Tuesday, July 11, 2017

11 July - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

11:30 pm MDT

Planetary Warming: Back to Basics

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 13 hours ago
It is often said we must rely on projections from computer simulations of earth’s climate since we have no other earth on which to experiment. That is not actually true since we have observations upon a number of planetary objects in our solar system that also have atmospheres. This is brought home by a […]

Flacking For The Organic Industry: Paul Thacker

Hank Campbell at Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
A bizarre diatribe published by the hard-left political fanzine Progressive.org came across my desk today. I even got a mention. I don't delve into politics much, I am a registered Independent and I voted for Clinton in the 2016 election, those are all known, but I run a non-partisan consumer advocacy non-profit and we don't do politics, so I was surprised anyone in a political site would even know who I am. Then I looked at the author: Paul Thacker. read more

THE PERILS OF SKILL-FREE LIVING: Androids gone wild!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017Part 2—Westworld v. David Leonhardt:* Back in 1973, Michael Crichton scored his first job as a feature film director. He wrote and drected Westworld, a fascinating feature film better known as "androids gone wild." In this case, it was Yul (Yul Brynner), not HAL, who began causing trouble for us alleged humans. The leading authority on the film recalls the way they were: In the then-future year of 1983, a high-tech, highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed "worlds"—Westworld (the American Old West), Medieval World (medieval E... more »

Is this an example of the danger you feel a sense of, Mr Chairman?

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
Fukushima Daiichi July 11, 2017 4:57 AM Weather has been very foggy. Fog is clearing with dawn. The common spent fuel pool building seems to be steaming mightily: Here are more screenshots: https://www.dropbox.com/s/quow4jfqk1naldz/July 7-11 2017.docx?dl=1 I've seen the common spent fuel pool steam up before. I'm sure its packed with very hot fuel, some of which is undoubtedly damaged. TEPCO reportedly stored much of the fuel offloaded from unit 4 in the common spent fuel pool, as indicated in this press release: TEPCO Press Releases (November 18, 2013). Fuel Removal from Unit ... more »

LOST GLASGOW - JOAN EARDLEY - RALPH GLASSER

Anon at Aangirfan - 13 hours ago
'*Lost Glasgow*' has many photos of old Glasgow. . Above, we see Michael Jackson at the Glasgow King's Theatre - Lost Glasgow. When we met a former Jacksons road manager, he said that Joe Jackson, Michael's father, was not necessarily his favourite person. The American navy brought nuclear weapons of mass destruction to Faslane, near Glasgow. Debbie Harry visiting Glasgow - Lost Glasgow Glasgow, Garnethill - Lost Glasgow Glasgow kids wanting to protect their play area - Lost Glasgow Jaconelli Ices, Glasgow - Lost Glasgow. 'Glasgow godfather' Arthur Thompson reportedly ... more »

random thoughts from my head

Steve at GlobaLove Think Tank - 13 hours ago
He says the price of commodities is going down and most things are legal and we have scavengers all around so if you placed a bet on a huge erection your going to need drugs to keep it hard and the world is on a techno ejaculation\ and no facial for the honour guard

...Time Surfing...

Alfred Lehmberg at alienviews - 13 hours ago
*.* The "Recent"? ...*Surf* on back ten *thousand* years… And find we're making *magic* beer*! *We've barely a clue what's happened to here*! You can bet that the *truth *is *bizarre*, *strange*, and *queer*! *.* Now, *away,* "hangin' ten," to the start of the Pleistocene. This few million years—*time lost in a fever dream*—in a past *long* remote, Cenozoic, our *theme,* where *We're **struck by a comet** and broiled to steam*! *.* The Pliocene mutters from *five million* suns... The Miocene rates *twenty-two million* runs... Oligocene's *three-seven* proves time marches on... And ... more »

Wondering Where the Money Went, Venezuelans Start Rationing Toothpaste

Michael Tennant at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: wondering-where-the-money-went-venezuelans-start-rationing-toothpaste] Things have gotten so bad in Venezuela that people are rationing toothpaste — and finding solace in *Keeping Up with the Kardashians*.

History Channel Documentary Says Amelia Earhart Was Captured, Not Drowned

Lisa Shaw at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: history-channel-documentary-new-information-on-amelia-earhart] In concurrence with the 80th anniversary of the disappearance of America’s first woman pilot to fly across the Atlantic comes the History Channel’s investigative documentary *Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence.*

Christian Given $12,000 “Sharia Fine” for Not Removing Shoes — in Canada

Selwyn Duke at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: christian-given-12-000-sharia-fine-for-not-removing-shoes-in-canada] While Western nations will generally preach “separation of church and state,” are they now combining mosque and state? Certain critics say yes, citing as a case in point Canada’s fining of a man $12,000 — for failing to remove his shoes upon entering an apartment he rented to a Muslim couple.

G20 Summit: Socialists in the Streets, Socialists in Pinstripes

Steve Byas at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: g20-summit-socialists-in-the-streets-socialists-in-pin-stripes] The men in the fancy suits and the women in the expensive dresses at the recent G20 Summit may not look like campus radicals, but they often are just as much socialists as those overturning cars and smashing store windows outside the meeting.

Donald Trump Jr. Releases The Email Chain That Arranged A Meeting With A Russian Source That Had Damaging Intel On The Clintons

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Here's my statement and the full email chain pic.twitter.com/x050r5n5LQ — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 11, 2017 Here is page 4 (which did not post due to space constraints). pic.twitter.com/z1Xi4nr2gq — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 11, 2017 *The Hill:* *Trump Jr. releases email chain on conversations with Russian sources* Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday released a stunning chain of emails highlighting his conversations about setting up a controversial campaign meeting with a Russian lawyer offering compromising information on Hillary Clinton. “The Crown prose... more »

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
What was suppose to be a 15 minute conversation ended up lasting 3 hours. Military and Intelligence News Briefs will be posted at 17:00 EST (instead of now), and World News Briefs will be posted at 18:00 EST (instead of 9:00 EST) later today.

Who Is the Real Enemy?

Philip Giraldi at 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] It is one of the great ironies that the United States, a land mass protected by two broad oceans while also benefitting from the world’s largest economy and most powerful military, persists in viewing itself as a potential victim, vulnerable and surrounded by enemies. In reality, there are only two significant potential threats to the U.S. The first consists of the only two non-friendly countries – Russia and China – that have nuclear weapons and delivery systems that could hit the North American continent and the second is the somewhat more amorphous danger repre... more »

Mosul Campaign Day 267 Jul 10 2017

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
PM Abadi giving his victory speech in Mosul (Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office) The last areas held by the Islamic State in west Mosul were finally cleared, allowing Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Abadi to declare victory in the nine-month long campaign. At the start of the day, there were still a fewIS elements in the Shahwanand Qalahat neighborhoods along the Tigris River. Three soldiers from the Golden Division were killed in the fighting. That initially held up the premier’s speech, but by the middle of the day Abadi appeared and gave his address. He saidMosul was a triumph against ... more »

Air Show Protest in Maine

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago

CBC polls its comments forum trolls and discovers that most Canadians approve of torture

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 14 hours ago
*Omar Khadar as a 15 year old* According to a recent CBC public opinion poll, Canadians have suddenly morphed into a blood thirsty nation....relishing the torture of a 15 year old boy and his imprisonment for years in solitary confinement far from his home. Canadians, unable to acknowledge their own laws, and Charter of Rights, believe Khadar brought his fate on himself.. and doesn't deserve a nickel of compensation for the medical neglect, torture, and solitary confinement--based on an illegal foreign war for regime change and resource (opium) theft. This shocking CBC public opi... more »

At Least 16 People Killed in Military Plane Crash in Mississippi

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
The KC-130 refueling aircraft crashed into a field 85 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi on 10 July 2017.

Russian Lawyer Who Met Donald Trump Jr. Says She Never Had Information on Clinton

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Natalia Veselnitskaya also confirmed to NBC that Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort had attended the meeting in June 2016.

Tucker Carlson to Brad Woodhouse, former DNC communications director: "What the hell are you talking about?"

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
*my question exactly.* Listen to this ignorant elitist creep pontificating and understand this is what all the libtards think. And it's also what they think about *you*. Trump defends Western Civilization and the left goes nuts. Why? Are they really so propagandized and dumbed down that they actually believe living in a hut on top of flea infested sand pile is comparable to living in an air conditioned house? Silly question. Of course they do. Is rap, filled with foul language and promoting violence against "hoes and bitches", equal to a classical symphony? Is speaking prope...more »

The Afghan War Is Not Lost

Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine* *Security, Asia* [image: A French sniper looks through his rifle's scope while keeping watch over Qarabagh district, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Kabul, November 20, 2007. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood] Trump should explain the theory of success, the stakes and why, after all these years, America’s longest war must persist. Sixteen years after the United States first sent troops to Afghanistan, U.S. military commanders describe the war there as stalemated. The Trump administration has initiated a major strategy review, and the Pentagon reportedly se... more »

Why THAAD Is North Korea's Worst Nightmare (And Everything Else Lockheed Martin Told Us)

Harry J. Kazianis at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, * What you need to know about THAAD. *The global proliferation of threat ballistic-missile systems, coupled with significant advances in precision, lethality and an exploitation of unprotected battlespace, requires a multitier, layered defense. To effectively defend troops, citizens, infrastructure and critical assets from these growing threats, THAAD’s unique endo & exo capability adds essential layers of defense, because it can operate in both regimes. THAAD complements existing ballistic-missile defenses by closing the battlespace gap between e... more »

Do Trump's Enemies Finally Have Their Smoking Gun?

Daniel McCarthy at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Daniel McCarthy* *Politics, Americas* [image: Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower in New York City, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo] The latest twist to the Russia affair foretells legal trouble for the president and the president’s men. President Trump’s enemies think they have found the smoking gun—or at least some telltale powder residue. The *New York Times* reports that not only did Donald Trump Jr. meet with “a Russian lawyer who has connections to the Kremlin” during last year’s campaign, but that Trump *fils *knew that the meeting was part of a ... more »

BREAKING: Natalia Veselnitskaya tells NBC News that she has zero connection to the Kremlin (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
No Kremlin connection and Veselnitskaya has confirmed this. The post BREAKING: Natalia Veselnitskaya tells NBC News that she has zero connection to the Kremlin (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Kellyanne Conway and fake news CNN’s Chris Cuomo, clash in marathon 35 minute segment (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
At one point in the interview, the two argued over whether the word "Russia" was relevant to the conversation. The post Kellyanne Conway and fake news CNN’s Chris Cuomo, clash in marathon 35 minute segment (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

White Helmets supporter George Clooney and wife are leaving the UK for fear of ISIS attacks

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
George Clooney fleeing Europe due to fears over terrorism - caused by the very "refugee" policies he advocated. The post White Helmets supporter George Clooney and wife are leaving the UK for fear of ISIS attacks appeared first on The Duran.

China SLAMS Donald Trump for trying to make North Korea a Chinese ‘problem’

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 14 hours ago
China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman has harshly criticised Donald Trump's attitude which seeks to make North Korea a Chinese burden. The post China SLAMS Donald Trump for trying to make North Korea a Chinese ‘problem’ appeared first on The Duran.

Israel sides with Hungary. Blasts George Soros for ‘continuously undermining elected governments’

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The strong ties between Netanyahu and Orban have raised eyebrows in the European Union. The post Israel sides with Hungary. Blasts George Soros for ‘continuously undermining elected governments’ appeared first on The Duran.

Trump Has Set the Stage For Russia-China-U.S. Cooperation for Development — Americans Must be Mobilized For the Program

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20170711-trump-stage.pdf The historic meetings of President Trump with President Putin, and then with President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, have set in motion a new potential power in the world — not a geopolitical power to impose itself on others, but a power for the Good, bringing nations together to advance their common humanity. While Trump and Putin are now working together to end the terrorist insurgency in Syria, and potentially across the Mideast, Trump and Xi Jinping have rededicated themselves to cooperation internat... more »

Texas Extreme Weather That Katharine Forgot

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 15 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Hurricane Carla in 1961 at Freeport. Katharine Hayhoe assures us that the weather in Texas is getting much more extreme. I suggest she studies history. The guys at the Texas Almanac have put together this account of extreme weather records: . Temperature Lowest Tulia, Feb. 12, 1899 -23°F Seminole, Feb. 8, […]

Before that meeting with the attorney Donald Trump Jr. received an email stating that the information came from the Russian government which was trying to help his dad get elected.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Times: *Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father’s candidacy, according to three people with knowledge of the email. * *The email to the younger Mr. Trump was sent by Rob Goldstone, a publicist and former British tabloid reporter who helped broker the June 2016 meeting. In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Trump acknowledged that he was intereste... more »

Lost in translation: Authors blame a language error for wrong diagnosis

Alison McCook at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
A patient’s “unusual” brain cyst excited several researchers in China so much they published a paper about it in a major journal. Soon a reader identified a glaring mistake: the authors had described the cause of the cyst incorrectly. A month after the paper appeared online in November 2016, the reader — a neurologist […] The post Lost in translation: Authors blame a language error for wrong diagnosis appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Another Successful U.S. THAAD Anti-Missile Test

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*FOX News:* *US successfully tests THAAD missile system amid North Korean tensions* The U.S. on Tuesday test-fired its THAAD anti-ballistic missile system from Alaska that successfully intercepted a target missile launched from an Air Force Cargo plane north of Hawaii. The drill was previously scheduled in June and comes a week after North Korea successfully test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of hitting Alaska. THAAD is used to intercept short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. It does not target intercontinental ballistic missiles. The U.S. h... more »

Russia To Begin Production Of ICBM-Carrying Railway Missile Trains

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
CC BY-SA 4.0 / Vitaly V. Kuzmin / RT-23 UTTKh ICBM *Sputnik*:* Russia's Barguzin Nuke Trains Will Make Pentagon Think Twice About First Strike* Russia's defense industry is fully prepared to begin production of the Barguzin ICBM-carrying railway missile train, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin. Independent military analyst Vladimir Tuchkov outlines the secretive system's expected capabilities, and its implications for the global strategic balance. In an interview for the RIA Novosti news agency earlier this week, Rogozin, whose portfolio includes the defense indust... more »

Law Now Forces Women to Ask Men for Permission to Get an Abortion, Including Rapists

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: abortion]A draconian new law passed in Arkansas forces women to obtain permission from the man who impregnated them before they can have an abortion.

Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Out of the Darkness, Into the Light”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
Kevin Kern, “Out of the Darkness, Into the Light” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey62Yn6rzJg

Tuesday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 15 hours ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Kate Aronoff writes that in addition to being a political loser, corporate-friendly centrism is extremely dangerous in allowing for far less than the effort we should be putting into fighting climate change. And Tess Riley reports on new research that only a hundred companies are responsible for 71% of global greenhouse gas emissions - making it clear how a few firms with a lot of money at stake will be an obstacle to needed policy choices absent a concerted effort to put the public interest first. - Trish Hennessy takes a look at the benef... more »

Is It Time for the U.S. Navy to Build 'Mini' Aircraft Carriers?

Adam Weinstein, Task and Purpose at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Adam Weinstein, Task and Purpose* *Security, * Time to go small? Capt. John Sidney McCain III, U.S. Navy (retired), has flown on and off a lot of carrier decks. And he thinks they’re getting too damn big. McCain — the longtime Republican senator from Arizona and chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee — wants the sea service to build smaller, lighter CVNs. The Navy should “pursue a new ‘high/low mix’ in its aircraft carrier fleet,” he declared in a January white paper. As it turns out, McCain might get his way: The Senate’s planned 2018 defense budget pauses spending on... more »

The Real Reason You Should Fear Russia's Submarines (Think Chernobyl)

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The accidents they have. *The explosion blew out the reactor’s twelve-ton lid—and fuel rods—and ruptured the pressure hull. The reactor core was destroyed, and eight officers and two enlisted men standing nearby were killed instantly. A the blast threw debris was thrown into the air, and a plume of fallout 650 meters wide by 3.5 kilometers long traveled downwind on the Dunay Peninsula. More debris and the isotope Cobalt-60 was thrown overboard and onto the nearby docks.* In 1985, a Soviet submarine undergoing a delicate refueling procedure experien... more »

Remember When U.S. B-2 Bombers 'Attacked' China? (Yes, This Happened)

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Beijing has not forgotten. *The rush to conspiracy on the part of China is in some ways understandable. There is no obvious reason why the Chinese embassy in Belgrade should be bombed, especially by an all-seeing and all-powerful American military. Simple stupidity simply can’t be the cause; terrible acts such as the bombing of the Chinese embassy must have equally terrible causes, such as a mysterious, racist, imperialist urge to once again humiliate the great Chinese people.* *Yet to what end? There was no logical reason to intentionally bomb the ... more »

Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham tried to gag Ofsted per Daily Mail Online

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
News that you won't find reported on by the BBC. 'An Islamic school that tried to suppress its critical Ofsted report can finally be named after a legal challenge by the Daily Mail. Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham was criticised for segregating pupils and keeping books in its library that advocated beating wives. Inspectors said the state-funded school needed to be put in special measures for issues including a breach of equality law. But, in the first case of its kind, the school challenged Ofsted in the High Court, meaning the report is still being withheld from parents a year ... more »

Dark chocolate coconut milk ice cream bonbons (2-ingredient, dairy-free recipe)

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 16 hours ago
Sweet coconut ice cream bonbons get dunked in a dark chocolate coating. Perfect for warm weather dessert-ing! Bonbons are a classic childhood treat that are chocolate-covered on the outside and filled with candy, ice cream or nut butters on the inside. For a healthier, Paleo twist that’s a cinch to make, this recipe uses homemade, non-dairy coconut milk

Why is pus being found in this common “healthy” meat?

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 16 hours ago
By Dr. Mercola Worldwide, we’re seeing strong growth in organics and grass-fed farming. As of 2016, the organic food sector accounted for 5.3 percent of total food sales in the U.S. We now also have a brand-new grass-fed certification by the American Grassfed Association (AGA), which is the highest certification you can get for dairy, beef,

Syrian Army arrests two US-backed mercenaries in Syria’s Badia region

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – In the wake of a large-scale trans-provincial offensive launched by pro-government forces in the southwestern Syrian Badia, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has captured alive two US-backed mercenaries belonging the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The two mercenaries shown in the video below likely had their positions overrun by pro-government forces […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Lost Interview Reveals Bush’s Plans to Invade Iraq – 2 Years Before 9/11

Justin Gardner at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: bush]Uncovered interview reveals Bush spoke of invading Iraq in 1999, and dreamed of having the "political capital" given to him by 9/11.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 16 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin New Blockbuster Research Shows Guccifer 2.0 Files Were Copied Locally, Not Hacked The Economist: "Get Ready For A World Currency By 2018" Mongolia inaugurates businessman, martial arts expert as new president Merkel Migrant Blowback Begins: "Chechen Sharia Police Terrorize Berlin" London Tube passengers can inhale more than 12 million toxic air particles a minute Saudi King To Visit Russia: Bringing Relationship To New Phase The death of big-box stores is speeding up suburbia's slide into poverty Germany introduces heavy fines for online hate speech World in a ... more »

How Badly Will The TrumpCare Circus Hurt Republicans In West Virginia?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Over the weekend we looked at how well Bernie had done with Monongalia County primary voters. It's the third most populated county in West Virginia-- Morgantown is the county seat-- and on primary day last year these were the results: *•* Bernie- 8,096 *•* Trump- 5,971 *•* Hillary- 4,963 *•* Kasich- 943 *•* Cruz- 851 *•* Rubio- 207 There are all or parts of twenty counties that make up WV-01 and the 5 with most of the voters are Harrison, Monongalia and Wood. In 2012 Obama was wiped out in West Virginia and lost every county in the state-- as Clinton did last year. But...local D... more »

DARPA Wants To Build 'The Matrix'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
In The Matrix, users plugged into a computer using a bulky cable attached to the brain *Daily Mail*:* US military reveals $65m funding for 'Matrix' projects to plug human brains directly into a computer* * System could be used to give soldiers 'supersenses' and boost brainpower * Will also allow radical new treatments for patients with sensory disorders * Four teams will focus on vision and two on aspects of hearing and speech The US military has revealed $65 million of funding for a programme to develop a 'brain chip' allowing humans to simply plug into a computer. They say the s... more »

Report: Deadly Chemical And Biological Agents Improperly Handled And Tracked By The U.S. Army

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
U.S. Army *Army Times:* *Report: Army improperly tracked sarin, other chemical agents* Officials at an Army chemical and biological storage and testing facility did not follow protocols while tracking inventories of sarin, a dangerous nerve agent, according to a recent inspector general report. The U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground also at times failed to provide disqualifying information about employees such as drug use and an incident involving alcohol, the report found. Dugway Proving Ground was the same Utah location cited in 2015 for protocol failures that allowed live anthra... more »

Report: Are President Trump's Family Using Their Connections To Him To Help Their Businesses?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
666 Fift Avenue, New York City. Wikimapia *The Intercept:** Jared Kushner Tried And Failed To Get A Half-Billion-Dollar Bailout For His Company From Qatar* NOT LONG BEFORE a major crisis ripped through the Middle East, pitting the United States and a bloc of Gulf countries against Qatar, Jared Kushner’s real estate company had unsuccessfully sought a critical half-billion-dollar investment from one of the richest and most influential men in the tiny nation, according to three well-placed sources with knowledge of the near transaction. Kushner is a senior adviser to President Trump... more »

Over 650 displaced civilians return to Homs City from Turkish-occupied Aleppo

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – Over 650 displaced civilians returned to Homs City today after spending nearly two months in Turkish-occupied Aleppo. According to a government source, at least twenty buses carrying more than 150 families left the Turkish-occupied city of Al-Bab to travel to government-held Al-Wa’er in Homs City. The source added that the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Extremely graphic photos: ISIS blows the heads off Iraqi prisoners of war

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 P.M.) – On Tuesday, Amaq Agency released a handful of gruesome images depicting a gruesome Islamic State summary execution of three captured members of the pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU). The incident took place in the contested town of Qaryat Imam Gharbi, based on the western bank of the Tigris River in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BREAKING: Syrian Army and allies fully secure strategic site from ISIS in eastern Homs

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and allied paramilitary forces continue to roll back ISIS in eastern Homs, fully securing a strategic site from the terrorist group today. After one week of battling the Islamic State for control of the al-Hayl gas field, pro-government forces have managed to secure the energy […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

In pictures: Two militants killed as Lebanese Army foils ISIS terrorism plot

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:10 P.M.) – On Tuesday morning, the Lebanese Armed Forces raided a suspected Islamic State hideout and engaged two armed jihadists, only to discover several homemade bombs in their home. The incident took place in Arsal town on the eastern border and quickly saw two Syrian nationals, Atef Al-Abyad and Yaser Al-Ghawi, dead. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Russian armor, troops spotted on road to Hama

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:50 P.M.) – About three weeks ago, footage was leaked showing a massive pro-government forces column transiting along a road somewhere between the Aleppo and Hama Governonates. Within the video can be seen the presence of BTR-82A armored personnel carriers and Russian troops. Russian troops – mainly special forces – operate alongside the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BREAKING: Islamist rebels claim to have gunned down Syrian jet east of Damascus

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:00 P.M.) – Moments ago, two branches of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) said they had downed a Syrian warplane operating over the Syrian Desert in Rif Dimashq. The FSA’s Ahmad Al-Abdo Martyrs Brigade claimed the plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and plunged towards the ground near the village of Umm Ramam […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army makes a huge advance in east Damascus

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is rolling through the eastern suburbs of Damascus, capturing several points from the Islamist rebels of Faylaq Al-Rahman. Led by the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard and Special Mission forces, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the militant-held ‘Ayn Tarma Triangle, where they were engaged […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL members claim Baghdadi was killed: Al-Sumaria TV

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
(TASS) Militants from the Islamic State (IS, terror group, outlawed in Russia) have said the organization’s leader Abu Bakr al-Bahgdadi is dead, the Al Sumaria TV channel reported on Tuesday citing a source in Iraq’s Nineveh province. According to the source, IS gunmen issued a brief statement announcing that their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian chopper wipes out an ISIL base in east Hama: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – A Russian military helicopter carried out a strategic bombing against an Islamic State (ISIL) gathering at a base in the eastern countryside of Hama. Using their powerful Mi-28 chopper, the Russian Air Force completely destroyed the Islamic State base that was used to house the terrorist group’s fighters in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Libya: Fresh clashes between GNA and militants rock Tripoli outskirts

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – Fierce clashes broke out between UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) troops and armed militants in the in the Qara Polly (Castelverde) area off the country’s coast, 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Tripoli, Monday. Over the past few days, forces allied, pro and anti GNA forces exchanged gun shots in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*The U.S. Department of Education’s $1 Trillion Debt Millstone* According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Education has now cumulatively borrowed over one trillion dollars from the public for the purpose of funding its Federal Direct Student Loan program since January 2009. Political Calculations’ charted the history of the Education Department’s borrowing to support its student loan business. Between January 2009 and May 2017, the total public debt outstanding of the U.S. government increased by over 9.2 trillion dollars. Since $1 trillion of that borrow... more »

STEVE BANNON KNOWS WHAT THE WHITE WORKING CLASS WANTS DONE IN AFGHANISTAN

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
I realize that this blog should be wall-to-wall Trump-Russia right now, but I'm finding it hard to write anything about the subject that's more compelling than just the straight news. Meanwhile, on another subject, there's this from *The New York Times*: President Trump’s advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon’s plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan.... Erik D. Prince, a founder of the private security firm Blackwater Worldwide, and Stephen A. Feinberg, a billionaire financier who owns the... more »

"DNC Emails Were Copied To Flash Drive NOT Over the Internet, 1706"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
https://youtu.be/Tk4RX9ZZLJU Bill Still with yet another fascinating report that CNN, the BBC and the rest of the institutionally pro Democrats media won't touch with a bargepole.

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*How the electric car revolution could backfire* Matt Ridley *If the state pushes one type of technology too hard it risks shutting down the creation of a far more efficient alternative* The [British] government is under pressure to follow France and Volvo in promising to set a date by which to ban diesel and petrol engines in cars and replace them with electric motors. It should resist the temptation, not because the ambition is wrong but because coercion could backfire. The electric motor is older than the internal combustion engine by about half a century. Since taking over fa... more »

Exactly What They'll Do

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Donald Trump Jr. is proving the truth behind the old saw that the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. *The New York Times* reports that: Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father’s candidacy, according to three people with knowledge of the email. The email to the younger Mr. Trump was sent by Rob Goldstone, a publicist and former British tabloid reporter who helpe... more »

LAVROV: Russia ‘outraged’ embassy property theft by Obama remains unresolved

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Lavrov affirmed that both sides are working to solve the issue through private channels. The post LAVROV: Russia ‘outraged’ embassy property theft by Obama remains unresolved appeared first on The Duran.

Trump’s post-G20 reality broken down IN FULL

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
First came the handshake, but will Trump deliver the goods? The post Trump’s post-G20 reality broken down IN FULL appeared first on The Duran.

Radicalised lesbian threatens Russian Ambassador to USA

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
An individual called Amy Siskind must retract and apologise for her threats and inform the appropriate authorities immediately if she knows of a threat by others to harm Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The post Radicalised lesbian threatens Russian Ambassador to USA appeared first on The Duran.

Teen dies because Ammosexuals do not understand gravity.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Courtesy of Fox 47 News: *Nearly a week after being struck in the head with a bullet that fell out of the sky in Hammond, Indiana, 13-year-old Noah Inman died this weekend, the Hammond Police Department announced on Sunday. * *According to the Hammond Police, the boy was outside playing basketball with a group of children around 9:30 p.m. July 1 when he suddenly fell. Witnesses believed the boy was having a seizure and immediately called for an ambulance. * *At the hospital, doctors found the boy was struck from a falling bullet. * *"The Hammond Police Department would like to o... more »

Short video promoting the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei.

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 17 hours ago
2017臺北世大運-TAIPEI IN MOTION _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

The Poet: Kerrie Hardie, “What's Left”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“What's Left” * “I used to wait for the flowers, my pleasure reposed on them. Now I like plants before they get to the blossom. Leafy ones – foxgloves, comfrey, delphiniums – fleshy tiers of strong leaves pushing up into air grown daily lighter and more sheened with bright dust like the eyeshadow that tall young woman in the bookshop wears, its shimmer and crumble on her white lids. The washing sways on the line, the sparrows pull at the heaps of drying weeds that I've left around. Perhaps this is middle age. Untidy, unfinished, knowing there'll never be time now to finish, liking the... more »

"Fluent"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*"Fluent"* "I would love to live Like a river flows, Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding." ~ John O'Donohue

"Well..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
- Steve Jobs

"Don't Wonder..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
“Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't. In the face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it together.” - “Meredith”, “Grey's Anatomy”

The uninhabitable galaxy

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
*Guest blog by Peter Deutsch-Doveking, the director of the International Bureau for the Galaxy Salvation from a Cow Fart (IBGSCF)* In the July 10th issue of the NY Magazine, David Wallace-Wells talks about the looming uninhabitable Earth. The climate Armageddon will much worse than any person in the world can even imagine. He points out that the people who imagine the cities like Boston and New York to be flooded by the rising seas after the Antarctica melts are basically just deniers. These people are just touching the surface because the actual horrors will be much worse. He divi... more »

Donald Trump: The Truth is in the Eye of the Beholder

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 18 hours ago
The anti- and pro-Trump bias in the media has reached the point where it is difficult to ascertain the truth. This became blatantly obvious during the pre-amble to the recent G20 summit when Donald Trump gave a press conference on the eve of his first face-to-face meeting with Russia's President, Vladimir Putin and a speech given to the Polish people after his meeting with Poland after his meeting with Poland's President, Andrezej Duda. Let's look at the coverage of Trump's visit to Poland from the anti- and pro-Trump angles: 1.) Think Progress: A quote: "*On the eve of his fir... more »

Massive Protests in Italy Signal Revolution Against Mandatory Vaccines

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 18 hours ago
*Christina Sarich* - After months long protests in every major city, the Italian government is moving to relax mandatory vaccine laws. The post Massive Protests in Italy Signal Revolution Against Mandatory Vaccines appeared first on Waking Times.

‘They’ Can’t Read Your Thoughts… Right?

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 18 hours ago
*Makia Freeman* - Mind control technology is far advanced beyond what we know. The post ‘They’ Can’t Read Your Thoughts… Right? appeared first on Waking Times.

S-Waves, Liquids and EZ Water

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 18 hours ago
S-Waves are periodic undulations in an elastic solid in which particle motion is at right angles to the direction of propagation. These waves cannot travel through gases or liquids. Raleigh waves are surficial waves no deeper than one wavelength in … Continue reading →

BREAKING: ISIS confirms leader Baghdadi is dead

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
The implications are more psychological than material. The post BREAKING: ISIS confirms leader Baghdadi is dead appeared first on The Duran.

PUTIN: Master statesman with Turkey and Japan – and now Trump

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Vladimir Putin has developed close relations with the leaders of Turkey and Japan in spite of continued policy differences and historic difficulties. This is the key to understanding how Putin's relationship with Donald Trump could develop. The post PUTIN: Master statesman with Turkey and Japan – and now Trump appeared first on The Duran.

Israel’s Defence Minister tells giant lie about the Syrian ceasefire

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Avigdor Lieberman has forgotten that international law which prohibits Israeli aggression against Syria is far more important than any short term ceasefire. The post Israel’s Defence Minister tells giant lie about the Syrian ceasefire appeared first on The Duran.

Newsweek and "Hidden Evidence" at CDC

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By Anne Dachel July 7, 2017, Newsweek: New CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald Inheriting Vaccine Skeptics, Drug Abuse and Antibiotic Resistance By Jessica Wapner Vaccine skepticism, the position that immunizations could be tied to autism and other problems and that health...

Lucky 7/11!

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By Kim Rossi Please join me in wishing my daughter Miss G a very happy 21st birthday! 7-11 is a lucky number in slot machines, isn't it? Or is that roulette? Or craps? Ha ha - autism joke - craps!...

Labour Is The New Nasty Party Under Jeremy Corbyn per Maajid Nawaz on LBC

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
'Downing Street has announced it's to hold a review of criminal and election law after reports of death threats, verbal abuse and intimidation.' Maajid Nawaz has his opinions here http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/maajid-nawaz/labour-is-the-new-nasty-party-under-jeremy-corbyn/ The institutionally pro Labour Party BBC has no interest in reporting anything negative about the Labour Party.

Too true not to share.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago

Syria: Fiery clashes as SAA makes gains in eastern Damascus – video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reportedly captured strategic building in its ongoing war with militants in the suburb of ‘Ayn Tarma in eastern Damascus. The capturing of key buildings from militants believed to be connected to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a militant group with connections to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US-backed mercenaries in Syria demand UN stop Russia’s support for Assad, implement nationwide ceasefire

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:12 A.M.) – In the wake of yesterday’s shock offensive by pro-government forces against US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) mercenaries operating in the southwestern Syrian Badia, the latter party is now calling on the UN to establish a nationwide ceasefire and to stop Russia’s support for “Assad militias”. Yesterday, pro-government forces launched a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

In pictures: Pro-Syria Palestinian troops partaking in huge Badia offensive

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:15 A.M.) – Pictures have very recently emerged from As-Suwayda Governonate showing ethnic Palestinian fighters of the Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA), the military wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), mixed within the ranks of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). The soldiers belong to the PLA’s 413th Battalion which is currently fighting alongside […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Israel free to act as it wants in Syria, not bound to ceasefire: Israeli DM

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 A.M.) – On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman clarified Israel’s position on the ceasefire in southern Syria saying that Israel was in no way party to the Russia-US brokered ceasefire agreement and it retained complete freedom of action in Syria. In the context of understanding what Israeli freedom of action is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

"How America’s Wealth Is Getting Drained"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"How America’s Wealth Is Getting Drained"* by Bill Bonner "What does our Doom Index tell us now? Here’s a quick update from Joe Withrow in the Bonner & Partners research department: ‘We are still waiting for second-quarter data to come in before we can update the index for the new quarter. But I have the monthly metrics updated… and there was one interesting change. The Fed quietly restated bank loan growth for Q1 2017. It was originally reported as 1.5%. It is now reported as NEGATIVE 0.6%. ‘Credit growth going negative bumps the index up to a 6 – which is our warning level. Ther... more »

Les révolutions biotech : 2 / MicroARN, gros organismes

Ethical Technology - 20 hours ago
Les microARN, reconnus seulement depuis 2000, sont à la fois de véritables détecteurs de cancers et un puissant moyens de lutter contre ces derniers.

Deep State a ‘Govt Unto Itself,’ Could Torpedo Syria Deal ‒ Former DOD Official

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Published on Jul 10, 2017 A major ceasefire deal agreed upon earlier by Russia, the United States and Jordan has taken effect in the southwestern part of Syria. The truce to end hostilities and deliver aid to war-torn areas will be enforced by the three countries’ militaries. RT America’s Natasha Sweatte has more. Then, former […]

French Vow EU Will ‘Rival China and US’ as Member States Mull Eurozone Budget and Minister — Towards a SuperState

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
French Vow EU Will ‘Rival China and US’ as Member States Mull Eurozone Budget and Minister by NICK GUTTERIDGE, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT, http://www.express.co.uk/ EUROPEAN countries are meeting today to discuss plans for major reform of the eurozone which would include creating a single budget for the bloc overseen by its own finance minister. – French finance minister Bruno […]

Prepping for Battle: US Sends Warships & SEALs to Stage Huge Operation Off Ukraine Coast

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Prepping for Battle: US Sends Warships & SEALs to Stage Huge Operation Off Ukraine Coast by BELINDA ROBINSON, http://www.express.co.uk/ US WARSHIPS and a team of elite Navy Seals have arrived in the Black Sea to embark on an international 12-day war games near Ukraine. – The massive military operation will see 800 American sailors and a maritime […]

Why don't people trust the media any more?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Watch from around 1:26 for a list of reasons... https://youtu.be/QY6BVZJlTTg

Tune Out MSM - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
*Citizens misled* *The media is corrupt* *Tune out MSM* © 2017 M.N. Hopkins *Note:* I wished to express my opinion in a very simple manner and thought of social haiku. I didn't know if this was a form of haiku until I researched different forms and found it to be so. I both wrote and published this poem for the first time today, 11 July 2017 on my blog.

U.S. Military Plane Has Crashed Killing 16 Marines On Board

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
*NBC: **Military Plane Crashes With 16 on Board in Mississippi; ‘Most’ Bodies Recovered, Official Says* Sixteen people were on board a military plane that crashed in Mississippi on Monday, and "most, but not all" of the bodies had been recovered, a local official said. Leflore County, Mississippi, Director of Emergency Management Fred Randle said in a brief phone interview with NBC News that the search for bodies would continue Tuesday. In a news conference earlier, Randle said he had been told that all 16 people aboard the flight were believed dead. Randle told reporters that th... more »

UFO Incident Over Loring AFB

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
This is particularly unusual. What makes it unusual is not the UFO event itself or its long lasting interaction, but that the air-force did react and it did something as well that was completely non conventional. This should be better classified as an unknown air force behavior. We certainly do not know what it really means. Yet it does confirm UFO nuclear interest in 1975 as often reported. *UFO Incident Over Loring AFB* * Tuesday, June 27, 2017* *http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2017/06/ufo-incident-over-loring-afb.html?* *In a 2013 video released by Michael Wallace,... more »

What China wants in return for pressuring North Korea

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
It is a tempting idea to think that China can trade on its influence to enhance its strategic position vis a vis the USA. It is nonsense. It is nice to say so in order to lull the Chinese but that is as far as it goes. The USA has the right and the real capacity to confront the North Koreans with a no fly zone and a series of ultimatums all aimed at the elimination of the Nuclear threat. While inviting direct intervention by Russian and Chinese troops. What enforces this ultimatum approach is that the USA can simply target all Nuclear facilities and the support p... more »

The Other Side of 'the Biggest Political Story in China'

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
*[image: The war that Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui is waging against the establishment is being fought across a digital battleground, because only a very few Chinese media outlets are left uncompromised.]* We need to watch all this, while remaining passive on the sidelines. The open question is whether they can stop him from getting his message out. However, i find it promising that he can buy data with bribes and then use that data to embarrass the Chinese leadership over obvious crimes. If he can keep the heat on he will change the political culture in China and may well sta... more »

Kolbrin - Rolls of Record - Chpt 7 - 1 - Hoskiah

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
This is another story that is pure bronze age. Real communities exist in the form of towns and estates with a big man. Tyre is the local major center and it where trade flows. We hear of the land of mists and i presume this means Britain. It is at least prospective as it is strongly moistened by the Gulf Stream. Yet this tale is mostly in the Levant and is a tale of the culture hero who takes his household away from his homeland. Do note how the wife of Hoskiah uses astral travel in order to locate her husband and save him. Through all this our understanding of spiritualit... more »

REAL climate science shows Trump was right to Exit Paris

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: MIT president’s letter repeats standard climate alarm claims. Here are the facts. by Istvan Marko, J. Scott Armstrong, William M. Briggs, Kesten Green, Hermann Harde, David R. Legates, Christopher Monckton of Brenchley, and Willie Soon In a recent letter to the MIT community, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President…

Was An Email Sent To Donald Trump Jr. Warning Him That Russia Wanted To Aid The Campaign?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*New York Times*: *Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign* WASHINGTON — Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father’s candidacy, according to three people with knowledge of the email. The email to the younger Mr. Trump was sent by Rob Goldstone, a publicist and former British tabloid reporter who helped broker the June 2016 meeting. In a statem... more »

Election fraud allowed to take place in Muslim communities because of 'political correctness', report warns

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
' "Abuses of postal voting on demand were noted too often be carried out in communities where an individual's right to vote in secret and exercise free choice may not be fully valued. Evidence was presented of pressure being put on vulnerable members of some ethnic minority communities, particularly women and young people, to vote according to the will of the elders, especially in communities of Pakistani and Bangladeshi background. "There were concerns that influence and intimidation within households may not be reported, and that state institutions had turned a blind eye to such ... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, “We Meet Again”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
2002, “We Meet Again” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_OmsxDef9c

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"Behold the largest ball of stars in our galaxy. Omega Centauri is packed with about 10 million stars, many older than our Sun and packed within a volume of only about 150 light-years in diameter. The star cluster is the largest and brightest of 200 or so known globular clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* Though most star clusters consist of stars with the same age and composition, the enigmatic Omega Cen exhibits the presence of different stellar populations with a spread of ages and chemical abundances. In fact, Omega Cen may be the ... more »

Chet Raymo, “Examination Of Conscience”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*“Examination Of Conscience”* by Chet Raymo “I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery”, a close examination of the trade in human beings between the coast of West Africa and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a sobering read, but if there is one thing I came away with, it was this: We have an enormous capacity to rationalize the most horrendous crimes. Everyone involved in the slave trade- the European owners of the ships, the masters of the trading companies, the ship captains and crews, the plantation owners in the West Indies and the Chesapea... more »

"One Wanders Through Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"One wanders through life as if wandering through a field in the dark of night, wearing a blindfold and very heavy shoes, with a poisonous toad waiting patiently beneath a clump of weeds, knowing full well that eventually you will step on him." ~ Lemony Snicket

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
#UPDATE Iraqi PM Abadi hailed the retaking of Mosul as a historic moment in the battle against the IS jihadists https://t.co/hxDAYiwQDr pic.twitter.com/Vgw8voRgLN — AFP news agency (@AFP) July 10, 2017 A visual look at how Iraqi forces have retaken territory from Islamic State in Mosul https://t.co/xdvjvBx5of — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 11, 2017 Five things to know about the crisis in Venezuela https://t.co/LOGSToSw0P — AFP news agency (@AFP) July 10, 2017 Arab states seek to step up pressure on Qatar over 2013 accord https://t.co/4kmKyieDJw pic.twitter.com/ssxBeh1mjZ — Re... more »

Putin Praises Russia's Spies

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
The Russian President congratulated Foreign Intelligence Service staff and veterans on the 95th anniversary of Russian illegal intelligence. (Source: Kremlin.ru) *Memri:* *At The 95th Anniversary Of Russian Illegal Intelligence, Putin Touts Spies, Warns: 'Foreign Intelligence Services Directed Against Russia And Our Allies Is On The Rise'* On June 28, the Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) to attend a gala event devoted to the 95th anniversary of Russian illegal intelligence.[1] During the event, Putin stressed that ... more »

NBC: Residents outraged electric company spraying the hell out of their property with zero permission

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
Residents in Claiborne County, Tennessee are upset because Powell Valley Electric Cooperative sprayed herbicides under power lines that killed their plants, trees, and gardens and poisoned the soil on their property- and all without warning. RELATED ARTICLE: HuffPo: Tests Show Cancer-Linked Herbicide in Breakfast

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*(Click on The Image to Enlarge)* Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) holds an Iraqi flag as he announces victory over Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, July 10, 2017. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS *WNU Editor*: The picture is from this link .... *Iraqi PM declares victory over Islamic State in Mosul *(Reuters)

What Does A U.S. Military Intelligence Analyst Do Everyday?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Photo Credit: Gregory Ripps/U.S. Army *C4ISRNet:* *The hard truth: an intelligence analysts' everyday life, revealed* In a telling glimpse into the lives of military intelligence analysts, Courtney, staff sergeant and intelligence analyst for the Air Force, recently was joined for a day by a Washington Post reporter. She and many others in her position are first in a chain running from her base in Virginia to air operations in Qatar all the way to the drone pilots scattered across the United States. In her position, Courtney is expected to witness killings or take part in strikes ... more »

“Extended Adolescence: Men In America Are Working A Lot Less And Playing Video Games A Lot More”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Extended Adolescence: Men In America Are Working * *A Lot Less And Playing Video Games A Lot More”* by Michael Snyder "If you could stay home and play video games all day, would you do it? According to a brand new report that was released by the National Bureau of Economic Research on Monday, American men from the ages of 21 to 30 are working a lot less these days. In fact, on average men in this age group worked 203 fewer hours per year in 2015 than they did in 2000. So what did they do with all of that extra time? According to the study, a large portion of the time that young me... more »

"They Pay For It..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they lead.” - James Baldwin, “No Name in the Street” (1972)

Does Putin Speak English?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Damien Sharkov, Newsweek:* *Does Putin Speak English? After Trump Meeting, The Kremlin Weighs In* Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been praising Donald Trump’s listening skills last week but on Monday, his own abilities as a good speaker were receiving plaudits. Putin’s English, seldom heard by western audiences, is good enough to correct his translators, according to the man hired to speak on Putin’s behalf. “In free discourse, at the sidelines of summits, he often speaks in English by himself,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the state-run Rossiya 1 television ch... more »

European Parliament President: The Exodus From Africa Of Migrants Could Reach 'Biblical' Proportions

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
(*Click on Image to Enlarge*) Families and individuals on the move swell into long-used migration routes across the globe. *Daily Mail*: *Europe is 'underestimating' scale of migrant crisis and could be flooded by millions of Africans in 'biblical exodus' unless urgent action is taken says top official* * Antonio Tajani said the severity of the migrant crisis is being underestimated * European Parliament president called on urgent action to confront problem * Comes as Italy grapples with increasing flow of people arriving from the sea The number of migrants crossing into Europe fr... more »

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