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Can North Carolina Democrats Replace Unpopular Obstructionist Richard Burr (R) With Deborah Ross (D)?
North Carolina Senator Richard Burr isn't all that popular back home and he'll have to face the voters in November in a race against former state Rep. and former North Carolina head of the ACLU, Deborah Ross. Last week, each won their respective primaries, Burr with 437,136 votes (61.9%) and Ross with 445,772 votes (63.3%). As of the February 24 FEC deadline Burr had spent $2,693,982 on his race and Ross had spent $635,999 on hers. He has a massive $5,312,89 war-chest and she has about $5 million less. (I might add that the industry that has been most generous to Burr this cycle i... more »
Will Donald Trump Win The Republican Nomination For President?
*WNU Editor:* I have been looking at the current Republican delegate count and primary results .... *2016 Delegate Count and Primary Results* (New York Times). What's my prediction .... I have looked at what races are remaining .... did my own math and predictions .... and I cannot help but feel that Donald Trump will fall short by 20 to 30 delegates. If anyone has an opinion .... please be free to put it in the comments section. No need to make a comment on Hillary Clinton .... her nomination is a lock even though Bernie Sanders has exceeded expectations.
Welcome to Port Henry
Our Icons campaign has a home city that actually has a name. We worked through a few possible names and came up with Port Henry. Our city occupies where, in the real world, can be found New Jersey's Great Bay. Though it is indeed a decent sized bay, it averages about five feet depth. It is one of the nation's best preserved wetlands so I feel a little guilty virtually draining and dredging much of it. To be honest, we didn't quite know what Port Henry was named for, it just sounded neat. It brought to mind Henry Hudson, though cities tend not to be named after a person's first na... more »
Come and Work with Us on Moral and Legal Responsibility and Agency!
The practical philosophy group at my department has for many years been working on building a research environment focusing broadly on *responsibility* as a topical theme. This theme encompasses all aspects of moral and legal responsibility and agency, and ranges from the applied and practice oriented (related to different areas and institutions), to the most general and fundamental issues in philosophy, moral and legal theory. It also contains openings for cross-disciplinary collaborations, e.g., with psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, law, politics and economics. Last year, th...more »
Pentagon Official Admits That The Release Of Guantanamo Detainees Has Led To American Deaths
Soldiers attached to Joint Task Force Guantanamo walk through Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Tuesday *Washington Post*: *Pentagon official: Release of Guantanamo detainees has led to American deaths* A senior Pentagon official said Wednesday that the release of detainees from the U.S. military’s prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has led to American deaths, though he did not provide any specific examples. Paul Lewis, the Defense Department’s special envoy for Guantanamo closure, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee under questioning that “unfortunately... more »
The Death Toll From Recent U.S. Air Strikes Have Yielded Higher Casualty Counts Than Usual
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer supersonic bomber flies over northern Iraq after conducting air strikes in Syria against ISIL targets September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Handout *The Atlantic:* *American Airstrikes Become Deadlier* Recent U.S. attacks on terrorist camps in three different countries have yielded much higher casualty counts than usual. An American airstrike on an al-Qaeda training camp in southern Yemen killed at least 50 fighters on Tuesday, according to the Pentagon and local reports. “The attack took place as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) recruits queued for dinn... more »
Donald Trump 'is he so wrong?'
I feel a little dirty admitting this, but I may be agreeing with Piers Morgan in The Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3504893/PIERS-MORGAN-comes-terror-isn-t-time-started-listening-seriously-Trump.html 'I spoke to Trump for 40 minutes. He was, as you'd expect, bombastic, defiant and self-congratulatory. Why wouldn't he be? He's ripped up every political rulebook to take this presidential race by storm, a scenario that is hardly going to deflate the ego of New York's most cock-sure billionaire tycoon. But he also spoke in more detail about his plans to combat ISIS and ... more »
Economic News , Data & Views ( March 23 , 2016 ) Overview ( 1. 19 Miners Die In A Coal Mine Accident in N. China’s Shanxi Province Wednesday Evening . 2. Japan Goes Full Krugman: Plans Un-Depositable, Non-Cash "Gift-Certificate" Money Drop To Young People. 3. ISIS Sends 400 Specially Trained Fighters To Unleash "Wave Of Bloodshed" In Europe. 4. NIRP-Land - Negative Yields Matrix. 5. Russia Still Trying To Issue 3 BN Worth Of Foreign Bonds. 6. Doom loop unbroken: Default Probability Of Deutsche Bank And Germany Continue To trade in Lockstep. 7. UK's 5y Default Probability Jumps As Brexit Risks Has Risen After Brussels Terror Attacks. 8. Shanghai Accord: A Welcome Cease-Fire In The Currency Wars. ) Europe In Focus ( 1. Brussels Attacks - Action Action Updates. 2. Refugee Crisis and Related Greece News. ) Libya Quagmire ( 1. GNA Still Based In Tunisia , Can't Get To Tripoli and Neither Can The UN Envoy Kobler. )
Overview...... " Color My World " ....... Chicago *CCTVNEWS* @cctvnews 32m 32 minutes ago #BREAKING 19 miners die in a coal mine accident in N. China’s Shanxi Province Wednesday evening (Xinhua) *zerohedge* @zerohedge 29m 29 minutes ago Japan Goes Full Krugman: Plans Un-Depositable, Non-Cash "Gift-Certificate" Money Drop To Young People http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-2 3/japan-goes-full-krugman-plans-un-depositable-non-cash-gift-certificate-money-drop-yo … *zerohedge* @zerohedge 4h 4 hours ago ISIS Sends 400 Specially Trained ... more »
U.S. Intelligence: 100 Islamic State Sleeper Cells In Europe
*Vocativ: **Beyond Brussels: ISIS Sleeper Cells Are Europe's New Reality* Why ISIS sleeper cells can lay low across Europe, and emerge to unleash terror undetected Four months of raids and arrests by Belgian counterterrorism officials could not stop the deadly blasts in Brussels that killed at least 31 people and left more than 270 injured on Tuesday. The attacks, claimed by ISIS and possibly plotted soon after the carnage in Paris unfolded last November, are the latest evidence of deepening jihadists networks in parts of Europe. They also reveal the severe limitations law enfor... more »
President Obama Defends His Islamic State War Strategy. Claims ISIS Is Not An Existential Threat To The U.S.
*Politico*:* Obama: I’m not underplaying terror threats* The president defends his decision to attend baseball game in Cuba, saying Americans cannot let terrorists ‘disrupt our societies.’ President Barack Obama on Wednesday fiercely defended his unwavering commitment to battling the Islamic State – a position he keeps finding himself in, this time because of a baseball game. Images of Obama doing the wave at a historic ballgame in Cuba with Raul Castro as the death toll mounted on Tuesday from deadly bombings in Brussels did not sit well with some. *Read more* .... *More News O... more »
Secretary Clinton-- Tear Down That Wall... Before The Donald Does!
*-by Dorothy Reik,President, Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains* Tear down that wall of secrecy you are hiding those transcripts behind. The American people have a right to know what Goldman Sachs and other plutocrats felt was worth $225,000 a pop to hear. Was it assurances that no matter what you said on the campaign trail, once you got into office it would be business as usual? Thanks to the new petition sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America, the people of the United States have an opportunity to demand the release of those transcripts. Folks, this is... more »
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, "Divenire"
Ludovico Einaudi, "Divenire" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1DRDcGlSsE
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 22, 2016
*George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures:* *The Cycle of Terrorism* Identifying terrorists requires a shift in intelligence methods. Summary The attacks in Belgium will set in motion an old cycle: massive alerts, terrorists going to ground, relaxing the alert, the re-emergence of the terrorist. Identifying terrorists consistently is almost impossible by existing means. The only strategy that might work is human intelligence – spies penetrating terrorist groups – but it is stunningly difficult. The choice is living with terrorism or adopting new strategies, as the old ones stop some ... more »
World News Briefs -- March 22, 2016 (Evening Edition)
*New York Times*: *Brothers Among 3 Brussels Suicide Attackers; Another Assailant Is Sought* BRUSSELS — Three suicide bombers — including two brothers — carried out the attacks on Brussels on Tuesday, the Belgian authorities announced on Wednesday, as they continued to hunt for at least one more assailant. The toll from the assaults stood at 31 dead and 300 injured. Investigators were urgently piecing together links between the attacks, on the Brussels Airport and on a subway car, to the November terrorist assaults that killed 130 people in and around Paris in November. The Islam... more »
EPA Execs Rely on Private Emails to Talk With Lobbyists
[image: Michael Goo of AJW Inc., is interviewed by CQ Roll Call in his Arlington office, January 15, 2016.] There is new evidence senior Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials routinely use private email accounts to conduct government business, this time to pass along information from an energy lobbyist. Michael J. Bradley, president and founder of an energy consulting firm... more »
Brussels Attack Looks Like Another False Flag. Here’s Why
Tuesday’s terrorist attacks at a Brussels airport and metro station (coincidentally next to NATO and EU headquarters) has all the hallmarks of a false flag event – designed to further the New World Order agenda to push through Orwellian domestic laws, surveillance, and justify ongoing wars in the Middle East. Early research suggest there are four clues pointing to a false flag: the ‘convenient’ timing of the event, NATO’s involvement, the location, and the symbology around the attacks. Wakeup-world.com reports: Strangely enough (or not), I was just having the thought the day before ... more »
Utah Caucus Insider: Incompetence, Manipulation, and Ballot Stuffing
A voter from the Utah Caucus has claimed that officials and volunteers working at the Presidential Ballot are encouraging voter fraud to take place – with officials allowing unchecked people with no ID to stuff the ballots full of fake votes. According to a post on forum Godlikeproductions, the user says: We elected Precinct Officers, State Delegates, and County Delegates – the typical incompetence and ignorance of the rules you’d expect to see from volunteers, but all went somewhat smooth. …Then came the Presidential Ballot. Someone shows up with a stack of probably 250 ballots. Th...more »
CIA Agents To Troll Alternative Media Sites In Huge Propaganda Program
The CIA are expanding an existing program that influences mainstream media outlets to promote fake propaganda stories, by having agents troll internet forums, social media, and website comment sections – in an effort to disrupt alternative media sites. In an expansion of Operation Mockingbird, the agency are now creating fake user accounts on various internet forums and social media channels, arguing politics with real users in an attempt to stifle and subvert genuine communications between users. Americanintelligencereport.com reports: According to RT news, agents have up to “10 f...more »
TSA Chief Flew To Brussels On Day Of Attacks To “Warn Government”
The head of the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reportedly flew out to Belgium on the morning of the Brussels attack, in a desperate attempt to warn authorities before they took place. According to a bizarre Foreign Intelligence Service report coming out of Russia, Admiral Peter Neffenger flew to Brussels on Tuesday to try and warn of the ISIS attacks, but after landing he went to the wrong intelligence office an hour before the tragedy occurred. Whatdoesitmean.com reports: According to this very complex report, of which we’re only able to report “selected... more »
World War 3 Has Begun – John Pilger
In the last eighteen months the Obama administration have initiated the greatest build-up of military forces since World War two along Russia’s western frontier. Such a military build up hasn’t been since since Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. Australian journalist John Pilger says that World War 3 has already begun. The media just don’t know about it yet because, at present, it is a war of propaganda, lies and distraction. But that can change in an instant. RT.com reports: Ukraine – once part of the Soviet Union – has become a CIA theme park. Having orchestrated a coup in Kiev, Wa... more »
Israeli Intel Agents Ran Security At Brussels Airports During Attacks
A Israeli security firm with a shady past handled the security operations at Brussels airport, the scene of the terrorist attack on Tuesday. Security firm ICTS have a trouble history, managing services that ‘coincidentally’ happen to be the scene of some of the biggest terrorist incidents of recent times. ICTS security missed several of the 9/11 hijackers who flew out of Boston’s Logan airport on September 11th 2001. The same Israeli security team also handled security for London’s bus network during the 7/7 London bombings. Sott.net reports: The aviation and general security servi... more »
Belgian Government Knew Precise Details About Attacks, But Did Nothing
Belgian and Western authorities knew the details about the ISIS attack in Brussels on Tuesday, but failed to do anything about it. The Belgian security services knew precise details about the attack plan, which was formulated at the de-factor ISIS capital of Raqqa, in Syria. Haaretz.com reports: The security services knew, with a high degree of certainty, that attacks were planned in the very near future for the airport and, apparently, for the subway as well. Despite the advance warning, the intelligence and security preparedness in Brussels, where most of the European Union agenc... more »
Officials: Paris Bombmaker Among Dead in Brussels Attack
[image: Belgian police leave after an investigating in a house in the Anderlecht neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, one day after Tuesday's deadly suicide attacks on the Brussels airport and its subway system.] BRUSSELS (AP) -- The suspected bombmaker in the Paris attacks in November was one of two suicide bombers who targeted the Brussels airport, officials said Wednesday, in a new sign that both attacks are linked to the same cell of... more »
March 23: no title.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2016/03/trudeaus-first-budget-about-direct-investments-not-tax-gimmick#.VvHqAjZs8NA.gmail Above is a balanced analysis of the federal budget plans. It is neither for nor against. It tells us what is in the budget; and it tells us what the risks are. Now, compare this to the story in the Irving press on B2 "Experts skeptical Liberal plan will have desired effect." And who are these experts? There are two, count them, two. Both of them represent big money, and one of them is also a fraud. The first is an economic planner for a major bank.... more »
Teen Survives 3rd Attack – First Boston, Then Paris, Now Brussels
A 19-year-old Mormon missionary from the US was injured in the Brussels terror attacks had, according to the Daily Mail, unbelievably survived both the Boston bombing and the Paris terror attacks of 2015: ISIS has claimed responsibility for the double blasts, which left at least 34 people dead including three of the terrorists and nearly 200 people injured. The State Department said Wednesday that at least 12 Americans have been injured in the attacks, including Mormon missionary Mason Wells, 19, his two colleagues, a U.S. Air Force officer and the serviceman’s five family members... more »
Note Left By Brussels Suicide Bomber Found On Computer In Trash Can
One of the Brussels suicide bombers allegedly left a note on a computer which was found in a trash can during an anti-terrorist raid, Belgium’s federal prosecutor said. Federal Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said that Ibrahim El Bakraoui, who blew himself up at the Brussels’ Zaventem Airport on Tuesday, wrote that he felt increasingly unsafe, didn’t know what to do and feared going to prison. RT reports: Before the attacks Ibrahim left a note, where he wrote that he felt increasingly unsafe and feared landing up in prison. El Bakraoui said he was “in a hurry, doesn’t know what to do” ... more »
ISIS: Future Attacks Require No ‘Authorisation’ From Our Leaders
ISIS have issued a statement following the attack in Brussels, saying that they intend to commit to further numerous small-scale attacks in Belgium and Europe – without the need for centralised coordination or authority from their leaders. ISIS say that individual militants and cells are now free to operate semi-independently – opening the gates for many more spontaneous attacks throughout Europe. Zerohedge.com reports: The thinking now is that ISIS cells have been given a certain amount of autonomy from central command in Raqqa and Mosul because, well, because there’s really no te... more »
Pentagon ‘Knew’ About Brussels Attacks In Advance
The Pentagon have confirmed that they knew about the Brussels attacks in advance saying that they had foreknowledge that ISIS had planned to launch an attack on the city. Despite the intelligence the U.S. were still unable to prevent Tuesday’s tragedy. Three officials told Reuters that whilst the United States government knew the attacks were going to take place, they did not know exactly when or where they would occur. Israelnationalnews.com reports: The believed impetus for the strike was the arrest of Salah Abdeslam in Belgium last Friday. Abdeslam was the main suspect to have s... more »
FBI Chief Says He Is ‘Certain’ Hillary Clinton Broke The Law
The FBI are showing signs of losing confidence in Hillary Clinton as investigations into her misuse of a private email server when she was Secretary of State uncover potential criminal activity. FBI chief, James Comey, has accussed the Presidential candidate of violating laws whilst handling classified government information through her private home server. Washingtonexaminer.com reports: The fact that Pagliano received immunity, experts have noted, could signal that a grand jury has already been impaneled, though it depends on the details of the agreement. Those details are presen... more »
Jeremy's List
1. Surely it's a fake. When Paul Staines and his gophers, not noted for accurate intel on matters internal to the Labour Party can pick out glaring mistakes, something doesn't add up. Either the people in Jeremy's office are utterly clueless, or that the list has an air of Grimsby Docks about it. 2. Jeremy says the list didn't originate from his people and he doesn't recognise it. Fair enough. However, if a shit list didn't exist I would, well, be a little bit disappointed. It's elementary politics to identify who your support is, who your enemies are, and the gradation of waverer... more »
Donald Trump Threatens To Spill The Beans On Mrs Ted Cruz
The US Republican presidential race got even nastier on Wednesday when two main contenders exchanged cryptic tweets and Donald Trump threatened to ‘spill the beans’ on Senator Ted Cruz’s wife. A naked photo of Melania Trump set off the latest Republican presidential dispute on Twitter. Senator Cruz sent a Tweet to the Donald warning him to lay off his Mrs and to google his facts before launching cowardly attacks. The Independent reports: Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife! — Donald ... more »
Did Donald Trump “Predict” The Brussels Terror Attack?
Some people are saying that Donald Trump “predicted” the Brussels terror attack two months prior to the event! Outlets, like toprightnews.com, are pointing towards two key points which allegedly suggest Donald Trump actually “predicted” what was to come. The first piece of evidence is a New York Times article titled, “Donald Trump Finds New City to Insult: Brussels”. The second is a video where Trump mentions Brussels as a place where bad stuff is going on… But what is the truth? The NY Times piece, published January 27, 2016 – 55 days before the Brussels terror attack – said the fo... more »
Seeing Behind the Tragic Curtain
Originally aired on BBC in 1992, 'Operation Gladio', the NATO sponsored terror network operating in Europe. In the context of the horrific killings in Brussels it might be worth while for people to watch this video. We know that professional 'law enforcement' types have long ago said that most criminals have a way of repeating their bad behavior over and over again. It's called 'modus operandi'. Who benefits from alleged Muslim terrorist bombings like the one in Belgium? Who created ISIS (which took responsibility for the attacks) in the first place and essentially funds it a... more »
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*Protests, few bids at Gulf lease sale ~Ken Stickney, The Advertiser* *Protesters crash federal oil and gas lease sale in New Orleans ~Jennifer Lorino*
Musical Interlude: Era, “Infinity Ocean”
Era, “Infinity Ocean” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ICpuRYTOA
House Conservatives to Leadership: It’s Not That Hard to Cut $30 Billion
[image: Jim Jordan - 900] House conservatives don't mind getting creative to find a solution to the ongoing budget standoff. Alternative ways to achieve actual savings work, they explain, but promises of future spending cuts do not. At a gathering with reporters Tuesday, conservative leaders... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebulas. The Keyhole Nebula (NGC 3324), the bright structure just above the image center, houses several of these massive stars and has itself changed its appearance. *Click image for larger size.* The entire Carina Nebula spans over 300 light years and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Carina. Eta Carinae, the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in th... more »
U.S., Some European Nations, Israel, Turkey, Qatar, And Saudi Arabia Must Accept Historical Responsibility For The Ideological Radicalization of Muslims Worldwide
*Photo source*. *An excerpt from, "Brussels attacks: How Saudi Arabia's influence and a deal to get oil contracts sowed seeds of radicalism in Belgium" By Leo Cendrowicz, The Independent, March 23, 2016:* *There are many reasons why Belgium has become a hotbed of radical Islamism. Some of the answers may lie in the implanting of Saudi Salafist preachers in the country from the 1960s.* Keen to secure oil contracts, Belgium’s King Baudouin made an offer to Saudi King Faisal, who had visited Brussels in 1967: *Belgium would set up a mosque in the capital, and hire Gulf-trained cleric... more »
Chet Raymo, “Living In The Little World”
*“Living In The Little World” * by Chet Raymo "My wisdom is simple," begins Gustav Adolph Ekdahl, at the final celebratory family gathering of Ingmar Bergman's crowning epic “Fanny and Alexander.” I saw the movie in the early 1980s when it had its U.S. theater release. Now I have just watched the five-hour-long original version made for Swedish television. Whew! But back to that speech by the gaily philandering Gustav, now the patriarch of the Ekdahl clan and uncle to Fanny and Alexander. The family has gathered for the double christening of Fanny and Alexander's new half-sister a... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "I Want A Lot"
*"I Want A Lot"* "You see, I want a lot. Perhaps I want everything: the darkness that comes with every infinite fall and the shivering blaze of every step up. So many live on and want nothing and are raised to the rank of prince by the slippery ease of their light judgments. But what you love to see are faces that so work and feel thirst... You have not grown old, and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out its own secret." - Rainer Maria Rilke
The Obama Doctrine : "Don't Do Stupid Shit".
*"Who exactly is in the stupid-shit caucus? * *Who is pro–stupid shit?"* *"The truth is, actually, Putin, in all of our meetings, is scrupulously polite, very frank. Our meetings are very businesslike. He never keeps me waiting two hours like he does a bunch of these other folks...* *He’s constantly interested in being seen as our peer and as working with us, because he’s not completely stupid. He understands that Russia’s overall position in the world is significantly diminished.*" *Obama’s theory here is simple :* *Ukraine is a core Russian interest but not an American one, so Russ... more »
Operation Midland: Westminster Paedophile Ring Inquiry Closed
The investigation into claims that a Westminster VIP paedophile ring abused and murdered children in the 1970s and 80s has been closed by the Metropolitan Police. Operation Midland was closed after the last living suspect, former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor, was told he would face no charges. The inquiry that cost over £1.8 million ended without a single person being arrested. The Anti Media reports: According to the Met Police, no evidence was found that children were abused and murdered by an array of accused politicians that included former heads of the army and intelligence c...more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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"You Pretend..."
"That life. This life. It looks as if you can have both. I mean, they're both right there, one on top of the other, and it looks as if they'll blend. But they never will. So, you take this thing. You take this thing you want, and you put it in a box and you close the lid. You can let your fingers trace the cracks, the places where the light gets in, the dark gets out, but the lid stays on. You don't look inside. You don't look at this thing you want so much, because you Can. Not. Have. It. So there's this box, you know, with the thing inside, and you could throw it away or shoot it... more »
Political Machines Steal Elections... It's What They Do-- And That Doesn't Just Mean The Evil Republicans
DNC Chair-- and congressional payday lender stooge-- Debbie Wasserman Schultz is certain that if she wound up on the witness chair in a court case she would be able to get away with her serial attempts to sabotage Bernie Sanders' campaign on behalf of her old crony, Hillary Clinton. How do I know? She was bragging about it to Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business News Monday morning. "There is just no shred of evidence to suggest that I’m favoring Hillary Clinton... I’m not doing a very good job wrapping up the nomination for her if I were favoring Hillary Clinton." But no one ever accu... more »
AP Report: The Islamic State Has Deployed 400 - 600 Fighters To Attack Europe
European Fighters Joining Militant Groups in Iraq and Syria | InsideGov *WNU Editor*: The AP report is here .... *ISIS has sent 400 fighters to attack Europe, officials say* (AP). What's my take .... many Europeans have gone to the Middle East to fight for the Islamic State. And while many of them have been killed, many have returned (or will return) back to their home countries. What they will do when they come back is what is making everyone give pause.
Obama: ISIS Not an Existential Threat to the US
[image: President Barack Obama answer a question about the recent attack in Brussels during a join news conference with Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 23, 2016.] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The Latest on President Barack Obama’s visit to Argentina (all times local): 1:50 p.m. President Barack Obama says the Islamic State group isn’t an existential threat to the United States. He says groups like that... more »
Report: Obamacare’s HealthCare.gov Logged 316 Cybersecurity Incidents Recently
[image: HealthCare - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government report says the web portal for health insurance coverage under President Barack Obama’s law logged 316 security incidents during a period of about 18 months. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office says none of the attempted... more »
U.S-Trained Pakistani Scientist Pervez Hoodbhoy On The Root of Muslim Backwardness: Scientific Education Is Not Valued In Islamic Culture
"I will not claim that this science phobia that we see is entirely due to textbooks, because there's a lot more to education than just textbooks. It's part of a national culture. And certainly we do not have a national culture that values science. We do not have science programs on television. We have a lot of political entertainment, to be sure, but not very much on science at all. We cannot differentiate, for the most part, between the path-breaking work done by Abdus Salam and the copy cat, reverse engineering done by the bomb makers. And, frankly, science is not considered eithe... more »
Erdogan: Brussels Bomber Was Caught In Turkey And Deported To Belgium
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that one of the terrorists behind the bomb attacks in Brussels that killed over 30 people, was caught in Turkey in June 2015, detained and later deported to Belgium. BREAKING: Turkey’s Erdogan: one of the Brussels attackers was caught in Turkey in June, deported to Belgium. — The Associated Press (@AP) March 23, 2016 Hindustan Times reports: “One of the Brussels attackers was detained in Gaziantep (in southern Turkey close to the Syrian border) and then deported” to Belgium, Erdogan told reporters in Ankara. Erdogan said that the Belgi... more »
Muslim Groups Condemn Cruz’s Call for Muslim Neighborhood Surveillance
[image: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaking with supporters after the results of the 2016 Nevada caucuses at his caucus night party at the Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA in Las Vegas, Nevada.] GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz called Tuesday for deep surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods following the terrorist attacks in Brussels, sparking panic among Muslims living in the United States. The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Cruz's remarks as unconstitutional and... more »
Screw politics - Screw finances - Screw godma
yeah, so, I'm a radical... but that's important, or else we're all in this shit together without knowing why. *WHY?* Well, it's true, isn't it? Why do we do what we do? Are we just servants of our masters; our position in society, our upbringing, our friends and relatives? What if we *ONE DAY* decided that we are going to live this life THE WAY WE WANT TO LIVE IT? What if we *ONE DAY* decided that we are going to be in the place WE WANT TO BE IN? What is we *ONE DAY* decided that this world is *FUCKED* and WE DESERVE BETTER? *Screw politics* *Screw finances* *Screw godma* Is ... more »
Dan Bacher: 'Is Brown Administration Official Admitting Delta Tunnels Plan Is Collapsing?'
Klamath salmon Is Brown Administration Official Admitting Delta Tunnels Plan Is Collapsing? by Dan Bacher Photo of John Laird courtesy of California Natural Resources Agency. Censored NewsIn the video from a recent hearing in the California Legislature, it appears that a Brown administration official is admitting that financial support for Governor Brown’s controversial
Western Intelligence Knew That The Islamic State Were Going To Attack Brussels' Metro System And The Airport
*(Click On Image)* *Haaretz:* *EXCLUSIVE: Belgian Intelligence Had Precise Warning That Airport Targeted for Bombing* Attack in subway likely also known in advance by Belgian and Western agencies; attack plan was formulated at de-facto ISIS capital of Raqqa, in Syria. The Belgian security services, as well as other Western intelligence agencies, had advance and precise intelligence warnings regarding the terrorist attacks in Belgium on Tuesday, Haaretz has learned. The security services knew, with a high degree of certainty, that attacks were planned in the very near future for t... more »
U.S. Presidential Candidates Discuss Brussels And What Should Be Done
New York Times: *Hillary Clinton Says She Is the Only Candidate With a Plan to Defeat the Islamic State* EVERETT, Wash. — Hillary Clinton portrayed herself on Tuesday as the only presidential candidate who has presented a detailed plan to defeat the Islamic State, which took responsibility for the terrorist attacks in Brussels earlier in the day. “I’ve laid out a very specific agenda for defeating ISIS, not just on the battlefield,” Mrs. Clinton said at an event with union members here. She went on to explain her plan to use Kurdish and Arab forces and American airstrikes to weak... more »
ISIS's Supply Chain Includes Companies From India, Turkey, And Nine Other Countries
*An excerpt from, "7 Indian firms among those in Islamic State supply chain: EU study" By Sandeep Singh and Anil Sasi, The Indian Express, February 26, 2016: * *Seven Indian companies figure in a list of 51 commercial entities from 20 countries that, according to an EU-mandated study, are involved in the supply chain of over 700 components used by the Islamic State to construct improvised explosive devices (IEDs).* While four of the seven Indian firms denied having exported explosives or accessories to either Lebanon or Turkey, two confirmed that smaller suppliers of components suc...more »
Argentina: A Red Sphere Emerged at Punta Piedras
*Source: Diario Popularhttp://www.diariopopular.com.ar/notas/253189-una-esfera-rojiza-que-emergio-punta-piedrasDate: 03.22.2016* *Argentina: A Red Sphere Emerged at Punta Piedras* By Pachi La Fata Researchers of UFO-related phenomena refer to these events as "skywatches" - meetings held in various parts of the country to observe and investigate so-called UFO hotspots. The main goal is, of course, a direct experience with unidentified flying objects. Within this framewoerk, one of the most spectacular occurences happened in the locality of Punta Piedras, facing the River Plate ... more »
News Outlets Can Now Use Facial Manipulation Techniques On Politicians
Stanford University have unveiled a new technique whereby mainstream media news outlets can alter the facial expressions during a supposed ‘live’ interview with a politician, in order to fool the masses. Though the tone of the video [below] is decidedly calm and monotone, the implications of what the researchers are saying is disturbing. It is not clear whether these techniques are already being used, or will be in the future. Either way, it should be considered an urgent wake-up call to anyone who watches the mainstream news … welcome to the world of facial manipulation. As descri...more »
Political Influence of AIPAC
The American Israeli Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is the strongest and most influential political lobby in the USA. Some of its member, 18,000, met recently in Washington D.C. The Committee (AIPAC) extended its invitation to the five presidential candidates to attend their meeting and to express their political views towards Israel. The only candidate who did not attend the meeting was Senator Bernie Sanders. During his campaign, Senator Sanders criticized the Israel government policy towards the Palestinians. He called for an end to Israeli occupation of the West Bank and ... more »
The Corrupt American Congress
The month of March will be always remembered as the month the US invaded Iraq 13 years ago. Unfortunately, only one American politician, senator Cruz, stated publicly that the invasion of Iraq destabilized the Middle East region. He furthermore said that the removal of Saddam Hussein was a mistake because under his rule Iraq was stable. Senator Cruz and do not support him made a correct statement. However, he did not elaborate on the invasion, which led to the killing of more than one million Iraqi civilians, and the destruction of Iraq physically, economically and politically. It ... more »
What Matters - A Guest Post by Pam Bickell
Source: *Notes Along The Path Blog*
Cruz Calls Trump’s Behavior Cowardly After Trump Tweet-Attacks Cruz’s Wife, Heidi
[image: CHARLESTON, SC - FEBRUARY 19: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks as his wife Heidi listens during a campaign event February 19, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. Cruz continued to campaign for the upcoming GOP primary in South Carolina. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)] Donald Trump’s foundational thirst for vengeance now extends to the wife of his political rival Ted Cruz. Trump was not happy that an anti-Trump SuperPAC called Make America Awesome used a nude photo from a GQ Magazine shoot of his wife Melania... more »
Obama Visits Argentina as It Works to Improve Economic Freedom
[image: President Barack Obama meets with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at the Casa Rasada in Buenos Aires, Argentina.] President Barack Obama has arrived for a state visit to Argentina. His trip to meet with President Mauricio Macri comes as Argentina is trying to grow its economic freedom. There is the grim situation facing Macri and his team. Argentina... more »
Brussels Bombers Were Actually Supposed to Be in Prison
[image: Khalid Bakraoui, Brussels Bombing, Belgium Bombing,] The El-Bakraoui brothers who were identified by authorities as suicide bombers in the Brussels attack Tuesday were both supposed to be serving jail sentences. Ibrahim El-Bakraoui, 30, was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2010 for a shoot out... more »
Report: Belgian Officials Had ‘Precise’ Warnings About Brussels Attacks
[image: Police and other emergency workers stand in front of the damaged Zaventem Airport terminal in Brussels on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Belgian authorities were searching Wednesday for a top suspect in the country's deadliest attacks in decades, as the European Union's capital awoke under guard and with limited public transport after scores were killed and injured in bombings on the Brussels airport and a subway station.] Belgian officials reportedly knew terrorists were planning to strike the airport and the subway in Brussels ahead of Tuesday's attacks, which left 31 dead and ... more »
Commentary on Trump's Economics
1. Alan Blinder 2. Jon Hartley and Glenn Hubbard I don't know any mainstream economist--right, left, or center--who has good things to say about the economic policy views of Donald Trump. But, somehow, I don't think this fact will deter his supporters.
Argentina: Woman Allegedly Visited by 14 "Extraterrestrials" at Home
*Source: Diario PopularDate: 03.14.2016* *Argentina: Woman Allegedly Visited by 14 "Extraterrestrials" at Home* *By Pachi La Fata - Diario Popular* A total of fourteen "extraterrestrials" appeared in the middle of the night, surrounding her bed. There she was, beside her sleeping husband. The "visitors" regarded her silently, but the protagonist was never scared. She tried to waken her spouse to have him witness what was happening before her very eyes, but the visitors cautioned her telepathically that he would remain asleep, as he was not yet ready. Then, the entities proceeded t... more »
President Erdogan Wants To Dismantle UN Security Council
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey proposes that the UN Security Council be dismantled and reformed to reflect a more “democratic” institution – with more Islamic representatives. Erdogan wants Islam to be more representative in the council’s chambers, even though the permanent members of the UN Security Council have their own Muslim citizenry. Russian analysts however do not agree with the president and say that his proposals will rupture the security structure that has successfully prevailed and stopped major global conflicts arising between superpowers since the end of the ... more »
Syrian Forces Hours Away From Capturing Ancient Palmyra From ISIS
The Syrian army is 850 meters away from retaking the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria which has been systematically destroyed by the Islamic State. The city has become encircled by Syrian troops aided by Russian helicopters targeting armored ISIS vehicles. China Xinhua reports: The Syrian force also used motorcycles in their attack on the IS in Palmyra due to the geographical nature of that area. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian forces, backed by Russian airstrikes, have approached the outskirts of Palmyra, following days of intense battles ... more »
Danny Glover's Secret Monkey Bread Recipe
Danny Glover is sharing his dad's secret Monkey Bread recipe with us today. Check it out below! [image: post signature]
Midday Musical Interlude: James Horner, “Legends of the Fall- The Ludlows”
James Horner, “Legends of the Fall- The Ludlows” - https://www.youtube.com/
"Today Is Mine..."
“Today is mine. It is unique. Nobody in the world has one exactly like it. It holds the sum of all my past experiences and all my future potential. I can fill it with joyous moments or ruin it with fruitless worry. If painful recollections of the past come into my mind, or frightening thoughts of the future, I can put them away. They cannot spoil today for me.” - Alcoholics Anonymous
“Where the Wealth Was All Along”
*“Where the Wealth Was All Along”* by David Cain “I keep having this idea, not that I think it’s true, that when you die you appear in a talk show studio, and everyone is clapping. A host shakes your hand and asks you to sit down, and the both of you go over how you think you did. On a large screen, they play a long montage containing some of the more significant moments in your life. You and the host, along with the audience, look on as you make pivotal choices, overcome dilemmas, and meet the people who would become your friends and partners. The film includes a lot of personalit... more »
Man Refuses To Climb Down Tall Tree In Seattle
Police and firemen have been unsuccessfully negotiating with a man to climb down from the top of a tall sequoia tree in downtown Seattle. Despite hours of coaxing, the bearded man is still perched near the top of the 80-foot (24-metre) tree refusing to give up his treetop shelter. Reporters and passers by have seen glimpses of the man appearing among the branches. At scene, where man has climbed to top of tree in downtown Seattle. @seattlefire appears to be attempting talks. pic.twitter.com/WVbTRdswHp — Evan Bush (@evanbush) March 22, 2016 KRQE reports: Authorities were alerted to a... more »
Protectors Shout Down Auction of New Oil Drilling Leases in Gulf
Protectors Shout Down Auction of New Oil Drilling Leases in Gulf Watch video below: Gulf Coast Protector Cherri Foytlin (Click arrow to watch) Surround the Super Dome ACTION - March 23, 2016 - Federal land Oil/Gas Lease Sale Video posted by Indigenous Environmental Network Wednesday, March 23, 2016 . From Rising Tide: Currently, hundreds of climate and social
Campaign watch: Rutenberg hammers CNN!
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016Whitewashes his own New York Times:* A new era began in Monday's New York Times. Jim Rutenberg began his reign as the paper's new "media columnist," filling the chair which was once held by the late David Carr. Rutenberg started his reign exactly where he should have. His inaugural column carried this headline: "The Mutual Dependence of Donald Trump and the News Media" Rutenberg devoted almost 1700 words to that important topic. In the process, he presented some valuable information. He also showed the ridiculous way players like him play the game. Rut...more »
Paper calls water “a gift from God”
A paper about using solar energy to make water potable has been flagged for citing God. The shout-out isn’t subtle; in fact, it’s the first sentence of the Introduction in “Solar still with condenser – A detailed review:” Water is a gift from God and it plays a key role in the development of an […] The post Paper calls water “a gift from God” appeared first on Retraction Watch.
"How It Really Is"
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." - William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”
“Who’s Anti-American?”
*“Who’s Anti-American?”* by Bill Bonner “Maryland! The Old Line bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb. Huzza! She spurns the Northern scum! She breathes! She burns! She'll come! She'll come! Maryland! My Maryland!” – Maryland’s State Song BALTIMORE – “Yesterday, one dear reader wrote in to say we were “cynical” and “anti-American.” Today, we rise to defend our reputation… such as it is. *Guilty as Charged: *Cynical? Nah… We’d need a big dose of positive thinking and earnest optimism to be cynical. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, people who a...more »
U.N.: Yemen Cease-Fire To Start April 10. Peace Talks To Begin April 18
A view of buildings destroyed during recent fighting in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz March 14, 2016. REUTERS/ANEES MAHYOUB *Reuters*: *Yemen fighting to halt April 10, peace talks start April 18: U.N.* The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a cessation of hostilities starting at midnight on April 10 and peace talks in Kuwait beginning April 18, United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said on Wednesday. There have already been several failed attempts to defuse the conflict in Yemen, which has drawn in regional foes Saudi Arabia and Iran and triggered a human... more »
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Is In Moscow Having Talks On Syria And Ukraine
*Voice of America:* *Kerry in Moscow to Push for Political Transition in Syria* U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow to discuss the crisis situations in Ukraine and Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Kremlin. They are also likely to discuss Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels, which Secretary Kerry called an assault against the Belgian people and against the very heart of Europe. A senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Kerry that the secretary views the Brussels attacks as part of the larger threat po... more »
In 5 Charts, How Obamacare Has Worked the Past 6 Years
[image: President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House on March 23, 2010.] Six years ago Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. Since then, Americans have seen their premiums increase, a dozen nonprofit insurers have closed their doors and the number of people on the... more »
Bloomberg’s Renewable Fantasyland
By Paul Homewood http://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-europe-at-a-clean-energy-crossroads/ Further to my last post. Liebreich, having described why the push to renewables in the EU has fallen flat on its face, then goes on to say: The tragedy of all this is that Europe lost its renewable energy mojo just as costs were plummeting to the point […]
Paul Craig Roberts, "The Establishment Can’t Control Trump Or Sanders"
*"The Establishment Can’t Control Trump Or Sanders"* by Rory Hall, The Daily Coin "The public has learned that the political Establishment represents the 1% and they have no chance with any Establishment candidate, either Republicans or Democrats… They’re supporting them less for their stance on issues and more on the fact that maybe there’s a chance that they [Trump/Sanders] would do something for the 99%. Aside from the fact that Hillary Clinton is allowed to run for President rather than spend all of her time defending herself from criminal charges for treasonous political crim... more »
Help wanted
*Evil greedy genius seeks teachers and scholars who are eager to sacrifice their current careers for substantial but temporary financial gains. Must have no hesitation in promoting teaching machines and tests that do not help children learn, but will result in enormous short-term profits for the testing and publishing industries. * *Two kinds of minions are especially needed:* *1. **Researchers who can write long and dense scholarly papers that obscure serous errors in statistical analysis and logic.* *2. **Classroom teachers who can represent my company to the public and s... more »
Bilingual education: What does the research say?
Sent to the Daily News (Los Angeles), March 22, 2016. Ron Unz thinks that because of Proposition 227, which dismantled bilingual education in California, children are learning English better and faster ("Senate race to replace Barbara Boxer just got more interesting," March 21). This is not true for California, nor is it true for other states in which bilingual education was eliminated. Also, study after study has shown that children in bilingual programs do better in English reading than similar students in all-English "immersion" programs. In a recent analysis, Cal State San M... more »
Cancers of Convenience?
*Former Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford passed away* *on March 21 at the age of 46 from cancer* Well known former politician, *Rob Ford**,* who for several years was the embattled, drug addicted mayor of Toronto (the Good) has passed away in hospital. Rob Ford, the Toronto city councillor who became the world's most famous mayor during a wild, scandal-filled term, is dead at age 46. The married father of two young children died after 18 months of treatment for *a rare and aggressive cancer first diagnosed in the midst of his 2014 bid to be re-elected mayor.* Ford would have turned 47 on Ma... more »
Officials Say Guantanamo Transfers Have Killed Americans
[image: Camp Delta Guantanamo Bay Cuba - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Obama administration official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp criticism from Republicans opposed to shuttering the facility. Testifying before the GOP-led... more »
Silence in the Storm: Central Banks Are Desperate | Helicopter Money: Global Central Banks Consider Distributing Money Directly To The People
*Great article... they really are VERY worried. -AK* http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/2016/03/Central-Banks-Are-Desperate-Helicopter-Money-Global-Central-Banks-Consider-Distributing-Money-Directly-To-The-People.html#more Wednesday, March 23, 2016 *Central Banks Are Desperate | Helicopter Money: Global Central Banks Consider Distributing Money Directly To The People* Central banks are supposed to be the great economic watchdogs. They claim to slow down bubbles by increasing interest rates, and stimulate the economy by lowering them. But the alleged benevolence of these institutions ... more »
Karl Denninger, “Keep Poking...”
*“Keep Poking...”* by Karl Denninger “You know, the thing that looks like this? I'm sure there's nothing inside there. So are you, right? After all, nobody would so freaking stupid as to poke a full one of those with a stick repeatedly, despite the buzzing coming from it... right? There are those of you on the left that are trying to deny someone you don't like the ability to speak- those of you blocking roads and entrances, intruding on private property under false pretense, starting riots- you know who you are. Think long and hard folks, because it is people like Trump that have... more »
Tulsi Gabbard: Bernie Sanders Is the Commander in Chief We Need
*Bernie Sanders talks about his and Clinton's foreign policy differences with Chris Hayes. I've set the clip to end after the foreign policy discussion (about 10 minutes); listen to the rest if you want to hear him talk about Trump violence, his path to victory and his plan, if he wins, for the Democratic Party.* *by Gaius Publius* There's no other way to think about this. Hillary Clinton would be a more aggressive, "muscular" commander-in-chief than Obama. By a lot. I have two pieces on this, one from Sanders supporter Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; the other, from Clinton supporter Michell... more »
UN, Malawi Try Drones to Transport HIV Tests for Babies
[image: drone - 900] JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Malawi and the United Nations children’s agency are experimenting with drones to speed up HIV testing for infants. Mahimbo Mdoe, a UNICEF representative in Malawi, says drones will solve the challenges that health workers face in reaching... more »
Islamic State About To Lose The Ancient City Of Palmyra To Syrian Forces
*Daily Mail*:* Syria forces on brink of retaking iconic city of Palmyra from ISIS * * Syrian pro-government forces have advanced to the edge of the famed city * Regime forces launched an offensive to retake the city at the start of March * Moscow said it was flying up to 25 sorties a day to aid government forces Syrian pro-government forces have advanced to the edge of the famed ancient city of Palmyra today, a monitor said. The move is a major symbolic victory over the Islamic State jihadist group, who seized control of the city in May last year. The takeover sent shock waves ar... more »
US Airstrike Kills More Than 70 At An 'Al Qaeda Camp' In Yemen
*The Guardian*: *Massive US airstrike in Yemen kills 'dozens' of people, Pentagon says* * Second mass-casualty strike the US military has undertaken this month * Two strikes have killed more than 200 people at ‘terrorist training camps’ A massive US airstrike in Yemen has killed what the Pentagon estimates is “dozens” of people, the second such mass-casualty strike the US military has undertaken this month. The two strikes, killing more than 200 people at what the Pentagon described as terrorist training camps, diverged so sharply from the previous years’ worth of relatively low-c...more »
“It Cometh from the Pit: And Hath a Knout”
*“It Cometh from the Pit: And Hath a Knout”* by Fred Reed “Once upon a time there was a fairy kingdom that lived inside a place called The Beltway, and was surrounded on all four sides by a land called America. The Beltway was aligned with another kingdom called Manhattan, inhabited by disembodied heads that spoke from the walls of bars, and with with yet another closed kingdom called Hollywood, the abode of half-educated narcissists. These kingdoms were in eternal political syzygy, and spoke not with the people of the surrounding lands, of whom they knew nothing. The following is ... more »
Poll: Should there be a way to “self-retract” for honest error?
This week in Nature, Daniele Fanelli at Stanford made an interesting proposal: Set up a system of “self-retraction” that makes it crystal clear when a paper is pulled for honest error, rather than misconduct. Fanelli, a whose work we have frequently covered, rightly notes that honest error represents a minority of retractions — around 20%. […] The post Poll: Should there be a way to “self-retract” for honest error? appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Justices Divided on Little Sisters of the Poor Fight for Religious Freedom
[image: Nuns with the Little Sisters of The Poor, including Sister Celestine, left, and Sister Jeanne Veronique, center, rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, as the court hears arguments to allow birth control in healthcare plans in the Zubik vs. Burwell case. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a new challenge to President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the Supreme Court appeared deeply and evenly divided Wednesday over the arrangement devised by the administration to spare faith-based groups from having to pay for birth control... more »
Navy Tugboat Lost for a Century Found off California Coast
[image: USS Conestoga - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Navy tugboat that sank nearly a century ago has been found by a team of government researchers off the San Francisco coast, officials announced Wednesday. The USS Conestoga departed San Francisco Bay for Pearl Harbor in... more »
After Brussels: Profile, Protect, Prevent, Prefer
[image: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Emigration, Immigrants, USA] The carnage in Brussels adds the name of another great city to the list of Western cities targeted since 9/11 by Islamic terrorists in mass-casualty attacks. Brussels, March 22, 2016 follows close on the heels of San Bernardino (December 2,... more »
Little Sisters, Little Pills: It’s All About Power
[image: Nuns from the Little Sisters of the Poor gather in New York September 24, 2015 as Pope Francis now heads to New York City. He is set to arrive and hold a prayer service at St. Patricks Cathedral.] Obamacare is before the Supreme Court again today. This time, eight justices will hear oral arguments over whether the Little Sisters of the Poor, Priests for Life, and other religious nonprofits should be forced to provide free contraception and abortion pill... more »
Post-Brussels Jitters: Suspicious Package Prompts Evacuation at Atlanta Airport
[image: Atlanta airport delta - 900] ATLANTA (AP) -- Police say passengers were evacuated from a terminal at Atlanta’s airport after a bomb squad investigated a suspicious package, but airport officials say operations have returned to normal. Atlanta police Officer D.T. Hannah said the package was... more »
Has Europe Underestimated The Islamic State Terror Threat?
Police stand guard at Midi train station following bomb attacks in Brussels, Belgium. (Reuters) *Remi Benoit Piet, Special to Al Arabiya*: *Brussels attacks: How Europe is underestimating ISIS’s terror* ISIS has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks that caused the demise of at least thirty people and injured 200 more in Brussels on Tuesday, according to the Belgian Interior ministry. Twenty of them died in an explosion at the metro station Maelbeek, a few hundred meters away from the European Parliament, while at least ten were killed by suicide bombers at the interna... more »
Bloomberg On The Eclipse Of The European “Clean” Energy Sector
By Paul Homewood http://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-europe-at-a-clean-energy-crossroads/ A long but interesting piece from Bloomberg, but this section goes to the heart: ECLIPSE OF THE EUROPEAN CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR The grounding of the good ship Europe has had serious consequences for the clean energy industry. Europe pioneered large-scale wind and solar power. In 2010, despite surging […]
Those Other Terrorists
While the professional purveyors of paranoia are raking in the bucks and salivating over the Belgium terrorist attack and bitching about the president's failure to properly render his thoughts, prayers and revenge, Those Other Terrorists have received a silent slap on the wrist. If outrage has not ensued, it is because Those Other Terrorists are American troops. And as we all know, America does not do terror. It only fights terror. The American terrorism that shall not be named is of the state-sponsored variety. I am talking about the dozen or so unnamed pilots and military bureau... more »
AT MADDOW SHOW, IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE: Stop Rachel Maddow before she poofs more!
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016Part 3–A low-IQ night in the life:* Last Tuesday evening, Rachel Maddow joined Brian Williams for many long hours of babble. In the current election season, the peculiar pair serve as co-hosts for MSNBC's "campaign coverage." Last Tuesday, they anchored the channel's endless, time-killing treatment of that day's primaries and caucuses. There was no Maddow Show that night. The next evening, the increasingly peculiar show returned to the air with a wide array of peculiar reports by its host. When the Maddow Show resumed last Wednesday night, it had an array... more »
Is The Islamic State Starting A Guerilla Warfare Campaign In Europe?
*Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast*: *Brussels Terror Attacks Bring Guerrilla War to the Heart of Europe* *Coordinated attacks on Brussels this morning may signal the start of an ISIS-led guerrilla warfare campaign in the West.* PARIS — As explosions rocked the airport and the metro in Brussels this morning, fears grew that the threat of terrorism is morphing into the threat of guerrilla war in Europe. The attacks, which killed more than 20 people, came four days after the arrest in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, a member of the terrorist cell that attacked Paris cafés, a sports stadi... more »
Brussels Terror Attacks -- News Updates March 23, 2016
*Daily Mail*: *'I don't know what to do. If I give myself up I'll end up in a cell': Suicide bomber left note in a bin before blowing himself up in airport - as police reveal 'the man in white' is STILL on run * * Najim Laachraoui - 'Man in White' - fled airport after he left a giant suitcase bomb - and is 'still at large' * Laachraoui was expert bombmaker who also made suicide vests for Paris massacres where terrorist killed 130 * Belgian brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui named as suicide bombers who struck in airport and Metro train * Mystery fourth terrorist caught on CCTV... more »
Pope Francis to Wash Feet of Refugees on Holy Thursday
[image: Pope Francis - 900] Pope Francis will wash the feet of refugees on Holy Thursday, a symbolic act that comes just days after Palm Sunday when he compared countries that won't accept refugees to leaders who allowed Jesus to be crucified. The ceremony, which commemorates how Jesus... more »
Je suis #
Currently top of the “most Popular“ list in the Spectator’s sidebar is Douglas Murray’s article : “A terrorist attack has happened in Europe. Let the standard response begin...” Not the snappiest of titles but the illustration makes up for the lack of directness: It was a busy day in our household yesterday so we didn’t have much time to keep an eye on the BBC. When we did switch it on, we plumped for Sky. Lack of directness, in this case anyway, was not one of Sky’s shortcomings. BBC Watch was keeping an eye on the BBC website, where something funny was going on in the editorial ... more »
‘Outstanding’ oil flow produced by Gatwick Gusher
By Paul Homewood http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/outstanding-oil-flow-produced-by-gatwick-gusher-a6945341.html News from the failed Independent, which will be guaranteed to make Geoffrey Lean’s hair stand on end! The Gatwick Gusher has produced the highest flow rates of any onshore wildcat well in the UK, matching the kind of levels normally seen in the North Sea, its majority owner […]
World News Briefs -- March 22, 2016
*VOA*: *Manhunt Underway for Brussels Attacker* Belgian authorities continue searching for one of the men believed to be responsible for Tuesday's airport and metro bombings in Brussels, which killed at least 31 people and wounded 271 others. Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw confirmed that two brothers, Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, were the suicide bombers killed in the attacks. Khalid, 27, blew himself up on a metro train at the Maelbeek station, according to Van Leeuw. He said 29-year-old Ibrahim carried out one of the two suicide explosions at the airport. *Re... more »
Coup In Turkey? Neo-Cons Talk Coup & Partition- Juncker: No accession to EU for Turkey in next 10 years!
*This from the same man who made the case for the partitioning of Turkey!* *And the creation of Kurdistan- with it’s capital in Diyarbakir, not Erbil.* *Is Turkey Heading to Partition? American Enterprise Institute* *AEI’s- Michael Rubin** : American Enterprise Institute- **Total Neo - Con, everything for Israel & Zionists, think tank*. Michael Rubin is now talking about the potential for a coup in Turkey- And how the US will look the other way- Which they will, *since the US is 100 percent on board with destroying Turkey!* *Quoting the relevant section:* *So if the Turkish milit... more »
SPHERE ALLIANCE MESSAGE #138 RECENT ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY AFTER OPERATION SANTA CLAUS
*KP posted this Ben Fulford article on his blog about Antartica: * https://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/benjamin-fulford-3-22-16-something-strange-happening-around-antarctica-as-negotiations-for-new-financial-system/ [3/23/16, 7:32:38 AM] AK/Terran: Nabrac is all the activity in Antartica recently related to *Operation Santa Claus *or is it something else? [3/23/16, 7:47:15 AM] *TERRAN. THE ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO OPERATION SANTA CLAUS. THE "PROOF" IS IN THE "PUDDING" FOR ALL. NOW. NABRAC.* *[3/23/16, 7:58:56 AM] AK/Terran: **NABRAC, IS IT THEY JUST HAD TO CHECK OUT FOR T... more »
Man Commits Fraud, Escapes Jail Time Because He’s an Immigrant
[image: Food stamps - 900] A Massachusetts store owner was reportedly given a reduced sentenced with no jail time Tuesday in a food stamp fraud case because he is an immigrant. Julio Rodriguez used his position owning Bethania's Fish & Meat Market to trade benefits... more »
Ryan Slams ‘Ugliness’ in Politics Amid Trump-Driven Chaos
[image: Paul Ryan1 - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday decried ugliness and divisiveness in American politics, delivering a veiled but passionate rebuke to GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and the nasty tone of his campaign. “When passions flair, ugliness is sometimes... more »
Migrants From Muslim Countries Big Beneficiaries of U.S. Green Cards
[image: Muslim refugees - 900] The United States issues 680,000 green cards to migrants from Muslim countries every five years, awarding the chance to live in the United States permanently and apply for citizenship by the tens of thousands to the top receiving Muslim countries... more »
California Veggies & Fracked Water
A story about the Central Valley's Cawelo Water District where the drought is causing farmers to use recycled oil water to irrigate their crops. Watch what you eat. Profits trump health. Learn more at SpotlightCalifornia.com.
Poverty Solutions: Psychological Immunization and Neurological Alteration
The "No Excuses" charter school operators prefer school locations in poor urban areas, rather than socioeconomically mixed areas. There are a number of reasons for preferring segregation: 1) cheap real estate deals for charter operators are easier to come by in the most depressed areas, as public schools are often combined or closed for performance or efficiency reasons, thus leaving empty buildings that can be leased or purchased cheaply; 2) heavy concentrations of students in nearby low-cost housing provide potential charter customers who do not require large outlays for transp... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Preliminaries are at an end, as Cosmic energetics prevail
*Preliminaries are at an end, as Cosmic energetics prevail* by ÉirePort Preliminaries are at an end, as Cosmic energetics prevail. Fortifications of Higher Densities allow binders, release of lower binder elements. *Free Energies are freed*. *Gaia mission nears completion.* ÉirePort | March 23, 2016 at 10:01 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-xN
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 23, 2016
(Click on Image) Thirdway *Wall Street Journal:* *Military Setbacks, Financial Strains Pressure Islamic State in Home Territory* *But group claims responsibility for attacks in Brussels on Tuesday* Islamic State has lost territory in a string of military defeats in Syria and Iraq over the past several months and the group has also come under new financial pressure, according to U.S. and Western officials. But even after the battlefield setbacks and struggles to sustain salaries and perks for its fighters, Islamic State claimed the deadly terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, sugg... more »
Iraq’s Interior Minister: Fake Bomb Detectors Fiasco
The Independent’s Patrick Cockburn recently interviewedIraq’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ghabban, and discussed the ADE-651 bomb detectors. The minister admitted that the 651s were a sign of the corruption within the government, which undermined the country’s security. Ghabban went on to say that officials who took bribes to buy the devices are blocking any investigation into the incident. Jim McCormick who manufactured the 651s was convictedof fraud over them in an English court in 2013. During his trial it was revealed that the 651s had no working parts. The antenna that was sup... more »
Biologist’s research under investigation in Sweden after being questioned on PubPeer
The University of Gothenburg in Sweden is investigating several papers co-authored by biologist Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson after they were challenged on PubPeer. Sumitran-Holgersson already has one retraction under her belt — of a 2005 Blood paper, after another investigation concluded the results “cannot be considered reliable.” Sumitran-Holgersson and her husband, co-author Jan Holgersson, did not sign the retraction notice. Both were […] The post Biologist’s research under investigation in Sweden after being questioned on PubPeer appeared first on Retraction Watch.
NC Lawmakers Return to Address Transgender Bathroom Measure
[image: Tim Moore - 900] RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers return to work in a special session Wednesday to consider stopping a new Charlotte ordinance set to take effect April 1 that gives protections to transgender people to use the restroom of their... more »
Two Excellent Reads on Nuclear Insanity
James Heddle, March 22, 2016 Plutonium Pie in the Sky: the Dangerous Delusion of New Nukes Counterpunch, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/22/plutonium-pie-in-the-sky-the-dangerous-delusion-of-new-nukes/ [excerpted] Barak Obama began his presidency with the celebrated April 5, 2009 Prague Speech in which he stated “…clearly and with conviction America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons….” In practice Obama has not only re-invigorated nuclear weapons development, but embraced an ‘all of the above’ energy policy including heavy investmen... more »
Is There a Witness to the Resurrection? Yes!
[image: Jesus' Resurrection Walking out of Tomb - 900] In the 2001 film The Body, Antonio Banderas plays Father Matt Gutierrez, a Jesuit priest sent by the Vatican to investigate the alleged bones of Jesus. Despite the confidence Vatican officials express, Father Matt feels unqualified for this critical task.... more »
Military Photo of the Day: March 23, 2016
[image: Afghanistan-900] A U.S. Air Force airman prepares to guide a C-130J Super Hercules onto a taxiway as it leaves on a night mission from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Feb. 22, 2016. Today and every day, we are praying for our brave... more »
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*From* *Jenna Orkin* Mark Robinowitz, respected by Mike Ruppert, comes in at 30:00 talking about the election It's Official: Canadian Bank Depositors Are Now At Risk Of Bail-Ins Belgium Cancels All Air, Rail Traffic Into/ Out Of Brussels; Military Deployed Climate Scientist Makes Dire Warning About Sea Level Rise Carbon emissions highest in 66 million years, since dinosaur age Israel's Cellebrite Revealed As Company Helping FBI Hack iPhone Encryption Coal Isn’t Just Bad For The Air. It’s A Huge Water Waster. *Drillers Can't Replace Lost Output as $100 Oil Inheritance Spent - Bloomb...more »
This Is Our Realm
*Zen Gardner* - This is rightfully our world to peacefully dwell in, no matter what physical, spiritual or dimensional energies assail us. The post This Is Our Realm appeared first on Waking Times.
LHC: some new weak deviations from the Standard Model
ATLAS and CMS have released lots of papers in recent days. I will very briefly mention a few ATLAS graphs you may find interesting. In a search for \(ZZ\to\ell\ell qq \) resonances, Figure 4 shows a 2-sigma (locally) spread excess for \(m_H\sim 950\GeV\). Between \(450\GeV\) and \(750\GeV\), there is a comparably strong *deficit*. In a search for a CP-odd Higgs decaying as \(A\to Zh\to Zb \bar b\), you may see a 2-sigma excess on Figure 8 for \(m_A \sim 500\GeV\) and perhaps \(m_A\sim 280\GeV\), too. When they searched for heavy boosted top quarks, they saw signs of a more th... more »
The Simplest Reason to Support Bernie Sanders
I do not support Bernie Sanders for President because he will be able to accomplish even a fraction of the legislative agenda that he has already laid out. I am sadly realistic enough to know that fossil energy interests and Wall Street banksters will continue to control the U. S. House and Senate. Anyone who has read the science on global warming knows that we cannot wait for elections to decide our course of action to save the planet from greed, arrogance, and stupidity. My reasons, then, for supporting Sanders are based on what I believe to be his commitment to life, rather th... more »
Trump Can't Talk Policy So He Discusses His Deformed Penis With The Washington Post
Months ago we wrote about an analysis of Trump's vocabulary shows that he's speaking at a 4th grade level-- which, I'm afraid to say-- helps explain the affinity of many of his fans and the emotionally childish reactions they express at his rallies. But it isn't only the vocabulary that aims low. The substance of his speeches-- stand-up routine is a better description-- are perfectly suited to the 4th grade vocabulary. There are observers who observed that he was faking it, a brilliant man strategically playing to an audience with few people with 3-digit IQs. The transcript from ... more »
Witnesses Describe Blood, Dust and Chaos in Brussels Attacks
[image: People bring flowers and candles to mourn for the victims at Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city's metro stations Tuesday, killing and wounding scores of people, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)] BRUSSELS (AP) -- More than two dozen people were killed Tuesday when bombs exploded in Belgium’s capital -- two at the main international airport and one on a downtown subway train near European Union headquarters. Witne... more »
The Enduring Image of Obama and Mass Murderer Che Guevara
[image: Obama Che] President Obama's visit to Cuba is many things to many people. To the far-left in America, it is a victory dance on the grave of Cold War anti-Communism, which once embraced the likes of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson... more »
Pope Leads Crowd in Silent Prayer for Brussels Attacks Dead
[image: Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)] VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis on Wednesday called for “unanimous condemnation” of extremist attacks in Brussels and elsewhere and urged prayers to convert hearts “blinded by cruel fundamentalism.” At the end of his weekly public audience, the pontiff led... more »
The 2016 Budget
Reaction to yesterday's budget has been predictable. On the Right, Andrew Coyne writes that the budget is "one for the 1970's to address problems from the 1980's." On the left, Andrew Jackson, of the Broadbent Institute, writes, "The Budget reinvests significantly and appropriately in many important programs broadly in line with the promises made in the Liberal platform." And former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page writes that the budget announces "big policy initiatives," but is "short on fiscal prudence." Page admits that some of the big promises have been kept. But he wo... more »
Top U.S. General: Military Has Serious Readiness Problems
*Washington Free Beacon:* *Dunford: Military Has Significant Readiness Problem Across the Board* Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers Tuesday that the United States military currently is not prepared or capable across all the service branches of addressing the threats facing the country. Dunford gave his assessment of the military’s readiness while testifying before the House Armed Services Committee alongside Defense Secretary Ash Carter on the fiscal year 2017 proposed defense budget. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R., Texas), chair of the committee,... more »
What Does A Military Designation Mean
*Popular Mechanics*: *How the U.S. Military Comes up with Designations for Its Missiles, Rockets, and Drones* Alphanumeric jumbles like AIM-9X may seem like gibberish or backronyms, but they actually pack in a ton of valuable information. The U.S. military's rockets and missiles and drones have their popular names that you're familiar with—the Sidewinder, the Minuteman III, Trident II, etc. But their alphanumeric designations (AIM-9, LGM-30G, UGM-133A, respectively), are a little harder to wrap your head or your tongue around. They might seem utterly impenetrable, but they're ac... more »
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*How ISIS came to CA* The FBI confirmed Thursday that a Nov. 4, 2015, attack at the University of California, Merced was inspired by the Islamic State group. Faisal Mohammad, 18, wounded four students in a knife attack before a campus police officer shot and killed him. Federal authorities now say Mohammad had ISIS propaganda on his laptop and other evidence proving he frequented the Islamic terrorists’ websites, the Associated Press reported. Law enforcement agencies initially said Mohammad’s attack was not terror-related despite the fact that he was found with an ISIS flag and a... more »
Remembering Col. Avery Kay The Father Of The A-10
*Zachary Cohen, CNN*: *Remembering the father of the A-10 Warthog* (CNN)The unmistakable roar of the A-10's powerful engines echoed throughout Arlington National Cemetery this month as four aircraft saluted retired Col. Avery Kay for the last time with a rare flyover of the historic burial site. Kay, 96, died on October 29 and was buried with full military honors. A highly decorated navigator who led some of the most dangerous bombing raids against Germany during World War II, Kay was also credited with launching the concept of the A-10 Thunderbolt, better known as the Warthog. D... more »
The Pentagon Has An Emergency Plan In The Event That The F-35 Program Is A Flop
F-35 and F-22. Photo from Military Photos And Photoshops *Dave Majumdar, National Interest:* *The Pentagon's Emergency Plan If the F-35 Doesn't Work* The United States government has sunk billions into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The program is set to cost taxpayers almost $400 billion to develop and build 2,443 of the stealthy new jets for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. To ensure that the program is all but unkillable, Lockheed spread the work on the program around the country and around the globe. Indeed, the program brags about its economic impact... more »
He Is Risen Free Printable
I love Easter. The spring flowers are just starting to come in, the sun is coming out again and we get to celebrate outside for the first time in a long time. While we do Easter Egg Hunts and baskets, I also want my children to know why we celebrate Easter in the first place, so I think it is important to have reminders like this printable around the house. Download it below. The printable prints on an 8.5x11 piece of paper and then has a border for you to trim down so it easily fits in an 8x10 frame. Printables in this post are for personal use and available to subscribers ... more »
Hostile Intent: Civilian Casualties and the Politics of Killing
The expectation that civilians should be protected from the worst excesses of war is traditionally viewed as a moral or legal restraint, moderating the kind of violence that can be inflicted on the battlefield. But the shift towards counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Iraq and its emphasis on population-centric warfare called for a radical rethink in how civilian […]
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*The BS never stops: "New York and London could be underwater within DECADES"* *And pigs might fly. It's all just theory -- and all Warmist prophecy has been wrong to date so this will be too. Note that even Michael Mann does not believe this oneAnd the theory is extreme. It starts out: "Researchers claim the initial melting of the great ice sheets will put a cap of relatively fresh water on the ocean surfaces near Antarctica and Greenland"Maybe so but where is there any evidence of "melting of the great ice sheets"? It hasn't happened and Antarctic ice is in fact growi... more »
4 Signs the Brussels Terror Attacks Timed to Support the New World Order Agenda
*Makia Freeman* - The timing of the latest EU terror is awfully convenient for our overlords. The post 4 Signs the Brussels Terror Attacks Timed to Support the New World Order Agenda appeared first on Waking Times.
Jeb Bush Endorses Ted Cruz as Race for the White House Intensifies
[image: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas pauses while speaking to the media about events in Brussels, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, near the Capitol in Washington. Cruz said he would use the "full force and fury" of the U.S. military to defeat the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- A clash of worldviews is intensifying as the presidential contenders in both parties fight to convince voters they can best protect the nation from a renewed threat of Islamic extremism. As the world grappled with a new... more »
VA Suspends Top Official in Relocation Scam
[image: Veterans - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is suspending the head of the Veterans Benefits Administration for allowing two lower-ranking officials to manipulate the agency’s hiring system for their own gain. Deputy VA Secretary Sloan Gibson says acting VBA... more »
Space Station Cargo Launches by Light of Nearly Full Moon
[image: In this photo taken with a long exposure, hundreds line the beach north of the Cocoa Beach Pier in Florida to watch launch of the Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft off the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Fresh supplies shipped out late Tuesday for the International Space Station, where the shelves finally are getting full after a string of failed deliveries. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Fresh supplies shipped out late Tuesday for the International Space Station, where th... more »
US is Offering False Hope to Syria's Kurds
*March 23, 2016* (Ulson Gunnar - NEO) - The United States is very proud of the progress their SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) have made on the battlefield in Syria's northeastern region against IS (Islamic State). In a hearing before a US congressional committee recently, US Army generals extolled the fighting prowess of these fighters. They portrayed the fighters, mostly Kurds, to be persistent and tenacious despite suffering heavy losses, a characteristic the generals and the US in general seemed very eager to exploit. However, looking at an actual map of the Syrian conflict, it a... more »
UFO Enthusiasts To NASA: Explain This Photograph of UFO Clusters
UFO Hunters are requesting an explanation of a photograph that they believe depicts a “formation of UFOs” Even though the photograph was published in 2001, it has sparked a new debate The Huffington Post reports: Conspiracy theorists believe this picture, captured during the STS 100 Space Shuttle Endeavor Mission to the International Space Station, shows a “formation of UFOs.” In 2013, alien enthusiasts including YouTuber, UFOvni2012, posted videos highlighting aspects of the photograph they wanted NASA to explain. At the heart of their request are small silver-like dots seen in the... more »
Powerful 3-D Printer En Route To International Space Station
The most recent United Launch Alliance rocket, according to Reuters, is now on its way to space stuffed with science experiments and supplies. The rocket is soon expected to make contact with the International Space Station: The 194-foot (59-meter) rocket soared off its seaside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:05 p.m. EDT/0305 GMT. United Launch Alliance is a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Perched on top of the rocket was a Cygnus capsule loaded with nearly 7,500 pounds (3,400 kg) of food, science experiments and equipment including a 3-D printer to b... more »
North Korea: American Allies and S. Korea Will Have “Miserable End”
According to a new report from Yahoo News, North Korea has stated both South Korea’s president and her U.S. allies will suffer a “miserable end”: Pyongyang declared it would wage a “retaliatory battle of justice” against Park Geun-Hye, with its artillery units standing ready to turn her office into a “sea of flames and ashes”. “What the DPRK warns is not hot air. It will be clearly proved by the miserable end the US and the Park group will meet while going reckless,” said the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK), using the formal name for North Korea. The latest ... more »
Brussels Reminds Us, Radical Islam Is at War With the Rest of the World
[image: Kashmiri demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in downtown Srinagar on July 18, 2014. The death toll in Gaza hit 265 as Israel pressed a ground offensive on the 11th day of an assault aimed at stamping out rocket fire, medics said. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)] To a Muslim terrorist, unbelievers are unbelievers, be they children, women or men, and killing them is doing Allah's work. That's why Muslim terrorists ... more »
New Kansas Law Protects the Rights of Faith-Based Campus Groups
[image: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback answers questions from reporters after signing legislation to prevent public colleges from punishing religious groups for limiting their memberships to like-minded believers, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Flanking him are legislators who supported the measure (AP Photo/John Hanna).] TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas’ conservative Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday allowing faith-based groups at college campuses to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting the state on a collision course with civil li... more »
Labour Reinstates Suspended Corbynista Who Said “Jews” Behind ISIS and 9/11 per Guido Fawkes
Guido Fawkes http://order-order.com/2016/03/23/labour-reinstates-suspended-corbynista-who-said-jews-behind-isis-and-911/ has news of another worrying reinstatement to the Labour Party: ' A Labour councillor who was suspended for writing that "Jews" were behind 9/11 and ISIS has been reinstated to the party. In October, Beinazir Lasharie, a Corbynista Labour councillor in Kensington, was suspended pending investigation after Guido exposed her extreme conspiracy theories. Lasharie had posted a video on Facebook titled "ISIS: Israeli Secret Intelligence Service", and commented: "Man... more »
Macchiarini dismissed from Karolinska
The Karolinska Institutet has dismissed former rising star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini from his post, effective immediately. A KI news release, dated today, states: The Staff Disciplinary Board at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to relieve Paolo Macchiarini of his duties as a researcher at KI. He is to be informed immediately that his contract has been […] The post Macchiarini dismissed from Karolinska appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Kerry Off to Russia for Syria Talks After Brussels Attacks
[image: Secretary of State John Kerry, right, talks with Cuban President Raul Castro as they take their seats for a State Dinner at the Palace of the Revolution, Monday, March 21, 2016, in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Moscow for talks on Ukraine and Syria as the terrorist attacks in Brussels underscored the urgency of fighting the Islamic State group. Kerry departed Washington late Tuesday after accompanying... more »
Belgian Broadcaster Identifies 2 Suspects in Brussels Attacks
[image: Belgian Army soldiers patrol at Zaventem Airport in Brussels on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Belgian authorities were searching Wednesday for a top suspect in the country's deadliest attacks in decades.] BRUSSELS (AP) -- Belgian authorities searched Wednesday for a man pictured at the Brussels airport with two apparent suicide bombers, amid growing suggestions that the bombings of the Brussels airport and subway were the work of the same Islamic State... more »
By Failing to Confront the Migrant Crisis, Europe’s Leaders Encourage the Rise of Strongmen
[image: Strongmen Politician Graphic - 900] Viewing the results of Slovakia's March 5th elections, what most stands out is how it mirrors a continental trend. In the Central European nation, two far-right parties are on the ascendency, with the "Peoples Party -- Our Slovakia" (LS-NS) the most... more »
Long Term Tropical Cyclone Trends
By Paul Homewood Jamal Munshi of Sonoma State University has sent me a copy of his latest paper, A General Linear Model for Trends in Tropical Cyclone Activity, published last June: ABSTRACT The ACE index is used to compare tropical cyclone activity worldwide among seven decades from 1945 to 2014. Some increase in […]
Walk in the Park
The weather a bit cooler this past weekend in Calgary compared to the weekend previously but with the better part of a day to kill I wasn't about to let that stop me from enjoying some otherwise clear skies. My initial plan was to wander down along the Elbow River but I found myself instead at Prince's Island Park. I hadn't initially planned to do any birdwatching this time around since I had just been here a week previously and didn't have any expectations. The park has a number of small stands of trees so I wandered about rather aimlessly on the odd chance I might find somethi... more »
Kurdish Commander: Battle To Retake Mosul From ISIS Will Be Bloody
A top Kurdish commander says that the impending battle to liberate Mosul in northern Iraq from Islamic State forces could turn into a bloodbath. Polad Jangi Talabani says that sectarian disputes between Iraqi Arab Muslims needs to be settled somewhat before considering attacking Mosul that has been under Islamic State control since 10th June 2014. ISIL militants easily took over major parts of Iraq mainly due to the tension that exists between Sunnis and Shiites since the removal of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Ekurd Daily reports: “For two years they (IS militants) have been ... more »
Trump and Clinton Take Arizona, Cruz and Sanders Dominate Utah
[image: The Latest: Poll Shows Trends in Nevada Democratic Caucuses] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times Eastern Daylight Time): 3:16 a.m. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s big win in Utah means he will get all 40 of the state’s delegates to the Republican National Convention.... more »
Leaked Clinton Email: Assad Must Go To Protect Israel
Former US Secretary of State and Democratic presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, wanted President Bashar al-Assad to “go” so that Iran’s power in the region would get diminished and Israel’s security improved, at the expense of the escalation of the Syrian conflict, leaked emails from her private server reveal. Sputnik reports: As Clinton moves closer to victory in the Democratic primary, WikiLeaks compiled emails from her controversial private server into a convenient search engine. One of those emails demonstrates the former Secretary of State’s interest in Syrian regime change.... more »
Trump Proposes Fascist Measures Against Muslims After Brussels Attacks
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is all pumped up against Muslims, calling for surveillance, torture and banning of people from the Islamic faith following the Belgium terror attacks. “This is going to happen in the United States,” said Trump on his social media account, hours after the horrific suicide bombings in Brussels. He also said that the country of “Belgium” is one of the most beautiful “cities” in the world. How does he get away with it all? Only time will tell. Maybe it is not that difficult being a billionaire! Maybe it is not that difficult even becoming... more »
Greg Hunter, "Egon von Greyerz, 'World Going Into Decline'”
*“Egon von Greyerz, ‘World Going Into Decline’”* “Egon von Greyerz (EvG) vaults gold for wealthy clients. EvG says, “We are fortunate enough to have the wealth preservation type clients. These are clients who understand what is happening in the world. These are people who understand the geopolitical risk, but also the financial risk in the world. These are people who are insuring future risk in the banking system of sovereign defaults and the risk of hyperinflation. There is only a half a percent of financial assets in gold. We are absolutely certain that investors must hold gold a... more »
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, “Primavera”
Ludovico Einaudi, “Primavera” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fNg3qHdEcY
Elderly Marijuana Dealer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
An 80-year-old man who was the head of a massive marijuana dealing program which covered several states, according to Salem News, has records that go back to 1992. Now, the man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison: Marshall Dion pleaded guilty last year to drug and money-laundering charges, and Tuesday’s sentencing in Massachusetts was the latest chapter in a long, colorful history with law enforcement. In 1985, he crashed a single-engine plane he was piloting in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, breaking both his ankles. When sheriff’s deputies arrived, he was crawling along a muddy f...more »
The Cost of War
*Walter Pincus, The Cipher: **The Cost of War* *It’s time to think of the costs that more than 14 years of war have had on this country.* I’m not just thinking in terms of dollars, although we should worry because most of the added expense, over $1 trillion, has been put on a credit card. This so-called war on terrorism – with no end in sight – remains the first war that American presidents have not asked the public to pay for with a special tax. I’m also concerned with how few Americans are directly or even indirectly involved in the conflict, with only one percent of U.S. citize... more »
Try this quick quiz...
“Allowing students to use restrooms, locker rooms and showers that are reserved for students of a different sex will create potential embarrassment, shame, and psychological injury to students,” - Kansas Bills SB 513 and HB 2737 So... which of these two causes "psychological injury"? Like bills proposed in other states, these measures attempt to define “sex” in a narrow way — in this case, “the physical condition of being male or female, which is determined by a person’s chromosomes, and is identified at birth by a person’s anatomy. Because Intersex people not only don't exist, t... more »
Teenager Arrested After Threatening Trump On Social Media
United States Secret Service Agents have arrested an unnamed teenager from Georgia for issuing death threats against Presidential Candidate Donald Trump on social media. Investigators with the Troup County Sheriff’s Office have confirmed that the upon discovering the death threats made by a 16-year-old, they immediately notified the FBI/USSS task force. The teenager will be charged with making terrorist threats and acts against a Presidential Candidate. ABC News reports: The teen’s name hasn’t been released, and neither has the exact nature of the alleged threat. Troup County inves... more »
Quick American Kabuki update... Car-less in Seattle
By American Kabuki I've been in Seattle for about a week. I am heading to Texas shortly. While overseas for 30 months I left my vehicle with my ex-wife for my daughter to use while she was on college breaks. It was part of our agreed upon divorce settlement. I gave her everything but my computer, clothes and my SUV. When I arrived in Seattle I learned my ex-wife traded in my SUV for a new car for herself and didn't tell me about it. Which threw a bit of a wrench into my location plans. But she is my daughter's mother and I wish her well with her new car. The location I am in... more »
Board Game That Predicted 9/11 Attacks, Says World War 3 ‘Imminent’
Steve Jackson’s Illuminati: The Game of Conspiracy was originally released in 1982, and many believe the game has already predicted major events that have come to pass, including: the 9/11 attacks, Princess Diana’s death, and the Japanese tsunami. Worryingly, the game predicts that we are about to experience an “imminent” nuclear attack that will spark the beginning of World War 3. The image below was drawn on a card taken from the 1990s board game showing what appears to be an eerie representation of the 9/11 terror attacks – years before it actually occurred. Express.co.uk reports...more »
Legal Experts From The AP Believe That Hillary Clinton Will Not Be Charged In Her Email Case
*WNU Editor*: From the AP .... *Experts see little chance of charges in Clinton email case* (AP). Too early to pass any judgement on this case. The FBI is investigating, their investigation is secret, and their final recommendations on what to do with this case will not be released until May or later. But the fact that this story is being spin this way (without having any of the facts from the FBI has) is telling .... the way I see it .... some people are not happy with where the coverage for this story has been heading in the past few weeks.
SPHERE ALLIANCE MESSAGE #137THE IN-VITRO FALSE MESSIAH OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION,ALL OUT WAR AVERTED,GALACTIC COLLUSIONS COMING TO A CLOSE,The NIBIRU HOAX
[2/15/16, 9:09:48 AM] DENICE: *The Roseline plan shows up in the Ben Fulford article: P2 Freemason Lodge sources, the people who give orders to the Vatican, say the skull and bones is just a symbol of rebirth. In this case, it means both the Patriarch and the Pope believe the Messiah has returned, the sources say.* [2/15/16, 9:10:29 AM] DENICE: *http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/2016/02/benjamin-fulford-february-14th-2016.html#more* [2/15/16, 9:21:01 AM] AK/Terran: *Interesting... Feb 18-19 Is the end of our 7 day window here...* [2/15/16, 9:21:51 AM] AK/Terran: *Actually its not...... more »
Brussels bombing and new wars
The bombings in Brussels yesterday was horrible. More than 30 people died and several hundreds injured. And just a few months ago, several dozens also died when many areas in Paris were bombed. One problem I think is that nations, rich and poor, are still focused on those large-scale, country to country wars so they accumulate have huge tanks, jet fighters, warships, submarines, etc. New wars and terrorism are micro, house to house or buildings to buildings. Better weapons to secure are micro too -- CCTVs, drones, cyber intelligence, spies. Flashpoints like the South China Sea or... more »
Donald Trump: NATO Is Too Costly For The U.S.
*Fortune:* *Donald Trump Says NATO Is Costing the U.S. Too Much Money* He’s the first mainstream candidate to ever suggest the U.S. withdraw from the alliance. Donald Trump added another twist to his already unconventional campaign for the presidency on Monday: he became the first mainstream candidate to ever suggest that the United States withdraw from NATO. His rationale? It costs the U.S. too much money. In an interview with The Washington Post, the Republican frontrunner chided the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO for its expense. He said the U.S. might need to redu...more »
Tweet For Today
#Brussels the latest in string of attacks in Europe since Madrid train bombings in 2004 https://t.co/oK4DoT9zWb pic.twitter.com/vNdPGTSxw0 — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 22, 2016
Marilyn Katz : Chicago activists should be commended, not scolded, for shutting down Donald Trump’s rally
Peaceful resistance doesn’t egg on Trump’s supporters: It forces them to back down. By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | March 23, 2016 CHICAGO — Something strange is happening here, and it merits a serious discussion. In the week … finish reading Marilyn Katz : Chicago activists should be commended, not scolded, for shutting down Donald Trump’s rally
It’s the End of the Line for the GOP as We Know It
[image: Trump - 900] Nominating Donald Trump will wreck the Republican Party as we know it. Not nominating Trump will wreck the Republican Party as we know it. The sooner everyone recognizes this fact, the better. Denial has been Trump’s greatest ally. Republicans and... more »
U.S. Navy Attack Sub Emerges And Breaks The Ice (Video)
gCaptain: *WATCH: U.S. Navy Attack Sub Emerges from Ice in the Arctic Circle* Some new video filmed and released by the U.S. Navy shows the awesome moment when a nuclear-powered fast attack sub surfaces from below ice in the Arctic circle. The USS Hartford, which appears in the video, is one of two Los Angeles-class subs that arrived at U.S. Navy’s temporary ice base “Camp Sargo” last week for ICEX 2016, an exercise designed to assess the operational readiness of America’s submarine force in the arctic while also supporting scientific research. *Read more* .... more »
A Liberal Garland for Merrick Garland
[image: In this March 17, 2016, photo, Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, sits during a meeting with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Garland’s record as a judge over nearly two decades indicates he would side more often than not with the Supreme Court’s liberal justices on a range of cases that split the court along ideological lines.] Whenever I hear the words “centrist” or “moderate,” especially when they come from The New York Times and The Washington Post, the words “lib... more »
Picture Of The Day
*Slingload Training* Soldiers conduct slingload training with M777 howitzers during Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, March 21, 2016. The soldiers are assigned to Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Army photo by Gertrud Zach
What Ever Happened To The Party of the People... Follow The Money
Many concerned Californians felt very let down when the establishment shills inside the California Democratic Party-- the Gavin Newsom wing basically-- backed away from holding reactionary New Dem Ami Bera accountable at the recent state convention by ending the short-lived withholding on the Democratic Party endorsement. As Thomas Frank explained Friday on Thom Hartmann's program and in his new book, Listen Liberal-- What Ever Happened To The Party of the People, the DC Democratic Party establishment power structure has made the very conscious decision to kick working men and wo... more »
North Korea Conducting Sub-Launch Missile Tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the test-fire of a strategic submarine underwater ballistic missile (not pictured), in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on May 9, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/KCNA *Washington Free Beacon*: *North Korea Conducts Land Test of Sub-Launched Missile* *Ejection test comes amid heightened tensions* North Korea conducted a ground-test last week of its new KN-11 submarine-launched ballistic missile amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, defense officials said. The missile test March 16 i... more »
Brussels Airport Attack Is 2nd Major Bombing for Utah Teen
[image: This undated photo provided by Chad Wells shows Mormon missionaries Mason Wells, 19, of Sandy, Utah, left, and Joseph Empey, 20, of Santa Clara, Utah. They both were injured in Tuesday's explosion at the Brussels airport. Mormon church officials say missionaries from Utah were seriously injured in the Brussels airport attack.] SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Surviving a major bombing is the extraordinary -- and repeated -- situation that one Utah teen can live to tell about. Mason Wells, a 19-year-old from Sandy, Utah, is expected to make a full recovery... more »
Turkish Leader Days Before Attack: “Bombs Will Go Off In Brussels”
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appears to have predicted the Brussels attacks a few days ago, warning European countries that they were likely to become the victim of terrorist attacks similar to the car bombing in Ankara on March 13. Erdogan singled out Brussels in a speech last week, saying “There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara cannot explode in Brussels, in any other European city,” during a speech in Canakkale. Presstv.ir reports: A few days later on Tuesday, two bomb attacks at Brussels airport killed at least 14 people and left nearly 100 people wounded, ... more »
After France, Belgium Were Next In Line To Recognise Palestine
The Paris attacks occurred shortly after France announced that they intended to officially recognize Palestine as its own sovereign state. Netanyahu had ominously warned France that they were making a “grave mistake” in making their decision shortly before the Charlie Hebdo attacks and Paris shootings in the months following. Is it a coincidence that Brussels has become the latest victim of a terrorist attack by ISIS militants shortly before their parliament was also due to vote on whether or not to officially recognise Palestine? Jpost.com reports: Belgium is the next country likel... more »
Scientists Successfully Destroy HIV-1 From Human T-Cells
Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine have found a potential cure for patients infected with HIV. Scientists at the Temple University school published a study in the Nature journal earlier this month showing that they can now effectively completely remove the virus from the DNA of human cells. Medicalxpress.com reports: According to senior investigator on the new study, Kamel Khalili, PhD, Laura H. Carnell Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, Director of the Center for Neurovirology, and Director of the Comprehensive NeuroAIDS Center at the Lewis Katz Sch... more »
Security Chief Warns Brussels Attacks ‘Training’ For Something Bigger
Russian security chief, Franz Klintsevich, has warned that the terrorist attacks in Brussels may just be a ‘training exercise’ in the run up to a much larger terrorist attack in Europe in the coming months. Klintsevich thinks that the UEFA European Championships this June may one of the possible targets ISIS are planning to attack. pravdareport.com reports: Those who carried out these terror acts, show a vast range of their abilities, Franz Klintsevich pointed out, as they managed to penetrate the take-off ground and underground in the country, where the EU headquarters, NATO’s off... more »
Turkish MP Tweets ‘May Your Kingdom Be Damned’ Following Brussels Attacks
Following the Brussels terrorist attacks on Tuesday, two MPs from Turkey made shocking remarks on Twitter, mocking Belgium and the rest of Europe. Kaan Albur, from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) shared a photograph of the Brussels airport shortly after the attacks which was joined by a photo of a pro-Kurdish tent with Kurdistan Worker’s Party flags on it set up next to the EU council building in Brussels. Albur commented: “Life is like a boomerang, what you do will return to you”. Aryenhaber.org reports: Algur’s remarks seem to be suggesting that he justifies... more »
Russian Subs Are Near The U.S. Coast
B-237 Rostov-On-The-Don. Source : sevastopol.info *Washington Examiner*: *Dem says Russian subs 'dangerously close' to U.S.* Russian President Vladimir Putin is deploying nuclear-armed submarines "dangerously close" to the United States and European allies, a Senate Democrat said following a trip to the Arctic Circle. "No one is suggesting that Putin is contemplating a nuclear launch against a NATO country, but it's not clear how tethered to reality Putin is," Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy told reporters Monday. "And it should make us nervous that many of his submarines are startin... more »
Former Nixon Aide Admitted ‘War On Drugs’ Is Really ‘War On Blacks’
The “war on drugs” is actually a way for the federal government to target “black people”, a former Nixon White House adviser admitted a few years ago. John Ehrlichman, who acted as counsel to former President Richard Nixon, explained the unfortunate use of the policy in a new article for Harper’s: “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying”. “We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marij... more »
FBI Hire Hackers To Open San Bernardino iPhone
The FBI have said that they may found help from a “third party” who will be able to assist them in unlocking the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Despite Apple’s refusal to comply with demands from the FBI to unlock the iPhone and supply them with the source code – the federal agency may have found a possible way in which to hack open the encrypted iPhone without the need for Apple to cooperate. Cloudtweaks.com reports: “On Sunday, March 20, 2016, an outside party demonstrated to the FBI a possible method for unlocking Farook’s iPhone,” the Justice Department... more »
Brussels ‘Regret’ Pro-Islamic Video Released Two Months Prior To Attacks
Following on from Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels that killed at least 34 people, authorities in the country may regret a commercial released two months ago in which they ridiculed the idea that the city was a hotbed for ‘Islamic radicalism’. In January the city’s tourism department, VisitBrussels, unveiled a #CallBrussels campaign – reassuring tourists that Brussels was a safe place to visit even though the city housed terrorists linked to the Paris Attacks. Dailycaller.com reports: As part of the campaign, VisitBrussels set up telephones across the city and invited people... more »
Johnny Hazard : Crisis de ozono en la zona metropolitana de la capital de México
Una razón: los diez millones de personas de la Ciudad de México no piensan dejar sus carros. Por Johnny Hazard | The Rag Blog | 20 de marzo, 2015 Leer este artículo en inglés CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — Después de … finish reading Johnny Hazard : Crisis de ozono en la zona metropolitana de la capital de México
Brazilian President Rousseff Vows She 'Will Never Resign'
*Reuters*: *Brazil's Rousseff says 'will never resign,' urges impartial courts* Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday she will not resign under any circumstances and equated a bid to impeach her to a "coup d'etat" against democratic rule because she had committed no crime. Rousseff urged Brazil's Supreme Court to remain impartial in the political crisis that has threatened to topple her government as opponents seek her impeachment in Congress amid a widespread corruption scandal that has reached her inner circle. "I will never resign under any circumstances," the emba...more »
Fearing Copycat Attacks, U.S. Officials Step Up Security
[image: A K9 security officer and his dog walk through a terminal at O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 in Chicago. The airport attack in Brussels highlights one of the most vulnerable stages of aviation security: the time travelers spend between the curb and the checkpoint.] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration stepped up security at major transit hubs across the country after Tuesday’s airport and subway bombings in Brussels, as top U.S. intelligence officials warned of the risk for copycat attacks at home. President Barack... more »
Economic News , Data & Views ( March 22 , 2016 ) Overview ( 1. Europe Banks In Focus - Credit Suisse And Deutsche Bank - Struggles With NIRP , Slumping Commodities and EMs Hitting Both Banks Hardest. 2. Global Stocks Erase Most Losses In Aftermath Of Brussels Attacks. 3. Subdued Pace Of US Manufacturing Growth Persists.Flash US PMI At 51.4 (Feb: 51.3) 4. Eurozone Growth Turns Higher For First Time In 3 months As PMI Rises To 53.7 (53.0 in Feb) 5. Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI drops to 49.1 in March (50.1 in Feb). First Below-50 Reading Since April 2015. ) Europe In Focus ( 1. Brussels Attacks - Most Recent News. 2. Ukraine Set To Snub IMF & US On Selection For Next PM - As In Not Jaresko. 3. National Bank Of Hungary Unexpectedly Cuts Rates . 4. Refugee Crisis & Greece Items De Jour. )
Overview........ Asia News - March 23rd..... *Simon Ting* @simonting 3m 3 minutes ago Beijing Existing Home Sales YTD 56,557 units, +103% YoY. *zerohedge* @zerohedge 10m 10 minutes ago Bank Of Japan Unleashes Yield Curve Chaos: JGBs Inverted At Short- And Long-End http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-2 2/bank-japan-unleashes-yield-curve-chaos-jgbs-inverted-short-and-long-end … *Patrick Chovanec* @prchovanec 24m24 minutes ago Patrick Chovanec Retweeted Haidi Lun 伦海迪 Who possibly could have seen this coming? In, say, 2011? https:// chovanec.wordpress.com/201... more »
Footage Purporting To Show Brussels Explosions Was Shot In 2011
CCTV that was reported to be taken from from the deadly Brussels Airport explosions, appears to be fake. Footage that was said to show the Zaventem Airport explosion is remarkably similar a video that shows the moment a bomb attack took place at Domodedovo Airport in Russia in 2011. But as the Independent reports: the clip, which shows people walking before they duck and flee following an explosion, has been widely shared on social media since the Brussels blasts took place on Tuesday morning. VRT news agency apologised on Twitter for the CCTV footage being fake Bewakingsbeelden die ... more »
Migrants From Muslim Countries Big Beneficiaries of U.S. Green Cards
[image: Green Cards, U.S. Immigration, Immigrants, Emigration, Department of Homeland Security, USA] The United States issues 680,000 green cards to migrants from Muslim countries every five years, awarding the chance to live in the United States permanently and apply for citizenship by the tens of thousands to the top receiving Muslim countries... more »
Judge Garland and the Left’s Disdain for Truth
[image: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama as the nominee for the Supreme Court in the Rose Garden at the White House March 16, 2016 in Washington, DC. Merrick currently serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and if confirmed by the US Senate, would replace Antonin Scalia who died suddenly last month.] The mainstream media -- that is, the liberal media -- share all the views and characteristics of the left. Among these is the left’s view of t... more »
President Obama’s Che Moment
[image: Obama and Che - 900] President Barack Obama inadvertently found the perfect photo-op for his Cuba visit at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti Memorial in Havana. A news photo at Revolution Square caught Obama standing together with American and Cuban officials, with an... more »
F. William Engdahl - The Lost Hegemon: Whom the gods would destroy
*F. William Engdahl - "The Lost Hegemon: Whom the gods would destroy."* "It's the history of how America was hijacked in a silent coup d'état by Wall Street bankers. Now, they just spit their tongues out at the American population and say 'you can't do anything, we're too big to fail.' You can go back in history to every failed great nation, and it's always due to this internal rot because of usury, because of the misuse of interest and money, money and banking. The state gives away control of printing money, the most precious sovereign quality that a state can have. The U.S. did i... more »
Imagine A Trump Supreme Court If You Dare
During a speech Sunday night at his Mar-a-Largo club in Palm Beach, Don Trump told the assorted sycophants in attendance that he's going to have someone-- far right crackpot Jim DeMint, it later turned out-- put a list of 5-10 judges together for him "and those are going to be the judges that I’m going to put in" [for Supreme Court nominations]. "It will be one of those judges, and I will guarantee it personally, like we do in the world of business, which we don’t like to do too often. But I will guarantee it that those are going to be the first judges that I put up for nomination ... more »
Syrian Peace Talks -- News Updates March 22, 2016
Members of the Syrian government's delegation talk before a news conference after a meeting on Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse *Time*: *Assad’s Future Will Not Be Discussed at the Syrian Peace Talks, Damascus Says* *However, both the U.N. envoy and the Syrian opposition say political transition must be addressed* The ongoing peace talks to negotiate an end to the civil war in Syria will not include a discussion on the future of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, his government’s top repr... more »
Video: Leonard Peltier letter accepting Frantz Fanon Award in Paris
Lenny Foster, Dine', reads letter from Leonard Peltier in Paris, accepting the Frantz Fanon Award for Revolutionary Thinking Watch video by Christine Prat in Paris at: https://vimeo.com/160016480 Video by Christine Prat Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News PARIS -- Listen as Lenny Foster, Dine’ (Navajo) reads Leonard Peltier’s statement accepting the Frantz Fanon Award.
Breaking the Circle of Sadness
[image: Inside Out - 900] Recently, I did something I'd never done before: I watched a new movie -- and then, the very next day, I watched it again. I thought Disney Pixar's animated Inside Out was that good. The central characters are personified representations... more »
Europe to Use 3D Printing to Build Permanent Moon Base
[image: Almost 50 years since man first walked on the lunar surface, the head of the European Space Agency explains his vision for living and working on the Moon.] Europe wants to colonize the moon within the next few decades by using 3D printing to build a moon village. Johann-Dietrich Woerner, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), announced the agency plans to build a permanent base... more »
House Passes Bill to Allow Female Pilots’ Ashes at Arlington
[image: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASPs, World War II, General H.H. Arnold] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has passed legislation to allow female World War II pilots known as WASPs to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 385-0 to approve the bill sponsored by an Arizona... more »
Environmental Defenders More Likely to be Murdered on the Job than US Cops
*Dylan Charles* - You're more likely to be murdered in cold blood for working in defense of the Amazon rainforest than you are if you're working for America's thin blue line. The post Environmental Defenders More Likely to be Murdered on the Job than US Cops appeared first on Waking Times.
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Dies Of Cancer
Controversial Canadian politician Rob Ford has died of Cancer at the age of 46. He was known as a man who spoke his mind and will be remembered as the politician who called you back. Ford gained notoriety when he admitted to smoking crack cocaine during his time in office. He had been fighting a battle with cancer and only recently declared himself cancer-free. The Star reports: Ford famously made his cellphone and home number available to the public. Not only would he call people back to discuss their concerns, he would occasionally show up at people’s doors, listening to them compl... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Today's Terror Attacks In Brussels
*Adam Taylor, Washington Post*:* Why is Brussels under attack?* Brussels was hit by a number of deadly explosions on Tuesday, with all signs pointing toward a coordinated terror attack. It's a shocking turn of events, but for anyone closely observing the city over the past few years, it wasn't exactly a surprise: While the Belgian capital had once been known best as a center for European culture and politics, its reputation had been tainted recently because of links to extremism and terror plots. Those links were hammered home just last week, when Belgian authorities finally capt... more »
American Air Force Officer and Family, Mormon Missionaries Injured in Brussels Attacks
[image: Brussels airport - 900] At least nine Americans were among those wounded in the twin terrorist attacks at Brussel's Zavantem Airport and Maelbeek metro station Tuesday, which killed at least 31 and injured nearly 190. The American injured include an Air Force officer and five of... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What's happened to the sky? Moonlight illuminates a snowy scene in this night land and skyscape made on 2013 January from Lower Miller Creek, Alaska, USA. Overexposed near the mountainous western horizon is the first quarter Moon itself, surrounded by an icy halo and flanked left and right by moondogs. *Click image for larger size.* Sometimes called mock moons, a more scientific name for the luminous apparitions is paraselenae (plural). Analogous to a sundog or parhelion, a paraselene is produced by moonlight refracted through thin, hexagonal, plate-shaped ice crystals. As determine... more »
Chet Raymo, "Seeing"
*"Seeing"* by Chet Raymo "There was a moment yesterday evening when the elements conspired to evoke these few lines, spoken by Macbeth: "Light thickens, And the crow makes wing to the rooky woods, Good things of day begin to droop and drowse." The fading light. The crows gliding down the fields to the trees in Ballybeg: "Light thickens, And the crow makes wing to the rooky woods, Good things of day begin to droop and drowse." It's all there, in those few lines- the mysterious power of poetry to infuse the world with meaning, to anoint the wor... more »
The Poet: William Stafford “Starting With Little Things”
[image: B4INREMOTE-aHR0cDovLzMuYnAuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tLy0xcEZwUFhNdGtCWS9VRG1Id0dlV09RSS9BQUFBQUFBQXhXVS9iV1E0ZkNlM1pYMC9zMTYwMC9Gcm9tK0NsaXBib2FyZC5qcGc=] *“Starting With Little Things”* “Love the earth like a mole, fur-near. Nearsighted, hold close the clods, their fine-print headlines. Pat them with soft hands- Like spades, but pink and loving; they break rock, nudge giants aside, affable plow. Fields are to touch; each day nuzzle your way. Tomorrow the world.” - William Stafford
Chahta Shadow Warriors: Message from Bertha Zuniga being sent to Protectors
Leadhorse Choctaw (center) with Berta Caceres Flores (right) at Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Caceres struggling in defense of the land in Honduras, and opposing mega hydro dams, was assassinated on March 3, 2016. Leadhorse Choctaw (center) with Bertha Zuniga (right) Caceres' Lenca Daughter carries message to the northern tribes and clans BERTA CACERES, USUBA, KATSITSIAIOHNE,
"It May Be Necessary..."
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." - Maya Angelou
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Washington Post Obfuscates, GREATLY, on Erdogans's Brussels "warning"
*What a perfect example of spin. A truly ideal case of twisting the words to fit the agenda:* And, yes, boys and girls as has been written here for so very long now *Turkey IS BEING TARGETED FOR DESTABILIZATION. *And everyone promoting the demonization of a targeted nation, witting or unwitting, is playing into Sykes Picot 2 and the Israeli expansionist agenda known as Kurdistan or Israel 2.0 and all the mayhem occurring present day. *Wapo: Turkey’s Erdogan warned of Brussels terror just days before it happened* *Except Erdogan did not warn of this or any terror attack immediatel... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'George Washington Belt 1794'
GEORGE WASHINGTON BELT 1794 *[Clarification] Posted on March 22, 2016 Mohawk Nation NewsPlease post & distribute. *See clarification. Mar. 22, 2016. We thought the Onondaga Council of Chiefs Inc. and the Saint Regis Council of Akwesasne Inc. went to Washington DC recently to belt George Washington for what he did to us. Instead they’re all smiling and commemorating the 1794 George
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 22, 2016
Technicians at Syria's Hmeimim airport where Russian aircraft are deployed. © Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti *Samuel Greene, Washington Post:* *There may be a lot of reasons Putin changed Russia’s Syria policy, but showing up Obama is probably not one of them* In the Thunderdome of political narcissism that is the U.S. presidential election, it is perhaps unsurprising that the first question pundits asked when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s withdrawal from Syria was: Did Obama just get played again? (Actually, maybe it is surprising. Obama’s a lame duck. Who... more »
The Brussels Attack and the Ironies Of Muslim Assimilation
[image: Flashback: Brussels Ridiculed Idea of Islamic Violence in Ad] Ironies abound in the terrorist bombings in Brussels. Consider this propaganda video in which the organization Visit Brussels on 18 January assures the world that Belgium is a terrific place to visit. As part of a PR campaign, conspicuous phones... more »
"You've Seed..."
"You've seed how things goes in the world o' men. You've knowed men to be low-down and mean. You've seed ol' Death at his tricks... Ever' man wants life to be a fine thing, and a easy. 'Tis fine, boy, powerful fine, but 'tain't easy. Life knocks a man down and he gits up and it knocks him down agin. I've been uneasy all my life... I've wanted life to be easy for you. Easier'n 'twas for me. A man's heart aches, seein' his young uns face the world. Knowin' they got to get their guts tore out, the way his was tore. I wanted to spare you, long as I could. I wanted you to frolic with you... more »
Life: “Only the Sound of People Thinking”
*“Only the Sound of People Thinking”* by Marc Chernoff *“Creating a Life: *The head chef at my favorite local diner was once a mobster. The first time I ate there he showed me the scars on his chest, arms, and back. Most of them were from his final night as a member of the mafia – a night that ended in a horrific battle with another mob group. He was stabbed multiple times and then beaten mercilessly with a steel pipe. Both of his lungs were punctured and a knife was lodged less than a centimeter from his heart. According to the paramedics, his heart stopped beating twice in the a... more »
Midday Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Question”
Moody Blues, “Question” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBsdHoTdOmc
MALCOLM TURNBULL’S VOTING RORTS
*Guest Post by Graham Williamson* *How to Scam the System & Disadvantage Political Opponents by ‘Giving the Power Back to the People’, all in the Interests of ‘Democracy’* *Government Says the Voting System they Introduced Previously is Undemocratic Because Now the Minor Parties are Using the Rorts Against the Major Parties* As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull points out, the current voting system created by the major parties 30 years ago is so corrupt and undemocratic it must be changed urgently: *“We know that what has been happening with the Senate voting system has been anyth... more »
Trump’s Character Should Worry You
[image: Trump Green - 900] I first became aware of Donald Trump when he chose to make cheating on his first wife front-page news. It was the early ’90s. Donald and Ivana Trump broke up over the course of months. Not that divorce is shocking,... more »
March 22: Good news!
It didn't make the Irving press, but.... Dozens of millionaires in New York have told the government their taxes should be raised substantially, and the money used to help the poor. This request comes from members of the top 1% in income. This is important for New Brunswick because Hall of Fame philanthropist J. D. Irving is certain to follow suit, and demand that his taxes and those of all his executives and directors should be on the table, too. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/raise-our-taxes-combat-poverty-say-dozens-new-york-millionaires-1550866 _______________________________________... more »
As Korean Tensions Rise, S. Korea Creates New “Attack” Army Unit
With tensions between North and South Korea hitting what many believe to be critical mass, South Korea has done something both symbolic and effective, if needed. The IB Times report that a Seoul military official has confirmed that The South Korean Marine Corps has formed a new mobile unit to attack N. Korea “in case of contingency”. The new “Spartan 3000” unit comprises of 3,000 troops and has been launched in the coastal city of Pohang: The troops will be on standby to be deployed to all the parts of the Korean peninsula within a day and will be trained to destroy important North ... more »
Nike Video Unveils Self-Tying Shoelaces
Nike has announced a new invention: self-tying shoe laces. The futuristic new technology is sure to become a consumer hit, as FOX Business News explains: The HyperAdapt 1.0, which Nike unveiled at a product event on Wednesday, features the power laces that debuted on Marty McFly’s Nike-branded sneakers in the 1989 film “Back to the Future Part II.” Nike has been working on the technology for a decade. In 2015, the sportswear giant revealed plans to sell replica Nike MAG shoes to mark the year that McFly and Doc Brown traveled to the future. The HyperAdapt 1.0 is the consumer sport v...more »
Dog Rescued From Trash Behind Korean Meat Market Video Goes Viral
A family from Phoenix, Arizona has adopted a dog who was found dying in a plastic bag and dumped behind a South Korean meat market, GeoBeats News reports: A dog hailing from South Korea had anything but a happy start to life, but her future is certainly looking up. Chi Chi was adopted by the Howell family of Phoenix, Arizona after being found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped among the trash behind a meat market. It’s believed the 2-year-old golden retriever mix was being raised for slaughter and spent much of her life hung from her legs and being beaten for the purpose of tenderi... more »
Accused Marine Shooter: “Aliens Rule The Planet”
Kyle Odom, a Marine veteran who is the prime suspect in the case of a pastor who was shot 12 times but survived. Odom alleges, according to a report in the Express, that frog-like Martian aliens with telepathic abilities were the true culprits behind his recent crime spree: Kyle Odom, 30, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder by secret service agents after they saw him toss something over the iron fence at the front of the White House. It was two days after he allegedly shot Evangelical pastor Tim Remington in the head and back at point blank range in the car park of his chu... more »
World News Briefs -- March 22, 2016
*Daily Mail*: *Police launch massive manhunt for suspect in a white coat as chilling airport CCTV shows 'ISIS bombers' wearing single black gloves to hide triggers for suicide vests in attacks that left 34 dead * * ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacres, which have killed 34 in total and injured close to 200 others * CCTV from Brussels airport reveals picture of three suspects and man in a hat now believed to be on the run * Anti-terror police said they had found another bomb, an ISIS flag and 'chemical products' in raids after attacks * 14 people were killed and 50 more ... more »
One of the Best Cases - Levelland, Texas
In the last few weeks I have been asked a couple of times about which UFO cases I believe have credibility. I have avoided these sorts of questions in the past because I know the pitfalls of providing a list like that. Debunkers (as opposed to skeptics) will then attempt to explain those cases in the mundane with little regard to the facts. A good example of that was Philip Klass’ explanation of the Coyne helicopter case as a meteor and ignoring the testimony of the pilots and crewmen. Rather than learn the procedures used by Army helicopter pilots, he talked to some unidentified gu... more »
The Latest: Cruz Calls for ‘Patrol’ of Muslim Neighborhoods
[image: Ted Cruz - 900] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times Eastern Standard Time): 3:00 p.m. Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz says it is time for law enforcement to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.”... more »
Will Monica Lewinsky Vote For Hillary Clinton?
A video from gossip site TMZ.com filmed in January is suddenly going viral again. In the short clip, Monica Lewinsky is seen leaving Los Angele’s famous Chateau Marmont hotel during Golden Globes Week in January of this year. While Lewinsky is getting into her car, a reporter asks: “Monica! Will you be voting for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election?” Lewinsky barely makes eye contact with anyone and refuses to answer the reporter’s question. Though, this is not the first time that Lewinsky has been asked about her feelings on Hillary Clinton’s current presidential bid. The Daily Ma... more »
Hillary Clinton Equates BDS With Anti-Semitism & Bullying
*Children like to be pandered to. Grown-ups expect, and demand, honesty from political figures.* *An excerpt from, "Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians" By Juan Cole, March 22, 2016:* *Clinton used her speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee meeting, the gathering of some of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington, to lambaste Donald Trump for saying he’d try to be neutral in heading up negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. * Donald Trump should be lambasted. He is wrong on everything most of every day. But, like a c... more »
Dr. Walid Phares: Jihad in Europe -- Implications for European and American Security
*An excerpt from, "Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Has Ties to Brutal Lebanese Militia" By Max J. Rosenthal, Mother Jones, March 21, 2016:* Donald Trump has finally announced the names of five of his foreign policy advisers, and at least one member of his new team is sure to raise eyebrows. Walid Phares, a Lebanese academic who advised Mitt Romney's campaign in 2012, is one of the five names Trump gave to the *Washington Post* during a meeting with the paper's editorial board on Monday. As *Mother Jones* reported in 2011, Phares was a major player in the Lebanese Forces, one of the Chr...more »
An Acerbic Take on Islamist Terror
An acerbic take on Islamist terror from my friend and comrade Harry Paterson. A useful tonic for anyone forced to fight rearguard actions against bigoted arseholes. "Why do you always bang on sticking up for fucking Muslims when theres is a terrorist attack in Europe? Cant you care for the poor people killed by mentalist Muslim terrorists? Haven’t you got no shame? Don’t you even care? Just tasteless shoving youre politics down peoples throats? Have some fucking repsct.” "Because people like you offer no comment at all regarding any terrorists attacks, anywhere, that *don’t* involv... more »
The GOP Would Have No Chance To Hold Their House Majority Against A Competent DCCC... But Today They Have No Chance To Lose It
A gaggle of silly Beltway pundit types decided to raise the specter of a Trump candidacy putting the Republican House majority in jeopardy. I wonder who they're trying to fool. A competent DCCC-- which would take at least a year to build, possibly longer-- could win back the majority in two cycles without Trump, one cycle with Trump (or Cruz). The current cast of corrupt clowns, meticulously put together, nurtured and groomed by losers Rahm Emanuel, Chris Van Hollen and Steve Israel (+ Israel's absurd sock puppet)-- thank you, Nancy Pelosi-- will be lucky if they don't actually exp... more »
Because They Are Winning The Taliban Have No Incentive To Talk Peace With The Afghan Government
*Tom Hussain, Al Jazeera*: *Afghanistan: Taliban won't talk because it is winning* The situation in Afghanistan provides no incentive for the Taliban to negotiate with the Afghan government. With an air of inevitability, efforts by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group - comprising Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States - to persuade the Taliban to engage in face-to-face peace negotiations have stalled. Diplomats with the group, know as the QCG, have expressed the hope that the Taliban's refusal to talk is a leverage tactic, and that Pakistan would be able to bully an... more »
Did Bill Clinton Just Blast Obama With Remark About the ‘Awful Legacy of the Last Eight Years’
[image: Bill Clinton speech - 900] Former President Bill Clinton stirred up a political hornet’s nest Monday when he appeared to blast President Obama and the “awful legacy of the last eight years.” While campaigning for wife Hillary in Spokane, Washington, Clinton said, “If you believe we... more »
Black Leaders Shred Obama Over Cuba Trip
[image: Barack Obama visits Cuba, Cuban President Raul Castro, Communist Cuba, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays,] Several prominent black conservative leaders associated with The National Center for Public Policy Research's Project 21 -- The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives -- have roundly condemned President Barack Obama's trip to Communist Cuba and accused him of "play[ing]... more »
Flashback: Brussels Ridiculed Idea of Islamic Violence in Ad
[image: CallBrussels] In the wake of Tuesday's deadly bombing that killed at least 34 people, Brussels officials may regret an advertisement two months ago ridiculing the idea the city was a center of Islamic radicalism. VisitBrussels, the city's tourism department, crafted the #CallBrussels... more »
EPA Chief Says There Was No ‘Negligence’ in the Gold King Mine Blowout
[image: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy testifies before the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee about the Gold King mine disaster in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. EPA personnel and contractors were attempting to work on the tailing pond at the closed Gold King Mine when they accidentially caused the release of toxic wastewater near Silverton, Colorado Aug. 5, 2015.] Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy told federal lawmakers Tuesday morning investigators looking ... more »
EU Parliament Was Scheduled To Discuss Palestine In Brussels Today
One of the topics planned for discussion at the EU parliament in Brussels today was, Palestine. Palestine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Riad Al-Malki was scheduled to attend a seminar at the EU Government HQ according to this weeks agenda: “Palestine: Palestine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Riad Al-Malki will join Foreign Affairs Committee Members to debate the political situation there, including the inter-Palestinian reconciliation talks, the economic and humanitarian situation in occupied Palestinian territories, initiatives for re-launching Middle East peace process, and the regional ... more »
Campaign watch: Concerning today's events in Brussels!
*TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016The souls of the dead and of Us:* The gruesome events in Brussels today brought a question to our minds. We'll wait a day or three to explore it. The question involves the way we liberals are inclined to deploy our bombs when we discuss Those People, the nation's appalling Trump voters. Eventually, our question will go something like this: We won't be asking you a question about Candidate Trump. We won't be asking you to agree with one of his widely-discussed proposals, to the extent that the proposal in question is a proposal at all. We'll be asking a dif... more »
Scottish Medieval Castle Discovery Is Most Significant In A Generation
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of Patrick Castle during a sewage overhaul in Glasgow. The 12th century stone fortification was found on a site that was heavily used during the industrial revolution. Evening Times reports: Archaeologists have described the discovery of a 12th or 13th century castle in Partick, and one built on the same site 400 years later, as the “most historically significant in the city for a generation”. They found several stone walls, a well and ditches after being called in during work by Scottish Water on a new sewer overflow. A spokesman for Scottis... more »
Cruz Can be President, Pennsylvania Judge Rules, Answering a Question No One is Asking Anymore
[image: Ted Cruz Voter Summit - 900] In a decision almost completely ignored by the major media, and also by his fellow presidential candidates, a Pennsylvania judge ruled that Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen of the United States who can be elected president, and thus...more »
Bhutan Celebrates Birth of Prince by Planting 108,000 Trees
*Vic Bishop* - In some places around the world, the relationship between nature and modern life remains unbroken. The post Bhutan Celebrates Birth of Prince by Planting 108,000 Trees appeared first on Waking Times.
Top U.S. General In Afghanistan Apologizes For Last Year's Deadly Air-Strike On Hospital
Incoming Commander of Resolute Support forces and United States forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General John Nicholson walks during a change of command ceremony in Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Rahmat Gul/Pool *Voice of America:* *US Afghan Commander Apologizes for Errant Strike* ISLAMABAD — The new commander of the U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan has apologized to residents of Kunduz for a U.S. airstrike on a hospital that killed 42 people. U.S. Army General John Nicholson met in Kunduz with representatives of the medical charity...more »
Obama's Poor Record on Nuclearity
The Obama Administration has promoted "smaller" tactical nuclear weapons and reactors although both of these technologies pose significant risks, especially radioactive contamination/waste. How radioactive can we make planet earth before our human-engineered contamination unravels complicated life? William Broad and David Sanger. As U.S. Modernizes Nuclear Weapons, ‘Smaller’ Leaves Some Uneasy. The New York Times, January 11, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/science/as-us-modernizes-nuclear-weapons-smaller-leaves-some-uneasy.html?emc=edit_th_20160112&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=... more »
Sheriff Arpaio, You’re a Hero and Brother in Arms. But Trump Over Cruz on Borders and Justice?
[image: Sheriff Arpaio, You're My Hero and a Brother in Arms. But Trump Over Cruz on Border Security?] Sheriff Arpaio, my admiration for you is so great that it is only with great difficulty that I would publicly differ with you about anything. We also share war wounds from our time together in Arizona trying to crack down on... more »
Security Slips at NY Federal Building in City Where ISIS Attack Was Recently Thwarted
[image: This undated photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision shows Emanuel Lutchman, of Rochester, N.Y. Lutchman, 25, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 and charged with attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Authorities say that he was planning a New Year's Eve attack at a Rochester area bar to prove to the Islamic State he was worthy to join it in Syria.] Sloppy federal oversight of contractors let dozens of unscreened workers have access to a federal building renovation project in Rochester, New York,... more »
Approaching the Point of No Return
No, it's not a science fiction piece--it is real science. Real science that is being ignored by both the RNC and the DNC, as they swap the status quo back and forth among the 1 percenters who control both political parties. Only Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein seem to be attuned to what the science is telling us. I hope you will take 15 minutes to listen. Published March 21.
Empty Words: Our thoughts and prayers are with Belgium...
*and I'm tired of hearing them.* Obama spent 51 seconds on a public statement about Belgium before rushing off to a baseball game in Communist Cuba. Here he is sitting with Raul Castro, his America hating wife, two spoiled spawn, and freeloading mother-in-law just hours after the Islamist terror attack in Brussels. *How about this instead:* “This whole thing will get worse as time gets by. Brussels is in really bad shape and many cities will be this way with what’s taking place. It’s really the policies of people who don’t know what they’re doing. They see what’s happening a... more »
In The Wake of Brussels Attacks, Former UK Ambassador Craig Murray Advises: Don't Panic
*An excerpt from, "Terrorism" By Craig Murray, March 22, 2016: * *It is impossible physically to prevent all determined terrorist attacks without imposing a level of security which would fundamentally change the very experience of being a human being and the very foundations of human society. *The uselessness of it was demonstrated fatuously by Tony Blair sending tanks to Heathrow airport. But if we cannot physically defend against determined terrorists, what can we do? *Well, the most important thing is, don’t panic.* Given how easy it is to kill people physically, the important t... more »
Ukraine Blames Russia For Brussels Terrorist Attacks
The head of Ukraine’s security service (SBU), Vasyl Hrytsak, blames Russia for the terrorist bomb attacks in Brussels. According to reports from “Interfax-Ukraine” at a lecture at the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” the head of the SBU referred to the explosions at the airport and subway, that killed dozens and injured scores more, by saying: “I wouldn’t be surprised if it is an element of Russia’s hybrid war, though they will be blaming it on ISIS“. Russia Today reports: Ukrainian Intelligence: Russia Probably Responsible for Brussels Bombings This guy is apparently co... more »
Step Inside the One District in Brussels That’s Connected to Nearly Every Major Terror Attack on the West
[image: A man looks at flowers and messages outside the stock exchange in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe. At least 26 people were reported dead.] The terrorist attacks in Brussels Tuesday were the inevitable result of a threat that has been present for 20 years. The neighborhood of Sint-Jans Molenbeek rose to fame when the investigation of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris change... more »
The Islamic State Knew Exactly Where To Hit A Secret Deployment Of U.S. Marines In Iraq
Death Of Marine Artilleryman In Iraq Reveals Previously Secret Fire Base Near Mosul (Foxtrot Alpha) *Nancy Youssef, Daily Beast*: *ISIS Knew Just Where to Hit These U.S. Marines* It was supposed to be a secret where these 200 Marines were headed. And yet the terrorists had them in their sights. Three days before ISIS militants killed Marine Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin, the U.S. military notified his family—and the families of roughly 200 Marines—that their loved ones had moved off the USS Kearsarge, deployed to the Persian Gulf, to somewhere in northern Iraq. The letter didn’t say ex... more »
Looking at the Stars
By Kim Sung-Ku Gangjeong villager and poet (Jeju Island, South Korea) The stars which used to shine in my distant memory are still in my heart despite the passing of 50 years. The river of stars flowing in the Milky Way is a scene which one hardly sees in the modern times running toward development. One day in April 2007, I was anxious, not knowing what I could do after hearing an unbelievable story about naval base construction in my village. Now the base has become a reality and the Gureombi rock covered by cement for the base construction has become a memory. The hill where ... more »
Campaign watch: Okrent can't say how he'd cover Trump!
*TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016We're happy to say that we can:* We're going to admit it. Of all the journalists in the past twenty years, Daniel Okrent, for some unknown reason, just may annoy us the most. We have no idea why that is. We don't intend to defend that reaction. We offer it as an act of irrational full disclosure. More than a decade ago, Okrent was the New York Times' very first public editor. For unknown reasons, Slate's Isaac Chotiner has interviewed him on the subject of the press corps' coverage of Candidate Trump. Inevitably, Okrent is quite defensive concerning the hig... more »
Kellogg’s And Mars Announce They Will Label GMOs
Kellogg’s and Mars have announced that they will start to label their products containing GMOs with the words “Produced with Genetic Engineering”, following the blocking of the Dark Act in the U.S. Senate last week. They join General Mills and Campbells. General Mills’ announced that it would label GMOs in its own product portfolio last week. Campbell Soup was the first to commit to GMO labeling back in January A spokesman for Kellogg said they did not plan to reformulate products to avoid GMOs. Sustainable Pulse reports: Kellogg North America President Paul Norman told Agri-Pulse... more »
Lying Paul Ryan Pushed on US by Whom? (He's Their Last Best Hope?) And How Much of a Fool Do the TPP'ers Think We Are? (Obama Assurances Worthless)
I have a huuuge crush on Steven Aftergood. What a great name. Now here's a national hero on whom you couldn't do much better to model your behavior. (Click on his name link for more information.) Secrecy NewsDNI Representatives Form a Global Network Posted on Mar.22, 2016 in Intelligenceby Steven Aftergood“DNI Representatives serve as the principal advisors to their assigned organizations
The EU Agrees to Agree On Climate!
By Paul Homewood The European Council summit meeting last Friday devoted most attention to the migration crisis. However, they were also meant to discuss climate and energy policy. Below is the official conclusion from the summit. It embodies all of the fudge that we are so used to seeing in EU affairs, contains […]
There Are More U.S. Military Personnel In Iraq Than What Is Being Acknowledged
*Washington Post*: *The U.S. military has a lot more people in Iraq than it has been saying* The U.S. military has around 5,000 service members in Iraq, officials said on Monday, far more than previously reported, as the Obama administration quietly expands ground operations against the Islamic State. The number of American forces in Iraq has come under increased scrutiny following the death over the weekend of a Marine staff sergeant, the second combat casualty in renewed U.S. operations in Iraq. He was killed when militants launched rockets at a small U.S. base around the city o... more »
Bernie Sanders And Ted Cruz Respond On Today's Terror Attacks In Brussels
*Washington Post:* *Cruz criticizes Obama and Trump in wake of Brussels attack* Sen. Ted Cruz slammed President Obama for “going to baseball games with the Castros” in Cuba and Donald Trump for questioning the need for the U.S. alliance with NATO in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels. “While our friends and allies are attacked by radical Islamic terrorists, President Obama is spending his time going to baseball games with the Castros and standing at a press conference with Raul Castro as a prop, while Castro denies there are any political prisoners in Cuba,” Cruz ... more »
John Oliver Exposes Insanity of Trump's Border Wall
. . *By MARC McDONALD* A lot of progressives despise and fear Donald Trump. I don't. While Ted Cruz does creep me out (and frightens the hell out of me), there are actually some things I admire about Trump. I mean, it took some big balls to stand on a GOP debate stage and repeatedly blast the decision to invade Iraq. We've been doing that at this blog for years. I've gotta tell ya, there's a certain sense of vindication when the GOP frontrunner is basically saying the same thing about Iraq that we've been saying since 2003. There's a couple of other things that I'll admit I like a... more »
“The Decline and Fall of the American Empire”
*“The Decline and Fall of the American Empire”* by Bob Moriarty “While the corruption at the national level has been obvious for years to anyone willing to open their eyes and their mind at the same time, this election cycle marks an important turning point. I’m not a Trump fan. The idea that we can build a fence between Mexico and the US and somehow force Mexico to pay for it is on its face, absurd. In the most undiplomatic of terms, two former presidents of Mexico essentially told Trump where he could put his wall. And the mechanics of identifying anyone who might be a Muslim and...more »
Government: "Fascism, American Style"
*"Fascism, American Style"* By John W. Whitehead "If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States." - Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States This is an indictment of every politician who has ever sold us out for the sake of money and power, it is a condemnation of every politician who has ever lied to us in order to advance their careers, and it is a denunciation of every political shill who has sacrificed our freedoms on the alta... more »
As We Shift - Remnants of Polarity
It’s tempting now to latch on to a story or explanation that sort of resonates, perhaps really rings “true”; and then listen to that one storyteller only. There are so many of us storytellers. These are uncertain times and when you find something to believe in, you hold on. What is unsettling in all that behavior is the emergence of polarity – even amongst the loudest advocates for unity. It seems we don’t know how to do this any other way. If someone is “right” – everyone else must be “wrong”. The thing is, if it is “truth” you are looking for, everyone is “right”. Truth is ... more »
“A big mistake:” Paper about the dangers of Wi-Fi pulled for plagiarism
A report that presents guidelines for treating people allegedly harmed by signals from Wi-Fi and mobile phones was pulled two weeks after publication for plagiarism. However, the retraction note, published in the March issue of Reviews on Environmental Health, doesn’t use the word “plagiarism,” and instead blames the move on lost citations and errors. The editor of the journal, David Carpenter, told us […] The post “A big mistake:” Paper about the dangers of Wi-Fi pulled for plagiarism appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Hillary Clinton Comments On Today's Terror Attacks In Brussels
*ABC News*: *Hillary Clinton on Brussels Attacks: US Has to ‘Intensify and Broaden’ Strategy Against ISIS* Hillary Clinton pushed back against Donald Trump's calls for increased border control following the attack in Brussels this morning, and argued for a broader strategy in fighting ISIS. Trump said in an interview on "Good Morning America" this morning that if he were president he'd use "maximum, maximum interrogation technique" and "waterboarding" on suspected Paris attacker terrorist Salah Abdeslamif he were in U.S. custody. "Our best and bravest intel and military leaders w... more »
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