Thursday, March 01, 2018

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LL at Virtual Mirage - 6 minutes ago
If you want to deal with public employee union problem and run-away pensions, simply make it ILLEGAL for a union to give a contribution to a politician that has voting authority over its members salaries...and that will happen when hell freezes over. So long as employee A can give money to union B who gives some of that money to politician C, who votes employee A, a pay raise out of public funds (not his own), there will be problem. I took a ride on the way-back-machine and ancient Rome had a similar problem because it was that very mechanism that Julius Caesar used to secure his ... more »

Slovak crackdown on Italian mafia

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 31 minutes ago
Ján Kuciak, the Slovak analytical journalist who was murdered with his girlfriend, has written about 150 articles for Aktuality.sk in recent two years. Various suspicious Slovak entrepreneurs – who may have committed economic crime that could have been covered by the ruling party – became the suspects immediately. However, the format looks too harsh for any Slovak villains. Cartridges around the corpses and stones around the house seems like a visit from a "different culture". On top of that, there's one article that was much more likely to be linked to the assassination – the uncom... more »

Trump’s top diplomat to North Korea is retiring, raising questions about Trump’s next move

Oliver Ward at The Duran - 33 minutes ago
The circumstances surrounding his departure at such a pivotal moment in US-DPRK relations reveal the extent of the crisis within the US State Department. More The post Trump’s top diplomat to North Korea is retiring, raising questions about Trump’s next move appeared first on The Duran.

EU Seeks to Amend Trump’s Mideast ‘Deal of Century’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 34 minutes ago
Emphasis mine: EU Seeks to Amend Trump’s Mideast ‘Deal of Century’ by https://www.aninews.in/ Washington [US], Mar 1 (ANI): The European Union member states have called on the US administration to amend an Israel-Palestine “deal of the century” that Washington hopes to unveil soon, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said on Wednesday. – The sought for amendments include additional […]

In Pictures: Syrian Army overruns Islamist militants in East Ghouta town

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:15 A.M.) – Deserted bunkers, tunnels and lots of scattered corpses are all what the insurgents left behind after losing a town in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region. Hawsh al-Dawahirah; a small long-time rebel-held town has finally fallen to the government troops following days-long of fierce battles. The town is the place where […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Marxist indoctrination of U.S. schoolchildren now beginning in elementary school… shocking investigation exposes schools as “brainwashing factories”

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours ago
This is of course, completely unacceptable and seriously annoying. That ideologues brainwashed in our liberal arts campuses should be employable in our education system itself is disturbing. After all this is no different than allowing a bunch of Nazis doing the same thing. It is not ever about free speech but the deliberate suppression of free speech. What this represents though is the cost associated with the establishment of an academic stream of Marxism. All that human investment must express itself in a grab for power. It has to be stopped cold. We no longer allow Nazism t... more »

Abortion is “good medicine” billboards

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours ago
First though the only reason abortion exists at all is because our civilization happens to be structurally flawed. The mere elimination of poverty alone will naturally cause most abortions to be still born. Social adjustment over a little time will easily eliminate all abortions except were clinically indicated for profoundly flawed babies. Such flaws will also largely disappear as well. We do have control over pregnancy as it is, Birth control by abortion should be mostly a non starter. Yet we also need a civilization eager to support mothers and babies. We are so full of... more »

Cannabis over chemo: Woman says the oil cured her aggressive breast cancer in 5 months

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours ago
We are now establishing numbers. As i have posted in the past, one report is merely a clue, twenty reports establish a fifty fifty likelihood that you need to start serious research. After that you are in the business of refining your information base, but you are in business. With this report(s) we have crossed the fifty fifty threshold and must take it all seriously and now learn to refine and optimize the protocol.. That is our business going forward. When i did this with the Giant Sloth/ Dogman/ Werewolf/ etc we did not have anything like a meaningful description even exc... more »

Warning from the American Heart Association: Breast cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemo, can cause heart failure

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 2 hours ago
Someone has finally looked at the relationship and it is not good news. These treatments will produce cardiovascular damage as well. not too surprising really What is surprising is that we have been using this stuff for forty years and only now we are asking the obvious questions. That looks like negligence. The whole pharma game is badly broken over the rampant greed. . . *Warning from the American Heart Association: Breast cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemo, can cause heart failure* *Wednesday, February 14, 2018 by: Isabelle Z. * *Tags: badcancer, badm... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*by Noah* Add in cancerous, pervert, and traitor and you've probably got it nailed.

Free markets are…racist??

Craig Rucker at CFACT - 2 hours ago
To the radical left, anything that goes against their politically correct narrative apparently must be attacked as “racist" or “bigoted."

The Olympic Train Is Leaving

ORIENTAL REVIEW at OrientalReview.org - 2 hours ago
Sports was the big loser at this Olympics. It was not the athletes and fans who called the shots here, but the officials and lawyers. Here, destinies were decided not at the stadiums, but in the administrative offices. The post The Olympic Train Is Leaving appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Alex Jones Full Show — WARNING: Massive False Flag Incoming, Globalists Pushing To Destroy Free Speech

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Feb 28, 2018 Mike Adams joins Alex Jones live via Skype to lay out how the censorship campaign against conservatives is leading up to a giant false flag to be launched after silencing any / all skeptical voices. The Alex Jones Channel Published on Feb 28, 2018 Free speech is under […]

CBSNews.com #6 Dumb Thing to Boost Possible Cancer Risk: Talking More Than a Few Minutes on a Cell Phone

Activist Post at Activist Post - 4 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Last month, CBSNews.com posted “Cell Phones & Cancer: 8 Dumb Things to Boost Your Possible Cancer Risk” #6: “Having a cellular... more »

Germany Admits That Their Foreign And Defense Ministries Have Been Hit By Russian Hackers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
REUTERS/Kacper Pempel *DW:* *Germany admits Russian hackers infiltrated foreign and defense ministries* German security services have admitted they uncovered a Russian cyberattack on the foreign and defense ministries in December. Sources say the malware had been planted up to a year earlier. The German government admitted on Wednesday that the foreign and defense ministries had been infiltrated by Russian hacking group APT28. Citing anonymous sources, the German news agency dpa reported the group likely placed a piece of malware in a key government network. The malware could hav... more »

2018 Oceans Remain Cool

Hifast at Climate Collections - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: The best context for understanding decadal temperature changes comes from the world’s sea surface temperatures (SST), for several reasons: The ocean covers 71% of the globe and drives average temperatures; SSTs have a constant water content, (unlike air temperatures), so give a better reading of heat content variations; A major…

What Makes A Nation’s GDP Distribution More Unequal?

C. B. Thorington at A Divided World - 4 hours ago
World Map of the GINI Index, published on Wikipedia.com in 2014. The darker a nation’s color, the larger its GINI index and therefore the more unequal its income distribution of GDP. The map is based on data published by the CIA. Wikimedia Commons / Kurzon One of the most common criticisms of free-market capitalism by […] The post What Makes A Nation’s GDP Distribution More Unequal? appeared first on A Divided World.

We're Still Not A Theocracy

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Earlier today, Frank Schaeffer, whose dad, Francis Schaeffer, was one of the founders of the Religious Right, reminded his readers that this country was never meant to be a theocracy and still isn't. Odd that he had to say so-- but today was the day it needed to be done. "For seven hours today," he wrote, "the remains of the evangelist Billy Graham will lie in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Why? Billy was a family friend but this is not appropriate. We aren’t Iran. We aren’t a theocracy. Watch Franklin Graham and Mike Pence strike a blow for further establishing of a homophobic white ... more »

New Russian Battle Tank Tactics Revealed (VIDEO)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Sputnik:* *Tank Tag: New Russian Battle Tactics Revealed (VIDEO)* Russia’s Ministry of Defense has published a video showing brand new tank tactics filmed at the Pogonovo proving grounds. An all new tactic was rehearsed during military drills at Pogonovo proving grounds near the Russian city of Voronezh, in which battalion and division commanders of the Western Military district took part. *"The special feature of this military exercise was a unique method of hitting targets at distances of up to 12 kilometers," said Timur Trubienko, army vice commander.* The new tactics involve... more »

Impoverished Puerto Rico Wasted Money on Solar Farm; Now They are Paying the Price

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 6 hours ago
What do you do when a hurricane destroys your solar farm leaving countless people without energy? Do you reconsider the wisdom of building fragile energy systems in a hurricane zone, and maybe build hardened coal or nuclear plants? Nope, progressives never admit defeat for their idiotic ideas. When a progressive finds himself in a hole, … Continue reading "Impoverished Puerto Rico Wasted Money on Solar Farm; Now They are Paying the Price"

Russia's New PAK-DA Stealth Bomber Might Have a Fatal Flaw

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * One of the many challenges for the Russians to overcome is the shortage of trained and experienced personnel to build such a complex aircraft. Russia is gearing up for the eventual start of production for the PAK-DA stealth bomber even though the aircraft will not be ready for many years to come. One of the many challenges for the Russians to overcome is the shortage of trained and experienced personnel to build such a complex aircraft. "The enterprise is working on the design and organization of the production of a prospective long-range aviation co... more »

Coming in 2019: Russia's New Helicopter Gunship Flying at 250 Miles Per Hour

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Europe* How should NATO respond? Russia expects to test fly a new high-speed helicopter gunship prototype in 2019. Compared to even the fastest conventional helicopters—which are physically limited to roughly 200 miles per hour due to the dissymmetry of lift—the new Russian design is expected to fly at speeds exceeding 400km/h or roughly 250 miles per hour. "Next year, we will continue experimental design work,” Rostec chief executive officer Sergei Chemezov told the state-owned TASS news agency. “We have developed quite substantial potential. The fir... more »

Daesh hideaway full of weapons discovered in Iraq (PHOTOS)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
Iraqi security forces arrested members of the Daesh terrorist group and discovered a warehouse belonging to them in the north of Iraq, in the province of Nineveh. A source in the Iraqi security forces told Sputnik that “the Department of Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism in the province of Nineveh arrested members of Daesh in the area […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Pentagon Admits Zero Evidence of E. Ghouta Chemical Attack – But Blames Russia All the Same

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
Pentagon Admits Zero Evidence of E. Ghouta Chemical Attack – But Blames Russia All the Same by https://www.rt.com/ The Pentagon admits it used NGO reports on alleged recent chemical attacks in Syria and cannot confirm if they even took place. The lack of evidence, however, did not get in the way of the latest Russia blame […]

“War Is Coming To Southern Lebanon” – Lindsey Graham Warns Israel Is Planning An Invasion

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
Lindsey Graham (& John McCain) is a war monger and propagandist for the Illuminist MIC. – “War Is Coming To Southern Lebanon” – Lindsey Graham Warns Israel Is Planning An Invasion by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Along the Israeli-Lebanon border, it’s about to get 2006 all over again. At least that’s what Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters […]

‘Divide and Conquer’: Destabilized Syria Easier to Control for US, Israel – Analyst

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
RT America Published on Feb 27, 2018 US General Joseph Votel, head of the Central Command, claimed that “Moscow plays both arsonist and firefighter” in Syria by fueling tensions then serving as a mediator. To discuss this further, RT America’s Ed Schultz is joined by author and analyst Timothy Guzman. end

This is Not a Movie, This is Fake: Syria War Photos Go Viral, But They Are NOT from Syria

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
RT Published on Feb 28, 2018 A US-based activist’s post, ostensibly meant to “raise awareness” about Syrian civilians, turned out to be a complete fabrication. Twitterati found the photos he used were actually from Gaza and Mosul. end

DNA Results In: Elongated Skulls, Nephilim, Giants & 6 Fingers, “Alien” Origin – LA Marzulli

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
Leak Project Streamed live on Feb 23, 2018 DNA Results of 18 Elongated Skulls of Paracas have been released. “… the differences between Paracas ancient people and other people who have lived in this area. … (the normal human skull has) 3 cranial plates … the frontal and the 2 parietal plates .. then we have […]

NGO Says Israeli Army Targeted Unarmed Children in Gaza, Killing Two

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
NGO Says Israeli Army Targeted Unarmed Children in Gaza, Killing Two by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ In a bloody incident earlier this month, the Israeli army killed two Palestinian children and injured two others, according to children’s rights NGO Defense for Children International – Palestine(DCIP). – On 17 February, Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition and artillery shells at a group […]

USAF General Warns Of Space War “In A Matter Of Years”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
The Synagogue of Satan and their Illuminist MIC have been preparing for a space war against the Lord Jesus Christ, the Blessed Son of God, on His 2nd Coming. This is the real meaning of their ‘Space War’ propaganda. – USAF General Warns Of Space War “In A Matter Of Years” by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ It […]

Pakistan BLASTS India for ‘Deliberately Killing Citizens’ as Tensions Spike

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
Pakistan BLASTS India for ‘Deliberately Killing Citizens’ as Tensions Spike by JOSEPH CAREY, https://www.express.co.uk/ PAKISTAN has blasted India for “deliberately targeting citizens” as tensions along the contested border known as the Line of Control (LoC) surged and ceasefire violations were condemned, it has emerged. – The Pakistani Foreign Ministry blamed the Indian Deputy High Commissioner Shri J.P. […]

Pakistan & India Could Have Over 100 Nuclear Weapons Each

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
Pakistan & India Could Have Over 100 Nuclear Weapons Each by Kyle Mizokami, http://nationalinterest.org/ Sandwiched between Iran, China, India and Afghanistan, Pakistan lives in a complicated neighborhood with a variety of security issues. One of the nine known states known to have nuclear weapons, Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and doctrine are continually evolving to match perceived threats. A […]

Russia ‘Threatens Our Ability to Dominate’ – US General to Congress

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
Russia ‘Threatens Our Ability to Dominate’ – US General to Congress by https://www.rt.com/ The US is seeking to contain Iran’s rising influence in the Middle East and fend off challenges to Washington’s hegemony posed by Russia and China, the top general commanding US forces in the region told Congress. – General Joseph Votel, head of the […]

U.S. Escalates Threat Against Iran After Russia U.N. Veto

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
U.S. Escalates Threat Against Iran After Russia U.N. Veto by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ The United States has escalated international tensions with Iran, threatening unilateral action against the Islamic Republic on Monday after Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council motion to call out Tehran for allowing weapons to fall into the hands of Yemen’s Houthi group. […]

Banks, Debt, Gold and the Global Financial Reset. Q&A with Eric Griffin and Lynette Zang

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
ITM Trading Streamed live on Feb 27, 2018 Questions: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/banks… end

US Actions Toward Kurds in Syria Look Like Deliberate Provocation – Lavrov

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 7 hours ago
Emphasis mine: US Actions Toward Kurds in Syria Look Like Deliberate Provocation – Lavrov by https://sputniknews.com/ US actions toward Kurds in Syrian Afrin look like a deliberate provocation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. “This game had been raising questions multiple times and it looked like a deliberate provocation that overgrew in the current situation in Afrin,” Lavrov said. […]

Urban League’s Morial: Educational Equity Essential to Economic Empowerment

Tiffany Pennamon at Diverse - 7 hours ago
Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans and current president and CEO of the National Urban League (NUL), sees proactivity and collaboration as a way to create a movement and drive social change, particularly toward equity in education.

Quote of the day

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 7 hours ago
From a comment on today's Pearls Before Swine comic strip by user "Liverlips McCracken": *I have, for many years, passed by houses with signs that say “Drive like your kids lived here.” I want to make bumper stickers that say “Teach your kids to play as if everyone drove like you.”* Word. Peter

TRUMP'S GUN TALK TODAY WAS A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 7 hours ago
The president betrayed his allies today, but he's still a conservative: President Trump stunned Republicans on live television Wednesday by embracing gun control and urging a group of lawmakers at the White House to resurrect gun safety legislation that has been opposed for years by the powerful National Rifle Association and the vast majority of his party. ... He called for comprehensive gun control legislation that would expand background checks to weapons purchased at gun shows and on the internet, keep guns from mentally ill people, secure schools and restrict gun sales from som... more »

Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Loving Touch”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Deuter, “Loving Touch” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aDAdxt0ls

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud by chance has assumed this recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the vast Orion cloud complex. * Click image for larger size.* About five light-years "tall", the dark cloud is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is visible only because its obscuring dust is silhouetted against the glowing red emission nebula IC 434. Stars are forming within the dark cloud. Contrasting blue reflection nebula NGC 2023, surrounding a hot, young star, is at the lo... more »

Chet Raymo, “The Spare And The True”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“The Spare And The True”* by Chet Raymo “Twice during the past few years, someone has alerted me to quotes from my Globe columns in the American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed.), illustrating the use of words. For spacefaring, the dictionary cites my reference to "spacefaring nations." For exotic, 2. Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange, the dictionary cites my observation "If something can be explained simply, in a familiar way, then it is best to avoid more exotic explanations." Now that pleases me. I contributed Ockham's Razor to the American Heritage Dictionary!... more »

Will DOJ Probe Into FISA Abuses Just Go Through the Motions?

C. Mitchell Shaw at rss - 7 hours ago
[image: will-doj-probe-into-fisa-abuses-just-go-through-the-motions] Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmed Tuesday that the Justice Department will investigate allegations that the Obama-era DOJ and FBI spied on the Trump campaign. But President Trump believes the probe could be sabotaged.

Kirk Cameron’s “Connect” Exposes Dangers of Technology to Children, Offers Solutions

Lisa Shaw at rss - 7 hours ago
[image: kirk-cameron-s-connect-exposes-dangers-of-technology-to-children-recommends-solutions] The new educational documentary *Connect*, hosted by Kirk Cameron, attempts to balance understanding the dangers of technology, while continuing to benefit from it.

“How Does It All End?”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“How Does It All End?”* by Bill Bonner "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard “‘How does this all end?’ It’s a regular subject for guesswork here at the Diary. Of course, to see what’s coming, you have to look back on what’s come before. *Fantastic vision: *In 1900, a survey was done. ‘What do you see coming?’ asked the pollsters. All of those people questioned forecast better times ahead. Machines were just making their debut, but already people saw their potential. You can see some of that optimism on display today in the Pa... more »

"The Only Absolute..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
"Never perceive anything as being inevitable or predestined. The only absolute is uncertainty." - Lionel Suggs "Humans may crave absolute certainty; they may aspire to it; they may pretend, as partisans of certain religions do, to have attained it. But the history of science- by far the most successful claim to knowledge accessible to humans- teaches that the most we can hope for is successive improvement in our understanding, learning from our mistakes, an asymptotic approach to the Universe, but with the proviso that absolute certainty will always elude us." - Carl Sagan

X22 Report, “It Begins, The Economic Transition Is Now Being Pushed”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
X22 Report, “It Begins, The Economic Transition Is Now Being Pushed” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDnVUiaPPk

Four Years After The Revolution Ukraine Is Still Suffering

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Freedom Square in Kiev, Ukraine. The photograph compares 2009 to 2014 *Nolan Peterson, The Daily Signal*:* 4 Years After the Revolution, Ukraine Still Battles Corruption and Russian Aggression* KYIV, Ukraine—Four years ago this week, central Kyiv resembled a quieted urban battlefield. Ukraine’s capital city was, at that time, reeling from months of street protests and a revolution in which nearly 130 people died. The city’s central square, the Maidan, was left a charred ruin, still brimming with protester encampments and ad hoc defensive barricades. Months earlier, in November 201... more »

At least one shot fired today as high school teacher held off police for over 30 minutes after barricading himself in a classroom.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 9 hours ago
Randal DavidsonCourtesy of Time: *A teacher barricaded himself inside a locked classroom at a Georgia high school on Wednesday and apparently fired a single shot from a handgun, authorities said. * *No students were in the classroom at the time, and the only injury reported was a student who hurt their ankle running when Dalton High School was evacuated. * *The teacher was identified by the Dalton Police Department as 53-year-old Jesse Randall Davidson, a social studies teacher and play-by-play voice of the Dalton football team. * *Police spokesman Bruce Frazier said the teacher... more »

Ann Kirkpatrick-- This Is What It Means To Be A Careerist Politician With No Core Values

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
*Later Kirkpatrick changed almost all her answers* When a candidate for office has no core values other than their own craven careerism, they'll flip-flop all over the griddle like a fish out of water. Ann Kirkpatrick is one of the worst candidates running for election anywhere in the country. At the urging of the DCCC, EMILY's List and the New Dems, she migrated down to Tucson from Flagstaff to run in the now-open second congressional district. But carpetbagging, although perhaps important to the folks in southern Arizona, isn't the worst thing about Kirkpatrick. On Sunday there w... more »

Time for America to Declare Victory in Syria and Come Home

Doug Bandow at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Middle East* The United States did what it needed to in Syria: defeated the Islamic State. Now everyone else in the Middle East should play clean-up. Donald Trump ran for president advocating a different kind of foreign policy. But his appointees are taking a Clintonesque approach to Syria: half-hearted military intervention on behalf of minimal security interests, resulting in great risk with little gain. To avoid escalating involvement in someone else’s war, the president should assert control over his foreign policy. When asked about Syria recently, t... more »

Foreign Funding Could (Legally) Tip Italy's Upcoming Election

Francesco Galietti at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Francesco Galietti* *Politics, Europe* [image: A man stands to look electoral posters in Pomigliano D'Arco, near Naples, Italy, February 21, 2018. Picture taken February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi] Investing in Italian parties has never been more fun. With Italy’s general election coming on March 4, all eyes are turning to Rome. Pollsters have not discerned strong views on what the election really holds for Italy. It’s not at all clear whether what awaits is a scenario dominated by mainstream parties, one where antiestablishment actors like Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Mo... more »

Essay Contest: Where Can America Do Less?

John Allen Gay at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*John Allen Gay* *Society, Americas* The winners of this contest will be read by many of those who shape the discussions that set our country’s course in the world. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has greatly expanded its role in international security. Major conflicts have been waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, the Balkans, and more. Defense guarantees have been extended to more than a dozen additional nations. The War on Terror, now in its seventeenth year, involves seventy-six countries. There are some eight hundred overseas military bases, costing taxpayers ... more »

Shale 2.0 – Is There a Geopolitical Dark Side?

Todd Royal at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Todd Royal* *Security, Americas* [image: A oil pump is seen at sunset outside Scheibenhard, near Strasbourg, France, October 6, 2017 . REUTERS/Christian Hartmann] A geopolitical backlash awaits America and the world from shale drillers who have superior advantages in reshaping global-energy markets. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United States will surpass Saudi Arabia and Russia with record oil production topping over ten million barrels a day (mbp) while approaching eleven mbp faster than analysts expected. Figures that haven’t been seen since the Nixo... more »

Should America Use Force to Stop Assad from Demolishing Ghouta?

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* America's regime-change efforts have failed in the past. Why would an attempt to remove Assad from power be different? The Damascus suburbs are a smoldering ruin. Scroll through video footage and pictures of Daraya, Arbeen, Harasta, Jobar and Douma, and you will see just how worn out these areas have become. Syrians who once lived in these towns have lost everything, including their lives; if they had the means to smuggle themselves and their families out, then they were fortunate enough to only lose their homes and businesses. Damascu... more »

Partnerships with Corrupt Regimes Are Not in the National Interest

Audrey L. Altstadt at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Audrey L. Altstadt* *Security, Americas* [image: An Azeri boy waves an orange flag in front of a riot police line during an opposition rally in Baku November 9, 2005. Opposition protesters angry about their defeat in Azerbaijan's parliamentary poll massed in Baku on Wednesday, calling on President Ilham Aliyev to step down. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin] U.S. policy towards Azerbaijan has been a mixed bag of pursuing strategic interests at the cost of its values. Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic with a mostly secular Muslim population, oil and gas reserves, and a notoriously co... more »

US & France Tell Turkey to Stop Afrin Operation.. Turkey Rejects Their Call

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
*I've read the resolution several times- Afrin isn't mentioned at all. As reported previously the US wants Turkey to suspend it’s operation in Syria.* *Monday, February 12, 2018: U.S Wants Turkey to Restrain Their Operation in Syria * *I find it extremely telling that the US HAS NEVER, NOR WILL IT EVER, tell Israel to restrain their operations in Syria..** From earlier **Israel Arming & Supporting 7 Different Syrian "Rebel" Groups. With multiple relinks to other reports regarding Israeli involvement in Syria* *Would the US and France be looking to use the recent UN resolution agains... more »

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 28, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Nadana Fridrikhson, National Interest*: *Will the Syria Conflict Continue to Escalate?* *Moscow, Washington, Tehran and Ankara are all jockeying for power.* In early February, western media reported that the United States had led a strike on the Russian mercenaries of Wagner PMC. The number of casualties was constantly changing; Bloomberg News reported hundreds, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced a smaller number and noted that “Russian citizens” were injured. Clearly, the battle was for oil and gas resources in the Deir-ez Zor region, which were not supposed to fall into th... more »

Let’s sign this UN agreement if we do not have cases of forced disappearance in Egypt

noreply@blogger.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 9 hours ago
I won’t comment on the going BBC report by veteran correspondent Orla Guerin about the crackdown on dissidents in Egypt or the crusade declared by the Egyptian regime and its media arms especially the State Information service especially with its Short bitter recent history with the BBC because it is getting sillier by the minute. The only thing I can say that Guerin should not have focused on the case of Zubeida especially Egyptian human rights activists working on the forced disappearance file questioned it before and Amr Adeeb should not have accepted to conduct a very odd interv... more »

Does Chuck Schumer Have an Unrestricted Concealed Carry Permit?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
The claim that the Senate Minority Leader has a concealed weapons permit is based on one single unsourced article.

Mixed Grades on Race, Gender Report Card for College Sports

cmaadmin at Diverse - 9 hours ago
The percentage of Black head coaches in Division I college basketball has declined the past 10 years. That startling development is among findings in the 2017 version of the annual College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card, released Wednesday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.

Dillard School of Nursing Reinstates Full Academic Offerings

Tiffany Pennamon at Diverse - 9 hours ago
Dillard University’s School of Nursing received initial approval from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN) last week to actualize its pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs for the 2018-2019 academic year. The announcement last week ended a period of inactive admissions at Dillard for the pre-licensure baccalaureate and LPN-BSN nursing programs during the 2017-2018 academic year, following a […]

World News Briefs -- February 28, 2018 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Russian and Syrian soldiers are seen outside eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki *Reuters:* *Syrian government ground forces attack Ghouta despite Russian truce plan* Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave on Wednesday, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both sides said. Hundreds of people have died in 11 days of bombing of the eastern Ghouta, a swathe of towns and farms outside Damascus that is the last...more »

New Orleans Residents Used As Secret Test Subjects For Pre-Crime Police Technology

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By Nicholas West The concept of “policing in the 21st Century” is not only the implementation of a range of high-tech surveillance measures, including biometrics,... more »

Revoking Work Licenses Over Student Debt Is Cruel And Senseless

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By Caleb Trotter Nearly one-third of Americans today must be licensed by the government in order to do their jobs. Many of those people are... more »

In A Landslide Victory The Strongest Anti-NDAA Bill In America Passes Out Of The Idaho House of Representatives

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
PANDA In a landslide victory, the Restoring Constitutional Governance Act, H473 passed out of the Idaho House of Representatives on Monday, 2/26/2018 with a final vote... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Thanks for stopping by!

"The Life You Have Left..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
“The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.” ~ Leo Babauta

‘Take the Guns First’: Trump Betrays America, Calls for Gun Confiscation Without Due Process

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 10 hours ago
[image: guns] During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump called for confiscating people's guns before they have due process afforded to them. The post ‘Take the Guns First’: Trump Betrays America, Calls for Gun Confiscation Without Due Process appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Israel Arming & Supporting 7 Different Syrian "Rebel" Groups

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
excerpted from Haaretz With the Assad regime's advances the civil war and America's reduced involvement in the region, Israel has been forced to make significant changes in its policies in the Golan Heights The recent tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border have been mainly aerial. But due to developments in the Syrian civil war, *real changes are also taking place on the ground in the Golan Heights.* But *(Syria) it is also gradually bolstering its presence in southern Syria, including in the Syrian Golan Heights*. And accordingly*, Israel is altering its deployment to prepar... more »

Are Hackers Stealing Private Information via ‘What Would You Look Like Bald’ Facebook Apps?

David Emery at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Viral warnings about "extreme hackers" stealing information via popular entertainment apps on Facebook are false and misleading.

"The Status Quo: Life as We Know It"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"The Status Quo: Life as We Know It"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Our lives can sometimes become status quo and that is ok as long as we aren't keeping it that way on purpose. When our lives are going well, and sometimes even when they aren’t, we may find ourselves feeling very attached to the status quo of our existence- life as we know it. It is a very human tendency to resist change as though it were possible to simply decide not to do it, or have it in our lives. But change will come and the status quo will go, sooner or later, with our consent or without it. We may find a... more »

Mary Oliver, "What I Have Learned So Far"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"What I Have Learned So Far"* "Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion. Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit to no labor in its cause? I don't think so. All summations have a beginning, all effect has a story, all kindness begins with the sown seed. Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of light is the crossroads of- indolence, or action. Be ignited, or be gone." ~ M... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, “Wait For Me”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
2002, “Wait For Me” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM0BXDz6Klw

Breaking: Syrian Army launches powerful night assault in East Ghouta

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:55 A.M.) – For the second night in a row, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has launched a powerful night assault in the East Ghouta region of Damascus. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army attacked the Pechora Regiment Base that is located southwest of recently captured Hawsh Dawahra. According to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Exclusive: Syrian Army spy returns home after years inside FSA high command

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 A.M.) – It has been a long journey for Ahmad Al-Shamali, as he spent the majority of the war inside the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) high command. According to a military source in Damascus, Ahmad Al-Shamali officially completed his espionage mission on behalf of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) this month. Shamali […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

‘We won’t tolerate shelling on Russian embassy territory!’ – Putin (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia ‘won’t tolerate’ shelling from Eastern Ghouta on the territory of the Russian Embassy in Damascus after meeting his with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Moscow on Wednesday. “The constant shelling is coming from there. In some days, missile and mortar strikes estimate 50, 80 per day. It’s well […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Israel tries to block Iranian military approach to country’s borders – lawmaker

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Israel is taking all the possible measures to prevent Iran’s military expansion closer to the Israeli northern border via Syria, Nachman Shai, a member of the Knesset, told Sputnik on Wednesday. Recent satellite photos from ImageSat International taken outside Syria’s capital Damascus allegedly show that Iran has constructed a likely missile base that can strike […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

WATCH: Purported video of Syrian Army defusing jihadist car near Afrin

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
The vehicle was reportedly welded with iron sheets and filled with a considerable amount of explosives. The Telegram channel Vestnik Damaska (Russian — the news from Damascus) has shared a video on their channel that allegedly shows an iron welded vehicle filled with a huge amount of wires and explosives. The channel reports that Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Arm the Teachers?

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 11 hours ago
Remember about a week or so ago when Donnie Dumbo got the brilliant idea (an NRA trope) to arm the nation's school teachers? Yeah, well, uh... ...no. That idea only works for 90's action film fans looking for semi-plausible scenarios of teachers and principals who go to school packing. And some teacher in Dalton High School just northeast of Atlanta got it into his head today to whip out a gun and fire at least one shot, making his students take to the hallways in a blind panic. I'm sure Donnie Rambo will go rushing into Dalton High as soon as someone tells him it's ... more »

Woman Accused of Poisoning Her Look-Alike with a Cheesecake

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Prosecutors say Nasyrova visited the Queens home of the fellow Russian speaking victim in 2016 bearing a cheesecake tainted with a tranquilizer.

Does Chicago’s Identification Card Program Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Vote?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Elections officials rejected the possibility that CityKey cards could cause an upswing in voter fraud.

The key to weight loss is diet quality, not quantity, a new study finds

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
A study recently published in JAMA has found that people who “cut back on added sugar, refined grain, and highly processed foods” and focused instead on eating plenty of vegetables and whole foods, but DID NOT count calories or limit portion size, lost significant amounts of weight over the course of a year. (This strategy

The Navy Wants $300 Million for Lasers to Stop China's Carrier-Killer Missile

Asia Times at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Asia Times* *Security, Asia* Could it be a game changer? The US Navy proposes to spend US$299 million in FY2019 on developing laser systems that can defend its ships against current and future threats. USNI News says the funds, which are yet to be approved and were included in a budget document issued earlier this month, are intended to move naval laser systems a step closer to deployment. The “rapid prototyping, experimentation and demonstration initiative” is also aimed at developing laser weapons that can counter Chinese anti-ship missiles like the DF-21D and unmanned aerial... more »

The World's Migrant Crisis Is Going To Get Worse

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*David P. Goldman, PJ Media*:* A Tidal Wave of Refugees Is Coming* *Harden your hearts.* According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 68 million people around the world are or at risk of becoming refugees. The migration of a few million people has already turned the European Union inside out and motivated the election of an America-first presidency. What we have seen so far, though, is nothing compared to what is to come. Fertility is declining in almost all the educated and prosperous parts of the world, notably including East Asia. But it remains extremely ... more »

Hope Hicks is resigning as White House Communications Director.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 12 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Times: *Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump’s longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday that she was resigning. * *Ms. Hicks, 29, a former model who joined Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign without any experience in politics, became known as one of the few aides who understood his personality and style and could challenge the president to change his views. * *Ms. Hicks had been considering leaving for several months. She told colleagues that she had accomplished what she felt she could with a job that made h... more »

Fed Chairman Powell Forecasts Interest Rate Increases to House Committee

Warren Mass at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: fed-chairman-powell-forecasts-interest-rate-increases-to-house-committee] Fed Chairman Jerome Powell addressed the House Financial Services Committee, and his hints that interest rates may gradually be increased affected the financial markets.

UN Feigns Outrage Over Ghouta While Terrorist Rockets Rain Down on Damascus

Eva Bartlett at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The United Nations obfuscates on the shelling of civilian areas of Damascus and elsewhere in Syria and endorses the war propagandists. More The post UN Feigns Outrage Over Ghouta While Terrorist Rockets Rain Down on Damascus appeared first on The Duran.

Elderly Man Makes Sure His Beloved Dog Doesn’t Get Wet In The Rain

White Wolf at White Wolf - 12 hours ago
This heartwarming moment between a bicyclist and his dog is so precious They really are man's best friend. While visiting the Agdao Market in Davao City in the Philippines, Alilee Shalom Galilee witnessed a tender moment between an elderly man and his dog. The dog is propped up in the man’s bicycle basket and looking calm and content. But it’s begun to rain and the man wants to make sure his best friend stays dry. He fastens a white polka dotted rain poncho around the dog, but he’s not done yet. What he pulls out of his basket to place on the dog’s head made me break out in a ... more »

University Building Evacuated After Powder-Throwing ‘Stunt’

cmaadmin at Diverse - 12 hours ago
ORLANDO, Fla. — A building at the University of Central Florida in Orlando has been evacuated after campus police say someone wearing a LeBron James Miami Heat basketball jersey stood up in a classroom and threw powder in the air. University police said in a statement posted Wednesday on Twitter that the Business Administration building […]

Benedictine University to Shut Its Springfield Campus

cmaadmin at Diverse - 12 hours ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Benedictine University says the school will close its Springfield branch at the end of the 2018 spring semester and move students to other existing area sites. Adult degree-completion and graduate students currently attend classes at the Springfield branch campus and at employer-based and community locations. University officials cited capital improvement needs as […]

HBCU Leaders Meeting with Business Leaders at GOP Event

cmaadmin at Diverse - 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities got major face time in front of some of America’s top companies, such as Google, Starbucks and Walmart, on Tuesday at this year’s HBCU Fly-In, sponsored by congressional Republicans. The HBCU Fly-In started last year as a way for the colleges and universities […]

The Upside of Corporate Internet Censorship

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 12 hours ago
*Dylan Charles* - We are being set free of our dependence on these corporate control freaks.

QotD: A good test

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 13 hours ago
*"The government should have powers sufficiently limited so that you are still comfortable if your bitterest opponent wins office."* ~ Paul Hsieh. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

China's Censors Are Hard At Work

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*The Guardian*:* Ce*sored! China bans letter N (briefly) from internet as Xi Jinping extends grip on power* *Amid fallout from the decision to allow Xi to be president for life, censors also crack down on letters, phrases and George Orwell’s Animal Farm.* It is the 14th letter in the English alphabet and, in Scrabble, the springboard for more than 600 8-letter words. But for the Communist party of China it is also a subversive and intolerable character that was this week banished from the internet as Chinese censors battled to silence criticism of Xi Jinping’s bid to set himself... more »

Are Central Valley Voters Onto Devin Nunes' Bullshit Yet?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
If I was an editor of the *Fresno Bee*, I would have suggested not endorsing anyone in years of Nunes reelection races. But the *Bee* just kept on endorsing Nunes, over and over and over. Yecchhh! But I sense from their coverage that that's probably over. They seem to have figured out just how awful he is. Marek Warszawski does work at the *Fresno Bee* and Marek is totally over Nunes-- with a vengeance! You'd think a headline about forgetting about Putin-Gate and evaluating Nunes about everything else would come as a relief for Nunes; not this time. "We deserve better," he wrote i... more »

NRC Yucca Mountain Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Mr. Ian Zabarte Censored News The US Cold War against Native Americans continued today as proposals were sought by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to restore 3.9 million documents for adjudicatory review of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. The site owned by the Shoshone Nation under term of the Treaty of Ruby Valley in International Law, the Consolidated Treaty

Weinstein Apologist and Poster Boy For Mental Health Funding Gets New ABC Late Night Talk Show

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 13 hours ago
*“Alec’s intellect, wit and wealth of life experience afford him a voice and perspective we haven’t seen before in this format." - Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment* As if ABC hasn't pushed the limits of good taste to the edge with the nasty hygiene challenged lookin' Whoopie Goldberg and the nasally Trump hating, self-loathing bigot from Queens NY, Joy Behar, along with the rest of the Cackling Hens of '*The View*' in daytime talk, the brilliant people at ABC have decided to Baldwin all over late night. For those of us who plan on not watching the Academy Awards w... more »

Georgia teacher in custody after reports of gunfire at high school

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
More guns for, anyone? Anyone? Georgia teacher in custody after reports of gunfire at high school: An armed high school teacher in Georgia barricaded himself alone inside his classroom, then fired a gunshot when the principal tried to force open the door, but no one was seriously injured, police said after the instructor was arrested. The shooting, which unfolded as schools around the country remained on edge from gun violence earlier this month that claimed 17 lives in the neighboring state of Florida, unfolded around lunchtime at Dalton High School, about …

BREAKING: Refresher course on Clinton's emails!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018Our TV stars gamboled and played:* Jared Kushner can't seem to get a "top secret" security clearance. According to the Washington Post, his interim security clearance "was downgraded last week from the top-secret to the secret level, which should restrict the regular access he has had to highly classified information." Kevin Drum offered the comment shown below. It made us think of a disastrous, highly typical matter from the not-too-distant past: DRUM (2/27/18): “Secret”? Not even “Top Secret?” *Seriously? Nothing of any real consequence is classifie... more »

RESPECT FOR IDEOLOGICAL OPPONENTS IS A ONE-WAY STREET, PART MCMXVIII

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 13 hours ago
CNN's Gary Tuchman and Mark Hertling did a segment on the AR-15 a couple of days ago... ... and, of course, the response on the right was pure contempt. Here's the teaser for a story at the Daily Caller: The story itself has the headline "CNN Correspondent Has the Shooting Stance of Seven Year Old Legless Child." Hey, remember that David Brooks column about how we need to show respect to gun owners, because our failure to do so is the reason we're in a gun stalemate? And remember all the pundit finger-wagging before that about our lack of respect for Trump voters? I guess the n... more »

Multiple charges against former Trump campaign consultant Rick Gates dropped. Ah the benefits of cooperating with the Robert Mueller investigation.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 14 hours ago
Courtesy of Politico: *Former Donald Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates is quickly discovering that cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller has its advantages. * *The lead Russia investigator asked a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia Tuesday to dismiss a series of criminal charges against Gates, including tax and bank fraud, in exchange for his guilty plea and testimony in the wider probe into the 2016 presidential election. * *Gates also secured another win on Tuesday when a different judge granted his request to take his children to Boston next week for their spring br... more »

Israel to pass a bill criminalising criticism of its Military

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:47 A.M)- Israel have just concluded the first hearing, on a bill proposed which will ban organisations critical to the Military. The Bill, proposed by ‘Israeli Education Minister’, Naftali Bennet, was passed yesterday through the Israeli Knesset, the vote coming to 35-23. The bill was openly drafted, in an attempt to silence a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Eastern Ghouta evacuations halted due to militant shelling: Russian Reconciliation Centre

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
More than 300 people were unable to pass through a humanitarian corridor on Wednesday morning because of shelling from militant group Jaysh al-Islam, according to Vladimir Zolotuhin, the spokesperson for the Russian Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in the Syrian Arab Republic, speaking from an undisclosed location in Syria. “The entry point was shelled […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Hezbollah launches Syrian War based video game

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
The video game depicts the destructive war in Syria, where the main protagonist is fighting against Daesh militants. The main character of the new video game “Holy Defense — Protecting the Homeland And Holy Sites”, produced by Hezbollah’s electronic media department, Ahmed witnesses the Daesh attack on the holy Shiite place, the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

HTS executes Sharia chief of Ahrar Al-Sham in Idlib

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 P.M.) – A high ranking jihadist commander was executed by another a rival group in the Idlib Governorate, today, as tensions continue to rise between Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and Jabhat Tahrir Souriya. According to pro-opposition activists, Ahrar Al-Sham’s Shariah chief, Hassan Soufan, was executed by a group of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham fighters […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army foils rebel attempt to smuggle heavy weapons into East Ghouta (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) foiled an attempt by militants on Wednesday to smuggle weapons from the eastern Qalamoun to the East Ghouta. According to a military report, the Syrian Army caught a group of militants attempting to move a large amount of weapons from the eastern Qalamoun in a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Latest map update from East Ghouta battle

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had another successful day in the East Ghouta, as their forces managed to score new advances in the eastern and western corridors of this farming region. Beginning in the eastern corridor, the Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces were able to capture the town of Hawsh […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

London - A City in Flight

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
*A guest post by Loondon Calling....* Science Fiction writers and Futurists have long conjured with the possibilities surrounding Cities in Flight. An early version of the theme, later to be taken up by science-fiction writers, dates back to 1928, the year of Stalin’s first 5-year plan. Georgii Kruticov, a Russian student of architecture envisaged a city-sized nuclear powered apparatus such as his illustration: The idea was seized upon by the generation of mid-century Futurist Dreamers including writer James Blish, who explored the theme during the 1970s in his Cities in Flight... more »

Is China Accepting A 'Strongman' To Rule Over Them?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) *Phillip Orchard, Geopolitical Futures*: *China: Herding Rivals and Rhinos* *Socio-economic and political factors fuel Xi’s quest for power.* Chinese President Xi Jinping made a string of moves over the weekend that reflect the extraordinary power he’s wielding from atop the Chinese system – but also the threats to both his position and his country that are keeping him up at night. On Feb. 23, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party proposed that the rule limiting the president and vice president to two terms be remo... more »

25 Years Ago: Feds Attack at Waco in Name of Gun Control

James Bovard at 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] Twenty-five years ago today, federal agents launched a military style attack on peaceful Texas residents who were suspected of having modified firearms. At a time when much of the media is in a frenzy in favor of gun control, the ATF raid on the Branch Davidians is a reminder of how armed bureaucrats will convert a right to regulate into a license to kill. ATF agents never rehearsed how to conduct a legal, non-violent search of the Davidians’ residence. Instead, it was “Showtime” – the code name for the raid – and ATF invited television crews to film their triumph... more »

Behind The State Department's $40 Million Troll Farm

Daniel McAdams at 14 hours ago
The State Department's "counter-propanda" office, the "Global Engagement Center" has recently had its budget doubled by a $40 million cash transfer from the Pentagon. What does this mean? The US government will do much more meddling in the internal affairs of foreign countries with the excuse that it is "countering" unproven Russian meddling in the US elections and political life. Much of the money will go to NGOs that toe the US government line and act as force-multipliers for US neocon propaganda. The project is an assault on non-interventionists in the US. More in today's Liberty... more »

Media Celebrate Companies Severing Ties With NRA

Bob Adelmann at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: media-celebrate-companies-severing-ties-with-nra] Following the announcement by a few well-known companies that they were “severing” their relationships with the National Rifle Association (NRA), the *New York Times* wrote positively of the actions.

EXPOSED: 66 cases of misconduct under Florida Sheriff Scott Israel’s “leadership”

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Corrupt Broward County police exposed. More The post EXPOSED: 66 cases of misconduct under Florida Sheriff Scott Israel’s “leadership” appeared first on The Duran.

6 ways indoor air pollution affects health

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
(Editor’s Note: Thanks to Dr. Jockers for this story!) Could the air you are breathing in be harmful to your health and lead to lasting health effects? It is easy to forget about air as a potential risk factor for our health because we can’t tangibly see air to consider its power. Most Americans spend about 90%

Are fish oil supplements worth the risk in later life?

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
A new study from the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood research center in Denmark, in collaboration with the University of Waterloo, Canada has found that fish oil supplements may lower the risk of childhood asthma. However, is it still worth it given the risks in later life? “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

What we can learn 100 years after the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
It has been 100 years since the Spanish flu infected 500 million people around the globe and wiped out an estimated 20 million to 50 million of them. (source) RELATED STORY: Diseases with unknown etiology trace back to mass vaccination against influenza in 1976 And here we are, potentially on the cusp of another influenza pandemic.

Common food found to have shockingly strong link to tumors

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
By Dr. Mercola The dangers of excess sugar consumption have been well-established and were officially recognized in the 2015-2020 U.S. dietary guidelines, which recommend limiting added sugars to a maximum of 10 percent of your daily calories. Make no mistake, however, that this goal is nearly impossible to achieve on a processed food diet. A fast-food meal

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

Day 17: Local paper rejects my scheduled Op-Ed

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
*With friends yesterday at the capital in Augusta, Maine* *The local Times Record newspaper, based in nearby Brunswick, yesterday rejected my scheduled Op-Ed in the paper. Our local group called PeaceWorks has a twice a month column in the paper which I often write for. The only rule we've ever been told was that we had to keep the issues local. Nothing could be more local than the one I submitted. When we asked the editor why it was rejected he said the following:* *• There's no attribution to the [BIW] workers he cites, and I'm afraid we're going into hearsay territory ... more »