New in Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Stupid HR Stuff: If You Don't Want Employees To See The Handbook, You're Doing It Wrong
I
hear this all the time: "I was required to sign a paper saying I
received the handbook. As soon as I signed, the HR folks snatched up the
handbook and didn't let me keep a copy." Or, "I was required to sign
saying I received the handbook, but I never actually saw it." What the
heck was the point of that? The whole point of having a handbook is to
let employees know what their responsibilities ar
Can I Fire An Employee If Their Ex Threatens The Boss?
I was asked this question by a friend asking on behalf of someone else
and thought the answer might be useful here. Question : An employee has
become involved with multiple abusive men, who then end up calling the
office and harassing or verbally abusing other employees. The latest was
a call where he threatened to beat up the boss. They want to know if
they can fire her. They’re in Texas, which
Hey Florida Medical Marijuana Users - Gov. Scott Says You Can Be Fired
I've
previously written about Florida's medical marijuana law saying nothing
about protecting employees who are prescribed marijuana from
discrimination. That was bad enough. Now, it's worse. Gov. Rick Scott
recently signed into law a bill that very specifically says you can be
fired for using medical marijuana. The new law says that "medical use"
does not include use, "In a qualified patient’s pl
New in Syria Comment
End of US Support for Syrian Rebels Sounds Death Knell for Attempt to Roll Back Iran & Russia in Syria – By Joshua Landis
Terminating CIA Support for Syrian Rebels Sounds Death Knell for
Western Attempt to Roll Back Iran and Russia in Syria. By Joshua Landis
For Syria Comment – July 20, 2017 Trump’s termination of CIA funds to
Syrian rebels signals the death knell for Western efforts to roll back
Iranian and Russian power in the Levant. The reassertion of Assad’s
control over much of Syria underlines the success of
Resolving Article 140: Settling the Issue of Iraq’s Disputed Territories Ahead of an Independence Referendum for Kurdistan
This article was published July 13, 2017 by NRT, a media service in
Iraqi Kurdistan. The original article is available here . Photos and
Images have been added to this re-post that were not present in the
original. A new billboard in Erbil with Masoud Barzani’s image reading:
“YES—for Kurdish independence and statehood” by Megan Connelly and
Matthew Barber Contested Lands Last month, talks led by
Who Gassed Khan Sheikhoun? The Investigation Begins
by Aron Lund On June 29, the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons, OPCW, published its final report on events in the
Syrian city of Khan Sheikhoun on April 4, 2017. As you’ll recall,
President Donald Trump struck a Syrian air base a few days later in
retaliation for what the United States and allied nations, as well as
the Syrian opposition, say was an attack by President Bashar a
New in The Duck of Minerva
Trump and the Russian Money Trail
This is a guest post from Seva Gunitsky, an associate professor at the
Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His book
Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century
was recently published by Princeton University Press. To understand the
roots of the collusion, set aside Putin and follow the money. In the
endless pursuit of the Russia-Trump collusio
A Drinking Person’s Guide, Day 186
A guest post by Layna Mosley, Professor of Political Science at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (with contributions from
John Granville Peterson Cluverius, Mark Copelovitch, Roger Halchin,
Andrew Herring, Jordy Lobe, Julia Lynch, W.K. Winecoff). Financial
markets continue to take the Trump presidency in stride, but the last
six months have been tough. Political scientists worry th
The Transgender Ban and Politics of Exclusion
The following is a guest post from Jennifer Spindel and Robert Ralston ,
Ph.D. Candidates in Political Science at the University of Minnesota.
On 26 July 2017, Donald Trump announced, via Twitter , that the US
Government would “not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve
in any capacity in the US military.” [1] Notably, the tweets were sent
exactly 69 years after President Harry Truman i
The Trump Administration at 6 months
The following is a guest post from Jeff Colgan , the Richard Holbrooke
Associate Professor at Brown Universit. Colgan is a Bridging the Gap
Policy Engagement Fellow. Follow him on Twitter at @JeffDColgan This
publication was made possible (in part) by a grant from Carnegie
Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed are
solely the responsibility of the author. July 20 marks s
In Memorium: Peter Berger (1929-2017)
In a 2014 interview , Nick Onuf argued that IR has lost coherence as a
field and should instead be considered “as a species of social relations
and [to] abandon IR theory for social theory.” Were that to be the
case, the work of Peter Berger would certainly contend for space at the
top of the list of required reading. Berger, who passed away late last
month , is well known to constructivist (and
#MH17
Three years ago, on this day, the Malaysian Airliner MH17 flight from
Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine. 298 people died.
In October 2015, the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) concluded that the
airliner was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from
pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine. These findings
were also confirmed in September 2016 by a Dutch-led Joi
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
The Secret Reason for White-Hot Rhetoric Today
The fabiusmaximus site has a post on "The Secret Reason For Hot
Political Rhetoric", and the following was my response, which goes to
the heart of the problem--not just political--as enlightened by my
discovery of the re-formation and design of the Earth's surface by the
"gods" of ancient "myth": There is some truth in laying the problem on
"tribalism" (which is a clue that the past is the key to
The True Origin of Inalienable Rights
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
New in The High-fat Hep C Diet
Low fat dairy recommendations for children completely lack an evidence base, to put it mildly
"There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into
babies." — Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Radio broadcast (March 21,
1943) After reading about the Toddler Paradox on the Care Factor
Critical blog, I wondered what evidence was cited in New Zealand to
support recommendations for low fat milk, lean meat, and so on in the
diets of children. These recommendations were revised
New in The Straight Goods
Petronas' Pacific Northwest LNG Proposal....The Real Story Minus Postmedia's Fake Narrative
Written by Grant G Yesterday after Petronas divulged they were
canceling their ill-fated LNG project Keith Baldrey started spinning
like a top, spinning like a BC Liberal shill.... Keith Baldrey claimed
the change in government caused Petronas to bail on their project...
CKNW/Global audio vault...listen to July 25th...just after 7:30 pm
news(about 7:33 mark) http://globalnews.ca/pages/audio-vault
What a Beautiful Orange Day....John Horgan Edition
Written by Grant G Worms, squirms and the usual suspects, aided and
abetted by you know who...PostMedia, oh boy, look at the neon, flashing
strobes, look at the not so shiny baubles Postmedia presents as news, my
gawd, how can Postmedia editors and editorial boards, living on a round
earth(?) publish such blatant politically infused
propaganda.....articles that appear to be written by either the
New in thwap's schoolyard
Optimism vs Pessimism
"I'm not a pessimist! I'm a realist!" Yeah, right. No. I'm a pessimist.
I am more likely to see defeat and failure than situations warrant. In
doing image searches for this post, I'm thinking that pessimists are
definitely a minority. Which makes sense, since the human race would
have died-out long ago if everybody was like me. Probably related, I
also have a fair degree of self-hatred. (I'm also
Liberal & Loving Its Last Comment
I had three comments to process. Two from Opit. One from LALI. I
clicked the box above all the comments to publish them all
simultaneously last night. Went to reply this morning. Only Opit's
comments were there. LALI wrote something about the Alma (?) drawings
and NDP policy towards Israel-Palestine. I don't know what the Alma
drawings are. If Niki Ashton wins the leadership, NDP policy will chan
We're Heading For a Crack-Up
The "Health Care" bill passed by the Repug troglodytes in Congress
didn't really phase me. The public outcry against this abomination was
so strong that i was certain that even a Repug-dominated Senate would
realize its toxicity and come up with something less obviously vile and
that in reconciliation, reality would produce something similar to the
status-quo. The status-quo was horrid by the way
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Thwap art:
New in What Is Sustainable
Sea of Slaughter
Farley Mowat (1921–2014) was a famous Canadian nature writer, a
fire-breathing critic of modernity’s war on wildness. He spent much of
his life close to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic, and was an
avid outdoorsman. By 1975, he and his wife were becoming acutely aware
of the sharp decline of wildlife during their own lifetimes. Mowat
chatted with 90-year olds who confirmed his suspicions
New in Wide Asleep in America
Citations Needed, Episode 05: The Great American Socialist Whitewash
Fred
Hampton On Episode 5 of Citations Needed, Adam and I explore the
history of the media erasing socialists of color from the history books
and present day discourse––a tactic that serves to both commodity and
water-down black radicalism and pawn off leftwing politics as a uniquely
white or middle class enterprise. Our guests this week are Robert
Greene II and Roqayah Chamseddine.
The Return of the Media's Zombie Narrative About Iran's Nuclear Program
Democracy
may die in darkness, but the Washington Post continues to murder truth
when it comes to the Iranian nuclear program. In an August 2, 2017
article about a recent bill, passed nearly unanimously in Congress and
begrudgingly signed into law, that pointlessly imposes more sanctions on
Russia and two other countries that don't toe the American line, the
Washington Post described the
MSNBC's Joy Reid Fails History and Geography
MSNBC's
Joy Reid “Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy
justice can have.” - James Baldwin Seemingly apropos of nothing but
shameless Red-baiting weirdness, MSNBC host Joy Reid tweeted today about
two of Donald Trump's three wives hailing from Eastern European
countries. "Donald Trump married one American (his second wife) and two
women from what used to be Soviet
Citations Needed, Episode 04: The Root of All Evil
A
recent New York Times presents a Manichean worldview wherein the United
States’ invasion of Iraq was noble and just, while Iran’s relationship
with its neighbor is nefarious and dangerous. The article was written by
Baghdad bureau chief Tim Arango (picture above, right). Episode 4 of
Citations Needed, my new media criticism podcast co-hosted by Adam
Johnson, is out. This week, we talk
Citations Needed, Episode 03: The Rise of Superpredator 2.0
"The
press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make the criminal
look like he's a the victim and make the victim look like he's the
criminal... If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating
the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing
the oppressing." - Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Episode 3 of the new media criticism
Citations Needed, Episode 02: The North Korea Memory Hole
Episode
2 of the new media criticism podcast, Citations Needed, which I host
alongside Adam Johnson is here! The episode, "The North Korea Memory
Hole," tackles forgotten war crimes, broken promises, and the making of
an official enemy. It is our first foray into the realm of the Official
Enemy™, a staple of United States foreign policy discourse that we'll
surely be revisiting a lot.
New in wmtc
what i'm reading: city on fire
I finished City on Fire , Garth Risk Hallberg's astonishing debut
novel, a few days ago, but stories from the book are still playing in
mind. I initially didn't want to commit to reading a 900-page tome, but
as I savoured the last scene, I was sorry to put it down. City on Fire
brings you to 1976-77 New York City, the summer of The Blackout, when
the City famously went dark and gave way to riotin
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #24
I
have a TIHATL double-header today, plus a bonus round. A customer asked
for something by Omar Tyree. We had only one copy of one title, and
that was in a different branch. I asked if I could get her something
with a similar vibe, and she was up for it. Turns out she has read all
of Tyree's work -- she loves it and wanted to re-read. So yes, more
authors like that would be good. I had never heard
an open letter to loblaws: greed is not good -- especially not for public relations
Loblaw
Companies Limited 1 President's Choice Circle Brampton, Ontario, L6Y
5S5 Attention: LCL Customer Relations Centre Dear Loblaw Ltd.: I am a
Loblaw customer and I was extremely disappointed at recent public
statements made by Loblaw CEO Galen Weston, Jr., regarding the proposed
raise of the minimum wage in Ontario. Mr. Weston claimed that the
proposed wage hikes will result in higher prices a
why do we need to say black lives matter? a brief and partial history lesson
The
African American experience in Los Angeles County, California: a brief
and selected timeline of sorts.* From 1940-1960, thousands of African
Americans migrated from Louisiana, Georgia, Texas, and other southern
states to California, hoping to find decent jobs, affordable housing,
and equality of opportunity. California was not quite as welcoming as
advertised. Housing was strictly segregated.
what i'm reading: pit bull: the battle over an american icon
If you have an opinion about pitbulls, chances are high it's based on
myth, misinformation, and even disinformation. I know a good deal about
dogs, and I thought I knew a lot about pitbulls, yet I was constantly
amazed and enlightened by Bronwen Dickey's Pit Bull: The Battle Over an
American Icon . Here are some of the things you will learn if you read
this book. There is no agreement on what a p
in which telehealth sends me to the emergency room and i wonder why. or, what's the deal with telehealth?
I used Telehealth for the first time this past week, Ontario's call
centre for health questions. I thought it was a great service, but now
that I've spoken to others about my experience, I'm confused. Is it true
Telehealth sends everyone to Urgent Care or the Emergency Room? USians,
you may marvel at the beauty of universal public health care. * * * *
It was the Monday after Canada Day, and I had
New in WWF - Latest News
WWF deeply concerned over imminent certification of Mexican tuna fishery
Gland, Switzerland, 5 August 2017 – WWF has expressed its deep concern
at the likely Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the
Northeastern Tropical Pacific tuna dolphin-set purse seine fishery. WWF
had previously objected to this certification proposal due to its belief
that impacts of the fishery on depleted dolphin populations have not
been sufficiently examined and addressed, ther
Snaring crisis devastating Asia's wildlife, jeopardizing decades of tiger conservation efforts
29 July 2017 – On Global Tiger Day today, WWF is urging tiger-range
governments to strengthen anti-poaching efforts and crack down on a
severe wildlife snaring crisis that is threatening wildlife across Asia,
especially the world's remaining wild tigers, which number only around
3,900. Easy to make from widely available material such as bicycle cable
wires and quick to set up, wire snares are dea
EU Court of Justice orders Poland to halt logging in Bialowieza Forest
Warsaw, Poland – In response to the Court of Justice of the European
Union's decision to halt logging in Bialowieza Forest, Dariusz
Gatlowski, Biodiversity Specialist at WWF-Poland, said: "This decision
is great news for Bialowieza and the communities that depend on this
remarkable forest. By ordering Poland to halt logging, the Court has
recognized that these activities are causing serious and i
New in A Different Perspective
The Moons of Jupiter and Billy Meier
Here’s a question that has come up recently, given all the attacks on
me. If Billy Meier was not receiving his “secret” information from his
Pleiadian pals, where did he get it? Can we find a source and can we
prove it? How about this? According to the 115 th Contact, which took
place on October 19, 1978, but was not published until 1982/1986, we are
told that the moon closest to Jupiter, which i
Jim Marrs December 5, 1943 - August 2, 2017
Jim Marrs at the podium. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle For those of
you who haven't heard, Jim Marrs had died. He was famous for his book,
Alien Agenda and his book on the Kennedy assassination, Crossfire . That
book became the basis for Oliver Stone's movie, JFK. Personally, I
meant Marrs only twice and both times at UFO symposium or conferences.
We disagree on several cases such as the UFO cr
Billy Meier and Planets Beyond Pluto
The other night, August 1, I appeared on the Rob McConnell’s X-Zone
radio show and in the course of the conversation, I mentioned that it
was strange that Billy Meier’s Pleiadian pals had not mentioned the
large planet out in the Kuiper Belt that was being postulated by our
current astronomical community. I figured that if they were flying
around the Solar System they would have a good idea of wh
MUFON, Billy Meier (and Michael Horn) and Me
In the course of discussing the problems faced by MUFON, I was
contacted by Michael Horn, who is the US representative of Billy Meier.
Meier is, of course, the Billy Meier man who claims contact with alien
creatures going back to 1975, or maybe even earlier depending on whether
you count his alleged childhood contacts in that number. I told Horn in
the initial conversation that I was not a fan of
The Pteranodano and Billy Meier
Because it isn’t time for the premiere of Game of Thrones Season 7, and
I have nothing better to do, I thought I’d kick another sleeping dog
(sorry of that analogy offends). For laughs, I took a look at the
Pteranodano photograph that was allegedly taken by Billy Meier during a
July 1975 trip to a world some 9.38 billion light years away which is
about halfway across the known universe. It’s a ba
Frankie Rowe has Died
Frankie Rowe, who might well be the last of those who claimed to have
handled debris from the Roswell UFO crash, has died. According to Don
Schmitt, on Wednesday, July 26, she had surgery but was home on Friday,
on the mend. In the afternoon, she mentioned to her daughter that she
was feeling cold when she suddenly collapsed. The medics arrived in
about five minutes and she was conscious when she
New in A Very Public Sociologist
Silly Season Factionalism
With silly season in full swing and without a factional Labour dispute
in sight, it has become necessary to invent one. Chris Williamson, the
MP for Derby North and shadow fire safety spox yesterday tweeted that he
was on his travels. This is what he had to say. Not the sort of thing
you'd expect to spark a factional kerfuffle, eh? But it has. Chris's
tweet drew the following response from Lucy P
Shining Force for the MegaDrive/Genesis
It's about time we got round to Shining Force . And by that, I mean
actually playing the bugger. My game playing habitus is stuck at a point
where three dimensional gaming never became a thing and role playing
games were simple grinding affairs. Shining Force , however, is
different. It represents an evolutionary leap into a genre of RPGing I
didn't know existed until coming back to gaming. Shini
Taking Sides on Venezuela
When there is a crisis overseas, you can tell a great deal about
someone by how they react to it. In this case I'd like to draw attention
to sundry calls on Jeremy Corbyn to condemn what is happening in
Venezuela. Ever keen to pressure a leader they remain unreconciled to,
Angela Smith and Graham Jones, ostensibly in their roles as members and
chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Venezue
What is Donald Trump?
How are you supposed to make sense of the senselessness by which Donald
Trump goes about the office of President of the United States? After
sacking his chum Anthony Scaramucci before making his tenth day in post
as comms director, a lot of people are scratching their heads. Simply
put there has never been an administration in American history that
presents as so chaotic, faction-ridden, dysfunct
Defending the Indefensible
If you are a mainstream journalist with a mainstream gig, racism can
kill your career. Or, to be a stickler for accuracy, certain kinds of
racism. You carve a living out of attacking Muslims and you're probably
okay. You have to limit your racism to matters of culture to prosper
because showing your discomfiture with non-white skin tones, or trading
in crude racial stereotypes is beyond the horiz
New Left Blogs July/August 2017
Here's a turn up for the books - the first time a new blog round up has
followed a previous outing within the space of a month. We haven't seen
that round these parts knocking on for three years now. Is mass
politicisation encouraging more people to pick up their keyboards and
writing outside of Facebook status updates? We shall see. In the mean
time here are the new blogs that have caught my eye
New in Adrienne's Corner
Is Michael Savage Right? Will fake news and an attempt to remove Trump lead to civil war?...
maybe. Things are slowly returning to normal around here after my
husband's hasty and late night hernia surgery. But guess who gets to
continue doing the heavy lifting for the foreseeable future? I'm going
to have shoulders like a linebacker in a few more weeks. (Note from Mr.
Adrienne: She already has shoulders like a linebacker, can whip my ass
at arm wrestling, comes equipped with Italian kill
First interesting thing I've seen in days: White House Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasts the liberal media...
because everything else is a big yawn. For instance: Anthony
Scaramucci. I don't give a rat's rear patootie that he got canned. And
guess what? No one else does either. Don't believe me? Try standing in
front of your local grocery store and ask the next 100 people exiting
the store who Scaramucci is and the answer 99.9% of the time will be,
"Who?" Besides, I'm not even sure what a Director of Com
Wild Bill interview on his Canadian fiasco with my friend Don Bradway of Redoubt News...
and what does Youtube have to say about this video? This video is
unlisted. Be considerate and think twice before sharing. Bastards! Let's
make sure this is seen by as many people as possible. Please link or
share this interview. The hell with Youtube! Bill has much to say about
hate speech laws and why this is happening. From the fine people who
provided me with the best wet/dry mop I've ever us
Emergency surgery...
sorry for not being here. Hubby was transported to the emergency room
early this afternoon. At he moment (9:00 pm PDT) he is having surgery to
repair a hernia. I'm headed back to the hospital. Update tomorrow. A
Minneapolis: Somali Muslim Police Officer Shoots White Woman in Cold Blood...
and the libtards are silent. I don't have the will or the time for an
extended rant, but I can't help noticing that my libtard bellwethers in
Minnesota, who proudly proclaim their sadness over the Philando Castile
shooting by a police officer, have not one damn thing to say about a
Somali blasting away a white woman who called the police for help. They
call the police shooting of Castile a traves
The Ladies Who March™ are getting ready to whip out their pink pussy hats and march against the NRA...
this upcoming Friday, 'cause the good Lord knows it's the NRA's fault
that people are killing each other with guns in Chicago. What triggered
all of this newest outrage? An NRA ad with Dana Perino which I just
watched for the first time moments ago and posted below. Women's March
Statement from their Facecrap page : We know that we are not safe. But
we will not be intimidated into silence. Recent
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & Views.....August 7 , 2017..... Quick Hits For Monday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Tuesday , Market Moving And
Data ; US - US Stocks Saw Dow & S&P Hit New Closing Highs But
Volume Was Unimpressive , US Crude Down A Touch , Treasury Yields Move
Higher Today. 2) US Politics : North Korea Situation Updates & ASEAN
Ministerial Aftermath ; Gulf Rift Updates To Consider ; Swampland News -
Despite President On Vacation And Congress Basically Out As Well - Even
If Technically In Session , Lots To Chew On ; Russia Related News De
Jour ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) Europe - Key Items To Consider From
Greece , UK , France , Spain And On Migration / Refugee Related
Concerns. 4) Odds & Ends - Global Items.
Markets..... Asia..... ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago Add this to
the economic calendar due in Asia today - China trade data for July
ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic data due from Asia today
ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago China trade data for July due today
- previews ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Australian data to
watch today - NAB Business Survey (July) - pre
Economic
News , Data & Views ..... August 6 , 2017 ......Quick Hits For
Sunday -1) Europe : Greece - France President Macron Plans September
Visit To Athens , Prime Minister Tsipras Mulls Latest Cabinet Reshuffle ;
UK - Gov't Prepping To Pay 36 BN Pound "Brexit Bill" Undoubtedly The
Big Political Story , Additional Brexit & Domestic Political Items ;
Germany - Tainted Eggs Scandal Leads Summer Sunday News , German
Election Poll Number From August 4th ; France - Macron's Popularity
Slips , Asylum Seeker / Migration Updates , Returning Jihadists Concerns
, Additional Items Of Note. 2) Venezuela Updates : 41st Brigade Defects
From Maduro Gov't - Maduro Gov't Claims Situation Under Control ; Fiery
Dissident Attorney General Luisa Ortega Fired Saturday By Maduro's
Assembly And Former Ombudsman Tarek Saab Sworn In As New Attorney
General ; Additional News Of Note. 3) 50th ASEAN Ministerial In Manila
Underway - Highlights So Far. 4) US Politics : Sunday Round Up Of News.
5) Odds & Ends…
Europe..... Greece.... Kathimerini English @ekathimerini 4h 4 hours
ago French President Macron planning September visit to Athens http://
dlvr.it/Pc7NNQ Kathimerini English @ekathimerini 4h 4 hours ago
Tsipras said to be mulling cabinet reshuffle http:// dlvr.it/Pc7NKX
Kathimerini English @ekathimerini 4h 4 hours ago Risk of wildfires
spikes as new heat wave begins http:// dlvr.it/Pc7NLZ U
Economic
News , Data And Views .... August 5 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Saturday
-1) Global Markets : Doug Noland's Weekly Missive and Observations On
The Week That Was ; Global Stocks & Bonds Performance For Last Week -
H/T Holger Zschaepitz ; MENA Edition - Equities Market News H/T Zawya.
2) North Korea Updates - Deep Dive On Recent ICBM Launch , Different
POVs on Dealing With North Korea Situation , Interesting Nuggets
Regarding Hermit Kingdom. 3) Europe In Focus - Eighteen Items Across
Europe To Consider - UK , Greece , Germany , France & Italy In
Focus. 4) US Politics For Saturday. 5) Odds & Ends !
Global Markets.... fred walton @fredwalton216 no w fred walton
Retweeted fred walton Doug Noland's weekly missive " Data and a Carefree
Bond Market " , plus his usual observations on markets and developments
for the week. fred walton added, fred walton @fredwalton216 Credit
Bubble Bulletin : Weekly Commentary: Data and a Carefree Bond Market...
http:// creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2017/08/
Economic
News , Data & Views....August 4 , 2017......Quick Hits For Friday-
1) Markets : US - Stocks Have Another Mixed Day With Dow In The Green
Modestly But For 8th Straight Day ( Nasdaq & S&P Off A Bit Today
) , US Crude Settles At $49.58 Up 55 Cents , Treasury Yields Reverse
Field From Yesterday On Back Of Strong Non Farm Payroll Report And
Unemployment Data , Information Related To Employment Situation Report ;
Europe- Stock Indexes And Europe End Lower As Dollar Strength After US
Jobs Report Whacks Euro Today , Europe Economic Data To Consider For
Various EZ Countries. 2) US Politics : North Korea Updates - New
Sanctions Under Consideration To Hit Exports Of NK ; Non Russia Related
Matters Of Foreign Policy ; Friday Swampland News ; Friday's "Leaks"
Briefing - AG Sessions & ODNI Chief Coats ; Russia Related Matters.
3) Benjamin Netanyahu Being Investigated For Fraud, Breach Of Trust And
Bribery , Netty's Top Aide Turn's State Witness. 4) Addendum - Libya ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Markets..... US.... ForexLive @ForexLive 53m 53 minutes ago US stocks
end the session with modest gains. Dow has 8 straight record closes
LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 2h 2 hours ago WTI Futures Settle At
$49.58/Bbl, Up $0.55 #OOTT LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 4h 4 hours ago US
Baker Hughes Rig Count 4-Aug: 954 (prev 958) -Rotary Gas Rigs 4-Aug: 189
(prev 192) -Rotary Oil Rigs 4-Aug: 765 (prev 766) Step
Economic
News , Data & Views.....August 3 , 2017....Quick Hits For Thursday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Friday , Market Moving Data
And News , Geopolitical Developments ; US - Dow Up For 7th Straight Day
But S&P / Nasdaq Finish In The Red , Currencies And Treasuries
Roiled By Political Uncertainty With Afternoon News Special Counsel
Mueller Is Impaneling A Grand Jury. 2) US Political News : Special
Counsel Mueller Impanels Grand Jury ; West Virginia Rally May Give
Signals As To How Trump Will Respond To Mueller , Governor Jim Justice
Switching From Democratic Party To GOP ; Swampland News ; New Set Of
Leaks - This Time Calls Between POTUS & Leaders Of Mexico /
Australia Embarass POTUS ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) WannaCry Hero
Researcher Busted By FBI For Kronos Malware Campaign. 4) UK - Political
News Of The Day To Consider. 5) Venezuela News De Jour. 6) MENA Updates -
Libya , Syria & Gulf Rift In Focus.
Markets.... Asia... ForexLive @ForexLive 57m 57 minutes ago
(Overnight) RBA's Harper - AUD recent surge threatens to hit the economy
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NEBRASKA: 'They're back' Ready to stop Keystone XL
Photo
by Mike Hudema Photos: Cheyenne River Lakota Chairman Harold Frazier
speaks to crowd at Nebraska Capitol. 'Yes to Solar' was the message, as
crowd rallied in solidarity to halt Keystone XL pipeline, Sunday, Aug.
6, 2017. In the news: 'We're ready to stop it again' KXL pipeline
opponents flood Nebraska Capitol:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/07/
Vancouver, WA -- Bakken oil trains blocked with sunflowers
Bakken
oil trains blocked by earth defenders with sunflowers today, in
Vancouver, Washington, then a second time near Olympia. ======= August
7, 2017 On Site Media Contact: Jessie Braverman, (617) 833-9766 Media
Contact: Sophie Scholl, (360) 601-7187 Community Members Blockade Oil
Train in the Face of Police Presence in Downtown Vancouver, WA with
Pop-up Sunflower
Mohawk Nation News 'Karma's a Bummer!'
KARMA’S
A BUMMER! Posted on August 7, 2017 Please post & distribute. MNN.
Aug. 7, 2017. Palm trees cannot be transplanted to the Arctic.
Celebrated author, Joseph Boyden, is on a search for his native roots,
which is somewhere in Europe. Our mother created us as part of the
natural world on great turtle island. A bear knows it’s a bear. it
doesn’t take classes or read up on itself to
Mohawk Nation News 'Only the Shadow Knows'
ONLY
THE SHADOW KNOWS Posted on August 5, 2017 Please post and distribute.
MNN. JULY 24, 2017. Breaking news from the White House, now called
Alcatraz. “Me, my boys and my cronies are running the show now. I can
appointed myself as a judge, and acquit myself by the the snap of my
fingers of anything I please. I’m going to twitter a script of a big
Broadway show about how wonderful I
Mohawk Nation News 'I Got You Babe'
I
GOT YOU BABE Posted on August 5, 2017 Please post & distribute.
MNN. AUG. 5, 2017. onkwe-hon-weh, the true original people of the earth,
are set in stone. Our true nature never changes. We are created to be
part of the natural world. Sanity comes from the way the original true
people of great turtle island think. Many are seduced by money and
power. Those who commit treason will
OWE AKU: Call to Action: In Your Own Communities
At Home, On the Ground
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MU69 Occultations Yield KBO Data
Back in June we tracked what the New Horizons team was doing to refine
our knowledge of 2014 MU69, the Kuiper Belt Object toward which New
Horizons is now moving (see New Horizons: Occultations in Preparation
for MU69 ). There were actually three of these events, on June 3, July
10 and July 17 of this year, studied not only by team members on the
ground in Argentina and South Africa but by observ
Go Voyager
It’s worth thinking about why Voyager 1 and 2, now coming up on their
40th year of operation, are still sending back data. After all, mission
longevity becomes increasingly important as we anticipate missions well
outside the Solar System, and the Voyagers are giving us a glimpse of
what can be done even with 1970’s technology. We owe much of their
staying power to their encounters with Jupiter,
An Astrobiological Role for Titan’s Complex Chemistry?
Although Titan is often cited as resembling the early Earth, the
differences are striking. Temperature is the most obvious, with an
average of 95 Kelvin (-178 degrees Celsius), keeping water at the
surface firmly frozen. Our planet was tectonically active in its
infancy, roiled not only by widespread volcanism but also asteroid
impacts, especially during the period known as the Late Heavy Bombard
New Insights into Long-Period Comets
The Voyagers’ continuing interstellar mission reminds us of how little
we know about space just outside our own Solar System. We need to learn a
great deal more about the interstellar medium before we venture to send
fast spacecraft to other stars. And indeed, part of Breakthrough
Starshot’s feasibility check re small payloads and sails will be to
assess the medium and determine what losses are a
Stagnant Supercivilizations and Interstellar Travel
Just how long can a civilization live? It’s a key question, showing up
as a factor in the Drake Equation and possibly explaining our lack of
success at finding evidence for ETI. But as Andrei Kardashev believed,
it is possible that civilizations can live for aeons, curbed only by the
resources available to them, opening up the question of how they
evolve. In today’s essay, Nick Nielsen looks at l
Laser SETI: All Sky All the Time
The SETI Institute’s just announced Laser SETI funding campaign intends
to put into practice what SETI researchers have been anticipating for
decades, an all-sky, all-the-time observing campaign. The Institute’s
Eliot Gillum and Gerry Harp are behind the project, backed by an
impressive list of advisors, with the intention of using optical SETI
methods to look for signs of extraterrestrial civili
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
Would Jason Kenney kill the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion for short-term political gain in Alberta? Just askin’
PHOTOS: Jason Kenney, at left, in his fevered imagination, visits the
Alberta Army on the B.C. front. (Photo of an actual event, heaven only
knows what, grabbed from Mr. Kenney’s Twitter feed.) Below: Alberta
Premier Rachel Notley, B.C. Premier John Horgan, and Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau, all of them keeping calm and carrying on. Each […] The
post Would Jason Kenney kill the Kinder Morgan pipe
Has St. Albert councillor’s mayoral campaign forgotten the incumbent mayor isn’t seeking reelection?
PHOTOS: St. Albert City Councillor Cam MacKay, who is running for mayor
of the municipality northwest of Edmonton. Below: Mayoral candidate
Cathy Heron, also a city councillor, St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse, and
Councillor Sheena Hughes. ST. ALBERT, Alberta Have the key players in
City Councillor Cam MacKay’s campaign to become mayor of St. Albert […]
The post Has St. Albert councillor’s mayoral
Derek Fildebrandt, UCP ‘liberty’ advocate, calls for return to ugly 1940s labour relations, labour studies professor says
PHOTOS: The late Jim Prentice, during his successful 2014 campaign to
lead the Progressive Conservative Party, with supporters in Edmonton.
Below: Anti-union “liberty conservative” Derek Fildebrandt, NDP Premier
Rachel Notley, and Athabasca University Labour Studies Professor Bob
Barnetson. It was probably his “math is hard” moment in a televised
debate with NDP Leader Rachel Notley […] The post
Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing returns to the top of Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended July 30, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. Do Not Say We Have Nothing — Madeleine Thien 2.
Milk and Honey — Rupi Kaur […] The post Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We
Have Nothing returns to the top of Audreys Books
Groovy! It’s the Summer of Love for the UCP! Should the NDP despair? Not really
PHOTOS: Cool, man, it’s the Summer of Love! Alberta’s conservatives,
grooving to the beat of the Jason Kenney Experience, say: Tune in, turn
on, and (if you’re a progressive voter) drop out! (Photo found on the
Internet; source not indicated.) Below: Pollster Quito Maggi, United
Conservative Party leadership hopeful Jason Kenney, and Alberta Premier
Rachel […] The post Groovy! It’s the Summer of
Having raised the issue, St. Albert mayoral candidate needs to explain what he planned to do if judge ruled in court case
PHOTOS: St. Albert City Councillor Cam MacKay, who is running for mayor
of the municipality northwest of Edmonton. Below: St. Albert Mayor
Nolan Crouse and mayoral candidate Cathy Heron, also a city councillor.
ST. ALBERT, Alberta Surely more than a few St. Alberta residents
wondered what City Councillor Cam MacKay was doing outside an Edmonton
[…] The post Having raised the issue, St. Albert may
New in From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin China Is Canceling the Debt of the World’s Most Impoverished Nations Take a look inside the former rad...
From Jenna Orkin China Is Canceling the Debt of the World’s Most
Impoverished Nations Take a look inside the former radioactive-waste
site off the coast of San Francisco that's turning into a $5 billion
housing development Featuring the latest model washer-dryer-Geiger
counter. McMaster: U.S. Preparing For "Preventive War" With North Korea
Loretta Lynch Communicated With DOJ Officials Using Grand
From Jenna Orkin Smoke chokes Washington - air quality worst in the nation Shocking Footage Of Saudi Siege Against Own ...
From Jenna Orkin Smoke chokes Washington - air quality worst in the
nation Shocking Footage Of Saudi Siege Against Own Citizens Two-Thirds
Of Rising Global Growth Is Due To Emerging Markets, And 9 Other
Interesting Facts Tests show Hanford workers inhaled radioactive
plutonium Exclusive: Manhattan flood barrier project scaled back, faces
delays The US Army just ordered soldiers to stop using this
From Jenna Orkin The Trump-Russia investigation heats up with a call for a grand jury Seed: The Untold Story The 'hero'...
From Jenna Orkin The Trump-Russia investigation heats up with a call
for a grand jury Seed: The Untold Story The 'hero' hacker who stopped
WannaCry was accused of creating the 'Kronos' malware — here's what it
is China just held a drill to shut down 'harmful' websites as it
tightens its grip on the internet South Korea's spy agency attempted to
rig the 2012 election and is now under investigation
From Jenna Orkin The ugly truth: One mother’s fight to expose the hazards at Ground Zero Article about my recent book, ...
From Jenna Orkin The ugly truth: One mother’s fight to expose the
hazards at Ground Zero Article about my recent book, Ground Zero Wars 7
earthquakes struck Oklahoma in 28 hours for a disturbing reason Lyme
Disease’s Worst Enemy? It Might Be Foxes Just Released Docs Show
Monsanto 'Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to
Manipulate Scientific Data' The scientist who first warned of cl
From Jenna Orkin Browder's Testimony to Congress Video shows Trump's lawyer previously denied the president was involve...
From Jenna Orkin Browder's Testimony to Congress Video shows Trump's
lawyer previously denied the president was involved with Trump Jr.'s
misleading statement about meeting with a Russian lawyer There's a 95%
chance the world will warm beyond a crucial tipping point — here's what
that means Farenheit 104 (40 degrees C). This is a number everyone
should know. A Brexit exodus may cost London 40,000
From Jenna Orkin Americans are serving longer prison sentences than ever — and it all comes back decades-old ‘tough-on-...
From Jenna Orkin Americans are serving longer prison sentences than
ever — and it all comes back decades-old ‘tough-on-crime’ policies
Venezuelans Are Now Paying 1000 Times More For US Dollars Than They Did
In 2010 The Return Of Eugenics? Tennessee Judge Issues Sterilization
Program For Inmates Inside the 24 hours that broke Sean Spicer Renewable
energy 'simply won't work': Top Google engineers W
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