Sunday, May 14, 2017

13 May - Blogs I'm Following 3

حصري/الجيش السوري يستعيد القابون بكاملها والمسلحون يتسابقون إلى الباصات

Shady Azar at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
استعادت وحدات الجيش السوري العاملة على المحور الشرقي لدمشق منطقة القابون بأكملها وبدأت عملية التمشيط فيها . وأفاد مصدر عسكري لمراسل المصدر نيوز في دمشق وريفها بأن المسلحين رضخوا لشروط الجيش وسلموا نقاطهم وأسلحتهم الثقيلة وآلياتهم بعد انهيارات كبيرة في صفوفهم . وقال المصدر إن الجيش أخرج آخر المسلحين المتواجدين في المنطقة لتقلهم الحافلات الخضراء […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Şam’da büyük zafer: Suriye ordusu Kabun’u tamamen kontrol altına aldı

Eren Dalkesen at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Yaklaşık 3 ay önce, Mahir Esad’ın komutanlığını yaptığı 4. Zırhlı Tümen öncülüğünde; Şam’ın Barze ve Kabun bölgelerinde başlayan taarruz bugün başarıya ulaştı. 4. Zırhlı Tümen’e yakın kaynaklar tarafından yapılan açıklamada; teslim olmayan militanlarla yaşanan yoğun çatışmaların ardından Kabun’un tamamen ordu kontrolüne geçtiği duyuruldu. Aylardır devam eden yoğun çatışmaların ardından, Barze’de bulunan militanlar geçtiğimiz hafta […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

"Fukushima Equals 14,467.35 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Publishing Note: *Due to Bob Nichol's other commitments the city-specific radiation reporting will now be published every 2 weeks until further notice. The next such full report will be on May 20, 2017. I will update the weekly Hiroshima bomb equivalents information. This is to keep you as aware and informed as possible, not alarm you, though you should be alarmed, and is scientific *FACT*, not sensationalistic nonsense. Everything here is active-linked for your own verification, or not; I encourage you to do so. The radi... more »

RED ALERT! TRUMP’S NEW FDA CHIEF PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLE IN BIRD FLU BIODEFENSE PLANNING, HAS WORKED FOR BAXTER

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Donald Trump’s new head of the FDA Scott Gottlieb was involved in the United States defense planning for a bird flu epidemic while serving at the FDA earlier in his career, raising questions about his role in the formulating what seem to be very flawed epidemic and pandemic plans indeed. https://www.tctmd.com/news/scott-gottlieb-familiar-face-fda-could-return-commissioner Gottlieb recused himself from […]

RED ALERT! UPDATE FROM WHO ON EBOLA OUBTREAK IN CONGO

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
On 9 May 2017, WHO was informed of a cluster of undiagnosed illness and deaths including haemorrhagic symptoms in Likati Health Zone, Bas Uele Province in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bordering Central African Republic. Since 22 April, nine cases including three deaths have been reported. Six cases are currently […]

RED ALERT! TRUMP’S NEW FDA CHIEF WANTS TO OPEN DOOR TO UNCONTROLLED AND DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTATION ON US POPULATION, ADVOCATE OF AMERICAN “SAATCHI BILL”, COULD APPROVE RISKY EBOLA VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTIC KITS?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
The Senate this week confirmed Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opening the door to the approval of the risky Ebola Merck vaccine under new accelerated procedures. http://blog.ucsusa.org/genna-reed/what-does-scott-gottliebs-leadership-mean-for-scientific-integrity-at-the-fda Gottlieb has financial ties to about 20 health companies, including GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb, taking $400,000 from drug and medical […]

YALE STUDY: NEARLY ONE THIRD OF DRUGS APPROVED BY REGULATORY BODIES HAVE SAFETY PROBLEMS. IMAGINE THE RISKS OF THOSE WITH NO APPROVAL!

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Nearly one out of every three drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have a new safety issue detected in the years after approval, says a Yale-led study. While most of the safety concerns are not serious enough to require withdrawal of a drug from the market, the finding highlights the need for […]

SCIENCEMAG: NO DATA FOR MERCK EBOLA VACCINE STRONG ENOUGH TO LEAD TO REGULATORY APPROVAL

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Read Jon Cohen’s piece in Sciencemag that underlines that there is no data showing the safety or efficacy of Merck’s Ebola vaccine, which is why regulatory bodies have not licensed it. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/12/special-report-ebolas-thin-harvest “The unusual trial design yielded data that were not deemed strong enough to lead regulatory bodies to license the vaccine, but they went […]

RISKY MERCK VACCINE HAS FAILED TO GAIN REGULATORY APPROVAL IN THE USA SO FAR, PLANS FOR END 2017

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Merck’s ($MRK) candidate is the furthest along in the quest for an Ebola vaccine, having posted interim Phase III data showing 100% efficacy last July. Now, the Big Pharma has won $5 million from Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, to help see its candidate through late-stage trials, licensure and prequalification by the WHO, and plans […]

RED ALERT! MASS EBOLA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN CONSIDERED BY WHO, RISKY MERCK VACCINE COULD GIVE PEOPLE EBOLA

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
An outbreak of the Ebola virus has emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on 12 May. Congolese authorities have reported nine suspected cases of Ebola infection in the past three weeks; the WHO has confirmed one, and tests are pending on others. Now health officials are considering […]

RED ALERT! WHO DECLARES NEW EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CONGO

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
The World Health Organization has confirmed an Ebola outbreak in a remote forested part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the first in that country since 2014. At least nine people are suspected of being infected, and three have died. The outbreak has raised alarms about the possibility of a new epidemic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/05/12/new-ebola-outbreak-declared-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/?utm_term=.1c5523987ede

SEBASTAIN KURZ SET TO BE NEW LEADER OF OVP IN AUSTRIA, CALLS FOR SNAP ELECTIONS IN RADICAL SHIFT

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz called yesterday for snap elections after Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner’s resignation from his posts, including leader of the People’s Party (OVP). Kurz is expected to be elected the new leader of the OVP tomorrow on a platform of radical change in the economic and immigration policies. https://www.nzz.ch/international/oesterreich-sebastian-kurz-spricht-sich-fuer-neuwahlen-aus-ld.1292789 With the retirement […]

Trump threatens James Comey on twitter

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Former FBI Director James Comey has reportedly said he hopes there are tapes of his various conversations with Donald Trump. Hours after Mr Trump issued a veiled threat on Twitter in which he said Mr Comey “better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press”, a report […]

Saturday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Claire Provost writes about the spread of the private security industry - which now exceeds the size of public police forces in Canada among other countries - as a means of privileging the protection of wealth over public interests. - Meanwhile, Lana Payne comments on the importance of allowing civil servants to focus on what's best for the public, rather than serving as political tools for governing parties. - Jamie Condiffe points out that automation is having less impact on employment relationships than is often assumed, while Bill E... more »

An NSA Linked Malware Tool Is Shutting Down Thousands Of Computer Networks Worldwide -- News Updates May 13, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Washington Post*: *Malware, described in leaked NSA documents, cripples computers worldwide* Hackers unleashed an attack that disabled computers in dozens of nations Friday using a software flaw that once was part of the National Security Agency’s surveillance tool kit. The resulting wave of online chaos affected tens of thousands of machines worldwide, snarling operations at the Russian Interior Ministry, Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica and Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), where hospitals were hobbled and medical procedures interrupted. Europe, Latin Ameri... more »

The UK government’s comments on the NHS hack reveal a terrifying truth about Trident

Emily Apple at The Canary - 14 hours ago
Amber Rudd has been talking about the NHS cyber attack. She claimed that Windows XP was “not a good platform” for keeping data secure. But there’s a massive problem with her argument that cuts to the heart of Theresa May’s “strong and stable” leadership. Trident is run on a variant of Windows XP. So Rudd’s […]

Weekend reads: Prison for sharing an article?; which country has most fake peer review retractions; counterfeit reagents

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
The week at Retraction Watch featured a look at a school where everyone has published in possibly predatory journals, and doubts about a study of doing math unconsciously. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Should sharing a copyrighted article lead to a jail sentence? That’s what researcher Diego Gomez is facing in Colombia. Our co-founders’ latest for STAT. Can […] The post Weekend reads: Prison for sharing an article?; which country has most fake peer review retractions; counterfeit reagents appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Donald Trump uses former DNI James Clapper's statements as proof there is no collusion with Russia, Clapper refuses to let him get away with that.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 14 hours ago
Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/ Russia and Trump. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017 When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017 So the tweets up above are what Trump has been using to convince the public that he is in the clear and there is no evidence of wrongdoing on his part. However that is highly inaccurate as Vox points out in their... more »

The Washington Post Is Not Happy That President Trump's Income From Russian Has No Documentation

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
A letter from lawyers for President Trump, seen in the Oval Office on Wednesday, asserts that his income from Russian sources in the past 10 years has been limited to real estate sales, a hosting stint in Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant and rounds of golf. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) *Washington Post*: *Trump lawyers outline president’s Russian income but provide no documents* The White House on Friday released a letter from two tax attorneys for President Trump claiming that his only income from Russian sources in the past 10 years came from fees for hosting the Mis... more »

ROAR!!!

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Talking of *Newsnight *(as someone somewhere must have been), opinions appear to be divided over last night's 'Where's Andrea Leadsom?' report from John Sweeney - the one where he repeatedly bellows her name *very* loudly on a Cornish beach. (I bet even Sue heard him from the other side of the county). Some called it 'hilarious', 'excellent', 'a great piece of reporting', and claimed that the Roaring One had showed up *both* the stage-managed Tory campaign* and '*the Brexit Queen' Mrs Leadsom herself. Others, however, called it 'unfunny', 'laboured', 'very embarrassing' and 'sh*t... more »

Adverse Selection in Practice

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 15 hours ago
This article about genetic testing presents a great example of adverse selection: Pat Reilly had good reason to worry about Alzheimer’s disease: Her mother had it, and she saw firsthand the havoc it could wreak on a family, much of it financial. So Ms. Reilly, 77, a retired social worker in Ann Arbor, Mich., applied for a long-term care insurance policy. Wary of enrolling people at risk for dementia, the insurance company tested her memory three times before issuing the policy. But Ms. Reilly knew something the insurer did not: She has inherited the ApoE4 gene, which increases t... more »

FIFA throws Israel a free pass. But Palestinians play the perfect comeback

Sophia Akram at The Canary - 15 hours ago
Disappointment hit the 67th FIFA Congress on Thursday 11 May. International football’s highest body delayed a fundamental vote for Palestinian football, which some have said is the result of “corruption and nepotism” at the top between FIFA and the Israeli President. But Palestinians are taking the matter further and going to sport’s highest body instead. Illegal […]

US Finalizing $300bn Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Published on May 13, 2017 The US is reportedly finalizing arms deals worth over 100 billion dollars with Saudi Arabia. Media quoted unnamed White House officials as saying that the deals cover sales of arms and ships as well as maintenance services. The sources said the deals are part of a 300-billion-dollar package to boost […]

Austria on the Edge: Government Set to COLLAPSE – And It Could Cause an EU Nightmare

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Austria on the Edge: Government Set to COLLAPSE – And It Could Cause an EU Nightmare by JOEY MILLAR, http://www.express.co.uk/ AUSTRIA’S government is on the verge of collapse due to a shock resignation, opening the door to the far-right Freedom Party. – And the crisis could a huge headache for Brussels as the anti-EU Freedom Party is […]

A Frightening Fact the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Both Share (And Why Chinese Stealth Fighters Are in the Skies)

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Examples of advanced Chinese weapons that incorporate stolen American know-how include the Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-31 stealth fighters and electromagnetic catapult launch systems. Russia and China will likely use their cyber-warfare and cyber-espionage capabilities to challenge the United States into the foreseeable future. Both nations possess highly capable forces that can steal information or attack American infrastructure. Indeed, in some cases, highly classified data on some of the United States’ most advanced military hardware—including th... more »

The P40: Italy's Killer World War II Tank You May Have Never Heard Of

Robert Beckhusen at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, Europe* The P40 was formidable and the Germans—who were the primary users—liked the armor, which changed during the design phase to resemble the Soviet T-34/76. The P40’s armor had similar thickness to that famous Soviet tank. Italy was not renown in World War II for its tanks, which tended to be light and poorly used on the battlefield. But the Italian arms industry did produce interesting designs, some quite formidable. The Carro Armato P26/40 was a rare example of an Italian medium tank—the Italian army referred to it as a heavy tank, as it was he... more »

Donald Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy

W. James Antle III at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*W. James Antle III* *Politics, * "The past week is a reminder that President Trump has the same self-indulgent—and self-destructive—habits Candidate Trump did, but with much higher stakes." Toward the end of last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump tweaked his handlers’ advice as part of his stump speech. “Stay on point, Donald, stay on point,” he would say. “No sidetracks, Donald, nice and easy.” After all, Trump was a candidate who tended to veer off script, sometimes stepping on his own momentum. The past week is a reminder that President Trump has the same self-ind... more »

Why France’s Maginot Line Wasn’t a Stupid Idea

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* The Maginot Line arose neither from French cowardice nor from stupidity. “Fixed fortifications are monuments to man’s stupidity,” George Patton said. “If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, anything made by man can be overcome.” No doubt Patton was thinking of the Maginot Line, which has gone down as a salutary lesson in why expensive fortifications are a bad idea. But with all due respect to Ol’ Blood and Guts (“our blood and his guts,” as Patton’s men used to complain), that’s misreading history. The Maginot Line arose neither from Fre... more »

Get Ready, Russia: Germany Is Expanding Its Tank Forces by 40 Percent

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* The new tanks represent a commitment to a larger tank force rather than to a next-generation tank design. Germany has begun the process of upgrading 103 out-of-service Leopard 2A4 and 2A6 tanks to the latest model, the Leopard 2A7V—an upgrade that will cost the state the equivalent of 760 million euros ($833 million). The big news is that by revamping and deploying these new vehicles, the Bundeswehr is expanding its tank fleet by over 40 percent, from 225 to 320 main battle tanks. This increase in force size is going to take time: the revamp... more »

How America's and Russia's Best Tanks Went to War in Korea (and Russia Lost)

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* The engagement at Obong-Ni ridge dispelled any doubt of the Pershing tank’s effectiveness. The North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) had almost everything going its way during the earliest Korean War battles. The opposing South Korean and American forces, weak and unprepared, were pushed into a shrinking perimeter around the small port city of Pusan. That perimeter was steadily being reinforced, with an eye toward an eventual breakout and counteroffensive. One of the units sent into the Pusan perimeter was the 1st Marine Provisional Brigade... more »

5 Weapons Japan Desperately Needs to Fight North Korea

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* Tokyo's military wishlist. A country oriented towards pacifism and having disavowed war as an instrument of national policy, Japan is about as dissimilar from North Korea as one can get. Unfortunately for Tokyo, the two are separated by as little as 336 miles of water, and Pyongyang frequently threatens to attack its former colonial master. Now, as North Korea ruthlessly forges ahead with nuclear weapons and ballistic-missile technology, the threat to Japan has crystallized: the country once again faces the prospect of nuclear attack. South Kore... more »

A Look At How An Isolated Marine Artillery Company Took On The Islamic State In Iraq

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Courtesy of David Palka *Task & Purpose:* *‘ISIS… They Were More Bold’: Marines Shed Light On Violent Mystery Deployment * The day-to-day ground truth for U.S. troops involved in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq has been shrouded in relative mystery. It’s been characterized by politicians and reporters as an “advise and assist” mission, in which American forces train and manage local troops, largely avoiding direct combat. But new information obtained by Business Insider’s Paul Szoldra shows that the men of one particularly cloistered Marine company were under near-cons... more »

Russia Beefs Up Its Nuclear Forces In The Arctic

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
A Delta-IV class submarine in the Barents Sea. Photo: Thomas Nilsen (The Barents Observer) *FoxTrot Alpha:* *Russia Is Beefing Up Its Nuclear Weapons In The Arctic At The Worst Possible Moment* Russia has deployed 215 more nuclear warheads than allowed by the New START treaty, setting itself up to violate a provision that goes into effect next year. Surely this will end well. New START allows 1,500 deployed warheads, with that goal supposed to be reached in February 2018, and it’s designed to help both the U.S. and Russia know what each country has as far as its stockpiles. It als... more »

Basically Everything Trump Has Been Saying About Comey Is Meant To Mislead

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
In an OpEd in Thursday's *NY Post*, Paul Sperry asserts that the real reason Señor Trumpanzee canned Jim Comey was because the FBI wasn't investigating something Trump is obsessed with: "Obama aides’ illegal leaks of classified information-- leaks aimed at undermining the incoming Trump administration." Trump sees the Flynn scandal through this prism. No one else seems to have gone off on this tangent, which some congressional Republicans are starting to cling to. Instead, most everyone is reading Trump's own deranged quotes and threats and following the evidence. Michael Schmidt... more »

Very Much Alive And Well

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
If you think that Neo-liberalism is on life support in Canada, take a look at the Trudeau government's proposed infrastructure bank. Linda McQuaig writes: The bank is being presented to the public as a way to attract billions of private sector dollars to help pay for our public infrastructure. But the bank’s unusual design will also, for the first time, give powerful private institutional investors — even foreign-owned entities — the opportunity to actually own important pieces of Canadian infrastructure, with the ability to charge us fees for using them. That's a radical depar... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*UK: Malia Bouattia, who made controversial militantly pro-Palestinian comments, loses National Union of Students reelection bid* British university students have dumped a controversial leader of the National Union of Students who three years ago spoke out passionately in support of violent Palestinian “resistance,” insisted it should not be considered terrorism, and criticized the notion that “Palestine” could be freed by nonviolent action alone. Malia Bouattia — the union’s first black female Muslim leader and an activist in the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement — ... more »

Watch a GP demolish the Tories over NHS cyber attacks in less than 60 seconds [VIDEO]

Emily Apple at The Canary - 16 hours ago
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has essentially blamed the NHS for the cyber attack on its systems. But there’s a fatal flaw in her argument. It is her party that has massively cut funding for the NHS, including slashing the budget for maintanence and repairs and abandoning Labour’s £11.4 billion IT programme. And it took a […]

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
BTR-80 armored personnel carrier takes part in a Victory Day parade in Grozny. © Sputnik/ Said Tzarnaev

Tweet For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Security Experts Scramble to Contain Fallout From Cyberattacks https://t.co/gf92iGmHJo — The New York Times (@nytimes) May 13, 2017

Argentina: Navy Declassifies Case Involving UFO Over Necochea

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 16 hours ago
*Source: PLANETA UFO and 4 Vientos (Necochea, Argentina)http://www.diario4v.com/necochea/2017/5/9/armada-desclasifico-caso-ovni-necochea-13744.htmlDate: May 9, 2017* *Argentina: Navy Declassifies Case Involving UFO over Necochea* The Argentinean Navy published a series of documents pertaining to a UFO sighting in Necochea in 1962. The documents present the eyewitness account of a truck driver pursued by a flying saucer in the vicinity of La Dulce. CEFORA (*Commission for the Study of the UFO Phenomenon in the Republic of Argentina*) recently published an Argentinean Navy file di... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Making a muckle out of a mickle* *My heading above is in Scots. It means making something big out of something little. It's the expression that leapt to mind when reading "More errors identified in contrarian climate scientists' temperature estimates" from diehard Warmist, Prof. John Abraham. He has been refuted many times so I see no point in reproducing his effusion, let alone fisking it. His modus operandi is to present as established fact Warmist beliefs, with no supporting references to substantiate them. He has to do that. Most of them are at best controversial if ... more »

Trump uses Russia linked law firm to issue denial he has income from Russian sources “with few exceptions.” Also, are Cyprus and other offshore sources laundering Russian money counted as Russian?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
This afternoon, in attempt to once again put accusations of collusion with Russia to bed, Trump’s lawyer announced that after looking over the property tycoon’s tax returns from the last decade, Mr Trump has “no income of any type from Russian sources, with few exceptions”. #WithFewExceptions https://www.indy100.com/article/donald-trump-lawyer-few-exception-taxes-white-house-funny-7732911?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100

RANSOMEWARE TARGETS UK HOSPITAL COMPUTERS

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
The ransomware that is wreaking havoc on NHS computers is believed to be using an American cyber-weapon leaked to the public earlier this year. Malware called Wanna Detector is preventing hospital staff from accessing medical records. Hospitals in both England and Scotland are known to be affected. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nhs-cyber-attack-wikileaks-nsa-software-used-uk-hospitals-a7733461.html

Massive global ransonware attack used leaked NSA codes

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
Update 4: According to experts tracking and analyzing the worm and its spread, this could be one of the worst-ever recorded attacks of its kind. The security researcher who tweets and blogs as MalwareTech told The Intercept “I’ve never seen anything like this with ransomware,” and “the last worm of this degree I can remember … Continue reading Massive global ransonware attack used leaked NSA codes

Thought For The Day

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
You go for weeks without rain, then it never stops raining. It's a bit like that with posts here sometimes. Perhaps as a result of this I always pay particular attention to the encounters of Jesus with rain in the Bible....

The Mormon Church is pulling out of the Boy Scouts.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Times: *The Mormon Church announced on Thursday that it was partially ending its participation in the Boy Scouts in the United States and Canada as it realigns its youth programs with its own teachings. * *In a letter addressed to church authorities, the leaders of the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said that the decision to end its sponsorship would affect boys between 14 and 18 years old, starting on Jan. 1, 2018, for units in the Boy Scouts of America and in Scouts Canada. Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs for boys 8 through 13 w... more »

Ecce Homo (though not on the BBC)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
Here's a curious tale, courtesy of one of our readers... For six weeks from Easter 2017 until 22nd May, Mark Wallinger’s sculpture *Ecce Homo* has found a new temporary home outside St Paul’s Cathedral. This work was originally the first sculpture to be commissioned for the Fourth Plinth in 1999. Mark Wallinger was the Turner Prize winner in 2007 for his work *State Britain *- an installation of protest banners and placards. Searching through the BBC website, I can’t find any mention whatsoever of *Ecce Homo’s* re-siting at St Paul’s. Bias from the BBC is evident in the way that e... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 17 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Trump is contradicting the White House's original rationale for James Comey's firing Trump Tweets "Russia Is Laughing As U.S. Tears Itself Apart", Scraps FBI Visit "Apocalypse Now": The Horror Of The Deep State's Plan Exposed - Part 3 A Russian Went Inside A Chinese Click-Farm: This Is What He Found Researchers project solar power may become cheaper than fossil fuels sooner than we think A 22-year-old is moving ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the great Pacific garbage patch Harvard To Hold Blacks-Only Graduation Ceremony As Progressi... more »

A bystander took a behind the scenes photo of Theresa May that reduces her campaign to a sham [IMAGE]

James Wright at The Canary - 17 hours ago
An unexpected bystander took a behind the scenes snap of Theresa May that reduces her campaign to a sham. Launching May’s ‘battlebus’, the Conservatives set up a number of photos for the media: Conservative leader Theresa May launch's the party's campaign bus in Northumberland https://t.co/2qubyc3avQ 📸: @StefanRousseau #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/kI5QQAx3JQ — PA Images (@PAImages) May 12, […]

Doom and gloom

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
Meanwhile, Naga Munchetty, still on her short break from *BBC Breakfast*, has now produced three Brexit-related reports for *Newsnight. *(All are posted on *Newsnight*'s YouTube page). The first, back in February, was a negative piece (which we reviewed here). It argued, contrary to what "prominent Leavers" claimed, that the UK outside the EU single market and Customs Union could "face the very real prospect of moving down the pecking order when it comes to Germany's favoured trading partners". The second, back in March, looked at UK farming post-Brexit. It included four farmers... more »

It's not just his eyebrow that's arching...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Jon Sopel, of course, is strictly impartial (if he says so himself)!:

Brexit Bang-a-Bang

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
The burning question on the lips of *BBC Breakfast *presenters this morning has been, "From horse heads to monkeys, it can only be Eurovision. But will the UK feel the Brexit backlash?"... ...just as it was the question on BBC One's *News at One *yesterday: "And it's the first Eurovision Song Contest since the EU referendum tomorrow. Will Brexit scupper Britain's chances?" Yesterday morning's *BBC Breakfast *also discussed the "speculation that Brexit could affect the UK's chances of winning" and asked, "Will Brexit mean that [the UK] meets its Waterloo?". And on Thursday's BBC ... more »

Andrew Marr Monitoring Update

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. If you were especially looking forward to the latest instalment of *Is the BBC biased?*'s scintillating Andrew Marr Show election coverage, then here (very belatedly) are the results for last week's show, beginning with the usual transcriptions of Andy's intros (which will all be compared and contrasted after the election). Here's his main introduction: Good morning to you and, at last, some real meat - some detailed policies in the election campaign - and not just details, the biggest issues of all: how much tax you will be paying and how ... more »

The Times They Are a-Changin'

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
How far things have come since the early days of blogs about BBC bias! The kind of criticisms of 'BBC left-wing bias' that blogs like this have been making since the early years of the last decade have become more mainstream. You especially see them in the comments sections of right-leaning sites across the internet, including newspaper and magazine websites. There's few things that animate the readers of such sites than talk of BBC bias. Defenders of the BBC, of course, would say that the comments across such sites are made by the same kind of people (often literally the same peo... more »

The Complaints From Both Sides Fallacy

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Backing up a shrewd comment from a (much) earlier thread and taking *ITBB*'s Tardis back to last Saturday.... Here's a classic illustration of the Complaints From Both Sides Fallacy in action, courtesy of Twitter - a Corbynista cries 'right-wing BBC bias!' and a right-wing guest on the offending programme replies sarcastically: 'Aha! Complaints From Both Sides!' cry BBC defenders. Well, no. Keeping track of all the guests on *Dateline *over many years has proved that complaints from* one *side (Peter's side) are wholly wrong, while complaints from the *other *side (Alex's side) ... more »

Mapa actualizado de Siria expone el descalabro de ISIS en 2017

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
El debilitamiento de los terroristas en Siria e Irak prosigue mientras el Estado Islámico (ISIS) afronta otro mes consecutivo de importantes derrotas. Tal vez la mayor pérdida del Estado Islámico este mes se haya producido ante las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (FDS o SDF por sus siglas en inglés) lideradas por los kurdos en el territorio occidental […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Two Belgian ISIS fighters killed by Russian airstrikes on Deir Ezzor

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (0:50 P.M.) – According to a source close to Al-Masdar News, at least ten ISIS insurgents were killed by Russian sorties on Deir Ezzor city, two of whom were Belgian foreign fighters. Both militants were said to have joined the Islamic State in 2014. They were killed by an airstrike on an ISIS […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Vital militant tunnel captured by Syrian Army in east Damascus

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) captured an important tunnel in the Al-Qaboun District of east Damascus this morning, Al-Masdar’s Majd Fahd reported from the capital city. According to Fahd, the Syrian Arab Army’s 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard continued their field operations in Al-Qaboun, capturing several points inside this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Updated map of Syrian War shows ISIL’s collapse in 2017

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:50 A.M.) – The month of May has been cruel to the Islamic State (ISIL) forces, as the terror organization has suffered several defeats in both Iraq and Syria. Perhaps the Islamic State’s biggest loss this month came at the hands of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the western countryside of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Comandantes de ISIS se unen a las filas rebeldes ante la derrota inminente en Deir Ezzor

Al-Masdar News at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
Dos destacados comandantes del Estado Islámico (ISIS) abandonaron sus filas para unir sus fuerzas a los combatientes del Ejército Libre Sirio (ELS o FSA por sus siglas en inglés) en la frontera provincial entre Homs y Deir Ezzor, según informaciones publicadas por Aletihad Press. Después de comunicarse con los mandos del Ejército Libre Sirio, Ghassan al-Sankeh y Mahmoud al-Faraj […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Video footage of SAA troops inflicting heavy damage on ISIL defenses in Homs

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) inflicted heavy damage on the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL), reportedly killing at least 20 IS fighters and damaging several of their vehicles, near Homs on Friday. The latest offensive of the SAA reportedly resulted in major gains of IS-held positions in eastern countryside […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Exclusiva AMN | Los detalles de la liberación de la base aérea de Jirah

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
El Ejército Árabe Sirio (EAS o SAA por sus siglas en inglés) reanudó esta semana su ofensiva en el territorio oriental de Alepo, apuntando a las últimas aldeas bajo el control del Estado Islámico (ISIS) que estaban al sudoeste de la estratégica base aérea de Jirah. A los cinco días de renovar su ofensiva en el […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Over 40 ISIL terrorists killed as Iraqi Army troops seize new district in west Mosul

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:05 A.M.) – Iraqi Army troops liberated another district in the western sector of Mosul, yesterday, forcing the remaining Islamic State (ISIL) terrorists to withdraw to the small pocket they control in the city. Led by their Special Forces, the Iraqi Army, alongside the Federal Police, liberated the Al-Islah Al-Zara’i District in western […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL launches counter-attack to recapture lost airbase in east Aleppo

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) forces in the Maskanah Plain of east Aleppo launched a counter-attack to recapture the strategic Jirah Military Airport last night. ISIL began the counter-attack at 10:00 P.M. (Damascus Time) last night, striking the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) unfortified positions at the southeastern corridor of the Jirah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian Orthodox clergyman speaks out against ‘regime change’

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
[image: MH] Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev told Americans that the actions of successive US governments have directly led to the persecution of Christians. The post Russian Orthodox clergyman speaks out against ‘regime change’ appeared first on The Duran.

Pro Vax Manifesto

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
"I have never fully understood how stupid and absurd the vaccine industry's arguments defending the current vaccine program actually were until Brett Wilcox put them all together on one page. I can't believe how badly this country is being scammed....

So Trump is planning to hang his electoral map in the White House. Just in case anybody doubts he won the election.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
Spotted: A map to be hung somewhere in the West Wing pic.twitter.com/TpPPDyNFtE — Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) May 11, 2017 Perhaps he should think about hanging this one next to it. @helchose @KGraceHill @AylahWren @TreyYingst @StevenTDennis pic.twitter.com/pLWY7uJ1fN — ╮ (⌐■_■) ╭ EASY🇩™ (@UrBroYo) May 11, 2017 I swear this man is one giant sack of insecurities.

The lessons the left should (and shouldn’t) take from the victory of Macron

Ethical Technology - 19 hours ago
In 2016 populism burst upon liberal democracies like a whirlwind. Yet, since Trump’s election in November of last year the storm appears to have passed. There was the defeat of the far right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer in Austria (of all places) in December of last year followed by the loss of the boldly pompadoured (which seems to be a thing now on the right) Geert Wilders in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands a few months back, followed by the seeming victory of the Kutcher faction over the Bannon faction in the Trump administration, and now, the loss of Le Pen ... more »

Call for help

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 20 hours ago
A friend passed this along... Hello Michael, We are helping out a friend and neighbor Algis, a Belgian engineer who has been in Taiwan for 30 years. He worked on the first Taipei MRT lines but later tragically came down with MS. Fighting the disease over the years as a foreigner in Taipei has driven his family to bankruptcy. Recently Algis was accepted into a stem cell therapy program in Beijing which promises to turn around his MS and now his friends are getting together to raise the money needed to get him into this program to change his life. Your support will change his life. ... more »

TheThree Bethan

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
Since we are diving deep into the kolbrin which informed the Celtic world and that is clearly part of the corpus held in Egypt during the bronze age as it includes material from Mesopotamia as well, we are running this material around European Druidism which is linked. All the Kolbrin material informed the writers of the Hebrew Bible as well around 700 BC who would then have had access to this same work in Egypt. It is apparent so far that the Hebrew bible is in fact an edited version of Egyptian materials and errors or lack of understanding led to significant omissions and del... more »

Magic Mushrooms Activate the ‘Waking Dream’ State

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
Good information here. We discover that the DMT delivered does not need a trigger like the Ayahuasca version. Useful and makes it pretty specific to producing a consciously managed form of lucid dreaming without all the adjusting efforts demanded from other protocols. We now know that alcohol impairs while releasing the control center early. It is fair to say that THC simply impairs. Opiods limit pain and change moods while inducing addiction. If there is a take home it is that any such chemical will affect the brain and have risks associated with them, thus demanding a meas... more »

The Mysterious Connection Between the Dogon Culture of Africa and the Ancient Egyptians

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
The Atlantean civilization frrom 2500 BC through 1159 BC scoured the earth for trade opportunity and by default became the reservoir and distributor of both older traditions and new discoveries. Knowing this it is clear that all remaining traditions held by a local living tradition needs to be carefully picked over as we are now doing with the Kolbrin Bible which most certainly is the remains of a Bronze Age library that predated the Hebrew Bible but part of the same tradition. The studied ignorance of intellectuals can be safely ignored. In the case at hand this repository h... more »

Kolbrin - The Book of gleanings - Chpt 5 - Birth of Humantar

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
We are now entering material similar to post deluge material in Genesis. The detail is actually better and since the Ark brought a substantial colony which is only alluded to at best in Genesis, we quickly have a large community. This surely anchors incoming survivors as well. We now have the birth narration of the hero Hurmanetar. The background is clearly emergent city states and small nations led by related families. Metal work has emerged here but no understanding of how it became possible. My own opinion on this is that it was imported. All this so far conforms well eno... more »

"Barbara Kay: No consequences for women who “stealth” men

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
https://youtu.be/Tcng4ccVlVI Sex equality, not! Young men beware...

Journalists respond to the inflation wars

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
Two days ago, I wrote about two open letters about the cosmic inflation published in Scientific American. In February, critics ILS claimed that it wasn't even a science. Days ago, GLKN (Guth, Linde...) along with 29 other heavyweights who just signed defended the inflationary cosmology. There have been some reactions in the pop science media. First, Amy Adams wrote a Stanford press release: Despite a popular media story, rumors of inflationary theory’s demise is premature, Stanford researchers say It was later copied to Phys.Org. You may see that Amy Adams is working for Stanford w... more »

Laptop ban on flights: What about the parents? Per BBC News - In other words "will nobody think of the children"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
This breeder centric BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39341302 really does take the piss and includes anti President Donald Trump sentiments front and centre: 'When the laptop ban on some flights to the US and UK was announced, there was an audible groan from business people across the world who use those precious hours to keep on top of work. But there was another group who took an even deeper intake of breath: parents. "@realDonaldTrump this is absurd," wrote one panicked Twitter user. "My toddlers can't go 2 miles w/o an ipad." "Making kids sit through a 1... more »

We Need “Tapes” & All Communications Between Trump & Former FBI Director Comey Write Ranking Members House Committee on the Judiciary & Oversight and Government Reform

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 21 hours ago
Tape recorder from President Nixon’s Oval Office, as seen in the Museum’s display on the events called “Watergate”. Gerald R. … Continue reading →

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 22 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 22 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 22 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 22 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

Syrian Democratic Forces announce Tabaqa region ISIL-free: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 A.M.) – The US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces announced in a press conference in al-Tabqah on Friday the next phase in securing the city, one day following its recapture from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). “After several days of uprooting elements within the enemy lines, the result was a total […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi Kurdistan to hold referendum in Autumn 2017

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
(Sputnik) Iraqi Kurdistan is going to hold an independence referendum in October or November 2017. A referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan may be held in October-November 2017, representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Russia Hoshawi Babakr told Sputnik Friday. “It will be held in fall. The exact date has not yet […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Hezbollah hands over Syrian border posts to Lebanese Army

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 A.M.) – Hezbollah made the decision to hand over most of their Syrian border-posts to the Lebanese Army, the organization’s official media wing reported on Friday. According to Hezbollah’s media wing, their forces handed over their Syrian border-posts near the towns Tufayl, Brital, Ham, amd Maaraboun in Lebanon’s Beqa’a Governorate. This move […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi forces launch important operation near Syrian border: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:05 A.M.) – Fighters of the paramilitary ‘al-Hash al-Shaabi’, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), launched an operation to expel self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) from the town al-Qairawan 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Mosul, Friday. Iraqi military voiced its support to the PMF campaign and provided it with air […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Al-Masdar exclusive: Details behind the Syrian Army’s capture of Jirah Airbase

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their offensive in the eastern countryside of Aleppo this week, targeting the last villages under Islamic State (ISIL) control that were located southwest of the strategic Jirah Airbase. Within five days of renewing their east Aleppo offensive, the Syrian Arab Army reached the outskirts […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russia, Egypt discuss Syrian political settlement

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
(TASS) Joint steps to work towards political settlement in Syria were the primary focus of a telephone conversation between Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov of Russia and Sameh Shoukry of Egypt, the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday. Lavrov and Shoukry “exchanged views on issues related to the Syrian crisis, including in the light of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL in mass retreat as Syrian Army troops advance in northeast Homs: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their large-scale advance in the northeastern countryside of Homs on Friday, liberating several sites from the Islamic State (ISIL) militants occupying the area. Leading the way on Friday was the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Legion; they would liberate the important quarries located directly east […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

HOW YOUR AREA CAN BECOME RICH

Anon at Aangirfan - 22 hours ago
French geographer *Christophe Guilluy* refers to the rich parts of France and the poor neglected parts of France. In the neglected French towns, police stations, factories, shops, schools and post offices have been closed. *Christophe Guilluy *refers to the neglected parts of France as being "*Peripheral France*". He says that 60% of the population live in "Peripheral France". "Peripheral France" includes the poor, neglected parts of Paris. *Dumfries, a very large town in Scotland, has no town council. It has suffered from the closure of rail links, factories, shops etc.* Fra... more »

"We Are Left Alone..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
“We work in the dark. We do what we can to battle the evil that would otherwise destroy us. But if a man's character is his fate, it's not a choice but a calling. Sometimes the weight of this burden causes us to falter, breaching the fragile fortress of our mind, allowing the monster without to turn within. We are left alone staring into the abyss, into the laughing face of madness.” - “Fox Mulder”, "The X Files"

"Tell Me Yourself, I Challenge You..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"Tell me yourself, I challenge you - answer. Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature... and to found that edifice on its unavenged tears: would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell the truth.” - Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"

“Do Ends Justify The Means?”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*“Do Ends Justify The Means?”* by Mike Krieger “I think the U.S. citizenry is being afflicted by a sort of mass insanity at the moment. There are no good outcomes if this continues. As a result, I feel compelled to provide a voice for those of us lost in the political wilderness. We must persevere and not be manipulated into the obvious and nefarious divide and conquer tactics being aggressively unleashed across the societal spectrum. If we lose our grounding and our fortitude, who will be left to speak for those of us who simply don’t fit into any of the currently ascendant polit... more »

Russia selling debt and dependence to its overseas nuclear customers

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 23 hours ago
Originally posted on nuclear-news: Is Rosatom selling debt and dependence to its overseas customers? http://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-is-rosatom-selling-debt-and-dependence-to-its-overseas-customers When a court in South Africa torpedoed…

It Appears That Iran Has Chosen Ballistic Missiles As Its Preferred Method To Deliver A Nuclear Warhead

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A ballistic missile is launched and tested at an undisclosed location in Iran in this handout photograph released by the official website of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps March 8, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/SEPAHNEWS.COM/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS *Washington Free Beacon:* *Intel Report: Iran Refining Nuke Delivery System in Flagrant Violation of Ban* *Increased ICBM work offers pathway to long-range nuclear weapon.* Iran continues to make critical technological strides in its efforts to perfect an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons over great distance... more »

'Ransomware' Attack Strikes Worldwide Targets

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
#WannaCry #ransomware used in widespread attacks all over the world via @Securelist https://t.co/zh012F9lCC pic.twitter.com/UzJVqUwbT6 — Kaspersky Lab (@kaspersky) May 12, 2017 *DW:* *Major 'ransomware' attack strikes worldwide targets* Nearly 100 countries have been hit by malware exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft systems. Russia's interior ministry said roughly 1,000 of its computers have been compromised in a cyberattack that spans the globe. The "ransomware"cyberattack that disrupted several hospitals across the UK on Friday was revealed to be part of a large-scale globa... more »

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 1 day ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 1 day ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 1 day ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 1 day ago
[image: undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies. Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend" against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted Carpenter writes in the National In... more »

Eric Sprott Gives Exhaustion BUY ALERT For Silver: “I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Eric Sprott Gives Exhaustion BUY ALERT For Silver: “I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This” by http://www.silverdoctors.com/ Can You Measure Capitulation? Eric Sprott Believes We Are Experiencing An Exhaustion BUY ALERT In Silver. end

Israeli Settlers Vandalize Property of Palestinians

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on May 11, 2017 Israeli settlers have entered the Shu’fat area in Jerusalem Al-Quds and vandalized the property of Palestinians living in the area. The suspects wrote racist and Islamophobic remarks on walls and vehicles. Our correspondent Mohammad Hamayel reports. end

Even the U.S. Department of State Says It: “Palestinian Children Are Being Mistreated & Tortured by Israel”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Even the U.S. Department of State Says It “Palestinian Children Are Being Mistreated & Tortured by Israel” by http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/ U.S. State Dept. reports grave violations against Palestinian kids Ramallah, March 17, 2017—A U.S. government human rights report released this month highlights grave violations against Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation. – The annual country reports […]

Trump Starts Draining The Swamp: Who’s Next?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
There are 2 swamp creatures which Trump has to deal with eventually: Ivanka and Jared Kushner. – Published on May 12, 2017 Infowars Reporter Millie Weaver discusses Donald Trumps latest move toward draining the swamp by firing FBI director James Comey. White house sources have hinted that Sean Spicer could be next on the chopping […]

Keith Olbermann Commits High Treason: Calls For Foreign Gov’ts To Overthrow U.S.?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on May 12, 2017 Keith Olbermann has apparently completely lost his mind, now calling for foreign governments to overthrow the United States government and our lawfully elected President Donald Trump. end

The Map the Media Doesn’t Want You to See: Nations With the Most Refugees Have the Most Terror Attacks

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Why are the western MSM hiding the truth? They are owned/controlled by Illuminists. The agenda is the destabilizing of Europe to setup the Clash of Civilizations (Samuel Huntington) for the Satanic WW3: Christian West vs Muslim World as part of Albert Pike’s Satanic WW3. – The Map the Media Doesn’t Want You to See: Nations […]

‘Spring Storm’: 6 NATO Ships Arrive in Tallinn Port, Estonia for Drills

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The west will ignite their Satanic WW3 when Russia and China publicly abandon the US dollar. Ie. the end of the Anglo-American, western Illuminati’s global hegemony. – Published on May 12, 2017 Six NATO military vessels arrived at the port of Tallinn on Friday in order to participate in drills and to refresh resources. The […]

Stephen Colbert Trump Joke Backfires – Then He Scolds Audience

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on May 12, 2017 Stephen Colbert lectures his audience after his first joke of his monologue backfired when he thought he would be skewering President Trump, but as you will see, thins didn’t quite go as planned! end

Russian General Staff Has Concluded that Washington is Preparing a Nuclear First Strike on Russia

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Russian General Staff Has Concluded that Washington is Preparing a Nuclear First Strike on Russia by Paul Craig Roberts, http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ Are You Ready to Die? “Fifty years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me one thing: If a fight is inevitable, you must strike first.” Vladimir Putin – In George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel, 1984, information that […]

Trump’s RussiaGate: “There’s No Evidence, Stupid!”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Trump’s RussiaGate: “There’s No Evidence, Stupid!” by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, via http://www.zerohedge.com/ … Forgive me for getting caught up in the very nostalgia I castigate. And now here we are in the mere early months of Trumptopia about to hit the replay button on a televised inquisition. In my humble opinion, Donald Trump is a far more […]

“You Look Remarkably Calm For Someone Who Issues €2.5 Trillion Out Of Thin Air” – Dutch Politician To Draghi

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
“You Look Remarkably Calm For Someone Who Issues €2.5 Trillion Out Of Thin Air” – Dutch Politician To Draghi by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com Used to a fawning press corps and clueless politicians, perhaps Mario Draghi was expecting a warm greeting, a series of softball questions from Dutch lawmakers, and some late night entertainment on Wednesday […]

ASTANA the Illuminati Capital of the World?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on May 11, 2017 http://astanatimes.com/2017/03/new-si… https://vigilantcitizen.com/sinisters… end

The Cyclic Model Vs Inflation, Steinhardt et. al. Vs Hawking et al Data Always Wins .

Hontas Farmer at Science 2.0 - Physical Sciences - 1 day ago
*S*cientific consensus is not gospel dogma to be enforced, instead it should, and MUST change in the face of contrary data. There are theories like evolution, general relativity, and climate change which are truly settled science. Inflation (and string theory) are not there yet. Letters signed by 33 or 33,333 prestigious physicist won't make that so. Only data can. read more

Trump's Kazakh Mafia Connection

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*The Donald and Felix* It's almost a year ago that I wound up in a former piece of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, a central Asia kleptocracy where Donald and Ivanka Trump were in business with local mobsters laundering money for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. But Azerbaijan was hardly the only former part of the Soviet empire where Trump was trying to make a buck. Tonight, David Cay Johnston's DCReport.org broke a story about Trump and the Kazakh mobsters. Kazakhstan is a huge country with something like 18 million people, rich in natural resources. The current authoritarian presid... more »

Friday Night at the Movies: Blue

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 1 day ago
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4 Graphs That Demonstrate Why The IPCC Climate Models Will NEVER Be Accurate

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 1 day ago
Y = mX + b One of the most basic statistical techniques used in science is the linear regression. The linear regression defines the relationship between the independent variable (cause) and the dependent variable (effect). The mathematical relationship is Y = mX + b, where Y is the dependent variable, m is the slope of the … Continue reading "4 Graphs That Demonstrate Why The IPCC Climate Models Will NEVER Be Accurate"

BWorld 130, Mobility of goods, capital, and people in Asia

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on May 09, 2017. One big issue that failed to land on front pages during the ASEAN Prosperity Summit last week is the creeping protectionism, not through rising tariffs but rising non-tariff barriers (NTBs). Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pointed out during the Summit that NTBs and non-tariff measures (NTMs) from 2000 to 2015 have surged by nearly four times to 5,975 from 1,634. This despite the zero tariff regime for intra-regional trade and the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) or the regional single market. While ASEAN... more »

Seasteading means more rule of law, less government

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
There is a good presentation by Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Institute at Dubai Freeport Zone a few months ago, *Pitch: SustainableFloating Free Zones in Dubai*. Below are some photos from his presentation showcasing the power of free market, competition and innovation, and relative freedom from intrusive politicians and the state. Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and China overall. Dubai, French Polynesia, global ecozones, and the very important role of the rule of law -- stability and certainty of application of the law to all, absence or minimum arbitrariness. The speaker and his book, th... more »

Institutional Decay in Washington

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Paul Jay discuss the significance of the Comey affair, the prospect of the rise of VP Mike Pence as the real power in the White House, and the danger of war as a way out for a dysfunctional administration.

Roman Mystery in Elsbach Lignite Pit or Hissink’s Heresy

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 1 day ago
Eva Hagedorn, a german scientist, studied a section of the Garzweiler Lignite mine stratigraphy and chemistry during the 1990’s and published a summary online at her website. A captioned photograph of “Parts of the Roman Water pipeline in Profile FR126 … Continue reading →

Two ISIS warlords defect to rebels ranks ahead of looming defeat in Deir Ezzor

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:35 A.M.) – On Friday, two prominent ISIS commanders left caliphate ranks to join forces with Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters on the provincial border between Homs and Deir Ezzor. After communicating with FSA contigents, Ghassan Al-Sankeh and Mahmoud Al-Faraj arrived in Badia in central Syria, leaving behind ISIS fighters under their command […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

+18 graphic video: ISIS hospital full on injured children following US airstrikes on Raqqa

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:10 A.M.) – American airstrikes in northern Syria are taking a heavy toll on ISIS, but have killed and injured dozens of civilians in events mainstream media have not picked up on. Footage released by Amaq Agency on Friday showed one hospital in rural Raqqa overloaded with patients following US airstrikes and Kurdish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Эксклюзив: В осаждённый Дейр-эз-Зор начинают прибывать подкрепления

Ivan Yakovlev at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
В пятницу во второй половине дня Сирийская Арабская Армия начала переброску подкреплений в Дейр-эз-Зор в преддверии готовящейся крупной военной операции в этом осаждённом городе. В эксклюзивном интервью AMN военный источник сообщил, что в Дейр-эз-Зор в рамках подготовки к наступлению на позиции террористов “Исламского государства” будет переброшено более 500 солдат Республиканской Гвардии и бойцов ополчения из […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Сирийская армия освободила авиабазу Джира на востоке провинции Алеппо

Ivan Yakovlev at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
Войска Сирийской Арабской Армии полностью овладели авиабазой Джира на востоке провинции Алеппо. Ведомые подразделениями дивизии “Тигр”, правительственные войска на протяжении дня вели бои с террористами “Исламского государства” за этот стратегически важный военный объект. Не имея возможности далее удерживать оборону, боевики ИГ в конечном счёте бросили свои позиции и отступили на юг, к равнине Мескена. Взяв […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Election Hacking: A False Russian Flag in France?

George Beebe at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*George Beebe* *Security, Europe* [image: Backlit keyboard. Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons/@Colin] It isn’t difficult to compile a list of countries whose interests would be served by stoking tensions between Russia and the West. In the murky world of cyber operations, where there is smoke, there are often mirrors. And in the reports about alleged Russian hacking in the recent French presidential elections, there seems to be an abundance of both. Many have been quick to blame Moscow once again for cyber meddling; some have raised caution flags about attribution, pointing to a... more »

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers: Simply Obsolete or Still King of the Oceans?

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * What does the U.S. Navy think? *The Ford-class ships are engineered with a redesigned island, slightly larger deck space and new weapons elevators in order to achieve an increase in sortie-generation rate. The new platforms are built to launch more aircraft and more seamlessly support a high-op tempo.* *The new weapons elevators allow for a much more efficient path to move and re-arm weapons systems for aircraft. The elevators can take weapons directly from their magazines to just below the flight deck, therefore greatly improving the sortie-generatio... more »

BREAKING: Clinton Insiders Reveal ‘Blame Russia’ Plan Hatched ‘Within 24 Hours’ of Election Loss

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 1 day ago
[image: Russian]Wikileaks' latest tweet has the potential to destroy the Democrat Party's narrative the election of 2016 was corrupted by Russian election meddling.

Bravo: Cop Non-Violently Stops Potential Mass Murder at School By Talking To Student

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 1 day ago
[image: school]Union County, NC School Resource Officer AJ Wallace prevented a school stabbing by talking to the young man, no violence necessary.

Ron Paul: Comey was a Good Start — Now Fire the Entire FBI

Claire Bernish at The Free Thought Project - 1 day ago
[image: fbi]Now that Director James Comey has been fired, Dr. Ron Paul asserts it's time to dismantle the entire organization and fire the FBI.

Condoleeza Rice: Bush Administration Lied, Iraq Invasion Was Nevr About Spreading Democracy

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 1 day ago
The primary US objective during the 2003 invasion of Iraq was not bringing democracy to the Middle Eastern country, but to oust Saddam Hussein

Cops Arrest Innocent, SOBER People for DUI, Based Only On A Hunch

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 1 day ago
[image: dui]Police experts in drug recognition get awarded for arresting people on DUI charges, even though they have no drugs in their system.

Former National Sheriff of the Year Sentenced to 3 Years For Massive Corruption

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 1 day ago
[image: sheriff]The former Sheriff of LA, who received one of the highest honors in the country, has just been handed down a three years sentence in jail.

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