Saturday, August 24, 2019

24 August - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 4

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The Destruction of Innocent Minds.

Rufus at News from the fall of Atlantis - 7 hours ago
*By Mrs Rufus* Subliminal messages although somewhat mistakenly overlooked, or even passed off as sheer lunacy or coincidence, are ever becoming more widely noticed. The meaning behind these messages is mostly realised by people who already had some understanding of why pop music videos are used. On a conscious level we might notice some of the obvious messages being sent out, mostly the observable sexual imagery. It takes a much closer look at and understanding of subliminal messages, in order to see what the whole message, or less obvious image is telling the mind on a subconsc... more »

President Trump and First Lady Melania Arrive at G7 Summit Dinner – Phare de Biarritz Light House…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
President Trump and First Lady Melania arrive at the G7 Summit dinner in Biarritz France. The dinner event is being held at Phare de Biarritz, a mid-19th century light house with panoramic views of the French coast. . First Lady … Continue reading →

The Unmitigated Arrogance of EU President Donald Tusk Toward Brexit….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Against the backdrop of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arriving for the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, EU President Donald Tusk holds a press conference to announce the EU will work to block Britains’ exit from the collective, and will … Continue reading →

EHS, ADA, FCC and 5G — Time for a Reboot

Activist Post at Activist Post - 7 hours ago
By Patricia Burke “We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance... more »

Mexico judge approves recreational cocaine for two users

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 7 hours ago
BBC News – Mexico judge approves recreational cocaine for two users https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49416357 Advertisements

The Amazon Fires Are Political

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 7 hours ago
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/amazon-fires-are-political/596776/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=2019-08-24T11%3A00%3A33&utm_content=edit-promo&fbclid=IwAR1UUVnOtZrEdGzeCNpuKkseIPW0r2STMflCix7JupU2rfJdGleuA7jwxWE&fbclid=IwAR1o4_ih1Zb8eLgQ5qM6uiAWep537lCH2COSTWh-S3tKJemdyFnn78ghTIA

Don't Ever Doubt That Trump's Ugly Racism Has Permeated Down Through The GOP-- Meet Jean Cramer, A New GOP Heroine In Michigan

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*Trump was never named Michigan GOP Man of the Year like he claimed, but it's just a matter of time before Jean Cramer is named Michigan GOP Woman Of the Year* Marysville, Michigan is a small town, population 9,959. It's a very red bastion of very, very conservative ideas in St. Clair County, part of Michigan's Thumb northeast of Detroit. It's part of the 10th congressional district (R+13), represented by Paul Mitchell who is retiring. In 2016 Bernie beat Hillary in St. Clair Co. but the Democrats are vastly outnumbered by Republicans. Trump won the general election in the county in... more »

The Coast Guard Captured a Submarine Hauling $232 Million of Cocaine

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Security, * Good catch. *Masson told Fox News the operations will lead to the prosecution of 55 alleged drug smugglers. He added that while some of the alleged smugglers will be handed over to federal authorities, others will be brought back to their home countries, where they will face international authorities.* On Jul. 11, 2019 the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) released a video showing service members jumping onto a moving drug smuggling vessel carrying 17,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $232 million, according to a service spokesman. The vid... more »

Get Your History Book Out: The Allies Bombed Hitler Back Into the Stone Age

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * And planes like this did it. *Curtis LeMay, who departed Europe to direct the devastation from the air upon Japan, said, “As to worrying about the morality of what we were doing, nuts! I was a soldier, soldiers fight. If we made it through the day without exterminating too many of our own people, we thought we’d had a pretty good day.”* Behind the strategy that governed the American air war in Europe during World War II lay events and ideas that dated back to World War I and the 1920s. The first strategic bombing raid in 1915 deployed not ai... more »

Auction clearance rates point to rising house prices, but is it sustainable?

Stephen Letts at Just In - 8 hours ago
Bidders were out and about again at weekend auctions, and while prices are likely to rise they are likely to resume the same trajectory of the recent boom years.

Trump's 'nuclear' trade option could shut down all Chinese business and investment in the US

Stephen Letts at Just In - 8 hours ago
Two weeks ago President Trump threatened China with the ultimate retaliation, which would cripple its economy. The "nuclear" option is an obscure law last used on terrorist organisations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

How has Macau reacted to the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests?

Christina Zhou at Just In - 8 hours ago
How has China's other special administrative region, Macau, kept clashes and pro-democracy movements at arm's length?

'I woke up paralysed': Australian who severed spine chases dream to be world's best skier

Chloe Hart at Just In - 8 hours ago
Sam Tait severed his spine in a motorcycle crash in 2013. Now he races down a ski slope at 130 kilometres per hour in pursuit of Paralympic glory.

Can science find the gene to build an army of Usain Bolts?

Just In - 8 hours ago
While average humans have a cap on their physical abilities, elite athletes like Usain Bolt have a higher threshold, and genetic researchers are slowly piecing together the reason for this.

This Week in Pictures

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 8 hours ago
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Why Climate Alarmists have the Upper Hand but are Still Losing the Battle; Truth Trumps Fiction

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 8 hours ago
This is the advantage Climate Alarmists have. They have countless outlets and mindless minions that will publish anything they need to perpetuate the AGW hoax. Climate realists basically have no real funding and are greatly limited in numbers. Why the climate realists are winning, however, is that they have the truth on their side. Climate … Continue reading "Why Climate Alarmists have the Upper Hand but are Still Losing the Battle; Truth Trumps Fiction"

Seneca Nation may install tolls along I-90 to solve road dispute with Cuomo

The Buffalo Chronicle at The Buffalo Chronicle - 8 hours ago
It is well established in federal law that Indian Tribes exercise jurisdiction over roadways that traverse sovereign reservation lands. Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s administration has long ignored necessary Thruway repairs along the Interstate 90 as it traverses the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus

Insufferable Prig – Emmanuel ‘The Weasel’ Macron Attempts Ambush To Start G7 Summit – Video and Transcript…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
After President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania arrived at Hotel du Palais in Biarritz, France, the insufferable French President Emmanuel Macron attempts one of his more dubious -albeit predictable now- power schemes (games). Macron is in trouble domestically and … Continue reading →

August 23:

Graeme Decarie at The Decarie Report - 8 hours ago
_This may be a little shorter than usual. I had to deal with computer problems. ________________________________________________________________ https://www.rt.com/news/467142-david-koch-richest-dies/ Russia Times is, of course, a popaganda agency. But it doesn't lie. Indeed, it beats most of the western press for honesty - often being kinder than it should be. This item on the death of American billionaire David Koch, for example, could have been quite brutal In fact, he was as vicious as they come, a man who among other interferences, ordered his many thousands of employees at ev... more »

Syrian Army achieves major victory after militants abandoned northern Hama: maps

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 8 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) capture of Khan Sheikhoun last Thursday proved to be the nail in the coffin for the militant forces in northern Hama, as just one day later, the military’s high command announced full control over the once militant-held pocket. Despite claims by Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham about […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army approaches Turkish observation post in Hama: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 8 hours ago
The Syrian Army may eliminate Turkish observation points in the Idlib de-escalation zone to cut off supplies of terror groups that are operating in the area, the aide of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Bouthaina Shaaban, told the Al-Mayadeen broadcaster. “The Turkish observation point in the settlement of Morek is under siege. The Syrian army will […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Global Warming Fact or Fiction? Video with Willie Soon & Elliott Bloom

Robert at Ice Age Now - 9 hours ago
Is global warming real? Have any such predictions been established scientifically? Would massive “carbon” taxes and other controls put America and the world—especially the poor—at great risk? Oakland, California – 24 July 2019 Dr. Willie Soon has shown in many ways, observational facts do not fit the CO2 dogma, and an enormous amount of evidence ... Read moreGlobal Warming Fact or Fiction? Video with Willie Soon & Elliott Bloom The post Global Warming Fact or Fiction? Video with Willie Soon & Elliott Bloom appeared first on Ice Age Now.

lies and fraud are not enough for them -Navalny

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 9 hours ago
Moscow. * “Now* we see that lies and fraud are not enough for them; it’s not enough for them to ban candidates from an election. They deliberately want to arrest dozens and to beat up hundreds….This shows that there is no support for this regime. They feel this and they are afraid. I have no doubt that despite genuine acts of intimidation and terror that are happening now as random people are being arrested that this wave will increase and this regime will seriously regret what it has done.” -Navalny, upon being released on 8-23 from 30 days in jail. https://www.reuters.c... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
...or bankruptcy...

"Everything Is Awesome 8/24/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Everything Is Awesome 8/24/19"* "Oh God, and I Don’t Mean Trump; I mean GOD help us!" “Did Trump Just Put The September Market "Crash Down" In Play?” "How Negative Interest Rates Screw Up The Economy" ○ Please do visit, often... - https://www.zerohedge.com/

The White House Just Blamed Bitcoin for America’s Opioid Crisis

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Graham Smith The opioid epidemic is the new devil Bitcoin is being blamed for inflaming, to be added to the already long list of... more »

Seven wickets — and Root's doggedness — stand between Aussies and the Ashes

Jon Healy And Dean Bilton at Just In - 9 hours ago
Australia will hope to retain the Ashes on day four of the third Test at Headingley, requiring seven more wickets to win the match with England still 202 in arrears, but the hosts are not going quietly into that good night.

Hilary Duff to Star in ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Reboot on Disney Plus Platform

AP News at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
The audience of about 6,000 at a convention center adjacent to Disneyland also voiced enthusiasm for another "Star Wars"-related series, "The Mandalorian."

Hong Kong Crisis: Made in America

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours ago
*August 25, 2019* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Claims that Western interests are driving unrest in Hong Kong to undermine China have been decried across the Western media as *"fake news,"* *"disinformation,"* and even grounds for censorship from platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Yet a look at the organizations directly involved in leading the unrest and those supporting it reveals unequivocally that it originates in Washington DC - not organically from within Hong Kong itself. In order to conceal this fact, the Western media has attempted to portray the unrest as *"leaderless."* Ye... more »

Hong Kong Crisis: Made in America

Land Destroyer at Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 9 hours ago
*August 25, 2019* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Claims that Western interests are driving unrest in Hong Kong to undermine China have been decried across the Western media as *"fake news,"* *"disinformation,"* and even grounds for censorship from platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Yet a look at the organizations directly involved in leading the unrest and those supporting it reveals unequivocally that it originates in Washington DC - not organically from within Hong Kong itself. In order to conceal this fact, the Western media has attempted to portray the unrest as *"leaderless."* Ye... more »

President Trump and First Lady Melania Arrive in Biarritz, France…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive in Biarritz, France for the 2019 G7 Summit. U.S. President Trump will be meeting with Boris Johnson (U.S.), Emmanuel Macron (France), Angela Merkel (Germany), Shinzo Abe (Japan), Justin Trudeau (Canada), and … Continue reading →

Worried About Home Defense? Look to These 10 Guns

Gun News Daily at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Gun News Daily* *Security, * We have the list. *If you’re having a tough time deciding between the handguns on this list, we recommend visiting your local gun range and renting a few of them.​* If you’re looking for an *effective home-defense weapon*, handguns are one of the most popular choices. *Why do so many people go with the handgun, especially when there are far more powerful guns available?* Their compact size makes it easy to store a handgun right next to your bed in a handgun safe specifically designed for getting your gun quickly in life or death situations. That s... more »

Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Has a Black Smoke Trail Problem

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * What's with her signature smoke trail? *Engineering difficulties are also given as a potential reason for the Kuznetsov's super-smoky nature. Vice Admiral Pyotr Svyatashov explained, saying that because of improper calibration in the preheating or injection mechanisms, the Mazut injected into the combustion chamber might not have had time to combust fully—in other words, the partially burned products are causing the black smoke.* For most sailors who served on the Admiral Kuznetzov, Mazut is the stuff of legends. The ultra thick, tarry black substance ... more »

SAT: How World War II Ended History's Great Battleship Bonanza Before It Started

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Robert Farley's alternate history sets sail. *That’s a lot of battleships. With its immense resources and industrial capacity, the United States would have become the world’s premier battleship power, followed by the Royal Navy. The other major powers would have been limited by geography and economics, although both the Germans and the Japanese could likely have held their own for a while.* The late 1930s promised a renewed era of battleship construction, similar in some ways to the bonanza that immediately followed the construction of the *HMS Dread... more »

Russia Has No Chance of Become an Aircraft Carrier Superpower. None.

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Not anytime soon. *Russian defense planners often announce projects as a means of gaining resources and prestige, rather than as part of a plan to build anything in particular. At one point, President Dmitri Medvedev suggested that Russia would build and operate six aircraft carriers by 2025; obviously, that’s not going to happen.​* Historically a land power, the Soviet Union grappled with the idea of a large naval aviation arm for most of its history, eventually settling on a series of hybrid aircraft carriers. Big plans for additional ships died ... more »

Plain talk

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 10 hours ago
The news is never dull when the world has too many leaders that do not embrace facts to address problems. This is not unique to the US, but is indicative when other fact-challenged leaders are called the British Trump, the … Continue reading →

For the Rino’s who flirt with Red Flag Laws and “common sense” gun laws…

Navy Crawfish at 'Nox & Friends - 10 hours ago
“National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash, Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The govern... more »

Report Reveals Number Of Environmental Activists Killed Each Week

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By John Vibes As images of the Amazon burning were shared across social media this week, the world is turning its attention to the battle... more »

Where’s Ghislaine Maxwell?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By Kurt Nimmo It now looks like that photo of Ghislaine Maxwell at a burger bar in California is a fake. It was allegedly taken... more »

UN “sustainability” conference in Salt Lake pushing dangerous agenda

Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. at CFACT - 10 hours ago
Participants lucky enough to attend the session on "inclusive" cities and communities will have the opportunity to partake of such delicacies as “equality and social cohesion,” “place-making,” and “gender responsive urban and territorial development.” The post UN “sustainability” conference in Salt Lake pushing dangerous agenda appeared first on CFACT.

This Week In Cartoons

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 10 hours ago
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Conspiracy Theories and Tin Hats

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
When I was a kid, my parents regarded as conspiracy nuts anyone who believed that Fluoride was a threat to children's health. I was required to take fluoride pills because we didn't have fluoridated water. Well, it turns out that there is an inverse relationship between fluoride level exposure in pregnancy and IQ scores in children. This relationship has been empirically documented in quite a few studies over the last 10 years or so. Here is the latest: Green, R. et al (2019, August 19). Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy and IQ Scores in Offspring in C... more »

BC First Nations want emergency declared as Salmon Run fraction of what was expected

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Sockeye Salmon* I have been writing for years about the world wide fishery crisis. All over the world, fish are being harvested to extinction by huge commercial trawlers....their breeding grounds destroyed in the process. I have called for a 10 year world wide moratorium on commercial fishing. Under my proposal, fish would only be caught by locals in coastal villages for local consumption. Commercial harvesting of fish would be limited to land based fish farms. Humanity needs to be weaned off fish. This is sad because fish consumption is an excellent source of protein and othe... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 24

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
1922 On anniversary of King Faisal’s coronation opposition gave him a petition calling for an assembly to draft a constitution, elections for a parliament, and independence for Iraq 1922 UK High Commissioner for Iraq Sir Percy Cox met by anti-British slogans being chanted outside palace During celebration Haras Party leader Basir gave anti-British speech Cox demanded King punish perpetrators 1986 Ayatollah Khomeini said Iran had to fight until victory and Saddam deposed 1988 Iran and Iraq started peace talks in Geneva to officially end Iran-Iraq War (Musings On Iraq interview with... more »

The Economics of Progress: How Project Artemis Can Reverse the Economic Collapse

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 11 hours ago
The Economics of Progress: How Project Artemis Can Reverse the Economic Collapse Video of The Economics of Progress: How Project Artemis Can Reverse the Economic Collapse Progress is a human imperative. Mankind's destiny is among the stars, and a crash program to get there will serve to organize the full creative and productive powers of our people. Only by committing the full effort of our nation towards such a goal will we be able to reverse the downward trajectory that decades of failed monetarist policies have caused, bringing us to the brink of a renewed economic breakdown c... more »

Joint Base Lewis McChord soldier sues USA for Anthrax vaccine reaction

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
Emel Bosh, originally from Turkey, is a soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis McChord near Lakewood in Washington state. She was born in Turkey, but for the past three years she has served in the U.S. Army. Bosh claims to be permanently disabled because of a vaccine she was given in the Army. The vaccine […] The post Joint Base Lewis McChord soldier sues USA for Anthrax vaccine reaction appeared first on Health Nut News.

"Is The US Becoming A Third World Nation?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Is The US Becoming A Third World Nation?"* by Charles Hugh Smith "This is a chart of an informal kleptocracy which cloaks itself in the faux finery of democracy and a (rigged) "market" economy. *Click image for larger size.* Back in the day, nations that didn't qualify as either developed (First World) or developing (Second World) were by default Third World, impoverished, corrupt and what we now refer to as failed states--governments that were incapable of improving the lives of their people and the machinery of governance, generally as a result of corruption and self-serving elit... more »

Half-Human, Half-Robot Justice Enters Supreme Court, Introduces Self As Ruth Bader Gins-Borg

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
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Fukushima Update 8/24/19: 19,994.85 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated August 24, 2019: Fukushima Equals 19,994.85 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of August 24, 2019 - 3,093 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *19,994.85 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it ... more »

Cannabis retailers should embrace out-of-state consumers – after they’ve taken appropriate steps

Kevin Huhn at Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the August issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Medical and recreational cannabis retail stores near state borders have tremendous business opportunities. They’re able to draw the interest of cannabis consumers in adjacent states that might prohibit the drug and can also benefit from reciprocity laws that […] Cannabis retailers should embrace out-of-state consumers – after they’ve taken appropriate steps is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Good Cop, Bad Cop Redux Pt 2

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 11 hours ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) (*Disclaimer*: The proprietor of this blog and Mr. Wilson have an ongoing years-long friendship, in which the former has benefited on several occasions by the generosity of the latter. However, that in no way, shape or form has influenced the blog owner’s decision to post articles about his case nor the content of what is written below.) *Q: We haven't discussed your case in almost two years; then we revisit it and, as if on cue, this big story about corruption in the union breaks. Coincidence?* A: Well, I always knew that t... more »

Telecom Lobbying: $80M in 2018 and $1.2B Since 1998. Details On Who Spent How Much and Why This Matters

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Lobbyists have a bad name for good reason. Activist Post has reported before about telecom and tech companies spending beaucoup bucks to...more »

Weekend reads: Self-citation farms; an editor refuses to retract; publishing enters politics

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 11 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a request: Our co-founder Ivan Oransky celebrated a birthday this past week, and he’d like nothing more than a gift to Retraction Watch to support our work. Here’s your chance. The week at Retraction Watch featured a massive correction for a paper used to support the ban on Caster … Continue reading Weekend reads: Self-citation farms; an editor refuses to retract; publishing enters politics

How to Protect Elections—From the President

enewland at Lawfare - 11 hours ago
President Trump disembarks Air Force One. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) In July, as the country rounded out Donald Trump’s 30th month as president, sirens blared about the integrity of the 2020 presidential elections. The Senate Intelligence Committee issued a new report on “Russian efforts against election infrastructure” detailing “extensive” Russian activity “against U.S. election infrastructure at the state and local level.” Days later, testifying before Congress, Robert Mueller warned that Russian interference in U.S. elections was among the “most serious”... more »

Lawrence O'Donnell gets it right!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019Sullivan follows suit:* Wednesday evening, Lawrence O'Donnell got it right. He got it right right on the air! Here's the way it went down: Donald J. Trump had seemed to be behaving so oddly that even the children had noticed. For that reason, and to his credit, O'Donnell started his program as shown below, once he'd finished his standard cloying exchange with Rachel. It's the highlighted part of O'Donnell's remarks to which we directly refer: O'DONNELL (8/21/19): Well, Donald Trump is behaving like a man who sees his presidency slipping away. His re-ele... more »

The G-7 Summit Has Begun

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Trump threatened to tax French wine before he left Washington but made nice with Macron on Saturday at an emergency luncheon *Daily Mail*: *'Everybody's getting along!' Donald Trump breaks bread with Emmanuel Macron in Biarritz after taking a swipe at fellow leaders - who he called friends for the most part' but not in '100 percent of the cases' - and threatening to tax French wine* * Leaders of the world's most affluent countries are in Biarritz after Trump threw shade at several of them * Threatened to tax French 'like they've never seen before' and said leaders at G7 are 'friend... more »

A Raving Lunatic Is Doing Something Terrible To Our Country

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*He says he's "The Chosen One" and maybe he is-- but not God's Chosen One, Putin's and Franklin Graham's* Immediately after Trump occupied the White House Elizabeth Mica warned that "What we know about malignant narcissists is that they psychologically decompensate once they achieve the ultimate position of power. They worsen in every possible way: become more grandiose and paranoid, more aggressive and demanding, and progressively less in touch with reality (and Trump has never been fully in touch with it). We can expect his narcissistic rage to intensify in proportion to his incre... more »

UK based spy outs himself as Russiagate hoax unfolds (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 287. The post UK based spy outs himself as Russiagate hoax unfolds (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Why The Glock 18 Stands Above the Rest

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Powerful. *The Glock 18 accepts typical Glock magazines, from ten to seventeen rounds, but a handgun with a rate of fire of 1,200 rounds a minute can empty a standard pistol magazine in a blink of an eye. In order to help feed the Glock 18’s voracious appetite the company released thirty-three round magazines. These longer magazines extend far past the magazine well, making the gun difficult to conceal but double available firepower.* In December 2003, soldiers of the U.S. Special Operations Command captured the Ace of Spades himself, Saddam Hussein.... more »

F-35s Can't Fix This: No, There Is No American Military Solution to North Korea

Daniel L. Davis at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Asia* Diplomacy is our only answer. *The implications are clear: if missiles and unimpeded air power are insufficient to destroy enemy armor out in the open after forty-two days, and if men clothed in mere robes can survive on the surface of a mountain against heavy weapons, then the tens of thousands of North Korean artillery pieces, their mobile missile launchers, and hidden nuclear-missile silos would be able to withstand even the most withering and sustained attack.* *(This first appeared in September 2017.)* Last Friday National Security Advisor... more »

How World War II Ensured the Sniper Was Born (To Kill)

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * The history. *The elimination of snipers was difficult business, but the Americans were nothing if not thorough. Two-man countersniper teams manned the forward defenses while other teams set off to climb the jungle trees Tarzan fashion and guide others along the ground. Through careful coordination of these elements, the snipers were eradicated one at a time.* The art of sniping developed from the sharpshooting practiced during earlier conflicts. During the 19th century, the steadily improving technology of the rifle led to the use of sharps... more »

Meet the KelTec PF9: The Plastic Pocket Pistol

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, * We take a look. Many people want a simple, compact weapon self-protection but are put off by the retail price of today’s firearms. Affordability is perhaps the least discussed feature of many handguns but one of the foremost in the minds of consumers. The Kel-Tec PF9 handgun combines both features and affordability in an attractive package. Established in Florida in 1995, KelTec has specialized in using high-performance plastics to create lightweight handguns, rifles, and shotguns. The KelTec PF9 combines lightweight with the 9 millimeter Luger ro... more »

Hitler's Crazy Zipper Gun Was One Weapon You Did Not Want to Face

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * Here is the history. *In either attack or defense, the German rifleman’s prime responsibility was to support the squad-operated machine gun. When the MG 42 crew moved, the riflemen covered them with fire. When the MG 42 set up, the riflemen dug foxholes for the machine gun crew while watching for the approach of enemy forces. When the MG 42 opened fire, several riflemen were detailed to carry ammunition to the gun.* The MG 42, possibly the best machine gun ever created, originated as a replacement for the German Army’s standard machine gun,... more »

Beyond Prisons: Gladiator Fights Feat. IWOC’s Brooke Terpstra

Beyond Prisons at Shadowproof - 12 hours ago
Beyond Prisons returns from summer break with a special double episode on "Gladiator Fights" with IWOC organizer Brooke Terpstra. The post Beyond Prisons: Gladiator Fights Feat. IWOC’s Brooke Terpstra appeared first on Shadowproof.

The smoking gun evidence that put George Pell in jail came from his own perjuring witnesses

Shane Dowling at Kangaroo Court of Australia - 12 hours ago
George Pell’s lawyers allowed 2 key witnesses, Father Charles Portelli and Maxwell Potter, to hop in the witness stand and perjurer themselves like there was no tomorrow which is the smoking gun […]

NEITHER HALEY NOR PENCE WILL BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN 2024

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
The future of the Republican Party is neither of these people: When top Republicans convened at the St. Regis resort in Aspen, Colo. last month for an exclusive donor retreat, several attendees said there was palpable tension in the room as the gathering’s two headliners prepared to speak: Vice President Mike Pence and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley. ... to some it seemed as if Pence and Haley, who spoke on back-to-back days, were vying for their attention. Some in the audience ... buzzed they were getting a sneak preview of a 2024 Republican primary.... At a time whe... more »

HuffPo, Forbes, Nat’l Review All Took Money from Epstein to Publish Fluff Pieces On Him

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: epstein]The mainstream media took money from Jeffrey Epstein to print positive puff pieces about the convicted pedophile.

Fredo Losing Sleep Because Trump Doesn’t

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
CNN anchor Chris ‘Fredo’ Cuomo suggested that President Trump hasn’t aged as much as his predecessors because he doesn’t care as much about the country’s problems as they did. Mark my words : Fredo is one step away from going Postal and shooting everyone at CNN ! 2 years ago he was making fun of Trump for being up at 3am tweeting. Now he’s bitching because Trump sleeps too much. Considering Clinton, Bush, Obama and Fredo all are rotting from the inside out, it truly shouldn’t surprise anyone how old and decrepit they look. Evil people tend to develop an ugliness over years and years... more »

Cumulative Benefits of All Climate Change Prevention Spending? Immeasurable

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 12 hours ago
When Democrats and Climate Alarmists find themselves in a hole, they don’t ask for a ladder, they ask for a bigger shovel. After Trillions of direct and indirect funding on fighting climate change, the benefits are completely immeasurable. The trend is CO2 remains completely unchanged and will continue to remain unchanged no matter how much … Continue reading "Cumulative Benefits of All Climate Change Prevention Spending? Immeasurable"

Obamas Don’t Seem to Fear the Rise in Sea Level; Data Supports their Decision

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 12 hours ago
Barack and Michelle Obama are reportedly buying a Martha’s Vineyard mansion https://t.co/nvRQqzzrKa — The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) August 22, 2019 Obamas must have actually looked at the data supporting the Climate Change Hoax and reached the conclusion that only fools would believe this nonsense, and that there is no risk of harm from sea level … Continue reading "Obamas Don’t Seem to Fear the Rise in Sea Level; Data Supports their Decision"

More Archaeological Evidence of Global Cooling Since the Roman Warming

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 12 hours ago
This is what the East Sussex coast looked like 1,700 years ago when Romans built a castle at Pevensey Bay. The water formed a natural moat around the most of the castle. The castle is now a mile away from the ocean, and the bay is farmland. (Source) 480 BC Thermopylae Offers Archeological Evidence against … Continue reading "More Archaeological Evidence of Global Cooling Since the Roman Warming"

A Victory Against Scientific Tyranny; Insecure Bully Mann Loses

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 12 hours ago
Science is based upon the “Tyranny of the Status Quo.” It is the true foundation of science and the scientific method. The Scientific Method, Experimentation, Statistical Analysis, and Reproducibility define real science. It is incalculable the damage Michael Mann and his bully comrades have done to the reputation and foundation of Science. No longer is … Continue reading "A Victory Against Scientific Tyranny; Insecure Bully Mann Loses"

Rain forest fires are not climate

Joe Bastardi at CFACT - 12 hours ago
Rainfall is up, and land and ocean temperatures are cool. The post Rain forest fires are not climate appeared first on CFACT.

The North Korean Airforce Is Still Using Biplanes

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
YouTube screenshot *Sputnik:* *Pyongyang Using Ancient Biplanes to Practice on South Korean F-15 Mockups (Photo)* According to a South Korean newspaper, North Korea has a special bombing range complete with mockups of South Korean F-15K Slam Eagle jets. Is this for its advanced fleet of MiGs? No, apparently the range is for its ancient An-2 biplanes. Seoul-based Chosun Ilbo reported Thursday that outside North Korea’s Sondok Military Airport, the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (KPAAF) has intricate grass cut-outs in the shape of various pieces of South Korean hardwar... more »

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