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Facebook Docs Reveal Dirty Tricks

Spiked In The Pay Of The Hard Right

Farage Quits UKIP - It’s Not An Accident

President George H.W. Bush And The Aftermath Of The Gulf War

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis Group about the
What Michael Flynn's Sentencing Memo Means In Context To Mueller's

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade about what the many redactions
Friends And Family Eulogize President George H.W. Bush On His Final Day In

All living presidents, top foreign leaders, and members of Congress attended the state funeral for

More than 34,000 teddy bears thrown onto hockey rink in world record toy

Thousands of stuffed animals were thrown onto the ice at a Hershey Bears hockey match.
Van drives down dual carriageway with huge Christmas tree on its roof

The picture showed the tree almost dragging along the tarmac behind the silver vehicle.
Aer Lingus' in-flight movie list features a film starring a West

‘Colour of Forgiveness’, sees Neville’s leading role character, ‘Tom’, spiral

The Weekly Standard's demise is a reminder that there are some ideas

Matthew Yglesias / Vox : The Weekly Standard's demise is a reminder that there are some ideas worse
Marc Lamont Hill and the legacy of punishing black internationalists (Noura

Noura Erakat / Washington Post : Marc Lamont Hill and the legacy of punishing black internationalists &
Why this progressive Texan can't get excited about Beto O'Rourke

Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post : Why this progressive Texan can't get excited about Beto O'

Quote Of The Day, December 6, 2018

“As a purely actuarial matter, Joy Behar has been officially dead since 2003. It’s only pure
It’s Prohibition Repeal Day: Texans Still Grapple With Alcohol Enforcement

Today marked 85 years since the repeal of national Prohibition — Dec. 5, 1933, when the 21st
GATES: Could this be the end of the Louisiana State Bar Association?

The United State Supreme Court may be close to shutting down multiple state bar associations around the

Inclusionary housing in a slow-growth city like Winnipeg

In Winnipeg, there is a need for more affordable housing, as 21 percent of households (64,065 households
True, Lasting Reconciliation

For the first time, a report outlines what implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights
Boom, Bust and Consolidation

The five largest bitumen-extractive corporations in Canada control 79.3 per cent of Canada’s productive

News24.com | Joburg ANC leader scored millions from city contract

For more than a decade, financial services firm Regiments has managed billions on behalf of the City of
Fin24.com | Forensic report into Steinhoff finances delayed

Steinhoff had hoped that PwC's independent forensic probe would be complete before the end of the year
News24.com | Seeing through the Global Citizen facade

Strategic interventions from individuals and institutions in our society are important but the government

News24.com | We should all be Iman Rappetti

When Iman Rappetti stood up to Given Mkhari and Johann Rupert during the Chairman's Conversation at her
News24.com | Seeing through the Global Citizen facade

Strategic interventions from individuals and institutions in our society are important but the government
News24.com | Rupert schooled in the art of talking but not listening

The interview with Johann Rupert encapsulated what many South African citizens feel: everyone talks and

News24.com | Boko Haram raids kill soldier in NE Nigeria as attacks

Boko Haram jihadists have attacked two military bases in Nigeria's restive northeast, killing one
News24.com | Libya to launch vaccine campaign after shortages

Libya is set to launch a campaign overseen by the World Health Organisation to vaccinate more than 2.7
News24.com | Liberation hero Mugabe evokes polarised emotions among

Robert Mugabe’s name is synonymous with both Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle and its post-colonial politics.

Mainstream fake-news: the devious limited hangout

by Jon Rappoport December 4, 2018 (To join our email list, click here.) Big media attacks “fake news
Exit From The Matrix: Re-energizing mind, emotions, and the body

by Jon Rappoport December 2, 2018 What is experienced by imagination filters down through thought, feeling,
The Matrix Revealed: My interviews on space-time manipulation

by Jon Rappoport December 1, 2018 In my collection, The Matrix Revealed, I include interviews with retired

Two found after US warplanes crash off Japan

Five other crew members are still missing.
George HW Bush arrives home for Texas burial

After three days of remembrance in Washington, the former president’s casket left for a final service
Huawei chief financial officer arrested in Canada

Meng Wanzhou is facing extradition to the United States, authorities said.

Tributes paid to teacher who was stabbed to death in Paris

Tributes are being paid to Dublin man John Dowling who was stabbed to death yesterday in Paris.
Two men arrested over shooting of father outside Belfast school

Jim Donegan was in his car waiting to collect his son at the time of the attack.
Legislation for abortion passes Dáil

The legislation to allow abortions to happen in Ireland has been passed by TDs

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

Study predicts 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Himalayas
ESA probe beams unveils Mars landscape shaped by water, wind and ice

Mars is a planet of two halves. In places, the northern hemisphere of the planet sits a full few kilometres
Nasa spacecraft makes closest approach to sun

It will keep getting closer to the sun until it flies through the corona, or outer atmosphere, for the

Watch This SpaceX Rocket Splash Down During Failed Landing Attempt (Videos)

A new video gives an amazing rocket's-eye view of a SpaceX booster's unsuccessful bid to return to
'Oumuamua Stays Quiet: Another SETI Search of Interstellar Visitor

A search for radio signals coming from 'Oumuamua, the mysterious visitor from afar that zoomed through
'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2 Teaser Trailer Released! And

An action-packed 30-second trailer for Season 2 of "Star Trek: Discovery" features explosions

Russia's Iskander-M units hold operational tests

Units of the Iskander-M tactic ballistic missile system of the Eastern Military District have carried out a
Iran will not cut oil output until sanctions are lifted — minister

Iran will not reduce its oil production output in accordance with the agreement reached in the OPEC+ format
Earthquake of 5.7 magnitude hits Indonesia's Lombok island

The earthquake's epicenter lay in five kilometers from the city of Mataram

Too Much Time in the Sun? Skin Patch Might Tell

Powered by the sun while designed to measure its rays, the patch automatically transmits sun readings to a
Rapid Test for Cancer Developed by Researchers

The team at the University of Queensland in Australia created the test after discovering that cancer forms
Too Much Sleep May Bring Heart Disease, Death Risk

The authors of the study published Dec. 5 in the European Heart Journal also found that daytime napping was

The North Carolina Absentee Ballot Scandal — What Happened and When?

Allegations of election fraud, the resignation of the chairman of the board of elections, a rogue political
Longest-Serving US Congressman Wants to Abolish the Senate

Bush: Icon of WASP Establishment, and Third World Repression ; Harvard Economist on Ranked-Choice Voting ..
Best Antidote to Blue Wave? Gerrymandering

Democrats netted 40 seats in this year’s midterms, but the “blue wave” didn’t crest everywhere. In heavily

A toxin that travels from stomach to brain may trigger Parkinsonism

Combining low doses of a toxic herbicide with sugar-binding proteins called lectins may trigger
Property tax based on rent potential: What a concept

New research from UBC Sauder School of Business associate professor Thomas Davidoff could help combat
Honeybee protein keeps stem cells youthful

An active protein component of royal jelly helps honeybees create new queens. Stanford researchers have

Joe Biden unleashes stunning rebuke of Donald Trump at human rights gala —

Former Vice President and possible 2020 Presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke Wednesday evening at the
Seth Meyers puts aside comedy for public warning: ‘Mike Pence is just as

“Late Night” host Seth Meyers normally is full of mockery and silliness, but tonight he
WATCH: Samantha Bee expertly describes what could be happening with Mueller

Comedian Samatha Bee on Wednesday explained one of the most intriguing theories about special counsel

Legendary telescope being brought back to life in Takapō

Legendary telescope being brought back to life in Takapō One of the world’s most famous Victorian
Wet gives way to fine

Weather over New Zealand is expected to become settled over most of the country as we head towards the
Sharing the risks of sea-level rise fairly

Facing the faraway threat of sea-level rise, responses range from, “Your place, your problem!”, to “Don’t

#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

Unite against Tommy Robinson’s hate march

Stand Up To Racism calls upon anti-fascists to oppose Tommy Robinson’s and Gerard Batten’s ‘Brexit crisis’
Holocaust denial industry loses one of its chief proponents

A long planned trip to the UK by one of the world’s leading Holocaust deniers ended in chaos. And the very
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

Short Video Showing Trump Inspiring Violence … And What Happened

“Right Wing Watch reports on the extreme rhetoric and activities of key right-wing figures and
Origins And Use Of Fake News

Strategic bullshit with one goal: “No one is able to come to sensible conclusions.”
GOP Jesus

WHY AN IMMEDIATE GENERAL ELECTION IS NOW THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE BRITAIN

The only thing missing from the utter disgrace of the last ten days has been the taxpaying voters who keep
ANALYSIS: why Donald Trump will probably win again in 2020

Who winds up in the White House two years from now is likely to be an infinitely more significant outcome
At the End of the Day

I can’t tell you what a relief it was today to hear Tony Blair tell us all how we need a Second

Chomsky Proves George H.W. Bush Was War Criminal
Netanyahu Kicks Off War On Hezbollah ‘Attack Tunnels’ In Northern Israel
Ukraine Launches Drill Near Russia’s Border

PressTV Published on Dec 5, 2018 Ukraine launches a military drill near Russia’s border with which Kiev has

Germany urges France to turn UN seat into EU one – TheLocal.de

“I realise this will take some convincing in Paris but it would be a bold and smart goal,”
Why Sweden’s cashless society is no longer a utopia | World Economic Forum

The Swedish retail payment market is rapidly moving away from using cash. The outstanding value of cash in
Government-subsidised plug-in cars may never have been charged – BBC News

Tens of thousands of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) bought with generous government grants may be burning as much

The hourglass

Sand through the hourglass. Sand in my eyes. Sleep don’t come easy. The moment is fragile. I heard him say,
Dave Lindorff talks about his Nation expose of Pentagon Fraud and about the

The post Dave Lindorff talks about his Nation expose of Pentagon Fraud and about the Pentagon’s Audit
Demand an End to the Taxation of Social Security Benefits

Social Security, the retirement program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democrats in

Trump/Russia: Moscow Rules

A production of ABC News Australia
Black Sheep

At a young age, Cornelius Walker
War Crimes of the Liberators

In the heat of World War II, as

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

New SPECULOOS Telescope Sees First Light. Soon it’ll be Seeing Habitable

Our newest planet-hunting telescope is up and running at the ESO’s Paranal Observatory in the Atacama
Good News: a SpaceX Cargo Resupply is Off to the Space Station. Bad News

SpaceX's sixteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-16) successfully launched a Dragon
The Large Hadron Collider has been Shut Down, and Will Stay Down for Two

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is getting a big boost to its performance. Unfortunately, for fans of

Why Eastern European Soldiers Wear Ski Masks

In April 2018 I interviewed five Ukrainian soldiers who were fighting against Russian-backed separatists in
Iran Almost Invaded Afghanistan in 1998

In late 1998 Iran readied its armed forces for an invasion of Afghanistan. Last-ditch diplomacy defused
In 1961, India Finally Kicked Portugal off the Subcontinent

At dawn on Dec. 18, 1961, squadrons of Indian Air Force bombers crossed a border, bombed an airfield and a

The Ancient Mythical Rites of Pearl Harbor Day

Last week I spoke at a high school. As I often do, I told them I’d perform a magic trick. I only know one,
Earth Over the Brink

Glacier National Park is drip drip dripping into a puddle. People and companies and governments are cutting
Talk Nation Radio: Dave Lindorff on the Pentagon’s Fictional Budget

Dave Lindorff is an investigative reporter who writes for the Nation, London Review of Books, Salon and

Failure to Implement Whistleblower Program Linked to the Vaquita’s

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unable to account for millions of dollars Congress allocated to pay
National Whistleblower Center Supports Global Anti-Corruption Efforts

International Anti-Corruption Day recognizes the critical fight against fraud and corruption. This coming
Pharma Giant Graduates to Compliance 2.0

Originally published at Corporate Compliance Insights on November 19, 2018 by Guest Columnist Donna Boehme.