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Murderer of Priest Nurtured Dreams of Jihad in Quiet French Town
[image: A picture of late Father Jacques Hamel is placed on flowers at the makeshift memorial in front of the city hall closed to the church where an hostage taking left a priest dead the day before in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The Islamic State group crossed a new threshold Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its followers targeted a church in Normandy, slitting the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass and using hostages as human shields before being shot by police. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)] SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, Fra... more »
A Year For The Record Books....or at least, MY record books.
I took advantage of yesterday's fine weather to stretch my legs and wander the Birchwood Trail system a little. It was my first time there since before the evacuation. I was hoping to spot just one more bird species to get my year list up to the magical 50 mark, a new record for me. The shade brought some welcome relief from the sun and the mosquitos were enjoying at as well. For the first half of my walk, other than a lone robin, all I seemed to see were mosquitos. My luck changed as I got down lower in to the valley and crossed Conn Creek. I hit a small section of trai... more »
Why Sarah Silverman Is A Comedian-- Guest Post By Sam Husseini
In remarks from the Democratic National Convention stage applauded by big media, Sarah Silverman lauded the Democratic Party primary process as "exemplary." I guess that's why she's a comedian. Perhaps she doesn't know who Debbie Wasserman Schultz is. Perhaps she doesn't know that Schultz just resigned as head of the Democratic National Committee after the release by WikiLeaks of DNC internal emails showing evidence of them conspiring against Sanders. Of course, Schultz was then immediately named "honorary chair" of the Clinton own campaign. Schultz as "honorary" anything-- now t... more »
It's all about the $$$$$$$$
Of course the Democratic Party will blame the Russians - it's all their fault! Any doubt who really runs America? It's the corporate oligarchy and their big bucks. It does not matter whether the prez is Hillary or Trump - the country is run by the bankster pirates, fossil fuel companies, the drug corporations, the military industrial complex, the corporate controlled media and the like. This election is a scripted three-ring circus sideshow. We need to send the nation a message by voting outside the box this time around. Anything else is just complicity with the corrupt sideshow.
Funeral for the Devil & His Weapon
Seongju, South Korea residents’ funeral ceremony for the conservative Saenuri Party. Seongju has historically voted for the Saenuri Party in their elections. But since the ruling Saenuri Party's slavish decision to accept the US demand to deploy the THAAD 'missile defense' system in their community they have buried that relationship. A recent national poll reveals that: - 53.1%: support reconsidering or rescinding the decision of deployment of US THAAD in South Korea. - 60.2%: believes that the United States forced the decision of deployment of US THAAD on Korea.... more »
Not Forgetting Japan's Treatment of Korean Sexual Slaves
Yesterday the three of us in our VFP (Veterans For Peace) delegation to Korea attended the weekly protest of the 'comfort women' across the street from the Japanese embassy in Seoul. There was a large crowd of mostly high school and college students who were protesting the Japanese abduction of 200,000 Korean women during WW II when the young girls were used as sexual slaves for their troops across the Asia-Pacific. Today only 40 of these women are still alive but they continue to demand a public apology from the Japanese government, appropriate compensation and an end to Tokyo's ...more »
July 27: Not a good day.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/07/don-fooled-justin-trudeau-boy-heart-canada-160713071303349.html?utm_source= Justin Trudeau looks good on camera. See that, and you've seen all there is to see. He resembles his father in no way. He has no set of principles that I can determine. That makes him an easy stooge for big money. The article above has a tone that is more strident than I like. But, in its basic message, it is the best one I have seen on Trudeau. _____________________________________________________________________________ Today or tomorrow, this blog will receive... more »
Cold War Rising: Obama Admin Leads Post-WW II Weapons Sales
Ironic given Obama was awarded a Noble Peace Prize: William D. Hartung (2016, July 26). The Obama Administration Has Brokered More Weapons Sales Than Any Other Administration Since World War II. The Nation, https://www.thenation.com/article/the-obama-administration-has-sold-more-weapons-than-any-other-administration-since-world-war-ii/ ... American firms dominate a global [arms] market worth more than $70 billion a year... According to the latest figures available from the Congressional Research Service, the United States was credited with more than half the value of all globa... more »
Quote of the Day: Choosing in ‘The Year of the Low Bar’
*“The [big] picture is that Clinton and Trump are two of the most flagrantly dishonest, corrupt, power-hungry, unprincipled cronyists ever to seek the Presidency. Thus, in 2016, the Year of the Low Bar, Gary Johnson does not have to be George Washington or even Ronald Reagan to earn my vote. He merely has to be not evil. And I am convinced he more than meets that test… “Of course, in this election, some see being a decent human being as a weakness…”*Mark Nitikman, in ‘My Morning with Gary Johnson’ . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted... more »
Behind West's Biased Coverage of Asia
*July 28, 2016 *(Tony Cartalucci - NEO) As the US loses ground in Asia, between its failure to coerce states to adopt its Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, and its inability to garner greater support for its manufactured crisis in the South China Sea, it has doubled down on efforts to undermine and replace governments in the region it perceives as obstructive to its regional *"primacy." * Paramount to this process of undermining and removing governments, is the targeting and manipulation of public perception. This has always been an essential ingredient for special inter... more »
Today, I (the blogger) amplify Paul Craig Roberts’ piece below. In his second paragraph he provides a link which he says “The person who prepared this …is a bit crude in his language, but his point is nevertheless sound.” However, when I went to this link I spent maybe 15 or 20 minutes watching the video of that person, whose language I thought was OK but who might well have edited out a lot of stuff without losing the high points. I was about to leave this link when I realized that the work of a second photographer of the alleged truck massacre was to follow. It was at a different location and did seem strange. Then there were additioal amateur photographers displaying their work. I think it was the third one that was truly revealing. This woman found herself exactly alongside of the parked truck that was supposed to run over many people a few moments later. This place was not very far from the small town to the west where the truck was supposed to have come from. Yet in this moment it was surrounded by several individuals dressed as police who instead of approaching the truck were looking westward toward where truck had come from. The woman exhibited on her video several times the presence of fireworks in that direction, but she had no sound. However, she overlaid the official gun fire from the TV news, which indeed sounds like fireworks. Later on she checked the differing times of fireworks in the general area and found that the town from which the truck had come was to begin it’s fireworks at that very moment. Of course the official story was that the police told everyone ahead of the (still-parked) truck to run for their lives because there were shots being fired, thus leaving the fireworks/gun-shots behind them, as seen in the official videos. So it is no wonder that “the powers that be” are insisting that all evidence be destroyed. Moreover, if hundreds of family members and friends were actually killed, by now they would be demonstrating in the streets demanding justice. Is that happening? No! I can’t believe that so many people prefer to believe that they are attacked by foregn “terrorists”, when the terrorists are actually our own governments. I leave you with this thought: “Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” -- Thomas Jefferson
------------------------------ *France’s Minister of the Interior Is Withholding All Security Camera Evidence of the Nice Truck Massacre and Demands that the Evidence be Destroyed * ------------------------------ July 26, 2016 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter France’s Minister of the Interior Is Withholding All Security Camera Evidence of the Nice Truck Massacre and Demands that the Evidence be Destroyed Obviously, the real evidence does not support the concocted evidence and the official sto... more »
Here’s how to do Auckland’s second harbour crossing
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“Deutsche Bank Announces 98% DROP in Profits; Stock Dives 5% Today- Failure Deemed Imminent"
*“Deutsche Bank Announces 98% DROP in Profits; Stock Dives 5% Today- * *Failure Deemed Imminent"* by Newsroom “The Chief Executive Officer of Germany's largest Bank, Deutsche Bank (DB) says he "is looking for a White Knight to save DB" as he announced profits down by 98% in the second quarter of this year. Upon that news, the Bank's stock value dropped (another) 5%. The failure of Deutsche Bank is now deemed to be "imminent.” Full details, charts and analysis from the source, here:" - http://halturnershow.com/ ◆ Italy's about to collapse, when Deutsche Bank fails it will drag down al...more »
"Wikileaks Releases Hacked DNC Voicemails"
*"Wikileaks Releases Hacked DNC Voicemails"* "On the third day of the Democratic National Convention, when President Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine are scheduled to speak, WIkileaks has released hacked voicemails from top Democratic officials. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange warned CNN there would be "a lot more material" to come, following the publishing of hacked Democratic National Committee internal emails this past Friday. The new drop from the pro-transparency publisher includes 29 phone calls, totaling about 14 minutes." *Search the DNC email database:... more »
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, "Elegy for the Arctic"
Ludovico Einaudi, "Elegy for the Arctic" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DLnhdnSUVs
"Doug Casey On President Hillary Clinton, World War III, & The Deep State"
*"Doug Casey On President Hillary Clinton, World War III, & The Deep State"* by Nick Giambruno "Will Hillary Clinton win in November and ensure the Deep State stays in control? I recently sat down with Casey Research founder Doug Casey to discuss this. Doug is a former classmate of Bill Clinton and has met him several times, including once at the White House. Doug shared his insights on why a Clinton win could accelerate the onset of World War III. We also touched on how Donald Trump will destroy the Republican Party… and why it’s a good thing. I think you’ll find our discussion ins... more »
The Economy: “The Bloodsuckers Are Coming for Your Cash”
*“The Bloodsuckers Are Coming for Your Cash”* by Michael Covel "In April, I warned my Trend Following subscribers this might happen… And now it’s getting closer by the hour. A monetary “Frankenstein” birthed by central bankers has broken free from its chains. Many thought the monster would be contained to the eurozone and Japan. But fast-moving developments show that its effects are now being felt in the U.K. Now, it’s only a matter of time before the U.S is smacked upside the head WWE-style. And you can bet most Americans aren’t prepared for what’s coming down the pike… *NIRP Cont... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“M13 is one of the most prominent and best known globular clusters. Visible with binoculars in the constellation of Hercules, M13 is frequently one of the first objects found by curious sky gazers seeking celestials wonders beyond normal human vision. *Click image for larger size.* M13 is a colossal home to over 100,000 stars, spans over 150 light years across, lies over 20,000 light years distant, and is over 12 billion years old. At the 1974 dedication of Arecibo Observatory, a radio message about Earth was sent in the direction of M13. The featured image in HDR, taken through a s... more »
Chet Raymo, “Moments of Being”
*“Moments of Being”* by Chet Raymo “A passage from the "Pensees" of Teilhard de Chardin: "Though the phenomena of the lower world remain the same- the material determinisms, the vicissitudes of chance, the laws of labor, the agitations of men, the footfalls of death- he who dares to believe reaches a sphere of created reality in which things, while retaining their habitual texture, seem to be made out of a different substance. Everything remains the same so far as phenomena are concerned, but at the same time everything become luminous, animated, loving..." Whatever we think of Te... more »
"A Tiny Ripple Of Hope..."
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of o... more »
"Vulcan Guiding Principles"
*"Vulcan Guiding Principles"* By Moon "Ideally, do no harm. Harm speeds up the heat-death of the Universe, and indirectly, your own. More practically, do as little harm as possible. We are creations of a Universe in which entropy exists, and therefore see no way of escape, but we do not need to help it. Harm no one’s internal, invisible integrities. Leave others the privacies of their minds and lives. Intimacy remains precious only insofar as it is inviolate: invading it turns it to torment. Reach out to others courteously: accept their reaching in the same way, with careful hands. ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada. Thanks for stopping by!
The Poet: Ina D. Ogdon, "Brighten The Corner Where You Are"
"All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined- those dead, those living, those generations yet to come that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands. Therefore, after every failure, we are obliged to strive again for success, and when faced with the end of one thing, we must build something new and better in the ashes, just as from pain and grief, we must weave hope, for each of us is a thread critical to the strength to the very survival of the human tapestry. Every hour in every life contains such ... more »
“It’s Not the Economy, Stupid”
*“It’s Not the Economy, Stupid”* by David Swanson "The last time a Clinton tried to get into the White House, his campaign motto was “It’s the economy, stupid!” If you engage with peace organizations, you will very quickly be told repeatedly that nobody gives a damn about distant mass murder, and that consequently a smart organizer will talk to them about something local, such as the local impact of the financial burden of war, or perhaps the militarization of the police, or local recruitment, or local environmental damage from military bases, etc., but mostly the financial cost. ... more »
"A Big Denial System..."
"In order to protect our emotional wounds, and because of our fear of being hurt, humans create something very sophisticated in the mind: a big denial system. In that denial system we become the perfect liars. We lie so perfectly that we lie to ourselves and we even believe our own lies. We don't notice we are lying, and sometimes even when we know we are lying, we justify the lie and excuse the lie to protect ourselves from the pain of our wounds. The denial system is like a wall of fog in front of our eyes that blinds us from seeing the truth. We wear a social mask because it's t... more »
"How It Really Is"
Nothing better to do, not a care in the world... "We are so freakin' doomed!" - The Mogambo Guru
"‘Clinton Cash’ Author Peter Schweizer On Concerns Of Potential Corruption By The Clintons"
"‘Clinton Cash’ author responds to Clintons’ reaction to book." - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKqWHkg5xmc Watch it and decide for yourself... "Clinton Cash", Full movie. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td2pyyCau30
“The world is a business, Mr. Beale!”
“The world is a business, Mr. Beale!”, “Network” (1976) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiT30N6ti4
The Economy: "A Psychiatric Diagnosis of the U.S. Market"
*"A Psychiatric Diagnosis of the U.S. Market: * *Schizophrenic Disconnect From Reality, Bipolar Mania, Psychotic Delusions of Wealth"* by Charles Hugh Smith "If you think a delusional market is healthy, it's time for a psychiatric exam. *What diagnosis would an experienced psychiatrist offer when presented with the bizarre behavior of the U.S. stock market?* We assume that the wild mood swings of greed and fear are "normal" for markets devoted to short-term profit and speculation, but the stock market's disconnect from reality is far beyond mere mood swings. *The stock market thin... more »
“The Illusion of Choice in Consumer Brands”
*“The Illusion of Choice in Consumer Brands”* by Jeff Desjardins "If todays infographic looks familiar, that's because it originates from a well-circulated report that Oxfam International puts together to show consolidation in the mass consumer goods industry. We are sharing it because we believe it is important for you to be aware of who is supplying the different brands and goods served on your dinner table. *Click image for larger size, or, even better,* *Explore the full-size version of the above graphic in all its glory.* *Unlikely Links: *The illusion of choice does not arise fr... more »
The Economy: Greg Hunter, "Gregory Mannarino- We Are Existing in Fantasy Land"
*"Gregory Mannarino- We Are Existing in Fantasy Land"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Trader/analyst Gregory Mannarino says don’t be fooled by a stock market near all-time highs. Mannarino explains, “The reason we took out the last all-time high is the speculation that the world central banks are going to continue to stimulate and suppress interest rates and go deeper into negative territory. This is what caused this recent run-up here, but what you are not going to hear on mainstream media, and this is huge, this run-up we have seen, record high, record high, record high is on ... more »
“Top 5 Criminal Lies by Hillary Clinton In Two Minutes”; "Clinton Cash", Full Movie
*“Top 5 Criminal Lies by Hillary Clinton In Two Minutes”* "War Crimes trump, so to speak, her obvious federal felony violations of operating a private government through her personal e-mail while Secretary of State. She lies continuously about these facts, including that she received and sent classified and confidential information." - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0vHZqVn-io - http://www.washingtonsblog.com/ And no indictments... what a disgrace. And what's been called the "biggest charity fraud in history", a $100 billion sewer of *domestic *and worldwide corruption. *"Clinton... more »
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Another Realm”
Kevin Kern, “Another Realm” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2JtNQublQ
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It looks like a lunar landscape but this remarkable photograph actually shows our Milky Way and the planet Jupiter in all their glory - viewed from a cave in America's Utah desert. The spiral galaxy, which cannot be seen with the naked eye, was captured by photographer Wally Pacholka using a 35mm camera and 50mm lens on a tripod with a 30-second exposure - long enough to collect the light but not to see the stars moving. *Click image for larger size.* Pacholka, an architect from Long Beach, California, relied on the light of a crescent moon to illuminate the subject and chose the are... more »
"A Dent In The Universe..."
"Listen to me. We're here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise why even be here?" - Steve Jobs
The Universe
“It's no accident that when you look closely into the eyes of another, the very first thing you see, is yourself. That when you hold their hand, you can feel your own warmth. And that when you give of yourself, you give to yourself. Because, quite simply, both you and they are me. Freaky? Maybe. An accident? No.” “Let's get it started, uh-huh -” “Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!” www.tut.com
"Alive in Joy: Dispelling Drama"
*"Alive in Joy: Dispelling Drama"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Some people are so used to creating drama that a peaceful existence seems uncomfortable for them. There are scores of people in the world who seem to be magnets for calamity. They live their lives jumping from one difficult to the next, surrounded by unstable individuals. Some believe themselves victims of fate and decry a universe they regard as malevolent. Others view their chaotic circumstances as just punishments for some failing within. Yet, in truth, neither group has been fated or consigned to suffer. They ar... more »
Zapatistas 'EZLN confirms and extends its participation in CompARTE
EZLN CONFIRMS AND EXTENDS ITS PARTICIPATION IN CompARTEZapatista Army of National Liberation.Mexico.July 26, 2016To the participants and attendees of CompArte:To the National and International Sixth:Compañeros, compañeras, compañeroas:Although we could not replace the money that had been allocated for food and transportation for our artistic community, as Zapatistas we sought a way not only
Bordertowns: Murder by police, fueled by the media
Murders by police are treated with impunity in the US, and the media is a player in these crimes By Brenda Norrell Censored News Beginning in the 1970s, the US Civil Rights Commission held hearings in bordertowns around Indian lands and documented the tortures and murders of Navajos and other Native Americans. While the testimony focused on white racists who carried out these crimes in
Native Lives Matter: Justice for Lakota Brightman
Native Lives Matter Justice For Lakota Brightman Family seeks Closer for Murder of Beloved U.S. Army Veteran Field Medic Quanah Parker Brightman Executive Director of United Native Americans qbrightman75@hotmail.com MARTINEZ, Calif.: Native American Civil Rights Leaders Seek Justice for the Murder of Slain Family member. On May 25th, 2016. The Jury Found Mark Anthony Nelson
US issues permit for Dakota Access Pipeline: IEN responds
Army Corps of Engineers Issues Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Indigenous Environmental Network Responds Posted July 26, 2016Oceti Sakowin Territory, SD – The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has granted the final permit needed by Dakota Access Pipeline, LLC to begin construction of its Bakken oil pipeline, Dakota Access. Under the terms of the Department of the Army
How To Push Back Against China In Djibouti
A bulk fuel specialist with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to fuel an MV-22B Osprey at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Feb. 20, 2015. U.S. MARINE CORPS / CPL. JOEY MENDEZ *Defense One*: *China’s Rising Near This Key US War Base. Here’s How We Push Back* In Djibouti, where China is building its first overseas naval installation, the US must support democratic processes and hold the government accountable to international law. It was 2009 and U.S. dignitaries were cutting the ribbon on a $14-million, U.S. government-funded n... more »
Unitary Plan: Good news, bad news
[image: RMA-web] Since 1:30pm yesterday, when it was released on the council website, every single person in this great little city of ours who is anything to do with land or building or housing has been huddled over their phones, tablets and computers finding out what our most learned lords and masters might be about to allow us all to do on our land. [Notwithstanding that “the very idea of a single long term plan for a 16,100sq km, largely rural region containing a rapidly growing and diversifying urban mass is flawed.”] I speak of course of the Auckland Unitary Plan. Writ... more »
Police Problems
As we said yesterday at GOP Crackpot Candidate of the Week, Georgia state Senator Mike Crane had been favored to win the GA-03 congressional seat Lynn Westmoreland was retiring from... until he started advocating shooting policemen. Seems crazy, right? But state Senator Crane, a far right psychopath and loony ideologue who was heavily supported by the NRA, Gun Owners of America, the Tea Party, Freedom Works, Club for Growth, Ted Cruz and House Freedom Caucus chairman Jim Jordan, might not think people of color should defend themselves against police brutality but announced that e... more »
Is This Putin's Best Summer Ever?
*Nathan Kohlenberg, Defense One:* *Vladimir Putin’s Best Summer Ever* *Hacking the Democratic Party’s servers is part of Putin’s plan to prove that democracy doesn’t work.* Vladimir Putin has a grand strategy for Russia, and he has not exactly been secretive about its goals. “First and foremost, it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” Putin said in a 2005 national address. Through bodies like the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Eurasian Customs Union, he has sought to build Russian-dominate... more »
Utah Planned Parenthood Pulls Condoms With Mormon Symbol
[image: Planned Parenthood] SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah’s Planned Parenthood branch won’t hand out condom packages printed with a symbol associated with Mormon youth teachings after an image of the wrappers on its Facebook page generated backlash. The wrappers stamped with a... more »
The Circus Spectacle of American Party Conventions
*Doug French covers the American political convention spectacles that even from this distance have captured, and appalled, so many NZers.* This year’s American political conventions are not the stuff of 1924, when 103 ballots and 16 days were needed to select a nominee. Summarising that spectacle at Madison Square Garden, H.L. Mencken wrote *For there is something about a national convention that makes it as fascinating as a revival or a hanging. It is vulgar, it is ugly, it is stupid, it is tedious, it is hard upon both the higher cerebral centers and the gluteus maximus, and ... more »
Does Your Energy Increase or Decrease?
*Jon Rappoport* - Doing what you really want to do in life causes energy to spring up out of nowhere.
The Call
(By *American Zen*'s @mikeflannigan59, on loan from Ari) 35,000 feet above, appropriately, the Jersey pine barrens--- *"M*ike? Where are you?" "I'm on my way home, Ari. I just left Philly. I should be at Logan in a few hours." "Wha--? The convention's only half over!" "No, Ari, it *is* over. O-V-A, *ov*-ah." "*Uh *uh. Not according to *my* calendar." "Ari, look. There's nothing left to write about. Yesterday, 2838 of the stupidest people on the planet just nominated for President a person dogged by more scandals than the Nixon and Harding White Houses combined.... more »
Pope Francis: 'The World Is At War'
*Reuters: **Pope says attacks shows 'world is at war', religion not to blame* Pope Francis said on Wednesday that a string of recent attacks, including the murder of a priest in France, was proof that the "world is at war". However, speaking to reporters aboard a plane taking him to Poland, the pope said he was not talking about a war of religion, but rather one of domination of peoples and economic interests. "The word that is being repeated often is insecurity, but the real word is war," he said in brief comments to reporters while flying to southern Poland for a five-day visit... more »
Economic News , Data & Views ..... July 27 , 2016 .... Items For Consideration - 1. Markets & Market Moving News : Fed Stays On Hold , Chirps About Keeping Mind Open For September Rate Hike , Market Ignores Fed ; US Durable Goods Orders Miss The Mark ; Italian Banks Going To Be The Focus In ECB Stress Tests - Can A Private Bailout Be Arranged For Ailing Monte dei Paschi ? 2. Turkey Items For Wednesday. 3. Spain & Portugal Break Budgetary Rules - But Schauble Blesses This , So It's Okay. 4. Greece In Focus . 5.Odds & Ends.
Markets..... *fred walton* @fredwalton216 4h 4 hours ago fred walton Retweeted zerohedge Wash , rinse , repeat... fred walton added, *zerohedge* @zerohedge Un-Dovish Fed Stays On Hold, Upgrades Economy, Suggests "Risks Have Diminished" http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-2 7/un-dovish-fed-stays-hold-upgrades-economy-suggests-risks-have-diminished … *fred walton* @fredwalton216 4h 4 hours ago fred walton Retweeted zerohedge Heard this all before.. fred walton added, *zerohedge* @zerohedge Policy Error? Dollar Drops, Yield Curve Flattens, Gold Surges After Hawkish-er Fed... more »
Pence Breaks With Trump on Russian Hacking
[image: 1mike-pence] Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Gov. Mike Pence issued a statement saying Russia should face "serious consequences" if it hacked the Democratic National Committee, at nearly the exact same time Republican Nominee Donald Trump told reporters "Russia, if you're listening, I... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 27, 2016
'We're painted as lost souls or thrill seekers, but so what?' [Photo courtesy of Hannah Bohman] *Norma Costello, Al Jazeera*:* What draws foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria?* *While some are motivated by a genuine desire to help, others have come seeking personal glory, fighters say.* Tel Eskof, Iraq - In the small, northern Iraqi town of Tel Eskof, a white pick-up truck rolled down the dirt road towards a nearby frontline, carrying part of a new medical unit. The men in the truck waved as a tall soldier standing at the roadside, clad in combat gear and dark Ray-Bans, bellowed in... more »
Alice Embree : The murder of George J. Vizard IV
George, a Ragstaffer and leading force in the Austin left, was found dead in the cold locker of an Austin convenience store in 1967. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2016 Rag Blog associate editor Alice … finish reading Alice Embree : The murder of George J. Vizard IV
we have a new contract
Our ratification vote meeting was an experience we will never forget. The line to sign in snaked all around the building; it took more than an hour for everyone to sign in. I believe it was the largest turnout we’ve ever had, for anything. At the top of the meeting, the bargaining team stood in the front of the auditorium. Before we could say anything, our members burst out into applause, standing and clapping and cheering — for a long time. I was overwhelmed: the member who took this photo caught my tears. We applauded our members back, and we all stood clapping and cheering and ... more »
Suspicious Package Prompts Evacuation Of Washington DC’s Union Station
The all clear has been given after a bomb threat related to a suspicious package forced police to evacuate Union Station in the U.S. capital, Washington DC. There had been conflicting reports suggesting that this may be an active shooter situation, but they turned out to be incorrect. The building has now been reopened. Sputnik reports: Just got a text alert that DC Metro Police Dept “is responding to reports of an active shooter at Union Station. Stay clear of the area.” — Mo Elleithee (@MoElleithee) July 27, 2016 Capital police and the Department of Homeland Security are on the ... more »
Shame on Tim Kaine — The Unborn’s Right to Life Isn’t a Private, Catholic Thing. It’s a Universal Truth.
[image: Tim Kaine - 900] Tim Kaine, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate, claims that a Catholic can be “personally opposed” to abortion but support it in political life. The senator is absolutely wrong. His position is morally incoherent and unfaithful to the Bible, Christian tradition and... more »
Latest from Democratic Convention: Kaine and Obama Set to Speak Tonight
[image: Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., looks over the podium as he checks out the stage before the start of the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher)] PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT): President Barack Obama has a message for fellow Democrats, and all those watching the Democratic convention at home: There’s never been a man or a woman... more »
World News Briefs -- July 27, 2016 (Evening Edition)
*CNN*: *Pope on priest killing: World is at war, but it's not a religious one* St.-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France (CNN)Pope Francis said Wednesday that "the world is at war" as he addressed the slaying of a Catholic priest by radical Islamists in France, but he stressed it was not a war of religion. The killing of the priest -- by two attackers who struck in the name of ISIS -- is the latest terror atrocity to roil Europe in recent weeks. On Wednesday ISIS' media wing, Amaq, posted a video on the Telegram messaging app that showed the two attackers pledging allegiance to the terror g... more »
Crackdown In Turkey Continues -- News Updates July 27, 2016
*Reuters*: *Conspiracy theories flourish after Turkey's failed coup* Turkey's failed coup was financed by the CIA and directed by a retired U.S. army general using a cell in Afghanistan, said one Turkish pro-government newspaper. CIA agents used an island hotel off Istanbul as a nerve center for the plot, said another. Turks are churning out conspiracy theories about who helped orchestrate the abortive military coup that nearly toppled President Tayyip Erdogan, with the United States - a close NATO ally but a traditional object of suspicion - top of the list. "The coup was direct... more »
Germany On Edge After 4 Terror Attacks In One Week
*Daily Mail:** 'Merkel is RUINING our country!' Germans revolt over four savage attacks by Muslims in a week... and blame ISIS terror attacks on the million refugees she welcomed in a year* * Germany on high alert after days of bloodshed from series of terror attacks * In response country is revolting against Merkel's open door refugee policy * A Pakistani teenager posing as an Afghan refugee wounded five on a train * A suicide bomber was failed asylum seeker waiting deportation to Bulgaria * He was among 200,000 migrants living there despite their application being rejected * 83 per... more »
Turkey Dismisses 1600 Military Personnel, Shuts Down 130 Media Outlets
Authorities in Turkey closed over 130 media outlets and dismissed some 1,600 military personnel on Wednesday, according to reports. In their crackdown on the media the Turkish government shutdown three news agencies, 23 radio stations, 16 TV channels, 45 newspapers, 15 magazines, and 29 publishers and distributors. Authorities also issued arrest warrants for another 47 journalists suspected of having links to the recent failed coup in Turkey. RT reports: The army saw 1,684 soldiers discharged, according to the government decree cited by CNN Turk. The number includes 149 generals and... more »
BBC Provide More Free Advertising For Elon Musk
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36893104 The BBC provide yet more free advertising space for Elon Musk: Does Elon Musk have more money than sense? Or could it actually be more sense than money? The chief executive of Tesla is, in a post-Steve-Jobs world, the stand-out visionary voice in Silicon […]
Tim Kaine: Nuanced Politician, Bad Catholic
[image: Campaign 2016-Kaine-N_perr__1469272482_71.164.139.145] Last week, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) was announced as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's running mate for the White House. A bland but experienced politician who gave a fantastic debut speech in Florida, Kaine was picked at least in... more »
Mental Delusions and White MTF Late Life Transitioners
Over and over again, I encounter late life transitioners who are absolutely desperate to hold onto their conservative and Republican credentials. This tells me they’ve not really started to transition yet because if they had, if they had been out among other women and learned and seen what other women put up with from the […]
If the campaign is going to be a "feelings" fight, is the handwriting on the wall?
*"What is truly revealing is [Antonio Sabato Jr.'s] implication that believing something to be true is the same as its being true. Because if anything, that was the theme of the Republican Convention this week. It was a four-day exercise in emphasizing feelings over facts."* *-- John Oliver, on last Sunday's Last Week Tonight* *by Ken* Is it possible for one and the same person to be the one who talks a would-be jumper out onto the ledge and the one who gives him the hope he needs to come back down from it? I'm all too afraid it is, which is why I'm trying to come to grips with hor... more »
Vietnam Veteran Shot In Cleveland For Supporting Donald Trump
A black U.S. military veteran supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump was shot in a Cleveland bar after voicing his opinion. A man at the bar overheard the Vietnam veteran voicing his support for Trump in a heated conversation with a friend. After listening in on the heated exchange the man fetched a handgun from his car, returned to the bar and shot Paul Jones Jr. in the leg for his political views. Western Journalism reports: That argument is what ultimately caused another man, who was not a part of the argument, to walk outside to his car, grab a gun, and walk back inside the ... more »
Orangutan Mimicks Human Speech, Shocks Scientists
There is an orangutan who can ape human speech and his name is Rocky. Scientists at Durham University believe they have discovered new clues into how human speech evolved. An orangutan called Rocky is capable of controlling his voice and emulating human speech. Scientists have long believed that great apes are incapable of controlling their voices or learning make new sounds. They believed that our ability to speak did not evolve from our closest ancestors. Rocky has learnt to emulate new sounds in a “conversational” context. A study by Durham University strongly suggests that our a...more »
Non-Lethal Biological Warfare Agents Linked to Autoimmune Disease Epidemic
*Dylan Charles* - Is America is infected with non-lethal biological warfare agents?
US Bans Russia From Joining Coalition Against ISIS In Syria
A Special Envoy for the US-led coalition against ISIS claims that Washington does not trust Moscow and will not allow Russia to join the military alliance fighting the terrorists in Syria. So even though the US has made very little progress in their fight against ISIS …(were they even trying?)….and despite the fact that Russia has nearly wiped them out in less than a year, Washington does not want Moscow on their team, which is allegedly also against ISIS. Brett McGurk has been visiting the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to to meet with senior officials to discuss efforts ag... more »
Everyone's a Critic! A good read...and bbl
*Bringing the cows back to the barn--with trombone music!* As we get into the lazy, hazy crazy dayz of summer...I'm presenting a little bit of night music...well, evening music anyway. Also some good reading about the US Election and consequent prospects for the world....I will not be covering the DNC convention, aka Hillary's coronation. Although I agree that the choices are clear in this election...either an unknown quantity [Trump] or planetary annihilation....via a nuclear Armageddon...but I cannot jump into the bucket of swill that is the Democratic National Convention. So, o... more »
Some Rare Good News: Solar Power has come of age and will bring Peace On Earth
*Solar Impulse - First Solar Plane to Fly Around the World* Some rare good news happened the other day. The "Solar Impulse" became the first solar powered plane to fly around the world. Here is the report from the BBC and I will have my comments to follow: *The first round-the-world solar powered flight has been completed, after the Solar Impulse aircraft touched down in Abu Dhabi.* Bertrand Piccard piloted the plane for a final time, steering it safely from the Egyptian capital Cairo to the UAE. He has been taking turns at the controls with Swiss compatriot Andre Borschberg, with ... more »
Clinton Campaign Says a Carbon Tax Not Out of the Question
[image: PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 25: John Podesta, chair of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, walks off stage after delivering a speech on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)] Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is not completely opposed to a carbon tax, her campai... more »
State Worker Demands $21,000 for Sex Change Operation From Last Year
[image: Henry Mall Historic District at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.] A cancer researcher from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health filed a complaint Tuesday against the state and his health insurance company because his sexual reassignment surgery wasn't covered. The ACLU of Wisconsin and the U.S. Equal... more »
Radicalised Muslim psychopaths and other madmen
Every day seems to bring news of another murderous attack by crazed psychopathic madmen. Not all madmen are Muslims, but it could be argued that all Muslims are mad. The inner Dawkins in me might go even further and posit the theory that extreme religiosity is a form of insanity. Anyway, one theory doing the rounds is that the Jihadis who slit the throat of an elderly Catholic priest were psychopathic madmen. Muslims, yes, but above all, they were to be seen as psychopathic madmen, as if the two conditions were mutually exclusive, when of course the radicalised Muslim psychopath is ... more »
Numbing News, Twisted Views and NLP
*Zen Gardner* - Are we helping to support, maintain and even co-create their toxic, false reality?
Top Iranian Commander Secretly Visits Syria - Israel Border
*Photo: *Brigadier General, Mohammad Reza Naqdi *Trend*:* Top Iranian commander visits Syria, Israel border- agency* The chief of Iran's Basij (volunteer forces) Brigadier General, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, has visited frontier area along Syria and Israel, Fars news agency reported. According to the report, the commander of Iran’s paramilitary force, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, has recently paid a visit to the Quneitra Governorate in the Golan Heights (southern Syria). However, the report did not provide further information on his visit’s date and purposes. Several high-ran... more »
Pentagon Opens Formal Investigation Into Deadly July Airstrike In Syria
A video screen grab shows a July 11, 2016, precision air strike near Manbij, Syria, that targeted Islamic State fighters. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT *The Guardian:* *US military opens formal investigation into deadly July airstrike in Syria* Strike in the village of Tokkhar is considered the deadliest coalition attack on civilians in a two-year war against Isis, and the death toll remains under dispute The US military has opened a formal investigation into a 19 July airstrike in northern Syria that local and outside observers consider the deadliest coalition attack on civilians in its two... more »
Last Supply Line To Rebel Controlled East Aleppo Has Been Cut
*Al Jazeera*: *Syrian army 'cuts off last supply route to east Aleppo'* "No way to bring anything into Aleppo", as US says it will formally probe Syrian civilian deaths in coalition strikes. The Syrian army says that pro-government forces have cut off all supply routes into the eastern, rebel-held part of Aleppo in the country's north. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, eastern Aleppo has been under effective siege since July 11, and advances in recent days by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have strengthened their control of the only route in... more »
The Case To Build Lethal Iowa-Class Battleships
*Harry J. Kazianis, National Interest*:* America's Lethal Iowa-Class Battleships vs. China's Missiles: Who Wins?* Imagine this fictional showdown: It's July 2026, and the United States and China are on the brink of war in the South China Sea. Despite years of negotiations and what amounts to a ‘frozen conflict’ on the water, China, the Philippines and Vietnam are more deadlocked than ever before when it comes to various claims and counterclaims in this hotly contested sea. Tensions are now near the boiling point as Beijing has finally begun reclamation work at Scarborough Shoal, b... more »
Fearing A Cyber 'October Surprise'
*NBC:* *Democrats Fear Cyber 'October Surprise' That Could Sink Clinton* Now that U.S. authorities are confident Russian intelligence agencies are behind the hack of Democratic Party emails, political operatives and cybersecurity experts tell NBC News they are bracing for an "October Surprise" -- a release of even more potentially damaging information timed to influence the outcome of the presidential election and the course of the next administration. The big question isn't whether more information will be disclosed, they say, but how destructive it might be to Democratic nominee... more »
Donald Trump Asks Russia To Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails
*Washington Post*: *Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton’s emails* PHILADELPHIA — Democrats prepared to use their convention Wednesday night to raise fresh doubts about Donald Trump’s fitness to serve as commander in chief, as the Republican presidential candidate called on Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton’s email server to find “missing” messages and release them to the public. “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press,” Trump said during a news conference at his South ... more »
World News Briefs -- July 27, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Advancing 21st. Century Policing Briefing event at the Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2016. REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA *Reuters*: *Obama to make White House pitch for Clinton* Barack Obama will add an optimistic pitch on Wednesday to the campaign to elect Hillary Clinton as the first woman U.S. president, as he seeks to hand off the White House to a trusted fellow Democrat and stop Republican Donald Trump. Clinton formally secured the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on Tuesday, coming back from a st... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 27, 2016
Jabhat al-Nusra fighters carry assault rifles as they move towards their positions during an offensive to take Ariha, Syria, in May 2015. Photograph: Ammar Abdullah/Reuters *The Guardian*: *Revealed: the £1bn of weapons flowing from Europe to Middle East* *AK-47s, machine guns, explosives and more travel along new arms pipeline from Balkans to countries known to supply Syria* Eastern European countries have approved the discreet sale of more than €1bn of weapons in the past four years to Middle Eastern countries that are known to ship arms to Syria, an investigation has found. T... more »
Security In Iraq, July 15-21, 2016
The third week of July saw another low level of violence. That follows the Islamic State’s spring/Ramadan offensive, which lasted several months. Now the group is only carrying out low level attacks punctuated by at least one or two attempts at a mass casualty bombing. From July 15-21, 2016 there were 122 incidents reported in the press. That compared to 125 the previous week, and 114 the first week of the month. Those low figures marked the end of the Islamic State’s spring campaign that was marked by a high number of attacks as well as a new wave of car and suicide bombings. ... more »
Police Officer Denied Service at Restaurant, Cook Says ‘I Ain’t Serving That’
[image: Police in Washington have arrested five people they say opened fire on police.] A cook at restaurant chain Noodles & Company denied service to a police officer in uniform Monday night in Alexandria, Virginia. A female officer with the Alexandria Police Department walked into the restaurant on Duke Street for a meal at... more »
Peru: A Recent Airliner-UFO Near Miss?
Synchronicity is an amazing thing. Just as we were posting our article on UFOs and airliners ("The Uneasy Skies") contributing editor *Guillermo Giménez* made us aware of this incident in Perú, which allegedly took place on July 22, 2016. The source is Radio Santiago (Chile) *http://www.radiosantiago.cl/siguen-apareciendo-ovni-luminoso-casi-choca-con-un-avion-de-pasajeros-en-peru-video*/ and the accompanying text reads thus: "A luminous UFO was recorded as it flew very close to an airliner. It was taken in the city of Trujillo, Perú, on 22 July 2016. The images were shared on YouT... more »
Northeastern Nigeria Close To Famine Says MSF
Doctors Without Borders have said that the violence-wracked northeastern region of Nigeria is “close” to famine. The charity group also known as MSF said on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands are trapped without help, and it must be declared a “top emergency” by the United Nations, urging them to set up emergency food transports to the area. Up to 800,000 civilians have been cut off from aid for over a year due to the ongoing violence by the Boko Haram militants. Press TV reports: The MSF said a UN “top emergency” designation would immediately mobilize more resources to a crisis th...more »
"Kevin Barrett exposes the recent flurry of false flags"
Seattle Community Media presents: "Kevin Barrett exposes the recent flurry of false flags" featuring Activist Angel and Pastor Don
Donald Trump Presser 7/27: "People are sick and tired of Hillary Clinton"
*he does a great job.* Trump starts at 33:35
Journal retracts paper for using figures without permission
A plastic surgery journal has retracted a paper after a researcher claimed it contained three figures without his permission. According to Aesthetic Surgery Journal’s retraction notice (which is paywalled, tsk tsk), the figures were reproduced from a paper published in a Chinese journal without the original authors’ knowledge or permission: Zhang GL, Meng H, Huang JH, Hong XF, […] The post Journal retracts paper for using figures without permission appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Reporter Abby Martin Arrested At DNC
Reporter Abby Martin was violently detained on Monday while covering the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Martin was arrested for “disorderly conduct” in Philadelphia, not far from the Democratic convention. BREAKING: Journalist @AbbyMartin just arrested & abused while following the exact orders of police at #DNCinPHL pic.twitter.com/F3E5mP95Et — Mike Prysner (@MikePrysner) July 25, 2016 She was covering the convention, as well as the protests outside, as a credentialed member of the press when police arrested her while she was attempting to comply with police orders. In the fo... more »
Mitigation of Damages
Delco Automation Inc. v. Carlo's Electric Limited, 2016 ONCA 591: [25] Although a plaintiff is entitled to recover damages for the losses it suffers from the defendant's breach of contract, the extent of those losses may depend upon whether it has taken reasonable steps to avoid their accumulation: *Michaels v. Red Deer College* (1975), 57 D.L.R. (3d) 386 (S.C.C.), at p. 390. Where, after the breach of a commercial contract, a defendant makes an offer to the plaintiff that would reduce the losses incurred, the plaintiff is generally required to accept a reasonable offer by ... more »
The BC Shell Game of Public Funds
In the 2013 BC Election, the Liberal party pledged the LNG industry would create $1 trillion in economic activity and a $100 billion prosperity fund. Tagline - "It's no fantasy" Martyn Brown, Gordon Campbell’s former Chief of Staff, reckons Christy Clark and the BC Libs were 'patsies', repeatedly 'duped' by petro industry's sparkling promises of new investments, lots of jobs, and an endless supply of unicorn meat. Sure, let's go with 'duped'. "It is difficult to get a premier to understand something," as Upton Sinclair might have put it, "when her salary depends on her not under... more »
Military Photo of the Day: The Eager Wait
[image: Military Homecoming] Families, friends and squad members eagerly await the return of 23 airmen to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona on July 13, 2016, following a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia. Welcome home, heroes!
When the Sky Really is Falling: Repent, and be the Church
[image: daily_commentary_07_27_16] It seems Chicken Little may be on to something. My friend Rod Dreher is as sane and stable as anyone I know, and he's saying, in essence, that the sky is falling. I reference his new article in The American... more »
Mann-Made Warming In The Arctic
By Paul Homewood http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/maps/ Claims of “hottest evah” months are heavily dependent on much higher temperatures than usual in the Arctic. However, there is a big problem here, because there is very little actual data above the Arctic Circle, as NOAA admit below. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/global-maps/201606?products[]=map-land-sfc-mntp&products[]=map-blended-mntp&products[]=map-prcp&products[]=map-percentile-mntp&products[]=map-percentile-prcp&products[]=map-prcp-percent#global-maps-select To get around this problem, GISS guess […]
Do The Wall Street Banksters Now Own The Democratic Party The Way They Own The Republican Party?
When Khrushchev denounced Stalin, it sent a powerful jolt through the Russian political firmament, a jolt that eventually led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union and the eclipse of Russian communism. As I pointed out yesterday, the political elites repaid Khrushchev by banning his corpse from a Red Square resting place and banishing it to the less prestigious-- in Communistic minds at least-- to Moscow's storied Novodevichy Cemetery. It's unlikely to be as earth-shakingly consequential, but the long overdue rousting out of corruption-in-politics icon Debbie Wasserman Schultz, on... more »
She Stole The Election Fair And Square... Is It Fair To Hate Her? (Trump, Trump, Trump)
Someone from Bernie's campaign says Hillary didn't steal the election. Stealing an election is different from 7 or 8 people on an e-mail thread. This some real misdirection there. She totally stole the election, state by state by state. She cheated in every state and people who pay attention and keep an open mind know it. As Matt Taibbi pointed out at *Rolling Stone* yesterday, "the primary season was very far from a fair fight. The Sanders camp was forced to fund all of its own operations, while the Clinton campaign could essentially use the entire Democratic Party structure as ... more »
Trump Says Russia Should Find Clinton’s Missing Emails
[image: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump National Doral, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)] MIAMI (AP) -- Donald Trump has a message for Russia: find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails. The Republican presidential nominee, holding a Wednesday press conference, said that the 30,000 missing emails from Clinton’s private email server would reveal “some beauties” and... more »
'Justice for Loreal!' Protest killer cop in Winslow, Ariz, Friday July 29, 2016
In Winslow, Arizona, there is a long history of racist whites murdering Navajos. Maricopa County has refused to prosecute a killer cop who murdered Dineh mom Loreal Tsingine. Protest Friday, July 29, 2016 in Winslow, Arizona By Bordertown Justice Coalition Censored News Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s decision is the most recent continuation of injustice that began on March 27
Into The Halls Of Mythology
The Chilcot Report has been made public. Yet Tony Blair And George W. -- who claimed to stand for truth, justice and the American Way -- are enjoying their retirements. Gerry Caplan writes: The invasion of Iraq never was about Saddam or his fictional weapons of mass destruction. Saddam had nothing whatever to do with 9/11 or al-Qaeda and had no WMDs. Look, if I knew that, how could Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair not have known? What did they want, those two BFFs? Mr. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and the neocons, as far as anyone can figure, mostly wanted to show the world that Americ... more »
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*"Climate models are accurately predicting ocean and global warming: A new study from my colleagues and I vindicates climate models, which are accurately predicting the rate of ocean heat accumulation"* *It's good old Prof. Abraham back at the barrow below. He says that the estimates of global warming yielded by climate models are validated by measurements of ocean heat present. But the measures of heat are themselves estimates -- so all he has shown is that two sets of estimates tally. Not hard to do of course but it proves nothing. It's not even a good con trick* For thos... more »
Biochem journal retracts paper for “striking level of similarity” with another
A biochemistry journal has pulled a paper after deciding that its layout and content overlapped significantly with a previously published paper. The researcher who reported the similarity to Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry has sent us his correspondence with the journal. After a “thorough investigation,” the journal felt the paper was worth retracting. Here’s the retraction notice for […] The post Biochem journal retracts paper for “striking level of similarity” with another appeared first on Retraction Watch.
U.S. Labor Department Illegally Deleted Records, Says Watchdog Group
[image: US_Dept_of_Labor] Department of Labor (DOL) officials likely violated federal law when they said they had records requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), then six years later said they didn't and deleted an email account that proved otherwise, Americans for... more »
Peter Thiel, the GOP and the ‘Fake Culture Wars’
[image: Gay Marriage Equality Bible rights - 900] In his stirring speech to the Republican National Convention, tech marketing genius and libertarian intellectual Peter Thiel condemned what he called the "fake culture war" between Christians and gay Americans. Most media that reported on that statement saw it as... more »
Black Lives Matter? All Freddie Gray's Killers Avoid Justice
*Freddie Gray - Murdered by Baltimore Bicycle Police Thugs* In all the Soros-concocted hoopla over the epidemic of killings [over 55k Americans killed and injured by police in just one year] particularly of young black men in the US....the latest travesty of Justice just slips away under the main$tream Media radar. I have written about this crime previously on the blog. Here is the latest story from the CBC and I will have my comments to follow: Freddie Gray trial prosecutors drop remaining charges against officers Decision comes after judge already acquitted 3 of the 6 officers ch... more »
Donald Trump Press Conference July 27, 2016
*WNU Editor:* I have been watching U.S. Presidential elections since 1980 .... and I have never seen another candidate hijack the other party's convention as Donald Trump did today in this free-wheeling and no holds bar news conference. He was on his game ... and watching the main stream media freaking-out during and after this news conference is priceless. This is one for the books. I only wish that Hillary Clinton would do the same thing .... but she has not had a news press conference for a year now, and she does not have her husband's gift .... who by the way gave (in my humble... more »
U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Enjoys Commanding Lead In The Polls
*WNU Editor:* So much for a Democrat Convention boost .... *Real Clear Politics Tracking Poll*. But the numbers that should concern the Democrats are from the *2016 USC Dornsife/LA Times Presidential Election tracking poll.* What's my take .... the election is still far away .... and these numbers are going to change after President Obama gives his speech at the Democrat convention tonight and after Hillary Clinton gives her speech tomorrow. But this race and its trend lines are now favouring Donald Trump .... a candidate who has spent little if any money on advertising (in contra... more »
President Obama Tells NBC What Scares Him About Trump
*Today:* *Can Donald Trump win? 'Anything is possible,' Obama tells Savannah Guthrie* Just six months after telling Matt Lauer he couldn't imagine Donald Trump giving a State of the Union address — except in a "Saturday Night Live" skit — President Barack Obama now says "anything is possible" in November. "It is the nature of democracy that until those votes are cast and the American people have their say, we don't know," Obama explained in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie. *Read more *.... *More News On President Obama Telling NBC On What Scares Him About Don... more »
Judge: Reagan Shooter John Hinkley Can Leave Mental Hospital to Live in Virginia
[image: FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. A judge says Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full-time in Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 35 years after he tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster, John Hinckley Jr. will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full time with...more »
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*The end of tuition* *Amusing language below: "ASKING about 15,000 of the very wealthiest individuals to pay a bit more" would certainly be inoffensive -- but I doubt that the author really means that. "COMPELLING" people to pay more is his real agenda. Very different* JUST AS surely as the sun rises on Provincetown and sets on Pittsfield, tuition and fees are again rising for students at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts. Students will work more hours, take on more debt, or drop out. In the past decade, tuition and fees increased by thousands of dollars. This ... more »
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*From* *Jenna Orkin* A solar-powered plane just made history by completing a flight around the world Snowden Explains How To Get To The Bottom Of "Who Hacked The Democrats" FishLivesMatter: California To Decide If Saving 'Delta Smelt' Is Worth $65 Billion Of Taxpayer Money Brazil’s Top Newspaper Caught Manipulating Poll Data In Favor Of New President Kaine Implies Hillary Should Be Prosecuted For Mishandling Classified Information How An Urban Farm In Philadelphia Is Transforming Lives Genius Solid Shampoos Use No Plastic Packaging By Leaving Out Water Here’s How You Can Convert ... more »
Hysteria sparked by O'Reilly's slaves with good dining, housing
Michelle Obama has made the remark that the house she has been inhabiting for years, The White House, was "built by slaves". These days, the home built for the first U.S. president may serve as a home to a black woman whose biggest achievement is to have slept with a kitschy popular semi-black community organizer who has alienated most of the U.S. allies, doubled the budget deficits, and done similar things. Bill O'Reilly has controversially supported Michelle Obama's suggestion that this change of the situation represents "progress" but he also analyzed these comments on his Factor...more »
Baltimore Officers in the Clear: Prosecutors Drop All Remaining Charges in Freddie Gray Case
[image: Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, right, holds a news conference near the site where Freddie Gray was arrested after her office dropped the remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers awaiting trial in Gray's death, in Baltimore, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The decision by prosecutors comes after a judge had already acquitted three of the six officers charged in the case. At left is Gray's father, Richard Shipley. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)] BALTIMORE (AP) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges against the three Baltimore police officers who... more »
Democratic Platform: Killing the Unborn is Fine with Us
[image: WASHINGTON DC- JUNE 09: Hillary Clinton onstage at the 2016 Planned Parenthood Action Fund Membership Event held during the Planned Parenthood National Convention at Washington Hilton on June 10, 2016 in Washington, DC.] The Democratic Party is about to approve the most radically pro-abortion platform in its history. It's a Hillary platform, a Hillary party and a Hillary convention. Tragically, making it easier to kill unborn children has been a Hillary Clinton priority... more »
Macy’s Fires Catholic Employee for Disagreement With Transgender Bathroom Policy
[image: Macy's Storefront] Javier Chavez had worked at Macy’s for 26 years. But the Roman Catholic man was recently fired because his views on sexual identity conflicted with the company's policy. According to Fox News, in May, Chavez, the senior store detective, received... more »
Will Canada Become The First Country To Ditch The F-35 Fighter Jet?
Lockheed Martin photo by Jonathan Case *Justin Ling, VICE News*: *Canada may become the first country to ditch the F-35 fighter jet* If newly-obtained documents are any indication, Canada may become the first country to scrap its order for the American F-35 fighter jet, the most expensive weapons program ever. Letters sent to the big industry players are just further evidence that the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to pull the trigger on a whole new open competition to pick Canada's next generation of fighter jet. That competition will likely favour an out-of-t... more »
The Risk Of An Unintended U.S.-Russia Conflict Is Very Real
A Russian Su-24 fighter jet buzzes the USS Donald Cook, a guided-missile destroyer, on April 12 in the Baltic Sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Sipa USA/Newscom) *Matthew Rojansky, WPR:* *The Real Risk of Unintended U.S.-Russia Conflict* A war between Russia and the United States is more likely today than at any time since the worst years of the Cold War. This may sound implausible or exaggerated to policymakers, journalists and the wider public. Yet the fact remains that increasing deployments by both sides, coupled with severely constrained direct dialogue, mean that dangerous incidents wil... more »
The End Of China's 'Good Neighbour Policy'
A guard in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Johnathan Nightingale/Flickr. *Gregory J. Moore, National Interest*: *China Talks about Harmony, But Feeds Global Disorder* The peaceful rhetoric stops at the water’s edge. Anyone familiar with the foreign policy rhetoric emanating from Beijing for the past three decades or more has heard talk of China’s “good neighbor policy,” its “peaceful rise” and its aspirations to contribute to a “harmonious world,” by way of “a new type of great power relations.” China pledged under Deng Xiaoping to pursue a “good neighbor policy,” and China arguably fo... more »
More North Korean Threats Directed At The U.S.
*Reuters*: *North Korea says decision on nuclear test depends on U.S.: Yonhap* North Korea's foreign minister said on Tuesday that whether it conducted another nuclear test depended on the behavior of the United States, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. The minister, Ri Yong Ho, said, however, that the United States had destroyed the possibility of a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January, triggering tough new international sanctions. South Korean officials and experts believe it can conduct a fifth test at any time. "Any... more »
Iran Shakes Up Its Military To Manage Its Many Conflicts In The Middle East
Image: A meeting of the commanders of the Revolutionary Guard with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Via Office of the Supreme Leader. *Sam Tamiz, National Interest*: *Why Is Iran Shaking Up Its Military Leadership?* The Islamic Republic doubles down on its regional ambitions. In an unexpected development late last month, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei announced the promotion of Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri as chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces. A shadowy figure from the country’s vaunted Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Mohammed Bagheri has been tasked w... more »
A Look At Russia's Presidential Guard
*Sputnik*: *The Best of the Best: A Day With Russia’s Elite Soldiers* In the Presidential Regiment, which celebrated its 80th anniversary this year, officers and soldiers are called the “face of the country and the army,” since they are on duty at the Kremlin walls and ensure the safety of Russian state leaders. Learn what it takes to be an elite soldier and guard of honor. *The best of the best* The Presidential Regiment Service Command of the Moscow Kremlin FSO includes three battalions, a cavalry honor guard and an operational reserve battalion. However, the most famous is con... more »
Gen Five Supersoldiers Revealed
The lastest crop of super soldiers have left the test tube and are ready for battle. Their bodies geneticly modified to withstand high impact. Their mucsles twitch like simians giving them superhuman strength and endurance. I will write a great novel about the first one of them to fall in love with a standard human. Maybe I will call it beauty and the super beast. The basic plot is one of them escapes the between missions holding facility and becomes a star hockey player. No chance of CTE so the insurance cap makes him highly sought after.A super soldiers natural truculance and wil... more »
Gen Five Super Soldier Revealed
The lastest crop of super soldiers have left the test tube and are ready for battle. Their bodies geneticly modified to withstand high impact. Their mucsles twitch like simians giving them superhuman strength and endurance. I will write a great novel about the first one of them to fall in love with a standard human. Maybe I will call it beauty and the super beast. The basic plot is one of them escapes the between missions holding facility and becomes a star hockey player. No chance of CTE so the insurance cap makes him highly sought after.A super soldiers natural truculance and wi... more »
Dem Problem Out and Back In - Mother Donna Courtesy of CNN Replaces Her (How the FED Could Have Solved Lehman Without Ruining Economy Forever?) Jamie Dimon Violates More Proudly (Does Hillary Get IT? Does Trump?) Warren Buffett's Machines Choose Hillary or Trump (Who Wants Elections Easily Stolen?) Same Israeli Photographs Munich and Nice - Where Are Moving Vans?
Same Israeli Photo-Propagandist Pre-positioned to Record Both Munich and Nice Attacks - Cynthia McKinney Afghanistan: President Obama’s Vietnam Wasserman-Schultz out and then back in? Remind you of anything? Hillary Clinton Welcomes Wasserman-Schultz to Campaign as ‘Honorary Chair’ CNN commentator Donna Brazile will suspend her ties with the news network as she takes the reins of the
HOW WE GOT HERE: Every possible answer but one!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016Part 3—The guild must be disappeared:* Why do so many people hate Hillary Clinton so much? Under the circumstances, it's a very important question. Because so many people hate Clinton, the craziest candidate in American history, by far, may end up in the White House. Why do people hate Clinton so much? A full-blooded answer to that question would help us know how in the world we got here. As such, the question is very important. In her recent piece for Slate, Michelle Goldberg examined every possible answer to that question—every possible answer but one.... more »
Nutrition study pulled after statistical flaws emerge
A paper that suggested that eating flaxseed could reduce inflammation in men at risk of heart disease has been retracted, after researchers pointed out the paper’s flaws. The retraction is part of a large initiative on the part of nutrition researcher David Allison and colleagues to clean up the literature, which we’ve previously covered. Regarding this paper, he told us: […] The post Nutrition study pulled after statistical flaws emerge appeared first on Retraction Watch.
At Least 50 Killed in ISIS Attack On Kurdish Town In Northern Syria
At least 50 people were killed and dozens wounded after two explosions hit a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria on Wednesday ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack in Qamishli where the death toll is feared to rise Al Jazeera reports: Syrian state TV said a truck loaded with explosives blew up on the western edge of the town of Qamishli, near the Turkish border, on Wednesday. Minutes later, a motorcycle also packed with explosives blew up in the same area. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack. The... more »
Home Grown Leather
This is some DNA I would wear. The jacket not, but growing leather in the lab instead of harvesting it from animals, thats progress.
Green Movement’s Long Train of Failed Apocalyptic Predictions Keeps on Rollin’
[image: Global Destruction Fire Ice - 900] As the green movement grows, few seem to notice that a major reason the movement emerged -- the prediction that human activity will soon lead to cataclysmic events -- has proven false. Of all the people still making such predictions, perhaps the... more »
Kindersymphonie Kindergarten, by Frank Lloyd Wright
[image: Wright1] Unbuilt 1926 designs for the Oak Park Playground Association. [image: Wright2] Sheer delight! [Pics from the Visions of Wright site] . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with attribution.
Dozens Of Palestinians Including Children Homeless As IDF Destroy Homes
Israel has been stepping up its demolition of Palestinian homes with 11 more houses on the outskirts of Jerusalem destroyed by the IDF on Tuesday. According to Bt’Selem, a leading Israeli human rights group, at least 44 people were left homeless, including 11 children. RT reports: The demolished homes were located in Qalandiya, near Jerusalem. The reason behind the demolitions is said to be the lack of proper building permits for the houses. However, it is almost impossible for Palestinians to receive permits in the part of the West Bank that is under full Israeli control – which ha... more »
Is Ted Cruz a “Zombie” Reagan?
[image: Ronald Reagan Red Line Reaganism Dead - 900] Savvy geopolitical commentator David P. Goldman has a new piece out at First Things that reflects on the state of the U.S. economy and its implications for the deep splits in the electorate, which have divided the Republican party and... more »
16 Obamacare Co-Ops Collapsed. Here’s How the Rest Are Faring.
[image: 8136434824_ca36c0a075_k] Since Obamacare's rollout in the fall of 2013, 16 co-ops that launched with money from the federal government have collapsed. The co-ops, or consumer operated and oriented plans, were started under the Affordable Care Act as a way to boost... more »
Yes we have no Bananas
Why not grow more food locally. If we can grow bananas and pineapples locally, why not do it for all crops. Food self sufficiency in a starving world is good policy.
An Open Letter to Pope Francis on Muslim Immigration
[image: ISIS - 900] Your Holiness, In the light of the recent martyrdom at the altar of Fr. Jacques Hamel at the hands of ISIS militants, and mounting vicious outrages in Western countries -- including uncounted acts of sexual aggression violating the modesty and... more »
Report: Shooting Deaths of Law Enforcement Spike in 2016
[image: Police Shootings-Robo_perr__1469621511_71.164.139.145] NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Shooting deaths of law enforcement officers spiked 78 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to last year, including an alarming increase in ambush-style assaults like the ones that killed eight officers in Dallas and... more »
Report: This $50 Billion Federal Agency Hires Criminals, Ignores Basic Ethics Rules
[image: An_Evening_with_Julián_Castro] Giving jobs to incompetent people and convicted criminals due to poor background checks is a hiring staple at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The department "does not have an effective case management system for the timely review and... more »
Hillary’s Never-Ending Reintroductions
[image: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with supporters at a campaign rally at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, Arizona on March 21, 2016.] If only we could get to know the real Hillary Clinton. Unveiling the Hillary we supposedly don’t know has been the perpetual, elusive goal of Clinton’s handlers for decades, with the Democratic convention in Philadelphia the latest stab at it.... more »
Turkey To Arrest More Journalists In Post-Coup Crackdown
Arrest warrants have been issued for another 47 journalists suspected of having links to the recent failed coup in Turkey. Issued on Tuesday the warrants are against “executives and some staff, including columnists of Zaman newspaper,” Reuters reported. On Monday Turkish authorities issued arrest warrants for 42 other journalists. Human rights groups have slammed the ‘witch hunt against journalists’ as President Erdoğan arrests those he claims to suspect of plotting the attempted coup. Press TV reports: Back in March, Turkish authorities seized control of Zaman and Today’s Zaman new...more »
Big Idea #1
*The Economist* is running a series on six big ideas in economics. First up: Akerlof and lemons.
Pilgrims in Poland Readying to Welcome Pope Francis for World Youth Day
[image: Poland Pope Pilgrims_perr__1469617576_71.164.139.145] KRAKOW, Poland (AP) -- Security was high Wednesday as groups of cheerful young pilgrims from around the globe gathered in the streets of Krakow, in southern Poland, just hours before Pope Francis arrives to join World Youth Day, a weeklong major... more »
Media Has a ‘Cry Wolf’ Problem With Trump
[image: Liberal News Trump Defence - 900] Dear Mainstream Media and Democrats: It’s your turn. Now that Donald Trump has been formally nominated, the formal responsibility to stop him passes from the right to the left, from Republicans to Democrats and the journalists who amplify their values.... more »
New Study, Social Media Humanize Disabled Babies That Doctors Once Left to Die
[image: Down syndrome baby] CHICAGO (AP) -- Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were “incompatible with life.” Support groups and social media showing the exceptions have changed the landscape. So has mounting... more »
Kaine’s Spanish an Asset to Clinton to Woo Hispanic Voters
[image: Campaign 2016 Kaine_perr__1469616780_71.164.139.145] ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- When Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Hillary Clinton made their debut as the Democratic presidential ticket, he proudly declared, “Hillary and I are soul mates in this struggle.” It was a message he delivered to the... more »
Turkey Orders 47 Newspaper Journalists, Executives Detained
[image: Turkey Military Coup_perr (4)__1469618293_71.164.139.145] ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Authorities on Wednesday issued warrants for the detention of 47 former executives or senior journalists of Zaman newspaper, allegedly associated with the U.S.-based Muslim cleric who the government says is behind Turkey’s July 15 failed coup.... more »
Islamic Terrorist Was Under House Arrest With Deactivated Bracelet When He Attacked Normandy Church
[image: This is an undated image of French priest Jacques Hamel made available by the Catholic Diocese of Rouen in France on Tuesday July 26, 2016. Father Jacques Hamel was killed on Tuesday when two attackers slit the throat of the 85-year-old priest while he was celebrating Mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in France, killing him and gravely injured another of the handful of worshippers present before being shot to death by police. ISIS claimed responsibility for the first attack on a church in the West. (Diocese of Rouen via AP)] SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (AP) -- The Islami... more »
How Do You Know Russia Hacked The Hillary Emails? Clinton Campaign Is Asked. 'We Saw It On CNN.'
*Daily Mail:* *How do you know Russia hacked the Hillary emails? Clinton campaign is asked. 'We saw it on CNN.' Democrats admit they have no evidence of Putin link to disastrous leak* * Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook said that no government official has confirmed the link between Russia and the DNC hack * Today show host Savannah Guthrie was asking Mook to push back on Donald Trump's claim that the link is a 'conspiracy theory' * Mook has said multiple times now that Russia is behind the embarrassing leak that led to Debbie Wasserman Schultz leaving her top party po... more »
Tweet For Today
#USSDwightDEisenhower, followed by #USNSArctic and the #USSNitze, transit the Strait of Hormuz. @USNavy pic.twitter.com/GH1PlbZ4Td — U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) July 27, 2016
The Secret Cyberwar is Here: Director Alex Gibney on 'Zero Days' Documentary, Stuxnet & Cyberweapons
*"It's interesting that cyber weapons can only be launched with the permission of the President of the United States. That makes them analogous entirely to nuclear weapons." - Alex Gibney (quote is from the interview below).* *An excerpt from, "The US could have destroyed Iran's entire infrastructure without dropping a single bomb" By Paul Szoldra, Tech Insider, July 6, 2016: * The United States had a top-secret operation that gave it the ability to shut down much of Iran's infrastructure ahead of a full-scale war, without a single bomb being dropped. The incredible insight into ... more »
How Angela Merkel’s open-door immigration policy protects Germany from terrorism in the long-run per The Independent
'Angela Merkel's open-door policy towards immigrants fleeing Middle East war zones will, in the long run, make Germany safer from terrorist attacks. By showing compassion to hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees, the German Chancellor has sent a message to the world that Germany is not at war with Islam. More importantly, this means that the vast majority of Muslims resident in Germany have every reason to cooperate with the security services in the fight against terrorism.' You'd be forgiven for thinking that this is a satirical article but it's from The Independent, a newspa... more »
French ISIS Killer Was Fitted With An Electronic Tag Because Of A Terror Conviction, But It Was Always Deactivated In the Morning For Him To Roam Freely
Police and rescue workers stand at the scene after two assailants had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy, France, July 26, 2016. REUTERS/Steve Bonet *Daily Mail:* *Revealed: ISIS butcher, 19, was a convicted French terrorist who had fled to Syria twice and was fitted with an electronic tag - but it let him free to roam in the mornings* * One terrorists left to join Islamic State in Syria in 2015 but was arrested * After a short trial in France the 19-year-old was jailed for terrorist offences * Terrorist was released in Franc... more »
Picture Of The Day
*Seahawk Departure* An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter departs from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell during visit, board, search and seizure training in the South China Sea, July 22, 2016. The McCampbell is supporting security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Elesia K. Patten
U.S. Supports China-Philippine Talks On South China Sea Boundary Dispute
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Reuters:* *U.S. says backs resumption of China-Philippines talks on South China Sea* U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he supported the resumption of talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following an international court ruling against Beijing over the dispute earlier this month. China did not participate in and has refused to accept the July 12 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, in which U.S. ally Manila won an emphatic legal victory. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi had as... more »
The Chinese - Japanese Dispute Over The East China Sea Is Going To Get Worse
*CSIS:* *East China Sea Dispute is Getting Worse not Better* Following a temporary thaw in China-Japan relations after the 2015 Security Talks, maritime territorial tensions have ramped up again in the East China Sea. In the recent talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe summit meeting (ASEM) in Mongolia, Abe raised concerns over China’s expanding military activity in the East China Sea. With China’s growing naval activism through increased incursions by coast guard vessels and jet fighters in surrounding waters and airspa... more »
Arrived in South Korea - Two Delegation Members Denied Entry
*VFP members Will Griffin (left) and Ken Jones (right) and I celebrate our successful entry into South Korea late last night* It was a time of conflicted feelings last night when Ken Jones (North Carolina) and I made it into South Korea and were met by Will Griffin (San Diego) who had arrived here in May. Sadly our two Korean-American friends Hyun Lee and Juyeon Rhee were denied entry into South Korea. They were put on a plane and sent back to the US. Hyun and Juyeon, both who live in the New York City area, were to be our guides and translators during our three-week trip to Kor... more »
The War On Drugs And The Deterioration Of Police-Community Relations
My old friend and sometime neighbor, film-maker (*Super High Me*) and marijuana legalization activist Alex Campbell, was very much there for me when I was undergoing the ravages of chemotherapy. He talked me into trying marijuana to help alleviate the devastating and life-threatening side-effects of chemo. It worked. Today I asked Alex to explain the connection between the War of Drugs and the accelerated friction between police and the communities they're supposed to be serving. *An American Police State-by Alex Campbell* If you live in the United States of America, you live in... more »
Where's Patrick?
When I moved back to America after living a vagabond/hippie life style for close to seven years in Asia and Europe, I didn't have a career path. I tried a few things based on my experiences in Europe, teaching photography, working in health food restaurants, writing... Eventually I wound up in San Francisco and got a job working in a public relations firm. My job was to get stories about our clients-- the *Rocky Horror Show* was one, the Oakland Ballet, a band called Country Porn... But p.r. 101 was to create a buzz by getting friendly journalists who I may have, say, taken to lunc... more »
Globe cooled when CO2 was Eight Times current concentration.
In 2007, James Hansen et al, in a paper Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim? *wrote* If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm. Journal reference: Open Atmos. Sci. J. (2008), vol. 2, pp. 217-231 DOI: 10.2174/1874282300802010217Oh, NO! The planet is doomed if atmospheric CO2 rises above the 350ppm mark. *Tipping point alert!* The alarmist organisation 3... more »
Oreo Necklace
We might have a slight Oreo obsession in our house. These delightful chocolate cookies are the perfect treat with a glass of milk, or in my case, a jar of peanut butter. My girls are always delighted when Oreo Cookies make their way into our shopping cart and we all have our favorites. My girls go for Double Stuffed, you are most likely to find me with a package of Golden Lemon Oreo Cookies and my husband with mint. Oreo Cookies are as iconic as they come and my daughter wanted to commemorate her love for her favorite snack with a cute bubble necklace. This necklace is really easy... more »
July 26: a new record for trivial news.
http://web.archive.org/web/20150805164144/http:/www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-zuesse/jimmy-carter-is-correct-t_b_7922788.html This article is correct, though Jimmy Carter said it a year ago. In fact, it would still have been correct if he had said it in 1776. The U.S. has never been a democracy. It has always been ruled by the wealthy and for the wealthy, starting with George Washington. Native people were murdered and Mexico (and Canada) were invaded to steal the land for land speculators. Invasions of the Caribbean and South America and Hawaii and The Phillipines happened for the sa...more »
Since God Hates the Shedding of Innocent Blood, Can a Christian Vote for Hillary?
[image: Baby in womb fetus - 900] There are few sins God hates as much as shedding innocent blood, especially the blood of children. Seeing that Hillary Clinton is a radically pro-abortion candidate and seeing that the Democratic platform reinforces those radical views, can a Christian vote... more »
Undercover Filmmaker Who Exposed Planned Parenthood Calls His Case a ‘Huge Win’ for Journalists
[image: David Daleiden right, along with one of his attorneys Jared Woodfill, left, exit the 338th State District Court Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Houston.] Two undercover filmmakers whose videos exposed abortion provider Planned Parenthood won't face criminal charges after all. Instead, they're hailing the news as a First Amendment victory for citizen journalists. On Tuesday, the Harris County district attorney's office dismissed all charges...more »
Islamic State's War Against Christians Has Reached Europe
ISIS militants attack church in Normandy, France. (photo credit:REUTERS) *Ilan Evyatar, Jerusalem Post*: *Analysis: Islamic State's first act of war on European Christianity* *Islamic State has already been waging war on Christians in Iraq and Syria, committing countless atrocities that in March were declared as genocide by the US Congress.* Regardless of whether Tuesday’s attack was the work of Islamic State or whether it was merely inspired by the jihadi rhetoric emanating from the so-called caliphate, its symbolism is hard to ignore. Previous attacks in France perpetrated by Is... more »
Indiana GOP Panel Backs Gov. Pence’s Preferred Successor
[image: Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb discusses the state's fiscal condition following the close of Fiscal Year at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Monday, July 25, 2016. Holcomb is Gov. Mike Pence's pick to take his place as the Republican candidate for governor following his withdrawal to become Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate. The Republican state committee will meet to pick the replacement Tuesday.] INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana Republican leaders selected Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb on Tuesday to replace Gov. Mike Pence on the November ballot, backing the governor’s prefer... more »
Black Lives Activists Protest Hillary Nomination: ‘She’s Killing Black People’
[image: Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens during a rally near City Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.] PHILADELPHIA -- As Democrat delegates prepared to nominate Hillary Clinton as their nominee for president Tuesday, Black Lives Matter protesters marched through the streets of Philadelphia chanting: "Don't vote for Hillary, she's killing black people." "Hillary Clinton stole the election,"... more »
Economic News , Data & Views July 26 , 2016 ..... Quick Hits For Tuesday : 1. NOC Chairman ( Tripoli ) Gives An Explosive Interview About What's Going On In Libya Regarding Its Oil ; 2. Germany - An Important Thread From Rukmini Callimachi Regarding The Ansbach Bomber , Who Might Not Be ISIS Inspired , But Rather First ISIS Operative In Europe. Additional Items Of Note Regarding Germany's Terror Crisis. 3. France Battling Its Own Crisis & Inability To Halt Terror Attacks - Another Attack Today Wherein Priest Beheaded. 4. Odds & Ends.
Libya Oil Shenanigans........ First tweet sets forth what set off the firestorm... *James Wheeler* @wheelertweets Jul 25 #Libya's internationally-recognized NOC warns and rebukes UN's @KoblerSRSG about Jadran deal http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lib ya-oil-exports-exclusive-idUSKCN1040DO … *Chris Stephen* @reportingLibya 12h 12 hours ago #Libya #Libyaoil Oil guard chief says a one-off payment from UN-backed govt. is part of deal to re-open oil ports. http://www. rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a /145819/Libya_Oil_Ports_ReOpening_Delayed_Due_to_Row_Over_Payments … ... more »
Why Wars In The Middle East Will Cost The U.S. Trillions More
U.S. soldiers are reflected in a puddle as they patrol Baquba, in Diyala province, some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 30, 2008. This photograph has been rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/GORAN TOMASEVIC (IRAQ) *Matthew Galt, Reuters*: *Podcast: Why wars in the Middle East will cost the U.S. trillions more* The United States is at war and has been for more than a decade. Although major combat operations in Iraq in Afghanistan have ended, America still maintains a presence in both and will for years to come. It also funds Syrian rebels, bombs Islamic State strongholds in t... more »
Billionaire Bankrolling Dems Says There’s Too Much Money In Politics, But Not His
[image: FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2015, file photo, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer discusses climate change at a symposium in Sacramento, Calif. Steyer is taking sides between two Democrats in a California primary where oil companies are bankrolling a campaign supporting a Democratic challenger. The former hedge fund manager on Friday, May 20, 2016, reported making a $500,000 contribution to back Sen. Jim Beall, who voted for a 2015 law to cut petroleum use by half within 15 years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)] A prominent billionaire some analysts say is buying the Democra... more »
Israel: Annexing More of Syria's Golan Territory For a "Safe Zone"- History Repeats
Saved all the information below last night- I feel compelled to post and hope you feel compelled to read! *Very Important UPDATE- Scroll Down * *LINK* &* LINK * General command of the army and armed forces announced on Monday that the Zionist enemy launched two missiles, at 7.30 P.M from two drone planes which targeted one of the residential buildings in the workers’ neighborhood in al-Baath city in Qunaitera, causing material damages to the place. “This flagrant aggression comes in the framework of the direct, clear support by Israel to the terrorist organizations and a despera... more »
And so it begins...
RIP US Democracy: Born July 1776, Philadelphia- Died July 2016, Philadelphia. #RollCallVote #DemsInPhilly #DNCinPHL pic.twitter.com/Yd2YKVMnjA — Mike Flannigan (@MikeFlannigan59) July 26, 2016 The fucking monsters won again tonight in a corporate and lobbyist-backed convention that just nominated a multimillionaire who pledges for the next few months to get big money out of politics.
Promises to Keep
About the only promise Hillary Clinton has made in her whole life that's got a chance of coming true is her unspoken mantra of, "I'm not Trump." And even that's veracious only in the most general and abstract of ways. Beyond that, I'd run my hand under the tap and check for myself if Clinton announced that water was wet. One of the many, many unspoken narratives during this convention, indeed this entire shambles of an election cycle, is that Hillary Clinton owes a lot of people. And by "people", I don't mean those artificial collective entities known as Wall Street banks ... more »
BWorld 73, Transco and the big beneficiaries of feed in tariff
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last July 20, 2016. The Philippines’ expensive electricity prices in Asia -- second only to Japan -- was highlighted once again in a paper by The Lantau Group (TLG) during the Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2016 at the ADB last June. Metro Manila’s residential electricity prices were even higher than those in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Singapore, twice than those of Hanoi and Beijing, and about three times than those of Taipei and Kuala Lumpur (see chart). This will have negative consequences for the Philippines’ bid for industrialization. Man... more »
Welfarism 32, On forcing restaurants to give their excess food to charities
Sen. Bam Aquino is a bright legislator but from time to time, may churn out lousy bills. Like this one. Food donation can be done voluntarily, no need for legislation and national coercion with penalties. Good comment from Rone EbidoYee, friend of Louie: *"my resto dito sa amin sir na ganyan ang nka gawian na nila pinamimigay yung mga pagkain na sobra sa order ng customer yun bang inorder pero di nagalaw sa sobrang dami na.. at yung mga tira sa buffet table nila pinababalot nila at pinamimigay.. isang araw my reklamo sa kanila sa pamimigay daw ng kontaminadong pagkain.. na madumi ... more »
The PH drugs war, part 2
President Duterte, I am supporting many of your economic, education, healthcare, agri, energy, etc. policies. But NOT extra judicial killings (EJKs) by the PNP and other state agencies. Or the lack of action by the PNP to control EJKs by civilian/vigilante criminals. STOP it, please. Photo here that became viral, the girl's name is Jennelyn Olaires. Her murdered husband is Michael Siaron, a 30-year-old pedicab driver. On average, nearly 10 people a day are killed here since mid-May 2016. Zero chance by the dead to defend themselves from accusations. This "war on drugs" has become... more »
The Big Battle That Will Determine ISIS's Fate And Iraq's Future Is Hindered By Politicized Planning In D.C., Infighting In Iraq, And Lack of Humanitarian Aid
*An excerpt from, "Iraqis pack up a lifetime as they flee ISIS-held Mosul in the dark of night" By Ben Wedeman and Waffa Munayyer, CNN, July 25, 2016: * *"I came because of the tyranny of Daesh," he says, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS. "I came because of the lack of food and water, because of the lack of security. ISIS are gangs of killers and thieves*. The most basic necessities of life no longer exist. There is no electricity, no water, no connection with the outside world." *The threat of execution by ISIS, for offenses large and small, looms over everyone, he said. "They k... more »
What The Russian News Media Are Saying About The DNC Email Hack
Over the weekend, Hillary Clinton's campaign accused Russia of stealing the files and releasing them to WikiLeaks. (Photo: Artem Rosnovsky/flickr/cc) *CNBC:* *DNC email hack: What the Russian news media are saying* The Russian news media, which often push the agenda of President Vladimir Putin, have said little about the accusations that Russia hacked the Democratic Party in an attempt to influence the U.S. presidential election. Thousands of hacked internal emails between Democratic officials were made public by WikiLeaks on the eve of the party's national convention. The most inf... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 26, 2016
A man walks through debris on the street the day after a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, July 15, 2016. REUTERS/ERIC GAILLARD *Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast:* *ISIS Jihadists, Mass Shooters: What’s Happening to the World?* Every day, there’s a fresh atrocity, from jihadists attacking a church in France to gun rampages in the U.S.—but there are patterns to the madness. PARIS — On Tuesday during morning mass, two men burst into a church in bucolic Normandy, took ... more »
World News Briefs -- July 26, 2016 (Evening Edition)
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rallies campaign volunteers in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder *Reuters:* *Democrats begin formal nomination of Clinton in historic moment* Democrats began the formal process of nominating their White House candidate on Tuesday in a vote that will end with Hillary Clinton becoming the first woman presidential nominee of a major party in U.S. history. Delegates chanted "Hillary, Hillary," as U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski put Clinton's name forward for a state-by-state roll call at the Democrat... more »
Democratic Convention Latest: Bill Clinton Praises His Wife, She Claims to Crack Glass Ceiling
[image: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)] PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT): 11:15 p.m. Hillary Clinton tells Democrats they’ve “just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling” by nominating her for president. Clinton was speaking to the Democratic convention... more »
"7 Tips To Make The Life You Want"
*"7 Tips To Make The Life You Want"* by Chris Campbell "Let’s get real for a moment. I’ve met a LOT of people who could be, but aren’t, living the life they want to live. Sure, they have big dreams and talk a big game, but they’re not even close to reaching those fantastical goals. And they never were. Instead, they’re slaving away at the 9-5 at a job they hate. And, deep down, they see becoming “financially free” about as likely as winning the Powerball. In fact, many, sadly, think the Powerball is the only way they’ll be able to live free. So they buy lottery tickets, and put all... more »
Midday Musical Interlude: Simon & Garfunkel, “Mrs. Robinson”
Simon & Garfunkel, “Mrs. Robinson” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1BCAgu2I8 “Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon, Going to the candidate’s debate, Laugh about it, shout about it, When you've got to choose, Every way you look at it you lose...”
"Stop Drinking the Kool-Aid, America: Political Fiction in an Age of Televised Lies"
*"Stop Drinking the Kool-Aid, America:* * Political Fiction in an Age of Televised Lies"* By John W. Whitehead “We’ve got to face it. Politics have entered a new stage, the television stage. Instead of long-winded public debates, the people want capsule slogans-‘Time for a change’-‘The mess in Washington’-‘More bang for a buck’-punch lines and glamour.” - "A Face in the Crowd" (1957) "Politics is entertainment. It is a heavily scripted, tightly choreographed, star-studded, ratings-driven, mass-marketed, costly exercise in how to sell a product- in this case, a presidential candidat... more »
H. L. Mencken, "I Propose..."
“I propose that it shall be no longer *malum in se* for a citizen to pummel, cowhide, kick, gouge, cut, wound, bruise, maim, burn, club, bastinado, flay, or even lynch a [government] jobholder, and that it shall be *malum prohibitum* only to the extent that the punishment exceeds the jobholder’s deserts. The amount of this excess, if any, may be determined very conveniently by a petit jury, as other questions of guilt are now determined. The flogged judge, or Congressman, or other jobholder, on being discharged from hospital- or his chief heir, in case he has perished- goes before ... more »
Politics: "The Odious Versus the Tedious"; "I'm (Not) With Her"
*"The Odious Versus the Tedious"* by James Howard Kunstler "You thought the Republican convention was a ghastly spectacle of royal Trumpery (and Iago-style backstabbing featuring the arch-assh**e Ted Cruz)? Now comes the Democratic Annunciation of I’m-With-Her-It’s-My-Turn, the incarnation of crony corruption in our late-state Republic of Racketeering. Remember that old movie, The Exorcist, with its demonic spewage of projectile vomit. Expect something like that on the grand scale in Philadelphia this week as the Exalted-Breaker-of-Glass-Ceilings steps forth to accept her victory t... more »
GOP Crackpot Candidate of the Week-- Two Violent Nuts, One In Florida And One In Georgia
The first week of our new feature and I can't even choose between the two finalists, a pair of extremist House candidates from the Southeast. The guy in the video up top, Rick Kozell, is running to replace fake Democrat Patrick Murphy on Florida's Treasure Coast. We thought the DCCC found the perfect clone of Murphy for the job, crooked multimillionaire-- and not a Democrat-- Randy Perkins. He's already self-funded $3,017,688. He has a primary battle against Jonathan Chane, but feels confident he can buy the nomination and, needless to say, the DCCC is helping him do just that. T... more »
Environmentalists Now Targeting TransCanada Crude Oil Pipeline That Would Use US Refineries
[image: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).] BOSTON (AP) -- Environmentalists are again taking aim at the company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline -- this time for another of its projects they fear would send hundreds of supertankers laden with crude oil down the Atlantic coast... more »
Day 2 at DNC Convention: Thousands of Sanders Supporters Protest in Streets Again
[image: Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., yell during a rally near City Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.] PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Unmoved by Bernie Sanders’ plea for party unity behind Hillary Clinton, thousands of Sanders supporters chanting “Bernie or bust!” took to the streets under the hot sun Tuesday for another round of protests on Day 2 of... more »
Seeking Our Mythologies – Where Did All the Gods Go?
*Kingsley L. Dennis* - It has been said that our old gods are dead or dying.
The Only Way to Ensure That You’re Drinking Clean, Chemical-Free Water
*Alex Pietrowski* - It has become perfectly acceptable to drink water contaminated with chemicals.
Edible Mushrooms: Nature’s Most Researched Anti-Cancer Agent
*Sayer Ji* - Can medicinal and edible mushrooms "lend us their power" in fighting cancer?
Acting DNC Chair Swears Dems are Totally Unified, But Still Makes Everyone Swear Loyalty to Hillary
[image: In this March 14, 2013, file photo, current Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile gives the keynote speech at a program celebrating National Women's History Month at NASA Headquarters in Washington.] PHILADELPHIA -- Just one day after former Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was booed and heckled offstage while speaking to the Florida DNC, acting DNC Chair Donna Brazile insisted there isn't a divide in the party. During the Democratic... more »
Stephen Hawking: Aliens Will Destroy Us Like A Colony Of Ants
Professor Stephen Hawking believes advanced alien life is real, but warns humanity to avoid contact with them, stating that an advanced alien civilization would have no problem wiping out the human race like a human might wipe out a colony of ants. “We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach,” Prof... more »
Assange: Russia Falsely Blamed For DNC Hack To Distract Public
Julian Assange has accused Hillary Clinton of deliberately distracting the American public over the DNC email hack so that they don’t read the contents of the emails. In an interview with NBC News, the Wikileaks founder said that “there is no proof whatsoever” that Russia were behind the 20,000 email hack, and urged the American press and public to read the contents of the emails rather than focus on blaming Russia for allegedly hacking them. NBC News reports: In a Skype interview with Richard Engel for “NBC Nightly News,” Assange rejected that it hadn’t even been proven that it wa... more »
Are The DNC Email Leaks Russian President Putin's Revenge Against Hillary Clinton For Comparing Him To Hitler 2 Years Ago?
*NBC*: *Why Putin Hates Hillary Clinton* If Russia is indeed behind the damaging leak of Democratic Party emails on the eve of its national convention, it's not just because President Vladimir Putin likes Republican nominee Donald Trump and his pro-Russian views, former U.S. officials and experts tell NBC News. It's because the former KGB operative hates Trump's Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, with such a passion that he wants to embarrass her personally and undermine - if not derail - her presidential campaign, they say. For a Russian leader who is considered as vain as he is... more »
The Hillary Clinton Campaign Expects More Damaging DNC Email Leaks (Updated)
*Washington Examiner*: *Clinton campaign braces for more DNC leaks* PHILADELPHIA — The Clinton campaign is bracing for another WikiLeaks email dump. Jennifer Palmieri, the Clinton campaign's communications director told reporters she wouldn't be surprised if the rogue organization notorious for publishing hacked documents releases more emails from the trove it stole from the Democratic National Committee. Palmieri said the campaign was not concerned about any of its emails or documents being released, and downplayed the impact another dump could have on the rest of the Democratic...more »
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