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Sept. 13: I'm used to getting some pretty bozo flyers from...
...our Conservative Member of Parliament, Robert Goguen. But the latest is a real stunner. It poses a question. Do you think Canadian citizenship is a right? and two circles to check --- Yes, citizenship is a right. No, it is a privilege and must be earned. I don't even know what those two questions mean. Is it a right? Of course. I was born here. I have a right to be a Canadian citizen. I don't have to earn it, and I don't have to ask Mr. Harper's permission. Is it a privilege and must be earned? No. Not if you're a citizen by birth. Yes, if you're an immigrant. (Though I'm not su... more »
Obama's ISIS project is nothing but a pretext to murder and destroy Syrian society
The US military-finance-corporate empire (US-Empire) is characterized by (LINK): global military projection using over 1000 military bases control over the global finance instruments (and the money supply) corporate exploitation of labour and resources on the scale of entire continents dominant influence on World organizations such as the United Nations a demonstrated willingness to
NSA Leaker Edward Snowden May Get Asylum In Switzerland
Switzerland would be unlikely to extradite Snowden if the whistleblower testified in the country against the NSA. Reuters *Lawyer For Edward Snowden: Positive Developments In Switzerland But Issues Still Remain -- Firedoglake* The attorney general of Switzerland did a review of whether National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden would have to be extradited to the United States if he came to the country to testify as part of an inquiry into NSA surveillance. He concluded that Snowden would be safe from extradition, however, “upper-level government commitments” might still ... more »
Moffat Accredits the Memes: Part IV - "...By the way, which one's Pink...?"
*"Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.* *You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high,* *You're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try; they're gonna love you.* *Well, I've always had a deep respect, and I mean that most sincerely.* *The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think.* *Oh by the way, which one's Pink..?"* *-The Man,* *Pink Floyd,* *Have a Cigar* *A Soldier So Brave He Doesn't Need a Gun...* *"Last night, Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out, that he'd melt my brain."* *Cooper**: *Have either of... more »
Moffat Accredits the Memes: Part III - I Am Legend
*"…it means… I don’t know. It means, basically, that some movies are clearly being made by Invisibles and they contain messages for other Invisibles. Invisibles talking to each other in ther own secret language… the movies are signals, they let us know that others are out there…”* *Getting a bit Meta - Patrick Troughton as Robin Hood* *The Time Travelling Zionist Crusader Robots are Back.* *And they have acquired the habit of Christening people (specifically, peasants) to death* *Are they affiliated with the Annunaki..?* The Annunaki came to Earth to mine Gold. Perhaps the... more »
After The White House Released The Details Of A Failed Hostage Rescue Mission In July, Remaining ISIS Hostages Have Since Been Dispersed
U.S. journalist James Foley was beheaded by an ISIS militant. The horrific killing was recorded on video. YouTube *Military Source: ISIS Hostages Dispersed After Revelation Of Foley Rescue Mission -- FOX News* After the administration released details of the July mission to rescue journalist James Foley and others in Syria, intelligence suggests ISIS dispersed the remaining hostages to multiple locations, making them harder to locate, a military source told Fox News. In addition, the source added guard forces around the hostages doubled while widely publicized reporting about the ... more »
WHAT TO DO WITH ISIS?
*Six Steps Short of War to Beat ISIS* *Weakening ISIS requires eroding the support it relies on from tribal leaders, military figures, and ordinary Iraqi Sunnis. Here's how to do it without bombs.* By Phyllis Bennis President Obama is right: There is no military solution to the problem of ISIS. Military actions will not set the stage for political solutions; they will prevent those solutions from taking hold. The bottom line is there is no immediate action that will make ISIS disappear, even if U.S. airstrikes manage to get the right target somewhere and take out an APC or a truc... more »
Musings On Iraq In The News
My interview with Anbar’s Governor Ahmed Dulaimi was picked up by Business Insider along with my article on IS attacks upon Iraq's Yazidis. I was mentioned in Vox's "3 numbers that explain why ISIS will be so hard to destroy." My interview with Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi on the Iraqi insurgency was cited in "ISIL's Political-Military Power in Iraq" by Michael Knights in the CTC Sentinel.
Military Officers on Women in the Infantry: Five For, One Against
Contenders for the Marine Corps Association’s Major General Harold W. Chase Prize, ($3000, publication, and a plaque) are supposed to “propose and argue for a new and better way of “doing business” in the Marine Corps. Authors must have strength in their convictions and be prepared for criticism from those who would defend the status quo.” Therefore Continue reading
If You're Wondering Who's Worse, The Democrats Or The Republicans, You're Missing The Entire Point-- Which Is Exactly What They Want
Greg Sargent asked yesterday about the latest manifestation of a left-right alliance, this time against unconstitutional war. If the "left" and the "right" are forming an alliance, who is it aimed at? Who are they fighting? [T]here are internal disagreements among Republicans over how to vote on the narrower question of arming the rebels, with some conservatives demanding a vote on this separate from one on the “continuing resolution” temporarily funding the government. The White House wants GOP leaders to package the two together. This is more than just an arcane Congressional p... more »
Slain Journalist’s Mother Says Family Was 'Threatened' By U.S. Official Over Ransom
*Foley Family Says Was 'Threatened' By U.S. Official Over Ransom: ABC -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The family of murdered American journalist James Foley says it was threatened by a U.S. official who warned that family members could be charged with supporting terrorism if they paid a ransom to his Islamist captors, ABC News reported on Friday. ABC News quoted Foley's mother and brother as saying a military officer working for President Barack Obama's National Security Council had told them several times that they could face criminal charges if they paid a ransom. The White House refu... more »
Aisha North: A short update on the energies
A short update on the energies by Aisha North September 13, 2014 The days may be growing shorter on one half of your planet, but the amount of light is ever increasing. So too today, as your wonderful benefactress the Sun will continue to send out her generous gifts of loving emissaries, all sent out to touch every heart on this planet. Granted, whoever these rays of light encounter, they will be apt to react in all sorts of manners according to their genetic make up. For this is in every aspect both a collective but also an individual process, all set up to maintain the needs of... more »
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PROPOSED MISSILE DEFENSE BASE
*Comments to Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Continental United States Interceptor Site* TO: Missile Defense Agency MDA.CIS.EIS@BV.com Our organization is opposed to any of the four proposed interceptor sites in Maine, Ohio, Michigan or New York. First reason is because of enormous cost, especially at the time of severe economic hardship for people across the nation. Secondly, the proposed GMD program is severely underperforming in its testing phase and has long suffered from corruption. Thirdly, development of the interceptor base at a... more »
Iraq / Syria situation - ( Weekend Updates September 13 - 14 , 2014 ) Political internal and external , battlefront updates for Syria and Iraq ,
Saturday Morning Tweets and Links ..... *Rami(ط)* @RamiAlLolah · 19m #Turkey told the Americans behind closed doors: We've requested your help many times in north #Syria but you never responded; why now?! *Kalashnikitty* @CustosDivini 1h #*ISIS* uses Turkish weapons to attack the Kurds http:// m.skynewsarabia.com/#/web/article/687594 … pic.twitter.com/4vR1ayvpeY via @ *kovandire* #*OSINT* #*Iraq* #*Syria* Retweeted by Mark *archicivilians* @archicivilians · 1h NEW MAP: Battles of N-#Daraa / E-#Qunaitra - Rebels advancing in #Qunaita and NW-#Daraa toward SW-#RifDimas... more »
Iraq / Syria Regional War Updates ( September 9 , 2014 ) -- US working hard to sell the War on ISIS ( who get US weapons from Syrian " Moderate Rebels ) both here and abroad .... Political news from Baghdad and Kurdistan - positive generally but storm clouds brewing with Kurdish demands yet to be addressed , let alone Sunni demands ....... Tweets of the morning ! ..
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/09/08/made-in-the-usa-report-shows-isis-using-us-arms-from-syria-rebels/ Made in the USA: Report Shows ISIS Using US Arms from ‘Syria Rebels’ISIS Anti-Tank Rockets Were Given to FSA Last Year by Jason Ditz, September 08, 2014 Print This | Share This From the moment the US began sending lethal arms to Syrian rebel factions, there were a chorus of people expressing fears that those arms would end up in the “wrong hands,” and US officials insisted they were going to carefully vet everyone who got those weapons. You know who got a lot of those weapons? ISIS. Ju... more »
Gardasil: The Decision I Will Always Regret by Wendy Barnes Early
[image: My Gardasil Nightmare] Gardasil: The decision I will always regret *By Wendy Barnes Early* *Paola Kansas* Sane Vax, Inc, 10 September 2014 I want to share with you all Courtney’s story and what happened to my daughter after receiving the Gardasil vaccine – thankfully she only had one shot. In the summer of 2012, I took my daughter to her Pediatrician for her routine annual exam. Her doctor strongly recommended that Courtney receive Gardasil because they highly recommend this vaccine for teens. Within 3-4 weeks after Courtney had her first and only Gardasil vaccine, sh... more »
Ukraine situation ( September 13 -14 ) Humanitarian effort in South East Ukraine completed as Russian Trucks return to Russia after dropping off supplies ...... Updates on Ceasefire Status and Ceasefire Protocol implementation..... Tweets of the morning .......
http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/what-impact-could-this-round-of-russian.html Friday, September 12, 2014 What impact could this round of Russian retaliatory sanctions have on Europe? In our continuing effort to bring increased transparency to the murky issue of sanctions we’ve compiled some initial thoughts on the likely Russian retaliatory response to the EU’s latest sanctions – published in full here and which we already analysed in detail here. There are a few key measures which Russia is said to be considering: 1. *Banning or limiting the import of cars (and poss...more »
Health Benefits Of St. John's Wort
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Supplemental: A tale of four (rather shaky) sources!
*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014What Ray Rice said to Goodell:* Increasingly, the Ray Rice matter has become a fascinating study of cable press corps procedures. These procedures flourished in the traditional press corps before cable became as dominant as it now is. In the procedures we have in mind, pseudo-journalists select their official target. They then commence their morally pleasing Group Chase. From that point on, almost everything you are told will be selective, tilted, slanted, perhaps a bit misleading. Just consider the recent excitement about ESPN’s “four sources.” The ... more »
Islamist Fighters In Syria Release Video Of Their Training Program
*Inside Jihadi Boot Camp: Islamist Fighters In Syria Release Video of Training Programme Showing Extremists Abseiling Down Rock Faces, Descending On Zip Wires And Even Learning How To Destroy A TANK -- Daily Mail* * Video shows extremists training at so-called 'Black War Training Camp' * Soldiers seen stalking through wood and leaping from armoured truck * Professionally shot clip also shows off high-tech camera equipment A powerful group of Islamist fighters in Syria have released a professionally made video showing the training programme their fighters are going through at a 'Blac... more »
THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET.
THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET.. via THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SCHOOLS ARE NO SECRET..Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
U.S. Is Confident That There Will Be A Strong Coalition To Confront The Islamic State, But Allies Are Becoming Reluctant
*U.S. Banks On Strong Iraq Coalition, But Allies Are Hesitant -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The United States says it is "comfortable" it can forge an international coalition to fight Islamic State, but with Western and Middle Eastern allies hesitant, it risks finding itself out on a limb. President Barack Obama this week unveiled a rough plan to fight the Islamist militants simultaneously in Iraq and Syria, thrusting the United States directly into two different wars in which nearly every country in the region has a stake. The broad concept of a coalition has been accepted in Western c...more »
Caturday - also known as friday pussy in another life
Ebola carrying Russian terrorist get off my lawn or it'll be enough drones to take out the neighborhood for you. And take your hedge fund manager with you. No there isn't any gas or oil under the property worth drilling for and you can keep your GMOs to yourself thank you very much. Grown attached to my head and that's the way it will remain. Who's selling all those arms to ISIS or ISIL or ISICLE or what every they're called now? Must have made their mommas proud...Not! Easy to steal when your foe runs away. 1..2...3.. what are we fighting for? Don't ask me. I don't give a damn. ... more »
Bill Whittle: Tie-Dyed Tyranny and Pocket Gophers...
*why pocket gophers?* This is the first I've heard of protecting the pocket gopher - the most virulent, ugly, destructive little rodent ever to inhabit the earth. The complete eradication of this pest would be a blessing to the earth. But not in my neighboring Washington State: The species is currently listed as threatened by the state of Washington. In December 2012, a proposal was made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the gopher as threatened. It would apply to the four local subspecies of the Mazama pocket gopher and their prairie habitat. Their prairie habitat in ...more »
What's draining American Wallets
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Zionists to OWN your country and the coming NUCLEAR FALSE FLAG
*Daryl Bradford Smith interviews Professor Adrain Salbuchi of Argentina.* The interview is worth listening and its about plans by the Zionists to remodel Israel and the World. Only Islam stands in their way! Listen at this link http://iamthewitness.com/audio/Salbuchi/audioSalbuchi2014-09-11
The March Of Folly Continues
http://rabble.ca/ On Friday, the Harper government announced that it had ratified the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with China. It has taken awhile. Apparently, several Conservatives were wary of the agreement. But, with the prime minister heading to China, they decided (or were told to) sign on to one for the Gipper. Jeremy Nuttall writes in today's *Tyee* that Gus Van Harten -- who specializes in foreign treaties at Osgoode Hall -- believes that Canada will lose big with this agreement: Van... more »
Pope Francis: World War III Underway
Pope Francis walks inside the Austro-Hungarian cemetery at Fogliano in Redipuglia September 13, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Stefano Rellandini *Pope Says World's Many Conflicts Amount To Piecemeal World War Three -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Saturday the spate of conflicts around the globe today were effectively a "piecemeal" Third World War, condemning the arms trade and "plotters of terrorism" sowing death and destruction. "Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep," Francis said in the homily of a Mass during a visit to Italy's largest war memorial, a large, ... more »
Proposed Anti-Terror Law in France Would Erode Civil Liberties
image source Jillian York *Electronic Frontier Foundation* A proposed anti-terrorism law in France has freedom of expression advocates concerned. The bill, as our friends at La Quadrature du Net frame it, “institutes a permanent state of emergency on the Internet,” providing for harsher penalties for incitement or “glorification” of terrorism conducted online. Furthermore, the bill (in Article 9) allows for “the possibility for the administrative authority to require Internet service providers to block access to sites inciting or apologizing for terrorism” without distinguishing... more »
5 Reasons to Expect Police Brutality to Get Worse Before it Gets Better
Isaac Davis Few things are more disturbing than looking at the news each day to find yet another shocking case of American police officers using excessive brutality and belligerence against the public. There is no justification for this, and as the list of egregious rights violations by the police grows, more Americans may finally be waking up to what many of us have known for years: our nation is becoming a police state. With the proliferation of portable handheld and dashboard video cameras, and with the ability to upload and share videos on the Web, people can see for themse... more »
ZEROHEDGE: Panic On The Streets Of London ... Can Scotland Ever Be The Same Again?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-12/panic-streets-london-can-scotland-ever-be-same-again *Panic On The Streets Of London ... Can Scotland Ever Be The Same Again?* Submitted by GoldCore on 09/12/2014 12:39 -0400 *There is now less than one week of campaigning remaining before the Scottish Independence Referendum, which takes place next Thursday, September 18.* The pro-union ‘no’ vote campaign is back in the lead this week after the latest opinion poll from pollsters YouGov put them at 52%, marginally ahead of the pro-independence ‘yes’ campaign. The referendum question being as... more »
Cattle Mutilations: "I See Dead Cows" - Toward a Mutilation Vision of Reality
*[An interesting contrarian perspective on the cattle mutilation phenomenon by Alejandro Agostinelli - SC]* *Cattle Mutilations: “I See Dead Cows” – Toward a Mutilated Vision of Reality* By Alejandro Agostinelli – Factor 302.4 They return every so often, especially when the weather grows cold and the media runs out of stuff to talk about, or the story runs afoul of a hungry editor starving for a juicy ration of paranormal ghoulishness. The flaps of “cow mutilations” or cases involving “cattle mutilations” represent a branch phenomenon of popular ufology or the urge to find eviden... more »
The Case for Civility
Noah Smith puts it well: most of our arguments are over things like Obamacare, or antipoverty programs, or financial regulation-- issues on which reasonable people can and do disagree. If you’re uncivil in this sort of situation -- if you call your opponent an idiot, or a liar, or a nastier name simply because you think his or her argument is bad -- you’re basically being overconfident. You’re assuming that there’s essentially no chance that you’re in the wrong, so it’s in the public interest for you to rail against your opponent and score points with the crowd. If you do this, ther... more »
Foolishly, Crackpot Republican Die-hards Are Still Running Their Crazy War Against Women
Study: Wisconsin Republicans fear and loathe women even more than other Republicans do Today is the twentieth anniversary of Joe Biden's Violence Against Women Act, signed by Presdient Clinton on September 13, 1994. It had broad bipartisan support and passed the House 235-195 and the Senate 61-38. Needless to say, the opponents were conservatives, who almost immediately went into action trying to undercut it on every level after it became law. Reauthorizing VAWA has become more difficult as time went by, as fewer and fewer Republicans were willing to support something that flies so d... more »
Europe Folds To Russian Demands To Delay Their Free Trade Deal With Ukraine
*Russia Wins Delay In EU-Ukraine Trade Pact -- Reuters* * Ukraine will continue to have preferential access to EU * Russia worried about pact's impact on its industry * Trade talks part of Ukraine peace process-EU official (Adds Ukrainian minister's quote) BRUSSELS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The European Union and Ukraine agreed on Friday to delay the implementation of their free-trade pact until the end of next year in a concession to Russia, which had complained its industry would be hurt by the deal. Russia and the West are bitterly at odds over Ukraine, and the European Union and Un... more »
Richard Bush: US will stick hand in 2016 presidential election in Taiwan
*This dog is not to happy about it either.* Media reports about longtime Taiwan expert Richard Bush's insistence that the US will have a voice in the Taiwan election have sparked a controversy here in Taiwan. FocusTaiwan notes: Speaking at a conference on "Relations across the Taiwan Strait" at the Brookings Institution on Friday, Bush said he was confident that the United States will express its views some time or in some way on how American interests "will be affected by Taiwan's elections." He said the U.S. faces a dilemma. On one hand, it believes that voters of a friendly and... more »
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*College Refuses Reinstatement Of Anti-Israel Prof* The University of Illinois’s board of trustees voted 8-1 Thursday to reaffirm the college’s decision to revoke a job offer to a controversial academic after he made anti-Israel remarks on Twitter. The vote hardly marks the end of the saga, however, as both protests and a possible lawsuit loom in the future. Steven Salaita, who was slated to begin teaching at the school’s Department of Native American Studies this fall, drew ire over the summer when hundreds of anti-Israel tweets made during Israel’s recent Gaza incursion came to... more »
DRAGON 'fires up' for flight
[image: E-3A Sentry]The U.S. Air Force and NATO are undergoing a cooperative development effort -- known as the DRAGON program -- to upgrade the cockpits of their E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. DRAGON stands for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation. And just as its name suggests, finding parts for the aging AWACS fleets is a main concern for both the Air Force and NATO. "As original equipment manufacturers discontinue support to 40-year-old avionics, replacement parts are becoming harder and harder... more »
Thales nears flight tests for Royal Navy Crowsnest bid
[image: AW101 ASaC]Thales UK is gearing up to begin flight tests of the heavily revamped and updated Cerberus airborne early warning system it is pitching for the UK Royal Navy’s Crowsnest competition. The up-to-£500 million ($806 million) contest will see a total of eight AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM2 helicopters equipped with the mission kits, to replace the navy’s current fleet of aged Westland Sea King 7s, which will begin to be retired from 2016. Lockheed Martin is prime contractor on the effort, with Thales and Lockheed itself competing to supply the radar and operator equip... more »
Investigative Journalist Finds America’s Nuclear Missiles In Need Of TLC
[image: LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBM]The US military still acknowledges having about 4,800 nuclear weapons, but a journalist finds need for improvement in the people, systems and equipment that maintain them. The book *Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety*, is the distillation of six years work by Eric Schlosser and focuses a lot on the way good intentions aren’t enough. “In the last few years, there have been some remarkable scandals in the Air Force with launch officers being caught using illegal drugs, cheating on exams.”60 Minutes”... more »
Accused not to be disbelieved merely because they want to be acquitted
R v DeJeage: 2014 NUCJ 21 (i). The Defendant's motivation to lie [434] In arriving at a decision on the credibility and reliability of the evidence of the Defendant, the Crown urges the Court to take into consideration the Defendant's motivation to lie. The Crown argues that the Defendant will be inclined to hide from the truth in order to escape the personal consequences that would flow from a conviction and or sentencing. [435] This same argument might be made of any citizen who is charged with a criminal offence. The Crown would have this Court automatically discount a Defend... more »
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*The Greenie solution to traffic jams* *The usual authoritarianism* Owning a car should be `outlawed' to force people on to public transport, a senior Labour MP has suggested. Motorists who want to drive should instead be forced to join communal `car clubs' where the cars are shared by drivers and used only when needed. Dr Alan Whitehead, a Labour MP for Southampton Test and a member of the Energy and Climate Change select committee, said the increase in car ownership would lead to `something approaching a national traffic jam before 2040'. He claimed that radical action would b...more »
Military Source: Troops On The Ground In Syria 'Absolutely Crucial' To Defeat ISIS
Anthony Freda Art Brandon Turbeville As the threat of nuclear war hangs over the world as a result of NATO meddling in Ukraine, Russia has once again warned Washington against military aggression. This time, however, the warning comes in the context of the Syrian crisis where the United States and NATO are considering “targeted airstrikes” against what it claims would be ISIS fighters but what would actually be, almost assuredly, the forces of the secular Syrian government. While the desire to strike Syria has publicly manifested itself on a number of occasions, Obama stated ... more »
Ukraine PM Says Putin Is Trying To Destroy The Country As Heavy Fighting Reported In Parts Of Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Photo: REUTERS *Ukraine PM Says Putin Trying To Destroy The Country -- The Telegraph* Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accuses Vladimir Putin of trying to destroy Ukraine despite truce deal Ukraine's prime minister said on Saturday Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed to destroy Ukraine as an independent country and that only Nato could defend the ex-Soviet republic from external aggression. "We are still in a stage of war and the key aggressor is the Russian Federation ... Putin wants another frozen conflict (in eastern Ukrai... more »
Now Entire ISIS Opposition Command Mysteriously Blown Up in 'Unexplained' Explosion
*Truthstream Media* This has got to be the most Orwellian moment of Obama's perpetual warmongering yet. It is now being reported by Breitbart that suddenly, "Nearly fifty senior commanders of a major coalition of Islamic 'moderates' opposed to ISIS in Syria have been killed by an explosion at their secret command bunker as they met to discuss strategy against the the Islamic State," just a day after Obama vowed to fight ISIS in Syria... So who exactly is Obama writing all those checks to again anyway? If this doesn't tell you how scripted this whole situation is, we aren't sure ... more »
Stunning Aurora from Solar Storm yesterday 9 12 2014. Gorgeous and Amazing
I believe this is the prettiest picture I have ever seen of an Aurora from a Solar Storm. The big CME hit the Earth yesterday 9/12/14. This picture was taken in Maine of the Aurora. It is so colorful. Normally Auroras are mainly green but this one is stunning in all the colors in it. Enjoy. The picture was on Spaceweather. As predicted, a pair of CMEs hit Earth's magnetic field in
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*A reader writes:* *Just had an interesting visit with my local bank today [September 12]. I am a free-lance writer and one of my clients uses direct deposit. They tried to do so two weeks ago, but it bounced back. Went into my branch, sat with the manager -- she apologized because things were tough right now, what with the Home Depot Hack job, and all. . .yada, yada, yada. . * *I smiled and said, "yes, that and the Fed and Sept 30 and all." She agreed and said she should probably take a vacation right about then. in addition, just got an email from the magazine -- now thei... more »
Frankinsects: flying little pricks
I'm going to post two different articles here..... then walk away. Just sayin'. ps: We just recorded the first edition of Transpicuous News Show- focusing on Health issues such as "Ebola", Dengue fever, and EV D68 "polio like" virus. I'll post it here as soon as it's uploaded. Thousands of Genetically Modified Insects Set For Release [image: Anthony Gucciardi] *by* Anthony Gucciardi *September 6th, 2013* Updated 05/07/2014 at 6:19 pm 71 comment 172 [image: genetically modified flies1 Thousands of Genetically Modified Insects Set For Release]Just when you thought genetically modif... more »
A Look At Those Who Want To Fight For The Islamic State
Islam Yaken, the "Hipster Jihadi." INSTAGRAM/I_YAKEN *The Three Types of People Who Fight for ISIS -- Graeme Wood, New Republic* *A breakdown of the most evil group on the planet * In February 2012, a young, beefy Egyptian named Islam Yaken took a shirtless selfie and posted it on a Facebook competitor called vk.com. The picture wouldn’t have attracted attention outside his circle of friends, were it not for the photos of himself he tweeted two years later. In that time, the Wahlberg wannabe with tidy, cropped hair had transmogrified into a bushy-haired hipster with heavy-rimmed gl...more »
Aisha North: A short update on the energies
A short update on the energies by Aisha North September 9, 2014 By now, you will all in some way have perceived that your path is no longer the same as it was only a few steps back. And what do we mean by that? Simply that as you have stepped forth, you have also allowed the light to carry you even further. For with every step you have taken yourselves, the light has added considerable momentum to your trajectory, and as such, what once was, is no longer, and your future have been rewritten in ways that will bring many a project to conclusion while simultaneously bring many new on... more »
Aisha North: A message from Mother
A message from Mother by Aisha North September 12, 2014 And so here we are, and once again I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak to you all through this channel. And once again I say be well dear ones, and be happy, for you have accomplished something that no one could have hoped would happen so quickly in this time and age, for as you stepped forth to lift the mantle of darkness from my shoulders, you simultaneously set us free from the anchors that have held us all tethered to the old. And now, we can all sail freely into the blessed waters of tomorrow. For now, we w... more »
Gaia Portal: Structures of intuition are solidified
*Structures of intuition are solidified* by ÉirePort Structures of intuition are solidified. This enables Hue-Beings to find energetic connections to essences required for next Ascension protocols. Secondary energy grids support the primary. Fathoms of shadows are now en-Lightened. Presumptive pathways have been cut. Dramas are ending. Clarity is the only reality. ÉirePort | September 13, 2014 at 08:56 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-sx
White House Says We Are At War With The Islamic State, Contradicting U.S. Secretary Of State John Kerry's Earlier Remarks That We Are Not
*WH: 'We Are At War' With ISIS -- The Hill* The United States is at war with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL), the White House and Pentagon said Friday, a day after Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly declined to use that phrase. “In the same way that we are at war with Al Qaeda and its affiliates around the globe, we are at war with ISIL,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at the White House. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby echoed that sentiment, telling reporters that while the effort was "not the Iraq war," they should "make no mistake... more »
Graphs at a glance: How policy makers use averages to rip-off half the population
In an earlier post we pointed out that London is sucking the life out of the UK. Were we being fair? It is certainly true that London has a greatly disproportionate share of the UK's economic activity. One consequence is things in London cost more, from the price of a pint to the price of a house. So are people in London paid more than in the rest of the UK so they can afford higher
Saturday Interview: Catriona Grant
Catriona Grant is from Edinburgh and has been active in the Trotskyist and women's movements. Presently a social worker, Cat is also campaigning for a Yes vote in the Scottish referendum. You can follow her on Twitter here. - Do you regularly read blogs? If so, which ones? Not really, I probably read your blog the most regularly. I used to read Richard Seymour's Lenin's Tomb and get sucked into Socialist Unity but the past year I don't tend to follow blogs any more. I will look at blogs if they flagged up on facebook or twitter. Male leftist blogs bore me now, I much prefer radical... more »
Physics Myths: "The Big Ban(k)" Theory
Ah yes! "The Big Ban(K)" theory!!! That theory from which all other "accepted" theories and scientific "Laws" are derived from. Did I say Derived? Science as a Derivative? teeheehee I think I made a pun. ...... ......Or is it? http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2014/09/11/eliminating-the-mother-of-all-physics-myths/ Eliminating the mother of all physics myths Posted by The Watcher on September 11, 2014 [image: Eliminating the mother of all physics myths] Today if you are one of the lucky physicists who is supported by mass media you can say anything you want and it wi... more »
The Real Reason Why President Obama Gave His Address To The Nation On Wednesday
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Air Force commander sees no long-term future for A-10
[image: A-10C Thunderbolt II]The beloved A-10 Thunderbolt II has reached the end of its useful life and the money spent maintaining the plane used for close air support could be better spent elsewhere, the new commander for Mountain Home Air Force Base told the Idaho Statesman this week. "The A-10 provides a valuable mission. However, there's other aircraft out there that can do the same mission as the A-10," said Col. David Iverson, who took command of the 366th Fighter Wing in February. The Idaho Air National Guard has 22 of the planes at Gowen Field in Boise. Three other Air Nati...more »
ISIL hit U.S. F-15 with anti-aircaft batteries captured from Iraq
[image: F-15E Strike Eagle]Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has been operating anti-aircraft batteries stolen from the Iraqi military. Officials said the U.S. military has determined that ISIL deployed an unspecified number of anti-aircraft artillery to counter Western air strikes in northern Iraq. Western diplomatic sources said ISIL struck at least one U.S. aircraft. They said an F-15 fighter-jet was hit by ISIL fire in late August that damaged the hydraulic system and forced the aircraft to land in neighboring Turkey. Read more
Aerial target QF-16 takes to the sky
The Air Force's newest aerial target took a major step toward preparing warfighters downrange with a realistic fourth-generation replication of what they may face on the battlefield. The first unmanned QF-16 Viper struck down over the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 5, 2014, was part of a joint effort between the Test and Training Division at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron here. "This test was the culmination of years of planning and aircrew training specifically tailored to stand up the next generation of full-scale aerial targets," said Lt. Col. Ryan Inma... more »
DRS Technologies to Provide Ship Self-Defense Hardware for U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Ships
[image: Ship Self-Defense System Mark 2 (SSDS)]DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that the U.S Navy has awarded the company access to a $31.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide command and control hardware products for the service’s Ship Self-Defense System Mark 2 (SSDS), used on Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. SSDS is a ship-borne battle management system that integrates elements of other combat systems to provide a flexible detect-control-engage capability that meets a ship’s self-defense and tactical situ... more »
Two Navy jets crash off Carl Vinson
[image: F/A-18 Super Hornet]Two Navy fighter jets embarked with the San Diego-based aircraft carrier Carl Vinson crashed in the western Pacific early Friday morning, Navy officials announced. Initial reports were that the two planes apparently collided, said Lt. Lauren Cole, a spokeswoman for the Navy’s 7th Fleet. One pilot was rapidly retrieved after the collision, which occurred while the carrier was approximately 250 nautical miles west of Wake Island, a coral atoll just north of the Marshall Islands. He was in fair condition receiving medical attention aboard the carrier. A sear... more »
Crimean Official: Russian Black Sea Fleet Ready to Homeport Mistral Ships
[image: Vladivostok LHD]Russian Black Sea Fleet is ready to homeport Mistral-class ships, the development of the naval infrastructure is underway, acting Sevastopol governor told RIA Novosti on Friday. "I think that the Black Sea Fleet is prepared to homeport Mistral ships. The Defense Ministry plans to develop infrastructure for the fleet. There will be reconstruction and infrastructure development," the former deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sergei Menyailo said. The official said that the Sevastopol base is already prepared to receive six Admiral Grigorovich... more »
Morocco, Third Buyer of French Arms
[image: Mohammed VI (FREMM) firgate]With 585 million euros worth of purchases, Morocco was the third largest purchaser of French arms, after Saudi Arabia with 1.9 million euros, Singapore 651 million euros. This is welcome news to the French arms industry, which lost a bid to sell the French Rafale fighter for Morocco to the US, who supplied Morocco with 24 Block 52 F16s C in 2012 for $2.4 billion. The French arms industry compensated for the loss of the Rafale sale when Morocco purchased the aFrench and Italian joint mission Fremm Frigate. Named the Mohammed VI, the frigate is 142... more »
Anti-surface warfare capabilities of Gregorio Del Pilar frigates to be enhanced
[image: BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF-15)]Weaponry that will boost the anti-surface warfare capabilities of the two Gregorio Del Pilar frigates (formerly the Hamilton-class cutters) are now in the pipeline. “The weapons are now in the pipeline. Once installed, the anti-surface warfare capabilities of the two Gregorio Del Pilar frigates will be definitely boosted,” a military official said. However, he refused to comment on what type of weaponry the two Filipino frigates will be getting, except that it is capable of engaging naval surface targets at long range. Read more
Rheinmetall eyes rival KMW and Thyssen submarine arm
[image: Rheinmetall AG]German tank manufacturer Rheinmetall is interested in a takeover of rival Krauss Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and ThyssenKrupp's submarine business, German daily Handelsblatt said on Friday, citing unnamed company sources. Rheinmetall and ThyssenKrupp declined to comment. Krauss Maffei Wegmann was not immediately available for comment. Rheinmetall wants to bulk up in response to efforts by KMW to combine with French rival Nexter, a move designed to help them withstand defence-spending cuts, the paper said. Read more
U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $234 Million for Nuclear-Submarine Support Work
[image: USS Toledo (Los Angeles class SSN)]The U.S. Navy has awarded a $234 million contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat to provide planning yard work, engineering and technical support for nuclear submarines. The contract has a total potential value of $1.5 billion over five years if all options are exercised. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. Under the terms of this award, Electric Boat will provide design, engineering, material and logistics support, and research and development activities for active U.S. submarines and submersibles. Read more
If Scotland votes Yes, what happens to Trident?
[image: Vanguard class SSBN]Since the start of the referendum campaign, the MoD has insisted that no contingency plans are being made for a relocation of Trident in the event of Scottish independence. They were relying, so they said, on the good sense of the Scottish people not to vote for separation. And even as the polls have swung towards a Yes vote, with its pledge of Scottish nuclear disarmament, the UK Government has repeatedly stressed that it has no plans to move Trident from Faslane and that it has not considered options for moving it. Some may consider this arrogant, shor... more »
Japanese submarine purchase would be historic and controversial
[image: Soryu class SSK]Australia’s move towards buying up to 12 Japanese Soryu submarines represents a historic and deeply controversial shift in national defence and military acquisition policy. If, as seems increasingly likely, political and industry leaders in Tokyo and Canberra can agree on terms, the Japanese submarines would be Australia’s first major strategic defence procurement from an Asian power and would significantly boost the country’s regional maritime power. The purchase stands squarely at the crossroads of government foreign policy and naval defence strategy, defen... more »
A Look At What Happens When An Intruder In A Pokemon Mask Decides To Run On The White House Lawn On The 9/11 Anniversary
*Moment Armed Secret Service Agents Took Down Intruder In Pokemon Mask On White House Lawn On 9/11 Anniversary -- Daily Mail* * Intruder dressed in bizarre Pokemon merchandise * Armed officers apprehended the unidentified man immediately * Man taken arrested and taken into custody * Onlookers tweeted '#pikachu' and '#yolo' Secret Service officers have apprehended a man who jumped over the White House's North Fence and appeared to be heading in the direction of the presidential residence. President Obama was not in the White House at the time of the incident, as he and wife, First ... more »
"It Will Be Unlike Anything Ever Seen in Recorded History"
This is the first notice of serious concern regarding this volcano. On top of all that we are talking about this: 'Approx 8600 years ago, Bardarbunga produced the largest known lava flow during the past 10,000 years on earth (more than 21 cubic kilometers of volume). The lava was erupted from the Veidivötn fissure system and traveled more than 100 km to the south coast.' The quoted diameter is wrong. It is 6000 feet and not 6 miles. However it is part of the system that has dumped the above quoted volume so there is no comfort there. another source quote 80 sq kilometers th... more »
Cambodian Rat Meat: A growing Export Market
*[image: Picture of rats being sold at the Cambodia-Vietnam border]* I find this rather interesting. If it did not pass a taste test, no market would ever develop. Yet it also proves something else. That this rodent and its many varieties can be generally collected easily enough and passed directly into the human food chain easily. This is promising as there are many situations in which the rasts could become actually welcomed. They can become our waste removal specialists in a well organized farming enterprise. Of course that means pest roofing infrastructure but tha... more »
Can This Mineral Power The Planet?
This is attracting attention because the crystalline structure happens to be optimal for collecting light. thus a consistent twenty percent plus solar panel appears possible. As well the natural problems appear to be something we might successfully work around. At the same time we have almost run out of ideas with silicon and working up alternatives is a clear road. We started into silicon originally because we had ample exreience in working with it and not because it was the best raw choice. Lat is still soon enough though. *Can This Mineral Power The Planet?* *It may s... more »
An Amazing Video Of What A Nuclear Explosion Looks Like
*One Of The Most Amazing Nuclear Explosions Ever Recorded On Film -- Sploid* As things get hotter between Russia and NATO, Putin is waving his nuclear dick around. Russia plans to conduct massive nuclear war maneuvers. Yesterday it successfully tested its new Bulava ("Mace") submarine launched nuclear missile, hitting its target with complete accuracy with its dummy warheads. The Red Fleet's Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Chirkov said that it blasted off from the White Sea, hitting its objective in the Russian Federation's far east minutes later. The Bulava can travel for 5,000... more »
John Friend on Aristocracy of the Blood w/ Dana Antiochus
I was a guest this evening on *Aristocracy of the Blood with Dana Antiochus* on Renegade Broadcasting. We discussed a variety of subjects. You can download the entire program *here*.
The Pentagon Wants A 'Jetpack' That Can Help A Soldier Break 'The 4-Minute Mile'
A jetpack for the Pentagon's "4-minute mile" project shaves 18 seconds off an individual's 1-mile time. (Image: Arizona State University) *Pentagon’s Experimental ‘4 Minute Mile’ Jetpack wows In Early Tests -- Washington Times* Researchers at Arizona State University were asked by the Pentagon’s research arm if they could come up with robotic devices to give individuals superhuman abilities. It was at that point that the “4 Minute Mile” Project (4MM) was born. Former ASU student and mechanical engineer Jason Kerestes teamed up with Dr. Thomas Sugar from ASU’s Human Machine Integra... more »
Returning Body Bags Of Dead Russian Soldiers Is Becoming A Problem For Putin
A freshly dug grave, believed by some locals to hold the body of a Russian paratrooper killed fighting alongside rebels in Ukraine, is seen at the Vybuty public cemetery in the Pskov region of northwest Russia in this August 27, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Dmitry Markov/Files *Special Report: Moscow Stifles Dissent As Soldiers Return In Coffins -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Late last month Yelena Tumanova was handed the body of her son in a coffin at her home in Russia's Western Volga region. Anton Tumanov was 20 and a soldier serving in the Russian army in the North Caucasus region of Che... more »
Awww! An ex-CIA director is captured for history in the company of his faithful companion
*Leon Panetta (CIA director, 2009-11) and Bravo in their official CIA portrait, by Steven Polson, unveiled last week in the agency’s Directors’ Gallery.* *"I brought him to work with me in the director's office, and he sat in on a lot of the briefings on the bin Laden raid and never leaked a word about what was going on."* *-- Leon Panetta, to the *Washington Post *'s "In the Loop"team (which adds, "Well, that's what Panetta thinks")* *by Ken* What's more, "In the Loop" reports, "Folks at the agency, probably thinking Bravo had clearance, would pet him as he wandered about during m... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Elysian Fields”
2002, “Elysian Fields” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuZa1I5mgcc
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Colorful NGC 1579 resembles the better known Trifid Nebula, but lies much farther north in planet Earth's sky, in the heroic constellation Perseus. About 2,100 light-years away and 3 light-years across, NGC 1579 is, like the Trifid, a study in contrasting blue and red colors, with dark dust lanes prominent in the nebula's central regions. *Click image for larger size.* In both, dust reflects starlight to produce beautiful blue reflection nebulae. But unlike the Trifid, in NGC 1579 the reddish glow is not emission from clouds of glowing hydrogen gas excited by ultraviolet light from... more »
America Will Soon No Longer Be No. 1
(Click on Image to Enlarge) *America Is On The Verge Of Losing Its Place In The World As No. 1 -- Business Insider* The U.S. economy is the largest economy in the world. But it wasn't always the largest. And it's unlikely to remain the largest economy for much longer. The chart above comes to us via Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid. "As Alexander, Rome and Britain fell from their positions of absolute global dominance, so too has the US begun to slip," Reid writes in a new note to clients. "America’s global economic dominance has been declining since 1998, well before the Global Financia...more »
"The Whole Of Life..."
"The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues." - Terry Pratchett, "Moving Pictures"
Paulo Coelho, “The Dead Man Who Wore Pajamas”
*“The Dead Man Who Wore Pajamas”* by Paulo Coelho "I remember reading a piece of news on the Internet that a man was found dead in Tokyo on 10 June 2004, dressed in his pajamas. So what? I imagine that most people who die wearing their pajamas either a) died in their sleep, which is a blessing, or b) were in the company of their relatives or on a hospital bed – death did not come quickly, so they all had time to grow used to “the undesirable one,” as Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira called it. The news goes on: when he died, he was in his room. So, the hospital hypothesis is out and ... more »
"The Rhythm Of Living..."
"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress." - Bruce Barton
The Daily "Near You?"
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Meet Jamal Maarouf, Syria's Most Moderate Rebel Leader Supported by the US Govt.
An excerpt from, *"The Frontman vs. al Qaeda: Meet Jamal Maarouf, the West's best fighting chance against Syria's Islamist armies"* by Susannah George, Foreign Policy, March 11, 2014: Maarouf says he would be open to Western support, and it's not hard to see why his political and religious views make him a potentially attractive partner for those concerned with the rise of Islamist extremists. "I love my country and I am a practicing Muslim," he explains, "but my religion preserves dignity and freedom for other people as well." The rebel commander says he's fighting for an inclusi... more »
Chet Raymo, “Examination of Conscience”
*“Examination of Conscience”* by Chet Raymo "I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery,” a close examination of the trade in human beings between the coast of West Africa and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a sobering read, but if there is one thing I came away with, it was this: We have an enormous capacity to rationalize the most horrendous crimes. Everyone involved in the slave trade - the European owners of the ships, the masters of the trading companies, the ship captains and crews, the plantation owners in the West Indies and the Chesapea... more »
The Poet: Tom Disch, "What to Accept"
*"What to Accept"* by Tom Disch "The fact of mountains. The actuality Of any stone - by kicking, if necessary. The need to ignore stupid people, While restraining one's natural impulse To murder them. The change from your dollar, Be it no more than a penny, For without a pretense of universal penury There can be no honor between rich and poor. Love, unconditionally, or until proven false. The inevitability of cancer and/or Heart disease. The dialogue as written, Once you've taken the role. Failure, Gracefully. Any hospitality You're willing to return. The air Each city offers you to breat... more »
"You Are the One You Are Waiting for: Turn to Yourself"
*"You Are the One You Are Waiting for: Turn to Yourself"* by The DailyOM "Ultimately, you are the one. We spend a lot of our lives looking for role models, mentors, teachers, and gurus to guide us on our path. There is nothing wrong with this and, in fact, finding the right person at the right time can really help. However, it is important to realize that in the absence of such a figure, we can very safely rely upon ourselves. We carry within us everything we need to know to make progress on our paths to self-realization. The outer world serves as a mirror. Or to use another metaph... more »
A Look At U.S. Foreign/Military Policy Failures
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in the Oval Office, Aug. 29, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) *The Failures Of US Foreign/Military Policy -- Jack A. Smith, Foreign Policy Journal* The United States insists on throwing its formidable weight around and being recognized as world hegemon, but refuses to take any responsibility for the great number of negative results that emanate from its constant military and political interventions in the affairs of other states and regions. At this time of great conflict in the wo... more »
Russia And China Criticize The U.S. Over Missile Defense
The heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Dushanbe on September 12, 2014. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Klimentiev *Bloc Led By Russia And China Criticizes U.S. Over Missile Defense -- Reuters* (Reuters) - A security bloc led by China and Russia took a swipe at the United States on Friday, saying the development of unilateral missile defense systems would undermine global security. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which also includes four Central Asian states, did not name the United States in a statement issued at a summit in the Tajik capital... more »
“Jon Stewart's Hilarious and Definitive Rant About Obama's New ISIS Strategy”
*“Jon Stewart's Hilarious and Definitive Rant About Obama's New ISIS Strategy”* 'This can't be fixed by waving a magic bomb.' By Janet Allon “Jon Stewart put together a brilliant extended piece last night on President Obama's shift from measured military action to pretty much declaring war on ISIS. The late-night comedian noted that Obama once said 'we can't play Muslim extremist whack-a-mole," which is Stewart's least favorite version of that game. But seriously, polls say that 65 percent of America supports bombing Syria, which is "a full 15 percent more than those who can find S... more »
Satire: “White House Vows to Use Every Synonym for War Against ISIS”
*“White House Vows to Use Every Synonym for War Against ISIS”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Amid some confusion as to whether it had, in fact, declared war on ISIS, on Friday afternoon, the White House attempted to clarify matters by vowing to use “every synonym for war at our disposal.” After the Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that the United States was not at war, only to be contradicted later by the White House’s statement that it was, the White House spokesman Josh Earnest held a press conference to state that “no synonyms for war have been taken off... more »
Too Many White Male Officers In The U.S. Military?
Senior American commanders of World War II. Seated are (from left to right) Gens. William H. Simpson, George S. Patton, Carl A. Spaatz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Courtney H. Hodges, and Leonard T. Gerow; standing are (from left to right) Gens. Ralph F. Stearley, Hoyt Vandenberg, Walter Bedell Smith, Otto P. Weyland, and Richard E. Nugent. Wikipedia *Army Is Worried Too Many White Men Lead Combat Units -- Washington Times* Sociologists worry lack of black officers will have detrimental effect on minorities U.S. Army sociologists are worried that a lack of black officers le... more »
China ascendant ? ( September 12 - 14 , 2014 ) -- With all eyes on Russia ( tensions with EU and US over Ukraine situation ) , China is slowly and quietly becoming the next global economic superpower ...... and without occupying any foreign lands......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-12/end-empire-de-dollarization-chart-china-and-russia-are-banking End Of Empire - The 'De-Dollarization' Chart That China And Russia Are Banking On [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/12/2014 21:06 -0400 - Afghanistan - China - Deutsche Bank - End of Empire - Global Economy - Iraq - Jim Reid - President Obama - Purchasing Power - recovery - Reserve Currency - Ukraine inShare History did not end with the Cold War and, as Mark Twain put it, whilst*history doesn’t... more »
Floor studs wuth fused concrete from Ground Zero on 911
I wonder if this was saved for evidence? ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
Well, it was only music, and it's a school, you know, so . . .
*Manhattan P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village* *"We are very grateful for the years we were able to have [music teacher] Eve Zanni with us and for her contribution to the cultural tenor and atmosphere of the school."* *-- Michelle Farinet, parent coordinator at P.S. 41in Greenwich Village, in an e-mail to parents* *by Ken* Here are some parent comments quoted by DNAinfo New York's Danielle Tcholakian: "Music was one of the reasons we chose 41 -- I was just really impressed." *-- Shirley Brady, a fourth-grade motherwho'd known about Eve Zanni's extracurricularprograms and unusual teac... more »
ENTIRE LEADERSHIP OF ISIS OPPOSITION WIPED OUT BY ‘UNEXPLAINED’ EXPLOSION
"Most powerful armed group in Syria" takes massive hit *by* OLIVER LANE | BREITBART Nearly fifty senior commanders of a major coalition of Islamic ‘moderates’ opposed to ISIS in Syria have been killed by an explosion at their secret command bunker as they met to discuss strategy against the the Islamic State. The blast in the Northwest region of Idlib, Syria on Tuesday killed senior members of rebel group the Ahrar-al-Sham brigade (AaS), including leader Hassan Abboud and 45 others including senior members from other rebel alliance groups, reports The Times. The Idlib region stand... more »
Tonight's Movie Is 'The Battle of Waterloo' (1970)
*WNU Editor: *Cavalry, artillery, infantry, great aerial shots, Scottish bagpipes, beautiful women, a brooding Napoleon, Christopher Plummer .... this film has it all.
Al Jazeera Does A Program On Origins of ISIS, Forgets To Mention Its Own Negative Role
The Al Jazeera media channel, especially its Arabic version, has for years stoked the fires of sectarianism and terrorism in the Middle East, above all in Iraq. One of the reasons why there was passive acceptance of ISIS in Sunni communities in Iraq when the terrorist group started taking over cities in a rapid fashion is because Al Jazeera and other politically-driven media channels had spread propaganda against the Iraqi government for several years. Alienated Sunnis were ripe for the taking in Iraq because they had been brainwashed by Al Jazeera. The channel continuously frame... more »
Independence For Scotland: Vote YES On Scottish Independence -Scotland Finally Has A Chance To Get Free From The British!
For a change of pace in terms of my articles here at this blog, I figured I would chime in on the vote that is coming this week, the 18th of September, for Scotland to vote for independence from the United Kingdom. For the longest time, after the call for vote on this referendum was cast months ago, the NO vote was well out in front, which at the time meant that the people of Scotland were satisfied with the "status quo" and originally were going to cast their vote to stay in the union... However, some major changes have occurred over the last few months and now all polls show the Y... more »
The Arab Fall
The Arab Spring has gone from peaceful demos in favor of democracy to Saudi Arabia training a sectarian army to defeat a terrorist group. — Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) September 12, 2014 An excerpt from, *"The Arab Fall"* by Jared Feldschreiber, World Policy Blog, October 1, 2012: "Real democracy in the region is still a long ways off, said *Foreign Affairs' *Jonathan Tepperman, and there is little the United States can do to compel good democratic governance. “It would be a mistake to think this is all about the United States,” Tepperman said. Western policymakers long sup... more »
Obama’s ISIS Strategy: A Clausewitzian Perspective
Much ink has been spilled over the last few days concerning President Obama’s speech on Wednesday evening regarding ISIS, as well as how his strategy will face many challenges going forward. Some cite that he does not go far enough, others that he has not fully laid out what to do in Syria when he Continue reading
If You're Wondering Who's Worse, The Democrats Or The Republicans, You're Missing The Entire Point-- Which Is Exactly What They Want
Greg Sargent asked yesterday about the latest manifestation of a left-right alliance, this time against unconstitutional war. If the "left" and the "right" are forming an alliance, who is it aimed at? Who are they fighting? [T]here are internal disagreements among Republicans over how to vote on the narrower question of arming the rebels, with some conservatives demanding a vote on this separate from one on the “continuing resolution” temporarily funding the government. The White House wants GOP leaders to package the two together. This is more than just an arcane Congressional p... more »
Diabolical Deceptions, Dengue Fever and Dirty Nuclear Politics
Richard Wilcox, PhD “I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” - *Tom Waits * This article is a further investigation into a recent story I reported on which was based on a trusted Japanese source. The Japanese government may have been involved in hanky-panky by using dengue fever in order to scare the public away from gathering in Tokyo's major parks and prevent any huge anti-nuclear protests from occurring (1). I mistakenly reported in the original article that the date of the protest to be held was September 27th, when in fact it was to be on the 23rd. ... more »
Vote YES On Scottish Independence – Scotland Finally Has A Chance To Get Free From The British
Michael Snyder Scottish voters finally have the opportunity to fulfill William Wallace's dream of a Scotland that is free and independent of England forever. All they have to do is vote yes next week. Without a doubt, a divorce from the British would be quite messy, and life would probably be more comfortable in the short-term if Scotland remains part of the United Kingdom. But hopefully the people of Scotland are looking beyond short-term concerns. Today, the United Kingdom is a horribly repressive Big Brother police state that is dominated by bureaucratic control freaks. You ca... more »
Space Weather Update ( September 12 , 2014 ) Government Expert: “There’s been a giant magnetic explosion on the sun… it’s pointed right at us” — CBC: “One of the biggest possible” solar flares — “Strong G3 level” predicted for Earth on Saturday .......... TV: Largest nuclear operator in US “prepared to take action if needed, to protect our systems
http://www.vox.com/2014/9/12/6140209/the-earths-getting-hit-with-two-modest-solar-storms-next-time-we-may An X1.6 class solar flare flashes in the middle of the sun on Sept. 10, 2014. This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 304 Angstrom wavelengths. NASA/GSFC/SDO DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW VOX! The sun fired off two giant bursts of charged plasma in our direction earlier this week. They hit the Earth's magnetic field Thursday night and midday Friday, creating strong geomagnetic storms that may cause disruptions to th... more »
Strategy Revealed: Make Syria "Look Like a Nail"
Bernie Suarez The Obama speech is done. Those hypnotized by his lies ponder his message. The U.S. has the "authority" to attack ISIS/ISIL. The U.S. will enter the sovereign nation of Syria without permission because apparently it doesn't need permission. Obama in his usual deceptive talk, had the usual smirk on his face as he narrates his role in the now well established global empire of oppression, the U.S. empire. The new world order is here. Spread the word. The mass psychopathy is at an all time high, only this time there is no one to stop this violent empire. Is there anyone...more »
TSA Tries to Screen Man After He Arrives at Destination
*Kahler Nygard* They tried to get me to do additional screening of my Body after I was already off the plane and headed out of the airport. I ended up leaving the airport without incident from the Denver police. *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
Stanford designs ant-sized radio to control 'Internet of Things'
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A Stanford engineering team has built a radio the size of an ant, a device so energy efficient that it gathers all the power it needs from the same electromagnetic waves that carry signals to its receiving antenna. Read full story *here*. *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
CNN: Scotland May Leave the UK, So U.S. Should Apologize for Revolution and Rejoin UK
*Truthstream Media* The pathetic desperation of monarchs and megabanks is being heard far and wide at the idea that Scotland might actually vote itself independent of the Crown...but here in America, we have one journalism professor promoted by CNN who believes we should come crawling back begging for forgiveness and a chance to take Scotland's place. Quote: "David Wheeler says the U.S. would be better off if we apologized for our revolt and joined the U.K." because "We hold this truth to be self-evident: Brits have a superior society." Visit TruthstreamMedia.com *Get truth ... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 12, 2014
*What Can We Expect From The Anti-Islamic State Coalition? -- John Vandver/Jennifer Svan/Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes* U.S. officials are working hard to build a broad, international coalition to combat Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. What’s unclear is whether the international effort will produce a coalition of consequence or one in name only. At the NATO summit last week, the U.S. announced formation of a 10-nation “core coalition” that includes nine NATO members plus Australia. It has since grown. *Read more* .... *Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- Septe... more »
ISIS is a Fictional Villain to Perpetuate the War on Terror
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Early Warnings
*First phone following August 7th 1998 Double Event:* *Albright : **"My God Pru, I had no idea your embassy was so vulnerable..."* *Ambassador Bushnell : **"Madame Secretary, I sent you a letter..."* *Albright : [Silence]* October Surpise 2000 : The Israeli Attack on USS Cole from Spike EP on Vimeo . *U.S. missiles pound targets in Afghanistan, Sudan* *The El Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries factory lies in ruins, hit by U.S. cruise missiles * *Retaliation for bombing of U.S. embassies in eastern Africa* *August 20, 1998* *Web posted at: 5:53 p.m. EDT (2153 GMT)* *WASHINGT... more »
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
*Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence* *Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam* *by Martin Luther King, Jr* *Dr. Martin Luther King at Riverside Church, New York City, April 4, 1967* *Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at Riverside Church in New York City:* I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization which has brought us together: Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam.... more »
World News Briefs -- September 12, 2014 (Evening Edition)
*Kerry Says Comfortable U.S. Will Form Broad Anti-ISIL Coalition -- Reuters* ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he was comfortable that the United States would form a broad-based coalition to fight Islamic State militants but said it would not be appropriate for Iran to be involved in the efforts. Kerry has been touring the Middle East to build support for President Barack Obama's plan, announced on Wednesday, to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier to defeat Islamic State Sunni fighters that control swathes of both countries. *Read mor...more »
The Bennis Plan: Here is a Real Strategy for Dealing with ISIS
The Bennis Plan: Here is a Real Strategy for Dealing with ISIS. Source: The Real News. Date Published: September 12, 2014. Description: Military strategies have failed, only a political and diplomatic solution will work
Meet The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party-- Still Undermining The Affordable Care Act
Far right extremist and anti-health care fanatic Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is running for Mary Landrieu's Senate seat. Yesterday his bill to allow substandard health insurance policies to be sold on the open market-- even if they are just scams that cheat consumers-- passed the Republican-controlled House 247-167. Every single Republican-- including the fake moderates-- voted for it… and they were joined by the usual suspects from the Democratic side of the Chamber. 25 Blue Dogs and New Dems from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party crossed the aisle and voted with the GOP. Extr... more »
Is President Obama Correct When He Touts Yemen And Somalia As Successful U.S. Counter-terrorism Campaigns?
*Touting Yemen, Somalia As Success Stories, Obama Sets Low Bar For Iraq -- Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera* The US trumpeted its success in fighting Al-Qaeda affiliates in those nations, but eliminating them proved impossible As he laid out his plan to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State insurgency, President Barack Obama told the nation Wednesday night that he planned to pursue the extremists who have seized much of Syria and Iraq just as the U.S. has done “successfully” in Yemen and Somalia. For those familiar with the ongoing collapse of those two states, Obama set a ... more »
Canadian Broadcasting Company: American shakedown: Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your money
In the U.S., a cash-grab by police and government is dressed up in terms like “interdiction and forfeiture,” or “the equitable sharing program.” (CBC) *The corporations posing as governments are getting desperate for cash now...** -AK* http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736 American shakedown: Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your money *U.S. police are operating a co-ordinated scheme to seize as much of the public’s cash as they can* By Neil Macdonald, CBC News Posted: Sep 11, 2014 5:00 AM ET Last Upda... more »
Just for Fun
A friend sends the following puzzle. Find the X that fits in this sequence: *16 06 68 88 X 98* For those who don't get it, I will post a hint in a few days.
The Bloodshed In The Central African Republic Continues
A man waves a machete in a protest against French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic) *The Central African Republic’s Forgotten Crisis -- The Nation* *This article is a joint publication of TheNation.com and Foreign Policy In Focus.* Take a look at the World section of nearly any mainstream news outlet and the main story will be Iraq, Syria, Ukraine or Gaza—all of which are suffering acutely from their respective conflicts. Yet even together they hardly enjoy a monopoly on gruesome civil wars or protracted refugee crises. At a time of so ... more »
Supplemental: Susan Reimer gets it right!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014What Edie Dugan said:* People shouldn’t punch other people. It’s especially true that people who are much bigger and stronger shouldn’t punch those who are smaller. The NFL seems to have a fair number of players who engage in domestic violence. We’d love to see the Players Association step in and make something good happen. What would something good look like? We thought Susan Reimer got it right in this part of yesterday’s column in the Baltimore Sun: REIMER (9/11/14): Experts on the subject are filling the airways right now, and *there is hope this ve... more »
The Trammps - Disco Inferno
Lazy. So here's a cut from my top 100 songs of the 70s. Let's disco!
EU And The U.S. Impose New Russian Sanctions. Russia Responds
*EU, U.S. Impose New Economic Sanctions On Russia Over Ukraine -- Globe and Mail/Reuters* The European Union and United States enacted a new round of sanctions against Russia on Friday over its role in Ukraine, including restrictions on financing for some Russian state-owned companies and asset freezes on leading Russian politicians. The EU and the U.S. government have been stepping up pressure on Moscow after its annexation of Crimea in March and what the West sees as an effort since then to further destabilise Ukraine by backing pro-Russian separatists in the east with troops a... more »
Murder is a Crime
*Yes, actually they were.* Well, they charged, prosecuted and convicted him in absentia in early 2001 with ordering the 1998 Embassy Bombings under RICO - and he had absolutely nothing to do with that either.
Supplemental: Shira Springer fully believes!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014We’re not sure what or why:* What did the NFL know and when did the NFL know it? Like you, we have no idea. We’re in no position to say. We *are* in position to watch TV and evaluate the journalistic conduct. In that respect, we were struck by something we saw on last night’s Maddow show. Rachel was speaking with Shira Springer, sports enterprise reporter for the Boston Globe. Below, you see the first Q-and-A. Springer’s statement struck us as odd: MADDOW (9/11/14): So tonight we have the owner of the Ravens, as well as the NFL itself, disputing this r... more »
Can Ukraine Win The War?
THE SITUATION IN THE EASTERN REGIONS OF UKRAINE – 11.09.14 full size map http://t.co/zyCf1JWiXn pic.twitter.com/GC32eIph55 — NSDC of Ukraine (@NSDC_ua) September 11, 2014 *Can Ukraine Win The War In The East? -- Ian Bateson, Kyiv Post* When tanks and artillery entered the southern Donetsk Oblast from Russia on Aug. 27 it caught Ukrainian forces off guard, sending shockwaves through Ukraine’s leadership. Resistance quickly crumbled as the advancing forces took Novoazovsk and surrounding villages. With reports that Russian regulars led the offensive not Russian-supported Ukrainian ... more »
Sock Puppets for War...
*H/T to ZipADee who said in the comments:* The way you presented your thoughts in *this posting* motivated, and helped, bring it about. I'd heard of a.k.a. obama as a 'Sock Puppet' before, but the idea for this show came from your posting: let's go with that! The 'lunacy' of it all is better seen when we take off the 'OZ glasses!' Thanks! We need to quit focusing on Obama. He's a sock puppet. His handlers purposely keep your focus on him (can you say golf, vacations, tan suits, bad "optics") so they may maneuver behind the scenes unimpeded. And if anyone thinks that the "been a... more »
Hamas, Hezbollah fighting Israeli, ISIS terror
[image: Leaders of the REAL war on terror]Leaders of the REAL war on terror[image: Leaders of the REAL war on terror] *I just debated arch-Zionist WND Jerusalem correspondent Aaron Klein on Press TV. The topic: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s admission that Hamas is now militarily and diplomatically stronger.* Watch the debate between Kevin Barrett and Aaron Klein at Press TV Read the corrected transcript at Veterans Today
Major Northern Lights Display Expected This Weekend
[image: The northern lights dance over Earth in shimmering green light on Aug. 29, 2014.] We are likely to have a speacial time in the skies this weekend. The northern lights will be super charged and visible rather far to the South. Take advantage of this and go for a drive out into a rural area where urban lighting will not obscure your viewing it is is at all possible.Perhaps the day will come in which outdoor lighting is no longer necessary but that is certainly not now. I actually grew up without any such lighting nearby, so solving that problem was as simple as tur... more »
Canada-China Trade Agreement to be Ratified?
Breaking news from Ottawa: We’ve just heard that *Prime Minister Harper could be about to ratify the secretive and extreme Canada-China FIPA investors deal in the next few hours*. This deal would allow *China’s massive companies to sue Canadian governments in secret tribunals if we make decisions that put Canadian interests ahead of their corporate profits* – restricting Canadians from making democratic decisions about our economy, environment and energy. *It gets worse: If Prime Minister Harper approves this international investors’ deal it could bind us for **31 years**.* As yo... more »
The human brain has never been logical...its a holographic pattern processor...
My choice of vocations over the past 32 years has involved logic to one degree or another as it related to computer hardware, computer software or the Internet and the web. Part of the reason this field attracted me was that after being in high school during the Vietnam Era I had come to very depressing conclusion the world was seriously fucked up. It was quite clear that my country had no qualms about killing 58,000 men in a stupid foreign civil war by a banker named Robert McNamara. And our politicians are still trying to get us mixed up in other people's civil wars. In pro... more »
Ukraine President Concedes That There Is No Military Solution To The Crisis. Is Now Looking For A Political Solution
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko holds a news conference at the European Council headquarters during an EU summit in Brussels August 30, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Laurent Dubrule *Ukraine's Leader Sees No Military Solution Of Crisis, Eyes Reforms -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Ukraine's president said on Friday there could be no military solution to his country's crisis and said he hoped "a very fragile" ceasefire in the east would hold, allowing him to focus on rebuilding the shattered economy. Petro Poroshenko also said a new wave of European Union sanctions against Russia underlined ... more »
THE WARNINGS FROM JOURNALIST COUNTY: Jacob Weisberg, Boo and Dowd!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014Part 5—Journalists and movie stars:* In 1986, Jacob Weisberg, then 20 years old, issued a prescient warning about the emerging fatuous conduct of our pundit class. Eighteen years later, Weisberg was editor of Slate. Direct from New Hampshire, he offered these absurd remarks about three Democratic contenders: WEISBERG (1/20/04): [Wes] Clark’s argument is his military background. Having seen the general up here a few times, David confirms my impression of yesterday that Clark’s performances have improved to an amazing degree. But *David sees Naomi Wolf-ty... more »
A Vote For Susan Collins Is A Vote For...
Although Rick Santorum has reassured his far right-wing allies that Collins has to occasionally make believe dh's a moderate to trick Mainers, she *never* betrays the GOP when push comes to shove, voters still expect her to come through for the mainstream when it's important. Yesterday it was important, very, very important. And she sure didn't come through for mainstream Americans. She was as extreme and out of her skull as Ted Cruz or Paul LePage. If you're looking for a reason to switch to Shenna Bellows, yesterday's vote to shut down another Republican filibuster of Tom Udall's... more »
Untitled
*Sean Payton purchases 100 jerseys in support of Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still * *Could Wojjah Godhell face Sean Payton rule?~ Paul Murphy, WWLTV* *NOPD accused of racially profiling Latinos, aiding federal immigration agents ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens* *New Orleans As A Tech Hub? Here's Why GE Says 'Yes' ~George Anders, Forbes* *City orders homeless to vacate camp under expressway; time running out ~Brian Wiechert*
Civil War In Syria News Updates -- September 12, 2014
Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad pose as they gesture in the town of Halfaya in Hama countryside, after claiming to have regained control of the area September 12, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/George Ourfalian *Syrian Forces Win Battle With Rebels In Hama -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The Syrian army said on Friday it had taken control of a town northwest of Hama where the Nusra Front had been massing forces, dealing a blow to the al Qaeda-linked group that has been trying to open new fronts after losing ground to Islamic State. The army also said it had secured nearby areas cl... more »
Ten Buck Friday - Week Two...
*where we can sacrifice a couple of lattes in the interest of taking back our country.* A group of us bloggers have gotten together to revive Ten Buck Friday which was first instituted in 2010. Looking at the political candidates who may make a difference and the ones who need help is our goal. If enough of us send a $10.00 donation to one of these candidates, it could make all the difference they may need to win. I think ten bucks is pretty cheap to get rid of Dingy Harry! This week we're focusing on these candidates for the Senate: *Contribute to Dan Sullivan Here* *Contri... more »
Syria's Rebels Tell The U.S. That They Will Decide Who To Wage War Against, Not Who The White House Tells Them To
Reuters *Syrian Rebels: We'll Use U.S. Weapons to Fight Assad, Whether Obama Likes It or Not -- Josh Rogin, Daily Beast* If the U.S. arms the Free Syrian Army to fight ISIS, they are going to battle the Syrian regime at the same time—no matter what the White House says. President Obama has reversed course, and is finally promising to openly arm the moderate Syrian opposition. But he wants the rebels to use those weapons to fight only ISIS, not the Bashar al-Assad regime. The Syrian rebels plan to use them to fight both at the same time. For the Free Syrian Army, the loose conglom... more »
Regrets, They Had a Few...
.... but then again, too few to mention. Not that it would have meant anything in the grand horrific scheme of things, but reports that the Nobel Committee is now kicking itself in the ass over awarding Barack Obama the 2009 Peace Prize appear to be premature, if not entirely bogus. Antiwar blogger David Swanson (or someone claiming to be David Swanson) today posted a purported missive from the "Norwegian Nobel Institute" which quotes one Thorbjorn Lagland as saying the committee joins with other Peace Prize winners "in expressing its regrets over the conduct of the 2009 prize r...more »
U.S. Secretary Of State John Kerry: U.S. Not At War With The Islamic State
*Kerry: U.S. Not At War With ISIS -- CNN* (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday would not say the United States is at war with ISIS, telling CNN in an interview that the administration's strategy includes "many different things that one doesn't think of normally in context of war." "What we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation," Kerry told CNN's Elise Labott in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. "It's going to go on for some period of time. If somebody wants to think about it as being a war with ISIL, they can do so, but the fact is it's a ma... more »
Weirdly surreal - Shockingly haunted - Adult symbolism world of Art of Tenia
I came across the weirdly surreal, and shockingly haunted, adult symbolism world of Art of Tenia quite by accident, and I'm very glad I did. *Born in 1986 in Sicily, Italian artist Gianluca Gambino aka **Tenia** currently works for a graphic design agency in Catania and as character designer for 2 small video game companies in Berlin and Paris. His surreal and haunted graphics are created in Photoshop.* Tenia says,* "My works are ruthless radiographs of the soul, compositions dense with symbols and layers, prepared to leave the viewer disturbed, restless and intrigued by the mystery...more »
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry In Turkey 'Begging' Them To Participate In Military Operations Against The Islamic State
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Brussels on 25 June (AFP). *Kerry In Turkey To Build Global Coalition Against Islamic State Group -- Voice of America* U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Turkey Friday to help build international support in the fight against Islamic State extremists. During talks with Kerry on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, Turkey refused to endorse a U.S.-led comprehensive plan to defeat the Islamic State militants. Ten Arab nations did join the coalition, promising to help the U.S. destroy the Islamic State wherev... more »
More of that Movie Idea
Part I, II, III It just occurred to me; the heroine is going to be assaulted by a team of cops, including the lead villain, and then the big baddie is going to depart, to bust other heads, and that's when she's going to continue fighting and that's when she's rescued by the mentor-figure. I decided I'd have him say that one reason why he came to help her was because he admired that she continued fighting. Because (as it turns out) he is a fighter. So, why not make explicit her reasons for continuing to struggle? So then I thought that while she's recovering from the initial beatin...more »
Premier Haider Abadi’s New Iraq Government
--> President Fuad Masum, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Vice President Nouri al-Maliki, Dawa, State of Law Vice President Osama Nujafi, Mutahidun Vice President Iyad Allawi, Nationalist Coalition/Wataniya Prime Minister Haider Abadi, Dawa, State of Law Deputy Premier Salah al-Mutlaq, al-Arabiya Deputy Premier Hoshyar Zebari, Kurdistan Democratic Party Deputy Premier Bahaa Araji, Sadrist/Ahrar, National Alliance Defense Minister VACANT Interior Minister VACANT Agriculture Minister Falah Hassan Zaidan, Mutahidun Communications Minister Hassan Kadhim Rasheed, Badr Organization, State of La... more »
Mapping U.S. Air Strikes In Iraq
*What U.S. Airstrikes Look Like In Iraq, Mapped By Region -- Washington Post* As the United States’ air war in Iraq moves into its second month, there are a lot of ways to crunch the data that has been released. One is to track what has been hit. Another, depicted above, is to pay attention to where the bombs and missiles have been landing. As this map shows, the U.S. military has dropped ordnance around the Mosul Dam at least 94 times since President Obama first authorized airstrikes in Iraq on Aug. 7. At least 29 more airstrikes have been conducted around Irbil, the northern Ir... more »
World News Briefs -- September 12, 2014
*West African Health Centers Can't Keep Up With Ebola Outbreak, WHO Says -- CNN* (CNN) -- The number of new Ebola cases is growing faster than the ability of health officials to handle them, the head of the World Health Organization said Friday. "In the three hardest hit countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them in the Ebola-specific treatment centers," said Margaret Chan, the WHO director-general. "Today, there is not one single bed available for the treatment of an Ebola patient in the entire count... more »
Sacred Economics?
[image: Garden of Earth] By American Kabuki Perhaps its my religious upbringing but I really cringe when the mundane is sacralized. Things, rituals, words, dates on a calendar, places, even foods, are often called sacred (or their prohibited inverses profane) to evoke awe and separation and unquestioning acceptance of ideas. This video brings out some very good points, but I am of the feeling this new kind of economics is not fully fleshed out yet. Gift economy is a great term, but it kind of assumes creativity involves no effort or work or labor. And any creative person can tel...more »
PRISONER SWAP
Self-defense forces in E. Ukraine have exchanged a batch of prisoners with the Ukrainian army in a move that was stipulated as one of the key issues of the Minsk ceasefire agreement reached between the two sides last week. Many believe that the ceasefire is being used by Kiev to resupply and reposition their troops who lately had been suffering severe losses on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine. Various NATO countries have been shipping weapons to Kiev's army in recent days. No doubt that this is a US-NATO proxy war against Russia.
States With Pro-Employee Laws: Paid Sick Leave
Or, States That Don't Suck For Employees, Part IV Oh, sure, if you're lucky enough to qualify for Family and Medical Leave, you may or may not get some paid time off if you have a serious medical condition. You're paid under that law if you have any paid sick leave or vacation time, and then the rest of the leave is unpaid. However, whether or not you get any paid sick time is up to your employer. That is, unless you live in a state beginning with the letter C. California became the second state in the nation to mandate paid sick leave under the law signed this week. Most employees w... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 12, 2014
*Obama Rejected "Best Military Advice" -- Dustin Walker, Real Clear Defense* CENTCOM Chief Urged Modest Combat Contingent As he laid out his strategy to combat the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria, President Obama rejected the “best military advice” of his top military commander in the Middle East. Quoting two U.S. military officials, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said “that his best military advice was to send a modest contingent of American troops, principally Special Operations forces, to ... more »
Stunning Inequality
http://rabble.ca/ The Broadbent Institute has just released a study on the distribution of wealth in Canada. Rick Smith, the institute's director, writes: While the growing income share of the richest 1 per cent often dominates the headlines, looking at the distribution of wealth as opposed to income provides a broader view of the economic resources available to an individual or family. A family’s wealth can be thought of as the amount of money that would be left over if they sold all their assets and paid off ... more »
Republicans Literally Want To Push Obama Into A War… So They Can Blame Him For The Inevitable Consequences
Drunken Speaker to ravenous GOP funders: "Somebody's boots have to be on the ground" Call me crazy but I didn't get the idea Obama was all that enthusiastic about jumping into another amorphous Middle East war, especially with traditional allies England, Germany and Turkey all saying "good luck but we'll sit this one out, if you don't mind." *The Times* responded to Obama's speech very differently from the way the congressional warmongers did by pointing out that "as President Obama prepares to send the United States on what could be a yearslong military campaign against the militant... more »
Musical Interlude: John Fluker, “Through New Eyes” (Red Cloud Peak)
John Fluker, “Through New Eyes” (Red Cloud Peak) “I wanted to share this beautiful, peaceful music and decided to use some of my own photos to give the eye some interest as you listen. I took these photos on a hike by myself up Red Cloud Peak (14,041 ft.) late Sept. of 2007 in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. It's typically hiked via Silver Creek Trail, which is accessible from half-way up the east side of Cinnamon Pass in Hinsdale County.” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3FSfoBLgU4
8 Fabulous Halloween Wreaths
It is coming. Costumes are hanging on racks in the stores. Halloween candy has its own aisle and I. Can't. Wait. Halloween is my 5-year-old's favorite holiday and her love for it is contagious. We fill out house with pumpkins and leaves and all links apple spiced. The first thing I always make for a holiday is a new wreath. Here are some of the ones I have been looking at this year. Spooky Ghost Wreath at Better Homes and Gardens. Be-Witching Wreath by Craftomaniac Burlap Halloween Wreath by Housewife Eclectic. Lace Spider Web Wreath by The Thriftress Candy Corn Wreath by The Ca...more »
Geomagnetic Storm
Links from the video page Hook Echo's Article: http://www.suspicious0bserverscollective.org/the-blog/gamma-ray-bursts-gravity-waves-electrostatic-shocks-large-earthquakes ... New Dawn Magazine: http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/ PNG Volcano Sonic Shockwave: http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/video_papua_new_guinea_volcano_eruption/33672914 Climate Update: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2014/8 NASA and Hurricanes: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-hs3-hurricane-animation-paints-colors-of-the-wind/#.VBKxGhbMBO4 Rosetta Map: http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/rosetta/fi...more »
Ebola Updates ( September 12 , 2014 ) -- VIROLOGIST: ‘IT’S TOO LATE, EBOLA WILL KILL 5 MILLION’ Expert says virus will infect entire population of African countries ........
User Actions Follow *WIREDVerified account*@WIRED Chilling photos from the front lines of the Ebola outbreak http:// wrd.cm/YD0QGV pic.twitter.com/artYrH1YEC - Reply - Retweet - Favorite - More [image: Embedded image permalink] - http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-09/sierra-leone-to-visit-every-home-to-track-down-ebola-dead/5729036 [image: Ebola victim being buried in Kenema] PHOTO More than 20,000 volunteers will go door-to-door as part of a three-day curfew to identify Ebola victims and remove bodies GETTY IMAGES/MOHAMMED ELSHAMY, FILE PH... more »
Definition of Irony:John Kerry Visits Saudi Arabia on Anniversary of 9/11
You have to hand it to Secretary of State John "Skull and Bones" Kerry, as the nation's top diplomat the man scores right around zero on the political sensitivity scale. Kerry, who is a source of ongoing embarrassment to the image of the U.S. stopped off in Saudi Arabia on Thursday - the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that murdered over 3,000 Americans. Considering the dismal quality of the nincompoops at the State Department like Marie Harf, Jen Psaki and Victoria Nuland it is unsurprising that nobody bothered to take into account the fact that 15 of the ... more »
2 Navy F/A-18 Hornets Have Collided Over The Pacific Ocean. One Pilot Missing
#BREAKING MT @US7thFleet: #USNavy F/A-18 Hornets crash in Pacific Ocean. We will continue to release updates. http://t.co/hOarswxHHJ — U.S. Navy (@USNavy) September 12, 2014 *Two F/A-18 Hornets Crash In The Pacific Ocean -- Virginia Pilot* Two F/A-18 Hornets from Carrier Air Wing 17 aboard the carrier Carl Vinson crashed into the western Pacific Ocean this morning. One of the pilots was quickly located, rescued and receiving medical attention aboard the carrier, according to a Navy news release. A search was underway for the second pilot. The guided-missile cruiser Bunker Hill, g... more »
Iraq / Syria situation ( September 12 , 2014 ) -- Vetted ‘Moderate’ Syria Rebels Commander: We’re Allied With ISIS 'Very Large Number' of FSA Rebels Have Joined ISIS ....... Despite Speech, Obama Has Yet to Order Syria Strikes So Far, Centcom Authority Limited to Strikes Inside Iraq ....... Israel ‘Concerned’ US War on ISIS Will Temper Hostility Toward Iran Steinitz: Iran Must Remain Top Priority ........ Air Force Commander: Syria Strike Needs Boots on the Ground Kerry Admits: No Ally to Send Ground Troops ........ Tweets of the morning !
Anti War...... Vetted ‘Moderate’ Syria Rebels Commander: We’re Allied With ISIS'Very Large Number' of FSA Rebels Have Joined ISIS by Jason Ditz, September 11, 2014 Print This | Share This While the Obama Administration presents its ultimate goal in Syria as propping up “vetted, moderate rebels” as an alternative to ISIS, those self-same rebels are increasingly allying themselves outright with ISIS. The Free Syrian Army (FSA), the most endorsed faction from the US perspective, is eagerly attaching itself to ISIS, with FSA commander Bassel Idriss admitting he regularly collaborates with...more »
Did President Obama Ignore His Generals When He Asked For Options On Combating The Islamic State?
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, with U.S. President Barack Obama on the second and final day of the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor resort near Newport in Wales on Friday. *Obama Rejects 'Best Military Advice' in Fighting ISIS -- Weekly Standard* In deciding how to destroy ISIS, President Obama has rejected the "best military advice." The advice was recently given to the commander in chief from his military leaders. "Responding to a White House request for options to confront the Islamic State, Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, said ... more »
Watch What You Buy: DHS to Guide Retailers in Spotting Terrorists
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson Paul Lawrance Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson, announced that the Department of Homeland Security will be giving retailers guidance on how to spot a potential terrorist based on what a customer buys. The Washington Times reports: While saying the government cannot prohibit sales of some everyday materials, Mr. Johnson said retailers should be trained to look for anyone who buys a lot from what he described as a “long list of materials that could be used as explosive precursors.” He said it was an extension of the “If you see something, say s...more »
Goodbye sweet Laila
Brian Kelly and Laila the dog... Photo by Julian RoblesLaila the dog passed away last night. Forever the guardian of the children and watchdog of all who visited... she will be missed. Laila was a Moroccan street dog that became part of everyone's family here.
Shocker: Comparing deaths from medical drugs, vitamins, all US wars
Dees Illustration Jon Rappoport People want to believe medical science gives us, at any given moment, the best of all possible worlds. And of course, the best of all possible worlds must have its enemies: the quacks who sell unproven snake oil. So let’s look at some facts. As I’ve been documenting for years, the medical cartel has been engaged in massive criminal fraud, presenting their drugs as safe and effective across the board—when, in fact, these drugs have been killing and maiming huge numbers of people, like clockwork. I’ve cited the groundbreaking review, *“Is US Healt... more »
CDC Whistleblower: This Is the Real Smoking Gun
Jon Rappoport On August 27, CDC scientist William Thompson came out of the shadows and revealed that he had participated in a major scientific fraud: He and his co-authors had published a 2004 study claiming there was no MMR-vaccine connection to autism. They had omitted vital data which contradicted that finding. The MMR vaccine was causing autism. Thompson knew it. So did his co-authors. They buried that chilling fact. In Thompson’s confession, released through his Cincinnati attorney, Rick Morgan, Thompson asserted that he would work with Congress, but he wouldn’t speak to re...more »
Ukraine Situation ( September 12 , 2014 ) -- Sanctions from the EU and US , Russian Responses to same in focus ...... Ceasefire still in effect and holding , ongoing attempts at resolution of Eat Ukraine situation in focus .....
Itar Tass..... Special status for Donetsk, Luhansk regions no threat to Ukraine's integrity — Poroshenko World September 12, 15:32 UTC+4 Local governments will be entitled to settle language problems and control expenditures of local budgets, but problems of foreign and home politics will remain in the competence of central authorities © AP Photo/Virginia Mayo [image: Igor Plotnitsky, head of the Luhansk People’s Republic] Luhansk and Donetsk republics may start negotiating their political status with Kiev soon KIEV, September 12. /ITAR-TASS/. A bill on a special status of a number of...more »
U.S. Government Denies Claims of Toxic Exposure to 9/11 First Responders
Tess Pennington There were a unique group of people that emerged during 9/11. They were the ones who, instead of running away from the attacks, were running towards it. They were the helpers. They were the ones working for days trying to dig victims out of the debris. They were the ones who worked at ground zero trying to help emergency response units. They were the ones setting up missing persons areas. As many of you know, I worked at the American Red Cross during September 11, 2001. An hour after the first terrorist attacks, my chapter became the headquarters for dealing with ... more »
25 Vaccines That Contain Carcinogens
*Experimental Vaccines* National Cancer Institute Formaldehyde and Cancer Risk EPA Admits you are Eating Neurotoxins CDC Vaccine Ingredients Aborted Fetal Cells Used In Vaccines? Cure Search Children’s Cancer Incidence Rates Over Time Flavor Enhancer MSG Added to Flu Shot Types of Children’s Cancers Vaccine Exemption Forms *Get truth delivered to your inbox every week.* Subscribe to GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING by Email
Action Alert! Keep the Internet FREE from FCC Regulation
*Activist Post* Following Internet Slowdown day on September 10, millions of people and businesses across the Web continue taking action against transforming the Internet from a level playing field to a tiered system of privileged access. There are many threats to our free and open Internet access, and we have made great strides in preventing some of them, but we need to be louder than ever now. For those who might not be familiar with what is at stake please read the following link, which contains a key video as well: *Net Neutrality Solution is to Give Crony-Filled FCC Autho... more »
Johns Hopkins: 'Magic Mushrooms' Help Longtime Addicts Quit Smoking
Psilocybin mushrooms *Activist Post* Johns Hopkins researchers report that a small number of longtime smokers who had failed many attempts to drop the habit did so after a carefully controlled and monitored use of psilocybin, the active hallucinogenic agent in so-called "magic mushrooms,” in the context of a cognitive behavioral therapy treatment program. The abstinence rate for study participants was 80 percent after six months, substantially higher than typical success rates in smoking cessation trials, says Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychiatry and b... more »
Judge, Prosecutor Who Let Ray Rice Go Denied Philly Mom Who Carried Licensed Gun
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More than 1/3 of Americans Believe 9/11 Was a False Flag Attack
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Threat of Job Loss Increases Compliance to Vaccines: Study
Heather Callaghan As it turns out, according to a new "study," hospitals can greatly improve their flu vaccination rate among health care workers by using a mandatory employee vaccination policy. This is according to a Henry Ford Health System study, funded by Henry Ford Health System and citing the "data" from Henry Ford Health System. The upper echelon of Henry Ford, acting under their created task force, is attempting to pass off a "*duh!*" observation of authorities using power over subordinates as a true-blue health study. Yet, nowhere in the study is there any proof of redu... more »
The Geopolitics of World War III
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Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.12.14”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.12.14”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “America is at war in the Middle East. President Obama came on national media this week and said ISIS terrorists in eastern Syria and western Iraq “will find no safe haven,” and he wants to “ultimately destroy ISIL.” Of course, Secretary of State John Kerry said it really was not a war but a “significant counter-terror operation.” To that I say horse hooey! This is war any way you cut it, even if it is supposedly only an air campaign with military “advisors.” Just think, President Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize at the b... more »
Colonel Richard Kemp on the recent Israel Hamas conflict
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More People Die Violently At Home Than In War
In 2008, one in three countries in the world had a homicide rate greater than 10 per 100,000 Photograph: Tomas Bravo/Reuters *Violence Between Individuals 'Kills Nine Times More People' Than wars -- The Guardian* Report urges global bodies, governments and aid agencies to review approaches to tackling violence in light of figures. Nine times as many people are killed in disputes between individuals, including incidents of domestic violence, than are killed in wars and conflicts, according to a report which urges global bodies, governments and aid agencies to review approaches to t... more »
Evidence growing that Hamas used residential areas - No Shit Sherlock
AP have finally got around to reporting the obvious... ' Two weeks after the end of the Gaza war, there is growing evidence that Hamas militants used residential areas as cover for launching rockets at Israel, at least at times. ' More here http://bigstory.ap.org/article/evidence-growing-hamas-used-residential-areas Of course hell will freeze over before the BBC acknowledge this fact as well.
9/11: A Conspiracy Theory
Everything you ever wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in under 5 minutes. [image: 9/11: A Conspiracy Theory] Tags: 9/11
ISIS and Israel allies against a Palestinian state
Netanyahu’s depiction of Hamas and ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which now calls itself Islamic State) as “branches of the same poisonous tree” is a travesty of the truth. Tags: OCCUPIED PALESTINE AKA ISRAEL PALESTINE IRAQ SYRIA
Ukraine - U.S. Meddling Dims Prospects for Peace
The Minsk Ceasefire Protocol has very little chance of succeeding. In fact, the meeting between the warring parties was not convened to stop the violence as much as it was to buy time for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to retreat and regroup. Tags: UNITED STATES UKRAINE
Saudi Arabia agrees to host training of moderate Syria rebels
Saudi Arabia has agreed to host training camps for moderate Syrian rebels as part of President Barack Obama's broad strategy to combat Islamic State militants who have taken over parts of Syria and Iraq, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Tags: UNITED STATES SAUDI ARABIA SYRIA
Poland stops reverse gas flow to Ukraine, Kiev blames Russia
Ukraine’s state-controlled gas transit company says Poland cut off reverse flows to Ukraine, alleging that a quarter of Russian gas imports to Poland went missing. Gazprom said it continues to supply the same amount of gas as previously. Tags: RUSSIA POLAND UKRAINE NATURAL GAS
US government violates international law, no right to use force in Syria
The US President says Washington will carry out airstrikes on Islamic state and arm Syrian rebels in a bid to fight the extremists. Brian Becker, from the anti-war Answer Coalition, says there is every reason to be concerned by Obama's words. [image: ‘US govt violates intl law, no right to use force in Syria’] Tags: UNITED STATES SYRIA WHITE HOUSE
Busted: Spanish soldiers and cops in huge drug ring
Three soldiers, one Civil Guard officer and a policeman have been arrested in connection with a highly sophisticated cocaine and hash smuggling ring busted on Tuesday in different parts of mainland Spain. Tags: SPAIN POLICE CORRUPTION
E.Ukraine offensive went bad, too late for Donetsk, Lugansk 'special status'
On the 5th day of the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine, President Poroshenko has announced moves towards a possible change of status for Lugansk and Donetsk republics. [image: 'E.Ukraine offensive went bad, too late for Donetsk, Lugansk 'special status'] Tags: UKRAINE
French favour booting Brits from EU: Poll
A new poll says a majority of French people believe Britain should be booted out of the European Union, rather than have its concerns taken into account by Brussels. It's a question sparked by a possible referendum on Britain's membership in the EU. Tags: FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM EUROPEAN UNION
Germans want cooler relations with USA
Germans want more independence from the United States in security and diplomacy affairs, according to a major survey released on Wednesday, which showed negative attitudes towards the USA have hardened. Tags: IRAQ UNITED STATES
Argentina: Confirmation for the Bellocq UFO Photo
*Source: Planeta UFO & LV7 Radio (Tucumán Argentina)Date: 09.08.14* *Argentina: Confirmation for the Bellocq UFO Photo* Fernándo Távara of the MUFON Perú organization analyzed the original image of an Unidentified Flying Object photographed over San Francisco de Bellocq, which appeared in La Voz del Pueblo newspaper last Wednesday. Andres Stessens, the photographer, is an aide to municipal delegate Gerardo Chedrese. Távara further references a second figure that is also visible, but less clearly so. "I have dismissed the cause being a photography error, lens stains or birds," no... more »
The U.S. Army Is Building A Better Grenade
This graphic was released by the U.S. Army’s Picatinny Arsenal to illustrate how a grenade in development would work. (U.S. Army image) *This Future Army Grenade Could Kill Enemies Hiding Behind Walls -- Washington Post* When U.S. combat troops are caught in a firefight, one of the quickest ways for them to turn the tide in their favor is to use grenades. The 40mm rounds can be fired from a launcher attached to a rifle, landing on enemies a few hundred meters away. But they have limitations, especially when enemy fighters take cover behind a wall or other obstacle. The U.S. Army’s...more »
Background Conference Call on the President's Address to the Nation | The White House
The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/background-conference-call-presidents-address-nation tells us that: 'ISIL has been I think a galvanizing threat around the Sunni partners in the region. They view it as an existential threat to them. Saudi Arabia has an extensive border with Syria.' 'Saudi Arabia has an extensive border with Syria.' Really? Are you sure? I'm pretty sure Egypt, Jordan and Iraq border Saudi Arabia to the east and north. Arguably Israel over water. But not Syria. If the Barack Hussein Obama White House has this poor a grasp of t... more »
True and scary
Yaakov Kirschen (@drybonescartoon) tweeted at 10:37 AM on Fri, Sep 05, 2014: A wave of violence on the horizon.#drybonescartoon http://t.co/XhGgaTvhMt (https://twitter.com/drybonescartoon/status/507824888707424256)
US Strategic Command Confident About Russian Military Satellite Crash
[image: Kosmos 2495 Re-Entry]Russian reconnaissance satellite Kosmos-2495 re-entered the atmosphere and crashed last week, a spokesman for the US Strategic Command told RIA Novosti on Friday. "US Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space [JFCC Space] through the Joint Space Operations Center [JSpOC] assesses with high confidence that Kosmos-2495 re-entered the atmosphere and was removed from the US satellite catalog as a decayed object on September 3," the spokesman said. The Russian Defense Ministry previously denied media reports of a Russian military satel... more »
Agni-I Hits Target Area With Pin Point Accuracy
Indian army personnel on Thursday successfully test fired nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I from a defence base off the Odisha coast. The test was conducted by the strategic forces command (SFC) integrating all the operational systems and the strategic command network. Defence sources said the indigenously developed missile, propelled by solid rocket propellant system, blasted off from the launching complex-IV located in Wheeler Island, a part of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 11.15 am. Read more
The U.S. Army Shows Off Its New Laser Cannon
*Army’s New Laser Cannon Blasts Drones Out of the Sky, Even in Fog -- Autopia * Boeing is building a laser cannon for the U.S. Army, and the new weapon has now proved it will be as capable at sea as on land. The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD)—basically a high-energy laser mounted on top of a big truck—was successfully used to blast some UAV drones and 60mm mortars out of the Florida sky earlier this year, Boeing announced Thursday. This test was done in a windy and foggy environment, an essential step to proving the technology is useful for naval deployment. The H... more »
First of Chad’s MIG-29 Arrives In N’Djamena
[image: N’Djamena airbase]Over the last decade, Chad and Sudan have been engaged in a serious proxy war to support armed opposition groups in their respective countries. This support intensified near the end of 2005. Since then, both countries have attempted to bring the various warring parties back under control—though with little success. Despite cooler heads prevailing, Chad continued with the acquisition of more advanced aircraft like the MIG-29 multirole fighter, especially since neighboring Sudan had already acquired the platform from Belarus in mid-2008. (Sudan’s MIG-29 can b... more »
USAF, Lockheed discover permanent fix for F-16 longeron cracks
[image: F-16 Fighting Falcon]The US Air Force (USAF) and Lockheed Martin have found a potential fix for the longeron cracks that were discovered in some of the service's F-16 fighter aircraft. In August, the USAF grounded 82 of its F-16D aircraft after an immediate time action compliance technical order (TCTO) found structural cracks in the canopy sill longerons between the front and rear pilot seats, as reported by Flightglobal. US Air Force Materiel Command spokeswoman Sue Murphy said the proposed permanent repair would involve installing a strap over the cracked longeron, instea... more »
UPDF Airforce fighter jet pilot survives death after crash-landing
An air force trainee pilot survived death when a fighter jet he was learning to fly crash landed in a home in Patek Village, Bobi Sub County, in Gulu District. The unnamed pilot parachuted out of the L-39 fighter plane which then crashed on a pit latrine before it caught fire. No one on the ground was injured but the pilot was taken to hospital for medical examination. Read more
Azerbaijan to supply NATO with unmanned aerial vehicles
[image: Yaver Jamalov]The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are today being produced in Azerbaijan by a joint venture of Azerbaijan and Israel, the Azerbaijani Defence Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov said Sept. 11. He made the remarks at the opening of the ADEX 2014 - Azerbaijan International Defence Industry Exhibition in Baku. Jamalov said that this year Azerbaijan, aside from its own armed forces, will supply NATO with up to 100 UAVs. Read more
Retiring U-2: As ISIS Battle Looms, Airborne Recon Decays
[image: U-2 Dragon Lady]On September 10, only hours before the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, President Obama summoned the nation to a renewed campaign against Islamic terrorists in the Middle East. Using one of several names for the fanatics who have seized large swaths of Syria and Iraq, the president said, “This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL, wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground.” As the president’s words indicate, precise application of air power is crucial to ... more »
Assembly phase for new aircraft carrier begins
[image: Future HMS Prince of Wales]The largest hull sections of Britain's second of two new aircraft carriers have been docked in Scotland, marking the beginning of the ship's assembly. The two hull sections -- one weighing about 6,700 tons and one weighing at nearly 9,000 tons -- were built by BAE Systems at company facilities in Portsmouth, England, and Glasgow, Scotland and are now in dry dock at Rosyth. "Every milestone in the carrier program is hugely significant and the recent announcement that HMS PRINCE OF WALES will enter service means there is a real sense of excitement a...more »
Russia Already Capable of Mirroring US Prompt Global Strike
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[image: Project 941 Akula (NATO: Typhoon) class SSBN]Russia already has sufficient defensive means to match the US Prompt Global Strike (PGS), but they still need to be developed and enhanced, military experts told RIA Novosti. EVERYTHING WE NEED Former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Yuri Baluyevsky said that Russia is strong enough to ward off an American attack: "We already have a system of swift retaliation." The president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems and Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov agreed with this viewpoint, bu... more »
Extracurricular activities are indeed just "extra"
I am happy to report that I agree with Scott Aaronson – and obviously with Steve Pinker – that the universities should focus on the learning and scholarly work while sports and similar things should be treated as cherries on a pie. Also, I agree with them that the standardized tests are – if you allow me to use a quote we invented along with Winston Churchill – that the standardized tests are the worst method to "rate" applicants except for all other methods that have been tried. ;-) I've served on a Harvard undergraduate student admission committee, Harvard graduate student admi...more »
China To Deploy Troops To South Sudan
U.N. Photo/ Alberto Gonzalez Farran *China Sending 1,800 Peacekeepers to South Sudan -- Voice of America* China is sending hundreds of troops to join the U.N. peacekeeping force in war-torn South Sudan, where Chinese companies have major oil interests. Comments from China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday followed a report in the Wall Street Journal that said China was deploying troops to protect South Sudanese oil fields and the Chinese workers and installations around them. Responding to reporters' questions, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made no mention of oil or Chinese... more »
Obama turned Tail with Sarah Palin
[image: Sarah Palin at Western Conservative Summit] Is there really a better way to describe Obama's concept of a foreign policy reset. I think that Sarah is clearly finding her voice and she certainly is not going to shy away from hard language that sugar coats nothing. Obama's utter failure has now seriously worsened the Islamic threat itself and that actually took some doing. Foreign Policy Rule #1 is to never leave a power vacuum. Fully exiting Iraq as he did, did just that. The government in place has drawn into itself and the Shia community and has avoided the Sunni a... more »
NATO Preparing Several Thousand Troops to Counter Russia
[image: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) British PPM David Cameron (C) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen watch NATO jets fly past at the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, on Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)] This immediate reaction force needs to be based in Romania with access to a major Naval Base as well and an airbase That provides tactical mobility in the Black Sea and closeness to supporting Kiev where the current threat happens to be and also were NATO is weakest on the ground. The Baltic States have enough of their own muscle to disc... more »
Google Aims to Archive All Human Knowledge
It says something to know that this can be contemplated. It is also excellent news as vast amounts of archived material can be made available. That this is truly huge is often not well understood. Yet imagine the mining industry alone which gathers hard data daily and has been doing so for centuries. Most of that was simply lost. Yet It all had value. That means even the raw data which may be thousands of individual assays. The importance of doing this cannot be underestimated. Most interpretation is about a statistically significant number of eyeballs. Thus a system in plac... more »
Discovery Suggests Surprising Uses for Common Bubbles
This is an important discovery. It shows the way to low cost manufacture of nano emulsions at least. It will open up a plethera of applications in process chemistry and medicine certainly. That it could be this easy is the real surprise. It may even find its way into delightful food products way sooner than anyone thinks. If thyevsize isc reduced sharply enough we may have emulsions that simply do not separate. *Discovery suggests surprising uses for common bubbles* by John Sullivan Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 Princeton researchers have discovered th... more »
Rosetta Comet is Darker than Charcoal
I have been saying for over seven years that the proper explanation for the unique characteristics of a comet is carbon dust. It naturally charges up and forms a tail as it approaches the sun. Any other explanation esentially fails on that point. For that reason I had to see a black covered object for this conjecture to stand at all. Thus we can claim a bullseye. We predicted just this. As well when the huge comet impacted Earth around 12900 BP it filled the atmosphere with carbon dust which acts as a marker for the Pleistocene nonconformity. It is always wonderful when all the... more »
Mitt Romney: The Need for a Mighty U.S. Military
Some how I suspect that Mitt Romney will be running for president. He was born in 1947 and that makes him 67. He is a healthy 67 and that means he has at least eight more years in front of him. He actually can do it and he is now an elder statesman. The fact he is now publishing pretty well confirms this and the midterms are only weeks away. Until then he is staying quiet. I even think that he has an excellent chance of getting the nomination by acclamation. At the same time the only viable Democratic candidate is Hillary and she her record will matter and hurt her.... more »
New Technology Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency By 30 Percent
[image: New Technology Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency By 30 Percent] This is a technological stretch but also promising. Solar cells are with us and getting efficiency up to almost fifty percent woukd make them highly useful and susceptable to continously dropping costs as well. The real benefit of solar cells are that they are immediate and justifies a structure providing shade. This sets the stage for the higly efficient Eden machine that then draws water from the atmosphere to feed an adjacent tree in the desert. It is obviously not our only energy solution but it happ... more »
Neanderthals and Humans Interacted for Thousands of Years
The idea that the Neanderthals went extinct is actually a serious error. They never did at all and their presence in our genome fully confirms just that. As well, I have one clear old report of a small extant village of these peoples that is confirmed by recent knowledge. What did happen is that burgeoning human populations simply absorbed this unique bloodline through the sheer weight of numbers. Without significant conflict at all, this was then inevitable. Their own natural economy simply failed to produce larger communities and any raiding would produce forced matings as hap... more »
Twelve Missing Commercial Jets
While i am pretty sure that the missing Malayasian craft crashed into the Indian Ocean west of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, we also have real planes missing and not located at all as this item makes very clear. One alternative is that the planes were simply stolen and stolen tail numbers applied to them for resale. This can only work with a military somewhere who can prevent questions been asked. Yet even then i find it difficult to believe it can be successfully sustained for any length of time as other serial numbers do popup. Any large building anywhere makes a great targ... more »
More Proof that Near-Death Experiences are Real and Diminish the Fear of Death
Diminishing the fear of death is the easy one. By definition you are left with the conviction of having been there. that is good enough for anyone. What i personally found astonishing is that when i had my one and only lucid dream is that i met my mother there and she chose to do things that allowed me to confirm a third party contact, none of which was even slightly predicated upon my direct memory's. I had conviction regarding the validity but then i also had real world confirmation outside of the dream itself. I have now understood that the information content of our sp... more »
Mining ‘Tsunami’ Set to Take Africa by Storm?
The sad reality is that the only way for superior mining methods to be deployed is to have it done with a foreign company who brings in industrial expectations and skills as well. That also means that non tax paying artisan miners who pollute severely are pushed out and the mine is developed to modern standards. This is surely not a bad exchange. Mining has opened up globally and every jurisdiction wants to get lucky. The real payback is in the form of an advanced community and infrastructure in that one part of any country that likely would never have been improve... more »
Oldest Metal Object in Middle East Discovered in Woman's Grave
[image: A copper awl was discovered at the archaeological site Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley of Israel, dating to 5100 B.C. to 4600 B.C.] This is good news although i expected as much. There was plenty of native copper to source and work and it is unimaginable that it would ever be overlooked when simply smashing it with a hammer stone gave you a piece of shaped copper to trade and use as a tool. This gets us back into six to seven thousand years ago. As well such copper was rarely buried as well. This meant that most remained in circulation. Thus this is the exception tha... more »
Jack the Ripper Identified by DNA
After all these years we actually were able to use DNA. That is most impressive and it also closes the case with a convincing suspect who was already on the most likely list. That they also confimed the victims DNA as well simply locks it down and leaves no opportunity to question the science. Without hard evidence we had a dozen prospects of which a couple perhaps were viable by todays standards of understanding. Hard evidence has now sealed the deal. It was a dramatic case that shocked hugely in that like its imitators, it was not imaginable. It still is not imaginable but it... more »
Why Cannnabis Is the Future of Medicine
[image: > on March 25, 2010 in Berkeley, California.] Add in the minor detail that consuming it in juice form nicely sidesteps unwanted side effects to make it very safe and we have an important therapy that needs detailed investigation. from this long list of known effects we need to think of it as a therapeutic tonic that restores health mostly and should be at the top of every healers tool kit.I would also suspect that like true tonics, the effects are slight for those who are particularly healthy. I know this to be quite true for ginseng. Yet looking at this list, i think ... more »
New Technology Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency By 30 Percent
[image: New Technology Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency By 30 Percent] This is an old idea that may now be capable of exploitation. A thirty percent improvement would give us cells that are stable around thirty percent overall which represents a serious gain. I personally suspect that all this will be surpassed soon enough with other energy protocols. Yet this industry has so far had a solid thirty year run in development and markets. That is a long time for something i never had much lasting faith in. In the meantime the invested stock assures a ready marke... more »
Russia and America Need to Be Allies
[image: Iraqis Yazidis, who fled their homes a week ago when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, gather inside a building under construction where they found refuge] I think what bothers me most is the lack of strategic sense been demonstrated by the USA in particular as well as their instinctual anti Russian bias on display from time to time. Throw in Putin's own instincts tempered only by a well honed caution to not stick his foot into it and we have the present nonsense. Strategically Russia needs to be brought into NATO and NATO needs to confront I... more »
Nikola Tesla Explains Why He Never Married
His frank opinion of the changes in the position of women in society taking place then is worth noting as he did not have the luxury of hindsight. Otherwise it is a reminder of male attitudes a century ago that was very much instilled through teachers and culture. That it came apart is also worth remembering and that such belief systems slowly disappeared also. Perhaps now men and women are taught to think in terms of equality however individually incorect that actually is. Yet the top third of society generally pull it off so I do not think that the historic change was misplaced... more »
Rainforest Fungus Eats Plastic
I can accept a good start and that is what this gives us. Best it can be used in landfills and forgotten about. That empowers acrtual collection as a potentially successful strategy and allows our handling chain to accept terminal landfill solutions to actually solve the problem. It can easily made self collecting by deposit fees to facilitate picking and running down outliers. It also suggests that our land fills need to operate windrows to speed this processup along with other friendly processess. That way the problem can be fully resolved to allow additional processing ... more »
Divine Cancer Mathematics
What this excellent survey does for us is provide a palette of useful and effective tools that can and will cure the majority of cancers and suppress the rest allowing survival. That is good enough. With this one can hang out one's shingle and expect to save the majority of cancer patients and rather handily at that. Unfortunately most victims come to this reality so deep into their disease that they run a severe risk then of dying from cardiac arrest or toxemia. The healer can never guarantee a cure but then healing is never the true goal of the healer. it is to establ... more »
Butter Knife That Grates Cold Butter
The idea is simple enough and perhaps it is time to have these out there. The problem is certainly real enough and with butter coming back into favour it is perhaps time to make sure this problem goes away. Many inventions are simple enough and this one is more a problem of creating presence as it will easily join everyone's cutlery. I suspect that every manufacturer will jump on this bandwagon and the market will soon be well supplied. This will be a design patent and there is simply too many ways to successfully alter that. *Butter... more »
Star of David?
A bit here on the long history of the Star of David which is a recent addition to hte Jewish tradition but long used in India. It is plausibly a natural symbol for the lotus although that really needs to be four squares instead. I do suspect that these ancient symbols were actually associated with Bronze age science and mathematics. They are certainly suggestive and recall that the lotus is the natural symbol for the elements themselves. In have not posted to that yet but I will. From this it becomes obvious that adoption by Judaism may even be inappropriate however origina... more »
Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order
In 1945, the victor called together all nations sort of and put together a new world order. There were issues but by and large it worked for a long time. Now it is largely unraveled, not least by misteps and human folly and certainly needs to be reassembled under a fresh international conscensus. Who is going to do it? While they are dithering the greatest economic contraction in global history is setting up and gathering steam. This will sweep away the flood of hot cash running around created by the oil industry expansion. Thus no natioanl power will avoid severe diminishmen... more »
Europe's Malaise: The New Normal?
This unfortunately is the inevitable result of policy since 2008 and must continue until structural reforms are thought out, understood and implemented. Focus must be placed now on the unemployed and directed toward empowering the natural community as i have discussed in the past. Simple credit arrangements can power this type of transformation almost overnight. The EU has a trained workforce that is presently idle. Capitalizing that which happens to be also the cheapest way to produce employment would produce for the EU a stunning eight percent growth for at least a d...more »
Switzerland's new Natural Swimming Pool does away with the Chemicals
[image: The Naturbad Riehen swimming pool is entirely chemical-free (Photo: Helen Schneider)] This is a welcome development that will take years to fully popularize but it is certainly of to a solid start. A more interesting challenge is to integrate such systems into a natural water system to allow the huge traffic that is desired. Water turn over certainly matters then and it may simply not be possible. Our present technology is very much a dressed up tank with huge maintenance costs that soon stills the owner's enthusiasm. Replacing that with a living grotto is natural... more »
Arab Spring Today: Cronyism and Green Shoots
[image: Tunisia's premier-designate Mehdi Jomaa (R) presents his new government during a parliamentary session in the constituent assembly in Tunis on Jan. 28, 2014. Tunisia's leaders the previous day signed the new constitution adopted by lawmakers, a key goal of the revolution three years ago that touched off the Arab Spring. (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)] This is a pretty clear analysis of what must change and will change however much it is resisted. It is truly unfortunate that the European powers were never serious in their colonization of the Middle East. By mere accident... more »
EVENT: First Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
The First Taiwan International Queer Film Festival with over 60 films is happening soon (Website and Facebook). Their press release is just a click on READ MORE away... *UPDATE*: Good article here. The First Taiwan International Queer Film Festival Comes Out Taiwan International Media and Education Association (TIMEA) has joined hands with Portico Media to create The First Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF). The festival will be held in the two biggest cities of Taiwan: Taipei, from Sept 26 to 30, and Kaohsiung, from Oct 3 to 7.In their inaugural year, the organizer... more »
The "middle skills" shortage: The common core will make it worse
Sent to the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2014 "German robots school U.S. workers" (Sept. 10) is the most recent of a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal on the substantial shortage of job applicants with "middle skills," requiring less than a college degree but more than high school. Instead of increasing apprenticeships and investing more in vocational education for young people interested in this path, we now have the common core standards, which will make things much worse. Schools should include literature, but as Susan Ohanian points out, the common core elitist lan... more »
12 U.S. Black Hawks and Chinooks Land In A Polish Field When They Realized That They Were Lost
Lost and found ... US helicopters after they were forced to make an emergency landing amid heavy fog in Poland. Source: AFP *Lost American Military Choppers Drop In On Rural Poland Fields To Ask For Directions -- New York Daily News* The Black Hawks and Chinooks landed in Gruta and Nowa Wies in northern Poland as they returned from military exercises in Lithuania. Shocked locals were at first concerned, until they realized it was lost Americans and rushed over to take photos with the crews. A total of 12 American military helicopters, thrown off course by foggy weather, dropped d... more »
Syrian Civil War News Briefs -- September 11 - 12, 2014
*WNU Editor*: Regular reader mlacix has provided the following brief summary on the Syrian civil war. *Syrian Civil War News Briefs -- September 11 - 12, 2014* I think there is no question on who is winning - SAA - this war, and who actually will win it, only IS could change the situation, but it's depend on how they decide, where they want to focus their fighting, in Iraq or in Syria. My bet is on Syria, because it's the softer target, but we will see. The situation on the Syrian frontlines are not so bad from the SAA's point of view, here is a short summary: - Aleppo: Not much ac... more »
The (NY, DC, LA, and CA) Story of Eureka Math
In Louisiana, there has been a bit of mystery surrounding the only math curriculum “selected” in March 2014 by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) and promoted as “LSU-developed Eureka Math.” It sure sounds like… dare I write it… grass roots CCSS math development, huh? Then comes […]
New York Times & The L.A. Times: President Obama's Startegy To Combat The Islamic State Is Based On Dubious Assumptions
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a live televised address to the nation on his plans for military action against the Islamic State, from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington September 10, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Saul Loeb/Pool *Analysis: Obama Strategy In Iraq, Syria Hinges On Long Shots -- L.A. Times* As the United States pivots back onto a war footing in the Middle East, President Obama's strategy is rooted in at least three basic assumptions, all of them highly questionable. In his prime-time speech Wednesday, Obama envisioned the emergence of a newly unified Iraqi...more »
Rape Isn't Romantic-- Or Sexual-- What About When The Victim In A Man?
Gary Jones, Army, 1984-'86: *At first I thought he was playing around. He managed to wrestle me onto my back, and I started freaking out. He pinned my arm above my head and my knee in the crook of his arm and covered my mouth with his right hand and looked at me and said, 'You will not make a noise.'* This week a friend pointed me to a twitter hashtag, #WhyIStayed, that illustrates why women stay in abusive relationships. The arguments on it, many of which are pretty universal, work for men who stay in abusive relationships too. You know the old saw about how if men could get p... more »
9/11 Tribute (Has Every Single Person in Government With Any Integrity Left Already Gone?)
Contributions to this blog's operation are always welcome! Not really news (anymore): Big Banks Fined Mega-Billions; CEOs Remain Untouched, Above the Law*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ World Trade Center Building 7 was 610 feet tall, 47 stories, and would have been the tallest building in 33 states. Although it was not hit by an airplane on 9/11, it completely collapsed into a pile of rubble in less than
Remembering An American Hero Who Saved 2700 Lives On 9/11
Directing the evacuation on September 11th. Security Guards Jorge Velasquez and Godwin Forde are on the right. Photograph: Eileen Mayer Hillock. *13 Years Ago: Rick Rescorla Saved 2700 Lives -- Never Yet Melted* Born in Hayle, Cornwall, May 27, 1939, to a working-class family, Rescorla joined the British Army in 1957, serving three years in Cyprus. Still eager for adventure, after army service, Rescorla enlisted in the Northern Rhodesia Police. Ultimately finding few prospects for advancement in Britain or her few remaining colonies, Rescorla moved to the United States, and joined ... more »
Untitled
*Some amusing non-news about ozone* Here it is, right from the horse's mouth, the horse being the summary in the official WMO report which is giving a lot of Greenies erections at the moment. Im my usual pesky way I went back to the original science rather than accepting journalistic spin about it. Read it and see whether you think there is anything notable in it: Total column ozone declined over most of the globe during the 1980s and early 1990s (by about 2.5% averaged over 60°S to 60°N). It has remained relatively unchanged since 2000, with indications of a small increase in... more »
Why Is Turkey Refusing To Support President Obama's Strategy Against The Islamic State
*BBC* *Turkey Joins The Coalition Of The Unwilling -- Thomas Seibert, Daily Beast* With ISIS on its doorstep, the Turkish government balks at support for Obama’s strategy. ISTANBUL, Turkey – A diplomatic crisis looms. Turkey, a key U.S. ally and the only NATO member that borders areas controlled by ISIS jihadists in Syria and Iraq, is in a prime location to hit the extremists next door. But it prefers not to. Instead, Ankara is seeking a low-profile role – so low as to be almost invisible -- in the international alliance that Washington is building up against the so-called caliph... more »
Arab States Reluctant To Support The U.S. In Their Fight Against The Islamic State
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits for the start of a Gulf Cooperation Council and Regional Partners meeting in Jeddah September 11, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool *Arabs Give Tepid Support to U.S. Fight Against ISIS -- New York Times* BEIRUT, Lebanon — Many Arab governments grumbled quietly in 2011 as the United States left Iraq, fearful it might fall deeper into chaos or Iranian influence. Now, the United States is back and getting a less than enthusiastic welcome, with leading allies like Egypt, Jordan and Turkey all finding ways on Thursday to avoid specifi... more »
Drug Price Control 40: CWF Wants Price Dictatorship for Lipitor
Last Wednesday, an email from James Auste (below), founder and Executive Director of Cancer Warriors Foundation (CWF) was forwarded by email by the Secretary General MeTA Philippines, Ms. Cecile Sison, to members of the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) PH, Coalition for Health Advocacy and Transparency (CHAT), ETHIKOS and Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI) Health cluster. I am a member of MeTA PH and CHAT so I saw it. The email therefore was widely circulated to many stakeholders in the PH health sector – government, industry players, NGOs, academe. James is asking for anot... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Was Devils Tower once an explosive volcano? Famous for its appearance in films such as Close Encounters, the origin of Devil's Tower in Wyoming, USA is still debated, with a leading hypothesis holding that it is a hardened lava plume that probably never reached the surface to become a volcano. The lighter rock that once surrounded the dense volcanic neck has now eroded away, leaving the dramatic tower. * Click image for larger size.* High above, the central band of the Milky Way galaxy arches across the sky. Many notable sky objects are visible, including dark strands of the Pipe Ne... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Joy of Unbelief”
*“The Joy of Unbelief”* by Chet Raymo In a recent “New Yorker,” James Wood reviews a new collection of essays called “The Joy of Secularism: 11 Essays for How We Live Now,” edited by the literary scholar George Levine and published by Princeton University Press. Wood doesn't mention, as I recall, the play on the title of The Joy of Sex, but apparently Levine's book has something of the same theme: You'll have more fun in life if you shed your theological inhibitions and let it all hang out. Well, I'll have to read the book when I get back to my nook in the college library, but as ... more »
"They Have To Learn It..."
"It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it. To love is good, too: love being difficult. For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all the tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. For this reason young people, who are beginners at everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it. With their whole being, with all their forces, gathered close about their lonely, timid, upward-beating heart, they must learn t... more »
"Our Goal..."
"The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, we never live but we hope to live; and always hoping to be happy, it is inevitable that we will never be so." - Blaise Pascal
"The Supreme Paradox"
*"The Supreme Paradox"* by Robert Ardrey ․ "Man is a fraction of the animal world… We are not so unique as we should like to believe. The problem of man’s original nature imposes itself upon any human solution. Amity – as Darwin guessed but did not explore – is as much a product of evolutionary forces as contest and enmity. In the evolution of any social species including the human, natural selection places as heavy a penalty on failure in peace as failure in battle. ․ A certain justification has existed until now, in my opinion, for submission of the insurgent specialists to the cen... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Plainfield, Indiana, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Friday Afternoon Ramble
*Cartoon by Nick Kim * The joy of MMP, Case #567: Did you know that a National win in Epsom could elect a Labour government? *Read This One Post To Understand MMP Better Than A Political Science Professor* – Peter McCaffrey, KIWIBLOG Long overdue. *Whyte says shopkeepers should be free to arm themselves* – HERALD *Shop killers* – NOT PC *Shop owner cleared . . . but to police he’s still a criminal* – NOT PC “Metiria and Green co-leader Russel Norman will illogically spend $400 million on paying the In-Work child credit for children born of parent(s) not ‘in work.’ Logically th... more »
Is This The Reason Why President Obama Made His Address To The Nation Wednesday Night?
*Republicans Expand Edge as Better Party Against Terrorism -- Gallop* GOP also holds advantage as party better able to keep country prosperous. PRINCETON, NJ -- The Republican Party has expanded its historical edge over the Democratic Party in Americans' minds as being better able to protect the U.S. from international terrorism and military threats. At this point, 55% of Americans choose the GOP on this dimension, while 32% choose the Democratic Party. This is the widest Republican advantage in Gallup's history of asking this question since 2002. The latest update on this 12-year... more »
"Wiser..."
"Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth." - Ludwig Borne
"The Genesis of Evil"
*"The Genesis of Evil"* by Andrew Lobaczewski, Ph.D. "Ever since ancient times, philosophers and religious thinkers representing various attitudes in different cultures have been searching for the truth as regards moral values, attempting to find criteria for what is right, what constitutes good advice. They described the virtues of human character and suggested these be acquired. They created a heritage ... which contains centuries of experience and reflections. In spite of the obvious differences among attitudes, the similarity or complementarity of the conclusions reached by ... more »
“How to Tell a Sociopath from a Psychopath”
*“How to Tell a Sociopath from a Psychopath”* by Scott A. Bonn, Ph.D “Many forensic psychologists and criminologists use the terms sociopathy and psychopathy interchangeably. Leading experts disagree on whether there are meaningful differences between the two conditions. I contend that there are significant distinctions between them. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), released by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013, lists both sociopathy and psychopathy under the heading of Antisocial Personality Disorders (ASPD). These ... more »
A Look At The U.S. Generals Who Will Be Leading The Campaign Against The Islamic State
Retired Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen said after his retirement that 'I don't think there's any question' Iraq would have been safer if the US hadn't withdrawn all its forces, but now he's on mop-up duty as ISIS grows. *Obama Administration Taps Retired General John Allen – Who Opposed Iraq troop Pullout – To Coordinate 'Coalition' Effort Against ISIS -- Daily Mail* * Top Marine said after his retirement that 'I don't think there's any question' Iraq would have been safer if the US hadn't withdrawn all its forces * He was caught up in the 2013 David Petraeus sex scandal after an inves... more »
U.S. Boots On The Ground Will Be Needed For Syrian Airstrikes To Be Effective
U.S. Navy SEALs conduct special reconnaissance on a suspected location of al Qaida and Taliban forces. Navy special operations forces are conducting missions in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Tim Turner. *Syria Airstrikes Need Boots On The Ground, AF Officer Says -- USA Today* WASHINGTON — U.S. special operations forces will be needed on the ground in Syria to make the expanded air war President Obama has ordered there more effective, a senior Air Force commander told USA TODAY. The spy planes flying missions o... more »
CIA Assessment: The Islamic State Has Between 20,000 And 31,500 Fighters
*ISIS Can 'Muster' Between 20,000 And 31,500 Fighters, CIA Says -- CNN* Washington (CNN) -- A CIA assessment puts the number of ISIS fighters at possibly more than three times the previous estimates. The terror group that calls itself the Islamic State "can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria," a CIA spokesman told CNN on Thursday. Analysts and U.S. officials initially estimated there were as many as 10,000 fighters, including those who were freed from prisons by ISIS, and Sunni loyalists who have joined the fight as the group advanced across Iraq. *Re... more »
Obama's ISIS Speech Inspires Little Confidence
In one of the many ironies of history, President Barack Obama, who left Iraq back in 2011 to fulfill a campaign promise, "is winding down his time in the White House by defending fresh military action in that nation," *writes* Jennifer Bendery in The Huffington Post. The speech that President Obama made last night was as much an anti-ISIS speech as it was a pro-American speech, as Newt Gingrich said afterwards on CNN. And there is nothing wrong, or surprising, about that. Every U.S. president beats his chest in every speech, whatever the time or occasion. It's mandatory. But mix...more »
False Flag Weekly News: 9/11 anniversary special edition!
*False Flag News: 9/11 anniversary* 1) WTC 7 Billboard Lights Up NYC! http://ae911truth.org 2) High Rise Safety Initiative has enough signatures http://highrisesafetynyc.org/its-official-we-have-enough-signatures/ 3) 9/11 Truth Events in NYC https://www.dropbox.com/s/aqt77or4ge3jz9s/9-11%20Anniversary%20Event%20Planning_LINKED.doc?dl=0 4) 9/11 author-researcher Christopher Bollyn returns to USA http://bollyn.com/#article_14864 \ 5) 9/11 truth events in Washington, DC http://dc911truth.org/ 6) 9/11 truth hits the editorial page http://www.reflector.com/opinion/letters/let... more »
Read it: FEPZs = Suicide Pact for Taiwan's Farmers
*Industrial storage?* If you read one thing today, you need to read this piece by Dennis Engbarth at IPS on the effect of the FEPZs on Taiwan's agriculture and agricultural processing industries: utter destruction. However, the most controversial segment is a so-called value-added agriculture plan promoted by Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Pao-chi. Chen Chi-chung, a professor at the National Chung Hsing University Agricultural Policy Center, stated, “Taiwan may become the first producer of agricultural goods that will permit agricultural produce from all over the world, inc... more »
9/11
*"A world ended thirteen years ago," says Mitch Waxman* *in his Newtown Pentacle blogpost today, "cold and humorless," Mitch Waxman shares these before and after photos (you can click on them to enlarge), noting: "September 11th is the only thing that can make a New Yorker flinch, a subject which causes all of our carefully cultivated callouses to fall away. City people have thick skins, but the subject is still raw around these parts."* *by Ken* Mitch Waxman's Newtown Pentacle blog is always worth checking out for the entertaining record of his curmudgeonly wanderings around the ...more »
Heavenletter #5039 - Love Is on the March
Heavenletter #5039 Love Is on the March September 11, 2014 God said: Rise and shine, beloveds. The day you have been waiting for will be here before you know it. It may well be here by the time this Heavenletter reaches you. Hello, Sunshine. Bye-bye, worries and concerns. What a waste of non-existent time, anyway. There is going to be a celebration all over the world. It is like a new color has been discovered, and, of itself, is painting the world a new hue. This is the color of peace, and it is the color of joy. Rub your eyes. Pinch yourself, this day is finally here. You are h... more »
Removing the Shackles: Solar Update: Sol has Heart!!!
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/09/solar-update-sol-has-heart.html THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 Solar Update: Sol has Heart!!! *Posted by D ... Breaking The Silence at 05:09* It's been a long time since I have given a solar update, but the video images from last night just begged to be posted. In the past 48 hours we have had two major solar flares- an M4.5 and an X1.6- both came with CMEs and are directly geoeffective Earth facing. The M4.5 launched a slow moving CME that should intercept Earth early tomorrow- Sept 12. The X1.6 launched a fast moving CME that...more »
A Burger for Stevie . . .
Burger King Japan’s Kuro Pearl burger,which has a black bun, black sauce and black cheese in addition to black-pepper heavy beef patties. ACCORDING TO SALON, Burger King Japan is re-introducing its pitch-black cheeseburger. Goths will love 'em . . . If I ran any of the anti-Harper parties, I'd air-freight 400-500 of 'em from Tokyo. Put each one in a nice re-cycled cardboard box with
Millions At Risk In Ebola Outbreak
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Millions More At Risk In Ebola Outbreak, British Study Finds -- The Telegraph* *Research by the University of Oxford reveals how 15 more countries across Africa could be hit by the Ebola virus * The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history could spread to a further 15 countries in West and Central Africa, putting up to 70 million people at risk of infection, a ground-breaking study has found. Research by the University of Oxford compared historic outbreaks to the virus’ possible transmission in bats and chimpanzees to predict how the disease could spread... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 11, 2014
*Obama's Strategy: Kill ISIS Before They Kill Us -- Aaron David Miller and Jason Brodsky* (CNN) -- Think that President Barack Obama has done a back flip on Iraq and Syria, gotten that old-time religion and is now a convert to the "let's kill them wherever we find them" approach of his predecessors? Think again, or at least lay down until the feeling passes. Indeed, stripped to its essence, what the President has outlined isn't some grand strategy to transform the region or even to "ultimately destroy" ISIS; it's a much narrower transactional one to protect the homeland. And here... more »
"How It Really Was, And Is"
"A think tank called the "Project for the New American Century," headed by people like Dick Cheney, revealed the thinking behind 9/11: “America’s military must rule out even the possibility of a serious global or regional challenger anywhere in the world. The regime of Saddam Hussein must be toppled immediately, by U.S. force if necessary. And the entire Middle East must be reordered according to an American plan." PNAC’s most important study notes that *"selling this plan to the American people will likely take a long time, absent some catastrophic catalyzing event- like a new Pea... more »
World News Briefs -- September 11, 2014 (Evening Edition)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with other attendees before the start of a Gulf Cooperation Council and Regional Partners meeting in Jeddah September 11, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool *U.S. Wins Arab Support For Syria/Iraq Military Campaign -- Reuters* (Reuters) - The United States signed up Arab allies on Thursday to a "coordinated military campaign" against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building regional support for President Barack Obama's plan to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier. After talks in Saudi Arabia's summer capital Jedda... more »
Fuelling the Flame Within: Montessori Education and the Development of the Self
Steven Hughes is a paediatric neuropsychologist who was so impressed at what he saw in his daughter’s Montessori school – so intrigued at how beautifully the Montessori system reinforces a child’s growth and natural brain development – that he joined the company: lending his considerable ability to the Association Montessori International Global Research Committee and travelling the world to talk about their work. Last night he spoke to an Auckland audience of 300 about the way Montessori education “fuels the flame” of each child's unique identity, and how mainstream education hel... more »
Doubts Are Increasing That The Ukraine Truce Will Hold
*Why Ukraine’s Peace Plan Leaves The Door Open For A Winter Of Conflict -- Simon Shuster, Time* The peace process allows Russia to try a less violent means of keeping Ukraine dependent and divided — energy blackmail by shutting off its fuel supplies The armistice in eastern Ukraine came like clockwork with the end of the summer fighting season, and both the government forces and the separatist rebels have taken it as a chance to entrench, consolidate their gains and make up for their losses. Even the separatist forces, who with the aid of Russia were on the offensive before the c... more »
Obama's Circus Act, Evil ISIS Clowns: Too Many Balls To Juggle
An excerpt from, *"Too many moving parts, too many"* by Colonel Patrick Lang: Obama appears to have a mass of moving parts in his campaign plan: - The plan assumes that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey can be made into active supporters of an anti-IS "war." Qatar and Saudi Arabia were the only Wahhabi dominated states until IS proclaimed its caliphal status. These two countries are deeply sympathetic to IS' goals if not its methods. *Both Qatar and Saudi Arabia were instrumental in the early stages of development of IS as it morphed from AQ Iraq, into the Islamic State of Iraq and ...more »
Syria: Air defence back door ? Reinforcing 9/11 & much, much more.
How the mainstream media can blather on endlessly about nothing, when there is just so much real news to get to, I don't know? *News roundup* *1- Syria's Air Defence* Administration officials so far say they have done nothing to coordinate attacks against Islamic State with Damascus and have no intention to do so in the future. Syria’s air defense system is so weak along its northern and western borders that U.S. authorities are brushing aside Damascus’ demands that it must sign off on any U.S.-led airstrikes within its borders. *A knowledgeable administration source also point... more »
Redrawing the Map of the Russian Federation: Partitioning Russia
*Partitioning? I call it balkanizing. * This is a topic that's been addressed at the blog, though it's been a while *Flashback 2012- Predicting the Future: The destabilization of Russia* *Interesting article by * Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Global Research, September 10, 2014 Strategic Culture Foundation 10 September 2014 *Russia. Divided * *The Plans of the Empire of Chaos for Russia* Breaking the Soviet Union has not been enough for Washington and NATO. The ultimate goal of the US is to prevent any alternatives from emerging in Europe and Eurasia to Euro-Atlantic integration. This...more »
New Map Of The Ukraine Conflict Reveals The Extent Of Control By Pro-Russian Rebel Forces In Eastern Ukraine
THE SITUATION IN THE EASTERN REGIONS OF UKRAINE – 11.09.14 full size map http://t.co/zyCf1JWiXn pic.twitter.com/GC32eIph55 — NSDC of Ukraine (@NSDC_ua) September 11, 2014 *The New Map Of The Ukraine Conflict Is Alarming -- Business Insider* Ukraine's military published a map that suggests Russian-backed forces have secured crucial territory between the stronghold of Russian-backed separatists and a strategic Ukrainian city. A shaky cease-fire is currently in place in eastern Ukraine, although residents say it still feels like war. If the new map is accurate, the situation further... more »
it's september and u.s. war resisters in canada are at risk for deportation
Two years ago, almost to the day, US war resister Kimberly Rivera and her family were forced out of Canada by the Harper Government. Kim - peace activist, artist, mother, dreamer - crossed the border and was immediately taken away in handcuffs. She served more than a year in prison, separated from her husband and children. Her crime: refusing to kill innocent civilians in Iraq, and refusing to risk being killed and leaving her own children without a mother. When news of her removal from Canada was announced in Canada's House of Commons, *the Conservative MPs applauded*. Now it is Se... more »
HEY UNCLE SAM: Pay Japan’s apology agencies to say“I’m sorry”when it’s just too hard to do it yourself
*Perhaps the US Government could use this service to apologize to the muslim world for blaming them for the 9/11 attacks? I mean its pretty clear now **after we spent $6 trillion dollars blowing up their countries... that** Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with it... -AK* http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/08/31/pay-japans-apology-agencies-to-say-im-sorry-when-its-just-too-hard-to-do-it-yourself/ Pay Japan’s apology agencies to say “I’m sorry” when it’s just too hard to do it yourself by Master Blaster Aug 31, 2014 It’s a problem we all have to deal with at va... more »
Supplemental: What did Hayes say and when did he say it?
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 More on that AP report:* Do you see how easy it is to build a silly, incriminating-sounding framework? Meanwhile, we were struck by what Chris Hayes said last night about that AP report. For a bait of background, see our previous post. What you see here is very soft. As journalism, this just isn’t real sharp: HAYES (9/10/14): The thing I thought today, *if the AP report is true, and I have no reason to think it is not true, other than it’s an unnamed source and I don’t know who that person is*—if it’s true, then they’re going to try to make someone wa... more »
President Obama's Great Success Story And A Counter-Terrorism Model For Iraq: Yemen
*The Bullshiter-In-Chief is selling another intervention in Iraq on the 13th anniversary of the false flag 9/11 attacks by pointing to Yemen to explain why this time the U.S. will succeed. * *"This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us while supporting partners on the front lines is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years*, and it is consistent with the approach I outlined earlier this year: to use force against anyone who threatens America’s core interests, but to mobilize partners wherever possible to address broader challenges to interna... more »
Oscar Pistorius Trial: Verdict and Reception
Another dead woman. Another instance of her killer escaping justice. Over the coming days there will be much more written about how Oscar Pistorius shot to death his partner, Reeva Steenkamp, particularly how in this open and shut case the celebrity millionaire athlete got away with it. Some points worth considering. Firstly, it is strange that Pistorius was not tried before a jury of his peers, especially when you consider the close family relationship the South African legal system has to the English. But understandably, the not guilty verdicts handed down by Judge Thokozile Masi... more »
IN MEMORIAM / WORLD TRADE CENTER
*World Trade Center Photos by Konstanton Petrov / June 2001* *Gray spheres rising into the morning mist* *A ghostly ship of commerce remembered only in * *nightmares and dated photographs.* *What tragedy awaits your stately columns.* *What evil already infects your cluttered offices,* *Your polished restrooms* *And your stately dining rooms* *You were a bird of prey awaiting your fate* *Chattel in the minds of evil men who had already engineered your death * *and prepositioned the charges that would bring you down.*... more »
The Enemies Of The American People Aren't Especailly Republicans Per Se Or Democrats Per Se… It's The Ruling Elites (Of Course)
When the House took up impeachment charges against President Clinton in the 1998 lame duck session right after the midterms-- in which the Democrats had an unlikely (and, for the GOP, ominous) net pickup of 5 seats-- a whole slew of right-wing Republicans were exposed for their own infidelities and hypocrisy, particularly Speaker Gingrich (R-GA), Speaker-designate Bob Livingstone (R-LA), Henry Hyde (R-IL), domestic terrorism supporter Helen Chenoweth (R-ID) and deranged sociopath Dan Burton (R-IN). Two articles of impeachment passed on December 19, a perjury charge, 228-206 and an ... more »
"Gazing Into The Abyss..."
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
Supplemental: Mike Wise lacks the basic tools!
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 How to turn domestic violence into a thrilling chase:* On a journalistic basis, it can be painful to watch sports reporters reason about the Ray Rice matter. Or about the Roger Goodell matter, which the Ray Rice matter is being transformed into. It can be painful to watch sports columnists try to reason about Goodell. For one example, here’s how Mike Wise began his column in today’s Washington Post: WISE (9/11/14): Hour by hour, Roger Goodell’s mission to preserve the game’s integrity is failing, and any further discussion of his inability to prope... more »
Ukraine Truce Still Holding But Sporadic Violations Are Being Reported
*UN Chief Urges Poroshenko To Continue Dialogue With Russia, Keep Truce -- ITAR-TASS* Ukrainian president called for enlarging the monitoring mission UNTED NATIONS, September 11. /ITAR-TASS/. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to continue the dialogue with Russia and extend the ceasefire in the east of the country, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday. In a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Poroshenko briefed Ban on the situation in Ukraine, including its embattled south-eastern regions. *Read more* .... *More News On The Ukraine ... more »
“9/11 – The Ultimate Litmus Test”
*“9/11 – The Ultimate Litmus Test”* by Cognitive Dissonance “Thirteen years ago the world changed; though it is only with the benefit of perspective may we clearly see the extent and duration of that change. But change it did and remarkably so after perspective is found and the world is seen for what it really is rather than what we are told it is. Or what we want it to be based upon our own cultural conditioning and personally biased worldview. This is not to say I see clearly, that I possess an unbiased mind, special insight or clarity of vision. Far from it in fact. On a daily b... more »
Russia Responds To New Sanctions From The EU And The U.S.
Moscow has already imposed a year-long ban on the import of meat, seafood, fruit and vegetables, as well as milk products from the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia and Norway as a response to Western sanctions. © Flickr/ greg westfall *Moscow To Give 'Appropriate' Response To New EU Sanctions -- RT* Moscow will take “appropriate measures” in response to possible new sanctions from the European Union, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson said. “On many levels, the Russian leadership has made it clear that we’ll take adequate measures and our response will... more »
EU And The U.S. To Implement New Sanctions Against Russia
*New EU Sanctions Hit Russia On Friday -- BBC* New EU sanctions against Russia will take effect on Friday, blocking loans for five big state banks and curbing EU business with oil and defence firms. The aim is to keep pressure on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis. But the measures could be eased or lifted if a ceasefire in Ukraine holds. Russia says it is preparing a response. One top Russian official said cars imported from the EU could be targeted. Nato says Russia still has about 1,000 heavily armed troops in east Ukraine. The EU and US accuse the Kremlin of directly h... more »
The US War On Syria Is On Again: Dissecting The Criminal US President's "Speech" From September 10th, 2014 Updated!
Yes, today is the 13th anniversary of the Israeli assault on the United States of America that launched America into the very fraudulent "war on terror".... To me it is shocking that the majority of Americans are still such gullible brain dead nitwits that they cannot understand or even fathom that these Jewish criminals could have pulled off such a heinous and diabolical operation...But the facts are all there for anyone that spends the time to research properly that it was indeed the psychotic nation of Israel fully responsible for the greatest "terrorist" attack on American soil ... more »
Movie Idea III
Just making a new post for every stage. I ain't talking about sequels. Part I and Part II. So, after we've had the introduction to the oppressions of capitalism and racism, and the meeting that exposes the delusions of the left, we get to the rally itself. This will introduce us to two more figures. First is a Sean Hannity-type propagandist. He'll be denouncing the fast-food workers' campaign as a violent Marxist plot led by losers and malcontents. He'll be interviewing experts, economic hacks and authoritarian assholes, who will assist him in this campaign. Second will be the ma... more »
Sept. 11: Debates dominate election campaign...
So says page 1 of section A for the Moncton Times and Tribune.. And the only possible answer to that is so bloody what. The Broadbent Institute is one of the few left-leaning think tanks. I don't like think tanks; but the TandT ususally just loves them - though only if they're far, far right and financed by billionaires. It happily, on Monday, ran a piece of shale gas propaganda from a notoriously right-wing think tank as a featured column on its editorial page. But they probably won't mention the one from the Broadbent Institute, even though it raises the key issue in the New Bruns...more »
POETICALLY BEAUTIFUL TRUTH
What do we really know about 9-11?
U.S. Airstrikes Aided A Hezbollah Brigade (And Designated Terrorist Organization) In Iraq
'It is a humanitarian disaster': Nearly 20,000 Shi'ite Muslim Iraqis face starvation in the town of Amerli after two months of living under siege by ISIS militants. The shaded zone shows ISIS-controlled areas. Daily Mail *US Aided Hezbollah Brigades In Breaking Islamic State Siege Of Iraqi Town -- Long War Journal* The US air campaign to help Iraqi and Kurdish forces break the Islamic State's siege of Amerli benefited the Hezbollah Brigades, a Shia militia that is supported by Iran and is listed by the US government as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. The Hezbollah Br... more »
Is Iran Sensing U.S. Weakness?
*Tough On ISIS? Iran Senses U.S. Weakness -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Weekly Standard* After weeks of indecision, President Obama is finally, albeit in a limited manner, mustering U.S. strength to respond to the challenge from ISIS terrorists. But at the same time, another dangerous Islamist power is sensing U.S. weakness in its struggle to build a nuclear weapon. The latest news about Iranian maneuvering prior to the resumption of the nuclear talks with the West provides a stark contrast to any talk about a more muscular Obama foreign policy. *Read more* .... *Update #1: *Iran Doubts ... more »
Will President Obama's Strategy To Combat The Islamic State Work?
*Will Obama's Anti-IS Strategy Work? -- Jonathan Marcus BBC * US President Barack Obama was clear. Islamic State - or Isil as he calls it - represents not just a threat to Washington's friends and interests in the Middle East. It could potentially become a threat to the American homeland itself. Mr Obama is calling for concerted action: a wide array of countries have already joined the struggle against IS. Indeed, the Islamic State threat has already begun to break down some of the region's long-standing divisions, with Iran and Saudi Arabia - standard-bearers of the Shia and Sun... more »
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS...
On that day 9-11 in 2001 in dentist office TV on wall planes into building collapse controlled demolition right before my eyes pulled out the world atlas where is Afghanistan? third building #7 never hit small fires steel framed high rises built to withstand damn near anything pancake collapse Had to be controlled demolition experts say so we know it to be true we just fear what happens when you take that leap into this reality Gladio Strategy of Tension make the people so afraid they cry out to great white father in Washington 'please protect us' Crazy Horse is coming after us agai... more »
Gnostic Media presents “9/11 & Cyclical, Fear-Based Mind Control in the Media”
I haven't even got through this entirely, yet. Based on what I have heard so far, the interview simply begs to be posted, immediately. So far, so excellent. Readers here know I am big, very big on pointing out how we are perception managed via the corporate, warmongering media. *Thanks to Jan @ Gnostic Media always linked in the sidebar to the right* "This episode is about 9/11, freedom, social control, and media manipulation, and is called “9/11 & Cyclical, Fear-Based Mind Control in the Media,” and was recorded on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, and released on Thursday, September ... more »
What Is The U.S. Strategy To Combat The Islamic State
*US Strategy Against Islamic State To Mirror Counterterrorism Efforts In Yemen, Somalia -- Long* *War Journal* President Barack Obama has announced that the United States will "degrade and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State (or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL) with "a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy." The strategy, presented in a speech to the nation on Sept. 10, will rely on local forces to do the bulk of the fighting while the US provides air strikes, intelligence and other support. This is America's current plan of attack for al Qaeda's regi... more »
US-NATO EXPANDING WAR ON SYRIA
Washington could be violating international law if it acts in Syria - something pointed out by Russia's foreign ministry. Syrian journalist and mid-east expert Alaa Ibrahim says US plans not just strikes against ISIS in Syria, but also money to rebels in the country.
Foreign Reaction To President Obama's Speech And Strategy On Combating The Islamic State
*Reaction To Obama Speech In Middle East Is -- No Surprise -- Divided -- L.A. Times* Reaction to President Obama’s vow to “destroy” the Islamic State militant group was predictably mixed throughout the Middle East and elsewhere on Thursday, with commentators and media outlets reflecting deeply divided opinions about U.S. actions in the region. In Baghdad, the office of Prime Minister Haider Abadi released a statement welcoming the U.S. stance as “supporting Iraq against Daesh and all terrorist groups,” using the common Arabic name for the Islamic State, formerly known as the Isla... more »
How Do You Know Who The New Dems Are? Right Before Elections They Vote With The GOP To Condemn President Obama
Two-faced Georgia reactionary, John Barrow, votes with Republicans to condemn President Obama The House is back in session after their 2 month vacation-- and just before another 6 week vacation. Right off the bat Boehner had McCarthy bring up some cockamamie resolution (HR 644) by Virginia crackpot Scott Ridell, "condemning the Obama administration’s failure to comply with the lawful statutory requirement to notify Congress before releasing individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and expressing national security concerns over the release of five Taliban leaders and the repercu... more »
Reaction To President Obama's Strategy On Combating The Islamic State Continues (Updated)
*Obama's IS Strategy Gets Mixed Reaction -- Voice of America* President Barack Obama's proposed strategy for an expanded U.S. military effort against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has drawn a mixed reaction from congressional lawmakers. Obama announced his plan late Wednesday in a nationally televised speech and urged Congress to support the mission against the group, which had previously been known as ISIL or ISIS. Republican Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told VOA he and many other Republicans believe the president waited too long to tak... more »
No mo' po-mo - Deconstructionism, Cultural Marxism and PoliticalCorrectness
The Deconstructionist Agenda from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"Derrida is the sort of philosopher who gives bullshit a bad name." - Foucault* No mo' po-mo. Challenge to Deconstructionism by Webster G. Tarpley [Excerpts, from the August 9, 1993, issue of "The New Federalist" ] ^^^^^^^^ Currently, education and intellectual life in the United States and many other countries are being destroyed by the triple plague of political correctness, postmodernism, and deconstructionism. After the collapse of Marxism in much of the world, the forces of evil in philosophy and epistemology are now i... more »
World News Briefs -- September 11, 2014
*US Marks 13th Anniversary of September 11 Terror Attacks -- Voice of America* President Barack Obama will take part in two somber ceremonies Thursday marking the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, will lead a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House at the moment the first hijacked passenger jet crashed into one of the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center. President and Mrs. Obama will later attend a ceremony at the Pentagon, the U... more »
September 11...
*never forget.* *Brought to you by the religion of peace... *
THE WARNINGS FROM JOURNALIST COUNTY: Times passes!
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014Part 4—Sweater boys and the failure to serve:* At one time, the warnings flowed from the precincts of Journalist County. When he was still a college student, Jacob Weisberg issued a prescient warning in the pages of The New Republic. For all previous posts in this series, click here. That warning appeared in 1986. Two years later, Richard M. Cohen issued a warning from just outside CBS County. In 1996, James Fallows echoed Weisberg’s earlier warning about print journalists and their buffoonist behavior on TV shows. Like Weisberg and Cohen, Fallows fo... more »
leadership is a lie
Just saying like the person that comes to your door selling hydro and expects you know they know more than me. there is a filter that lets the cream rise to the top think Justin Bieber Paris Hilton and those ever fantastic Kardashions
Remember, Remember the Eleventh of September, Thermite, Treason andPlot...
September 11th 2001 - The Third Occasion when Vladamir Putin Prevented World War III from Spike EP on Vimeo. "The potential for a thermonuclear confrontation or even of an all-out thermonuclear exchange growing out of 9/11 has generally been ignored by the US controlled media, but such a potential was clearly present. It was inherently present because of the tense relations among the US, Russia, and China in the wake of the bombing of Serbia and the Kursk incident. It was made explicit when a flying object, probably a cruise missile, hit the Pentagon. As the 9/11 commission ... more »
Jesus Christ in a Kitcheen
I am so sick of some tech person trying to run my life
Its not me its you
Yep thats my internet experience. Competing against pussy video and just plain cat kitten stills. I can not mount the troops to be seen aas an alternative to just everything is swell.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 11, 2014
Check out ISW's most recent ISIS Sanctuary Map here: http://t.co/ig7xfQ4qMc pic.twitter.com/CEXWfgZgwp — ISW (@TheStudyofWar) September 10, 2014 *US Will Bomb ISIS In Syria: Where The Military Will Strike [MAP] -- IBTimes* President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that the U.S. would fight the Islamic State from the air. The militant group, also known as ISIS and ISIL, has taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq and "in acts of barbarism," is responsible for the beheadings of U.S. journalists James Foley and Stephen Sotloff. "If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a g... more »
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