Saturday, February 16, 2019

16 February - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 3

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UK MPS CONSIDER NEW MODERATE PARTY AS BREXIT DEADLINE LOOMS

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 17 hours ago
*Pragmatic Tory and Labours MPs are considering forming a new moderate party as a no deal Brexit deadline is now only 40 days away. * *Measures like waving lorries through customs unions promise a slightly more manageable disorderly Brexit, but the risks remain huge.* *A new emergency government is needed in my view to take over the Brexit process from the private banker Globalist clique.* *Legislation to cancel debts and switch the UK central bank back to a state run will start a boom era in the UK and is easy to do.* *Business leaders in the UK, farmers, aristocrats, the unemplo... more »

UK COLUMN: Collapse of Douma Narrative, Trump’s War on Fentanyl, Yellow Vest ‘Sub-species’

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*UK COLUMN* | Mike Robinson & Brian Gerrish joined by guests Alex Thomson, Vanessa Beeley for news round-up.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 17 hours ago
*The long road ahead for Boston’s schools* Every day, miracles are happening in the Boston Public Schools that should be celebrated. Thousands of dedicated teachers, incredible support staff, and talented school leaders pour their hearts and souls into preparing students to succeed. Students from diverse backgrounds, varying home situations, and disparate economic means work to achieve success. Every year, thousands of BPS students and alumni thrive with a strong foundation based in the education they received in our public schools. We embrace these success stories, but we must... more »

Lead intake from tap water of homes with lead plumbing, England

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 17 hours ago
Jarvis P, Quy K, Macadam J, Edwards M, Smith M. Intake of lead (Pb) from tap water of homes with leaded and low lead plumbing systems. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Dec 10;644:1346-1356. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.064. Methods of quantifying consumer exposure to … Continue reading →

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 17 hours ago
*EPA announces plan to limit cancer-linked chemicals, critics say it’s not enough* *The old PFOS scare againThat the chemical concerned gets into people and animals one way or another has been known for decades. But the concentrations found are extremely minute -- measured in a few parts per billion. So how toxic is it? It certainly seems to be seriously toxic to a range of animals but evidence of toxicity to people is slight. And don't forget that this has been under investigation for a long time.Additionally, it has been estimated that there is by now some PFOS in ev... more »

Colorado’s Xcel Energy is misleading the public with false promises

David Wojick at CFACT - 17 hours ago
A careful read of Xcel's statements reveal they are not promising to do anything. The post Colorado’s Xcel Energy is misleading the public with false promises appeared first on CFACT.

Australian Met Office Accused Of Man-Made Climate Change

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Graham Lloyd has picked up on the story that the Australian BOM have rewritten Australia’s temperature records for the second time in six years, and once again the rate of warming has conveniently increased. One of the most aspects is that the BOM quietly introduced these changes last October , […]

Let’s Make A Deal: Usreal Kurds Capture Final ISIS Held Territory

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
* I’ve been expecting this all week... Just had to keep watching the news reportsThe free pass has been the standard mode of operation when the ‘heat is on’ (allegedly) between Kurds and ISIS. Yup, the usual deal was made after the ISIS proxies, with assistance of their guns ablazing SDF partners, displaced the civilians by terrorizing them...* *PressTV* *"US-backed forces have captured the last enclave held by Daesh in Syria under a deal with the Daesh terrorist groupUnder the deal, 200 militants have surrendered to the SDF and 240 more are expected to surrender in the f... more »

"Politics is the art of the possible"

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 18 hours ago
German chancellor Otto von Bismarck famously pointed out, "Politics is the art of the possible". Any successful politician has to learn the arts of negotiation and compromise - not to mention the Pareto principle, otherwise known as the "80/20 Rule". If he can get 80% of what he wants with a tolerable amount of effort, and getting the final 20% of what he wants will consume an inordinate amount of time, energy and resources, he's often better advised to take what he can get and let go of the rest. To use another well-known idiom, "the best is the enemy of the good". However, whe... more »

Billions Dead: That’s What Could Happen if India and Pakistan Wage a Nuclear War

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
Billions Dead: That’s What Could Happen if India and Pakistan Wage a Nuclear War by Zachary Keck, https://nationalinterest.org/ (This first appeared back in 2017.) This is the real nuclear crisis the world is missing. Armed with what they believe is reasonable intelligence about the locations of Pakistan’s strategic forces, highly accurate missiles and MIRVs to target them, […]

Meet Sig Sauer's MPX Copperhead: The Army's Next Deadly Submachine Gun?

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 18 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The Copperhead could be the closest thing a civilian can buy to a weapon issued to highly trained Army protection teams. A new weapon designed by Sig Sauer is leading what could be a return to the submachine gun platform. The new MCX Copperhead submachine gun was likely designed for use by U.S. Army VIP protection teams looking for a concealable, high firepower weapon. A version of the Copperhead is now available on the civilian market in pistol form. In mid-2018, the U.S. Army put firearm manufacturers on notice that it was ... more »

The Army Almost Replace the M16 With What?

Task and Purpose at Test Feed Using Fields - 18 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* [image: Wikimedia Commons] You may have seen this gun in the movies. *The rifle itself was just a mockup cast of the G11, loaned to the production team by H&K; and outfitted with a bunch of embellishments and accessories fit for a Hollywood blockbuster**.* Decades before the U.S. military transitioned away from the M16 assault rifle in favor of the lightweight M4 carbine, the Army eyed an unusual-looking replacement for the Vietnam-era rifle: The boxy Heckler & Koch G11, the very same weapon that would appear years later as a futuristic en... more »

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cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 18 hours ago
Southampton Docks Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 18 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin US Experimented with Nuclear Fracking - Forbes Oregon Official: Texts Show Police-Extremist Collusion Weedkiller "Raises Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma by 41%" Britain's newest and most powerful warship is heading back to the US to kick off operational training with US F-35 jets US Stealth Jets Conduct Bombing Drill In Philippine And East China Sea Radioactive Fukushima Debris Picked Up By Remote-Controlled Robot For First Time Trump will declare a national emergency to build his border wall. Here's what could happen next. Here Comes The Shanghai Accord 2.0: China... more »

Guaido gives Venezuelan Army 2 weeks to join him

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido gave the Armed Forces a two-week deadline to back his effort to become interim-president at an oil industry forum in Caracas on Friday. “February 23 is coming, gentlemen from the Armed Forces. It is a very important date for the Venezuelan society not only because we have an opportunity to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Rapper 21 Savage denies hiding British citizenship but 'didn't want to get deported'

Just In - 18 hours ago
In his first interview since being released from immigration custody, Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage says he did not "just come out and say" that he was British because he did not want to get deported.

Dr Jayne Donegan: "Independent, Objective and Unbiased"

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
A recent interview with British general practitioner, Dr Jayne Donegan, talking about her strange story to Polly Tommey when in 2007 she was tried before a General Medical Council tribunal and completely exonerated. With thanks to Peeps TV. A written... more »

More evidence of Clinton election meddling, as calls for investigation grow louder (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 19 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 85. The post More evidence of Clinton election meddling, as calls for investigation grow louder (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Douma chemical weapons hoax exposed by BBC producer

Richard Galustian at The Duran - 19 hours ago
Very frightening for us all is the coordination of propaganda between the States of US, Britain, France and Israel. The post Douma chemical weapons hoax exposed by BBC producer appeared first on The Duran.

Come to the Media Democracy Festival

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 19 hours ago
Saturday 16th March. Doing much? If there's nothing penned in and you're in or can get yourself down London town, why not come to the 2019 Media Democracy Festival? Here's the blurb. "The Media Democracy Festival brings together media democracy campaigners, journalists, researchers and citizens to take part in discussions on a range of issues from challenging bias to confronting Islamophobia and from how we can take on the tech platforms to producing a media manifesto for the next election. It has a fantastic range of speakers and workshops throughout the day. The Media Democracy ... more »

How Howard Schultz Left a Bitter Taste in Seattle’s Mouth

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
*[image: Circular brown coffee stains] * He shows up as astonishingly petty and short sighted. I so do not want to do business with this chap. It cannot end well. His expertise was marketing and he leveraged that to buy out the original founders. Not unusual and do remember Ray Kroc. He will still be real competition for Trump. I cannot see him spending his own coin to do any of this though. He is way too cheap. Losing the Seattle Sonics tells it all. Not the way to exit. Otherwise his education resume is light. Trump I would rate as medium but included an IVY league polis... more »

How SoftBank ate the world

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
What is happening here is that the largest communication entity is emerging and is designed to be global in scope. It understands that we will have billions of robotic devices by as early as 2035. I alone expext to see agriculture transition to robotic labor pools much sooner than any expect. It has taken 70 years for the present industrial agricultural model to be implemented and it is badly flawed. It will be completely replaced everywhere inside perhaps twenty years, simply because robotics allow holistic agriculture. That alone will demand billions of robots... *How Soft... more »

Emotional Intelligence: The Social Skills You Weren't Taught in School

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
I do not know how this can be taught so much as practiced. Certainly a whole industry has emerged to accommodate practice and it is clearly beneficial and even surprising Imagining a whole culture able to properly manage emotions appears possible. Social pressure can certainly make this the norm. Recall Japanese culture which has gone a long way long this path. The actual narratives are effectively made up and serve their purpose in triggering practice. Perhaps that can be good enough as more convincing narratives become an end in themselves... *Emotional Intelligence: The S... more »

"Not Knowing..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
“Not knowing you can’t do something is sometimes all it takes to do it.” - Ally Carter

"Fukushima Update 2/16/19: 18,737.25 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated Feb. 16, 2019: Fukushima Equals 18,737.25 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of Feb. 16, 2019 - 2,905 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *18,737.25 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is s... more »

Hearing – Climate Change: The Impacts and the Need to Act

Hifast at Climate Collections - 19 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry The House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Climate Change will be livestreamed on their Facebook page. Here is the link to the Hearing page [link], I have no idea if they will post the other written testimonies. My written testimony is posted at [Curry Testimony House Natural…

Global Temperature Reanalysis Baseline Comparisons

Hifast at Climate Collections - 19 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Concerns: I have been downloading the daily average global surface air temperature data initial condition output for the Sigma 0.995 level from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and National Center for Atmospheric Research Reanalysis 1 (NCAR R1) cooperative effort. This output is still being updated daily about 2 days behind…

YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS: FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Noor al Haqiqa at SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS - 20 hours ago
Now I remember another reason I left the East: SNOW. Slippery footing. A cold that requires actually sealing shut my windows! Hopefully this morning's offerings will bring you some smiles. This blog has long been very vocally anti-communist and now, with the current situation South of the border, it will not let up. Canada is already in the grips of (((globalism/Communism))); the hopes of the world surviving this challenge lies with America. Sorry folks, but that's a fact I have known for a very long time. Expect more as time passes; this threat is very real. Once freedoms are los... more »

Solutions

LL at Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
*The Solar Energy Solution* I realize that the people who drift past this blog have been waiting for a solution to the energy needs of the United States (rest of the world be damned - yes, that includes England, Juliette. Find your own energy solution) Using generally accepted numbers, solar panels convert about 10% +/- of the available energy from sunlight. The United States uses about 4 petawatt-hours per year (4,000 trillion watts). In order to get that sort of coverage, we'd need to bulldoze and flatten a number of states. Better to stick with the states that are flat now to s... more »

Did This Old Russian Jet Help Inspire the F-35?

Task and Purpose, Brad Howard at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Brad Howard* *Security, * [image: By Brian W. McMullin - dia.mil, defenseimagery.mil, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15773069] Or one big feature of the VTOL version? For all the yelling and shouting over the Department of Defense’s much-maligned F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, there’s an unusual, often overlooked footnote in the trillion-dollar project’s history: its origins as an experimental Soviet fighter that only fell into Lockheed Martin’s lap because a desperate Russian aerospace company needed some cold, hard cash. B... more »

How the Battle of Gettysburg Changed American History Forever

Warfare History Network, Brooke C. Stoddard at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, Brooke C. Stoddard* *Security, * [image: By Dawidl - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48528572] Writer Brooke Stoddard compares the events at the Battle of Gettysburg to the three general phases of the American Civil War. The occasion was, for the North, inauspicious. In the Battle of First Manassas, the Federals were routed, humiliated, and almost utterly crushed. In the Seven Days, they were outmaneuvered and forced to retreat. At Second Manassas they were routed, humiliated, and almost crushed. At Antietam, they... more »

Capitals down Lightning to clinch WNBL crown

Just In - 20 hours ago
The Canberra Capitals prove too strong for the Adelaide Lightning in the deciding third game of the WNBL grand final series to claim their eighth title.

Sydney FC beats Perth Glory to win W-League title

Just In - 20 hours ago
Sydney FC claims the W-League championship after defeating Perth Glory 4-2 in the grand final at Sydney's Jubilee Oval.

Robin Hood Wurde Umgekehrt - Ein Gedicht von M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Robin Hood wurde umgekehrt. Die gleiche Art & Weise jahrhundertelang bis heute Eine gute Zeit für einen Wechsel* *© **2019 M.N. Hopkins* *Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator and manual proofed by KiBLS:)* *To read the above poem in English, please click on the link below:* *http://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2019/02/robin-hood-reversed-poem-by-mn-hopkins.html*

Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Friday 15th February 2019

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily power consumption data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click on […]

NYT Claims Trump Is The One With The Anti-Semitism Problem

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Clay Waters ~ The New York Times’ reaction to the embarrassing, even sinister anti-Semitic controversies engulfing two freshmen Democrats shows that “whataboutism” — defined as trying to discredit an opponent’s position by charging them with hypocrisy without disproving their argument — is no longer “the last refuge of scoundrels” but is suddenly back in […]

Australian Politics – How The Labor Party Will Clobber The Economy

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Andrew Bolt ~ Terry McCrann says attacking the Labor Party’s franking tax credits grab is taking the focus off the bigger problem: Where I suggest it might be helping Labor is in taking the focus off the broader policy package — just how massively destructive for the economy is what Labor proposes, via what […]

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* I'm sure Donnie Sleazeball got a valentine from Mikey Pence earlier this week. Obviously he did. Just look at that adoring look Pence is giving his bossman. Of course, if Pence didn't give Trump a valentine and express total panting devotion, we might never see Pence again. But this Elvis thing; what's with that? Do "people" really think Trump looks like Elvis? To me, Trump looks nothing like Elvis, but maybe to Pence he does. Pence and Trump are both so deranged and mentally damaged that anything's possible. And, I'm guessing Pence really goes for the later, fat, drugg... more »

US Investor Arrested In Moscow – Getting What He Deserves Or Being Protected From Mueller?

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 22 hours ago
Anyone who is still doing business in Russia is a traitor to the United States, as well as to democracy. … Continue reading →

Trump Moves the World Closer to “Doomsday”

Marjorie Cohn at Marjorie Cohn - 22 hours ago
In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union adopted the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in an effort to eliminate missiles on hair-trigger alert for nuclear war due to their short flight times. It was the first time the two countries agreed to destroy nuclear weapons. That treaty outlawed nearly 2,700 ballistic or land-based cruise missiles with a range... Read more »

Douma Chemical Hoax: Mainstream Media Have Double Standard Toward Syria – Journo

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Douma Chemical Hoax: Mainstream Media Have Double Standard Toward Syria – Journo by https://sputniknews.com/ On 14 April 2018, Britain, France and the US launched missile strikes on Syria in retaliation for what they had said was a chemical attack allegedly staged by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on the Syrian town of Douma. – Reports at the time […]

Winx claims 30th consecutive win with Apollo Stakes victory

Just In - 22 hours ago
Winx's winning streak continues with the champion mare making it 30 victories in a row after taking out the Apollo Stakes at Randwick.

9/11 fund running out of money for those with illnesses

Just In - 22 hours ago
The compensation fund for victims of 9/11 is running out of money and will cut future payments by 50 to 70 per cent, US officials say.

'Your love will live on': Darwin rallies for family of nine-year-old boy killed in playground

Just In - 22 hours ago
A crowdfunding campaign set up in the wake of a Darwin playground tragedy to help raise funeral costs raises $13,000 in just 24 hours.

A War Game Was NATO’s First Glimpse Into How a Nuclear War Would Be Hell

War Is Boring at Test Feed Using Fields - 23 hours ago
*War Is Boring* *Security, Europe* [image: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=562418] And millions would die. Throughout the Cold War, the prospect of nuclear war hung over Europe like a recurring nightmare. But in the early years of the Atomic Age, most people only dimly understood the consequences of tactical nuclear war. It wasn’t until nearly a decade into the superpower contest that Europe’s nightmare gained a vivid, terrifying clarity. That clarity came from Carte Blanche, NATO’s first major exercise to simulate what a nuclear exchange with the... more »

The Daily Brief 2019-02-15

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
This is a summary of 18 AMN articles on the following subjects: Somalia, Daesh, ISIS, US, Japan, Russia, Idlib, Syria, Trump, Hama, Iraq, Rukban, Iran, Israel, Pence, Euphrates, SDF, Kurdistan, Houthi, Saudi, Yemen, Daraa, Turkey, Rouhani. We have changed our format from posting full articles to our steem readership to a summarized daily brief, as […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Sickness And Paranoia: The Morrison Government’s Refugee Problem

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 23 hours ago
The passage of amendments to the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) by the Australian House of Representatives and the Senate this week was less a case of celebration than necessitous deliverance. The mental wellbeing of asylum-seekers on Manus Island and Nauru, or lack thereof, has been documented extensively from Australian legal […] The post Sickness And Paranoia: The Morrison Government’s Refugee Problem appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

February 16th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #758

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Saturday February 16th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

A Look At Germany's Army In Numbers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Local:* *More women soldiers and less equipment: A look at Germany's army in numbers* On the first day of the Munich Security Conference, we look in numbers at Germany's armed forces, and the direction that they will be heading in the future. Friday marks the first day of the weekend-long Munich Security Conference, in which 500 security experts – and over 4,000 police protecting them – will gather at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Bavaria's capital to discuss the state of security in Germany and abroad. It's a key time for keeping an eye on Germany's military, which has been slo... more »

US Congressman O’Halleran: National Emergency Declaration “Puts Our Servicemembers And Our Nation At A Greater Risk”

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
“O’HALLERAN: NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION “PUTS OUR SERVICEMEMBERS AND OUR NATION AT A GREATER RISK February 15, 2019 Press Release WASHINGTON … Continue reading →

Unrest In Haiti -- News Updates February 15, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Time*: *Haiti's President Says He Won't Step Down as Violent Protests Grip the Capital* Haiti’s embattled leader has made his first public statements since protests rocked the Caribbean nation’s capital more than a week ago, vowing in a televised address that he will not step down. Voice of America reports that President Jovenal Moise appeared on national television Thursday to address calls for his for resignation. Critics claim his government lacks transparency and is ineffective. “I hear you,” Moise said in a speech aired by national broadcaster TNH and live-streamed on Fac... more »

Officials haven’t named supplier behind yeast recalls affecting dozens of brands

Coral Beach at Food Safety News - 1 day ago
More than 80 yeast products sold under dozens of brands are being recalled because of an undeclared peanut ingredient, which suggests a common supplier, according to Canadian officials. However, the government is not naming that supplier. A consumer report of an allergic reaction to Indigo Packaged Goodness brand yeast spurred the initial recall on Feb.... Continue Reading

Cheese made with raw milk from TB-positive herd recalled; two other cheese recalls are unrelated

News Desk at Food Safety News - 1 day ago
Corleggy Cheese has recalled two cheeses in Ireland made withunpasteurized milk from a herd in which animals tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). Mycobacterium bovis causes TB in cattle and consumption of contaminated dairy products can cause human TB. Cavanbert raw cows’ milk cheese with best before dates up to Feb. 14, 2019, and Drumlin cheese... Continue Reading

'Bring a snorkel': Urgent call for volunteers in Tasmanian tourism hotspot

Just In - 1 day ago
Want to volunteer for a job in one of the country's stunning national parks where you can snorkel and not actually do much work? Tasmania has the job for you.

Five shot dead in US by 'guy running down the aisle with a pistol with a laser on it'

Just In - 1 day ago
Five people are dead and several others injured after a man who had just been sacked opened fire at a warehouse west of Chicago before being fatally shot by police.

'It doesn't represent myself and my family': NRL star calls for anthem change

Just In - 1 day ago
Indigenous All Stars captain Cody Walker and rugby league Immortal Mal Meninga call for the national anthem to be changed, with Walker saying Advance Australia Fair does not represent him or his family.

Catcher criticised for rough handling of massive snake bagged in Qld home

Kristy Sexton-McGrath at Just In - 1 day ago
After a protracted struggle to bag a massive 40-kilogram python, a Far North Queensland snake catcher says she has become the victim of online abuse for her trouble.

Does Chinchilla the 'melon capital' of the world have a future in melons?

Lydia Burton at Just In - 1 day ago
The southern Queensland town of Chinchilla is known as the 'melon capital' of the world but challenging times in the industry have forced farmers out.

Police investigating whether Uluru National Park bushfire was intentionally lit

Mitchell Abram at Just In - 1 day ago
A large fire in the national park forces the closure of the world-renowned tourism destination Kata-Tjuta, which includes a number of walking trails.

Is Eric Garcetti Putting Los Angeles At The Forefront Of The Battle To Tackle Climate Change?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Eric Garcetti isn't running for president next year. Whew! I'm totally relieved. I like Eric and I've known him for a long time. He's the guy who showed me how to use a credit card in a parking meter. But I didn't think running for president was a good idea. He hasn't created a compelling enough record as mayor of Los Angeles to run on. And, it appeared to be that he has been veering further and further towards the middle of the road ever since he started seriously working on running. I didn't like it. Everything starts to become about what voters in Iowa and New Hampshire will th... more »

Defense One's Annual Service-By-Service Look At The U.S. Military

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Defense One*: *State of Defense 2019: Special Report* Our annual service-by-service look at the U.S. military finds the shift to great-power competition dogged by some old problems and some very new ones. If we had written this State of Defense report two months ago, it would have been almost entirely different. For better or worse, President Trump brings the nation into 2019 with a new attitude and new attention to the U.S. military’s ground wars. By presidential order, this will be the year the U.S. ground war in Syria ends. Trump also reportedly wants a drawdown in Afghanistan... more »

India vs. Pakistan: Who Wins in a War (And How Many Millions Could Die)?

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* It could be brutal. *For its part, the Indian army plans to immediately take the offensive under a doctrine called “Cold Start.” Cold Start envisions rapid mobilization followed by a major offensive into Pakistan before the country can respond with tactical nuclear weapons. Such an offensive—and Pakistan’s likely conventional defeat—could make the use of tactical nuclear weapons all the more likely**.* The Indian subcontinent is home to two of the largest armies on Earth. Not only are the armies of India and Pakistan both larger in personnel tha... more »

Shocker: North Korea Is Building More Nuclear Weapons (3 Reasons To Look Past the Headlines)

Daniel R. DePetris at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] We ought to take a step back from the ledge and put all these reports in context. Here are three things we should keep in mind as we peruse the avalanche of negativity that will make its way into the media in the week ahead. The reports on North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile program keep on coming. First, in November 2018, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterrey, California discovered a new missile base with an underground compartment near the previously known Yeongjeo-dong facility close to th... more »

The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake—Building Tons of Aircraft Carriers

War Is Boring at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*War Is Boring* *Security, * [image: Flickr / Official U.S. Navy Page] The Pentagon behaves as if aircraft carriers will rule forever … they won’t. “History,” it has been written, “does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Today it’s rhyming with Gen. Billy Mitchell. In the 1920s, Mitchell challenged conventional thinking by advocating air power at sea in the face of a naval establishment dominated by battleship proponents. The hubris of the “battleship Navy” was such that just nine days before Pearl Harbor, the official program for the 1941 Army-Navy game displayed a full page ph... more »

California owes the Federal Government $3.5 Billion

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 1 day ago
Could that $3.5 Billion help pay for the border wall? Just wondering…. “California Governor Gavin Newsom announced yesterday that he was terminating former Governor Jerry Brown’s pet Green project; a high speed bullet train connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco.” … Continue reading →

Why the Green New Deal Uses a Particularly Expensive Approach to Not Achieving Its Environmental Objectives

Alan Carlin at Carlin Economics and Science - 1 day ago
The Democratic Party continues to rush ever further into the climate swamp. The left wing of the party accepts climate junk science and now wants to implement rapid decarbonization as national policy through a so-called “Green New Deal” (GND). See also here. They have added many non-climate aspects including providing economic security “to all who […]

Virginia politics: The uneasy marriage of new liberalism and historic racism

Julian Maxwell Hayter, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
Virginia's stark political contradictions, reflecting centuries of racism and a new liberal majority, were on display when a blackface image was found recently on the governor's old yearbook page.

Was Jacob Walter Anderson Fined $400 for Repeatedly Raping a Baylor Student?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Social media users responded in outrage to the penalties handed down to a Baylor University fraternity president accused of rape.

EPA 1983 : Ten Feet Of Sea Level Rise In The Next Few Decades

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 1 day ago
Apparently Florida is underwater. Experts say so. 01 May 1983, 1 – The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com

Hating Neocons Is Becoming Mainstream Again, And It Is Excellent

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
American Conservative has published an article titled “Why Are These Professional War Peddlers Still Around?“, an excerpt from a book by Fox’s Tucker Carlson, which documents neoconservative thought leaders Max Boot and Bill Kristol’s consistent track record of supporting spectacularly awful US war policies. Carlson […]

Musical Interlude: 2002, “Children in Time”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, “Children in Time” -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHM1mf33M8

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster. *Click image for larger size.* This impressively sharp color image shows intense star forming regions at the ends of the bar and along the spiral arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole. Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in ... more »

Free Download: Albert Einstein, "The World As I See It"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"The World As I See It:Albert Einstein's Thoughts on the Meaning of Life”* by Paul Ratner “Albert Einstein was one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, influencing scientific thought immeasurably. He was also not shy about sharing his wisdom about other topics, writing essays, articles, letters, giving interviews and speeches. His opinions on social and intellectual issues that do not come from the world of physics give an insight into the spiritual and moral vision of the scientist, offering much to take to heart. The collection of essays and ideas “The World As I See It”* ga... more »

Chet Raymo, “Holy Ignorance”

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

Democrats Starting Realize The Dangers of Their Moonbat AOC…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Democrat Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) is the representative from Long Island City where Amazon was going to put their headquarters. Along with many other Democrats Ms. Maloney is stunned at how the moonbat wing of the party has taken over. … Continue reading →

Alarming New Scientific Study Finds Elevated Toxic Arsenic, Lead And Cadmium In 47% Of Fruit Juice Brands

admin at Herbs Info - 1 day ago
image © fotolia.com (under license) Troubling new results have been published (Jan 2019) by Consumer Reports regarding well known consumer brands of fruit juice, indicating potentially harmful levels of cadmium, lead, mercury, and inorganic arsenic (the type most harmful to health). The scientific study tested 45 consumer brands of packaged fruit juices, typically “from concentrate”, […] The post Alarming New Scientific Study Finds Elevated Toxic Arsenic, Lead And Cadmium In 47% Of Fruit Juice Brands appeared first on Herbs Info.

Syria Wants Answers from UN Over Illegal Invasions by US Led Coalition

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT America Published on Feb 13, 2019 Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof joins In Question to weigh in on Syria calling for the UN to end US strikes and invasions in the country. Maloof discusses what he expects from Syria’s requests, reports of an Israeli drone firing missiles near a demolished hospital, Syria’s options for retaliation […]

Netanyau: Israel Anticipating Trump’s Mideast ‘Deal of the Century’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Netanyau: Israel Anticipating Trump’s Mideast ‘Deal of the Century’ by Itamar Eichner, https://www.ynetnews.com/ The PM expressed optimism regarding Trump’s proposal in a meeting with US VP Pence during historic Mideast conference in Warsaw, which found the Israeli leader sitting beside and among many Arab diplomats. – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Vice President Mike Pence […]

Kushner: Mideast Peace Deal Will Be Unveiled After Israeli Election

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Kushner: Mideast Peace Deal Will Be Unveiled After Israeli Election by Yaron Steinbuch, https://nypost.com/ President Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner said Thursday that he is optimistic about his father-in-law’s Mideast peace plan — the much-touted “Deal of the Century,” which will be unveiled after the Israeli elections on April 9. – Kushner said during a closed […]

Palestinians Launch Campaign to End Israel’s Detention Policy

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Feb 13, 2019 Palestinians are demanding an end to Israel’s use of administrative detention orders. They have gathered outside the Red Cross committee in Ramallah in support of some 500 administrative detainees. Two women are also in illegal administrative detention. end

NBC News: No Evidence Of Trump Russia Conspiracy — Liberal MSM Has Been Lying, Slandering … for the Past 2 years

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Jimmy Dore Show Published on Feb 14, 2019 As the Russia Investigation is nearing its end, here’s what the Intel Committee has so far… #TrumpRussia #MSNBC end

Netanyahu Accidentally Tells the Truth

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Has Syria/Iran attacked Israel? NO! Has Zionist ‘666’ Israel attacked Syria/Iran? Countless times and publicly admitted by them. The suggestion that Israel is doing so in self defense is nonsensical propaganda. Zionist ‘666’ Israel, the Satanic counterfeit, has hundreds of nuclear bombs and is backed by USA with thousands of nuclear bombs. Syria/Iran have NO […]

Netanyahu Calls on Arab States to Join War Against Iran

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Netanyahu Calls on Arab States to Join War Against Iran by Richard Silverstein, https://www.richardsilverstein.com/ In comments delivered to an Israeli TV news reporter at a Warsaw conference designed to unite world leaders against Iran, Bibi Netanyahu made his harshest statement yet, calling for war against the Islamic republic: – What is important about this [conference]…is that this […]

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