Friday, August 10, 2018

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Muslim convert admits London terror plot per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
The headline of this BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45147682 quite shocked me, I wonder how long 'Muslim convert' will stay in the headline. 'A man has pleaded guilty to plotting a terror attack on London's Oxford Street and raising money for terrorism. Lewis Ludlow, 26, planned to hire a van and hit pedestrians and also targeted Madame Tussauds and St Paul's Cathedral, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. He pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey and is due to be sentenced on 2 November. Ludlow, who also used the name Ali Hussain, had hoped to kill up to 100 peo... more »

Italy’s Senate ends parental obligation to vaccinate school children

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 12 hours ago
(Editor’s Note: Here’s the thing, whether you vaccinate or don’t it should be your choice. Congratulations to parents in Italy who now have that choice once again.) This week the upper house of Italy’s parliament passed a government supported amendment removing “the legal obligation to vaccinate children against ten diseases before they can be enrolled for state […] The post Italy’s Senate ends parental obligation to vaccinate school children appeared first on Health Nut News.

ROBERT GRAVES

Anon at Aangirfan - 12 hours ago
... *I Claudius* The British writer *Robert Graves* wrote I, Claudius, Good-Bye to All That and Hebrew Myths. *1947 - Graves, Gay* Above, we see Robert Graves (left) and his assistant and secretary Karl Goldschmidt, aka Kenneth Gay. *Robert Graves wrote a number of war poems* . *Robert Graves (left) with his mother and brother.* Graves was married to Nancy Nicholson and then to Beryl Pritchard. *Nancy and her children. From left to right: Catherine, Nancy, Sam, Jenny and David. David Graves was killed during World War II. *(*Robert Graves' other children were Juan, Lucia, To... more »

Turkish President Erdogan Says Turkey's Economy Is Under Attack

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Al Jazeera: *Erdogan says Turkey economy under attack as Trump doubles tariffs* After Turkish president urges people to support currency, US counterpart adds pressure with doubling of metals' tariffs. US President Donald Trump has announced a doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey, piling economic pressure on the NATO ally after its currency went into a tail-spin. Trump's announcement on Friday came hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out against a shadowy international "interest rate lobby" which, he suggested, was "campaigning" to harm Turkey's... more »

President Trump Orders Tariffs On Turkish Steel And Aluminium Over The Treatment Of A U.S. Pastor

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, slides rapidly downward against our very strong Dollar! Aluminum will now be 20% and Steel 50%. Our relations with Turkey are not good at this time! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2018 *The Guardian:* *Turkey's economic crisis deepens as Trump doubles tariffs* *US president tweets: ‘Our relations with Turkey are not good at this time!’* Turkey’s unfolding economic crisis has deepened further after Donald Trump announced a doubling of US i... more »

Guest Post: Alessandro De Angelis, Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Tommaso Dorigo at Science 2.0 blogs - 12 hours ago
*I am very happy to host here today an article by my INFN colleague Alessandro de Angelis, a well-known and authoritative italian astrophysicist. Alessandro has recently published a beautiful new book on this subject, which I invite you to have a look at (see link at the bottom of the article) - T.Dorigo *. read more

How Prebiotics Benefit Your Health + Top Prebiotic Food Sources

thedrswolfson at The Drs. Wolfson - 12 hours ago
Most people know that probiotics are good for health. They’ve been linked to lowering inflammation and healing leaky gut. Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that confer a health benefit to the host. Yet here’s the thing most people still aren’t aware of: to reap the benefits of probiotics, you need prebiotics. Unlike probiotics, however, […] The post How Prebiotics Benefit Your Health + Top Prebiotic Food Sources appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.

Souffleurs de feuilles bruyants

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
10-Aug-2018 Cet article concerne des gens qui n'ont aucun égard pour leur voisin et qui utilisent souvent des souffleurs de feuilles thermiques ou électriques très bruyants.

Luxembourg fund awarded EUR 53.3 million for FET breach arising out of Spain's curtailment of renewable energy incentive schemes

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
10-Aug-2018 An arbitration tribunal found that Spain's electricity reforms breached its obligation to accord to the investor fair and equitable treatment under the Energy Charter Treaty

Un fonds luxembourgeois se voit accorder 53,3 millions EUR pour violation du TJE suite à la réduction du mécanisme espagnol d'aide en faveur de l'énergie renouvelable

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
10-Aug-2018 Un tribunal d'arbitrage a déterminé que les réformes du secteur de l'électricité menées par l'Espagne violaient l'obligation du pays d'accorder un traitement juste et équitable à l'investisseur au titre du Traité sur la Charte de l'énergie.

World News Briefs -- August 10, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Business Insider:* *Global stocks are getting slammed and major currencies are going haywire on a wild Friday in markets* * Global markets are in turmoil on Friday, with a historic plunge in the Turkish lira at the center of the chaos. * The lira's decline caps a week of political news that's unnerved investors, as the US ramped up sanctions on Turkey and Russia, and the United Kingdom fretted over a no-deal Brexit. * US investors shifted focus from strong corporate earnings to the rout in Europe, sending the major stock-market indexes lower. A slew of unnerving headlines all we... more »

New York Times Reprints Socialist Magazine Editorial's Call to Replace Constitution

Steve Byas at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: new-york-times-reprints-socialist-magazine-editorial-s-call-to-replace-constitution] Modern Jacobin socialists apparently share with their French Revolution's namesakes a desire to replace their country's existing Constitution.

Justice Department Will Cut Ties to SPLC, Sessions Says

Alex Newman at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: justice-department-will-cut-ties-to-splc-sessions-says] Shortly after the news broke that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) still maintained some ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — a far-left fringe group widely condemned as an anti-Christian “hate group” by critics — Attorney General Jeff Sessions dropped the hammer. Speaking in front of a mainstream Christian group of pro-freedom attorneys maligned by the SPLC, the Justice Department chief pledged that the DOJ would not be partnering with any organizations that unfairly slander or discriminate against... more »

WATCH: Cops Set Up “Bait Truck” In Low-Income Neighborhood To Entrap Poor People In To Stealing

John Vibes at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: bait] Chicago police have been accused of entrapment after setting up a bait truck in a low income neighborhood full of expensive goods that were easily accessible. The post WATCH: Cops Set Up “Bait Truck” In Low-Income Neighborhood To Entrap Poor People In To Stealing appeared first on The Free Thought Project .

No Major Changes In Results After Election Recount In Iraq (REVISED)

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
(Al Mirbad)Iraq’s Election Commission (IHEC) announced that it was finished with its manual recount and found no major differences with the initial results. Going through the votes was initiated by parliament after widespread complaints of fraud especially in Anbar, Kirkuk, Sulaymaniya, and Ninewa. The controversy only grew after the IHEC threw out ballots from 103 polling stations in Anbar, Baghdad, Irbil, Ninewa, and Salahaddin, and then an additional 1,021 stations in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Dohuk, Irbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa, Salahaddin, and Sulaymaniya along with some in England, G... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 10

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1920 Treaty of Sevres started the break-up of the Ottoman Empire after World War I Included ceding Mesopotamia to the British Included call for a Kurdish state Turkey rejected Treaty Also claimed Mosul province citing Madrid armistice when British forces only held small part of vilyat 1933 Kurds and Arabs looted Assyrian farms south of Dohuk 1987 Iraq began bombing campaign against Iran’s Tabriz oil field Iran said it would make Persian Gulf a killing field in retaliation (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq review... more »

Why Is Thomas Frank Puzzled?

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*A Bernie Sanders event in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2016 Democratic Party primary (click to enlarge)* *by Gaius Publius* *“I wouldn’t want to win on an old-fashioned leftist platform. Even if I thought it was the route to victory, I wouldn’t take it.”* –Tony Blair I want to take just a few minutes to reflect on Thomas Frank's bepuzzlement, as expressed in his recent exit piece in the *Guardian*. (Frank is off to write "a few books" and will return in a few years to "see how things have gone." Those will be interesting years.) His problem is this: "[U]nderstanding the perversi... more »

NABRI proposal with Congressional Candidate Kesha Rogers (TX-9)

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
World Land-Bridge New International Economic Order American Credit System Glass-Steagall Policy Committee NABRI proposal with Congressional Candidate Kesha Rogers (TX-9) Video of NABRI proposal with Congressional Candidate Kesha Rogers (TX-9) Join us LIVE at 10:30am Eastern with our host, Matthew Ogden, and special guests Congressional Candidate Kesha Rogers (TX-9), and Dennis Small of EIR Magazine. We'll be discussing the NABRI - North American Belt and Road Alliance, the proposal to link the North American continent with China's Belt and Road Economic Initiative.

Today 4:00pm Eastern Dr. Paul Thomas Talks Health on the Pat Miller Show

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 13 hours ago
TODAY! August 10, 2018 at 1:00pm PACIFIC 4:00pm EASTERN. Please tune into Dr. Paul Thomas as he's on the Pat Miller program on WOWO, Ft. Wayne Indiana. You can purchase Dr. Thomas' books here.

Israel Orders BBC to change Story Headline. BBC Complies

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 13 hours ago
A few years back, Prof Greg Philo was told by a BBC editor: 'We wait in fear for the telephone call from the Israelis.’ Now, it seems, they use Twitter instead

Watch: Reporters Slam US for Refusing to Condemn Bombing of School Bus in Yemen

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 13 hours ago
State Dept spokeswoman refuses to condemn what she describes as "an important strategic partner" for killing at least 20 Yemeni kids

What is this 314 Action?

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 13 hours ago
You do not have to be an engineer to know that 314 with a decimal added after the three is Pi. So, it should not be a surprise to learn that 314 Action has something to do with math or … Continue reading →

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 10, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*The Hill:* *Pentagon’s No. 2 official: Trump’s ‘Space Force’ could cost 'billions'* Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Thursday said Pentagon officials do not yet know how much it will cost to establish President Trump’s desired "Space Force" but assume it would cost "billions." “We have not done cost estimation yet,” Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon, adding that he expects he won’t have a more concrete number until November. Trump in March first announced his desire to create a Space Force, and in June directed the Pentagon to begin creating the new military br... more »

Podcast on John Bingham

Gerard N. Magliocca at Balkinization - 13 hours ago
Yesterday the National Constitution Center released an hour-long podcast that I did with Kurt Lash on John Bingham and the Fourteenth Amendment. You can find the podcast here.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 13 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Trump Moves to Open 1.6 Million Acres California Public Land to Fracking Judge Orders Plane Carrying Deported Mother, Child, Turned Around Trump Signs Bill Reversing Obama Era Background Checks of Gun Purchases by Mentally IllNew Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags"Heavily Armed" Muslim Extremists Arrested In NM; Trained 11 Children To Commit School Shootings*Guess the days of hearing people point out that school shooters are generally from "good Christian families" are over.* Italy's Central Bank Admits Wealth Redistribution Leads To CorruptionChina Just Tested ... more »

Harvard Street residents go to court over bikeway plan

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
News 1. Class action lawsuit filed against Archdiocese Last week, Halifax lawyer John McKiggan and the Toronto law firm of Koskie Minsky announced they were filing a class action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax–Yarmouth on behalf of children they allege were sexually abused by priests from 1960 to the present. After the lawyers issued […]

Lord Jacob Rothschild Issues Warning: The New World Order is in Jeopardy

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: rothschild] Lord Jacob Rothschild has issued a warning this week noting that the current economic and political climate is threatening the "post-war economic and security order." The post Lord Jacob Rothschild Issues Warning: The New World Order is in Jeopardy appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

WATCH: Man Acquitted After Shooting at a Police Officer Because the Cop Shot First for No Reason

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: shooting] After a police officer began shooting at two brothers outside of a nightclub for no reason, they were both charged for defending themselves. However, thanks to a video, the charges were dropped. The post WATCH: Man Acquitted After Shooting at a Police Officer Because the Cop Shot First for No Reason appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Here's Why North Korea's New Missile Submarine Is No Joke

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 14 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* The DPRK appears to be continuing on its path to developing a new diesel-electric ballistic missile submarine (SSB) despite the recent summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. *At the end of the day, neither the Sinpo-B or Sinpo-C are particularly impressive vessels. However, it is nonetheless impressive that an impoverished and technologically backward state with primitive industrial capabilities developed and built its own ballistic missile submarine. It should be a reminder that North Korea might not be quite... more »

Did Vice President Mike Pence Warn Against ‘Gay Aliens’?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
A report about proposed uses for the Trump administration's recently announced "Space Force" was satire from a well-known humorist.

Actress Sean Young Wanted for Questioning in Burglary

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Police say Young is wanted for questioning after she was caught on surveillance video stealing laptops and video production software from a store in New York City.

Texas Lockup is Epicenter of Family Immigration Detention

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Currently housing 1,520 mothers and their children, about 10 percent are families who were temporarily separated and then reunited under a “zero tolerance policy” that has since been reversed.

Canadian Police Say at Least 4 Dead in Shooting

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
In 2014, a shooting in Moncton, New Brunswick left three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers dead and two wounded.

Turkey Meltdown: Lira Implodes As Panicked Sellers Spark Global Contagion

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 14 hours ago
Turkey Meltdown: Lira Implodes As Panicked Sellers Spark Global Contagion by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ The Turkish currency crisis is finally here and it is sending shockwaves around the globe. After weeks of a slow, but controlled collapse, investors finally hit the panic button overnight, when the Turkish lira crashed as much as 11.2% against the dollar […]

Iraq to Stop Trading With Iran in US Dollars Due to Sanctions – Gov’t Spokesman

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 14 hours ago
Iraq to Stop Trading With Iran in US Dollars Due to Sanctions – Gov’t Spokesman by https://sputniknews.com/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – Iraq will have to stop using the US dollar in its financial transactions with Iran over Washington’s sanctions against Tehran, Iraqi government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi told Sputnik on Thursday. – “The sanctions will influence, first of all, […]

Lord Rothschild: The New World Order Is At Risk

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 14 hours ago
Mr ‘Pyramid’ himself saying what those of us who study the Luciferian New World Order has concluded/deducted with the election of Donald Trump. Trump is messing up their plans by anywhere between 10-25 years. Publicly, Trump has declared war on Globalism(see video bottom of post). ‘Globalism‘ is a euphemism for the process towards a Luciferian […]

Erdogan tells Turkish people ‘they have dollars, we have Allah’

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:35 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on his people to trust God during a rallying call to supporters in the Black Sea province of Rize late on Thursday. He said, “Today we are better than yesterday, tomorrow we will be better than today. You do not need to worry at all. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Air Force launches largest assault of the year on southwest Idlib

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) has launched a powerful assault in southwest Idlib, today, targeting the areas controlled by the jihadist rebels. According to a military communique from nearby Latakia, the Syrian Air Force has launched well over 60 airstrikes this afternoon, hitting a number of jihadist bases and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Update: Syrian Army to start offensive in northern Hama

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces branch is headed towards the northern countryside of Hama, not the Al-Ghaab Plain as previously reported. According to the 4th Division near Mhardeh, the Tiger Forces will begin their operations in northern Hama, where they will be tasked with sealing off the Hama-Idlib […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Erdogan tells Turks to drop dollar after Trump imposes more sanctions

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the country’s citizens to sell foreign currencies to support the lira which has seen a record plunge against the US dollar amid a diplomatic conflict with Washington. “Change the euros, the dollars and the gold that you are keeping beneath your pillows into lira at our banks. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

UN deplores ’worst attack since 2015’ after Saudi strike kills 29 children (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:35 P.M.) – United Nations and UNICEF spokespersons commented on the Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen that claimed the lives of 44, at least 29 of whom were children, while speaking at their Geneva headquarters on Friday. “This the single worst attack since 2015. The bus attack. No such number of children has been […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian military creates 8 outposts along Golan Heights border

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
The Russian military police will create eight outposts near the demilitarized zone at the Golan Heights on the Syrian-Israeli border, a deputy commander of the Russian forces in Syria in charge of of military police, Viktor Zaytsev, said. According to the official, the first permanent observation post of the Russian military police has already been […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Large Tiger Forces convoy deploys to northwest Syria (photos)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces branch began moving their troops, today, from southern Syria to the northwestern provinces of Idlib and Hama. This is the first major wave of reinforcements from the Tiger Forces to make their way from the Daraa Governorate to the provinces of Hama and Idlib. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan holds talks with Iran amid fresh US sanctions

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the Iranian president’s chief of staff, Mahmoud Vaezi, in Ankara to discuss the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and US sanctions against Tehran, Tasnim News Agency reported on Friday. According to the Tasnim News Agency, the meeting took place late on Thursday as part of Vaezi’s one-day visit. The two sides […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Tiger Forces’ air fleet begins bombing southwest Idlib (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The air fleet of the Tiger Forces have begun their heavy bombardment of the southwestern countryside of Idlib, today, the Syrian military branch reported this afternoon. According to the Tiger Forces, their air fleet has begun bombing bases and trenches belonging to Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia’s air defense system Tor-E2 can be interfaced with NATO air defense standards

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Russia will soon offer its foreign customers the newest air defense system Tor-E2 which can be integrated with NATO standards-based air defenses, Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport (an affiliate of Rostec) told the media on Thursday. “The possibility of interfacing Tor-E2 with any of the existing air defense systems, including those based on NATO standards, will […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army liberates new areas from ISIS in east Sweida (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their large-scale offensive in east Sweida, today, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions around the Al-Safa Canyon. Led by their 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army managed to score a major advance across the Badiya Al-Sham region of east Sweida after a fierce […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

UN forces begin first patrols in Golan Heights DMZ since 2011

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
UN troops on Friday patrolled the Syrian side of the demilitarized Golan Heights buffer zone with Israel for the first time since the war broke out in 2011, the deputy commander of Russian forces in Syria said. UN peacekeepers entered the area from Syria on August 3 after government troops drove militants away. The UN had previously to rely […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Joint jihadist security operation begins to arrest anyone seeking reconciliation with gov’t

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – Earlier this week, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a major security operation to arrest anyone believed to harbor support for reconciliation with the government. The Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham operation resulted in the apprehension of dozens of people living in the southern countryside of the Idlib. On Friday morning, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army’s elite division heads to Al-Ghaab for southwest Idlib offensive

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) elite Tiger Forces branch has begun moving their troops from Daraa to the Al-Ghaab Plain in northeastern Hama. According to a military report, the Tiger Forces will be tasked with leading the offensive to retake the strategic district of Jisr Al-Shughour. Jisr Al-Shughour and Idlib […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US State Dept. avoids blaming Saudi Arabia for latest massacre in Yemen (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press briefing in Washington DC on Thursday that “we don’t have the full details about what happened on the ground,” when asked about an airstrike that hit the Yemen’s Dahyan earlier today leaving at least 50 people, including children, killed. “We can […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The United Nations: An Unconstrained Bureaucracy

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood It’s two years old, but still a highly relevant insight into the operations of the UN: Abstract The United Nations is financed mostly by taxpayers from a few donor countries but the large and growing bureaucracy is too far removed from those taxpayers to be directly accountable to them. … … Continue reading →

How 'story maps' redraw the world using people's real-life experiences

Shefali Juneja Lakhina, PhD Candidate, Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space, University of Wollongong at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
From resettling Syrian refugees to mitigating climate change in Ecuador, interactive 'story maps' harvest communities' stories to help policymakers and neighbors better understand complex problems.

A way to pay for the Wall?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
President Trump is struggling to get Congress to appropriate sufficient funds to build the wall he wants along our southern border. I thought Oklahoma's experience with a remittance tax might hold promise for that. Oklahoma ... collects 1 percent from all out-going, out-of-state, person-to-person wire transfers of money; many of these transfers are remittances from illegal aliens in Oklahoma to their relatives in their homelands. It is the only state to do so. * . . .* Oklahoma tax officials told us a year or so ago that 96 percent of the wire transfer fees are not used as income... more »

“Fever Pitch”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“Fever Pitch”* by James Howard Kunstler "Those in the USA who have not been driven plumb insane by President Donald Trump are probably scratching their heads down to the subdural cavity this week with his imposition of more severe sanctions on Russia only a month after he went to Helsinki to repair tattered relations with Russia’s president, Mr. Putin. The official reason: payback for the poisoning in Wiltshire, UK, of Sergei Skripal, retired UK/Russia double agent, and his daughter Yulia. Really? For that? For a botched assassination with one of the world’s most potent military ... more »

About Your Child's Data...

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 14 hours ago
We probably don't talk about it enough, but ever since we started in with the modern era of ed reform, we've been watching data collection push its way into more and more of the education system. Oh, it's just for the good of the children-- by collecting All The Data, we can learn exactly where the child's strengths and weaknesses lie and maybe even personalize an educational program for that child! Heck, Knewton (a division of Pearson) once bragged that it would be able to tell you what Pat should have for breakfast on the day of a big math test. By an odd coincidence, the standard... more »

Freaky Friday

LL at Virtual Mirage - 14 hours ago
*Famous, But...Incompetent* Just when you think that DOJ/FBI corruption couldn't get much worse, more information surfaces and becomes public. And then there's the trial of Paul Manafort where Team Mueller has filed a complaint against the judge in the case for holding them strictly to account - something that they're unfamiliar with. For anyone used to dealing with a federal judge, this is not unusual. I recall when Presiding Federal Judge Manuel Real threw a defense attorney (Roger Agajanian) into custody for ninety days for contempt of court. I was in that Federal Courtroom t... more »

"How It Horrifyingly Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

"'Revolutionary' Professors Allow Students To Pick Their Own Grades"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"'Revolutionary' Professors Allow Students To Pick Their Own Grades"* by William Nardi via The College Fix "A literature class at Davidson College this fall will use “contract grading,” allowing students to pick ahead of time their grade for the class and the workload they need to complete to earn it. The offer is posed by Professor Melissa Gonzalez for her Introduction to Spanish Literatures and Cultures course, SPA 270, at the private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. She is one of several professors across the nation who allow this pick-your-own grade method, bil... more »

Opinion: Brazil’s Absurd Senatorial System

Michael Royster at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – At their national conventions last week, Brazil’s political parties nominated candidates for president; simultaneously, state-wide conventions were held, where the parties nominated candidates for governor and senator. In October, 27 states (including the Federal District) will elect a governor and two senators. Why two senators? Because […]

Rio Nightlife Guide for Friday, August 10, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Friday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Rockbash #3 @ Casa da Matriz (Botafogo) – This Friday is the third edition of Rockbash, ready for another rock ‘n roll night! With rock of all kinds, going […]

Florida Senator Nelson Says Russians Have Hacked Into Florida's Voter Registration System

Kurt Hyde at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: florida-senator-nelson-says-russians-have-hacked-into-florida-s-voter-registration-system] Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), speaking in Tampa, Florida, Wednesday, told reporters that the Russians are in the voter registration records in Florida.

Oregon County Protects 2nd Amendment

TNA Video at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: top-headline-jordan-belanger-oregon-county-protects-2nd-amendment] VIDEO - The power of nullification is a right and duty that all local, state, and federal officials have to resist unconstitutional laws and acts enacted by the federal government. An Oregon county is the latest to use their right and declare themselves a safe haven for the 2nd amendment.

Ice-Free Arctic Prophesy Update

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 15 hours ago
The world’s leading climate scientist “echoing work by other scientists” prophesied ten years ago that the Arctic would be ice-free between 2013 and 2018. The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search Faced with the failure of his forecasts, he officially … Continue reading →

Researcher and biotech founder in Ireland issues four retractions

Alison McCook at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
An award-winning researcher and founder of a biotech company based in Ireland has retracted four papers and corrected another. In the last few weeks, Therese Kinsella — a professor at the University of College of Dublin (UCD) — has issued a correction and three retractions in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) of papers dating … Continue reading Researcher and biotech founder in Ireland issues four retractions

"Just Once..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"But because truly being here is so much; because everything here apparently needs us, this fleeting world, which in some strange way keeps calling to us. Us, the most fleeting of all. Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too, just once. And never again. But to have been this once, completely, even if only once: to have been at one with the earth, seems beyond undoing." - Rainer Maria Rilke

"The Digital Dark Age is Here"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"The Digital Dark Age is Here"* by Nathan McDonald, Sprott Money News "For years I have warned about this, for years I have stated that these companies are not to be trusted, that they are listening to your every movement and tracking you in real time, selling your information to the highest bidder. For years, people scoffed at this idea, they laughed it off, until recently. People were outraged to hear that Facebook and other social media giants were indeed selling your information, they were gathering, collecting and packaging it to ad sponsors, but why were they shocked? Why c... more »

N. Atlantic Cooling in Progress

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 15 hours ago
For the last few years, observers have been speculating about when the North Atlantic will start the next phase shift from warm to cold. An example is this report in May 2015 The Atlantic is entering a cool phase that will change the world’s weather by Gerald McCarthy and Evan Haigh of the RAPID Atlantic […]

Did You Know?

PTAblues at Roscoe Reports - 15 hours ago

Today’s smoothie is really yummy

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 15 hours ago
Eggnog made with honey organic baby spinach Banana blueberries

Globalists set trap for CSU in my case

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Controlled opposition, the AFD could use my own upcoming de facto state organized murder by corrupt Greek justice officials and police on behalf of Angela Merkel, Alexis Tsipras and other eugenicist Globalists to eventually smear the CSU. The AFD has focussed on George Soros’ role in the current migration crisis. If I am murdered on […]

HAS ANGELA MERKEL JUST TRIED TO SABOTAGE THE CSU WITH A FAKE SPAIN MIGRANT DEAL? AFFAIR UNDERLINES URGENT NEED FOR CSU TO SET UP OWN INTERNET MEDIA PLATFORMS

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
On Angela Merkel’s return to Berlin on Wednesday from her irregular holiday, her government announced a fake migrant deal with Spain ahead of her weekend talks with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez, which may fuel tensions with her CSU partner. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/merkel-sees-off-coalition-revolt-as-spain-takes-back-migrants-37199017.html Berlin’s Interior Ministry which announced that migrants, who were originally registered in Spain, would be sent […]

Angela Merkel breaks off her “mysterious” holiday to return to Berlin

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Angela Merkel has unexpectedly returned to Berlin one week earlier than usual, prompting uncertainty as to whether her visit to Spain at the weekend is part of her holiday or not. Her spokesman cryptically answered that Merkel is still on duty when asked if the trip to the southern cost of Spain was part of […]

New case of unknown and lethal disease in Uganda

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
From KFM Another strange disease has been reported in the Western district of Kibaale with symptoms similar to those of the first strange cases that were detected in Mubende district in central region about 70 kilometers away. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the ministry of health’s senior public relations officer has confirmed that a five year old girl […]

Voluntary or compulsory Ebola vaccinations in DR Congo?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Confusion continues to surround the degree of force to be used in a new Ebola vaccine campaign in the DR Congo after officials in Mangina told inhabitants not to leave the area because they had to be vaccinated by Wednesday 8th August. http://radiomotofm.info/lirearticle.php?billet=4549 Meanwhile, in a tweet the Minister of Health Oly Illunga stressed that an official had agreed of […]

Bill Gates’ Gavi exploits new outbreak in DR Congo to push for a license for Merck Ebola vaccine

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
From WHO The Ministry of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo today announced the launch of Ebola vaccinations for high risk populations in North Kivu province. The vaccinations have begun just one week after the announcement of a second outbreak of Ebola this year in the country. A total of 44 cases […]

WATCH: Bully Cop Tells Group of Black Men ‘I Know Who My People Are’ and ‘You Don’t Belong in My City’

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: belong] A bully cop has been fired after stalking an innocent group of young black men, threatening them, and telling them they don't belong in his city. The post WATCH: Bully Cop Tells Group of Black Men ‘I Know Who My People Are’ and ‘You Don’t Belong in My City’ appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Keeping Our Distance

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
It's safe to assume that Canada will not receive any "wish you were here" cards from the Kingdom of Saud. But, Tom Walkom writes, Canadians need not get exorcised about the situation: For the truth is that Saudi Arabia isn’t very important to Canada. And vice versa. Figures compiled by the Library of Parliament show that Saudi Arabia was Canada’s 25th largest trading partner in 2015. Canadian exports to Saudi Arabia (mainly military vehicles and parts) comprised only 0.2 per cent of this country’s exports overall. Similarly, Canadian imports from Saudi Arabia (mainly oil) comprise... more »

Marxism And Socialism Is Still Alive And Well In The West (And Elsewhere)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Iconic photo of Che Guevara, public domain. *Jeff Sanders, PJ Media: **Seven 'Great' Marxist Leaders Young Socialists Need to Know* The past several years have taught me that, sadly, socialism (especially its most virulent kind — Marxism) is alive and well on college campuses, in the media, in American government, and even among the rank and file of American citizens. Do these followers of socialism, sometimes waving red flags and wearing "Che" Guevara t-shirts, not know the truth about Marxist leaders over the past 100 years? Apparently not. In our day, I often come across people... more »

DON JUNIOR POSTED A FAKE GRAPHIC, BUT CNN SAVED HIM A LOT OF WORK

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
*(The Donald Trump Jr. Instagram post cited below has been deleted. I've replaced it with a copy of the image Junior posted.)* Donald Trump Jr. got caught cooking the books a couple of days ago: Donald Trump Jr. posted a fake graphic to Instagram on Wednesday to misrepresent his father’s approval rating. It was unclear who made the fake graphic that the president’s eldest son shared in an Instagram post that has not yet been deleted, but in it his father’s 40 percent approval rating is clearly visible below a photoshopped 50%.... The fakery was called on out the Instagram post and ... more »

The Saudi - Canada Dispute and the Russian Viewpoint

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 16 hours ago
The recent diplomatic spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia has made the news cycle around the world but one aspect of the dispute has received very little coverage. Given that Saudi Arabia is actually growing closer, particularly since the October 2017 summit between the two nations, and given the fact that Russia has banned Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Russia has offered its considered opinion on the recent fray. Let's open this posting by looking at recent developments which show us the recent evolution of the relat... more »

Bismarck vs. Hood: How Hitler's Most Deadly Battleship Sunk the Pride of the Royal Navy

Warfare History Network at Test Feed Using Fields - 16 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * "Of all the German surface warships, the British feared Bismarck the most. Her size, speed, and firepower made her a definite threat to Allied shipping in the Atlantic, and it was imperative that she be neutralized." *In July 2001, the wreck of the Hood was found 9,334 feet below the surface of the Denmark Straight. She lies in three sections with the bow on its side, the mid section upside down, and the stern speared into the seabed. In 2013, the wreck was more fully explored with a remote-control vehicle. The exploration appears to confi... more »

Russia Had Plans to Build a Deadly Battleship Fleet. Here's Why It Never Happened.

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 16 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * As predominantly land power, the Soviet Union was fated to spend most of its resources on land forces. Sea power by necessity came in at third place. While the USSR did manage to field four Kirov-class battlecruisers in the 1980s, it never came anywhere near to realizing Stalin’s great red fleet. *The plan was doomed to failure. The Soviet Union never had much large-shipbuilding capacity, and developing such capability had been delayed by the Great Patriotic War. Furthermore, the war had done great damage to the country’s industrial capacity, which n... more »

The Army Has Big Plans to Out 'Gun' Russia or China in a War

Kris Osborn at Test Feed Using Fields - 16 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * The Army is fast-tracking an emerging program to engineer a longer-range artillery cannon able to out range enemy ground forces by hitting targets at more than twice the distance of existing artillery. *Interestingly, the new initiative may incorporate and also adjust some of the tenets informing the 1980’s Air-Land Battle Doctrine; this concept, which came to fruition during the Cold War, was focused on integrated air-ground combat coordination to counter a large, mechanized force in major warfare. While AirLand battle was aimed primarily at the Soviet... more »

Japan sticks to TPP, US seeks bilateral deal in 1st trade talks

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
10-Aug-2018 Motegi told Lighthizer that Japan believes the TPP — an 11-member regional trade pact from which the United States withdrew last year — is the best trade deal for the two countries.

Media Ignores U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Chinese Spy

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Becket Adams, Washington Examiner:* *Media glosses over Dianne Feinstein’s Chinese spy* Kudos to the journalists who have reported that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., employed a staffer with connections to Chinese spying. But why this issue hasn’t gotten wall-to-wall coverage is anyone’s guess. The best information that we have on this story comes from Politico and the San Francisco Chronicle, the latter of which reports that the staffer, who worked the senator’s San Francisco office, “was fired a few years back” after the spy connection was uncovered. “[T]he FBI showed up at ... more »

By Censoring Alex Jones, the Establishment Just Gave all His Vile Ideas Credibility—Stoking Further Divide

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: jones] Facebook and YouTube have failed to admit that by banning Alex Jones, they are actually doing their part to give credibility to all of his hateful ideas. The post By Censoring Alex Jones, the Establishment Just Gave all His Vile Ideas Credibility—Stoking Further Divide appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Hungry Howie’s employee delivers more than pizza- Check this out!

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 16 hours ago
Last week, the Varchetti family of Detroit, Michigan family got more than they “ordered” when their Hungry Howie’s delivery guy, 18-year-old Bryce Dudal, arrived and asked if he could play a song on their baby grand. RELATED STORY: Child prodigy astounds music world with full-length opera composition When the Varchettis agreed, Dudal sat down at the family piano […] The post Hungry Howie’s employee delivers more than pizza- Check this out! appeared first on Health Nut News.

Pandemic ‘could wipe out 900 million people,’ experts warn

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 16 hours ago
Researchers at John Hopkins University have shown, via simulation, what would happen should a new type of parainfluenza- known as Clade X- spread. While the simulation was designed “so the pathogen wasn’t markedly more dangerous than real illnesses such as SARS” , it shows nonetheless just how easily a new pathogen could wipe out up to […] The post Pandemic ‘could wipe out 900 million people,’ experts warn appeared first on Health Nut News.

True confessions of a former pro vax nurse

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 16 hours ago
Never let anyone bully you into thinking that there are no scientists, doctors or nurses who disagree with vaccines because plainly stated, that’s a lie. As you will see below, Jackie- a nurse– was once pro-vaccine but changed her mind. (She was also injured by a flu vaccine.) RELATED STORY: Vaxxed Indiana: Indy nurse tells all […] The post True confessions of a former pro vax nurse appeared first on Health Nut News.

One of the best ways to slow aging, takes only a few minutes

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 16 hours ago
Our anniversary week is a great time to check on you with respect to your fitness goals. We’re just past midyear and now’s the time to revisit your plan to ensure you will finish the year strong. If you are new to exercise, it’s rarely too late to start. Simply look for ways to get […] The post One of the best ways to slow aging, takes only a few minutes appeared first on Health Nut News.

Life Is Actually Getting Better For Billions Of People

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Science Alert/Business Insider:* *These 9 Amazing Graphs Reveal How Life Is Actually Getting Better For Billions of People* *Things aren't as bad as you think.* It's easy to think the world is ending when natural disasters are pummelling vulnerable islands and politicians are threatening nuclear destruction. But take a step back and you'll find a more encouraging picture of where the human race is headed - at least from a public health and quality of life perspective. Across the board, in matters of mortality, hunger, disease, and more, life is getting better for billions of pe... more »

U.S. Poll: 52% Want Russia Probe Ended

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Washington Examiner*: *Poll: 52% want Russia probe ended, one-third Democrats agree* A majority of Americans have fallen into “Russia fatigue,” and want the probe into Moscow’s influence in the 2016 ended, according to a new survey provided to Secrets. The latest Zogby Analytics online survey found that 52 percent of voters believe that “it is time” for investigator Robert Mueller to wrap up his probe. Some 30 percent do not want it ended. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* Even if 80% want the Russia probe ended, Washington and many in the media do not care. At the moment this is... more »

Russian Poll: Only 16% Support Putin's Foreign Policy Positions

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on agriculture in Rostov region, Russia, September 24, 2015. REUTERS/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN *Newsweek:* *Majority of Russians Don’t Support Putin’s Foreign Policy, Poll Finds* Fewer than one in five Russians support President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy positions, a new poll has found. Putin’s decisions to back the Syrian government and his apparent expansionist ambitions, such as supporting separatist rebels in Ukraine, don’t appear to be popular with ordinary Russians, with only 16 percent telling the independen... more »

"We must have American dominance in space"

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago
I've been working on space warfare issues since 1983. At that time I lived in Orlando, Florida (one hour from the space center) and it was easy to pay attention when Ronald Reagan announced Star Wars - SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative). It's never been about defense. The US space program was essentially created by the former Nazi rocket scientists brought over to the US after Hitler was defeated. Much of the heavy lifting to defeat Hitler was done by the Soviet Union which lost 27 million people during the Nazi invasion. Cut away to 1997 and the US Space Command document entit... more »

The Roadmap For “Rusi-Pakistani Yaar Yaar”

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 16 hours ago
Ties between Russia and Pakistan represent one of the 21st century’s most promising partnerships and perfectly embody the very essence of multipolarity, which is why they must be prioritized by both countries’ leaderships in order to take them to the strategic level as soon as possible. The post The Roadmap For “Rusi-Pakistani Yaar Yaar” appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Czech Senator: Ukrainian Fascists Took Control of Major Cities

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 17 hours ago
The Czech senator Jaroslav Doubrava compared Ukraine to a black hole and said that he doesn’t want to visit the country until its government is replaced. In an interview to the “Parlamentni Listy” publication the senator noted that Ukrainian oligarchs continue fight for financial flows, and all money sent to Kiev as financial aid literally “falls into a black hole”. At the same time, it will hardly be possible to return them. “In Ukraine there is a high level of poverty among the population. Oligarchs dominating in a mafia is a reality in Ukraine. And, unfortunately, this ... more »

What Happened In Washington State On Tuesday?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
Well we still don't know all the details. Only around 70% of the votes were counted by Thursday morning in Washington's top-two jungle primaries. But in the statewide race-- Maria Cantwell's reelection-- about twice as many Democrats voted as Republicans. That filtered down to the three crucial congressional races as well. The big picture for the House is that there are 6 Democrats and 4 Republicans in the Washington House congressional delegation. None of the Democrat seats are in jeopardy. But 3 of the Republican seats are. There's a better than 50/50 chance that in January the ... more »

The Argumentative Existentialists: Koestler, Camus, and Sartre

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 17 hours ago
Camus; KoestlerThe existentialist movement dominated the cultural life in Europe after the Second World War, but by the 1980s, it had fizzled out, and the word “existentialist” with a capital “E” was seen as an embarrassment. But why did existentialism fail? It failed because the movement was more about identity and less about philosophy; it had too many rockstars and too few thinkers. Sarah Bakewell, in her book *At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails*, offers an account of the of emotional and egoistical conflicts between the rockstar existentialist th... more »

Always The Same Strategy For Socialists And The Press

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 17 hours ago
When socialists plan to commit atrocities against a particular group of people, they have the press make up fake stories about their target, censor them and boycott them. That is what the German National Socialist Worker’s Party did in 1934. … Continue reading →

Least Extreme Summer On Record In The US

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 17 hours ago
The summer of 2018 has (so far) brought the smallest number of daily record temperatures and the smallest number of all time record maximum temperatures in the US. The number of record daily precipitation events has been trending downwards and … Continue reading →

Iran General Boasts That Yemen's Houthis Were Following Iranian Orders To Attack Saudi Oil Tankers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
Naser Shabani *Long War Journal:* *Did IRGC commander say Houthis were ordered to strike tankers?* An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander confirmed for the first time that the Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthis) struck targets following the IRGC’s order, according to transcripts of a speech published on Aug. 7. “We told the Yemenis to strike two Saudi oil tankers, and they did,” said Brigadier General Second Class Naser Shabani, the operations deputy of Sarallah Base (Tehran), which is tasked with security in the capital during emergency situations. “Lebanese Hezbollah and... more »

Quintessence is a form of dark energy

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
Tristan asked me what I thought about Natalie Wolchover's new Quanta Magazine article, Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory, exactly when I wanted to write something. Well, first, I must say that I already wrote a text about this dispute, Vafa, quintessence vs Gross, Silverstein, in late June 2018. You may want to reread the text because the comments below may be considered "just an appendix" to that older text. Since that time, I exchanged some friendly e-mails with Cumrun Vafa. I am obviously more skeptical towards their ideas than they are but I think that I have e... more »

Aircraft performance and modern computers

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
I think most of us are used to thinking about aircraft in terms of aerodynamic and mechanical factors. What shape, area, etc. are their wings? How powerful are their engines? What's the power-to-weight ratio? How heavily are they loaded? We usually analyze their performance and capabilities in terms of those factors. Thus, I was taken aback by this sentence in a report yesterday. *... in 1960, software accounted for 8% of the functionality in the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, compared with 80% of the functionality in the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in 2010, according to resea... more »

Forest mismanagement fuels California fires

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 17 hours ago
“The Little Hoover Commission (LHC), an independent California oversight agency, has been documenting forest mismanagement in the Golden State for decades. LHC described California’s Timber Harvest Plan in 1994 as an “inadequate tool” for balancing environmental and economic needs.” click here

Exercising with asthma (while being old)

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 17 hours ago
Nonpharmacologic Treatment Measures for Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm Increase physical conditioning. Warm up for at least 10 minutes before actual exercise begins. Cover mouth and nose with scarf or mask during cold weather. Exercise in warm, humidified environment, if possible. Avoid aeroallergens and pollutants. Cool down or gradually lower the intensity of the exercise before stopping. Wait at least two hours after a meal before exercising. https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0215/p769.html

Rudy Giuliani declares that Russiagate probe will blow up in Mueller’s own face (VIDEO)

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Former Prosecutor and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani insists the whole Russiagate investigation is predicated on false premises. The post Rudy Giuliani declares that Russiagate probe will blow up in Mueller’s own face (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.

Stratfail

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago
*Dried fruit chips are especially good if you mix them with dust, automobile exhaust, and tire particulates.* It's a mark of the general improvement in things since I opened this blog over *13 years ago* (OMG) that there is less and less garbage out there that unthinkingly replicates China's discourses on annexation of Taiwan. But today Stratfor treated us to its wisdom on China's urgent need to "reunify" Taiwan -- yep, Beijing's description of the Taiwan-China relationship is faithfully forwarded. It's a hilarious compendium of pro-China perspectives, geostrategic impoverishment, ... more »

Political Censorship of InfoWars and Ron Paul Institute – Dialectics in Action – Boiler Room EP #176

ACR RADIO at 21st Century Wire - 18 hours ago
*Alternate Current Radio | *The Boiler Gang explores the recent coordinated attacks against InfoWars and other popular media outlets by Facebook, Apple, Google and Spotify. What does this mean for ALL citizens of the United States and of the Interwebz!?

Scientists join force to advance promising Ebola antibody drug

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
From Science Daily A one-two punch of powerful antibodies may be the best way to stop Ebola virus, reports an international team of scientists in the journal Cell. Their findings suggest new therapies should disable Ebola virus’s infection machinery and spark the patient’s immune system to call in reinforcements. “This study presents results from an […]

Tsipras exploits fire to establish new national emergency response team, which includes Red Cross. Vaccine teams for Greece?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Excerpts from media Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Thursday heralded the creation of the National Emergency Management Service, which will replace the General Secretariat for Civil Protection in the wake of last month’s deadly Attica wildfires that claimed the lives of 93 people. The new agency, which will be under the direct authority of the Interior […]

Robert Mueller asks court to hide Trump collusion evidence

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Robert Mueller has asked for the part of Paul Manafort’s trial related to Trump, and presumably Kremlin Oligarch Oleg Deripaska and Putin, to be kept secret in another sign he may be trying to cover up for Trump, for example, long enough for the eugenicist Globalists to carry out their depopulation plan. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/08/09/mueller-requests-trump-related-portion-of-manaforts-trial-be-kept-secret.html Does he […]

Fed Reserve member warns of recession if interest rates increase

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
The Federal Reserve’s James Bullard has warned that interest hikes risk a recession as soon as next year. Two more are planned for this year. From CNBC In particular, Bullard mentioned that investors are carefully tracking the yield curve to check whether a potential recession is getting closer. The yield curve — a line that […]

Russia to Treat Further US Sanctions as an Open Declaration of Economic War – PM

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
Russia to Treat Further US Sanctions as an Open Declaration of Economic War – PM by https://www.rt.com/ Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned the US that any sanctions targeting Russian banking operations and currency trade will be treated as a declaration of economic war and retaliated against by any means necessary. – “If they introduce something […]

Perseid Meteor Shower Set to Light Up the Night Sky this Weekend

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
nemesis maturity Published on Aug 7, 2018 The best meteor shower of the year peaks Aug. 11th-13th when Earth passes through a stream of debris from giant comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. NASA’s network of all-sky meteor cameras is already picking up strong activity over the USA, counting 86 Perseid fireballs during the four day period Aug. 4th-7th. http://spaceweather.com/ […]

Moscow Slams US-Imposed Sanctions As ‘Unlawful’ Threatens Retaliation for New U.S. Sanctions

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
Is there evidence of Russia involvement in the nerve agent attack in London? There is NO evidence. BoJo has been caught publicly lying about it. RT America Published on Aug 9, 2018 Just weeks after the first major summit between American President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Washington has announced new sanctions against Moscow, […]

At Pentagon, Pence Pushes for Space Force by 2020

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
This is to attack the Lord Jesus Christ, the Blessed Son of God on His 2nd Coming. The ‘Space Force‘ (Operation Solar Warden) is already operational for at least a few decades. This announcement is just for sheeple consumption to prepare them for the ‘Evil Aliens‘ Satanic HOAX! – At Pentagon, Pence Pushes for Space […]

Yemen: US-Backed Coalition, Saudi-Led Airstrikes Hit School Bus, Killing Children

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
RT America Published on Aug 9, 2018 In Yemen, US-backed coalition airstrikes on a school bus killed and injured scores of civilians, mostly children. RT America’s Dan Cohen has this story. end

Pregnant Palestinian, Toddler Among Those Killed by Israeli Strikes

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
RT America Published on Aug 9, 2018 Israel’s air force struck targets throughout Gaza in response to rockets fired into Israeli territory. According to estimates close to 200 mortars and rockets were fired into Israel. Close to 30 people were injured. Israeli aircraft responded by hitting 150 targets in Gaza. Three Palestinians were killed including a […]

Russia-US Economic War Looms?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
RT Published on Aug 9, 2018 Further tightening of U.S. sanctions on Russia will be viewed as the start of economic war and Russia will have to react – economically and politically. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9c3v end

The Search for Planet Nine | Masao Sako

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
TEDx Talks Published on May 31, 2018 Dr. Sako is currently hunting for the putative giant planet — Planet Nine — that might be lurking in the outskirts of our Solar System. Planet Nine, if real, could be as large as ten Earth masses, but will only appear as a faint little dot due to its […]

WATCH US, Israeli Rockets Reportedly Left Behind by Terrorists in Daraa, Syria

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
WATCH US, Israeli Rockets Reportedly Left Behind by Terrorists in Daraa, Syria by https://sputniknews.com/ The Syrian army frequently finds Western and Israeli-made munitions, armaments and equipment in weapons depots abandoned by militants and terrorist groups. – Syria’s official news agency, SANA, has published a video showing recent findings by the Syrian army in the province of Daraa. While conducting […]

State of Palestine: ‘Crime!’ – Palestinians Protest Israeli Demolition of Village

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
Ruptly Published on Aug 1, 2018 Subscribe to our channel! rupt.ly/subscribe Hundreds of people took to the streets with Palestinian flags in Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on Wednesday, demonstrating against Israel’s plans to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin village. The Israeli Supreme Court, on the same day, held a session to discuss the petition issued […]

Why Are Liberal Media Outlets Not Questioning Russiagate? Q&A

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
TheRealNews Published on Aug 7, 2018 Watch Part 4 of Paul Jay and Aaron Mate’s interactive discussion with viewers about the controversy over Trump’s visit to Helsinki – From a live recording on July 18th, 2018 watch full series https://therealnews.com/series/qa-wit… end

Putin’s Green Puppets

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 18 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Guido has the low down on Russia’s latest attempt to undermine fracking in the west: https://order-order.com/2018/08/09/putins-green-puppets/ Advertisements

JB Handley Talks "How To End the Autism Epidemic" on News Talk WOWO

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
JB Handley talks about his family's journey of vaccine injury, regression and autism on the Pat Miller program on WOWO, Ft. Wayne Indiana. It may be your family's journey too. We encourage you to pre-order his book, How To End...

The Slow Moving Catastrophe of Behavior, Learning and Mental Health Problems in Kids

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By Anne Dachel Week update: July 28 to Aug 4 While no one in the national media and no one in the federal government have taken any interest, our schools continue to decline. Here’s a sample from the past week...

Musical Interlude: Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M

"All Alone..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of "True Romance" magazines - we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely - at least, not all the time - but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness." - Hunter S. Thompson, “The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman”

"Human Nature: What Kind of Creature Are We?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"Human Nature: What Kind of Creature Are We?" by John Robbins "What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts." - Arthur Conan Doyle "These days, many of us tend to think that human nature is inherently competitive and destructive. We hear about “selfish genes,” as if our genetic makeup predetermines that we will be egotistic people and that we will fight with one another. We’re told that our species contains a built-in “killer instinct,” that we are descended from apes who nee... more »

Russia to treat further US sanctions as an open declaration of economic war – PM

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Prime Minister Medvedev warns that further U.S. sanctions will be viewed as a declaration of "economic war"

Israel running campaign against Jeremy Corbyn

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
The controversy over alleged "ant-Semitism" in the Labour Party appears to be the result of an Israeli psychological warfare campaign, writes Asa Winstanley

Taibbi: Beware the Slippery Slope of Facebook Censorship

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Helping Facebook identify suspect accounts is the Atlantic Council. Whose members include Henry Kissinger, ex-CIA chief Michael Hayden, ex-CIA chief Michael Morell and Bush-era Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff

China Has Just Launched a New Guided-Missile Destroyer. Here’s Why the Navy Should Worry.

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Chinese naval expansion continues as it launches the 14th of its Aegis-type destroyers

Migrant Crisis: Over Half of Criminal Suspects in Vienna Are Foreigners, Rape and Murder Up

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
The fruits of Merkel's open border policy in neighbouring Germany

Cedella Marley: Living with Purpose

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 20 hours ago
When you choose to live with a positive purpose you will see opportunities more clearly.

5 Short Terence McKenna Videos That Will Blow Your Mind

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 20 hours ago
Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was an American philosopher, psychonaut, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author.

What Happens to Your Body When You Use Medical Marijuana?

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 20 hours ago
Medical marijuana has shown positive effects in treating mood disorders, degenerative neurological disorders, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and seizures.

Free Download: Ernest Becker, "The Denial Of Death”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"The Denial of Death"* by Ernest Becker “The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man... The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we shrink from being fully alive." "Yet, at the same time, as the Eastern sages also knew, man is a worm and food for worms. This is the paradox: ... more »

"What They Long For..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“Caged birds accept each other but flight is what they long for.” - Tennessee Williams, “Camino Real”

“The Stuff of (Disturbing) Dreams”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“The Stuff of (Disturbing) Dreams”* by Dr. Michael J. Breus “Dreams are one of the most fascinating - and least understood - aspects of sleep. Though science has offered possibilities, we don't yet understand the purpose of dreaming. Dreams can encompass a dramatic range of emotion, and subject matter. Some dreams seem plucked directly from our everyday lives. Most of us have had the experience of waking up shaking our heads at the odd and sometimes amusing circumstances that unfolded while dreaming. Dreams can contend with deep emotions, dealing with loss and reunion, anger, so... more »

Powerful healing effects of taking quercetin and vitamin C

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
[image: Image: Powerful healing effects of taking quercetin and vitamin C] I have never heard of this, but it is in most plants along with Vitamin C which likely explains our lack of attention. It is apparently useful in suppressing alergic effects and that is a poorly understood area, but certainly real enough. It obviously deserves much more attention. What is not clear yet is what foods optimize access and are thus potentially beneficial to allergy sufferers. . *Powerful healing effects of taking quercetin and vitamin C* *Thursday, July 26, 2018 by: RJ Jhonson* * Tags: al... more »

To Stop the Cartels, Mexico Strongly Considering the Legalization of ALL Drugs

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Slowly but surely the whole world will abandon the nonsense of using prohibition as a method of regulatory control. After all it has literally underwritten a mercenary army to impose control and market access over the wishes of everyone. I personally never imagined that it could become as bad as it is. But it has and now it appears that Mexico will break the back of their local gangs by cutting of the Mexico component of their cash flow. This will likely see their operatives push into the USA in order to continue operations. The USA must do the same thing and end the whole ... more »

Perfidy of the Food Giants with Dr Sears

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Read this newsletter and you will get angry. Biological scientific research is the Wild West with the biggest part of it working at salting the results. Why do honest work when you can make it all up and then pay bribes to shut down the naysayers? However something came out of all this. It is that our diets are clearly deficient. That means ladies, that the primary driver for the obesity epidemic is the body insisting on eating more to make up nutritional short falls. Thus you load up on starch and sugars until you have enough of what you really need. This is crazy. Of cour... more »

Watermelon thoughts

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
My item on watermelons, posted in 2010 has been one of my most popular posts, curiously enough. Go figure. In the event it is surely due for a postscript at least. I did notice a beverage retail site simply selling the fruit as a simple drink with no dilution. The fruit is merely tossed into the blender and nothing is added. Very nice actually and fresh as you watch it been made. $5.00 Canadian for a large glass. Can it be that easy? Also have discovered recipes for a mild curried white rind dish. I suspect it tastes better than most curried melons or squashes which always... more »

Are We Poisoning Our Pets?

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The primary source of "meat" in all pet foods, is derived from diseased, dead, or deformed animals

Dozens dead in Yemen as bus carrying children hit by airstrike

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The attack was the latest Western backed coalition strike to target civilians; previous airstrikes have hit markets, schools and hospitals.

Israel vs. Iran: “Disappear From The World” vs. “Vanish From The Pages Of Time”

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
The world’s silence on Israel’s desire to see the Iranian government “disappear entirely from this world” is proof of the double standards inherent in International Relations when most of the same actors felt compelled to condemn Iran for wishing that the Israeli government would “vanish from the pages of time”, which essentially means the exact same thing. The post Israel vs. Iran: “Disappear From The World” vs. “Vanish From The Pages Of Time” appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Music and Dance in Brasil Presented by Creative Moms Can Save the World - A Guest Post by Ester Soronellas Amador

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
*Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPBLQ7sen1g&feature=youtu.be* PUBLISHED ON AUG 7, 2018 ESTER SORONELLAS AMADOR Here is my new video, filmed in Alto Paraiso, Brazil. I've been #Estercising with some Catalan music by Gertrudis, as part of my healing adventure. I've been feeling our Pachamama love so deeply! It has helped me remember how connected we really are in this mother planet surface. We are just like trees, just like birds. All part of this amazing cooperation. I just wish my little loving videos can help some of us find Peace with all this infinite ... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*by Noah* Yeah, please, please don't forget about me! I'm a classic Repug! I'm a racist and a homophobe! I was great at voter suppression in Indiana! Please don't think the rest of the people working for Trump are the only psychos and traitors! I mean, come on, give me some credit! I'm a good Republican! I don't just support kidnapping kids, I want to hook up wires to them and turn on the power if they're gay! Guys who like men get the dial set to ten! Lots of power. Power! Power! Power!!!!! Heck and golly gee, let's just hook up the wires to those metal cages full of little way t... more »

Rep. Cam’s Dad (R-Swamp)

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 22 hours ago
From CNBC: Rep. Chris Collins‘ son and his son’s fiancee bought shares of an Australian biotech company just days before dumping the shares after the New York Republican allegedly tipped his son off about a failed clinical drug trial in a … Continue reading →

List Of Known Russian Strategic Voice Net Frequencies On Shortwave

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Russia https://t.co/b7R2h6wH6u — Numbers Stations (@Spy_Stations) August 9, 2018 *WNU Editor:* It is hard to believe that they are still using this technology.

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Multiple huge Israel airstrikes in Gaza now causes big explosion just now. Gaza-based media reports IDF has started contacting residents near targets warning them to stay away. pic.twitter.com/LibtUxo7li — Israel Breaking (@IsraelBreaking) August 9, 2018 Islamic State's terrorist ideology is taking root in Africa pic.twitter.com/LWtPd68ftx — The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 9, 2018 #BREAKING Iraqi nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr wins election recount, according to electoral commission pic.twitter.com/u2mKlBUr0A — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 9, 2018 China ‘moves to limit US... more »

Jason Louv // John Dee, Cryptography & Unlocking the Substrate With Enochian Magick

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 23 hours ago
Extraordinary Follow Up Interview. I also recommend THC's interview as he harmlessly punctures a few bubbles along the way. If this interview was ever aired on Radio 4, the audience would be... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Scientist calls out media ‘misinformation’ on wildfires and global warming

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 23 hours ago
“The bottom line of the real fire data produced by the State of California and in the peer-reviewed literature is clear: there has been no upward trend in the number of wildfires in California during the past decades,” Mass wrote on his blog. “In fact, the frequency of fires has declined,” he wrote. “And in most of the state, there has not been an increasing trend in area burned during the past several decades.”

Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 8/10/18"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 8/10/18"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani thinks the Russia probe by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is going to “blow up” on Mueller and his team. It has become apparent Mueller has not got a single charge that Trump colluded with the Russians to win the 2016 election. The FBI and the DOJ simply made up crimes to frame Trump to try to kick the President out of office. It’s a failed coup, and the people that tried to pull it off are in deep trouble. The internet purge is here, and sites like InfoWars.com are just the first to be... more »

5 Futuristic Super Weapons That Could Change Warfare Forever

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*J.Michael Cole, National Interest:* *Killers: 5 Futuristic Super Weapons That Could Change Warfare Forever* *Who will dominate the wars of the future? * Predicting which five weapons will have the greatest impact on the future of combat is a problematic endeavor, as the nature of warfare itself is fluid and constantly changing. A system that could be a game-changer in a major confrontation between two conventional forces—say, China and the United States—could be of little utility in an asymmetrical scenario pitting forces in an urban theater (e.g., Israeli forces confronting Pale... more »

Who Has Profited From Your Beliefs?

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 23 hours ago
Have you ever stopped and considered how the ideas in your head got there? Especially the ideas you hold as true and important? I mean really considered it. All the way through. Maybe you know that some of your beliefs and values were put there […]

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A missile lands as Israeli aircraft bombs a building in Gaza City August 9, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Israeli-Palestinian fighting escalates *(Reuters).

Sailing SitRep 2018 #2 - The Raptors

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 1 day ago
Bird Handler with Raptor - Barred Owl at "The Raptors" Sanctuary near Maple Bay, Vancouver Island, BC We reached Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC this afternoon around 1 p.m. after a 4 hour motor sail from Maple Bay, Vancouver Island. Yesterday in Maple Bay we went on a shore excursion to a nearby Raptor Sanctuary. Raptors are birds of prey like owls, hawks and eagles. There were examples of each of the above species but crows, vultures and even Australian Kookaburra's were represented. Visitors to the sanctuary were invited to don a leather falconers' glove in order to hold the bi... more »

A New Middle Eastern Sunni Military Alliance Like NATO's?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Atlas of the Middle East Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times *Daniel Gallington and Abraham Wagner, Washington Times:** A Middle East strategic alliance* The Trump administration is quietly pushing ahead with a plan for a new security and political alliance with six Gulf Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, in part to counter Iran’s expansion in the Middle East. The plan, which some in the White House and Middle East are calling an “Arab NATO” of Sunni Muslim allies can clearly be seen as one way to counter expansionism by Shi’ite Iran and referred to as the Middle East Str... more »

Steve Cutts, “Happiness”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Steve Cutts, “Happiness” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlMAKpxN8N0

Campaign Advice From Direct Mail Expert Eric Hogensen

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Eric's an old pal and I can't think of anyone better equipped top give advice on direct mail strategy. That's what he does for a living and I know almost nothing about it since I through it away along with stuff from the local grocery stores and the biweekly credit card offers from Chase. Here are his top 5 mistakes campaigns make with direct mail-- often, he says, driven by the candidates themselves: *1. Including everything on every mailer* Consistency is great in direct mail. And when on a budget, it makes sense to repeat the core message. But if a piece is supposed to focus o... more »

Butina Case: Neo-McCarthyism Engulfs America

Philip Giraldi at 1 day ago
[image: undefined] The United States Department of Justice would apparently have you believe that the Kremlin sought to subvert the five-million-member strong National Rifle Association (NRA) by having two Russian citizens take out life memberships in the organization with the intention of corrupting it and turning it into a mouthpiece for President Vladimir Putin. Both of the Russians – Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin – have, by the way, long well documented histories as advocates for gun ownership and were founders of Right to Bear Arms, which is not an intelligence front organ... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Multiple huge Israel airstrikes in Gaza now causes big explosion just now. Gaza-based media reports IDF has started contacting residents near targets warning them to stay away. pic.twitter.com/LibtUxo7li — Israel Breaking (@IsraelBreaking) August 9, 2018 Islamic State's terrorist ideology is taking root in Africa pic.twitter.com/LWtPd68ftx — The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 9, 2018 #BREAKING Iraqi nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr wins election recount, according to electoral commission pic.twitter.com/u2mKlBUr0A — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 9, 2018 China ‘moves to limit US... more »

Melania Trump’s Parents Become US Citizens – The End Of An Unneeded Immigrant Chain (Maybe)

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Melania and Bill Clinton with Donald Trump at the U.S. Open in 2000, Flushing, New York. Does anyone really believe … Continue reading →

Immediate Objections To Nuclear Bombing Of Hiroshima-Nagasaki By Respected US Public Figures

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : From History News Service July 29, 1998: “Second-Guessing Hiroshima? By Leo Maley III and Uday Mohan…

List Of Known Russian Strategic Voice Net Frequencies On Shortwave

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Russia https://t.co/b7R2h6wH6u — Numbers Stations (@Spy_Stations) August 9, 2018 *WNU Editor:* It is hard to believe that they are still using this technology.

Is Russia’s Military Better At War Than America’s?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Russian Federation *John Ruehl, The Interprete*r:* Is Russia’s Military Better Than America’s?* The U.S. will devote $700 billion to its budget for 2018, dwarfing Russia’s $66 billion effort, a trend that has been consistent for more than 25 years. Yet Russia’s military has been relatively successful in recent conflicts, while the U.S. armed forces have not. American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq became multi-year quagmires, in comparison to Russia’s rapid victories against Georgia and Ukraine. The short-lived U.S. intervention in the Libyan civil war was also another mistake, whe... more »

Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “When Time Slows (Born Star)”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “When Time Slows (Born Star)” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogldA2Gxl3g

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Magnificent island universe NGC 2403 stands within the boundaries of the long-necked constellation Camelopardalis. Some 10 million light-years distant and about 50,000 light-years across, the spiral galaxy also seems to have more than its fair share of giant star forming HII regions, marked by the telltale reddish glow of atomic hydrogen gas. The giant HII regions are energized by clusters of hot, massive stars that explode as bright supernovae at the end of their short and furious lives. *Click image for larger size.* A member of the M81 group of galaxies, NGC 2403 closely resemble... more »

The Poet: Mary Oliver, “October”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“October”* "There’s this shape, black as the entrance to a cave. A longing wells up in its throat like a blossom as it breathes slowly. What does the world mean to you if you can’t trust it to go on shining when you’re not there? and there’s a tree, long-fallen; once the bees flew to it, like a procession of messengers, and filled it with honey. I said to the chickadee, singing his heart out in the green pine tree: little dazzler little song, little mouthful. The shape climbs up out of the curled grass. It grunts into view. There is no measure for the confidence at the bottom of its e... more »

Chet Raymo, “Stretching The Imagination”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Stretching The Imagination”* by Chet Raymo *“Professor, that stuff you spoke of in class this morning- about the beginning of the universe..."* Yes? *"Well, you know how you said that the universe began 14 billion years ago as an infinitely small point...?"* Yes, that appears to be the case. An explosion from a point of infinite energy. Space and time expanding from nothing. Matter coalescing from cooling radiation. Stars, galaxies... *"To tell the truth, I'm having a hard time believing it. I mean, the idea that everything that exists today, the billions and billions of galaxies, ... more »

Turkish Lawyers Want The Courts To Conduct A Raid On Incirlik Air Base And Arrest Of U.S. Military Personnel

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
US Air Force Colonel John Walker, in the green flight suit, speaks with then-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Incirlik Air Base in 2015. USAF *The Drive*: *Turkish Lawyers Demand Raid On Incirlik Air Base And Arrest Of U.S. Military Personnel* *The claims stem from the 2016 coup plot and could help push the US to curb operations at the base and withdraw its nuclear stockpiles there.* A group of independent Turkish lawyers has petitioned the country’s courts to arrest nearly a dozen U.S. military personnel over alleged links to a coup attempt against President Recep... more »

Did Chicago Police Use a ‘Bait Truck’ to Generate Arrests?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Three people, including a 36-year-old deaf man allegedly looking for food, were arrested as part of the sting.

Before We Evaluate Teachers

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 1 day ago
Policy hounds have been searching for a tool to accurately and fairly evaluate K-12 teachers for years, and to date, they have been largely unsuccessful. That has left us stalled in versions of the following conversations: Policy leaders: We are going to evaluate teachers by flipping this magical coin. Teachers: I really don't want to be evaluated by the flip of a coin, magical or otherwise. Policy leaders: You teachers! You're all opposed to evaluation and accountability. This is not a useful conversation. The root problem with the current state of teacher evaluation is that w... more »

July 2018 USA – 1936, 1934 and 1901 (tied with 2012) Are Still the Hottest in USA

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: July 2018 USA – 1936, 1934 and 1901 (tied with 2012) Are Still the Hottest (Maximum) in USA. 2018 is 19th. I’m using Maximum Temperature. Not Average. ?

It was WARMER in Roman and Medieval times

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: A study suggests the Britain of 2,000 years ago experienced a lengthy period of hotter summers than today. German researchers used data from tree rings – a key indicator of past climate – to claim the world has been on a ‘long-term cooling trend’ for two millennia until the global…

Why Media Pundits Are Wrong To Suggest Voters Rejected Socialism In Recent Primaries

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 1 day ago
Several pundits in the media fully adopted the narrative that the results of Democratic Party primaries on August 7 show democratic socialism was soundly rejected. The outcome proves candidates with socialist politics cannot win in “heartland” districts, particularly in middle America. Right-wing media, such as The Daily Caller, Townhall, American The post Why Media Pundits Are Wrong To Suggest Voters Rejected Socialism In Recent Primaries appeared first on Shadowproof.

Ecuador Declares State Of Emergency On Its Border With Colombia Over The Massive Influx Of Migrants From Venezuela

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Venezuelan migrants stand in line to register their exit from Colombia before entering into Ecuador, at the Rumichaca International Bridge, Colombia August 9, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia *Reuters: **Venezuelan migrants throng Ecuador-Colombia border high up in Andes* RUMICHACA BRIDGE (Reuters) - Thousands of Venezuelans overwhelmed the Ecuadorean-Colombian border high in the Andean mountains on Thursday, as fears of border closings led to a sudden surge in migrants from the ravaged OPEC-member country. Impoverished Venezuelans are fleeing food shortages, hyperinflation, and viole... more »

Lebanese President meets with new UNIFIL commander

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
Lebanese President Michel Aoun welcomed the newly appointed UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col to his Baabda palace on Thursday, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. According to the NNA report, Aoun assured the new UNIFIL commander that Lebanon is ready to facilitate the peacekeepers’ mission and the implementation of UN resolution 1701. “Lebanon […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

UN chief calls for independent probe into airstrike on school bus in Yemen

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for an independent and prompt investigation into the deadly Saudi-led coalition deadly airstrike that hit a bus carrying children, United Nations deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said in a press release. “The Secretary-General condemns the air strike today by the coalition forces in Saada, which hit a busy market area […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army launches powerful attack in northern Hama

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful attack inside the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate tonight. Backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF), the Syrian Arab Army fired a barrage of missiles and artillery shells towards the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and Jaysh Al-Izza. According to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Hamas, Israel allegedly agree to ceasefire in Gaza: Haaretz

According to Haaretz, the agreement is that Israel will stop launching large-scale military operations in the Gaza Strip as long as Hamas refrains from firing any rockets. The ceasefire was to go into effect at 20:45 GMT. Overnight Wednesday, the Israeli military conducted airstrikes on some 150 targets in Gaza to retaliate against 200 rockets that were fired toward Israel. Among those targets were a well-known cultural center, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Grafton Street through the Nova Centre is a crumbling mess

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 1 day ago
Grafton Street through the Nova Centre has only been open to the public since January, but already the Grafton Street roadbed is crumbling. You’ll recall that the city sold a one-block stretch of Grafton Street between Prince and Sackville Streets to Nova Centre developer Joe Ramia for $1.9 million on the condition that the city maintain […]

The Navy Had Plans to Build the Ultimate Battleship. Here's Why It Never Happened.

Robert Farley at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * The Montanas would have been immensely powerful ships, probably more powerful than their Japanese (or German, or Soviet) counterparts. *The Montanas would have been immensely powerful ships, probably more powerful than their Japanese (or German, or Soviet) counterparts. Battleship combat was an inherently risky endeavor. Nearly every salvo has a chance of getting a lucky hit that strikes a magazine, sending the victim to the bottom in minutes. Nevertheless, the Montanas would have been the favorites in any scrum; they could throw more weight, hit hard... more »

The Trump Administration Has a Plan to Compete with Russia and China over Weapon Sales

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The administration is hoping to boost the export prospects for American weapons systems to allied countries by modifying policies and streamlining the bureaucratic process. The Trump Administration is hoping to boost the export prospects for American weapons systems to allied countries by modifying policies and streamlining the bureaucratic process. The Trump Administration announced a revised conventional arms transfer policy in April, but that is just the first step. There are more policy changes coming down the line. “The new policy reflects the p... more »

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