Malik
Save Lubertha's Home Featured below is a fundraising appeal from
longtime Angola 3 supporter and former Black Panther Malik Rahim, who is
shown in the photo above, alongside Robert King and Albert Woodfox. The
Angola 3 have long been involved with and supported Malik in his
efforts with Common Ground and multiple other projects
ArmsControlWonk
Quote
of the week: “Americans, being a moral people, want their foreign
policy to reflect the values we espouse as a nation. But Americans,
being a practical people, also want their foreign policy to be
effective.” ― George P. Shultz When the ice begins to thaw after an
endless freeze, expect the unexpected. Donald Trump …
Quotes
of the week: “You show me a Secretary of Defense who’s planning not to
prevail [in a nuclear war] and I’ll show you a Secretary of Defense who
ought to be impeached.” — Caspar Weinberger, New York Times, August 24,
1982 “Strategic flexibility, unless wedded to a plausible theory of how
to win a war …
Quote
of the week: “Escalation is inherent in war both because the desire to
win and the need not to lose.” – V.R. Raghavan, “Limited War and
Escalation Control,” Nonproliferation Review, 2001. One common thread
among the comings and goings of top national security advisers to
President Trump is that none have much experience with …
Quotes
of the Week: “The events of September 11, 2001, taught us that weak
states, like Afghanistan, can pose as great a danger to our national
interests as strong states…The United States will stand beside any
nation determined to build a better future by seeking the rewards of
liberty for its people.” — George W. …
Quotes
of the week: “When the hegemonic power that helped create the
non-proliferation regime declines, so does the regime.” — T.V. Paul,
Power vs. Prudence: Why Nations Forgo Nuclear Weapons (2000) “The cold
truth is that the alternative to a U.S.-led international order is less
international order.” — Richard Haass Optimistic and pessimistic
arguments about …
A
Canadian reviews the last month’s North Korea news with two special
guests, Jeffrey and Aaron. It’s a family pod! Andrea discusses the new
UN Panel of Experts report on North Korea’s illicit arms dealing,
whether the DPRK is helping reconstitute the Syrian chemical weapons
program, and some long awaited discussions on Myanmar’s acquisition of …
I
have lost confidence in Jagmeet Singh as Leader of the New Democratic
Party of Canada.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/03/27/more-risk-than-reward-in-six-months-of-jagmeet-singhs-ndp-leadership.html
Are We Over the US/UK Fomented Crisis In Syria? April 14, 2018 |
Categories: Articles & Columns | Are We Over the US/UK Fomented
Crisis In Syria? Paul Craig Roberts It appears from the very limited US
missile attack, most of which were intercepted and destroyed by Syrian
air defenses, that the US military prevailed over the crazed John Bolton
and carefully avoided a strike that would have resulte
The Worst Case Scenario Is Now Our Reality April 13, 2018 | Categories:
Guest Contributions | Felicity Arbuthnot Lays It On The Line
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-and-syria-the-worst-case-scenario-is-now-our-reality/5635749
Cherchez la Verite
Ten Days Before The End Of The World April 12, 2018 | Categories:
Articles & Columns | Ten Days Before The End Of The World Paul Craig
Roberts The criminally insane governments of the US, UK, and France are
sending a flotilla of missile ships, submarines, and an aircraft
carrier to attack Syria in the face of Russian warnings. What is the
likely outcome of this outrageous act of aggression based
Idiocy Is Bringing The End Of The World April 11, 2018 | Categories:
Articles & Columns | Idiocy Is Bringing The End Of The World Paul
Craig Roberts Here is Jason Ditz on the coming end of the world:
https://news.antiwar.com/2018/04/10/trump-builds-coalition-for-war-against-syrian-government/
Vladimir Soloviev explains the failure of Putin’s policy of
appeasement: https://russia-insider.com/en/br
As part of the Raza Studies continuing struggle, many of the mostly
young women who took direct action, including: getting arrested after HB
2281 was signed in 2010; taking over the school board on April 26,
2011; and getting arrested at the highly militarized meeting on May 3,
2011, are being honored as part of the MAS Women's Plaza Honorees
Campaign Project at the University of Arizona. Initial
It's Time for Arizona's School Board to Implement a Court's 2017 Raza
Studies Ruling in Good Faith TRUTHOUT Despite a favorable 2017 court
decision, the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) school board
continues to refuse to abide by a historic ruling against the state of
Arizona in regards to the 2010 legislation HB 2281. This Orwellian
legislation outlawed the teaching of courses that promote
For the longest time, I've (somehow) convinced myself that parts one,
two and three of Squadron 42 will be where CIG takes the player on a
military journey through some war with some alien race, and that Star
Citizen was an MMO sandbox game set in the same universe. Two completely
different products. Spent a bit of time on Star Citizen's subreddit,
and after much insane and obstructive debate cam
I realise Star Citizen's all about the machine I'm driving,
currently... but that's because Star Citizen is still suffering from the
legacy of its narrative-game military-cousin, Squadron 42. In S42, as
it's abbreviated, the player flies the status-relative ship and shoots
the shit that the game throws at him. The story-machine knows where you
are and can offer you timer'd events to deal with. It
Before I get onto my lighting polemic, ID Tech 666 is used to power
Doom 2016, but Star Citizen looks better ... where it fails is in the
Attentnion To Detail, and I don't mean in the machinery and guns and
world and stuff, "I mean the gaming sandbox," and the general
functionality of the interactive world and the re-spawning never-die
hyperspace-generated-everything nature. While it might seem o
as
explained in this video by the Ancient Architects youtube page, it
seems possible that all the giant Sarsens and all the accompanying
Bluestones of the world-famous Stonehenge monument were local to the
vicinity of Salisbury Plain i.e. not transported for tens or hundreds of
miles, respectively.
tell the truth, man... PERSISTENCE-VERSE 1.0.1.: Star Citizen , the
(supposed) sandbox companion to the Squadron 42 story version of CIG's
near-$200,000,000.00 crowd-funded space-flight planet-exloring
privateer-empire endeavour, has a persistence element attached to it
involving logouts and insurance and re-spawning and... What does it
really mean, this Persistence ? WARNING: this might seem pic
the horror, scripted steps... Dear Backers, to be honest, I think
Squadron 42's gonna be all right... Squadron 42 (the narrative arm of
the Star Citizen franchise) is 'what Chris Roberts was always about' iff
we track his career through Freelancer, Wing Commander etc. i.e. a
series of cutscenes wrapped around a flight dynamic. That's what
Squadron 42 is, and it should do well. If they get the fir
GEEZERPOWER
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Greg Mankiw's Blog
This podcast (from last summer, but new to me) offers a good discussion of the benefits of digital textbooks.
Left I on the News
Headline : "Democrats file suit alleging Russia, Trump campaign,
WikiLeaks conspired to interfere in 2016 campaign" Leave aside the
question of suing Russia and the Trump campaign, and focus on Wikileaks.
When Wikileaks released emails from the DNC and Podesta, the Clinton
campaign said as vociferously as they could that no one should read them
because they were fake. In fact, however, they weren
Boxer wears ‘America 1st’ shorts in bout with Mexican, finishes second
Nothing like a little schadenfreude. And kudos to the headline writer,
because finishing “second” in a boxing match is commonly called
“losing”. Kids don't know about the Holocaust because schools are
pre-occupied with social justice What on actual earth does this even
mean? There are museums and days and history books and man
If
you think Trump is wrong and lies about literally everything, but is
suddenly telling the truth about a chemical attack by the Syrian
government, perhaps you need to think more deeply. Here are two simple
facts for you: 1) The Syrian government and the rebels holed up in
Ghouta reached an agreement this weekend that the rebels would leave
within 48 hours (Syria had already defeated and driven o
Fox News is less trusted than CNN and MSNBC, Fox News graphic shows
That’s Fox News host Howard Kurtz asking for someone to take down this
graphic, which was shown at the wrong point during a “Media Buzz”
segment on Sunday: ‘That is not the graphic we are looking for. Hold
off. Take that down, please.’ ICC says Israel, Hamas acts may be war
crimes So, burning tires is now a war crime? Well actual
My segment on Loud & Clear Radio got postponed until Monday thanks
to the latest Israeli massacre in Gaza. Regardless, I'm starting a new
policy on the blog, which is this: every Friday I'll post the headlines
we did talk about on the show, but also the ones we just didn't have
time to talk about. There are so many "good" (usually meaning "bad")
ones each week, then 10-12 minutes doesn't come clo
Here's my today's "Worst and Most Misleading Headlines" segment from
Loud & Clear radio. The headlines we covered were: US challenged by
China's navy in South China Sea Pentagon grapples with a thorny question
after Niger ambush: What next in Africa? Why Houthis have added fuel to
fire with missile attacks on Saudi Arabia Bernie’s Russia Problem (
Subhead: “Sanders needs to address the role Russi
Middle East Today
During the last week of March 2018, president Trump mad a public
statement regarding the American military involvement in the Middle
East. He pointed out that during the past 17 years the US government
spent more than 7 trillion dollars as a result of the military forces
involvement in wars in the region. What did we get as a result of the
involvement, did president Trump ask? Nothing, nothing, n
The Egyptian presidential elections started on the 26 the of March and
ended on the 28 th of March. The Election Committee stated that as of
March 28 th more than 25 million Egyptians casted their voted. President
El Sissi received 92% of the votes. It was reported that during the
election more than 650 foreign journalists were present, in addition to
65 foreign observers were allowed to watch th
News From Atlantis.
2 years ago I was trapped in the city. House prices had fallen to the
point where I could not afford to move. The area I lived in used to be a
decent enough place, but over the years it has become infested with
rapists, drug dealers, child rapists and all manner of assorted scum.
Things were so bad that I took the plunge and left the area, leaving
behind a life that I had become so accustomed to,
Former
Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich has created a six
part course titled Defending America. Newt is a former college
professor who taught history. […]
Rush
took a question that posed what I have asked for years. The questioner
started with a statement about the American people, and their
ideological […]
Call
me paranoid, but I have a sneaking suspicion that disaster looms at the
next election, the midterm election, that is. Too many anti-democratic
forces […]
The
threats to America are many: a rising China, a loud Russia, radical
Islam, illegal immigration, a flood of illegal drugs and the crime and
[…]
Not Quite Unhinged
If
Microsoft Wrote Rental Agreements A prospective tenant is looking to
rent an apartment from Microsoft, and has just reviewed the rental
agreement. The tenant looks up with a glazed and slightly panicked
expression. “This is so confusing. I don’t understand what I am allowed
to do here.” The Microsoft rep smiles comfortingly, “We know, and we
sympathize, but this agreement is designed to be
Obsidian Wings
by russell My wife and I had dinner with a friend recently. She was
talking about the conflicts she feels as a liberal living in the SF bay
area. One thing she discussed was the more or less unconscious bias she
often experiences when she interacts with black and brown people.
Especially black and brown people who don't appear to share her
socio-economic position. What is that?, she wondered. Whe
by JanieM Three weeks ago I wrote that it wasn’t going to be an
especially late ice-off this year. In a post about unpredictability, I
hazarded a prediction. Here’s the view from the town beach this
afternoon: It's usually at least a few days from the time when the ice
starts to break up into big sheets until it's all gone. Right now it's
still all in one piece. We've had February weather in Marc
by Ugh While there's a lot of norm breaking, rampant corruption, and
likely a fair bit of criminality, Trump still has a ways to go before he
reaches the truly great heights of horribleness that was the W
administration. Hundreds of thousands of unnecessarily dead people, for
example, plus torture and a number of other things I'm sure I've
forgotten. But hey, Trump has lots of time left in his fi
by Ugh So I won't have fraud and noted stupid spineless squish Paul
Ryan to kick around any longer. So sad, so sad. I'm sure he will go on
to that great K Street suite in the sky. But I will miss his ability to
gracefully and with strangely weird-eyed aplomb sh1t on the poor, weak,
and elderly while maintaining a sterling reputation for "wonkery" with
the Beltway Press when all it really was warm
by wj The big news this week appears to center around Michael Cohen,
James Comey, and the usual political soap opera that our country seems
to have become. But there is something else of interest going on --
something which will actually have a noticable impact on most of us.
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on South Dakota v. Wayfair
which concerns whether a state can require an on-
by Ugh In light of another apparent chemical attack by the Assad regime
in Syria, the world turns its eyes to Japan and asks what will its
government do in light of the most recent atrocity. Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe on Sunday promised a “big price” to be paid. In a tweet, Mr.
Abe laid the blame for the attack partly on President Vladimir V. Putin
of Russia. Fumio Kyuma, Mr. Abe's Defense Ministe
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
The
Department of Justice's Antitrust Division is serious about going after
employers who agree not to poach a competitor's employees. So serious,
that they announced in 2016 they would start criminally prosecuting
violators, and they recently announced some prosecutions are imminent .
In a joint publication with the Federal Trade Commission titled
Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professiona
Arbitration
is very popular with employers, and no wonder. It's a liar's forum that
employees can be blackmailed into. While courts penalize litigants for
lying with heavy sanctions and dismissal of their claims/defenses, there
is little a court can do when a litigant lies in an arbitration. The
Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S. Code § 10(a) provides: In any of the
following cases the United States
The Syrian Social Nationalist Party’s (SSNP) Expansion in Syria By
Jesse McDonald – @ JJMcDonald10 For Syria Comment – April 22 What does
the future hold for political groups operating in the Syrian theater?
The plethora of loyalist militias and whether they fall under the
central governments authority is something to monitor. However, there
are forces also politically represented who have remain
Bulldozers remove barriers from a road in Harasta, east of Damascus
(SANA via AP) By Erwin van Veen While all eyes were fixed on the US-led
military response to the alleged chemical attack in East Ghouta, a
little-noted event occurred that could potentially have a much greater
impact on Syria’s future. About 10 days ago, President Assad’s regime
passed Law no. 10 . The law foresees the creation o
Syria, Deterrence of Chemical Weapons and U.S. Policy in the Middle
East By Joshua Landis For Syria Comment – April 12, 2018 President Trump
has been provoked into action by the terrible videos coming out of
Syria. They are horrifying. He can uphold the Obama policy, which is to
stand by the international norm of prohibiting the use of chemical
weapons if it is proven that Assad used chemical wea
After several days of calm, the battle in Eastern Ghouta enclave seems
to have picked up again as President Bashar al-Assad’s government
launched a new round of air strikes on Douma , the only city still left
in insurgent hands. Leaders of the Islam Army, the opposition militia
that rules the city, have insisted that they will stay in Douma come
what may, but they do not have the military muscle
By Ehsani The Mideast is doomed. Egypt alone needs to create 700,000
jobs every single year to absorb the new job seekers out of its 98
million population. A third of this population already live below the
poverty line (482 Egyptian Pounds a month, which is less than $1 a day).
The seeds of the vicious circle that the Mideast region finds itself in
today were planted at least five decades ago. Ex
Trump May Be Right By David W. Lesch For Syria Comment – April 17, 2018
In the wake of the recent US targeted attack in Syria, President
Trump’s comments a couple of weeks ago that the US needs to get out of
Syria as soon as US-backed forces mop up the remnants of the Islamic
State has run up against elements in the administration who want a
sustained US presence in the country. They believe a co
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
I posted the following comment on the American Thinker site, in
response to a comment that referred to "cultural geography": As a
physicist, the term "cultural geography" sounds like another meaningless
term, that belongs in sociology, not hard science. I just took the time
to look up "post-modernism" in my 4-inch thick dictionary (the only
clue -- other than the vague mention of "gaia" -- your c
I have posted the following Easter comment on American Thinker : Roman
Catholicism, the original "universal" Christianity, appropriated many
popular beliefs of earlier, so-called "pagan" religions, which were
clasped tightly and unquestioningly by their followers in happy
obedience to long, long tradition -- the colored eggs and new, green
grass filled baskets of Easter, for example. This
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