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Sorry Climate Science
h/t Scottish Skeptic for referring to this article by James Delingpole in the Sun UK How scientists got their global warming sums wrong — and created a £1TRILLION-a-year green industry that bullied experts who dared to question the figures The summary puts the point clearly. The scientists who produce those doomsday reports for the Intergovernmental Panel […]
Where is John Horgan?...Affordability in Canada, Seniors Living in Poverty, Provincial Clawbacks and Medical Necessities
*Written by Grant G* I received an email from a regular reader of The Straight Goods.... The man, a senior in a residential government run carehome emailed me...asking me to talk to John Horgan about an issue that affects many low income seniors....The man's frustration was on two fronts...the first being, clawbacks....there are many seniors in British Columbia who are on, classified as disabled,.....those on disability receive about $1100 provincial dollars per month... These disabled seniors, many if not most also receive old age Canada pension, OAS pension pays approximately... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 21, 2017
*Euronews:* *Western concerns over Russia-Belarus military drills* Seven days of joint Russia-Belarus military exercises have ended amid a warning from the Lithuanian president that the drills could be used as a pretext for an attack on the West. Dalia Grybauskaitė made the claim during her address to the UN General Assembly on Monday (September 19). The drills involved 12,700 personnel, according to Russia, as well as aircraft, tanks, rocket systems and other equipment. “As we speak around 100,000 Russian troops are engaged in offensive military exercises named Zapad 2017,” Gryb... more »
BWorld 151, Mining taxes per hectare of land
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last August 30, 2017. A repeated argument by many sectors clamoring for suspension or closure or higher taxation of large mining projects is that the taxes, fees, and royalties they pay is very small. So there is a need to further raise the tax. At the House of Representatives, there are bills proposing to raise the mining excise tax from 2% to 10% to generate bigger taxes from the industry. However, is it really true that mining taxes and fees are “very small” so government should raise them (or even shutter their operations to preserve the ... more »
Atty. Florin Hilbay's tweets on government and Du30
Among my favorite tweetters is former Solicitor-General Florin Hilbay. UP Law graduate, faculty member. Some of his tweets, 3-5 weeks ago: (1) He said the plunderers will return some gold bars. A daughter of the plunderer-in-chief denied it. Nag-usap ang sinungaling at magnanakaw. (2) A leader can't be Hitler to poor citizens, enemies, & dissidents and be a constitutionalist when it comes to family, relatives, & friends. (Sept. 3) (3) The goal of politics is to make itself irrelevant so citizens can focus on philosophy, sciences, the arts, the mundane & the transcendent. (Sept. 1)... more »
UC Berkeley is breeding intellectually worthless crybabies
*Sane employers should better not hire the alumni* Events at UC Berkeley have often shocked us but they always find a way to surpass our expectations. I actually learned about the newest free-speech-related events from Echo, a Czech mainstream right-wing journal, where brilliant student Ms Lucie Sulovská wrote about the University Whiners: What You Should Better Be Silent About In a College. Much of the content is similar to Elizabeth M. Economou's article about Poor Babies at Lifezette. OK, so conservative pundit Ben Shapiro gave a speech last week. The police maneuvers resembled ... more »
Russian Defense Ministry: No Tolerance for Shelling of Syrian Army from US & Kurdish Proxies..
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*Continuing with the very dynamic situation in Syria* * Recent Minimal background*: * Wednesday Sept. 20/2017 - Idlib, Syria- US initiates attacks- Russia and Syria Eradicate US ProxiesUS/Trump & Israel: First “official” US Military Base Opens *Tuesday Sept 19/2017- US Led Coalition & KurdIShIS Proxies Attacking Syrian Army, Impeding Terrorism Fight **Sunday Sept 17/2017-Head of YPG/PKK /SDF “Damascus Declared War on Us”* * TODAY * *SANA* *Russia has communicated to the US it will not tolerate this activity. Russia has it’s own special forces embedded alongside Syrian army ... more »
Iowa to Discontinue Soda and Candy for EBT Recipients on 1 October 2017?
A Facebook prank site published a hoax report that soda and candy would no longer be eligible for electronic benefits transfer purchases.
Peace Movement Should be Broadening
- As I was sending around Keep Space for Peace Week emails to the various Global Network lists today it was interesting that emails to our own address landed in our spam filter. Increasingly email service providers are making it really hard to get emails through to their customers unless you pay for an email delivery service. What a racket..... - I had an email from a fellow peace organizer in Finland today. I found it interesting the way she described how local people have become so fearful due to corporate media propaganda. In the end she says the... more »
Stefan Molyneux explains the Dream Act...
*and does a stellar job - and we thank him.* After getting up to speed take a few extra minutes to listen to what Nancy Pelosi has to say about illegal immigrants. Stunning! *At Amazon:* Damaged Screw Extractor and Remove Set by Aisxle,Easily Remove Stripped or Damaged Screws. Made From H.S.S. 4341#, the Hardness Is 62-63hrc,Set of 4 Stripped Screw Removers *With Deal Only $9.50 *
The European Heatwave Of 2003
By Paul Homewood Difference in average temperature (2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004) from 2003, covering the date range of 20 July – 20 August https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave There is little doubt that the European heatwave of 2003 was one of the defining meteorological events of the last hundred years. Climate scientists have often held it up […]
WHERE THE DEPLORABLES ARE: All over!
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017Part 4—Now for the rest of the data:* Might Hillary Clinton have won the election last year if she hadn't made her ill-advised comment about (one segment of) the nation's many deplorables? Everything is possible! Candidate Trump drew an inside straight in the electoral college, thanks to wins by narrow margins in three "Rust Belt" states. In an interview with Jane Pauley earlier this month, Clinton said she didn't think her "deplorables" statement flipped the election's outcome: PAULEY (9/10/17) *There were some memorable verbal gaffes,* too. CLINTON (... more »
Will The “Deep State’s” War on Trump Lead To An Actual Civil War?
The reason why the "deep state" and Soros-affiliated Alt-Left groups want to spark such pronounced disorder and chaos in the US is to fuel a Color Revolution The post Will The “Deep State’s” War on Trump Lead To An Actual Civil War? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
South Korean President Moon calls for peace – endorses Putin style economic cooperation
Moon Jae-in's call for peace and dialogue is a total contrast to Donald Trump's threats to destroy North Korea, while mocking the DPRK. More The post South Korean President Moon calls for peace – endorses Putin style economic cooperation appeared first on The Duran.
UN deadlock on Ukraine peacekeepers
Ukraine rejects Putin proposal for UN peacekeepers to protect OSCE observers on conflict contact line More The post UN deadlock on Ukraine peacekeepers appeared first on The Duran.
This is What the Establishment Fears: Watch Black Lives Matter & Trump Supporters Come Together
[image: black lives matter]People are resisting the divide and conquer propaganda and this video of Black Lives Matter and Trump supporters coming together shows how to do it.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Weighs Using “Kinetic Weapon” On North Korea
By Aaron Kesel U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted at using a kinetic weapon on Tuesday while discussing tensions with North Korea when he made... more »
Iraqi Forces Continue To Advance In Anbar While Preparing For Shirqat And Hawija
As the west Anbar campaign continues the Iraqi forces are preparing to take on Shirqat in Salahaddin as well as Hawija in south Kirkuk. The Iraqi forces launched a pincer attack upon northwest Anbar. First, they moved on Ana from four directions taking two neighborhoods and attacked a third. The U.S. led Coalition was providing air support. Ana is the largest town the Iraqis have taken on so far in this campaign, and the Islamic State is finally putting up a fight. There are also plenty of civilians, which complicates things. Other units to the south in Akashat started heading no... more »
This Day In Iraq History – Sep 21
1965 Abdul al-Bazzaz became premier 1968 Provisional constitution drafted by three jurists and presented to Pres. Bakr Included return of parliament 1980 Iraq letter to UN outlined steps it took to try to work out outstanding issues with new revolutionary govt in Iran 2001 1st CIA report on Iraq and 9/11 found no connection but two had contacts in 1990s Bush was briefed on findings 2001 CIA report said didn’t think 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraq intel officer in Prague in 2001 2001 CIA Dir Tenet told Bush CIA Czech office questioned... more »
Coffee and TV
I am (sort of) on vacation and visiting the Motherland. In the meantime, I allowed myself a couple of days of couch potato mode that included some Russian TV. A political scientist in me is never on holiday so while flipping through some mainstream channels I made a little Russian TV digest for the Duck. I […]
Myanmar: The Responsibility to Protect is Working Exactly As It Was Supposed To
This is a guest post from Aidan Hehir, a Reader in International Relations at the University of Westminster. He has published widely in a number of academic journals including International Security, The Journal of Peace Research, Ethics and International Affairs, and Cooperation and Conflict. He is author/editor of a number of books including, Protecting Human Rights in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2017); Libya, The Responsibility […]
Liberal California fails at fighting poverty, conservative Texas succeeds
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Here Is the U.S. Army's New Plan to Kill Chinese and Russian Ships
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* The army wants to help confront cross-domain challenges. *“Partnering with the Army, SCO is incorporating an existing seeker (into ATACMS) that will enable our ground forces to threaten mobile targets on land and sea,” Dr. William B. Roper, Jr. Director, Strategic Capabilities Office, told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense earlier this year.* Cross-domain warfare is an area of increased strategic focus for the Pentagon’s SCO (Strategic Capabilities Office), an entity specifically stood up for the purpose of connecting promising emer... more »
I Met an ISIS Fighter in an Iraqi Prison
*Adryel Talamantes* *Security, Middle East* Here’s what he had to say. *Checkpoint guards in ISIS territory are known for their ruthlessness and intolerance. It’s hard for me to reconcile this image of a radical enforcer with the young man who sits before me in shackles, worn down by countless interrogations.* In a war-scarred jail in Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, I meet a 27-year-old former Islamic State fighter. I’ll call him Abdullah. He claims he intentionally left the terror group in order to seek medical treatment. While trying to pass into Kurdish territory in October 2016 v...more »
Manafort Offered to Brief Wealthy Russian During Campaign
Paul Manafort said during the election that he was willing to provide “private briefings” for a Russian billionaire considered close to Vladimir Putin.
Hillary Clinton's book is now a number one bestseller.
Courtesy of CNBC: *Last week, Hillary Clinton released her new book, "What Happened," a first-person tell-all that documents her surprising loss to Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential election. * *Now the book is ranked No. 1. on Amazon's Best Sellers list. * *It's beating out New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady's "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance," which comes in at No. 2, as well as two novels from 1986: Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic, "The Handmaid's Tale," and Stephen King's horror classic, "It: A Novel."* The book ha... more »
New Study: College Students Do Not Understand or Respect First Amendment
[image: new-study-college-students-do-not-understand-or-respect-first-amendment] One out of five college students believe that violence is a justifiable response to free speech, and just over half of the students consider it acceptable to shout down speakers with whom they disagree, according to the frightening results of a new study by the Brookings Institution.
New column day
Here, on how Jagmeet Singh looks to be a strong favourite as the NDP's leadership campaign reaches its first voting window - and how concerns about Quebec secularism may have been laid to rest by the challenger who previously gained the most by emphasizing them. For further reading... - I've previously written about Singh's prospects in Quebec among other campaign issues here, here and here. - As I posted earlier, Guy Caron's apt response to Martine Ouellet is here: - For further commentary on Singh's prospects, see Karl Nerenberg's take that Ouellet is ultimately complaining about ... more »
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Phillip Inman and Jill Treanor write about the debt time bomb facing UK households. Jim Edwards discusses how widespread underemployment has become the norm in the UK - making unemployment alone a misleading indicator as to workers' well-being. And Owen Jones highlights how those developments are the result of deliberate policy choices by the governing Conservatives: “Stand on your own two feet” has been a convenient rationale to redistribute wealth and power to the top, though. The individual earns money by their own efforts – a baseless m... more »
The hardest word in Science is “sorry”
Having spent over a decade trying to get the idiots in academia to admit what was blindingly obvious to anyone who looked at the data: that they vastly overstated the science and were frankly deluded in their predictions, it has … Continue reading →
Exclusive: Drone shows Iran delivering aid to Deir ez-Zor after three-year siege
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – Footage captured Iranian convoy delivering some 1,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to civilians living in Deir ez-Zor, Wednesday, more than two weeks after the siege of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) of the government-held enclave was lifted by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). The aid, which was transported […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Pictures: Armored ISIS counterattack in northwest Deir Ezzor swept aside by Syrian forces
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army has defeated a major ISIS counterattack in the northwestern countryside of Deir Ezzor Governorate, absolutely devastating all terrorist forces which partook in it. Following the Syrian Army’s lighting advance towards the town of al-Tabani on the western bank of the Euphrates River yesterday, ISIS militants quickly […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
In pictures: ISIS convoy launches big hit-and-run operation against the Iraqi Army
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:40 P.M.) – On Wednesday afternoon, ISIS insurgents breached the Iraqi Army’s frontline positions in western Nineveh (northwestern Iraq) and promptly burnt a camp to the ground before withdrawing from the area with spoils of war. The attack took place in the desert south of Al-Qairawan, a government-held city that was liberated over […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia threatens to attack US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense has issued a formal warning to the US military regarding the behavior of their forces in the Deir Ezzor Governorate. “Russia unequivocally told the commanders of US forces in Al Udeid Airbase (Qatar) that it will not tolerate any shelling from the areas where the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US Navy propaganda video: American jets bomb Syrian Army, shoot down Syrian aircraft
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:50 P.M.) – The United States Navy has released a fifteen-minute propaganda video covering all highlights of the VFA-31’s (a navy strike fighter squadron) 7-month deployment over the skies of Syria. Interestingly enough, whilst the video is apparently meant to show combat operations against ISIS terrorists, in reality about two-thirds of it is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish forces race along Deir Ezzor highway, three ISIS-held villages seized in pincer offensive
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:30 P.M.) – On Wednesday, the US-backed ‘Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) overran three ISIS-held villages on the M7-highway that runs from the provincial capital of Deir Ezzor to the Khabur river further east. Some 12 kilometers of road were captured in the latest stage of the ongoing ‘Al-Jazirah Storm’ offensive, an SDF operation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army expands control over eastern bank of Euphrates River
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued its march along the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, today, liberating a new town located near the strategic Al-‘Omar Oil Fields. Backed by heavy artillery from the 113th and 137th brigades of the 17th Division, the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Legion was able […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS launches surprise assault on Kurdish forces in Hasakah inflicting uncomfortable losses
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Islamic State terrorist group has launched a surprise assault on Kurdish-led forces in southern Hasakah Governorate inflicting uncomfortable losses on the US-backed alliance group in the process. Yesterday ISIS conducted a large raid against fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to the east of the town of ash-Shaddadi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army keeps rolling in central Syria, new areas liberated
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their offensive in central Syria, today, liberating new areas from the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate. Led by the 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army began the day by attacking the Islamic State’s positions at the villages […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hamas accepts Fatah’s reconciliation and elections offer
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:30 PM) – Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, which is the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, has announced its decision to accept a reconciliation offer made by rival Fatah party leader Mahmoud Abbas. In an official statement, Hamas stated its “desire to achieve national unity” in Palestine, after a 10-year rift that left […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish jets massacre 10 Kurdish non-combatants amid inaccurate airstrikes in Iraq
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:55 P.M.) – On Wednesday evening around 21:00 local time, the Turkish Air Force launched fresh sorties over the Amadiya and Sheladize regions of northern Iraq in what was intended to be an air raid on PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) militants. However, the aerial sorties struck a gathering of civilians who were traversing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
YOUR RIGHT-WING UNCLE THINKS HILLARY CLINTON IS ANTIFA
Democrats assume that the 2018 elections will be a referendum on President Trump's corruption, extremism, incompetence, ignorance, and coddling of Vladimir Putin. They assume it will be a referendum on Republican efforts to gut the Obama health care law, especially if those efforts are successful. The right has other ideas. Portions of the right -- the same people who made major issues of the "Ground Zero mosque" in 2010 and Ebola in 2014 -- would like to make 2018 a referendum on how Democrats want all decent people killed by lawless thugs running amok in the streets. Did you know,... more »
Is This China's Second Most Powerful Person?
China's Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Qishan, the head of China's anti-corruption watchdog, attends the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee *Reuters:* *China top graft buster says corruption fight 'world class hard'* BEIJING (Reuters) - Fixing the corruption problem in China’s ruling Communist Party is “world class hard” and the battle will never end, the country’s top graft-buster told Singapore’s prime minister in a rare meeting with a visiting foreign leader. Wang... more »
Is The Story Of Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Wanting To Brief A Russian Billionaire On The U.S. Election A Big Story?
Paul Manafort of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's staff listens during a round table discussion on security at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., August 17, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri *Washington Post*: *Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire ‘private briefings’ on 2016 campaign* Less than two weeks before Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign chairman offered to provide briefings on the race to a Russian billionaire closely aligned with the Kremlin, according to people familiar with the discussions. P... more »
Why Is The U.S. Main Stream Media Ignoring The Story That ISIS Is Being Destroyed?
*Paul Mulshine, NJ.com:* *Don't look now, but Donald Trump's strategy is beating ISIS in Syria* Did you see all those front-page stories last week about how ISIS is getting trounced in Syria? Neither did I. In recent weeks I read more about the high heels that Melania Trump wore on a trip to Texas than I did about the positive developments in a war that was at the center of the foreign-policy debate in last year's presidential election. In that debate, you may recall, Donald Trump went against most of the candidates from his own party in welcoming the Russian military into the ... more »
The First Crooner Won't Be The Last
Abigail Tracy reports, in *Vanity Fair,* that Robert Mueller now has his sites set on the White House: While weeks of steady leaks about the Justice Department’s Russia probe revealed that special prosecutor *Robert Mueller* is zeroing in on *Paul Manafort,* *Donald Trump’s* former campaign chairman, and *Michael Flynn,* his erstwhile national security adviser, two new reports suggest that the former F.B.I. director has begun to train his focus on the president himself. Mueller is seeking internal communications and documents related to 13 areas that prosecutors have identifie... more »
Yet another forecast about the end of the world . . .
. . . this time on Saturday, September 23rd - and I'm betting it'll turn out to be just as false as all the previous ones. Seriously, why do people listen to this nonsense? The latest claim is from someone calling himself a "Christian numerologist", who's identified a series of recent events as lining up with Biblical prophecy. He's also rehashing the old, tired nonsense about a non-existent Planet Nibiru (which, if it were about to collide with Earth as he claims, would long since have been visible to the naked eye, never mind telescopes). To me, the most telling give-away about...more »
Russia, China, the U.S. — Fighting to End the Unipolar World, and Establish the Harmony of Interests Among Sovereign Nation States
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20170921-end-unipolar-world.pdf The great American System economist to Abraham Lincoln, Henry C. Carey, authored a book in 1851 titled "The Harmony of Interests." He posed that the interests of industry, agriculture, and commercial enterprises were interdependent, as were the government, the business community, and the working classes. Lyndon LaRouche has long advocated that the same concept were essential for world peace and development among nations. In his January 2010 essay, "The Question Before Us," LaRouche called for the "four powers" (Russia, China, ... more »
U.S. Army Reveals Their Laser System To Shoot Down Drones
Last month’s tests saw Athena up against five Outlaw unmanned drones, each with a 10.8-foot wingspan. Using its advanced beam control technology and fiber laser, it managed to take down all five in an invisible attack from below *Daily Mail:* *US Army reveals video of 'Athena' laser weapon shooting down FIVE drones in most impressive test yet* * 'Athena' is a ground-based laser system that can be mounted atop vehicles * In tests at White Sands Missile Range, it shot down 5 unmanned Outlaw drones * The system causes loss of control and structural failure in an invisible attack Loc... more »
Paul Craig Roberts: “Trump’s UN speech makes it clear that Trump’s presidency, in terms of his campaign promise to remove Washington from the “policeman of the world” role, exit the Middle East, and repair the damaged relations with Russia, is over." And “The CIA and the military/security complex are in full control of the US government.” Furthermore, “At the UN Trump actually threatened to wipe North Korea off of the face of the earth.” He added to this threat threats against Venezuela and Iran.” And he concludes that “It is only the US government, which is not a government of the people, that has ever threatened another country with total destruction as Trump did to North Korea in the CIA’s UN speech.”
------------------------------ *More Thoughts on Trump’s UN Declaration of War Against Iran and North Korea* ------------------------------ *September 19, 2017 | Categories: Articles & Columns | * *More Thoughts on Trump’s UN Declaration of War Against Iran and North Korea* Paul Craig Roberts Trump’s UN speech makes it clear that Trump’s presidency, in terms of his campaign promise to remove Washington from the “policeman of the world” role, exit the Middle East, and repair the damaged relations with Russia, is over. The CIA and the military/security complex are in full control of ... more »
Forever Young? Scientists Claim to Solve Aging Problem
RT America Published on Sep 20, 2017 In a new study, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, claim that they have identified brain cells that control the process of aging, which might be the key to staying forever young. RT spoke to one of the researchers, professor of molecular pharmacology, Dr. Dongsheng […]
Trumpanzee And His GOP Enablers Would Rather Deport Latinos Than Get Serious About MS-13
*Nancy Ohanian looks at Trumpanzee* Eliminating MS-13 and other violent criminal gangs should be a priority for law enforcement that all Americans should support. But that isn't what Barbara Comstock's Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act (H.R. 3697) is actually about. Her bill passed last week 233-175. Only one Republican, libertarian Justin Amash (MI), voted against it. 11 fake-Democrats took the bait and crossed the aisle to vote with the Republicans. Now Ryan is running around claiming the bill passed with "bipartisan support." The 11 Democrats who voted for it are the worst o... more »
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From Jenna Orkin * TRUMP: 'Rocket man' may force US to 'totally destroy' North Korea"Extraordinary & Worrisome" - WSJ Demands To Know How FBI 'Meddled' In 2016 Elections "We Are At War" - Morgan Freeman Is The Face Of The New "Committee To Investigate Russia" "We've Never Seen Anything Like This" - Maria Slams Puerto Rico With 9-Foot Storm Surge, 155Mph Winds "We Are In A State Of Siege": Spanish Police Arrest Top Catalan Officials In Referendum RaidsThe Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity Putin Orders End To US Dollar Trade At Russia... more »
Surgery journal retracts two papers it didn’t mean to publish
The Annals of Surgery has retracted two papers it never intended to publish. According to journal’s editor, Keith Lillemoe, the papers—published in 2015, two months apart—had undergone full peer review and were rejected, “like 90% of submissions to our journal:” The decision was clear and the authors were notified. But somehow, Lillemoe said, “our publishing […] The post Surgery journal retracts two papers it didn’t mean to publish appeared first on Retraction Watch.
North Korean Foreign Minister feels sorry for those who work with “barking dog” Trump
Ri Yong-ho is in New York where he will represent the DPRK at the General Assembly. More The post North Korean Foreign Minister feels sorry for those who work with “barking dog” Trump appeared first on The Duran.
Who’s the world’s leading eco-vandal? It’s Angela Merkel
By Paul Homewood Monbiot unloads on Merkel! Which living person has done most to destroy the natural world and the future wellbeing of humanity? Donald Trump will soon be the correct answer, when the full force of his havoc has been felt. But for now I would place another name in the frame: Angela […]
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*New Middlebury College Speaker Policy Basically Encourages Their Students to Make Threats Against Speakers* Last school year, Middlebury College, an elite private school in Vermont, attempted to host controversial author and scholar Charles Murray before a mob stepped in and violently ended the event before it could begin. No charges were filed against the student protestors, despite the fact that a professor was left with a serious neck injury and a concussion in the melee. Now, hoping to prevent a repeat of these events, Middlebury has announced a new interim speakers policy: t... more »
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*Climate Models Stink* *Skeptics have been pointing out for years that Warmist climate models "run hot" -- i.e. predict much more warming than ever happens -- but they were ignored. Now that the gap has become unmistakeable and mainstream climate scientists admit it, big "attitude adjustments" are needed. Do the models have any correspondence with reality at all? * Climate alarmists and “settled science” extortionists have a rather incredulous response to a new study appearing in Nature Geoscience. The study takes a fresh look at the “carbon budget,” or how much emissions the... more »
"The Truth Behind the Trump Board"
*"The Truth Behind the Trump Board"* by Bill Bonner "Today, we climb a hill and have a look around. Down below is a hidden cove on Île d’Yeu: *The hidden cove on the French island of Île d’Yeu* But let’s get serious… *$700 billion boondoggle: *Out to our left, under dark clouds, is the political situation. For the first 16 years of our daily commentary, we hardly bothered to look. Through the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations, nothing much changed. Then Donald J Trump brought fresh air…or an ill wind…depending on how you looked at it. We guessed (but were unsure) that this n... more »
"Only Barbarians..."
“Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.” - Isaiah Berlin
Tether & two pals: the only currencies among cryptocurrencies
Over the recent weeks, I occasionally spent some time by thinking about new cryptocurrencies, how a central bank could buy them into reserves, guarantee a floor under each of them, issue its own, make some crypto-payments monitored, and so on. I've also analyzed the historical data of the Bitcoin price. It's fun to think how $130 billion of the Czech National Bank may be spent or wasted, what can be done. The possibilities are limitless – "yes, we can" applies here. At some moment, however, a rational person also asks whether these computer games are good for anything – whether the... more »
Trump’s UN Reform Plan Is All About The “Lead From Behind” Strategy
President Trump wants to legitimize the use of military force outside of the existing “liberum veto”-dependent UNSC structure (international law), The post Trump’s UN Reform Plan Is All About The “Lead From Behind” Strategy appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
The good news is that the Russians do not seem to be doing much to alter the outcome of the German election. The bad news is that the American Right Wing seems to be taking up the slack.
Courtesy of USA Today: *An alliance of mostly anonymous online trolls and extremist agitators are meddling in Germany's election, but researchers say Russians aren’t to blame. * *Instead, they say, right-wing groups in the United States are behind materials popping up on YouTube, messaging board sites like 4chan and reddit and texting service Gab.ai. * *The evidence comes less than a week before Sunday's vote that is likely to hand German Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term. * *"So far we have not been able to track down any specific Russian activity," said Simon Hegelich," a ... more »
HOAX: The Corrientes Humanoid
*Source: Orbita Cero Mendoza (Argentina)Date: 09.21.2017* *HOAX: The Corrientes Humanoid* As could well be expected, the photo of the humanoid entity supposedly photographed by police before it took a plunge into the Paraná River has turned out to be less than meets the eye. Argentina's Orbita Cero Mendoza reported in its blog that the CIFAD center of the province of Corrientes had "uncovered the fraudulent nature of the video" from which the image was taken. The image had a viral effect on social media and the Internet at large. It turns out to be a clip from the horror movie ... more »
America's Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers Were Expected to Crush Russia in a War
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * That may have never happenned, but they have been the backbone of U.S. military power for decades. *During Operation Desert Storm, the Nimitz-class carrier Theodore Roosevelt participated in air operations against Iraq. In 1999, Theodore Roosevelt again participated in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. After 9/11, Carl Vinson and Theodore Roosevelt participated in the first air strikes against the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Since then, virtually all Nimitz-class carriers supported air operations over Afghanistan and both the invasion and subsequent occupat... more »
The U.S. Nuclear Submarine Russia and China Can't Beat in Battle
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The 'F-22' of Submarines. *The extreme quietness of the Seawolf class gave the Navy the idea of modifying the last submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, to support clandestine operations. An extra one hundred feet was added to the hull, a section known as the Multi-Mission Platform (MMP). The MMP gives Carter the ability to send and recover Remotely Operated Vehicles/Unmanned Underwater Vehicles and SEALs and diving teams while submerged. It includes berthing for up to fifty SEALs or other attached personnel. Carter also features auxiliary maneuvering devices... more »
The Anti-Russia Movement and the Gullibility of Congress
As I have posted previously, it is starting to look like the McCarthy era in Washington with the anti-Russia finger pointing occurring on a very regular basis, particularly from the left in reference to electoral interference in the 2016 presidential election. A recent letter from three members of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology provides us with ample evidence on the lengths that Congress will go to in its efforts to vilify the Russians. Here's the letter from Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D - CA -18), Representative Mike Doyle (D - PA -14), and Frank Pallone, Jr.... more »
Fireside Chat with Ben Deniston, September 21, 2017
Classical Renaissance World Land-Bridge Glass-Steagall Video of pySsWeNB7tc Join us tonight at 9:00 pm eastern for a discussion with LaRouchePAC Science team leader, Ben Deniston.
Sounds logical to me . . .
From Stephan Pastis and yesterday's edition of his Pearls Before Swine cartoon strip (click the image for a larger view at the strip's home page): Peter
Cops Kill Deaf Man Holding a Stick, Despite Neighbors Telling Them He was Deaf
[image: deaf]Police ignored the warnings from neighbors that he couldn't hear them, and killed a deaf man for holding a stick that he always carries to fend off dogs.
James Clapper admits: “It’s possible’ President Trump’s voice recorded in Paul Manafort wiretap” (Video)
James Clapper finally, kind of, tells the truth... More The post James Clapper admits: “It’s possible’ President Trump’s voice recorded in Paul Manafort wiretap” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
EXPOSED: Obama UN Ambassador Samantha Power umasked numerous Americans during 2016 elections
Samantha Power sought to unmask Americans nearly every day. More The post EXPOSED: Obama UN Ambassador Samantha Power umasked numerous Americans during 2016 elections appeared first on The Duran.
POTUS Trump’s Chief of Staff voted Hillary Clinton in 2016 election (Video)
The Generals running Trump's White House are knee deep in the DC swamp. More The post POTUS Trump’s Chief of Staff voted Hillary Clinton in 2016 election (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
US establishes a permanent military base in Israel (Video)
America is entrenching itself deeper into Middle East affairs. More The post US establishes a permanent military base in Israel (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
So this happened yesterday. Melania Trump spoke out against bullying at UN luncheon. No, really.
Melania Trump to condemn bullying at U.N. luncheon https://t.co/MUKtvOFqcS via @RebeccaMorin_ pic.twitter.com/dgCCLme08T — POLITICO (@politico) September 20, 2017 Courtesy of Politico: *First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday called on the international community to better protect and support children, speaking out against bullying and calling parents and leaders around the world to “come together for the good of our children because through them, our future will be defined.” * *"No child should ever feel hungry, stalked, frightened, terrorized, bullied, isolated or afraid, with ... more »
Liar, Healer, Monster, Savior. The Pathological Optimist. A New Movie.
Premiering at the Angelika Film Center September 29th, The Pathological Optimist by filmmaker Miranda Bailey about Dr. Andrew Wakefield, one of the producers of Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe. The Pathological Optimist explores the controversial Andrew Wakefield, who was stripped...
Buckeye Arizona Police Take Down Autistic Teen for Stimming
NOTE: We hope this poor young man is OK. Autism has many variations, versions and vagaries. The epidemic denialists and neurodiversity whitewashers would have you believe autism is simply a Swiss army knife of unique skills for life and not...
"Göbekli Tepe- History In the Remaking"
*"Göbekli Tepe- History In the Remaking"* by Patrick Symmes "They call it potbelly hill, after the soft, round contour of this final lookout in southeastern Turkey. To the north are forested mountains. East of the hill lies the biblical plain of Harran, and to the south is the Syrian border, visible 20 miles away, pointing toward the ancient lands of Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent, the region that gave rise to human civilization. And under our feet, according to archeologist Klaus Schmidt, are the stones that mark the spot - the exact spot - where humans began that ascent. S... more »
The West isn’t threatened by capitalism – but by the return of socialism. Niall Ferguson unedited.
The post The West isn’t threatened by capitalism – but by the return of socialism. Niall Ferguson unedited. appeared first on UnHerd.
Tillerson cannot keep up with Trump’s spontaneity on Iran issue
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – According the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, President Donald Trump’s sudden confession to the United Nations that he had made a decision on the future of the Iran nuclear deal came as a total surprise. “I didn’t know he was going to say today he’s made a decision. I […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Syrian Army bombed by ISIS drone while crossing Euphrates River
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:10 P.M.) – While more and more Syrian troops cross the Euphrates River, ISIS has begun to deploy armed drones to deter the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) from expanding its foothold on Deir Ezzor’s eastern bank. A short video released by Amaq Agency on Wednesday showed an ISIS drone dropping an artillery shell […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Deir Ezzor city to be “liberated completely” within 1 week despite Kurdish cooperation with ISIS: Russian MoD
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 A.M.) – The city of Deir Ezzor will be completely liberated from ISIS terrorists within the next week despite blatant Kurdish cooperation with the jihadist group’s forces further to the east, according the Russian Ministry of Defence in a statement released today. Speaking on behalf of the Russian MoD, Major General Igor […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Palestine’s Abbas criticises Israel over peace initiatives: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas criticised the Israeli government over its response to a range of peace initiatives, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, on Wednesday. “We recognized the state of Israel on the 1967 borders. But Israel’s continuous refusal to recognise these borders has put […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army attacked twice by US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor: Russian MoD
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor have shelled the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions at least twice this week along the western bank of the Euphrates River, the Spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov stated on Thursday. “The Syrian governmental troops have been shelled twice […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Russian, Syrian forces wipe out Al-Qaeda attackers in huge north Hama battle
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 A.M.) – Footage has been released by the Syrian Ministry of Defence showing the Syrian Arab Army and the Russian Aerospace Forces in action against jihadist militants in north Hama Governorate. The video (shown below) is linked to a successful defensive action conducted by pro-government forces against an Al-Qaeda-led offensive on their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US regime opposes Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – The Spokesperson for the US State Department, Heather Nauert, issued a statement on Wednesday that opposed the upcoming Iraqi Kurdistan referendum. “The United States strongly opposes the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government’s referendum on independence, planned for September 25,” Nauert stated. “All of Iraq’s neighbors, and virtually the entire international community, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
New laser-beam annihilation weapon to be tested by US Air Force in 2018
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The United States Air Force plans to test a newly developed airborne laser weapon system in 2018 following a renewed interest by the Department of Defense in acquiring such war technologies. Previously a state secret, the US arms industry, in cooperation with the US Air Force, has been developing a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS slaughters 13 rebel fighters in latest Daraa battle
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The ISIS-linked Saifullah al-Maslul Army militant group has delivered a nasty blow to Free Syrian Army fighters in the Yarmouk Basin area of southwestern Daraa Governorate. Clashes erupted between the terrorist group and Syrian rebels yesterday, however it is not clear which side initiated hostilities against the other. In any […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi forces steamroll through ISIL’s defenses near Hawijah, 4 villages liberated
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:05 A.M.) – The Iraqi Armed Forces launched their long-awaited Hawijah offensive at dawn on Thursday, storming the Islamic State’s (ISIL) positions from the Al-Shirqat District. Led by Hashd Al-Sha’abi, the Iraqi Armed Forces have already broken-through the Islamic State’s defenses at the northern corridor of Al-Shirqat, liberating four villages in the process. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Afghan Air Force receives US-built Black Hawk helicopters to fight insurgents
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 A.M.) – The Afghan Air Force has recently received a number of US-built UH-60 Black Hawk multi-role helicopters as part of a new weapons procurement package aimed at modernizing its inventory. According to the Khaama Press new agency, the first delivery of Black Hawks arrived in southern Kandahar Province on Monday and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Crowds cheer as dog is pulled out of Mexico deadly earthquake
Crowds burst into cries of joy as a dog, trapped in rubble after the devastating Mexico earthquake, was pulled out alive and unharmed. The golden retriever looked bewildered as he rescue services extricated him from the concrete debris that had crumbled around him. Fortunately, he appeared to be safe and well as he was lifted out of the rubble in the Alvaro Obregon area of Mexico City. As he was lifted up, the crowds gathered around the scene erupted into cheers and applause. Then, as rescuers took the dog to safety, witnesses gave him a little ruffle on the head. At least 217 p... more »
Who are the 5 people on Advisory Board behind Morgan Freeman “We are at War with Russia” video?
Neo-liberals and necons unite to form the "Committee to Investigate Russia" More The post Who are the 5 people on Advisory Board behind Morgan Freeman “We are at War with Russia” video? appeared first on The Duran.
Russia will target US-backed fighters in Syria if provoked
Russia continues to unearth new evidence that the US proxy force SDF is attacking the Syrian Arab Army on Syrian land. More The post Russia will target US-backed fighters in Syria if provoked appeared first on The Duran.
Pollution soars in Houston after chemical industry leaks
Houston is still suffering from Hurricane Harvey, long after the storm has passed. But not just because of the flooding or number of damaged homes and roads. Rather, it’s because of the leeching of thousands of tons of pollutants thanks to their large petrochemical industry. RELATED ARTICLE: ExxonMobil refineries damaged in Hurricane Harvey and releasing hazardous pollutants The
Aquaculture sector loses $1 billion a year to outbreaks of tiny crustaceans infesting and devouring fish farmed for human consumption
Right now, wholesale prices of salmon are 50 percent higher than they were last year, due in part to a surge in parasitic sea lice. And this infestation is threatening to disrupt cultures that count salmon farming as a way of life. The tiny lice are actually little crustaceans that attach themselves to salmon and feed on
Body of missing advocate found
Twyla Roscovich, the 38-year-old filmmaker, activist, and mother vanished on September 7th prompting a widespread search. She was known for creating films about the area she loved “in an effort to protect the salmon and the environment and raise awareness about everything from First Nations to oil tankers. Last Friday her family released a written statement saying her body had
Serum Ferritin and GGT — two potent health indicators you need to know
By Dr. Mercola While many health screens and lab tests are overrated or unnecessary, there are a few that are vitally important, such as vitamin D. I recommend checking your vitamin D level at least twice a year. Two other really important tests are serum ferritin (which measures stored iron) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase or sometimes called
How 3 drops of oregano oil and baking soda could heal your lungs
Pneumonia is the 6th leading cause of death worldwide, and oregano oil and baking soda could act as another line of defense! Currently, we use prescription medication to manage respiratory problems. And since the majority of these illnesses are bacterial infections, we use antibiotics to treat them. But Oregano Oil, with its potent antibacterial properties,
3 things that happen when you stop showering for a month
I’m gonna be TMI honest with you guys- I don’t ever skip showers. I can’t imagine working out and not washing off that sweat. I mean come on, I live in Florida. I’m not sure if that’s just how I’m wired or if I’ve just gotten used to it. However, I do know people who don’t
Is PetMed selling opiates for people, not pets?
By Dr. Mercola Every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose, including those obtained via a prescription. Intended to be reserved for only the most serious cases of pain, opioids are being vastly overprescribed, including for noncancer chronic pain, such as back pain or that from osteoarthritis. With overdose deaths on the rise, public health agencies
New papers on Moral Enhancement and Brain-Based Lie Detection
Ethical Technology - 21 hours ago
I have a couple of new papers available online. The first looks at the moral freedom objection to moral enhancement. The second tries to rebut an interesting philosophical objection to the use of brain-based lie detection. Both papers are set to appear in edited books in 2018. Details and links to pre-publication versions below (just click on the paper title): https://ieet.org/images/uploads/pen_paper.jpg
A New Refugee Crisis In Africa
*Reuters*: *As Congo refugees pour over border, Angola's backing for Kabila in doubt* DUNDO, Angola (Reuters) - Captured by militia and accused of being married to a Congolese government official, Kimpanga Caro could smell the fire she was told would be used to burn her decapitated head to ash. Caro, whose husband is a pastor not an official, was freed when one of the militiamen recognized her. She raced back home to find her husband in their ransacked village. They fled south, on foot with their five children, towards a country they heard was safe: Angola. Thirty thousand of her... more »
Why you should care about the meat industry
What is so wrong about the meat industry is the attempt to subject it to mass production. So far the results have been unsatisfactory in a number of ways. This is a pretty good list. I do think that we have to abandon the whole protocol generally and focus on establishing land and human friendly herds. That does mean small pastured cattle herds which the land can bear. It means free range chicken growing that also specializes in soil turning as well; as egg production. Both methods sharply lowers the use of grains except to late fatten for slaughter. We already know how to do... more »
Obama's heartfelt post on DACA
As it should of course. However, it is also rather clear that this is a hard ball tactic aimed at getting congress to generate a proper immigration act. The problem is that it is even necessary at all. More obviously the original resolution was by executive order and that is also deemed unconstitutional no less by observers. Thus the situation added to the behavior in simply applying the law by the administration is a tell that we have a war going on that has eliminated rational resolution without serious duress applied. What Trump has done is put himself in position to bl... more »
Bionic lens can make vision three times better than 20-20
This is the beginning that essentially eliminates all forms of corrective lenses. Add in the three fold improvement over normal vision and this becomes a profitable trade off. Now if we can add in a few extras such an ability to sense a wide range of ultraviolet light as well it would soon be unstoppable. It should not be too difficult to integrate this with computer tech as well to allow data gathering that is noninterfering. . *Bionic lens can make vision three times better than 20-20 * *brian wang | September 5, 2017 | * * https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/09/bionic... more »
Dear Texas, how many times do we have to rebuild the same house? (You're next Florida)
How Precient as Irma barrels in to possibly take out Miami while i write this. Look ladies, in terms of geologic time and not human time, coastal builds are destroyed consistently and should not be entertained unless necessary and then be built to withstand a major tsunami at least. Recall that the entire East Coast was depopulated 1500 years ago deep inland through what appears to be the effect of an asteroid impact in the Atlantic. We need to anticipate a water line similar to what Houston just experienced and deep set backs from the coast itself preferably f... more »
Blockchain to Merge with Physical Precious Metals | Rob Kirby
Reluctant Preppers Published on Sep 19, 2017 Rob Kirby answers YOUR viewer questions in this rapid-fire interview, spanning: politics, the Chinese & global pivot away from the US Petrodollar, whether US Treasuries’ days are numbered, whether Gold & Silver price suppression is just a conspiracy theory or a proven fact, and whether Blockchain and crypto-currencies contain […]
“Tiahuanaco: Gateway to the Gods”
“Gateway to the Gods” by Dan Eden . "Ask most people who are the oldest civilization or where the oldest civilization lived and you'll hear answers like Mesopotamia (Iraq), Egypt or Iran. While these cultures can be traced back to 4000 B.C., the mysterious ruins of Tiahuanaco, in Bolivia, could be 14,000 years old! If you think the Great Pyramid in Egypt is a technological marvel, wait until you see what artists and engineers were doing in Tiahuanaco. This culture thrived at the breathless, oxygen deprived elevation of 13,000 feet. They managed to somehow move stones weighing up to 2... more »
Arrest of Catalan Government Officials; Takeover of Catalan Institutions by Spanish Police Trying To Halt Independence Referendum – Franco’s Ghost Walks?
miningawareness at Belarus Proceeding With Russian-Built Nuclear Plant Despite Accidents, Quake Worries, Neighbors’ Objections, and Need to Help Chernobyl Victims – Mining Awareness + - 22 hours ago
“Catalan president says Madrid is suspending region’s autonomy: Police raid Catalan government buildings in Barcelona and arrest 12 senior officials … Continue reading →
Risk to Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station From Tropical Storm Jose
miningawareness at Belarus Proceeding With Russian-Built Nuclear Plant Despite Accidents, Quake Worries, Neighbors’ Objections, and Need to Help Chernobyl Victims – Mining Awareness + - 22 hours ago
The population within 50 miles (80 km) of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station was 4,737,792 in 2010. Boston is at risk from … Continue reading →
The Next Gen Fighter?
*The WarDrive/The Drive*: *No, That YF-23 Like Rendering Of The Skunk Works' Next Gen Fighter Isn't New* The concept may be ironic, but it isn't new. There's lots of hype going around regarding Lockheed Skunk Works' most recent promotional video that seems to have been released to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the United States Air Force. The commotion surrounds what some say appears to be a 6th generation fighter concept—one that looks a hell of a lot like Northrop's passed over YF-23 Black Widow Advanced Tactical Fighter. The thing is that this isn't a new concept at ... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*-by Noah* It's common these days to hear Republicans loudly whining that we're not giving Señor Trumpanzee a fair chance to succeed and that no president has ever been so abused as their boy. Really? This, from people who spent 8 years sending us postcards and emails consisting of pictures of President Obama carrying a watermelon as he walked down the Air Force One ramp, pictures of the White House lawn turned into a huge watermelon patch, pictures of the president with bones in his nose, you name it. Screw these racist morons! No doubt, Republicans aren't thinking when they com... more »
Jennifer Lawrence - Red Sparrow - new Cold War resurgence?
Hollywood is the political mouthpiece of the Global Elite Cabal of oil-rich i.e. cash-rish i.e. slave-rich i.e. war-mongering scum who ruin countries to make them profitable, so... Yeah, *MK-Ultra-March2018* is a long way off, but let's not candy-coat the future here. Mankind will only do what mankind has been *TERROR*ised into doing. Otherwise, peace love harmony mind-expansion real-love real-learnin' chillin' lol...
A Different Viewpoint On The Crisis In Myanmar And The Rohingya
A large plume of smoke is seen on the Myanmar side of the border from Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain *Bertil Lintner, Asia Times:* *The truth behind Myanmar’s Rohingya insurgency* While the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army claims to be fighting an ethno-nationalist struggle, its leaders and extremist group links point towards a wider regional agenda. While Myanmar’s emergent Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) claims it’s like other ethnic armed groups fighting for self-determination across the country and should not be branded as a ... more »
United States finally comes out in opposition to Kurdish separatist referendum in Iraq
After many months of sending mixed signals, the US has finally come out in opposition to a unilateral referendum for separatism which is being conducted by Kurdish organisers in northern Iraq. With the exception of Israel which supports Kurdish separatism, every country in the region and beyond has condemned the referendum, including Russia. Turkey has […] More The post United States finally comes out in opposition to Kurdish separatist referendum in Iraq appeared first on The Duran.
Even the EU stands up to Trump in a defence of Iran
Isolation for the US and Israel over the JCPOA. More The post Even the EU stands up to Trump in a defence of Iran appeared first on The Duran.
China comes out in strong show of support for Venezuela
Donald Trump's threats to Venezuela have proved to be deeply unpopular at the UN. More The post China comes out in strong show of support for Venezuela appeared first on The Duran.
Risk to Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station From Tropical Storm Jose
miningawareness at Belarus Proceeding With Russian-Built Nuclear Plant Despite Accidents, Quake Worries, Neighbors’ Objections, and Need to Help Chernobyl Victims – Mining Awareness + - 23 hours ago
The population within 50 miles (80 km) of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station was 4,737,792 in 2010. Boston is at risk from any accident at this site. The major risk to the Massachusetts Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from Tropical Storm Jose seems to be possible loss of offsite power due to winds (LOOP). One of the strangest … Continue reading Risk to Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station From Tropical Storm Jose
Mexican Madness
Apparently the latest earthquake to affect Mexico has highlighted, wait for it, drum roll, or is that Marimba Rattle, Mexico’s social INEQUALITY. You have to be kidding. I knew the political left have a difficulty separating fiction from facts, but at … Continue reading →
Jonah Raskin : Marijuana madness: From Harry Anslinger to Jeff Sessions
Marijuana has been a heated political issue in the United States for more than 100 years. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | September 21, 2017 Three months before he died of pancreatic cancer in July 2012, Judge Gustin … finish reading Jonah Raskin : Marijuana madness: From Harry Anslinger to Jeff Sessions
Tweets For Today
"The island is destroyed," Puerto Rico's Emergency Management director says after Hurricane #Maria. https://t.co/n8a6i3z6qI — ABC News (@ABC) September 21, 2017 'What I saw' https://t.co/sRz1YtisoG — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 21, 2017 China says North Korean situation more serious by the day https://t.co/n4o5L6lJew pic.twitter.com/D6be5qQzEz — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 21, 2017 Jake LaMotta, "Raging Bull" boxing champ, dies at 95 https://t.co/iWLFoy6GVx pic.twitter.com/9KD0v7gWYb — Bloomberg (@business) September 20, 2017
Iraqi Army begins important operation to liberate Hawijah
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 A.M.) – The Iraqi Armed Forces have begun the imperative operation to liberate the Islamic State (ISIL) stronghold of Hawijah in the Kirkuk Governorate. Led by elements of the army, the Iraqi Armed Forces began the operation to liberate Hawijah at dawn, using heavy artillery and missiles to weaken the Islamic State’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Masses of Syrian Army tanks drive ISIS out of northwest Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 A.M.) – Footage has been released showing countless numbers of main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles belonging the Syrian Arab Army’s elite Tiger Forces rolling through the vast desert plains of northwestern Deir Ezzor Governorate as part of an operation to completely expel ISIS from the region. Yesterday, the Tiger Forces […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian jets hit Al-Qaeda targets, helping repel offensive: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 A.M.) – Russian Aerospace Forces conducted an airstrike on Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham positions and infrastructure in Hama Province, Tuesday, helping to repel an offensive against Syrian government troops in which 29 Russian military police personnel were surrounded. The Russian Ministry of Defence released the footage on Wednesday. Two Sukhoi Su-25 jets were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Two more Al-Qaeda leaders smoked by mysterious assassins in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – Two more high-ranking leaders of the Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (an Al-Qaeda affiliate) have been gunned down by unknown assailants in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. The victims of yesterday’s hit are two sharia (Islamic law) judges for Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham, their names being Abu Sulieman al-Maghrabi (a Moroccan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Refugee sentenced to over three years in prison for abducting UN employee in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:10 P.M.) – A Syrian refugee, known in the media only as Suliman Al-S, was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for the abduction of a UN employee and participation in war crimes at Stuttgart’s High Court, Wednesday. Spokesperson for the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart Matthias Merz stated that Suliman […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
In pictures: Syrian Army tanks trapped, destroyed by ISIS in eastern Hama
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:00 A.M.) – In a remarkable series of photos, ISIS militants watch close by as an entire convoy of the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) tanks roll along the M45-highway in southeastern Hama. The photos were released by Amaq Agency overnight and show the SAA convoy being targeted by gunfire, mortar shells and rockets. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
A First at Fisk: Tanya Torres Steps Into Groundbreaking Role
As the 2017-18 school year starts, Tanya Torres debuts as president of Fisk’s Student Government Association (SGA), making her the first Hispanic to serve as the elected student leader of the 151-year-old historically Black university.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station At Risk From Flooding and Storm Impacts Due To Outdated Assumptions-Location
miningawareness at Belarus Proceeding With Russian-Built Nuclear Plant Despite Accidents, Quake Worries, Neighbors’ Objections, and Need to Help Chernobyl Victims – Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Tropical Storm Jose Offshore Massachusetts Last December, Jones River Watershed Association and JRWA’s Cape Cod Bay Watch Program once again … Continue reading →
Uptick in Earthquakes!
UPI reports a 6.2 magnitude earthquake not too far east off the coast from Fukushima: Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck early Thursday the coast of Japan and 228 miles from a nuclear power plant that had a meltdown from a 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami. The temblor hit at 2:37 a.m. in Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was centered about 6 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, 174 miles east-south of Kamaishi and about 315 miles northeast of Tokyo. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/09/20/62-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-Japanese-coast/25515... more »
After The War Comes The Clean-Up
A member of an Iraqi unit searches for bombs and mines near the site of an explosion in the city of Mosul, Iraq March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal *Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor:** US faces WWII-scale explosives cleanup in Iraq after Islamic State fight* Iraq’s fight to defeat the Islamic State won’t end with the military defeat of the group. As the US-backed Iraqi Security Forces liberated Mosul and Tal Afar this summer, retreating fighters continued to leave behind scores of complex improvised explosive devices (IEDs), deliberately hidden in populated areas to kill and injure civ... more »
Both Liberals, Conservatives Engage In Motivated Reasoning To Interpret Science
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many claims have been made that science denial, particularly as it relates to climate change, is primarily a problem of the political right. But what happens when scientific conclusions challenge liberals’ attitudes on public policy issues, such as gun control, nuclear power or immigration? read more
Picture Of The Day
Soldiers, rescuers and people work at a collapsed building in Mexico City. REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Mexico reels after devastating earthquake* (Reuters).
Will The Mueller Commission Question Julian Assange?
Julian Assange *WNU Editor:* Just want to share something that I have been wondering about for the past month. It was Julian Assange and Wikileaks that posted the emails that resulted in all the investigations, massive media speculation and hype, political battles that no one has seen since Watergate, wide spread demonstrations and accusations of electoral fraud ... culminating with the U.S. government imposing sanctions on Russia and the creation of the Mueller Commission whose purpose is to investigate Russia's role in last year's election. But what I do not understand is that e... more »
Are Facebook Users Secretly Following You?
Instructions for blocking Facebook users who are supposedly furtively following you are spurious.
I Think Danger Bred A Different Kind Of Gay Back Then
I was lucky; I came out when I was living in Amsterdam. I worried there was something wrong with me so I went to see a psychiatrist. I told him I thought I could be gay. He asked me why I was coming to him and if I was looking for addresses of gay bars and other places where gay people met. I didn't. I lived right across the street-- literally, 30 steps-- from a side gate into Amsterdam's biggest park (like their version of Central Park or Griffith Park). And it was a special entrance, as it turns out. At night there were always gay men in that part of the park eager to meet other... more »
A Major Jewish Philanthropist Just Published A Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians
A Major Jewish Philanthropist Just Published A Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians by J.J. Goldberg, http://forward.com/ A far-right faction within Israel’s Likud-led governing coalition has endorsed a plan for Israel to annex the entire West Bank and encourage the Palestinian residents to immigrate to neighboring Arab countries. The plan would allow Palestinians who voluntarily gave up all “national […]
Late Night Comics Destroyed As Truth Of Trump Wiretapping Comes Out
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 20, 2017 Late night comics team up to de-legitimize President Trump and further accuse him as colluding with the Russian government. end
Secrets Of The Pineal Gland Revealed / How Fluoride Is Used As A Chemical Attack
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 20, 2017 Dr. Ed Group joins Alex Jones live in studio to discuss how fluoride damages the human brain, especially the pineal gland which is often referred to as the third eye, or eye of the mind. end
US, South Korea Rehearse Preemptive Attack on North Korea
PressTV News Videos Published on Sep 20, 2017 The US and South Korea rehearsed a possible pre-emptive attack on North Korea in a joint drill called Warrior Strike-Eight at a firing range near South Korea’s border with the North. Soldiers practiced surgical strikes and simulated raids on locations in the North that are housing nuclear sites. […]
Satanic Fashion Show Inside a Church at London Fashion Week
Satanic Fashion Show Inside a Church at London Fashion Week by https://vigilantcitizen.com/ Turkish designer Dilara Findikoglu’s presented her Spring/Summer 2018 collection at London Fashion Week and it was nothing less than a satanic Black Mass. Indeed, the event took place at the altar of St Andrew Church in London and incorporated heavy occult and satanic symbolism. In […]
September 23rd 2017 Hype Sets Stage For FAKE Second Coming?
The Kev Baker Show Published on Sep 20, 2017 With so many people losing their minds over the alleged fulfillment of the prophecy in the book of Revelation relating to signs in the sky, i thought id offer my thoughts on what may or may not occur on this day. http://www.kevbakershow.com/september… – And a great sign […]
Why is the BBC Using a Russian Flag for Their Report on Islamic Jihadists in Britain? War Psyop & Propaganda
RT Published on Sep 20, 2017 The Russian Embassy in the UK was outraged after a BBC story about online jihadist propaganda in the UK featured a Russian flag. Moscow wondered what the tricolor has to do with extremists on British soil. end
X22 Report, “The West Begins To Panic Over China's OBOR Trade System”
X22 Report, “The West Begins To Panic Over China's OBOR Trade System” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzfUgYBinh8 *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “Is The US Getting Prepared To Leave Syria?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-n7A04gQ80
Musical Interlude: 2002, “The Sea at Night”
2002, “The Sea at Night” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpvo7i2Fgbk
"A Look to the Heavens"
“When stars form, pandemonium reigns. A particularly colorful case is the star forming region Simeis 188 which houses an unusual and bright cloud arc cataloged as NGC 6559. Visible above are red glowing emission nebulas of hydrogen, blue reflection nebulas of dust, dark absorption nebulas of dust, and the stars that formed from them. *Click image for larger size.* The first massive stars formed from the dense gas will emit energetic light and winds that erode, fragment, and sculpt their birthplace. And then they explode. The resulting morass can be as beautiful as it is complex. Afte... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Journey”
*“The Journey”* by Chet Raymo “Here's a deep-deep sky map of the universe from "Nature." The horizontal scale is a 360 view right around the sky; the vertical gaps at 6 hours and 24 hours are the parts of the universe that are blocked to our view by the disk of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The vertical scale - distance from Earth - is logarithmic (10, 100, 1000, etc.) measured in megaparsecs (a parsec equals 3.26 light-years). Across the top is the Big Bang, and the oldest and most distant thing we can see, the cosmic microwave background, the radiation of the Big Bang itself. A few r... more »
The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want"
*"What We Want" * "What we want is never simple. We move among the things we thought we wanted: a face, a room, an open book and these things bear our names- now they want us. But what we want appears in dreams, wearing disguises. We fall past, holding out our arms and in the morning our arms ache. We don't remember the dream, but the dream remembers us. It is there all day as an animal is there under the table, as the stars are there even in full sun." ~ Linda Pastan, "Carnival Evening"
"Kurt Vonnegut: Quotes And Comments"
*"Kurt Vonnegut: Quotes And Comments"* by Josh Modell, Kyle Ryan, Noel Murray, Scott Gordon, And Tasha Robinson "So it goes." Unlike many of these quotes, the repeated refrain from Vonnegut's classic 'Slaughterhouse-Five' isn't notable for its unique wording so much as for how much emotion—and dismissal of emotion—it packs into three simple, world-weary words that simultaneously accept and dismiss everything. There's a reason this quote graced practically every elegy written for Vonnegut over the past two weeks (yes, including ours): It neatly encompasses a whole way of life. More ... more »
Where Are The Russian Experts?
*Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg: **Wanted: Russia Experts, No Expertise Required* *Jingoism has replaced scholarship and a spirit of real inquiry when it comes to Russia. That's a mistake. * There's a lot to unpack about the newly formed Committee to Investigate Russia, which aims to "help Americans recognize and understand the gravity of Russia’s continuing attacks on our democracy." Perhaps its most striking feature is that no Russia experts are involved; that's a sign of the times. The Committee's birth received broad coverage in the U.S. because of the involvement of two celebr... more »
The Saker admits "Trump is worse than Bush" – and breaks down the Anglo-Zionist Empire's war on the world
*B**roadcast here September 25th** 11 to noon Eastern then archived.** All my shows are archived at **my Patreon page - please consider subscribing!* The Saker, one of the best-informed voices in the real alternative media, has a blog that averages around 1.5 million reads per month. A former high-level military analyst, his inside knowledge of Russia and its language and culture, and his equally well-informed perspective on the US and the West, give him a unique and compelling view of the geopolitical machinations of the Anglo-Zionist Empire and its global domination project...and ... more »
Study: More, and more diverse, US college students voted in 2016
Ishara Casellas Connors, Associate Director, Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, Tisch College, Tufts University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
AP Whether motivated by support for particular policies or enthusiasm – or ire – toward the candidates, the 2016 election captured the attention of U.S. college and university students nationwide. That’s the finding of a new study of students at more than 1,000 U.S. institutions released by the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University, which we direct. The study shows that voting by college and university students across the country was up in 2016. The report is based on findings from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement. This national s... more »
Why China Will Not Accept A Nuclear Armed North Korea
*Sarah Zheng, South China Morning Post*: *Three reasons China will not accept a nuclear armed North Korea* China’s ambassador to the US has said Beijing will not accept a nuclear armed North Korea amid the crisis over Pyongyang’s rapidly escalating weapons programme. Cui Tiankai’s comments on Friday came after some experts and observers have said global powers should accept that Pyongyang has nuclear weapons and policy should now be directed at ensuring they do not use them. Here are three reasons why China is so opposed to Kim Jong-un’s regime having nuclear arms: *Read more* ..... more »
Advocates: Support Vital for Students From Foster Care System
When it comes to accessing college, students who have experienced the foster care system have a steep hill to climb. Studies indicate that while the majority of foster youth say that they want to go to college few will ever attain a degree.
Rutgers Grad Students Belatedly Receiving Summer Grants
As the fall semester begins at Rutgers University, hundreds of graduate students are only now receiving their summer funding.
MELLASENAH Y. MORRIS
*MELLASENAH Y. MORRIS* has been appointed interim dean of the DePauw University School of Music. She recently retired as dean of the Peabody Conservatory. Morris earned a bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and a master’s degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University.
PATRICIA GRANT
*PATRICIA GRANT* has been named senior associate dean for the undergraduate program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Grant was previously interim senior associate dean for the past year. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree and an Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
MARIA DE LOURDES DIECK-ASSAD
*MARIA DE LOURDES DIECK-ASSAD* has been appointed vice president for hemispheric and global affairs at the University of Miami. She was previously dean emeritus and distinguished professor of economics at the Graduate School of Business Administration at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM). Dieck-Assad earned a bachelor’s degree from ITESM, a master’s degree from Vanderbilt University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
MIGUEL MARTINEZ-SAENZ
*MIGUEL MARTINEZ-SAENZ* has been named president of St. Francis College. He was previously provost and vice president for academic affairs at Otterbein University. Martinez-Saenz earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida.
JIMMY T. TATE
*JIMMY T. TATE* has been named chief of staff at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Previously, he served as president of Roanoke-Chowan Community College in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Tate earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and an Ed.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
NOBLE MASERU
*NOBLE MASERU* has been named director of the Center for Health Equity at the University of Pittsburgh. He will also be associate dean for diversity and a professor of public health practice. Maseru earned a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University, a master of public health degree from Emory University and a Ph.D. from Clark Atlanta University.
DERIC C. SAVIOR
*DERIC C. SAVIOR* has been appointed head of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center at Temple University Hospital (TUH). Savior previously led the Fox Chase thoracic oncology section at TUH. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Hampton University and an M.D. from MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine.
CRYSTAL DEGREGORY
*CRYSTAL DEGREGORY* has been named director of the Atwood Institute for Race, Education and the Democratic Ideal at Kentucky State University. She is also the founder and executive editor of HBCU story.org. DeGregory earned a bachelor’s degree from Fisk University, a master’s degree from Tennessee State University and another master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.
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