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| English: Mediterranean Sea, oriental basin (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| A flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans) in the Mediterranean east of Crete, Greece, approx. depth of 3–5 m (10–16 ft). Français : Un dactyloptère (Dactylopterus volitans) dans la mer Méditerranée à Ostkreta, en Grèce, à environ 3-5m de profondeur, encore dénommé hirondelle de mer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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Healthy watersheds help stem deadly childhood diseases downstream
Children living in river basins whose watersheds have greater tree
cover are less likely to experience diarrhoeal disease, the second
leading cause of death among children under the age of five, according
to a global study released today, supported by WWF. Studying 300,000
children in 35 countries across Africa, Southeast Asia, South America
and the Caribbean, the University of Vermont-led resear
Artificial nests aim to increase Shy Albatross breeding success
Specially built mudbrick and aerated concrete artificial nests,
airlifted on to Bass Strait's Albatross Island in a trial program aimed
at increasing the breeding success of the Tasmanian Shy Albatross,
appear to have been accepted by the vulnerable sea-birds, early
monitoring is showing. A co-operative effort – which brought together
wildlife and funding partners from WWF-Australia with support
The Mediterranean Sea: incomparable wealth in steep decline
Rome, Italy – Along its 46,000km coastline, the Mediterranean Sea
supports around 150 million people living along its shores. The report
Reviving the Economy of the Mediterranean Sea: Actions for a sustainable
future , launched today, shows that the Mediterranean Sea plays a
fundamental role in the region's economy but that the sea's underlying
natural asset base – which supports much of the econ
French-led Global Pact for the Environment opportunity to strengthen momentum on climate action
NEW YORK (19 September 2017 ) – As climate change, biodiversity loss
and environmental degradation continue to impact the wellbeing of
millions worldwide, the Global Pact for the Environment, presented by
French President Emmanuel Macron at the UN General Assembly today,
should enjoy the support of all world leaders, urges WWF. The
initiative, first announced at a conference in Paris in June, off
New IPCC report to include science of attributing extreme events to climate change
BERLIN, Germany (11 September 2017 ) - The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) has approved the outlines of its Sixth Assessment
Report (AR6) at a meeting in Montreal this week. Dr Stephen Cornelius,
Chief Adviser on Climate Change at WWF-UK said: "IPCC Assessment Reports
are the authoritative source of information on climate change. The
wide-ranging reports cover all aspects of clim
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Where has JonDon gone?
Regular readers of this blog will, perhaps, be interested in the latest
Jon Donnison news. I just heard him now on PM reporting on the Uber
story. Yes, the great man has abandoned his beloved Gazan shore and his
far -from-beloved Australian shore and has been posted back to Blighty.
I'm sure he'll be his usual 'impartial' self in London (and, yes, that's
sarcasm).
Recommended Reading
For more on Nick Robinson's 'Ain't the BBC wonderful?' speech ,
delivered at the Nick Robinson Self-Appreciation Society, please take a
read of News-watch's take on it (which ties in closely with this shrewd
comment from our own latest open thread ).
Not bashing Sir Alan
In contrast, the BBC's account of Boris's Remain-backing deputy Sir
Alan Duncan claim that working class voters threw "a tantrum" during the
Brexit is given the softest treatment by the BBC News website. The
article essentially just reports his pro-immigration speech without
criticism for the first 12 paragraphs and then tags on 2 paragraphs of
criticism from the new UKIP leader. Compare that to
Bashing Boris
Boris has done it again - according to the media. The media is full of
criticism of his statement that the Libyan city of Sirte could become
the "next Dubai" if they "clear the dead bodies away". Tellingly
however, different media outlets report the story in different ways.
Reading Sky's account , yes you get all the critics of Boris but you
also get Boris's rejection of their criticism: Shame pe
Extremely random thoughts
Nick Robinson has spoken . It's actually sounds like quite an
interesting speech. Of course, Nick thinks the BBC is pretty much
getting it about right and that the BBC is much 'greater' and much more
'super' (one for Reggie Perrin fans) than mean, dodgy old social media,
but he also cites an old Steve Hewlett programme on Channel 4 that
deliberately set out to shine the spotlight on voices that g
Damned statistics
I knew I’d seen that image somewhere before. Oh yes, here it is. (And
here is a QT spreadsheet :) Statistics are one thing; how they’re
interpreted is another. Julia H-B said she was fed up with being the
only Brexiteer in the Q.T. village “most of the time”. Guido says Julia
H-B is right, and so does Craig, but not about “always being the sole
Leaver on Q.T. panels”. Craig has found that she has
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Bernalillo (Albuquerque) Sighting of June 17, 2015
Rob Swiatek, a member of the Board of Directors of MUFON, told me about
a sighting that is interesting but not necessarily something of an
extraterrestrial nature. As he reported, it seems that the objects, or
lights, were on the ground. Neither the witness nor the investigator was
able to identify a source for the lights. According to the information
supplied: The principal witness obtained them
The Bernalillo "UFO" - Identified
Proving, once again, what a wonderful tool that the Internet can be, it
seems that we have a solution for the pictures that Rob Swiatek
mentioned on the radio show and that I posted to my blog. Remember, I
mentioned, several times, the blog’s address and that the pictures were
there for all to see. Also remember that both Rob and I believed that
the solution was something manmade and something on
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Rob Swiatek
This week I spoke with Rob Swiatek, he of the MUFON Board of Directors
and someone who has been studying UFOs and UFO sightings for quite a
long time. We Rob Swiatek first talked about MUFON and the list of
speakers for their recent (or not so recent) symposium that included a
few who might not have both oars in the water. Of course, we did mention
a couple of them who seemed firmly grounded in s
The Mantell Analyses
While I was talking with Fran Ridge, he of the NICAP website,
http://www.nicap.org/ , we drifted into a discussion of the Thomas
Mantell UFO sighting of January 1948. Mantell was killed when his F-51
crashed in Kentucky. Thomas Mantell The case has been wrapped in
controversy since then, mainly because a pilot died attempting to
identify the UFO. Various theories have been offered over the years
X-Zone Broadcast Network - David Booher
David Booher This week I talked with David Booher who wrote No Return
which is about the strange case of Gerry Irwin. I say strange case
because it might have nothing to do with a UFO though it does seem he
saw something strange in the sky. He believed, originally, that it fell
to the ground on the other side of a ridge line but he never found it
and those who followed later found no evidence of
Meier Explains the Alien Autopsy
There are those who read my blog who say that they really don’t want to
hear any more about Billy Meier and his alleged contacts with alien
beings. There are others who say that arguing with true believers is a
waste of time because no matter what evidence is presented, it will
never be enough to show them the errors in their true beliefs. But
sometimes I just have to poke the stick into the Horn
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Journalistic Privilege and Bias
Writing toward the end of the 1980s, the late Zygmunt Bauman tried to
capture the essence of the economic, social and cultural changes grouped
under the heading 'postmodernism'. For Bauman, part of the growing
concern with these issues was thanks to a shift in the role of
intellectuals. In the post war interregnum between the dog-eat-dog of
the 1930s and its comeback at the heels of Thatcher and
The End of Progress, Revisited
I see Progress have avoided the knacker's yard for at least three
years. We're told "over 50 per cent of existing members have increased
their contribution" and "many have joined". You can bet it's
substantially less than the 20-odd thousand in Momentum, and I doubt
they even touch 2,000 - otherwise Progress would be crowing its
phoenix-like return from the roof tops. But still, as oblivion came
The Conservative Party's Stable Instability
The more things change the more they stay the same. As per the last few
weekends the Sunday press is full of speculation about the Prime
Minister's future. Briefing lies cheek by jowl with counter-briefing,
reports of back bench disgruntlement is met by professions of contrived
(some might say fulsome) loyalty. In this week after the worst speech
ever , the factional temperature shot up to feveri
Happy Birthday Marx's Capital
Today marks the 150th anniversary of Marx's Capital , for my money the
most significant and monumental work of social science ever published.
Something would be amiss if a few words couldn't be summoned up to mark
this occasion. While not one of Marx's better read works, it's level
pegging with the Communist Manifesto for the mantle of most influential.
Indeed, such is the power of the analysis e
Jeremy Corbyn and the New Mainstream
Tweeting earlier in response to Jeremy Corbyn's conference speech, Ed
Miliband observed that the centre ground had moved and was being shaped
by Labour. Correct. The boasts about Labour being the mainstream have a
solid foundation because, to be more exact, our party is one of two
mainstreams . There's the one we've seen Labour pander to for the 20
years pre-JC. The "common sense" centre ground e
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Was Stephen Paddock set up?...
possibly. Posting the following is not an endorsement of the contents.
It's simply another way of looking at the situation in Las Vegas. I
opined on October 6th the possibility of Paddock being either a gun
runner or laundering money. Maybe both. Now the "official" story has
taken a 180° turn with the revelation that the security guard was shot 6
minutes before Paddock started shooting into the c
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!
Have bloggers become as bad as the MSM? ...
in some ways - yes. If we don't have anything to rant about, we just
make up a bunch of inconsequential stuff to be outraged about. Today I
feel no outrage. Harvey Weinstein? Got it. He's a pig, both in
appearance and manner. Anyone in Hollywood who tries to tell us that
they find his behavior shocking is a fool and a liar. He's not the only
one acting like this in the world of entertainment. It'
Will we ever know the truth about Stephen Paddock?...
not if you listen to his hapless brother, Eric. or the FBI, either. But
first, read How Information Overload Robs Us of Our Creativity: What
the Scientific Research Shows . This is not surprising information for
any of us who follow such research. Right now we are being flooded with
speculation, theories, conflicting, and contradictory information about
the Las Vegas shooting - most of which is j
On Hannity: Steve Bannon tells it like it is...
works for me.
Gov. Mike Huckabee interviews President Trump...
I dare anyone to say Trump is not rational, in control, and well
spoken. And if you do say that, you're not rational, in control, or well
spoken. More: Diary of a Right Wing Pussycat: I'm Going to Go Out on a
Limb and Say - An excellent must see video. Thanks Kid! Funny - I was
just thinking about the following item this morning. No details here
(for obvious reasons.) Just get one! Disclaimer: I
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Implement the JCPOA
Very
shortly, the United States government will make decisions about the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that may have immediate and
profound implications for Iran and the U.S; for the future of the Middle
East; and for global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear arms. The
JCPOA ultimately rests upon the authority of …
Stale Thinking on Tac Nukes Reheated
Quote
of the week: “Neither a viable posture nor a viable doctrine exist …
for the employment of tactical nuclear weapons.” —William R. Van Cleave
and S.T. Cohen, Tactical Nuclear Weapons (1978) As the confrontation
with North Korea builds, there is growing sentiment within South Korea
to reintroduce U.S. tactical nuclear weapons withdrawn when the …
Nuclear Deterrence and the Revenge of Geography
(Now
with a handful of minor corrections and an update.) With the President
overriding his advisers to deliver insulting remarks and empty threats
at the UN and Kim Jong Un responding personally and at some length, one
really wonders where all this ends. John Kelly, left, reacts as he
listens to President Trump’s U.N. speech. (Photo: Mary …
Guest Post: Consequences of Testing an H-Bomb in the Pacific
Friend
and CNS Scientist-in-Residence Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress has written a
detailed primer on what might happen if North Korea detonates a hydrogen
bomb over the waters of the Pacific Ocean. We’re pleased to bring it to
you here. Effects of a Potential Thermonuclear Test by North Korea in
the Pacific Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress For more than fifty …
SAR Image of Punggye-ri
Last
week was pretty awesome — we had a huge “new tools” conference here at
Monterey with all kinds of cool space and tech companies like Airbus. We
have a great relationship with Airbus, which made available a pair of
images taken with synthetic aperture radar of North Korea’s nuclear test
site before and after …
Domestic UDMH Production in the DPRK
We
were surprised by the recent debate about whether North Korea can
domestically produce UDMH. Working with my colleagues at CNS, we have
translated several North Korean scientific papers documenting North
Korea’s domestic production of UDMH and identified at least one of the
sites probably associated with UDMH production, the February 8 Vinalon
Complex in …
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Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 10 , 2017 ..... Quick Hits For
Tuesday -1) Markets : Asia - Calendar For Wednesday , News & Data To
Consider ; US- Stocks & Most Asset Classes Bounce A Bit Today ,
News From Spain Received As Being Not AS Bad As Feared ; Additional
Items To Consider. 2) Spain - Catalonia Intrigue Continues - Quasi
Declaration Of Independence By Puigdemont Paused to Allow "Talks"
Central Gov't Has Already Ruled Out , Spain Central Gov't To Meet
Wednesday To Ponder Next Steps. 3) US Politics - Swampland News , Puerto
Rico Updates , Tax Reform Updates , North Korea. 4) UK-EU Talks - Key
Statements To Consider Today. 5) Netherlands New Government Takes
Conservative Positions Regarding Macron Type Reforms , New Tack
Regarding Non Binding Referendum , Seeks Safe Havens For Refugees . 6)
Odds & Ends - Global Items !
Markets..... Asia..... fred walton @fredwalton216 4m 4 minutes ago
fred walton Retweeted ForexLive Calendar for Wednesday for Asia.... fred
walton added, ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today
(and a Fed speaker) http:// news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-and-a-fed-speaker-20171010 … fred walton
@fredwalton216 2m 2 minutes ago fred walton Retweeted ForexLi
Economic
News , Data & Views - October 9 , 2017 ....Quick Hits For Monday-1)
Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Tuesday , Market Moving News
& Data To Consider ; US - Ho Hum Columbus Day For Markets. 2) US
Political Round Up : Las Vegas- Sheriff's Presser Reveals Authorities
Still Believe Shooter Acted Alone , Not Part Of Terror Group , Only
Shooter , Marilou Canley Still Cooperating - Motive Remains Unknown ;
Puerto Rico - Status Of Water Supplies , Electric Grid , Provision Of
Supplies , Liquidity Issues Of Puerto Rico -Governor Rossello Presser
& Additional Sources ; Swampland News . 3) UK- Exit Talk Updates ,
Domestic Politics. 4) Spain - Waiting On Decision Of Catalan Gov't To
Declare Some type Of Independence Tuesday , Unity Protests , Additional
Items. 5) Odds & Ends.
Markets.... Asia..... fred walton @fredwalton216 22m 22 minutes ago
fred walton Retweeted ForexLive Economic calendar for Tuesday. . fred
walton added, ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today -
plenty, and central bank speakers too http://
news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-plenty-and-central-bank-speakers-too-20171009 …
fred walton @fredwalton216 27m 27 mi
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 8 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Sunday
-1) Spain : Large Demonstration Today In Barcelona Against Catalonia
Independence And In Favor Of Spanish Unity ; Dialogue Still Sought By
Many - To Be Seen If Cooler Heads Prevail Or If Rash Decision Making -
From Either Side , Occurs. 2) UK - Political Scene On Sunday - Examining
The Domestic Politics & Intrigues That Abound On Sunday , As Well
As Matters Touching On UK-EU Negotiation. 3) US News & Politics :
Updates On Status Of Restoration In Puerto Rico - Post Hurricane Maria ;
Hurricane Nate Downgraded To Tropical Storm Nate - Surge Flooding Noted
In Mobile , Alabama & Biloxi , Mississippi ; Updates On Las Vegas
& Stephen Paddock ; North Korea & Additional Items Of Note. 4)
Odds & Ends !
Spain.... Catalan News @catalannews 10m 10 minutes ago Tens of
thousands march in Barcelona in support of Spanish unity and against
independence. The Spain Report @thespainreport 19m 19 minutes ago
Josep Borrell (Catalan Socialist Party, PSC) is also at the head of the
march in Barcelona today. The Spain Report @thespainreport 22m 22
minutes ago Pablo Iglesias (Podemos) left the city earlie
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 7 , 2017.....Quick Hits For
Saturday -1) Global Markets - Doug Noland Missive Endorsing Kevin Warsh
To Lead Federal Reserve , Market Moving News & Data From Friday
& Saturday. 2) US News Round Up - Puerto Rico Recovery Updates , Las
Vegas Investigation Status , Hurricane Nate Warnings & News ,
Swampland Items . 3) Europe - Items Of Note From France , Germany , UK
& Greece. 4) Odds & Ends - North Korea , Saudi Arabia , Syria ,
Iraq/Kurdistan ,Turkey , Libya !
Markets.... fred walton @fredwalton216 now fred walton Retweeted fred
walton Weekly Missive From Doug Noland "Kevin Warsh to Lead the Fed in a
New Direction" + customary review of markets and key news. fred walton
added, fred walton @fredwalton216 Credit Bubble Bulletin : Weekly
Commentary: Kevin Warsh to Lead the Fed in ... http://
creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2017/10/weekly -commentary-k
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 6 , 2017 ..... Quick Hits For
Friday-1) Markets : US- Major Stock Indexes End Higher For The Week Once
Again , Although Mixed For The Day ; Fed Speakers Today - Key Comments
From Bostic , Kaplan & Bullard , Non Farm Payroll & Employment
Situation Report For September ; US Data - Consumer Credit , NY Fed GDP
Forecast , US Wholesale Inventories ; Additional Items Of Note. 2)
Tropical Storm Nate - Updates 9 & 10 , NWS New Orleans Report ,
Additional Items Of Note. 3) US Political Updates For Friday : Las Vegas
Investigation State Of Play ; Puerto Rico - Updates On Restoration Of
Services & Related News Items ; Swampland News Items ; Foreign
Policy - Iran & North Korea In Focus ; Political Odds & Ends. 4)
Europe Highlights : Spain - Catalonia Political Turmoil Continues -
Catalonia Still Moving Forward On Declaration Of Independence , Despite
Spanish Central Gov't Pressures ; EU Related Concerns ; UK News &
UK-EU Talks Related Items.
Markets..... *Walter Bloomberg @DeItaOne 2h 2 hours ago FOR THE WEEK,
THE S&P ROSE 1.2 PCT, THE DOW ADDED 1.6 PCT, THE NASDAQ GAINED 1.45
PCT *Walter Bloomberg @DeItaOne 2h 2 hours ago DOW JONES UNOFFICIALLY
CLOSES DOWN 7.33 POINTS, OR 0.03 PERCENT, AT 22,768.06 *Walter
Bloomberg @DeItaOne 2h 2 hours ago NASDAQ UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES UP 3.67
POINTS, OR 0.06 PERCENT, AT 6,589.02 *Walter Bloombe
Economic
News , Data & Views......October 4 , 2017.....Quick Hits For
Wednesday-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Thursday , Market
Moving Data & News , North Korea Has Been Quiet For Awhile ; US -
Treading Water Trading Day Today , Backing & Filling Until Friday.
2) Spain - Today's News Include Catalonia Possibly Moving To Declare
Independence As Soon As Monday , Spain Central Gov't Seeking To Shutdown
This Rebellion , Mediation Looks Unlikely And Jitters Abound. 3) UK -
May Addresses Tory Conference , Additional Political Updates Of Note. 4)
US Politics : Puerto Rico Updates For Wednesday - Including Details On
Restoration Efforts ; Las Vegas Shooting Investigation and Political
Aftermath ; Swampland News. 4) Odds & Ends - KSA _ Russia Mending
Fence , Bitcoin Nugget , Tropical Storm Nate News , Libya News , Syria
Updates ,
Markets...... fred walton @fredwalton216 17s 17 seconds ago fred
walton Retweeted ForexLive Asia Calendar for Thursday.... fred walton
added, ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today - Aussie
data the focus http:// news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-aussie-data-the-focus-20171004 … LiveSquawk
@LiveSquawk 8m 8 minutes ago Japan PM Abe Pledges To Speed Up Aben
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Closing Remarks at TVIW 2017
I know I said I wouldn’t post for a bit, but because I’ve just given my
closing remarks at the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, they are
ready to go for publication, and I thought I would go ahead and publish
them here. I did much of the actual writing for this at the conference
(where I still am), so there may be a few typos. I haven’t inserted the
affiliations of the speakers, either, bu
Creating Our Own Final Frontier: Forbidden Planet
Larry Klaes takes the helm today and tomorrow while I finish up some
necessary (not space related) business. Most Centauri Dreams readers,
I’m assuming, have seen Forbidden Planet, the 1956 science fiction tale
that proved so influential on later depictions of interstellar travel
and encounters with alien intelligence, not just in film but on radio
and television. Looking at everything from the f
Project Blue: Looking for Terrestrial Worlds at Alpha Centauri
Eduardo Bendek’s ACEsat, conceived at NASA Ames by Bendek and Ruslan
Belikov, seemed to change the paradigm for planet discovery around the
nearest stellar system. The beauty of Alpha Centauri is that the two
primary stars present large habitable zones as seen from Earth, simply
because the system is so close to us. The downside, in terms of G-class
Centauri A and K-class Centauri B, is that thei
The Milky Way as an Outlier
How ‘normal’ is the Milky Way? It’s an interesting question because as
we look out into a visible universe filled with perhaps 100 billion
galaxies, we base many of our models for their behavior on what we know
of our own. That this may not be the best way to proceed is brought home
by a much smaller study, the comparison between our Solar System and
what we’ve been finding around other stars. Fi
Creating Our Own Final Frontier: Part Two
In which Larry Klaes concludes his analysis of Forbidden Planet, the
still revered science fiction classic from the 1950s. If you ever had
any questions about this film, Larry is your man, and note the full
complement of online resources at the end of the essay. by Larry Klaes
Space Madness Adams: “How have the men stood the voyage?” Doc: “About
average. A few cases of space-blues – a little epid
A Fleet of Sail-driven Asteroid Probes
One of the great values of the Kepler mission has been its ability to
produce a statistical sample that we can use to analyze the distribution
of planets. The population of asteroids in our own Solar System
doubtless deserves the same treatment, given its importance in future
asteroid mining as well as planetary protection. But when it comes to
main belt asteroids, we’re able to look up close, ev
New in Craig Murray
Carles Puigdemont Turns the Tables on Rajoy
Before his speech on Independence to the Catalan parliament, Carles
Puigdemont seemed to be in an impossible position. Declare Independence
and he would be immediately arrested and direct rule imposed from
Madrid. Rajoy appeared to have all the angles covered; the EU had
already specifically greenlighted the use of armed force in Commissioner
Timmermans’ disgraceful address to the EU Parliament.
Suspending the Catalan Parliament, Spain Destroys the EU’s “Rule of Law” Figleaf.
It takes a very special kind of chutzpah systematically to assault
voters, and drag them from polling booths by their hair, and then say
that a low turnout invalidates the vote. That is the shameless position
being taken by the Europe wide political Establishment and its corporate
media lackeys. This Guardian article illustrates a refinement to this
already extreme act of intellectual dishonesty.
That Mythical Pro-Spanish Majority in Catalonia
The media constantly pumps out the lie that there is a silent
anti-independence majority in Catalonia, which is merely curiously
invisible. Consider this. The highest turnout ever at an election in
Catalonia was the 74.9% in the 2015 Regional Election, with 4,130.196
people casting their vote. At Spanish general elections turnout is even
lower, at 69%. A minimum of 25.1% of the population never v
Europe Hostage to the Ludicrous Hyperbole of the Spanish Constitution
Borders shift, over time, as the tides of human history and interaction
ebb and flow. They always have and they always will. A Historic Atlas
of Europe at 100 year intervals shows up the constant flux. All within
only the last 100 years, even a really major state like Poland has
started by not existing at all, having been abolished 130 years
previously, then come back into existence for two decad
Normalising Russia
There has been surprisingly little coverage of almost three hundred
arrests yesterday of protestors across Russia demonstrating against
Putin on his birthday. While the evidence so far is that demonstrations
were not suppressed with the same level of brutal thuggery as witnessed
in Spain, many more arrests were made which will have long term
consequences for protestors. I fear the reason it was n
A Cynical Thought
Theresa May’s “great initiative” on restarting council house building
for young people in the UK, is not even going to keep pace with Israeli
construction of illegal homes in illegal settlements in Palestine.
Welcome to neo-con world. Dystopia is here now. The post A Cynical
Thought appeared first on Craig Murray .
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Sitting through a three-hour candidates’ forum: painful, but a civic duty just the same
PHOTOS: All or part of 14 of the 25 candidates who took part in the
City of St. Albert’s city council candidates’ forum last night. Below:
Author Darryl Raymaker and the cover of his just-published book. ST.
ALBERT, Alberta What’s worse than sitting through a three-hour city
council candidates’ forum with 25 participants on stage […] The post
Sitting through a three-hour candidates’ forum: painfu
Municipal politics: If you choose to run with a slate, don’t complain when you’re asked about other members’ views
PHOTOS: St. Albert’s iconic city hall, site of the growing community’s
only public library. Image grabbed from Councillor Wes Brodhead’s
website. Below: Mayoral candidates Cathy Heron and Cam MacKay (photos
grabbed from their campaign materials), and one side of the
anti-branch-library leaflet published by a group of six candidates for
city council. The group distributes […] The post Municipal po
TransCanada pulls the plug on Energy East: the fallout in Alberta will be measurable
PHOTOS: Protesters opposed to the Energy East Pipeline project in
Montreal last summer (Photo: Radio Canada). Below: United Conservative
Party leadership contender Brian Jean, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre,
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Canadian prime ministers Trudeau, Pierre
and Justin, and sometime UCP leadership candidate Jeff Callaway. It’s
been quite obvious for some time now to […] The pos
Kevin Taft’s Oil’s Deep State tops Audreys Books non-fiction Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 1, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON FICTION
BESTSELLERS 1. Miriam’s Secret (Childrens) – Debby Waldman* 2. This is
All A Lie – Thomas Trofimuk* 3. […] The post Kevin Taft’s Oil’s Deep
State tops Audreys Books non-fiction Edmonto
Two departures – of an NDP MLA and a UCP leadership candidate – pop up on Alberta’s political radar
PHOTOS: Former NDP MLA Karen McPherson, who has asked to sit as the
Independent representative for her Calgary-Nose Hill riding (Photo: Bob
Hawkesworth). Below: Former United Conservative Party leadership
candidate Jeff Callaway (Photo: CBC), the port of Churchill, Man.
(Photo: churchillpolarbears.com), and Independent MLA Derek Fildebrandt,
the UCP’s answer to Lemony Snicket. There were two […]
This is not just what terrorism looks like; it’s what a failed state looks like
PHOTOS: Is Old Glory, as the American flag was once known, now the
banner of a failed state? Below: Donald Trump, president of the United
States, divider, deceiver and denier in chief, incompetent and seemingly
powerless to change anything (Photo: Flickr, Gage Skidmore.) “AT LEAST
58 DEAD AND 500 HURT IN LAS VEGAS AFTER GUNMAN […] The post This is not
just what terrorism looks like; it’s what a f
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9/11 - Rebekah Roth - her testimony is still valid sixteen years later
I
don't understand why you'all don't hang on EVERY WORD of this ex-air
hostess's research into the out-of-character reactions, phone calls,
ancilliary agents in the fake war on you and me and everybody not in the
WAR WORLD gameplan... Why are you still in doubt that 9/11 (the
incidents of September 11th 2001 when three buildings fell into their
own footprints because two planes hit them) and proba
David Chandler - The Physics of 9/11 - this guy nails it
I
realise many of you might have seen clips from this video for a number
of years, but if you haven't seen the full video LISTEN to the
efficiently critical tone that David Chandler brings to HIS (physics
teacher) ANALYSIS of the video data of buildings 1, 2 and 7 of the WTC
receiving little to no RESISTANCE from the tonnage of steel and concrete
below the falling upper parts of the building. It's
Electric Universe - UFO crop circles - Earth plasma communications?
would a faker really render orbs off the visible frame? Crop Circles,
we all know what this means... or do we? What if the (debunked, lol)
Oliver's Castle August 1996 footage of pairs of flying plasma orbs
making a crop circle are 'some electrical manifestation of the Earth
trying to communicate some message to some lifeformm on our planet'?
Hell, such communication-crop circles might not even be
Mike Philbin - Introversions & Dichotomies - first sale of the year
It was my first exhibition of works in this recent abstract style,
chosen to exhibit in this year's Oxford Arts Society Exhibition. As the
show finishes today, I was planning to go pick up the painting(s) from
the gallery this evening. Earlier today, I recieved a phone call from
Lucy Stopford telling me I don't need to go collect. The buyer wanted to
know 'how much space' should there be between
dream - five brain implants - increasing level of pain
don't
even bother asking me a) why I blog about this of b) what I think it
all might mean... I have no idea. Suffice to say, at 5:00 this morning I
woke up. I had been dreaming. I forced myself to wake up. It was
already a very strange dream about implants. Straight needle inserted
liberally into the right carotid, but then it 'clunked' as it found a
spot somewhere up the complex canal of the arte
Electric Universe - artificial coal formation - ages of dinosaurs shrink
as you'all know, I've become a bit of a(n EU or) Electric Universe nut.
Now, EU (along with YPS - Yeahright Planetary Stencilling) suggests
that the Earth, and the Sun, and Galaxies are formed by pairs of
electrical Birkeland Currents roaming through space dumping out
high-red-shift plasmas that condense to low-red-shifted matter over
time. While modern geological science prefers long-slow plate
New in From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin Startup develops nanopatch for polio vaccine delivery Photonic microchips will process information lik...
From Jenna Orkin Startup develops nanopatch for polio vaccine delivery
Photonic microchips will process information like the human brain EU
watchdog OKs cancer drugs without evidence they work: study Plague
outbreak forces closure of two Madagascan universities Balloons to help
restore Puerto Rico's cell networks Pesticide poisoning kills 20 farmers
in Indian state Namibia says anthrax could be t
From Jenna Orkin Toronto Film Review: ‘Omertà’ U.S. secretly tested carcinogen in Western Canada during the Cold War, r...
From Jenna Orkin Toronto Film Review: ‘Omertà’ U.S. secretly tested
carcinogen in Western Canada during the Cold War, researcher finds U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTOR SHARES NAME WITH COMPANY THAT BOUGHT
PADDOCK’S PLANE IN 2013 The Most Powerful Evidence Climate Scientists
Have of Global Warming "The rate at which the oceans are heating up has
nearly doubled since 1992, and that heat is rea
From Jenna Orkin DA Who Dropped Charges Against Ttrump Kids Did Opposite with Immigrant Family ISIS Triples Down On Veg...
From Jenna Orkin DA Who Dropped Charges Against Ttrump Kids Did
Opposite with Immigrant Family ISIS Triples Down On Vegas Shooter
Claims: Claims Paddock "Converted Six Months Ago" Sheriff: Vegas Shooter
Led "Secret Life", May Have Planned Car Bombing; Tried To Ignite Jet
Fuel Tanks 20% Of Illinois Lawmakers To Quit (To Save Their Pensions?)
JPMorgan Updates By-laws In Case Of "Nuclear Disaster" O
From Jenna Orkin Risk from Megathrust Quake in NZ One group is responsible for America’s culture of violence, and it is...
From Jenna Orkin Risk from Megathrust Quake in NZ One group is
responsible for America’s culture of violence, and it isn’t cops, black
Americans, Muslims or rednecks. It’s men Cue the female terrorist,
preferably lesbian. Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and
White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream Trump Reverses On Puerto
Rico Debt Forgiveness: "We Will Follow The Bankruptcy Proces
From Jenna Orkin Vegas shooter’s girlfriend says he would lie in bed moaning, screaming Will Brazil Be The Next Hotspot...
From Jenna Orkin Vegas shooter’s girlfriend says he would lie in bed
moaning, screaming Will Brazil Be The Next Hotspot For Independence
Movements? Maduro Visits Putin, Proposes Global Oil Trade In Rubles,
Yuan This Isn't A Joke: The IRS Just Hired Equifax To Safeguard Taxpayer
Data A Failing Empire, Part 2: De-Dollarisation - China and Russia's
Plan From Petroyuan To Gold "It Will Be A Disaster"
From Jenna Orkin How Ivanka Trump And Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a Criminal Indictment UK Embraces Pre-Crime - Brits Fa...
From Jenna Orkin How Ivanka Trump And Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a
Criminal Indictment UK Embraces Pre-Crime - Brits Face 15 Years In
Prison For Watching "Terrorist Material" Vegas Shooter Filmed Himself
During Slaughter, May Have Left A Note; Suicide Photo Emerges Vegas
Gunman Was Prescribed Drugs That Can Lead To Violent Behavior Catalonia
To Declare Independence From Spain On Monday Puerto Ric
New in GlobaLove Think Tank
bad crossing
the
extro expensed cop grabbed me by the arm he said what are you I said
not a taxi driver so just chill I am a exoskelton modern man living on
gas fumes and dreams of argricutural prouducts I have not seen beef
walking since Sasakatawan and here I am\ in BC with all the salmom
floating and radiation floating on top of the ocean
Heroes of the Military Industrial Complex not named Mcain
Herods of the Military Industrial Complex they are everywhere they
might even be delivering the mail for sure they work the cables with all
those telecommunications vans at their disposal In 12 to 14 episodes
the world is saved every season what I am talking bout willies is all
the TV shows with special forces alphabet agencies working behind the
scenes with our untrustworthy allies to make sure
Brief History of Time consparison
It all started with the big bang 6 Billion years ago because on this
kind of calculation any number is likely a rounding error just lets say
if we measuring the output of humanity in lumens we were not making any
light and God had not prometed us yet to planet dwellers cause the big
bang was like the greatest thing ever in the Universe that had come
before this explained universe cause we are unc
New in Government and Taxes
PPP vs ODA tax-tax-tax
Related to my BWorld article yesterday, Build-build-build is possible
without new taxes , are the following articles and reports, all from
BWorld. 1. Last week, an article by a friend Romy Bernardo. I disagree
with his position of course. Hi Romy :-)
http://bworldonline.com/bye-bye-build-build-build/ 2. Related article
from another friend, Karla Michelle Yu of AER. I disagree also with
AER's "hal
Hong Kong and John Cowperthwaite, Part 2
I have heard about Sir John Cowperthwaite for the first time about 2004
or 2005, from my friends at the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong and I
was impressed of him. Prior to that, I thought that it was deliberate on
the part of the British government to institute a free market colonial
economy in HK after WW2. No, it was not the case. The man as
Britain-appointed Administrator of HK simply has a
BWorld 157, Build-build-build is possible without new taxes
* This is my article in BusinessWorld today. Among the biggest alibis
given by Dutertenomics as to why we need new or higher taxes is the fact
that the government needs more money to bankroll “build-build-build”
hybrid PPP (public private partnerships) plans. Then warnings were
issued by both government and its nongovernment allies that “no new
taxes, no build-build-build.” For me, this is blackm
Tax Cut 30, Trump's 20% CIT, deregulation
When the White House proposed a drastic corporate income tax cut (from
39% to 20%), 25% for single proprietorship, they did not suggest a tax
hike somewhere to "compensate for lost revenues" like the Dutertenomics'
tax-tax-tax. Copy-pasting portions of these press releases and short
blog posts from the WH. "* The U.S. corporate tax rate has been higher
than the OECD average for almost 20 years. T
Mining 56, Presentation at Mining PH Conference 2017
Last month during the Mining Philippines Conference 2017, I was one of 6
panel discussants in one focus group discussion. First I discussed the
recent rants vs. open pit mining by ex-DENR Sec. Gina Lopez and why many
of her points are wrong or non-sensical at the least. Then I discussed
other issues about soil degradation, the coming global cooling and the
need for more water catchments like mine
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