The Crab Nebula, remnants of a supernova that was first observed around 1050 AD (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Spitzer MIPS View of the Trifid Nebula (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cone Nebula (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: This dramatic image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the planetary nebula NGC 3918, a brilliant cloud of colourful gas in the constellation of Centaurus, around 4900 light-years from Earth. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The NGC 6302 nebula. Militarization of Outer Space would be contrary to common heritage of humanity principles. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Close up detail of knots in planetary nebula Messier 27 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Hourglass Nebula (MyCn18) is a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light years away. This artificially colorized image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: An image showing the location of the magnetar SGR 1806-20. It is about 50,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hubble telescope image known as Pillars of Creation, where stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Stellar 'Incubators' Seen Cooking up Stars (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: A Hubble Space Telescope photo of the planetary nebula Henize 3-1475. It is located about 18,000 light years away from Earth in the Sagittarius constellation. Astronomers have nicknamed it the 'Garden-sprinkler' Nebula due to its appearance. Norsk (nynorsk): Hubble-bilete av den planetariske tåka Hagevatnartåka. Ho ber den tekniske nemninga Henize 3-1475 og ligg rundt 18.000 lysår unna jorda i stjernebiletet Skytten. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NGC 604 in the Triangulum Galaxy is a very massive open cluster surrounded by an H II region. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Omega Nebula, an example of an emission nebula. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)11:15 pm MDT
Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”
Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qWFCocIfXI
"A Look to the Heavens"
“These three bright nebulae are often featured in telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the large nebula left of center, and colorful M20 near the bottom of the frame The third, NGC 6559, is right of M8, separated from the larger nebula by dark dust lanes. All three are stellar nurseries about five thousand light-years or so distant. *Click image for larger size.* The expansive M8, over a hundred light-years across, is also known as the Lago... more »
Chet Raymo, “Morning Stars”
*“Morning Stars”* by Chet Raymo “For some years this William Blake watercolor hung in my living room, blown up photographically to enormous size (that was back in my darkroom days). An illustration from The Book of Job: "When the morning stars sang together..." The original watercolor is small, not a lot larger than what you will get if you click on the image here... *Click image for larger size.* That's Job and his family at the bottom, enclosed by the thickest clouds, representing the flesh. Under the Lord's left arm is the Moon goddess Diana, the heart or feeling, delicately holdi... more »
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "In Blackwater Woods"
*"In Blackwater Woods"* "Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds, and every pond, no matter what its name is, is nameless now. Every year everything I have ever learned in my lifetime leads back to this: the fires and the black river of loss whose other side is salvation, whose meaning none of us will ever know. To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold... more »
Paulo Coelho, "The Book By Camus"
*"The Book By Camus"* by Paulo Coelho "A journalist hounded the French writer, Albert Camus, asking him to explain his work in detail. The author of "The Plague" refused: "I write, and others can make of it what they will." But the journalist refused to give in. One afternoon, he managed to find him in a café in Paris. "Critics say you never take on truly profound themes," said the journalist. "I ask you now: if you had to write a book about society, would you accept the challenge?" "Of course," replied Camus. "The book would be one hundred pages long. Ninety-nine would be blank, ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"The White Rose, In the Land of the Willfully Blind"
*"The White Rose, In the Land of the Willfully Blind"* by Jesse "This is one of my favorite leaflets from 'Die Weiße Rose.' I enjoy their observation that "German intellectuals fled to their cellars, there, like plants struggling in the dark, away from light and sun, gradually to choke to death." One cannot blame them in some ways, since from the very beginning the National Socialists were backing their words with violent street thugs in brown shirts. And so many among the very wealthy and the highly trained professional classes threw themselves into the arms of the powerful like h... more »
"Dumbing Ourselves Down: Wanting To Join"
*"Dumbing Ourselves Down: Wanting To Join"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When we dumb ourselves down, we sell ourselves short and lose an opportunity to shed light where it is needed. The ability to go into any social situation and sense the level of consciousness in that situation is a gift. It enables us to move considerately in a world that holds people of all levels of awareness. However, there is a difference between shifting our energy to accommodate people and dumbing ourselves down to a regrettable degree. Sometimes, when we get into a particular social situation, we may... more »
Did Dylan Deserve The Nobel Prize!
As Denise Sullivan reported here last week, not everyone agreed that Bob Dylan deserved his Nobel Prize in literature. Of course, everyone I know agrees, but I don't get out much and I don't know, or at least talk to, a single person planning on voting for Trump. This morning Nicholas Pell, writing for the *L.A. Weekly*, was as definitive as Denise: Dylan is the most deserving Nobel laureate since John Steinbeck. Steinbeck got his in 1962 ("for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"). "Music," Pell wrote, "if do... more »
Drones Everywhere
Have you seen the film Sleep Dealers? My experience yesterday with a drone reminded me of this excellent dystopic science fiction film: My beautiful hiking area was invaded last night by a large and very noisy drone. The drone operator – a middle-aged guy driving a sports car – was quite polite when I couldn’t stop from myself from stating that I hate drones. He asked why. I didn’t want to bore him with the litany of problems associated with their use so I simply said, politely, that they were a ubiquitous threat to privacy, a right believed by many to be enshrined in the v... more »
Fukushima Looking Hot
Yesterday on Futaba cam Yesterday at 8:01 AM TEPCO cam Today at 7:14 AM Today Over 5 years and its so hot that it generates its own atmospheric conditions.
Zapatistas solidarity after Bacum Yaqui killed in resistance to gas pipeline
Bacum Yaquis in Sonora established a land defender camp to resist a gas pipeline from Arizona By Brenda NorrellCensored NewsLOMAS DE BACUM, Yaqui Territory, Sonora, Mexico -- The Zapatistas and the National Indigenous Congress of Mexico sent a message of solidarity and support of the resistance in the Yaqui community of Bacum, after one Yaqui was shot and killed, and eight others wounded.
"How It Absolutely Really Is"
Hey, don't believe them, ask Shillary what she *really* thinks...
"The Greatest Of All Mistakes..."
"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little." ~ Sydney Smith ◆ "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse, the rider was lost; For want of the rider, the battle was lost; For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost; And all from the want of a horseshoe nail.' - A proverb, many attributions.
The End Of Paul Ryan?
*A #BitterWay* It kind of looks like Paul Ryan's career is melting down. That's a good thing; he's a real threat to this country, a slick face of the plutocratic agenda. He doesn't call dismantling Social Security and Medicare "austerity" anymore. He called it a #BetterWay. But he got caught up in the maelstrom that is the Alt-right Trump campaign. And now the chatter that started on the Breitbart fringes has moved to the Republican mainstream. Hannity, for example, demanded Ryan be replaced by one of the crackpot extremists like Mark Meadows (NC) or even Louie Gohmert (TX). Members... more »
WikiLeaks: Clinton Using Fake Polling Data To Trick Trump
WikiLeaks have confirmed what many suspected all along – the Clinton campaign use bogus polling figures to convince their opponents they are losing badly, discouraging them from campaigning and voting in large numbers. This well-worn Clinton campaign tactic continues to this day, as “weighted” and “adjusted” polls are released in an attempt to demoralize Trump support. WikiLeaks have released clear proof that the Clinton machine used this tactic against Bernie Sanders in the primaries. Real Clear Politics released a “weighted” and “adjusted” poll that had Clinton 21 points up head... more »
Clinton Aide Guilty Of Bribing FBI $500,000 In Email Investigation
Evidence has emerged that a top Clinton aide bribed the FBI with a $500,000 donation in order to dissuade them from pressing criminal charges against Hillary Clinton. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gave $467,500 to the FBI in order to help Hillary avoid charges during the FBI’s investigation over her criminal use of a private email server. Thepoliticalinsider.com reports: McAuliffe’s political action committee gave $467,500 to the state senate campaign for FBI agent Andrew McCabe’s wife. He is know the deputy director of the FBI. More money came to her through the Democratic Party ... more »
Clinton Campaign Memo: “Let’s Troll Reddit”
A confidential memo from a Democratic Super PAC details a Clinton campaign strategy of trolling sites such as Reddit in order to cause “digital disruption”. According to a Correct The Record memo, Clinton campaigners are being urged to disrupt and dominate the World Wide Web in order to stifle growing pro-Trump sentiment prevalent on sites such as Reddit. The memo reads: We are entering the final phase of the election and this is an all-hands-on-deck full-spectrum push for digital disruption and dominance. We are facing a decentralized leaderless emergent structure that can only ... more »
Early Voting Data Shows Trump Leading Over Hillary
Early voting data shows that Donald Trump is leading significantly over Hillary Clinton as higher numbers of Trump supporters are turning in their mail-in ballots. Republicans have voted in huge numbers in Florida, indicating that Trump is very likely to get the most amount of votes in this must-win State. According to Reddit: Of course, people would say that McCain and Romney held a higher lead with mail-in ballots in Florida than Trump (assuming that most republicans will vote for the republican candidate — which they most likely will). That is true, but it is highly misleading... more »
Assad Warns He Will Bomb Turkish Fighter Jets
President Bashar al-Assad has warned that the Syrian military have been ordered shoot down any Turkish fighter jets caught breaching their airspace. Following the Turkish air force attack in northern Syria last week, Assad has decided respond aggressively to any further attacks on his country’s sovereignty. Morningnewsusa.com reports: Angered by the blatant aggressive attack in its airspace, the Syrian Defense Ministry has blamed the Turkish forces for an aggressive behavior Thursday when it bombed Kurdish militias north of Syria. Syria Warns Turkey In the statement, as reported ...more »
Prep for Trial
In preparation for coming trial in West Bath (Maine) District Court - date not yet set....... Our Zumwalt 12, arrested at Bath Iron Works last June 18 at the Zumwalt stealth destroyer 'christening', had a trial prep session a couple weeks ago.
U.S. Mission Creep In Iraq
*Forbes:* *The U.S. Military's Gradual Return To Iraq [Infographic]* In late September, President Obama authorized sending 600 additional U.S. troops to Iraq to assist local forces in the offensive to retake the city of Mosul. After ISIS overran much of northern and western Iraq in 2014, the Pentagon rushed 300 troops to defend Baghdad. In the months since, the U.S. has continued to quietly expand its presence in the country with troop levels reaching 2,500 by January 2015. According to the Pentagon, the majority of the troops have been training and advising Iraqi security forces ... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 22, 2016
Smoke rises at Islamic State militants' positions in the town of Naweran near Mosul. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari *Alastair Sloan, Middle East Monitor*: *The military battle for Mosul may have begun, but the real battle has yet to start* Nobody I’ve spoken to about the recently-launched battle for Mosul is in a particularly optimistic mood. The Iraqi soldiers are nervous because they know from bitter previous experience how dangerous Daesh can make a city with their adept use of booby traps. The UN is irritated because half of the money that it’s been promised by the international communi... more »
World News Briefs -- October 24, 2016
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter aims to fire during a battle with Islamic State militants at Topzawa village, near Bashiqa, near Mosul, Iraq October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah *Reuters:* *Islamic State steps up counter-attacks as fighting edges closer to Mosul* Islamic State expanded its attacks on Monday against the army and Kurdish forces across Iraq, trying to relieve pressure on the militant group's defenses around Mosul, its last major urban stronghold in the country. About 80 Islamic State-held villages and towns have been retaken in the first week of the offensive, bringi... more »
False Flag: Trump Supporters To Be Blamed For Gunning Down Democrats
A constitutional American citizen says Clinton operatives are getting ready to gun down innocent people and blame it on trump. The false flag operation will be broadcast as genuine by the presstitute media. They have already prepared scripts and employed dozens of new news anchors. All the powers of the Orwellian state that has come to define present day America is bearing down to ensure a clean televised Hillary Clinton victory in the presidential elections. If not, innocent lives will be lost, and the powers that be will deploy all measures necessary to hold on to power. The new ... more »
Hitler: The Rise and Fall
Broadcast on More4 these last few weeks is *the definitive documentary* about the Nazi leader. Bear in mind those are their words, not mine. Like most pieces that try and unpick Adolf Hitler, this claims to get at the man behind the monster by building on insights dredged up by decades of scholarship. And yet, somehow, despite there being virtually nothing that hasn't been said or written about Hitler, TV documentaries always miss the mark. Rather than challenge the myth that he was a political titan in a field of mediocrities, they tend to reconfirm it. In no sense is he analysed ... more »
"Yes, There Will Be Election Fraud, And On a Grand Scale"
*"Yes, There Will Be Election Fraud, And On a Grand Scale"* by John Chuckman "It is a virtual certainty that the American establishment will resort to election fraud to help Hillary Clinton. They simply do not know what to do about Donald Trump. America’s election system was not designed to handle a phenomenon like him, a non-politician, a man with some genuinely fresh anti-establishment views, who quickly rides a wave of popularity to do a hostile take-over, as it were, of a major old-line party. America’s election system is designed to give the theater of democracy with virtually... more »
UK Guardian interviews Albert Woodfox: ‘I choose to use my anger as a means for changing things’
*RELATED:* Albert Woodfox and Robert King's European Tour in November A new UK Guardian article written by Rowan Moore features an interview with Albert Woodfox, where he reflects upon life after release, among other things. An excerpt is featured below, but you can read the full article here. *It was, he says, “so disappointing when I got out to find that conditions when I left 45 years ago are still here. With the first black president, everyone thought we had reached a milestone, but it just looked different.” If, he continues “America has nothing else to thank Donald Trum... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 24, 2016
*Wall Street Journal*: *Russians Conduct Nuclear-Bomb Survival Drills as Cold War Heats Up* *Bomb shelters are upgraded, gas masks tested amid strained relations between Putin and U.S.* MOSCOW—Russian authorities have stepped up nuclear-war survival measures amid a showdown with Washington, dusting off Soviet-era civil-defense plans and upgrading bomb shelters in the biggest cities. At the Kremlin’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Cold War is back. The country recently held its biggest civil defense drills since the collapse of the U.S.S.R., with what officials said were 40... more »
Not Every Candidate Running As A Democrat Is Actually Anything You Might Define As A Democrat
Friday, I had dinner with former congressional candidate and Air America host Richard Greene, to talk strategy in congressional races beyond just candidates. Richard wants voters to focus on issues that are important to them and then vote for the candidate whose positions coincide with their own. Last week he wrote a guest post here about the concept. Like many progressives, Richard wants to see voters go beyond the personality shit-show between Clinton and Trump and vote rationally down-ballot. The overwhelming majority of Americans, for example, want stronger, saner gun safety ... more »
LIVE Police Arriving at Water Protectors Road Blockades Mon. Oct. 24, 2016
Standing Rock water protectors have blocked the road and established a new camp on pipeline route. Now preparing for large convoy of police enroute on Mon. Oct. 24, 2016. Water protectors are still bracing for an attack by police. Strong Hearts to the Front! -- Mekasi ================ On the frontline water protectors blockade Monday, Oct. 24. Photos by Gidagaakoonz Mooz
Huge UFO Seen In Medieval Painting From Dracula’s Homeland
A mysterious painting in a a medieval monastery in Sighisoara, Transylvania, shows that UFOs and aliens visited the homeland of Count Dracula in Romania. The medieval fresco shows a UFO hovering over a church-like building, with what appears to be a beam of light coming out of it. According to academic Dan D Farcas Phd in his new book, UFOs over Romania, aliens and UFOs have been visiting Transylvania for hundreds of years. The Daily Express reports: The work is believed to date from before 1534, but investigators have been unable to pinpoint exactly when it was done or who by. M...more »
Israeli Minister Threatens Next Gaza War Will Be The Last
The Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel’s next war on Gaza would be the “last”threatening to “totally destroy” the Palestinian resistance movements in the blockaded territory. In an interview with al-Quds newspaper on Monday, Lieberman said said that he did not want another war in Gaza, which would be the fourth since 2008, but added: “I would like to emphasize again: It will be their last confrontation because we will completely destroy them. Press TV reports: The comments drew an angry reaction from Palestinian activists, who took to online social media a... more »
Oct. 24: Cheap journalism and the irving press.
The longest story on the front page of the irving press is that a former finance minister, now running for leadership of the Conservative party of New Brunswick, says he will do politics differently. How will he do them differently? The story really doesn't say. But for lovers of stories that say nothing, there are two more big ones on exactly the same topic in section B. The lead story - hold on to your hats, is that school registration is up 2.4% this year. Then there's a page of pictures of people at the zoo. Well, it tells us nothing. But it fills space - and it's cheap. For ... more »
Japan Has A Plan To Defend Itself From China
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga. (National Turk) *Kyle Mizokami, National Interest*: *Japan's Master Plan to Defend Itself from China* For decades, Tokyo’s plans to defend the homeland were frozen in amber. During the Cold War it was assumed, that in the event of war the Soviet Union would invade the northern one-third of the country. A powerful tank corps to contest a Soviet landing, a strong air force to beat back city-destroying bombers and a strong destroyer force to keep open the sea-lanes would be all that was needed to hold out until the ... more »
Sanest statement in modern history!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016What Bernie Sanders said:* Some should make every one of our childish "journalists" memorize what Bernie Sanders has said. We read it here at TPM. Matt Shuman did the reporting: SHUMAN (10/24/16): “Trust me, if they went into our emails—I suppose which may happen, who knows—I’m sure there would be statements that would be less than flattering about, you know, the Clinton staff,” Sanders told the Washington Post on Monday. *“That’s what happens in campaigns.”* Duh. And also, Hurrah! The Washington Post is full of reporters who should be forced to memorize ... more »
A Look At China's Next Generation Of Warships
Errymath *Popular Science*: *China's Largest Surface Warship Takes Shape* *The first Type 055 destroyer is getting ready for launch next year* In the Jiangnan Changxing shipyards, one of China's largest shipyards, the next generation of Chinese warships is taking shape. The first Type 055 destroyer began construction in 2015 and is expected to have a full displacement of over 14,000 tons. This would make it the largest non-capital surface warship built in Asia since the World War II era Imperial Japanese Tone class cruisers. The Type 055 will be launched in late 2017 or early 2018... more »
Maddow's report about what Kelly said!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016Mother Superior knows:* Bridget Kelly is testifying again today. She's doing so as part of a federal trial in which she's charged with criminal conduct in the "Bridgegate" matter. She's testifying in her own defense. Just that quickly, we've told you things you were never told on last Friday's Maddow Show. For ourselves, we aren't in favor of throwing everyone in jail. Beyond that, we don't know why Kelly did the things she did, or if she really did anything you actually knew to be wrong. That said, we *are* in favor of reasonably honest journalism. By wa... more »
Fukushima – The Untouchable Eco-Apocalypse No One is Talking About
*Alex Pietrowski* - It is a non-issue in American politics, and if you're listening, the silence is deafening. The post Fukushima – The Untouchable Eco-Apocalypse No One is Talking About appeared first on Waking Times.
Law of the jungle
Its never been repealed just disguised with politics and players and the lion king still kills willy nilly and the pride takes it all in stride
AMY GOODMAN SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER DEFENDING OUR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
*Amy Goodman reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. (image: Democracy Now* *!* *"Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action*" ~ Julian Bond *"The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government…We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs…War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as repor... more »
Astronomers Capture 234 Mysterious Signals From Space
Mysterious signals from 234 stars have been recorded by astronomers who believe that it could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Ermanno Borra and Eric Trottier from Laval University in Canada conducted a study, using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), report that the pulsing is similar to what a signal from an intelligent alien race might look like, if they were trying to make contact. RT reports: In their resulting study published in Solar and Stellar Astrophysics journal, the pair conclude that the peculiar signals they recorded could be from al... more »
Court Rules Suspect Unfit To Stand Trial Because Of Illuminati Beliefs
A suspect accused of terrorism was deemed unfit to stand trial based on his belief that the Illuminati or reptilian overlords in disguise, control the justice system. Adel Daoud was 17 years old when he was accused of attempting to plant a bomb in downtown Chicago in 2012, however he was allegedly coaxed by FBI agents to take a fake bomb and plant it in the city…. John Vibes via Activist Post reports: However, the plot was not conceived by him; he was allegedly coaxed by FBI agents, who encouraged him to take a fake bomb and plant it in the city. This case was among dozens of cas... more »
That Is A Lot of Smoke Coming From Russia's Aircraft Carrier
*Defense Tech*: *Russian Aircraft Carrier Smokes Through English Channel* The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov transited the English Channel on Friday en route to Syria. Likely envisioned as the latest display of Russian power projection, the move appears to have backfired. Photos and videos captured by international media showed the vessel billowing large plumes of black smoke, drawing jokes on social media that the steam-powered ship was actually a 19th century relic fueled by coal. *Read more *.... *WNU Editor:* That is a lot of smoke.
Will A President Hillary Clinton Increase U.S Involvement In the Syrian War?
*Josh Rogin, Washington Post*: *Will Hillary Clinton deliver on her promise to ramp up U.S. involvement in Syria?* Throughout the campaign, Hillary Clinton has pledged to ramp up U.S. action not only to fight the Islamic State, but also to end the Syrian civil war. If she does what she’s promising, the risky effort could engulf the first year of her presidency and test the limits of the United States’ reduced influence in the region. The question is whether she will follow through. Inside the Clinton campaign, the battle over Clinton’s post-election Syria policy has already begun.... more »
"'Don’t Repeat That To Anybody'- Hillary Clinton And Donna Brazile Implicated In Latest Project Veritas Video"
*"'Don’t Repeat That To Anybody'- * *Hillary Clinton And Donna Brazile Implicated In Latest Project Veritas Video"* by Tyler Durden "Last week, Jame O'Keefe and Project Veritas Action potentially altered the course of the U.S. election, or at a minimum raised serious doubts about the practices of the Clinton campaign and the DNC, after releasing two undercover videos that revealed efforts of democrat operatives to incite violence at republican rallies and commit "mass voter fraud." While democrats have vehemently denied the authenticity of the videos, two democratic operatives, Rob... more »
Someone saved a life tontie
Wow should the stars come crashing down because the starshield can only handle so much penatration before the sheilds faill and everybody dies no dylthim crystals in the world can amp up to \ over amp and not explode its thermodymanics on the human field so provide enought energy for everyone or condem them all to death you choose
Russian Foreign Minister: U.S. And Russia Have Agreed To Search Ways To Resolve Aleppo Crisis
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) react around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Christophe Bott/Pool *Reuters*: *Russia's Lavrov, U.S. Kerry agree to search ways to resolve Aleppo crisis* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation in Syria in a phone call and agreed that experts will continue searching for ways to resolve Aleppo crisis, Russia's foreign ministry said on M... more »
French Surveillance Aircraft Crashes In Malta
*Reuters*: *Plane on French surveillance mission crashes in Malta, five dead* A small aircraft conducting a surveillance mission over the Mediterranean for France's defense ministry crashed on take-off in Malta on Monday, killing all five people on board. The ministry declined to say what the purpose of the surveillance operation was. Airport officials said the plane had been heading for Misrata in Libya, where some Western powers have sent small teams of special forces to support the new U.N.-backed unity government in its fight against Islamist militants. The twin-prop Fairc... more »
Gold in her DNA
It's not funny but it's true: Still at least she's being replaced by that nice Blairite former Labour cabinet minister James Purnell on a £295,000 a year salary - and he's going to have a well-paid deputy too (also covering Ms Boaden's old job).
Grey areas/green areas
A hen harrier and a man in a Chris Packham suit The BBC treats the countryside... ...as one would expect from an organisation so long divorced from country life that it thinks *The Archers* is real, probably because it is made in Birmingham, which from a London perspective is practically a village. So (quite wittily) says Ian Coghill, chairman of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). Just in time for the start of *Autumnwatch *tonight, the *Daily Telegraph *is today reporting Mr Coghill's view that those who enjoy traditional country pursuits, such as shooting and fishin... more »
Australian court finds Parkinson’s researcher guilty of fraud
A court in Brisbane, Australia, has found Parkinson’s researcher Caroline Barwood guilty of two charges of fraud and three counts of attempted fraud. Barwood, 31, was formerly based at the University of Queensland (UQ). Released on bail in 2014, Barwood had originally pleaded not guilty to the charges. Yesterday, according to 9News, a jury found her guilty on […] The post Australian court finds Parkinson’s researcher guilty of fraud appeared first on Retraction Watch.
The Septic Tank Continues to Overflow
...and as always, Twitter makes the perfect leach bed. At this point, we Bernie Bros and Jill fans have long since surrendered any pretense that there's anything good, kind or decent in the Clinton campaign, the DNC or the Democratic establishment in general. We've formed sort of a tacit, uneasy alliance with Trump deplorables who, as always, are blindly insensible to the evils of the GOP and Donald Trump himself. Now we just share these emails, screengrabs and exhumed scandals with a gleeful abandon, like anarchists who just want to burn down an edifice that symbolizes co... more »
Project Veritas: Video Three Proving Hillary Clintons Involvement in Illegal Activities...
*you may not color me surprised. * In *the last post I highlighted some very shady and illegal money laundering activities and poll rigging* by the Clintons. James O'Keefe now takes it to the next level with his third video. *From Sean Hannity:* James O'Keefe's Project Veritas has released its third video in the "Rigging The Election" series, an exposé they've described as a "multi-part series which exposes the dark secrets at the highest levels of the DNC and Clinton presidential campaign." In this third installment of the series, O'Keefe demonstrates DIRECT COLLUSION between ... more »
Conflicts Of Interest At The Committee On Climate Change
By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523726/Web-green-politicians-tycoons-power-brokers-help-benefit-billions-raised-bills.html The Mail’s story, about how the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy cheated to claim govt grants, recalls another investigation by David Rose three years ago: Other industries would stand accused of damning conflicts of interest but when it comes to global […]
Truth Is The Enemy Of The State
I first started writing this blog because I was so disgusted at how the TRUTH about our sick world was being constantly suppressed, and that our education system was bringing up entire generations of our youth on nothing but sheer lies and propaganda..... I also discovered how much the Jew spew media was part of the game in constantly not only pumping out pure propaganda but outright lies..... It is therefore so important that everyone understand what the world is really like these days and exactly WHO is the real enemy of mankind... One thing that I have noticed over the last while... more »
Children should not be allowed to behave like children
Sent to the Star-Tribune, October 24, 2016 I am happy to know that Minnesota really understands the importance of rigor in kindergarten ("Across state, kindergarten is becoming the new first grade," Oct. 24). The unfortunate tendency of children to want to enjoy themselves must stop, despite claims of mushy-minded "experts" who claim that play improves "social and emotional development," whatever that is. We must maintain our economic and military superiority. Children should not be allowed to behave like children. Stephen Krashen President, Kindergarten Kalculus Association ... more »
Do You Always, Blindly, Vote For Anyone With A "D" Next To Their Name? Here's One You Won't Get Behind
If you're a regular reader here, you probably know the editorial position of this blog is that Trump is uniquely unfit to be president and that there are overwhelming and existential dangers this country would face were he to ever get into the White House. At the same time we're not sold on Hillary as anything more than a way to stop Trump and as an inspiring victory that finally cracks the ultimate glass ceiling for women. We've suggested that voters in this year's swing states-- Ohio, Iowa, Arizona, Georgia, Utah (and up in Maine's Alagash)-- take one of these to the polls and v... more »
US Attempts to Shame Asia for "Caving to China"
*October 24, 2016* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - It is becoming clear that US influence - despite its "pivot toward Asia" - is waning across the Asia Pacific region. Washington has suffered geopolitical setbacks in virtually every nation in Asia Pacific, including those now led by regimes it has meticulously organized, funded, and backed for decades. It is also waning, however, among those nations considered long-time and crucial US allies. This includes Southeast Asia's Thailand, whom the US repeatedly reminds the world has been Washington's ally since the Cold War and America's war in... more »
Nobel Peace Prize Winning Obomber Hits Syrian Senior...while President Assad Hits another Interview Home Run
*Syrian War Victim - from Latest Aleppo Shelling* *of Citizens by Foreign-Backed Terrorists* It would appear that *Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Barack Obomber*, has given instructions to his rag-tag army of terrorist mercenary head choppers to maintain their posts in Eastern Aleppo. Russia, besieged as it was by the Western Main$tream Media's lies about "war crimes"...ordered a recent cease fire for humanitarian reasons. They opened six corridors from which both Syrian civilian hostages and their al Jewsra captors could leave the war torn city. But, instead of evacuating, the al J... more »
They Lie: Don't believe the polls...
*actually, don't believe 99% of what you read or hear.* *No funny kitteh pictures today, friends. This is serious and important information. * From Zero Hedge: *New Podesta Email Exposes Playbook For Rigging Polls Through "Oversamples"* Earlier this morning we wrote about the obvious sampling bias in the latest ABC / Washington Post poll that showed a 12-point national advantage for Hillary. Like many of the recent polls from Reuters, ABC and The Washington Post, this latest poll included a 9-point sampling bias toward registered democrats. "METHODOLOGY – This ABC News pol... more »
Iceland Proves Third Parties Have Legitimate and Crucial Role in Democracy
*Alex Pietrowski* - The 'Re-Boot' of Western democracy is happening right now in Iceland. The post Iceland Proves Third Parties Have Legitimate and Crucial Role in Democracy appeared first on Waking Times.
Retracted paper linking HPV vaccine to behavioral issues republished after revisions
A retracted study linking the vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) to behavioral problems in mice has been republished by a different journal. The paper has been significantly revised, an author told us, but it still comes the same conclusions. In February, the journal Vaccine temporarily removed the study without explanation, and told the authors the editor […] The post Retracted paper linking HPV vaccine to behavioral issues republished after revisions appeared first on Retraction Watch.
WHERE THE CHALLENGES ARE: The challenges facing our public schools!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016Part 1—Two different types of challenge:* Way back, in early September, we started this series of reports with a back-to-school phone call to C-Span. The phone call came from a C-Span viewer in Mississippi. He had heard about a magical land, a place which had much better schools. All across the political spectrum, the caller's beliefs have become quite familiar over the past dozen years. They help define two types of challenge we now face as a people. The caller started by saying he was "a William F. Buckley conservative." Proceeding from there, he told ... more »
Mosul Campaign Day Seven, Oct 23, 2016
Day seven of the Mosul operation was dominated by the Kurdish push from the north towards Bashiqa. Turkey also finally got involved over the objections of the Iraqi government. The Qayara air base south of Mosul opened, and the Islamic State continued with its destruction of parts of Mosul. (Guardian) On October 22, the Iraqi forces freed a total of 15 towns. Those were to the south and east of Mosul led by the 9th, 15thand 16th Army Divisions and the Federal Police. On October 23 the Peshmerga and Federal Police were both active. First, the Kurds surroundedthe town of Bashiqa and... more »
i look forward to the day when no one wears a fitbit anymore
What did people do before Fitbit? Without their adorable little bracelets, how did they get enough exercise? Never mind that, how did they manage to live?? All those lonely, barren years, decade upon decade, people running, swimming, cycling, lifting, walking -- without a Fitbit. Can you imagine? It breaks my heart just thinking about it. Pre-Fitbit, I often didn't know if people were exercising at all! Imagine! I might be speaking to someone who was getting enough exercise, *and I wouldn't even know it!* Unless the subject came up, I wouldn't know how many steps they had walked th... more »
Indian Police Killed At Least 24 Maoist Rebels In Odisha State
© AFP 2016/ STRDEL *Reuters:** Police kill 24 Maoist insurgents in Odisha* Police killed at least 24 Maoist rebels in a remote, forested area of Odisha on Monday, police said, one of the heaviest casualty tolls suffered by the insurgents in recent years. Acting on a tip-off, police tracked a group of around 30 Maoists who had gathered at a makeshift training camp close to the border with Andhra Pradesh state, officials said. When the officers surprised the gathering shortly after midnight, a gun battle erupted. "It was a makeshift training camp. Police have recovered 24 dead bodi... more »
Chinese Hackers Targeted The U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan On Its Recent Patrol In The South China Sea
The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (rear) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific in Philippine Sea on June 18, 2016. Courtesy Jake Greenberg/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS *Daily Mail:* *Chinese hackers 'targeted US aircraft carrier patrolling in South China Sea' as legal battle raged over who should control the waters * * USS Ronald Reagan was on patrol when Chinese group launched attack * A communication i... more »
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Moscow will provide Ankara with intelligence about operation in Syria
*This news seems a natural partner to yesterday's post: Did Putin give green light to Turkish attack on US-backed Syrian Kurds?* * I suspect Russia either green lighted or at the very least looked the other way. If Russia's goal is to ensure Syria's territorial integrity, it doesn't seem sensible they would allow YPG to annex more territory.* *After reading the article below, the question became: Did Russia provide Turkey with the intelligence for the strike? Or was Turkey relying on their own resources? As Russia looked the other way?* * Moscow will provide Ankara with intelligenc... more »
Russia Accuses U.S. Coalition Jets Of Killing Civilians Near Kirkuk, Iraq
Civilians return to their village after it was retaken by anti-ISIS forces, south of Mosul, Iraq, October 21, 2016. © 2016 Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudaini *RT:* *US-led coalition strike killed dozens of civilian mourners 30km from Kirkuk – Russian MoD* The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the US-led coalition is responsible for striking mourners in the Iraqi city of Daquq on Friday, killing dozens of civilians, including women and children. The coalition jets apparently identified the mourning procession as Islamic State terrorists, said General Igor Konashenkov, spokesperson for th... more »
Editor's Note
Military And Intelligence News Briefs and World News Briefs will be posted today at 17:00 EST and 18:00 EST respectively. It has been a busy few weeks (especially this weekend) .... and I thought that everything was coming back to normal last week .... but I was wrong. Fortunately .... everything is coming back to normal, and the usual hours when these posts are posted will be back to normal tomorrow.
Top U.S. General In Afghanistan: 'Islamic State Trying To Establish A Caliphate In Afghanistan'
*NBC:* *U.S. Commander: ISIS Attempting to Establish Caliphate in Afghanistan* KABUL, Afghanistan — ISIS is trying to establish a caliphate inside Afghanistan, the country's top U.S. commander said. "Right now we see them very focused on trying to establish their caliphate, the Khorasan caliphate, inside Afghanistan," General John Nicholson said in an exclusive interview with NBC News. The push is "principally a non-Afghan movement," Nicholson said. According to Nicholson, the U.S. has seen foreign fighters, particularly Uzbeks from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, joining the... more »
7 signs a scientific paper’s authorship was bought
Did you know there is a black market for scientific papers? Unfortunately, there is a growing trend of authors purchasing a spot on the author list of papers-for-sale – and the better the journal, the higher the price. This worrisome trend has been on the minds of Peggy Mason at the University of Chicago and […] The post 7 signs a scientific paper’s authorship was bought appeared first on Retraction Watch.
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*From Jenna Orkin * Venezuela Braces For Revolution After Maduro Blocks Recall Referendum Venezuelan Congress: Government led by Nicolas Maduro has staged a coup Universities Ban Politically-Incorrect Halloween Costumes GOP Sues Pennsylvania Over "Poll Watcher" Restrictions America's biggest banks are closing hundreds of branches Mass prison break in Haiti: 174 inmates flee after killing guard China just showcased the world's most human-like robots Huntsman Spider Carrying Mouse Zara, Marks & Spencer, ASOS clothes made by refugee children, according to BBC investigation And... The lates... more »
The Truth Of Who Hacked Clinton Emails Is Not What You Expect
Western media say Russia is behind a cyber-attack on Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party and blame President Putin without providing proof…. But the truth of who hacked into Clinton campaign computers and leaked damaging emails may be more shocking than expected. Strategic Culture reports: The U.S. Intelligence Community, led by the three most political actors in recent history, claims to have irrefutable “proof” that the Russian government was behind the hacking of Democratic Party computers and those affiliated with the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. However, Centra... more »
The Taliban In Afghanistan Are Now Using Drones To Film Their Suicide Attacks
*Aj Jazeera:* *Taliban uses drones to film attacks in Afghanistan* Government official plays down significance of release of drone video which purportedly shows Taliban attack in Helmand. The Afghan Taliban has uploaded a drone footage showing a suicide bomber driving into a police base and blowing it up in the southern Helmand province. The fighters say the footage proves that they can now deploy drones as an "addition to their sophisticated possessions of advanced technologies". The 23-minute-long video, which begins with a self-proclaimed suicide bomber speaking in front of an... more »
A Bumper Crop For Opium In Afghanistan
*BBC*: *Afghanistan opium production up 43% - UN drugs watchdog* Opium production in Afghanistan has increased by 43% in the past year, United Nations officials have said. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said the area used to farm the poppy plant, the source of opium, increased by 10% to 201,000 hectares. But better farming conditions resulted in a higher yield per hectare, increasing overall production. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of the substance, which is the main ingredient in heroin. Growing opium is a crime in the country, but it is still a major ca... more »
Harry Potter Sorting Hat Cookies
We are well into the preparations for my daughter's Harry Potter birthday party. One of our biggest concerns was how to sort the kids? We wanted it to be random and fun, so we came up with these cookies. Each cookie is filled with a different color of M&Ms. The kids each pick their cookie and then break it open to find out which house they are in! Who doesn't love finding out what house they are in for the party, especially when it comes with a little sugar? You will need: - Chocolate Cookies (I made cake mix cookies using a chocolate cake mix) - Sugar Cones - Chocolate... more »
Keeping His Word
Justin Trudeau came to office, claiming he would put an end to the cynicism of the Harper years. Michael Harris writes: When Justin Trudeau was running to become prime minister, he said that cynicism — about the future, the fate of our kids, and most especially the political establishment — was a serious problem. Somehow, someone just had to win back the public’s faith in the system. Otherwise, we would become a society of malcontents, nay-sayers, and self-seekers divorced from any meaningful sense of community. The national myth for those people would be that the whole shooting m... more »
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*Professor writes entire nonsense paper using Apple autocomplete app only for it to ACCEPTED for an academic conference* Professor Christopher Bartneck never believed his research paper, written by Apple's iOS autocomplete, would be accepted for a nuclear physics conference Professor Christopher Bartneck never believed his research paper, written by Apple's iOS autocomplete, would be accepted for a nuclear physics conference An academic who jokingly wrote a research paper written entirely by Apple's iOS autocomplete - and was subsequently filled with nonsense - has been accepted...more »
The Trump Effect-- On The 2016 Senate Races... And Beyond
You may have read yesterday that new polls are showing Democrats surging in gubernatorial races. The Trump effect looks like it will be kicking in up and down the ballots, even in the Republican-friendly states like Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia and Missouri, that have gubernatorial races this year. “We’re in a map right now where we’re pleased, on a race-by-race basis, at how this looks,” said Jared Leopold, a spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association. “Everyone expected that 2016 would be a difficult cycle for Democrats because we were defending more.” Is Leopol... more »
Venezuela's Unrest Grows
*VOA*: *Venezuela Congress Says Maduro Government Staged a Coup* Venezuela's Congress declared Sunday that the government staged a coup by blocking a referendum effort that could have led to the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro. During an emergency session, the opposition-majority legislature passed a resolution proclaiming the "breakdown of constitutional order" and "a coup d'etat committed by the Nicolas Maduro regime." Majority leader Julio Borges of the Democratic Unity Roundtable said "A continual coup d'etat has been perpetrated in Venezuela, culminating in the decision t... more »
Iraq Not Interested In OPEC's Push To Cut Oil Production
Flames emerge from a pipeline at the oil fields in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani *Reuters:* *Oil prices drop as Iraq says doesn't want to join OPEC cut* Oil prices fell early on Monday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from any deal by producer cartel OPEC to cut production to prop up the market, and as U.S. drillers stepped up work. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $51.59 per barrel at 0133 GMT, down 19 cents, or 0.4 percent, from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down 22 cents, or 0.4 percent, ... more »
Top Kremlin Insider Hopes For Better U.S. - Russian Relations From The Next U.S. President
Sergey Ivanov. © Alexander Shalgin/Russian State Duma press-service/TASS *TASS*:* Sergey Ivanov: Russia is ready to open new page in relations with U.S. after elections* Ex-chief of the Kremlin administration said Russia’s leadership had been "insulted" by anti-Russian rhetoric in the course of the U.S. election campaign, but hoped for American pragmatism to prevail MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. Ex-chief of the Kremlin administration, the Russian president’s special representative for environmental protection, ecology and transport Sergey Ivanov said Russia is ready to build new rel... more »
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*CO2 levels mark 'new era' in the world's changing climate* *Only because Greenies say so. CO2 levels have been rising fairly streadily for a long time. They will presumably continue to do so. The 400ppm level was just another step on the way. The only interesting question is whether they had any effect on global temperature. There was an abrupt temperature rise in late 2015/early 2016 but there was no abrupt CO2 rise at that time. Rather amusingly, 2015 was one year in which CO2 levels did NOT rise. So the culprit for that rise was clearly the long awaited El Nino effect, a n... more »
Windy Saco to Kennebunk
*Acupuncture in our ears today for the 4th time during the walk.* Yesterday was a 15-mile walk from Portland to Saco in a 20 mph wind. The flags were flappin and the signs were hard to hold on to. Several times we were pushed sidewards or backwards as the wind hit our signs. But our band of 23 folks made it. Today we have an easier day as the wind should calm down and we only have a 10 mile walk to Kennebunk. We'll be staying at the New School - an alternative high school that hosted us last year. The students cooked for us and many of them walked with us the next day. Duri... more »
Bureau hires Megan Lucero from The Times to lead new data journalism team
The Bureau has appointed Megan Lucero to run its ambitious new project, the Local Data Lab. Lucero, one of the UK’s leading data journalists, joins the Bureau from The Times and Sunday Times where she is currently Head of Data. The … Continued The post Bureau hires Megan Lucero from The Times to lead new data journalism team appeared first on The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Julian Assange Missing Since Internet Outage
Julian Assange has been missing since the internet outage on Friday and an official statement by WikiLeaks concerning his safety has only raised fears he has been captured or killed. In the midst of growing concerns for Assange’s safety, WikiLeaks Editorial Board announced on Saturday they would issue a statement about their founder. However the statement, released late Sunday night, contains no new information about Assange, nothing to explain the recent suspicious behavior of the WikiLeaks account, and nothing that reassures supporters he is safe. WikiLeaks Editorial Board state... more »
Tweet For Today
Good morning! (Livny, Russia) pic.twitter.com/2BR10k11Vk — Soviet Embassy, UK (@RusEmbassyNot) October 22, 2016 *WNU Editor:* The things that you can find in the countryside.
Musical Interlude: Gov't Mule, “Soulshine”
Gov't Mule, “Soulshine” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijsritrkiAA
"No Ways Tired in A Sea of Lies"; "You Cannot Kill Me Here"
"No Ways Tired in A Sea of Lies" (Adapted) by Chris Floyd "I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies. One of the hardest things to accept is that the reality of our world is buried under so many layers of official deception and well-cultivated public ignorance about our history and our political system. Even if you break through somehow, momentarily, and hold up a fragment of the truth, most people have no context for dealing with it. It's like a bolt from the blue, they can't process t... more »
“So Many People Are Badly Traumatized by Life in America: It's Time We Admit It”
*“So Many People Are Badly Traumatized by Life in America:* * It's Time We Admit It”* From a crushing economy, to government spying, to endless wars, are we breaking down? By Lynn Stuart Parramore “The executive editor of AlterNet asked me to think about trauma in the context of America’s political system. As I sifted through my thoughts on this topic, I began to sense an enormous weight in my body and a paralysis in my brain. What could I say? What could I possibly offer to my fellow citizens? Or to myself? After eight years writing about the financial crisis and its gruesome after... more »
U.S. And North Korean Officials Pursuing Peace Talks?
A North Korean delegation led by its deputy foreign minister held talks with former government officials of the United States in Malaysia for a second day on Saturday to discuss pending issues such as the North's nuclear and missile tests. / Yonhap *Korea Times*:* N. Korean diplomats meet with ex-US officials in Malaysia* A North Korean delegation led by its deputy foreign minister held talks with former government officials of the United States in Malaysia for a second day on Saturday to discuss pending issues such as the North's nuclear and missile tests. The U.S.-North Korea co... more »
Picture Of The Day
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* Soldiers of the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) celebrate while standing in trenches in Lelo, outside Malakal, northern South Sudan, on October 16, 2016. Heavy fighting broke out on Ocotober 14 between SPLA (Government) and opposition forces in Wajwok and Lalo villages, outside Malakal. SPLA commanders claim they succeeded to keep their positions and assure their forces just responded "on self defence". © AFP 2016/ ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN
Trump Filing Lawsuit Against Clinton Over Organized DNC Violence
Donald Trump is filing a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the operatives caught on video admitting they were paid by the Democratic National Committee to incite violence at his rallies. Undercover videos released by Project Veritas exposed key Hillary Clinton campaign operatives Robert Creamer and John Foval admitting they were paid to start violence at Trump rallies in order to frame Trump supporters as violent. The videos also caught the Democratic Party dirty tricks operatives explaining how the dark money trail that funds their illegal actions runs all the way back to the D... more »
Clinton Campaign Plot False Flag Shooting At Their Own Rally
The mainstream media have been caught colluding with the Clinton campaign to stage a false flag shooting at an upcoming Democratic rally which they planned to blame on the Trump campaign. According to Dave Hodges, both the New York Times and Washington Post have been interviewing a large number of pro-Trump supporters and warning their readers about a possible armed revolt if Hillary is elected President. Naturalnews.com reports: I was interviewed last week by a Washington Post reporter, whom I told flat out that “your newspaper has zero credibility” and that whatever I gave them ...more »
October Surprise: Video Of Racist Hillary To Be Released This Week
The long awaited ‘October Surprise’ is set to be revealed this week in the form of a video showing Hillary Clinton engaging in extremely racist behavior towards black people. James O’Keefe says his video will be akin to a “nuclear bomb” being dropped on the Clinton campaign. Inquisitr.com reports: As Gateway Pundit noted, the next video will reportedly focus directly on Hillary Clinton. “James O’Keefe posted a warning to Hillary and the Democrats on Friday. Project Veritas will release part III of their investigation on the illegal actions by the Democrat Party and Hillary Clinton... more »
Somalia's al-Shabaab Militants Recapture Key Town In Central Somalia
*Reuters*: *Somalia's Shabaab seize third town this month after peacekeepers withdraw* Islamist militant group al Shabaab on Sunday seized control of yet another town in central Somalia after it was abandoned by African Union peacekeepers, a militant spokesman and a local official said, the third to fall to insurgents this month. On Sunday, an Ethiopian contingent abandoned the town of Halgan in the Hiran region, allowing the group's fighters to enter soon after, said Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman on military operations. A military offensive launched in 2014 by AU fo... more »
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Candidates for WHO Director-General
When I walk down the street, I don’t see signs saying “Tedros for WHO” or “Vote Szócska.” The television and radio airwaves don’t have endless campaign commercials ending with the tagline, “I’m Flavia Bustreo, and I approve this message.” Sania Nishtar does not hold large public rallies in sports stadiums to bolster her candidacy. Neither […]
Terry Tate-- The Office Linebacker Knows How To Make America Great Again!
*-by Noah* Not that I advocate physical violence as of punishment for bad behavior, even when that bad behavior is physical violence itself. Personally, my mind turns to much more devious punishments (admittedly only after thinking of things involving 5 finger death hits and crowbars). But what does one do when one encounters someone who, if he was raised by parents at all, was probably raised by the four-legged kind. Clearly, some people never met up with any sort of discipline, instruction in morals, or learned about the concepts of human decency. Aw, hell. Screw my inner liber... more »
Saudi Arabia Resumes Its Bombing Campaign In Yemen As Ceasefire Ends
*DW:* *Saudi-led warplanes pound Yemen after ceasefire ends* The Saudi Arabia-led coalition has resumed airstrikes in Sanaa, hours after a three-day truce expired in Yemen. The ceasefire was declared in order to supply crucial humanitarian aid to civilians. Yemen's government continued to blame Shiite Houthi rebels for not upholding the 72-hour truce, forcing the Saudi-led coalition to strike targets in the capital, Sanaa. "The [Houthi] coup militias deliberately thwarted the truce, and that further convinced our military and political leadership of their unwillingness to accept p... more »
Poll: More Americans Want Hillary In Prison Than White House
A recent poll shows that the majority of Americans wold prefer to see Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in prison than elected into the White House. Out of 1,000 citizens polled by Rasmussen Reports in October, 65 percent believe that Clinton broke the law with her use of a private email server, and disagree with the FBI’s decisions not to file criminal charges. Subverse.net reports: Meanwhile, according to Sunday’s daily IBD/TIPP tracking poll, only 43% of voters support Clinton for president. When looking at Republican versus Democratic voters opinion, the divide was even more... more »
Scientists Create Quantum Camera For Capturing Ghosts
Scientists have unveiled a new type of quantum camera that they say is capable of capturing ghosts on film. Due to a process Einstein dubbed “spooky” – scientists are now able to snap ghosts on film thanks to the development of these new cameras. Collective-evolution.com reports: A normal digital camera is capable of capturing objects that aren’t immediately visible to its lens. But the ghost imaging technique, which shoots an image of an object from light without light ever bouncing off the object, is the result of quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement refers to the quantum ... more »
White House Stops Plans To Send Heavier Weapons To CIA-Backed Rebels In Syria
President Barack Obama is photographed through the window as he speaks in the Oval Office during a conference call at the White House in Washington, June 2, 2014. *Washington Post:* *Plans to send heavier weapons to CIA-backed rebels in Syria stall amid White House skepticism* As rebel-held sections of Aleppo crumbled under Russian bombing this month, the Obama administration was secretly weighing plans to rush more firepower to CIA-backed units in Syria. The proposal, which involved weapons that might help those forces defend themselves against Russian aircraft and artillery, ma... more »
Aleppo Ceasefire Ends. Heavy Fighting Returns
*Wall Street Journal*: *Fighting Returns to Aleppo After Cease-Fire Ends* *Besieged Syrian city sees fresh clashes after three-day ‘humanitarian pause’* ANTAKYA, Turkey—Fighting returned to the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday following the end of a three-day humanitarian cease-fire that expired with no planned aid deliveries or medical evacuations. Russia implemented the cease-fire along with Syrian armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the city. Moscow billed the move as an opening for residents and rebels to leave ... more »
Drone Video Shows Iraqi Army Preparing For Mosul Offensive (Video)
*RT:** Drone films Iraqi army piling up forces near Mosul before attack on ISIS (VIDEO)* Spectacular drone footage released by RT's RUPTLY video agency shows the Iraqi army amassing its forces at the gates of Mosul, preparing to retake the city on Monday as the large-scale government offensive enters its second week. Scores of Iraqi army armored vehicles have been stationed at a camp on the southeast edge of Iraq’s second-largest city, which has been for two years an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) stronghold. The footage captures vehicles surrounded by the Iraqi army serv...more »
So Much For Iraqi Government Promises That They Will Help The Refugees From Mosul
A tent camp was being prepared in Khazer, Iraq, to absorb the expected flow of refugees fleeing Mosul. Credit Azad Lashkari/Reuters *The Telegraph*: *Iraqi troops 'snatch Mosul refugees’ tents and water'* The Iraqi army has been accused of taking tents from refugees for their own troops, despite pledging to help the hundreds of thousands expected to be made homeless by their operation to liberate Mosul from Isil. When the Telegraph visited a camp in the town of Tinah, near Qayyarah in northern Iraq, this week they were told by local Iraqi police guarding the site that soldiers had ... more »
The EU Expects A Flood Of Islamic State Fighters Fleeing To Europe Once Mosul Falls
*Washington Post*: *E.U. authorities brace for wave of Islamic State fighters after Mosul assault* BRUSSELS — A long-awaited offensive this week to dislodge the Islamic State from its stronghold city of Mosul is fueling fears of renewed terrorist attacks, as European counterterrorism officials say more fighters are returning home after waging jihad in Syria and Iraq. The security concerns are a major focus of European intelligence agencies as the Iraqi army and its partners press the assault on Mosul, which the Islamic State has used as a capital for planning and operations for mo... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, "Liquid Mind IV: Unity"
Liquid Mind, "Liquid Mind IV: Unity" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXYu7k-O4iw
"A Deep Look to the Heavens"
"In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this image represents, is forever changed by it."- YouTube/NASA "It helps to put things in perspective here on our frenetic little planet with a look at this extraordinarily powerful and moving video of the Hubble Space Telescope mapping of the Universe, whose known size is 78 billion light years across. The video of the images is the equivalent of using a "time machine" to look into the past to witness the early formation of galaxies, perhaps... more »
"Infinite Distances..."
“Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.” - Rainer Maria Rilke
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sunset"
*"Sunset"* "Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors which it passes to a row of ancient trees. You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you, one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth, leaving you, not really belonging to either, not so helplessly dark as that house that is silent, not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing that turns to a star each night and climbs – leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads) your own life, timid and standing high and growing, so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out, one moment your life is a s... more »
“What If?”
*“What If?”* - Paul Craig Roberts “What If?” histories are a good read. They are entertaining, and they provoke thought and encourage the imagination. How different the world would be if different judgments, decisions, and circumstances had prevailed at history’s turning points. Certainly English history would have been different if King Harold’s soldiers had obeyed his order not to pursue the defeated fleeing Normans down the hill. This broke the impenetrable Saxon shield wall and exposed King Harold to Norman cavalry. Would there ever have been a Soviet Union if the Czar had sta... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by!
"The Gates of Hope"
*"The Gates of Hope"* by Victoria Safford "In his book "On the Rez," Ian Frazier tells a story about South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. In the fall of 1988 the Pine Ridge girls' basketball team played an away game in Lead, South Dakota. It was one of those times when the host gym was dense with anti-Indian hostility. Lead fans waved food stamps, yelling fake Indian war cries and epithets like "squaw" and "gut-eater." Usually, the Pine Ridge girls made their entrances according to height, led by the tallest seniors. When they hesitated to face the hostile crowd, a 14-year-old fr... more »
"Passive Acceptance..."
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
U.S. Accelerates Its Killings Of Islamic State Leaders
Qayyarah Howitzer A U.S. Army M109A6 Paladin howitzer conducts a fire mission at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, in support of the Iraqi forces’ push toward Mosul, Oct. 17, 2016. The support provided by the Paladin teams denies safe havens to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while providing Iraqi forces with vital artillery capabilities during their advance. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht *Defense One*: *US Special Operators Accelerate Killings of ISIS Leaders* *Defense Secretary Ash Carter says this will weaken Mosul’s defenders and stop attacks in the United States.*... more »
The Battle For Mosul -- News Updates October 23, 2016
*BBC*: *Mosul offensive: Turkish and Kurdish forces launch attacks on IS* Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq to retake the town of Bashiqa, near Mosul. Kurdish Peshmerga commanders said they made large advances into IS territory and secured part of a highway that will limit IS's freedom of movement. Turkey joined the fight against IS on Sunday, directing artillery fire at jihadist positions in Bashiqa. The Iraqi PM had rejected an offer of Turkish involvement on Saturday. *Read more* .... *The Battle For M... more »
Iraq Bans Alcohol
Alcohol is readily available in the small shops and bars of Baghdad. BBC *The Independent*: *Iraq parliament bans alcohol in surprise vote* Opponents say law violates constitution guaranteeing traditions of religious minorities such as Christians Iraq's parliament has voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol in a surprise move. Proponents of the ban argue the ban is justified by the constitution, which prohibits any law contradicting Islam. Opponents say it violates the same constitution which guarantees the traditions of religious minorities such as Christians and ... more »
Non-Fiction Review: The Proud Tower
Though it's an older book, Barbara Tuchman's *The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914* makes for a very readable presentation on what the world of 1890-1914 was like. It is worth noting her focus was on the western world, centered around the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Germany, and the United States, as well their interactions with other countries. Tuchman noted that she deliberately does not discuss World War 1. It's an interesting choice, given how well we know it is looming over this book. As she explained it, given the people she portrays were n... more »
Could the Billion-Dollar Loser actually be a lower life form than (shudder) Roy Cohn? Tony Kushner thinks maybe so
*On NPR's This Week in Politics yesterday, we heard playwright Tony Kushner talking from London with NPR's David Furst about the link between Roy Cohn and Donald Trump.* *by Ken* Probably I haven't been paying close enough attention -- and goodness knows, I've tried my hardest to pay as little attention as possible to this whole election thing -- but in all my years of forced Trump-watching, I've managed to miss the link between the Billion-Dollar Loser and his (and his dear old dad's) onetime lawyer, Roy Cohn. But as soon as you think of that rabid legal attack dog imparting his... more »
Water Protectors Establish Road Blockade and Frontline Camp NODAPL
Rob Wilson Photography Citing 1851 Treaty, Water Protectors Establish Road Blockade and Expand Frontline #NODAPL Camp By Camp of the Sacred Stones CANNON BALL, North Dakota -- This morning, at approximately 8am central, water protectors took back unceded territory affirmed in the 1851 Treaty of Ft. Laramie as sovereign land under the control of the Oceti Sakowin, erecting a frontline
"Westworld"
*"Westworld: * *A-list $100 million story of ‘human livestock’ used for ‘violent delights’* * becoming aware of their slavery to hidden .01% ‘programmers’.* by Carl Herman “These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss, consume.” ~ "Romeo and Juliet", Act 2, Scene 6 HBO’s "Westworld’s" trailer captures the storyline: The analogy of the creatures of Westworld existing as animals for the work and pleasure of “hidden masters” is relatively easy to present, document, and prove to anyone with intellectual integrity and moral cour... more »
The World is Waking Up and it’s Magic to Watch
*Phillip J. Watt* - The awakening community is doing some amazing work. The post The World is Waking Up and it’s Magic to Watch appeared first on Waking Times.
Chief Arvol Looking Horse: The dark spirit and disease of the mind
Arvol Looking Horse:October 22, 2016Protecting the Sacred Mitakuyape (are now up against dangerous decisions that are coming from the disease of the mind. We are dealing with minds that hold no values of respect and honor toward another Nation’s Burials and Sacred Sites. Money has contaminated their minds to want the power to desecrate the sacredness of Mother Earth and allow my People’s
Why the Archives of Party posts?
Recently I have been posting examples of items written for various political organisations. The reason for this is that I have been active for a considerable time, and I have seen the decline of the quality and direction of political parties in the UK over that time. I first ventured out into the political realm as a young lad when I wandered into a CND meeting by pure chance. I consider it irresponsible of the particular CND organisers to have allowed children into showings of films depicting death and destruction. The lack of respect for the right of children to be childre... more »
False Flag Friday Cyber Attack Drill - More Evidence of US Civil War?
*DAHBOO77 Reports on Recent Cyber Attack* Last Friday the perps went back to their former practice of having* False Flag Drills* on Friday to capitalize on the weekend main$tream media newz cycle. This time it was a "cyber attack". This was the format of the most recent False Flag Drill: Much of the Internet was brought to a screeching halt Friday as a cyberattack on a company many had previously never heard of brought down many of the most popular online services, including Twitter and Spotify. As of Friday afternoon, much of the drama was still playing out, though more details... more »
You Want Us To Deal Seriously With Climate Change? The Key Is Congressional Change
This week Blue America has been working with our friends at Climate Hawks Vote to win House seats for candidates committed to ameliorating climate change, primarily House seats that are in winnable districts that the DCCC is ignoring. With Trump's dysfunctional campaign and crude bigotry dragging down the whole ticket, it looks-- for the first time this cycle-- that the Democrats actually *have* a chance of recapturing the majority and retiring Paul Ryan from the Speakership. Imagine a House where Ryan's willingly ignorant committee chairmen no longer set the agenda! The DCCC does... more »
"The World You Desired..."
"In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are at its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of people be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved integrity. Do not lose your knowledge that our proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul p... more »
"The Truth Is Out There: Astronomers Capture 234 Signals From Space"
*"The Truth Is Out There: * *Astronomers Capture 234 Signals From Space"* by RT "Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. Clarke "Astronomers have recorded mysterious signals from 234 stars that they believe could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial intelligence- a notion that’s sure to excite alien truthers and beyond. Astronomers Ermanno Borra and Eric Trottier from Laval University in Canada analyzed 2.5 million stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) project. In their resulting study publ... more »
Scientists Discover What Existed Before Existence
Scientists claim to have discovered what existed before the Big Bang that set forth the universe. Mathematicians from Egypt and Canada have used the latest scientific theories in physics, cosmology and quantum mechanics to come up with the extraordinary theory that something existed before our universe was born. Using mind-boggling sets of equations derived from different scientific theories they have come up with a theory that explains time before time, or rather neglects to explain time at the present time but says that there was a time, or a phase, before time! Important questi... more »
Did Putin give green light to Turkish attack on US-backed Syrian Kurds?
*Certainly this thought crossed my mind when I read the news about the strikes on the US backed and trained YPG/PKK in northwestern Syria.** Turkey attacks Syrian Kurdish forces, 'kills 160'* Warplanes belonging to the Turkish Air Force conducted airstrikes on 18 Kurdish positions and killed “160 – 200” fighters on Wednesday night in northwestern Syria, Turkish media claimed. Citing information from the Turkish General Staff, the state-run *Anadolu Agency* (AA) said Turkish bombers attacked the Kurdish village of Maarat Um Hawsh under control of the People’s Protection Units (YP... more »
No Turkish Troops To Mosul: Refugee Safe Haven
* Link* Turkey is not taking part in ground operation for the liberation of Mosul in Iraq, *although Ankara has been in talks with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to declare a safe haven in the north of the country*, Turkey’s prime minister said. *“There are air and ground units in the coalition forces. Turkey will take part in the air units,” *Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. *Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu also ruled out the participation of Turkish troops in the operation to retake Iraq’s second city* *Speaking to journalists at a Justice and Development Party (AK... more »
Living Near Death
I Do it every day without consequense and I know you humans all of you feel exactly the same so not why go against the staus Quo because they have built a human fortress and I can not imagine the creation of of human being that can bring all those bricks down
Overthink this
Overthink planet zero yeah thats the mob way we want to enjoy everything today and as for tomorrow we could be in jail we could be in jail yet have a plan to succeed this is the Minuteman; failure of incarceration
Overthink on everything
I will say this is a male gentic trate and the females allways protected do no ackowlege as femmists how we kept them safe desipet the conssesions to our manly ways' I have met women who could beat my ass hands down and I do not know if they would accet a partner not has hard as them but I gotta hope the internet has not messed up what was the greatest missunderstanding ever the relationship betwe women and men I could go on an on how being equal is going to win in divorce and both side unhappy but for humans to procreate I am sorry there has to be a bad gorrillia a man
Are we honest when we write?
The reactions I’ve received to some of my recent op-eds have led me to reconsider the relationship between scholarship and politics, and to question the role of social capital in shaping scholarly opinion. Over the last several months, I have published some pieces that have strayed from what had been my consistent “liberal Zionist” position. […]
Montreal Smoked Meat its not all the same
Speaking of falling down little fuck faces there in Rona Ambrose, and we have DDD, for sure he is a good guy not comparing him to a total whack job at the trough of pigs. We all know given all the mistakes little DDD could be replaced on the third line with a Swatz sandwich and we would all go there just for the taste of victory that comes with mustard. This is a team of mystery and we have eMTY at the throne free of the constriaints of PFK at the building of Louisberg. Do not panic, that is the thing that seperates the non players from the SWAT men. I panic everytime so I know it... more »
RAF Tornados Monitor Russian Naval Fleet In English Channel
The Royal Navy and the RAF are keeping a close eye on Russia’s flagship aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetzov and seven other ships that are heading for the Mediterranean via the English Channel. The UK believes that the armed fleet will be involved in offensive operations in Syria. In a “show of presence” two RAF combat jets flew over the convoy as it passed though the English Channel, according to The Sunday Times. RT.com reports: The planes were supposed to take pictures of Russia’s only carrier and the seven ships accompanying it. “They will be taking high definition photographs ... more »
Porn Star Accuses Donald Trump Of Kissing Without Consent
Adult film actress Jessica Drake is the latest woman to come forward and accuse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. On Saturday, porn star and director Jessica Drake told the media that in 2006 Trump grabbed her and two other women and kissed them without their permission in his hotel room in front of a bodyguard. She says in her profession consent is a key requirement and blasts Donald Trump’s “uncontrollable entitlement” character. Rare reports: Drake, who was represented by famed attorney Gloria Allred, says that Trump came on to her in 2006 afte... more »
Do you agree?
Here's something from John Redwood MP which chimes with some of our recent posts: *The BBC try to make so many current affairs programmes a re run of the referendum debate* The BBC seem caught in a time warp. So often their idea of news is based on reheating old Remain stories and lines from the referendum debate. We have had to go back through the debate about early recession, late recession, property crash, loss of tax revenue and the rest that were exhaustively discussed during the referendum period itself. They still seem unable to grasp that there is no such thing as the Sin... more »
Bob Dylan and the Nobel legacy
Nobel was looking for atonement when he created his gift this measurement for humanity and advacement its been pretty good but not perfect I believe both Yasser Arafat and Barrack Obama won one for peace and that's a travesty The Swedes are complaisant in the persecution of Julian Assuage for maybe Mr Dylan is going to say to the world you cant pull me down into the hole your in I will not legitimise the censorship the hypocrosy that comes with kissing your ring I am beyond that motherfuckers I am BOB DYLAN not saint sure a sinner but overall one of the best ever coveredall living t... more »
Throw your hands in the air the goverment has gone Commando, no underwear
We surrender the future to the past because the economic warlords need one more nickel when they already own everything and who will say enough? The idea that the utes of today have no chance at stability is destabilising in the worst way it ISIS breeding ground tell me I have no future and I will die for it today So throw up your hands do not try and interfere the invisible hand wants to choke off the future that is clear but our response is not even muddy Make temporary employement illegal for those over 18
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