Tuesday, July 11, 2017

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Very belated Juneteenth Book Review: A Tale of Two Plantations
Obsidian Wings / by SuperUser / 4d
by Doctor Science I read A Tale of Two Plantations: Slave Life and Labor in Jamaica and Virginia by Richard S. Dunn a couple of months ago. This is not so much a review as a discussion of things the book and the associated website made me think about. My biggest insight was how much the capitalist slave system of the United States exploited and even depended upon the strong families enslaved peop
Distance – Physical and Cultural
Obsidian Wings / by SuperUser / 1d
by wj Fair warning: This is after being some musings on American exceptionalism. Not all the ways America and Americans are (or might be considered) exceptional; just a couple of ways in which we are . . . unusual. I was driving home, Saturday evening, after a little get-together with the in-laws – something we do 2-3 times a year. And it occurred to me just how unusual, compared to the rest of t
I don't need to settle for "Stranger Things"
Obsidian Wings / by SuperUser / 7d
by Doctor Science I'm making the big push to read/view everything I need to make my Hugo Awards decisions, due no later than July 15. Right now I'm thinking about Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form . "Long Form" means more than 90 minutes, "Short Form" less than 90 minutes, which usually translates to "Movies" versus "TV episodes" -- but doesn't have to. This year's nominees are: Arrival ( tra
“Puerto Rico, Our Next State….”
Obsidian Wings / by SuperUser / 29d
by wj I remember, way back when I was in high school, watching the Republican National Convention on TV. As they did the Roll Call of the States, to nominate their Presidential candidate, they came eventually to Puerto Rico. Like every other delegation, the island’s spokesman included a local color catch phrase when announcing their votes. In this case, Puerto Rico was characterized as “our next
Independence Day Open Thread
Obsidian Wings / by SuperUser / 8d
by wj I'm going to spend most of the day helping set up, and shoot, one of the local (legal, with a licensed pyrotechnician and everything) fireworks shows. But here's something to get the rest of you going. During the last 6 years of the Obama administration, the Republican-led Congress was extremely careful to never actually go into recess. The motivation being to keep Obama from making recess
You can’t be Irish if you’re gay – or gay if you’re Jewish?
Obsidian Wings / by liberal japonicus / 10d
by JanieM I’ve been too busy to pay much attention, but my son just pointed me to a controversy arising from the Chicago pride parade. What, a controversy surrounding LGBT issues? Surely not. *** Rainbow flag with Star of David booted from Chicago gay pride parade triggers [pun intended] thoughts of googling the ongoing history of how you can’t be Irish if you’re gay . If only it were all so simp

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Independence Day 2017
Vagabond Scholar / by Batocchio / 7d
Happy Independence Day! As usual, here's a mix of videos, with several reruns. First up, here's a clip from the excellent John Adams miniseries: Next, here's the full Declaration of Independence, read by an interesting and somewhat odd collection of actors: Marvin Gaye provides the sublime: The Muppets provide some silliness and enthusiasm: Finally, Pete Seeger

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"Party of One" - A Belated Review
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 15d
Found a signed hardcover version of this at Value Village a month or two ago. Just finished it. I hadn't forgotten how vile and loathsome stephen harper was, but this book does an excellent job of clarifying the details that demonstrated his banal evil, shallowness and stupidity. Some random impressions: I never clearly understood just how illegitimate and sleazy harper's attack on nuclear regula
War in Syria: Where are the protesters?
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 20d
" The United States is at war with Syria . Though few Americans wanted to face it, this has been the case implicitly since the Obama administration began building bases and sending Special Ops, really-not-there, American troops, and it has been the case explicitly since August 3, 2015, when the Obama administration announced that it would “allow airstrikes to defend Syrian rebels trained by the U
Comparing Corbyn and Trudeau
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 21d
Martin Lukacs has an editorial in The Guardian in which he says that Justin Trudeau is a counterfeit progressive. He wins accolades from the international press for his "sunny ways," which appears to be mouthing progressive rhetoric and/or lying while being very, very handsome. Corbyn, meanwhile, was written off as fringe, unelectable, unstable and charmless. Some liberal/Liberals here in Canada
Murderous "Bernie-Bro's"
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 23d
So, the racist scum-bag who knifed three guys trying to stop his harassment of a Muslim woman on a Portland train (killing two and wounding one) was found to be a Bernie Sanders supporter. Then, a week or two later, the guy who shot the Republican politicians who were trying to practice baseball (between helping Wall Street rob people and helping health insurance companies kill people when all th
10,000 BC
thwap's schoolyard / by thwap / 29d
"10,000 BC" is a silly movie. It's got an 8% rating on "Rotten Tomatoes" (meaning it's ROTTEN). I bought it for a few bucks back when I liked to get high and watch CGI. I have a bunch of such DVDs and I now only pull them out when the internet is down or so fucking slow that it might as well be down. I have stuff playing in the background as i work on my comics. And I'm usually high when I'm draw

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Industry spinning glyphosate tales
Pesticide Action Network / by admin / 1d
With scrutiny of Monsanto's flagship herbicide RoundUp increasing, the corporation's defense of the product is in high gear. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Monsanto fails farmers (again)
Pesticide Action Network / 11d
For the second year in a row, farmers in Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee are experiencing serious crop damage from exposure to the drift-prone herbicide dicamba. This is also the second growing cycle that Monsanto’s latest genetically engineered seed line — “Xtend” — has been allowed in fields. Coincidence? Not at all. Xtend soy and cotton are designed to withstand repeated, heavy applications o
Industry spinning glyphosate tales
Pesticide Action Network / by Emily Marquez / 11d
With scrutiny of Monsanto's flagship herbicide RoundUp increasing, the corporation's defense of the product is in high gear. And right now, a recent Reuters article is doing the work on behalf of the biotech giant to discredit a scientist who contributed to the 2015 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) finding that glyphosate — RoundUp's active ingredient — is a "probable carcinogen
Closing loopholes, building momentum
Pesticide Action Network / by Kristin Schafer / 11d
It's been an interesting few weeks for those of us tracking food, farming and pesticide issues. Hard-to-pronounce chemicals like chlorpyrifos and dicamba have been making headlines, and a wonky legal victory that's flown largely under the radar could help close a dangerous loophole in our federal pesticide rules. This increased public scrutiny and pressure can't be making the pesticide industry h
States step forward to trump climate catastrophe
Pesticide Action Network / by Andrew Olsen / 27d
After Trump announced withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, states, cities and businesses began stepping up to make their own climate commitments. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider

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The Kindness of Strangers, ...Wildlife Edition
The Straight Goods / by Grant G / 4d
Written by Grant G Writing about politics, bitter pills, buttered words and nuanced nausea....from the soul, I care too much, yell too silent and remember everything.....including what's important, life, all life and its intricate forms... Hummingbirds...last summer I put out a humming bird feeder...North Burnaby, to my amazement within an hour I had my first hummer filling up...red petals and su
The Kindness of Strangers and the advisors from Hell--B.C. Election 2017 and Demise of Christy Clark
The Straight Goods / by Grant G / 5d
Written by Grant G What an amazing B.C. political firestorm we just endured...what happened, why it happened.... Sometimes the littlest error can bring down Goliath.. A lot of things had to go right for John Horgan to gain power..everything had to fall into place, including a litany of errors by the BC Liberal machine, too clever by half...personal Christy Clark advisors led Christy Clark headlon
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Most Nonpartisan Speaker of them All(B.C.'s New Government a Cometh)
The Straight Goods / by Grant G / 22d
Written by Grant G Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most nonpartisan speaker of them all.....? I've often wondered just that. Boy oh boy....Michael Smyth is Postmedia's pointman in trying to incite a new election, rather than let Judith Guichon allow/decide to give John Horgan and Andrew Weaver a chance governing with a bare majority.....Postmedia and Michael Smyth are corporate agenda driven
Blogtalk Radio..End of the Road for Christy Clark
The Straight Goods / by Grant G / 12d
The archive is up.....Blogtalk radio featuring Norm Farrell...Canadian Glen and yours truly..topics covered... Site C.....BC Hydro..Run of River....our never ending election, lazy agenda driven mainstream media...Judith Guichon...Craig James....Mike De Jong..Christy Clark.....we cover a myriad of BC centric topics....have a listen. Tune in, Turn on, get angry.....become informed...2 hours of The
Will the Real British Columbia Government please stand up, or is that sit down
The Straight Goods / by Grant G / 14d
Tune in Wednesday June 28th 6:00 PM PST for an enlightened BlogTalk radio broadcast featuring the illustrious Norman Farrell .....BC's foremost critic of BC Hydro...Norm has revealed so many BC Hydro inconsistencies...illusionary profits, forecast failures going out over a decade, debt accumulation, and now of course...the impending Site C boondoggle...no economic case, dire warnings from a myria
Judith Guichon and Craig James..Partisans?
The Straight Goods / by Grant G / 18d
Written by Grant G " What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive " There has been much blather by corporate newspapers and BC Liberal pundits about Judith Guichon ordering a snap election rather than letting John Horgan and Andrew Weaver attempt to govern.. What I am about to say must be clearly heard by Judith Guichon and Craig James... We just has a provincial election(May 9th

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MSM Puts the Pedal to the Meddle
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 2h
The corporate media is in full Russophobic overdrive again. The over-hyped meetup between Trump and Putin in Hamburg last week spurted a whole tankful of high octane gas into official discourse in which the Kremlin Meddled, Meddles, and Will Forever Meddle in American Democracy. Elder CNN Situation Room Stentorian Wolf Blitzer, more breathless than usual on Monday afternoon, announced that an all
A Paine-ful Weekend At Bernie's
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 3d
"These principles had not their origin in him, but in the original establishment, many centuries back; and they were become too deeply rooted to be removed, and the augean stable of parasites and plunderers too abominably filthy to be cleansed, by anything, short of a complete and universal revolution." Thomas Paine could have been writing about why the "resistance" to Donald Trump is so ineffect
Anesthetizing Outrage
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 8d
It was shocking enough that he accused a colleague in the NBC infotainment family of copiously bleeding from a face-lift. But not content with that gleeful provocation, Donald Trump has finally gone over the edge in what's being ballyhooed as the ultimate faux pas of his entire presidency. Trump actually sent out a video of himself mock-pummeling a WWE star whose face was replaced with the sacred
Pity the Poor Upper Middle Class
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 22d
By the time I finished reading the third page of Richard Reeves' Dream Hoarders (Brookings Institution Press, 2017) I realized that I was an interloper. At worst, I felt a bit like a burglar rifling through the silver in a McMansion; at best, I felt like the hired help eavesdropping at a centrist Washington cocktail party That's because the author of this neoliberal cautionary screed makes it abu
The Complexities of Cruelty
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 13d
Now that fully two-thirds of Americans declare themselves in favor of true universal health care, or Medicare for All, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts finally acknowledges that the time is ripe for the Democratic Party to follow suit. President Obama tried to move us forward with health-care coverage by using a conservative model that came from one of the conservative think tanks that h
What Good Is the Democratic Party?
Sardonicky / by Karen Garcia / 16d
What good, for that matter, is any political party? In this country, we have two major oligarchic political parties, otherwise known as the Duopoly. The Republicans, at this moment led by a thuggish reality TV star posing as a populist, devolved into two separate factions early in the regime of Barack Obama. The first group are "moderate" Republicans who aim to reward the rich under as much plati

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Former Employer's Attorney Can Be Liable For Despicable Retaliation
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / by Donna Ballman / 4d
In a case that has the management-side bar moaning and groaning, the 9th Circuit held that an attorney who set up an ICE deportation sting against a client's former employee could be held personally liable for retaliation. As if it weren't bad enough that this attorney represented an employer that used the employee's immigration status to bully them into staying with the company, then failed to pa
The FBI Director Isn't A Protected Whistleblower, But You May Be
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / by Donna Ballman / 25d
Some of you have already seen my article in Vox, Why It's So Hard To Say No To Your Boss - Even If You're The Directof of the FBI . In that article, I mention that Mr. Comey isn't protected under whistleblower laws. I wanted to follow that up with hope for the rest of working Americans. Here are some laws that protect those of us who aren’t the Director of the FBI: · Federal employees : Most feder
Access The Ex-Boss's Email? Better Like Wearing Orange
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home / by Donna Ballman / 11d
In yet another example of the criminalization of employment law, a Tesla engineer was just convicted and placed on probation for accessing his ex-boss's email. On top of 5 years of probation, he has to provide restitution to the company, which claims it was damaged when he posted confidential information online. The charges were two felonies and one misdemeanor that could have resulted in 6 years

NEW IN SYRIA COMMENT

Rollback? Trump’s Iran claims not just flawed but dangerous – by Steven Simon
Syria Comment / by Joshua / 5d
Rollback? Trump’s Iran claims not just flawed but dangerous . Steven Simon argues that Trump’s view on Iran is not only analytically flawed, but also dangerous. July 5, 2017 Previously published on IISS blog By Steven Simon, John J. McCloy ’16 Visiting Professor of History at Amherst College, and Contributing Editor to Survival The Trump administration, for all its disarray, has a clear and consi
Assad cracks down on loyalist militias in Aleppo
Syria Comment / by Aron Lund / 19d
by Aron Lund Half a year after expelling the city’s anti-regime rebels , the Syrian government continues to face problems in Aleppo . Though civilians have trickled back to the eastern neighborhoods – there’s now more people living there than under rebel rule – reconstruction of the bombed-out areas has been sluggish at best , and though Assad’s control is no longer in dispute, question marks rem
Farewell to Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman: A Syrian-American Who Worked for Peace between Syria and Israel – By Geoffrey Aronson
Syria Comment / by Joshua / 29d
Farewell to Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman: A Syrian-American Who Worked for Peace between Syria and Israel By Geoffrey Aronson For Syria Comment – June 10, 2017 Abe Soliman, Jeff Aronson in middle, and Alon Liel at the Bnot Yaacov Baily bridge over the Jordan River “Hey, it’s Akiva. Who was the old guy with you?” The “old guy” was Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman. He and I had just finished a meeting with Ron Proso

NEW IN WWF - LATEST NEWS

G20 summit shows ambition on climate and sustainability as need for action grows
WWF - Latest News / 3d
Hamburg, GERMANY (17 July 2017) – As the G20 Leaders' Summit concludes, WWF urges the world's leading industrialized and emerging economies to deliver on their commitment toward ensuring sustainability and resilience for all. The ambition shared in the Leaders' Communiqué released today must be accompanied by concrete actions by G20 countries and governments to bend the curve of accelerating clim
WWF campaign win: Spain must now commit to stop dredging inside outstanding wetland site
WWF - Latest News / 6d
Krakow, Poland - The efforts of campaigners to inform experts on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee of the threats faced by Doñana, a rare and outstanding wetland in Europe, has ensured that requests on Spain to protect the site were maintained. The Spanish government and other committee members moved today to relax what is asked of them, which would have created an uncertain future for Doñana.
WWF urgently appeals to World Heritage Committee to protect Europe's outstanding wetland, Doñana
WWF - Latest News / 6d
Krakow, Poland - Today, Doñana, a rare and outstanding wetland in Europe, is facing a huge threat to its future, as the UNESCO World Heritage Committee comes under pressure to relax its requests on Spain to protect the site. The Spanish government and other committee members are expected to try to relax what is asked of them, creating an uncertain future for Doñana. WWF experts are appealing to t
Host of World Heritage meeting failing to protect own forest
WWF - Latest News / 7d
Krakow, Poland - A protest organised by a coalition of environmental NGOs in Poland today outside the 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee shed light on the plight of the host country's ancient Białowieża Forest, which is under serious threat of large-scale logging. WWF took part in the protest, and continues to urge the Committee delegates to be vigilant to attempts to weaken the
WWF objection prompts review of Mexican tuna fishery's impact on dolphins in the Eastern Pacific
WWF - Latest News / 18d
GLAND, Switzerland, 23 June 2017 – The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of an Eastern Pacific tuna fishery has been placed temporarily on hold following strong concerns raised by WWF that impacts of the fishery on depleted dolphin populations in the region have not been fully examined and addressed. In October 2016, WWF filed an objection to an MSC assessment conducted by an indepen
Croatia: Watershed moment for the Great Waterfall and Plitvice Lakes National Park
WWF - Latest News / 19d
Zagreb – This week, local communities living in and around Croatia's Plitvice National Park and veterans' associations came together to symbolically halt traffic at a wooden bridge near Plitvice Sela to draw attention to the numerous threats facing Croatia's only UNESCO World Heritage site. Known worldwide for its lakes, Plitvice National Park has long attracted thousands of visitors and interest

NEW IN THE GALLOPING BEAVER

"Proud Boys" a national shame
The Galloping Beaver / by Kevin Wood / 7d
Due to employment related restrictions I'm not as free to post opinions on the internet as I once was, but when I saw this I thought it was something the ink strained wretches should know about and possibly look into. Seem a bunch of Gavin McInnes' little brownshirts decided to disrupt a First Nations and Metis event on Canada Day. Further, it seems they are all serving members of the Royal

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The Existentialist Cowboy: Life, Logic and Meaning:
The Existentialist Cowboy / by Len Hart / 29d
The Existentialist Cowboy: Life, Logic and Meaning : "An ancient problem is unresolved by 21st Century technology: how can we as human beings learn to think better, to free ourselves from superstition and prejudice, to achieve the full potential implied in our very 'humaness'? Plato espoused an ideal Republic ruled by 'philosopher kings'. However, we don't live in an ideal society. We live in a i

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Climate Change is remaking American Foreign Policy
The Duck of Minerva / by Jarrod Hayes / 5d
We all know the traditional narrative in International Relations of the state as a unitary act. Despite substantial volumes of work in the foreign policy analysis subdiscipline as well as in IR theory, the common shorthand in IR scholarship is to say ‘China’ did X or ‘Britain’ bombed Y. At least in the case of the United States, climate change is going to force scholars and analysts to seriously
Motherland Calls
The Duck of Minerva / by Lisa Gaufman / 11d
Y’all are probably sick and tired of hearing about Russia: hacking, colluding, obstructing, peeing, meddling, trolling, spying… I’m waiting in terror to see what Stephen Colbert has filmed in the Motherland. So far, his mispronouncing of Sergey Kislyak’s name together with fur hat clad ‘Russian hackers’ with vodka and thick accents have not been particularly impressive. To quote Seth Meyers and A
Snipers and Democratic Control of the Military: More Oversight Please
The Duck of Minerva / by Steve Saideman / 17d
I hinted at some politics when discussing the longest r ecorded sniper shot in history. That the Canadian government might not love this news because it would remind folks that there are Canadians engaged in combat in Iraq. And now, ta da : In a letter Friday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, [NDP leader Thomas] Mulcair says the incident “seriously calls into question your government’s claim that

NEW IN THE EARTH AND MAN: SETTING THE STAGE

The True Origin of Inalienable Rights
The Earth and Man / by Harry Dale Huffman / 1d
The American Thinker site has a post which brought up the subject of "inalienable rights of the individual" (but only in terms of "property rights"). This subject comes under the heading of the "philosophy of science", particularly as newly enlightened by my discovery of the Great Design of the "gods". My response, then: I think it is not about "property" rights, more like "appropriate" rights. T
The Bigotry of Radiative Transfer Believers
The Earth and Man / by Harry Dale Huffman / 29d
I received the following comment this morning, submitted to the November 2010 "Venus: No Greenhouse Effect" post. The commenter was apparently too impatient to notice that comments were closed to that post a long time ago, and readers directed to submit any further comments to the May 2015 "Venus No Greenhouse Effect Comments Overflow" post. From "Anonymous": "I suspect you got no response becaus

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London: Finsbury Park Mosque Attack, Dividing the World on Religious Lines
News Center PK / by Sajjad Shaukat / 17d
A man died and at least 11 people were injured in the early hours of Monday (June 19, 2017) morning after a van was rammed into a crowd of Muslims worshipers in Finsbury Park near a mosque in north London. Eyewitnesses reported chaotic scenes, as the incident unfolded just after midnight, when worshipers had just … London: Finsbury Park Mosque Attack, Dividing the World on Religious Lines is a po
Main Fault Lines of India’s Politics
News Center PK / by Sajjad Shaukat / 22d
While, the ideology of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) is the genesis of Hindu terrorism, having co-relationship with it, the main fault lines of India’s politics is based upon the discriminatory system of caste and religion. These trends in Indian politics have become the staging ground for all the national movements and wars of liberation. Indian anti-Muslim … Main Fault Lines of India’s Politics

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From Jenna Orkin New Blockbuster Research Shows Guccifer 2.0 Files Were Copied Locally, Not Hacked The Economist: "Get ...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 6h
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 Vi
From Jenna Orkin Women and young people are hurt the most by internet surveillance — and it's getting worse A tiny deta...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 1d
From Jenna Orkin Women and young people are hurt the most by internet surveillance — and it's getting worse A tiny detail from North Korea's missile launch points to an even more dangerous threat "It's Too Late" - 7 Signs Australia Can't Avoid Economic Apocalypse Chicago's Terrible New Plan To Force High School Kids Into The Military Who Knew? German Central Bank Has Been Selling Gold For More Th
From Jenna Orkin How Google Rigs Search And Hurts Consumers GOP Lawmakers Bought Health-Insurance Stocks While Advancin...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 2d
From Jenna Orkin How Google Rigs Search And Hurts Consumers GOP Lawmakers Bought Health-Insurance Stocks While Advancing Trumpcare Homeland Security chief John Kelly and CIA director Mike Pompeo reportedly flew over Mexican opium fields A single gene in E. coli bacteria could hold clues for extending the human lifespan Black Lives Matter responds to chilling National Rifle Association video that
From Jenna Orkin Hackers breached at least a dozen US nuclear power sites — and officials are zeroing in on a familiar ...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 3d
From Jenna Orkin Hackers breached at least a dozen US nuclear power sites — and officials are zeroing in on a familiar player G20: May promises to tackle terror funding while keeping silent on Saudi links Unsafe oral sex is causing a rise in cases of untreatable 'super-gonorrhoea' 220 Cities Losing All Passenger Train Service per Trump Elimination of all Federal Funding for Amtrak’s National Netw
From Jenna Orkin Trump's disdain for CNN reportedly seen as 'wild card' amid pending $85 billion Time Warner-AT&T merge...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 4d
From Jenna Orkin Trump's disdain for CNN reportedly seen as 'wild card' amid pending $85 billion Time Warner-AT&T merger It's the latter part of this news that's of interest, beginning with the word "pending." Animated map reveals the 113,000 miles of cable that power America's internet Britain has opened its first prison wing to stop terrorists radicalising other inmates China wants to build a '
From Jenna Orkin North Korea could be sitting on trillions in untapped mineral resources Italy Openly Discusses Euro Ex...
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog / by Jenna Orkin / 5d
From Jenna Orkin North Korea could be sitting on trillions in untapped mineral resources Italy Openly Discusses Euro Exit In Parliament: Debt Restructuring Or "Italeave" On The Way? Rand Tumbles On Report South Africa Seeks To Nationalize Central Bank Italy Furious After Austria Deploys Troops, Armored Vehicles To Border Illinois Tax Rate Soars 32% After Senate Overrides Governor Veto Facebook Fi

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Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, July 9th, 2017
Northerntruthseeker / 2d
Again, its Sunday, and once again time for my weekly rant... It has been one heck of a long and hectic week for me in terms of my work load and of course other personal and family issues, and quite honestly I do need a vacation.... I therefore want to start off this rant by informing everyone that I will be on a vacation break from the 21st of July all the way through until about the 3rd or 4th o
The Jews Are Begging For The Holocaust To Happen For Real!
Northerntruthseeker / 2d
I am constantly getting new emails from a wide variety of sources asking me to take a look at material put up by some of the great writers out there in the alternative media and/or the real truth movement.... And for this article, I want to present one that is full of real truths about the evil criminals out there that want world domination and our demise.... Right now, I want to present an absolu
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Criminal Cabal: WTF? New Ceasefire Deal IS US Attempt To Save Their Fraud Rebels From Defeat!
Northerntruthseeker / 3d
The good guys, the Syrian government forces and their allies, have finally the full upper hand in Syrian and have the so called "rebels" and fraud "ISIS terrorists" on the run... Reports are coming in now constantly about the SAA advancing steadily through Homs and Raqqa provinces, and with the US still bottled up in southern Syria, the fraud "ISIS" terrorists are all on the run and definitely on
Is THIS Why That POS "News" Network "CNN" Is Not News At All? This Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
I have always wondered why people still do NOT get it? It is right in the Jewish blueprint for their sick and twisted dream of world domination, their "Protocols Of The Learned Elders Of Zion" where it clearly states that they must CONTROL the message that the "Goyim" sees and reads...Meaning that they must control ALL media outlets worldwide to make sure that they keep the "Goyim" unaware of thei
It Is Not Only CNN Pushing Fake News: The National Geographic Film: "Hell On Earth" About Syria Is A Massive Hoax!
Northerntruthseeker / 5d
I am of course like everyone else watching that horrid "news channel" in the United States, called "CNN" implode and self destruct thanks to their never ending lies and FAKE news reports... It is definitely a sign that people are sick and tired of the never ending lies that the Jew spew media pushes out there and absolutely wants the truth when it comes to all news reports.... But apparently the l
Mockery Of Justice: Omar Khadr - Victim Of Canadian "Kangaroo Court" System Of "Justice" And A "Patsy" In War On Canadian Sovereignty!
Northerntruthseeker / 5d
I feel so insulted these days when I look at the travesty of the Canadian Justice System that is a true mockery of justice..... There have been so many cases in the past where real justice in this formerly "free" nation was never applied, especially in the case of Ernst Zundel who was railroaded by the Canadian kangaroo court system into a long legal battle just for QUESTIONING the so called "Holo

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Economic News , Data & Views.....July 10 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Monday -1) Markets : Asia - Calendar For Wednesday , Breaking / Market Moving News & Data ; US - Mediocre Monday Start For Stocks ( Except Nasdaq ) , Minor Moves Upward For US Crude & Spot Gold , US Treasuries Catch Minor Bid Today. ; Europe - Europe Has Moderately Strong Session On The Back Of Friday US Employment Report , Additional Items Of Note For Europe. 2) US Politics : Donald Trump Jr. & Russian Lawyer Caper Top Of the News Cycle , Russian Hack Items De Jour ; DNC Hack An Inside Job Say Some ; Replace & Repeal Updates , Tax Reform Status ; Jane Sanders Alleged Bank Fraud Investigation Accelerates ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Europe : Greece - Political , Refugee Crisis & Domestic Economy News De Jour ; Germany - After Riots During G-20 , Germany Wakes Up To Fact It Must Deal With Hard Left Criminal Element ; UK - Political Updates For Monday. 4) MENA Odds & Ends : Qatar VS Quartet State Of Play ;
Catharsis Ours / by Fred Walton / 19h
Markets.... Sovereign Debt Rout Eases After Two Hard Weeks.... Holger Zschaepitz ‏ @Schuldensuehner 2h 2 hours ago Global Government Bonds Stabilize After Selloff. http://www. foxbusiness.com/features/2017/ 07/10/global-government-bonds-stabilize-after-selloff.html … Holger Zschaepitz ‏ @Schuldensuehner 8h 8 hours ago Bonds bubble stops deflating: Government bonds rebound after painful 2 weeks. h
Economic News , Data & Views....July 9 , 2017....Quick Hits For Sunday-1) UK - Sunday Political Round Up Including Sunday Talk Shows. 2) US Politics : Replace & Repeal Updates ; Various Takes On Trump's Proposal For A US-Russia Cyber Security Partnership ; Trump-Putin Meeting At G-20 Follow up Intel ; US-Ukraine Relations , Minsk Agreement Discussion ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Iraq- Elimination Of ISIS Declared By Iraq's Prime Minister , But Fighting In Mosul Continues. 4) Libya - Misrata Coalition Clashing With Tripoli Forces Allegedly 30 Kilometers East Of Tripoli. 5) Gulf Rift Updates - Different Points Of View And Updates For Sunday. 6) Odds & Ends - North Korea , Syria -Southwest Syria De-Escalation Zone Holding So Far , G-20 Riots After G-20 Leaves Hamburg , Turkey CHP Led Protest , Additional Items Of Interest.
Catharsis Ours / by Fred Walton / 2d
UK.... PoliticsHome ‏ Verified account @politicshome 13m 13 minutes ago WATCH Labour education chief admits Jeremy Corbyn was wrong on working class uni claim http:// bit.ly/2tVOnRz PoliticsHome ‏ Verified account @politicshome 29m 29 minutes ago ICYMI: Labour MP accuses Corbyn allies of 'holding a baseball bat' by threatening deselection http:// bit.ly/2tvrRhE PoliticsHome ‏ Verified account @po
Economic News , Data & Views.....July 8 , 2017 .....Quick Hits For Saturday-1) Global Markets Overview : Doug Noland Weekly Missive & Review Of Week That Was ; ECB In Focus ; Global Stocks & Bonds Suffer "Shrinkage" Last Week. 2) G-20 : POTUS Schedule At G-20 Today ; Reports From Various Leaders ; "Welcome To Hell " Updates. 3) Iraq - Mosul Operation Almost Completed , West Mosul Reported to Be In Complete Control By Joint Operations Forces. 4) Syria - State Of Play At Various Fronts In Ongoing War. 5) Gulf Rift - Latest Updates , Opinion Pieces & Items Of Interest. 6) Odds & Ends - Global Items Of Note.
Catharsis Ours / by Fred Walton / 3d
Markets..... fred walton ‏ @fredwalton216 4s 4 seconds ago fred walton Retweeted fred walton Doug Noland in his Saturday Missive "Weekly Commentary: Wonderful Monetary Policy and Beautiful Deleveragings" - a rebuke of Ray Dalio. fred walton added, fred walton @fredwalton216 Credit Bubble Bulletin : Friday Evening Links http:// creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2017/07/friday -evening-links.html?s
Economic News , Data & Views.....July 7 , 2017..... Quick Hits For Friday-1) Markets : US Stocks Indexes Have A Strong Day After Non Farm Payrolls Beat Expectations Handily ; Oil & Gold Sell Off Heavily today - Rig Count Shoots Back Up Once Again ; NFP Items Of Note ; Europe Indexes Mixed On Friday , ECB Catching Flack . 2) US Politics : Trump- Putin First Meeting At G-20 Today : Additional Political Related Items Of Note. 3) G-20 Protests "Welcome To Hell" Continue For A Second Day. 4) Greece Updates - 8.5 BN Euro Tranche Payment To Arrive Monday , Domestic News Focusing On The Economy. 5) UK Political Round Up Ahead Of The Weekend. 6) Odds & Ends - Italy Refugee Situation Linked To EU Budget Payment , Libya , Syria , Bitcoin , Iraq , North Korea & More.
Catharsis Ours / / Fred Walton / 3d
Markets.... US... ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago US stocks close with solid gains on the day ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 44m 44 minutes ago Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: US and Canada show decent employment gains. ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 3h 3 hours ago Crude oil settles at $44.23 ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 5h 5 hours ago Baker Hughes total rigs 952 vs 940 last week ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 7h 7 hou
Economic News , Data & Views....July 6 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Thursday -1) Markets : Asia Calendar For Friday , Market Moving Data & News ; US - Stock Indexes Deeply In The Red But Off Their Lows , Bond Yields Rise Sharply , Oil Finishes Well Off Highs Of Day , Gold Has A Muddle through Day ; South Korea's Largest Bitcoin Exchange Suffered Massive Hack With 1BN Won Worth of Cryptocurrencies Stolen From Users ; Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Politics - Illinois Assembly Overrides Governor's Veto - Illinois finally Has A Budget ; Repeal & Replace Updates ; North Korea Situation Updates ; US-China Items ; G-20 ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Gulf Rift Updates ; 4) Libya In Focus . 5) Iraq Updates For Mosul Campaign. 6) Europe Highlights - UKPolitical Updates ; G-20 & Poland ; Banks Of Europe Items. 7) Odds & Ends !
Catharsis Ours / / Fred Walton / 4d
Markets.... Asia... ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic data due from Asia today (plus a Federal Reserve speaker) ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 1m 1 minute ago Japan - European Union free trade deal - where we at? BI AUS Markets ‏ @BIAUSMarkets 17m 17 minutes ago Iron ore just had its largest fall in close to a month http:// bit.ly/2sv70rA US.... ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago US stock
Economic News , Data & Views....July 5 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Wednesday -1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar And Market Moving Data & News ; US - Mixed Markets For Stocks - Nasdaq Performed Best But Not All Tech Stock Names Were Winners Today , Oil Hit Hard Today But API Inventory Report Shows Big Draw , Treasuries Yields Rise Sharply Today. 2) North Korea Nuclear Standoff Escalates After ICBM Test By North Korea. 3) US Political Round Up : Illinois Budget Drama Coming To A Head As House Set to Vote On Override Of Governor's Veto Thursday ; CNN GIF Overreaction , Statement By CNN On GIF "Tempest In Teapot" ; POTUS Trip To Poland ; 45 States Refuse To Send Voter Data To Trump Commission ; Additional Items Of Note. 4) Gulf Rift Updates - Quartet Have Meeting On Qatar , Agree To Coordinate & Plan Next Moves. 5) Europe In Focus - Quick Hits Touching On Greece , UK , Poland & EU Concerns. 6) Odds & Ends - Libya , Syria , Venezuela , South Africa & More !
Catharsis Ours / by Fred Walton / 5d
Markets... Asia.... ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 2m 2 minutes ago More Japan - BOJ 'output gap' higher for 3rd straight quarter ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 31m 31 minutes ago Japanese forecasters say GDP grew 0.5% in May US.... ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 46m 46 minutes ago Forexlive Americas FX new wrap: FOMC meeting minutes show no clear balance sheet timing ForexLive ‏ @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago Oil - private i

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