Monday, July 23, 2018

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End Of Summer Arctic Sea Ice

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
Spreadsheet Data Arctic sea ice volume is currently in fourth place behind 2003, 2004 and 2014. Given the rapid slowdown in melt rates and cold weather forecast, it seems pretty likely 2018 will pass 2003 and 2014, and it is possible … Continue reading →

Will Congressional Republicans Suffer From Trump's Disastrous And Pig-Headed Trade Policies?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
In the last post, we looked at how Republican chances to hold onto Congress continue to collapse, largely because of who leads their party. That post was about his failures in regard to Russia. But the trade war he's provoked might be much worse for the GOP. *Politico* reporter Megan Cassella pointed out the bad timing of his trade policies and how they will be impacting consumers as they head to the polls. "Market analysts, industry experts and economists warn," she wrote, "the economic fallout of the president’s tariffs could peak around election time." A few weeks ago we focuss... more »

Mirror selfie as eugenicist Globalists continue brazen murder plots with no real resistance

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 13 hours ago
As I look into applying to China for political asylum, a journalist persecuted and facing being jailed and eventually murdered by corrupt Greek officials working for George Soros, Donald Trump, Merkel, Tsipras and co for my watchdog journalism work on faulty vaccines, I came across a tip advising contacting the China office for the UN […]

Magog plans summer trip to America

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 13 hours ago
I have obtained a letter which my, rather doubtful, sources say has been written by none other than Meghan telling one of her American friends about her planned secret trip this summer to the USA…. https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6809366/8-totally-bonkers-conspiracy-theories-about-meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-marriage-proof-shes-not-a-robot/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5972421/Meghan-Markle-said-planning-solo-trip-summer.html Here is the alleged letter… My dearest, I was never so happy in my entire life than when I heard Charles’s […]

Americans oppose Trump's decision on drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

White Wolf at White Wolf - 13 hours ago
“We the American people are witnessing the stealing of one of our most iconic public lands happen right before our eyes." "This is grand theft refuge, and it couldn’t be more clear that regardless of what this administration says publicly about ‘doing it right’. They want to do this quickly, no matter the impacts to wildlife or to the Alaska Native peoples whose subsistence depends on the Arctic Refuge. More than 700,000 Americans weighed in opposing this rush to drill. So did the majority of those who turned out at public hearings. And the overwhelming majority of Americans do not... more »

LaRouchePAC Monday Update - July 23, 2018

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
LaRouchePAC Monday Update - July 23, 2018 Video of LaRouchePAC Monday Update - July 23, 2018 Join us live with our host Matthew Ogden at 11am Eastern today.

LaRouche Economic Class Series: How Technology is Produced

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
5. How Technology is Produced Video of 5. How Technology is Produced *Broadcast LIVE Saturday, July 21, at 2pm Eastern.* Over the last fifty years in the trans-Atlantic region, we have undergone a counter-revolution against science and technology. This has taken the form of a pseudo-scientific ideology of radical environmentalism promoted by the World Wildlife Fund created and run by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Prince Philip of the British Empire. This counter-revolution expanded with the counterculture of the 1960s. Instead of science, the existentialism of Nietzsche ... more »

US courts allies with free trade offers at G20, France resists

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
23-Jul-2018 The United States sought to woo Europe and Japan with free trade deals to gain leverage in an escalating tariff war with China but its overtures faced stiff resistance from France at a G20 finance ministers meeting.

Top Japanese official has no interest in trade deal with just the US

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
23-Jul-2018 Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga says US should return to TPP.

Activists gather in Bangkok to discuss countering RCEP

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
23-Jul-2018 The deal is likely to deal a huge blow to the less developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region and benefit big corporations and the richer countries.

Why China sees Senegal as a Belt and Road springboard

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
23-Jul-2018 In so many ways, Senegal is an ideal partner as China seeks to expand its political and economic reach in Africa.

Trump tweets explosive threat to Iran

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 13 hours ago
Tensions mount as Trump forcefully responds to an earlier warning from Iran's President Rouhani

Pittsburgh Schools Teach Compassion and Calming Skills with Mindfulness Programs

Waking Times at Waking Times - 13 hours ago
*Anna Hunt* - Educators use the new mindfulness programs to help them when responding to student behavior and to teach valuable life skills.

Syrian Army discovers field hospital in recaptured town in Quneitra

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:45 P.M.) – As it was the case in several former rebel strongholds across Syria, the Syrian Army – upon taking over such areas –unveils the infrastructure upon which the insurgent groups were operating. The Syrian forces have discovered a field hospital used by jihadi militants in the town of Nabe’ al-Sakhr, located […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

More weapon caches uncovered in north Homs

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:05 P.M.) – Since rebel groups left their bastions in north Homs countryside, the Syrian government, aided by Russian military, have been carrying out continuous mop-up operations before fully securing the area. Yesterday, the Syrian security forces uncovered one of the biggest weapon caches outside Rastan city. The armories include machine guns, grenade […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Senior Turkish-backed militia commander assassinated in Syria’s Afrin

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:35 P.M.) – A group of Kurdish fighters in Afrin ambushed a rebel commander fighting for the Turkish-backed military campaign in northern Syria. Muhammad Ali, aka Abu Dujana, was killed when YPG fighters opened fire at his vehicle somewhere on the road linking Midan Akbos and Qara Baba towns in Rajo district of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Huge blast hits rebel-held town in north Aleppo, casualties reported

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:00 P.M.) – A massive explosion ripped through the insurgent-controlled town of Akhtarin in north Aleppo countryside, killing and injuring scores. According to local sources, a booby-trapped car exploded near the city’s local council, killing and injuring at least 30 people, including members of the council, rebel fighters as well as civilians. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Reconciled Daraa rebels fight ISIS ‘hand in hand’ with Syrian Army

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3: 45 P.M.) – Hundreds of rebel fighters who had earlier reconciled in Daraa, joined the Syrian Army ranks in its final assault against the Islamic State in west Daraa countryside. The move has significantly enraged other militants who rejected reconciliation and were later evacuated to the country’s north; accusing their former ‘brothers […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Roadside bomb kills several Islamist militants in Syria’s Idlib

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:25 P.M.) – Four rebel fighters, including a top field commander, were instantly killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb on Mastouma-Ariha highway, south Idlib countryside. The slain militants belong to Syrian Liberation Front; a merger of Ahrar al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement. According to source, the assassinated […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

VIDEO: Syrian Army unleashes heavy firepower against ISIS in southwest Syria

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 P.M.) – Having secured almost the entire west Daraa countryside, the Syrian Army turned attention to the Islamic State-held chunk of territories in the far western countryside of the province. The government offensive is heavily backed by the sweeping power of the Russian Air Force, and spearheaded by the SAA’s elite Tiger […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian submarine launches cruise missile at target in Sea of Okhotsk (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Russian nuclear missile submarine cruiser ‘Tomsk’ launched a cruise missile at a surface target in the Sea of Okhotsk, as shown on footage released by the Russian Ministry of Defence on Monday. According to the Russian MoD, an anti-ship missile successfully hit its target, simulating a surface ship of a conventional […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syria slams Israeli evacuation of White Helmets

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Monday that slammed Israel’s evacuation of the Syrian Civil Defense (var. White Helmets) personnel in southwest Syria on Saturday night. The ministry called this evacuation of the White Helmets a “criminal operation” that was carried out by “Israel and its tools.” The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Alarming news media claims about Arctic and Texas temperatures do not match historical records.

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 14 hours ago
“The Texas heatwave hasn’t even been in the ballpark of the 1980 heatwave, when the Dallas/Fort Worth area had 51 consecutive days over 100 degrees, averaged 105 degrees, and topped out at 119 degrees on June 26, 1980.” click here

Storms, and a bleg

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
Pitsnipes Gripes (warning: site content is sometimes NSFW) has a fascinating post containing GIF (i.e. animated) photographic sequences of storms. Here's one to whet your appetite. There are many more at the link. Recommended viewing. Click on each image for a larger view. Also, I need to ask a favor of my readers. My "Cochrane's Company" trilogy is now fully published, with the first book coming out in May, the second in June, and the final volume earlier this month. As I write these words, the review count is as follows: Volume 1, "The Stones of Silence" - 64 reader r... more »

How To Gamify Getting A Tenure Track Job

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 14 hours ago
If you are up for a job, and four other candidates are weak, your chances are obviously better than if four other candidates are strong. In the World Cup just completed, statistically there will always be a 'Group of Death", wherein a round-robin group will have three strong teams but only two can advance, meaning a world-class squad will be eliminated. Poker players know to bet low when the odds are only modestly better and to bet high when the statistics show the cards in hand are strong. Timing matters, in jobs, in games, in lots of things. read more

Age-Related Wrinkles And Hair Loss Reversed In Mice

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 14 hours ago
Wrinkles and hair loss are perfectly natural aspects of aging - but science is all about defeating the nature that wants to kill us off. One aspect of aging is a decline in mitochondrial function. read more

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Musings On Iraq was cited in "As Protests Sweep Iraq, are the Country's Political Elites Running out of Options?" by Benedict Robin-D'Cruz for the Middle East Centre Blog of The London School of Economics and Political Science. I was also quoted by Paul Iddon in "Can KRG play a positive role in any renewed Turkey-PKK peace process?" for Rudaw.

Security In Iraq Jul 8-14, 2018

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
There have been fluctuations in Iraq’s security situation week to week and July 8-14 was one of those down times. There were just 44 incidents during the week, which was on the low end. Also, due to the large protests that swept southern Iraq the media’s coverage of the rest of the country fell off tremendously, so there might have been some under reporting as well. 7 of the 8 areas of Iraq reporting violence had single digits in incidents. Diyala was the one exception with 12. That has been one of the main Islamic State rebuilding areas of the country, so even during a week when t... more »

‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star Pleads Guilty in Touching Case

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Prosecutors say 66-year-old Tom Wopat was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to two counts of annoying and accosting a person of the opposite sex.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 23

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
1986 US briefing said that Iraq might need more US help because facing setbacks in Iran-Iraq War 1987 Iraq For Min Aziz wrote UN saying Iraq welcomed ceasefire proposal UN Res 598 (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq review *Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq review *The Iran-Iraq War*) 2002 Blair cabinet meeting John Scarlett head of Joint Intel Com said Saddam could only be removed by invasion 2002 Bl... more »

Toronto Shooting Distracts from Canada's "Legal Obligation" to Resettle White Helmets?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
*I'm going long. Been working on this post for a couple of hours this morning.* *Commit to reading it all before commenting. That would be appreciated a great deal.* *The Toronto Shooting sure takes the heat off of the Trudeau government's support for terrorists and terrorism. Oops I mean the "white helmets" * *Take notice that as the Toronto shooting is getting global coverage it helps take the heat off of the Israeli/UK/US governments as well. * *Before really digging in I need to extend my sincerest sympathies to all those harmed by this shooting. * *First covered this informa... more »

Memory loss is a women’s health issue! Menopause could be among alzheimer’s disease causes

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
To say the impact of Alzheimer’s on women has reached epidemic proportions would be an understatement. Alzheimer’s strikes every 65 seconds and approximately 66 percent are women. Upwards of 5 million Americans have been diagnosed, and that figure could exceed 14 million by 2050. Consider that Alzheimer’s ranks as the sixth leading cause of death in American […] The post Memory loss is a women’s health issue! Menopause could be among alzheimer’s disease causes appeared first on Health Nut News.

Better than meds for blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
Your diet is one of the most important tools you can use to take control of your health. But supplements can also be useful, especially when it comes to improving mitochondrial function. In this interview, Dr. Michael Murray, a naturopathic physician and author of several books, discusses some of the most useful supplements for mitochondrial […] The post Better than meds for blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar appeared first on Health Nut News.

6 best core exercises you can do at home without equipment

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
Over time, age can take quite a toll on strength and mobility. Without proper upkeep and maintenance, your body will grow weaker and more immobile, as will the risk of falls, fractures, breaks, and other injuries. Think of your core muscles as a tree trunk, where your lower body is the roots and your upper body […] The post 6 best core exercises you can do at home without equipment appeared first on Health Nut News.

Worse than sugar, this alternative boosts your risk of obesity and diabetes

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
If you’re still holding out hope that science will eventually prove artificial sweeteners to be beneficial, or at the very least harmless, you’re likely to be disappointed. Again and again, research shows no-calorie sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose cause the same problems as excess sugar, and then some. According to the latest statistics nearly 40 […] The post Worse than sugar, this alternative boosts your risk of obesity and diabetes appeared first on Health Nut News.

Breast-cancer victim cured by a new immunotherapy treatment

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
Judy Perkins, a 52-year-old woman who was given months to live after repeated chemo treatments failed to rid her body of tumors the size of plums in her liver, is alive and well thanks to a revolutionary immunotherapy treatment administered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mother-of-two has been cancer-free for two years now. […] The post Breast-cancer victim cured by a new immunotherapy treatment appeared first on Health Nut News.

The Army Is Expanding Infantry Training To Create Tougher Soldiers For Bigger Wars

Task and Purpose, Jeff Schogol at Test Feed Using Fields - 14 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Jeff Schogol* *Security, * Soldiers will get “more sets and reps” on individual movement techniques, use of terrain, and battle drills to prepare them to learn tactical maneuver later. Junior leaders have long complained that it has become increasingly difficult to prepare new infantry soldiers for deployment. Now the Army is making sure that soldiers are in better shape and more disciplined by the time they arrive at their first infantry units. Two companies of infantry recruits that began Infantry-One Station Unit Training on July 13 will spend an extra eigh... more »

The Army Is Building Robot Attack Tanks

Kris Osborn at Test Feed Using Fields - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * [image: A U.S. M1 Abrams tank fires during the] A new Army program uses high-tech "autonomy" kits to turn tanks into robots The Army is engineering high-tech autonomy kits designed to give “robot” tanks and other armored combat vehicles an ability to operate with little or no human intervention, bringing new tactical and operational dimensions to the future of ground combat. Unmanned systems, utilized in a fast-evolving, high-threat ground combat operation, could enable robot vehicles to carry supplies, test enemy defenses and even fire weapons – all w... more »

Monday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Giri Sivaraman and Jim Stanford challenge the right-wing dogma that unions - and unions alone among private actors - should be expected to provide benefits independent of any contributions. Fiona Onasanya discusses the need for collective action to push back against exploitation by corporate behemoths like Amazon. And Doug Nesbitt highlights the role organized labour plays in combating workplace racism. - Meanwhile, Noah Smith points out that Donald Trump's giveaways to the wealthy have predictably resulted in wage cuts for workers. And ... more »

Man Firing Into Toronto Cafes Shoots 14 People, Killing 2

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Police Chief Mark Saunders did not rule out terrorism as a motive, though officials did not immediately identify the attacker, other than to say he was 29 years old.

Trump Returns to ‘Witch Hunt’ Tweets Against Mueller Probe

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that Trump was "obviously" referring to allegations of collusion between his presidential campaign and Russian agents.

ANTHROPOLOGY NOW: He's got your humans right here!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*MONDAY, JULY 23, 2018Part 1—Surfin' Harari:* "Twenty years ago today / Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play." So the ancients told us, in 1967. Starting in 2011, Yuval Noah Harari took us back even farther than that. He did so in a widely-praised best-selling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. In its current paperback edition, it's endorsed by Bill Gates on the front of the book, by Barack Obama on the back. We'll let you puzzle that out. Early on, Harari describes a sacred event. Something like 200,000 years ago, our own species. Homo sapiens, emerged somewhere in ... more »

A mountain lion invaded a woman’s living room—she used telepathy to calm it down

White Wolf at White Wolf - 15 hours ago
What would you do if a mountain lion sought refuge in your living room? If you’re Facebook user Lauren Taylor, you apparently use telepathy to calm down the animal and make sure it has a comfy place to take a nap. Earlier this month, while apparently trying to seek refuge from wildfires in Oregon, a mountain lion entered Taylor’s home after drinking from her fountain outside of her back door. According to Taylor, the cat tried to leave through a closed window after somebody in the house screamed and then hid behind the sofa. But instead of trying to shoo the animal outside—or runni... more »

The Unintended Consequences of American Political Meddling In Russia

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 15 hours ago
Election meddling has become the watchword of the day in Washington. According to America's mainstream media, Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election is unprecedented and the allegiance that Donald Trump pays to (his handler) Vladimir Putin is another sign of how the Trump Administration is willing to sell its soul to Russia. While I have posted on this subject before, a look back at long-forgotten history shows us that election meddling between the United States and Russia is hardly knew; the characters and mechanisms may change but the impact on democracy stil... more »

Nothin like a dame

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Is the BBC’s bias against Israel a niche subject? I only ask because I do worry that I’m getting boring. Harping on about it morning noon and night; I even bore myself. It’s only when someone like Margaret Hodge who happens to be a dame (there is nothin’ like a dame) gets up and utters a naughty word that everyone sits up and goes “eh, what?” What if I self-identify as a dame? I might try that later. Anyhow, it seems that a combination of Labour’s machinations over creating a bespoke definition of antisemitism, and the incongruity of that effing word from the mouth of an effing dame... more »

Untitled

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Arctic Circle on Fire Kochs Mobilize to Kill Public Transit Plans Massive Fissure Atop Yellowstone Supervolcano Accused Russian Agent Butina Met With Fed, Treasury Officials Africans Sold at Libyan Slave Markets From CIA Whistleblower Kevin Shipp A handful of recent discoveries has transformed our entire understanding of human history "Agent Of A Foreign Power": In Historic First, DOJ Releases Carter Page FISA Application China Launches Live-Fire Drills Designed For Taiwan Invasion State Dept Insider: "Eerily Familiar Drumbeat Of War Intensifying" Ahead Of Pompeo... more »

Margaret Hodge stands by anti-Semitism attack on Corbyn per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
One section of this BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44919875 on Margaret Hodge's calling Jeremy Corbyn an antisemite and racist caught my eye: 'Labour's code of conduct was drawn up after the 2016 Chakrabarti inquiry. It followed allegations of anti-Semitism within party ranks. The code does reproduce the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's "working definition" of anti-Semitism and lists behaviours likely to be regarded as anti-Semitic - but critics point out that it leaves out four examples provided by the IHRA definition: Accusing Jewish people of bei... more »

4 Ways Iran Could Wage a Deadly War Against America

Zachary Keck at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Middle East* As in 4 killer weapons... *Submarines would be invaluable for Iran were it to try and close the Strait of Hormuz. As the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has explained, “In the confined and shallow waters of the Arabian Gulf, the ability to deploy submarines effectively threatens surface vessels that are channeled into narrow Sea Lines of Communication.” These narrow SLOCs force military and commercial ships to travel predictable routes, making them easy prey for submarines.* With the possible exception of North Korea, no country in the... more »

How Iran Could Use a Chinese Military Strategy to Wage War Against America

Harry J. Kazianis at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, Middle East* [image: The Shaheen missile, part of Iran's medium range anti-aircraft air defence system Mersad (Ambush), is seen on its launcher during its unveiling ceremony in Tehran April 11, 2010.] And it could get ugly--fast. *After reading the whole report, along with just a quick parsing of many other documents and resources on Iran’s military over the years, one can easily come to the conclusion that Iran’s forces, when confronted close to its shores, would not be easily subdued. What is referred to commonly as the “tyranny of distance,” com... more »

South Vietnamese Troops Almost Fought on Battle Bicycles

Joseph Trevithick at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, Asia* [image: M113 firing .50-caliber machine gun during South Vietnamese training exercise. Barrel of side-mounted .30-caliber machine gun can be seen on far side of M113.] Rural militias needed mobility. In early 1965, villagers across South Vietnam might have watched a curious military formation race through their hamlets. No, not heavily-armed troops shielded inside armored vehicles, but rural militiamen on bicycles. For nearly a year, authorities in Saigon and their American advisers considered adding bicycles to various rural units. Cheap and ... more »

Behold: The 5 Best Pistol Caliber Carbines (PCCs) on the Planet (Heckler & Koch is 1 of Them)

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * This is the list. *The UMP45 submachine gun was designed to complement the world-famous MP5 submachine gun in Heckler & Koch’s product line. The UMP is a newer design meant to take greater advantage of modern materials—particularly polymers—resulting in a weapon that is lighter than the MP5 yet capable of handling heavier, higher recoil calibers. The UMP is a blowback submachine gun and is available in 9mm, .40 Smith & Wesson and .45 ACP versions.* The explosion of interest in the modern sporting rifle, as well as the natural pace of industry innova... more »

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Indians Never Die’ by Black Belt Eagle Scout

CJ Baker at Shadowproof - 15 hours ago
Black Belt Eagle Scout is the moniker for Portland-based singer-songwriter Katherine Paul. On the Bandcamp page for her upcoming debut album, “Mother of My Children,” Paul describes herself as a “radical indigenous queer feminist.” Concerning the album which is due out on September 14, 2018, Paul says the tunes are The post Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Indians Never Die’ by Black Belt Eagle Scout appeared first on Shadowproof.

The Rulification of Penalty Kicks—and a Reform Proposal

David Pozen at Balkinization - 15 hours ago
The 2018 soccer World Cup was the first to use Video Assistant Referees (VAR). VAR allows decisions by the head referee involving goals, penalties, direct red cards, and “mistaken identity” to be reviewed, immediately afterward, with the aid of video footage. Not coincidentally, the 2018 World Cup was also the first to feature upward of twenty penalty kicks. At the 2014 tournament in Brazil, a total of thirteen penalty kicks were called, not including shootouts. In Russia, the number was twenty-nine. The criteria for awarding penalty kicks have not changed. According to the offici... more »

Court orders journal to retract a paper after supplement seller sues

Alison McCook at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
An Italian court has ordered a journal to retract a paper. But it hasn’t just yet. Instead, the Journal of Ovarian Research has published an expression of concern about the 2012 paper, replete with obfuscating legal language. Here’s the text: Pursuant to a decree of the Tribunal of Catania, First Civil Section, LJ Pharma SRL … Continue reading Court orders journal to retract a paper after supplement seller sues

Musk to suppliers: return cash, make Tesla profitable

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
*It's their duty to bail out Musk, keep him a billionaire* *TSLA is dropping some 6% at the beginning of today's session* The Wall Street Journal broke a story – covered by everybody – that sounds as a joke but I think it's true. Elon Musk's company has asked a supplier – and most likely, very many if not all suppliers – to return some money (50-100 percent) that have already been paid by Tesla for the parts that Tesla bought since 2016 "in order to turn Tesla profitable". It's incredible. After some $10 billion has been sucked from the pockets of the U.S. taxpayers, additional tens ... more »

Lawmaker Warns Legalizing Cannabis Will Make Dealers Sell “Sex Toys” to Upper-Class White People

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: lawmaker] Reefer madness has peaked in New Jersey as a lawmaker claims legalizing marijuana will hurt the upper-class white people and have sex toys being sold all over the state. The post Lawmaker Warns Legalizing Cannabis Will Make Dealers Sell “Sex Toys” to Upper-Class White People appeared first on The Free Thought Project .

Bavaria’s CSU begins epic fight back against rise of extremism in Germany

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Bavaria’s CSU has started to fight back against a smear campaign branding it as far right for seeking to end Angela Merkel’s open borders policy. Following a protest in Munich accusing the CSU of “the politics of fear”, the CSU put up placards stressing that it is conducting a normal and necessary political debate desired […]

Are Trump and Putin planning a smallpox false flag as the US economy tanks?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Donald Trump has claim that his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki was benevolent despite the fact that the pair met in secret behind closed doors. Their two hour long discussed was closed off to everyone except an interpreter. They gave given no clue about what was discussed in the meeting apart from vague mention […]

CHINA PUTS COMPANY EXECS RESPONSIBLE FOR FAULTY VACCINE IN JAIL IN NEW SCANDAL while I face being jailed and murdered by corrupt Greek police under pressure from Soros, Merkel, Tsipras, Putin and Trump for blogging about faulty vaccines…Maybe I should apply to China for asylum?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
(CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of vaccines provided for Chinese children have been found to be faulty, inciting widespread fury and prompting the country’s President, Xi Jinping, to describe the incident as “vile and shocking.” China’s Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has launched an investigation into vaccine manufacturer Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology, revoking its license for […]

Smallpox is so deadly, it can only be released by either US, Russian or other government, almost certainly not by terrorist group

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
From Slate http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/07/vector_institute_in_novosibirsk_siberia_where_russia_stores_its_smallpox.html?via=gdpr-consent On July 1, a researcher cleaning out a cold storage room at the Food and Drug Administration came across a stash of six vials of smallpox virus stored inside a cardboard box. Considering that the World Health Assembly deems smallpox a public health threat so apocalyptic that live samples may be handled […]

USA AND RUSSIA ONLY TWO COUNTRIES WITH STOCKS OF “ULTIMATE KILLER” SMALLPOX

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Only two countries officially have smallpox stocks, the USA and Russia. Smallpox is held in a CDC lab near Atlanta and the Vector Institute in Koltsovo, Siberia. Smallpox could also be airborne. From the BBC http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140130-last-refuge-of-an-ultimate-killer An estimated 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th Century alone, making it one of history’s biggest ever […]

FDA APPROVES A SMALLPOX DRUG FOR BIOTERRORIST THREAT

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
From The Telegraph The US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has approved a new drug to treat smallpox that could help avert a global pandemic should the virus be released in a bioterror attack. The antiviral drug, known as TPOXX or tecovirimat is the first ever drug to be approved by the US drug regulator […]

Goldman Sachs and banks funded paper showing how to make smallpox

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
A paper showing how to make a smallpox cousin, which was published in 2017, was funded by a pharmaceutical company, which included Goldman Sachs and other banks. as major shareholders. From Sciencemag Today, a highly controversial study in which researchers synthesized a smallpox relative from scratch is finally seeing the light of day. … The study […]

Globalist gang of Putin, Trump, the private Russian and US central banks seem to be working together to destroy US economy by pushing up interest rates

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Russia’s private central bank, controlled by the Globalists, sold most of its US bonds in May, fuelling a rise in US interest rates and sparking speculation, it is trying to destablize the US economy working in tandem with Donald Trump. As strange moves shake the US bond market, it has emerged that a Russian spy […]

Repost from 2017. Vladimir Putin as the ultimate Globalist bankster, natural ally for Goldman Sachs, private US Fed and Trump

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
https://wordpress.com/post/birdflu666.wordpress.com/44104 As the world prepares for the release of the secret JF Kennedy assasination documents, which could give a hint as to the role of his Eexecutive Order 11110, this blog is taking a moment to reflect on Vladimir Putin as the ultimate bankster. Putin has been the chairman of the state run Vnesheconombank (VEB) […]

Dispatches From Mexico’s Southern Border: Mexico’s Migrants

SLeutert at Lawfare - 15 hours ago
*This is the last in a series of four "Dispatches From Mexico’s Southern Border." Read parts one, two, and three.* Although it’s only 4 p.m., the man sitting inside the cement block house in Zinacantán, Chiapas, is already sipping pox—the region’s traditional alcoholic drink. He’s perched precariously on a small chair, eyeing the customers coming in to peruse his family’s hand-woven textiles. But this wasn’t always his life. Before he was deported from the United States in 2015, he spent 13 years in Las Vegas, where he owned a house, more than one car and a motorcycle. From 2009... more »

Trump Confounds The Nuclear Warmongers; Now For The Wall Street Free-Traders!

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 15 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation hold a working lunch | July 16, 2018 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)] The European geopoliticians around London, and the American neo-cons and liberal imperialists, are so "deranged" by the continuing series of impossible summits which began in Singapore with President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un of North Korea, that is is clear their policy can really be eradicated. The substantive problems being discussed at these meetings, especially involving the United States and Russia,... more »

Israel’s new nation-state law restates the obvious

Dov Waxman, Professor of Political Science, International Affairs and Israel Studies, Northeastern University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Rather than transform Israel into an undemocratic 'apartheid' state, the new nation-state law is more likely to ensure that Israel can't be transformed into a liberal democracy or binational state.

Putin the hero

Brian Taylor, Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
When Putin looks in the mirror, what does he see? Not an aggressor as so many are depicting him in the West, but rather a defender of a wounded and misunderstood nation.

‘Treasonous’ Trump in the Conspirators’ Crosshairs

Jim Jatras at The Duran - 15 hours ago
Every effort will continue to be made to ensure no concrete progress can be made on whatever was discussed in Helsinki while maintaining the 24/7 drumbeat of demonization. The post ‘Treasonous’ Trump in the Conspirators’ Crosshairs appeared first on The Duran.

Brazil to Create Commission Against Organized Crime in Prisons

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Public Security Minister, Raul Jungmann, announced on Friday (July 20th) the creation of the National Commission on Intelligence and Operations whose main objective will be to combat organized crime that operate in the Brazilian penitentiary system. The official stated that that the control […]

Rio’s British and Commonwealth Society to Host Musical Shakespeare Event

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Sunday, July 29th, the British and Commonwealth Society will be hosting an evening of Shakespeare, with music performed by acclaimed celloist David Chew and friends, in order to raise money for RICE (Rio International Cello Encounter) which offers free concerts and music classes to […]

Betraying The President

ORIENTAL REVIEW at OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
Treason did actually occur — however it wasn't Trump who was guilty of it, but rather the political and academic community. The liberals and globalists who have declared war against him are undermining every effort by the occupant of the Oval Office and thus weakening the US position on the global stage. The post Betraying The President appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

TO RIGHT-WINGERS, TRUTH IS WHATEVER THEY WANT TO BELIEVE

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
Charlie Savage of *The New York Times* seems baffled by the outcome of the FISA document release: When President Trump declassified a memo by House Republicans in February that portrayed the surveillance of a former campaign adviser as scandalous, his motivation was clear: to give congressional allies and conservative commentators another avenue to paint the Justice Department’s investigation into Russian election interference as tainted from the start. But this past weekend, Mr. Trump’s unprecedented decision, which he made over the objections of law enforcement and intelligence of... more »

Exacerbating the real error in Abood: Is there any justification, "originalist" or otherwise, for the Court's holding in Janus that deducting agency frees abridges the freedom of speech?

Marty Lederman at Balkinization - 16 hours ago
On the final day of its Term last month, a 5-4 majority of the Court in *Janus v. AFSCME* overruled the four-decades-old *Abood* decision and held that when a state deducts a so-called "agency fee" from the paychecks of public employees who are not union members, and conveys that fee to the union for purposes of representing the bargaining unit (e.g., for collective bargaining and grievance processing), the state violates the employees' rights *under the Free Speech Clause*. In its 1977 decision in *Abood *the Court had drawn a distinction among different categories of union activi... more »

Harris 2.0

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Doug Ford has established a special commission -- headed by former B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell -- to look into Ontario's finances. The auditor general took a look at those finances four months ago. And, Alan Freeman writes, Bonnie Lysyk is no patsy: Lysyk issued a report alleging that the projected deficit for 2018-19 of $6.7-billion was seriously understated, and was in fact closer to double that figure, at $11.7-billion. She blamed the discrepancy on the government’s accounting of pension plan assets and the costs of the Fair Hydro plan, which essentially gave a big cut in pow... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*"Modern" teaching methods are too clever by half* *Meta-analysis of 50yrs of research shows that traditional teaching methods, 'direct instruction,' with daily checks & regular testing have significant positive effects on student achievement. How much $$ has been wasted when the olds knew what they were doing all along?* The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research Jean Stockard et al. Abstract Quantitative mixed models were used to examine literature published from 1966 through 2016 on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Carbon Tax May Bring Down Canadian PM Justin Trudeau* Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a problem: the only way his government can keep a promise is to make millions of voters angry just as the next federal election rolls around. It’s a pickle, but it’s one of his own creation. The promise (threat?) was to impose a federal carbon tax next year on any province that did not develop a version of its own that met federally dictated benchmarks. The tax would begin at $10 per emitted tonne of carbon dioxide before rapidly increasing to $50 per tonne by 2022 — estimated to be... more »

WATCH: Cop Tackles Man, Punches Him in the Face, Tasers Him in the Neck Over an Open Beer Can

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: beer] A Columbus police officer spotted a man allegedly holding an open can of beer, so he tackled, beat, tasered, and arrested him. The post WATCH: Cop Tackles Man, Punches Him in the Face, Tasers Him in the Neck Over an Open Beer Can appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Canadian Backlash Towards Prime Minister Trudeau's Immigration Policy?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with a Syrian refugee during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 1, 2016. (Chris Wattie/REUTERS) *Bloomberg*: *Immigration and the Border Are Suddenly Tough Issues for Trudeau * (Bloomberg) -- Justin Trudeau’s latest headache is unusual for a country bounded by three oceans and just one neighbor: the border. Canada has seen a steady flow of asylum seekers since Donald Trump’s election, with people who fear the U.S. will deport them or reject their bids for asylum crossing the 4,000-mile und... more »

President Trump To Iran: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 23 July 2018 *Daily Mail:* *'YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE SUFFERED': Trump sends astonishing all caps Twitter warning to Iranian President Rouhani over threats to the US - but regime dismisses his 'passive reaction'* * Trump... more »

Blue Wave And Putin-Gate

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
Pointless, meaningless national generic go up and go down. Nervous candidates, campaign operatives, radio hosts, reporters ask "Do you think there will be a blue wave?" My opinion has changed all year. The answer is yes. The question is just about how big will it be. Big enough to win back the House? Absolutely. Big enough to defeat 50 House Republicans? Probably. 75? Possibly. 100? That would be very optimistic and would mean Trump does some stuff even crazier and more odious than usual in October. So... could happen. Win back the Senate? Possibly. And what do I base this optimis... more »

Iran President Rouhani Warns President Trump About 'Mother Of All Wars'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Vienna, Austria July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo *Reuters*: *Iran's Rouhani warns Trump about 'mother of all wars'* DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned U.S. President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying “war with Iran is the mother of all wars”, but did not rule out peace between the two countries. Iran faces increased U.S. pressure and looming sanctions after Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from a 2015 inte... more »

The future of the UK under a Jeremy Corbyn, John Mcdonell and Seamus Milne government?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
I see that the rate of inflation in the socialist utopia of Venezuela is heading for 46,000% per annum. Maybe someone could ask the Venezuela fan boys for their reaction.

New Ice Free Arctic Forecast

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 17 hours ago
Arctic sea ice volume loss dropped again yesterday, so I am pushing my ice free-Arctic forecast date out to September 28, 2018 at 11:39 PM. There won’t be any sunlight on that date, but Reggie will be out there with … Continue reading →

Record Breaking Climate BS Sets Press Integrity On Fire

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 17 hours ago
Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. George Orwell The usual criminals in the press are claiming record breaking heat in the Arctic and in Texas. The Texas heatwave hasn’t even … Continue reading →

Whitewashing the White Helmets – Peter Ford, Former UK Ambassador to Syria Responds to UK Government Statement

Vanessa Beeley at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*21WIRE + Peter Ford* | UKAID threatens to import terrorism into the UK.

China’s Serious & Breaking Vaccine Scandal: Are Your Vaccines Made In China?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 17 hours ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich Please consider this a “public service announcement,” if you will, because the mainstream, lamestream media probably will not report on the... more »

James Clapper rats out his former boss Barack Obama (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Trump-Russia witch hunt started with order from former US President Barack Obama. The post James Clapper rats out his former boss Barack Obama (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

NATO’s eastward push clashes with Church Canons in the Ukraine

Stephen Karganovic at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Amid other geopolitical machinations on the “Eastern front” there is one that has so far largely passed under the radar although its potential as a crisis detonator (or perhaps more properly, exacerbator) in the Ukraine and the surrounding Eastern Orthodox domains should not be underestimated. The post NATO’s eastward push clashes with Church Canons in the Ukraine appeared first on The Duran.

Possible terror attack at California mall thwarted by anti-jihad activist

Jesse Dominick at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Angry Muslim women and a shady Muslim man's carefully-placed backpack were all part of the terrorism scene at the LA shopping mall on July 7. The post Possible terror attack at California mall thwarted by anti-jihad activist appeared first on The Duran.

L'étonnant silence médiatique autour de l'accord de libre-échange UE-Japon…

bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
23-Jul-2018 Opacité des négociations, commerce de bois illégal, chasse à la baleine, etc., les 205 pages de documents confidentiels permettent de se faire une idée du contenu de cet accord.

Neymar Finally Speaks After Brazil’s 2018 World Cup Loss

Nelson Belen at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After weeks of silence, Brazilian superstar forward Neymar finally spoke to the media on Sunday, July 22nd, regarding Brazil’s surprising early exit from the 2018 Russia World Cup and the ensuing global ridicule he received from what many believe were his over-the-top theatrics on the […]

It's a hell of a way to die

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 18 hours ago
*CAUTION: This post contains graphic descriptions of a very unusual and extremely painful form of death. Do not read it if you're squeamish.* I was shocked rigid - with bad memories - by a news report last weekend. Japanese authorities arrested a man Saturday after another person died when he allegedly shot compressed air into their rectum as a prank. Yoshiyuki Yoshida, 34, was arrested for the accidental killing of Akio Ishimaru, 46, according to Ibaraki Prefecture Ryugasaki police ... The two were apparently fooling around on their break when Yoshida took the air compressor ... more »

Massive convoy of buses leave southwest Syria for Idlib

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – A large batch of rebels and their family members departed for the Idlib Governorate, yesterday, after fighting for years in southwest Syria. According to the state-owned Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), hundreds of rebels and their family members left the Al-Quneitra Governorate on 46 buses provided by the government last […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Over 850 refugees to return to Syria from Lebanon

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – Over 850 refugees are scheduled to return to Syria from Lebanon this week, Al-Mayadeen TV reported on Monday. According to the Al-Mayadeen report, the 850+ refugees will leave Lebanon through the ‘Arsal District and travel to Syria’s Qalamoun region in western Damascus. The refugees will be returning to their homes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Assad to meet with family members of Russian military personnel killed in Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
Family members of Russian military personnel killed in Syria in the line of duty have arrived in Damascus on Monday at the invitation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma, known for her charitable activities. The Russians are expected to meet with the Syrian president and his family, as well as with Patriarch […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army raises flag over most important Jordanian crossing

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) officially raised their national flag over the strategic Nassib Crossing in southern Daraa this week. According to a military report from the Daraa Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army held a flag raising ceremony at the Nassib Crossing on Sunday, which was later followed by a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Two injured as gunmen storm governorate building in Erbil (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – At least three gunmen stormed the governorate building in Erbil on Monday, according to reports, injuring at least two police officers in gunfight, in what is an ongoing situation. The identity and the group allegiance of the gunmen is not yet confirmed, as no group has taken the responsibility for the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

‘Trump cannot do a damn thing against Iran’ – IRGC commander

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
Senior commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Gholamhossein Gheybparva has dismissed President Trump’s anti-Tehran remarks as a “psychological war,” local media reported. “We will never abandon our revolutionary beliefs… we will resist pressure from enemies… America wants nothing less than (to) destroy Iran… (but) Trump cannot do a damn thing against Iran,” the ISNA news agency cited Gheybparvar as saying. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: IDF claims Syrian rockets struck northern Israel

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – The official spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted this morning that rockets from Syria had recently struck the northern region of Israel. “Following the reports of sirens sounding in northern Israel, it was concluded that the rockets were from internal fighting in Syria, where they later fell” the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Clashes erupt as Jewish worshipers gather near Al-Aqsa (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers and Jewish worshippers gathered in the courtyards around Al-Aqsa Mosque, in East Jerusalem on Sunday. Some of the settlers had stormed the compound under heavy police protection, according to reports. Footage shows clashes erupting near the compound. A Palestinian boy was also seen being detained by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Child Near Bethlehem

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:50 A.M)- Israeli Defense Forces have killed a Palestinian child and injured two others, after raiding a West Bank refugee camp close to Bethlehem. Fifteen year old, Erkan Mezher, was shot and killed by Israeli Defense Forces this morning, his death was confirmed shortly after the young boys arrival at Beit Jala (al-Hussain) […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Jordan confirms arrival of White Helmets from Israel

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – The Jordanian Foreign Minister Aymen Safadi informed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Sunday that the hundreds of White Helmets personnel that fled southwest Syria had arrived safely in Jordan from Israel. “Safadi, in particular, reported the arrival of ‘The White Helmets’ to Jordan, who will be sent to some […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

‘Never, ever threaten the United States again’ – Trump tweets to Rouhani

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:35 A.M.) – U.S. President Donald Trump sent a stern warning via Twitter to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday night after the latter slammed Washington in a recent statement. Trump tweeted in response to Rouhani’s criticism and threat, “To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Climate lobbying spending report leaves out key information.

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
Robert J. Brulle. The climate lobby: a sectoral analysis of lobbying spending on climate change in the USA, 2000 to 2016. Climatic Change, 2018; DOI: 10.1007/s10584-018-2241-z Compare the above report with this critique. There seems to be some important information not considered … Continue reading →

Pope Francis misguided on fossil fuels

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
“It seems that Pope Francis has learned little since his 2015 papal encyclical calling on the world to fight climate change by limiting the use of modern technologies and fossil fuels. At a recent Vatican meeting he called many of … Continue reading →

US FWS proposes changes to Endangered Species Act, polar bear champions panic

Hifast at Climate Collections - 18 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Headline run by The Independent last Friday (20 July 2018): ‘A death sentence for polar bears’: Trump administration seeks changes to endangered species protections: Conservation groups are already vowing to sue the Donald Trump administration if the revisions go into effect Such over-the-top rhetoric is as predictable as puddles after a…

Bad Bacteria in Mom's Gut as Autism Trigger

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
The latest study being blasted around the internet has a focus on pregnant mom’s gut, or her diet, and how it could cause her child to “get autism”, as the different articles seem to imply. Mom’s Gut Microbiome May Impact...

Chinese Vaccine Scandal Infuriates Parents. News Actually Reported!

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
China may be Communist. But it seems they may not be Pharmunist, like the USA.... This article would never run in a major American media outlet. Even our social media like Facebook and Twitter have been tamping down "fake" read...

How free speech for anyone not sanctioned by the Left gets shutdown - Lauren Southern receives $68,000 bill from Victoria Police Australia

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
https://youtu.be/pImRwD4eQTo Be under no illusions, this tactic is coming to the UK. Free speech for anyone not on the politically approved left is coming to an end.

Another Merit Pay Failure

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 19 hours ago
Merit pay for teachers remains a golden dream for many Reformsters. Of course, there's a problem with that-- it doesn't actually work. It has not worked in a variety of settings and under a variety of conditions. Of course, "worked" is usually measured as "raised standardized test scores," which is a lousy measure of teacher quality, anyway. The effectiveness of merit pay in the business world is questionable, but merit pay for teachers doesn't even make sense. After all, your bonus is supposed to come out of all the extra money that the business made this year; that is not how scho... more »

Chicago Was Once - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
Chicago was once A city of strong shoulders Times of strong, long gone © 2018. M.N. Hopkins Note: I had the inspiration for this poem some time ago. Thinking about life in the city in the 60s and the toughness, directness, and the pride of many of the citizens of Chicago. Now, a globalist elite experiment pushing the modern Psych Op Psychology that is a WMD in my view. You had the Chicago Boys whose economic model destroyed many a nation, a fake President planted in that city, a fake talk show host, always politically corrupt pushing the local and national agenda now a ... more »

Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, July 23, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Monday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Baculêju das Artes @ Woods Rio (Leblon) – This is a night of music, dancing and creativity. There will be performances in a variety of media, including, music, poetry […]

China's Shock and Awe Strategy to Crush America in a War

Harry J. Kazianis at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, Asia* No one— including myself— wants to ever see a great power war between the United States and China. The ramifications are too horrific to imagine. Yet, the possibility is there for all of us to see. *As Mr. Miyagi put it best, “If man can’t see, he can’t fight.” The same can be said of a modern nation state fielding state of the art weapons of war— Beijing could simply try to blind America before it knows it is under attack. This is a simple enough concept and one most scholars assume China would utilize in a conflict. America loves its command... more »

A Good Monday Morning

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 20 hours ago

Russia’s Defense Tests and Development Program Fire the Imagination

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The world's first hypersonic missile, Russia's Avangard, has passed its development stage and is about to go into mass production

Visiting Douma ‘chemical attack’ site: Witnesses recall how White Helmets shot the video

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Witnesses recall how White Helmets used young children to stage alleged 'chemical attack'.

Secret Satanism is at the Heart of Illuminati

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Robert Sepehr examines the cult that hijacked the world

The God of Israel Is a Bloodthirsty, Vindictive Sociopath

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
“The finest trick of the devil, Charles Baudelaire wrote, is to persuade you that he does not exist”. Either that or to convince the world that he is God.

Iran’s Rouhani warns Trump about ‘mother of all wars’

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
President Rouhani warns Donald Trump against pursuing hostile policies over Iran

How Rockefeller Founded Big Pharma And Waged War On Natural Cures

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Rockefeller wasn't just interested in oil or destroying natural medicine, he wanted to monopolise all aspects of life

LSU Death Valley: An Entergy-River Bend Nuclear Disaster Could Make It Literal – Comment Deadline Monday 23rd July 10:59 PM CDT

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 21 hours ago
Comment Due Jul 23, 2018 11:59 PM ET (10:59 CDT). It is easy and can be anonymous: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2017-0141 Comment is … Continue reading →

GOD's Intent and the rise of Cyrus.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is a very important teaching that i am sharing with you today. It will assist you in understanding the present. First though i do want to address the memes of history. Humanity has been shepherded forward to the present by a steady stream of interventions from the other side. The other side is the community of our Dark Matter spirit beings who transition back and forth from second tier matter forms ( Dark Matter ) to operating third tier matter forms ( our atomic world ). All this is directed by GOD which is best understood as best intent. Through history GOD has made ch... more »

Lost Summer for Greenland

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Now understand that the Viking Greenland colony prospered for almost five centuries, reached a likely population of 10,000 before these conditions made abandonment necessary. These conditions would immediately make cattle farming impractical simply because it means the hay crop will be lost. We have only been given a decade of medieval warm period conditions. Those viking moved in stages mostly to the tip of James bay by depending on the walrus hunt. From there they moved we suspect into the Black hills in particular, although intermarriage with multiple tribes appears likely... more »

Researchers Discover A Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds in Earth’s Deep Crust

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
[image: (Credit: RTImages/Shutterstock)] I made a conjecture which i published here in my blog back in 2007 that we would find a layer of liquid carbon down 100 miles. If the Earth turns out to be hollow, i no longer need a thin carbon layer but i still need pools of liquid carbon to properly explain the behavior of diamond pipes which literally rocket to the surface at a respectable seventy miles per hour.. Now we are proving up the existence of all that carbon. It the Earth turns out to be hollow, then the shell must be at least two hundred mile thick which tends to conform wit... more »

Ringmakers of Saturn preface

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
I am working through this book in small enough bites in order to review each piece of evidence. The primary claim is that the rings are been made by machines. They are huge and if true represents space technology of a high order. It has not been seen, but such craft or devices will also need to be able to dive into the atmosphere in order to collect material. We also have the authors substantial resume and he certainly must be listened to carefully. At the time of publication this was the best explanation. Further information has now been forthcoming for the usual reason... more »

Toronto shooting: Deadly attack in Greektown district per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
This BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44919771 is happy to identify the colour of the attacker 'White', I don't recall the BBC being as happy when the perpetrator is of a darker hue. Of course this might be down to the Canadian authorities being happy to be clear that white men are generally bad.

A Blueprint for World War III: NATO's Plan to Crush the Soviet Union in Battle

Robert Farley at Test Feed Using Fields - 22 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Europe* Inside what would have been hell on Earth. *Last but not least, NATO had missile options if the conflict went nuclear. The combination of the Pershing II ballistic missile and the Tomahawk ground-launched cruise missile meant that the United States could deliver tactical nuclear strikes all along the depth of the Warsaw Pact position (and indeed, deep into the Soviet Union) before the Soviets had any idea of what was going on. While both the Americans and the Soviets had, by the 1980s, come to the conclusion that a general war could remain conv... more »

From Russia with Bullets: The Soviet Union's Crazy Plan to Crush NATO in War

Zachary Keck at Test Feed Using Fields - 22 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Europe* [image: A left side view of a M60 target tank prior to being hit by a Wasp missile during the first tactical weapon system application of millimeter wave seeker technology. The Wasp missile is designed to be launched in groups against massed armor formations.] Specifically, the Soviet war planners (rightly) anticipated that the United States and its allies would resort to the massive use of nuclear weapons early in the conflict. As a result, they hoped to preempt their use... *As Dwight Eisenhower—who is often mischaracterized as believing that ... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*by Noah* *Putin's Favorite Ride Is Our President* Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country. Yeah, I stole that from an old typing drill devised by Charles E. Weller 100 years ago. I don't do the twitter thing but I suppose that it might work for that as well. Certainly the sentiment works regardless of how it is conveyed. The fact is that Donald Trump would have been a bad man 100 years ago or at any time in our history. We already know he would have sided with the Confederacy and, going back further, his mental doppelganger Mad King George ... more »

Is Damascus Getting Ready To Cut A Deal With The Kurds?

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 22 hours ago
It could be presented as a brave decision on the authorities’ behalf to inject a fresh impetus into the interconnected constitutional reform and peace processes. Framing this move in such a way could even earn Damascus international praise from the West and inch it closer to possible sanctions relief if a comprehensive deal is struck for ending the war. The post Is Damascus Getting Ready To Cut A Deal With The Kurds? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Osteopath Found Dead in Home , Authorities Rule Homicide

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 23 hours ago
It would appear we have no deaths of holistic doctors for months, then suddenly have 4 or 5 within weeks. It brings us no joy whatsoever to announce the death of Dr. Christopher Osborn (DO) This well loved osteopath was just 50 years old. He had his own private practice in Dublin. Dr. Osborn received […] The post Osteopath Found Dead in Home , Authorities Rule Homicide appeared first on Health Nut News.

Russian jets hammer ISIS bastion as Syrian troops advance in southwest Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 A.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces have been active over southwest Syria this morning, hitting several areas controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization in the Yarmouk Basin region. According to a field report from the Daraa Governorate, the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted over 15 airstrikes on the Yarmouk Basin region, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Pompeo stresses need for diplomatic and media campaigns against Iran (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 A.M.) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heavily criticised the government of Iran, during a speech in Simi Valley, California, on Sunday. His remarks were made during a talk titled “Supporting Iranian Voices.” During his statements, Pompeo presented Iran as a malevolent force, saying, “At the same time that they’re trying to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey to deport ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee to Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 A.M.) – Turkey is deporting an ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee to Syria after being caught with a forged identity card, Sputnik News Agency reported on Monday. According to the Sputnik News report, Jihad Diab traveled to Turkey from Brazil in June while using a Moroccan passport and forged identity card. The former Al-Qaeda […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

FBI FISA Warrant Called Trump Campaign Advisor Carter Page Russian Foreign Agent: “Agent Of A Foreign Power”

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
It can’t be more clear than this. The FBI considered Carter Page an “Agent of a Foreign Power”, i.e. of … Continue reading →

Gowdy: If There Was Evidence That President Trump Committed Any Crime, “Adam Schiff Would Have Leaked It”

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 1 day ago
This quote pretty much settles it. There is as much truth to the Progressives claiming Man-made CO2 is causing climate change as there is evidence President Trump colluded with the Russians. Gowdy: If There Was Evidence That President Trump Committed Any Crime, “Adam Schiff Would Have Leaked It” (Source) Ooops, looks like the rats are … Continue reading "Gowdy: If There Was Evidence That President Trump Committed Any Crime, “Adam Schiff Would Have Leaked It”"

Most Brits Want A Brexit Do-Over So The U.K. Could Stay

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The headlines about the new YouGov poll for *The Times* is bizarre. 38% of respondents prefer a further right government-- so Boris Johnson rather than Theresa May. OK, so 62% don't? And 24% of respondents are out-right racists. Ummm... so 76% aren't? Yet the headlines are all about the right-wing loons. Why not about how a new referendum on Brexit would come up with 54% remaining and 46% wanting to leave. Odd. Former Tory Prime Minister Sir John Major has said a second Brexit referendum is “morally justified”-- as a new poll revealed support for staying in the EU over crashing o... more »

Israeli Airstrike Targets Military Position in Syria’s Hama

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Jul 22, 2018 Israeli warplanes launch an airstrike on a Syrian military position in the west of the country. Citing a military source, the Syrian media say the air raid in Hama province only caused material damage. The source said the attack was an attempt to undermine the collapse of terrorist organizations in […]

Iran Supreme Leader Backs Idea of Blocking Gulf Oil Trade If Its Exports Stopped

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Iran Supreme Leader Backs Idea of Blocking Gulf Oil Trade If Its Exports Stopped by https://sputniknews.com/ Following the withdrawal of the US from the Iranian nuclear deal, Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Hosseini Khamenei has repeatedly stated that Tehran would not negotiate with Washington in order to reach a new agreement. – The Supreme leader backed […]

Israel Says New Gaza War Will Be ‘More Painful’ And Residents Will ‘Pay The Price’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israel Says New Gaza War Will Be ‘More Painful’ And Residents Will ‘Pay The Price’ by TOM O’CONNOR ON 7/20/18, https://www.newsweek.com/ Israel has threatened to launch a new war on Gaza that could be more devastating than the last, as Palestinians continue to send burning kites over the border. – During a visit Friday to the southern city of Sderot, […]

State Dept Insider: “Eerily Familiar Drumbeat Of War Intensifying” Ahead Of Pompeo’s Iran Speech

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
State Dept Insider: “Eerily Familiar Drumbeat Of War Intensifying” Ahead Of Pompeo’s Iran Speech by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Reza Marashi served in the Office of Iranian Affairs at the U.S. State Department and is currently research director at the National Iranian American Council. He is frequently consulted by Western governments on Iran-related matters. He took to […]

Zionist Extremists Are Now the Mainstream in Israel

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Zionist Extremists Are Now the Mainstream in Israel by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ The Zionist movement has always been a schizophrenic one. The mainstream ruling factions of the movement, and later of the state of Israel, once claimed to be “socialist” in character. – But in fact, the “labour Zionist” tradition that included figures such as first Prime Minister […]

Russiagate Is Constructed of Pure Bullshit, No Facts

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Russiagate Is Constructed of Pure Bullshit, No Facts by Paul Craig Roberts, https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ All day today the presstitute scum at NPR went on and on about President Trump, using every kind of guest and issue to set him up for more criticism as an unfit occupant of the Oval Office, because, and only because, he […]

Egon von Greyerz: All Hell Will Break Loose With Record Risk

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Risk Exponential and Unmeasurable – Egon von Greyerz by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Financial and precious metals expert Egon von Greyerz (EvG) vaults gold for clients at two secret locations on two continents. He says his wealthy clients have at least 20% of their net worth in physical gold and silver. Some have much more. Why […]

Iran Warns Trump Not To Cut Off Oil Exports, Threatens “Mother Of All Wars”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Iran Warns Trump Not To Cut Off Oil Exports, Threatens “Mother Of All Wars” by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani warned the US not to threaten the nation’s oil exports, called for improved relations with its neighbors including arch-nemesis Saudi Arabia, and cautioned the US that a conflict with Iran would be “the mother […]

‘US Should Know War With Iran Is Mother of All Wars’ – Iranian President

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
‘US Should Know War With Iran Is Mother of All Wars’ – Iranian President by https://sputniknews.com/ The statement came just a day after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei supported President Hassan Rouhani’s suggestion that his country may block Gulf oil exports in the event Iranian exports are stopped. – According to the ISNA news agency, the […]

Trump’s “Deal of the Century” to Entrench Palestinian Suffering. The Plan to Force Palestinians into Sinai Desert

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Emphasis mine: Trump’s “Deal of the Century” to Entrench Palestinian Suffering by CJ WERLEMAN, https://ahtribune.com/ During the 2016 US election campaign, then candidate Donald Trump promised that he alone would make the best deals, the biggest deals, the greatest deals the world has ever known on his way to making America great again. – When asked how he […]

Iran’s FM Calls for Taking ‘Practical Measures’ to Save Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Jul 21, 2018 Iran’s top diplomat calls on the remaining signatories of the Iran nuclear deal to take practical steps to salvage the accord in the wake of US withdrawal. Zarif was addressing the Foreign Ministry personnel at Imam Khomeini’s Mausoleum. He also said Iran will not wait for Europeans to take action […]

After Warning of ‘Large and Painful Military Operation,’ Israel Begins Massive Bombing of Gaza

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
After Warning of ‘Large and Painful Military Operation,’ Israel Begins Massive Bombing of Gaza by Jake Johnson, staff writer, 20 July 2018, https://www.commondreams.org/ “Israeli snipers shoot and kill scores of unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza, including kids, then calls it self-defense. When a Palestinian sniper fires at one Israeli soldier, Israel bombs Gaza with F-16s and […]

Efforts to Circumvent US Iran Sanctions ‘Generally Ineffective’ – Legal Experts

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Efforts to Circumvent US Iran Sanctions ‘Generally Ineffective’ – Legal Experts by Suliman Mulhem, https://sputniknews.com/ With US President Donald Trump pulling the US out of the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year, many European businesses commercially active in Iran are looking to circumvent Washington’s sanctions. – Sputnik reporter Suliman Mulhem spoke to legal experts from Fieldfisher, a leading international law firm […]

HOLY SHIFT: Stock Market Pace Maker Breaking Down? by Lynette Zang

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
ITM Trading Streamed live on Jul 19, 2018 Links and Slides: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/holy-… Everyone wants a crystal ball on the markets. Paying attention to pattern shifts, particularly surrounding insider behavior, shows us what’s happening just out of sight of main street and may provide important information on what lies ahead, because they are ones running the corporations. […]

Israeli Jets Strike Syrian Chemical Facility In Rare Daylight Attack

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israeli Jets Strike Syrian Chemical Facility In Rare Daylight Attack by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ On a day that’s already witnessed significant developments along the Syrian-Israeli Golan border region after an overnight evacuation of hundreds of White Helmets members and their families by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli jets have reportedly carried out a major airstrike on a Syrian government […]

Comet PANSTARRS (C/2017 S3) Exploded Again! Stay Tuned for the Unexpected

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
nemesis maturity Published on Jul 22, 2018 UNPREDICTABLE GREEN COMET: On July 1st, Comet PANSTARRS (C/2017 S3) exploded. Its green atmosphere ballooned in size, large enough to swallow Jupiter twice, and its brightness increased 16-fold. Barely a week later, the comet fizzled, dimming almost as much as it had brightened. Then it exploded again! On July […]

Charlie's Ride

LL at Virtual Mirage - 1 day ago
I heard that somebody snagged Charles Manson's Dodge Power Wagon out of Ballarat, CA and took it to parts unknown - possibly to restore it. FAKE NEWS It's still there. The Manson stayed at the Barker Ranch, in the mountains, southeast of Ballarat, sacrificing, etc. One of the girls, rather than be raped and sacrificed to Satan, ran down the mountain while the rest of the "family" was sleeping and made it to Ballarat. The sheriffs were called and Charlie's Power Wagon has been there ever since.

Musical Interlude: Yanni, “To the One Who Knows”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Yanni, “To the One Who Knows” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF3kxNYTmsk

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years away, toward the constellation Leo. Relatively bright in planet Earth's sky, NGC 3521 is easily visible in small telescopes but often overlooked by amateur imagers in favor of other Leo spiral galaxies, like M66 and M65. It's hard to overlook in this colorful cosmic portrait, though. *Click image for larger size.* Spanning some 50,000 light-years the galaxy sports characteristic patchy, irregular spiral arms laced with dust, pink star forming regions, and clusters of young, blue stars. Remarkably, this deep image also ... more »

Kahlil Gibran, "You Are My Brother..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"A Poet's Voice XV, Part Four" by Kahlil Gibran "You are my brother, but why are you quarreling with me? Why do you invade my country and try to subjugate me for the sake of pleasing those who are seeking glory and authority? Why do you leave your wife and children and follow Death to the distant land for the sake of those who buy glory with your blood, and high honor with your mother's tears? Is it an honor for a man to kill his brother man? If you deem it an honor, let it be an act of worship, and erect a temple to Cain who slew his brother Abel. Is self-preservation the first ... more »

"Too Often..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Book of Hours II, 16"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Book of Hours II, 16"* "How surely gravity's law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of even the strongest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. Each thing- each stone, blossom, child- is held in place. Only we, in our arrogance, push out beyond what we belong to for some empty freedom. If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. Instead we entangle ourselves in knots of our own making and struggle, lonely and confused. So, like children, we begin again to learn from the things, because they are in God's heart; they have never left h... more »

Chet Raymo, “Holy Ignorance”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Holy Ignorance” * by Chet Raymo “At a press conference in 2002, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously explained foreign policy: “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know." The same can be said of science. The textbooks are full of known knowns. We are quite confident affirming the circulation of the blood, the distance to the Sun, the common descent of animals and plants. I sit h... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Vienna, Wien, Austria. Thanks for stopping by!

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