4:57 am MDT
Liege shooting: Two police and passer-by dead in Belgium but there's no discernible motive per the police, prosecuters and BBC News
This BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44289404 into the
recent shooting in Liege is quite incredible:
'A man has shot dead two police officers and a passer-by in the centre of
the eastern Belgian city of Liège before being killed himself.
...
Details are still emerging and there is no indication yet as to the man's
motive.
"We don't know anything yet," a spokesperson for the Liege prosecutor's
office told the AFP news agency.
...
Police sources quoted in local media said the man was heard shouting Allahu
Akbar ("God is greatest" in Arabic).'
So police sources ... more »
Vladimir Putin grants Russian citizenship to American MMA champion Jeffrey Monson
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed Another American celebrity has joined the
likes of actor Steven Seagal and basketball player Jamierra Faulkner in
becoming a Russian citizen. Jeffrey Monson, a legendary mixed martial arts
and Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota, was
granted Russian citizenship by decree of President Vladimir Putin
yesterday, TASS reports. The […] More
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Austria, world’s intelligence capital, leans toward Russia
Austria to host Vladimir Putin next week More
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A new book cover, computer vision syndrome, and lots of hard work
Writing a military science fiction trilogy as a whole, publishing the books
within a few weeks of each other, is turning out to be a whole lot more
work than I'd bargained for! Not only does one have to format and prepare
each book for publication, but one has to ensure a common structure, "look
and feel", etc. across all three volumes - otherwise the trilogy becomes an
exercise in frustration for readers, who get used to one format in the
first book, then have to suddenly adapt to a new one in the next volume.
That doesn't make for a happy reading experience.
I'm accordingly spe... more »
A Cheer for Age of Autism
By Kim Rossi When I was a kid, I cheered for the local Pop Warner football
team. One of our cheers went like this: "Lean to the left! Lean to the
right! Stand up! Sit down! Fight! Fight! Fight!" We...
Record Cases Of Scarlet Fever In The UK -- Is the Nasal Flu Vaccine Responsible? Part II
In Part I, we took a look at increased numbers of scarlet fever cases in
the UK, dating back to 2013, when the numbers started to increase and
coincidentally, when the free, nasal flu shot was first being given out...
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, "Oltremare"
Ludovico Einaudi, "Oltremare"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MzHqkNBwo
PDF Download: “The Collapse Of Western Civilization”
*“The Collapse Of Western Civilization”*
"The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings
of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring
temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and - finally - the
disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration
of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet led to mass migration and a complete
reshuffling of the global order. Writing from the Second People’s Republic
of China on the 300th anniversary of the Great Collapse, a senior scholar
presents a gripping and deeply disturbin... more »
Road Warrior
gotta bring home the bacon...so to speak.
I'm going to be on the road from here to there and back with a stop off at
the White Wolf Mine to check on progress at the hovel and from there to
Germany, China and back and forth and so on. Gotta fill the coffers with
cash. No time for jet lag. I'm starting to feel like Old NFO.
This blog post will hit on Tuesday and by the time you read this, I'll be
long gone.
It's going to be a busy month with less blogging. While sleeping on an
airplane in a first class pod and having your caesar salad cut and tossed
in the aisle while you watch is be... more »
Roman Abramovich granted Israeli citizenship
Did the Chelsea Football Club owner's reported friendship with Putin play a
part in Britain's tardiness in renewing his visa?
Dmitry Orlov, "The 5 Stages of Economic Collapse"
*"The 5 Stages of Economic Collapse"*
by Dmitry Orlov
"Elizabeth Kübler-Ross defined the five stages of coming to terms with
grief and tragedy as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance,
and applied it quite successfully to various forms of catastrophic personal
loss, such as death of a loved one, sudden end to one's career, and so
forth.
Several thinkers, notably James Howard Kunstler and, more recently John
Michael Greer, have pointed out that the Kübler-Ross model is also quite
terrifyingly accurate in reflecting the process by which society as a whole
(or at le... more »
60 Lab Studies Now Confirm Cancer Link to a Vaccine You Probably Had as a Child
By Dr Mercola, board certified physician and surgeon Dr. Maurice Hilleman
made astounding revelations in an interview that was cut from The Health
Century — the admission that Merck drug company vaccines had been injecting
dangerous viruses into people worldwide. Bear in mind that Dr. Hilleman was
the developer of Merck’s vaccine program. He developed […]
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Had as a Child appeared first on Health Nut News.
Germans hold foreign minister accountable for anti-Russia rhetoric, want improved ties with Moscow
Russophobic no more! More
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"How Systems Collapse"
*"How Systems Collapse"*
by Charles Hugh Smith
"I often discuss systems and systemic collapse, and I've drawn up a little
diagram to illustrate a key dynamic in systemic collapse. The key concepts
here are stability and buffers. Though complex systems are never static,
but they can be stable: that is, they ebb and flow within relatively stable
boundaries supported by reserves, i.e. buffers.
In ecosystems, this ebb and flow is expressed in feedback loops between the
weather, environment and plant/animal species which inhabit the ecosystem.
Ideal weather/food conditions may spark a ris... more »
Chinese officials to visit India to discuss RCEP issues, says Prabhu
bilaterals.org - 2 hours ago
29-May-2018
Chinese officials will visit India soon to hold bilateral discussions on
the issues hampering the negotiations of the proposed mega free trade deal
— Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Commerce and Industry
Minister Suresh Prabhu said.
Pakistan, China agree on terms of FTA Phase II
bilaterals.org - 2 hours ago
29-May-2018
According to official documents, the agreed liberalisation level of 90
percent, tariff lines and trade value have been slashed to 75 percent of
tariff lines for both countries and some new terms have also been added to
the agreement.
EU upbeat on Indonesia-EU CEPA deal amid palm oil issue
bilaterals.org - 2 hours ago
29-May-2018
The European Union believes ongoing debate over palm oil with Indonesia
will not hamper the progress of the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive
Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EU CEPA).
"Peter Schiff: Enjoy The Calm Before The Storm"
*"Peter Schiff: Enjoy The Calm Before The Storm"*
by Tyler Durden
"Peter Schiff recently delivered the keynote speech at Vancouver's
International Mining Investment Conference detailing why he thinks we are
basically enjoying the calm before the storm right now. He talks about the
dangerous financial situation the world now finds itself in and tells
investors that they should not be too complacent. "We are simply in the
calm before the storm and hard times are coming. Prepare now, or rue the
day you didn't."
Many people now think the Fed will nudge rates up again in June, leaving ... more »
Syrian rebels, ISIS trade blows is west Daraa countryside
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:10 A.M.) – Intense clashes broke out between opposition
fighters and the Islamic State in the western countryside of Daraa as the
Syrian Army prepares for the final assault in the southern province. ISIS
jihadists launched an attack targeting positions for the FSA fighters on
the outskirts of Sheikh Saad town. The offensive, […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
“Global Financial Breakdown Continues: Economic Growth Chokes On Massive Debt Increases”
*“Global Financial Breakdown Continues: *
*Economic Growth Chokes On Massive Debt Increases”*
By the SRSrocco Report
The U.S. and global economies are choking on a massive amount of
debt. While Wall Street and the Mainstream financial media continue to
rationalize the skyrocketing debt as merely the cost of doing business, the
disintegrating fundamentals point to an economic catastrophe in the making.
Of course, a full-blown economic meltdown may not occur this year or even
next, but as time goes by, the situation continues to deteriorate in an
exponential fashion. So, the cheerlead... more »
NOVICHOK, TOMMY ROBINSON, ISIS, DUKE OF SUSSEX, ELAYN NEAL, KENNEDY, BJP, GUATEMALA, SYRIA
Peter John @Petejohn77
*The Zionist Tommy Robinson on an Israeli tank.*
The Zionist *Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon*, also known as *Tommy
Robinson*, and also known as Andrew McMaster and also known as Paul Harris,
[4] co-founded the English Defence League (EDL)[10] and the European
Defence League, and became involved with the development of Pegida UK.
Some might accuse him of being 'a Jewish Nazi'.
- HITLER'S JEWISH NAZIS - PART 3
Nardeep Pujji @AWAKEALERT
*Duke of Sussex.*
"The Duchess of Sussex was pregnant when she stood in front of the altar.
And she was in ... more »
Al-Sadr’s “Balancing” Act Might Stimulate Iran’s Eastern Pivot
The “rolling back” of Iran’s “strategic depth” in the Levant will make Iraq
an even greater priority for it, especially after al-Sadr’s victory and his
consequent “balancing” of the Islamic Republic and the Wahhabi Kingdom that
his country’s wedged between.
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European Companies Rushed to Invest in Iran. What Now?
To start with, it has not been working so well and that means that those
who came, looked, read the agreement and mostly backed off. In short,
consensus opinion conforms to that of Trump. Fake peace at any price is a
bad bargain.
What comes next is a new paradigm crafted by Trump. It likely includes
regime change and that means hunkering down while he reworks the terms of
trade and it is likely to be beneficial.
My real point is that change has been frozen for forty years. The
agreement meant to freeze the current political dispensation which is no
longer supported by the I... more »
Two major advances in autonomous technologies that rival human abilities
We are really getting better at all this.
Useful hardware has become credible. What i am looking forward to is the
machine able to service crops plant by plant. This can include collecting
unwelcome pests beside the obvious of collecting the harvest..
This future once looked far-fetched and even silly, but that is because we
needed to imagine those applications. .
*Two major advances in autonomous technologies that rival human abilities*
*Google Duplex voice technology and Boston Dynamics' robot advances push
the boundariesMay 12, 2018The voice of sing... more »
FAA to team with local, state, and tribal governments and companies to develop safe drone operations
Good luck on all that. Drones are here and what is needed is a software
solution carried by all drones that lock out rogue behavior. Put that way,
we already have the solutions to hand as we use it to protect
communications.
Expect this industry to burgeon and be a huge employer. Human operators
can oversee hundreds of drones using auto direct systems.
Imagine the thousands of berry pickers.
.
*FAA to team with local, state, and tribal governments and companies to
develop safe drone operations*
*But could this ambitious program have unintended consequences when
criminals and... more »
The EU's Backdoor Path to a Unified Superstate
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We all need to understand what is happening here. in the end, we have
policy by a committee and serious opportunity for cheating which empowers a
rush to the bottom. Not good and not likely to get better.
Yet a stream of bandaids can keep this afloat.
What is needed is a secure credit system outside the destructive power of
government and here we literally have dozens. Yrt muddling has worked to
date.
*The EU's Backdoor Path to a Unified Superstate*
*Philipp
Bagushttps://mises.org/wire/eus-backdoor-path-unified-superstateFor years
there... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah*
There actually is a good side to Señor Trumpanzee choosing Rudy Giuliani as
his current lawyer and spokescretin. One reason that I say that is the
obvious one that Rudy is so gobsmacking bad at speaking in defense of his
client. In fact, he's been so bad at it that you could be forgiven if you
thought, for a second or two, that Rudy was still a prosecuting attorney
dead set on nailing Trumpanzee to the wall by incriminating Trumpanzee even
more than he's already incriminated himself, starting, as he did, with his
infamous statement to Lester Holt as to why he fired James... more »
Los Angeles Native Describes Civic Decline
Is LA's descent into a third world shithole a harbinger for America? A
report from a resident reveals a real, and deliberately created urban
nightmare
German Minister: If New Asylum Centers Fail, Refugees Should be Deported
It's clear that Merkel's open border policy is a disaster but, despite
talks of deportations, there's really no going back for Germany
Credible report alleges US relocates ISIS from Syria and Iraq into Russia via Afghanistan
If true, writes Eric Zuesse, it means that Trump is following through on a
plan initiated by Bush I in 1990 to destroy Russia
US Warns Of “Firm” Response If Syria Attacks ISIS . . . No, Really
In 2001, Americans were told to shred their bill-of-rights and accept a
police state due to an alleged attack by al-Qaeda. Now the U.S. is
shielding the same al-Qaeda
Swift Injustice: The “Terrifying” Case Of Tommy Robinson
The swiftness with which injustice was meted out to Robinson is stunning.
Equally as impressive is the blanket media silence over the case
Fox News Confirms Tommy Robinson Sentenced 13 Months For Reporting on Pedophile Grooming Trial
We do not support Tommy Robinson but the actions against him are those of a
police state; with a media blackout on his one-day trial, conviction and
imprisonment
Significant work that contradicts the claims of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
*Hollow Models?*
Source
The long writing career of British logician and philosopher Bertrand
Russell covered a period of marked change in science. The term natural
philosophy was giving way to the term physical science and extensive
divisions were occurring into branches such as physics, chemistry, etc.
Already, it had been shown that long-held beliefs needed continuing
empirical verification. For example, European philosophers long held the
view that knowledge can be logically deduced from generally held beliefs,
or propositions, such as: all swans are white; if it is a swan, it is... more »
Russia reverse engineers unexploded Tomahawk missiles from Syria
The Kremlin ought to thank Trump for his new gifts to the Russian Ministry
of Defense More
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Despite US sanctions, India will continue trade with Russia, Iran, Venezuela
Sanctions just ain't what they used to be More
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Poland to pay $2 billion in order to permanently host US base
The Poles are ecstatic to welcome the Americans over to their place More
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Tony Abbott to Give AEF Lecture
Tony Abbott to Give AEF Lecture: Melbourne CBD, 3 July 2018 28 May 2018
Bob Carter Commemorative Lecture at CQ Functions from 5:30pm
On Tuesday evening, 3 July 2018, the Hon. Tony Abbott—the former PM and
current MHR for Warringah in NSW—will speak on "Climate Change and
Restraining Greenhouse Gas Emissions".
This event will be the second in a series of lectures that AEF has
established to commemorate the life and work of Professor Robert (Bob)
Carter, a former Director and Scientific Adviser. The AEF Bob Carter
Memorial Fund is financing the lectures.
Mr Abbott's address will con... more »
Tweets For Today
Political protests in Nicaragua have left 84 dead and more than 860 injured
since they broke out on April 28.
Photographer Inti Ocon @intiocon has been covering the violence for @AFP
pic.twitter.com/Cq4NK5uX46
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 29, 2018
WATCH! A Riverton homecoming... a line of hundreds forming to hug and shake
the hand of Joshua Holt, finally free after 2 years in a #Venezuela prison.
@NBCNews pic.twitter.com/O7Nd5P7Xe9
— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) May 29, 2018
Watch as Mamoudou Gassama, a migrant from Mali, climbs up a multistory
building to rescue a toddler dangling f... more »
Picture Of The Day
World War II veterans take part in a special Memorial Day Observance at the
National World War II Memorial in Washington. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan
*WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Remembering
the veterans* (Reuters)
Columbia joins NATO as a ‘global partner’
What is NATO's objective, without communism in the Kremlin? More
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Duran.
What Will Happen To Our Food In A Crisis?
*Elisabeth Braw, Defense One*: *Let’s Talk about Food — and What Happens In
a Crisis*
Sweden is telling its citizens to be ready to feed themselves for a week.
Other nations should follow suit.
This week, Sweden presented a civil-defense brochure to be sent to the
nation’s 4.8 million households. Called “If the Crisis or War Comes,” the
20-page brochure provides practical instructions, ranging from the signals
that will sound in case of a national emergency, how to detect
disinformation, how to get on without access to heating, fuel, the
internet, medications, or public transpor... more »
US meddled in Venezuelan elections, says Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in new interview
Election meddling is fine when America does it, just don't do it to them
More
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Arreaza in new interview appeared first on The Duran.
Winning One Of The Last Republican Held Seats In Los Angeles-- A Two-Part Guest Post By Lee Rogers
*Anyone who has followed this blog for the past half dozen years knows Dr.
Lee Rogers, primarily because he ran for Congress in CA-25 twice. The heart
of the district is Santa Clarita but spreads south to Porter Ranch, west
into Simi Valley, north as far as Gorman and east to Palmdale and up to
Lancaster in the Antelope Valley. Lee challenged powerful (and corrupt)
Republican Buck McKeon in 2012 and 2014, In 2012 he scared McKeon with a
much closer race than he was used to, 129,593 (54.8%) to 106,982 (45.2%).
McKeon decided to retire. In 2014, Lee was one of the first victims of th... more »
Rio City Hall Says Essential Services Return to Normal Operations Tuesday
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Despite the
ongoing truck drivers’ protest that has paralyzed Brazil for over a week,
on Monday, May 28th, Rio de Janeiro state and city officials asserted that
services, including schools, buses and hospitals, should be returning close
to 100 percent operation by late Tuesday, May […]
Islamic State groups resurface in US-held area of Syria: Lavrov
Islamic State-related groups have stepped up their activity in the area of
Al-Tanf, controlled by the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov told a news conference on Monday. “We have gathered much evidence
some strange things are happening in Al-Tanf. In our point of view this
area is of no considerable significance for the […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Rebel factions merge together to form large group under Turkish command
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 A.M.) – A large number of rebel factions in northern
Syria announced on Sunday that they will be merging together to form one
big group. According to a statement released by the rebel factions, the
following groups will be merging together to form one large force under the
Turkish Army’s command: Faylaq […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Recognition of Armenian Genocide removed from Israeli Knesset agenda
Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Yuli Edelstein on Monday pulled recognition
of the genocide of the Armenian people from the parliament’s agenda, local
media reported citing Edelstein’s spokeswoman. According to the Jerusalem
Post newspaper, the Knesset was expected to vote on recognizing the
Armenian Genocide on Tuesday, but Edelstein, who stands for the
recognition, decided […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
HTS commander rejoins Syrian Army after completing spy mission
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 A.M.) – A security commander from Hay’at Tahrir
Al-Sham recently defected from the jihadist group to the Syrian Arab Army
(SAA) after years of working behind enemy lines in Idlib. According to a
local report, the HTS commander that was known as Abu Khadijah Al-Furtai
left the jihadist group for the Syrian […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jordan arrests two ISIS terrorists attempting to enter Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 A.M.) – The Jordanian border guards arrested two
Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists that were attempting to sneak into Syria
from northern Jordan, the Hashemite Kingdom announced on Monday. According
to a Jordanian Army press release, “two people belonging to the Islamic
State were arrested while trying to sneak into Syria and join […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran denies direct talks with Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:15 A.M.) – The Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign
Ministry, Bahram Qassemi, stated on Monday that his nation has held no
direct talks with Israel. Speaking to IRNA, Qassem stated that while a
number of Arab countries have betrayed the Palestinian cause, such hues and
cries have been masterminded to deviate the public […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russia denies reports on interception of Israeli F-16 jet with Russian Su-34 in Lebanon
The Russian Defense Ministry has denied reports on an alleged interception
of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet by a Russian Su-34 aircraft, stating that
the country’s aircraft do not conduct missions in Lebanese airspace. “The
information spread by one of the Israeli news outlets about an alleged
‘interception’ of two Israeli F-16s by a Russian […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
How Bad Is The Afghan War Going?
James Mattis at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on March 14.
*Breaking Defense: **The Great Afghan Paradox*
*By most metrics the war in Afghanistan is going badly. *
By most metrics the war in Afghanistan is going badly. According to the
most recent quarterly report by the Special Inspector General for
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the troop strength of Afghan Security
Forces is in “sharp decline” even as the Taliban are on the march
throughout the countryside.
The number of “security incidents” is similarly on the rise, to include a
series of recent suicide bombings in Kabul, ... more »
Keep these trends in the back of your mind
It is easy to get distracted with today’s news, where “he said what about
that” gets way too much press. Here are few other trends that we should
keep in the back of our minds. Some are more pressing than … Continue
reading →
Western Leaders Are Seeking A Rapprochement With Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron
attend a meeting with Russian and French businessmen during the Saint
Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 25, 2018. Photo: AFP /
Dmitry Lovetsky
*M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times: **Western leaders back in Russia as tensions
appear to ease*
*East-West relations seem to have changed over past 10 days, as three major
Western leaders attend St Petersburg forum*
East-West relations have transformed over the past 10-day period. Russia’s
isolation from the West after the Maidan coup in Kiev appears to have
wa... more »
Russians test new cruise missiles in Syria using SU-57 jets
A brief video shared on Youtube apparently provides footage of the test More
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#Ramadan Arabian Nights 2018 : The amazing tales challenge Episode 13 “The Inheritance ”
Good evening, tonight we will continue our tale for this year, the tale of
the Amazing tales challenge.
Tonight we are going to hear the episode No.274 of Egyptian State Radio’s
“One Thousand and One Nights” Show created by the Godfather of Egyptian
radio Mohamed Shaaban and written by Taher Abu Fasha.
It is an interesting episode full of actions.
You can hear it after the break.
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*Old Grand priest Nomaan goes back to the Djinn kingdom deceived by **the
love of so-called Rouh and determinant to get her the invisible cap.*
[image: Flying h... more »
A Modest “Global Warming” Test Idea
Can rate of change of temperature from peak to low on the daily data for
the same day of the year, over years, illustrate if global warming exists? Continue
reading →
Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, “Invocation Part 2”
Medwyn Goodall, “Invocation Part 2”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHv79cNxkS0
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Perhaps the most famous star
cluster on the sky, the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even
the depths of a light-polluted city. Also known as the Seven Sisters and
M45, the Pleiades is one of the brightest and closest open clusters.
Hurtling through a cosmic dust cloud a mere 400 light-years away, the
Pleiades or Seven Sisters star cluster is well-known for its striking blue
reflection nebulae.
*Click image for larger size.*
This remarkable wide-field (3 degree) image of the region shows the famous
star cluster near the cen... more »
Chet Raymo, “Sanctus”
*“Sanctus”*
by Chet Raymo
“Early in Claire Messud's new novel, “The Woman Upstairs”, the narrator
asks herself and others whether they would rather be able to fly or be
invisible. I suspect most who visit this blog would prefer to fly. Me too.
Until lately. More on that later. For now I want to ask a less frivolous
question, one more likely to split down the middle: Do you prefer, as a
matter of personal taste, Romanesque or Gothic?
Gothic aspires, Romanesque inspires. Gothic soars. Romanesque hunkers.
Gothic seeks to let go of the earth. Romanesque grips like a barnacle.
Gothic f... more »
Only The Best in Reporting. You Know Facts Matter or Something Like That.......
Expecting honesty from our virtuous, ever important media (if you don’t
have CNN constantly misleading you, are you truly free?) is about like
expecting your favorite pet to use you restroom, flush, and spray air
freshener on their way out the door. It’s just not going to happen.
And what we have here now is yet *another example of false media hysteria*
and surprise surprise, the “mistake” goes in only one direction yet again.
Funny how that always happens.
If you you’ve been conscious at all in the last 48 hours, (I know that may
have been difficult for some) you’ve probably been ... more »
"The Fleeting Happiness of Life"
*"The Fleeting Happiness of Life"*
By Jocelyn Soriano
"The truth is, there is no one place, however we may envy it, which would
be indisputably good for us to occupy; much less for us to remain in. The
zest of life, like the pleasure which we receive from a work of art, or
from nature, comes from undulations –from inequalities; not from any
monotony, even though it be the monotony of seeming perfection.
The beauty of the landscape depends upon contrasts, and would be lost in
one common surface of splendor. The grandeur of the waves is in the deep
hollows, as well as the culminatin... more »
Report: Israel And Russia Have Agreed to Push Iran Away From The Israeli-Syrian Border
Putin and Netanyahu at the "Victory Day Parade" at Moscow's Red Square on
Wednesday. Image source: Reuters via Newsweek.
*Times of Israel:* *Israel, Russia said to reach secret deal on pushing
Iran away from Syria border*
Reported agreement will see Israel consent to return of Assad's army to
Syrian Golan Heights, in exchange for Russia ensuring no Iranian or
Hezbollah troops there.
Israel and Russia have reached a secret agreement to distance Iranian
forces from the border area in southern Syria, Israeli TV reported Monday,
as Jerusalem and Moscow sent differing messages regardin... more »
Submarine War: America's Virginia-Class vs. Russia's Deadly Yasen (Who Wins?)
*Kyle Mizokami*
*Security, *
Stealth sub showdown?
*In a head-to-head confrontation between a Virginia Block III—the version
under construction when Severodvinsk was commissioned—who would win? Both
submarines are the pinnacle of their country’s submarine technology and,
pitted against one another, would be fairly well matched. Severodvinsk may
be slower, but it can dive deeper. The Virginia may be faster, but
according to Combat Ships of the World, the hull has only been tested to
488 meters. Virginia likely has the edge in sonar detection, thanks to the
new Large Aperture Bow... more »
The Navy's Biggest Fear: 2 Ways That Guarantee You Will Sink an Aircraft Carrier
*Sebastien Roblin*
*Security, *
Fire and fatigue
*The disaster on the Oriskany seemed attributable to human error while
handling the flares. The Navy court-martialed five sailors, charging them
with forty-four counts of manslaughter. Those indicated included the two
apprentice airmen, as well as the chief of the ordnance section—blamed for
having left the inexperienced sailors unsupervised. However, new
considerations led to acquittals across the board. Apparently, a defect in
the Mark 24 flares made some of them susceptible to igniting when jarred.
The Oriskany’s skipper, Capt... more »
F-35 vs. Su-57: How One U.S. Ally Might Drop America's Top Stealth Fighter
*Asia Times*
*Security, *
Turkey could opt for Russia's best.
Momentum is building behind US legislation which would put a kibosh on an
agreement to send Turkey F-35 jets, but Ankara says it won’t let the deal
get squashed without a fight.
And while Turkish officials have warned that they will take retaliatory
measures if Washington doesn’t fulfill orders of the stealth fighter, the
first deliveries of which are expected in June, Ankara is reportedly in
talks with Russia to prepare a backup option.
Yeni Safak news is reporting that Turkish officials have begun discussions
abou... more »
The 3-Step Guide for Tricking America into a War
*John Richard Cookson*
*Security, Middle East*
[image: An explosion rocks Baghdad during air strikes March 21, 2003.
U.S.-led forces unleashed a devastating blitz on Baghdad on Friday night,
triggering giant fireballs and deafening explosions and sending huge
mushroom clouds above the city centre. Missiles slammed into the main
palace complex of President Saddam Hussein on the bank of the Tigris River,
and key government buildings, in an onslaught that far exceeded strikes
that launched the waron Thursday, Reuters correspondents said.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic] Iran today has uncann... more »
Duterte's Dilemma
*Richard Javad Heydarian*
*Security, Asia*
[image: President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte participates in the
opening ceremony of the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13,
2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst] Duterte remains a popular leader. But he is
not a king and he lacks the power to unilaterally decide the fate of the
Philippines’ external relations, particularly vis-à-vis China and America.
In recent months, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has seemingly
abandoned strategic diversification in favor of “strategic leaning” towards
China. To the Filipino leader,... more »
The End of the Atlantic Alliance
*Joergen Oerstroem Moeller *
*Security, Europe*
[image: NATO flag flutters next to the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II
fighter in Amari air base, Estonia, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins] President
Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from JCPOA is one more step in
dismantling the edifice built after the end of World War II by the United
States and Britain.
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from JCPOA (the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action) is one more step in dismantling the edifice
built after the end of World War II by the U.S. and Britain. Trump’s
decision... more »
The Shia Shift: Why Iran and Hezbollah Abandoned Martyrdom
*Zachary Keck, Matthew Sparks*
*Security, Middle East*
[image: A Lebanese Hizbollah guerrilla looks at a fire rising from a
burning object in a Beirut suburb July 17,2006. Israeli Defence Minister
Amir Peretz said on Monday that no Israeli jet or helicopter had been shot
down over Lebanon but did not rule out that a drone many have been downed.
REUTERS/Issam Kobeisi (LEBANON)] The shift in the source of suicide
terrorism has gone almost entirely unnoticed in the West.
Thirty-five years ago last month, a Hezbollah suicide bomber drove a
delivery van packed with explosives into the... more »
The Welfare Expert Advisory Group has been asked to focus on "the overall purpose of the system." So what *is* the overall purpose?
The Government has just announced their 101st Working Group, what will
undoubtedly prove to be the most expensive in this small country's history: its
Working Group on Welfare.
Including in its make-up every variant of wretchedly grasping progressive,
and headed up by proven liar *Cindy Kiro*,
*the Welfare Expert Advisory Group has been asked to undertake a
broad-ranging review of the welfare system [says Labour's Minister for
Enforced Charity Carmel Sepuloni]...Areas that the Welfare Expert Advisory
Group has been asked to focus on range from considering the overall purpose
of ... more »
Lebanese TV Is Claiming That Russian Su-34s Intercepted Israeli Planes. Russia Is Denying These Reports
#حربي_بالأجواء من المنية طيران حربي لم يعرف لمن بعد و عل الارجح طيران روسي
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— Abdallah Samra (@AbdallahSamra92) May 27, 2018
*Middle East Eye: **Russian jets 'intercept' Israeli planes over Lebanon:
Reports*
Israel's jets, long used to being unchallenged in Lebanese airspace, face
off with Russia's despite a deconfliction mechanism in place
Russian fighter jets intercepted Israeli warplanes over Lebanese airspace
early on Monday morning, according to local outlets.
Reports claimed that two Israeli F-16 jets were challenged by Russian
Sukhoi Su-34 jets o... more »
X22 Report, “We Are All Looking In The Wrong Direction, The Collapse Is This Way”
X22 Report, “We Are All Looking In The Wrong Direction, The Collapse Is
This Way”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WxR8PJsvkM
*Related followup report:*
X22 Report, “The Pieces Are Being Rearranged To Trap The Deep State”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t8_HU7MHPI&t=7s
Nunes Pretends To Be 100% Portuguese But He Isn't... There's One Antecedent Named Robert Mueller
I once had a financial advisor, long ago, who told me he would vote for
Cuomo to be president because he would be the first Italian-American
president. He had no idea what Cuomo was about politically, just that he
was of Italian heritage, like the financial advisor. It made me question
his judgment and wonder if he was the right person for me to be working
with. I remember once, as a small child, my grandmother making it clear to
me that her loyalty to Israel was as strong as her loyalty to the U.S. I
was horrified and it stuck with me-- viscerally-- for 6 decades.
More recently, ... more »
Probabilidad de 40% de cerrar TLCAN antes del 1 de julio: Guajardo
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
29-May-2018
El secretario de Economía, Ildefonso Guajardo, dijo este viernes que ve 40
por ciento de probabilidad de cerrar un acuerdo sobre el TLCAN antes de las
elecciones del 1 de julio en México.
Panamá y China iniciarán negociaciones para un tratado de libre comercio en julio
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
29-May-2018
El ministro de Comercio e Industrias de Panamá, Augusto Arosemena, ha
asegurado que su país y China iniciarán el próximo julio las negociaciones
para la firma de un Tratado de Libre Comercio
G20, confluencia contra sus políticas de sumisión
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
28-May-2018
Se realizó el 1º Encuentro Preparatorio Inter-Nacional Contra el G20. Con
la asistencia de delegadas y delegados de organizaciones nacionales y de
países como Brasil, Uruguay y Francia entre los más destacados, para
constituir un espacio de confluencia para luchar contra la instalación de
políticas públicas contra la agenda de los pueblos.
UK opens naval base in Bahrain, joins with Arab despot to fight intolerance
The new £40 million facility in the totalitarian Gulf state is part of
London's effort to defend 'liberty' and 'justice' More
The post UK opens naval base in Bahrain, joins with Arab despot to fight
intolerance appeared first on The Duran.
Chet Raymo, “Sanctus”
*“Sanctus”*
by Chet Raymo
“Early in Claire Messud's new novel, “The Woman Upstairs”, the narrator
asks herself and others whether they would rather be able to fly or be
invisible. I suspect most who visit this blog would prefer to fly. Me too.
Until lately. More on that later. For now I want to ask a less frivolous
question, one more likely to split down the middle: Do you prefer, as a
matter of personal taste, Romanesque or Gothic?
Gothic aspires, Romanesque inspires. Gothic soars. Romanesque hunkers.
Gothic seeks to let go of the earth. Romanesque grips like a barnacle.
Gothic f... more »
Kodak Agfa Presents : An Early Full Moon !?
I grabbed my camera Monday night after reading online that Planet Jupiter
is making an appearance besides the moon and we could see it by the naked
eye, it was an invitation for photography.
Amazingly the moon was full and bright despite according to our Islamic
lunar Calendar declared by the State’s Dar Ifta, it is not the 15th night !!
Here is how the moon looked.
[image: A Semi full or a full moon]
The moon seems full to me
If there is a miscalculation of the moon’s phase in Egypt, then it will
mean that there is a miscalculation in the start of Ramadan.
Ramadan should have started... more »
A Semi full or a full moon [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
[image: A Semi full or a full moon]
A photo for the moon. P.s This photo was on 27 May , the moon officially
was not in its full status according Islamic lunar calendar
The moon and planet called Jupiter [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo:
[image: The moon and planet called Jupiter]
Moon and Jupiter. Jupiter is the small white dot appearing beneath semi
full "actually full moon" in Egypt
Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger of Weedkiller for Decades
In June, a California groundskeeper will make history by taking company to
trial on claims it suppressed harm of Roundup. Source: www.theguardian.com/
By Carey Gillam At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not ready to die. But
with cancer spread through most of his body, doctors say he probably has
just months to live. Now […]
The post Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger of Weedkiller
for Decades appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 28, 2018
*Andrew Salmon, Asia Times:* *Moon urges North Korea, US to communicate
ahead of Singapore summit*
South Korean president reveals that Kim asked for summit, indicates further
inter-Korean summits likely, says, ‘changing course of history’
After his surprise summit on Saturday with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told a news conference that Kim had
reaffirmed his commitment to the denuclearization of the peninsula, and
that both Koreas hoped that a North Korea-US summit will take place.
“We agreed that the June 12 summit must be carried out succ... more »
‘US statements are attempts to create red line for Syrian Army’ – report
he US State Department issued a statement late on Friday, saying it was
“concerned” by leaflets that were reportedly dropped by government aircraft
in the province of Daraa. Retired Brigadier Ali Maqsud told Sputnik that
the US is creating obstacles for the Syrian army to continue its liberation
of occupied regions. A Syrian military expert, […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army attempts to force Turkish troops out of Latakia
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 A.M.) – The Turkish military entered the northern
countryside of the Latakia Governorate this past weekend, prompting the
Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to take an aggressive approach to force them to
leave. What started as sporadic shelling has since moved to intense rocket
fire from both the Syrian Arab Army and Turkish-backed […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
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