Friday, November 22, 2019

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A Conservative View Of The 2020 Open Seat Congressional Elections-- Trump's Toxicity Is Going To Cost A LOT Of Republicans Their Congressional Seats

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 minute ago
The November Emerson poll was released yesterday. The polling shows Bernie and Status Quo Joe tied for first place in the Democratic Primary, with only Elizabeth Warren as another viable candidate. Bloomberg shows up at 1% and Deval Patrick shows up at 0%, tied with Delaney, Bullock and poor Michael Bennet, an unpopular conservative Colorado senator, who is likely to have a very hard time being reelected in 2022. And despite Status Quo Joe's empty and pathetic braggadocio at the debate Wednesday night, this particular poll shows Bernie as the only Democrat beating Trump in a he... more »

Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 22 minutes ago
“HempWood” is twenty percent harder than oak, and grows 100 times as fast. It’s a sustainable alternative for hardwood furniture, flooring and more. Now that it’s legal to grow hemp in the United States, a man who’s spent the last decade developing hemp “hardwood” is building a $6 million factory to manufacture the product en […] The post Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built appeared first on Health Nut News.

Operation Aphrodite: America's World War II Experiment with B-17 Suicide Drones

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 42 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/NASCAR--GM1E65V0I9Z01.html] Some history that is not widely known--until now. *Key point: *Even as early as the 1940s many countries were experimenting with what are today called drones. When it came to advanced military technology in World War II, arguably no one was better at it than Nazi Germany, whose scientists Adolf Hitler keep busy trying to invent the ultimate “super weapon” capable of defeating his enemies. For a while, it seemed that Germany might just succeed. After all, it was ... more »

The Army Loves It: Is Sig Sauer's P-320 X-Carry Gun Really That Good?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 42 minutes ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.sigsauer.com/products/firearms/pistols/p320/] Let's take a look. *Key point:* The X-Carry is a good weapon and was recently adopted by the Danish military. Sig Sauer’s P-320 pistol is enjoying a considerable streak of publicity, in large part due to the U.S. Army’s adoption of the it as the service’s new handgun. One new variant of the rapidly growing P-320 line is the X-Carry, a compact handgun designed for concealed carriers and those that want smaller firearms with the handling qualities of full-sized pistols. The P320 X... more »

Nazi Germany's MG 42 Machine Gun: The Deadliest Of All-Time?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 42 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Simon Q from United Kingdom - German Machine GunnerUploaded by High Contrast, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23530002] A serious weapon. *Key point:* The MG 42 was well made, not overengineered, and was easy to mass produce making it a world-class gun. The MG 42, possibly the best machine gun ever created, originated as a replacement for the German Army’s standard machine gun, the MG 34, which first came into service in 1936. Designed by Louis Stange of the Rheinmetall-Borsig AG (referred to simpl... more »

How Vaping Could Create a Bigger Health Risk

Cosby Stone at The National Interest - 42 minutes ago
*Cosby Stone* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] Vitamin E and vaping injuries: What’s safe in your diet is rarely safe in your lungs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced a preliminary finding that implicates a vitamin E additive as the potential cause of lung injury from THC vaping. The agency examined fluid samples from the lungs of 29 patients with vaping-related illness and found vitamin E acetate in all 29 samples. This is a major development in the search for answers, and it was of great interest to me generally as a public health researcher.... more »

Barr Says Epstein Died By A Series Of Coincidences, Ending All Conspiracy Theories Forever

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 hour ago
In an interview with Associated Press, US Attorney General William Barr put all conspiracy theories to rest once and for all by assuring the world that alleged sex trafficker and alleged billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s death was simply the result of a very, very, very long […]

"A Perpetual Illusion..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does of us in our absence. Human society is founded on mutual deceit; few friendships would endure if each knew what his friend said of him in his absence, although he then spoke in sincerity and without passion. Man is then only disguise, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in himself and in regard to others. He does not wish any one to tell him the truth; he avoids telling it to others, and all these dispositions, so removed from justice and reason, have a natura... more »

Who Is Winning The Climate Wars?

Francis Menton at Manhattan Contrarian - 1 hour ago
* If you get most of your news passively by just reading what comes up in some kind of Facebook or Google feed or equivalent, you probably have the impression that the Climate Wars are over and the Climate Campaigners have swept the field of battle. * In my case, I certainly don’t rely on those kinds of toxic sources of information, but I do regularly monitor many of the media sources in the “mainstream” category — the New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg, the Economist, Politico, and several of the television networks like CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN. All of those (and plenty m... more »

Former AAG Matthew Whitaker Discusses Upcoming IG Report on FISA Abuse and Trump Campaign Surveillance…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
Following leaked revelations that former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith manipulated evidence to attain a Title-1 surveillance warrant against U.S. person Carter Page to conduct political espionage against the Trump campaign, former AAG Matthew Whitaker discusses the IG investigation and upcoming … Continue reading →

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Noor al Haqiqa at SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS - 1 hour ago

One Family’s Solution To Climate Change

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 2 hours ago
We all have children – this is how you can help them address the “Carbon Footprint”. After our daughter of fifteen years of age was moved to tears by the speech of Greta Thunberg at the UN the other day, … Continue reading →

The Illogicality of Philosophical Movements

Unknown at The Verma Report - 2 hours ago
All philosophical movements lead to disillusionment in men who possess a brain that is capable of doing what it’s supposed to do: Think. The philosophical movements are energized by the claim that they have discovered the answers to the ultimate philosophical problems. But the ultimate problems in philosophy have multiple answers: What is the ultimate nature of things? What kind of human enterprise should be designated right or wrong? What is the ultimate moral standard? Why does man have natural rights? The dilemma in such questions is always confronting us. Individualism or securi... more »

South East corner of Qld to benefit from $1.9B road package-what about the Far North?

Editor, cairnsnews at cairnsnews.org - 2 hours ago
A $1.9 billion road and rail package will boost the Queensland economy and drive more jobs, while getting people home sooner and safer. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hailed the historic deal which fast-tracks spending on a host of road and rail projects all over the State. The Morrison Government will bring […]

Thought Hitler's Death Was Bizarre? Wait Until You See How Mussolini Died

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Truly shocking. *Key point: *Dictators do not often get kind deaths. At 3 am on Sunday, April 29, 1945, a yellow furniture truck stopped at the Piazzale Loreto, a vast, open traffic roundabout where five roads intersected in the northern Italian city of Milan. This industrial center had been held for only four days by Communist partisans, but from 1919 on it had been the spiritual headquarters of the Fascist Party founded there by former journalist and World War I Army mountain corps veteran Benito Mussolini. In a very real sense, his... more »

'Lack of humanity': Pregnant Muslim woman speaks out after being punched in cafe

Kevin Nguyen And Danuta Kozaki at Just In - 2 hours ago
Rana Elasmar, who is 38 weeks pregnant, says she "fears for the world our children will grow up in" after being set upon in a Parramatta cafe in what police suspect was a racially motivated attack.

'Everyone wants a champion': Retired racehorses retrained for a second career

Saskia Mabin at Just In - 2 hours ago
Racehorse trainer Michael Wayman finds new homes for his horses with owners who will retrain them for second careers.

Worker takes a few days off to help dad save home from bushfires, then gets the sack

Just In - 2 hours ago
With catastrophic conditions looming and a friend already having lost his house, Beau Carroll sent work a text saying he needed to defend the family home. After three days battling blazes, he found out he was fired.

Remote community still feeling loss from plane crash 20 years ago

Eric Barker at Just In - 2 hours ago
A remote Indigenous community will this weekend hold a memorial to commemorate 20 years since a plane crash killed five of its local leaders and the pilot.

No humans allowed: Call for wildlife-only rules for some of our most sensitive beaches

Georgie Burgess at Just In - 2 hours ago
This summer, wildlife experts want seaside lovers to be more aware of the creatures who call the beach home and have proposed making more sandy areas human-free.

Three people killed in Colombia as anti-government protesters clash

Just In - 2 hours ago
Three people are killed during nationwide protests in Colombia, as more than 250,000 people take to the streets protesting against the policies of President Ivan Duque's right-wing Government.

Live: Marnus Labuschagne reaches maiden Test ton at the Gabba

Jon Healy And James Maasdorp at Just In - 2 hours ago
David Warner and Steve Smith fall before hometown hero Marnus Labuschagne reaches three figures for the first time on day three of the first Test at the Gabba. Follow all the action in our live blog.

Massive Chinese development facing uncertain future on Tasmania's east coast

Christopher Ham at Just In - 2 hours ago
The Tasmanian Planning Commission's rejection of a planning amendment for the $140m Cambria Green resort on Tasmania's east coast leaves the future of the Chinese-backed project uncertain.

Elizabeth Warren’s 68.7 Percent Tax on Capital Income

David Henderson at Econlib - 2 hours ago
Columbia University public finance economist Wojciech Kopczuk, who is also editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Economics, arguably the top journal in public finance, has a first-rate critique of a proposal by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman for taxing wealth. Saez and Zucman are professors of economics at University of California, Berkeley. I’m working […] The post Elizabeth Warren’s 68.7 Percent Tax on Capital Income appeared first on Econlib.

The Myth of Voter Fraud – And the Truth About What’s...

Robert Reich - 3 hours ago
*The Myth of Voter Fraud – And the Truth About What’s Threatening Our Elections* Donald Trump and his enablers have been making claims of widespread voter fraud, alleging millions of people are voting illegally in order to rig our elections. Baloney. Let’s look at the facts and debunk their myths once and for all. They claim millions of Americans are voting twice, using multiple registrations in different districts. So how often does double voting really occur? An analysis of the 2012 presidential election found that out of 129 million votes cast, 0.02% – that’s* two one hund... more »

You're Dead: The U.S. Army's M-60 Machine Gun Is Not To Be Messed With

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5883587/hsc-23-flight-training] Feared by America's enemies. *Key point:* The M-60 is iconic because it was a very good weapon that all knew to beware of. The time was early 1967, the place a crowded square over a body of water on a narrow bridge in downtown Saigon. A 19-year-old American Army gun jeep commander in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade stood at his post in the rear of the vehicle. Both he and the driver wore .45-caliber pistols and carried M16 rifles. Besides the pistols and rifles, the ... more »

San Francisco Feces Complaints Heading for New Record

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 3 hours ago
[image: sf-feces-complaints-heading-for-new-record] San Francisco’s human feces problem made the woke city the object of richly-deserved ridicule some time ago, but the leftists who run the place don’t seem to care about that ... or that turning the streets into an open sewer has become a major health problem.

Impeachment Theater & Trump’s Cholesterol Level

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT America Former Georgia state Rep. LaDawn Jones and Ned Ryun, CEO of American Majority, join Scottie Nell Hughes to discuss the Trump impeachment inquiry and the “broken” US Congress. Then conservative commentator Steve Malzberg reacts to the media’s distorted coverage of Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s testimony on Capitol Hill and armchair diagnoses of President Trump, …

Jesse Ventura: “US Sanctions on Iran Are Designed to Get Iranians to Overthrow Their Government.”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT America Jesse Ventura and producer Brigida Santos talk about Iran’s shadow war with the United States in Iraq, and why Iranians are protesting in the streets. They also discuss how corporate welfare contributes to rising inequality. Jason Tetro, host of the “Super Awesome Science Show,” joins the governor to talk about the rise of …

NATO Divisions Grow Ahead of High-Level Summit

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Press TV As usual NATO foreign affairs ministers posed for photographs as they attended their latest meeting here in Brussels but very unusually key players in this 70-year-old alliance are no longer even pretending to show unity. France’s Emmanuel Macron has said NATO is experiencing “brain death.” His problem relates to unilateral actions taken by …

Who’s Behind the Coup in Bolivia?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT America doesn’t want me back, it’s amazing where such fear comes from – Evo Morales on coup in Bolivia. end

Galloway on (Il)legal Israeli Settlements: ‘It Only Leaves Endless War’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT ‘It only leaves endless war, as long as I’m alive, as long as you’re alive, as long as our children are alive’: George Galloway on Kushner peace plan, Golan Heights and US policy towards Israeli Settlements Modern Ashkenazi Khazars (90+% of modern Jewry) are NOT the Jews of the Bible! Ashkenaz is not from …

Fascists R Us: Trump and Pompeo’s Deny That Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land Is Illegal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Fascists R Us: Trump and Pompeo’s Deny That Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land Is Illegal by Juan Cole, https://www.commondreams.org/ A combination of US Evangelical lawlessness and white supremacy with incessant lobbying by the Zionist far right has finally put the United States in the position of supporting the policies of the Axis in World War …

Chris Hedges: Maintaining US Empire is Bipartisan

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT America Chris Hedges, author and host of “On Contact” joins Rick Sanchez to weigh in on the coup in Bolivia that removed populist reformer Evo Morales from the presidency. end

U-Turn Outrage: US Now Views West Bank Settlements as Not Illegal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT The US announcement that it will no longer view West Bank Israeli settlements as inconsistent with international law has provoked outrage in all corners of the globe, on humanitarian, legal, and common-sense grounds. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/a5jl end

EU: Israeli Settlements in Occupied West Bank Illegal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
[image: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Likud-central-body-to-push-for-annexation-of-entire-West-Bank-520272]Click on image for article. [image: http://socioecohistory.x10host.com/2018/11/07/modern-jews-admit-they-are-not-semitic-people-not-the-descendants-of-the-12-tribes-of-israel-the-bible-says-ashkenazi-jews-90-of-modern-jewry-are-not-semitic-people/]Revelation 2:9 New King James Version (NKJV) 9 … I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a [a]synagogue of Satan.

14-Year-Old Active Girl in Wisconsin Suffers Over 300 Seizures After Gardasil Vaccine – Doctor Refuses to Consider Gardasil Cause due to Fear of Losing Research Funding

AdminM at Health Impact News - 3 hours ago
Polly Tommey and the VAXXED II team continue their bus tour around the U.S. interviewing victims of vaccine injuries. They recently interviewed the Brill family from Wisconsin. Their 14-year-old daughter, Ashlyn, has gone from a healthy, active child who now suffers pain throughout her body, and has experienced over 300 seizures since she was vaccinated with the Gardasil vaccine 18 months ago. Some of her seizures last over 5 hours. Her mother and father are "first responders" with some medical training. Prior to their experience with their daughter's reaction to the Gardasil vaccin... more »

Prosecutors: Political Donor Sought to Silence Witnesses

AP News at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
A political fundraiser accused of funneling foreign money into U.S. elections offered six witnesses in his case more than $6 million to keep quiet, federal prosecutors said.

Dead Battleships: How It Felt To Watch Imperial Japan Destroy Pearl Harbor

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* A terrifying experience. *Key point: *It's important to remember our history so we do not repeat our mistakes. One of the defining images of the 20th century is the horrifying moment when the battleship USS *Arizona* exploded in a cataclysmic fireball at 8:10 am on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor catapulted the United States into the most destructive war in human history. Nearly every American who is old enough can remember where they were and what they were doing on December 7. But there were thousands of y... more »

Is the Littoral Combat Ship Ready for War on the Open Seas?

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/USA--GM1EA440NAB01.html] The Navy wants it to be. *Key point: *The terrible LCS is a ship in search of a more useful mission, but it is unclear if it can act as a bluewater ship. Destroying enemy helicopters on the open sea, hitting attacking enemy drones and countering opposing surface ships from safer stand-off distances are all combat missions now being emphasized by the Navy as it prepares its Littoral Combat Ship for massive “blue water” warfare - an effort designed to widen the ship’s attack po... more »

Russia's First Attempt To Build Its Own 'F-35' Was A Total Disaster

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Europe* Meet the MiG-1.44. *Key point: *As with many ambitious Soviet military projects of the 1980’s, the Soviet collapse imposed an unacceptable degree of strain on Mikoyan’s already tight budget. Over the prior decade, Russia’s foray into fifth-generation jet fighter development has become synonymous with the upcoming Su-57. But the Su-57 was only Russia’s second attempt at developing a fifth-generation aircraft, preceded by several decades with an altogether different project. This is the story of the ill-fated MiG 1.44. In 1979, Soviet high comm... more »

Tonight's Movie Is '36 Hours of Hell'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*WNU Editor*: American marines are sent to a Japanese-occupied Pacific island that has been subjected to a bombing campaign, only to encounter heavy resistance from the surviving enemy forces.

New Satellite Data Says Amazon Deforestation At Worst Levels In Ten Years

WTStaff at Waking Times - 3 hours ago
*John Vibes* - According to new satellite data released by the Brazilian government this week, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at the highest levels the area has seen in over a decade.

Latest Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill is Nearly 10 Times Worse Than Initially Thought

WTStaff at Waking Times - 3 hours ago
*Elias Marat* - The October 29 leak was the third crude oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in only three years.

Bolsonaro Dismisses Amazon Deforestation as ‘Cultural’

WTStaff at Waking Times - 3 hours ago
*Olivia Rosane* - Despite confirmation this week that the deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest is at its highest in more than a decade.

The Origins of the Thought Police—and Why They Scare Us

WTStaff at Waking Times - 3 hours ago
*Jonathan Miltimore* - We don’t know a lot about the Thought Police, and some of what we think we know may actually not be true since some of what Winston learns comes from the Inner Party, and they lie.

Netanyahu Could Be Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison... But 2 Years Or Less Is More Likely

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
On Wednesday it became official-- neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor Benny Gantz has been able to form a government. Basically, that means a third election of the year for a politically dysfunctional Israel. And hours after the announcement that Gantz was giving up, Prime Minister Netanyahu was indicted on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges in a set of long-running corruption cases. He's not legally required to step down. "But," according to the *NY Times*, "with Israel’s political system already in uncharted territory, having failed to settle upon a new prime minister despite... more »

Kelly’s Climate Clarity

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 4 hours ago
Michael Kelly was the inaugural Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge. His interest in the topic of this lecture was roused during 2006–9 when he was a part time Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Communities and Local Government. On his return full-time to Cambridge he was asked by his […]

Did Trump Use Notes To Self in Sharpie Pen That Said ‘I Want Nothing’?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Some news stories in late 2019 were pretty sensational, so readers naturally questioned surreal-looking notes in the president's clutch.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 22, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 (L), amphibious assault ship USS Boxer LHD 6 and associated ships in formation while conducting security and stability operations on October 6, 2019 in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP/US Navy/Erwin Jacob *Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times: **US, China sea tensions hit new boiling point* Pentagon chief’s regional tour aimed overtly to build a coalition against China in South China Sea US Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s just concluded Asian tour came amid fast spiking tensions in the South China Sea, with China deploying its newest air... more »

What do Greta Thunberg, Lady Hale, Grayson Perry, George the Poet and Charles Moore have in common?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 4 hours ago
I will freely admit that I've just seen a tweet that said that Greta Thunberg, Lady Hale and Grayson Perry have just been announced as *Today *guest editors over the Christmas period and assumed it was a joke, a bit of satire. But, on Googling around, no, it really isn't. And there's also going to be George the Poet, exploring identity. Oh, and for balance!, Charles Moore of the *Spectator/Telegraph*. Who needs satirists anymore?

ErdoÄŸan Claims to Be a Defender of Christians, But Christians in Turkey and Syria Are Afraid

Damascus -- Assyrians and Chaldeans in Turkey and across the border, in north-eastern Syria, are increasingly victims of violence despite proclamations by Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan that he is a defender of minorities, a claim also relayed by Catholic media.

Assyrian-led Forces on the Front-lines in Northeast Syria: Video

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) released a new video this week showing their allies from the Assyrian-led Syriac Military Council (SMC) at the front-lines in northeastern Syria.

Hypocrite Sacha Baron Cohen demands more Internet Censorship

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 4 hours ago
Sacha Baron Cohen, receiving an award by the ADL, gave this speech in favor of complete Big Tech censorship of free expression. Like every other woke mainstream stooge, among other subjects, he accused the big social media platforms of facilitating the dissemination of fake news and of allowing foreign powers to influence [US] elections, but […] More The post Hypocrite Sacha Baron Cohen demands more Internet Censorship appeared first on The Duran.

She's. Not. Wrong.

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 5 hours ago
Mrs. Michael. Gove. (are we allowed to say that?) Isn't. Holding. Back. Tonight: *Sarah Vine*: This. Audience. Is. A. Total. Labour. Stitch. Up. Well done BBC, you've really outdone yourself this time. She's. Not. Wrong.

Tesla Cybertruck: Stainless Steel, Broken Glass and Buzz

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The much-hyped unveiling of Tesla’s electric pickup truck went off script when supposedly unbreakable window glass splintered twice when hit with a large metal ball.

Court Filing: DNA Test Says Hunter Biden Fathered Child With Arkansas Woman

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
In October 2019, Biden denied being the father.

Mystery Grows Over Trump Administration Hold on Lebanon Aid

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Lebanon as the country marked its independence day but made no mention of the hold-up in aid that State Department and Pentagon officials have complained about for weeks.

FBI Lawyer Suspected of Altering Russia Probe Document

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The allegation is part of a Justice Department inspector general investigation into the early days of the FBI’s Russia probe, which was ultimately taken over by special counsel Robert Mueller and resulted in charges against six Trump associates and more than two dozen Russians accused of interfering in the election.

Trump Denigrates US Diplomats, Pushes Conspiracy Theories

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
President Trump repeated a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukrainians might have hacked the Democratic National Committee’s network in 2016 and framed Russia for the crime.

Did the United States Win the Cold War?

Steve Brown at Peace and Prosperity - 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] According to popular consensus, by 1991 the USSR lost the Cold War. However, it may be that the USSR's 'loss' and subsequent emergence of the Russian Federation put Russia ahead of the game. If the United States had truly won the Cold War, NATO would be history, and the US would have turned its swords to plowshares. Having won the Cold War, the US would have embarked on a new road to world peace and prosperity by supporting economies around the world in a new vision for a truly new (and peaceful) world order. Shining cities... high speed rail.. roads... hospita... more »

New York Times Confirms Peter Strzok Team Underling, Kevin Clinesmith, is FBI Lawyer Who Altered FISA Application…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
The New York Times is confirming that Kevin Clinesmith is the “low-level lawyer” within the FBI who doctored evidence within the Carter Page FISA application. As anticipated, the DOJ and FBI ‘small group’ leaks are from their individual review of … Continue reading →

A priceless journalistic boo-boo!

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 5 hours ago
This correction notice had me rolling in the aisles - and yes, it's genuine. I'll let the tweet speak for itself. A Purple Heart for an *IUD* injury? I imagine emergency room staff all over the country would pay for the privilege of treating that injury . . . that is, if they could stop laughing long enough to do so! As for the officer writing the citation for the medal, it could only be a miscreant Second Lieutenant fresh out of OCS! Verily, the mind doth boggle . . . Peter

Rural health is bad enough, but new religious discrimination bill might make it worse, AMA warns

Lauren Roberts at Just In - 5 hours ago
Patients in rural and remote communities who need abortion advice or help with issues surrounding their sexual identity may be put at risk if the Commonwealth pushes ahead with its Religious Discrimination Bill, the Australian Medical Association says.

Trump just unloaded in a Fox News interview. Here are four key moments

James Glenday at Just In - 5 hours ago
For 53 minutes, the US President repeats conspiracy theories, tees off on Democrats and complains that an ambassador didn't want to hang his portrait in an embassy.

The euthanasia debate threatens to turn into a hot mess for the Liberals

Jacob Kagi at Just In - 5 hours ago
As the voluntary assisted dying debate slows to a snail's pace ahead of a looming Christmas deadline, Liberal MPs fear they'll be blamed if things go awry, writes Jacob Kagi.

Canadian crew bring 'big lifter' waterbombing chopper to join bushfire efforts

Just In - 5 hours ago
A team of Canadian engineers are working around the clock at a private helipad in the Sunshine Coast hinterland to assemble a Bell 214 waterbomber ahead of what is expected to be worsening fire conditions over summer.

For a player with plenty of critics, the timing of Mitch Marsh's snap was 'horrific'

Tom Wildie at Just In - 5 hours ago
When Mitch Marsh punched a dressing room wall at the WACA Ground, derailing his Test cricket career, it was a brain snap borne out of a building mass of tension.

Graham feels a duty to pass on his skills, but he 'feels like the last man standing'

Edith Bevin at Just In - 5 hours ago
There is a growing market in historic building restoration across the country, but very few people know the heritage techniques needed to do the work — and those who have the skills are retiring.

Meet Angry Stan — he's programmed to hurl abuse at nurses in a quest for safer hospitals

Dom Vukovic at Just In - 5 hours ago
A virtual hospital visitor is being used to confront nursing students to help them deal with real cases of abuse and violence in the workplace.

These goannas are surviving against the odds in an unusual place, and scientists are baffled

Rachel Hayter at Just In - 5 hours ago
Deep in a freezing ACT valley, ecologists are puzzling over how Rosenberg's goannas are surviving without crucial protection for their young.

UK police make new arrest over migrant truck deaths

Just In - 5 hours ago
British police arrest a 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland over the deaths of 39 people from Vietnam whose bodies were found in a refrigerated container truck last month.

Recycling stockpile left in Melbourne warehouse for landlord to send to landfill

James Oaten at Just In - 5 hours ago
Another Melbourne warehouse is left with huge stockpiles of recycling, prompting calls for tougher regulation to better track the movement of waste.

What you need to know about the corruption inquiry into City of Casey Council

Bridget Rollason at Just In - 5 hours ago
It's been an explosive week at the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission's hearings into allegations of corruption at the City of Casey. Here's what you need to know.

For Zadie Smith, fiction 'now seems like a bit of an outrage'

Claire Knox at Just In - 5 hours ago
The award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty talks about the new radical power of fiction and the book in our current era.

Running on empty: The farm hit by a new disaster every year

Courtney Wilson at Just In - 5 hours ago
For these Queensland farmers, drought is just one of many disasters they've faced in the past five years.

"The Deep State Is Desperate: This Town Needs an Enemy"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"The Deep State Is Desperate: This Town Needs an Enemy"* by David Stockman "We should take nothing for granted only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." – President Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Farewell Address to the Nation” (January 17, 1961) "We’ve seen the brightest minds of the foreign policy establishment on display this week. Indeed, Adam Schiff’s Show has highlighted everything you need to know about what’s re... more »

To Beat Nazi Germany, America's Air Force Had To Reinvent Itself (And How It Waged War)

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Learning on the fly... literally. *Key point:* Thanks to the introduction of better fighters and the use of aggressive, realistic offensive fighter doctrines, American airmen attained—not the air superiority they sought, but—total air supremacy over the whole of western Europe. The popular conception of the struggle in the air over northern Europe during World War II is of squadrons of sleek fighters racing over the German heartland to protect contrailed streams of lumbering bombers stretching beyond sight. This is as it was during the... more »

Fiona Hill: Christopher Steele 'Played' by Russians, Possibly

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, Americas* [image: Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council, testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing alongside David Holmes, political counselor at the U.S Embassy in Kiev, as part of the impeachment inquiry] 'There’s been a cloud over President Trump since the beginning of his presidency, and I think that’s exactly what the Russians intended,' she said. *Former National Security Council official Fiona Hill told Congress on Thursday that Russians likely “played” Christopher Steele, the former ... more »

GOP Congressman: Let's Treat Latin American Cartels As Terrorist Groups

Jason Hopkins at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Jason Hopkins* *Politics, Americas* [image: Members of a special unit of the Mexican Army leave a military zone to patrol as part of an operation to increase security after cartel gunmen clashed with federal forces, resulting in the release of Ovidio Guzman from detention, the son of drug kingpin] He was spurred to action by the massacre of several Americans. *GOP Texas Rep. Chip Roy is pushing legislation to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a move that would enable the U.S. government to better combat their operations. * - *Roy told... more »

African-American Leader in Buttigieg Hometown Endorses Biden Instead

Mary Margaret Olohan at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Mary Margaret Olohan* *Politics, Americas* [image: Pete Buttigieg, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful, speaks at a campaign event at Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage] Buttigieg has a lot of doubters in South Bend... A black leader from Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s town of South Bend, Indiana, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president rather than Buttigieg. Council Vice President Oliver Davis, who is the longest-serving African-American man on the South Bend Common Council, will endorse Biden ... more »

Ex-Housekeeper: Epstein Provided Prince Andrew 'Beautiful, Young and Brilliant' Woman

Shelby Talcott at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Shelby Talcott* *Politics, Americas* [image: Britain's Prince Andrew leaves after attending the Easter Sunday service at St Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle in southern England April 5, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall] The British royal has a lot of questions to answer... Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-housekeeper for his New Mexico ranch said Prince Andrew was given a beautiful young neurosurgeon to keep him company when he visited, according to an investigative podcast. Prince Andrew has become embroiled in controversy ever since the late alleged child sex-trafficker’s arrest in July. Epstein ... more »

FBI Lawyer Altered Email in Carter Page Probe: Report

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, Americas* [image: One-time advisor of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump Carter Page addresses the audience during a presentation in Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin] He also sent a 'resistance' text message—and took part in the George Papadopoulos interview. The former FBI lawyer who is reportedly under investigation for altering documents in the Russia probe took part in a 2017 interview with Trump adviser George Papadopoulos, and also wrote anti-Trump text messages that were revealed in a Justice Department report released last... more »

Christopher Steele Meeting with MI6 Chief Revealed in New Fusion GPS Book

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, Americas* [image: Sir Richard Dearlove, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge; former Chief, British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) takes part in the panel discussion] The British spy chief surprised Steele. A book coming out Nov. 26 will shed light on interactions in 2016 between dossier author Christopher Steele and Sir Richard Dearlove, the former chief of British intelligence who has close ties to alleged FBI informant Stefan Halper. In “Crime in Progress,” Fusion GPS founders Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch wrote that Dearlove surprised Steele dur... more »

Bloomberg Spends $10 Million for One Week in TV Ad Spree

Mary Margaret Olohan at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Mary Margaret Olohan* *Politics, Americas* [image: Former New York City Mayor and possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks at the Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder] One analyst called it 'MASSIVE.' Billionaire and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has begun booking “massive” amounts of television ad time across the country as he ramps up his bid to become the Democratic nominee. Bloomberg has booked ad time in several media markets that will begin to... more »

To The Last Submarine: This Is How America's World War II Atlantic Battle Was Won

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Every Nazi German submarine had to go. *Key point*: United States antisubmarine aircraft played an unsung but vital role in this campaign. Cut off in mid-transmission, this contact report came from a U.S. Navy patrol bomber operating over the Atlantic Ocean some 95 miles north of Cape Peñas, Spain, at 0316 hours on November 12, 1943. Repeated attempts to restore radio communications with the Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator, nicknamed Calvert n’ Coke, all went unanswered. Controllers finally listed the aircraft as overdue—presumed missing... more »

Regulations Ban Tech Companies from Using U.S. Subsidies on Huawei

Chris White at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: Huawei's first global flagship store is pictured in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song] The FCC took a hard line. Major U.S. internet companies can no longer use subsidies to buy equipment from Chinese mega supplier Huawei, federal regulators ruled Friday. National security risks are too great to allow telecommunication companies to use subsidies on Huawei and ZTE, both of which U.S. officials say are in league with the Chinese government, the Federal Communication Commission noted in its ruling. Hu... more »

World News Briefs -- November 22, 2019 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping during the G-20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters *Reuters:* *Trump, Xi send positive signals on initial deal to defuse U.S.-China trade war* The leaders of the United States and China on Friday both underscored their desire to sign an initial trade deal and defuse a 16-month tariff war that has lowered global growth, providing a welcome boost to financial markets. Chinese President Xi Jinping, in rare comments on the trade tensions with Washington, said... more »

Shadowproof Launches Weekly Show Highlighting Whistleblower Stories, Developments With WikiLeaks

Shadowproof at Shadowproof - 5 hours ago
Shadowproof launched a show that will stream weekly on YouTube and cover whistleblowing, WikiLeaks, and related press freedom stories. The post Shadowproof Launches Weekly Show Highlighting Whistleblower Stories, Developments With WikiLeaks appeared first on Shadowproof.

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