Saturday, September 28, 2019

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Pompeo Subpoenaed for Ukraine Documents as House Committees Accelerate Impeachment Inquiry

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 21 hours ago
“Pompeo Subpoenaed for Ukraine Documents as House Committees Accelerate Impeachment Inquiry Three Committees Schedule Multiple Depositions with Key State Department … Continue reading →

S-70 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Fly With An Su-57 For The First Time (Video)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
*Warzone/The Drive: **Watch Russia's S-70 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Fly With An Su-57 For The First Time* *Russia says one of the primary goals of the program is to be able to operate both of these aircraft together in manned-unmanned teams.* Russia's S-70 Okhotnik-B, or Hunter-B, flying wing unmanned combat air vehicle, or UCAV, has flown together with a Su-57 advanced combat jet for the first time. The Russians see at least one of the S-70's future missions being to operate together with the Su-57 in a "loyal wingman" role, which could help mitigate some of the shortcomings of... more »

The Saudi Oil Attack Mystery: Who Really Took Out 5% of the World's Oil?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Was it really Tehran or someone else? On September 14, seven cruise missiles and eighteen drones came roaring towards Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia. Though the facilities at Khurais and Abqaiq were theoretically defended by at least three different types of air defense systems, including U.S. Patriot PAC-2 air-defense missiles, they failed to detect the attack until too late. The facility’s guards only had time to unleash last minute bursts automatic weapons fire before the explosive-lad... more »

Glock 39: The Tiny Gun That Should Not Be Overlooked

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Worth your time or too small? *Key point: *The .45 GAP round has great performance. In the early twenty-first century, industry cooperation between the CCI/Speer ammunition company and Glock lead to the creation of a new caliber, .45 GAP. GAP stood for Glock Automatic Pistol and was meant as an alternative to the nearly century-old .45 ACP. Although things didn’t exactly work out that way, the .45 GAP is still a viable cartridge for shooters who want power with less recoil. The .45 GAP round was released in November 2002 by CCI/Speer. The round was ... more »

Your History Book Forgot This: The Real Reason Japan Attacked at Pearl Harbor

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Americas* [image: USN [Public domain]] The complicated reasons why American and Japan clashed in the Pacific. *Key point:* It started with Japan's modernization and interest in American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, strike leader for Operation Hawaii and 20-year veteran of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Kaigun), strapped himself into the observer’s seat as his Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” torpedo bomber, piloted by Lieutenant Mitsuo Matsuzaki, and lifted off from the carrier Akagi on the black morning of December 7, 1941.... more »

There is no climate emergency

Geoff at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 21 hours ago
From: Professor Guus Berkhout guus.berkhout@clintel.org 23 September 2019 Sr. António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 10017, United States of America. Ms. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC Secretariat, UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany Your Excellencies, There is no climate emergency A global network of more than 500 knowledgeable and experienced scientists and professionals in climate and related fields have the ho... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Every time some new allegations about "Supreme" Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh surface, like they did recently, I am reminded of how Republican logic works. They will blindly rally around an apparent drunken serial abuser while labeling any black young male, a thug. They have a whole TV channel dedicated to things like that. And god forbid if someone takes a knee to protest the police murder of any black youth anywhere. As noted in the instances illustrated by tonight's meme, Republicans will always display their support of rape culture and their support of racist homicid... more »

Why Cheaper Drugs from Canada Likely Won’t Cure What Ails US

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 21 hours ago
Why importing drugs from Canada is a band-aid on a gunshot wound.

Quote of the Day – Religion Warning

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 21 hours ago
“Catholic doctrine tells us that the primary duty of charity does not lie in the toleration of false ideas, however sincere they may be, nor in the theoretical or practical indifference towards the errors and vices in which we see our brethren plunged . . . Further, whilst Jesus was kind to sinners and to those who went astray, He did not respect their false ideas, however sincere they might have appeared. He loved them all, but He instructed them in order to convert them and save them.” – Pope St. Pius X, Our Apostolic Mandate, August 25, 1910.

Pelosi’s House Rule Changes are Key Part of “Articles of Impeachment”, Being Drafted Over Next Two Weeks…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 21 hours ago
Back in December 2018 CTH noted the significant House rule changes constructed by Nancy Pelosi for the 116th congress seemed specifically geared toward impeachment. {Go Deep} With the House going into a scheduled calendar recess, those rules are now being … Continue reading →

September 28th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #982

sundance at The Last Refuge - 21 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Climate Change Solutions

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Michael Ramirez ~ ? Michael Ramirez is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Reuben winner, and nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ Read more informative articles at The Daily Signal http://dailysignal.com/

‘Progressives’ Worship Nature at Altar of Climate Church

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: The latest trend is twisting the Bible to support leftist economic policy on climate change. Louis DeBroux · Sep. 11, 2019 The only time progressive Democrat-Socialist-Communist take a break from mocking, vilifying, and persecuting Christians is when they attempt to use the Bible to justify some element of their…

Land and Sea Temps Keep Cool in August

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: With apologies to Paul Revere, this post is on the lookout for cooler weather with an eye on both the Land and the Sea. UAH has updated their tlt (temperatures in lower troposphere) dataset for August. Previously I have done posts on their reading of ocean air temps as a prelude…

Don’t overhype the link between climate change and hurricanes

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry Doing so erodes scientific credibility — and distracts from the urgent need to shore up our vulnerability to storms’ impacts. Here is the link to my op-ed in the National Review. Full text below. n the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic impacts on the Bahamas, we have…

There Is NO Climate Emergency!

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris ~ Speaking at the 13th International Conference on Climate Change, held July 25 in Washington, DC, Dr. Roy W. Spencer of the University of Alabama in Huntsville said: “There is no climate crisis. Even if all the warming we’ve seen in…

Electricity In The Realm Of The Lion King

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: From the team at CFACT ~ By Dr. Kelvin Kemm ~ Hydro power is a good way to generate electricity. In most political circles, it is considered environment-friendly because it does not produce carbon dioxide, and it is not complicated. Norway has extensive hydro and can claim to…

More Buckets Of Icy Cold Energy Reality

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Paul Driessen ~ The full-court press is on for climate chaos disaster and renewable energy salvation. CNN recently hosted a seven-hour climate event for Democrat presidential aspirants. Every day brings more gloom-and-doom stories about absurd, often taxpayer-funded pseudo-scientific reports on yet another natural event or supposed calamity…

Update: Children’s Climate Crusade

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: The Greta phenomenon is only the latest example of climate activists using children as human shields in their war against fossil fuels, as a previous post showed (reprinted below). The satirical blog Bablyon Bee is on target with two skewers into recent events. Firstly Marionette Strings Clearly Visible During Greta…

Smolin's autistic co-author's abandoned adopted sister

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
A mother who has no moral right to write books about parenting has been charged with neglect Two posts ago, I translated an interview about Greta's Asperger's Syndrome (and autism in general) with a top Czech child psychiatrist. The post has attracted some aggressive activists who immediately launched a totally unjustified hateful campaign against Dr Matýs, his credentials, as well as myself. Some of you must have immediately realized that their motivation is another part of the "politically correct movement that has run amok", the so-called "inclusion". That's a euphemism for the i... more »

'It was something normal to do': World championships athlete helps struggling rival cross finish line

Just In - 22 hours ago
An incredible act of sportsmanship brings the crowd to its feet at the world athletics championships in Doha, as an athlete helps one of his ailing rivals finish their heat of the 5,000 metres.

'We're like the coolamon': How bush medicine is keeping women's culture alive and well

Emma Haskin at Just In - 22 hours ago
Grinding up native plants for use as bush medicine not only heals ailments but makes these Indigenous women stronger by passing on their cultural knowledge.

'Absolute monster': Rape victim fights to keep Jamie Curtis behind bars forever

Laura Beavis at Just In - 22 hours ago
Jamie John Curtis tortured Alicia and murdered her fiance. His latest bid for freedom has failed, so now she's calling for him to be declared a dangerous criminal in the hope that he'll never be paroled.

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Voting in Afghanistan's presidential election begins https://t.co/fRlkx1AK2B pic.twitter.com/i3WSjJMEin — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 28, 2019 #UPDATE China's foreign minister warned that protectionism could trigger a world recession as he vowed to stand firm in a trade row with the United States https://t.co/7PISpZYYFC — AFP news agency (@AFP) September 27, 2019 Haiti unrest: Shops and police station looted as thousands protest https://t.co/GgY28uLMf4 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 28, 2019 Check out the elephant walk for Mobility Guardian 2019. Beyond th... more »

80 Years Ago The City Of Warsaw Fell To The German Army

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Bombing of Warsaw in World War II - Wikipedia *Fall of Warsaw - September 1939 - from Memories of Jerzy Kajetanski - Part III* *Below is the last part of the excerpts from the memories of Jerzy Kaletanski, the author of very dramatic paintings illustrating the war. You can magnify the picture by clicking into it. Read the previous part September 1939 - from Memories of Jerzy Kajetanski - Part II. Read also the press review by Richard Poremski Images of War by Kajetanski - Graphics of Poland's WW II Suffering. * On the next day we returned to Uncle Adam's apartment because it was ... more »

I Want President Trump's Superpower

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
AFP Photo/Tolga AKMEN *NEO:* *What superpower does Trump have?* You know that game people sometimes play? The one where you choose which superpower you’d want? Sometimes the choices are limited, such as in this typical group: “Telepathy, teleportation, super-strength, invisibility or the ability to regenerate your cells.” But I’ve never seen a list that includes the one Donald Trump seems to possess, which is the ability to drive your enemies crazy and make them do stupid things. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: Quoting *Henry Wadsworth Longfellow* .... *Whom the gods would destr... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
An Mi-8 helicopter during a two-way tactical exercise of the Russian Naval Infantry and coastal defence units at the Opuk training ground in Crimea. © Sputnik / Konstantin Mihalchevsky *WNU Editor: *The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: 21 - 27 September* (Sputnik).

Are Russia And China The Best Of Friends Now?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Holly Ellyatt, CNBC: **Are Russia and China the best of friends now? It’s complicated, analysts say.* * Russia and China appear to be increasing their economic, political and military ties amid poor relations with the West. But the relationship is far more nuanced, experts note. * While U.S. trade relations with China have soured, as each slap billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs on each other’s goods, trade relations between China and Russia are blossoming. * Chinese President Xi Jinping even called Russian President Vladimir Putin his “best friend” in an uncharacteristic displa... more »

Non Linear Technological Unveilings

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 23 hours ago
Burdens of conspiracy theory epithet include MSM articles stating... uniformly that "conspiracy theorists believe.." followed by the most preposterous version of anything from Space Lizards to the... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

US House Appropriations & Budget Chairs Call for Release of Documents on Withholding of Ukraine Foreign Aid Funds

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 23 hours ago
The US has let Trump sit there for years, so apparently don’t care about his illegal behavior. But, poor Ukraine. … Continue reading →

Michael Bloomberg Says Chinese President Xi Jinping Is ‘Not a Dictator’

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
.@MikeBloomberg tells @FiringLineShow that China's leader is addressing pollution to satisfy constituents & secure his political future. "The Communist Party wants to stay in power in China and they listen to the public," he says. pic.twitter.com/B9SoAXJwrM — Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (@FiringLineShow) September 27, 2019 *Washington Free Beacon:* *Bloomberg: Xi Jinping Is ‘Not a Dictator’* *'He has to satisfy his constituents, or he's not going to survive'* Michael Bloomberg told Firing Line host Margaret Hoover that Chinese president Xi Jinping is "not a dictator" and ins... more »

Saturday September 28th – Open Thread

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

Climate crisis predictions have always been wrong in the past, are unreliable now, and tell us nothing about future climate

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 23 hours ago
“Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today. None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true.” click here

President Trump Threatens To Delist Chinese Companies From U.S. Markets

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid *Reuters*:* Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets: sources* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges, three sources briefed on the matter said on Friday, in what would be a radical escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions. The move would be part of a broader effort to limit U.S. investment in Chinese companies, two of the sources said. One said it... more »

Nuclear Weapons: The Only Way America Could Have Won the Vietnam War?

Steve Weintz at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Steve Weintz* *Security, Asia* Or start World War III? *Key point: *It would not have been worth the cost. By February 1966, frustration with the U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam rose high enough to spur talk of going nuclear. Throughout the Vietnam War, such talk was mostly just that, but in 1966, it worried certain people enough to gin up a classified study of tactical nuclear weapons use in Southeast Asia. The study's authors—members of the JASONs, the Pentagon's "wise men"—concluded that any way you looked at it, nukes in 'Nam were a very bad idea. The JASONs we... more »

Netherlands links Salmonella outbreak to eggs from Spain

Joe Whitworth at Food Safety News - 1 day ago
About 30 people are part of a Salmonella outbreak in the Netherlands linked to eggs from Spain. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) last month advised people not to eat eggs stamped with the code 3-ES-4624944A because of Salmonella contamination. The agency added it was important to wash hands after touching them... Continue Reading

Irish norovirus outbreak traced to leisure center

News Desk at Food Safety News - 1 day ago
An outbreak of norovirus in Ireland last month has been linked to eating food at a leisure facility. The source of some infections were foodborne while others were due to person to person transmission. Data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) showed illness from noroviral infection in the Dublin East region. The HPSC is... Continue Reading

Want To Save The Environment? De-Fund The Pentagon.

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
Millions of people are uniting in demonstrations worldwide against our civilization’s ecocidal march toward extinction, which makes me so happy to see. It’s really encouraging to see so many young people burning with love for their planet and a hunger to reverse the damage that […]

Pakistan PM: US Wasted Billions In Afghanistan While China Developed Infrastructure – And Now New York Has Bumpy Roads

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
While USA was pouring at least $1.5 Trillion into futile Afghanistan war, China was developing 1st world infrastructure and today New York has bumpy roads - PM Pakistan Imran Khan | Morning Joe | @MSNBC #UNGA pic.twitter.com/N612faz7sI — Osman Khan (@OsmanKhan303) September 26, 2019 *RT:* *US wasted billions in Afghanistan while China developed infrastructure – and now New York has bumpy roads, jokes Pakistani PM * Pakistan’s prime minister served up some bitter truths during an interview with MSNBC, noting that US taxpayer dollars would have been better spent on fixing America’s ... more »

Climate Change Solutions

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Michael Ramirez ~ Michael Ramirez is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Reuben winner, and nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ Read more informative articles at The Daily Signal http://dailysignal.com/ Advertisements

As Expected, Voters Are Realizing Impeachment Is The Right Way To Go

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*The Chosen One by Nancy Ohanian* Imagine this-- there are still 10 Democrats who refuse to back the impeachment hearing. Tulsi Gabbard, Kurt Schrader, Colin Alllred, Tom O'Halleran and Conor Lamb finally jumped ship from the sinking SS Trumpanzee so all that's left of the disgraced Democrats are: *•* Anthony Brindisi (Coward-NY) *•* Joe Cunningham (Coward-SC) *•* Jared Golden (Coward-ME) *•* Kendra Horn (Coward-OK) *•* Ron Kind (Fake Dem-WI) *•* Ben McAdams (Fake Dem-UT) *•* Collin Peterson (Coward-MN) *•* Max Rose (Coward-NY) *•* Xochitl Torres Small (Coward-NM) *•* Jeff Van Drew (C... more »

Tonight's Movie Is 'The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell' (1955)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
From *Wikipedia*: The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell is a 1955 American CinemaScope film in Warnercolor, directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Gary Cooper and co-starring Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, and Elizabeth Montgomery in her film debut. The film is based on the notorious court-martial of General Billy Mitchell, who is considered the founder of the U.S. Air Force. *Read more* .... more »

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 27, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
President Trump talks to reporters at the White House, November 29, 2018. (Jim Young/Reuters) *Victor Davis Hanson, NRO: **Why the Impeachment Frenzy May Only Strengthen Trump* Contrary to suggestions by some, most Trump supporters are not automatons or blind supporters. What bothers them, and should bother others, about the latest Ukraine hysterias is the familiar monotony of this latest scripted psychodrama. The whistleblower admits to hearsay (“I was not a direct witness to most of the events described”). His term-paper report is laden with anonymously sourced rumors, e.g., “A... more »

'NATO’s Destructive Tentacles' - David Stockman

RPI Staff at 1 day ago
Former Reagan Administration official and RPI Board Member David Stockman joins RPI's 2019 Washington Conference with a blistering critique of NATO and of US interventionist foreign policy. NATO? Interventionism? Russophobia? Stockman eviscerates Washington's foreign policy, taking NO prisoners!

“Come on, man,” Biden said. “I mean, you know, they’re not bad folks, folks."

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 1 day ago
3-21-2018 * The* Biden family's dealings with this Ukrainian company involved getting one of the country's most notorious mob bankers, Ihor Kolomoisky, off the U.S. government visa ban list. Under Biden's leadership, $3 billion in aid went to Ukraine, and his son's company was implicated in the disappearance of $1.8 billion of that money…. The vice president's presence helps explain a conundrum. Burisma hired his son and Archer despite the fact that neither of them had any experience in the energy sector. Schweizer notes "The choice of Hunter Biden to handle transparency and cor... more »

Here Are 5 Reasons to Drink Coffee

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
(Editor’s Note: We are SO excited to announce that our organic, stomach-friendly antioxidant coffee is actually here!! Introducing Erin Elizabeth’s Organic Coffee – Antioxidant Breakfast Blend. Yes!! Made in our certified organic facility right here in my hometown! I can’t tell you how happy I am to be able to share this with you!!! Give […] The post Here Are 5 Reasons to Drink Coffee appeared first on Health Nut News.

Plan Kathleen: the IRA’s Plot to Help the Hitler Invade Ireland

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* And why it failed. A century after the Irish War of Independence, the issue of Ireland’s partition still inspires contention as London seeks to withdraw from the European Union while preserving Northern Ireland’s open border with the Republic of Ireland—one of the important fruits of the Good Friday accords which largely ended the violence of “the Troubles.*”* During World War II, another strange episode highlights the passions burning around the issue of Ireland’s partition—*and* of the UK and Irish Republic’s ability to (discreetly) work t... more »

How the introduction of predators rapidly changed an island

Georgie Burgess at Just In - 1 day ago
Until 2012, Maria Island's animal inhabitants were living without any major predators. But when devils were introduced they had to adapt or die.

Mental health ward procedures had 'significant impact' on deaths of two men

Samantha Jonscher at Just In - 1 day ago
An inquest into the deaths of Linden Kunoth and Jordan Allen, who died by suicide, finds that neither man should have been granted leave from the Alice Springs mental health ward.

Spider-Man won't be leaving the Marvel Universe anytime soon

Just In - 1 day ago
Sony and Disney have agreed to bring back the popular web-slinging superhero to headline a new movie in 2021, but for a while it seemed like a deal might never be struck. Here's why.

'Buy lotto tickets': Sailing trio describe sinking ordeal after P&O cruise ship rescue

Louisa Rebgetz at Just In - 1 day ago
It was a piece of rope in the middle of the ocean that ultimately led to their boat filling with water and sinking. But the three men, who all have 40 years of boating experience, say it hasn't stopped them from wanting to get back on the water.

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