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LESSONS CONCERNING THE FALL: Hard to spot from outer space!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017Part 3—In search of our missing IQs:* Janet Malcolm is enthralled by Rachel Maddow's storytelling. We offer that, not as snark, but as a virtual quote. Malcolm's profile of Maddow in the October 9 New Yorker is entitled thusly: THE STORYTELLER. Throughout the piece, Malcolm enthuses about Maddow's "inimitable" storytelling. Watching Maddow on TV is "an exhilirating experience," our nation's best magazine writer confesses at one point. Early on, she describes herself as "mesmerized" as she watches Maddow each night—though, it must be said, she also says... more »
Hillary Clinton Gets More Support From Harvey Weinstein And Friends per Deadline
'Hillary Clinton Gets More Big Bucks Support From Harvey Weinstein, JLo & Sarah Jessica Parker. Something in the neighborhood of $1.8 million was raised at Harvey Weinstein's star-packed fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in New York City Monday night, sources tell Deadline. The event for 50 or so Clinton supporters at Weinstein's Manhattan home drew some major Hollywood names, including Leonardo DiCaprio,Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Candice Bergen, Bethenny Frankel and designers Vera Wang and Tory Burch.' More here http://deadline.com/2016/06/hillar... more »
That Utah cop who arrested the nurse for doing her job has been fired from the police force.
Courtesy of WKRG: *Authorities say a Utah police officer who was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw has been fired. * *A Salt Lake City Police spokesman said Chief Mike Brown made the decision Tuesday following an investigation into Detective Jeff Payne, who made the arrest that became a flashpoint in the ongoing national conversation about police use of force. * *Body-camera video showed nurse Alex Wubbels explaining hospital policy required a warrant or formal consent to draw blood from the patient injured in a July 26 car cra... more »
Harvey Weinstein Is the True Face of Liberal Hollywood
[image: harvey-weinstein-is-the-true-face-of-liberal-hollywood] Hurricane Harvey — Weinstein, that is — blew into Hollywood and now, it appears, has blown his career. Taken down by his own sexual impropriety, the once omnipotent film executive has just fled to “rehab” and may even face criminal charges. Yet he merely reflects a Tinseltown that, even more than Las Vegas, is the real city of sin.
FBI Labels Black Identity Extremists a Domestic Terror Threat
[image: fbi-labels-black-identity-extremists-a-domestic-terror-threat] A new report by the FBI's counterterrorism division has identified "black identity extremists" (BIEs) as a domestic terror threat. These individuals do not necessarily have ties to any particular group but simply subscribe to a belief system in which law enforcement is perceived as a threat to African Americans and believe violence is a reasonable response to perceptions of police brutality.
Dispute over author order torpedoes paper on syndrome linked to autism
At least one disgruntled co-author has triggered the retraction of a paper presenting a novel approach to treating a rare, genetically inherited condition. The paper concerned research on Fragile X syndrome (FXS), characterized by both intellectual and physical abnormalities, which is linked autism. A compound that passed through phase 2 clinical trials in October 2015 […] The post Dispute over author order torpedoes paper on syndrome linked to autism appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Israeli Spies Spotted Russian Hackers Spying on US Hackers
*The title for this post is the original Skynews headline. * *Original url for the report* *http://news.sky.com/story/israeli-spies-spotted-russian-hackers-spying-on-us-hackers-say-reports-11076341* *Spy vs Spy vs Spy?* *"Israeli intelligence officers were behind a tip-off to US agencies that the Kremlin was using Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus software to steal American hacking tools, US media has reported.* *Kaspersky, which is a Russian business, had been held in high regards by the cybersecurity community until this year when US officials began to call for its software to be prohi... more »
Are the British Preparing to Join NAFTA?
*Curt Mills* *Politics, Europe* [image: Britain's Prime Minster Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London] London might be desperate enough to try to join NAFTA. The British are coming, the British are coming! Or are they? The *Telegraph* reported Tuesday that Theresa May’s government is considering joining NAFTA if the United Kingdom is unable to secure a formal departure deal with the European Union. In the wake of the June 2016 Brexit vote, the prime minister, who succeeded a humiliated David Cameron, has repeatedly insisted no deal is superior to an unfair deal from Brus... more »
Imagine This: Almost Every Russian Warship Armed with Hypersonic Missiles
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * And it could happen. If everything goes according to plan, sometime in the mid-2020s the Russian Navy will adopt an anti-ship cruise missile called the Zircon. It’s a highly maneuverable and hypersonic cruise missile — meaning a weapon capable of traveling at speeds in excess of Mach 5 due to its advanced scramjet engine. Scramjets kick in once the missile has already accelerated to high speeds with the use of a conventional solid-fuel engine. Once zooming through the air, the scramjet sucks in and compresses air already traveling at supersonic ... more »
America Is Building a New Nuclear Missile Submarine That Could Destroy North Korea
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Or any nation--to be exact. *The large, multi-billion dollar deal follows a DoD $203 million modification to an existing deal between the Navy and General Dynamics Electric Boat earlier this year - to begin manufacture of 17 new tactical missile tubes able to fire nuclear-armed Trident II D5 missiles.* The Navy has awarded a $5.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat for Integrated Product and Process Development of the COLUMBIA Class submarine, a next-generation nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines designed to ensure a second-strik... more »
NFL: "No one could damage an industry better then us." Hollywood: "Hold my beer"
Hollywood will not easily recover from Harvey Weinstein -- not for a long time. The hypocrisy level has hit Defcon 1, 9.9 on the Richter scale. Hollywood’s politics have always been a self-serving charade, a liberal masquerade for a rapacious and lubricious lifestyle. But now, thanks to the Weinstein scandal, we see it more clearly than ever. And it couldn't be more repellent. Can you imagine how it’s going to be watching this year’s Oscars as they scoop up awards while making political pronouncements on whatever cause strikes their superficially conventional (but personally sick)... more »
Tomar una rodilla en Honor de un sordo
Taking a knee for a deaf man http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/42185-taking-a-knee-for-a-deaf-man In Spanish below Beyond cultural and demographic genocide (Are Mexicans Indigenous?) this is about a low intensity genocide against this same community, though it is actually bigger against communities of color as a whole. Here is the column on this topic in Spanish. Please share as you see fit. Tomar una rodilla en honor de un sordo por Roberto Rodríguez Tomé una rodilla en honor para Magdiel Sanchez, que llevaba un tubo de cuando murió en septiembre 19, por policías de Oklahoma ... more »
Schools Matter: Preparing the Next Generation of Racists
Schools Matter: Preparing the Next Generation of Racists: Betsy Devos can usually be counted on the embrace school vouchers over charter schools as the preferred method of privatizing public educat... more »
Spanish PM Rajoy gives speech that offers many questions and few answers
If Madrid and Barcelona cannot find common ground and if the EU fails to mediate a settlement, the United Nations may need to intervene. More The post Spanish PM Rajoy gives speech that offers many questions and few answers appeared first on The Duran.
Breaking: Multiple fatalities in triple-suicide terrorist bombing in central Damascus
Two suicide bombers detonated explosives at a police station while a third terrorist exploded a device at a nearby market. More The post Breaking: Multiple fatalities in triple-suicide terrorist bombing in central Damascus appeared first on The Duran.
Preparing the Next Generation of Racists
Betsy Devos can usually be counted on the embrace school vouchers over charter schools as the preferred method of privatizing public education, but there is one notable exception. DeVos and her alt-right handlers from the White House have a special place their "hearts" for online charter schools, which provide parents free rein to educate or miseducate their children in a home school environment. In order to build a future majority of white U. S. nationalists, Trumpists need an education model like online charters in rural areas that allows white supremacist moms and dad the oppo... more »
Horrifying Video Shows Cops Torture Innocent Man With Taser Until He Defecated Himself
[image: taser]A man is suing police for millions after they approached him for no reason and repeatedly tasered him until his bowels released.
A "war on the GOP establishment"? It's about time!
Let me begin by reiterating what I've said many times before: I'm neither a Republican nor a Democrat. I distrust both major political parties in the USA. I regard them as motivated far more by what's good for *them*, than by what's good for the country as a whole. That said, when I read this headline yesterday: *Bannon Declares War On GOP Establishment: "We're Coming After All Of Them And We're Going To Win"* I couldn't help laughing out loud. It's long overdue - and if it leads to civil war within the GOP, and the possible loss of that party's slim Senate majority, *who car... more »
Trump Raises Issue of NFL Tax Breaks
[image: trump-raises-issue-of-nfl-tax-breaks] Taxpayers are helping pay for the NFL protests against the flag, but President Donald Trump is pushing to end such aid.
Help! Government Kidnapped My Child!
[image: help-government-kidnapped-my-child] Child Protective Services has morphed from an agency that prevents the physical abuse of children to one that takes children on politically correct pretexts for federal money.
Trump Administration Rolls Back ObamaCare's Birth Control Mandate
[image: trump-administration-rolls-back-obamacare-s-birth-control-mandate] The Trump administration announced major changes to the ObamaCare contraception mandate granting more protections to companies and organizations whose religious convictions are at odds with the rule.
Now, We Know My Mother Has Flaws, but…
[image: now-we-know-my-mother-has-flaws-but] Americans reflexively utter the same clause when preparing a defense of the United States (against, lamentably, other “Americans”), “Well, I know our country isn’t perfect,” but what country is perfect, or even better?
Hotel Questions Revised Timeline of Las Vegas Massacre
Police say a hotel security guard may have reported Stephen Paddock before he began his shooting rampage.
Eminem Unleashes Lyrical Tirade Against Donald Trump in Awards Video
The White House has not yet responded to the hip hop star's high-profile freestyle rap at the BET Hop Hop Awards.
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From Jenna Orkin A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up in Antarctica Forensic Acoustic Analysis of Las Vegas Shooting Catalan President To Declare "Gradual Independence" On Tuesday Britain Draws Up Plans For War With North Korea Unsealed CIA Memos Provide Shocking 'Salt Pit' Black Site Details Can lawyers be replaced by smart contracts? Kim Jong Un is trying to turn his missile testing location into a tourist hotspot Investigators just changed a key part of the timeline in the Las Vegas shooting One of the worst fires in California's history is ravaging wine country, with a... more »
Iraqi Forces Finish Hawija Now On To Western Anbar Again
The Hawija operation has officially ended. The Iraqi forces are now gearing up to return to west Anbar. The preparations are already underway to liberate the last area of Iraq under Islamic State control. General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah the commander in Hawija announcedthe operation over on October 10. During the fighting, approximately 150 villages were freed, and 385 IS fighters killed. Over 1,000 also surrenderedto the Kurds during the end of the campaign. According to the New York Times, the wali of Hawija told his men to give themselves up to the Peshmerga instead of falli... more »
NBC Report: President Trump Wanted A Tenfold Increase In U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
Fake @NBCNews made up a story that I wanted a "tenfold" increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made up to demean. NBC = CNN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017 *NBC*: *Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military* WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation’s highest-ranking national security leaders, according to three officials who were in the room. Trump’s comments, the officials said, came in... more »
This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 11
1980 Iraq began second attack on Khorramshahr, Iran 1990 Pres Bush decided to give up on sanctions and use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait 1991 Iraq rejected UN Resolution 715 which extended UN weapons inspections and allowed cameras to be installed at former weapons sites 1996 Inspector report to UN Secretary General said Iraq had not fully disclosed its WMD and missile programs 2001 Blair told Bush talk of war with Iraq was undermining war in Afghanistan and Iraq could come later 2002 Putin said he supported new inspections in Iraq ... more »
Officials Reveal Vegas Gunman Was Given Access to Service Elevator at Mandalay Bay
[image: elevator]The question of how Stephen Paddock was able to get 23 guns in the hotel without anyone noticing may have just been answered — the service elevator.
The Issue Of Mueller's Coup Hasn't Changed; Trump May Join China and Russia In The 'New Silk Road'
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20171011-issue-hasnt-changedtrump.pdf With President Trump set to begin a long series of summit meetings in Asia in just three weeks, defeating the attempt to drive him out of office is not a gradual resistance: It is an immediately urgent fight. If the witchhunt now being led by "special counsel" Robert Mueller is stopped, the President may use this trip to advance the agenda which brought him to office, that of essential cooperation for peace with the great powers China and Russia, and of the transformative infrastructure building which can "make America g... more »
Co-founder of California secessionist movement issues statement welcoming Julian Asssange's support from his cozy home in Russia.
Courtesy of Business Insider: *The cofounder of the California separatist group Yes California said in an interview Monday that the group welcomes "the vocal support" of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who recently began tweeting about the California independence campaign known as "Calexit." * *"Ultimately the Calexit vote and its preceding debate will be up to Californians to decide but we welcome the vocal support of Julian Assange, as we would for any individual with the courage to stand up against and defy the powers that be in order to affect positive change in this world,... more »
World News Briefs -- October 11, 2017
*Reuters:* *U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options* SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met top defense officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea. Tensions have soared between the United States and North Korea following a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea has launched two missiles over Japan and conduc... more »
TSIPRAS LEAVES VOLOS TO COME TO LARISA AHEAD OF ILLEGAL SHOW TRIAL TO TURN ME INTO OTTO WARMBIER ONE DAY BEFORE MEETING WITH TRUMP
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may well be on his way to Larisa right now as I type this after visiting Volos early this afternoon. He is set to hold his first meetings in Hotel Imperial on the outskirts of Larisa at 6 pm and give a speech there at 7 30 pm as part […]
Trump holds crisis meeting with military over North Korea
From The Hill President Trump met with his national security team on Tuesday to discuss “a range of options” on North Korea in response to its increasing nuclear ambitions, the White House said. Trump and military officials met to discuss “a range of options to respond to any form of North Korean aggression or, if […]
Russian intel front Kaspersky hacked NSA in 2015
From the Washington Post In 2015, Israeli government hackers saw something suspicious in the computers of a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm: hacking tools that could only have come from the National Security Agency. Israel notified the NSA, where alarmed officials immediately began a hunt for the breach, according to people familiar with the matter, who said […]
Facebook removes 10,000 fake Likes from Sebastian Kurz’s site
Sebastian Kurz’s facebook site tricked users into giving it fake likes, it has emerged. Facebook has removed 10,000 likes because they were bogus. http://derstandard.at/2000065680795/Unregelmaessigkeiten-Facebook-erkennt-Kurz-10-000-Fans-ab
Oct. 11: Christian Terrorism
There was a (brief) pleasure in opening the pages of the irving press today. Norbert Cunningham has at last noticed that climate change is happening - and quickly. And I can agree with him that no government at any level in this province has made any plans for dealing with it. (The last brilliant idea out of our provincial government was to make it worse by building a pipeline.) And Carmel Higgins had a very interesting column on a United Church minister, Greta Vosper, who spoke here about her book, With or Without God. (This is a minister who does not believe in God.) We need more... more »
PBS Still Insists That Climate Change Is Debatable
No matter that the United States has been hit by four hurricanes in just a little over a month, or that northern California is burning up right before our very eyes. In the interest of fairness to the predatory polluters of unfettered capitalism, PBS gave a platform to the worst of the worst on its News Hour Tuesday night. The occasion was the Trump administration's announcement that it will "scale back" the Obama administration's own largely aspirational and relatively weak rollback of carbon emissions from existing power plants by the year 2030. The modest goal was merely to reduc... more »
A journal printed a sharp critique of a paper it had published. If only it had checked with the authors first.
In 2016, researchers published a paper showing that an RNA molecule may be overactive in breast tumor tissue. But after reading the paper, three biologists believed the data supported the opposite conclusion. What happened after that is a tale of misunderstandings and unnecessarily bruised feelings. We’ve seen plenty of cases where researchers ignore criticism, which […] The post A journal printed a sharp critique of a paper it had published. If only it had checked with the authors first. appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Desecration of Sacred San Francisco Peaks Photos by Christine Prat
Desecration of Sacred San Francisco Peaks Photos by Christine Prat Christine Prat, French photographer, is the French translator for Censored News. Christine's photos document the damage to Sacred San Francisco Peaks in September of 2017. San Francisco Peaks are sacred to 13 Indigenous Nations are being devastated for the purpose of tourism by Arizona Snowbowl. An
Taiwan Nephrite and regional trade
Archaeologists have observed the spread of jade out of Taiwan for decades now. This paper from a decade ago shows the extent of the trading links. Text and map from Ancient jades map 3,000 years of prehistoric exchange in Southeast Asia. The abstract observes: We have used electron probe microanalysis to examine Southeast Asian nephrite (jade) artifacts, many archeologically excavated, dating from 3000 B.C. through the first millennium A.D. *The research has revealed the existence of one of the most extensive sea-based trade networks of a single geological material in the prehistor... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 11, 2017
President Xi Jinping of China and Gen. Fang Fenghui in August at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. General Fang apparently was purged soon after this photo was taken. Credit Pool photo by Andy Wong *New York Times:* *Xi Jinping Presses Military Overhaul, and Two Generals Disappear* BEIJING — He was one of China’s most prominent commanders, with hopes of rising higher. So when Gen. Fang Fenghui disappeared from public view, it sent a clear warning to the top leaders of the People’s Liberation Army: President Xi Jinping was not done shaking up their once-unassailable ranks. G... more »
English Version of South Korean Anti-THAAD Film
English version of anti-THAAD 'missile defense' in South Korea documentary. Last night South Korean peace activist Joyakgol arrived here in Bath to participate in our upcoming Maine Peace Walk. He will be here for the full week and then will do a speaking tour in Boston, New Haven & Waterbury, CT and finally in New York City before returning home. While in Maine Joyakgol will briefly speak before the film showing Oct 12 at the Frontier Cinema in Brunswick and then again on Oct 17 at the pot luck supper at the Brunswick Unitarian church. He brought his guitar along and we will ... more »
The Republican Party's 2018 Albatross: Donald J. Trump
Like Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) is retiring from Congress. Easy enough for them to warn the country about the unmitigated disaster unfolding in real time in the Oval Office. Republicans running in 2018 are too scared to. Dent spoke with Katie Tur on MSNBC Monday: "We’ve had a lot of these 'the emperor has no clothes' moments and I’m glad that Sen. Corker has brought voice to this. We are concerned. My colleagues, my Republican colleagues in the House, I know, and Senate, are concerned by much of the dysfunction and disorder and chaos at the White House... W... more »
Turkey rejects all meetings with outgoing US Ambassador as row deepens
Turkey has stated that outgoing US Ambassador John Bass, is no longer a legitimate representative of a foreign state. More The post Turkey rejects all meetings with outgoing US Ambassador as row deepens appeared first on The Duran.
Russia is available to strike peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Russia has made it clear that it seeks peace rather than rivalries in the Middle East. More The post Russia is available to strike peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia appeared first on The Duran.
Court Grants Parental Rights to Pedophile Who Impregnated 12yo Girl During a Violent Rape
[image: rape]A Detroit judge awarded parental and visitation rights to a child's rapist after she gave birth to her son born from his rape.
BANNON HOPES HE CAN WORK THIS DESTROY-THE-GOP SCAM FOR YEARS
I didn't get much in the way of news from this morning's Mike Allen story about Steve Bannon, despite the breathless headline -- "Inside Bannon's Plans for a GOP Civil War." "Bannon vows to support primary challengers against every incumbent Republican senator running for re-election in 2018 — with the sole exception of Ted Cruz"? We knew that. Pledging to reject Mitch McConnell as Senate leader is "becoming a de facto litmus test in Bannon's recruitment"? We knew that, too. And we knew from *The Hill* that Republicans fear Bannon is putting the GOP's majority in the Senate at risk.... more »
US Flies Bombers Over Korean Peninsula
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 11, 2017 The United States Air Force has flown two bombers over the Korean peninsula amid increasing tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. The bombers had taken off from an air force base in Guam. The U-S military said that Japanese and South Korean military aircraft joined the […]
US Destroyer Challenges Beijing’s ‘Excessive Maritime Claims’ in South China Sea – Report
US Destroyer Carries Out Trump’s 4th “Freedom Of Navigation” Operation In South China Sea by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ In a provocation that’s sure to raise eyebrows in Beijing, a US Navy destroyer on Tuesday sailed within 12 miles of Paracel islands in the South China Sea in what appears to be the first US “Freedom of […]
The U.S.- China Spy War Is Getting Hot
*Politico:* *U.S.-China spy games flare* A focus on Russia overshadows Beijing's aggressive tactics, including the kidnapping of a suspected American operative. The sun was setting over Chengdu when they grabbed the American. It was January 2016. The U.S. official had been working out of the American consulate in the central Chinese metropolis of more than 10 million. He may not have seen the plainclothes Chinese security services coming before they jumped him. In seconds he was grabbed off the Chengdu street and thrown into a waiting van. The Chinese officials drove their captiv... more »
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*Do more to admit poorer students, universities told by Scottish government* *Scotland's universities have a deserved reputation for quality. The more students they admit on non-academic grounds, the more that reputation will be threatened. Ironic that a Scottish Nationalist government should be intent on destroying a great Scottish asset* The SNP’s higher education minister has accused some universities of dragging their feet over demands to admit more poor students. Shirley-Anne Somerville also said that parts of the higher education sector were sending a damaging message to y... more »
50 ISIS militants killed by Syrian Army in one day of Al-Mayadeen battle
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:05 P.M.) – Forces of ISIS fighting in and around the terrorist group’s capital of Al-Mayadeen are enduring horrific losses as they attempt to hurl back elite Syrian Arab Army troops storming the city and its surrounding area. According to military sources, the Syrian Army – backed by by Russian airstrikes – killed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US-backed terrorists steal two humanitarian aid convoys
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 PM) – Armed ISIS militants coming from areas under control of US forces and allied rebels have seized and stolen two convoys of medicine and food headed for Syrian settlements, said Russian Defence Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov on Wednesday. According to the Ministry, no less than 300 armed terrorists came in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BREAKING: US drone strike exterminates top Nusra leadership in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:37 P.M.) – A combat drone of the United States Air Force has targeted a gathering of top military leaders for the Al-Qaeda-linked Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) terrorist group. According to sources the USAF drone identified and engaged a Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham headquarters building north of the town of Khan Sheikhoun […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Russian jets devastate ISIS positions, vehicles in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – In assistance of ongoing Syrian Arab Army operations in southern Deir Ezzor Governorate, the Russian warplanes are targeting all identifiable ISIS positions and convoy movements throughout the region. Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Defence released video footage of precision strikes against Islamic State tactical positions and vehicles. With elite Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
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*An extraordinary admission: Temperature baseline unknown* *If you can't say what pre-industrial temperature was, you can't say what rise is "dangerous"* Estimating Changes in Global Temperature since the Preindustrial Period Ed Hawkins et al. Abstract The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process agreed in Paris to limit global surface temperature rise to “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.” But what period is preindustrial? Somewhat remarkably, this is not defined within the UNFCCC’s many agreements and protocols. Nor is it defined in the... more »
The Shocking Reason Why America's Military Has One Weakness (And It Involves China)
*Dean G. Popps* *Security, * We must act now to establish a coherent rare earth policy and end our dependence on China. Our national security relies on our industrial, economic, and agricultural strength to win wars. By the end of WWII, the US was producing a bomber an hour, a ship a day, and was feeding half the world. Combined with our unparalleled American warrior ethos, we unconditionally prevailed in a global struggle involving two massive theatres of operation. When the first atomic bomb was dropped, leading to an almost immediate surrender, our enemies took notice that t... more »
The U.S. Military's Big Weakness: Its Nuclear Tipped ICBMs Are Old
*Constance Douris* *Security, * And they need to be replaced. In order to deter nuclear aggression against its homeland and vital interests, the U.S. must demonstrate that its strategic arsenal is capable of surviving an attack and then retaliating with devastating force against the aggressor. In other words, the losses an attacker would suffer must demonstrably exceed any potential gains. Thus, the paradox of nuclear strategy is that when weapons are postured effectively, they will never be used. We buy and maintain nuclear weapons in the hope they will remain in their submar... more »
Pacific Ocean Seeing One Of The Quietest Typhoon Seasons On Record
By Paul Homewood All of the attention on hurricanes this summer has been in the Atlantic. It may come as a surprise to some then that global cyclone activity has been pretty much normal so far this year: http://wx.graphics/tropical/ In fact, the North Atlantic is the only region where ACE […]
Russian intel front Kaspersky hacked NSA in 2015
From the Washington Post In 2015, Israeli government hackers saw something suspicious in the computers of a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm: hacking tools that could only have come from the National Security Agency. Israel notified the NSA, where alarmed officials immediately began a hunt for the breach, according to people familiar with the matter, who said … Continue reading Russian intel front Kaspersky hacked NSA in 2015
Random Thoughts
*A Viking Dog's Life* Being a dog under normal circumstances in the present is like being a small child that never grows up. Or if you live in Korea, you'll end up the main course in a BBQ meal. (different cultures, different customs) However, if you were a Viking Dog, you fought in the shield wall and were turned loose on the enemy and tear them up with your fangs. (not unlike LSP's dog, Blue Avenger, who did that to the FEDEX man and was put into dog custody) When your master died, you were dispatched to take out his enemies on the 'other side'. Viking Dogs Followed Their Master... more »
Mr. Trump, Choose Your Own Adventure
This post comes to us from Rupal N. Mehta, Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an alumna of Bridging the Gap’s New Era Workshop and International Policy Summer Institute (Twitter @Rupal_N_Mehta); and Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark, Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a […]
Losing Its Moxie
Things have not been going well for the Trudeau government of late. Tim Harper catalogues its problems: Nowhere has the gap between expectations and delivery been wider than on Indigenous reconciliation, part of a sweeping series of pledges Trudeau made on the campaign trail. Despite a commitment to end all drinking water advisories on reserves within five years, the government says there were still 41 short-term advisories as of Aug. 31 and 103 advisories that have been in place for more than a year. The statistics do not include British Columbia. The Enquiry Into Murdered And ... more »
Is North Korea About To Upstage China's Communist Party Congress When It Starts Next Week?
© REUTERS/ KCNA *Bloomberg: **North Korea May Fire Short-Range Rockets Next Week, Daily Says* North Korea is preparing to fire multiple short-range rockets around the opening of the Chinese Communist Party’s twice-a-decade congress on Oct. 18, a South Korean daily newspaper reported. The South Korean and U.S. militaries have recently spotted about 30 Scud rockets being moved from Hwangju, south of the capital Pyongyang, to a missile maintenance facility in the western coastal city of Nampo, the Seoul-based Asia Business Daily said, citing an unidentified person. While launching d... more »
Islamic State Fighters In Yemen Are Kicked In The Groin In A New Recruitment Propaganda Video
They're nuts: An image from an ISIS propaganda video shows ISIS recruits being kicked in the genitals at a terrorist training camp in Yemen *Daily Mail:* *Privates on parade: ISIS fighters are lined up and kicked in the groin in bizarre new propaganda video* * Pictures from an ISIS training camp video sees recruits kicked in the groin * The baffling practice could be a way to boast of their ability to endure pain * They show the Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani training camp in Yemen * Civil war in Yemen has allowed ISIS to establish itself in the country ISIS have found a new way of... more »
OK, that's some clever carving!
I woke up this morning to find that three readers had independently sent me this picture. I don't know its source. A clever design and great execution. It's a pity it was left attached to the stump . . . that would look great in a museum or exhibition, or even in someone's home as a central talking point. Peter
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Stephanie Levitz reports on new polling showing an increasing number of Canadians self-identifying as part of the working class or poor, while also seeing little room for optimism about their futures. And Jared Bernstein offers his analysis as to why wages are remaining stagnant south of the border. - Randy Shore writes about the growing gap between the cost of living and the wages employers are willing to pay - though it's hard to have much sympathy for businesses on the latter point. And Amelia Gentleman notes that more than hal... more »
Today's KKK roundup.
KKK flyers threatening to beat black men who 'make eyes' at white girls show up in Jax neighborhoods. STORY: https://t.co/hcKk1BvYyV pic.twitter.com/t5kcC3Cxhv — First Coast News (@FCN2go) October 9, 2017 Courtesy of Raw Story: *Multiple neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Florida were littered with KKK recruiting fliers that make specific threats against black men who they catch “‘making eyes’ at a white girl.” * *As Jacksonville’s First Coast News reports, the city has seen Klan fliers before, but these differ from the norm with their “specific threats.” * *“Notice to all (N-word):... more »
How Deep is the Corruption in DC?...
*forget the swamp - this is more like quicksand. * Sharyl Attkisson sits down with U.S. Representative Ken Buck from Colorado's 4th congressional district. During this brief video, Buck explains to Attkisson exactly how Washington works, and you're not going to like what you hear. No siree. Up to 40% off *Furniture, Kitchen, Outdoors* at Amazon. Some really good deals!
Iran's Obligations and Compliance to the JCPOA
With the Trump Administration threatening Iran on a more-or-less regular basis, I thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at Iran and how it is adhering to the deal which came into effect on October 18, 2015 (the Adoption Day), 90 days after the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) came into effect. The deal which was negotiated by the P5+1(China, France Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) which is formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, allows for the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions according t... more »
Austria says JCPOA (Iran deal) will remain even if US withdraws
Apart from the US, all other parties to the JCPOA seek to keep the deal in place. More The post Austria says JCPOA (Iran deal) will remain even if US withdraws appeared first on The Duran.
FOX News reports that Trump will pull out of Iran nuclear deal (Video)
President Trump may not re-certify Obama’s Iran nuclear deal. More The post FOX News reports that Trump will pull out of Iran nuclear deal (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Autism and the Mark of Thimerosal – a Hypothesis
By John Stone This is a simple observation, which may help to explain where we have been and where we are going with autism epidemic. I have made the comment privately a few times recently and posted it on-line to...
The US Government Believes That Flu Shots In Babies Are Safe, But Flu Shots On The Ground Is Terrorism.
By Ginger Taylor Shelley Hendrix, formerly of Autism Speaks, and currently with Unlocking Autism, shares her story of asking for a permit to protest vaccine safety in front of the Department of Health and Human Services building, by squirting a...
Trump fundraising committee uses Mike Pence's NFL walkout to raise money.
Mike Pence walkout 'stunt' at NFL game after players kneel 'cost at least $250,000' #PenceResignhttps://t.co/cVi8ITCxQz — Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 8, 2017 Courtesy of Bloomberg: *President Donald Trump’s joint fundraising committee sent an email Monday asking donors to show support for Vice President Mike Pence’s decision to leave an NFL game in Indianapolis after some members of the San Francisco 49ers kneeled during the national anthem. * *The solicitation from the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, which jointly raises money for Trump’s presidential campaign comm... more »
Venezuela's Inflation Rate May Rise Beyond 2,300% In 2018
*Bloomberg:* *IMF Says Venezuela's Inflation Rate May Rise Beyond 2,300% in 2018* * Next year’s price estimate increased from a previous 2,069% * GDP estimates for 2017, 2018 revised down to 12% and 6% Venezuela’s triple-digit annual inflation rate is set to jump to more than 2,300 percent in 2018, the highest estimate for any country tracked by the International Monetary Fund. An intensifying political crisis that’s spiraled since 2014 has weighed heavily on economic activity. Gross domestic product is expected to contract 6 percent next year, after shrinking an estimated 12 perc... more »
Greg Hunter, “Massive Global Defaults Coming”
*“Massive Global Defaults Coming”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “Money manager Michael Pento says President Trump sent a profound financial message to Wall Street and Main Street when he said $74 billion in Puerto Rican debt needed to be “wiped out.” Pento, who is also an economist, explains, “What I find very striking is that Trump said, very honestly, we’re going to get rid of that. We’re going to abrogate it. We’re going to cancel that debt. So, he’s telling private creditors, Goldman Sachs, pension funds and individual bond holders, you’re going to get close to, if not exac... more »
Czech president's pragmatism too much for Ukraine
*...and a new wave of anti-Russian hysteria in the West...* Czech president Miloš Zeman has given a talk in the Council of Europe – a human-rights organization covering European countries including Ukraine and Russia – in Strasbourg. He repeated that the sanctions against Russia are counterproductive. Zeman asked his guards to "remove the Czech Television cameraman, otherwise I will kill him" ("I will kill him" is obviously just the standard slang for "he raises my subjective level of dissatisfaction") which created some extra responses. But aside from his description of links betw... more »
This 13-Year-Old Indigenous Girl Has Been Nominated for a Global Peace Prize
Peltier has been recognized internationally for her work. In 2015, she was invited to the Children's Climate Conference in Sweden. Autumn Peltier already has years of advocacy behind her. She’s met the prime minister, she’s attended the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly and she’s marched on the highway in the name of water protection. At just 13 years old, Peltier is now a nominee for the International Children’s Peace Prize. The 151 nominees for the International Children’s Peace Prize were recently announced and the only Canadian candidate is this Anishinaabe teen ... more »
Was Angelina Jolie A Pentagon Operative In Africa?
It should now be taken for granted that many Western celebrities are at the very least cooperating with US “deep state” infowar operations,
From Tex Mex to Mex Tech: A Study of Northern Inattention
In America two narratives about Mexico dominate. First, chiefly emanating from anti-immigrant ideologues who usually have never been here, holds that Mexicans have low IQs and cannot function at other than a primitive level. Breitbart News and something called Vdare … Continue reading →
US Navy Destroyer Sails Near Islands In The South China Sea Claimed By China
USS Chafee, a US Navy destroyer which operates 100 percent on biofuel, sails about 150 miles (241 km) north of the island of Oahu during the RIMPAC Naval exercises off Hawaii July 18,2012. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry *Reuters:* *Exclusive: U.S. warship sails near islands Beijing claims in South China Sea - U.S. officials* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, three U.S. officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperation in dealing with North Korea’s missile and nucl... more »
Hollywood promotes war on behalf of the Pentagon, CIA and NSA
We always knew they often got involved but never to this degree. But then i have sorted out that the whole Star Trek universe was informed by real information from ET in the first place. None of that universe was already described in the extant SF library which i can assure you i have largely read. It was also too good a job and too consistent with what we have since discovered. The only obvious red herring is the transporter. It needs to be a directional wormhole to do what is claimed. Assembling and Disassembling would require something else. . *Documents expose how U... more »
Evidence of Ancient Megalithic Culture in Massachusetts Revealed For the First Time
*[image: Evidence of Ancient Megalithic Culture in Massachusetts Revealed For the First Time]* All this was fully understood by Barry Fell some forty years ago and fully written up in his book America BC. He was roundly ignored by the Archaeology crowd. Our own work has long since established the Atlantean Bronze Age from 2500 BC at least to 1159 BC. This inspired European and Mediterranean peoples to form communities in the Mississippi valley. They also established communities throughout the whole Eastern seaboard as well. It is obvious that the Celts concentrated in New... more »
Facts Don’t Change People’s Minds. Here’s What Does
If facts mattered, the Global Warming Meme would have been still born. In the nonce, some facts were deftly manipulated to support a massive global propaganda machine that set out to convince a global population of a conjecture that naturally permitted the promotion of serious economic decisions. The actual facts when simply placed back in their proper context, even with the manipulation, proved nothing simply because enough data could never exist to prove the conjecture at all. That would demand centuries of data. It is very difficult to change opinions with even a pattern of... more »
More Doctors Confessing To Intentionally Diagnosing Healthy People With Cancer To Make Money
Of course this is inevitable when the whole treatment spectrum is tilted by what are at best bribes. Why do few doctors actually challenge a system that essentially beats up their patients for a couple of years before they are sent home to die? At the same time we have ample data supporting better protocols that at worst will perhaps allow the patient to die with dignity. Just converting to a vegan diet will help. It is not what the patient wants but it is still a huge improvement and may allow support protocols to win the day. Then we have the exce... more »
Flanked By South Korean And Japanese Fighters U.S. B-1 Bombers Fly Over The Korean Peninsula Again
*Reuters:* *U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options* SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met with top defense officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea. Tensions have soared between the United States and North Korea following a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. In recent weeks, North Korea has launched two missiles... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*-by Noah* Poor little cloying, Trump-worshiping, kiss-ass snowflake Pence. Playing the *Simpson's* Smithers to Donald Trump's evil corporate pig Mr. Burns, Mike Pence was so offended by people kneeling to protest racial inequality, injustice, and police brutality that he did his master's bidding and walked out of a NFL game on Sunday. His enduring love for his boss made it so easy. Being Señor Trumpanzee's number 2, he gladly staged his boss's requested publicity stunt by going to an Indianapolis Colts game intending to walk out in a huff as soon as someone dared to exercise a ri... more »
VIDEO: FBI Caught Lying To The American People About Vegas Massacre
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 10, 2017 Excerpts from the different press conferences held by LVPD and FBI show that their official story has more holes than swiss cheese end
11-Year-Old Palestinian Shot in the Head with Rubber Bullet During Raid in Shufat by Israel
11-Year-Old Palestinian Shot in the Head with Rubber Bullet During Raid in Shufat by Israel by http://www.maannews.com/ JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Three Palestinians, including an 11-year-old boy, were injured Monday evening when Israeli forces raided Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, sparking violent clashes. – The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the child was evacuated in […]
New York Times Reveals That “Russia Ads” Were Mostly Made By Americans
New York Times Reveals That “Russia Ads” Were Mostly Made By Americans by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ The more details that emerge about Russia’s “sophisticated” efforts to sway the November election in favor of President Donald Trump, the more ridiculous Sen. Mark Warner’s aggressive rhetoric sounds. But instead of fading away, upcoming testimony from Facebook, Twitter and […]
Official Statement by the Catalan President on the Political Situation in Catalonia, Barcelona, 10 October 2017
“10-10-2017 23.08 Official Statement by the President on the political situation in Catalonia I stand here before Parliament to present … Continue reading →
Catalonia: Pirates 1, The Spanish Armada 0
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588, Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1796, “Published on Thursday, October 05, 2017 by … Continue reading →
President Trump Discussing 'Range Of Options' On North Korea With His Security Team
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence; White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert, left; Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke, background-right, and FEMA Administrator Brock Long, right, speaks with Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo A. Rossello, Tuesday, September 26, 2017, on a video teleconference in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on the latest Hurricane Maria relief and recovery efforts for the island. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) *The Hill:* *Trump discusses 'range of options' on Nor... more »
DONALD TRUMP; EDWARD HEATH
Steve Pieczenik admits that Trump organised the Las Vegas attack of 1 October 2017. *HEATH AND ROTHSCHILDS; BIN LADEN*. ~~
Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “My Silent Knowing”
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “My Silent Knowing” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f__Ml77XTQ
Tweets For Today
Cal Fire map screenshot at 5 pm. For updates go to https://t.co/BJXHoZlpfF #napafire #sonomafires #CanyonFire2 pic.twitter.com/KeH2uQhJta — Visions of Napa (@VisionsOfNapa) October 11, 2017 Yet another #Taliban propaganda video showing aftermath of group's fighters overrunning a base in Ghazni province, #Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/AFtd16pK2P — Long War Journal (@LongWarJournal) October 10, 2017 House intel committee subpoenas firm behind Trump-Russia dossier https://t.co/o0DOyqycRl — Fox News (@FoxNews) October 11, 2017 My great honor to host the 2017 back-to-back #StanleyCup Ch... more »
The Harvey Weinstein Scandal Continues To 'Rock' Hollywood, The Main Stream Media, And Washington
*Ronan Farrow, New Yorker:* *From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories* Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive. Since the establishment of the first studios a century ago, there have been few movie executives as dominant, or as domineering, as Harvey Weinstein. As the co-founder of the production-and-distribution companies Miramax and the Weinstein Company, he helped to reinvent the model for independent films, with movies such as “Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” “The English Pati... more »
Picture Of The Day
*Rocket Systems* U.S. soldiers prepare two M270 multiple launch rocket systems during a certification live-fire training exercise at Rocket Valley, Cheorwon, South Korea, Sep. 25, 2017. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Field Artillery Brigade. Army photo by Sgt. Michelle U. Blesam *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *U.S. Soldiers Fire Rocket System in South Korea* (US Department of Defense).
7 points which expose Western governments’ hypocrisy on the issue of Catalan independence
Western policy towards independence movements is cynical and based on expediency rather than principle More The post 7 points which expose Western governments’ hypocrisy on the issue of Catalan independence appeared first on The Duran.
"No Rainbow..."
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears." - John Vance Cheney
The Poet: Maya Angelou, "When Great Trees Fall"
*"When Great Trees Fall"* "When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their... more »
Investigation Shows Trump Transition Ignored Ethics Officials and Refused to Cooperate with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
“It is outrageous that President Trump’s transition team and Vice President Pence’s office in the White House refused to even … Continue reading →
“Long Thinking, Deep Thoughts, Profound Questions”
*“Long Thinking, Deep Thoughts, Profound Questions”* by Bronte Baxter "Have you ever wondered why some people are brilliant, capable of making new connections in thought that are regarded as genius by others? And why most people are followers, in awe of brilliance, but not original thinkers themselves? Is it really that some are gifted with that much extra intelligence, or is it a difference in the way we use our intelligence? Creative thinkers, leaders in the realm of ideas, are those who know how to think long thoughts, to sustain a mental question long enough to reach the end of... more »
"Poof!"
"Some people center the universe around themselves; while making other people nothing but decorations to their existence. "I will do this and then I will do that and then people will think this about me and then people will think that about me, and then I will add that person to my life when the convenient time arrives, and this person over here would make a very convenient addition as well..." They build their own thrones for themselves, and add decorations all around their thrones. The problem with that is: it does not bring happiness. A throne must be built *for* you; it must no... more »
Iran Threatens 'Crushing' Response If The U.S. Labels The Revolutionary Guards A Terrorist Organisation And De-Certifies The Nuclear Deal
*FOX News:* *Iran threatens 'crushing' response as Trump takes aim at nuclear deal* Tehran is firing rhetorical warning shots at the United States as President Trump prepares to announce what is expected to be a tougher policy toward Iran, including possibly declining to 're-certify' the 2015 nuclear deal and designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. In the runup to the decision, Iranian officials have threatened consequences if Trump targets the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC. “I hope that the U.S. ruling body would not make th... more »
Syrian Army scores big advance inside Deir Ezzor City
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored another big advance in the Deir Ezzor Governorte this week after launching a large-scale assault inside the provincial capital on Tuesday. Backed by heavy airstrikes from their Russian counterparts, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions at the Al-‘Arfi District, capturing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
"Positive Dissociation, And Its Importance: "Losing Yourself" in a Fictional Character Can Affect Your Real Life"
*"Positive Dissociation, And Its Importance:* * "Losing Yourself" in a Fictional Character Can Affect Your Real Life"* by The Ohio State University "When you "lose yourself" inside the world of a fictional character while reading a story, you may actually end up changing your own behavior and thoughts to match that of the character, a new study suggests. Researchers at Ohio State University examined what happened to people who, while reading a fictional story, found themselves feeling the emotions, thoughts, beliefs and internal responses of one of the characters as if they were the... more »
Would You Admire Schumer If Bannon Was Actually A DSCC Plant?
Yesterday, one of the junior Harvey Weinstein types fired by the Trumpanzee Regime early on, Jason Miller, was on CNN to say that "if Senator Corker is retiring and he doesn't want to be in the U.S. Senate and he doesn't want to support President Trump and doesn’t want to support such basic conservative principles, he should just resign." And he knows just which Nazi-supporting Republican he wants in Corker's place: "Let the governor of Tennessee go and appoint a conservative like Marsha Blackburn, the congresswoman who’s running to replace Senator Corker and get somebody in there... more »
8 Organic Halloween Treats Kids Will Love
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. Just seeing our kids in costume and how happy they are bring’s a sparkle to the eye. The scariest part about Halloween for The Drs. Wolfson is all the junk candy the kids are given as treats that harm their health. It does NOT have to be this […] The post 8 Organic Halloween Treats Kids Will Love appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.
In Latin America, is there a link between abortion rights and democracy?
Larissa Arroyo Navarrete, Professor of Human Rights, University of Costa Rica at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
Seventy-five percent of all abortions in Latin America are illicit. In Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, where abortion is totally illegal, the bans correlate with a generalized failure of the rule of law.
What hundreds of American public libraries owe to Carnegie's disdain for inherited wealth
Arlene Weismantel, Senior Associate Director, Libraries, Michigan State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
One reason why the steel magnate spent so much of his fortune building libraries across the nation and abroad is that he saw handing large fortunes to the next generation as a waste of money.
Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Black Is’ by The Last Poets
The NFL commissioner and owners of NFL teams are moving at this hour to restrict and clamp down on football players, who are predominantly black, so they do not protest during the national anthem. This is happening as former coaches like Mike Ditka babble on about not knowing of any The post Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Black Is’ by The Last Poets appeared first on Shadowproof.
President Trump To Announce His Iran Strategy This Week
*Reuters: **Trump to announce broad Iran strategy this week: White House* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will make an announcement this week on an “overall Iran strategy,” including whether to decertify the international deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, the White House said on Tuesday. “He’ll make that later this week,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters when asked about the certification decision and the administration’s broader strategy on Iran. Trump, who has called the 2015 pact agreed between Iran and six world powers an “embarrass... more »
‘We Don’t Want Macron’s Budget’ German MEP Says French Leader’s Plan Will FRACTURE The EU
Macron (wink wink): “That’s the plan for the collapse of the EU and the unveiling of the 10 nations federation, United States of Europe. Order Out of Chaos!” – ‘We Don’t Want Macron’s Budget’ German MEP Says French Leader’s Plan Will FRACTURE The EU by ALIX CULBERTSON, http://www.express.co.uk/ A LEADING German MEP has rejected Emmanuel Macron’s Eurozone […]
Flashback 2001: Dr. Carol Rosin Reveals the Illuminati’s Satanic Plan — “Then there would be Terrorists … Rogue Nations … Asteriods … the Last Card is the Extraterrestrial Threat”!
Rogue Nations ie. North Korea … The Satanic methods are: subtlety and deception! – Revelation 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 13:14 And he […]
Britain Draws Up A Plan For War With North Korea
Britain Draws Up A Plan For War With North Korea by Mac Slavo, October 9th, 2017, SHTFplan.com While the United States remains distracted and divided, Great Britain draws up plans for an upcoming war with North Korea. Tossing major issues aside, Americans have all but forgotten that the world stands on the precipice of World War 3. – […]
Trump Summons Generals To War Room After Hawaii Students Get “In The Event Of A Nuclear Attack” Email
Trump Summons Generals To War Room After Hawaii Students Get “In The Event Of A Nuclear Attack” Email by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Here is what not to do when addressing your student population at a time when tensions with a nuclear-armed adversary are running at fever pitch: send an email to the student population with the subject title “in […]
‘Every Eventuality’: British PM Hints at ‘No-Deal Brexit’, Insists Govt is Ready
RT Published on Oct 10, 2017 Britain’s PM May has warned the country must prepare to quit the EU without a deal, if it can’t agree with Brussels on how to exit. That’s after months of frustrating talks with the EU have failed to produce an agreement. RT’s Polly Boiko reports. end
O’Keefe Strikes Again, Catches NYT Editors On Hidden Camera: “Targeting Trump’s Businesses, His Dumb F**k Of A Son”
O’Keefe Strikes Again, Catches NYT Editors On Hidden Camera: “Targeting Trump’s Businesses, His Dumb F**k Of A Son” by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Update: The New York Times has just responded to the latest Project Veritas bombshell by dismissing the target of the undercover video, Nick Dudich, as a “recent hire” in a “junior position” who “misrepresented his role.” […]
German intelligence: Iran Attempted To Purchase Illegal Nuclear Technology 32 Times.
A nuclear deal has been in place with Iran since 2015 *Asia Times*: *Iran attempted purchase of illegal nuclear technology 32 times: German agency* According to three Germany intelligence reports, Iran tried to obtain illicit technology for nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles on 32 separate occasions. The new intelligence was disclosed ahead of Trump’s announcement Thursday on whether he will decertify the nuclear deal. The reports reveal that Iran made “32 procurement attempts … that definitely or with high likelihood were undertaken for the benefit of proliferation programs.”... more »
Spellings: Affordability Is Families’ No.1 Concern Regarding College
Containing college costs and streamlining financial aid must be at the forefront of the nation’s higher education agenda, University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings said Tuesday.
Experts: Time for Plan to Aid Underserved Students
A report released last month by American College Testing showed that only nine percent of underserved students were strongly ready for college as demonstrated by 2017 test scores.
Harper-Marinick Readily Shares ‘Gift’ of Providing Educational Opportunity
Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick invested her entire career in Maricopa Community College District, working her way up through the ranks to her current position as chancellor.
Police: Student Confessed to Killing Texas Tech Campus Cop
DALLAS — A Texas Tech University student confessed to killing a campus police officer who had been booking him on a drug possession charge, telling detectives he had done “something illogical” and that “he was the one that shot their friend,” an investigator said. In an affidavit released Tuesday, Det. Thomas Bonds of the Lubbock […]
TPPF Applauds Decision to Repeal Clean Power Plan
Content Multimedia - 1 day ago
By Chip Roy, Robert Henneke Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation praised the Trump Administration’s decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era job-killing regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. The result will mean greater reliability of the country’s electrical grid and protect Americans from skyrocketing energy costs.
More Details On How Far FBI Will Go To Control Its Image In Cinema
Documents show the FBI expects filmmakers or television producers to cooperate with their requests for script changes or else they will deny support. The post More Details On How Far FBI Will Go To Control Its Image In Cinema appeared first on Shadowproof.
"Home Depot Panics Over Millennials; Forced To Host Tutorials On Using Tape Measures, Hammering Nails”
*"Home Depot Panics Over Millennials; Forced To Host * *Tutorials On Using Tape Measures, Hammering Nails”* by Tyler Durden "As wall street analysts celebrate the coming of age of the millennial generation, a group of young people who were supposed to lead another revolutionary wave of consumerism if only they could work long enough to escape their parents' basement, retailers like Home Depot are panicked about selling into what will soon be America's largest demographic...but not for the reasons you might think. While avocado resellers like Whole Foods only have to worry about cre... more »
Vegas Cops Change Their Story: Paddock Shot Security Guard BEFORE Mass Shooting
By Jon Rappoport Huge can of new worms… LA Times: “Police said Paddock fired 200 rounds into the hallway” wounding a hotel security guard. LA... more »
Free Download: Howard Zinn, “A People’s History of the United States, 1492-Present”
"Since its original landmark publication in 1980, “A People’s History of the United States” has been chronicling American history from the bottom up. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, “A People’s History” is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America’s women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country’s greatest battles - the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, ... more »
In A Much Anticipated Speech Catalan President Puigdemont’s Says He Has A 'Mandate' For Independence, But Calls For Talks With Madrid
*Reuters:* *Catalonia baulks at formal independence declaration to allow talks* BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of immediate unrest in the heart of the euro zone. In a much-anticipated speech to the Catalan parliament, ringed by thousands of protesters and hundreds of armed police, Carles Puigdemont made only a symbolic declaration, claiming a mandate to launch secession but suspending any formal steps to that e... more »
“Science Tells Us This Is All True”
*“Science Tells Us This Is All True”* by Simon Black "On April 30, 1934, under pressure from Italian-American lobby groups, the United States Congress passed a law enshrining Columbus Day as a national holiday. President Franklin Roosevelt quickly signed the bill into law, and the very first Columbus Day was celebrated in October of that year. Undoubtedly people had a different view of the world back then… and a different set of values. Few cared about the plight of the indigenous who were wiped out as a result of European conquest. Even just a few decades ago when I was a kid in ... more »
Frank Sinatra Had The Perfect Message For Señor Trumpanzee
I was just starting to think about what high school would be like when Frank Sinatra started Reprise Records... as a refuge for himself and for his pals from the tyranny of the major record labels. Reprise was a label founded on the basis of real artist freedom. I only met him a couple of times and never got to know him at all, but I was the next CEO of Reprise after Sinatra-- after a long interregnum. By then it was a owned by Warner Bros which, in 1987, decided to revive it as a full-fledged label. I never for a minute lost sight of Sinatra's original intent and did my best to ... more »
Global CO2 2015 vs 1950
Originally posted on sunshine hours: 1950: USA 43% of global CO2 2015: USA 14% of global CO2
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 282 – 2017
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
Is ‘Antifa’ Planning a Civil War?
Despite what random people might say in homemade YouTube videos, they offer no proof that any anti-fascist groups are planning even a skirmish.
NFL may force players to stand for the National Anthem. So much for the land of the free.
JUST IN: In letter to NFL owners, Roger Goodell says: "We believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem." pic.twitter.com/iveGOQgJnz — NBC News (@NBCNews) October 10, 2017 Courtesy of WaPo: *NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that team owners will discuss a plan when they meet next week for dealing with the raging national controversy over players’ protests during the national anthem, adding that while the league respects the right of its players to express their opinions, it believes they should stand during the playing of the anthem. * *While stopping short... more »
The U.S. Military's Nightmare: Stealth, Aircraft Carriers and Submarines Are Obsolete?
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, * Could it be true? *First off, when it comes to America’s carriers, it should be noted that no one really knows how deadly China’s anti-ship missiles, especially at long-ranges, would be in a real firefight. For example, can Beijing find a U.S. carrier in the massive Pacific Ocean? Can they defeat American missile defenses? And as for the case of the dangers poised to advanced submarines, at least as of now, such threats are more on the drawing board than a clear and present danger. As for the challenges posed to stealth, that seems a more realis... more »
How North Korea Would Wage a Nuclear War (And Kill Millions of People)
*TNI Staff* *Security, Asia* How would Kim do it? If the United States and North Korea went to war, what kinds of targets would Pyongyang want to strike with its nuclear arsenal? While the idea of a full-blown nuclear war on the Korean peninsula is disquieting, the fact is—given President Donald Trump’s recent tweets—such a conflict might not simply be theoretical exercise. In August, the *Washington Post*—citing Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) analyses—suggested that North Korea has 60 nuclear warheads in his arsenal. However, if one were to assume that the DIA has grossly o... more »
The U.S. Military Needs to Be Ready to Wage 3 Very Different Types of Wars
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Can Washington do it? As rival powers rise to challenge the United States, the Pentagon is faced with the problem of how to face down a spectrum of challenges that range from nuclear deterrence, to high-end conventional wars to the low-end counterinsurgency fights. The United States military has to be able to do all three of those things at the same time, but the question for the Pentagon is how. “This is our problem statement,” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told an audience at the Association of the U.S. Army Exposition on Oct. 9. “How to maintain ... more »
Hit Hezbollah in the Wallet
*Yaya J. Fanusie, Alex Entz* *Security, Middle East* [image: Women wave Hezbollah flags as they watch Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appear on a screen during a live broadcast to speak to his supporters at an event marking Resistance and Liberation Day in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon] From Latin America to Tehran, there are plenty of steps U.S. policymakers can take today. This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. designation of Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist organization. As Congress gears up to consider a new Hezbollah sanctions bill, it should ca... more »
Why America Can't Win Its Revenge War in Afghanistan
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* [image: U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, B battery 2-8 field artillery, fire a howitzer artillery piece at Seprwan Ghar forward fire base in Panjwai district, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan] How did the war in Afghanistan, which started with a noble purpose, transition from the “good war” to the unending war? For the vast majority of Americans, this past Saturday was just another day on the calendar. College football fans streamed into stadiums across the nation to watch their favorite teams, friends met up for a drink ... more »
The Future of the U.S. Navy—Greater Partnership with Private Industry
*Matthew Krull* *Security, North America* [image: Pacific Ocean (Aug. 13, 2005) – The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), the guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), and USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) underway during a formation exercise with Destroyer Squadron Fifteen.] The U.S. Navy must increase partnership and coordination with private industry to leverage commercial expertise, knowledge, and experience to address challenges. To improve readiness, capabi... more »
Did Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Derail the U.S. Economy?
*Samuel Rines* *Politics, North America* [image: Sheets of Lincoln five dollar bill are inspected with magnifying glass at Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington] The U.S. economy continues to march on—despite recent natural disasters. Economists can be overly confident. In the latest example of accidental hubris, economists claimed Hurricane’s Harvey and Irma would derail the U.S. economy. This turned out, in many instances, to be simply untrue. Instead, the U.S. economy generally marched on unperturbed. Of course, there have been data points here and there that the hurr... more »
Will Donald Trump's Twitter War Spark a Nuclear War?
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* Kim has mastered the art of the florid threat, but will it trigger Trump to strike? Secretary of State Rex Tillerson insists that contrary to news reports he did not consider resigning. However, he failed to deny that he called the president a moron. President Donald Trump returned the favor in his own unique way. Secretary Tillerson recently indicated that America is “probing” North Korea for “lines of communication” regarding possible negotiations. Indeed, added Tillerson, “We can talk to them; we do talk to them.” But then the president declare... more »
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