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Tesla and SolarCity agree to $2.6 billion merger
Elon Musk is accelerating his plans to reinvent Tesla, making good on Monday his promise to combine Tesla and SolarCity, two companies where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board. SEE ALSO: How Elon Musk plans to make Tesla Motors a clean energy powerhouse Electric car manufacturer Tesla announced its intention to buy SolarCity for $2.6 billion in stock in a blog post a little more than a
John Oliver recaps a 'topsy-turvy' Democratic National Convention
If you witnessed both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions over the past two weeks, you might have been left a little confused. Let John Oliver sum it up for you. SEE ALSO: Was Donald Trump at the 'Hunger Games' or GOP convention? John Oliver is on the case. While Republicans traditionally come off as the most overtly and feverishly patriotic, this year Oliver says, the RNC left com
Heatwaves on Earth traced to tremendous ball of energy in our solar system
Star discovered in our solar system. The Onion, ahead of the worlds scientific societies, reports on a “watershed moment” in scientific history: Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System PASADENA, CA—Groundbreaking new findings announced Monday suggest the record-setting heat wave plaguing much of the United States may be due to radiation emitted from an enormous star l
NASA fears large asteroid could hit the Earth
A huge space rock almost half a mile wide has the potential to hit our planet within the next 200 years. The asteroid, which is known as 'Bennu', cros...

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GOP Criticism Mounts As Trump Continues Attacks On Khan Family
Donald Trump continued to tweet about the family of a fallen soldier on Monday morning, despite pleas from John McCain and others for him to stop.
Scientists invent a way to create CO2 fuel from a solar leaf
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago say the fuel from carbon dioxide can remove the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, and provides a sustainable type of fuel that is as cheap as a gallon of gas.
The Clinton camp is falling into the same trap as Remain | Kezia Dugdale
The complacency that led to the leave vote must not be repeated in the US. Donald Trump and his populism can only be headed off by positive values The Brexit vote rocked the UK’s political establishment, stunning an elite that had taken voters for granted. Having spent a couple of weeks in the US and attended the Democratic convention , I fear the complacency that led to the UK establishment being
Why Khizr Khan Is Paul Ryan's Worst Nightmare
When Khizr Khan took the stage last week at the Democratic National Convention, proudly standing before a portrait of his Muslim American son, who died while fighting in Iraq for the U.S., he removed a pocket Constitution from his jacket, thrust it toward the camera, and demanded to know if Donald Trump, a proponent of laws that violate the document, had ever bothered to read its articles. The cr

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Scientists use oxygen 'scissors' to make freestanding single-atom silicon layer
Much like an overcooked dinner, the next so-called wonder material for next-generation electronics has been 'stuck to the pan' until researchers at the UOW's Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM) came up with a breakthrough solution.
Immunotherapy Offers Hope to a Cancer Patient, but No Certainty
Drawing on his immune system to fight Hodgkin’s lymphoma, my friend saw a stunning improvement. Then came the relapses.
Researchers shed light on evolutionary mystery: Origins of the female orgasm
Female orgasm seems to be a happy afterthought of our evolutionary past when it helped stimulate ovulation, a new study of mammals shows.
The Tallest Godzilla Of Them All
The ‘Zilla that appears in Godzilla Resurgence is the tallest one to date. But how does it stack up to the other Godzilla from over the years? This is how. Read more...

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Continent 7: Antarctica | Trailer
In this unprecedented new documentary series, a team of scientists and survival experts face the harshest conditions on Earth in order to conduct the cutting-edge research that just might save our planet. CONTINENT 7: ANTARCTICA is coming this November to National Geographic. From: National Geographic
Astronaut Scott Kelly on the psychological challenges of going to Mars
A mission to Mars will last two to three years. What psychological challenges will astronauts face when spending so long in space? We talked to former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a year on the International Space Station, to find out. Related Videos: How a year in space has changed Scott Kelly’s body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KxLlfwyVY Watching SpaceX land a Falcon 9 rocket: ht
Watch Famous Ponies Swim in Chincoteague Island Tradition
These horses aren't taking a dip in the water just to cool off in the sweltering Virginia summer. They're the famous Chincoteague ponies of Assateague Island, and they're herded across the channel to Chincoteague Island every July by "saltwater cowboys." Most of the foals are auctioned off the next day to raise money for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, which owns and manages th
Rio 2016 celebrations on YouTube
The Olympic Games Rio 2016 have yet to commence, but for sports fans the world over, the excitement is already well underway. In the last 12 months, over 23,000 years of content have been watched on YouTube for the four most popular Olympic Games’ sports alone - athletics, gymnastics, diving and swimming, and volleyball. To put this in perspective, that's the equivalent of watching all 17 days of

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Trump or Clinton? – Questions For Corbett #031
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc030-lq.mp3"][/audio] Have you ever wondered how big the black budget really is? Or how to win the clash of civilizations? Or whether James prefers Hillary or Donald? Then this is the podcast for you! Join James for another edition of Questions For Corbett as he fields a range of questions covering everything from soil erosion to Brexit and
Interview 1197 – Christoph Germann on the Turkish Coup Fallout
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-07-28%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] From the Turkish Armed Forces's Chief of Staff hanging the plot on Erdogan to the drama at Incirlik and the NBC psyops, Christoph Germann of the New Great Game blog is here to update us on all the latest news, views and reactions to this month's failed coup attempt in Turkey.
Interview 1196 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-07-28%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: Tor nodes found spying on users; spying smart bulbs can be hacked; and police 3D print a dead man's finger to unlock his fondleslab.

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“If Animals Matter Morally, Then We Cannot Treat Them As Commodities”
A conversation with animal rights advocate Gary Francione
American Farmers Are Struggling to Feed the Country’s Appetite for Organic Food
Consumer appetite for organic food reached $13.4 bn in the US last year, but only 1 percent of cropland is dedicated to organic farming
Oil Spills in the Sky
Looking back at a 1997 Earth Island Journal report on pollution from the airline industry
Could London Become the World’s First National Park City?
Popularity of the idea reflects growing understanding that built environments are a part of the natural world too

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Tragic year for world's rangers, many of whom lack even basic insurance
Gland – At least 107 rangers died in the line of duty over the past twelve months and yet a new survey finds many rangers across the world are still not covered by any health, long-term disability or life insurance schemes. According to the figures released by the International Ranger Federation (IRF) to mark World Ranger Day today, 42 per cent of the rangers who died in the past year were killed
Thailand's Tiger Temple Raid Highlights Need to Close Tiger Farms in Asia
Gland – Following the serious crimes recently uncovered during a raid on Thailand's Tiger Temple, WWF is using Global Tiger Day today to call on governments across Asia to investigate all tiger breeding centres and close any operations proven to be involved in the illegal tiger trade. Closure of these operations, commonly referred to as 'tiger farms' to distinguish them from legitimate zoos or ca
Persian leopards set to make roaring comeback in Russia's Western Caucasus
Gland/Moscow, 15 July 2016 – Researchers released three Persian leopards into the Russian wilderness today in the first-ever attempt to reintroduce the species into the wild. The animals are expected to become the founders of a new population of Persian leopards in Russia as part of an ambitious programme to bring the animal back to a region it once roamed in abundance. The release of the leopard
An environmental visionary and a father to WWF
GLAND, Switzerland – WWF mourns the death on Thursday of Dr Luc Hoffmann at the age of 93. At the same time, WWF celebrates his extraordinary life-long contribution to nature conservation and to the organization. Dr Hoffmann was one of WWF International's first board members and served as WWF International's first vice president until 1988. In addition to working with WWF International's founders

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Alien Photographed at Mutilation Site
Rob McConnell, on his X-Zone Radio program on Thursday, July 21, interviewed Charles Stansburge, who is a MUFON State Section Director covering some fourteen counties in Texas. According to what Stansburge said, at that time, he had taken a photograph, or he had a photograph, that showed an alien creature and something described as a portal close to a mutilation site. He said that he was told by
UFO Sightings and Job Security
Got a telephone call the other morning from a guy who had seen a UFO, or rather multiple UFOs, but had not reported them because he feared for his job. He was sure that if he reported them, his superiors would deem him unworthy of his position, or more to the point, think that he was crazy because, as we all know, only crazy people, or drunks, see UFOs. I suggested that very few people had ever l
My List of the Best UFO Cases
For decades I have avoided answering the questions about what I believe to be the ten best UFO cases. I understood it to be a trap. Once I provide the answer, the debunkers would attack, explaining why those cases are nothing spectacular. There would find mundane answers for all of them, even if they have to make up the answers, which is not an unreasonable assumption. I have discussed the Coyne
Chasing Footnotes - Roswell and Original Sources
This is another of those posts that chases footnotes and though it begins with Richard Dolan, he is merely the starting point and this isn’t a criticism of his scholarship… well, maybe a little bit but you’ll understand as we get deeper into this. As an aside, and one that is not directed at Dolan here, I wonder how it is that some lies seem to mean nothing in our world of the UFO and simple mist

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Evolutionary anthropology and racism
From an anthropological perspective, humans are all racist and have always been racist. Evolutionary anthropologists call racism "parochialism" and "in-group favoritism" and show it to be a fundamental characteristic in species, including primates and humans, that form hierarchical social orders. This anthropological understanding informs us that the "solution" is NOT

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It'S In Our Hands, There Is Another Choice ~ Jill Stein For President
T he successful Bernie Sanders populist movement was most definitely grassroots and anti-establishment and now that Bernie has submitted to the Clinton machine, which raised its ugly head at the Democratic Convention and showed its true colors, there is no one in the movement more effectively carrying the progressive anti-war message than Green Presidential candidate Jill Stein ~ whose trusted pr
Stop Bombing, Shooting And Listen / Ex Cia Agent Speaks Out
In light of President Obama's drone assassination program with countless collateral civilian deaths as well as worldwide blowback terrorist attacks, such as recently in Iraq, with thousands of senseless civilian deaths ~ perhaps it's time, voiced by many Americans this Independence day, for America to take the lead, stop its War of Terror and begin to listen to our enemies, as former undercover C
Hillary'S I Am Not A Crook Moment On The Big Stage
Watch closely Hillary's body language as she obviously lies during her recent news conference and how a black aide literally pulls her off the stage before she says too much ~ much like Nixon's body language after his famous I am not a crook speech in 1973 while supposedly welcoming an inquiry from the press about his obstruction of justice: Allen L Roland, PhD Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey: Em
Hillary Clinton'S General Election Strategy / It'S My Turn So Deal With It
Imperious Q ueen Hillary at the Podium When things get to politically hectic or unpredictable, I usually turn to humor or satire to help lead me to another perspective and in the case of this year's 2016 Presidential election ~ the Onion brilliantly assists along with a weekend major WikiLeaks release which nails Hillary on her principle character flaw, trustworthiness: Allen L Roland. PhD "

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Not Just Yet for No First Use
The United States is not going to use nuclear weapons first in a conflict. Allies who believe otherwise are attached to a fiction and a psychological crutch. But these allies have been badly spooked, first by Vladimir Putin and now by Donald Trump. Despite Putin’s annexation of Crimea and Russian salami-slicing elsewhere around its periphery, I …
Learning About Nuclear South Asia
The Stimson Center has been hard at work creating a free, open, online course on “Nuclear South Asia.” We’ve designed the course for students, teachers, strategic analysts and interested onlookers. The material is accessible, and it’s offered with the help of over sixty experts from India, Pakistan, and the United States. A promo video for …
No, China Isn’t Punishing North Korea
A few weeks ago, some colleagues new to satellite imagery analysis claimed that China had drastically reduced trade with North Korea to punish Pyongyang for its most recent nuclear test. They made this judgment on the basis of a small number of satellite images of the customs area in Dandong, China and one image of the customs …
MH17 Anniversary
A joint post by Catherine Dill, Jeffrey Lewis, Melissa Hanham and David Schmerler Two years ago, on 17 July 2014, someone shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight Number 17 (MH17) over an area of Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists, killing all 298 persons aboard. The Dutch Safety Board has now concluded that the aircraft was shot …
3D Modeling as an Analytic Tool
Alliances and No First Use

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Ted Cruz shows he only cares about himself by not endorsing Donald Trump in GOP convention speech
By MARC McDONALD From CNN on Wednesday night: Ted Cruz sensationally withheld an endorsement of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, earning a chorus of boos from the floor before he was upstaged in a power play by the GOP nominee himself. In many ways, Cruz is the ultimate modern-day Republican. He is greedy and only cares about himself. Despite his rhetoric, he doesn
"The New York Times" Still Peddling Long-Debunked Bill Clinton Haircut Myth
By MARC McDONALD In 1993, the mainstream media peddled the myth that a Los Angeles airport shut its runways for an hour so President Bill Clinton could get a haircut. There was only one problem: the story was complete bullsh*t. That's OK. The media does sometimes screw up. Nobody's perfect. There's only one problem. Here we are, nearly a quarter of a century later and the media is still peddling

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Fake Coup In Turkey Presented As Real By The Mainstream Media
Not too many miles from that contractor's air base in Iraq military coup = Mossad Turkey coup: President Erdogan says military elements guilty of 'treason', as he tells nation government is in charge, after violent clashes in Ankara and Istanbul leave '161 dead' Turkey coup: military attempt to seize power from Erdogan as low flying jets and gunfire heard... Tell me that everbody in DC didn't kno
Off The Table Of Discussion: U.S. Cops Are Trained In Apartheid Israel
Part of the national discussion during this time of cops vs blacks & protesters should be the fact that U.S. cops are trained in apartheid Israel. It's a simple formula: police kill 3 U.S. citizens a day - U.S. police are trained in apartheid Israel: U.S. BLACKS = SUBHUMAN PALESTINIANS to the police. 3 U.S. citizens killed by police per day = SUBHUMAN PALESTINIANS. Why did every large city se
Fourth Of July: Arrest Rita Katz & SITE For Terrorism
Rita Katz IS A TERRORIST!!! With the major American holiday being celebrated today, you can expect to see terrorist threats from radical Islamists, according to Rita Katz and her SITE group. Don’t forget that it was Katz that brought us all those videos of IS headchoppers that were utterly fraudulent, complete fakes, propaganda designed to introduce a new, terrifying bogey man to the US public an

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"This Is How Fascism Comes To America" ....
This is How Fascism Comes To America by Robert Kagan - The Washington Post "The Republican Party’s attempt to treat Donald Trump as a normal political candidate would be laughable were it not so perilous to the republic. If only he would mouth the party’s “conservative” principles, all would be well. But of course the entire Trump phenomenon has nothing to do with policy or ideology. It has

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Boo! If By Sea: More Scary Tales of US-Bound Iranian Ships
Breathless reports are again circulating that Iran will deploy warships to the Atlantic Ocean. Based on a mid-June announcement by Iranian Navy chief Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, news is spreading that Iran plans to establish a naval base somewhere along the Atlantic coast. Sayyari said, “We have yet to determine which country will assist us regarding the presence of our naval fleet. When

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The carefree times I grew up in the United States are now lost to young Americans growing up in the U.S. of today. Here John W. Whitehead explains the decent of today's young people into a world where "…the powers-that-be want us to feel powerless to protect ourselves and reliant on and grateful for the dubious protection provided by the American police state." To this he adds: "The tree of liberty is dying."
Commentary There Will Be No Second American Revolution: The Futility of an Armed Revolt By John W. Whitehead July 18, 2016 “A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”—James Madison America is a ticking time bomb. All that remains to be seen is who—or what—will set fire to the fuse. We are poised at what seems to be the pinnacle of a manufa

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Fake Clinics Now Breaching Confidentiality to Nutbar Stalkers
We've all the seen the ads. Variants on the one above, used on the recent Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada report on the lies told by crisis pregnancy centres, aka fake clinics. Our pal, Cliff at Rusty Idols spotted one in Calgary for the subsequent phase of the slut-shaming process, the "post-abortion trauma" counselling. Fake clinics claim to offer "non-judgmental options"
No, Not This One: But Three from Pembroke, Ontario?
In healthcare, patient confidentiality is taken pretty seriously. Here's Ontario's legislation . Three Ontario hospital workers were prosecuted for snooping into Rob Ford's records . And a fetus fetishist was fired after she accessed hundreds of patient abortion files. It comes as no surprise then that crisis pregnancy centres (CPCs), pretending as they do to be actual clinics, would also give str
Fatally Flawed Survey on C225, "Cassie and Molly's Law"
It's a truism because it's true: You get what you pay for. Cathay Wagantall, sponsor of the latest sneak attack on abortion rights , C225, glurgily nicknamed "Cassie and Molly's Law," bought six questions on a Nanos omnibus poll . Here's her media release trumpeting the results. According to the Nanos poll, a majority of Canadians are in favour of Cassie and Molly’s Law, with nearly 70%
Oh CAPSS, Where Art Thou?
An umbrella group for fake clinics in Canada is Canadian (formerly Christian) Association of Pregnancy Support Services (CAPSS) . It used to have its "core documents" online but pulled them sometime recently. Nonetheless, we at DJ! have obtained copies. Here is its "Code of Counselling Ethics." Note numbers 6 and 12. They seem to conflict a bit, don't they? But number 12 is pre

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Plastic is killing us and our wild life.
So this is going to be a short story for the time being but I will be adding to it. Some o you have noticed the Osprey nests I posted about earlier. They give you a gimps into different worlds. I will also add a few more on this post for everyone to view. Some are good some you have to wonder about. First of course is a bit on plastic. Scary stuff Right It should scare you. Guess who is responsib

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Black Gold
Albert Marrin is a history professor who has written dozens books for young readers. In Black Gold , he discussed the geology of fossil energy, emergence of the oil industry, geopolitics, oil wars, environmental impacts, and future challenges. I was intrigued by his perspective on geopolitics. Before World War One, the British navy scrapped many coal-burning warships and began building modern boa
A New Green History of the World
A New Green History of the World (2007) is the new and improved version of A Green History of the World (1991), which was translated into 13 languages. British historian Clive Ponting did a fantastic amount of research, and then refined it into a very readable, mind-altering 400-page book (a silver bullet cure for folks suffering from denial). It spans the two million year saga of our hominid anc
Neanderthals, Bandits, and Farmers
Colin Tudge wrote Neanderthals, Bandits, & Farmers , a book that presents his theories on the dawn of progress and perpetual growth, focusing on how agriculture really began. At the time, he was employed by the London School of Economics, an institution focused on capitalism, not ecological sustainability. The book vibrates with cognitive dissonance. Tudge has been studying agriculture for ma

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The 2020 Census and the Re-Indigenization of America
I've been on the road and have been neglecting this page. Thought I would post an article I recently wrote for Truthout's Public Intellectual Page Re the 2020 Census. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36514-the-2020-census-and-the-re-indigenization-of-america

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Cairn
A simple stone cairn lies not far from the Clearwater River commemorating what was once a vitally important link in Canada's cross-country transportation system. While having long been surpassed by road, rail and air, the Methye Portage (also known as the Portage La Loche) played a key role as the link between the Athabasca River and Lake Winnipeg. At a length of around 19km (12 miles) it the lon
Borealis Park and The Snye
For the second part of yesterday's trip, I left the Snye for a few minutes to take a look at a small pond at Borealis Park. It was my first time here in quite awhile and usually I can find something of interest swimming around....more grebes and common goldeneye as it turned out. A good reminder that yesterday's retreat from the far side of the Snye was a good idea. Once back to the Snye, I didn'
MacDonald Island and The Snye
I was stuck at home for much of yesterday working around the house and fighting a winning a war against my washing machine so I wasn't able to get down to MacDonald Island as I had planned. I wasn't sure if the weather was going to cooperate either but today I made up for the delay. Officially I went down to do some birding but I also just really wanted to stretch my legs and enjoy the nice weath
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 o
Anticipation

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Century of War, by Lunartrax - Steve Carlisle
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Blog Me No Blogs: THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
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Use over time
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