Monday, April 22, 2019

22 April - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 3

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"The Cataclysmic $243 Trillion Global Debt Bomb Will Explode, Impoverishing Everyone"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 24 minutes ago
*"The Cataclysmic $243 Trillion Global Debt Bomb Will Explode,* * Impoverishing Everyone"* by Mac Slavo "Once the global debt bomb explodes, there won’t be much left for anyone. Governments will fall, individuals will be impoverished, and businesses will implode. The elitists in power have tried to keep everyone in the dark, but maybe there’s an answer to this devastation. Global debt now stands at a terrifying $243 trillion according to a report by the Institute of International Finance this week. That’s quarter of a quadrillion. We’re in the realms of the absurd and the unsustaina... more »

Report: F-35 To Cost Billions More

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 34 minutes ago
Air Force F-35s fly in formation over Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Air Force *St. Louis Post-Dispatch:* *Lockheed's costly F-35 to be billions costlier, Pentagon finds* * Research and procurement increases by $22 billion: cost office * Six decades of operations and support grows by $73 billion Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 jet, the world's costliest weapons program, just got even costlier. The estimated total price for research and procurement has increased by $22 billion in current dollars adjusted for inflation, according to the Pentagon's latest annual cost assessmen... more »

"How Fascism Comes To America"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 36 minutes ago
*"How Fascism Comes To America"* by Doug Casey "I think there are really only two good reasons for having a significant amount of money: To maintain a high standard of living and to ensure your personal freedom. There are other, lesser reasons, of course, including: to prove you can do it, to compensate for failings in other things, to impress others, to leave a legacy, to help perpetuate your genes, or maybe because you just can't think of something better to do with your time. But I'll put aside those lesser motives, which I tend to view as psychological foibles. Basically, money... more »

NATO at 70: Retirement or Renaissance?

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 56 minutes ago
*April 23, 2019* (Gunnar Ulson - NEO) - US Vice President Mike Pence has recently referred to NATO as, *"the most successful military alliance in the history of the world." *Of course, "success" needs to be defined, especially when casual observers note the trail of death and destruction left in NATO's wake from Eastern Europe to North Africa to the Middle East to Central Asia over the last several decades. For the casual observer, the NATO-linked Atlantic Council would attempt to offer a (very) short list of "NATO's accomplishments in recent years." The article was published in 20... more »

NY City Council Asks Why Parents are Being Accused of Child Abuse for Simply Using Marijuana

AdminM at Health Impact News - 57 minutes ago
As New York considers legalizing marijuana, attention is also turning to how the drug plays a role in the city’s child welfare system—one that has the power to remove children from their parents and that investigates, almost exclusively, low-income families of color. Parents and advocates have reported that recreational marijuana use can lead to investigations of child maltreatment by the city’s Administration for Children’s Services. Many times these investigations stem from testing pregnant women and their newborns at the city’s public hospitals, according to testimony at a City ... more »

Arab League FM’s Reject US ‘Deal of Century’ Plan

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Arab League FM’s Reject US ‘Deal of Century’ Plan by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ Arab League foreign ministers on Sunday stressed that they rejected any peace plan which does not respect the rights of the Palestinian people, Anadolu reports. – The Arab League foreign ministers said in a final declaration that they rejected any peace plan which does […]

OUT OF CONTROL: Debt Is Outpacing Economic Growth! Who Is To Blame–Trump Or The FED? Chris Martenson

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Crush The Street Published on Apr 22, 2019 For a detailed report on Martenson´s economic analyst vision visit: http://crushthestreet.com/Chris – To get more info about Chris: http://peakprosperity.com TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW: – 02:20 Prepping for a crash, Trump’s CRACKDOWN on the FED 07:00 Debt growing faster than the economy 15:00 Connections between the FED and […]

Rob Kirby: The Fall of LTCM & How Bear Stearns Became The Fall Guy In 2008 Financial Crisis

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Silver Bullion TV Published on Apr 21, 2019 SBTV’s latest guest is Rob Kirby of Kirby Analytics. We discuss the failure of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and how it resulted in the ‘death sentence’ of Bear Stearns years later in the financial crisis of 2008. Discussed in this interview: – 04:42 The missing $21 trillion […]

Sara Carter: Deep State DOJ and FBI Operatives are Panicked, Ratting Out Each Other

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Sara Carter: Deep State DOJ and FBI Operatives are Panicked, Ratting Out Each Other by Jim Hoft, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ Sara Carter and FOX News legal adviser Gregg Jarrett joined Sean Hannity on Thursday night following the release of the Mueller Report. Sara Carter told Hannity that her sources are telling her the deep state officials in […]

New York Times Apologizes To Trump in Stunning Reversal, Demands Other Media Do Same

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
No prize for guessing what Trump intends to do to those pushing the HOAX in the MSM who are complicit in the attempted CIA coup.

French Ambassador to US: Israel Becoming an Apartheid State

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
French Ambassador to US: Israel Becoming an Apartheid State by https://www.i24news.tv/en Ambassador Gérard Araud said the US peace plan is almost certainly doomed to fail – Israel will become an apartheid state, outgoing French ambassador to the United States told the Atlantic in an interview published on Friday where he officially ends his five-year term in Washington. […]

Tucker: Left Struggles to Say the Word ‘Christians’ — “They’re Called Christians”: Conservatives Mock Obama, Clinton For Tweets About Sri Lankan ‘Easter Worshippers’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Fox News Published on Apr 22, 2019 Their euphemisms aren’t accidental: They believe Christians are the problem. – “They’re Called Christians”: Conservatives Mock Obama, Clinton For Tweets About Sri Lankan ‘Easter Worshippers’ by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are being roundly criticized for their apparently coordinated decision not to use the word […]

The Central Bank’s Have Been Outed, The Secret Has Been Revealed

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
X22Report Published on Apr 22, 2019 US existing homes decline, this is the 13th straight month in a row, the patriots will need the Fed to cut rates to keep the economy going until 2020. Warren wants student loan forgiveness, why don’t we go after the real problem, which is the [CB], what she is […]

Sri Lanka Blasts: Colombo Officials State International Network Involvement in Bombings — Jihadist Group Named

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Muslim Terrorism is a tool of western Illuminist intelligence agencies: CIA, British MI5/6, Israeli Mossad … It appears they are still pushing Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Illuminist psyop leading to Albert Pike’s Satanic WW3. – RT Published on Apr 22, 2019 An international network helped to perpetrate the bloody Easter Sunday attacks in Sri […]

Abide by US Ban on Iranian Oil Or Face Sanctions: No More Exemptions for Importers

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RT Published on Apr 22, 2019 The White House announced on Monday that the United States will end Iran sanction waivers. Countries that continue to buy Iranian crude after the May 2 deadline will risk facing US sanctions. According to a statement from the Office of the Press Secretary, President Donald Trump ‘has decided not […]

Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them.

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them. by Glenn Greenwald, https://theintercept.com/greenwald/ THE TWO-PRONGED CONSPIRACY THEORY that has dominated U.S. political discourse for almost three years – that (1) Trump, his family and his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, and (2) Trump is beholden to Russian President […]

Israel Threatens to Attack All of Lebanon, Reveals S-300-Evading Missile

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Israel Threatens to Attack All of Lebanon, Reveals S-300-Evading Missile by Tel Aviv – Nazir Magally, https://aawsat.com/english Despite the complete calm on the Lebanese-Syrian and Lebanese-Israeli borders an Israeli military commander warned on Thursday that the whole of Lebanon will not be spared should a new war erupt with the Hezbollah party. – “It would […]

Fatah Says Saudi, Egypt, UAE Pressuring Palestine to Accept Trump’s Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Fatah Says Saudi, Egypt, UAE Pressuring Palestine to Accept Trump’s Deal by https://www.presstv.com/ Some Arab states are exerting “immense pressure” on Palestinians to accept US President Donald Trump’s controversial Middle East plan, dubbed “the deal of the century,” a senior Fatah official says. – “Some Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab […]

Mike Pompeo Reveals True Motto of CIA: ‘We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
The CIA is a western Illuminist intelligence agency. The people in the top echelons are Satanists. – The Duran Published on Apr 21, 2019 The Duran Quick Take: Episode 147. The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at a Texas A&M University speech, and subsequent interview, with US Secretary of State […]

WHY THE DENTAL INDUSTRY IS WRONG ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF TOOTH DECAY

Amanda-Mary at Healing Oracle - 1 hour ago
Share List Tooth decay is a lack of nutrients, not a lack of toxic fluoride, which is essentially an industrial waste product. Here we list the natural ways to keep your teeth healthy. We can... The post WHY THE DENTAL INDUSTRY IS WRONG ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF TOOTH DECAY appeared first on Healing Oracle.

CANCER AND THE DANGERS OF ROOT CANAL FILLINGS

Amanda-Mary at Healing Oracle - 1 hour ago
Share List Allow me tell you why root canals can also be risk factors for cancer (Updated from Dec 2018) What I am about to share with you is generally not known by most doctors... The post CANCER AND THE DANGERS OF ROOT CANAL FILLINGS appeared first on Healing Oracle.

Can Jacqui Lambie rise from the ashes and make a return to Canberra?

Ellen Coulter at Just In - 1 hour ago
Former Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has tried her hardest to keep up media appearances since resigning over her dual citizenship, but to make it back to the Senate, she'll be have to find a way to translate her profile into votes, state political reporter Ellen Coulter writes.

'Idiots on our roads': Driver given 28 demerit points in one hit

Cameron Gooley at Just In - 1 hour ago
A woman receives 28 demerit points — enough to have a driver's licence suspended twice over — during a single police stop north of Sydney at the weekend, after officers issue her with four separate infringement notices.

Long-lost shipwreck of WWII freighter found off Victorian coast

Carla Howarth at Just In - 1 hour ago
Thirty-eight people died when SS Iron Crown was sunk by a Japanese submarine during World War II. Its underwater grave has now been discovered 77 years later.

NETFLIX / ATTENBOROUGH FAKE NEWS UPDATE : ‘Our Planet’ Film Crew Is Still Lying About Walrus Cliff Deaths

Jamie Spry at Climatism - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: I had an opportunity last night to watch the original Netflix ‘Frozen Worlds’ walrus episode and have some addition thoughts. One big eye-opener was the final shot of the walrus sequence: a polar bear approaching from the water to feed on the carcasses below the cliff at Cape Kozhevnikov. This is…

North Korea Slams Everyone But President Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump look on during the extended bilateral meeting in the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 28, 2019. *VOA:* *North Korea’s Strategy: Slam Everyone But Trump * SEOUL — North Korea has directed a wave of criticism at top White House officials, as talks with the United States have stalled. But one person Pyongyang hasn’t criticized: Donald Trump. The pattern reflects North Korea’s apparent preference to continue negotiating directly with Trump, who has taken a more conciliator... more »

Buzzfeed Weighs In On Terror

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 1 hour ago
Steve Goddard on Twitter: “Miriam found a way to blame a massive Islamic terror attack on white people, so she earned her pay for the day.… “

Capital Weather Gang Weighs In …

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 1 hour ago
The Capital Weather Gang is shocked that April is hot in Vietnam (at latitude 10N.) Did you sleep through geography class? Peak temperatures occur in April in Vietnam. climate – Graph – Ho Chi Minh Vietnam – WeatherOnline

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un To Meet Russian President Putin this Week

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
A combination of file photos shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin looking on during a joint news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma after their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/Pool/Maxim Shipenkov/Pool *AFP:* *N. Korea's Kim heads to Russia to revive old friendship* On the neighbouring mound to Mansu hill, where giant statues of Kim Il ...more »

Wireless Technology: Ultra Convenient. But Not for Survival.

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Peter Tocci Introduction Obvious as it is that no significant issue ‘exists in a vacuum’ (or anything at all, for that matter :-), most... more »

'It was a long shot': Newborn koala survives transfer to surrogate mum's pouch

Shelley Lloyd at Just In - 1 hour ago
A Queensland wildlife sanctuary saves the life of a newborn koala in a rare, and possibly Australia-first, medical procedure where a two-day-old koala joey called Hermit was transferred from its ailing mother's pouch and into the pouch of a surrogate mother.

Prince Louis turns one as the Queen celebrates 93rd birthday

Just In - 1 hour ago
Kept mostly out of the public eye since he was born, Prince William and Kate's youngest child is celebrating his first birthday in the same week Britain's oldest and longest-reigning monarch turns 93.

'Scuttlebutt and pub talk': Bushy at centre of strange Telstra feud breaks silence

Elias Clure at Just In - 1 hour ago
Richard Luxton has been involved in a nasty game of back and forth with the telco giant regarding a portion of his 10,000 acres of Coomalie bushland, near the turnoff to the iconic Litchfield National Park, which still remains without resolution.

Who bombed Sri Lanka and why?

Just In - 1 hour ago
Sri Lanka has long been subject to extremist violence and Easter Sunday's coordinated bomb blasts mark latest in a long history of ethno-religious tragedies. But they also suggest an unsettling new development, writes Damien Kingsbury.

Jumps racing event fights declining attendance and protesters

Just In - 1 hour ago
About a quarter the number of people attended this year's Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival than did a decade ago, again sparking a debate about the future of jumps racing in South Australia.

Earthquake turns skyscraper's rooftop swimming pool into a waterfall

Just In - 1 hour ago
A magnitude-6.3 earthquake strikes the Philippines' main island of Luzon on Monday, with several people reportedly killed in building collapses and video showing the Anchor Skysuites apartment block in Manila turn into a temporary waterfall.

Report: 70,000 People Have Been Killed In Yemen's Civil War Since January 2016

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
The UN said last month 100 civilians were either killed or wounded every week in Yemen in 2018, with children accounting for a fifth of all casualties [File: Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu] *Al Jazeera:* *More than 70,000 killed in Yemen's civil war: ACLED* *A database tracking violence in Yemen says more than 10,000 people were killed in the last five months alone. * More than 70,000 people have been killed in Yemen's civil war since January 2016, according to a database tracking violence in the country. The figure, released by the Armed Conflict and Location Event Data Project (ACLED)... more »

Federal Research Says Screens Harm Kids’ Brains. 60+ Experts Featured at Free Online Workshop about “Digital Dementia”

Activist Post at Activist Post - 2 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Silicon Valley parents (aka tech inventors) have been limiting their own kids’ use of screens for many years while tech companies have... more »

The Scandal Behind The Alleged Nxivm Sex-Slave Ring

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 2 hours ago
Business Insider April 12, 2019 – Here are the people behind the alleged sex-slave ring masked by the multi-level marketing company, Nxivm. They include “Smallville” actress, Allison Mack, Seagram’s liquor’s heiresses Clare and Sara Bronfman, and the founder of Nxivm, Keith Raniere. Keith Raniere’s trial will start on April 29, 2019. –##– Allison Mack pleads guilty in group’s sex cult case According to the local media, Carroll County Times, actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and manipulating (blackmailing) women into becoming sex slaves for the group’s sp... more »

Watch the Launch…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
[…] “They’re going to launch strategically all over the country,” an operative with knowledge of Biden’s strategy said. “They’ll have people in place in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina and roll out endorsements from elected officials all over the … Continue reading →

Former CIA Director And Now Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "I Was The CIA Director - We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
"I was the CIA Director; we lied, we cheated we stole. We had entire training courses." -@SecPompeo pic.twitter.com/tehirq1cyX — Jonathan Lalonde (@JonathanLalon12) April 19, 2019 *Zero Hedge:* *"I Was The CIA Director - We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole"* Former CIA director and now Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has long accused WikiLeaks of being a “non-state hostile intelligence agency”, usually manipulated by Russia. Since Pompeo first made this claim as CIA Director in April 2017, countless major US news sources from NPR to CNN to the Washington Post have uncritically repeated ... more »

“It Should Be Illegal”: Use of Facial Recognition at Airports Draws Anger

Activist Post at Activist Post - 2 hours ago
By Eoin Higgins A boarding technology for travelers using JetBlue is causing controversy due to a social media thread on the airline’s use of facial... more »

The Daily Brief 2019-04-21

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
This is a summary of 19 AMN articles on the following subjects: Houthi, Saudi, Yemen, Iran, IRGC, Russia, US, Venezuela, Aleppo, Syria, France, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, ISIS, Raqqa, Sri_Lanka, SDF, Homs, Palmyra, Baghdad, Iraq. Categories covered in this brief: Yemen, Iran, World-News, Syria, Lebanon, Gulf, Middleeast, Opinion, Turkey, Iraq Let us know how you […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Russian Air Force pounds Idlib with multitude of airstrikes

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:10 A.M.) – The Russian Air Force has unleashed a new series of airstrikes over the Idlib Governorate this evening, targeting several sites under the control of the jihadist rebels. According to a military source in northwestern Syria, the Russian Air Force primarily targeted Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s positions around Idlib city tonight. In […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Developing: Russian jets swarm Idlib and Aleppo, airstrikes expected shortly

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:55 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force is currently swarming the Idlib and Aleppo governorates, a source from the Syrian military told Al-Masdar this evening. According to the military source, the Russian jets are mostly flying over the positions of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and the Turkestan Islamic Party. He added that airstrikes are […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

In rare move, Syrian gov’t allows Qatari aircraft to use airspace

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – The Syrian government has allegedly allowed Qatar Airways to use their airspace this evening, Al-Arabia TV reported, as well as pro-government social media activists. According to the reports, Qatar Airways was granted a rare pass to use Syria’s airspace despite the fact the country has no diplomatic relations with Damascus. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran Denounces U.S. Decision To End Oil Waivers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf July 25, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo *Al Jazeera:* *Iran denounces 'illegal' US sanctions as oil waivers end* Iran says because US sanctions are 'principally illegal ... it does not attach any value' to the sanctions waivers. Iran denounced US sanctions on its oil sector as "illegal" on Monday after the United States announced it will no longer grant sanctions exemptions to Iran's oil customers. "Since the sanctions in question are principally illegal, the... more »

“The” output gap doesn’t exist

Scott Sumner at Econlib - 3 hours ago
Robin Brooks has a couple tweets that express frustration with IMF estimates of output gaps: Campaign against Nonsense Output Gaps (CANOO): since 2007, German real GDP is up 12%, Spain is up 1% and Italy is down 8%. Yet the latest numbers from the IMF, published today, say these countries have the same output gaps: […] The post “The” output gap doesn’t exist appeared first on Econlib.

Pentagon’s Endless War Brings Endless Pollution

Judi Yang at 3 hours ago
[image: undefined] Many of us do our part to help the environment. We recycle, we bike to work, and we buy less plastic. Yet tap water everywhere is still so filthy; the air, coastlines, parks, and lands are more and more polluted; and cancer continues to take the lives of millions of workers, young and old. Who’s to blame? Bottling companies? Chemicals corporations? These companies are very serious polluters, and should be held accountable. But most of all, blame the US Department of Defense. *Pentagon is the biggest destroyer of all living things* The Pentagon is by far the world... more »

NY City Council Asks Why Parents are Being Accused of Child Abuse for Simply Using Marijuana

Admin at Medical Kidnap - 3 hours ago
As New York considers legalizing marijuana, attention is also turning to how the drug plays a role in the city’s child welfare system—one that has the power to remove children from their parents and that investigates, almost exclusively, low-income families of color. Parents and advocates have reported that recreational marijuana use can lead to investigations of child maltreatment by the city’s Administration for Children’s Services. Many times these investigations stem from testing pregnant women and their newborns at the city’s public hospitals, according to testimony at a City ... more »

America Has Already Fired Trump!The question on everyone’s mind...

Robert Reich - 3 hours ago
*America Has Already Fired Trump!* The question on everyone’s mind is whether Trump will be impeached. In other words, will America fire Trump? Well, I have news for you. America has already fired him. When the public fires a president before election day – as it did with Richard Nixon and Herbert Hoover– they don’t send him a letter telling him he’s fired. They just make him irrelevant. Politics happens around him, despite him. He’s not literally gone, but he might as well be. It’s happened to Trump. House Democrats are moving against him. Senate Republicans are quietly subverti... more »

Labor pledges to increase skilled migration income threshold, Coalition to help small business

Jade Macmillan at Just In - 3 hours ago
The Federal Opposition promises to replace a controversial northern infrastructure fund, and to overhaul Australia's temporary skilled migration system, if it wins the election.

'Nobody disobeys me': Trump defiant after Mueller report release

Just In - 3 hours ago
US President Donald Trump dismisses questions about his staff's reluctance to carry out his orders and the chances of impeachment proceedings in Congress, days after the Mueller report highlighted both issues.

'Just checking in, hope you're OK': Text Sally Bradley never received in Sri Lanka

David Weber at Just In - 3 hours ago
Perth couple Bill Harrop and Sally Bradley were on holiday in Sri Lanka with their son Gavin when they were caught up in the Easter Sunday blasts that killed hundreds of people.

Guardian donkeys protecting the herd

Jennifer Nichols at Just In - 3 hours ago
A Queensland grazier turns to donkeys to ward off wild dogs and says he hasn't lost a calf in a paddock patrolled by the feisty guardian asses.

Europe's love affair with electric cars drives copper quest

Joanne Shoebridge And Leah White at Just In - 3 hours ago
Australia may be on the cusp of a new generation of electric cars, but could the production of environmentally friendly vehicles mean the loss of some of the NSW Clarence Valley's stunning mountainous forests?

PM says Joyce did nothing wrong in $80m water deal, Barnaby blames Labor 'morons'

Just In - 3 hours ago
Prime Minister Scott Morrison maintains Barnaby Joyce did not breach any rules when he approved a controversial water buyback deal in 2017.

Samsung delays folding phone release after reports screens were breaking

Just In - 3 hours ago
Samsung is pushing back this week's planned public launch of its highly anticipated, $US2,000 Galaxy Fold after reports that reviewers' phones were breaking.

Game of Thrones recap: Arya knew *exactly* how to warm up for battle

Peter Marsh And Daniel Miller at Just In - 3 hours ago
This episode gave us the answer to the question we've all been dreading: How do you spend (potentially) your last night in Westeros?

Man who bribed son into Penn guilty in $1.3 Billion health fraud

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 3 hours ago
Florida man Philip Esformes, a 50-year-old Miami Beach resident, was convicted on Friday “of running an 18-year, $1.3 billion health-care fraud”1that prosecutors called the largest scheme ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department. Esformes is accused of using a network of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities in South Florida “to defraud government health-care programs.”1 However, according to […] The post Man who bribed son into Penn guilty in $1.3 Billion health fraud appeared first on Health Nut News.

Arctic Sea Ice Volume 21-Apr-2019

Hifast at Climate Collections - 3 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: From DMI

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 110 – 2019

Hifast at Climate Collections - 3 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North

Japanese female poetry of Izumi Shikibu of the tenth and early eleventh century

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 3 hours ago
Japanese female poetry of Izumi Shikibu of the tenth and early eleventh century Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The poetry of Izumi Shikibu and other female poets in Japan during the same period highlights that women played an important part of aspects of Japanese high culture. Of course, in common with much of the […]

Can A Right-Wing, Anti-Choice, Homophobic Maniac Get Elected To Congress From The Single Bluest District In The U.S.? Short Answer: Yes

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Diaz says he's "the opposite" of AOC-- and he sure is!* There are 435 congressional districts in the country. VA-10 in the DC suburbs is the wealthiest one-- #1 out of 435, with a median income of $114,566. If there's a #1, there'd also got to be a #435, right? There is and it's NY-15 in the South Bronx. The median income there is $25,213. The ethnic make-up of the district is 65.9% Latino (many from Puerto Rico, but also immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Central America), 28.2% Black, 2.5% White and 1.8% Asian. The PVI is D+44. How does that manifest itself? Mitt... more »

Different Thoughts

LL at Virtual Mirage - 4 hours ago
*Oil* Heap Big Chief Elizabeth Warren has vowed that if she is elected president, she will stop any oil pumping on government land. Presumably she also would include natural gas. The war on coal will be expanded to become *a war on oil*, says Senator Warren, who is a dim bulb by anyone's accounting. Now that the US oil reserves exceed those of the Saudis, it makes sense that Warren and the donkeys would make war on it. We surely wouldn't want to reap the economic and strategic benefit of being an oil exporting country. Senator Warren would rather that we import oil. She really is d... more »

"Another Billionaire to the Rescue"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"Another Billionaire to the Rescue"* by David Stockman "Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it." – G.K. Chesterton, "A Miscellany of Men" (1912) "Ray Dalio seems to be the latest aspirant to a coveted place in the Acela Corridor Establishment, the wise and benevolent billionaire. Warren Buffett’s been the go-to for a long time, nearly 30 years. Others... more »

Dania Matos to Lead Diversity, Equity Efforts at UC Merced

Jamal Watson at Diverse - 4 hours ago
Dania Matos, who is currently the deputy chief diversity officer at William & Mary, has been named associate chancellor of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of California Merced. Matos is the first appointment to the new position, which will serve on Chancellor Dorothy Leland’s senior leadership team and is charged with advising the […]

Inmate Education Success Stories Shared at Department Convening

LaMont Jones at Diverse - 4 hours ago
The U.S. Department of Education, which under the Trump administration has advocated transferring more power to states on various reform issues, hosted a convening Monday at which state and local leaders shared success stories about initiatives to educate inmates.

Mueller’s $35 Million Gaslighting of the American People—Tell Your Representative & Senators: Investigate and Stop This Treasonous Hoax Now

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 4 hours ago
*by Barbara Boyd, barbara@lpac-organizers.com* Special Counsel Robert Mueller has written a 448-page fictional novel, grounded in treason, about the British/Obama Administration intelligence hoax known as Russiagate. It is intended to preoccupy your mind for the next two years, at least through the 2020 elections. It is intended to stir your passions to support your absolutely mad Representative or Senator in enacting further sanctions and supporting the British drive to overthrow Putin’s government in Russia based on fictional events which, for the most part, never happened. The ... more »

aoc jr.

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 4 hours ago
Even an 8-year-old can understand that Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a complete idiot : Spot on young lady ! But we must remember there was an adult who wrote the script — just like the “real” AOC who was recruited to play the role of a congresswoman and won . So now, despite lacking any preparation or understanding of the process, she IS a Congresswoman. BEST SCENARIO : She will, after being primaried or just voted out, go to Hollywood where her minimal talents will most likely channel her into the world of pornography and she will disappear from … Continue reading →

Shocking MMR Vaccine Trial Results Released Via FOIA

Laura Bono at Children's Health Defense - 4 hours ago
When the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the release of trial results of MMR vaccines arrived, Del Bigtree was unprepared for the shocking results. Not only was he surprised about the small number of children included in the trials and the short period of time the children were monitored, but there were a […] The post Shocking MMR Vaccine Trial Results Released Via FOIA appeared first on Children's Health Defense.

Donald Trump Files for Temporary Restraining Order Against Chairman Elijah Cummings…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Donald Trump, not President Trump, representing his affiliated private business interests, has filed for a temporary restraining order (full pdf below) against House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings and his committee representatives and officers. You might remember when Speaker Nancy … Continue reading →

The Russian Navy Is Dismantling Two Massive Nuclear Battlecruisers. Here's Why.

David Axe at Test Feed Using Fields - 4 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * The recycling of the battlecruisers Admiral Ushakov and Admiral Lazarev will leave in service at most two vessels in the class, accelerating the fleet’s evolution into a leaner but more modern force. The Russian navy reportedly has decided *to dismantle* two laid-up *Kirov*-class nuclear battlecruisers. The recycling of the battlecruisers *Admiral Ushakov* and *Admiral Lazarev *will leave in service at most two vessels in the class, accelerating the fleet’s evolution into a leaner but more modern force. Battlecruiser *Petr Velikiy* is the flagship of the... more »

Attempted Takedowns of Trump - Behind the Deep State

TNA Video at rss - 4 hours ago
[image: attempted-takedowns-of-trump-alex-newman-behind-deep-state] VIDEO - In this episode of Behind the Deep State, we break down the failed takedown of President Trump with the Mueller Report and Russian "collusion." The Deep State is regrouping as we speak scheming the next flavor of the month in attempt to remove Trump from office.

Violence Against Christians Under-reported

Steve Byas at rss - 4 hours ago
[image: violence-against-christians-under-reported] The under-reporting of the rising tide of persecution against Christians in the world indicates that the American media is either incompetent or they do not care all that much.

Did Reality TV Star Beth Chapman from ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Pass Away?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
The star, who has been battling cancer since 2017, was hospitalized in early April 2019.

Did Nancy Pelosi Remove a 150-Year-Old ‘In God We Trust’ Sign from the House Chamber Entrance?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Curiously, the phrase "In God We Trust" wasn't even on paper currency in the United States 150 years ago.

Was a Google Doodle Created for Ramadan But Not for Easter?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Google traditionally avoids making Doodles involving ANY overtly religious holiday.

BBC Play The Easter Three Card Trick

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 4 hours ago
By Paul Homewood More pure, unadulterated fraud from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48004374 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48013791 OK, this nonsense might be alright for the Guinness Book of Records, but the BBC know full well it is meaningless, as this Easter is one of the latest on record, with many Easters occurring in March. At no stage […]

How to Detox Your Home in 30 days

thedrswolfson at The Drs. Wolfson - 5 hours ago
You spend most of your life in your home so why not make it as healthy of an environment as possible for you and those you love? We built a list of 30 ways to detox your house. The idea of this list is to remove synthetic chemicals from your life. Instead of explaining all […] The post How to Detox Your Home in 30 days appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.

Nevada judge sets May hearing on lawsuits to halt marijuana licensing

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
A Nevada judge announced she will hear arguments next month on a bid by dozens of companies to freeze a second wave of licenses for entry in to the state’s lucrative adult-use cannabis market. A number of companies accused state tax officials of failing to disclose how they chose winners and losers last December from […] Nevada judge sets May hearing on lawsuits to halt marijuana licensing is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Maine regulators ask second consultant to review adult-use cannabis rules

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
In the continuing saga surrounding the development of rules for Maine’s recreational marijuana industry, state regulators hired a second consulting firm to aid the process – but they deny the decision is part of a settlement. Here is the situation, according to the Portland Press Herald: Last December, the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial […] Maine regulators ask second consultant to review adult-use cannabis rules is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

More than 6,700 Canadian veterans from Afghan war receiving federal assistance for PTSD...Say What?!

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 5 hours ago
*Troops Protecting Opium Fields* *in Afghanistan* Whoa! Just surfing the newz upon my return from a wonderful Easter Weekend on Vancouver Island and what do I spy???? Am I reading this correctly?! "More than 6,700 Canadian veterans from the Afghan War receiving federal assistance for PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder]. Refresh my memory...did Canada even *send *nearly 7,000 soldiers to Afghanistan???? Please read the story from The Canadian Press copied in its entirety below and I will have more comments to follow: ******************* The Canadian Press Published: April 2... more »

Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Loving Touch”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Deuter, “Loving Touch”

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"What's happening in the Statue of Liberty nebula? Bright stars and interesting molecules are forming and being liberated. The complex nebula resides in the star forming region called RCW 57. This image showcases dense knots of dark interstellar dust, bright stars that have formed in the past few million years, fields of glowing hydrogen gas ionized by these stars, and great loops of gas expelled by dying stars. *Click image for larger size.* A detailed study of NGC 3576, also known as NGC 3582 and NGC 3584, uncovered at least 33 massive stars in the end stages of formation, and the ... more »

"Hold Your Head Up..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"I want you to always hold your head up and follow your dreams wherever they take you. Don't you ever listen to the people out to hurt you or make you cry. Listen to your heart and be better than them. No one gets ahead by hurting others. The only real peace anyone will ever have is the one that comes from within. Live your life on your own terms and make it a happy life. Always. That's what's important.” - Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Poet: John O’Donohue, “For The Time Of Necessary Decision”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“For The Time Of Necessary Decision”* “The mind of time is hard to read. We can never predict what it will bring, Nor even from all that is already gone Can we say what form it finally takes; For time gathers its moments secretly. Often we only know it’s time to change When a force has built inside the heart That leaves us uneasy as we are. Perhaps the work we do has lost its soul Or the love where we once belonged Calls nothing alive in us anymore. We drift through this gray, increasing nowhere Until we stand before a threshold we know We have to cross to come alive once more. May we... more »

“The Nature of Courage”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“The Nature of Courage”* by ClassicLit “Tolkien had experienced war and violence first hand in World War I. Like many of the writers from his era, his world could never be the same, after seeing his best friends die, and his land in ruin. Shippey writes, “The life experiences of many men and women in the twentieth century have left them with an unshakable conviction of something wrong, something irreducibly evil in the nature of humanity, but without any very satisfactory explanation for it.” Defeat seems inevitable. The forces of evil are strong. And, the quest isn’t really a qu... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Arvada, Colorado, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"Questions You Didn't Even Ask..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Life has a way of answering questions you didn't even ask." - Steve Maraboli

On parole, but given a chance: The recycling plant that's changing lives

Sarah Jane Bell at Just In - 5 hours ago
Raymond Skinner was struggling to find work while on parole, but a waste facility has given this Queenslander a chance to turn his life around.

Trump's Iran oil crackdown boosts prices, Wall Street ends mixed

David Chau at Just In - 5 hours ago
The Trump Administration issues a demand that all buyers of Iranian oil stop their purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, while Wall Street closes mostly higher in cautious trading session.

'Assaulted, abused and bullied': Sobering stories from Hobart nurses

Lucy Shannon at Just In - 5 hours ago
Days after a scathing letter from emergency doctors was leaked to media, two women who worked as nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital detail their disturbing experiences there to the ABC.

'She was already dead': Australian tells of losing family in Sri Lanka blast

Eric Tlozek And Siobhan Heanue at Just In - 5 hours ago
An Australian man whose wife and daughter were killed in the Sri Lankan terrorism attacks describes the moment a bomb went off during an Easter Sunday church service.

Denmark's richest man loses three children in Sri Lanka terrorist attacks

Just In - 5 hours ago
Anders Holch Povlsen, Denmark's richest man, was holidaying in Sri Lanka with his family when suicide bombers killed 290 people in attacks on hotels and churches, prompting the country's government to announce it is invoking emergency powers.

Live: NSW Now: Manly unit block flooded, husband seeks answers for ANZAC Day murder

Just In - 5 hours ago
*MORNING BRIEFING*: More than 30 people evacuate a unit block in Sydney's northern beaches due to a burst water main, while a man whose wife was murdered 25 years ago on Anzac Day seeks answers.

'Almost like collecting life': Man's huge trove of jewellery made from human hair

Emma Nobel at Just In - 5 hours ago
Some people collect cars, mugs or sports memorabilia. Hayden Peters collects jewellery made from the hair of dead people.

Rum distillery an intoxicating new vision for Australia's oldest asylum complex

Tony Briscoe at Just In - 5 hours ago
Dating back to 1827 Willow Court in Tasmania's Derwent Valley is older than Port Arthur and now it's about to open a new chapter in its long history.

Chairman Nadler Issues Subpoena For White House Lawyer Don McGahn…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
Speaker Pelosi and Judiciary Chairman Nadler ‘s ‘obstruction‘ impeachment plan relies heavily on the use of former White House legal counsel Don McGahn. The importance of McGahn is why Weissmann and Mueller invested so much time and energy parsing questioning … Continue reading →

"Never Argue..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago

What Are The Therapeutic Uses of #Keto Diet?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 5 hours ago
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#Diabetes Has Lethal Consequences in Asia

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 5 hours ago
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/912038?src=soc_fb_190427_mscpedt_news_endo_asia&faf=1

Zap! How to make a REALLY intense laser beam.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 5 hours ago
https://www.science.org.au/curious/technology-future/zap-how-make-really-intense-laser-beam

M87 black hole picture weighs in on black hole mass estimates.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 5 hours ago
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/m87-black-hole-image-best-mass-estimates-star-motion?tgt=nr

Earth Day 2019 Highlights: Here’s how the world is celebrating 49th edition of International Earth Day on April 22nd.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 5 hours ago
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/earth-day-2019-live-updates-heres-how-the-world-is-celebrating-49th-edition-of-international-earth-day-on-22-april-6491921.html

"Good Comebacks To Use When Asked Stupid Questions As An Introvert"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Good Comebacks To Use When Asked * *Stupid Questions As An Introvert"* by Learning-Mind "When you are an introvert, you can often find yourself being asked some pretty stupid questions. The problem is that when you’re on the spot, it can be hard to think of good comebacks. Before we talk about good comebacks, let’s list some of these stupid questions: ‘Don’t you like having fun?’ ‘Wouldn’t you prefer to go out?’ ‘Don’t you get bored being on your own all the time?’ And the best one of all: ‘Why don’t you just try and come out of your shell?’ If you are an introvert, you will alread... more »

What one can do all can do.

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 6 hours ago
* You* will find that those who write the stories of motion pictures and of books, such as Taylor Caldwell who wrote as a child of the story of Atlantis, have been given the gift of tying into these akashic records. And they have sat down and written about subjects concerning which they knew nothing. And not only have they recorded for people all sorts of invaluable information that would give keys to the past and past glories of civilizations of great light and scientific achievement, such as in the Edgar Cayce readings--but they have also shown a teaching and a path and an un... more »

No Excuses

cmaadmin at Diverse - 6 hours ago
“Excuses are the tools of the incompetent…” yet, many company leaders tend to use them when they “choose” not to hire people of color.

Actress Regina Hall to Deliver Commencement Address at Dillard University

Jamal Watson at Diverse - 6 hours ago
Actress Regina Hall is slated to deliver the commencement address at Dillard University on Saturday, May 11. Hall, an award winning actress known for her roles in The Best Man, Think Like a Man and Girls Trip, has a body of work that spans two decades. “I am always looking to elevate new voices for […]

NYC Task Force and Report Tackles Incarceration

cmaadmin at Diverse - 6 hours ago
The head of a prominent New York City nonprofit is guiding a team of the Big Apple’s most-engaged community leaders to redo the way they prevent and address incarceration.

Washington State goes “Solyent Green” with passage of SB 5001

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 6 hours ago
Washington on track to be first state to allow human composting According to KIRO 7 on April 19,2019 and information in the bill: SB 5001 on April 9th cleared the Washington State House. The Senate concurred in House amendments. The law would take effect May 1 if it is signed by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. So what is so special about this bill? This bill is the first of its kind to allow the use of human remains to be composted! It actually makes it illegal to embalm a corpse without the … Continue reading →

Zuckerberg’s Summit Learning and Why Parents Are Opting Their Kids Out

SafeSpace at 'Nox & Friends - 6 hours ago
This is not an article about the use of online technology in home schooling. This is a story about how the wizards of smart got together over a decade ago, and decided to make their next fortune “augmenting” traditional classroom experiences with “personalized” on-screen teaching programs. It might not surprise you that the big movers and shakers behind the US version of this are (wait for it … ) Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Their “Summit Learning” package was sold to school districts across the fruited plain, as a way to improve the “delivery” of education in (oft-times) failing... more »

More Seniors Rejecting Pharmaceutical Drugs for Medical Cannabis

AdminM at Health Impact News - 6 hours ago
It’s becoming well known that older Americans are the country’s fastest-growing population of new cannabis users for medicinal purposes. More and more seniors are seeking refuge from polypharmacy, which is a culmination of five to maybe 25 costly pharmaceutical drugs being taken daily that actually diminish their quality of life. Fortunately, there are legitimate cannabis studies supporting seniors’ need for replacing toxic pharmaceutical drugs with medical cannabis, making it easier for baby boomers who never inhaled to switch from polypharmacy to cannabis. This article will cite ... more »

"Economic Market Snapshot 4/22/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
• Gregory Mannarino, "Post Market Wrap Up 4/22/19: You Are A Rat In A Maze" - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary • CNN Market Data: - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ CNN Fear And Greed Index: - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ • *"Market Insight: American Pensions’ $910 Billion Problem"* By Joe Withrow, Head of Research, Bonner & Partners "U.S. public pensions have been drowning in red ink for a decade now… That’s the story of today’s chart, which maps the gap between public pension liabilities and ... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“It’s Not God’s Fault. It’s Man.”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“It’s Not God’s Fault. It’s Man.”* By Bill Bonner "And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time, And it is the only way, Forget-me-nots among the snow, it’s always been and so it goes." – Jimmy MacCarthy, “The Bright Blue Rose” YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "The priest in St. James’ Church, Mallow, gave a good sermon for Easter Sunday. The gist of it was that “God can do what He wants.” She [this was the Church of Ireland, not a Catholic church] told the familiar Easter story about how the disciples searched for Christ’s body after he was taken down from the cross. “This was the most im... more »

The Navy Wants 32 More Nuclear Attack Submarines (But Will It Happen?)

Kris Osborn at Test Feed Using Fields - 6 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Does Washington have the cash? *For Block V construction, the Navy is planning to insert a new 84-foot long section designed to house additional missile capability. “Virginia Payload Modules.” The Virginia Payload Modules, to come in future years, will increase the Tomahawk missile firepower of the submarines from 12 missiles up to 40.* Destroying enemy surface ships and submarines, “spying” close to enemy shores, bringing massive firepower to strategic areas and launching deadly undersea drones are all missions the Navy hopes to see more of in the f... more »

China's Huawei Is Flush with Cash to Spy on America

War Is Boring at Test Feed Using Fields - 6 hours ago
*War Is Boring* *Security, Asia* [image: FILE PHOTO: A surveillance camera is seen in front of the Huawei logo outside its factory campus in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China, March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo] Here's what we know. Chinese tech company Huawei has been on America’s radar for some time, and not in a good way. Now, the Central Intelligence Agency has found proof that the company is funded in part by Chinese military and intelligence assets. Huawei, which has tried to elbow its way into Europe and the United States as a legitimate tech company capable ... more »

Washington’s Gamble in Afghanistan

Michael Kugelman at Test Feed Using Fields - 6 hours ago
*Michael Kugelman* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The U.S. decision to pursue talks with the Taliban is rife with risk, but it’s the right decision. There’s a famous saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By that measure, Washington has tested the limits of sanity with its strategy in Afghanistan: For seventeen years, it pursued the same policy while hoping in vain that it would produce the desired outcome. Recent months, however, have brought a much-needed course correction. The new policy is... more »

Jutland: Check Out the Biggest, Baddest Battleship Battle in History

Hugh White at Test Feed Using Fields - 6 hours ago
*Hugh White* *Security, * It was historic. *Alas for the Royal Navy, the battle that HMAS Australia missed was no crushing victory. Jellicoe’s trap was sprung on Scheer’s outnumbered and outgunned force, and the great ships with their immense guns blazed away in the late afternoon. But muddle on the British side and swift action by Scheer allowed the Germans to slip away when night fell and head for home.* 2016 is a big year for centenaries, because 1916 was the pivotal year in the First World War. One hundred years ago in February German forces attacked the French at Verdun, w... more »

Get Ready, U.S. Navy: China Might Soon Be An Aircraft Carrier 'Superpower'

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 6 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * 4 carriers for China? *Meanwhile, the PLAN is looking forward a next-generation carrier aircraft. The PLAN has twenty-four J-15 multirole fighters, with at least two aircraft lost and two damaged during accidents attributed to the J-15 itself. That’s not enough aircraft to equip two carriers, land-based training units and carriers currently under construction. A future aircraft could be a carrier-based version of the Chengdu J-20 or the J-31/FC-31, China’s two new fifth-generation fighters. An interim solution could be the so-called J-17, an improve... more »

Will Trump Go to War with Iran?

Curt Mills at Test Feed Using Fields - 6 hours ago
*Curt Mills* *Iran, Middle East* Combined with early April’s IRGC designation, Monday’s sanction waiver announcement effectively criminalizes the Islamic Republic. The Trump administration—namely, the hardline faction led by National Security Advisor John R. Bolton—furthered its de facto criminalization of Iran on Monday, announcing the cessation of sanctions waivers for major petrol importers. “This decision is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said. The development is a sequel to labeling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Co... more »

Left-wing Leanings of the U.S. Intelligence Community Exposed

James Murphy at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: left-wing-leanings-of-the-u-s-intelligence-community-exposed] If it wasn't obvious before, a former CIA analyst has now documented that a left-wing bias exists in America's intelligence services.

Leader of Militia Helping to Secure Border Arrested by FBI on Gun Charges

Warren Mass at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: leader-of-militia-helping-to-secure-border-arrested-by-fbi-on-gun-charges] FBI agents arrested the commander of the United Constitutional Patriots militia group on a federal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms.

US Will Not Reissue Waivers For Country's That Buy Iranian Oil

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Reuters:* *U.S. to end all waivers on imports of Iranian oil, crude price jumps* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday demanded that all buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran’s oil revenues which sent crude prices to six-month highs on fears of a potential supply crunch. The Trump administration’s move on Monday not to renew exemptions granted last year to major buyers of Iranian oil was a more stringent outcome than some nations had expected. Several importers had hoped to continue buying Iranian oil without ... more »

China Set To Destroy The Planet

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 7 hours ago
The world ends in 12 years, and China plans to build hundreds of new coal fired power plants. China’s power industry calls for hundreds of new coal power plants by 2030 – Unearthed But not to worry. Bernie is going … Continue reading →

Were Oak Trees Planted at Versailles for the Purpose of Repairing Notre Dame?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
The claim has its origins in a thinly sourced Twitter thread that provided no verification for the information it presented as fact.

‘Human Composting’ May Soon Be Legal in Washington State

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
The bill legalizing the burial alternative has passed the Legislature and is headed to the desk of Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee.

Spygate and The Steele Dossier Were The Cover Story – The Real Issue is Years of Obama-era Surveillance and Political Spy Operations…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
If you read the Weissmann/Mueller report carefully one aspect stands out strongly; the Mueller investigation was fully committed to The Steele Dossier. An inordinate amount of the report is focused on justifying their investigative validity and purpose in looking at … Continue reading →

Ontario’s Progress on Liquor Laws

David Henderson at Econlib - 7 hours ago
In Canada, a new Ontario provincial budget released last week proposes to loosen alcohol consumption rules in the province, including allowing licensed establishments to start serving alcohol at 9 a.m., legalizing tailgating, letting local governments set rules that would allow people to consume alcohol in public parks, and letting breweries, wineries, and distilleries serve more […] The post Ontario’s Progress on Liquor Laws appeared first on Econlib.

Governing Least‘s Immigration Oversight

Bryan Caplan at Econlib - 7 hours ago
Dan Moller’s Governing Least barely mentions immigration. But it should have, because of its strong implications for this hugely important issue. Applying Moller’s approach, there is not only a moral presumption in favor of open borders, but a host of residual obligations that accompany even justified restrictions on immigration. Recall that Moller’s libertarianism highlights the […] The post Governing Least‘s Immigration Oversight appeared first on Econlib.

Breaking: Fierce clashes breakout in eastern Deir Ezzor as large group of ISIS terrorists cross the Euphrates

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist group managed to sneak out of the Baghouz Mountain region in eastern Deir Ezzor and cross the Euphrates River this evening. According to a military source in nearby Homs, the Islamic State terrorists reached the town of Al-Sayyal in eastern Deir Ezzor, where they were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran responds to Trump by threatening to block US from important shipping route

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
The Strait of Hormuz is a key strategic waterway situated between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, with about 20 percent of the world’s oil and about a third of all petroleum shipped by sea passing through it. Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri stated on Monday that if Iran is not allowed to export oil through the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Maligning Jeremy Corbyn: the Media-Politico Complex’s Attempt to Silence an Outsider

Meg Sherman at The Ghion Journal - 7 hours ago
Corbyn’s election and re-election to the leader of the Labour party has led to a revolution in opposition politics that has been felt across Britain. But a crackdown is now in full swing. The sudden, shocking ascendancy of Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party was an awakening for the UK. In 2015, a society decades deep in the slumber of austerity rubbed its bleary eyes and gazed in horror at the vast… The post Maligning Jeremy Corbyn: the Media-Politico Complex’s Attempt to Silence an Outsider appeared first on The Ghion Journal.

Can the census ask if you're a citizen? Here's what's at stake in the Supreme Court battle over the 2020 census

Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 7 hours ago
For the first time in decades, the 2020 census will include a question asking whether or not each counted person is a citizen. On April 23, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on this idea.

(Government) Spending is Theft

Ron Paul at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Imagine being robbed every time you receive a paycheck, but once a year getting some of the stolen money back because the thieves took more than they intended. Would you be happy about it? If you are like most Americans the answer is yes, since most people are grateful when they get a partial “refund” of the taxes the government withheld from their paychecks. A tax refund means more taxes were taken out of your paycheck than you legally owed — in other words, thanks to withholding you gave the government a no-interest loan. Withholding, which was supposed to be a... more »

The Prosecution Of Julian Assange Is Infinitely Bigger Than Assange

Caitlin Johnstone at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Julian Assange’s mother reported yesterday that the WikiLeaks founder has not been permitted any visitors during his detention in Belmarsh Prison, including from doctors and his lawyers. Doctors who visited Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy have attested that he urgently needs medical care. Belmarsh is a maximum security prison sometimes referred to as “the UK’s Guantanamo Bay“. And yet we’re asked to believe that this has something to do with an alleged bail violation and a US extradition request for alleged computer crimes carrying a maximum sentence of five ye... more »

Mueller Was Supposed to be the Democrats' Savior, But Now They’re Out For Blood

Danielle Ryan at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Mueller report has finally dropped and instead of being relieved to discover, once and for all, that the president didn’t collude with a foreign power to steal an election, Democrats and media pundits are utterly devastated. This is America in the era of Russiagate. The partly-redacted, nearly 400-page report, delivered to Congress on Thursday afternoon, offered no new evidence or indication that Donald Trump or his 2016 campaign were in cahoots with Moscow to prevent Hillary Clinton from ascending to what Democrats believed was her rightful presidential thr... more »

Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump/Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them.

Glenn Greenwald at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] The two-pronged conspiracy theory that has dominated US political discourse for almost three years – that (1) Trump, his family and his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, and (2) Trump is beholden to Russian President Vladimir Putin — was not merely rejected today by the final report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. It was obliterated: in an undeniable and definitive manner. The key fact is this: Mueller – contrary to weeks of false media claims – did not merely issue a narrow, cramped, legalistic finding that there ... more »

Mueller Exonerates Trump, But 'Russiagate' Will Not Die

Daniel McAdams at 7 hours ago
Today's extraordinary release of the Mueller Report tracks closely with Attorney General Barr's recent summary: no collusion between the Trump campaign or any American with the Russians to help get Trump elected. Do not expect this to improve relations with Russia, however. There are poison pills in the report that ensure the push to war with Russia - in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America - will continue. Investigative reporter Anya Parampil joins today's Liberty Report:

The Triumph of Evil

Paul Craig Roberts at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Today (April 17) I heard a NPR “news” report that described the democratically elected president of Venezuela as “the Venezuelan dictator Maduro.” By repeating over and over that a democratically elected president is a dictator, the presstitutes create that image of Maduro in the minds of vast numbers of peoples who know nothing about Venezuela and had never heard of Maduro until he is dropped on them as “dictator.” Nicolas Maduro Moros was elected president of Venezuela in 2013 and again in 2018. Previously he served as vice president and foreign minister, and h... more »

Rumors of War: Washington Is Looking for a Fight

Philip Giraldi at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] It is depressing to observe how the United States of America has become the evil empire. Having served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and in the Central Intelligence Agency for the second half of the Cold War, I had an insider’s viewpoint of how an essentially pragmatic national security policy was being transformed bit by bit into a bipartisan doctrine that featured as a *sine qua non* global dominance for Washington. Unfortunately, when the Soviet Union collapsed the opportunity to end once and for all the bipolar nuclear confrontation that thr... more »

VIPS Fault Mueller Probe, Criticize Refusal To Interview Assange

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] The bug in Mueller’s report to be released Thursday is that he accepts that the Russian government interfered in the election. Trump should challenge that, says VIPS. *MEMORANDUM FOR*: The President *FROM*: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) *SUBJECT*: The Fly in the Mueller Ointment Mr. President: The song has ended but the melody lingers on. The expected release Thursday of the redacted text of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election” will nudge the American p... more »

Imperial Presidency Wins Again: Trump's Veto Continues Yemen War

Daniel McAdams at 7 hours ago
Yesterday, President Trump vetoed his second bill as president. S. J. Res. 7 directed the president to cease US military activities in support of the Saudi war on Yemen and his veto signifies that he intends to continue in a war that he may not have started but that he is escalating. The White House statement on the veto is full of fallacies and contradictions. We take that apart - and share some idea on what we can do next - in today's Liberty Report:

From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State

John W. Whitehead at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. In the current governmental climate, where laws that run counter to the dictates of the Constitution are made in secret, passed without debate, and upheld by secret courts that operate behind closed doors, obeying one’s conscience and speaking truth to the power of the police state can render you an “enemy of the state.” That list of so-called “enemies of the state” is growing. Wikil... more »

Washington’s Biggest Fairy Tale: 'Truth Will Out'

James Bovard at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] The arrest of Julian Assange has produced rapturous cheering from the American political elite. Hillary Clinton declared that Assange “must answer for what he has done.” Unfortunately, Assange’s arrest will do nothing to prevent the vast majority of conniving politicians and bureaucrats from paying no price for deceiving the American public. “Truth will out” is a phrase that is routinely recited to keep Americans paying and obeying. Politicians and editorial writers toss this phrase out to simmer down any fears that the government might be conspiring against the ... more »

'Pompeo Has Lost His Mind!' - China Fires Back On Venezuela

Daniel McAdams at 7 hours ago
On his Latin American "overthrow Venezuela" tour, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hammered China, accusing it of "prolonging" the regime by continuing to trade and invest with the Maduro government. The Chinese shot back at him over the preposterous claim, wondering out loud what many are wondering: has Pompeo lost his mind? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:

Why the Gulf States Are So Edgy

Alastair Crooke at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] A little more than a decade ago, I was asked to address a London dinner-table of about twenty Gulf “figures” – a mix of Ambassadors and those with “ties to power”. All represented the cosmopolitan, rich élite of the Gulf. Then, towards the evening’s end, talk turned to Hizbullah: the gathering simply erupted into flames. Well, almost literally – as these grandees choked on the smoke and tongues of fire pouring from their nostrils (to say they were unhappy is an understatement). In unison, they swore oaths that they would stop at absolutely nothing to destroy “the ... more »

The Railroad That Awaits Julian Assange

John Kiriakou at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Justice Department said Thursday that it was charging Julian Assange with one felony count of conspiring to hack into a computer. In the greater scheme of things, that’s a nonsensical charge. There are probably 10,000 fat, lonely guys, living in their parents’ basements who the government could charge with that crime on any given day. Assange’s attorneys in the UK say the extradition process might last five years because it will likely end up in the European Court of Justice. If true, conceivably Assange could be detained for five years awaiting extradition,... more »

Co-Conspirator: Ecuador Paid Off To Deliver Assange

Daniel McAdams at 7 hours ago
The timing was hardly "coincidental." Not long after a trip by Vice President Pence to "convince" Ecuador to hand over Julian Assange, a $4.2 billion IMF loan appears on the scene. Then Ecuador follows through and delivers the Wikileaks publisher to face the wrath of the US political establishment. The move was directly out of a US government "unconventional warfare' playbook that, ironically, was released in 2008 by...Wikileaks! Join us for today's Liberty Report:

Iraq Wrecked Me for Nothing

Peter Van Buren at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] I recently spoke to some college students who, I realized, were in fifth grade when I got on a plane to Iraq. They now study that stuff in history classes like “Opportunities and Errors: 21st-Century America in the Middle East.” About halfway through our conversation, I realized it’s coming up on 10 years since I first went to Iraq. Now that’s real history. I was a Foreign Service Officer then, a diplomat, embedded with the US Army at a series of forward operating bases and in charge of a couple of reconstruction teams, small parts of a complex failure to rebuild ... more »

Julian Assange: Political Prisoner

Ron Paul at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Last week’s arrest of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange by the British government on a US extradition order is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the US Constitution. It is an attack on the free press. It is an attack on free speech. It is an attack on our right to know what our government is doing with our money in our name. Julian Assange is every bit as much a political prisoner as was Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary or Nelson Mandela in South Africa. They, and so many more, were imprisoned because they told the truth about their governments. Repressi... more »

I’m Jumping Off the Trump Train: Assange Was the Last Straw

James George Jatras at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] On March 6, 2016, this Deplorable issued a statement formally endorsing Donald J. Trump for the presidency of the United State. I now hereby withdraw that endorsement. No doubt this declaration from your Working Boy will be greeted with the same deafening indifference as my earlier less than earth-shattering announcement of support. Keep calm. The planet will continue to spin on its axis at a 23.44 degree tilt. As I tweeted on April 4, when it appeared that Ecuadorian President Lenín [sic] Moreno was going to cough up Julian Assange: “If this comes to pass & #... more »

How You Can Be Certain That The US Charge Against Assange Is Fraudulent

Caitlin Johnstone at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Julian Assange sits in a jail cell today after being betrayed by the Ecuadorian government and his home country of Australia. A British judge named Michael Snow has found the WikiLeaks founder guilty of violating bail conditions, inserting himself into the annals of history by labeling Assange “a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest.” So that tells you how much of a fair and impartial legal proceeding we can expect to see from the British judicial process on this matter. But the real reason that Assange has been surrendered by the Ecuadorian ... more »

Who Is Killing Whom in the Middle East? Blaming Iran Might be an Excuse for War

Philip Giraldi at 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Newsweek is reporting a story regarding how Iran “was responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.” The account is sourced to a newly revised estimate prepared by analysts at the Pentagon that was discussed by Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook at a State Department press briefing on April 2nd. According to Hook, Tehran is now being blamed for 17 per cent of all US military deaths because it supplied weapons to the several Shiite militias that were opposing the US invasion, occupation and subsequent presence in ... more »

99.9999% chance humans are causing global warming, and other science-based facts on climate change for Earth Day

Brother Jonah at Not My Tribe - 7 hours ago
I poached the title … We already know that it’s been happening. The U.S. Military have openly prepared for 20 years now with the scenario that’s playing out NOW. Before that 20 years, most of it was classified. Volcanic and other seismic active have slowed the meltdown, but it’s not enough. Drop the carbon fuels... more »

"Ominous Tendings in the Nervous Here and Now"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Ominous Tendings in the Nervous Here and Now"* by James Howard Kunstler "Unfortunately for the nation, the RussiaGate fiasco is only half over. There is just too much documented official turpitude on the public record for the authorities to answer for and the institutional damage runs too deep. Act One, the Mueller investigation, was a 22-month circle-jerk of prosecutorial misconduct and media malfeasance. Act Two will be the circular firing squad of former officials assassinating each other’s character to desperately avoid prosecution. In the meantime, there is the nation’s busi... more »

Interval

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
I feel the need for something beautiful...

Limited water supply makes for challenging olive season

Jessica Schremmer And Leonie Thorne at Just In - 7 hours ago
With the olive harvest starting in some parts of South Australia, some farmers are now seeing fruit that has not developed or has shrivelled due to a lack of water.

43 Australians are still missing after the 'forgotten war'. Their families just want to bring them home

Just In - 7 hours ago
More than six decades after the Korean War ended, 43 Australians are still unaccounted for. The men are presumed dead, and their families "just want closure". But what would that take?

'I'm gonna get my piece of meat into you': I was sexually harassed at work, and I'm not alone

Just In - 7 hours ago
It was the night shift and I was attending a difficult patient. He gripped my arm and said something dirty. It wouldn't be the last time I'd encounter sexual harassment in my nursing career and it needs to change, writes Simone Sheridan.

'Don't call us Carnies': What life is like behind the scenes at the Royal Easter Show

Mridula Amin at Just In - 7 hours ago
Elwin Bell has only known life on the road, running the family business Bells Amusements. Some people know them as "Carnies" but he, and his family, prefer the term "Showies" — and this is how they live.

The wombat trail is taking an unusual turn as the Nationals try to save traditionally safe seats

Lucy Barbour at Just In - 7 hours ago
The Nationals are hoping to cling on to their seats, including a few held on very slim margins, and add to their tally by winning a three-cornered contest. But the country-based party has problems, and some say they're at risk of losing a handful of seats.

Government can't stop five fighters returning to Australia from far-right conflict

Nino Bucci at Just In - 7 hours ago
Five Australians travelled to fight alongside Russian-backed nationalist militia in Ukraine, according to intelligence provided to the AFP, raising concerns the group has been exposed to combat experience that could threaten Australia's national security.

After the Mueller Report, Higher Ed Must Lead

Emil Guillermo at Diverse - 7 hours ago
Now that the Mueller report is out, we can rest assured. Betsy DeVos is just window dressing. The fish really does stink from the top. That DeVos glow is nothing compared to the boss who smells worse than she does. Trump and his administration really is as chaotic, dysfunctional, and as truth-challenged as we imagined. But Mueller’s report should have a better title.

Warren Unveils College Debt Forgiveness Plan

cmaadmin at Diverse - 7 hours ago
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrat Elizabeth Warren is proposing the elimination of existing student loan debt for millions of Americans, part of a sweeping set of education funding proposals announced as she and other presidential candidates seek to differentiate themselves in a sprawling field. The Massachusetts senator says the proposal unveiled Monday would eliminate almost all […]

'I’m Fed Up with Donald Trump'

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
Three competing views, below, of the Mueller Report, released Thursday last. To which one do you subscribe: 1. Michael Smith, from his post 'How We Got Here': *"For all the wailing from the many in the chattering classes, there are stark differences between Trump and the supposedly pious who self-elevate themselves to judge him... "In my opinion, the difference is that Trump’s love of America trumps his lack of tact and personal values, the opposite is true of the Democrats, the NeverTrumpers and the milquetoast, 'go along to get along' Nelson Rockefeller Country Club Republica... more »

Commentaries And Analysis On The Election Win Of Volodymyr Zelenskiy For Ukraine President

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Shaun Walker, The Guardian*: *Volodymyr Zelenskiy: things get serious for Ukraine's Servant of the People* As many challenges await as for leader he played on TV but with no certainty of a happy ending After a campaign of stunts, japes and viral videos, things now get serious for Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The 41-year-old actor and comedian won an overwhelming victory in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday. By Monday lunchtime, with almost all the ballots counted, he had garnered 73.2% of the vote, compared with 24.5% for the incumbent, Petro Poroshenko. Zelenskiy will take ove... more »

Impeachment-- The Politics

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Yesterday, Charles Blow, noting that obstruction of justice is a crime, asked-- rhetorically-- if Trump should be impeached. Everyone of the left agrees that the Mueller report is "a damning document" that details "Russian efforts to attack our election to help the Trump campaign and the Trump campaign’s eager acceptance of that help, it paints a picture of Donald Trump as an unethical man with no regard for the rule of law. In this report, we see a president who doesn’t deserve to be president. We see attempts over and over to obstruct justice, which in some cases succeed." Blow ... more »

The Kremlin Reaction To The Election Of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky As President

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
Daily Mail: *Can Ukraine's actor-turned president stand up to Putin? Russia welcomes Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and suggests he will 'improve relations' between the two warring countries* * Russia said new president had a chance of forging better relations with Moscow * Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev talked of ' improving cooperation' * Comedian Zelenskiy trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko, exit polls showed * Poroshenko lost to the 41-year-old TV star across all regions of the country * The incumbent conceded defeat on Sunday and said he had been defeated * Zelenskiy'... more »

He Has a Little List

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
Not from the BBC, but again from the Imam of Peace, Imam Mohamad Tawhidi - and this is even before we get to Sri Lanka: *A FEW Islamist Terrorist Organizations that want Christians and Jews dead.* 1. Al-Shabab (Africa) 2. Al Murabitun (Africa) 3. Al-Qeada (Afghanistan) 4. Al-Qaeda (Islamic Maghreb) 5. Al-Qaeda (Indian Subcontinent) 6. Al-Qaeda (Arab Peninsula) 7. Hamas (Gaza) 8.Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Palestine), 9.Popular Front for the Liberation of (Palestine), 10.Hezbola (Lebanon), 11.Ansar al-Sharia-Benghazi (Lebanon), 12.Asbat Al-Ansar (Lebanon), 13.ISIS (Iraq), 14.ISIS (Syria)... more »

Independent Media Journalist Allegedly Targeted by Chemical Weapons in Mexico

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
The Office for Protection from Chemical Weapons has refused to investigate allegations that chemical weapons have been used to attack an American in Latin America. ... more »

PM

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
I thought I'd test tonight's *PM *on Radio 4 in the light of recent events. It was typically BBC. Here's its introduction: *Presenter*: In Sri Lanka the government says it's likely foreign terrorist organisations were behind yesterday's wave of bombings that killed 290 people. Nick Beake in Colombo brings us the latest: *Nick Beake, BBC*: These attacks have stunned Sri Lanka. The scale of the murder, the planning involved and the sense of fear people now feel. They've also exposed a dysfunctional government and a factional intelligence community where key warnings were seemingly ... more »

Maybe combining red wine and tea doesn’t kill tumors after all

Adam Marcus at Retraction Watch - 8 hours ago
According to the internet, Bear Grylls, the TV survivalist, said he “was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.” Which sounds too cute to be true and, given Grylls’ history of, um, buffing the hard edges of reality, almost certainly isn’t. But Grylls appears to be far … Continue reading Maybe combining red wine and tea doesn’t kill tumors after all

Ukraine Presidential Election Results -- News Updates April 22, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*New York Times*: *Ukraine Election: Volodymyr Zelensky, TV Comedian, Trounces President* KIEV, Ukraine — The comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, according to official results with nearly all of the votes counted, making a comic actor with no experience in government or the military the commander in chief of a country that has been at war with Russian proxies for over five years. With more than 95 percent of ballots cast on Sunday counted, Mr. Zelensky had won 73.17 percent of the vote, compared with just 24.5 percent for Petr... more »

How The Mercers Plotted To Control American Discourse

William Craddick at Disobedient Media - 8 hours ago
Inside an operation to discredit and neuter the anti-establishment.

Idaho lumber business sues Massachusetts marijuana firm over logo similarity

Bart Schaneman at Marijuana Business Daily - 8 hours ago
A Boise, Idaho-based lumber company is suing New England Treatment Access (NETA), a Massachusetts medical and recreational cannabis company, for trademark infringement. The situation underscores why marijuana firms must perform legal due diligence when creating logos or other marketing materials – or face similar lawsuits. The Daily Hampshire Gazette of Northampton, Massachusetts, reported the Boise Cascade […] Idaho lumber business sues Massachusetts marijuana firm over logo similarity is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis en... more »

Medical cannabis licensing and tracking contract faces challenge in Missouri

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 8 hours ago
Florida-based BioTrackTHC filed a protest with Missouri marijuana regulators over a decision to award a medical cannabis licensing and seed-to-sale tracking contract to Metrc in the Show Me State. BioTrack alleges the scoring was tainted because Franwell, the maker of Metrc – which also is based in Florida – didn’t disclose fees to growers and […] Medical cannabis licensing and tracking contract faces challenge in Missouri is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Aphria prices $300M of convertible notes to fund global marijuana expansion

Matt Lamers at Marijuana Business Daily - 8 hours ago
Canadian cannabis firm Aphria plans to raise capital via convertible senior notes in a private placement offering to fund international expansion initiatives and future acquisitions. Aphria priced $300 million of convertible senior notes due in 2024 for qualified institutional buyers, plus an option – exercisable within a 30-day period – for an additional $50 million, […] Aphria prices $300M of convertible notes to fund global marijuana expansion is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

First Lady Melania Trump – Easter Egg Roll Reading Nook…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
The Wonderful Things You Will Be

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Host 2019 White House Easter Egg Roll…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
The 2019 Easter White House celebration takes place today with the 2019 Easter Egg Roll event. President Trump and First Lady Melania start the festivities:

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 8 hours ago
Electricity Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Our one source of energy The ultimate discovery Electric blue for me Never more to be free Electricity Nuclear and HEP Carbon fuels from the sea Wasted electricity Our one source of energy Electricity All we need to live today A gift for man to throw away The chance to change has nearly gone The alternative is only one The final source of energy Solar electricity Electricity Electricity Electricity Electricity Electricity Songwriters: Andrew Mc Cluskey / Paul David Humphreys Electricity lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management

Interview with Author Tess Burnside

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 8 hours ago
*1**5)* *Tess, I’ve noticed you write a lot of mixed genre novels. Why is that and why not one genre or the other?* I like writing complex situations, and dropping my protagonists in those situations. I write myself into a corner with them, then work my way out. Their feelings are real, everything they are going through is real. Mixed genre is complex, just like life. Of all my works, *The Rift* was the only one that did not have romance genre. The primary event that kicked off the story was a breakup. *14)* *I’ve also noticed that, unlike many authors today, you write standalone... more »

US-Russia Tensions Are Escalating Because of Collusion Fever

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Carey Wedler Establishment media and politicians began to sound the alarm on fake news after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, blaming deception... more »

Did Washington State Sen. Maureen Walsh Say Nurses ‘Play Cards’ for a Large Part of Their Working Day?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
The Republican state senator attracted nationwide coverage and widespread criticism in April 2019, but what did she actually say?

Melinda Gates Talks ‘Brash’ Microsoft Culture in New Book

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
"The Moment of Lift," is a memoir and manifesto on women and power.

Medicare, Social Security Face Shaky Fiscal Futures

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
If Congress doesn't act, both programs would eventually be unable to cover the full cost of promised benefits.

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