11:53pm MDT
Kremlin Say World War 3 Will Begin Before U.S. Elections
A Kremlin insider has urged people to start stockpiling food over fears that the US will start World War 3 before the U.S. elections this November. “These are the most serious tensions between Moscow and Washington in decades,” said Sergei Markov, a member of the Civic Chamber, a Moscow-based state institution. “The war might begin even before the November elections in the U.S.” Infowars.com reports: “I personally plan to stock 200 cans of pork to be ready for a potential war crisis,” Markov added, “and I advise everybody to do the same.” Markov’s warning should probably be treat...more »
Scientists Discover Cold Medicine Halts Spread of Cancer
Scientists in Japan have discovered that cold and flu medication can actually stop the spread of some types of cancer and reduce chemoresistance. Hokkaido University researchers say that a nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug used for treating the common cold also supresses the spread of bladder cancers in mice. Medicalxpress.com reports: Bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer in males worldwide. Every year, about 20,000 people in Japan are diagnosed with bladder cancer, of whom around 8,000—mostly men—succumb to the disease. Bladder cancers can be grouped into two types: n...more »
Defending Trump's Misogyny... A Hopeless Task
Renee Ellmers (R-NC) is the only Republican member of Congress who Trump cut an ad for. It didn't help Ellmers win her primary. In fact, it probably hurt her She barely managed to come in second in a 3 way primary race and will be hoping for some kind of a job-- any kind of a job-- from Trump after January. These were the results: *•* George Holding- 16,999 (53.4%) *•* Renee Ellmers- 7,527 (23.6%) *•* Greg Brannon- 7,320 (23.0%) She was the first woman in Congress to endorse Trump and she's one of the Republican female elected officials who has stuck with him, despite his braggi... more »
Women’s Lives Matter. So Do Elections.
This is a life or death election for women and girls all over the world. True, many precious human rights and civil rights are on the line. Those rights–and the lives they protect–matter deeply and urgently. I chose the title of this essay to honor the Black Lives Movement and the civil rights story of […]
Has NZ inequality risen?
The facts are clear, there is* one* way and one way only in which inequality has *surged* in NZ: [image: InequalityNZ] *Sources: Newspaper Reporting on Inequality: Bryce Edwards, 2014. http://liberation.typepad.com/Liberation/2013/12/the-politics-of-poverty-in-new-zealand-Images-.HTML;Inequality: Christopher Ball and John Creedy, 2015. Http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/research-policy/wp/2015/15-06/twp15-06.PDF* From a standing start in 2001, articles *about *inequality have been going through the roof, while *actual *inequality has … well, not changed very much at al... more »
Is modern science polluted?
*We are not suddenly becoming more intelligent and getting everything right, says Patrick Michaels in this guest post. What’s happening is that scientists are responding to incentives.Incentives matter.* For years, scientists and non-scientists alike have complained that something is fundamentally wrong with the way we do this business. Something has corrupted the integrity of our science. This is a serious charge because it means that more and more government policy — from limiting carcinogens to regulations on carbon emissions — is based upon an increasingly polluted canon ... more »
West Coast Women Warriors 'Warrior Spirits Rising at Morton County Courthouse'
. West Coast Women Warriors Media Cooperative Photos and Article by West Coast Women Warriors Media Cooperative Censored News October 17th 2016. Morton Country Colonial Courthouse Today up to 10 people including journalist from Democracy Now! Amy Goodman, who turned herself in today attended court; for their actions on the Frontlines to protect the water from being poisoned by
Video Shows Clinton Provocateurs Inciting Violence At Trump Rally
A stunning undercover video posted online exposes Hillary Clinton campaign operatives admitting they are paid to start violence at Trump rallies. The 16-minute documentary by undercover reporter James O’Keeffe’s Veritas Project also catches the secret Democratic Party dirty tricks operatives explaining how the dark money trail that funds their illegal actions runs all the way back to the DNC and Clinton campaign. A key Clinton operative is caught on camera saying, “It doesn’t matter what the friggin’ legal and ethics people say, we need to win this motherfucker.“ ZeroHedge reports:... more »
Economic News , Data & Views..... October 17 , 2016 - Quick Hits 1) Markets & Market Moving News : Asia Items For Tuesday ; Calendar For The Week Of October 17-21 ; US Market Wrap - Stocks Moderately Lower , Bonds Recover , Gold Has A Decent Monday ; Front Running - Overnight Report , Asia & Europe Stocks Start Off Weak Soggy Style , Bond Rout Overseas ; Oil Patch News. 2) Around The Horn - Europe Financial News Of Note. 3) MENA Items - Libya ( Domestic Politics , International Politics , Battlefront Reports ) , Iraq ( Mosul Campaign Begins ) & Syria ( Battlefront & Political Developments.)
Markets..... Asia Early Morning Items ( October 18th ) *FXStreet News* @FXstreetNews 4m 4 minutes ago Asian stocks advance on higher oil, China data in focus https:// goo.gl/SCHOxY *Livesquawk* @Livesquawk 10m 10 minutes ago China will actively support Chinese steel companies facing anti-dumping accusations --Rtrs cites MOFCOM spox *ForexLive* @ForexLive 14m14 minutes ago RBA Oct. meeting minutes: Appreciating AUD could complicate economic rebalancing *David Ingles* @DavidInglesTV 49m 49 minutes ago Aussie dollar's basically fallen asleep fol... more »
A Look At Why The U.S. Navy's New Expensive Warships Are Breaking Down At Sea
JOEL PAGE / REUTERS *David Axe, Daily Beast*: *The U.S. Navy’s Expensive New Warships Are Breaking Down at Sea* The U.S. Navy is set to roll out a new, sleek, fast high-tech destroyer—but the ship keeps suffering from engineering glitches. September was supposed to be a triumphant month for Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy’s high-tech new destroyer. The 600-foot-long, missile-armed stealth warship—its hull and superstructure sharply sloped to help it avoid radar-detection—was in Norfolk, Virginia, undergoing last-minute tests before her planned official commissioning on Oct. 15. Once in se... more »
Evidence Indicates ADHD Drugs Don’t Help Kids Get Better Grades
*Dr. Mercola* - Medicating children with ADHD is highly controversial. Even more so now. The post Evidence Indicates ADHD Drugs Don’t Help Kids Get Better Grades appeared first on Waking Times.
California's Democrat vs Democrat Conundrum
*-by Samuel Hagar* How to cross party lines for votes without abandoning your ethnicity-- The first thing a pollster tells you when you ask “how do you win a Democrat on Democrat” general election (a phenomenon we're finding more and more frequently on the West Coast due to the somewhat dysfunctional jungle primary system) is: You need to create a coalition. Democrats, Decline to States, and Republicans must be patched together to create a coalition across demographics... This may seem simple and not worthy of the thousands of dollars in consulting and pollster fees, however it... more »
"You Never Know..."
"There are only things that could have turned out different. You don't have any should or woulds in your life, see? You only have things that could have gone a different way. You never know what truly would have happened if you had done your shoulds and woulds. Your life might have turned out worse, isn't that possible?" - Ned Vizzin
The Daily "Near You?"
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. Thanks for stopping by!
What Is The Toughest Exercise At The US Military’s Elite Sniper School (Video)
YouTube *From Business Insider:* Nicholas Irving is a retired US Army Ranger sniper. Irving, author of "Way of the Reaper," discusses the most challenging part of the military's elite sniper school. *WNU Editor*: for the video, *go to this link.*
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 17, 2016
*Robert Fisk, The Independent*: *When Mosul falls, Isis will flee to the safety of Syria. But what then?* The entire Isis caliphate army could be directed against the Assad government and its allies – a scenario which might cause some satisfaction in Washington Syria’s army and Hezbollah and Iranian allies are preparing for a massive invasion by thousands of Isis fighters who will be driven out of Iraq when Mosul falls. The real purpose behind the much-trumpeted US-planned "liberation" of the Iraqi city, the Syrian military suspect, is to swamp Syria with the hordes of Isis fight... more »
Supermoon Lights Up The Planet
Sunday’s spectacular supermoon was one of three lunar events that will occur two more times before the end of 2016. For those who missed last night’s supermoon there will be a second “extra-supermoon” this coming November, the closest full moon of the 21st century. RT.com reports: October 16 is the first night of the year when there will not only be a full moon in the night sky, but it will also be at its closest point to Earth, making it a ‘supermoon’. A beautiful photo taken last night showing the #supermoon! …The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, s... more »
October 17, 2016 – White Hats Report #55 – The Ministry of Propaganda is imploding!
As we wind down to the last presidential debate and the upcoming election on November 8, the desperation of the Clinton crime family has been ratcheted up to an unprecedented level. The latest attempt to coordinate a sexual misconduct attack on Trump fails on so many levels it’s not worth our time or yours to pick it apart. Suffice it to say, none of it passes the test of common sense from the timing of the allegations to the characters involved to the lack of lawsuits filed against an easy and rich target. These allegations are the wet dream of any plaintiff attorney yet no suit ... more »
The sad story of the little railway that couldn't
I wrote about the Island Corridor Foundation and the E&N rail line for The Tyee. You can read the piece here.
12 Reasons to Hate What Our Country's Become
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) *C*ulled from actual news sources or those still worthy of our trust: George Zimmerman murdered unarmed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin after stalking him and got off scot free but the guy who only shot at his car just got 20 years in prison. ------------------------------ * Democracy Now*'s Amy Goodman had a warrant put out for her arrest for inciting a riot while filming police attacking peaceful protesters with attack dogs and pepper spray. ------------------------------ Shailene Woodley, star of *Divergent*, was arres... more »
World News Briefs -- October 17, 2016 (Evening Edition)
*Reuters*: *Iraq launches Mosul offensive to drive out Islamic State* Iraqi government forces launched a U.S.-backed offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, a high-stakes battle to retake the militants' last major stronghold in the country. Two years after the jihadists seized the city of 1.5 million people and declared a caliphate from there encompassing tracts of Iraq and Syria, a force of some 30,000 Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Sunni tribal fighters began to advance. Helicopters released flares and explosions could be heard on the ... more »
Royal Bank of Scotland Backtracks On RT Closure
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) which owns NatWest appears to have backtracked on its earlier decision to block Russia Today (RT) bank accounts in the UK. Russia Today (RT) news channel had their bank accounts blocked pending closure by the National Westminster Bank earlier today. The sudden move by the bank which came without any explanation or justification, raised suspicion that it was a political move by the UK government against Russia and to stifle freedom of speech. The bank had earlier said that the closure of the accounts was not up for discussion. RBS has now contacted ...more »
Oliver Stone On RT Bank Account Closure: Truth Is Being Sacrificed
The National Westminster Bank, which is part of RBS Group, informed Russia Today’s UK office in London on Monday that it would no longer have the broadcaster among its customers. RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said that the Bank informed them that they would be shutting down their bank accounts, without providing any explanation for the decision. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office has denied any involvement by the government in the matter, even though they recently called for additional sanctions against Russia over the situation in Syria. However US film directo... more »
“This Election Is a Pileup of Perversion”
*“This Election Is a Pileup of Perversion”* by Bill Bonner ‘Had we but world enough and time… ‘My vegetable love should grow ‘Vaster than empires and more slow.’ - Andrew Marvell “Bloomberg tells us that people are being driven crazy by the election… Here’s the report: ‘More than half of you- on both sides of the aisle- say the 2016 election is a major source of stress, according to a new survey from the American Psychological Association. ‘“Historically, work, money, and the economy are the top three,” said clinical psychologist Lynn Bufka, part of the APA’s Stress in America team... more »
UKIP After Steven Woolfe
It's been a torrid time for UKIP since the referendum in June. *And not in a good way*. On no less than three occasions, the cause of the purple party's discomforts have, ostensibly, centered upon the person of Steven Woolfe. There was the farce of the leadership campaign where, readers will recall, Woolfe demonstrated his lightning fast organising skills by submitting his candidate's application some 17 minutes late. Compounding this most rookie of errors were revelations he'd let his membership lapse. Oh, and that he'd forgotten to declare an ancient drink driving conviction whil... more »
Ceasefire In The Yemen War?
*Reuters:* *Saudi Arabia says prepared for ceasefire in Yemen if Houthis agree* Saudi Arabia is prepared to agree to a ceasefire in Yemen if the Iran-allied Houthis agree, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday, adding that he was skeptical about efforts for peace after previous ceasefire attempts had failed. The Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen has faced heavy criticism since an air strike this month on a funeral gathering in the Yemeni capital Sanaa that killed 140 people according to a United Nations' estimate and 82 according to the Houthis. The United Stat... more »
Pelosi's DCCC-- Still Recruiting And Supporting ConservaDems, Not Progressives
*Peter King has over $3 million cash on hand but racist Blue Dog Steve Israel has made sure the DCCC refuses to help DuWayne Gregory in a very winnable district* Late last week investigative journalists Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani went through a leaked DCCC memo compiled for chairman Ben Ray Luján that includes Wall Street lobbyists being reassured that Elizabeth Warren doesn't speak for the Democratic Party after they complained about her messaging about protecting consumers from financial predators. The DCCC and DSCC have aggressively courted, recruited and backed conservative Democr... more »
Officials Confirm US Troops Are On The Ground In Mosul, Iraq
The US military has confirmed that American troops are deployed on the frontlines in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS terrorists. In a statement on Monday morning, the American general in charge of the coalition’s war in Iraq and Syria, openly acknowledged the presence of “forward air controllers” amongst the US “advisory” contributions to the battle for Mosul in Iraq. Press TV reports: US Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of the anti-Daesh coalition, said in a statement on Monday that elite international forces are playing a major role in the fight for... more »
Winner of Niigata Gubernatorial Election Upsets LDP Nuclear Plans
Good news! Upset in Niigata pushing LDP to review nuclear energy policy October 17, 2016 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201610170029.html An opposition-backed candidate’s victory in the Niigata gubernatorial election threw the Abe administration into a state of shock over the possible consequences to its nuclear energy policy and its standing on the national level. Niigata Governor-elect Ryuichi Yoneyama has taken a cautious stance on restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in the prefecture, the key issue in the gubernatorial election north of Tok... more »
Caitlin Flanagan still [HEART] those accusers!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016The Washington Post's endless scam:* In Sunday's Washington Post, Caitlin Flanagan displayed her undying [HEART] for Bill Clinton's sex accusers. To what extent are their sex accusations true? Like the horrible Flanagan, we can't tell you that. We *can* tell you that Flanagan's piece was a journalistic embarrassment—that it helps display the remarkable standards which govern our upper-end "press corps." How accurate are the accusers' claims? We can't tell you that! By their very nature, claims of this type are extremely hard to assess or resolve. That's o... more »
U.S. Launches Air Strikes Against Islamic State Militants In Libya
Smoke rises following an air strike as Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government gather after they captured a new area from Islamic State militants in Sirte, Libya, October 16, 2016. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny *Reuters:* *U.S. air strikes pound Libya's Sirte to oust Islamic State militants* U.S. aircraft hit Islamic State targets with more 30 strikes over the last three days on the Libyan city of Sirte as pro-government forces push into its last militant-held districts, the U.S. military said on Monday. Libyan forces are close to ending a six-month campaign to liberate Sirte... more »
How democrats become monarchs
Start with a sleepy country town. Add politicians, who add laws and regulations. Steep for two-hundred years, and voila: a place just like the Sun King’s Versailles … only richer, and with more corruption. . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with attribution.
Former Vice Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs of Staff To Plead Guilty On Making False Statements In Leak Probe
General James E. Cartwright, former USMC vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang *Reuters*:* Retired U.S. general charged with lying to FBI in 'Stuxnet' leak case* A retired U.S. Marine Corps general who last served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been charged with making false statements to the FBI during an investigation into leaks of classified information, according to a federal indictment released on Monday. Four-star General James Cartwright was questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2012 over a book written by New Yo... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Tressels of passions are embraced in full
*Tressels of passions are embraced in full * by ÉirePort Tressels of passions are embraced in full. Harmonics are gathered. Luminaries encircle the Light gatherings. Essence is understood. ÉirePort | October 17, 2016 at 11:11 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-At
Parkinson’s researcher in Australia pleads not guilty to fraud
Parkinson’s researcher Caroline Barwood pleaded not guilty to fraud-related charges in a Brisbane courtroom Monday. According to 9News, Barwood is accused of three counts of fraud, and four instances of attempted fraud, which include trying to obtain approximately $700,000 (AUD) from various organizations between 2011 and 2013 for a study that never occurred. The case follows an […] The post Parkinson’s researcher in Australia pleads not guilty to fraud appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Standing Rock: Democracy Now's Amy Goodman in court today on riot charges
LIVE NOW outside Morton County Courthouse in North Dakota Democracy Now's Amy Goodman is in Morton County today, ready to turn herself in for her coverage of the day when vicious dogs attacked Standing Rock water protectors, who were defending a burial place from bulldozers of Dakota Access Pipeline. Goodman was first charged with criminal trespass, then as she was flying in, it was
Anonymous: Pentagon About To Declare World War 3
Hacktivist group Anonymous has posted a series of urgent warnings to citizens worldwide, telling them that the Pentagon are preparing for World War 3. As tensions between Russia and America continue to rise, former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that the world is on the brink of all-out-war. Yahoo News reports: Against this background, hacktivist collective Anonymous has posted a series of alarming videos and news reports – with one suggesting that World War III is ‘imminent’. But don’t grab your gas mask and head for your doomsday bunker quite yet – the Anon HQ repo... more »
FBI: Hillary Clinton Used ‘Shadow Government’ To Skip Criminal Charges
The FBI’s latest release of interview notes from their investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server reveals that high-ranking state officials obtained help from the ‘shadow government’ in order to stop Hillary from being prosecuted. According to Freedom of Information Act requests, Clinton went through a group known as “the Shadow Government” to suppress the investigation into her use of a private email server when Secretary of State. The 100-page FBI release includes other claims that Clinton disregarded protocol due to the protection offered to her by high... more »
Russia Today Shut Down By UK Government
Russian broadcaster Russia Today have had their bank accounts frozen by the UK government, in an effort to suppress the broadcaster from operating in the country. RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan says that NatWest Bank informed them that they would be shutting down their bank accounts, without any explanation or recourse. “Our accounts in Britain have been blocked. All of them. ‘Decision not to be discussed’. Hail to freedom of speech!” Simonyan tweeted. Sputniknews.com reports: National Westminster Bank (NatWest), which is part of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), did not g... more »
Amy Schumer Bullies Trump Supporter On Stage, Audience Walk Out
Comedian Amy Schumer publicly humiliated an audience member on stage at a show on Sunday, after hearing that he supported Republican nominee Donald Trump. The raunchy comedian invited the Trump supporter on stage at her show at the Amalie Arena in Tampa on Sunday, then proceeded to mock and bully him in front of a shocked audience. Tampabay.com reports: Loud booing from a vocal, but small minority of the arena crowd started about halfway through the show, when Schumer’s raunchy humor veered into more topical matters topics, including gun control and the presidential election. She ... more »
A Conversation with Jacques Barzun (2010)
*Video Title: A Conversation with Jacques Barzun (2010). Source: Leo Wong. Date Published: January 17, 2011. Description: * A conversation with Jacques Barzun, hosted by Jack Jackson, Sept. 12, 2010, SoL (Source of Light) Center, University Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, TX. Uploaded with the permission of Jacques Barzun and Jack Jackson. For more about Barzun, read Michael Murray, Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind (Beil, 2011). bit.ly/loM16A
Where Did U.S. - Russian Relations All Go Wrong?
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, September 5, 2013. REUTERS//Pablo Martinez Monsivais *Jonathan Marcus, BBC*: *Russia and the West: Where did it all go wrong?* It is hard to imagine a period since the end of the Cold War when relations between Russia and the United States have been quite so bad. US officials have described the joint Russian-Syrian onslaught against Aleppo as "barbarism" and warned that war crimes are being carried out. The Russian president has... more »
EU Condemns Russian And Syrian Bombing Of Aleppo
*WSJ:* *EU Push on Russia, Syria to End Aleppo Bombing* *Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces, Syrian government troops, would hold a unilateral cease-fire on Oct. 20, reports Interfax.* LUXEMBOURG—European Union foreign ministers on Monday pledged swift action to broaden sanctions against the Assad regime and called on Russia to live up to its responsibilities and end the bombing of Aleppo immediately. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini also announced she will begin a new outreach on Tuesday to start talks on Syria’s political future with Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey a... more »
CawRANT Events #33
*CawRANT events #33* Good morning, folks. It's a gray, rainy day in the Pacific Northwest. We've had a series of rainy and blustery storms come through for over a week now. You have to go out between the storms. It's supposed to start to clear up starting today. Today, Monday, makes it two weeks since my abdominal surgery last October 3rd. As regular readers know, I donated one of my kidneys to my husband. Both of us are recovering very well. I am still more tired than usual and need to stop and rest throughout the day. This morning, I slept in till 10 and feel very rested.... more »
Weekend Events Confirm War between US and Russia Could Be Sooner than Later
Right now the US mainstream media is obsessing over Donald’s alleged womanizing and female groping soap opera as the Clinton’s/MSM’s pruriently entertaining smokescreen, neatly designed to cover up Hillary/Bill’s serial raping and her criminal lead role as enabler/strong armed intimidator of past victims. Meanwhile, barely noticed in a virtual media blackout in the West are at least a half dozen high alert, significant international developments this last weekend that all strongly indicate the extreme danger of a nuclear war breaking out at any time against Russia and its Eastern ... more »
Standing Rock: Charge dismissed against Democracy Now's Amy Goodman
photo by Wicahpi Ksapa Peji Wikan Morton County Judge just dismissed charge against Amy Goodman. The judge said there was no probable cause to charge Goodman with the riot charge. Speaking live outside the courthouse, Goodman encouraged the Native American media, and local media, to contiune their vital coverage, and urged the national media to be present and cover this important
"A Lion Fight..."
“It’s good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose. So chin up. Put your shoulders back, walk proud, strut a little. Don’t lick your wounds: celebrate them. The scars you bear are the signs of a competitor. You’re in a lion fight. Just because you didn’t win doesn’t mean you don’t know how to roar.” - “Dr. Meredith Grey”, “Grey’s Anatomy” And always remember...
Midday Musical Interlude: 2002, “Even Now”
2002, “Even Now” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciXdFS7xSoo
"The Odor of Desperation"
*"The Odor of Desperation"* by Jim Kunstler It must be obvious even to nine-year-old casual observers of the scene that the US national election is hacking itself. It doesn’t require hacking assistance from any other entity. The two major parties could not have found worse candidates for president, and the struggle between them has turned into the most sordid public spectacle in US electoral history. Of course, the Russian hacking blame-game story emanates from the security apparatus controlled by a Democratic Party executive establishment desperate to preserve its perks and privil... more »
"The Greater Depression Is Going To Be Worse Than Even I Thought It Would Be"
*"The Greater Depression Is Going To Be* * Worse Than Even I Thought It Would Be"* by Doug Casey "Mark Twain said, “If you don’t read the papers you’re uninformed. If you do read them, you’re misinformed.” That’s why I want to draw your attention to a recent article called “The Isolationist Temptation,” in The Wall Street Journal, written by Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. The piece wasn’t worth reading- except that it offers some real insight into what the “elite” are thinking. The CFR is one of about a dozen groups, like Bilderberg, Bohemian Grov... more »
Podesta Promoted GOP Fringe to Make Clinton Palatable
Chris Hedges has another insightful piece that should be required reading for all those celebrating HRC's imminent win. It features John Podesta's emails once again. A clip from TruthDig: . . . .The Clinton campaign, aware that the policy differences between her and a candidate such as Jeb Bush were minuscule, plotted during the primaries to elevate the fringe Republican candidates—especially Trump. To the Democratic strategists, a match between Clinton and Trump seemed made in heaven. Trump, with his “brain trust” of Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie, would make Clinton look like ...more »
Greenland Temperature Trends 1873 – 2015
By Paul Homewood http://www.dmi.dk/laer-om/generelt/dmi-publikationer/2013/ You would be forgiven for thinking that Greenland is burning up. But you would be wrong! DMI have published their Historical Climate Data Collection 1768-2015 for Greenland, and figures for last year continue to show temperatures in the 1930s and 40s were as warm as in recent years. The […]
Resistance is Fertile: The Art of Having No Masters
*Gary ‘Z’ McGee* - Resistance always has, and always will, lead to human flourishing. The post Resistance is Fertile: The Art of Having No Masters appeared first on Waking Times.
Three Ways a President Alone Can Rein In Prescription Drug Prices
*High prescription prices are an industry problem, not a problem of "outliers" (source; click to enlarge)* *by Gaius Publius* Along with many others, we recently wrote about Mylan's predatory price increases on the life-saving prescription drug product EpiPen. Then came the news that the interestingly named Valeant had increased the price of a prescription drug it had purchased, not developed, more than 2700%, apparently anticipating a growing lead poisoning crisis like the one in Flint, Michigan. ("Did your kids get sick from eating lead paint? We'll fix them right up ... for $27... more »
As The Battle For Mosul Begins, Thousands Of Iraqi Fighters Have Instead Poured Into Syria To Assist Assad
*L.A. Times*: *Why thousands of Iraqi fighters have poured into Syria to aid Assad* The light was low and the music loud in the “Sun of the Countryside” nightclub. Suddenly, the DJ lowered the drumbeat to a whisper as the lounge singer brought the mic close to his lips. Around him a trio of pouty women in elaborate hairdos and bright colored gowns undulated. “Let Syria remain under Bashar Assad,” he intoned, repeating his phrase of the Syrian president like a mantra. The dancers nodded their head to the rhythm of his words. As civil war rages in Syria , its outcome has become of ... more »
How Long Will The Battle For Mosul Take, And What Will Be Its Aftermath
*Daily Beast*: *On the Ground as the Massive, High-Risk Attack on ISIS in Mosul Begins* *The attack on Mosul would destroy the self-declared Islamic State’s last stronghold in Iraq, but it’s fraught with risks that could disrupt the American presidential campaign.* KHAZIR, Iraq—After months of preparation, the long-awaited battle for Mosul began in the early hours of Monday when Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga troops surged across the plains of northern Iraq toward the stronghold of the so-called Islamic State. The timing of the offensive, determined by the Iraqi government base... more »
The Battle To Retake The Iraqi City of Mosul From The Islamic State -- News Updates October 17, 2017
*The Daily Mail:** The battle for Mosul: Giant explosion rocks the battlefield as ISIS suicide car bomb detonates as it attempts to ram an Iraqi tank* * Iraqi troops have started their offensive to reclaim the northern city of Mosul from the control of ISIS * People in Mosul have warned terror group are planning to fight back with suicide bombs and mustard gas * Earlier today ISIS terrorists detonated a suicide car bomb next to Iraqi forces on outskirts of the city * ISIS has been in control of Mosul for two years and is the terror group's last remaining stronghold in Iraq This ... more »
Anti-West terrorists are steps from crippling South African universities at least for a semester
I didn't even know it was happening. It was so shocking to learn that I just spent an hour by research of what's going on in South Africa. It's pretty dramatic. Recall that South Africa has been the main pillar of the Western civilization on the African continent. "Decolonialization" began to erode this status decades ago. Nelson Mandela has been lionized but everyone with some forecasting skills must have known that the process he kickstarted was likely to be existentially harmful for the country. I just didn't know that the deterioration would be so fast. South Africa has some... more »
The Battle for Mosul Has Begun?
*So an "official announcement" marks the beginning of the Mosul onslaught?* *As readers here know, Mosul, has been being bombed for months now.. * *Months and months* *Surely the US will want to wrap it up by the end of the month?* *In time for Hillary to crow about the victory?* *In time for Obama to end his presidential term on a positive note for the history books?* *We'll have to see how this plays out for the US election and Obama's legacy. * *It's being reported the battle is going well- * 4:15 p.m. A senior military commander says the wide-scale military operation to recaptur... more »
Despite retraction, antipsychotics still effective, safe for dementia, says author
Researchers have retracted a systematic review that suggested that antipsychotic drugs are effective and safe for patients with symptoms of dementia — but claim their re-analysis of the updated data still comes to the same conclusions. According to the retraction notice in Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy, some participants were incorrectly included twice in the meta-analysis. […] The post Despite retraction, antipsychotics still effective, safe for dementia, says author appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Oct. 17: The most amazing thing.....
The most amazing thing.... Today's irving press has no news at all in it. What it has is more pictures than even those scandal mags with headlines like "Camilla dances nude in courtyard of Buckingham Palace." A3 is almost entirely made up of photos of firemen demonstrating how they cut open a car. All the photos look much the same. A4 is over 90% photos of people riding bicycles, each one looking pretty much like the one before. A10 is dominated by almost identical photos of men standing on the riverbank carrying surfboards. I mean - hey, you see one guy standing by a muddy river ... more »
Dear John Podesta, The THREE San Bernardino terrorists WERE white! Here's proof
These patsies were set up and executed. Witnesses described three large white paramilitaries doing the shooting. Sent to: podesta@law.georgetown.edu Dear John Podesta, According to one of your leaked emails, your response to the San Bernardino shooting last December was to hope the terrorist turned out to be white. I am pleased to be – for once – the bearer of good news. Your wish has been granted. Available on AmazonMultiple eyewitness reports confirm that the actual shooters in San Bernardino were three large white paramilitaries – not the brown-skinned Muslim couple that was ex... more »
You Might Be An Intelligent & Well Informed Person If You Find Yourself On This List
Watch Hillary Youtube Videos Support Julian Assange Vote For Donald Trump
World News Briefs -- October 17, 2016
*Reuters*: *Iraq launches Mosul offensive to drive out Islamic State* Iraqi government forces launched a U.S.-backed offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, a high-stakes battle to retake the militants' last major stronghold in the country. Two years after the jihadists seized the city of 1.5 million people and declared a caliphate from there encompassing tracts of Iraq and Syria, a force of some 30,000 Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Sunni tribal fighters began to advance. Helicopters released flares and explosions could be heard on the ... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 17, 2016
*Fortune*: *The CIA is Preparing for a Major Cyberattack Against Russia* The agency’s goal would be to “embarrass” top Russian officials. NBC News reports that the CIA is developing scenarios for an electronic attack on Russian leadership. According to sources including current government officials, the intent is to “embarrass” top Russian officials through “clandestine” and widespread hacking. Vice President Joe Biden seemed to be pointing to just such a possibility during an appearance on Meet the Press airing today, when asked by Chuck Todd why America hasn’t responded to Russi... more »
Untitled
*From Jenna Orkin*Hackers showed us how easy it is to secretly clone a security badge A group of engineers found a way to send a password through your skin No one knows what’s making children in South Africa resistant to AIDS Here Are Hillary Clinton's Three Speeches To Goldman Sachs For Which She Was Paid $675,000 Russia Opens Fire On North Korean 'Fishing Vessel' In Sea Of Japan; 1 Dead, 9 Injured Hillary Clinton And Ken Bone Boogie On Down In Hilarious Dance-Off 'Megadrought' Looms In American Southwest, NASA Warns Drowning In Debt: 35% Of Americans Have Debt That Is At Least 180 Da... more »
Pinky is the Brain
The craziness of the Trump candidacy has prompted no end of analysis, trying to understand the motivations and thought processes of the weirdest major candidate to ever run for office in the US. And perhaps anywhere. One constant analytical theme is of the “he’s so crazy, he must be a genius” type; that there must be some sort of coldly calculated end-game that we just haven’t figured out yet.
Security In Iraq, Oct 8-14, 2016
The second week of October 2016 saw a general lull in violence in Iraq. The government forces were still at work in Hit Island in Anbar, while preparing for the offensive to take Mosul. The Islamic State continued to focus upon terrorism in Baghdad, but carried out no real counterattacks leading to the low numbers during the week. There were 118 incidents reported in Iraq from October 8-14, 2016. That was one of the lowest figures recorded in the year and represents the ebb and flow seen throughout the year. Baghdad saw the most violence with 66 incidents. After that there were 1... more »
WHERE THE TEST SCORES ARE: Final week in five-week series begins tomorrow!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016For today, a preview:* Tomorrow, we start the final week in our award-winning five-week series, Where the Test Scores Are. This week's reports will carry this title: Where the Challenges Are. We'll focus on the *journalistic* challenges—on the journalistic practices which keep the public from gaining a clear-eyed view of the apparent status of American students, teachers and schools. That said, how do our schools seem to measure up, as compared to schools in the rest of the world? For today, we'll offer one set of data as a bit of an intellectual challenge... more »
Authors fix three Diabetes papers flagged for image issues
Researchers have corrected three studies published in the journal Diabetes after users flagged issues with the images on PubPeer. All three papers share a number of authors, including the same last and corresponding author, Aimin Xu, from The University of Hong Kong. Since the corrections appear relatively extensive, we asked the journal if retractions were ever […] The post Authors fix three Diabetes papers flagged for image issues appeared first on Retraction Watch.
WikiLeaks Claims That A 'State Party' Has Cut Assange's Internet Connection
Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans. — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 17, 2016 *FOX News:* *WikiLeaks says Assange's Internet link was severed by 'state party'* WikiLeaks said Monday that its founder Julian Assange’s Internet link was severed by a “state party” and that “appropriate contingency plans” had been activated. The website’s announcement came hours after it published three cryptic tweets. The messages referenced Ecuador, Secretary of State John Kerry and the United Kingdom’s... more »
Update about "Lola": Preconceptions, Programming and Codes
Hey darlins! I am trying desperately to keep up with all the conversations right now in UU and on Youtube and everywhere else. (I seem to need about 10 more hours added to my day, lol) Lisa posted and update in the UU group and I want to add in my own perceptions and update. We had another long conversation with Lola last night and got into some pretty heavy topics to do with energy and frequencies and codes. Lola can see the "code" of a person- as that's how she views everything- in code. And not in any code that we would recognise, ie: not binary or computer code. She can see the c... more »
Fears Of Apocalyptic Eruption At Yellowstone Amid Increased UFO Activity
Aliens could be watching the countdown to an apocalyptic eruption at Yellowstone supervolcano. UFO and Alien hunters have seen an uptick in alien activity around Yellowstone National Park which is in fact an active super volcano. Alien crafts have been monitored flying over Yellowstone geysers indicating that the supervolcano is being monitored for an imminent eruption. Alien volcanologists may know more than their human counterparts and may have already determined that the super-volcano is about to erupt. There are rumours that a a clandestine group linked to the Illuminati is al... more »
South Sudan's Civil War Is Intensifying
*Reuters*: *Fighting around South Sudan town of Malakal kills 56: government* Heavy fighting around the town of Malakal in South Sudan killed dozens of people over the weekend, a military spokesman said on Sunday, after rebels said they would try to seize control of the town. The rebels had attacked government positions on Friday night but the military had held their ground, army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang said. "Our forces were able to successfully drive them back with heavy casualties. Over 56 rebels were killed," he told a group of journalists whom the government had flown to Ma... more »
Watch "HIDDEN CAM: NYC Democratic Election Commissioner, "They Bus People Around to Vote"" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/jUDTcxIqqM0 If this is real then this should be political dynamite...
The Cons mini-referendum
This summer the Conservative Party Caucus had themselves a mini-referendum about having a referendum about electoral reform. ERRE Committee vice-chair Scott Reid held a presser about it last Friday and was very pleased to announce a 90.6% approval rating of 73,740 YES votes from the 81,389 returned responses. Sure, the ballot only went out to 59 ridings held by Con MPs and allowed 4 responses per household, but still - a *90.6% approval rating for a referendum!* When a reporter asked how many ballots were originally sent out in order to get those 81,389 back, Reid expressed regret... more »
Kind Of Shocking The Kind Of Sewage They're Forcing Us To Wade Through To Elect The First Woman President
Trump didn't enjoy the skit. The thin-skinned authoritarian wasn't amused. Early Sunday morning he tweeted what amounted to a classic SNL advertisement that belongs on the sides of buses and that they would be crazy to not use: Virginia has produced more presidents than any other state-- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson. They know a president when they see one and they don't see one on Trump. George W. Bush won there narrowly, with 52.5% in 2000 and 53.8% in 2004. Barack Obama... more »
DIY Witch Brooms
As we have been looking around costume stores this October for Witch brooms. After searching just about every costume shop in the area, it seemed like the stores didn't have what we were looking for or they were ridiculous expensive for cheap plastic. Since we needed a larger number of brooms, we decided to go ahead and make them ourselves. These brooms turned out darling and they were incredibly easy to make. The best part? They cost a fraction of other brooms we saw while we were searching and they were way cuter! Perfect for a little witch costume, Halloween decoration or maybe... more »
Untitled
*Sacré bleu! English now de rigeur at Ecole Polytechnique * Defenders of the French language have always been keen to protect it from the scourge of English infiltration. Unfortunately, they have lost a key battle. In a move that would have Robespierre rotating in his grave, one of France’s most esteemed universities has announced that it will teach courses in English for the first time. Ecole Polytechnique was a product of the French revolution, founded in 1794 to train up a generation of engineers and officials (after so many had come to an unfortunate end at the hands of the s... more »
Untitled
*Warmists hit airlines* *Higher airfares coming* Efforts to fight global warming reached a milestone on Thursday as countries sealed the first international aviation climate deal, the latest in a flurry of moves to cut fossil fuel pollution this week. Delegates from nearly 200 nations approved the accord at the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal in a step the agency’s head, Fang Liu, described as a “historic first”. The move came a day after the UN said enough countries had ratified the Paris climate agreement to bring it into effect on November 4, only 11... more »
Now For The Hard Part
Justin Trudeau's decision to put a price on carbon -- over the objections of some of the provinces and territories -- is a signal that the hard part has begun. Robin Sears writes: Justin Trudeau’s decision to devote a large chunk of his accumulated political capital imposing a clear, mandatory path on pricing carbon is the first of several big choices he faces, each of which will help determine his survival and his legacy. He is about to discover the first of many ironies about choice in political life. Many enemies, and even some friends, will always be angry with your choice, e... more »
Trey Gowdy with some questions for the media about Benghazi
https://youtu.be/Ya3TlGD0QtI I wonder how many of these questions the BBC can answer or even care about.
World Wide Fund For Nature: Stop Greenwashing Capitalism, Start Holding Corporations To Account (Dr Rosemary Mason’s Open Letter)
CounterPunch, RINF, Countercurrents, Global Research In the 1970s, the agrochemicals industry was able to evade effective regulation in the UK. Robert van den Bosch, wrote in 1978 in The Pesticide Conspiracy: “If one considers how dangerous these chemicals are, one would suppose that it would be government policy to minimize their use by every possible means. However, the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution notes, ‘there is... no such policy in the UK, nor does the possible need for it appear to have been considered, notwithstanding the great increases in the use of these ch... more »
The U.S. Escalates Its Shadow War In Somalia
United States Marines advancing in Mogadishu, Somalia, to quell violence in 1993, about seven months before the “Black Hawk Down” battle. Credit Corinne Dufka/Reuters *New York Times*:* In Somalia, U.S. Escalates a Shadow War* WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has intensified a clandestine war in Somalia over the past year, using Special Operations troops, airstrikes, private contractors and African allies in an escalating campaign against Islamist militants in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation. Hundreds of American troops now rotate through makeshift bases in Somalia, the la... more »
Edward Snowden on Hillary Clinton
https://youtu.be/P9cg3uXtjSQ
Wikileaks under attack
Freedom democracy ethics transparency all good until they happen to you. The saddest part of Wikileaks is that the truth seems to have very little impact on the reality distortion field. The Deep State ignores it and the sheeple move along undisturbed by the goings on in the palace far above their pay grade.
Iran Invites Foreign Companies To Invest In Their Oil Industry
Iran's South Pars gas field (file photo) *Bloomberg:* *Iran Kicks Off Oil-Development Tender to Woo Foreign Investors* * State oil producer NIOC seeks to pre-qualify foreign bidders * NIOC to announce list of elgibile oilfield bidders on Dec. 7 Iran is ramping up efforts to woo foreign investment in an energy industry stunted by years of sanctions, with a request for companies to submit documents to pre-qualify as bidders to develop the country’s oil and natural gas fields. State-run National Iranian Oil Co. will solicit documents from international companies starting Monday, acco... more »
Trey Gowdy impresses me more every day
https://youtu.be/TxzNOL9hiik
Sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton's emails?
Recently a Hillary Clinton supporter said to me that they were sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton's emails. I disagree, they are key to understanding the casual regard that Hillary Clinton has for the truth. Watch Trey Gowdy here... https://youtu.be/7A-AQ01tEGw
Julian Assange Taken Offline In Cyber Attack By US Government
The US government launched a cyber attack against the Ecuadorian embassy in London in order to prevent Julian Assange from releasing further damaging WikiLeaks emails. WikiLeaks revealed late Sunday night that Assange’s internet link had been “intentionally severed by a state party” and that “appropriate contingency plans” had been activated, leading to suggestions that this is the start of the cyber warfare that Joe Biden announced on Friday. Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans. — Wiki... more »
US Military Has Developed Flexible Body Armor 50% Lighter Than Current Models
A new type of flexible body armor developed through a collaborative effort between the Air Force and the Naval Research Laboratory is 50 percent lighter than current body armor. The design makes the use of a ceramic ball matrix encapsulated in foam material, which is then backed with multiple layers of polyethylene sheets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Novobilski) *U.S. Air Force*:* Flexing in the line of fire: Lightweight, flexible body armor for the future force* WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) -- In the line of fire, protective body armor plays a critical role in sur... more »
A Look At How Some Of Syria's 'Elite' Are Living (Hint: They Are Not Living In Syria)
Akram Junior, grandson of Mustafa Tlass, a former Syrian defence minister, shows no sign of letting the situation back in Syria trouble him, his social media pages awash with images displaying his vast wealth *Daily Mail:* *As Aleppo burns, Assad's henchmen live a life of luxury in the West: Godfathers of the Syrian regime flit between Paris, Marbella and Mayfair as their country is locked in bloody civil war* * While their country is ravaged by war, the men who built today's Syrian regime live a much different reality * Sleeping safely in their London and Paris mansions and driving... more »
Killer Clown Craze An ‘Inside Job’ By Warner Brothers
The killer clown craze was started by Warner Brothers as a viral marketing stunt, according to a former employee. Charged with creating a “cheap, viral campaign” for the upcoming 2017 remake of the movie IT, the viral marketing manager says his team created the killer clown idea as a way of “making clowns scary again.“ The stunt didn’t get off the ground smoothly though, with “six or seven” attempts at kickstarting the craze falling flat. “We sent clowns out six or seven times to scare people, but it wasn’t catching. Nobody gave a shit. We needed to up the ante so we had to go a b... more »
Angelina Jolie Illuminati ‘Sex List’ Leaked Online
A “sex list written by Angelina Jolie” in the 1990s has been posted by the same source that last month leaked a video of the star describing Hollywood Illuminati rituals she participated in early in her career. The list, written in scrawled handwriting, features household name celebrities including Tom Cruise, Nikole (sic) Kidman, and Charlie Sheen, and Johnny Depp. Many of the stars have numbers ranging between one and 10 after their names. There is also a code using the letters v, p, b, h, e, o and g in use, and scribbled comments after certain names. Last month a stunning video... more »
Linda Tripp Reopens Vince Foster, Filegate, Travelgate, Whitewater Scandals
The private picture of Hilary is horrifying. We are talking about an obsessive grasping for power and the will to impose her own truth upon all around her. This is a very brittle personality that imposes her will through screaming and yelling far too often rather than rational argument. What is worse she does pick the wrong battles far too often and never backs down willingly. This person is a lunatic who really may promote a war with Russia. She must never be president. What are these people thinking who have supported this? And please, where am i wrong on this because i w... more »
After Massive Public Outcry, DEA Suspends Ban on Plant that Can Cure Opioid Addiction — For Now
This enthusiasm to classify plants as dangerous drugs is surely driven by the pharmacy industry's desire to stifle competition. All such plants may need the same level of support as we receive for prescription drugs but no more. In fact i would like to see prescription drug receive the same level of disclosure we see with herbs. What we see now is a consumer unfriendly double standard that must stop. *After Massive Public Outcry, DEA Suspends Ban on Plant that Can Cure Opioid Addiction — For Now* *Jack Burns October 1, 2016 6 Comments* *http://thefreethoughtproject.com/kra... more »
Genesis for the New Space Age with John Leith - Chpt IX - Vanishing Germans Discover the Mystery of the Ages
Now we are into full blown fiction, unfortunately. They even haul out Sir Robert Scott who was long dead. The story of a long lost German colony makes no sense in the time and place suggested and is merely a plot device. Worse we are introduced to a magical tunnel system somehow located in the Amazon. Even its discovery fails to make use of a plausible Indian. Totally ignored is the need for serious lighting. Again none of this could happen but it has been a plot device of earliest fantasy fiction into the 1930's. Besides lighting, it is physically impossible to penetrate tunn... more »
BWorld 87, Economic, fiscal and energy policies of the Duterte administration
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 07, 2016. The new administration of President Rodrigo Duterte will turn 100 days old this week. The basis for its assessment is still sketchy and raw, so one way to further assess it later is to see some baseline figures when it assumed office. Stratbase-Albert del Rosario Institute (ADRi) conducted a forum last Sept. 28 on “Raising the Next Tiger: The New Administration’s Economic Priorities” at The Tower Club in Makati. The main speakers were Mr. Aekapol Chongvilaivan, Country Economist, Philippines Country Office, Asian Develop... more »
North Korean Official Says Country Will Use Nuclear Weapons First If Threatened
*NBC*: *North Korea Warns It Would Use Nuclear Weapons First If Threatened* PYONGYANG — North Korea has warned that it may carry out further nuclear tests and says it is prepared to launch a preemptive strike on the United States if U.S. nuclear forces mobilize against it. "The U.S. has nuclear weapons off our coast, targeting our country, our capital and our Dear Leader, Kim Jong Un," a top North Korean official, Lee Yong Pil, said in an exclusive interview with NBC News. "We will not step back as long as there's a nuclear threat to us from the United States," added Lee, who is d... more »
Hillary Killed Libya Peace Deal
I am astonished that the decision to act or not act came down to exactly one person. Where was the president in all this? Why did General Clark roll over on this? If that is in fact the case here, then something egregious took place and it ranks with Carter's folly in not supporting the Shah. A full investigation is badly needed to address these claims and certainly we need to gear from Clark and Obama. Was he not told that an agreement had been struck?. *Exclusive: Hillary Killed Libya Peace Deal Over Personal Vendetta, Claims Whistleblower* *Gaddafi agreed to hold free e... more »
Energy 79, Germany Energiewende's €520 Billion Cost By 2025
Now clearer pictures of the cost of Germany's energy transition to the renewables are coming up, the huge financial burden to energy consumers because of heavy government interventions and cronyism -- subsidies to renewables, taxation and over-bureaucratism of coal, gas and nuke. See these reports last week. ---------------- English translation from the original German news report: *German Energiewende To Cost €520 Billion By 2025, New Study Initiative * *Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft, 10 October 2016* *The total cost of Germany’s green energy transition (Energiewende) amounts to ov... more »
CNN Claims Reading WikiLeaks Is Illegal In America
CNN told viewers it is illegal for them to read WikiLeaks emails, but it is OK for them to let the network tell them what is in them. In a segment about the ongoing Hillary Clinton controversies, CNN host Chris Cuomo suggests viewers should let the network do the thinking for them. Cuomo is spreading false information so that the mainstream media can control the narrative of the Podesta WikiLeaks. His face and body language give him away. Watch him deliver the bare-faced lie while glancing sideways with a sly grin. Of course, for the average American, viewing the material is prote... more »
U.S. And Britain Push For An Immediate Ceasefire In Yemen
*The Guardian*: *Britain and US call for Yemen ceasefire within hours* *John Kerry meets Boris Johnson and Saudi foreign minister in London and stresses urgency of ending violence in Yemen.* Britain and the US have called for a ceasefire in Yemen “within hours” as they tried to seize on outrage caused by the killing of 140 people in a Saudi airstrike. Fighting between Iranian-backed Houthis and the Yemeni government, which is supported by Gulf states, has lasted more than 18 months, far longer than the Gulf states expected. The US secretary of state, John Kerry, said if Yemen’s o... more »
Bernie Sanders Suggests Election Is Rigged, Unendorses Hillary Clinton
In an unexpected announcement Bernie Sanders has suggested that the Presidential election may be rigged, and has unendorsed Hillary Clinton. In a cryptic Facebook message posted on Sunday, Sanders warned American citizens of a rigged system and criticised the overly powerful elite who run it. “That was not Abraham Lincoln’s vision of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people,” Sanders complained. His entire message reads: “Let’s be honest and acknowledge what we are talking about. We are talking about a rapid movement in this country toward a political system ...more »
Obama Declares War On Alternative Media And The First Amendment
President Barack Obama has promised to crack down on alternative media websites in the next few weeks before leaving office, referring to them as America’s “wild, wild west“. Obama told an innovation conference in Pittsburgh on Thursday that “conspiracy theorists” are destroying the faith the public have in traditional mainstream media outlets, and warned that alternative news websites pose a threat to future elections. Yahoo News reports: Recalling past days when three television channels delivered fact-based news that most people trusted, Obama said democracy require citizens to... more »
Assad Condemns Western ‘Illegal Invasion’ Of Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has condemned the West’s “illegal invasion” of Syria, claiming the U.S. is breaking international law. Speaking to Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, Assad claims that Western governments actively fund and support ISIS in order to further their agenda to destabilize the country and oust him as President. Kp.ru reports: Below is the complete transcript of the interview Question 1: Thank you very much, Mr. President. It’s a big happiness for me, and I’m very proud. Okay, I will start from my questions. The situation in Syria become more dangero...more »
‘Supersoldier’ Max Spiers Found Dead Under Suspicious Circumstances
Conspiracy theorist Max Spiers, who was due to give a talk about who really controls the world, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in July. The father-of-two had texted his mother shortly before his death to warn, “If anything happens to me, investigate,” just before being found dead on a sofa in Poland. Dailymail.co.uk reports: He was ruled to have died from natural causes despite no post-mortem examination being carried out on his body. Friends have claimed he died in a Warsaw apartment after he ‘vomited a black liquid’. His dark investigations into UFOs and government... more »
Tweet For Today
China launches longest manned space mission https://t.co/7xDsYJhQQ4 pic.twitter.com/aluNDqFfNm — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 17, 2016
‘Kallis-Sharlin Residence,’ by Rudolph Schindler
[image: SChindler-Kallis] Austrian architect Rudolph Schindler worked briefly with Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles before breaking out on his own. Immediately after the war, in 1946, in a postwar California still with many shortages, he built this inexpensive home for artist Mischa Kallis (1903-1987) – a one bedroom *House for an Artist* with studio and living on one level, with guest area below and garage and entry above. [image: SChindler-Kallis03] The architect’s ‘Schindler Frame’ frees up the walls above head height for light and sun through clerestories, and to flexibly... more »
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: 'US, Europe Have No ‘Big Appetite’ For Military Action In Syria'
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry give a joint press conference after a meeting on the situation in Syria at Lancaster House in London October 16, 2016. REUTERS/JUSTIN TALLIS/Pool *VOA:* *Kerry: US, Europe Have No ‘Big Appetite’ for Military Action in Syria* Secretary of State John Kerry says all options remain open for the U.S. and its allies in Syria, but he admits the United States and Europe have no ‘big appetite’ for military action, even as Russia refuses to back down. Kerry held talks in London Sunday with British Foreign Secre... more »
Russian President Putin Is Hoping That Russia - U.S. Ties Will Be Restored After The U.S. Presidential Election
*Bloomberg:* *Putin Hopeful Russia-U.S. Ties Can Be Restored After Elections* * Putin says no plan to influence U.S. presidential voting * Confrontation isn’t his choice, Russian leader tells reporters Russia hopes its ties with the U.S. can be restored after elections regardless of who wins, according to President Vladimir Putin. While Democrat Hillary Clinton so far is aggressive toward Russia and Republican Donald Trump wants cooperation, the Kremlin is not ruling out the possibility that the candidates’ positions will change when one of them becomes the U.S. president, Putin t... more »
If You Snort A Couple Of Adderalls Does It Show Up In A Drug Test?
Much has been made of Trump's snorting and sniffling at the debates. So Saturday, Mr. Projection Man suggested that Hillary was hopped up on drugs and that they should both agree to a drug test. Great idea-- and I suggested it an hour into the first debate when he was so obviously out of his mind on something he tooted before he went out on stage. Many have said cocaine, though I subsequently found out through his former doctor's office that it was Adderall. Since Trump was in New Hampshire Saturday morning, ostensibly to address the state's serious opioid problem, what better ti... more »
While Talking About The NSA And U.S. Hacking Allegations The Lights Go Out During Putin's Presser
*RT*: *‘Maybe I said something wrong’: Putin mocks US surveillance during presser power blackout* During BRICS presser in India, Vladimir Putin warned all Russian journalists in the room of being a target of US intelligence. Shortly afterwards, a brief power outage made the Russian president jokingly wonder if he had “said something wrong.” The US official institutions are “snooping and eavesdropping on everyone,” Putin said at the beginning of the press conference while commenting on US Vice President Joe Biden’s statement on the possibility of cyberattacks against Russia. *Rea... more »
Picture Of The Day
*Prepping for Slingload * A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prepares to lift Humvees during a slingload tactics exercise at Auxiliary Airfield II, Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2016. The helicopter crew is assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. The training is part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor 1-17, a seven-week training event providing standardized tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Artur Shvartsberg
Top Ukraine Rebel Military Leader Assassinated
Arsen Pavlov © Gennady Dubovoy / Sputnik *RT:* *Militia commander killed in bombing attack in eastern Ukraine* One of the commanders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic’s defense forces has been killed in an explosion after a bomb reportedly went off inside the elevator of the apartment building in eastern Ukraine. The DNR’s ministry of defense confirmed the death of Arsen Pavlov, better known under the alias Motorola, who led one of the self-defense units resisting the Ukrainian government forces in the beginning of the conflict in Donbas. *Read more* .... *WNU Edito... more »
Musical Interlude: Jace Vek, "Mariner's Theme"
Jace Vek, "Mariner's Theme" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2C84CUqg0
“WikiLeaks ‘Dead Man's Switch’ Appears to Have Been Triggered”; Update 8:52 PM EDT
*“WikiLeaks ‘Dead Man's Switch’ Appears to Have Been Triggered”* by Vol. News Staff UPDATE 7:53 PM EDT - "The unique sets of numbers previously thought to be Hashtags are NOT! They are DECRYPTION KEYS for certain files; passwords if you will. This means that Wikileaks has just given the entire planet the decryption keys for three sets of files, 1 on John Kerry, 1 on Ecuador and a third on the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). This is a "dead man's switch." It means that Wikileaks- or its Editor Julian Assange- are in direct danger, or Assange may be dead. By issuing t...more »
The most important economic idea in the world?
Economist David Henderson has been pondering the single most important idea in all of economics – the one you most wish you could explain to everyone on earth. Between him, his commenters, and Steve Horwitz (whose questioner on Reddit prompted the discussion), there’s quite a list of candidates for *The Most Important Economic Idea*: *Economist Steve Horwitz: The idea that prices are knowledge surrogates. Prices aren't mere numbers--they are [a] form of communication that goes beyond language and math. Without them, we are blind and deaf in figuring out how to make choices and ... more »
ISIS Has Fled The Symbolic Village Of Dabiq Where It Prophesied The Final Battle Between Christians And Muslims
*Washington Post:* *The apocalypse is off for now: ISIS flees village where it prophesied doomsday battle* BEIRUT — The tiny Syrian village of Dabiq was to have been the site of an apocalyptic showdown between Christian and Muslim armies, an Islamic version of the battle of Armageddon that would herald the end of the world, according to ancient prophecies embraced and trumpeted by the Islamic State. Instead of waging an epic battle, however, the last Islamic State fighters defending Dabiq fled Sunday without a fight in the face of an advance by a small force of Free Syrian Army re... more »
U.S. Military Will Assist In The Liberation Of Mosul
*CNBC*: *Iraq announces start Mosul ISIS offensive, backed by US-led coalition forces* Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday announced the start of an offensive to retake Mosul, the capital of Islamic State's so-called caliphate in Iraq. "I announce today the start of the heroic operations to free you from the terror and the oppression of Daesh," he said in a speech on state TV, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State. "We will meet soon on the ground of Mosul to celebrate liberation and your salvation," he said, surrounded by the armed forces' top commanders. The as... more »
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment