oldephartte(in training): 17 July

Texas approaching electricity use record

Texas' power use approached a record Monday afternoon as the mercury soared into the high 90s and
SEC charges Energy XXI founder

The federal government charged Houston-based Energy XXI founder John Schiller on Monday with fraudulently
U.S. refining capacity flat for first time since 2012

A U.S. energy agency says refining capacity stayed mostly flat between the starts of 2017 and 2018, the

Trump’s step toward Putin seals a new world order

The president has upended the global definitions of friends and foes.
Trump publicly sides with Putin on election interference

The president said he doesn’t ‘see any reason’ why Russia would have wanted to hack Democratic Party
Putin preens while Trump settles old scores

Vladimir Putin just humiliated Donald Trump. And Trump humiliated America

Russia did not win the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As it was, after a series of encounters in which the team displayed discipline and flair under head coach Stanislav Cherchesov that surprised many, they made it to the quarter-finals, only to lose to Croatia after extra time and penalties. At a press conference with Donald Trump following their first formal bi-lateral summit, Putin stood and watched as the US president told the world he trusted the word of the Russian leader as much as that of his own intelligence chief.

The Independent
The Pentagon says the 'fly-off' test between the A-10 and the F-35 is over, but lawmakers may not be happy with the results

RAF FAIRFORD, England — While the congressionally mandated close-air support tests between the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and A-10 Warthog wrapped up this week, lawmakers may not be satisfied with the results as questions continue to swirl about how each performed. "I personally wrote the specific provisions in the [Fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act] mandating a fly-off between the F-35 & A-10," Rep. Martha McSally, an Arizona Republican, tweeted Friday. "It must be carried out per Congressional intent & direction." McSally, a former A-10 pilot whose home state includes Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, said she had reached out to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein to "ensure

Business Insider
US judge criticizes plan to reunify families split at border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge, responding to a plan to reunify children separated at the border, said he was having second thoughts about his belief that the Trump administration was acting in good faith to comply with his orders.

Associated Press

Potential buyer found for NGS

The Navajo Nation has identified a potential buyer for the Navajo Generating Station that would allow the
Labor of love

Translating the Alcoholics Anonymous bi Naaltsoos Si’ah
Taking the children

For Navajos, separation of families brings up not-so-distant memories

2,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Underground Mummification Temple Discovered

Experts have found 35 Mummies and a 2,000-Year-Old abandoned Mummification Temple In Egypt. The new
Severe Drought Reveals Massive Ancient Monument That Predates The Pyramids

Severe Drought Reveals Massive Ancient Monument in Ireland As severe droughts swipe across Britain, new
S01 E03 Ancient Aliens: The Mission

For centuries mankind believed that life only existed here on Earth, but today many scientists agree that

Drugs firms boost spending on hospital and specialist sponsorship

Pharmaceutical companies and medical aids makers have again handed over more ‘sponsorship’
Schiphol airport considers fees for dropping off passengers

Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport is considering introducing a fee for people who drop off friends and
Max and Luna are most popular names for Dutch dogs and cats

Max is the most popular name for Dutch dogs for the third year in a row, according to the annual...

Weekend links: Report says cops were told to pin unsolved crimes on random

Plus: Milwaukee pays out $3 million-plus in racial profiling lawsuit, federal appeals courts says TSA
An Arkansas man complained about police abuse. Then town officials ruined

Video shows that Adam Finley cooperated during the traffic stop. That didn't prevent the town of Walnut
Late morning links: Board a Greyhound, lose your rights

Plus: Shootings of unarmed black people harm all black people; black gun permit holder shot, killed by

Microsoft to Retire Windows 10 Delta Updates in 2019

Starting on February 2019, the company will retire the delta updates branch and focus on full updates and
Magniber Ransomware Expands From South Korea to Target Other Asian

After spending nine months targeting only South Korean users, the Magniber ransomware has expanded its
Microsoft Releases New Office Update for Android With New Features

Microsoft today released the July 2018 Office update for Android that brings the app to build

It’s the End of the World… As They Know it

One of the hypotheses posited on this blog is that the preoccupation with the end of the world is in
Ask a Stupid Question

A premise of democracy that I believe is worth defending is that it is incumbent on those seeking either
The Grimey “Science” of Conspiracy Theories

David Robert Grimes has emerged from Lewandowsky’s shadow, again, to go forth increase and multiply

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

UnKoch Loses To Classic Koch In Court

But to their credit, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) did not try to put a big
KU Takes Down Desecrated American Flag

But don't expect other universities to follow suit.
Backlash Against Kavanaugh Supporters In Academe

Well it didn’t take long for the purge in the academic gulag to begin.

Capitol Hill reacts to Trump-Putin summit

On Capitol Hill, US politicians from both parties and former intelligence officials are condemning Trump
Iraq: Deadly Basra protests spread to other cities

Demonstrations erupt in Diyala and Nasiriyah following days of clashes in Basra that left at least seven
What will be Russia's World Cup legacy?

Russia hosted what many consider to be an extremely successful World Cup that changed perceptions of many

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

Israeli army holds ‘wide-scale drill’ for invasion of Gaza City

Smoke and fire rises above buildings during an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on 14 July 2018 The Israeli
‘Israeli aggression wants to undermine the will of Palestinians in Gaza’

Palestinians inspect the building that was damaged after Israel carried out air strikes in Gaza on 15 July
Israeli Drone Fires A Missile In Northern Gaza

16 JUL 3:55 PM An Israeli army drone fired, on Monday evening, a missile at Palestinians, reportedly flying

Trump-Putin summit: US president under fire over poll meddling comments

The US president defended Russia over claims it interfered in the 2016 US election.
Kilauea volcano: Flying lava injures 23 in Hawaii

An explosion from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano strikes a tour boat, injuring 23 people.
World Cup 2018: French football fans go crazy as team returns home

Crowds of fans lined the Champs-Elysées in central Paris to give the French World Cup winners a heroes'

Millions to face hosepipe ban in north-west England

The ban will affect people in north-west England but other firms say they have no plans to follow suit.
Vote Leave: Brexit campaign 'broke electoral law' in referendum

The Brexit campaign group is referred to the police by the Electoral Commission and fined £61,000.
Crane numbers 'could rise by 50%' in next 50 years

There could be 275 breeding pairs of cranes in the UK within 50 years, research shows.

Milo Yiannopoulos Promises to Sue Journalist Over “Gunning Journalists Down

Milo Yiannopoulos sends a text message to Davis Richardson, a journalist with the US Observer: I’m
Police Drop Perverting the Course of Justice Complaint Against John Hemming

From the Daily Mail: A former MP has launched a scathing attack on ‘politically correct’ police after they
Jack Burkman Announces US “Cocktail Fundraiser” With Tommy Robinson

At Zelo Street, my friend Tim Fenton receives an email announcement: Event for Tommy Robinson, jailed

On trauma and madness in mental health services

BY Noël Hunter That's when I decided, wisely or not, to join the very field that almost killed me. My
Rest in peace my dear friend and comrade in madness…Ian (Bill) Scheffel

We have no memory of being in the womb or emerging from the birth canal. Dreams are quickly forgotten if
News and the forgotten value of waiting

by PAUL WOODWARD People everywhere, but especially in America, have been conditioned to feel that there is

Ron Paul: The Mueller Indictments & The Triumph Of The Deep State

The term “deep state” has been so over-used in the past few years that it may seem meaningless. It has
Tenants Accuse 'Predatory' Kushner Real Estate Firm of Exposing

The family real estate firm previously headed by President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser
US Troops to Remain in Syria Until "Iranian Menace" Wiped Off the

While most of the U.S. mainstream media spent the weekend fretting over President Donald Trump’s Monday

Advice For Women Who Want Kids

This series contains candid advice for young women who know they want a family.
Hovercraft Parenting: Damaging a Generation

We have reached a time in history where helicopter parenting is no longer an adequate description for an
5 Things That’ll Make You Hate Your Kids

Here are 5 basic things (throughout your child’s life) that you can do to ensure you grow to hate

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

Originally posted on COALITION OF THE OBVIOUS : This is the definitive and most informative documentary on
#OBEEZY
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

In Case You Missed It…

This week at CBPP, we focused on health, food assistance, the economy, family income
In Latest ACA Sabotage, Administration Nearly Eliminates Marketplace

The Trump Administration this week slashed funding for consumer enrollment assistance and
States Boosting Opportunity for Young Immigrants by Expanding College

Lawmakers in several states this spring put a college education within reach for students

ELECTIONS CAN BE RIGGED: Vote fraud expert Bev Harris exposes electronic

Black Box Voting, founded in 2003, performs nonpartisan investigative reporting on elections in an attempt
Hillary Clinton’s “Sudden Move” Of $1.8 Billion To Qatar Central Bank Stuns

Hillary Clinton (left) with Qatari Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al (right) The international reporter
Why Obama bought a $ 4.9 million Mansion in Dubai, a country where there is

By Bill Still of the STILL REPORT According to a Russian Foreign Intelligence non-classified report,

I'm Exhausted With Banks Treating Me Like A Criminal

For 15 years I have been a customer of El Dorado bank in a small town in California, just depositing our
Schadenfreude: Crony Jerks at Whirpool Who Begged for Tariffs Are Now

This is definitely from the schadenfreude files, via the WSJ: After the Trump administration announced new
Why are you opposed to all these worker protections? Or, more directly

This is from the questions and comments I am getting on my Summer 2018 Regulation cover story, "How

Why Is Anti-Semitism Crawling Out Of The Shadows? by Stephanie Schwartz

Dandelion Salad by Stephanie Schwartz Socialist Worker July 16, 2018 ANTI-SEMITISM has come crawling back
Abby Martin: The Rise of History’s Biggest Empire

Dandelion Salad Originally posted Sept. 6, 2015 with Abby Martin Empire Files on Sep 5, 2015 Abby Martin
Chris Hedges: The Exploitation of Laundry Workers

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Jul 14, 2018 Rosanna Rodriguez and Mahoma Lopez of the

Can #MeToo Take Down Skeezy Buddhist Monks? Yes Apparently!

With all the attention focused on Hollywood sleezeballs in the last few years, it’s easy to forget
Highly Facetious Comics #3

Joinmycult.org The post Highly Facetious Comics #3 appeared first on disinformation. [This is a
When Rich Kids Smoke Weed and Think They’ve Solved The Universe

Marijuana is a hell of a drug with a bunch of weird potential side effects. For me these include

New report: Falling Short: An analysis of the reporting of UK drone strikes

Drone Wars is today publishing ‘Falling Short: An analysis of the reporting of UK drone strikes by
New ‘Protector’ drone to fly into UK next month

US drone manufacturer General Atomics is to fly one of the updated versions of the Predator drone – dubbed
New research shows rise in number of states deploying armed drones

A new report published by Drone Wars UK reveals that over the last five years the number of countries

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Americans are angry! Is it helping?

I recommended that Americans get angry as the first step to political reform. We are. The result shows that
Democrats betray their principles & embrace the Deep State

In the 1960s the Republicans betrayed their principles and embraced racism for political gain. Now the
A Captain describes our broken military & how to fix it

A retired Marine Captain writes about the mess that is our military strategy, how we got into this

Greening the Way for Thailand’s First Green and Smart City

Thailand’s industrial sector must focus on sustainable and green development to remain competitive in the
Despite Progress, South Asia Faces Daunting Challenges in Water

Vanita Suneja is Regional Advocacy Manager, South Asia, for WaterAid The post Despite Progress, South Asia
Africa Could be Next Frontier for Cryptocurrency

Pavithra Rao , Africa Renewal* The post Africa Could be Next Frontier for Cryptocurrency appeared first on

Visible Origami | There’s Nothing here that Matters. It Matters not at All…

Dog Poet Transmitting……. Two nights ago, I went to bed and never slept at all because the
Reflections in a Petri Dish | The Tranny Nanny, Gender Bending, Term

Dog Poet Transmitting……. They just can’t help themselves, mostly because of the
Smoking Mirrors | Bitches and Ho’s and Mop Glow Floes with Smiley Face

Dog Poet Transmitting……. It’s Sunday! Sunday afternoon. Here at Aquasco Speedway. Big

Campesino Communities in Peru in Their Struggle Against Mining

The campesino assemblies of Segunda y Cajas (Huancabamba) and Yanta (Ayabaca) in Peru rejected the
Nicaragua: Terrorists and Weapons Used to Commit Crimes Against Citizens

el19digital Translated by Internationalist 360° On Monday, the National Police presented members of
CIA vs Nicaragua: When Peace is Inconvenient to the US, Criminality Becomes

Lauren Smith Criminality ceases to matter to human rights organizations and the news media when peace in

Chat Noir
Croatia Over England
America on F.I.R.E.

Fairness, Inclusion, Rights, Equality

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

Safest aircraft in the world revealed

With seventy percent of air travelers having some degree of fear of flying, it’s a
North Falkland Sea Lion Project: Premier Oil advancing in contracting

Dril-Quip (Europe) in Aberdeen has announced a letter of intent with Premier Oil to
Argentina's debt expected to peak at 65% of GDP by end of 2018

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Argentina’s government debt to peak by

EU’s top court to rule on Tipperary wind farm planning #IRL

The EU’s top court is to rule later this month on whether An Bord Pleanála properly assessed the
Texas regulators fear customer risk from Wind Catcher #TX

AUSTIN, Texas – Regulators threw a wrench in American Electric Power’s massive Wind Catcher Energy
Tories zap 200+ Southwestern Ontario green energy contracts #ON

More than 200 Southwestern Ontario projects, including one of the most controversial wind farms in Ontario,

This Week in Europe: NATO Summit, Protests and World Cup

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that
Trump + Putin = Helsinki

This seems acknowledged. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are meeting on 16th July in Helsinki, Finland. If
The European history of the tie

Nowadays, the tie is an essential piece of clothing for men. But who can lay claim to being behind the tie,

More Oxford University Fake News

A webpage vetted by Oxford is misleading the public about a fake geological era.
Greenpeace’s Nazca Vandalism: Half-Truths & Trifling Consequences

Only one person has been held accountable. To this day, Greenpeace refuses to identify the full list of
What the Thai Cave Rescue Teaches Us About Nature

Humans make things safe, clean, and healthy.

Chemotherapy May Effect Your Heart?

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are increasing the number of individuals who survive cancer. However
4 Early Symptoms of Eye Cancer

In today’s era, people suffer from many diseases which occur due to their own habits or some are
Can Males Encounter Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer in women is a common phenomenon and people are very well aware of its symptoms and treatment

TS Radio: Abolishing Probate & theft of Estates and Trusts

Join us this evening July 16, 2018 at 7:00 pm CST! The Silver Standard News 5:00 pm PST…6:00 pm PST&#
TS Radio: TnT Tanya TalkS with James Treat: Part 4

Join us July 15 , 2018, at 7:00 pm CST! 5:00 pm PST…6:00 pm MST…7:00 pm CST…8:00
Whistleblower Summit for Civil & Human Rights Summit At A Glance

Whistleblower Summit for Civil & Human Rights Summit At A Glance

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

Recent pieces address school segregation, sexual harassment, the abrupt removal of EPA scientists from a
#MeToo: Health consequences of harassment at work

A celebrity chef has joined Harvey Weinstein in news headlines about sexual harassment in the workplace. A
Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development

News headlines about 9 million deaths in 2015 due to pollution were eye catching. The Lancet Commission'

Breakout from the controlled ordinary mind

by Jon Rappoport July 16, 2018 When I was about to release my collection, Exit From The Matrix, I wrote
US government exposed: for 30 years, it broke the law on vaccine safety

by Jon Rappoport July 16, 2018 (To join our email list, click here.) For 30 years, the US Department of
Exit From The Matrix: imagination exercises for a new life

by Jon Rappoport July 14, 2018 Some years ago, I gave a talk about certain imagination exercises I was

Sweden issues 'unusual' weather warning as heatwave continues

The heatwave in Sweden is getting so bad that the country has now sent out official warnings about "
Steve Bannon clashes with UK political chief, claims 'Tommy Robinson is

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has found himself at the center of a row with the political
Two Palestinian teens dead after most intense Israeli assault on Gaza since

After two Palestinian teenagers have been killed, and hundreds more wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza,

Porirua mum to lead protest over lack of funding for kids trauma treatment

Bronwyn Ngatai doesn't want to see her boy back in the cells because of a lack of help for his
Suicide prevention plan developed five years after Flaxmere teenagers'

Five years after four teenage girls from Flaxmere tragically took their own lives, a suicide prevention
Kyung Yup Kim awaits court decision on extradition to China

Remember This Old Thing?

I’m a bit of an oddity on this network, as I’m pretty convinced Russia was behind the DNC email
Even after signing in I was unable to suggest restraint before injuring oneself from patting on the back so eagerly. Julian Assange made no bones about 'no state involvement' in the Wikileaks episode relating to acquiring the emails. Craig Murray said he dropped the information off.
Going Missing (Admin Stuff).

© C. Ford. I’m so sorry, but I have been eaten alive by pain all day, and nothing has gotten it under
Cinema Day Shout-outs

Got to see Antman & the Wasp and also Sorry to Bother You today, very nice. No time for big reviews