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Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis -- News Updates September 10, 2017
*BBC*: *Rohingya crisis: Myanmar rebuffs rebel ceasefire* Myanmar has brushed off a one-month unilateral ceasefire announced by a Rohingya militant group in Rakhine. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) announced a truce on Sunday, urging Myanmar's army to lay down weapons as well. But government spokesman Zaw Htay said Myanmar would not negotiate with "terrorists". About 294,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Rakhine state last month. *Read more *.... *Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis -- News Updates September 10, 2017* Rohingya crisis: UN aid call ... more »
US Backed Kurds Set to Battle SAA for Oil Rich Area
* Cutting to the chase- It's clear the PKK/YPG thugs backed by the US need Deir ez Zor for the creation of Israel 2.0 aka Kurdistan. They need the resources to be viable. They need to DENY Syria access to their own resources in order to leave what will remain of Syria vulnerable , weak & dependent on the unlawfully, immorally created new territory. Water control and denial is also an issue - Israel 2.0 has been being created in plain site. Employing the ruse of the 'fight against ISIS' as the smoke cover to ethnically cleanse and displace the resident populace.* * Th need of the... more »
Explosive Lawsuit Shows Saudi Arabia Funded a “Dry Run” for 9/11—2 Years Before Attacks
[image: saudi]A lawsuit filed against Saudi Arabia for their role in 9/11 has produced evidence of the Saudis conducting a dry run for the attacks two years prior to 9/11.
NEW lawsuit claims Saudi embassy in US may have funded a 9/11 “dry run”
Did the Saudi government fund a 'dry run' for 9/11 attack? More The post NEW lawsuit claims Saudi embassy in US may have funded a 9/11 “dry run” appeared first on The Duran.
Cultural Imperialism and the Seeds of Catastrophe: Ripping up the Social Fabric of India
CounterPunch, RINF, Global Research, Countercurrents If you value my work, please take time to read *this * Foreign capital is dictating the prevailing development agenda in India. The aim is to replace current structures with a system of industrial agriculture suited to the needs of Western agribusiness, food processing and retail concerns (see this). The plan is for a fraction of the population left in farming working on contracts for large suppliers and large chain supermarkets offering a diet of highly processed, denutrified, genetically altered food based on crops soaked with c... more »
The First Korea War Was Hell on Earth (A Second One Would Be Far Worse)
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Asia* Think nuclear weapons. War is usually glorified in today’s United States, often celebrated. We praise all our men and women in uniform as being “heroes.” But in the America of 1950, U.S. soldiers and marines who fought the opening salvos of the Korean War knew full well that war—*real war*—is nothing to celebrate, but something to avoid at all costs. On June 25, 1950, Communist North Korea, under the leadership of dictator Kim Il-sung (grandfather of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un), launched a no-notice and unprovoked war against Sou... more »
North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Requires Diplomatic Talks
*Jerry Hendrix* *Security, Asia* This is a hard essay to write. It is admittedly an awkward attempt to distill a lesson from a tragedy in order to apply it to a far larger problem facing our nation. In the navy, sailors are taught a simple dictum: ship, shipmate, self. Those are your priorities, in that order. Place your ship and your fellow sailors before your own individual needs. At 1:30 a.m. on June 17, 2017, this rule was tested as the container ship ACX *Crystal* impacted the destroyer USS *Fitzgerald*, opening a thirteen by seventeen-foot hole in the side of the ship, flo... more »
Why North Korea Can't Use Nuclear Weapons to Conquer South Korea
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* It would be a really bad idea. As North Korea’s nuclear program advances, many have been asking what Pyongyang hopes to achieve with these capabilities. Although, on balance, most analysts seem to agree that North Korea will primarily use nuclear weapons to deter the United States and its allies from attacking it, others fear a more sinister purpose. This narrative—which is being championed by some of the best observers of North Korea— contends that Kim Jong-un sees nuclear weapons as a viable way to reunify the Korean Peninsula under his rule. In... more »
Get Ready North Korea: The U.S. Military Is Massively Upgrading Its Nuclear Weapons
*Task and Purpose, Sarah Sicard* *Security, Asia* Pyongyang should be afraid. Since the 1980s, all three legs of the United States’ nuclear deterrent force have been kept up and running with regular, pricey maintenance and upgrades. But the Air Force is moving ahead with plans to overhaul the ground and air legs of the atomic triad by buying two new nuclear-capable missile systems — despite the fact that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that nuclear purchases through 2024 could ultimately cost taxpayers upwards of $384 billion. While the service’s top brass are adam... more »
The Ultimate Weapon or the Ultimate Mistake: Should America Have Dropped Nuclear Weapons on Japan?
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Did Truman make the right call? The most controversial decision of the 20th century—probably in all of history—was the one reportedly made by President Harry S. Truman, president of the United States and commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces, in the summer of 1945 to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. No other event has affected mankind so dramatically, and no other decision is as controversial. To the young soldiers and Marines who were in training or moving to the Pacific when “the bomb” was dropped there was no question—man... more »
President Trump's 'America's First Policy' Is Not Impacting U.S. Defense Sales Overseas
*RCD*:* Trump Policies Not Impeding U.S. Defense Sales Overseas* The military-industrial establishment that built a $60 billion-plus international market for U.S. weapons was holding its collective breath early in the Trump administration. Would foreign buyers balk at the president’s “America First” rhetoric and disparaging tweets about longtime allies? So far it appears they are not. “There were concerns and rumors that possibly with the new administration we would shift away from these efforts in security cooperation,” said Maj. Gen. Lawrence Martin Jr., assistant deputy under ... more »
Did Saudi Officials Conduct A 'Dry-Run' For 9/11
New York's World Trade Center under attack in 2001 (AFP/file photo) *New York Post:* *Saudi government allegedly funded a ‘dry run’ for 9/11* Fresh evidence submitted in a major 9/11 lawsuit moving forward against the Saudi Arabian government reveals its embassy in Washington may have funded a “dry run” for the hijackings carried out by two Saudi employees, further reinforcing the claim employees and agents of the kingdom directed and aided the 9/11 hijackers and plotters. Two years before the airliner attacks, the Saudi Embassy paid for two Saudi nationals, living undercover in th... more »
Terminal Decline
The ravages of Neo-liberalism are everywhere. Will Hutton writes that neo-liberal prescriptions have left Britain in permanent decline. A recent report from the Institute for Public Policy suggests that recent history is a tale of underachievement: a woeful track record on R&D; overemphasis on high, short-term profits; an incredibly poor record on productivity and stagnating real wages. On almost every international comparison, Britain fares badly, with a desperately weak export sector overfocused on financial services and a few manufacturing industries. Many aspects – the struct... more »
The Olympics of research into scientific publishing is happening now. Follow along here.
CHICAGO — As many Retraction Watch readers may know, the Peer Review Congress happens every four years — much like the Olympics. For three days here on the shores of Lake Michigan, researchers will present findings on subjects from bias to data sharing to misconduct. Our Ivan Oransky is there, and will be tweeting, so […] The post The Olympics of research into scientific publishing is happening now. Follow along here. appeared first on Retraction Watch.
YouTube Closes North Korea's Video Channels
*The Guardian:* *YouTube shuts down North Korean propaganda channels* Academics who use the channels to better understand the regime’s nuclear program are urging the company to reinstate them YouTube has shut down two North Korean propaganda channels that academics use to monitor and assess the regime’s missile programs. Stimmekoreas, the most popular YouTube channel on North Korea with more than 20,000 subscribers, and Uriminzokkiri, which had more than 18,000 subscribers, frequently posted of videos of state TV news clips and other footage, attracting millions of views. On Frida... more »
Global Warming/Cooling/Weather
I wanted to throw my cracker in the soup because I haven't commented on the bevy of disasters that autumn is bringing. LEFT - a table of all hurricanes with landfall pressures <= 940 mb at time of U.S. landfall. Irma was 929 mb and Harvey was 938 mb. (lower is worse) As we all now know, the situation with Hurricane Harvey was that it stalled and just kept sucking warm water/moist air from the gulf and dumping it inland, and the flooding was near-Biblical. It's nice to keep the global warming or cooling in perspective. Hurricane weather is cyclical, by year and we've had some hurric... more »
Entire Student Section Detained, Forced to Have Blood/Urine Tests After Beer Can Found at Football Game
[image: game]After high school officials found a single beer can during a football game, 75 students had their rights violated with forced blood draws and urine samples.
The Hurricane Harvey hustle
CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen quotes multiple climate scientists who explain that high-rainfall tropical storms have battered the Texas coast (and Florida) for generations of recorded history (and likely long before). Thus, the efforts to tie Hurricane Harvey to "climate change" are "disgraceful" -- and ignore the reality that Houston was built on impermeable clays and reclaimed swamp lands with a history of subsidence.
5,000 Germans Protest Against The U.S. Drone Program Being Runned From Ramstein Air Base
"To be or NATO be": Protesters hoped to capture the attention of the transatlantic military alliance and the German government *DW*:* Ramstein Air Base anti-drone protests: The Germans taking on the US military* A week of protests against the US drone program drew some 5,000 protesters to its most important air base in Europe. DW's Kathleen Schuster met with several of the people taking on the world's most powerful military. At first it's difficult to reconcile the week's itinerary at the "peace camp" — yoga, reggae, poetry slam - with the gray-haired audience gathered in this du... more »
Unable to defeat Obamacare in the Senate Donald Trump is just going to starve it to death instead.
Courtesy of Vox: *The Trump administration has let funding for Obamacare’s $63 million in-person outreach program lapse, leading to layoffs and confusion among nonprofits that enroll vulnerable populations in coverage. * *“I have delivered 10 layoff notices to staff members,” says Donna Friedsam, director of Covering Wisconsin. “We don’t have a funding flow anymore.” * *The government had previously announced it would cut the budget for Obamacare’s navigator program by 41 percent. But right now, the program has no funding at all. Last year’s grants ran out on September 1, and the ... more »
We are all 9/11 victims now
Millions the world over have suffered from the wars, terrorism and curtailment of liberty that have formed central elements of American foreign and domestic policy since 9/11. One Belt--One Road which was launched in 2013, by contrast, offers the world an escape route from the ominous cloud of post-9/11 American hegemony. More The post We are all 9/11 victims now appeared first on The Duran.
Norwegians Go To The Polls On Monday
*Reuters:* *Norwegians vote in closely contested parliamentary election* OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegians began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election whose outcome is too close to call, with opinion polls showing Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s center-right government and the opposition center-left bloc running neck and neck. Solberg’s Conservatives want to cut taxes if they win a fresh four-year mandate, while the center-left bloc led by Labour’s Jonas Gahr Stoere seeks tax hikes to pay for better public services. The outcome could also impact Norway’s vital oil industry because ... more »
Demonstration In Minsk Against Joint Russia-Belarus Zapad Military Exercises
Source Twitter *Medium:* *#ZapadWatch: Demonstrations in Minsk* An open source snapshot of anti-Zapad 17 protests in Minsk. On September 8, over one hundred Belarusian opposition demonstrators gathered to peacefully protest against the Zapad 2017 military exercises scheduled for September 14–20, claiming it represents “Russian aggression.” No clashes with police were reported. The @DFRLab monitored open source platforms to produce a snapshot of the demonstration. *Read more* .... *WU Editor*: Belarus is a tightly controlled country .... they do not permit demonstrations unless ... more »
No War 2017: War & The Environment Conference in DC
Infomercial about my presentation at the upcoming *No War 2017: War & The Environment *conference in Washington DC on September 22-24 at American University. You can see more details about the conference *here* Video kindly produced by Regis Tremblay from Maine.
Iranian Media: Iran Warship Warns-Off U.S. Warship
USS Tempest. US Navy *Reuters*: *Iranian warship turns away U.S. battleship: Tasnim* BEIRUT (Reuters) - A rocket-bearing Iranian military vessel confronted an American battleship in the Gulf and warned it to stay away from a damaged Iranian fishing boat, Tasnim news agency reported Sunday, but the U.S. Navy denied any direct contact with Iranian forces. The American battleship turned away after the warning from the Iranian vessel, which belonged to the naval branch of the Iranian army, according to Tasnim. The Iranian military vessel then towed the fishing boat, which had sent out... more »
11 Photos Of The Su-30SM (Russia's Version Of The F-15E Strike Eagle)
Russian Defense Ministry *Business Insider*:* 11 photos of the Su-30SM, Russia's answer to the F-15E Strike Eagle* Russia announced it's newest variant of the Sukhoi Su-30SM — the Su30SM1 — in July, which reportedly has enhanced weapons and electrical systems. Nevertheless, the Su-30SM1 has yet to be mass produced, and there's reportedly only one of them at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant where they're being made, according to The National Interest. Therefore Russia's most upgraded Su-30 on the market is still the Su-30SM. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: Can't believe that they are sti... more »
Philosophy in the Modern World
*Philosophy in the Modern World* *(A History of Western Philosophy, Volume IV) * *Anthony Kenny * *Oxford University Press * *Philosophy in the Modern World*, the fourth and the final volume of Anthony Kenny’s *A History of Western Philosophy* series, covers modern philosophy, from 1757 to 1975. In the first three chapters Kelly conducts a chronological survey of the intellectual environment: 1. Bentham to Nietzsche; 2. Pierce to Strawson; and 3. Freud to Derrida. In these chapters there is also a discussion of philosophers like Darwin, Marx, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Wittgenstein, He... more »
My bank account…
The Pentagon can also send some money. But not just them, so call the other military and agencies who have benefitted from my dangerous and difficult work. I have not been doing the job of a journalist in the free press. I have been doing their job in an environment of extreme danger. I was […]
A template to help the Pentagon help solve the huge national security and credibility crisis my case presents as I post my latest mirror selfie to prove I am still alive
Now I think I have identified what is crippling the Pentagon, namely there is no form, procedure or field manual to deal with the novel, complex real world problem my case presents, I am going to help the Generals by supplying a template for working through the process of how to deal with the very […]
Pentagon’s problem identified and its called the Kristjen Nielsen syndrome
Scandalous footage has emerged of British tourists being turned away from US flights airlifting Americans out of a Caribbean island even though there were extra places. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/10/hurricane-irma-florida-keys-latest-news/ Across the board the Pentagon is behaving like one of their two ships whose computer systems seem to have been hacked to make them unable to turn, meaning […]
VIDEO: ISIS siege on Deir Ezzor Airbase lifted
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Army – supported by allied forces – is increasingly achieving remarkable victories against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in its last stronghold of Deir Ezzor. Yesterday, the Army troops were capable of breaking 9 month-long siege on the city Airbase following fierce clashes with ISIS militants. Earlier, the government […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army graduates large force in Damascus: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab army recently graduated another large force in the rural part of the Damascus Governorate this week, Syrian state TV reported. Footage showing the graduation of Syrian Army soldiers from this base in rural Damascus was released, Saturday; it shows the graduation and final preparations made for their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Developing: Syrian Army liberates new lands in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is still rolling in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, today, liberating new areas that were once occupied by the so-called Islamic State (ISIL). Units from the Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces continued their push around the Deir Ezzor Airport, where they were confronted by a large […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US-backed rebels in serious trouble as Syrian Army troops seize much of the Jordanian border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:05 P.M.) – The US-backed rebels from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are in serious trouble in southern Syria, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies steadily advance along the Jordanian border. Elements of the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Corps led the way on Sunday, capturing a large amount of territory […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish armed forces kill nearly 100 PKK militants within last two weeks
Turkish forces have eliminated roughly 100 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in the last two weeks in the country’s southeastern provinces, the Turkish General Staff said Saturday. The General Staff said in a statement that nearly a hundred Kurdish militants in the southeastern region of the country had been eliminated. “Between August 24 and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army liberates several areas in central Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their field operations in the central region of Syria, Sunday, liberating several areas from the Islamic State (ISIL) terror organization. Backed by Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Arab Army liberated the two villages of Abu Hawadid and Ruhoum after a short battle with the Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Bombshell Study – Federal Cannabis Prohibition Major Cause of Premature Death in U.S.
"Cannabis use prevents thousands of premature deaths each year, and Cannabis prohibition is revealed as a major cause of premature death in the U.S."
Trump Owns The GOP Now-- And If Republicans Don't Like It, They Can Start Their Own Party
Saturday we saw how Trump is fracturing the Republican Party to the point where the risk of wholesale retirements and resignations will be high from mainstream lawmakers. Ros-Lehtinen (FL), Reichert (WA) and Dent (PA) could well be just the tip of the iceberg. We'll have to see. Talk about Ryan bailing have been growing louder and louder-- although that may just be wishful thinking on the part of Republicans recognizing that the toxicity of his brand-- like Trump's-- will serve as negative coattails during the midterms. On Friday, Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin reported for th... more »
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*Trump administration plans rollback of campus assault rules* Saying the system has failed both victims and those accused of sexual assault, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday announced a rollback of government guidelines that have spurred federal investigations of hundreds of colleges, including at least 26 in Massachusetts. DeVos faulted the Obama administration for issuing a 2011 directive that required universities to thoroughly investigate assault claims, saying it resulted in college “kangaroo courts” denying due process to those accused of sexual misconduct. “Inst... more »
Booker And Hurricane Irma
By Paul Homewood A welcome dose of common sense from Booker: Terrible though the deaths and damage caused by Hurricane Irma may be, the way it has been reported makes one wonder whether, after more than 10 years that have seen Atlantic hurricane activity at its lowest level for decades, everyone has […]
Irma Update Sunday 5am ET
By Paul Homewood http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/154304.shtml?cone#contents The latest NHC bulletin still shows Irma tracking up the west coast of Florida, though they are still no sure where landfall could occur. As I reported yesterday, the storm degraded somewhat over Cuba, and despite strengthening over water since, wind speeds are at 130 mph. NHC expect that strength […]
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From Jenna Orkin Genoskin brings animal testing alternative to the U.S. Special Saudi government allegedly funded a ‘dry run’ for 9/11 Are elite universities 'safe spaces'? Not if you're starting a union Feds Give Top-Secret Clearances to Murderers, Rapists Hurricane Irma is almost the size of Texas — here's how it got so massive and powerful Most hurricanes that hit the US come from the same exact spot in the world People are furious about the site Equifax set up amid major data breach Beware arbitration. Virginia bars voting machines considered top hacking target Dehydration... more »
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*Animation reveals the global sea level 'fingerprints' that show how climate change is affecting Earth* *The report below repeatedly links sea level variations to global warming but offers no proof of that. It's all just assertion. Natural factors can and do affect sea levels -- such as isostatic uplift, El Nino etc.And we do well to note Morner's demonstration that most of the sea level changes are the product of "adjustments". And even after the adjustments (upwards) we are still talking about a stunningly trivial 7 hundredths of one inch in sea level rise per year. That... more »
Is there really little fundamental difference between Smoke & steam?
For years I was led to believe that there was a fundamental difference between these three things: However, I recently read a report on the constituent of “smoke” and discovered that one of the main ingredients of what we call … Continue reading →
In response to Russian hacking Virginia to do away with touchscreen voting machines.
Courtesy of The Hill: *The Virginia State Board of Elections moved Friday to do away with touchscreen voting machines in the state by November’s election, a move aimed at boosting security. * *The board decided to phase out the machines this year after the Virginia Department of Elections recommended that the touchscreen voting machines be decertified. The recommendation came after security experts breached numerous types of voting machines with ease at the DEF CON cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas in July, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch. * *The move comes amid heig... more »
Poland commits “ACT OF BARBARISM” and begins DESTROYING Soviet war memorials
What was once unthinkable is now a fact of life in modern Europe. More The post Poland commits “ACT OF BARBARISM” and begins DESTROYING Soviet war memorials appeared first on The Duran.
help me find a new series to binge-watch
I need a new series to binge-watch. Requirements: 1. Must have a ton of episodes 2. Must have good characters and relationships 3. Nothing too scary 4. Nothing sweet or heartwarming 5. No zombies 6. Best if the series has already ended 7. Best if in English (when I'm exhausted, reading subtitles is not relaxing) Have tried (more than once) but did not enjoy or gave up on: - Star Trek: Voyager (I *really* wanted to like this!) - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Breaking Bad - The Borgias - Battlestar Galactica Not interested: - Game of Thrones - Orange is the New Black Have watched and love... more »
ORPHANS 'MURDERED'
. *Smyllum Park orphanage in Scotland.* Children 'were murdered' at Smyllum Park orphanage, in Lanark, in Scotland. Young boy 'killed by nun at South Lanarkshire orphanage'. *Smyllum Park orphanage in Scotland.* Around 400 children who died at the orphanage were buried in a single unmarked grave. Smyllum's Children: Lanarkshire kids' home scandal ... - Sunday Post Jimmy Savile is known to have visited the hospital in Carstairs, 5 miles away from Smyllum Park orphanage. Carstairs: Hospital for Horrors. *Scotland's Cardinal Keith O'Brien* Savile was close friends with Cardinal... more »
A Lifetime with Autism
By Cathy Jameson Matthew McConaughey is promoting autism awareness. Several big news sources have picked up his video and are encouraging us to share the link. In the short clip, McConaughey states that there are over 70 million people living...
Oh, they have their own Jesus. Well that makes sense.
Okay well this explains how they can continue to call themselves Christians while mistreating everybody who does not look like them. (H/T to Democratic Underground.)
Times and Seasons (Sunday Sermonette)
Truth has been made irrelevant in the halls of the capitol, on many college campuses and it's cheered on by the corrupt, lying, filthy, smug, egotistical, weird, deviant mainstream media. I had an interesting discussion with my eight year old grandson the other day about what he learned in school. He attends third grade at a charter school that is allegedly conservative. One of many problems with historical education today is that it's all viewed without a lens on the norms of the time. Thus, acts, considered normal and reasonable in 1700 are said to be outrageous and immoral in ... more »
Breaking: Syrian Army liberates entire Deir Ezzor Highway
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 A.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard managed to liberate the entire Panorama area of western Deir Ezzor, following a fierce battle with the so-called Islamic State (ISIL). Led by the 800th Regiment of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army advanced from the recently liberated town of Al-Malha […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
In pictures: ISIL conducts hit-and-run attack in southeast Homs
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) attempted to alleviate the pressure on their forces in western Deir Ezzor, Saturday, by launching an attack on the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions in the Hamimah area of the Homs Governorate. ISIL terrorists conducted the assault on the Syrian Army’s positions on Saturday, using hit-and-run […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
SAA retakes airbase near Deir ez-Zor in further advances against IS: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), backed by Russian air forces, reportedly retook an airbase from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL), on the outskirts of Deir ez-Zor, Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Syrian state media reported that SAA recaptured the Teym oilfield in further advances against IS near Deir […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Ilia Stambler Publishes New Text on Longevity Promotion
Ethical Technology - 20 hours ago
This book considers the multidisciplinary aspects of longevity promotion, from the advocacy, historical, philosophical and scientific perspectives. The first part on longevity advocacy includes examples of pro-longevity campaigns, outreach materials, frequent debates and policy suggestions and frameworks that may assist in the promotion of research and development for healthy longevity. The second part on longevity history includes analyses of the definition of life-extensionism as a social and intellectual movement, the dialectics of reductionism vs. holism and the significance of... more »
AI in Society - Ethics, Safety, Industry & Governance
Ethical Technology - 20 hours ago
Panelists: Ben Goertzel, Marcus Hutter, Joscha Bach, Peter Cheeseman This panel was held at the ‘Artificial Intelligence / Human Possibilities’ event as adjunct to the AGI17 conference in Melbourne 2017.
WHO RUNS THE DEEP STATE?
*Nat Rothschild, who dated Ivanka Trump, has been linked to the Deep State.* 48% of Americans believing in the existence of the Deep State, according to an April 2017 ABC/Washington Post poll. Nearly half of Americans think there's a 'deep state'. *Mossad's Efraim Halevy in Florida 1972. Haley was boss of Mossad on 9 11.* The Deep State, or shadow government, is said to include people in the following: *The Military, Secret Services and Police* *The Government* *The Big Corporations* *The Mafias* *The Media, including the internet* *Various 'religious' groups, including certain ... more »
Klaus: alarmists have won the climate debate
Czech ex-president Václav Klaus was visiting Nuremberg, Bavaria, where (an uncle of mine lived from 1980 and where) Klaus supported the Alternative for Germany (AfD) before the parliamentary election where they're expected to get 9-10 percent. The city hall wanted to ban the event because of the presence of an AfD boss who had previously said that Germany should get rid of a PC politician. Klaus' support for AfD was criticized by the boss of the Sudeten German Patriotic Organization Mr Bernd Posselt, affectionately known as "a Hitler who returned from a fattening station" (a nickn... more »
Qatar crisis: Pots, kettle, black
The BBC report http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41209610 seemingly with a straight face that: 'Saudi Arabia says it has suspended dialogue with Qatar... The four countries (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE) say Qatar supports terrorism - something Doha denies." How can anyone report that Saudi Arabia has accused another Muslim Arab country of supporting terrorism without at least acknowledging the hypocrisy?
Flight Over Pyongyang (in a Piper Matrix PA-46)
*WNU Editor:* The streets are empty.
Midnight Meme Of The Day
*-by Noah* Republicans have memes, too! Here's one. It's been making the rounds amongst the Republikook population for the past week or so. Are you surprised to see it here? Yeah, they don't do the humor thing very well; at least not intentionally. But, they do claim to own Christianity, so, I thought it would be nice for *DWT* readers to see this meme on a Sunday. Here's the Big White Republican Jesus (As the insipid Megyn Kelly said, "Jesus is white. Get over it"). Big White Republican Jesus is shown guiding the tiny hand of Big Fat Orange Republican Fascist in the newly renovat... more »
German nuclear bomb on TV
*Norwegian "Heavy Water War" on Heisenberg et al.* Last night, I accidentally caught the first episode of the Heavy Water War on TV, a (mostly) Norwegian 6-episode series from early 2015 about the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War. The program was produced in Norwegian-Danish-British coproduction, the budget was $10 million or so, and it was shot in Norway and Czechia. See a 6-minute trailer. My understanding is that the program was mainly created to promote this courageous picture of the Norwegian folks during the war. Such "Old Norwegian Legends" are part... more »
This Is Russia's Version Of The B-1
*We Are The Mighty:* *This is the Russian version of the B-1 Lancer* While the B-1B Lancer has been one of two mainstays in the U.S. Air Force inventory of strategic bombers, Russia has a bigger bomber than the mighty Lancer. This plane is the Tupelov Tu-160 Blackjack. The Blackjack was intended to fill the same role as the B-1B – a long-range supersonic low-altitude penetrator. Russia had earlier developed the Tu-22M/Tu-26 Backfire as a supersonic bomber, but the Backfire was plagued by short range, and was more of a medium bomber along the lines of the FB-111A than a true strat... more »
Tweets For Today
The eye of powerful category 3 Hurricane #Irma will likely move near or over the Lower #FLKeys Sunday morning. #FLwx #KeyWest pic.twitter.com/CLYrxmt3R6 — NWS Key West (@NWSKeyWest) September 10, 2017 Hurricane Irma in pictures https://t.co/z1sipcu2N2 pic.twitter.com/9W6RdBCuKz — The New York Times (@nytimes) September 10, 2017 Japanese F-15s and US B-1Bs conducted exercises over the East China Sea today. B-1Bs flew out of #Guam. pic.twitter.com/DBlZ8LnsZI — Strategic Sentinel (@StratSentinel) September 9, 2017 North Korea's Kim Jong Un fetes nuclear scientists, holds celebratio... more »
Tony Blair wants tougher immigration rules for EU citizens - 20 years too bloody late
The BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41216679 'Tony Blair has called on the government to introduce a new immigration policy which "reasserts control". When he was prime minister, Mr Blair's government - unlike most EU countries - did not apply transitional controls on migrants from eastern Europe.' Quite unbelievable I'd say were it not that there's nothing that vile man could do that would surprise me. He opened the floodgates to massive EU and non EU immigration so as to, at least partly, rub the right's noses in diversity. This policy exacerbated inter community tensio... more »
FPL Shut Down Only One Of Two Nuclear Reactors At Turkey Point, Despite Hurricane Warnings
Radar showing Hurricane Irma with its eye north of Cuba and south of the Florida Keys. Turkey Point Nuclear Power … Continue reading →
Australia’s Electricity is controlled by AGL
Anthony Cox Andrew Vesey is head of one of Australia’s biggest electricity producers and retailers, AGL. AGL bought Liddell and Bayswater coal fired power stations in 2014 before Vesey became the CEO of AGL. NSW ALP initiated this sale and it was completed by Baird’s Coalition government against the strong advice of Australia’s corporate watchdog, the ACCC which stated: *There would be ''significant detriment'' if AGL's proposed purchase of the country's largest power generator, Macquarie Generation, proceeds while public benefits would be ''small'', competition watchdog, the ACCC h... more »
The F-22 Is Still The 'King Of The Skies'
F-22 *Popular Mechanics: **At 20 Years Old, the F-22 is Still King of the Skies* The world's first fifth-generation fighter is nearly old enough to buy beer, but it's still without peer. The F-22A fighter first took to the skies in 1997, ushering in a new age in jet fighters and inspiring a host of imitators. Twenty years later the Raptor is still king of the skies. But the fighter—which the U.S. Air Force intends to keep in service until 2060—is also due for a series of important upgrades to make sure it remains viable. The F-22A Raptor was originally designed as a replacement for... more »
Picture Of The Day
*Uploading Equipment* Airmen load two all-terrain vehicles, two Humvees, an all-terrain forklift, four pallets of supplies and medical personnel onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 7, 2017. The airmen are assigned to the 60th Aerial Port Squadron, 60th Medical Group and the 621st Contingency Response Wing. Within 12 hours of alert and at the request of civil authorities, one C-17 with contingency response and medical personnel aboard is expected to arrive in St. Croix and St. Thomas in support of ongoing relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irma. A... more »
Why North Korea Can't Build An ICBM (yet)
*Popular Mechanics*: *Why It's So Hard To Build an ICBM* It's not just North Korea that has struggled with the technology. The complexity of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) is so extreme that merely building one has, over the decades, become a source of national pride. Fewer than ten countries have do it, and when one gets there, as North Korea has begun testing with the Hwasong-14, there are hopes that it can usher in a new era in the country's history. But what makes ICBMs so hard to built? *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: It's good to know that designing and buildin... more »
And Another Thing
There are a few ‘grand’, overarching theories in geology – Plate Tectonics, Earth Expansion and more recently Surge Tectonics. Plate Tectonics has the problem of no valid mechanism apart from the logical nonsense of having less dense matter descending into … Continue reading →
The Worst Thing Trump Did To America?
Let's say Trump doesn't blunder into a Depression and that the generals around Trump prevent him from starting a nuclear war. So if he is either impeached in 2019 or defeated in 2020, when people look back at the most incompetent and wasted presidency since the country was founded, what will they single out as the single-- specific-- worst thing Trump did? There are any number of appointments that could turn out to have consequences as catastrophic as many of us warned they would. But as of right now, I would be hard-pressed to argue with the idea that Scott Pruitt has been Trump's... more »
Russia's New Military Projects And Procurements Are Not Meeting Expectations
T-14 tanks with the Armata Universal Combat Platforms. © SPUTNIK/ EVGENY BIYATOV Sebastien Roblin, National Interest: *The Russian Military's Greatest Enemy (And Its Not America)* For several years now, Moscow has been trumpeting its development of sophisticated next-generation weapon systems that finally put the superiority of Western counterparts into question. And much of the new hardware appear to have NATO militaries worried. If you believe Russian state media, hordes of new super weapons are just around the corner, always just a few years away from becoming operational. The... more »
The Officially Ignored Link Between Lyme Disease and Plum Island
By Melissa Dykes In this video, Melissa Dykes of Truthstream Media breaks down the origins of Lyme disease and how it appears to be linked to... more »
Israeli Defense Ministry Reveals New And Future Military Technology
*Haaretz: Stealth Tanks and Sniper Drones:* *Israel Reveals the Future of Military Technology* Tank version of F-35 would be invisible on radar and allow two-man crew to see all around the tank; 'Israel still has a technological advantage over Iran' The Defense Ministry has revealed some of the technology being developed by Israeli defense companies and the ministry’s research and development division, which includes a stealth tank and weaponized drones. The Israeli army is currently reviewing the technology from the division, known by its Hebrew acronym of Mafat. Some of the p... more »
"Category 6", 9/10/2017, Afterrnoon 12:54 PM EDT
*Click image for larger size.* *"Category 6", 9/10/2017, Afternoon **12:54 PM EDT* *"Irma Slams the Keys; * *Florida’s Southwest Coast at Risk of Major Storm Surge"* *- *https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/ (post updated frequently) There's a very interesting, and informative, Comments section below the main article. Refresh the page often for latest comments regarding Hurricane Irma. *○* *Live Miami and the Beaches Cam* - http://www.earthcam.com/ ○ *Live Storm Tracker:* Use the time bar at bottom for forecast updates. - https://www.windy.com/?23.564,-76.904,6 ○ *NBC2 Live Coverage of Hurri... more »
Hurricane Irma Live Stream
Hurricane Irma Live Stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7wzgxaXnMo
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, "Le Onde"
Ludovico Einaudi, "Le Onde" - https://www.youtube.com/
Is Populism Dead?
*Matt Purple* *Politics, Eurasia* [image: Supporters for Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, arrive to attend a campaign rally in Nice, France, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard] Why did the formidable populism of yesteryear suddenly give way to elite optimism? Back in 2013, when British Tory voters appeared to be defecting to the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the writer Peter Hitchens turned to vivid imagery. “Loyalty cannot be counted on under all circumstances,” he warned in the ... more »
This Half-Built South Carolina Facility Could Keep Nuclear-Weapons Material out of the Wrong Hands
*Howard Buck McKeon* *Security, Americas* [image: A bird flies over the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant in Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri] Are you tired of your surplus weapon-grade plutonium going to waste or falling into the wrong hands? Look to South Carolina. American workers are constructing a project in South Carolina that is a vital component for keeping nuclear weapons and weapon-grade material out of proliferators’ and terrorists’ hands. The Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility honors the United States’ commitment under the... more »
All of the Ways North Korea Could Kill Lots of People (Without Nuclear Weapons)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* The Kim family clearly has a track record. North Korea has a history of provoking its neighbors, enemies and even friends with aggressive, reckless behavior. While the regime of leader Kim Jong-un has upped the ante by very publicly testing long-range missiles and nuclear weapons, he maintains a stable of other, more immediately dangerous provocations. These range from attacks along the demilitarized zone to pitched sea battles with South Korean forces, all of which could be unleashed at any time. In recent years, North Korea has initiated severa... more »
America and Its Allies Just Bombed the Hell out of a Mountain in South Korea
*Task and Purpose, Adam Linehan* *Security, Asia* It was epic. As North Korea ramps up its efforts to develop a hydrogen bomb capable of striking the continental United States, the U.S. and its allies are doubling down on efforts to remind Pyongyang that a war on the Korean Peninsula is one it will lose. On Aug. 30, a day after North Korea launched a ballistic missile over northern Japan, the U.S. military joined South Korea and Japan in a spectacular show of force against the Hermit Kingdom. And for good reason: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned that the missile launch wa... more »
Everything You Need to Know: The History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons in South Korea
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* And could they go back. American tactical nuclear weapons were stationed on the Korean Peninsula for much of the Cold War, on call and ready to repel a North Korean attack. Nuclear bombs, artillery shells and missile warheads were withdrawn from Korea in 1991. Now, as reports surface—and are later denied—of South Korean requests to return tactical nuclear weapons to U.S. bases in Korea, it’s a good time to reflect on the history of the weapons and why they were sent to the country in the first place. The U.S. history of nuclear weapons and Korea ... more »
What If the U.S. Military Attacked with Nuclear Weapons during the Korean War?
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* What would have happened? In his 1964 book *Gen. Douglas MacArthur* (Gold Medal Books, Greenwich, Conn.), Bob Considine writes, “MacArthur’s final plan for winning the Korean War was outlined to this reporter in the course of an interview in 1954 on his 74th birthday. … ” “Of all the campaigns in my life—20 major ones to be exact—the one I felt the most sure of was the one I was deprived of waging properly. I could have won the war in Korea in a maximum of 10 days, once the campaign was under way, and with considerably fewer casualties t... more »
The Trump Administration Wants Israel To Give Back $75 Million From A $38 Billion Military Aid Package
*Photo:* Reuters *Washington Free Beacon*: *Trump Admin Considering Demanding Israel Give Back Key U.S. Military Aid* State Dept. wants Trump to demand money back, sparking fight in Congress. The Trump administration is considering forcing Israel to hand back some $75 million in U.S. aid dollars that were awarded by Congress following a hotly contested effort by the Obama administration to financially limit the U.S.-Israel military alliance, according to senior Congressional sources and others familiar with the situation. Congress allocated Israel an additional $75 million in U.S.... more »
Who Better To Replace Robert Menendez Than Rush Holt?
*-by Jersey Jack* *"Everything's legal in New Jersey."* -Alexander Hamilton How is the State of New Jersey like the Democratic Party? Both have image problems. And those image problems converge in the corruption trial of Robert Menendez, the state’s senior U. S. Senator. Menendez is facing bribery charges stemming from his intercession with various federal agencies on a variety of matters for his friend, contributor and co-defendant, Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist. (The indictment is available here.) His trial began on Wednesday, September 6, and it’s expected to ... more »
Israel Launches Its Largest Military Exercises In Almost 20 Years
*Chicago Tribune/Foreign Policy:* *Israel has launched its largest military exercise in almost 20 years* The Israeli military is in the midst of its largest military exercise in nearly two decades, focusing on a potential war with Hezbollah. Held in the north of the country, the roughly two-week drill - dubbed "The Light of Grain" - comes amid rising tension along the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Hezbollah, the Lebanese political party and militia, has maintained a presence for decades. The drill will simulate "scenarios we'll be facing in the next confrontation with Hezbollah,... more »
RENO -- Peltier Prayer Circle and Rally, Photos by Bad Bear
Northern Nevada AIM Prayer Circle and Rally, today, in Reno, Nevada. Photos by Carl Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone.
Credit Agency Equifax Threatened To Pay Up In Bitcoin Or Else
By Aaron Kesel Credit reporting agency Equifax was hacked, potentially endangering 143 million Americans’ social security numbers, birth dates, and other private information. Unless, according... more »
In pictures: Hezbollah captures Israeli spy device in southern Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:35 A.M.) – Hezbollah uncovered a new Israeli spy device in southern Lebanon, Saturday, the Lebanese group’s media wing announced. Hezbollah discovered the device while a conducting a patrol in the Kafr Shubah area of the occupied Sheba’a Farms. In the pictures released by Hezbollah’s media wing, the spy device resembled a rock […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Latest battle update from Deir Ezzor: map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:55 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) lifted the nine month long siege imposed on the Deir Ezzor Military Airport, Saturday, following a short operation against the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS). Not long after lifting the siege on the Military Airport, the Syrian Arab Army launched a powerful attack that targeted the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Israel Is Drawing Its 'Red Lines' In The Middle East
*Benny Avni, New York Post*: *Israel just showed what a ‘red line’ is really supposed to mean* A red line’s a red line. That was Israel’s message Wednesday, when it struck a major Syrian arms facility from the air. Jerusalem officials declined to comment for the record, but Syrian and Lebanese media reported that the Israeli Defense Force struck a major missile and military research facility at Masyaf, Syria, that’s controlled by President Bashar al-Assad and his Iranian co-conspirators. The daring attack carried all the hallmarks of Israel’s unique brand of non-proliferation en... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"The glare of Alpha Centauri, one of the brightest stars in planet Earth's night sky, floods the left side of this southern skyscape. A mere 4.3 light-years distant, Alpha Centauri actually consists of two component stars similar in size to the Sun, locked in a mutual orbit. Much smaller and cooler, a third member of the same star system, Proxima Centauri, lies outside this field of view. * Click image for larger size.* Still, the telescopic scene does reveal often overlooked denizens of the Milky Way's crowded galactic plane that lie beyond the glare of Alpha Centauri, including a ... more »
"Paying Attention to Red Flags: Warning Signs"
*"Paying Attention to Red Flags: Warning Signs"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Red flags often come in the form of feelings urging us to pause for a moment, listen to our intuition, and reconsider. Just as the universe wants to provide for our needs, it also seeks to protect us from dangerous situations, destructive relationships, and even minor inconveniences. Frequently in our lives, perhaps everyday, we encounter psychic red flags warning us of potential problems or accidents. We may not always recognize the signs. However, more often than not, we may choose to ignore our intu... more »
"Anyone Who Isn't Confused..."
"Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation." - Edward R. Murrow
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