oldephartte(in training): 25 September

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

25 September - My Yahoo! 2 of 2

There Is A Tide In The Affairs Of Men

Luciana Berger And Police Protection

Tory MP Fruit Tariff Lies BUSTED

White House 'Open' To Hearing From Second Kavanaugh Accuser

Ahead of Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh,
Trump Touts 'America First' At The United Nations

"The United States is a stronger, safer and richer country than it was when I assumed office less than
How The Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh's Accuser Could Have Unfair

Christine Blasey Ford accuses the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct. Steve Inskeep talks to Emma

Cleaning-up our waterways—33 years overdue, but still not too late

1985 seems like a long time ago. For those who care about clean water—which is pretty much everybody—1985
Losing People with the Land

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)’s “Coastal Connections on the Water
It's Time to Rise Up

This article originally appeared on the blog of Marine Fish Conservation Network. It was reprinted with

This kid’s bike has its own parking spot thanks to a stranger’s act of

Get ready to say ‘awwww’.
People are explaining life’s minor annoyances that drive them absolutely

These little things might be bearable for some, but they drive others insane.
Screen Time is here and people are shocked by how long they spend on their

Users can’t quite believe the amount of time spent on their iPhones.

Trump emphasizes US accomplishments in UN speech (Jeremy Diamond/CNN)

Jeremy Diamond / CNN : Trump emphasizes US accomplishments in UN speech — New York (
Trump greeted with laughter while touting his administration's

Meghan Keneally / ABC News : Trump greeted with laughter while touting his administration's
I Was Raped at 16 and I Kept Silent (Padma Lakshmi/New York Times)

Padma Lakshmi / New York Times : I Was Raped at 16 and I Kept Silent — I understand

It Looks Like We’ll Soon Be Rid Of Louisiana’s Worst RINO Legislator…

…as Rob Shadoin, who represents the ultra-conservative District 12 seat centered in Ruston, is
The Disgusting Hypocrisy Of The Democrat Party Extends Robustly To Robert

Our pal Adam Cahnman over in Austin lays down a perfect exposition of the pathetic inconsistency the
Democrats running scared after Trump orders declassification of FBI

President Trump ordered the declassification and release of myriad documents relating to the Carter Page

Pharmacare consensus principles released today

A diverse coalition representing health care providers, non-profit organizations, workers, seniors
Kate McInturff Fellowship in Gender Justice

The CCPA is pleased to announce the creation of the Kate McInturff Fellowship in Gender Justice.This
The buck-a-beer challenge Ontario deserves

Ricardo Tranjan proposes an alternate plan to Doug Ford's buck-a-beer challenge in the Toronto Star.

World's largest political party's worker convention a 'flop
India's Mars probe completes four years in orbit, sends back images

The mission, launched by the ISRO on Nov 5, 2013, successfully placed itself into Martian orbit on Sept 24,
Loan waiver letters to reach individual farmers from Nov 1: Kumaraswamy

News24.com | SA man kidnapped in Burkina Faso

A South African man has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso, the Department of International Relations and
News24.com | 6-year-old allegedly raped in Pretoria steakhouse toilet

A man has appeared in court for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl in a Pretoria restaurant.
News24.com | KZN triple murder accused requests TV while in custody

The man accused of the murder of a Phoenix mother and her two daughters has finally appeared in the Verulam

News24.com | History of dagga in SA shows its decriminalisation is overdue

Campaigns against and warnings about the dangers of dagga usage are not a prudish phenomenon of the 21st
News24.com | 2 ways Ramaphosa can get his stimulus package to really work

The main challenge for Ramaphosa's stimulus package is that it is all about already allocated funds
News24.com | Guptas also stole our dignity

This week’s testimonies by the country’s four big banks showed that the influence of the Guptas was so

News24.com | 'Perfect storm' of risks threatens DRC Ebola response:

Efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo are being threatened by a
News24.com | Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram attack on base: sources

Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram jihadists to overrun a military base in northeast
News24.com | ICoast eyes better online access with satellite broadband

Abu Dhabi's Yahsat has launched its satellite broadband service in Ivory Coast in a bid to boost

Bill Gates vs. freedom

by Jon Rappoport September 25, 2018 (To join our email list, click here.) “Under the surface of this global
Freedom from mind-controlled education

by Jon Rappoport September 24, 2018 (To join our email list, click here.) Over the past few years, I’ve
Exit From The Matrix: Illusions of the ordinary mind

by Jon Rappoport September 21, 2018 The ordinary mind is built on its own “national security” program. It

Trump rejects ‘global governance’ in speech to UN General Assembly

The president said the US will never tell other countries how to live, work or worship, but he expects
Conservationists warn rare beluga whale reported in Thames could be ‘in

The white-coloured whale normally lives in the High Arctic and is rarely seen in UK waters, experts said.
Ryanair cancels 190 of 2,400 planned flights amid cabin crew strike

The flights represent 8% of the 2,400 originally scheduled

Conor McGregor's Irish firm sees negative swing of €470,923 in one year

Mixed martial arts superstar, Conor McGregor’s main Irish firm last year plunged into the red.
Decision delayed on 'alternative fuels' Irish Cement plan after

A decision on the granting of a controversial license to Irish Cement, which would allow the company to
Software firm ordered to pay €46k to manager who was sacked during sick

A software firm which sacked an Office Manager with an incurable degenerative disease while she was on sick

NRC Continues to Respond to Irma

Update (Sept. 12, 2017 4:15 p.m. EST): Late Monday afternoon, Hurricane Irma had diminished to the point
Update: The NRC Readies for Hurricane Irma

UPDATE (9/10/2017 – 10 a.m. EST): The NRC activated the Region II Incident Response Center in Atlanta
An Open Forum Now Available

The NRC welcomes comments on the topics we’re blogging about. But we realize there are other topics you

Chinese scientists complete genome sequencing of tropical sage plant

Xin Haibo, senior engineer with the Beijing Institute of Gardening Science and a member of the research
New material can help tooth enamel regenerate

Enamel, located on the outer part of our teeth, is the hardest tissue in the body and enables our teeth to
Why heart function is reduced at high altitude decoded

Over the years, several theories have been proposed to explain the reduction in the amount of blood the

Did a Huge Impact Blast Out Moons of Mars? Old Data Bolsters Theory

Scientists have struggled for decades to explain how the two tiny moons of Mars came to be, but a new study
Are Moon Caves Safe for Astronauts? Earth's Lava Tubes Can Help Us Find

It's one thing to step onto a foreign world's surface; it's another matter entirely to set foot
Image of the Day

The nearly-full Harvest Moon rises over hikers at the Mission Peak Regional Preserve near San Francisco

Naftogaz to sue Gazprom for $110 mln to compensate difference in EU gas

Naftogaz refused to purchase Russian gas in 2015, since then, Ukraine has been supplied with reverse gas
St. Petersburg court lets UK national stay in Russia out of ‘respect for

Stephen John Bird's residence permit expired and he had to stay at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport
Tremendous human towers wow visitors to Catalonia

Barcelona hosts the La Merce Festival famous for its mesmerizing human towers

Short Bout of Exercise Might Boost Your Memory

Brain scans on 16 of the participants indicated that short bouts of mild exercise appeared to trigger an
Device a 'Game Changer' for Severe Heart Failure?

The trial included 614 patients with severe heart failure in the United States and Canada. They were
Spinal Implant Could Be Breakthrough in Paralysis

The electrical stimulator he has is one designed for nerve pain. The research team received permission from

PayPal Joins Other Tech Firms in Banning Alex Jones’s Infowars

A Baseball Solution to Presidential Nominations? ; Religious Conservatives Stand by Kavanaugh ...and More
Latest News: September 16 – September 22

The post Latest News: September 16 – September 22 appeared first on WhoWhatWhy .
Rally for Puerto Rico on First Anniversary of Hurricane

Times Op-Ed Author Revealed? ; Russia to Give Syria Anti-Aircraft System ...and More Picks 9/24 The post

Schoolyard tree cover predicts math performance in high-poverty urban

What if improving academic performance in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged and lowest
How Earth sheds heat into space

Just as an oven gives off more heat to the surrounding kitchen as its internal temperature rises, the Earth
Overlooked signal in MRI scans reflects amount, kind of brain cells

An MRI scan often generates an ocean of data, most of which is never used. When overlooked data is analyzed

Tom Arnold confronts Megyn Kelly: ‘You defend Kavanaugh and those guys

Actor Tom Arnold on Tuesday called out NBC host Megyn Kelly after she argued on behalf on Supreme Court
‘Mmmhmm’: GOP congresswoman awkwardly dodges Fox News question about

Fox News aired President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations live on Tuesday, but anchor
Kavanaugh classmate throws cold water on his claims of virginity: ‘He

Historian Steve Kantrowitz, who graduated from Yale with a B.A. in history in 1987, is calling into

MINERVA-II1: Successful image capture, landing on Ryugu, hop

On September 21, the small compact MINERVA-II1 rovers separated from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft (time of
Mozzies knocked out with gene drive - Expert Reaction

UK researchers say they've successfully used a CRISPR-based gene drive to cause the collapse of a
Brain Research NZ Features in International Programme

Every three seconds someone in the world develops dementia. To raise awareness about the condition, Brain

#CaliforniaKnew

Recent reports have shown that California knew about the threat of climate change decades ago. No one could
Models, On – and Off – the Catwalk – Part Eight – Time-Step and Noise

In Part Seven – Resolution & Convection we looked at some examples of how model resolution and domain
Clouds and Water Vapor – Part Eleven – Ceppi et al & Zelinka et al

A couple of recent articles covered ground related to clouds, but under Models –Models, On – and Off

Analysis: the ‘Free Tommy’ demo and a year of far right protests (with

This article by Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin first appeared on Dream Deferred on 11 June 2018. Thousands
Trade union movement and Labour Party gear up against Tommy Robinson’s

The fight against the emerging Islamophobic street movement picked up pace this week, Unite Against Fascism
Unite against Tommy Robinson’s fascists – London 14 July

On 14 July anti-racists from across the UK will gather in London to oppose the supporters of Tommy Robinson

I Missed Our Anniversary!

July 16 was Seeing The Forest’s 16th anniversary. I told my assistant to get flowers for the readers,
Flipper

For Cohen
Democracy and Corruption

I wrote this in May, June 2017 but it was never published. I’m getting around to posting it now. How

ANALYSIS: May has wrong-footed the EU. The mystery is why she was allowed

Laughter followed by tears and fears in this post. In a small island off a small-minded continent, Little
The deafening sound of censorious demands for democracy

If you lose an election in the 21st century, the only solution is to demand more democracy. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
THE SUNDAY ESSAY: Why a Greece hocked into Eternity is now selling its past

The transfer of control over Greek historical sites from Greeks to private carpet-baggers is, one might

Bolton Warns Russian Missile Sale To Syria Would Be “Significant Escalation

Liar Bolton is war mongering again. How is the delivery of the S-300 be a significant escalation? ISIS, Al
An Unseen ‘Planetary Mass Object’ May Lurk in the Outskirts of the Solar

nemesis maturity Published on Sep 24, 2018 The plane of the solar system is warped in the outer reaches of
Russia Responds to Il-20 Downing: S-300 to be Sent to Syria Within 2 Weeks

RT Published on Sep 24, 2018 Within two weeks Russia will deliver to Damascus an S-300 air defense system,

Lights and shadows of decarbonization – MefCO₂

According to some studies, there are 90% chances that by the end of this century, the average global
China’s exceptionalism rewrites the Western political playbook – Open

First up, though Beijing’s use of technology has been horribly effective in infiltrating and controlling
The terrifying, hidden reality of Ridiculously Complicated Algorithms – the

Twenty-three centuries ago, the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes sat in the Great Library of Alexandria and

Candidates for Appointment to Government Posts or Judgeships Don’t Have a ‘

Whatever your view of Brett Kavanaugh, let’s get one thing clear: While he’s hoping to become
Ron Ridenour’s ‘Pentagon on Alert: The Russian Peace Threat’

In the preface to his remarkable three-volume History of the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky, writing in
“Awesome Uncontrollable Male Passion” Meets Its Match

There’s so much bald-faced lying going on among Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee that the

The Black Lotus

The rare collectibles industry
Ashley Smith: Out of Control

The Fifth Estate documentary series
Treasure Planet: Disney's Biggest Mistake

The directing duo of Ron Clements and

This snooper’s charter makes George Orwell look lacking in vision.

By Heather Brooke – Sunday 8th November 2015. Find Article Here:- When the Home Office and
By inflating Islamic extremism, David Cameron has lost sight of what really

By George Monbiot Tuesday 21st July 2015. Find Article Here:- The real ‘struggle of our generation’ is not
Sunscreen contributing to decline of coral reefs, study shows.

Posted Wednesday 21st October 2015. Find Article Here:- UV filtering chemical is killing off baby coral

Astronomers are Tracking the Interstellar Asteroid ‘Oumuamua to its Home

An international team of astronomers have used data from the Gaia satellite to backtrack 'Oumuamua to
The Milky Way is Still Rippling from a Galactic Collision Millions of Years

Between 300 million and 900 million years ago, our Milky Way galaxy nearly collided with the Sagittarius
Astronauts Could Use the ScanMars Device to Search for Water on Mars

There’s solid evidence for the existence of water on Mars, at least in frozen form at the planet

With His Grenade Launcher, a Lone British Soldier Beat Back a German Tank

On May 6, 1944 during the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, Francis Arthur Jefferson, a soldier with the
Rescuing the Atomic Dog

This story originally appeared on March 9, 2014. Can dogs survive nuclear fallout? Indeed they can. In 1958
As America Mobilized for War, Pres. Woodrow Wilson Fretted Over Silencers

On March 30, 1917, just days before the United States entered World War I, Pres. Woodrow Wilson directed

Russia’s Economy Little Harmed by West’s Sanctions

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Despite Barack Obama’s economic sanctions against
RT & Former UK Ambassador Exposing CIA-MI6 Control Over Western ‘News

Eric Zuesse It’s an old story, but each time that an example of it occurs, it is hidden, instead of
When Does This Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham Finally End?

We all know the Status Quo’s response to the global financial meltdown of 2008 has been a travesty of