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Boris Rattled By Rory
June 17, 2019 5:57 AM

The received wisdom on the Tory leadership contest is that the party’s MPs, and indeed its members, are prepared to disregard his lack of suitability to even shovel shit from Heap A to Heap B and award the Top Job to London’s formerly very occasional Mayor Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. All other participants in the contest, therefore, may as well pack up and run along. That was, until Rory Stewart rocked up.
Stewart, who represents the sprawling constituency of Penrith and The Border, submitted himself to a light grilling by the host on The Andy Marr Show™ yesterday morning, and made a significant impression. He then went on the Channel 4 leadership candidates’ debate yesterday evening and once more acquitted himself well. Brave Bozza, by contrast,  turned tail and ran at the prospect of Krishnan Guru-Murthy prodding him.
Brexit Party And Legal Bullying
June 17, 2019 9:12 AM

Once again, those who champion free speech become the first to reach for their lawyers: after SNP MEP Alyn Smith had claimed that the Brexit Party, latest personal vehicle for the ego of Oberscheissenführer Nigel “Thirsty” Farage, was a “shell company that’s a money laundering front”, the party’s perma-tanned and perma-smiling chairman Richard Tice initiated a defamation action, which has now concluded.
Katie Hopkins’ Wrong Kind Of Jews
June 18, 2019 2:28 AM

Even though three venues in Israel refused to screen her Islamophobic “documentary” Homelands, which claims erroneously that Jews and Christians are being forced to flee Europe because of the Scary Muslims™, pro-am motormouth Katie Hopkins is not downhearted. She’s now in the USA - as ever, we don’t get to find out who’s paying - hawking her propaganda around any and every venue that will let her in.
Suzanne Moore’s Labour Feminist Faux Pas
June 18, 2019 4:46 AM

Sometimes, even the soundest of pundits have a bad day, make a clumsy mistake, take one of those mis-steps that they come to regret. Their number has been joined by Suzanne Moore of the Guardian, normally the safest pair of journalistic hands, who has apparently engaged output device before activating CPU.
Brexit Party Gets £2.5m Headache
June 18, 2019 7:57 AM

If only SNP MEP Alyn Smith had known today’s news before he made his fateful decision to cave and apologise to Brexit Party chairman Richard “Smiler” Tice for claiming that his party was “shell company that’s a money laundering front”. Because now Tice and his pals have their work cut out ensuring that a whopping £2.5 million of donations really are permissible - that they’re not from foreign nationals. And not money laundering.

Politics : NPR

• Trump Launches Reelection Bid With Promises Of Greatness And Familiar

  The president told supporters that Democrats want to "destroy" the country, turning up the heat

• Congressional Hearing On Slavery Reparations Set For Wednesday

  A proposal to create a commission to study reparations for African-Americans comes as the presidential

• Kushner Meets With Bipartisan Architects Of Dreamer Legislation

  Jared Kushner met privately with Sens. Lindsey Graham and Dick Durbin, the two architects of plans to

Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Man's best friend: Loyal dog refused to leave owner's side after

  An elderly man was out walking with his dog Jack in Portarlington last night and fell into a ditch.

• Baseball fan spotted feasting on giant jar of mayonnaise in stands

  Mayo Man was the toast of Twitter for his unusual food choice.

• Sled dogs seem to walk on water in climate expert’s photo of melting Arctic

  Research teams crossing a partially melted fjord to retrieve equipment photographed huskies wading through

memeorandum

• Charlie Kirk: Ocasio-Cortez 'the most powerful Democrat in office'

  Charles Creitz / Fox News : Charlie Kirk: Ocasio-Cortez ‘the most powerful Democrat in office

• Biden, Recalling Civility in Senate, Invokes Two Segregationist Senators

  Katie Glueck / New York Times : Biden, Recalling Civility in Senate, Invokes Two Segregationist

• 2016 All Over Again (New York Times)

  New York Times : 2016 All Over Again   —  What many of those in Orlando really wanted

The Hayride

• Bowie Knife Legends Persist As Governor Vetoes Official Designation

  A Texan just learning how to walk in 2019 will be old enough to carry a knife as long as Jim Bowie‘s

• One of the best videos you’ll ever watch [video]

  This is perhaps one of the most heartwarming videos you’ll ever watch. The reason why this child was

• SADOW: Nuisance Candidates Set To Annoy NWLA Incumbents

  With the Louisiana Legislature out of substantive action hopefully for at least nine more months and an

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• A critical look at BC’s new tax breaks and subsidies for LNG

  The BC government has offered much more to the LNG industry than the previous government. Read the report

• The 2019 living wage for Metro Vancouver

  The 2019 living wage for Metro Vancouver is $19.50/hour. This is the amount needed for a family of four

• Time to regulate gas prices in BC and stop industry gouging

  Drivers in Metro Vancouver are reeling from record high gas prices, and many commentators are blaming taxes

Times of India

• Government compulsorily retires 15 customs, central excise officers on

• India vs Pakistan, World Cup 2019: Shoaib Akhtar slams Sarfaraz Ahmed's

• 'Another strike on Pakistan': Amit Shah wishes Team India for

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• Terrorist who provided car for Pulwama suicide bombing was radicalized in a

  The two terrorists killed in an encounter in Bijbehara, Anantnag on Tuesday were identified as Sajad

• SC seeks EC's response on Gujarat Congress plea against its decision to

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Election Commission by June 24 on a plea of the

• Lawyers Collective says 'no basis in fact and law' after CBI

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against NGO Lawyers Collective and senior

News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | Bongani Bongo’s bonanza? Another lost Public Protector

  A complaint to the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's office, which DA chief whip John Steenhuisen

• News24.com | Jacob's ladder: These are the hurdles Jacob Zuma will face

  The Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture has pressed former president Jacob Zuma to indicate

• News24.com | WATCH: CCTV footage shows boy swiping R10 000 cellphone from

  Police are looking for two women and a child after CCTV footage showed the boy stealing a phone from a

News24 Voices

• News24.com | Unless it leans leftwards, the centre won't hold

  Whatever our genuine left, right and centre debates might be, it's imperative that we unite, across

• News24.com | Justice denied to many through delayed forensic reports

  There are numerous reports over the last decade about the parlous state of our forensic services including

• News24.com | Early childhood education – barometer of a failing system?

  Until our education system shatters the misconceptions about Grade R that stubbornly prevail and

News24 Africa

• News24.com | Silence is golden for a Tanzanian mine

  In Tanzania, reporters trying to investigate violence, environmental damage and other wrongdoing connected

• News24.com | SEE: Prisons under siege as Zimbabwe's economic woes

  The Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare is crumbling at the seams, assailed by overcrowding and a

• News24.com | Egypt's former president Morsi quietly buried in Cairo

  Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi has been buried, as the UN backed calls

Jon Rappoport's Blog

• Exit From The Matrix: unlimited power of imagination

  by Jon Rappoport May 11, 2019 One way or another, 99.99999999% of the world’s “spiritual systems” get

• The lure of a stimulus-response world

  Shrinking-freedom is a Spiritual covert op by Jon Rappoport May 10, 2019 (To join our email list, click

• The stone cold conservative socialist

  by Jon Rappoport May 9, 2019 (To join our email list, click here.) “Is he a meth goony bird? He seems to be

World: BreakingNews.ie

• Hong Kong officials grilled over police brutality at extradition bill

  The former British territory’s security secretary has rejected suggestions he should resign over

• Microplastics found in all UK rivers tested as part of Greenpeace study

  The environmental group is calling for the Government to introduce ‘bold’ new plastic reduction

• Nigel Farage says he would form election alliance with Tories for Brexit

  Brexit Party leader says “massive majority” awaits Conservatives at early election.

Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Irish trust in vaccines below global average, report finds

  Irish people's trust in vaccines is below the global average.

• Thousands face surgery cancellations as 10,000 healthcare workers to strike

  Thousands of patients could have surgeries cancelled tomorrow as up to 10,000 healthcare workers go on

• Public calling for radical change to direct provision system

  Up to 140 people and organisations are calling for radical changes to Ireland's direct-provision system

Times of India

• World Cup: Sania Mirza and Veena Malik's nasty Twitter spat after

• Over 100 children dead in Bihar: What's killing them?

• How ‘Tarzan’ and Arunachali locals beat tech to locate missing AN-32

Science News - Times of India

• Internet may alter brain functions: Study

• Curiosity rover finds clay cache on Mars: Nasa

  Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover has found the highest amounts of clay minerals ever found during its

• Strength training may cut diabetes risk in obese people

  Strength training over a short time period may be a fast and effective strategy for reducing the risk of

U.S. NRC Blog

• NRC Continues to Respond to Irma

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

• Update: The NRC Readies for Hurricane Irma

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

• An Open Forum Now Available

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

TASS

• IS financial reserves reach $300 mln, warns Russian Security Council

• About 1,000 African delegates to attend Russia-Africa economic conference

• 'The Thirteenth Tale' author on her new novel, success and what

  Diane Setterfield told TASS whom her main characters are based on and whether she has seen ghosts ob the

WebMD Health

• U.S. Youth Suicide Rate Reaches 20-Year High

  Suicides among teens have especially spiked, with an annual percentage change of 10% between 2014 and 2017

• Study: More Pregnant Women Using Pot, Despite Risks

  The percentage of women in the study who reported "daily or near daily" cannabis use during

• Sprouts Recalls Frozen Spinach for Listeria Fears

  The recall involves Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach, in both conventional and organic 16-ounce bags, made by

WhoWhatWhy

• Facebook Unveils Cryptocurrency Despite Privacy Concerns

  Reading Time: 1 minute Cap-and-Trade Program Poised to Become Law in Oregon ; Protest By Penis Detector ;

• Climate Action Could Prevent Hundreds of Heat-Related Deaths in These 15 US

  Reading Time: 1 minute The Perfect 2020 Candidate ; Accidental Cat Filter Derails Political Press

• Kansas Already Picked the First Winner of the Democratic Primary

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Kansas Democrats are using ranked-choice voting for the 2020 primary election

Top Documentary Films

• Daewon

  Daewon Song is one of the most

• The Secret History of ISIS

  The warning signs were there. The

• Decoding the Great Pyramid

  The Great Pyramid of Giza is a marvel

The Truth is Where?

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

  By Heather Brooke – Sunday 8th November 2015. Find Article Here:- When the Home Office and

• By inflating Islamic extremism, David Cameron has lost sight of what really

  By George Monbiot Tuesday 21st July 2015. Find Article Here:- The real ‘struggle of our generation’ is not

• Sunscreen contributing to decline of coral reefs, study shows.

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

Universe Today

• This is the Closest OSIRIS-REx has Gotten to Bennu. Just 680 Meters Above

  NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been at asteroid Bennu since Dec. 3rd, 2018. On that day, it went

• New Ideas to Reduce Muscle Loss During Spaceflight

  One of the obstacles to long space missions is the muscle loss that astronauts suffer from. It’s

• Carnival of Space #616

  It’s that time again! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday

War Is Boring

• Acting Defense Sec. withdrawing after alleged domestic dispute incident

  By Glen Carey Bloomberg News Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration

• The battleship that wouldn’t sink: How the USS Nevada became a symbol of

  Two attributes often come to mind when attempting to describe the American mindset: stubbornness and

• Afghanistan worried Taliban will overrun southern province if U.S

  J.P. Lawrence Stars and Stripes Locals in the provincial capital of Helmand often show visitors reminders

Washington's Blog

• What Survives Genocide?

  Jeffrey Ostler’s Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to

• The Case that Obama Was a Traitor Just Got Powerful New Evidence — From the

  Eric Zuesse The case that Obama’s team concocted Russiagate in order to weaken Trump if Trump were to win

• Misplaced Pride: Most of the “Middle Class” Is Actually Working Class

  The conventional definition of working class is based on income and education:the working class household

Whistleblower Protection Blog

• Survey: Whistleblower programs aid financial compliance, but some efforts

  Whistleblower programs are “an important check on a firm’s compliance,” according to a survey of nearly 200

• Growing number of federal employees report increase in discrimination and

  Nearly half of 14,000 federal employees surveyed said they had witnessed or experienced a prohibited

• Webinar for wildlife whistleblowers: Collecting evidence of environmental

  Tuesday is the deadline to register for the Thursday, June 13 webinar on the role of citizens in enforcing

Science Blog

Farm-like indoor microbiota may protect children from asthma also in urban

• A child’s risk of developing asthma is the smaller the more the microbiota of the child’s home resembles

Bees Required to Create an Excellent Blueberry Crop

• Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators—particularly native

Antioxidant puts up fight, but loses battle against protein linked to

• New research may explain why an antioxidant that protects the brain is also associated with deterioration

Raw Story

Why do conservatives hate Oberlin College so much?

• When I was an undergraduate at Oberlin in the mid-Aughts, there was a student in my class year who was

Raptors victory: Feel-good multiculturalism masks the reality of anti-Black

• During what was probably one of the most exciting and gratifying moments of his professional life, moments

Here are 5 reasons why 2020’s down-ballot races could reshape America’s

• The political press always tends to focus mostly on the marquee race for the White House but that’s

Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

Now everyone can read subtitles, whenever they want

• A new technology developed by researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute allows the hearing

Understanding Antarctica’s role in a warmer world

• GNS Science experts are tackling one of the world’s most pressing environmental questions: will the West

Millions of dollars for Antarctic research

• The Antarctic Science Platform is thrilled to announce $26 million will be awarded to long-term Antarctic

The Science of Doom

Opinions and Perspectives – 9 – Pattern Effects

• The IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) from 2013 shows the range of results that climate models produce for

Opinions and Perspectives – 8 – Pattern Effects Primer

• For people with maths, physics and chemistry (and biology) backgrounds non-linear processes are familiar

Opinions and Perspectives – 7 – Global Temperature Change from Doubling CO2

• How much will global temperature rise if we double CO2 from pre-industrial levels? Based on current

Seeing the Forest

Voting Systems

• How did we move from a voting system where you could be sure who won to voting systems where you have to

Share Everywhere Please #GreenNewDeal

• A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “What if we actually pulled off a Green New

Sen. Mike Gravel’s Great Ad

• “Sen. Mike Gravel is running for president – not to win, but to qualify for the debates to push

The Slog.

A Tory Party torn between fear of death and hatred of Brexit

• In the latest profoundly meaningless Meaningful Debate, the Fatuous Five managed once more to say as little

ANALYSIS: why crisis data will always trump political ideology and

•  Quite a lot of data have come to light in recent days to show that – as ever – the political,

THE SATURDAY ESSAY: Our Parliament is like the EU – it can’t be changed

• ‘Give us the tools and we’ll finish the job’ was a famous slogan as the Second World War

Socio-Economics History Blog

Gregory Mannarino: Gold & Silver Greatest Trades on Earth

• Gregory Mannarino: Gold & Silver Greatest Trades on Earth by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Market

MSM Networks Go Nuts Over Venezuela Without Facts

• RT America Published on Apr 30, 2019 RT America’s John Huddy joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the skewed

Top CIA Analyst: Israel Partisans Push US to War

• If Americans Knew Published on Apr 30, 2019 Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the

Things I grab, motley collection

Why the soft machine will dominate urban transport. – ft.com

• It is the technology that is changing the face of the school drop-off. At many London primary schools

These Influencers Aren’t Flesh and Blood, Yet Millions Follow Them – The

• The kiss between Bella Hadid and Miquela Sousa, part of a Calvin Klein commercial last month, struck many

A photo storage app used customers’ private snaps to train facial

• A photo storage app that offers users “free, unlimited private backup of all your life’s memories” has been

This Can't Be Happening!

US Cyber Attack on Russia’s Power Grid is an ‘Act of War’ (According to the

• Russia and the US are engaging in tit-for-tat hacking of each others’ power grid, the New York Times is

Blood-Red Whitewash on a Blue Sea

• Remember the Vincennes? That’s the name of the U.S. Navy warship that shot down an Iranian airliner

Philadelphia Police Department – A Home For Hate

• The recent protest outside Philadelphia’s Police headquarters – triggered by yet another instance of police

Andy Worthington

• US Supreme Court Supports Lifelong Imprisonment Without Charge or Trial at

  As the Supreme Court turns down a request for a review of his case by Moath al-Alwi, a Yemeni held at

• Two Years On From the Grenfell Tower Fire, A Growing Anger at the Way Those

  It's exactly two years since the Grenfell Tower fire, in which 72 people people died because those

• Radio: I Discuss Guantánamo and the Tidemill Campaign on Wandsworth’s

  Here's a link to, and discussion of my recent radio interview with Andy Bungay of Wandsworth's